Remembering the Wei Chronicle staff members reme Sclafani in a special memorial se THE CHRONICLE nag the editorial pages. University to bathe in dirty water next week By MICHAEL SAUL ply early next week, he said. Expect dirty water come Mon­ The change in lines not only day morning. affects the University, but also State officials are scheduled to the southwest portion of Durham. close the University's main 30 inch "I don't know how [dirty] the water line Monday because ofthe city fines are," Gilchrist said. "The construction along 15-501 and the city seems to think there is a really Durham freeway. Turning off the good reason to warn people." main water line will cause the On Monday, members of the water flow in a 24 inch back-up University community should line to change direction.The dis­ report dirty water or low water colored water will not be danger­ pressure to Gilchrist as soon as ous for drinking or washing, said possible. His number is 660-4225. Don Proper, a civil engineer for "We may not run into as much the city. of a problem as we're making it The main line will be down for out to be," Proper said. "But, we about 5 days due to construction. are expecting lots of panic calls." The water should only be dirty during the first 48 hours. Researchers who are conduct­ The change in water direction ing experiments should be aware in the back-up line will cause con­ ofthe expected problems with the siderable turbulence, and the water, Gilchrist said. "Don't go water is expected to pick-up the starting an experiment on Mon­ ___^ sediment on the bottom of the day if dirty water is a problem." DAVID SUH/THE CHRONICLE pipe, said Ron Gilchrist, utility The situation could not be manager for the University. avoided, he said. "Dirty water is Better be careful The sediment on the bottom of better than no water," he said. It's a dog eat dog world out there, and if Trinity sophomore George Sofis isn't careful, the hand this 24 inch back-up line is the "It's something that has to be that feeds could quickly become the hand that gets bitten. dirt which officials expect to be done. It's the facts of life on water found in the campus' water sup- piping." Damage closes commons rooms By BRANDON SHORT of Residential Life. The index and Sigma Chi, with an 8.61 in­ Living groups are being sanc­ takes into account the cost ofthe dex had the highest cumulative tioned by the Office of Residen­ damages, the number of incidents damage indices from the begin­ tial Life for large amounts of dam­ and the number of residents in ning ofthe year. ages despite the groups' claims the house. However, the index system that non-residents caused the Using the index formula, Resi­ does not please everyone. The damages. dential Life multiplies $100 by formula for damages is unfair The Sigma Phi Epsilon and the number of incidents and then because ofthe resident and inci­ Sigma Chi fraternity sections will adds the total cost of damages. dent variables in the formula, have their commons rooms closed This number is then divided by said Tony Onorato, president of for the next five weeks because of the total number of residents in SPE. "You dread it every time their high damage indices. the dorm. The $100 is an arbi­ damage indexes come out," he The sanctions went into effect trary figure used to arrive at the said. Feb. 7. dollar amount of damage per dorm Most ofthe damage at the SPE The damage index is a system resident. "It does identify groups section was caused by non-resi­ that ASDU developed in 1986 to with excessive damage,''Vansant dents, Onorato said. One guest determine dorm damage, said said. kicked in the paneling on the KATHY WHAYNE/THE CHRONICLE Chuck Vansant, assistant dean SPE, with a 9.61 damage index The SPE commons room will be barren for the next five weeks. University alumnus Gulley looks toward state senate By KENTRUTTER Unlike most Dukies, Gulley run for mayor. He subsequently During that year's mayoral race, After Wib Gulley graduated liked Durham because it offered defeated two-term incumbent As mayor, Gulley had some dis­ he "sat back and watched all the from Duke in 1970, he experi­ "a lot of urban amenities" but Charles Markamin the 1985 elec­ appointments. While he was not festivities,* he said. mented with several professions. was not "a big urban area where tions. one to bash government, he com­ Galley's break from politics was He never expected that he would problems were unmanageable,* Gulley won re-election in 1987 plained that the bureaucratic short-lived. He is running now become involved in electoral poli­ he said. after winning a machinery of the because the state senate "needs