US Winter Olympic Committee Working out of Talloires Center
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ETHEMedford, MA 02155 Tuesday, January 21,1992 DAILYJ-Vol Number 3 TUFTS XXIV, New Tufts president to be named by June List of finalists to be released in April by PATRICK HEA1.Y search committeehas “norequire- Daily Editorial Board ’ ments” for candidates to meet, A represenmtive of the firm there are “strong preferences” for KornFerry, assisting the Tufts certain qualifications of the can- PresidentialSearchcommittee in didate. The committee is looking selecting the next universitypresi- for an academic who has taught at dent, announced last night the thecollegiate level ‘and has“areal committeeexpects the new presi- appreciation for what it‘s like to dent to be approved by the Board be a faculty member;” a candi- of Trustees in miy. date with administrative experi- The committee had originally ence; a person who comes from a proposed a timetable that the new collegeor university withahealth prcsidenl would be installed by services component, as well as July 1. 1993. However. search someone with ai international committee chair Brim O‘Connell background; andacandidatewith said last November that original “aproven track record in terms of date was“thc 1atcst“thenewprcsi- diversit y.” dent would assume his or her Eric Schliesser, trustee reprc- duties. sentative for administration and The Tufts European Center in Talloires is currently serving as the headquartersfor the US Winter But at last night’s Tufts Com- finance. nsked Phillips whether Olympic Committee,as well asliving quarters for many of the American athletesand their families. munity Union Senatc meeting. the search committee will iden- Konflerry representative John tify candidates who prioritize Phillips said the search commit- undergraduate education and lib- tee will announce the list of final eral arts programs, rather th‘an US Winter Olympic Committee c:uididatesApriI 13 and theTrust- fundraisers who will focus on ecs will likely approve the final exPCandinggraduate schools and candidate at their May 16 board research programs. working out of Talloires center meet ing. Phillips said he believes “the by MAUREEN LENIHAN ily Program, sponsored byAT&T, consecrated by the Benedictines “1 advised them [the search shift is going back to undergradu- Daily Editorial Board which will work to ensure that the in 1031. The monastery sits on committee] strongly that it is very ate teaching,”addingthat thecom- TheTuftsUtuversity European parents and relatives of the ath- three acres of gardens and lawns important forthis search not to be mittee is dedicated to selecting a Center is currently serving as the letes gain maximum pleasure from with a view of the Alps and Lake pursued in a way seen as lacka- finalist who has experience in adininismliveheadquarters of the the Olympic Games as well as the Annecy. daisical.” Phillips said. The 19- many of the university constitu- Me4-Ancrican Olympic Committee beauty of the French Alps. One local legend relates the member search committee, com- encies. He said the committee for the 1992 Winter Olympics. University President Jean tale of the Benedictines falling prised of administrators, faculty, will be “very careful”notto tilt its The 18 1members of the Ameri- Mayer stated his support for the into drunken behavior as the cen- trustees and students, will meet focus too heavily to any pCarticu- can team will receive their offi- program in the press release, say- turies passed. According to the this Thursday, followed by meet- lar constituency. cial team uniforms and learn the ing, “Throughout the years, the press release, a visiting church ings every few weeks through the rules and rituals of the Olympic Olympic Games have stood for official stated his disapproval of spring. see SENATE, page 2 tradition froin Jan. 24 to Feb. 5 at courage, determination and inter- the monks’ practicesand decreed The search committee is the Center which is located in national unity. Tufts is honored to that the monks could have only charged with presenting three vi- Talloires, Fratice. The Center will support those Olympic ideals one glass of wine at dinner. The able presidential candidatesto the also be the site for several non- through the use of its European monks only complied after they Board of Trustees. While Kom/ athletic events, including two re- campus in Talloires.” had obtained one liter mugs. Ferry has estimated the commit- ccpt ions for competitorsaid their Administratorsannounced last tee will choose from a pool of families. semester that a limited number of In 1528, the monastery’s SO()-600 candidates, the coininit- According to a recent press Tufts students would be selected church was destroyed by fire and tee will bring final candidates to release. the Center will serve the to work as interns at Tallerois, in 1792, the priory fell victim to the campus late this spring to United States Olympic team in either assisting the Olympic com- the violence against the Catholic meet members of the community. two capacities. The Center will