RECESS Strolling down Utopia Parkway Fountains of Wayne's latest album is a gem, but the Backsliders' sophomore effort Southern THE CHRONICLE Lines goes astray. SEE RECESS, p. 12-13 Sweet as Candy: Duke wins golf title When it became clear that the rain • Freshman Candy Hannemann would not stop and that the Blue Devils finished in second place and led were indeed champions, there was the usual celebration, but something was the Blue Devils to their first-ever amiss. There was an unmistakable national championship. sense of uneasiness over the way the By NEAL MORGAN tournament ended. Hie Chronicle "I was happy, but it was a weird feel­ TULSA, Okla. — When the women's ing," said second place finisher Candy golf team dreamed of winning its first-ever Hannemann of the moment she real­ national championship, it dreamed of the ized play would not resume. "I wasn't 18th hole, the sun shining and the final sure if I should be happy, or just kind of putt dropping. happy. I didn't know what to feel. But But when the Blue Devils' dreams after I was with the girls, I realized became reality Saturday, they weren't what we had done. It doesn't matter the even on the course. They were inside, way it ended." playing cards. The cause for the uneasiness was Ari­ With seven holes left in the fourth and zona State, which through the course of final round, severe storms prevented the the day had made great strides against the NEAL MORGAN/THE CHRONICLE completion of play. With all the teams hud­ Blue Devils. The Sun Devils had complete­ THE BLUE DEVILS celebrated indoors when thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the final round. dled in the Tulsa Country Club, NCAA of­ ly cut Duke's lead and the two teams were ficials announced the Blue Devils the 1999 tied at the turn. Duke rebuilt a two-stroke said everyone on her team believed they great golf. They'll always in their hearts champions thanks to Duke's eightrstroke lead when, at 3:40 p.m., a siren signaled would win had the round continued. know they could have won.... They will lead after three rounds. the suspension of play. "We had momentum going our way, we always wonder." The title is Duke's first ever for a The rain never stopped and officials were only down two strokes with a lot of When the rain delay was first called, women's team, and just the fourth in were forced to cancel the final round. holes left," Vollstedt said. They were all Dianne Dailey, the chair of the NCAA school histoiy in any sport- Arizona State coach Linda Vollstedt playing with confidence and playing See CHAMPIONSHIP on page 25 • Administrators name engineering dean Colorado optics expert Kristina Johnson will replace Earl Dowell, who served 16 years Dowell's tenure will provide Johnson a stable foundation upon which to begin her term, she will face several signif­ Kristina Johnson, an internationally known expert in icant challenges in her first few years of office. optics, signal processing and computing, has been named Lurking beyond the initial hurdle of replacing retiring dean ofthe School of Engineering, University Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs officials announced yesterday. Marion Shepard is the school's need for a new The Denver native earned three degrees comprehensive strategic plan. Johnson will from Stanford University, has filed 30 patents likely spend her first year of service, or maybe for optical materials and devices and has re­ more, drafting and tweaking this design. ceived more than $40 million in funding for 75 "We want to design a strategic plan different research projects. Johnson, a profes­ that is well integrated into the strategic sor of electrical engineering at the University plan of the University," Johnson said. "It of Colorado at Boulder, also developed and should encourage growth in the number of starred in a regional Emmy-nominated televi­ faculty positions..." sion series called "Learning 4 Pun, The Physics In his recently released thought piece on of Light." ""*""'"' sa" the state of academics at the University, out­ The 42-year-old will become the school's going Provost John Strohbehn called for DAN HaSON/M CHRONIC LE first female dean and its first new leader in more than 16 adding 20 faculty in engineering. DURHAM'S WATER SYSTEM pumps about 28 million gallons years. And although the duration of current dean Earl See ENGINEERING on page 18. i- per day, but city officials cannot account for a quarter of that. Officials propose workplace culture initiatives City examines water statement in the May 14 Duke Dia­ promotional opportunities." • Senior administrators said the logue, the University's senior officials The other two initiatives—Em­ bills, faulty meters University has not done all it announced these suggestions and in­ ployee Process Redesign and Perfor­ should to ensure employee troduced five initiatives to turn the mance Management Design—are The University may have been billed