Duke Wins Overtime Thriller Over State, 85-82 University Applies for Permits
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THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 85, NO. 85 Duke wins overtime thriller over State, 85-82 House votes By ANDY LAYTON been a big win for us." against veto Bobby Hurley's free throw with Phil Henderson led all scorers 11 seconds remaining in over with 25 points, while Christian time proved to be the difference Laettner added 18 points. Rod of China bill ney Monroe led State with 19 as Duke knocked off North By JIM DRINKARD Carolina State, 85-82, in the first points, but was a woeful 6-26 from the field. Associated Press overtime game at Cameron In WASHINGTON — The door Stadium since 1984-85. "It was a great team victory," Henderson said. "ESPN has got House voted overwhelming The victory improved the Blue to love Duke because we give Wednesday to override Presi Devils' record to 15-3 overall, 5-1 them great games every time." dent Bush's veto of legislation in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Hurley had a season-high 12 protecting Chinese students while the Wolfpack dropped to from deportation, while Bush 13-5, 2-3. assists. His previous high was 11 in Duke 96-91 victory over Geor appealed to Republican sena N.C. State had a chance to tie gia Tech. Laettner, in the mean tors to resist and help him the game at the end of overtime time, led all rebounders with 16 keep open ties to the world's following Alaa Abdelnaby's miss boards. most populous nation. of the front end of a one-and one The House vote of 390-25 with 10 seconds remaining. Chris "Christian had to go for longer duty than we had hoped because sent the matter to the Senate, Corchiani's three point attempt, where both sides said the out however, clanged off the side of Alaa was very sick," Krzyzewski said. "[Alaa] didn't practice yes come of Thursday's scheduled the rim ensuring the Blue Devil vote was in doubt. victory. terday, he had the flu, and I just couldn't use him as much. He "We've got a fighting "It was an unbelievable game," gave me everything." chance," Bush said Wednes said Duke head coach Mike ELIZABETH WYATT/THE CHRONICLE day night at a state dinner for Krzyzewski. "I hope they are Duke gained a second life with 18 seconds remaining in regula the president of North Yemen. proud of their efforts because if Duke's Christian Laettner takes a tumble here, but had the last House Speaker Thomas we came out on the opposite end laugh against the Wolfpack as his 16 rebounds helped Duke to tion trailing 74-72. McCaffrey was pushed by State forward Foley declared, "I don't think of the score, I still would have an 85-82 win. what's most on the minds of been proud of our efforts. Brian Howard in the act of shooting. The normally reliable the members of Congress is "We had great contributions off crowd really helped us. I didn't coach Jim Valvano. "I don't think McCaffrey, shooting 83.6 percent the sensitivities of the present our bench. [Thomas] Hill, [Brian] know if we had any energy left in that anyone would have en from the charity stripe, bricked Chinese leadership. This Davis, and [Bill] McCaffrey all there, but they got it out of us." visioned us to be 13-5 and play both foul shots. See CHINA on page 4 • contributed a lot ... I'm very "It was a good game, but diffi Duke to overtime in their build See DEVILS on page 11 • proud of our youngsters, and the cult to lose," said N.C. State head ing. This certainly would have University applies for permits to drill test wells around hazardous waste site By JOHN HARMON the waste, Thomann said. west of Kerley Road in Duke For The University has requested "We want to be able to provide est. permits from the state to drill as much information as possible The waste has a "rapid drop-off eight additional testing wells at a to residents of the area because point," meaning that it quickly hazardous waste leakage site in they are understandably con decreases in concentration as it Duke Forest. cerned about the issue of chemi moves away from the site. The In November, radioactive cal migration from the site," said University wants "to make sure tritium and a cancer-causing in Wayne Thomann, director of en that the point holds," Thomann dustrial chemical, para-dioxane, vironmental safety at the Uni said. versity. The University sent a letter to were discovered near a low-level MATT SCLAFANI /THE CHRONICLE radioactive waste disposal site "The information we get from eight residents near the site last that the University used until the additional wells will support week updating them