Don't Trim Financial Aid, Faculty Say Council's Resolution Flies in Face of Brodie's Letter
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Luv It's in the air. It's everywhere. It's on the ground. It's all around. It can even be found in THE CHRONICLE today's paper. See the special section inside. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 93 Don't trim financial aid, faculty say Council's resolution flies in face of Brodie's letter By CHRIS SOLOMON Many faculty members at the its message to the committee that Heated discussion about the meeting, in light of Brodie's state will survey the financial aid situ future of financial aid at the Uni ment, worried that scholarship ation at the University. versity dominated 1992's first cutbacks would not equally affect "We see this as an endemic, meeting ofthe Arts and Sciences academics and sports scholar long-term problem," said Council yesterday. ships. Mauskopf, speaking about the Faced with both current and Steven Vogel, a professor of zo- restrictions that the University future financial aid reductions, has had to place on its financial and prompted in part by an ex aid program. "We're not happy cerpt of a letter from University about this," he continued. president Keith Brodie, the coun "The charge of this committee cil adopted a resolution reaffirm and the purview have not been ing its dedication to helping indi set yet," Mauskopf said of the viduals finance their scholarly new review committee. As a re pursuits. sult, he said, the input ofthe council "The fundamental priority in will be very helpful when its purpose budget decisions at Duke Uni and goals are finalized. versity should be in funding schol The financial aid review com arly academic work," read the mittee will be headed by Malcolm resolution, which was adopted by Gillis, dean ofthe faculty of Arts voice vote with few dissensions. and Sciences, and Dean of Trinity Professor of History Seymour College Richard White. Mauskopf, chairman ofthe Uni A second resolution suggesting versity Committee on Under that the council keep track ofthe graduate Admissions and Finan actions ofthe ad-hoc financial aid cial Aid, helped spur the creation committee was passed unani of the resolution when he con STAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE mously. "I fully intend to have firmed during a presentation that this financial review committee he had received a letter from James David Barber report to this committee," said Brodie. ology who was present at the meet Professor of Political Science Tho "As for me, I'm not about to ing, called Brodie's statement mas Spragens, chairman of the sacrifice athletics on the altar of "truly scandalous." council. merit scholarships," Brodie's let The ensuing resolution, created The most well-known group of ter read. by James David Barber, profes scholarships to be affected by the HOLLY HAYES/THE CHRONICLE Brodie's statement comes at a sor of political science, addressed budget cutbacks is the Angier B. No parking time of discussion over exactly the Council's concern about the Duke Scholars program. which areas of financial aid the equity and size of future cuts. "We continue to feel the A.B. In about five minutes this tree will get hit with a $50 ticket, University should cut back or Mauskopf said he welcomed the Duke program is an exceedingly and the dumpster behind it will be towed away. eliminate to make ends meet. resolution, and that he would take See AID on page 14 • Watershed changes passed; pollution, growth may increase By PEGGY KRENDL The amendments were added "I believe the Commission has density population also hurts ani life that depends on the water, A set of amendments passed to the commission's initial require caved in to political pressure," mal life because it causes more Holman said. by the state Environmental Man ments that the General Assembly said William Holman, lobbyist land to be settled rather than a "We do need watershed con agement Commission 11-5 may requested under the Watershed for the Sierra Club, an environ smaller area, he said. "The worst trols," Wilms said, but "questions weaken current restrictions con Protection Act of 1989. The mental group citing Treyburn de thing the government can do is de- about economic impact must be trolling pollution of the state's amendments will: velopers and the Homebuilders mandlowdensity areas," Wilms said. addressed, too."Lowincomefami- drinking water. • Shorten the buffers around wa Association as the groups that "I agree urban sprawl is bad. lies suffer when tough restric "I am very disappointed," said tershed areas from 100 to 30 feet. are putting pressure on the com But these rules endorse the ur tions are implemented because Rep. Aaron Fussell, D-Wake, who • Allow an increase in popula mission. "The consequence is the ban sprawl he [Wilms] says he is the cost of