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News pages 345 A historical perspective of the Tufts endowment Is cheating running rampant at Tufts? New alumni will be able to keep in touch with

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Tufts students appear on The Lafe Show wifh

A retrospective of the last four years Ben Zaretskyfears graduation in his final column

David Lefferman

Sports Vivek Ramgopal profiles retiring Athletic Director

Baseball just misses out in the post-season Rocky Carzo

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Commencement speakerAlex Shalom's Wendell appreciate the school

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David Mamet's new movie The Winslow Boy and

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an interview with the director

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NEWS 1929 1978 1999 $9.7 million $30 million $500 million $9.7 million $1 57 million $1.4 billion $9.4 million $96 million $1.1 billion

Percent increase between ’29 and

Percent increase between ’78 and

Tufts Dartmouth Brown

Sndowment issues:

‘78 ’99 21 0 percent 1567 percent 1519 percent 792 percent 922 percent 1046 percent

Tu.fts’ fina byJEREMYWANGIVERSON

Daily Editorial Board When Tufts was in its infancy

in the 1 85Os, no one had heard of the endowment. The only donations the school received were from organizations which gave $35 for full scholarships for certain students.

Today, University President John DiEiaggio’s top priority is leading as400 million capital campaign cal1ed“Tufts Tomorrow.”

“We plan to meet and exceed the$400milliontarget,” DiBiaggio said, explaining that the figure was initially expected to be reached by 2000. Dua to the campaign’s success, he predicts that there is a possibility that the campaign will be lengthened and the target number increased.

An endowment is auniversity’s savings, with a fraction of the interest gloing to support the school’s budget. It consistsofgifts tothe school from both alumni and corporations. The endowment is crucial to a university, because it can increase the amount that can be spent on students, and it as- sures the university’s survival in case of economic trouble. Because the endowment is so critical to a school’s existence, it is normally invested very conservatively, with no more than five percent of the total funds committed to any one particular investment.

Tufts’ endowment is approximately $500 million, and though growingq,uickly, it is significantly dwarfed by the endowments of what DiBiaggio considers Tufts’ primary competitors- Dartmouth, Washington University in St. Louis, andBrown-notto mention the multi-billion dollar endowments ofmany other competitive universities.

“The endowment of this Uni- versity s.hould be $1 billion,” DiBiaggio said.

During the late 1920s, Tufts’ endowment was approximately $9.7 million, comparable to the endowments of these benchmark schools.

It is unclear why Tufts did not raise money as ambitiously as its competitors during the middle of the century. DiBiaggio speculated on why Tufts might have fallen behind.

“Perhaps the president didn’t feel it was appropriate; maybe it was a New England attitude, that it was unseemly to do that sort of thing,” DiBiaggio said.

University Provost Sol Gittleman, who has been at Tufts for 35 years, also commented on the gap.

L‘Somehowbetween ’28 and’78,

.ncial state in that 50 year period, we lost an enormous amount of ground,” Gittlemansaid. “It was agrim chapter in this school’s history.”

DiBiaggio’s predecessor,, the late Jean Mayer, is given credit for beginning to change the University’s stance towards raising money. When Mayer came to Tufts in 1978, the endowment was approximately $30 million, only three times more than the 1929 figure. When he retired in 1992, it stoodat $130million,a500percent increase from when he arrived.

Gittleman recounted the story of Mayer organizing his first capital campaign.

“He announced $140 million and I think three trustees retired,” Gittleman said, explaining that an investment group advised Mayer to announce only $30 million. Mayer’s first effort succeeded, and he followed it up with an equally successfully $250 million campaign. Gittleman said DiBiaggio’s $400 million effort continued that tradition.

Very little ofthe money Mayer raised, however, went to the endowment. “His campaigns were not dedicated towards the endowment .... They establishednew programs, which gave a precedent for giving,” DiBiaggio said, “[Before Mayer], there was no tradition of generating money.”

see ENDOWMENT, page 31

Halberstam, Ackerman speak at Tufts’ Commencement ‘99 Alex Shalom to give coveted Wendell Phillips speech

Best and the Brightest, about the Vietnam War, and most recently Playing for Keeps, a biography of Michael Jordan.

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) was originally scheduled to deliver the graduation address for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. However, “[he] is convalescing

byILENEsllEIN

Nearly 1,700 undergraduates and graduates will gather on the academic quad to receive diplomas today during Commencement ceremonies forthe 147th graduating class of Tufts University. The main Commencement address will be given by David Halberstam, a

Senior Staff Writer ment address.

The ceremonies for the individual schools will take place beginning at l l :45 a.m. Graduating ceremonies for each ofthe schools, except for Veterinary Medicine, will be held on different parts of the Medford campus. The School of Veterinary Medicine’s ceremony will be will bekin at 2 p.m. on the

noted historian and sports jour- from some back surgery that he Grafton Campus, where 76 gradu- nalist.

The main com- m enc em en t c er- emony will begin with the all-Univer- sity academic procession at 9: 15 a.m. Following the procession, at 10 a.m., honorary degrees will begiven, andthe faculty emeriti and degree candidates will be recognized. Halberstam will also give his address in this time block, speaking on the main Commence- ment site, between Ballou Hall and Hendetson Hall.

Halberstam is a journalist and author who has written on many sub- iects including biog-

Photo by Bill Smith David Halberstam, Commencement speaker

aies will be receiving degrees.

The ceremonies for the College of Arts and Sciences, the Col- lege of Engineering, the Collegeof Special Studies, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will be taking place at the main Commencement site at 1 1 :45 a.m.

. A total of 920 undergraduates will receive diplomas from thecollege ofArts and Sciences, while 157 undergraduates will receive diplomas from the College of Engi- neering; 58 1 ofthe Arts and Sciences diplomas were earned in the Col- legeof Liberal Arts, accompanied by 3 89 from the Jackson College for

iaphiesofno&ble&dividualssuch had,” according to Terry Ann Women,and28fromtheColl~geof as Robert Kennedy and Michael Knopf, the press secretary for the Special Studies. Jordan. He startedasthesole writer Fletcher School. Knopf said that The Fletcher School ofLaw and for The Dailv Times Leader of the Universitv “had been hoDeful Didomacvwillgivedeaeesto 190 West Point, Minnesota in 1955 and wrote for the paper until 1996.

Halberstam became a foreign correspondent for The New York Times in 1960, earning a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage ofthe Viet- nam War. The seasonedreporter is also a widely read and appreciated non-fiction and fiction author. Halberstam has written over I5 books, includingtheacclaimed The

that he would be able to attend.” Dean of the Fletcher School

John Galvin spoke with Moynihan’s wife yesterday, and she informed him that her husband would not be able to attend the commencement, Knopf said.

Instead of Moynihan, Peter Ackerman, F’69, chairman of the board of visitors for the Fletcher School will deliver the Commence-

&dents i n FlLtcher kield. The School ofMedicineandthe Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences will graduate 163 students on the President’s Lawn. The ceremony for the School of Dental Medicine will be held on the Carmichael Quad, where 14 1 students will receive degrees. The

see COMMENCEMENT, page 31

Alumni Relations will expand programs E-mail for life, computerized alumni network

by BENJAMINGEDAN accounts ofthe class of 1999 will remain active Daily Editorial- Board though the summer and next fall.

This year’s graduates in Arts and Sciences This service, if widely used by alumni, will andNutrition Science andPolicywil1 bethe fmt help publicize Tufts by increasing its national graduating classes to keep their Emerald e-mail and international name recognition. The Tufts addresses after leaving the University. name would be attached to any job application

The “e-mail for life” guarantee is part of an or personal electronic correspondence, and AlumniRelationsprojectwhichalsoincludesthe alumniwouldhaveavisibletietotheUniversity. launching of an extensive on-line alumni net- The permanent e-mail accounts are only w o k one aspect of Tufts’ technological campaign

InDecember,TuftsplanstolaunchtheAlumni to unite its alumni base. The on-line alumni Connections On-Line Community, which will community will offer various services for ac- provide the nearly 80,000 known living alumni tive and disconnected alumni. with new e-mail addresses. Adatabasewillallowalumni tosearch forold

These addresses will not be used as actual e- collegecompanionsusingavarietyofcharacter- mail accounts, butwill serveas p artofafieemail istics.Thesearchenginealsofaci1itatesnetwork- forwarding service. E-mails sent to an alumni e- ing, which allows alumni to identify new andold mailaddress will bechanneledtoanyothere-mail graduateswhoworkinspecificfields,geographic account provided by an alumnus. If an alumnus areas, or for specific companies. Every alumnus changes e-mail providers, he or she can easily has access to his personal and “searchable” access and alter this information on the on-line information and can make changes whenever database, and all subsequent mail sent to the they are applicable. Tufts e-mail address will be forwarded to the The Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company appropriate mailbox. has been working with Alumni Relations to

Both services represent a concerted effort on modify service in the part ofAlumni Relations to solidify the con- order to best fit Tufts’ needs. Harris currently nection between Tufts graduates and their a h a maintains 153 unique networks, primarily for mater. educational institutions such as Stanford Uni-

Untilthee-mailserviceisinplace,the Emerald versity and Williams College. Each school

are in planning stages chooses whichelectronic featurestoutilk for its network.

Available resources include a Career Center with jobpostings and links toother employment- related sites such as those maintained by Tufts Career Services, and a Message Board with which Alumni Relations can advertise events and campus happenings.

Broadcaste-mailsandanEventsCalenda&e other available means ofdisseminating information about germane programs.

Direct links to on-line registration forms for alumni-related events can be incorporated easily into the site. Representatives from the Harris Corporation said that the firm invests significant efforts into research and development and promised free advancements and updates in the future. One possible addition, they explained at a presentation in the Tisch library, could include apollingand surveying section on the network.

Alumni Relations plans to promote the new network in Tufionia magazine and through printed letters to all alumni. Repre- sentatives from the Harris corporation esti- mate that approximately ten percent of Tufts’ alumni will access the site, and anticipate that numberwill increase with usage and advertising.


NEWS Administrators talk about the past year President gives out first awards

by BROOKE MENSCHEL Daily Editorial Board

In retrospective interviews, Uni- versity President John DiBiaggio and Provost Sol Gittleman looked back at 1998- 1999 school year and discussed high points of what they considered a very successful year.

“This was one of the University’s best years in every dimension,” DiBiaggio said, citing the increase in thenumberofappli- cations, and the quality of the fac-

Dai/y file ph Sol Gittleman

ulty and students on campus. DiBiaggio discussed the Uni-

versity College of Citizenship and Public Service (UCCPS) and the accompanying Presidential Hon- ors for Citizenship and Public Ser- vice awards which were given for the fusttimethis year. TheUCCPS proposal, which will be voted on by thetrusteesinthe fall, ismoresimi-

lar to an inter-disciplinary major rather than a separate college. It is meantto instillthe valuesofcitizen- ship public service and, according toDiBiaggio, will buildupon all the community service work done at Tufts, primarily through the Leonard Carmichael Society.

“There needs to be an interpre- tation ofthe experience ofthe community service; the students need to step back and ask why [they do whatthey do],” DiBiaggiosaid. He

envisions all departments con- tributing to the program in some way, and said that perhaps the program would grant certificates. “This initiative would enhance

that reputation [of being a university dedicated to public service] and formalize the community service as part of the fabric of this University,” DiBiaggio said. “I think this would be a signature of this University.” The Presidential Honors were

awarded to 22 students, both graduates and undergraduates, and a celebration in their honor was held on May 5. The recipients include six Tufts

undergraduates who have given their time and effort to help 0th-

Of0 ersandbetterthecommuni&and - society in which they live. The

undergraduates are Alexandra “Sasha” Baltins, Jalana Lazar, Maia Heyck-Merlin, Mike Wang, Renu Muttana, and Kevin Baran.

DiBiaggio explained that the award is“aboveandbeyond”many others since it is awarded to people across the University’s disciplines.

The importance of community service and, more generally, citi-

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zenship, is an ideal that has always been stronglyrepresented at Tufts. However, with the inception ofthe UCCPS and the awarding of the Presidential Award, the idea is being re-cemented.

DiBiaggio said that one of the things he has recognized by working on the UCCPS is that “if you really wanttomake animpact, you do it at the grassroots level.” Apart from academic life at Tufts,

DiBiaggio feels the campus environment is one of the best aspects of the University.

“When I talk to parents, I tell them to walk across campus and ask any student on campus ... how they feel, and they love being here,” DiBiaggio said.

With regard to the applicant pool, Gittleman said, “We knew something was happening when the crowds that were coming to our receptions all over the nation were noticeably larger than any crowds we’vehadinmy yearsoftravelling.”

DiBiaggio commented on the undergraduate research present at Tufts. “What makes us unique is that students are engaged in research,” DiBiaggio said.

Comp sci cheating necessitates action


Some people have become concerned about the extent of cheating on campus, following several reported incidents ofcheating in a computer science class. Conse- quently, a memo was sent to students in the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) departments warning them about the consequences of cheating - a reminder in and of itself of the limited options the University has to combat cheating on campus.

Robert Gonsalves, chair of the EECS department, distributed the memo after a student reported wit- nessing another student copying a homework assignment from a friend prior to class. Though the student who reported the incident declined to mention the names of the other students involved, he drew Gonsalves’ attention to the incidence ofcheating in the EECS department.

In response, Gonsalves brought his discovery to the department faculty meeting and formed a committee to draft the memo, with the hope of affecting change. Gonsalves said that the goal was to “reaffirm that cheating is wrong and copying of homework is simply prohibited.”

It was unusual for Gonsalves, a department chair, totakethis course of action. Most often, the department chair does not play a role in individual incidents of cheating, but instead, takes cases directly to Associate Dean of Students Bruce Reitman.

Reitman, who was not alerted to this particular situation in the EECS department, said that cases

Incoming TCU Senate President Larry Harris divsCUsses his plans for next yea;

by BENJAMINGEDAN Daily Editorial Board

A low voice emanates from the tilted head atop a large frame. Larry Harris, the recently elected Tufts Community Union (TCU) Presi- dent, sits across the table on a cool afternoon on the Campus Center patio and tries to make hiscontrolledspeechmatch hisconfident smile.

Harris prevailed in one of the closest elections in recent years, and hopes to build off past leadership to organize a successfil Sen- ate.

Although his campaign was often defined by negativity, he says he wants to put a positive face on the student Senate. However, he will have to overcome amildly divided Senate; during the election each senator stood staunchly behind his or her presidential candidate, whether it was Harris orrunner-up Vivek Ramgopal.

Harris said he plans to establish firm ties between the Senate and the student body. “If you just go out and talk to people, it makes a world of difference,” Harris said.

“It’sreally important for senatorsto get out and attend events and be public figures and be publicly talking to people and asking them ‘What do you want from us.’

“The most important thing that we can do is to be accountable for our actions and put it in the paper when we make a decision or are considering making a decision and to make sure that the campus knows about it.”

An Executive Council will aid Harris in his presidential functions. Although he spoke out against outgoing President Jack Schnirman’s amendment during the election, Harris has already committedverbally to including former

Vice President Vivek Ramgopal and former Assistant Treasurer Marc Lipson in his personal cabinet.

Harris is no stranger to student government. He attended Georgetown Prep, where he was involved in both athletics and politics. In addition to playing varsity football, he ran for student body president during his senior year. He said he wanted to get a student on the disciplinary committee, a suggestion the ad- ministrationdidn’t warm to, spurring Harris to begin writing editorials.

After suffering a serious knee injury while playing football, Harris decided to back out of his high school’s presidential race. He continued his political involvement, however, and foundedthe first Black Stu- dents Union at Georgetown prep.

Harris’ assenttothe TCU presidency appeared seam- less until the actual campaign season began. He became asenator during the second semester of his sophomore year after leaving the Tufts football team. After one semester on the Senate, without any experience on the Allocations Board, he was voted TCU Treasurer.

His work on the treasury earned him the respect of his colleagues and constituents as his iron-fisted leadership trimmed the Senate’s operating deficit

and insured fiscal security for the coming academic year. .

As the presidential election neared, however, Harris said he was unsure of his ,chances at victory. His opponent, Ramgopal, had a broad base of student support and campaigned diligently.

The election attracted a large voter turnout but allegations of multiple voting caused the Elections Board tq invalidate the results. As a result, a new election was held the following Monday.

“I felt it was all a numbers game. Vivek has no problem getting people out to vote,” Harris said. “For me, it was areal challenge getting my constituents out to vote. Some of them are

fraternity members or sorority members who don’t come to the dining halls to eat,” he said. “I leameda lot from Vivek,” he added.

Despite the senators’ concern of a lower turnout for the second vote, the candidates continued to campaign, and their contrasting personalities once again drew students to the voting tables, where 1,300 voters turned out. The results - 727 votes for Harris, 539 for Ramgopal - were unusu- ally close for a TCU presidential contest.

One of Harris’ first major !hot0 by Daniel Rodrigues

LarryHarns see HARRIS, page 31

which come to him involving computers normally fall into the category of computer ethical issues.

Thegrowingroleofthe Internet in society and particularly on college campuses has facilitated students’ ability tocommit academic fraud.

The University is trying to combat cheating and misuse of computer resources by compiling a list of websites that sell term papers, and by publishing the booklet “ACADEMIC INTEGRITY @TUFTS.EDU,” which isdistrib- uted annually to students. At last count, Reitman saidthat there were 57 websites on the list, which is distributed to faculty members.

Reitman cited the recent inclusion of a section entitled “Com- puter Ethics.” The section deals with issues of copyright law, fair use of materials, libel, invasion of privacy, obscenity, child pornog- raphy, indecency, and hacking in terms of computer systems at the University. It also lists other sources for more information on computer ethics.

In the past three years, approximately ten students have been suspended from Tufts because of computer ethical issues -- more than for any other offense.

Oneofthemost seriousofthese incidents occurred in the last five years when a student hired a New York company to come to Tufts and take his economics final for $5,000. The company, which is based on .the Internet, operates underthe 1egitimatefiontofa”term paper research company.” The student was apprehended when the instructor realized that she did not recognize the replacement test- taker. The FBI took an interest in the case, and eventually took legal action, deemingthe event “illegal business across state lines.”

While the student involved in the FBI case was expelled, other less serious cases also entailed disciplinary action. Reitman said that for cases of simple plagiarism or cases of carelessness, the pun- ishment is first level probation, which is a warning. However, for academic dishonesty or fraud, such as unauthorized collabora- tion or submitting one paper for credit in multiple classes, the pun- ishment is more serious, and ifthe student commits another offense, he or she will be suspended.

Reitman said that he has also dealt with complaints from corporations who found that students with Tufts IP addresses were using their resources improperly. “When it is made obvious that [students] have done this, [they] have been suspended,” he said.

Reitman saidthat there has been an increase of cases brought to him in recent weeks, but he added that it is normal to have four or five academic integrity issues per week at the end of the semester, due to fmals.

Overall, though, he said that the number of academic integrity cases has drastically increased. Years ago, Reitman estimated that 80 percent of his work dealt with intoxicated students. “Now 80 percent ofmy work is dealing with academic integrity issues,”he said.

see CHEATING, page 3 1

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NEWS Prof. Hugo Bedau to retire after 33 wars Prof. built top-rated department

byWILLKINLAW Claily Editorial Board

With each passing year on the Hill, professorsjoin andleave the swelling ranks of the Tufts faculty. Though as many as two dozen qualified professors are slated to be hired in September, there will also be some conspicuous absences in the 1999-2000 Tufts faculty. Among the most noticeable ofthese vacancies will be the one left by Tufts philosophy professor Hugo Bedau.

Bedau, who has taught at Tufts forthe past 33 years-ever since he was invited to become chairman of the philosophy department in September of 1966 - is retiring asafull-timefacultymem- ber this spring. Bedau is known throughout the educational community for his lifelong opposition to the death penalty. Though he will bespendingthenext few years in London, Bedau plans to return to Tufts eventually to teach his favorite classes in a part-time ar- rangem ent .

“I’m just giving myself a sab- batical,” Bedau said.

Afterteaching at Princeton and Dartmouth in the early part ofhis career, Bedau eagerly accepted Tufts’ offer to become chair of its philosophy department in 1966, a position which he held for ten years.

“When I was in my thirties, I really wanted to be the chairman of a philosophy department - that seemed to me to be a sensible aspiration,” Bedau said. “I had the rare opportunity to spend the first ten years [at Tufts] building this department, and it’s one of the great adventures of an academic career. I’m very lucky to have had that opportunity.”

With years of experience at Tufts behind him, Bedaureflected on some of the many improvements that have been made over the years, and gave some valuable insight into some ofthe problems that currently face the university.

“The faculty works harderthan they ever have. There are a lot of workaholics on the faculty because the competition is so se- vere for academic posts that you can’t really sit on your laurels, or not sit comfortably for very long,” Bedau said.

He went on to say that the biggest problem Tufts has en- countered over the last decade has been a gradual change in the composition of its student body.

“We need a balance of socio- economic class, as well as sex, race and all the other usual vari- ables. I think we need that -and I’ve noticed a change. We’re not as diverse, socio-economically, as we were,” Bedau said. He pointed out that Tufts is much less diverse than many of its benchmark schools. Citing increased financial aid as the best way to combat these problems, Bedau noted that financial aid fundraising is an extremely difti- curt task.

“People want a building with their name on it,” Bedau said, noting that financial aid donations often entail little recogni-

Photo bv Julio Mota Dean Walter Swap

Photo by Daniel Rodrigues

Hugo Bedeau tion for their contributors.

Despite these setbacks, Bedau said that he has always enjoyed life at Tufts and in the Boston area.

“Ever since I came here as a graduate student, I fell in love with the Boston area. I have never been sorry to be at Tufts. Tufts has been good to me and I’d like to think that I’ve reciprocated,”

see BEDAU, page 29 Photo by Daniel Rodrigues Dean Bobbie Knable

Tufts leads the way

Valued members of faculty to leave Tufts Walter Swapp steps down as Dean of the Colleges in surprise move


Tufts will lose many valued faculty members at the end of this academic year, as numerous professors, department heads, and administrators step down from their positions.

At a May 17 faculty meeting, the retirements of Hugo Bedau, Rocco Carzo, Sylvia Feinburg, Martine Loutfi, Charles Nelson, and James William(Bil1) Schlesingerwere announced. A champagne toast was held in their honor at the end of the meeting.

In an unexpected move, Walter Swapp, Dean of the Colleges, announced that he will resign at the end of this calendar year. Swapp will take a year off, during which time he will complete his book on neuroscience, When Sparks Fly, and begin workonanother. Swapp will return to Tufts in 2001 as a professor of psychology.

“It’s really a question of retum- ing to what I do, which is psychology research,” Swapp said. No replacement has been named yet.

Dean of Students Bobbie Knable, who announced her retire-

Daily file photo Rocky Can0

ment at an April 30 press conference, was also mentioned at the facultymeeting.Shewillbereplaced next fall by Associate Dean of Stu- dents Bruce Reitman, but she will not resign from the University. There is no replacement in line for Reitman’s position.

Hugo Bedau, philosophy pro-

see RETIREMENTS, page 30

to a stable climate Climate initiative will pursue a grassroots approach

byANDREWFREEDMAN Daily Editorial Board

Climate change is, as Tufts Alum and Sec- retary of Energy Bill Richardson told Tufts students in April, “The most important issue that will face you as adults.” ClimaUe change is also a good example of failed international negotiation. Countries are bickering over what actions need to be taken to reduce the threat posed by global warming.

Setagainst this backdropofinactivity, Tufts is poised to lead the way towards a cooler future.

The University formally took the initiative last month, when Tufts hosted a conference on

greenhouse-gas reducing measures. Most countries agree that climate change needs to be addressed, but no one is sure what to do about it.

The Tufts Climate Initiative seeks to break the stalemate by spurring grassroots participation ofother universities and municipalities. The goal of the Climate Initiative is to prove that emissions reductions are economically feasible and can be accomplished independent of international agreements.

Tufts will be looking at its three campuses to determine ways to reduce emissions; a baseline of emissions has been established by the University.

example of the savings that can be realized through efficient energy practices. He said the renovated building will feature a state ofthe art heating system. “Savings over the current mode are so significant that its going to pay for building the building,” Christianson said.

DiBiaggio said the savings will be “over $1 million in energy costs annually.

“Our facilities managers and students have already begun to identify opportunities to lower our emissions through improved opera- tions, retrofitting of existing buildings, and fuel switching,” DiBiaggio said.

DiBiaggio also announced the installation of solar power in some of the new construc-

the issue, featuring a diverse cross-section of academics, industry representatives, and local

Christianson cited the renovations to the Tufts Medical School campus in Boston as an see CLIMATE, page 27

politicians. At the meeting, University

President John DiBiaggio committed Tufts to “meeting or beating” the carbon dioxide emissions reductions called for by the Kyoto Protocol, in which all countries that signed agreed to varying emissions levels. The Protocol was signed in 1997, but a number of countries, including the United States are refusing to put the treaty into law,primarily forpoliticalrea- sons.

“Despite Congressional opposition, theUS willultimately have to join the rest of the world in tackling the potentially cata- strophic problem of global warming,” journalist Ross Gelbspan wrote (Boston Globe, 511 6).

According to Peter Christianson, DirectorofEnviron- mental Programs forthe Tufts In- stitute of the Environment (TIE), climate change has created political tension between nations. Christianson explained that powerful nations such as the United States are quarreling with the developing world over emissions reductions and other necessary

Faculty proposes changes in basic operating procedures Task Force on Race, HEI, EPC give updates

by DANIELBARB-I Daily Editorial Board

The cranes andgirdersofthe University’smany construction projects are not the only evidence that major changes - from possible changes in requirements to increased accommo- dations for students with dis- abilities - are taking place at Tufts. A revamping of the University’s way of operating continues, and the current system has been reviewed over the course ofthe year, as evinced at the May 17 meeting ofthe faculty of the Arts and Sciences.

Using the results gleaned from last year’s Higher Educa- tion Initiative (HEI), the four main HE1 committees have been meeting throughout the year. They have attempted to recon-

cile the administration with the student body, establish firm policies on full and part-time faculty hiring, better integrate the curriculum, and create a more efficient method of faculty self-governance. Three of the four main HE1 committees- excluding the committee on faculty governance - gave their yearly reports, accompanied by reports from the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and the Oversight Panel of the Task Force on Race.

At the heart of the HE1 are the issues of faculty development and hiring, and it was on these areas that the faculty’s reports focused. The faculty Committee on Development, Teaching, and Research brought back recommendations that the number of full-time tenure-track faculty be

increased, in order to lessen the reliance on part-time faculty, while integrating the current part-time faculty into the Uni- versity and faculty communities. In addition, the committee .recommended the bundling of a number of part-time positions into consolidated, full-time posts.

The Committee on Coher- ence and Connection, chaired by Dean of the Colleges Walt Swapp, recommended the creation ofa“facu1ty center,” which Swapp said would “provide for the needs of the faculty” by giving library and software resources, consultation, and “hanging out space” to those faculty members who use it. The

see FACULTY, page 29


Features Alumnus provides internships at Columbia Tri-Star Eight Tufts students prepare to work for film company president in Calif. this summer

byJE”IEF0RCIER Daily Editorial Board

Two years ago, Natice Rice was a sophomore looking for an internship in the entertainment industry. Sifting through files at the development office shediscovered Eric Tannenbaum, a graduate of the class of 1985 and the president of Columbia Tri-Star. A division of Sony Pictures, Columbia Tri-Star is responsible for such television shows as Dawson ’s Creek, Party of Five, The Nanny, Mad About You, Days of our Lives, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and other popular programs.

Rice, who is graduating this year, is an economics major and a communication media studies ‘(CMS) minor, and found the internship independently. This year CMS made the most out of the connection and secured internships for eight Tufts students.

Cindy Chen, Alexandra Franklin, Josh Friedman, Mike Glassman, Heidi Hertel, James Lubin, Angela Paradise, and Ja- son Wang will be working in the comedy, drama, and programming departments, as well as working in Tannenbaum’s office.

“This is a wonderfid opportunity for our students, all of whom will be getting academic credit,” said Susan Eisenhauer, assistant director ofCMS.

She expressed the value of interning, a major focus of the CMS minor and an interesting addition to any collegecareer. “Weencour- age our minors to include at least one internship,” Eisenhauer said, reporting that, “we have between 50 and 100 students who intern for academic credit.” Approximately 25 students, not all of them CMS minors, intern over the summer for academic credit.

“It’s amarvelous opportunity,” Eisenhauer said of the Columbia internship. She added that while there are a lot of students with communication internships this summer, this is the most in one office. Originally Tannenbaum had offered two positions but Eisenhauer got such a strong student response that she asked him if he could take more students. Every time she called, he agreed to

.take on more interns. Soon they were spread throughout the company. Eisenhauer credits the success of acquiring so many internships at Columbia to the fact that Tannenbaum is an alumnus.

Sophomore Jason Wang agreed that alums are wonderful resources for students looking for internships. “If we didn’t go here we wouldn’t be workingthere,” he said.

“I have so much faith in Tufts, now,”sophomore Mike Glassman said.

“And the alum,” added Wang. Glassman has taken advantage

of Tufts’ links to the entertainment world before. Last summer he interned at Dateline NBC with alum Neil Shapiro, the show’spro- ducer.

“All I had to do was write a letter,”Glassman said. He learned of Shapiro when CMS brought the alum to campus to speak about his career.

Glassman also interned with a local filmmaker who only hires

Tufts students. Paradise will be interning at Channel Four this fall through a similar connection.

Rice also noted an additional benefit to working for an alumnus. “It’s a nice connection to have with someone,” she said. “You have aconnection, some common ground. That’s anice thing to have when you go to work for - and learn from -someone.”

That initial bond allowed Rice to develop a strong working relationship with Tannenbaum. “I was really lucky to find Eric Tannenbaum,” she said. “He’s a really great guy. He taught me a lot; I had a wonderful experience there.”

Rice said that Tannenbaum, who was a member of the Tufts football team andwas involved in drama, has fondmemoriesoffub. “He really likes Tufts. He had a good time here,” she reported.

Rice was one of two interns at Columbia and worked directly in the president’s office. Her job included doing script coverage - TV lingo for reading a script and summarizing it for someone who doesn’t have time to read it in its entirety. She also watched the fall

pilots, worked briefly in the devel- got coffee,” Rice said, “but I got opment office, and attended de- Mexican food for Whoopi velopment meetings. Goldberg.”

