Map Theft Hearing Delayed Students Robbed at Gunpoint on Campus

Reviewing The Review We read it. We laugh at it. It laughs at us. Inside, Currents takes a closer look THE CHRONICLE at The Duke Review. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1! ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 92. NO. 28 Map theft Students robbed at gunpoint on campus By MISTY ALLEN the incident, Nordan said, suspect after he pulled the gun activity in that area." hearing Two students were victims adding that the suspect also on them. DUPD informed Durham of an armed robbery early sports sideburns, a mustache And although the suspect Police Department officials of Tuesday morning when a man and a goatee. told them to remain in the the incident, and asked them to delayed walked into the West Union Nordan said his department bathroom for 15 minutes after be on the look-out for the sus By MISTY ALLEN Building's basement-floor received a call from the stu his departure, the students left pect. The sentencing hearing men's bathroom, pulled a small dents—both of whom wish to after about one minute to call "We're going to do every for Gilbert Bland, an art handgun on them and demand remain anonymous—at about DUPD, Nordan said. thing we can to apprehend the dealer from Coral Gables, ed that they give him their 3:10 a.m. Tuesday. DUPD offi Officers continued to search suspect in this case," Nordan Fla., who plead guilty earli money. cers responded to the scene im the immediate vicinity sur said. er this year to stealing rare Capt. Charles Nordan ofthe mediately, Nordan said, and rounding the West Union In the event that the suspect maps from Duke and other Duke University Police Depart proceeded to search the area Building until they were satis is apprehended, the students East Coast universities, was ment said the suspect, who is for the suspect. fied that the suspect had fled would have to surrender their postponed Tuesday because still at-large, is a black man in Although the students— the scene. anonymity if they wanted to the federal judge said he did his 20s, approximately 6'-3" who were not harmed—did not In addition, Nordan said, press charges, as a served-war- not have enough informa tall with a medium build, light want their names released, DUPD officers checked the out rant is, by law, considered to be tion to make an informed skin and dark hair worn in Nordan said his officers did side perimeters of all nearby public information. decision. braids. speak with them about the in buildings. If anyone has any informa Bland, who plead guilty The suspect was wearing a cident. "At least for the immediate tion about this case, they are June 19 to two counts of in black visor, a black windbreak- The students, Nordan said, future," he added, "there will advised to call Det. Paul Taylor terstate transportation of er and dark pants at the time of surrendered their cash to the be some increase in our patrol of DUPD at 684-2444. stolen goods and one count of stealing culturally signifi cant historic documents, stole more than 140 rare maps—18 of which are be Classmates crowned lieved to be from Duke— from a score of universities. Duke officials suspect in Raleigh pageant that Bland, using the alias By MEGHAN CRONIN held the weekend after Hurri James Perry, signed into the Seated side by side in the cane Fran ripped through Special Collections room in Alumni Lounge, Trinity ju North Carolina, Forte and Perkins Library at least five niors Jameela Forte and Clark won the titles of Miss times between July 1994 Omeka Clark can only look at Raleigh and Miss Teen and December 1995. each other and laugh. "We're Raleigh, respectively, in the Rusty Fitzgerald, assis alike in so many ways—we're Raleigh Area Pageant, an an tant U.S. attorney, said the like separated sisters," says nual contest sponsored by Pre hearing was delayed be Omeka. mier Productions. cause the court was con After meeting as freshmen "Fate put us in two differ cerned that the monetary at the orientation for Ben ent age groups, and fate had figures used did not ade jamin N. Duke scholarship re us win," said Forte who won quately represent the maps' cipients, the two girls devel the title for the 20-23 age intangible value. oped a strong friendship in the bracket division. Clark, born Fitzgerald said the judge classroom and as teammates two weeks after the cut-off for commissioned the prosecu on the track team. Last participation in the same com tor's office and the defense month, yet another item was petition, came away with the to work together in the com added to their list of common title in the pageant's 16-19 age ing weeks in order to gauge achievements: the crown of division. more accurately the losses SHARON NIKFARJAM/THE CHRONICLE pageant queen. Forte, who is originally sustained by the affected In a state-wide