THETUF DAILY \WhereYou Read It First Wednesdav, Octobers 28,1998 Volume XXXVII, Number 33 . I

~ Student assaulted by locals outside Olin byDANELBARBARIS1 Three suspects are arrested, two charged Daily Editorial Board Tufts University Police Department the charge against the youths. A student was beaten and robbed out- (TUPD) Sergeant Domenic Pugliares re- The two charged assailants were taken side ofthe Olin Language Center by several counted TUPD’s involvement in and inves- to the State Police Barracks in Medford. The local youths last Saturdaynight.Following tigation of the incident. three are all minors, and are residents of the assault, the assailants were appre- “Once an officer arrived on the scene, Wilmington, Billereca, and Winchesterre- hended on Boston Ave. by units of the she called TEMS [Tufts Emergency Medi- spectively. Two were born in 1983, and the Tufts and Medford Police departments for cal Services] and then went out to try and third, the driver, was born in I98 1. The both the assault of the student and a previ- track down the vehicle. The officer posi- fourth assailant was not found. ous assault and robbery that occurred ap- tively identified the car parked on Boston “There were probably four of them,” proximately a half-hour before. Ave., and called for assistance. Medford Pugliares said. He added that one of the According to the police report, at ap- then arrived on the scene,” he said. youths charged has confessed to commit- proximately IO p.m. Saturday night, a black The officers questioned three youths ting the crime. Monte Carlo pulled up to Olin and four walkingbacktothevehicle, and positively The Tufts student was taken to males leapt out and attacked the student, identified them as the assailants for both Somerville Hospital for treatment and was ChristopherWalters, punchingand kicking the on-campus assault and the earlier as- released. He suffered a number of bruises him, then stealing his wallet. Subsequently, sault which took place in Medford. All three and cuts, but no other injuries. they re-entered the vehicle and fled the were taken intocustody, but only two were “He was bleeding pretty badly when we scene, driving to Boston Ave. via the Capen charged with robbery and assault with a arrived,” Pugliares said. The student’s wal- Daily file photo St. extension. dangerous weapon. let was recovered fiom the assailant’scar, as The Oiin Center was the site Of The Tufts freshman who was assaulted “Feetareusedforwalking,notforkick- was a gold chain stolen from the earlier Saturday’s mugging. refused to comment on the incident. ing someone with,” Pugliares said about assault victim. ACLU President speaks on Pornography, Censorship by BROOKE MENSCHEL not going to have any other hu- Strossen said, “by trying to pro- Daily Staff Writer man rights at all,” she said. tect children.” Members ofthe Tufts commu- Strossen then moved on to dis- After Strossen’s speech, a stu- nity had the opportunityto debate cuss the Communications De- dent raised the question ofwhether with Nadine Strossen, the Presi- cency Act, or the CDA 11, which or not Strossen thought that if the dent ofthe American Civil Liber- was passed by Congress last CDA I1 is deemed unconstitu- ties Union (ACLU) on Monday, at Wednesday. The CDA 11, accord- tional, the government would a program sponsored by the Ex- ing to Strossen, “makes it illegal to eventually succeed in passing perimental College entitled “Por- communicate online anything that something“more sweeping.” nography and Society.” Strossen any community would deem harm- Strossen replied that it would waselectedpresidentofthe ACLU ful tominors.”The ACLU is fight- be difficult, as the definition of in 1981 andwasthe firstwomanto ing the act on the basis that is illegal obscenity had three parts, be elected to the position. violates the right to free speech. and in order to be classified as After a brief introduction, “Cyberspace should be a free obscene, any piece ofmediahas to Strossen opened the floor to ques- speech zone,” Strossen said. satisfj all three segments of the tions and ran the lecture as an Previously, the original Com- definition. The first part of the open forum. During much of the munications Decency Act had definition says that the material forum, Strossen discussed por- been brought to the Supreme Court has to appeal to a “prurient inter- nography and its role on the by the ACLU. The Supreme Court est,”meaning ashameful, or mor- Internet, an issue that was recently agreed with the ACLU in a 9-0 bid interest, or, as Strossen debated in Congress. She shared decision that the act was uncon- phrased it, had to “turn you on.’’ z with the audience her belief that stitutional. The second part of the defini- the issue of censoring pornogra- In Congress, the opposite was tion was that the material has to be phy is a violation of American’s true. Out of 535 members ofcon- patently offensive, or had to basic rights. gress, only 2 1 Congressmen voted “gross you out.” Strossen noted “NO issue is more important against the act. The Clinton ad- that the first two points were con- than freedom ofspeech, including ministration, Strossen said, is also tradictory.“One person’sturnon,” freedom of sexually oriented ex- in favor ofthe law. Strossen said, “grosses out some- pression, which is what pornogra- The law affects many groups. body else.” phy is all about,” she said. Strossen listedplaintiffs in thecase The third and final part of the As part of her discussion of against the CDA I1 including definition is that the material has why the ACLU defendspornogra- Warner Communications, Time to lack serious literary, political, phy, Strossen discussed the im- Magazine, and the New York artistic, or scientific value. portance of freedom of speech. Times. Strossen then pointed out Concluding her discussion on “AI1 human rights are inter-re- that 123,000 ofAmerica’s college pornography, Strossen also spoke lated. If we don’t have a robust freshmen, at the time of the case on several other issues, including freedom of speech, one that is againstthe first CDA, were legally questions of free speech such as Photo by Daniel Rodrigues robust enough to extend to sexu- minors. Censorshiplike this “cur- Neo-Naziprotests in Jewish com- Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU, spoke last night ally oriented expression, then we’re tailed free speech of adults,” munities, among others. about “Pornography and Society.” Glenn’s arrival at launch site ener-&es Florida, NASA U to be an astronaut, but that dream College Press Exchange of shuttle Discovery, scheduled all goes well, they will board Dis- Authorities are planning for John Glenn, America’s legend- for 2 p.m. EST Thursday. Even covery at 1 1 :15 a.m. Thursday. major traffic problems. Security faded after a series of fishing trips > ary space hero, arrived Monday at normally laconicNASA engineers Three hourslater,theywill blast officials are on high alert, particu- with his father, also named Doug the Kennedy Space Center for his are pumped by Glenn’s presence off. It will be Glenn’s first space larly considering the recent Mid- Lyons, a local insurance agent. long-awaited return to orbit. in the seven-member crew. flight since February 1962, when east peace initiative. “I discovered I was prone to Thirty-six years after his first Said South Floridanative Doug he became the first American to If weather or a technical prob- motion sickness,” the younger and only blastoff, Glenn hopped Lyons, who grew up wanting to be orbit the planet. lem scrubs Thursday’s launch, Lyons said. ‘‘I had to find another from the back seat of a two-pas- an astronaut and this week - “He’s wanted to go on every NASA can try again Friday. But if way.” sengerjet trainer. He squinted into watched by President Clinton - flight,” Glenn’s wife, Annie, said. that doesn’t work, the’crew may He went to Georgia Tech and f the Florida sunshine. He smiled. willsit inLaunch Controlwith the “He’s always been very, very ex- have to wait until the following studied engineering. He joined He is 77 years old. authority to catapult John Glenn cited about watching them.” Wednesday because onboard ex- NASA in 1987, betweenthechal- “I’m John Glenn,”he told hun- into space: And now? periments must be freshened. lenger disaster of 1986 and the dreds of reporters and photogra- “It puts that extra little bounce “He’s one excited man. Astro- “Right now, though, we’re in shuttle program’s return to flight phers, as though he needed to in your step.” naut, I should say.” good shape,” Lyons said. “We’re in 1988. He is married to aNASq introduce himself. “I’m very glad Lyons said everything looked A poll published Monday by right on schedule.” engineer. w to be here. A-OK for liftoff. Forecasters Florida Today suggested that Lyons, 34, is NASA’s test di- As test director, Lyon has “I have been pleasantly sur- gauged the odds of favorable many people see little scientific rector for this launch. He coordi- handled four other shuttle prised at the outpouring of inter- weather at 60percent. Winds spun merit in Glenn’s flight- butlhey nates all ground operations and launches. None came close to this. estin thisflight. It’sreallygratify- off by Hurricane Mitch, still far are fascinated by it anyway. stays in touch with the crew. If For onething, PresidentClinton ing to see people getting so fired away in the Caribbean, posed the Only 29 percent think the mis- something goes wrong, he can is planning to attend, and he may up about the space program again, only concern. sion is important for scientific re- recommend a halt in the count- watch from Launch Control, stand- For the next two days, Glenn search. Only 17 percent think it’s down. ingclosetolyons. WillClinton be 4 and getting so interested in it.” More than 300,000 spectators and his crew mates will engage in. important for the space program. Born in Miami, Lyons gradu- are expected to witness the launch final training and preparations. If But 77 percent plan to watch it. ated from Killian High. He wanted see GLENN, page 12 2 THETUFTS DAILY October 28,1998 Brains in Toyland: Rocket scientists offer sham ideas I- Los Angeles Times-Washington great, but it’s more important to i Post News Service show reality.” PASADENA, Calif.