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RECESS The Descent of Man Two new books examine the declining role of masculinity in the late 20th century. At least THE CHRONICLE Construction Boy is having fun. See INSERT OIE review seeks Fuqua creates Frankfurt campus modest changes Next year, Duke will offer a Germany-based, technology-heavy MBA • The long-awaited report on the The University will establish deeper international ties with the Office of Institutional Equity offers creation of Duke's first campus only general suggestions for improving abroad: the Fuqua School of Busi ness Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. the four-year-old division. "Today we truly celebrate a milestone," said President Nan Keohane, who made the announce ment Thursday in a press confer In a gently worded and generalized executive ence that was linked via satellite summary of its report, the review committee for the to New York and Frankfurt. Office of Institutional Equity endorsed the divi sion's current organizational structure but chal The Fuqua School of Business lenged it to expand training efforts, eliminate re Europe will be the headquarters dundancies with other Duke offices and cultivate a for a new 20-month Masters of University-wide initiative on diversity and fairness. Business Administration pro gram, the Duke MBA-Cross Con The report offers both praise and criticism for tinent, that will enroll an inau the fledgling office, which was formed four years gural class of 110 students in ago in one of Nan Keohane's most watched moves August 2000. as president. "OIE, despite being a relatively new office, has Blair Sheppard, senior associ been instrumental in enhancing inclusiveness ate dean for academic programs and nondiscrimination at the University. At the at Fuqua, explained from New same time, the committee calls for some changes," York that students will have the LOREE LIPSTCIN/THE .HRONICLE the summary reads. option of living and working any R0LF-E. BREUER, CEO of Deutsche Bank, speaks Thursday from Frankfurt, Germany dur where they please but are re ing the teleconference announcing the new campus of the Fuqua School of Business. Although the six-page executive summary was quired to attend nine weeks of released yesterday, the actual details ofthe report residential learning sessions at the business school's corporate Speaking from Frankfurt, and its recommendations remain confidential. both the Frankfurt and Durham The summary ofFers general suggestions for ex clients wanted a program that fea Thomas Keller, the Frankfurt campuses. Current Duke faculty tured the use of modern technolo school's first dean and Fuqua's for panding OIE's programs but shies away from will teach in Frankfurt. making explicit prescriptions for change. "It gy. By listening to the market, he mer dean, said the University se points the direction, but it doesn't provide a road After each session, the students said, the school's administrators lected Frankfurt because of its map," said Vice President for Institutional Equity will separate and use Internet realized a need for a program of role as a major European econom Myrna Adams, the office's first and only leader. technology for distance learning in this kind. ic hub. The city houses the Euro globally distributed teams. Shep "We truly believe that the Duke pean Central Bank, the German In its only overtly critical passage, the summa pard said the application of the In Stock Exchange and the German ry argues that the office has a "low profile" on MBA-Cross Continent is the next- ternet-based learning was a key generation MBA program for the Central Bank. campus, which review committee chair Bobby component to the new program. See OIE on page 8 8* world's next generation of business "I can think of no better place in Fuqua Dean Rex Adams said leaders," he said. See FRANKFURT on page 8 > Lange presents long-range plan "Basically, the expectation is that humani • The provost informed the Academic ties planning will go on within Arts and Sci Council Thursday that the humanities ences," Lange explained. When one faculty member questioned the will be separated from the cross-school decision to exclude the humanities from this cross-school planning, Lange said, "It is only planning process. out of my good grace that I don't tell you why By ELLEN MIELKE we're doing it this way... It wasn't my idea." The Chronicle He noted that the issue would be reconsid A preliminary discussion on strategic long- ered, especially in light of a proposal recently range planning for the University raised more submitted by Arts and Sciences faculty to have questions than it answered at Thursday's Aca the question reexamined. demic Council meeting. Lange said the planning process, Provost Peter Lange presented which is expected to wrap up by De the council with "A Conversation cember 2000, will occur in two parts. About Planning," in which he high The first will be at the level of indi lighted some of the purposes and vidual graduate and undergraduate goals of the long-range planning schools, which will be responsible for process. determining their own strengths and Most surprising to the faculty weaknesses, and figuring their needs was his description of some of the into the University's long-range plan sub-groups within the larger Uni ning. The cross-school planning versity-wide initiative. groups are the second part of the Lange said one cross-school planning process. planning group would be set up to reter Lange Also, as the long-range plan begins ENVIRONMENT DEAN WILL STEP DOWN IN 2001 examine the sciences and engineer to take shape, the University will ing, one for the social sciences, law and busi start a coordinated administrative planning Norm Christensen, founding dean of the Nicholas School of the Environ ness and one for information technology; the process designed to provide institutional sup ment, announced Thursday that he will return to teaching at the end of his humanities, however, were markedly absent port for the academic goals, Lange said. second five-year term. See story, page 4. from the cross-school planning efforts. See ACADEMIC COUNCIL on page 7 * HOOPS RECRUITS VISIT, PAGE 15 • DUKE PREPARES FOR HEISMAN HOPEFUL HAMILTON, SEE GAMEDAY THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15,1999 NEWSFILE FROM WIRE REPORTS Clinton criticizes rejection of treaty vote DA admits to mistakes Tanzanian leader dies made in Ramsey case of leukemia The embittered President pledges to abide by the treaty to ban nuclear testing Boulder District Attor Former Tanzanian Pres ney Alex Hunter acknowl ident Julius Nyerere, the By DAVID SANGER day was a humiliating setback, one spread of weapons of mass destruc edged that "mistakes father of Tanzanian inde N.Y. Times News Service that some White House officials tion," he said. were made" in the Jon pendence and a symbol of WASHINGTON - President fear could lead other foreign lead Clinton used the treaty rejection Benet Ramsey slaying in Africa's hopes died in Bill Clinton Thursday accused the ers to wait until the end of Clinton's to launch a sweeping denunciation vestigation. He still de London Thursday. He Senate Republicans who defeated a presidency before seeking to make ofthe Republicans on the full range fended his office and said was 77. He was diag treaty to ban underground nuclear any deals with the United States. of domestic issues: the budget sur the search for the six- nosed with leukemia in testing of retreating into a "new With a series of attacks on Con plus, Social Security, education, the year-old's killer is not over. August 1998. isolationism" that threatens na gress for what he called "reckless environment, Head Start, taxes, tional security. partisanship," Clinton made it clear Medicare, medical research and air Congress negotiates Tobacco company He pledged to abide by the that he hoped Democrats would turn traffic safety. Medicare proposal acknowledges dangers treaty's provisions and warned the defeat ofthe Comprehensive Nu And by announcing his resolve to Lawmakers have nar Philip Morris Cos. Inc., countries with nuclear ambitions clear Test Ban Treaty into a cam abide by the provisions ofthe treaty, rowed Medicare negotia parent of the world's like China, India and Pakistan not paign issue. He said the Senate had Clinton was essentially challenging tions to proposals that biggest tobacco company, to interpret the defeat as a signal effectively sent a four-word message Republican presidential candidates would give $15 billion to admitted Wednsday that that they are free to resume testing. to America's allies: "Go take a hike." to say whether they would resume health care providers, tobacco is hazardous and In an hour-long news confer "By this vote, the Senate major underground explosions—a policy who have made many is trying to remake its ence, Clinton tried to make the best ity has turned its back on 50 years change that would invite other nu complaints that their fees image with a $100 million of what his aides conceded Thurs of American leadership against the clear powers to do the same. were squeezed too tight. advertising campaign. 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