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THE TUFTSDAILY , E.reYou Read It First Wednesday, Marchl5,2000 Volume XL, Number 36 1 Theta Chi pledge injured in altercation at cannon byJJ3REMY WANGIVERSON tion he can pursue. Daily Editorial Board “It may bethatthe ThetaChi pledge has an individual A Theta Chi pledge’s nose was broken by a Tufts complaintagainsttheSigEpbrother,withouttheinvolve- junior wielding a paint can after a verbal altercation ment ofthe fraternities,”Acting Dean of Students Bruce escalated into a physical fight at the cannon. The Reitman wrote in an e-mail tothe Daily. “Ifthe response fight occured just before 6 a.m. last Friday morning, implicates a fi-aternity, the case would go to the Inter- accordingto the Tufts University Police Department Greek Council (1GC)judiciary instead.” (TUPD), who forwarded the case to the Dean of If the pledge chooses to file a complaint against the Students office after the freshman pledge decided individual,the junior could receive a punishment ranging not to press criminal charges at the scene. from a semester-long suspension to expulsion, should The Theta Chi pledges were guarding the cannon the attack be considered assault with a deadly weapon as partofa pledgeactivity when the incident occurred. resultinginphysicalharm,accordingtotheTuftsStudent . Whilethejunior,who is amemberofSigmaPhi Epsilon Disciplinary System booklet. (Sig Ep) and was accompanied by his twin brother, Sig Ep President Eric Feigenbaum and Theta Chi WhoattendsBentley College, andafieshmanpledging President Matt Pawloski both agreed that the incident Sig Ep the three had no intentions of painting the was not an inter-fraternity conflict. cannon for Sig Ep and were acting completely inde- “We feel really bad. Wedon’t denythatthebrother’s Photo by JacOO Smemerg pendently of the fraternity. act was pretty stupid, but it was independent of Sig Ep,” Theta Chi pledges were guarding the cannon last Thursday “It was not intentional whatsoever,” the junior said, Feigenbaum emphasized. night. An altercation ensued when three students approached referring to the pledge’s injury. “One person’s actions can reflectthe house-that’s with paint. A freshman pledge’s nose was broken by a flailing The Theta Chi pledge, who had no official comment not what we want. This person’s actions reflect nothing paint can. on the incident, has spoken with the administration, the house stands for, nor was it a fraternity event,” which outlined the different courses of disciplinary ac- Feigenbaum said.

Community discussion will take place in early April to plan program choosessuppa whatevertotake. “It’stotallvuDto action .,the~pledge him by BENJAMIN GEDAN posium, Teichman has coordi- -he got hit, I didn’t.’’ Daily Editorial Board nated with representatives of the This is the second fraternity-re- The Education for Public In- United Nations World Summit to lated conflict at the cannon over the quiry and International Citizenship be held in South Africa next year. last two years. Last March, a group (EPIIC:) program is planning to He plans to send a delegation of ofAlpha Phi pledges were attacked tackle the topic ofraceandethnicity Tufts students to the international by overadozenZetaPsi brothersand in a full-year course and campus discussion to continuetheir learn- pledges. The pledges were pelted symposium next year. If the an- ing process. with eggs, vinegar, and paint as the nouncement and posters adver- All parties involved acknowl- fraternity sought to “take” the can- tisingtqecourse seem familiar,that edge the controversial and poten- non hmthesorority.Nocomplaints is because EPIIC initially planned tially divisive nature of a public were filed,thoughthe IGC passedan to study the theme during this discussion ofrace. Teichman said agreement strictly prohibiting such academic year, and got as far as the the planning process will be “to- altercations at the anon. Reitman annual community discussion tally inclusionary,” and all faculty said this recent incident will reopen before student and faculty con- and student input will be welcome. discussion of the Greek system’s cerns caused EPIIC Director Lecturer Steve Cohen is one of cannon-painting tradition. Shzrman Teichman to postpone the faculty members involved in “The Committee on Fraternities the topic. This year’b EPIIC sym- planning next year’s course. Photo by Jacob Silberberg and Sororitieswill betaking alookat posiurn on Global Sports, Poli- Through his teaching of educa- Sherman Teichman, Director of EPIIC, and EPIIC alumna what happens at the cannon during tics & Society, concluded last tion, Cohen is experienced in deal- Arum Han. pledge period, since this is the sec- month. ing with issues ofrace in the class- ond year in a row there has been an Only preliminary preparations room. When the head of the African protestors. At Ballou, demands incident,’’ Reitman said. lhoughthere have been made for next year’s “I have found that not talking American Center, Todd that increased administrative at- isaconsensusamongthe fraternities program; there will not be any con- about race when looking at [edu- McFadden, announced his deci- tention and money be directed that the incident was not a fraternity firmed symposium speakers nor a cation] topics is just not dealing sion to leave the University under toward issues of diversity at Tufts conflict,theadministrationsaid itwill curriculum outline for several with the real issues,’’ Cohen said. less-than-pleasant circumstances, were enumerated in an official investigate whetherthis was a viola- months. Possible themes include “My experiencehas been that ma- the Pan African Alliance (PAA) document and presented to Vice tionofthe IGCagreementoncannon issues involving race and the pe- terials thatprovoke andget people launched a widely attended march President of Arts, Sciences, and law: The IGC has asked all Greek nal system, literature exploring really thinking have been very ef- on Ballou hall. Gravestones bear- Technology Me1 Bemstein in the institutions to refrain fiom painting identiiy and culture, and socio- fective.” ing the names of departed black the cannon pending further review economic divisions in countries Students in Cohen’s introduc- faculty members were carried by see EPIIC, page 14 of the situation. throughout the world. The pro- tory level education course read a gram will maintain its usual global book entitled “Why are all the perspective. “We’re not looking black kids sitting topher in t!e Fines put towards financial aid at race at Tufts,” Teichman said. cafeteria?” The topic engenders by ILEhd STEIN so. “That s not our concern.” passionate and thoughtful re- Daily Editorial Board Although exceptions are rare, the fine is waived Teichman has contacted admin- sponses, Cohen said, and “really Absentminded Tufts students who misplace in some circumstances. “For the most part, cashiers are istrators at the University of Mas- [makes] alotofpeoplethinkabout their identification cards are well aware ofthe $5 given leeway [to decide what is fair],” Lee said. For sachusetts to invite them to par- a subject that isn’t often spoken fine that Dining Services charg.: them to gain example, if a student’s card is stolen and her or she has tiupale in the program, but that about.” access to the not had the opportunity to go to the police station to planis 1ikewiseunconfirmed.Nev- Despite the early involvement dining halls with- replace it,the finecan sometimesbewaived. While few erthekss, Teichman said he is con- of Cohen and other associated out their card. Tufts students are enthusiastic about paying fines, fident that the race and ethnicity faculty, there is no guarantee that What many of many were lesscritical ofthe policy discoveringthatthe topic will survive April’scommu- certain members oftheTufts com- these students are not aware of is that Dining money goes to a good cause. nity discussion and any after- munity will be more receptive to Services is donating that money to the Senior “I havenoproblem withbeingfined$5, ifthat$S goes shocks it creates. Thus far, there the proposal than they were one Fund, a division of financial aid. towards somethingpsitive,”sophomoreCraigRemillard have been only positive re- year ago. At that time, race was a According to Dining Services Director Patti said. spons’ss, Teichman said, speak- hot topic on campus. A debate Lee, the fine has been a longstanding policy of Freshman Alison Clarkeagreed with Remillard, but ingmoreaboutthemaximumnum- over the declining percentage of Dining Services. Historically, the yearly revenue still had qualms about paying the fine. “I don’t think we ber of student participants than of black students matriculating at from the fines, which usually lies between $1,000 should get fined for not having our IDS,but if we have possible dissenters. Tufts filled the pages of student to $1,500, has been given to the HUGS fund, an to be fined,then that’sagood place forthemoneytogo,” “I think we’ll be able to create a papers and dominated campus emergency fund for undergraduate students. Clarke said. Some students find the entire concept of topic which is persistently in the dialogue. Prominent black speak- However, when HUGS was disbanded, Dining allocating fines towards financial aid a little unsettling. news and -- ___ __. ers were Services was forced to reallocate the money. “Ithinkthat, ifwehavetobe fined,thenthat’sagood is The move to postpone the brought to Other past uses of the combined fines include place for the money to go- but there are a lot ofpeople pelling,” campus, musical entertainment and equipment for spe- who are on financial aid, and don’t have the money to topic was “our decision . . . Teichnan ;rii 1 U d I iip cialty cuitGre nigh.; in t+ dining halls, which pay, so if you fme them, then you are fining the people said. EttItirely,” Teichrnan said. Harvard were sponsored by various clubs on the Tufts who arereceivingthe money,” freshman Benjamin Lee “ T h e r e “We felt we needed a Professor campus. said. are going coo Iing -off period.” , Cornell “We aren’t doing this because we need the Patti Lee stressed that due to changes in the meal to bemore 8 West and :noney,” Lee said. “It’s meant as a deterrent, not plan in the coming year and the unlimited access that - - .____I.II_ _.._ - _- - - PC ,plsin- president as i penalization.” Lee further XLplained that fieshman will be granted to dining halls, the sum ofthe volved than ever.’’ of the National Association for many students simply forget their cards and do cumulated fines willdrop. Regardlessofthetotal amount, In iiddition to preparations for the Advancement of Colored not want to go back to their rooms to get them, however, thereareno plans to discontinue the policy the T~iftscourse and spring sym- People,Kweisi Mfume. and that the fine usually encourages them to do of donating the money towards financial aid. ,, ,,/I I , >I, ...... ,...... , .,,,...... ,,, .,,.. .,...... , . .,,, ... ;. . . .. 2 THE DAILY* March 15,2000

