SPORTS Downed under In its final exhibition before the regular sea­ son, the mens basketball team destroyed the THE CHRONICLE Down Under Bandits, 123-63. See page .13 TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 9,1999 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY WWW.CHRONICLE.DUKE.EDU Some graduate students pursue child care Technology The small group of student-parents says current options are limited and expensive expert gives This is tke second story in an occa­ sional series exploring graduate stu­ dent life. $2 million By JAIME LEVY The Chronicle • The donation from alumna Second-year political science gradu­ ate student Yoonkyung Lee pays al­ Kimberly Jenkins will create a most half of her monthly stipend to send her four-year-old daughter to a new interdisciplinary endowed private pre-school. professorship. "[It's] not convenient because there is no child care facility in a walking By GREG PESSIN distance around the Duke campus. The Chronicle And no public child care system, ei­ A $2 million gift from Kimberly Jenk­ ther," Lee said. "[It's] expensive be­ ins, Trinity 76, M.A. 77, Ph. D. '80, will cause the least expensive whole-day establish a University professorship to child care program begins from $400 a explore new technology and its role in month and my monthly stipend is a society, President Nan Keohane an­ bit more than $1,000." nounced yesterday, helping push The According to the Graduate and Pro­ Campaign for Duke within a hair's fessional Student Council's student life breadth ofthe $1 billion mark. proposal to the Board ofTrustees, child As of Monday, the campaign had care opportunities for graduate and raised $999,444,744, nearly two-thirds professional students like Lee are des­ of the way to its goal of $1.5 billion by perately needed. 'Dec. 31, 2003. Duke offers no on-site child care at "Kimberly Jenkins has been a vision­ all, and the University's program—run DMIDHUAN_,'["rO:-"iC',;i.;.: ary leader in the advancement of com­ through the YMCA in downtown munications technology to serve society, Durham—only offers 120 Duke slots, THE DURHAM YMCA, where Sofia Bossut attends day care, has 120 slots for children affiliated and particularly education," Keohane most of which go to the children of fac­ with the University. Most spots go to the children of faculty and staff, not graduate students. said in a statement. "The establishment ulty and staff members. Even if there dents were quick to add that for those over $5,000 a year [per child]," contin­ of a chaired professorship for a scholar were more space available, many stu­ students, child care is a major concern. ued Smith, a Young-Trustee who whose creative work spans a variety of dent-parents say, the YMCA is expen­ "If [it is] missing or of low quality, helped create a web site that outlines disciplines will enrich our understand­ sive: The weekly $164-per-toddler tu­ child care is something that can easily local child care options. "For someone ing of how new technologies drive soci­ ition tops the local average of $112. dominate a parent's work and family on a graduate student stipend, about etal, cultural and economic change." At the beginning of last year, Peggy life until it is found or fixed," said $15,000 per year, this is a significant A 10-member faculty committee has Morrell, student services officer for the Clark Smith, a fourth-year mechanical portion of their salary. There are child already begun a national search for the Graduate School, found that only about engineering graduate student, who has care tax deductions and government first Kimberly J. Jenkins University Pro­ 100 graduate students out of 2,000 had a three-year-old son. programs, but it is still a lot of money." fessor of New Technologies and Society. children. But Morrell and many stu- "It is also an expensive service... See CHILD CARE on page 12 • See GIFT on page 12 • Athletic officials expect minor changes with new curriculum Stricter requirements will be toughest for sports with heavy travel schedules This is tke first story in a five-part series on the The foreign language requirement will be espe­ potential effects of Curriculum 2000. Tomorrow's cially challenging for athletes who come in without story will examine the impact on students with learn­ any prior experience, said Brad Berndt, director of ing disabilities. academic services for student-athletes. "Those are courses that you have to work in daily, and any time By RICHARD RUBIN you do miss class, it accents your problems ifyou do The Chronicle have problems to begin with," he said. Regular practices, grueling workouts and frequent For athletes in one-semester sports, such as soccer, travel already place a heavy strain on the academic lacrosse and