~~ CTHE Tuesday, November 5, 1991 Vol XXIII, Number 44 Medford, MA 02155 TUFTS DAILY]~~ Ladd resigns, takes position~ at WHOI by PATRICK HIALY in the absence of the academic 1).11lylxli~<m.d 13o.ird vice president. Reducing the bud- A letter rclcasctl ycstcrdi1y get by $3.6 million. Ladd and iiiuiounccd the rcsigniitioii of Tulis Fcuileib bitliulccd the budgets riik- Dciin of Adm inistriitioii iind Fi- ing tuition 6.6 percent. IIiiIicc LNTYLidd. effective Jiul. Ladd will assume his new po- 1 . 1992. He will ilSSttlnc iUi ;L*iSO- sition of associate director for ciiitc director position at the Wtnds institutional pliinningat WHOI in Hole Occiuiogriiphic Institution J:uiuruy 1992. Hisduticsat WHOI (WHOI). will be similar to those he cur- Ladd. also deai ol’thc coll~g~rently performs at Tufts. includ- of spcciiil studies. submitted his ing responsibility over finances. resignation to Academic Vice pcrsnnncl. fircilitics, the library Prcsidcnt Melvin Bcrnstcin ycs- id legd affiiirs. tcrdiiy morning. Writing thiit he Although he has not discussed took pride in Tufts “consistently with other administrators the balanced budget results.“ Ladd sciirch for his rcplaccmcnt or a noted the financial surpluses from tclnporiiry individual to perform thcsc budgets “allowcd for the his duties, Ladd said “there arc renaissance of facilities on the perfect1 y coinpetcnt people avail- canpus.“ able to make progress on the areas Photo by Karl Schatz Benistein wasout oftown yes- we‘re working on.” Students, faculty and gay rights advocates participated yesterday in a four hour rally at Ballou Hall, terday and could not be reached WHOI is located in Woods where participants called on the Tufts Administration to address concerns of gay students. for comment. Hole. MA. aid is a non-profit Ladd said yesterday WHO1 was “an exciting. interesting Gay rights rally draws hundreds place.“ explaining his new job will “stretch [him]professionally by PATRICK HEALY police officer guarded the front podium. participants drtnccd to iind intcllcctually.“ He siid he and JANINE BILLY doors of Ballou, while adminis- songs like “YMCA.“ “Rcspect.” received the offer from WHO1 Daily Editorial BON~ trators passed in and out of the “ExprcssYourscl f *aid:‘GirlsJust last Wednesday. and decided to Members of theTuftscominu- administrrrtivc building during the W:uinii Have Fun.” accept the position on Friday. nity gathered for over four hours rally. At one point. University Sharon Wtichsler. chief rillly “This isiipositivcstepinorc in before Ballou Hall yesterday in Prcsidcnt Jcilii Maycr exited orgiiniztrnnd aTLGBC member. rcspccts to Woods Hole. not in support of the Tufts Lesbian, Gay Ballou through the hick cntrilncc began the rally with praise for Iicgiitivc step toT~lt~.“L~ldsaid. and Bisexual Coininunity’s de- auld his caw could be sccn driving both the ho~nosex~iil id hclcro- “I really regret leaving. My feel- maids on the Administration for away. see RALLY, page 8 ingsarc sc)lncwhiit like ii studctit‘s a full-time TLGBC administra- When speakers were not at the feelings when he or she gridu- Dai/y file phoro __ tor. a lesbian. gay and bisexual iitcs.“ Dean of Administration and centcror living space, furlher Trustees, administrators voice interest Liidd cmcto Tufts in I977 i~$ Finance Larry Ladd University c&nmitinent to the it..Sishi~itdeai for linanccmid phi- concerns of IesbiiUi, gay aid bi- in issues and demands of participants ning. In 19x4. he was promoted to OCC~UIrcsciuch and education in- sexual Tufts students. by PAIHICK HEALY speeches on the issues of his prescnc psition as dean of stitution stafkd with over 1 .(lo0 A crowd swelling throughout Daily Editonal BCJ~ homophobia and equality central iidlninistriitioti and fitiiincc. Ladd scientists. engineers iind workcrs the day hetween 100 and 200 Administrators ‘and trustees to the rally. was also :I resident director for as well iU ii number of graduate people listened to Tufts students. reacted yesterday to the Tufts Women‘s Studies coordinator five years, and he noted the students. The institution was professors, aid locd gay rights Lesbian. Gay and Bisexual Peggy Bimett. watching several memory of his middle daughter founded in 1930 with agrant from advtxates spc‘ak about the need Community’srally at Ballou Hall Tufts students and faculty mein- king boni in Wren Hall. the Rockefeller Foundiition. by characterizing the event the for recognition of and the fight as bers recount cxperiencesof preju- WHO1 opcratcs severiil piers. :igiiilist violence against gay students‘ opportunity to express dice aid homophobia. mid her Duringthe 1990-91 fiscal year. laboratories uid the library. as pcople as well as equality disrc- their concerns to the Tufts coin- impression of thc rally was that Ladd arid then-Acting Dean of well as three research ships aid garding sexual orientation. tnunity. “the students were very active, the Faculty of Arts. Sciences aid several other ocean-going crafts. Rally organizers