Triangle Slammed by Storm University Contends with Ice, Sleet, Snow
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SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW INSIDE Nixed by N.C. State The No. 12 women's basketball .team '-,:' dropped a close contest to the 14th-rankod THE CHRONICLE Wofi^ack Friday. See Sports, p. 14. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1996 © ONE COPY FREE DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 91, NO. 88 Triangle University contends slammed with ice, sleet, snow By HARRIS HWANG were distributed by hand by storm Although the snow, rain and throughout campus sidewalks. ice that bombarded campus this With the build-up of sleet By ROGER WISTAR weekend did not nearly rival Friday night, Jackson said that If one placed a call to Duke the blizzard that blanketed the the University experienced dif Power's customer service line Triangle three weeks ago, em ferent problems than those cre this weekend, he or she would ployees have nevertheless had ated by the January blizzard have received a disappointing their hands full in providing for that devastated the Triangle. message. the safety of the University Compared to that storm, which community "Due to icy conditions, we greeted students as they re are still experiencing wide "We've been working non turned to campus three weeks spread power outages. Out stop, round the clock since the ago, Jackson said crews were ages are expected to continue call early Friday morning," said just as prepared. Due to the through mid to late week. Bit Joe Jackson, assistant director varying nature of precipitation, ter cold temperatures are ex of facilities management, however, other problems, such pected for the next several grounds and sanitation, Sun as fallen trees, had to be han days and we encourage you to day afternoon. dled. take appropriate precautions. Freezing rain first fell Fri "The big difference is that Thank you for your continued day morning, at which time with the freezing rain, we had a patience." University workers and con lot of accumulation on the trees, A fierce storm that mixed tracted groundskeeping crews so we had trees falling on the . > I started spreading sand and salt roads, so that was an added di snow, sleet and freezing rain DAVID PINCUS/THE CHRONICLE pelted the area at various on all major roads on campus. mension," Jackson said. University employee David Johnson cuts through a fallen tree During the day, sand and salt See POWER on page 6 • See STORM on page 5 • that blocked Campus Drive Friday night. Union names publicity chair as new president By HARRIS HWANG Because this is the first year manding position. "First of all, I think [Trinity After being elected the new quad councils have been in exis "I'm basically ecstatic because senior and current Union Presi president of the Duke Universi tence, one of Daniels' main ob I find the Union a great group of dent] Jennifer Bentz has done a ty Union Thursday night, Trini jectives is to expand their people—very effective, and very wonderful job, and I don't see ty junior Brian Daniels said that knowledge of programming in personable—and I'm very excit the need for any major changes," although he does not plan to conjunction with the Union. He ed to work alongside with the he said. "I would like to reexam alter the organization's struc also said he wishes to bridge students and the advisors and ine some of our current pro ture significantly, he does have a communication., gaps between administration," he said. gramming, and possibly inno formatted agenda. the University and the sur Throughout this week, the vate to find more creative ways Daniels, currently chair of rounding community "by having Union will select chairs for its 13 of programming." the Publicity Committee of the more Union events off campus committees and the posts com Bentz said Daniels is very Union, said that once he as and [publicizing] more off-cam prising its Executive Committee. qualified for the position. sumes the presidency in early pus events that would be of in As the incoming president, "Brian's a very creative per April, he hopes to open up chan terest to Duke students." Daniels said he does not foresee son. He's also an extremely or DAVtD PINCUS/THE CHRONICLE nels of communication and in Daniels said he was looking any major changes being made ganized person. He has vision Brian Daniels teraction. forward to stepping into this de to the position. and he has talent." she said. Duke Chronicle staff elects Harris as new editor From staff reports nization to the public. Trinity junior Brian Harris was elect Harris said he intends to concentrate destroys ed Friday by the editorial staff of The on The Chronicle's role as the "Duke Uni Chronicle to lead the newspaper into its versity