“I was able to take initiative,” There were fewerfamous faces Rice said. “And of course there in the files of Columbia, but Rice

Photo by Jennie Forcier

Students Mike Glassman, James Lubin, Angela Paradise, and Jason Wang will all intern for Columbia-Tristar this summer.

was the stuff you have to do as an intern, but you can learn from everything you do.”

When working in the entertainment industry, even the more me- nial work can be exciting. “I never

claimed that doing the grunt work of sorting through them was still part of the learning experience.

“Ifyou take it in stride, you can l e m a lot from what you’re filing,” she said of the typically dreaded

task. Through filing, Rice saidthat she learned how contracts are written, which “helped put the puzzle together.”

As an economics major and a CMSminor,thepieces ofthe puzzle that is television development and production are important to Rice. The internship allowed Rice to combine her major with her minor. Upon returning to Tufts, Rice used her industry experience to bring a new level of professionalism to TUTV, where she served as the station manager. “It all fit together like apuzzle,” shesaidofherexpe- riences at Columbia and TUTV.

“The most important thing about the internship was that it showed me what I like. It introduced me to something I really love. There’s no doubt that I learned a lot,” Rice concluded about her experience.

“It’s an internship where you learn on the job,” Rice said. That’s exactly what the eight students are hoping to do this summer.

Her internship openedthe door for the other eight students. Not alloftheeightareCMSminors, but

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Tufts students to appear on Letterman Tufts Beelzebubs hope to perform on show as well, gain exposure L

byMvEKRAMGOPAL sure. “It would be awesome if tially sewed as the coordinators Senior Staff Writer during a commercial we could for this event and took the re-

Andthenumberonereason to break out into a tune to get no- sponsibility of finding the stu- watch The LateShow with David ticed,” said Jeremy Cramer, the dents over a two-day period. Letterman on May 21 is to see group’s president. “It would be “It’sreally cool,” Sanborn said. over 50 Tufts stu- great if we “It’sgreatto havean opportunity dents in the audience (and maybe even a cameo appearance by Jumbo.)

The Late Show will fly in an entire audience of 451 people from Bos- ton on May 20 to tape the last of its four city-specific episodes. The three previous installments ofthe series featured audiences from Miami, Phi lade Iph ia, and Nas hvi 1 le.

According to Rob Burnett, Letterman’s executive producer and a graduate of Tufts’ Class of ’84, the show will be tailored to the Boston audience with a special Top Ten List and numerous Beantown references. He added that there will be “a lot of sur- prises, which is another way of saying that there will he even more ways to get Boston involved that we haven’t even thought about yet.”

Tufts’ public relations office received a phone call from the show three weeks ago, and as- sumed the task of picking the volunteers from the student body. Some of the lucky students include TCU President Larry Har- ris, former Daily Editor-in-Chief Pete Sanbom, and the Student Alumni RelationsCommittee chair Scott Nussbaum.

Also heading to New York for the taping will be the Tufts Beelzebubs. Even though they are not scheduled to perform, the singers are hoping that they can seize this opportunity for expo-

could get per- mission for that. We’ll figure something out, but it’ll be a fun surprise for all of us.” Nussbaum and Sanborn, who work for Cindy

to do this. Seeing Tufts in the audience is a great way to gain visibility, but it’s even more fun that we get the chance. It definitely means a lot that [the producers] chose us too.”

Sanborn added that the Tufts contingent would be doing a lot to be conspicuous. “We’ve been figuring out ways to make our-

making sure that everyone has Tufts clothing on.”

Other guests on the show include Natalie Portman, who stars in the new Star Wars movie, and Boston native and actor Tom Everett Scott. While Burnett would not confirm this, the Boston Globe reported that Red Sox All-star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and future Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk would also appear on the show.

“It’s a unique opportunity,” Nussbaum said. “We are really

Pollard in the Public Relations Office, essen-

selves -visible. We’re bringing down the Jumbo suit, and are

fortunate to be able to take advantage of it.”

’Milk moustache’ campaign <

pays off, Tufts students win byKELLY WISNEWSKI

Last March, four Tufts students launched acampaign to promote milk consumption on campus. Their effort, inspired by a contest sponsored by Rolling Stone and the milk industry, was successful as the Tufts team won, beating out teams from other schools across the country.

“We’rereally excited about it,” victorious 4 senior Maral Jeknavorian said.

For the milk campaign, Jeknavorian and the other participants from Tufts, sophomores Gabrielle Grode, Christina Luongo, and Amy Metzger, kept records of the consumption of milk in the dining halls on campus. The object ofthe campaign was to spread information about the benefits of milkandrelatedtopicslikecalcium and osteoporosis around campus.

The group put out a series of milkmoustache ads featuring campus celebrities. To try to increase

Daily Editorial Board the milk consumption, they also supplied students with flavored powders to put into their milk since many students choose not to drink milk because they claim not to like the taste.

The fmal project the group submitted included a comprehensive account oftheir campaign at Tufts.

Teams from all the universities participating in the contest sent in a report after the campaign was finished. This showed how long the campaign was, what they did, how they reached the target audience, and ifthere were sustainable results of the campaign’s efforts.

Jeknavorian said that their report was set up like aregular campaign that would be presented to an advertising agency. It included visuals, graphs, and charts dis- playing the results from Tufts.

Nationwide, there were four teams which qualified as winners. Stephanie Miness, the represen- tative from Rolling Stone who contacted the group, could not tell

them how many other students entered the contest. However, she said that the students presented an excellent campaign and that they should be proud.

The Tufts students found that their campaign increasedmilkcon- sumption on campus by 25 percent.

“The students left comments about how happy and pleased they were with the campaign and how much they really appreciated the information,” Jeknavorian said. “We got a good response.’’

The prize for the contest is an internship for two months during June and July at Rolling Stone. Winners also get an apartment in New York City to share and a $200 stipend each week to cover the cost of food and entertainment.

For the first week ofthe internship, the students will go to an advertising agency where they will learn about the business. After

see MILK, page 34


Features Taking a look back at the past four years at Tufts

byELlzABETHcHEN Daily Editorial Board

We arrived amidst a storm of controversy on a bright August morning in 1995 for orientation (remember The Primary Source’s postering of campus in preparation for the arrival of Gina Grant, who hadl pleaded no contest to the 1 99 1 murder ofher mother in South Carolina?) Since that auspicious start, we’ve experienced enough drama, controversy and scandal to last a, lifetime. We leave four years later - a bit older, poorer (less $120,000 and then some for tuition, room and board, books, late nights at the Burren...), and hopefully wiser.

We leave Tufts a prettier place than we found it. During our tenure, Tufts jumped up in the national ranking oftop US universities by US News and World Re- port. TiJfttS broke the top 25 our freshman year, and even reached a high point of22ndplaceoursopho- more year.

Wessell Library was trans- formed into the newly renovated Tisch Library. A $10 million gift from Preston Robert Tisch, co- chairman and CEO of the Loews Corporation andCEOoftheNFL’s New York Giants, resulted in the creation of 74,000 additional square feet of library space in a building which now seats 1,250 patrons.

Our first year was also the inau-

patio behind the campus center, prompting a war between then- Treasurer Josh Goldenberg and The Primary Source.

And then there were also those improvements that Tufts should havemade. Rememberwhen storms flooded the basements of Stratton Hall and other campus buildings freshman year? Or when winds ripped off a 400-foot section of South Hall’s roofearly one mom- ing sophomore year?

Hesitant to leave everything to the administration, students did theirfairshareoftryingto improve campus life.

Freshman year, members of Tufts’ African American and Asian American communities protested the TCU Senate decision to remove culture representatives from the Senate body. Many ofthe protesters felt that one senator chairing the Culture and Ethnicity Committee could not represent the viewpoints of all cultures on campus. After nearly three hours of debate on the issue, senators held a brief recess during which four African American male protestors took over senators’ chairs.

Membersofthe AsianCommu- nity at Tufts and the Chinese Cul- ture Club also challenged budget cuts made by the Allocations Board (ALBO), claiming that ALBO cut the money for take-out food because it questioned the authenticity of take-out food as

gural year ofthe newly renovated DewickMacPhie dining hall. Al- though the installation ofa brand- new, energy-efficient gas broiler caused ventilation problems, Dewick was still popular enough to put Hodgdon on the “endan- gered” list. The dining hall was saved, however, after students launched a Save Hodgdon campaign and the dining hall offered special events like ’50s themed meals to increase attendance, In another version of the dining hall wars, Hodgdon rivaled Dewick after Hodgdon was reincarnated as a takeout mecca and became a hip dining hall which offered stir- fry and omelets.

Brown and Brew, Tufts’ one and only coffeehouse, also opened in Curtis Hall, despite student protests over the use of the space and the effect the new hang- out would have on Oxfam Cafe. After much delay, the Merchants on Points System, which allows Tufts students to use points to purchase take-out from certain off- campus establishments, also got undeiway sophomore year.

Also, despite many protests from students, the Tufts Commu- nity Union ( X U ) Senate decided to allot $100,000 of its budgetary surplus to the construction of a

part of the culture. TheTuftsBurmaActionGroup

was formed to attempt to force the Tufts administration to sever its contract with PepsiCo because it supplied abottlingplant in Burma, acountrywith humanrights viola- tions.

Students were also moved to action overthe 1 10 UNICCO workers who lost their jobs when the administration decided not to re- new its contract, and to transfer custodial services to ISS. The dis-

placed workers regularly marched around Ballou Hall junior year holding signs and yelling chants while sympathetic students orga- nized forums and collected donations for the workers.

Members of the Tufts football team also spread Tufts’ good name when they helped two accident victims after their car swerved across the highway and crashed near the team’s van.

This past year, diversity was the key mobilizing force among students. Seven students who were working independently or- ganized a forum entitled “Many Voices, No Community,” which drew hundreds to participate in a conversation on race, class, gender, and sexuality. Although the forum had been in the works since the beginning ofthe semester, the event was finalized after seniors Julie Lee and Cynthia Wong were the targets of racist remarks at a party. Submerge, a new campus political magazine, was also distributed at the meeting.

The Coalition for Social Justice andNon-Violence, anew campus group, sponsored a second forum weeks later, in an effort to discuss viable solutions to the many questions raised during the previous forum.

Rumblings about diversity came to a head at the end of the semester when a group of students marched to Ballou Hall bearing tombstones printed with the names ofthose African American faculty and administrators who had left Tu@, confronting administrators affer Todd McFadden, then director of the African American Center,resigned. In response, Vice President for Arts, Sciences, and Technology Me1 Bernstein held five discussion sessions addressing students’ concerns about the diversity of the Tufts campus this semester. Debate focused on minority admissions, methods for increasing minority enrollment at Tufts, alumni gift giving, the un- happiness of minority students at Tufts, faculty hiring and reten- tion, and the context of diversity.

Despite these improvements in Tufts life, we’ve also had our down moments.

Anybody remember the Stu- dent Lifeline Taxi? This taxi service was introduced in early Sep- temberour freshman yearwith the promise offree cab rides for intoxicated students or those stranded at an off-campus location. How- ever, students severely abused the new service within the first two

weeks, running up a tab that was more than St. John’s and Columbia Universities had run up in two years. The service was promptly canceled.

Tufts Connect - intended to provide uniform telephone service, cable connection, and online services - was another rookie service that found barren ground at Tufts. We arrived our first semester to discover phones with no dial tones, voicemail that didn’t work, and an inability to call outside the University. Towards mid-semester, students who had not yet received a phone bill began to find their long distance service cut off because they had unknowingly exceeded their PAC limits. After this fiasco, some students were billed for phone calls that were nothing more than a busy signal.

Junior year, Tufts Connect once againcameunder criticism forwhat studentscalled unfairbillingprac- tices. Students were upset when they were notified in August by CampusLink, the parent company of Tufts Connect, that they would be charged a one-time fee of $225 to cover many different phone services as well as an Ethernet connection and cable television, whether or not they had a computer or a television. Students were upset about not being given an

option to pay in monthly installments and being forced to pay for services that they were unable to use.

Anger at Tufts Connect continued into the spring as the Sen- ate voted to approve a new CampusLink rate structure which called for cable television and voice services to be offered separately. As this new “unbundled” plan caused much controversy and confusion among students, the hallway leading up to the CampusLink office was covered with student complaints and anti- CampusLink statementswritten on napkins and taped to the walls.

Another losing idea, the Tufts Computer Store, closed down sophomore year after sustaining a loss of $267,000 over the preced- ing two years.

Tufts, while generally a safe campus, has not been entirely free of violence during our four-year stay. Our freshman year, first floor residents ofcarmichael Hall awoke to findracist, sexist, and homopho- bic graffiti on their walls, doors, pipes, and light fixtures. A Tufts freshman was also attacked by a group of six local teenagers in fiont ofGoddard Chapel.

In October of our sophomore year, a group of youths assaulted two Tufts students in front of Fletcher. The same month, a student was stabbed in the abdomen with aknife duringadisagreement that began after a pick-up basket- ballgamein JacksonGym. During the semester, four men were arrested on Professors Row and charged with larceny and assault with a deadly weapon after rob- bing two female students and threatening a member of Theta Delta Chi with a knife. A kitchen knife, as well as a pair of scissors, were the weapons of choice for student Gregory Glassner, who was arrested for stabbing three women at a party.

Junioryear, afightatonefrater- nity left four people injured, while anunidentifiedmale drew asilver handgun in the midst of another

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8 THE TU”Ts DAILY Commencement 1999

Features Universitv to

seniors: ‘Get out’ Before you uncork that champagne bottle, there’s something you

should know. I did not ask for a diploma. To me it is no more than an eviction notice. Tufts must need the space. Until now the school’s been happy to trade my cash for its credit, but not anymore. As of today I am on my own, and being dumped by an institution of higher learning has got me bummed.

Last week I met with the Dean of Students to see ifTufts and I could continue seeing each other.

“The University wants to be friends,” she said. “You just want to see other students, don’t you?” “Yes,” she said. “Thousands of them.” This must be what sit-com stars feel like after their show has been

canceled. For years they’ve been walking,around in character saying “I’mtheFonz! I’mFonzie! Heeyyy!G Then one day some executive in a suit comes in and says, “The rat- ingsaredown, we’rereplacingyour show with a female buddy-cop thing. You’renottheFonzanymore.”

“But I’m the Fonz!” “That’s nice. The good news is Charmin wants to use you for its

“Can I keep the leather jacket?” “NO. The president ofthe company - his kid was a big fan ofthe

“Oh.” But forget The Fonz, because with graduation it’s my show that’s

being canceled. If you never saw it, you really missed out. Happy College Guy ran seven days a week, starring me as a post-existential Doogie Howser type. In my role, I had no responsibilities and was accountable to no one. It featured women, drugs, and the occasional class. (We were big in Japan.)

I can only imagine the show they’ve got me pegged for now -an inferior spin-off of Happy College Guy no doubt. Me, the once swingin’ undergrad now forced to get my sustenance at the table of affliction -namely the workplace. I figure it’ll either be called Honey Where’s the Prozac? or If1 Have to Get Up Before 8 a.m. Once More I Think I’m Gonna OfSMyseF

The real problem is: What I counted on to get me by in college I can no longer count on. Like when a class was hard there was a curve to balloon yourgrade. But life has no curve. Life only has unemployment -this is one of its major drawbacks.

In college, ifyou broke arule you went before a dean who had a bowl ofjelly beans on her desk and wanted to talk about your future goals. Life has nojelly beans on its desk, and ifyou break arule, you go before a judge who only wants to discuss one thing: your sentencing.

In college, if you stroll in late, it’s no big deal, you’re tardy. The worst you get is a funny look from the professor. Out there, at work, they actually expect you to show up on time.

I had ajob, once. And it started early so I’d stroll in late. You know, just gettin’ my groove on. Well, when El Jeffe found out about this he was not happy.

new line of two-ply. You’re gonna be the Squeezably Soft Guy.”

show -he’s getting it.”

One day the boss called me into the back room. “‘You’re one of those real smart college guys aren’t you?’ I nodded. Hell yeah. “Well, then I’l l put this for you in equation form. Late for work

“Oh.” I brightened. “You’ve never heard of ‘tardy’ have you?” Guess what, he hadn’t. And when I tried to explain the whole

concept to him -the Zen of tardy - he got very moody, and I had to let him go (it might have been the other way around).

equals out of work.”

I once heard an actor talk about a similar problem he’d had. “In college it’s great. You get to do all the classics. You do

Shakespeare, Hamlet. You do Greek tragedies, Oedipus. Then you graduate, move to New York and you’re lucky to be cast as the third sword from the left.”

And it is experiences such as these which have led me to believe that I am no more prepared for life outside of college thafi Jo-Jo the Idiot Circus Boy is for life outside the pop-tent.

The University suspects this as well. That’s why Tufts has had me, and everyone else that’s headed for diplomaville, filling out surveys that ask in about a hundred different ways the same question: “Have we prepared you for life after college?’

That’s what they want to know. Prepared me in what way, though? I mean in the event ofa water landing, will I be able to use my liberal arts education as a flotation device? Probably not. What about in the event of a job interview? Maybe - especially if the subject of 19th century British literature comes up. Outside of that, I’m not sure. This is not to point fingers or blame anybody (I’m not sitting down to dinner with my family). I was just wondering what college has prepared me for.

Look around you now. During the year, the classrooms here are filled with worldly professors and motivated students. Together they discuss the nature of life in literature, philosophy, art, and science. And at its best a university is an oasis of questioning within a world that would rather you functioned on autopilot. But step one questioning, enlightened toe outside the gate that surrounds the campus and it

see PARLANCE, page 26

Student authors her first novel Junior Galiber-Gundel focuses on Caribbean culture

by KELLYWISNEWSKI Daily Editorial Board

One Tufts student is well on her way to a professional writing career. Tiphanie Yanique Galiber- Gundel, ajunior, is in themidst of writing her first novel.

“I have written short stories and Doetrv since I learned

culture embedded throughout the entire text.

“The novel is set in St. Tho- mas and deals with issues mostly concerning the power of the female ancestral line,” Galiber- Gundel said, adding that it also addresses the complications of

ter, Marilyn, and her grandmother, who is telling a story.

Also addressed in the novel is the clash which occurs when Marilyn meets people from other cultures. She develops two love interests during the course of the story, one from St. Thomas and

the other is from the United 1 -

how to write,” Galiber- Gundel said.

With a mother who is apoet and alibrarian and a grandmother who is a librarian as well as a sto- ryteller, Galiber-Gundel said literature has been an important part of her life. “I’ve always had books around me,” she said.

Galiber-Gundelgrew up in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, and much ofher culture is reflected in her writing. Her novel is going to be a full literary work, and she says that it will have Caribbean

Prof. has a passion for film

by KELLY WISNEWSKI Daily Editorial Board

One Tufts professor had the opportunity to spend this past semester in Paris, exploring the life of a famous painter. Judith Wechsler, an art history professor, spent the past few months behindthe camera makkgafilm - HonorkDaumier: Il Faut etre de son Temps- on the nineteenth century French artist Honor6 Daumier.

Wechsler’s film is being made in conjunction with amajorexhibition ofDaumier’s work.

“[Heis]themostfamous carica- turist of his time,” Wechsler said.

Daumier’s paintings were dra- maticand forthemostpart devoted to everyday themes. They often contained a strong aspect of social protest.

Daumierwasknown forhis bold, satirical political lithographs that appeared in the comic journal La

States. “There are con-

flicts, positives, and negatives that come from both aspects,” Galiber-Gundel said,

referring to the love in-

female heritage in Caribbean culture.

An excerpt from the novel appeared in the Spring 1999 issue of Onyx, a campus magazine filled with literatureand literaryart. The novel is very family-oriented, and the passage in Onyx is a conversation between the main charac-

- terests.

Although the main character is in high school, Galiber-Gundel has written the novel for an adult and college audience.

Even though Galiber-Gundel formally began writing her novel in a writing class she took with

see NOVEL, page 25

Selected films written, directed, and produced by Judith Wechsler

Honor& Daumier: IlFautetre The Painter’s World: Chang- deson Temps. RMN, 1999. ing Constants or Art from the

Image and Enterprise: The Renaissance to the Present. A Photography of Adolph Braun, six-parttelevision series, WGBH- RISDMuseum, 22 min. 1998. Boston and Channel 4-London.

Drawing: the ThlnkingHand, Edouard Manet: Painter oj for the Louvre Museum, 53 min. ModernLife, 1983, forthe Metro- 19%. politan Museum of Art.

Titian: “Venus andAdonis, ” Pissarro: At the Heart oflm- for the J. Paul Getty Museum. pressionism, 1981, for the Mu- 1994. seum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Harry Callahan. 1993. C&anne: Thehte Work, 1978. Aaron Siskind: Making Pic- . Daumier, Paris andTkSpec- tures, 199 1. tator, 1977, co-directed with

Jasper Johns: Take an Ob: CharlesEames. ject, 1990 with HansNamuth. -compiled by Kelly Wisnewski

Caricature, ofwhich he was a staff member. During his prolific career, he produced about 4,000 litho- graphs7300drawings,and200paint- ings.

“[The exhibition will open] soon inOttawaattheNationalGallery of Canada, then in Paris at the Grand Palais, andatthePhillips Collection in Washington, D.C. in January,’’ Wechsler said.

“The film will also be broadcast inFrance,”shesaid.Thefilm, which

was made in both English and French versions, runs one hour.

Wechsler has been teaching at Tufts for ten years and is currently the National Endowment for the Humanities professor. She teaches nineteenth andearlytwentieth century European art, Impressionism to Cubism and Films on Art.

She received her B.A. from BrandeisLJniversity, herM.A. from ColumbiaUniversity, andherPh.D. from theuniversity ofCaliforniaat Los Angeles.

This semester Wechsler is a visiting professor at the University of Paris. She will give the inaugural lecture at the new Museum of Jew- ish Art and History in Paris, as a part oftheirprogram at the Institute ofHigher Studies (Ecoledes Hautes Etudes).

Wechslerhasbeenmakiig films for22 years, and hasjust completed hertwentieth film. Allofthem focus on art or artists, and they often are made forexhibitions. Herfilms have accompanied exhibitions in muse- ums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Getty Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

In addition tothis work, some of her films have been made for television. Wechsler wrote, directed, and produced the six-part television series %Painter’s World Chng- ing Constants of Artfiom the Re- naissance to the Present in conjunction with WGBH Boston and Channel Four London.

“I’ve also made films on individual artists and photographers,”

see WECHSLER, page 26


Features Fulbright will study Romanian economy

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byKIMFOX Daily Editorial Board

Every year an average of seven to nine Tufts students receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship.

form program and to study policy. Mozes’ study will take place in Transylvania, the western region of Romania. He will stay in Cluj, which “is the biggest city in the

but this year has been a record The town has many attractive breaker, with 13 students receiv- features, including “relative size, ing the honor. Among the mem- university resources, and recent bers oft he select group is Gabriel economic development.” It is also, Mozes, an economics major who as Mozes stated, “a completely will delve into economic develop- different society and environ- ments in Romania. ment.”

Mozes has inter- Mozes sees est in Romania for a great promise in the number of reasons. research he will con- Someofit isrooted in duct thanks to the the fact that his fam- $15,000 to $20,000 ily is descended from grant he will receive. the region. Both of “I want it to be applied his parents are from to US policy and Romania and he policy makers who are speaks the language researching this kind fluently. Gabe Mozes of information.” Right

The idea for his proposal came now, Mozes hopes that his re- when he visited the country last search will specifically be applied July. He had just been studying to US foreign policy direct invest- economic theory in London for six ment. months and he was starting to Mozes came up with his pro- question the practicality of eco- posal in five minutes, but he al- nomics. most missed his chance to submit

However, “when I was able to it, as he knew little about the schol- see the currency devaluation, eco- arship. nomic cievelopment, and foreign While the federal government direct investment first hand [in and various foreign countries Romania], I felt more accomplished found Mozes qualified for a schol- in my major,” he said. arship ofthis magnitude, Tufts did

AsMozesexplained, 1999mxks not; theyfailedto informMozesof the tenth anniversary ofthe fall of the opportunity to apply. communism in Romania. For the “During the summertime, let- past ten years, the Romanian gov- ters are sent out to seniors with ernmen t has been tryingto “imple- high GPAs,” Mozes said, “but I ment massive economicreform to didn’t get a letter because I was stabilize the economy,” Mozes not part of that list.” Thus, be- said. But in the course of this ac- cause Mozes was ousted from the tion, little has been done to docu- qualified pool, he was left in the ment or probe deeper into these dark until a friend told him about major developments. “There has the scholarship. not been too much literature docu- It was fortunate that Mozes menting the successes or short- thought of his proposal quickly comings of the program,” Mozes because he only had two weeks to said. write it. “I had just taken my L-

Disconcerted, Mozes decided SATs and I decided that in case I that he would propose that a case study be done to evaluate the re- see FULBRIGHT, page 32

As a Production Manager, I usually don’t write for the Daily. Since this is my last issue as a senior, I thought I’d give it a try. Over my four years at Tufts, I’ve learned a lot -1 ;:;:j:;E%;:;

disillusioningmypar- ents, I’m going to share my newly gained wisdom.

1. Leave your door open. When I first came to Tufts, someone told me to leave my door open for the first weeks I was a1 school so I’d meet people. It worked. Making the first move is a great way to start a friendship.

2. Smilealot. Haveyouevernoticedthatwhenyouwalk around, most people are just looking blankly ahead? I like to smile at people I pass, even those I don’t know. It makes my day, and I hope it makes theirs.

3. Learn how to use information. When you have a lot of information to absorb, first figure out what’s most important to know and learn that. The rest is just window dressing.

4. Make time for yourself. For those of us with busy schedules, it’ soften difficult torememberthat weneedtime off. Alwaystry to plan at least a halfan hour each day where you do something for yourself.

5. Take advantage of opportunities. You never know where they’ll lead you, but the experience is always worth it. Besides, you could have the time of your life.

6. Have no regrets. Whatever you choose to do, it’s

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the country take their first steps of higher education. useless advice, Cosby ends the into @e “mil world.” “OfaIIthewaystoavoidreallife, book with some pertinent points

W l e some say they’xe ready frmn joining a religious order to that all grads should carry with forjobs andgrad school, the real- trying to find the Abominable thm. He says that a college di- ity is that all of these plans are Snowman, none has been more ploma does not signify a depar- laced with uncertainty and even &ular than going to graduak turefromthoseyouthfulinstincts fear Atatbneofgreatlifechanges, school. Many college gradustes thatmake youwanttohave funall

legegrackandtheirhilies,Cosby rectly to a degree that ‘should be reaIIife,nornatterhowsincerely uses mediocre wit and humor to called Master of Nothing in Par- youmaybelookingforaplaceto discuss some of his philosophies titular.." lie down, you did go to college abmtlifeaftercoIIege.However, This seems a little hypocritical and that was good, for you are he does offer sound advice to of Cosby, seeing as though he is now smartenoughtohow how parents of grads who are f e h g such a huge advocate of higher to duck the bright tomorrow,” the effects of an empty nest. education. Post-college education Cosby concludes.

“Cosbyesque” snippet. non- subs t an- “Whether or not the graduate tivebanterabout

takes his brain out of neutral, to- interview con- morrow will be bright because he duct, he makes will be out on the sunny street, almost conde- evicted from the dorm room that scending com- must be fumigated for the next ments about y o p g scholar,” Cosby writes. proper interview

for a good hearty chuckle every “Youa~esud- now and again, his prose and ad- denly thrown vice border on cheesy and un- into a world

While Cosby’s writing makes a#ire.

with stand-up comedy. I was not always certain whettier the book

where it will be helpfultohaves

For some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to givebloodrightbeforemy firstnightatthe Daily. Ialsotake credit for the decision to disregard the nurse’s instructions

to lie down after the 0 So there I was, in the basement of Curtis Hall, surrounded by upperclassmen that intimidated me, missing apint ofmy blood, hungry, and nervous. Needless to say, the night did not end successfully. Afterthe room started spinning and little white things started to appear everywhere, I went to get a drink ofwater.

Next thing I knew, I was on the floor next to the water cooler with ten pairs of eyes staring at me. Trying to gather my dignity, I started to laugh and decided it was time for me to leave. My fainting episode did not leave the impression that I wanted.

In my freshman mind, I thought I was going to be the laughingstock of the paper. I was convinced that my name would be forever correlated with my fainting.

However, the story does have a happy ending. Haley Stein’s fainting has long been forgotten, and the paper has become something that I can call my own. As I face a life without late nights, PageMaker, and exacto knives, I realize that the Doily has been an integral part of Tufts University for me. I feel lucky to be able to graduate with everything the Daily has given me: friendships, skills, patience, and great memories.

by Haley Stein blood taking.

see STEIN, page 32

This is my last piece of writing for the Daily, and interestingly enough, it is not for my beloved news department where I have spent my last two years here at Tufts. I

just want to take a mo- by DavidPluviose ment to say my 0 goodbyes and give a

couple of shout-outs to the people who have made my time here at Tufts memorable.

Let me say goodbye to the UNICCO lady who sat in the phone booth most of the time in the lobby of Hill Hall, the “chicki-chicki?” lady, late night inTisch Library, long hours at the Daily, final exams, sleep-inducing lectures at 8 a.m., and the cook in Carmichael who makes those excellent grilled cheese sandwiches. (Come on, you know they’re good).

It’s beenawild, wildride, but it’sall over, timetoget into the real world. Let me take this opportunity to thank Tufts University for Points Plus and simultaneously apologize to my Dad for those extra $800 bills. (Ouch!)

On a more personal note, I also want to give much love and respect to my third floor hallmates in Hill Hall way back in ’95. “Big” John W., just remember that you are theman. Congrats on your success, and hopefully, we’ll be able to hang out in NYC over the summer. Hey, with that “phat” salary of yours, maybe you can buy me dinner sometime.

ToA1ex“Yes IhavestraightA’s”S.,good luckinmedical school. Hopefully, we’llrun into each other again; may it not

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Sports Men’s track comes in 13th place at ~ NE championships at Colby

- Young team gains experience for the future

byERINDESMARAIS Senior Staff Writer

The men’s outdoor track and field-team recently stretched over the finish line of a strong season.

Saturday, May 8, the squad competed in the 1999 New England Division I11 Men’s Outdoor Track

ish in the 400 at 49.82 seconds. Sophomore David Patterson

grabbed his usual first-place victory in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 9:04.73 I. He gained a much-needed ten points for the Jumbos with his win. In addition, because of his superior performance, Patterson received the Elmer Swanson Memorial Award as the best running athlete of the meet.

