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FOCUS2000 + initiative shows some earlvd results Few changes enacted but many in planning stages; paDerI towels and soapI to be Iput in by DANIEL BARBARIS1 result ofthe initiative has been the to effect a “comprehensive analy- re-established to look at, accord- mer, perhaps for limited program- Daily Editorial Board administration’s commitment to sis of dining on campus.” This ing to Levey, “How much is going ming and staffing when school is Much has been made of the supply soap and paper towels for analysis will give an accurate as- in and how much is going out,” not in session. Tufts Community Union (TCU) all 334 University bathrooms, at an sessment ofthe cost of implement- and to ensure that all fines enacted Moving on to deal with hous- Senate’s recently published Fo- additional cost of $100,000. ing these and other plans. Al- will beused to“fixprob1ems inthat ing considerations, a proposal was cus2000+ Initiative, acomprehen- Bernstein said that plans are though these changes may lie far dorm.” made to reform the Office of Off- sive assessment of quality of life being made to install soap dis- down the road, one dining change A third area to be looked into is Campus Housing and to create an conditions for Tufts students, pensers and eitherpapertowelsor has already been implemented. the possible expansion of shuttle extensive, informative annual off- sponsored primarily by freshman electric hand dryers, although the Students can now use guest meals service. An evaluation of the re- campus housing guide. In a larger senators Jesse Levey and Tommy scope of the project will delay its in addition to meals on their regu- cently enacted larger weekend bus sense, Bernstein and the senators Calvert. Atapress conference held completion until early next fall. lar meal plan at the Hodgdon din- service is scheduled, while the ad- acknowledged that any efforts this Tuesday, Levey, Calvert and “This is going to take a little time, ing hall at any time, in order to, for ministration is examining the fea- made to improve access to off- Vice Pesident for Arts, Sciences, but it should be well along by the instance, eat breakfastwhile pack- sibility of creating a Tufts-spon- campus housing would be purely and Technology Me1 Bernstein fall.” he said. . ing a bag lunch for later. sored shuttle intended to pick up stopgap measures and that the The senators divided the re- Residential Facilities, respon- students at popular locations in true, underlying problem is the maining issues into two catego- sible for dormitory maintenance, Boston, after the T has stopped need for more on-campus hous- ries: those that are being investi- will also undergo some changes in running. ing, possibly in the form of a new gated or undertaken now and procedure as a result ofthe initia- The conference then moved dormitory. those that will be looked into more tive. Rather than continue to fix on to-what were considered the Without elaborating in great closely in the fall. “We prioritized minor problems on a complaint- more long-term issues. Among detail, the presenters also dis- things that could be done now, by-complaint basis, plans are un- these were diversity; housing, and cussed the need to reform campus things that could be done next derway to create a system of mail delivery concerns. mail delivery, which Calvert called year, and things that can be done scheduled dorm stops, where per- Regarding minority concerns, “a continuing saga.” in the future,” Levey said. sonnel would fix all the problems the senators proposed a system “We want to make it a more Among these short-term in one building at one scheduled whereby a yearly inventory of available service, and to change projects are an analysis of Dining time, rather than deal with them cultural needs would be con- the overall character of the ser- Services, a partial retooling ofthe piecemeal. A policy should be ducted for each major campus eth- vice,” he said. way Residential Facilities does established by the beginning of nic group. In addition, small-scale While little tangible change as dorm maintenance, an inquiry into the next academic year, if not by group discussions, outgrowths of a result ofthe Focus 2000+ initia- the possibility ofexpanded shuttle the end of this semester. the recent administration-spon- tive has been felt on campus so far, service, and the advent of online In addition, the initiative is tak- sored meetings on diversity, are those involved see it as a long- registration, coming in the spring ing a second look at dorm vandal- planned. Finally, a proposal was term program which will eventu- of2000. ism fines and fees, including those made to provide financial support, ally bring nearly all its aims to Dai/y file phof The Focus 2000+ initiative, assessed for false fire alarm pulls potentially out of the $500,000 fruition. “We’re through phaseone Univt:rsity Vice Presiden calling Dining Services “a mess,” and for damage to facilities. The earmarked for diversity, for cam- of what I hope will be many Me1 Bernstein calls for fundamental changes in residential life committee will be pus cultural centers over the sum- phases,” Bernstein said. gave a detailed report on what the way Dining Services operates, results the initiative has achieved includinggivingfieshmenthe flex- thus far. ibility to use their 20 meals at any Class of 2003 accepted to Tufts ]Few definitive changes actu- time during the week and explor- ally have been made at this point, ing options such as outsourcing by BROOKE MENSCHEL although a number of reforms are and bringing in outside fast-food Daily Editorial Board being investigated closely. Per- vendors. In this interest, Bemstein A record number ofstudents were offered admis- haps the most significant concrete has committed Arts and Sciences sion to the Tufts class of 2003, according to a press release issued from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions this past Tuesday. Buonomo and Kelly Gay In reviewing the 13,467 applications received this year, the admissions office was aiming to fill a class a.dvance in mayoral election of 1,240 students. A special preliminary election to determine who would have tl Acceptance letters were mailed last Friday, and opportunity to run for mayor of Somerville was held on Tuesday, ai students must decide whether to come by May 1. candidates John Buonomo and Dorothy Kelly Gay will be advancii Since 1993, there has been an 80 percent increase to the next phase of the election. Buonomo, with 37 percent of tl in the number of applications received. Photo by Karen Kemp vote, ;and Kelly Gay, with 32 percent, edged out candidate Jose1 Not only did Tufts offer admission to a record Curtarone, who received 29 percent, and blew away candidates M; Tufts students telephoned accepted applicants number of students, but a record number of “stu- Tuesday night. Hoey and Phil Hyde, who both came in with under five percent oft1 dents ofcolor” were accepted. Thirty-one percent of vote. More than 12,000Somerville residents came out to vote, amuc accepted students clarify themselves as students of Of worthy note, there has been a 335 percent color: seven percent African American, eight percent increase in students applying from Idaho in the past Hispanic/Latino, and 17 percent Asian. year; David, Michael, and Matthew are the most “We’ve been very pleased at the level of interest prolific names among the applicants; 19 percent of in the University and at agrowing interest from very the applicants labeled volunteer work as their most talented students from all parts ofcountry and world,” important extracurricular activity; and there has been Dean of Admissions David Cuttino was quoted as a 91 percent increase in applicants who play golf, saying in the release. “This student pool reaffirms something the admissions office labels the “Tiger our commitment to diversity in the broadest sense.” Woods effect.” Vice President for Arts, Sciences, and Technol- Technologically, the applicants for the Class of council, and making f ogy Me1 Bernstein was also pleased at the ethnic 2003 are well ahead oftheir predecessors. There has Tufts’ facilities more i breakdown of the incoming class. “For students of been a 344 percent increase in the percentage of open to the commu- color, its the largest class admitted in the University’s applicants with e-mail addresses in the last two years nity. 13uonomo is a history,” he said. “We admitted 350 African Ameri- -79 percent, or 10,625 ofthis year’s applicants say Somervillian Alder- can students; if they have the same yield as other they have e-mail. man-at-Large, who groups, we would yield a class of more than 100 The admissions office is taking advantage ofthis was previously de- African American students.” new wave in technology. Each year, members ofthe feated in the 1989 The newly accepted class represents 67 foreign Student Outreach Committee call accepted students mayoral election. countries. Students applied from 96 foreign coun- in the United States to offer them congratulations Gay, a former tries and all 50 states. Students applied from 3,374 and answer any questions they may have. This year, Governor’s coun- different high schools. the admissions office is beginning a new trend bye- cilor, is hoping to Photo by Daniel Rodrigu Of admitted students, 59 percent are from public mailing accepted international students. The e-mail- Victorious mayoral candidates Dorotk provide opportuni- high school, 36 percent are from independent schools, ing will take place on the night of April 7. ties to the poor, to Kelly Gay and John Buonomo and five percent are from religious schools. The 3 1 Student Outreach volunteers were able to better the relation- The average admitted student is in the top seven call 960 accepted students on Tuesday night, March ship with Tufts, and also to improve the city’s school system. percent of his or her high school. Sixty-eight percent 30. The seat was vacated by the Congressional victory of form of students had verbal SAT scores greater than 650, Vivien Valenzuela, one ofthe co-coordinators of Some:ville Mayor Mike Capuano, who now represents the Eigh while 77 percent had math SAT scores better than Student Outreach, said that the phone calls make a District, including Tufts, on Capitol Hill. The final election, which w 650. difference, “especially for students who haven’t deternine the two candidates who will run for mayor of Somervill ‘‘I think that the number and talent ofthe students visited the campus.” . dlbeheldonMay 11.ThevictorwillthenfinishoutCapuano’sten is a reflection of the growing recognition of the Admissionscounselor GinaBeck thinks the num- ind will have to run for re-election when Capuano’s term expires opportunities at Tufts and the level ofpreparation for ber of students who help with Student Outreach is a .he fall of this year. opportunities after graduation,” Cuttino said. testament to the quality ofTufts. “I think its amazing Twenty ofthe admitted students have acombined that students volunteer so much for Student Out- - -Jeremy Wang-Iversc SAT score of 1600. reach,” she said. 2 THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999

