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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Wednesday, February 16,1994 Vol XXVIII, Number 16 I IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR FLOWERS Protesters gather in President’s office with investment demands by KATHY POLIAS “Requests don’t work,” said Nelson Gifford not be allowed to Contributing Writer Collective member Alison Young. be present during the discussion Yesterday a procession of 12 “It takes a very long time for them or vote on Hydro-Quebec. Watershed Collective members to go through the bureaucratic pro- Collectivemembersdiscovered marched into President John cess. Maybe if we make some de- recently that Gifford is on the DiBiaggio’s offce, insisting that man&, DiBiaggio will finally do Board of Directors of Boston he reply to a list of demands re- something about what is going on.” Edison, which has contracts with garding Tufts’ investment in the Collective members claim that Hydro-Quebec.According to Col- Hydro-Quebec Corporation. members of the Tufts community lective members, Gifford failed to The Watershed Collective is a are not being given a fair say in acknowledge this conflict of inter- social action group that was formed university practices and that they est and has therefore undermined last semester to protect campus are being lied to by the administra- the objectivity of the Board. democracy and to question prac- tion. Collective member Dan tices that violate university val- One demand made in the letter Deocampo labeled the process ues. The Hydro-Quebeccampaign to President DiBiaggio was for through which this issue has been has been its major focus. DiBiaggio to “invite input from handled as “dirty back door poli- According to Collective mem- Native [~merica]members of the tics.” He expressed the determina- bers, closed-door power politics Tufts Community, current or tion of Collective members in as- have been practiced by the Board alumni, and representatives from suring that these unfair practices of Trustees and the President’s ad affected indigenous peoples, to be are discontinued. hoc committee in dealing with the presented at the trustee forum on trusteessaidthattheY Hydro-Quebec investment issue. Wednesday, Feb. 16, and to invite would annOUnCe their decision on Angered by these practices, Col- such input to be presented to the the investmentPolicy on Feb. 26, lective members presented a letter Board of Trustees at date CokCtiVe members demanded in to President DiBiaggio address- prior to the Feb. 26 meeting.” ne the letter a public written state- ing their grievances and stating Board of Trustees have agreed to see PROTEST, page 2 several demands for change. They announce their decision on the in- demanded that President vestment issue on Feb. 26. DiBiaggio respond to their letter The letter noted that DiBiaggio by 2:30 p.m. today. had the opportunity to appoint a Collective members explained Native American member to the that their actioh was prompted by Photo by Tam Kemohan ad hoc committee to replace a IFor all you romantics, every day isvalentine’s day; so buy a rose. recent discoveries of closed meet- member who recently withdrew, ings with Quebec officials on Jan. but DiBiaggio failed to do so. The 11 and Feb. 2. These meetings Watershed Collectivebelieves it’s occurred after PresidentDiBiaggio an aberration that a university Bernstein comments on promised that all meetings would which values racial and ethnic di- be open forums to the Tufts com- versity would allow a group that is recent university issues munity. directly affected by Tufts invest- Members of the group have LA&J dean, and the humanities, ment policies to lack representa- by CAROLINE SCHAEFER criticized DiBiaggio for refusing tion on the very committee that is Daily Editorial Board natural science, and math depart- to take a side on the issue and for Academic Vice President ments reporting to the other LA&J reviewing those policies. not exercising strong leadership in To further address the issue of Melvin Bernstein discussed yes- dean. overseeing the proceedings of the terday the status of the plans to Similarly, the second option bias in committees reviewing the Board of Trustees and ad hoc com- Hydro-Quebec issue, the letter reorganize the administrative suggests that the humanities and mittee meetings. structure of Arts and Sciences, as arts departments report to one demanded that Trustee Chair well as his expectations for the LA&J dean, while the sciences, Feb. 26 Board of Trustees meet- social sciences and mathematics Tufts launches rape prevention ing. departments report to another. Ei- At Monday’s Liberal Arts and ther way, the arts and sciences Jackson faculty meeting, Bernstein departments would experience an and self-defense training course outlined two different proposals implicit separation. U by JOHN O’KEEFE cal training, including drills in foil- situations in which they may be- for future administrative structure, At Monday’s meeting some Daily Editorial