THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Tuesday, October 19,1993 Vol XXMI, Number 26 IINDIAN SUMMER I Tufts Hunger Center supports Leland Act by JESSICA ROSE~L a choice between food and shelter. Daily Editorial Board ‘ Furthermore, under the new Hailed as one of the most sig- law, earnings of students under nificant steps in the fight against age 21 will not be counted toward American hunger, the passage of a family’s income, whereas the the Mickey Leland Childhood previous limit was age 18. Finally, Hunger Relief Act is due in part to the new law allows household the efforts of the Tufts Center on members paying child support to Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition another household to deduct that Policy. The act, which was passed amount in determining income eli- as part of President Clinton’s bud- gibility. get package, updates the major Sherman said that the act is componentsof the food stamppro- “proof that PresidentClinton wants gram and supports the right of all to invest in people [because] many people to be free from hunger. The mQre people will be able to use act is named in honor of the former food stamps now.” She said that Texas congressman who died in a the Leland Act was especially im- plane crash on his way to Ethiopia portant because “it won’t be such to conduct a food relief mission in a punitive process of having to 1989. choose between a vehicle, shelter, Laura Sherman, special assis- or food. It gives people the oppor- Photo by Irma Fayngold tant to the director of the Tufts tunity to improve their lives and Center on Hunger said that the break out of poverty.” I Manv students are SDending time outdoors in order to eniov the unseasonablv warm weather. I passage of the Leland Act “is a This year, the Tufts Center on public affiiation that hunger ex- Hunger published two reports il- ists, and that the US government lustrating the rise in hunger and Student Activities office sponsors wants to do something about it.” poverty among American children. She added that an average of 27.1 One report said that since 1971, million people are receiving food the number of children living in fall concert held at end of month stamps this year, and people are poverty has increased by 37 per- becoming moreaware of their food cent, and 28 percent of American by JEsSICA ROSENTHAL bigger show in terms of popular- and students Michael Stich and stampeligibility.Sherman saidthat children will be living in poverty Daily Editorial Board ity.” The two groups are touring in Denise Dauval. this act will allow recipients to get in 20 years if no change in policy Rap groups A Tribe Called order to promote their respective Each year, the Student Activi- more of what they need. occurs. The second report found Quest and De La Soul will be co- new albums. ties Office sponsors a concert in Accordingto Sherman,if afam- that 12 million American children headlining at the fall concert spon- According to a sales represen- the fall and spring to provide stu- ily owned a car worth more than were classified as hungry in 1991. -W&rU tative at HMV in Harvard Square, dent entertainment. Performers at $4000, that family would not be The Tufts Center on Hunger Office. The concert will G&L iJi&e Uc~a~oui‘snewaibumhhloone past come& have included Buddy eligible for food stamps in the and mem‘mrs from other anti-har- on Monday Oct. 28 in MacPhie Mind State is “selling fairly well, Guy, who performed last fall, and past; however, the new law will vest groups such as Second Har- Pub at 9:30 p.m. but is not a bestseller.” A Tribe the Village People in the spring of increase the limit to $5000 by vest andEnd HungerNetworkhave According to Katie O’Dair, Called Quest will bereleasing their 1992. 1996. Additionally, there was a been meeting with members of the assistant director of student ac- newest album Midnight Maraud- According to O’Dair, a Tufts $200 cap on the amount of money US Congress to address these so- tivities, De La Soul played at Tufts ers on Nov. 9. I.D. is required in order to pur- a family could deduct for housing cial problems. Findings from the two years ago in a similar concert. O’Dair said that the Student chase a ticket for the event, and a from its total monthly income. Tufts report on the number of hun- O’Dair said their past appearance Activities Ofice is funding the maximum of two tickets can be Under the Leland Act, the amount gry children in America were used on campus was a “very successful concert with money allocated for purchased per student. will be raised incrementally over by Clinton, Congress, and the show which sold out within hours.” activities within the pub budget. Tickets go on sale tomorrow al the next three years, and by 1997, Department of Agriculture to sup- Therefore, she said that she hopes The arrangements for the concert 9 p.m. in room 220 of the Campus the cap will be comp&ely re- this concert “should be an even were made primarily by O’Dair Center and cost $10 each. moved, lessening the necessity of see page 14 Culture representative resolution sparks Senate debate by JESSICA FOSTER The second goal is to grant culture the resolution was the definition in the idea. seats on the Allocations Board Senior Staff Writer representativesfull voting power. of the term “marginalized group.” The committee that would pro- were held. The seats, for Council The 1993-1994 Tufts Commu- Currently,culture representatives’ As the resolution was written, any pose an amendment to the TCU IV and Council VI were held over nity Union Senate laid the ground- votes on all issues &e recorded marginalized group on campus Constitution would be composed as is typical. work Sunday night to enter into but not counted. could approach the senate about of senators only because, as TCU The Council IV election, rep- one of the controversies that has The introduction of the resolu- receiving a culture representative vice president Matt Stein stated, resenting religious organizations, plagued severalsenates in the past- tion was made in the middle of the seat. TCUTreasurerDavidBrinker “this is an attempt for the senate to was between Senate Historian Ja- - the existence and role of culture treasurer’s report, when Farquhar asked for greater clarification of take responsibility for an issue that son Roth, sophomore senator Jill representative participation. moved to introduce the resolution the term, stating, “[the term] they have been denying responsi- Adelman, and first-year senator In a resolution introduced to because of the student representa- marginalized group has no mean- bility for.” He added that a com- Jenn Skalka. Ofthe three, Adelman the senate by TCU vice president tion in the room. Approximately ing unless it is a relative term. As mittee would force people to speak was the only senator with previous Matt Stein and senior senator eight students attended the meet- a white Jew from New York, I about the issue rather than allow Allocations Board experience. Michelle Farquhar, culture repre- ing solely to hear about the culture could be considered a member of the senate to attempt to change the Each candidate was given achance sentatives were deemed to have representativeissue. The introduc- a marginalized group, but here at Constitution without some con- to introduce himself and partici- too little influence and too limited tion of the resolution was part of a Tufts, I am not.” sensus. pate in a question and answer s&- of a role on the senate. Their solu- question and answer period in As a result, the resolution was There was no open opposition sion. In a runoff vote, Skalka was tion would not only give full vot- which “friendly” changes to the revised to read, “marginalized totheresolution, althoughtheidea eliminated, and in the final vote, ing rights to culture representa- resolution could be made, but no groups in this context will pertain that marginalized groups could be tives, who are currently elected debate would be allowed on the to any group who feels their con- represented by running for senate see SENATE, page 6 through their communities and not issue. Nevertheless, the question cerns are not adequately repre- in the general election was intro- in the campus-wide election, but and answer period lasted over one sented by the campus at large and duced. Yet, as explained by sev- would also allow any group on and a half hours, due to confusion will be further defined by the eral senators and in the wording of campus who felt underrepresented over terminology and procedure. amendment committee in terms of theresolution,“perceptions of dis- Inside to petition for a culture represen- If the resolution were adopted, eligibility for culture representa- respect between members of the Features ...... p. 5 tative. The Senate currently has the TCU Constitutionwould need tive status.” TCU Senate have led to a lack of A group discusses what’s not so culture representatives from the to be amended by a campus-wide Matt Stein supported this addi- effectiveness within the body and funny about humor, and an e.e. cummings celebration is thrown. African-, Asian-, and Hispanic- vote. ’henty-five percent of the tion, explaining “if a group in the a hesitance [on thepartofj cultural American communities. student body would need to vote, studentbody wants representation groups to send representatives to The resolution has two goals. and a majority would have to vote in the future, I don’t think we need this body.” A&E ...... P. 7 The first is to establish a commit- in favor of the amendmentin order a campus vote of 25 percent. I feel The debate and vote on the A new documentary focuses on life on the open road, and even Wesley tee “composed of the makers, sup- for it to be adopted. In the past five the senate will be able to make an resolution will begin at the next porters, and opposition of this years, not one attempt to change educated decision.” For example, meeting. Snipes can act in a bad movie motion to draft an amendment to the Constitutionhas been success- the Tufts Lesbian, Gay and Bi- Spor ...... P.9 ful because considerably less than sexual Community (TLGBC) was Women’s tennis are strong and set the TCU Constitution that will Allocations Board Elections to finish their season, while men’s soc- 25 address issues of election, voting percent of the student body introduced as a group who does After the discussion on the resolu- cer struggles to succeed. and status of culture representa- voted in those elections. not currently have a culture repre- tion, the treasury report resumed tives in the TCU government.” One of the first challenges to sentative, but has been interested and the elections for the two open page two THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesclay, October 19,1993 THETUFTS DAILE Letters to the Editor

Elin M. Dugan Tufts, why didtheAdministrationshutdown Editor-in- Chief Be more conscious of sity to non-colored students. They felt it (oh, I’m sorry... relocate and hold off open- was wrong of the University to accept us Managing Editor: Caroline Schaefer Hydro-Quebec issue ing for an indefinite time) Oxfam cafe with with hopes of enhancement by means of Associate Editors: Nadya Sbaiti, Marc Sheinkin no warning? (This after Tufts studentsraised our color, and then allow us to segregate Editorial Page Editor: Stephen Arbuthnot To the Editor: I would like to commend the Daily for over $7,000 last year for Oxfam Interna- into culture houses. Production Managers: Michael B. Berg, its editorial (“DiBiaggio must urge Hydro- tional, second highest in the nation after First off, I do not agree that we are here Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto Quebec divestment,” 10-12-93). To be only Boston University.) And if we are so to enhance anyone’s life but our own, but I ethical, why is Gifford heading up the Trust- NEWS honest, I had been taking the support that do agree that the University sees students Editor: David Meyers, Jessica Rosenthal both the Daily and the Observer have ees in their decision to divest from Hydro- of color as a passageway for this goal. The Wire Editor: Ashley Burkart given to ECO on this issue for granted, Quebec, when he is a director of Boston oppositionfeltthat by allowingthesehouses until I realized at the TCU Senate meeting Edison, a corporation which signed a con- to exist, the University is rendering useless tract with the hydroelectric corporation our very “purpose” on campus, which in vlEwPol~s on Monday, October 11, how many Tufts Editor: Michael J.W. Stickings students fail to understand the negative several years ago following Gifford’s tour their mind is to diversify. They think that ramifications of the James Bay projects. of the James Bay project? Most upsetting, the University is tending to “our” special FEATURES Our questions to Trustee Chair Nelson if a Tufts education is supposed to make needs. Let’s face it, the University would Editors: Rachel Levine, Jessica Ruzz caring, active citizens of us all, why do never implement anything, without their Assistant Editor: Sharon Jedel Gifford regarding the clear disjunction between Tufts’ investment policy (that we there seem to be so few students wondeMg own concerns first. Among these concerns ART & ENTERTAINMENT will invest in only environmentally and these same things? are diversity and integration for the sole Editors: Madhu Unnikrishnan, Matt Carson, socially sound ventures) and the holding of sake of their reputation. So, according Megan Brenn-White almost $2 million of Hydro-Quebec bonds Kate