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THE TUFTS DAILY /Where You Read It First Mondav, March 1,1999 Volume XXXVIII, Number 24 I

Social activist Bill Sutherland comes to Tufts by DAVID PLUVIOSE

Daily Editorial Board A key player in the interna-

tional campaign for non-violent social change visited Tufts last Wednesday night, as Bill Sutherland, a studentleducator of Gandhian principles, spoke in the Lincoln-Filene Center.

The format for this event was a small informal discussion in which participants interacted with Sutherland on a personal level about the details of his life in the United States and Africa, and his goals for non-violent activism both here and abroad.

Sutherland began his activist

career in 1932 with the Junior National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People (JNAACP). After graduating from Bates College, Sutherland went on to work at a community center inNewark,N.J. He served three years in prison for war ob- jection, and then went on to be a foundingmember oftheNew York Committee on Race Equality. He also practiced the principles of Gandhism on behalf of numer- ous African liberation movements, and was active in the world anti-nuclear movement and the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era.

Although Sutherland said his parents once questioned his involvement in anti-warprotests, he also pointed out that they were largely responsible for shaping his outlook on war and on life.

“They were pioneers in that whole idea of breaking down the barriers in communities where there was racial separation, and this was in 19 18 that they came to Glenridge,New Jersey, which isan all-white community.

“We moved in at night, and then in the morning [the Glenridge community] found this African American family; they were very upset. They offeredmy father three

times as much money to leave immediately, but he wouldn’t go,” Sutherland said.

He added that although this experience ofracial oppression first raised his consciousness concerning America’s social ills, it had a life-long negative psychological impact on his sister.

“She very much was involved in trying to change things through the establishment, and I took another route where I felt that the problems we were facing were systemic, and I decided that I would take the route of being opposed to the injustices I saw in the system,” Sutherland told students.

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Albright in China to discuss human rights, security issues

Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service

BEIJING -Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright arrived here Sunday for talks with senior leaders on China’s human rights record and a host of security concerns following a week in which ten democracy activists were detained as part of a crackdown on a fledg- ling opposition party. Albright spokesman James P. Rubin said the United States deplores the arrests, citing the cases ofwu Yilong -a graduate student and founder oftheChinaDemocracy Party, who was expelled from his university two days before receiving his di-

ploma, then arrested Friday -and Peng Ming, a dissident academic who was sentenced Friday to a year and a half in a labor camp.

Inashowofdefiance,3Omem- ‘bers ofthe ChinaDemocracy Party held ameeting Sunday in the eastern city of Hangzhou to discuss the arrests. Afterward, the group issued an open letter to the national legislature demanding re- lease of dissidents and calling on lawmakers to ratify the Interna- tional Covenant on Civil and Po- litical Rights and a treaty on economic rights, both ofwhich Beijing signed with much fanfare last year. Albright’s visit follows a flurry of

developments that have empha- sized problems inthe Sino-Ameri- can relationship followingawarm- ing of ties associated with Presi- dent Clinton’s trip here last June.

Both sides hope.to set the relationship back on course before a scheduled visit to Washington by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in April, but analysts in Beijingsay it ,

will not be easy. “The general mood here is quite pessimistic,” said a Chinese foreign policy adviser. Last week, theClinton administra- tion rejected the sale of telecom- munications equipment to a Chi-

see BEIJING, page 15

He also recalled what he said at his sister’s 1988 funeral. At the funeral, Sutherland said, “In bibli- cal terms, the stone that was rejected became the cornerstone of our lives -in other words, it was this racial oppression that got me started.”

Sutherland said he was intro- duced to the pacifist position by some members from a church in Glenridge. “It was actually a young, white southerner who was director, asocialist, anda pacifist, and so I was influenced by him very much in terms of my earlier life.”

Sutherland added that there were two main streams ofhis life, the first being the Pan-African movement and the second an interest in how one works for change, ngtably an individual such as Gandhi.

“If I believed that violence and war was a way to handle what happened in Europe, if I believed that racism and fascism should be opposed by violence, I wouldn’t go to Europe. I would go to Mis- sissippi or Alabama, where at that time that was the main thing that was happening to people of my color,” Sutherland said.

Sutherland related to the crowd an excerpt from an honorary doctorate that he received from his almamater. “Each generation going out fiom this place should learn while here that higher education brings the task of caring for the common good,” he read aloud fiom the doctorate, “Collegiate life should nourish a hearty regard for the insurrection of talent against the principalitiesof indifference.”

He said that he thought the excerpt represented some of the hopes of the Lincoln Filene Cen- ter.

Sutherland left the US for Af- rica in 1953 feeling discouraged by a society‘ dominated by McCarthyism, and said that he was pleasantly surprised by the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, the civil rights leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, and other momentous events that precipi- tated sweeping social changes in the US.

“I’m happyto havebeen proved wrong about the United States as far as a resilience in civil society was concerned, but nevertheless, I left with the idea that I felt the things I believed in perhaps ... could best [utilized working] in Africa,” Sutherland said.

Sutherland added that he does not regret having chosen Africa for his social battleground because he was able to maintain his connection with the different

struggles that were occurring in the US.

He went on to say that different movements for social change such as the environmental movement, the women’s movement, or the work done by Amnesty Interna- tional should not necessarily merge, but should work together.

Sutherland also said the rich and poor hold vastly dispropor- tionate amounts of wealth; he quoted the final remarks of the keynote speaker at a conference of the Association of Common- wealth Universities in Ottawa, Canada.

“There is [a] relentless and single-minded drive by the rich and powerful of the world to glo- balize and liberalize, to privatize every public enterprise, to deify the market, to weaken our governments and make it impossible for them to intervene decisively on behalfofthe poor and powerless,” he said.

“All this will no doubt succeed in creating immense wealth and power for a minority of countries andaminorityofcitizens,” he continued. “But it is also creating massive poverty and hopeless- ness for the majority of the coun- triesoftheworld and their citizens. This cannot be a good recipe for peace and security in the world. Genuine peace and security within nations and between nations is the result ofjustice.”

Sutherland had spoken light- heartedly throughout his lecture about his time in prison, but nevertheless did not want to cast a favorable light on the experience.

Responding toaquestion from the audience concerning his im- prisonment, he responded, “1 was there for 38 months; but when you look at what people have gone through, it’s like I was the for the weekend when you look at [Nelson] Mandela’s 27 years. It was interesting in terms of the racial side ... there was still segregation.

“We went on strike against segregation in the prison system, and we carried on our struggle in prison against segregation and against censorship,” he said.

He related a story of when one ofhis friendsdecided tostay in his cell and rest during a exercise pe- riod for the inmates because he was feeling ill. The captain ofthe guard came in and said after he found out the inmate was ill and said, “Bill, I ’ l l be so glad when the war is over, and there’s some honest-to-God bank robbers and mur- derers and people I understand. Youguysare drivingmeoutofmy mind.”

Fla. jury convicts Baptist minister of

swindle CLEARWATER, Fla. -A Florida jury Saturday convicted thl

Rev. Henry J. Lyons, ptesidentofthe nation’s largest blackreligiou, arganization, ofracketeering and grand theft in averdict clouded a the last moment by a bizarre allegation of misconduct by a juror.

An all-white jury deliberated for more than 12 hours over threc lays before filing into the courtroom to deliver the verdict agains Lyons, 57. Co-defendantBerniceEdwards,42, aformeraideto Lyon! it the National Baptist Convention USA Inc., was acquitted by thc ;ix-memberjwy.

Lyons stood impassively as the clerk read the verdict handed tc ier by Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court Judge Susan Schaeffer. Aftei :ourt was adjourned, about two dozen supporters led Lyons from he courtroom and took him to afirst-floor law library, where his wifi ed a spirited prayer session. Minutes later, Lyons emerged with hi: mtourage and left the courthouse without speaking to reporters ilthough his lawyers said he has no intention of resigning from hi: >est.

Assistant State Attorney Bob Lewis said his team was pleasec with the verdict. “I think it’s pretty clear that the whole idea was tc :et as much money as they possibly could,” he said, adding thai 3dwards likely was acquitted because “the main person in this brganization was always Henry Lyons.”

Yeltsin is readmitted to hospital for bleeding

ulcer MOSCOW - Just days after his spokesman said he was fully

ecovered, Russian President BorisN. Yettsin wqs readmitted to the iospital Saturday after a reoccurrence of a bleeding ulcer.

The hospitalization - Yeltsin’s third in four months -under- cores just how fragile the president’s health remains and under- nines his increasingly futile attempts to appear vigorous and in ommand.

It is also likely to sharpen calls for Yeltsin to step down volun- xiiy before he dies or is incapacitated.

The Kremlin:stopdoctor, Sergei P. Mironov, said Yelstin began eeling ill on Friday and was brought to the Central Clinical Hospital a Saturday for tests. Doctors conducted a gastroscopy, which ound that the ulcer had not healed completely and that there was iinor bleeding that may be caused by a blood clot.

Wednesday presidential spokesman Dmitry D. Yakushkin an- ounced that the president’s course ofrehabilitation was completed nd he was in good health.

Yeltsin, 68, has been at best a part-time president since the ummer.

However, he had upped his pace in the last two weeks, visiting le Kremlin nearly every day. This week alone he met with the head f the Federal Security Service on Monday, attended a Defense linistry ceremony on Tuesday, met with the Chinese premier on ‘hursday, and took part in a summit on Friday with the leaders of .azakstan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan.

After 16 years, elections return democracy to

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LAGOS, Nigeria- After decades ofdisappointments, Nigerians aturday voted in presidential elections to end 16 years of military ile and bring democracy to Africa’s most populous nation.

Impatience mixed with jubilation at many polling stations in igeria’s biggest city, Lagos, where people ran to be near the front Fthe linewhen votingofficiallygot underwayat 1 1 :30a.m. Despite low turnout blamed on the election process’ length, this was a lance for Nigerians to put right the debacle of 1993, when the army meged on its promise to hand power to a civilian leader and inulled the outcome of presidential elections.

The memory ofthat aborted vote, which led to nationwide rioting id the rise ofNigeria’s most notorious dictator to date, Gen. Sani bacha, was-in the minds of many who cast ballots Saturday. i4aybe the military could do it again. That is our fear.

But we still went out to vote for the man ofour choice,” said 45- :ar-old dgunbekun Hakeem as he stood beside a dark green river ‘open sewage running past his hovel-like house in Lagos’ Apapa strict.

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launches retaliatory strikes against Hezbollah


JERUSALEM-Launching an offensive “by air, land, and sea,” Israel sent warplanes pounding Islamic guerrilla targets inside Lebanon on Sunday in furious retaliation for an ambush that killed a brigadier general and three other Israelis. The general -the most- senior Israeli army officer killed in Lebanon since Israel invaded in 1982 -died earlier Sunday along with two soldiers and a journalist when Hezbollah militia detonated two roadside bombs in southern Lebanon.

That ambush was the second such deadly attack on Israeli forces in less than a week. Bracing for new Hezbollah rocket assaults, Israel ordered residents throughout its northern tier bordering Lebanon to evacuate the area or take refuge in bomb shelters for the night. Also Sunday, two Katyusha rockets hit an Israeli village in the western Galilee, army spokesmen said.