on the The hazardous waste site in Duke Forest 1970. the development of an appropri cleanup. Tests of nine residential wells ate site remediation plan," he ad The letter states that three of When the new wells are dril The University and Dames & near the waste site in December ded. the wells will be drilled near the led, the University will be able to Moore, a firm of consulting engi showed no trace of the con fence bordering the site, with five sample ground water on all sides neers, plan a three-phase taminants. All of the wells will be drilled more drilled in within 500-700 of the site to determine in what program to deal with the leak The new wells are to be dug in on property belonging to the Uni feet of the site. The wells will directions the waste is moving, age. The first phase involves col order to give University more in versity. The quarter-acre site is range in depth from 50 to 150 according to Conrad Knight, di lection and study of information formation on the movement of located south of N.C. 751 and feet. rector of radiation safety. See WELLS on page 10 • Inside Topsy-turvy Eastern Europe affects courses, research Women falter: The female hoopsters, tired and injured By EDDY ODOM Scott, who intends to devote a proach that emphasizes the before any new textbooks can be after big wins against The pace of recent political up week of his course titled "Europe failure of the communist regimes expected, Kitschelt added. In Carolina and Virginia, heavals sweeping Eastern Eu-. and the World since 1939" to the to establish roots" is necessary, fact, some texts that were couldn't beat the Wake Forest rope has left some University topic of "Revolution in Eastern Lerner said. released last year are already ob Demon Deacons in Winston- professors struggling to find Europe: The End of the Cold One common restraint to solete, Lerner added. Salem. See page 11. ways to relay the substance of War?" course changes emphasizing In response to the lack of up- the developments to intensely in Warren Lerner, professor of recent events in Eastern Europe to-date reading materials, many Weather terested students. history and chair of the is the lack of materials which can professors are augmenting re As a result, many professors department, answered "yes and be used as assigned readings for quired readings on the subject Umbrella weather: Just teaching courses related to East no" when asked if the basis of his students. through a mixture of sources. when you could put the um ern Europe have changed their class, "Eastern Europe in It is "way too early" for any Scott said he plans to use brella away, mother nature programs to accomodate the Modern Times," has changed new textbooks to be available, ac photocopied clippings from the decided to get revenge. recent events there. since the destruction of the Ber cording to Lerner and Herbert New York Times to form a cour- Seventy percent chance of "I've never seen this much lin Wall. Kitschelt, assistant professor of sepack. rain, highs in the 60s. change in a year of peace," said When teaching about modern political science. Peter Lange, professor of polit- Professor of History William Europe, an "entirely different ap It will be at least two years See COURSES on page 5 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1990 World & National Newsfile President Bush rejects Moynihan proposal Associated Press By ANDREW ROSENTHAL cal year after inflation is taken into ac Azerbaijans fight war: Militant N.Y. Times News Service count. nationalists step up what one newspa WASHINGTON — The Pentagon im The president's comments, and the Pen per calls a "partisan war" to drive So posed Wednesday a three-month freeze on tagon's actions so far, seem largely in viet troops from Azerbaijan, where the military construction, and President Bush tended to head off congressional efforts to republic's Communist Party leadership said he would submit a new budget to dictate a new military strategy and tell is meeting to consider breaking with Congress next week that would begin to the Pentagon how it should restructure the Kremlin. "restructure America's defenses in the American forces. wake of the dramatic changes" in Europe. Administration officials hope to avoid Bush alters drug policy: Presi At a news conference, Bush also reductions in Pentagon spending beyond dent Bush updated his National Drug denounced a proposal by Sen. Daniel cuts already incorporated into their Control Strategy to include a proposed Patrick Moynihan of New York to cut So proposed fiscal 1991 budget. 1991 budget of at least $10.5 billion, cial Security taxes.