THE CHRONICLE Making History

Making history The men's lax team's first-ever trip to the NCAA Final Four ended in a devastating THE CHRONICLE loss to Princeton. See Sports, p. 21 THURSDAY. MAY 29, 1997 © ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 9,000 VOL. 93, NO. S2 Freshman tennis star bolts to pros Miller caps off college career with trip to national semis By JOEL ISRAEL of the NCAAs in what turned aspirations, Miller cited acade Chronicle staff writer out to be the last match of her mics as a key factor in her STANFORD, Calif. — Last abbreviated collegiate career. choice. She said that she had August, women's tennis player Miller said the decision came trouble choosing a major and Karin Miller decided to put her down to a number of reasons. finding focus with her academic professional tennis career on Among them was her standing endeavors while playing tennis hold in order to attend college. on the Women's Ten at the same time. The freshman chose Duke and nis Association tour. "I had a really flourished, becoming the first Miller's WTA ranking tough time school- player in Atlantic Coast Con soared to as high as wise this year," she ference history to be named 153 last summer but added. "I don't really both Freshman and Player of currently stands at think school is my the Year in the same year in 312, its lowest point thing right now." any sport. since '94. If Miller As a freshman, But last week, Miller decided chose to return to Miller's accolades in her pro career just couldn't wait Duke next year, she cluded a grand slam any longer. would only continue title at the Rolex In Miller told Blue Devil coach to plummet in the Karin Miller doors, a No. 1 rank Jamie Ashworth the night be rankings. ing nationwide in fore the NCAA individual tour "If I don't go play tennis now, the spring and a top seeding at nament in Stanford, Calif, last I'm probably not going to have last week's NCAAs. ;/THE CHRONICLE Sunday that she planned to the chance to do it later," Miller The Trenton, N.J. native fin University construction workers have torn up the lengthy leave Duke and turn pro, begin said. "Basically my decision was ished with a singles mark of 43- stretch of Campus Drive running underneath the Main ning with a satellite tournament that I want to do it now, rather 6 and doubles record of 31-3. Street bridge, which they will subsequently repave. The in Hilton Head, South Carolina than wait, because my rank is "Karin had a great year," drive was closed May 19 and will reopen June 30. that begins June 8. Miller ad slipping also." Ashworth said. "It would've vanced to the singles semifinals But in addition to her career See MILLER on page 27 • Search for Mary Lou Williams UNTIL THE LOTTERY HEADS SOUTH, N.C. RESIDENTS WILL HEAD NORTH. Center director set to resume By LIANA ROSE Janet Dickerson said that a nation Chronicle Staff writer wide search should yield a new direc Nearly two years after the October tor by the fall of 1998. 1995 death of Ed Hill, founder of the "The director of the Mary Lou Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Williams Center has, in the past, been Culture, the center still functions an important resource to and advocate without a full-time director. In the for African-American students," Presi wake of the campus' recent series of dent Nan Keohane said. "The need for racially charged incidents and such a person at Duke is clear, and the protests, however, a candidate search [Mary Lou Williams] Center is one that has moved in fits and starts good place to locate such a person, since Hill's death has suddenly esca perhaps the most obvious. Having this lated to the top of the administra idea work welt depends on finding the tion's agenda. right person, and I know that... Dick Hoping to fill the void expeditious erson and the provost are giving a ly, Vice President for Student Affairs See DIRECTOR on page 10 • Students blast 'absurd' Central ED THOMAS/THE CHRONICLE John Boi, owner of Sam's Quik Shop in Durham, says he likes the idea of Campus move-in procedures a state lottery. "It would generate some revenue for the state," he said. By JESSICA MOULTON faction with the May 21 move-in period. TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAV Chronicle staff writer Many students found fault with the Uni The day summer session students versity's practice of opening Central -*- North Carolina's quest for a state lottery A were given four hours to move from their Campus at noon and turning dormitory By AU KOREIN little." dormitories to Central Campus apart card readers off at 4:00 p.m. But housing Chronicle