Scoring one for equality The Colorado Silver Bullets, professional baseball Learn, visited THE CHRONICLE Durham last Saturday. See pg. 24. URSDAY. MAY 30. 1996 S ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 9,000 VOL. 92, NO. S3 Choi still missing, Graduate dies in car accident presumed drowned Babcock remembered for his 'spirit of adventure' By MISTY ALLEN the evening of By BRIAN HARRIS everyone by his middle name, cock, told The Herald-Sun of The. Vermont State PoHce, May 17. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C— brought to this world. Camp­ Durham. "He loved to travel, after searching the Connecti­ Lt. Philip Lombardi of the In a tremendous demonstra­ bell most vividly recalled Bab- and he loved the ocean. He al­ cut and Passumpsic Rivers for St. Johnsbury division of the tion of love and support, more cock's undying spirit of adven­ ways wanted to be close to the nearly two weeks Vermont State Po­ than 1,000 people gathered at ture. ocean." for Trinity sopho­ lice said that rising the Centenary United That spirit was the focus of Babcock was riding May 24 more Sei Hee water levels—trig­ Methodist Church Wednesday the conversation Campbell had in the passenger seat of his car Choi, have pre­ gered by New Eng­ to celebrate the life of Stephen­ with Babcock May 11, the in San Quentin, Mexico, when sumed her dead. land Power Co.'s son Pope Babcock, Trinity '96, night before graduation. Bab­ a severe gust of wind forced State officials decision to release who was killed in a car acci­ cock, who received a B.A. in po­ driver Chris Collins, Trinity added, however, its dams along the dent May 24. litical science, told Campbell '96, to lose control of the car that they will con­ Connecticut — In a beautiful sanctuary about the surfing trip to Baja, and veer off of the road. tinue their search have impeded flanked by stained-glass win­ Calif., that he and some of his (Collins should not be confused indefinitely. their search in re­ dows at least 30 feet high, fraternity brothers from Sigma with Chris Collins, Trinity '96, Vermont state cent days. Dennis Campbell, dean of the Alpha Epsilon planned to take former co-captain of the men's officials declared The water level of Divinity School, delivered a after graduation. Unfortunate­ basketball team.) At the time Choi missing the Passumpsic, a sermon to sobbing members of ly, it was to be Babcock's last of the accident, Collins and after the canoe that she and tributary of the Connecticut the congregation that empha­ adventure. Babcock had been following two of her friends were in See CHOI on page 19 •> sized many ofthe special qual­ "It was just a dream trip for three of their friends. No one ities that Babcock, known to him," his father, Bruce Bab­ See BABCOCK on page 21 • Newman takes four-month leave of absence from post By MARSHA JOHNSON events department, but added and speeches. and special events in January "I thought it was time to After six years as the direc­ that he is not certain of what At that time, the positions 1991. have another dining services tor of dining and special his new role will be. "I've in- of director of dining services Newman was originally director," Newman said. "I felt events, Wes Newman has tentionally avoided and director of spe­ slated to hold the position for that if I stayed on, it would be taken a four-month leave of thinking and plan­ cial events were only three years, but he re­ a commitment for another absence, which began May 12, ning for when I re­ separate. Joe mained director for three ad­ three to four years." and has said that he will not turn," he said. Pietrantoni, associ­ ditional years. "I had known After having taken no vaca­ return as director of dining at Newman, who ate vice president that it would not be a career tion last year, Newman said the end of the summer. graduated from the of auxiliary ser­ move," he said. "I was not a he has already begun to ap­ In the wake of Newman's University in 1978 vices, combined the dining director by training or preciate his time off. "The din­ departure, his former position with a degree in positions in 1990 education." ing services job is a hot seat," will be split into two parts: di­ electrical engineer­ when the previous He said that he chose this he said. "I didn't realize until I rector of dining services and ing, has worked at director of dining summer to resign as director got away from it for a few days director of special events. the University for services left the of dining services because the the toll of stress and strain Newman said that upon his 18 years. He began Wes Newman University. He of­ new East Union project has that [the position] had taken." probable return to the Univer­ with special events, fered the director- been completed and the West He said that he is