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Medford, MA 02155 Wednesday, September 26,1990 Vol XXI, Number 14 Children IA WINNING START I Candidates for Senate victims of offer views on issues AIDS virus MASSPIRG, Financial aid debated GENEVA (AP)-- The virus by CONSTANTINE ATHANAS ter Somtino, Jessica Foster, Adam that causes AIDS is likely to have Scnior Staff Writer Tratt, Silvana Nardone, Peter spread to at least 10 million chil- Freshmen and sophomore Cushing, Allison Feiner, Michael dren by the end of the century, the candidates for open seats on the Plotnick, Jeff Ehrenkranz, Mona World Health Organization said Tufts Community Union Senate Fetouh, Robert Zucker, Scott Tuesday. discussed several issues includ- Noonan, Gregory Bedward, and An additional 10 million chil- ing funding for the Massachu- Vaughn Minassian are the 18 can- dren will have lost their parents setts Public Interest Research didates for the seven open fresh- to the deadly disease, a WHO Group, freedom of speech, and men seats on the Senate. official said. increased financial aid at an open Among several students who Dr. Michael Merson said most forum held in Hotung Cafe Mon- spoke about MASSPIRG, Toby victims would be in the Third Photo by Pam Yudin day. * Yim said that the Senate should World, where AIDS would be- With a 3-1 record, the men’s soccer team is off to its best start in sophomores Melissa Channing have tighter controls on funding come a major child killer, revers- recent history. Yesterday, the team defeated the BrandeisJudges, and Meredith Hennessey are the and should not fund groups that ing progress made in improving 3-2. (See story, page 7.) two candidates for the one open do not spend their Student Ac- tivities Fees on campus. health through vaccinations and a. am sophomore seat left vacant after - . former Senator Kevin O’Rourke “A lot of groups on campus otherWHO child forecast care programs. HIV. the Hu- University to consider transferred to another university are able to run amok -- like man Immunodeficiency vis, this year. MASSPIRG,” Yim said, adding would spread to 25 to 30 million legality of BY OB policy Hennessey, a candidate in the that he feels the group is already people by the year 2000. Previ- last Senate election, said that she getting too much money. After last year’s elections, the new ous-projktions of 15 to 20 mil- by EMANUEL BARDANIS of the liability issues involved in is- against Senate funding for lion did not take children into Daily Editorial Board BYOB parties. He did not know MASSPIRG because she feels that Senate allocated MASSPIRG account, a statement said. Members of the Greek system when a decision on the proposal University money should stay on $12,250 even though the old Senate The UN agency estimates 8 to yesterday took their case to the will be reached. campus. Currently,, the Tufts had decided .not fund the group. 10 million people, including 3 Administration asking that it Tufts is one of two Universi- chapter of MASSPIRG pools all Many candidates expressed million women of childbearing reverse its long-standing policy ties in the nation that do not allow their university funds with other concern about the University’s age, may already beinfected with against “Bring Your Own Beer” BYOB parties. Because of the college chapters in order to fund ability to provide financial aid in the virus that leads to Acquired parties. University policy forbidding such state-wide programs. She also the future and said that they would Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Though the Administration parties, the IGC originally at- questioned MASSPJRGs need for make it one of their first priori- Merson told a press confer- gave no definitive answer as to tempted to accommodate the more a full-time professional coordi- ties. ence that WHO only recently whether it would reverse the pol- stringent policies by setting up nator since the organization is The Administration’s proposal started compiling statistics on icy, Inter-Greek Council Presi- cash bars run by a private caterer really a student-run group. to consolidate the religion de- childhood cases because the up- dent Brett Ingerman said that he at the parties. Chinning said that she believes partment with another department sirge in infection among women, is optimistic that a viable plan This attempt was unsuccess- that when considering the candi- also upset some of thecandidates. and hence their offspring, was can be created. ful, however, because the Somer- dates for the academic vice presi- Foster said that she came to Tufts still relatively new. Ingerman, along with IGC ville Alcohol Commission decided dent, the University should bal- for an education and “cutting AIDS destroys the body’s Social Chair John Mucklebauer on Monday night to refuse the ance qualificationswith the need programs and cutting funding is immune system. The HIVvirus is and Zeta Psi President Rick University the license necessary to diversify the upper-levels of cutting down on that education.” spread through sexual contact, McKenney, brought the