James Stockdale to Visit Tufts Monday Unaware Hg PAIKICK HLCALY H;Iilcd Hiin Li)R His Forthrigti! An- of 1)Nily L~Llitllrl~Llthlonl Swers And
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THE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Thursday, December 3,1992 Vol XXV, Number 57 Trustee was James Stockdale to visit Tufts Monday unaware hg PAIKICK HLCALY h;iilcd hiin li)r his forthrigti! an- of 1)nily l~llitllrl~llthlonl swers and. like Pcrot. ;I "no-non- Adll1iriil Jiuncs SIo~kd:dc.Ihc sc IIsc" ill)pr(MC h 10 pvcrii 111~111. faculty vote former vice presidential cantli- The Pcrot/StoclidAc ticket gar- date ol' Ross Pcrol itnd vctcriui 01 ~rcd19 percent of the l>Opuliir by CAKO1,INE SCHAEIWK lhc Victiiiun War, is cxpcctcil to vote in the Nov. 3 election. co~~i- I hily I ;,Jitc aiiil Hc wd visit Tufts 11cxt MoIidiIy with his inp in third bcliind US Prcsidcnt- Despite the fact Ihai the issuo wife Sybil and discuss their WiU- clcct Bill Clinton and incutnbcnt of the Grcck systcin h;is stirred time cxpcriciiccs with il Tufts Prcsiilcnt Gcorgc Bush. hcutcd dcbiltc 011c;uiiphIs this SC- class. According to sources. Incstcr. the laic ol Tufts' single- According lo scvcrd sources S~ockd;~Jcis cxpcctcd to discuss sex lritcrnitics i,tlid sororities ulti- who rcquc~tcdIO rcinititi :Ulony- Ihc years he spent ;is ;I coIiiiti;llldcr rniitcly depends on the vote of the inous. Stockdalc was rcqucstcd in VictIiilI11, :IS well its the period Board of Trustccs. by P~O~CSSO~Paul Joscph. chitir of in his life when he was held in However. Board of Trustees the U 11i vcrsit y 's sc~iciology/iuitIiro- Victiiain ils ;I prisoner of WX. A Chriir Nelson Gillord said ycstcr- pology dcpiUtiltcnt. IO spcitk IO Navy coinhiit pilot who led the clay that he Icamctl of the vote Joscpli'sclass"Thc Unilcd Stalcs. first US hornhing ritid 011 Norlh olily litst weck.iind"haiS nokiiowl- Victiiain. ilnd the W;ir." Joseph. Vietnilln in 1964. Stockdalc is edge of what the vote and its an cxpcrt on the US coininitincnt currently ;I scri ior research fellow Da//y file photo proposed cliruigcs would incan in Victniun and the w;wcra. could at the conservative Hoover Insti- Jiimeh Slt)ckditle is expected to speak at Tufts Monday. for the Tufts cominuiiily." not be reached forcoinnicnt Tucs- , tute ill Stanford University. dcnts in the sociology class. How- Gillord hiinsclf was a nicinhcr day evening or yesterday. ever. the classroom where the 01' Alpha TiIu 011icga.currently Stocktlitlc. 62. hccainc :I 1111- The vice presidential sociology class is nonnally held the only coed frnternily on cain- tionailly-ktiown figure when in- c>UididiItc's will' cxpcricnccs he- has been changed to the larger pus. while an undergraduate at dcpcndcnt presidential cmlidatc c;IIIic ;I Icgulitr IXUIof StockdAc's Barnuin OOX for Stockdalc's ap- Tufts. Ross Pcrol chose tlic retired id- spccchcs, ;IS lie tied in his Icadcr- puuaincc iicxl Monday. However, The Trustees. approx irniltcl y 1IiiriiIa.s his vice presidential noini- ship in VictIiitt11 and the prison Visit for class only one anonyinous source left open 40 incn arid woincn who oversee ncc. Stockdale participated in one cninp to the kind of govcrnincnt Stockdillc's :tppcxiuice is not the possibility thiU the Stockdale all tnajor fiIlitlicid and policy tclcviscd tlcbatc in Occohcr. in he and Pcrot envisioned lor iiitcnded lo be open to the Tufts visit may be open to inore stu- decisions of the University. con- which pdi I icid coli1Ilic 11 tiitors Aincrica. coinmunity. but rather the stu- dents. vcne three tiincs each year to discuss the current issues lacing the functioning of Tufts. US, .UN at However. the Arts and Sci- cnccs Faculty. not the Trustees. raised the question last spring of odds over whether or not fraternities iU1d sororiticsat Tufts should continue to exist iis single-sex institutions. Somalia Dctcriniiiing that IhcTul'ts'Grcek system has prohlcms of UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- in i I it;u'y coiniii;indcrs will honiophohia, racism and scxual CIS have to give up rhc I'rcc rein they violence iiigrilittcd in its S~~UC- h;~lin thc Pcrsiiui Gulf W;I~~11d tux. the faculty voted last week acc'cpt soinc UN oversight of to support rcco~~~l~icIitlitti~)IiSfor iroops in Sotliidi:\. diploniats sititl cocdification of the system. Wctlncstlay. Despite it pervasive discussion But ;I US draft resolution lor ofthc Grcck issue throughout the the Scc~urityCouncil Icavcs the scnicstcr and the litculty vote. door Op"" for ;I US gcncritl to Gilford said that since he was not coinin;uid ;I proposcd Aincrican ;Iwitrc of the IitcUlty'S report Or ~OICCin Ihc l'ill1iitlc-wtiickcd 1i;t- their subsequent decision until iioii. Diplolnilts ;IISOsitid tliiily last wcck. he docs not understand opcriitions will probably he left