-Listen, The lab’s link with the toy in- Campaiqnc finance the rocket scientists told the toy dustry began last year, with makers, to what’s going up into Mattel’s Hot Wheels JPL So- reform-heats up the big sandbox we call space: journer Mars Rover Action Pack. A spacecraft packed with aero- The $5 toy was so popular that gel -a kind of fiozen smoke- to even JPL’s Mars Program manager Kentucky Senate race capture stardust from the heart of had to buy a set off a scalper. acometdubbed Wild2; anorbiter (Mattel will not release sales fig- WASHINGTON -Campaign finance reform may not be tht ures, and JPL will not disclose its hottest issue in the Kentucky Senate race, but two outside group: and probe bound for Saturn to are waging a proxy war on the subject over the heads of the twc peer at the planet’s Hula Hoopish share of the profits.) candidates, Reps. Jim Bunning, Republican, and Scotty Baesler rings; a dragonfly-shaped space- The success of the Pathfinder Democrat., craft, Deep Space 1, headed for a toy prompted JPL officials to Campaign forAmerica, based in Washington, D.C., and foundec rendezvous with an asteroid. throw open its doors to other toy by wealthy financier Jerome Kohlberg,weighed in first with televi- Now, wouldn’t they makegreat makers, said Joan C. Horvath, the sion commercials hailing Haesler as “a leader in campaign finance toys? lab’s businesses alliances man- reform” and accusing Bunning of flip-flopping on regulation 01 Forget the alien-zapping Tasers, ager. health maintenance organizations after receiving contributions the “Beam me up, Scotty” activa- “Some people think JPL From HMOs. Douglas C. Berman, president of the Campaign for tors, and the time-traveling shouldn’t be associated with toys Joan C. Horvath ofthe Jet -that it undoes our serious rocket Pro- America, said it would spend $325,000 to $350,000 on the ads, hatches. US space experts at pulsion Laboratory. image, you know,” Horvath said. :oncentrating solely on Kentucky as an example of how the cam- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora- Her voice dropped to a mock pon- The only way Mattel was able 3aign finance issue can make a difference. tory in Pasadena, Calif., are push- Tuesday, the Washington-basedNational Right to Life Political ing toys that look and move like derous tone. “Some people still to duplicate the rover’s suspen- 4ction Committeesaid it wasrespondingwith asmallerbuyofradio NASA spacecraft. think it’s trivializing science.” sion system was by going to JPL, But with cutbacks in the space which holds a patent on the de- ids, accusing Baesler of being a “hypocrite” because he supported And they promise that JPL sci- program, the partnership agree- sign. ,egislation that would have restricted such ads. entists and engineers who work on the actual missions will provide ments are good business and pub- “Because there is so much in- L Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the antiabortion group, lic relations, JPL officials said, and formation available, I think kids luoted newspaper articles saying the money was being spent in blueprints, computer models and a way for them to share space and parents and teachers are de- (entucky rather than Wisconsin because Sen. Russell D. Feingold, advice - the way they did for technology with US industry. More manding a heightened level of re- 3-Wis., acosponsor of campaign finance legislation, made it clear Mattel Inc.’s toy version of the than companies pay the lab ality,” said Chris Byrne, editor of ie did not want such spending on his behalf. “Obviously no such Mars Pathfinder rover and lander 140 consulting fees, usually ranging Playthings Market Watch, a New nessage has been received from Baesler,” Johnson said. in 1997. In aday-long workshop earlier from $40,000 to $50,000 each. York-based toy industry newslet- this month, “Playing Among the Through the program, which ter. China backing state Planets ’98!,” the lab’s experts brings in about $4 million annu- JPL won’t sign agreements with pitched their latest space missions ally, lab scientists and engineers companies that want to make fan- to toy makers, inventors and film- work on outside projects such as tasy toys. firms to boost economy makers. Through JPL’s partnership the “Babylon 5” TV show and the “We get some companies that BEIJING -Can Chinahold out? and licensing programs, busi- trans-Alaska pipeline. say, ‘We want to make something Surrounded on all sides by economic crisis, China’s government nesses will get JPL expertise along The consulting work takes up a with flashing Martians on top,”’ f iasshiftedintoeconomicoverdrive-going on ariskymultibillion- with exclusive rights to the names fraction of JPL staff time - less Horvath said. “We say, ‘Thank lollar spending spree and busting up shaky financial institutions and ideas of its space missions. than one percent, officials said. you very much. Have fun with n an urgent attempt to maintain the stability of its regime. Even the chief mission engineer On the Mars Pathfinder toy, for that.”’ Wary of the capital flight that devastated the Russian economy for Deep Space 1 took the time to instance, Mattel designers con- Now on the drawing board is a md threatens Brazil, it has clamped controls on the movement of woo the industry crowd with news sulted with JPL engineers once Mattel toy replica of the Galileo :spital. Fearing a repeat of the explosion ofbad loans that brought spacecraft, which is orbiting Jupi- iouth Korea to its knees, it has closed a prominent investment firm ter. Mattel’s designers recently n the freewheeling province of Guangdong. Eager to put its banks visited Galileo’s desert tracking m firmer footing, it is moving toward creating a body modeled on station to learn about the he US Resolution Trust Corp. that was used to clean up insolvent spacecraft’s orbit. JPL insists on avings and loan institutions in the 1980s. realism tothe pointthatthetoy will But rising unemployment, strikes, and protests -along with a incorporate Galileo’s famously lowdown in the economy, foreign investment, and export growth stuck antenna. -have made the Chinese government pull back from other impor- The Mars Pathfinder toy is so ant changes. The government has reined in its ambitious overhaul, realistic that the mission’s lead engineer, Howard Eisen, pulls it nnounced just six months ago, of state-owned industries and the .~c lousing sector. In an effort to save jobs, it has loosened credit outofhis pocketwhen he wantsfo tandards to pump funds into moribund state-owned industries, point out a feature on the lander, ven though that will undermine its efforts to repair insolvent banks. for instance, to a scientist. r ’he success of China’s efforts to insulate itself from Asia’s misery Eisen, 30, was assigned to help s not guaranteed. And in a country where the Communist Party’s Mattel’s designers, who visited zgitimacy has been founded on its ability to maintain a growing JPL’s spacecraft assembly clean conomy and central control, these are life-and-death issues. room to watch the mission team LA Times photo by Clarence Williams work on the real thing. Norwegian prime Mars Pathfinder lead engineer Howard Eisen helped Mattel “Those guys are very much designers with the toy version of the mission’s spacecraft. like us,” Eisen said. “They get to dream up the next new superhero. minister wins support Jfthe spacecrafi,which was sched- We get to dream up the next new iled to launch Oct. 25 (“propelled every four to six weeks, crazy mission to Mars.” 3y xenon ions,” a handout for the So far, JPL is the only one of The toy, he said, is more real by publicizing his ;pacecraft explains). NASA’s ten centers that grants than he could have imagined. The workshop drew 40 execu- toy licenses. Besides its agree- Count the solar panels atop the depression .ives from the toy and entertain- ment with Mattel, JPL has an- toy rover- the real robot’s solar nent industries, including a film- nounced only one other toy li- panels have the same number and OSLO - There is no special prosecutor hounding Kjell Magne naker from London and a tomb- censing agreement, with Uncle configuration. Turn the toy up- londevik, no grandjury, no impeachment proceeding underway. The itone-commemoratives maker Milton Industries Inc., although side-down - details of wiring rime minister’s