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-----Vel XIX, Number 35 LITHEMedford, MA 02155 TUFTSWednesday, October 25,1989 DAILY1 Mucintosh stolen from Pearson Despite controversy, in fifth computer-related theft Tufts keeps lobbyist the lab, was propped open by a into thecomputer lab through one Bvrd criticizes Cassidy and Associates by JOSH GOLDSTEIN milk case. The officer locked the of the doors that leads into Eaton U Daily Staff Wnter One grant secured by Cassidy doors. Hall, possibly with a key, accord- by ANNA GEORGE and Associates was for the Nutri- A computer stolen from a In response to the rash of ing to Repoza. Daily Editorial Board tion Center which long-time ac- University office last Friday raises computer thefts on campus, the Two IBM computers were Cassidy and Associates, Tufts’ quaintances University President to six the number of computers University will install a new alarm stolen from the Pearson Annex lobbying firm in Washington D.C. Jean Mayer and Gerald Cassidy reported missing since the start of system in the Eaton Computer Building on Oct. 5 after thc sus- was harshly criticized this sum- had worked together to secure the school year, according to Tufts User Area. Thealarm system will pects entered through a first floor mer by Senate Appropriations after Mayer first became presi- Police Captain Ronald Repoza. involve contacts placed on the sliding glass window. Chair Senator Robert Byrd, a dent. On Oct. 20, an Apple Macin- windows and doors of the lab. An Apple Macintosh I1 com- democrat from West Virginia. Roy Meyers, spokesman for tosh SE, along with a Cutting Additionally, since many of puter, monitor and keyboard were However, according to Tufts Cassidy and Associates said yes- Edge hard disk drive, an optical the thefts appear to have been stolen from the Miller Hall base- Senior Vice President Dr. Tho- terday that Cassidy, the founder scanner and all its software, was committed by aperson or persons ment offices of the Experimental mas Murnane, the University has of the lobbying firm, had been the taken from Room A005 of the with the aid of keys, the locks on College SymposiaDirector S her- no plans of cutting off relations chief council to President George Pearson Building Annex. The the doors of bton will be changed, man Teichman. The newly ac- with thegroup, which he says has McGovern on the subcommittee reported total value of the equip- according to Repoza. Access to quired computer was valued ai been invaluable in helping the on Nutrition and Hunger. Cassidy ment is $68800. the new keys will be severely about $5000. University to secure a number of became acquainted with Mayer The police reported that there restricted, he added. An IBM Model 30 valued ai important federal construction through Mayer’s frequent appear- was no sign of forced entry at the None of the equipment that about $2500 was removed from grants in the past decade. ances before the committee. scene of the theft. was stolen recently has bcen re- the Observer office in Curtis Hal Over the summer, Cassidy and According to Meyers, when Also on Oct. 20 at 1093p.m., covered. An Apple Macintosh on Sept. 7 after the office was lefi Cassidy founded his own firm in a police officer found the left side computer was stolen from the unlocked. The office was beinf 1975, Tufts became one of his main door to the Eaton Computer Eaton Computer User Area on used by a small campus publica. first clients. User Area unlocked. Thc Oxfam/ Oct. 17 while the area was closed tion that uses the Observer facili. “There’s been a long relation- Eaton cafe door, located below for the night. Entry was gained ties for weekend production. ship between the president and Gerry Cassidy” Mumane said. Over the past years, some of Art History, Art departments bring the larger grants which Cassidy and Associates helped Tufts to new intro courses into curriculum secure includes $10 million for ments related to the material. courses as at the two-digit level, the Veterinary School, approxi- by DAVID SPIELMAN The revision was undertaken but keep the 100 level in the mately $30 million for the Nutri- Daily Editorial Board to offer more two-digit art courses Bulletin for graduate students who tion Resource Center, $15 mil- wish to cover the material in class A major reform in the Dcpart- to undergraduates,of which there ~~ . lion for the Medical Librarv, $10 ment of Art and the History of Art was a significant lack, according and who have extra meetings and Thomas Murnane million for the Science andyech- and Architecture will introduce to the report submitted by the assignments related to the mate- nology Center, and $5 million for nine introductory level art his- Committee on Curricula to the rial,” stated the report. Associates, as well as a number Cabot, according to