Konschnik LA’94 to the University’s demented view as to the purpose of culture houses, we must en- WEEKENDER brought on groans fromour senators. They Editors: John McGuire. Christopher Stripinis appeared more interested in indulging hance the community, by integrating cul- Production Manager: Jamie Fink Gifford’s nostalgic ramblings on freshmen tures. The fact that we get something out of beanies and class tugs-of-war at the Ms Culture houses serve it is a bonus, right? So, hey, they are using SPORTS us to enhance the community, give them a Editors: Doug Katz, John Toma~e, of the 1950s. Jeff Geller What is going on? At an institution a very valid purpose plausible rep? Well, it’s a shamethat we get which prides itself on sparking global To the Editor: a hell of a lot of benefits that they never conciousness and intellectual engagement, During the debate/discussionon culture expected nor intended. Among other rea- PHOTOGRAPHY . I am shocked at both the thoughtless ac- houses held last Tuesday at Metcalf Hall, sons, culture houses should exist because Editors: hna Fayngold, Jennifer McCarthy of the programs they provide and the aware- Assistant Editors: Tara Kernohan, tions of the University, and the level of there was one point that the affirmativeside Matilde Pereda, Anni Recordati antipathy among the students. If we are failed to acknowledgewhich1 wouldlike to ness they spread. It’s too bad that the stu- such an environmental wonder, can some- address. The opposition to culture houses dent of color’s view as to his purpose and PRODUCTION one explain to me why Jumbo Scoops’ stated that the University has a number in the purpose of culture houses at Tufts is ayout Editors: Mark Lerman, Stephanie Vogel mind, a quota, to how many students of completely different from that of the Classifieds Editor: Beth McGregor yogurt now comes in individually-plasti- as Graphics Editor: John Pohorylo cized serving blocks? If we are considered color shall be granted admission. They also University’s. Copy Editors: Elana Vatsky, a leader in combating world hunger, so that stated that the University accepted students Cheryl Horton, Yael Bekind Congress just appropriated about $2 mil- of color over other students of equal stand- Anita Krithivas LA’96 lion towards a hunger and poverty center at ing because their color would bring diver- GhmOzkulaha Executive Business Director After lengthy, heated trial and deadlock, Business Manager: Phil Ayoub Advertising Manager. Dean Gendron multiracial jury completes the Denny case Offics Manager: Lyle Mays Subscriptions Manager: Monika Voellm LOS ANGELES (AF’)-- Two blacks were after the riots, tried to kill Denny, the count the rioting, Denny w’ls pulled from his Receivables Manager: Melissa Tapply acquitted Monday of most of the felony that could have brought him life in prison. gravel-hauling truck at the intersection of The TI& Daily is a non-profit newspaper, published charges in the beating of white trucker “I am in total agreement (with the ju- Florice and N ormanale avenum-anu onday~ughFridayd~gtheacademicyearanddis~b rors),” Denny told the TV tabloid show ed free to the Tufts community. The Daily is entirel, Reginald Denny and other motorists at beaten bloody. udent-run; therearenopaideditorialpositions.TheDailyir the start of the 1992 riots, easing fears of “Inside Edition.” “They should let the guy Prosecutors played that and other tapes inted at Charles River Publishing, Charlestown,MA. renewed racial tensions. go. He spent a year-and-a-half in jail and for jurors, focusing again and again on the The Daily is located at the back enmce of Curtis Hall Tufts University. Our phone number is (617) 627-3090. The defendants were convicted of lesser has had time to think about what hap- sight of Williams apparently doing a dance lsiness hours are 9:OO a.m - 600 p.m, Monday througk counts. pened.” over Denny’s battered body. iday, and 1:OO p.m - 6:OO p.m on Sunday. The judge sent the multiracialjury back Watson’s mother, Joyce, sat in the Jury deliberations were tumultuous and The policies of The Tufts Daily are established by the itorial board. 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Thank you. Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page three VIEWPOINTS Degrading the Holocaust Defending NAFTA

We have all heard how in World War ZZ, Jews arenaof ideology. Instead, the Holocaustappears to by David Mollow Nowhere in the liberal’s eo- were singled outfor muss persecution by the yellow be little more than a bandwagon, and rather than nomic analysis does one encoun- star of David that the Nazi regime required them to using Stalinist Russia or Khmer Rouge Cambodia, Liberals cling religiously to ter even a tacit confession of what wear in public. Less known is that inside the Nazi they have chosen a tragedy with which we are more their causes. Last Wednesday’s every economist (even protection- concentration familiar. Daily had an article entitled “Tufts ist ones) acknowledges: Free trade Michael J.W. Stickings camps this same The propagandaappearsto be areplacement for SEAC [Student Environmental brings prices down and therefore, badge served to intelligent arguments, or, perhaps, it is being used Action Coalition] opposes free whatever its efect on organized The Reaction distinguish them because they don’t have enough faith in reason and trade agreement.” After reading labor, is unquestionably in the in- from other feel they must appeal to the passions and the horror it, I thought to myself that the staff terests of consumers everywhere. groups. Eachgroup wasassignedadifferent badge; which the Holocaust evokes. And by using the of the Daily should have called it But because the leftist hasn’t the for hundreds of gay and lesbian people, it was the Phrase ‘‘bkver Again,” they are explicitly linking “Tufts SEAC opposes free trade.” foggiest understanding of how a pink triangle. In the early days of the war; non- the two issues and denigrating the memory of the I began thinking about the whole free market economy works, this Jewish citizens of such occupied countries as Hol- Holocaust. NAFTA debate. I realized that it whole analysis is to him like one land and Poland voluntarily wore the yellow star The logic inherent in the propaganda is appar- reveals the environmentalistin so delivered in an alien dialect. This effectively camouflaged their Jewish friends ent: Jews, many decades ago, were oppressed. many of his ridiculous postures at So what does he do? He de- from the eyes of the German prosecutors, thus NOW,gays and lesbians see themselves as the op- once that I just couldn’t help writ- clares that NAFTA will wreck the making the Nazis absolutely furious. Now in the pressed group du jour. Non-Jews helped to defend ing. Let’s go over his arguments environment: “NAFI’A would ac- escalating AIDS hysteria and because of the preva- Jews from the Nazi authorities. Now, heterosexu- one by one. celerate destruction of the rain lence of anti-gay legislation and homophobic hate als, out of compassion and support, are expected to crimes, we toofind ourselves asking sane people to defend gays and lesbians from the tidal wave of Free trade brings prices down and is unquestion- stand with us in protection of our civil rights. We ask homophobia that is sweeping the country. It follows that you consider wearing the pink triangle button. that Jews and homosexuals are perceived to be in ably in the interests of consumers everywhere. To us, the pink triangle means NEVER AGAZN. It Similar situations, an assumption that most intelli- also means: Z support the civil rights of gay and gent people with an understanding of history would First, as expressed in the Daily forests... [by increasing]... imports lesbian people. declare to be a fallacy. article, the environmentalist of cheaper beef produced in south- I do not deny that the gay and lesbian civil rights charges that the elimination of tar- ern Mexico...” Those imports the The Holocaust is unquestionably the great Wag- movement is a legitimate cause. As such, it can be iffs will cause “the displacement environmentalist so adamantly edy of our century. Within the realm of madness and defended within the confines of rational debate, of up to two million Mexican farm- opposes can play a vital role in insanity, it is among mankind’s most ferocious and within the give and take of political discussion and ers,” and the loss in the US of increasing the standard of living barbaric acts. For the human race, it is a permanent the workings of our political system. It does not “more than 500,000 high-wage of the Mexican people. They may blackness upon our historical development. How an require analogies. Yes, there are a shocking number jobs.” Similarpoints appear in the one day translate into better hous- entire people could be targeted for elimination is of hate crimes. In some states, anti-gay legislation anti-NAFTA propaganda SEAC ing, higher qualityeducation, more beyond the scope of human understanding. is being supported by powerful backers. The AIDS has distributed on campus: “...as vehicles, modern medical facili- At best, we can look back in anguish and terror. crisis has reachedunimaginableproportions.How- trade barriers are broken down, ties, higher life expectancy, etc. We can read books and listen to first-hand accounts. ever, there is no “hysteria.” There is no attempt to Mexicanfarmers are finding them- Although they despise free We can seek to analyze the factors that led to the implement a full-scale, systematic, and effective selves unable to compete wi th... trade, some liberals support implementation of the Final Solution. We can dis- oppression on the part of our social and political [prices ofl sorghum from the NAFTA. They view the treaty as a cover the forces at work in the ideology of anti- infrastructures. In short, there is no new Final United States.” We’ve all heard way of imposing American envi- Semitism andNazism. Yet, for all the intelligent and Solution. these kinds of arguments before. ronmental regulation on Mexico. emotional observations, the latent psycho-dynam- Yet, the propaganda implies a Nazi-like ap- Of course, removingtariffs may Our president, who would not sup- ics will forever remain beyond our grasp. For these proach to the issue of gay and lesbian civil rights, cause somejobs inMexico3 agrar- port free trade without strings at- factors lie in the very nature of evil, or rather, if one and in doing so brings the Holocaust down into the ian sector to disappear. By allow- tached, is an example of this kind -dandwil, in the nature of dirty arena of politick. The Final Solution killing ing nations to specialize, the free of liberal. All things considered, it humanity itself. The Holocaust reflects what we as was, as Churchill rightly pointed out, “probably the exchange of goods and services appears that the treaty will be ben- humans are capable of, and as such, it tells us that greatest and most horrible crime ever committed in renders certain jobs obsolete. eficial; nevertheless, a reasonable our nature can perpetuate the most horrible terror. the whole history of be world.” The Nazi machin- People who were once employed argument against NAFTA emerges, althoughit won’tbeheard To degrade the Holocaust as a personal and ery eliminated 67pekentofEuropean Jewry, around in these no longer necessary jobs historical tragedy is to engage in a most irrespon- six million Jews systematically slaughtered in ways can now devote their energies to on this campus. The rational argu- sible act of insensitivity. Yet, the sentences I quote that are beyond the ?omprehension of the civilized the creation of other, new kinds of ment against NAFTA emphasizes above appear throughout the dormitories as propa- mind. wealth. The economy expands, the the danger of the vast concessions ganda for the gay and lesbian civil rights movement. For this, there is no comparison:the determined country gets richer through urban- to environmentalistsalready writ- Within the message is an explicit comparison ofthe genocide of an entire people. The Holocaust as a ization. In this way, a nation im- ten into the treaty. For the first current movement with the tragedy of the Holo- collective historical experience should stand apart proves its standard of living. The time, US environmental imperial- caust, and that is why the propaganda should be from the realm of political activism. It should not be alternative is for Mexico to re- ism is emerging as a serious threat condemned. compared with other programs of mass-murder main an agrarian society indefi- to the Western Hemisphere. It is wrong to use the Holocaust to justify a suchasthoseinKhmer RougeCambodiaorStalinist nitely. Since the Clinton administra- current political movement; it is wrong to use the Russia, nor should it beperverted in the name ofgay The same kind of reasoning tion has not yet released the details Holocaust to perpetuate a specific political ideol- and lesbian civil rights. obviously holds for the elimina- of the treaty to the public, the ogy. To do so is to slap the victims and survivors of tion of protectionist barriers in the extent to which it empowers envi- the Final Solution in the face. Even more, it is to These activists should avoid hyperbole. They United States. It may cause tem- ronmentalistsis not clear. ButTom degrade the Jewish people and to take from them the should debate their agenda with reason and intelli- porary unemployment, but it will Bethell of The National Review respect and dignity they