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Double Trouble John Gwin scored two goals to lead the Blue Devils over Belmont Abbey on Wednesday. THE CHRONICLE See page 11. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 86, NO. 15 SOC faces financial difficulty after budget mixup By MATT SCLAFANI students will approve such a ments for next semester," he enough money to cover the bud A possible financial crisis large increase. said. There is a potential that get. within ASDU could force severe If the fee increase fails, groups we could have a shortfall." The SOC has no way of accu cuts for student clubs or a fee in like the Black Student Alliance, SOC decreased the student ac rately predicting how much crease that could be as high as Duke CHANCE and a number of tivities fee last year by 60 cents, money actually will be leftover $15 for each undergraduate. campus publications could be before it was aware of any prob until the middle of the summer, ASDU's arcane budgeting pro forced to make drastic cuts in lem, said former SOC chair Jon long after ASDU needs to request cedure is to blame for the trou their budgets for next year. Rosenzweig. a fee increase, Rosenzweig said. bles, said Trinity sophomore "It's going to mean that these Starrfield also wants ASDU to Starrfield believes that the Barry Starrfield, chair of the groups are going to ... have to be approve a new budget procedure SOC chair cannot depend on un Student Organizations Commis cut back unless we get some mi so problems like this cannot hap used funds to pay next year's raculous fee increase," Starrfield pen again in the future. bills. Instead, any leftover money sion. Starrfield is responsible for MARTY PADGETT/THE CHRONICLE disbursing $30,000 to various said. The problem is that ASDU as should be put into a discretion- clubs as well as managing AS ASDU has enough money to sumes that student clubs will not See SOC on page 5 • Barry Starrfield DU's $467,000 budget. cover expenses this semester, spend all the money budgeted to Starrfield wants the student Starrfield said. them. When ASDU budgets for body to vote in November on a fee "At the rate we're having the next school year, it counts increase to cover the expected emergency situations coming up, these leftover funds, or "balance Allies relinquish control, shortfall for next year. The fee we might spend the cash we have forwards," as revenue. If the increase could range from $9.50 on hand in the ASDU general various clubs do spend all their to $15 per student. fund, and then there won't be money, ASDU does not have Germany unites in weeks Starrfield is skeptical that the enough cash to make all the pay By THOMAS FRIEDMAN N.Y. Times News Service under World War II and we have Nobel winner MOSCOW — The four wartime started keeping the time of a new Allies who defeated Nazi Ger age." many 45 years ago signed a The treaty signing concludes scheduled for treaty on Wednesday relinquish the "two-plus-four" negotiations, ing all their occupation rights, set up in Ottawa in February af spring speech leaving the two German nations ter the crumbling of the Berlin that emerged after the war wall last November created the By RICHARD LIN finally free to reunite on Oct. 3. possibility for German reunfica- tion and therefore compelled the Oscar Arias Sanchez, presi With a beaming President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Allies to finally confront the dent of Costa Rica, will visit "German question" that had the University in the spring. Union looking over their shoul ders, the foreign ministers of defied solution throughout the Arias will talk as part ofthe postwar years. Sanford Series, which brings West Germany, East Germany, prominent world figures to the France, Britain, the United "The new Germany is here," University to lecture on po States and the Soviet Union took Secretary of State James Baker tential, solutions to global turns signing the treaty on a III said. "Let our legacy be that problems. bare wooden table in a salon of after 45 years, we finally got the the Oktyabrskaya Hotel. Then political arithmetic right. Two Arias made his mark on the six men clinked glasses of plus four adds up to one Ger world politics in 1987 when he champagne in a toast to the end many in a Europe whole and introduced the "Guatemala of Europe's postwar division. free." Plan," a proposal for peace in Central America. It was "September 12th will go down The agreement that the for signed by five of the region's in history as a date important in eign ministers hammered out in countries on Aug. 7,1987. many ways for both Europe and their seven months of negotia the world at large," Foreign Min tions, with several last-minute Arias' efforts won him ister Eduard Shevardnadze of disputes only resolved in the Nobel Peace Prize for 1987 for the Soviet Union said at a news early hours of Wednesday mor what the Nobel Prize Commit GEORGE IVEY/THE CHRONICLE conference after the signing. ning, was entitled "Treaty on the tee termed his "outstanding "We are going through emo Final Settlement With Respect to contribution to the possible Germany." return of stability and peace Where's the beef? tional and historic events. A few moments ago the foreign minis The treaty's preamble and to a region long torn by strife Trinity sophomore Jen Rhodes and Trinity juniors Michelle ters, in the presence of President eight articles essentially require and civil war ... The impor Simmons and Rayieen Venezla had a light lunch and found a Gorbachev, signed a treaty on the four Allied powers to give up tance of his work for peace new friend- See ARIAS on page 5 • final settlement with respect to their occupation rights over Ber- Germany. We have drawn a line See GERMANY on page 10 ^ Rise of census figures parallels changes in Durham County By JULIE HARKNESS amount in the last four years as manufacturing as the main ele behind." get a federal grant to treat pa An increase in population has it did in the previous six. ments ofthe local economy. Hudgins said former manufac tients in jail. .. but resources are brought Durham new businesses Arnold Daters of the Durham "Durham is becoming an em turing workers are slipping into difficult to find." and increased revenue, but has City /County Planning Depart ployment mecca. We had a ban poverty because many service The increase in population is complicated life in the commu ment was reluctant to predict ner year last year where we jobs created by the growing re also pushing up housing costs. nity as well. how the change will affect Dur gained 456 new members," said search industry pay only 70 per "Property is becoming more valu Preliminary census figures ham, because the data is still Ted Conner, director of business cent ofthe poverty level. able because of the influx of the released earlier this month show being checked with local records development at the Chamber of The Department of Social Ser new people," said Marvin Pope, that the population of Durham for accuracy. Commerce, noting the develop vices has responded with assistant assessor of Durham County has grown about eight "It can't be used for official fis ment of Research Triangle Park "dramatically increased" public County. percent since 1986. cal or redistricting uses," Daters and expansion of Duke Hospital assistance, primarily through Transportation difficulties According to the figures, Dur said. The census figures were as sources of employment. food stamps and aid to families may arise with continued ham County's population has "close to our estimating so I don't Yet "most of the higher paying with children, Hudgins said. growth. "The existing bus sched risen from 166,500 to 179,707. think they'd have any consider jobs go to people outside the com Substance abuse programs are ule will be maintained", said Earl The city of Durham now has able input on what was projected munity," said Dan Hudgins, di staying full and becoming diffi Lewellyn, transportation engi 133,720 inhabitants. [for the budget]." rector of the Durham County cult to enter, said Dwight Mur neer ofthe city of Durham. The rate of population growth The rapid growth has had con Department of Social Service. ray, finance director of Durham in the county has increased since siderable impact on life in Dur "Growth in population has ad County Mental Health. He sug Lewellyn said the city will add the beginning of the decade. The ham County. Research and high versely affected lower income gested that some who are turned twenty new buses and examine a population has grown an equal tech medicine have replaced people. Many people are left away end up in prisons. "We did light rail option in the future. PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 World and National Newsfile Gorbachev hesitates to back free market plan Associated Press By BILL KELLER N.Y. Times News Service pose strict controls on ruble printing pres Reagan hits a wall: Ronald Facing what may be the most critical ses, raise interest rates, sell off state Reagan uses a hammer and chisel on choice of his presidency, Mikhail S. Gor property and imported consumer goods, the defunct Berlin Wall, taking a sym bachev is once again widely seen to be and issue government bonds. bolic swing at an old Cold War barrier.