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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Students brace for new policy As the campus gears up for back-to-school parties, administrators are busy implementing the new alcohol policy. By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

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A BUS AT THE WEST CAMPUS BUS STOP will run to the Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill every 30 minutes. Administrators hope the service will better relations between the two campuses.

Program launches Duke-UNC bus By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

Two great rivals moved just a little closer together Tuesday, with the inauguration of a free bus service between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The service is sponsored by the Robertson Scholars Program, which this year began providing full scholarships to 30 students —15 from Duke,

15 from UNC—who will divide their time between the two schools. Although the students use the buses to shuttle between the campuses, the service is available to anyone with a Duke or UNC ID. “It’s our hope that faculty, staff and students at both institutions will use the Robertson shuttle bus to take advantage of opportunities on the other campus that they wouldn’t otherwise

be able to do, things like taking classes on the other campus, attending lectures on the other campus or using the

libraries on the other campus,” said Eric Mlyn, director of the Robertson Scholars Program. The buses run between Duke’s West Campus bus stop and UNO’s Morehead Planetarium parking lot, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, See BUS on page 15 �

On the eve of the semester’s first weekend, Student Affairs administrators are preparing to implement revisions of the University’s alcohol policy, including major changes to some undergraduate judicial policies. “We have revised the alcohol policy to focus on individual responsibility and group accountability for behaviors that promote a respectful and safe community, while at the same time acknowledging the legal drinking age,” Larry Moneta, the University’s new vice president for student affairs, wrote in a letter to be sent to student leaders today. Most of the changes are an application of recommendations made last spring by the Alcohol Task Force, including more supervision of campus See ALCOHOL POLICY on page 23

Moneta outlines Experts speculate on Senate race main priorities Dole, Vinroot, others poised for primary fight By MATT ATWOOD The Chronicle

By KEVIN LEES

Opening up the field for one of North Carolina’s seats in the US. Senate, Jesse Helms announced Wednesday that he would not seek re-election to a sixth consecutive term next year. The 79-year-old senator’s decision raised speculation as to who would replace Helms on the Republican ticket, and could also encourage more Democratic can-

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Two weeks into his job as vice president for student affairs, Larry Moneta is going through his own orientation to the University. And although he can cite few specifics of policies or present a detailed agenda for Student Affairs, he hopes to jump into the job after arriving in mid-August armed with a basic philosophy. “We need to organize ourselves so that we’re more seamless... with stronger ties to academics and auxiliary services,” he said. But the Division of StudentAffairs faces a number of issues requiring immediate attention, ranging from party supervision to diversity and social space concerns. Moneta must also fill vacant positions within Student Affairs, such as the director of the Duke Career Center and the dean of Student Development. The University has not yet fully implemented plans to monitor parties in commons rooms, but Moneta says his top concern with alcohol is safety for those

who drink. “Some of this comes with the territory of being an adult and experimenting,” he said. “Some [students] fail in their experience. My focus is, what are we trying to create?What do we want our students to be engaged in? We can tighten policies ad nauseam, but it’s not going to change [the presence of alcohol on campus]. See MONETA on page 16 >

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A Duke Perspective At the end of Helms’ 30 year tenure, the Duke community considers what the senator’s decisions means for it. See page 10

SEN. JESSE HELMS announces his retirement Wednesday, leaving Republicans and Democrats to scramble for his seat.

Current and past men’s basketball players will particip ate jn an a ||. star chanty game tonight in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 7 p.m. See page 25

didates to run for the seat. Helms’ announcement aired Wednesday on WRAL-TV in Raleigh. Citing the impact of time and expressing gratitude to his supporters throughout his nearly 30 years in office, he said he would not run again. “The point is,” Helms emphasized, “I would be 88 if I ran in 2002 and was elected and lived to finish a sixth term.” But he also stressed that he would remain active in the Senate for the remaining one-and-a-half years of his term. “I am by no means announcing my retirement,” he said. “A great deal of work lies ahead in the Senate this fall and next year.”

A former Duke visiting professor won a legal battle in Egypt when she was declared not guilty for slandering Islam after verbally protesting gender inequality. See page 7

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HELMS RETIREMENT on page 10 >

Duke lawyers issued a rebuttal to a brief filed by attorneys for former Duke placekicker Heather Sue Mercer, who won a suit against the University last October. See page 6


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