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Volume 71, WEATHER Number 104 50 this morning, 70s in Fridav. Ihe afternoon. No rain in sight. One week to February 27,1976 go! Duke University The Chronicle Durham, North Carolina Howard and Atwood vie in run-off 43% of students Run-off on Tuesday voted in election for top ASDU offices By Christopher Colford By Anne Morris Reggie Howard and Todd Atwood will face each other Yesterday's ASDU election yielded no clear win in a runoff election for the ASDU presidency next Tues ner for the presidency, as no one candidate for the day, following yesterday's balloting in which no can position managed to cull the 51 per cent of the stu didate won an absolute majority of the votes cast. dent vote required. The same held true in the vice Howard led the three-man field in the balloting, with presidential race. 42.9 per cent of the vote. Atwood polled 37.8 per cent, and Jim Paulette received 17.2 percent. Reggie Howard, candidate for president, will face The voter turnout was heavy, with 43.2 per cent of Howard Atwood Todd Atwood in a run-off next Tuesday. Howard eligible voters going to the polls. Last year's presidential vertising." garnered 1021 votes to Atwood's 901, while Jim race saw 40.3 per cent of the electorate participating. The ballots were tabulated despite misprint; however, Paulette received 410, and as the third-place con Final returns of all 2378 ballots show the following and showed that the voters cast 866 ballots for the tender, now exits the contest. vote totals: Publications Board. 839 for The Chronicle's editorial In the vice presidential race, a three-way run-off Howard 1021 votes (42.9 pet) council, and 152 for The Chronicle's business staff, with emerged as Kvle Citrynell received 1065 votes, Marc Atwood 901 votes (37.8 pet) 244 responding "other." Kaplan 699. and Dan Tyukody a close 661. Hairston Paulette 410 votes (17.2 pet) ASDU attorney general Ralph Clifford said that the Crews' tallv 462, bumped him from Tuesday's The vice presidential election will also move to a question simply would be ignored because of the printing ballot. runoff next Tuesday, when three candidates will vie for error. Strategies unchanged the two positions. In the Thursday voting, Kyle Citrynell On the housing question, voters cast 955 votes favoring Both remaining Presidential candidates said last received 1065 votes. Mark Kaplan 699. Dan Tyukody 661 the present system for guaranteed campus housing; 456 night that they do not plan to change their election and Hariston Crews 462. Citrynell, Kaplan and Tyukody favored three years of guaranteed on-campus housing for will be on the runoff ballot Tuesday. entering freshmen, with the resulting openings in strategies in anticipation of Tuesday's balloting. Black Studies departmentalization wins dormitory space to be used for transfer students' housing; "I plan to keep things as they were" for the Linda Cline and Donna Dapcic ran unopposed for the 518 favored a guarantee of on-campus housing for all but original campaign, Howard said, adding that he was posts of administrative secretary and executive secretary. two semesters of a student's enrollment at Duke; and 339 "pretty well pleased and excited" to have received a They were elected with 1938 and 1868 votes, respec favored none of these systems. strong student endorsement. tively. A campus-wide representative body including stu "With three candidates, everybody really thought In referendum questions, students favored the de dents, faculty and administrators was favored by 1573 a run-off was inevitable." Atwood commented. "I'm partmentalization of Black Studies by a slim margin, vot voters; 539 favored an advisory role for students on most glad to have made it into the run-off. It's as though ing 988 to 830 to give the program deparmtental status. A issues, with direct power on only some; 114 backed an we're playing in a tournament, and we've just made substantial number of students — 527 — were undecided advisor,' role for students on all issues: 78 supported it past the first round." on the issue. none of these alternatives. A proposal to impose a 75 cent student activity fee for Only 467 voters supported a mandatory student health The swing vote summer-term students was passed by more than a three- fee for all undergraduates, while 954 favored allowing Where Paulette's voters go will play a big part in to-one majority, 1808 to 514. The plan would go into ef studenis to waive payment of their fee if they assumed determining the outcome on Tuesday. fect in 1977. responsibility for all their medical expenses or if they Paulette, who will not appeal the vote to the Elec A non-binding questionnaire probed students' opi