* THE CHRONICLE Kaboom! FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL 87, NO. 128 Bulls open season with future home in doubt By BILL PORTER a new tax to finance part of the construc­ level team. The Durham Bulls opened their season tion. Originally, Wake County had passed Prior to the Wake County decision, Thursday night in Durham Athletic Park, a bill allocating revenue to four new Durham city councilman Chuck Grubb but questions remain about where the projects. The bill giving the county the and Durham mayor Harry Rodenhizer an­ team will play next year. right to levy the tax did not include a new nounced a plan to release the Bulls from After successfully blocking a proposal to stadium as an acceptable use for the tax. their lease in DAP and said they "would build a new Bulls stadium in Wake County, In response to Wake County's April 2 support a central location for the AAA Durham officials are scrambling to find an decision, Bulls owner James Goodman stadium," providing the team gains AAA alternative proposal. announced he would abandon plans to status. Durham must come up with a new sta­ move the Bulls if Durham would consent Durham has already pledged up to seven dium proposal within 30 days. After that, to building a new stadium. His long term million dollars for the renovation and mod­ Wake County will explore new possibili­ plans for the team involve upgrading the ernization of Durham Athletic Park. How­ ties for funding construction of a new base­ Bulls to the AAA level, which would re­ ever, the proposals to date have mainly ball stadium. quire a bigger and better stadium than been concerned with refurbishing Durham Wake last week abandoned plans to build Durham Athletic Park. Athletic Park, not building a new stadium. STAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE a new stadium after Durham legislators AAA level is the highest level of minor Marshall Adesman, a professor in the This may be the Bulls last year in DAP. challenged their plans to use money from league team. The Bulls are presently an A See BULLS on page 20 • Airlines announce new fare system By JAY EPPING fares by 30 percent, said Ameri­ ules in reaction to American's an­ Travelers tired of confusing can chairman Robert Crandall. nouncement. restrictions and multiple special The airline is counting on the The new fares will begin Mon­ air fares may soon find relief. cheaper and more comprehensible day. American Airlines yesterday fares to increase passenger levels The two types of advance pur­ announced a new, simplified fare and help it recover from the eco­ chase fares will be a ticket pur­ system reducing the number of nomic morass the airline indus­ chased 21 days in advance, and a discount fares to two and have try has been in for the past two ticket purchased seven days in only two regular fares, "pre­ years. The changes are desinged advance, American announced. mium," currently first class, and to be permanent, not short term The 21 day advance purchase "anytime," a coach seat that can promotional gimmicks. ticket will be about 49 percent be bought until flight time. The American's competitors, includ­ below the anytime coach fare, with SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE airline, which has a hub at Ra­ ing United, Northwest And Delat seven day advance purchase tick­ leigh-Durham International Air­ airlines all announced they would ets $20 to $60 more, depending on American Airlines unveiled a plan to simplify airfare ticket prices port, will lower the "anytime" also introduce new fare sched­ See AIRFARES on page 18 • yesterday, prompting other airlines to do the same. Class of '91 liked Duke, but less than their predecessors By ROGER MADOFF though their responses were less rating of 8.24. selves. Students believed the tions, such as ASDU and The Most recent graduates said if enthusiastic than those of previ­ Students reported strong peer University prepared them least Chronicle, received lower marks given the choice again, they would ous classes. pressure and a difficult workload. for a specific career. than in the past. Most students enroll at the University. The Alumni Affairs Office con­ This response was consistent with Amajority ofthe students spent felt ASDU failed to represent the Approidmatery on third of the ducted the survey for the seventh previous years' results. Most of more than twenty hours a week student body and did not have departing class of 1991 completed straight year. The survey tries to the students felt that the curricu­ studying. Many students also reg­ enough influence on the adminis­ the Duke Experience Survey. The measure all aspects of student lum met their expectations and istered more than 10 hours of tration. The Chronicle's approval survey asked students to rate affairs including academic, social three out of