CTHE TUFTS DAILY7 Medford, MA 02155 Monday, March 4,1991 Vol XXII, Number 34 Writing New council for special requirement interest houses planned by JANINE BILLY held at special interest houses. might be Daily Editorial Board Mark Goldner, Bayit resident, Members of Tufts’ special said that the council has gotten interest houses are currently in “very positive” support from both implemented the process of forming a special the Bayit and the Jewish Culture by PETER QUATTROMANI interest house council, according Club, the campus organization Contributing Wrira to Candice Greenberg, a Tufts associated with the house. The Tufts Writing Intensive Community Union senator. McGinty, said that the council Program, now in its third year, Greenberg, a member of the will ask for Senate funding for has grown steadily in size and Senate Culture and Ethnic Com- events if and when it receives may eventually become a Liberal minee and Arts House resident, TCUJ funding. She said that house Arts and Jackson College require- said that several members of events are currently funded by ment under the new title of Writ- special interest houses brought the organization or club working ing Workshop, according to As- the idea to her Senate district with the house. sistant ProfeSsor of English and meeting two weeks ago. She said Greenberg said that the Senate Program Coordinator Ann Van that the council will be a “secu- Culture and Ethnic Committee Sant. rity blanket,” or support network favors creating such a group. She Based on a faculty vote in for the houses. said, however, that she did not March of 1986 that recognized Currently, there are between believe the special interest house that some students are insuffi- Seven and ten members of the group would get any financial ciently trained in writing, the unofficial council. Greenberg said support from the Senate. She added faculty decided to begin a writing that the Tufts Community Union that she feels members of the technique program that would Judiciary requires a 15-person special interest houses also do eventually be implemented as an membership before it will recog- not want a connection to the Senate. LAW core requirement with nize a student organization. She McGinty said that last year writing workshopcourses offered said that if the group gets enough there was talk of giving a special in every department. Van Sant members in the next couple of interest house to a fraternity. A was hired in the fall of 1987 to weeks it will apply for recogni- council could prevent such an create the writing program. tion. idea from being talked about “The Writing Workshop Pro- - Rebecca Shannon, president because the houses would be gram is based on the assumption Photo by Jen Kleinschmid, of the Arts House, believes that “taken seriously,” she said. that teaching a method of inquiry Bill Slackman law in two of his team-high 26 in Saturdav’s win. the council will increase visibil- In addition, Greenberg said that is at least as important as teach- ity of the houses. She said she the council would “give defini- ing a body of knowledge. There- hopes that the council will en- tion” to the special interest houses fore, the Writing Wolkshop courses Jumbos drop Cardinals courage students to appreciate the for the campus and the house focus attention both on the tradi- value of the specialty houses. residents. Greenberg believes that tionally defined course material First ECAC tourney win since 1982 According to Rikki McGinty, most Tufts students do not know and on the writing process -- from by PAUL HORAN at Cousens early this semester. president of the German Club, much about special interest houses, exploration to revision -- with the Senior Staff Writer The game on Saturday night German House resident, and Origi- pointing out that they are not listed aim of providing a model for Tufts’ men’s basketball team went the Jumbos’ way from the nator of the idea for the council, in the Pachyderm. investigation and communication took its first step in the Eastern beginning, as they led from start the council will give the houses “They’re a very nebulous that students can use independ- College Athletic Conference tour- to finish. Jumping out quickly to representation in the Tufts com- thing,” she said. ently in their other academic nament with a 97-82 victory a 10-2 lead, Tufts seemed unaf- munity. Currently special inter- Goldner said that many stu- work,” Van Sant said. against Wesleyan in Cousens Gym fected by any post-season pres- est houses are not represented by dents are not aware of campus Although the number of Writ- on Saturday night. It was the second sure. The game stayed fairly close the Inter-Dorm Council, she said. organization affiliations with the ing Workshop courses has in- time that the Jumbos defeated the for most of the first half until, McGinty said that the houses specialty houses, noting that HIllel creased from 13 offered over the Cardinals, the first coming dur- with4:35 lefttogo, forwardLarry would be more successful in is not associated with the Bayit as 1988-89 academic year to 13 ing the regular season in a one- Norman converted on a three- achieving rights spgcialty how is commonly thought. offeringsthis semester alone, Van point Tufts victory on the road. point play to give the Jumbos a with such a council. According to Greenberg, the Sant said there have been prob- ?he win was also the first for 39-30-lead. That play started a McGinty said that the council council will probably be run as a lems with students’ perceptions Tufts in ECAC tournament play 14-6 run until halftime which has received support from the collective similar to thewomen’s of the program. since winning the title in 1982.. included seven points for Nor- German House. Collective, a group without title- “Some students are apprehen- Thanks to Babson College’s man and gave the team a 50-36 According to Greenberg, the holding officers. She said that a sive because the word ‘intensive’ upset victory against second- lead at intermission. council will work as a social and president might be prone to rep- sounds frightening. In most cases, seeded Brandeis, the third-seeded Tufts cruised for most of the organizationalcommittee. She said resent only his or her house and students don’t realize that the kind Jumbos will host another tourna- second half, scoring ten points that, by working together, the since the group is “a conglomer- ment game. Wednesday night see WRITING, page 17 on see MHOOPS, page 9 houses could drum up support for see HOUSES, page 10 at7:OO. Babson beatTufts,91-81 dances, parties, and lectures being Arab goals may threaten The simple signs of war and peace by GEOFF EDGERS military [were] doing.” stability in Middle East Senior Staff Wrirer Though his method of expres- “Nuke Iraq.” The message is sion may not be widelyimitated, by CHRISTOPHER BALL ness of the Arab allies. senior staff wrim The question before the United simple, the implications might Yim is not alone in his emotions While the public is.mostly States and theEuropean and Arab not be. Freshman Toby Yim placed or his desire to express them in euphoric over the Allied military members of the coalition is how the two four-letter words on his some way. The war has brought victory and is focused on the terms to establish relations between states window in Houston Hall three on an increased need for many to that insure peace in the region. days after the first Scud missile express themselves about the War Commentary “If we cannot win the peace, hit Israel. events. What may have been a our military victory could turn “I was looking for a four-letter war of missiles and death in the of the ceasefrre with Iraq, state- out to be a Qrrhic victory,” said word and nuke seemed all right,” Middle East became a war of ments from Arab capitals augur a Italian Foreign Minister Gianni Yim said. “I [felt] very angry slogans and signs back home. squandering of the victory by the De Michelis last week. about what Hussein and the Iraqi However, Yii recognizes that with plitical ambition and vindictive- It had been noted well before the benefits of the powerful di- the air war and ground offensive rectness of slogans and symbols that any military victory would comes the risk of over-simplifi- Photo by Julio Mota fail to resolve the fundamental cation of the issues. A war-time patriotic gesture Inside C “With any country that has p. 3 roots of the conflict. viewpoints ...... “Neither military action nor inflamedpatriotism there’s always “It was not so much a political War and peace -- no not the Tolstoy status quo ante peace will remedy the danger of evolving towards issue, but it was just to remind novel, but three articles on what it all jingoism,” said Yim, a member people that there’s a war going means in the new world order. the incipient turmoil of Arabia, where the vast disparity between of the Tufts Community Union on,” Milberg explained. EPIIC ...... pp.4-5 rich and poor creates bitter con- Senate. “I hope I’m not contrib- Milberg has sensed the clash Distinguished panelists confronted flict within and among nations, uting to that.” between theTufts anti-war move- political and social evil in many terms at where a US ‘victory,’ by arms or Another popular method of ment and the flag bearers. Mil- this weekend’s symposium. ultimatum, will only strengthen expression during the Gulf crisis berk resents what he construes as belligerent forces like Iran and has been flag hanging. Sopho- relative apathy among the ranks Arts ...... p. 7 Syria, while hastening anti-Amen- more Hayden Milberg placed an of the student body. This is why Don’tmissthereopeningoftheMor- can upheavals,” wrote Roger American flag out of his Houston he has placed his flag in a posi- rison Hotel. If vou’re rea& for the 60s mom by JUI~Owra A recent sim at Houston Hall page two THE TUFTS DAILY Mondav, March 4.1991 rHE TUFTSDAIL’I Letters to the Editor rights to thc arm. rcflcctcci in his tcrrifying shtcmcnt that Anna George Both sides should Furthcrmorc, I must ask thc qucstion - Isracl has no placc in thc Middlc East?! Editor-in-C‘hiel seek solution - whcrc wcrc thc JCWSto go, if not Palcs- tinc? Whcn they wcrc pcrsccutcd all ovcr Managing Editor: Geoff Lcpper To thc Editor: Lcah Schwartz J’91 Associate Fditor: David Saltxman I am writing in rcsponsc to NaifAlmut- Europc, no one wanted them. I feel very ’ Production Managers: Beth Gellcr, strongly about the fact that the Jews de- Michelle Frayman, Julie Cornell awa’s article, “Pan-Arab paradox.” Al- Anti-Jewish attitude mutawa cxplains that he is confuscd: serve their own nation, which happens to NEWS be Israel. Almutawa says that, as an Arab, confuscd because he is a human, a Ku- supports bigotry Editors: Kris Muffler, Patrick llesly he believes Israel “ha$ no place in the waiti, and an Arab. Clearly these different To the Editor: Assistant Editor: Janine Billy Middle East.” Where would he propose Wire Editor: John Stone identities arc conflicting in nature. I sym- “I knew that I hatcd Isracl before I Israel’s place is?! Anywhere but in the VIEWPOINTS pathize with his confusion for I, too, am a knew what it was. My feelings are not Arab lands perhaps. I don’t wish to put Editors: Jason George, Eric Hirsch bit confused. I am a human and a Jew. dramatically different at the present time ...” Assistant Editor: Jason Graham Whereas Almutawa was raised to hate all words in his mouth. However, it is impor- says Naif Almutawa in his Tufts Daily tant to note that attitudes such his were FEATlJRES opponents of Israel without knowing why, as viewpoint article “Pan-Arab paradox” (2/ part of why so many Jews were killed in Fditor: Michele Pennell I was raised to hate all opponents of Israel. 28). It is a shame that such hatred bred in Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Yellen the Holocaust. They hadn’t a place any- It wasn’t until I began taking courses at ignorance has not been mitigated on a where. They chose Israel (then Palestine) ARTS Tufts is modern Middle Eastern history university campus. Almutawa has left his Editors: Allison Smith, Kristin Archick and thanks to their efforts, the Nazis were that I even realized that in Addition to the native Kuwait seeking an education not Assistant Editor: Caitlin O’Neil prevented fmm wiping out of the world’s Jews, the Arabs actually did have a legiti- all available in the Arab world. His preju- SPORTS Jewish population! mate claim to Palestine. I apologize for‘ dices against non-Muslim infidels, includ- Editors: Sean Melia, Neil Fater, Mike Friedman To reiterate, I am a strong supporter of Assistant Editor: Jeremy Rosenberg my prior ignorance and have since tried to ing the so-called Zionists, are so strong Israel’s continued existence. I am also open illy mind to the entire issue. I have that they survive his education undaoi- . PHO’IZ)GRAPI/Y worried about what the political future Editors: Julio Mota, Nathalie Desbiez aged. begun to qucstion and attempt to justify holds for Israel. Still, I am desperately Assistant Editors: Jcn Klcinschmidt, my beliefs just as Almutawa did his. Yet, As an example he repeats oft-quoted Olivier Tiumann my conclusion was a very diffcrent one. trying to keep an open mind. I have some Arab propaganda atmbuting the massacres PRODUCTION I want to make it clear that I passion- problems with the Israelis’ unwillingness at Sabra and Shatila to Israel. If Israel is to Ayout Editors: Jennifer Wolf, William Enestvedt to compromise and think that perhaps ately support the existence of Israel. be held morally responsible for those sad Graphics IJditor: John Pohorylo open Israeli-Palestinian talks might be a However, my eyes have opened to the fact events it is only because they allowed lassifieds Editors: Laura Walker, Lisa Mooreheac positive thing. I don’t know if a solution Assistant Classifieds Editor: Cristina Garces that the Israelis have been far from per- another group of Arabs, albeit Christian could be found, but I am willing to at least Copy Editors: Christopher Provenzano, fcct. YCS,thcy too participated in tcrrorist Arabs, into thcsc camps. Jessica Goodman activitics. If anyonc should be blamcd for try. Almutawa seems unable to put his If a Jewish studcnt were to openly passions aside and view the problem from the persecution of the Jews, it should first proclaim hatred for Arabs he would be a more practical perspective..If I, a Jew, Sandra Giordano and foremost be the Nazis. I even have a soundly castigated. Almutawa’s attitude Executive Business Director certain amount of sympathy for those can do this, why can’t he? 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We reserve the right ti :fuse to print any classifiedswhich contain obscenity,are0 ation with King Husscin of Jordan, who wars: The war of Arab states against Iraqi Saddam, an Arab leader, has held the n overtly sexual nature, or are used expressly to denigrate allied himself with Iraq early last month in aspirations to regional hegemony and the see WAR, page 10 erson or group. response to massive street protests for war of the advand industrial states against Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page three TIEWPOINTS No easy peace Same old definitions of victory by ALEC EWALD We are told that our client, Actually, that’s a pretty good scam, Cease-fire. The Gulf war is over, barring any surprises from the Presidential decrees and hard- Kuwait, has been “liberated.” That but it smells more of the world’s raqis. It has ended much sooner than anyone would have expected means W.Freed, certainly, from mercenary force than its police- jack on Jan. 16. It has ended with fewer casualties (at least on the ened military grins bring us news of Iraq’s defeat, and for some it’s an ugly occupation, from the tor- man. :oalition side) than anyone expected. And it has ended with a ture and thievery of an angry Talk of “freedom” today re- nilitary victory. righteous triumph and sweet vin- dication. Others are noncommit- neighbor. But since we’ve ap- minds us of the revealing change Americans are naturally pleased. Regardless of our stance on the plied Western force and Western in the vocabulary of American war, we’re all glad that it’s over. tal, glad that it’s over and we’ve won. But this war could bring a rhetoric to the conflict, it would rationalizations after Jan. 16. Jason George And we’re glad that it ended rela- sick twist to the national psyche. be inconsistent to leave out West- Remember when our stated goal tively quickly, as wars go. To use As Americans rejoice and chests ern definitions of freedom. Ku- was to safeguard Saudi Arabia, Pax et Lux that word that so many have used once again bloat with pride, some wait, an authoritarian oligarchy, when President Bush spoke frankly to describeAmerican success, it’s interesting information in the has made some PR noise recently of “defending strategic interests,” a sense of euphoria. Victory Day edition of the New to try to brighten its ugly human and when Secretary of State Jim But, as President Bush said last Wednesday night, now is not the York Times provokes reflection. rights record. Baker said matter-of-factly that time for euphoria. Yes, the United States has achieved a stunning There is a picture of hundreds Like its neighbors Iraq and “jobs” were the biggest thing at military victory. However, the political battles that lie ahead will be of Iraqi prisoners, huddled to- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is a legally stake? far, far more difficult than were the military ones. totalitarian state with limits on That all changed when fight- Our task now is determining what to do with a Gulf region thai gether inside rolls of barbed wire patrolled by American Marines. speech, full censorship of news- ing began. Words like “liberty” has been devastated by war. We can’t just leave the area and pretend papers, and powerless or nonex- that nothing ever happened. Like it or not, our political and militarj They are defeated men, hope- .and“sovereignty”now garnished lessly outmatched by the world’s istent elected bodies. The al-Sabah the American charge; unquestion- presence has created a whole new set of problems for us to deal with regime, still sheltered in Taif, For example, in defeating one dictator, the US has allied itsell greatest military machine. They able phrases like “justice, stabil- declares three months of martial ity, a lasting peace” became our with another, Syria’s Hafez Assad. How do we deal with him now: are the remnants of a very large if law for their turf. What new Gulfgoals.This was all quite And then there’s Saudi Arabia, which hardly qualifies as a free anc poorly-trained army, probably the recaptured democratic state. Do we exert our influence for change? premier fighting force in the Third freedom means, then, is that the necessary: who can imagine a Should we keep a military presence in the Gulf? The Kuwaitis World. ruling family will be free to reo- fresh-faced recruit rushing to his have requested that we do, and ABC News has reported that two US But did anyone really expect pen its pipelines to the West, and deatkshouting “Protect the exist- aircraft carriers are likely toremain for years. Or perhaps we shoulc even the cream of the ‘Ihird World’s free to begin awardingrebuiltling ing international economic sys- tem! Prolong global manufactur- try to build a United Nations peacekeeping force for the region. sickly crop to be able to stand up contracts to American firms. And then there’s the big problem: what do we do to prevent thf to the awesome American artil- Doubtless much of the dam- ing’s dependence on petrolcum! next war? There has been lots of talk about regional security, but tht lery? Can the bully of even the age done to Kuwait has Iraqi fin- Long live the right of the Ameri- history of the region makes most people skeptical about such plans biggest barrio withstand the fury gerprints, but it is discomforting can consumer to stable pump The US government has already stated that the Palestinian issw of the world’s policeman and his to realize that Kuwait paid us to prices! ” needs to be addressed, but even arranging for talks has beer fierce SWAT team? lay devastating siege to and then Defense of high pr;nciples, cries impossible. Alec Ewald is a junior majoring bomb the hell out of their country see page 14 Just because the war has ended does not mean that its problem! in international rclations. and will now pay us to rebuild it. are gone. In fact, the legacy of war is almost always a mountain o unresolved problems. War by itself seldom solves problems. An( even if it does solve some, it creates twice as many new ones. Falklands precedent provides These are problems that need to be addressed in other ways because war is useless in dealing with them. Solutions need to come from negotiation, from finding out what the parties want an( clues for Iraq’s post-warfuture devising an answer they can all live with. by JASON GRAHAM The truth of this can be seen in every war the US has fought thi! century. The Korean War, for example, was actually ended througl “This is a great vindication of negotiation. The warring parties worked out a cease-fire to end the everything we have done. It proves fighting. However, the war left many issues unresolved, and thest that. everything that we thought plague North and South Korea even today. was right. What a night this has The end of World War 11, even though it was a complete militar] been for Britain! What a wonder- victory, required a great deal of negotiation. The US-Japanese ful victory!” agreements that officially ended the war were particularly difficult Believe it or not, this is not a even though the United States had already dropped two atomic recent quote from British prime bombs on Japanese cities. And don’t forget Yalta, where negotia minister John Major. These words tions among the Allies shaped a “new world order.” were triumphantlyproclaimed by World War I is an especially interesting example of postwa Margaret Thatcher eight and a diplomacy. President Woodrow Wilson advanced a peace plai half years ago, after the Falkland based upon multiple interests, with the purpose of creating a true Islands had been retaken by Brit- international community. However, he met opposition at ever! ish troops. turn. The other Allies, having won a surrender from Germany, werc The Falklandshlalvinas War not interested in negotiating problems. Those problems, left unre of 1982 between Britain and Argentina and today’s Persian Gulf solved, came back to haunt them in the form of World War 11. Graphic by John Pohorylo In the Vietnam War, the United States simply left the scene war share st&ing similarities. giving up. But even this left problems to be solved. There was (an( These similarities can provide us suffered. Will Iraq’s military loss en- still is) the issue of prisoners of war held in Vietnam. Even today, thc with clues for what might happen After a war fought with a rage the Iraqis as much as it did US government is debating what attitude it should take toward itl between the Allies and Iraq in the combination of newly developed the Argentinesand lead toa popu- Southeast Asian adversary, especially since Vietnam plays a majol near future. high-tech devices and bloody lar overthrow of Saddam Hussein? role in the war in Cambodia. In both wars, brutal and op- hand-to-hand combat, the Argen- Maybe yes, but there is a danger. The most recent US war is no different from the others. Problem! pressive military dictatorships tine forces were forced to raise The British never invaded the itill remain, problems that demand our attention. The Gulf war invaded small, defenseless neigh- the white flag. At first the Argen- Argentine mainland and didn’t aised one particularly frightening issue: The threat of fighting bors. In both wars, the US and tines did not agree to an uncondi- meddle in Argentina’s domestic involving chemical and biological weapons. History has shown that Britain were suffering domestic tional surrender. President Galti- politics after the Falklands War. io matter how vicious and horrible a weapon may initially appear, hard times. Nonetheless they sent eri felt the battle was lost, but not However, our troops are in Iraqi here are always those willing to give them a try. Dynamite seemed their armed forces thousands of the war. He was still trying to territory and Bush’s goals are no like a terrible and merciless tool when Alfred Nobel invented it, but miles away to fight a war defend- save face after a humiliating de- longer limited to liberating Ku- iuman beings quickly adapted to its use. Today, dynamite doesn’t ing the principles of sovereignty. feat. In Britain, news of the mili- wait. Now the US aims todestroy gem very bad at all. In the Falklands War there also tary victory shot Thatcher’s pub- Iraq’s military capacity and over- The same was true with atomic weapons, and the same will likely was ashortperiodof negotiations lic approval rating up by 17 points. throw Saddam. For Allied forces )e true with these new weapons of horror. Unless the United States and economic sanctions, but they . Today Iraq and the US find to overthrow Saddam would be a ind other nations are willing to deal with chemical weapons and try failed. As a result, proud, patri- themselves in the same positions mistake. He would become a hero .o negotiate a way to deal with them, we may find that someone will otic Britons cheered and waved that Argentina and Britain were and martyr against the West. If )e less reluctant to use them in the next war. the Union Jack as the British in. Iraqi troops retreat while Sad- we dictate who rules Iraq, anti- TheGulfWarisfinished,and we havetherighttobe happy about Armada steamed southward to dam Hussein insists that Iraq has Western sentiments would explode hat. But we must not let ourselves forget that the war itself has not recover the desolate islands lo- not lost the war. Likewise, Presi- throughout the region. iolved all the issues it raised. During the coming months and cated 200 miles off the Argentine dent Bush’s approval rating is But if Saddam is overthrown :oming years, we as a nation and as a world will need to face these coastline. soaring after the US military vic- by Iraqis fighting for a country ssues. If we don’t solve them now, we might find ourselves again Argentines jubilantly cheered tory. But will the aftermath of the free from oppression, torture, and it war later. the invasion of the Falklands and Gulf war follow the same script a Saddam “Big Brother is watch- the raising of the Argentine flag as that of the Falklands War? ing you” Hussein, then prospects over Port Stanley. “LasMalvinas After their defeat, the Argen- for stability in the region are 11 son Argentinas” was a victorious tine public felt cheated by Galti- greater. chant that temporarily dulled the eri and the military junta. They I1 Please recvcle I/ painful military oppression and were angered that young Argen- In post-Falklands War Argen- J economic chaos that Argentines tine lives were lost in afutile war. tina,Argentines have rebuilt their II II Forced by public outrage, Galti- country into a democracy with Jason Graham, a sophomore eri and his junta stepped down respect for the human rights of majoring in international rela- from power and democratic elec- all. It is hoped thara fundamental this newspaper tions with a minor in Latin Ameri- tions were held. For the first time respect for freedom and human can studies, is assistant viewpoint I’ I1 in years, a civilian became presi- rights will emerge from war-tom editor of the Daily. dent of Argentina. Iraq like it did in Argentina. page four THE TUFTS DAILY Mondav. March 4.1991 EPIIC SYMPOSIUM 1991 Guatemala under fire for allowing human rights abuses by CHRISTOPHER BALL Salvador, and Civil-Military Re- dissidents and insurgents in Gua- Now, military forces are ac- government critics since 1982, stnior Staff writer lations: Death Squads and Revo- temala have taken place, accord- cused of engaging in selective when the previous dictatorship Several lawyers and journal- lutionary Violence,” was marked ing to a several respected human kidnappings, tortures, and assas- was overthrown by dissident ists at a Saturday symposium panel by controversial exchanges be- rights groups such as Amnesty sinations to terrorize the support- military officers. Gramajo was criticized the failure of Guate- tween Hector Alejandm Gramajo, International and America’s ers of opposition figures, while then serving in the Guatemalan mala’s fragile civilian government Guatemalan defense minister from Watch. maintaining a facade of demo- embassy in Washington as amili- to end worsening human rights 1987 to 1990 and aprevious army Insurgents have fought vari- cratic government. tary attache. He assumed a mili- abuses by the country’s military general, and other panelists and ous Guatemalan governments with Gramajo denies abuses tary command under the new and rejected denials by a former audience members. afew pauses since 1960. Between Gramajo, however, denied that military government, and became Guatemalan defense minister that Gramajo has been in military 1980-and 1984, from 50,000 to the military is committing such leadership positions during pen- 70,000 people died or disaw abuses. ods in which kidnappings, tor- during the army counter-insur- The panel, “Guatemala, El tures, and murders of peasants, gency campaign. Rain adds gloominess to discussion of China by CHARLIE BODEEN Liu Binyan, a leading reporter ‘senior staffwriter with the official Communist party Saturday’s rain could not help newspaper The peclples Daily until but to bring an added gloominess his forced exile in 1987, offered a tothe weighty topic of this year’s grim picture of China’s most international symposium: “Con- pressing dilemmas. During the fronting Political and Social Evil; mid fifties, Liu had been apromi- Complicity, Resistance, Human nent journalist until his support Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy.” of striking workers brought on The morning’s program had .al- his removal and subsequent 22 ready extended into early after- years of internal exile. Rehabili- noon when the audience and tated in 1979, he rose to fame as panelists settled themselves into an investigative journalist until Cabot Auditorium to tackle the being purged in the power struggle issue of China and human rights, that toppled China’s liberal pre- under the heading “The Dialectic mier, the late Hu Yaobang. of Danger and Opportunity.” Liu is also the author of two The panel was composed of books, A Higher Kind of Loyalty, three critics of the Chinese com- and China’s Hope, China’s Cri- . munist government, two Chinese sis. and one American, who, through Liu flatly enunciated the con- their varying degrees of contact spicuous lack of US objections to with the regime, were able to China’s ongoing abuse of human offer insight into China’s politi- rights, a policy he attributed to Members of the EPIIC symposium panel “Guatemala,.EI Salvador, and Civil-Military Relations: cal dilemmas. An overriding the US’S desire for a stable and Death Squads and Revolutionary Violence,” discuss the situation in that IdatinAmerican country. concern of the discussion was the cooperative China. He revealed movement of the Chinese con- that not only have human rights face sensus toward a more democratic not improved since 1989, but that Farer and Morris off over system of government, a move- the flow of emigrants, legal and ment which was dealt a consider- illegal, has inmased dramatically. - human rights and US foreign policy able setback following the events Liu said he expects the flight will in Beijing’s Tiananmen square by KRISTIX ARCHICK idea of whether or not human Law and International Affairs at see CHINA, page 12 Daily Editorial Board rights should become part of American University, and a on June 4.1989. This weekend’s 1991 EPIIC United States foreign policy and member of the editorial boards of SyrnpsiummnvenedSaturday how to direct the needs of the several legal journals, was the Concerns over Gulf war morning with the panel discus- state with the needs to acknowl- first speaker. Farer set forth the sion “U.S. Foreign Policy and edge and respect the rights of argument that, “simply the pres- are addressed by panel Human Rights: The Predicament human beings.” And indeed, this SUR of this anarchical world which of Pretense andPractice.”After a was largely the focus of the dis- is international relations does by LAUREN KEEFE “Difficult life conditions of- late start due to some logistical cussion as Farer and Moms out- inhibit concern, consistency in senior staff writer ten create difficulties in world problems, the panel, which con- lined slightly different concerns the human rights behavior of all Six experts addressed a vari- view, so ideology becomes im- sisted of two speakers, finally got and offered varying opinions as states, including the United States.” ety of human rights concerns that portant,” he said. The use of force under way with EPIIC member to why inconsistencies exist in Defining anarchical world as have emerged during the war to resolve the Gulf crisis “rein- Jeremy Bohrer as moderator. US foreign policy surrounding meaning that, “there is no cenml against Iraq in Saturday morn- forced history of aggression and Bohrer introduced he panel- the area of human rights abuses in authority which guarantees the ing’s symposium panel “TheGulf the belief that aggression is an ists -- Thomas Farer and Steven other countries. security or even the survival of and Human Rights: The conse- acceptable,reasonable tool to use Moms --as“twoindividuals who Farer, a former president of states,” he went on to assert that quences of Inconsistency.” to solve problems in the world.” will pose arguments to one an- the InterAmerican Commission “therefore every state has to look Ervin Snub, a professor of Eric Goldstein, the research other” in order to shed light on on Human Rights, the current see page 11 psychology at the University of director for the human rights kup “the conflict that exists in the director of the Joint Program in Massachusetts at Amherst, ana- Middle East Watch,. broadened lyzed the effect of the Gulf war the focus of the discussion to US on the American consciousness, human rights policy in the entire Panelists debate human rights finding that the use of force in the Middle East region. conflict reinforced the history of Goldstein said that because aggression and acceptance of many Arabs see regional human versus national security issues violence in US culture. rights organizations as “Western “We are celebrating, we are implants,” the Gulf war “has set by SHARMILA ARIATHURAI the parties in power “see them- South African government may contributing writa selves as the legitimate minori- . be ablem neutralize the situation jubilant ... Questioning at the backthecauseofhuman rightsby The panelist discussing “Na- ties” that fear “being swamped” and thus ward off international moment is nonexistent. By not ten years. tional Security and Human Rights: by the inclusion of the other pressure by making new conces- analyzing, it is very easy for us to “Our credibility, in the human The Limits of Permissible State communities. Pointing out that sions. learn the wrong lesson from this,” rights, is limited In the Arab world, and Non-State Violence” Satur- repression has not worked and Green, a former ABC Field Straub Said. the US is seen as having a double day afternoon concurred that law reform has been equally unsuc- Producer, showed television foot- Straub asserted that the war standard in regard to Israel. There and justice do not always tran- cessful in these nations, O’Mally age that suggested the presence served as a way for the United has been a policy of neglect on scend the importance of national argued that “you cannot reform of a third force in South Africa: States to feel strong in the face of human rights,” he said. security and that human rights something that must be abolished. the police and soldiers, who are growing domestic problems. Countering the argument that sometimes take a backseat to the The system itself must be abol- choosing a side in the black in- “America has a sense of raising the issue of human rights protection of the state. ished.” fighting and are thus creating strength, power and superiority would further deter a peace set- Padraig O’Mally, senior asso- Dan Green, a student at the. instability. . that is continually disconfmed tlement between Israel and the ciate at John W. McCormack Fletcher School of Law and Di- Nomavenda Mathiane, a jour- by the existence of social prob- Palestinians, Goldstein argued that Institute at the University of plomacy, agreed, explaining that nalist for Frontline in South Af- lems and a decline in economic ?In the Middle East, waiting is MassachusettsDoston, began the “even when you changed the rica and a member of the Black power that had given rise to a only creating a greater risk for panel discussion by giving a system, there are attitudes, be- Consciousness Movement, con- strong sense of frustration and Iran-type scenarios. general view of South Africa, liefsand perceptions still remain- tinued this stream of thought in helplessness. In the face of this “There is no necessary corre- Northern Ireland and Israel, three ing.” He specifically looked at her speech. “The media doesn’t we turn to some domain where lation between promotion of peace nations with volatile and contro- South Africa and said that “there scratch the surface,” she said, we are strong and powerful.” and promotion of human rights. versial governmental systems. is a mood of suspicion about the adding that she felt the media Straub added that President The US in promoting peace will O’Mally pointed out that because changes going on.” He later at- does not seem concerned with Bush’s concept of a new world have to be vigilant in Dromoting:- these three nations are inhabited tributed that mood to “the tortur- what causes the black versus black order provided an ideological , human rights?’ he said. ous and oppressive history of the framework to unite the American by conflicting communities in see SECURITY, page 18 see WARTIME, page 11 which one group governs another, people.”Green suggested that the public. Panel opens dialogue Human rights analyzed in terms on freedom of media of current geo-political struggle by COLIN WOODARD sp& it being “the most important man discussed briefly the evolu- addressed both the problem and senior staff writer trip by a US President to [the by KIRK GREGERSEN writer tion of this year’s topic and the paradox that politics offers for Friday afternoon’s fmt sym- contributing region] in years.” In his introduction to the 1991 planning process of the “anarchic human rights. Using the Gulf war posium panel “Information, Free- Weschler was dismayed that Education for Public Inquiry and project.” as an example, he pointed out dom, and Censorship: The Media magazine allocated only one Ti In-onal Citizenship program, “I hope that bringing together that human rights can become a and Human Rights” aimed to open paragraph to the trip, and the University Provost Sol Gittleman many points of view leads to a “political pawn in a geo-political a dialogue on issues pertaining to evening news only Bush’s covered set the sober tone for Friday night’s synthesis,” Teichman said. struggle,”and be used as a way of Article 19 of the Universal Dec- remarks on events in the Persian discussion of the “cogent and The ensuing video presenta- advancing a paaicular caw. Neier laration of Human Rights, which Gulf. During the same trip there difficult” topic of human rights. tion, introduced by symposium said that George Bush had used broadly defines access to infor- were “banner headlines in Latin Calling the symposium a members Carolyn Koegler and Amnesty International’s report on mation and the freedom of the America because [Chilean Presi- ‘‘learning process” with great value Melanie Rademacher, offered human rights abuses in Iraq to media as basic human rights. dent August01 Pinochet grabbed and applicability to real life, general background on human bolster his own case, while ignor- Distinguished panelists dis- Bush’s hand at the airport in Gittleman said that “the seeds of rights abuses around the world ing both the equally xxious abuses cussed a variety of issues con- Santiago and heldonto it for a full world destruction are more pres- and the international statutes of many of the coalition allies fronting the media, including 30 seconds. It was never shown in ent in this year’s topic than any of defining those abuses. The video and the ten previous years of censorship, objectivity, coverage the US.” the past.” consisted of film clips -- many similar reports of abuses that of human rights issues, attacks on Weschler expressed concern This first part of the evening quite graphic -- and narration occurred in Iraq. the press, and the future of world over the media’s sparse coverage consisted of the introduction to detailing human rights abuses in He warned, however, that the communications. Each of the of the historic elections in Brazil the weekend’s program, thevideo Cambodia, Burma, Israel, China, left also plays the political game panelists addressed major issues, and Chile during 1989. Back- presentation, and the panel dis- and Central and South America, with human rights, citing the but had difficulty finding a com- ground was eliminated in the few cussion entitled “The Unique and among others. example of activist Ramsey Clark, mon focus of discussion. reports that appeared, to the point the Universal: Human Rights and Immediately after the video who asserts that the US is deliber- Lawrence Weschler, the award- of ignoring the US role in the the Pursuit of Dignity.” presentation, symposium mem- ately targeting large civilian winning New Yorhr correspon- overthrow of Salvador Allende’s After a program introduction ber Philip Wood introduced the populations in Iraq. This political dent, addressed bias in coverage government in Santiago, which by EPIIC member Douglas Re- evening’s first panel and its two use of human rights, he said, is by the United States media. opened 15 years of military dicta- iner, who called on the audience participants -- Abdullahi Ahmed both dangerous and injurious to Weschler noted that President torship in Chile. to interact with the material and An-Na’im, co-editor of Human the human rights movement be- George Bush’s recent week-long Documentary filmmaker topics and raise questions, Sym- Rights in Africa and professor of cause it minimizes and even dis- trip to Latin America received see MEDIA, page 16 posium Director Sherman Teich- human rights at the University of credits actual abuses. almost no media coverage, de- Saskatchewan, and Aryeh Neier, Neier said that the left used executive director of Human issues of human rights in the 1970s Panel-~ examines ‘structural violence’ Rights Watch, former director of to bolster cases against right-wing by JOSH BUCKLEY lic Inquiry and International Citi- nomenon.” the American Civil Liberties Union dictators like Somoza and Pino- senior staff Wrim zenship, those divisions that take According to Montville, com- and author of Only Judgement chet. In the 1980s Reagan re- This weekend‘s Experimental the form of ethnic, economic, and petition for scarce resources leads and Defending My Enemy. dressed the balance by “co-opt- College symposium on human group violence. The panel mem- to clashes between groups. “Clash In a speech entitled “The Poli- see UNIVERSAL, page 15 rights began on Thursday night bers also addressed the ways that leads to a memory of the sense of tics of Human Rights,” Neier with a panel “Structural Violence, violence violates human rights being deprived of necessary re- Multiethnic, Conflict and Human through economic, physical, psy- sources,” Montville said, adding Rights,” which focused on vio- chological, and cultural means. that “memories, if traumatic lence as “an instrument of ex- Interlocutor Joseph Montville, enough, become collective iden- change”between individuals and author of Conflict and Peacemak- tity.” He added that once a group groups across deeply engrained ing in Multiethnic Societies, be- reaches the top of a society they cultural divisions. gan the discussion by defining build structures to preserve their According to moderator Kevin group identity in psychological status. McCauley, a member of sympo- terms as “a natural phenomenon, Montville also cited the prog- sium sponsor Education for Pub- a clinically demonstrable phe- ress made toward addressing inter- national human rights issues. “It reflects commitment of concept Speakers debate role of of values and human potential by world political actors,” he said, many political systems “It is a reaction to the destructive nature of structural violence and I by ELIZABETH YELLEN his opening remarks, University prejudice.” Daily Editorial Board President Jean Mayer said that Author Abdullahi An-Na’im The mast striking characteris- governments are currently deal- spoke about structural violence Panelists Aryeh Neier and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im flank tic of the final panel of the EPIIC ing with “one of the most difficult in the Sudan. After a brief histori- symposium member Philir, Wood. Symposium, “State Crimes and problems... How do you go from cal overview about the complex Retroactive Justice: History, dictatorships with prison and tor- Sudanese situation, An-Na’im Memory, and Consolidating ture to democracy?” He cited as described “massive human rights ‘Torture’ elicits somber Peace,” was its range. The nine one problem in this process a violations” resulting from the panelists, one of whom delivered government’s ability to handle “confrontation with militant and his speech via videotape, repre- revenge and maintain a sense of aggressive Islamic fundamental- response from audience sented Eastern European, Latin community and justice. ism from the North with the mili- Dr. Marjorie Agosin, a Chil- American, and Asian nations. “Victory does not consist in by MAUREEN LENIHAN tarism of tribal and ethnic con- Daily staff write€ ean poet, and Alicia Partnoy, an While all the panelists discussed crushing your enemies. Victory flict from the West and South.” Argentinean poet, both read poems the human rights violations in consists in having them think they In a silent and, at times, tear- An-Na’im said the conflict filled room, the topic of about the psychological and physi- their countries as related to the were with you,” Mayer said, torture resulted ftom the failure to achieve was confronted, questioned, and cal honors of torture. political systems, some panelists quoting his World War I1 battal- intemal self-determinationand that Agosin’s poems were written had success stories, others had ion commander. When dealing dissected by the participants of competing claims to self-deter- Friday night’s symposium panel not only about those being tor- not-so-positive views of the pres- with groups such as Communists mination create restrictions on tured -- “Naked I am forced to andone gave dght in the Soviet Union or Fascists in “Torture: The Totality of Pain.” ent, an appeal human rights. “The responsibil- Executive of Amnesty face each one of them to confess for help. Germany, it is difficult to accom- Director ity for present ethnic, racial, so- International John Healey intro- secrets that I have never had” -- ~eiocracywas the most cial, and economic violence is but also about those left behind - important theme of the panel. In see GOVERNMENTS, page 8 duced the topic in a speech that primarily our own. Resources for he himself called emotional. He - “Every night I say good night addressing it must be primarily asked auestions such as “Where and try not to cry.” Sudanese,” he said. do vickgo for help?” and “Who Partnoy, who says that she can In response to a proposed so- can they scream for?” He said he not begin to explain the scars of lution by the interlocutor, An- believes that it is the responsibil- torture, views her poems as a Na’im warned of the limitations ity of every human being to fight healing process as well as a re- of the Koran as the basis for equal- tom. sponsibility. “Sometimes our lives ity. “Islamic fundamentalism can “It’s our job. There is nowhere are a metaphor of our countries be used for promoting tolerance else to go to in those countries and it is the job of writers to or intoler .me,’’he said ‘We need where tomeexists. There is only capme those metaphm,” she said radical =-interpretation of the text you ... Human rights are not for The poets were followed by a if we will root our national proj- governments to decide -- it is ours brief film that showed methods ect of the Islamic notion.” from birth,” Healey said. of torture and interviews with Fletcher student Mark Carrie Author Lawrence Weschler torturers. The film showed beat- ’ spoke about the “de-macouptiza- then led the discussion, which ings, electrical shocks, heads being tion of Haitian society.” He de- consisted of two poetry readings dipped into tanks filled with urine, scribed the recent history of Haiti, by former political prisoners, a and moms crowded to the point which has been riddled with coups film showing various torture of suffocation. One final method and violence by paramilitary methods, and a discussion of tor- that was discussed by a former Leonid Volkov came to the symposium from the USSR with the see STRUCTURES, page 10 ture by each of the seven panel- see TORTURE, page 11 videotaped speech of countryman Oleg Rumsantsev. ists. age six THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991

