THEI FGhere You Read It First Tueiday, February 29,2000 Volume XL, Number 25 I i. TUF.p;clu_LT- s DAIT,Y Fridman and Needelman Barney Frank discusses issues elected to Senate JLniors Paul Fridman and Charles Needelman, who ended up on politics and homosexualitv tied in a previous election, were both given seats on the TuAs by ANDREW FREEDMAN Community Union (TCU) Senate after Elections Board (ELBO) Daily Editorial Board decided to open up the vacant senior seat to the junior class after Nationally renowned Massa- no seniors ran for the post. chusetts Congressman Barney “There’s a senior seat that was open and there were no Frank shared his witty and often candidates, and what the constitution provides for is that the seat humorous political insight with a goes down to the next class, and that would be the junior class,” group of about 30 students on the said ELBO Chair Bruce Kessler. “There were two candidates - seventh floor of Cabot yesterday. P~Iidrnan and Needelman -and there’s two seats, so there is no Frank was brought to Tufts by the ii?e3 for a new election.” Lincoln-FileneCenter. ‘‘There’s no time to waste time on another election when they Frank, a Democratic member of M. ill only have amonth left in their term,”Kesslersaid,addingthat the US House Judiciary Commit- it would not make sense to hold another election because tee who played a key role in de- Needelman and Fridman were the only two juniors to express fending President Clinton against iriterxt in the position when it was up for election two weeks ago. impeachment charges, spent over FI idman and Needelman’s appointments,which come after the an hour responding to student appointment of four new freshman senators to the Senate, gives questions that ranged from the the body 27 voting members - one short of the prescribed impact of his openly gay status to numlier. The lone vacant position is reserved for the Commuter the current religious strife within Representative, an office that has historically not attracted enthu- the Republican party. In the pro- siastic students and has been difficult to fill. cess, Frank gave students a sense FIidman said that he feels communication between the Senate of what it takes to be in politics. arid mdents is the body’s most important issue now and hopes Tufts PresidentJohn DiBiaggio to concentrate on Senate-student relations during his time in introducedFrankas “a liberal with government. “I think what is importantright now is that the Senate a pragmatic bent.” He praised does not have a good reputation and hopefully that can be Frank for his conviction and for changed with better public relations. Hopefully coming up with being LLanarticulate spokesper- Photo by Jacob Silberberg son for anumberofsocial issues.” soma way to respond to students more than they do now,” he said. US Representative Barney Frank spoke on campus yesterday. ’Plough Fridman and Needelman will only serve for five weeks DiBiaggio also took the opportu- as wi!ators, few view it as aconcern. Senate Vice President Moira nity chide the congressman for encememberasked Frank’sopin- I foundmyselfwithalotofrespon- Poe said there is still a lot they can do as senators and agood deal his two Harvard degrees. “It is ion on student apathy in politics, sibility...90percentoflifeisshow- ihe Senate can do to help them. about time you stepped up to a noting that this year’s presidential ing up,” he said, explaining that a ‘Thereare so many projects that take like a week or two to do. truly great University,” he told candidatesarelargely ignoringthe thesis he was working on at the I thio k if someone really wants to do it, the amount oftime really Frank. concerns of young people. time kept him busy at night. He doesn’t matter. What I’m going to do with all the new senators is In a question-and-answer ses- “Student apathy has been an humorously noted that the thesis meet with each one ofthem and talk to them about projects there sion that followed his remarks, enduring thing.. . they tend not to has yet to be finished. are as well as who they can turn to for help,” she said. students asked the representative act out of idealism,” he said, ex- The congressman also dis- a range of questions. One audi- plaining that most students only cussed politicalcampaigns,which get involved inpoliticstopromote he said depend heavily on young their own volun- LGBT Center organizes third self inter- teers, with est. Frank “Politics is about trying to the excep- - explained make people like yo U... it tion of annual Safe Colleges Conference that stu: is not easy, but not presiden- byMA”EWKANE “The conference seeks to create a more welcom- dent opin- intel leitua 1y tial races. Daily Editorial Board ing environment for LGBT on col- ions are I “There is a The Tufts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered lege campuses,” said Arthur Lipkin, Tufts consult- not being com plicated .” dearth of (LGBT) Center will be hosting its third annual Safe ant on the Safecolleges Conference &d aresearch empha- -Barney Frank people,” Colleges Confmnce this Saturday, an event spon- associate at the Harvard Graduate School for Edu- sized by he said. To

-I sored by the Governor’s Commission on Gay and cation. “It is sort of a mix of inspiring panelists that the candidates because students run a campaign, you need people Lesbian Youth. The conference boasts over 30 will help students to feel powerful and also instruc- are so apathetic. “I find it hard to with “nothing else to do.” wc-kshops, two keynote speakers, and anumber of tive workshops to help them organize on their blamepoliticiansforthat... [Politi- Frank’spoliticalcareerhas been other social events that seek to help LGBT organi- campus effectively.” cians don’t cultivate the youth highly influenced by his sexual zations to better serve and protect LGBT individu- The workshops, scheduled throughout the day, vote] for the same reason a butcher orientation. He said that although als. focus on a wide array of issues affecting LGBT doesn’t read the vegetarian jour- his homosexual status has not The event, which LGBT Center Coordinator individuals.“You Can MakeChangeThrough Strong nal,” he said, adding that young proven to be a hindrance, he wor- Judith Brown applied to host three years ago, is a Campus Organizing!,” “Hate Crimes on Campus,” people don’t have an understand- ried about the ramifications of statewide conference with 300 studentsand college and “Mixed Messages: What TV& Film Are Really ing of how their lives intersect of the closet for de- grofessors registered to attend. Saying About Queer People” are three of the work- with public policy. cades. The Governor’s Commission was created in 1992 shops scheduled for the conference. The congressman went on to Frank has succeeded in spite of by former Governor William Weld. “The The conference will be the first of three Safe say that people tend to get politi- significantadversity. He dreamed Commission’s mandate is to make schools safe for Colleges Conferences this year; the other two will cally active through their way of ofbeingapolitician atayoungage gay and lesbian youth and to eliminate harassment, be held at UMass-Amherst and Northern Essex life and their job and family con- but ruled it out notjust because of violence and suicide for all youth in Massachu- Community College in thespring. These two, how- cerns. Since students have yet to his homosexuality, but also be- setts,” the commission states. “Many of the prob- ever, are regional conferences. In previous years, enterthe ‘real world,’ he believes cause of his religion. “I figured lems facing gay and lesbian youth are within the the Tufts LGBT Center has helped organize these that the scope oftheir self-interest there was a bigger problem: I was purvieN of state government and can be corrected conferences in different Massachusetts areas, but is underdeveloped. He said it is Jewish,” he said. “I figured I’d by promulgation of information, training and the this year, a shift in the Governor’s Commission important to get students to “take never tell anyone I was gay, but it - implementation and diffusion of formal guidelines spending has halved the Safe Colleges Conference’s a broad view of self-interest.” was too late, I already had a Bar and state policy.” budget to $25,000, reducing the number of confer- Frankcited Internet freedom as Mitzvah,” Frank said. The Safe Colleges Conference is the ences to three. In an effortto help individual schools one of the few issues that could These sexual and religious ob- Commission’s major avenue to promote its goals. better support students, the Commission has given potentially bring young people stacles led Frank to academia. Leslie Feinberg and Urvashi Vaid are the two key- a number of mini-grants to various LGBTorganiza- into the political process. “I’d think While writing a thesis he volun- note speakers forthe conference. The accomplished tions. that young people would be inter- teered forthe mayoral campaign of speakers bring a heightened level of prestige and “Our budget was cut in halfthis year and we were ested in that,” he said, adding that , and kept himself in importance to the conference. Feinberg, afi activist supposed to work on only one conference, to be in spite of their apathy, young the closet when he went to got a and lecturer on LGBT issues, is the author of the held at Tufts,” Lipkin said. people have extraordinaryoppor- job with White after a successful acclaimed novel Stone Butch Blues, and the winner Lipkin, who was a part-time staff member for tunitiesto get involved in political election. ofthe ALA Gay andLesbian Literature Award. Vaid, Tufts before the budget was cut, said that this year campaigns. “There are dozens of In 1972 a state senate seat author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of the conference looks to be better than ever and that ways you can do it and you will opened up, and Frank took a Gay arid Lesbian Liberation, is the director of the the majority ofthe work for the conferencehas been find people are delighted to see chance. He benefited from the fact Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian done by the TTLGBC students who are volunteer- you,” he said. that his district included many Task Force. ing theirtime. “I think its the best content we’ve had Frank also spoke about the ori- colleges in , and students “Wc have two really great keynote speakers who in our three years. There are so many good work- gins of his own political journey, turned out in droves, largely to wili be speaking about political issues and campus shops leaders and speakers. This year students which began in academia and protest the Vietnam War. After safety,” said Rachel Berry, the conference work- have done a lot of the work I am happy to say. I’ve brought him to Congress. He en- winning the election, Frank de- shop coordinator. “One of the goals,” she contin- been acting more in a consulting capacity than tered the political realm when he bated coming out, but decided ued, “i,s for people in different college groups to anything else.” volunteered for a mayoral race in against it. He resolved to be an ~etworcand see what is available for them so that After the workshops wrap and the speakers Boston. advocate of gay rights but remain lhey can run their groups better and make their enlighten the audience, the LGBTCenter is running “I got involved in that cam- colleges safer for their LGBT Centers.” a dance and a midnight drag show. paign because I could work days.. . see FRANK, page 14

