THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1990 © DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 85, NO. 122 Sooner or Laettner Sophomore hits overtime buzzer beater to send Duke to Final Four in Denver By BRENT BELVIN But neither could match 78 overtime victory over No. 1 [Hurley] or Alaa [Abdelnaby]. At EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Saturday seed Connecticut (31-5) to send the last minute, we decided to Drama and The Meadowlands afternoon's the Blue Devils (28-8) to the call 'Special.' are getting to be old hat for the climactic Final Four at McNichols Arena "You have to give Brian Public Safety Duke basketball team. In the two thriller, as in Denver. [Davis] and Christian [Laettner] previous seasons, the Blue Devils sophomore "We had three options on that a lot of credit because they were lets students' defeated No. 1 seeds Temple and forward last play," said Duke head coach paying attention. Brian got open Georgetown in East Regional Christian Laettner calmly drilled Mike Krzyzewski. "One was to go and hit Christian, and he hit the finals in Brendan Byrne Arena, a leaning, double-clutch 15-footer to Phil [Henderson]. The other shot... It was like calling an au- passions burn both in exciting games. at the buzzer to give Duke a 79- two were to go to either Bobby See page 1, SPORTSWRAP ^ From staff reports Over 1,000 delirious fans poured onto West Campus' main quadrangle after Duke's 79-78 win over Connecticut Saturday afternoon, lighting bonfires and sliding through the mud in celebration. The post-game impromptu party took place under the careful watch of Duke Public Safety and Durham police of­ ficers who were standing by with fire extinguishers in case the pyrotechnics got out of control. No major injuries or dam­ ages were reported, according to Cpl. Joseph Fleming. The only precaution Public Safety took for the celebration was ta call the Durham Police and two extra Public Safety squads for assistance. The celebration started on the south end of the quad as about 25 students created a mud slide in front of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. But the crowd quickly shifted to the north after a small mob sacri­ ficed the Cleland dormitory bench for a traditional bon­ JIM JEFFERS/THE CHRONICLE JIM JEFFERS/THE CHRONICLE fire. Senior Phil Henderson and the Blue Devils enjoyed cutting Senior center Alaa Abdelnaby did it offensively and defensively See FIRE on page 13 • down the nets Saturday, after passing them up last year. in Duke's 79-78 win over UConn. Apathy in ASDU concerns legislators Monk Institute sends By ERIC LARSON situation which might result in a been called at a meeting on Jan. Poor attendance and feelings quorum being called and the 29, according to Ryan Butler, of powerlessness have contrib­ meeting cut short. Trinity junior and recording sec­ Hampton good vibes uted to an apathetic air about The first formal question on retary for the legislature. ASDU that some legistators say the status of legislator atten­ Butler said past recording se­ is hindering the work of the stu­ dance came at the Feb. 26 ses­ cretaries have not handed down By ADRIAN DOLLARD Next, composer and dent government. sion, when ASDU President Con­ detailed attendance records, and The sounds of the big band musician David Amram, a The most obvious sign of this nie Pearcy read a letter from the thus it is difficult to tell for sure era swung through Page Audi­ member of the jazz institute's frustration is an attendance Council of Presidents. The letter whether overall attendance is torium Saturday night as academic council, put down problem within the legislature. scolded the legislature for the down from previous years. prominent musicians and his french horn and enter­ "I haven't seen it this bad in Young Trustee election meeting The official number of legisla­ celebrities alike gathered for tained the capacity crowd years," said Trinity senior Dan the week before, in which several tors has dropped to 85, down the Thelonious Monk Insti­ with a fast and furious perfor­ Holmes when asked about atten­ members left before the selection from the original number of 94 at tute of Jazz's musical tribute mance on whistles during dance. Particularly alarming to process was over. the beginning of the semester, to jazz great Lionel Hampton. which he enthralled the crowd him was attendance at some At the next legislative session, Butler said. Approximately 65 of The presentation, by playing a remarkable and meetings "hovering around the in addition to the usual legisla­ the 85 remaining are legislators moderated by actress Rue hectic solo finale on two whis­ minimum number of people re­ tive business, Pearcy. led an im­ who were elected at the begin­ McClanahan, opened with a tles at once. ning of fall semester, he said. quired to do business," he said, a promptu discussion