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I ’HEm TUFTSDAILY L-Wher 2 You Read It First Thursday, February 24,2000 Volume XL, Number 22 I Kaplan to speak at Paragon seeks to serve Tufts Tufts on Fridav students, help solve problems Former TCU representatives start new organization bywILLKINLAW byMA“EWKANE ment with the ability of the TCU both resigned from their posts in Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board Senate to address student con- TCU government earlier this se- Allantic Monthly Foreign Correspondent and renowned Several campus leaders and cerns-two ofthe organizations’ mester. author Robert Kaplan will speak in Pearson 106 on Friday, active students have created a leaders, President Randy Wells Paragon, which literally means giving a lecture entitled “The Caucasus: The new Near East.” new organization called Paragon and Vice President Craig a model of perfection or excel- Lecture Series, which is sponspring the event, were inspired to in hope that a new, outside orga- Waldman, are former TCU repre- lence, will be led by Co-presi- secure Kaplan as a speaker because of the many Tufts and nization will be able to findeffec- sentatives. Wells and Waldman dents Wells and Damon Meyer, Fletcher professors who use Kaplan’s books in their classes. tive solutions to the and Vice President Waldman. It His 1ec:turewill begin at 7 p.m. University’s problems, in- seeks to work with any group, “Some professors came to us on campus. Quite a few ofthem stead of leaving that respon- including the Senate, to further in Political Science, Fletcher, and International Relations use sibility solely in the hands of thegoalofimprovingcampus life. his book in their classes. Since he’s local, we tried to figure a the organized student gov- Wells and Waldman asserted way for him to come to campus,” said Lecture Series Co-chair ernment. that Paragon will be valuable to Sarah Coleman. “It worked out.” According to its founders, Tufts because it will attempt to Kaplan is the author of Balkan Ghosts, published in 1993, Paragon will concentrate on a accomplish initiativesin what they and The Ends of the Earth debuting in 1995. For the past 20 wide variety of issues affect- say is an unprecedented and less years, he has toured the world’s “hot spots,” or crisis areas, to ing students. Although the tedious way. ctudy their situations and predict their futures. His lecture on group will have not the OR- “Students at Tufts often com- Friday will focus on the Caucasus region, which is in central cia1 influence that the Tufts .plain about the lack of a venue in Asia. Kaplan believes that the area will become a site of conflict Community Union (TCU) Sen- which to be productive. This or- in the next century, much the way the Near East has been in the ate does, its leaders hope to ganization will address that con- last century. mobilize students and lobby cern. Any member ofthe commu- His other books include An Empire Wilderness: Travels Into the administration to make nity who wants to see real change Americu ‘s Future, 1998, and The Arabists: The Romance of an changes. For example, the can join us and works towards American Elite, 1993. His new book, entitled The Coming group is currently research- productive ends,” they said in a Anarchy, is a collection of essays Kaplan wrote during his ing bringing prominent speak- press release. travels over the past two decades. The book will be released ers to Tufts, fixing problems Waldman said that his desire later tl- is year. in the Tisch Library, and add- Photo by Daniel Rodrigues to make a difference drove him to Kaplan began his career as a reporter for a small American resign from student government newspaper, but soon became fed up with it and began writing on Clubmembers will berespon- lead paragon with firmerTCU and create Paragon. Paragon, he said, will succeed where he be- his own. It took him eight years to win a position on The Atlantic sibleforat leastone individual Judiciary Co-chair Craig Month!y, which allowed him to travel to such places as Europe, project Of lieves student government has to the student Waldman. Their organization ’ Africa. the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. body per year. failed. The club’s creation stems hopes to productively address “Youwill eliminate longmeet- from its founders’disillusion- needs Of Tufts students* ings, it will eliminate having to talk up ideas, and have long argu- ments about them, and having ego fights about them. So, the ten hours oftalking can translate into Sophomore Jeremy Rich loads up on ten hours of acting. And that’s multicultural appetizers in Dewick yes- the difference,” he said. terday (left), and Senior Rachel Walker Addressing possible con- cerns, Wells said he does not feel is served tasty Russian snacks by Jessy that Paragon will conflict with the Ahluwalia of the