deserve. gence. They should avoid jumping on bandwagons promote long-term economic reports on what some insiders in Yet, justification is exactly what the authors of for the sake of allying themselves with the tragedy growth as old industries vanish Washington are saying. Bethell the propagandaare seeking. Seemingly,they cannot of others. Above all, they should avoid insulting and new ones spring up. Alterna- tells us that US Trade Representa- address their concern in contemporary terms, nor these victims and, indeed, they should avoid insult- tively, the economy would remain tive Mickey Cantor praises the can they support their interests in the more noble ing an entire people in the process. stagnant, with the government T- treaty, declaring that under tificially propping up millions of NAFTA, “No country in the agree- worthless jobs. ment can lower its environmental The environmentalist argues standards -ever. And if a country that ratification of NAFTA would doesn’t go after its polluters, we cause a net loss of jobs in both will.” “The apathy of the people Mexico and the United States. But, CEIResident Fred Smith warns in addition, he declares that jobs that, with regard to NAFTA, from the US will flow south, since “There’s something else going on is enough to make every corporationswill move to Mexico, here - bringing the US regula- where cheaper labor is available. tory apparatusto the Third World.” These two arguments are very Senator Max Baucus of Montana, statue leap from its different. The first implies a net a leading environmentalist famil- loss ofemploymentbothinMexico iar with the treaty, says that NAFTA and in the United States. The sec- “obligates each country to enforce pedestal and hasten the ond argument maintains that its environmental laws, and offers NAFTA will transfer employment punishment if enforcement is inef- from one country to another. If the fective.” resurrection of the dead.” United States fears the latter de- The Mexican government does velopment, perhaps it should re- not enforce many of its own envi- peal the unattractive regulations ronmental laws, because they --William Lloyd Garrison and restrictions that might propel would destroy its economy and businesses south. Why retard the further impoverish its people. As economic progress of the whole Bethell has shown, the treaty may Write Viewpoints. world just so that American work- require Mexico to enforce these ers and union leaders can receive laws, armtheUS governmentwith artificially inflated wages? power of enforcement, and forbid Mexico’s governmentfromrevok- David Mollow is a senior major- ing in history. seeNAFTA, page6 page four THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 19,1993

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Tues. Oct. 19 sponsored by SAC Macphie Pub 1 Opm- 1 am Two forms of Pictured 10 required Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page five FEATURES Pass the beernuts Fans honor late poet Are they all gone yet? brunch. The faces are vaguely familiar, but all of the Well, another Parents’ Weekend is in the history sudden that guy or gal that you’re used to seeing is with a birthday bash books. Once again it was another weekend of par- 20 to 30 years older and has gained about 20 ents coming from far and wide to see exactly where pounds. You then realize that it’s the parent of that e.e cummings- honored at coffeehouse guy or gal you’re used to seeing. The dead all their hard-earned loot is being spent. As we all give- formed by Susan Hearn and Will- away is the sheer cluelessness and lack of naviga- by RACHEL LEVINE Daily Editorial Board iam White. Appropriately chosen tion skills within the dining hall; they just can’t do know, it’s being “I am someone who proudly to start the reading, the characters Michael B, Berg spentonfixingup it. The most fun is when an entire family of the same and humbly affirms that love is the in the play remark that “They’re the Universityfor person is walking together in different small, me- mystery of mysteries, that ‘an art- pretending that this room and you dium, and large versions of one another. The same Stressed Desserts a mockery week- ist, aman, afailure’ is ... anaturally and I are real,” to welcome the end full of tours looks, the same gestures, the same mannerisms -- and miraculously whole human audience into cummings’ playful it’s quite scary. of the computer annex, free lunches, and special being, whose only happiness is to world of words. For most, Parents’ Weekend is alove-hate thing. lectures. Of course, the weekend is much too closely transcend himself, whose every This was followed by Peter If your parents do come to visit, you get to spend timed to everyone’s toughest work week (i.e. mid- agony is to grow,” remarked e.e. Vallero’s nervously recited open- time with those you love, you get to be stressed out terms, or thirdterms, or whatever). And it’s not that cummings, late in his career ing remarks about the life and po- all weekend wondering what to do with them, and as wedon’tlovethem, butitallcomesdowntoasimple poet, artist, and playwright. Known etry of e.e. cummings. With his how you’re ever going to get any work done. If you mathematical formula: parents = stress. for his “powerful mind and warm shaking hands tightly gripping a parents don’t make the trip, it’s a minor annoyance Still, parents are a hoot, and parents’ weekend is heart,” the late e.e. cummings is piece paper, Vallero traced e.e. at best, with slight entertainmentvalue. I overheard just one of those wonderfully fascinating things, full still popular and loved today, cummings’ life from his birth in one student mutter, “If1 see another fat man getting as of as much mystery and awe equaled only by the confirmed by the large turnout of Cambridge to his death. He then out of a Jaguar, I’m going to puke.” A favorite line high television ratings of candlepin bowling. If you fans at the e.e. cummings 99th proceeded to talk about e.e. live in the residence halls you simply can’t miss the of mine during one special Parents’ Weekend mo- birthday show at the Pendulum cummings’ style of writing and his sudden transformation of the whole campus. Park- ment is “It would have been fine if my parents Theater of the Bookcellar Cafe in choice of subject matter, namely, ing lots are overcrowded.There is actually a crowd weren’t here.” Porter Square. The birthday gala the extremes of passion and emo- (offans) at the footballgame. Buildings and grounds Parents are an enigma. You certainly don’t have consisted of excerpts from plays, tion. Finally, Vallero shared his worlters are cleaning, really cleaning, for the week- much choice in picking them. You may or may not poems, and fairy tales written by own views on cummings: “The - end. And the food in the dining halls there sud- like them. You might just be starting to realize how ... e.e. cummings and presented by only thing I hate about him is that denly seems to be so much of everything and the alike or not you are to them. You are going to several local Cambridgians. I will forever have an inferiority options are just a little bit better than usual. become them. Start acceptingit now, it’s inevitable. e.e. cummings led a full life. complex about my own writing.” Check out that bookstore. Hopefully, if your They’ve handed youyour world. They have taught Son of Reverend Edwin and Mrs. Sally Powers then read from parentscameupyougotthemtobuy youasweatshirt you all you know. And even though we like to think Rebecca Cummings, he was born e.e. cummings’ fairy tale, “The before the cold sets in for good. In this light, of ourselves as free--willed, decision-making, be- at 104 Irving Street in Cambridge. Elephant and the Butterfly,” writ- 1 Parents’ Weekend is pretty well-timed. It gives ings, believe me: they’re there, in some way, in He attended Harvard University, ten for his only daughter. With students the chance to get all the things they realize every choice you make. rolling ‘R’s and a haughty tone of i they suddenly need, and isn’t it strange how some Well, they’re all gone now, and might not even where he studied English and Clas- sical Studies and formed a poetry voice, Powers more or less put the i things are suddenly needed as soon as one’s parents’ be back for another whole year. Parents: they are kind of cute. Face it, it’s acaseof you can’t live with society with his friends. At age 2 1, audience to sleep. credit cards are that much closer? Joe Clark, a dramatic ‘: The strangest thing about parents’ weekend has them, you can’t live without them, and to para- he moved to New York and lived Mary art with long-time friend Art Wilson, critic and mother wearing large to be the sudden transformation, not of the campus, phrase a saying of baby expert Dr. Spock: If you working at his first and only job earrings and a button-down dress, j but of the student body. Here I actually do mean the parents decide not to have any children, chances are as a mail-order bookseller. successfullyrevivedtheinitial gay students’ bodies. It’s most noticeable at Sunday that you won’t either. From there, he went to France and wacky mood of the gala when to serve as a volunteer ambulance she read nine poems that focused : driver and was jailed for stating, “I on nature, spring, and the joy of ., __ __ like the French,” instead of “I hate living. Rocking back and forth as w funny about offensive, the Germans.” Upon his release, she read, her animated presence he returned to the United States, was welcomed after the seemingly degrading jokes that only insult? waited for the end of the war, then endless fairy tale, as well as the returned to Paris to study art, where yellow daisies she handed out upon .Forum studies the relationship between racism and humor he befriended Picasso and visiting the completion of her reading. American writers such as Clark was followed by Murray by MELANIE SCHNEIDER proved frustrating, it was nonethe- personal backgrounds. No one Archibald MacLeish and Ezra Denofsky, an eerie man with thick Daily Staff Writer less imperative that one realize should be labeled as “teacher” or Pound. glasses and adisturbing voice who Consideringthe incredible ten- that such ambiguityis afact of life. “student.” Rather, the purpose of Cummings returned to New recited nine poems. Denofsky sion and the numerous racial is- No one will ever agree on every- the meetings is to discuss issues, York in 1924 and published his chose war poetry for his subject, sues needing to be confronted on thing. Yet what this group shows is mainly contemporary ones that first book of poems, Tulips and for which e.e. cummings is fa- campus, one should consider a the importance in realizing that a affect every day life, such as inter- Chimneys,which received the Dial mous, and poetry about the “joy meeting with the Race Awareness lesson can be learned from talking racial dating, and race and educa- Award. From that point on he es- and beauty of childhood, but the Discussion Group at Tufts. Here, openly. tion. With topics like these, the tablished his lifetime routine of horrible, evil world getting in the all students are welcome to talk By sitting in a circle with a few group believesthatpeople can have painting by day and writing by way.” Most notable about his read- candidly, comment, and share. In strangers, one can listen to the an environment to express their night. The bulk of his works, in- ing was the poem “i sing of Olaf fact, not only are students wel- experiences and stories of others feelings. Watching movies, for cluding &, No Thanks, 50 Poems, glad and big,” which Denofsky come, they are encouraged. Each and see things through different example, and discussing them af- I x I, and the play Him were pub- introduced as “the recreation of week, this group covers a different eyes. As one student in the group terwards is a way in which Race lished during this time. Though the ’60s for those of you too young topic to debate. All opinions are put it, “It’s important that we all and Awareness desires to intro- cummings traveled as frequently to remember,” because of its anti- recognized, and because of such teach each other about our feel- duce the talks. as possible, particularly to France, war message. openness, one might hear things ings, and make sure to speak up he continued to live in the United Vallero returned to the stage at that he or she has never heard when a joke is offensive to us. Perhaps the most significant States, dividing his time between this point to read from cummings’ before. Such astyle is reason alone Unfortunately, ignorance exists aspect of this discussion is that all Greenwich Village in New York novel, The Enormous Room, which to check it out. and we must deal with it, but by ideas are welcome. For example, City and his family farm at Silver was drawn from e.e. cummings’ Last week, the topic of discus- not ignoring it we can try to help it if a student has a topic of interest Lake, New Hampshire. experiencesin jail in France. This sion focused on racism and hu- from not spreading.” , to him or her, hdshe merely needs In 1950, cummings received a was followed by a ten minute in- mor. This forum confronted the The group then approached the to say the word. If the group agrees fellowshipfrom the Fellowship of termission. very broad question of ‘What is controversialquestion, “Who’s job that it is interesting and relevant, the Academy of American Poets The readers in the second half funny and what’s not?” Stereo- is it to educate?’ In other words, the studentcan lead the discussion for “great achievement,” and he of the celebration were of a differ- types were discussed and consid- should we be constantly teaching the following week. Here one can continued to write and lecture un- ent caliber than the first, except ered difficultto define. The humor people what stereotypes we find ask questions and give hisher own til his death on Sept. 3, 1962. for Susan Hearn, who opened Part behind stereotypes, for example, hurtful and what is simply untrue opinions. And if there is a movie The birthday celebration was Two by reciting seven poems in a is hazy and complicated: are ste- about our races, or should it be the that he or she thinks would go well frequented by approximately 40 voice oddly similar to that of reotypes acceptable to laugh at, responsibility of the individual to with the topic, then it can be shown Cambridge-types, who wore only Cheers’ Diane Chambers.Tipping for example, if the person telling educate themselves? as well. tan, navy, burgundy, and darkgreen her head from side to side and the jokes is of the same race as the Thebest answerthegroupcould clothing,and big beady necklaces: looking down at the poems over one at which the fun is being made? collectively agree upon rest in this There is no easier way to speak the type cummings accurately de- her librarian glasses, Hearn called If one thinks that the answer is “assignment” as a dual-responsi- up. The group is about sharing. It’s picted in his poem, “the Cambridge to mind images of a woman with “no,” the issue to be debated can bility. Accordingly,people should about bringingthings up that might ladies who live in furnished souls,” many cats and much blue glass- then cross over to the well-liked educate themselves about other not normally be discussed in your when he wrote, “the Cambridge ware in her house. Her tone and and even admired comedians such races, although it is safest to as- classroom, or even at the dinner ladies who live in furnished souls inflection never changed and one as Jackie Mason and Martin sumepeopleignorant, sothatfeel- table. It was nice to hear new are unbeautiful and have comfort- poem ran into the next, so that all Lawrence. Where should the line ings are not easily hurt. Teaching voices, but the only problem was able minds (also, with the church‘s seven sounded as one giant blur. be drawn when such well-known can exist, and people can come that there were too few; a good Protestant blessings daughters, Hearst was followedby Brother figures seem to have “racist per- together and learn about one an- meeting needs more faces. Every- unscented, shapeless spirited).” Blue, a familiar face of the mission?” other. one has something to say because With their berets and big ear- Bookcellar Cafe who’s noted for Students debated these issues At the same time, however, the everyone is affected. So think rings, an attentiveaudience leaned his storytelling ability. Brother and others at the most recent meet- group leaders of Race and Aware- about coming to the next meeting forward in their chairs and closed Blue, entirely clad in blue, per- ing of Race Awareness. While a ness wanted to stress that the pur- on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the their eyes so they could “feel” the formed an improvisational love Zamparelli room in the Campus failure to come up with one‘clear- pose of the meetings are not to sit poetry as the celebration opened see CUMMINGS, page 6 cut answer to please everyone around informingeach other about Center. What’s there to lose? with act 3, scene 7 of Him, per- page six THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 19,1993 Board elections are conducted SENATE continued from page 1 Tufts Association of South Asians, ADULT. CPR COURSE a Race Awareness Discussion Roth won. Group, and the Spirit of Color. This course will include: rescue breathing for Senior senator Michelle The TCU Treasury Financial Re- adults; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for Farquhar as well as both Adelman port was given by Treasurer David adults; and treatment for obstructed airway in and Skalka ran for the Council VI Brinker. Brinker also presented adults. Successful completion of the course chair, representing miscellaneous the findings of the fiscal control will provide AMERICAN RED CROSS campus groups. Farquhar won the board, which compiled nine pages seat after defeating Adelman in a of individuals and organizations CERTl FlCATlO N. final vote. who took TCU Treasury funds but did not have receipts, as is re- 2 DATE: Tuesday, November In addition, during the part of quired under treasury policy. the treasurer’s report conducted Tracking down the money could TlME: 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. before the resolution, the senate take the entire semester, accord- passed buffer funding for the ing to Brinker, but it is necessary CLASS SIZE: Minimum 8 - Maximum 14 Leonard Carmichael Society,Tufts for “students to be accountable to Ski Club, the Hellenic Society, the treasury.” SIGN UP: IN PERSON ONLY at 55 Talbot Avenue Treaty would help Mexicans through October 29th NAFTA Y continued from page 3 claim, kingpin in absurdity of them COST: $20 at the time of sien UIJ all: We are victims of an anti- ing the legislation when its delete- democratic conspiracy. “NAFTA rious effects are felt. is a threat to democracy... [and] 55 Talbot Avenue That the environmentalist ad- was negotiated in secret... Panels (8 627-3027 vances his own agenda of imperi- meeting in secrecy will have the alism comes as no great surprise. authority to settle disputes over He cares not in the least about the environmental standards...” The poverty of the Mexican people environmentalistnormally invokes and, indeed, seems to take an al- this last point with a straight face most wretched delight in prostrat- and a tone of finality, as if to put an ing their economy with regula- end to the whole debate then and tion. He fmly believes Mexicans there. are too ignorant to determine what So blind is the kind of environmental regulation environmentalist’sallegiance to his is appropriate for their own coun- cause, so irrational his basic as- try. All the while, he dictatorially sumptions about the economy, so presentshimself as the representa- saturated with superiorityand self- congratulation is his rhetoric, that tive of the working people. ~ So opposed to free trade are one can only pity him. He honestly many environmentalists,however, expects Mexico to halt its move- that even in spite of NAFTA’s pos- ment away from Third World liv- sible implications for eco- ing conditions in the name of his Shrdent meetings. “dscussim. 6 Ageeda Class General Meeting SalaWJurma imperialism, they intend to block own environmental drivel, eco- the treaty’s ratification. These en- nomic lunacy, and Oliver Stone- vironmentalists have one last stylee-i-- All this without capital letters continuedCUMMINGS from page 5 Overall the evening was de- lightful and well-worth attending, WEEK I story between a caterpillar and a if only to eyeball the interesting I&!E LOCATION EMIsr butterfly in honor of e.e. people in attendance. The read- 9:3oan3:oopn cummings. Jumping around and ings, though all of works by the M~erCampvs Center Wuslin Table contorting his voice and body, same author, were diverse, as were Brother Blue recaptured what he the readers themselves. Clearly, believed to be the essence of the different interpretations and cummings--“lie is aplayground,” attitudes of the readers colored -- in his usual, spirited perfor- each of their presentations and mance. made the celebration exciting and William White, a beatnik type, vibrant. With a literateand friendly alternated back and forth between atmosphere, The Bookcellar Cafe mad pacing and calm stroking of is a much underrated coffeehouse his beard as he read three poems. just blocks from Tufts and should Winking at the audience as he read, be visited at least once for one of White seemed truly.connected to its nightly special events. Future the poetry, implyingthat he under- events include a Festival of Spon- stood something greater than what taneous Composition and a Trib- was written. ute to Woody Guthrie. The last presenter was poet Richard Moore, who looked more Incidentally, concerning the I!@ LOCATION MNT like a backwoodsman of New non-capitalization of his name, 5m:o$m Islamic Center (176 CWSL) OmcerO Meeling Hampshire or the last of the Walden while at Harvard, e.e. cdngs Fnitysoct 1. OCL 22. Nov. 12. Dec. 3 Woods recluses who crawl out put together Eight Harvard Poets from the woods once a year to (pub. 1917), a poetry anthology, return library books. With a full with several of his friends. The white beard stretching to his stom- publisher erred in leaving out the ach, Moore came to life whenread- capitals, and from that time on, ing the poetry; A 65 year-old man, cummings adopted the lower-case he danced about wildly as he read spelling of his name as his trade- ten poems with sarcastic themes. mark signature.

I!K LOCATION !3!m 7:308:3opn hgeConference Roan. Clnpvs Center General Meeting ?lm&)sOct 7. Oct 28. Nov. 18, Dec. 9 Forminfamalion: cune lo me of ow clcMties. or to the lsbmic Center at 176 Cubs SL on FridayaM 1230 6 1:45. Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page seven ART & ENTERTAINMENT Hit the road, Jack! Documentary explores an adventure by JULIE EISENSTEIN brief visit to a heart-shaped whirl- Daily Staff Writer pool in Niagara Falls. The central The great American roadtrip. Michigan segment is reminiscent For some, i?s two weeks of hell of the documentary, Roger &Me, trapped in the backseat of the sta- which traces the demise of the car industry in Michigan to Roger Smith. After a few glimpses of the desolate streets and a visit to the former Motown studios, depres- sion sets in and it is time to move tion wagon between Uncle Ned on ... and Grandma. For others, it’s a Next he heads to Chicago, few days travellingalong the coast which provides the movie’s quirki- with a significant other. For most, est finding: the Congressional its an opportunity to veg, listen to Gospel Worshippers on Wheels. music and eat junk food all day These Holy Rollers conduct a full- without feeling guilty. fledged Gospel service (complete The documentaryRoadScholar with DJ) at a roller rink. Yikes! is about a unique roadtrip. No, not Another interesting aspect of the one when Grandma leaves Chicago life is the woman who has without her medication and bursts buried a car in her backyard to into “Kumbaya” halfway through protect the world from nuclear war. Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes argue over whose career will suffer more because of Demolhon theDakotas. This is atrueroadtrip. When the city council comes after Man. A trip in search of America, her for scaring the neighborhood through the home of the free and children, she replies, “LOOK AT land of the brave. WHAT THEY WATCH ON TV!” National Public Radio reporter Finally, the City Council wins and ‘Demolition Man ’fails to please Andrei Godrescu is our host her car is removed. After a brief throughout this tour of the States. visit to McDonald’s University, it Unrealistic action, miserable acting characterize this flop A Jew born in Romania, Andrei is high time to head west. quickly. Stallone, as Spartan, cov- Overall, thefilm’sactionisonly On the way to the coast, the by MATT CARSON came to this country in the mid- Daily Editorial Board ers a lot of ground and takes out interesting in very short bursts. ’60s. As a poet and prolific writer, audience witnesses a cattle beauty Demolition Man’s title says it Phoenix’s henchmen with flour- There are just enough cool shots he was severely oppressed in his pageant, agun-toting, formerPlay- all. If we deconstruct it, we find ish. He finally reaches Phoenix to of things blowing up and people own country. He came to our shores boy model, and a self-contained that the film promises destruction, find him standingin a room whose jumping out of the way to make Native American society. A stop in search of freedom, which for 4 floor is covered with gasoline. good commercials. Taken in their him meant especially the freedom in Santa Fe, New Age capital of Phoenix is smoking a cigarette. entirety, though, most of the ac- of expression. He has utilized this America, provides a scary look at It’s that kind of fiendish goofi- tion sequences are routine at best, the future of holistic medicine. & newfound freedom well, writing 1 Review ness that makes Snipes’ perfor- tedious at worst. As is usually the many collections of poetry and Andrei visits several “healers” mance the only thing that distin- case, the previews are much better stories. there: one who uses crystals, an- explosions, and men doing manly guishes Demolition Man from than the film itself. The roadtrip opens with Andrei other that chants and a third who things. What the title doesn’t tell dozens of superior action movies. And everything that the film- attempting to obtain a driver’s li- tries to pump all the evil spirits out us is how little sophistication and Snipes’ Phoenix laughs a lot and makers didn’t bother to include in cense in his ham*- city of New of him. originality are on display here. speaks as if he is imitating cartoon the commercials is garbage. The Orleans. After several fiascos, he Fully in tune with himself, In the opening scene, Simon characters of his own invention. future they have imagined here is purchases a huge, red convertible Andrei makes a few more stops