enforcing the rule falls sponsored the 1989 Watershed tion density in watershed areas. state's water supplies will not be against," Holman said. on the government and on home Protection Act, which called for • Reduce the extent of critical protected." When people five further apart, buyers, he said. the commission to create mini watershed areas from one mile to Paul Wilms, director of regula they have to drive more which "Well, he has his own opinion. mum environmental standards half a mile within drinking water tory affairs for the N.C. causes air pollution, Wilms said. The young and middle-class for drinking water. sources. Homebuilders Association, dis "[They] will improve both the people can't afford the land that "I don't think we'll have mini • Allow industry in areas that agreed. affordability of housing and ben they're talking about," Fussell mum standards under their the original act forbade. By requiring people to live fur efits the environment," Wilms said said about Wilms' claims. amendments," Fussell said. Environmentalists and devel ther apart, the government has about the amendments. "A lot of people are outraged," A watershed is an area which opers have vastly different opin to build more underground struc The original law would have Holman said. "The commission is drains into a body of drinking ions on the impact ofthe amend tures such as sewer and water benefited not only the state's following the money to make this water. ments. lines to houses, Wilms said. Low drinking water but also animal decision." Tickets to Kurt Vonnegut speech sell out quickly From staff reports tribution went smoothly, he said. to be available to students and titled, "How to Get a Job Like Tickets for next week's lecture Approximately 1,000 tickets the public Friday as well, but that Mine," and is expected to describe by novelist and humorist Kurt were distributed to students in distribution has been canceled due Vonnegut's motivation for his Vonnegut disappeared in just the Bryan Center and 200 to the to the lack of tickets. writings and their relationship to under an hour Thursday. public through Page Box Office Vonnegut, a humorist and au current events, according to Duke The line for student tickets by 11:00. Rothman requested that thor of bestselling novels such as News Service. The lecture will be began at 10 a.m. in the Bryan students not call the Union office "Slaughterhouse Five" and short followed by a question-and-an- Center. The line "stretched from to ask for tickets. stories such as "Harrison swer session. the Video Screening Room past The last Major Speakers event, Bergeron," has been described as Seating at the lecture will be the [Griffith] Film Theater and the speech by Chuck D and Harry the "best speaker on the college first-come, first seated. The event went up the stairs," said Russell Allen of Public Enemy, sold out in circuit." He is scheduled to speak is sponsored by the Major Speak SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Rothman, chair of the Major 90 minutes. Tickets for the next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Page ers Committee of the Duke Uni Speakers Committee. Ticket dis Vonnegut lecture were scheduled Auditorium. His lecture is en versity Union. Kurt Vonnegut PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1992 Worid and National Newsfile Democrats to offer alternate tax package By ADAM CLYMER Associated Press ness and to win votes from those Demo N.Y. Times News Service crats who favor a capital gains cut. Retail Sales rise: Retailers rang WASHINGTON — House Democrats Rostenkowski said after Thursday's up a 0.6 percent increase in sales in began working Thursday on an alterna session, "I was impressed that my mem January, the biggest in eight months, tive to President Bush's tax legislation, bership was so receptive." In recent years, the Commerce Department said Thurs centered on temporary tax credits of up to when tax bills get passed, his ideas usually day. $400 for 80 percent of all taxpayers, a end up as a big part of them. permanent one percentage point reduc That may be true again, although in California flooded: Los Angeles tion in the corporate tax rate and a modest creasingly bitter partisan exchanges in an homeowners and emergency crews cut in taxes on capital gains. election year make the outcome unpredict battered by this week's killer floods, The costs of the Democrats' five-year able. If Democrats get some version of this among the worst of the century, $90.9 billion measure would be made up measure through the House, it will supply beefed up their defenses Thursday mainly by increasing the top individual important elements for any eventual ne as a big new Pacific storm loomed. income tax rate from 31 percent to 35 gotiations involving Rostenkowski, sena percent and imposing a 10 percent surtax tors and the White House.