It's not surprising Bim Skala Bim, of which this person is a member, is definitely coming to Springfest. THE CHRONICLE See the preview in R&R. THURSDAY. APRIL 9, 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 127 Bicycle path spinning its wheels By BRAD RUBIN move biking off the street and sonable plan. The bikers need to The proposed bicycle path be­ onto a path will cost between coalesce around one idea, and well tween East and West Campuses $250,000 and $500,000. That rep­ do it." just can't seem to get on the resents a whole different level of Gerwe, a Trinityjunior, again ground. The path, supposed to be decision making," Seimer said. questions Seimer's resolve, say­ completed by the end of this school ing her committee did get a repre­ year, may not become reality un­ sentative opinion from the stu­ til the spring of 1993. dents. The primary reason for the de­ "We circulated a petition, we lay is an inability to decide on listened to students, and we came what sort of path to build, said up with the best plan for a Richard Seimer, head of internal path," she said. audit for the University. That plan, Gerwe said, was to Beth Gerwe, leader of the stu­ build an asphalt path on the south dent biking committee, said fi­ side of Campus Drive, across from nances are the primary roadblock. the existing sidewalk. The ad­ "[Seimer's] intentions are good, ministration agreed on this plan. and he's working toward the path "We left for Christmas Break getting built, but he's just afraid and they said it would be done to make that last big decision to when we got back if the weather spend the money," Gerwe CHRISTINE KEMPER/THE CHRONICLE permitted," Gerwe said. said. When Spring Break arrived and "While they're pussyfooting Bikers on West Campus building still had not begun, around, students are still having Because the path will be costly, Gerwe said she called Seimer. accidents [on Campus Drive]." Seimer said, he wants to get a "That's when he told me he Seimer said he has discussed representative opinion from the couldn't spend the money until several proposals with a student student body about what kind of he heard from more students. He PAUL ORSULAK/THE CHRONICLE biking committee. All the propos­ path students would use most. wants an ASDU committee to Looking up als are very costly. "I know there's a commitment work on it next year." "We were originally given on the part ofthe administration Seimer said that in planning Whatever is on the ceiling, it's obviously much more interest­ $50,000 in first stage funding for to do this," Seimer said, "as long the path, they found it was a ing than what's going on elsewhere. this path. We now see that to as we can agree on the most rea­ See BIKES on page 4 • Pizza vendors lose money during championship By COLIN BROWN Dumas, director of public safety. sending home inactive labor, but safety of the vendors and stu­ One group conspicuously Dumas said there were sev­ estimates he lost 30 percent of dents, but said pizza vendors absent from the* gaggle of cops, eral incidents last year that his sales. don't present a threat them­ Durhamites and visitors on jeopardized the safety of the Wes Newman, director of Din­ selves. "It's not difficult to stop a campus during the past week's pizza deliverers. While deliv­ ing and Special Events, said he car and let through a pizza deliv­ basketball games were the erers could enter West Cam­ was aware ofthe pending finan­ erer," he said. pizza delivery men who re­ pus on bicycle or on foot, most cial losses when the policy was Preston Mayo, manager of ceive much of their business vendors refrained from deliv­ being developed. L'il Dino's, agreed with from basketball fans. ering at all during the nights "I knew we would take a lot of Monahan. "[Public Safety] Due to the Duke Public Safety of the games. heat," Newman said. should screen traffic and let policy for the Final Four and "We probably lost $800 each Newman called for perspec­ deliveries through. A lot of East Regional games, all deliv­ day [the policy was in effect]," tive in regards to the issue of students were upset, a lot of ery vehicles were barred from said John Barnett, manager of safety. "There is a greater issue them didn't get food," he said. the roads around West Campus, Wild Bulls. The loss came as a at work, and [the vendors] were Since two-thirds of the law which resulted in a loss of rev­ result of wasted labor: deliver­ understanding," he said. enforcement on campus during enue for the vendors. ers waiting around the store with Vendors were not without the games was brought from off- The policy