Patterson remains undefeated

the meet, as Putnam wanted to rest him for the national championships this weekend. Kovatch and McGuire are also tentatively qualified for the meet, but entries were not finalized at press time.

“What we did the past few weeks, we did very well; we are just young,” Putnam said. “I see some really good things on the horizon for next year. I am very encouraged.”

andFieldChampionshipsat Colby College. With a total of 23 points, Tufts placed 13th in the meet.

The team’s low finish at Colby was due to its lack of experience and the general strength of the conference. Tufts was considered to beequally competitive as teams that placed in the top five, but could not capitalize on close races.

“They were racing juniors and seniors,” sixteen-year veteran coach Connie Putnam said. “We were fielding sort of a JV team. They had the confidence of experience, and we didn’t.’’

The results did not disappoint- ment Putnam, however. “I thought we could have cracked the top ten,” he said. “But we didn’t get a lot of scoring from upperclassmen. The freshmen and sopho- moresdidagreatjob,and 13th was all we could ring out ofthe team.”

Some peak performances ofthe meet included sophomore John McGuire’s fourth-place finish in the 800 meters. He won five points forhis team withatimeof 153.42 1 in the event. Junior Matt Lyons ran to a sixth-place finish in the 5000, crossing the finish line at 15:27.166 and tallying three more points for Tufts.

The 4x400 relay team also put forth a strong performance, finish- ingeighth overall. Freshman rookie Adam Barrer tacked on another

in the event, and will compete in the National Championships this weekend.

“He wasjust fantastic,” Putnam said..

The unforeseen absence of senior Rommel Childress also de- tracted from the team’s success in the meet. “He could have grabbed a few more points for us,” Putnam said, “maybe moving us up a few spaces.”

From Thursday, May 13 through Saturday, May 15, members of the squad competed in the Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Maine, in Orono. McGuire was the only runner to score, turning in three points for the Jumbos. Inthe 800, he sprinted to a phenomenal time of 152.39, landing him a sixth-place finish. McGuire’sperformanceatthemeet made him as Putnam’s fastest half- miler in his coaching career.

“He’s only a sophomore, and that is just very promising,” Putnam said.

Senior Jack Kovatch also performed well in the meet. He threw 51 meters in the hammer throw, which was his career best throw. Although he did not place in the meet, his throw moved him up to 19th place on the national list, a feat that shows the competitive nature of the New Eneland meet

rnoro DY uaniei ttoangues Pole vaulter sophomore Joel Schaeffer is one.of many young and improving members of the men’s track team.

Women’s track ends with strong performance at New Englands

byNEALMCMAHON Senior Staff Writer

The women’s track team has not slowed down once this season. It has risen to the challenge of

“Caitlin’s race was the most exciting one of the day,” Smith- King said. “There was a Williams girl right with her to the end and she out-kicked her for the victory. It was definitely the highlight of the meet.”

“I was glad to [achieve a] PR (personal record) in the 15, because I haven’t been in my best shape due to injuries,” Murphy said. “But I had some good competition at New England Division 111’s.”

Senior tri-captain Jenifer Shapiro ran 4:5 1.7, good enough to qualify forthe All-New England Championshipsinthe 1,500, while

photo by ~ , j c Andenon seniorIrisRave(4:55.2)andfresh- Junior Caitlin Murphy won manAmanda Watson(4:58.3) both the 800 meters at ECACs and madeECACs.

In the 10,000, freshman Molly Hobey placed third, at 39:30.69.

at the Division

Her time also earned her a spot in 111 National ChamPionsGPs

All-New Englands. “Molly ran a real gutsy race,” a good indicator of our progress.”

Junior Caitlin Murphy kept up Smith-King said. <‘she has a lot of her recent torrid pace, winning the talent and abili@ and was able to 1,500 meters and automatically qualifying for Nationals as well. Junior Cindy Manning, ended With hertimeof4:38.25, Mumhy

each successive meet, consistently turning in quality performances and never once letting up its intensity along the way.

The New England Division I11 Championshipmeet was certainly no exception, as the Jumbos trav- eled to Springfield College on May 1 to face some top-notch competition once again. Even so, the squad held its own, finishing in ninth place overall, with a team score of 34 points and a few phenomenal individual achievements as well.

“Overall, we ran wel1,”Branwen Smith-King said. “I think that a top-1 0 finish is very reasonable and respectable, especially considering that none ofour throwers qualified for this meet. But more

hold her own.,,

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people placed than last year, and also set anew Tufts record forat& four points with his fifth-place fin- Patterson did not participate in everyone improved. That is always event.

Seniors Shapiro, Rave finish out careers A

byNEALMCMAHON Senior Staff Writer

Fewpeopletrulyrealize the mountofdedi- cation and sacrifice that goes into the‘sport of track. The physical strain that a runner’s body

must endure day after day in practice, as well as the mental strain in competitivemeets week afterweek, is immeasurable. Combine that with the stress of academic life here at Tufts and the result is more than most can handle.

Nonetheless, two young women who epito- mize the term student-athlete are both senior members of the Tufts track and cross-country teams: Jenifer Shapiro and Iris Rave.

Shapiro, who hails from Scarborough, Maine and is an international relations major, has run in each of her 12 athletic seasons at Tufts. She was also a captain in each of her three sports: cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track. Rave, a child development major and sociology minor, is originally from the Philadelphia area. She has spent 1 1 seasons as a Jumbo runner, missing only the spring campaign ofherjunior year while abroad in Israel, and was also a cross-country captain this fall.

“Collegiate runners really have to make a lot of sacrifices behind the scenes,” women’s cross-country and track coach Branwen Smith- King said. “They have to be committed to setting their priorities straight.”

Bo t i Shapiro and Rave have managed to rise to the challenge of succeeding on the track and in the classroom during their four years at Tufts. They have both been recognized for their dedication to the sport and to their studies, as each was named the recipient of a different student-athlete award at arecent ceremony. Shapiro waspresentedwith the Alumni Association Award, while Rave received the Alex Elias Memorial Prize Scholarship. Both women credit Smith-King as being an integral part of their success at the college level.

“We’ve both been running competitively since seventh grade, which is quite a long time,” Rave said. “It’s been both physically and mentally draining, but the drive and the desire to be competitive have kept us going. Bran has also given all of us an.incredible amount ofacademic support, to ensure that we are focused on our classes, too. And she is always ready to be there for us, no matter what.”

Ironically enough, Shapiro, whospe- cializes indistanceraces(800and 1,50Ometers), was originally recruited as a sprinter.

Rocky still searching for meaning of IeadershiRocky still searching for meaning of leadership

“Before running cross-country at Tufts, I never thought I’d like the distance races as much as I do,” Shapiro said.

Shapiro has developed into an incredibly versatile runner. In fact, during her career at

Tufts, she has run every single race at least once inameet, withtheexceptionofthe 10,000 meters. She hasqualifiedforAll-New Englands in several different events through the years, and wasamemberofthe4~800relay team that set a new school record this past spring. Shapiro was also named co-MVP of the Tufts squad for the winter season ofher senior year.

“Jen really found her niche with the track team, and her being named co-MVP for the indoor season shows just how much her peers think of her. She’s done so much.”

“Track and running have given me a way to channel my excess energy,” Shapiro said. “I would not have enjoyed college a quarter as much as I did without track.

“A lot of people tell me that you have to be crazy to run competitively, and I think that is partially true. It takes a certain kind of person to play any varsity sport at the college level, but I think that something different and unique is brought out in everyone who runs track. We really share a unique bond. I know that I, personally, live in atrack world.”

AfterTufts, Shapiroplanstoworkforanon- profit research organization in the areaof international affairs. In no more than two years, she sees herself in graduate school for international business.

Rave, on the other hand, has always been a distance runner. She concentrated on the 1,000

see RUNNERS, page 13

upskthinthe5,000(18:28~30).Her time was also good enough for an invitation to All-New Englands. Sophomore Sarah Deeb duplicated Manning’s feat inthe400, placing seventh withatimeof59.73, while sophomore Jennifer Edelmann turned in her best time of the year in the 5,000 (1852. l), qualifying for ECACs in the process.

“Jennifer ran superbly,” Smith- King said, “especially since she wasn’t feeling well and almost didn’t get on the line.”

Sophomore Nadia Samadani also made All-New Englands in the longjump, leaping 16’7”. An- other sophomore, Folake Aaron, did likewise in the 100 meter hurdles, taking sixth place with a timeof 15.81.

“Nadia improved again in the long jump, and was very impressive,” Smith-King said, “and Folake was in second place until the seventh hurdle, where she lost her balance. When she puts it all together, she’ll be pretty tough to beat.”

Sophomore high jumper Jes- sica Tonn cleared 5’ 1/4”, a height good enough for atrip to ECAC’s. Other All-New England qualifiers includedthe 800 freshman duo of, LaurenEsposito(2: 19.53)andCol- leen Burns (2:20.13); senior Missy Bargmann in both the 400 hurdles

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Sports Just Rocky

“TfRocky isrememberedasRocky, thenthat’sokay. When youcome in here, you should know that you can count on me. If you need help and I can give it, I will. That’s the way Rocky is.”

That was the answer that Rocky Carzo, Tufts’ athletic director forthe past 26 years, gave me when 1 asked him how he wanted to be remembered when he steps down from his post this summer.

I thought about it, and at first I wasn’t too pleased with the answer, as I was looking for something profound to include in my column. But

then I looked back and thought to myself, “After working with and developing a relationship with Rocky for three years, what comes to mind when I thinkofhim?’

Well, he’s just Rocky - someone who, through his sports stories, has instilled in me the three things that he preaches: always have a positive attitude, work hard, and learn from your mis-

I- ,, takes. More often than not, Rocky con-

veys his messages using sports analogies. The first thing he talked

I1 4 to me about last week was his three keys to coming out on top as a person.

“So many times you win when you don’t deserve to win, or win by accident,” Rocky said. “Other times you lose when you shouldn’t lose. Whether it’s because ofchance, accident, the ball bouncing the wrong way, whatever you want to call it, you can’t control everything that happens.

“Some days you have good days, and some days you have bad days. HOW can you put it all into perspective and not drive yourself crazy trying to win with all those factors? That’s the way life is. Sometimes, even if you work as hard as you can and do everything possible, things won’t go as planned.

“So what perspective do you place on winning? You have to make sure ifyou lose, you didn’t go in there with a lousy attitude, poor work ethic,anddidn’tmakethesamemistakesthatyoudidbefore. That’show you avoid having any residual guilt from things not coming out the way you planned. You can’t complain about anything ifyou go in there with a positive attitude, bust your ass, and avoid the same mistakes. There are some things that you just can’t control, but you can hold yourself accountable for making sure you do those three things. There is a difference between getting beaten and losing. That carries over to everything you do in life.”

Rocky firmly believes in everything that he said there, and that is what he has tried to develop within the Tufts community. He take pride in all ofthe on-field recognition that Tufts has received, but he is prouder of the attitudes that the athletes and people within the department develop, and how the students turn out after graduation.

‘There is a saying that your trophies are under your roof,” said Rocky. “That means a lot to me - the trophies and the accomplishments. But the people that work here like the coaches are the ones that I think are under my roof and part of the family. I don’t think that I could’ve done any better in bringing good people to Tufts. If you bring in good people, they perpetuate the values - the values and traditions from one generation to the next. This doesn’t come just from the coaching staff, but it’s the entire community we have built here.”

Rocky spent the past 43 years as a coach and administrator. He had previously served as the offensive coordinator at the University of CdiforniaunderNFL Hall ofFame coach Marv Levy. He earnedthe head coaching position at Tufts in 1966 and was promoted to athletic director in 1973. Rocky also served invariousnational positions, including Vice President of the NCAA from 1989- 199 1, Meanwhile, Rocky opted to remain at Tufts over the lure ofDivision I schools, and even turned down coaching offers from theNFL’s PhiladelphiaEagles and Oakland Raid- ers.

“The thing that I love about Tufts is that Rocky can be Rocky. I can be just what I am. People at Tufts consider athletics part of the whole scheme, not just an appendage. If I was at a Division I school, I would have to run a Division I-A business. I don’t want to run a business. In Division I, entertainment is an extremely important ingredient, and it almost overshadows the educational aspect of a school. Our situation is just the opposite. So, we don’thave to make compromises about what is right and what is wrong, like with admitting an athlete who doesn’t belong.

“I like being part ofthe campus here. I love being aprofessor, going to faculty meetings, and just doing all the things I do here. I need a lot of different things to do, and I have it here.”

As he completes his last days as athletic director, even a tough football guy named Rocky admits that it has been an emotional time for him. Rocky also said that the response he has gotten from the department, students, and school has been overwhelming.

But of course, nobody will be able to keep Rocky away from Tufts, as he is working on several projects, including some research on leadership in sports. Through information from former athletes, coaches, and even Penn State football coach Joe Patemo, Rocky has been essentially trying to get a better answer to, ‘What is leadership?” He found that it all ties back into hard work and can be applied to life itself.

“In the research that I’ve been conducting, a lot of former athletes have said to me, ‘When I thought I was working hard, I didn’t even

see RAMGOPAL, page 32

1999 season ends on a high note for men’s lacrosse teaYm 5- 10 season demonstrates signs of improvement

byADAMKAM3NS Senior Staff Writer

Normally, a5-10, up-and-down season, like the one the Tufts men’s lacrosse team experienced in 1999,

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Men’s Lacrosse

4 I inspires little more than shrugs. However, the simple fact that there were peaks to accompany the val- leys this yearmade it a significant step forward from seasons past.

A new coach and an alarmingly inexperiencedroster inspireda fear that the team could be as bad or perhaps even worse than it was a year ago, when it went through a 2- 12 debacle. However, the infu- sion of 15 freshmen, comprising over half of the roster, accompanied by anew attitude instilled by first-year coach Mike Daly, helped the team take its first step along the path that they hope will lead to NESCAC prominence.

The team got one final chance to measure up against quality opposition this year, closing out its season in Connecticut against playoff-bound Wesleyan. Junior attacker Greg Molinelliopenedthe scoring less than aminute into the match, before the Cardinals answered with three goals. Senior attacker Bill Hurwitzcountered to make it 3-2 after one quarter.

The second quarter saw the gameswing sharply in Wesleyan’s favor. Five unanswered goals gave the Cardinals control ofthe game, before a goal by senior midfielder

Women’s learn fiom

byNELTAYLOR Senior Staff Writer

Fulfilling expectations can be an extremely difficult task for a young team, especially when the expectations include winning the ECAC Tournament and compet- ing in the NCAA Tournament. Although the women’s lacrosse team did not fulfill these specific goals, there were many positive aspects to its 8-7 season, and the team played competitively against some ofthe bestteams in the coun-

Photo by Daniel Rodngues Senior Robin Zimmer ly , elected the team’s MVP, led the Jumbos with 35 goals and 15 assists this season

Photo by Kate Cohen Senior Trevor Soponis provided much-needed leader- s h b to the Youne team. Trevor Soponis stopped Weslayan’s run to make the score 8-3 at the half.

The Jumbos mounted a mini- run to open the third, with sophomore attacker Brian Hwang scoring 23 seconds into the half to cut the deficit to 8-4. Another Wesleyan goal was answered by a pair from sophomore attacker Dan Kollar, and the score stood at a respectable 9-6.

However, two Wesleyan goals in the final three minutes of the quartermadethescore 11-6.Itwas 12-6 when Tufts made a desperate last stand, on goals from freshman attacker Chris Taylor and Kollar, with 5 5 8 and 5:39 remaining, respectively. Wesleyan scored twice more, though, coming away with a

- 14-8 victory.

“Wesleyan is a playoff team, and the way we played with them speaks to where we are going,” Daly said. “We battled back and kept fighting.”

The loss came on the heels of the team’s most dramatic victory ofthe season, when the host Jum- bosdefeatedMIT 8-7 inovertime.

The game was a seesaw battle through much ofthe first half, with the Engineers striking first, scor- ing4:07intothefirstquarter.Tuh answered back on goals by Molinelli and Hwang, before MIT tied the game with six minutes remaining in the period. Hwang’s second goal gave the Jumbos a 3- 2 lead after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Tufts appeared to take control, with goals by junior midfielder Matt Adler with 9:46 left, and freshman attackerJimMandlerwith7:56re- maining. MITgoals with4:3 1 and 1 :07 left in the first half cut Tufts’ lead to 5-4 at halftime, however.

Fromthere,the Jumbos’ offense went cold. MIT scored goals with 8:13 and51 secondsleftinthethird quarter, turning a one-goal Tufts lead into a one-goal deficit. The Engineers’ run continued into the fourth quarter, as they scored their fifth consecutive goal with 7:25 remaining. Ittookagoalby Soponis with 458 left in the game to break the slump that had extended over half of the game (nearly 33 minutes). The next scoreless string was significantly shorter, however,

see MEN’S LAX, page 32

lacrosse expects to -

w . . .. clissapointmg season Women’s Lacrosse

try. The season began on a posi-

tive note during spring break, as the team scorched to a 3-0 record in PanamaBeach, Florida. Scrim- maging against some of the best teams in the country, and winning often, it seemed that the young, talented team would go far.

Unfortunately, the team proved mortal, and stopped winning games the way it had anticipated. Although the team played well, a few tough losses to top-notch conference rivals left the Jumbos demoralized and out of sync.

“I think we looked too far ahead tomaketheNCAA Tournament,” captain Jen Martin said. “The lack of intensity and fun left us in a rut.”

“We set our goals extremely high,” added senior Liz Peach. V h e n we started losing, we lost confidence, and the losses snow- balled.”

Hovering around the SO0 mark for the second half of the season, chancesofqualifyingforthe ECAC Tournament looked bleak. The final game of the regular season against Wesleyan became the de- ciding factor in whether the team would even qualify for post-sea-

son play: a win would give them a spot in the ECAC Tournament; a loss would mean an abrupt end to a disappointing season.

Realizing that this could bethe last game of their careers, the seniors brought an extra edge of intensity to the field in the most important game of the season.

“I think the Wesleyan game had a much different spirit than any other game,” senior Katie Friend said. “We knew that if we didn’t win, it would be the last game ever.”

The game could not have been better staged as the two teams battled back and forth for the first half. Ten minutes into the second half, Tufts led 8-3, but Wesleyan immediately began a massive re- taliatory scoring drive. The Cardi- nals carriedtheir momentum to tie the score at ten with about a minute left, and the season seemed to be slipping away from the Jum- bos. However, with just one second left, sophomore Mia Baron found the net, winning the game and giving the team a place in the ECAC tournament.

Seeded fifth in the tournament, Tufts was given the opportunity to avenge their toughest loss of the season in the first round. The Jumbos were matched up against

see WOMEN’S LAX, page 32


Sports Men’s tennis finishes eighth at NESCACs tournament

season with disappointing performance against Division I11 schools Jumbos end 10-8 by SARAH SCHALMAN-

BERGEN Senior Staff Writer

After a mediocre 10-8 regular season, the men’s tennis team finished eighth in theNESCAC tour-

Men’s Tennis

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nament, its lowest placement in years. Despite an early winning streak, Tufts suffered in the season’s final weeks, largely due to the injury of senior Adam DeMezza. . This season’s lineup

consistsed of DeMezza, Scott Roehm, Chris Fuke, Sen Siva, Adam Scott and Seth Litt. The team began its season during spring break, on a trip at Grene Lefe resort outside of Orlando, Florida. There, the team won four matches and lost two, beating all

Photos by Daniel Rodrigues Senior co-captains Adam DeMezza (left) and Scott Roehm (right) led the Jumbos with records of 11-4 and 9-9, respectively.

Division I schools - the Univer- sity of Hawaii and Wright State University. After losing to those two schools, the team settled in and beat the rest of its opponents.

“They were a good first match for us to get our bearings,” Litt said. “It was really good to come offofourtrip inFloridaandplay in New England conditions.”

In the first week of the regular season, Tufts split its first two matches, beating Brandeis soundly, 6- 1, but losing at Amherst by the same score. Despite the loss against Amherst, who is ranked in the top ten in the nation, the team was optimistic about its performance. Theteam hadagood chance ofwinning for most of the match, but lost some close sets. The Jumbos lost three matches in

liams, the team dropped three straightmatches to Bowdoin, Bos- ton University, and Trinity. Tufts then defeated Colby 5-2. In that victory, the Jumbos took four of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches.

“Beating Colby was really up- lifting,” Scottsaid. “We were feeling pretty down after the past few losses, and we gained a lot of confidence after that win.”

After beating Babson to end the regular season, the Jumbos travelled to Amherst for the NESCAC Tournament, where they finished a disappointing eighth.

“We just didn’t step up to the challenge,” Watson said. “We weren’t outclassed, we just couldn’t get over the hump. We were in all the matches, but just

the third set, and two or three gamesinfavorofthe Jmboswould have changed the results for the day.

played really tough against this

couldn’tpullthrough.” The eighth place finish was the

worst in Watson’s history at Tufts. Previously, the team had never

conference.

of the Division 111 teams at the resort. The Jumbos scored 7- 1 vic- tories over Carleton College,

DuPage. They also beat Grinnell College 5-2.

The Jumbos’ two losses on the OberlinCollegeandtheCollegeof were both at the hands Of “We were really close and finished below fourth place in the Both men’s and women’s crews team,”Littsaid. “It was urettv disappointing,”

struggle at New byGABEGUARENTE

Daily Staff Writer While everyone else on campus was enjoying the

Spring Fling festivities on May 1, theTufts crew was on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, battling the top I L teams in New

England for the right to I eoontoNa- I Crew

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Overall, it was a disappointing day for Tufts, as both the men’s and women’s squads failed to overcome the difficulties that had been plaguing them all season. For some rowers, the regattamarked the last race ofthe season and, forthe seniors, the last race oftheir college careers.

On the women’s side ofthe New England touma- ment, the varsity boats rowed hard in their heats, but their results were sub-par.

Tufts came in fifth out of six boats, with a time of 7: 17.83, edged out by UConn, who finished only a couple of seconds ahead. The boat did not make it to the final heats.

“It wasn’t because we didn’t put in the effort,” senior captain Jessica Normand said.

Normand is one ofseven seniors on the team. She has rowed all four of her years at Tufts, and was part of an undefeatednovice eight boat that won theNew England tournament her freshman year. This boat also included senior Erin Bvrnes.

England finals Coach Jim Watson agreed, saying, “The team was very competitive against Amherst and had a chance to win.” “The seniors showed incredible fortitude, After dismantling Wesleyan juggling academics and work, and still finding with a 7-o sweep, the team faced time to help try to make a boat go fast,” Caldwell MIT. Deme~whomissedmuch of last season due to a shoulder said.

‘‘They will besorely missed,”juniorEmily Balough while warm-

ing up for the match. The senior added. The varsity lightweight boat was one ofthe bright- played through his doubles match, est spots for Tufts this season. It rowed in the but lost and continued for a few heavyweight heats in New Englands as a second singles rounds. The Jumbos list varsity boat, and did very well against competition the match to MIT 4-3. that was biggerand stronger. The boat came in third In the match against

out of five in the petit finals, and will head back to Middlebury, with Demezza out, Worcesterthis weekend for theNationa1 tournament. everyone moved up a spot, giving The captain of the lightweight squad, senior Jill freshman Mark Fitzgerald a posi- Mather, will be difficult to replace. Starting as a tion at the six spot. coxswain for the men’s program her freshman year, Middlebury match was Mather has worked hard all four years to make sure themost excitingmatchthat I have that she and her team performs at the highest capac- been involved in for years,,, ity. Watson said. “She has become a real role model for her team The Jumbos started off dominating, and took doubles before it members,” Caldwell said.

Many rowers from the novice squads will be raining and they had to move inside. In singles, Litt and rowing inthevarsityboatscomenextyear,andtaking

the place ofthe seniors who left. The women’s novice Fitzgerald played strong matches team performed well allyear, but hadadisappointing in their respective fifth and six out of six boats, while the second boat (which in- set. The Jumbos ended up beating cludes senior Nancy Potvin) came in third out of six Middlebury by a 4-3 marg.in.

After losing to top-ranked Wil- in its heat.

showing atNew Englands. The first boat came in fifth spots, and both won in the third

Siva said. “We piayed hard and we didn’t get blanked out by anyone.”

“We had a lot of close losses this time,” Watson said. “We lost to all the same guys that we lost to during the regular season.”

This year, Tufts will graduate its top three players, co-captains DeMezza and Roehm, as well as Fuke. Other graduating seniors include Aaron Strasser and Jey Furushotham.

DeMezza led the team this year despite his injury. The senior finished his career as a Jumbo with a singles record of42- 17.

Roehm ended the season with a9-9 singlesrecord, while hecom- bined with DeMazza to post a 10- 5 record on the number one doubles team. Fuke also ended up with a 9-9 singles record, to bring hiscareerrecordto 13-18. Roehm leaves Tufts witharecordof32-34. Scott finished with a strong final record as well, at 12-6 on the year.

Watson is aware of the diffi- culty of replacing his seniors. “We’re losing our top three this year,” Watson said. “Next year could be a rebuilding year, but we’ll see where we are then.”

Sailors look to National Title in Fla. “[She is] one ofthe pillak on the team,’’ sophomore Sam Minc said.

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year, but returned her junior and senior seeds are from the area. A first through fifth years to become one of the strongest place sweep at Nationals, which has not rowers in the varsity program. Normand, occurred since 1989, looks possible. Byrnes and some of the other varsity The Team Racing Nationals are the sec- eight rowers will be going to England this ond event, and only two teams from New summer to row at Henley. The two had England will be represented. Tufts will be gone as freshman, so it is appropriate that looking to beat St. Mary’s, USC, and the their college crew careers have come full College of Charleston to gain the title. The circle. only one second in thecountry going into the Cham- Dinghy Nationals should also be a close

The second varsity eight boat has had contest between Tufts, top-ranked St. to overcome many losses and injuries this Mary’s, Old Dominion, USC, and Charles- season. Going into New Englands, the ton. The team is trying to get back on track boat changed seatings and rowerssomany when it comes to winning national titles - times that it was hard forthe squadtoreally the Jumbos won the Dinghy Nationals in come together and be competitive in the 1997, the Team Racing Title from 1993-96, tournament. The boat came in last in the Whiletheirfellow seniorswereenjoying andwomen’s,(behindDartmouth)butwhen andthe Women’sTitle in 1990, ’93, ’94,and heat, ten seconds behind Wellesley. How- ’96. ever, the loss was not entirely disappoint- Despite the fact that the biggest regattas ing. of the year have yet to occur, the sailors

“The second varsity boat rowed hard have already accomplished many impres- and did well, considering the adversity the sive tasks. All eight seniors were starters rowers had to overcome,” coach Gary this season, and they have held a com- Caldwell said. manding presence all year long. Jon Baker

Seniors Aimee Parow, Kristy Teele, and and Jessi Dimock sailed the A division in Aubrey Troutman all rowed in the second varsity boat. on victory. see SAILING, page 13

by SAMANTHA SNITOW “We are not expecting any sort of a Senior Staff Writer sweep of the three Nationals,” coach Ken

Justafewdaysfromnow, with Pompand Legler said. “But we are Players and con- Circumstancestillringing intheirears,eight tenders to win any ofthem.”

seniors will Leglerexpectstheteamtowinoneofthe be on the wa- three competitions, due to the success they ter down in havedisplayedthroughouttheseason. Both Florida with the women and the co-ed teams are ranked

thing on their minds: winning a natipnal pionships. title. Accompanied by a junior and two “So far I’m very pleased with our sea- sophomores, these eleven members of the son,” Legler said. “It’s a bit frustrating Tuftssailingteamwillspendtheirf~tweeks being ‘number two’ for most of the year, ofsummer vacation preparing forandcorn- which is where we have been in both co-ed peting in Nationals. (behind St. Mary’s College of Maryland)

their last weekat Tufts during Senior Week, YOU are ‘number two’ hgenough, eventu- the sailing team was already practicing for ally good things happen.” the Women’s National Championship, the For those good things to happen, Tufts Team National Championship, andthe Din- will have to beat out some tough competi- ghy National Championships. All three tion. The women, who have been inching championships are being held at Eckerd closer to Dartmouth all season, will have College in Florida from May 26 to June 4. one last chance to catch them and set the

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A nine-game winning streak to close the year could not overcomean extremely tough schedule, as the Tufts baseball team failed - I 4 Baseball

to make the post-season with a 17- 15 record. This ended a five-year string of post-season alppearances, which saw the Jumbos win three ECAC crowns, finish as a runner up for the title, and also earn an NCAA berth.

“It is hard because we should be there in terms of ability,” coach John Casey said. “What happened is that when you put your fate in someone else’s hands, you can’t control what happens.

“I don’t thinkthat [theselection committee] made a good decision in not letting us in there. Webeattwoorthreeofthoseteams thatgotbids. I’lltellyourightnowthatthere are eightECAC coaches that arejumping up anddown thatwe’renotthere, but you have to live with what they give you.”

Streaks have traditionally characterized Casey’s teams over the past several years, and this year was no different. Tufts had winning streaks of nine and three games, while they endured three four-game losing skids. Tufts only lost to one team that had a losing record, however, as they went through one of the toughest schedules in New England.

Photo by Daniel Rodrigues

After finishing out his final season, senior Dan Morse may be headed to the pros after the MLB draft this June.

“I think you judge a team by seeing how well they finish,” Casey said. “PIus, you’ve got to look at who we were playing. We had a hell of a schedule. We were playing great at times and lost a lot of one-run games. We were right there. When our backs were againstthewallat 8-15,wecamerightback.”

Tufts opened the season by winning the first three games of its spring break trip. Junior pitcher Zack Brown recorded the

first win of the season for the Jumbos in a 5-3 defeat of Randolph-Macon. The of- fenseexplodedfor 12and 16runsinthenext two games, against Randolph-Macon and Guilford, respectively. The Jumbos then hit a funk, however, as they proceeded to lose six ofthe final seven games ofthe Southern

After a doubleheader sweep of Bates on April 3, the Jumbos seemed to be on the right track, having evened their record at 7- 7.Tuftstookthefustgame 12-7,withsenior tri-captain Matt Marengi getting the win. In the second game, Brown pitched his best game as a Jumbo, hurling a three-hit complete-game shutout to even his record at 2- 2. Brown took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, before Bates first baseman Drew Blicharz broke it up with a single. That did not phase Brown, however, as he did not allow a runner to reach second base after the first inning.

The real star of the day, however, was senior third baseman John Flack. Flack went 7-9 in the two games, which began his emergence as Tufts’ most dangerous hitter. From thosegameson, Flack hit at a SO6 clip with 3 1 runs batted in and five home runs in 20 games. Flack finished the year hitting .429 with ateam high 39 RBI and five home runs.

