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THETUFTS DAILY (WhereYou Read It First Tuesdav, November 3,1998 Volume XXXVII, Number 37 I Trustee A&S faculty initiates program committee to make discussed voice heard in Univ. by DANIEL BARBARISI by BENJAMIN GEDAN Daily Editorial Board members, excluding all adminis- Daily Staff Writer ApackedBamumOOSplayedhost trators, staff, and students. The Tufts Community Union to the next step in increasing faculty Solomon explained why the Com- (TCU) Senate discussed the Board governance yesterday, as the Arts mittee on Committees chose to of Trustees’ failure to approve the and Sciences faculty formed an ad structure the committee in this Junior Trustees program during hoccommitteeon faculty governance fashion. Sunday’smeeting. Buffer funding and decision making. “AS of this moment, it is our issues were also debated. Stemming from events at last judgement that the members of Senate Vice President Vivek month’s meeting, when members thiscommittee be exclusively fac- Ramgopal said the Junior Trustee ofthe faculty made three proposals ulty. In my experience, if a con- program, which was formed last intended to increase their voice in stituency feels very secure, much year, was designed to have a University affairs, the committee more will be accomplished. Hav- recent alum -someone who has will now investigate methods of ing said that, I by no means wish graduated in the last five years increasing faculty governance, in- to suggest that there are irretriev- -sit on the Board of Trustees as cluding a possible faculty senate. able differences which cannot be a voting member for a two year “We see this committee as part reconciled here,” Solomon said. term. of a long process that started not The faculty also stressed that This original proposal was not last month, or last year with the they will be seeking outside input passed, however, because the Higher Education Initiative,but as and consultation in creating their trustees felt the two year term was part of a process that began years report. “The committee should too short, Ramgopal said. But he and years ago,” said history pro- seek the opinions of those outside added that although the proposal fessor Howard Solomon, chairman the faculty, although they should was not approved, it did have an ofthe Committee on Committees, ultimately come back tothis body,” effect on the administration, add- which prepared the motion to cre- said history professor Stephen ing that the Board of Trustees is ate the ad hoc committee. The Marrone. “currently looking for younger motion passed with no negative Philosophy professor Hugo trustees.” Photo by Rachel Zlotoff votes and three abstentions. Bedau, speaking on the wording During Open Forum, sopho- Fastball rocked Dewick/MacPhie on Friday night for the “This thing called shared gov- ofthe mission statement, gave his more Isaac Kuznits spoke to the fall show. ernance, and shared decision mak- reasons for keeping the committee Senate regarding Tufts’ practice ing, is a very broad issue,” exclusively faculty. “This is not a of levying fines as punishment for consider” the proposal. budget. Solomon continued. “We’re see- community-wide, or a Tufts Uni- disciplinary violations. Kuznits is In other Senatenews, Ramgopal Senator Tommy Calvert sug- ing this issue of governance as versity dialogue, this is a faculty the author of a Viewpoint in the said the Unit Advisory Board, gested that the senators wait to fine tuning some of our current dialogue, or at least I’m suggest- Daily (“Questionable Punish- which is tasked with clarifying decide on the funding until they processes, as well as reforming ing it should be,” he said. ments” 10/20) on the same sub- policies governing Office of Stu- hadmore information,but Senator some larger ideas.” Vice President for the Arts, ject. He saidthepolicyofcharging dent Activities spaces, has devel- Mike Weissmm cpposed that Thecommittee, which is tasked Sciences, and Technology Me1 people money when they break oped a new policy concerning motion, saying he was confident to report its findings at a special Bernstein said he hoped the fac- rules is something “we have here Brown and Brew. that the Senate could resolve the Arts and Sciences’ meeting on ulty would rethink their proposal at Tufts that could use some “Brown and Brew will now be issue at the current meeting. His March29, hasthreemain aims: “TO to staffthe committee solely with change.” resewable on Saturday nights for sentiments were echoed by other organize and facilitate a dialogue faculty members. Kuznits urged the Senate to groups,” Ramgopal said. senators and by the representa- on issues of governance and deci- “NO one group successfully modify the disciplinary policies In the treasury portion of the tives ofAICHE. sion-making, to identify and ana- runs, or manages, or plans this at Tufts. His argument is that the meeting, Allocations Board ALBO members, when ques- lyze the areas where changes in University by itself,” Bemstein said. current