TI-IE TUFTS DAILY Where You Read It First Thursday, October 28,1993 Vol XXVII, Number 33 ,ET ME DOWN EASY! Dave Cowens, Bud Greenspan to receive Jumbo Club award Hall of Famer, documentarian to speak at Tufts on Friday by JEFF GELLER New England, a museum devoted concluded in Los Angeles. At that Daily Editorial Board to the history of sports in the area. speech, the filmmaker was pre- As part of this year’s Home- “It’s obviously an honor when sented with an honorary Tufts var- coming Weekend festivities, sports you get such a well known aca- sity letter, Carzo said. Cowens has documentarian Bud Greenspan demic institution torecognize you. no prior ties to the University, but and former Boston Celtics center They could have picked a lot of his career with the Celtics, posi- Dave Cowens will be receiving other people [for the award], and tion with the Sports Museum of the Tufts University Athletic De- they’ve recognized a lot of great New England, and organization of partment and Jumbo Club’s 1993 people in the past. I was pleasantly the annual Dave Cowens Basket- Distinguished Achievement surprised whenthey asked me, and ball School in Weston, MA made Award tomorrow night. The cer- I accepted,” Cowens said yester- him a strong candidate, according emony, which will include the pre- day. Former Celtic forward M.L. to Carzo. photo by Gregory Muvhj sentation of the awards and ’he Class of 1958’sJumbo Homecoming gift arrived yesterday. Carr will be presenting the award Tufts speeches by the recipients, will be to Cowens. The two recipients will each held in Cohen Auditorium at 7:30 Greenspan is best known for speak for about 10 minutes, and p.m. his dozens of documentaries on Carr will also give a short speech. Lecturer will discuss According to Tufts Athletic the history of the Olympic Games, “The ceremony is open to the Director Rocco Carzo, the which have spanned more than 40 whole campus, and we hope a ton department’s award “is a way for years. In 1985, he received the of people show up,” Carzo said. Middle East, women Tufts and the Jumbo Club to rec- “Olympic Order” award from the According to Sports Informa- by DAVID MEYERS and people. ognize achievement in the field of International Olympic Committee tion Director Paul Sweeney, the Daily Editorial Board Jennifer Goldman is the coor- athletics.” Past recipients include for his work on the games. Athletic Department received an Dr. IlanaBet-El, alecturer from dinator of Tufts Friends of Israel. Boston Celtics President Red Greenspan’sproduction company, anonymous call on Tuesday say- Tel Aviv University in Israel, will ‘We are very excited to be bring- Auerbach, Olympic Gold Medal Cappy Productions, has been se- ing that former heavyweight box- speak to the Tufts community ing Dr. Bet-El to Tufts,” she said. marathon runner Joan Benoit lected as the official filmmaker for ing champion of. the world about “The Middle East Conflict Samuelson,legendary sportscaster the 1994 Winter Games in Muhammad Ali would attend the and Women” this afternoon. Curt Gowdy, Boston Marathon Lillehammer, Norway. The com- ceremony. The caller spoke to a Of her lecture, Bet-El wrote, Dr. Ilana Bet-El veteran John Kelly and former pany is named for Cappy Petrash, department secretary, but refused “Men make war, and men are now sportswriter Tim Horgan. Greenspan’s late wife, who gradu- to leave his name. The department talking peace. After 100 years of When: Thurs., Oct. 28, 1993 Cowens was a force with the ated from Tufts in 1954. has not been able to confirm the conflict in the Middle East a his- Celtics for ten years after he was The Distinguished Achieve- validity of the call. toric breakthrough has occurred, 4:OO p.m. drafted by the team out of Florida ment Award is given by the Jumbo and peace at last seems possible. Where: State University in 1970. During Club and the Athletic Department Carzo feels the upcoming Yet not one woman is part of the his NBA career, Cowens was the when a candidate is proposed and Homecoming Weekend will be Israeli negotiating teams, and apart Large Conference Rookie of the Year in 1971, Most approved for the award. “The key “one of the best ones in my 28 from Hanan Ashrawi, women are Room, Campus Valuable Player in 1973, and a is that recipients must have some years at Tufts.”,In addition to the absent from the entire process. Center sevec-time All-star selection. fie connection to New England or Distinguished Achievement “This lecture examines the led the Celtics to NBA champion- Tufts,” and have a regional or na- Award ceremony and the Home- Middle East conflict and peace “She will offer a different per- ships in 1974 and 1976, served as tional identity, accordingto Carzo. coming football game, the Ath- process from womens’ perspec- spective than we’ve been hearing player-coach during the 1978-79 In addition, nominees must