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Administration efforts Partly cloudy, windy Clear Increasing clouds, mild on ‘Smart Gun’ High: 43 Low: 30 High: 50 technology SAN JOSE, Calif.-On the national level, theClinton administra ion hasn’t gone as far as Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening in trying o mandate “smart gun” technology, but it is interested in spurring he industry along. “I think that this (technology) is not some distant possibility,” aid the president’s top domestic adviser, Bruce Reed. “This is omething well within the industry’s reach. And considering recenl narket trends, it may be a necessity for the industry. Handgun sales lave dropped sharply. And the long-term trends for this industry are lot promising. So smart guns make sense for all kinds of reasons.” For his part, Glendening insists that a mandate for the ne- echnology would force gun manufacturers to develop a workable lesign, just as carmakers made air bags standard only after the ;overnment intervened. His rhetoric about gunmakers has been tern, insisting it is time to force the manufacturers“to stop killing OUI :hildren.” Election 2000 The National Institute of Justice is considering four proposal: iom gunmakers and other technology developers for smart-gun esearch grants. The agency is focused only on development ol )ersonalizedguns for police officers, not the civilian market. Off Campus Kyoto tested Gore’s ./ McCain attacks religious right on eve of ‘yesterday in an attempt to rally the state’s small Virginia primary African-Americanpopulation. At a Seattlerally, Rep. mettle John McCain appeared at Cox High School in Norman Dicks joined AI Gore and reminded voters Perhaps the most pivotal episode in which Vice President Gorc Virginia Beach yesterday to rally supporters before that Gore has the support of 190ofthe2 12 Democratic ried to balance competing interests on environmental issues camc today’s open primary in that state. He attacked Pat House members. Bradley’s campaign has not yet n 1997, as the key player during the negotiation ofthe Kyoto, Japan Robertson, the founder of the Christian Coalition, posted a win and must pull out some upsets in the greement on global warming. which has its headquarters in Chesapeake, Va. March 7 primaries. Kyoto divided administration policymakers as few other issue: McCain argued that Robertson and the Coalition tad. Environmental officials and outside groups were determinec have extreme views that are not representativeof the Bush speculates about Microsoft case hat the agree to a treaty with tough limits on the majority of Christians. The speech was broadcast in While campaigning in Seattle, Wa., only miles :mission ofgreenhouse gases. Economic officials includingLawrence many liberal states with upcoming primaries where from Microsoft’s headquarters, Bush appealed to jummers, now treasury secretary, warned that such an agreemenl Robertson is less popular, such as , New corporate America and pronounced his dislike of :odd have grievous consequences for the economy. York, and Massachusetts. McCain currently trails anti-trust litigation. He hinted that he would be slow Gore’s political advisers were nearly unanimous in their warning! Bush by 11 percentage points, according to a Ma- to take legal action in cases involving large compa- [boutthe potential negative consequences, and particularly wantec son-Dixon poll, but neither candidate is predicting nies such as Microsoft, and said he valued job iim not to attend the summit, where it seemed possible theconferencc victory. creation and the economy over litigation. He also vould end with either no agreement or one that would prove unpopu called for tax cuts for businesses and emphasized the ar at home. Gore, Bradley battle in Washington state importance of small businesses. The Washington Gore attended, and the Kyoto agreement, as some administratior Bill Brad&y has spent the past week campaigning primary, as well as the North Dakota and Virginia )fficials see it, represented an artful splitting of differences. The in Washington state, which is holding a non-binding Republican primaries, are being held today. Jnited States agreed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions bj primary today and caucuses to select delegates on ,even percent below 1990 levels by 2012. That was a steeper anc March 7. He attended FirstA.M.E. Church in Seattle -Val Clark, Washington Correspondent aster reduction than Clinton’s economic advisers wanted. But the arget levels were not accompanied by binding restrictions until aftei !008 -which critics called amajor weakness. On Campus

Tolman to speak on campus; Kennedy to Republicans continue McCain campaign- West staying put dine with students ing; mock election slated for Wed. State Senator Warren Tolmanwill come to campus WASHINGTON- In July, it looked as ifveterans Affairs Secre. Tufts Republicans are hoping John McCain will ary Togo West Jr. would soon leave the Cabinet. Sources say that’s this Thursday as part of a Gore/Bradley discussion be in town this weekend to campaign for the Massa- what he told President Clinton in a chat at the White House. sponsored by the Tufts Democrats. Tolman ran for chusetts March 7 primary. Tufts Republican Jesse Although West set no departure date, some veterans groups anc Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts last year. Levey was in Californiacampaigningfor McCain this )then who had feuded with him were delighted, with one detractoc While serving on the state senate, he was involved in past weekend, and is skeptical, but still determined. )ublicly saying, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” writing several pieces ofanti-tobacco legislation,and “It’s not looking so good, but he can still do it, After word of his intentions surfaced, West quickly emphasizec isopposedtothedeathpenalty.Theeventwill be held we’ll see what the next few primaries bring,” Levey le was going nowhere immediately. But VA officials said he did sa) in the Zamparelli room ofthe campus center at 7 p.m. said. le would “consider his options” after the fiscal 2000 budget was ir The group will also begin focusing on Senator The Tufts Republicans might also be holding a dace and plans for the 200 1 VA budget had been drafted. Edward Kennedy’s re-election campaign, and inter- mockelection tomorrow, where both candidates will Well, the fiscal 2000 budget is certainly in place, and the 2001 ested students will have lunch with the representa- be discussed and a vote will be taken. Levey said the )udget has been drafted and submitted. But there’s no sign of West’! tive as he runs for his sixth term in office. Tufts voting might be done online, but final arrangements noving along. Even folks at the White House are wondering what’! Democrats President Scott Pullman can be contacted have not been finalized. .- ;?ing on. formore information. One source said West didn’t want to leave amid public criticism -Jeremy Wang-Iverson aking an “I’ll show ‘em” attitude and staying put so as to cmfounc lis critics. There was also a question of finding a good job after eaving the government. Like the way the Daily looks? West has been blasted recently for inaction while VA’s office o :ongressional affairs operated last year “in an atmosphere of tota :haos,” in the words ofthe department inspector general. That’s thc Don’t like the way it looks? >fficethat responds to congressional inquiries, often on behalf o tiling veterans. On the other hand, his department got a whopping increase in thc atest administration budget for veterans’ health, so veterans group! ire happy and there’s no clamor for his departure. “The landscapc WE NEED YOU! :hanged with the presentation of the budget,” a VA official said. So now is it time to leave? Apparently not. “The secretary has made it clear he has work to do for veterans,’ ;aidVA spokesman Jim Holley. Compiled from the Los Angeles Times-Washington Call Production at ~73090. Post News Service and TMS Campus News Service - THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 3 Features Same students are drin g away.their college years Courses and counseling aiming to educate about alcohol consumption on campus by LESLEY BOGDANOW eral barsoffercomplementary drinksto the Senior Staff Writer birthday boy or girl. The taboo on the world In a young person’s life, birthdays are of vodka, gin and tonics, Natti Light from celebratory events that indicatethe achieve- the keg, scorpion bowls, and cheap red ments clfage and maturity. In most states, at wine lifts once the licenses and passports age 16 read the correct date. new The law permits 2 1 year-olds to drink,but drivers there is no clause about allowing for binge excit- drinking. Perhaps binge drinking com- edly hit the streets with their crisp licenses. mences on the eve of the 2 1” birthday, but Two years later, the right to vote is granted. it most likely begins at a much earlier age. But for:nanyyoungadults, the long-awaited According to the book Human Nutrition, arrival oftheir2 1st birthday marksthe begin- “Eighty percent of 12 to 17 year-olds report ning 0:’ adulthood. At age 21, a rite of having at least one alcoholic drink a month Photo by Eva Rebek passage occurs, as individuals are legally and three percent have one per day. It is The abuse of alcohol can lead to problems among college students. - allowed to purchase and drink alcohol. estimated that 39 percent of adolescents are Although for some people the age 21 moderate drinkers and28 percent are ‘prob- Often times, excessive drinking occurs at merely signifies the accumulation of one lem’ drinkers.” celebratory events like birthdays, New more year in life, many new 21 year-olds The question thus arises: why do indi- Year’s Eve, Super Bowl Sunday, and office rush to bars at 12 a.m. on their birthdays in viduals engage in the act ofbinge drinking? parties.Additionally, research indicates that order to celebrate the beginning of a new Some people drink to numb the pain of a binge drinking is also a biological phenom- era. In recognition of these birthdays, sev- broken heart or the loss of a loved one. enon, in that many people are genetically predisposed towards alcoholism. According to Armand Mickune-Santos, Students taking initiative Director ofthe Alcohol and Health Educa- tion Program at Tufts, “Some people think that, because they work really hard, they to help indigenous people deserveto blow offsteam, so they drinkand use other chemicals.” Em Club plans teach-in for this Sunday “Alcohol abuse can also be connected to eating disorders, violence, and sexual by MARYANIWANDERSON Boston and the rest of the country,” said assault,” added Mickune-Santos. Daily Editorial Board sophomore Karina Vaynshteyn, one ofthe The Tufts policy on the use of alcohol, Sophomore Doug Hansen, a member of event’s organizers. found in the Pachyderm, states that Tufts, the Coalition for Social Justice andNonvio- The U’ Wa’s land not only serves as their “attempts to establish a setting in which lence, asks his fellow students to imagine habitat, but also as a sacred homeland that students of legal drinking age who choose how they would feel if the United States isrich withancestralandreligiousmeaning. to drink alcohol will do so in moderation, government moved them out oftheir houses “This isculturallysacredlandfor[theU’Wa], and those who choose to abstain from sothattheirlandcouldbeusedforoil drilling. just as the Sioux land in the US,” Hansen drinkingwill do so without penalty or pres- There would not be any compensation for said. “[The Colombian government] is say- sure from their peers. Public drunkenness this. Instead, everyone would be moved to ing ‘No, we don’t care about humans.’ [is] an offense subject to disciplinary ac- internment camps for an indefinite period of There’s a fundamental injustice in that. It’s tion.” time. For these displaced persons, every- irresponsible and unethical.” For several youngadults, anew sense of thing that was sacred to them is lost. Hansen points to the basic justices af- freedom evolves in the first year ofcollege. This hypothetical situation illustrates forded to humans in the International Dec- Living in thedorms without parental super- what is actually happening to the U’ Wa, an laration of Human Rights, which is signed vision enables students to make their own indigenous people in the cloud forests of by all but a few countries worldwide. decisions, often for the first time in their northez.st Colombia. On Jan. 25, the U’ Wa “This is a violation of the International lives. Curfewsdon’texist, authority figures were forced off oftheir land by the Colom- Declaration of Human Rights. These are all are not constantly around, and even though bian government in order to let Los Ange- provisionsthat are summedup inthe Ameri- the University institutes policies against les-based Occidental Petroleum drill the can constitution - life, liberty, and the the consumption of alcohol for minors, rules land for roughly three months worth of oil. pursuit of happiness,” he said. “They are are easily broken. “College campuses are Photos bv Eva Rebek =a This action has led to guerrilla warfare, violating those principle tenets of what we reflections of alcoholism and drug depen- police tirutality resulting in multiple deaths take for granted everyday.” dency,” Mickune-Santos said. Drinking is a popular weekend activ- of U’Wa people, and worldwide protest. The oil drilling also has environmental Mickune-Santoscame to Tufts six years ity for Tufts students. In an effort to educate the Tufts commu- implications. The U’ Wa land is untouched ago after having worked on a grant for the nity about the issue, the Coalition and the soil, but the drilling will basically ruin the United States Department of Education search Study,” which focuses on alcohol Eco Club will be co-sponsoring a teach-in land. “The oil company is coming in and called “Drug free schools and communi- use -the varying perceptions of it and its on Mar. 5 at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center. Kim destroying these areas. There’s an issue of ties.”The grant addressed alcohol and drug affects upon Tufts undergraduates. Pro- Foster of the Rainforest Action Network ecological justice and [Occidental Petro- issues in school districts and community fessor Charlene Galarneau leads the course, (www.rmn.org) will be speakingonthe topic leum] degrading it,” senior Mark Slezak, co- agencies on the West Coast. Mickune- which satisfiesahalfcreditpersemester. In in hopes of recruiting others to the cause. chair ofthe Eco Club, said. Santos also conducted graduate studies in the Fall, the class concentrated on quanti- “She’ll be explaining all the different Guerrilla warfare and the Colombian clinical psychology,with a specialty in ad- tative methods, conducting a survey and factors: how [the U’ Wa] are being violated, government’s police actions are resulting diction studies. then analyzing the data. Two thousand how the Colombian government plays into in deaths as well as “disappearances,” a In his position at Tufts, Mickune-Santos three hundred surveys were randomly sent it, and all the action that’s going on in practice in which governments effectively provides direct services to students, in- out to members ofthe student body, and 36 kidnap dissidents. cluding individual,confidential counseling “Lots of people are dying and being sessions, and facilitating discussions in see ALCOHOL, page 13 killed by guerrillas. The internal warfare is the residential halls killing innocent victims and Occidental is regarding alcohol just fueling the fire,” Vaynshteyn said. For abuse. He also instance, oneguerrillagroup is bombing oil teaches a course in pipes in protest, but killing civilians in the the Experimental process. College called According to Hansen, the Colombian “Growingup Male,” government is also receiving US aid in their which often inte- violation of the U’ Wa. US military assis- grates the topic of tance is being used by the Colombian gov- alcoholism. ernment to move the U’Wa. This military “Alcohol abuse action has also resulted in the deaths of is prevalent on cam- civilians. pus because it is “The majority of deaths have been by socially accepted, the government. Many indigenous leaders and in some ways have disappeared,” he said. s u p p o r t e d , ” In this case, financial profit seems to win Mickune-Santos out over the rights of humans. “Three said. months of oil is worth more than these The Community people. There’s a whole problem that prof- Health department is its [are put] in such a crass way in front of currently offering a human beings,” Hansen said. year-long course Photo by Daniel Rodrigues this year, called KarinaL Vaynshteyn see TEACH-IN,page 13 “Tufts Alcohol Re- 4 THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000

