THE CHRONICLE MONDAY. APRIL 24, 1989 _ DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 84. NO. 139 University considers new athletic facility for West By CHERYL JENKINS less of a problem," Buehler said. The department of athletics is "But during inclement weather, considering plans for a new com­ all the available space is jam­ prehensive sports complex to be med. We definitely need addi­ built on West Campus. tional facilities for indoor According to Tom Butters, di­ activities." rector of athletics, the plans for a He added that Card Gym, center have been discussed which was built in 1930, is open before, but cost concerns "put it until midnight every night, and on the back burner." With the is often filled to capacity. building of a new dormitory and Buehler anticipates the new the ongoing Capital Campaign complex, which would be built on for the Arts and Sciences, there the east side of Wallace Wade were too many programs compet­ stadium, could house six tennis ing for funds, he said. courts, six basketball courts and Recently, however, with the a 200 meter track, as well as building of the new dormitories other facilities. "It could be use­ nearing completion, the subject ful for both club sports and free of the sports center resurfaced. play," he said. He cited new "The current athletic facilities sports centers at Princeton and were built around 50 years ago Emory Universities as possible when the student body was not models for the complex. as large or as active," Butters "Right now we are trying to said. find out what the student body Al Buehler, chair of the depart­ wants in such a center," he ad­ BETH ANN FARLEY/THE CHRONICLE ment of health and physical ded. Questionnaires concerning education, said the problem of a facilities the center might house Games people play lack of facilities has increased in have been distributed to all stu­ This is what couches were born to do. Out in the open air, with sun on their armrests and recent years. dents in physical education clas- beer on their cushions . "During good weather, there is See SPORTS on page 5 • Vandals hit Scientists attempt to duplicate fusion experiment By ADRIAN DOLLARD being so close to one another, Duke statue Following suit with many of they will fuse together, Tornow the world's major research in­ said. The University research stitutions, four University scien­ began three weeks ago when By SCOTT WACHS tists are conducting a number of University scientists first The Washington Duke experiments in an attempt to learned about the Utah an­ statue in front of the East achieve fusion at room tempera­ nouncement via an electronic Campus traffic circle was van­ ture. Thus far, the group has not mail network. dalized this weekend. detected signs of "cold fusion," The day after the press confer­ but the investigators are still ex­ Public Safety reported at 2 ence, physics professors Henry ploring new avenues of experi­ Weller and Hugh Robinson, Tor­ a.m. Sunday that the statue's mentation, according to as- head had been painted now and graduate student James sisatant physics professor Langenbrunner began setting up Carolina blue. The paint will Werner Tornow. be removed with paint their first experiment employing remover, said Sgt. Garry Fusion is a process in which a platinum and titanium. Three Mitchell of Duke Public Safe­ deuteron, an isotope of hydrogen days later, the group had ob­ ty. with one extra neutron, is fused tained the scarce palladium with another deuteron to make needed and had three experi­ Public Safety has no sus­ helium. The heat producing reac­ ments operating. pects. tion is thought to release neu­ Two of the experiments in­ trons and gamma rays. volved running current-carrying The flurry of fusion research platinum and palladium wires here and at other national through a solution of salts and laboratories and universities was heavy water. Using a 4x50 mm sparked by the announcement of palladium rod supplied by engi­ a cold fusion breakthrough made neering professors Cocks and by an American and a British sci­ Goesele, the third experiment entist. Stanley Pons, chair of the was very similar to the Utah University of Utah's chemistry setup. department and Martin Thus far, none of the experi­ Fleischmann of Southhamptom ments has produced signs of University in England held a fusion, Tornow said. "We have a TOM LATTIN /THE CHRONICLE press conference on March 23 to neutron detector . and we have One of the University's fusion experiments report that an experiment James Langenbrunner looking funded with $100,000 of their for gamma [particles], but our own money had produced fusion. levels of neutrons and gammas The Utah experiment involved are the same as what we would Inside Weather running electrical current expect from regular cosmic through heavy water (water con­ radiation," Tornow