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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19,2000
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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
VOL. 96, NO. S7
NCAA set to sanction Duke Maggette admits accepting $2,000 in 1997 By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle
When the book on Corey Maggette’s Duke career is finally written, the highflying former Blue Devil likely won’t be remembered for his sensational dunks, his provocative slaps of the backboard, his chiseled shoulders or even for his place as the first member of Duke’s basketball team to leave for the NBA after only one season. Instead, the the 20-year-old native of
Melrose Park, 111., who now makes more thansl million per season with the Los Angeles Clippers, will forever be remembered as the first person to prompt NCAA sanctions against Duke basketball in the
program’s 95-year history. On July 11, in a sworn iatement to Duke officials, Maggette admitted for the first time that he accepted $2,000 in cash payments from AAU coach Myron Piggie during the summer of 1997. NCAA bylaw 12.1.1-(a) says a studentathlete loses amateur status and collegiate eligibility if he uses his athletic skill for pay in that sport. “Duke University did not know and was not in a position to know that it had an ineligible player,” NCAA public inforcoordinator Jane Janikowski mation 7 said. I expect they will lose 45 percent of the revenue earned at the 1999 '•
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AFTER FIRST DENYING THAT HE TOOK MONEY from his summer AAU coach Myron Piggie, Corey Maggette admitted this week to violations that cost him his collegiate eligibility.
Hospital lease dispute may force program cuts By MARKO DJUKANOVIC The Chronicle
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DUKE OFFICIALS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS disagree about the fairness of Duke’s 1998 20-year lease of Durham Regional Hospital. While Health System administrators argue that the commissioners’ audit overvalued the hospital, the county stands by its figures.
Sometimes, a positive cash flow doesn’t signify the end of financial woes. Despite Durham Regional Hospital’s projected $1.5 million dollar profit for the upcoming fiscal year, up to $3 million worth of its programs could be cut in pursuit of a three percent operating margin, said Duke University Health System officials. The announcement came June 23 on the heels of a joint meeting between Durham County commissioners, the Durham County Hospital Corporation and DUHS. Newly appointed Durham Regional CEO Richard Liekweg said administrators do not yet know which programs might be axed. But he did offer a hint; “Certainly, those programs which we operate at a loss would be at the greatest risk.... It would be irresponsible on our part to think otherwise.” He offered the hospital’s substance abuse treatment center, Oakleigh, as a good example of a program whose lackluster financial performance over the past two years is being evaluated. “It was never said that we wouldn’t consider closing it, but that’s not the focus of the analysis,” he said. DUHS officials maintain that they did not wish to See DURHAM REGIONAL on page 39
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