mittee or working for CBS, which Church raging throughoutFrance. Senators question presidential serve as the United States Olyin- is televising the winter games. The abbey was destroyed and was qualifications pic Committee‘s administrative Rich history abandoned for 100 years. An TCU Senator Ellie Kleiiunari headquarters and its staff will pro- The Tufts European Center, an American couple began renovat- quizzed Phillips on the spccifica- vide administrative services and ancient monastery. is steeped in ing the priory in 1958 and Tufts tions for t he position of university links with local resources for the rich history spanning 960 years. was willedpossessionofthe build- Drcsident that will hc included in USOC. However, the Center will The 11th Century priory, known ing in 1979, with the pledge to mcdia advertisements. Daily fi/ephoto &- also run the Tufts Olympic Fan- as the Abbayc de Talloires, was continue its ongoing renovation. Phillips said although the -Tufts President Jean Mayer Fight follows KKK rally Recess thefts under investigation DENVER (AP) -- Riot gear- demeanor charges. Most were by CHRIS STRIPINIS are working with Somerville and parties. clad police used teargas andnight- pickedup for disturbing the peace, Daily Editorial Board Medford police. The city police Robbery notification confuses sticksMondnytobreak upacrowd police said. Tufts University police are in- deparllnentsarebothalsoinvesti- student of protesters who threw bottles. Five pcople. including a po- vestigating reports of approxi- gating other off-campus robber- According to Brevard, this bricks and snowballs at a school lice officer, were treated at Den- mately seven or eight bre,ak-ins in ies in that general area. year’s break-ins were “distinctly bus c‘urying Ku Klux Klm inem- ver General Hospital for minor Tufts residences over the winter “I have spoken to the Medford different,” as all thefts involved vacation. bers away from a rally. injuries and scores of others were and Somerville police depart- “windows smashed or doors Twenty-one people, six of than treated at the scene for exposure According to Tufts Officer Ron ments about several individuals kicked in.”Last year, rooms were juveniles, were arrestcd on mis- to tear gas, officials said. Another Brevard. Crime Prevention Pro- who we may consider as suspects generally entered through un- grainCoordu~ator,theexactnum- locked windows without the use I policeofficerwashit withabottle in other robberies in the Boston but wasn’t hospitalized. ber of break-ins is not known Avenue and Route 16 areas, but of force. said Brevard. The confrontation marred one because reports are still in the we do not know if thcy are in- Drake Foster, a student living Inside I of Denver’s largest ever celebra- process of being filed. volved,” Loticro said. in Wilson House, was the victiin Features .......................... p.3 tions of Martin Luther King Day. Although Detective Sergeant The robberies being investi- of one break-in and reported that Tufts graduates rank third among Earlier in the day, more than Charles Lonero would not com- gated by the local police depart- the thieves broke in through a schools lepresentedin Teach for America, 10,000 people paraded through ment on the exact location of the ments are not on Tufts property, ground floor window, stealing a exciting new educational program. an east Denver. break-ins, he did say that no Uni- saidlonero, but have occurred on considerableamount of property. vcrsity aclrninistrativeoracadeinic Tesla Avenue. Curtis Avenue, Although the break-in occurred Arts p. 5 About 100 white supremacists ................................ gathered for a rally at the state buildings were broken into. The Whitfield Road and other streets early in the vacation and the jani- Talented actors are held hostage to a capitol after a federal judge re- mak-ins involved residence in the area near this part of can- tor filed a police report the next poor script in Freejack, whileGod’sLittle wildings and were located “pri- Monkeys go wild on Lip. versed adecision by the Colorado pus. day, Foster said he found it “kind State Patrol to deny the group a narily in the Sornerville <area.” “We believe that Tufts stu- of odd’ that he was not notified Sports ........................ pp. 6-7 permit. saying denial would vio- ;aid Lonero. dents are not involved in these until he returned. Lonero noted that most of the break-ins,”said Lonero,but added Lonero indirectly attributed Tara Milardo reaches the loo0 career l late their right to free speech. point milestone, men’s hoop stuns Aftcrthe rally,acrowdofabout )re&-ins were situated in the that police believe the suspects this year’s “smash and grab type” Middlebury, and hockey loses yet again. lownhill; south-west corner of inay have seen some of the rooms see KKK, page 10 ‘ampus.adding that Tufts police before, perhaps when attending see BREAK-IN% page 10 J page two THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, January 22,1992 THETUFTS DAILE Letters to the Editor Ken Karofsky, J’95 they wish to see the Tufts Liberal Arts David A.