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Accounting procedure changes . blamed on auxilliary deficits By Mitchell Weiner change in accounting pro ing to Berninger, the main Campus stores, and the Editor's note: this is the cedures which was made a problem is the skyrocketing Gothic Book Shop, are first installment of a two-part few years ago. This resulted cost of food. Berninger also plagued with operating inef* story. in the creation of an addi pointed out that the dining ficienceis according to Dave Duke University Aux tional fee which is charged halls were billed for $51,000 Wellons, manager of the illiary Enterprises, which in to each of the auxilliary en more than they expected to University stores. clude the residence halls, terprises to help pay the be by the University for The textbook store is dining halls, University salary of University officials. their rent and power bills. much too small to operate ef stores, the Duke Univesity The imposition of this ad Berninger also admitted ficiently. Wellons pointed Athletic Association ditional fee, according to that "we [the dining halls] out that they just did not (DUAA), and other areas Oscar Berninger, director of had overstated our income have enough room to store all have been losing money for the dining halls, Dave due to a bookkeeping error the books they need, nor do the last few years. Wellons, manager of Duke by $16,000." But Berninger they have enough room to The reason for the loss is University stores, and Larry quickly pointed out that be sell the books quickly and ef twofold, according to Smith, director of housing ing within $16,000 on a ficiently. Wellons also noted Hamilton Hoyler, University management, constitutes a budget of $3.2 million was an that there is a huge expense business manager. One re large fraction of the debts of error of only 0.5 per cent. in dragging the books up to ason is that the economic each of their respective busi Berninger also said that the Indoor Stadium, and problems of the nation also nesses. Each area is also con the University is not con back to the Union building to plague the University en fronted with many problems sidering private ownership sell them at the start of the terprises. which are unique to it. of the dining halls because it fall semester each year. Book selling and dining halls, two divisions The other major con Dining halls would lose money in the pro The Dope Shop has many of the Auxilliary Enterprises tributor to the debt is a In the dining halls, accord cess. This, he explained, is of the same problems, i private company "Again," Wellons explained, would have to pay the ad- "the store is too small. We ministrative salary fee, need the room to carry more which amounts to $130,000 merchandise, and we just per year for the dining halls, don't have it." He also point- University stores ed out that the Dope Shop is The Duke University still a clerk service store, The Chronicle Stores, which include the which greatly reduces the Duke University Volume 40 Number 45 October 31,1974 Durham, North Carolina University textbook store, volume of business that they the West Campus and East can do. The Gothic Book Shop is located in a different build Open hearings backed ing entirely, and Wellons emphasized that it has no stock room at all. Books on new Duke hospital which come in must be car or ried by hand from the post By Robert Wilcox * November 4, to discuss Center close to being open." office to the store, which The role of the Medical health care in Durham coun- The Duke chapter, which takes a great deal of time. Committee for Human Rights ty- Future programs will in- is composed mainly of people (MCHR) in the controversy elude the role of women in associated with Duke and is Wellons also noted that surrounding the proposed medicine as both consumer funded by the Medical the University stores are at a new Duke hospital is one of and worker, the future of the School's Davison Society, is great disadvantage in a busi demanding open hearings on Duke medical program, and also attempting to perform ness sense because they are the plans, rather than one of medicine in China, community services other dealing with a limited outright opposition, an The purpose of these than discussion. number of customers, and they have almost no business MCHR spokesman stressed forums, Krause stressed, is A screening program is at Christmas time and over Wednesday. *° inform and not to scheduled for November, the summer. "We want accurate dis- persuade. "The national 16-17 to test inhabitants of Operating efficiency cussion and debate on the MCHR has a manifesto of the Walltown section beyond East Campus for Wellons emphasized the subject," said Bob Krause, 'No profit in health care', but medical disorders such as necessity for good campus member of the MCHR steer our chapter has no such pre hypertension and sickle-cell stores, noting that if the ing committee, in an in conceived stands." . A major objective of stores were all located in one terview. "Our purpose is to National MCHR is approx (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 3) inform, not to pressure." imately eleven years old and Gathering autumn's cornucopia The misunderstanding was formed as a loose group over the role of MCHR ap to provide first aid for civil parently stemmed from a rights marches. It has since coalition formed by that evolved into a blend of Duke jog-exercise trails open group with the New workers from all medical By David Trevaskis American Movement (NAM) fields. ercises runners can stop and try before continuing on and several other local in Health insurance His radio headphones blaring forth the top fourty their merry way. terests to appeal an HEW The national group is pre- (or, for the more cultured Dukie, a cassette tape And about the music—radio headphones and approving the sently fighting all proposed player emitting strains of Beethoven) the 1974 version cassette tape players (which are strapped on) can be hospital. NAM has openly forms of national health in of a Duke jogger begins his daily-weekly-monthly- checked out by joggers at the P.E. department. protested the building of the surance on the grounds that yearly (indicate your level, please) run by doing the Most non-joggers interviewed in a recent Chronicle $90.1 million compli it will cause an increase in "vita parcours." survey concerning these innovations in traditional jog Krause contends that his regressive taxes and thus Vita parcours? What is it, some kind of new dance ging responded favorably to the new ideas, feeling complaint lies in the handling hurt those it should help. done to various types of music joggers as they run? they would "make jogging more enjoyable and in of the plan in a way that, in Although the local chapter Not quite. teresting." his opinion, a few "decreed" has taken no such stands, what would be built. As an Krause did comment that Sorting out this strange set of curcumstances, the The majority of joggers, on the other hand, seemed example of the need for more certain positions might be vita parcours is a new exercise trail open to the Duke to feel that the innovations were simply "part of a fad consideration, he cited what "favored. "However," he community which was constructed over the summer. that will soon die out." One veteran jogger said, "The he termed "enormous" facul- added, "we will always give The course, which gets its name from an insurance music is a nice idea but when I'm out running I'd ty discontent over the pro- anyone a chance to speak out company in Switzerland who originated the idea, cov rather be looking at the trees and listening to the as e posal. th Y wish. We are the on- ers nearly one and one-half miles. Along the trail are birds." MCHR has recently ly thing in the Medical 10 stops marked with signs illustrating various ex- Runners less interested in running through the circulated a questionnaire to woods and more concerned about not getting killed Medical School faculty and jogging along the streets of Durham objected to the Krause finds that the resu s headphones for the pracitical reason that they "made have been most revealing to the organization. He com so I can't hear the cars honking." mented that some faculty However, there seemed to be a concensus in favor have written at great length of the new exercise course, although some stubborn on the backs of the question tradidionalists said they ran the course without stop- naire to register their disap mg to do any of the exercises. proval of present plans. The The new course is located between the law school results of this survey will be and route 751, on Science Drive. As you go, it is a released at a later time, he indicated. moderately difficult trail to run, winding uphill, downhill and over a small creek. Open forums But the exercises, which range in difficulty from In addition to this con simple calisthenics to a ladder travel exercise, divide troversy, MCHR is working the course into easy to run sections. to provide open forums on various medical topics The Duke vita parcours was designed by a Duke throughout the year. The'" Vita parcours offers alternatives to the traditional sweat of jogging Student, Kathy Kyler, as a project in connection with first program is scheduled (Photo by Steve Huffman) a P.E.

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