on Phoenix (Wesley Snipes)has taken The kinetic, aggressive, physical outlandishly silly and unbeliev- Chevy and gets on the road to his way to California. A rock band a busload of innocent people hos- grace Snipes brings to the role able. The dialogue the characters discover America. As he says pull- in the “over-55 only” Sun City tage, we are told. He’s holed up in provide for some above average exchange with one another is em- ing out of his driveway, “America retirement area was amusing, Bio- a big building with lots of hench- fight scenes. barrassing to listen to. The actors gets discovered over and over sphere I1 was timely and Vegas men standing guard. John Spartan After that first encounter be- either don’t know how dumb they again, but never definitively.” was just out of control. They really (Sylvester Stallone) is going in to tween Spartan and Phoenix, both sound, or have excellent poker The first stop is New York City. do have drive-thru wedding chap- stqp him. The whole police de- characters are frozen in “cryo- faces. A visit to several immigrant com- els there! Unbelievable. partment has failed to apprehend prison” for making such a mess of munities reveal the hardships and Phoenix so, this being an action- things. They are then thawed out Demolition Man’s screenplay successes that come with starting Finally reaching the Pacific *iller movie, the obvious choice in San Angeles, the year 2032 or is an enormous missed opportu- over. Moving on to the Village, it shore, Andrei ponders what it is for Spartan to go in alone and so. There is no crime, hatred, cho- nity. The plot was articulated very quickly becomes apparent that means to be an American, a fact kifk some butt, which he does. lesterol, or even bad language. nicely in the press package Warner Godrescu had spent much of the that many Americans simply take Spartan is known as “Demolition Save for some interesting set de- Brothers distributed. But most of ’60s with his fellow poets. for granted. While there is not Mpn” because he destroys stuff signs,the future is boring and silly. it was left out or glanced over A conversation with Allen enough time in the day to contem- wven he catches bad guys. But it leaves plenty of room for carelessly on the screen. Where Ginsberg about writer Jack plate our national identity,it brings I Credit where credit is due, this Spartan and Phoenix to have more did the plot go? It got buried under Kerouac’s trip across America is up interestingquestions about what first scene is quite exciting. A slick fights and destroy more stuff after the wreckage from one of the fight somewhat enlightening, although it means to be here. America is not visual style is established very they are thawed out. scenes, no doubt. Ginsberg proves a bit incoherent. the only country with problems After a huge piece of meat and a and most Americans who travel visit to the jail across from Walt ‘far away are happy to come home. Where has all our attention gone? Whitman’s former residence, Road Scholar is a great documen- Andrei-- finds that it is time to move tary on the experience of being an Today’s audience lacks a true appreciation for substance 011. American. people get tired. Children today, rity of their music)? Detroit is the next stop after a by MADHU u”II(RISRNAN Daily Editorial Board who have been visually weaned That aside, MTV’s influence If you have ever seen Lawrence on MTV, cannot stomachthe long, has destroyed the world of film- ofArabia, you will surely remem- emotive shots of older movies. making. If you were to turn on the ber the long shots in which the Both Fantasia and Snow White, television today, you would see a camera stopped on people’s faces two older Disney moviesthat were dozen commercials, all bad, in Are you Artsy? for what seemed like an eternity. recently re-released, bored every which the camera moves every One scene -- the one in which child in the audience. How many .two seconds. The especially in- Lawrence realizes that he can sim- people age 20 and above attempted sipid “BK Teevee” commercials ply be an ordinary man -- is made to recapture the magic of their stand out as an example of this all the more powerful by the length youth in these movies only to be trend. The camera focuses on a That’s okay. You don’t have of the shot; so much emotion is frustrated by children (for whom burger, then on someone’s face, expressed by the camera’s linger- these masterpieces were intended) then on a logo, ad nauseam. Or to be. You can be Patsy or ing on Peter O’Toole’sexpressive screaming, “Mommy, I’m bored!” perhaps, you might encounter a face. What has wrecked thq collec- Tylenol commercial in which the Danny or Molly or even Contrast that with the average tive attention spans of our genera- camera focuses on a woman’s face, modem action flick. Take, for ex- tion? Well, in a word, MTV. The goes off to an illuminating shot of Homer. And you can still ample, this summer’smega block- music channel, straight from its the table she’s sitting at, and then buster Jurassic Park, each shot of inception a decade ago, has been follows her ann down to her cof- write for the Arts & which lasts, at most, 15.5 seconds. influencing popular culture in a fee cup. Why is this believed to be Of course this movie is exciting, myriad of ways, some of them an effective method of filming a Entertainment page. So call and undoubtedly the short shots positive, and others quite insidi- painkiller commercial? While has something to do with the gen- ous. Would, for example, Duran brief shots may keep the viewer’s Madhu, Megan or Matt at eration of this excitement. Yet, Duran have become as popular as attention, there is such a thing as 62793090 and get involved! after an hour, the constant move- they did without a means of broad- overkill. ment gets quite tiresome. Well, casting their pretty faces (and seem, page8 perhaps only the eyes of older downplaying the distinct medioc- page eight THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 19,1993 No patience whatsoever today Want to ski out west MTV continued from page 7 camera for long periods of time has suddenly disappeared. That This overkill began with MTV. Superlative Scene from hrence over winter break? Who hasn’t Seen tho% videos, such of Arabia mentioned earlier defi- as Soul II Soul’s “Back to Life,” nitely would have been chopped which jumped around with, as has UP into three Or four shots, and been documented, shots lasting Peter OToole’s expressive facial only 1.5 seconds? Simply by be- expressions wouldhavebeentrans- The ski club is having a manditory ing sovisually confusing, they have lated into words or actions. Thus, permanently distorted our collec- actors today don’t need to be as meeting for all interested. tive attention span. expressive. And, the magic of Since MTV sets the trends, and movies has shifted from actors to since this camerajumping innova- editing and other technical gar- tion has been propagated by MTV, bage. Tuesday, October advertisers, who exploit the latest 19 happenings to sell products, What has this shift done to the jumped on the short shot band- kids sitting in the audience?Well, 9:30 PM wagon. It naturally follows that for one, it has closed an entire directors would also seek to ex- species of art -- older, more fluid Pearson ploit this trend. After all, popular- movies -- to them. And that’s re- 104 ity sells. ally sad. But these short shots have de- stroyed the skill of film acting. It only remains to be seen what Actors have more chances to cor- 180 beats-per-minute techno mu- Tell your friends! rect mistakes, since playing to the sic will do to slower melodies. Doctors performing abortions live in fear Susan Hill, executive director WASHINGTON (AP)-- Death of the National Women’s Health threats, assaults and constant pick- Organization,accused the Clinton eting have become as much a part administration of talk but no ac- of abortion doctors’ lives as car- tion to protect abortion rights. ing for patients, a group of physi- “No one has agreed to investi- cians said Monday. gate the pattern of violence and “I don’t believe as a physician, intimidation that has spread across I should have to wear a bulletproof this country,” Hill said. vest,” said Brian Finkel of the Anti-abortion groups say they Metro Phoenix Women’s Center. condemn violence but generally “I am a gynecologist in Arizona, oppose giving federal law enforce- not a Ranger in Mogadishu.” ment officials and federal courts Others said they wear guns to power to step in. work for fear they will become Myrn_a Gufierrez, spo&ee-. - victims like Dr. David GUM,slain woman for Chicago-basedAmeri- in March outside his abortion clinic cans United for Life, said, ‘We in Pensacola, Florida. believe there are already laws in The doctors asked the Justice crimeseffectat like the that.”state level to deal with Department and FBI to investi- gate some anti-abortion activists The proposed federal law that allegedly practice terrorism. would inhibit peaceful protests, If the clinic professionals “did the anti-abortion groups say. not go to work under these homd The doctors at Monday’s news conditions, women would not have conference told of a wife being the right to choose,” said Eleanor kept a virtual hostage in her home Smeal, president of the Fund for by,pickets who came from all over the Feminist Majority. the country, of the implied threat Smeal and the doctors also when candid photos of parents are urged Congress to pass the Free- delivered in unmarked envelopes, dom of Access to Clinic Entrances and of finding nails under car tires. Act establishing federal jurisdic- . “I am sick and tired of being tion in such cases. The act is await- terrorized every day of my life for ing action by both the House and the last four years,” said Dr. Frank Senate. Snydle, who said he wears a bul- The Justice Department’s letproof vest and carries a gun to criminal division is checking to work at the Central Florida see if there are anti-terrorist laws Women’s Health in Orlando, that might apply to the alleged Florida. harassment, said department MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 spokesman John Russell. Dr.TomTuckersaid heis armed 11:OO AM - 5:OO PM The Supreme Court ruled this and accompanied by bodyguards JACKSON GYM year that an 1871 civil rights stat- as he travels 1,500miles each week ute could not be used to stop anti- to perform abortions at five clinics TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 abortion blockades. The justices in Alabama and Mississippi. He 1:OO PM - 200 PM also are being asked to allow anti- said he has been run off the road CARMICHAEL LOUNGE racketeeringlawsuits against anti- and his clinics have been de- abortion groups in certain cases. stroyed. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 1:OO PM - 700 PM CARMICHAEL LOUNGE The Tufts Daily. It’s not just for breakfast anymore. . Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page nine

SPORTS 6 Men’s soccer stumbles, losing 34 \AstroTurf hell Jumbos’ perform below average, bowing to Trinity squad Noticed all the injuries in pro football lately? One by one, the game’s top stars are dropping like flies. What’s going on? Who will YVEm JOHNSON start the Pro Bowl? And what is causing this sudden rash of serious, Senior Staff Writer , career-threatening,injuries? The Tufts University men’s With the sports community seemingly lost in a fog of convenience soccer team has had a pretty bad and dollars-and-cents thinking, it is time that someoneentered a little week. If the Jum-bmwreplaying logic into their heads. That stuff r Marc Sheinkin they cover the fields with, that I crap they call AstroTurf, has sim- Wide to the Left ply got to go. That’s what is caus- ing a great number of these inju- ries. American football, their fans When we first saw the great green rug, we figured that it was a would be praying for a bye week, suitable replacement for grass. Hell, it looked like grass (a little), and but this is the European game, so a it gave all those picture-perfect bounces. Butrememberthat AstroTurf bye is not in the cards. was invented for the Houston Astrodome, a stadium that could not On Wednesday,the Jumbos lost grow grass because it had a roof. At least they had an excuse. a hard overtime decision to But then, one by one, new stadia began popping up across the Wesleyan which knocked the country, all with a snazzy carpet laid down on the bottom. Most of Dai/y File Photo Brown and Blue down to a sub Tufts players on the bench and the bench or just going through the these new buildings were of the multipurpose variety, and thus the s SO0 record. Hoping for a perfor- players on the field. This goal by motions on the field. Parents who designers felt that AstroTurf would make it easier to switch from mance turnaround in Saturday’s Trinity tookTuftsout oftheir game. baseball to football and back. All things considered, they were right sat in the stands watching this game ... game against Trinity, the Jumbos The second half was full of but the grass rug’s time has come and gone. Let’s get rid of it now were lost in the disappointment. had a chance to even the score and opportunities for Tufts which un- before someone else really gets hurt. “They are acting like they don’t their record. As fate would have it, fortunately were not completed. It It was literally painful to watch two weeks ago when Chicago want to play. I don’t know what is Trinity outplayed the Jumbos and was like a tennis match between Bears wide receiver Wendell