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Sports Demon Deacons spook Blue Devils The volleyball team let an opportunity to trick Wake Forest slip away last night, and instead was left with a 3-0 defeat. See page 17
Alcohol policy set for revision At yesterday’s Alcohol Task Force meeting, student affairs vice president Jim Clack said he will appoint a committee next week to make recommendations on the policy by Feb. 15 By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle
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What great beaks you have A group of partyers flapped and quacked their way through the mobs of masqueraders at Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street last night As usual, hundreds gathered there to celebrate Halloween and show off their costumes.
A committee of 10 to 12 students and administrators will review the University’s alcohol policy and make formal recommendations by Feb. 15, interim Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Clack announced at yesterday’s meeting of the Alcohol Task Force. “We have a lot of words [in the policy] to describe some things that aren’t that complicated,” Clack said. The group, whose makeup will be announced later this week, will present its findings to Clack. As it reviews the policy, the group will face the University’s precarious position as an institution that must balance the need for safety with the potential for liability, especially as it relates to underage alcohol consumption. Clack emphasized that if Duke decides to pursue a route ofresponsible safe drinking as opposed to strict enforcement of state law, the policy will have to remain somewhat ambiguous to avoid legal liability in certain situations. See ALCOHOL on page 15
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candidates Program could vie for 2 seats gain approval � Two Democratic incumbents are running against a Republican and a Libertarian in a race that spotlights education policy proposals. By ELIZABETH CANTER The Chronicle
As election day nears, North Carolina’s state Senate race is heating up with partisan debates on several key policy issues facing District 13. The two incumbent Democrats Wib Gulley and —
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Wallace BradshI| Store &Uk er and Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh. Of the four candidates, only two can win Senate seats. Mostly stemming from party difference, the candidates’ policies differ over environment, campaign finance reform, sex education and abortion. But the spotlight in this election is clearly on education. And although the state legislature must also grapple with a slew of local issues such as transportation and “smart growth,” statewide education See STATE SENATE
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next week By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
Almost a year after Pratt School of Engineering administrators returned from an information-gathering session in Singapore, officials with Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore General Hospital and Duke are still ironing out the details of their proposed partnership. Engineering school officials said they expect a response from Singapore next week to their proposed $39.5 million
Duke-Singapore Biomedical Center. The proposal, focusing on collaborative education, research and industrial support, was originally submitted to the Economic Development Board of Singapore in February, but a lack of specific details, like the numbers of students involved in the exchange program and cost estimates, forced Singapore authorities to request supplementary materials. Those details were sent to officials in July. Officials hope to have a response to their financial request and a tentative agreement with the Singapore institutes by the beginning of 2001. See
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