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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Tuesday, April 12,1994 Vol XXVm, Number 48 I FOR SALE They Might Be Giants, Fishbone and others will play Spring Fling by DAVID MEYERS both headliners.” board), and Steven Bernstein Daily Editorial Board Williams added, “So is Queen (trumpet). They Might Be Giants, Latifah.” As the self-proclaimed Queen Fishbone, and Thumper will be They Might BeGiants consists of Rap, Queen Latifah brings to- performing at SpringFling on April of guitarist John Flansburgh and gether a mixture of rap, reggae, 30, according to Concert Board accordion player JohnLinnell.The rhythm and blues, and house mu- chair Randolph Williams, III. duo, from Sudbury,Massachusetts, sic. “Rap is fusing with a lot of Booking agents have also con- first made it big with their first othertypesofmusic,”Latifah said. firmed that Queen Latifah and album on the Elektra label, Flood. “I like to sing and I like to rap, so Brian Dewan have signed con- The band’s first major single, it’s only natural thatlexperiment.” tracts to play at SpringFling. How- “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” was a BothBlitz anclMusic Weekhave ever, representatives of the uni- top ten hit in the United Kingdom given rave reviews of Queen versity and Concert Board have in 1990. They are also well known Latifah’s live performances, say- not yet agreed to all the bands’ for such songs as “Particle Man” ing she “electrified the sullen as- demands and therefore have not and “Istanbul (Not semblage with a staggering in- signed the contracts. Constantinople).” your-face set” and “stung... the These bands are not yet defi- Flansburgh and Linnell are cur- audience to attention.” nitely playing because the details rently performing with Brian Queen Latifah is perhaps best separating the parties’ demands Doherty (drums and glockenspiel), known for her single “Ladies must be worked out. Tony Malmone (bass), Kurt see FLING, page 14 According to Brooke Pitts, the Hoffman (saxophone and key- associate manager of They Might Be Giants, the band is “definitely playing there [on the President’s I Lawnl.” Pitts also confirmed that Dewan will be playing astheopen- ing act for They Might Be Giants. Jackie Medlin of the William Morris Agency has confirmedthat Queen Latifah will be performing with They Might Be Giants and Photo by Judy Easterbrook Fishbone. According to Medlin, Selling cheap airfares, long distance phone calls, anything at all. these bands were booked with I Tufts through Katie O’Dair, the assistant director of Student Ac- Senate passes budget tivities.Medlin is the secretary for A* Queen Latifah’s booking agent, for the ne1 ycf -fiscal the fall concert was by GAYLE BERKOWITZ Daily Editorial Board The majority of the final meet- ing of the present Tufts Commu- nity Union Senate on Sunday was devoted to discussing and ulti- mately voting on the proposed 1995fiscal year budgets for TCU- recognized organizations. The budget summary, which was prepared by TCU Treasurer U David Brinker, Assistant Treasurer perwork but we were never- told David Breakstone, Comptroller about the problem. It has been David Backman, and the TCU noted bv the Treasurer that we holds rallv to support custodians U Senate AllocationsBoard, is based were on time with everything and by LISA PJ?EFFER employed by theuniversity11 Clean- . and vacation benefits. [Theunion’s on an estimated 5.1 percent in- that we should have gotten money,” Daily Staff Writer ing Company (UNICCO), a cus- benefits] are not at as high a level crease from last year’s budget. Cupala said. The Tufts Coalition for Fair todial contractor. as provided by the university. It is Total proposed allocations, in- He added, “This was a gross Employment staged a march and This change would result in adifferentpackage,”Robertosaid. cluding buffer funding of $38,000, waste of everyone’s time and rally yesterday in support of cus- “severe pay cuts and drops in ben- Currently, employees of Tufts for approximately 100 student money. It is unacceptable that this todial workers whose jobs are efib,” according to a press release can send one child to Tufts for free groups were $642,400. kind of thing is going on with the threatened by possible subcon- written by Tufts Coalition for Fair and another chiId for half-price, Due to lackof recognition from TCUJ.” tracting agreements. Employment memberDeanRoyer. Royer said. Workers would lose the TCU Judiciary, budgets for Dan Weiner, chair of the TCUJ, Some 150 students, faculty, Tufts Vice Presiclent of Opera- this benefit if employed by National Society of Black Engi- responded that From Abroad has staff, and family members of cus- tions John Roberto said in an in- UNICCO, he said. neers, Jewish Culture Society, been recognized for two years, todians rallied in front of Ballou terview that the workers’ benefits Nancy Santos,daughter ofjani- From Abroad, and the Pan-Hel- and was derecognizedrecentlydue and marched on the residential offered by Tufts and UNICCO are tor Tony Santos, said