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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Commencement 1994 Vol XXVII, Number 60 .... .: . ._ ..-. - , ... -. ?If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” -Derek Bok ,1 ?I I1 page tw? THE TUFTS DAILY Commencement 1994 THETUFTS DAILY INSIDETHIS ISSUE Caroline C. Schaefer Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor: Marc Sheinkin Associate Editors: Nadya Sbaiti, David Meyers Editorial Page Editor: Michael J.W. Stickings Production Managers: Michael B. Berg, Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto TUFTS CELEBRATES ITS 138TH COMMENCEMENT NEWS Nightline anchor Ted Koppel will deliver the main address at today’s Editors: Jessica Rosenthal, John OKeefe ceremony to honor the awarding of 2,100 degrees. Vaclav Klaus, prime Assistant Editor: Gayle Berkowitz minister of the Czech Republic, will receive an honorary doctor of laws Wire Editor: Ashley Burkart degree and address Fletcher School graduates.................................. Page 3 VIEWPOINTS Editor: Rachel Levine FEATURES Editor: Jessica Ruzz Assistant Editor: Dan Tobin LIBRARY EXPANSION TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Work has already begun to clear the way for the 85,000 square-foot expansion Editors: Madhu Unnikrishnan, Megan Brenn-White, Julie Eisenstein of Wessell Arts & Sciences Library. The $21 million project will be fully WEEKENDER underway by August, and should be completed by June 1996 under the Editors: John McGuire, Christopher Stripinis guidance of Director of Operations John Roberto (left)..................... Page 5 Production Manager: Elin Dugan I- SPORTS Editors: Doug Katz, John Tomase, Jeff Geller Assistant Editor: Greg Youman, Ben Margoles PHOTOGRAPHY WHY READ WHEN YOU CAN LISTEN? Editor: Judy Easterbrook Whether it’s a disturbing trend indicative of how far we’ve fallen, or just Assistant Editors: Tara Kernohan, Matilde Pereda another modern convenience, books on tape are the latest craze. Our writer tested a few popular novels to see if the listening experience was the same as PRODUCTION sitting down and reading .................................................................. page 10 Layout Editors: Mark Lerman, Stephanie Vogel -- Graphics Editor: Wenimo Poweigha Classifieds Editors: Beth McGregor, Melanie Schneider, Katherine Winder Copy Editors: Yael Belkind Karen Altschuller, Michael Arrighi Gizern Ozkulahci LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: ENTRY LEVEL * Executive Business Director Author Dan Zevin, a veteran of eight years as an entry-level employee, spoke Business Manager: Phil Ayoub, JL McHenry Advertising Manager: Dean Gendron with the Daily about his hysterical book detailing the trials and tribulations Office Manager: Lyle Mays of finding work after graduation, post-collegiate social life, and even some Receivables Manager: Melissa Tapply tips on how to avoid the pitfalls of the real world .............................. page 11 Subscriptions Manager: Ethan Goldman The Tufts Daily is a non-profit newspaper, publishei 4ondaytJuoughFridayduringthe academicyearanddistb ted free. to the Tufts community. The Daily is entire11 tudent-run; therearenopaideditorialpositions.The Daily i: rinted at Charles River Publishing, Charlestown, MA. TheDailyislocatedatthebackentranceofCurtisHdla ‘ufts University. Our phone number is (617) 627-3090, ou IX number is (617) 627-3910, and our e-mail address i, ’[email protected] hours are 9:CH .m. - 6:00p.m., Monday through Friday, and 1:OOp.m. - 6CH .m. on Sunday. TUFTS BASEBALL WINS THE ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP The policies of The Tufts Daily are established by thi For the first time since 1989, the Jumbos are the Eastern College Athletic ditorial board. Editorials appear on this page, unsigned idividual editors are not necessarily responsible for, or ii Conference champs, thanks to three dominating performances and an 11-6 pement with, the policies andeditorialsofTh% Tufts Daily triumph over Bridgewater State in the final round. Check out our coverage, The content of letters, advertisements,signed columns moons andgraphics does notnecessarilyreflectthe opinioi including final season stats and a box score of the historic win ........p age 12 f The Tufts Daily editorial board. Letters to the Editor Policy The Tufts Daily welcomes letters from the readers. Thc :tters page is an open forum forcampus issuesandcomment bout the Daily’s coverage. Letters must include the writer’s name and a phoni umber where the writer can be reached. All letters must b crified with the writer before they can be published. DUANE FORD STEPS DOWN AS FOOTBALL COACH The deadline for letters to be considered for publicatioi I the following day’s issue is 4:OO pm. In a sudden move, football coach Duane Ford (left) has resigned to take a job Due tospacelimitations, letters shouldbe nolongertha at a New Hampshire high school. Athletic Director Rocco Carzo has named 5Owords.Anysubmissionsoverthislengthmaybeeditedb] ie Daily to be consistent with the limit. Letters should bc Bill Samko, a former Tufts assistant coach, to replace Ford. Coverage looks :companied by no more than eight signatures. back on Ford’s Tufts career and aheadto Samko’s future ................... p age 13 The editors reserve the right to edit letters for clarity I ublication of letters is not guaranteed, but subject to thi iscretion of the editors. Letters should be typed or printed from an IBM or IBM Nmpatible computer in letter-quality or near-letter-quality ode. Letters written on Macintosh computers should be ought in on disk - files should be saved in “text-only” rmat, and disks should be brought in with a copy of the tter. DiskscanbepickedupintheDailybusinessofficethe llowing day. Letters can also be sent via electronic mail to )[email protected], with allstatedregulations garding Letters to the Editor still applying. 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When writers have group affiliations or hold titles or isitions related to the topic of their letter, the Daily will note at followingthe letter.This is to provide additionalinforma- )n and is not intended to detract from the letter. TWO HOT MOVIES GET GOOD REVIEWS Classifieds Information All Tufts students must submit classifieds in person, epaid with cash or check. All classifieds must be submitted Spike Lee is back with another bittersweet film, Crooklyn, which tells the tale r 3 p.m. the day before publication. Classifieds may also be of growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Chris Stripinis offers his insights into Lee’s wght at the Information Booth at the Campus Center. All assifieds submitted by mail must be accompanied by a latest, and where it ranks among Spike’s previous efforts. Also check out The ieck. Classifieds may not be submitted over the phone. 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Commencement 1994 THE TUFTS DAILY page three NEWS University commencement will recognize graduates by JESSICA ROSENTHAL The Fletcher School of Law late-nightnews program, “themost tional and global issues that influ- Before Nightline, Koppel Daily Editorial Board and Diplomacy will award 32 indispensable news broadcast on ence our daily lives.” worked as an anchor, foreign and Over 2,100 degrees will be masterof artsdegrees, 149master television.” Koppel has been with the ABC domestic correspondent,and bu- awarded by Tufts University dur- of arts in law and diplomacy de- The half-hour weeknight network for 30 years. He is the reau chief. He was ABC News’ ing today’s Commencement cer- grees, and nine doctoral degrees. broadcast conducts in-depth re- recipient of numerous prestigious chief diplomatic correspondent emonies. This ceremony marks The Sackler School of Gradu- porting on one or more of the awards and honors, includingfive from 1971 to 1980, and for two the 138thCommencementatTufts. ateBiomedical Studieswill award major stories in the news through George Foster Peabody Awards, years beginning in 1975, he an- ABC news anchorman Ted Koppel 17 Ph.D. and two master of sci- a combination of live interviews eight duPont-Columbia Awards, chored The ABC Saturday Night will deliver the main address and, ence degrees. Additionally,