The Jumbos, who had been under the SOOrnarkforthefirsttimesince 1994,seemed so close to getting over the hump, but then got hammered by Dartmouth 1 1-4 and Brandeis 3 1-1 1. The team could not re- bound, asthey lost both games ofaNESCAC

swing.

Underclassmen and seniors sailed in Senior Week SAHLING continued from page 13 Dinghy, while Kyle ShattuckandTashaBaker as well as co-captain Charlie Siegal and Meghan Boardman sailedtheDinghy B division. ThesesixalsosailedintheTeamRacing regattas.

Co-captain Caitlin Macallister and Kelly Armitage sail the women’s regattas, with Dimlock as a light air alternate. The highlight so far for the team was when they won both the Dinghy and Team RacingNew England Championships a few weeks ago, and finished a very close second to Dartmouth in the Women’sNew England Championships. They have won or placed second in the majority ofregattasthey have competed in.

Along with the success of the seniors, the 30-plus other members ofthe team also

accomplished a lot this spring. These sailors also finished within the top five in the majority of the regattas they sailed in.

The freshmen made a large contribution to the team and showed that they could defend home turf when necessary. AAer a mere five-point loss to Boston College at the Freshman Priddy Trophy at BC, the freshman beat the Eagles by 22 points at Mystic Lake the next weekend for the Gibb Trophy.

According to Legler, these underclassmen should be able to pick up right where this year’s seniors leave off. In fact, in order toprepare forthe future,many oftheunder- classmen will be sailing with the seniors during Senior Week. This is one ofthe ways Tufts keeps its edge over its competition. While most schools have only those par-

ticipating in Nationals currently training, those Jumbos who are not going will still train in preparation for next year.

Even if the team doesn’t bring home a national title, it has already had an impressive season.

“I am happy about how the season went this year,” Macallister said. “I think our women’s team improved throughout the spring season.. . We accomplished one of our main goals, which was to qualify for Nationals. Now we are looking forward to doing well at Nationals.”

“Overall as a team we are happy with what we did especially after the last couple weeks, when we won two New England qualifiers,” Tasha Baker said, echoing Macallister’s sentiments. “This is what we’ve been working for.”

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RUNNERS continued from page 12 and, 1,500 meter events indoors, butoutsidesheonlymthe 1,500.

“The 1,500 is my favorite race,”Ravesaid. “I setagoal for myself to qualify for ECACs in the 15 and I just kept running it until I did SO.”

In the last individual race of her career, at ECACs on May 8, Rave proceeded to set a personal record in the 1,500 (4:54.45),whilefmishingsixth in her heat and 18th overall.

“I feel extremely privileged to have been able to attend Tufts and take advantage of all ofthe opportunities here,” Rave said. “Tufts has givenme everything1 wanted. Andofcome,track has been a big part ofmy experience here. All of the girls on the track team share a very unique bond: we’re all pas- sionate about running.77

Shapiro echoed her teammate’s feelings.

“Track has brought out the

Caitlin out.” Inthe 10,000, itwasanother

Jumbo, Manning, who took first place. Like Murphy, she also set anew school record in herevent. Manningmissed out on an automatic National bid by just six seconds, but still has a good chance of qualifying, according to Smith-King.

“Despite all the stress and pressure, everyone performed theirbest,” Shapirosaid. “[Sev- enth overall] wasthe bestwe’ve done at ECACs in a long time. As for the season as a whole, it .was short ut everyone accomplished their goals.”

Several Tufts runners competed at the All-New England Championships last weekend (May 14-15) on their home track. Murphy continued to tear up her competition in the 800, taking first place in the event with a time of2:13.04. Murphy, along with Manning andEsposito, willalsobe com- peting at the National Divi- sion I11 Championships.

doubleheader at Williams the following weekend, by scores of3-1 and 5-4. Williams came from behind to win both, as Tufts came up withjust five runs combined for the two games against the NCAA-bound Ephs.

The Jumbos’ strong finish began with a convincing 27-7 win at Babson, followed by a 10-9 squeaker versus UMass-Dartmouth. The following weekend, Tufts swept a pair of doubleheaders in Maine, against Colby and Bowdoin. In the first Bowdoin game, Jon Mugar put forth one of his finest games in a5-3 win.

Colby proved to be no match for Tufts, as the Jumbos won 1 1-5 and 1 1-3. Marengi and freshman Steve Lapham notched the wins. For the day, Tufts showed that they were able to hit the long ball, as senior tri- captain Pat Fernan hit two, while Flack, sophomore Cory Dolich, and freshman Tim Ayers added one apiece.

Even with the season-ending winning streak, the Jumbos did not receive a bid to the ECACs.

After losing Brian Symmons to graduation, Jon Mugar, Marengi, and Brown were supposed to anchor the pitching staff. However, the team surrendered 5.74 runs per game, versus the 4.38 ERA from last season. Marengi, who went down with a ribcage injury and did not start the season at tidl strength, affected the rise in ERA. The senior was expected to post a sub-2.50 earned run average like he had the past two seasons, but never regained his form. He finished the year at 3-4, with a 5.28 ERA.

Mugar pacedthe Jumbos with team highs in wins (four) and ERA (4.07). Brown emerged as a solid starter as well, going 3- 4 with a 4.74 ERA. Junior Nick Svencer became the team’sotherstarterandwent 3- 3 with a5.06ERA.

With the team’s pitchingtroubles, Casey started freshman Steve Lapham at times. Lapham finished the year2-2 with an ERA of5.83, butthat ERA was inflated duringthe 3 1-1 1 drubbing at Brandeis.

The potent offense often downed the top teams in New England, as the team hit .337, up from the last year’s .325. Brown, who played second base when not on the mound, led the team with a .430 average. Fernan reboundedfrom asub-par 1998 campiign to hit .339 with 5 home runs and 33 RBI.

Once again, Dan Morse was the focus of the Jumbo offense. An All-American last year, Morse hit .377, with five home runs, 26 RBI, 18 walks, a .6 13 slugging percentage, and a .48 1 on-base percentage.

Another sparkplug at the top of the order forthe Jumbos was freshman Dan Callahan. Callahan, aleft-handed hitter, was use dinthe two spot and was arguably the most consis- tent Jumbo. Hefmishedthe yearhitting .413 with 26 RBIs and ateam-high 52 hits.

“Callahan was a major addition,” Casey said. “Wedidn’texpectahshman tohit .4 13. Steve Lapham came through and pitched a fewgreatgames. Henow knows he can pitch. Those two really helped us overcome injuries. We didn’t have the same nine or ten in our lineup forninegames. Wehadguysplay really well for us. Nobody has to tell us if we’re good or bad. We know that.”

Next year, the Jumbos willopen without Morse. The centerfielder, who possibly could be selected in June’s Major League draft, will obviously be missed. He was arguably the best five-tool player to step on to Huskins Field. On the pitching side, Mugar and Marengi graduate, but the team will look to Svencer, junior Mike Saucier, and Lapham to eat up innings. The comers of Flack and Feman provided a potent four- five combo, in addition to being two ofthe team’smost respected players. Even with a younger team returning, Casey believes that his squad will be just as competitive.

“We had more than just the seniors contribute,” Casey said. “It was a total team effort this year, with a lot of contributions from younger guys. We’re gonna be tough again next year too.”


As we, the Class of 1999, say goodbye to Tufts, it is hard not to reflect back on the last four years. We came in as unknowing, yet eager freshmen, sitting on the chairs in front of Ballou Hall wondering what would be in store for the future. Little did we know that we would sit here again, remembering the varied achievements which, taken together, have formed what is now the legacy of the Class of 1999.

Our class is filled with activists, actors, andathletes-people from all walks of life who have left their own footsteps on the Hill. Ours is the first class to see Tufts launched into the top 25 of the US News and World Report rankings. We are the last class to remember the old Wessell Library and its new incarnation, Tisch. During ourtenure, Brown and Brew took over Curtis Hall, Sweet Hall was demolished, and construction began on a new fieldhouse.

The years were not without controversy. Freshman year we protested CampusLink and took overthe Tufts Community Union Senate, beginning a long tradition of activism for the Class of 1999 at Tufts.

Later, we raised our voices in concern when the Senate spent $100,000 for the construction of the new patio behind the campus center. When the UNICCOjanitors were fired, we stormed Ballou; when Todd McFadden resigned as head ofthe African American Center, we did it again. And when Jack Schnirman ran against Josh Goldenberg, some of us supported a block of wood.

The Elass of ’99 has also witnessed some of the greatest moments in the history of Tufts’ athletics. We were sophomores on the 1997 men’s basketball team which had no freshmen, making us the last remnantsofadramaticrun to thesecondroundoftheNCAA Tournament. Over600 Jumbos, clad in brown and blue, stood screaming in the stands, and Tufts history was made. Life repeated itself this year, as the football team packed Ellis Oval for its Homecoming game against Williams.

Some of our best memories, of course, are not the ones that the entire school has enjoyed, but rather those late nights hanging out with friends when we realized we had met people that had changed our lives.

The stresses of classes, exams, and papers, and the inevitable relationship problems sometimes made us wish we were anywhere but Medford, but looking back at it now, we know everything was worth it.

We, the class of 1999, are leaving behind our comfortable home and venturing out into the world for a whole new set ofexperiences. Tufts has given us memories we will cherish for the rest ofour lives,and we are already counting down the days to Homecoming.

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By winning this year’s Tufts Community-hion Senate presidential election, Lany Harris has iccomplished the first step towards his goal of affecting meaningful change on campus. The next step, iowever, will be farmore difficult.

As we look forward to next year, one word dominates our th0ughts:potential. Harris has the potential o be a dynamic and effective leader, moving forward from his success as treasurer to improve the way hfts students govern themselves. On the other hand, Harris also has the potential to be a divisive force, fhe holds true to some ofhis campaign rhetoric. Therefore, the Daily challenges Harris on three different ronts:

1) We challenge Larry Harris to find practical ways to implement his positive ideas. During the campaign, Harris’ best ideas were not necessarily driven by grand ideology. Instead, his

,trongest proposals, such as monthly meetings to discuss the Senate surplus, were specific, concise, and well-thought out. Harris clearly indicated that these meetings would help to satisfy his goal ofencouraging itudent involvement in the Senate, allowing for more practical application of fmancial resources. Similarly, lis intention to add a shuttle to Harvard Square and Lansdowne St. is a straightforward approach to ncreasing social options. Such a plan would not be difficult to carry out.

However, Harris got himself into trouble when attempting to stand on a campaign soapbox. Harris’ moposal to establish a Cultural Coordinating Committee sounds nice when he claims that it will allow :ulture groups to coordinate their political and programming agendas. A danger exists, however, ifHarris ails to take his idea to the next-level: answering the question of how this will be beneficial to the entire :ampus.

If he plans to use the Cultural Coordinating Committee as a method to improve political diversity at rufts, he needs to make that clear, ahd then elaborate. Similarly, ifthis is just amechanism to improve the elations between, and effectiveness of, culture groups, he must explain how this relates to the rest of :ampus. Otherwise, Harris runs the risk ofpushing through a narrowly-tailored agenda that leaves much Pf the campus in the dark. That said, his idea for a Leadership Alliance, bringing together the heads of ill campus organizations once a semester, seems worthwhile and easy to accomplish; Harris needs to :apitalize on and pursue these and other ideas to their logical conclusion.

2) We challenge Larry Harris to incorporate some of Vivek Ramgopal’s strong ideas into his agenda. Harris has taken the first step towards meeting this challenge by announcing his intention to make

lamgopal part of his cabinet. However, the real test will be whether Harris can forget what, at times, was contentious campaign, and employ the ideas that Rampgopal used to gamer such a large percentage

if the vote. Ramgopal put fundraising at the heart ofhis campaign, while Harris did little more than pay it lip service

n his “Six Points of Light” plan. Harris threw out the term “corporate sponsor,” as a possible solution to he University’s financial problems. Certainly, that sounds good and attracts attention. However, tttracting a corporate sponsor is infeasible - Harris should forget some of the promises of his own :ampaign, and co-opt the better parts of Ramgopal’s.

Harris should follow Ramgopal’s lead and attack the root of the problem: Tufts’ woeful system of ioliciting alumni contributions. Harris shouldmake arecommendation to the administration for improving he University’s fundraising organization. Successful fundraising requires effort by both the administra- ion and students. By addressing the fundraising issue, Harris can not only fix a major problem, but also et an example for cooperation within the Senate.

3) We challenge Harris to avoid taking an antagonistic stance towardr the administration. We admire Harris’ willingness to stand for students’ principles against the administration. However,

ve implore him to give the administration a clean slate at the beginning of the year. There is no need to tart next year off with antagonism, especially since the Senate is far from autonomous from administrative lecisions. The Senate, while representing student interests, must be the body that strives to reconcile the

lifferences between the administration and more radical campus groups. By announcing he is “not nterested in being friends with any administrators,” Harris insinuates that he will be unwilling to ompromise. A successful president must be capable of articulating student concerns in an effective nanner, and that means being able to negotiate with the powers that be. Open hostility is counter- roductive to this goal, and Harris’ attitude could potentially prevent students from accomplishing neaningful change.

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Viewpoints

by Dan Pashman

“Thisiswhatwegetfor$30,000 a year?!”

So begins the tired refrain I have heard too many times during my four years here. Tufts students have convinced themselves that they are being cheated by the school, that the administration is holding back, and that they aren’t getting enough in exchange for their investment. However, students who hold this opinion are simpl~y looking for their returns in the wrong places.

The reason that Tufts’ dorms may not look as luxurious as the dorms at other schools, or why the athletic facilities may not seem so impressive, is simple: Tufts just doesn’thaveenoughmoney. Tufts has amazingly managed to vault itself into the upper echelon of American universities in spite of an alumni giving rate and endowment that, though slowly improving, still pale in comparison to those of many of our competitors.

Tufts administrators chase nickels and dimes around the budget, attempting to make the most out ofthe littlemoney they have to work with. What many Tufts students fail to realize though is that $30,000 ayeartimes4,500 students is still not very much money when itcomes tofundingamajoruniver- sity and trying to compete with the best schools in the nation.

Those students who quip that they will not donate money to Tufts because Tufts did not spend any inoney on them are being both unfair and immature. There is no secret slush fund, no hidden stock- pile of money - Tufts spends all it has. Because past students have

DaEr Pashman is a senior majoring in political science

Bang for our bucks left with that attitude, there isn’t nearly as much as administrators and students want.

After graduation, we can choose to leave future students to contend with the same difficulties of the past, or we can decide that

tion ofcourses, amajorconcertfor Spring Fling, 150 or so student organizations, and much more, while at thesametime fittingmost oftheadministration intoonebuild- ing.

Professors teach classes and

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high tuition, Tufts remains a see the president, but bargain for those students even as a second

mester senior, I am still meeting classmates for with the right priorities.”

we want Tuftonians of the future to have more than previous gen- erations. As it is now, in spite of our lack of funding and consequent high tuition, Tufts remains a bargain for those students with the right priorities.

Too many students seem to think that all of Tufts’ positives are commonplace, while all ofour negatives exist only here. They harp on our weaknesses, while taking our strengths for granted, never once stopping to think that perhaps the grass isn’t greener on the other side.

What truly sets Tufts apart is very difficult to put into words, though1 willtry. It is thetenor, the atmosphere - something so basic and so fundamental to our community that it usually goes unno- ticed. It is intangible, a strength that cannot be seen in a new dorm or fresh coat of paint, a strength that cannot be bought by even the largest endowment.

There are numerous aspects of Tufts that contribute to its tenor, the first being its size. Tufts is one of only ten or 12 schools in the country with approximately 4,500 undergraduates -not a fact to be taken lightly. The unique size of the undergraduate population allows us to support a wide selec-

a ’I An action in the Tufts tradition

by David Isles that those signing it might like to hear, and perhaps gain inspiration from, a Tufts graduate who, in a different time and under (superfi- cial1y)differentcircumstancestook asimilarpledge.

It is a story which should be

“Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department. Says Werner von Braun.” - from the song “Werner von Braun” by Tom Lehrer.

1 recently found in “Today’s graduates may not mycampusmailaletter be called upon to design new asking that I those graduating se- niomwhowillbeMg a “...pledge to explore

weapons (although that is still a growth industry), but they will face ethical choices in

and takeinto account abundance.” the social and environ- mental conseauences of any job [they] consider or any organization for which [they]

better known at this school. Norbert Wiener was a child

work.” This seemed reasonable, if innocuous, to me since the document added that “students may define for themselves what they believe to be socially and environ- mentally responsible.”

But as I continued to think about the pressures that young people face as they seek work and try to balance ideals against money or other attractions, I decided that aconsistent adherence to apledge even thismildmightdemandcon- siderable sacrifice. So I thought

David Isles is a professor in the department of mathematics.

prodigy. Intensively trained by his demanding father, he entered T u b at the age of nine in 1906, graduated three years later, received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1913, and, after further study in Europe, took a position in the mathematics department at MIT in 1919. He re- mained there until his death in 1964 doing basic work in many fields andgaining forhimself(and MIT) world fame.

His physical appearance - ro- tund, myopic, frequently puffing on a large cigar - fit the public stereotype of the “absent-minded professor” perfectly. He was ai-

the fisiiime. TU&’ size allows it to be varied without ever being overwhelming.

A friend of mine who attends Yale took a course with Professor Harold Bloom, one ofthe world’s leading biblical scholars. However, when he wanted to meet with Bloom, he hadtomake adaytrip to

Celebrating Bobbie, Rocky, the Class of ‘99 and

Yaleover Christmas break, because it was the only time Bloom was available. This is a problem few students have ever experienced at Tufts. The contact that Tufts students are able to have with administrators and professors may exist at some small colleges, and not enough students here appreciate that.

Still, though, I feel thatthe tenor ofTufts means much more than its unique size. It also has to do with the students, both the way they approach academics, and the way they relate to each other.

Last year, some friends and I went out to Boston College for a change of pace on a Saturday night. I was amazed by the dorms at BC - each one looked newer than the next, and they all made HaskellHall looklikeashantytown.

But when we tried to enterparties, we were not allowed in because there was someone at the door each time who asked bluntly, “Who do you know?’ Since we didn’t knowanybodythrowingtheparty, we were not allowed in.

WelefitheBCcampusinshock, unable to recall ever being treated in such a manner at Tufts. In this respect, Tufts students really need to give themselves a little more credit-we’re apretty cool bunch ofpeople, and trust me, they aren’t so cool everywhere else.

I give tours here, and I remem- berthatthe fmttimeaparentasked me how much pressure and competition there is among students, I was taken aback. The idea of intense pressure and competition

see STRENGTHS, page 32

by Me1 Bernsteiri

In the early 20th century, an intrepid explorer once observed: “Life is its own journey, presup- poses its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one’s own peril.” As you, the Class of 1999,prepare toleavetheHill,the Tu% communitywishesyouapros- perous and hlfilling journey.

While at times, you will deal with uncertainty, occasional dis- appointment, and unexpected challenges, you arewell prepared. You are Tufts’ legacy, and we rely on you and expect you to shape the next century, utilizing your skills as leaders, citizens, and visionaries. We also rely on you toreturn to us as alumni, and with inspiration and innovation guide this University through the changes of the 2 1st century.

Life changes are not the sole province ofthose whoare relatively young. Journeying with you into a new stageoflifearetwoindividuals who have contributed to this community for decades and whose wisdom, dedication, and altruism ex- emplify Tufts’ spirit of excellence and service: Bobbie Knable, Dean of Students, and Rocky Carzo, Di- rector of Athletics.

All of you recognize their names; most of you have had close relationships with one or both of them; and all of us - faculty, students, and administration -owe a debt to both for their lasting contributions to the quality ofthe student academic experience for almost three de-

Me1 Bernstein vice president of Arts, Sciences, and Technology

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cades. We are indeed fortunate that although they will be retiring from their present positions, both will return in the fall in new roles.

Rocky has assisted us tremen- dously in organizing Commence- ment, a voluntary addition to his physical education responsibilities, and now an activity to which he can devote his considerable talents. He will also take a leadership role in fundraising for athletics and in documenting the rich athletic history at Tufts.

Bobbie’s insight and sensitiv- ity to the needs of our students and staff resulted in her shaping the origins ofthe daycare program and the Women’s Center. Under her leadership, the Asian Ameri- can Center (the first on the East Coast), the Tufts Transgendered Lesbian Gay Bisexual Center (one ofthe first in the country), and the Latino Center were initiated as

administrativeofices. Bobbiewill continue to work on special projects in diversity and residential learning, while continuing he1 research on alcohol abuse and ways of reducing binge drinking among college-age students - all issues that are crucial to under. graduatelife.Inparticular,shewilI help us plan how to broaden anc enhance our residential life pro. grams; and as Arts and Science5 considersthe most effective way: to enhance and organize studenl services, Bobbie will work with the culture center directors, botb individually and collectively, tc discuss how best to meet the needs of their constituents.

Just as Rocky’s and Bobbie’s roles at Tufts have evolved anc willcontinuetoevolve, sotoowil yourrole - fiom students to a lum and mentors, but as your role: change, you will always be learn ing, exploring and transforming TheTufts communitythat remain! here - our faculty and adminis. trators -will miss you, but we foresee your promise and will cel- ebrate youraccomplishments. So too will we miss Bobbie’s sage suggestions and insight, along with Rocky’s cheerful wit and his vision of the studenvathlete.

The mark of agreat university is the ability to build on the accomplishments of those who move through it, yet remain integral to it. And so I am filled with optimism and gratitude as I see Arts and Sciences renewing itself with each matriculation and graduation, not only shaping the world, but alsorecreating our own world here on the Global Hill.

ways interested in applications of mathematics. During World War 11, he helped to design tracking mechanisms for anti-aircraft guns. This led him to formulate a math- ematical description of what we now call “feedback loops” where the information that amechanism receives changes its actions, which in turn changes the fbrther information it gets. He recognized this phenomenon as one which is wide-spread in organisms and in cooperation with biologists elabo- ratedthis insight intoafieldcalled “cybernetics.”

In theyears which followedthe

war, Wiener wrote books such as The Human Use ofHuman Beings and God and Golem (in the Tufts library) in which he attempted to explain to the public some of the potential consequences of technologies (such as the computer) which the war had spawned. He was so concerned by what he fore- saw would be the job-loss created by factory automation that he wrote to Waiter Reuther, head of the United Automobile Workers offering to advise him on the matter. For, he pointed out, “any labor which is in competition with slave labor, whether the slaves are hu-

man or mechanical, must accept the conditions of slave labor.”

The dropping of the atomic bombs on HiroshimaandNagasaki seems to have appalled Wiener and to have strengthened his paci- fist leanings. In 1946 he received a letter from an engineerworkiig on missiles for Boeing who asked for a copy of one of his papers. Wiener’ sreply, which he published in the January 1947 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, is remarkable for its contemporary relevance: “...It is perfectly clear also that to

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Viewpoints by Jack Schnirman

As we come to the end of a successful and challenging year, it is now time to look back on what has been accomplished as well as ahead towards the work that must be continued. I would first like to thankthe entire TCU Senate for all their hard work, support, and dedication, and give a very special thanks to Vice President Vivek Ramgopal and TCU Treasurer Larry Harris.

I am very proud of the accomplishments and progress that have been made on behalf of the student body this year and feel extremely comfortable leaving at a time when there is so much promise. With a solid core of senators returning to finish what we’ve started, a fiscal house that is in order, some necessary reforms, and voter turnout finally on the rise, the momentum that has been gathered should usher in an era of unprecedented effectiveness for the TCU Senate.

After I was elected TCU Presi- dent, former TCU President Ancy Verdier advised me that the most important things are follow-

Jack Schnirman is a graduating senior majoring in international relations. He is the outgoing TCU president.

by Sarada Peri

In the face ofwar, falteringne- gotiations, failed diplomacy, and suffering civilians, I now turn to Murphy’s Law to help explain the latest mishap to redden the face of Uncle Sam in the increasingly messy conflict in the Balkans. Murphy’s Law 4: “If there is a possibility ofseveral things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: Ifthere isa worse time for something to go wrong, it w i II happen then .”

Indeed, Murphy seems to .be the only one on the ball these days. At a critical juncture in for- mulating a diplomatic solution to the Kosovo crisis, the United States made an appallingly tragic oversi.ght and bombed the Chi-

Sarada Peri is a sophomore majoring in political science.

State of the Senate

through and continuity. Many of the initiativesundertakenthis year willtakemoretime tobe completed, so I would like to remind the Sen- ate how important it is to follow- through on this year’s progress. I was always told to strive to leave something or some place better than I found it, and I know that I have succeeded in doing that at Tufts.

Entering this year I outlined two main goals for the Senate and the student body. I wanted to focus on student participation in University governance and I

wanted to push Tufts to make its mark. I would be remiss in my duties if I didnot mention the great strides towards increasing Tufts’ financial aid packages that were made this year. It gives me great satisfaction that the administration responded to both our inter- nal pressure as well as competitive pressures and committed to achieve a socio-economically diverse student body. The Senate was able to directly address the issue ofgovernance by striving to reform the student-faculty system in order to ensure better representation for students. Stem- ming from that effort the Senate has received assurances that the student body shall now have a seat on the administration’s policy council.

Future challenges regarding issues of student participation are three-fold. The promise of Tufts Polls that caused so much frustra- tion withinmy administrationshall soon become a reality. After an unforeseen corporate buyout of the originator of Polls’ company and the realization that the proto- type was ill-equipped to handle the students’ needs, Tufts Com- puting Services has offered its assistance and is reconstructing a bigger and better system.

The next two issues are the

Boston-Areacollege Consortium the first annual Winter Carnival. andstrengtheningtherelationship Hopefullythisnew eventwill find between the student body and the its niche as a spring semester kick- surrounding communities, specifi- off event that entertains and cap- cally with regards to voting and tures the attention of the whole housing issues. The groundwork campus. The Senate also held our has been laid this year and the own pseudo-midnight pancake

“I am very proud of the accomplishments and progress that have been made on behalf of

the student body this year and feel extremely comfortable leaving at a time when there is

so much promise.”

challenge for the next administration will be to capitalize upon it. Additionally, Vice President Ramgopal took the lead on ensur- ing continued post-season play for our athletes by lobbying NESCAC presidents relentlessly.

The second goal I outlined for the year was for Tufts to strive to make its mark. We sought to revive old campus traditions and to begin new ones. As promised, I con- sulted with leaders of Program- ming Board, Concert Board, Enter- tainment Board, Spirit Army, and Lecture Series in an effort to put on more fun events to benefit the entire campus. We succeeded as promised. I met with the aforementioned groups and the result was

Murphy’s Law in Kosovo nese embassy in Belgrade, caus- ing an uproar in China that culmi- nated inamassive nationwidepro- test sanctioned by the government. Even our European allies are beginning to express some “deep dissatisfaction” (to use the oh-so moving and expressive language of diplomats) at the grave error. At the most fundamental level, it is time for some serious self-reflec- tion on the part ofthe United States.

It was only last week that Rus- sia finally reached an agreement withtheus anditsalliesonaplan for peace that included an international security force in Kosovo to implement precautionary measures against further conflict and to guide the return of displaced Albanian refugees. More importantly, it wasdecided thatthis force would be mandated by the UN Security Council, not only to pro- videcredibility tothe effort, but to assuage any fears of Western

troops blanketing Yugoslav soil. Enter the Big Mistake. The

Chinese government may well use its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council

the fact that China would hesitate to veto such a resolution that was backed by Russia. However, this does not take away from the fact that the US has some serious ex-

plaining to do to the Chi- nese people, who arenow being led into anational-

people against the evil ment desperate to push Americans, and pass out aside its concerns of a aovemment Droduced- slumping economy, in-

“This is the perfect opportuni~ to the istic frenzy by a govern-

” creasing unemployment signs saying rates, and government

‘Kill the Americans’ and ComDtion. This is the ‘Clinton is a Nazi.”’ perfe’ct opportunity to

rally the people against the evil Americans, and

pass out government produced- signs saying“Kil1 the Americans” and “Clinton is a Nazi.”

So much for American diplomacy abroad.

While explaining to the Chi- nese people how the most powerful nation in the world with the

and block any resolution support- ingthe force. One could argue that the possibility seems relatively remote, considering that the heightened tensions brought on by the incident should die down by the time the Council brings in such a resolution, not to mention

most advanced techniques in in- telligence and surveillance could make such a gross mistake, one that led to the deaths of three Chinese journalists, the US also should start owning up to its allies in Europe. They are beginning to wonder if they are investing a bit too much of themselves in an what amounts to an air war largely conducted by theUS military. Both Germany and Italy, key partners in NATO, have publicly expressed concern that the Euro-

. peans have allowed the United States to adopt too much power in the campaign against Yugosla- via.

European officials seem to be justified in questioning the ability - actually the eyesight - of the Americans, considering that the CIA apparently has issues distin- guishing between a huge, marble structure with blue mirrored glass and flying Chinese flags (the em-

breakfast in an effort to keep the tradition going. Additionally, the new administrationmust continue the process of revamping Hotung Cafe to become a center ofcampus social activity. Finally, senators have been engaged with the recently hired Director of Public Relations to find ways for students to assist in the effort to market Tufts to itself and to the nation. Cindy Pollard has a clear vision through which the perception of Tufts can catch up to its reality, and it is important that students play an integral role in that effort.

Before offering a few final

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bassy) and a concrete building known as the Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement (the Yugoslav arms agency that was the intended target).

So the question poses itself: should we be not only ashamed with the irresponsibility of our government, but perhaps fright- ened at the reality ofthe situation? We now are aware that this sort of thing can happen at any moment, even during the most crucial moments of a conflict. The government apologizes, expressing “deep regret at the loss of innocent life,” and yet I must ask, where is the accountability here? Will we ever take responsibility forouractions? “Oh, but it was a mistake,” says Mr./Ms. Government Official, and Americans pat themselves on the back forajob well done in defending human rights and promoting democracy and the American way in the Balkans.

Meanwhile, we, as American citizens, must question the nature of this mistake and its consequences. This sort of carelessness in war games will continue unless we demand that our own government be held responsible and not be allowed to politely excuse their actions as an inevitable conse- quence of their bravery. The US, very early on, rehsed to place ground troops in the conflict because it apparently spends obscene amounts of money on building up themilitaryjusttoprojectan image ofthe most powerfid nation on the planet. (When it comes time to defend its ideals, we have all the strength of Boy Scouts) And yet, the government can somehow jus- tifyhow itkilledthreepeople-not soldiers, but journalists.