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FDA warns >arty cloudy, breezy, and mild Partly cloudy, cool Increasingclouds, warm manufacturers on SIDS High: 60 Low: 44 High: 65 Temperatures will continue to moderate today, with highs approaching 60. Our mild spell will peak tomorrow with highs in the middle 60s, before a strong cold front sends claims temperatures plummeting during Friday. The cold front will bring a considerable amount WASHINGTON -The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of rain with it on Thursday night and Friday, and it may even end up as some wet snow Tuesday issued a letter to 30 manufacturers of infant products, as the colder air filters in. I know that yesterday I criticized the atmosphere for being in alerting them that some oftheir goods may be subject to governmeni a boring phase, and that criticism still stands. The polar vortex (just think of it as an oversight if they claim they help reduce the risk of sudden infant area of cold air that spins around over a given area) is going to retreat all the way back death syndrome (SIDS). Overthe past few years, agrowing numberofproducts have been to the arctic circle, thereby eliminating the potential for a snow event, or even a major appearing on store shelves, in catalogues, and on the Internet with storm for that matter, around these parts during the next week or so. I am working on such marketing claims as: “Reduce the risk of SIDS,” and “Help the forecast for spring break destinations. If you would like me to include your vacation prevent SIDS” and “added safety and protection against SIDS.” spot let me know at afreedmaaemerald. Have an awesome day! The FDA said ifmanufacturers continueto make these claims, the - Weather forecast bv Dailv Editor Andrew Freedman products will be considered medical devices that cannot be legally marketed without prior agency review. And to meet FDA approval such claims must be backed up by independent data showing tht product “is safe and effective” for reducing the risk of SIDS. Wednesday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission wil announce it has stopped the sale of four products - mesh mat. tresses and covers and foam or vinyl mattress‘pads- becaux their marketing materials suggest that it is safe to put a baby to sleep or On Sale This Week their stomachs. While the cause of SIDS is far from certain, medical experts saj the best way to reduce the risk is to place a baby to sleep on its back on a firm mattress with no objects in the crib. Data have shown thai the risk increases when babies are put to sleep on their stomachs Dispute threatens broadcast station’s use on cable NEW YORK-Here’s an April Fool’sjoke:YouareaTime Warner :able subscriber and on April 1, you turn on the New York affiliate )f ABC to see... nothing. Just a blank screen. The only problem: This may not be a joke. Disney and Time Warner are in the midst of acrimonious nego- iations over the carriage of the ABC affiliate’s signal on the Time 36 Namer New York City cable systems, serving some 1. I million * ,ubscribers in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. But thc iiLgati4- Order at the Info Booth ions recently took a turn for the worse and one high-level source 0 amiliar with the discussions said Tuesday that there is a “50/50 ... :hance”that the ABC affiliate may pull its signal on March 3 1. inthecampcenter How strained are relations between the companies? Observers I“yt, /” toggest that they are at the breaking point. Two seiiior ABC mxecutives were ejected from a negotiating session at Time Warner :able headquarters in Stamford, Conn., last Thursday. Time Warner’s DP spokesman says both were junior executives without the uthority to hammer out a deal. However, Julie Hoover, ABC’s chief spokeswoman, Tuesday aid “these were people that they had negotiated with for weeks and reeks; theyjust decidedto kickthem out. It wasunprecedentedand, In a personal level, extremely rude.” Gore, Bush spar on tax . cuts, experience

MIAMI - On the eve of securing their respective parties’ residential nominations, Vice President AI Gore and Tex- SOV. ieorge W. Bush Monday resumed their verbal rat-tat-tat over health are, tax cuts and government experience. The vice president said Bush’s $1.8 trillion, IO-year tax cut is scally irresponsible and leaves no money for Social Security, fledicare,education, the environment and crime-fightiug. “If you mk at Governor B?Is~’seconomic proposal it makes you wonder, { Drop off your suggestions in the Info Booth oes Governor Bush have the experience to be president?’ Gore e Winner receives a free 1999-2000 yearbook! sked during a visit to Jackson Memorial Medical Center here. In iore’s analysis, Bush crafted his tax cut with wealthy “special iterest” donors in mind. While Gore was building the case that Bush’s unprecedented $73 iillion in campaign fhnds raised was tied to flawed policy, the Texas overnor was portraying the vice president as a vote-hungry lashington insider. “His attitude is, if I haven’t lived all my adult Fe in Washington, Ican’tbepresident,”BushsaidinavisittoGrace ing High School outside New Orleans, the Associated Press :ported. “The good news is what people want is something ifferent from Washington, D.C.”

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Getting ‘Closer to Robvn Gittleman connects Fine’ at college Tufts to the past and future. Cutting class to stand in the 70 degree weather of last Thursday, cool breeze on my face, inhaling campus through my skin, I decidedthat the Gittleman,remains a figure for students and women Indigo Girls should be required listening for all college students; Closer byKIMFoX ofGittleman’s lifedecisions, which certain hours each day. to Fine being an absolutely man- Daily Editorial Board were far from traditional. While Looking back, Gittleman sees datory song that, oddly, has often Too often, Robyn Gittleman is Gittleman did live part ofher life in her hectic schedule as well worth served to guide me. referred to as just the Provost’s a typical way, she eventually theeffort. “I thinkthatmy children VElDon’t laugh. The greatest con- wife. However, this isagravemis- strayed from typically female ven- saw me as a role model.” This is tribution to date offeminist move- ues like the home. “I never did evident in how her oldest daugh- ments has been the introduction Faculty Profile anything chapter by chapter. I did ter raised her own child without ofthe “crooked line” into our way not live my life by the textbook,” staying at home, refusing to re- of thinking. As the song says, representation ofher identity. Not she said. -1, :, nounce her career aspirations. “there’s more than one answer to only is Gittleman the Dean of the Before her children were com- Becauseofherown experiences these questions, pointing me in a Experimental College, amajor ad- pletely grown, she decided that and their significance, Gittleman crooked line. And the less I search vocate for student interests and she didn’t want to stay at home finds it difficult to understand how my source for some definitive, concerns, and a knowledgeable any longer. After ayear in Europe women today can not choose to closer I am to fine.” campus personality, but she is also with her husband and three chil- be trailblazers as she was. “What We walk that crooked line all a fascinating woman who once dren, “it was time to go back,” she isdisappointingtomeasawoman along - we just have to realize grappled with the clash between said. With plenty of goals to ful- is that many women whoaregradu- that those definitives don’t exist, career and family during the rise of fill, the time seemed right. While atingnow are forgetting how hard although so much of society tells the feminist movement. she enjoyed watching her hus- it was,” she said. She encourages us otherwise. Our parents prob- Looking around Gittleman’s band flourish so quickly in all women and men to be leaders ably instilled “study hard to suc- office, it’s obvious that she has a academia, she was ready for some and not to follow the general gra- ceed” values in us from day one, vested interest in women’s issues. ofher own life aspirations to come dient. which brought us up to this hal- A colorful array ofpins isarranged to fruition. On campus, she hopes that stu- lowed hill in Medford. Some of us stick to that pattern here, studying in a jumble on the bulletin board Going back to work after her dents will take her advice to heart hard and working to get that degree to get that job to get wealth and behind herdesk. Words like“equa1 hiatus was not such as easy task. and apply their leadership skills. prosperity and security to get happiness - the path seems so clear, rights” and “pro-choice”stand out. She had trouble finding all-day She thinks that the Tufts adminis- doesn’t it? Gittleman’s self-describedopin- childcare, a problem that plagued tration is extremely receptive to Bullshit. ionated and vocal nature served most women at the time. Busi- students. “What this University “Darknesshas hunger that’s insatiable, and lightness has a call that’s her well during the ‘60s and ‘70s nesses, organizations, universities offers students is extremely spe- hard to hear.” One ofthe best and worst lessons college taught me was when women were in the midst of -you name it -all offered very cial,” she said. “[The administra- how much “success” depends not just upon effort but connections, fighting the powers that be to little support forwomen who were tion] is open to having a real dia- dumb luck, and being in the right place at the right time... andjust when obtain a life outside of domestic- trying to hold careers both in and logue.” Thus, she suggests that do you declare “success,” anyway? When are you secure enough to ity. With a background in educa- outside of the home. Gittleman ifstudents are looking for change, stop tIying to make everything balance? When do you get to be happy? tion, Gittleman spent most of the recalls how complicated it was to it’s as easy as mustering some Is that the job of relationships? Have you ever been able to follow early part ofher married life work- plan a schedule around the hours leadership and initiative. a“Step A, Step B, Step C, Success!”path to winning thatperson ofyour ing in a lab school in Michigan. “I that Tufts’ day care offered its The faculty, she said, is inter- dreams? Is there such aguide for staying happy once you’re with them? was doing alternative education,” services. She was constantly zip- ested in the students. “[Faculty Linear models, five-year plans, syllabi, study strategies, investment she said. ping around picking up kids from members] would like to have more strategies- where do they get us? Further along, yes, but further along The word ‘alternative’ is one Eliot Pearson at odd times because to where? that helps us understand the rest the nursery school was only open see GITTLEMAN,page 16 Pick a college, pick a major, pick a grad school, pick a job, pick a retireinent plan. We chase this endless goal receding in the distance that we’re told is there, programmed to follow without question- it sounds Come on shake your body, baby, almost like fundamentalistreligion, which is odd becausereligion seeks topickupthe slack forwhenwe 1osethat“whereandwhy.” But formost of us, religion has too many of its own elements that don’t make sense. do that samba:-Carnaval 2000 So maybe we don’t need sense. “I wrap my fear around me like a blanket/ I sailed my ship of safety Carnaval history and happenings in the Boston area till I sank it.” by NICOLE BACCHUS and go nuts. The normal social order is turned upside At some point, we all question it, and the longer we stay in academia, Contributing Writer down and mocked, and anything goes. As Carnaval the scloner that point is. “Where the hell am I headed, why do I need to It’s that time of year again - hearts are beating evolved, it retained someofthecharacteristicsofthe ge. there so fast?” Everyone has a breaking point where their confi- fasw, smiles and laughter are abundant, and swing- ancient celebrations, such as the use of masks and dencc: shakes, and we suddenlyfeel cast adrift at sea. The “crooked line” ing hips all over Brazil are shaking to a Samba beat. the time of year -generally February -but started feminism tosses us is this: maybe there ISN’Tsomething that will make That time ofyear when all of Brazil loses sleep for a losing its orgiastic features. It remains as an impor- it make sense. Maybe the whole idea ofA + B = C is an illusion. Maybe week straight and parties hard enough to put our tant societal safety valve, a time to vent pent-up life is much more complex and directionless than millennia of male drunken American frat boys to shame. This is the time frustrations. philosophershave ledus to believe, andmaybe, just maybe, wecan take ofcamaval, Brazil’smostpopularandmostthrilling With Brazil’sdiversecultureandpeople,Carnaval joy in that as well as fear. holiday, and once again it’s coming to Boston. The is a celebration for everyone. The African, Carib- “And the best thing you’ve ever done for me/ is to help me take my biggest organized Carnaval party in Boston will be bean, Portuguese, and native roots emerge in the life less seriously/ it’s only life after all.” heldattheRoxy(279TremontSt)thisThursday, Mar. music, dance, and food of this enraptured holiday. This isn’t an call to party away college, because that doesn’t always 16,9:30p.cn. to2 a.m. There will be agreatten-piece It’s a time to forget or recall an old love affair, to helpmuch: samba band, so put on your dancing shoes, shake celebrate a new passion, or search for new romantic “I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m./To seek solace in a bottle or possibly that bum bum, and start your spring break early. experiences. It’s alsoa time to protest against corrupt afriendl1 wokeupwith aheadachelikemyheadagainstaboardl Twice Every year, seven weeks before Easter, Brazil just politicians, to complain about poverty and give cre- as cloudy as I’d been the night beforel And I went in seeking clarity.” stops. It is Carnaval time. For four days, from Satur- ative suggestionsto turn the country into a fair place In the safety of academia, we can either ponder and examine our day through Tuesday, Brazilians party nonstop. It to live in. However, a good mood remains the spice wom es, or try and drink them away, but an excess of either practice leads has been said that the year does not start for Brazil- of it all. to our death. Especially the pondering. Where academic feminism has ians until Carnaval is over. These festivities were The biggest celebration of Carnaval is in Rio De gone awry, I believe, is its descent away from life, into esoteric philoso- introduced in Brazil as enrrudo, a Portuguese cel- Janeiro. Rio’s carnaval has achieved the status of a phy addeconstruction. Questioning society and thought can become ebration in which people would throw mud and water wonder ofthe world. The formercapital ofthe Repub- just one more game with stressful rules: at one another and prance around in the streets. It has lic turnsitselfintoalandofmagicandbeautyfor four “I went to see the doctor of philosophy/ With a poster of Rasputin evolved into an overwhelming experience, with daz- days. Sumptuous balls and street celebrations over- and EL beard down to his knees/ He never did marry or see a B-grade zling floats, outlandish costumes, and thousands of whelm thecity. Atthe“sambddromo,”ontheMarquQ m. vie/ He graded my performance he said he could see through me/ 1 dancers. de Sapucai Ave., crowds gather to watch or take part spcnl. four years prostrate to the higher mindl Got my paper and I was Carnaval isapre-Lentcelebration(1ikeMardiGras of the fabulous samba schools parade. free’’ in New Orleans) with roots in pre-Christian festivities Samba, often eonsidered the dance of Brazil, is Academia binds us as often as it frees us. Rules and endpoints may held by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and others. practically the theme of Carnaval. Unlike within not exist. What do we do with all that? Around the sixth century B.C., the Greeks held spring American culture, skilled dance is a major aspect of I have no idea. It’s more of a “feeling” thing than a “doing” thing. festivals in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine, and Brazilian life. PracticallyeveryBrazilianknows what’s Taking joy in sensation, in life, in each other- that first spring breeze the power ofwild nature. People would parade down up on the dance floor. Ifyou think frat party grinding on our face, the kiss of someone we love, our connection with theearth, the streets of their towns, sometimes with floats. is explicit, the sexual fervor of the Brazilian Samba and with this entire universe that we relegate to the “backdrop” as we The Romans carried on the seasonal celebration would shock you. pursue our plans. Then wonder why we’re not happy. wherein slaves and masters would exchange clothes The Roxy party in honor of Carnaval is co-spon- No, this isn’t the “answer” to our troubles. There may be answers. and engage in orgiastic behavior, or hold drunken sored by Tufts, along with MIT, Harvard,BU,North- feasts in honor of Bacchus, the Roman version of eastern, and Brandeis, and tickets will be on saie at see EWRENBERG, page 16 Dionysus. It was, and still is, a time to drink, dance, Dewick, Wednesday and Thursday for $12. I. .__ SK6$ E6'6$