was designed to no where to deliver, he said. complaints for the policy. campus, Public Safety would PAUL ORSULAK/THE CHRONICLE cut down on traffic and to protect Richard Monahan, manager Monahan said he respected the have had to explain the distinc- the pizza deliverers, said Paul of Satisfaction, cut his losses by policy's aim at protecting the See PIZZA on page 4 • A pizza deliverer on campus Clayton emphasizes health care, economy in 1 st District race By KIM WOODARD people were appalled by the "au­ sional district, both "lend cre­ ment," she said. ation and we need to preserve Come this May, North Caro­ dacity of a young mother" who dence to the idea that a black Tax-breaks for businesses the resources that are here," she linians may have the opportu­ dared to challenge the status quo, woman can win in North Caro­ who retrain their employees said. nity to elect North Carolina's Clayton said. lina," Clayton said. instead of laying them off Clayton holds a bachelor's de­ first black congresswoman. Twenty-four years ago, "being Clayton believes that there are could also help in keeping the gree in biology from Johnson C. Eva Clayton, a Democrat, is a black female [and a congres­ several critical issues in Ameri­ unemployment rate from ris­ Smith University and a masters running for the newly created sional candidate] was unheard can society that Congress is not ing, Clayton said. degree, also in biology, from seat in District One for the U.S. of," Clayton said. Of the four addressing in an adequate man­ Clayton, who is pro-choice, "be­ North Carolina Central. She House of Representatives. black candidates in District One's ner. Key among these issues is lieves in the reproductive free­ also studied law for two years The district, which sprawls democratic primary, Clayton is the recession and the rise in un­ dom of all women, in particular at both Central and UNC- across eastern North Carolina, the only woman. employment. poor women," she said. Chapel Hill. was created by the state General She believes that a "fresh, new She said the economy can be Another major issue for She currently serves on the Assembly earlier this year to effort" is needed on the part of rejuvenated if the federal gov­ Clayton is health care, especially Warren County Board of Com­ ensure a black majority. Blacks women to increase their po­ ernment is willing to step up its pre-natal and child care for the missioners, a position she has compose 57.3 percent of the litical activism and play a role in the whole affair. impoverished, she said. She feels held for ten years. Clayton has district's constituency. major role in alleviating some If the federal government is many of the state's poor women chaired the commission for the This is not the first time that of the problems that she faced willing to allocate more funds to and children do not receive last seven years, and also Clayton has run in a congres­ in her first race, she said. build roads, highways, bridges proper care. holds seats on several national sional race. The fact that women see the and low-income housing projects, Mankind has a moral obliga­ boards and committees. Clayton threw her hat into the value of having a woman in Con­ local communities would be pro­ tion to help sustain the environ­ Clayton is married and has ring back in 1968 and found that gress, coupled with the racial vided with the "prerequisites for ment, she said because "we are four adult children and one she faced much opposition. Many demographics ofthe Congres­ sustained economic develop­ all the stewards of God's cre­ grandchild. PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1992 World and National Newsfile Arafat survives plane crash in sandstorm Associated Press By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM they reached him, Reuters reported. demand that he delegate more authority Peru cracks down: Soldiers N.Y. Times News Service "He looked fine," Khalid Shihada at a meeting ofthe PLO's 94-member Cen­ left news offices early on Wednesday TUNIS, Tunisia—Yasser Arafat was Mohammed, a Palestinian doctor based at tral Committee that was scheduled to start shortly before President Alberto found alive in the Libyan Desert early the desert camp, was quoted as saying. Friday. Fujimori's speech of support for the Wednesday, nearly 12 hours after his Rus­ "His first words were, Thank God, thank "Thank God he is safe," said Hani al- recent deployment of troops in Lima sian-built private airplane crash-landed God."' Arafat was later examined by doc­ Hassan, a senior member of the PLO's to protest to the congress's actions.