staff writer Fortunately for Whittle, however, ments was not a good one for Trinity ju administrators said they think the time Carter Whittle is the owner of it appears that North Carolina will nior Heather Wheeler. window is adequate. Carter's Quick Shoppe in Danville, not be getting a state-run lottery any "The situation was absurd," she said. "I think that the four hours are suffi Virginia—the top-grossing lottery time soon. "I was all packed and ready, and I had cient if you have the resources to move," ticket retailer in the state last year, A bill proposing a referendum to someone to help me, and yet I still could said John Duncan, facilities manager of with nearly $4.5 million in ticket create a lottery for North Caroli n't finish in the four hours. And I was West Campus II Housing Office, which sales—located just a few hundred na—one of only 11 states in the lucky: My apartment was ready at noon. oversees Few and Edens Quadrangles yards from the North Carolina border. country without one—currently wal Lots of other people's weren't. I realize and Trent Dormitory. "The problems The majority of his lottery cus lows in the Finance Committee of they have to check the apartments and come depending on what kind of trans tomers are North Carolinians, and if the North Carolina Senate and, as a clean them, but I really don't understand portation [students] have and if they the state were to adopt a lottery, he result, the prospects for a state lot- why they can't extend the hours." have any help. We get kids who don't said, "it would slow down [my sales] a See LOTTERY on page 19 *- Wheeler was not alone in her dissatis See MOVE-IN on page 11 • THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1997 World and National Newsfile High Court rules that Jones may sue Clinton From wire reports By LINDA GREENHOUSE even that it will necessarily go to trial ly, a trial would be set for 10 to 12 Defense rests: Five weeks after N.Y. Times News Service at all. Clinton's lawyers have other months later, but that varies. testimony began in the trial of Tim WASHINGTON — The Supreme legal avenues to pursue beyond the im With surprising unanimity, given othy McVeigh, his lawyers Wednes Court, ruling for the first time that a munity claim the court rejected Tues the differing views among the lower day questioned the credibility of sitting president can be sued for ac day. Settlement of the case also re court judges who dealt with the case Michael Fortier, McVeigh's Army tions outside the scope of his official mains an option. and the variety of possible outcomes, buddy, and then rested their case. duties, Tuesday decisively rejected Judge Susan Webber Wright of Fed the court ruled that neither the Consti President Bill Clinton's request to tution nor public policy justified giving FTC Charges: The Federal Trade eral District Court in Little Rock, Ark., delay proceedings in a sexual harass the president what he wanted: a delay Commission charged R.J. Reynolds said a scheduling order, including a trial ment suit brought by a' former of pretrial proceedings and the trial it Wednesday with unfair advertising date, would be set after the Supreme practices, alleging that its Joe Arkansas state employee, Paula Jones. Court officially remands the case to the self until after Clinton has left office. Camel campaign targets children. The 9-to-0 decision does not mean court, in about a month, and soon after "The Federal District Court has ju The FTC is seeking an order that that the lawsuit, filed in 1994 over an Clinton has filed his answer to the com risdiction to decide this case," Justice would ban the character in certain encounter that allegedly took place in plaint within the 20 days set forth in the John Paul Stevens said in his opinion advertising that reaches minors, in 1991, will now go to trial promptly, or Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Usual for the court. cluding billboards. Switzerland faces: Switzer land faced newly-documented accu NATO and Russia sign accord of cooperation sations Wednesday that its wartime By CRAIG WHITNEY ment establishes a new NATO-Russia present here, all of those weapons are arms industry profited from—and N.Y. Times News Service council for consultation on security is going to have their warheads removed." favored—Hitler's Germany in a PARIS — Opening a new chapter in sues, and NATO assured Russia that it There was applause, and a little weapons trade worth millions of dol the post-World War II history of Eu had no plans to deploy nuclear weapons puzzlement.

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