Davis went down with ruptured knee going on,” was one parent’s cry. in the end the Bantams deserved both teams, back and forth. Unfor- ligaments in both legs. He was just running -- wide open, mind you This game was heartbreaking - the win. tunately,Trinity was the team with at full speed on the rug in Philadelphia when he neared second base. to watch because Tufts has an - The first half full of excite- Remember, now, that he was playing football. was the constant drive and patience. abundance of talent. Coach Ralph The cutout on the turf from the baseball field has a small indenta- ment. Tufts’ first goal was scored With 38:33 left in the second half, Ferrigno’s displeasure with the tion. When Davis ran over it at a sprinter’s pace, he suddenly by Chris Vriavas, a junior varsity freshman fullback Michael team’s performancewas than more collapsed to the field in agony. The ball thrown in his direction player who came off of the bench, Famigliettihad the ball stolen from obvious as the gamecontinued on. bounced harmlesslyto the turf while Davis lay Writhing in pain on that and was assisted by veteran player him and Trinity scored again. At During the end of the second half, same rug, the one that may have stolen his career. Fellow teammates Drew Phelps. But Trinity fought this point, the Brown and Blue when the team started to fully fall and even opposition players gathered around him as he was placed in right back, and two minutes later gave up. As the clock ran down it apart, Ferrigno pleaded from the splints, each of them knowing that it could have been them and thank they scored, evening up the game was obvious that Tufts had lost all sidelines “come on Tufts you’ve god they didn’t get messed up by that evil non-grass. at one apiece. its composure and patience in the got to fight, come on.” But Trinity It was obvious right away that it was an AstroTurfinjury. It didn’t With 34:02 left in the first half, game. The backfield was non-ex- kept the Brown and Blue at bay .Vriavas scored once more and take an instant replay. His fall looked so unnatural -- so artificial -- that istent. It was as if they just opened and scoreless for the final 45 min- it had to be a product of the playing surface. Phelps was again credited with the the door for the Bantams to walk utes of the contest. How can the National Football League allow such injuries to assist. The second goal by Vriavas in and take the game. Tempers His team’s uninspiring play left occur? Worse still, how can the NFL Players’ Association,the group put the Jumbos on top. Both of flew as the Jumbos were tossed Ferrigno speechless and refusing set up to protect the interests of the players, allow it to continue? Vriavas’ goals were scored right around the field like rag dolls. A comment after the game. The Jum- Instead of strikingevery other year because of salarydisputes, players in front of the net. This young plethora of yellow cards were bosstatscanexplainthefinal score. should strike because of unsafe working conditions. This is no joke. player knows where to be and how given. The Jumbos could not get With only 20 shots on goal and six It would probably be a strike where a high percentage of fans would to finish off a play. themselves over the hump they corner kicks, the Jumbos did not However, the rejoicing didn’t come out on their side as well. Obviously, injuries are part of the found themselves facing. muster enough quality offense to game, especially football. When you have the finest athletes in the last for long, because with 32:02 There were only two players win. world going full-throttle at each other, people are going to get hurt. left in the first half Trinity scored out of the 22 that actually gave ‘We just can’t get it together. But let that be a product of the game, not of the game’s surroundings. on the lucky bounce of a deflected their best and played in this game: We have to start playing as a team u If a player got hurt because he crashed into a sideline TV camera, shot off the post. Disappointment Chris Vriavas and Drew Phelps. and shock lined the faces of the see SOCCER, page 10 they’d want to have that camera moved for future games, right? So The other 20 were silent on the why do they let players get hurt on that rug, week after week, year afte~ year, without so much as a peep from the league or NFLPA? Furthermore, the 1960s argument that AstroTurf and grass are Women’s tennis continue to romp alike is bogus. They are nothing alike. Grass and dirt playing fields are soft and giving. They do not provide a perfect hop and they get by BEN MARGOLES squared off on the court several mounted among the many parents your uniforms dirty. They get muddy in the rain, and sometimes, you Senior Staff Writer times when they were younger. on hand as the first and second With the New England even have to cancel baseball games when fields get wet. Fortunately for the Jumbos, doubles teams both moved into grass Women’s InvitationalTennis Tour- Turf, on the other hand, is a flawless and hard plane -- perfect, true Holcombe didn’t take it easy on third sets. To fall behind 3-Ogoing nament (N.E.W.1.T.T) playoffsjust hops every time. Water drains away on rainy days by the gallon, her old rival, and rolled to a 6- 1’6- into the singles action would spell allowing baseball games to continue long past the point at which a 4 victory. almost certain defeat for the Jum- grass field is covered and the game is stopped. After Melissa Sgambati bos. Not to worry. Montilla and dropped the only match of the day Klissas swiftly bageled their op- For multipurpose stadia, there is almost an excuse. In Denver, I for Tufts at third singles, Rita ponents in the deciding set to cap Miami, San Francisco, Anaheim, and other cities, the beautiful grass L’ I baseball fields are chopped up every Sunday when the football teams Klissas got the tennis team back a 7-5,5-7,6-0triumph. set up shop. In Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, days away, the Tufts University on the winning track. Although Attention was now focused on they can make a smooth transition from baseball to football without women’s tennis team has kicked the fourth singles Player won in what Coach Watson would later a problem. Except for those cut-outs, however, which never seem to into high gear at exactly the right straight sets 6-4,7-6, it was defi- describe as, “the key match of the fitjust right, despite the millions of dollars spent on AstroTurffields. time. Last week the Jumbos re- nitely not her easiest match of the day.” Things looked bleak for the Economics are surely a factor. A lot of teams and stadia are slow corded two huge wins as they Year. Her UCOmcounterpart Was team of Holcombe and Sgambati. to switch from turf to grass because of money. The cost of keeping up stopped the University of Con- like a wall, patiently returning ev- After finding themselves tied at a grass field tends to be far higher than maintaining a turf field, necticut and Trinity College. To- ery shot. ‘%e points lasted for six games apiece in the third set, especially in a multipurpose stadium. But let’s just think about the day, the team will try to keep their hours,” Klissas claimed. the Tufts’ first doubles team cost in terms of player injuries and wonder if it’s worth it to switch. winning streak alive when they Meanwhile, in the fifth spot on watched the Bantams race to a 6- Have you ever walked on an AstroTurf field? They usually have journey to Amherst for their final the ladder, Bibiana Ferraiuoli had 3 lead in the tie-breaker. Then, concrete below them -- directly below them. So that would be like regular season match. some trouble but eventually Pre- amazingly, Holcombe and playing football on a parking lot with a tablecloth on top. Even The showdown with UCONN vailed, 7-5,6-2. It Was then UP to Sgambati staved off a total of four disregarding those incredibly painful strawberry rug burns you get on Wednesday was, quite simply, Jessica Reidel to finish off the match points held against them to -.. from sliding on dry turf, how would you like to come down on your a laugher. After Tufts had won the Huskies.The freshman quickly got complete a dramatic comeback. knee or elbow on concrete? With or without pads? What were they singles 5- 1 and in essenceclinched the job done and Posted a domi- Holcombe described the 6-2,4-6, thinking? the match, the two teams, chilled nating 6-0,6-2 win. 7-6 (9-7) victory as, “the best Three years ago, the New England Patriots made a point of to the bone because of bad weather, Even though the tennis team doubles match of my life.” eliminating their AstroM field at Foxboro and replacing it with decided to cancel the doubles ac- did not get any doubles practice, Despite the fact that both luscious grass, and they are a better organization for it. Other single- tion and call it an afternoon. they still accomplishedagreat deal Holcombe and Sgambati tasted sport stadia withturf(Giants, Arrowhead, Rich, Royals Stadium, etc.) Gwynne Holcombe summed up against the University of Connecti- defeat in their singles matches, the day perfectly when she said, are only asking for it. What does turf add to a stadium that never has cut. Most importantly, the Victory their first doubles victory had set to switch sports? Especially a football stadium, where the game so ‘We kicked butt, and left.” over the Division I Huskies gave the tone for the Jumbos. Even clearly profits from a grass field? Alexandra Montilla had the the Jumbos momentum going into Ferraiuoli’s tough three set lOSS at Despite the apparent convenience of turf, it no longer has a place closest match of the day at first their match with Trinity. fifth singles did not deter the ten- in modern-day professional or collegiate sports. What college could, singles. The team captain was Because some of the courts nis team. Klissas won her team- in good conscience, use turf in its athletic facilities? Young athletes stretched to two tie-breakers be- were wet Saturday morning, the leading ninth singles match of the -_ on young knees don’t need an extra four years of playing on concrete fore defeating her opponent 7-6, doubles matches were played first year 6-2,6-4. Then, Reidel scored to shorten their athletic longevity. Baseball players like George Brett, 7-6. against the Bantams. The Jumbos her seventh victory in a row at At second singles, Holcombe found themselves trailing after the sixth singles- 7-6, 6-1. Montilla see SHEI”, page 14 was paired off with a familiar face. duo of Ferraiuoli-Reidel lost their see page 14 Apparently, the two players had match 6-4, 6-3. The tension page ten THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 19,1993

- -Clinton pledges constant support Sex study reports that forfuture breast cancer research spouses aren’t cheaters WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Post national telephone poll in WASHINGTON (AP) -- AC- and delivery of health care -- on get. Several other agencies are vast majority of married Ameri- 1987 found that 89 percent of re- cusing the health care system of equal footing with men,” Clinton spending more money on research cans don’t cheat on their spouses, spondents said they never had an treating women like “second-class said. programs, he said. a sex researcher says, disputing affair while married. citizens,” President Clinton on In a poignant moment, he Under his health care plan. claims that adultery is rampant. Mondaypledged the government’s thanked his mother, Virginia women would be covered fox About 15 percent of married or The General Social Survey has help to provide more breast can- Kelley of Hot Springs, Arkansas, breast exams every three years previously married Americans found the level of extramarital cer research and testing. who lost a breast to cancer. from ages 20 to 39, and every twa have cheated on a spouse, esti- activity basically unchanged since He signed a proclamation de- “I appreciate the efforts of my years from ages 40 to 64. They mates Tom W. Smith of the Na- 1988, its first survey on the sub- claring Tuesday as National, brave mother who struggles on would get mammograms every two tional Opinion Research Center. ject, Smith said. Mammography Day, then tied the with her breast cancer condition years after age 50. Perhaps 3 percent to 4 percent The studies suggest, however, administration’s efforts to curb and who has resumed her remark- Some advocateshad pushed for of husbands and wives have a that extramarital affairs are more breast cancer with his sweeping able life, but who also knows how more frequent mammograms, but sexual partner outside their mar- common among younger people health care overhaul plan. much more can be done,” he said. the president said his guidelines riage in a given year, said Smith, than among those born before ‘When it comes to health care She.was not in the East Room “are based on actual scientificevi- director of the center’s General 1940.Fewer peopleage50orolder research and delivery, women can audience. dence.” Policy aide Bob Boorstin Social Survey. report having had an affair, Smith no longer be treated as second- An advocacy group collected said the mammograms may be ‘There are probably more sci- said. class citizens,” he said. 2.6 million signatures-- represent- more frequent if studies show that entifically worthless ‘facts’ on Smith also said infidelity is With boxes of petitions form- ing one signaturefor every woman ‘moreare needed. extramarital relations than on any more common among residents of ing a backdrop, Clinton said his in the United States with breast “Obviously, if a study came out other facet of human behavior,” large central cities, among those administration will work with ad- cancer -- and presented them to that said we need them every year Smith said Monday in a report at who attend church less often, vocates during a December con- Clinton. The group also paraded and it was a good study ... we an American Enterprise Institute among those who have been di- ference to develop a strategy to near the White House. probably would reconsider,” he seminar. vorced, among people unhappy treat breast cancer patients and Appearing with first lady said. Smith said TV talk shows and with their marriage, and among eventually find a cure. Hillary RodhamClinton,the presi- Dr. Susan Love, founder of the popular magazines commonly re- blacks compared to whites. The “It is important that plan be dent said spending on breast can- National Breast Cancer Coalition, port much higher numbers of mari- surveys found little difference by fitted into a larger commitment to cer research will increase by 44 said Clinton’s plan would provide tal cheaters. socioeconomic status. ’ the health care of Americans, to percent, from $208 million to al- free mammograms to women over For example, author Shere Hite About 1,400 people ‘are inter- put women’s health concerns -- most $300 million, at the National 50 “and that’s more than we have wrote that 75 percent of women viewed in person each year for the from research to the development Institute of Health under his bud- now.” married more than five years re- national General Social Survey. ported having affairs in response Questions about sexual behavior to her questionnaire.And in a 1990 are answered on a private, written Jumbos lack zip in Trinity-lhfts match-up magazine article, Dr. Joyce Broth- questionnaire at the end of the SOCCER ers said 50 percent of married interview. continued from page 9 veteran player Drew Phelps who sketchygoals. We justdidn’tplay.’ women have had affairs. Other findings: set him UD for the scores. Phebs “The problem has been the lack --2.2 percent of males have had andtakeitfromthere,”saidVriavas ’ was relucbt to comment due io Ferrigno and the coaching staff of good scientific information,” homosexual sex in the last 12 after the game. ‘We keep playing, his own anger towards the loss of has to get the team to muster up Smith said in an interview. “There’s months, and 3.1 percent report it’s just that we are having bad ’ the game, but after composinghim- some spirit and try win the final been a vacuum. And when you having sex with a man within the luck and bad chances. We are all ; self he said, ‘We had a lot of four games of the season. The next have a vacuum, something fills it last five years. (The figure is con- out there competing and trying our problemsmovingthe ball forward. game for the Brown and Blue will up. It may be Phil Donahue, it may troversial because gay rights ac- hardest but we just can’t win.” We were not making simple passes, be away on Tuesday, where the be Shere Hite.” tivists cite a figure from the 1948 we were not playing with any com- Jumbos will square off with the Other studies have found af- Kinsey study, which found 10per- Vriavas may have scored both posure, and we lost all of our pa- squad from Massachusetts Insti- fairs to be more common than the cent of Americans are gay.) goals for the Jumbos, but it was tience when Trinity scored two tute of Technology. General Social Survey did, but --Peopleage 18-29 report hav- still well below estimates often ing sex an average of 8 1 times per repeated in the popular media. year. The frequency drops steadily For example, the Kinsey Insti- from 65 times per year for those in The Daily wishes you tute of Sex Research at Indiana their 40s to nine times per year for age 70 and over. -, University estimated in. 1990 that 37 percent of married men and 29 --About 14 percent of men and a happy Tuesday percent of married women have 22 percent of women report hav- been unfaithful. ing no- sex within the last 12 An ABC News-Washington months. I If you don’t recycle this Somerville House of Pizza newspaper, we’re telling m on you. And then you’ll be in real trouble.

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r Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page eleven Republicans challenge democratic US fires several shots IC rule in governer’s race in Virginia of warning in Somalia RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Re- written over the course of my ca- ant governor, lawyer Michael P. MOGADISHU. Somalia (AP) ’ after, another Somali tried to sneak publican gubernatorial candidate reer,” she said. ‘We’re fighting Farris, has been active in conser- -- US soldiers fired at an imed in at anotherpart of the compound, George F. Allen compares oppo- back.” vative Christian groups. group that approached their base with the same result. nent Mary Sue Terry to President In a televised debate last week, Allen also has received $10,000 Monday, and UN troops fired Kilpatrick said a mortar round Clinton and other Democrats un- Terry accused Allen backers of in campaign funds fromRobertson. warning shots in three other skir- fired from near the southern neigh- popular in the state. engaging in “the politics of hate” Allen said he is proud of the sup- mishes as a nine-day lull in fight- borhood of Medina exploded Sun- Terry links Allen to the reli- by handing out anonymous fliers port but that he doesn’t agree with ing appeared to fray. day night near the national sta- gious right, in part because he sup- that compared her to Adolf Hitler his supporters on every issue. There were no signs the inci- dium. No UN troops were in the ports abortion restrictions. because of her opposition to guns. Democrats cite GOP support dents were related. Isolated gre- area and there was no word on Three weeks before Virginia Allen dismissed her charges as of abortion restrictions, criticism nade, mortar and gunfire attacks casualties, she said. chooses a new governor, the cam- “hollow rhetoric.” of public education and opposi- over the past week or so have been The peacekeeping force ’ paign spin war appears to have Allen, 41, a lanky lawyer in tion to gun control. tied to clans fightinginMogadishu stopped ground patrols and cor- been won by Allen, the one-time cowboy boots, has an affable man- “The ticket we are opposing is and have not appeared aimed at don-and-search exercisesto round underdog seeking to end 12 years ner that has won him comparisons the most extremist, most far right the multinational peacekeeping up weapons after a land mine was of Democratic statehouse rule. to former Resident Reagan. Terry, wing that this state has seen in 30 force. discovered last month on the main “It’s time for a change,” said 46, is more reserved but friends years,” said state Democratic This port on the Indian Ocean 21 October Road at the perimeter Allen, who called the Democratic say she has a sense of humor that Chairman Mark Warner. had been at its quietest in four of the city. administrationsa “government of doesn’t always show in public. For his part, Allen, a former years since militiamen of warlord Military convoys in Aidid-con- the insiders, by the insiders and Crime has been the major cam- congressmanand son of late Wash-. Mohamed Farrah Aidid shot down trolled southern Mogadishu have for the insiders.” paign issue. Terry wants a five- ington Redskins football coach two helicopters in a battle that been limited to essential missions Allen had a 17-point lead over day waiting period for handgun George Allen, repeatedly links killed 18 American soldiers Octo- since October 3. Terry in a poll by the Richmond purchases and often talks about Terry to two unpopular Virginia ber 3. Aidid spokesmen said more Instead, theUnitedNations has Times-Dispatch and WWBT-TV “taking on” the National Rifle Democrats, Governor L. Douglas than 300 Somalis died. stepped up aerial surveillance by released over the weekend. He Association. Allen, supported by Wilder and US Senator Charles S. Outrage in the United States US helicopters equipped with ra- trailed by as many as 29 points in the NRA, opposes the waiting pe- Robb. over the toll persuaded President dar and night-vision devices. an independent poll conducted last riod and advocates fighting crime Clinton to choose diplomacy over A group of US reporters based spring. by abolishing parole and building Allen also frequently mentions militaryforce.Aididcalledacease- with US military personnel in Terry, who would be Virginia’s more prisons. President Clinton, who lost Vir- fire last week and released an Mogadishu was dissolved over the first female governor, is trying to But religion also has played a ginia last year and hasn’t improved American pilot and a Nigerian weekend. Thegroup, which shared regain her advantage by urging part in the race, with Terry linking his standing in the state. peacekeeper he was holding hos- information in a pool-type arrange- voters to trust her experience: She Allen to religious broadcasters Pat Wilder, the nation’s first black tage. ment, benefited from the security served as state attorney general Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who elected governor, cannotrun again A UN spokeswoman, Captain afforded by UN forces but was for seven years. are based in Virginia and, accord- under state law and plans to chal- Dawn Kilpatrick, said no one was limited by military regulations in “I don’t know how many times ing to polls, disliked by voters. lenge Robb for re-election next injured when American troops its access to American soldiers. my political obituary has been Allen’s running mate for lieuten- year. opened fire as 10 armed Somalis Members of the group, which in- approached their “Sword Base” in cluded The Associated Press, are southwestern Mogadishu. now reporting independentlyfrom “They fired warning shots, and Mogadishu. the Somalis ... all fled,” she said. But journalists said up to four Only one peacekeeper has been Somali men who appeared to have killed since Aidid announced the been wounded in the incident were cease-fire, a Greek killed when being treated at Benadir Hospital. bandits attacked an aid convoy Kilpatrick said she had no re- outside Baidoa in central Soma- ports of casualties. lia. Aidid’s power is mostly con- Monday morning, Turkish sol- fined to southern Mogadishu. diers guarding an entrance to the The increase in attempted at- UN compound in southern tacks in the capital might be linked Mogadishu fired into the air when to Aidid’s displeasure over the people started throwing stones at United Nation not releasing some them, she said. The crowd dis- 70 detainees, including his four persed and there were no casual- top aides. YOUTH. ties. Though Clinton, Aidid and the Earlier in the day, a Somali United Nations said no deal was tried to sneak into the UN com- struck for the release of the two .Y pound through barbed wire. He peacekeepers last week, Aidid’s fled when peacekeepers fired over followers expected a reciprocal J his head, Kilpatrick said. Soon gesture.

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1 White House is concerned,” said world’s largest free trading bloc Florida, Texas and California, are one. among the United States, Mexico proving troublesome. Deals are in the works aimed at and Canada. “The dynamics of the politics satisfying worries of those in Some unions have threatened has got to change,” said William Florida and elsewherein the South to cut off campaign contributions Daley, Clinton’s NAFTA coordi- who worry about the trade pact’s to NAFTA supporters. An admin- nator. “I think it is changing.” hit on the sugar and citrus indus- istration trade official said the most tries, and for‘ upper Midwestern- frequent request from members of NAFTA supporters need 218 ers concerned about its impact on Congress has been: “Can you back votes for a House majority. Re- wheat farmers. off labor?’ publicans say they can provide But the trading may not stop Winning approval is consid- half those votes if Democrats will there. The White House appears ered easier in the Senate than in round up the other half. ready to promiserewards like high- the House, where all 435 members By the end of last week, the ways and bridges to members are up for re-election next year. Democrats were about halfway whose support is seen as crucial, Clinton’s pro-NAFTA strate- toward their goal, and of the one Democratic lawmaker said. gists hope to turn the political cli- roughly 100 party members who “They would be willing to look matefromhostility toward the pact remained on the fence, half were at any member-related problem into at least neutrality, so lawmak- leaning against NAFTA, conceded that’s legitimate,”another NAFTA ers will feel comfortable listening one lawmaker working for the promoter said. to their arguments. In that atmo- agreement. * An early blitz by organizdla; sphere, they hope, it will be easier bor, which strongly opposes to cut individual deals for “yes” Within the administration,lob- NAFTA, left supporters at a ‘for- votes. bying efforts are split among of- midable disadvantage.Labor con- The heaviest effort is focused fices at the White House, the US centrated on getting lawmakers to on states along the Mexican bor- Trade Representative’soffice, and make public commitmentsagainst der and the East and West coasts. task forces at half a dozen cabinet the pact, which would create the But some of the states, notably departments.

