Lighting it up. Freshman Zeki Blari points as the women' THE CHRONICLE by UNC-Asheville. £ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL 87, NO. 70 IFC, Panhel members Smith is elect officers for '92 innocent, By TIFFANI SHERMAN individual votes from each soror­ The Interfraternity Council ity member. and the Panhellenic Council have Nine other officers will serve jury says elected their officers for 1992. on the IFC with Near. The vice Trinity junior Jason Near of presidents of rush and pledging By DAVID MARGOLICK N.Y. Times News Service Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was are Trinity juniors Steve Cattaneo elected president ofthe IFC and of Kappa Alpha fraternity and WEST PALM BEACH, Trinity junior Wendy Doniel Jackson of Delta Fla. — After deliberating Lyda of Alpha Epsilon Sigma Phi fraternity. for 77 minutes, a jury ac­ Phi sorority is the next The recording secretary quitted William Smith on president of Panhel. is Trinity sophomore Wednesday of charges that Both Near and Lyda Patrick O'Reilly of Theta he raped a woman on the want to use their new Chi fraternity and Engi- Kennedy family's Palm positions to unify differ­ neeringjunior Mike Guhl Beach estate one moonlit ent groups on campus. of Phi Kappa Psi frater­ night last Easter weekend. Near said he wants to nity is treasurer. The jury returned its ver­ "develop more Greek The public relations dict at 5:10 p.m., giving star- unity" and "improve the officer is Trinity junior tlingly short shrift to the rush schedule." Brett Wasserlauf, also impassioned pleas they Lyda said as Panhel of Phi Kappa Psi fra­ heard from the prosecutor, Moira Lasch, barely two president she wants Jason Near ternity. Engineering "to work closely with sophomore Fritz hours before. the Women's Center Butehorn of Sigma Nu Smith bowed his head, as and close the gap between Greek fraternity is the publications sec­ if in prayer, as Judge Mary and non-Greek women." retary and Engineering junior MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE E. Lupo warned that she The IFC elected its officers by a Chetan Ghai, also of Delta Sigma wanted no histrionics or any majority vote of the fraternity Phi fraternity, is the special Not really the blues. "public expression" from presidents last night. events coordinator. The officers Blues Traveller brought their own unique version of rock and anyone once the verdict was Panhel officers were elected at will serve one year terms. roll to Page last night. read. the beginning of November by See ELECTIONS on page 6 • But when the court clerk, Deborah Allen, announced that the jury had cleared Smith on both counts, of Only Wendy's being considered for BP space sexual battery and battery, the defendant smiled, By DAVID MCINTOSH Wendy's proposal is the only University was much more lim­ burgers, Newman said. He did jumped up, and hugged his If a major fast food franchise one currently being considered. ited than ones offered at its other not know if the contract would chief defense lawyer, Roy replaces the BP next fall, it won't 'The group felt that after read­ franchises, Newman said. include other products. These de­ E. Black of Miami, who re­ be McDonald's or ing the proposals that Wendy's proposes to operate tails would probably be decided in moved his tortoiseshell Burger King. It will the McDonald's pro­ their restaurant from 8 a.m. to 11 negotiations, Newman said. glasses and wiped his eyes. be Wendy's. posal was an inferior p.m. Monday through Thursdays Wendy's would pay a commis­ Then Smith wrapped one The ad-hoc BP package," said Wes and 9 a.m to 9 p.m. on Friday sion to operate in the BP space. arm around Black and ex­ privatization com­ Newman, director of through Sunday. "It would prob­ The commission would equal a tended the other to a sec­ mittee decided Dining and Special ably be an expanded menu," percentage of the restaurant's ond lawyer, Mark Seiden. Wednesday to reject Events. Newman is though there would not be any revenues and would increase as The defendant's mother, a proposal from the advisor to the com­ salad bar or "super bar" said Den­ the restaurant's revenues in­ Jean Kennedy Smith, McDonald's to oper­ mittee, which consists nis Bookwalter, director of real creased, but there would be a mini­ smiled slightly when the ate a restaurant in of eight undergradu­ estate for Wendy's. mum commission if revenues were jury's decision was an­ the area currently ates and a graduate Under the Wendy's proposal, to fall below a certain level, nounced. occupied by the student. the University would continue to Newman said. Even the members ofthe Boyd-Pishko Cafe in Wes Newman The committee operate the Rathskeller, located The question of privatizing the four-woman, two-man jury the Bryan Center. eliminated next to the BP, but the Rat would BP would be opened to a referen­ seemed overcome with emo­ Burger King did not McDonald's because not be allowed to offer any