CTHE TUFTS DAILY7Vol XXIII, Number 16 Medford. MA 02155 Wednesdav. SeDtember 25. 1991 Meal point Justice Department system is focuses investigation evolving Tufts, schools accused of fixing prices by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Last week. University Coun- by STEPHANIE S. SOLAKIAN Daily Editorial Board sel Mary Lee Jacobs reported the Contributing Writer The US Department of Justice Department of Justice had shifted Within the next five years, is redirecting their investigation the focus of its investigation from Tufts University may become "a of thc remaining members of the the alleged collusion on financial cashless campus" due to plans to Overlap Group, a consortium of aid packages to tuition price-fix- further expand the use of the stu- 16 Northeastern universities 'and ing between the schools of the dent points system, according to colleges. including Tufts. accused Overlap Group. She added the Art Korandanis. Director of Din- of colluding to fix prices of stu- demands of the investigation were ing and Business Services. Photo by Julio Mora dent tuition. faculty salaries. and putting a considerable strain on In lY88. the point system was finnncial aid packages offered to introduced "on a limited basis to their Inutui11 itppli~ittlt~. intrcxluce theability topay apenny Eight Ivy League schools. I I per point. offering more flexibil- fonncr tneinbers or the Overlap ity to each diner," Kor'andanis Group. settled the suit with the said. When the point system be- Dcpartment of Justice in May. gan, points were only used as part Committee nearing end with the goveiiunent agreeing to of Tufts Dining Services and were drop its case in exchange for a used at Trios. After Hours. Jumbo promise lorn the schools to end Scoops, the Campus Center Com- of Greek system study any practice of exchanging infor- mons and Hotung Cafe. by PATRICK HEALY "has its charge, which is the re- mation. However. another Over- Kor'andanis said the motto of Daily Editorial Board sponsibility of assessing whether lap school. the Massachusetts In- the points system was once "use The Faculty Coininittee on the Greek system as it stands stitute of Technology, refused to thein or lose them" because stu- Frateniity and Sorority Life is should continue at Tufts." The join in the agreement. claiming dents would purchase a certain planning the final stages of its committee has reviewed numer- that MIT is not in violation of the number of points at the beginning investigation and review of the ous articles and scholarly books Daily file photo law. The Justice Departincnt has Tufts President .lean Maver of or during the semester, and Tufts Greek system as well as written on the Greek system. Bai- vowed to continue prosecuting points left over at the end of each national fraternities and sorori- ley also said the committee will MIT under the Shennan Anti- the Administration's recources. semester were forfeited. ties. expecting to present its final review recent Tufts newspaper Trust Act. There is no indication University President Jean Mayer However, there are currently report and recommendations to articles regarding campus Greek that. besides MIT. Tufts or any of earlier this month put the cost of plans to revamp the points sys- the Faculty early next semester. incidents at Psi Upsilon and a the 14otherschoolsintheoverlap the investigation to the Univer- tem. Korandanis said "this is the Committee chair Stephen Bai- panel report on an assault at Delta group was asked to participate in sity at approximately $300,000. first year [that] points have been ley. ascxiology/nnt~opologypro- Upsilon last February. the agreement. Jacobs described the investi- liberalized." Instead of losing lessor, said yesterday the com- The committee had also According to Tufts Director of gationaid its tactics as "alittle bit money at the end of the semester, mittee will reconvene "soon" to pl'anned to distribute a campus- Cominunications Rosemarie Van Byzantine." students may have their points dctennhie the final work ncces- wide survey on the Tufts Greek Camp, the Justice Department had Mayer criticized the Depart- rbllecloverto the next semcsteror snry. system, gauging student opinion not contacted Tufts or 'any of the ment of Justice for "suing the over to the next school year. For "We are going to try to work of frateniities iuid sororiticsat the members of the Overlap Group those students who are in their only part of education in America out immediately what we c'an try University. However, Bailey said froin the Spring of 1990 until last that works, the higher education last semester at Tufts, 90 percent to do to finish our work ... The the survey was not distributed last July. Van Camp said the Dcpart- of a halnnce over $5 is rebated to in this country." He said that sev- process has been much more la- semester because the committee inent served Tufts with a second eral lawyers from Tufts and the the student. Koraridanis said that borious than we thought. looking "ran out of time." civil investigative demand, ask- the remaining ten percent is ap- Department of Justice respectively at the entire system and talking to "Whether or not to distribute a ing for more documents pertinent had been going through the plied to administrative charges in a nuinher of individuals. Greeks. survey at Tufts will be a main to the investigation of the suit. University's files searching for processing the point paperwork. administrators and students not topic of discussion at our first She said the University has fully any possible evidence that Tufts According to Ko~mdaJUs,tech- affiliated with theGreek system." meeting."" Bailev said. He added complied with the orders of the Bailey said. see INVESTIGATION, page see POINTS, page 8 see COMMITTEE, page 10 Department. 8 Bailev said the cotnmitteestill Though questions linger, AMbecomes less of a mystery by PATRICK HEALY articles as "a fine-tuned. low-key (TUDS) employees. and the pos- of ARA's contract feeding divi- account retention rate of 98 per- Daily Editorial Board approach paying dividends for sible conflict of interest concern- sion. After the buyout was de- cent. highest in its history. Since senior-level managers executives. employees. custom- ing Tufts Trustee JosephNeubauer feated, Neubauer brought together ARA has innumerable divi- bought a majority of the ers and consumers." according to have been raised in the commit- over 60 ARA executives for a sions, including units that work company's public stock in 1984, Nution's Restuiwaarit News. tee and the Tufts community. The stock purchase that cost $917 with small and large corporations, An ad hoc committee of ad- conflict ofinterest stems from the million. with a residual $1.2 bil- leisure convention centers and News Commentary ministrators and students is cur- fact that Neubauer is also chair of lion debt after recapitalization. hotels nnd sporting events facili- rently reviewing an unsolicited ARA. Although the debt today remains ties. ARA has also been the main ARA Services has grown into one ARA proposal to contract Tufts' Neubauer's election as ARA at that figure, the return on the caterer of the World Olympics for of most profitable corporations in dining services. Issues of food chair in 1984 was followed by a investment is obvious, since a the past 24 years, and the corpo- the country and has been hailed in quality. job security for current hostile buyoutattempt on the part share of ARA stock worth $3.50 ration is currently gearing up for inany newspaper and magazine Tufts University Dining Services of Bill Siegel. a former president in 1984 has risen to $22.50 in the 19Y2 Games. During the 1988 lY90. Summer Olympics in Seoul, only Elections, vote on TCU Constitution to be held today Forbes magazine has consis- 40 ARA managers worked on TheTuftsCoinmunityUnion vote for candidates for the TCU gauge student opinion to thepro- tent1 y ranked ARA Services as far three separatecontracts with NBC, student government elections for Judiciary. Currently, there are four posal. 'and away the largest aid most Coca-Cola and the Seoul Olym- freshmen will be held today, candidates for four open TCUJ The polls will be open today prolitable cotnpariy in Philadel- pic Organizing Committee. as phia. where the org'anization is Reviewing the informationon will a campus-wide vote on a seats. from 11:OO a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at proposed TCU Constitutional Tufts students may also vote various1ocationsoncampus.Stu- based. As of last December. ARA ARA, the ad hoc committee and referendurnand an unofficialref- today foraproposedTCUConsti- dents living in up-hill donnito- Services employs approximately see COMMENTARY, page 9 erendum on the ARA proposal tution, up for referendum vote to ries and houses must vote' at 120.000 workers and, in 1990, to contract Tufts dining. replace the standing 1981 TCU Cannichael Hall; students liv- had a sales income of approxi- All freshmen who pay the Constitution. Trustee representa- ingin Hodgdon, Lewis, Metcalf mately four billion dollars. Student Activities Fee, making tive Joe Swimnmer,aformermem- andTiltonmustvoteatHodgdon; Nation's Restaurant News, a Inside thein immediate members of the ber of last year's Joint Committee students living in Latin Way, national weekly newsmagazine Features ......................... P. 3 TCU, may vote in their class on Constitutional Revision that SouthHall andHaskellmustvote focusing on the food industry, Computer science invests in an ad. vanced future, and an unorthodox lenei elections. There are 1 1 fresh- wrote the proposed Constitution, at Dewick; andstudents living in gave ARA's Campus Dining Ser- the editor finds its way Features. men candidates running for proposed thedocument two weeks Stratton, Richardson, Special In- vices (CDS)an"A+"in foodqual- to to seven open Senate seats and one ago for referendum vote. In order terest Houses, Greek residents, ity and options for culinary pro- gram last December.