said. As a Wrapping up: SPORTSWMP Be blue: Washington Duke taining deuterium) between a resulty, Tornow said he is some­ looks back at the University's is Carolina blue but the sky platinum electrode and a palla­ what skeptical of the Utah year in sports. See volleyball, will be Carolina gray. Mostly dium electrode. The theory be­ results. basketball, football, field cloudy, 30 percent chance of BETH ANN FARLEY/THE CHRONICLE hind this process states that "For three weeks, the larger hockey, golf and more on page rain, highs in the lower 70s. 4 of the WRAP. Say goodbye to Duke Beach. And he sat still for this? atoms of deuterium will "stick" to national laboratories have been the palladium electrode, where, See FUSION on page 5 • ».i PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1989 World & National Newsfile Bush seeks less money for Star Wars program Associated Press By MICHAEL GORDON significant spending increase compared would orbit in space to be activiated in the 53 Palestinians shot: Soldiers N.Y. Times News Service shot and wounded 53 Palestinians with what Congress appropriated for the event of a Soviet missile attack. Sunday in stone-throwing protests WASHINGTON — The Bush adminis­ current fiscal year and a greater invest­ The idea, advocated by supporters of a that erupted in the occupied lands af­ tration plans to ask for less money for an ment in the program than was recom­ space-based missile shield, is intended to anti-missile shield than President Reagan mended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But be less expensive and require less ad­ ter a call from underground leaders to Congress, based on past years, is unlikely escalate the anti-Israeli uprising, Arab sought, and wants to delay production of vanced technology than other space the Stealth bomber as part of a broad to approve the full Bush administration defense systems under development. reports said. spending request. range of retrenchments intended to cut The administration's plan, combined Wright probe moves: The House military spending, administration offi­ All told, Cheney said on Sunday on the with spending limits imposed by Congress cials said on Sunday. NBC News program "Meet the Press," $7 in recent years and technical obstacles, ethics committee investigation of Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Speaker Jim Wright moves to San An­ billion would be cut from the Reagan ad­ leaves development of a space-based anti­ that the Defense Department's new bud­ ministration's ambitious five-year spend­ missile system well short of the original tonio this week, where panel members get would seek about $4.6 billion in will interview the Texas businessmen ing plans for the program. "Instead of aims outlined by Reagan in 1983 but still spending for research and development of spending $40 billion over the next five ambitious enough to be an important fac­ involved in an oil well investment that the Strategic Defense Initiative missile netted large profits for the blind trust years on SDI, we'll spend about $33 tor in arms control negotiations with the defense program in the 1990 fiscal year. billion," Cheney said. Soviet Union. held for the embattled lawmaker. That is $1.1 billion less in Pentagon spending than was proposed by Reagan Cheney said that the Pentagon would Bush affirmed his strong backing for Environment gaining clout: The for that fiscal year, which begins on Oct. put new emphasis on research and devel­ the missile shield in the election cam­ professionals who monitor public opin­ 1. opment of the anti-missile "brilliant paign, after an interview with The New ion say environmental issues have The Bush administration's plans for pebbles" concept in which thousands of York Times stirred conservative fears gained surprising political clout in the this program, however, still represents a relatively simple interceptor rockets that his support for the program was soft. last 20 years, leaving them un­ surprised that President Bush declares himself an environmentalist. Alaska remembers: People ail Chinese students plan to boycott for democracy over Alaska silenced their anger and By NICHOLAS KRISTOF at Qinghua University, said that all the committee of delegates from Beijing area anguish for five minutes Sunday to N.Y. Times News Service remember how things were before a universities in Beijing and the nearby city universities, the demands include: a reap­ tanker spilled 10.1 million gallons of BEIJING — University students in the of Tianjin would boycott classes and praisal of Hu Yaobang, the former party capital were busy on Sunday planning oil in an area rich in beauty and wild­ jointly send out telegrams to universities leader whose death on April 15 touched their next round of protests in the cam­ in other parts of the country calling for life.