South Hall roof disaster, p. 18 The Blizzard of 1997, p. 19 Photo essay by Rony Shram, p. 8-9 FTS DAILYVolume XXXIV, Number 63 THETu Monday, April 28,1997 I [Where You Read It First stronaut Hauck ceives Light on the Hill tomorrow bylLAURENHEIsT Hauck flew the first mission after Daily Editorial Board the Challengerexplosion. Astronaut and University After retiring from the space trustee Rick Hauck will be pre- program, Hauck has become the sented with the third Light on the ChiefExecutiveOEcer ofkitema- Hill awardtomorrow. tional Technology Underwriters. All students are invited to at- Currently,theLight ontheHill tend Hauck’s speech entitled, recipient is chosen by Student- “Jumbo in Orbit,” at 5 p.m. in Alumni Relations Committee,the Bamum 104. Office of Alumni Relations, the Hauck, who graduated from Office of Vice President of Arts, Tuftsin 1962withadegreeinphys- Sciences and Technologies, the ics, was a member of ROTC and Tufts Community Union Senate, Delta Upsilon during his time here. the Dean of Students office, and BryanKrause,amemberofthe the Office of Development. Student-Alumni Relations Com- Illona Kopits, a member of the mittee, said Hauck is, “somebody Student-Alumni Relations Commit- who’s not only done well in his tee, said there is no definite proce- Photo by Rony Shram profession, but he’s also contrib- dure for selecting the recipient. They certainly can kick it. A Tribe Called Quest warms it up on the President’sLawn Saturday. uted back to the school as well.” Both Krause and Kopits said Any student who has seen the they hope to increase student in- blue astronaut suit and Tufts flag volvement in the selection pro- Debaucherv on the Lawn which are displayed on the wall in cess.“We’dreally like toget more d the Mayer Campus Center are fa- inputfromstudents,”Krausesaid. miliarwith Hauck. Kopits said the committee Spring Fling a success for 6,000 inebriated Jumbos Hauck’s first spacemission was choose Hauck because, “He’s an by DAN TOBIN lines and across the whole in 1983when he flew inthe second alum that’s gone pretty far.” Daily Editorial Board Spring Fling President’s Lawn, Q-Tip criticized flight of the shuttle Challenger. “An astronaut is a pretty sin- That was probably the best fi”l Review us for hanging back and not danc- That mission marked the first flight gular honor,” Krause echoed. Fling in the past four years. ing. Big mistake. of a five-person crew, which in- In addition, Kopits said the To many, yesterday’s was a See, Spring Fling is more festi- cluded Sally Ride, John Fabian, committee wanted to pick Hauck perfectSpringFlinglineup:G.Love out“Can IKickIt?” butthey didn’t val than concert - to many at- Norm Thagard, and Bob Crippen. because he has a career in the & Special Sauce for chilling, flub any lyrics and preserved their tendees, the bands are secondary. His second space mission was sciences rather than past recipi- Barenaked Ladies for laughing, classic flow. Tufts isn’t a party school and it in 1984intheorbiterDiscovery.He ents who were in government, Bill and A Tribe Called Quest for danc- On the wheels of steel, Ali isn’t a sports school, so the cam- and the four other crew members Richardson, or journalism, like ing. With gorgeous weather, 6,000 Shaheed Muhammed kept the pus only comes alive socially on made history by being the first Arthur Sulzburger Jr. “He’s in an in attendance, and first-rate per- records spinning solidly. Hit after select weekends. Homecoming mission to bring satellites back area that we haven’t represented formances by all artists, it was as hit, great song after great song, and Spring Fling are party-time from outer space. yet,” Kopits said. closeto perfection as SpringFlings Tribe consistently delivered the and besides theNaked Quad Run, In his final space flight in 1988, can come. goods to a receptive audience and Fling is the only event where the Headliners A Tribe Called Quest avoided the pitfall of too much whole campus comes together as had clearly improved since their down-time between songs with one a la “We Are the World.” 1993 Dewick show. While that seamless segues - “Bonita So bopping your head to the concert had in its favor De La Soul Applebum” into “Electric Relax- beat and appreciating the artistic .. and the cool ambience of the old ation,” and the set-opening impression of some musicians is Dewick-milkdispensers and all “Phony Rappers” into “Buggin’ not the prime goal ofthe day. Drink- -Tribe was disappointing then, Out” kept the jam jamming. True ing with friends,chilling in the sun sounding unprepared and too fans were likely disappointedthat onablanket,pallingitupwithyour rough around the edges. Their hip many tunes were cut short to pre- Explorations leader, macking on wasn’thopping,andtheNewYork- serve the flow, but most people the honeys -this is what Spring based trio just couldn’t motivate. were content shakingtheir groove- Fling is all about. And Program- Not soonthe President’s Lawn. thangs. ming Board expandingtheceremo- MCs Q-Tip and Phife again The onlything was,Tribedidn’t nies into aweek-long