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THETUFISDALY* March 15,2000 5 Arts G? Entertainment Student starts own record label Elio DeLuca both a businessman and a musician Thank you, by ALISON DAMAST and learning different thingsall at bandat the beginning ofmy sopho- Daily Editorial Board once.” more year.” DeLuca helped with Elio DeLuca hasn’t done so After having played in bands the production and engineeringof shmank you badforhimself.Attheageof20, he for several years, DeLuca decided the band’s album. 4 has established his own record to start composing his own music His experience with his Tufts’ March 26, 2000 around the age of 15. “I was writ- band inspired him to put h.is own And the Ac:ademy Award goes to Rob Lott! ing for bands and seeing what I project together. “Last summer, I Theroar ofcheers andtherumble ofapplausesweeps throughlargk could do. I started thinking about hired some NEC musicians and auditorium. The camera zooms in on me as I walk toward the stage. Ii company, produced several CDs, what Iwantedtodowithmymusic recorded my music with them at a then cuts to Jack Nicholson and Bea Arthur both standing to shon and been in numerous bands. Not in college around this time,” he studio in Boston,” he said. This their support for my wondrous victory. I make it up to the stage an6 to mention the fact that he is in the said. He applied to the joint pro- effort became the CD Green Up- attempt to .shake hands with Guyneth Paltrow who is rolling arounfi joint degree program with Tufts gram between Tufts and NEC and right Piano and DeLuca produced on theyoor hysterically in tears. A and New England Conservatory was accepted. At NEC, he has the album himself. The music on clutch the golden Oscar betweer; of Music (NEC) for composition. been given the opportunity wt the album is acoustic jazz and the my hands. Ahhhhh, the power, the The recent release of the Elio involved in many different kinds tracks are all DeLuca’s original honor, the respect, the eyes of thou- DeLuca Module’s CD Green Up- of bands includingjazz, rock, and compositions. sands worldwide watching me an& right Piano has thrust him into the funk. One of the exciting things After DeLucaproduced the al- PEqmy handsome, handsome glory. AndJ;.ally,f~nally, the chance spotlight and he is quickly estab- about the NEC program is that he bum, he had to look for a way to to speak, cw opportunity to thank everyone. lishing a reputation as an up and has been able to gain exposure to market his recording. Using some Wow, gee thanks! You guys rock. Really, you’re quite an academq rising young musician in the Bos- a variety of subjects such as com- wily businessman skills, he started and I really, really thank you for givingme this award. Thank you. Really ton music community. position, Indian music, and jazz marketing his album underthe la- It means so much really to be chosen, honored, and accepted by my DeLuca began his music career improvisation. He has also been bel Telepathy Records. He set up peers and for that I thank you. Thank you. at a young age, inspired by the involved with the Tufts’ music Telepathy Recordsasasmall busi- You all have given validation to my life’s work and for that I am piano playing of his grandfather. department and plays in the ness and as a publishing com- eternally grateful. Thank you. You have proven that ayoung struggling His grandfather was a blues pia- Gamelean Ensemble. DeLuca ad- pany. Currently, he has five artists actor, who yearns for noth’ing more but to be made immortal on the nist and DeLuca grew up sur- mits that it can be “stressful” at on the Telepathyroster. Huff, Duff celluloid screen can truly succeed if he’s really good looking and the rounded by music. He quickly ca- times, but he is “happy with the and Bovis’ album 504 Sessions, child of tw~really famous actors. I thank you for that immortality and joled his parents into paying for diversity of courses offered.” Danielle Geihs Bands (he is cur- as I am now immortal I will continue to thank you long after you1 lessons and started playing the DeLuca has been active in the rently in the process of recording shriveled up old body has been extinguished of its life and placed six ivories at the age of five. After Tufts music scene and is perhaps her full album), a hip-hop band feet under the ground to rot and fester, chewed up by worms and playing for many years, he started best known here for his band Huff, called Ms. Allaneous, a Boston maggots in the cold dark earth. Thank you, really. getting into bands in middle school Duff, and Bovis. The band has group called the B-Collective But of course, there are a few really special people out there who and high school. He got exposed played at local bars and you may (they are based on WMFO and deserve my thanks most of all and I would be remiss if I didn’t mentioii tu a vai kty of music (uring these remember hearing them at last sponsor hip-hop and turn-table themall byname ... years. “I started playing in JWZ year’sNakedQuadRuninthelobby artists and DJs as well as arrang- Thanks Jim. You are an excellent custodian and you did a fine job ai bands, ska bands, and punk of West Hall. “A year or so ago, I ing concerts and sponsoring ra- keeping m:ytrailervery cleanduringshooting.Youarequitetheprowith bands,” said DeLuca, “and I put something together ofmy own a mop and you should never let anyone tell you otherwise. started learning different music music and recorded it with the see DELUCA,page 17 Thanks to the Director, Steven. You are acontrol freak and I hate you a But thank you anyway for putting me in your movie so that I could win this award and make gobs and gobs of money. Gobs. Jazz ensemble creates music Thanks to my beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, supermodel wife. You arereally hot. Really. You have been an inspiration tome ever since I met you. Your encouraging words, your warm smile, and your firm breasts that stands alone from the rest have given me solace in even the most challenging hours. Thanks to my kids, Bobby Junior, Pearl, Holden, Caliban, and by SARAH VIVENZIO his friend Sarah. When you want to kick back after a Sunrise. You are the light of my life. And even though I hate your Daily Staff Writer long day, think about the world, and smoke a ciga- mothers, my first and second wives, and I only get see you occasionally, Setting new precedents for college students in the rette, this is the perfect song to put on. when my filming schedule allows me to make weekend trips to Boulder music industry,TheElio DeLucaModule is reminis- The first song on the CD, “Quad,” is one of the Colorado or Albuquerque, New Mexico, I will love you all forever and cent ofthegreatsofclassicjazz. Simple yet complex, more swingy, upbeat songs on Green Upright Pi- ever. The child support check is in the mail, I swear. Thanks kiddies. new and creative yet classic, this band takes some- ano. This song doesn’t make you want to sit back and Thank you Lady Brett, you are right, we could have had such a thing old and relax as much as tap your foot and bob your head in damned good time together. At least, it’s pretty to think so. reshapes it, time. Itbeginswithashortdrum solothat isquickand Thanks to my agent, who got me this role and made sure that my adding its own concise, setting the scene for the more rhythm-based paycheck was three times larger than that of anyone else on the cast. preferencesand song. Fieldman keeps up this beat for the duration, Thank YOL. for reminding me when to stop drinking and advisingme as flares. Every- sometimesfalling to the background but never ceas- towhen I should study my lines insteadofspendingaweeh Lbd~~ub~~~g’’ thing on the ;I- ing to provide thi integral rhithms. in the Cayman Iilands. Thank you for referring to it is as “carousing.” 1 * * * I bum,Creen Up The album is initially dominated by the sound of Thank YOL .Thank you for signing me to my newest role, a wild, action- right Piano, was written and arranged by DeLuca the loud and fast-moving trumpet. But the trumpet packed thriller The Revenge of Retrocop Forever co-starring Winona hikself, and produced on his own label. Each song drops out for intervals and lets-the piano, bass, and Ryder and Ice Cube, opening at theaters everywhere April 12”. has its own unique sound and stands alone from the saxophone each have their own solos. Grenadier, on Thank you Scooby Doo. AI1 the stars are here waiting for you, wc res’ trumpet, has the first solo accompanied only by bass. couldn‘r have the S;ION without you. Scooby, Scoobiddy Doo. Na 1he bong “Sarah’s Waltz” (my personal favorite, It isnotafrenzied improvsolo butaverycontrolledone NaNaNa. Scooby, Scoobiddy Doo. Na NaNaNa. Hey Scooby, Thank for obvious reasons) is an amazing lettingthe listener savor each note. - You! example of the power ofjazz A- Grenadier is anything but de- Thank you to my mother who has been there the day 1was born and guitar. David Zoffer, the void of emotion, though. occasionally ever since. Thank you. guest guitarist appearing There is so much packed Thank you to my father and step-mother who live somewhere in New in this song, adds feeling into his playing that you York City and send me Christmas cards every year. That one last year and originality to an already can almost see his cheeks with the reindeer, and the nose, and the broken light bulb, was priceless. creative song. The improvisa- puffing out with exertion tional segments of guitar mixed in and sweat running down You really know how to pick ‘em! Really. Thank you. Green Upright And ii special thanks to Joe ... Joe Momma! Ha! Ha! with the refrain shows the song has a struc- his face likethetrumpetplay- Hahahahahaha.. ..ahhhh.. .yeah.. .uh-huh.. .well.. .yeah. Thanks. ture, but the artists freely experiment with their instru- ers in old jazz documentaries. Thank you to my Zen master and spiritual guide Dogen-Benji. I have ments. The piano and the guitar seem to play off of DiMuzio on the sax keeps his playing at a faster pace found inner clarity and it’s marvelous. Really. You should all try it each other at times in a relationship where the one too, but always smooth and clear. sometime. This ultimate enlightenment thing has really made my life followstherhythm and sound ofthe other. They each Tufts’ Professor Michael Ullman, after hearing wonderful. And if it weren’t forthat damned incessant whir in my ears have solos where their improvisational talents are the story of“Escape from Ullman” was happyto have from the ubiquitous sound of one hand clapping I would possess allowed to shine. Both start out at a slow pace and, stimulated a student to write such a song. Written complete peace. Thanks a bunch. as the song progresses, the tempo increases, and duringullman’s course, History ofJazz, thesong has Thank you India, thank you terror, thank you disillusionment, thank more emotion is evoked. a strong Coltrane appeal in its mellow tones and you frailty, thank you consequence, thank you, thank you silence. The feel of the song cannot be described as harmonious sax. DiMuzio really outdoes himselfon Thanks for nothing Alaniss Morissette. anything but chill, while at the same time the electric this track, bringing out the jazzy sensual tones ofhis Thank you to a bunch of my frat brothers from way back when who, guitar adds a harder edge. It would be tough for the instrument. (Not to be confused with John Tesh’s although ihey had very little, if anything at all to do with my success, -1ectric guitar not to give the song a harder edge “Sax on the Beach...”) The slow tempo of the song w -l.ld get a great kick out of hearing their names on TV. So here’s td whdn taking into account the fact iridi Zoffer is the lets the listener enter and stay within a deeply me- Johnny, FTshhead, Beano, Boppo, Kappy, Billy Big Butt, Dicky, Chester, only one plugged in among purely acoustic instru- lodic groove all throughout the song. Tee Dubbs, Stuie, and Poppa Smurf. You guys kick ass! Thank you. nents. Theuse ofanelectricguitar isnotwidespread The band will be appearing at Ryles Jazz Club in Thank you to the four other actors who were nominated for this injazz, but iton1ymakes“Sarah’s Waltz”even better. Cambridge on Tuesday, June 27 at 8 p.m. For an- award. I don’t deserve it. You do. Really. So ifyou ever want to come rhe name of the song originates from a friend of nouncements, mp3’s, band info, and such, go to overto my place, hangout, have a beer ortwo, and lookat it, that’s totally DeLuca’s, who was the only person of everyone he www.telepathyrecords.com/module.GreenUpright :old about a concert to actually show up. Out of see THANKS, page 17 gratefulness, he called the then-nameless song after see GREEN, page 17 -.6 THEl”ISDA~~~*March13,2000 - Sports - Cholankeril heads to Nationals byADAMKAMINS England Conference Champion, a feat that was re- Daily Editorial Board peated a year later. In fact, it was only because she Senior fencer Annmarie Cholankeril is doing what missed one match this year that Cholankeril did not Don’t let the door most athletes can only dream about - she is going earn a three-peat, still posting one ofthe best records out on top. The latest success in what has been a in New England. phenomenal 1999-2000 campaign came on Saturday While she did not take home the Conference hit you, Dan at Vassar College as she qualified for the NCAA Championship, Cholankeril more than made up :‘or Nationals for the second consecutive season, rank- that void in her trophy case with several tournament . So Dan Marino retired on Monday. My question is, what was he ing her among the top 24 foilists in the United States. wins and second-place finishes throughout the sea- waiting for, an invitation? We all know Marino holds almost every The berth didnot come easily forcholankeril, who son. Her first place finishes at the NIWFA Champi- passing record that has been recorded, but I can’t be the only one entered last Saturday’s Regionals, which features onships, which were held a week before Regionals, who’s a little glad he’s finally retired. the best fencers in New England and many of the and theNew England Collegiate Open, accompanied I’m sure the Miami Dolphins are going to miss their weekly soap finest in the Northeast, seeded eighth. The day by a second-place showings at the Christmas Open operas, as Marino’s bitching last year got my vote for best female began with multiple pools ofsix fencers, with the 20 and the New England Division I11 Championships, performance at the Daytime Soap Awards. Every week, Marino would best overall records moving on to the next round. have formed quite an impressive list. It was one that have something negative to say Cholankerilcruised to a4-1 mark, advancing easily did not seem likely way back when she was a stnig- aMtsomeone -his coach, his into the next pool and keeping alive hope of finishing gling freshman. fans, hisplayers, and his pharma- in the top eight and qualifying for Nationals. “I have improved tremendously over the course cist. I guess the last one’s really Once there, she needed to finish in the top 15 to of my four years in college,” she said. “And it has the guy to blame, as all thk continue on. After losing the first two matches, she was been a great learning experience.” pharmacist’s men couldn’t find in severejeopardy, especiallywith oneofthetopfencers The final chapter in that experience will be on enough drugs to put Dan’s arm back together again. from powerhouse Columbia looming. But Cholankeril Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, at Stanford Marino heldon too long, and his arm went with him. He had shoulder dug deepandbeat her, following hertriumph withawin University. Cholankeril will faceevery other fencerat surgery, and when he came back in the Thanksgiving game against the overa fencer from Brandeis to move into the next pool. the event, with the top four moving on to try for the Dallas Cowboys, most ofAmerica wasjust thankful he wasn’t on their Hoping foratop-ten finish tocontinue, Cholankeril National Championship. Cholankeril, the only Tufts teams, as he hit almost every defensive back on America’s team en defeated the MIT fencer who had beaten her at the woman ever to qualify for Nationals, is taking her route to five interceptions in the loss. The only time he had put on a New England Division I11 Championships two weeks impressive final season in stride. worse performance was a certain cameo in Ace Ventura. earlier. But, after losingthe nexttwo, she went against , “I feel privileged to have the opportunity to coin- Most experts will tell you that the true measure of a quarterback is an opponent from NYU, whose coach falsely ac- Pete against some ofthe best fencers in the country,” whether he won. The quarterback’s in charge of the team and his job cused Cholankeril ofan illegal move. He was given a she said. is to win and, in that case, Marino didn’t quite do hisjob. Sure, he went red card, nearly disqualifying his team, but his words But after putting Tufts fencing on the national to the Super Bowl his rookie season, but the closest he ever came again fazed Cholankeril to adegree, and she was unable to map in her last few years, it is clear that Cholankeril was when the Dolphins let John Elway and the Denver Broncos use advance, finishing in 1 1” place for the day. is more than just competing against the best fencers their offices when they went down to Miami to whip up on the Atlanta Although she did not finish in the top eight on the in the country. She is now one of them. Falcons two years ago. day, the formula for determining who qualified is Oh yeah, don’t mention Elway’sname around Marino. Marino is the based partially on regular season record and the last of the great quarterback class of 1983 to retire, as he can now hit school the fencer is from. And Cholankeril’s 30-9 the links with Elway and Jim Kelly. For years, the threesome was the NCAA mark, combined with the fact that Yale and definition of Super Bowl futility. Prior to 1998, the triumvirate had Columbia could only send two fencers, was good combined for 0-8 on Super Sundays. enough to give her the final spot in the top eight and After losing four straight with the Buffalo Bills, Kelly had the good move her on to Nationals. mind to retire, making the wise decision not to die trying. Elway and The fact that it did not come easily made qualify- Marino stuck around, though. The two were actually drafted by the ing even sweeter for Cholankeril. “I’m very excited Kansas City Royals a few years earlier in the Minor League Draft, but about qualifying for Nationals,” she said. “I’ve their names were always tied to great stats and bad records their whole worked so hard and had such a rewarding season. It’s careers. Like Jerry Seinfeld and George Castanza, lots ofwomen, but a perfect end to my fencing career here at Tufts.” no wives. Well, John Elway broke the pact. He won his two Super That career began inauspiciously when, as a Bowls, and Marino was left out to dry. freshman, Cholankeril struggled to win half of her Photo courtesy of Annmarie Cholankeril It was fairly clear that Marino was just holding on to his career bouts. But she began to blossom in 1997-98, after Senior Annmarie Cholankeril is one of the top because he desperately wanted to match Elway’s hardware. Both being named captain ofthe foil squad. That year, her 24 college foilists in the United States. quarterbacks constantly told the press they would trade all their stats, regular season record made Cholankeril the New records, and much of their salary for one Super Bowl trophy. Elway didn’t have to, but Marino’s not going to be able to. The gunslinger threw for 61,361 yards, 420 touchdowns, and Sailing looks to add to trophies; completed4967 passes, all records, but the only mark Dan will ever set - is not winning the big one. It may be sad, but that’s the way it goes when Jumbos off to a quick start as spring season begins you’re a quarterback. Marino may be the best pure passer of all-time, but he shouldn’t be confused with Joe Montana, the greatest quarter- by RACHEL RUBENSON and the women’s squad is ranked son Trophy at Yale, the Women’s back in history. Daily Editorial Board third. Invite at MIT, and the Women’s There’s one other number to look at when you’re drooling over In sailing, the term “in irons” is According to Legler, the con- Invite at Tufts. In these three re- Marino’s stats. Take a peek at his rushing stats. 87 yards? Third string ased to describe a boat turned in tinued success of Tufts’ sailors is gattas, and the ten that took place running backs rush for more than that in games. You don’t have to be i direction where its sails cannot duethecommitment the team mem- the weekend of September 1 1- 12, a scrambler to be a great quarterback, but if you look at the winning :atch the wind. In recent years, the bers make on a year-round basis. Tufts placed among the top four in quarterbacksrecently, you seeguys who couldget outofajam. Marino I‘ufts sailing team has been any- Sailors participate in strenuous each race. couldn’tgetout ofapocket ifhe had apolice escort(remind youofany thing but stuck in irons. The team practices duringthe fall and spring On an average weekend, the Patriots fans?). has accumulated a wealth of tro- racing seasons that refine and team competes in upwards of ten Theargument ismade for Marinothathecould havegonetoanother phies and titles this decade, and it perfect their racing skills. During different regattas, and four sailors team to win the Super Bowl, but he had too much team loyalty. Ifyou hopes to use that momentum to the winter, the team meets once a participate in each race. The great - believe that, I’ll bet you the Dolphins don’t win it all this year with propel it forward again in the fall week and uses model boats to number of races occurring simul- Damon Huard as the starter. Marino thought about going to other 1999 racing season. discuss possible situations that taneously requires the team to teams at the end of this year; it’s just that no one wanted him. The The team is lead by coach Ken can occur during a race. It then have great depth., as it cannot rely Dolphins didn’t really want him anymore, and Tony Dungy, the coach Legler, who is in his twentieth year debates tactical solutions to use solely on a few experienced sailo,rs ofthe Tampa Bay Bucanneers, whose starter, Trent Dilfer, is about as of coaching at Tufts. Seniors in these predicaments. to carry it to victory. effective as the OJ prosecution team, didn’t need his services either. Megan Edwards and Michael The sailing season began the Legler feels that it is the team’s I He thought about going to the Minnesota Vikings, but finally decided Richards serve as captains for the first weekend in September, as depth that has brought it success against another disappointing season. squad, and fellow seniors Holt Tufts participated in three sepa- so far this season and will carry it So Marino made the top 100 athletes list and set a lot of records, but Condon, Sabrina Pieroni, and Jes- rate regattas -the Hany Ander- to further victories. that doesn’t mean we have to cry over losing a guy who was short with sica Pohl provide ad- ,- “What’s interesting themedia, cold tohis fans, and fought with his coach. So, while therest ditional leadership. I,_ ~-___ about this team is that of the country is mourning the loss of yet another great star, I’ve got During Legler’s the freshmen are about 3 different outlook. !enlire as coach, the as good as the sopho- !iey Dan, enjoy your retirement, it came too late. I hope the Isotoners success of the Tufts mores. the SoDhomores keep you warm in the winter and the shoulder surgery doesn’t affect team has spread far are about as good as the yourgolfgame. And, hey, maybe you can wina big skins game on Super beyond the shores of juniors, and the juniors Bowl Sunday and it will kind of make up for that empty space in your Mystic. In the 1990s are about as good.as the trophy case. alone, Tufts has won seniors. So, our strength the New England is in our depth,” Legler championship seven said. Don’t forget to submit your entry for the times and the Nation- The team’s biggest NCAA tournament contest! 31s four times. In this competitors this year are year’s preseason expected to be top ranked Photo by Nick Hnatyk See page 8 for more details! rankings, Tufts is St. Mary’s, second- ranked tenth nation- The starting line is jammed with a close start at Deadline: TODAY at 6 p.m. illy as a co-ed team, this race on Upper Mystic Lake. see SAILING, page 17 .. ..

