THETUF DAILY [Where You Read It First Monday, Februarys 8,1999 Volume XXXVIII, Number 10 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to Shuttl DlacedP bv4 school .bus New shuttle bus alleviates standing-room only crowds by BROOKE MENSCHEL Daily Editorial Board According to TCU senators Kristi Tough and Ben Hayden, a full-size school bus seating 50 people will now run on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, in order to accommodate the increased week- end load of students making their way to Davis Square. The times and dates were decided upon after a study which looked at the peak days andtimes, accordingtoTough. Servicebegan Fridaynightat6p.m. Many students found them- selves leftoutinthecoldlastweek- end after the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) began Photo by Jeremy Wang-lverson enforcing a policy ofnot allowing There was some confusion concerning the new shuttle route. passengers to stand on the shuttle. A TUPD officer instructs the driver not to loop around the Issues of safety and over- residential quad. crowding on the shuttle arose last and often late. case. She thinks that the adminis- semester at a Dean of Students At the DOSAC meeting, stu- tration will’more likely wait until Advisory Committee (DOSAC) dents suggested that another the end of the semester before it meeting in November, prompting shuttle be added, that the capacity evaluates the new service. the enforcement ofthe occupancy ofthe shuttle be increased to 36, or With the introduction of the rule. Students voiced concerns that the availability ofthe es- that the shuttle was too crowded cort service be improved so . “I believe that this is a . that students could use the student service. and it escort service as an alterna- tive to the shuttle. hasn’t been provided.” The larger bus running. on - Kristi Tough the week&ds will be co&. The cost of running the small bus new bus, the route will have to be alone is $34 per hour, according to changed slightly. Tough said that Tough. Runningtheoverall shuttle it is not possible for the larger bus service for one year, according to to fit down the Capen St. Exten- a letter by Dean ofstudents Bobbie sion, so the route will bereversed. Knable printed in the Daily( 1/27), Students seemed to be gener- costs $250,000. The cost of run- ally pleased with the new shuttle. ning the larger bus for one hour “It was a flashback to middle will be $45, according to Tough. school,” freshman Lindsay Barton Though the shuttle service has said. “It was able to fit everyone.” expanded to include a fill-size bus, Freshman Justin Golub wit- Hayden does not think that every- nessed someone not as pleased. thing is solved. “We’re excited “One kid yelled at the driver for that the administration is taking going the wrong route ... It goes some kind ofstand. We’re not sure around Powderhouse now.”. if this is the right step, but we’re Golub himselfthinksthe bus is supportive of it. They seem to be a great improvement. willingto try something else ifthis “It’samuchbetter idea.Theold does not work,” he said. shuttle was always crowded, even Tough said that the administra- as a pre-frosh I had an unpleasant tion and Senate will evaluate the experience.” service in a month, in order to see The money for the bus service how the larger bus is working. will come out of the budget ofthe The small amount of snow this weekend was still enough for Jumbos to have some winter fun. Tough hopesthatthenew week- department of public safety at Some Tufts students took advantage of the dusting to put their dinner trays to another use. end bus service will be evaluated Tufts. “[Dean ofstudents Bobbie More snow is expected today, so students can look forward to more after-dinner sledding and immediately changed if it is Knable] alluded to me that this down the President’s Lawn this evening. not working out. However, she might have to be sacrificed,” does not know if that will be the Tough said. The shuttle service may be changed if budget cuts become necessary. Faster internet service planned for.Tufts’ Hayden and Tough have been working to improve the shuttle service since early last semester. research community to help keep pace They have been trying to come up with a solution that is both work- by DAN BARBARISI rent internet hardware and proto- listed were “research,” “teaching MCI-run net reserved only for gov- able forthe administration andwill Daily Editorial Board cols are to be upgraded, making purposes,” and “administrative ernment-approved research uni- benefit the students. Tufts has recently entered into them capable ofsupporting speeds purposes.” versities. “I believe that this is a student a long-term plan in order to signifi- 100 times greater than those of The Internet 2 project itself is a In order to gain access once service, and‘it hasn’t been pro- cantly bolster the University’s today’s network. In-building and member organization of