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-SPORTS Nobody's perfect After a strong early run, Vanessa Webb lost in the semifinals of the Riviera All-American Tournament % THE CHRONICLE tor the second straight year. SEE SPORTS, p. 17 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27,1998 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY OF DUKE UNIVERSITY Report lists numbers of empty beds Set aside for students abroad, the vacant slots surprised some Trent residents Many Trent Dormitory residents believe Uo Vacancy? that when the time came to choose their rooms, •• Locations with the highest numbers of open West Campus was simply too full to accommo­ date them. But open spots set aside for upper­ bed spaces as of Oct. 1 classmen studying abroad make the situation Central Campus Apartments 32 less simple. Trent 20 According to the Pall 1998 Semester Hous­ Camelot 13 ing Statistics, which The Chronicle obtained Wednesday afternoon, 175 beds on Central Prism * 10 Campus, Edens Quad and Main West Campus Mitchell (Arts Dorm) * 9 will remain empty for the fall semester— Psi Upsilon * 9 enough bed space to accommodate the resi­ dents ofthe first two floors of Trent. Stratford 9 Twenty-five of these vacancies exist in * Number of open beds does nol reflecl a section's rooms that are "small for their designation," membership; it is a combination of open beds for botb said Assistant Dean of Student Development members and independents. Bill Burig, meaning that Housing Management NAEGER/THE CHRONICLE would prefer not to fill them. This leaves 150 "The purpose of holding these bed HARRY WU, noted dissident and human rights activist, encouraged stu­ bed spaces classified as "open and assignable" dents to persevere in the fight against forced labor in sweatshops. on Main West, Edens and Central. spaces is to encourage the study- Burig said the rooms are left open to house away programs and [improve the students returning from abroad next semester. University's] fiscal responsibility." Former political prisoner But some students complain that residents on campus for both semesters should get priority BILL BURIG, ASSISTANT DEAN OF over those who choose to leave campus. STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Harry Wu tells of struggles Director of the Office of Foreign Academic Pro­ ByANYASOSTEK Wu spent 19 years in the grams and Assistant Dean for Study Abroad "The purpose of holding these bed spaces is to en­ The Chronicle Laogai, China's system of Christa Johns said 415 students are abroad this se­ courage the study-away programs and [improve Harry Wu considers him­ forced labor camps. mester, but typically only about 150 students choose the University's] fiscal responsibility," he said. self a survivor, a point he "I stand in front of you to go abroad second semester. Although some stu­ "The value of participating in a study-away vividly depicted last night not a hero," Wu told the dents will remain abroad in two-semester pro­ program has long been highly valued by the during his speech at Grif­ crowd. "Just a simple grams, most will return to campus. University. We do not want students to miss fith Film Theater. human being, a survivor." On-campus housing is guaranteed to these out on the opportunity to study away based In front of about 100 stu­ In one of the evening's students, but traditionally some choose to live upon the projections of housing situations dents and community mem­ most powerful moments, Wu off campus during spring semester. when they return." bers, Wu recounted his ex­ showed a sequence of slides Johns said the decision to study abroad He explained that many study-abroad stu­ periences in Chinese of two prisoners before, dur­ should not affect the quality of students' hous­ dents are juniors and seniors, and it would be prisons and voiced his sup­ ing and after their execu­ ing. "We need to have that bed space" she said. unacceptable for them to be placed in Trent. port for the student move­ tion. The slides illustrated "They are just as much Duke students as Consigning these upperclassmen to Trent ment against sweatshops. the prisoners, incarcerated [everybody else]." might drive some off campus, Burig added, As a political prisoner, See HARRY WU on page 8 f*- Burig also defended the University's policy. See VACANCIES on page 8 > Online course evaluations debut today Assistant chief named The new system is a complement to the rating forms distributed at the ends of semesters By NORM BRADLEY interim head of DUPD The Chronicle "If Duke undergraduates care as much about acade­ By RICHARD RUBIN No longer is there only one mics as they do the tent policy, then they can guaran­ The Chronicle Assistant Chief Clarence Birkhead has been mechanism for student feedback on tee themselves access to candid course evaluations professors and courses; now there named interim chief of the Duke University Police is a DUET. simply by participating in the project." Department and may soon fill the job permanently, Partly