approval ratings are near historic highs. The burning from Kentucky. For Seattle toy others are in the works. Uncle and diodes are molded on in the mliticalproblemhe isdealingwiththis fallisonethatmost leaderswould executive Mario Di Pasquale, the Milton, maker ofthe Ant Farm, is right spots. Check out the cleats ove to face: how much of the budget surplus to spend now, and how wheels started turning as soon he producing a line of Mars toys that on the toy wheels -the number nuch tosave for the future. You might think all this good news would walked in the door. will includearoboticarmbasedon and texture mimic the Mars nake for a happy head of state. In fact, Norway’s prime minister has “I’ve already seen about two or the one used by the Mars Path- rover’s. bund hisjobdepressing-soinuchsothat hetooktwounprecedented three things I want to do,” Di finder rover. “When I give one of these to teps. First, the 5 1-year-old political veteran took three-and-a-half Pasquale said. But surely it doesn’t take a my grandkids,” Eisen said, “I get veeks ofsick leave. Then he admitted his sickness was psychological: The draw? rocket scientist to come up with a to show them this is what the rover I “depressive reaction” to the constant stress of running a country. “It’s real,” he said. “Fantasy’s rover? really looked like.” “When I was put on sick leave,” Bondevik announced bluntly n a statement, “the reason was simply that my strength was gone... did not have the energy I needed to meet the challenges.” “I felt I had unlimited capacity,” he continued. “Naturally, I did lot.” Compiled from the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service stu -org/t uftsdaily c THETUFTS DAILY October 28,1998 3 - 4 Features Dolly’s Diner caters to ose with nocturnal appetite Nighttime snackers flock to Dolly’S by BARRY SCHWmBERG Dolly’scatches theeye oflatenight Contributing Writer scavengers on the prowl for food “Iwouldbemorethanwillingto becauseat2:3Oa.m. inthemoming sacrifice my first bom child for a it is the only open restaurant in double helping of Dolly’s french Davis. Weallknowthetoo familiar situation ofthe early morning: you Dolly’s and your friends have just left a party when you are suddenly over- Diner taken by the unmistakable urge for sustenance. 328 Highland Ave., Although the small size of the Somerville restaurant causes large and unex- Hours: Open Late pected late-nightlinesandasome- what-cramped interior, the friendly service, diverse entrees, quality toast,” declared senior Robert cooking, and convenient location Fishman. allows Dolly’s to provide patrons Fishman isonlyone students who rave ab Dolly’s Diner, a late- night institution in Davis Square;nomatterwhat time at night you go there, you are likely to find a line of people at the door. by Jack Daniel Bagdadi Eat at Dolly’s: Davis diner serves up great food for late night crowd. Located at 328 Highland Ave., see DOLLY’S,page 12 Board games compete for entertainment attention

Los Angeles Times-Washington Post nopoly was a big, big, big seller News Service Game comDanies reassess their marketing strategies last year,” recalls NPD’s Porreca, At the expansiveretail extrava- I “but its sales are down 99 percent ganzathatis ToysRUsinRockville, Mary Ann Porreca of NPD, a re- follows the toy industry. As a re- these once-favorites, Kissel ex- this year. Monopoly overall has Md., boys and men stand in rever- search fmthattrackssuchthings. sult, sales of standard games have plains, “is relevant in other medi- gone down. That’s probably a big ence before eight video monitors, As a nation, we are turning our been pretty much flat, growing ums.” part of why the board games in- doing virtual battle against evil. backs on the once-popular pas- barely two percent a year since “The big trend,” she says, “is dustry has gone down.” Multicolored lightning flashes, by- time, apparently veering away from 1991. toward single-player latchkey kids What’s happened? Why don’t God thunder roars, planes crash, slow-motion amusement toward When an analyst talks about who hole themselves up and play Americans pop a little popcorn, and dragons spit fire in games warp-speed competition. More boardgames, she’smostlytalking video games.” mix up a pitcher of Kool Aid and designed to challenge opposable and more game players are reach- aboutHasbro. ThePawtucket, R.I., Then again, there are folks who gather round the old unfold-the- thumbs and reptilian brains. ing forhand-helddevicesandturn- toy company, which owns Milton are not bored by board games. dogeared-board,choose-a-token, Over on Aisle lB, however, ing to the computer screen. And Bradley and Parker Brothers, has a On a recent Saturday evening, you-be-the-banker games like they where more than 200 different some people whomight have com- monopoly on classic American following a helter-skelter day of used to? Have they forgotten the board games are displayed on tow- peted face to face in the past now board games, including Candy soccer games, guitar-playing and river-worn smoothness of a a trip to the cat doctor, the Scrabble tile? The leathery smell Schneider family sat down to a of the Parcheesi dice cup? The plate of brownies and a friendly goofy purple bow tie worn by Pro- game of Scrabble. fessor Plum? At an island in the kitchen of News flash: Families don’t their North Bethesda, Md., home, spend as much time together as Janice Schneider and two of her they used to. sons, Jared, 9, and Jacob, 6, There’s just so much more of hunched over a board full ofthree- everything now. More two-career letter words including VET and couples, more kiddie activities and TEE. tighter schedules, more TV chan- “We started playing board nels, more phone lines and more games this summer at the beach,” personal stereos than there were Janice said, “and the kids loved in 1933,when Charles Darrow, an it.” out-of-work guy from “They even played while eat- Germantown, Pa., pitched the idea ing breakfast,” added her hus- for a cutthroat real-estate board band, Jon, as he moved about the game to Parker Brothers. kitchen. It was cool, young and Ironically, the company was old agreed, to be able to talk to concerned even then that people each other while competing. might not have enough time to Together the Schneiders dis- play the open-ended game. covered Monopoly, Stratego, the Darrow marketedthegame him- Game of Life and others. Janice self and in 1935, Parker Brothers said she was especially delighted ate crow and bought all the rights. when her kids took an interest in Overtheyearsmore than 160mil- Scrabble.“I like Candy Land,” she lion Monopoly games have been Washington Post photo by Lucian Perkins said, “but there are just so many sold. Thegame-now inabout 70 Janice and John Schneider, of North Bethesda, Md., play Scrabble during breakfast with their hours I can play it.” different versions - has been sons Jacob, 6, and Jared, 9. In John Schneider’s lap is Jesse, 2. The business of toys and played underwater, on an elevator ering shelves, all is quaint and battle each other over great dis- Land, Clue, Risk,Sony, Scrabble, games, says Diane Cardinale of and on countless dining room quiet. Macie Lee, 25, snoops tances online. Yahtzee, Mouse Trap, Operation, theToy Manufacturersof&nenca, tables. around for something she and her Such multi-player games are a the Game of Life, and, of course, which represents about 300 com- But in more and more homes, fiance can play with friends. In booming business projected to Monopoly. panies, is driven by what is trendy the dining room table has become front of her are stacks and stacks rake in $8 1 million this year, ac- Hasbro’s “traditional games and in fashion. “Board games,” just another storage space for work of games. Many of them are old cording to Jupiter Communica- business hasdeclinedtwoorthree she says,”may be taking a back papers, videotapes, and athletic standbys like Monopoly, tions, a consumer research firm. pointsperyear,”saysKissel,while seat.” shoes. Or the family computer. Pictionary, and Scrabble. Toys R Us, the world’s largest the company’s total game cat- But she remembers the mid- About amillionplayers, for in- She’s the only customer in the retailer of playthings, announced egory, driven by hand-held elec- 1980s,when“Trivia1 Pursuit came stance, are registered to play vari- aisle. in mid-September that it plans to tronicgames andCD-ROMs based out and board game sales went ous games designed by Electronic toys may be us, but pay more attention to high-tech on standbys such as Monopoly through the ceiling. We’re a hit- Westwood Online, a Las Vegas board games aren’t. In the first six toys. and Sorry, has soared. For Hasbro driven industry,” she says. “At company. After purchasing the months of 1998, the board game “There’s been a steady shift the lesson is this: A growingnum- the moment, there isn’t really a necessary CD-ROMs, players business fell off the card table. from traditional board games to ber ofyoung folks do enjoy play- boardgamethat’s pulling in sales.” compete the world over in such Sales were down 15 percent from interactive games,” says Hayley ingtraditional games, but in elec- There have been recent blips the same period last year, says Kissel,aMerrillLynchanalystwho tronic versions. The content of on the screen. “Star Wars Mo- see’GAMES,page 12 4 THE TUFTS DAILY October 28,1998