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0 I I ~~~ 1 ~~~~ 1 under investigation It looks like mostly cloudy and cool weather will last through the weekend with 1. a northeasterly breeze. As warm air tries to fight a losing battle to come in disaDDears from the south expect periodic showers from time to time. Not a washout of a II weekend, but not the 70s of Wednesday either. MEXICOCITY, March 3 1 -A state governor under investiga- - Weather forcasted by Daily editor Andrew Freedman tion for alleged ties to Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel ha5 disappearedjust days before police were expected to seek his arresl For drug trafficking and money laundering, according to law enforce- ment officials here. Many reported killed in Iraq Gov. MarioViJlanuevaofthe YucatAn PeninsulastateofQuintana Roo had been under police surveillance but apparently eluded the motests over slaying of cleric igents who were tailing him, an official heresaid. Villanueva’ssix- I fearterm, during which he, as a sitting governor, has immunity from Los Angeles Times-Washington gime endured a four-day Anglo- Fedayeen militia then were de- xosecution, ends Monday, and the Mexicanmedia and law enforce- Post News Service American bombing campaign that ployed to seal off Saddam City, nent officials suggested Wednesday that he may have gone into CAIRO, Egypt-Iraqi security hit at strategic assets across Iraq and other Shiite neighborhoods iiding or fled the country to avoid arrest. forces fought for the third day in retaliation for Iraq’s blocking of ofBaghdad, including Kadhimiya, IfVillanueva, amember ofthe ruling Institutional Revolutionary Monday to quell demonstrations UN weapons inspections. Since Shula, and Hurriyat, to keep the ’arty (PRI), were to flee Mexico and evade charges, it would be a ignited by the murder of a senior then, the Iraqi government has clashes from reaching the center ;tunning blow to the country’s justice system. For decades, cormp- Shiite Muslim cleric, opposition found itself increasingly friend- ofthe Iraqi capital. ion at the highest levels of Mexico’s federal and state governments spokesmen said, and some reports less in the Arab world and facing The London-headquartered ias been well documented, but few have ever been held account- indicated scores of people dead ongoing military pressurefrom US Iraqi National Congress estimated tble. Mexican officials have cited the year-long investigation of and more than 700 arrested. Re- and British warplanes, which are that up to 50 people were killed. dillanueva as a symbol of the democratic change shaking Mexico ports from Iraqi oppositiongroups attacking Iraqi air defenses and “This is the worst [disturbance] ind a signal that corruption is no longer being ignored within the in neighboring countries and the other military installationsalmost in years,” said Ahmad Helawi, a ’RI, which has run the country for the past 70 years. West spoke of a string of sponta- daily. spokesman for the INC. But he neous protests - from the Shiite The government says Sadr was added that he doubted it could slums of Baghdad to a half-dozen slain along with his two sons Fri- escalate into a full-scale uprising. predominantly Shiite cities and day by unknown gunmen in the “To do this, you need to have Top secrets looking towns in central and southern Iraq Shiite holy city ofNajaf. Opposi- a leadership inside the country,” -in what appeared to be the most tiongroups,however, have alleged he said. significant internal challenge to - that Sadrwas actually murdered in Hamid Bayati, a London for leaks President Saddam Hussein’s re- his home on Thursday night by spokesman for the Supreme Coun- LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -Overall, security debriefing last year gime in eight years. security forces and then hastily cil for the Islamic Revoution in )f 200 Los Alamos National Laboratory employees after they In Baghdad; the government buried to avoid a public demon- Iraq, agreed that a revolt was prob- eturned from official trips overseas - including 2 1 who went to continued to reject as “completely stration. ably not in the offing because the Zhina - found four who said they were contacted by suspected unfounded” all claims of unrest. Many Shiites have blamed the protesters are unarmed and disor- oreign intelligence agents or were asked to disclose sensitive data, “A figment of the imagination,” government forthe deaths because ganized. “It most likely will be iccordingto Kenneth Schiffer Jr., headofcounterintelligenceat Los Uday Tai, director ofthe state-run Sadr had shown signs of indepen- crushed,” he said, “but we have to ilamos. IraqiNews Agency, said Monday. dence from the regime in recent see what develops.” Schiffer, whojoined Los Alamos three months ago after 30 years The regime’s public reactions - weeks, includingdefyingan order After an initial CNNreport Sat- vith the FBI, said he wants to build a better database of specific barring journalists from areas of not to preach at the mosque in urday of clashes and heavy secu- nformation or technology that potentially dangerous nations like reported unrest, broadcasting tele- Kufa two weeks ago and, report- rity around Saddam City, televi- Zhinamight need, from warhead design to rocket science. The goal vision footage designed to refute edly, for refusing to issue a sion and news agency journalists s to better warn -and better watch -traveling US scientists. But the allegations of disturbances, “fatwah,” or religious edict, were kept away from the area ex- ie admits his solution is late. and laying the blame for the cleric’s against the United States for the cept for an escorted tour Saturday “The incident we’re talking about [with Wen Ho Lee] happened murder on foreign forces-never- Operation Desert Fox bombing night in which they were forbid- nore than ten years ago,” Schiffer said. “We’re staffing up today. theless suggested a government campaign in December. den to leave their cars or ask ques- ’hat’s an enormous gap.” at least concerned about an over- His death was the latest in a tions of residents. Partofthe problem is Los Alamos itself. Muchofthe43-acresite flow ofpublic angerfollowing the series of attacks on senior Shiite Tai said that there would be a ooks more like a college campus than a fortress, and scientists and killing of Grand Ayatollah figures in Iraq during the past year. government-guided trip for jour- heir guests gather in local restaurants and bars to banter about their Mohammed Sadeq Sadr. Accord- All the opposition accounts nalists to southern Iraq Tuesday vork. One official calls the atmosphere “quasi-academic.’’ ing to the opposition, there have agree that the disturbances began in order to demonstrate that there been riots or disturbances outside Saturdayin Saddam City-apoor, are no disturbances. Baghdad in the cities of Najaf, mainly Shiite-inhabited section of To counter the reports of dis- Karbala, Nassariya, and Hilla and Baghdad that was previously turbances, state television mean- Physicists are in a in many smaller towns and vil- known as al-Thawra-soon after while broadcast scenes of people lages in Basraand Babil provinces. Sadr’s killing was announced on praying normally at the shrine in Government forces have with- IraqiTV. Najaf, and of traffic and people search for the drawn from some sites, including Since then, “300 people have shopping in the southern city. Also Haniya near Basra and Majer in been killed in the last two or three shown wasamemorial serviceheld ‘Biqc Picture’ Mara province, in order to avoid days,” claimed Abul Hassan al- for Sadr. ATLANTA - Predicting the future in science is always risky clashes with demonstrators. Salah, a spokesman for the Shiite Shiites make up about 65 per- lusiness. A century ago, some eminent professors were convinced These disturbances are the first opposition group Supreme Coun- cent ofIraq’s 22 million people, but iat all the fundamental laws of nature had been found and the rest sign of widespread unrest in Iraq cil for the Islamic Revolution in complain of discrimination. (as a mopping-upoperation. since March and April of 199 I, Iraq, speaking to reporters in HusseinisaSunniandmostpower There followed, of course, a20th-century upheaval in our under- when Hussein’s Republican Tehran. in the country belongs to mem- tanding of matter and the cosmos. So, as more than 1 1,000 physi- Guards put down a Shiite uprising US officials, who were follow- bers ofhis Tikriti clan. Ever since ists gathered in Atlanta recently to celebrate the 100th anniversary in southern and central Iraq that ing the situation, said they be- assumingpowerhvo decades ago, f the founding of the American Physical Society, few of the followed Baghdad’s defeat in the lieved some of the opposition Hussein has sought to cow the c ttendees were willing to make categorical statements on whether 1991 PersianGulfWar. claims but considered others ex- Shiitereligious establishment, and ie next century will see the same sort of intellectual tumult. Although the unrest so far does aggerated. Shiite loyalty to his rule has al- But there was a real sense ofexcitement at the meeting about the not seem to constitute a serious TheDawaparty,aShiiteoppo- ways been questionable. ‘ ossibility that the long, frustrating effort to explain the forces and threat to the regime, it comes at a sition group based in Syria, said State Department deputy articles of the universe in a single, unified theory may be nearing time when Hussein’sgovernment’s that demonstrators attacked the spokesman James Foley said the n end. usual iron grip on power is under offices ofthe ruling Baath Party in United States condemned the kill- Cambridge University theorist Stephen Hawking offered 50-50 strain and may be in danger of Saddam City and “killed a large ing of Sadr and “other attacks by dds that the goal that eluded Albert Einstein and his successors fraying. number” of regime supporters. It Baghdad against the Shiite com- dlbe accomplished “in the next 20 years.” Just two months ago, the re- said members of the Saddam munity.” Hawking made his prediction when asked at a briefing whether e believed the great questions in physics already have been 61 7-627-3090 P.O. Box’53018 fax 617-627-3910 Medford, MA 02153 nswered. Hawking, regarded as one of the most influential theo- sts since Einstein, said: “1 certainly hope we don’t know all that we re going to know. That would be very pessimistic, because there re still gaps in our understanding.” I The Tufts DailvW ll Hawking, who is immobilized by Lou Gehrig’s disease and must Where you read it first

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- THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999 3 Features

Kickboxing- comes to campus Come to free class on Saturdays to get out aggression

