THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Fall Vacations Shakeup Proposed Soviet Defector Spied: a Soviet Defector to the US
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Monday February 4, 1985 Vol. SOB, No. 90, 20 pages Duke University Durham, North Carolina Free Circulation: 15,000 THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Fall vacations shakeup proposed Soviet defector spied: A Soviet defector to the US. asserts that for 32 Expanded Fall Break, trimmed Thanksgiving pending months before his defection in X978 he passed Soviet secrets to American in telligence agents while serving as an By CARRIE TEEGARDIN under secretary general of the United Na A two-day Thanksgiving Break and a tions. Arkady Shevchenko, who had been five-day Fall Break are the scheduling com a top Soviet diplomat and who is the mittee's latest suggestions to satisfy facul highest-ranking Soviet official ever to ty complaints that the academic calendar defect, says in his new book that he gave disrupts studies. Washington information on Soviet posi The proposal will be presented to various tions in the strategic arms limitation University groups - including UFCAS, talks. He also describes how he provided Academic Council, Graduate and Profes secrets on Soviet planning and intentions sional Schools Council and ASDU - for in Europe, Africa, Central America and reactions and then returned to the Univer other foreign policy arenas. See page 2. sity Scheduling Commitee in March for re- evaluation, according to Committee Chair 1986 budget proposed: The man Robert Dickens. 1986 budget proposes to sustain a Dickens, a professor in the Fuqua School buildup of the military by reducing of Business, said the new schedule, proposed domestic programs that help the middle for the 1986-87 academic year, was only a clasa In its effort to reduce non-military proposal that can be changed or dropped. spending, the $973.7 billion budget Presi Thanksgiving Break was shortened in the dent Reagan will submit to Congress to proposal because many administrators and day is the most ambitious he has pro faculty felt a long break near the semester's posed. At least 25 programs, many of end was detrimental to academics, said which the administration calls subsidies Dave Nahmias, scheduling committee for businesses, and middle-income and member. But Nahmias said he was not con upper-income families, would be vinced that students get out of the "study eliminated. See page 2. habit" during Thanksgiving Break. History Professor Clark Cahow, a commit DOUGLASS HARPEFUTHE CHRONICLE tee member and University registrar, said Weather he favored only a two-day vacation for both (from left to right) Jeff McCrae, Reubin Schooler, Brad Meiseles, Pete Allan and Price Fall Break and Thanksgiving. He said the French demonstrate beer frisbee skills on East Campus. Longest weather box ever: nine days without classes cause a "lame duck situation" because the first two to four from a week outside of class. of a one-day Thanksgiving Break, Once again, cold with a chance of rain classes after Thanskgiving break are Dickens said the members of the Deans The scheduling committee on Wednesday today, temperatures low in the 30s. For "almost worthless." those of you traveling and in an effort to Council, a group of deans from all parts of voted 11-2 in favor of the proposal. Only the Cahow said a week-long Fall Break in justify subscribing to The Associated the University, also opposed the long two student members opposed, Nahmias mid-semester did not present the problems Press, here is the weather for the region: Thanksgiving Break because it was "almost said. of Thanksgiving Breaks because there is In South Carolina, continued cloudy terminating the term." He said many time during the semester to recuperate through Tuesday with light rain members of the Deans Council were in favor See COMMITTEE on page 5 spreading cross the state tonight and Tuesday. In Virginia, becoming cloudy today, highs in the upper 20s and 30s. Snow likely tonight changing to rain in Labor, late entry hurt Sanford bid most of the state Tuesday. Occasional snow and sleet in eastern Tennessee to By TED ALLEN probably the tremendous weight of the day, becoming mixed with or changing union leaders in Washington," he said. to freezing rain tonight. For all the University President Terry Sanford at weather fit to print, see today's New %rk tributed his unsuccessful bid for chairman According to Sanford's aides, labor con Times. of the Democratic National Committee to tributed heavily to Kirk's campaign, both Paul Kirk's early start, aggressive cam politically and financially, enabling Kirk to paigning, and support from organized labor win industrial states like New Jersey, Penn in an interview Sunday. sylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Inside According to Sanford, Kirk had a definite Labor support also benefitted Kirk in the advantage because he started campaigning West, allowing him to pick up one third of Social injustice: Three students in November, while Sanford began official Pelosi's