“We will continue to attack, and the force we are showing is a sign of our readiness to continue to strike,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference called hastily Sunday night to announce the military actions.

The escalation came as Israel is slugging its way through a bitter political campaign, with elections forprimeminister scheduled in 1 1 weeks. Hezbollah is backed by SyriaandIran,twoofIsrael’smost intransigent enemies in the Middle East.

“We have no desire to escalate in Lebanon,”Netanyahu said, “but we cannot sit aside and watch these criminal attacks against our people.” Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz, who joined Netanyahu at the news confer-

v ence broadcast live on national television, added: “We will continue by air, land and sea, for as long as is required.”

There were no immediate re- ports of further casualties, and no evidence that the offensive went beyond the air strikes. Still, the action appeared to represent the sharpest escalation of the conflict inLebanon since April 1996, when 16 days of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollahguerrillas left 150 people .dead, most of them Lebanese civilians. The Lebanon entanglement, often regarded as Israel’s Vietnam, has long been a conundrum that no Israeli government has known how to resolve. There is a growing consensus within Israel that it should quit its occupation of southern Lebanon, but there is little agreement on how to withdraw without jeopar- dizing the safety of northern Is- rael.

Dozens of Israeli activists pro- testing the Israeli presence in Leba- non and demanding unconditional withdrawal rallied Sunday in Tel Aviv and blocked streets until they were dispersed by police. A small but growing group, they planned more demonstrations Monday. In raids that were continuing late Sunday, Israeli fighterjets report- edly bombarded Hezbollah positions in eastern and southern Leba- non and south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Targets included what Israeli officials described as a principal Hezbollah command-and-control headquarters inthecity ofBaalbek in eastern Lebanon. Lebanese re- ports claimed that Israeli shells had landed near a government hospital in a Baalbek residential neighborhood. Israel said it also bombedaHezbollahtraining camp and an arms depot. The ambush that prompted the air strikes struck

an Israeli army convoy in the Is- raeli-controlled “security zone” in southern Lebanon. Gen. Erez Gerstein and Voice of Israel radio reporter IlonRoeh, 32, weretravel- ing in an armored Mercedes-Benz that was blown up.

Also killed were Gerstein’s driver, a ten-year veteran of the brigade stationed in southern Lebanon, and a 22-year-old sol- dier. Hezbollah’s armed wing said it detonated a second bomb about 20minutes later when Israeli rein- forcements arrived. Gerstein, 38, was the Israeli army’s liaison officer with Israel’s proxy Southern Lebanese Army, and as such was Israel’s highest-ranking officer permanently based in Lebanon.

Israel, pursuing Palestinian guerrillas, began occupying parts of Lebanon in 1978 and then, in 1985, established a 9-mile-deep buffer zone along Lebanon’s southern frontier. Israel said the zone was necessary to prevent cross-border terrorist attacks against Israelis, and Hezbollah, “the patty ofGod,” has been fighting to eject Israel ever since.

Last Tuesday, the commander of Israel’s elite paratrooper com- mando unit was slain with two of his lieutenants in aHezbollah ambush. With Sunday’s incident, the number of Israelis killed in Leba- non in a week totals seven, compared with 24 for all of last year. Until last year, Israel had ignored United Nations demands that it leave the zone. But Netanyahu now says he is willingpwithdraw if he can be assured that Lebanon will prevent its territory from being used as a staging ground for anti- Israeli terrorism. Syria, the, real power behind Lebanbh’, has refused to let Beirut negotiate with Israel until Israel returns the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syriain the 1967 Six-Day War.

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e e a e Nigeria elects a civilian P resident, and loser cries foul


ABUJA,Nigeria-A formermilitaryruleremerged Sunday as the winner in presidential elections, but the loser called the vote a “farce” and international observers gave it a lukewarm assessment, dimming hopes for a smooth transition from dictatorship to democracy. Results from 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states, plus the capital of Abuja, showed retired Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s head of state from 1976 to 1979, with 62 percent ofthe vote compared to 38 percent for O h Falae, a former finance minister.

“From what I’ve heard so far, the election has been a farce,” Falae said as Obasanjo’s lead grew through theday.“] said ifGeneralObasanjowonafreeandfair election I would congratulate him, but clearly this is not a free and fair election.”

Obasanjo had been expected to beat Falae largely because of his popularity in the more populous north and the financial backing his campaign received from his wealthy and influential army friends. Falae’s supporters alleged throughout the campaign that Obasanjo’s military ties guaranteed him victory because his army cronies were sure to rig the outcome. About 400 international observers joined thousands of Nigerians in monitoring Saturday’s vote.

The foreigncontingent included former President Jimmy Carter and Gen. Colin Powell, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At a pews conference Sunday night, both praised the election as an important step toward democracy but made clear that observers had detected enough fraud to keep them from a wholehearted endorsement.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt there are major concerns,” said Carter, adding that he personally observed discrepancies. At one voting station near Abuja, he said, poll workers told him that, of 600 people registered to cast ballots, 590 had done so, an unrealistic turnout given the nationwide average of about 40 to 50 percent and the fact that Carter had seen only a few people casting ballots at the station.

When the poll worker began counting the ballots in front of Carter, the former president said, many were bundled in neat packets of 25 and appeared to have exactly the same thumbprint pressed into the selection box. He refused to say whether Falae or Obasanjo was the beneficiary at the polling station, but observers elsewhere have reported vote-stuff- ing by supporters of both men. The question is whether such cheating was widespread enough to affect the overall outcome, something a special tribunal would decide ifFalae presses his case. Whatever he decides, his denunciation of the vote is sure to hinder the new government’s ability to foster recon- ciliation among Nigerians, who are bitterly divided along ethnic and geographical lines, and to gain nationwide acceptance.

Both Obasanjo and Falae are of the Yoruba tribe of the southwest, but Falae supporters see Obasanjo as a traitor for his ties to the northern-based military, which is dominated by Hausa-Fulani people. Satur- day was the second attempt in 16 years to end army rule in Africa’s most populous country. The last election, in 1993, ended in chaos when the army reneged on its promise to hand power to a civilian president.

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Features Where I’m calling

a- Worn Last September, 1 did something I have not done in long time.

became friends with a woman. This was not just a girl. This was thc kind of woman who wears skirts with heels and make-up everyday and lets her long brown hair flow freely everyday. This is a shaq contrast to my strong preference for jeans, sneakers, and ponytails

together by our mutual hatred o other women.

It is not that I haven’t alway!

Dara I Resnik -1 had a small bastion of female friends to turn to in the event ofa break-up, a need for a bit ‘0 gossip or a cry fest. Rather, sometime in high school when the competitior between women grew fierce and even violent, I realized that thc complexitiesofbeing friends with women areaggravating, irritating and downright obnoxious. Whether it was having my boyfrienc stolen from me or waiting for a girlfriend to make up her mind wher trying on clothes at Bloomies, I simply couldn’t deal with women ir large doses.

In high school, I made my first close male friends. I enjoyed being one ofthe guys, screaming at football games, playing homerun derbj in the summer, and belching loudly while watching the Star War: trilogy. I loved the guys 5 r their straightforward answers, for making me laugh when I was saa, and for what felt at the time like uncondi. tional love. I really loved the factthat the truth was that I was probablj the only person to whom they could talk about girl issues and othei sensitive topics.

Chris was my favorite. A football player with a singing voice thai could make an audience cry, Chris and I had the perfect friendship Late night phone conversations, hugs everyday, and an understand. ing that surpassed spoken words; we were inseparable ... until m j boyfriend came along. When a boyfriend enters the picture, male. female friendships are strained much of the time.

Whether the factor was jealousy or lack of time, Chris and I nc longer had that special bond. At the end of high school he looked ai me and said, “Losing our friendship was one of the few regrets 1 have.” I managed tomaintain steady friendships with most ofmy guj Friends through high school. And the strength ofthe friendship I hac with my boyfriend had me convinced that despite complications nale friends were the only way to go.

I still felt that way when I arrived at college. I don’t know what il IS about freshman year that makes guys go berserk for every female in sight, but male friendships were difficult that year. Every time 1 .hought I’d found another “Chris” I realized that my friend “had Feelings” that surpassed my definition of friendship. And as college Nore on, my relationships with men, both platonic and physical iecame increasingly complicated. If I had feelingsfor him, he wouldn’l lave feelings for me, or ifhe had feelings forme, I would be afraid 01 aking it to the next level, or if I had feelings for him, his best friend iad feelings for me ... the list can get pretty long. .

When I left to go abroad, I was fed up with men in general, as Friends, as lovers, as anything. I needed a break. Then I met Liz. No1 mly did I realize I could talk to Liz and be understood in a way thal io man could possibly understand me, but I realized that female Friendships do not have to be full of demands and catty comments. 4nd when I realized that, I became friends with two more women on ny program. The four ofus shared experiences and giggles and long alks, and I found myself participating in the kind of girly activities hat had previously made me ill . They taught me to enjoy shopping, ind I would like to think from me they learned a little about sarcasm ind being a tough girl.

Upon returning from abroad, I was unsure of how these friend- ;hips would apply to my life at home. Well, I have found that I still mjoy drinking my guy friends under the table, and playing wide .eceiver inagameofsnowfootball isalwayswelcome, but I find I miss ny female friends who are abroad right now, and most of the new iiends I have made this year are women.

I realize therearestill alotofreasonsnottolike women-they are :atty, gossipy, and callous creatures, but they can also be fun-loving, )pen, warm, and honest. I have new appreciation for my old girl- iiends from high school, and have even rekindled a friendship from niddle school. I love the traditions we have, the memories we share, ind instead of hating their complicated nature, I embrace the com- ilexities of each one. Being friends with women has taught me icceptance, not just of them, but of myself.

There is an old proverb that states, “tell me who loves you and I w i l l tell you whoyouare.”There wasatimethat beingassociatedwith i bunch ofgiggling, annoying girls would have made me scream that was the antithesis of everything they stood for. Now, though, I

would hope that my friendship with them means I embody some of he sensitive openness and feeling I see in each one of them. When Yarry Met Sally asked the question, “can men and women be kiends?” But, for me, an even better question is whether women and womencan befriends. Forthefirsttimeinmy life, lam readytoproudly inswer, “yes.”

Iura Resnik is the arts editor of the Daily. She is a junior majoring i economics and is making new friends every day.

ESPN’s Feldman talks sports Tufts alumnus makes it big in sports journalism

by KIM FOX Daily Editorial Board

Though most would not asso: ciate courttimeon Tufts’ Division Three basketball team with the start of an extensive career in sports, Tuftsalumnus Dave Feldman made it happen.

Feldman, amember ofthe class of 1987, currently serves as an anchor for ESPN’s College Hoops Tonight and as a host for ESPNews, the network’s 24-hour sports news source. Feldman’s work for the programs has been extensive. He has a plethora of experience - specifically in the areas of writing and interviewing -that is integral to the shows’ prepara- tion.