This is indeed a frightening reality. Is this enough to make people demand answers, or will we continue accepting rhetoric?

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by Alex Shalom

Alex Shalom gave the following speech to win the Wendell Philip s Awardand the opportunity to be today’s commencement speaker. Shalom is a graduating senior majoring in political science.

When I told my father that I wanted to give this speech on the role the United States has played in the Israeli settlement ofthe West Bank and Gaza Strip, I could see that he thought it was a bad idea. He probably remembers when the magazine Jewish Frontier reported that a Jewish scholar who criticized Israel was driven by “deep-rooted urges of sadism, masochism, cannibalism (of both mother and father), and fratricide.”

More generally, my dad knows that when Jews criticize the actions ofthe State ofIsrael, they are often called everything from self- hating Jews to anti-Semites. On the contrary, I’d argue that Jews have a special obligation to speak up against injustices committed by Israel -just as men must fight sexism, straight people must be particularly active against ho- mophobia, white peoplemust work to eliminate racism, and gentiles should be especially concerned about anti-Semitism.

Wendell Phillips argued that “the agitator must stand outside of the organization, with no bread to earn, no candidate to elect, no party to save, no object but the truth.” Indeed, we must put truth above national or ethnic agendas and certainly above political popularity. Withthat inmind,allowmeafew minutes to shed some light on the current situation in the Middle East.

1 spent part of last Spring living with a pharmacist named Yousef Hassan and his family in the Pales- tinianvillage ofBurkaRamallah. I can’t begin to retell the stories of subjugation, oppression, and re- pression which I heard from the Hassans and other Palestinians I metonmytrip-therearesimply too many. All I can tell you in my brieftime is that despite seemingly confrontational rhetoric, the United States supports the continued occupation of Palestinian territories through its tacit ap-

proval of Israeli settlers’ presence there.

A little history: almost immediately following Israel’s victory in the 1967 War, it began to create settlements in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The United Statesjoinedthe international community in condemning the practice - referring to Israeli settlements as “an obstacle to peace.” Recently the Clinton administration expressed the continuity of the American position on settlements when US envoy Dennis Ross called Israeli settlements “very destructive to the pursuit of peace.”

Rhetoric is one thing, however, action is another. As you will sea, the US pays to entrench settlers anddisplacePalestinians. In 1993, when the Oslo Accords were signed, the decisions on several contentious issues were designated to be postponed until final status negotiations - among these topics was the question of settlements. The Israeli government argued that though they needed no assurances about the permanence of the settlements, they needed to be assured that settlers would be able to travel safely to and from Jerusalem.

Fair enough, one might think. The problem, however, with the Israeli proposal -which has been accepted and funded by the Clinton administration-was that it called for the laying of several permanent, multi-lane highways, through Pal- estinian lands. Palestinian property was confiscated, crops uprooted, and houses demolished to ensure the safe passage of settlers. While the Oslo Agreements declared that the question of settlements would not be decided until the final status agreements, there are now a few thousand tons of asphalt that make me think that the Israeli govenn- ment believes that question to be moot. Thetotal Americantab: $660 million, at last count. Needless to say, none of those funds went toward compensating Palestinians for lost land, crops, or homes.

It isnotjust via fundingthatthe United States signals its support for Israeli settlements. Look, for

see SHALOM, page 30

Clarifying Israel’s role in Lebanon

by Benjamin Gedan and Jon Japha

rorist organization. Despite superior technology, the IDF’s ability toretaliate is limited. The IDF can discern the origin of Hizbullah bombings but is hesitant to respond because Hizbullah guerrilla

discuss Lebanon-related issues and would not allow Lebanon to negotiate with Israel without the inclusion of talks concerning Israel’s return of the Golan Heights to Syria. This strategic

Recent Letters to the Editor printed in the Daily have com- ParedIsrael’srole insouthern Leba-

non to the actions of Serbia in Kosovo andhavecalledforNAT0 intervention in the conflict. Unlike Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s brutal incursions into Kosovo in an effort to maintain a stronghold on the province, Israel’s uresence in southern -

r - - ~ - proximately 30 Israeli solders die. annually in Lebanon and many others return home wounded.

During recent weeks, daily skir- mishes between the IDF and Hizbullah have resulted in further death and destruction. On May 7,

affirmed that it will continue its terrorist war against Israel even after a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Milosevic considers Kosovo a part ofSerbiaandwill stopatnoth- ing to crush the Kosovo indepen- - dencemovement. Israelhasno

Lebanon is strictly of a peace- keeping nature.

The Israel Defense Force (IDF~.whichsacrificesthelives

‘GMilosevic considers such determination. Instead, with a guarantee of peace, Is- rael wouldrejoiceinanoppor- tunity to leave Lebanon. This

Kosovo a part Of Serbia and Will Stop at nothing to ,-- - ,I

withdrawal cannot take place, of its soldiers to protect the crush the Kosovo _.. ~

civiliansofnorthemIsrae1 fiom independence movement. however, without a basic as- surance that the civilians in the Kibbutzim and villages of northern Israel will be safe from

Israel has no such determination.”

terrorist bombingsfiom southern Lebanon, has no expan- sionist designs on the land ”

Hizbullah bombs. andthe Israeli government has never sought io populate this area with its citizens. These dis- tinctions make any comparisons to the Kosovo situation entirely inappropriate.

Major conflict arose between Israel and Lebanon in the early ’80s when the Palestinian Libera- tion Organization (PLO) was forced out of Jordan by the Jordanian monarchy and began to operate in southern Lebanon. At this time, Lebanon was divided by a civil war between Muslims and Chris- tians and the government did not have the resources to control the growing PLO presence. When neighboring Syria sent its army into Lebanon to bring order to the country the PLO was once again ignored.

The PLO used its relative au- tonomy to repeatedly attack the cities and villages in northern Is- rael, killing increasing numbers of Israeli civilians. Eventually, with the casualties mounting, the Is- raeli army invaded Lebanon in an attempt to end the terrorist attacks and secure safety for its people. During the IDF’s march to Beirut there were unfortunate civilian casualties, but the end of the terrorist bombings had finally given peace to northern Israel.

After 300 IDF soldiers had died and international efforts were made to ensure peace between the nations, Israelpartiallywithdrewfiom Lebanon and has since occupied only a 15-kilometer-wide security zone in southern Lebanon with the cooperation of the Southern Lebanese Army (SLA). The SLA is comprised primarily of Leba- nese Christians who oppose the majority Muslim government. On- going fighting between religious factionssince the civil war has left residual tension and many Chris- tians fear that an Israeli exit from the region would result in violent persecution of the Christian minority by Lebanese Muslims.

Israelimilitary andcivilian lead- ershipalikewish towithdraw fully from Lebanese territory. IDF soldiers continue to suffer under at- tacksfiom Hizbullah, anotherter- Jon Japha and Benjamin Gedan are Sports and News Editors of the Daily, respectively. Both are Freshmen.

the Hizbullah sent bombs into the Galilee, killing an Israeli farmer in a blatant attack on civilians. Deaths on both sides cause Israel to exam- ine itsoccupation ofsouthernleba- non, but the fact remains that there is no guarantee that terrorist attacks will cease followingwithdrawal.

Russia, Iran, and Syriq provide the Hizbullah with Katyusha rockets and other munitions and no party has agreed to end the fighting after a full Israeli pull- out. Security assurances and safety for the SLA are the only primary conditions for withdrawal. Nevertheless, neither Lebanon nor the Syrian leadership which controls Lebanon, will negotiate a lasting peace agreement. In fact, when Israel offered full withdrawal, Syria refused to

Any comparison between the fighting in Kosovo and the conflict in northern Israel is unfounded in both historical fact and political reality. To under- stand the Israel-Lebanon conflict it is vital to recognize that Israel only took action in Lebanon in response to the intolerable kill- ings of its civilians in the north. Additionally, Israel’s past and current efforts to leave the region should not be ignored in an academic analysis of the situation. Milosevic has attacked innocent Kosovars and refuses to cede the Kosovo province. In Israel, the army is fighting to protect Israeli woman and children from Hizbullah attacks and, with an offer of security for the region, would eagerly remove all forces from southern Lebanon.

Nine reasons to stop the NATO bombings

The following letter was forwarded to a professor at Tups by Professor Ursula Doleschalof the University of Vienna, Austria. There were two other contributors to the letter: Professor Mar- tin Haspelmath porn the Univer- sity ofleipzig, Germany andpro- fessor Davide Riccafrom the Uni- versity of Torino, Italy.

Dear colleagues, We are extremely concerned by

what has been going on in Yugo- slavia during the last few weeks. The world is witnessingahorrible escalation of the war in Yugosla- via which each ofus, as citizens of democratic countries belonging to or sympathizing with NATO, is responsible for.

The media and leading politicians are almost unanimous in their support for the military escalation. WethinktheNATO bombings should be stopped immediately, for the following reasons:

First, the plight of the ethnic Albanians deteriorated dramatically after the NATO bombings began. That Milosevic would use the strategy of ethnic cleansing after the NATO attacks was pre- dictable from the beginning, be-

cause all Albanian civilians are now seen as enemies by the majority of Serbians.

Second, since help cannot be sent into Kosovo quickly, there is the imminent danger that all ethnic Albanianswill bedeportedfiom Kosovo in the coming weeks.

Third, as the bombings continue, the refugees cannot be helped effectively either, because the security of the helpers is not guaranteed, and neighboring countries are unable or unwilling to help sufficiently. If the main intention is to avoid a further de- terioration of the humanitarian catastrophe, the bombings must be stopped.

Fourth, the NATO war has helped Milosevic gain the support of the vast majority of Serbians, even those who regularly participated in demonstra- tions against his regime until recently. Only by stopping the war can we help the Serbians who oppose Milosevic’s criminal regime.

Fifth, the Rambouillet Treaty was not fair to Yugoslavia: It re-

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Sigma Phi Epsilon: Dave Beck Stuart Chizzik Tarken Friske Paul Fuller Dan Gelb Josh Goldblum Vishwaj it Jha Jason Knuth Jeff Levering Shane Malavenda Bill Mers Brendan Mulcahy Francisco Narganes Adam Nichols Sam Nietupski Tim Shea Matt Soran Jeff Steiner

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Zeta Beta Tau: Ryan Earley Steven Lai Philip Maxwell Susrutan Misra Brian A. Murphy Daniel Paretsky Jeffrey Skinner John Stemen John Wong

Zeta Psi: Chuck Heucler Gabr ie 1 I3roo ks David Cheng Jason Co langelo Sean Fitzsimmons Jason Gould Ben Harris Noah Hart Joshua Mycoff Dave Pijato

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WHY: planning of a SENIOR class cookout. We are SENIORS, and yet some of us have been abroad for either a semester or an entire year, It i s t h e to come back to Tufts and kick off OUT last year here. Some people come back fkom abroad and say that it was their best year at TuRs. Well, not our SENIOR class! Let's kick off SENIOR year with a bang.

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All you need to do is R.S.V.P. with an email containing your first and last name, and your intent to attend (class of 2000 only). Please do so no later than August lSt so that we can order the ri&t mount of food. There will be prizes, music, great food, free T-shirts for EVERY SENIOR, and much more. There is also a contest for what to print on the back of the T-shirts. It must be something related to SENIOR year. You can add your suggestion to the R.S.V.P. email, again, no later than Aug. ld, 1999.

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Tufts student NOVEL continued from page 9 English Lecturer Jonathan Strong, she sa.id, “the idea was always in my head. I knew that when I took a fiction course I wouldwrite about it.”

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have any distractions. “I put my- selfin azone like I’m in the Carib- bean. I put calypso music on in the backgroundandtalk to people with Caribbean accents,” Galiber- Gundel said.

Galiber-Gundel’s writing in- stincts are reflected in her English major and in her interest in the Peace and Justice Studies (PJS) program. She said that she chose to acquire a certificate in PJS to make herwriting more socially conscious.

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hadn’t read a lot of novels by Caribbean writers. Taking Peace and Justice Studies helped me get into a lot of those issues,” she said.

In particular, she said author Edwidge Danticat has influenced her greatly. Danticat is a Carib- bean novelist who is in her20sand has writtenapublishedandmuch- acclaimed novel.

“She has made a big impact on me,” Galiber-Gundel said. “If she can do it, I can do it too.”

“She gave me the kind of hope that people are interested in reading stuff like that and that people willreadmyworkeventhough I’m

Galiber-Gundel said. While Galiber-Gundel seems to

be at a high point in her early writing career, she remarked that her senior year ofhigh school was extremely promising as well.

“Maya Angelou came to the Virgin Islands to speak to a large crowd. There was a booklet with [works from] a bunch of student writers on the island, and she made a comment about a really good writer in the booklet,” Galiber- Gundel said. Angelou then read one ofGaliber-Gundel’s poems to the crowd.

During her years at Tufts, Galiber-Gundel has been involved

Last year she was Co-Editor-in- Chief of Onyx and she will be Co- Editor-in-Chief of Queen ’s Head and Artichoke next year.

As a freshman, she won the Dean’s community service award. Galiber-Gundel has been involved with volunteer work with the Na- tional Organization for Women for several years, and she plans to continue her work.

This year she won the Mary Grant Charles prize for creative writing with a focus on ancestry. Also, Galiber-Gundel wonan award from the African American Center for excellence in artistic creativity for her literary contributions to the

novels. “Before I came to Tufts, I notthe typical40-year-old writer,” in many student organizations. community.

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- Art History Prof. Judith Wexler makes film WECHSLER continued from page 9 Wechsler said. “These films are then shownwith exhibitionsas well as being distributed by the Mu- seumofModern Art inNew York.”

Wechsler has won numerous awardsforherwork in film, including the CINE Golden Eagle for her films Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. She also received the gold

plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival and the red ribbon at the AmericanFilm Festival forAaron Siskind.

Wechsler has written and ed- ited several books and articles, including A Human Comedy: Physi- ognomy and Caricature in 19th Century Paris. Throughout her career, Wechsler served on many boards and juries, such as the

Montreal Art Film Festival and the Knokke Film Festival in Belgium.

She also served as the president oftheBostonFilmandVideo Foun- dation board and was a member of the advisory board for a PBS special on American political cartoons. This program was co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Hu- manities.

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Seniors are shoved into life PARLANCE continued from page 9 is liable to get run over.

You don’t even have to leave campus. Every year our campus is set upon by the local youths (Le. delinquents) who root around looking for unsuspecting undergraduates to hoist up by the ankles and play tether-student with. Just what is this student armed with against such an attack? Critical thinking? It’shardtothinkcriticallywhenthe elastic around your underpants is

doubling as a headband. And if you think the local hooligans are bad, just wait until you see what El Jeffe has in store for you.

Seniors, it is graduationday. We are being evicted and the Univer- sity is lockingthe gate fi-om behind. They’re sending us little lambs out into a world where they’ve never evenheardthe wordtardy. Yousee the colors on our caps and gowns? Black and black. Usually when people are dressed in these colors, there’s a hearse nearby.

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Tufts takes action on L greenhouse effect CLIMATE continued from page 5 tions. According to Christianson, two solar power projects exist involving off-campus Tufts buildings in Medford which he said could potentially cover their costs through energy savings.

The Tu% Climate Initiative will put Tufts in the driver’s seat of an evolvingpolitical and environmen- tal process. The University will be reaching out to other colleges in an effort to convince them to emulate Tufts’ actions. So far, Christianson said that Middlebury College has expressed interest, among others.

If successfhl, the Tufts Climate Initiative could prove to be a pivotal catalyst to government action on climatechange. By provingthat mitigating climate change is eco-

nomically feasible, andeven prof- itable, Tufts can help to end the government inertia.

“Once you get examples like [the Medical School building] you can’t say no,” Christianson said. “We have the power of economics on our side ... maybe we’ll shame the policy-makers into supporting it because it’s definitely going to work,” he said.

The Tufts Climate Initiative began this past fall when Fletcher School ofLaw and Diplomacy Pro- fessor and Director off IE William Moomaw met with Tufts administrators and convinced them that “by committing to this we could set an example and save money.”

The Initiative is also drawing praise forthe University. An April 24 editorial in the Boston Globe

applauded the Tufts approach: “Participants in the Tufts conference... will begin actingright away on the premise that reducing greenhouse gases can be not only healthy for humanity but also cost- effective.”

The Climate Initiative features partnerships between Tufts and other industrial actors. “Tufts is looking for partnerships with utilities, corporations, and other organizations to find better and more cost effective ways to reduce our energy use and emissions,” DiBiaggio said.

According to TIE literature, “The plan will not only engage facilities managers, but will also create innovative, interdisciplinary, educational and research opportunities for students and faculty.”

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Faculty proposes changes to requirements FACULTY continued from page 5 committee also proposed the hiring of distinguished visiting faculty members, in order to fill what are defined as areas ofgreat need.

The third committee, represented by deans Bobbie Knable and Robert Hollister, presented a set of less concrete recommendations. Their Committee on Com- munity and Communication pressed for a change in the overall environment which would improve communication among students, as well as between the administration and the student body. Knable explained that the University “needs to make a dis- tinction between imparting information and real communication.” While methods for achieving this hoped-for community are difficult to pin down, the committee recommended expanded use ofe- mail, monthly meetings between administrative and student leaders, and amuch larger schedule of University-sponsored programming as means to this elusive end.

Two more tangible areas of concern, racial issues and distribution requirements, were ad-

dressed by the Oversight Panel and the EPC, respectively. Asso- ciate Professor of Geology Anne Gardulski, chair of the Oversight Panel, countered the assertions made by some student politicians this year that the Task Force on Race had been ignored and forgotten.

According to Gardulski, all 24 ofthe Task Force’s “priority one” recommendations had been dealt with, and specific reports on planned actions were given to the offices of the president and vice president.

“All priority one recommendations have had some progress made on them,” Gardulski said. “In this coming year, we will move on to priority two recommendations.”

Gardulski emphasized, as did Knable and Hollister, that communication between the students and administrators is severely lacking. “We must come up with better ways to communicate directly with [the student body],” she said.

The EPC’s report closedout the faculty meeting, makingaprelimi- nary proposal on changes to the

distribution requirements before the faculty retired to its annual champagne reception. Associate Professor ofGerman, Russian, and Asian languages Charles Inouye presented a possible revision to the requirements, one which would reduce the number of overall requirements from ten to eight. Stu- dents would be required to take one course each in the mathemati- cal and natural sciences, as well as one“floater”course ineither mathematics, natural sciences, engineer- ingltechnology, or computer science. They would also need to take one course in the humanities, one course in the arts, and one course in the social sciences, in addition to two floater courses in any of the three aforementioned disciplines.

“They say changing the curriculum is likemovingacemetery,” Inouye quipped. “This is just a preliminary report, just to get people thinking.”

This recommendation, ifeven- tually approved at the EPC’s June 25 meeting, will then be presented to the faculty for avote next year, making what is now apreliminary proposal into a potential reality.

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When asked about Tufts’ questionable position on the US News and WorldReport rankings, Bedau expressed very little confidence in the accuracy of the rankings.

“I attach virtually no weight to them, and I don’t think that any faculty member, attaches any weight to them,.” he said. “They measure the wrong sorts ofthings. I’m not sure that I wouldapprove of what it would take to boost us in those rankings ... I wish they could figure out a better way to rate.”

Bedau, in what could be seen as his parting words, gave his advice on how to best appreciate the time one spends as a undergraduate.

“These four years are, I think, a great treasure; and I often think that when I was in college - and things haven’t changed all that

much -most of us don’t appreciate the meaning of the tremendous value ofwhat it is that we are experiencing. It’s a precious thing, and it needs to be supported, it needs to be absorbed fully. The last thing in the world that you want to do is to waste your time at this college for four years.

“There’s so much to be got, the time is so precious,” he continued. “When you’re burdened with mortgage payments, you’ll look back on these four years as a kind of heavenly moment when you were free of all those responsibilities - and you will curse yourself for failing to take advantage of them - if in fact you don’t. Make the very greatest use of your four years here to advance your own maturity and education and your whole view of the world.”

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FormerTuh’ football coach and current Athletic Director Rocco (Rocky) Carzo announced his res- ignation earlier in the year. He will continue to lead Commencement planning and work on document- ingthehistoryofathleticsatTufts.

Sylvia Feinburg, professor of child development and long-time associate of the Eliot Pearson School since its inception, will be leaving Tufts this spring after 32 years. Feinburg, who was originally trained as an artist and art educator, twice served as the chair of the child development department. She spent a good portion of the past three decades working to further the role of art in evaluating early childhood development.

Feinburg was described by a colleague as “a brilliant, original, and truly inspired teacher as it should be, but often is not, for those who are training our future teachers.”

In Feinberg’s retirement, her collegaue said the Eliot Pearson school will “lose amajor source of the heart and soul of this department.” A fund is being created in Feinburg’s honor.

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Loutfi made an impact on students and faculty members alike. “She brought fresh air on all of our lives,” one colleague said.

Another facultymemberwhose absence will be noted next year is CharlesNelson, German professor, former chair of both the German and the art history departments, and former dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Nelson served in the 87th infantry division in World War I1 and fought in the famed Battle of the Bulge. After serving time as an American civil servant in Germany and Aus- tria, Nelson returned to the United States to raise three young sons.

Provost Sol Gittleman, whostud- ied with Nelson at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, praised Nelson’slifetimeaccomplishments. “He is our Captain Kirk, going where others fear to go,” he said.

Mathematics professor James William (Bill) Schlesinger will be retiringafter40years ofteaching at Tufts. Schlesinger served as the department chair from 1969 until 1973. He was instrumental in introducing the computer science department and was, for many years, Tufts’ “computer guru,” according to a colleague.

Students intern at Tristar INTERNS continued from page 6 they are all interested in the entertainment industry. The grouprep- resents a wide variety of interests and talents.

Lubin, who claims to “make a damn good cup of coffee,” is a fan

want to do a show like that,” he said.

Paradise is thinking about pur- suing a career in broadcast news. She will be working in current pro- grammingat Columbia. “Between [the internship at Channel Four] and this summer, I should have a pretty good idea of what I want to do,” she said.

“I want to put Spielberg out of business and take his place,” Glassman said. This summer he will be working in the drama department.

Working in President Tannebaum’s office will expose Wang to his area of interest: the business end of television.

Chen, an IR major, hopes that the internship will expose her to the intricacies ofthe entertainment industry. “I find it really interesting but I don’t really know much about it, so I wantto see if I like it,” she said. Chen will be working with Lubin in comedy.

The other interns will be spread throughout the president’s office, programming, and the comedy and drama departments.

The group will all be working together and some will even be living together.

Glassman, Wang, and Lubin, who all know each other fiom classes and extra-curricular activities, are driving cross-country together and will be living at a fraternity house at UCLA. The arrange- ments, made by Paradise, were just finalized a few weeks ago.

“We were joking around that we were going to have to live in the car,”Paradise saidofthe last minute plans.

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on the beach,” Lubin said. “I thought that would be a romantic notion.’

Paradise and Hertel, best friends, will also be sharing an apartment.

The students are all excited about the opportunity to learn about the television industry and spend the summer in sunny Los Angeles.

Lubin commented that he was most interested in learning the process that goes into making a show. “There’s a lot of stuff you don’t know when you watch a show,” he noted, adding, “I also hope to work on my surfing skill.”

Paradise, who will be a senior next year, is also looking beyond the scope of the internship and into her future. “I’ve never been to California before and I’m thinking in terms of graduate school. This is the best time for me to get out there and see if it’s where I want to be.”

Rice noted that LA is, besides New York, the only place to be to work in the television industry. She searched for her internship independently because the CMS and Career Center databases focus on the East Coast.

“Career Services needs to try and expand to the West Coast, not only for the entertainment industry, but all industries,” she said. “There are a lot of students from western states who want to move backandalotwho’vealways lived in the north east who want to move west.”

Nomatterwherethe internship is, the learning experience is in- valuable.

According to Eisenhauer, internships allow students a chance to “network with professionals and learn what other skills they need to pick up to be a qualified applicant.”

“So many people want to do what we want to do so it’s better, so it’s better to start now.” Wang

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“Itriedtoconvincethem to live ‘ added. “Plus, it sounds like fun.”

Help Kosovo refugees: stop bombing Serbs BOMBINGS continued from page 17 quired the Yugoslav government to allow NATO not only into Kosovo, but also to allow NATO free access to all military struc- tures in Yugoslavia. The ethnic- Albanian representatives signed the Rambouillet Treaty only after being assured that Belgrade would not sign it.

Sixth, Milosevic cannot be compared to Hitler or Saddam: Until the NATO war, Serbia was a civilian society with an opposition media. It was a semi-democracy much likepro-Western countries such as Croatia, Egypt and Colombia.TheNATOwarisawar not just against the Milosevic regime, but againstthewhole Serbian people.

Seventh, about 200,000 Serbians were driven out of their

traditional settlement areas in the Krajina region of Croatia by the Tudjmanregimeintheearly 1990s. The West seems to have forgotten their plight entirely, and Western governments have not put pressure on Croatia to allow the refugees back. It is not surprising that the Serbians feel they are being treated unfairly by NATO.

Eighth, we applaud the prin- ciple of putting human rights above the sovereign rights of independent states. But military in- terventions should treat all countries equally. IMATO bombs Yu- goslavia, but condones the brutaI oppression of ethnic minorities in countries like Sudan, Rwanda, Turkey, Indonesia, Russia and China, then one suspects that NATO has other goals besides the defense of the human rights of ethnic Albanians.

Ninth, human rights can be defended all over the world only if there are powerful institutions like the United Nations that are universally accepted. The unilat- eralNATO bombings in Yugosla- via are doing enormous damage to international law and to the prestige of the United Nations and other truly worldwide institutions. We deplore the fact that the most powerfulNATO country, the United States, has repeatedly refused to accept international decisions (such as the banning of land mines), even when they are backed by EuropeanNATO countries.

If you agree with our position, please communicate this message on to other people inNATO countries and other Western countries. Ifyou don’t agree, please take our arguments into account.

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thoughts I wanted to highlight some additional accomplishments and undertakings of this year’s TCU Senate. Services Chair Moira Poe had a very productive year working to improve some basic quality of life issues for students: Hodgdon takeout hours have been expanded to 10 p.m. An outside consultant will be examining Din- ing Services this summer. A new and bigger campus shuttle was secured in order to accommodate student needs. The Alumni Sum- mer Network is in the final planning stages and should be hnc- tional for the summer of 2000. Services members lobbied Resi- dential Life to install soap and paper towels in, the dorm: bath- rooms, restore cable in the dorm lounges, and change how Build- ings and Grounds responds to dormitory problems. Senator Poe has explained that the Dining Ser- vices Committee has “laid the groundwork for next year to be the year where massive changes are made.”

The Education Committee, chaired by Neil Farbman, also had a productive year. The committee published(both in print and on the web) a course evaluation guide at the end of each semester. Chair- man Farbman and Senator Jesse Levey, in conjunction with Sena- tor Erin Ross and seniors Haley Stein and Dan Pashman, brought the subject ofdistribution requirements onto the agenda of the Un- dergraduate Educational Policy Committee. A proposal that would reduce the number ofrequirements by two or three is currently under consideration and has the full support of the student representatives to the committee. Senator DanZandman, inconjunction with Tufts’ Feminist Alliance, authored aresolution advocating a women’s studies major. The resolution was unanimously passed by the senate and then approved by the faculty. It win be officially added to Tufts’ curriculum in the Fall of 1999. The committee set up a book swap which is available for use by the student body via the new TCU

Senate webpage. Senator Tamar Jeknavorian, with the assistance of Senator Maria Speridakos, co- ordinated the first annual Profes- sor ofthe Year Award, which was presented to Professor Gerald Gill of the history department.

The Administration and Bud- get Committee sought to research and analyze a variety of issues brought forth by the administration. Some highlights include the Higher Education Initiative, the new fieldhouse, and Senators Levey and Tommy Calvert’s Fo- cus 2000+ memorandum. Meet- ings surrounding the construction of the fieldhouse were un- helpful in terms of crystallizing details and more importantly, having the administration successfully communicate to the student body the specifics and financial tradeoffs inherent in the plans. Thecomittee lobbiedthe administration to get buses for all potential students for April Open House. Senator Calvert worked to correct problems with Tufts ID cards and also investigated the possibility of new “smart” cards that may provide additional benefits to students. The committee engaged in a “safety walk” around campus with members of TUPD to assess lighting and safety issues on campus. The committee urges next year’s senate to remain vigilant in advocating for student parking spaces in safe areas with regards to the construction of the new parking garage.

The Culture, Ethnicity, and Community Affairscommittee, led by Lory Ivey Alexander and AletheaPieters, had what can only be described as a breakthrough year. C & E engaged the community and its culture groups in a series of meetings at the culture houses aimed at opening the lines ofcommunication and identifjing key issues. After much research, resolutions were introduced and passed regarding the welfare of thelatino, AsiaqandHornosexual communities. The committee pressed for administrative accountability with regards to reports by various Task Forces. It is important that the dynamic and

The truth about Israel and SHALOM continued from page 17 example at American voting on United Nations Security Council resolutions condemningthe settle- mentpolicy. InMarch, 1980theUS cast its only vote against Israeli settlements. A few days later, it

disavowed its vote. That’s hardly a scathing condemnation.

The US talks a big game. But a winkhere, anod there, and bypass roads everywhere and we see the real agenda of the United States.

To those who argue that exposing the truth about the American

engaging nature that character- izedthis year’s committee transfer over to next year as well. There is still much work to be done on these issues.

There are several recommenda- tionsthat I would like toreiterate in my conclusion. I have served as a senator for three years and have found those years to be exciting, rewarding, and extremely educational. However, as with all things, the campus political climate is far from perfect. Substantive improvements can be made in several key areas. As I have previously stated, the system of student-faculty cbm: mittee representation is in disarray‘‘ .,

and should be reformed as recommended by the resolution passed bytheTCU Senate. Furthermore, in my opinion, the campus could benefit greatly fiom an improvement in journalistic standards and it is my recommendation that both major publications create the position of “ombudsman,” a media critideth- ics officer. This would be a step towards even greater ptofession- alismandintegrityforournewspa- pers. Finally, I am excited €0 announce the constitutional amendment that I proposed has passed and that the next TCU president will have acabinet. The president needs more support from individuals directly accountable to the executive in order to successfully undertake a full agendaofmacro-level initiatives. The benefits include senators freer to interact with constituents and more focused and comprehensive agendas for progress by the only universally elected senator, the TCU President.

