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RT Records in sight The men's tennis team will try to win its fourth consecutive ACC championship this weekend in Orlando. See page 17

Moneta named vice president for student affairs Appointment pends approval from Board of Trustees By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

Larry Moneta’s family must have given Durham the okay, because he’s coming to Duke. Following a year-long search, President Nan Keohane announced yesterday Moneta’s appointment as Duke’s next vice president for

student affairs.

Currently associate vice president for campus services at the University of Pennsylvania, Moneta accepted the offer last weekend when he and his wife, Judy, visited Duke. “With Larry, we are hoping and expecting that Student Affairs will be a more visible counsel in discussions about the role of students within the overall interest of the University,” Keohane said. “I found Larry interesting... because his record tells us that he has the strong combination of

valuing input and consultation, but at the same time knowing when a decision needs to be made.” Pending approval from the Board of Trustees, Moneta will assume his new post Aug. 1. Jim Clack, interim vice president for student affairs, has agreed to extend his tenure by an additional month. Moneta will officially replace former vice president for student affairs Janet Dickerson, who left last July for Princeton University. Keohane selected Moneta over University of Southern California Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Cynthia Cherrey and Duke Vice Provost for Academics and Administrative Services Judith Ruderman. For the past three years, Moneta has led Penn’s impleSee MONETA on page 15

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LARRY MONETA, Duke’s next vice presidents student affairs, will take office this summer and hopes to streamline many of the division’s services.

High court rules 12th District legal DSG rejects proposal to enjoin Union By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

After 10 years of legal wrangling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that the 1997 drawing of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District was legal. The court reversed a three-judge panel’s opinion that legislators drew the district according to race—not politics. “The evidence taken together... does not show that racial considerations predominated in the drawing of District 12’s boundaries,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the majority opinion. The opinion states that the plaintiff needed to show that the state legislature could have met its same political objectives by drawing different lines while creating greater racial balance. Legal experts say the decision sets an important precedent. “The case stands for the principle that if districts are drawn primarily for political consideration, the fact that the district also has a substantial minority populationdoes not in and of itself violate the Constitution,” said Rick Hides, professor of law at New York University. He added that the decision makes further litigation likely once district lines are redrawn nationwide. This is the fourth time the Supreme Court has ruled on a case involving the 12th District. In 1993, the court ruled that ifthe legislature had drawn district lines according to race, it would violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. Three years later, the court ruled

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that the legislature had indeed unnecessarily drawn district boundaries on the basis of race. In 1997, the legislature redrew the lines, but the new boundaries were rejected by a three-judge panel in a summary judgment. The Supreme Court reversed that decision, ruling that the judges should have held a hill trial. The

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judges held a trialbut again rejected the new district, resulting in the most recent appeal. In the dissenting opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas and three others did not take a stance on the lower court’s actual decision but said there was no proof that the its finding of racial predominance was “clearly erroneous.”

Duke Student Government wrapped up its year last night with a meeting full of debate and self-congratulations. The most controversial topic of the evening was a resolution expressing disapproval of the Duke University Union’s decision to reallocate space reserved a few hours each week for the DSG-sponsored attorney. Executive Vice President Drew Ensign, the junior who co-sponsored the resolution with classmate DSG Chief of Staff Jimmy Carter, proposed that DSG enjoin the Union from making any space reallocations. The measure failed, partly because the three DSG representatives to the Union Board— including Ensign—did not attend the meetings and were not aware of the changes. Some legislators contended that had representatives attended the meeting, then they could have prevented the Union from making such a reallocation. Ensign, however, argued that the Union should have informed DSG of any change. “The existence of representation does not mean that they shouldn’t have formally notified DSG,” he said. See DSG on page 16

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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates The Fed unexpectedly slashed rates half a point for the fourth time this year May 15, soared on the news.

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The Dow Jones industrial average enjoyed its third biggest oneday point gain in history, rising by 399.10 points, or 3.9 percent, to close at 10,615.83. The technologyheavy Nasdaq rose 8.1 percent, its fourth best percentage gain, to close at 2,079.44. “Tactically, this was a masterful stroke on the part of the Fed because the markets had completely eliminated the possibility of a Fed cut before the next meeting,” said David Jones, chief economist at Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. in New York. The Fed’s decision to cut the federal funds rate, the interest

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an emergency conference call, the Federal Reserve moved Wednesday to bolster the flagging economy by cutting interest rates by half a point for the fourth time this year.

It marked the most aggressive easing during Federal ReChair Alan Greenspan’s 14 years at the helm and clear message that the central bank is prepared to do whatever it can to prevent a recession. Wall Street, which had given up hope that the Fed would cut rates again before its meeting on credit serve nearly sent a

that banks charge each other, to 4.5 percent will translate into lower borrowing costs for millions

of Americans. Commercial banks immediately followed suit with a half-point cut in their prime lending rate, pushing the benchmark for many consumer and business loans down to

7.5 percent, the lowest level in

more than six years. In a brief statement announcing its decision, the Fed said it was

concerned about recent declines in business investment in new plants and equipment, one of the major driving forces in the record 10-year economic expansion. See INTEREST RATES on page 8 �

U.S. threatens to end talks with China By BARRY SCHWEID Associated Press

WASHINGTON After a rocky first round, the United States is threatening to break off talks with China on U.S. surveillance flights unless the Chinese start discussing the return of the Navy reconnaissance plane detained for nearly three weeks. The United States hopes to gain from the talks in Beijing at least the return of the aircraft that made an emergency landing in southern China April 1. The crew was released after being held for 11 days. “Nothing was settled... There was no progress on the issue of return of the airplane,” State Department spokesperson Richard Boucher said after the opening 2 1/2-hour session.

The U.S. ambassador, retired Adm. Joseph Prueher, will meet with Foreign Ministry officials and “he will tell them it makes sense to continue to meet only if there’s productive discussion about return of the aircraft,” Mary Ellen Countryman, a White House spokesperson, said. “When we and the Chinese can talk from the basis of fact rather than from a basis ofrhetoric, we’re going to be better off,” Condoleezza Rice, President Geore W.

Bush’s assistant for national security, said on MSNBC. Bush met with Rice and Defense Secretary Donald

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Women find multiple uses for birth control pills AMY LIU The Chronicle Although women have traditionally used birth control pills for contraception, many are now realizing that the pills can serve multiple additional purposes, ranging from acne reduction to the alleviation of uncomfortable menBy

strual symptoms. Because risks associated with taking birth control—which provide additional hormones to control ovulation and the shedding of the uterine lining—have decreased over the last few decades, women are feeling increasingly comfortable using them. “Probably in the last five years, [using birth control] has been more popular,” said Dr. Janet Keating, an assistant clinical professor with Student Health Services. When birth control pills came out in the 19605, each pill contained 150 milligrams of estrogen, a dose so high that it sometimes caused bloating, weight gain, nausea and strokes. Newer pills contain just 20 to 30 milligrams of estrogen, virtually eliminating those side effects. Keating said that roughly 10 percent of Duke women who use birth control pills do so strictly for medical reasons; about half who .use birth control do so to alleviate cramps. “I think birth control pills have been underused for many years.” said Dr. Stanley Filip, associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “Besides their obvious contraceptive benefits, the non-contraceptive benefits have gotten little press.” Among those benefits is the pills’ ability to successfully regulate a

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BIRTH CONTROL PILLS, once used solely for the purpose of contraception, are being used more and more by women for a variety of other purposes, including acne reduction and relief from menstrual cramps that she will have a normal four-week as a woman who does not want her pely risk free. Doctors’ largest concern is cycle. The first three weeks, she takes riod on her honeymoon or a student that the pills increase the likelihood of active birth control pills; the last who is studying abroad in the jungle clotting, heart attacks and strokes for week—in which menstruation begins—- somewhere,” Keating said. However, smokers over the age of 35. she takes placebo pills. due to the lack of data on the risks inBut doctors also say that wome’s As a result, women who are likely to volved with long-term use, she warned fear that birth control pills may cause

have irregular blood flow, such as younger women and also college athletes, often take birth control to regulate woman’s period. Filip explained that their cycles. “Athletes take birth control the pill reduces blood loss as it stabi- because they have a low percentage of lizes hormone fluctuations, resulting body fat which causes their periods to be in less painful menstrual cycles. “Oral irregular and sporadic,” explained Becky contraceptive pills limit how much en- Griesse, a health education specialist dometrium builds up each month,” he with the Healthy Devil Some women even use birth control explained. “And cramps are usually proportional to how much blood loss to stop their period for months at a time by continually taking active pills. occurs with each cycle.” blood “Period deletion is recommended and In addition to reducing flow, birth control pills can assure a woman suggested for the occasional use, such

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South Square readies for competition Fund dries up several By REBECCA SUN The Chronicle

With the Streets at Southpoint shopping center slated to open next spring, developers and concerned patrons of South Square Mall are trying to reinvent the 25-year-old mall to make sure it can compete with its larger, flashier counterpart. South Square is already poised to lose some business, as two of their three anchor tenants—department stores Hudson Belk and JCPenney—have already committed to moving to

years early Although Durham set up a $20.8 million fund to pay for city insurance claims, that money is gone six years earlier than expected. By MATT ATWOOD

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South Square general manager James Dolan insists that the mall will not experience a “a big exodus” of stores, adding that lease agreements typically require tenants to give at least six months notice before moving out. “At this point, we’re just trying to keep as many tenants interested and operating until we determine the best course of action,” Dolan said. “We should know something by year’s end.”

