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Pirates Walk the Plank, Fall 81-69 University Professor Running For 1992 HOUSING GUIDE INSIDE THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY. MARCH 27. 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL 87, NO. 118 Pirates walk the plank, fall 81-69 By MOORARI SHAH easy baskets." decidedly in Seton Hall's favor. PHILADELPHIA—The Seton "If I had to single out one guy, For the first 20 minutes, the Pi­ Hall Pirates went looking for trea­ I'd single out Antonio Lang be­ rates took good care ofthe ball on sure last night but came up empty cause he posted up the first two offense and limited the Blue Dev­ as a devilish storm wreaked havoc plays ofthe game, and rebounded ils' fast-break opportunities, but on the Pirates' plan to steal a spot the second half was a different in the Great Eight of the NCAA story. Tournament. After Seton Hall crept to within Seton Hall became the 31st vic­ two, 44-42, with just over 17 min­ tim ofthe men's basketball team utes to go in the contest, Duke this season, as the Blue Devils went on a 15-4 run over the next led from start to finish to notch an six minutes to break the game 81-69 victory and advance to the open. Swingman Thomas Hill and East Regional Championship forward Grant Hill figured promi­ against Kentucky. The Wildcats, nently in the run, netting 11 of 88-77 winners over Massachu­ the 15 points and forcing the Pi­ setts earlier in the evening, will rates into numerous turnovers. meet Duke Saturday night at 7:00 After the game Duke head coach p.m. with a trip to the Final Four Mike Krzyzewski praised Thomas at stake. Hill for his work on both ends of Duke is now 31-2. Seton Hall the floor. finished its season with a 23-9 "Thomas scored well tonight, mark. but the thing I was most pleased Sophomore forward Tony Lang with Thomas was his defense," provided a much needed spark on said Krzyzewski. "It was one of offense for the Blue Devils, scor­ his better defensive games." ing 16 points and grabbing seven rebounds against a stifling Pi­ CLIFF BURNS/THE CHRONICLE But The Hall did not fold de­ rate defense. spite the Blue Devils' defensive "I didn't go into the game ex­ Tony Lang scored 16 points. intensity. In a span of two min­ pecting to take over," said Lang. on top of us the whole night," said utes, the Pirates reeled off seven "I realized that we have a great Pirates' coach P.J. Carlesimo. "I unanswered points to cut Duke's MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE player in Christian Laettner, and thought he played especially lead to six, 64-58, with 7:32 to that we have a lot of great players well." play. Still Counting out on the floor. I think defen­ Lang's 11 first-half points After calling a timeout, the Blue Only 52 days left until graduation, and only 45 until Myrtle sively, they (Seton Hall) were con­ helped Duke build a 38-32 lead at Devils traded baskets with Seton Beach. centrating on [the other players] the intermission, but the tempo Hall before icing the game at the so much, that I was able to get of the game at that point was SeePIRATES on page 19 • University professor running for school board By JENNY TIEDEMAN ers to tutoring math and reading. power teachers, parents and the law requiring that school board First-hand volunteer experi­ "Being in the schools regularly community. He stressed that the members spend time each month ence in the classroom has driven has allowed me to see the serious communications network be­ communicating with teachers and home to Durham School Board problems within our schools that tween teachers, parents, admin­ students. This would guarantee candidate and Duke Drama lec­ prevent our teachers and students istrators and the community must their participation within the turer Richard O'Dor the frustra­ from excelling," O'Dor said. be improved. schools, he said. tions thatteachersandstudentsface. One defect in the present sys­ For instance, the position of O'Dor's school-based manage­ O'Dor, who was encouraged by tem is the "top-heavy" hierarchi­ director of communications in the ment program would include spe­ teachers to run for the new merged cal structure in place that puts new system should be used to cific guidelines to ensure safety school board, hopes to bring about administrators on top and teach­ find more effective ways of pro­ in the schools. He wants to re­ a new standard of excellence in ers on the bottom, O'Dor said. viding information to the com­ place state-defined minimal pro­ Durham schools. Teachers constantly "are treated munity, such as open forums for ficiency standards with higher He said that he has witnessed as employees should not be discussion. "community based standards of the positive effects of his volun­ treated." Making