Batters up! The baseball team travels to Charlottesville this weekend for an THE CHRONICLE important ACC series. See Sports, pg. 19. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. 1997 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 92, NO. 137 University revises UWC structure Instructors' concerns lead to greater class size, pay increase By BOB ELLIN GER ceive $5,400, she added. "I have enough trouble keep­ Although last fall's student UWC teachers "definitely ing up with 13 or 14 students— course evaluations of the Uni­ needed a raise because the 18 students is insane," Selch versity Writing Course es­ money that was previously pro­ said. "Tb increase my workload poused higher praise than in vided wasn't enough to allow means I can't teach the class as years past, Van Hillard, direc­ students to live and work on effectively. Also, it makes the tor of the First-year Writing their dissertations," said An­ class less engaging and interac­ Program, said next year's pro­ drea Selch, a sixth-year gradu­ tive for the students." gram will include changes to ate student in English. Selch said she feels as both its curriculum and struc­ Furthermore, Pfeiffer said though administrators made ture. the decreased number of stu­ these changes with budgetary Although this year's UWC dent/teacher conferences is an factors in mind—factors that classes contained about 13 stu­ attempt to prevent instructors ultimately will serve to de­ dents, next year's class size will from having to exceed the 20- crease the quality of under­ range from 15 to 18. In addi­ hour-per-week work limit the graduate instruction. 4 tion, the number of mandatory government places on graduate "This reflects a certain set of conferences between individual school students. values that are run­ students and instructors will Hillard said he ning counter to decrease from four to three. had mixed feelings what's best for un­ The change in class size, about the increase dergraduates," Selch Hillard said, reflects an at­ in class size. said. 'What students tempt to address the perennial "I might be in the are getting is larger KELLI SHERAN/THE CHRONICLE discontent among graduate stu­ minority, but I be­ classes and less inti­ Harry DeMik will head South after he retires from Duke April 30. dent instructors who feel lieve that 15 stu­ mate teaching." under-compensated by the dents as opposed to Hillard said that, stipend they receive for then- 13 students in a although FWP offi­ DeMik aims to retire work. rhetoric class is a cials were responsi­ "It was determined that our good thing," Hillard Van Hillard ble for restructuring teachers needed additional said. "I believe that the program, the de­ after 28 years in post money to teach the course," the classroom is a representa­ cision to increase class sizes to Hillard said, "and increasing tive public space, and the more as high as 18 came from the By JEFF LAM During his tenure, class size was a way to provide opinions that are presented, the Graduate School. Harry DeMik, deputy DeMik, Trinity '65, has them with a salary increase." better." Pfeiffer said the Graduate University registrar, will re­ helped bring to fruition Kathy Pfeiffer, assistant But with 32 of next year's School was motivated to in­ tire April 30 after having many weighty projects—in­ dean and director of finance 105 UWC classes containing 18 crease UWC teachers' stipends served the University for 28 cluding the installation of and planning for the Graduate students, Hillard said this class in order to discourage English years. the Automated Computer School, said the decreased size "will endanger or threaten graduate students from teach­ Citing numerous personal Enrollment System and the number of UWC sections will the intellectual work that goes ing two sections of UWC and to reasons, including the desire furnishing of an e-mail ac­ result in fewer teaching posi­ on inside the class." increase the attractiveness of to be closer to relatives, count to every student upon tions. As a result, graduate stu­ UWC teachers also have ex­ UWC teaching positions. DeMik will travel South to his arrival at the University. dents' stipends will rise from pressed concern that increased Despite the newly proposed become the registrar for DeMik also implemented the $3,400 to $4,500. Teachers of class sizes will detract from the pay increase, both Selch and Florida Atlantic University. See DEMIK on page 18 *• classes of 18 students will re­ program's educational value. See UWC on page 18 • Senate inches closer to approval of chemical weapons pact By ADAM CLYMER that nothing is being done for their safe­ N.Y. Times News Service Lott throws tempered support behind proposalty by this treaty." WASHINGTON — The Senate Lott, in his first major foreign policy days as though he was edging toward Seventy-four nations have already rat­ moved toward approval ofthe Chemical test since becoming majority leader last support, he told reporters after his speech ified the treaty, and