THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1989 8 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 84, NO. 88 Hundreds rally in response to campus rapes New hotline, By MICHELE ESTRIN year women in self-defense and van services The Bryan Center walkway rape education as well as the came to a complete standstill right for North Campus resi­ Thursday afternoon as approxi­ dents to walk through Duke implemented mately 250 students rallied for Hospital from dusk to dawn. increased safety on campus. Brodie welcomed the sugges­ From staff reports The Women's Coalition, Duke tions and expressions of concern As a result of recent attacks Acquaintance Rape Education and promised to give them seri­ on campus, the administra­ (DARE) and other concerned stu­ ous consideration, said Len Par- tion has taken measures to dents organized the sit-in as a due, associate vice president for improve safety and reassure response to two rapes that oc­ University relations. the University community. cured on campus Monday and Several speakers criticized the A safety arid information Tuesday mornings. administration for its lack of ac­ and rumor-control telephone Calling the recent events a tion. "Unless you tell the admin­ line has been established for "crisis situation," demonstrators istration point by point what use by University employees spoke at an open microphone and needs to be done, nothing gets and students. done," said Trinity senior Mar­ challenged the administration to Beginning Friday, students garet Nelson, keynote speaker increase their commitment to or employees can call the Of­ and member of the Women's student safety. fice of University Relations at Coalition. After the protest, students 684-3973 to obtain informa­ marched to Allen Building and Trinity senior Carrie Sackett tion about safety matters or to presented President Keith spoke at the microphone to ex­ check the validity of rumors. Brodie with a list of demands. press her displeasure with the An answering machine will The list included proposals to in­ administration. Onlookers take calls after business hours stall phones in all academic clapped and cheered as Sackett and on weekends. buildings, a revision of tbe Judi­ said she was astonished at the Leonard Pardue, director of cial Code to address sexual and difference between the Universi­ University relations, said he racial harrassment, financial ty's quick response to the mea­ decided to provide the service contributions by the University. sles epidemic and what she after hearing comments by to rape crisis centers, sympo­ viewed as its inadequate members of an ad hoc commit­ siums, educational programs and response to the rapes. "Where is tee considering campus safety a van for the Safewalks program. the University inoculation to SUSAN HELMS/THE CHRONICLE matters. The coalition also asked for an rape?" she asked. Approximately 250 people on the Bryan Center walkway rallied See HOTLINE on page 7 ^ orientation program for first- See RALLY on page 6 • for increased campus safety Thursday. 'Encounter' concert to Most of campus properly vaccinated By CHRIS GRAHAM The county health department adequate chance to be notified of University health officials an­ has required that all members of their improper immunization, feature Bolcom, Morris nounced yesterday that the vast the University community show she said. majority of University employees proof of immunity because one The rest of the improperly im­ By KEVIN BAILEY are in compliance with Durham student and two employees munized students are graduate The world-renowned per­ County health department campus have been dig students, many of whom are forming duo of William Bol­ guidelines for immunization with red measles. probably not enrolled in any clas­ com and Joan Morris will against the red measles virus Between 30 and 40 of the im­ ses, but only doing research for present an Encounters Series (rubeola). properly immunized students are their theses, and so are not often concert at 8:15 p.m. on Satur­ Between 400 and 500 students, undergraduates, most of whom on campus, Burger said. day in tbe Nelson Music Room however, still need to prove ade­ live on campus, said Paula Nearly 200 students were vac­ of the East Duke building. quate immunity to the disease Burger, vice provost for academic cinated Thursday, most of whom Bolcom, a composer and and will be barred from campus services. had received notices in their clas­ pianist who has played an in for two weeks, or until they com­ Approximately 150 other stu­ ses or from their residential advi­ strumental ply with the county's guidelines, dents are enrolled in a weekend sors stating that they were not in according to Howard Eisenson, or evening program for a masters compliance with county health the re" T ARTS & director of student health ser­ of business administration department guidelines, accord- vices. degree, and so have not had an See MEASLES on page 5 • -ai of LEISURE ragtime — • ^= music