“We have a meeting five hours before air time, and we run down the things we want to discuss. There are people that gothrough the highlights and pick which ones to show. We write the lead-ins to the highlights, but we haven’t seen them yet, so we’re setting them up. Then we have notes on what the highlights willshow. There’salsoalotof ad-libbing that goes on during the highlights,” Feldman said. ’

kind of high school buddies. He’s one of the really good guys,” Feldman said nonchalantly. For the rest of us, that’s quite an impressive list.

Another benefit extended to Feldman is the chance to work with leading sports reporters in an environment fueled by a passion for sports.

“I’ve becomeclose with Kenny Mayne, David Lloyd, and Jason Jackson,” he said. “It’s really fun to be working there. Everyone loves s~orts. Evervone has a com-

However, while Feldman works relentlessly, his job also provides its share of perks. Feldman has had a chance mon passion, and there are a lot of toschmoozewithmany sportsper- creative people. We work late sonalities. hours, sometimesuntil twoorthree

“IreallylikeDr.J;he’soneofmy in the morning, but we all have a all-time faves-he’s a really nice common goal.” guy. 1 like Lyndsey Davenport. “It’s also nice to know that She’s from my home town, New- ESPN does it betterthan anyone,” port Beach, California, and I’ve Feldman said. playedtenniswithheralittle. She’s In its spirit ofbeing the best in really sweet. And Jim Harbaugh, the business, ESPN did not suffer he’sfrornmyhighschoo1,sowe’re a blow from recent sports dilem-

Tufts alumnus Dave Feldman

mas. About theNational Basketball

Association’s lockout, Feldman said, “It was a pain, it annoyed me, but it madecollege basketball bigger.”

When Feldman began his career at Tufts, he never would have guessed that one day he would be making an official statement about the impact that a basketball lockout had on the media industry - an industry in which he played an integral role. In fact, henever even thought too seriously about me-

dia during his tenure at Tufts. While at Tufts, Feldman

majored in English and served asa volunteer basketball coach at Stanford. However, itwas his internship with WBZ, an NBC affiliate in Somerville, that really gave him direction.

“I didn’t know what I wanted to do [at Tufts],” he admitted.

He thought about being a basketball coach. “I was working withTom Davisat Stanford, and then he got the Iowa job. and there.wasn’t a place for me, so I decided to go into broad- casting,” Feldman said.

His work in Sioux City, Iowa as a sports reporter and anchor served as a good intro- duction to the media.

on theair,” hecommented. “Tak- ing that producing job in Iowa. I felt, was a good way to get in the industry.”

Using his work in Iowa as a jumping-offpoint, Feldman began exploringall realms ofthejournal- ism medium. He got a job in his home state of California working as a sports producer for KTIV-

- “I always wanted to be

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College Fest comes to Boston Seniors. can get a jump start on career planning

by JENNIE FORCIER Daily Editorial Board

Midterms not only constitute a huge chunk of course grades, they also mark the middle of the semester. For seniors that means only half of a semester left in college. Yup, only three months left until seniors are banished from the safe confines of college and thrown into the real world: sink or swim.

What are you going to do? Grad school? Work? Do you haveajoblinedup? Resumesinthemail? Like you don’t have enough to worry about, right?

Not to fear, though, College Fest comes to the rescue. This Tuesday and Wednesday, March 2 and 3, TheBoslonGlobe ’sCollege Fest Career Fairwill be held at the Boston Park Plaza Castle. The hoursofthe event are 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

This two-day career extravaganza is tailored for college seniors and graduate students looking to network, to distribute resumes, and to improve their job search skills.

Approximately65 companies will be present at the fourth annual event to talk to prospective employees about their companies and the available positions. There will be representatives of corporations from Rhode Island andNew Hampshire, but the “primary focus is on Boston,” said Hank Matthews, a College Fest account executive.

Students can talk one on one with recruiters from Macy’s, US Trust, Fleet Financial Group, Tufts Health Plan, Au Bon Pain, and Cellular One, among many others. They can get descriptions of positions, hand out resumes, and even set up second interviews.

‘‘It’s all for the students’ benefit,”.Matthews said. The obvious benefits of getting so many companies together in a single building draw huge crowds of

students to the Fest. Matthews expects 1000 students to attend the event each day.

Companies from many different professions will be present. A quick perusal of the College Fest webpage shows that many of the companies are looking to recruit managers. sales representatives. and internetkoftware professionals.

The demand for computer related professionals is over- whelming. That’s why College Fest hired AlizaSherman to run a seminar entitled “Cool Careers inNew Media: How to Turn Your Internet Obsession into a Paying Gig.” Sherman is an authority in the world of the Internet. Newsweek named her one of the ‘ ‘ T ~ ~ 50 People Who Ron Leiber will speak at Matter Most on the this year’s College Fest. Internet .” Swing maga- zinealso praised her by including her in itslist of“The Most Powerful People irl Their 20s.”

Sherman is the founder ofa woman’s networking group called Webgrrls International and the president of Cybergrrl, Inc., a media and entertainment company that focuses on the development of con- tacts, resources, andonlinecommunities forwomen. She is also the author of Cybergrrl: A Woman ’s Guide

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small-town tunes that this five-man college rock group from Boulder, Colo. has been producingsince 1989. The best thing about this concert was that the band -while singing songs off many albums and in vari-

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the seems like the ideal music to hear in a bungalow by the water surrounded by buddies.

On this note, one popular song that the Samples played, “We All Move On,” began with the lyrics, “I

a Samples at the Paradise/M80

Thursday night

Nicolas Cage plays a private detective who discovers a sordid and violent world in 8mm.

Cage stars in ‘Smm’ Schumacher’s film disappointing

byTHoMAspowELL Daily Staff Writer

Overthe past 30 years, the snuff film (a video or film depicting an

category of a mystery/thriller, it would be nice to see a stronger plot.

Although the film is predict- able, the tension

The situations move along with

actual murder committed for the sole purpose of the film) has de-

Starring: Nicolas Cage veloped into an urban legend. Ac-

yet some believe

several intense, surprising scenes which hold the audience’s attention. Writer An- drew Kevin Walker, who sur-

they do exist despite over20 years of investigation. In 8mm, the latest movie from the writer ofseven, an apparent snuff film is uncovered.

Nicolas Cage (The Rock, Leav- ingLas Vegas)playsTom Welles, a private detective specializing in absolute discretion in each of his cases. As the story begins, Welles is on his way up, looking for big cases and wealthy clients to pro- pel him out of his modest home office and into the big time.

His break comes when one of the wealthiest men in the country dies, and his wheel chair-bound wife finds a disturbing 8mm film depicting a realistic murder of a young girl. She hires Welles to locate the men who perpetrated the act and to find out whether the film is indeed real while keeping the investigation quiet. Soon, Welles finds himselfsucked deeper and deeper into the seedy underground porn world as he becomes estranged from his wife and new- born child.

This reasonably simple setup takes quite a while to come to the fore. From there, the movie does not have very far to travel since there are so few variables to fall into place. There is not enough of a plot to spread around and to carry the movie along quickly enough. If8mm is to fall underthe

prised and grossed out the world with Seven, incorporates similar themes into 8mm as he continues to frighten and disgust his audience. It is a good effort with an intriguing subject, but it falls short of being of any great accomplish- ment.

Welles’journey is interesting and tense, but somehow the movie does not completely come together. Some lines fall flat, and other lines, which were meant ro be powerful and meaningful, are laughable. By the end, there is no emotional investment in any of the cardboard characters, and the climax is, well, anti-climactic.

Director Joel Shumacher (A Time To Kill, Falling Down, St. Elmo’s Fire), who has just come offofthe last two horrible Batman movies, seems to do well with this script. Unfortunately, he still fails at any sort of deep characteriza- tion ofthe people in themovie. His style is a bit too conservative and commercial, which is adetriment in a dark movie dealing with the depths of the human soul.

In the past several years, Cage has strayed from his roots and sold out. The only ’90s movie he has starred in that rises above the schlock is Leaving Las Vegas.

see 8MM, page 12

And then there were three Eve 6 cancels, Marvelous 3 fills in at the Paradise

by ADAM MACHANIC

Lined up outside of the Para- dise on Wednesday night, fans were given the disastrous news

erally simple, drive the music per- his kit. Daily Editorial Board fectly. Lloyd, unfortunately, wasadis-

Their self-titled debut album, . appointment. Her demeanor was released late last year, shows off one offear ratherthan confidence; the band’s diversity quite well. she played the first three songs

Stretch Princess

and Marvelous

’ . 3 at the Paradise

Wednesday night

From the post-pun-k sounds of “Oooh!” and “Sugar,” to the radio-friendly power-pop melodies of “Sorry,” the band capably delivers quality music. However, one must question the production team’s decisions of releasing as the first singles “Sorry” and the upcoming “Free.” Both are ballad- style, without any kind of edge that might interest a younger audi-

withoutopening her eyes to loik upon theaudience. This,ofcourse, immediately brought the energy level down several notches, regardless of the fact that the band opened with “Sugar,” one of itsharder songs.

The band played a very short set of only five or six songs. Itsounded wonderful, but Lloyd truly needs lessons on proper stage

by a rather nonchalant messen- presence. Watchingher, itwaspain- ger: “Eve6 will no longerbe play- fully obvious that something was ing!” Word of the cancellation wrong. How could onewhosounds caused at least half of those lined so utterly confident on CD present up to quickly take leave such an “afraid of my ofthe scene. Those who own shadow” aura at felt adventurous, how- a live show? Hope- ever, were treated with a fully, this doesnotex- truly excellent show. em pl i fy the

Left on the bill for the groupsusual live act. night were Marvelous 3, Marvelous 3, a the stand-in headliner, band known by itshit and Stretch Princess, a single, “Freak of the band that no one seems Week, ” fo 1 1 ow e d . to have heard of. Stage presence was

Stretch Princess, the not an issue - nei- New York-basedtrio ex- ther was energy level. emplifies power guitar Althoughthe musical pop with an attitude. Vo- andsongwriting skills calist and bassist Jo of Marvelous 3 can- Lloyd has a superb not touch those of voice, but unfortunately Stretch Princess, the doesn’t deliver an ex- latter band was totally tremely impressive bass perfor- upstaged by the vibrant act that mance. GuitaristJames Wright and Marvelous 3 was able to deliver. drummer DavidMageebothmake All in all, an interesting night; up for any lack on Lloyd’s part. oneprovidingplentyofentertain- Wright’sriffsaresolidandin-your- ment even without the “neces- face.Magee’srhythms, whilegen- sary” sounds of Eve 6.

ence. This choice could wreak havoc on the band’s future.

Regardless, the band’s sound was superb on Thursday night.

Stretch Princess plays the Paradise. Wright wandered about the stage, creatingdemanding feedback and distortion-filled noise with his instrument. Magee looked like a madman, unshaven and with hair long and matted, flailing behind

Samples deliver a mellow mix

note ofjaunty affirmation ofthe personal, the local, and the quirky.

While the band borrows elements from alterna- tive, ska, and reggae music- and sounds like a mix of the Counting Crows, Paul Simon, the Grateful Dead, and Dave Matthews-the Samples still shine with a particular energy and free-wheeling spirit. In spite of the many styles it blends, this latest concert demonstrated how the Samples persist as a non- commercialized, intensely personal, home-spun band, with songs1ike“Weightofthe World,”“DidYou Ever Look So Nice?” and “Suburbia.”