Russian Circle in the Senate’sroleon campus. He noted Campus Center. The International Club’s the similarity between the Senate Intercultural Festival, which entered its Constitution and Paragon’s con- third day yesterday, will culminate with stitution, but he said he foresaw the mudParade of Nations on Satur- no problems. day evening hm7 - 9 p.m. in Cabot Au- “If a project does come up when the Senate and Paragon can According to International club Presi- work together, I’d be more than dent Tristian Reed, the festival will help happy to work with them. After Tufts students become more internation- all, the one and only goal is to improve Tufts,” he said. ally aware, better informed, less prejudi- TCU Senator David Moon cial, and have fun. “One of the main fo- agreed, saying that ifthe group is cuses of the International Club is to pro- properly motivated, it can only be mote cultures, different languages, and, good for Tufts. “If they really beyond that, to be a link between the want to do this and they are dedi- American community and the interna- cated to this, then more power to them. There’s no reason you couldn’t havetwo groups ofdedi- cated students working on issues,’’ he said. Moon also acknowledged that there is a possibility that problems will arise between Paragon and the Senate. “I think the problem [is evident] if you look at the motivation for why people start a group like this. And I think this is a typical problem with Tufts poli- tics: I think it’s a big ego game,” he said. “But, I don’t think it will be too much of a problem, unless they engage in public sparring on the issues.” Paragon plans to go before the TCU Judiciary this coming Mon- day to seek official recognition as aTCUorganintion.Waldmanmade a point of noting that Paragon will not seek the normal new group funding for which such organizations are allowed to apply. Citing the strained TCU budget, Paragon --- will only ask for $1 in funding. .,,. ,. I. , , , , , , , , , ~, , , , .,, , , , . ,..,......,... ...,,,,.. ,.. , . , . , ,, ,,._,, . , . , ,.. .., , ,.. , . , . 2 THETUFTS DAILY February 24,2000 The Daily Weather Forecast Today I Tonight I Tomorrow Clinton legacy: a split Mostly cloudy, showers Lightrain/irizzle/fog Rain/drizzle/fog,frozen precip bench High: 55 Low: 35 High: 36 WASHINGTON -Although President Clinton still has nearly one year left in his term, the contours of his legacy on the federal A mild weather pattern has taken hold, and is progged by some computer models to judiciary are fairly clear. That’s because it’s unlikely the Senate will generally remain in place through next week. Don’t you like that word, “progged.” confirm more than 15 or so of his judicial nominees before the Anyway, a brief cooldown will begin later today as a cold front slides down the confirmation window closes in a few months. back door from Maine. Winds will turn northeast and light rain and drizzle are likely And that legacy looks to be pretty much a mixed bag. late today, into tomorrow, and throughout the weekend for that matter. The light On the one hand, there are now, for the first time in many years, rain may change to freezing rain or snow at some point tomorrow and into Saturday, more Democratic appointees on the bench than Republican appoin- before the unseasonably mild weather charges back in Ihere. Put away those tees: 389 Democrats and 386 Republicans in the federal judiciary, accordingtothe Alliance for Justice. And there are 99 Democrats and sunglasses for a while, as it looks like mostly cloudy weather will accompany these 8 1 Republicans on the 13 federal circuit courts of appeal. temperature swings right through Monday. AsaresultofClinton’sappointments,there ismuchmore diversity - Weather forecast by Daily Editor Andrew FEedman on the bench than ever as a whole, according to anew alliance report. By the end of 1999, Clinton had appointed a record 57 African Americans to the bench, along with 20 Latinos and 100 women. But for all that, the federaljudiciary remains arguably in Republican hands, because nine of the appeals courts, where the laws are made, and The Latino Center the SupremeCourtaremajorityRepublican. Study finds prescriptions Presents: for preschoolers on rise Doctors are prescribing stimulants such as Ritalin and anti- depressants such as Prozac for preschoolers at rates that appear to be rising rapidly, according to a study released Tuesday. The study, covering children age two to four in three large health systems in different parts ofthe United States, found the use of such drugs had doubled or even tripled from 1991 to 1995. The rapid increase occurred despite the fact that none ofthe most commonly used ofthese drugs has been approved for children under six, and little research has been done on the medicines’ effects on children so young.

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