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Spikin' hot Head coach Jon Wiison and the volleyball team carry a 10-game winning streak into THE CHRONICLE key ACC matches. See sports p. 11.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1993 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 89, NO. 35 Class of Senate approves Dellinger's nomination By PEGGY KRENDL Leader, Robert Dole, R-Kan., voting on Dellinger's nomina Clinton's nomination of '93 goes Delayed since July and announced he planned to vote tion when North Carolina Sena Dellinger. threatened by a filibuster, the against the nomi tors Jesse Helms Helms also argued last week Senate approved the nomina nee. <R) and Lauch that the judiciary committee to work tion of University law profes "My concern is not Faircloth (R) had not properly considered his sor Walter Dellinger as assis with Mr. Dellinger launched a filibus objections to Dellinger. He fur By HARRIS HWANG tant attorney general in charge but with the way ter. ther claimed that Dellinger was Post-graduation priori ofthe Office of Legal Counsel. this nomination has One of Helms's partly responsible for the ties for undergraduates "I know of no one in the coun been handled," Dole arguments against Senate's rejection of Robert have not changed much. try who is more qualified," said said. confirming Bork as a Supreme Court jus The Report on the Class William Van Alstyne, a Uni Republicans Dellinger was that tice. of 1993, a survey released versity law professor. "He is raised concerns neither he or Faircloth has argued since by the Career Development bound to be outstanding." claiming Clinton Faircloth had been this summer that Dellinger Center in September, re The Senate voted 65 to 34 to should have con consulted aboutthe should not be appointed be Walter Dellinger ported that last year's se approve Dellinger on Wednes sulted North Caro: nomination. cause of his "extreme liberal" niors made plans similar to day. lina senators about the nomi- Both Helms and Faircloth views. those made by the class of The vote fell largely along nation. had said during the summer Dellinger, who President 1992. party lines after the Minority Last week the Senate delayed that they were opposed to See DELUNGER on page 5 • Ofthe 914 seniors who completed the survey, 55.9 percent said they planned to pursue employment im mediately after graduation, Ethical issues to be 37 percent were headed for graduate school, and 7.1 percent wanted to volun discussed at center teer, travel or study abroad By JAELAE SMITH way be affected by the ethical Overall, the percentage A new center designed to give ramifications of their profes ofTrinity College graduates faculty and students an oppor sions," he said. seeking employment imme tunity to discuss ethical issues The medical and law schools diately after graduation opened last month. will be the two depart dropped slightly from those "[Duke] is way be ments most affected graduating in 1992. by the center, he said. Among those looking for hind the curve on eth ics...There are about Greater discussion work, members ofthe class of ethics is needed in of 1993 did betterthan 1992 200 centers for ethics around the country," fields such as health said Aarne Vesilind, care and genetic re "[The class of '93] did director ofthe Center search where techno slightly betterthan the class for Applied Ethics and logical change has of'92 for two reasons," said professor of civil and outstripped the devel- John Noble, director ofthe environmental Aarne Vesilind opment of ethical Career Development Cen engineering. codes, Vesilind said. ter. "First, the job market "Technology has forced us to has slightly improved. Sec The center will help educate graduate and undergraduate make decisions we didn't have ond, they were a little more to make 10 years ago," he said. realistic about the job mar students on ethical dilemmas that they may face in their aca The Science, Technology and ket; they knew they need to Human Values program has do independent research demic and professional careers, Vesilind said. It will also pro been incorporated into the cen rather than just relying on ter, Vesilind said. The program, campus-recruiting," vide a forum on academic is sues such as cheating and pla which offers a certificate, gives Students said the CDC students a chance to get a See SURVEY on page 4 • giarism. "All departments will in some See CENTER on page 10 • Health plan may alleviate elderly medical concerns The following is the fourth Clinton's proposed health arthritis, bursitis and diabe Many people say this cover installment in a five-part series *0& ail "i plan may alleviate some oftheir tes. Last year, the Rosses spent age will greatly help the eld on the effects of President financial worries. "It's a very $4,500 on prescription