One for two The women's basketball team iost to UNC in the semifinals ofthe ACC THE CHRONICLE Tournament. See SPORTSWRAP, P. 1. MONDAY. MARCH 2. 1998 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL, 93, NO. 103 Duke strikes back, 77-75 INSIDE Blue Devils come back • Students, police clash during post- game celebration, page 3 from 17 down to defeat • North Carolina's Okulaja accused of UNC in rematch thriller assaulting Duke student, page 3 By DAVE BERGER Chronicle staffwriter • Foam party flops; Busteed withholds Maybe it was the prodding of coach payment from foam company, page 4 Mike Krzyzewski. Maybe it was the barking of senior guard Steve Woj­ ciechowski. Maybe it was a collapse by Students attempt to ignite North Carolina. Or maybe it was the thought of all fires, meet police resistance that foam going to waste. By JESSICA KOZLOV Whatever the reason, the top- Chronicle staffwriter ranked men's basketball team awoke All hell broke loose late Saturday Saturday with just over 11 1/2 minutes night on West Campus, but Universi­ left in its showdown with No. 3 UNC, ty of North Carolina students were and the result was unforgettable. The nowhere in sight. Blue Devils (27-2, 15-1 in the Atlantic The foam party was over, the cam­ Coast Conference) shut down Carolina pus had quieted down, most students All-American Antawn Jamison, domi­ were back in their dorms and the po­ nated the paint and turned a 64-47 lice had begun to remove the equip­ deficit into a 77-75 win at Cameron In­ ment from the celebration that had door Stadium. taken place immediately following The triumph gave Duke sole posses­ the basketball game. sion of the ACC regular-season title for See LATE NIGHT on page 14 • the second straight year and Krzyzews­ ki his 500th coaching victory. Nearly 150 angry tenters "The last 111/2 minutes of the game denied admission to game were the best," Krzyzewski said. "I mean, I don't know how you get any By JESSICA KOZLOV better." Chronicle staffwriter For the first 28 minutes, it seemed Most of the students who populated as though the Tar Heels (27-3, 13-3) Krzyzewskiville found themselves happi­ couldn't get any better. They made 21 ly seated inside a sweltering Cameron In­ of their first 33 field-goal attempts door Stadium Saturday afternoon and (63.6 percent), almost exactly the same pumped up for the basketball game blistering clip (63.5 percent) as they against rival University of North Caroli­ shot Feb. 5 in pounding Duke 97-73 in na. But, after camping out for a number TOM HOGARTY/THE CHRONICLE Chapel Hill. of weeks, about 150 tenters found them­ Center Elton Brand scores on a jumper over the UNC defense. The freshman Both totals were stark contrasts to selves watching the Blue Devils defeat chipped in 16 points as Duke overcame a 17 point second-half deficit Saturday the usual Duke defense, which had al­ UNC back in their dormitory rooms— to defeat the rival Tar Heels, 77-75. The win earned Duke a second consecu­ lowed fewer than 63 points per game en- See TENTERS on page 15 • tive ACC crown and gave Coach Mike Krzyzewski his 500th career win. See SPORTSWRAP on page 5 • PRESIDENTIALPROFILE Motley brings valuable experience in student affairs to presidential contest By ED THOMAS and students with whom she BIANCA MOTLEY and KELLY WOO has worked closely, many recent Chronicle staff writers changes at the University are Trinity junior Bianca Motley, due to her influence. "/ have the breadth and depth of experience Duke Student Government vice "[Han's] was largely an effort president for student affairs, she spearheaded," said Jim Wul­ to ensure a capable and informed leader" contends that experience alone forst, director of dining services. is not what sets her apart in the "Her team identified the best By MAUREEN FARRELL cause I have seen insurmount­ courage the fostering of rela­ race for DSG president. "It's Chinese restaurants in the TVi- Chronicle staffwriter able obstacles conquered with tionships with students' neigh­ how I got the experience," Mot­ angle and made suggestions to Trinity junior Bianca Motley dedication, trust and courage bors in Trinity Park. ley explained. "It's the promises me." recognizes the potential for ef­ to fight for what's right." "I want to get as much stu­ I've made, and the promises Wulforst added that Motley, fective action within Duke Stu­ Major points in Motley's dent input as possible into the I've kept." who chaired the University's dent Government. presidential platform include capital campaign," she said. "It Through her three-year ca­ Dining Advisory Committee Throughout my three years heightening student aware­ could potentially increase the reer in DSG, Motley has gained during her sophomore year, was of experience with DSG, I have ness of the capital campaign endowment and