One ofthe highlights of the concert was when the lead singer, Sean Kelley, who looks like a fatter, happier version of Kurt Cobain, performed an acous- tic solo ofone ofthe group’s very oldest songs, “Feel Us Shaking,” from its ‘89 debutalbum. “This isasong I wrote way back when 1 was 17, hanging out at the beach,” he began as a great cry rose from the audience of mainly college kids, who’d already been mouthing the tunes and spinning and swaying to the first five or so songs. “But hey,” he interjected, and repeated this many times in the night, “has everyone got enough whiskey?’

Kelley then lurched into a soul-bearing sea-song, which talked about first loves and hanging out with friends, about growing up and moving on. The lights dimmed as his slightly whiny but winsome voice filled the club and as the crowd hung on to one another and to every word.

Not just this song, but many of the songs that

peace in the golden sand, windy streets in the sum- mertime ...” Suddenly, from this slow, nostalgic note, with wind-pipes chirping, the lyrics gained more momentum, trumpets sounded, and the chorus erupted in “We all move on,” the “all” rising and falling.

Toagooddegree,thismovement-from awistful summer scene to a trumpeted, rollicking collective message -marked the movement in the mood that night. The Samples began with the slower, sadder tunes, like “Anymore,” and then picked up towards the end ofthe night with the more upbeat and fun-to- move-to songs, like “My Town” and “Did You Ever Look So Nice?’

Whi1e“We All Move 0n”wasthe first trackoffthe Samples latest album, Here andsomewhere Else, it was only one of a handful of songs the group sang from the album that night.

All and all, this concert was not an exclusive promotion forthe new album, but more arandom mix of old favorites.

The selection of songs wasn’t the only random part of the night, for there’s also a good deal of randomness to the band itself. Throughout the concert, alien bleeping noises would unexpectedly break in and out of songs. Or you’d suddenly be blinded by a ray of green and purple spotlights at an unex- pectedmoment. Ora strange instrument-atrumpet orflute-wouldjumpinwhenyouweren’texpecting ,

see SAMPLES, page 12

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Do va smell what the Rock is cookin ’? .

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? I said, “Are you ready?’ Then Medford, Mass., for the thousands reading here in attendance, and the millionsreadingthisat homeontheweb, let’sgetreadytoreadacolumn.

Okay, that might have sounded a little more familiar if you could hear Degeneration-X saying it. I’ve just been thinking about writing a wrestling column sincemy girlfiend saidtome yesterday, “What’s with all you people and wrestling?”

What’s with all of us? It’s entertaining, that’s what. It seems like

there were millions of closet wrestling fans until this year. Now everyone can smell what

the Rock is cookin’. My neighbor got me hooked on

wrestling when I was about seven, right around the time of Wrestlemania 11. I think the first

match that I saw was on NBC’s old Saturday Night’s Main Event. King Kong Bundy repeatedly avalanched Hulk Hogan, breaking his ribs and setting up a showdown in a steel cage for Wrestlemania 11.

We were one ofthe cable-less families, so I could only get my weekly dose af the World Wrestling Federation by watching Superstars on Saturday and Sunday mornings with Lord Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Mon- soon, and JesseVentura(backinthe dayswhen hewas only “TheBody”).

It was entertaining. Then came the midget matches with the Haiti Kid and Little Tokyo. The first pay-per-view program that I saw was at a friend’s house. Wrestlemania IV, the 14-man tournament forthe WWF Championship. All of my friends and I were jumping for joy when the Hulkster nailed Ted DiBiassi with a chair so that Randy “Macho Man” Savage could become the undisputed champion.

Irememberwhen Igottomeetthe immortalHulkHogan. Iwasalmost 14andinaLasVegasairport.Mymompointedtoamaninsideagiftshop and said, “Isn’t he that wrestling Hogan guy?’ With my dad’s urging, I muscled up enough courage to ask him for a picture. I felt like a dork, but actually said, “Hey Hulkster, can I take a picture with you?’ He obliged, and I was a happy camper.

My favorite old school wrestlers? Demolition, The Ultimate Warrior (not the WCW counterpart), and George “the Animal” Steele. (Random fact: George “the Animal” Steele’s job outside of wrestling was as a professor at a small community college.)

Fellow TCU senator Dan Zandman firmly believes that his mastery of the sharpshooter and his version of Mr. Socko, Mr. Gavel got him accepted to Tufts.

Now itisacompletelydifferentWWF-it’sstillentertainingthough. The story lines are so much different. There are no longer the “Macho Man turns on Hulk Hogan because he thinks that Hogan likes Ms. Elizabeth” plots. Now it is “Val Venis is sleeping with Ken Shamrock’s sister.” It’s different, but it gets the audience and the money.

The Undertaker has his comic book-like character, Stone Cold Steve Austin has his hard-ass persona, and then throw in Sable, Debra, and Terri Runnels. Ratings.

Gross violence. We can’t forget about that. Whenever Mankind falls 20 feet down through the Spanish announcers’ table and splits his head open, we always cringe and say, ‘‘I can’t believe he sacrifices his body like that. Do it again!” (Speaking ofthat, why is it that the wrestlers always fall through the Spanish announcers’ table? What do they have against those networks and broadcasters?)

Butanyway, allthesewrestlersaresomarketabletoday. Back in theday, it was only Hogan’s Thunderlips character in Rocky. Then Andre the Giant was in Theprincess Bride.Now,all ofthe wrestlersareeverywhere, on Leno, Regis and Kathie Lee, Baywatch, Pacific Blue, etc.

Haven’t you noticed how many sports personalities are using lines from either the WWF or WCW? Sportscenter anchor Stuart Scott has added, “Do ya smell what the Rock is cookin’?” to his repertoire. One ofthe Denver Broncos turned to the fans at the SuperBowl, did the Dirty Bird, and then followed it up with a D-X chop. It was probably in poor taste, but don’t go around blaming the WWF forthe problems in society.

Dennis Rodman toyed with the ideaofbecoming a full-time wrestler in the WCW. Karl Malone flashed Diamond Dallas Page’s symbol during the NBA Finals.

All of these wrestlers are great athletes, and some of them played sports professionally before getting in the squared circle. Kevin Nash was the second-rated high school basketball player in Michigan behind someonenamed Earvin Johnson. Ken Shamrock wasone ofthe greatest UFC competitors‘ever. Randy Savage was a catcher in the Cincinnati Reds’ organization. “Sexual Chocolate” Mark Henry was an Olympic weightlifter. The list goes on.

So for all you fans that watch Raw, Heat, Thunder, or Nitro behind closed doors, open the door and have a RawMitro party.

And that’s the bottom line, cuz Vivek said so. Things that make you go hmmm ...

It’s happy action fun time now. Only six more days until Selection Sunday. Barring any major upsets during conference tournament week, my top four seeds would be Duke, Michigan State, UConn, and Auburn.

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see RAMGOPAL, page 13

Jumbos slide hits eight in a row Men’s basketball falls to Bowdoin on Senior Day

byMVEKRAMGOP& Senior Staff Writer

Men’s basketball coach Bob Sheldon is running out ofways to explain his 9-14 team’s current

Men’s Basketball

Bowdoin 77 Tufts 65

eight game slide, especially after Saturday’s 77-65 loss to the Bowdoin Polar Bears on Senior BY.

“I don’t know whether it’s because we’re young, because we haven’t won in a while or what,” Sheldon said. “I just don’t know whatit is. Weplaywiththem forthe first half, and then in the second half we just go away. It’s frustrat- ing, especially since it’s not agood way to send out our seniors.”

Sheldon said that his 9- 14 team currently has “an eight half-game losing streak” because his team has played some terrific halves, but have just not been able to play a full 40 minutes. Any way you look at it, the once post-season hopeful 9-6 Jumbos are mired in the longest losing streak of Sheldon’s career after the home loss. Sheldon isnot familiarwith a struggling team, having taken the 1995 and 1997 Jumbo teams to the NCAA tournaments.

Sheldon opted to honor his seniors by starting them. He went with a lineup of Sebastian Saylor at center, Mike Andrews at the point, Steve Svajian at shooting guard, andChad Perbeckand Rich Sisson in the front court. These seniors showed tremendous effort, but a7-1 deficit forcedSheldon into substituting in his regular start- ers, sophomores Bobby Mpuku and Dan Flaherty.

The Jumbos had a fairly even first half, building at 37-30 lead with2:22 left before halftime. The Jumbos shot at a poor 34 percent clip for the half, but made up for it with offensive rebounds. The Jum- bos tooka24- 18 rebounding edge and hoisted 16 more shots than Bowdoin up to that point. Saylor had seven boards and six points at the break, while power forward Flaherty had eight ofhis 1 1 points in the first half.

The Jumbos had their last lead in the game with 1658 left in the game at 4 1-40, and then Bowdoin took over. Bowdoin’s frontcourt of James Spidle and Sam Clark worked inside and forced the Jum- bos into foul trouble.

Bowdoin was fouled 17 times in the second half and hit 2 1-24 free throws in the half.

The Jumbos tried to make arun in the final two minutes; they could only close the gap to nine before Sheldon inserted his seniors back into the lineup. Saylor finished with 14points, while theother four totaled 12 and ten rebounds.

For Bowdoin, Clarkand Hinton had 13 and ten pointsrespectively, in the second half and both finished with 13 for the game. Junior Ken Allen paced Bowdoin with I 4 points.

Tufts went cold from beyond the three-point arch in the second half. After nailing 6-of- 13 in the

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Senior Mike Andrews finished the season on Senior Night, but may have another year of eligibility.

first half, they only managed 1 -of- “Our go-to guys are younger. 1 1 in the second half. Andrews It’s notjust Seb [Saylor] and Rich and freshman Bobby MacMannis [Sisson], but it’s Bobby [Mpuku], combined to go O-for-9 on three Dan [Flaherty], and Fred

[Pedroletti].” point attempts. “It’s a combination of missing The Jumbos have had a tough

some shots and bad execution,” time defendingjumpers all season Sheldonsaid.“Wetooksomeshots long. That is due to the team’s alittletooquick. Theygotonaroll, decision to play a bigger lineup. and it was hard to stop them.” The starting unit has the advan-

The Polar Bears, on the other tage inside, but is susceptible to hand, were able to hit their shots, the perimeter shots. shooting45 percent from the field Sheldon did, however, show for the game, including 5- 1 1 from some optimism for next year. “The beyond the arch. They were also thing that we can get from this is solid from the free throw line, hit- that even though we have five ting 22-of-26. seniors, we do have agoodnucleus

“They are a pretty good team, coming back. And they’ll be back though,” Sheldon said. “They do for two years since they’re all work togetherwell and have some sophomores and freshmen. Plus, seniors and juniors as their go-to Mike Andrewsmight have another guys- year of eligibility.”

Astros aren’t ready to give up title hopes


The Houston Astros lost Moises Alou to a knee injury and lost out in the Roger Clemens derby, but general manager Jerry Hunsicker isn’t ready to concede his club’s position as the decided favorite in the National League Central. “We’renotgoingtocover up the fact that it was a huge blow to the ballclub to lose Moises,” Hunsicker said recently, “but we want to make sure the team isn’t feeling sorry for themselves. We recognize that we have a talented ballclub. Not only are we still ca- pable of winning the division; I still expect to win the division.”