Dallas-based Trammel Crow Company, which leases and manages South Square, is expected to make a recommendation to the ownership regarding the mall’s future by the end of the summer, said general partner Howard Phillips. If South Square does decide to close its doors, Durham Area Designers, a local group of architects, has already begun studying the potential redevelopment of the mall. “We’re trying to show people alternatives to suburban-type develop-

A $20.8 million fund set up by the City of Durham to pay for insurance claims has run dry six years ahead of schedule, and another $lO.B set aside for risk operations will not last until its

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DURHAM AREA DESIGNERS have sketched out potential redevelopment plans for South Square Mall when the Streets at Southpoint shopping center opens. ments by going into existing areas in storm ideas for the project, “Reinventthe Triangle and creating new urban ing the Mall.” neighborhoods,” said Dan Jewell, a DAD The most popular suggestion for the board member. “We thought [South 55-acre site was to turn it into a mixedSquare’s situation! was a great opportuuse area, with retail, parking and office nity to create a 24-hour urban center.” space. Durham residents also favored Last fall, DAD and the University the development of Chapel Hill Bouleof North Carolina Center for Urban vard into a pedestrian-friendly street and Regional Studies conducted a with parallel parking. But Dolan cautioned that a major community design workshop which See SOUTH SQUARE on page 9 encouraged the local public to brain-

projected 2003 date. The larger fund was cheated in 1993 to be the equivalent of an insurance policy and was designed to cover workers’ compensation and general liability claims incurred by the city through 2007, said Finance Director Nav Gill. At that time, another $10.3 million was budgeted for a risk operations fund. “The [insurancel fund was away to set up a mechanism that the designers

believed would allow us to self-insure at a lower cost [than an insurance company would charge],” said Mayor Nick Tennyson. Gill said the $20.8 million fund is empty already, and the $10.3 million is projected to be gone by June 30, something that has some city officials conSee DRY FUNDS on page 15 �

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National fraternities try to de-emphasize alcohol

Three Duke fraternity chapters struggle to comply with national guidelines in the face of an alcohol-dominated social scene By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle Following years of negative stereotypes and high liability, three national fraternities with Duke chapters have spent the last year trying to reduce the presence of alcohol in fraternity housing. But the effort to go dry has had mixed success with several obstacles standing in the way. The national organizations of three Duke frater-

nities—Delta Sigma Phi, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu—are trying to shift away from having an alcoholdominated social scene. “I think this shows a real strong move away from conventional stereotypes. These are groups that are setting out to be role models,” said senior Christopher Dieterich, president of the Interfratemity Council. “Fraternities in this day and age are sometimes characterized as drinking clubs,” he added. “The value of brotherhood is what a fraternity sells. It’s not an opportunity to have older people buy you beer.” Delta Sig and Phi Delt have attempted to follow particularly strict rules, with no alcohol allowed in their sections and only third party alcohol service allowed at off-campus events. Sigma Nu is held to standards of varying severity depending on their individual memberships’ overall grade point average. Admitting that she may not be the best person to evaluate the fraternities’ progress, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek said she has not noticed any change in their behavior. “I think one of the greatest difficulties is, from my sense, that the leadership is not fully committed to this effort. It’s very definitely a nationally driven effort,” she said. “It’s a difficult change to Sue Wasiolek make and to expect major improvement in one year is probably unreasonable.” David Glassman, a spokesperson for Sigma Nu’s national headquarters, said the motivation of the national leadership has been to re-emphasize its traditional values of“love, honor and truth,” but also to help universities create more academic environments. Enforcing alcohol-free housing is difficult, Glassman said, but the national organization tries to work with university administrators, alumni and even brothers themselves to police chapters.

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“Once we find out about a violation, results vary,” he said. “Generally we try to be educational in our sanctions, offering workshops. Sometimes we will have a period of restricted activity or specify some obligation for chapters to meet.” Phi Belt president Greg Daut said his fraternity has done well in its efforts to keep alcohol out of section. “I was really pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t nearly as difficult as I thought it would have been,” the sophomore said. No fraternity funds have been used for alcohol, and alcohol has largely been absent from section, Daut said. He added, however that “no one’s going to go into a senior’s room and say, ‘No, you can’t have a beer in the fridge.’” In addition, section tends to be cleaner, Daut said,

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Utah loses census battle, plans to appeal decision By PAUL FOY

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A panel of three federal judges dismissed Tuesday unanimously Utah’s complaint that it lost an extra congressional seat to North Carolina because the Census Bureau did not count Utah residents on overseas missions for the Mormon church. The panel said missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up only a tiny group of Americans living overseas. The panel said further that that adding them would give Utah a huge advantage over other states. Three out of four Utah residents are Mormons. The panel also rejected Utah’s lastminute complaint alleging the Census Bureau uses guesswork to count all Americans Tenth Circuit Court Appeals Judge Stephen Anderson and district judges Dee Benson and David Winder rejected every one of Utah’s arguments, including a claim ofreligious discrimination. Utah officials had vowed to appeal any adverse decision directly to the US. Supreme Court. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff hinted Tuesday that’s what he plans to do. “I believe we owe it to the people of Utah to take their case to the highest court,” he said.

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Roy Cooper said he was pleased with the decision.

No one knows with certainty how many Americans are living overseas at any particular time.

The Census Bureau has estimated the number at 5 million, which only shows that Utah’s 11,176 missionaries are a small part of the equation, the federal panel said.

Utah also has the lion’s share of all 24,251 Americans serving Mormon missions abroad, which would give Utah a huge advantage over other states if they were counted, the panel ruled.

This does nothing for the cause of equal representation, the panel concluded. In fact, the judges said, counting Mormon missionaries would undermine the goal of a fair count. A complex allocation formula left Utah just 857 residents shy of gaining a fourth congressional seat, which instead became a 13th seat for North Carolina. Utah would take that seat from North Carolina if it prevails in court. Utah alternately argues that the Census Bureau should exclude all federal employees overseas, including

members of the armed forces. That also could give Utah another House seat. The panel rejected that argument because it would require the Census Bureau to start over and conflict with a US. Supreme Court decision upholding the inclusion of federal personnel in the national census.

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Superintendent selection process undergoes scrutiny The North Carolina Senate passed a bill allowing the governor to select the superintendent of public instruction From staff and wire reports

The North Carolina Senate again approved a bill Wednesday that would let voters decide whether the governor should appoint the state’s education chief. Currently, voters elect the superintendent of public

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may have contributed to her death. But without the tissue, which was donated before an autopsy was conducted, it is difficult to say how Newmaker died, said Ophoven, who testified for the defense. Psychotherapists Connell Watkins, 54, and Julie Ponder, 40, are charged with reckless child abuse resulting in Newmaker’s death. If convicted, each could face 16 to 48 years in prison. As part of her treatment for attachdisorder, Newmaker was ment wrapped in a flannel sheet to simulate a womb while adults pushed against her with pillows for 70 minutes. She was supposed to emerge reborn to bond with her adoptive mother.

Sen. Howard Lee, an Orange County Budget shortages strap NCCU: Democrat, would have the General AsAn ongoing budget shortfall has forced sembly confirm the governor’s designee. The proposed constitutional North Carolina Central University to referendum would be in November put off roof repairs, handicap accessibility projects and other campus main2002. If approved, the first appointment would occur in early 2005. tenance. Despite an increase in spring enSeveral education groups, the State by more than 100 students ofEducation and current rollment superBoard intendent Mike Ward support the bill. over last year, most of the $3.6 million budget shortfall stems from declining Proponents say it would give governors more control over the state educastudent enrollment over the past three tion system and would make it easier years, said Wilber Jones, vice chancelfor them to implement their policies. lor for financial affairs. A state budget shortfall led the The North Carolina Association of Educators opposes the legislation, saying General Assembly to ask schools in the University of North Carolina system to it eliminates the superintendent’s direct accountability to voters. Lee’s bill, revert money to the state, which toapproved on a final vote of 46-2, now taled $873,634 at NCCU. The state took back $184,987 in ungoes to the House. used money from a 1993 bond, and Pathologist testifies in ‘recampus officials made up the rest with case: pediatric patholoA birthing’ money targeted for building renovagist told jurors Wednesday she could tion and repairs. Campus officials opted to discontinnot say with certainty what killed a “rea ue 14 campus improvement projects so Durham 10-year-old during it would not have to cut funding for birthing” therapy session, partly because tissue from the girl’s heart was academic programs. Those include roof repairs at the donated after her death. Dr. Janice Ophoven of St. Paul., Human Resources and Alexander Dunn buildings, renovating the men’s Minn., said 10-year-old Candace Newher conpossible gym locker room, making adjustments maker’s medication, genital heart condition and the 7,040- to meet federal disability requireEvergreen, ments and upgrading the cafeteria by foot elevation of place— more than $212,000. session took Colo.—where the ggfgg&p