looking sity in August, he is consider­ assembling audio and video ship to Newman, and New- Union project is still in its forward to his potential move ing working with the special equipment for conferences man became director of dining planning stages. See NEWMAN on page 20 • Freewater combines commercial, classic By DEVIN GORDON ally descend from classic or From its roots in the early foreign genres; and weekend 1970s as the brainchild of a night Quad Flicks, which cost few aspiring filmmakers, Free- $3 per person and offer "more water Film Presentations has popular, blockbuster-type" evolved into a fdly-functioning films, said Trinity senior member of the University Justin Lester, chair of Freewa­ Union with an annual budget ter Film Presentations. of about $50,000, and remains Although almost everyone one of the most popular social is familiar with the fruits of options on campus, having their labor, few people actually drawn more than 10,000 peo­ have any idea how Freewater ple to the theater last spring. gets the projectors rolling. The mainstays of the orga­ The organization consists of nization are the two sets of fea­ 25 committee members and tures that Freewater provides: functions independently ofthe Tuesday and Thursday night administration, but under the Freewater films, which pro­ umbrella of the Union. Beth TOM HOGARTY/THE CHRONICLE vide free admission and gener­ See FILM on page 18 • Justin Lester, chairman of Freewater Film Presentations, flanked by his projectors THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1996 World and National Newsfile Peres, Netanyahu split Israeli vote evenly Associated Press Gay rights promoted: Keeping the issue of same-sex marriage By SERGE SCHMEMANN seven seats. steady growth in the numbers of voters alive in the presidential campaign, N.Y. Times News Service The other, the Third Way, a centrist who realized that they could split then- Ralph Reed said Wednesday that JERUSALEM—Israeli voters con­ party with a conservative view on is­ allegiance—voting for the Likud candi­ the Christian Coalition would push firmed their country's yawning divi­ sues of peace, was expected to take date for prime minister, for example, sions in elections Wednesday by split­ three, and Arab parties also looked to and for a religious party slate to the Congress to send President Clinton Parliament. legislation by Labor Day to deny ting their ballots almost evenly expand their strength from five seats to federal recognition of such unions. between the candidates for prime min­ eight. The results guaranteed that whoev­ ister and, in the separate ballot for Par­ The shift was explained largely by er became prime minister would have Programming urged: Addition­ liament, abandoning the two major the introduction of a new voting sys­ to rely on religious and immigrant par­ parties in droves for small religious, tem, under which Israelis voted sepa­ ties to form a coalition, giving them a al congressional pressure was ap­ strong influence in national affairs. plied Wednesday to the Federal ethnic and other groupings. rately for prime minister and for the Communications Commission; urg­ Exit polls taken by Israeli television parties in the Parliament. Results insured that ultra-Orthodox ing the agency to require local tele­ and incomplete returns showed the Throughout the race, polls showed a See ISRAEL on page 11 h- vision stations to broadcast at least race between Prime Minister Shimon three hours of children's program­ Peres ofthe Labor Party and Benjamin ming each week. Netanyahu, his challenger from the conservative Likud opposition, too close Florida introduces program Verdict appealed: "Hollywood to call early Thursday, with the possi­ Madam" Heidi Fleiss' pandering bility that the outcome could depend on to fight illegal immigration conviction was overturned Wednes­ absentee ballots. day in Los Angeles by a state ap­ But the initial results were sufficient peals court that ruled jurors en­ to plot a major shift in the patterns of By LARRY LIPMAN and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay. gaged in vote-swapping misconduct the 120-seat Israeli Parliament. Both Associated Press Reno, a Florida and former Dade to avoid a deadlock. Labor and Likud showed a substantial WASHINGTON-The Clinton ad­ County state attorney, said she knew loss of seats—from 44 to 35 for Labor, ministration and Florida officials un­ how "immigrants — new generations L and from 40 to 30 for Likud, according veiled plans Wednesday to combat ille­ of Americans — have brought vitality, to the polls. gal immigration, protect jobs and spirit and entrepreneurial quality to The major winners were the reli­ increase the number of immigrants Florida's civic institutions, its commer­ Weather gious parties—whose seats in Parlia­ who become U.S.