pageant See PAGEANT on page 8 • universities. Trinity juniors Jameela Forte (I) and Omeka Clark Gubernatorial challenger proposes educational reform By CASEY VANOVER pal of Southern High School In his campaign to become Candidate vows to end guaranteed tenure for teachers in Durham, agreed. "Good the next governor of North teachers do not worry about Carolina, republican Robin mance, insubordination and ing a teacher to be fired for tenure," she said. Hayes has proposed the elim immorality, said Linda But Bill Wilson, a member inadequate performance, it is Hunt has called for perfor ination of state-guaranteed Suggs, chief of the school per of the North Carolina Associ not commonly used. mance-related bonuses in his tenure for all public school sonnel support section of the ation of Educators, said that While Hayes and incum educational reform plan that teachers. North Carolina department the existing law was neces bent Governor Jim Hunt would reward teachers whose Hayes' proposed reform of public instruction. sary in order to prevent have made this debate into a students outperform the min calls for the repeal ofthe Fair State-mandated tenure teachers from being fired for campaign issue, many teach imum requirements on a Employment Dismissal Act, protects bad teachers, said personal or political reasons. ers do not seem to be con state-administered standard the law which currently dic Andrew Duke, Hayes' press Under the current law, he cerned about the possible ized test. tates the guidelines under secretary, and provides a said, it is not difficult to abolition of tenure. His plan would also raise which public school teachers "road block" to ensuring that prove a teacher's incompe "If tenure is all that is the requirements for granti may be fired. In its place, the state has the best educa tence by using students' stan keeping my job then I should ng tenure and would support Hayes' plan lays out fifteen tors. He compared the limita dardized test scores and n't have it," said Barbara administrators who fire inef reasons for which a North tions imposed by the law to a teacher evaluations. Cobaugh, a teacher at Mill- fective teachers. Carolina teacher can be fired, business that legally could Duke said, however, that brook High School in Raleigh. Hayes' plan also calls for including inadequate perfor- not fire its ineffective employ- while there is a clause allow Sandra Niedzialek, princi See HAYES on page 8 • THE CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 World and National Newsfile Afghans retain restrictions on women Associated Press Pope recovers: Pope John Paul By JOHN BURNS from working, barred girls from going for the Taliban in the Hindu Kush ITs appendix was removed Tuesday N.Y. Times News Service to school and re-introduced stoning as mountains 50 miles north of Kabul. in a 50-minute operation that his KABUL, Afghanistan—The mili the penalty for adultery, decades after One of two ethnic armies that re doctors said found no traces of any tant Muslims who lead Afghanistan's it disappeared in Afghanistan. main undefeated by the Taliban swept new or serious ailment. new government vowed Tuesday that "There is no possibility of a change down from the Salang Tunnel, which there would be no relenting in their in Islamic principles, which have not sits amid the heights of the Hindu FDA approves: The FDA has drive to create what is fast becoming changed in the the last 1,400 years," Kush, this afternoon and drove Tal approved equipment designed to one ofthe world's most repressive soci said Mullah Mutaqi, information and iban forces back several miles, to the allow doctors to perform "closed- eties. culture minister in the Taliban gov edge of the plain that sweeps south chest" heart surgery. The proce Defying an international outcry ernment. "These principles are eter ward to Kabul. dure involves five catheters against harsh restrictions on women nal, and they will remain eternal." The startling attack by the forces of threaded through a groin artery, imposed by the country's new rulers, Mullah Mutaqi's declaration coin Gen. Abdul Rashid Doestum, a allowing doctors to put patients on Mullah Amir Khan Mutaqi bluntly re cided with a sudden military setback See AFGHANISTAN on page 7 • a heart-lung machine and stop jected an appeal for moderation made their hearts. on Monday by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the United Nations secretary general. American charged: North Mullah Mutaqi, one of the Muslim IRA claims responsibility Korea has notified the United States clerics who lead the Taliban move it is charging American Evan Carl ment that took Kabul last month, said Hunziker with espionage, which the warning of a possible cutback in for latest bombing attack could result in a death sentence.

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