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CTHE TUFTS DAILY7 Medford, MA 02155 Thursday, January 18,1990 Vol XX, Number 1 Housing Eight students stage planned protest- in Goddard silent throughout the service we for juniors symbolized the Church’s silence by STEPHENDaily Editorial NEWMAN Board by BILL LABOVITZ on the issues of AIDS. condom Senior Staff Writer For the first time in four years, dormitory housing will be open to about 250 of next year’s jun- iors. The exact number of rooms available will be known after the March 1 housing application deadline, when the Housing Of- fice can determine the number of seniors-to-be who want housing. The office will post the list of juniors granted housing March 6. Fewer incoming students and increased availability of rental The front lobby of Curtis Hall suffered only minor damage- during- housing have contributed to a a fire over winter break. surplus of dorm beds, said Direc- A . 200tor of beds Housing were John vacant Darcey. in Decem- Some Police suspect arson ber, up from 140 in September,he said.In contrast, more than half of inafireat Curtis Hall the freshmen lived in triples three - extinguisher empty, Sullivan tried years ago following the enroll- by JANINE BILLY to break up the fire by hitting the Daily Editorial Board ment of at least 100 more stu- papers with the extinguisher. When dents than anticipated. The Curtis Hall lobby sustained the fire was somewhat subdued, Darcey said yesterday he ex- minor damage in Jan. 9 fire when he retrieved a fire extinguisher pects this year’s sophomoreswill a pile of newspapers was deliber- from the second floor and fin- want to live in the school’s 13 ately ignited, according to Tufts ished putting out the fire. dorms next year, noting that about Police Lieutenant Brian Clifford. WMFO features director Eric \ half of Tufts’ seniors usually re- The fire damaged parts of the Bove used the empty extinguisher turn to campus. walls and ceiling of the lobby and to flag down Officer Moms Ely “I think having all four years the building received other smoke of the Tufts Police Department living in the residence halls is a and water damage, Clifford said. +whowas driving by at the time of good thing,” he said. “I would The damage has since been re- the incident, $ullivan said. love to see the day we have a paired. According to a Medford Fire pretty good mix of classes in all Dave Sullivan, the WMFO disc Department report, Tufts Police buildings.” jockey on the air at the time of the alerted them from a telephone Juniors were first closed out of fm, said he and three others heard box outside Curtis Hall. When the dorms in 1986 but were per- a fire alarm at 12:49 a.m. When the fire department arrived they mitted to select rooms in special they left the station offices on the wet down the area and checked interest and co-operative hous- second floor thev found the area the rest of the building for other ing. The co-op option was elimi- “filled with smoke” and went fires but found none. downstairs. see HOUSING, page 3 After finding a nearby fire see FIRE, page 15 Planning director post eliminated Mildred Eastwood leaves University after 17 years to reduce the size of the admini- tion. by EMANUEL BARDANIS stration,” wrote Dean of Admini- Eastwood said that she was Daily Editorial Board stration and Finance Larry Ladd not informed of the plan to re- As part of an effort to reduce in a prepared statement explain- duce the Administration or of- the size of the administration,the ing Eastwood’s dismissal. fered another job in Arts and position of director of planning “[The] decision is not areflec- Sciences. and facilities, held by Mildred tion on her abilities, which are “There wasn’t any position Eastwood, was eliminated this extraordinary, nor her perform- open that matched her skills and - December. ance, which was exemplary,” Ladd qualifications. If there had been, In her 17 years at the Univer- said in his statement. she’d be in it today,’’ Ladd ex- sity, Eastwood worked as a sys- “The dean told me that he plained. He said that Eastwood tems analyst in Computer Serv- decided to eliminate my posi- could be rehired if a suitable position became available. two-fold.