A dark alley Not exactly the pla d want to meet THE CHRONICLE Anth-mvHonl-.nq'r e brilliant killer, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1991 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 86, NO. 102 Top administrator suspended for alleged discrimination By MICHAEL SAUL The investigation began after a tive statements in June 1990. down for the job on this basis," A top University administrator confidential source leaked a Brodie approved the investiga­ the transcript continued. "I see has been suspended for one memo from Harry Wyatt, di­ tion and the recommendations not much else I can do but month for allegedly violating the rector of planning and design for for punishment Monday evening. respect my supervisor's wishes University's non-discrimination the Medical Center, to the In­ "Mr. Nelson said that he was and turn him down." policy. dependent, a local weekly paper. uncomfortable with some of Mr. Nelson who has worked at the University officials announced Wyatt's position is subordinate to Burritt's mannerisms and felt University since 1972 was un­ Wednesday that Larry Nelson, Nelson's, and although Wyatt that there was a possibility that available for comment. assistant vice chancellor for was part of the interview and he was a homosexual," according Nelson does not feel he is health affairs and planning, will decision process, Nelson made to an excerpt from Wyatt's in­ guilty of discriminating, said face a one month suspension the final decision. ternal memo, published Feb. 20 Leonard Beckum, a member of without pay in addition to other Independent reporter Barry in the Independent. "He felt he the investigation team. Nelson penalties. Yeoman began an investigation would be uncomfortable with claims Wyatt misinterpreted his An internal investigation of the issue after receiving the someone like that in the facility comments and took them out of begun by President Keith Brodie memo, sparking Brodie's action. planner position ... a black context, Beckum said. determined Nelson described the Wyatt never intended to make might be more easily accepted. mannerisms of job applicant the incident public, Yeoman said. "All in all, I feel very uncom­ Despite Nelson's alleged viola­ Chuck Burritt as homosexual, Wyatt refused to comment for fortable with the discussion of tion of the non-discrimination and that Nelson did not want to The Chronicle. Mr. Burritt's mannerisms and policy, the investigation deter­ STAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE hire Burritt because of his sus­ The three day investigation question the ethical, moral and mined Nelson's comments did Larry Nelson in 1985 pected sexual orientation. revealed Nelson made the nega­ legal aspects of turning him See NELSON on page 10 • Cable contract offers new channels Capital Campaign enters By ROBIN ROSENFELD final year of fundraising Campus televisions now get the Cable News Network and Fox, but eventually students will Chair questions future funding have to pay for these and other cable stations. By ERIN SULLIVAN Cablevision of Durham and goal of raising $200 million Tel-Com have completed a work­ As the Capital Campaign dollars for the endowment of ing agreement establishing a di­ for the Arts and Sciences and the Arts and Sciences and En­ rect connection from Cablevision Engineering heads into its gineering schools was an­ to the Tel-Com building on West final year, it is predicted to be nounced in 1985. The cam­ Campus. the first successful fund-rai­ paign fell short of the $200 The University had been sing campaign in the Univer­ million goal in 1989, and was receiving its cable from the Medi­ sity's history, even though it extended two more years as cal Center's link with has faced numerous organiza­ part of the broader Campaign Cablevision for the past 15 years tional problems and required for Duke. without paying for the service. an extended deadline. At this time the Campaign It is not clear, however, Despite the campaign's suc­ has collected approximately whether the University was ever cess, Joel Fleishman, senior $175 million in pledges. Ap­ on the Medical Center contract vice president for the Univer­ proximately $110 million of with Cablevision. sity and chair of the cam­ those pledges have been paid, The new system allows com­ paign, said he is worried Fleishman said. mons rooms, Schaefer House MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE about the future of develop­ The University's endow­ rooms and Central Campus Students can now watch CNN and the Fox network on public ment for the University. ment is considerably smaller See CABLE on page 4 • campus televisions and in some dormitory rooms. The Campaign's five year See CAMPAIGN on page 5 >> Men's basketball claw Tack, 72-65 By MOORARI SHAH a tie for third place with Wake four steals from Corchiani. A 10- Clutch. That's a pretty accu­ Forest. 