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Manzarak, a former class- While the other Doors are re- mate of Morrison’s at UCLA film freshingly developed as charac- school, coaxes a few verses of ters, Morrison did write most of “Moonlight Drive,” out of Morri- I I I_ --- . the songs and his improvised son, a shy poet who refuses to of it. was it ahawed masterpiece, performance style helped mold sing at first because he thinks he a product of aesthetic genius and the incredible musical roads The can’t. Keyboard player Manzarak contentual garbage, or just a true Doors would meander down in reacts to the poetry and tells adaptation of the forever glori- concert. Morrison, “Let’s get a band and Val Kilmer takes over Oliver Stone’s The’Doors. fied story of Jim Morrison, the The film opens with a short make a million dollars.” With Doors, the 60s and hippie-glazed clip of a scene from Morrison’s drummer John Densmore (played New Haven, and most importantly, a bloated, bearded man who looks sterility? I went back on Saturday childhood. The Morrison family with a great repressed flair by he’s Morrison, the unknown and like he’s ten years older than he and paid my $3.75 to take part in comes across an accident on the Kevin Dillon) and guitarist Robby misunderstood symbol of the late was the year before. the ceremony again. Walking highway. The scene of dying Krieger (Frank Whalley), the 60s. The key here is that he’s no around Harvard Square after the Native Americans on the side of Doors tear through ’66 and ’67 Like he’s walking a tightrope, Elvis, senses seemingly destroyed, film, I came to this conclusion; the highway will haunt Morrison gathering popularity and a record Kilmer keeps the rest of the band wandering around in a position there may be some problems in throughout the rest of his life. con tract. guessing. Morrison gets the band henever thought he’d be in. Right The Doors, but it is a very power- A 15-yearjump in time lands The effects on Morrison are thrown out of the Whiskey A Go- from the beginning Stone has been ful film experience. I came out of Morrison, played by Val Kilmer, immediate. Even before the pres- Go after yelling “Mother, I want careful to weave in the images of the film knowing that if I ever had on Venice Beach in California. sures of becoming the focal sym- to fuck you,” during the Oedipal death that constantly dog Morri- taken acid, it would do to me Stonecaptures the heat andsweat bol of the rebellion of late 60s “The End,” and the shots through- son. By his 26th year, Morrison what The Doors did. as the summer of 1965 moves on. youth were upon him, Morrison out the concert portions of the was an alcoholic, but he knew Either The Doors, and Morri- There’s Morrison’s isolated exis- practiced excess. This excess film are priceless as Densmore that he was no Jesus Christ. For son in particular, grew out of the tence as he briefly attends UCLA becomes unmanageable as the film (Dillon) looks out from his drums the first time in the film, Morri- progresses. Morrison struggles to Krieger (Whalley) first and son is not on stage, forccd to say with mortality, sexuality and au- then Manzarak (MacLachlin) as anything or act anyway for any- thority and by the end of the film, if it’s going to help them all sur- one. “I’ve got the soul of a clown,” it’s apparent what the most diffi- vive the wrath that Morrison’s says Kilmer as Morrison. “I al- cult struggle for him has been; live ramblings bring on repeat- ways seem to mess up at the most finding his own identity. Is hlor- edly. crucial of times.” rison the lizard king or just a very There is no real downfall for MacLachlin is the most inter- drugged out pseudo-intellectual? Morrison. It’s a slow, destructive esting supporting character, forced Kilmer pulls off an almost road that he follows. Some of the to watch over Momson constantly perfect performance. Physically, most powerful images of the film and oil the friction that arises Kilmer is a ringer for Morrison take place near the end as a worn- constantly between Densmore and and combined with his eerily out Morrison records some po- the singer. Ryan’s portrayal of similar voice, he’s completely etry alone in a studio. After all the Pamela Morrison is nothing spe- convincing. He’s Morrison, the parties, meeting Andy Warhol, cial, as the actress goes through singer, Morrison the poet, Morri- bedding practicing witches, tak- her usual ditsyness, but it wasn’t son the drinker, Momson the lover, ing acid like gumdrops and chug- a very crucial role. Stone himself Morrison the anti-societal men- The Doors work their way through a British Dress conference. ging hard alcohol constantly, see DOORS, page 16 ace to police forces in Miami and Morrison sits in the studio alone, ‘Cold Poetry’ is a warm experiencea for .video viewers by JOSELYN ALMEIDA these media, taken separately, can the most effective are John Sa- subverted one another, but ulti- and religious imagery from vari- Senior Staff Writa lack. The videos, however, are vone and Tina Blank’s tragic mately came to a unified whole. ous traditions. The oppressive Across the street from the sometime unaccompanied. Cold “Obsessions,”Victoria Chapman’s Hannan and Keough have done quality of modem life is mostly Museum.of Fine Arts at the Mu- Poetry is the result of the interac- evocative “Destruction Beauty superb editing work. The sequence associated with television, malls, seum School, a team of students tions of several individuals. The War,”and Keough’slyric“Primi- of the videos contrasts the some- and’ war -- forces that in some has managed to transcend the installation retains this same inter- tive Dreams.” These different times senselessand brutal aspects ways or other dehumanize the impersonality of the usual video active quality with the viewer. voices played off each other, of contemporary life with lyric individual. In Bill Elliot’s ‘‘Strange installation. The installation consisted of a Cooking,” a parody of a cooking ColleenP. Keough andAmatul model grotto, with twigs and show, his recipe of peaches, eggs, Hannan’s Cold Poetry, which branches suspended from the coffec, vinegar, curdled cream, opened Friday, proved that there ceiling. As one walks into the beer, and barbecue sauce is funny are many creative and imagina- rectangular space, the soft light until Elliot drinks it and then pours tive possibilities for the video and the earthy colors of the walls it over his head. He then begins to medium. Their work is a refresh- soothes and relaxes the viewer. In shake in physical revulsion. (Who ing change from the usually ni- the left hand comer, directly in wouldn’t?) Elliot’s strange brew hilistic video installation that harps line with the entrances, there is a is a product of society, and his on the monotony and insignifi- statue of what Hannan described bizarre self-flagellation seems to cance of modem life and mass as a Native American Corn be the logical outcome. The cook culture. Hannan and Keough use Maiden, a spirit of fertility and must eat what fie’s prepared. the video installation to heighten creativity. The Corn Maiden, Yet this rigid mold, where the the value and meaning of life -- which could be easily ignored if individual must follow a path even within a technological soci- one does not take the time to prescribed by society, leaves out ety. examine the space, seems to pre- the important element of choice - Cold Poetry was initiated last side over the installation, giving - an element that Hannan and September, when Hannan and it a welcoming and protective Keough both stress in their vid- Keough felt that there was a lack feeling. eos. Hannan’s “My New Reli- of outlets for poetic expression Once inside, one encounters a gion”is apowerful video in terms for themselves, as well as other semi-circle of chairs facing the of images as well as text. The artists. Their effort to createroom television screen, positioned at speaker is a priestess of a religion for various voices is one of the the far end of the installation. The that calls for individual freedom. unique aspects of their work. screen is the only part of the tele- Her fine lyrics, sung to therhythm Hannan and Keough curate and vision that is visible and forms of African American spirituals, produce the work of other poets the center of a superimposed red were powerful as they moved from and video artists in their and gold sun. The screen radiates aconscious decision, “I woke this installation. Cold Poetry includes images and bold red flames. morning with my mind set on the work of several artists; how- The installation has an almost freedom... I woke this morning ever, Hannan and Keough own oracular feel to it. And in this with my heart set on mercy ... I the rights to the concept under the oracle, one finds many voices. woke this morning with my soul label of “La .La Land Produc- Bill Elliot’s “Strange Cooking,” set on justice,” to a call for action. tions.” and Dara Magovenau’s “Suburbs” “There is too much business (we When the project began, Han- are humorous and satiric. There have to do in life) to be thinking nan and Keough decided to use was John O’Donnell’s angry and of Heaven and Hell. We are alive video as a medium for the poetic bitter “6,” Dave Conley ’s suppli- now.” Her “New Religion” com- text. Although this seems like an ant yet sardonic “Talking About pels the viewer to act. The piece unlikely combination, the poetic Trends,” Hannan’s “My New leaves the viewer with the sense text, combined with images and Religion,” and “Vixen.” There that whatever action that one taka In Cold Poetry, Colleen P. Keough and Amatul Hannan use video music, often acquires an immedi- are many videos eloquent with see COLD, pep 17 acy and vividness that each of images and silent text. Among as a medium for their poetic text. page eight THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 People urged to fight Khmer Rouge GOVERNMENTSSymposium discussions because ent,” he concluded. he hopes that with the help of Thick Black Line,” which involves continued from page 5 its participants have fought for Because Oleg Rumyantsev was other powers the Social Demo- forgetting the past in order to plish this, Mayer said. freedom in the world, especially unable to accept his invitation to crats in the Soviet Union will be construct anew country. Rozycka Mayer said that there are prob- over the last year, and do not want the symposium due to last-min- able to overcome this crisis. opposes this policy because “you lems in the idea of democracy, to forget their accomplishments; Ute emergencies, he sent a vide- Volkov, another Soviet, did can’t close a country for repairs.” which hecalleda “fragile flower” the members of this panel, he otaped speech with another So- actually attend the symposium. A She said that the Polish Commu- that has bloomed only recently. noted, have hope and look toward viet panelist, Leonid Volkov. member of the Supreme Soviet, nists knew this would happen, He added that even though de- the future. Judging from the audience’s re- the country’s principal legisla- and the current government is in mocracy is “seen as a desirable The first panelist to take the action, this portion of the panel tive body, Volkov’s presentation limbo: while there is no censor- regime by an enormous part of floor was Pave1 Bergmann, a was the most entertaining. gave a human rights angle to the ship, there is also no free press. the world,” it has not yet been Czechoslovakian man speaking Rumyantsev made the tape in his ideas presented by Rumyantsev. She sees Poland’s fight as “very adequately explained. He argued through an interpreter. Bergmann office and included candid inter- Volkov said that the problem of difficult.” that civics books classify democ- is a founding member of Charter ruptions,suchas taking his phone human rights in the USSR must The next speaker, Edy racies as having a bicameral leg- 77, Czechoslovakia’s firsthuman off the hook. Rumyantsev, who be seen “under some new angles... Kaufman, was probably most islature, a president elected by rights organization. Because he works under Boris Yeltsin, presi- not only from the point of view of relevant. Kaufman, the executive universal suffrage, and so on, but is a Jewish survivor ofAuschwitz, dent of the Russian Republic, is relationship between the people director of.the Harry S. Truman that no one teaches the essence of he is in a good position to under- also the chief author of this re- and the country, but [also] form Research Institute of the Advance- democracy -- the willingness to stand the need to help people public’s new democratic the point of view of the relation- ment of Peace at Hebrew Univer- listen to other people and accept suffering under a totalitarian re- constitution. ship between different social sity in Jerusalem, posed the im- the fact that others may be right. gime. Rumyantsev addressed the groups.” portant question: Have human Bergmann pointed out that Soviet Union’s current situation, Volkov recognized that Gor- rights organizations such as Free- “1t will be extremely lengthy Czechoslovakia hasalong-stand- which he describes as a struggle bachev’s reforming efforts were dom House and Amnesty Inter- and extremely difficult” to get ing democratic tradition, dating between Gorbachev and the popular in the West and were also national actually accomplished the world to undmthis, Mayer before “proper Westem-type democrats. While Gorbachev popular with Soviets, but he said anything? said. democracies,” and that Eastern opposes the disintegration of the that the Soviet president’s recent Kau6nan said that human rights Bruce McColm, who served and Centra€Europe are currently USSR into sovereign republics, shift to conservatism is obvious. organizationsare concerned with as the non-student moderator for going through a difficult transi- the Social Democratic party, led Volkov said that one current phe- looking toward democratizatiofi the panel, is executive director of tion from totalitarianism to de- by Yeltsin, is aiming to transform nomenon has to do with Gor- andpeace, and by focusing on the Freedom House, which is cele- mocracy. He stressed that the the country from its current union bachev’s recent speeches, which wont human rights violations such brating its 50th anniversary this totalitarianism regime of Czecho- of republics into separate confed- promise a reversion to the Stalin- as imprisonment and killings, have year. To commemorate this, Pro- slovakia destroyed this political erations which would be united ist model, including the “image certainly contributed to the ad- gramc- Sherman Teich- tradition, as well as thecountry’s on a “horizontal level.” of the enemy.’’ In this case, the vancement of these goals. He said mag presented McColm with a economic structure. Rumyantsev said that neither “enemy” is the West and the Social Aninesty International’s practice plaque. McColm briefly described Bergmann said that now, as the Bolsheviks or the democrats Democrats, and this idea is dan- of taking three “prisoners of con- Freedom House, saying that it is Czechoslovakia strives toward have a majority, but each has its gerous to the future of democ- science,”one from each different different from other human rights democracy, the c0untry.i~threat- own assets; the Bolsheviks con- racy, according to Volkov. political system, stresses the fact organimtions because it was origi- ened on three sides: populism, a trol “repressive organizations” On a positive note, kkov said that the fight is not one against nally started as a musical featur- new nationalism threat, and a such as the KGB, and the demo- that Gorbachev does not have the particular regimes, but one to help ing such legends as Humphrey strong authoritarian government. crats have the ideas and the popu- support of the entire army or the individuals in society. Boga~t,LaurenBacall, andGeorge As an example, he said that lar support. KGB, so he felt there is hope in Kaufman too had a plea, say- Gershwin. He said that the group Czechoslovakia once had the Furthermore, he does not see the fight for human rights in the ing that internationaltalks on peace evolved into an organization that highest living standards in East- that these groups could work USSR. should include human rights is- put together a series of educa- ern Europe, but in order to change together because the Communists Barbara Rozycka, the last sues in their agenda, because arms tional seminars and broadcasts to a free market economy, the are blaming the democrats, do panelist and a leading. Polish reduction is not enough to guar- during World War I1 to encourage country had to lower its standard not want to negotiate, have blocked human rights activist, said she is antee stability, fighting against Hitler. McColm of living and implement unpopu- the new constitution,are trying to proud of the fact that Poland is-a The following two speakers, explained that at that time, Free- lar practices, Bergmann said. destroy Russiansovereignty, and “nation of professional freedom Carlos Nino and Claudio Gross- dom House’s major task was to Bergmann expressed fear that want Yeltsin to resign. Rumyantsev fightas.’’She agreed with Mayer’s man, represented Argentina and persuade the US government to if the Soviet Union reverts to wants to remove the offie of charackriza6on of democracy as Chile respectively. Unlike the back the Free French and not the dictatorship, Eastern Europe will Presidentof the Soviet Union and a“fragile flower”which began to previous guests, Nino and Gross- Vichy regime. turn into a “gray zone” of states give the authority to a council bloom at @eend of the 18th cen- man spoke from fhe perspective ‘We must convey a democratic with authoritarian governments. federation, a “collective presi- tury, and said that at that time the of living in a country in transition nature to those we seek to per- The problem at hand then has to dent,” which would play the role conditibns in Poland were not from a military dictatorship. suade as well as those we seek to do with preventing these “gray of a legitimate power. . right for democracy. Even so, this Ben Kiernan was the only protect,” McColm said. zones.” Still, Bergmann is opti- Unlike Bergmann, Rumyantsev May Poland will be celebrating “panelist not actually from the In his introduction of the pan- mistic. “Czechoslovakia has a said that he is not as optimistic its constitution’s bicentennial. country he discussed. He focused elists, Robert Daniels, the stu- great ability to overcome all these about the future of democracy in Rozycka said that even with a on the genocide cornmibed by dent modemtor, said that this panel hurdles. However, the danger that his country as he was last August new government under Lech see GOVERNMENTS, page 14 was different from the other we will not succeed is still pres- when he visited the US. He said Walesa, there is the “Policy of the