Board ing an attacker, is supervised by come victims. “We were taught both of which suggest the appoint- faculty expressed that they would Tufts University’s Department one of six Tufts police officers not paranoia, but awareness,” said ment of one dean for the College oppose this separation of the arts of Public Safety is initiating a new certified to teach the RAD pro- Marie Waller, a secretary in the of Engineering and two deans for and sciences, arguing that the fac- rape prevention and defense train- gram. Dean of Students office and a par- the College of Liberal Arts and ulty wouldbepreventedfromcom- ing program in an effort to teach “It’s a great program, and I’m ticipant in the RAD pilot program. Jackson. ing together as a community. women to protect themselves certain I’m going to support it for If all else fails, RAD teaches “The proposal suggests a new Bernsteinrespondedto this sen- against would-be attackers. The everyone,” said Peggy Barrett, women to be in control, to fight form which would really intend to timent, saying that “community is program, which will begin on Feb. director of women’s studies at back, to make the commitment to provide the College of Liberal Arts an Art and Sciences commitment.” 26, is open to all faculty, students, Tufts, who participated in a pilot survive, or to make “the decision with an administrative structure “It is my belief that the faculty and staff. RAD program last semester along to resist,” said Tufts police Sgt. where more people would be able would remain working closely to- The Rape Aggression Defense with more than a dozen female Linda O’Brien, RAD program to work together to deal with the gether,” Bernstein said, though he (RAD) program, which was de- professors and staff members. “I coordinator. broad set of issues that is Arts and added that it “would require acom- veloped ten years ago in Virginia want to advertise and promote this What RAD does not do is en- Sciences,” Bernstein said. “This mitment on the part of the faculty by a law enforcement official as much as possible,” she said. courage women to use guns, model recognizes thatLiberal Arts to working toward shared goals.” skilled in self-defense techniques, At the core of RAD training is knives, or mace because, in at- and Jackson is such a large part of If either of these proposals are has been offered at colleges and the Program’s objective: ‘‘TO de- tacks, many assailants typically Arts and Sciences.” put into effect, the structureswould universities throughout the south. VeloP and enhance options of self- grab the weapon and use it on the The fist proposal advises hav- feature two administrators replac- Tufts is one of the first univer- defense so that they may become victim, King said. However, ing the arts and social sciences ing the vacant position left by out- sities in the northeast to offer RAD more viable considerations to the “women shoulddefendthemselves month that both Feinleiband Dean safety, who saw the program dem- Inside p.J of the College of Engineering I onstrated during a conference of - CENTA to sponsor= three seminars. Features ........................... Fredrick Nelson had simulta- campus law enforcement officials I There’s an Olympic-oriented state- neously elected to vacate their The first of three seminars on “Diversity and Excellence” will be in North Carolina. held on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the large ment from Ms. Ruzz, and teach your posts at the end of the academic The addition of the RAD pro- children, or at least your friends. year. conference room of the Campus Center. gram to Public Safety’s informa- Sponsored jointly by the Center for Teaching and Advising Since Feinleib’s resignation tional offerings fits in with the A&E................................... P. 5 announcement last month, many (CENTA) and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission department’s ongoing commit- (EEOC), the sessions will use videotapes to generate discussion. Alice in Chains is back on the scene, faculty and students have specu- ment to provide awareness and Beyond Id represses, the Oscars are loom- lated that her decision to step down Psychologist John F. Dovidio of Colgate University will be featured ing and Batman looks for a pal. education programs to students, in today’s tape. His topic involves “Unconscious Biases.” was not her own. However, faculty, and staff on Tufts’ cam- Bernstein refuted this argument Facilitators will be Anita Howard, Director of the African-Ameri- puses in Medford/Somerville, can Center, and Professor Saul Slapikoff from American Studies and Spor.................................. P. 7 yesterday, saying that it was clearly Boston, and Grafton, King said. While the women’s basketball team Biology. The seminar will be open to all those who teach at Tufts, as “her decision.” The 12-hour course which con- has some trouble, a senior is honored “She has said, as I have said, well as to any interested students.

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