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Duke to host presentation raising alcohol awareness Catherine Bath, mother of the late undergraduate Raheem Bath, will visit campus next Tuesday to speak in a presentation at 9 p.m. on Clocktower Quadrangle. Her talk will be part of a larger presentation by 11H/ W>3 _

School of Advanced International Studies, will discuss “Two Koreas: A new beginning for the new millennium?” at 2:15 p.m. Friday, April 20, in Room 04 of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Oberdorfer was a reporter for The Washington Post for 38 years, including 17 years as the newspaper's diplomatic correspondent. In

Sterner, Mark whose three best ORI.Lr S friends were killed in a car crash in 1994. Sterner was driving the car, functioning as the “least drunk” member of the group. He was convicted of three felony counts. He will speak about his experience and show a the fall semesters video that he and his friends made the of 1977, 1982 and Don Oberdorfer night of the accident. The event is spon1986, he served as sored by Student Affairs, the Event Ad- Ferris Professor of Journalism at vising Center and Sigma Nu fraternity. Princeton University. He is the author of Griffin memorial set: A memorial multiple books service for Ramon Griffin, former associLevine speaks at Perkins: Peter ate director of Duke’s Talent who has served as the president Levine, Identification Program, will be held at 3 of Decision Drivers and a member of p.m. April 25 at the Washington Duke Advisory Committee Duke’s President’s March from Inn. Griffin, 41, died 14 injuries sustained in a traffic accident. A on the Future of Information Technology member of the TIP staff since 1989, he in Teaching and Research, will speak managed the day-to-day operations of the Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Rare Book Room of Perkins Library. The speech, program and routinely advised the program's executive director, management entitled “The future of information technology,” will analyze the impact of emergteam and personnel. ing technologies on society.

Students awarded fellowships: Public policy major Natasha Harris and political science major Akil Ross have been awarded the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for minority students entering the teaching profession. As part of the fellowship, the students will receive a grant of $2,500 for a teaching-related project or study of their own choice and a fellowship of $12,000 for a one-year program of graduate study or $16,000 for a two-year program.

Journalist lectures about Korea: Don Oberdorfer, distinguished joumalistin-residence at Johns Hopkins' Nitze

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Conference on humanitarian intervention: The School of Law will host a

conference on humanitarian intervention today. It will begin at 8:45 a.m.

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TRADER EDDIE CALL of the New York Stock Exchange celebrates a surprise interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the subsequent skyrocketing of stock prices.

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A further decline in investment spending, combined with the negative effects on consumer spending from a falling stock market and with economic weakness in other countries, “threatens to keep the pace of economic activity unacceptably weak,” the Fed said. “This is exactly the right decision, made at exactly the right time,” said Gordon Richards, chief economist for the

National Association of Manufacturers. “It is much-needed adrenaline for a weak economy.” The big Wall Street rally Wednesday was the most positive immediate response since the Fed began the series of rate reductions on Jan. 3. Its reduction that day, the first cut outside of a regular meeting since the

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Theta Chi to go Firm studies mall redevelopment dry in year 2003 � SOUTH SQUARE from page 4 overhaul may not be realistic, and Phillips empha-

who is used to having alcohol in the house will try to keep bringing it in.” Assistant Dean of Student Development Todd Adams said that fraternities that try to go dry on a wet campus face a steep challenge. But considering the obstacles, Adams said the fraternities have made headway and are in the middle of a long process. “I think [going dry] is possible, but very, very difficult. It’s not probable, but it’s possi-

ble,” he said. Adams added that the fraternities have succeeded in utilizing more off-campus sites for events, ensuring that alcohol is served on an individual basis and not distributed by a large group. “It’s important to understand that the choice they made is to join a group where the national leadership has these goals, and they need to follow these goals as well,” Adams said. In addition to the three fraternities currently trying to reduce alcohol, Theta Chi plans to go dry by 2003, and Duke will establish its first substance-free house on Main West Campus next year. Dieterich said that such efforts are largely nationally driven and have little campus support. “I think it’s going to be a trend for a while, and then it will level off,” he said. “I don’t think it’s something the entire frat system should be pushed towards. Alcohol is a part of life, and learning to deal with it is part of the college experience.”

sized the importance of demand in Durham’s retail market. “If [reinvention] isn’t economically feasible, it won’t get done,” he said. “Is there enough tenant base willing to pay rent at a level to finance the project?” Jewell acknowledged that “Reinventing the Mall” is still in its early stages but said that DAD plans to use the workshop results to draw up a comprehensive plan. “We would hope eventually that through a

public input process, the city council would adopt [our study] as a component of their comprehensive plan,” he said. Jewell also recognized the complicated financial logistics that a complete redevelopment of South

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Square would entail. “Developers have a product in mind, and probably in most cases the neighbors aren’t profit-driven,” he said. “I don’t know if there is any one [of our plans] that a developer could do.” He added that a more practical plan would require taking components from the various ideas already on the table. As the threat of losing competition with Southpoint becomes more of a reality, many say that South Square will need to take action. “[South Square] must reinvent itself or face the likelihood that it wouldn’t survive economically,” Phillips said. Dolan agreed. “The thing you have to realize with competing with Southpoint is that they’re going to have all of the typical mall [mainstays]: the Abercrombie and Fitches, the Limiteds.... South Square needs to create a different identity.”

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week, members of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences created endowed scholarships in the name of Norm Christensen —scholar, administrative leader and the school’s outgoing dean. After years of hard work and dynamic leadership, no one would argue that Christensen is unworthy of this honor. As the school’s first leader, Christensen has set a strong standard that will be hard to follow. Under Christensen’s leadership, the school built a firm financial foundation. The Nicholas School’s endowment rose from $4 million to $93 million. The remarkable growth included the $2O million naminggift from Peter and Ruth Nicholas, which, when given in 1995, was the University’s second-largest monetary donation and the largest ever given to an environmental program. Furthermore, the school has made significant headway in becoming a leader in environmental education—Christensen played a key role in developing the school’s professional and undergraduate degrees. Additionally, the Nicholas School has become a central piece ofthe University’s interdisciplinary efforts, offering joint programs with several schools at Duke. More than his academic leadership and fundraising prowess, Christensen will undoubtedly be missed for his familiar and comforting presence. He has been one ofthe University’s most visible administrators, offering guest lectures in introductory undergraduate classes and participating in graduate-level policy discussions. Fortunately, for the school and the University, he will remain at the Nicholas School, although in a less visible capacity. But regardless of the role he takes now, he will always be remembered as the father ofthe University’s environmental school.

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Rex Adams assumed the helm of the Fuqua School of Business in 1996, many business school applicants considered the llth-ranked program their safety school. When Adams steps down this summer, no applicant would dare hedge his or her risk by betting on admission to Fuqua. The enterprising and innovative leadership of Adams has guided the school to this year’s fifth-place rank by Businessweek magazine. Adams’ efforts to increase the school’s international presence have greatly contributed to Fuqua’s notability. Since his appointment, the school has opened a campus in Frankfurt, Germany, and has diversified its faculty and student body. Under his leadership, Fuqua has become one ofthe most diverse schools at Duke. The number ofinternational and female students and students of color has increased dramatically under his leadership. The creation of original programs such as the Cross Continent and Global Executive MBA programs have made Fuqua the envy of business schools around the world. Using the place-and-space model, Adams and his team have singlehandedly increased the integrity of distancelearning degrees. The school’s program has become a model for peers who try to emulate Fuqua’s success. After five short years, Adams will retire this June. The school will miss his honesty and unique sense of humor. Duke has certainly benefited from Adams’ leadership and fighting spirit.