The Astros still appear to be the most talented team in the division, but the inability to replace free agent Randy Johnson and the injury to Alou undoubtedly have narrowed the ability gap with the other division contenders. Give Manager Larry Dierker credit for finding a silver lining. He’s just happy that the Astros still have enough depth to populate the outfield with three quality players - Derek Bell, Carl Everett, and promising Richard Hidalgo-and the potential to offset the offensive subtraction with a solid performance from reclaimed free- agentthirdbaseman KenCaminiti.

“It’s not as big a loss as if we were going to lose [ J e q Bagwell or [Craig] Biggio because we’ve gotthree everyday outfielders that have fieldingability, strongthrow-

ingarms, andcandosomedamage with the bats,” said Dierker. “We don’t have anybody backing up at second base or first base who can do what Bagwell and Biggio can do. Nobody’s going to replace Alou, but we’ve got people who can come close.”

The Astros won 102 games on the way to their second straight NL Central title last year, but they needed a 10-1 performance by Johnson down the stretch to run away from the rest ofthe division. They had hoped to replace Johnson with Clemens, but now figure to enterthe season with 19- game winner Shane Reynolds re- claiming his former role as the club’s No.1 starter. The Astros’ front office should be thankful for one other thing: the Chicago Cubs did almost nothing during the off-season toalterthe balance ofpower in the NL Central after finishing 12 games behind Houston last year.

The Cubs made a few marginal moves, signing free-agent catcher Benito Santiago and starting

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Mondav, March 1 No games scheduled

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Program helps young people shed tattoos and the life they

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FORT WORTH, Texas- Robert Barton’s hands md arms are covered with marks of hatred, each lainfully etched into his skin when he was in his :arly teens.

Tattoos that he once wore with pride are now ihameful reminders ofa life that Barton, 19, says he ias left behind. But with the help of a nonprofit lrogram, the emblems of racism are beginning to ade from his body.

When they are finally gone, thanks to laser iurgery provided at no cost by a Fort Worth doctor, 3artonsaid, hewill knowthathisnew lifehasseally Iegun.

“At the time, I thought it was the right thing to io,” Barton said of the designs traced across his orearms, wrists, and knuckles. “Now, itjust doesn’t nake any sense. I want them gone. They don’t mean inything to me now.” Getting rid of the unwanted attoos and the shame that comes with them is vIichael Bumagin’s mission.

Since returning to Fort Worth a little more than a rear ago, Bumagin, 57, has volunteered his time and :xpertise to help those with little means remove ugly eminders of their past.

“These kids have been in bad situations - ;angs, broken homes. Some of them have been on he street. They’ve had a hard life,” said the doctor, who has his own plastic surgery practice. “These attoos are going to keep them from succeeding in ife. They make it hard for them to get jobs, even in he most entry-level positions.” That is one of the easons Jessica Cross, 2 1, wants the Tasmanian levil cartoon character above her right breast re- noved.

“Ifyou haveatattoo, I thinkalotofpeoplethink rou’re a bad person,” said Cross. “Everybody looks it you, and I can see what they’re thinking.” Barton aid that feeling isall too familiar to him, and he’ll be ;lad when he doesn’t have to hide his hands in his ,ants pockets in shame.

“People see this stuff on me and slap a label on ne and write me off,” Barton said. “But this [tattoo emoval] is going to open up a lot ofdoors for me and ;ive me a lot of opportunity.” Every other month, foung people such as Cross and Barton come by the lozens to wait for their turn with Bumagin.

Some hear aboutthe service, administered by the 5oysandGirlsClubofGreaterFort Worth, by word- If-mouth. Others are referred by their local police lepartments, school counselors or probation offic- rs.

In return for what many recipients call a life- hanging service, the patients perform four hours of ommunity service for each treatment. They call it a nore than fair trade.

Gary Grossman, an Arlington Independent School Iistrict counselor, works with students in alterna- ive programs and refers some to the tattoo removal rogram. He called Bumagin’s work a godsend.

“Erasing those marks off their bodies is sym bolic,” Grossman said. “It’s a way of leaving thei past behind, a way to start a fresh, new, clean life

But formany, it’s beyond their financial ability.’ Bumagin said hearing his patients’ stories is why hc keeps doing the work.

“The kids benefit, the community benefits, an( I get the feel-goods,’’ he said.

But the program couldn’t exist with Bumagir alone. Donations pay for rental ofthe laser machinc and other supplies.

Cross, who paid $50 for her tattoo while she wa! in high school, said that when she first looked intc having it removed, the $2,500 estimate? she wa! given were prohibitive.

“I thought I was going to have to live with i forever,” she said.

Danielle Lessard said she, too, was floored bj the cost of losing her tattoo - a two-inch-higk tribute to her ex-boyfriend’s gang name etched or her right hip.

When Lessard found out about Bumagin’s work from the Fort Worth Police Department’sgang unit shejumped at the opportunity. She said that thougt her tattoo is not readily noticeable, its presenct haunts her.

“Stupid. That’s all I can say. I was 15, and it war a home job,” said Lessard, now 18 and a Tarrani County Junior College student. “Since I’m not ir that stuffanymore and I’m not in that environment I don’t want that stuffon my body.” Israel Villareal 23, who got the first of several gang tattoos wher he was 13, said he wants them gone so they won’i influence his three children.

“I don’t want my little kids growing up seeing them and thinking it’s OK,” he said.

Removing the tattoos takes far more time-anc often hurts more - than getting them.

After her first treatment in January, Lessard said she wasn’t expecting it to be so painful.

“Oh my gosh, this is stinging real bad,” she said as she squirmed in her seat.

Bumagin said the pain comes from the particles ofpigment that, when touched by the laser, explode through the skin.

The treatments cause redness, swelling, and sometimes bleeding, but the symptoms disappem in a few hours. He said the pain decreases with each treatment as the tattoo fades, and the number 01 treatments varies by tattoo.

When Angela Acuashowedup for hertreatmenl last month, she was very apprehensive.

“I’m scared. What if it hurts?” she asked the doctor.

After whimpering through the few minutes thai it took to zap her tattoos, Acua turned to her boyfriend and gave him some advice.

“It hurt,” she said. “Don’t ever put anything on you.”

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National/World News Euro suffers growing pains


PARIS--The euro, the money that is supposed to power West- ern Europe’s economies like a mighty locomotive, has been looking in its short lifetime more likea caboose.

Since the currency shared by 11 member nations of the Euro- pean Union entered the global marketplace Jan. 4, it has lost value almost steadily and is worth nearly 6 percent less against the US dollar.

Is this simply teething pains for a new and still virtual form of money that won’t exist in cash form until 2002, or is it one more harbinger of looming European recession? Although Western Europe’s economies are slowing -and Germany’s actually is shrinking -specialists disagree on what’s to come.

EdYardeni, chiefeconomist and global investment strategist at Deutsche, Bank Securities Inc. in New York, counts himselfamong the Cassandras.

“I think by the end of the year, Europe’s economies will be dead in the water,” Yardeni predicted in an interview. “And I think that by next year, in part because of the year 2000 (computer) problem, Europe will be pushed into out- right recession.”

If the US economist is correct, that might have ominous conse- quences forthe euro, an ambitious experiment that has been hawked by European leaders to their vot- ers as agrowth elixir and a cure for unemployment.

A weak euro means that Eu- rope can’t afford to buy as many American goods, a critical issue these days because a healthy Eu- rope - the only other part of the world that’s economically strong - has helped to buoy the US economy.

Longer term, a weakeuro would help ensure the pre-eminent role

Free-trade

ofthe dollar in theworldeconomy. Yet it would also signal that Europe’s efforttogrow asasingle, dynamiceconomy-aplusfor all its trading partners - was foun- dering.

At the end of last week in Lon- don, the world’s premier currency exchange, one euro fetched $1.099, downfrorn$l.l68atthebeginning oftheyear. InNew York, theeuro wasquotedat$l.1025.

German leaders warned last week that unless the European Union agrees on how to reduce farm subsidies and aid to poor regions - something it failed to do at a meeting on Friday -the shaky infant currency will become even shakier.

“Ifwe don’tarriveatasolution, investors will tell themselves there is no community of views behind theeuro, andthe eurowillplunge,” ahigh-ranking Germanofficialtold Agence France-Presse.

Yardeni said, however, that there are other ways to read the tea leaves, and is surprised himself at how well Europe has weathered the impact of economic crises in Asia and Russia.

Officials in charge ofthe euro’s birth and upbringing have been assuring the 290 million people in the 11 “Euroland” countries that nothing is amiss.

The EuropeanUnion’s commis- sioner formonetaryaffairs, Yves- Thibault de Silguy, told the Ger- man newspaper Welt am Sonntag thatthe initial drop in the currency’s exchange value was nothing but “normal correction after the rapid appreciation of European curren- cies in the wake of last summer’s Russia crisis.”

“There is no sign of a lack of confidence ofinternational investors in the euro,” de Silguy main- tained. “Europe’s economic fundamentals are stable .... We have no inflationary tendencies in the euro zone but, on the contrary, 0 0 . 0 - 0 initiatives

solid confidence of investors, strong competition between en- terprises and a high return on in- vestments.”

Officials ofthe European Cen- tral Bank, or ECB, Euroland’s equivalent of the US Federal Re- serve, also are unflappable. Presi- dent Wim Duisenberg calls the euro’s drop “temporary.” He named two causes: robustness of the US economy, now predicted to grow faster than Europe’s, and political pressures for a further cut in Euro- pean interest rates, already at a postwar low.

Oskar Lafontaine, Germany’s power!kl finance minister, has been leading the charge for an ECB- ordered reduction in interest rates so consumers in his country will borrow and spend more, reviving growth. Germany’s economy, the largest of the 11 euro nations, shrank 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 1998, the first quarterly drop in three years, according to the Munich-based If0 economic research institute.

There may be worse to come, If0 reported: German companies remain “pessimistic about the future” and plan “to cut production in coming months.”

On Feb. 19, economists at the Organization for Economic Coop- eration and Development in Paris downgraded their predictions for European Union economic growth as a whole: from 2.2 percent to less than two percent this year. The US economy, the OECD said, should develop faster over the same pe- riod, by 2.5 percent to three percent.

Yet when it comes to statistics, there are encouraging as well as gloomy data for the Europeans. France, for example, announced Friday that its economy in 1998 grew at the fastest rate in nine years. So forecasters have a lot to disagreeabout. An added compli- cation is the euro’s newness.

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The global push toward a “borderless economy,” already blamed for the turmoil that has impoverished millions fiom Seoul, South Korea, to Sa0 Paulo, Brazil, increasingly is accused of another sin: undermining the sovereign political authority of governments.

Sweeping free-trade initiatives of the 1990s such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization are coming under attack for handing foreign interests the legal firepower to undercut public policy on economic, health, safety, and other issues.

