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THETUFTS DAILY IWhere You Read It First Thursday, October 29,1998 Volume XXXVII, Number 34 I Bernstein outlines initiative Vice president says.HE1 entering the next phase byDANIELBA?ZBARISI the Tufts com- Daily Editorial Board munity, includ- Several major projects are being planned by the ing the creation vice president’s office, including further work on of an oversight the Higher Education Initiative (HEI), the expan- panel, growing sion of a new study-abroad program in Hong out of 1996’s Kong, and the creation ofapanel to investigate the Task Force on progress made in the wake of the Task Force on Race, to keep Race’s report. track of the Vice President for the Arts, Sciences, and Tech- progress of nology Me1 Bernstein, the driving force behind the race relations HEI, explainedthat the next step in the program has on campus. The been reached, and that now the recommendations committee is made during last year’s HE1 symposium have coa- composed of lesced into four main areas for the University to work four faculty on. members, three These, according to Bernstein, are “Coherence students, and and connection in the curriculum,” “Undergraduate one staff mem- and graduate students: Community and communi- ber. This com- cation,” “Faculty development: Teaching & Re- mittee first met Me1 Bernstein Dai/y file photo search,” and“Effective collaborativedecision mak- around the time ing.” ofthe recent “Many Voices, No Community” forum, “Ineachofthe fourareas,we will be lookingatone but is not an outgrowth of the forum. or two key points where we really want to focus,” “It was fortuitousthat the two coincided,timewise. Bernstein said. “I think working with these specific The panel sees the recent interest spurred thanks to ideas willtakethe place ofan HE1 symposium forthis this forum as an opportunity to use this momentum year.” to really achieve things,” Bernstein said. Bernstein then spoke on the progress of a new Also, the position of Special Assistant to the type ofstudy abroad program, the Tufts Institute for President for Affirmative Action, created by the Leadership and International Perspective (TILIP), a Task Force on Race, which was recently vacated vehicle for sending a small group ofstudents to Hong by Michael Powell, has been filled by Barbara Kong each summer to work with key figures and Wooten. organizationsin different fields of interest. Bernstein also commented on the issues raised at “By all accounts, it was a very successful pro- last month’s Faculty meeting, those of.faculty gov- gram,” Bernstein said. “We’re about to announce the ernance and increased involvement in University next round of operation, for this coming summer. affairs, which will be discussed at the upcoming We’ll be accepting eight undergraduates this year, faculty meeting on Monday. E’ollow-upto ltorurn and we hope to get applications in all fields.” “We continue to support the idea of the faculty An information session for the program will be increasing their involvement. The more important held in mid-November and applicationswill be due issue will be broader faculty involvement; if there’s scheduled tonight sometime in December. In addition, the studentswho a feeling, upon further discussion, that a Senate will participated in fast year’s program will beorganizing represent the faculty better, then I’m in support of sues of race, as the last forum byDANIELBARBARIS1 a symposium in concert with the seven Chinese that,” Bernstein said. Daily Editorial Board appeared to. “The last forum was students who served as their partners while they Regarding two other faculty proposals, one ask- The follow up to last month’s not supposed to be focused on were in Hong Kong, who will be visiting Tufts in ing for faculty representation on the trustee board, “Many Voices, No Community” race. This forum will focused on February. and the second requesting that the faculty, and not forum, which drew several hun- issues of Tufts’ campus,” she Bernstein said that the symposium is “intended to the administration, moderate the faculty meetings, dred students, will be held tonight said. “It’s about everyone really provide, not only to these 14, but also to the entire Bernstein said, “Those issues have ramifications fiom9to 11 p.m. inGoddardChape1, understanding that there are a lot community,what it means to say ‘I’m going togradu- that the people who raised them may not have con- as campus groups and individuals of problems on this campus, and ate from here, and I’m going to use my skills in the sidered. I wouldthinkthatthey will lookat them again gather to discuss campus issues that we need to talk about them internafionalcommunity.”’ more closely and perhaps reconsider the way in under the title of “Many Voices, before we can do anything about The vice president also talked of other issues in which they raised them.” Building Community.” them.” Organized by the Coalition for Social Justice, the focus of the evening will be on small-group Documents reveal Starr’s expenditures discussion and on the individual side of the issues in question, said included consultants, luxury apartments Coalition member Lauren Kadi. “We’ll be breaking down into Los Angeles Times-Washington White House intern Monica S. ing, citing the special nature ofthe “I’m being paid for my work small groups ... that’s the primary Post News Service Lewinskyin January,the indepen- independent counsel’s office. and paid for my usual rate for any- focus,” Kadi said. “It’s about giv- WASHINGTON - Much ofthe dent counselhas been widely criti- “Each independent counsel body who retains me,” Dash said. ing people a time anda place to talk more than $40 million that inde- cized by Democrats and others for must secure employees, office He would not explain his work for about the personal side of these pendent counsel Kenneth W. Starr the cost of an investigation that equipment, and office space,” Starr. “I do quite a bit, but what I do issues, and to really talk about has spent investigating President began in 1994 to look into an Ar- Bakaly said. “We follow govern- is secret and confidential.” them with one another.” Clinton paid for a large staff of kansas real estate project called ment procurement guidelines.” University of Illinois law pro- The forum will begin with a government prosecutors, new of- Whitewater. Under the independent coun- fessor Ronald Rotunda, who brief introduction, followed by the ficeequipment,up to $400-an-hour Starr has declined to release sel law, Starr does not have to helped write a SupremeCourt brief breakdown into discussion consultants, luxury apartments, the kind of detailed billing and publicly disclose precisely how opposing Clinton’s bid to delay groups. After the groups have met, and private investigators, newly expense statements contained in he spends taxpayer money. The the Paula Corbin Jones sexual ha-’ the larger body will reconvene and disclosed documents show. the documents provided to The GAO audits the expenditures ev- rassment case, also is aconsultant discussthe ideas each group came Government accounting Times on Wednesday. The only ery six months to make sure they to the Starr team. Rotunda’s fee: up with. records, obtained by Democrats financial reports previously re- conform with federal rules. Starris $300 an hour for services that in- “In coming up with solutions, on a House Judiciary subcommit- leased through the General Ac- permitted to spend as much money cluded “legal research,” “work on we’re not going to be trying to tee, offer a rare, detailed glimpse counting Oficesummarizedinfor- as he deems necessary during his special project,” and “various save the world tonight, said Coa- into the level of spending by the mation and did not include line- investigation. In the case against phone consultations,” the docu- litionmember SashaBaltins.“The independent counsel during his item expenditures. Clinton, it appears that few tax- ments show. goal for each group is just to come 50-month investigation. The new records offer a snap- payer expenses were deemed too In August, after amassing an up with three tangible ideas.” Themoneywent fortheroutine shot of spending by the indepen- costly. $1 18,400tab, Rotunda decided he In addition, the Coalition will and theexceptional:$370 amonth dent counsel from documentsused Famed Democratic Watergate would stay on the Starr team at no be distributing the first copy of its in parking assigned to “indepen- by the GAO to audit Starr’s books. counsel Sam Dash, who joined charge to the taxpayers. Decision newsletter atthe forum, apublica- dent counsel,” three safes for “Atthe very least, here’sastory Starr’s team as an ethics consult- Analysis,an Illinois firm normally tion intended to keep the student $6,546 and a $30,5 17psychologi- of a lack of accountability, of ex- ant in 1994, received a top rate for hiredby litigators,received$32,380 body informed of all political and cal analysis of evidence in the travagance with taxpayer dollars, Washington attorneys - $400 an for a “community attitude survey social activist events on campus. suicide of former White House and of arrogance on the part of hour. He often earned $2,000 for and jury questionnaire” to help “This is our first one, but we’re lawyer Vincent Foster by the same Ken Starrandhisoffice,”said Jim five-hourweeks.The Georgetown Starrpreparethe fraud case against going to be able to distribute this Washington group that looked Jordan, spokesman forthe Demo- University law professor earned former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy every month next semester,” into the untimely death of rock crats on the House Judiciary Com- $192,073throughSeptember 1997 Tucker. Baltins said. musician Kurt Cobain. mittee. before signing a yearlong con- The use of such expertconsult- Kadi emphasized thatthe event Since Starr started probing Starr’s spokesman, Charles G.