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American dream stays possible without reparations Jonathan and Carrie ple have more advantages while growing up, his mother Tran’s April 10 letter to edithan others, but we all have never accepted excuses and tor is a good example ofhow some by virtue of the fact would say, “when people stop stupid this reparations comaccepting your excuses, then that we live in America. As a society, we must you have to start looking for plaining has gotten. I am still baffled at how ensure that the underprivisolutions.” he criticized the American leged are given more. But as The effects of this country’s Dream, calling it a “lie.” The individuals, each of us must shameful history of injustice American Dream is not a lie. take hold of the opportuni- are still with us. But reparaties we have instead ofmaktions and excuses will not help Many people of many different backgrounds have shown ing excuses. That is a fact anything. We need to take this throughout our history. that I’ve had to learn for steps to make sure that everyHis ancestors may have myself, because there are body has ample opportunities, come from a different contimany advantages I never and more importantly, we nent than mine did, but got, despite being white. need to let people know just they came for the same reaRecently I heard a lecture how many opportunities they son—the same reason that by Dr. Ben Carson, who had really do have. No matter people still pour into this less privileges growing up what the Trans or the Duke country—and probably the than most people at this Student Movement may say, same reason that the Trans school did. Carson worked this is America, and the have not fled back to the hard and didn’t fall into the American Dream is as alive lands of their ancestries. victimization trap, and he is now as it ever was. No other country pronow the chief pediatric neurovides the opportunities that surgeon at Johns Hopkins Paul Abernathy this country does. Some peoUniversity. He explained that Trinity ’Ol for referenced letter, see http:! /www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?articlelD=2ll76

‘Political smarts’ not needed in fight for rights When I read James B. Duke Professor Jerry Hough’s April 11 letter to the editor asserting that blacks need to get some “political smarts,” it frankly left me wondering what the hell he’s doing teaching political science. Any objective review of history—as far back as slavery and as recent as the last presidential election—will illustrate black political prowess and determination. This includes everything from organizing slave revolts and sabotages to

that has not been fought for, and this can be seen in reviewed court opinions, media footage and historical

literature. The tone of Hough’s letter is one of the all-knowing

white male who has achieved political/intellectual superiority, dispensing advice to the monolithic know-nothing black community. Sometimes an outside observer can see what others caught up in the melee

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to being a white—albeit Polish—coach at one of the greatest basketball institutions? The letter insists that blacks be vigilant in combating negative stereotypes, as if the person perpetuating the stereotype has no role to play in shaping our society’s racist atmosphere. Bigotry is an irrational reaction. Someone who sees black students marching against a Chronicle ad and writes off the entire race as intellectually inferior is not going to have a change of heart because they meet a black doctor or CEO or head

experience. This time it is the latter. Astonishingly, blacks in this country have managed to make great basketball coach. strides in the last couple of Hough’s extreme condecenturies without knowing scension, as well as his simhow to “think politically.” plistic generalizations, are While many parallels further proof of the ignoexist between the various rance and prejudice on types of discrimination, does Duke’s campus. the author honestly believe that the African-American Amani Redd undergraduate experience is Trinity ’OO

planning meetings with white, northern abolitionists, to having sit-ins, boy-

cotts, petitions, marches

and riots, to addressing lawmaking bodies through lawsuits, voting, phone banking, letter writing, media exposure and all other forms of political resistance. There is nothing African Americans have gained in the realm of political rights for referenced letter, see http:ll www.chronicle.duke.edu

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On the record Fraternities in this day and age are sometimes characterized as drinking clubs.... The value of brotherhood is what a fraternity sells. It’s not an opportunity to have olderpeople buy you beer. Senior Christopher Dieterich, president of the Interfratemity Council, commenting on the ability of fraternities to reduce alcohol consumption in section (see story, page five)

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This stereotypically crime- and poverty-ridden town has a rich cultural history that should not be mocked ten to black poets at the Hayti teachers, they will learn about the sioned oratory as a string of residents You’re hot.. Heritage Center. city’s rich past, including its involvespoke about one proposal to allow twotemperature^wise Sarah McGill I hopscotched through the US Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina—and back and forth to the Korean peninsula as an Army brat, but the unfortunate destination of my father’s career was Northern Virginia. There, in the many car trips that the suburbs make inevitable, the concrete paradise rolled before me like the desert of a Jack Kerouac imagination, and I harbored a traitorous desire that it would all come crashing down in some apocalyptic disaster of grand proportions. Thus, I open my ode to Durham with a contrast: Durham is no Northern Virginia. If the road to suburban perfection is paved in strip malls, chain restaurants and upper-middle-class subdivisions, Northern Virginia has a mind-numbing abundance of both. Durham, thankfully, is far more creative. Here, you can get yourself a plate of the sweetest meat known to mortals—pulled pork in a vinegar-based sauce, made like God intended by the pied piper of North Carolina barbecue, Tommy Bullock. You can also get a whiff of Seoul’s kimchee-burning redolence at the Smile Oriental Market... and buy fried bean curd and Chinese pickled radishes while you’re at it. You can watch the minor league club ofbaseball legends at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. You can learn to dance hip-hop at Ninth Street Dance or buy a beer from a guy with a real Irish accent at the James Joyce or lis-

I once wrote that Durham’s farmer’s market is homely, yet eclectic and charming. The same could be said of the city itself. Durham has its problems. It has race problems and financial problems and crime problems. One Sunday

ment with the civil rights movement. I’m pretty sure that the area where I spent my high schools years was soggy farmland 30 years ago.

But if Durham is no Northern Virginia, then it’s no Duke, either. If Duke were inhabited by morning during my summer as a Durhamites, the University would not Durham resident, I awoke to find shathave to bribe and beg for student input. It tered glass on the curb where my car would get an earful every day of theweek. had once been parked. I will never forThe other day, I passed by a discusget my jaw’s attempts southward as sion set up by Interim Vice President for the police officer who came by Student Affairs Jim Clack to hear from explained that it was the fifth car robstudents about alcohol policy—arguably bery he had seen to that morning. the most continually controversial issue But Durham also has history. at Duke. Clack was surrounded by a It was here long before cities began handful of students uncomfortably eatto spring fully grown from the womb of ing their Great Hall meal. modern development, and it was here At city council meetings, by conlong before University architects trast, any sort of contention will decided to emulate the building style almost surely fill a room. I once witof dead Europeans. nessed over half an hour of impasDurham served as motherland for the South’s tobacco industry, yes. But it was once known as something else—the center for black enterprise. Walter Weare, a former graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote of how the blackowned North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance company formed the hub of what the black press extolled as “Capital of the Black Middle Class” and “The Black Wall Street of America.” On Booker T. Washington’s 1910 tour of North Carolina, his hosts repeated, “Wait until you get to Durham.”At the end of the tour he did, and was impressed. W.E.B. Dußois did the same in 1912. In 1921, the blackowned Atlanta Independent conceded that, “Atlanta yielded only to Durham in economic and industrial process.” If the kids of Durham have good

way traffic on a residential road. So, what of Durham’s future? Some hope that the city will find its salvation and regain its pride with The Streets at Southpoint mall, a megadevelopment being built off Interstate 40. The mall’s Chicago developers hope to model it off of Durham’s downtown, using make-believe manhole covers and street signs; they may even build an ornamental smokestack in tribute to downtown’s Lucky Strike fixture. The thought of the mall and its parody of Durham’s heritage torment me with ill visions. I remember the malls of Northern Virginia, with the upscale stores and the middle- to upper-class clientele. And they are utterly, utterly soulless. May it not happen to Durham, ever. Sarah McGill is a Trinity senior and city & state editor of The Chronicle.

Searching for home we change “permanent” locations at least every nine months (in the past year, I’ve moved from a nicesized dorm room to a rickety house offEast Campus to a swanky Belmont apartment and back to the old house off East), it is impossible to feel settled in any

Do I dare? Jamie Levy Toward the end of my freshman year, my mother and I had an argument. I had decided that I wanted to stick around Durham for the summer. Mom had decided she wanted me back in Miami. I wanted to work for The Chronicle and Duke Magazine. Mom wanted me to work as a camp counselor for the Jewish Community Center. Irreconcilable differences. But the kicker came just after I won the first battle. Once we agreed that I would not be spending another summer protecting truth-or-dare-playing sixth graders from their own curiosity, it was time to figure out my flight plans for the week I would spend with my family. We determined that I’d fly into Ft. Lauderdale. <c When do you need to be back at school?” Mom asked. “Well, I guess I should be home by—” “What did you just say?” I repeated myself. That was a mistake. Apparently, I had articulated every mother’s worst nightmare: that I would consider someplace other than her home my home. As the years went on, my family grew more comfortable with the concept of me rarely being at home—comfortable enough, in fact, to move to a smaller house, where I would share a set of bunk beds with my middle-school-aged sister. Then it was my turn to be offended; “What, don’t I live here anymore?” At least they didn’t get a dog. But such is college life: In an environment where

particular place. I never thought I’d consider a permanent home a luxury. In the months after my childhood home was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, my immediate family scattered around South Florida until we found a new house. Still, we only remained displaced for about a year; my current situation has existed for four. And there are few signs of improvement; After graduation, I am moving to Austin, Texas, for a summer internship. Let me emphasize the word summer—as far as I know, August will bring more cardboard boxes and packing tape. Indeed, I am 21 years old and I’m ready to settle down. Not in the husband and family sense—l mean “settle down” in the sense of staying in a single place, a home, for an entire year. Perhaps that is why I am just about ready to leave Duke: the possibility of permanence, the knowledge that soon I may finally put all my suitcases and boxes in storage instead of tucking them into a corner ofmy bedroom. Yes, I will get nostalgic for my time at school—l certainly feel comfortable here, despite my nomadic tendencies. I will miss the rainbow of daffodils and tulips that always signals the start of spring. I will miss discussing art and politics and class and parties with my housemates. I will miss taking classes with professors who inspire me with their contagious enthusiasm for the subjects they teach. I will miss the possibility of spreading a blanket on the quad for a night of wine and laughter with a group of friends.