7 Sports Tialented baseball team looks to) overcome its inexnerienceI I Men start season Friday with road trip down south by RUSSELL CAPONE its season at Randolph Macon on in Division I1 baseball last year Daily Editorial Board Friday and Sunday. Here’s an in- while playing for Swampscott High Losing four four-year starters side look at the team: School. While the coaching staff from a squad that won nine straight is hesitant to put an inexperienced to end the 1999 season, the big- The infield: player in the starting lineup with- gest question forthis year’smen’s There is no shortage of uncer- out having time to get acquainted baseball team is whether acrop of tainties in the infield, as the sec- to the team, Shapiro will certainly talented players will be able to ond and third base spots are any- see a number of at-bats this sea- overcome their relative inexperi- thing but set just days before the son. ence zind cany the team to even- season opener. Brown played sec- “I’m not sure about starting, tual siiccess. Last year’s Jumbos ond last year and was a New En- since I’ve only been around a did not make the playoffs for the gland All-star, hitting .430 on the week,” Shapiro said. “But there first time in seven seasons, serv- season. Now, though, with the are definitely opportunities this ing both as a disappointment and senior as the team’s number-one season.” asourceofmotivationfortheteam. pitcher, Casey will be hesitant to The rest ofthe infield is thank- That team, though, is very differ- start him in the field on a regular fully determined. Gray returns for ent from the squad that Tufts will basis. Arguably the team’s best his senior year at shortstop, where field this upcoming season. hitter, Brown should get some nods he continues to be the team’s de- Centerfielder Dan Morse, first at the DH when not taking the fensive staple. He broke out offen- baseman Pat Feman,third baseman field. sively in ’99, though, hitting a ca- John Flack, and pitchers Matt “We don’t want him throwing reer-high .276. The team relies on Marengi and Jon Mugar were all 120 pitches one day and being in Gray primarily for his playmaking lost to graduation, leaving several the field the next,” Casey warned. ability, but he may present a more holes forthe young Jumbos to fill. Junior Cory Dolich, who saw complete package this year. With :I 6 ofthe 32 roster spots filled significant time last year and hit “He’s an above-average defen- by freshman,severalofwhom will .280, could take second, as could sive player who steadies this be in themix earlyon, expectations senior Jon Cole, who gotjust 20 at- team,” Casey described his four- remain ambiguous. Talent is abun- bats in ’99. year player. “Anything he does dant, according to l7-year coach Another big issue could arise offensively is bonus points. 1think John Casey, but how this team will third, where the team is consider- he can hit, though. Nothing Mike respond to pres- Gray does will sure with much of surprise I -IC‘” its leadership Surprenant re- core gone remains turns as catcher, to be seen. where he plays a “Our biggest similar role to issue is experi- Gray’s. Whilenot ence, or lack of an offensive it,” Clasey said. menace, the jun- “Our talent level ior has a fast arm is not down. and is extremely We’re just reliable defen- younl;.” sively. He hit a Still, several personal best.275 veterans return to last year while formthecenterof providing a solid the2000 Jumbos. aid to the pitch- ing staff with his Senior captain Photo by Daniel Rodrigues throwing ability. Zack Brown Sophomore Dan Callahan is going to be an offensive threat First base will head!; a three- this sr>rinn. man rotation. EO to soDhomore wIiiIejuniorcatcherJoeSurprenant ing starting freshman Brian Tim Ayres, whoCasey thinkscan and senior shortstop Mike Gray Shapiro, after losing Flacktogradu- be the team’s top hitter. Ayres provide the team with its proven ation. The two-sport nhpnorn hris played in ten games last year and strong point - solid defensive only been practicing for the last compiled 14 hitsin35at-bdtspiay- play.‘fierestofthesquadisyoung, ten days, though, as his champi- ing behind Fernan. He is built for though, and things may be a little onshiprunwiththebasketballteam the Jumbos’ home fieldaswell, as rocky forawhile, especiallywith a finished just acouple weeks back. the left-handed swinger should be season-opening ten-game trip Shapiro, the NESCAC Rookie of able to take advantage of Huskins’ down south that spans the en- the Year in basketball, was the lowright-field wall. A potentially “It’s easy to hit well as a fresh- the uncertainty, the pressure on the centerfielderwill be lessened if 1999 Statistics (Returning: Plavers) Boutwell and Callahan are reliable on either side, which may pave the BATTING way for giving Zupancic some Name AB H AVG RBI starts. Zack Brown 86 37 .430 13 1 Dan Callahan 126 52 .413 26 1 The rotation: Tim Ayres 35 13 .371 7 1 The Jumbos will gowithathree- Josh Marks 58 19 .328 13 0 man rotation, but a fourth starter Nick Scola 27 8 .296 2 0 will be in the mix on occasion. Cory Dolich 93 26 .280 14 3 Casey would like to see his top three pitch about eight out of ev- Mike Gray 87 24 .276 3 ery ten games, while a couple of Joe Suprenant 91 25 .275 15 1 the squad’s inexperiencedtalents Todd Boutwell 60 16 .267 9 3 will get a start sporadically. Jon Cole 20 5 .250 7 0 Brown tops it off, having com- Brian Neville 1 0 .ooo 0 0 piled the second-best ERA for the Kevin Marotta 5 0 .ooo 1 0 team in ’99,a4.74mark. Finishing Nick Svencer 0 0 .ooo 0 0 at 3-4 with one save, he will look to Steve Lapham 0 0 .ooo 0 0 improve on the mark this season while playing at second or DH on PITCHING off-days. Name IP W-L SV ERA K Nick Svencer is the second Zack Brown 43.2 3-4 1 4.74 15 starter, coming off a 3-3 season in Nick Svencer 37.1 3-3 0 5.06 35 which he had a 5.06 ERA. The Steve Lapham 29.1 2-2 0 5.83 23 senior possesses the team’s stron- Mike Saucier 16.2 1-0 1 11.88 10 see BASEBALL., page 14 1 Arizona .. 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THETUFE DA’cY* March 15,2000 9 Sports Duke looks to advance through strong East region by JORDAN BRENNER .Oklahoma State, Illinois, Florida: Each wards Mike Miller 11 Duke I r.. Daily Editorial Board of these teams is capable of making a deep and Donnell 16 Lamar The East features the top-ranked team in run in the tournament, but is plagued by Harvey are a tough Duke 8 Kansas the country, the best two-seed in the tour- weaknesses that could also lead to early matchup for any IDePaul I nament, and four other teams that were exits. The Cowboys are athletic and solid opponent, but 9 ’ DePaul ranked in the top ten at some point this defensively, with Desmond Mason, Joe Florida will rely 5 Florida season. Sound like amurderer’ s row to you? Adkins, and Glendon Alexander forming a most heavily on Florida 12 Butler terrific perimeter threesome. Point guard guard Kenyon Florida Blue C hips: Doug Gottleib is one of the best passers in Weaks, whose 4 Illinois .Duke: After losing Trajan Langdon to college basketball, but struggles with his outside shooting Duke graduation, Elton Brand, William Avery, jump shot. The Cowboys’ weakness lies is essential to its 6 Indiana EAST and Corey Maggette to early entry in the inside, where they can bepoundedby amore success. The Indiana 11 Pepperdine NBA Draft, and Chris Burgess to a transfer, physical opponent, as Marcus Fizer and Gators are also I -.Indiana. -. -. .- vulnerable inside, 3 Okla. St. the Blue Devils managed to finish the regu- Iowa State proved in the Big 12 Tournament. Hofstra lar season as the nation’s top-ranked team Illinois hasastarguard inCorey Bradford asUdonis Haslem for the second year in a row. How did they who can score against anyone, as well as an is their only im- Temple dothis? Start with the country’s best coach, athletic and fairly deep supporting cast. posing physical Seton Hall 5 Mike Krzyzewski. He wove his only three However, the Illini are best reflected by their presence. Temple returning contributors together with three point guard, Frank Williams. Playingout of 2 Temple TemDle standout freshmen to form a dynamic six- position, Williams is.flashybuterraiic.When Cinderella 15 Lafayette man rctation that led Duke to a27-4 record he is playing well, Illinois is a tough team to Watch: and a 15- 1 mark in the ACC. beat, but Williams can also stall the team’s -Hofstra: No EDITOR’SPICKS Coach K’s task was facilitated by that offense with selfish play. Similarly, talented one wants to play the Flying Dutchmen for .Pepperdine: The Waveswereneck-and- special group of six players. Lone senior forward Brian Cook has a tendency to dis- one reason: Craig“Speedy”C1axton. Make neck with Gonzaga throughout the season Chris Carrawell, content to be a defensive appear, and ifhe and Williams are not click- no mistake about it, Claxton is the real deal; in the West Coast Conference, and have a stopper during his first three years at Duke, ing with the rest ofthe team, Illinois could one ofthe best point guards in the country. legitimate chance to advance to the Sweet emerged as the top small forward in the be headed for an early exit. He teams withNorman Richardson to form Sixteen. Pepperdine is deep and balanced; country this year, averaging over 17 points Florida seemed destined to be a top-five adynamic perimeter combination, andguard only guard Brandon Armstrong averages per game. He is joined by junior Shane team this year, but the deep and talented play wins in March. Oklahoma State had Battier to form the nation’s best and most Gators have not yet-- gelled. Versatile for- better watch out. see EAST, page 15 versatile forward tandem. In addition to being .the team’s top two scorers, they are arguably the best two defenders in college March Madness sweeps South-region basketball. Together with steady junior by NEALMcMAHON game. The team has a bal- 1 Stanford swinginan Nate James, the three captains Daily Editorial Board anced offensive attack as 16 S. Car. St. I Stanford 1 have displayed remarkable leadership in With all the pre-tournament well, with fouroffive starters Istanford , helping their new teammates not only ad- ‘‘buzz’’ swirling around the East sporting averages of 1 1-14 8 N. Carolina Missouri just to college basketball, but actually exel and West regions, a very solid points per contest. The 9 Missouri I I Connecticut as freshmen. South bracket seems to have trifecta is also an important 5 Connecticut t Even though Duke’s freshmen were been lost in the shuffle. part of the Cardinal’s reper- Connecticut highly regarded, few could have antici- The field features the most toire, with Jacobsen, David Connecticut pated 1he immediacy of their impact. Jason dominant team in the country Moseley and reserve Ryan 4 Tennessee Tennessee I Williams has developed into one ofthe top less than b furtnight ago Mendez each shooting bet- I 3 La-Lafayette point guards in the nation,#while Carlos (Stanford), along with two of ter than 4 I percent and rank- SOUTH^’JTH Ohio St Boozerhas given Duke apost-scoring threat last year’s Final Fourteams (Ohio ing in the top five in the Pac- 11 at center. Mike Dunleavy Jr., who recently State and defending champion 10. Ohio St returned to the lineup after suffering from UConn), any ofwhich could find Even so, Stanford’smarch 3 Ohio St. Ohio St. mononucleosis, is a super sixth man ca- itselfcutting down anet inearl) through the South will be no 14 Appalachian Ohio St. pable ofplaying four positions. These three April. Add to that already vola- easy task. The winnerofwhat I Tulsa freshmen have played with poise and con- tile mix teams like Cincinnati, should be a heated battle be- Tulsa 10 UNLV fidence throughout the season, and are Tennessee, Miami (Fla.), and tween Missouri and UNC Tulsa fully capable ofperforming under the pres- some dark horses, and the stage looms on the horizon after I6- 2 Cincinnati - sure of March Madness. is set for a five-starperformance seed South Carolina State. A 15 UNC Wilm. Cincinnati Duke’s achilles heel may be its lack of to be concluded in Austin, difficult matchup with UConn depth. The Blue Devils rely primarily on Texas. could potentially follow, be- EDITOR’SPICKS their six-man rotation, with a seventh player, So, as your eyes are glued to forethe team haseven reached Matt Christensen, seeing limited minutes CBS for the next few weeks, and the regional finals. If its game is the void, which has happened So, as long as the Huskies behind Boozer. Carrawell has looked tired of you listen for that trademark on, though, the Cardinal has to with a lot less frequency this aren’t plagued by the turnover late, and Battier has had to go the full 40 “update music” we all know so be the odds-on favorite to year. A vastly improved, yet in- bug (a frequent problem) and minutes on several occasions. Duke’s tre- welldon’t be surprised to find emerge from the South. consistent bench has been the continue their surge from the mendous versatility and athleticism allows some of the best games being .Ohio State. The Buckeyes, difference inthisareaandshould Big East tournament, they Coack K to compensate for his short bench, played down south. who made a surprise appear- continue to be one. In the end, should leave multiple teams in though, and his team is playing better than ance in last year’s Final Four, are OSU’s big-game experience is their wake before all is said and anyone in the country heading into March. BlueChips: primed to make a triumphant what will lift them into position done. -Temple: Somehow, the best two-seed -Stanford.Nosoonerhad this return this time around. After for a second straight Final Four Cincinnati and Tennessee.

