TH ! E CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1987 " DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 82, NO. 134 Pyle pans Nolting's management By LIZ MORGAN ASDU business manager David Pyle, the major reason for his decision. who announced his decision Tuesday to In his letter, Pyle also objects to Nolt­ resign later this semester, is charging ing's expectations of her appointed offi­ that president Jan Nolting "excluded cials. "Jan believes that the process of ap­ members of her administration, and even pointment requires a certain level of the legislative chairs, from the day to day loyalty to the causes for which she was decisions." elected," he wrote. "She feels that her ap­ The charges are contained in a letter pointed officials must maintain a public Pyle said he will distribute to legislators silence when their opinions contradict Monday, In the letter, Pyle writes his pur­ those held by her." pose for circulating the memo is to explain But Nolting disagreed with his evalua­ his decision and offer "constructive tion. "An appointee is not supposed to be a criticism necessary to correct the flaws yes-man. The position is designed to that exist." advise," she said. "It doesn't mean that But according to Nolting, it was Pyle Dave can't object, but there is a certain who failed to consult with her and the amount of loyalty that should be there. other members of the executive commit­ The [executivel committee is supposed to TOM LATTIN/THE CHRONICLE tee. "I felt that Dave felt he didn't need to be working together." consult me in what was going on," she Members of the executive committee Navy ROTC cadets bone up on correct answers to traditional military ques­ said. "The president needs to be informed are nominated by the president and con­ tions. Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side, sir! to be able to answer questions." firmed by the legislature. "Communication is a two-way street. I As the executive committee's chair, the have tried my best," she added. Nolting president is ultimately responsible for its said her daily office hours and an answer­ decisions, Nolting said. "Frequently the ing machine help to make her accessible president makes the final decision, but it FBI head saw Meese conflict to her officers. "Dave was given oppor­ should be made on the basis of consulta­ ByFOXBUTTERFIELD tion with other committee members." tunities to air his ideas." N.Y. Times News Service aware Webster had sought to exert any Pyle's resignation comes on the heels of But Pyle said Nolting excluded him William Webster, director of the influence on Meese and that when Roy Barquet's decision March 23 to step from taking part in administrative Federal Bureau of Investigation, urged Meese sought the appointment of an down as attorney general. Barquet also decisions, specifically before her veto in Attorney General Edwin Meese III to independent counsel in mid-December cited personal difficulties with Nolting as January of a bylaw that specified funding disqualify himself from the investiga­ to investigate the Iran-contra scandal, procedures for the University Union. Pyle tion of the Iran-contra affair last he had effectively removed himself. said he had been involved in the attempt November, according to administration "The independent counsel statute is to resolve problems with the Union's officials. a recusal statute," Eastland said. funding since the issue arose last Septem­ Meese "took himself out." ber. "Such a decision must be made by an Webster suggested that Meese informed process of thought. I still do not "recuse" himself because he had helped A spokesman for the FBI, Sue believe that Jan was informed," the letter prepare President Reagan's secret au­ Schnitzer, said she had no information says. thorization ofthe arms sales to Iran in on Webster's reported request because January 1986, the officials said. That Webster and his top aides were all at Nolting said she based her veto on two action could have made Meese a possi­ hearings on Webster's nomination to factors. "First, I felt that the bylaw repre­ ble witness in the investigation. be director of central intelligence sented an emotional vendetta against the Webster acted after Meese disclosed before the Senate Select Committee on Union. It did not explore other options on Nov. 25 that Lt. Col. Oliver North Intelligence Thursday afternoon. available for funding the Union. Secondly, had been involved in diverting funds At the hearings, which began the language ofthe bylaw was unclear." from the Iran arms sales to the covert Wednesday and are scheduled to end Pyle said Thursday he was also not supply operation for Nicaraguan Thursday evening after a closed-door named to the committee appointed by rebels, the officials