for principles into realities. meant to clarify job expectations and Most of the initiatives focus on provide feedback to both incoming less water than it has been consuming By JAIME LEVY training and leadership development and current employees. The Chronicle for employees throughout Duke. The "We recognize that we do not have By RICHARD RUBIN After more than a year of explo­ Supervisory Leadership Learning as effective career development and Tfo Chronicle ration and planning, the University Model is designed for supervisory professional growth possibilities [as For the past few months, city workers have been has followed the lead of many major staff while the Leadership Develop­ necessary] to compete and retain the busily replacing or repairing malfunctioning water companies, issuing a value statement ment Institute identifies and refines talent we need," said Vice President meters, beginning to plug the leaks of what could to reshape its workplace culture. the leadership skills of selected em­ for Human Resources Clint David­ turn out to be a massive, multi-year underbilling of In a report completed July 1, ployees, regardless of position. Ac­ son, chair of the task force. "Effective the city's latest customers, including the Universi­ 1998, a work culture task force iden­ cording to the statement, the Career organizations are very dependent on ty and Durham Regional Hospital. tified five core values as essential to Mobility Program "is targeted at staff having skilled, capable, strong super­ City officials recently discovered that about a creating a healthy working environ­ in lower-level pay grades and is in­ visors.... The very best organizations quarter ofthe city's water has been unaccounted for ment: trustworthiness, learning, tended to provide basic skills and have leaders throughout." See WATER BILLS on page 10 > teamwork, respect and diversity. In a abilities to be used in filling future See CULTURE on page 9 P* • TRINITY HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT NEARS CONSTRUCTION SEE PAGE 8 • WOMEN'S TENNIS FALLS IN FINAL FOUR SEE SPORTS, PAGE 19 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL THURSDAY, MAY 27,1999 NEWSFILE Panel drafts Milosevic war crimes indictment FROM WIRE REPORTS The decision may further weaken peace negotiations with the Yugoslav president • Republicans shoot down gun control proposals sified her inquiries in recent weeks. pulled out the rug from under the Republicans yesterday beat back a Democratic attempt to N.Y. The indictment of Milosevic, whose negotiating process," said one court force a vote this week on new gun restrictions, saying the BRUSSELS — The Internation­ almost 12 years in power in Serbia official. Viktor Chernomyrdin, the House will take its time considering Senate firearms pro­ al Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, have coincided with wave after wave Russian envoy to the Balkans, is posals. The House Judiciary Committee rejected an attempt Netherlands, will indict Slobodan of violence in the Balkans, will pose due to visit Belgrade Thursday for by John Conyers, D-Mich., to have the panel approve and Milosevic, the Yugoslav president, great difficulties for the diplomatic a meeting with Milosevic. send to the floor the Senate's proposals, including mandato­ for war crimes and will announce quest to end the war in Kosovo. ry background cheeks on all firearms transactions at gun Paul Risley, a spokesman for the shows. Chair Henry Hyde said the panel will hold to its plan the indictment Thursday, officials Milosevic has been the object of tribunal, said the court's decision and consider how the Senate bill would affect constitutional said Wednesday. harsh condemnation from NATO would be announced at a news con­ rights and send a bil! to the floor in mid-June. The officials, who spoke on con­ leaders, who have recently dropped ference Thursday afternoon, but dition of anonymity, declined to all diplomatic niceties in referring would give no further details. specify the crimes for which Milo­ to him. But he has remained the If the past is any precedent, • Indian jets attack Pakistani guerrillas in Kashmir sevic is to be indicted. But Louise sole interlocutor in Belgrade for Western governments may find Indian combat jets and helicopter gunships attacked a large Arbour, the chief prosecutor of the Russian-led efforts to end the war themselves obliged to shun Milose­ guerrilla force dug into the snow-capped mountains of tribunal, began an investigation that have been broadly supported vic, who has always denied any re­ Kashmir Wednesday, drastically increasing tensions in the into responsibility for war crimes by the United States and its allies. sponsibility for Serbian war crimes subcontinent. The raids were the most serious confrontation in Kosovo last year, and has inten­ between Pakistan and India since the bitter rivals both "In effect, this decision has in Bosnia and Kosovo.