Athlete of the Week - ma against N.C. State this weekend. See THMONDAY, NOVEMBEER 18 , 199CHRONICL1 © E DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 55 Chronicle Board says its staff acted properly By MICHAEL SAUL that only uniform endorsements The Chronicle Board approved by the board will do the job," she a statement supporting the wrote in a letter of resignation. newspaper's decision to publish a Torgovnick had suggested a controversial ad and lost two of its proposal that noted the conflict­ members in the process. ing opinions on the board and Members of the board ex­ called for re-evaluating the ad­ changed angry words in a meet­ vertising policy, but nine out of ing that resulted in a 6-4-1 vote to the 11 voting members present back the decision to print an ad­ voted against it. vertisement denying the existence The Chronicle's ad policy is that ofthe Holocaust. The board acts it reserves the right to reject any as the newspaper's publisher. ad for any reason. "We believe the newspaper's The board is ineffective because officers and staff have acted prop­ it refuses to perform the duties erly," the statement reads. assigned to it in The Chronicle's Remembering the Rose Bowl Following the vote, two of the constitution, Torgovnick said. Members ofthe Duke team that played in the 1942 Rose Bowl against Oregon State came back dissenting board members re­ The Chronicle Board formu­ to Wallace Wade Saturday in vintage autos to commemorate the bowl's 50th anniversary. signed. lates and enforces Chronicle poli­ "I resigned because I do not cies, according to the board's con­ think I could in good conscience stitution. continue as a member of this The board is made up of gradu­ board," said Steven Marks, a ates, undergraduates, faculty third-year law student. "This is a members and University employ­ Duke hoops trophies found at UNC moral issue and not a freedom of ees. expression issue." Several board members em­ By MICHAEL SAUL were found early Saturday morn­ ket at the Glen Lennox shopping Marianna Toi-govnick, profes­ phasized that the board must not Rivalry between Duke and the ing at the Old Well at UNC-CH. center in Chapel Hill. sor of English, said she resigned interfere with the daily opera­ University of North Carolina may The campus police at Chapel The items were found aligned because the board denied her re­ tions of the newspaper. have been the source of a college Hill received an anonymous call around the Old Well at the center quest to issue a dissenting opin­ The board, however, along with prank. at 4:05 a.m. Saturday identifying ofthe university with the excep­ ion. the newspaper's managers and Basketball trophies and memo­ the location of the trophies, said tion of one NCAA championship "The current Chronicle Board editors, plans to re-evaluate The rabilia were stolen from Cameron Richard Kratz of UNC-CH cam­ basketball with the final score— appears to feel that what is most Chronicle's advertisement policy, Indoor Stadium on West Campus pus police. The call came from a Duke 72 Kansas 65—printed on it. important is to support the edi­ said Chairwoman Kathy Patrick, on Friday, but most ofthe items pay phone at Talberts Supermar­ See TROPHIES on page 11 • tors in every particular job and See BOARD on page 11 • Knife-wielding man threatens Gotcha! team By MICHAEL SAUL female students and one male hand. Dean said. groups who were out on campus, A program that promotes safety student, approached the suspect The suspect did not make threat- Dean said. on campus was set back and may be at 8:48 p.m. between York dormi­ eninggesturesandthestudents sim­ The future of the program is discontinued because a man wield­ tory and the Phi Kappa Psi fra­ ply backed away, Dean said. now tenuous, said Rebecca Falco, ing a knife threatened participants ternity section on West Campus, Seconds later, the suspect said, coordinator of sexual support ser­ Thursday evening. said Chief Robert Dean of Duke "Nice try, man," and walked in vices at the Women's Center. The program, initiated last Public Safety. the direction of Clocktower Quad, "It's tough to justify sending year, is designed to increase safety The male team member asked Dean said. them out again," Falco said. "If awareness among campus men. the suspect the location of a dorm The students described the three students with safety on their Students roam the campus at before beginning the Gotcha! rou­ suspect as a 5-foot-10-inch white minds could be threatened with a night in groups of three and place tine, Dean said. Gotcha! teams male about 22 years old with dark knife it shows how unsafe the bright orange stickers reading typically begin by asking students brown hair. campus can be." "Gotcha!" on men who are found innocuous questions to make He was wearing a white base­ Falco said she was disap­ walking alone. The men are then themselves seem unsuspicious. ball cap, jeans, white sneakers pointed because the program has given a pamphlet explaining the In this case, the suspect replied, and a black satin jacket with the the unique opportunity to simul­ event's purpose. "Why don'tyoulookat whatl have in logo "Miami Heat" written on the taneously confront hundreds of On Thursday, an unidentified my right hand," Dean said. back and sleeve, according to the students and sharply increase man gave a Gotcha! team a sur­ The students looked, and saw students' description. awareness. With "what other pro­ SASHA AZAR/THE CHRONICLE prise of his own. a three to four inch knife with a Public Safety immediately gram can you confront that many The team, consisting of two brown handle in the suspect's called in the 10 other Gotcha! See GOTCHA on page 11 • Rebecca Falco Events begin for University's first rape awareness week By LYNNE THOMPSON and Several campus organizations After the incident, she became the University community are Campus immediately following MICHAEL SAUL have banded together to provide a an expert on rape survivors' scheduled to march from East the march. Victims of sexual assault and series of events to heighten aware­ rights, said Russell Rothman, a Campus to West Campus to ad­ On Thursday, there will be a anyone who knows a victim are ness about rape. Trinity senior and president of dress a woman's right to walk panel discussion in the Griffith encouraged to tie a ribbon on the Nancy Ziegenmeyer, a rape sur­ the Major Speakers Committee alone without fear. The march is Film Theater to explore the legal chain around the main quad on vivor and advocate of rape survi­ ofthe Duke" University Union. titled "Take Back the Night." options available for rape survi­ West Campus this week. vors' rights, is scheduled to dis­ She actively lobbies at state Men are invited to join women vors. The discussion is titled the The ribbon campaign serves as cuss her own struggle on Wednes­ and federal levels for legislation in the march, said Michelle Greit, "Legal Alternatives: The After­ a visual symbol ofthe University's day at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. on confidentiality and has pro­ a Trinity junior who helped coor­ math of Rape" and features speak­ first campus-wide rape awareness Ziegenmeyer was the first rape vided congressional testimony on dinate the event. "We want men ers from Durham's legal system week. victim to volunteer her name and violence against women, accord­ to support women," Greit said. and the University. Both women and men are en­ picture to the press. The Pulitzer ing to a release. "And help women express anger On Friday, an open microphone couraged to join forces this week Prize winning account of her Ziegenmeyer is planning to and fear of walking alone." will be available on Main Quad to "to break silence on the issue and trauma and subsequent trek provide information on rape pre­ Speakers are scheduled to ad­ provide a forum for victims to give a voice to those who have through the legal system was pub­ vention, the legal system and dress the marchers at Baldwin come forward with personal ac­ been affected by it," said Valerie lished in the Des Moines Regis­ seeking help, Rothman said. Auditorium and an open micro­ counts. Brown, Trinity '91. ter. On Tuesday night, members of phone will be available on West See RAPE WEEK on page 11 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991 World and National Newsfile China talks make progress on missile sales Associated Press By THOMAS FRIEDMAN make the sort of tough decisions required Credit cancelled: As many as N.Y. Times News Service for a real and sustained improvement in 60 million Americans could lose their BEIJING — Three days of talks be­ relations. charge cards and the economy could tween Secretary of State James Baker III While in the end the Chinese made some return to recession if Congress forces and China's leaders ended on Sunday with limited concessions, they offered nothing a reduction in credit card interest some limited Chinese gestures to curb that would provide President Bush with a rates, bankers say. missile sales but with little progress to­ trump card to silence congressional critics ward easing China's suppression of hu­ of his policy of "constructive engagement" Seige OVer: Croatia resigned it­ man rights. with Beijing. Instead, the Chinese gave self Sunday to its most damaging Baker's talks, whichboth sides suggested what they apparently calculated was the loss in nearly five months of war and were quite blunt, marked the first public bare minimum Bush would need to over­ bargained frantically to save thou­ high-level contact between the Bush ad­ come congressional misgivings.