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- _L - THETUFTS DAILY 0 February 29,2000 5 Arts &? Entertainment Miasterminds behind M help Hang Ups on album ‘Second Story’ is a breakthrough album for band by ALISON DAMAST hard some people work just to get lookgoodtoday/Wouldn’tthatthat Daily Editorial Board a reaction from others. “Buying a be strange if the planets lined up The Hang Ups is a band that is new dress, changing your style, again.” absolutely amazing, has been trying to get a reaction/And at the Another gem on the album is around for ten years, and has re- party I had to smile, witnessing “Long Goodbye,” a song with an yourtransformation.” What is ex- inspiring and motivational mes- traordinary about the group is its sage. “NO one ever likes a long Second Story versatility. It is ableto sing acoun- goodbye/that’salright ifthat’swhat I try song like “Blue Sky” with as you’re given/Haven’t you been The Hang Ups much ease as it sings a more hard- sulking for too longblove along L-IRating: **** core song like “The Queen.’’ and say what is on your mind.” Perhaps one of the best num- Second Story was recorded in leased live records, yet nobody bers on the album is the opening Mitch Easter’s old-fashioned red has heard of it. The group, which track, “Caroline.”This poppy song brick farmhouse,in the small town hails from , has lin- positively exudes energy and has a of Kemersville, N. C. The down- gered in relative obscurity for most fun and catchy tune. Another one home feel ofthe album may be due of its career. It is a band on the of the song’s-- qualities is its ability to thecomfortablefeel ofrecording fringe of the pop scene, and has to encapsulate the hopes and in a house. Jeff Keams, the vastly we were in this house that was very Ups offers a sonic smorgasbord never really sought the limelight, dreams of ordinary people. The talented lead guitarist, described romantic. I definitelyfeltsweptoff that will be sure to please the despite tsvastpotential. Its sound character in this song checks the the experience:“Itseemedso hon- my feet by the surroundings.” music lover in everybody. Don’t has been compared to bands such horoscopes daily for signs of fi- est. There were a lot ofthings that From country to ballads to let this great band pass you by as The Kinks, The Zombie, Big ture prospects. “But the signs all seemed really enchanted, because upbeat pop songs, The Hang again. Star, and The Raspberries. Unfor- tunatell, the group members were never able to coordinate their schedules, which prevented them from to xing in support of previ- Here’s some new music for your fistful of dollars I I ous albums to build up their pro- by DREW SHELTON What: Numinous Peach recalls tracks. However,there is still file. Given the band’s laid-back Daily Editorial Board some early-to-mid ’90s rock, in- a variety of sound here. attitude and demeanor, it would Performer: Numinous Peach - cluding the acclaimed rock group Most remarkable is the seem as if it prefers things to be Nikki Traver: vocals, guitar; Ellis Belly, and, at times, the Cranber- band’s ability to use acous- this way. With the release of its Traver: toys; Dennis Ho: drums, ries. With guitar work both remi- tic-sounding melodies in new album, SecondStory, the band baffles; Will Beery: bass. niscent of the ’70s and keen to such an electrical medium. is certaiily on its way to achieving Album Title:Seams modem electronics, the band is These songs would arrange a new image and sound, poten- Label: Orchard certainly one to watch. Nikki wonderfully for an un- tially propelling it into the main- Where: Massachusetts is a large- Traver’s vocals lend an plugged album. The great- stream music scene. lace sometimes otherworldly edge to all of thl est problem is the limited SecondStory is a solid compi- number of songs. Numinous ton shows. lation of songs, showcasing the Peach’s next full-lengthalbum, due When to listen: When the band band’s vast talent. The Hang Ups’ out in December, will hopefully picksupanew bassist or Mulqueen evolution no doubt has much to offer more than a small taste of learns to sing and play at the same do witk Mitch Easter and Don their music. time; dreary Saturday afternoons. Dixon, who hadn’t produced afull Who it’s for: People who still re- OverallRating: ** album together since the early REM ally like Belly; those hordes of - landmarks Murmur and Reckon- rabid Numinous Peach fans that Performer: Union-Bruce Kulick ing. However, these sonic master- cannot wait for the next album. vocals, guitars; John Corabi: vo- ,. minds joined forces on Second When to listen: Put it on right cals, guitars; Jamie Hunting: bass; Story to help the Hang Ups reach before you go to a party; when the Brent Fitz: drums. that often gabbed-about yet rarely CD ends, it’s time to go. Album Title: The Blue Room attained ‘next level’. OverallRating:*** % Label: Spitfire Records Erian Tighe, who leads the Where: Los group, sings lead vocals and plays Performer: Angeles, CA - guitar. Tighe’s voice is perfect for The Naked What: Union the sourid of this group, as he can Sams - Jeff hosts both sing mellow ballads beautifully as Mulqueen: John Corabi well as succumb to the excitement bass, vocals, and Bruce of upbeat pop songs with ease. clumsy keys; Kulick, for- His voice especiallyshines in such Ron merly of melancholy piecesasthetitletrack, Washburn: Motley Crue “Under aTree” and“Maroon.” He guitar; Jim and Kiss, re- is complemented by Jeff Kearns Vzdarwin: spectively, on guitx, Aaron Lundholm on drums. and this im- bass, and Chad Nelson on drums. Album Title: plies a lot Overall, the group has a homey I’ve Messed about the andaccessiblefeel to itsmusic. It is Myself band’s not pretentious and the lyrics are Label: RSW sound. Es- honest and forthright. In the song Records sentially, you already know “Second Story,” Tighe sings, Where: Boston, Massachusetts whether you will like The Blue “Looking back from the stars, I can What: TheNaked Samsareremi- Room. Union has excellent guitar see where you are and I hope you’ 11 niscent of some other batid, but and appropriatevocals, and with a be waitingIAnd if you see me too you may be hard pressed to draw more heart-felt touch than Motley and I hope that you do, know that - a comparison. The drums, vocals; Crue. Songs like “Do You Know I will be waitinmeway I see you and guitar are all excellent. How- My Name” combine a little bit of tonight.”This songfeaturesabeau- ever, a more distinct sound would Smashing Pumpkins, a little bit of tiful hannonyand managestorock help the band achieve success. Pearl Jam, and a load of heavy and be romantic at the same time. The slightly recycled-sounding The inspirational lyrics perhaps, writing makes for aless memorable see CDs, page 12 provide hope for the group to turn set than they may deserve. over a new leaf with the release of The main weakness in the its latest album. band, however,.is the bass. Another beautiful song is “Ma- JeffMulqueen learnedtoplay roon.” The acoustic guitar solos on bassspecificallyfor TheNa- this piece are wonderfbl and per- ked Sams after the breakup of fectly complement Tighe’s voice. the trio’s previous endeavor, The track is both soothing and sad 5 Spies. What playing there at the same time. “Maroon, do you is sounds adequate, but rememberthe skyline/doyou recall Mulqueen is likely distracted shadows fall and buildings all go by his other duties. dark aga in/Is that why you flew?’ Who it’s for: People who And then there are other songs wanttoexperimentwithsome- that arefust pure fun like “Pretty thing familiar-sounding;fans Ba.” This song talks about how ofTheNaked SamsliveBos- 6 Februarv 29.2000 ., THETUFTS DAILY “I