ended up in the same region as the best one- year’s tournament pairings been appearing to be a Q bet for a berth. Without Kenyon Martin in the seed. This may bc: 3wl coach John Chaney’s announced than Mike number-one seed before the -UConn. Inayearwhen there lineup, the ’Cats have already - finest team ever, one that is capable of Montgomery’s squad already season started, Jim O’Brien’s is no clear favorite to win the Big been written off by almost ev- knocking offDuke or an anyone else in the had something to prove. After squad will have to settle for a Dance, everyone s%%is to have eryone. Look for freshman Tournament. falling fiom grace with consecu- third slot after a disappointing forgotten about the Huskies, DerMarr Johnson to step up, The Owls are led by senior point guard tive losses to conference rivals Big Ten Tournament. Don’t ex- who won it all a year ago. But along with others, as perrenial Pepe Sanchez. The native of Argentina UCLA and Arizona down the pect that to slow this team down, after an inconsistent regular chokercincy attemptsto silence makes up for a lack of quickness with re- stretch, the Cardinal (29-3) was though. season that culminated in an AP the critics once and for all. The markibble court awareness and tenacious instantly labeled as the “soft- OSU will ride the wings ofthe ranking of 21, the team re- first round will be a breeze, but defense. When he was out earlier in the est” number-one seed. best backcourt tandem in the grouped for the Big East tourna- the winner ofTulsa-UNLV will season with an injured foot, Temple This branding is up for de- nation, Scoonie Penn and ment, falling to a very good St. be the true test of what this struggled, but, with him, the Owls were bate, however, as the combined Michael Redd, as it shoots for a John’s team in the champion- squad is capable of without arguably the best team in the country. Not margin of victory in the two spot in Indianapolis. Penn is the ship game. Martin. only does the point guard run Temple’s losses was a mere six points. floor general, while Redd has Khalid El-Amin leads this The Volunteers’ (24-6) suc- offense, but he also keys its ferocious 2-3 Aside from that, Stanford boasts led his team in scoring and re- team, and is the bestpoint guard cess will ultimately depend on matchup zone, which has routinely held arguably the nation’s best bounding in each of the last in the nation when he wants to junior guard Tony Harris, acon- overmatched opponents to under 50 points frontcourt in Mark Masden, three seasons. An improved be. While the offense is not as sensus All-SEC selection. The in games. Casey Jacobsen and Jarron defense and the emergence of potent as it was a year ago, VOW defense is strong, but their The Owls will go as far as their perimeter Collins as well as two essential senior forward George Reese as UConn still managed to shoot offense has been known to be- shooters take them. When Mark Karcher, ingredients for an NCAA Title a potent offensive threat has 39 percent from downtown. come sloppy at times. However, Quincy Wadley, and Lynn Greer are con- - rebounding and defense. In carried the Buckeyes this year, Combine that with a defense ifHarris plays well and the team nectir g from three-point range, Temple’s fact, the Cardinal held its oppo- and senior center Ken Johnson that gives upjust 65.4 points per is consistent and patient on of- offense is effective, because Lamont Barnes nents to an al!,+i-.eNCAA IOVi is 3 force in tbc paint who set a game and allows 39 percent fense, it could surprise UConn and Kevin Lyde hdveroom to operate down of 35 percent shooting from the BigTenrecordwiL.1 13 1 blocks shooting, it looks a lot better in the second round and give low. But, ifthey are off, the Owls will struggle field, eclipsing the old mark set in just three years. than a five seed. And coach Jim Stanford a run for its money as to score, meaning there is potential for an by Marquette in 1994,while also The problems for this squad Calhoun’s23- 1 1 record in tour- well. upset by a team that can nail jumpers over out-rebounding its foes by an arise when Redd and Penn don’t nament play (15th all time) the miitchup zone. average of nearly ten boards per score, and no one steps in to fill speaks for itself. see SOUTH, page 15 0 I E 15,2000 ~ TUFTSDAILY March THETUFTS DAILY U

