Publications Board Plans Budget Cuts Legislation on Diversity Vetoed
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Grapple with this Freshman Dan Covatta and the wrestling team were after their first conference win THE CHRONICLE ofthe year. Did they get it? See p,15. THURSDAY. JANUARY 13, 199 NIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 89, NO. 77 Publications board Legislation on diversity vetoed By GEOFFREY GREEN tion. fessors would assume a hostile plans budget cuts The Duke Student Govern "We want to make sure not stance against the committees ment president vetoed legisla to shoot ourselves in the foot that the legislation sought to By GEOFFREY GREEN no problem accepting it," said tion that promotes diversity in starting out," Hudson create. Severe cuts hi the Under Trinity senior Cannon the undergraduate curriculum. told the DSG legisla "If we do want to graduate Publication Board's Alsobrook, chair ofthe publi The resolution recommended ture Wednesday. address changes in the budget will give most student cations board, in an interview that each University depart The legislation curriculum, we don't groups additional ftindingnext after the meeting. ment form a committee com passed 32-29 on Dec. want to [do] things that year. "It's fairly significant, but posed of faculty and students 8 with about 80 legis ! will unintentionally The publications board at the same time it's work to evaluate the diversity of its lators who were eli alienate the faculty," plans to spend 41 percent of able," Alsobrook said. course offerings and propose gible vote, said Trin- he said in an interview. the money garnered by the The executive committee of changes that would "provide a ityjunior Scott Keane, The co-sponsors of Duke Student Government the board will closely examine more global perspective." DSG's executive vice the legislation, Trinity next year compared to the 47 each publication, judging the Trinity senior Paul Hudson, president. It would Paul Hudson sophomores Christian percent it plans to spend this strength of its staff, future DSG president, cited the possi take a two-thirds vote Grose and Jaelae year. student interest, and overlap bility of antagonizing the fac by the legislature to override Smith, strongly disagreed with "We know that overall we with other campus publica- ulty and the lack of discussion Hudson's veto. Hudson's reasoning. are taking a cut, and we have See DSG on page 6t+ concerning the legislation as Hudson said faculty and ad In an interview followingthe reasons for vetoing the resolu ministrators told him that pro See VETO on page 6 • Clinton tells attorney general to appoint special counsel By GWEN IF1LL House aides by telephone as the appointment of a special counsel pendent and that she would pre to appoint and how broad the N.Y. Times News Service president was traveling in the and urged Clinton to demon fer to wait until Congress re counsel's mandate would be. WASHINGTON — Acting to Czech Republic, was an outright strate that he had nothing to vived a law that would allow her The Clintons were partners in ward off a potential congressional reversal by Clinton and his wife, hide. Aides said Clinton spoke to ask a court to choose a coun Whitewater Development Corp. inquiry and bowing to outside Hillary, in the matter. with Hillary Clinton by telephone sel. A bill to put the law back on with James McDougal, the pro pressure, President Clinton Until Wednesday, they had trom Europe on Tuesday night the books is pendingin Congress. prietor of a failed Arkansas sav asked Attorney General Janet maintained that there was no and she "concurred" with the de "However, it is equally clear ings and loan institution. The Reno on Wednesday to appoint a need for a special investigation cision. that we must do everything we Justice Department is investi special counsel to investigate his into their investment in a plan to Reno said Wednesday night can to ensure public confidence gating whether the institution, involvement in a real estate de develop a retirement community that she would reluctantly com in the investigation, and to sepa Madison Guaranty Savings and velopment and its relationship in northern Arkansas because ply with the president's request. rate fact from speculation as rap Loan Association, improperly to a failed Arkansas savings and they had done nothing wrong. For weeks, Reno has argued that idly as possible," she said. funneled money into Whitewater loan. But Democrats in Congress any counsel she appointed would Reno said she would begin or into Clinton's 1984 re-election The decision, relayed to White began to join the calls for the not appear to be entirely inde immediately to consider whom See CLINTON on page 4 • Students complain about housing Study abroad