Sports - Women’s squash takes third place in Howe Cup Jumbos finish year with an 11-12 record after beating Smith and Wellesley at Yale by NEALMcMAHON “It was kindofa heartbreaking them earlier in the year. at the eighth and ninth spots, which parts. Socamebackhma24deficit, Daily Editorial Board performance for us,” senior co- “Even though we lost to Smith iced the win for the Jumbos. takingthe final three gamesby scores The women’s squash team captain Zaineb Al-Awadi said.’ during the season, we knew that Against secondseededHamilton 0f9-1,9-5,and9-3.Al-Awadi(1M,9- ended its season two weekends ago “Weknew we could take the first we were the betterteam,” Al-Awadi on Saturday,though, Tu% failed to 3,9-6)andTomita(9-5,9-4,9-2)each with a third place finish in Division seed [St. Lawrence], but we had said. “We knew we could do it.” duplicate its performance. Instead, blanked their respective opponents. lost to Hamilton, 8- 1 earlier in the. Freshman phenom Winnie So the team found itself on the short Elder got some revengeatnumber -Women’s year. So weknew thatmatch would outlasted her opponent at number end ofa 5-4 score, as the Continen- seven, comingthrough in her second Squash be tough. Even so, we went in one, 9-4,9- 1 1,7-9,9- 1,9-6, while talsheldtruetolheirhigherseed.So straight five-gamerwithadecisive 10- there and played our hearts out. Al-Awadi swepthermatch at two, and A I-Awadi were again dominant 8 wininthedecidinggame.Saeedand I That’s all we can ask for.” 9-3, 10-8,9-3. Sophomore Anne in their matches, winning by identi- Connors joined So and Al-Awadi as C of the 2000 Howe Cup at Yale, The squad drew sixth-seeded Montesano won three tight games ca13-1 scores. Sowontothetuneof the only undefeated players on the sealing its final record at 11 - 12 in the Smith in the opening round, and atthe fourthslot, 10-8,lO-8,lO-8, 9-5,94,7-9,and 1O-8,whileAl-Awadi squad for the tournament, as they process. The Jumbos, who were came through with an impressive en route to a sweep of her own. turned in scores of 949-2,7-9 and downed their opponents in four and seeded third going in, went 2-1 on 5-4 victory.The Pioneers came into Freshmen IfQSaeed (9-6,9-7,9-7) 9-4. The duo of Saeed and Connors three games, respectively. the weekend, topping Smith and the match ranked 21st, six spots and Eileen Connors (9-0,9-0,9-6) was nearly flawless again, as both “Wefnishedwithabetterrecord Wellesleyand fallingto Hamilton. behind the Jumbos, but had beaten both refused to surrender a game posted their second straight shut- than last year’s, even though we outsoftheweekend. Saeeddropped could have been in a higher divi- just four points in her match, while sion for Nationals,” Al-Awadi said. c Swimming team pulls together Connors lost only eight., The Jumbos topped last year’s “Against Hamilton, we wanted ranking of 2 1, as they finished at to place fourth Englands to win,” Al-Awadi said. “But evi- number 19 in the final Women’s at New dently they wanted to win more. Intercollegiate Squash Associa- by NEILTAnOR and Cohen That’s what it comes down to, tion(WISA)poll. Thesquadended Daily Editorial Board cruised tothe line when two teams have equal levels up nearly doubling last year’s 6-15 . In what can only be described at 1:37.18. On ofskill-will power.” recordaswell(1 l-l2),asitputone by the team as an unbelievable Freshman Kate Elder lost a of the best seasons in recent performance,themen’sSwimming heartbreaker at number seven in memory into the books. son, and fresh- five games, while the rest of the Men’s Swimming men Ed Edson Jumbo lineup was blankeddespite & Diving and Brandon some close games. Smyth finished “Despite the result, we have Tuesdav, Febtuarv 29 I seventh in the nothing to be ashamed of,” Al- No games scheduled. and diving team placed fourth out 800 free relay Awadi said. “We’re very proud of of a field of 24 teams at the New (7: 10.24). In the how we played.” Wednesdav. March 1 England Division 111 Champion- final event ofthe On Sunday, Tufts closed out its Men’s Basketball: ECAC ships this weekend. Despite the weekend Tufts weekend with a solid 6-3 decision Tournament, First Round, vs. lackluster 6-3 season record, the amazedtheentire over fourth-seeded Wellesley. As Worcester State, 7 p.m. Jumbos proved that they are one crowd as they expected, the top part of the lineup Hockey: ECAC Northeast ofNew England’s top teams when finished only be- was masterful, as So, Al-Awadi and everything is on the line. hind Williams seniorco-captainTokoTomitaeach Tournament, Semifinals, @ Fitchburg State, p.m. “All in all, I have never seen a and Middlebury disposedoftheir Wellesley counter- 7:30 team go through such aturnaround in the 400 free re- .. . from the regular season to New . - lay a O* The men’s swimming team surprised New En- Englands,” sophomore Scott 3:10.29. gland with its impressive fourth place finish at Cohen said. ‘‘Itwasjust apleasure Due to the in- to be a part of.” credible amount this past weekend’s Division I11 championships. With a final score of 705, Tufts of teamwork that went into build- with an energy and intensity that avenged two of its regular season ing the entire season, it is very I had not seen from our .New En- losses, as Wesleyan finished fifth appropriatethat the swimmersdid gland team in my four years,” (63 1.5) and Bates finished a dis- so well in the team events. There Levner said. “It was truly inspir- tantninth(5 15). Williams,theonly were also numerous individual ing. Fast swimming is contagious other team to defeat Tufts during standouts who earned a signifi- and you couldn’t help but get the regular season, easily won the cant number ofpoints forthe team. swept up in it.” meet with a score of 1602, more Young finished third in the 50 Aside from his pivotal roles in than 300 points over second place breaststroke with a season best time the relay races, Anderson finished countfy,” senior Jack Levner said. “But it was truly exciting and Middlebury. of27.55. Healso scored season best seventh inthe 100 butterfly(52.66) special fortheothercoachestorecognizethis.Ithinkthismeetmarked “We swam out of our minds times inthe lOObreaststroke(59.46, and ninth in the 200 butterfly a kind of new beginning for the team, and a re-emergence of Tu% as and really camethrough asateam,” fourth place) and the 200 breast- (1 59.4 1). one ofthe top swimming teams in New England.” co-captain Tim Young said. “We stroke(2: 13.23,13*place). Junior diving phenom Patrick Every swimmer on the team has the utmost admiration for their exceeded all our expectations as “I think Tufts this year made a Girvin had a satisfactory week- dedicated coach and feels that he is the major reason for the team’s wellasmanyoftheothercoaches’ huge impression on all of the teams end, finishing eighth in the one success this season. and swimmers’ at this meet.” in New England,”Young said.“Our meter event and 11’” in the three “Coach’s winning of the Silva award was just the perfect ending to Despite the fourth place finish, character really shined through at meter event. a near flawless meet,” sophomore Scott Cohen said. ‘‘We really not a single Jumbo swimmer fin- thismeetandwehavecoachMegerle The team also got a serious showed some of the powerhouse teams in New England that Tufts iz ished in the top 25 individually, to thank. What a way to go out.” boost from its young freshmen for real, and we are here to stay.” displaying the team’s incredible Cohen also scored high points swimmers who showed poise and Megerle, who is heavily involved in college swimming across the depth. Tufts swimmers scored in three individual events, includ- confidence in all of theirevents. nation, has led the Jumbos to 25 consecutive winning records. Hi$ points in every single event on all ingthe 50 butterfly(24.42), the50 Both Edson and Heagle, who teams have finished among the top ten at the NCAA National three days. freestyle (22.17), and the 100 participated in a number of relay ‘ Championshipfive times, and he has coached 85 All-Americans and The most exciting race of the freestyle (48.15, fifth place). races, also each scored a top-eight two national champions. weekend was the 400-yard medley “A big reason we were so suc- performance in individual races. -Neil Tayloi relay, as the veteran group of se- cessful was due to the fact that Heagle took sixth in the 100 Indi- nior Young,juniorsNic Anderson guys were really able to step up vidual Medley (55.34) and Edson I c and Chris Panagos, and Cohen and move up spots from trials to finished fifth in the 200 freestyle qualified for Nationals with their finals,”Cohen said. “For example, (1:45.28).EdsonaIsofinishedninth time of 3:32.28. The fourth place Jimmy [Heagle]wasseeded eighth in the long distance 1650 freestyle finish gave the team 52 points and in the 100yard IM and moved into event( 16:47.52). was only 0.7 seconds shy of a sixth, and I was seeded seventh in Freshman Jacob Sarfati also school record. the 100 yard free and was able to placed2Pd inthe200 IM(2:04.71) Relays,which arenottradition- pull off a fifth place victory.” and freshman Shane Mason fin- allytheteam’sstrongpoint,proved Panagos also had an impres- ished 18*inthe400IM(4:28.54). to be the deciding factor, as each sive weekend in the individual “All in all, it was an amazing relay squad finished in the top events, placing fourth in the 50 weekend where the true character eight. Starting offthe meet with a backstroke(25.01)andsixth in the of the team shone through,” solid sixth place finish (1 :27.90) 100backstroke(54.15). Co-captain Bouley said. wasthe200freerelaygroup,which senior Jack Levner also finished The fourth place finish was the consisted of Cohen, Anderson, 12* inthetight50backstrokeevent best since the 1996 season when and freshmen Jimmy Heagle and with a time of 25.67.Levner fin- theteam finishedthird.Withavast Ryan Lahey ished 19”’ in the 100 backstroke majority oftheteam returning next Saturday began with a fifth (55.44) and 16* in the 200 back- year, it will be in great shape to phdo ccnntesy Of Tkn Young place finish in the 200-medley re- stroke (2:00.40), all career bests. duplicate or even improve upon its ~DonMegerle,hereWithtwoofhisswimmerS,wasnamed lay as Panagos, Young, Heagle “The team came into the meet incredible postseason success. the NESCAC’s Ckules E Silva Coachofthe Yearthisave;eken&

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I. THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 7 - Sports Jumbos picked for fourth seed in ECAC tournament Men to host first-round game on Wednesdav night U U by BEN OSHLAG defeat gave the automatic quali- “We talked about in the begin- Daily Editorial Board fier to Williams, while Amherst ning, and we’re not looking down The men’s basketball team picked up an at-large bid. at it as a second-hand tournament. wrapped up its regular season last The Camels will host Western We’rejust lookingat it astheECACs, Satcrday with a 78-75 win on the Connecticut in their first-round and we want to go in and win it.” matchupand may find themselves Saturday’s game against in arematch with the Jumbos in the Bowdoin was a tight one, with the second round. Colby and Clark, outcome remaining undecided the number two and three seeds, until the closing seconds.