medi erly. Clinton's health care reform important step forward, I think cines. "It is a very beneficial effect," package. Today's story discusses the president deserves a lot of Since Medicare, a federal pro Herzog said. the effects on the elderly and credit," said Barbara Herzog, gram insuring all Americans "The main thing that [my] Friday's will address the im director ofthe health care cam over 65, does not cover prescrip patients were pleased to hear pact on small I paign for the AARP. tion drugs, elderly people must [about the plan] was the pre The Rosses say their biggest either pay for their medications scription drug benefit," said Dr. By TERESA HSU Maurice has Paget's disease, problem lies in paying for their or purchase supplementary in Anthony Galanos, assistant Maurice Ross, a 67-year-old causing a bone in his left leg to prescription medications, surance. professor of geriatric medicine. retiree from Fort Mill, South break repeatedly. Although which are not covered by their Most supplemental plans re The plan's proposed cover Carolina, receives his health their combined insurance is cur current health plans. Maurice quire expensive premiums that age for long-term health care insurance from both Medicare rently sufficient to cover their Ross requires prescription many elderly cannot afford to are less popular. The Clinton and a supplementary insurance medical expenses, they are wor medications for his Paget's dis pay- plan would cover nursing plan of the American Associa ried what will happen once ease, hypertension, allergies, Clinton's plan would pay for homes, rehabilitation centers tion of Retired Persons. His Betty retires. "Where our fi thyroid disease and arthritis, prescription drugs after a $250 and in-home care for limited wife, Betty, is 64 and works at nances will come from [in the while his wife takes prescrip deductible or would require time periods if these services a printing company, which cov future] is what we're worrying tion medications for allergies, patients to pay about $5 per replace hospitalization. ers her health insurance. about," Betty Ross said. hypertension, thyroid disease, prescription. See HEALTH on page 5 • THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1993 World and National Newsfile Ginsburg clarifies discrimination cases Associated Press By LINDA GREENHOUSE basis ofits impact on the woman bring with," she said at another point. Fundraiser pleads guilty: The N.Y. Times News Service ing the suit. To one lawyer who was arguing that former chief fundraiser for Paul WASHINGTON — The Supreme Justice Ginsburg asked why sexual the Civil Rights Act of 1991 should not Tsongas' presidential campaign Court wrestled with two of the term's harassment should not be defined sim be given retroactive effect because it pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal most important discrimination cases ply as conduct that, on the basis of an would be unfair to subject employers to charges of cheating the campaign Wednesday, and for many minutes dur employee's sex, makes it more difficult the higher damage limits of the new and friends of Tsongas out of about ing the two intense hours of argument for one person than another to perform law, she said that there had been no $1 million. it was Justice Ruth Ginsburg's court the job. change in the law's underlying prin room. ciple. U.S. pilot captured: A US "How about just saying that?" she presidential envoy made it plain The newest justice, who spent the said. "Is it really more complex? The "Thou shalt not discriminate," she Wednesday that Washington first part of her legal career fighting terms and conditions of employment said. "That rule has been there all along. wouldn't bargain for captured U.S. and helping to define sex discrimina are not equal if one person is being All that has been done is to make the pilot Michael Durant, as his Somali tion, brought some of an advocate's pas called names and the other isn't." price tag higher." captors retreated to consider the sion to the day's arguments. Sexual harassment could be found if "You're not really suggesting, are you," demand that he be freed at once. One case asks the court to decide "one sex has to put up with something she said to the lawyer, Glen Nager, that what constitutes sexual harassment on that the other sex doesn't have to put up See DISCRIMINATION on page 4 p> Fed rejects: Federal Reserve the job. Chair Alan Greenspan bluntly re The question in the other case is jected a congressional move to make whether the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the nation's central bank more po Security Council votes to litically accountable, calling such ef which strengthened the basic federal forts "assaults" that could lead to lawagainstemploymentdiscrimination, c instability and recession.