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THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1987 © DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 83, NO. 27 Attacks prompt more safety steps; suspect may be student By ROCKY ROSEN University officials are stepping up ef forts to find a man, possibly a student, who is suspected of assaulting at least two women and exposing himself to two others during the past week. The most recent assault occurred Friday at about 3:45 a.m. outside Cleland dormitory. The victim, who sustained a sprained ankle and bruises to the jaw and ribs, was treated and released from Stu dent Health on Friday. The previous attack took place at about 11 p.m. in Edens Quadrangle (New Dorms), near the Delta Tau Delta frater nity section, on Sept. 26. The suspect of fered to show the victim to a dormitory she was looking for but then attacked her in a stairwell. The victim was not injured. The same night, a student found a man matching the same description in her room with a bag over his head. She screamed and the man left. Also the same night, a man matching the description exposed himself to two women in the Edens parking lot. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE/ Duke Public Safety will place plain Police released this composite draw- PETER AMAN/THE CHROMICLE clothes officers on patrol on West Campus jng 0f a man wanted for questioning. at random times in addition to regular The drawing has inaccuracies as noted Wearing his harborcoat, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe croons to a crowd of eager See ATTACK on page 8 (• in the story. fans. R.E.M. 'documents' return Air Force ROTC soars high Georgia band fills Cameron with fine worksongs By CAMERON VANDEGRIFT draw high-quality students from the The Duke Air Force ROTC (AFRO start." TC) program received notification The field training ranking, also By ED BOYLE McCarthy," as well as the older classic Thursday that AFROTC headquarters determined from the group' of 152 About 8 p.m. Sunday night, a man with "Sitting Still" from Murmur (1983). After has ranked the unit number one in ac AFROTC units, is based on athletic black-rimmed eyes and high cheekbones an impressive drumming performance by ademic achievement out of 152 units and leadership performance at sum walked in the front entrance of Cameron Berry on "Feeling Gravity's Pull" off the nationwide. This past summer the mer training camps by cadets entering Indoor Stadium. His long, curly brown 1985 LP, Fables of the Reconstruction, cadet corps was also ranked fourth na their junior year. Approximately 3500 hair was tied back in a ponytail that hid Stipe grabbed the microphone and intro tionally in athletic and leadership per cadets attended one of 11 camps itself in the high collar of his black over duced the haunting "Flowers of formance, placing them in the top throughout the country this past sum coat. He stared ahead ominously through Guatemala" from Pageant, possibly the three percent of AFROTC units in the mer, according to O'Connor. an old pair of horn-rimmed glasses. most political song of the evening. This country, according to Col. Thomas O' Cadet corps commander Kurt Michael Stipe had returned to rock ain't rock 'n' roll," Stipe said, quoting Connor, the commanding officer of the Ruotola, the highest ranking cadet and Duke. And he was serious about it. David Bowie. "This is genocide." unit. an Engineering senior, was also Stipe and the rest of the band R.E.M. Stipe began the second set with an im O'Connor said that the academic pleased with the success of his unit. played to two near-capacity crowds in pressive bit of bluesy crooning before rank determination was an "objective "It's a fantastic honor, and a great trib Cameron this weekend. Stipe captivated Buck and company kicked in with "I observation done by computer analysis ute to the quality of people we have in the predominantly collegiate audience Believe" (Pageant). They covered an old with quality input." The academic rat the corps here." with his intensely soulful voice and mysti Bill Withers song, "Anytime You Go ing was determined on the basis of ju Duke's Air Force unit is comprised of cal body contortions, offering his esoteric Away," then, much to the crowd's delight, nior year cadets' SAT scores, GPAs, 93 cadets, 82 of whom are on full, four- wisdom to his listeners. So what if they played "Driver 8" and "Superman," from leadership ability, and performance on year scholarships. These scholarships couldn't understand the words: Art is not Fables and Pageant respectively. the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test. are awarded throughout the nation Air Force units at Carnegie-Mellon, always so blatant. Stipe got even better into the