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Sponsored by EPIIC (Educationfor Public Inquiry and International Citizenship)-- A Program of the Experimental College and The Ofice of the Dean of Students, Ms. VeronicaCarter, Program Director Mondav. March 4.1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page nine SPORTS Jumbo reflections on 1991 Pool quiet until next year’s young splash-down by JASON KROFT continuing their undefeated streak keep intense when there are so L Daily Staff Writa against Division I11 opponents. many other factors challenging B As the waves have begun to The icing on the cake came in the their discipline and concentration, settle at Hamilton pool, it is ap- form of a highly spirited finale at but they hung in there.” In this pmpriate to reflect upon the 1990- the New England Championships, season’s dual meets, the Jumbo I I as the Jumbos took second dace. women swimmers would surface Many high and low ioints with resounding success dropping Women’s abounded during a season that but one meet to Division I Uni- began in early November. Ac- versity of Rhode Island. L I cording to coach Nancy Bigelow, Interestingly, the Jumbos had 91 women’s swimming season. “low points this season were the thought that their Division I11 With a final record of 8-1, Tufts’ usual cases of sore shoulders, winning streak was in jeopardy as women swimmers haveexceeded bronchitis, and the midJanuary they were to face eventual Ncw even their own expectations by blahs. It’s hard for the girls to England champion Williams in January. However, Tufts was Double A4 is Jumbo MVP spared a possible loss by bad by JASON KROFT Though swimming has always weather and the meet was never Daily Staff Writex been a team sport, a core effort by rescheduled, so the streak contin- In viewing women’s swimming veteran swimmers has played an ues. inretrospect,individual perform- integral part on the road to this “The intensity and drive which ances remain crucial in under- year’s 8-1 record. characterized the whole weekend standing the season’s success. This year’s Most Valuable championships was just fantas- Player is-a swimmer who com- tic” said Bigelow, who cited the bines leadership, discipline and New England’s as the pinnacle of awe-inspiring victories. To her this year’s efforts. Tufts students teammates, she is the natural should beaware that the women’s choice: Senior Maureen Monahan. swim team claimed second place A native of Belmont, Massa- with 1133.5 points and saw great chusetts, Monahan has swum with individual performances by vet- the team for four seasons and her erans and new members alike. list of accomplishments as a Jumbo Senior Maureen Monahan, who are lengthy: She shares the re- has qualified for Nationals, cap- Photo by Peter Y sponsibility of co-captain with tured the New England personal A young team will have to dive right in for Tufts next season. Jennifer Birrell and Sarah McCann, title. Also qualifying for nation- swimming program. Bigelow confidence that the returning and is an all-American.At the last als are juniors Jill Desautelle and predicts some big gaps to fill with swimmers and freshman will be weekend‘s New Englands she was April Levine, and a pair of sopho- the loss of some core seniors, able io lake on the slack.” the individual points champion mom Bronwyn Roberts and Rory especially Monahan. and was recognized as the swim- Owens, who took fifth place at “Ten seniors will be graduat- It is now time to toast our mer who has achieved the most New England’s. ing this year,eachof whom added graduating swimmers and look points in New England swimming In light of this year’s success, an integral dimension to the lead- forward to next year’s November Da/y file photo a degree of skepticism arises as ership and performance of the entry of another season of women’s MVP Maureen Monahan see MVP, page 12 many seniors say farewell to Tufts’ team,” she said. ‘‘I have every swimming.