It has been a pleasure serving the student body as President this year. I have learnedmuc‘h, am proud of my accomplishments, and feel confident that I leave a better TCU than the one that I inherited. I am well assured that the incoming president will do a fantastic job finishing the work that I have started and guiding the student body into the next century. Good luck, get involved, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to have this incredible experience. Tufts, may the force be with you.

her settlers role in Israeli settlements is harmful to the Jewish State, I respond with WendellPhillips’ ownwords:“OnIy byunintermittedagitationgitationcanapeople be kept sufficiently awake to prin- ciple not to let liberty be smothered.”

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FOUR continued from page 7 fraternity party.

This past semester, a Tufts sophomore and a prospective freshman were attacked by agroup of unknown perpetrators who jumped out of a van. Another student sustained minor injuries after she was hit by a drunk Medford man. A clash between Alpha Phi and Zeta Psi pledges at the can- non resulted in two of the sorority pledges being taken to the hospi- tal.

However, the biggest shocker on campus was a hate crime against two homosexual students leaving an off-campus party which sparked campus-wide support for Tufts’ lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community. Over 200 students gatheredatthemuch- maligned patio to show their intol- erance for the hate crime.

Onalighternote, things haven’t been all work and no play for our class.

A.lthough we were here for the storm that shut down Tufts Uni-

versity for the first time in 19 years on April Fool’s Day sophomore year, many of us were unfazed by Mother Nature and spent the day playing in the snow. The thirdlargest snowstorm in Boston history dumpedmore than two feet of snow on the Tufts campus, resulting in a surprise vacation for students, faculty, and staff.

Those who frequent fraternibj parties were also in for a shock junior year when the Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group (FIPG), a national collective bar- gaining organization for fraternities and sororities, announced a resolution passed by its members. The resolution recommended that fraternities and sororities within the organization restrict the num- berofguests totwo permember at private parties.

Whenthe Office ofthe Dean of Students announced that the Uni- versity was obliged to consider the resolution as a mandate fiom FIPG, many fraternity and sorority members packed the TCU senate meeting to discuss the changes.

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MILK continued from page 6 that they will workat RollingStone and US magazines to learn various aspects of advertising, including promotion and editing.

The only downside is that just one of the students from Tufts is allowed to takethe internship. Out of the four Tufts students, one is g0in.g to Talloires and the other is applying to dental school, so they were already unable to go. The other two students had to flip a coin to choose.

Amy Metzger will take the in-

ternship in New York City. Most likely, her picture will appear in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.

“This was a really great idea that the milk industry had. It gave students on campus the impetus to run a campaign like this and it’s really important,” Jeknavorian said.

Jeknavorian also commented on the impact of the campaign on the health of Tufts students. “I hope that this encouraged other students on campus to get involved with other health preven- tion campaigns.”

Moynihan not to give talk COMMENCEMENT Continued from page 3

ceremony forthe SchoolofNutri- tion Science and Policy will take place at the Aidekman Arts Center where 50 students will receive degrees.

Arts and Sciences senior Alex Shalom, winner ofthe prestigious Wendell Phillips Award, willbethe only student to speak during Commencement ceremonies. A

former Daily Viewpoints editor, Shalom is known for his political activism on campus. Philosophy Professor Hugo Bedau and Child Development Sylvia Feinburg received the Seymor Simches Award on April 23. Robert Devigne of the political science department received the Lillian and Joseph Liebner Award, for distinguished teaching and ad- vising, on the same day.

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Tufts is not the only university to suffer from widespread cheating, academic integrity, and fraud. Reitman referred to a survey administered by the Rutgers School of Management in which Tufts students participated. He said that the amount of cheating Tufts students admitted to placed the Uni- versity in the middle range of a sample of 50 schools, but that “the reported frequency of cheating was pretty alarming.”

The Daily conducted an independent anonymous survey which showed that cheating, in some situations, is rampant at Tufts. Of a group of 70 undergraduates surveyed, more than 70 percent admitted to copying homework from “another student or from other sources,” and almost 30 percent admitted to having “borrowed material from another source without citing it in a paper.”

Of the students who acknowledged that they had copied homework, many stated that they have copied math homework from the back of the book or answer key before they were handed in for

Various cheating definitions crezit.

Math 6 (Finite Mathematics) grader Josh Saipe said that the math department does not enforce strict rules on copying homework. He cited the “Instruction Sheet for Graders” which says “Each question isto bemarkedrightorwrong, but no corrections are necessary.” Saipe said the weak grader guidelines give students the opportunity to put little effort into completing the assigned questions on their own and make it easy to rely heavily upon the supplied answers.

Saipe believes that cheating on homework is somewhat common. “There is probably a fair deal of [direct copying from the answer key] that goes on, but I’d say mostly peopletry the problem, get sick ofit, and copy the answer,” he said.

Math 5 student Sarah Siege1 expressed her opinions on copying answers. “I do not consider copyingan answer out ofthe back ofthemath book cheating, assum- ing you try it first. I think that copying the answer on a test is cheating, but copying an answer on homework is not cheating,” she said.

Eventually, Associate Dean of Students Bruce Reitman released a statement that said the school would temporarily treat the FIPG guidelines as recommendations and not rules, allowing normal social activities to continue.

We’ve also gotten a chance to rub elbows with the famous while at Tufts. We’ve heard many renowned speakers including former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former political prisoner Harry Wu, prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, Jesse Jackson, poet Maya Angelou, Harvard professor Cornel West, the multi-talented David Mamet, former Secretary of State James Baker, Patriarch Bartholomew, Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt, actor and social activist Edward James Olmos, DemocraticNational Com- mittee chairman Steve Grossman, National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People (NAACP) president Kweisi Mfume, and former Senate Major- @Leader George Mitchell, among many others.

We were here when Norm MacDonald graced our presence by showing up in a less-than- sober state of mind and making references to Christopher Reeve’s penis. We were here when Satur- day Night Live’s Tracy Morgan told racially-oriented jokes and performed a simulation of fellatio on the microphone. And we were also here when Tufts was the host of Jodie’s Body, a one- woman show about apartheid and body image where the star was naked on stage during the whole performance.

We’ve also heard our share of Spring Fling performers. The Vio- lent Femmes, George Clinton and theP-Funk Allstars, A Tribecalled Quest, and the always-amusing Barenaked Ladies have rocked the President’s lawn. Junior year, Tufts decided to go for the big name in booking a disappointing LL Cool J for big bucks. Our last year, Spring Fling also took a lackluster turn. After the upbeat and energetic swing band Cherry Poppin’ Dad- dies tookthe stage, we were treated

to the aging Sugar Hill Gang, who hasn’t had a hit in more than a decade, and Ben Folds Five, who lulled everybody to sleep and while artfully skipping their one hit song, “Brick.”

We’ve also heard other musi- cians offthe lawn. Letters to Cleo, Fastball, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, the Marsalis brothers and OutKast have been among those who have showed their faces at Tufts.

This year, we would also have heard Run DMC and Godstreet Wine at Fall Fest, Tufts’ annual fall concert, if it hadn’t been for a mistake in the planning by the TCU Senate. The concert was canceled the afternoon before because the police were not given enough notification to ensure security for the event.

enough to call these four intense and drama-filled years “the best years of our life.” It’s been an interesting four years, and about all that is left to say is, “What’s next?’

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DiBiaggio stresses endowment’s importance ENDOWMENT continued from page 3

Some ofMayer’s programs included graduate schools and building an infrastructure, such as the Campus Center, academic buildings,andmany dorms. Mayer was criticized for his focus on the graduate program. Roger Broom, the University’s Director of De- velopment in 1988, explained the trickle-down effect ofthe strategy.

“By starting at the graduate level, the major beneficiary has been the undergraduate program,” Broomsaid.(l1/10/88, Observer, Strengthening an Anemic Endow- ment).

Broom, in the same interview, also explained the philosophy change which accompanied the capital campaigns. “There was a conscious decision on the part of the University to change its com- plexion hmbeingessentially aimed at a local New England community of first-generation college students

from the middle class to being a national and international institution.

“In 1979 we sat back and looked at this place and saw that it was a jewel and we weren’t telling anyone about it,” Broom said in the 1988 interview.

DiBiaggio also explained that Mayer’s campaign was not focused on donations from alumni, but rather from associates and in- vestors. The former University publication, the Criterion, ran a story in 1978onwhatmadeMayer such an asset to the University.

“In the past 18 months,. Tufts has, with the encouragement of [Mayer], established a new strategy: The Washington Connec- tion,” reporter John Dineen wrote. He cited grants issued by Presi- dent Carter and the department of Housing andurban Development which gave Tufts approximately $20 million for the New England Medical Center and new dorms.

DiBiaggio believed a different approach had to be taken in raising funds. “I recognized the situation would not be tenable over the long haul,” DiBiaggio said. Instead, DiBiaggio actively re- cruits alumni.

DiBiaggio explained the diffi- culty of raising money for the endowment. Most givers, DiBiaggio said, are interested in funding buildings, somethingpalpable, on which they can puttheir name. DiBiaggio said that at this point, the endowment is his number one priority.

“I’m not worried about recognition, I’m worried about where this University will be in ten years - and that will depend on the endowment,” DiBiaggio said. 5

Though Tufts is far behind in the race, the statistics show the school is closing the gap, slowly but surely.

“In the last 30-40 years we’ve been growing at a pace un- matched,” DiBiaggio said.

TCU President has big dans for next vear HARRIS continued from page 4 initiatives will be the creation of a Leadership Alliance andacultural Coordinating Committee (CCC). These organizations are designed to unify the plethora of campus culture groups.

The head of each group will be encouraged to participate in the Alliance and work in tandem with other campus leaders when design- ing and scheduling events. During the summer, Harris plans to contact the culture group leaders and begin to organize the Alliance.

The CCC goes a step firther and allows the members ofthe various groups to interact in a cooperative environment. Students from different backgrounds and with unique interests should support one another, Harris explained.

In addition to working with specific groups, Harris plans to address school- wide issues. He cited Dinning Services and Residential Life concerns as areas of broad

a1 interest and vowed to help hiscom- mittees enact significant changes next year. A professional consultant has been hired to work with Dining Services this summer and revamp the system. Harris said he will participate in their discussions and interject astudent perspective.

Harris also plans to increase the scope of the Tufts shuttle, creating new routes to and from Landsdowne Street and Harvard Square. He also said he will inves- tigate the possibility of holding Tufts club nights at popular hang- outs in the Boston area to enhance the social life at Tufts.

Factions within the Senate are a potential obstacle which Harris will have to overcome in order to implement his plans. During the elections, senators joined students in voicing support for their preferred candidate, some chalking and postering the evening before voting took place.

At the first meeting of the new Senate, the residual divisions were

4 visible. Harris’ supporters and those who voted for Ramgopal were seated on different sides of the mom.

Harris acknowledged that a divide does exist but said he is confident that all senators will work cooperatively next year.

“There are small factions. I’m not sure if the divide is definitely because of the presidential race or if it’s just because of personalities,” Harris said. “The divide was forming before the race even started.”

Harris said he was encouraged by the election’s competitive nature. High voter turnout means widespread interest in the Senate, he explained.

“I think it spurs a lot of interest in the Senate because so many people tookthe time to vote. When youcome backnext yearyouthink, ‘I voted for this guy, he harassed me for a week, I want to see what he’s really going to do,”’ Harris said.


-c Many players coming back WOMEN’S LAX continued from page 11 Colby, who had routed them earlier in the season, 11-4. With the stakes much higher, the ECAC Tournament game was completely different.

“We worked much harder as a team,” assistant coach Kate Mathey said. “Colby wasn’t ready for us to play that way.”

Dominating the game from the opening draw and playing with intensity for 60 minutes, Tufts handily defeated Colby, 14-8. In her best game ofthe season,junior Katie Richardson scored four goals. Captain Robin Zimmerly also added three goals and two assists.

After this amazing victory, the next opponent in the quest for the ECACtitlewas Williams.TheEphs, seeded first in the tournament and one of the top teams in the country, posed a very daunting challenge. However, Tufts answered with a terrific effort. Playing their best lacrosse of the season, the women jumpedout to a 5-3 lead in the first ten minutes. Inevitably, Williams came back and took a one-goal lead into halftime. The second halfbegan with a five goal scoring run by Wi I1 iams. Although the lead was large, Tufts fought back. The comeback attempt fell a little short, however, and the game ended 15-10.

No one on the team was disap- pointed with the loss, especially since Williams went on to win the tournament.

“We ended the season on a more positive note,” sophomore Jen Gregorian said. “Wecame out and had nothing to lose. We proved what kind of team we are no matter what happened in the regular season. It all comes down to the tournament, and we did really well there.”

“We stuck together as players knowing that within us is more than wining and losing,” Friend

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v said. “We couldn’t do it alone; during the tournament we pulled together and surmounted.”

A season marked with incredible triumphs and terrible defeats was all pulled together by the incredible leadership ofthe five seniors. RobinZimmerly, Jen Martin, Katie Friend, Liz Dwyer, and Liz Peach all contributed to the team both on and off the field. Keeping the young team motivated during the string of losses was a difficult task, but the seniors kept the right mentality.

“We had a lot of fun in the last few games,” Zimmerly said, “and that is what lacrosse is all about.”

The coaching staff, which in; cludes two recent graduates from the team, was also instrumental in keeping the team motivated.

“Kate Mathey and Jessica Maclellan didaphenomenaljob in their first year coaching,” Martin said. “Keeping us together and making sure we were having fun; they were supportive all season and a key to our success.”

Zimmerly, elected the team’s MVP, led the squad with 35 goals and 15 assists. The other team award - “Most Improved Player” -went to freshmari Liz Horowitz, who played extremely well at the end of the season.

“That was a real confidence- booster,” Horowitzsaid. “I feel like I’ve really contributed, and I can’t wait fornext year.

Next year the team looks to be equally strong, as the core of sophomores will become juniors and a strong incoming freshman class will be added.

Junior Christina Hornby and sophomores Jen Gregorian and Collete Gaudete have been elected captains for next year and hope to continuethe team’swinningtradi- tion.

“The team is young and socially compatible, and I thinknext year’s captains will be perfect for the team,” Peach said.

Rocky’s quest for meaning RAMGOPAL continued from page 11

is giving me an interview, speaking with me when we bumped into

scratch the surface. It wasn’t my coach. It was me. I was the one with the lousy attitude. The coach was the one trying to make me do better,”’ Rocky said.

Tying it back to students, Rocky said, “The same thing goes with aprofessor. Maybe you don’t like him, but he’s the boss or the coach. He’s just trying to make you do better.”

It seems that whenever Rocky

each other, or just talking up a storm at a reception, he is always trying to teach both me and the others around him about life; always trying to help.

And as I walked out of his ofice last week, he offered his help in any way thathecouldthroughmy senior year, job hunt, and after graduation.

And you know what went through my head? That’s just Rocky being Rocky.

Wiener passes legacy to grads GRADUATES continued from page 15 disseminate information about a weapon in the present state of our civilization is to make practically certain that weapon will be used ... The practical use of guided missiles can only be to kill foreign civilians indiscriminately, and it furnishes no protection whatever tociviliansinthiscountry. If, therefore, I do not desire to participate in the bombing or poisoning of defenseless peoples -and I most certainly do not - I must take a serious responsibility as to those to whom I disclose my scientific ideas.”

Wiener did not send the paper and from that time until his death did not (knowingly) do any war- related research. His continued writing about the social responsibility of scientists drew considerable ill-will towards him from the Cold Warriors of the day.

Today’s graduates may not be called upon to design new weapons (although that is still a growth industry), but they will face ethical choices in abundance. Wiener, I think, would be proud if he knew that, a century after he graduated from Tufts, there would be new graduates who also cared “where their rockets came down.”

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MEN’S LAX continued from page 11 as it took Hwangjust 58 seconds to follow withthegame-tying goal.

Knotted at seven apiece, the game went intoafive-minute, sud- den-death overtime period, Tufts’ first overtime this year. After four minutes ofhigh drama, Taylor sent everyone home, scoring a goal with 59 seconds left in OT. His score gave Tufts an 8-7 victory to savor.

Kirk Lutwyler was sharp in net, saving 15 shots, including one in overtime. Molinelli and freshman midfielder David Supple each contributed two assists in the win.

It is wins like that one that have members of the team thinking big about what is ahead.

“We are constantly improving,” freshman defender Andy Eltingsaid. “InayearortwoIthink we should be a Top 20 team in Division 111.”-

“With hard work in the offseason, hopefully we can look to next year as a season with no

So long, Dave PLUVIOSE- continued from page 9

beonaoperatingtablesomewhere. To Scott “I am the strongest

man in the senior class” R., it’s been good pumping iron with you this semester. The road to the walk in front of Bendetson Hall started off a little bumpy for us both, but my friend, our day has arrived. Good luck in all your future endeavors.

To Chris “I have the most beau- tifulvoiceinalltheland”H.,(letme give credit to ESPN’s Kenny Mayne forthis one), it’s been good holding down the bass (B..B.. BASS!!) section in the Tufts Gos- pel Choir with you these past couple ofyears. Congrats on your engagement, and I hope that all goes well for you.

To all of the graduating Tujis Daily seniors, it’s been good getting to know all of you. Jason “I have issues” C., go ahead, take your issues to the Supreme Court, The New York Times, or wherever you feel like taking them. Pete “Long time master of the campus media” S., congrats on all your success here at Tufts. May it follow you into the future. To Liz “The boy is mine” C., it’s been good talking overthe issues of life with you. Take care of yourself, and keep smiling.

Toalltheyoungin’stakingover the news department, you all know what to do. You three guys, a girl, and some greasy Daily pizza rocked this semester. Keep up the good work. The return ofJordan “I come fromafar-away land”S. will only add to your coolness as a department. Good luck to you all.

Goodbye Tufts. It’s been real.

Bits of advice DICKMAN continued from page 9

worthdoing and you’ll learn from it. I can say that while my experience at Tufts hasn’t been perfect, I don’t have any regrets. I hope that I can say that 80 years from now as well.

These pieces of advice, while probably corny, have helped me over my four years at Tufts. They will continue to help me in the future. Have a great summer and good lucktoall my fellow seniors! I i

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regrets,” freshman midfielder Brian Cunningham said. “Our future is bright.”

Whilemuch ofthe team is looking forward to next season, everyone around the team is cautious to not heap too much praise on this season’s success. While wins like the22-2 rout ofAssumption or the team’s 10-7 shocker over Trinity showed clear improvement, nobody is foolish enough to believe that the job is done.

“This season we have sur- prised a lot of people and turned a lot of heads,” Kollar said. “However, if anyone thinks we are satisfied, we are not.”

In the offseason, the team will say goodbye to two seniors, a relatively small numberthat belies how important Bill Hurwitz and Trevor Soponis were to the team. They provided leadership and sta- bility that the team’s young nucleus sorely needed.

“Bill and Trevor have been with us through it all,” Daly said. “They finally got a little bit more of a

rewardthis year. I can’t thank them enough.”

Whatwillbelostwiththegradu- ating seniors, Daly hopes will be offset by an offseason program stressing fundamentals, such as throwing and catching. He added that he hopes the team returns in better shape and with improved stick skills.

KollarandMolinelli,the team’s biggest offensive contributors, will return in 2000. In addition, the young defensive corps will gain a much-needed year of experience, and shouldmake the Jumbos more difficult to score on next season.

“Offense wins games, defense wins championships,” Lutwyler said.

So while much unfinished business remains for the coming seasons,the program finally tookastep forward in 1999.

“We knew we could come out and play with anyone we faced, and we did,‘, Kollar said. “The overall record is not indicative of the achievementsthis team haseamed.”

Graduation is bittersweet STEIN continued from page 9

Graduation from Tufts means that once again, I will be a freshman. The search begins again for something that I can call my own. It is hard to imagine that Tufts was ever a huge mystery to me; that I didn’t know the quickest way to Davis Square or how to pick my classes. Tufts has changed from an impersonal institution into my home, aplace that has encouraged me togrow and challenge myself.

Itstill hasnothitmethatmy life here will soon end. Although I

know my time has come to leave, and I don’t think I could bear one more meal in the campus center, it isstill bittersweet. Italwaysseems to happen this way; once your life is firmly established, it is time to pack up your bags again and leave. But, I have come to realize that is what life is about. I will soon be a college graduate ( aka . a “real person”). I will have to deal with such obscure things as health care and job bonuses. I only hope that my life as an alum will be as rich as my experiences at Tufts have been.

Mozes. to study econ Dolicv FULBRIGHT continued from page 9 didn’t do well I should apply.”

Mozes believes that the there should not be a bias against students whose grade point averages are not in the upper echelon. “EV- eryone should be encouraged to apply,” Mozes said.

Mozes plans to attend law school following his year of intense research. He is certain that his acquisition ofthis scholarship will “open doors on my return.”

The Fulbright Scholarship was established in 1946 to increase mutual understanding between the US and other countries. It has been described as a step towards build- inganalternative toarmed conflict.

4 1 d It is one of the most competitive academic scholarships intheworld.

The other 12 Tufts students will all venture to different countries. Forexample,DavidMegathlin willstudytheeffectsofalcoholon twins in Finland. Sarah Ingmanson will head offto Japan to study the effects ofthe Asian financial crisis on that society. Other students will do equally interesting work.

At this point, there is the possibly that more students could be accepted to the program, but Mozes believes that the showing thus far is very satisfactory. He believes that this increase in ac- ceptances could be attributed to theincrease inthenumberofTufts students studying abroad.

Tufts’ many benefits make it worth every penny spent STRENGTHS you became a Jumbo. and don’t continued from page 15 at Tufts seemed foreign to me, but at many other top schools, students are suffocated by an over- bearing pressure to excel. Tufts students work very hard and want to do well, but come Friday night, they know how to put down their books and have agood time. Such a balance between academics and social life is rarely achieved at top universities.

While I hope that all of these examples help to illuminate what sets Tufts apart, I fearthey still fall short. Perhaps in the end, there is no statistic or anecdote to fully explain what makes the Tufts community special- youjust have to take a step back and look around. Tufts’ greatest strength has been staring you in the face, surrounding you, ever since the moment

ever make the mistakeofthinking that it exists anywhere else.

It is true that Tufts is in some ways lacking, but our deficiencies are problems that can be fixed, especially if today’s Tuftonians makebetteralumnithanourprede- cessors. Community and tenor though, are much harder and take much longer to change.

So the next time you think that Tufts is ripping you off, think again. For$30,000ayear, you could be living in a beautiful dorm at a pretentious, pressure-filled school, where professors don’t teach classes because they are on their book tours, deans are too busy and too important to know your name, and the food is terrible - it’s called Harvard. For my money, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but Tufts.

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THE T m DAILY Commencement 1999 33

Greetings to Our Newest Alumni:

It is my great pleasure to welcome the y-aduating members of the Class of 1999 o our warm and venerable alumni family. Wherever you go, whatever you do, nemories of Tufts will be with you always. 9nd since that in itself is never enough

for the average Jumbo, you can be sure that your new path in life will intersect the roads of many fellow Tuftonians. For both business and social purposes, these people will become welcome ad- ditions to your

Ron Brinn ever-expanhing - :ircle of friends.

In order to ensure that your ties to the Hill remain close for many years to come, [ encourage you to participate actively in ;he Tufts alumni events in your area. Let your time at Tufts continue as a lifelong zxperience. And always let us know where you are, so we can keep you posted 3n what may be happening in your area.

In this special Alumni Relations section, you will find the names and phone numbers of point persons for our alumni groups, along with a sampling of past and future events. These groups exist - as we do - for you. Through The Tufzs Daih, The Observer, Tuftonia and other alumni mailings, you can stay tuned to Tufts. We hope you do.

Congratulations and Godspeed!

Ron Brinn A58 Director of Alumni Relations

Anchors Aweigh! Alumni Weekend Launched. . ,

n e SS Tuftonia is waiting to welcome site: Jackson Gym). IOU aboard for the many festivities *Concert in the Chapel: Tufts ilanned for Alumni Weekend ’99 An- own Beelzebubs, Jackson Jills and Amal- :hrs Aweigh! gamates will perform in the traditional Alumnae Lounge.

Alumni Weekend Concert to welcome *Tufts Night at the Pops: Ev- reunioners - May 21, 9:00 p.m.,

:ry year since 1901 - longer than any Goddard Chapel. Tickets are $8 per (.person . . and can be pur-

chased at Alumni Weekend

*ATA Silver Tea: Hosted by the Association of Tufts Alumand conversation - May 22, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

*Friends of Bill W. and Dr. Bob: Join in this open discussion on al- coholism or just a quiet moment - May 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Registration Area, Second Floor, Mayer Campus Center.

Registration in the Campus Center.

*Reunion Banquets and Recep tions: Each class (5th, loth, 15th,etc.)

*Reunion Class Meet- ings and Class Photo- graphs: To carry on the tradition and catch the moment for posterity - May 22, 9:OO-11:30 a.m.

*The Big Parade: This Cavalcade of Classes begins with a starting the Mayer Campus Center.

I whistle on the Chapel Ter- - race, forms a brown

holds its own special gathering on campus - May 22, 6:OO-11:30 p.m.

*Candlelight Procession and Top 0’ the Hill Tribute: A Candlelight walk at midnight up to the Chapel Ter- race for a poignant ritual welcoming the newest Tufts alumni - the Class of 1999. May 22, 11: 15 p.m. Pick up candles at

It is not too early to begin think- .I. ,.,....I1 The Brown & Blue Lobsterbake is one nf

Weekend’s mostt * -./ - - - - - - - - - - - and blue time line of

reunioners from the wpular events.

other school - Tuftonians have taken over Symphony Hall in Boston for an evening of entertainment by the world- renowned Boston ]Pops Orchestra. This vear. Keith Lockhart will conduct and lead

Roaring Twenties to the Nifty Nineties, and ends with a cheer- ing gauntlet and brass band entry of the 50th Reunion Class into the Alumni Day Luncheon.

h e orchestra and audience with a rous- ing chorus of “Tuftonia’s Day” and “Dear Alma Mater” - May 20, 8:OO p.m.

*Alumni Weekend Super Semi-

‘ *l%JAA Annual Meeting and Alumni Day Luncheon: Pre- sided over by Tufts University Alumni Association President Elliot

nars: May 21,9:30 a.m.-12:0dnoon and 1:30-4:30 p.m., Various Campus loca- tions. For details, see the schedule below for this “back to class” experience.

*Brown & Blue Lobsterbake: The traditional New England outdoor feast with all the trimmings: corn-on-the- cob, steamed clams, roast chicken, Dixieland jazz, and camaraderie - May 21, 530 p.m., President’s Lawn (Rain

A. Lerman E65, this meeting includes welcoming remarks by Presi- The Candlelight Procession and Top O’the Hill dent John DiBiaggio, Senior Vice tribute is a trub unforgettable experience. President Thomas W. Murnane A58, D62, K65, G68, and Alumni Rela- tions Director Ronald C. Brinn A58, and features presentations of the 25th and 50th Reunion Class Gifts and a few “best of class” trophies- May 22, 12:OO noon, President’s Lawn.

ing about Alumni Weekend 2000. If you are a member of the Class of ’90, ’85, ’80, ’75, ’70, ’65, ’60, ’55, ’50, ‘45, ’40, ‘35, ’30, and beyond plan to come back to the Hill for an unforgettable experience, a reunion to remember.

SOMETHINGFOREVERYONE: TUFTSUNIVERSITYALUMNIWEEKENDSUPERSEMINARS

MAY 21-22,1996

Hosted by Dr. Me1 Bernstein

Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology

LECTURES Friday, May 21,1999

Bamum 104

9:3oam “The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls”

Professor Jodi Magness

10:30am “A Civil Action: A Look at the Science & Technology in the Woburn Case”

Associate Professor David M. Gute

11:3Oam “Food for Thought: Optimal Diets for Pels”

Dr. Lisa M. Freeman

1:3Opm “Some Things Never Change: American Immigration, 1620- 1999”

Provost and Professor Sol Gittleman

2:3Opm Wavy Development: Alternative Paths to Successful Adulthood”

Associate Professor Fran Jacobs

3:3Opm ‘Publish or Perish: Music, Technology, and Commerce in Sixteenth Cantury Venice”

Professor Jane Bernstein

WORKSHOPS

Friday, May 21,1999

Morning Presentations - 10:30 a.m. to 12:OO p.m.

“Preserving an Analogue Past in a Digital Future - Developing Digital Libraries” Professor Gregory Crane

Anderson 10 -Engineering Project Development Center

“The Art of Negotiation” Assistant Professor Eileen F. Babbitt Zamparelli Room -Campus Center

Afternoon Presentation- 1 :30pm to 3:OOpmAfternoon Presentations - 1 :30pm to 3:oopm

“Going Out Like a Light Bulb: Keys to Successful Aging” Professor Robert M. Russell, M.D.

Assistant Professor Christina Economos, Ph.D. Zamparelli Room- Campus Center

Saturday, May 2271999

Afternoon Presentations - 2:30pm to 4:OOpmAfternoon Presentations - 2:30pm to 4OOpm

“Beyond Big Bird: Myths and Realities of Children’s Media Use” Dr. Julie Dobrow

Large Conference Room -Campus Center

“The High and the Mighty: Creative activities for children 4 to 8” Eva Peterson, Ed.D.

Eliot Pearson Curriculum Resource Lab - 105 College Ave.

“Personal Investing: Demystifying the Stock Market” Robert Haber E79, G80, Chief Investment Officer, Fidelity Investments Canada

Zamparelli Room -Campus Center


flumni Weekend is a chance f o r alumni to return to the Hill and enjoy the wmaraderie of fellow Tuftonians,

Don’t Forget to Come Home for Homecoming

I s never too early to start Medford, remote Tuftonians laking plans for The Games of have developed their own brand ie LXXIV Homecoming on of Homecoming - Homecoming aturday, October 30, 1999. Away. Alumni in every city are Vhile our Jumbos tackle the encouraged to sponsor their own Lmherst College Lord Jeff‘s at Homecoming Away events. ie Ellis Oval, Tufts alumni Traditionally, area alumni have cross the country will be gath- banded to ether to ”challenge”

:elebra tions. of athletic competition. Whether it’s touch football in the park,

lan your return to Medford for volleyball on the beach, or a [omecoming Weekend, starting round of golf at a local club, rith a special ”Welcome Back your alumni ”team” can experi- ash for the Class of 1999 on ence the next best thing to being riday, October 29. On Saturday back on the Hill for Homecom- noming October 30, rain or ing. Perhaps your Homecoming hine, the Homecomin festivi- Away celebration will take the ies begin. The spiritecfday will form of a luncheon or dinner, an nclude the Homecoming ‘big afternoon at an art museum, an iarade”, men’s soccer, men’s evening at the Symphony, or a Dotball, women’s soccer, compotation at a cafe. Just be vomen’s field hockey and of sure it’s fun! ourse, Tail ater’s Village,

3 the returning alumni, parents nd friends. Details for all these vents will be mailed in the fall.

king for Homecoming Away Amherst a B umni to an afternoon

erving up P ood and fun all day Wherever you are, whatever you do, make a date to join in the Homecoming celebration on Saturday, October 30.