1 run at the end of the half cut rate description of Thomas Hill. Hill's four points down the Duke's lead to two, 41-39. Once again, the sophomore from stretch typified the Blue Devils' In the second half the Blue Lancaster, Texas served notice to attack throughout the game. Devil defense was up to the task an Atlantic Coast Conference foe Duke consistently penetrated the of shutting down State's senior with two clutch baskets in the Wolfpack's interior defense and tandem. Monroe, who had a 27.8 closing minutes of Wednesday scored 46 of its 72 points with scoring average coming into the night's clash with North shots in the paint. game, finished with 18, and Cor­ Carolina State. "We had been working on driv­ chiani, the league-leading assist Hill hit two driving pull-up ing all week," said junior Brian man with 9.5 per game, tallied jumpers in the final 1:32 to seal a Davis, who started for the just four last night and did not 72-65 victory over the Wolfpack seventh time this season. "Coach register an assist in the last 20 in front of a capacity crowd at said we've been staggering on the minutes of action. Cameron Indoor Stadium. perimeter a lot, and we needed to Davis drew the defensive as­ "Thomas is one of the best per­ take it to the hoop." signment on Monroe, and felt the formers in the league," said Duke The Blue Devils threatened to ACC's third-leading scorer of all head coach Mike Krzyzewski. "It blow out the Wolfpack in the first time (2,345 points) had to adjust is evident that Thomas Hill has half as they built a 13-point lead, his game because of the defen­ been clutch all the way. We let 31-18, with 7:56 to go before in­ sive pressure. our players use their individual termission. But, N.C. State's "In Saturday's game against skills, and he made it happen." backcourt of "Fire and Ice," se­ Connecticut, he posted a lot on The win gave Duke (23-5, 9-3) niors Chris Corchiani and Rod­ the baseline because smaller BOB KAPLAN /THE CHRONICLE a half-game lead in the ACC over ney Monroe, respectively, kept guys were on him," said Davis, Sophomore Bobby Hurley hassled State's Chris Corchiani into North Carolina, and the State in the game with 14 points referring to N.C State's 60-59 five turnovers in Duke's 72-65 win last night. Wolfpack (15-8, 6-5) dropped into from Monroe and four assists and See BASKETBALL on page 12 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2±, 1991 World and National Newsfile Allied ground forces take 450 Iraqi prisoners Associated Press By R.W.APPLE N.Y. Times News Service Gulf War Roundup Wednesday, I YeltSin Censured: The Soviet par­ DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia — In a series liament formally censured Russian of sharp encounters with Iraqi ground Soviets await Iraqi reply leader Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday for forces that may have presaged an early Saddam Hussein's sent his urging Mikhail Gorbachev to resign, land assault, American troops destroyed foreign minister back to and Gorbachev's former foreign minis­ large numbers of enemy tanks and howit­ Moscow to convey Iraq's ter pleaded for peace in the "war of zers Wednesday and took more than 450 On the presidents." prisoners of war, the American command response to a peace proposal the battlefront: reported. Soviets hope will spare the region Army Ch-47 Chinook Energy plan criticized: President Not since the battle of Khafji three all-out war. helicopters carted off Bush unveiled his long-awaited na­ weeks ago have U.S. ground forces been hundreds of Iraqi tional energy plan Wednesday, saying so directly and hotly engaged with the it "strikes a sound and reasonable bal­ Iraqis. The Americans suffered losses of prisoners after one ance" without burdening the economy, their own, but they were comparitively action, and Iraqi gunners but critics quickly assailed it for focus­ slight, including one soldier killed, seven zeroed in on a U.S. unit ing on production over energy conser­ wounded and armored vehicles badly shot in another, killing one up. vation. and wounding seven. In one of the skirmishes, four Army he­ Consumer prices jump: The gov­ licopters — two missile-firing AH-64 JORDAN IRAN Persian ernment reported Wednesday that con­ Apaches and two lightly armed OH-58 KUWAIT Kiowa scouts — descended on a complex Gulf sumer prices jumped 0.4 percent in SAUDI ARABIA January, but analysts dismissed the of 15 Iraqi bunkers somewhere north of < Kuwait City sharp increase as a passing circum­ the Saudi border, officials said, and un­ stance brought on, in part, by weather- leashed a devastating barrage.