Meserve says- crowd made a big- difference in win MHOOPS beyond the three-point stripe en scored six points and grabbed six continued from page 1 was 1,250, and included not only physical play was aresult of some route to 26 points. Norman added rebounds in 20 minutes, allowing the team mascot, but, for the first dirty play on Babson’s part, ac- before the 1600 mark to take a 23 points and a team-high nine Anthony Schiff to play an in- time, a band. cording to the Jumbos. 60-46 lead. Although the Cardi- rebounds, while point guard Sk- credibly effective game. Schiff Tufts outrebounded the Cardi- “They’re a dirty team,” said nals made a few small runs, they erry added 20 points and 11 as- hit on five of six shots to score ten nals 36-33 Saturday night after Meserve. “They try to take you couldnot get any closer thaneight sists. For the Cardinals, Nelson points while dishing out six as- being beaten on the boards by 18 out of your game with a lot of points away. Williams netted a career-high 34 sists in 26 minutes. In addition, in the first game in Middletown, a hacking. We’re out for revenge.” Wesleyan went a 8- 1 run to cut and his 1000th career point. Jared Haines, forced to enter the difference which all parties thought Sheldon, while slightly more the lead to 66-57 at the 12:19 However, Williams’ effort was game with starting center Dan was important. diplomatic, also indicated that mark, but baskets by Norman and not enough to overcome what the Meserve in foul trouble, played a “[Rebounding] was one of our there was no love lost between Pat Skerry, two Bruce Bligh free Jumbo team considered, after the strong five minutes during acriti- three points [to pay attention to] the teams. throws, and a Bill Slackman trey game, to be a true team effort. cal second-half span. before the game,” said Sheldon. gave Tufts a 77-59 led with 8: 13 “We told them before the game “Jared did a good job,” said Now that the Jumbos have “I’m glad we have another shot to play. Over the next minute the not to try to be a hero,” said third- Sheldon. “Everybody that played gotten by the first round, they at them,” said the coach. “It should Cardinals responded with ten year head coach Bob Sheldon, did a good job.” find themselves locked into a battle be physical.” straight points but could no better who won his fmt post-season game Meserve, the senior co-cap- with Babson, a team which de- And the Jumbos hope to pro’ve than trade baskets with Tufts over as a head coach. “They went out tain, pointed to many of the same feated the Jumbos at Cousens in a that the revenge factor, useless the next five. The Jumbos iced and did what they were supposed things as his coach: the crowd, game which was marked by rough for Wesleyan, might have some the game from the line in the final to do. It was just a team effort. I team play, and rebounding. “The play and even an altercation. Such value after all. minutes. was just along for the ride.” crowd made a big difference; they Vesleyan (82) Tufts (97) Tufts, which entered the game Maybe so, but everything were wonderful,” Meserve said. mln fg ft reb a f pi min fg ft reb a f pt with a 16-8 record, was led by Sheldon tried seemed to work. “This was iust a real team effort.” m-a m-a 04-1 m-a m-a o-d-1 :umler 22 1-3 0-0 1-5-6 1 4 2’ Schiff 26 5-6 0-1 1-2-3 6 2 10 Villiams 27 13-20 4-4 2-2-4 1 3 34 Norman 34 8-13 7-9 3-6-9 0 2 23 ;eish 34 4-9 2-6 3-6-9 1 1 10 Meserve 25 3-4 0-0 0-4-4 2 4 6 {ussell 37 8-12 5-8 1-1-2 4 2 21 Skerry 36 8-13 3-3 0-2-2 11 2 20 dcBride 25 3-10 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 7 Slackman 39 10-15 2-4 0-5-5 1 1 26 rrgote 9 1-4 0-0 1-0-1 2 1 2 Bligh 20 1-4 4-5 2-4-6 2 2 6 :lowers 13 1-5 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 2 Beckel 8 1-5 0-0 2-0-2 0 2 2 :arroll 16 2-3 0-0 2-0-2 0 3 4 Chang 5 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 doore 9 0-0 0-0 O-O-O 0 0 0 Haines 5 2-2 0-0 O-O-O 0 0 4 leaver 4 0-2 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 0 Dunlop 1 0-0 0-0 O-O-O 0 0 0 ‘hompson 3 0-0 0-0 O-O-O 0 0 0 Brown 1 0-1 0-0 O-O-O 0 0 0 :aliski 1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 0 Team 0-4-4 earn 0-3-3 Totals 200 38-6316-229-27-36 2415 97 ‘otals 200 33-6811-1813-20-331018 82 ‘pt fg: 5-14 (Williams 4-5. McBride 1-4, 3pt fg: 5-10 (Slackman4-7, Skerry 1-3) Argote 0-1. Flowers 0-2) Turnovers: 7 (Schiff 3. Slackman 1, Skerry ‘urnovers: 11 (Russell 3, Mceride 2, 1, Beckel 1, Chang 1) lowers 2, Williams 2, Argote 1, Beaver 1) Steals: 4 (Schiff 3, Chang 1) ;teals: 3 (McBride 1, Argote 1, Flowers 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (Meserve) llocked Shots: 1 (Keish) Wesleyan ...... 36 46 - 82 rum ...... 50 47 - 97 rechnical Foub: None Attendance: 1250 Write Sports call Mike, Neil, Sean, or Jeremy at 1-3090 Photo by Jen Kleinsdunidt 38 Anthony Schiff and Donovan Becket head downcourt in Saturdav’s ECAC win at Cousens Gvm. page ten THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 Gramajo asked about 1988 shootings G uATEM ALA plicity of the government. efforts of the US ambassador to coup in Guatemala in which, indict General Gramajo here,” continued from page 4 “I don’t think it’s bias or un- Guatemala, Thomas Strmk, in Massing said, Gramajo, then Heymann said, adding that defense minister shortly after the critical investigation. I think it’s pressing human rights issues. defense minister, is suspected of Gramajo might learn something first civilian president, Marco careful analysis... There has been Stroock “has almost made it a have forged an agreement by which through exposure to US views. Vinicio Cerezo, was elected in practically no investigation over crusade of his to campaign for no prosecutions would-be made “Exclusion is self-destructive,” 1986. the past five years,” Heymann human rights in Guatemala,” against the military if they al- Heymann said. Gramajo’s denials were dis- said. Massing said. lowed the civilian government to missed by panelists and audience “Half a democracy” Posner contrasted Stroock’s remain in power. Teichman and others denied members. Despite numerous re- The Cerezo government, approach with the efforts of US Padilla explained that these that Gramajo’s invitation was in ports of abuses, panelists said, which, for the first time in Guate- Ambassador William Walker in governments face a dilemma over any way a legitimization or justi- government officials refuse to mala history, will transfer power El Salvador, who Posner said had whether to pursue truth and jus- fication of his activities. investigate cases out of fear of to another elected civilian, does virtually turned the embassy into tice in investigation of the crimes “I think that this will not be a reprisals by military officers. not control thecountry. Awealthy a public relations office for the El or to forgo criminal proceedings forum that justifies his position,” “There are people who could oligarchy and the military also Salvadoran government. The 15- to bring peace and reconciliation said Rob Irish, a student organ- do an investigation. What they exert influence. With these limits month-old investigation into the to now divided societies. izer of the symposium. need is a signal from the presi- and the suppression of dissent Jesuits’ killings has been stymied Gramajo’s presence debated During the panel, Gramajo was dent and the defense minister that Heymann said, “You get half a by the degruction and withhold- Before the panel began Satur- questioned by lawyers and activ- they want something done,” said democracy with half a president ing of evidence by the Salva- day afternoon, a handful of pro- ists in the audience about several Phillip Heymann, a professor at and other forces.” doran military and the refusal of testors stood quietly in the Cabot specific incidents of rights abuses. Harvard Law School. “In human rights terms, half a certain US official to cooperate. Auditorium lobby, carrying plac- He generally dodged the ques- Lack of investigation democracy is useless to those While the public was distracted ards questioning whether Gramajo tions. Heymann headed a Harvard whose rights are being violated,” by the Gulf crisis, Posner said should be speaking on human project to help the Guatemalan said Michael Posner, a lawyer for President Bush restored military rights when abuses went on under Then one woman asked him courts investigate violent crime the Committee to Protect Jour- aid to El Salvador, which Con- his military command and tenure about a reported massacres of 22 from July 1987 to August 1990, nalists. gress cut 50 percent in order to as defense minister. They handed peasants at the village of El when Harvard ended that project Posner was supposed to speak prompt a speedy investigation of out a pamphlet detailing charges Aguacate in November 1988 and because the government refused on the investigation of the No- the Jesuit killings. The aid will against Gramajo, written by the the shooting of marching pro- to pursue investigations against vember 1989 killing of six Jesuit resume on March 15, and Posner Cambridge office of CASA, a testors at Santiago de Atitlan by security forces accused of abuses. priests and two women by El urged Americans to ask their liberal activist group involved in soldiers. Gramajo referred the Heymann said he asked both Salvadoran military forces, but Congressmen to block the White Central American issues. question to Padilla of the OAS Gramajo and President Cerezo to he spent most of this time re- House decision. Symposium organizers de- rights commission, which inves- investigate cases against the se- sponding to remarks made by A regional problem fended Gramajo’s participation, tigated both incidents, and will curity forces, but they told him Gramajo. Countries throughout Latin saying his presence gave people a publish a report on them in a few that their investigators and court He said Gramajo and civilian American have difficulties with chance to expose his record. Weeks. officials were either corrupt or leaders in Guatemala and El Sal- former military dictatorships that “Our education is the confron- incompetent. vador have attempted to absolve have allowed civilian government tation of ideas and realities,” said Padilla said that at El Agua- Gramajo argued that the truth themselves of responsibility for to come to power, according to Symposium Director Sherman cate there was insufficient evi- about Guatemala’s human rights ending rights abuses by blaming David Padilla, ’the deputy direc- Teichman before the panel started. dence to conclude the military record was being distorted or other forces in the country or tor of the Inter-American Com- Gramajo, who some believe was responsible. The audience ignored by skeptics and biased denyingtheexistenceof theprob- mission on Human Rights, a branch may be a future president of was hushed. observers, without specifying who lem. To the applause of the audi- of the Organization of American Guatemala, is now studying at But at Santiago de Atitlan, was distorting it. “It has to do ence, he stressed the need to hold States. the Harvard John F. Kennedy military forces were involved, with a lot of prejudices,” he said. the military accountable for its Of 15 countries with reported School of Government. Pa& said, and despite the agree- But Heymann, in obvious ref- actions. human rights abuses, not one has Massing asked Heymann, a ment of a Guatemalan human erence to Gramajo’s statement, US aid cut a military official imprisoned for Haward professor, what he thought rights group and the government’s rejected the idea that reports about Because of the failure of the the crimes. The new government of Gramajo’s attendance at Har- own ombudsman for human rights, human rights abuses were based Guatemalan government to take often make “Faustian pacts” with vard. Sitting right next to Gramah, no action has been taken to against on faulty information, and sup- action, the Bush Administration the military, agreeing not to prose- Heymann stammered and faltered the soldiers responsible. ported the charges of continued in October suspended all military cute cases of military abuses. as he began his response, in ap- According to Massing, Posner, abuses by military forces with aid, totally $2.8 million. Journal- For example, in May 1989, parent embarrassment. and Heymann, that is par for the either the approval or the com- ist Michael Massing praised the there was an attempted military “I don’t mean to exonerate or course in Guatemala. Speaker addresses oppression of gypsies in Hungary STRUCTURES Roger Winter, the director of The final speaker, Sandor Szil- he said. selves. There is one party who continued from page 5 the US Committee for Refugees, aygi from the Alliance for Free “The gypsies are the Kurds of pays attention to gypsy issues.” organizations. He suggested that addressed the “international struc- Democrats in Hungary, discussed Eastern Europe. It’s the privilege Szilaygi concluded his discus- part of Haiti’s “de-macouptiza- tural arrangement for dealing with the oppression of gypsies in of others to target them during sion by playing a gypsy folk song tion” must be the separation of refugees.” Winter said the past Hungary. “I’m happy the one- war and forgetting them during about “how they have had to go the police from the army and called geopolitical struggle between the party system is over, yet I’m very peace,” said Szilaygi. “The good without land and have had bad for “revolution of vigilance with- superpowers in the Cold War !kid over the social and ethnic news is, starting in March of 1989, lives.” out-vengeance.’! context has changed today’s world- problems that have just emerged,” they started to organize them- Gibson Kamau Kuria, a Ken- wide refugee picture. yan human rights lawyer currently “External intervention has Saddam’s loss made his a martyr in exile, discussed human rights fueled and prolonged conflicts by violations by the Kenyanese the infusion of dollars and mass- WAR the discontented masses. In wing, “All of these states, however, government. “Kenya’s govern- destruction kinds of weapons,” continued from page 2 he became a hero; in losing, he is artificial in their origins, have ment is determined to hold on to Winter said. “Conflicts are pro- attention of the world for seven a martyr. His failure may bring become realities - each with a a one-party system when it is longed because they were no longer months. The militaries of the his power to an end, but it doesn’t ganglion of interacting loyalties collapsing elsewhere,” he said. resolvable by the local indige- United States, France, Great Brit- not strengthen the Arab monar- and interests and careers,” Prin- “They are killing some, gener- nous fuses that started them in the ain, and numerous Arab states chies. Indeed, it has probably ceton University professoi Ber- ally harassing and detaining oth- first place. were needed to expel him from weakened them domestically. ‘nard Lewis wrote in the Feb. 20 ers. It is an example of constitu- “The problem we face, with Kuwait. One of the largest air Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other Wall Street Journal. tional failure.” external intervention having campaigns in recent history was Gulf states needed the Western The war has only reinforced “The president [felt] he could contributed to the devastation of necessary to pound his army and powers, principally the United trends toward state-based nation- retain power by assuring there societies in the Third World, the country, overcoming a relatively States, to defend them and to alism rather than pan-Arabism. was no competition,” Kuria said. fracturing of societies, and the inexperienced air defense. recover Kuwait. To many under- How this new political phenome- “Since 1978, the president has massive loss of life, is what is our The size of the military effort privileged and discontented Ar- non isplayedoutamongthestates been amending the constitution responsibility?” he said. He added may be impressive, but the chal- abs, these governments have lost of the region will determine to take away fair elections and that the First World has thepoten- lenge was hardly daunting. The credibility. whether the new regional order is the secret ballot, intervening in tial to help solve the problem of fear was that a strong Iraqi de- To bolster their legitimacy, the marked by peace and stability or elections, removing directors of refugees. fense and poor Allied strategy leaders now seek to present them- hostility and discord. But the recent corporations, and manipulating Vera Saeedpour, director of The would lead to heavy Allied losses selves as leaders of the Arab world, behavior and stated intentions of offices and lawyers.” Kenya’s Kurdish F’rogram, addressed the and a prolonged war, undermin- a goal that Saddam sought to the Arab governmenti makes the government has also attempted plight of the Kurdish people in ing Western public with little inter- achieve through force. As the Arab answer more likely to be the to use different pretexts to justify the Middle East and the human est in the war. In the final test, the governments lay claim to this unwanted latter than the desired oppression, such as blaming prob- rights violations thatthose people Allies executed a clever strategy mantle they confront the recent former. lems on tribalists and on a war have suffered. with startling success, but against history of ;he region. with Uganda, Kuria said. “The Kurds are the third larg- a inferior enemy. Kuria described the employ- est ethnic community in.the Middle But military victory does not Culture block party on hold ment of lawyers and support by East,” said Saeedpour. ‘They were necessarily bring political accom- HOUSES realized it was “stepping on [its] the West that are helping to counter divided into five countries after plishment. While Saddam might continued from pagi 1 feet before [it] started walking” human rights violations. “Those World War I; it was necessary for have lost, he did strike fear in the ate of a lot of different interests and would probably put the party who are detained, lawyers, are those new governments to find Arab monarchies, jolt the com- and priorities,” it would be better on hold for a while. saying if constitutional reforms some way to melt them into the placency of oil-dependent West- to organize it as a collective. Greenberg said that the group don’t come now, there will be country because they were afraid ern government, and terrorize The unofficial council had will be meeting again at the Crafts bloodshed,”Kuria said. “The one of their unification.” She added Israel as no Arab leader in recent originally planned to host a cul- House on Sunday at 4 p.m. She party system and military rule are that there were many subsequent memory has. ture block party similar to the said. she hopes that enough resi- based on the abalition of human human rights violations to assimi- - Saddam’s appeal was never to block party hosted every year by dents of special interest houses equality.” late the Kurds. Arab or Western capitals, but to the Inter-Greek Council. Green- will attend so the group can apply berg said, however, that thegroup for TCUJ recognition soon. page eleven Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY ”- Does the West rationalize human rights violations? WARTIME all empathy for the combattant. tions as unnecessarily harmful to on the American government to “The problem in Iraq was not continued from page 4 That is reinforced in an off, para- the civilian population. Milk live up to its public commitment that the army was too large. The Thomas Farer, former presi- doxical way by the rules of war,” products and chemicals neces- to human rights. It’s not a matter problem in Iraq was the fact that dent of the InterAmerican Com- he added. sary to operate desalination plants of knowing that there are human it has an unaccountable govern- mission on Human Rights, was Jonathan Fine, a member of were included in the trade em- rights, but knowing what to do ment,” he added. asked by organizers of EPIIC to Physicians for Human Rights, bargo. about it,” Abu-Hammad con- Kubba criticized Western explain the laws that govern war related his observations from a Fine called on the US to “shame cluded. powers for rationalizing human and to discuss the moral implica- trip to Baghdad in midJanuary, our government into a different Laith Kubba, the secretary rights violations if they are com- tions of the rules of war. just before the start of the war. set of rules, to break the UN sanc- general of the Democratic Re- mitted for the purpose of political He explained that most rules Fine said that Iraq has suffered tions stranglehold on Iraq, and to form Movement of Iraq; said that expediency. He said that while of war, including the Geneva from a breakdown of health serv- give up the mindless idea of repa- in the aftermath of the war, the the Allies are celebrating their convention, are based on three ices, a profound shortage of food rations. Otherwise, what we face world should focus on the condi- victory in the Gulf, the war itself principles: Limiting the means of and epidemic outbreaks of dis- ... is epidemics sweeping through tions that led to Saddam Husseh’s is a sign of political failure. war, prohibiting the use of strate- ease. Fine also reported that half Iraq and killing countless inno- rise to power. “The Gulf war has been a tes- gies and weapons calculated to of Baghdad’s hospital beds are cent people.” “The worldmust tacdecauses timony of failure. It has been a cause unnecessary suffering,and empty and that the hospitals are Aziz Abu-Hammad, a repre- that led to the rise of Saddam failure of the politicians who distinguishing between combat- operating without electricity or sentative of Human Rights Watch, Hussein. That phenomenon must devised the current structure, a ants and noncombatants. running water. argued that in the aftermath of the not be repeated. To many of us, Mure of the experts on the Middle Farer pointed out that most “There’s nothing they can do. war, the US will be able to exert Saddam Hussein isa bad guy who East region, a failureof the media rules of war have been written by That’s why they’re not sending influence over Saudi Arabia and was born on August 2. If we con- to recognize warning signs,” he military officers. “The laws of them to hospitals. Alot of people Kuwaitand will havean Opportu- tinue postponing the problem, said. war are a product of the military are probably dying at home,” Fine nity to end human rights viola- we’re going to face a much big- .. establishment. They were created said. tions in those countries. ger problem,” he said. Kubba said that while the by officers to reaffi the dignity While the hospitals have ac- “The US government has run Like many scholars, Kubba government Iraq was the “num- of the military profession and they cess to only one-sixth of the out of excuses not to do some- pointed to the arbitrary division ber-one violator of human rights” are based on older notions of medical supplies that were avail- thing about Kuwait,” Abu-Ham- of the Middle East following Wdd in the Middle East, the country chivalry,” he said. able before the war, there has mad said. War I1 as a primary cause for itself has “layers and layers of Addressing the question of the been a400percent increase in the Abu-Hammad pointed out that current regional unrest. communities that before the turn moral bases for rules of war, Farer incidence of diarrheal diseases, human rights violations contin- “The [Iraqi] state structure was of the century coexisted beauti- said, “It has also been argued that which often lead to infant death, ued in Saudi Arabia while the not based on the country’s needs, fully. the most moral conduct is what- according to Fine. Allied forces were in that coun- but on what the British thought it ever ends war most quickly. In In the next week, a rapid in- try. He added that the Kuwaiti should be. As time went on, the He also described Kuwait as that view, the rules of war have crease in temperature will be an Information Ministry and the gap between the state and the “a natural extension of the geog- dubious moral impact. “explosive stimulant to infant Ministry of Information have country became wider and wider. raphy, history and culture of the “One of the results of this tre- death from epidemic diseases,” talked about ‘‘pid+g’’ the cmn- The essence of violence has been [Iraqi] region,” though he did not mendous emphasis on efficiency according to Fine. try once it is reestablished. to preserve a baseless state,” he attempt to explain Iraq’s invasion versus compassion is that one loses Fine condemned the UN sanc- “I think its time to put pressure asserted. of Kuwait. Morris asserts that choices must be made between varying evils POLICY gardless of their records on hu- ciples that he believes must guide cent alignment of the United States tal by Farer to the ideas and prin- continued from page 4 man rights. This is another argu- not only individuals but also states and its allies with Syria against ciples outlined by Monis, the panel after its own security in the ab- mentthat some policy makersput that “take a concern for human Iraq even though Syria was proba- closed abruptly, without an op- sence of a guarantor.” forth as to why human rights rights seriously” as they make bly the second worst violator of portunity for questions from the Citing the lack of central au- concerns should not be confused decisions about where, when, and human rights in the Middle East, audience due to time constraints. thority as one of the main reasons with national security interests. how to fight human rights abuses. behind Iraq. He commented, ‘‘The While setting forth varying views for the discrepancies within the While Farer commented that As “evil does not exist every- judgement which was made by and opinions about the factors US’S foreign policy regarding he has been “inclined to support where in an equal degree,” Mor- policy makers not only of this that may or may not lead to the human rights violations, Farer cited the Bush policy in the Gulf”since ris asserted that “first, a democ- democracy but of all the other shaping of foreign policy regard- several arguments that have been he felt it was important to try to racy which is concerned with the democracies involved in the Gulf ing human rights issues or viola- made by statesmen such as George, enforce the rules of international defense of human rights ought to war was that Iraq was an expan- tions, the discussion did not yield Kennan, “for not making human law where there have been “vio- be concerned first with the worst sionist regime and therefore it any offers for the elimination of rights an important element in lations of human rights and hu- cases, second, that a democracy was morally acceptable to be inconsistencies in policy nor did American foreign policy.’’ One manitarian law, violation of the ought to be concerned with hu- aligned with Syria, which was it promise any in the near future. such argument addnmes the prob- rights of political independence, man rights violators which are less of a threat.” Thus, according It did raise interesting issues and lems with the belief that “Ameri- and violations of the obligational expansionist, and third, democ- to Moms, the alliance with Syria ,questions that seem especially can power can be deployed on UN members to carry out deci- racies should be Concerned with against Iraq was due to the fact relevant in light of the current behalf of human rights because sions of the Security Council.” human rights violations in coun- that Iraq “is more capable of state of world affairs as well as the consequences for security and Nevertheless, he believes that “to tries which it can influence.” spreading its moral poison else- serving as an appropriate segue economic welfare are so small enforce the rules in some cases To illustrate these various where than Syria is.” into the next panel dealing with that we [the US] can afford it.” and to ignore them all together in points, Morris discussed the re- Concludingwith ashortrebut- the Gulf crisis. Farer pointed out that many other cases -- that guarantees the statesman believe that if such a further unraveling of the struc- Author calls for international solidarity policyispursued,then itbecomes ture of the international order.” TORTURE exceedingly difficult not to fol- then, if you were sick, you went “There is nothing worse His co-panelist provided an alter- continued from page 5 than low the policy in all cases. “If native position to this statement out to the hall to see the doctor knowing about torture than know- there is a sign of flagging will in his presentation. torturer was that of using a hun- who would give you an aspirin if ing about torture and not doing then there will be‘probes else- Moms, a visiting scholar at gry rat to eat through a victim’s you had tuberculosis. I saw 180 anything about it,” Maran said. where in am^ that are more closely Harvard‘s Center for International stomach while the victim watches. people die in front of me.” Benjamin Pogrund, chief for- related to central security inter- Affairs, has written extensively The torturers interviewed in Duval said that he viewed his eign sub-editor of The Independ- ests of the United States.” And on US foreign policy and given the film were asked to explain term in prison as a microcosm of ent, discussed the torture that took such an occurrence, it is main- special consideration to human how they could commit the acts life in Haiti. “All families in Haiti place under the forces of apart- tained, would undermine deter- rights issues. In addition, he has of torture. One man said that he have been hurt,” he explained. heid in South Africa, saying “it rence, one of the “main elements been published in various maga- would have committed any act “When they send you to die it was some of the most horrendous of our foreign policy.” zines and newqapers ranging from that he was asked to perform, is a systematic thing. It sends a institutionalized racism that the While this is one of the more the Atlantic Monthly to the New including torturing children. “It message to society that if they world has ever seen.” traditional arguments, Farer gave York Times. Beginning his lec- was simple because we were made challenge the authorities, this is “The indifference of the Afri- other reasons for keeping foreign ture by asserting that while he “in to believe that they were enemies what would happen to them.” He kaner government at millions of policy separate from human rights general supports the work of le- of the state,” he said. stressed that the people of Haiti people dumped into areas with- issues that deal with more recent gitimate human rights organiza- As the panelists began U, speak, and the rest of the world need out water, proper food, or sanita- developments such as the end of tions like Amnesty International,” the mood in the room was tense in international solidarity in the face tion, constitutes torture, for what the Cold War. Farer noted that he said he is concerned by “the the opinion of Weschler who of torture. is the difference between that and although some may believe that general philosophical outlook of remarked, “I think that there is a “There are no stronger prohi- other tortures?” Pogrun6asked. the end of the Cold War ended the many of the members” and what lot of thinking going on in this bitions against any human act Pogrund related his interac- need for deterrence, others assert he feels “most uncomfortable room.” anywhere on the face of the earth tions with the government of South that such a need is required more about is the lack of discrimina- The topics examined by the than there are against torture,” Africa. “They believed that apart- . than ever, for, as exemplified by tion.” panelists included: women and said Dr. Rita Maran, author of heid was a compassionate pol- the Iraqi aggression against Moms maintained that since torture, is torture justified, tor- several books about torture. She icy,” he said. He said that al- Kuwait, “regional states with “evil is universal in the world and ture and international law, the agreed, however, that there is a though the South African govern- regional ambitions may feel freer cannot be codronted everywhere... role physicians in torture, and the need for increased international ment was blind to the real truth, to act on those ambitions.” choices have to be made between different levels of torture. solidarity. “There is the fear that such injustices occur in the United According to Farer, some be- evils and it is quite legitimate for Former Haitian Political pris- the number of people being tor- States as well. lieve that the “spread of technol- a democratic state concerned with oner Robert Duval talked about tured is not diminishing,” she “How is that situation differ- ogy of making weapons of mass human rights to make these kinds his own experiences with torture added. ent than people in Beverly Hills destruction and the increasing of choices.” On the other hand, and trying to change the govern- The focus of Maran’s speech turning a blind eye to the suffer- ecological interdependence of the he said that “these kinds of choices ment. He related the horrors of was international law and torture. ing of the people in the slums in world actually provide additional explain why democracies like the his prison cell. “The cell was Not only does she see a need for the same city? When we confront incentives for associating the US often find themselves involved crowded. We were forced to go in increased cooperation among torture, we need to look at all United States with accommodat- in supporting evil regimes.” nude and share one bowl for food countries, but she also urged the see TORTURE, page 15 ing elites in other countries” re- Moms outlined a set of prin- and water between ten cells. And general public to take action. page twelve THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 4. Panelists speculate on potential for Chinese democracy - CHINA his collaboration with the Chi- facing humor and lecturing with doned the idea that democracy pro-democracy movement would continued from page 4 nese in their attempt to revamp all the panache imbued in him by was their singular concern and rise up and ultimately be success- accelerate as the economic situ- the country’s inadequate and the legal profession, Morris con- recognized minority and religious ful, he stressed that the exile’s ation in the People’s Republic unsound legal system. sistently reiterated his belief that issues as part and parcel of the burden was to derive a plan for worsens. Morris said that the accom- the Chinese will eventually win greater causes of freedom and China’s future. Liu cited the emigration trend plishments of conferences held out against the current regime. basic human rights. In their responses to questions rather than the uncertain effectof on the legal system were erased However, he also warned against According to Shen, the Bei- fmm interlocutor Merle Goldman, the impending Communist take- following the Tiananmen incident fruitless reliance on the influence jing regime lost all legitimacy in Liu and Shen agreed that grave over as the most disturbing pros- when his Chinese contacts were of international structures includ- 1989. Concurrently,the image of misconceptions about the people pect for Hong Kong. He expects removed from office through ing the United Nations, political the US as Yankee imperialists of China and their culture con- the British colony to be overrun political maneuvering. Despite arena’s he described as, “cynical dissolved as students looked to tinue to plague American atti- by Chinese from the mainland these events and his own confir- forums.” this country for refuge and the tudes and US foreign policy to- when it reverts to Chinese rule in mation of Liu’s report, Morris “China,” he said, “must rely opportunity to study. ward the People’s Republic. 1997. had observed enough of his Chi- on national political strategies.” Shen had difficulty articulat- Throughout the program the par- In his accountof China’s eco- nese colleague’s zeal and demo- Last to speak was Shen Tong, ing the long term goals of the pro- ticipants registered only tentative nomic decline, Liu quoted a cratic aims to confidently an- who after playing a major role in democracy movement apart from speculation or none at all as to Peoples Daily article that had nounce that,”the regime is the pro-democracy movement in the desire to see a separation of what will happen next in China. estimated the number of unem- doomed.” 1989, was forced to flee China in power between party and state, Shen, however, who graduates ployed Chinese by the turn of the “Time is on the side of the the days following the regime’s the maintenance of a free press, from Brandeis this spring, seemed century at 200 million. He also Chinese people and their human crushing of the Tiananmen pro- and the Chinese intellectual’s ready to pursue the distant and spoke about the widespread cor- rights,” Moms declared, conclud- tests. Now a graduate student at traditional democratic ideal. uncertain goal of a free and .. ruption, under-the-table dealings ing that the crackdown in Tian- Brandeis University, Shen has “We are not clear on what we democratic China. and smuggling operations,which anmen Square had not halted the since that time published Almost want but are very clear on what “Now is the time to calm down he alleged receive official pa- decay of the regime but only A Revolution, an account of his we don’t want,” he said. While the movement and take serious tronage, due in part to China’s delayed it. role in the pro-democracy move- Shen did not doubt that another lessons from it.” desire to obtain a leading role in As evidence for this under- ment, and he currently chairs the the international arms trade. mining of Communist power, Democracy For China Fund, an Leadership is an asset In addition, Liu listed narcot- Morris described the keen under- Chinese expatriate organization. ics transactions and drug smug- standing the Chinese legal schol- Shen demarcated a clear dis- MVP gling as contraband activities that ars had of the basic issues of legal tinction between the movement continued from page 9 you find yourself reaching new receive covert government sup- reform. They had come to a con- that led to Tiananmen in 1989 heights in your swimming.” port due to the involvement of the clusion,-acorrect one, according and the previous student protests over her college swimming ca- Yet, individual efforts, how- children of China’s ruling elite. to Morris, that rather than being a of the eighties. The determining reer. In addition, Monahan, along ever formidable, cannot account As an indication of the poten- luxury afforded only through factor was, he felt, the participa- with four other Tufts women swh- for the total intensity and disci- tial threat posed by the autocratic economic advance, liberty and tion in the demonstrations of rners, has qualified for the Na- pline of this year’s team. Tufts government in China, Liu drew human rights are in fact prerequi- workers and older Chinese, what tional championships. coach Nancy Bigelow was un- an analogy to the ongoing con- site to the growth and maturity of he called “mass support.” He Monahan’s teammates com- able to sight one player on her flict in the Persian Gulf. “The the economic sphere. asserted that the Chinese pro- mented on her tireless contribu- team who proved the most valu- UNted States,” he warned, “should Crucial also to Moms’ con- democracy movement was an tions to the team. Senior Jillian’ able stating, “I am very pleased not let China off so easily if they viction was the acceptance by entirely unique case and not sim- Lund; when askedabouther long- with the co-captains McCann, do not wish to see an Iraq on a these scholarsof the fundamental ply a lone failure among the time friend and teammate, has Birrell, and Monahan. But this much larger scale.” Lockeian premise that life, lib- movements that brought demo- some interesting things to say. was a season when everyone In sharp contrast to Liu’s erty and, above all, property are cratic governments to power in “Maureen is such asportsman. dropped times and improved, and demure but alarming discourse, the inherent rights of all people, the communist nations of eastern When she’s in the pool, you know that is why we placed so well as a constitutional lawyer Joseph andnot simply of the ruling elites. Europe. she’s going to win,” she com- team and why I haveequally high Morris focused his animated talk Of equal importance was Morris’ While there were a number of mented. “Or kill herself trying.” hopes for next year.” on the inevitable triumph of Chinese colleagues acceptance of factors, economic and ideologi- Freshman Nicole Littenberg The strong legacy of senior democracy in China. In opening the necessity of institutions that cal, that moved the Chinese people saw Monahan’s leadership abili- swimmers, like Maureen hepromisedtopresentthreeppo- offer, “durable, neutral, peaceful to finally throw their support ties as her strongest asset. Monahan, will leave large gaps to sitions on the form and reasoning ways to resolve issues,” institu- behind the students, Shen main- “She’s always psyched and be filled by returning and fresh- of this eventual triumph, but time tions he characterized as “the tained that the demonstrations were intense and you can’t help but man swimmers next season. -- restraints led him to concentrate hallmark of peaceful societies.” not “about bread.” Chinese dissi- borrow that feeling from her,” Hopefully, they’ll be inspired on the conclusions he drew from Spicing his talk with self-ef- dents and intellectuals also aban- she said. “It spreads and finally enough to succeed. ASIAN AMEMCAN WEEK 1991 March 4 March 9

