Thursday February 9, 1984 Volume 80, Number 96 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Medical school to cut enrollment Beirut fighting heavy: The guns of the battleship New Jersey and the By ELIZABETH TEMPLE son to get it down and to really appreciate destroyer Caron pounded Moslem Druse Class size at the Duke medical school will what he is learning and to reflect on it, to and Syrian gun batteries in Lebanon in assimilate it," said Christakos. "We just a thundering nine-hour barrage The decrease by more than ten percent over the next five years. 'Duke has decided to cut wanted to make the first year a better lear­ bombardment was the heaviest and most ning process." sustained American military action The scheduled reductions are a result of since the marines arrived in Beirut 16 concerns about the "doctor glut" predicted back as a message The Medical School Advisory Committee months ago. See page 2. by the Graduate Medical Education Na­ made a Jan. 10 decision to change the cur­ tional Advisory Committee, said Dr. to the medical world. riculum in response to faculty and student Suydam Osterhout, associate dean of ad­ input. BritOriS Withdraw: Britain with­ Duke is the first. missions at the medical school. The curriculum changes will not affect drew its 115 troops from Beirut. The tuition, Christakos said. Britons dashed through the streets of the The cut will gradually lower the size of to stand up and be shattered city at dawn to the port city entering classes from the current 114 to 100 counted - to say that "The point of all this is to give first-year of Junieh, where helicopters met them students by decreasing the number of avail­ students more time. Suddenly they are and flew them and their equipment to able spaces by two to three each year. Next we are concerned about handed a lot of information. We wanted to the aircraft carrier Reliant. year's class will contain approximately 112 allow students more time to digest what students, Osterhout said. a doctor glut.' they learned," Osterhout said. "We're just doing some fine tuning on the Italy tO pull back: Italy ordered Osterhout said the size of Duke's medical school classes had been increased in res­ basic curriculum," said Christakos. a gradual pullback of its 1,600-man force ponse to 1960s federal legislation aimed at — Suydam Osterhout "One of the major themes was that we in Beirut, but said it would continue to increasing what was once considered a na­ needed to decompress the first year. Since protect the Palestinian refugee camps in associate dean for admissions tional shortage of physicians. 1966, when Duke first made the change [to its charga Defense Minister Giovanni a more clinical experience-based cur­ Spadolini instructed his aides to begin "Duke has decided to cut back as a mes­ possible by moving the "Introduction to riculum], there has been a mounting feel­ preparing for the pullback under "max­ sage to the medical world," Osterhout said. Clinical Diagnosis" course to the second ing that we ought to do something. The cur­ imum security" conditions. "Duke is the first, to the best of my year. knowledge, to stand up and be counted - While first-year students now have Wed­ riculum is too crowded" said Dr. William to say that we are concerned about a doc­ Anlyan, chancellor for health affairs. French Stay pUt: France is main­ nesday afternoons class-free, next semester tor glut. .they will have Tuesday and Thursday after­ Anlyan said that the cut in class size had taining its troops in Beirut for the time noons off. no relation to the curriculum changes. being and has made no decision concer­ "Most schools are reluctant to cut because the loss of tuition involves belt-tightening" "I think the change is great. They'll learn ning a possible future withdrawal, accor­ Second-year students will be required to take only five of six eight-week clinical rota­ more, retain more. It's more conducive to ding to French officials. They said the The decision to decrease class size coin­ cides with modest changes in the medical tions, although most students and faculty learning It's easier to cram 100,000 facts troops were remaining at their posts but school curriculum for first and second year believed that the students will take all six. in 11 months instead of cramming it in 10. had halted their patrols. students. Unlike most medical schools, Duke It is needed and well-deserved," said Eric Weiss, a first-year student. O'Neill protests move: House According to Dr. Arthur Christakos, dean teaches its basic science curriculum in on­ of the undergraduate education flower level ly one year and begins clinical experience Martha Wright, a fourth-year student, Speaker Tip O'Neill protested President medical school), the first-year medical cur­ the second year, instead of teaching the said that although the change is "a good Reagan's authorization for American riculum will remain the same next semes­ basic curriculum over both years. idea in general," one problem with the plan naval and air forces to shell Syrian and ter but students will attend class one month is that officials only spread out class time Druse artillery positions firing into the "When you stop and think how compact beyond the usual 10. This change was made instead of increasing teaching time. Beirut area. The House speaker was those first two years are, it's hard for a per­ among several congressional leaders who said the new policy exceeded the constraints of the Lebanon war powers resolution adopted by Congress last fall or who deplored the new policy as both Cultural dormitories planned for fall illegal and unwise. By BILL MONAHAN residential opportunity. The ILG will pro­ Policy change defended: The This spring, students interested in an in­ vide a more general atmosphere on campus White House cautioned Syria against ternational environment will have two new where students can have a variety of educa­ concluding that the decision to move the choices in housing. tional exchanges, according to Interna­ American Marines offshore represented The International House, in conjunction tional House director Bryan Silver, who is "any lessening of the determination" of with the residential life office, is organiz­ coordinating the ILG. the United States to support the Leba­ ing an International Living Group for the "The goal of the ILG is to increase inter­ nese government. As President Reagan fall semester. And the Department of national and intercultural understanding began a five-day vacation at his ranch Romance Languages will offer a French cor­ in some significant way in the under­ near Santa Barbara, Calif., his spokes­ ridor and a Spanish corridor for students graduate experience and to encourage stu­ man, Larry Speakes, insisted that the with a minimal proficiency in these dent interest and awareness in interna­ sudden change of policy was not a "cut languages tional matters," Silver said. and run" decision. Anne-Marie Bryan, associate professor of The idea "has been brewing for about two Romance Languages, said the language /ears," said Lori Arthur, assistant dean for halls stem from popular demand. Of the residential life. "It is due to students feel­ Weather more than 900 students in the department, ing a need for an international experience approximately 150 showed interest in a at Duka We are trying to fulfill that need." Warming trend: That's what the residential group during initial, informal Silver is familiar with similar programs National Weather Service forecasts for class inquiries. at other universities, including the Univer­ the northeast Piedmont (including the "This is part of the general interest that BRIAN CORSn"ME CHRONICLE sity of Chicago and Northwestern Univer­ this University has in international affairs, sity, as well as Oberlin College. However, Triangle area) over the next two days. Brian Silver, International House director More precisely, look for a high tomorrow business, and politics," Bryan said. he feels that the ILG has a unique advan­ in the low 50s and a nighttime low near She said the corridors will be concen­ be limited to available space - the location tage over these other groups. freezing. Sounds real warm to us. trated atmospheres in which students im­ has not yet been selected - the language "It is different in that it won't be a merse themselves in the daily language and corridors will be open groups "for all the separate unit, but it will be integrated in­ culture of the French and Spanish. people who want to brush up on their to the basic dormitory system," he said, ad­ Inside Because no English will be spoken by par­ French and Spanish and those who want to ding that he hopes the group will thus pro­ ticipants, the department will require a contribute their knowledge of the language vide a focus for student interest without minimum of two years of college-level in­ and culture," Bryan said. fostering the isolation that can occur in a R&R this week: Legendary Ameri­ separate facility. can designer Bill Blass takes time off struction - or the equivalent - in the "We don't want them to be like a frater­ during his hectic tour of Duke to talk language Any student enrolled in an upper- nity or sorority. We want to have lots of rap­ For this program, any student interested about fashion, style and his own defini­ level French or Spanish course is eligible. port with interested people in the Univer­ in coming into contact with foreign cultures tion of the perfect client. Also: a conver­ Bryan said she would like to see a native sity," she added.