in response to complaints said Executive Vice Presi- _________ VALEN JOHNSON, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT about the incompleteness of the dent Tollman Trask. Teacher Course Evaluation Book, Birkhead, currently the today the Committee on Assess­ teacher effectiveness," according to Once there, they will be asked assistant director for oper­ ment launches a separate project— the site. questions about their courses ations, will take over the Duke Undergraduates Evaluate "DUET was initiated for several from last semester and given the department Nov. 14 after Teaching—that aims to provide reasons, including a desire to bet­ option to evaluate their current current chief Alana Ennis more comprehensive course infor­ ter understand the mechanisms courses, said Trinity junior Ben leaves to become the chief mation to students. that affect student learning and Kennedy, COA member and Duke of police in Burlington, Vt. DUET, which can be accessed at course selection, and a desire to Student Government vice presi­ He will run the depart­ devilnet.duke.edu/course-evalua- provide students with accurate in­ dent for academic affairs. ment until a permanent tions/, asks for student information formation about the courses they Those who do not fill out the successor is selected a few through a survey and compiles it are taking." said COA Chair Valen survey cannot view their peers' months from now. online. The survey has 38 multiple- Johnson, associate professor of sta­ evaluations, giving each student an "There's a lot of respect for Clarence," Trask choice questions and four short-an­ tistics and decision sciences. incentive to take part, organizers said, explaining his decision, which he announced swer questions, designed to investi­ Students enter the site by giv­ said. In addition, said TCEB co-ed­ to officers Friday afternoon. "It just seemed to be gate "the relationship between ing their University identification itor Tammy Katz, students who the least disruptive move." student course evaluations and number and registration PIN. See DUET on page 14 > See BIRKHEAD • GRADUATE STUDENTS PLAN SPRING PARTY SEE PAGE 5 • NASA PONDERS RISKS OF SENDING GLENN BACK INTO SPACE SEE PAGE 7 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27,1998 NEWSFILE Democrats split over fund raising division FROM WIRE REPORTS Congressional Democrats argue White House and DNC claim too many party resources » Slain abortion doctor buried party could lose many as 25 who are in the final days of the Investigators announced a $100,000 reward Monday for House seats. most ambitious party-paid adver­ information leading to the arrest and conviction of the WASHINGTON — Leading De­ The finance chairman of the tising campaign in any non-pres­ sniper who shot Dr. Barnett Slepian, the same day the mocrats in Congress have angrily party's Congressional Campaign idential election year. abortion provider was buried. Hundreds of family, col­ accused officials at the White Committee, Rep. Charles Rangel of While rifts are common within leagues and patients attended the burial, several with House and the Democratic Nation­ New York, was so incensed about both parties, the current schism children in tow. There was a heavy police presence as al Committee of hurting House and the party's modest stated goals among Democrats is unusually well. "He brought these two into the world," said Alan Senate campaigns by husbanding that he had this advice for the bitter. And it comes at a time Dickison, hand-in-hand with his 4-year-old son, Connor, resources to erase the party's debt party chairman: "Keep your money when the usual stakes of an off- and 2-year-old daughter, Kelsey. "He was here for chil­ and help Vice President Al Gore and shut up your mouth." year election are even higher dren. This is all he lived for." kick off his own campaign in 2000. Officials on both sides of the with the impeachment inquiry The congressional Democrats argument say the feuding, only pending before Congress. also assert that top party officials • Prosecutors drop case against MIT fraternity one week before Election Day, is Democratic lawmakers say they are inadvertently discouraging The manslaughter case against an MIT fraternity in the a giant distraction at a time the are particularly furious at the na­ party loyalists from voting, and are drinking death of a freshman effectively ended Monday party needs to stay focused on a tional committee, saying it has fall­ dampening fund-raising efforts, by because the frat has disbanded and there is no one to answer common enemy, the Republicans, en woefully short of past elections making dire predictions that the the charges. Last month, prosecutors took the extraordinary See DEMOCRATS on page 16 *- step of bringing manslaughter charges against Phi Gamma Delta—the organization, not its members—in the case of 18- year-old Scott Krueger, who drank himself into a coma at a party and died.

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