“By wearing ‘Silence= ices, as registrar, and most re- tion,” Eastwood said yesterday, Death’ T-shirts and by remaining see PROTEST, page 3 cently as director of planning and adding that she had not been aware Ladd explained in his state- facilities. She was also approved that her position was in jeopardy. ment that Eastwood’s duties “have by the dean of undergraduate Ladd likened the situation to been reassigned within the re- studies to serve as a student advi- the November elimination of the maining staff in my office.” sor. position of vice president of plan- Eastwood said that her advisees, “[Wle are making every effort ning, formerly held by John Dunn. which consisted mostly of upper- Following the elimination of classmen, will be responsible for Dunn’s position, Executive Vice finding another advisor them- President Steve Manos explained selves. “That makes sense, as the Inside I Administration does not always that the move eliminated an un- hit one hundred percent in match- Features .......................... P.5 necessary overseer position and Colin Woodard returns from Eastem ing students with their advisors,” was part of a management reor- Europe to report on the fear of the Polsih she said. and Romanian peoples. ganization. In the statement regarding Registrar Linda Gabriele de- Arts .................................. P.7 Eastwood’s dismissal, Ladd wrote clined to comment on Eastwood’s Reviews of a whole spectrum of that the Administration was dismissal, saying only that “as a music, including Animal Logic, Art of “working to focus [their] priori- valued col1eague;I will miss her,” Noise, and the Kings of Wyoming ties on those purposes most di- Eastwood’s husband, William rectly related to faculty and stu- Eastwood, the director of finan- Sports .............................. p.9 dents.” Dave Saltzman previews the NHL cial aid at the University, said he Ladd declined to comment as has no plans to leave Tufts be- All-star Game... or so he thinks. Sports excavation of the-residential quad as construction of the Olin Briefs rounds up the Tufts spolts scene. to whether more positions are cause of his wife’s dismissal. under consideration for elimina- ~ Center for Language and Humanities began over break. page two ,. THE TUFTS DAILY Thursday, January 18,1990 JOIN THE TUFTS DAILY THETUFTS DAILY The Tufts Daily, the campus’ student-run vol- movies, exhibitions, records, and other arts and unteer newspaper, welcomes those students inter- entertainment events. Arts writers interested in any Bob Goodman Ediror- inChief ested in reporting, writing, editing, photography, one of these areas should contact Jill Grinberg, Colin production, and business to attend the Daily’s Woodard, or Laurie Jakobsen. Managing Editor: Lauren Keefe semester recruitment meeting on Tuesday at 7:30 Associate Editors: Anna George, Geoff Lepper F?M. in The Daily offices. Our offices are located Sports: Sports writes game reports and features Editorial Page Editor: Christopher Ball in Miller Hall, through the back entrance. Our about Tufts varsity and intramural athletes. In the Production Managers: Beth Geller, Markus Mueller phone number is 381-3090. spring semester the department is looking for writers NEWS interested in intramural activities or in-depth sports Editors: David Spielman, Stephen Newman . Assistant Editors: Constantine Athanas, Emanuel Bardanis The Daily welcomes both students who have features.Thoseinterestedshouldcontact MikeFried- Wire Editor: Ron Graber experience in some aspects of newspaper journal- man, David Saltzman, Kelley Alessi or Geoff Edg- Assistant Wire Editor: Jason Salgo ism and those who wish to learn. The Daily ers. OP-ED depends on the participation and interest of stu- Editor: David Rothenstein dents to operate. Weekender: Weekender is The Daily’s weekly arts Assistant Editor: Eric Hirsch and entertainment guide to weekend events in the FEATURES The Daily has four main divisions: the writing Boston area. It appears in the centerfold on The Daily Editors: Jena Gerstel, Jamie Bronstein departments, the photography department, pro- on Thursday’s. Weekenders seeks writers interested Assistant Editor: Dan Ferat duction, and business. The Daily’s operations are in reporting on off-campusactivities for the weekend ARTS overseen by Bob Goodman, editor-in-chief; Lau- and restaurant reviewers. Those interested should Editors: Jill Grinberg, Colin Woodard ren Keefe, managing editor; and Anna George and contact Elaine Rose. Assistant Editor: Laurie Jakobsen SPORTS Geoff Lepper, associate editors. 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