four felt that the extra-curricular activity. The rating sank to 6.71 from an aver­ various aspects of their time at and residential life. workload should remain the number of students who said they age of 7.5 over the last few years. the University on a scale of one to The students rated their over­ same. did community service grew to 87 This marks its lowest rating in ten. Most of the students ex­ all Duke experience 7.84 on a Most students felt that Duke percent, the highest amount in the survey's seven year history. pressed great satisfaction with scale of one to ten. Although still best developed their ability to the survey's seven years. Socially, the students gave their undergraduate years, al­ high, it was a slip from last year's think, question and express them­ Some student-run organiza­ See SURVEY on page 18 • Noriega convicted of trafficking By LARRY ROHTER enormous amounts of cocaine said he planned to appeal. N.Y. Times News Service through his country to the United As the verdicts were read at MIAMI — Gen. Manuel Anto­ States, in exchange for millions federal District Court here just nio Noriega, the former leader of of dollars in bribes. before 3 p.m. EDT, Noriega, Panama, was found guilty of eight Thursday's verdicts end a bit­ dressed in the same four-star counts of cocaine trafficking, ter five-year confrontation be­ military uniform he wore through­ racketeering and money launder­ tween Washington and Noriega out the seven-month trial, be­ ing Thursday, marking the first that began as a diplomatic quar­ trayed no emotion, staring time in American history that a rel, escalated into open military straight ahead as the word jury has convicted a foreign head conflict and finally moved into "guilty" was pronounced again of state of criminal charges. the legal realm. and again. But sitting immedi­ The jury of nine women and Once in the courtroom, the ately behind him, two of his three men, which deliberated for prosecution of Noriega, whom the daughters, Sandra and Thays, five difficult days and had previ­ Reagan administration once la­ began to weep quietly. ously described itself as dead­ beled "an international outlaw," From the courtroom, jurors locked, acquitted the deposed raised questions of law never sped to the downtown hotel where Panamanian leader of two co­ before encountered and placed they have been sequestered for caine trafficking charges. the prestige ofthe Bush adminis­ the last week. They refused to Noriega, who surrendered to tration at stake. discuss their deliberations with American military officials after By statute, Noriega faces a the crowd of reporters gathered the invasion of his country in maximum of 120 years in prison. at the hotel, offering only a brief MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE December 1989, is to be sentenced Even if the term is considerably written statement. on July 10. reduced, the 58-year-old general "It's been a long seven months," Gooooaaal! In essence, the general was is likely to spend the rest of his the statement said. "We've exam­ P-frosh Michael Black (1) and Mark Acquista look like they convicted of allowingthe Medellin life in prison if the conviction is ined all the evidence, and the plan on trying out for the new tennis court soccer team. drug cartel of Colombia to ship upheld. His chief defense lawyer See NORIEGA on page 20 • PAGE 2 TH^GH^ONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992 World and National Newsfile Tsongas decides not to re-enter 1992 race Associated Press By DRUMMOND AYRES what I should do," he said. "But there was Budget bill defeated: The Sen­ N.Y. Times News Service absolutely no consensus." ate narrowly rejected a Democratic BOSTON — Paul Tsongas announced In the end, he added, he reached his effort Thursday to slice $4.2 billion Tuesday that he would not re-enter the decision without cutting any deals with from President Bush's proposed $292 1992 presidential race, despite his sur­ Clinton, of Arkansas, or former Gov. bilion defense budget for next year. prisingly strong showing in the New York Edmund Brown Jr. of California, the two primary Tuesday. remaining Democratic contenders. Taxes dodged: Foreign-owned The former Massachusetts senator, who "I talked to Bill," he said. "He congratu­ businesses operating in the U.S. may pulled out of the campaign three weeks lated me and I congratulated him and we be illegally dodging income taxes ago after losing to Gov. Bill Clinton in said we'd meet again some time down the worth up to $30 billion a year, a Illinois and Michigan, said he believed he road." House panel was told Thursday. could have raised enough money and Dennis Kanin, Tsongas' campaign man­ reassembled a big enough staff to have ager, said the former senator had talked Truce Called: Russia and Ukraine resinned a limited campaign.