possibly fund a wealth of experiences and also instrumental in bringing seen the truly amazing things and maintaining balance be­ a new residential facility, en­ come through on many of her Chick-Fil-A to campus. this organization can do," Mot­ tween on and off-campus social sure that our library system is past campaign promises. Ac­ This year Motley also pushed ley said. "I believe in DSG be­ activities. She also hopes to en­ See MOTLEY on page 13 • cording to some administrators See RECORD on page 13 • • BOARD OF TRUSTEES GRANTS FULL AUTHORITY TO DUHS, PAGE 6 • TRUSTEES APPROVE TUITION INCREASE, PAGE 6 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD AND NATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 2. 1998 Newsfile Pork-filled traffic bill will test budget promise From wire reports • Debate about an extensive public for debate Monday, calls for spending attempting to ward off lavish Driver divulges: A part-time at least $181 billion, and possibly pork-barrel projects and to safeguard snowplow driver on Friday admit­ works bill will force congressmen much more, over six years on virtually the nation's first balanced budget in ted killing the former mayor of to balance their commitment to a every type of land transportation pro­ three decades. Alma, Colo., while using a huge ject, from roads to bridges to subways "We should not spend a penny more," construction vehicle in a demolition balanced budget with their obliga­ to bike paths. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said, re­ run around town, punching holes tions to constituents. Every congressional district in the jecting suggestions that an anticipated in four public buildings and knock­ country stands to gain something from budget surplus be spent on highways. ing out water and phone service. By JAMES DAO the measure, but the big question will Many members of the Senate's Re­ N.Y. Times News Service be which ones gain the most. Regional publican majority are also planning to Theatre moves: On Sunday, at WASHINGTON — In the first major alliances have formed, pitting senators use the bill as a vehicle to raise parti­ a rate of less than a foot per minute, test of whether Congress will abide by from the Northeast and parts of the san side issues, any one of which could New York City's Empire Theatre— the self-imposed austerity of last year's West, whose states benefit most from trigger a lengthy floor debate or cause all 7.4 million pounds of it—moved a budget agreement, the Senate is tak­ current transportation policies, a confrontation with the White House. half-block down 42nd Street amid ing up one of the biggest public works against Southerners who want to re­ Among the approximately 200 pro­ gawking crowds and giant balloons. bills in the nation's history, a multi- vamp the entire system to send more posed amendments are measures to Transferred onto a temporary foun­ year plan laden with big-ticket high­ money their way. delay new clean-air regulations, scale dation and propelled by hydraulic way and transit projects that are dear And throughout the debate, deficit back affirmative-action programs and cylinders along a set of eight rails, to every lawmaker's heart. hawks in both houses will be fighting weaken labor protections for construc­ the theater took less than five hours The measure, scheduled to come up to hold down the size of the spending tion workers. to slide 168 feet. Taylor trips: Elizabeth Taylor Academics question gravity of scholastic aptitude tests was in the hospital Sunday, two days after she was slightly injured By ETHAN BRONNER United States continued to be, as the "Like America, science is a funda­ in a fall at her home just hours be­ N.Y. Times News Service title of an influential 1983 education mentally optimistic endeavor, a kind of fore a party to celebrate her 66th When the results ofa major interna­ report had it, "A Nation at Risk." child's play, where little attention is birthday. tional mathematics and science test But with the country standing today paid to getting it right immediately were made public last week, showing as the world's unchallenged technolog­ and there is little stress on canons," American 12th-graders near the bot­ ical powerhouse, the trendsetter for a said Dudley Herschbach, a chemistry tom ofthe industrialized world, leaders global computer and information econ­ professor at Harvard University and a Weather reacted with well-rehearsed alarm. omy that Asian and European coun­ 1986 Nobel laureate. Tuesday They warned that Americans would tries are struggling to match, the "I have noticed that graduate stu­ High: 54 • Partly cloudy not be able "to continue to be global scripted furor has drowned out a quiet, dents who get straight A's are often competitors in the new knowledge embarrassed debate.