by CHRISTINA LUONGO and kicking techniques. To keep year. Before that, the Moraites ran Contributing Writer students motivated, “we use mu- a center up the street for over a Summerweatherisquicklyap- sic-just like you’ve seenon TV,” Year. proaching, bringing with it reveal- Jim Moraites said. Currently, three beginner’s ing wardrobes oftank tops, shorts, TheMoraites like havingsmall kickboxing classes are offered at and swimsuits. Nothing would be classes so that the instructors can the Martial Arts Centers Monday more perfect than an intense work- give everyone personal attention. through Thursday evenings. The out to help shed thoseextra winter “People are sick and tired of the center also offers an eight-week pounds and combat end-of-the- same old thing. Gyms are doing introductory program for students year anxiety. cardio, but they are usually costing $99 for two classes per For those on a tight student packed,” Jim Moraites explained. week. Since themaximum number budget, a free kickboxing class is “They don’t get the attention ofstudentsallowed in aclass is 12, coming close to home thanks to to learn [in agym], and kickboxing the Moraites are willing to add the efforts of Jim and Kerrie-Ann is a great total body workout,” classes as needed. Moraites, directors ofMartial Arts Kerrie-Ann Moraites added. Freshman Jessica Shapiro has Centers International East Coasts Jim Moraites has studied a va- been taking classes since January at 243 Boston Ave. The Moraites riety oftraditional martial arts tech- and is planing to stick with them. will be offering the class Satur- niques forover 19years including “I love it. It’s a great stress days in April to the local commu- judo, Tae Kwon Do, Filipino stick reliever,” she said. nity as a part of Community In- and knife fighting, and American Soyoucaneitherspend$39.95 volvement Month at the Catholic kimple. plus shipping and handling for Center at 58 Winthrop St. At the Martial Arts Centers, Tae-Bo and keep pressing rewind Kickboxing is a mixture of mar- Jim Moraites also teaches Kosho to get Billy Brand’s instructions tial arts practices and a fun cardio Shorei Ryo, meaning “old pine right, or you can try out this free, workout. Since January, Diane trees spiritual callingschool.”This popular class. Frost has been riding a bus from isafidl artincludingnotonly physi- Students do not need any pre- Cambridge to take the class. cal movements, but also philoso- vious experience. The only thing “I wasn’t quite ready for Kujo phy, culture, and history. needed is a pair of sweatpants and and I needed a cardio routine. I Kerrie-Ann Moraites became a call in to the Moraites to reserve was actually amazed- I’ve man- interested in martial arts because a spot in the class. aged to almost keep up,” she ofJim Moraites’ involvement. She Classes will be Saturdays from said. has been involved with martial arts 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., startingon April The classes start out with a for the last five years. 3 and running until the end ofthe warm-up of stretching, light foot- The center, which is located on month. For more information or workand punching drills, and then the comer of Boston Ave. and to reserve a spot, call (78 1) 306- they move into intense punching North Ave., has been open for a 1514. Educate yourself: Easter’s incredible edible eggs w E,ggsploring the eggstrordinary history and traditions of Easter eggs - and that’s no yoke by KELLY WISNEWSKI the cross. As &e gave them ;he eggs, she sioned by the Russian Czar Alexander to The Faberge egg tradition was carried on Daily Editorial Board cried, and her tears spotted the eggs with make these eggs as gifts for his wife Marie. through the years by Nicholas II. A total of Easter is this Sunday, and that makes it color. Made fromceramic,theseminiatureworks 57 eggs were created. just about time to dye the Easter eggs, the During the middle ages, deco- of art were created so that they would Decorating eggs at home universal symbol ofthe holiday. This time- rating andcoloring eggs for Eas- last forever. They often opened to is a tradition for Easter, and in honored tradition is a highlight in many ter became customary. For the reveal intricate designs and sur- many homes the eggs play a Christian households. Easterof 1290, Edward I is said prises inside. role in the fun ofEaster mom- But how did this tradition start? to have ordered 450 eggs to be The first Faberge egg had an ing. As the tale goes, the Before becoming associated with Easter, gold-leafed and colored to be outside shell made ofplatinum with Easter bunny will come to the egg was the prominent symbol ofmany given as gifts. whiteenamel. When opened, asmall homes and bring candy for rite-of-spring festivals where they were dyed The most famous deco- gold egg wasrevealed. The gold egg the Easter baskets. He will rated eggs are those of Peter contained asmall golden chicken and also hide the decorated eggs Carl Faberge. He was commis- ajeweledreplicaofthe Imperial crown. around the house for the children to find. G tians saw the egg as a sym- bol of the uni- Easter brings many more to services Los Angeles Times-Washington huge uptick” over other Sundays in the the sanctuary and two overflow chapels at Post News Service year, Kinnaman said. The results will help two Easter services, said Senior Pastor M. bo1 of the re- Christianity shines its finest on Easter indicate the‘keality ofwhere Americansare Craig Barnes. Total attendance most Sun- -7 6t birth of the Sunday. Churches are festooned with bright spiritually and to what extent that may be daysis‘tjustover 1,500”andmembership is earth and of flowers celebrating the resurrection of expressed at Easter.” No one knows for sure about 2,300, he said. nature during pagan times because plants Jesus, huge choirs sing of the joy of re- how many people attend Easter services. Barnes attributed some ofthe attendance began to sprout from the earth after winter newal, and worshipers crowd into tiny The mostrecent study-aGalluppoll taken surge to “members on the margins who just a!; life burst forth from eggs. The egg churches and gigantic cathedrals. Atten- by the Princeton Religion Research Center have been gone awhile and make their way was also seen as having special powers. dance swells to a level unimaginable at any -was done in 1986 and estimated Easter back in,” but for hundreds of others he has Many traditions revolved around eggs. other time ofthe year, including Christmas. attendance at 49 percent of adults nation- no clue. Some may be what’s been called French brides stepped on an egg before But what does it mean, this big show? wide. But several researchers have chal- Christmas-Easter Christians - crossing the thresholdoftheir homes. Also, For priests and paslors, the occasion lenged some Gallup attendance surveys “Chreasters,” for short. “We’re not cynical pregnant Roman women carriedanegg with allowsministrytomembers whocomeonly and its survey methods, making the results about it,” he said. “We’re happy to have them to foretell the sex of their children. once or twice a year and to the unfamiliar of the Easter survey questionable as well. them. They’re here, so we’re going to tell Orce Christianity became prevalent, the faces ofpotential members. For scholars of The best estimates suggest that more the best story we’ve got.” The Barna Easter symbsl ofthe eggtransformed from one of American religion, it offers a chance to than half of the nation’s adults and their survey comes at a time when several stud- nature to the rebirth ofman. The egg symbol observe the moral character of individuals children, at least 120 million people, will ies have .questioned the conventional wis- was likened to the tomb from which Christ and determine the spiritual identity of the attend an Easter service Sunday. Interviews dom - supported for half a century by rose. nation. withpastors indicatethata50percentto 100 Gallup Polls-that40percent ofall Ameri- Eggs have been decorated in celebration “Faith and spirituality are ofparamount percent jump in Easter attendance is not can adults attend church or synagogue of their symbolism. Many egg designers importance to Americans,” said David uncommon. weekly. usevery intricate detail to transform simple Kinnaman, research director at the Califor- The Rev. Eugene Matthews, senior pas- The first, by sociologists C. Kirk eggs into works of art. nia-based Bama Research Group, founded tor of Asbury United Methodist Church in Hadaway, Penny Long Marler and Mark The artistry of eggs can be amazing. in 1984 to provide information to support downtown Washington, D.C. said that 500 Chaves, was published in 1993. It reported Some adornments of decorated Easter eggs Christian ministry. The level of a person’s to 600 people attend the church’s two Sun- major discrepancies in Protestant and Catho- include jewels, flowers, fabrics, and braided spirituality, he said, is “very important” in day services, but that Easter draws as many lic survey responses and actual attendance trims. determining how he or she acts on a day-to- as 1,000 tothe 8 a.m. and 1 1 a.m. services and at selected churches and parishes in se- Many legends and beliefs attach the egg day basis. special sunrise worship. Asbury has about lected locales. Instead ofa40 percent atten- to the Eastercelebration in Christian homes. Next week, for the first time, Barna will 1,600members. dance rate, the researchers found a 20 per- An old Polish legend tells of the time that conduct a post-Easter survey “to quantify And at National Presbyterian Church the Virgin Mary gave eggs to the soldiers at the number of people (who attend) and the across town nearly 3,000 people pour into see EASTER, page 11 4 THETUFTS DAILY April 2, 1999

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by WKRAMGOPAL Tuesdaynightwith Murray. While with their compatible personali- ing more out of The Daily Show’s and played a tape of his thoughts Senior Staff Writer on the verge of answering all five ties. book rather than having news over the speaker system. That YCIUcan put to rest those fears questions correctly, Murray pre- Some Kilborn fans. includingY jokes in the opening monologue. segment was funny on opening about CBS not letting pared a Rob Roy myself, were skeptical’about how Duringthe segment, Kilbornjoked night, but could get redundant Craig Kilborn be for Kilborn, much ofhis basic-cable humor he about the Kosovo crisis, Russian quickly. Craig Kilborn. The keeping with the would be able to bring onto net- Parliament, and used a video clip While the new Late, LateShow creator of bits like trend of the fa- work television. After the first two of a goose injuring Fabio to its will neitherspark Kilborn’strans- “Five Questions” mous Fifth Ques- shows, it is evident that his pro- fullest extent. formation into the next Len0 or and author of tion. Murray was ducers are letting the former bas- One pertinent worry, however, Letterman nor draw in older view- Sportscenter catch a perfect fit for ketball jock use his own humor is how long the writers will con- ers, it will bring the Sportscenter phrases, “Jumanji” the debut as the while doing his patented “In the tinue with Kilborn’s inner generation and DailvShowcrowd and “Good wood, two friends News” feature. This differs from thoughts. For the first two nights, to CBS. solid spank, major clicked on the air the other late night shows by tak- he stared out into the background leagu,: crank” made his-debut this week as the new host of the Late, Late Show with Family Values Tour releases video, CD Craig Kilborn. The improved Late, Late Show can finally give Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube play Conaii O’Brien a run at the post- LetteimadLeno time slot, and al- by DAVID de SOLA ester, N.Y. to its close on Hallow- ready proved its worth by easily Daily Staff Writer een in Fairfax, Va., over 243,000 surpaissing the ratings from former Last fall’s inaugural Family Val- fanscame out fortheshows, priced host Tom Snyder. ues Tour, masterminded by Kom, inthe friendlyrange of$25-30per Kilborn, who was hand-picked proved to be the biggest rock spec- ticket and grossing over $6.4 mil- by David Letterman, instantly lion. Family Values ‘99 is under made an impact with the so-called development, and the word is that “Sportscenter crowd” by snag- LimpBizkit willbebackthesecond ghgtie 18-34year-oldmaleview- time around. No other acts have ers away from Conan, according been confirmed so far. to the Tuesday night Nielsen rat- Rating for CD: The other bands in the lineup ings. His playful arrogance and 1 (3outof5) @@@ I arejustasuniquethanKorn. Limp excessive cockiness are portrayed Rating for Bizkit and Orgy are both Korn pro- in a way that makes him appeal to video: @$$“$$@eteges who gained major radio air- (5 out of 5) his target audience. Kilborn rec- I play with their hard core rendi- ognizes whom he is focusing upon, tacle inrecentmemory. The lineup tionsoftwo’80s hits(Limp Bizkit and he referred to one audience consisted of death glam rockers tr”hedGeorgeMichael’s‘‘Faith,” member as being “anice guy, prob- Orgy, hip hophndustrial hybrid and Orgy jacked up New Order’s ably 18-34.” Limp Bizkit, gangsta rap pioneer “Blue Monday”). Besides being Ekery aspectoftheshow, from Ice Cube (who was replaced by signed up for Family Values ’99, celebrity cameos to the set de- Incubus late in the tour when he Limp Bizkit is putting the finishing sign screams out for a different had to take off to shoot a movie), touches on its sophomore album, audience than the one that watche German pyromaniacs Rammstein, Significant Other, which is due Snyder’s talented, yet pretty bor- and of course, Korn. To celebrate out sometime this spring. Orgy is ing interview format. Sports the spirit ofthe tour, a live CD and about to hit the road with Sugar between) and“Freak On A Leash” proventhat it ispossibletoachieve equipment, a wet bar, Ieather homevideowerereleasedon March Ray on the MTV Campus Inva- (the new single from Follow The a variety of sounds on a guitar couches, and an excessively fake 30, and both will blow your mind. sion tour. Leader), whereas the video does alone. The video is far from skyline backdrop flank the stage. The Korn saga began in 1993, Rammstein isaGerman combi- not. Regardless of these differ- flawless. There are some scenes Kilbcirn went as far as to show when all five members ofthe band nation of KISS, Marilyn Manson, ences, in order to truly appreciate that will make more conservative taped clips ofhim hugging tennis got together after their previous and just about every other loud the spectacle that was the Family viewers twitch, especially a song starhodel 17-year-old Anna two bands, SexartandLAPD,called shock rock and makeup act you Values Tour, the home video beats on the Rammstein set and a back- Kournikova in the first five min- it quitsat about the sametime. The can possibly imagine. Ice Cube the CD every time. stage scene of Orgy and utes cifthe show in orderto prove band consists of Jonathan Davis, became a fan of Korn after he heard The video catches aglimpse of Rammstein hanging out with a that his pseudo-narcissism from vocals; Reginald“Fie1dy” Arvizu, the band’s cover of his song the onstage and backstage antics bunch of groupies. All one can ESPPJ and Comedy Central are bass; James “Munky” Shaffer, “Wicked”onKorn’s Lifels Peachy that were commonplace through- say about this is that we’ve come still there. His other opening night guitars; Brian “Head” Welch, gui- album. He later teamed up with out the tour. The crowds, mosh a long way since Jim Morrison was cameos included rappers Coolio tars; and David Silveria, drums. Korn on the hip hophock anti- pits, camaraderie between the arrested onstage in 1971 for inde- and Heavy D, though they were The five built an almost instant parent anthem “Children of the bands, and the seething live sets cent exposure. only on the air for a total of less chemistry and quickly recorded a Korn,” featured on Follow The by all of the groups are all worth Rammstein was the biggest than two minutes. Kilborn even demo. The band eventually landed Leader. Korn returned the favor watching. All of the band mem- overall loser on the tour. Because playfully shooed off Heavy D a deal with Immortal Records. The by joining Ice Cube for aremix of bers offer candid opinions and allthe band’smusic isGerman, the immediately to get the spotlight. band has many things going for it “F*** Dying.”Thetwo will team insights about life on the road and crowds couldn’t understand, Kilborn’s interviews are a including Jonathan Davis’ trau- up again for London Burning, the themselves. One moment well much less get into the band’s hard- change ofpace from the Letterman matic and disturbing lyrics, Head long delayed Clash tribute album worth mentioning is a scene of hitting set. Only one ofthe band’s and Jay Len0 segments, since the and Munky’s wicked guitar and performing a cover of “Should 1 Fieldy inhaling a helium-filled bal- songsmade theCD, andtwo made writers have obviously put an effects work, Fieldy’s unusual bass Stay Or Should I Go.” loon and talking to the cameraman the video. Also, one of the band emphasis on letting the audience style, and David’s catchy drum Rammstein formed in former sounding like some Saturdaymorn- members complains on camera know that the interviews are beats. Through relentless selfpro- East Germany in 1993, and like ing cartoon character. (translated from German) that scrip1.ed to the letter. Bill Murray, motion and touring, with minimal Korn, developed astrongfan base ’ Another plus for both thevideo “what disturbs me the most is that Jeff Goldblum, and mogul skier help fiom radio or MTV airplay, the in its home turf. Gradually, the band and the CD is the new Limp Bizkit the Americans are so conserva- Johnny Mosley each played his band built an extremely loyal fan blew up in Europe before coming song “Cambodia,” which the tive - they will not give us the role well and gave this part of the base across the country. to America with the death rock/ group wrote while on tour promot- freedom to do our show the way show a unique advantage over two multi-platinum albums and techno hybrid of songs such as ing its first album, Three Dollar we like.” He continues by adding, most late-night interview seg- several tours later, Korn was pre- “DU Hast” (You Hate). All the BiffYblf$. The song will presum- “Ifyou really want to see brutality, bands on the tour came away with ably show up on its second album. just turn on TV in America. It is A ments. paring to release a third effort, The second guest on opening Follow The Leader, in the late new fans who may have originally The problem with LimpBizkit’sset very evil and brutal.” Ifthat’strue, night was Victoria’s Secret model summer of 1998. It was one of the come out just to see Korn. on the video and the CD is that then theseguys mustmake Marilyn HeidiKlum. Doweneedanymore most anticipated albums of the The CD and the video are very they include two covers (“Faith” Manson’s show look like a trip to subtle hints about whom the show year and went straight to number similar, with slight differences in and House of Pain’s “Jump Disneyland with the family. is aimed toward? Prior to Klum’s oneontheBillboard200in its first setsand content. The CD includes Around”), making it difficult for The Family Values CD and appearance, Kilborn changed into week of release. six interludes by DJC-Minus, who the band to gain credibility for its video is an incredible assaulton the a blue silk smoking jacket and To promotethe album,the band kept the crowdsentertained while own material. However, though ears and the eyes, either if you’re thrived on the attention of a Ger- and its management company cre- the huge sets were being rotated “Cambodia” and “Counterfeit” are watching it on TV or listening to it man model with whom he flirted ated the Family Values Tour, so and set up. The CD also has asong both really good songs. on a stereo. Any fan ofthis style of i and eventually snuggled with. thatthemembersofKornandsome by Incubus, who does not appear The onething thatwasn’tgood music willmost definitely wantthis When Kilborn left The Daily of the members’ favorite bands in the video. about Limp Bizkit was the combi- set. If you just want to check it out Show in December, he was able to could show their stuff to fans One of the advantages of the nation of guitar and turntables. to see what the big deal is about I snatch away “Five Questions” around the country. The tour sold CD is that it has the “Shot Liver This sounds very similar to the Korn or any ofthe other bands, this fiom new host Jon Stewart. Kilborn out everywhere it went. From its Medley” (a seven minute medley style of Tom Morello of Rage is a great place to start. Just make utilized his signature segment opening date on Sept. 22 in Roch- ofsix Korn songs with no pause in Against The Machine, who has sure to wear earplugs! 6 THETUFTS DAILY 0’ April 2,1999 Sports Atlanta Braves, New York Mets to dominate division

