TI-IE TUFTS DAILY Members of the Watershed Collective gathered in front of Nelson Gifford’s home for a protest. I said thatthey that Gifford’s see GmoRDPage 8 I position on the Board of Boston Edison will affect his vote. Complaint filed against Sigma NU berAccording Dean Royer, to “ItCollective is obvious that by JOHN O’KEEFE Ser said. ternities are not permitted to host the trustees do not have an appro- Daily Editorial Board Ser noted that the IFC has been an event where alcohol is present priate means to deal with such According to Inter-Fraternity conducting an investigation over until they have submitted a second conflicts of interest. If Gifford Council (IFC)PresidentJason Ser, the past two weeks, since the inti- list of pledges who have accepted approved Hydro-Quebec for Bos- the IFC has submitted a formal dentoccurred,intoaccusationsthat their invitations to pledge the fra- ton Edison, why would he now complaint against the Tufts chap- the fraternity violated dry rush. A ternity; the second list was due by vote to sever Tufts’ association ter of the SigmaNu fraternity for a dispute regarding rush policy re- 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1 1, in time with the Quebec utility?’ violation of the rush period alco- sultedfromapartyhosted by Sigma for fraternities to serve alcohol at As members arrived at his house hol policy. The complaint will of- Nu at their fraternity house on their parties on Friday night. at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, they ficially be filed today with the Professors Row. Sigma Nu’s party occurred on planned to try to speak to Gifford Inter-Greek Council (IGC) Jdi- The mixer, at which dcohol the eve of the deadline. However, first. After discoveringthat he was cia1 Board. was served, was broken UP that the brotherhood had already sub- not home, they paraded his street “I am filing a complaint on evening when IFC and IGC Offi- mitted their second list to the Stu- carrying candles and banners behalf of the IFC, concerning the cials questioned whether or not dent Activities Office on Thurs- which symbolized their discon- incident [on Thursday, Feb. 101 the party constituted a violation of day evening. tent with the voting procedures with Sigma Nu, which will be de- Oaik File Photo the dry rush policy. and represented their dedication Trustee Nebon Gifford livered to the [IGC] Judiciary,” Under IFC specifications, fra- see SIGMA NU page 8 to protecting campus democracy. New computer system .Knable supports selections for the announced for library African-American director search by JOHN O’KEEFE brary. In the 1980s, Tufts intro- by JESSICA ROSENTHAL can-American, while the third committee to select the director of Dailypitorial Board duced an online catalog and elec- Daly Editorial Board would be a representative “of the the center. Hinton is an African- Computers are continuing to tronic databases for Wessell Li- The selection of student repre- larger community who will be American student, but Ofori-Atta revolutionize research at Tufts. brary. In the 1990s, the Arts & sentatives to sit on the committee served by the center,” according is a black student born in Africa. The Arts & Sciences Library yes- Sciences Library provided net- to choose a new director of the to Knable. Responding to these selections terday announced a new computer work access to sophisticated CD- African-AmericanCenter has been However, in this case Knable by the Senate, Knable said that information service which will be ROM journal and periodical in- questioned by the Tufts Commu- available on a trial basis begin-’ said that she “departed from prac- although the Senate had techni- dexes; provided direct, easy to use nity Union Senate and by Dean of tice.” Specifically, she said that cally followed her request, she now ning Mar. 1. access to the library’s catalogs Students Bobbie Knable. The cur- she requested that the Senate wanted specifically one white and The system, known as through Internet; and provided rent director of the center is Anita choose two representatives, as one black student. Upon receiving Firstsearch, is a multi-dimensional access to the Boston Library Con- Howard, who has served in her opposed to the usual one. Knable opposition from the Senate, electronic system including over sortium library catalogs. Most re- position for the past three years. said that she anticipated that “a Knable then decided that only one 20 new journal indexes, an online cently, Wessell has provided a new The African-American Center logical choice from the Senate’s senator would be a part of the encyclopedia, an electronic fact system of locating journal, news- focuses on bidding a community Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Com- committee. In its Feb. 21 meeting, book, and an international library paper, and other periodical articles among