~~ ~ respectively,will host the remain- Tufts opened up a slight leadin road against the Bowdoin Polar ing two opening-round games. the first half of the opening period, Bears. With the victory, the Jum- Tufts will have to accept the but Bowdoin responded with a bos lifiedtheiroverallrecordto 18- seed it was given, however, and strong 10-0 run and went in to the 6 and earned thenumber four seed head into Wednesday night’s locker room up 38-32. Though the in the upcoming ECAC New En- game against a strong, athletic Polar Beanwould lead by asmuchas gland tournament. Tufts will host Worcester State with a completely seven, the Jumbos roared back be- Photo by Kate Cohen Worcester State in the opening- focused attitude. hind 15 second-halfpointsfromjun- Junior Fred Pedroletti helped lead Tufts to a hard-foughtwin roundgame, which will take place The field in the ECAC touma- iorco-aptain Dan Flaherty. Bowdoin over Bowdoin on Saturday, converting on a crucial bank shot Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in ment will pose quite achallenge for relinquished the lead for good with with under a minute remaining. Cousens Gymnasium. the Jumbos, as NCAA automatic 7:30togo,ashhmanBrian Shapiro While the number four seed is qualifiershave gone tothe first place picked up two steals, converting the The ensuing pass went to junior Jumbos were able to hold on in the not an unreasonable spot for the teams fiom weakercon ferences, bids breakaways into four points. Fred Pedroletti,who hit a bank shot final seconds to ensure the victory. Jumbos, a higher seed was not out ahead of teams that are stronger. The Polar Bears had one last with 49 seconds left to give Tufts a “They cameout making all their of the question. Colby, the number “I think it’s going to be harder shot,however. Withunder aminute 75-72 lead. Juniorco-captainBobby shots and playing well, and both- two seed (and also 18-6), beat Tufts to win the ECACs than it would be lefi in regulation,the Jumbos,up by Mpuku hit a pair of free throws to ered us a little bit,” Sheldon said. 71-&1earlierthisyear,butthe White to get out of this region in the just one, were faced with an extend the margin to five, and al- “They tightened it up and tried to Mules tailed off toward the end of NCAAs,” Sheldon said. inbounds play and just three sec- though Bowdoin would cut it back win it, but there was no way we the season, fmishing with just six “We want to win it,” he added. onds remaining on the shot clock. to two with a long three-pointer,the were letting that happen.” wins in their final ten games. The Jumbos, on the other hand, sported apowerFul8-2markthroughthefina1 Mollv4 Baker’s career defined bv4 hard work stretch, making a strong argument by JON JAPHA “We had some other scorers, so BuiaandCarrieHironaka. playingtogether,Baker’sgame took for a iigher ranking than Colby. Daily Editorial Board teams would focus on them,” Baker ‘‘I had a confidence issue at the OKShehasaveraged 12.3pointsand C ark, at 19-8overall and7-3 in Freshman year shouldhave been said. “I wasn’t in the spotlight so I beginning of the season,” Baker 9.4reboundspernightthisyear,num- its last ten, was also a question- a great basketball year for Molly could surprise other teams.” said. “I think I took too much on bers which are fairly consistent with able pick over Tufts for the third Baker. She got a lot ofplaying time Baker’s play should not have my shoulders.” hercareerstats. Bakeraveraged 10.8 seed. In regular-season play, the come as a surprise to opponents, but Luckily for Baker, along came pointsag&eduringhercareer,good Cougars dropped games to Athlete Profile they were constantly befuddled by freshmanEmilyGoodman.Themokie for tenth all-time, and would have Wesleyan, Babson, and Spring- I I the small forward who would out- center took a large scoring load off neared 1,000careerpointsifitweren’t field, all of whom Tufts beat, al- in agameagainstMiddlebury early rebound taller players on the court, Baker, as Goodman averaged 17.2 for her injury freshman year. Baker, though they did knock offa Salem in the season and was the team’s shut down offensive stars, and hit points per game on the year. whomaywellberememberedforher Slate team that defeated the Jum- leading scorer in that contest. She thebaselinejumperwith consistency. “She took a lot of pressure off rebounding, averaged 7.6 agame in bos 67-57 on Jan. 20. felt that she was gaining favor in “I was really proud of how I ofme,” Baker said. “It was nice to her career,seventh all-time. “We’re not happy with the coach Janice Savitz’s eyes and re- played junior year,” Baker said. “I know that I didn’t have to score all Butmorethan stats, Baker, who fourth seed,” Sheldon said. “Idon’t spect from the rest of the team. wasabletodoallofthelittlethings, the points.” started playing basketball in the think it’s fair.” All that ended in a flash, though, and it was areal complete year. I had Aside from taking pressure off fourth grade, will be known for her Being seeded in the top half of as a serious knee injury cost her awell-roundedimpact ontheteam.” each other, the two play well to- hard work, which is just the way the bracket does give the Jumbos nearly the rest of the season, and Attributing her strong play to gether on the court. she wants it. home-court advantage in the open- almost the rest of her career. being out of the spotlight was a “There’s a mutual admiration “I’ve always wanted to lead by ing round, however, a significant “Ihadalotofbadfeelingsabout benefit she could not afford, as she there,” Savitz said. “They respect example. That’s what agood leader factor in tournament play. that injury,”the now-senior said. “I entered her senior year as the clear each other, and EmilyallowsMolly does,”Bakersaid.“Ihopethat people “Playingat home is a big factor almostquitanumberoftimes. Iwas leader ofthe team, without the high to play facing the basket.” will remembermy hard work and be for us,” Sheldon said. “Getting the not a good injury person.” scoring ofgmduatedstarsStephanie Once the two got comfortable inspired by it. That’s the most clear crowd in here, we seem to shoot a What kept the star player and directway to achieve success.” little 2etter at home. We like the around? The younger players on the JumboDome- it’s a good basket- “First was the good friends I team are already inspired by ball almosphere.” had on the team,” said Baker, who Baker’s work ethic, as it’s starting Also joining the Jumbos in the finished her illustrious career at to rub off on them. tournament will be Connecticut Cousensgym on Saturday.“Them “I noticed quickly that she was College, UMass-Dartmouth, and pride. I had never quit any- real focusedandhard working,” said Wheaton, and Western Connecti- thing before, so I couldn’t quit.” freshman point guard Hilary Dunn. cut. Connecticut College, which It’s a good thing for the Jumbos “She is insane about being in shape, beat the Jumbos earlier this year that pride got the better of Baker, and she’s the hardest worker ever.” and %asranked at the top of the as she went on to three more pro- Savitz, whom Baker had once New England region for anumber ductive seasons at Tufts. tried so hard to impress, shares the ofweeks, just barely lost out on an Bouncing back after an injury same sentiments. NCAA berth, fallingto Amherst in is never easy, but Baker took the “Her work ethic is second to the final game oftheirseason. The “nothing to lose” attitude, and it none,” said the coach. “She’s con- paid off. She dedicated herself to stantlytryingtoimproveherendur-