hxitlcd out While no administrators were involved and clear about what Technology Mary Ella Feinleib Ladd described his position at buttons leiiflets to atnong the 28 speakers slated to and attendants their needs are and that they want were primarily responsible for WHOI as similar to the position q~pcarat the rally, several Tufts ofthc rally as well as passcrs-by, b&mcing the University budgets of provost at Tufts. including high school student sand officials appeared sporadically see REACTION, page.6 their p:u’cnts on Admissions Of- during the four-hour event to ficc tours of the canpus. One watch the students and listen to Trustee liaisons discuss priorities Fire extinguished in Miner Hall A painter‘s drop cloth left on the catwillk between Miner and examined at weekend meeting Paige Halls was the source of a minor fire last night. filling Miner by MAUREISN LKNIHAN Options for “itiiioviitive”solu- funding for the Tufts Veterinary with smoke and setting off numerous fire illarlns on canpus. I hi I y 1;c111~!I 1.11 Ih 1‘11 cl tions lbr student aid problems. SchooLThe Vet School has in the The Medford Fire Departrncnt iwived at Tufts several ininutes The results of last wcckcnd‘s iiccording to Schlicsscr. included past depended heavily on Massa- after alarms were activated in Muicr, Piligc and Curtis Hall. Deputy meetings ofthc Trustees of Tulis increasing tuition. long-term chusetts State grants. Schliesser Fire Chief Edward O’Brien said the dcparunent determined the fire University wcrc the milin focus of fundraising. increasing the cnroll- noted that, “the Vet School has lo he on the catwalk and discovered the cloth. the Sunday night meeting of the mcnt of full-paying international had problems balancing their bud- ”It is not determined how the fire really started. It could have Tufts Community Union Senate. students and wealthier students. get.” He added. however, that hccn ;I dropped cigarette; it could havc been spontaneous combus- Eric Schlicsser, Trustce reprc- aid the cxpcctccl recovery of the funding for the Vet School this tion.” O’Brien said. No inju- ScIitittlve to the idln iiiistrat ion iUid tiat ionid economy. year has been stabilized due to ries due to the fire or excessive smoke inh:dation were reported. L and O’Bricn said there was nu Trustcc rcprcscntative. Schlicsser past weeks the need for Tufts to indication the fire was set in- stiitcd that his role wits OIIC of a budget Univcrsily priorities. in- tent ionally. liaison betweeti the Trustees ilnd cluding finiuiciill aid. within tight Inside fiscal constraints. Schliessercited While fire officials were the students. He addcd that the Viewpoints p. 3 the fact although he would like ...................... present at Miner and Paige, thc “Trusteesare very inlbnncd ahwt Eric Hirsch and Brian O’Rourke cre- to be Curtis Hall fire alann was also what is going on at Tufts. These finiuicial aid higher on the ate a uuly classic and comical rendition signaled. However. O’Brieti people know what they arc talk- list of budgetary priorities. Tufts of “A Constitution Carol.” stated, there were problems with ing about.“ continues to award less grants the fire alums in Curtis yester- One focus of Schliesser’s re- than aiy other school with which Arts ................................ P. 7 day. port was the current status of fi- the University competes. Daily staff writers expose the ‘*It might havc been thc nancial aid available for Tufts “There are student representa- Somerville art scene at the Somerville kitchen aru in Curtis. It was a students. “There was a very frank tives on the Trustees’ boards, but Museum and the Pilgrim Theater. c o i n c i d en c c pro bab 1 y .*‘ discussion on financial aid. We we should not delude ourselves - O‘Bricn said. However, he havc botha short-tenn and along- - we arc not impcxtant enough to Sports ............................. p. 9 Jumbo football four Tuftr photo by Karl &-hap added, whether the fire alann tenn problem and we need to be make a difference,” Schliesser breaks Medford firemen putoutas,nall was a coincidcnce or not was very innovative in order to solve staled. records, while Mike Friedman hopes tc hold on to the Green Monster. fire in ~i~~~ ~~11last night. “undetcrmincd.” thcsc problems.” Schliesser said. The Trustees also discussed Page tvm THE TUFTS DAILY Tuesday, November 5,1991 Letters to the Editor THETUFTS DAILJ ~~~____~- pro-choice victories. The right to chose is freedom of the press means. Does big Geoffrey W. Lepper The message is out being directly threatened by the Bush businessownershiplimit theobjectivity of Editor-in-Chief To the Editor: Administration and it is our responsibility the American press? Does registration I wanted to take this opportunity to to create a political movement that re- impede journalistic freedom? Shouldfree- Managing Editor: David Saltzman the 75 men and women of the Tufts dom be restricted when it threatens M- Associate Ehtor: Michele Pennell thank sponds to that threat.