T MONDAY. March 4 v Panel Program- “Decisionson Majors and Chaplain’s Table- “InterracialDating: Perspectives U Careers: Alumni Perspectives’ from Asian American Students’ with Erika Lee J91, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Cabot Intercultural Center, 7* Floor Claro Pi0 Roda A9 1, Ralph Wang A93 F Sponsored by Asian American Center 5:00-7:00 p.m., Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center Sponsored by Chaplain’s Office T TUESDAY, March 5 Coalition Building Workshop: “BreakingBaniers‘ Skits- 7‘d Rather Have Insomnia’ with Don &to, Director, Project Reach, N. Y.C.. S 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hotung Cafe, Mayer Campus Center 8:00-1O:OO p.m., Alumnae Hall Sponsored by Peer Advisor Program, Asian American Center Co-sponsored by Tufts AsiWAsian American Society, African American Society, and Hispanic American Society film and Dumpling Night- Tea’ Tat .a .. Bowl of and U Dumplings N 8:OO-1O:OO p.m., Start House, 17 Latin,Way International Women’s- Day Program Sponsored by Asian House 11:30-1:30 p.m., Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall Co-sponsored by Tufts Association of South Asians, I WEDNESDAY. March 6 Women’s Collective, Office of Women’s Programs, Meditations- %onfessionsof a Korean American and Asian American Center V Woman’ with Juliet Koo J91 12:00-1:00 p.m., Goddard Chapel Korean Culture Night E Sponsored by Chaplain’s Office 6:00-8:00 p.m., Alumnae Hall Sponsored by Korean Students Association R Speaker- The Role of Religion in Vietnam‘ 3:00-5:00 p.m., Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center S Sponsored by Vietnamese Students Club 4th Annual Chinese- Cooking Contest I Bug-: Imperial Court Dance of Japan 11:30-2:OO p.m.. Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center 7:0-9:00 p.m., Mugar Faculty Lounge Sponsored by Chinese’cultureClub T Co-sponsored by Japanese Culture Club and Tufts AsidAsian American Society Asian American Week is coordinated through the Y Asian American Center. For more information call 381-3056. Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page thirteen -