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Trilogy is an equal opportunity employer THETUFTS DAILY October 28,1998 5 Arts & Entertainment Jolson: The Musical’ falls short flusical is inaccurate historical representation of artist What’ya gonna be? by ALISON DAMAST ing. Daily Editorial Board Jolson, how- My first time, I was four. I wore Superman Underoos. .AI Jolson hit the Broadway ever, is being for- When I was five, my mom sewed me a lamb suit. I was so cute that :age like a tornado. He came and gotten. Hisrecord- everyone gave me extra candy. rent, and we’re probably not go- ingsandmoviesare In the fifth grade, I wore a wig and adress and went as agirl. Everyone now shoved away worried. But if it wasn’t for that costume, I never would have gotten to in the dusty cor- know my school psychologist. ners of libraries. My last time was in the ninth grade. It sucked. 1 finally outgrew Jolson: The Musi- something and it had to be Halloween. Instead of losing myself in my cal attempts to costume, I felt lost in it. Every house I went to, at the Shubert Theater bring Jolson’s parents gave me strange looks. “Shouldn’t you be Through November 1 complexand intimi- doing homework?” they seemed to be asking. I I dating persona ended up trailing a group of kids, pretending to be back to life, but un- their chaperone. ig to see the likes of him again. fortunately it ends So that year 1 retired, hung it all up, sent my Jolson: TheMusical,now play- up presenting him costumes to the Halloween Hall of Fame in ig at the Shubert Theater, is a as a two-dimen- Transylvania, where my dress from fifth grade now iusical biography of the legend- sional character. ,I hangsY alongsideY an Elvis Preslev ry Broadway star who wowed Attempting to In the Parlance jumpsuit. It was too bad though, as udiences in the early 20th cen- chronicle the fa- Shakespeare said ‘“tis hard to beat iry with his catchy singing style mous entertainer’s of our Times the sweet, sweet life of a trick-or- nd witty persona. life, Jolson deals Itreater.” Staying out all night, ring- The show has its merits and its with his tumultu- ing every doorbell in sight, and collecting candy until you couldn’t lift aws; although filled with good ous love life, his yourpillowcase. There wereonly afewrules, andmost ofthem were kid- idividual performances, the show lovehate relation- Mike Burstyn struts his stuff in his role as made. ltimately falls short because it ship with his man- Jolson in Jolson:The Musicalat the Shubert. # 1. Ifyou went to a house and were given an apple as atreat, you were oes not portray Jolson in a his- ager Louis Epstein, to put it in the person’s mailbox. Halloween is about pagan rituals and xically accurate manner. and his difficult personality and the song “Carolina in the Mom- animal sacrifice - it is not about fruit. It should be an altogether Most people of our generation large ego. Whew! That’s quite a ing”withhim. seedless affair. Taking the doormats of such apple-givers and flinging lay have never heard of Jolson, long list; too long in fact. The Donna Lynne Champlin plays them into the cool night air was also acceptable. lthough some people might re- show can’ttakeon all thesetopics Jolson’s love interest, Ruby #2. People who fled their homes for an evening out were also iember his legendary version of without making Jolson’s charac- Keeler, and she is simply wonder- undeserving of their doormats, and any nearby lawn furniture. If said ie George Gershwin song, ter seem flat. ful. She has a beautiful voice, is a absentees left a bowl on their porch, brimming with candy, along with Swanee.” Mike Burstyn, who plays talented tap-dancer, and is quitea a note instructing you to “only take one” (hee-hee), you were to empty Regardless, Jolson was, with- Jolson, is not to blame for the convincing actress. Bringing a the bowl into your bag. utadoubt, oneofthemost impor- simplistic depiction ofhischarac- breath of fresh air into the show, #3. (the only grown-up rule) Ifyou weregiven any homemade treats, int entertainer figures ofour cen- ter -Burstyn fits the part like a Champlin does a good job ofpor- you were not supposed to eat them. Such “treats” were filled with iry. He was the first man to earn glove. He really has the Jolson trayingthe complexity of Keeler’s poison, pins, or worse (poison pins, presumably). Like most parental ver $17,500 a week as an enter- style down and without him, the love affair with Jolson to life. rules, this one got us to mistrust our neighbors, especially the ones who liner, the first to take a Broadway show would most likely fall apart. Champlin, whowas recently in Vety took the time to bake something. it on the road, the first to make a He has wonderful energy and a WarmForMayatCarnegieHalI, is A11 these rules dealt with candy, which, as a kid, by October, was all talkie” motion picture, the first to commanding stage presence. bound to become a star on the I could get my little mind around. In dreams I walked down halls wall- ntertain troops abroad, the first Burstyn, who hasstarred in the Great White Way. papered with candy bars, swam in pools of chocolate syrup, and had )hivearecord sell over 1 million Broadway shows Barnum and Harry Winter plays Jolson’s my parents killed off so I could be adopted by Willy Wonka. But being opies, the first to be broadcast Ain ’tBroadway Grand,has found patient agent, Louis Epstein. Win- electedmayor ofcandyland wasn’t enough; I wanted it all. I was the Bill erforming on early TV, and the a role that he truly shines in. The ter is subtle in expressing his con- Gates of Butterfinger, the Donald Trump of Dove Bars, and the Leona rst and only entertainer to have audience loved him, especially Helmsley of Licorice. It was a soulless, Scrooge McDuck-esque exist- vofilm biographieswhile still liv- when he encouraged them to sing see JOLSON, page 15 ence, where I would sell a friend down the river for anything that would melt in my mouth and not in my hand. “But!”the Great Pumpkin now bellows, “how can you say Halloween Reel Big Fish rocks so hard was only about candy? Is Christmas only about presents?’ Being raised ~ Jewish, I can’t say. Being raised on television, I surely can. Basking in by ELLEN ScHWARTz they mock everyone from vegetar- called some terribly mean names the warm glow of my set I leamed that the Grinch, who tried to steal Contributing Writer ians to Snoop Doggie Dogg. because of this habit. On Why Do Christmas like it was second base, couldn’t because Christmas was not Last Friday, Reel Big Fish re- The band still has the knack for They Rock So Hard, the track, something that came from a store. Christmas, Doc Seuss told me, was :ased anew album called Why Do “Thank you fornotmoshing,” lets about much, much more. hey RockSo Hard?. For those of fans know why the band acts like It wasn’t about presents. No, not presents at all. And who really ou who love the band, get ex- pD - Reel Big it has run out of music when the knew? Why it was the Whos! All those Whos down in Whoville, they ited. For those of you saying, Fish dance floor gets a little rowdy. taught me and the Grinch, that Christmas wasn’t about toys you bought Reel Big Who?”oreven, “Aren’t t “Got my wife beater on/ Steel toe Why Do They Rock in a pinch. But rather about singing, and eating roast beast, but most ley called, Wicked Big Fish?” but doc martins on my feet/ Yea I run of all giving, but what you got least. rant to get to know them a little 1 So Hard? I around in a little circle/ I’m Which is to say that if holidays encourage us to over extend etter, buy their first album, Turn wonderin’ who to beat/ And you ourselves (being thankful at Thanksgiving, generous at Christmas, etc.) be Radio O# Ifthat has you sing- writing incredibly amusing lyrics. know it’s really cool/ ‘Cause I then what are we to make ofHalloween? To ring in on this question, we ig along, then get the new one. On the track, “Brand New Song,” played football in high school/ must look past the candy in its bright shiny wrappings, to what (an appropriate Gonna push some little girls to- Halloween is really about -escapism. title, obviously) night ...” Now they’ve got a song On Halloween we could pull a Houdini and escape the mundane vocalist Aaron to sing when people startmoshing. chains ofreality. That question, “What’re you gonna be?’ I was asked Barrett sings, What high school football player, every day leading up to the big HW. And the more people asked, the “I’ve got a brand wife beater wearing-guy is going more I wanted to come back with an awesome answer in the form of a new girlfriend1 to mosh after hearing that? kick-butt costume. And where sliding on a new identity was easy as She is so lovely Reel Big Fish is similar to Less slipping on a costume, creativity ruled the day. For one night you could lovely/ I’ve got a Than Jake, the band that was sup- be the last son ofKrypton, the star third baseman ofthe Boston Red Sox, new ex-girl- posed to play at Spring Fling last or the cutest little girl fifth grade ever saw. As kids, we were so high on friend/ She is so year. They both play a light, fun the Pixy Sticks of life, we never saw what Halloween was about. All fat andugly.” It’s sort of ska. decked out in our costumes we weren’t just conning candy, we were a catchy tune, Butthat’s as similaras they get, flaunting our fantasies. For clothes might have made the man, but too, s,o be careful because Reel Big Fish really is costumes created the kid. who you sing it different from therest. There is no My last Halloween was in ninth grade. I felt soggier than a day old in front of or you other band who could pull off a bowl ofcheerios because I couldn’t make likethe BirdMan ofAlcatraz just may have a song with the refrain “Scott’s a and escape. Adolescence had taken root and made me more self- new ex-girl- dork,”quite as well. Youcan have conscious than Monica Lewinsky in a cigar shop. No way a costume fiiend. fun changing the words to the could throw off all that. Besides, chocolate no longer gave me ajoy,joy Anyone who names of your friends. Maybe feeling-it gaveme pimples. has ever been to they’ll be so intrigued by where It has now been seven years since I had the itch to put on a costume. Reel Big Fish is a light ska band a Reel Big Fish concert can attest you learned the song that they’ll My peers no longer ask, “What’re you going as?” They ask, “What are iat’s been playing together for a to the fact that the band hates go out and buy Reel Big Fish’s you doing after graduation?’ Which is a lot less fun to answer, and most Wle,andit’s newestalbum shows moshing. Themusicianshave been album, Why do They Rock so ie progress the group has made known to walk off the stage after hard?, and they’ll start singing so see ZARETSKY,page 15 ince its last release. Why Do They one song because the crowd re- that all their friends will go out and Ben Zaretsky is a senior, majoring in English. His new book Bjom tock So Hard, however, lacks the fuses not to mosh. buy the album and the world will Again looks at the rebirth ofSwedish rock, mandoriginalityofthefht,where These poor Big Fish have been be a better place. Honest. 6 THETUFTS DAILT*-Oct&er 28;4998 II cm Oppenheirner I A CIBC WOIZLDMAIZKETS COMPANY Investment Ranking Opportunities High Yield Debt Public and Private Equity Mezzanine Finance Mergers and Acquisitions Merchant Banking Restructuring and Advisory We will be participating in the New York Recrrriting Consortium

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However, it came crash- team staggering after what had -ingdown with two losses in which been a very successful first two the Tufts volleyball team was matches. dominated by squads that are cur- “We played two very strong rently ranked ahead ofthem. teams on Saturday, much better The tournament began on Fri- than the teams we played against day night with a rout of on Friday,” coach Kris Herman Bridgewater State College, 15-6, said. “And we did not play well 15-6,15-4.Theteam waspacedby against them.” freshman Jessica Stewart, who had “Amherst was a key game that Phofo by Eric Anderson 1 1 kills and only three errors. De- we needed to win,” Thompson Senior Zack Dewhirst and the men’s soccer team are suffering through a mid-season slump. fensively, Stewart also had 11 digs, said. “We lost intensity, communi- and seniortri-captain Angela Yest cation, and therefore our game. If recorded eight. The match left the we played Amherst like we played team with a good feeling about its Springfield, there wouldn’t have Homecoming loss extends prospects in the tournament. been a question about who would Laterthat evening, the Jumbos have won.” faced off against Springfield and That left the team with a series NESCAC losing streak to four got off to an inauspicious start, of questions that will begin to be fallingbehind 10-ohthe firstgame. answered in the games that re- by KELLY DESMARAIS disappointing to lose this one.” However, the team was catapulted main. Thisweekwillbeavery light Daily Editorial Board Although the Ephs were able by strong serves and solid de- one, with only a Thursday night The men’s soccer squad suf- to convert on one of their shots, fense to nearly come back, losing match at MIT-ateam that prom- fered a heartbreaking, hard-fought the Jumbos actually out-shot the 15-1 1. The rest of the match went ises to pose a significant chal- loss to third-ranked Williams this Purple Cows, 10-6. “We had a Tufts’ way, however, 15-1 1,15-6, lenge. The only other game re- past Saturday afternoon on Home- couple of chances, but there Williams 1 and 15-10. maining before theNESCAC tour- coming. With less than ten min- weren’t too many clear-cut oppor- Stewart and Yest were again namentwillbeatWellesley, in what utes remaining in the contest, the tunities that we missed,” catalysts on both ends ofthe court. should be an enormously difficult Ephs broke the scoreless tie with Baumritter said. “They were more the crossbar, whilejunior forward Yest recorded 13 kills and 15 digs, match to compete in for any team, a beautiful goal to post a 1-0 vic- like ‘half-chances.’ At times we Matt Adler, the leading scorer in while Stewart had 15 and 14, re- much less win. However, the team tory over the Jumbos. justmissedthetarget andwe could the NESCAC, shot one that barely spectively, also accounting for half is looking at each remaining match “Although we lost, we played have had better touch.” hit the crossbar. Senior Reid of the team’s 12 aces. as an opportunity. really well,” assistant coach David The Jumbos hada few key scor- Adams, who has scored twice this “I think we have proven to “There are no easy matches left,” Baumritter said. “We played one ing opportunities in the first half. season, also fired a couple bullets ourselves over and over that if we Hermansaid. “But everything from of our best games from start to Senior co-captain and defender that flew wide of the goal. serve tough and stay disciplined this point on is must-win.” finish all season, so it was very Alberto Russo headed one over “[Adler] and [Adams] played . on defense, we will come out on very well on Saturday,” Baumritter top,” said senior tri-captain Cora said. “They were strong, danger- Thompson. Individual efforts fall short ous, and very effective.” It was excellent fundamental Defensively, the Jumbos play that had the Jumbos on a roll Tufts Junior Matt Lyons wins his first colleeate race played tenaciously all game. Wil- heading into Saturday’s big secure the victory, a few simply had bad days and liams only pulled offa single shot matches. Saturday began with a by NELTAYUlR during the first half, and while the could not post their typical times. Unconcerned, match against 26-0 Wellesley, the Daily Staff Writer Ephmen really took the game to top-ranked team inNew England. Coming offthe best cross country performance of Putnam expressed his feelings on the mediocre times, the year at the New England Championship race two saying, “At the New England Championships we had Tufts during the second half, they As expected, it was relatively non- only managed five more shots. competitive, with Wellesley cruis- weeks ago, the men’s cross country team could not our best performance in a long time. It is predictable muster enough emotional energy to defeat MIT at that runners would have an day.” Despite Tufts’ strong defen- ingtoa 15-5,15-5,15-7victory.The off sive performance, the Ephs were team was led by junior Dana their home course this past weekend. As a whole the team is not worried about this “It’s hardtogetup foraracethree weeks in arow,” unexpected loss since it really was an insignificant able to sneak one goal in late in the Cohen’s nine kills, and match. The Jumbos lost posses- said graduatestudentRod Hemingway. “Some people race. Thompson’s I I digs on defense. sion of the ball at midfield and a However, it was for naught, as the just didn’t have the desire to race.” “There are only so many emotional races, and we The score wasextremelyclose (26-30), but consid- did not want to waste one ofthose against MIT,” said Williams forward wasable toget a squad needed to play a perfect nice shot off of sophomore goal- match to beat Wellesley and got ering how soundly Tufts beat M.I.T. Putnam. the week before, this loss was unex- “We didn’t go into the race think- keeper Steve McDermid. something far from it. “It was a really good strike on Saturday continued with yet pected to the Tufts runners who ingitwasan importantrace,”added thought they could cruise to a vic- senior Jason Burke, who finished their part,” Baumritter said. “I re- another match against Amherst, ally don’t think that [McDermid] tory by running an average race. fourth forTufts(27:3 1). “It is disap- the team that has emergedas Tufts’ could have done anything.” “We tried to get the race won pointing to have lost, but we are arch-rival. For the fourth, andper- McDermid made three key haps most important time this sea- without expending any emotion,” said coach Connie focusing on more important meets.” Putnam. One ofthe most important races ofthe season, the saves during the game, improving son to date, the teams went at it. his save average to 0.823. Despite the loss, junior Matt Lyons finished first NESCAC, will be heldon Sunday at Trinity. By racing But this time the Jumbos had rea- “[McDermid] had one of the son to feel confident. Coming off overall, achieving his first personal victory at the against all rival teams within the conference, Tufts collegiate level withatimeof26:33. will have a chance to prove that