The Chronicle 78Th Year, No

The Chronicle 78th Year, No. 5 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Thursday, September 2, 1982 DUFS corrects Cantrell quits post; point foul-up to return in spring By Stephen Harrigan point as on their original meal By Stephen Harrigan the same ideas and policies, to Many students have unknow plan. David Cantrell resigned from reach out and bring ASDU back ingly overdrawn their meal Guillette said "the majority of his position as ASDU vice to the students." plans and have been charged the cases like this have been president-at-large Wednesday Cantrell left for his home in the highest rate for the extra corrected" and that he agreed to STAFF PHOTO for "many reasons and among Kentucky Wednesday. meal points, according to Louis give Eriksen a refund, which Louis Guillette them my health," he said in a Galvin was selected by the Guillette, director of Duke would amount to under $4. there are going to be problems." letter to ASDU and to all executive council of ASDU, University food services. After checking with senior The meal point registers are students. according to Moyle. "All the "They took the money out of DUFS officials, however, it was hooked up by telephone line to a "I need some time to recover members are extremely my housing deposit and learned that every student who main computer terminal, .said and will return in January," he confident in his abilities. He is charged me a nickle a point exceeded his meal plan was Guillette. When there are said. "I have greatly enjoyed extremely dedicated to his work instead of according to my meal charged five cents per point. problems with the hook-up, my term as your representative, and is familiar with all the plan," said Barry Eriksen, who "Yes, that was a mistake," point sales are recorded on but even more, the chance, and problems ASDU is working said he was misled by DUFS said Guillette, " but that was the metal tape and entered into the pleasure, to meet so many of you with," he added. administrators concerning the first time the problem had ever main computer later. This even more." "I'll try to make the most out rate he would be charged for the come up." delay, along with the need to Mark Galvin, a senior and of the next two weeks," said additional points. Approximately 50 students enter Pizza Devil purchases ASDU vice president for Trinity Galvin. Eriksen originally paid 3.6 were billed a total near $100 manually caused some meal College of Arts and Sciences, The September election will cents per point for his meal because their accounts were cards to register more points on was named interim vice be open to all students, plan. monitored incorrectly. Delays the computers than their president-at-large. Galvin will according to ASDU officials. At first, Guillette said that in recording Pizza Devil sales accounts contained, said serve until Sept. 16 when the Cantrell is the first major Eriksen had been mistakenly and other food services made it Guillette. legislature can elect a new vice- ASDU officer to resign from charged the maximum rate and possible for students to exceed A student's account could run president. office since Bryan Fair left the that "most" of the appoximately their meal plans last semester. as much as two days behind the "We will miss him a lot," said ASDU presidency in 1980 after 50 students who were billed a "Fifty students out of 4700, actual total because of computer ASDU president Shep Moyle. a dispute with the legislature total of $100 during the summer that's not bad," said Guillette. problems, said Guillette. "He was a fantastic v.p. and concerning travel expenses. were charged the same cost per "With 27,000 transactions a day See DUFS on page 9 friend. We will continue with See ASDU on page 9 Public hearings set regarding proposed i 3* power rate increase From staff and wire reports would give the company 25 Public hearings on the $165 percent higher revenues. "And million Duke Power Company that's not consistent with the rate increase request convened increase in other parts of our Tuesday in Durham and will society." . continue across the state until According to a representative formal proceedings begin Sept. of the power utility, the increase 8. would help to defray the high The request, filed March 31, cost of construction due to would increase company abandoned generating plants. revenues by 11.85 percent, boostsing the average bill for a A key issue in the case is the customer using 1,000 kilowatt question of stockholder profit. hours by $6.73 a month. Duke Power is seeking a return C.E. Boulware, a former of 17.5 percent, while the ^jHly ^1 Durham city councilman, said consumer-oriented Public Staff he opposed the increase. of the North Carolina Utilities "Very little, if any, real Commission wants a return of information is given to the 13.75 percent. The difference in public to justify the amount of these requests accounts for T " increases," he said. An increase almost $78 million of the rate % . ;. approved in December coupled hike request. E| 1 with the proposed increase See DUKE on page 6 Ryan service planned A memorial service for Duke Chapel. Ryan, 20 and a Trinity junior John Ryan, member of the golf team, was PHOTO BY STEVE FELDMAN who died July 25, will be held killed in a boating accident RUNNING, PEDDLING AND PLA YING BALL—These students do not seempre-occupied at 3 p.m. Thursday in the in upstate New York. with class work yet. Page Two The Chronicle Thursday, September 2, 1982 Knowledge gained is in sight By Pamela Woodard anatomy and Costello. On campus is fine- Duke University Medical Center researchers have The new structure was discovered by Dr. Sidney discovered a new structure in the lens of the eye, Simon, associate professor of physiology, and by Dr. Off campus is better- which may have a long- range clinical influence in Guido Zampighi, presently at the University of treating cataracts. California, during their study of the gap junction, Join your friends "Lens cells have to maintain transparency [for thought to be a part of the eye. sightj," saidM. Joseph Costello, assistant professor of "This junction was thought to be the primary at the anatomy. Since a cataract is an opaqueness within a structural organization of mammalian lens fiber," portion of the lens, the new structure may be useful in Costello said, but Simon and Zampighi's discovery IVY ROOM gaining greater insight into the affliction. caused them to learn otherwise. Rather than the The researchers have received a $330,745, three-year characteristic hexagonal shape of the gap junction, "Where It's Fun To Be Nice To People grant from the National Eye Institute to complete Simon and Zampighi noticed square junctions, 683-2059 further studies. Those working on this project and the indicating a new form of cellular contact, he added. recipients of the grant are, Dr. J. David Robertson, "No clinical applications have been made," said Hours: 9 AM-. AM 1000 W, Main St. chairman of the Duke University department of Mcintosh. anatomy, Thomas J. Mcintosh, assistant professor of Costello said that the immediate concern is "to establish the fact that this structure does play some role in the formation of certain cataracts." 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JERUSALEM — Israeli officials reacted SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - President Reagan, The speech, coming at a time of increasing strain angrily to a letter from President Reagan in calling for a "fresh start" in the Middle East peace between the United States and Israel, was noteworthy which they said he asked for a freeze on process, Wednesday night endorsed "full autonomy," for Reagan's emphasis on a "new realism" that would Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank under some form of Jordanian supervision, for require a more conciliatory approach by Israel toward and Gaza Strip and suggested that the Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank its Arab neighbors, as well as Arab recognition of territories ultimately be linked in and Gaza Strip.

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