War impacts- Tufts Tufts University MESSAGES of energy that we need to keep continued from page 1 up.” Asian American Week I99I tion of such prominence. For Yim, there was not a long “It’s a visual reminder. When decision process involved in put- the war started, it was trendy and ting the “Nuke Iraq” sign up. Yirn timely to latch on to the peace feels this may have led some people movement. Five weeks later, the to misunderstand his message. campus [went] back to business “I didn’t sit down and think “Decisions on Majors and Careers: as usual. That’s what the flag’s about it for a long time,” Yirn about,” continued Milberg. “It’s said. “I don’t feel we should just to remind people that something go and nuke everything. It con- Alumni Perspectives” is going on.” cerns me that obviously since I Milberg disagrees with the didn’t express it [my opinion] message on Yim’s sign, but not clearly what I personally felt is An informal panel program with the rights that give Yim the being misinterpreted.” chance to express his opinions. Milberg has an opinion on the “That’s his personal opinion,” peace movement that is not un- Milberg said. “It’s a little naive, like much popular opinion. “I’m but it getsdown to the feeling. It’s somewhat resentful towards the insensitive, but it displaysagenu- people who say ‘hey it’s 60s re- Are you undecided about a major? ine feeling.” vival time again,”’ Milberg said. Are you debating between a major that really interests you and Sophomore Nick Jehlen, a , a major that you think will secure you a specific job? “Like the fair weather friends who member of the Tufts Initiative for say ‘peace has been trendy since Are you confused about which major is best for graduate school? Peaceand Justice, is disappointed Would you just like to meet some young alumni? the 60s so lets go on with the with the aggressive position many movement. ”’ Americans have taken toward the War. Jehlen has tried to deal with “That underlying feeling that the criticisms of the peace move- when you’re at war the only pur- ment along with the generaliza- pose you have is to kill off as tions of the group of people against Come and hear what nine alumni have to say about their many people of the opposing side the anti-war movement. ’ undergraduate majors and their current careers. is really a scary thing,” Jehlen “There are huge stereotypes said. on both sides,” Jehlen noted. “In Jehlen has focused his need times like these it’s easier for for personal expression into in- people to throw labels like that to Monday, March 4th volvement with TIPJ. At this other people.” juncture Jehlen finds the key to Does Jehlen ever make a con- 7:OO P.M. activism to be change. certed effort to avoid wearing “I don’t think mahes m going certain clothes or listening to Cabot Intercultural Center, 7tt Floor to be as effective in the future certain songs to avoid the com- because the media and police have parisons with the 60s peace learned how to deal with them,” movement and charges of hippie Reception to follow Jehlen said. “Instead of escalat- romanticism? ing the number of people we have “I try not to make conscious at things, we need to change the decisions like that because those things we’re doing.” are all forms of expression,” Jehlen Sponsored by the Asian American Center While Jehlen admitted that the said. “Just because we’re being ,_ numkers at the general TIPJ stereotyped doesn’t mean we meetings have decreased from shouldn’t do it.” about 100 to 40, he feels it’s not a The war may be over, but the sign of lost interest, just an ex- effects on America and all of the Tufts University pected effect of the intense level Tufts campus will surely be felt of activism earlier in the war, a for some time. Perhaps an ex- Asian American Week 1991 level that he thinks couldn’t be amule of the continuing influ- kept up. enEe is the new message on Yim’s -“[The decrease in attendance window. The day after the ground at meetings] started happening war began, Yim changed the within a week after the war message on his Houston Hall Asian American Center Peer Advisor Program started,” noted Jehlen. “It’s a tir- window from “Nuke Iraq” to ing business to keep up the amount “Victory.” Presents Movie Night Every Monday, 8:OO pm until closing Every Monday night we will be showing video movies of your choice Special requests? Just ask us and we will have your favorite film the following Monday Knickerbocker 16 oz. bottle - $1.50

Bob‘s Foods Skits of Collected Asian American Experiences 324 Main Street, Medford 395-0400 / 0401 f------1 I $1.00 off any large or I Tuesday, March 5th I jumbosandwich I . 6:30-7:30P.M. I Hotung Cafe, Mayer Campus Center I 4:OO - 6:OO pm daily I I Tufts ID required Offer expires March 7,1991 I L---,--,-,--,-,,-,,-~ page fourteen THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 - It’s our addiction to military force VICTORY macy -it is why diplomacy takes American soul cannot be burdened reportedly seek? Don’t bet on it. ride back to the rubble. continued from page 3 place. by human tragedy. As many people We’re flattered - “See? They We won the war, no doubt about many an analyst. We’re told that But in the cold, isolated logic will tell you, feeling guilt was want to be Americans now!’’ - it. But Americans need to realize aggression has been defeated. ofAmerican and European strate- one of the mistakes of Vietnam. but they’re needed to defend the that, for better or for worse, we Break out the dictionary again. gists, a peaceful resolution to the We won’t do it again. abject ruins of their home from defended and ultimately preserved “Aggression,” in the brave new above conflict was never in our future aggressors. Look for the military power as the final arbiter world of unipolar realpolitik, interest. The business of who was What about those Iraqi POWs? US to build real and lasting sta- in global politics. There’s noth- means use of deadly force by actually making decisions was Will they receiveasylum in Saudi bility in the region by giving ing “new” - or stable, or par- those not allied with the US: see bandied about a bit: President Bush Arabia or the US, which many captured Iraqis a shower and a ticularly just - about that. Soviet military in Latin America, often used language that suggested Palestinian amks on Israel, Libya that the choice as to how the crisis Kiernan says threat of genocide real in Chad, etc. would be resolved was Saddam’s. Parallel actions by the US and GOVERNMENTS its agenda its dealing with the Liu Binyan, the final seer, That’s preposterous: choices are *continuedfrom page 8 Allies, however, are “justified use made by the strong, not the weak. Khmer Rouge, the group that was attending his third panel of of force:” see American military The only “decisions” we leave to the Pol Pot regime, which ruled instigatedthis genocide, Kiernan the weekend. He spoke only in Latin America, Israel in Leba- the weak are to follow our decree in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. feels that the UN seems to be briefly, saying that China has a non, Ethiopia in Eritrea, etc. - or else. We are, after all, the His powerful presentation included telling future genocidists that they long way to go in changing be- “Internal” uses of violence are world’s most powerful state, and specific details of the abuses the will not face opposition. “The cause “to get nd of a government borderline cases - see Moscow. force is our strong suit. The United Pol Pot regime inflicted on vari- threat of a second genocide is is easier than to get rid of a in the Baltics, Baghdad in Kur- States had no reason to use words ous ethnic groups, such as the real,” he Said, because since 1980, system ...[and] to get rid of a sys- distan, Beijing in Beijing -nei- when war was much more certain Chinese, the Vietnamese, and the the Pol Pot army has been reviv- tem is easier than to get rid of the ther “aggression” nor “justified to achieve our goals. Cham (a Muslim group), and re- ing near the Thai border. impact the system had on people’s force.” They’re “troubling.” The Meanwhile, the effects of war ligious groups such as Buddhists, Kiernan also closed by asking minds.’’ Still, Liu feels that the United States has no problem with are discussed primarily in eco- formerly a majority in that coun- people to write to their congress- people’s problems in the pursuit aggression in international affairs nomic terms, as with any other try. men to pressure them to take action of democracy in China can be -in fact, it’s one of our favorite blameless natural disaster. The Because last year the UN againsttheKhmerRouge,which solved. tools. “cost of rebuilding” is our central xurity Council dropped from until now has gone unpunished. An old line says that military concern. Allied officials are quoted force is used when other types of today as saying that “a final [Iraqi] power fail, and that is somewhat death toll may never be known.” applicable here. It falls short Of course it won’t, for a number because other types of power - of reasons. One, because war economic power, political power, information is reported by the the gentle coercion of diplomacy American military, which has no - were never really attempted. reason to count the corpses that But then what were sanctions, brought capitulation. Two, the dead what were the myriad efforts at Iraqis are the ultimate losers in “negotiation” Messrs. Bush and this war, and losers have no voice Baker tell us they heaved at Sad- in history’s monograph. dam Hussein to no avail? But most important, and most Those weren’t efforts at nego- disturbing, is that the American tiation - they were statements. people do not want to understand A serious international conflict the cost of their war in human emerged after Aug. 2; they wanted terms. We want to believe that something,we wanted something our victims were Saddam him- different. We started a dialogue. self, the buildings we destroyed We said, “Get out:” they said, #so surgically, and pastel color “No.”Thatexchangeis notdiplo- swatches on war maps. The