Stay in Touch with the Tu ftonia

After graduation, stay in touch with Tufts through Tufronia and Tufts Alumni On-line. In print and on the internet, let your ties to the Hill continue to grow!

The Office ofA]umni Relations keeps you touch with Tufts through a web site that puts a variety of alumni- related services and events at your fingertips. Serving graduates of the College of Liberal Arts and Engineering, as well as of

Dental, and Veterinary Medicine Tuftonia the Nutrition, The Magazine of Tufts University

schools. Tufts Alumni Begun in 1994, Tuftonia is a 48-page quarterly magazine dedicated to highlight- ing Tufts1 excellence and leadership, while also celebrating the accomplishments of its some 80,000-plus graduates. You will automatically receive Tuftonia, although the University may continue to-send it to your parents1 address until we are notified of your new address after

On-Line includes program descriptions, calendar listings,. alliance connections, reunion and special services information, and soon, access to an on-line community for alumni (see below). We hope you will visit the site and check out the continued development of relevant links and interactive services.

graduation. To change an address, the best bet is to send an e-mail message linecommunity to Alumni Records at [email protected]. Taking advantage of new and We hope YOU Will see TUflOnia as an developing web technologies,Tufts ever-changing window on Tufts, and this fall will launch the first phase of that you will send in classnotes an on-line community periodically; for alumni, accessible through Alumni classnotes comprise any news you On-Line [www.tufts.edu/alumni]. wish to share with your classmates The Alumni Connections On-Line or friends, including job changes, Community, offered travels, marriages through Harris Publishing, is free to and births. You111 find a box at the alumni and includes: back of classnotes for writing up your news to send to Alumni House, address and forwarding service to a 95 Talbot Ave. ‘ designated electronic mailbox; Medford, MA 02155. E-mail submis- u an on-line directory ofalumni and sions are welcome at live e-mail links that allow alumni to [email protected]. send messages directly from a listing. Letters to the Editor may be sent (Alumni directly to Managing Editor Laura will eventually be able to add per- Ferguson at sonal web page addresses.) [email protected]. Re- u the ability to update your bio- minder: as a quarterly magazine, graphical information at any time.

Once a Jumbo ... Always a Jumbo! Introducing an on-

a permanent Tufts affiliation e-mail

deadlines, included in the classnotes box, are two months ahead of publication dates in mid to late January, April, July and October.

Go Jumbos! Stay tuned through TUftonia for more details. In the planning stage are specialized bulletin boards on which alumni can post messages in response to other

f you can’t make it back to

Distinguished Service Awards

ix individuals were honored recently Y the Tufts University Alumni Asso- iation with its highest honor, the Dk- nguished Service Award, for accom- lishments that credit them, their com- lunities, their professions, and the Iniversity. This year’s recipients are:

Chief of the New England Journal of On the net . . . www.tufts.edu/alumni messages. Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the Tufts School of Medicine. - m. William McDermott, Jr. A53, GN, MB, Retired R e a Admiral in the U.S.Navy&currentheadoftheFaJmouth Free Clinic.

-Dr.LloYdL ing officers and directors were elected for the 1999-2000 year: Miller A54, D58, Head of the Gnathos Dental ratorJ’ and

fessor at Tufts University School of

ence. - Elizabeth P a r k e r powell F62, Regional Vice Presidents: Joan K. Cohn J65 Treasurer of D i a m o n d Esther Rudis G74 Machining

ix receive Distinguished Service Awards from the TUBS university Alumni Technology, ssociation. Inc., Chair of Karen Y. Johns J88 ack row, left to righf: William M McDermott, Jr. A53, G54, M58; William the Fletcher < Sellers A56,D60; Steven B. Epstein A65; Fund, and Melvin M. Prague A48 ront ROW, left to righf: Lloyd L MillerA54, D58; Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer; memberofthe lizabeth Parker Powell F62; President John DiBiaggio, and TUBS F 1 e t niversity Alumni Association President Elliott A Lerman E65 Steven B. Epstein A65, Founder and 3ior parher of Epsteht Becker and ;reen and member of Tufts Board of herseers for Athletics. fi. Jerome P. Kassirer, Editor-in-

ALUMNI COUNCIL ELECTIONS At the annual spring meeting of the Tufts Universi Alumni

Association’s governing body, the Tufts Alumni Councx the follow-

President Elliott A. Lerman E65 Immediate Past President Donald W. Northrup A63 First Vice President/President Elect William R. OReilly, Jr. A77

Pro- Treasurer Jonathan Stearns A66 (The above officers are completing the second of their two-year terms.)

sei- Administrative Vice Presidents: Alan M. MacDou all A65 Susan A. Miller J 58 0, G73

Barry J. Rosenbaum, M.D. A60

Janet M. Comey J66, G90

Ann L. Palmieri J78

Usha N. Sellers J57, G48

Directors:

h e Board of Secretary (ex officio) Sandra A. Ciolfi J60

Overseers.

in private practice in Reading, Alumni Tmtee and member of the Board of Over- seers to the Tufts Dental School.

-William w. Sellers A56, D60, Dentist Director of Alumni Relations Ronald C. B r h A58 (ex




SKAR WARS

EPISODE T H E P H A N T O M MENACE.,

Mixed reviews in papers around the country did not stop die-hard Star Wars fans from waiting on line for days in some cities for Star Wars Episode I -The Phantom Menace. The film opened this past Wednesday to one of the biggest box offices in movie history.

The general consensus seems to be that his royal digital genuis himself, George Lucas, has used a few too many special effects in the latest installment of his sci-fi brainchild. The fact that Lucas uses digital work in 95 percent of the frames of the film awe-inspiring, but it is said that he relies too heavily on the computer to create his alternate reality. Still, reviews have been positive for the cast which includes the likes of Ewan McGregor, Natalie Poman, and Liam Neeson, who has received extremely good feedback nationwide. In addition, as New York Daily News reviewer Jack Mathews said, no matter what, “Children under 12 will love it. Old Star Wars fans, having waited 1 8 years will likely embrace it.”

What the second installment of trilogies does is bring Star Wars into the collective consciousness of another generation of young dreamers, too often inundated with the blockbuster rot of Y2K doomsday movies like Independence Day and Armageddon. Star Wars is science fiction mainstreamed for both boys and girls, adults and children. It captures the struggle between good and evil as no other series has been able to do since, and its recreation of a galaxy long ago and far away, makes willing suspension of disbelief a pleasurable task. It creates heroes, tears down enemies, and builds new worlds. Movie magic has never looked so good.

- Dara Resnik

THE TUFTS DAILY Commencement Issue

WEEKENDER A little healthy competition: Hollywood invades French cinema

by CAROLINE WOLTER Daily Editorial Board

France and the US are looked upon today as cinematic leaders, though in very different ways. Hollywood increasingly dominates the global movie market, most commonly with technically brilliant action spectacles, to such an extent that film production in manycoun- tries isdisappearing. France’s more artful and deliberative styleoffilmmakinghasbecomean endangeredspecies against the American j u p gernaut.

In England, where there is no strong national production, the indigenous filmindustry

upcoming Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace, whichopenedMay 19th.

AstPrixhasastar-StuddedcastledbyGerard Depardieu asbeefy, boar-rnunchingOb&qssue, top Frenchcomicactor ChristianClavierplay- ingAstCrix, andsupermodel LaetitiaCastaas the luscious Falbala. Italy’s Roberto Benigni, who wowed audiences last year with Life is BeautifiLl, plays adevious Roman plotting the downfall of the Gauls. Asterix also marks a pivotal turning point for technological ad- vances in French cinema, by incorporating previously unexplored techniquesofcomputer animation.

A s t h starring Gerard Depardieu is one of France’s recent attempts to compete with Hollywood.

is suffering. But France’s use of legislation to keep its filmculture healthy makes the French filmindustryauniqueexampleofevolutionin the faceofcompetition. Even within this for- malized structure, there is a trend towards higher-budget films that is directly linked to the increased popularity of the American product amongst French moviegoers. The first big step France has made towards direct competition with Hollywood came this Februarywith thereleaseofAs~~et O ~ ~ q u e C o n t r e ~ r .

The Frenchregard filmas an art formand a cultural extension of a country’s distinct personality. Accordingly,inthelate’5Os, Andre Malraux, the first Frenchminister ofculture, established the now famous “avance sur recettes,”a taxon ovie tickets tohelp finance independent films administered by the Cen- tre National de la ’nematographie (CNC).

there are todistribute back tothe filmmakers. Consideringthat, inFrance, box-office ismea- sured by admissions (by the number ofpeople who come, rather than the dollars they spend), this assigns a deep and nationalistic signifi- cance to overall attendance. Ironically, thanks to the taxon tickets, French filmmakers ben- efitfromaudiences attracted tothe theaters by American blockbus ters.

The Frenchgovernment has subsidized its movie industry for years, currently to the tune of $250 million each year. When compared to what Hollywood is prepared to spend on a big budget movie complete with special effects and big names, however, $250 mill’ ion seems like a drop in the bucket. The Hollywood blockbusterMenmBkzck,whkhearnedalmost $6 million admissions in France, cost $90 million alone to produce.

While theFrenchbindustryis thelargest andmay ProfitableinEurope, today itoccupies a distant second place to the US. Although critics have long regarded French films as a formofhigh art, these days they aren’t filling the theaters - not even in France.

In order to compete with Hollywood’s financial powerhouse, Frenchcinemawill have tocontinue toreinventitselfasit hasdoneover the last century. The nature of this renaissance, however, is much more commercial thanFrancemay becomfortable with. As the first step towards a commercialized industry, the new French movie At& has the biggest budget ofany French film at $75 million. While thissurpassesevenIndochme, $75 millionstill pales in comparison to what blockbusters cost in Hollywd. American filmmak7r George Lucas spent $110 million alone making the

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There was a lot riding on the success of Asterix, which opened to a deluge of bad reviews. “Itwouldbeabigblowtomoraleifthis film fails,”saidfhcriticChris tophe Narbnne in the leading French filmmagazine Premiere before the film’s release. “Everyone is rooting for Asterix.”

For months, the French press had boosted the film, unseen, as thelastbest hopeofFrench cinemain its losingbattle against Hollywood domination. The criticism had a bitter tone to it, characterizing Asteix as “dull”, “lackluster” and “uninspiring. ”The sheer scale of the dis- appointment reflects the weight of patriotic expectations. “No French cinemagoer worthy of the name can be unaware that this is a matter of the highest national importance,” stressed the French magazine Le Monde, de- scribing the film as “annoying” and “worry- ing.”

Despitebeingpanned bythecritics,Astetir has broken records at the French box office withadmissionsreachinghighintomore than $8 million. In fact, a growth in the average budget of French films in general reflects a trend in France toward the bigger films that will counter the continuing growth of the American share in the French box office.

In France, as in the rest of Europe, indig enous cinema has suffered greatly as the American product increasingly dominates Frenchscreens. In 1998, Frenchmovies took only about one-quarter ofnationalbox-office earnings, with most of the rest going to the Hollywood blockbusters. In 1997, more than halfofthe top20grossingfilmsinFrance were American, while only four were French.

Stateside, there are problems for the French product. ThenumberofFrenchmoviesdistrib- uted in Americasince 1970 hasdecreased by more than one-half. Ten years ago, only a b u t 80 or 90 American films came to France, a number that has since almost doubled. Para. doxically, the rise of feature-length American independent films, such as director Kevin Smith’s 1994 hit Clerks, which was made for $27,000andgrossedover$3 million, has hurt foreign p rdc tby claimingageater portionof the box-office shared by independent foreign releases for American-made titles. Ofthe 500 or so movies released in North America last year, only 20 were French.

According to an article that appeared in Le Monde in April, 60percent ofAmericans who watch foreign films live iaManhattan. This is in striking contrast to the kench market for American films, where, accmdmgtoV&onique Courtois, anative ofFrance and professor of

French at Tufts University, the popularity of American films is France is widespread. “In the suburbs especially, you see an explosion of megaplexes that showmainly American films.” One possible reason for the troubled state of the market for a foreiplanguage product is sub- titles. Americans arenot accustomed toread- ing language onscreen, whereas in Europe people not only read but also speak several languages, and subtitling is the norm.

“The problem is more than just the sub- tides,”said Frenchdirector BertrandTavernier inanintewiewwith Box-office Magazine. ‘The problemforFrenchhintheU.S.isthatthey donotbringeasy answers. Thereisnot aneasy way out. In a cauntry where there is a lot of unemployment: where ,here are politicalprob- lems, and where thepeople feelinsecure, films that are easy to watchare ppular.They bring easy answers. French films are not built that way,” he said.

According toCourtois, “France, more than any other European country doesn’t want to accept American culture as it is.” Extending beyond the movie industry, this reluctance to absorb American habits prompted the estab- lishment of a governmental organization founded to remlate the onslaught of English vocabulary into the French language. The cultural differences between France and America can be held responsible for the dispar- ity between the ultimate purpose of French versus American film.

In America, movies are treated largely as a commercial product and marketed for national and international trade. Hollywood’s approach to cinema as commerce before culture is economically stronger due in part to the fact that America views culture, including movies, as a private affair, relatively separate from government. Blockbuster movies in Americaaremostly privatelyfundedwiththe exceptionofgrants fromtheNationalEndow- ment forthe Artsandothersuchorganizations goingmostly toartisticindependentfilms.The private funding allows American producers the freedom ofmuch larger budgets than those seen in France.

Apart from the Hollywood blockbusters, the most popular films in France have been comedies such as 1993’slesVisiteurs. Directed by Jean-Marie PoirC, the film stars Christian Clavier and JeanRenoas amedievalnobleman

Aware of the sensitivityof the American audience to the subject matter, and the expecta- tion for ahappy ending, Balasko actually made a new ending for the American version of the film. While arguably not as stereotypically intellectual as many F r e n c h h , FrenchTwirt deals withissues of gender and sexuality that Hollywocd tends to avoid, withthe rare exception of a few larger-scale movies.

Recent films, 1ikeObjectofMyAfJectionin which Jenniferhistonstars asasmglemother- to-beinlovewithher gayroommateandInand Out, in which Kevin Kline plays an ambigu- ously gay teacher, both counter the position that American movie culture is unwilling to address issues of homosexuality on screen to the extent that Frenchmovie culture is.

To challenge the assumption that Ameri- can audiences in general like to be easily entertained, many talented independent film directors have come out of America, such as veterans Woody Allen, Robert Altman and Martin Scorcese. Thanks to them, American filmisnowmore varied thanever, as filmmakers with an auteuristic vision have found an alternative to Hollywood in an independent filmscene that has rapidlyevolvedin the past decade or so.

For the first time, independent filmmakers are making featureAength films rather than documentaries that have receivedmuchsuc- cess, both critically and financially. For example, The Brothers McMuUen, directed in 1995byindependentfilmmakerEdwardBums and made for only $238 thousand, was a suc- cessonallfronts. StarringJ%IwardBums,Mike McGlone and JackMulcahy as three brothers facing various crises with women and family, the filmgrased over $ lomillion in the US and earned favorable reviews from the critics.

The general trend in Hollywood, however, is and historically has been to stick with the prefabricated formula for success that catego- rizes American cinema as a distraction from reality. “The expectations are different,” Courtois says. “Americans want to be entertained. Culturally, you don’t go to the movies for thesame reasons.” Whereas thespectators of an American film can sit back and relax in the theater, French films maintain a close relationship with the psychological probingof characters so prevalen t in books and require a more thoughtfully active role of the audience.

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and his squire who are accidentally trans- ported tocontemporary times by asenile sor- cerer. Unfortunately, French comedies do not translate well to the American sense ofhumor, with the noted exceptionofThe Birdcage as a remakeoftheFrenchfilm,LaChgeauxFolles, considering that ks Visiteurs had over 13.5 million admissions in France and eamedonly $659 thousand in the US.

In termsofsubjectmatter, Europeanfilms have historically beenequated with literature, dealing with intellectual and psychological subjects that Hollywood has deemed risky and tried to avoid.

French Twist, directedby Josiane Balaskoin 1995, was a flop in the US, grossingonly just over $1 million, but received wide success in France with almost four million admissions. Starring Victoria Abril, Josiane Balasko and Alain Chabat, French Twist is the story of a housewife who takes revenge on her adulter- ous husband by having an affair with a lesbian.

Many French movies engage the audience in an event for the purpose of transforming social consciousness, whereas Hollywood would present the audience with a situation for the

Francois Truffaut categorized this trend, saying, “American cinema is a cinema of situations, Frenchcinemaacinemaofcharacters.”

Whilemuchmoremay be happeningphysi- callyininternationalb-office hits like A m - geddm and DeepImpaa, such as cities explod- ingorpotentialdisastersbeingaverted, asuc- cessful French movie, like director Benoit Jacquot’s most recent release School of Flesh, requires the audience to do a lot more thinking. Inexploring the sexual relationship that develops between a successful older woman

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WEEKENDER The ‘Gurne’ of life Julie Harris shines in new

by KATE PETERSON Daily Staff Writer

After its sweeping success on Broadway, The Gin Game re- opened in Boston earlier this month for the first time since 1978, earninga totalofthreeTony awards, aPulitzer Prize and a Drama Desk Award for best revival.

The Gin Game rightfully has a whole host of nominations and awards attached to its name. The play stars world- renowned Julie Hams, winner ofmore Tony awards than any other actor. Harris has playedmany outstanding roles in film and TV, though her career highlights include Academy

i’ play Award nominations for A Member of The Weding and The Garden of Eden, in which she played opposite James Dean.

Playing opposite Hams in The Gin Game is Charles Durning, who has performed in 60movies and over 200 plays. Boasting a long list of accomplishments, some of Duming’s highlights include The Championship Season and The Au Pair Man along with appearances in Dick Tracy, The Sting and Tootsie.

Together, the pair bring an ex- plosively funny play to the stage, under the skilled direction of Charles Nelson Reilly, who received a Best Director nomination for his workonThe Gin Game. Reilley’s strength as a director combined with the creative talents of the playwright, D.L. Corburn (Fireband, FearofDarkness) fashion a produc tion that is endlessly amusing and mildly touching.

Before coming to Boston, the play enjoyed a limited engagement on Broadway at the LyceumTheater, but after popular demand its run was extended to a total of 164 shows.

Interestingly, at Hams’s suggestion, Charles Reilly wrote ten new pages of dialogue for the new cast, in order to incorporate the dancing grace of Durning, who starred in the popular TV film Queen ofthe Stardust Ballroom.

Harris and Duming brilliantly portray the lives of two people in their twilight years who have just entered a rest home. Trying to escape loneliness and avoid the ridiculous rest home activities, the twobegin playing the card game, gin. Slowly, an unlikely friendship blossom between these two lovable but very different characters.

Fonsia (Harris) is a worried and nervous lady who is also very kind and can laugh at herself. She is a true ‘cookie- bakhggrandma,’ineverysenseoftheword. Weller (Duming), ontheotherhand,isaboldandimpatientman.Heischarming if it is in his interest, but mostly he is downright bossy and grumpy. The resulting combination of these two extreme characters is a unique and humorous friendship which rocks the stage.

As with any other game, a competitive streak affects Weller and Fonsia’s relationship to the point that formalities are dro ped and their familiar, childish wills towin are brought

whilst Weller, being a poor sport, gets upset and violent. Tensions mount throughou t the play as Weller is determined todefeat his ‘amateur’ playingpartner, whowins withinex- plicable ease, much to his displeasure.

As more and more hands are dealt, their relationship becomes increasingly intense and testing personal ques tions are laid down on the card table. The mounting competition eventually peels away their protective facades, culminating in an explosion ofemotions with adramaticspinof truths. The audienceis thenconfrontedwithafreshperceptionofthe two characters.

The Gin Game draws on an old and frequented theme fromliterature; the game ofcards as life. As each handisdealt, a new question arises; what Weller used to do for a living, Fonsia’s relationship with men and why Fonsia’s sondoes not visit her. We learn two morals through the bittersweet comedy. First, that people are not often what we perceive, as our judgments depend on circumstance; second, that we should not always play to win with the hand we are dealt.

The Gin Game promises a fabulous evening, with tour de force performances fiom Hams, Durning and Reilly. Al- though the play has finished showing in Boston, it will be touring the country and it is not worth missing.

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Broadway goes Boston 0 0 0 0 ‘Cabaret’ comes to the Colonial

by ALISON DAMAST Daily Editorial Board

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in Berlinin the 1930s.Thereisarestlessenergy running through the city. This is pre-World War IIGermany. It is thedawnofHitler’srise to power-political tensions, scantily clad girls, and nightclubs abound. “Wilkom” to the world ofcabaret. While you’re here, let the master of ceremonies show you around. After all, as the famous opening number goes, whatgoodissittingalone in yourroom?

If any show has ever been a smashing success, it is Cabaret. When it premiered on Broadway in 1967, it woneightTonyAwards including Best Musical. The movie version of Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, won eight Academy Awards. Boston has finally been able toplay host to thehighly acclaimed Broadway production of Caba- ret, directed by Sam Mendes, the famous London director. Mendes’ reworked New YorkversionofCabaret has received critical acclaim and recently received four Tonys.

Cabaret is based on the book Berlin Sto- ries, which eventually became the play Iam aCamera. It tells thestoryofa young Ameri- can, Cliff Bradshaw (Rick Holmes) who comes to Berlin to write a novel. He meets the lovely, young Sally Bowles (Teri Hatcher) at a nightclub called the Kit Kat Club. Sally is a flighty Bohemian-type who has trouble settling down. Even though she is amediocre talent, shedreamsofbeingabig nightclub star. The two settle down together.

The play centers around their relationship in the backdrop of the Kit Kat Club. The mysterious master ofceremonies (Norbert Leo Butz) is a continuous presence throughou t the evening. There is alsoa sub-plot that involves Fraulein Schneider (Barbara Andres) and Herr Schultz (Dick Latessa), an Zlderly couplewhoserelationshipisthreat- ened by Hider’s rise to power.

The unusual staging in the show and the wonderful dance numbers are part of what make this production so unique. The or- chestraison stage and is dressed just like the other characters onstage. Walking into the theater, the actors are alreadyon the stage and plunge the audience into their world even before the curtain opens. There are a few tables surrounding the stage torecreate the atmosphere ofanightclub. Little touches throughout the play add to the heightened intensity from the staging of Herr Schultz and Fraulein Schneider’s wedding party to the incredibly shocking and powerful ending.

The Rounda’but Theater’s production ofcabaret seem tolike to rely onstar power for the role of Sally Bowles. In the recent Broadway production, the film actress Jen- nifer Jason Leigh took over for Natasha Richardson. In the Boston production, the director has given another famous screen actress, Teri Hatcher, a stab at the part. Many people questioned whether Hatcher (whois known to all of America as Lois from the now-defunct Lois and Clark) could give the part the panache ir needs. The answer to their questionis aresounding“yes.”Hatcher’s debut stage performance is one that de- serves praise. She is wonderful as Bowles and has a strong and vital stage presence. With her elegant figure and beautiful face, she looks the part one hundred percent. Her voice is a bit rough but carries and she appears to have no trouble singing the songs. Her performance is especially poignant during the second act when she sings “Cabaret.” She is quiet and reserved, but is able to convey a great deal of emotional intensity.

LeoButzdoes afairlygocdjobplayingthe Emcee, who serves as the voice ofmorality and reason for the country. Butz, whois fresh from playing Roger in the Broadwayproduc- tion ofRent, almost looks a little too Ameri-

can and wholesome for the ghoulish Emcee. It takes him a bit of time to warm up to the role. By the time the second act rolls around, he seems more comfortable with the part and starts having fun. He is especially chilling when he sings the song “I Don’t Care Much,” and is amusing to watch during the comic song, “Two Ladies.”

Other notable performances are given by Dick Latessa and Barbara Andres, who play Herr Schultz and Fraulein Schneider re- s p e c t i v e l y . Latessa, a Broad- way veteran, has a powerhouse of a voice and sounds like he could be in anopera. His performance is touching and sweet and he has a wonderful chemistry with Andres, who gives an equally poignant and powerful performance.

This production of Cabaret is vastly different from what Broad- way audiences saw in the 1967 version of the show. The script has been reworked and various new songs have been added to the show, such as “Mein Herr,” and “I Don’t Care Much.’’ There is also agreater em-

phasisonCliffsbisexuality, apart ofthestory that was not even a part of the original production.

Cabaret is sure to be one of the hottest tickets in town. The Kit Kat Club is just waiting to“wi1kom” you intoits world. After all, life is a cabaret, old chum. Cabaret will be phying at the Colonial Theater through June 6. Tickets are available through Ticketmuster (61 7) 93 1 -2787and directly at the Colonial Theater Box Office.


WEEKENDER Mamet’s ‘Winslow Boy’ is a refreshing change from the typical summer blockbuster David Mamet writes and directs film for first time

byTHOh4AS POWELL Senior Staff Writer

Once again, David Mamet has succeeded in writing and directing a sophisticated, elegant, entertaining

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Directed By: David Mamet

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film in The Winslow Boy. And, amazingly enough, he accomplished all that with a “G” rating.

As the film opens, we are introduced to the entire Winslow family returning from church in a scene that is instantly engaging, as the intricacies of the family’s structure and situation are subtly revealed through the dialogue. W e soon learn that the oldest daughter of the family, C a t h e r i n e (Mamet’s wife, Rebecca Pidgeon of The Spanish Pris- oner), is to wed John Watherstone (Aden Gillett of The Borrowers), a navy gentleman. This particular En- glish afternoon, he and the patriarch of the family, Arthur Winslow, played brilliantly by the venerable Nigel Hawthorne, are scheduled to discuss the exact terms of the marriage and the couple’s living arrangement.

The scene unfolds beautifully as the two men discuss the marriage. In the meantime, a subtle yet ingenious humor emerges, which is pervasive throughout the film. As the family toasts the successful union, all is not well. A stranger seems to be wander- ing on the grounds of the house, and we soon find that it is Ronnie (Guy Edwards, another Borrowers alum) ,

the youngest of the family, back two days early from the Naval College for Christmas break.

After much huffing and puffing in the family, the boy is presented to his father. Ronnie claims he has been falsely accused of stealing a five shil- ling postal note from a classmate, and for this he was ejected from the academy. His father asks the boy if he stole the note. “If you tell me a lie, I shall know it, because a lie between you and me can’t be hidden.’’ The boy insists he is innocent and his father begins a bid for the boy’s lost honor and his reinstatement at the college. His father wants, at all costs, to “let right be done.”

The family hires a hotshot lawyer of the day - the exorbitantly priced Sir Rober t M o r t o n - (Jeremy Northam of Amistad) to try the case in front of Parliament. As the case progresses, the family begins to de- generate and the effects of the highly publ ic ized t r ia l a re ev iden t in Catherine’s crumbling engagement and the cuts the family must make to pay for the case. T h e question plaguing the entire family becomes: Is the trial worth it?

The Winslow Boy is adapted from a play by Terrance Rattigan which was later made into a movie in the ’40s. Never before has Mamet written and directed an adaptation of a play, but he seems on sure footing nonetheless.

T h e parallels between modern media circus trials focusing on private affairs while tying up the judicial system and the Winslow case are apparent, but they are not harped upon. Nothing, in fact, is overdone or excessive in this movie due to the incredible writing and directing of David Mamet. His controlled camera reveals only the essential elements of

Commercial French cinema? FRENCH continued from page I1 newcomer Vincent Martinez, in an effort to show their psychological grapplings - scenes that would enduponthecuttingroomfloor in Hollywood.

Armageddon and Deep Impact spell out situations for the audience, so that by the end of the film all loose ends are tied up, and the viewer has been toldwhat to think of the film. At the end of School of Flesh, however, the audience may not feel like anything tangible has happened during the movie, but there is a noticeable shift of consciousness.

Courtois argues for the value of French cinema, saying, “Ifyou see a film and you forget it as if you had eatena‘Big Mac,’ what’s the point of it? You consume it and you throw it away.”The differences in perception of film can be traced back to the roots ofFrench cinema as an extension ofliterature, compared to American cinema as an economic industry. Viewed as such, both systems are successful and not necessarily mutually ex- clusive.

A movie like Men In Black, full of big names, shallow characters and blessed with a large budget ($90 million) could never be made,

in France, due partly to lack of funding. Uponits release in 1997, however, it was the second-highest grossing film in the French box office; The Fifth Element (a French-financed, American- made blockbuster) was the first. The neck-and-neck competition between Hollywood and the French industry that has ensued will ultimately play the decisive role in the renaissance of French cinema. As the younger generation in France continues to buy into American films like Men in Black, French films come closer and closer to resembling their American counterparts.

What does this mean for the future of French cinema - are the stereotypically intellectual, psychological films going to continue to be produced in France? Courtois fears the worst. In the end, it may be the avance sur recettes that will be responsible for the sunivaloftheartistic Frenchflms, as the system is reduced to simple economic competition. “As long as the money will come freely to allow French films to be done,” Courtois says, “France will resist. If the funding stops and France has torelyon private sources, it’s over. The producers want tomake money.”

each scene and of the story. He never composes a shot simply to make it “interesting” but frames it so that it conveys the essential core of the scene.

His work is made easier by a stellar group of actors who are impeccably cast. As in his other movies, Mamet directs his actors with an amazing lack of direction. There are no melo- dramatic moments of contrived tension or overly emotional actors. In this reserved society, the dictates of social decorum must be followed. Re- gardless of the reserved manner of all involved, the film simmers with a wry humor and wit that is funny and compelling while remaining subtle

and stately. While the main focus and appar-

‘ent climax a t first appears to be the resulting courtroom drama, the audience is deprived of entering the courtroom, remaining in the family’s house. This, however, is the genius of the script: the courtroom drama drives the plot along, but the main story focuses o n w h a t occurs in t h e Winslow home as a result of the national attention garnered by the trial. Mamet infuses his setting with a vitality and strength that few other writeddirectors can, creating an emotional, funny film that anyone tired of the loud, inane blockbuster movies will thoroughly enjoy.