Most of all, I will miss screwing around with my colleagues—and best friends—in The Chronicle office, the closest thing I’ve had to a home in my four years

at Duke. Indeed, 301 Flowers is an unlikely home. We have no beds here, we have no shower, we have no kitchen. Here, we choose furniture based on which colors will camouflage the most number of stains. This is a home where the top of a large file cabinet is shared by our pet fish as well as our liquor collection. Pictures of relatives line the walls—but only the wisest of our elders (you all know Roily by staffbox references to his bosom) can identify photographed members of our extended family. I admit, there is something exciting about having a life in flux. It is a process of development; I discover something new about myself in each of my residences. In my dorm rooms, I learned to appreciate a few minutes of quiet solitude—of sitting on my bed and looking out the window and watching the quad bustle from three stories up. In my various apart-

ments and in the house where I currently live, I’ve found amusement and pride in cooking an entire meal—a meal for a dozen people, no less—by myself. And in The Chronicle office, I’ve learned to take one day at a time, to ask difficult questions of myself and of others, to shrug off the things over which I have no control. All good lessons to learn. As I start to sort through clothes once again, I know that my state of perpetual motion will eventually result in a permanent home. For now, though, I’m going to keep moving, keep learning—and wherever I am, I will come to a new understanding of what “home” should be. Jamie Levy TowerView.

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Duke’s Department of Music announces the last in its series of “master classes” for the 2000-2001 year. Peter Phillips, founder and director of the Tallis Scholars, a vocal ensemble from England, will deliver a lecture and demonstration in Baldwin Auditorium at 1:00 p.m.

The Chemistry Department presents ‘The Challenges of Editing the Newsmagazine of the Chemical World”, a seminar by Madeleine Jacobs, Editor-in-Chief of Chemical and Engineering News. The seminar will be held at 3:30 p.m., 103 PM Gross Chemistry Building, West Campus.

Presbyterian/UCC Campus Ministry DropIn Lunch is held in the Chapel Basement Kitchen, 12 noon-1:00 p.m. Cost in $1.50. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” Hoof’n’ Horn, Duke’s studentCome join us! run musical theater group, concludes its The Department of Biology presents Jon season with this farcical comedy. Today at Shaw, Duke University. “Biodiversity of 2:00 and again at 8:00 p.m. For informaPeatmosses.” 144 Biological Sciences, tion, call 684-2323. Reynolds Theater, 12:40 p.m. Systematics Seminar. Bryan Center, West Campus.

EOS Lecture Series: Eric McDonald, Desert Research Institute, will speak at 4:00 p.m., 201 Old Chemistry Building.

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First Course Concert: Ciompi Quartet, a preview performance of a new string quartet by Malcolm Peyton, with commentary by the composer, 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for the public, $3 for Friends of DUMA and students. Free for Duke students with ID. For information, call 684-5135. Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus. The Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) will celebrate Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. in the Wesley Office, basement of Duke Chapel. Alt are welcome. For more information call 684-6735.

Women’s Center; “Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors: A Tale of Two Women,” 5:15 to 7:00 p.m. For information, call 684-3897. 126 Few Federation.

Freewater Films: “The Butcher Boy,” with Stephen Rea. Tickets are free to Duke students, $3 for the public. For information, call 684-2911. 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Griffith Film Theater.

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Be a Tourguide! around for summer school? Want to lead tours? Now recruiting students to lead tours this summer for Undergraduate Admissions. Interested? Attend informational in meeting Undergraduate Admissions on Tuesday, April 24, 4:3opm. Questions: call 684-0175.

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Fully-furnished one-bedroom apartment, North Chapel Hill, 20 min. to Duke. Available summer or longer. Living room/study with comfortable seating, dining/work table, TVA/CR, sound system, phone/answering machine; fully-stocked galley kitchen; washer/dryer, vacuum, all linens. Large wooded lot, quiet residential street. $7OO/mth inc. all utilities, local phone charges. No smoking; no pets. References/Deposit. 929-1567

EXCELLENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY with major investment firm. Must be highly motivated with superior written and oral communication skills. 20 hours/week required. If interested, fax resume to 490-4714 and call John at 490-4737.

Furnished master bdrm w/priv bath, priv entrance, kitchen and W/D privileges. Beautiful subdivision 6 mi from Duke. $l3O/wk, pays all. 479-5398.

GOLF EQUIPMENT Ex college golf coach has new and used irons, woods, and bag for sale; great prices. Phone 919-8489537

Lakeview Apartments. 2616 Erwin Rd. Walk to campus. BULK LEASE AVAILABLE, You and your friends rent four apts and the rent drops from $B5O to $5OO. (utilities included!) For a limited time only. 2BR. Broker 489-1777, nights 3829729.

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Professional Writer seeks doctoral thesis suitable for rewriting into a commercial trade book. Subject should be controversial, timely, of wide interest to mainstream public. Fax 942-3094 or write P.O. Box 3581, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.

Rental: Charming one bedroom apartment in restored house close to East Campus (903 Clarendon). Central Air, new appliances, quiet and light, water included. $490.00 a month. Available early May, 2865141

GRADUATION HOTEL PACKAGE. 3 nights, at cost. Contact Richard Gartner, 212-580-3187, rgartner@ psychoanalysis.net.

STUDIO APT. FOR RENT

Newly Built,l 1/2 miles from West Campus in safe residential single family neighborhood. W/D, A/C. $450/mo. Available starting mid May. Call Tom at 490-3726 or (taf2@duke.edu).

SENIOR PICNIC

The Senior Class picnic is, April 25th from 5:00-7:00p.m on the Alumni House lawn, rain site IM building. Come enjoy Bullocks BBQ, beverages and music.

Autos For Sale

‘9B Honda Accord EX, Black w/gray interior. All power, sunroof, CD, keyless entry. Antitheft. VERY CLEAN. $12,995. 919-622-4000

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Looking for someone responsible and fun to care for our 2-year-old little boy part-time through the summer (May-August). Go to the pool or the park, read, play outside, etc. Must have transportation. Pay $7/hour. Call 484-7646.

Babysitter needed for two girls 3 1/2 and 2 for MW afternoons 12:30s:3opm Through summer and next year if possible 544-9939

Nanny needed to pick up one 5-yr old girl from school and take her to activities or home. 3-4 days/week, 10 hrs/wk. Own transportation Call 933-4026

Child care needed July 16-Aug 24 ages 6 to 8 must have own car. Close to campus 493-7337 or 4895878

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Wanted: caring, mature, responsible individual to assist in getting our two children ready for camp/daycare and to safely transport children. Prior child care experience required. 2-2.5 hours. Mon.-Fri. mornings $9/per hour. Beginning 960-3790 21. May or hlerice@aol.com.

GRADUATION WEEKEND. 4 Bedroom, sleeps 6 in Duke Forest (Pinecrest St.) $2,350 (meals negotiable). 493-0231.

Help Wanted 75/25 WS Needed to work on Major Psych. Research Study. Please call Nikki Smith 684-3746.

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needed 8:30-5:30, Monday-Thursday for the summer. Also need afternoon care in May Call, 491-0987 Duke family seeks a loving, college educated, non-smoking, full-time caregiver for our 10 month old daughter. Flexible starting date mid to late August. One year commitment desired. Generous pay. Paid vacation. Native English or French speaker preferred. References required. Must have own transportation and good driving record. Contact: Michelle or Ken (919-4052122 Great Summer Job! Need dependable fun loving caregiver for Syr old twin girls. Take kids to activities, will provide car. Competitive wages, position available JunelB-Augl7. Must have good driving record, non-smoker, and provide references. Call Richard or Martha at 933-4449

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN NEEDED

Taking a year off before going to Graduate School? Why not work for the Office of Student Development as an administrative intern? Gain valuable work experience while working in a fun environment. Duties include providing first-line customer service for the Office of Student Development and working on special projects. Job begins July 1, 2001 and will end June 30, 2002. Prefer Duke graduate with good customer service and computer skills. If interested, to: please send resume Administrative Intern Search, Office of Student Development, Box 90946.

Are you a student desiring RESEARCH EXPERIENCE? Busy cognitive psychology lab looking for responsible, interested undergraduates to work this summer. 30-40 hours a week@s7.oo/hour in a fun working environment.

(Psychology major not qequired). Interested? Call Jennifer at (919)660-5639 or stop by 206 SocPsych today.

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Help Needed: Reliable gardening help needed for this summer (starting June 10). Close to East Campus. Compensation negotiable. 286-5141.

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DUKE CHAPEL ATTENDANT Duke University is looking for interested persons to work as a Chapel Attendant in the Nave (Sanctuary). Primary responsibilities involve answering the telephone, welcoming visitors, answering questions, giving directions, and sometimes hosting events in Duke Chapel. If you enjoy variety, beautiful music and meeting people from all over the world, then this may be the job for you! Contact Jackie Andrews at 684-2177.

