February 14, 2001

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The Chronicle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 2001

CIRCULATION 16,000

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

VOL. 96, NO. 96

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Central rebuilding may be year s off Duke aims Reconstruction to spread boasts critics, fans its name

By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

As undergraduates prepare to choose their housing for next year, campuswide attention is focusing on the construction of the West-Edens Link, the approaching overhaul of West Campus and how the two projects will affect student life. Absent from these discussions, however, is the condition of the Central

By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

Campus apartments, seen by both residents and administrators as nearing the time for demolition and reconstruction. Built in the early 19705, the apartments house mostly undergraduates and some graduate students. “The apartment buildings are getting near the end of their useful life, and I expect we will begin planning in three to five years,” said Tallman Trask, executive vice president. “The real question is what form will the plan take.... I sense a general agreement that what we have now is not what should be there.” Guiding any planning will likely be the campus’ Master Plan, which—while short on specifics and timelines—does outline a vague vision for Central’s future. Released in May 2000, the plan calls for higher density housing with mixed commercial use

and for increased interaction with the rest ofcampus.

See CENTRAL CAMPUS on page 9 �

CENTRAL CAMPUS APARTMENTS like these at 1915 Yearby St. have undergone significant renovation over the years, but they will not be rebuilt for several years.

This spring, President Nan Keohane will visit Latin America as part of the University’s efforts to make a name for itself abroad. But in spite of her and other administrators’ regular visits to other countries and Duke’s international recruiting efforts, international students say they barely even heard the name “Duke” before they came to school. “[Students are saying] Duke is not as wellknown as Stanford, Harvard, Yale and the rest. These are places that have been in business a lot longer than Duke has,” said Laney Funderburk, associate vice president of alumni affairs and development. “Twenty-five years from now, that’s going to change. It’s going to be slow, and it’s going to evolve. That’s just the nature of the beast. We’ve gotten started.” But Funderburk and other administrators who are working to raise the University’s profile say change is slow to come. Indeed, raising Duke’s profile is no easy task. It requires regular visits abroad; already this year, admissions officials have been See INTERNATIONAL on page 6 �

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began when she was doing volunteer work required by one of her classes. “We were working at the Durham Homestead and Tob2|toMuseum, and everyone told me that a guy from Carsaid. 'd to olina was coming,” late, and when he at our “He ended up i, but finally showed up I said to him, ‘Look, drove I know you go to UNC, but could you where please set an alarm clock?’” ithers Richardson made clear that the conlecorate stant teasing is never really mean-spircar ited—just occasionally annoying. “One thing he does that drives me th of inty crazy is sing that stupid Tar Heel song,” Heel Richardson said/But I don’t think we’ve they ever reallyjet it gtet to us.” Beyontlrthe Mindly rivalries and the nice tense basketball season, Duke-UNC anyof the couples admit flTat there are some advantages to dating someone from anoth;e and er school. “All of my friends actually think it’s teams are not dueling on the really cool because it’s a whole [different] place you can hang out at,” said court, friendly heckling is not uncommon for these couples. For example, See VALENTINES on page 7 *■ -

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