they pose a serious best games that he has had all oftheirconvincingwin at Cousens season,” Baumritter said. “He re- “This was the first time I’ve ever won a five-mile threat when the pressure is on. gym a week earlier, the team felt ally stepped it up.” that they now could compete with race,” said Matt. “It was exciting, but I wish the team “We are definitely the number two ream in the could have won. We didn’t run this race as team.” conference,” said Rod Hemingway. “We actually Afterthe goal in the 8 1st minute, and beat Amherst. However, that the Jumbos did not relent offen- SophomoreDave Patterson also had astrong race have a great chance against Williams (the number is far from the way things panned sively or defensively. However, out. finishing third overall (27:01), yet he was slightly one team) if we go in wanting it.” disappointedwith his performance, saying, “I didn’t The team is confident that they will regain their although they were in Williams’ defensive-third, the Jumbos did run as well as I did in the last home race. It was a lot winning form in the large race and come home with a not have any clear scoring oppor- warmer, andthere were fewerrunnerstopacemyself second place finish or better. with.” Matt Lyons commented on strategy, saying “We tunities. “We didn’t let up at all,” Wednesdav, October 28 Continuing his drastic improvement over the arelookingtorunwellasateam.Whenweruninpairs, No Games Scheduled course of the season, junior Jason Hewitt finished we perform a lot better.” Baumritter said. “We kept putting sixthforTuftswithatimeof28:03. The large field in theNESCAC race should favor the pressure on them and that was effective. We were in and around Thursday, October 29 “Things are starting to click for me,” said Jason. the Tufts team since the top five runners usually run their area, but there weren’t any Men’s Soccer: vs. Gordon, 2 “My first PR[personalrecord] afew weeksagogave in a fairly tight pack. A strong performance in this chances to score.” Pm. me a mental boost and now I have the confidenceto Sunday’s race would also help solidify the teams Volleyball: Q MIT, 7 pm. run up with the front pack.” chances of qualifying for nationals, on November Although most of the runners ran well enough to 14. see SOCCER, page 11 Y I ii .- -.;. -_ __.n I THETUFTSDAILY-* October 28,1998 THETUFTS DAILY-@ Pete Sanborn Editor-in-Chief I I3DITORIAL JasonCohen Managing Editor Lauren Heist ,4ssociate Editor

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A publication httu:/,.tufts.edu/as/stu-org/tuftsdaiIy THETUFTS DAILY October 28,1998 9 National/World News I 1 Florida campaign unopposed % I Los Angeles Times-Washington this year -more than in any elec- harvest of people who almost cer- Post News Service HOLLY WOOD, Fla. - Red, tion since 1958 and five times as tainly vote. white, and blue bunting ripples in many as in 1996. But nowhere has But this is South Florida, where the sultry tropical wind. Police the Soviet-style, single-candidate most people are from somewhere honor guards stand tall as a high phenomenon taken root as firmly else, where entire suburbs are built school marching band pulses by. as in Florida, where only one at a rate of about one every sea- Searchlights ply the night sky. House seat is considered com- son. Some local elections have drawn barely ten percent of regis- Energetic young women move petitive,thatofRep. Corrine Brown, through the crowd handing out D. What’s going on here? Does tered voters in recent years. Ask 60 people here who their fliers. anyone care? representative is, and don’t be The setting, just days before A 300-mile journey through shocked when just seven know the election, is perfect for an old- seven Florida districts with no fashioned political rally. But de- congressional race this fall finds a the answer. “I have no idea,” said Betsy Sheehy, 33, astylistformovie spite fireworks, speeches, acouple government and its citizens in dis- productions. “The only congress- of thousand citizens and TV cam- connect: people who don’t know eras galore, not a single candidate who their representative is, but man I’m familiar with is Connie Morella,” the Maryland Republi- is here. likethejob he’sdoing;peoplewho These Floridians have come out don’t like their representative, but can. “I’m from Bethesda. Back on this misty weeknight to cel- are in no hurry to toss the law- home, everybodyknowsthat kind ebrate a 99-day countdown until maker out; and, more than any- of stuff. But down here, people just aren’t into it.” South Florida plays host to thing else, people who just don’t “Q’ teems with young profes- football’s Super Bowl. And they see why they should pay atten- describe their priorities with per- tion to any of that stuff. sionals on a weekday afternoon; fect clarity: “The Super Bowl only “Q’ is a spanking new glass- one TV is tuned to the breaking newsofaMiddle East peace agree- comes maybe a couple of times in and-steel sports club in Planta- yourlife,”saidAna Suarez,26, an tion, one of the suburbs that ment, but 11 others - the ones people are watching are fixed office assistant. “They always stretch west from the old cities of - have elections.” Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood on Roseanne’s talk show. Sheehy is stretching with her friend Lisa Actually, when it comes to into what was once the Ever- Keene, a nursing student whose Congress, they don’t. This year, glades, It’s an affluent area, with statistics professor last weekasked 18 of Florida’s 23 House mem bers sprawling red-roofed houses and face no major party opponent. educated, professional residents. his class to identi@ their House member. Ofthe 30 students, two Fourteen ofthe incumbents won’t In many parts ofthe country, this got it right. Keene was not one of even appear on the ballot because is the kind of place politicians them. they were declared winners when flockto, lookingtomaximizetheir no one - not even minor party Photo by David Gross, Universrty of California at Berkeley challengers - bothered to run Protesters gather at Sproul Plaza at the University of Cali- against them. GAO faults security fornia at Berkeley for a pro-affirmative action rally on Oct. Across the nation, nearly 100 21. members of Congress have won a free ticket back to Washington clearance process Los Angeles Times-Washington a e Post News Service WASHINGTON - The National Security Council granted the Corporate insiders are buying country’s highest security clearance to 35 individuals in industry and academia on a temporary basis over the past two years before the completion of background investigations, according to a new Gen- more stock in own companies eral Accounting Office report. Los Angeles Times-Washington The GAO found no breach of classified material by anyone Post News Service Another stock that insiders have bought at fa- receiving “Sensitive CompartmentedInformation” clearances in its In a bullish sign, corporate insiders have increas- vorable times isCommScopeInc., Fedorowiczsaid. review of security clearance procedures at the White House. ingly gobbled up shares of their own companies in The company makes coaxial cables for use in such But the investigative arm of Congress chastised the Executive recent weeks even as the stock market rebound has things as cable television, Seven insiders scooped Office ofthe President -which overseesthe offices ofthe president raised prices slightly. ~~42,600shares in early September at between $ I 1 and vice president, the NSC and six other policy-making offices - Traditionally, top executives and directors buy and $13. Third-quarter profits topped estimates by for not issuing more-explicit guidelines in granting SCI clearances heavily after prices have fallen hard, a sign that the a penny. and for failing to conduct periodic self-inspections of security people in the best position to understand their com- Fedorowiczalso likes GeneralNutrition, aretailer procedures to protect highly classified information. panies consider the stocks undervalued. In the after- of health and other personal fitness products. Insid- The GAO also noted in its review, which was requested by Rep. math of the summer pullback, a slump that knocked ers sold heavily in February and March, dumping GeraldB. H. Solomon, R-N.Y., thattheNSC stoppedgrantingtempo- the blue-chip Standard&Poor’s 500 index down 19.3 about $8 million of stoek when the shares were near rary SCI clearances in August, leaving such temporary clearances to percent, insider buying already had reached its high- their all-time high of around $40. But from early the CIA, which is responsible for overseeing SCI clearancesgranted est level since the 1990 bear market. August through late September,six insiders bought to all agencies outside the intelligence community. But insider purchases have jumped significantly in more than $4 million worth of shares, Fedorowicz SCI clearances are higher than “top-secret’’ and allow govern- thelastfiveweeks,accordingtodata from CDA/Investnet, said. ment employees and contractors access to information about highly a Rockville, Md., service that tracks insider activity. Atcompaniesin whichinsidershaveunloadedshares sensitive technical intelligence-gathering systems -satellites, spy Normally, insiders sell two shares for every