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..,. ,I ,..I,, .. .. .i/ .................... .. ........... .. ......... THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Monday, November 8,1993 Vol XXVII. Number 40 Trustee forum focuses on how to improve education at Tufts - by JOHN O’KEEFE are the most important constituent can,”-Redfernsaid. Daily Editorial Board whom the trustees represent. “[the On the subject of socially re- Trustee Jane Redfern spoke to trustees are involved because] we sponsible investing, specifically a group of approximately 20 stu- want to give back to the Univer- on the issue of Hydro-Quebec, dents about important issues on sity.Weunderstandtheimportance Redfern said that, in addition to campus and her own Tufts experi- of the students. That is what the being fiscally responsible, “val- ence. The forum was held in the purpose of the University is -- the ues have to guide decisions in all Hodgdon Hall lounge at 3 p.m. on education of students,” Redfern of our policies.” Redfern added Friday afternoon. said. that the next step in the Hydro- Redfern,amemberoftheTufts’ “I am greatly influenced by Quebec issue would be to form Class of 1968, was introduced by what students think. I think that committees looking into the we, as trustees, need to do a better University’s investments. , -- - -- Tufts Community Union (TCU) ECO members rallied outside Mugar Hall as trustees met inside. Senate President John Fee. Fee job of keeping in touch with stu- Redfern also spoke about her introduced her as “a fourth gen- dents,” Redfern said. academic experiencesat Tufts and eration Tuftonian” and a specialist Redfern stressed the need for how they prepared her for future in human resources and quality trustees to make decisions which employment opportunities. “I do ECO leaders speak at control. Redfern works for AT&T are in the best interest of the Uni- believe that a liberal arts educa- and served as senior vice presi- versity as a whole and are also tion is great prepartion for busi- dent of the AT&T foundation, the fiscally responsible- ness.’’ Redfern said. meeting- with Trustees philanthropic division of the tele- In regard to this past weekend’s Redfern stressed the hpor- by CAROLINE SCHAE~R A permanent committee on in- communications corporation. board meeting, Redfern said that tance of a well-rounded education Daily Editorial Board vestor policy “would ensure that Redfern began her presents- she was unsure of the exact agenda and a strong desire to learn new Calling for the Board of Trust- the university invests its funds in a tion by asking the students in at- Of the meeting Or Of all the facts things. “Hopefully all [Tufts stu- ees to change existing investment truly responsible manner with ac- tendancewhich issues they wanted behind the major issues, but added dents] will graduate with a deep policies, student leaders of ECO countability to the campus com- her to discuss. subjects of interest that she expected it to be aproduc- love of learning. YOUmust be a (Environmental Consciousness munity,” according to a statement and concern among the students tive meeting. ‘‘We Want to make constant karner in order to suc- Outreach)spoke to trustees Satur- drafted by members of ECO. included the role of a trustee, ex- day morning at the board’s annual ‘We want them to establish November meeting, according to guidelines about their investment pectations for Saturday’sBoard of Trustees meeting, the outcome of ECO cochairs Gina Coplan and policies. We’recallingfor the trust- the Trustee’s fall retreat, and how Andrew Epstein. ees to consider the moral, envi- her Tufts education prepared her Coplan and Epstein were per- ronmental and other values of the University before making invest- for the business world. mitted five minutes to convey the Redfern first addressed the opinions of ECO at the meeting. ment decisions,”Epsteinsaid,con- function of the Board of Trustees According to Epstein, the two cerning his feeling on the estab- in the administration of the Uni- spoke alternately, discussing the lishment of such a committee. versity. “Our function is to set a trustee’s current investment policy He went on to say that the cre- general policy for the University. and pointing out, in their minds, ation of such a committee would We don’t involve ourselves in the the two main aspects that the policy replace the two committees uti- daily decisions of the administra- lacks: a permanent committee on lized in the existing pre-invest- tion,” Redfern said. investor responsibility, and mentpractice. Currently,when the She further noted that “the trust-- proactive investor responsibility. University president deems it nec- ees’ role is to create a balance, Their presentation,which occurred essary, he designates ad-hoc an between the views of all its con- atapproximately 10:45 a.m.,pref- committee to research the stituents. This includes the stu- aced the trustee’s discussion of investment’s ramifications of the dents, faculty, alumni, and the 10- “social policy of investment,” as see ECO page 11 ... cal community.’