—SPORTS No party in Minnesota The men's golf team is in 27th place aftef the (irst round of the NCAA Championships THE CHRONICLE in Chaska, Minn. SEE SPORTS, p. 21 UT DAILY OF DUKE UNIVERSIT WWW.CHRONICLE.DUKE.EDU TTA retrenches, plans Ninth Street stop After much debate, the previously proposed site at the Medical Center has been scrapped By RICHARD RUBIN The Chronicle In response to University op­ "There was a consensus... that the Ninth Street sta­ position to a proposed rail station tion will provide dependable access to the regional in front of Duke Hospital, Trian­ rail system and the Duke University community." gle Transit Authority officials have backtracked and are now JUANITA SHEARER-SWINK, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER planning a different ending to AT THE TRIANGLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY. the 35-mile regional rail system. The leading contender for the is too close to a potential stop station will provide dependable route's final station is now a plot near the Liggett and Myers com­ access to the regional rail system of land near Ninth Street, which plex and Brightleaf Square, a and the Duke University commu­ was previously scheduled to be stop that is popular with many nity," Shearer-Swink said. the next-to-last stop on the rail city officials. Executive Vice President Tallman line from Raleigh to Durham. The "We have been looking at the Trask agreed that a station near site is bordered by Erwin Road, Ninth Street site from a broader Ninth Street will adequately serve the Durham Freeway, the exist­ perspective because it functions the University. Although it is not ing train tracks and Anderson well as an end station," she said. very convenient for Medical Center Street, said Juanita Shearer- TTA officials presented its ten­ employees, Trask pointed out that Swink, senior transportation tative plan at a May 20 meeting no single site could be convenient planner at TTA. of high-level officials from Duke, for all employees and students. One other site—on Buchanan the University of North Carolina Construction on a station is Boulevard near Domino's Pizza— at Chapel Hill, Durham, Chapel expected to begin in 2001, and PRATIK PATEL/THE CHRONICLE may still supplant the Ninth HiU and the state Department of trains for this first phase of TTA's I'M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY Street stop. However, Shearer- Transportation. plan should begin rolling in 2004. Swink explained that this loca­ II will extend the rail line Connor Poulsen marks Memorial Day at Maplewood Cemetery. "There was consensus in the tion has a major disadvantage: it meeting that the Ninth Street See TTA on page 18 > Duke officials insist Supreme Court ruling will require little adaptation • The court ruled that schools are 4 decision makes schools liable for institu­ tional apathy or inactivity in these cases. liable for ignoring student-on-stu- "I think if we were aware that some­ dent sexual harassment. But admin­ thing was happening to a student, so long as it was pervasive and severe, we would­ istrators say Duke always responds. n't have ignored it," said Vice President for By GREG PESSIN Institutional Equity Myrna Adams. "We lie Chronicle didn't need a court to tell us that." With it's May 24 ruling, the Supreme Duke has never been faced with a seri­ Court significantly shifted the judicial ous complaint-in response to its handling system's philosophy on liability for stu- of a student-on-student sexual assault or dent-on-student sexual harassment. harassment case. But University officials say they will not "As an employer and as a larger insti­ PAT EL/THE CHRONICLE have to do anything to adjust. tution, we've got it coming six ways 'til THE R.B. HOUSE UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Universities and other educational in­ Sunday," said Ellen Plummer, director of Hill faces many of the same study space limitations as Duke's Perkins Library. stitutions that receive federal funding will gender equity and harassment preven­ now be held accountable for severe acts of tion. "There's Title VII and Title IX and student-on-student sexual harassment the responsibility to do the right thing. I Older libraries like Perkins find that they do nothing to stop, Associate think we do a very good job of attending Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote on to all ofthese concerns." behalf of the court. The hotly contested, 5- See RULING on page 10 • students' needs difficult to meet This is tke first story in a two- plaints of students, faculty and Where's the money Irom? part series about the obstacles facing some administrators. In 1997-98, fund-raisers at Duke drew money from a different pool than their counterparts Perkins Library. Next week's article These grievances have helped nationwide. See