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Sports Snow boots and Tar Heels The ninth-ranked women's basketball team hosts arch-rival North Carolina tonight in THE CHRONICLE Cameron Indoor Stadium. See page 13 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,2000 CIRCULATION 15,000 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY WWW.CHRONICLE.DUKE.EDU DUKE ON ICE Slick coating keeps campus closed shift Thursday and canceled Thursday morn­ ing classes. The light, white snow that blanketed the Tri­ Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said angle Tuesday has hardened into thick, slick ice, he will probably extend the severe weather poli­ transforming a beautiful wintry scene into a cy throughout the day Thursday, and he expects nasty travel hazard. to make a decision by 9 a.m. "We don't know Like a once-welcome dinner guest unwilling enough yet," he said. Tt depends how cold it gets." to leave, the ice will linger indefinitely, sitting on An extension through Friday is "certainly a sidewalks and roadways and frustrating drivers possibility," he added. and pedestrians. Trask called the campus' icy sidewalks "a big On campus, several inches of ice buried the problem," one that will not be solved quickly by sidewalks, and the Bryan Center walkway could breaking up chunks or laying sand. have been used for speed skating. The roads on campus are navigable, enough As the temperature threatened to head so that buses could run. But Trask said he is con­ below 10 degrees, Duke administrators contin­ cerned about employees making it to Duke. ued the severe weather policy through the first Sec DUKE on page 7 VICTOR CHANG/THE CHRONICLE JENNIFER ANDERSON/THE CHRONICLE FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, left, performs the arduous task of chopping ice. SNOW PLOWS cleared streets around campus, but ice remains a problem, especially on secondary roads. More class cancellations force consideration of make-ups By GREG PESSIN people arrive at work, a situation which will be worse The Chronicle if it is very cold and icy." The 20 inches of snow that fell on the Triangle Mon­ Meteorologists predicted that above-freezing tem­ day night raised difficult administrative questions as peratures Wednesday would slowly melt the inches- it froze on the ground Wednesday. The call to cancel deep ice and snow covering most ofthe city's streets classes again would render make-up days unavoid­ and sidewalks, but they said near-zero temperatures able, but resuming a normal schedule would risk pro­ overnight would just create another deep freeze. fessors' lives and the safety of many students who Even on Wednesday, when the sun was out and snow would have to navigate Duke's icy walkways. was melting, one administrator called highway NC-751 At 3:30 p.m., Provost Peter Lange decided to play a "war zone," reporting that power lines and trees were it safe. Taking advice from state police and deans, he down all over the road. canceled Thursday morning classes. The provost is well aware that driving on many sec­ A decision will be made about the remainder ofthe ondary roads remains treacherous, if not downright im­ day by 10 a.m. possible; he was snowed into his Orange County home Drop-add period will be extended until at least Friday through Wednesday. "We're operating on three different to account for all the missed Tuesday/Thursday classes. levels. The state level and the University with the se­ Now that Thursday morning's classes have also been can­ vere weather policy and the classes level. The state has celed, administrators may push the deadline back further. declared an emergency so everything's supposed to be "The roads are often very narrow due to snow and closed," said Lange, who was without power or tele­ ice.... The temperature tonight is to fall well below phone service until 11 p.m. Tuesday and spent the day freezing, making it likely that things will be very icy playing in the snow with his children and dog. in many places in the morning," Lange said. "We also As of Wednesday, Ole Holsti, George V. Allen pro­ 'V.;: ••••. • • •. • do not have a great deal of open space in the lots, fessor emeritus of political science, also could not drive PERHAPS FRUSTRATED AT LIFE IN TRENT DORMITORY, s which will make things even more complicated when SccCLASSESor.pogf.fr'-> ctents built an outdoor shelter in a nearby parking lot. THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000 NEWSFILE FROM WIRE REPORTS Coca-Cola announces 6,000 layoffs Pakistani judges reject South Africa bans order from military unfair discrimination Defying orders from South Africa's Parlia- The world's largest soft drink maker will begin restructuring its operations Pakistan's military ruler, ment, once the rubber ident Douglas Daft was designated Wester in the company's highest six judges on the stamp for apartheid leg- to become chair and CEO after its posts, called the layoffs "painful Supreme Court refused islation, came full circle ATLANTA — Coca-Cola plans to April shareholders' meeting. both for those within the company today to take an oath of Wednesday when its eliminate 6,000 jobs, its biggest em­ Daft has been trying to decen­ who will be directly affected and office that would bar upper house approved a ployment cutback ever, as part ofa tralize Coke's operations so the for those responsible for making them from challenging law banning unfair dis- major restructuring at the world's company can react more quickly this decision." army decisions. crimination. largest soft drink maker. to problems that arise in its mar­ Coke also said it will take an Security Council Germans will again The cuts announced today will kets around the world. $800 million charge before taxes selects Iraq inspector move nuclear waste affect 2,500 positions at the compa­ Today, he said product recalls this year to cover costs of the re­ The Security Council Germany will resume ny's Atlanta headquarters, 2,700 in several European countries last alignment. Laid-off workers will reached an informal con- transports of highly ra- overseas, and 800 jobs around the year had been "a wake-up call" be offered severance packages, sensus today on Hans dioactive waste from nu- United States. Coke estimated that that made company officials real­ outplacement and counseling. Blix of Sweden, the for- clear power plants after the cuts will save $300 million. ize they were not well prepared to Daft said the decision was mer head of the U.N. nu- a nearly two-year ban The size of the cuts surprised deal with local situations. More of made after a six-month, compre­ clear agency, to head the triggered by safety con- many analysts who had predicted the company's international offi­ hensive review of the company's new U.N. weapons in- cerns, the government Coke would trim 2,000 to 4,000 jobs. cers will be sent out of Atlanta to entire operation and the realiza­ spection agency for Iraq, said Wednesday. It is the latest move by the com­ the areas they oversee. tion that Coke needed to revamp pany to boost its profits since Pres­ Daft, who will succeed Douglas its structure. Drug use rises in Legislator challenges rural areas first lady's air travel Illegal drug use among Hillary Rodham Clin­ adolescents in small­ ton's campaign-related China begins to censor use of Internet town and rural America air travel came under fire ment secrets before publishing previously unre­ is reaching alarming again Wednesday from leased information on the web, according to the proportions, according Rep. Cass Ballenger, R- BEIJING — China has extended its vague state se­ States Secrecy Bureau regulations released in the to a private study that N.C., who said the first crets law to the Internet, ordering companies to regis­ People's Daily. urges the government lady took a jet he had re- ter software used to transmit sensitive data and "It's like saying you want to develop railroads and to spend more in its war served for a Latin Ameri- threatening punishment for any government secrets then throwing down a different gauge track not used on drugs. can fact-finding trip. sent onto the World Wide Web. anywhere else in the world," said William Soileau, an WEATHER The regulations, announced Wednesday, could information technology lawyer with the firm of Den­ scare off foreign firms eager to tap China's booming ton Hall in Beijing. TODAY: TOMORROW: Internet market. Perhaps most chilling for business are regulations SUNNY PARTLY CLOUDY They also underscore the Communist leadership's requiring companies and individuals to register with High: 38 ambivalent desire to exploit the Internet for busi­ the government, by Monday, all software used to pro­ Low: 17 ness while constricting information considered tect transfers of sensitive information. They require "I have some loose Jello, ok?" threatening to its rule. companies to hand over the serial numbers and list -Pepe the Prawn Everyone, from Internet sites to chat-room users, the employees using the software, possibly making it must gain approval from agencies protecting govern­ easier for the government to track use. refreshing Coca-Cola classic in an ice-cold glass b Uncle Harry's Store and Bryan Center Store Offer ends February 2, 2000. enjoy THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000 THE CHRONICLE 'White hurricane' puts N.C. in another crisis Thousands of stranded this," said Raleigh Mayor Paul Coble, snowbound Wednesday like many of his - motorists and North Carolina constituents. He called the storm that residents without power ponder paralyzed his city a "white hurricane"; Harris and other emergency officials Tuesday's record snowstorm. compared the storm to 1989's Hurri­ cane Hugo, which slammed through By SCOTT MOONEYHAM South Carolina and central and west­ Associated Press ern North Carolina.

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