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MARCH 4 through 8 .- 5-7 prn MEALS OR POINTS SPONSORED BY THE TUFTS PROGRAMMING BOARD ACCEPTED 4? I_ Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page fifteen Panelists advise against trying Saddam Hussein - - v UNIVERSAL as apologists for its ii-knds’ abuses stantly challenged by distortions are universal, the process of defi- end of the session, both panelists continued from page 5 in Central America while the left and that it must strive to make nition needs “cultural discourse expressed concern over the abil- ing” human rights in the cause created cynicism by “blinding infonnation reliable and not over- and cross-cultural dialogue.” In ity of theunited Nations to effect against totalitarian regimes. He themselves” to the abuses of the look information because it is order to make human rights a any change in actual cases of pointed out that the human rights Sandinistas. politically inconvenient. global venture, the debate should human rights violations. Neier issue was heavily politicized as Neier also pointed out that many The second panelist, An-Na- include Southern traditions and added, however, that on a norma- the right began a lesser-of-two- human rights abuses were virtu- ’im, then presented his topic, take place in an atmosphere of tive level the UN has made a evils game of “our enemies’ human ally ignored by the government ‘‘Universality and Cultural Rela- mutual respect. He pointed out great contribution in setting stan- rights abuses are worse than our and the media during that time tivity.” An-Na’im, a Muslim from that it would be useful for west- dards and norms. friends’ abuses.” The Reagan since the perpetrators didn’t have Sudan, said he would be speaking erners and the peoples of devel- An-Na’im pointed out that vanguard, led by Jeane Kirkpa- a large visible role in the Cold from the perspective of a south- oped countries to look at their sovereipty is also amplex issue trick, argued that whereas the US War scheme. He cited India as an ern or developing country. He own societies and to be critical of in terms of efficacy in enforce- could influence a friendly authori- example, saying that India’s tor- said that human rights abuses stem themselves. Honest self-analysis ment of existing United Nations tarian regime, the hostile totali- ture of those arrested “rivals that not from “the moral retardation by developed countries would also human rights Standards. tarian states were too rigid and of the high point of Pinochet.” of communities, but from deeper make the defining process seem Both panelists agreed that war would never improve. Neier concluded by saying that reasons,”adding that countries in more fair and less hypocritical in crime trials for Saddam Hussein, Neier maintains that the de- serving only politically correct or the South want to enhance the the eyes of peoples in developing although legal under international bate between the right and left beneficial causes and exaggerat- scope of the human rights discus- countries, An-Na’im said. law, would be neither legitimate became one of “which side’s ing abuses for political purposes sions to address more fully civil, An-Na’im concluded by urg- or advisable. An-Na’im believes abuses were worse.” He added discredits the human rights move- political, economic and structd ing consistency in dealing with any trials would just make the that this division ultimately hurt ment as well as the actual figures causes of abuses. human rights violations and con- South more skeptical of efforts the human rights movement be- and statistics. He said that the An-Na’im stressed that al- tinuous consciousness and action against abuses. As he pointed out, cause the US government acted . human rights movement is con- though the values of human rights in daily life. He warned that the invasion of Panama, “just to “marching into Iraq and thinking get one guy,” gave little reason University Arts and Sciences Library you can change that society is the for the South to believe that the mts ultimate folly.” The correct re- North respects intenrational law. sponse, according to An-Na’im, The panel ended with an ap- for faculty, students and staff is to support indigenous efforts at peal from Neier for the human Workshops change. rights movement to be consistent In response to questions at the and self-critical. Keyword Searching Women singled out Keyword searching is a powerful new approach to searching the Tufts online catalog. Although the basics are easy to master using just the printed instruction TORTURE Dauer spoke of rape, sexual leaflet, the system has more sophisticated capabilities, including commands not continued from page 11 abuse, violent attacks, as well as mentioned in the leaflet. This workshop covers these as well as the basics. dimensions” Pogrund said. laws in other countries that con- Author Elaine Scarry centered tindly make Victims Of WOlllen. Monday. March 4 1230 - 1:30 pm her on the question of whether “In India, a landlord can call the torture could ever be justified. By police and have women tenants Job Hunting and Career Planning examining United Nations decla- raped when the male tenant does rations, she concluded that the not do what the landlord wants In this workshop we will examine library resources (paper and electronic formats) answer was an “unequivocal no.” him to do.” that can be useful in job hunting and career planning. The focus is on company The role of women in torture Muslim women forced to bare and business information sources (directories)and job hunting manuals. was discussed by Amnesty Inter- their arms and legs in public, national member Sheila Dauer, pregnant women beaten until they Monday. March 4 4:OO - 5:OO pm who asserted that women are miscarry, and mothers forced to placed in a unique situation where listen to their children scream An Introduction to the Internet + torture is concerned. “There are were also noted as forms of tor- J 1- JS 1 - --1 ,-* many forms of gender-specific ture used on only women. Tufts University’s recent computer connection to the Internet via the campus torture,” she asserted. network Jumbonet introduces new opportunities for researchers. This workshop will give a basic introduction to the Internet. What is the Internet? How has it evolved? What services does it have to offer? Included in the workshop will be a brief overview Write News! Call Kris, of bibliographic access to online catalogs of collections of participating U.S. and international libraries and an opportunity to access some of these libraries. Thursday, March 28 3:OO - 4:OO pm Pat or Jan at 381-3090 Register for workshops at the Reference Desk in Wessell Libranr or call 381 -3460. The Program in Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy presents Nuzhet Kandernir The Ambassador of Turkey to the United States “Turkey’s RoZe in the Gulf Crisis” Friday, March 8,1991 6:OO pm Cabot Auditorium

The public is cordially invited to attend the Ambassador’s talk page sixteen THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 Telephone can have a role in bringing about changes MEDIA ment is able to undermine press in 1987, expelled from the Com- ers who looked at the footage. He “had the privilege of our white continued from page 5 freedom through their control of munist party and assigned to hard added the cameraman who shot skins.” The staff was encouraged Chuck Olin presented a rough the distribution system, supplies labor for, in his own words, the footage felt he knew exactly by outside response. “Those in version of his documentary Out of ink and paper, and campaign of “speaking the truth about the what was going on -- that the the world outside need to be of Silence on the dissident move- calumny against oppositionjour- Chinese Communist Party and footage showed police collusion mindful of supporting those on ment in Czechoslovakia. Olin’s nalists. society.” with the INFATA faction against the inside. The knowledge that film included dramatic footage In terms of press freedom, Press freedom did return to thezulus.Theproducers couldn’t there is a world outside is im- of the democracy movement in “Israel is somewherebetween the China briefly during the 1989 be certain, and the finished report mensely important to people under Czechoslovakia and demonsmted United States and Romania,” student movement, Binyan said, ended up lacking any substance threat.” the role of VCRs, underground according to author Pnina Lahav, adding “it was the first time in 40 at all. Green said he feels that the Former Freedom House Di- journalists, and fax machines in professor of law at Boston Uni- years that the media had gained speed of modern news and com- rectorLeonardsussmanconcluded the revolution. versity. .“It has a totalitarian leg- the freedom to report events.” petition between the networks the panel with a discussion of the “The revolution was not a three- acy inherited from the British This freedom was halted by the work to the detriment of the cov- future of communications tech- week ‘velvet revolution,”’ Olin colonial rule over Palestine,” crackdown: however, and many erage. nology. Sussman was one of the explained, “but the product of a which has been manifested by the journalists were arrested or went “There’s a great deal of loss of signatories of the Talloires Dec- 45-year struggle and 12 years” of Israeli military’s ability to censor into hiding. Two hundred people, content and context when every- laration,a document signedat the groundwork by small groups of the media for “national security” or two-fifths of China’s editorial body is rushing to get it back Tufts European Center that dis- dissidents, writen,joumalists, and reasons. Unfortunately, Lahav staff,was purged and re-posted in first,” Green said. cussedthestructmofafkemedia teachers, which ensured therevo- argued, it is easy for the military isolated rural areas, according to Benjamin Pogrund noted that One of the concepts discussed at lution’s success. to abuse their censorship rights to Liu. Still, Liu believes that ‘‘China the print media described the same Talloires was the creation of the The lack of a significantdissi- stop anything from being printed won’t have to wait 30 years, like event quite well. Pogrund, now a Integrated System of Digital dent movement in Romania may that would be harmful to the Networks [ISDNI, a giant global % the Hungarian revolutionaries did, foreign editor of the London In- have contributed to the downfall government. or 20 years, as in Czechoslova- dependent, served for 20 years on network of telephones, television, of that country’s revolution. Oc- Lahav supported her argument kia. Democracy will come to the staff of the Rand Daily Mail fax, VCRs and computers that tavian Paler, one of the leading with a description of the “Bus China. It can’t be stopped.” in South Africa, a newspaper criti- would give immediate access to

advocates of democratic change 300 affair” in 1984. Israeli De- Fletcher student and ABC field cal of apartheid. I information to all the people of in Romania and publisher of the fense Forces freed the passengers producer Daniel Green used raw “During those 20 years Afri- the world; this would be in accord country’s only free, mass-circu- of a bus hijacked by four Arab camera footage and tapes of fin- kaans rule grew and grew and with Article 19 of the Universal lation newspaper, described the termrists. Two teetswere killed ished reports to demonstratehow seemed entirely in control,” Declaration on Human Rights. state of affairs in his country. in the operation, but two others potentially misleading television Pogrund said. In 1985, the gov- “People have neglected to note ‘“he people cannot distinguish were taken away by security forces reports can be. “Reporters them- ernment closed down the Mail the telephone’s role in bringing between dictatorshipand democ- and later executed. The govern- selves become really frustrated and Pogrund left for Britain. While change,” Sussman said. “Eighty racy. We have become the vic- ment tried to cover up the inci- with network news. Are we doing he joked that he was “walking, percent of the world’s one billion tims of a paradox: Romania was dent by closing down the Hadashal any service when we are given a talking proof of the press’ failure telephones are in only ten coun- the only country where the Com- newspaper. The newspaper suc- minute-thirty to cover the story?” to achieve any change,”Pogrund tries. Seven percent of the phones munist party disappearedentirely cessfully appealed the shutdown, Green said. believed that the paper did con- are available for the two billion after the revolution... this permit- the court finding that national Green showed 5 minutes of tribute to the “dripping water people of the developing world.” tedtheCommuniststomdeclothes security was not at stake. raw footage of factional violence effect” of developing anti-apart- Sussman said that ISDN would and preserve their positions,” Paler Liu Binyan, a former investi- in a South African township. The heid sentiments. Because of the play a central role in “making the said. “If it had remained after the gated reporter with the People’s footage, although dramatic, did Mail, “nobody in South Afiica universe more hospitabIe for the revolution it would have been Daily, discussed press freedom in not focus long on one subject, could say that they didn’t know human species.. [an event] that obliged to undergo the transfor- his native China. “In the seven and therefore made it difficult for what was happening.” will ultimately depend on how mation that other Communist years I was a People’s Daily re- the audience to understand the Pogrund said that the staff of people can communicate with one parties went through in theEast ... porter,”Liu recalled, “there were events in the township. Green said the paper had to mad carefully another.,’ The Communist party has disap- only two years that I got to pub- the same was true for the produc- and lived in fear, although most peared, but the state created by lish what I wanted to publish. But the Communist party still exists.” the government was not able to Movie is essential piece- of 60s Paler also described how the survive the criticisms.” Liu was DOORS purged from the newspaper staff In all, The Doors is an essen- either say it’s horrible or perfect. National Salvation Front govern- continued from page 7 tial piece of the 60s. What Tmz Whatever the case, The Doors has a cameo and there are other Driver was to the 70s and New achieves what Morrison set out to brief roles for the real Densmore York City, this film will serve for achieve and what Stone recre- Attention and Paul Fairchild, who worked those wishing to understand a time ates; it opens the doors of percep- on all of the records with the that is a generation displaced. I tion and makes you think that exception of the last, “LA predict there will be two sort of maybe the 60s weren’t all that Music majors Woman.” reviews of the movie; they will stupid. and prospective Torn Ticket I1 Music majors isb now accepting.a A meeting to Fall Proposals discuss our new for its major production Music curriculum If interested, call Mara at 776-7375

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Refreshments wi I1 call Allison or Kristin at be served WRITE Please come! A RTS 381-3090 Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page seventeen Fiscal problems may hinder implementation of program WRITING entation. According to Swap, the ment may be difficult to acquire in the curriculum focus some- effect as soon as a sufficient continued from page 1 writing workshop program will because of the University’s cur- what on writing techniques. Van number of courses could be of- of writing they do is designed to become a requirement when there rent fiscal problems. Under the Sant said that since the courses fered throughout the curriculum help them. They either think the are enough “money and courses current plan, faculty members are designated as writing work- and funding for the program is courses are more work or reme- to support the program. teaching courses with writing shop courses, “the students will secured. dial courses, and that just isn’t the “The only problems with workshops would receive either a know what they are getting into.” She and Swap said they did case,” Van Sant said. implementing will be getting small research stipend for expenses Van Sant added that she ex- not know how they would obtain Van Sant said that because of sufficient faculty participation and such as travel, supplies or re- pects the requirement to go into the funding. this misapprehension, the title of getting enough money to fund the search assistants or, after teach- the program will be changed to program, but I don’t think either ing three writing workshop A refreshing change “Writing Workshop.” of these problems is insuperable,” courses, may elect to take one COLD the music of the wdeo -- a Native “This should give students a Swap said. course “release” in order to de- continued from page 7 American chant interwoven with better idea of the nature of the Van Sant said many depart- vote time to their academic spe- toward establishingjustice on earth the haunting sound of recorders program as an aid to students ments currently offer courses with cialties, Van Sant said. is both important and meaning- and drums. This video, the last rather than as an added burden,” the writing workshop option, To establish the Writing Inten- ful. Justice is the responsibility of one in the sequence, is especially siveProgram years ago, Van Van Sant added. including the departments of three the individual. . powerful. Keough’s choice of Under the proposed require- English, biology, economics and Sant travelled to other universi- ties, studying similar programs Keough’s “Primitive Dreams” natural imagery IS echoed by the ment, students would have to take history. She said that the funding also explores the dilemma of the theme of the installation; the Native one course, in any field, that has for the current writing intensive before creating a program for Tufts. individual within a suburban American music fills the installa- awriting workshop section in order program comes in part from the According to Van Sant, the Tufts society. She singles out the indi- tion “cave” with nrmth. Keough’s program is similar to those exist- to graduate. However, there is no Arts and Sciences budget, a grant vidual’s capacity to dream -- tO video establishes a connection fixed timetable for the implem- from the Davis Foundation and ing at Yale, the University of use the imagination as a way of between form and content, thus Pennsylvania, the University of entation of the new requirement. money from Tufts alumni who giving meaning to life. The cam- making her video within this in- Massachusetts at Amherst and Dean of Undergraduate Stud- have donated funds through the era first focuseson a sleeping boy stallation an intense aesthetic ies Walterswapsaidrecently that development office. Simmons College in that there (Patrick Keough) and the video experience. to are certain designated writing although he “strongly supports” According Van Sant, there that follows is the boy’s dream. Coldpoetry A ill be on display Workshop COWS focus heav- the writing workshop program, has been substantial faculty sup- that The black and white video fo- again at the end of March. Con- he believes there may be two port for the prograin but funding ily on writing technique methods cuses on a man waking through a trary to the title, there is nothing ‘‘stumbling blocks” to its implem- of a writing workshop require- rather than having every course forest. Keough’s selective use of cold about Hannan and Keough’s imagery lends to the action :yric work. This marvelous exhibit is force. truly innovative, something dif- n 0 0 Her images comspond with ficult to say even of Robert wilso iJassover 2s comzng I SKIVERMONT Plan now for Passover meals I Bromley & Magic Mountains Tufts Dining will be offering three Passover $99.00*includes: 2 nights lodging 2 days of skiing 2 continental breakfasts meal options during Passover, from homemade muffins,fresh-perked coffee,tea & cocoa Friday, March 29 to Saturday, April 6. Wedgewood North Cottages, Route 7A Manchester Center, VT Passover Buffet (802) 362-2145 (617) 625-7929 %id-week, non-holidayprice per double occupancy IWeekend specials available 12 miles to Stratton Mt. Passover foods will be available at lunch and dinner in both MacPhie and Carmichael. The buffet will include Kosher for Passover The Committee on Student Life presents dairy products, gefilte fish, hard boiled eggs, assorted matzo, preserves, and macaroons. 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Frozen, microwavable meals from Myer’s Kosher Kitchen will be available. Four different meals will be served including icken, beef brisket, roast beef, and ground beef. All dinners include either potato, farfel kugel, or potato kugel, and a vegetable.

You may enroll in either the 7- or 15-meal program which entitles Come to the you to any seven or any fifteen meals, respectively. Wendell Phillip’s Award Registration is required. Register at the Tufts Dining Administration Finals Office at 89 Curtis St. between 9:00 am and 4:OO pm, Monday on through Friday. You must register by Friday, March 8. Tuesday, March 5, 1991 There is an additiqnal charge for the 7- or 15-meal plan. at pim. in the Coolidge Room, Current meal plan 7-meal plan 15-meal plan Ballou Hall 20 and 14 $18.00 $38.00 and 10 $23.00 $51 .OO hear the five student 7 $31 .OO $66.00 finalists speak. 5 $38.00 $81.00 50,000 points $52.00 $111 .oo No meal plan $52.00 $111 .oo Refer to the informational flyers posted in the din ing ha1Is for additional informaf ion.

Limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. page eighteen THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, March 4,1991 Protecting human rights sometimes conflicts with national security SECURITY people live together in the Same continued the discussion of the “There are obvious evils in Palestinian human rights in the continued from page 4 townships and that the police role of the police and military in Northern Ireland, but we have to West Bank and a visiting Fellow violence and that it is a myth that encourage the instability to main- his analysis of Northern Ireland. be mehl in identiijing what those to the Human Rights Program at groups such as the African Na- tain power. “Don’t put all your eggs in the evils are... We need better stan- Harvard University Law School, tional Congress and the Pan Afri- Thomas Hadden, a member of human rights basket,”Hadden said, dards of justice, but we must expanded on the notion of the can Congress are attacking one the United Kingdom Standing going on to describe the violence remember that a lot of the prob- justification of limiting human another from their various bases. AdvisoryCommissiononHuman and turbulence of the Northern lems are caused by the terror- rights more broadly. He described Mathiane pointed out that these Rights and a Protestant Unionist, Ireland conflict. ists.”Hadden feels that the inter- these limitations as a “universal national community needs to phenomenon,” rather than an concern itself with situations like instrument of a Israel, South Af- . Northern Ireland and set rules to ria, and Northern Ireland. deal with internal smfe. “Law is an instrument of na- The Radcliffe Hadden went on to discuss the tional security -- not of justice,” judicial system of Northern Ire- Simon said. He added that the land, explaining that as a result of law is Often rearranged SO as to the strong difference in opinions accommodate national security, Publishing Course betwen the factions in the coun- citing theLandau Commission in try, a different kind of judicial Israel which justifies the use of structure was created. These torture and the use of pardons to ‘‘diplo&‘‘collcts are presided over excuse offenders doing crimes in by one judge and no jury, Hadden support of the state. a six-week summer institute teaching book explained that “generally the opinion is that the diplock courts The US has also been an of- and magazine publishing procedures are fair,” since a jury cannot be fender in the manipulation of the trusted because of the strong po- law and justice, Simon pointed liticalfeelingsof the people. out. In 1942, he said, the US Usama Halabi, a lawyer from imprisoned about 150,000 civil- will interview students for theQuakerLegd SeMcein Jerusa- ians on the basis that they were lem, carried on with a discussion Japanese. Later, LL William Kelly of the legal system in his country. was arrested, convicted and sen- its 1991 session APalestinian Israeli, Halabi sug- tenced for the pillaging of a Viet- gested that Israeli law as applied namese village but only spent a in the Occupied telTitOrieS iS Used few hours in jail, Simon said- for politid Purposes. He Said More recently, Great Britain took that being a lawyer representing 35 Irqi citizens that were in the Palestinians is very difficult “The country as political prisoners. Thursday, March 7 legal system is part of the regime These are just some examples of -- it is one thing to have a law and how governments secure them- [another] to have a rule of law ... selves by denying justice and at the there is a big gap between the human rights, Simon explained. reality of the law and the ideol- The panel student moderator, ogy of the law,” Halabi said. junior Brian O’Rourke, said he Career Planning Center Since the intifada broke out, was very pleased with the flow of the Israeli Supreme Court has the panel’s discussion. He said legitimized many unfair practices that they seemed to be “attuned to when dealing with Palestinians. each othex and had a definite focus For more information, call loan Puglia- at 381-3299 Dan Simon,-a staff attorney for in mind.”