Mumane. tory courses to the curriculum, Liberal Atts and Jackson faculty. The 100 level ccmes will entail of other nationakiobbying firms, SenatoiByrd, a former Sen- courses which were. previously Art history majors and non-ma- more work than the two digit were criticized for their involve- ate majority leader, recently con- only taught at the upper 100 level. jors will no longer be forced to courses and will provide gradu- ment in securing federal grants demned the firm for having “taken The reform was voted into take only 100 level courses, typi- ate credit.’According to the de- for American educational institu- in” West Virginia University and action Monday by the faculty of cally offered to graduate students, partment’s regulations, under- tions. The fum employed by Tufts wasting their money. Byrd said the Liberal Arts and Jackson according to the report. graduate students may enroll in was singled out for public criti- that as the West Virginia senator, Colleges, along with a number of The reform was also carried these classes after receiving the cism by Byrd, who threatened to he would have been able to get new courses for the Departments out to assist undergraduates in instructor’s consent. block federal funds going to any the $18 million in federal grant of Child Study, History, Biology completing their two semester fme Biology Professor Nancy schools represented by Cassidy money for the science center that and German, Russian and Asian arts distribution requirement. In Milbum, the chair of the Com- and Associates. the University was seeking and Languages and Literatures. the arrangement, undergraduates mittee on Curricula, said that the Murnane said in an interview that they shouldn’t have had to The proposed reforms in the attempting to fill the requirement “double level” approach would that the Tufts Administration is resort to an outside lobbying firm. Department of Art History will will not find themselves taking now “make the fine arts courses not concerned about the negative Subsequently, Byrd said he now provide two-digit, lower level the more complex upper level accessible to non-majors.” publicity that Cassidy and Asso- would not support the project in art history courses that will be courses and will instead have the “The more we thought about ciates may have gotten through the Senate since he disapproved taught simultaneously with up- option of taking the course on a it and the more they talked about Senator Byrd. of their being represented by per level courses on the same more appropriate level. it, the better it seemed,” said “There was never any discus- Cassidy and Associates. sion about not using Cassidy,” subject. The graduate students will “The department would like see COURSES, page 4 see LOBBY, page 2 have extra meeting and assign- to designate certain rather broad Murnane said. FALL ON THE QUAD Bakker sentenced to 45 years CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)-- appeal,and despitedefensepleas, will come through.” Jim Bakker, the television evan- Bakker was immediately taken gelist who lost his PTL empire in into custody and driven to the Bender said he had filed no- a sex scandal, was sentenced to medium-secwity Federal Correc- tice of appeal with the 4th U.S. 45 years in prison and fined tional Institution at Talladega, Ala., Circuit Court of Appeals in $500,000Tuesday for defrauding about 60 miles east of Birming- Richmond, Va., and would ask his followers for his own cnrich- ham. the court to free Bakker on bond. ment. In handing down the sentence, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry “I’m deeply sorry for those I Potter said, “I’m concerned about Miller said Bakker’s sentence have hurt,” Bakker, 49, said be- the hundreds of letters I have here “sends a message that you can’t fore he was sentenced by U.S. from people who say they’d do use TV and the mails to make District Judge Robert Potter. “I anything for him and that could fraudulent statements to get people have sinned. But never in my life include preventing Mr. Bakker to send money to you. This is a did I intend to defraud.” from going to prison. I believe simple fraud case.” Bakker shook his head in dis- them. ’’ belief while a federal prosecutor Because of that, he said, “I presented arguments, as did his think we’re going to have to put Inside I daughter, Tammy Sue Chapman. him into custody.” Bakker’s wife, Tammy Faye, did At that point, Bakker’s daugh- rhe Lighter Side ............ p.3 not attend the court session. ter broke into sobs. Bill’s desire to be veddy British, Potter is nicknamed “Maxi- Bakker was put in a holding Eomplete with a graphic description on mum Bob” after his reputation cell, then taken away in a govern- how your eyeballs stick to your lids.

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