policy is unjust due to its (ALBO) recommendations for tioned by the Daily as to the current A&S governance and its “This is an exciting venture, and it varying affects on students of Hillel, Essence, and the Leonard amount of information they had role in decision making are most will work best if it’s worked on different economic back- Carmichael Society ’all passed when they voted on the pro- needed, and to explore alternative collaboratively. I have expressed grounds. without significant debate. The posed AlCHE budget, said they methods of A&S governance and someconcern thatthere will not be “Some people who were caught Re-Vet Society’s appeal for buffer did not receive sufficient infor- decision-making... which may re- academic institutional representa- violating Tufts policies receive funding of an educational trip to mation on various aspects of quire more fundamental structural tives on this committee-perhaps their fines, laugh at how inconse- a local zoo, including a meeting the AICHE budget and this was change to our rules of gover- there will be some way to increase quential they are, open their wal- with aveterinarian, passed unani- reflected in their recommenda- nance.” The committee is in- the base of the committee to more lets and putthematter behind them. mously. tion. tended to consist only of faculty adequately balance that.” Others, who may be struggling to The American Institute of afford tuition, realize that a fine Chemical Engineers(A1CHE)was affects them much more heavily,” denied their full buffer funding he said. request, however. Kuznits said the Community This school year, thegroup has Restitution Option, which allows been plagued by disorganization students to work offtheir fines, is which helped result in the late not encouraged by the Office of submission of their budget. Residential Life. “We have entirely new Kuznits said very few students leadership ...and we’re starting take the work option because they from nothing,” said AICHE Trea- are under-paid and poorly treated. surer Barbara Stutzman. He described these student work- TCU Treasurer Larry Harris ers as “slave labor”; their pay, he said that “the onus isn’t on explained, is “not even minimum [ALBO] to research each aspect wage.” ofa buffer funding request. Thus, “Any student who gets in ALBO offered only $269.50, far trouble is far betterto find ajob off below the $1 847.48 requested.” campus, and pay the school back The large cuts included the elimi- directly in cash,” he said. nation of certain AICHE activi- Kuznits suggested that the ties, such as funding foran alumni Senate support a policy which barbecue and for transportation would force students to do to national chemistry meetings. community service in lieu of a The annual Networking Manual, fine. a publication meant to aid chem- “Instead of being urged to pay istry majors in acquiring jobs af- fines, the penalty should be in tergraduation, was also eliminated time, of which everyone has an from the budget. equal amount ...the waythe policy The AICHE leadership, which isnow we learnnothing from what was made up of all new members, happened,” Kuznits said. argued for increased funding but TCU President Jack Schnirman did not seem to know about many urged the Senate to “seriously of the events in the budget, which was simply a copy of last year’s 2 THETUFTS DAILY. November 3.1998 A talk by br. John Bransford, Centennial Professor of Psychology and Education and Co-birector, Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University British au pairs WHEN COGNITION MEETS reluctant to come to US TECHNOLOGY AND CLASSROOMS : WASHINGTON-ThenumberofBritish aupairs inthe United ISSUES AND O??ORTUNI7Z€S States has plunged since the trial ofLouise Woodward, the 19-year- old British au pair convicted of killing the Mass. infant in her care, and the shortage has limited the choices of Washington-area parents seeking to hire the live-in babysitters. Thursday, November 5th Most young British women are afraid to apply for the jobs after seeing how Woodward was treated by the US legal system, officials 4:OOpm Reception outside the Cabot Auditorium at au pair agencies here and in Britain say. About4OOBritishaupairswillbe placedinjobs intheunitedstates 4:45pm Presentation in the Cabot Auditorium this year, compared with 1,500 in 1997,according to agency figures. Several US organizations are scrambling to make up the shortfall by looking for au pairs in countries where they havenever recruited, such as Russia, Bulgaria, Israel, South Africa, and Thailand. *This presentation is sponsored by the ITC (Information TechnQlogy “It’s been areal shock,”saidBillGertz, seniorvicepresidentofAu Council),the Psychology Department, the Department of Child Pair in America, the largest of the seven US agencies authorized to Development, and Academic Technologies. bring in the foreign babysitters. “We’ve tried to do pretty much anything we can do.” Gertz said the number of British au pairs recruitedbyhisagencyhasdroppedfrom800 lastyearto200thisyear.