by JORDAN BRENNER their stronghold on the division. Klesko has never fulfilled his promise as a along with such a title remains to be seen. Senior Staff Writer By venturing into the free agent market, future offensive star, and will be hard- This will be most evident in the playoffs, the Seven division titles. Four trips to the and trading Neagle and outfielder Michael pressed tomatch Galarraga’s offensivepro- time of year that will truly determine how World Series. But for the Atlanta Braves, Tucker, the Braves were able to upgrade duction or defensive ability. Nixon, mean- these Braves will go down in history. the only number that seems important is their lineup and defense. New rightfielder while,will leadoff, andevenatage40, hecan Atlanta will face more competition from one. That’s the lonely amount ofchampion- Brian Jordan and second baseman Bret still run. However, even after hitting .297 within its division than in past seasons, Boone add right-handed strength to the with Minnesota last year, his hitting is ques- thanks to some bold moves by the New National Atlanta lineup. tionable and he must adjust to a new posi- YorkMets. Mike Jordan signed tion in left field. Piazza surprised League East I with the Braves With Chipper Jones, Javy Lopez, and many by return- following a career Andruw Jones still around, the Braves will ing toNew York, ships they have won in the 1990s. Despite year in which he continue to be solid offensively. However, and should excel being a fixture in post-season play, the hit .316 with 25 the bullpen could still be a major problem. with his contract Braves will have trouble laying claim to the home runsand 9 1 Closer Kerry Lightenberg is out for the negotiations be- title of“Team ofthe Decade,” with another runs batted in. season after arm surgery. Consequently, hind him and a October failure this season. The~ ex-Atlanta the Braves are pinning their hopes on Mark full season with the Mets ahead. His re- As usual, the Braves are contenders, Falcon also possesses fine speed and is a Wohlers’ ability to rise from the dead. The signation meant the end for Todd Hundley, clearly the top team in theNationa1 League. good defensive rightfielder. If he can stay hard-throwingrighty struggledmightilywith who was sent to Los Angeles in a three- They still have unparalleled starting pitch- healthy (which has been a problem in the injuries and then his control last season, team deal that brought the Mets pitcher ing with Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and past), Jordan will help outquite a bit. Boone which eventually landed him in the minor ArmandoBenitez.The hard-throwingright- John Smoltz. Atlanta has undertaken its is also coming off a career year, having leagues. He has hadastrong spring, though, hander will strengthen a good bullpen that yearly offensive makeover, this time adding posted a .266 batting average, 24 home and manager includes Dennis Cook, Turk Wendell, and two key right-handed hitters. And, of runs, and 95 RBIs. He won’t match those Bobby Cox is John Franco. Francoremains the closer, but course, the bullpen is still questionable. numbers in Atlanta, but he won’t have to. willing to give if he struggles, Benitez will be able to step Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltzremainthe Just in defensive ability alone, the Gold- him the opportu- right into that role. best trio in baseball, even with the Yankees’ Glove winner represents a major upgrade nitytoprove him- The Mets made another great move in addition of Roger Clemens. Denny Neagle over Keith Lockhart. self again. If signing Robin Ventura. He fits perfectly is gone, but Kevin Millwood won 17 games Unfortunately, Atlantamust deal with an Wohlers should into the fifth spot in the lineup, providing last year and should not show much of a unexpected loss. First baseman Andres falter, Cox will be solid protection for John Olerud and Mike drop-off. Odalis Perez beat out Bruce Chen Galarragawas diagnosed with cancer and is left with two young freballers, right-hander Piazza. More importantly,he allows Edgardo for the fifth spot in the rotation, and while lost fortheseason. Asaresult, Ryan Klesko Rudy Seanez and left-hander John Rocker. Alfonzo to move back to second base, he brings some uncertainty, a shaky fifth moves to first base, and Otis Nixon will Both have the talent to close, but whether giving the Mets the best defensive infield starter wont hurt Atlanta enough to threaten platoon with Gerald Williams in left field. they can handle the pressure that goes in baseball when combined with shortstop Rey Ordonez and Olerud. The outfield is the Mets’ biggest prob- lem. 40-year-old Ricky Henderson was Cleveland will dominate AL Central brought in to play left field, and will bat leadoff. His batting average has been down In a weak division, teams chalk this season up to rebuilding in recent years, but his on-base percentage by VIVEK RAMGOPAL Gloves. From Kenny Lofton leading off to HRsin 164at-bats IastyearforDetroit,while is still high. Henderson also brings base- Senior Staff Writer Sandy AlomarJr. battingninth, thereareno Kepler hit .322, 28, 146 in Double-A. stealing ability to a team that severely lacked The Cleveland Indians may not have weaknesses in this lineup. Alomar should Encarnacion will be a starter, while Kepler speed a year ago. Bobby Bonilla returns to much competition in the American League reboundfiom hisdismal 1998performance, will rotate into the outfield and DH posi- New York, but this time with far less pres- Central this year, but they do have motiva- and there is no reason to believe that brother tions. sure. Bonilla wit1 play right field, and if he tion to push the New York Yankees as the Roberto won’t either. Thirty-two million The Chicago White Sox have fallen far canhit.280with 15 homerunsandSORBIs, favorites in the AL. With a potent offense dollars for four years might have been too in the last two years since the organization theteam willbethrilled.Unfortunately,those much for a Future Hall ofFamer traded away Roberto statistics are far from certain, and Bonilla, on his decline, but the Tribe is Hernandezand Wilson Alvarez who suffered through an injury-plagued desperate to notch its first Se- in the middle ofa pennant race. 1998, will open the season on the bench, riescrown since 1948. Last year they almost finished afterhurtinghimselfin springtraining.Brian The only question mark go- at 500, but this year they will McRae rounds out the suspect outfield in and a solid bullpen, the Tribe is a Curt ing into the spring was over the field eight position players center, and should be productive batting Schilling away from a World Series. designated hitter spot. The In- whose average major league sixth orseventh. Still, the Mets may need to Schilling praised the Indians after facing dians signed Wil Cordero to service time is two years and make a move later in the season to upgrade them last week and seems to be facilitating compete with Richie Sexton. 102 days. Without Albert Belle one of these three spots, or perhaps allow a trade. If General Manager John Hart can Sexton played himself out of a job this andRobinVentura,theownerstrimmedthe young Jay Payton to prove his hype as a land Schilling, then the Indians can push spring, hitting around .240, while Cordero payroll toabout $24 million.Now, the team future hitting star. back every starter in their rotation. Right batted well over .300. must see if it can stay competitive in the The pitching rotation is good, but not now, 23-year-old Bartolo Colon is the ace. Cleveland’soffense will outdistancethe weak AL Central. great. A1 Leiter is coming off his best sea- Colon was a fantasy league manager’s team from its nearest competitors, the De- With Belle and Ventura signing else- son, and seems comfortable in New York. dream for the first half of the season, but troit Tigers. The Tigers were expected to where, the team lost 70 HRs and 243 RBIs. RickReedprovedthathewasnotafluke last then he bombed after the All-star break. In build on their 1997 season, but wound up Now,full-timedesignatedhitterFrankTho- season, but has faded down the stretch the second half of the season Colon had an with a meager 65-97 record last year. The mas must show that last year was an aber- during each of the last two seasons. If he earned run average of 5.65 and opposing team simply did not mature as quickly as it ration.TheBigHurthitamortal.265,with29 can pickup his Septemberperformance this batters hit .32 1 against him. No one denies was supposed to. Justin Thompson, the HRs and 109 RBI. Havingreported to camp year, he will be an excellent second starter. that Colon and fel- Griffey-slayer, had a4.05 ERA afteran All- 25 pounds lighter than he did last year and After that, though, questions abound. low young gun Star selection in 1997. With another year without personal issues hanging over his Bobby Jones did not pitch well last year, Jaret Wright are under his belt, he should regain the title of head, heshouldeasilyrebound. Ifmanage- and back problems may continue to plague great talents, but “ace.” Behind him is Brian Moehler, who ment really wants to purge the payroll, him. Masato Yoshii also struggled down they both still have won 14 games out of nowhere in 1998. The however, Thomas could be headed some- the stretch, and the Mets would like to trade to prove them- fourth-year pitcher has improved each of where else. see NL EAST, page 12 selves. Wright, a the last two seasons and will be called upon Like Detroit, the Chisox have a few pos- perennial Yankee tobeasolidnumbertwopitcher.WillieBlair sible Rookie ofthe Year candidates. Third killer, hadan ERA has to make sure he does not lose 16 games baseman Carlos Lee will replace Ventura if of the season after an average first half. again in order for the staffto have he shows that he can cut Charles Nagy always seems to find work three consistent pitchers. down on his 3 1 errors in the Men’s Crew: vs. Boston College, 6:30 despite his high ERA. He won 15 games last The starting lineup has four minors last season. Lee hit a.m. season despite his astronomical 5.22 ERA. players capable of hitting 25 HRs .302with21 HRsinDouble-A Women’s Crew: vs. Boston College, Dave Burba and Doc Gooden round out the and driving in IO0 runs: new third last season, and the job is his 6:30 a.m. rest of the rotation. baseman Dean Palmer, second to lose. Centerfielder Brian Men’s Tennis: vs. Bates, 3 p.m. The bullpen will bail out the starters baseman Damion Easley,outtielder Simmonscan make an imme- often, as Cleveland has a core of relievers Bobby Higginson and first diate impact in the middle of Saturday, April 3 that is arguably the best in the majors. The baseman Tony Clark. The sleeper the lineup this season. Baseball: @ Bates (2),1 p.m. offseasonadditionsofRicardoRincon (2.91, this year may be Brian Hunter. Hunter is Simmons impressed the big league club Men’s Lacrosse: vs. Trinity, Ip.m. 14 saves) and Jerry Spradlin (3.53, 1.02 having a terrific spring, after having a le- during a late season call-up last September, Women’s Lacrosse: @Trinity, 1 p.m. baserunners per inning) undoubtedly add thargic on-base percentage of .298 last year, and he has played well this spring. Other Men’s Track and Field: Snowflake depth. Those two, plus closer Mike Jack- the worst for a major league regular, not to youngsters to watch out for are outfielders Classic, 10 a.m. son, essentially make it a six-inning game mention a leadoffhitter. Magglio Ordonez, Jeff Abbott, and Paul Women’s Track and Field: Snowflake for the Tribe. Jackson thrived after Jose The Tigers do have two “can’t miss” Konerko. Konerko was supposed to make Classic, 10 a.m. Mesa was traded, and finished the year with prospects ready to get startingjobs in Gabe Eric Karros trade bait in Los Angeles last a 1.55 ERA and 40 saves. Sailing: Women’s Duplin Trophy Keplerand Juan Encamacion. Bothareprov- year but is playing for his third team in eight Women’s Crew: vs. Radcliffe, George The everyday lineup will feature a total ing themselves now, hitting over in .350 Washington, Brown, 8:40 a.m. of 32 All-star appearances and 18 Gold Florida. Encarnacion hit .329 with seven see page 13 AL CENTRAL, Men’s Tennis: vs. Wesleyan, 1 p.m. , ...... ,....,,

THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999 7 Sports Men’s lacrosse team went 114 in South; play has improved

byADAMKAMINS roundoftheGuilford Tournament. coachMikeDaly said.“Weplayed Senior Staff Writer The game was a thriller from the fundamentally sound and with ex- The Tuftsmen’s lacrosse team opening quarter, with sophomore citement.” headed to Greensboro, N.C. two attacker Dan Kollar giving Tufts After the win, Tufts had a Saturdaysagounsureofwhattype its first goal of the season. The chance to match its win total from game was back and forth, tied at a year ago, not to mention win the three after one quarter. But tournament, with a win over Men’s Catawba exploded for three goals GuilfordCollegethefollowing day. in the second, and held a 6-3 lead The game was another roller I looking to put the Jumbos away. coaster, with Tufts again falling of team it was. On the heels of its Tufts answered back, though, behind at halftime. Photo by Kate Cohen awful 1998 season (2- 12), the with fourunanswered goals totake After rallying to tie the match ex- Senior Trevor Soponis looks to lead the Jumbos againstTrin- pectations surrounding the team a one-goal lead before the game heading into the fourth quarter, ity this Saturday. were fairly modest. was tied at seven apiece heading the team was outscored 2- 1 in the A win followed by four losses intothe fmalquarter. With250 left fourth. A goal by freshman has done little to change things. inthe final he,Kollarscoredhis midfielder Eric Krause was not with one going the Jumbos’ way, two quarters, taking an 8-4 deficit . Attimes,theteam haslookedmuch fifth goal ofthe game, this one the enough to propel Tufts past the team needed a pick-me-up. into the half. improved from ayearago, but as it game-winner, and gave Tufts a 1- Guilford. Kollaragain ledthe team They were hoping that a game After Wingateextended its lead headed north over the past few 0 record. Freshman goalie Mike with threegoals,while Terrasi and against Wingate College in to 10-4, the Jumbos began to turn ’ days, its play seems to have Terrasi was impressive as well, fellow freshman goalie Kirk Wingate,N.C., could provide that things around. The offense woke headed south. stopping five shots in the second Lutwyler stopped 13 shots com- boost. It did not appearthat would up and the defense picked up its ’ On March 20, Tufts opened its half. bined. happen early, as Tufts was play. Krause and senior Trevor season against Catawba in the first “I’m not surprised bythe win,” On the heels oftwo 8-7 games, outscored 4-2 in each of the first Soponis each scored twice in the

-4 4 frame, and itwas 1 1-8 heading into the fourth. Women’s trac k looks to continue success The Jumbos hopes appeared shattered after the score went to byNEAL,MacMAHON want them to go out in style. And our captains The sprinting corps will be led by senior 12-8 at3:20 ofthe fourth,butgoals Daily Staff Writer havereally doneawonderfuljobofkeepingthe MelissaHarper( lOOm),aswellassophomores at 6:03 by Soponis, 8:20 by fresh- The women’s track team already has lofty team together and making everyone feel like Jessica Carle (100m) and Sarah Deeb (1 OOm, man Chris Taylor, and 11:20 by expectationsto bemet, and hopefully exceeded, they’re a part of it.” 200m, and400m). Deeb, how- freshman Jack Palmer suddenly in their upcoming spring campaign. Combine Shapiro,an incredibly ver- ever, is coming off an injury closedthedeficit to 12- 11. It seemed that with the fact that, in the NESCAC alone, satile runner, has competed in that she suffered at the end of that a minor miracle was in store, the squad will be competing against fierce every race except the 10,000 the indoor season. Senior but it was not to be. The team got competition and you have the makings of a during her Tufts track career. Heather Rosoffwill compete no closerand leftthe state ofNorth very challenging season. Even so, it appears She produced the team’s best performance in primarily in the lOOm and400m, whilejunior Carolina forced to stomach a tough that these Jumbos will be up to the task. the 1,500m thiswinter, andisbeingcountedon Nadia Somadani will run at several different loss. Coming off a very impressive indoor sea- to run a leg in one of the relays. Lynch will distances. “It was tough losing the way son,coach Branwen Smith-King is highly con- showcase her talents in the middle distance Missy Bargmann, ajunior, will be sprinting we did, but I’d rather that than lose fident that her Jumbos will have even more races, specificallythe 800. DerKoorkanian will as well as running the 400m hurdles, an event big,” Daly said. “The guys did success in the next few months. This winter, be scoring points in the field events, where her in which she narrowly missed qualifying for everything we can ask them to do, the squad placed fourth at the NESCAC Cham- specialty is the triple jump. Nationals in the winter. Emily Johnson, an- and that’s all you can ask. I need to Overall, the Jumbos roster is very strong otherjunior,willjoinBargmanninthe400m. In find the right combinations now.” and deep, featuring talented runners in every the high hurdle event, the Jumbos have two Up next was a game against event. The sprinters and hurdlers are, ofcourse, freshmen in National-qualifier Folake Aaron Marymount College in Arlington,’ no exception to this. “Our sprinters were fairly (also a sprinter) and Janice DeJesus. Virginia,the team’s fourth game in strong indoors, largely due to our depth in that area,” Smith-King said. see TRACK, page 13 see LACROSSE,page 13 Sailing confident in season’s potential After spring break successes, team looks forward to nationals by SAMANTHA SNITOW dropped down to sixth. Forthe wouldn’t be a goal,” Legler importantupcomingrace is the Senior Staff Writer next week, the team was on the said. “It’s very possible with Friis Trophy, which is being Its goal for the season is water from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the talent we have here. We hosted by Tufts, and will be simple: win Nationals. Al- with only a single break for have a lot of seniors, and a lot heldnext weekend, April 10- 1 1. though for many this may lunch. Senior captain Caitlin of depth.” This race is a slightly different seem a lofty goal, that is not Macallister commented on the “They’re great sailors,” format,called team racing. Team team’s effort and gains from Macallister echoed. racing pits three boats from break. The two are speaking of se- twoschoolsagainsteach other, “Our practice week was niors Jon Baker, Jessi Dimock, the winning team needing ten pretty productive,” she said. Meghan Boardman, Kyle points or fewer, in any combi- “Everyone learned some Shattuck, Tasha Baker, Kelly nation. the case for the Tufts sailing things, and accomplished Armitage, Julie Brenninkmeyer, “It’s going to be a fun one,” The women’s track team is looking to team. Perhaps one of the things they wanted to do.” Katie Hall, Siegal, and Siegal said. “It’s nice to sail build on its success from the indoor University’s best-kept se- The hours and sweat Macallister. home. All we have to do is crets, the sailing team is look- seemed to pay off the follow- Since sailing is not sepa- continuewhat we did last week- seauon. ing strong in its first few weeks ing weekend, as the team won rated by division, the Jumbos end.” pionships and fifth at New Englands. Individu- of the season. Consistently the gold at the New England have competitorsup and down Someofthe team’sbigraces ally, three Tufts runners qualified for Nation- ranked as one ofthe nation’s Team Racing Intersectional at the Eastern seaboard. Some of are happening early in the sea- t als, and the school record books were re- best, the Jumbos have al- MIT. In another regatta, the the team’s biggest rivals come son. This weekend, the women written three times. ready put in strong perfor- Owen Trophy at Kings Point, from the Middle Atlantic, in- are hosting the Women’s “The outdoor season is a continuation from mances thus far this spring. the team came in second be- cluding, St. Mary’s College in Duplin Trophy, and the co-ed indoors,” Smith-King said. “And our indoor Over spring break, the team hind gold-winning Navy. At Maryland, which is currently division will be racing on the season was the best one we’ve had in a long traveled to St. Mary’s College the MIT race, the team was rankednumber one, College of Charles in the Boston Dinghy time. If we can cany that momentum into the in Maryland, where it trained behind until the final stretch, Charles,Hobart,Navy, and Old Club Regatta. The regattas will spring, then we’ll do great. We’re expecting and participated in its first big when they passed a BU boat to Dominion. A little closer to also be a test of the team’s r even more improvements in the spring, as we regatta of the season. Break take the lead and the win. home, Tufts faces tough com- depth since, due to the size of build on our winter success.” startedfortheteam withtheco- “We’re proud ofthe whole petition in New England from the event and the holidays, This year’s team will look to senior tri- ed division coming in second team,” senior captain Charlie Boston University and every team will have a few key * captains Diana DerKoorkanian,Jeannie Lynch, at the Truxton Umpstead Tro- Siegal said of the victory, “to Harvard. Dartmouth had been people missing. Legler is opti- and Jenifer Shapiro, along with the squad’s phy at Navy. The women com- be able to rally and pull it off.” expected to pose a threat, but mistic abouttheweekend, how- four other seniors, to provide both quality peted at the St. Mary’s To achieve its goal of na- due to poor training conditions ever.