on legislator piece entitled "Thelonious" in University alumnus Bill attendance. Only 52 of 86 the Butler said two called quorums memory of the late musician Cunliffe, Chris McBride and members on the official roll were in one year alone indicates an at­ Monk. University artist-in- Thelonious Monk Jr. all added Weather at the week's session to discuss tendance problem. residence Paul Jeffrey was the fine solos of their own on the attendance problem or tackle But some legislators believe first of the performing sextet piano, acoustic bass and the week's business. Toasty Warm: Bonfires the problem with legislator at­ to display his mastery with a drums respectively, before the A week later, at the March 12 tendance goes farther than the and mostly sunny skies— heartful and energetic saxo­ whole sextet joined together to session, the meeting stopped two quorum losses. When asked what more could you ask for? phone solo. Ira Wiggins fol­ finish the piece. short when members left early about the state of attendance, High in the upper 50s and low lowed Jeffrey with a colorful Amram praised Durham as and there was no longer a quo­ members cited limited power, saxophone solo of his own. See HAMPTON on page 14 ^ in the lower 30s. rum present. A quorum had also See ASDU on page 7 ^ PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, MARCH 26,1990 Worid & National Newsfile Two opposition parties lead Hungary elections Associated Press Soviet accuses Lithuania: A se­ By CELESTINE B0HLEN mer. munists, the main political competition in nior Soviet military commander esca­ N.Y. Times News Service lated the Kremlin's war of words with The Hungarian elections are likely to go the final weeks of the campaign has been BUDAPEST, Hungary — Early returns Lithuania, accusing the republic's in­ to a second round and will probably between two opposition parties: the Hun­ Sunday in Hungary's first free parliamen­ dependence leaders of plotting to ar­ produce a coalition government, since no garian Democratic Forum, a center-right tary elections in more than four decades rest Communists and send them to single party is expected to win enough party with nationalist overtones, and the showed two leading opposition parties in prison camps. seats in Parliament to form a government a neck-and-neck race for first place. on its own. Alliance of Free Democrats, a liberal Experts predicted a final count would Although the chief goal of most of the party with roots in the old dissident Armenians attack: Armenian na­ take another day. parties was the defeat of the former Com­ movement. tionalists attacked three villages in Beginning at 5 o'clock on a chilly spring Azerbaijan, burning a family of five to morning, Hungarians turned out in large death in their home and killing at least numbers to take part in the election, two other people, officials reported. which for many marked the moment the Fire in illegal social club kills 87 country crossed the threshold to a Estonia to leave Moscow: Esto­ democracy. By RALPH BLUMENTHAL Police Commissioner Lee Brown identi­ nia's Communist Party decides to split "We buried the past with these votes," N.Y. Times News Service fied the arrested suspect as Julio Gon­ with Moscow, but sets a six-month said Erno Kun, a 57-year-old technician, NEW YORK — Eighty-seven people, zales, 36, ofthe Bronx. transition period that avoids an im­ who emerged smiling from the voting sta­ crammed into an illegal Bronx social club, Lt. Raymond O'Donnell, a police mediate break, a spokesman says. tion in a working class district of were asphyxiated or burned to death spokesman, said Gonzales had argued Budapest. "We could finally vote for what­ within minutes early Sunday morning. with a former girlfriend who worked at ActiVIStS rally in Mongolia: Pro- ever party we wanted." The police later arrested a man who the club and had been ejected by a boun­ democracy activists in Ulan Bator, Unlike several of its Eastern European they said had been ejected from the club cer, but then returned with a flammable Mongolia rally thousands of people in neighbors, which abruptly toppled Com­ after a quarrel. liquid and set the fire. the central square and say they would munist rulers last fall, Hungary has been It was the worst loss of life in a fire in step up pressure for concrete reforms. groping for a political transformation for New York City since the Triangle Shirt­ more than a year, with contradictory waist Co. fire of 1911, exactly 79 years ago New York City Abortion endangered: Gov. Cecil results. to the day. Club Fire Andru of Idaho, who once pushed for Reports on Hungarian television indi­ It was the worst fire in the nation since cated the turnout hovered around 65 per­ 97 people were killed in a hotel fire in jailing women and doctors who partici­ THE BRONX pated in abortions, now must decide cent in many areas ofthe country.