Experimenting Thirty years of resea interesting results al THE CHRONICLE Research Unit. See pa WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 87, NO. 64 UJB prohibits Delts from serving alcohol until March By MICHAEL SAUL event registration policy violation pus facility. fraternal bonds by engaging in Robinson Clark, the fraternity's The Undergraduate Judicial and disorderly conduct. This sanction is the first one more non-alcohol-related activi­ president. Clark declined further Board has prohibited Delta Tau The board defined "sponsoring" that allows a fraternity to con­ ties," according to the board's writ­ comment. Delta fraternity from sponsoring as individually or corporately tinue sponsoring non-alcohol re­ ten opinion. The sanctions stem from inci­ or hosting any event at which funding an event where alcohol is lated social events instead of sim­ The board has also required dents at two different parties held alcohol is present until March 15. present, and it defined "hosting" ply prohibiting social functions each current brother to complete this semester, as well as the The board found the fraternity as an alcohol event taking place altogether. 25 hours of community service. fraternity's failure to fulfill a prior guilty of two counts of contempt, at any Delta Tau Delta fraternity "The board hopes to encourage The fraternity is planning to board sanction. an alcohol policy violation, an room, commons room or off-cam­ the fraternity to strengthen its appeal the board's decision, said See DELTS on page 7 • Chief of Staff Sununu resigns under pressure BY TOM RAUM paign and said, "He doesn't need Associated Press an extra political target folks will WASHINGTON — John be shooting at." Sununu, the combative White Administration and Republican House chief of staff whose abra­ sources said they expected Skin­ sive style earned him enemies in ner, a close political ally of the both parties, resigned Tuesday, president's who played an active telling President Bush he didn't role in his 1988 re-election effort, want to be "a drag on your suc­ to get the top White House staff cess." job. The resignation came after However, White House spokes­ weeks of rumors that Sununu was woman Judy Smith said that as on his way out. The far as she knew, Bush 52-year-old former had not offered Skin­ New Hampshire gov­ ner the job. ernor had come un­ Skinner is well re­ der increasing criti­ spected by other cism from Republi­ Cabinet members, HANNAH KERBY/THE CHRONICLE cans for his role in GOP members of what they saw as in­ Congress a*d Repub­ After a hard day's work... effective White lican campaign work­ Marching band members enjoy a break from their performances at the Tokyo Dome during House action on the ers. Saturday's Coca-Cola Bowl. faltering economy. Speculation that Speculation imme­ he would get the post diately centered on UPI PHOTO was fueled by revela­ Transportation Sec­ tions that he had a retary Samuel Skin­ John Sununu private dinner with Survey: Durham split on merger ner as a likely successor, although the president on Sunday and the White House said no decision breakfast at the White House on From staff reports todayonwhethertoacceptthe seven- moving or placing their children in had been made. Monday with Bush's son and chief Though the state board of edu­ district election plan submitted by private schools if the merger passed. One GOP congressional source political troubler shooter, George cation has approved all but the the county commissioners. Blacks were more likely to favor called the decision to give Skin­ Bush. election process in the Durham The survey also questioned the mergerthan whites. Forty-seven ner the job "definite but not offi­ In fact, it was Bush's eldest son city-county merger, Durham resi­ Durham residents on the make­ percent ofthe blacks surveyed sup­ cial." — who is co-owner of the Texas dents are unsure about the up of the new merged board. ported the merger, compared to 38 Sununu handed Bush a five- Rangers' baseball team — who merger's benefits. Twenty-seven percent of the re­ percentofwhites. Forty-two percent page handwritten resignation delivered the bad news to Sununu Those are the results of a sur­ spondents favored a seven-mem­ of the whites surveyed opposed it note on Air Force One while Bush last Wednesday that there was vey taken by students in the pub­ ber, single district school board compared to the 29 percentofblacks. was on a trip to Florida and Mis­ wide opposition to him among lic policy class Reporting the similar to the one the county com­ The survey also showed that sissippi. Bush's top advisers, administra­ American People. missioners resubmitted to the county residents were twice as Bush accepted the resignation, tion and Republican sources