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If you are interested in participating in this program, please check the blue binders in the Career Planning Center for job descriptions. Resumes and optional cover letters are due in the Career Planning Center by 5:OO p.m. on Monday, November 1, 1993. Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page thirteen Ozone levels hit record Clinton remains firm on issues, lows, scientists indicate opposes congressional blocking WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines, WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fac- States for a long, long time.” lives of even our all-volunteer unusually cold Antarctic winter hesaid,contributedto ozonedeple- ing efforts to restrict his authority Senate Minority Leader Bob army,” the president said. ‘We and the continuing presence of tion@lower altitudes. to send troops to Haiti, President Dole, R-Kansas, was preparing an need to have a clear American chlorine in the atmosphere com- Hoffman said as long as there is Clinton said Monday he would amendment that would require interest there and there needs to bined to produce record low lev- a combination of high chlorine oppose any congressional curbs congressional authorization before be clearly defined conditions of els of ozone over the Antarctic this concentrations and unusual cold on his foreign policy powers. He the president could commit troops involvement, and the burden is on year, scientists said Monday. ‘(you can expect to be setting new asserted that he alone “must make to Haiti, except for reasons of na- the president to provide those.” The ozone hole is not quite as records every once in a while.” the ultimate decision” on when to tional segurity. “But still, the president must large as last year’s record-breaker. He said cold temperatures are use force. Dole’s proposal highlighted make the ultimate decision,” he scientists said today. It covers 9 probably the most important part “I think it’s a mistake to cut deep congressional unhappiness said. million square miles. In 1992, the of ozone depletion and that un- those decisions off in advance,” over Clinton’s words and actions Christopher strongly criticized hole was over 9.4 million square usual cold caused an extension of the president said. concerning Bosnia, Somalia and the proposal outlined by Dole on miles. the hole in an upward direction to Clinton also tightened pressure Haiti. Democrats and Republicans Sunday to require congressional Antarctica has a surface area of about 12.5 miles altitude. Sulfur on Haitian military and police of- alike complain that the president authorization before troops could 5.4 million square miles. residues fsom the 199 1eruption of ficials blamed for blocking the has failed to articulate a clear plan be sent to Haiti. ‘The chlorine is there because “Nothing can be done about return of deposed President Jean- for dealing with global problems. Any measure “which precon- of humans but nature occasionally volcanoes, but we can and must Bertrand Aristide. He froze any In a letter to Dole and Senate ditions the ability of the president causes the Antarctic winter to be swiftly eliminate ozone depleting assets they might have in the United Majority Leader George Mitchell, to use the armed forces is offen- colder than others,” said David J. chemicals,” said Michael States and denied them entry into Clintonexpressed “grave concern” sive to the Constitution,” Christo- 1 Hoffman, senior scientist at the Oppenheimer, a senior scientist this country. about possible amendments. pher said. .- National Oceanic and Atmo- with the Environmental Defense While refusing to rule out any He said Dole’s proposal -- pre- spheric Administration monitor- Fund. options, Clinton indicated he was ‘‘I am fundamentally opposed pared as an amendment to a de- ing laboratory in Boulder. Scientists have determined that not about to order US forces to to amendments which improperly fense spending bill -- “would tend ‘The phenomenon’ofconvert- chlorine products from the use of Hakt unless Americans there were limit my ability to perform my to erode the president’s power to ing manmade chlorine to forms electronics and refrigeration uses, threatened. “Keep in mind, as we constitutional duties as com- act swiftly and promptly to protect which destroy the ozone is worse are a primary cause of ozone hole speak, the Haitiangovernment (of mander in chief, which may have United States interests abroad, in in some years,” he said. Tempera- formation. Aristide) has not asked for that,” unconstitutional provisions and its present form. “Ithinkitwould tures over the South Pole usually Chlorofluorocarbons will go Clinton said. which, if adopted, could weaken be a very serious setback for the start moderating in August, he out of production in 1996 but EDF Yet, to demonstrate US resolve, the confidence of our allies in the United States as a whole if the added, but this year the cold ex- urged that the United States lead Clinton ordered six warships pa- United States.” president’s authority under the tended into September. the world by demanding faster trolling off Haiti to move closer to In his letter, Clinton objected Constitution to act promptly as The low levels were recorded eliminationof other ozone deplet- shore. specifically to Dole’s proposal as commander in chief were eroded at the end of September and early ing chemicals. Clinton met with foreign policy well as two other amendments, by Congress.” October, the National Aeronau- Ozone is measured in “Dobson advisers on the crisis in Haiti as one banning US troops from oper- tics and Space Administrationand units.” About 300 Dobson units the administration fought off at- ating under UN command and the He said the United States has a NOAA said. equal one-tenth of an inch. tempts in Congress to limit his other restricting funds for Bosnia vital interest in Haiti, arguing that Ozone is a thin layer of the Readings taken from an Ameri- powers. unless specifically authorized by the restoration of democracy atmosphere that absorbs harmful can and a Russian satellite showed ‘This is a time to be very Congress. would prevent a flood of refugees ultraviolet radiation from the sun. values of less than 100 Dobson steady,” Secretaryof StateWarren The president made the same fromrisking their lives on the high “Balloon-bornemeasurements units neartheSouthPole. Surface- Christopher said. “This is not a points in an afternoon interview seas to reach America. indicated that ozone was totally based instruments measured 88 time to let the emotion of the mo- with radio reporters. Moreover, he noted that there destroyed between the altitudesof Dobson units on October 6, the ment affect and erode the funda- “The president should be very are more than 1,OOO Americans in 8.4 and 11.8 miles, creating an lowest values of total column mental separation of powers which circumspect and very careful in Haiti and an additional 8,000 who ozone void3,4milesthick,”NASA ozone ever measured anywhere in has been important for the United committing the welfare and the have dual citizenship. said. the world.

Why sit around -.-- and watch Melrose Place on Somethina to Wednesday Nights feel good afiout. when you could United \Nay be doing layout of Massachusetts Bay for the TUBS - Daily! Be a Layout Editor - Call Leah or Mike 627-3090 DECEMBER LSAT CLASSES START 10/21 SARAH LAUJREHCE COLLEGE IN Study for a semester or a year at the Sorbonne, the Ecole du louvre, and the lnstitut dEtudes Politiques. Ulork closely with French faculty in small seminars and PHIFor information and an application, contact:S Sarah Lawrence Colleae in Paris priuate tutorials. Box TUFP years college 1 Mead Way Two of Bronxville, New York 10708-5999 French required. page fourteen THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, October 19,1993 Debate follows Kohl’s choice of presidential candidate

BONN, Germany (AP)-- Chan- the May 23 federal assembly that ten feel left out of big-power poli- past. “Heitmann is our chancellor’s cellor Helmut Kohl’s controver- will choose the president. tics. The opposition Social Demo- sacrificial eastern ox, led into the - sial candidate for the German With bickering over his candi- But Heitmann, 39, is unpopu- crats have chosen Johannes Rau, a ring by his nose,” said writer Peter presidency is facing dissent from dacy seen as sending disenchanted lar in the east. His statements that likeablewestern governor, as their Ruehmkorf. even within his own party, and voters to the left- and right-wing motherhood is the highest femi- candidate. Kohl’s coalitiw part- may have to withdrawn his nomi- fringe, the expectation Monday nine virtue, and that Germany ners, the Free Democrats, chose As a clergyman and church nation. was that Heitmann eventually should close out the chapter of its Hildegard Hamm-Bruecher, a 72- adviser in East Germany,Heitmann Former East German clergy- would pull out of the race; Nazi past, have proven unpalat- year-old liberal. said in an interview published man Steffen Heitmann, pilloried “I don’t think he’ll be able to able. Sunday, “I had more freedom of for comments seen as insensitive stand the pressure over the next Many Germans may agree with Some see Kohl’s choice of movement. I didn’t have to put up to Jews and women, is laboring few months,” said Manfred Rich- these comments, but they don’t Heitmann, justice minister in with all the crap you found in other under opinion polls that give him ter, parliament leader for the lib- want a president who states such Saxony state, as one of the walks of life.” as little as 14 percent popular sup- eral Free Democrats. views in public. chancellor’s costliest political port. In choosing Heitmann last The German president has little blunders. More controversially,he stated Over the weekend, leaders of month, the chancellor said he power, but strong symbolic clout. Others suspect the wily Kohl that “Germans must become a nor- Kohl’s Christian Democratic wanted a man with conservative Thecurrent president, Richard von meant to appeal to right-wing vot- mal people again,” that “with the Union said they were open to ne- valuesfromformerEastGermany. Weizsaecker, has done well for ers and may profit politically in end of the East-West conflict, we gotiations with the other parties in Kohl wanted to show solidarity two five-year terms representinga next year’s federal elections even must develop a new self-under- iursuit of a single candidate for with suffering easterners who of- liberal Germany contrite about its if his man flounders. standing.’: firf is toughU SHEINKIN continued from page 9 who played their entire lives on “Lollapalooza is coming! turf, have had their careers short- ened fromit and will sufferlater in life when they find it hard to even walk. It’s time for fans, players, and owners to get up and fight for grass. With the NFL considering expansion,one of the requirements for the new teams should be a grass playing field (even in St. Lollapalooza is coming! Louis, where they are building a dome). It’s time that we all realized

I. ~ .:, that besides the obvious aesthetic qualities of sport played on a field of natural grass, it is safer for the game and its players. It’s time that we burn the rugs and play the games the way they were meant to be played. Get rid of the damn If carpet. Lollapalooza is coming.I And where have I you gone, ‘

Kiko Garcia? c Team is on TENNIS continued from page9-{-- -- ,einched=tWmaich for the Jumbos when she earned an impressive straight set win over Trinity’s best player. Tufts’ record now stands at 6- Coming soon fo a 5. If they squash Amherst today, and they should because the Lord Jeff‘s first singles player is in- jured, the tennis team will assure D!!kr,ingHall near you... themselves of yet another winning season. Then it will be off to the N.E. W.1.T.T.s on Friday, where the other squads had better be ready, because the Jumbos are on a roll. Re-gort useful HU ER continued from page 1 SusaensefullvI I yours,I port the Leland Act. Sherman also said that she is pleased that the act will provide temporary relief from hunger. Be- cause of the new provisions, she said that “we can start thinking broadly and creatively about how ard to eradicate poverty.” The Tufts ”It’s all the RAGE.” Daily Tuesday, October 19,1993 THE TUFTS DAILY page fifteen RIGHTHERE, RIGHTNOW! 11 CALL THE DAILY'SADVERTISING DEPARTMENT AT 11 627-3090TO PUT YOUR MESSAGE IN THIS SPACE. I' I1

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