Under the umbrella of international trade pacts, a spate of recent lawsuits by outsiders has toppled environmental laws in Canada and so-called “selec- tive-purchasing” laws in Massachusetts. In Missis- sippi, a Canadian funeral home operator is using NAFTA to challenge an unfavorable court verdict.

The unexpected volume of legal tumult inspired by the tearing down of trade barriers has given fresh ammunition to critics who have portrayed international trade deals as sacrificing local political control on the altar of unbridled capitalism.

“As concerned as we were, we underestimated the potential power graband damage potentialto the fundamentals of governance,” said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, a

US suspicion of foreign influence is hardly new, of course: The founding fathers used fear of economic colonialism as a rallying cry, and it’s always

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been easy to stir up protectionist sentiment or criticism of, say, the United Nations.

Congress saw threats to sovereignty when it adopted the hotly debated WTO trade agreement in 1994, and sought to limit the damage by specifying that only the US government-and not foreigners or private companies --could use US courts to enforce WTO agreements.

As trade has exploded in the OS, howevir, the traditional notions of nation-states and economic sovereignty increasingly are challenged by amaze of international rules and regulatory bodies.

US and Canadian critics particularly are worried about an obscure provision of NAFTA that gives foreign investors a powerful weapon to attack laws they deem “discriminatory,” particularly in the environmental and health safety arenas.

Last fall, the US-based Ethyl Corp. successfully used NAFTA to overturn a Canadian ban on the import of a controversial Ethyl gasoline additive, MMT, on grounds that the ban discriminated against a foreign company. Funeral home operators, hazard- ous-waste management companies and others have filed similar complaints challenging Canadian and Mexican environmental regulations and even the courts of Mississippi.

Canada, since hit with three more NAFTA cases, decries the complahts as an attack on its sovereign rights. It has asked the US and Mexican governments to

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in its early stages “The euro is still finding its way

and its right place in the world’s financial markets,” said Guillaume McLaughlin, policy analyst at the European Policy Center, a Brus- sels, Belgium, think tank.

As for the dip in the currency’s exchange value in its nearly two- month life span, McLaughlin said, “it’s still too early to say whether it’s got anything to do with Europe’s economic health.”

“The fact is,” he said, “the economies of Europe are working well, and there is no danger of a recession.”

A big plus for Europe is its trade surplus, vs. a chronic deficit for the United States that may hit $300 billion this year. A weaker euro will boost European exports even more, because goods from Portuguese sparkling wine to Finn- ish newsprint will cost less in foreign markets. In Euroland itself, consumer confidence indices also have been rising.

Graham Bishop, adviser on European financial affairs at the Londonoffices ofSalomon Smith Barney, is sanguine about .both the new currency and the Old World’s economic future. The euro’sslide, the British investment banker predicted, is a “temporary blip,” although he acknowledged

that he is puzzled as to the exact causes.

Investors, Bishop reported, have shown great confidence in Euroland and its new money: 30- year bonds denominated in euros and issued by the governments of France and Germany are finding ’ buyers ready to accept 4.8 percent interest, or less than the 5.6 percent carried by comparable US Treasuries.

What’s more, Bishop said, in the first month ofthe euro’s exist- ence, the government bond market in Euroland nations totaled 2.25 5 trillion euros, or $2.49 trillion, 23 percent more than the market for comparable US government. bonds valid for at least a year and carrying fixed interest rates.

Other Europe-based economists say demand for euro-denominated bonds is not as great as they had predicted. There also is little sign that foreign central banks have begun trading in dollar re- serves for euros, which would be proof that the European upstart is considered internationally as trust- worthy as the greenback.

However, McLaughlin, the Brussels analyst, said that is a long-term process that isn’t expected to be in full swing until five to ten years from now.

GOP presidential hopefuls get to know California


SACRAMENTO, Calif -Dividedandseekingdirection, Califor- niaRepublican activists were courted Saturday by aquintet of White House hopefuls, equally split among themselves over how best to pull the party from its malaise.

John McCain called for a non-hostility pact among candidates, a proposal promptly rejected by Lamar Alexander and Steve Forbes. Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer called for an unstinting stand against abortion; McCain and Alexander sought to downplay the issue.

The semi-annualgathering ofGOPtroops in Sacramentogave the raft of prospective Republican contenders - absent the two frontrunners-achance to introduce themselves to the party’s most loyal legions and, by extension, tovoters in astatenewly empowered by an early position in the presidential selection process.

It also marked the first time state GOP activists have gathered to stir the ashes and sift the rubble after last November’s election rout, which saw Republicans surrender the governor’s office for the first time in 16 years.

The goal ofadvancing California’s laggard primary from June to March 7,2000 was to draw candidates from their perennial stomping grounds of Iowa andNew Hampshire and force them to campaign out west. It worked for one weekend, more or less.

Notable by their absence were the two prospective candidates sitting atop the polls, Texas Gov. George W. Bush and former Red Cross President Elizabeth Hanford Dole, who passed on a chance to address the 1,200 delegates. As a result, they also missed the battle being waged between conservatives and a cadre of somewhat-less conservative insurgents seeking to wrest away control of the state party apparatus. The fight will be resolved Sunday with the election of a new chairman and party officers to serve through the 2000 campaign.

WithNovember’selection debacle hanginglike ashroudoveran otherwise sunny, spring-like day, party activists turned their atten- tions, hungrily, to the prospect of better times ahead. But the undercurrents that have long divided Republicans over issues such as abortion, as well as the innate need for candidates to distinguish themselves in a crowded field, served to undermine all the hopeful talk of unity and togetherness.

McCain, who styles himselfa Western maverick cut from the same rough-hewncloth as Bany GoldwaterandRonaldReagan, laiddown a marker by urging his fellow candidates to refrain from personal attacks and negative campaigning.

“As we begin the 2000 campaign, let’s remember that the day Ronald Reagan first declared the 1 1 th commandment, I will speak ill ofno fellow Republican, he began the restoration oftheRepublican Party,” McCain said in a Friday night dinner speech that kicked off the candidate parade. He repeated that message at a Saturday news conference.

“Scorched-earth Republican primaries will lead directly to an AI Gore presidency and to Democratic control of both hduses of

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PLAN OF STUDY Lunch

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COFFEEANDCOUNSEL Wednesday, March 3, 1999

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Laminen Lounge Olin Language Center

ENGINEERING Choosing your Engineering Major

Monday, March 8, 1999 5 p.m.-6 pm.

Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall (Required for all First Year Engineers)

AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM Informational Meeting

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ART & ART HISTORY Reception

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Balch Arenaox Office Lobby Talbot Avenue

Art History Majors, Prospective Majors and Those Interested in learning more

about the Art History Department. This will be a perfect time to leam more about the Art History Major,

Minor and Internships. Refreshments will be served.

BIOLOGY Information Session

Friday, March 5, 1999 3 p.m.- 4 p.m. Bamum Lobby

This is immediately .before our department graduate student seminar. All undergraduates are invited to come

hear the seminar. Refreshments will. be served.

CHEMISTRY Open House

Wednesday, March 3, 1999 5 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.

Room 104 Pearson Hall (Pearson Chem- istry Lab)

The Chemistry Department wiil hold an open house for all majors, potential

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT Orientation Meeting and Welcome Party

Thursday, March 11, 1999 4 p.m.- 5 p.m.

Elio t-Pearson Library In the Department of Child Develop-

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Department chairs from Civil & Environ- mental Engineering, Chemical

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Tuesday, March 2, 1999 Lecture, 4 p.m. Cabot Auditorium

ICONOCLASTS ON’THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE: “Group Cognition” by Lynn

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What happened to the days of Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, and Birdy, when Cage could really sink his teeth into a dynamic, fun character? He continues his slide into commercialized hell with 8mm, in which his character swings from steely eyed coolness to unre- strained emotion-theepitome of the cardboard action hero. Sure, his baby is thrown in there to show his soft side and to juxtapose the underworld into which he enters blah blah blah, but it just doesn’t cut it.

The supporting cast is eclectic, accomplished, and comprised of several characters more interesting than Cage’s Welles. Joaquin Phoenix (Clay Pigeons, To Die For), James Gandolfini (The So- pranos), Peter Stormare (The Big Lebowski, Fargo), and Catherine Keener (Your Frienrls & Neigh-

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Stormare continues to be the king ofthe incredibly weird characters. From amute killer in Fargo, to a German, pom-star nihilist in The Big Lebowski, Stormare can play any part, no matter how strange. In 8mm he finds himself playing the Spielberg ofthe illegal underground porn world.

At the end of the day, despite all of its faults and problem areas, 8mm h m s out to be a decent thriller/mystery that delivers most of what it promises. The movie is tense and, at times, gripping.

So do snuff films truly exist? 8mm does not attempt to answer that question, but it does raise questions about a festering world of depravity just under America’s surface and asks, how far can the human soul fall?

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Looking at the BASEBALL continued from page 7 pitcher Jon Lieber, but did not add an impact playerto last year’s wild- card playoffentry. The club obvi- ously is hoping fora big year from phenom Kerry Wood and another MVP performance by Sammy Sosa to stay in the playoffpicture. Talk about passive resistance. If the Cubs caught a break when Alou went down, they are in danger of being caught from behind by the Cincinnati Reds or the St. Louis Cardinals, both of which took a much more proactive approach during the winter.

The Reds, with their acquisi- tion of former 20-game winner Denny Neagle and 50-home run hitter Greg Vaughn, have reestab- lished themselves as a legitimate playoff contender and are hoping tostrikeablow forbaseball’seco- nomic also-rans. The Cardinals also made a number of off-season moves, but still must wait to see if they are a better club than the one that won 83 games in the shadow of Mark McGwire’s record-breaking 70-homer performance last year.

The Cardinals lost outfielder Brian Jordan to free agency and traded Ron Gant to the Phillies to beefup their bullpen, but are bank- ing on big performances from free agents Eric Davis and Carlos Baerga to keep them in conten- tion. The trouble is, it’s highly likely that the only team to reach the postseason from the NL Cen- tral next year will be the division champion, since the Mets have upgraded in the East and there are several quality teams in the West.

McGwire said on Wednesday that he feels confident that the Cardinals have gotten better over the winter. “The off-season moves were very good,” McGwiresaid. “1 likewhatwedidupthemiddle. We got Eric Davis. Our pitching staff is improved. Our bullpen is strong. 1 don’tthinkthere isafront-runner.”

Of course, that wasn’t the case acoupleofweeks ago, when Alou was healthy and the Astros were still pondering the blockbuster deal for Clemens. “1 know everybody gave a sigh of relief when Roger wastradedto the Yankees,” McGwire said. Hecould have been speaking for everyone in the division. McGwire, lookingforabreak from last year’s sensory overload, traveled all the way to Australia over the off-season in hopes of findingaplace where he wouldn’t be recognized on the street. He almost succeeded.

“I ran into a lot of American tour groups,” he said. “That was the only drawback. I thought I had found a place where nobody

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Villanova, goes on a tear to upset UConn in the Big East tourney, and steals a number-one seed. Oh well ... Yet another strange injury befalls a baseball player. Mets centerfielder Brian McRae brokea tooth while running sprints. There was no contact, and he didn’t fall. Weird.

major leagues knows me.” No such luck, but McGwire said that he was treated politely by fans whereverhe went after last year’s historic home run chase. “People have been great,” he said. Baseball’snew single-season home run king also can’t es- cape questions about his continuing use of the controversial body- building . supplement Androstendione. He seemed slightly peeved to be grilled about it at his first news conference of the spring, but responded matter- of-fact1 y.