baseball, the impact will be moderated life of the student-athlete. The impending im­ because they can take more demanding classes plementation of Curriculum 2000 will add one in the off-season. more burden. But for teams with extensive travel schedules Starting with next year's entering class, ath­ that cross both semesters, the effect of the new letes—and all students—will have to take curriculum wilt be more substantial. classes in the areas skipped most frequently "The nightmare scenario is someone on the golf team, because they miss more class than any­ „. under the current curriculum: foreign languages, nat­ _&z_fa^^^w&sg& ural sciences and mathematics. body," said Associate Athletic Director Chris Kennedy, who added that he does not expect Cur­ And because these courses are the ones that re­ __a_M8f MBimW-WagijB quire the most class time, Curriculum 2000 will place riculum 2000 to have too much of an impact on ath­ an extra weight on athletes. letics overall. "In all those areas, the class itself and what hap­ Women's golf coach Dan Brooks said he expects to _w>ase&i^_r^__^_ir_^_*__ pens in the classroom is a major element of the rely more heavily on tutors than before. _&*^_m^__i&_tteft__^j_i__i^ learning, so that it's very difficult if you miss the "We've got a bright bunch of kids on the team and class to make it up when you're sitting in an airport they know how to work hard, so we'll deal with it the PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BV EDDIE GEISINGEft AND PRATIK PATEL/THE CHROPJICLi waiting for your flight," said Bob Thompson, dean of best we can," he said. "I think we've managed pretty UNDER THE CURRICULUM 2000 MATRIX, athletes—and all stu­ Trinity College. See CURRICULUM on page 7 • dents—will be playing on a different field of course requirements. FACULTY STRUGGLE WITH TECHNOLOGY, PAGE 4 • BOBBY HURLEY: DEVIL OF THE DECADE NO. 4, PAGE 13 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1999 NEWSFILE FflOH WIRE BEPORTS UnitedHealth loosens reins on doctors Negotiations begin in Investors react calmly West Bank to Microsoft ruling Doctors will be allowed to make final judgment on patients' treatments Israeli and Palestinian Investors seemed to de­ By PHIL GALEWITZ and whether consumers will be But under the new policy, the teams sat down Monday cide that even a break­ Associated Press best served by a return to the doctor will have the final say on to begin negotiating a up—the harshest possible NEW YORK — Abandoning the "doctor-knows-best" philosophy. how the patient will be treated, the permanent settlement of remedy—would not be a bedrock principle underlying man­ United said its decision makes company said. their century-old con­ disaster for Microsoft aged care, UnitedHealth Group fiscal sense because it was paying "For years, this industry has in­ flict, staking out oppos­ shareholders or the stock said Monday that doctors, not moremoney to scrutinize and deny novated on the basis of cost and we ing positions, but market. Microsoft stock health plan administrators, will questionable treatments than the are innovating on the basis of the promising to work faith­ fell only $1,625 to $89.9375. now have the final say on which practice saved. health care experience," said Jay fully to reach an accord. Education poses con­ treatments it will cover. The company said it was already Silverstein, United's chief market­ Clinton denounces flict for legislators UnitedHealth is the nation's sec­ approving 99 percent of requests for ing officer. Republicans' policies Congress and the White ond-largest health insurer behind coverage, so the approval system no "We believe good quality doctors President Bill Clinton House met late into Aetna and covers 14.5 million people. longer was needed. United will still will practice good quality medi­ said Monday that Repub­ Monday night on the The move, being rolled out na­ ask doctors to justify such deci­ cine," said Silverstein. licans are out of step with long-overdue spending tionwide next month, accelerates sions as ordering surgery or ex­ United said doctors will be eval­ . most Americans who bills, after fighting a ver­ a trend among health mainte­ pensive diagnostic tests. And the uated over the long term instead want the United States to bal war all day over edu­ nance organizations to give doc­ change doesn't mean that United of case by case, and those found to keep a major role in world cation programs. tors and patients more freedom. will pay for services that are cur­ be practicing wasteful medicine affairs rather than take a But it raises questions about how rently not covered, such as cos­ will be dropped from the health "go it alone" approach. German court confirms HMOs will control rising costs metic surgery.