administrators more excellence," as well as specifically defining management responsi­ teering, which includes every­ If elected, O'Dor would try to accountable to teachers and par­ DAVID MAZIARZ/THE CHRONICLE thing from demonstrating pioneer implement a school-based man­ ents is another of O'Dor's proposals. bilities and providing time lines cooking methods to fourth grad­ agement program that will em­ O'Dor would like to institute a See O'DOR on page 18 • Richard O'Dor Carilloneur brings music to campus By SARAH CARNEVALE but through most ofthe years I've narily dedicated," says Rodney Two-thirds up the tower ofthe been the one and only," Hammond Wynkoop, director of Chapel mu­ University Chapel, Samuel says. sic. He also plays to memorialize Hammond is perched on a long The carillon consists of fifty faculty members who have passed wooden bench in the playingroom. bells, hanging in geometric pro­ away and for special occasions. As he slides to and fro pounding gression. In the lowest position, "I used to play at midnight on the keys and pedals, the bells of the largest bell hangs which Halloween, but I purposely didn't the carillon ring overhead to the weighs 11,200 pounds. "Twelve do this every year because it's tune of a church hymn. people can stand up inside ofit," something that if it happens, part Hammond has been the regu­ Hammond says. The smallest bell ofit is the unexpectedness ofit lar carilloneur since 1965 after he at the top weighs ten pounds. that makes it so delightful," came here as an undergraduate Hammond plays every week­ Hammond says. in 1964. He learned about the day at 5 p.m. while school is in In the past, Hammond has carillon from the graduate stu­ session and before and after been known to play at 6 a.m. on Chapel services on Sundays. Each KATHY WHAYNE/THE CHRONICLE dent who was then playing it. Easter morning. "There have been "There are a couple of other time he plays for approximately years when residents of West Samuel Hammond plays the Chapel carillon daily at 5 p.m. people here who play occasionally 10 to 15 minutes. "He's extraordi­ See CARILLON on page 9 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1992 World and National Newsfile Brown tactics increase support for Clinton Associated Press By GWEN IFILL had supported his candidacy to throw their AIDS adS tO air: The govern­ N.Y. Times News Service support to Clinton. Two union leaders, ment on Thursday kicked off a new Ronald Brown, the chairman of the from the Communications Workers of AIDS education campaign with a Democratic Party, issued an unusual re­ America and the International Ladies collection of ads warning that the buke Thursday to one of his party's two Garment Workers' Union, immediately did. disease can strike anyone but saying remaining candidates for president, say­ Clinton received some support from nothing about safe se condoms or ing Edmund Brown Jr. has "crossed the other quarters as well Thursday when drug needles. line in terms of inappropriate attacks" Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York against Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas. criticized former Gov. Brown's proposal to Health care dwind ing: Vac­ In an interview, the chairman said he institute a 13 percent across-the-board tax cines are running out. Environmen­ wanted to maintain his neutrality but was as an assault on Social Security. tal contamination isunprecedented. compelled to speak out against what he The Brown tax plan, he said, would "put Abortions remain a routine form of described as the former California a silver bullet through the heart of Social birth control. An exhaustive U.N. governor's "scorched-earth policy" of ver­ Security." The former California governor report on the former Soviet repub­ bal assault on Clinton's record and character. disagreed, saying that his proposal would lics paints a grim picture of the col­ The party chairman's remarks came on "protect Social Security recipients." lapsing health system and says funds a day when other leading Democrats ap­ But the closing of Democratic ranks are needed now to prevent tragedy. peared to be closing ranks behind Clinton, behind Clinton and against Brown was who holds a substantial lead in the num­ most remarkable in the actions ofthe party Israelis phone Arabs: One Is­ ber of delegates accumulated but has en­ See CLINTON on page 11 • Bill Clinton raeli radio station phoned Qatar to countered a persistent unease over his book a hotel room. Another asked a candidacy among party regulars. Saudi how the weather was. A re­ Representatives of Paul Tsongas in New porter chatted with PLO chief Yasser Pentagon to eliminate over York said they would be making an effort Arafat's office in Tunis.
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