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The Chronicle 75th Year. No. 139 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Thursday, April 24, 1980 Resolution states 'in poor taste' Board reviews Pravda By Kevin Sack Yesterday's Pub Board action Redlawsk said, "The students After a two and a half hour followed in a line of what voted in favor of the humor debate over the advisability of Pravda coeditor Cliff Chanler publication before they saw it. the Publications Board passing called "slaps on the wrist" Now they're condemning the judgment on the quality of its given to the magazine since its future because of the past." publications, the board voted appearance on campus "We've been burned," yesterday to advise the Monday. Redlawsk said later. "The board coeditors of the first issue of A Monday ASDU referendum cannot afford to ignore the Pravda that their magazine favored, by a margin of 52 to 48 publications, saying we publish was, "in parts, vulgar, in poor percent, the discontinuation of them but we don't judge them." taste, and poorly written." student funding for a humor William Griffith, vice In addition, the board voted to magazine. On Tuesday night, president of student affairs and continue the charter of the the ASDU legislature voted by a member of the board, said that magazine contingent upon the acclamation to write a letter to judging the quality of procurement of sufficient the Duke family apologizing for publications should be the most funding. It also passed a any embarrassment Pravda important function ofthe board. resolution stating that the may have caused them. Griffith said Pravda board would choose future Board members disagreed on struck him "as a junior high" editors who will "encourage the whether the purpose of publication. It was below my PHOTO BY SCOTT INMAN publication to aspire to higher yesterday morning's meeting expectation of what Duke Cliff Chanter...Pravda co-editor calls Pub Board action literary standards of taste, was to critique Pravda or to students are capable of." one of many "slaps on the ivrist." writing and intellectual discuss the continuation of a "We could have done better at stimulation." humor magazine in light ofthe this school in terms of humor," Major Attractions plagued by costs referendum result. said Harsha Murthy, a Trinity A humor magazine can still junior and member ofthe board. be funded through the Bassett "However the mechanism for Fund, a Pub Board surplus, or ensuring quality should be the Concert future uncertain private grants. In addition. selection of editors." By Vicki Foster students. To appease th. Auditorium, N.C State's Jake Phelps, director of the Also at the meeting v Duke University Union groups the administration has Reynolds Coliseum the University Union and a Robert Young, University Major Attractions Committee made it difficult if not Greensboro Coliseum) but he's member of the board, mentioned minister, who said it was the cannot compete with other impossible to present concerts," concerned about making the possibility of holding first time he had appeared universities and areas in Schiff said. money," Schiff said. another referendum on the issue before any student board. procuring concerts, according "This has been incredibly The reason promoters shy in the fall. Young listed several sections of to MA president Jim Schiff. frustrating for MA because the away from Duke, according to A lot of people the magazine which he found The reasons are complex and students do not understand the Schiff, is Cameron's exhorbitant responding negatively," Phelps offensive and said that Pravda multiple, but the biggest restrictions the administration set-up fees. said. "If you ask them has placed the credibility of all problems seem to be a lack of has put on us," he said. MA must pay a $500 rental fee September, when they've cooled publications and the board at administrative understanding, The main problem Schiff sees for Cameron, which Athletic off, people may feel differently." stake. a lack of facilities and the for MA is money. MA has been Director Tom Butters is Several board members were While most board members problem of money. leaning toward non-promoted attempting to raise to $1,000. concerned about the reaction of said they were disappointed in This spring, MA had the concerts this year (Pousette-Dart There is a $500-$600 fee for the student body shown in the the first issue of Pravda, all felt opportunity to hold several Band/Livingston Taylor, John setting up chairs. Security costs referendum. Pub Board the continuation of a humor concerts but had to reject them Prine and Roy Ayers) since Continued on page 3 business manager David Continued on page 7 because of facility problems. there s ddlemcn Baldwin Auditorium is under involved. For contract renewal renovation as is Wallace Wade With i non-promoted show Stadium. there are also