a tics. While practicing law, Gulley run-off with city government new and fresh perspective," he Gulley now finds himself run­ has led volunteer efforts to con- Howard Clem­ was "frustrat- said. ning for the North Carolina state front those manageable problems. ent, a city coun­ inglyslow." Gulley, a pro-choice candidate, senate, and this comes after serv­ He has also maintained his rela­ cil member. As in Hewasalsodis- advocates a state role in control­ ing two terms as mayor of tionship with the University, 1985, he won the appointed at the ling the costs of medical care for Durham. teaching a class on state and lo­ influential en­ extent to which those who cannot afford health After Gulley graduated from cal politics for the public policy dorsement ofthe personal ambi­ insurance. the University as a history major department. Durham Com­ tion and ego in­ He argues for protecting North he stayed in Durham, working Gulley did some behind-the- mittee on the fluenced local Carolina's already poor schools several jobs. Those jobs included scenes work in local politics, work­ Affairs of Black politicians, he from budget cutbacks. teaching emotionally disturbed ing with the Durham County People, marking said. Gulley often Gulley wants to improve the children and working in the Duke Democratic Party, the Durham the first time had tlie desire to state's labor pool with job train­ Hospital. He also traveled for a Voters Alliance and the People's they recom­ tell his colleagues ing partnerships between the year in Europe and Asia. Alliance. mended a white SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE that "none of us is public and private sectors. He candidate over a goingtobePresi- Then," he said jokingly, "I re­ "But I had no real interest in Wib Gulley believes that his program to im­ alized that there weren't enough getting involved in electoral poli­ black candidate dentofthe United prove public transportation would lawyers in the world." He earned tics" up until the first half of for mayor. States so you can forget about help the environment and relieve a law degree at Northeastern 1985, he said. Although friends "We certainly didn't agree with your ego." congested roadways. These pro­ University in 1981, and returned wanted him to run for mayor that all the things he did," said Bob In May of 1989, Gulley an­ grams would pay off by making to Durham to establish his prac­ year, Gulley remained reluctant. Wells, the political chair of the nounced that he would step down North Carolina more attractive tice. Eventually, he was convinced to committee, but Gulley provided at the end of his second term. See GULLEY on page 4 • i PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1992 World and National Newsfile Yugoslav envoy requests larger UN force Associated Press By PAUL LEWIS decision to launch this peacekeeping op­ $700-million-a-year peacekeeping bill. N.Y. Times News Service Bush Will run: President Bush eration — the second largest the United Where the money is to come from is a formally announced his bid for re­ UNITED NATIONS — The United Na­ Nations has ever undertaken—early next major problem, officials say, because the election on Wednesday while telling tions special envoy for Yugoslavia on week. the organization is now owed almost $1 voters he wants to declare on March Wednesday recommended the rapid de­ Vance made his recommendation billion in unpaid assessments for both peace­ 20 that "the liberation of America's ployment of a larger-than-expected peace­ Wednesday after receiving a new letter keeping efforts and for its regular budget. economy has begun." keeping force in that country, Western from Tudjman that repeated the assur­ Tudjman's letter came after Vance had diplomats and U.N. officials said. ances he gave Feb. 6 that he "fully accepts asked for clarification of several interviews House rejects plan: A bicker­ After delaying for weeks, the envoy, all the terms of reference ofthe peace plan Tudjman gave earlier this week. In these ing House Ways and Means Com­ Cyrus Vance, made his recommendation ofthe U.N. secretary general." the Croatian leader appeared to criticize mittee on Wednesday rejected Presi­ to the U.N. secretary general, Boutros The new operation is expected to cost some aspects ofthe plan, arousing doubts dent Bush's economic recovery plan, Ghali, amid growing fears that the fragile between $300 million and $450 million a whether he was prepared to cooperate. and Democrats began work on a sub­ cease-fire will break down unless the force year. When added to the $1 billion to $2 stitute promising tax relief for the is rapidly dispatched.