THE CHRONICLE All America potential TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1991 © DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 13 Complaint filed charging University with discrimination ranked 16th in the fall of 1990 King, I had a dream too, a dream Admissions policy challenged by rejected student and scored 1130 on the SAT. destroyed by an artificial 'equal­ "I write to make public the most ity,'" she wrote. By MICHAEL SAUL complaint because she was re­ Elkins ranked 11th in her high overlooked travesty in our The U.S. Education Depart­ An Alabama girl filed a com­ jected for admission to the Uni­ school class of 119 in the fall of nation's colleges and universities: ment plans to conduct its investi­ plaint with the U.S. Education versity while a black student with 1990, and she scored 1180 out of reverse racial discrimination," gation and file a report by Decem­ Department charging that the lower credentials was accepted. 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Elkins wrote in a letter to The ber, said Rodger Murphey, University rejected her applica­ Both students attended Jackson­ Test, according to Martha Chronicle that was not published. spokesman for the department. tion for admission on the basis of ville High School in Alabama. Treadaway, the high school's "This new common occurrence is "If it's a valid complaint, the school racial discrimination. The complaint was filed Aug. guidance councillor. Kamaria downing the aspirations of the is required to give a corrective Elizabeth Elkins, a 17-year-old 15 with the department's Office Morris, the black student who white race." action plan depending on the white student, said she filed the of Civil Rights. was accepted to the University, "To paraphrase Martin Luther See COMPLAINT on page 14 • City Council delays mandating drug tests By CAROLINE NASRALLAH committee composed of three or The Durham City Council four people decide on what action voted Monday night to send a to take. proposal for voluntary random "There is no criteria as to what drug testing back to committee. basis | the mayor] may use to en­ The vote came as a result of gage in public disclosure," said problems several of the council Councilman Charles Grubb. members had with the wording of The time limit attached to the the policy. test also met opposition. To be "This has to be something that considered timely, the council all of us can be comfortable with," member would have to take the said Councilwoman Sandy test within two hours of being Ogburn. notified. But since serving on the The proposal was sent back by city council is a part time, volun­ a vote of 9-4 to the Finance Com­ tary position, members are often mittee for more work. Council outside ofthe city. members Virginia Engelhard, Jenkins referred to the mem­ MELISSA BERMUDEZ/THE CHRONICLE Betsy Robb, Peggy Watson- bers' hesitation as "blowing Borden and Mayor Chester smoke" and suggested they pass Please, no more corrections Jenkins dissented. the policy last night, sign the con­ These three just want to mellow out, enjoy the stifling heat and read error free editions of The The proposed policy called for sent forms immediately and all Chronicle. the results of the tests, if they are be tested within 30 days. positive, to be reported to the Some of the council members mayoror, inthe case ofthe mayor's were in complete support of the test, the mayor pro tempore. The proposal. "We've got to stand and LSAT format expanded, modified mayor could then decide if any be tested," said Councilwoman disciplinary action should be Shirley Caesar. taken, including whether to make Councilman Johnny "Red" Wil­ By HANNAH KERBY of one section of analytical rea­ do it or not," said Rob Mann, of­ the results public. liams was the only member to Changes in this year's Law soning problems, or "logic games," fice manager for Stanley H. This proposal was different object to the whole proposal, call­ School Admissions Test have left two sections of logical reasoning Kaplan Educational Center, from the mandatory version ing it unfair and unnecessary. law schools, test preparation ser­ questions and one section of read­ which teaches an LSAT prepara­ Jenkins suggested at an earlier "I don't need my peers to be in vices and students wondering how ing comprehension exercises. One tion course. "[The new test] was meeting. The plan the council judgement of me," Williams said. the new format will affect the law section of the test is an experi­ just dropped in the law schools' voted on allowed members to While the council's proposal is school admissions process. mental section that does not af­ laps." choose whether or not to sign a basically the same policy cur­ The test was expanded