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The Chronicle 78th Year, No. 91 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Thursday, February 3, 1983 Money .ly for lah costs Lab fee raises questions By David Sorensen the 850 engineering students salaries or anything besides Not all of the $250,000 will be asked to pay $210 more laboratories, but since they collected from Engineering in tuition per semester than were never planning to students this year in the form of Trinity students. rnaintain it as a separate fee, I a $300 laboratory fee has gone "It really is a tuition don't think it's really toward laboratory costs, surcharge," Pearsall said. misrepresentation," he said. according to the dean of the "There is no way of keeping "But when it was appproved, School of Engineering. track of it as a separate fee. they should have detailed George Pearsall, who Because of the high cost of an exactly what the money was succeeded the late Aleksandar engineering education, it seems going for." Vesic as dean in the fall, said fair to ask the students to bear Robert Hockmuth, professor the laboratory fee was part of the burden. Much ofthe of biomedical engineering, said "probably misnamed" because money was spent on new several engineering professors there was no separate equipment as well as renova objected to labelling the extra budgeting of the funds tions of laboratories, however." charge a laboratory fee when collected. The money was used An Engineering senior who Vesic presented it at a faculty for salaries, renovation and asked not to be identified, said meeting last year. maintenance, as well as for students were misled about the "Vesic called it a laboratory purchasing new laboratory fee and administrators fee, that was his term," equipment. misrepresented its purpose. Hockmuth said. "I think we In addition, the fee was "This wasn't a laboratory fee should have had a surcharge charged to all Engineering at all," he said. "It's justifiable but we should not have called it students, regaidless of whether to charge more for Engineering a laboratory fee. The money PHOTO BY STKVK KELDMAM they were taking a laboratory tuition, but they didn't went for faculty development as BA TTLE OF THE BOARDS - Players vie for position course this year. represent it as that. It seems well as equipment." during Duke's _ 73-71 victory over William & Mary Pearsall said there was no they deceived students about its See LAB FEES on page 2 Wednesday night. See story, page 9. intention of misleading purpose." students about the fee, which Jon Ark, president of the was proposed by Vesic and Engineering Student Govern approved by the Board of ment, agreed that the fee was Seniors spend many hours Trustees in December, 1981, but misnamed, but said the school because the fee has been going did not intentionally misrepre for general expenses, the term sent it to the students. "When waiting for job interviews "lab fee" was dropped for next they [Engineering deans] passed year. it last year, they didn't say By Betsy Forgotson up early will drop their for that particular interview. Beginning in the fall of 1983, anything about it going for While underclassmen are appointments. Unlike many The students bidding the planning their spring breaks, students, Stark has an highest number of points would Duke seniors are mapping out attractive backup plan. If he be placed on the interview their futures by researching doesn't get a lucrative job offer, schedule. Symposium '83 set companies, camping but to get he said he'll go to medical By replacing the first come, their names on job interview school. first serve system, students By Peter J. Ganz of the University. I suspect schedules and meeting with would have to commit Following the success of we'll get most of our people company recruiters. Students are eager to themselves to doing research last spring's Science from the humanities while before signing up for an Technology Ethics Policy last year's symposium drew With fewer jobs available, interview because of the students are finding that they prospect of landing well-paying interview. "The point system (STEP '82) Symposium, most of its audience from the would cut down on random Duke will host another such University's scientific need to wait longer just for the jpbs with expanding companies. chance to interview. Students Patricia O'Connor, director of sign-ups for an interview," event .titled "Narcissism in community," she said. Christiansen said. an Age of Disengagement" desperate to schedule 30-minute placement services, said most Grute also said that the campus interviews with recruiters have a high opinion O'Connor, however, argues The event will run from symposium committee recruiters are getting accustom of Duke students. that the first come, first serve February 15-17 and will decided that one problem ed to twice-weekly overnight system is fair. "It is the only consist of a series of three with STEP was that the The long watts in the vigils in the hall outside the placement office's first come, system which guarantees each lectures and discussions. technology and public policy placement office. student a place on the theme was too broad. Thus, first serve sign-up system have Dukesponsored symposiums Seniors have waited as long irritated some students, who schedules," ' she said. She had been discontinued in the committee tried to find a admitted, however, that the more narrow topic of interest as 16 hours for the opportunity say there must be a better way 1970, but were revived last to talk with representatives to get a job. system is not efficient. year. for this year's program. from banks, investment firms A student with a master's According to Symposium The Symposium's opening and other companies hiring Tim Christiansen, a chemistry degree in zoology from Uuke chairwoman Denise Crute, a speaker on Feb. 15 will he - May graduates. The scene on major who has camped out one said the sign-up system is not as Trinity senior, "The overall Robert Coles, a professor of the second floor of Flowers night to get an interview, efficient as the one at the Ivy idea of the symposium is to psychiatry and medical Building often resembles a believes the present system is League school he attended as an explore self-love and our humanities at Harvard massive slumber party. inefficient and encourages a undergraduate. There students preoccupation with ourselves University Medical School. cut-throat attitude because gave placement advisers a list in American society today." His address, "Narcissism "If you snooze.you lose. Ifyou snore, you lose more," said students at the front of the line of companies they were Crute said that this and the Moral Life," will often sign up on every list interested in and the advisers examine the concern with the Chuck Stark, a chemistry and unconventional topic arose psychology double major who possible, even if they haven't arranged the interview as a result of many hours of self from a religious and previously foundoutinformation schedules using the lists. "No moral standpoint. hasn't yet camped out for an discussions by the symposium interview. "If you feel highly about the companies. one had to camp out," he said. committee last spring when The second speaker, Stuart motivated, you will be willing to Christiansen believes that Kevin Namer, a computer "the one thing that kept Ewen of the Media Studies camp out." coming up as an idea was the Duke should use a "bid system" science major, has had eight Program at City University Stark, who did not register — allocating a certain number campus interviews and received overwhelming self-interest of of New York, will look at the Duke students." with the placement office until of points to each senior looking three second interviews, or shaping of the personality by this semester, said he usually for a job. Each applicant would "call-backs," at the companies' "I think we will appeal advertisers. puts his name on waiting lists, then submit a sealed bid of how headquarters. more to the humanities side See SYMPOSIUM on page 2 hoping that people who signed many points he is willing to use See INTERVIEWS on page 2 Page Two The Chronicle Thursday, February 3, 1983 Police probe shooting death of N. C. trucker The Associated Press conviction of those responsible for his death. Meanwhile, trucking companies in North and South Police said they still have no leads in the shooting Two other North Carolina drivers have been injured Carolina agreed to dispatch Teamster drivers in death of a truck driver and other North Carolina since independent truckers began their strike Sunday convoys, route them on interstate highways and truckers refused to drive at night as the national to protest increases in federal gasoline taxes and confine hauls to daylight hours, Teamsters officials independent truckers strike entered its third day highway user fees. Shots have been fired at four more, said. Wednesday. and several truckers reported that rocks were thrown R.V. Durham, president of Teamsters Local 391, "We have done a lot of work, interviewed a lot of at them. said 30 major carriers in the two-state region covered people and picked up some evidence," Newton Grove Lt. Arnold Rector of the state Highway Patrol said by the Teamsters' national master freight agreement Police Chief John W. Hayes said, declining to no incidents were reported Wednesday. adopted the emergency precautions at his urging elaborate on the evidence. "It's good and quiet," he said. "I hope it stays this Tuesday. George Franklin Capps, 33, a member of the non- way." striking Teamsters, was shot and killed Monday night He said the calm may be a result of an increased as he drove his rig on U.S.