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THETUFTSDAILY* March 15.2000 11 NationalJVTorld News H,ungarians protest government media policies

Los Angeles Times-Washington Post broadcasters, and for police field joint delegates if there were With the opposition parties fall of communism in 1989 have News Scrvice searches ofthe homes and offices fewer than four opposition par- hopelessly divided, the govern- installed their own supporters in WARSAW, Poland - On the of journalists who wrote reports ties, effectively awarding an un- ment, as it did last year, appointed key management andeditorial po- eve of ii national holiday to cel- thegovernmentobjectedto. Mem- anticipated veto to the Truth and four member boards with its own sitions. Moreover successive ebrate Hungarian freedom, about bers of the coalition parties have Life party afterthe 1998 parliamen- supporters on March 1. governments have harassed the 2,000 supporters of the country’s also suggested that journalists be tary elections. The Hungarian chief prosecu- press, which itself can be less two main opposition parties and vetted for ties to the former com- Szilard Saszari, amemberofpar- tor, Kalman Gyorgyi, resigned ear- than rigorous or fair in what and civil rights groups took to the munist secret service and that the liament from Fidesz, the principal lier this month after he questioned how it chooses to publish. streets ‘Tuesday night to protest media be forced to publish replies party in the government coalition the legality of one-sided boards Earlier this month, European the government’s media policies, to any article someone objects to who is also head of the cultural andthensaw hisopiniondismissed Union Ambassador to Hungary which also have been criticized in even ifthe article is entirely factual committee, said Tuesday night he by government officials as irrel- Michael Lake warned the gov- recent clays by the United States, or an expression of an opinion. plans to hold all-party talks on the evant. ernment that its policies dam- the European Union, and press The Vienna-based Interna- medialaw Thursday totry andleach “This is a problem of Hungar- aged Hungary’s efforts to join freedom organizations. tional Press Institute, in a report an agreement, but he said that ifthe ian political culture in general and the EU. And in a speech last “Freedom of the press is en- released Monday, said “the prin- effort failshe willseektoamendthe a very bad media law in particu- week US Ambassador Peter Tufo dangered,” said Budapest Mayor ciples of transparency and ac- law to allow each party to have lar,” said Andra Szekfu, an inde- warned that “Hungarymust main- Gabor Demszky, a leading figure in countability were often discarded representation on the boards. pendent media analyst. Accord- tain its reputation as amulti-party the opposition Alliance of Free [by the Hungarian government] in Until now, Fidesz said responsi- ing to Szekfu, Hungarian govern- democracy .... When it comes to Democrats party, who for the first the faceofcritical or inconvenient bilityforthefailuretocreatefklleight- ments, including the previous government-financed media, I time in nine years will not have his news reports.” member boards lies with a divided Socialist-liberal alliance, have re- believe it’s particularly important annual sddress marking the 1848 The state’s media law requires oppositionnotthegovernment.And peatedly viewed public broad- to keep them open and acces- revolution broadcast on Hungar- that three eight-member boards government figures noted that the casting as one of the spoils of sibleto all pointsofview-even ian national television Wednes- for two public television stations media law was a creation ofthe par- electoral victory, and all three those contrary to the day. “It’savery serious situation.” and national radio have equal rep- ties that now find it offensive. Hungarian governmentssince the government’s.’’ The most recent catalyst for resentation from the government the protests was the government’s and opposition. But it requires the decisioi to appoint only govern- opposition parties, which range Justice Department seeks $1 ment party members to the boards from the extreme-right Hungarian 0versee:ing state television and Justice and Life Party to the So- radio, which have been accused of cialist Party, to agree on candidate billion in payments fkorn Vencor tilting news coverage to favor the slates. The Justice and Life Party two-pa-ty center-right governing is insisting on two of the four Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service In October, the LouisvilleCourier-Journal reported coalition and excluding opposi- opposition seats on each of the WASHINGTON -The Justice Department said that Vencor and the Justice Department were nego- tion figures from the airwaves. boards despite the fact that it has Monday that it is entitled to recoup $1 billion from tiating a settlement that called for $130 million of But the government also has only 12 seats in parliitment COI~~- Vencor inc;., accusi .g onr nf the nation’s largest repayments to the government over five years. been criticized for awardingradio pared to the Socialists’ 134. nursing-home companies of knowingly defrauding Justice spokesman Miller said the $1 billion the broadc ut frequencies to right- When the law was written in the government since 1992. government claimed in Vencor’s Delaware bankruptcy wing supporters, excluding more 1996 under the previous govern- But Vencor, like several big nursing-home chains, proceeding includes the triple damages provided by established but independent ment, it required the opposition to is operating under the protection of a federal bank- law. That implies that the government estimates the ruptcy court. So it is unclear how .nuch taxpayers total amount defrauded was about $333 million. couldrecovereven ifthe Justice Department prevails But the government may recover only a fraction Political candidates in its civil claims. The government might have to of its claim. stand in line to collect along with other creditors. “It’s troubling because the amount that we be- Justice spokesman Charles Miller wouldn’t ex- lieve was falsely claimed and paid to Vencor far stake early claims plain the department’s case. But he said it involves exceedswhatthegovernment will be paid back,”said “the knowing submission of false claims to the gov- Kenneth Nolan, an attorney in a whistle-blower suit on state of Florida ernment” and “fraudulent schemes between 1992 against the company. rct Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service and the present.” In recent years, bankruptcy filings by anumber of PLANT CITY, Fla. - It wasn’t the build-your-own strawberry Vencor executives didn’t return repeated phone medical laboratories “made aconsiderabledifference shortcake that brought George W. Bush to this “winter strawberry calls to the company’s Louisville headquarters Mon- in the percentage of the fraud the government was capital of the world.” day. able to recover,” said Stephen Meagher, a lawyer who It wasn’t even Florida’s Republican presidential primary, although The Vencor case illustrates a predicament the has represented whistle-blowers in the health-care that counted for something. government faces as it attempts to recoup money it industry. With the outcome of Tuesday’s balloting in Florida and five other believes was defrauded from federal health insur- But acompany’s financial weakness doesn’t have states a foregone conclusion, Bush and his Democratic rival AI Gore ance programs such as Medicare. In some cases, a to reach the point of a Chapter I 1 filing to hamper a have started campaigning with their eyes on November. And no place Chapter 11 bankruptcy can impede its efforts; in health-care fraud recovery. Governmentofficials say looms larger in their sights than Florida. nthers the financial weakness of the companies can they try not to press a company so hard that the Of the four bingest states, only Florida was seriously contested in force the governme:it to. ;,.;pt less than full repay- patients who depend on a company for care would the two most recwt presidential campaigns. With Texas a lock for Bush, ment. suffer. the state’s governor, andNew York and California looking increasingly Last month, Beverly Enterprises Inc., the nation’s “We are very careful to ensure that first and solid fix Gore, that could be the case again this election. largest operator of nursing homes, settled charges foremostpatient care is protected, even ifthat means “The bottom line is they both think they can win,” said Susan that it defrauded Medicare by agrceing to pay $1 75 we have to compromise some part of our financial MJcManus, who teaches political science at the University of South mililon-mostto bzdeducted from iuture Medicare rights,” said Lewis Morris, assistant inspector gen- Florida. “It is going to be competitive.” payments. The government said it settled for less eral at the Department ofHealth and Human Services, A poll last week showed the two presumptive nominees essentially than half the alleged loss to taxpayers to avoid which oversees Medicare. tied in Florida; other surveys have shown Bush ahead, but with the vice causing “financial hardship” for the company. Companies that control about ten percent of the $ president closing in. Each came courting Florida in recent days and both Though troubled, Beverly has not filed for bank- nation’s nursing homes have sought bankruptcy - plan to return often. ruptcy protection. protection, and industry executives have blamed The vice president visited a Miami teaching hospital Monday, where Sun Healthcare Group Inc., a big nursing-home their distress in large part on a system of stricter he attacked Bush on health care. The Texan campaigned Sunday at the chain now in bankruptcy reorganization, has re- Medicare reimbursements implemented under the 65th annual Strawberry Festival in Plant City, which is near Tampa, ported that it is a defendant in whistle-blower suits Balanced Budget Act of 1997. working the crowd with Florida’s Republican governor, who also accusing it of false claims. Sun reported that the When Vencor sought refuge in Chapter 11 last happens to be his kid brother, Jeb. Justice Department has joined one of the suits and September, Chairman Edward Kuntz said the move Still, Jeb Bush’ssupportcomesatacost, namelythebacklashagainst hasinformed Sun of“anumberofoutstanding inquir- “was necessary because of the dramatic changes an anti-affirmative-action initiative that has antagonized black voters ies.” impacting the long-term care industry, most notably