full story, page 8. will address the library's lack of push Perkins to the top of the Uni­ storage space. Foundations ^^^^^Religious Org 2% Foundations* versity's list of academic priorities. By JAIME LEVY In May, the Board of Trustees ap­ The Chronicle proved $15 million in improvements "It's the pits." With this simple to the library system, and The Cam­ statement, University paign for Duke Librarian David Fer­ includes anoth- er riero described the sub- __1 f*TT_WJB^SS $*** million par state of Perkins Li­ for renovations brary's first floor. to the main li­ "It's not an attrac­ brary, with spe­ tive, exciting or inviting place for cial emphasis on the first floor. National Total = $18.4 billion Duke's Total = $254.8 million students to work in," he added, Perkins' high-class facelift is in the See LIBRARY on page 19 • "Includes D_ke Endowment echoing the long-standing com­ :•;.." GREG PEESIN/THE CHRONICLE • OFFICIALS INITIATE HIRING PLAN FOR SPANISH PROFESSORS SEE PAGE 5 > THE SOUNDS OF AUSTIN POWERS SEE RECESS, PAGE 12 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 3,19. NEWSFILE Russia, NATO push for peace in Balkans FROM WIRE REPORTS Milosevic received a draft proposal Wednesday evening and will meet with envoys today » South Africa elects Mbeki to succeed Mandela Tuesday night and ended only had agreed for the first time that all South Africa swept a new generation of post-apartheid lead­ Wednesday afternoon. Yugoslav forces—army, police and ers into power Wednesday in an election that solidified BERLIN — Russia and the West A senior administration offi­ paramilitary—should withdraw Nelson Mandela's African National Congress in the closing narrowed their differences of opin­ cial said "common approach" was from Kosovo and that the withdraw­ days of his rule. Results early Thursday confirmed the widely expected outcome: Thabo Mbeki, Mandela's carefully groomed ion Wednesday over the measures a bit of an overstatement. Never­ al be substantially underway before deputy president, will succeed his boss June 16. The mood required to end the war in Kosovo, theless, the official added, the any pause in NATO bombing. Per­ around the country was decidedly less emotional than it was limiting the room for President Slo­ unity of purpose was sufficient to haps a few hundred soldiers could five years ago, when the majority of South Africans cast bal­ bodan Milosevic to maneuver and justify a visit to Belgrade late return, but only after the deploy­ lots for the first time in their lives. This time, voting proceed­ increasing the pressure on him to today by Chernomyrdin and the ment ofa 50,000-strong internation­ ed with few irregularities or hints of factional violence. reach a settlement. Finnish President, Martti Ahti- al resettlement force, which would "We have found a common ap­ saari, who is representing the Eu­ include 7,000 Americans. « Japan takes steps to legalize birth control pill proach," said Viktor Cher­ ropean Union in the peace talks. But the West and Russia remain In a major step toward ending Japan's ban on the birth con­ nomyrdin, the Russian envoy to The envoys presented a draft ac­ apart on the composition and the trol pill, the nation's top medical advisory council suddenly the Balkans, after a marathon ne­ cord to Milosevic, who said he command structure of the force: reversed itself Wednesday and recommended allowing the gotiating session in Bonn with would continue talks with them Russia is holding out for United pill to he sold. Japan is the sole industrialized country that American and European officials early Thursday. Nations control; the West insists on bans the pill, a policy that has been the subject of debate for that went on through much of European diplomats said Russia NATO command. decades. Some feminists argue that the ban reflects male domination of Japanese society and politics. After the recom­ mendation Wednesday by the advisory council, Health and Jet slides off runway, crashes in hail storm Welfare Minister Sohei Miyashita could add his approval in the weather as a primary culprit, but made it clear a few weeks. If so, the pill could be available by autumn. that the landing conditions were severe. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —An American Airlines jet car­ George Black, a member ofthe National Transportation t> Presley estate prepares massive auction rying 145 people touched down in a furious thunder­ Safety Board, said the crash occurred at 11:51 p.m. A few Two thousand of Elvis Presley's possessions—among them storm late Tuesday, slid off the runway and was sliced minutes after the crash, radar equipment picked up enor­ clothes, furniture and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Frank open as it hit a lighting tower. Nine people, including mous gusts of up to 76 knots, or 87 mph, Black said.