one nearthe top,they sometimesmaketoken purchasesafter planes, submarines and ground-listening posts - as well as to the they buy. That’s because many executives receive astockhasplummeted. ButGenemlNutritioninsidersare photographs and electronic intercepts those systems generate. part oftheir pay in the form ofoptions, which they must rebuilding “quite a stake,” Fedorowicz said. Since 1993, the CIA has granted SCI clearances to 840 employees convert to stock and sell to finance such expenses as Despite a slightreboundlately, General Nutrition in the Executive Office. The total number of people who have SCI home purchases and college tuition. shares remain way down from their peak, closing clearances is itself classified, according to one US intelligence In the third quarter,thenumberofsharesbeing sold Monday at $15.06. As vitamin use has climbed, official. barely eclipsed the number being bought, according General Nutrition has faced increased competition One former government aide known to have obtained an SCI a to CDMnvestnet. And in the last five weeks, insiders from big chains such as Wal-Mart. clearance, however, is Monica S. Lewinsky,when she worked in the have bought two shares for every one they’ve sold. GeneralNutrition has responded by cutting costs, office of Pentagon spokesman Kenneth H. Bacon, according to the “There’s a lot of buying out there,” said Nancy and has gotten vendors to agree to trim their prices. report of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. Fedorowicz, CDA/Investnet research analyst. General Nutrition also has cut itswork force by about The White House issued a pointed response to the GAO report. The action is broad-based. In June, insiders in just seven percent. On Monday, the company reported Temporary SCI clearances were approved by the NSC only after “a 14 industries were net purchasers, while 44 sectors third-quarter profits in line with analyst estimates. thorough review of available background information,” accordingto experienced net selling. Now, insiders have been Revenue rose ten percent from the year-ago quarter. Virginia M. APUZZO,assistant to the president for management and buying in 54 industries and selling in just three. Frank Ponticello of Prudential Securities Inc. looks information. 4 One company with notable buying is Dayton for companies that have positive “technical” pat- The White House “has a rigorous program, administered by Hudson, parent of the Target and Mervyn’s depart- terns as well as heavy insider buying. That means career professional security officers, to safeguard classified informa- ment stores. Four insiders bought almost 4 1,500 the price and volume action oftheir stocks indicates tion,” Apuzzo said in a written response to the GAO. Steven shares between Aug. 18and Sept. 3 at prices ranging that their share prices may soon rise. Aftergood, director ofthe Federation ofAmerican Scientists’project from $38.25 to $43.75, accordingto CDNInvestnet. He likesthreecompaniesin the commodity foods on government secrecy and an expert on government security Like most other companies with insider buying, business: Suiza Foods, Smithfield Foods and IBP classifications, discountedthe GAO’s findings and said procedures the stock was well off its recent high ($50.75 in late Inc. Buying in the group has been dormant for two in place at the White House appear to have been adequate. July). But unlike some stocks thathad lost more than to three years, and activity in several companies is “Ithinktheclassificationsystemkinastateoftransition-andIhope half their value, Dayton Hudson insiders bought at a good sign, Ponticello said. it is inastateoftransition toamore-streamlinedsystem,” hesaid. “There “relatively high prices,” a strong vote of confidence He also is high on Tricon Global Restaurants, are forces ofentropy at work-andthese forces aremanifested inamore- in the company, Fedorowicz said. which runs the PizzaHut, KFC and Taco Bell chains. casualattitudeaboutclearancesandanavalancheofleaks.Ifwe’regoing Dayton Hudson insiders have a good track record Tricon Global held up well throughout the summer to have a functioning system, we have to have an aggressive declassi- of buying their shares soon before the stock rallies, downturn and broke out of a “base” -or sideways fication system and a greater discipline with regard to real secrets.” Fedorowicz said. pattern -at $40 last week to a new high. ---.o- 7. e IT - 10 THETUFTS DAILY 0. 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11 S Department of Transportatton 14 THETUFTS DAILY October 28,1998 3 Boxer vulnerable in her bid for Senate re-election College Press Exchange LOS ANGELES-The definhgmoment candidates, much of Boxer’spredicament is ritory, and just how the Clinton impeach- a clear choice between candidates who are ofBarbara Boxer’s political careertook place haerown making. In many respects, the race ment crisis will play into this Senate race is virtual opposites on everything: their views on an Octoberday in 199 1, when she and six is expected to be a referendum on Boxer anybody’s guess. of the role of government, their stance on

other female members ofthe House of Rep- herself. One recent poll suggests its impact might major political issues and their personali- t resentatives strode up the steps of the The Almanac of American Politics de- be limited. Seven of 10 California voters ties. Capitol in Washington to inisist that Anita scribes her as one of the most liberal mem- surveyed said the scandal and investiga- Boxer, 57, is a Brooklyn-born firebrand, a . tion would not have an impact on their Hill’s sexual harassment chlarges against bers of Congress, an imperfect fit for an former stockbroker and journalist. She en- t Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas office-holder who must straddle the politi- inclination to vote on Election Day, the teredpoliticsasamemberofacounty Board be heard. cal extremes presented by diverse Califor- Public Policy Institute ofCalifornia found. of Supervisors in an upscale San Francisco “People tell me the photograph of the nia. As aresult, she is apolarizing figure on One percent said they would be less in- suburban area, and six years later won a seat seven women ‘marching’to the Senate gave the state’s political landscape. Voters are clined to vote, and about two-thirds said in the US House, which she held for five them hopeandasense oftheir own power,” nearly evenly divided in their opinions, the scandal would not make them more terms. Boxer wrote in herautobiography, “Strang- with those in the “unfavorable” category likely to support a particular party’s candi- She is a strong advocate of handgun ers in the Senate,” which portrays the Hill- having a slight edge. She squeaked into date. control, environmental causes, and abor- U Thomas controversy as a transcendent office in 1992, succeedingfour-term Demo- “If this were having a major impact in tion rights. political event for Boxer and the nation. crat Alan Cranston. Boxer’s initially com- our race, we would being seeing changes Fong, 44, a graduate ofthe US Air Force “Some women even called the photo ‘the manding lead over ultraconservative Bruce in the polls. Instead we’ve seen very little Academy and a Los Angeles lawyer who is c women’s Iwo Jima,”’ she wrote. Herschensohn dwindled away, giving her a change from March through September,” still a member of the Air Force Reserves, Seven years later, Thomas is a Supreme victorywith lessthanamajority,48percent, said Rose Kapolczynski, Boxer’scampaign launched his political career in 1990 when Courtjustice. Boxer is asitting senator. And ( n Election Day. manager. Gov. Pete Wilson urged him to run for state the nation once again is embroiled in a Itwould behardtofindapoliticalcandi- Nevertheless, in a race this close, a very controller. r =% transcendent political epoch stemming from date for whom the Clinton scandal has small change in voter opinion, or turnout, Fong lost, but Wilson appointed him to the subject of sex - but in a context unlikely created amore awkward situation. Boxer is could determinethe outcome. Fong is capi- a state tax board. Four years ago, he won his to inspire another female Iwo Jima. aClinton relative by marriage; her daughter talizing on the subject. In the last of their first election, becoming the state treasurer. c Boxer is one ofthe most vulnerablesena- is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s two debates, Boxer proudly said she had This summer, he won his second, defeating tors seeking re-election this fall -second brother. been the second senator to denounce self-funded car alarm magnate Darrell Issa