affair helped sounded rawer than on record, but seem to understand what Spring solidify-- Spring - Fling- as an event. this time it was more controlled. Fling is supposed to be about. And despite the absence of milk Seeing wallflowers on the side- see page *’ dispensers,theirwords glided over the dope beats while picking up the raw energy oflive performance. They were practically screaming Mattox outlines initial goals by PETE SANBORN need to plan the Senate retreat and FallFest,”he said, Daily Editorial Board explainingthat he will be staying at Tufts during the Conducting his first Tufts Community Union summer recess. Senate meeting last night, Omar Mattox officially The president added, “I also want to meet with the began his term as TCU president. The junior ex- deans and administration in order to introduce my- plained his immediate goals, saying he will focus on self and bounce ideas off of them.” improving the image of the Senate. Addressing the need for more programming im- “I would like to see the Senate be a more aggres- mediately following freshman orientation, Mattox sive Senate, not as passive as it has been in the past,” said, “Jodie Neally, director of Student Activities, he said. and I are going to sit down next week and discuss Mattox said he will meet with the newly elected different things that can happen for programming executiveboard andcommittee heads. ‘‘I am goingto next semester. We will be working some things out.” actively working on getting the committee heads The junior said he wili work to increase student together so they know their responsibilities and the interest in the Senate. “If we can keep people in- annual projects they need to plan,” he said. “The formed, and make sure they know what’s going on, committeeheads will be writing a log. It will be kept we will keep the interest among the students.” and compiled during the next year, as well.” “I want to keep people in touch with the Senate, During the summer, Mattox said he will begin ingeneral,” added Mattox, saying he will encourage planning programming for the fall semester. “I will senators to attend hall snacks. )agetwo THE TUFTSDAILY Monday, April 28,1997 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor blindly abstains from shareholder resolutions that P.O. Box 18, Medford, MA. 02153 Animal research (6x7) 627-3090; Fax: (617) 627-3910, [email protected] call on companies in which Tufts is invested to Online: http://www.jumbohub.codtuftsdaily extremely beneficial change their behavior with regard to human rights, To the Editor: the environment, employment practices, etc. Many Dan Tobin have recognized that Tufts’ policy of automatically Editor-in-Chief As research assistants in the Psychology Depart- ment, wefeelthatthebenefitsofanimalresearchhave abstaining is apathetic. The representative commit- Managing Editor: Karen Epstein been distorted. Foremost, researchers ensure that tee that SCIRT is proposing would thoroughly re- Associate Editors: Bill Copeland, Gregory Geiman, Amy Zimmet the use of animals contributesto the advancement of search the issues involved in the resolutions, invite NEWSEditors: Pete Sanbom, Lauren Heist knowledge. Secondly, they minimize any possible input from the Tufts community, and then make Assistant Editor: John OKeefe pain or distressthe animalsmay experience. Inflicting recommendations to the administration on how to vote. This committee would allow a democratic, re- VIEWPOINTS Editors: Jason Cohen, Alex Shalom unnecessary pain or suffering is unacceptable- ethically and scientifically! sponsible method for dealing with these resolutions FEATURESEditors: Laura Bernheim, Annie Risbridger, Katie House to take place. Assistant Editor: Merredith Portsmore Medical care has greatly benefitted from animal This committee could also spark incredible dia- ARTS Editors: Jay Ruttenberg, Cara Maniaci, Pomsak Pichetshote research, including the highly meritorious research at Tufts. Vaccines against tetanus and polio were logue at Tufts on issues ranging from the impact of Assistant Editor: Dara Resnik American business on human rights violations in WEEKENDER Editors: Abby Schwartz, Alexis Rivera developed through animal testing. Antipsychotic drugs developedthrough animal research have elimi- China to the effects of corporate practices on our SPORTS Editors: Sam Erdheim, Marshall Einhom natural resources. Assistant Editors: Gregory Youman, Jordan Brenner, Vivek Ramgopal nated horrific conditionsthat once existed in mental hospitals treating schizophrenics.Valium and other I am graduating in three weeks, and although this PHOTOGRAPHY Editors: Susan Habit, Rony Sham may sound corny, my graduating wish is that Tufts Assistant Editor: Kate Cohen anti-anxiety drugs were developed using animals. Animal experimentation has produced information students, faculty, and staff continue to urge the ONLINE Editor: Mike Weissman administrationto establishthis committee.How much Assistarit Editors: Jeff Borland, Heather Diaz about memory loss and recovery after strokes and brain injury.