had an equivalent health can; plan. Optional student tion Commission, said he will declare his support nions on four issues: University housing policy, the (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 6) ASDU governance structure, control over student publications and student health fees. The questionnaire was marred by a misprint on lhe ballots: the third ques News director Celeste Wesson tion, concerning the authority of the Publications Board over The Chronicle was discounted when a typo graphical error on the ballots substantially affected the meaning of the question. dismissed from WDBS position The question should have read, "Who should have the By Fred Zipp favor of a more hierarchical news broadcast and to power to make final decisions concerning The and Christopher Colford structure. eliminate women from the Chronicle's advertising policy?" As the question was The recent staff reorganization at Duke-affiliated radio Sellout broadcasting staff. typed on the forms, however, it incorrectly read, "Who station WDBS-FM has left serious questions about the sta People affiliated with the Both Tulsky and should have the power to make final decisions concern tion's commitment to news and public affairs. station have speculated on Yarborough in statements ing The Chronicle's policy?", omitting the word "ad- The shakeup also has focused attention on the validity Ihe extenl to which finan yesterday said that the staff of the station's claim that it cial constraints will force reorganization was purely a represents a political and Ihe station lo drop its financial move. By cutting programming "alternative" alternative format. The re back on the expense of the to commercial broadcasl- cent changes indicate a news and public affairs de ng- move by the station to com- partments. Tulsky said, the News director Celeste pe h more com- station could offer com petitive salaries to disc jockeys. a news analysis Conroy said, however, that the station is in "the mercially successful sta Wesson will leave her full- best financial shape we've tions, such as WQDR in time job at Ihe station to ever been in" in its short- Raleigh, for advertisers and day, after having received range planning, though a less counterculture- her termination notice WDBS does have a sizeable oriented listening au three weeks ago by general long-term mortgage. dience. manager Bob Conroy in Profit motive what Conroy terms a purely In reaction to Wesson's A source within the sta financial cutback. dismissal. The Feminary. a tion, who declined to be But presenl and former Triangle area feminist identified, confirmed lhat staff members al WDBS newsletter, charged recent the station is not in im- point lo political and ly thai the station's staff mediale financial peril. personal friction among Ihe shakeup was engineered by 'There's no question that station's managers and staf WD US program director the station will finish in the fers, following WDBS'aljan- Sieve Tulsky and financial black this year — the ques domnent last spring of its consultant Edwin tion is, by bow much?" the four-year-old collective de Yarborough. in an effort to source said. "The name of cision-making process in imd the station's alternative Wesson, former news director of WDBS. (Photo by Gary Reimer) (Continued on page 4) Page Two SPECTRUM« * * wait 'till TODAY D).-s?)! Tl ALL PUBLIC POLICV MAJORS: Them will be a MIKI the Faculty MM the special D.|. Students beer provided Posl-Happy Hour Devil, and today, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Few Federation Lounge. Drop by and converse and net thi? with famous Institute Profs in a convivial UNC name setting. Prospective majors are also welcome. TheDUK 5 IFC PANHEL HAPPY '»'""""• HOUR will be Fri.. Feb. 27 on the Kast Campus main quad, from 4-6 p m. Them will be three kegs — St* all yon ian Applications drink. All Creeks welcome All COMMONWEALTH PEOPLE am vou ha..- lb" w lu UHBIe? Dukx PI-LI- for the position of TRANSCENDENTAL MKDITATIOV i« looking f"' jonwunr lo design the* Commonwealth House ton.ghtS-7 p.m poller tut ih.ir upturning ptuduttloo cit the hilarious and wacky imnedv, H-i i llab.h. Cell WM'IWM after 10 pm l» EDITOR of The Duke Baha'i Club w ATTENTION informal discussion al 4 p.n missed Disciple: p Training Class Lounge this Sal. Kefiwslimi THE TEACHER COURSE hen's your cham to get S wneks of idani Christian life Allenlion -II NCSL memben PII k EVALUATION up your bill books m mom 120 Uuihanan this »rek You must caU 6B40J9S tot --ndofihemoniii Please Class, will meet Fri.. Feb. 27. Iroi are available in Dean Griffith's office Sat.. Feb. 28. from 9:30-11 S'lORS AND GKADUATI and must be turned in by Feb. 27. S 12:30-2:00 in 128 Soc.-Psych.