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Clockwise: Nigel Hawthorne (Arthur Winslow), Jeremy Northam (Sir Robert Morton) , Rebecca Pidgeon (Catherine Winslow) , Gemma Jones (Grace

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WEEKENDER Talking with Mamet

David Mamet tells all by THOMAS POWELL

Senior Staff Writer Anyone vaguely familiar with the theater or

Hollywood’s top writers has heard of David Mamet, and knows he is a force to be reckoned with. Many have called him a genius and one of the greatest living playwrights. Since the early ’70s David Mamet has been spellbinding audiences with vivid, gritty plays such as American Buffalo, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and Glengarry Glen Ross - all of which were adapted intomovies. Hecreatedwhatsome have dubbed “Mametspeak,” a description of his dialogue, which is sharp and filled with abbreviated sentences and iambic rhythm.

In the early %Os, Mamet branched out into writing for film with such notables as 7 7 ~ Untouchables, Wag the Dog, and The Span- ish Piisoner. As he said in a recent interview, “I wanted to direct just ‘cause it looked like that’s

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While writers have been appalled at the mauling of their scripts when trans- lated to the screen byoth- ers, Mamet says he has had pretty good luck in the past. Also, he says, “I always chink of it like a decorator. You know, someone says, ‘will you

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where all the fun was happening and it is. It’s fun while you’::e doing it ... it’s film camp. You get to play dress-up with all your best friends.”

Mamet grew up in Chicago, living most of his life with an exacting stepfather in what would now be called a dysfunctional family. Later, he went on to study at Goddard College, a school which has no grades and no requirements, which he later wrote was a failed experiment in education. He was never agood student, but was always avoracious reader. During his last years of college Mamet began writing and has never stopped as “it became a habit.”

After bouncing around to dozens of jobs throughout Inis 20s, he was eventually able to support himself as a writer. During those years, he associated with less- than-respectable characters through poker games and work in a shady real estate investment office. He picked up the rhythms of the hangers-on and blue collar workers he hung out with and later used their dialogue and stories as fodder for his writing.

Unlike many playwrights before him, Mamet has successfully bridged the gap between Hollywood and the theater. During his 30 years in the theater and in film he has accomplished quite a bit: he has written 21 screenplays, three novels, dozens of essays, several songs, four children’s books, two books ofpoems, about 25 plays, three Chekhov adaptations, directed six films

and won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer. One might think that, having produced so much over the past thirty years, Mamet has simply churned out all his works by formula; therein lies his prolific genius. His work continues to be consistently fresh, inventive, and incredibly tight and enjoyable.

Just as his dialogue has become a staple of his style, Mamet’s look has as well: thick round glasses, a stubbly beard; and a crew cut which he calls “an honest haircut.” He speaks softly, yet beneath the surface is a power and sharp wit ready to pounce and devour anyone at any moment.

Mamet has directed only six of his screenplays.

decorate my apartment?’, and you decorate the apartment, and they say, ‘come over for tea’. Deco- rator comes over and says, ‘oh my god, they moved the couch.”’

That being said, Mamet refuses to let the movies he writes and directs be changed at all. “Part of the deal is, if you like the script and you like the budget, you gotta give me final cut. That’s the deal. People seemed to like Spanish Prisoner, so it makes it easier to do this movie, and if people like this one it will make it easier for the next one,” he says. For a director to have final cut (which means: once Mamet is finished with the movie, the studio is forbidden from changing the film at all) on all of his movies is rare, but for a man with such an incredible track record, it is expected.

Having had such tremendous success in the independent film world, Mamet wants to try his hand at the studio system. “Well, sure, I’ve been having such a good time making independent films that it’s only human nature to want to go into an arena in which I know nothing andget my brains beat out,” he quipped.

A perk of working for a studio is that the returns on his films and the exposure will increase drastically, for none of the movies he has written and directed have had much commercial exposure, aside from receiving positive reviews.

Despite his insistence on full control and his confidence in his own work, Mamet is not a tyrant on set. He explains, “Sir Nigel [Hawthorne] said a wonderful thing to me. There’s the scene, [in which Arthur and Grace are] talking on the stairs, and he turns away from her, and she’s talking to his back and there’s a wonderful close up ofher and she says, ‘What are you doing it for? What are you doing it for? What’s the point of all this? Why are you doing it?’ And he says ‘For justice, Grace.’ And it’s a shot on his back, a very, very beautiful shot and I said, ‘Nigel,’ I said, ‘okay, when she asks you that, turn around and look at her and say ‘For justice, Grace.’ He says, ‘No, that’s a huge mistake, it’s too important a line to whack it on the head.’ And so he doesn’t turn around. It was a wonderful insight on his part.”

This exchange illustrates the type of subtle yet powerful scenes and shots that end up in a Mamet- directed film: precise, powerful, and dramatically significant.

Along with this, Mamet feels that once a cast is decided upon, the director must realize “that’s what you’re gonna get. The idea that the director’s gonna mold the cast really doesn’t work. They say if you sign with the devil, you’re gonna shepherd the devil and vice-versa.”

Mamet first saw the original play upon which his latest film, The Winslow Boy, is based 20years ago, and he said he loved the language of the play, as well as the 1950 film adaptation. The original play was written by Terrence Rattigan, who adapted true events from 1908 in building the plot. Mamet said that in adapting his version of it, he wrote some extra scenes and some transitions, but most of the language is Rattigan’s.

When speaking of The Wins& Boy, he says he enjoyed that the movie was a period piece since all of the other movies he directed were set in contemporary times. (‘It’s once upon a time. It’s a lot more fun if you set it in once upon a time. You say, ‘Well, what do the characters look like, what do they wear, and how does that aid the story?’ Rather than setting the movie in contemporary times, there’s an unfortunate impulse to say, ‘What kind ofjob does the guywork at? What kind of clothing does he wear.... All stories are once upon a time,’’ he says.

Like Wag the Dog, for instance? “Oh, yeah, that would be once upon this time.”

Despite such a hectic work schedule, Mamet shows no signs of slowing down. He has already released four books this year, three in April alone. He recounts, “I was asked to write a Jekyl and Hyde script (slated for AI Pacino) last year so I did that. I t takes place at the turnofthecentu ry.... In fact I’vegot anew [children’s] book that’s just coming out. It’s about Boston. It’s called Henrietta. It’s about a pig who goes to law school, so it’s the same old story.”

Does he feel challenged anymore by writing and working? “Well, gettin’ up in the morning, that’s a very big challenge, I feel like if I can do that I have proved myself for that day,” he answers.

Can he possibly continue on this course in the future - writing and writing? “I’d like to take a day off. ... I’d like to make anew movie over the next couple of years. And I start directing a play today, and I hope to be doing this magic show [with Ricky Jay], I hope.” And therein lies the secret to his success: in addition to his dramatic and comedic genius, he constantly carries a notebook and never stops working. From the looks of it, he loves every minute. David Mamet currently lives in Newton, Mass, with his wife Rebecca €’&eon and his children.


I WEEKENDER Historical Society and Tufts collaborate on city of Medford’s unknown history Graduate students create exhibit exposing the past

by ANDREW LUTIN Senior Staff Writer

Inside the old walls of the small, gray, two-story building located on a side street in Medford Square, artifacts and letters written by slave traders help tie together the present with the past. Amidst the clut- ter and dust surrounding the regular collection, the new exhibit at the Medford Historical Society unveils startling and lesser-known facts about Medford’s role in the slave trade, while tracking the history of a family which came to the country enslaved, and lives here in Medford today.

The exhibition, entitled “Distilling Medford’s Past: Rum, Ships and Slaves”, shows the role the slave trade had on the political, economic and social aspects of Medford in the 18th and 19th centuries. Photographs and documents taken from shipbuilders and rum distillers are featured in the exhibition, in an effort to educate the community about Medford’s history. The show is a joint effort between volunteers at the historical society and Tufts University graduate students in the Museum Studies Program.

According to Susan Bowditch, an or- ganizer of the exhibit and a Tufts graduate student, slavery in Medford was “more prevalent than people would like to believe. People are in denial about that.”The exhibit will “open people’s eyes to what Medford was doing in the 1700s,” Bowditch said.

Medford had the second largest slave population in Massachusetts in the 18th century. The Massachusetts Bay Colony had about 96,000 people in the 1700s, of which 2,000 were slaves. Boston had the second highest number of slaves in New England.

“A lot of people got very wealthy in New England and it’s hard to believe that the slave trade did not contribute to that,” Bowditch said. Even though slavery was not as prominent in New England as in the South, much of the wealth stemmed from the trading of rum for slaves.

“Most people don’t think of the slave trade being associated with Medford or New England. The slave trade is kept out of the limelight,” Bowditch said.

Kenneth Turino serves as Director of the Lynn Historical Society, while also teaching the Tufts Museum Studies course entitled “Exhibit Planning and Design for the Small Museum.” He said that the students involved in the exhibit are developing “new conclusions” about the richness of Medford’s history. Tufts students were given a $2,000 grant from the University to put together the exhibit.

The students in the class are responsible for organizing the show. Turino said the exhibit shows that “every community has many different sides to it that make up the whole.” Most of the items on exhibition belong to the historical society, but they have never been put into a coherent, focused exhibit.

The exhibit is divided into three sections: shipbuilding, rum, and the Triangle Trade, each of which is headed by one of the 13 graduate students involved. The Triangle Trade is named after the triangular route that the slave, molasses and rum traders used to exchange goods in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Medford’s role in the triangular trade consisted of shipping rum from Medford to Africa in exchange for slaves. The slaves were then brought to the West Indies for molasses, which was brought to Medford to make more rum. The exhibit is orga- nized so that the three sections form a triangle, to reflect the routes taken by the traders.

“Medford was quite famous in its day,” Turino said.

A focal point of the exhibit is a desk that contains a number of letters written by ship captains and traders. Bowditch said, “The letters were the inspiration for creating the exhibition.”These letters were written between 1759 and 1769 and reflect the horrible events the slaves endured amidst the economic security their suffering provided slave owners and others involved in the trading. The letters include slaveholders “instructing the captains of ships what to look for when buy- ing slaves.” Theslaves were being traded for bottles of rum. “They’re pretty harsh to read,” she added.

The letters were a part of the historical society’s stock since the 1930s but were not ready for viewing until recently. Turino said, “someone stumbled upon them.”The letters were not on display until this col- laboration because the society did not have the funding to get them cleaned and put into protective covers by the North- east Document Conservation Center in Andover. Furthermore, members of the historical society were uncertain of the authenticity of some of the documents.

The documents found in Medford from the past are very important to American history. The historical society was the source ofthe thirdlargest Civil War photograph collection in the country, with over 5,000 prints. The photographs were reproduced in a book entitled “The Land- scape of the Civil War.”

Timothy Fitch was a shipowner who wrote a number of the letters on display. In the letters, Fitch describes how the slaves were to be priced at auction and how to make them appear de- sirable by oiling their bodies at auction.

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awkward circumstances. Bowditch said that by including the Kountze family in the exhibition, the museum was showing “something positive,” because the slaves’ “descendants made their contributions here.” The pictures and documents are focused in the center of the exhibit, with the information about the ships, rum and slavery surrounding them, both in the literal and symbolic sense.

A scale model of the ship “Don Quixote,” drawings of ships made in Medford, and tools used to make the ships help recreate the shipbuilding enterprise. Ship cards on display, index card-sized advertisements, publicized the sailing of the sea vessels to places such as Califor- nia, for the Gold Rush, Asia, for the Asian Trade and the Beirut Strait, also for gold. These cards are colorful and the pictures depict successful voyages full of wealth, prosperity andconquests. World maps con- structed by the grad students, highlight the routes taken by the merchants.

The success of the shipbuilding empire in Medford ended in 1873 with the finishing of the construction of the Pilgrim. The impact on the local area was devastating because much of the area’s economy re- volved around shipbuilding. Ship models and a half hull (a ship replica with exact

Medford rum therejust prior to his famous mission in which he warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington that the British were marching to arrest them.

A re-created bar ledger helps place the importance of the rum industry in early Medford citizens’ lives. Rum distilling containers and wooden pipes used for rum-distillation appear across from the bar along with copied advertisements and posters for rum. Authentic receipts from rum purchases and rusted keys from dis- tilleries sit across from the containers.

Since few large cargoes were brought to Medford from the West Indies in the triangle trade, many people are disillu- sioned about the slavery. The ratio of citizens to slaves in 1765 was 45 to one, which translates to about 49 slaves in the town, or 2.2 percent of the population. Currently, African Americans constitute 3.9 percent of the population in Medford, while whites make up 92.2 percent.

The students did most of their research in Medford, the Boston Marine Society, The Peabody Essex Museum, and public and Tufts libraries. The entire exhibit was conceived and built by volunteers at the historical society and by Tufts students. “It has been an enormous amount of work,” Bowditch said. “We had to learn about

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March ot 1764 shows I . . A P I the prices for which slaves were auctioned. Slave traders would give 26 pounds and ten shillings for men or women who were at least four feet, four inches tall and anywhere from 17 to 21 pounds for boys and girls who were shorter than 4’4”.

According to histo- - . . . rians, one ot the ships

mentioned in the letters, the “Phillis,” is the ship that acclaimed slave poet Phillis Wheatley was named after when it brought her to Boston in the 1760s.

Perhaps the most striking artifacts on exhibit are shackles used to tie down slaves. The shackles are on loan from the Isaac Royall House, a historic house in Medford, that contained slavequarters for as many as 27 slaves.

The objective of the exhibit is not only to reveal some of the hidden facts about Medford, but also to trace an African- American family’s history in Medford, the Kountze family, who contributed pictures of their ancestors.

The Kountze family moved to Medford in the 1700s as freed slaves. However, enslaved blacks still lived in Medford at the time, which placed the ancestors in

proportions) are on display, as well as tools used for shipbuilding.

The rum produced in Medford was arguably the best in the United States. It was considered both a drink and a medicine. Drinking rum was often a part of the shipbuilders daily routine before they arrived at work in the morning. There is no direct evidence that slaves helped produce the rum, but evidence does exist that the slaves were traded for the rum produced in Medford.

In 1715, JohnHall builtMedford’sfirst distillery on Distilling House Lane, now Riverside Avenue, and in 1830 Daniel Lawrence took over the business and created Daniel Lawrence & Sons. It was under Lawrence’s supervision that the recipe for Medford Old Rum was perfected. Histori- cal accounts show that Paul Revere drank

every thing.” Graduate student Julia Stitson said of

creating the exhibit, “It’s a real shame the history you never learn about your own background. The little gems that we have here, you have to polish them.”

Although slavery was abolished many years ago, the remnants of slavery can still be uncovered beyond the walls of the historical society. There are two distinct reminders of the slavery in Medford that still exist. The Old Slave Quarters of the historic Isaac Royall House and the “slave wall” on Grove Street, which was built in 1765 by a slave named Pomp. The exhibit ison display at the Medford Histori- cal Society, 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA (78I)39I -8739, fromMay8th until Septem- ber 12th. It is open only on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. Admission is free.

PAI[ - THE TUFTS DAILY Commencement 1999

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TQ ‘INFINITY’ AND BEYOND:

The Daily would like to congratulate the following seniors and thank them for their hard work over the past four years:

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BEELZEBUBS NEW by DARA RESNIK

Daily Editorial Board Tufts’ own all-male a capella group, the Beezlebubs, has

released a new album entitled Infinity. Despite a few slow moments, the Bubs come off with a cohesion and vitality

that remind us why their concerts are arguably the most well- attended on campus.

“That’s the Way I Like IdGet DownTo- night,”byK.C. and the Sunshine Band starts

the albumon anupbeat note. Soloist Jeremy Cramer’s tenor voice is irrepressibly full oflife, and the arrangement melding the two songs together is well done.

“It 4in’t Over ‘Til it’s Over” bv Lennv Kravitz is done in a mediocre fashion. Despite parts’in whiLh members of the group are forced into a squeaky falsetto, Oliver Wong does a nice job of mimicking Kravitz’s voice, blending well with the background throughout the song. “All I Want is You,” falls victim to the same problematoneor twopoints, where the falsettosofthe group donot blend particularly well. Despite beautiful background vocals, the chord changes are simply too tedious and repetitive to retain interest.

Boch background vocals and falsettos are particularly strong in “She’s Always a Woman,” a Billy Joel favorite. The dynamics of the song are conducted with a wonderful perceptiveness. Another slow but feeling song is “Washing of the Water,” in which Wong and Alex Rappaport make a song that could become tedious actually worth listening to.

Always a favorite during concert performances, “Stay (Wasting Time)” by Dave Matthews is one of

RELEASE S H I N E S “All Night Long,” is an unexpected piece for a cappella

translation, but again, due to a strong bass-line and well- conducted dynamics it comes off well. The arrangement is unusual and the non-English instrumental is gorgeous. The arrangement of “Signed, Sealed, Delivered- I’mYours,” by Stevie Wonder is similarly out of the ordinary, and just as strong.

Also unlikely pieces for an a cappella album are “bungin”’ by LL Cool J, “Fire” by Jimi Hendrix, and “No Diggity,” by Blackstreet. The first and the last are usually considered “rap” by the music industry. The background, mostlyper- cussion and bass are nice, but rap comes off as somewhat strange when done in a cappella style. Still, because the arrangement is somewhat minimal to begin with, the songs translate fairly well, especially “No Diggity” on which Sam Hanson’s solo is particularly strong. “Fire” uses microphone effects to mimic Hendrix’s electric sound. Though an

the stronger pieces on the album. Part ofthis is due to the fact that thechordchangesin theoriginalwere beautiful even before their rearrangement on Infinity . Credit must be given to the Bubs, however, who are incredibly cohesive during this song, from beginning to end. The polyrhythmis wonderfully done and the bass- line is good and strong-a necessity for the song.

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interesting experiment, it is not what the Bubs do best. The group shows off their percussive skills with “You and

Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby),” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Though the song does not quite replicate swingquality, the voices of the group blend especially well with near-perfectly executed background vocals and an

instrumental that puts actual wind instruments to shame.

Arguably, though, the best song on Infinity is Sting’s ‘“Jcrhy Should I Cry for You.” Not only are the chord changes excellent, but the group’s voices blend seamlessly and the sound carries with it a haunting quality. Jack Maynard’s solo is the high- lightofthe album, as hesings with a cleanness and clarity that shows not only a wonderful talent, but an ear for the bittersweetness in the song.

Overall, Infinity is one of the Bubs’ better endeavors. “Brothers, Sing On!” the group’s song, and the last one of the albumis an unfortunate exercise in self-indulgence. But with agroup that does so well most of the time, we allow them their faults. The albumovercomes weaknesses with a vengeance, and dis- plays the group’s talents as best it can out of the live- performance venue, which is usually the Bubs’ greatest strength.

ELIZABETH CHEN JASON COHEN

JUDITH DICKMAN SAM ERDHEfM

GEIR GASEIDNES JOHN GENDRON PAMELA MILLS KATHY PETER

DAVID PLUVIOSE

JASON SALTER PETE SANBORN

TREVOR SOPONIS HALEY STEIN

‘The Castle’ and ‘Trippin’ strong on

humor, weak on story by ROBERT LOTT

Daily Editorial Board It’s time for graduation and suddenly the real world i!

looking scarier than a townie on his bad-ass BMX. There art decisions to be made, employment tobe sought, housing tc be found, and a diploma to be framed. It seems like all yot

Trippin’

**e Rating: (3 out of 5)

want to dois sit back close your eyes, anc live in astate ofigno. rant bliss. Tha, cloudy ecstasyis ex, actly the world in. habited by the ex, tremely eclectic characters oftwo re. centfilms.TheCasth is an Australian im.

port, about a family who will do anything to save something hardlyworthsaving, WhileTrippin’tells the storyofa young high schoolsenior who has trouble living his life because ht is too busy dreaming about it.

The Castle tells the story of the unbelievably happl Kerrigan family, a clan of Australian suburbanites whost lives would seem pitiful and depressing to anyone else. Bui they live day by day, with bright, wide smiles on their faces Content, they reside in a small cluttered house, under higt voltage power lines, on a small piece of land that happen: to be at the end of the runway of the largest airport in thc region. There’s the husband and wife, two sons, a daughter her husband, and a few dogs. But don’t worry about them their house isn’t crowded at all. Actually, it feels empq without their last son. Where’s he? Oh, he’s in prison, that’: all.

But the Kerrigans keep on smiling, that is of course, unti the government tries to take their home away and builc another airport terminal. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, the state pays the familymoney, they move away, ar airport is built, and everyone’s happy. This is especialll reasonable considering that even an empty hangar woulc be more aesthetically pleasing than the veritable garage sale in which the Kerrigans live.

But this is not the case for Darryl Kerrigan, a middle agec tow-truckdriver and his family. They love their home; it i: their castle and no one is going to kick them ou t. The res1 of the film follows the Kerrigans’ ambitious attempt tc protect their home by taking the case to the highest courl in the country. The jokes here are silly, simple, and subtle

The audience is forced to laugh at the absurd way thc familywades through the mud andmuckofrealitywithoul hesitation,orevennoticingit.Therearenowomes for them Innocently and bravely they persist with a stupid look or their face and a naive glint in their eyes. There is no neec or want in this family. They have everything. For that we laugh because we wish we had the same. But that’s the profound stuff. The Kerrigans are also very ugly, stupid extremely dorky, and talk silly. For that we also laugl- because people like that are funny.

In Trippin’, our hero, Greg Reed, known to his friends a> G, lives in an equally inspiring bliss. He has it all; money women, fame, women, success, women, and of course more women. But the only problemis his success is all in hk mind. Trippin’is based on agreat creative idea. The action of the story shifts back and forth between the real, boring lazy, intimidating life of our hero G, and the imaginary crazy, exciting, and hilarious life ofhis dreams. The concepc is ingenious and one expects a goofy version of House P a q and Booty Call meet Fear and Loathing in L a 5 Vegas and Brazil.

In that sense, the movie both succeeds and fails. Some of the fantastical skits that G imagines are hysterical. He becomes a famous poet for such lyric works as “Don’t Be F, -kin’ With My S-t.” Universities are offering him ready and-willing girls to satisfy his desires if he attends theii school. And he is awarded the Congressional Medal oi Honor for his bravery in defending the nation.

Unfortunately, his dreams are much more interesting than real life. Thus, the rest of the movie is dragged down by a lame plot, The story ofG’s attempt to woo the ladyoi hisdreamssputtersand hisbest friend'srun-inwithadrug dealing hoodlumis forced, unreal, and irrelevant. The jokes try too hard and it’s a wonder that first-timedirector David Raym, who has worked with John Singleton and Eddie Murphyin the past, even thought theywouldgetachuckle.

Itallbuildsupintoabigconfrontationinwhichwemeet a gangster who stutters and his lackey wears leg braces ... when will the hilarity end? Please pardon the sarcasm, but it’s disappointing when a beautiful idea and several hysterical scenes are weighed down by the stale conventions of sub-par movie making.

Nevertheless, certain moments, though few and far between, remain in which the humor is top-notch. Seeing themovie may notbe acomplete waste, especiallyfor those who enjoy a little daydream themselves. With one’s head in the clouds, it’s easy to forget your worries, imagine the future, and catch a good movie or two.


- ~ €€K€ND€R SOUNDS YOU SHOULD HEAR SOUNDS YOU SHOULD HEAR SOUNDS YOU SHOULD HEAR

considers moshing to be just another contact sport. !&3; ii is: DOT'S f i rst album. releasedon lars Ulrich's label, TMC, introduces the listener to the Canadian uersion of 311. The band likes to mix rock, reggae. rap. and punk. DOT takesa stabat their own. original crossouer version. perhaps being a l i t t l e more accessible than the likes of Korn and other bands that are on the darker side of the spectrum.

Ulhen you're ready toseriouslypartyor let out some frustrations

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311. Dog [at Dog. l imp Bizkit. Godsmack; etc. ~at jnc: *** Nothing ground-breaking here. but entertaining. - CA

school and die hard industrial fans. is: i'bs is KMFOM's latest. and also the bands final effort. These he industrial genre haue been around foreuer. inspiring the likes of Nine

Inch Hails. How you know what to expect: loud. dramatic, noise wi th spoken lyrics. A low-key uersion of Rammstein. wi th only one song in German and no

.:;:: Ulhen you want to wallow in misery, because "misery needs

ht take some time to get used to.

Anyone who likes pop-rock that's slightly melancholicandcarried

if I: Numinous Peach is a pop band that definitely offers some great, if sad melodies. Their knack for tragedy could also place them into the Hew WauefCure [when they're depressed1 category. lead uocalist Hikki Trauer's uoiceisdifficult toplaceamongst female vocalists. sounding sort ofl ike a cross between Heather Houa and Natalie Merchant.

Ulhen you want to feel sorry for yourself or when you want ut yourself. hearing that someone i s worse of f than you. Bands with good background harmonies and vocals.

112. Some hidden gems are to be discouered here. - CR'

~ 2 x f i : Smoke 'n function

lijbcg: Phoenix. Rz, $hg j ! * ~ k:: Anyone and eueryone who needs to chi l l out once in a whi l i hat i; is: Cliff Sarde. the musical mastermind behind Smoke 'n Function, has createda fusion of electronicmusic w i t h Jazzand t hesounds of Hatiue American and [astern voices. The disc is truly an aduenture through sound. ahen to Listin: When you need to s i t back and relax. breathe deeply. and contemplatet hemeaning of l i fe. This record w i l l take you on a smooth, wonderfully laid-back journey through many different sounds. Reminiscent of: Helu Age Music. the "Rainforest" and "Ocean" relaxation CDs. but much more diverse. interesting, and inte!ligent. Rating: ***** A must for those wi l l ing to explore new musical frontiers. - CR

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Band: The Cufs Album: ffofihy ham You Where: Milwaukee, UII Uho it 's for: People who haue just broken up w i th significant others. Ulhar it is: hce/fenf band with catchy bass lines. bittersweet melodic uocals and emotional guitar licks. On the downside.the Cufs haue lost bandmates, girlfriends. andwiues since their last release. On theupside, they've taken their pain and compressed it into one of the finest rock music efforts of '99. @hen to listen: Ulhen in those semi-dark. contemplatiue moments. Reminiscent of: They haue their own unique sound that is worth listening to. Rating : - E A

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Band: Foxtrot ZUlU Album: frozen h h e uhere: Kingston, 11 UJhoit'sfor Collegestudentswhowant to hearabandwithastglesomewhere in-between that of Phish and Martin, Medeski, and Wood. uht it is. R 'jam' oriented rock group. Those who know what that means may want to c'heck i t out. those who don't should leaue it alone. Ulhen to listen: U l h ~ high! b m i n j s a n t of: Phish. MMUl. Blues Traueller Rating: - E R .

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ij;ni: Old 97's ~ \ ~ ~ ~ : ~ : hlht ShJs fi!T:~: Dallas, TX ,:,, !Gi:c . . 11 sin:: - ~ h a l I; IS: An interesting amalgamation of country-driven guitar l icks and sad mopey rock lyrics. Nhen toljsfsn: Oriuingdown thosesceniccountryroads that seem todragon ... and on.. . and on.. . flemifijscgnt of: Third Eye Blind meets Carth Brooks Qat in!: - ER

Alternatiue rock 20-somethings who secretly dig Country music.

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nand: trontside Riburn: frantsih uhere: Melbourne. Rustralia Who iys for: Future music enthusiasts d h a j it is. Two Aussies who switch electronica styles faster than Crocodile Oundee can say ' W a y Mate!" These guys specialize in euerything from blazing techno to funky acid to melodic breakbeat and are quiteconuincing in each genre. When to (isten: Ulhen you feel fhe need for speed! Reminiscent of: Sounds YOU hope YOU neuer hear when alone in the dark. Rating: - HI

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Tufts Career Advisorv J

Network The Tufts Career Advisory Network is a program designed to provide networking opportunities to students andalumni,whoareinvariousstages of career exploration. Currently, there are approximately 1,200 individuals in the Network who have volunteered to share information about their career fields, their work experiences and advice, in informa-

1999 TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION tio;lalinterviews* SENIORS AWARDS RECIPIENTS In addition to encouraging alumni,

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Pictured are 12 members of the To row, left to right: Mandeep parents, and friends of the Univer- Class of 1999 who were chosen Si B hu, Holly Burnett, Michael sity to join the Network, we also by the Awards Committee of the Wan . Second row: Maia Heyck- hope that a cross-section ofstudents Tufts University Alumni Asso- Mer K in, Eric Brum, Nayiri andalumniwith&fferentn&swill ciation to receive Seniors Awards Bal’ian, Kimberly Volkman, and this valuable resource. For for their academic achievement, Re b ecca Scott. Fmt row: TUAA example, juniors may be investigat- wide participation in campus President Elliott Lerman E65, ing opportunities; and community activities, out- Dana Delegianis, Melissa Meo, standing qualibes of leadership, Sasha Baltins, Peter Sanborn, and and recent graduates may want to and potential for future alumni President John DiBiaggio. leadership and service.

learn about effective job search strategies or specific work environ- ments.

The Career Advisory Network is housed in the Career Planning Cen- ter, 226 College Avenue. If you are unable to visit the Center, however, we offer a mail-in service for requesting contacts from the Net- work. There is a small fee for this service to cover printing and post- age costs. Advisors work in most of the major metropolitan areas around the country, with a stronger representation in New York, Bos- ton and Washington, D.C.

For more information, call Jean Papalia at the Career Planning Cen- ter at (617) 627-5272.

Tufts Alliance Network Greetings and Congratulations! Tufts’ Ofice of Alumni Relations wel-

comes you to the Tufts family, and we want you to stay connected to the University through our broad alumni network of Tufts Alliances located around the country and throughout the world.

The Alliance concept, introduced in 1984, allows alumni in different geographic areas to volunteer for Tufts under one broad organization--“The Alliance.” Director of Alumni Relations Ron Brinn A58, broadened the traditional university alumni club to include parents of current Tufts students.

All alumni spouses and friends are also welcome at any Alliance event. Tufts Alliance events may include: Career Networking, Continuing Mu-

cation, Social Activities, Cultural Events, Student Recruitment, and Com- munity Service (TuflServe).

Below is a list of Alliances and Alliance leaders whom you can contact. We want you to be an active part of the Tufts Alliance connection. Stay in touch with Tufts!

Al0any Peter Bakal A79 (5 18)435-1224 -. - --

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