L leadtxship and experience in their respective Women’s Intersectionals, tionaldominance,the team will from ice, the team is not ex- “We should be able to win events. wheretheyplacedfiflh overall. be lookingto its seniors to lead pected to be as strong until the two major events,” he said. “I ’m expecting the seniors to do very well,” This moved the co-ed division the way. end of the season. “AlthoughBU andHarvard are Smith-Kingsaid. “This is their swan song. We team’srankingtosecondinthe “If they didn’t have a Although the team is focus- probably saying the same . country, while the women chance to win Nationals, it ing on one regatta at a time, an thing.”

.. 8 THETUFTS DAILY *April 2,1999 THETUFTS DAILY ..I, Jason B. Cohen Editor-in-Chief . EDITORIAL Lauren Heist Managing Editor

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PRODUCTION Michael Dupuy Production Director Students studying overseas drink Production Managers: Judith Dickman, Haley Stein, Sandra Fried LAYOUT Editors: in more than just culture Valentina Clark, Meg Tenny College Press Exchange students. Henry Lewis, a 19-year old student at GRAPHICSEditor: SWANSEA, Wales- When American students Swansea from England, said if visiting the States, Geir Gaseidnes lead overseas for a semester, they often find that, he would go about getting a drink the same way COR Editors: Imong other things, rules for drinking and hanging many underage American students do. Cambra Stem, Reshma Bhame, Jonathan Dworkin, >ut in bars change. “I’d break the law and get a fake ID,” he said. Phil Emer, Ruthie Nussbaum There’s no need for a fake ID in most of Europe “Here, drinking is socially acceptable and espe- cially atuniversity level. You’re startingyour inde- PHOTOGRAPHY Editor: iecause the legal age to drink is 18. The freedom to Daniel Rodrigues imbibe and hang out in European bars is something pendence.” Many European students support ar- Assistant Editor: nany American students have to come to terms guments against the 2 1-and-older policies that Rachel Zlotoff with. And while officials atthe University of Wales have been made in the United States for years. ONLINE Editor: at Swansea say Americans don’t stand out as being They don’t understand why the US allows people Sonal Mukhi ushes, it is clear that some handle the cultural shift under 2 I to have children, use credit cards, buy real letter than others. estate, act independently of their parents, and BUSINESS Clint Knox, a senior at Southern Illinois Univer- defend the country during wartime -and yet not ;ity in Carbondale, can attest to that. Soon after allow them to consume alcohol. Stephanie Wagner irriving in Swansea, a coastal city of about 2.5 “It doesn’t make any sense to me,” said Arnaud Executive Business Director nillion in southeast Wales, he could see just how Bertrand, a French student at Swansea. “I think [2 11 nuch some students struggle with the freedoms is too old for people to start drinking.” In Europe, Business Manager: John Gendron Zurope provides. going out for a single drink is common among Office Manager: Sandra DeFeo “I woke my second night here about two in the friends. Americans are quick to point out that Advertising Managers: Grace Lee, Kathy Peter, Pamela Abrams norning to some girl screaming in French,” he said. consuming any more than that is cost prohibitive. Receivables Manager: Pamela Mills ‘It turns out my flat mate passed out in front of our Drinks are much more expensive across Britain. A milding. Hewassodrunkacoupleofus hadtocany pint ofbeer can cost anywhere from what would be iim inside and put him in his bed. in America$l.70 to $4.25. “But he wasn’t done yet,” Knox continued. “He Danielle Soedt, a junior at Iowa State, said she EDITORIALPOLICY xoceeded to role out of his bed and puke all over had a tough time budgeting her money during her The Tufts DuiZy is a non-profit, independent newspaper, pub- he place. Then to top it off, he pissed on the floor. first month in Swansea. lished Monday through*Friday during the academic year, and t was quite a night, and I’ll never forget it.” Many “I was going out practically everyday when I distributed free to theTuftscommunity. Businesshoursare9a.m. If the 10,000 students at the university in Swansea first got here,” she said. “I wasn’t going out and - 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, 1- 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Daily :ome from aroundthe world-places like England, gettingdrunk, but I’dgoout forapint ortwo.”Even is printed at Charles River Publishing, Charlestown, MA. +ante, Ireland, Scotland, and the US. And many though going out for one drink at a time might be Editorials appear on this page, unsigned. Individual editors iom outside America took their first drinks long more common, heavy alcohol consumption is ap- are not necessarily responsible for, or in agreement with, the Iefore their 18th birthdays. It’s not unusual for parent throughout Europe’s pubs and clubs. And policies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of Letters, 3uropean parents to spot their kids small amounts just like in the US, Wales has watched students advertisements, signed columns, cartoons, and graphics does not )fwine during dinner. who have had too much to drink die. necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. “I didn’t drink a lot when I was young, but when Just last year-about the same time a Michigan Advertising deadlines: All insertion orders must be submit- ted ... All advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor- did, my parents made sure I knew alcohol wasn’t State University student died after drinking 24 in-Chief, Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. A ,omething to play with,” said Nana Agyeman, a shots while celebrating his 21st birthday - a publication schedule and rate card are available upon request. irst-year student of genetics at the University of student at Swansea died on his 21 st birthday after Wales at Swansea, from England. mixing hard liquor - “spirits” as its known in The social scene in Europe is, in many ways, just England and Wales -and drinking games. TO THE LETTERS EDITOR IS centered around alcohol as the scene in the US After the incident, drinking policies around Letters mustbe submitted by4p.m. and should be handed into - if not more so. What makes Europe different, Swansea changed. Bars no longer allow drinking the Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All Letters nany US students say, is the maturity with which games mixing spirits, and they no longer have must be word processed and include the writer’s name and phone number. 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Box 53018 FAX: (617) 627-3910 “When people get drunk at home, they start “It was the first time anything like that had ever Medford MA 02153 E-mail: [email protected] ights and break things,” she added. “Here they happened around here to my knowledge,” she said. lance like mad.” McCracken said she’ll be sad not In the United States, 20 students died because o get to order her own drinks when she returns to of excessive alcohol consumption last year. US heUS. ’ figures also indicate that more students than ever http://www.tufts.edu/as/stu-orgltuftsdail y “But there isn’t much I can do about it,” she said. recognize that excessive drinking is a problem on And that doesn’t make sense to some European their campus. . - THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999 9 National/World News Camden, N.J., faces difficulties in urban renewal

