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WEATHER Partly cloudy today with a INSIDE 30 per cent of showers. Juanita Kreps visits Temperature range: 49-78, Put on your Duke and pre-meds get bermudas and go fly a help. The Chronicle kite. Duke University Volume 72, Number 121 Monday, March 28,1977 Durham, North Carolina South African protest | attracts small crowd By Rick Conrad the Sharpeville Massacre of having his picture taken A scattered and 1960 in which 67 people without his permission. lackadaisical group of were killed while protest Once Taal was assured his about 100 people showed up ing pass laws. Pass laws are picture hadn't been taken, for Friday's main quad ral South African curfew and the rally continued calmly ly protesting U. S. and travel restrictions imposed and without further in- Duke involvement in South upon black South African teruption. Africa. citizens. Typical reaction The rally, which began a Reche Williams, The reaction most typical half hour late, was held as chairman of the Central of the Duke students was part of a nationwide appeal Committee of the Black demonstrated by the Alpha to protest U.S. involvement Student Alliance,began the Delta Pis, who were having in South africa. The na rally by stating the purpose a bake sale which drew as Ttw "circus" cam* to town Sunday afternoon on the main quad. (Photo by tionwide rallies were for holding the rally at many if not more people Barry Rossman) planned to commemorate Duke. Williams cited Terry than the rally. The ADPi's Sanford's position on the said that although they board of directors of ITT were right next to die rally, and Duke's portfolio of they had not been listening. Kreps says progress of women stocks of companies in A majority of students South Africa's motives questioned at the rally said 6 holding the rally on the they were opposed to the gracious and well-mannered' Duke campus. racial situation in South Africa like Vietnam Africa, but did not agree By Barbara Thegze Williams compared U. S. with the rally's proposal Speaking at Duke Saturday, Secretary of Com School of Business Administration (GSBA). 'It involvement in South that Duke rid itself of stock merce Juanita Kreps called the progress of women enabled students to interact with people in busi Africa to the past Vietnam in companies which have holdings in South Africa in professional careers "a quiet, gracious and well- ness," commented Susan Bailey, the under situation. He said America graduate coordinator of the forum. The program should learn to "stay out of George Easton, a student mannered revolution, but an important revolution where it is not wanted." nonetheless." was composed of lectures on various aspects of at Duke, expressed the opi business and financial careers, an open discussion Williams then in nion most often stated by Kreps, a Duke vice president currently on leave, students, when he said he on lifestyles, and a final question and answer troduced Bye-Mass Taal, a spoke at "A Women's Forum on Finance and Busi student from Ganbia. Taal didn't think selling the ness Careers." She cited her appointments of session. called South Africa "the stocks would be effective in women to high level positons in the Commerce Speakers were professional women who held (racial) boiling point in pressuring elimination of Department as examples of women moving into managerial positions and were members of FWA. Africa, where everything is racism. typically male fields, but joked, "We did lower our Karen Koch, attorney for Columbia Picture In coming to a head." Taal Ellen Rutherford, a stu standards and take men as well." dustries, Inc., and speaker on the topic of job in also protested the idea of dent who thought Duke "Society now expects a great deal of women," terviewing, said the purpose of the forum was to giving independence to should divest itself of the blacks; "As if I wasn't born Kreps continued. "There is a need for the present the practical sides of business careers as stocks, said she didn't free," he said. believe "those people leadership provided by organizations such as the opposed to the academic side presented in schools. The rally went smootlily [South Africans! should Financial Women's Association of New York Topics of discussion included: corporate overview, have to pay for my educa the banking industry, the brokerage industry, and except for when Taal (FWA)." The FWA consists of approximately 200 became upset that he was tion." women holding professional positions in the busi sales and marketing. ness and finance communities. Its goals are to en Thomas Keller, dean of the GSBA said the FWA courage women to enter business fields and contacted him late last fall with the idea of a publicize their contributions. forum. It was the first one held by the FWA outside Interaction with professionals the New York area. The forum was funded by the The forum on financial career opportunities was graduate school, Duke alumni, and a few corporate co-sponsored by the FWA and Duke's Graduate firms. New University Center construction, costing $8 million, to start in August By Debra Waugh Construction on the $8 million University added that there is presently enough money to Center will begin this August, according to Jake build the first phase, which would cost $3 million. Phelps, director of the University Union. $5 million pledged Originally scheduled to begin this spring, con Phelps said that up to this point $5 million has struction has been postponed in hopes of raising been pledged for the Center. This figure includes a i enough funds to build the Center as a unit, rather challenge grant of $1.5 million from the Kresge than in two phases. Foundation. This grant has been given on condi The plan to build the Center in two phases would tion that Duke will raise the remaining $6.5 involve building the theatre complex first and the million on its own. remainder of the project later. The $5 million figure also includes a gift of $1 Decision in April million by a donor whose name has not yet been Phelps explained that the decision on whether or announced. The announcement of this gift will be not to build in phases will be made in mid-April made Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Duke Room on — - and will depend on the amount of funding secured the second floor of the Union tower. by that time. If the entire $8 million has been Phelps said the outlook is excellent for raising pledged by that time, the project will be built in one the rest of the money in time to build the project in phase. one phase. He expects bidding on the Center to w He noted that it will be less expensive to contract begin during the summer. Although there will be a Juanita Kreps, secretary ot commerce, returned the whole project at once. delay between the bidding and the beginning of to Duke Saturday and spoke at "A Woman's If the entire amount is not available by mid- construction, Phelps predicted, Three years from Forum on Finance and Business Careers." April, the two-phase plan will be used. Phelps now well be in the building." (Photo by Barry Rossman) Page Two The Chronicle Monday, March 28,1977 SPECTRUM SPECTRUM POLICY: Events, meetings, and other announcements may be placed in SPECTRUM, provided that the following rules are followed. All items which are to be run in SPECTRUM must be typed and limited to 30 words. Do NOT type items in all capital letters. Items must be submitted before 3 p.m. the day before they are run, and should be run only the day before and the day of the event- Failure to comply with the above will result in the item not being run, and no event which charges admission will be allowed. TODAY TOMORROW Dr. Charles Prenner. Univ. o( Cal. at SFOREM ALUMNI SPEAKER Berkeley, discusses "Instructional Com SERIES: "Consul tine Forestry" by John puter Systems for Higher Education™ at 4 V. <Bi111 Easi and "The Role of the Forest pm in 130 North Bldg. The talk is Fkunorotst in Policy Analysis" by John sponsored by the Duke Chapter of the Miiench.3pm.209BioSci. ACM. All ACM members are urged to at tend and the public is cordially invited. COFFEE HOUSE!!! 4-6 pm in Union Ballroom. Directors of Undergrad There wiH be a SAILING CLUB mi Studies. Faculty members, and students ing st 6:30 pm in 301 Perkins. Driv from the Bahamas trip will be re bursed Plans for Duke's REGATTA %il l DONTMISSIT"! be discussed. MAJOR ATTRACTIONS COMMIT the PERFORMING TEE meets at 6:30 in 139 Soc Sci. All in terested people are invited. SUPPORT J.P. STEVENS BOYCOTT Tired of your life" See what God has to by attending organizational meeting of offer! Come to OlSCIPLESHIP Duke Committe for Economic Justice at TRAINING CLASS. 128 Soc Psych. 7 pm. 7:30 pm. 213 Law. WJ.L. PLOWDEN. British Cabinet on Think tank or fire fighter? The British Central Policy Review Staff since 1971." GENERAL 4 pm 226 Perkins. Sponsored by Political THE Daily Crossword byj ckL «atto Science A Policy Sciences. 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