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HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER AT CAMPTACONIC IN MASS. Caring and motivated college students and grads who love working with children are needed as SPECIALTY and GENERAL counselors. Prestigious coed camp seeks Swim, Sail, Windsurf, Waterski, Athletics, Tennis, Musical Theater, Piano, Arts, Crafts, Silver Jewelry, Video, Photography, Newspaper, Ropes/Climbing Wall, Gymnastics, etc instructors. Join a dedicated team. Competitive salary, room and board, and travel. 1-800-7622820.

Be a Tourguide! around for summer school? Want to lead tours? Now recruiting students to lead tours this summer for Undergraduate Admissions. Interested? Attend informational in meeting Undergraduate Admissions on 24, Tuesday, April 4:3opm. Questions: call 684-0175.

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PAGE 14 Summer Office help wanted. Property management company near East Campus. Computer skills desirable 416-0393 Do you speak Spanish and enjoy working with young people? We need you! Full-time summer internship in Durham, June 4-July 30, at the center for Documentary Studies. Good stipend, lots of fun. For more info, call Chris Weber at 660-3681 or email cweber@duke.edu

Going to be in DC this summer? Why not volunteer your Saturdays working at a Duke Run Inner City Camp. Weekly commitments are not required. If interested please contact Sarah Schneider ses24@duke.edu

SUMMER OFFICE ASSISTANT Assist with all programming tasks associated with summer cultural arts programming on campus including: Meet You in the Gardens concerts in Duke Gardens, the Summer Chamber Music Series, and Arts Events in Duke chapel. Implement an advertiser campaign for the Duke Artists Series playbill and assist with other marketing and programming tasks as assigned. Between 30-40 hours per week for 13 weeks: begin mid May and ending mid August. Stop by the office of Beverly Meek, Office of University Life (101-2 Bryan Center, West Campus) and pick up an application and schedule an interview.

SUMMER WORK

DUMC Development Office seeking student for 10-15 hours per week. Duties include special projects, data entry, filing, and other office work. Office adjacent to Durham Bulls Ballpark. Must have own transportation. Starting salary $7.50/hour. For more information, call Megan LeDuc at 667-2540 or e-mail leducool ÂŠmc.duke.edu

Wait staff, bus and bartenders needed for new Italian restaurant in Durham. Flexible hours and some experience necessary. Call 2869600 or apply at 716 Ninth St., Durham.

Houses For Sale FSBO. 3 BR, 2 BA, brick house, quiet street, garage, fenced backyard. Next to Eno Park. 505 Wanda Ridge. 479-0113. $140,000

Houses For Rent 1 story townhouse.. Convenient to Duke. 2BR, 2BA, AC, W/D conn., cathedral ceilings. New paint & Carpet, 1 yr. lease, No pets. $775/month. 848-6485 2BR, 2BA Flouse. North Durham. 6 miles to Duke. Fenced-Safe, inlaw suite. 477-2911.

3 BR 2.5 BA House. Family room/living room/dining room/kitchen huge loft that can be used as office space. Two-car garage. Research Triangle Park. 15 minutes to Duke/Freeway and Raleigh via Highway 70 or I-40. Quiet, professional neighborhood. No pets. $l2OO/mth. 660-5621. +

4BR, 3BA TOWNHOUSE available August. 5 miles from Duke campus. 2300+ square feet. Fully networked, high-speed internet available. Pool, recreation facilities. $l2OO/month. Call 403-6281 or e-mail townhouse@unc.edu

Great Neighborhood 3BR, 1 1/2BA, 1490 sq.ft. Hardwood floors, fenced yard, 5 mins, to Duke. 3302 Lassiter St., Durham. Call 493-4038.

HISTORIC DUPLEX 3 bedroom, 2 bath central/heat, hardwood, fireplace, backyard. 922 North $825/ month. Buchanan. 286-5146

NEED 4 STUDENTS Nice 4BR Home. Large Kitchen Living Room. Quiet neighborhood. 10min. to Duke-call 919477-7811. Leave message. &

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Misc. For Sale BEDROOM SET- 8 piece CHERw/Dovetail RYWOOD, ALL Drawers. New, Still Boxed. Cost s6k, sell $2,250. 420-0987.

Twelve original Duke Blue and White Wedgewood Plates, 1937 Edition. Excellent condition. $l5OO negotiable. 493-2161.

Real Estate Sales FSBO unique historic home. 817 Lancaster, next to East Campus. 1 BR/1 BA 1400 sqft. Upstairs apt 1200 sqft. Live in downstairs, rent upstairs for $6OO/month. Tenant ready to sign lease. Call 286-5916 for appointment. $164,000.

Room For Rent Room for rent this summer, New house, Winston-Salem, pool table big kitchen $375/mo negotiable 336-777-8778

Professional, confidential counseling for all age groups, Main Street Clinical Associates serving the Duke Community since 1984. Conveniently located right off Ninth Street. Visit our web site www.mainstreetclinical.com or call 286-3453 xl5O.

DINING ROOM SET-12 piece CHERRYWOOD, Brand New! Still Boxed. Cost slok, sell $2,850. 782-7052. Futon, microwave and fridge need to be sold: Call 613-1375

MATTRESS-King Size, x-thick, Quilted-top set w/15 yr. warranty, Brand New, Still in plastic. Cost $1250, sell $425. Can Deliver. 786-4464.

POTTERY SALE SATURDAY Duke Potters selling their work near campus April 21st. 9AM-6PM Teapots, bowls, mugs, sculpture, etc. 1500 Duke University Road. Near Swift Avenue. Rear of Apartments. Rain date Sunday April 22.

Beautiful Campus Oaks apt. available for Summer Session I and 11, only $450 for either session. Bus stop right outside. Call 416-0243. Need a place for the summer and/or fall? beautiful 1 bedroom apt. for sublet. Fully furnished, hardwood floors- large foyer, living room, bedroom, and kitchen. $435/month Call Elena 680-4757

Need Housing? 3-4 bedroom apt. for sublet May 15Dec. or summer and fall separately. 1 block off East Campus. $975/month. Furnished if needed. Contact 613-2959 or vjf@duke.edu

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001 TWO BEDROOMS AVAILABLE in 4BR townhouse MAY 22 to JULY 27. 5 miles from Duke campus. Partially-furnished. $3OO/month 1/4 utilities. Call (919)403-6281 or e-mail townhouse@unc.edu +

Beautiful Campus Oaks apt. available for Summer Session I and 11, only $450 for either session. Bus stop right outside. Call 416-0243.

Mexico/Caribbean or Central America $3OO round trip plus tax. Europe $179 one way plus tax. Other world wide destinations cheap. Book tickets on line www.airtech.com or (212) 2197000.

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Keohane lauds Moneta’s decision-making ability P- MONETA from page 1

mentation of a comprehensive residen-

tial college system, which included over $3OO million in dormitory renovations. Because of Moneta’s experience in residential life, he and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask are currently discussing the potential move of the Department of Housing Management—which maintains Duke’s dormitories and runs facility repairs and housekeeping—from the purview of Auxiliary Services to the Division of Student Affairs. “This has been discussed as long as I remember,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs. “This will certainly make for more seamless services, communication and decisions.”

Moneta, who also handled services such as dining and athletics at Penn, said that he has not ruled out additional changes to the division. He said he wants to consult with other administrators before identifying other areas of consolidation “I look forward to expedi- Nan Keohane

tious and effective change within Student Affairs,” Moneta said. “I’m trying to bring decisiveness. However, I don’t want to bring

about change that is unreasoned.” Keohane and others said Moneta’s strong decision-making abilities will make him an effective leader. “He has a lot of management experience. He’ll bring an important financial perspective to the job,” Clack said.“He’s a very decisive leader and, from my understanding, a good listener. You can probably count on decisions being made a

lot quicker.”

Moneta cautioned that the ability to make effective decisions should not be taken as inability to compromise or lack of receptiveness to input, “My experience is that I’m adaptive to my colleagues. You don’t work in student affairs without being flexible,” he said. “I’m not a one-size-fits-all leader.”

Administrators in the Student Affairs division said they are enthusiastic about Moneta’s appointment as vice president and look forward to working with him in the future. “We’re very excited about helping him with the transition,” said Barbara Baker, dean of student development. Before becoming Penn’s associate vice president, Moneta served as the school’s associate vice provost for university life. In this position, Moneta, who holds a doctorate in education from the University of Michigan, was in charge of academic programs in residence halls and non-academic programs such as drug and alcohol education. Moneta and his wife have two children.