students feel shafted upon return to campus By JOHN CARLSEN Consequently, some students wanted to go. I even got [my Before she left for her study who preferred to live on West preferred roommate]," said Choy, abroad program, Trinity junior Campus had to go to East or a resident of House CC. Erin Freeland and her two room Centra] Campus. Other students The housing problems appar mates filled out forms request who wanted toshare triple rooms ently have not dissuaded stu ing housing on West and Central had to be split up, Burig said. dents from studying abroad, Campus. Burig said he did not have Johns said. During the past few While abroad, they again in exact figures on how many stu years, the number of study formed the University that they dents received their first hous abroad participants has in- wanted to live anywhere but East ing preference. creased. Campus. Students returning from "Numbers are growing and But when they returned, they abroad who want to return to that's nice. I haven't heard any were placed in a room on East. their old houses are given first one say that [the housing situa "We preferred not to live on priority, he said. If their old tion] would deter them from go East; we wanted either West or houses are full, then they were ing abroad," she said. Central. But from what I hear assigned housing with priority Nevertheless, Freeland thinks now, we we're pretty lucky that given by class. much work needs to be done to we didn't get split up," Freeland All returning students cur remedy the problems associated said. rently have somewhere to live. with housing students return Freeland and her roommates "They have a place where they ing from abroad. "The whole sys are just three of many students can reasonably settle into until tem kind of needs to be looked at returning from study-abroad the dust settles a little bit," Burig because students are encouraged programs who are disappointed said. to go abroad, but when you come with their housing. But students who returned back, you expect to get bad hous There was not enough free from abroad could still be moved ing," she said. space in the residence halls to into more desirable housing. If Freeland had known about place all students where they "We're still trying to work to her situation sooner, she said wanted, said Bill Burig, coordi get students satisfied for this that she might have rented an term," Burig said. UE F1LBRUN/THE CHRONICLE nator of student housing. About apartment off campus. 260 students returned to the Though some students were Because officials involved with Dodging puddles University, while about 140 left disappointed, others such as housing have spentmuch oftheir Jack be nimble. Jack be quick. Jack jump over that big mud to study abroad, said Christa Trinity junior Ro Choy got ex time placing students in hous puddle. Johns, assistant dean for study actly what they wanted. "I came ing, they have not had time to abroad. here and they placed me where I recommend changes, Burigsaid. THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 1994 World and National Newsfile Clinton hesitates on Bosnian air strikes Associated Press By R.W. APPLE One reason is the sensitivity of the military alliance, and its members agree N.Y. Times News Service U.S. negotiates: Treasury Sec Russians. For the moment, at least, to come to the aid of each other if at retary Lloyd Bentsen told Russian KIEV, Ukraine — Behind all foreign Clinton has given a much higher priority tacked. leaders Wednesday that the United policy there lurks, or ought to lurk, care to avoiding offense to the frail forces of Expansion would mean the United States is prepared to help speed up ful political calculation. What the folks at reform in Moscow than to strengthening States was prepared to commit troops to delivery of Western aid, but only home will not support, the traveling po ties to the once-oppressed peoples ofthe defend Poland or the Czech Republic(and after credible signs that Russia is tentate cannot afford to promise. former satellite states who once occupied possibly more recent membership appli restructuring its budget. So it has been with President Clinton such a special place in Washington's heart. cants, like Lithuania or Romania) if they this week, on his maiden voyage to Eu That reflects the influence of Strobe were attacked. Oil prices drop: Reflecting a dive rope as the leader ofthe Atlantic alliance. Talbott, the expert on Russia who has Britain's empty guarantees to Poland in the oil market, prices at the pro come to dominate this administration's on the eve of World War II may have been ducer level edged down one-tenth of Having seen how quickly American opin 1 percent in December while infla ion turned sour when the body of an strategic thinking on Europe.