it goes into force April Weapons Convention Thursday night spring, did not speak with great enthu­ announcing his backing that the deciding 29, with the nations who are then parties after Trent Lott, the Republican leader, siasm for the treaty. He said the nation factor was a letter he received on Thurs­ to the treaty governing its administra­ threw his support behind the pact that would be "marginally better off with it day from President Clinton. In the letter, tion. Gore said, "our ability to participate prohibits the production, storage and than without it." Clinton promised to withdraw from the in its implementation is critical." use of poison gas. But he argued that the treaty merit­ treaty if its implementation compromised The treaty establishes procedures for Along with Lott's advocacy, the ed support because the consequences of the country's military capabilities or led monitoring the civilian chemical indus­ treaty's backers demonstrated that they rejection would be a serious blow to the to the proliferation, not the control, of poi­ try to insure that it does not make poi­ had the two-thirds majority required to nation's credibility after Presidents son gas. Lott praised the statement as son gas components and it provides for win its approval by winning preliminary Bush and Clinton supported it, and be­ "an ironclad commitment." systematic inspections of each ratifying fights by overwhelming margins. These cause military leaders "believe it will Lott's support persuaded even nation. fights were over what supporters de­ make our soldiers, sailors, airmen and diehard opponents that the treaty would It also provides for surprise inspec­ scribed as "killer amendments" that marines more safe in potential battle­ be approved, but they continued their tions, in which suspect storage or pro­ would have barred immediate ratifica­ fields—and less likely to face the horri­ attacks into the evening. duction sites must be opened to interna­ tion by the United States. ble prospect of chemical weapons." Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, who heads tional inspection on demand. Vice President Al Gore, who was on Under the convention, all nations rat­ the Foreign Relations Committee and Advocates of the treaty frequently hand in case his vote was needed to ifying it pledge never "to develop, pro­ who led the battle against its approval cited the failure of the United States to break ties on any of the amendments, duce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or re­ by the Senate, said: "The American peo­ join the League of Nations after the end anticipated victory. This is the culmina­ tain chemical weapons, or transfer, ple are being misled by those who en­ of World War I as a warning against re­ tion of many years of tireless effort by directly or indirectly, chemical weapons dorsed this treaty into believing that jection of the treaty Thursday. Sen. men and women in both political par­ to anyone." They promise to destroy the something is being done about chemical Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said: "The ties, who believe as the president and I weapons they possess, along with all weapons. I hope, if we do nothing else in United States declined to participate in believe, that this treaty is a great victo­ equipment to produce them. our opposition to this treaty, I hope that the League of Nations and it failed as a ry for the United States, " Gore said. Although Lott has sounded in recent we can make the American people aware See CHEMICAL on page 17 • THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1997 World and National Newsfile Prosecution builds case against McVeigh From wire reports Asahala pleads: Shoko Asaha- ia, the man accused of being the By MICHAEL FLEEMAN the beleaguered FBI lab for practic­ in their special section of the packed mastermind of the 1995 nerve gas Associated Press ing "forensic prostitution" by slanting second-floor courtroom. attack on the Tokyo subway system, DENVER — Seething with rage scientific work in favor of the prose­ "It was upsetting," Marsha Kight, pleaded not guilty Thursday and against his own government, Timothy cution. whose grown daughter died in the blast, blamed two aides for the incident as McVeigh blew up the Oklahoma City fed­ Making no effort to soften the emo­ said later. "It tore my heartstrings." he entered his first plea in court. eral building in a twisted plot to spark a tional power of the bombing, he began McVeigh, wearing a plaid shirt and second American revolution, a prosecutor by spending six minutes reading off the khakis, showed little emotion in court. said in opening statements Thursday. Astronomers discover: As­ names of each of the 168 people killed He leaned forward to listen, sometimes tronomers announced Thursday the "McVeigh liked to consider himself a when the April 19, 1995, truck bomb resting his head on his folded hands as discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet patriot," Assistant U.S.