subcontract- lenic Society were removed from to its failure to submit paperwork. and academic quads. Many of the different. “Benefits are provided ing may change her college plans. fiscal 1995 allocations. “Two mailings were sent out to participants voiced their opinions by the union. They are similar “My father has workedat Tufts for A representative of From all organizations notifying them to through the open microphone. benefits, but not as rich as the the past 22 years and what Tufts is Abroad, Shiraz Cupala, attended submit this year. An effort was “The main function of this [university’s benefits]. The union the meeting on Sunday to make a made to [contact From Abroad], event is to educate and inform the provides health, dental, uension see RALLY, page 13 statement announcing that his or- but we never heard from them,” people who don’t know how this ganization was not properly in- Weiner said. affects us,” student member of the Brinker told Cupala that pend- Tufts Coalition for Fair Employ- ing official rerecognition, the ment Ken Archer said. I Inside I group will be eligible for buffer “Once the administration of Features ............................. 5 funding in the fall of 1994. The any institution treats individuals The Boston Aquarium is still fun, same holds true for the other three as a group, then they look at them even if you’re. only watching kids, plus groups in this category. as figures. Then they put them into doodle space and a photo challenge. According toBackman, 13new one large figure trying to get them organizationshave submittedbud- down into one small figure,” Ar- A&E.................................. p. 7 gets for 1995. Three groups, in- cher said. “We forget about the Three big album reviews in this cluding the Crafts Center, Ears for people involved when the institu- Spring Music Update: Ozric Tentacles, Peers, and Pi Sigma Alpha were tion starts to look at people in this All, and Henry Rollins. rerecognized and have been in- way. When will they start to look cluded in this year’s budget. at everything this way, even stu- sports................................ p. 9 As aresult, Backman indicated, dents?’ he said. Baseball’s Zach Soolman comes oh- “about 25 percent of old groups Participants protested the ad- so-close to a no-no, this week in the applying for budgets again took ministrative proposal that would rnoro IJY iara erno on an MA, and Marc on publicity stunts. see SENATE, page 11 terminate custodians as Tufts em- Students held a rally yesterday to support Tufts custodians. ployees and result in their being page two THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, April 12,1994 THETUFTS DAILY American F-18s bomb Serbians in Bosnia Caroline C. Schaefer SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina(AP) Gorazde official Esad Ohranovic said Serb ernment of making up the Serb attacks to Editor-in-Chief -- U.S. bombs destroyed a tank and struck attacks intensified after the NATO air raid. provoke intervention. several personnel carriers outside the be- “The city is literally burning,” said Momcilo Krajisnik, the speaker of the Managing Editor: Marc Sheinkin sieged Muslim enclave of Gorazde on Ohranovic. self-appointed Bosnian Serb parliament, Associate Editors: Nadya Sbaiti, David Meyers Monday in NATO’s second air strike on Lyndall Sachs, a spokeswoman for the said the Serbs would not withdraw from Editorial Page Editor: Michael J.W. Stickings Production Managers: Michael B. Berg, Bosnian Serb positions in’two days. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Gorazde. Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto After two F- 18 warplanes based in Belgrade, reported “indiscriminate shell- “Our goal is military defeat of the Mus- Aviano, Italy, ended their bombing mis- ing” of Gorazde. She said a shell landed lims,” Bosnian Serb leader Radovan NEWS sion, the Serbs responded with renewed close to UNHCR offices in Gorazde, blow- Karadzic said in an interview on Bosnian Editors: Jessica Rosenthal, John O’Keefe fury, firing a barrage of artillery shells on ing out all the windows. There were no Assistant Editor: Gayle Berkowitz Serb TV.“I am convinced that there will be Wire Editor: Ashley Burkart Muslims holed up in the battered town 35 casualties. escalations. If it comes to (an) escalation miles southeast of Sarajevo.Later, the Serb The Serb fire later decreased, then we can shoot down planes.” “If this contin- VIEWPOINTS attacks were reported to have stopped. stopped around 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT), van ues, we will be forced to answer in the Editor: Rachel Levine But Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Bunnen said. manner an army should,” he said. FEATURES Karadzicindicated Monday that if air strikes Doctors Without Borders reported seri- NATO Secretary-General Manfred Editor: Jessica Ruzz continue, the Serbs could “shoot down ous overcrowding and shortages in Gorazde Woeiner warned the Bosnian Serbs against Assistant Editor: Dan Tobin planes.” The Serbs have denied assaulting hospital.