said The survey of 329 randomly state board of education. The plan likely to oppose the merger as effective Dec. 15, and said in a Tuesday. selected households found 39 per­ for the seven-member board city residents. statement that Sununu would In his letter, Sununu said that cent of Durham residents are in passed 3-2 on Nov. 26. More than70percentofthe people remain as a counselor with Cabi­ until recently he had been con­ favor of combining the systems Thirty-seven percent supported who had an opinion said they would net rank through March 1. vinced he could be a strong con­ and 38 percent are opposed. a plan calling for four districts favor a city-county referendum on Later, standing beside Sununu tributor to Bush's efforts. Twenty-two percent had no opin­ electing one member and three the merger. on Air Force One, Bush told re­ "But in politics, especially dur­ ion regarding the merger, accord­ at-large members. porters, "He has taken a lot of ing the seasons of a political cam­ ing to a press release by class Of parents with school-aged chil­ The survey has a sampling er­ hard shots that would have landed paign, perceptions that can be members. dren, 48 percent supported the ror of 5.5 percent. The students on my chin." effectively dealt with at other The state business and finance merger and 31 opposed it. A few conducted the telephone survey Sununu noted that Bush was times can be — and will be — committee is scheduled to vote parents said they would consider between Oct. 24 and Nov. 7. heading into his reelection cam- See SUNUNU on page 5> 'Broader vision' needed to view underclass, professor says By TINA KIM examined from a racjal, social, cul­ that poor education, unstable Wilson examined the specific the early 1980s could not make up "We need a broader vision," tural and economic viewpoint, he households and social isolation plight ofthe black male. Industry for the losses suffered by the black said Professor William Wilson, said in his speech entitled "The are only some ofthe factors that has been restructured so that male in the 1970s slack economy. an eminent researcher of urban Underclass and Integration in the must be considered in analyzing fewer manufacturing blue-collar Stagflation, technologicalupgradmg, affairs, regarding the national '90s." the underclass. jobs are available, he said. In non-union workers and low-paid dilemma ofthe inner-city poor. Wilson said his research sug­ Wilson directs the University 1974,47% of working black males workers also contributed to black Wilson, a professor of sociology gests current theories on poverty of Chicago's Center for the Study aged 20 to 24 held blue collar jobs male joblessness, he said. and public policy at the Univer­ and employment "should be re­ of Urban Equality. He is author that allowed them to support a Black males felt angry because sity of Chicago, stressed that the examined." Many assert singular of The Truly Disadvantaged, family. In 1980 only 25% held jobs were taken by new immi­ problem ofthe underclass should factors such as discrimination or which was chosen by the New these type of jobs, he said. grants, who were much more tol­ not be perceived from only one social structure to be the cause York Times Book Review as one He found from 1954 to 1982 erant of poor working conditions, side. The deteriorating situation for unemployment and poverty. ofthe 16 best books published in there was a 63% loss in blue col­ he said. The working conditions of inner-city residents must be His studies, however, have shown 1987. lar jobs. The economic recovery of See WILSON on page 7 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991 World and National Newsfile Israel insists on delay of Mideast peace talks BY BARRY SCHWEID Associated Press taneous talks. raeli officials will be in Washington until Associated Press Benjamin Netanyahu, a close aide to Monday and he hoped the Arab delega­ Mikhail issues appeal: Mikhail WASHINGTON — New Mideast peace Shamir, said Israel would send three teams tions get in touch with them directly to Gorbachev warned Tuesday that the talks Tuesday headed toward an uncer­ here, ready to open negotiations with the discuss procedural matters, including the disintegration ofthe Soviet Union will tain opening round with Israel still insist­ three Arab delegations on Monday. opening date if Monday is inconvenient. lead to misfortune, catastrophe and ing on a delay and Arab negotiators likely But Netanyahu said Israel still wanted Netanyahu said the United States sched­ war, but Russia hastened the to confront an empty chair. the talks shifted to the Middle East after uled the talks for Wednesday wihout con­ breakup by recognizing Ukraine's The standoff persisted as Secretary of one or two procedural sessions.