'Big-mouthed' Bass has lived relatively scandal-free life

pressing issues like the price of cereal. With a little prodding, though, some things did surface about the New York native. She apparently gave Kaufthal a copy of the Kama Sutra, the Indian sex manual, according to her friend Debra Kaplan, a first-year History graduate student. In light of this, Kaufthal's information proved interesting. "She can put her legs behind her head," he said. A friend once described her to another friend as closely resembling Elvira, the self-proclaimed "Mistress of the Night." And she has a discerning taste in, of all things, fine microbrews. "Dina drinks a lot," Kaplan said. "She thinks she's a guy. She needs to try every beer on the planet." "She's Norm from Cheers without the fat," Slonim chimed in. If only she can stop talking long enough to let her reporters get a few words in edgewise, Bass ought to have the campus news department of the DP in fine hands next year. -- Mike Madden