proposal for operating cash bars in chapter the Administrationwhen consid- Tratt said he is “infuriated” at shared syringes and contaminated for BYOB parties before Associ- residences. ering the candidates for the new the prospect of changing the or- blood. It often is transmitted from ate Dean of Students Bruce Re- Reitman has expressed con- academicvice president. Shesaid ganization of the religion depart- a mother to her unborn child, itman. cern last Wednesday that BYOB that in order to be fair, several ment and added that it is “essen- although occasionally it can be The meeting was the latest of partiesmightleadtopublicdrink- aspects of a candidate should be tial that we preserve theacademic spread through the mother’s milk recent efforts to devise an alter- ing when people leave the house considered,notjustresumequali- integrity of Tufts University.” during breastfeeding. native to the current University with open containers, and to vio- fications. Attheendof the forum,candi- dates discussed their views on the Merson, head of WHO’S anti- alcohol policy. It follows the re- lence if people use beer bottles as “I’m female and would hate to cent decision of many national weapons. think I got a job because I am limits on free speech on a univer- AIDS unit, said 30 percent of sity campus. Last year, after stu- infants born to infected mothers fraternities to adopt more strin- Reitman could not be reached female or not because I am fe- dent criticism, the Administra- were HIV-positive, and four-fifths gent alcohol policies in order to for comment yesterday. male,” Channing said. tion revoked the campus speech of those young Samdied befm reduce their liability in cases of According to Ingerman, the Tony Hernandez, Candice Greenberg, Toby Yim, Khaitsa age 5. alcohol mismanagement. proposal he brought before Re- see SENATE, page 8 He added that scientists did Ingerman said that Reitman itman yesterday was effective in Wasiyo, Sheryl Weingarten, Pe- not know why so many children brought the proposal to Univer- allaying some of Reitman’s ap- escaped infection from their sity Legal Counsel Mary Lee see BEER, page 11 mothers. Jacobs yesterday to discuss some UN imposes air embargo on Iraq ~ (AP)-- The United Nations leader, Saddam Hussein, for its after they have been inspected to Security Council on Tuesday voted blitzkrieg of Kuwait. The light- confirm they are canying hu-i- 14-1 to impose an air embargo ening Kuwaiti takeover, which tariancarg0. against Iraq in retaliation for its took hours to complete, left Iraq It also calls on all UN member invasion and annexation of Ku- in control of 20 percent of the nations to ‘‘detain any ships of wait. Cuba cast the long dissent- world‘s oil reserves. Iraqi registry which enter their ing vote in the special session, World price sofoilhavenearly ports and which are being or have which extended the powers of an doubled since the invasion to been used in ofResolu- earlier UN trade embargo. almost $40 a barrel, the New York tion 661; the council’s original It was the ninth resolution StockExchangehas sunk to a 14- trade embargo resolution passed passed by the Security Council month low and gold has passed 6. condemning Baghdad and its $400 an ounce as the economic repercussions of the invasion Cub% which has said it is became apparent. against any sanctions, was the 1 Inside The Security Council late only nation to oppose the resolu- Features .......................... p. 3 Tuesday afternoon voted 14-1 to tion. Geoff Edgers watches an entire half impose an air embargo against Secretary Of State James A. hour of Jessica Hahn’s ‘LovePhone,’ but Iraq, cutting off flights to and Baker I11 represented the United claims he never called. Yeah, right. from that nation and occupied states at the council meeting, and Kuwait. Soviet Foreign Minister Wuard Arts ................................ p. 5 Resolution 670 also calls on Shevardnadze took his country’s The Mass. College of Art sponsors an all member states of the United seat and chaired the meeting. exhibit about African American women Nations to deny landing rights to who have had a strong role in society. airplanes coming from Iraq or Shevardnadzejoined an inter- Kuwait. national chorus of rage and indig- Sports ...................... pp. 6-7 Only flights authorized by the nation at Iraq earlier Tuesday, Field Hockey can’t overcome the rain security Council’s sanctions calling its invasion of Kuwait an or the blues; Women’s cross country is committee will be allowed to go “act of terrorism”and warning of sticking together to outrun the rest. to Iraqand Kuwait, and then only possible UN military action. Aianthd at Sunday night’s candlelight vigil for hungry children, I, , I< I page two THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, September 26,1990 THE TUFTSDAILE Letters to the Editor Club Med education communicationsdepartment? (Apologies attempt to answer) some often-asked Lauren Keefe to the many other appropriate areas of questions relating to our newly-forming Editor-in-Chief To the Editor: study now neglected ..