Fraternities Embrace BYOB Alcohol Policy DSG Delegation Marches On
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A Bullish stadium The Durham Bulls christened.their hew stadium in Thursday night's season: THE CHRONICLE opener. See p. 3 for the details. • FRIDAY, APRIL 7,1995 © ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLIN Fraternities embrace DSG delegation marches on D.C. BYOB alcohol policy By ALISON STUEBE WASHINGTON—Trinity By ROSE MARTELLI puts the University's residential junior Tammy Box saw The Interfraternity Council fraternities in line with their Washington for the first time voted Thursday night to ban the national bylaws, which prohibit Thursday when she lobbied distribution of alcohol the free distribution Congress as part of a Duke at fraternity parties of alcohol at parties Student Government delega in exchange for a and the distribution tion on a mission to protect bring-your-own-bev of beer from kegs. It financial aid. erage policy. also follows state "I've never been politically The new policy, laws, which pro active," she explained to leg which will go into ef hibit cash bars in islative aids in the North fect this fall, allows non-licensed facili Carolina delegation, "but beer, wine coolers and ties. without these loans, all of us unfortified wines to "We could have would not have these educa be brought into open just decided to not tional opportunities." fraternity parties. fall under national She went on to explain that Hard liquor and forti bylaws," said Trin she was raised by an Ameri fied wines, such as Lex Wolf ity junior Tom Post, can Baptist Minister and a Cisco and Mad Dog, IFC public relations junior high school teacher, will also be allowed at closed par chair. "But that is just not a and without financial aid, ties. healthy situation and we didn't she could not have attended The move to a BYOB policy See IFC on page 10 • Duke. ALISON STUEBE/THE CHRONICLE "It would be really tragic to Trinity junior Wayne Taitt flags down Mel Watt (D-N.C.) for a see any cuts made," she said. some fast-moving lobbying on financial aid. Box was one of 13 students DSG debates changes who made the trip to Wash Loans were awarded to Duke "The $50 a month may not ington to lobby on Capitol students during the 1993-1994 sound like a lot, but [it is] for Hill, meeting with legislative school year for a total of the senior in high school who to harassment policy aids and distributing fliers $17,097,715 in loans. Based on gets into a college and then with information on financial a Congressional Budget Office waits with their parents for By DEVIN GORDON ulty member is a respondent in aid cuts. estimate, federal in-school in the financial aid letter and Student legislators ex a case, the student and em The student lobbyists fo terest subsidies for the loans to then makes the decision that pressed their discontent with ployee panelists lose their vot cused on a proposal to cut the Duke students totaled they can't afford it," said plans to restructure the ing status but may still attend in-school interest subsidy for $1,928,994, or about $550 per Trinity junior Peggy Cross, University's sexual harassment hearings and contribute to Stafford Loans, which pays student each year. DSG president-elect. policy at a Duke Student Gov closed panel discussions. If the the interest on a student's Although advocates of cutting Nevertheless, David ernment meeting Wednesday respondent and complainant loan until six months after the subsidy argue that the cut Bohigian, a law fellow in night. are both faculty members, only graduation. would only cost an extra $50 a House Speaker Newt Under the newly-suggested faculty are allowed to hear the According to an analysis by month for students paying back Gingrich's office, told stu grievance procedures, students, case. Also, under the proposed the National Association of loans, Duke lobbyists-in-train dents that cuts need to be employees and faculty may vote changes, no new hearings will Independent Colleges and ing stressed that the cuts would made. Pointing out that 25 take place if an appeal is filed. in a hearing that does not in Universities, 3,504 Stafford hurt. See LOBBY on page 18 • volve a faculty member. If a fac See DSG on page 10 •» Students seek representation Women's Center for University's lack of minority administrators decried 'white women' only? This is the final installment there's no one else. I'm the only statistics bear out this assess By RUSS FREYMAN "The Women's Center has in a five-part series looking at one, and that adds to the intimi ment. As of October 1994, While many students decry resources that should be avail race dynamics among under dation." minorities