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THE CHRONICLE Newsfile PIRG Faces Opposition to Budget Monday February 27, 1984 Volume 80, Number 108 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile PIRG faces opposition to budget Fighting worsens: Fighting step­ By AMANDA ELSON ped up Sunday along the "green line" dividing Christian and Moslem parts of In its first-ever budget hearing, the N.C. Beirut and shells crashed into residen­ Public Interest Research Group faced op­ tial neighborhoods on both sides of the position Sunday from the College Republicans - the same group which large­ boundary. The level of fighting along the ly fueled the referendum effort last line became intense shortly after noon semester to end PIRG's former funding as Moslem militiamen and Lebanese Ar­ system. my soldiers faced off, using machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and At the open hearing of ASDU's Student Organizations Commission, the College mortars. Republicans charged that fewer than 100 students participate in PIRG, which re­ Last Marines pullout: The United quested more than $20,000. States Marine contingent completed its "Is there $24,000 worth of student in­ withdrawal from Beirut Sunday. Its terest?" asked College Republicans co- bunkers around the airport were im­ chairman Greg Neppl. The link to students mediately occupied by Shiite Moslem has not been provided." militiamen and rebel Lebanese army The budget request approximates PIRG's units. At 12:37 p.m. (6:37 a.m. EST) the budgets for recent years. Since 1972, PIRG last Marine amphibious personnel car­ *\ has received a mandatory fee of $2 per rier splashed into a calm, aqua Mediter­ semester from the student activities fee of ranean, bringing to a close the ^ every undergraduate. Students were able to 17-month-long United States mission in request a refund, an option 532 students Lebanon - in which 262 American ser­ took advantage of earlier this semester. The vicemen lost their lives. See page 2. group, however, existed under no other budget constraints. PIRG also announced changing its Defense says rules strict: moniker from NC-PIRG to Duke PIRG. Ruf- Spokesmen for the Department of fin Slater, the group's paid director, said that Defense said Sunday that the rules of . PIRG has changed. It is now "very decen­ engagement governing United States tralized," he said. But as they are the only naval gunfire and air strikes in Lebanon PIRG left in North Carolina, "we're still limited responses to firing back after N.C's PIRG." hostile fire had been aimed at Americans. But the . spokesmen About 10 students, not affiliated with the acknowledged that almost any fire into SOC or PIRG, attended the hearing to com­ Beirut from Syrian forces or from areas ment on PIRG's budget request. under the control of Syrian allies in SOC chairman Jim Fallon lauded the stu­ Lebanon would be subject to attack from dent attendance at the meeting. United States naval gunfire or planes "Everybody's a member of ASDU. I think from aircraft carriers. my committee's going to make a wiser deci­ sion because of the students present here." SOC members and College Republicans Americans in El Salvador: in representatives questioned the $8,520 re­ the last year, the number of United AL PACIFICO/THE CHRONICLE quest for salaried employees, including States officials working in El Salvador Slugging it out $4,750 for a paid part-time director. The re­ has risen substantially, official figures mainder pays the researchers PIRG Dave Amaro's two home runs helped Duke split Sunday's opening day doubleheader employs for various projects. show. Overall, although the actual against Atlantic Christian College. See Sportswrap, inside section. numbers are small, there has been a 37 See REPUBLICANS on page 11 percent increase in military personnel and a 100 percent rise in civilian technicians. University recommends Weather New editor From staff reports News editor Joe McHugh was elected relocation of infirmary editor of the 81st volume of The Chroni­ Sunny and warm: Monday will be cle by the newspaper's staff Friday. breezy and rainy with temperatures in McHugh, from Dix Hills, N.Y., is an By LEIGH SWANN the 40s. Tuesday, however, will be much economics major who lives in BOG dor­ nicer for it will be windy and cloudy with mitory. McHugh has worked on The A committee of Duke administrators will 50 percent chance of showers and Chronicle for three years, serving as a recommend plans this weekend to the temperatures way up in the 40s reporter and assistant news editor. Board of Trustees' buildings and grounds "It will be an important year for the subcommittee to move the East Campus In­ University with the search for a replace­ firmary to Hanes House dormitory. ment for University President Tferry "It's been scoped out and it looks as Inside Sanford and the Capital Campaign," said though it's do-able," said Chancellor Keith McHugh, a Trinity