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Back on track Senior Caitlin Connolly scored her .first goat in over ayear to lead the women's soccer team THE CHRONICLE toa3-l winover Butler Friday. SeeSMHSIfW, DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLIN CUUTION: 15.000 VOL. 88, NO. 27 Student Clinton advocates commitment to education By LEAH SHAHUM that he endorsed the controver to give students more educational 18 in two year education programs RALEIGH—The scene in Rey sial free-trade treaty with Mexico, opportunities, Clinton said. in the South, he said, helping to arrested nolds Auditorium at North Caro but with reservations. Every high school graduate boost the manufacturing environ lina State University in Raleigh At the rally, Clinton called for a should be guaranteed two years ment in the state. could have been mistaken for a real commitment to education in in a community college or some Clinton also said he wants to Friday rock concert Sunday afternoon, America. "We need a world where apprenticeship program, he said. "open the doors of college educa as about 8,000 enthusiastic sup what we earn depends on what He praised North Carolina for its tion to all Americans without re By MICHAEL SAUL porters waited to hear Democratic we can learn," he said. exemplary community college gard to income." He proposed a An undergraduate was presidential candidate Bill Rural and inner-city schools programs. national trust fund for students arrested Friday on charges Clinton speak. should have access to technology, The state has the highest per to borrow money for college. Bor- of manufacturing and sell Earlier, Clinton announced lab equipment and smaller classes centage of people over the age of See CLINTON on page 11 • ing fictitious drivers li- Trinity sophomore Jer emy Seth aLevine of 1700 Investigation does not Pace St. allegedly sold homemade licenses to stu dents who wanted to gain impinge on University access to the Hideaway bar or fraternity kegs, said By ROBIN VALENZA Chief Robert Dean of Pub "I don't personally know of a lic Safety. The prices ofthe Duke officials said they feel law school that separates the ap licenses ranged from $20 to unthreatened by the recent in plications the way Berkeley does," $50. vestigation into law school ad Sockwell said. Both Levine and his at missions practices at the Univer Burger said she understands torney, Alex Charns, de sity of California at Berkeley. what Berkeley was trying to do. clined to comment on the "[Duke]is perfectly comfortable "The federal government initially case Sunday. with the way it approaches mi mandated (universities! to in crease diversity, and they leave Levine, 18, was charged nority admissions," said Paula us with our head in a dither, try with a violation of license Burger, vice provost for academic ing to figure out what best serves or learning permit provi services. the issue." sions, which is punishable A two-year investigation con University officials said they by a maximum imprison ducted by the Office of Civil Rights were opposed to us ment of three years and/or at the U.S. Depart ing a quota policy, a fine. ment of Education but supported re Levine was released Fri revealed that cruitment as the key day from the Durham Berkeley's law school component in at County Magistrates Office had been evaluating tracting minorities. on an unsecured bond of minority candidates "We go to places $1,000. His first court ap separately from non- like the inner city to pearance is scheduled for minority candidates. increase access [to today at 9 a.m. While not admitting that their practices the University! and Both the county and the encourage [minority University can talce action violated any anti-dis crimination laws, students 1 early on," against Levine. Public ger Austin said. Safety is sending a report Berkeley officials vol untarily agreed to The University to Sue Wasiolek, dean of PAUL ORSULAK/THE CHRONICLE student life, who will de stop separating has the same kind of commit cide how to handle the case. Spike! on race. ment to keepingthe student popu Although the outcome of the lation geographically diverse, Levine allegedly has been Members of the ROTC programs competed on Ciocktower See LEVINE on page 4 • investigation was expected to be Burger stated. Quad this weekend. far-reaching, it will not be an is Recruitment explains why all sue for Duke, Burger said. demographic groups remain the The University has a policy to same size from year to year at the increase diversity, but quotas are University and in the Law School, not a part of that policy, said Sockwell said. Hospital plans to centralize facilities Nancy Austin, associate director To get talented minority stu of undergraduate admissions. dents interested in the Univer By ROB DICKEY ' which was previously outlined to south divisions of the Hospital "We want to