Officials cite rise in workers’ compensation claims i* DRY FUNDS from page 4

cerned. “My opinion is that it is a problemsaid Durham City Council member Lewis Cheek. “It’s a serious issue.” The fund’s exhaustion will not prevent the city from paying claims for the next six years, but the money for those claims will have to come from sources that the city has not yet budgeted for. City officials pointed to a few reasons the fund ran dry. “The worst of it would seem to be a temporary increase in the number of workers’ compensation claims, chiefly from the Police Department,” Tennyson said, also citing an increase in the number of catastrophic accidents that the city has been liable for. In addition, Durham has paid out claims more easily than other cities of similar size. “We’ve got to change the way we’re doing things,” Cheek said. “I don’t think that we’re doing it in a cost-

effective way.... It may be that some ofDurham’s policies have been more liberal than the policies of some municipalities.” For instance, the city has been reluctant to assert governmental immunity—the government’s ability not to be held liable for claims incurred during government business—if it has been negligent, even if it would be legally justified in claiming immunity. “In the past, the city has not invoked [governmental immunity] as aggressively as some of the other cities have,” Gill said. “Whenever a case comes in, it is looked at on the merits. If the city deems that it was wrong, it will go ahead and pay... where some other cities might say, ‘Tough luck, we have immunity.’” Tennyson said city employees had acted reasonably in paying out the claims. “My experience with the people who have been doing this work is that they have been responsible in their decision making,” he said.

City officials would not say whether the act of putting money aside made it more likely that it would actually spend it. “That is the ultimate chicken-andegg question,” Gill said. “I really can’t answer that.” The insurance subcommittee of the city council is looking into ways to change the city’s system of paying claims to avoid similar expenditures in the future. “I think there are more payment policies that we need to be a little stricter in,” said Cheek, who serves on the subcommittee.“At least we need to take a closer look at it... not to just let things rock along because that’s the way they’ve been done in the past.” In addition to reconsidering its policies, the city is trying to prevent future claims by paying more attention to reducing the chance of on-the-job injuries or other sources of insurance claims. “The mission is to avoid a reason for somebody to have a legitimate claim,” Tennyson said.

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DSG debates reduction in number of legislators � DSG from page 1

Student Organizations Finance Committee Chair and sophomore Vinny Eng, however, responded that Ensign and others could have made themselves aware of the space reallocation if representatives had bothered to read minutes of meetings. The Legislature also debated the merits of an internal act that would have reduced the size of the Legislature by 10. The measure, proposed by the Vice President for Student Affairs Jasmin French and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jason Bergsinan, met with sharp opposition from legislators who argued

that the size of the organization was a strength and that a reduced size would not motivate legislators to work harder. “In any sized group you’re going to find people that are going to fall by the wayside,” said junior Michael Calvo. “There are ways to make ourselves more accountable without shrinking the size of the Legislature.” The body also confirmed several of junior and president-elect C.J. Walsh’s cabinet appointees. Freshman Dave Kahne and juniors Josh Brodsky and Elizabeth Kreul-Starr were appointed as the ACC conference coordinator, alcohol policy liaison and attorney general respectively.

Juniors Jason Freedman, Greg Skidmore and Carter were approved as Leg-

islator Individual Project coordinator, head line monitor and financial aid chair respectively. Sophomores Jillian Johnson and Cris Rivera were approved as the next student participation director and student services director. The Legislature also approved bylaw changes to the election procedure and the composition of the Intercommunity Council’s executive committee. Class presidents and the Campus Social Board president were removed from ICC in favor of representatives from the Center for Les-

bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life and the Women’s Center. The Legislature debated the validity of a section of the bylaw that required candidates to remove fliers near polling stations. Because the elections are now conducted online, several legislators argued that removing fliers did not serve any purpose. Ultimately, legislators and bylaw revision chair Jessica Budoff resolved that fliers should be removed from the vicinity of laptop polling stations. The last meeting of the year also concluded with special farewells from seniors President Jordan Bazinsky, Bergsman and French.

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Men’s tennis seniors shoot for history Glavine near

perfection vs. rival Marlins

By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle

The three-time defending ACC champion Blue Devils were untested at last year’s conference tournament, and it is difficult to imagine them facing a formidable challenge this weekend either. Following a week of rest, Duke’s third-ranked men’s tennis team will begin its title defense against a league of teams that the Blue Devils have overwhelmed in recent years. Last year’s Duke squad cruised to the program’s third straight ACC championship without giving up more than one point in any ofits three matches. This season, no ACC team has come closer to the Blue Devils than North Carolina, which lost by a comfortable margin of 5-2 that likely would have been 6-1 if Duke sophomore Joel Spicher had played. Even 20thranked Georgia Tech, the conference’s three seed, was smashed 7-0 by Duke last month in Atlanta. Ninth-seeded Maryland, a team that does not give tennis scholarships, will be Duke’s first victim as the program attempts to win four straight ACC tournament championships for the second time in nine years. “Maryland’s not really going to be much of a challenge, but you just never know if someone comes up and plays at the top of their level,” coach Jay Lapidus. “You can’t let your guard down. You have to stay up for every match. You just never know. Strange things can happen.” Seniors Ramsey Smith, Marko Cerenko and Andres Pedroso have a chance to be only Duke’s second graduating class to win the ACC title each of their four years. Like this season squad, the 1996 team, which also won four straight ACC tournaments, included an almostunstoppable senior and an immensely talented freshman. This year’s freshman, 14th-ranked Phillip King, has taken over the mantle of No. 1 in Duke’s lineup from Doug Root, the 1996 freshman who graduated last year after filling the top spot in the lineup for three seasons. Still, the most notable transfer of power this season See MEN’S TENNIS on page 18 �

By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press

The 1 ATLANTA Atlanta Braves are 0 making things tough their pitchers. Tom Glavine was up to on the challenge. Glavine allowed only three hits in seven innings and the Braves made a first-inning run stand up for a 1-0 victory over the Florida Marlins yesterday. Atlanta has been in a season-long hitting slump, hitting just .221 as a team and scoring more than four runs only twice in 16 games. The Braves went through a typical struggle in the series finale against Florida, going l-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Still, they won their second straight series and got back to the .500 mark. “When the offense is struggling, you try to assume a little bit bigger role,” said Glavine (2-1). “You want to take pressure off the offense as much as you can.” Mike Remlinger pitched the eighth before John Rocker picked up his fifth save with a 1-2-3 ninth, benefitting from a brilliant catch by centerfielder

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PHILLIP KING and the men’s tennis team will try four their fourth straight ACC title.

Andruw Jones. Jones, who has won three straight Gold Gloves, bailed out Rocker this See BASEBALL on page 18

Women’s lacrosse faces rival UNC again in ACC tourney By ELIZABETH COLUCCI The Chronicle

Their last four meetings have been breathtaking one-point games. Tomorrow, the Duke women’s lacrosse team will once again face North Carolina in what will be a heated first round of the ACC tournament. Matching up in Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., the second-seeded Blue Devils (11-2, 2-1 in the ACC) and the third-seeded Tar Heels (9-4, 1-2) will add another game to the Carlyle Cup competition, which Duke currently leads 20-17. The Blue Devils barely squeaked out a win March 17, when sophomore high-scorer Lauren Gallagher, who has 40 points this season, fired a shot into the Carolina net with 14 seconds left in regulation. Although Duke had led 6-3 after 30 minutes, the Tar Heels made a valiant second-half effort, tying the score 9-9 at the the two-minute mark. Offensive threats Lindsay Stone and Christine McPike were prominent on the Carolina attack, scoring three and four goals, respectively. Despite the efforts of the Tar Heels, seven Duke player contributed to the score, earning a 10-9 win. But Duke has not always been as successful against the Tar Heels. In last year’s ACC tournament semifi-

Carlyle concluded? After trailing 16-1 in the head-to-head competition with North Carolina for the Carlyle Cup, Duke hopes to clinch the inaugural cup this weekend at the ACC Springfest in Orlando, Fla.

nals, Duke was silenced by top-seeded Carolina, making the Blue Devils 0-4 against the Tar Heels in ACC tournament history. Duke currently stands fourth in the national rankings while Carolina trails close behind at No. 6. Boasting the best ACC record in school history, The Blue Devils’ chances are better than ever this season to take home an ACC title.

The Duke squad can claim both strength and depth, as more than six women have been prominent scorers this season. Gallagher, Kate Kaiser, Kelly Dirks, Claire Finn, Claire Sullivan, and Kate Soulier are among the main reasons Duke is fresh off an impressive ninegame winning streak. Kaiser, a nationally recognized player, leads the team with 31 goals. She can claim two five-goal games and another four-goal game against difficult

competition. In the goal, junior Kristen Foster has been a hero for Duke. Foster ranks first in the ACC and ninth in the country, saving 59 percent of her opponent’ shots on goal. Also competing tomorrow is top-seeded Maryland and fourth-seeded Virginia. The winner of this match will face the Duke-UNC winner Sunday in the ACC championship game.

Toronto ends Ottawa A franchise record 109 points were not enough to keep Ottawa from falling in the first round of the playoffs. Toronto completed its sweep last night with a 3-1 win.

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LAUREN KICKHAM forces the ball upfield in a recent game

Wallace to draft?

