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Michigan Speech Policy China's Democracy .Struggle - ... , I. I , .,.. ,,.,.. , ,.,, I ,. ... .,. ,. 1 ,... .,..., , ... ... ..,. ,.: .. CTHE TUFTS DAILY] Medford, MA 02155 Monday, September 18,1989 Vol XM, Number 9 Michigan speech policy China’s democracy .struggle unconstitutionalThe Michigan chaDter of the focus of Brandeis conference by ANNA GEORGE American Ciiil Libeky Union Daily Editorial Board by DAVID SPIELMAN rep~sentedthe student in his quest Daily Editorial Board The “anti-discrimination pol- for an injunction against the pol- and BRUCE SCHWARTZ icy” at Michigan University, icy. Contributing Writer enacted last year after a number Membersof theA.C.L.U. said of racial incidents, has been that they also plan to challenge a Thefollowing article ispart of declared unconstitutional by a new speech policy at the Univer- a series examining ttie pro-de- federal judge, according to Steve sity of Wisconsin which took effect mocracy movement in the Peoples’ Knopper, managing editor of the last week, according to the Chron- Republic of China. Michigan Daily at Michigan icle. University. The Michigan policy, which Before singing to his audience, This decision could potentially Wuerkaixi warned, in Chinese, to was approved in May of 1988, “takecare of yourself,” express- have an large effect on the cur- was written to prohibit discrimi- rent and future on harassment ing doubts in his vocal abilities. nation and harassment, outlining Nonetheless, his tune, “Wolf,” and free speech policies which areas on campus where such have recently been debated at a a popular song with the students behavior would be considered a who OccupiedTiananmen Square number of schools nationwide, violation of the policy. according to a recent article in in defiance of the government, A similar Tufts policy, writ- produced loud cheers and applause the Chronicle of Higher Educa- ten by the Dean of Students Of- tion. from the audience. This move- fice and approved by the Com- ment brought Wuerkaixi to the Last Friday’s decision, made mittee on Student Life in the by U.S. District Court Judge Avern international spotlight as a stu- Spring, makes a distinction be- dent leader. Cohn, stated that the freedom tween the levels of free speech from harassment policy at the I am a wolfflom the north allowed in different areas of the wandering in the bountyless University of Michigan was campus. The Tufts policy allows desert. unconstitutional and furthermore, total free speech outside of Tufts The chilling and bitter vague, saying that “persons of buildings and in public forums, winds blow hard and the common intelligence must guess limited free speech in classrooms at its meaning,” according to the yellow sand swirls by. and highly restricted speech in I can do nothing but try to Chronicle. dining and residence halls. According to Michigan Daily warm my cold hands and cry Last week, a small group of out. administration reporter Noah students calling themselves the Finkel, the policy was taken to This is for nothing but the Tufts Free Speech Movement beautiiful grassy plains in fairy court by an anonymous Michi- staged a demonstration against tales. gan graduate biology student who the existing Tufts policy and Wuerkaixi equated the popu- was concerned that the anti-dis- members said they planned fur- lar song to the pro-democmc~ crimination policy would block to photo by Denise Dme, ther action to draw attention movement in China, likening the him in his research, which he the policy. The protest was cov- Wuerkaii, the renowned studnet leader, recounted this summer’s believed might be seen as “rac- see SPEECH, page 6 struggle-- for democracy in China at theBrandeis conference. see BRANDEIS, page 2 ist.” ’ Medical .school financial aid program- Chinese Department victim of state budget cuts hires two lecturers Students allocated $220,000 for “The $10,200 from the Con- or give students guide books to by SCOTT DAMELIN tract Program was used to re- by DAVID SPIELMAN learn traditional characters. those students participating in the Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board program. The program was place the least desirable loan in “The decision to teach sim- This is the second article in a cancelled after the budget cuts each student’sfinancialaidpack- Following the departures of plified characters was made be- series about the effects of the were enacted. age. Now we have to reinstate Senior LecturerYih-Jian Tai and fore I came to Tufts,” Wang said. Massachusetts budget cuts at O’Rourke said that each stu- those loans,” O’Rourke said. Instructor Joanna Wu, two lec- Xu said that although only Tufts. dent received $lO,OOO towards Health Education Assistance turers have been hired full-time simplified characters will be their financial aid package from Loans and supplemental loans to teach the Chinese