becoming awhole new player, and ‘ ance, her strength, and her speed. people started taking notice. She just wants to get better.” “Sophomore year, coach really Now that her career is over, you started to notice me. I started to would think that Baker might sit shine,”Bakersaid. “I was always a back and relax a little. hard worker, but now that was get- You would be wrong. tingnoticed,plus I improvedalot.” “I definitely know that I’ll al- ThehardworkthatBakerreferred ways be playing something,” said to was something that would be- the biology and psychology come a stapleofher basketball game double major. “I play ultimate and her personality for the next few frisbee, and I want to train for years. Askanyoneontheteamabout triathalons, competitive running, Baker, and the first thing they will and other physical challenges.” mention isherhardwork.Bakeristhe “When I was playing basketball, one who stays after practice to shoot I didn’t have time totrain forthings fi.ee-throws orhops on the stationary likethat,”Bakersaid.“SoI’msadto bike in her spare time. bedone with basketballatTufh, but A11 that hard work would come excited about all that other stuff.” Dei& file photo tofruition inBaker’sjunioryear, as For someone who went from the Coach Bob Sheldon was dis- everything started to click. Baker verge of quitting to cocaptaining a appointed that Tufts was not was not the leading scorer, but she awarded a higher seed for the did a little bit of everything and Senior co-captain and forward Molly Baker finished her ca- competingandworkinghtheM upconling ECAC tournament. was a key member ofthe team. reer 10’” all-time in scoring and seventh in rebounding. ofierlifeshouldcomeasnosurpriSe. 8 THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 THETUFTS DAILY Letter to the Editor Let’s look at what is right with the Senate: Jordan G. Brenner To the Editor: for increasingfinancial aid, changes in Hotung, placing Editor-in-Chief Atthemomencthe Senatorsareworking on allocat- course evaluationson the web, obtaining a studentseat ing $800,000 to 174 clubs. Every club wants apiece of on the Policy Council and many more things that EDITORIAL the pie and the Senators are busy reviewing budgets, students have requested. I have been an active member making sure that the requests are within reason and of a club for two years. Senators have always been Daniel Barbarisi reviewing these requests with club representatives. helphl andgiven me correct information when asked. Managing Editor They willbemakingthefina1decisionsthisweek.Every I havedealtwithALBOtwiceandhavereceivedalloca- effort has been made by the Senate to become familiar tions for our club in a timely and efficient manner. Ben Oshlag with the clubs in their Council through Leadership Change requires action. Support the Senatorsthat you Associate Editor Alliance Conferenceswhich have been held monthly. have elected. If you think that things should be done Poor attendance by the clubs have made this goal differently,getinvolved. Run for Senate. Giveyourtime NEWS Editors: Will Kinlaw, Brooke Menschel unattainable. The people that are so quick to complain tothe TCU. WE are all studentswhopride ourselves in Assistant Editors: can not give two hours once a month to address the Tufts community. The Senate is here to for us. Andrew Freedman, Jeremy Wang-Iverson, problems,look forsolutionsorgetinvolved.The Senate Become part of the action. TCU has accomplished Ilene Stein, Matthew Kane, Rachel Rubenson is composed of students that cany the same work load change by listening to suggestions and figuring our as wedo,studyforthesameexams,etc.Theyhave been ways to implementthem. Letustakeamomentandsay VIEWPOINTSEditors: elected to ofice by us. The meetings that they attend thank you, especiallyforthetimethattheseleaders have Dave Steinberg, Leigh Wald in given to the Community to make Tufts a better place. Assistant Editor: is their free time. These elected Senators put many Benjamin Gedan more hours than anyone is aware of in the name of service. Service to the Tufts community. In addition to Claire Bowley, LA ’00 FEATURES.Editors: the budget allocations, the TCU has been responsible President, Returning Student Organization Kim Fox, Kelly Wisnewski, Sheryl Gordon Assistant Editors: Mary Anne Anderson, Neil Taylor c

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ONLINE Editors: Jeff Carlon, Sonal Mukhi Information Technology Manager: Student complains to Secret Service about class Seth Kaufman assignment covering assassination TMS Campus News Service resu-Minthereprimand lastfallofahighschoolteacher BUSINESS AKRON,Ohio-AUniversityofAlcronstudenthas near Cincinnati. That teacher showed students a list of complained to the Secret Service about a class assign- possibletopics forawritingassignmentthat included: “If Stephanie Adaniel ment that asked: “Ifyou could assassinate any person in you had to assassinate one famous person who is alive Executive Business Director the world who is currently alive, who would it be?” right now, who would it be and how would you do it?” At least two students gave President Clinton as Parents in that community said they were upset in Business Manager: David Lattanzi their answer, the student said. light of recent shootings at schools around the coun- Office Manager: Eric Siwy “If something would ever happen [to Clinton] try. The UA student said he had similar concerns. and I didn’t do anything, that would be something ButGanison,whoreceiveshighmarksfrom students Advertising Managers: Grace Lee, Stephan Lukac I’d have to live with,” the student who recently and is well-regarded among her colleagues, said her contacted the Secret Service said. class is “not kindergarten.” She noted that she did not Receivables Manager: Michelle Herman Carole Garrison, the criminal justice professor who ask students how they would assassinate someone. teaches the class, was surprised to hear about the Garrison said the class exercise was taken from a EDITORIALPOLICY complaint and defends the way she teaches her class. book, Questions from the Game of Life. The Tufts Daily is a non-profit, independent newspaper, published She said she uses the question and others to get “We’ve been dealing with some really heavy Monday through Friday during the academic year, and distributed free to the Tufts community. Business hours are 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday students - many of whom plan to work in law issues, and it gets heavier,” Garrison said of the through Friday, 1 - 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Daily is printed at Charles enforcement -thinking abouttoughethical and moral ethics and criminal justice class. “These people are River Publishing, Charlestown, MA. issues. She said she emphasizes that the right answer old enough to carry guns.” Editorials appear on this page, unsigned. Individual editors are not is: “It’s not appropriate to assassinate anyone.” She said she was flabbergasted that the question necessarily responsible for, or in agreement with, the policies and editorials of The Tufts Daily. The content of Letters, advertisements, Thenameofthecourseis AppliedEthicsinCriminal would prompt someone to contact the Secret Service. Justice. Each time the class meets, studentsare asked The student who complained said he though1 signed columns, cartoons, and graphics does not necessarily reflect the c opinion of The Tufts Daily editorial board. to write on a board their answers to two questions. other questions were inappropriate as well. Those Advertising deadlines: all display ads are to be submitted to The Garrison said the students are not required to respond. include: “If you could seduce one person (who Tufts Daily office by 3:OO p.m. two business days before the ad is to run. But when the assassination question was pre- you’ve never been with) who would it be?’ Deadlines are not negotiable. Late ads will run only at the discretion of the Advertising Manager and may be subjected to a late fee. All sented, a couple of students suggested Clinton. He also said he wrote an anonymous letter to the advertising copy is subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief, That upset one student - he doesn’t want to college about the class, although college officials say Executive Board, and Executive Business Director. A publication be identified because he worries his grade would be they have not received such a letter. The student schedule and rate card are available upon request. affected - so he called the Secret Service office in concedes it was not addressed to any specific person. Akron earlierthis week. The student said he doesn’t The complaining student doesn’t have much LETTERSTO THE EDITOR believe it is appropriate to discuss assassinating company among his classmates. Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. and should be handed into the people, including the president, in class. “Idon’thaveany problems with it,”KristyKiley, Daily office or sent to [email protected]. All Letters must be David Lee, resident agent in charge of the Secret 19, said. “I think a lot of the questions make you word processed and include the writer‘s name and phone number. Service ofice in Akron, confmed that his ofice re- think, dig around in our mind.” There is a 350-word limit and Letters must be verified by the Daily.The ceived a complaint about the clais and is “looking into Justin Ingham, 21, said, “I don’t think you should editors reserve the right to edit Letters for clarity, space, and length. For the circumstances that were presented to us,” but take this class if you have an issue with simple ques- the full policy on Letters to the Editor, contact The Tufts Daily. declined todiscussdetails.Hesaidhisoffice isobligated tions like that.” Chris Sanders, 23, replied, “I think The Tufts Daily Telephone: (617) 627-3090 to investigate all potential threats to the president. people are overly sensitive about it. It was a stupid P.O. Box 53018 FAX: (617) 627-3910 David Sam, dean ofthe university’s Community question’’ designed to ‘?just get a reaction out of you.” Medford MA 02153 E-mail: [email protected] and xechnical College, said that the Secret Service And LauraAsbury,24,who tooktheclass last year had not contacted college officials. and is taking another course from Garrison, said: “I httpi/www.tuftsdail y .corn The mination Question is similar to one that think somebody really took this out of context.” THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 9 Viewpoints -- A McCain’s casual use of racial slurs must not be ignored by Clara Seo much for him to choose another this polemical issueclearlyreflects aprisonerofwarinviet------”-~-- word to describe them? He could his attitude toward peoples of nam, he seems blind to “John Pike of the Federa- Senator John McCain is one have used “jerk,” for instance, or Asian origin. Should McCain be the suffering inflicted tion ofAmerican Scien- shameless politician. Known as any one of those ubiquitous four- electedpr&ident,whoknowswhat on that &tion by tis&, agreed, stating, ‘It the presidential candidate who is letter words. “Surely McCain policieshemight enactthat would America’s brutal and to me thathe finds not afraid to speak his mind, would not want to suggest any