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Student Health nabs key money
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STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 CANDIDATES (from left) Steve Dorsey, Paul Luebke, Mickey Michaux and Ray Übinger answered citizens’ questions at last night’s debate at the offices of The Herald-Sun of Durham.
District 23 candidates square off Libertarian and Duke employee Ray Übinger presented his unusual platform yesterday
By SARAH McGILL The Chronicle
It’s not usual that political candidates wear massive pins urging the election of another
politician. But Ray Übinger isn’t your usual political candidate, and the North Carolina House District 23 race isn’t your usual political race. At a forum for the candidates
for the three House seats last night, Libertarians Übinger and Steve Dorsey talked about their future plans and political ideologies alongside Democrats Paul Luebke and Mickey Michaux, incumbents with a total of 31 years experience in the state house. Übinger protested the state’s restrictions on write-in votes. He wore a sign asking voters to “re-
elect George Miller,” a long-time house member who was ousted by Paul Miller in a controversial May primary. Paul Miller was the only candidate who did not at-
tend the forum. Currently, write-in votes for George Miller—or any other candidate—will not be counted because the North Carolina Board See DEBATE on page 18
From staff reports Students, who have worried for years that Pickens Health Center is too far away, will soon be able to find health care on the doorstep of West Campus. Student Health Services received approval this week to use $1.5 million of its reserves to fund a move to the subbasement of Duke Clinic, something officials have been advocating for years. “It’s about a 50 percent increase in space,” said Dr. Bill Christmas, director of SHS. “That’s our big trouble. My providers don’t have offices in the clinic. It’s that kind of situation.” Christmas said the new space will facilitate the addition of more exam rooms. Right now, SHS has 11 exam rooms, which limits the number of health care professionals to five. SHS and the Medical Center will work to find an architect for the project soon. “I don’t know a lot about the space,” Christmas said. “It’s going to be eye opening as we learn about the space and how we can use it and what it costs to renovate it. It’s going to be fun.” Currently, SHS occupies about 6,700 net square feet, whereas the new space will allot it about 9,200 square feet. Christmas said SHS will now have the potential to add to its staff and may even bring in college students’ most often needed specialists, such as dermatologists and orthopedists, to prevent students from having to go elsewhere. ‘The downside is that a lot of specialists don’t like to practice in foreign space,” Christmas said. “They like their own office.” But he added it is not an uncommon practice at
other schools.
Committee allocates SI6K of president’s leftover funds By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle
About 30 student groups received some of the funding originally given by President Nan Keohane to the Alcohol Task Force to allocate toward non-alcoholic programming. The supported events range from last Thursday’s Political Perspectives forum to an improv comedy battle sponsored by Campus Social Board. “I thought it was all very clear cut,” said Deb Lo Biondo, assistant dean of student development. “I was very pleased with the way things went. The students... had very valuable input on
the whole process.” The nine-member committee, chaired by event advising coordinator Rick Gardner, met Tuesday evening to consider the nearly 50 groups applying for the $24,000. The money was part of the original $120,000 allocation by Keohane, which was then distributed by a group of students. But that programming failed, and interim Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Clack asked Gardner to take over.
The group allocated a total of $16,000 with at most $l,OOO going to any particular event. The remaining $B,OOO will be
allocated in the coming weeks for spring programming.
One thousand dollars were given to last week’s political forum, Community Service Week, Diya speaker Chitra Divakaruni and a week honoring Bruce Lee. Though most of these events take place on weekdays, committee members said they felt they were the most deserving, especially given the criteria—events were prioritized according to the impact they would have against their cost. “It’s really hard to tell if it will actually help or not,” said committee member Ryan Carnes, a freshman. “All we can do is hope they d0... hope that picking certain events at certain times will target a certain group of people.... We’re also looking to groups who have a past record of doing good things.” Nick Vaughan, a sophomore who submitted the proposal for the Bruce Lee events on behalf of the Duke Hap ki do club, said he was pleased. The group plans to show movies featuring Lee and put on an outdoor presentation celebrating Lee’s life and featuring a martial arts demonstration.
“Martial arts is antagonistic toward drinking because it promotes a disciplined lifestyle Vaughan said.
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Trick or Treat Freshman Kimi Schafer distributed candy and other treats to local children who were visiting East Campus last night for an early Halloween.
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