. ‘I . A new Study Abroad opportunity Eat, drink, and be Tufts in Moscow merry for Thesduy is (to begin 199 1-92) Pending final approval by the Subcommittee on Foreign Programs, Tufts University FALAFEL is inaugurating a program of study for Tufts undergraduates at the Mendeleyev Institute of Chemical Technology in Moscow (USSR), to begin Fall 1991. Students will take courses in Russian. language, Russian / Soviet area studies and at least one elective, chosen from the regular course offerings of the institute in any subject of their NIGHT choice (for example, chemistry, mathematics, political science, philosophy and many others). All grades will be recorded in the Tufts transcript and can be used to fulfill concentration and / or distribution requirements. Students go for either the fall or the spring semester, but those already studying at Mendeleyev may apply for a second semester and thus protract their stay to an entire year. Special features of the program:

*Three Tufts students will be enrolled at Mendeleyev each semester. *Applicants must have a minimum of 3 years of college Russian language study and be in good academic standing. *Students will live in a dorm near the center of the city and located about 15 minutes from the Institute by subway. The dorm apartments are equipped with private bath and kitchen. *Students receive a generous monthly living stipend from the Institute. *Excursionsto Leningrad and at least one ancient Russian city (e.g., Pskov, Novgorod) provided by the Institute. Tuesday, March 5 *One does NOT have to be a Russian or Soviet Area Studies major to apply. Engineering students and International Relations majors with appropriate = qualifications are encouraged to apply. 8:36 10:37 pm *Tufts financial aid is applicable to the cost of the program. Additional scholarship aid is being sought from other sources. r at the Bayit, *Constant on-site supervision in Moscow by a Tufts Resident Director. “98Packard Ave. Preliminary applications are available now in the Programs Abroad Office in Ballou Hall or in (Jewish Culture House) the Russian Program Office in East Hall. Complete application forms are available now. For more info call x2951 The application deadline is Monday, March 11,1991. Monday, March 4,1991 THE TUFTS DAILY page nineteen Iraq accepts detailed demands of UN ceasefire resolution d

The radio, monitored in Ni- play," the letter said. In Baghdad, a blast believed building the nation. At sunset, he "the latest developments in the cosia,Cyprus,quotedalettersent The resolution retains the to be from an unexploded war- read from the Koran, Islam's holy political situation" and the resto- by Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz to economic and arms embargo and head shook the city Sunday, book, at a martyrs' monument ration of basic public services. IlClassif iedsclassif iedsclassif iedsclassif iedsclassif iedsclassif ieds Going to L.I. on March 151 SWIMMING, POOL1 ROOMMATE WANTED GRAD SCHOOL Great conversation and will 6a6k in the sun this wmmer next From now to Ma 31 - one Mock to APPLICATIONS campus in quiet louse. Brand new EXPERTLY TYPED (Law, share expenses... Call 629-8575. to your nifty true blue under- Medlcal, Business) ground pool (no joke) rafts ind. apt with modern kitchen and bath. Parking incl. $3OO/mo. Call "'395-5921"' Great house too, by the way. Are our grad school ap lications Directly behind Carmichael. 34 Mike at 628-5432 anytime1 pidhigh on your desk!Are you Personals e for summer sublet June wondering how you're going to fit pt or whole year. Call 391- 3 6dm 3293. Free tank of oil. furnished, near all your information in those tiny Wanted Housing campus, porches, clean, near T. spaces? Are you concerned $85Wmo. Please call Ed at 395 where you'll find the time to do it Apartments! all before the deadlines? Is your TONI Two 2-bed. one +bed, all within 3204 Congratulations from your big one block from Tufts, $800. Personal Statement profession- Youn woman wanted Apts avail for June ally typed and laser printed in a to look a%r 2 cute kids during gest fans. We're very proud of 51,600. Exc. and. Parking, laun- subletting allowed, they're in even If we never see you. dry, etc. 6284251 day, 628-1641 typestyle that's attractive? No Spring Break. Please call 884- e, the 2408. night. great condition. close to school. need to fret - call Fran at 395 5203. GOING ABROAD? Lg and small apts. Call Frank day 5921 -aspecialist in making your We need to find a sophomore who or nite. 6257530 for more info. applications and personal state- Deadllne for Proteus is goin! away for the 2nd semee 2 bdnn apt SsoO Muslclans! 7 bdrm apt $2400. Both with large ment as appealing as possible. Apple Jam is planning spring con- Contlnuum submlsslon8 ter of eir junior year to share a Charmlng 4 bdnn is today. Submit at the Wessell Hillside Coop with 5 seniors. If bdrms, Ig si kitchen, hr9d flrs, certs - outdoor and indoor Reserve Desk, the English W/D, porch, shared dnveway, in 3 family house on Hxide. "'TYPINGIWORD events. To sign your band u and de you are above the cutoff and Newly decorated. hardwood PROCESSING"' pertment, or the Lufkin Library. would rather live in comfort than basement storage, 5 min to TU or get on the contact list call Ail at Davis. Avail 6/1. Call Darin As- floors, front and back porches, 391__.-9709 . 3953156 or Alex at 629-8805. In a single in Carmichael or if you yard, driveway. $lOOO/mo. Call All laser printed. don't just HOLLY DENZER don't want to deal with annoying soc. 776-4485 for info or appt We What do Holly Denzer and 729-0221 or 729-6528. !ype -we proofread. check spell- Couneelorsllnstruotors landlords and the hassles of sub- Summer sublet. ing. and read it through. Accu- Eleanor Roosevelt have in com letting then call Josh at 395 4 bdrm apt, 0-1 kitchen N,eeded mon? They both did all the work 5 bdrm apt. W/D and parking id. rate, professional results put a at beautiful residential summer 4328. newly remodeled bath: $1400. 7 On Winthrop St. behind and got no credit1 Love, the Pro- bdrm apt liv rm and din rm, 2 finished look on all your work camp for girls in Vermont Gym gramming Board and their Carmichael. $1 190 per month or papers, graduate projects, dis- nastics, tennis, sailing, riding, de- The Crafts House baths, porch, deck: $2400. 2 min $238 per bdrrn. June 1 to end of voted advisor walk to TU and Hillside, shared sertations, resumes, cover let- canoeing, waterfront, ceramics, has o n space for next semes- August. Call Amy 629-9138. ters, applications, flyers, ar- artdcrafts. dance. trip ter. gme by for dinner Sun- driveway, basement storage. drama, w111. Avail W1. Call Darin Assoc. 776- ticles. Call Robyn at 391-9709. pg. Summer. . secretary and Thurs 6pm or come to the Crafts Looking for off-oampus a ership trarner also needed. Hope we both feel better soon. Ctr 630-11:30 Mon-Thurs or call 4485 for info or appt Lunch? 1'11 talk to you about it tiousin 1 --WORD 391-1306PROCESSING-- Swong skills, good moral charac- 629-9649 for details. Deadline is 1 roommate needeffor next year ter and.love of children a must later. Get better - it's no fun Mar 10. Large 7 bdnn, 3 flr being sick1 Chris Victorian house and one needed for fall semester Great word processing & laser Academic credit available. Mid- to live with 4 other students. 2 printing. We can type: papers, June - mid-August Female, non- OFF CURTIS AVE with 2 baths, large liv rm and din kitchens, 2 baths. WID, dish- Phi Sig Gnek Jammers! el kitchen, shared driveway, theses, dissertations, arbcles. smokers. Contact Lochearn Large 3 bdrm apts in private rm, washer qddriveway. 529O/mo. applications, resumes, cover let- Camp. Box Post Mills, Not bad for our first by. huh? 10 min to TU. 2 to Davis, avail 6/1. 500. VT house-5 mins to campus. Clean Call Ausbn or Walter at 629- ters, multiple letters. Tapes 05058. 802-333-4211 days, 603- ' Strike a mser - and quiet New baths and modern Call Darin Assoc. 776-4485 for Madonna (Do you think they liked info or appt 8662. transcribed. FREE spellcheck 643-2639 eves-wkends. my outfit?) kitchens. Porches and parking. and storage. Your choice of Washers and dryers. $340-350/ typeface. Rush service avail- Exciting op ortunity person. Meg 547-8926 4 bdnn apt with SUMMER J.OBS si kitchen, hrdwd flrs. WID. able. Professional and confiden- to become part ora rapidly-ex- ' There w~llbe an informational porch, basement storage, 5 min tial. CONVENIENT: 5 min away panding international company POWDERHOUSE BLVD from campus. Too busy to stop just entering the New England session for summer jobs as Con- Sunny 3 and 4 bdrm apts across to TU or Davis. Avail 6I1. Call ference Facilitators, Resident Darin Assoc. 776-4485 for info or Services ? Send it by fax. Call My Right market Full and part-time. 617- from campus in 3 family house. and: 391-1306 499-7907. Counselors. and clerical staff at aPPt. tr the Conference Bureau today at Hdwd flrs, big kitchens, yard, 11:30, at 108, Packard Ave. For porch, gas heat Great location! Luxury Villas Jamaica MUSIC AND SPORTS S350Ipersan. Mariko: 547-8926 4 bdnn apt - more informabon call 381-3568. nat wood trim, hrdwd flrs, Ig e-i and Cancun CAMP Cheap prices. Be tan, not jeal- In Southern Maine has current 3-4 BEDROOM APT, kitchen, WID, porch, basement *"JAMAICA, CANCUN, openin for waterfront director LOST: stora e, 4 min to Avail 6I1. ous. Get the hotels before they s Only a block from campus in W TU. FLORIDA"' required), drama di- Glasses. Brown circular frames call barin ~swc.776-4485 for How does this sound for S&wg sell out and make sure you have a WCUL~T in Cohen. Call Joey at 3950020. Somenrille-totally renovated hotel this year. 7 days and nights, rector, waterfront. land sports, new apt wIgarage. $350/person. info or appt Break? Beaches, Fun, Sun. reat and tennis counselors. Contact trips avail now but space is run- hotel and airfare. So call Monica Patrick Healy, yo' BIG kid Safe and quiet house. Call Mike at at 623-2154 James Saltman. Camp Encore/ 628-5432. S230I287.50 a person ning out Call Allyson for info 62% Coda, Arlington, MA, 617-641- I hope you're feeling better soon 4/5 bdrm apt driveway, washer 9677 and I hope there was enough air Lg, 2 stow, 5 bdnn apt and dryer, wood stove, ceiling 3612. seeks 2 roommates. 10 min walk around that you didn't breathe fan, skylight, close to campus. THE INCIDENTAL your GERMS on me. to Tufts. Access to mass transit Call George: 932-8495 Drummer Needed Driveway parking, Gas range, 2 TOURIST BED AND -for bassist and guitarist for BREAKFAST. Kira, fridges, w/d 2 baths. Furnished 1 Room Available in June!! original and few covers. Influ- dining, living rms. $250/mo+. 396- Winchester. Conven'ient to ences: Not important. Don't Call me soon so that we can do Apt so good. you might have to Tufts. Easy access to Boston, dinner again but. at your place. 3251 pick a number to live off-campus1 have t6 be the best just willin to Cambridge. dwniwn Winchester. I i' work a couple days a week. gall Good-sized room in attractive 3- On MBTA, 12 min to Boston Rachd, babe Inexpensive apts avail for bdrm apt Nicely furnished liv rm; by Geoff 393-9429 Thanks for the Crowesl Well, Kip June train. Comfortable. Quiet resi- "'RESUMES"' neat, well-kept din rm; clean, dential neighborhood, elegant LASER TYPESET is just a week and a few da s Are you willing to walk a little to spacious kitchen. Great location: save a lot on rent? If you are call breakfasts. Call S. Bollinger. Impressive$20 Laser- 395-5921 Typeset Resu- away, babe. Hang loose, we'll 100 Powderhouse Blvd - directly 729-7620. talking soon, Ican FEEL it t Frank day or nite at 6257530. Large and small apts. available. across from Haskell Hall and mes, featuring computer stor- Latin Way. 2nd flr apt Seek tidy Travel to the USSR and Dave and Joe. age until June for future updat- mlf non-smoker. Rent currently live with a family for 2wks ing. Your choiua of typestyles, Do you have your WINGER tix Apartments for Rsnt incl. elec. Gas separate. For Sale Heat incl, no fees, walking dis- $325, this summer. No language re incl bold. italics. bullets, et. on et? Kip and the uys are gonna Avail 6/1. Call Anders or Matt at bCK April 13th!?!! tance, 4 bdrm units $1 100-3 bdrm quirement. See glasnost at work Strathmore paper. One day Jnits $870. Avail June 1st Call 776-7817. Great opportunity. Great price. service available. 5 min from Herb or Armand, Days 396-8386, Small group. Call Darcy at 62% Tufts. (Member of PARW: Pro- Uights 483-1045 "Simply Luxurious" 7907 for info. fessional Association of Resume Newly constructed. 3 bdrm, con- Writers). Also, word processing Apt for Rent temp. apt refrig, stove, micro- FLORIDA SPRING BREAK or typing of student papers. grad Nave. WID hookups, 4 pkg. F12259 school applications, personal 2 Tlokeie to STING areat location - Bromfield Rd, 3 March 9 at the Centrum. $25 Birthdays drms, I kitchen, living rm, stor- spaces, frIrear porches, NEW Hotel fff da s -6ukleaving from statements, theses, multiple let- Teat system (low cost), eat-in or near TUF;~: oceanview rms. ters, tapes transcribed, laser each, call 629-8066 and ask for age. WI& $1050/mo. Call Matt Marcie. 542-8958 utchen, storage, and lots more. white sand, emerald green wa- printing, etc. Call Frances any- :all Arthur for appt and more ters, and prtyers from all over time at 395-5921. 'MOUNTAIN BIKE West Somerville jetails: 7290995. the country at Panama City Beach. Call Monica at 623-2154. "'TYPING AND WORD"' 1988 Cannondale, great condi- Denise Farlandll 5 rms, gar, por, 3rd fl, Conwell E. 4ve. avail Jan 1,1992.2nd fl avail 3 bdnn avail In sunny, PROCESSING SERVICE tion. Moving, must sell NOW. Happy 21stl Maybe you'd better iewly renovated 4 bdrm apt 2 SUMMER IS COMING 395-5921 $200 or b.0. Call 395-8534. Ask he1, 1991, $875, 861-8594or SOON! start drinking now. You'd proba- 362-6397 (ans machine) Jocks from carnpusSpaceous, Student papers, theses, grad for Jonathan Greenblatt bly reach 21 beers by the week- jarageJiving room. Driveway, E- kllegiate storege service of- school applications, personal end. Ilove you. -G -K. Avail now. $300 or less utils. fers the largest network of stor- statements, transcription, Korg Poly 800 Keyboard Apts at Tufts age services in the United tape bail 6/1. 3.4.5 bdrm apts, newly :all Paul at 381-3095 (day) or resumes. graduatelfaculty proj- SynthOdZer TO HARRiS i29-5345 (eve). %ate.% Professional Pickup and ects, multiple letters, AMCAS with case and stand and Peave wnovated, w/d. off street park- jelivery. Fully insured. Call for KB 3channel amp. Exc. conl II GREENBERGER ng, refrigs. storage, subletting forms. All documents are Laser 100 From jokes about an imprint on Apt avail June 1st nfo: 787-7922. Printed and spellchccked using Great for ractice and perform kllowed. $290-$330IbdrmImo. ance. Call [is, 393-0325 you wallet to mass communica- :all Tom 324-5487 I bdrm in newly renovated, spa- WodParfect 5.1 ir Multimate. tion (hint, hint) between conti- :ious, sunny apt 5 min walk from ** CANCUN ** JAMAICA Raascnable Ratos. Qbkk turn- aest hotels and rates to Mon- Macintosh and Printer nents, our friendship keeps get- 2, 3, or 4 Bdrm Apts ampus. Has gara e. Liv rm, din around. Serving Tufts students ting better and better1 On your rm. e-i kitchen. .#300+utiI. Call tego ky& Cancun. Reggae or and facul for 10 yrs. 5 min from Price $650. 10 speed bike $25. No fees. Close to Tufts. excel- fiesta1 Don't miss out on your Chemistry and biolog textbooks 21st birthday, I toast you with lent Condition, W/D. parking. Lg Paul at 381-3095 (day) or 629- Tufts. C$ Fran anytime, 395 wine from Chianti country. Take 5345 (eve]. best Spring Break1 CALL SOON. 5921.(Member of NASS - very good deals. Cal396-3591. groups OK. Call for details 8 Monica at 623-2154. - Na- care, I miss YOU. .. soon we'll be appointment. 861-7954. Ask tional Association of Secretarial able to exctiange stories! until FREE ROOM AND BOARD Services). then, keep smiling1 JAW. 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A confidential anonymous hotline keep the walls shakin'. bodies on the Role of Religion in Africa In in a single in Carmichael or if you run by and for students. If ou movin'. ears ringin', and derri- We need a nde. Will share ex- don't want to deal with annoying 4ccess to subway (Orange, the Religion in international Rela- penses. Please call evenings ;reen, Red) via bus. Oil heat gas have a roblem or just nee%to eres wiggiin'. So before you " et tions course offered by the Dept Janet 629-9791 or Kate 629- landlords and the hassles of sub- ange. W/D hook-ups $695/mo+. talk. calP7 days a week, 7pm down.' get up and call RI Ra#E of Religion. The lecture will be letting then call Josh at 395- 396-3251 7m. *** 381-3888 *** at 489-0346 or 623-9690 and tonight at 7pm in Eaton Hall, Rm 4328. - please leave message. 206. ;e twenty THE TUFTS DAILY Mondav. March 4.199 Around Campus

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