THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 112 Branford Library to close down Marsalis for renovation period to play By NISHAN FERNANDO branches to study. The Law The Lilly Library on East Cam­ School and Medical School librar­ From staff reports pus is scheduled to close for reno­ ies are also open to undergradu­ Jazz saxophonist Branford vations during the summer and ates, but special permission is Marsalis is scheduled to give a con- fall terms. required to check books out. certatPageAuditoriumnextmonth. The renovations will likely be "We are most concerned with Marsalis will be joined by bass­ an inconvenience to East Campus students who want to study," ist Robert Hurst and drummer residents, although some steps Lubans said. Jeff "Tain" Watts during "An are planned to accommodate stu­ Study space will probably be Evening with Branford Marsalis," dents. set aside in the Carr Building, according to a Duke News Ser­ Many of the renovations are staffed with supervisors to en­ vice Press release. needed to raise the building to sure a safe environment, he said. Theconcert, which is being pre­ fire code standards, said John Reference staff and materials sented by the On Stage Commit­ Lubans, deputy university librar­ may also be made available to the tee of the University Union, will ian. The building requires more students in the alternate loca­ take place April 15 at 8 p.m. Tick­ fire exits, bathrooms and an el­ tion, Lubans said. ets cost $17 for University stu­ evator. "We are very concerned with dents and employees and $20 for The entire electrical system also inconveniencing the students on the public and are on sale now at has to be replaced, and all dead East Campus." Page Box Office. ends in the stacks have to be elimi­ In the end, the main consider­ Marsalis first gained critical nated, Lubans said. ation was for the safety of the acclaim as a member of a quintet The major renovations to the students, since the construction led by his brother, the Grammy- building will be in the new bath­ site could be hazardous and as­ award-winning Wynton Marsalis. rooms and elevator. bestos is present in the building, He has since played for rock star Since the building hasn't been Lubans said. Sting's band and released other solo renovated in several years, there* Furthermore, cordoning off the recordings, includinghis latest, "The are many recent additions to the library, as opposed to keeping it Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born." DAVID SUH/THE CHRONICLE fire code that must be complied open during renovations, will cut He is currently slated to re­ with once remodeling starts, the construction time in half and place Carl "Doc" Severinsen on The Trojan Wizard Lubans said. reduce costs by 15 percent, he NBC's "The Tonight Show" when Trinity freshman Bo Lamb encouraged students to be respon­ Undergraduates will have to said. Jay Leno replaces Johnny Carson sible yesterday at the Spring Break Health fair. use Perkins Library on West Cam­ The books in the library will be as host later this year. pus or one of its specialized See LIBRARY on page 4 • Controversy brings UWC back into spotlight By ERIC LARSON how a writer can meet readers' The course has 105 graduate the history of Singapore to consti­ The recent controversy over needs. student instructors for 135 sec­ tutional law. rescheduling University Writing Most writing courses concen­ tions. Sixty-three percent of the Given the large number of Course sections returns attention trate on the writer, not the reader. teachers are graduate students teachers and the varying degrees to the class no undergraduate can "In the world after you graduate, in English, while the rest are at which they present the meth­ avoid. nobody cares how hard the writer drawn from other departments. odology, it is hard to judge the For the past seven years, fresh­ worked," said George Gopen, as­ Though undergoing a week of course. Student opinions range men have been required to take sociate professor of English, the training in UWC methodology, from high praise to deep loathing. the University Writing Course originator and director ofthe Uni­ instructors have a large degree of "It does depend to some extent during their first semester at the versity Writing Program. "The freedom in teaching their courses. on who you get [as an instructor]," University. Instead of providing only thing that counts is whether "[Instructors] are required to Gopen said. "UWC is as difficult a an extension ofhigh school composi­ the reader got delivery of what teach the method but can apply it course to teach as there is [at the tion, UWC is designed to offer stu­ the writer intended to send." to their