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Who is ASDU? THE CHRONICLE Richard Moore is the first member of the FRIDAY, APRIL 5,1991 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 86, NO. 128 Council meeting casts Court Justices convene at University By BRYAN GARNER Chief Justice William doubt on SRFs future Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Justice Antonio By HANNAH KERBY funding of the bonds and Lamer ofthe Canadian Supreme The University may not be money raised as an endow Court discussed the differences able to raise enough money to ment for SRI. in the constitutional law of the pay for the proposed Science The University expects to neighboring nations Thursday. Resource Initiative building, raise the money needed for This seminar ofthe Joint Chief said Dean Earl Dowell of the the endowment within six Justices marked the beginning of School of Engineering at an years, Dowell said, then asked, the Supreme Courts Conference Academic Council meeting "How much of that money do on Constitutional Law, a three- Thursday night, and suggested you think we're going to raise day convention organized by the that construction ofthe entire in the next six years?" Canadian Studies Center. facility be postponed. William Anlyan, chancellor University Law Professor Wil Dowell questioned the emeritus and one ofthe people liam Van Alstyne acted as mod University's ability to raise responsible for SRI erator of the seminar. "We have money to cover the $67 million fundraising, said he thought one ofthe world's oldest and one in bonds the University is the fundraising efforts were of the world's newest creating to fund the SRI proceeding as planned. "The constitutions.. .represented in this project. money is out there ... for all room," Van Alstyne said. He was "If I had to bet,... [I bet] we'd the projects that are approved also a key figure in organizing the fall short by about $40 million," by the faculty, the trustees, conference, aproductof 18 months SCOTT BOOTH/THE CHRONICLE of planning. Dowell said. "[We should] go and the University. We've just Chief Justice William Rehnquist ahead and build a $40 million got to work to get it." The justices began by giving building. Save the architects' Dowell closed by saying he the audience background infor getting started." the ball and run with it, the U.S. plans [for the complete SRI thought "tremendous progress mation about their respective He said it wasn't until John court may not have been a consti facility]. If we raise [the money] had been made" on the SRI Courts. Rehnquist, who was ap Marshall took the office in 1801 tutional court today." later, we can build the rest of project, but that building the pointed Chief Justice in 1986, said that the court became a consti Justice Lamer, who took office in the facility." entire facility was too great a most people view the U.S. Su tutional court by establishing July of 1990, spoke about the es Others present at the meet risk. "I'm suggesting we move preme Court as the "grand daddy the power of judicial review. tablishment of Candada's Charter ing disputed Do well's claim the ahead, but decrease our risk." of constitutional courts. But it Rehnquist applauded the in of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, a University could not make up Discussion on the issue and would be a mistake to think it novation of Marshall: "If you document similar to our Bill of the shortfall between the See COUNCIL on page 7 • sprung like Minerva from the don't have people in the court Rights. "Since 1982 we've come a head of Zeus. It was very slow in who have some vision... to take See JUSTICES on page 7 • Drama faculty claim wrongful investigation of conduct By ERIN SULLIVAN had conducted an investigation conducted by the University ad without official charges filed said the meeting went "very well." Members ofthe acting faculty that was not within their guide ministration. against them. Young presented his side of the of Duke Drama claim they may lines," said Sean Arbuckle, a Young could not be reached to Young has letters from drama story and White gave the have been unjustly investigated Trinity senior and drama major. comment on the suspended re students which alledgedly administration's side. by the University's Sexual Ha Jack Young, associate director hearsals, or the resulting devel claimed the committee on sexual "I think many of the students rassment committee last semes of the program, suspended re opments. harrassment solicited individu thought [Young] was a bit disin ter. hearsals of the play The House of According to Arbuckle, Young als for charges against members genuous, trying to tie certain prob "The acting faculty had been Bernarda Alba March 28 as part claimed the sexual harrassment of the faculty, and asked stu lems he's having to the rehearsal," under the impression that the of a protest against what he called committee had investigated dents "leading questions," White said. The letter from Adcock's committee on sexual harrassment "a campaign of disinformation" members of the drama faculty Arbuckle said. Young read these office effectivly answered Young's letters to the drama majors at complaints, White said. But unless Happy Hour, the regular re Young received a letter of apology quired meeting for drama ma from the Administration he said he jors. "wouldn't come back in the direct Reactions of drama students ing mode," White said. to the letters ranged from con Robert Hobbs, director of train fused to angry. A non-violent ing of Duke Drama, declined to sit-in on the Allen building was comment on Young's actions be organized and then dropped, as cause of ongoing developments. students continued to speculate Arbuckle sees a discrepancy be about the validity of Young's tween the letter from Adcock and claims. Young's concerns. "Dean White, In response, a letter from when he was talking to us, was not David Adcock, University coun willing to say whether there had sel, to Young stated "...it is ap been an investigation," Arbuckle parent that the Duke University said. Sexual Harrassment committee Other drama students did not has no basis upon which to con know what to believe. "Ifyou hear duct an investigaiton of you or Jack [Young] tell it, it sounds like any of your colleagues in the he had valid reasons, and then of drama department. This view course ifyou hear the administra is shared by the Sexual Harass tion tell it, it sounds like he over ment Committee and the Pro reacted," said Alex Cohen, a Trin vost." ity freshman and drama student. What Young wanted, and did Young resumed direction of The not receive, was a promise from House of Bernarda Alba Wednes the committee on sexual day night, according to Dale harrassment that they would Randall, interim director of the not conduct investigations program. CUFF BURNS/THE CHRONICLE without charges, Arbuckle said. This latest upset in the Drama Richard White, dean of the program is only symptomatic of Conquering Heroes faculty of arts and sciences, what many see as an uncertain The blue devils were honored yesterday afternoon at the Civic Center in downtown Durham, spoke to the drama students future for the program since the and Coach K wasn't the only one who couldn't stop smiling... or something like that. March 31 in an effort to allay departure of former director David some of the confusion. White See DRAMA on page 6 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1991 World and National Newsfile U.S. calls on Turkey to open borders for Kurds Associated Press By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Despite Bush's decision, the Voice of broadcasts have been approved by the N.Y. Times News Service Free Iraq, an opposition radio station United States or coordinated with Wash Iraqis Will Starve: Many Iraqis ington. will soon starve because of a scarcity WASHINGTON — Despite domestic broadcasting from Saudi Arabia that is American officials, who appeared to be of food in state warehouses, a top and foreign pressure to help thousands of widely believed to have American financial groping for a response to the latest devel government official said Thursday. Kurds attempting to flee the Iraqi army, support, has repeatedly appealed to the the United States on Thursday limited its Iraqi people in recent weeks to stage an opments in Iraq, said they were not plan actions to calling on Turkey to open its armed revolt against Saddam. ning to provide much new money for refugee Warplanes patrol Iraq: War- aid beyond the $36 million already pledged planes will continue to patrol Iraqi borders to refugees. As recently as March 29, according to to international relief organizations help airspace "for an indefinite period" In talks with American Ambassador the British Broadcasting Corp., which ing people in the region who have been and their eventual removal will hinge Morton Abramowitz, the Turkish govern monitors the station, the Voice of Free Iraq displaced since Iraq invaded Kuwait on on Saddam Hussein's compliance ment refused the American request, say called for the "formation of the unified Aug. 2. They also said there was little else with the U.N.'s cease-fire resolution, ing it could not afford to permit a mass field command of all sides ofthe patriotic they could do immediately to help the Gen. Colin Powell said Thursday. entry of refugees it believes could eventu opposition movement" to strengthen the ally number 500,000 or more. effort to "swoop on the regime ofthe Saddam Kurds.