agree letic Department will oversee the tive -- those who deal with the about the Middle East peace pro- season and was inducted into the to be present at the ceremony for effects of war, and have no say in dedication of the new Ames Hu- cess. Being a woman living in Is- basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. the award to be given. man Perforniance Center and the the peace.” rael, Dr. Bet-El has a special kind Since 1985, Cowens has vol- Greenspan has lectured about Bet-El is the author of many Lunder Fitness Center, as well as of validity when speaking about unteered as the Chairman of the the Olympics at Tufts twice in the publications about Israelis, gen- the opening of the Captains’ Gate see ISRAEL, page 15 board at the Sports Museum of past, once after the 1984 Games der issues, and also British society at the entrance to Zimman Field. Wright Center to be formally dedicated in November by DAVID MEYERS $650,000 grant from the US De- Chaisson formally served as di- The Wright Center is currently It is also in a partnership with Daily Editorial Board partment of Education for the de- rector of science and education working with the Massachusetts- cable television’s The Discovery Tufts University will formally velopment of study guides. The programs for the Hubble Space based Stratford Foundation in an Channel and the publishing house dedicate the H. Dudley Wright grant will also be used to create Telescope program at NASA and “urban science initiative” in the Prentice Hall for video programs Center for Innovation in Science faculty workshops to teach high professor of physics at Johns Medford and Somerville public and study guides for instructional Education during ceremonies at school and college physics instruc- Hopkins University. schoolsand theMartinLutherKing programs for high schools. the Science and Technology Cen- tors how to make the microcom- History of Wright Center School in Boston. ter on Nov. 4. puter-based laboratory part of their The Wright Center was estab- During the coming year, the Also, Tufts’ Center for Science curriculum, according to Ronald lished with a$2 million grant from The center is also working with Wright Center will work to con- and Mathematics Teachings will K. Thornton, director of the cen- H. Dudley Wright. He was presi- the Boston Museum of Science struct a visualization laboratory to officially open its offices and re- ter. dent and chairman of Orbisphere for a series of point-counterpoint produce state-of-the-art,broadcast search facilities at the Science and carp in Geneva, Switzerland as lectures on the interdisciplinary quality computer graphics to illus- Technology Center. According to Thornton, both Well as a member of the concepts of cosmic evolution. trate scientificConcepts as large as The Wright Center is one of the centers represent Tufts’ sizable University’s International Board the cosmos and as small as atoms. There are currently seven few higher education endeavors philosophical and financial com- of Overseers until his death last Thecenteris inassociation with Dpdley Wright Fellows from the created to improve high school mitment to improving the quality year. Boston public television station science and mathematics educa- of science and mathematics Boston area,WashingtonD.C., and edu- WGBH-TV for production and Chicago along with Fulbright Fel- tion. cation in America’s schools. Since the center first opened, it distribution of educational pro- Earlier this month, the Center “Dissemination is big here,” has accomplished a number of gams. lows from India and Switzerland. for Science and Mathematics said Eric J. Chaisson, the first full- projects. It has hosted over 100 ~ Teaching received a three-year, time director of the Wright Center. high school science teachers from Grand-opening to be celebrated across the country for a three-day conference on space science and for new Carmichael Dining Hall Inside aerospace engineering. Viewpoints ..................... P. 3 The Wright Center also orga- The grand opening of the new Carmichael Dining Hall will be Read about the importance of con- nized a weekend conference for celebrated today, said Tufts Community Union President John Fee. serving energy and water, and hear New England-areaeducators with “Sometimes you have something open for a while before cel- one’s view on ecornaniacs. the goal of getting young women ebrating the grand-opening,” Fee said, regarding the delayed event. interested in careers in physics “It’s basically a small event to applaud Dining Services for their Weekender................ p. I-IV. and astronomy. effort,” he said. What are you going to be for the University President John DiBiaggio, Academic Vice President spookyweekendfestivities?Something Melvin Bernstein, Fee, and TCU Vice President Matt Stein will be bovine ...er, divine, to be sure.