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THE: TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Wednesday, November 16,1994 Vol XXM Number 44 I HEY THEY STOLE OUR LOGO! I Run-DMC signed to play show Tickets for MacPhie concert will go o n sale next Monday by JOHN O’KEEFE that they could sign with its bud- was its rap adaption of the Daily Editorial Board get. Last year Student Activities Aerosmith classic rock staple, The Office of Student Activi- presented a fall concert featuring ‘WalkThisWay.”Thesong, which ties announced yesterday that it Tribe Called Quest and De La was released as, a single for the had agreed to contract terms with Soul. group’s groundbreaking 1986 al- the rap group Run-DMC to per- Calling Run-DMC “one of the bum, Raising Hell, played a sig- form a concert on the Tufts cam- premiere hip-hophap groups of nificant role in bringing rap into the last decade,” Carl said that he the suburban mainstream. The ac- was enthusiastic about the show. companyingvideo, which featured Run=DMC Carl cited the group’s lengthy and both Run-DMC and Aerosmith, When: popular musical career as the pri- helped bridge the gap between rock mary reason for signing the group and rap. Thurs. Dec. 1I 1994 to Derform. ~ I ~~- ~~~ Many have praised the group’s 9:30 p.m. “They have so many albums exceptionallongevity in the music PhorobyNk~%atylr I and so many people know their This logo appears on a church in Melrose. Does it look familiar? Where: world. Noting that Run-DMC I songs... people can reminisce,” “hold[s] a fistful of rap firsts,” MacPhie Pub Carl said. He added that the group Rolling Stone recently wrote, “it’s Conference planned to Sponsored by: is ’‘supposed)’to play songsfrok hardly surprising that it’s now the Student Activities many of its albums. first rap group to come back from According to the publicity pro- the dead. This may be its most improve Tufts teachers file of Run-DMC, the band has impressiveachievement, given all pus. The concert will be held on ~. .~ been a trailblazer for rap and hip- the hip-hop heroes who’ve gone by JESSICA ROSENTHAL School Anthony Schwartz had Thursday, Dec. 1 at 9:30 p.m. in hop in the music industry since the Daily Editorial Board during thesummer. Schwartzcon- MacPhie Pub. release of its first album in 1984. see Page l1 On Friday, Nov. 18, a confer- tacted Carlisle, and they attended According to Katie O’Dair, Run-DMC ence on teaching will be held on a conference in Orlando which assistant director of Student Ac- was the first the Grafton campus of Tufts. Ac- focused on teaching. tivities, the tickets for the concert rap group “to cording to Interim Director of the University Provost Sol will be $10 and will go on sale at earn a gold Center for Teaching and Advising Gittleman later disseminated a let- the Campus Center Information album, the (CENTA) Susan Carlisle, the con- ter to all of the Tufts faculty mem- Booth on Monday, Nov. 21 at 9 ference is “historic because this bers describing the conference to a.m. A valid Tufts identificationis may be the first time full-time fac- be-hdd at Tufts. According to needed to purchase tickets and ulty from all three campuses Carlisle, both Gittleman and ZJni- positive identificationis needed at [Grafton, Boston, and Medford] versity President John DiBiaggio the event for persons wanting to have been invited to participate in are greatly supportingthis confer- purchase alcohol in the Pub. a workshop specifically devoted ence. O’Dair said, “[Student Activi- to improvingtheir teaching skills.” Seventy people have signed up ties is] really excited about the Carlisle said that there will be for Friday’s conference.Approxi- concert. We think that it will sell about 70 participants in the con- mately one-third of the partici- out.” There will be 550 tickets ference, representingfaculty from pantsarefromtheBostoncampus, available and each student with an the Tufts Medical School, Dental one-third are from the Medford ID will be able to purchase up to School, Veterinary School, Col- campus, and one-third are from two tickets. lege of Liberal Arts & Jackson, the Grafton campus. Carlisle said According toDavidCar1, aStu- College of Engineering, and the that it is “amazing that busy people dent Activities supervisor, Run- Fletcher School of Law and Di- are taking time out of their sched- DMC was the first choice to per- plomacy. ules’’ to try to improve their teach- form at this concert. Carl said that In a letter sent by the confer- ing. the annual Student Activities con- ence committee to the members of The motivation behind having cert has been “a hip-hop concert the Tufts faculty, the event is de- the conference is that many pro- traditionally,”andhe saidthatRun- scribed as “the first of what -rthevl .