no financial Cameron was rendered guarantees. MA made money Students support Connolly useless until graduation by a on the John Prine show but fire in March and Page lost heavily on the Roy Ayers By Brian Hernandez Some of the students circulated the way we've always encour Auditorium was booked one. Last fall, John Connolly, a petition during the fall, ex- aged," he said. virtually the entire spring. The Also, MA has found that assistant professor of art at pressing disapproval over the - "Students rarely have turned Pousette-Dart Band/Livingston Duke is not the obvious choice Duke for five years and a popu- lack of student input in the the tide, but are an input," Taylor concert, originally for promoters looking into the lar teacher, was told that his decision, and secured more than Lewis said, adding that student scheduled to be held in area. "When a promoter looks contract would not be renewed. 300 signatures, according to the participation in such decisions Cameron, had to be moved to into this area to promote a Many of his students protested petition's sponsor, Trinity soph- was greater a decade ago. Page, and two shows had to be show, he'll see that Cameron is the decision, asking specifically omore Susan White. White says Aubrey Naylor, the chairman scheduled to accommodate the a much better place acoustically formorestudentinvolvementin Connolly had nothing to do ofthe Faculty Hearing Commit demand for the free concert (than UNC's Carmicheal decisions regarding faculty with starting or circulating the tee, which is considering Con tickets. contracts. petition. nolly's case, said he knew noth ing of the petition. Schiff said he has found the White claims that "practical administration not exactly ly everyone in Allen Building Naylor, a professor of botany, sympathetic to MA's needs. "A received a copy of the petition said, "Students at Duke are couple years ago representatives but it was never acknowledged." transient, whereas many facul of MA approached one ofthe top She added, "We [students] want ty members are here for life," administrators in the school more say." when asked whether there should concerning concerts and were Harold Lewis, vice provost be increased student input. refused entrance into his and dean of faculty, said he had Naylor said University regu office," according to Schiff. received a copy of the petition, lations require that students' but it came too late to have any evaluations of professors be "All attempts in the past by bearing on the decision regard MA and the [University] Union considered by committees re ing Connolly. He said, however, viewing faculty contracts. to make Duke a more feasible he had acknowledged the peti place for concerts have been Art Department Chairman tion to a student who had circu John Spencer has insisted that ignored or shrugged off by lated it. higher-placed administrators. Connolly's students' evalua- White said no students had tions were considered when the "The administration seems heard from Lewis. non-renewal decision was made more concerned about pleasing Lewis said he welcomes input by a committee of three tenured alumni contributors and the from students. "Students can art professors. Members of the community than pleasing the make contacts through the PHOTO BY LAURA BAFK( Continued on page 14 Jim Schiff...says Duke can't compete for concerts. departments involved. That's Page Two The Chronicle Thursday, April 24, 1980 Students beware: Myrtle laws strict By Dan Michaels Myrtle Beach police force really means business in the putting on a tough guy act," McClendon said. If you're going to Myrtle Beach after finals, have a enforcement of these ordinances. McClendon said that the policeman refused to great time, but don't enjoy yourself too much, or you "The whole time you're there, you feel like you're in a specify the charges, and after asking both students might spend an unwelcome night in the city jail. police state," said Ed Wilson, a senior who has logged down to the police station, refused to provide a copy of That, more or less, is the official word from J. three vacations at Myrtle. Wilson criticized the the Myrtle Beach laws. Stanley Bird, Myrtle Beach'schief of police, whoplans harshness of some of the areas's laws, adding that, '"They've got you down there and they know you're to have his force out in strength to enforce Myrtle "When you drive into South Carolina, it's like entering powerless....They can charge you with anything they Beach's strict laws during the upcoming tourist the nineteenth century." want to, and you basically have to just cough up the season. Other students reported being harassed and bucks," McClendon said. In a letter addressed to the "Dean of Students," Bird threatened by Myrtle Beach policemen with little or Many students said that police officers used wishes "each and everyone a pleasant and enjoyable no provocation.