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The Chronicle 78th Year, No 66 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Friday. December 3, 1982 U.S. El Salvador policy criticized By Mona Yacoubian "It starts here with idealism Commemorating the second in college," she said. "As you get anniversary of the deaths of four more clothes and become more American churchwomen who comfortable, you forget what were killed in El Salvador, 40 radicality is and that as people students, faculty members and we have a responsibility to one others gathered in a vigil and another." protested U.S. involvement in The vigil was sponsored by Central America. the Central America Solidarity Three of the women who were Committee (CASC) and the killed were Maryknoll sisters Social Action Committee of the and the fourth was a lay person Divinity School. "The main with the Catholic Church. goal of the Central America There has been much specula Solidarity Committee is to tion regarding whether educate people on campus about Salvadoran soldiers were the current situation in Central responsible for the killings. America by publicizing events Gail Kelly, who is currently which are currently happening with the North Carolina office there," said Tom O'Connor, a of Rural Health Services and member of the CASC and one of was a Maryknoll sister in South the chief organizers of the vigil. America for seven years, "We will be able to call the delivered a highly emotional vigil a success if some people speech. Recalling her friend walk away saying 'I didn't ship with two of the sisters who know things like that were were killed, she said, "They going on'," said Divinity School both knew they were going to student Paul Palumbo, a die, mourned that fact and were member of Divinity School's scared, but stayed where they PHOTOS BY STEVE FELDMAN Social Action Committee. He HO, HO, HO! — A happy face looks on as Santa (we'll forgive the beard) and his fans were." She appealed to the went on to explain that the vigil welcome the holiday season to Duke at the annual Christmas tree lighting sponsored audience to live a "more was a time of remembrance by the Duke University Union. radicalized" life. See KILLINGS on pag< 2 Survey deems athletic facilities inadequate By Foon Rhee results of a survey of 172 randomly undergraduates. Approximately 68 outdoor pool, field space, soccer Less than two weeks before the Board selected undergraduates, was conducted percent of those surveyed placed the spectator facilities, weight room and of Trustees meet to decide the fate of the by the Athletic Affairs, Building and need at seven or higher on a scale of 10 basketball courts. Duke intercollegiate swimming and Grounds committee. for more racquetball courts, and 64 The East Campus gym is currently fencing programs, University President According to Keith Ozaki, chairman percent gave the need for East Campus being renovated and 4,000-seat Terry Sanford said a November ASDU of the committee, the survey was gym renovations the highest possible bleachers have been installed at the report which outlined the need for conducted last spring in response to a rating. soccer field. improved athletic facilities would be Chronicle interview with athletic Survey results showed that a majority Ozaki said he was pleased with the taken into consideration. director Tom Butters. of students rated the need at five or survey. "You could tell that people took "Any report by ASDU has a In the interview, Butters said that higher for improvements and/or some time [with their responses]," he considerable impact on my thinking, Duke does not have available athletic additions in all facilities they were said. because I consider ASDU to be the facilities commensurate with a queried about: lighted tennis courts, See ATHLETIC on page 4 representative of the student body," university such as Duke and the need for Sanford said in a written response to more facilities has been recognized for Chronicle questions about the issue. He decades. He also said he envisioned a Engineering, forestry lack declined, however, to comment on what building, joining the present aquatic he will recommend to the trustees. center with the present intramural The Athletic Council, a supervisory building, which would house 20 any black faculty members and advisory body of the Board of handball/racquetball courts, six Trustees comprised of trustees, alumni, basketball courts and extra squash By Caryn Gelbman earned Ph.D.s in engineering and an courts. Though Butters provided a adminstrators, faculty and students, and Foon Rhee even lower percentage in forestry are tentative timetable of constructing the Although Duke officials have made called for the dropping of varsity building within the next six or seven black, according to the dean of fencing and swimming for both men and the recruitment of black faculty a top engineering, George