courses at taught, “If you write traditional While college tuition costs the program. for students will now replace the Tufts. characters, we won’t say you are have risen, cuts in the Massachu- He said that upon completion Contract Program funds, Jianhua Xu and Dr. Mingquan wrong.”Some students who may setts state budget have made it of their residencies, students O’Rourke said. Wang were hired over the sum- have learned traditional Chinese increasingly Micult for students worked for the state six months The 1989-90 tuition increase mer by the department. Xu will characters in other programs or to obtain financial aid. for each year of financial support for the Medical School, approved teach fist and second year Chi- schools can therefore write tradi- One state financial aid pro- they received. He said on aver- at the February Board of Trus- nese, as well as independent study tional characters. gram damaged by the budget cuts age students work for approxi- tees meeting, was 9.9 percent, 121. Wang will teach first, sec- “We only meet three times a affects 22 students at the Tufts mately two years of service on a resulting in a total cost of $21,900. ond and third year students. week. A lot of colleges meet five School of Medicine. part-time basis. After that meeting, Tufts Presi- Tai resigned at the end of last times and more than five times a Director of Financial Aid at O’RoUrke said that it was dent Jean Mayer said problems August because Chinese Program week,” Xu said, explaining that the Medical School Ray O’Rourke “much better” to have the con- arise for students when less schol- Director.Li-li Ch’en had recom- time constraints would make it said that when it was still in tract program than to maintain arship aid is available, students mended to German, Russian and difficult to teach both forms operation, the Massachusetts loans as part of the financial aid often have to borrow money on Asian Languages and Literature simultaneously. Contract Program for Medical package. top of previously acquired loans. Department Chair Christiane She added that learning tradi- Daniel Fitzpatrick, the assis- Romero in December 1987 that tional characters is not necessary tant dean for budget and finance Tai’s contract not be renewed. unless a student plans to study in at the Medical School, said that Wu left Tufts to go to Atlanta, the school only expects to feel Georgia. see LECTURERS, page 11 the budget crunch in the area of Tai’s resignation followed a scholarships. dispute with Wen over the teach- “We expect it to affect con- ing of traditional characters. Tai 1 Inside I tracts with the state, which don’t insisted on teaching the tradi- support our central faculty or tional characters, whereas Ch’en research,” he said. upheld the programs’ decision to The debut edition of the Science & Fitzpatrick said the school was teach only simplified characters. Technology page looks at Tufts’ new “Fairly lucky in a sense because it This year, Xu and Wang will CAD system and Mac word processors. just goes to show how little sup- port this school got from the state’ and that it “didn’t hurt the school directly, only on an indirect ba- sis.” characters. Photo by Karl Schatz Sandra Pearson, director of “In the class we will concen- Daily Sports ...................... p.9 WHAT $1 MILLION WILL BUY: No, this isn’t the finished ficial aid at the Dental School, trate On the simplified charac- Sunday’s NEroundup, Steve Clay I version of the new Ellis Oval press box, pressed into action for said that although scholarships Saturdav’s football scrimmage. See Clay’s Court on page 9. seeFUNDS, page6 page two THE TUWS DAILY Monday, September 18,1989 not seek an audience to discuss of Allegiance know more about our objections to the policy. It is, liberty than our esteemed deans. Letters perhaps, an indication of my This leaves only the last possibil- THETUFTS DAILY naivete in oppression that it did ity. not ?cur to me to do this. I have Thus, the reason for the se- Stephen Clay lived my life in acute awareness crecy of our demonstration. We Editor-in-Chief of my freedom. In my nar- have read our histories and know Managing Editor: Bob Goodman rowmindedness, I believed that a the evils of oppression. Even in Associate Editor: Lauren Keefe restriction of free speech must recent history we see protesting Production Managers: Beth Geller, Markus Mueller either be a tasteless joke, or the students massacred in defense of prelude of totalitarianism. NEWS freedom. Our history is full of Editon: Scott Damelin, Anna George. David Spielinan In the comparison of harass- people who not only spoke of Wire Editor: Ron Graber ment and speech and the free- “liberty or death” but lived it, OP-w Free Speech doms involved in each, I thought and died for it. This is not to say Editors: David Rothenstein, Rob Moskow it was the former.
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