directly (or perhaps indirectly)and misguided war,” wrote McCain has consistently articu- connection between their evil and negativelv affect Asian-Ameri- Robert Drevfuss in The Y ituncomfortab!Ynormal lated blurit sentiments such as “I their ethnicity,” remarked the cans? We already know that he Nation. “Mkain is too that weshouldbe blowing hate the French,” and, “I hate Cali- Chronicle. But, McCain’s obsti- opposesabortion, guncontrol, and willingtocallon Ameri- somebodvun I think fornians.” He even went as far as nate use of the racial slur has put increasingtheminimum wage, and canmilitarypowertoen- --a f to cruellyjest that ChelseaClinton him into awhole otherballgame- that he supports the death pen- force US interests over- McCain has not been able is ugly because Janet Reno is her one that incorporates not only his alty, a “lock ‘em up” approach to seas. Angry in tempera- to come home from war ” l_l - __ - - -_ - ____-- -- - father. However, instead of dam- captors, but every single person crime, and the privatiz&on ofso- ment andpugnacious in aging his reputation and under- belonging to the same race as cia1 security. He voted against pro- style, McCain exhibits a swagger- ties” between the two countries in mining his campaign, McCain’s those captors as well. tecting homosexuals from job dis- ing readiness to avenge America’s 1995. According to Dreyfuss’ ar- _- McCain was crimination. And, he also voted defeat in Vietnam.” John Pike of ticle in The Nation, McCain “fre- againstmaking Martin Luther King theFederation ofAmerican Scien- quently reminds his audience that Jr.’s birthdaya holiday. What will tists, agreed, stating, “It seems to he believes in ‘reconciliationand his presidency mean for Asian me that he finds it uncomfortably healing’ in regard to Vietnam.” Americans, when he obviously normal that we should be blowing David Halberstam, who was one Asian-American. ” tinual usage ofthe word doesn’t care that his simple choice somebody up. I think McCain has of the leading journalists of the ’ “gook,”I&Cain simply of words upsets us? not been able to come home from Vietnam era, praised McCain for ‘ harsh and bigoted comments have refused to apologize. Instead, he One change that McCain’s the war.” being “better than anyone at cre- only served to strengthen his ap- stood his ground and staunchly presidencywould most likely bring Paradoxically, McCain has ad- ating a healing process.” peal to his followers. Taken as insisted that he was referring spe- about is the increased employ- vocated reconciliation between the Yes, McCain has his merits. jokes, McCain’s characteristically cifically to his prison guards and ment of the US military overseas United States and Vietnam, him- And, he’s done his share of good - incendiary statements often roll not the Vietnamese people as a -for reasons more personal than se1fbecominga“keyforce behind off people’s backs and remain un- whole. “I will continue to refer to political. “Though he suffered as the normalization of diplomatic see McCAIN, page 11 noticed by the greater American them in language that might of- public. fend some people because of the In an article in the Jan. 3,2000, beating and torture ofmy friends,” issue of The Nation, Senator declared McCain. “And, I know Putin for president? . McCain employed the racial slur that most ofmy South Vietnamese “gook” to refer to the Vietnamese friends would call them that too.” by Rank0 Milic captorswho allegedlytortured him Speak for yourself, senator.On Russia is a country which has Yeltsinlatelastyearthat duringthe Vietnam War. Fueled by Feb.21,PhanThuyThanh, Hanoi’s , Putin is leading the war. fallen from grace in the last de- when he actually an intens: hatred for those cap- foreign ministry spokeswoman, cade, seeing itself demoted from showed up at the Krem- This is where people in tors, McCain has repeatedly vili- responded to McCain’s slander- world superpowerand formidable lin, it was announced as the West Start to get fiedthem,saying,“I hatethegooks. ous treatment of Vietnam and the I adversary of the US to a strug- I will hate them as long as I live.” Vietnamese people by remarking gling giant, dependanton aid from dio). Also, Putin is not The Feb. 18 edition of the San that “the fact that Mr. John McCain I ’ scared to play hardball feeling (punctuded by Francisco Chronicle quoted uses such words and makes such the very same country it battled during the Cold War. withthe West, especially i McCain’:; assertion that, “I will statementsthat lackgoodwill have CNN coverage) is that Besides this, the years follow- the on issues RU~- call right now, my interrogatorthat hurtvietnameseand Asianpeople. us, i Russians are aggressing tortured me, agook.. .. Gook is the This statement is not worthy of a ing the break-up of the Soviet Union were marred with difficul- Russian pride has been 1 kindest appellation I can give.” US senator, especially one run- sees on N.” ties, including several economic I_ .“I” So whut? onemight ask. What’s ning for the US presidency. This hurt for too long in the 1 _. -_ - - - -- crises, an attempted coup, and eye of its people, and it is about ing a low-casualty tactic (which-is the big dzal? obviously does not bring credit to more governments than most time that someone stands up to the why the advance into Grozny, the The bid deal is that McCain has him individually nor benefit the capital city, was so slow). slandered every single ethnic US foreign policy.” people would like to remember. pompous US. Cute backdrop, isn’t it? All this Chechnya. Yes, people actu- Believe it or not, the economy group ofAsiansand Asian Ameri- Guy Aoki, president of the . setsthe tone forthecurrentpoliti- ally like how Putin is leading the is doing relatively well compared cans through his liberal and un- Media Action Network for Asian cal changes taking place in Rus- war. This is where people in the to the Russian norm. There is a apologetic use ofthe term “gook.” Americans (an anti-defamation West start to get confused, as the more or less steady currency and According to the political writers group), has added to this senti- sia. The first post-Communist Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, general feeling (punctuated by an increase in outside investment. for the Scn Francisco Chronicle, ment by asserting that “the hor- chose to be highly symbolic and CNN coverage) is that Russians However, many people believe that 7 the word “gook” was “first used in rors of the past cannot be an ex- announced his resignation on are aggressing those poor people this is not happening because of 1899 by American soldiers fight- cuse for hurting people in the Dec. 3 1, 1999, following several onesees on TV. Wel1,theChechens Putin’s policies, but largely be- ing FiIipirio insurgents. During the present. If Senator McCain had serious medical problems, leav- are not quiteangels themselves. If causeoil prices areextremely high. Korean War, the term was aimed at been captured by Nigerians, could ing his then-Prime Minister most of the Russian population Russia is one of the world’s big- Koreans and Chinese. It was di- he call those people ‘niggers’ and Vladimir Putin in charge. wasagainstthe first Chechen cam- gest oil-exporting countries, and rected at the Vietnamese when think he wasn’t going to offend Putin, the man who seems set paign in 1994-95,then most, ifnot the inflated prices are providing Americaris were fighting in Viet- everyone who is black?” Russians with billions of dollars’ nam. Itisiiowusedasaslurtoward Indeed, had McCain targeted to become the next elected Rus- all of the population, is now be- sian president, saw his party win hind this war. worth of extra income (after all, any Asian orPacificIslander.”The his racial opinions toward any theparliamentaryelectionson Dec. The difference is quite simple how do you think they are financ- Chronicle later adds that the word group of color other than Asians, 19. Despite his party’s success - in 1994, the Chechen rebels ing the war in Chechnya?) “has been used as a psychologi- a tremendous media circus would and Yelstin’srecommendation, the asked for independence for their Putin, unlike Yeltsin, doesn’t cal weapon of war to prepare have erupted. But McCain aimed ’C territory, which, although not very drink. It helps to be sober when American troops to kill enemy his comments at members of the question remains-is he good for much appreciated by the Russians, discussing IMF and World Bank soldiersinKoreaandVietnam.It is Asian race, and the paltry amount Russia? This is where opinions diverge, so let us perhapsexamine is understandable.This time, how- loans with foreign dignitaries. aracialshir-on parwith epithets of criticism that McCain did fall both points of view. ever, Chechen rebels crossed into Those who vote no have plenty against blacks and Latinos-that under was so negligible that it left Those who will vote yes ac- the neighboring republic of to criticizeabouttheir prime minis- conveys a disdain for an entire his campaign officials feeling con- knowledge Putin’s many good Daghestan, took it over, and de- ter. Putin is the ex-director of the ethnic group even when directed fident that the controversy would points which would make him a cided that area would have to be KGB. It is understandable how at an individual.” not hurt McCain’s run for presi- good president. He is young and “liberated”(.lswell,despitethe fact that couldsendshiversdownmany So you see, Senator McCdn dent. Said Roger Simon, a writer - energetic, and therefore would ac- that the civilian population was people’s spines. Moreover, mili- has committed a serious offense for US News & World Report, against all persons of Asian de- tually be able to come into work, against it. Needless to say, this did tary people are not known to be “John McCain ‘says ‘gooks,’ and not pass over too well. So, Mos- very good with the who1e“democ- scent. Akhough it is quite under- who’s going to tell him not to?’ Ranko Milic is ajunior majoring cow decided to go to the root of racy” and “freedom of speech” standable:that McCain harbors an Well, I am. McCain’s carefree indelible hatred toward his Viet- in economics, and RussiadEast the Droblem. namelv the eradica- use of racial slurs affects me and European studies. namese captors, would it be too every other Asian and Asian- American-offense taken or not. Clara Seo is ajunior majoring in The senator’s biased treatment of --English. Viewpoin is Policy The Viewpoints section of The Tufts Daily, an open-forum for campus editorial commentary, is printed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Viewpoints welcomes submissions from all members of the Tufts community. Opinion articles on campus, national, and international issues can be roughly 700 to 1000 words in length. Editorial cartoons are also welcome. AI1 material is subject to editorial discretion, and is not guaranteed to appear in The Tufts Daily. All material should be submitt:d by no later than 1 p.m. on the day prior to the desired day of publication. Material may be submitted via e-mail ([email protected]) or in hard-coriy form at The Tufts Daily in the basement of Curtis Hall. Questions and concerns should be directed to the Viewpoints editor. 10 THETUFTS DAILY. February 29,2000