School of Journalism," by expand 92nd year of publication. ing the paper's current reporter-training Clemson In a meeting held Friday afternoon, system and inviting more visiting jour By DAVE BERGER Harris was named editor of The Chroni nalists to educate and advise the staff. Men's basketball forward cle and president of Duke Student Pub He said he also intends to increase Ricky Price celebrated his lishing Company, Inc., the independent communication among Chronicle depart birthday a day early this corporation responsible for publishing the ment heads and lead with a "team-man weekend, tallying 15 points, campus' student-run newspaper. Harris, agement" style, which "will build a five rebounds and a career- 20, will succeed Trinity senior Justin Dil greater sense of purpose and leadership, high five assists in propelling lon for a one-year term to begin May 12. while the editor benefits from their Duke to an 83-53 blowout win As editor, Harris will be responsible for wealth of knowledge and valuable feed over No. 24 Clemson Saturday determining the newspaper's content and back," according to the statement he at Cameron Indoor Stadium. leading a staff of more than 100 student wrote to the newspaper's Board of Direc Price, who ' turned 20 on volunteers. His responsibilities as presi tors declaring his candidacy for editor. Sunday, scored 11 points in dent will include preserving the corpora "The Chronicle should be a place DAVID PINCUS/THE CHRONICLE See HOOPS on page 14 • tion's mission and representing the orga See editor on page 4 • Editor-elect Brian Harris THE CHRONICLE MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1996 World and National Newsfile Associated Press Governors tackle Medicaid and welfare Teenager arrested: Joshua By JIM ABRAMS grant concept, but he said that with got a distance yet to go." Bradley Jenkins, 15, was arrested Associated Press Clinton's veto of GOP welfare bill, "I think we can find the middle in California Sunday, a day after WASHINGTON—The nation's "we literally have to drop back and ground," Romer said. his parents, sister and grandpar governors are moving toward a com reassess the position." On Saturday, Gov. Bob Miller of ents were found stabbed to death promise plan on welfare and Medic He said any compromise has to Nevada, a Democrat, said the gover in the grandparents' burning con aid that meets the Clinton adminis "recognize that there have to be spe nors will try to hammer out an agree dominium. tration's demand that the poor be cific guarantees to meet the presi ment before the conference ends guaranteed eligibility, several gover dent's objections, and then there has Tuesday and then lobby Congress Brothel broken up: Police in nors said Sunday. to be maximum flexibility overriding and Clinton to adopt it. Genoa, Italy said they have bro "If the governors could bring this that so that the states can run the Romer mentioned Democratic con ken up a prostitution ring run by together, I think we'd give the presi program and make it work." cerns that with state autonomy over an 82-year-old woman who gave dent a chance to redeem himself on Gov. Roy Romer, D-Colo., who ap welfare and Medicaid, people would discounts to elderly clients. .Police the promise to end welfare as we peared with Engler and Gov. Chris move to those states with the best said the madam, a former prosti know it," said Gov. John Engler, R- tine Whitman, R-N.J., on NBC's benefits. There must be provisions to tute, operated the ring with help Mich. The plan would turn over more "Meet the Press," said the governors help states affected by a recession or from two women in their 60s. power to the states but keep some "have made real progress, but wte've See COMPROMISE on page 7 • federal requirements. Dole campaigns: Appearing in Forty-seven governors, in Wash Dubuque, Iowa, a city known as a ington for a four-day meeting, are hotbed of anti-abortion activity, trying to find a common approach to Chinese authorities seek Sen. Bob Dole said his first day as welfare and Medicaid reform that president would be "American would break the deadlock between family day" and that he would re President Clinton and congressional to restrict use of Internet scind executive orders that allow Republicans over an outline for bal legal abortions. ancing the budget in seven years. By SETH FAISON lively cafes on the street below. Health care and financial assis N.Y. Times News Service Yet with the Chinese authorities tance for the poor have been crucial SHANGHAI, China—Inside a gray tightening control over information areas of disagreement, with the six-story office building, a dozen young networks, even something as innocu Weather White House saying that Republican men gathered around a conference ous as an Internet club is now suspect.