be inclusive as op sity, the Law School uses statis Duke Hospital may have a dif the trustees by Dr. Ralph Sny need to be centralized. To accom posed to exclusive." tics from the Law School Admis ferent look five years from now. derman, chancellor for health af plish thisgoal, additions andreno- About 6.8 percent of the stu sions Test to identify potential The Board of Trustees recently fairs and dean of the medical vations will be completed to the dents in the undergraduate and minority candidates as well as approved the project definition of school. The plan included $200 Hospital's north division, a new graduate schools are black and publishing a brochure titled "The a proposal that would bring about million to upgrading clinical fa clinical building will be con 8.4 percent Asian. African-American Perspective at radical changes in the structure cilities, but did not specify how structed and a new parking lot Susan Sockwell, associate dean The Law School." of the Hospital's two divisions that money would be spent. will be built. The project is bud for student affairs at Duke's Law The Law School also encour during the next five years. The proposal presented to the geted for $151.5 million. School, did not think that the ages current students and fac These changes are part of the trustees in September states that A 175,000 sq. ft. new addition investigation would change the ulty to either call or write to mi- Medical Center's five-year plan, the facilities in the north and See PLAN on page 4 • school's admissions practices. See ADMISSION on page 11 • Students begin to build inter-faith friendships at Project Genesis By SARAH CARNEVALE first-ever program Aug, 24-26 at the Chapel and director of reli equal with Project BUILD and "We didn't want to have one of In the beginning there were Presbyterian Point on Kerr Lake gious life. Project WILD as far as recogni those corny icebreakers and I Project BUILD and Project WILD, in Virginia. Twenty freshmen and It was a program fashioned tion so that when people think of think the students appreciated then came a third. Project Gen eight upperclass student facilita along the same lines as Project the Projects, not only will they that," said Trinity senior Ashley esis. tors attended. BUILD and Project WILD, but think of Project BUILD and Beasley, a facilitator. What is Project Genesis? Ac "We wanted it to be a retreat with different goals. BUILD and Project WILD, we want to start Trinity freshman Joanne cording to the brochure, it is "a where people felt respect for di WILD work to strengthen inter hearing Project Genesis also," said Labriola, a participant, said, "It two-day pre-orientation event for verse religious backgrounds and action and self-esteem through Trinity sophomore Bart Barefoot was more than just hi, what's first-year students designed to to promote an atmosphere where building homeless shelters and who participated as a facilitator. your name, where are you from. foster friendships .among students people felt comfortable in their exploring the wilderness, respec The first program on Monday Our conversation went beyond of various faith backgrounds." own faith background," said tively. Aug. 24 was titled "Life at Duke: that." Project Genesis kicked off its Debra Brazzel, assistant dean of "We want to be seen as a co Getting to Know You." See GENESIS on page 11 • THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1992 Worldvvunu anuand Nationalivaiiunai Newsfile El Al plane crashes; police fear many dead Associated Press Germans protest: Thousands of By JEROME SOCOLOVSKYY Airline officials dismissed early suspi- to Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest air- Associated Press i of a terrorist strike, which could have fields. people gathered at the site of a nazi jeopardized sensitive Middle East peace AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — An Is "I saw the plane going nose-down with concentration camp Sunday to pro talks. test anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner raeli cargo jet with engine trouble crashed the left wing up and the right wing down attacks across Germany. The dem into an apartment complex Sunday night Yisrael Cherbin, cargo manager for El behind the next flat (apartment) build onstration at Sachsenhausen,just shortly after takeoff and triggered a Al in Amsterdam, said the plane's captain ing," said a witness to the crash, photogra north of Berlin, was the first time firestorm that raced through a crowded reported problems with two engines after pher Peter de Neef, Germans rallied at a former concen suburb. takeoff and asked to return to the airport, "The engines were smoking," de Neef tration camp to call for an end to about 10 miles south of Amsterdam. said, "and then I heard the pilot trying to current rightist troubles.

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