to the specifics of the vote. I'icltl coininiuiilcrs. "I don't know that I comprc- "Thc lJniictlSl;ilcs is likely to hcnd the logistics of the vote. he coiiiinandinp the ol)cri1tion." though I do get the gcticral drift. Sir Diivid Hitilnily. Britain's iun- I guess I do no1 undcrsland the Photo by Amynah Janmohamed hssidor. loltl JC~OIIC~'S011 TUCS- technical aspects ot' it." Gifford ... Tufts' latest development endeavor finally unearths the infamous "Guy Under the Lawn in Front thy. Pcnt:lgon sources hitvc sitid see CIFFORD, page 12 of Barnum." As yet, the University has no plans about what to actually do with him. I 2,()( 1( 1 to 20.000 US troops in ighl hc scnl lo Sornalia to get food io inore than I million Soinalis Student reaction to Greek Life vote varies thrc;itcnctl by stmution.Tllc Bush ;~ditiiiiist~~iiioi~had oll'crcd Up 10 by CHRIST( WH EK SIKII'INIS the faculty's rccoiiiinciidations. lot of scgrcgiitcd groups on can- 3 I.( 10 troops. Daily tdit(~ii'dDmrd saying that "inaior ch;ulges" are pus and cocdil'ication in the fra- An internat ioital rclicl' opcr:r- In the wake ol' last Monday's nccdcd in the Grcck system. tcrniticsind sororities won't make .iiori has bccn hainstrung by fcutl- Arts ;ind Sciences FiKulty volt: lo "As far as I'm conccmcd. they i1 diflercnce." iiig Soiniili WiirloI~ilsiIntl biindits rccomnicnd cocdificatioli of the Ithe Grcck system 1 scrvc no pur- Doyle felt that triost students in tlic lawlcss EiNAl'riciUl n;ttion. Grcck system at Tufts, the opin- pose now Ihal they cai'l whcli :UC itgainst the move to codify. The State Dcp;irlincnt says 1 .OOO ions of non-Greek students have they're coed." Kil,liln iLddCd. Faculty involvement debate pcciplc in Soinali;i iitc tlyinp CV- to Regarding the faculty's in- varied widely on the f:iculty's Pointing Grcck supporters' dily 01 statvat ion ;Iddisease. volveincnt in Ihc issue. Vcnninski ac Iions. alyuliicnl thai rhc system cngapcs 'The llcrllh toll already cxcccds 3 n 1s n 1. tics. Kaiplan chiimcnt cd that "Phi- ihc Grcck systcin. but you find he'decided by the students than- 'The draft resolution is p;trt ofa 1;inthropy is not limited lo single- I~C'SCin othcr ;U'C;IS on diunpus sclvcs. coinprorrtisc Wiishinglon is forg- scx 0rgil~iiz;~tiO~is." also. It's not righi to target the Goodwin idsc) felt a need for ing to win the support of Chini1. Inside liatcrtiilics and sororities." said student input. but iugued that Frcshlniin LXI Goodwin also which hiis threatened 10 VCIO ii Features ........................ p. 5 spoke favor;ibly of the fiiculty's Venn inski. ccxdification "wouldn't he <an is- lice-wheeling US-led operation. 'lakc the ('apii~)IIxtlcrs quiz. ant decision. She felt that the lilculty's sue if there weren't student corn- Like Goodwin. senior Kristin Africiui nations iW also worried check IXUIn hi/! expi*sCavoritc mrt vote w;is ill1 appropriate inow 10 Tripoll also bclicvcd that plaints bcing riikd itbout the ahout US dolniniltion ofthcircon- ClPi PdR . rcforrn the system. but not cliini- ii Greek system. cocdification would be pmsitivc t iiicnt. natc it. inovc. but that the systcin should "1 think the faculty is doing The coinpromise w:ix one of Weekender .............. pp.' I-IV "I think that fraternities and not be abolished. this to benefit us. Without the SEX: Madinria redcfinzs the lenn ir the issues to be discussed in :I sororities serve it pu~p)scin the "I think Ihat ihcrc is dcl'iniicly support of the faculiy. I don't herlwkand ncwalbuni,hot the review! c ~osc~-doorS cc u ri t y Coi nc i 1 coininunity and cocdifying thein nccds think this investigation would am split down Itis linc. soincthiny in the system Ihat inccting Wcilncsdoy. would enhance that role." revising. but the system should have gotten done." said Goodwhi. In itsignofthcilccp rivalries in Gtnnlwin explained. "AI the time not closed down it is Meilnwhile. one freshinan who Sports p. 7 be because Sotn;tliit. IW~ofthc niition's Ic;d- .............................. the Grcck system was crcatcd. wished to rcinain anonymous felt Ilie quash ieani rctuiiis fimiTorontt an iinprtiult part of canpus life," ing wiUlordss:d they would IWY- prelwtxi foragrcai fuiure- which isii', fr;ticrnitics and sororities fit the said Tripoll. that the f:1culty was "not at itll Ihe rcaliiv for men's litckcv. sadlv. firncs. hut thcy should now rnove Freshinan Jennifer Doyle with tlic times." voiced her bclief that "there are a see STUDENTS, page 9 see SOMALIA, page 13 .wo ‘2 THETUFTS DAILE 1 Patrick Healp Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor: Paul Horan Associate Editor: Jeff Geller. Elizabeth Yelleti Production .Managers: Julie Cornell. Michael B. Berg NEW Editors: Caroline Schaefer. Stephen Arbuthnot Assistant Editors: Chris Stripinis. 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