Los Angeles Times-Washington ally may have hurt Camden: New suburb -that suburbs needed to rose slightly last year, but during deputy commissioner for the De- Post News Service employment opportunities in the provide a “fair share” of afford- the decade its tax base has fallen partmentofCommunity Affairs in CAMDEN, N.J. - This once prosperous suburbs that surround able housing. But despite 15 years 1 1 percent, while the stock market Trenton. flourishing city across the Dela- Camden have made it easier for the of litigation, Camden’s poor still almost tripled. “Even a depression But the city’s deep-seated prob- ware ltiverfrom Philadelphiaisnot most employable of the city’s cannot afford to leave acity where or a war didn’t have as much im- lems persist. “I don’t believe there quite the nation’s poorest-there 85,000 residents to leave, further unemployment is 1 1.1 percent-2 pact as disinvestment has had on is a single intact block in the city,” areat.andfu1ofcommunitiesstrad- concentrating the poor and un- 1/2 times the rate for the county. Camden,” said HowardGilletteJr., said Rutgers University historian dling the Mexican border that have skilled who have stayed behind. While urban scholars say aprofessorofAmerican studies at Robert Fishman. higher poverty rates. And it has “The growth in the economy,” Camden’s plight is extreme, its George Washington University Even a$250million investment not been the murder capital since said Myron Orfield, a Minnesota economic decline is hardly unique. who is writing a bookon Camden. in the Camden waterfront has pro- 1995 -Gary, Ind., is now ahead. political scientistand author, “has Detroit, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, To spur downtown redevelop- duced only 150 to 200 jobs, count- But judged on an overall mis- moved by most cities with large, and Miami all have lost property ment, city and state officials are ing part-time positions, Corcoran ery index, Camden may be the most segregated areas of concentrated value during the 1990s, even as considering nearly every tactic in said. And the city’s ovenvhelm- devastated city in America, and a poverty.” their outward appearance im- the modem urban repertory. ingly unskilled and undereducated stark example of how the stron- Twenty-eight years ago, pov- proved, according to tax studies A state-financedaquariumand work force is hardly the untapped gest and soon-to-be-longest eco- erty lawyers in the Camden area ofthemost recent available num- a Sony-Blockbuster Waterfront resource employers seek in an in- nomic boom in the nation’s his- tried to force open the suburbs to bers from the Metropolitan Area Entertainment Center have opened creasingly technical global tory has done little for the worst the poor in a landmark housing Research Corporation, an urban on the waterfront. Ferry service to economy. parts of urban America. In some case that resulted in the “Mt. Lau- think tank in Minneapolis. Philadelphiahas been resurrected. Average SAT scores in high ways, the economic boom actu- reI”ru1ing- namedafteracamden Camden’s economic foundation An elevated tram is on the drawing schools there were only 773 out of boards. Plans are well along for a a possible 1,600 last year, a sad participatory sports center and showing typical of cities such as A. rude welcome for NATO’s conference facility and, in the fu- Camden, where more than three- ture, perhaps a minor league base- quarters of the students are poor ball park and even a museum of enough to qualify or free or re- Eastern European members recorded sound. duced price school lunch. Lo!; Angeles Times-Washington PrimeMiniste&ilosZeman warns jeopardizes our situation, because These city boosters envision a Last year Camden’s city bud- Post News Service that the bombardment has only of the negative attitude of the vibrant commercial life billowing getwas$lO3 million.Atotalof$22 SARAJEV0,Bosnia- strengthened Milosevic and that Russians,” said Peter Szabo, a28- eastward from the waterfront to million of that figure was raised Herzegovina -Polish troops are Czechs should reconsider siding year-old cook in Budapest, the IinktheCamdencampusofRutgers from city taxes. The school board flanked by seething Serbs as they with “primitive troglodytes who Hungarian capital. University and the regional Coo- spent$220 million. Only$7 million guard a key gateway in the north think everything can be solved by Hungary is particularly vulner- per Medical Center, which provide came from city property taxes. of Bosnia. Czech soldiers patrol bombs.” able to potential Yugoslav retalia- about the only pulse in the local The city government is run by the volatile Serb-held region A Czech television poll last tion because it shares a border economy. a state oversight board. The po- around Banja Luka. Hungarian week found 48 percent of respon- with Yugoslaviaand hostsNAT0 To the city’s extraordinarily lice department is being overseen forces havedrawn less prickly duty dents against theNATO airstrikes forces at the Taszar air base south dedicated group of community by the county prosecutor. The with an engineering unit of the on Yugoslaviaand only36percent ofthe capital. So far, however, no activists, Camden is poised for a school system has a resident state international peacekeeping mis- in favor. use has been made by NATO of renaissance, and they point to auditor. The public housing au- sion here-small comfort forthis Czechs tend to view Yugosla- the Hungarian-based forces. such positive signs as a new thority is being run by the Depart- new NATO member that suddenly via with more sympathy than other AUSpolitical analystwithclose children’s park, a federal empow- ment of Housing and Urban De- finds itself on the front line of the European states because of late contacts with NATO intelligence erment zone, and the bank and velopment. Yugoslav conflict. leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s sources disclosed Wednesday pharmacy that are rising down- Urban experts tend to see Poland, Hungary,andthe Czech denunciation of the 1968 Soviet that one scenario under consider- town. Camden’s plight in terms of their Repc blic courted membership in invasion of Czechoslovakia and ation by alliance military strate- Thomas Corcoran, who has own ideology. Ask conservative NATO with fervor during the first the help Belgrade offered thou- gists is a NATO ground-force in- headed Camden’s waterfront de- scholars why the rising economic years of freedom from the rival sands of refugees who made their vasion from Hungary into velopment efforts for 14years,said tide has failed to lift the city and Warsaw Pact and the Soviet way to freedom via Yugoslavia Yugoslavia’s north. That would the city is on the cusp of a rebirth they say the fault lies at home. Union’s tether. after Soviet tanks crushed the force Milosevic to divide his but needs more time. “Right now, “The environmentis so toxic to BJt only days after their induc- Prague Spring reform movement. troops and hardware to defend a the economy is providing a win- normal economic activity, crime is tion into the world’s most power- Fears of inciting Russia to new second front, because the fighters dow. I hope it lasts anothertwo or so great, government so corrupt it ful military bloc, the three Eastern hostilities is a common thread loyal to the Serbian strongman are three years.” The state govern- makes D.C. look like a model of European states, which also serve among those dubious of the ben- already battling with armed Alba- ment poured literally billions into efficiency and propriety,” said as part of the international peace- efits ofmembership inNATO. nian separati$s ,in the Kosovo Camden’s 8.5 squaremilesbetween Ronald Utt, the Grover M. Herman keeping force here, fmdthemselves “I am not happy at all that Hun- Liberafion Army in the southern 1984 to 1994, and has not turned Fellow in Economics at the Heri- exposed to the wrath of Serbs in gary hasjoinedNAT0, because it province. offthetapsince, said Steve Sasala, tage Foundation. Bosr ia-Herzegovina and vulner- able to Yugoslav retaliation for Despite recent turmoil and a democracy their guilt-by-association in J NATO’s bombardments. The launch of the alliance’s campaign against Yugoslavia - in limbo, hope on the rise in Paraguay mere hours after USceremonies to Los Angeles Times-Washington thinly veiled attempt to return this derscored the remaining threats to trist member ofthe ColoradoParty, welcome the three new members Post News Service nation to authoritarianrule. But as Smth America’s arduous demo- which has led Paraguay for 55 to NATO -has undermined po- ASUNCION, Paraguay -As Candido told his story while hold- cratictransitionofthe 1990s. Cor- years, GonzalezMacchi namedthe litical and popular support for the snipers’ bullets rained down from ing his friend’s bloodstained shirt, ruption and mismanagement, country’s first coalition govem- Balkan actions in those countries. rooftops in this South American the young student said he be- along with old lusts for power, ment since 1946. And while his - And it has raised doubts about the capital, Carlos Dario Candido, 2 I, lieved Molas’ sacrificehad helped continue to plague attempts to cabinet included some holdovers wisdom of putting the stability of clutched the arm ofhis university his nation pass yet another test in establish lasting political reforms from the brutal dictatorshipofGen. fragile new democracies at risk for buddy Victor Hugo Molas and its troubled transition.to democ- in nations such as Paraguay, Ven- Alfred0 Stroessner, who was ex- the right to share shelter behind ran. Thousands of other students racy. “Victor would have been ezuela, Ecuador, and Peru, which iled in 1989,GonzalezMacchi took NATO’s shield. who had turned out for an anti- proud to die if it meant we would have tried to rebuild political sys- the conciliatory step of including Top officials in Warsaw, Prague, government rally last weekend finallyget some kind ofjustice and tems left in tatters after years of ministers from two opposition and 13udapest have made their air- scurried around them in panic. democracy here,” Candido said. rule by military leaders. Political parties in his cabinet. space available for the bombing Seconds later, Candido felt Molas’ Indeed, President Raul Cubas - analysts say democracy in Para- “Democracy in Paraguay is still runs in Yugoslavia. Poland and body violently lurch away from widely considered apolitical pawn guay, considered the most politi- a work in progress, but we are the Czech Republic are also con- him, landing hard with athump on of former general and convicted cally unstable nation in South pleased that Paraguay’s demo- templating sending troops to a the grass. coup plotter Lino Oviedo - re- America’s Southern Cone, won an cratic institutionshave worked the - P Kosovo peace enforcement effort, Amid the screams and tram- signed Sunday under enormous overdue victory this week. After way they should have,” said US like 1 he one prescribed for Bosnia pling feet, Candido bent down‘ political, diplomatic, and popular the weekend chaos, the transfer of Ambassador Maura Harty, who underthe 1995agreementbrokered and held his friend, who died in pressure following the slayings. power was nonviolent. And it was helped broker the transition. in Dayton, Ohio. his arms. Cubas, who already had been im- Paraguay’s young democratic in- “There was a time when the mili- But under the three nations’ The sniper attack-widely be- peached by the lower house ofthe stitutions- the Congress and the tary would have been the final stated commitment to NATO lieved to have been carried out by National Congress and was facing Supreme Court - that led to word here. I think we all see this as F airstrikes to halt Yugoslav Presi- henchmen of a renegade ex-gen- a Senate trial this week, fled to Cubas’ ouster. Meanwhile, the a step forward.” - dent Slobodan Milosevic’s cam- era1 who was supported by Brazil. Oviedo, who is suspected military stayed in its barracks de- As free-market reforms and paign of atrocities against ethnic Paraguay’s president - killed of ordering last week’s assassina- spite attempts by Oviedo to stir privatizationshave brought gleam- I Albanians in Kosovo province Molas and four other students tion of Vice President Luis Maria his uniformed supporters to ac- ing modem skyscrapers and the lurk:; a nervous fear that admis- and wounded dozens more. The Argana, found asylum in Argen- tion. Internet to .all comers of Latin

sion to the alliance has brought deadliest incident here since this tina. Luis Gonzalez Macchi, the af- America, Paraguay remains stuck c 1 more threat than stability. small, insular nationemerged from As Paraguay regains some sem- fable Senate president anda former in a semi-feudal system ofpower- While Czech President Vaclav decades ofdictatorship in 1989, it blance ofnormality this week, the pro basketball player, became the ful landowners, corrupt politi- Have1 has voiced unequivocal launched a campaign of violence problems that surfaced during the nation’s new leader -just as the cians, and wasteful, state-run cor- support for the NATO actions, that many Paraguayans saw as a recent turmoil and bloodshed un- 1992constitution called for. A cen- porations. 10 THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999