African-Americans and mittee, the usual source of such the Senate voted to select Ofori- catalog. ViaTULIPS, Firstsearch through the TULIPS online cata- other groups at Tufts. Resources representatives, might be a long- Atta as its representative. will provide one easy to use method log. available at the center include aca- standing senator who is black.” Knable stressed that underly- of searching for millions of books According to a press release demic and personal counseling, Knable added that she wanted ing her request to the Senate was and journal article titles. from the Wessell reference de- career guidance resources, to “preserve... another important The addition of Firstsearch is partment, Firstsearch was de- mentoring, and other services. principle,” in that the cultural cen- see CENTER page 6 just the latest in a series techno- Knable said that in the past, see LIBRARY page 14 ters are intended as resources for I( logical improvements in the li- each search committee for a direc- the entire Tufts community. There- tor of a cultural center has in- fore, she requested that the “addi- cluded three student representa- tional student provide representa- Inside tives, two of whom are members tion for the larger community.” of the center’s primary constitu- “Student membershipon search Viewpoints ..................... p. 3 ency and one who is not. In the Roseanne may just be signaling the committees for positions within past, one student was selected by the Dean of Students office helps jawn of a new era in TV, and Naif on the student organization most rel- the Arab-Israeli peace accords. to bring the most effective profes- evant to the search at that particu- sional staff to campus. The inclu- lar time, one was someone who Weekender ...................p. 9-12 siveness of the composition of the had worked closely with the cen- search committee is a message to Check out where to shop on a really ter and was selected by the current tight budget, and get up close and candidates for the position that personal with Letterman (and Sinead). director, and the third, selected by they must serve the whole Tufts the senate, had to be someone who community,” Knable said. was not part of the center’s pri- Sports ............................ p. 7 At the Feb. 6 meeting of the mary constituency. Senate, Henri Ofori-Atta, chair of Get the update on the US Olympic In the case of the African- hockey team’s efforts i nNorway, and the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs -_.., . .. - . .. - .. American Center, the first two stu- Committee,and JasonHinton were Dean Bobbie Knable dents described would be Afri- selected as representatives to the nape twn THE TUFTS DAILY Thursdav. Februarv 24.1994 THETUFTS DAILY Letters to the Editor burst twice causing flooding in the kitchen Stickings’ argument stems from his Caroline C. Schaefer 250 units of blood Editor-in-Chief and basement. The washer and dryer are in strange belief that Tonya Harding is, as he collected despite cold the basement -- it is usually not a good idea says, “America’s moral ambassador to the Managing Editor: Marc Sheinkin To the Editor: to have electrical appliances in standing world.” Martin Luther King? Sure. Tonya Associate Editors: Nadya Sbaiti, David Meyers The coordinators of the LCS Blood Drive water. Harding? Uh ... no. Olympians are not se- Editorial Page Editor: Michael J.W. Stickings would like to thank the Tufts community Heating is erratic at best. Our old radia- lected for their morally upstanding quali- Production Managers: Michael B. Berg, Leah Schwartz, Ryan Otto once again for its support and donations tors leak and some do not work at all. Two ties; they are chosen by the US Olympic during the recent winter blood drive. The weekends ago we were without heat or hot Committee, because they are simply the NEWS drive was a success. Over two hundred and water for two days, because fuel had not best athletes in America. This isn’t theMiss Editor: Jessica Rosenthal fifty units were collected despite bad been delivered to the house. The electrical America pageant. When Kristi Yamaguchi bsistant Editors: John OKeefe, Gayle Berkowitz wiring in the house is archaic and com- Wire Editor: Ashley Burkart weather and extreme cold. We would espe- won gold in 1992, nobody stood up and cially like to thank the volunteers for their pletely inadequate for the needs of students asked her to tell the world about her aspira- VIEWPOINTS time and effort and Dominos Pizza for in 1994. tions for peace on earth before handing her Editor: Rachel Levine providing food throughoutthe drive. Thanks I took out a student loan to pay approxi- the medal. once again for your continuing support. We mately $375 per month in one lump sum to Of course, an athlete who exhibits bla- FEATURES Editor: Jessica Run look forward to seeing you all during our live in these conditions.