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Senate 1 stproe. It %PI -- THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 11 Time to apologize for slurs A U McCAIN negative sentimentsmightbecome continued from 9 ’ page our president. If McCain truly did deeds. But what, then, should I limit his words to his interrogators, make of his “readiness to avenge andnottoAsian sand Asian Ameri- America’s defeat in Vietnam,” and cans as a whole, then, having made his dogged unwillingness to re- that distinction between the two, tract his persistent usage of racial why is it so hard for him to apolo- epithets? McCain’s self-pro- gize? If it’s so easy for him to sepa- claimed belief in “reconciliation ratehis captorsfromtheirrace,then and healing” seems to contradict it should be just as easy for him to his current attitude toward his apologize to the Asian Americans usage of derogatory language and who were offended by his racist statements. Ladies and gentle- statements. Even so, McCain’s in- men, it seems to me that we have sensitive approach to this whole uncovered a somewhat schizo- issue has left me wary of what the phrenic approach to “creating a outcome might be if he wins the healing process.” Apparently, election. Would I accept his apol- McCain has neither healed nor ogy if he actually gave one? Prob- forgiven at all. ably not -after all, he is a politi- It is very upsetting to think that cian. Though in this case he hasn’t aman consumed with such deeply quite proved himself a good one. _-

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i ? f THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 13 Task Force aims to reduce GenderedPerspectives - alcohol abus-e on campus ALCOHOL The task force was composed of on continued from page 3 members ofthe faculty and admin- InternutwnaG CmfCict & Develbpment percent of the surveys were re- istration and over20 studentswho turned. The preliminary data studied alcohol use on campus. showed that 80 percent of the stu- They compared Tufts to other TUESDAY, FEBRUARY dents claimedthatthey were drink- schools regarding policies and 29,2000 ers, and 93 percent said that they programs, and they also looked at drinkresponsibly.Thesurvey also the numberofalcohol-related inci- Featuring highlighted the fact that Tufts stu- dents that occurred over the span dents are just like other students of that school year. The group in the nation. “Most studentsthink wrote up areport that was given to DR NAFISSADIK that their peers drink more then the president of the University. Executive Director ofthe United Nations Food and Population Fund (UNFPA) them,” Galarneau said. Bruce Reitman, the acting Dean 2:30-3:30 p.m., Cabot 205 In the Spring, the course fo- of Students,was also a member of 8L cuses on qualitative methods, in- the task force. He commented that cluding lhe initiationofsmall group the president will shortly respond discussions where the students to the recommendationsofthe task . DR.CYNTHIA ENLOE are the moderators. “It is unique force. “The president has been Professor of Government and international Relations at Clark University 6b that the course is somewhat stu- working on it and reviewing it all HOW THINKING LIKE A FEMINIn MAKES US SMARTER ABOUT ETHNIC WARS” dent-conducted. They need to be year,” Reitman said. “It is difficult, . 400-6:00 p.m., Cabot 7th Floor a part of the policy making pro- in fact impossible, to respond to cess,” Galarneau said. “One ofthe the report without looking into the things we discovered last year is implications about the policies CO-sponsored by: that we really didn’t know that regarding alcohol, because it af- The Women’s Center, Women’s Studies, the International Relations Program. much about Tufts student alcohol fects all populations, including the South Asian Women’s Group, the Feminist Alliance, . use. We really didn’t know what students, alumni, and faculty. The Centre for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, SAPAC. and TASA. the ‘pro’blem’was. We wondered Changes in policy is not some- how many people are drinking, thing that is lightly done; it takes For more information. contact the Women’s Center at (617) 627-3184. and how many people are drinking a good deal of thought.” excessively.” One of the recommendations When asked ifhe is afraid of an made by the task force was to alcohol-relateddeath occurring at close down tailgate village at half- Tufts, Mickune-Santossaid, “Ab- time in efforts to generate more solutely. It is an accident waiting support of the teams at the to happen. It’s almost like gam- games. bling, and it’s definitely possible “Most people stick around the that something could happen. Two village and don’t even go into the examples are Spring Fling and the games. They drinkallday andthen tailgate village at Homecoming.” get into their cars and drive home “Tailgate Village is the one day drunk,” Mickune-Santos said.“Ob- of the year that the University viously people want to connect Tufts Hillel actuallysupports drinking in pub- with thealumni,andthere ismore to lic, which is against the law,” he it then drinking, as it is a major added. “Tufts is also one of the fbndraising event. But alcohol is a few universities that allows for social vehicle that people use to get students ages 21 and up to con- other people to donate money. The sume alcohol at Spring Fling.” thought of trying to raise funds Mickune-Santos was part of a without alcohol is less likely.” task force that met during the Fall Galarneau’sCommunity Health semester of 1998 and the Spring discussions are open to the pub- semester of 1999 in efforts to re- lic. Anyone interested in attend- duce alcohol abuse on campus. ing the meetings can call 627-3233. Club helps Tufts students bre!ak out of their bubble TEACH-IN that we don’t live in a bubble. continued from page 3 People should be aware of what’s The financialandpolitical con- going on,” Hansen said. “People nections hit close to home in the are fundamentally a part of the US. Via:-president and presiden- world and they cannot divorce tial hopeful AI Gore invests in Fi- themselves from being in the delity Investments,whichisalarge world.” shareholder in Occidental Petro- Unfortunately, the U’ Wa case leum, andalso hasclosefamilyties is just one manifestation of inhu- to Occidental Petroleum, accord- mane situations andconditions all ing to Rainforest Action Network over the world. “Oppression and (RAN). One of RAN’S projects is subjugation exist in the world. campaigning Gore to pull out of Everyone has certain rights.. . we Fidelity and to pressure Occiden- have to do something if we con- tal Petroleum to halt their project. sider these [rights] to be self-evi- To Hansen, Gore’s ties with Occi- dent,” Hansen said. dental are disheartening. Vaynshteyn encourages stu- “[Gore] wrote Ecology in the dents to come to the teach-in in Balonce [a publication alerting order to make their own decision readers to the poor state of the about the issue. “[The teach-in is environment]. This is one of the a] way to educate yourselves clear examples ofpolitical hypoc- about the issue. You need to know risy. Gore is in fact not an environ- both sides to be well-informed,” mentalist - he’s not doing any- she said. “It’s just something that thing to prevent this action. He’s I think people should care about.” ary 29 at making money offofthis,” he said. Hansen hopes that students RAN and other activists advo- realize that they have power to do cate that those in opposition to somethingaboutthe problem.“It’s the drilling contact their congress- clear that we can make a differ- illel Center men in order to add political clout ence. We don’t have to lie down to the isijue. “Contact your repre- and allow the destruction of the sentative in Washington, cam- earth,” he said. paign far AI Gore [to get rid of his “We are emancipating our- stock],” Slezak said. selves from notions that we are Through the teach-in, the Eco powerless,” Hansen continued. club and the Coalition hope to “We have to say, ‘Hold on, we raise awareness about the issue have to make this stop.’ You have and find new supporters for the to analyze your position in this U’ Wayscause. and learn more about what you “I think it’s importantto realize can do.” 14 THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000

into 2000 Presidential race - PUTIN ‘ forhimtoremain incontrol.Nowa- ing in Russia. This includes ty- continued from page 9 days, the Communists are much coon Berezhovsky (owner of TV FRANK benefited from O’Neill’s leader- thing. For example, Putin recently easier to deal with than the other stations, major newspapers, oil continued from page 1 ship, since Tufts was in his dis- passed a law that enabled the suc- parties, as they are will soon be refineries,etc.)andmany others of in the closet. For him, advocacy of trict, which is now occupied by cessor ofthe KGB, the FSB, to log doomed to near-extinction when rather “dubious” origins. gayrightswas awayofmakingup former SomervilleMayor Michael into and check the records of any their electorate (the elderly) dies Finally, Putin doesn’t drink. for his status. Capuano. “(Former Tufts Presi- person with Internet access “for out. By doing this, Putin makes Russians themselves don’t trust a “I decided I would be very ac- dent Jean Mayer) used to play security purposes.” them feel importantandatthesame leader who does not share their tive for gay rights but never come O’Neill like a violin,” Frank Putin is cynical. Very cynical. time single-handedlycontrols the love for vodka. out,” he explained, saying that quipped. The firstthing hedidafterwinning coalition. Cheeky, huh? You make the call. Personally, politicianshave“aright to privacy He said that great leaders like the parliamentary elections with Another serious detraction was there is something in Putin’s man- but not hypocrisy.” Frank said that O’Neill proved that his fears of a his center-right party was strike a Putin’s nomination by Yeltsin. ner that does not inspire me. Call it it eventuallybecame very difficult negative reaction were largely deal with.. .the Communists! It Which means he is “in” with what a hunch, but his stiffupper lip and for him to stay in the closet, and in unfounded. “Most people are not would havemademuchmoresense the Russians call the “Family,” i.e. beady little eyes do little to instill 1979 he decided to quit the legis- homophobic, they were just forhim to form acoalitiongovern- the ex-president’sinner circle that confidence in him and in the way lature and come out. He said he brought up thinking they ought to ment with patties withsimilaragen- has somehow managed to lay its he will lead this still very fragile came out slowly, in awayreminis- be,” he said. das, but Putin did what was best hands on everything worth steal- democracy. cent of politics. “It was kind of Frank also offered insight into retail,” he said. the current Presidential race, ex- Then in 1980 a Congressional pressing surprise at Arizona Sena- seat openedup, and Frank stopped tor John McCain’s success. coming out and decided to run. “I “There is a complete discon- was very nervous,” he said. Al- nect between this man’s career

though opponents hinted at his and this (campaign),” he said. t homosexuality during the cam- Frankcriticizedthe opinion that paign, the comments didn’t click former Senator Bill Bradley and with people. McCain are similar reformers. In Washington, Frank decided “Anyone who says they can’t to follow apolicy ofbeing publicly decide between Bill Bradley and neutra1 about his sexual orienta- John McCah shouldn’tbe allowed tion, and privately gay. After seven to vote at all,” he said. “They differ years, he finally decided that “it on almost every issue.” didn’t work.” He went on to say that neither “Most people don’t realize that candidate was a real reformer in they come out every day.. . try to the Senate; “If they were such go 48 hours and answer every transformative, mold-breaking question without revealing your people, how come we never knew sexuality,” he said. it until now?’ he said. i ,a’ .A Coming out became aquestion Frank said the most significant of honesty, he said. He joked that development that he sees is the he was backing gay rights but was breakdown ofthe religious right’s Underage dnvers wanted. limitinghimse1fto”wearing”a dual hold on the Republican party. “I lifestyle.“I was making it possible think the right wing’s veto over We how there‘s more to life whats happemg 3n campus. 50. whether you for everyone to have a good time the Republican party is ending,” except me,” he said. he explained. need a 4x4 for a sici weekend. or a mini-van :or chat roac nip. during Spriq Sreak, In 1987 Frank decided to come Up until now, Frank said that “the Republicans allowed the most Merchants Rent-A-Car can get you going, no matter where you‘re going. And best of out, but he didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. He wanted re- active and ideological element to d,as part of our Youthful Gperator Poiicy well rent to any dnver 18 and over”! porters to ask him about it, rather dominatethe party.” They are now than to hold a press conference on realizing that such a “right wing the subject. He said that he was veto” isa liability. He said the fight 43 LOCUST STREET (NEXT TO ME.4DOW GLEY 4IALLj, MEDFORD impressed with the reaction of within the Republicanparty is “ev- 781-391-8388 then-Speaker-of-the-House Tip erybody against the Christian O’Neill. “He was disappointed right.. . It’s the kooks versus the because he thought I had a chance non-kooks.. . Politics is trying to RENT-AS CAR of being the first Jewish speaker,” make people like you.. . it is not Frank explained. easy, but not intellectuallycompli- Frank also mentioned that Tufts cated.”

The Asian American Center and English Department . present Leslie Chang aut lor - 2,- BEYOND THE NARROW GATE THEJOURNEY OF FOUR CHINESE WOMEN FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO MIDDLE AMERICA

“When my mother had said ‘Ijust don ’t want to remember’ to me, sJie meant this, her chiidhood I had to pry bits and pieces from her like a hunter digging buckshot out of a pheasant’s dead carcass. In the same way, she gave her memories up - inertly but still unwilling. Only now that I have reassembled them can I understand why. ”

Tuesday, February 29 4:30-5:30 porn., Olin 01 1

Ms. Chang will speak to Professor Ruth Hsiao’s Eng. 792A class, Asian American Literature, 70:OO - 7 7: 75 a.m., Eaton 733. The community is invited to attend. Dinner Reception to follow at the Asian American Center, Start House, 7 7 Latin Way

Co-sponsors: American Studies Department, Asian Communiiy at Tufts, English Society, Women’s Center THETUFTS DAILY February 29,2000 15

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