junior. "Consequent­ Brodie. ly it will be an important year for The If the buildings and grounds subcommit­ Crane speaks in Durham: Chronicle. tee gives the go-ahead for further planning, "This year the paper has been ex­ the proposal must still be approved by the Republican congressman Philip Crane trustees' budget and finance subcommittee. spoke at the Sheraton University Center ceedingly dull and, while next year there will be more news on campus, we still The full board of trustees will make a final Saturday and supported Senator Jesse decision in May. AL PACIFICO/THE CHRONICLE Helms in his bid for reelection. See page will need to enhance our content with According to Brodie, several senior ad­ Chancellor Keith Brodie considers infir­ 4. more personalized and in-depth repor­ ting," said McHugh adding, "There will ministrators conceived of the idea, which mary move advantageous. Spencer and Duke art: John be major organizational changes, which, arose from concern over the death last year of Trinity freshman Louis Ferrer. Ferrer's injuries sustained in a fall over a chain link Spencer, chairman of the art depart­ while they won't be readily apparent like death triggered "an increased level of fence. The death incited a University in­ ment, sees vast potential in the Duke the layout changes of this year, will be awareness that we should expand efficien­ vestigation and a pending malpractice suit Art Museum provided adequate funds evident by more extensive coverage and better reporting." cy of student health services," he said. filed by the Ferrer family against Duke. are made available. Ferrer died in November 1982 after head See INFIRMARY on page 3 World & Marines complete withdrawal By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Less than an hour after the last Marine had left the N.Y. Times News Service beach, two American warships blasted Syrian gun posi­ National BEIRUT - The United States Marine contingent com­ tions in the hills overlooking Beirut. pleted its withdrawal from Beirut Sunday. Its bunkers In Washington, a Defense Department spokesman, Lt. Page 2 February 27, 1984 around the airport were immediately occupied by Shiite Col. Bill Hudson, said the battleship New Jersey fired 16 Moslem militiamen and rebel Lebanese army units. rounds from its huge 16-mch guns and the destroyer Caron At 12:37 p.m. (5:37 a.m. EST) the last Marine amphibious fired 50 rounds from its 5-inch guns. He said the firing personnel carrier splashed into a calm Mediterranean, was in response to an attack on an unarmed American THE CHRONICLE bringing to a close the 17-month-long United States mis­ F-14 reconnaissance plana He did not elaborate. sion in Lebanon - in which 262 American servicemen lost In Damascus, the official Syrian press agency SANA Assistant features editor Michelle de Savigny their lives. Copy editors Foon Rhee reported that Syrian air defenses had "intercepted and With the Italian and British contingents of the multina­ Ursula Werner repelled" American fighter planes that flew over Syrian- Associate photo editor Will Hicks tional force already having evacuated, only the 1,250-man held positions in Lebanon. The agency quoted a military Day photographer Doug Harper French unit remained in the Lebanese capital, apparent­ spokesman as saying that U.S. ships fired on Syrian posi­ Alice Adams ly waiting for the creation of a United Nations peacekeep­ tions in the hills east of Beirut. Desk Larry Kaplow ing force to replace it. More than 100 Marines will remain As the pullout ended Sunday, one Marine, sitting in the Night editors Jenny Wright in Beirut as part of the team protecting the U.S. Embassy Sportswrap editor Wendy Lane and ambassador's residence See MARINES on page 12 Watchdog Paul Gaffney Wire editor Renya Reed Account representatives Judy Bartlett Democrats prime for first primary Susan Tomlin Advertising production Todd Jones Composition Delia Adkins By HOWELL RAINES field. Judy Mack N.Y. Times News Service Another reason for the concentrated attention on the Elizabeth Majors CONCORD, N.H. - The battle for position in the first Hart-Glenn competition was the sudden quiet that fell on Paste-up Ellen Noto Democratic presidential primary of 1984 took on a more Sunday over the campaign effort of former Vice President Leo Hodlofski aggressive tone on Sunday as Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado Walter Mondale, who finished a strong first in the Iowa predicted that he would defeat John Glenn for second place caucuses. After attending church in New Hampshire Sun­ The Chronicle is published Monday through Friday of the Hart, abandoning his usually cautious attitude about day morning, Mondale left the state to campaign in Maine academic year, and weekly through ten (10) weeks of summer predictions, made his claim on the CBS News interview and Vermont. sessions by the Duke University Chronicle Board.
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