from fect the final score. "Certain technical characteris­ consent form and enabled them rently being used for full-time four sections to five sections which "[The Law School Admissions tics ofthe test have been changed to withdraw consent at any time. city employees, usually the only in turn were shortened from 45 to Service] caught a lot of people off in terms ofthe difficulty of item Some of the council members employees tested are those in 35 minutes. The test now consists guard—whether they meant to See LSAT on page 6 • agreed they would rather have a See TESTING on page 6 • Practice of releasing GPA statistics to be discontinued By DAN BRADY best, led the pack with a cumula­ up with the Joneses, but rather to which would "encourage students University administrators are tive GPA of 3.20. Fraternity men take advantage of the school's to take control of their own edu­ releasing significantly less infor­ followed withaGPAof 3.14. Over­ academic resources," she said. cation," Robinson said. mation about student grade point all, undergraduate women had a Harry Demik, assistant regis­ Catherine Floyd, Panhel presi­ averages this year, fearing that GPA of 3.07 and men had a GPA trar agreed with the decision to dent, said she supported releas­ such statistics could be divisive. of 3.05. withhold group GPAs. "I don't ing the names of the sororities Statistics for men, women, fra­ Panhellenic Council advisor think it does much good to com­ and fraternities with the highest ternity men and sorority women Martha Simmons received the pare groups on campus; Duke stu­ GPAs, but no others. were released by the fraternities' - same information as Drake. dents are Duke students," he said. The release of group GPAs in academic advisor, David "I don't know what is to be Tonya Robinson, ASDU presi­ past years was not encouraged by Jamieson Drake, assistant dean gained [by comparing GPAs] other dent, disagreed with the the registrar's office, Burger said. for residential life. This will prob­ than to satisfy curiosity," Burger University's decision. "[The sta­ "[The release of past GPAs] has ably, be the last time such statis­ said. tistics] help combat the miscon­ been inconsistent with our stated tics are made public, said Paula "I don't think [school] should be ception that members ofthe Greek policy. We've never made an in­ Burger, vice provost for academic a contest. The focus should be on system are merely socially ori­ stitutional decision to compare services. groups," Burger said. learning, not GPAs. The reason ented," said Robinson. PAUL ORSULAK/THE CHRONICLE For the spring semester of 1991, one would want to do well aca­ Publicizing the statistics would "The data [in past years] should sorority women, who typically fare demically should not be to keep also act as an incentive system .'.'.v«v«'*See GPA on page 14 • Paula Burger PAGE2 THE CHRONICLE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1991 World and National Newsfile North decision overturned by appeals court Associated Press By DRUMMOND AYRES especially given his strong feeling about a Gates apologizes: Robert Gates N.Y. Times News Service stable family life. But he won't just sit said Monday at the opening of con­ WASHINGTON — Oliver North is a around and rest on the results of today's firmation hearings on his nomina­ man who likes to talk — sometimes he is court action." tion as CIA director that he made paid as much as $25,000 to do so — but he In fact, North is already involved in "misjudgments" during the Iran- was unusually close-mouthed on Monday several conservative causes, pressing them Contra affair and "should have asked when asked about his plans. with a fervor that would have put him over more questions." Skeptical Demo­ "I hope to take my kids to lunch," he the top long ago, were those causes the crats accused him of willful igno­ curtly told inquiring reporters as he left halls of Montezuma or the shores of Tri­ rance. the federal courthouse here after the Iran- poli. Contra charges against him were dropped. He is the president ofthe recently formed Noriega's trial begins: Manuel Friends of the 47-year-old retired Ma­ Freedom Alliance, a Washington-based Noriega, the most powerful man in rine Corps lieutenant colonel say they have nonprofit foundation that is dedicated to Panama, was "just another crooked no firm idea what might be in his future, or promoting individual liberty and a strong cop" who sold his nation to Colom­ whether he has thought the matter defense, as well as traditional morality, bian cocaine kingpins, a prosecutor through, given the surprising suddenness free enterprise, close-knit families and said to open the ousted dictator's of Monday's court proceedings. But they sound schools.