WELCOME BACK ALUMNI •:- •:• -•:•••. ;:: Holy war THE CHRONICLE theo FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Huge pool of candidates Budget crunch threatens jazz institute leaves Pearcy concerned Monk center on hold for now r- ————. By JULIE MEWHORT From staff reports Ronald Krifcher, Brian Ladd, performing and non-performing An exceptionally large can­ David Rollins and Steven The creation ofthe world's first classes in jazz. didate pool for the ASDU Wild, Trinity juniors Sam conservatory for jazz music is on The Durham city and county presidency has President Con­ Bell, Marc Braswell, Mandeep hold for now. governments have already pur­ nie Pearcy skeptical of the in­ Dhillon, Eric Feddern, Greg During the budgeting process chased land for the institute at tentions of several of the can­ Holcombe, Kirk Leibert, Rich this summer, the North Carolina the intersection of Foster and didates. Pierce, Tonya Robinson, Ran­ General Assembly was forced to Morgan streets, but officials do Twenty-five people com­ dall Skrabonja and Heyward cut funding for an indefinite not have funds to begin actual pleted declaration forms Wall, Engineering juniors period to the Thelonious Monk construction. before yesterday's deadline. Chris Hunt and Howard Institute. "Our response is to recognize Last year only four students Mora, Trinity sophomores The institute, a Washington- that the state has several finan­ ran for the office. James Angelo, Richard Brad­ based organization, has been cial problems right now. We just Pearcy said she and other ley, Colin Curvey, Rich Sand­ planning to build a music conser­ have to continue hoping that the members of the Executive ers and Jeffrey Skinner and vatory honoring in downtown budget will improve," said Committee are trying to de­ Engineering sophomores Durham. The organization is Douglas Moore, associate di­ STAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE velop plans, which will help Jared Cohen, Jake Fox and now hoping private funding will rector ofthe Thelonious Monk In­ Paul Jeffrey out candidates who are seri­ be able to finance the construc­ stitute. "We are not about to bor­ Stephen Gregg. Moore said officials would ous about running for the of­ In other races, Engineering tion. row money. We don't want to be fice. The building is intended to in debt." focus on private funding. "We freshman Bob Piatt is running have made a lot of headway. One The candidates are Trinity strengthen the music depart­ The cost for building the insti­ against Trinity sophomore of the realities is the economy. seniors Steven Bowers, See ASDU on page 8 • ments at Duke and N.C. Central tute is approximately $12 mil­ University by offering students lion. See MONK on page 8 • U.N. chief proposes to intervene in West Bank • 1Mn___t * *mW: *^w By PAUL LEWIS N.Y. Times News Service Given the sensitivity of the is­ F " n_P_% *S_r *,*****_& UNITED NATIONS — Secre­ sue, neither the United States tary General Javier Perez de Mission nor the State Depart­ Cuellar proposed Thursday that ment made any comment the Security Council involve it­ Thursday on the report. self directly in a search for a way One recommendation in the to protect Palestinians in the Is­ report suggests that the Security raeli-occupied territories. Council invoke a 1949 human The proposal, made Thursday rights treaty for the first time in a report prepared by Perez de and call together a 164-nation Cuellar listing Palestinian ac­ conference to discuss possible cusations of Israeli mistreatment measures for preventing human in the occupied territories, puts rights violations in the occupied the United States in a serious territories. quandary. That meeting would bring to­ Washington will have to decide gether all the countries that either to support action against signed the Fourth Geneva Con­ its longtime ally, Israel, which vention of 1949, which lays down rejects any United Nations invol­ the rights of civilians in occupied STAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE vement in the occupied ter­ military areas. Israel signed the ritories, or block any council ac­ treaty, but has long contended Bedeviled tion and thus risk endangering that the treaty does not apply to Duke lost a heartbreaker in double overtime of the ACC men's soccer championships. Wake the solidarity of the anti-Iraq the West Bank and the Gaza Forest beat the Blue Devils 2-1 leaving the team's hopes of an NCAA bid in doubt. coalition it has assembled since Strip. Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2. See U.N. on page 2 • For controversial NAS, all's quiet on the national front By BLAIR BOARDMAN ciate professor of philosophy at zation "racist, sexist and "We're pretty much the same study of different cultures," said Although the National Associ­ Emory and founder ofthe Geor­ homophobic, while 93 faculty as the national organization, in Thomas Short, associate profes­ ation of Scholars has raised con­ gia NAS chapter. signed a petition criticizing the that most of the people in the sor of philosophy at Kenyon Col­ troversy at Duke, it has not "The Chronicle Of Higher organization. chapter are primarily people who lege and president of the Ohio created much of a stir at other Education has had people write "Our chapter has had no op­ believe in traditional academic Association of Scholars, the Ohio universities. things taking issue with us, and position, but there is a difference values. We believe determining branch ofthe NAS. Chapters of the NAS follow the there were debates formed both in teaching in Arkansas and the facts about a given thing is "The liberal education itself is philosophies and goals set by the at the University of Texas at teaching on the East Coast," said the purpose of academic scholar­ the creation of Western culture," national organization, but are al­ Austin and Duke," said NAS Philip Anderson, professor of ship." Short said. "Our aim has been to lowed some leeway to address President Stephen Balch. English at the University of Cen­ There are only six NAS chap­ study what is valuable, what the specific situations. The Texas chapter opposed a tral Arkansas and coordinator of ters affiliated with universities West has borrowed from other Most chapters have not yet ad­ required freshman course based the Arkansas chapter of the and none of the other top na­ cultures. The West originated dress any important issues in on racism and sexism and were NAS. "The East is on the cutting tional schools has a chapter. from other cultures." their states. successful in delaying the teach­ edge of developments in recent There are 23 statewide chapters. Other chapters, however, are "There has not been any op­ ing of the course for at least a issues, but Arkansas is very "We are concerned with the more concerned with the issue of position at all, but then again I year. remote and abstract. Thus I don't study of non-Western cultures politics in education. don't know how well we're Here at Duke, English Chair think too many people know being used as a vehicle for bash­ "Our purpose is to maintain known," said Ann Hartle, asso­ Stanley Fish labeled the organi­ about us yet. ing the West, which is not a real See NAS on page 9 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990 World and National Newsfile Associated Press Iraq fortifying Kuwait positions for U.S. attack Long-term fallout: About 500,000 By MICHAEL GORDON people have suffered health problems N.Y. Times News Service tanker and create a flaming oil slick in an has climbed from 1,700 to 2,200, accord­ as a result of 40 years of nuclear blasts WASHINGTON — Fortifying its mili­ effort to foil a Marine amphibious assault. ing to Pentagon estimates. at the main Soviet test site in Semi- tary positions in Kuwait, Iraq has dug Another line of speculation, officials said, A government specialist said the palatinsk, said a Soviet doctor. trenches that might be set afire to defend is that the tankers are being used to store precise composition of Iraqi forces had against an American attack, administra­ oil at a protected anchorage while the em­ fluctuated in recent weeks but there had Sex in Peru: Peru's government tion officials say. bargo is in effect. been no basic changes in the Iraqi mili­ began distributing free and subsidized The Iraqi move is one of a series of steps Iraq continues to maintain a force of tary strategy in Kuwait. birth control pills and condoms on that Baghdad has taken to strengthen its 430,000 in Kuwait and in southern Iraq, "There have been no significant change- Thursday, drawing much criticism by defenses along the Kuwaiti border with according to the Pentagon figures s," a Pentagon spokesman, Bob Hall, said. the Roman Catholic Church. "There is Saudi Arabia and along the Kuwaiti released on Thursday. Iraq has 3,500 "Their posture is primarily one of defense nothing terrible in not wanting more coastline, including mine fields, barbed tanks in this region. The number of Iraqi with the ability to go on the offensive children eating trash in the streets," wire, and sand barriers. armored personnel carriers in this region quickly." President Alberto Fujimori said. American officials said that substances has declined to 2,200 from 2,500, accord­ A fourth American aircraft carrier, the appear to have been placed in the ing to the latest Pentagon estimates. The Midway, has arrived in the Persian Gulf trenches, which might be turned into number of artillery pieces, meanwhile, region. Look at lOWa Crash: The National flaming moats in case of an American at­ Transportation Safety Board on tack. Thursday blamed the United Airlines "The assumption is that the substance inspection system for failing to detect a is some kind of petroleum product but we Security Council may take direct bad engine part that caused a crash in have not seen any tests where they set it Iowa last year that killed 112 people.