Malone axed

Alabama Crimson Tide freshman Gerald Wallace has informed his coach he will enter the NBA draft, a source from within the program told Sports lllustrated’s Seth Davis.

Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Kevin Malone is out of a job following a series of embarrassments that culminated in a verbal altercation with a Padres fan Saturday.

Major League Baseball j Minnesota 5, Kansas City 3 Chicago (NL) 4, Philadelphia 3 Chicago (AL) 6, Detroit 4 Montreal 7, New York (NL) 1 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 8, Houston 4 St. Louis 3, Arizona 1

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Daubach’s hot hitting leads Sox again Smith goes for record in ACCs

BASEBALL from page 17 time, Jones dove headfirst to snare a sinking liner by Cliff Floyd who led off the final inning. “Sometime, just once in my life, I’d like to see him dive and not get the ball,” Florida manager John Boles said. “Just once.” Jones was a bit sore afterward. “It’s not easy to lay your body down,” he said. “It looks good, but it’s not fun.”

Red Sox 9, Devil Rays 1

Brian ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Daubach and Darren Lewis homered during Boston’s nine-run eighth inning as the Red Sox ruined Tampa Bay’s debut under manager Hal Mcßae with a 9-1 victory last night. Mcßae, who was the Devil Rays’ bench coach, replaced Larry Rothschild, who was fired earlier in the day. At 4-11, Tampa Bay is off to its worst start ever.

Scott Hatteberg’s RBI single in the eighth off Tanyon Sturtze made it 1-1. Sturtze (0-2) gave up six straight hits with two outs after replacing starter Albie Lopez. Lopez, coming off a three-hit shutout of Baltimore last Friday, limited the Red Sox to six hits and led 1-0 after walking the first two batters in the eighth. Sturtze got Dante Bichette to ground into a double play before unraveling.

Blue Jays 7, Yankees 2

TORONTO Chris Michalak won his third straight start and the Toronto Blue Jays handed the New York Yankees their fourth loss in a row, 7-2 last night. Jose Cruz and Tony Batista homered for the Blue Jays. Toronto has won its first six series ofthe season for the first time in the franchise’s 25-year history. David Justice homered for the Yankees, who had only five hits. New York has lost four of five to Toronto this year. Michalak (3-0) beat New York for the second time this season. Making his third career start, the 30-year-old rookie allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Indians 4, Orioles 1

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TOM GLAVINE regained form after two rough starts this season by tossing a seven-inning three-hitter.

Bartolo Colon BALTIMORE allowed four hits in eight innings and the Cleveland Indians scored two runs following a misplayed popup in a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on last night. Colon (2-1) struck out six, walked two and permitted only one runner past second base. He outpitched Pat Hentgen, who remained winless in his first season with the Orioles. Hentgen (0-2) retired the first eight Cleveland batters before Einar Diaz singled to left. Kenny Lofton then hit a two-out popup that shortstop Mike Bordick and third baseman Mike Kinkade somehow allowed to drop behind the pitcher’s mound. After Lofton stole second, Omar Vizquel snapped an 0-for-16 skid with a two-run single.

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MEN’S TENNIS from page 17 is the one that will culminate this afternoon, when Smith overtakes 1996 graduate Rob Chess as the winningest player in the history ofDuke’s program. A victory this afternoon against Maryland at No. 2 singles would give Smith 113 career wins, one more than former great Chess. “It’s great for Ramsey, it’s great for the program, and it’s great for people to look at, but what it comes down to is Ramsey has performed well in team matches and that just shows in his individual record,” said Cerenko, who has six fewer career singles victories than Smith but has never lost an ACC match.

Lapidus also emphasized Smith’s team-first attitude, noting that the son of legendary Stan Smith has not once mentioned the record in practice. Duke’s coach, meanwhile, has greater concerns of his own, even if none of them can be exposed by the Blue Devils’ eight ACC challengers. Since a 4-3 loss March 16 to secondranked Texas Christian, Lapidus has received only up-and-down play from his doubles lineups. The Blue Devils’ pairing of Cerenko and sophomore Mike Yani have struggled the most, losing their last two decisions at No. 2 doubles. Despite inconsistency from Cerenko and Yani, Duke has been given a recent boost at No. 3 doubles, where sophomore Alex Bose initially stepped into the lineup March 30. Bose relieved senior Ted Rueger, a former doubles specialist for Duke, of his spot. Beginning with an 8-1 slaughtering of 26th-ranked Virginia Commonwealth’s No. 3 doubles tandem, Bose and Pedroso have won every match they have played together. “I feel like Alex Bose has been a great addition,” Lapidus said. “I really made a mistake earlier in the season by not playing him. I didn’trealize how great a doubles player he is.”

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Senior columnist examines sports world Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound Thomas Steinben I’m going to Disney World That’s right, Orlando, Fla. for a five-day weekend, with about 200 other Duke students and coaches, all expenses paid. What about all those missed classes? A dean’s excuse will be provided, as will a laptop and free HBO. Oh yeah, could I get some sunscreen thrown in? I guess I should explain that we did not win a contest, we are not researching manatees and our

parents are not necessarily rich. Excepting myself and two other members of The Chronicle Staff, the nearly 200 Duke students are all athletes participating in one of eight ACC championships, which means, technically, none of us are really on vacation.

Right. To explain just exactly how we have pulled this off requires an inside look at the other Magic Kingdom also known as the Duke athletic department, an entity that has managed to build itself into a Bretton Woods-sized resort just on the edge of West Campus. Access requires neither brains, personality nor morals.Tou get there if your parents gave you a field hockey stick when you were three, or if they flew you to golf tournaments in Scottsdale when you were 11. Anything learned in the inner-city or out in the farm country is pretty much useless here; so those of you who can wrestle, tackle or recognize a “can of corn” should head to one of those giant schools known by their initials.

Now, there are a couple things to note about these athletes and their teams. For the most part, inter-

viewing them is a bit like talking to an Allen Building administrator: Getting a suitable response takes very careful questioning and involves probing a lot of other people. This is because players and the media co-exist about as well as Caddyshack’s Judge Smails and A1 Czervik in the Bushwood pro shop. When the athletes do talk, their phrases tend to be so cliched that you have to wonder if their term papers will start something like, “Eugene O’Neill took things one play at a time.” Also, just about every team has this issue with respect. Football and baseball believe their sports are seminal to college culture and deserve more

When the athletes do talk, their phrases tend to be so cliched that you have to wonder if their term papers will start with something like, “Eugene O’Neill took things one play at a time.” appreciation, despite both having abysmal records. Women’s squads in general feel undervalued, such as when Athletic Director Joe Alieva termed basketball standout Georgia Schweitzer as unworthy of jersey retirement. This quest for respect infiltrates everyone except the men’s basketball team, which is the pinnacle of privilege. And speaking of financial gluttony, take a look at Mike Rrzyzewski’s best-selling “Leading With the Heart.” Advice from page 19: “Sometimes a loss is as good as a win.”

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Gee, thanks Confucius, but can I have my $24.95 back? Doubtful: Krzyzewski showed up on Letterman last week and made a subtle quip about being underpaid. The athletes and coaches are not the only ones with a sweet deal. In on the heist is this clan called Sports Information. It is hard to explain exactly what they do, but it essentially involves making sure the athletes’ and coaches lives run as smoothly as possible. They also are in charge of this thing called media relations. This simply means that when I want to talk to a coach after a match, I have to talk to the sports info rep. This SID then tells the coach that I want to talk to him or her, and this coach will finally approach me for a 45-second interview. This is very reasonable, though, since otherwise the sports info rep would be out of a job. The final characters in the empire are the sportswriters, who get paid for sitting in the best seats, eating free food and cranking out a story that takes them about 30 minutes on average. Reporters are pretty much exclusively male, and are often tremendously overweight. After all, they don’t even have to play anything. The pay is not great, but when you see just how little stress this fraternity undergoes, it may make you rethink your future in consulting or I-banking. And anyway, “working” an evening game means they get to watch sports and avoid their wives without getting a guilt trip when they return home. Sports info, the press, athletes and coaches will end up in Orlando this weekend, and all of them will get paid for it—except the athletes, who have the parting gift of a full-ride scholarship. To my Canadian Studies professor from British Columbia, this all seems a little more than bizarre—but I’m not complaining, at least not this weekend. Thomas Steinberger is a Trinity senior looking to get a job, a car, a girl with a lot of money and a decent haircut.

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2001 NCAA Basketbal Championship The Duke Community’s Daily Newspaper

Commemorative Issue In honor of the Blue Devils’ 2001 championship season, The Chronicle has published a special Commemorative Issue following the team on its historic run to Duke’s third NCAA basketball title.

To pick u copies of th 2001 NCAA Basketball Championship Comme Issue, stop by The Chronic Advertising Department i 101 West Union Buildin between 3 pm and 5 pm on Friday, April 20 o between 10 am and 4 pm on Saturday, April 21