comprised 9.5 per the dearth of minority leader able for all students," Ebron graduates. Jer's experience is somewhat cent of University-wide ad ship at the University, some said. "It's clear to me from the By RUSS FREYMAN emblematic ofthe plight of many ministrators from the assis have pinpointed specific cam programming that has hap When Trinity senior other students of color, many of tant director level and above, pus institutions as being par pened and the way things are Darren Jer walks into meet whom say they are constantly according to statistics pro ticularly problem advertised, that ings ofthe Board of Trustees' faced with the vided by Dolores atic. women of color have Institutional Advancement reality that the Burke, special Trinity junior not been a priority." Committee, he is confronted University has adviser to the ex Stacy Ebron is Ellen Plummer, by a sea of intimidating—and a dearth of mi ecutive vice among several director of the cen mostly white—faces. nority adminis president for ad women of color who ter, said she regret Jer, former president of the trators. ministration. A have pointed a fin ted that people hold Asian Students Association, "We're not be level 14 salary, ger at the Women's these perceptions says he is acutely aware of be ing validated," or what Burke Center as a place and that a lack of ing the only Asian American in said Trinity se called the where the concerns communication has a room full of predominantly af nior Circe Bermudez, co-founder equivalent of an assistant di of minorities are be fueled negative im fluent, older white men. of Mi Gente, regarding minority rectorship, averages between ing shuffled to the pressions and fos side. tered distrust. "That tier of leadership has students. "There's no place for us $35,000 and $52,000. Ellen Plummer been untouched by demo to go, there [are] no outlets." "I think it would have a Ebron recently "It makes me sad graphic changes at Duke and While undergraduates express positive effect if we had a resigned as the center's women- and upset that we have a group in our nation," Jer said. "If I a wide range of feelings, most more diverse group of admin of-color programming chair, cit of student women who feel that don't speak up about an agree that there is a profound istrators that different stu- ing little administrative support their interests are not our inter Asian-American issue, lack of minority leadership. The See RACE on page 8 h» and an overall lack of concern for ests," she said. "I feel I could issues facing women of color. See WOMEN on page 9 • THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1995 World and National Newsfile Rwandan genocide proceedings begin Associated Press Conservatives stumble: By DONATELLA LORCH kill the killers," he concluded. officials, who argued that the courts N.Y. Times News Service Britain's governing Conservative Like thousands of other Rwandans, were putting on a show trial for the one- Party lost key ground to more lib KIGALI, Rwanda — "Every day, ev Twahirwa is juggling frustration and year anniversary. Other officials de eral elements Thursday in ery month, it has become harder for me pain as he faces the first anniversary of fended the trial date, saying it was cho Scotland's local elections, a serious to deal with," said the 26-year-old Tutsi, ethnic massacres in which more than sen to send a message to Rwandans that blow to Prime Minister John Major's recounting how he survived two months beleaguered government. 500,000 people, mostly minority Tutsi, justice had finally arrived. of massacres by hiding in a deserted were killed by mobs of majority Hutu. All seven defendants being tried have house, drinking ditch water and eating Council meets: Amid deepen Many feel justice has not been and will already pleaded guilty, a factor that sim ing concern over upcoming elections, grass. never be delivered, even though the plifies the judges' decisions. Government President Jean-Bertrand Aristide "I had a family, said Evariste eight-month-old, Tutsi-led government and United Nations officials believe it called a special meeting Thursday so Twahirwa, glancing at bullet holes in the opened the first genocide trials Thurs will be much more difficult to try the political parties could air concerns concrete wall of his living room, where day in Kigali. thousands who have not pleaded guilty. to Haiti's Electoral Council. The his sister was shot a year ago by Hutu The proceedings began with a Hutu Sometime this year an international U.N. peacekeeping force here to militias." monitor June 4 legislative elections defendant, one of 30,000 in detention, tribunal in Tanzania is expected to start "Now they are all dead.