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“ In National League East, Florida Marlins likelyd to remain in the cellar NL EAST the right direction, although they lack a true cleanup hitter to bat lose his closing job to Wayne cancontinuetopaythemforyears continued from page 6 are not ready to contend yet. Scott behind Rolen. Gomes, a young, hard-throwing tocome. VladimirGuerreromay be him. HideoNomo’sarmappearsto Rolen is already a star at third The Phillies’ real problems are righty with plenty of talent. After baseball’s brightest young star. be shot, and he will open the sea- base, and along with second-year on the mound. Curt Schilling is as that, though, the bullpen is un- The right fielder can do it all- he son in theminors.Asaresult,New shortstop Desi Relaford and good as they come, but may not be tested, and should not provide hits for average and power, has York signed 40-year-old Orel rookie second baseman Marlon in Philadelphia much longer. If much relief for the weak -.group of terrific speed, and acannon for an Hershiser, whose toughness and Anderson, makes up one of the another team (Cleveland) comes starters. arm. Guerrero is leadership should help, despite best young infields in baseball. calling atmid-season with an offer Still, Phillies fans joined by more the fact that he can no longerpitch The Phillies have a good young that is too good to pass up, the have reason for op- young talent. His much more than six innings. rightfielder in Bob Abreu, who will Phillies will havetodeal theirace. timism, andthe team brother Wilton will be The Mets will contend for the hit .300 with decent power, and a Beyond Schilling,thestaffis weak. should be fun to a quality second wild card, but need to acquire a quality leadoffman in center fielder Chad Ogea goes from the odd- watch with their baseman. Orlando true number-one starter and an- Doug Glanville. Rico Brogna is man out in Cleveland’s rotation to young lineup. Cabrera has terrific other outfielder before they can solid but not spectacular at first Philadelphia’snumber-two starter. Also young, tal- potential at short- challenge the Braves. base, and Ron Gant will look to Paul Byrd, Carlton Loewer, and ented, and not quite stop. Rondell White After the Mets, there is a large bounce back from a dreadful ’98 Paul Spoljaric are all very shaky readyto contend are the Montreal is ready to emerge as one of drop-off in talent. The Philadel- season in left field. Catcher Mike starters. Expos. They have actually started baseball’stop center fielders,while phia Phillies should edge out the Lieberthal adds some pop to the The bullpen isweakaswell. Jeff to pay their young players, and, Brad Fullmer should have a big Montreal Expos for third place. offense as well. That’s a pretty Brantley is 35 and coming off in- with any luck, will move some- yearat firstbase. IfMichael Barrett The Phillies seem to be heading in good lineup, but the Phillies still jury problems. He very well may where intheoff-seasonwherethey is able to settle on a position (catcher or third base), his hitting will give the Expos a big boost. The Expos’ young talent ex- Hope Medical Institute (Hh4I)is currently acce ting applications for tends to the mound as well. Dustin Septembedoctober 1999 semesters from committefstudents. If you are.: Hermanson is coming off a great W Cdege graduate with pre-med or pre-vet background year, and may be ready to join an College graduate without pre-med or pre-vet background elitegroupofpitchers.Carl Pavano, %year college education with concentration in science courses acquired for Pedro Martinez be- W High &ool graduate who wants to become a M.D. or D.V.M. fore last season, is also a star in the The next semester starts September/October 1999 at various affiliated institutions in Euro . Courses are conducted in the English langua e. making. Bothare ready to contrib- and the Final Solution The institutions anGrograms are well recognized by the World Heafth ute this season. Montreal hopes anization, American Medical and Veterinary Exam Boards as well as the that Javier Vazquez can join them U. . De attment of Education. 9Full !nancing by the U.S. Coverpnent is av4lable. Due to vqlimited to form what could arguably be time and availability of space, apply i~eplatelyif you think you have what basebail’s best trio ofyoung pitch- it takes to be a good physician or vetennanan. Call for Mer informahon at: ers. The bullpen is strong as long HOPEMEDICAL INSTITUTE as Ugueth Urbina is around. Last 753 Thimble Shoals Blvd.. Blde. 2B. Nemort News, VA 23606-3575 season, he emerged as one of the David Redles best closers in the league. The Kent State University depth behind him is sub-par, though, as is the back end the author of .. of -I& (forthcoming) rotation and the bottom of the lineup. Ifthe Expos are able to keep this group together for a couple of years, they could be a winning Flourish When team quite soon. YOU Work at Rounding out the division are Monday, April 5 the Florida Marlins, the clear pick 500 p.m. Cabot Auditorium for the cellar. Just two years re- Tufts University moved from a World Series vic- refreshments tory, the Marlins are baseball’s worst team. But, like the Phillies and Expos, they do have some young players to be excited about. CliffFloyd, Todd Dunwoody, and Mark Kotsay form a solid outfield. Info. Sessions Alex Gonzalez is highly-touted as April 6th @ 4:OOpm a replacement for Edgar Renteria f Contact Christine Lee in at shortstop, while Derek Lee has b Career Services for a Location the potential to be a major power hitter at first base. IfMike Lowell, a top third-base prospect acquired from the Yankees, is able to return successfully from testicular can- cer, the Marlins will havean excit- ing young lineup to build around. Thepitchingstaff isveryweak, though. Livan Hernandez was overused last year, and questions remain as to whether he can return Contact Gail% 1 800 CHAMPION to the form that made him a star 1 WWW.CHAMPIONSAY5Y E5.COM during the 1997 season. Alex Femandezwill returnaftermissing I1 . .- all of last season following arm surgery, but ifhe is able to contrib- CONVENIENCE DOG “Emergency” ute, the Marlins will probably deal *I \ him and his big salary. Jesus C-DOG? WHAT ISIT, BOY? IS JOHNNY IN SanchezandBrian Meadowsgive 1 ISTHE BARN ON FIRE? DANGER? AGAIN? I the Marlins a couple of young WE‘RE ALMOST OU arms to throw out every five days, COMPUTER VIRUS? HAZELNUT COFF but neither is ready to be a consis- r COEO NAKED TERRCWSM? tent winner at the- Major League level.The bullpen is surprisingly

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ish games. Antonio Alfonseca ’ gives Florida a third righty with a good fastball, meaning the Mar- lins will besolid in the late innings. Unfortunately, they won’t get to that point with a lead very often. THETUFTS DAILY April 2,1999 13 Jumbos hope to change luck Teams stocking up on young prospects Y LACROSSE tainly not happy though,” Daly AL CENTRAL he still will be dubbed the ace ofthe staff. Unproven continued from page 7 said. “We didn’t come out and continued from page 6 youngsters LaTroy Hawkins, Benji Sampson, and six days. In addition to that grind, play our game, they took the game months. Eric Milton will follow him. This pitching staff has the combination oftravel andmen- to us.” The ace ofthe pitching staff, a term used loosely, made promoters extremely desperate to bring in fans. tally-exhausting losses was too The team’s home opener was is slated to be Mike Sirotka. Sirotka has been making They’ve already created promotion nights such as much for the team. Tufts fell be- played against Gordon College his case this spring with a sub 3.00 ERA. He will be “Dog Day at the Dome” in which fans are invited to hind 4-1 in the first quarter and yesterday. Next up is Trinity at 1 followed by James Baldwin, Jim Parque, John Snyder, bring their dogs to the park; “Turn Ahead the Clock never recovered, going on to lose p.m. on Saturday. The home cook- and Jamie Navarro, assuming that Navarro is not Night” in which the Twins and Mariners will wear 11-6. ing should be a benefit for the dealt to San Diego for Randy Myers. futuristic uniforms; and Shimano Fishing RodNight. After a few days off, the team Jumbos, as they can try to re- Onemajorgoal forthe MinnesotaTwinswillbeto Onceagain, itwill bealongsummer intheTwinCities, returned to New England to play group and end their four game outdraw the Timbewolves, which could be a chal- and you might get better baseball out of the St. Paul a road game against Babson on slump. lengeforateam that averaged 14,395 inthe Metrodome Saints. Tuesday. Again, the Jumbos were So while the 1-4 record may last season. This club, too, has fallen far from 1991, Rounding out the Central are the Kansas City not competitive, as their offense not be terribly impressive, those when they defeated the Atlanta Braves to win the Royals. They were 72-89 last year and are primed to failed them this time. The match involved with the team have said World Series. Now the team opens the season with be the worst team in the majors this year without Dean was more tightly contested, but this year is more about effort a total payroll on par with Kevin Brown’s annual Palmer(34HRs, 119RBIs), JoseOfferman(.3 14BA), eventually got out of hand, with than it isabout results. While the salary. Starter Brad Radke, closer Rick Aguilera, and Pat Rapp, and Tim Belcher. Top starter Kevin Appier a 1-0 Babson edge after one pe- Jumbos would certainly like to outfielder Marty Cordova can also be had for a might be on that list if he shows Boston and Cleve- riod becominga4-0 halftime lead. be sportingawinningrecordnow, handful of minor leaguers. The Twins’ big addition land that he has fully recovered from arm surgery. The A goal by sophomore attacker the coaches know that in the this offseason was shortstop Josue Espanda via the Braves arerumored to be lookingat first baseman Jeff Brian Hwang was all Tufts would end, taking one step forward Rule V draft. The team is hoping that this rebuilding King now with Andres Galarraga out for the year. get in a 7-1 loss. After the game, would deem the season a suc- stageis one similar to the mid- 1980s, when the Twins One young player to keep an eye out for is there was a tempered sense of cess. And most signs after the had Frank Viola, Kent Hrbek, and Gary Gaetti. Man- centerfielder Carlos Beltran. Beltran had agreat year urgency. first five games point to that hap- ager Tom Kelly will be managing a bunch of minor in Double-A, hitting .352. He is offto a hot start this “I’m not discouraged. I’m cer- pening. leaguers with only Cordova, Todd Walker, and Matt spring and has been comparedto Bernie Williams- Lawton set in the field. a guy who hits with average, moderate power, has Women’s track ready to run The Central Division theme of having potential great speed, and covers a lot ofground in the outfield. Rookie of the Year candidates continues with the IfJeremyGiambi(.372,20 HRs in Triple-A)werenot TRACK Twins and cornermen Corey Koskie and Doug nursing a sore hamstring, he would be a major con- continued from page 7 through season indoors, accord- Mie’ntkiewicz. Koskie (.30 1, 26, 105) and tributor right off the bat, too. The middle distance crew will ing to the coach. Freshman Molly Mientkiewicz(.323,16,88)had solid minor league With the White Sox, Royals, Twins, and Tigers featiirejunior and three-time All- Hobey will compete in the 5K, years, but will be counted on to produce at the next having a combined payroll just above that of the American Caitlin Murphy, the in- having just missed Nationals in level this season. Yankees, don’t be too surprised to see this plethora door national champion in the the winter. Sophomore Jennifer Despite Brad Radke’s 3-8,6.27 ERA second half, of rookies take over the AL Central. 800m. Joining Murphy andtri-cap- Edelmann will run the 5,000 and tain Lynch in the 800m is promis- the 3,000. Both freshman Heather I ing freshman Lauren Esposito, Ballantyne and junior Niklti who will run the 400m as well. Gregoire will alternate between Women’s Studies at Tufts Senior Iris Rave also will be en- middle and distance. tered in the middle distance events, The Jumbos haveavery strong Advertise 14th Annual Work on along with freshman Amanda coreofjumpersaswell. Longjump- Student Forum women and Wat,Son. Freshman Ellen Adams, ers include freshman and gender across coming off a season in which she heptathlete Sarah Lestikow (who many in the dkciplines. setthe school record in the 1,000m, can also throw the shot), willcompeteinthe800and 1,500m Bargmann, andHarper. Samadaiii races. Unfortunately, both Watson and DerKoorkanian will be the Daily. and Adams are coming off inju- triplejumpers. In otherfieldevents, ries. Yet another freshman, Col- the high jumpers also seem very leen Bums, will seetime in both the promising. Junior MelissaTavares, 400111 and the 800m hurdles. freshman Iris Halpern, sophomore “Despite some injuries in the Jessica Tonn, and Lestikow are all Call the middle distance area, I believe our working ontrying to extend their runners will still be very strong in range to the five-foot mark. Junior Business the early season meets,” Smith- Darcy Fitzsimmons will be in the King said. “This, of course, is a throwing events, along with Department great credit to our depth, once Lestikow. again.” “We have a few weaknesses on 627-3090 Junior Cynthia Manning will this team, but nonetheless we PMELI - HIGHNO~ZO~LOWNOTFS 1230 - 1:45 pm. bring her talents to the long dis- refuse to give up,” Smith-King - FACUXIYMoou*m: Ikumi Kaminishi. An Hinary tance events, ranging upwards Sruom PmsmnEs TmrorWar Nayiri D. 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