October 29, 2001

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Out of his shell Men’s basketball recruit Shelden Williams is one of the top power forward prospects in the country. See Sportswrap

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Groups submit space preferences Cell, long-time The selective living group picks reveal a high demand for Main West Campus, with several groups selecting the same houses.

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Selective living groups turned in housing picks Wednesday to administrators, preferring largely to live on Main West Campus. They will be assigned space af a meeting this Thursday. A Chronicle survey of each selective house’s top three housing preferences found that six sections were listed as the top choice for more than one group: House A—now the Beta Tau Omega fraternity section—and House AA—now Psi Upsilon fraternity—in Craven Quadrangle; two sections in House HH—roughly equivalent to Delta Sigma Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s fraternity sections and what is currently Round Table, in Few Quadrangle; and Houses K and L—now Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Braxton—in Kilgo Quadrangle. “It’s not as messy as I feared, but it’s not as clear as I’d hoped,” said senior Sean Young, residential life liaison for Duke Student Government. “There will See SELECTFVES

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Professor Jack Cell, a constant in Duke’s history department since he entered Trinity College as an undergraduate in 1954, is missing and presumed dead following a boating; accident Friday. He was 66. While on Kerr Lake in Vance County with a friend, Cell’s boat overturned. He attempted to swim under the boat to fetch a lifejacket for his friend, but the strong current swept him away. His friend was washed safely to shore. Cell’s body has yet to be found. Colleagues remember Cell as a man of great integrity who demanded the best from his students and insisted on Qe|| honesty in his friendships “He challenged you; he pressed you. Anytime you got a compliment from Jack, you knew you were doing it right,” said John Thompson, chair of the history department. “As professors, we have these various persona we choose for ourselves. He chose the intimidating style.” Cell, who was serving as director of graduate See CELL on page 7 >

Pratt, Medicine make plans Proposed partnership facilitates interaction By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

Joe knows politics Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., speaks about conflict in Central Asia to a packed Geneen Auditorium Sunday evening. See page 3

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Former Po, ish president Lech Welesa spoke in Page Auditorium Saturday about globalization and his predictions for the future. See page 3

Although the new engineering plaza is only beginning to take form, administrators at the Pratt School of Engineering and the School of Medicine are discussing a new partnership that both participants hope could reap extraordinary benefits. Under the proposed partnership, medical school faculty would share the east wing of the new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering and Applied Sciences with biomedical engineering faculty from the Pratt School. The center, originally projected to cost $77 million, may cost up to $llO million, said Kristina Johnson, dean of the engineering school. The building will be located across from Hudson Hall and the Teer Building, which currently house the engineering school, and will more than triple Pratt’s amount of space. Johnson said she hopes preliminary construction will begin in January, with an official ground-breaking by February. The plaza is scheduled to be completed sometime in 2003. The west wing ofthe new building will encompass the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems. Because of the project’s size, it will be constructed where the Divinity School parking lot is currently located. The intersection of Science and Research drives will be closed, and both roads will end in traffic circles. Johnson said the new partnership with medical researchers will focus on allowing

The Department of Biology this fall began allowing undergraduates to obtain a minor in the area, following the end of the certificate in genetics. See page 4

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A NEW ENGINEERING PLAZA is planned south of leer Building and Hudson Hall. more creative collaboration among the fac-

ulty, which she hopes will engender greater ingenuity between the two. “We’re talking about human life, harmony of life,” she said. “We can’t just leave that to anybody This is a place where Duke has to take the lead.”

Currently, biomedical engineering and medicine have a number of joint appointments, but administrators said the new building will allow for more interactkin. Johnson laid out lofty goals for the future' of such a partnership, however, including work on the technology to manage cancer and prevent heart attacks. See PARTNERSHIP on page 11

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The Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab at Duke serves as the largest university-based nuclear lab in the United States. See page 6


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