added. session, Webster has made no mention Nolting to draft a new Union bylaw after A spokesman for the Justice of his suggestion to Meese last Novem­ her veto. He said the business manager Department, Terry Eastland, said that ber. should have input into the drafting of in the week after Meese's disclosure he Before going into the closed session, legislation that involves the transfer of and Webster discussed the investiga­ Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., the chair­ funds to or From ASDU. tion and in the course of the talks "the man ofthe committee, said he expected During the legislature's debate on the subject of recusal had come up." Webster would be confirmed. He said David Pyle See RESIGN on page 8 But Eastland said that he was not See MEESE on page 5 Fungus, mites believed cause of West Duke ailments By TOM RAWLINGS Although tests are still in progress, began skin tests to determine the cause of gic reactions, he said. "What would be "extraordinary cleansing" of the building, dust mites and fungi spores have been la­ the reactions. minor problems could become greatly Jackson said. "That would cost a lot of beled as possible causes of allergic symp­ "There is a correlation by group be­ magnified." money, though." toms that employees in West Duke build­ tween people with symptoms and skin A further complication in the research, Physical plant employees may be re­ ing have been experiencing over the past test reactions," he said, "but some of the Jackson said, is a lack of subjects for skin quired to tear into the building's month, according to Dr. George Jackson, people who are most bothered by the testing. Of approximately 90 employees in foundations and walls to find the source of director of Employee Occupational Health symptoms are not having that dramatic a the building, only 30 have volunteered for the mold, he said. Services. response to the skin tests." testing. "What we have found when we pump Although the University's physical "It's distressing for [employees] not to The question he and physical plant offi­ air samples is that there are more spores plant has reduced sports levels to normal know" the reason for Iheir symptoms, he cials must answer, Jackson said, is "Why frpm two types of mold there than in the in one area of the building, some employ­ said. "There is no obvious source. That's that building seems to grow so much mold East Duke building," Jackson said. The ees are still suffering. what has made this so difficult." when the building across the street TEast adjacent East and West Duke buildings The source of the problems has been If mold is the cause of the allergic reac­ Duke] doesn't seem to be having any prob­ are of the same age and built of the same difficult to determine for several reasons, tions, the solution may lie in an lems." materials. Jackson said. The onset of hay fever sea­ One of the principal suspects for the son complicates research into the problem cause of the symptoms is Aspergillus, a because both immunologists and employ­ Inside Weather mold that grows on organic material such ees have trouble distingishing between PiZZa power: Columnist Jeff Dia­ Ready aim: Fire those eggs at as rotting wood, he said. seasonal pollen-related reactions and mond takes a slice at the kingpins of your favorite fake singers at Lip-Sync After several employees in the building those caused by mold spores or dust mites. the shadowy Durham pizza industry. tonight under fair skies, lows in the developed symptoms of sneezing, cough­ Seepage 11. mid 40s. ing and dizziness last month, Jackson Stress could also be a factor in the aller­ Page 2 THE CHRONICLE Friday, April 10, 1987 Our Town Kemp lashes out at Soviet morals Memo: UNC board too weak RALEIGH (AP) — The board of Kennedy was not specific about what trustees at the University of North kind of a governing system arrange­ Carolina at Chapel Hill should have ment he favored. MORRISV1LLE, N.C. — Rep. Jack more control over admissions, re­ Kennedy will speak on the issue Kemp vowed Thursday to take the search, enrollment, athletics and per­ "Reagan Revolution" into the 1990s if Friday, when he will ask the UNC-CH sonnel policy, a senior faculty official Faculty Council to consider a resolu­ elected president, and said there was no says. moral equivalent between the United tion calling for a legislative study of States and the Soviet Union. "There seems to be a general feeling the governance question. that the system of university gover­ "We need a strategy for victory over Several faculty members said Ken­ nance is not working well, at least in so communism, not just a strategy for con­ nedy's resolution reflected a broad far as it applies to UNC-CH," George tainment," Kemp told about 50 sup­ range of faculty concerns.