‘‘It’s legal,” hesaid. “It’ssold in every nutrition store in the country.” But what about speculation that Major League Baseball will follow the lead ofthe International Olympic Committee and ban the steroid-like substance? “Major League Baseball is not the IOC,” McGwiresaid.

Former Oriolesoutfielder Davis is in regular contactwith longtime friend Darryl Strawberry, who is trying to get ready for Opening Day while undergoing chemo- therapy for colon cancer, but Davis isn’t making any predictions about Strawberry’s abilityto makeasuc- cesshl comeback. “Ifhe came back and hit one home run, 1 think that would be a victory,” said Davis, who battled back from the same disease to have an outstanding season for the Orioles last year. “I think that everything after that is gravy.”

Texas Rangers officials were a littlemiffedlastweekwhencatcher Ivan Rodriguez did not report to camp on time. Rodriguez report- edly blamed the American Airlines pilot sickout for delaying his return to Puerto Rico to tie up some preseason loose ends, which, in turn, delayed his return for the opening of full-squad workouts.

it happens every spring, or so it seems. The Rangers have been scouting veteran Royals pitcher Kevin Appier for a possible spring deal, but don’t expect Appier to start packing anytime soon. He might holdthemajor-league record for appearances in trade speculation by a player who has never beentraded. TheMilwaukee Brew- ers have all but given up on trading second baseman Fernando Vina. They tried all winterto move him for a decent starting pitcher, but found no takers. Now, all they can do is hope that a contending club suffers a loss this spring and comes knocking again. The Cubs might be in the market for a fifth outfielder later in spring training. They intend to go with 27-year- old minor-leaguer Robin Jennings, who is out of minor-league options, but could pull someone off ofwaivers ifthat doesn’tworkout.

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Radio in San Francisco, Calif. Though radio would not end

up being his primary concentra- tion hjoumalism, Feldman learned vital lessons during his tenure as a radio personality. In fact, because Feldman enjoyed many as- pects of radio, he has incorpo- rated radio into his current career endeavor at ESPN.

“I like both radio and TV. I have done work for ESPN Radio and have enjoyed it. Radio is more relaxed and more conversational, there aren’t as many restraints on radio,” Feldman remarked.

Jumping back into the realm of television media, Feldman held a job as a weekend sports anchor for KMST-TVin Monterey,Calif. Just before joining ESPN, Feldman worked as a sports anchor and reporter for the Orange County news network in Santa Ana, Calif.

When he landedthejobat ESPN inNovemberof 1996, Feldman was confident that his previous experiences would serve him well.

“[My experiences] all helped me learn how to be on TV, how to not be nervous before a show. Also, we have to do all of our

writing on ESPN, so the writing background from Tufts helped with that,” Feldman said.

Feldman also foundmany other redeeming qualities in his Tufts education.

“I met a lot of great people at Tufts and developed social skills,” Feldman said. Referring to his lack of experiences outside of Califor- nia, Feldman added, “[Boston] was also a new part of the world that I had never been in, so it was good to have to adjust.”

Feldman’s career sqrves as a model for any determined person looking for involvement in journalism. It shows aspiring journal- ists that while fame and glory are not instant, they are obtainable.

“You really have to want to do it. Ifyou want to be on TV, the best thing you can do is just give it a try.” He warns students that “it’s not all glamorous. It’s not an easy road; the beginning levels don’t pay well, youdon’t livewhere you want, but that’s the nature of the beast,”

Still, he sticks to his advice: “Give it ashot.” His success story shows that it’s worth it.

Jon Japha contributed to this article.

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to the World Wide Web and various articles that have appeared in Ms, USA Todqy, Selj and Executive Female.

Her seminar will be held on March 2 and 3 at 1 p.m.

Ron Leiber, a writer at Fast Company will host asecondsemi- narentitled “Biz Kids: How Entre- preneurs Under the Age of 30 Are Changing the Face of Business.” Leiber, who at the age of24 became the youngest person to write a cover story for Fortune Maga- zine, is the author of two books that document the success stories

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Wednesday, March 3: .Come to the campus center for information and activities

.Student run workshop .on American Sign Language and ci speech 9:00 PM in Eaton 203

Thursday, March 4, Speaker Tony Sirigmano, Director of Advocacy and Community Service for the Greater Boston ARC: lecture, video, and discussion on education of people with disabilities. Topics : American Disabilities Act, Inclusion

Campus Center Large Conference Room, 200 PM

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**Saturday, March 6th** Children’s Magic Show Children’s Show - Pearson 106, 10:30 AM

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nese-led consortium out of concern that China’s military might benefit.

Beijing said the decision would have a “negative effect” on the two countries’ trade relations. The issue of technology transfers has become one of the most sensitive in the relationship since a con- gressional committee, chaired by Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., found improper and illegal transfers of such items to China and of espionage by Chinese agents. An uoclassified version of the 700- page report is likely to be released in the next several weeks.

“People feel afraid that the Cox committee will issue the full pages of the report just before Zhu’s visit,” said the foreign policy adviser. “The group which opposes Clinton’s engagement with China is still very strong.”

Rubin said foreign policy issues vital to US interests - especially deterring the Communist government of famine-ridden North Korea from lashing out at its neighbors or spreading missile technology - demand that the United States engage China regu- larly in high-level talks, even during times oftension between them.

“Engagement is not the same at all as happy,” Rubin said. In meetings with senior Chinese officials, including President Jiang Zeminand PremierZhu, Albright will raise US concerns outlined Friday in the State Department’s annual human rights report that human rights conditions here have “deteriorated sharply” beginning in the second halfof last

year. Four leading political dissidents

have been sentenced to prison terms longer than ten years, and dozens have been taken into cus- tody. Four of the ten democracy activists arrested this week have since been released, according to the Hong Kong-based Informa- tion Center of Human Rights and Democratic Movement. Accord- ingtoChineseoficials,theBeijing government will focus in the talks on the status of Taiwan, which China considers a renegade prov- ince and which is perennially at the top of China’s agenda in dis- cussions with the United States.

Among other points, Beijing will restate fervent opposition to proposals in Washington to include Taiwan in a proposed new missile-defense zone being stud- ied by the Pentagon, according to a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. Chinese officials reject the argu- ment that the main target of this potential defensive shield in Asia would be North Korea, which on Aug. 31 fired a ballistic missile over Japanese territory. Liu Jiangyong, director of the north- east Asia division of the China Institute of Contemporary Inter- national Relations, criticized the missile proposal as“land mines in space” and asserted the effort is actually aimed at China. Thurs- day, the Pentagon released a report concluding that China is engaged in an intensive cruise - and ballistic - missile buildup along its southeastern seaboard across from Taiwan, although it said there is no indication that either China or Taiwan intends to provoke a confrontation.

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RESEARCH STUDY ON BULIMIA

FEMALE VOLUNTEERS who are currently bulimic, or have recovered from past symptoms of bulimia, age 18-45, in good medical health and not taking medications (including oral contraceptives), are sought for a study of behavioral ratings and blood hormone levels. Eligible participants will receive $1 50 for a total of 3 outpatient visits and an additional $1 75 for each of two overnight stays at the Clinical Research Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Carrie Mazer, Psychia- try Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

. Boston at (61 7) 667-401 3.

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Programming Board Elections

GET INVOLVED! Elections are coming up.

Join us now to have a shot at running some of Tuft’s finest groups

Entertainment Board Thursday, March 4, at 7:OO P in the Campus Center’s Lane Room (21 8) for more info email kcrane or Ileyva. Co chairs being elected

Lecture Series Mondays March 1 at 4:OOP in the Campus Center Rm. 209 Co- chair being elected

Concert Board Tuesdays, March 2 at 10:30 in the Campus Center’s Large Conference Room for more info email ewarasta or mkishon. Co chairs and other possitions being elected

SDirit Armv l? 8

Tuesdays March 2 at 8:00 P in the Campus Center’s Zamparelli Roomfor more info email rlea or kayersl

Film Series Co-chairs being elected

Mondays, March l a t 5:30 P in Upper level Dewick for more info email cmcharg or mcarbone President being elected

Class Councils .,

Sophomores Monday, March 1 in the Open Block 3rd Floor F tower Latin Way for more info email kabell. Class Marshalls being elected

Freshmen Monday, March 1 11:30A in the Campus Center’s Room 219 for more info email ablairO1. Class Marshalls being elected


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Are you concerned about animal. testing for cosmetics and household products

Do you know which companies test on animals and which don’t?

Come find out a t the

Cruelty Free Fair G e t info and lots of FREE SAMPLES at the campus center on

Monday, March 1

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;ponsored by the Students for the Ethical Treatment o f Animals

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Monday, March 1 Covering the Law: Journalism

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Careers in Journalism

Sponsored by the Communications and Media Studies Program

Dan Quayle plans a 2000 run PRESIDENCY continued from page 9 Congress,” McCain told his ban- quet audience.

Repeatedly, McCain called for an end to the “politics ofdivision” -“we’re a better party than that” -and he explicitly reached out to immigrant Americans, saying no one should believe the American dream is too small for them to share and “no one should believe that we scorn their contributions to our culture.”

The pronounced silence that greeted McCain’s remarks re- flected the tensions surrounding issues like immigration and affirmative action, which have served to both energize Republicans activists and, at the same time, alien- ate many outside the party.

McCain’s non-aggression proposal proved no more popular with his fellow candidates.

Forbes, a repeat candidate who ran a series of scathingly negative ads in 1996 attacking Bob Dole, the eventual GOP nominee, insisted to reporters, “I’ve never engaged in personal attacks on my opponents. I have always engaged in issues, principles, and if1 run that’ll be the modus operandi again.”

For his part, former Tennessee Gov. Alexander told reporters “we don’t need to act like we are at some tea party. We need to have a vigorous contest of ideas.”

There was no substantive dis- agreement among the candidates over abortion. All describethem- selves as“pro-life:“ Still, there was marked division over.how promi- nent arole the issue should play as part ofthe GOP message in 2000.

Keyes, who hasmade anti-abortion activism the central issue of

Trade has become an issue

his political career, warned Repub- licans. that compromise on issues likeabortion andmorality amounts to capitulation. Waver, he told party leaders, and “you will help Bill Clinton toss this country down the toilet of history.”

Bauer, former head ofthe Fam- ily Research Council, apolicy lob- bying group, echoed the sentiment. “We must never abandon the pro-life cause,” he told cheer- ing delegates. “Give up on the fight for life, and you are giving up the heart and soul of the Republi- can Party.”

But Alexander, who immediately followed Bauer to the po- dium, counseled fellow Republi- cans -without specifically men- tioning abortion -- “Start with what we agree on and build from there, rather than start with what we disagree on. ... Instead of laying down litmus tests and rigid pronounce- ments, reach out to others with whom we agree.”