and thst the divisive issue into the presidential race here. The Sun President Mark Wimer said in an interview decreased Medicare reimbursement.” c- proposal eliminates preferences in favor of a system automatically Monday that “we don’t really have a very good idea The Justice Department’s announcement Monday granting state university admission to the top 20 percent of each high ofwhetherthere’sany validitytothe claims”madeby underscored another challenge to the industry. In school class, regardless of race or gender. Jeb Bush predicted his plan whistle-blowers. He noted that thegovernmentspent recent years, the government has intensified efforts to wouldboostminorityenrollmentbyNovember“andthat’l!ta!:. ;:off;l~ :iirec: and a half year., mestipating a Sun subsidiary crack down on health-care waste, fraud and abuse. map a!, a political wedge issue.” but never took any actio11 agctinst the company. Without referring to any particular company, John Others, however, aren’t so sure. “That has solidified Democrats in Vencor issued a statement in January saying it Bentivoglio, special counsel for health-care fraud at this state,” said independent pollster Jim Kane, who suggested that was the subject ofJustice Department investigations the Justice Department, said in arecent interview that * initiative could boost black turnout in November to the detrimentofthe “into various Medicare reimbursement issues.” those enforcement efforts have added to the finan- GOP. Those included costs Vencor hospitals had reported cial strain on some nursing-homechains. “A number ‘rhe two campaigns are months away from finalizing their state-by- to the government, billing practices for ancillary of highflying nursing-home chains appear to have state slrategies. But each starts with certain shared assumptions. In the services- which can refer to therapy and other care incorporated defrauding Medicare as part of their South., Bush is virtually assured of winning Mississippi, Alabama, -and “various quality of care issues in its hospitals business strategy,” Bentivoglio said. South Carolina, and probably Virginia along with his home state of and nursing centers.” In 1998, Vencor agreed to pay $270,000to resolve Texas. The resolution of the inquiries “could include a an investigation by Florida regulators, which found Louisiana and Kentucky lean toward Bush and Tennessee toward payment to the government which would have a that the company illegally attempted to evict Medic- material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity aid patients. The evictions wouldhavemade room for see FI.ORIDA, page 16 and financial position,” Vencor said. patients who could pay more. 12 ~~DAILY*March 15,2000

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Sothe real continued from page 1 “Students had a very distorted rumors ofadministrative coercion and International Perspective question is how do you do it well,” midst of the angry crowd. view of what was going on,” were entirely unfounded. After a (TILIP) now comprise a separate Cohen said. Senior Sean Hassan, former Teichman said. committee of students, faculty program called the Institute for EPIIC is no stranger to contro- president of the PAA, recalled Teichman acknowledged resis- members, and administrators dis- Global Leadership. versy, and the debate surrounding having serious misgivings related tance from Tufts’ Equal Opportu- cussed the issue, the move to Over a week has passed since the race topic was not the fvst the EPIIC topic when it was origi- nity Committee and the Africa in postpone the topic was “our deci- posters first appeared on campus instance in which EPIIC treated a nally announced. theNew World department, as well sion entirely,” hesaid. “We felt we advertising the new EPIIC theme, contentioustheme.In 1985,the year “At the time we had two con- as hearing concerns from various needed a cooling-off period.” and there has been little-to-no pub- Teichmancameupwith the idea for cerns, and I think that they’re still student groups that felt that an “None of the administrators lic response. With mid-terms loom- the program, the fustgroupofEPIIC valid,” Hassan said. “It seemed EPIIC global perspective on race were opposed to doing it,” said ing and the community forum students studied the hijacking of like people were just jumping in might divert attention from Tufts- Heather Barry, EPIIC’s assistant planned for after spring break, it is TWA Flight 847 as the events un- without knowing what they were specific issues. It was a time of director. impossible to gauge public opinion folded. As the country focused on going to talk about,” he contin- “turmoil and misunderstanding” Bemsteinagreed. Thecommittee on the subject. For Hassan, the con- Beirut and the Lebanese terrorist ued. “Once you know what you’re and some students felt that the believed the topic “needed hrther cerns which condemned the topic group Hezbollahexperts in intema- talking about, that’s when you can “administration was tryingto fore- classification,” he said. “It’s an issue last year have not been resolved. tional terrorism andmembepofthe figure out do you have the re- close the issue,” Teichman said. that can energizeand bring out some “[Reaction] may not be as loud CIA and FBI came to Tufts to dis- sources on campus to do that.” Even amid the inner circle of strong feelings,” he continued. “It as it was last year, and that may be sect the drama as part of the first Hassan and fellow PAA execu- EPIIC students, there was confu- could run into some potential road- a bad thing that people aren’t ob- ever EPIIC symposium. tive board members said they had sion as to who pulled the plug on blocks.”Now,saidBemstein,“Idon’t jecting to it,” he said. “I don’t think On the heels ofthe widely pub- not been approached prior to the theracetopic.“[I] thinkit’sshame- have any reservations.” the discussion was complete last licized interdisciplinary terrorism - c- EPIIC announcementand they felt ful that the administration has Robyn Gittleman, director of year. A one-day discussion for an cnurse, EPIIC dove intothe Israel/ that without their input, and that of deemed this topic ‘too controver- the Experimental College, attended hour in Ballou, I mean, is that Palestinian conflict. For a full year, certain faculty members who spe- sial,’ after calling those meetings the meeting and recounted the enough?” students studied and discussed cialize in issues of race, the EPIIC early this semester. [W]e always sentiments of the students and These objections notwith- issuesrelatedto thedisputed West program could not be successful. suspected the administration was faculty. “We felt that another full standing, the group of advising Bank and Gaza strip. Once again, “If it’sgoing to be done properly, it just talking ‘diversity,’ here they’ve year ofplanning needed to go into faculty members are optimistic and the course was punctuated with a would have to involve students gone and shown us,” wrote one it,”Gittleman said. However, in the ready to face anyeventuality. Eco- two-day conference. Global Crime, who are on some level familiar to student in an e-mail last April to end, “[Teichman] and hisstaffmade nomics Professor David Dapice Corruption, and Accountability these issues,” Hassan said. fellow EPIIC participants and a decision.” and Cohen each expressed an ea- preceded Global Games, demon- Despite PAA objections, the Teichman. “. . .[Tlhere has never Until this year, the EPIIC pro- gerness to embark on this perilous strating EPIIC’s sustained com- majority of students came out in been a better time to deal with the gram fell under the jurisdiction of intellectualjourney. mitment to fostering dialogue and support of the race topic. When issues of Race and Class in a posi- the Ex-College. Although the aca- “My basic thinking on an issue learning about difficult subjects. EPIIC announced it was changing tive manner than now,” reads an- demic course will still be taught like this is, is there a particular Race andEdmicity will be EPIIC’s its theme, rumors abounded of other e-mail. through the Ex-College, EPIIC and advantage to not doing it? And, I 17th annual symposium. Tufts baseball team will battle inexperience and difficult schedule BASEBALL one of the freshmen. the pressure becomes integral. whileUNC-Pembroke isaDivision home game on Saturday, April 1 continued from page 7 “Our first three games are set, This may rear its head as early as I1 squad. Last year’s experienced against Bates. Contests against gest arm, leading Tufts with 35 but I don’t know afterthat,” Casey next week, with several top-notch squadcame back from thetrip 4-6, powerhouses Trinity (a double- strikeouts last year. The6’3”,200- said. “By the fourth game we need opponents in the waiting. so the expectations for an above- header at home), Southern Maine pound senior must be reliable in another starter.” “I’m not wonyingabouttalent, SO0 mark by the end of spring (at home), and Eastern Connecti- the two-spot in order for the Jum- I worry about how we’ll handle break are not necessarily there. cut (on the road to end the season) bos to win ballgames. The inexperience factor: things,” Casey said. “It’s a great way to start the will all prove difficult. Completingthe rotation will be Freshmen will be playingasig- Some of the players &e not as season,” Callahan said of the im- Casey says it is too early to