prod­ dum if the committee decides the tion. submit a proposal despite being its proposal was financially infe­ uct that "directly competes" with proposal is feasible. "The goal ofthe See TRIAL on page 5 • invited to do so. rior and the menu offered to the a Wendy's product, such as ham­ See WENDY'S on page 6 • Recession not hitting Durham businesses especially hard By KIM WOODARD area, White said. Pharmaceuti­ doing, he said. The current un­ "We have a psychological reces­ not buying cars. Reasonable pric­ There are mixed opinions on cal and other health-care compa­ employment rate in Durham sion if we don't have a real one," ing and finance rates, as well as whether Durham businesses are nies are not experiencing the is around 3.8 percent, in contrast Davis said. He blames media cov­ factory rebates, should be provid­ fightingthe national recessionary same economic difficulties seen to last year's 2.5 percent. While erage for creating a sense of para­ ing consumers with the incentive trend or falling victim to it. in other industries. Instead, they the rate of unemployment in noia among the American buying to purchase a car right now, Elkins Durham businesses reflect are in the position to open new Durham is slightly higher than public. said. Though his business has not some of the weaknesses seen in facilities and provide new jobs last year's rate, it is still better Real estate brokers "never know seen much of a decline in sales the national economy, said Tom for many in the Durham commu­ than the state rate, which ranges in the short run if a decline in over the last year, "consumer con­ White, vice president of economic nity, White said. Although the between five and six percent, he sales is due to I the brokers them­ fidence" has definitely been development of the Durham economy in Durham is "by no said. selves] or the real estate mental­ shaken, he said. Chamber of Commerce. But means great," 1991 has not been Though Durham businesses ity ofthe public," he said. Other Durham businesses have Durham and other major urban a bad economic year for Durham, seem to have avoided major eco­ Because interest rates remain witnessed a similar trend. Lori areas in North Carolina are do­ he said. nomic problems related to the at a reasonable level, prices have Ballow, manager of Animal ing better than expected, White Durham has experienced over national recession, they are still not increased and there is "no Quackers Toys, has seen a 5 per­ said. , $ 100 million dollars worth of capi­ experiencing an overall down­ shortage of money" available for cent decrease in sales since last The Durham economy is doing tal expansion over the course of ward trend, especially the real mortgages, Davis thinks the mar­ year, she said. Ballow blames the "better than the overall national the current fiscal year, and while estate and retail markets, White ket will turn around, he said. recession for the decrease. She and state economies because of that figure is lower than last said. The automobile industry seems hopes that the Christmas season the nature of economic expansion year's figure, it is still strong evi­ Heywood Davis, a broker for to be suffering from the same prob­ will be of some help, but with only here," White said. dence ofthe strength of Durham's Century 21 real estate, agreed lems as the real-estate market. two weeks remaining, "it's hard The influx of pharmaceutical economy, White said. that the real estate market in Jim Elkins, manager of Elkins to tell," she said. companies has helped bolster the Unemployment figures also Durham has been affected by the Chrysler-Plymouth, said he does There are some businesses that economy in the Research Triangle indicate how well the economy is recessionary trend. not understand why people are See RECESSION on page 13 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1991 World and National Newsfile Gorbachev's efforts to unite nation failing By FRANCIS X. CLINES Associated Press in the armed forces," Yeltsin was quoted as pendent republics might somehow find N.Y. Times News Service Doctor heal thy Self?: The Ameri­ saying in a private meeting with Soviet themselves in a state of conflict that would can Medical Association on Wednesday MOSCOW - President Mikhail S. Gor­ military officials. "The world can remain exceed the Yugoslav civil war. adopted a policy advocating AIDS test­ bachev appeared Wednesday to be losing calm." Thus far, the commonwealth accord has ing for physicians who perform certain his campaign to block creation of a com­ Military leaders found themselves be­ been notable for the lack of violence or invasive procedures and recommend­ monwealth of former Soviet republics as ing wooed in the political struggle when threats of violence among the sponsoring the idea gained ground with additional Gorbachev turned to them on Tuesday in Slavic republics, which contain most of the ing peer supervision of doctors who are republics.