Former vice president Dan Quayle, struck, a middle ground. In an interview with the Los Ange- les Times before his Saturday night address, Quayle acknowledged abortion was “an issue ... of great interest to a lot of people.” But he argued“there’s very little a president can do” to curtail abortions, beyond appointing sympa- thetic judges and signing legisla- tion that Clinton has twice vetoed to ban certain late-term abortions.

Rather, Quayle said he planned to focus on his proposal for a 30 percent across-the-board tax cut. “I’m going to put it right back up there on the charts where it be- longs,” Quayle said. “The most important issue right now-that’s tax cuts.”

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TRADE continued from page 9 reconsider the part of NAFTA that caused the problem -an investor protection provision knowaschap ter 11.Thatreviewisnowunderway. But NAFTA isn’t the only worry.

The 4-year-old WTO, while opening up lucrative export opportunities for US telecom companies, toy makers and chemical manufac- turers, also has createdmew legal leversthat can be usedtochallenge federal, state, or local laws.

As such challenges gain momentum,theUnitedStates increasingly finds itself on the defensive, caught between obligations to its trading partners and corporations and the concerns of state and local authorities and citizen groups.

Thus even trade advocates are taking these concerns more seriously.

Afterall, shouldn’tthedemocrati- al ly elected leadersofcanada-or Mexico or the United States or any- where else-be free to ban gasoline additives they consider harmful?

Or shouldn’t the Common- wealth of Massachusetts be free to decide whose products to buy with taxpayers’ money? Not according to a federal judge, who just overturned the state’s ban on buying goods from companies that do business in the military-controlled nation of Myanmar.

The United States, whose For- tune 500 companies are increasingly global and rely heavily on foreign operations for their prof- its, has had the most to gain by

pushing other nations to lower trade barriers and adopt Western- style business practices.

In fact, trade has been one of the fastest-growing parts of the US economy -a big reason for today’s low joblessness and mi- nuscule inflation rate.

Rising criticism ofthese inroads against local control comes even as the United States seeks to ex- pand NAFTA’s controversial investor protections by including them in the WTO and other proposed regional trade agreements. Similar protections are built into many US bilateral trade deals.

The high emotion that sur- rounds the issue of local control, along with the fragility oftoday’s worldeconomy, has made officials squeamish about even discuss- ing it. TheJustice Department and - the US Trade Representative’s office refused to address the issue on therecord. Canadian and Mexi- can officials also declined to discuss the subject.

Chapter 1 1 ofNAFTAprovides that foreign investors who believe that they have been discriminated against or their assets unfairly “expropriated” can demand compensation from the country where they are doing business.

These cases are heard by a three-member international trade tribunal whose proceedings are confidential to protect the corporations and governments involved. However, the participants are allowed to take their claims public if they choose.

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PERSONALS Shmooring over dinner with

your favorite professor what could be betteR Invite your favorite professortoFacult Shabbatthis Friday. RSVP by Wednesday at 5.

EVENTS Pizza and Politics - an

Informal Dinner Discussion with the Mayor of Medford

Join Mayor Michael McGlynn of Medford for pizza and soda to discuss careers in poliics, local-federal polii- cal tension.' and community service this WEDNESDAY. 3/3 FROM 530- 7pm IN THE RABB ROOM OF THE LINCOLN FILENE CENTER!

THINK ABOUT IT "My Classics degree has truly set me apart from my peers. I believe it was instrumental in my admission to law school and a feather in my cap for every job I have applied for."

Cruelty Free Fair WAS an animal hurt or killed for your shampoo? Do you want to find out which companies test their produds on animals and which donl? Come to the Cruelty Free Fair to find out! Monday, March1 10:30-4pm at the Campus Center. Get lots of FREE SAMPLES!

Apathy Beware Students are realizing the possibilk ties; setting policy, selecling courses. and planning events. They are the Ex College Board, an elite group of do- ers, sculpting the educalinal land- scape on campus. Apply now at the Ex College in Miner Hall.

Career-Related Workshop for International Students

The US. Job Search for International Students Workshop will be held on Monday, March 8, 1999 from 54pm in the Career Services Recruiting Of- fice, Level G Tisch Library. ReSeNa- lions required; to reserve a place, call the International Center at 627-3458.

Music Events 3/6 - Tufts Orchestra performs Scheherazade. Plus performances by Concerto Competition Winners. Cohen Auditorium, 8pm. 3/7 - Guest Artist Diana Dabby corn bines musical and electrical engineering in this lectureldemonstration. Alumnae Hall, 3pm.

Tufts 2010: Are the Liberal Arts Dead? Arriving March 10.

Tufts 2010 What shape will your education take. Arriving March 10.

Spring Intramural Signups Wed: 10th March, 12-2pm; Fri: 12th March. 1-3pm. Team Sports offered are Soccer. Volleyball, Soft- ball 8 Floor Hockey. Call 627-5152 for information

I All Tufts students must submit cl, I must accompanied by,a check. Cla on Dailv forms and submitted in ~ersoi

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Explorations Workshop Students interested 'In teaching an Explorations Seminar next fall will have the chance to attend a workshop with Robyn Gittleman to help guide you along the application process. March 3 or 4 from 3:30-4:30pm in Miner 10.

Attention Arts 8 Sciences Graduate Students

Resume writing 8 interviewing workshop March 4th 4-5pm. Career services recruiting Hice Tisch - Level G. Learn how to write effective resumes. Learn how to sell yourself in an interview. Call Career Services 627-3299 to sign up now!

Study the Ocean ... Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Pro- gram will be on campus on Thursday, March 4 meeting m the Campus Cen- ter in Lane Room 218 at 4pm. Will- iams-Mystic offers fall and spring semester and courses for all majors. Applications for fall 1999 and Spring 2000 semesters are due April 5! Call. 860-572-5359 ext.2 or email [email protected] lo arrange an interview on campus at Tufts. '

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SUMMER SUBLET 1 bedroom available in 3 bedroom apartment in Powderhouse Sq. Avail- able June 1-Aug 31,1999, possible lease next year. First and last. $3681 month. Quiet; responsible non- smoker. Call Michele 617-628-6924.

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EARN EXTRA MONEY Do you have Tuesday aflernoons free? Looking for responsible student lo help wheelchair confined professor in his office every Tuesday, APPROX 1:306pm. PAY $7.00 an hour. Call Wendy in Classics Dept. x7-3213.

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Please Help Us We are a married couple in need of an egg donor between 21 and 33. Fk nancial compensation is offered. Please contad Kerri: 781- 942-7000 ex!. 629, reference #1112.

Leaders Needed Summer Teenage Bicycling Trips. US, Canada, Europe. Minimum 4- week time commitment. Salary plus expenses paid. Student Hosteling Program, Ashfield Rd.. Conway. MA 01341.800-343-6132

Fun Instructors Needed to present science adivities for kids at schools 8 parties. Need car and experience with kids. Training provided. PTT. Pay: $15-$25/lhr. program. Mad Science: (617) 484-6006

Egg Donors Needed1 Compassionate women fmm all races wanted by infertile hopeful couples. Ages 21-30 Compensation '3.500

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Communications and Media Studies Program

New York Times Reporter William Glaberson speaks on "Covering the Law: Journalism and the American Legal System" Eaton 206. I I :30am

Spirit Army General Meeting Zamparelli Rm - Campus Center, 8pm

I Hillel

Purim: Performance with Pizazz Hillel, 8pm

Communications and Media Studies Program

New York Times Reporter and Tufts Alum William Glaberson speaks on "Careers in Journalism" Eaton 206,2:30pm

Hillel Taste of Shabbat Campus Center, 1 1 am-3pm

FoxTrot

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Asian Christian Fellowship General Meeting Robinson 152, 7:30 -9pm

SETA (Students for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals)

Cruelty Free Fair . Campus Center, 10:30-4pm

FILIPINO CULTURAL SOCIETY General Meeting Eaton 134, 9:30pm

Tufts Tmnsgendered, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Collective

Weekly Meeting - Everyone Welcome Topic: A Discussion on Body Image East Hall Lounge, 9:30pm

Environmental Consciousness Outreach Weekly Meeting. All Are Welcome 3xfam Cafe, 9:30pm

Office o i the Dean of the Colleges Majors Week Workshop: For those utterly undecided about a major Recruiting Room, Tisch Library, 3-4pm Dilbert by Scott Adam!

. Department of English Open House East Hall Lounge, East Hall, 4 6 p m

Hillel Megillah Reading -lillel, 8pm

International Relations Advising Session 7th flr, Cabot building (The Fletcher School), 4:30-6:30pm

Department of Philosophy - Lecture: Iconoclast on the Frontiers of Science Cabot Auditorium, 4pm

Programs Abroad study Abroad General Information Meeting Lton 202, I 1 :30am

Hillel h s ' s Pickles :ampus Center, 1 I am-3pm

Classics Department 3assicdArchaeology Open House ton 322,3:30-Spm

by Wile) don Sequitur

Hall House - The Bayit 'urim Party '8 Packard Ave., lOpm

Weather ReDort Vlother Goose & Grimm by Mike Peters TODAY TOMORROW

Rainy High: 44; Low: 43

Mostly Cloudy High: 43; Low: 27

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"We came, we saw, we kicked the Daily's ass. "

- TCU senators after beating The Tujis Daily 14-7 in snow football

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. Laugh with Cheap Sox and other groups. Hillel Center 8pm

SAT, FEB 27 SEMIFORMAL Dance the night away. bston Children’s Museum 8pm - I2am $ I O advance / $ I 2 at the door Bus transportation begins a t 7:30pm from the Campus Center

SUN, FEB 28 f I R f Schmoozing,. eating, and gif? making with the elderly. Hebrew Rehabilitation Center I2pm - 4pm Meet at Hillel - Bus transportation provided.

TOILETRY DR IVE Drop offtoiletries to be donated to women’s shelters in the Boston area. Boxes located throughout the week at Hillel and in the Campus Center.

MON, M A R 1 Fresh from New York 254 each Campus Center I lam - 3pm

7 Hear the story of Purim and meet Megillah Gorilla.

A Hillel Center 8pm

loin us for the annual festivities following the Megillah Reading. Bayit (98 Packard) lOpm - lam

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RSVP FOR FACUL N SHABBAT DINNER Call 627-3242 by 5pm.

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Campus Center I lam - 3pm

THEGREA T H ILELB AKE-OFF Bake some of your favorite jewish foods. Hillel Center 7pm

FRI, M A R 5 GET CHAI! FREE HEMP!. Hemp and bead necklace making. Campus Center I lam - 3pm

FACULTY SHARBAT join your favorite faculty members for seniccs and dinner, followed by a performance from Shir Appeal. Hillel Center 6pm - Reform & Conservative Services 7pm - Dinner (reservations required by Wednesday)

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SAT, M A R 6 Hillel Center I Oam (followed by lunch)

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Grab a partner and swing the night away. Dewick / MacPhie 8pm . A

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SUN, M A R 7 BAGEL BRUNCH WITH JONATHAN WILSON free food and good discussion. Hillel Center I I am - I pm

M O W . . . A GOS PFL 0 Enjoy his creative musical experience with Q group from Tu@. Call Hillel for more information.

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