only,perhaps,toIllinois Sen.CarolMose1ey- Boxer came to the fore on women’s is- Clinton on the Senate floor, a point which in the Republican primary. 4 Braun. She is inaneck-and-neckraceagainst sues as an outspoken critic of Thomas and seemed extraordinarily disingenuous to A plodding campaigner,Fong is not run- state Treasurer Matt Fong, a moderate Re- offormer Oregon Sen. Robert Packwood, in anyone who had followed the uproar over ning on the basis of charisma. publican and relative newcomer to politics the sexual harassment charges that led to Clinton’s admission ofthe affair. “Fong is asolid, moderate,boring candi- - whose dynamism has been likened to his resignation. In her autobiography, she Boxer gave the impression that she was date,” summed up John Pitney, a former “oatmeal - without the toppings.” relates the experience she faced as a 2 1 - a leader in criticizing the president on a National Republican Party strategist and With some polls showing a very narrow year-old student when she rebuffed the matter in which she has been, instead, a currently a political science professor at lead for Boxer, and others showing a very sexual advances ofacollege professorwho studied follower. Fong responded with the Claremont College near Los Angeles. “Solid, ._ narrow lead havingswungto Fong, the race promised her a higher grade. one memorable line of the two debates: moderate, boring candidates have often is far too close to call. On the Clinton matters, Boxer has been “Barbara Boxer, your silence.. .was certainly won in California.” Though the match is viewed to some a reluctant and tepid critic, a contrast that deafening, but your hypocrisy at the way Fong supports school vouchers, a na- extent as a barometer of the Clinton- her opponents have sought to exploit as a you just presented yourself is ear-split- . tional flat tax and increasedmilitary spend- Lewinsky affair’s impact on Democratic prime example of her partisanship and hy- ting.” ing as opposed to Boxer’s preference for pocrisy. But this is uncharted political ter- The Senate race presents Californiawith spending on social programs. His stance on abortion is so qualifiedkhat it is difficult to convey with frequently used political short- First-run syndicated series are flexing hand terms. Fong has said his preference for adoption stems from his own experi- their muscles on televisions everywhere ence. He was given up for adoption as an Los Angeles Times-Washington 4 infant. Fong favors abortion rights during Post News Service Sussman says his shows have an average budget of $1 million the first trimester, but he opposestaxpayer HOLLY WOOD-Somewhere between an acclaimeddrama like per hourlong episode, half of the $2-million-and-up per-episode funding of abortion and the so-called par- ER and a B-movie falls AirAmerica, starring muscle-bound Lorenzo price tag on some ABC, CBS, and NBC dramas. Unlike network tial birth procedure. He also supports re-

Lamas as a CIA agent running a commercial airline in Central shows, which often begin with modest orders of six or 13 episodes, quiring parental consent for minors to un- c c America. The series arrived to far less fanfare than many network first-run syndicated shows are produced in bulk (episode orders dergo an abortion. shows, but it’s guaranteed to last longer than many more-hyped tend to number 22). Many are shot in Canada, where the dollar is Ethnicity and gender are sure to be series. strong and thegovernment offers tax credits for hiring locally. There subtexts of the Election Day results. In other words, Air America exists in the first-run syndication are ten cable and syndicated series, for instance, currently shooting Fong, who would be the second Chi- market, an alternate TV universe feeding programming to the in British Columbia, including USA’s TheNet, Showtime’s Polter- nese-American to hold a Senate seat if masses in the form of game shows, talk shows, and hourlong geist, and Disney’s So Weird. elected, is the son of the only other Asian- dramas. Along with series frorn the cable networks, such as USA’s Marc Scott Zicree has written for both network sci-fi series American to be elected to statewide office La Femme Nikita, the shows tend to look somewhat downscale (Fox’sS1iders)andthosein syndication(Cast1eRock’s TheLazarus in California. March Fong Eu, a Democratic and are widely regarded as schlocky stepchildren of broadcast Man). He says the relatively low stakes for shows in syndication icon who was elected secretary ofstate five network fare. can work in their favor. times, now iscampaigning for her Republi- But original cable and syndication series have nevertheless “If you look at the success rate of science-fiction and fantasy can son. been growing in number, spurred by demand for Hollywood shows (on network TV),” he says, “most die on the vine because He has ads running in English, Spanish, product overseas and the ever-fractionalized TV viewing audi- they get six episodes and out. Whereas in syndication, they have Cantonese, and Mandarin that seem to be ence. Syndicated series, which distributors sell to stations market to guarantee 22 episodes. Twenty-two gives you enough time to eroding some of Boxer’s support in the San by market, include the popular Xena, Hercules, and Earth: Final gather an audience. Francisco Bay Area. The region is acritical Conflict. Over the last several weeks, new shows have arrived in “If Twilight Zone had been given six episodes to prove itself, it Democratic stronghold and an Asian popu- droves, including Stargate SG-I, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, would not have succeeded.” lation center, where Fong has roots extend- and V.I. P., starring former Baywatch pinup Pamela Anderson Lee Alison Bingeman has been writing forthe cable and syndication ing to his grandfather, who had apharmacy as the head of a personal security business catering to the rich and markets for the last decade, during which.she’s piled up credits on in San Francisco’s Chinatown. +C famous. 12 series, none of them a broadcast network show. In her last election,Boxer was aided by Sen. They’re good examples ofwhat flies in the syndication market While Bingeman admits the shows for which she writes tend to Dianne Feinstein, her Democratic counterpart, - shows with big guns and big explosions. Action and sci-fi, in have what she calls “the wow factor,” some have been creatively who campaignedbyminding voten, “Cagney fact, are the syndication market’s bread-and-butter - not least rewarding. Bingeman began her career wanting to write for network needs her hcey. Thelma needs her Louise. because the material transcends cultural and language barriers. An drama, but found the possibilities limited. Thejob pool was favoring And Dianne needs her Barbara in the United Uzi is an Uzi, after all, no matter your native tongue. comedy writers, she says, which forced her to turn to cable. States Senate!” The CalifomiaPolitical Alma-

And while syndicated game: shows (revamped versions of Hol- “I’ve never been a sitcom writer and I don’t want to be a sitcom nac went so far asto saythat Feinstein won two i- IjwoodSquares and Match Game)and talk shows (Donny& Marie, writer, but there were few interesting one-hour(network) dramas,” Senate seats that year: hers and Boxer’s. Roseanne)have also arrived of late, those don’t sell as well overseas. she says. “They were talking about the death ofthe genre. But there One measure of the significance of the “A show about agirl who followshersweetheartto college (i.e., were some half-hour (cable) shows like Hitchhiker and Hidden Senate race is the list of high-ranking party - WB’s Felicity) is culturally an American show. But a show about Room that were great. Itwas like writing mini-features, where you officials who have come here stumping for a guy who blows up in outer space, that can be shot with a greater create your own characters.” the candidates, including House Speaker open mind about where it can be shown,” says Peter Sussman, Bingeman iscurrently working with Alliance Atlantis todevelop Newt Gingrich, former presidential candi- president of Alliance Atlantis, whose roster of shows in first-run The Lawnmower Man, based on the 1992 movie, into a series. date Bob Dole, Vice President AI Gore and syndication include Earth: Final Conflict, Psi Factor: Tales of the Sussman is hoping that name recognition will help entice buyers. both President Clinton and his wife. Paranormal, and Night Man. “More and more, we’regravitating to titles that market themselves,” Another measure is themoney. Between Two weeks ago, Sussman headed to Cannes, France, for Mipcom, Sussman says. “Back in the O OS, when there were three channels, them, the candidates are expected to spend a semi-annual convention where distributors such as Alliance your show only had to be good to be watched. In today’s world, a up to $25 million. That figure sounds like a cr Atlantis, MGM Television, and Rysher Entertainment sell their really good show that nobody knows to watch is not worth making. lot of money, but by the hyperbolic stan- wares -television shows -to buyers from around the globe. The show has to be readily marketable.” dards that are common in Californiapolitics, “Both sci-fi and action translate very well to foreign markets, and That’s why spinoffs of movies have become popular. Indeed, it’s nothing. Just four years ago in his that’s where they get (back) a lot of their budget,” says James among the new crop - Mortal Kombat Krusades, Highlander: unsuccessful bid to unseat Feinstein, Parriott, who saw his network drama Forever Knight live on via the The Raven, The New Adventures of Robin Hood - none leaves Michael Huffington spent $29 million, $27 - USA Network after it was canceled by CBS. room for the imagination. The trick, instead, is finding them. million ofwhich was his own money. ‘I ‘I ,.t , ‘

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