votes after she withdrew and sup joined a demonstration in Washington ly in early January. Travelling extensive ported Sanford. this weekend to protest national policies ly to get votes, Kirk, a former aide to "I thought that they [labor] overplayed toward South Africa, but unfortunately Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and their hand" said Sanford. they came too late to get arrested. See former treasurer of the DNC, worked "They certainly illustrated last year that page 4. vigorously for the chair. they did Mondale a tremendous amount of Others running for the chair were Nan STAFF PHOTO damage by taking the lead in a way that Church and State: State and local cy Pelosi, California party treasurer, and University President Terry Sanford ran se made it appear that Mondale was the labor politicians gathered Sunday in the Robert Keefe, a party professional. Both cond to Paul Kirk In the race for Democratic candidate," Sanford said. "Labor has done Chapel for the biennial "Service for Pelosi, with 72 committed delegates, and National Committee chairman Friday. a tremendous amount of damage to the uni Public Officials," which featured a Rev. Keefe, with six, declared support for San ty of the Democratic party." Willimon sermon and Terry Sanford bi ford before the vote. could have won the chairmanship if he had Among 378 committee members voting, ble reading. See page 4. "We guess that only 30 came [to started his campaign earlier. Sanford carried 18 states and tied with Washington] uncommitted," Sanford said. Sanford defended his decision to start in Kirk in four others. Rebound: Junior forward Weldon 'The die was pretty much cast; we would January, explaining that it would have Earlier that morning, Pelosi called a Williams said he bounced back after he have to have gotten all of those 30, all of been inappropriate to run earlier because breakfast meeting of her supporters and an sat out a semester because of academic Pelosi's votes and all of Keefe's." there had been no consensus among local nounced that she would withdraw from the difficulties in Fall 1983. See By the time Sanford decided to run, Kirk party leaders nation-wide that his can race and support Sanford. She urged her SPORTSWRAP. had built up an almost insurmountable didacy was needed. supporters to follow her lead and promised lead of committed committee delegates - Price said Sanford's supporters did not to run for finance chair if Sanford was Pornography continued: 130 of the 182 needed for victory. realize that they could present Sanford as chosen DNC chairman. Political science professors, pornography "Its remarkable that [Sanford] came as a viable alternative until it was too late. "It became clear to me that the best way experts and a minister discussed the close as he did," said David Price, professor According to Sanford and many of his sup to insure to that everything that was done legal and psychological ramifications of of political science and former North porters, the primary reason for his loss was could be done for our party to send the right pornography in a follow-up seminar in Carolina State Party Chairman, citing Kirk's overwhelming support by the leader message from this meeting would be served ship of the AFL-CIO and its allies. Alspaugh. See page 3. Kirk's early support. by our supporting Governor Sanford," Pelosi Many political experts believe Sanford "The dominant factor in [the election] was Reagan's budget tops $973 billion World & crease of 12.7 percent, as Reagan seeks continued expan sion of American forces and modernization of equipment WASHINGTON - President Reagan will send a $973.7 through his second term. billion budget to Congress on Monday that proposes to sus The budget, the general outline of which has been known National tain a buildup of the military while shrinking the domestic since December, falls a little short of the call by Senate ' budget, mostly by curtailing programs that help the mid Republicans for at least $50 billion of cuts in programs Page 2 February 4, 1985 dle class. in 1986, not including savings in interest. The president's In its effort to reduce nonmilitary spending, the budget $50.8 billion of savings includes $3.3 billion of interest sav for the fiscal year 1986 is the most ambitious Reagan has ed because spending proposals are cut by $47.5 billion. THE CHRONICLE proposed. More than 25 programs would be eliminated, Reagan's budget projections for the following two years many of which the administration calls subsidies for also fall short of the Senate Republican goal of reducing Assistant news editor Shannon Mullen businesses or for middle- or upper-income families. The the federal budget deficit to $100 billion by 1988. Ad Associate sports editors Jim Arges president, in his Budget Message to Congress, pointedly ministration budget planners initially entertained a Charley Scher positions himself as an adversary of "all the special in similar goal, but the White House abandoned it in the final John Turnbull terests" that clamor for a share of "the public Treasury." Associate photo editor.