as a classical art, won the Pulit­ Groundhog predicts more winter zer prize last year for his com­ position "Twelve New By CATHERINE DRESSLER He spotted a thin, short shadow," Phil's forecasts don't always SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Etudes." Morris, a mezzo so­ Associated Press club president James Means told hold up, but his handlers never­ prano, has drawn large audi­ Composer William Bolcom PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — hundreds of spectators at Gob­ theless claim he hasn't been ences for her performances of Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, bler's Knob, a wooded knoll about wrong for the past 101 years. American popular and theater artist in residence at Duke, prognosticating with political three miles south of this western Punxsutawney's tradition has songs. Both have recorded on while Bolcom will accompany flair, was pulled out of bis bur­ Pennsylvania mountain town of given rise to four-legged forecast­ such labels as Columbia, RCA Morris on the "Cabaret row at dawn Thursday and saw 8,000 people. ers elsewhere, and most of them and Nonesuch. Songs." his shadow, predicting six more "The king of all groundhogs is broke with Phil and predicted an Saturday night's program In focusing attention on weeks of a "kinder and gentler returning to his burrow with a early spring Thursday. will feature four of Bolcom's American vernacular music, winter." promise of a kinder and gentler But it is in Punxsutawney that compositions. "Aubade," for Bolcom has incorporated clas­ Despite an overcast sky, Phil's winter," Means said. the tradition is most entrenched. soprano saxophone and piano, sical as well as popular ele­ handlers from the Punxsutawney and the "Second Sonata" for ments into his compositions. Groundhog Club claimed he saw violin and piano will comprise Stephen Jaffe, associate a faint shadow at 7:28 a.m. the first half of the concert. professor of music and coordi­ Tradition has it that if the Inside Weather After intermission, the high­ nator of the Encounters Se­ weather-wise woodchuck sees his lights of the evening, "Twelve ries, describes Bolcom as "the shadow, six more weeks of winter Stung again: Those pain- The Rain Song:Crank up New Etudes" and "Cabaret musical equivalent of the follow. If he doesn't, spring is just in-the-rear Yellow Jackets the Led Zeppelin on Saturday Songs," will cause the audi­ American melting pot. He around the corner. beat our boys down in Atlanta and enjoy temps in the 60s. ence to sit up and take notice. brings together all kinds of "In honor of America's new once more. See page 19 for all But bring an umbrella, there The etudes will feature See CONCERT on page 7 • president, George Bush, the the heart-rending details. is a 50 percent chance of rain. pianist Donna Coleman, an groundhog stood tall and proud. THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1989 World & National Newsfile Senate delays Cabinet hearings Associated Press But White House aides expressed grow­ Allies meet: Third world debt and ing concern about the questions that keep stubborn international trade imbal­ WASHINGTON — John Tower and Dr. popping up about the two selections. One ances are key topics being discussed by Louis Sullivan each encountered new official who is dealing with the cases said the United States and its allies at a troubles Thursday as the Federal Bureau he would survive the week "if there's any­ two-day meeting of Western economic of Investigation extended its examination thing left of me." powers. of the two nominees for the Cabinet. The Senate unanimously approved four So far neither Sullivan's nomination to other Bush appointees, including Jack Senate rejects raise: The Sen­ be secretary of Health and Human Ser­ Kemp, the former congressman from New York, who will be secretary of Housing ate's vote to reject a 50 percent pay vices nor Tower's to be defense secretary and Urban Development. raise for Congress and other top fed­ seems seriously threatened. eral officials puts the issue squarely on Marlin Fitzwater, the White House The others were Manuel Lujan Jr., a the shoulders of Speaker Jim Wright press secretary, said President Bush former representative from New Mexico, and his colleagues in the House. See maintained confidence in both men, and a as secretary of the interior; Michael Bos­ page 9. senior White House official added, "The kin, a Stanford professor, as chairman of FBI wants to be thorough, they've got to the Council of Economic Advisers, and UPI PHOTO be thorough, and that's what they're William Reilly, former head of the Con- Secretary of Defense designee John Lady Di Visits NYC: Princess doing." See HEARINGS on page 17 • Tower Diana made a triumphant tour of New York City that included both its home­ less and its glitterati, and by most ac­ counts the only people she failed to charm were 400 Irish-American Iran to borrow foreign funds, ship gas to USSR protesters at her opera debut.