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King-dom come Phillip King defeated his own teammate, Ramsey Smith, en route to a championship in his first collegiate tournament. See page 13
Annual review committee kicks Phi Psi off campus
Fraternity loses housing privileges for lack of programming requirements ByAMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle In the second dissolution of a living group in two years, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity has lost its housing
notified rushees of the situation and continues to hold rush. “We have been working diligently to ensure that we fulfill all criteria requested by the Office of Student privileges effective next fall after the Annual Review Development and the Annual Review Committee for Committee decided the group had failed to meet its selective living groups at Duke University,” the press probationary contract. release reads. “We were surprised by the recent actions “There was no evidence there was any serious atand can only assume that they derive from misundertempt to comply with the contractual commitment standings that we look forward to correcting in our upthey had made,” said ARC Chair Benjamin Ward, ascoming discussions.” sociate dean for student development. Ward said the Phi Psi was put on probation by the ARC last March group failed to meet three requirements in particular: after it received an unsatisfactory rating on its annual faculty interaction, educational programming and cul- report. Then-fraternity president Brian McGinnis met tural programming. with Ward April 7 and negotiated a contract that Phi Psi leadership said in a press release that would take the group off probation this year. Last they were surprised by the decision and will submit Wednesday, Ward met with house leadership to inform an appeal by the Wednesday deadline. The group has See PHI PSI on page 6 P
PHI KAPPA PSI, which currently occupies this dorm in Clocktower Quad, will have to leave next year if the ARC’S decision stands.
Thursday bonfire permit reinstated The fire marshal will let students start a bonfire after the UNC game on one condition: DUPD and DSG must help find the students who illegally lit the flames Saturday night. By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
After intensive negotiations with University and student government officials, the Durham fire marshal office has elected to reinstate a bonfire permit for Thursday evening. “If there is any violation of the policy, there will be no bonfire,” said Duke Student Government head line monitor and chief negotiator Norm Bradley, a senior. “We have to comply with the rules. The future of bonfires is at stake In exchange for reinstating the permit, the fire marshal has demanded that DSG aid the Duke University Police Department in its investigation of who started the unauthorized fire Saturday evening after the men’s basketball team’s victory over the University of ”
RICHARD RAY and other Durham firefighters have to respond quickly to calls from Duke, even though Duke doesn’t pay for them
Duke ponders paying for fire service By JAMES HERRIOTT The Chronicle
When fire trucks rolled up to the West Campus bus stop Saturday evening to respond to the bonfire celebration, it was on the city of Durham’s bill. As a nonprofit organization, Duke University is exempt from paying fire protection dues and other property taxes, but many Durham officials hope Duke will opt to cover its own fire costs. “It is in [Duke’s] vested self-interest to contribute to the cost that Durham fire service provides to the Duke community, said city council member Floyd McKissick, who has long argued that Duke should pay taxes. “Duke is the largest employer and land owner.... As such, it requires them to play a unique role in this community above and beyond other businesses, especially as
they don’t pay taxes.”
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said he is open to discussion about compensating the city for services and was in talks with former city manin ager Lamont Ewell before Ewell left his post we receive which the one service December. “It’s
where this conversation is warranted,” he said, adding that he has not been contacted by the city about the issue since Ewell left. However, Interim City Manager Greg Bethea said he thinks talks are further along. “We are close to an agreement on there being some payment for fire services,” he said. “I think we had pretty much gotten that agreement before Lamont [Ewell] left. They were going to come back to us with what they are comfortable with.” Multiple bonfires each basketball season increase the costs that Durham incurs to provide fire protection. “They certainly require the city be particularly careful and cautious in providing a high level of fire protection”, said McKissick. “It’s cost above and beyond what would be incurred following any emergencies.” As a result, one major sticking point is how to measure the University’s burden on the city. “Would it be appropriate to look at acreage or square footage or trucks that roll? asked Trask. See
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“[The perpetrators] will be prose- SATURDAY’S BONFIRE was quickly cuted to the full ex- doused by Durham firefighters. tent of state law,” said Major Robert Dean of DUPD. Starting an unauthorized fire is a misdemeanor which can result in a maximum of two years in jail or a fine. Officials from DUPD, DSG and the fire marshal’s office stressed that students will be watched very closely at the rest of the year’s bonfires and that all parties have agreed to a no-tolerance policy. “We know there is tradition behind [bonfires at Duke]. Over the last two years, students have been very cooperative, but we don’t want another Texas A&M,” said Durham Fire Investigator Edward Reid. “These illegal fires are crimes. We will punish anyone who builds renegade fires.” See BONFIRE on page 5 >
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