- fessors teach well, but would like DMC was the best “big-name” act hope will be an ongoing series of to improve their skills to become events designed to enhance teach- even better, Carlisle said. She ing on all three campuses.” added that college professors are PLO leader warns that Middle assessment of teaching. Addi- ing economic needs could result suicide attacks on Israelis carried on their promise of $690 million tionally, a panel will be held with in violence. out by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in thefmt yearofautonomy,which Inside four award-winning teachers: “More serious than that -- the Features ........................... p. 3 despite a Palestinian crackdown began in May. Dan Tobin returns with another tale of Harry Bernheim of the Biology explosion of the peace process,” the past few days in theGaza Strip. “Someinternationalsourcesare life in his own twisted world and a Department, Gerald Gill of the hesaid. “Continued terrorism by ex- behind all of this,” said Arafat review of a Tufts pmfessor~sbook. History Department, Susan cotter Arafat blamed Israel for spur- treme Islamic groups, Hamas and who appeared to be alluding to the of the Veterinary School, and ring the cycle of violence. Islamic Jihad, if it continues, can United States. A&)$ .................................. p. 5 Jonathan Schindelheim of the For example, he said, a suicide put a question mark over the basis He said that 58 percent unem- we review “Interview With the vam- Medical School. According to bomb attack that killed three Is- of the agreement between us,” ployment makes the Gaza Strip an pire” and new album while Jay looks Car~Sle,theseProfesso~“willt~kraeli soldiers near a Jewish settle- Rabin said in a tour of army out- explosive area. “Some fanatic into Generation x and Kurt Cobain. about the best methods for teach- ment in Gaza on Friday was in posts protecting Jewish settlers in groups,” he said, “are using pov- ing from their own experience.” response for the Nov. 2 car bomb Gaza. erty” as a cover for violence. Sports................................. p. 7 Carlisle said that she feels that assassinationof anIslamic funda- Arafat, who spoke a day after There is urgent need for . Ben anticipates the return of Mike the basic emphasis at Tufts has mentalist leader, Hani Abed. his PLO police stopped a rally by “schools, hospitals, housing, wa- Tysontoboxingwhi*emen’scrosscoun- been on research and scholarship, “Violence has two sides, and Islamic militantsin honorofAbed, ter, sewage, an airport, a harbor, try finishes fifth in New England. but she thinks that the emphasis the target is the peaceof the brave,” said he was doing all he could “to roads, electricity,and telecommu- - “is shifting toward teaching.” said hafat. cool things down. But for how nications.” tage two - THE TUFTS DAILY Wednesday, November 16,1994 rm TUFTS DATLY.ILetters to the Editor ment and the thermostat is tough to find. Marc J. Sheinkin IGC formal is open to Keep UP school spirit SomewherewithinmanyTuftsstudents, Editor-in-Chief To the Editor: there is a desire to go crazy at athletic Managing Editor: Nadya Sbaiti the entire Community If you are familiarwith gas heating, then events, have an attendance consistently over Associate Editors: David Meyers, To the Editor: You are familiar with a simple concept 500 people, tailgate every Saturday (not Michael J.W. Stickings 7 1would like to correct a common mis- called the pilot light. It is one of those rarely just Once a year), and wear our school Editorial Page Editor: Rachel Levine conception that the Inter-Greek Council seen, rarely heard things which ends UP colors... okay, maybe not. But regardless, Production Managers: Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto ~ormalis solely for those people affiliated cooking your food and helping YOU avoid there’s little dispute that school spirit is an NEWS with Greek organizations. This could not hypothermia enjoyable aspect to collegiate life. Editors: Jessica Rosenthal, John O’Keefe be farther from the truth. The IW Formal This past weekend, it became evident Why not continuethis effort,regardless Assistant Editors: Andrea Grossman, is open to the entire Tufts commmity, and that Tufts school Spirit is similar to a Pilot of the status of the game, match, tourna- Karen Epstein WE: encourage everybody to attend. light. After a gallant showing of students at ment, meet, playoff, final, or consolation. VIEWPOINTS the NCAA’s men’s quarterfinals,I realized We really shouldn’t need anNCAA playoff Editors: Dmah Feldman, Remy Stem Gregory Gertner LA’96 that Tufts does indeed have school spirit. It bid to “turn up the heat.” Inter-Greek Council Treasurer is just hidden somewhere down in the base- Suzanne Stoller LA’95 FEATURES -~ ~ Editor: Dan Tobin Assistant Editors: Laura Bemheh, Annie Risbridger GOP to move on the budget amendment ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican he said.