‘ Trustee Jane Redfern addressed student concerns last Friday. termed on the board’s agenda. Redfern added that the students Evelyn Murphy discusses role of Greek organizations women in politics at symposium reevaluated bvw CFS by JESSICA RUZZ woman; a woman is not a man,”’ mittee on segregation and the by JESSICA R0SE”IlIAL document serves as a contract be- Daily Editorial Board Drachman said. founding of Jackson College for Daily Editorial Board tween the University and the fra- Dr. Evelyn Murphy, former Lieu- Drachman went on to describe women, less than 20 years after The status Of each fraternity ternities and sororities and defines tenant Governor and Secretary of the final opening of Tufts to women Tufts accepted its first female stu- and sorority at Tufts is annually the privileges and obligations of Environmental and Economic Af- in 1892, and the controversy it dents. Women ultimately reviewed by the ‘Omittee On Greek life in the Tufts community. fairs of Massachusetts, gave the Fraternities and Sororities (CFS) CFS gave the fraternity Alpha caused on campus. Both male stu- benefitted from the separation, to decide whether each of the chap- ~~~il~~pi a rating of excellent keynote address at Saturday’ssym- dents and faculty expressed their according to Drachman. posium ‘Womenat Tufts: TheFirst ters’ universityrecognition should achievement.CFS said that “they displeasure, and admissions suf- “The women majored in En- be continued. The reviews for the would like to congratulate the Hundred Years.” While sparsely fered as female enrollment in- glish and took over the literary past year, which extended brotherhood on a most successful attended by current Tufts students, creased. magazine. The men were still in thesymposium,which was cospon- June 1, 1992throughJune19l9939 year, especially in the areas of “Men were hesitant to go to charge of the Tufts weekly news- were completed last week, accord- bothers’ involvement on campus sored by the Association of Tufts Tufts,” she said. ‘They said that it paper. It covered mostly sports, ing to Associate Dean of Students and in philanthropy.” Alumnae and the Women’s Stud- was becoming a girls’ school.” class rivalries, and fraternities,” Bruce Reitman. He said that “this AEP~also achieved the highest ies Program, brought many Tufts The ratio of men to women at the she said. is the that each ~OUPgoes GPA of any fraternity on campus. alumnae back to the campus for a time was two to one. Still, she said, there were ques- status into the year with.” The CFS report also stated that the look at both the past and the fu- The increasing animosity to- tions and doubts about sexual in- ture. ward women on the Tufts campus see WOMEN page CFS ranked *e groups on the committee was “pleased to learn Professor Virginia Drachman following rating scale: excellent that’’thechapter now has an alumni :d to the formation of the com- achievement, good achievement, gave an introductory speech about see CFS page 8 the history of women in education insufficient achievement, proba- and at Tufts. According to tion of recognition status, suspen- Drachman,Boston University was sion of recognition status, and re- a catalyst for coeducation in the Inside vocation Of recognition status. Boston area; when the university Features .: ......................... p. 2 The fraternity Theta Chi re- opened in 1873, it accepted both Read up on what Antioch College‘! ceived a rating Of adequate men and women. “The opening of new dating policies are, and see ifyot B.U. to women forced Tufts to achievement. CFS said that this cm match up major with pick-up line. confront the issue,” said fraternity improved in the areas of maintenance of their house and Drachman. A&E ................................. p. 5 The audience laughed as she increased alumni relations in the Keaton wins big with his tear-jerkel quoted Tufts’president at the time. past year. My Life, and the Cure’s new album Pari: President Miner, she said, was However, CFS said that they is another winner. certain that women werenot physi- were “concerned to see that Theta Chi refused for the second year in caliy and emotionally strong Sports.............................. p. 7 a row to in a man- enough to withstand the pressures Colby beats Tufts in last weekend‘< of university life. “In his view, and photo by Jennifer Mccarrhy ner with the guidelines”regarding game, and the Patriots lose. Again. hi this is a quote, man is not a Evelyn Murphy was the keynote speaker at the women’s forum. Summerresidency as in where You read it first. I I ‘I 1 /I, page two THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, November 8,1993 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor Elin M. Dugan Trustees’ reaction to for its exciting environmental courses, re- the Trustees would not have to deal with Editor-in-Chief search, and organizations,but insisted that divestment campaigns like ours.

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