specific intellectual in­ University], especially if it's the dents a new perspective on writing. Gopen has developed his reader terest," said Julie Walker, a first thing you've ever taught." expectation theory in a 500-page, Walker agreed, saying that Dubbed "reader expectation graduate student in English. The CLIFF BURNS/THE CHRONICLE theory," the methodology involves on-going treatise that serves as a instructors center their classes sometimes student attitude to- looking at how people read and manual for teaching the course. on a wide range of topics, from See UWC on page 4 • George Gopen Concerned alumni groups not limited to social outings By MARNI ALLEN As a result, it is only initiated several And true to the unofficial Duke which brings different alumni Post-graduation depression natural for Duke philanthropic motto of "work hard, play hard," groups together. Despite the dan­ can strike anyone who has left graduates to con­ endeavors. Mem­ alumni clubs include a social di­ ger of placing Blue Devils and Gothic paradise for the world of tinue serving the bers have founded mension to complement their com­ Tar Heels on the same boat, the baby-sitters, second mortgages community after a group called the munity service. alumni club in New York City and nine to five jobs. To cope with graduation, he said. "Green Gorillas," One very popular activity is holds an annual harbor cruise it, many ex-Dukies turn to alumni The social out­ which spends Sat­ gathering to watch Duke basket­ with alumni of UNC-Chapel Hill. clubs to recapture the livelier, if reach programs of urday mornings ball games on TV. In the Los An­ The club will also hold a "choco­ not irresponsible, spirit of their alumni clubs extend building and re­ geles area, about 100 alums con­ holics" mixer with Cornell gradu­ college days. in different direc­ pairing gardens gregate every week at a bar called ates later this month. Attendees About 75 such clubs exist tions. The Los An­ around the city. "Apple's" in Santa Monica to view will be able to "sample every con­ around the country, consisting geles area club will DAVID SUH/THE CHRONICLE Club members also the games, said Eva Herbst, presi­ ceivable form of chocolate and mostly of recent graduates and begin participating Bert Fisher staff two soup dent ofthe LA. area young alumni learn why it's great for health, alumni new to the area. The main in the "Adopt-A- kitchens twice a club. longevity and sex," advertised the function of these clubs is to plan School" program at the start of month. "We're starved up here for col­ newsletter for the New York and sponsor social and philan­ the 1992-93 school year. Mem­ The Boston area alumni group lege hoops," said Jeff Davis, presi­ alumni club. thropic activities for alumni in bers will travel to an elementary volunteers at the Boston Food dent of the Boston club. Boston Alumni also like to stay in touch their area. school to tutor underprivileged Bank one night per month, re- area alumni will gather this week­ with current students, but the "Community service is a big kids, help with sports programs packa ping foods to be sent to end to watch the ACC tourna­ generation gap can pose problems. part ofthe Duke experience," ac­ and promote environmental homeless shelters. The group will ment with alumni of other ACC When the all-female singing cording to Bert Fisher, assistant awareness. also participate in a beach schools. group, Out ofthe Blue, performed director of alumni club activities. The New York City group has cleanup in May. Basketball is not the only thing See ALUMS on page »• PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1992 World and National Newsfile Tsongas berates Clinton for vulnerability Associated Press By R.W. APPLE dent held "a prohibitive lead" but said he he gathered a cornucopia of 376 delegates, Bush wants challenges: Presi­ N.Y. Times News Service dent Bush disowned an internal would not drop out ofthe campaign yet. He giving him a total of 582, more than half said he would press on to the California Pentagon document calling for the With his back'against the wall after the number needed for nomination, ac­ primary on June 2, though he raised the U.S. to discourage other nations from crushinglossestoGov. Bill Clinton in most cording to a tabulation by The New York prospect of abandoning negative tactics challenging its dominance. of the Super Tuesday contests, Paul E. Times. Tsongas flew to the Midwest on Wednes­ there and concentrating on explaining his Buchanan won 26 delegates on Tues­ day and began pummeling him on ques­ conservative philosophy. day, giving him a total of 46. One new U.N. SCOldS Iraq: The United tions of character that refuse to subside.