show. He with the majority going to students in MIT-Harvard, Cornell University, and The Athens-based band opened Sun sang perfectly the racing lyrics from the engineering and science programs, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute day's show with a pulverizing version of new hit, "It's the End of the World as We O'Connor said. O'Connor also prides placed in the top four behind Duke. the already-powerful "Finest Worksong," Know It (And I Feel Fine)," and over his unit on the specialized atmosphere the first cut off their new album. whelmed the crowd with the emotional O'Connor attributed the ranking to that it cultivates. "My philosophy is Document. Peter Buck, R.E.M.'s sleepy- "The One I Love" and "Fall On Me." Duke's prestige and high admissions this: I have a small, elite group of peo ple here. I can give specialized atten eyed lead guitarist, blew the dust off the "Begin the Begin" (Pageant) was per standards. "Duke has such a good na tion to each cadet." amplifiers with his deliberately coarse haps the most awe-inspiring cut in the tional reputation, that we are able to guitar riffs. Mike Mills added his driving concert. The lighting worked amazingly bass to Buck's guitar, and Bill Berry for the song — Stipe danced like a backed them up with crisp percussion. scarecrow in a hurricane with a strobe After setting the pace with "Worksong," light to magnify the effect. R.E.M. kept the adrenaline flowing with For many, the highlight of the show inside Weather songs from Document and Life's Rich was the encore "Radio Free Europe" from Pageant, the band's 1986 release. Buck Murmur, though the rendition was not Ready, Set: Durham's heated politi Chilling effect: There might be leaped around stage on "These Days," spectacular in itself. cal races for mayor, city council and some frost on your Halloween pumpkin from Pageant, turning windmills on his They closed with a beautifully simplis other local positions will be narrowed this morning, but it won't stay cold guitar with a vital energy that contrasted tic version of "AnnElise" (Reckoning): in Tuesday's primary elections. Can enough to freeze the hinges on class his less intense performance in Cameron Stipe and Mills harmonized to the lone didates have staked out their own ter room doors. The sun will come out in November, 1986. sound of Buck's guitar. Some would call it ritory in the fierce competition, but today and bring a high near 70. Fair R.E.M. skillfully hammered out the rest an anti-climactic conclusion to an in agree on one point: Durham's future is tonight and tomorrow with lows in the of the first set, which included a new credibly powerful concert; others see it as in the victors' hands. See page 3. 40s and highs in the mid 70s. Shucks. rocker from Document, "Exhuming vintage R.E.M. THF CHRONICLE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5,1987 World & National Newsfile N.Y. Times News Service U.S., Canada decide to end trade barriers GAO finds violation: A prohibited By CLYDE FARNSWORTH Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at a Que comes fully into effect. propaganda blitz was operated by the N.Y. Times News Service bec City meeting in 1985, the agreement The pact gives the United States new Reagan Administration to "favorably WASHINGTON — The United States is expected to serve as a model for free business opportunities in a market about influence" public support for the Nica and Canada have agreed to an extensive trade in an era of rising protectionism, the size of California — including removal raguan rebels, a legal opinion prepared trade pact that would stimulate economic 'This historic agreement will of a host of trade and investment restric by the General Accounting Office, the activity in both countries by eliminating strengthen both our economies over time tions that have made Canada one of the investigative arm of Congress, has con tariffs and non-tariff barriers in North and create thousands of jobs in both Western world's most protected econo- cluded. America before 2000. countries," President Reagan said in a After 16 months of negotiations, a statement after notifying Congress of his Opponents meet: EI Salvador's framework was completed late Saturday, intention to enter into the pact under But it will mean intensified competition President met formally, for the first barely beating a midnight deadline. Al terms of the Trade Act of 1979. in the United States for many natural time in nearly three years, with Mar though the accord was quickly announ Paul Wonnacott, a University of Mary resource industries such as copper, lead, xist-led guerrillas fighting his Govern ced, further details were not issued until land economist and specialist on the zinc and wood products, where the Cana ment.