~ sophomore Steve Lapham, who nificant role on this team. Shapiro concerned about the experience is- pending trip. “Hopefully we’ll have speculate on NESCAC competi- moves up from a lesser role in ’99. will probably be a starter at some sue,citingtheIeadershipofGrayand success down there that will pro- tion, though Trinity appears to be Lapham started on three occasions point, as may Zupancic, and the Brown, as well as some ofthe pitch- pel us into a good season.” the conferencefavorite at this early last year, going 2-2 with a 5.83 rotation will probably add Martin ing staff, as enough compensation. Historically, the team fares bet- juncture. ERA. The hard thrower will need or Lee. Sophomores abound as “I think that there is enough ter in New England play than it “I don’t care about the to pick it up this season in order to well, with Ayres at first, Callahan leadership,” Callahan said. “I think does early on against stiff compe- NESCAC rightnow,”hesaid. “We complete the potentially stellar 1- in right, and Lapham starting. The that the age factor is irrelevant.” tition. In 1994, for example, the have to play ’em in order.” 2-3 punch. inexperience of the team’s core Jumbos came back to Tufts with a The road back to the playoffs The occasional fourth spot is certainly worries the coaching Theschedule factor: 1-7 record, only to go 19- 1the rest will not be easy, as a group of as-of-yet undetermined, with se- staff, and last year’s seniors will be Tufts baseball does not face an of the way. somewhat untested Jumbos will nior Mike Saucier and freshmen missed if and when the going gets easy schedule. The traditional trip “We’re playing good teams look to cultivate their talent early Dave Martin and Jonathan Lee all rough. to the south has often given the down south. We could come back on and learn some lessons against in the running. Saucier finished “Last year, with all those inju- Jumbos difficulties, and t:ic :om- 0- 10 or 10-0, but we want to be a tough southern competition. Once withadisappointing 1 1.88ERA in ries, it was our veterans who kept petition level is, if anything, even better team on March 27,” Casey back north, the team hopes to have eight games as areliever last year, the composure, and we won nine higher than usual this year. said. “We’re going down to find gelled in preparation for regional but his experience should nudge games down the stretch,” Casey Included on the spring break out ifwe’re areal baseball team or competition. Ifthe Jumbos emerge him into the starting spot at points said. trip is a stop at North Carolina not. It’s not worth playing dead with a winning record on the sea- in the season. Still, though, Casey If Tufts falls on hard times at Wesleyan, last year’sNCAA Divi- people and coming back 10-0.” son, Casey says, the postseason is considering keeping Saucier’s some point in the season -and it sion I11 National Champions. TheNew Englandcontestswill has to be a possibility. experience inthe bullpenormixing very well may with the team’s Greensboro College, Methodist be no piece of cake either. Re- “If we win more than we lose him around, so as to provide a tough schedule -the question of College, and Virginia Wesleyan gional play begins at Bentley on with the strength of our schedule, more stable role in the rotation for how these guys will respond to should be tough games as well, March 29, with the team’s first you gotta take us,” he said.

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in the past, giving him a solid un- quick, Richardson plays shooting lems for Temple’s matchup zone. been to five Final Fours himselfas 6’9”shootingguardaveraged12.5 I derstanding of how to beat the guard and small forward, yet man- both a player and a coach. If the points on the year and has a deadly miitchup zone. Second, the Leop- aged to average 10.1rebounds per Miscellaneous: threes fall and Missouri gets at jumper in his arsenal. If he can ards have terrific perimeter shoot- game this season. Perhaps the The East boasts nine of the top least some production in the post, further develop his inside game to ers, led by Patriot League Player of most talented player in the coun- 29 teams in the Sagarin rating.. . then it could play the spoiler role compliment his shooting skills, this the Year Brian Ehlers. Lafayette try, Richardson may choose the Butler is another potential sleeper, very nicely. guy will be unstoppable. will get open looks from beyond spotlight of March Madness for strong enough defensively to -JoeJohnson, Arkansas: An- the arc against the zone, and ifthe his coming-out-party. knock of Florida ... Kansas, a tal- NBA Bound: other rookie, Johnson was selected team is hitting its shots, it could ented squad, has been a big disap- 3coonie Penn and Michael asthe SEC co-freshmanoftheyear push the Owls. Finally, the Leop- Best Players You Haven’t Heard pointment this season.. . Duke is Redd,OhioState: Penn is famous after leading the Hogs in scoring ards feature astrong, 6’ 1 1” center of: faced with a number of potential for his ability to come through in with 16.1 points per game, to go in Stephan Ciosici, who is capable .Speedy Claxton, Hofstra: As rematches, having beaten DePaul the clutch and make game-decid- along with a team-high 5.8 re- of banging with Barnes and Lyde. goodapointguardasyouwillfind andIllinoisthis year, Templein last ing plays, and is also considered bounds per night. The 6’8” for- Lafayette could make this contest in the country, Claxton averages year’s NCAA Tournament, and one of the best on-the-ball de- ward is about as versatile as they more interesting than Temple 22.9 points, 6.0 assists, and 5.5 Florida during last year’s regular fenders in the nation. His offen- come; he can shoot the three, drain would like. rebounds per game this season. season ., . Oregon loves to push sive numbers aren’t too shabby, the mid-range jumper, and drive Hematchestremendousquickness the ball, and its first round game either (15.2 points, 4.5 assists), the lane. NlBA Bound: with a solid stroke from the out- against Seton Hall should be one while Redd checks in with 17.3 Chris Carrawell, Duke: The side, and can lock up opposing of the tournament’s best. points and 6.6rebounds. The jun- Miscellaneous: ior slasher is already the fifth all- While each of the lowest six time leading scorer in OSU his- seeds in the region earned their tory. NCAA bids automatically, after -MarkMasden,Stanford:The winning their respective confer- 6’9”240-pound senior power for- ence tournaments, not one of the I, \ I ward missed several games in the top ten seeds was able to do I I earlygoingwithan injury, butcame so... Freshman Joe Johnson of Arkansas missed the first nine rr THREE SUMMER JOBS WORKING ON I back strong to average nearly a - II/ I double-double down the stretch. games of the season, due to the -6: . ORIENTATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2004 “Mad Dog” is the Cardinal’s un- factthathe wasacademically ineli- I disputed leader -both emotion- gible, but came back with a ven- I f \. I ally and physically, who is a force geance to be namedco-SEC fresh- I I to be reckoned with inside. man of the year ...Three coaches I THE ASSI~MFOR PROGRAMS AND A-ES works from the I Khalid El-Amin,Connecticut: are making their first NCAA ap- I Office at the Dean of Students and the Student Actidlies Office I Thisjunior point guard has proven pearance this year: as Missouri’s I time and time again that he is a big- Quin Snyder (in his first season), I game player. The 5’ 1O”sparkplug Appalachian State’s BuzzPeterson I THE ~ss~srhFOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS works fiom the OtAce I scores 16.5 points per game and (fourth season), and Louisiana- I of the Dean of the Colleges’ I dishes out 5.5 assists, while ha- Lafayette’s Jessie Evans (second I I rassing opposing point guards season) are all set to test the turbu- I THE ASSISTANT FOR EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE PROGRAMS works I with his ferocious defense. Al- lent waters of March Madness for I from the Experimental College I though his stocky build and the first time. I ’ Applications and job desdptfons are available ai the Reception Desk, Balbu Hall; I the InformarHon Desk, Campus Ceder; &e Experimental College, Miner Hall and I I on-line at www.excollege.iufts.edu I 11 Please do a service for 11 I I II II z+ I APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 17 I I I I I /I the Tufts community: I I recycle this paper. I I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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to “try new things that are not this way and others, Gittleman, “Galileo”:, Or maybe a column. ’ Amsterdam. .$298 quite part of the traditional col- throughout her life, has been arole lege.” Gittlemancited anumber of model to everyone around her. State important in elections Madrid...... $365 courses that began at the Experi- Today, as she sits confidently ~ mental College, including History andcomfortablyin herofficeover- FLORIDA “Clinton proved [Florida] can of Jazz and History of Rock and looking the Memorial Steps, she continued from page 11 go Democratic, if you have the Roll. Shealsonotedthatthe Dance embodies both the past and the native son Gore. Handicappers right formula,” said pollster Kane, .. *. curriculum began there as well. future ofthe University. While she give the vice president an outside who publishes Florida Voter, a ‘G Currently, the Communications wears a number of diffaclit hat:, shot inNorth Carolina. That leaves nonpartisan newsletter in Fort and Media Studies program is a she has one defining role of para- Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida as Lauderdale. part ofthe Ex-College. Gittleman mount importance here. Gittleman the region’s most competitive Gore has reprised many of the

-., .& says that the college will continue serves as a link not only between states. Florida’s25 electoral votes issues that worked so well for - to house the program until it gets the faculty and the students, but more than all but three other Clinton, emphasizingDemocratic All fares Someare mundtnp. resmcbons Tax appb not included. off the ground. between the history and the futur? states -make it unquestionably plans to “protect” Social Security What’s so unique dbwt the Ex- of Tufts and women in general. the most tempting target. and Medicare and touting his pro- College, besides its courses, is the Gittleman possesses a superior Like the rest of the South, posal to create a prescription-drug student involvement in the pro- understanding of a whole gamut Florida has evolved from asolidly benefit for the elderly. Already, ceedings of this facet of the Uni- of issues and thus will remain a Democratic state to one that is Gore has attackedBush’s proposed We’ve Been There. versity:Notonly dostudentsmake shining light on the Hill. increasingly Republican. The two tax cut as a danger to the health- major parties are now roughly care programs that are vital to equal in voter registration. But in Florida’s many elderly voters. presidential contests, Florida has “He has no plan to expand ac- Ui! The Productiob defied the regional trend toward EARN UP TO $GOO/MONTH ceca to health care, no plan to have Staff of fifls [c&NMyk] theGOP. al ‘patients hill ofr::!*ts,’ 72% The Cambridge office of California Cry- el.---to give seniors help with Da.9 wou/d like to ----’ obank. Inc, is seeking healthy males prescription drugs,” Gore asserted invite you to join between the ages of 19 and 39 to participate in our anonymous sperm Monday, to cheers from doctors us! /f you read the donation program. To qualify, you must be 59” or taller, enrolled in or and nurses at the University of graduated from a 4-year college/university, and be able to commit for 9 Mimi’s teaching hospital. Daq every day, you 12 months. Donors are compensated $50.00 for each acceptable dona Bush accused Gore of using lion provided. Hours: 8:OOAM to 6:OOPM Monday-Friday. Call Californi would be the Cryobank, Inc. at (617)497-6646 to see if YOU qualify! scare tactics. “That’s the kind of perfect person to In the politics America is sick of,” he said. “I’m going to remind people come copy edit for this is the administration that’s us. How about had seven years to modernize, trying your hand at save and secure Social Security en and Medicare and they have done /ayout? Stop 6y ““z nothing.” the ofice in the Florida’s large elderly popula- basement of Curtis will you tion could be key to the outcome ha// or try giving 8 WAYS TO RUIN SPRING BREAK in November. Voters 60 and older uz made up 42 percent ofthe elector- a ring (x7-3090) be able ate in the 1998 governor’s race, and /et us know ZAMPUS according to MacManus. While how you’d like to voters 65 and older are solidly he@ us out. We’d WIA to say T.crnoLI.2tk.those be IP veen 55 and 65 are more even11 ;plit IIzLI: $en love to have you! that the two major parties. (This has been a public service announcement fron you did your friend/y Oa/7y production I ‘Recycle’,I staft) W iat made ATTE NTI 0 N UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE happy? c Was it all for the best? Was it worth it?

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