roughly approved, however, Tufts must vided,” Tough said. capability as a fully internet-ca- intra-campus distribution, and in- 130universitiesofResearch-1 cali- contract out for high-speed ser- Despitethe size of the bus, the pable “Research- 1 ”university, in- ter-campus and inter-university ber. Overseen by both the Na- vicewithanetworkcarrier. TheNSF Friday night crowd still exceeded tended to keep Tufts in the top Internet access will be reengineered tional Science Foundation (NSF) provides $350,000forthis purpose, capacity. ranks ofthe nation’s most highly- at an incremental level on a multi- and the University Corporation provided the University comes up “At around midnight on Fri- wired institutions. The “Internet year basis. Certain areas which re- for Advanced Internet Develop- with amatchingsum. Accordingto day, people were packed in like 2”program, as thenationwide ini- quire greater research-based ment (UCAID), Internet 2 includes University Provost Sol Gittleman, sardines,” explained freshman tiativeisknown, willupgradeTufb’ internet access will receive the access to what is known as the the project has “already.gone for- Trevor Harris, “People were stand- electronic infrastructure, as well retoolings, while others, including Very High Performance Backbone ward,” and initial changes should ing through the entire aisle.” as enabling the University to ac- most campus dorm rooms, will not. Network Service(VBNS),aspecial be seen within the next year. Golub and Harris, uphill resi- cess higher-level software pro- Costs for the upgrades, in conjunc- dents, are concerned about ru- grams and government databases, tion withenrollment forthe Internet mors that the bus will soon only restricted to Research- 1 universi- 2 program itself, arebudgeted in at stop at the campus center. tiesregistered in the program. Tufts approximately$l.5million. “Most people get off at Oh,and is currently the sole member of US “We need this technology for a ifyou walk all the way down to the News & World Report’s 1998 top number of reasons,” said Univer- campus center, you might as well 25 universities to remain sity President John DiBiaggio at walktherest ofthe way,” Golub said. unenrolled in Internet 2. last week’s Arts and Sciences fac- Jeremy Wang-lversoncontrib- Under the project, Tufts’ cur- ulty meeting. Among those he uted to this article. 2 THETUFTS DAILY February 8,1999 King Hussein’s death leaves a big void in US foreign policy Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service WASHINGTON- The death of Jordan’s King Hussein has rent a sizable hole in President Clinton’s foreign policy. His passing will end one of Clinton’s most productive relationships with a personally Cannon fodder compatible head of state who could be relied on in times ofcrisis. In October, for instance, with the Middle East peace talks at Maryland’s Wye Plantation deadlocked,Clinton summoned Hussein from his sickbed to delivera pep talk that pushed Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahuand Palestinian Authority President character dies of: Yasser Arafat toward an eventual agreement. Throughout his six years in the White House, Clinton has relied on Hussein’s stature as the Middle East’s kidney failure. elder statesman to ease US foreign policy over a number of rough spots. US officials admit that it is difficult to tell where the Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be ifnot for Hussein’s benign influence. Officials A human cannonball who had thrilled crowds worldwide by also credit Hussein with keeping Jordan stable and friendly, fulfilling its historic role as a buffer state :atapulting over fairgrounds at speeds up to 100 mph has died at the separating Israel from Iraq and Syria from the Arabian Peninsula.Publicly, at least, administration officials ge of 87. Mario A. Zacchini, who survived about 5,000 cannon say they expect Hussein’s successor, King Abdullah 11, to continue his father’s policy. ,hots-by his estimate-and acouple ofmissednets, succumbed One senior official described Abdullah as “a chip off the old block,” a charming and charismatic leader o kidney failure on Jan. 28 in Tampa, Fla. He was the last survivor with the potential to captivate Americans the same way Hussein did during much of his 47-year reign. The )f five brothers who thrilled crowds in the 1920s, ’30s and OS, by 37-year-old new king, however, is untested politically. Just weeks ago, Abdullah, a career army officer and &ding down into the mouths of cannons only to catapult out and commander of the kingdom’s special forces, appeared to have no reasonable hope of ever ascending to the - one hoped - land in a net more than 100 feet away. throne. But after grooming his brother Hassan as his successor for three decades, Hussein abruptly switched In this family of frequent fliers, Zacchini was something of an the line of succession last month, ousting Hassan and naming Abdullah crown prince.