Pearsall. "Since years, he still seemed uncertain about priority, the School of Engineering has women in a report released in May. The the project. there is such a small pool, it is very report cited a lack of "excellence" and a yet to hire a black professor and the difficult to recruit," he said. monopolization of athletic facilities as "The reason my plans on the building School of Forestry just added its first "The lack of qualified blacks in the major reasons for their are so jangled is because I haven't heard minority faculty member this fall. forestry is historically traceable to the recommendations. anything from the kids," Butters said. Deans of the two schools said they conservation movement during which The trustees deferred action on the Ozaki, a Trinity junior, said the survey have been thwarted in their efforts to few or no women or minorities were report until their December meeting to was an attempt to fill that need. hire black professors by the small involoved," said Dean of Forestry allow Sanford time to formulate his Ozaki said the need for improvements number of qualifed candidates. Carlos Benjamin Jayne. Most blacks are response, which is expected to have a in the East Campus Gymnasium and Marin, a native of Mexico, is the first moving into urban-based professions major impact on any final decisions by more racquetball courts are the most minority professor in the School of such as law and medicine and have the board. significant indications of the survey, Forestry and Environmental Studies. avoided forestry and environmental The ASDU report, detailing the which was distributed to 500 Less than 1 percent of those who have See SCHOOLS on page 4 Page Two The Chronicle Friday, December 3, 1982 Extra ballots deemed invalid Killings remembered By Steve Farmer office for counting — testified that the student saw no KILLINGS from page 1 ASDU Attorney General Fred Steckler, ending an ballots lying around East Campus bus stop when he In opening the vigil, O'Connor voiced the need to investigation sparked by the discovery of 169 marked left at the end of the day. express concern and to continue to improve ballots on East Campus the morning after the Nov. 18 The other factor in the decision, Steckler said, was conditions in El Salvador as well as other Central ASDU run-off election, announced Thursday the the fact that the trash on East Campus was collected American countries. Father Joseph Burke, who did Election Commission's decision to declare the by University workers at approximately 10:30 a.m not speak at the vigil but was in attendance, agreed. recovered ballots invalid. Nov. 18. Since the Chronicle staff members found "I should hope this vigil will keep before the mind But Jon Ark, president of the Engineering Student ballots in the East Campus bus stop trash cans at of the public the fact that a problem in El Salvador Government, said that a second run-off election for the approximately 1:00 p.m., Steckler said, the ballots still exists. In my estimation, the official American vice president of the School of Engineering will be held must have been planted after the poll had closed the policy toward El Salvador has to be changed." Dec. 8 despite Stickler's ruling. day before. The first of three speeches was delivered by Joe "We still have to re-do our election because the Ark said that the evidence produced by Steckler's Moran, assistant director for Carolina Interfaith ballots that were found on East Campus could still be investigation did not seem to him to be conclusive. Task Force on Central America and associate real ballots," said Ark, an Engineering senior. "The Election Commission's investigation just isn't regional director for CROP. Moran has just Steckler said the decision of the Elections good enough for us," Ark said. "It shouldn't be good returned from a fact-finding mission in Guatemala. Commission was based in part on signed statements enough for them, either. In his speech, Moran stressed the difference from students operating the East Campus poll Nov. 18. "I think the Election Commissiori's reasons for between those Americans working for the Foreign According to Steckler, these affidavits indicated that judging the ballots invalid haven't really disproved Service in Central America and those working in the poll workers saw no ballots lying on the ground our reasons for holding this election," Ark said. the rural areas helping the poor. while they were working. Ark said the ESG decided to schedule a second run-of "When working in the rural areas for the peasant One statement — from the student responsible for because the discovery of what could be legitimate population, you become the voice of the poor. In this closing the poll and taking the ballot box to the ASDU ballots threw into question the validity of Jill Kaplan's sense it is inevitable not to become political," he eight-vote victory over Scott Strongin.