November 1, 2001

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The Chronicle

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Sunny High 76, Low 51 www.chronicle.duke.edu Vol. 97, No. 48

Climbin’ high The men’s soccer team beat the Mountaineers 3-1 last night in the final home game of the season. See page 9

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Religion responds to review � An

external review last

February furthered an ongoing debate about the department’s link to the Divinity School. By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

In response to an external review last February, the Department of Religion is working on ways to diversify the breadth of its course options and increase communication within its graduate program. Faculty confirmed that the review identified problems between the normative, intellectual projects of the Divinity School and the historical and critical work of the religion department. The review also found poor dialogue among the program’s faculty and students and recommended that the graduate program’s executive council be expanded. It also suggested the department offer more core courses for religion majors and more prereq-

uisites to allow for specialized

courses for undergraduates. Nonetheless, the review praised the department’s faculty and their scholarly ac-

complishments. Bruce Lawrence, chair of the religion department, said that the relationship between his department and Divinity is a complicated one—the

graduate program in religion is a joint effort between the department and the Divinity

School. “On the Divinity side, the first job is to train minis-, ters. Our first job is to train graduate students,” he said. Gregory Jones, dean of the Divinity School, said that DiSee RELIGION on page 7 �

Chapel Hill-oween A Franklin Street reveler poses as a woman for Halloween

Clement, Peterson vie for council seat � The two candidates competing for the City Council’s Ward 2 seat, Howard Clement and Michael Peterson, differ on growth, crime and government accountability. By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle

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MAYOR NICK TENNYSON (far right) presides over a meeting of the Durham City Council. He said he feels the council should function like a board of trustees, with the mayor serving as chair.

Bell, Tennyson discuss mayor’s role By REBECCA SUN

that discussion on the City Council so we can give instructions in an orderly way.” Bell, a former Durham county commissioner for 26 Upon election next Tuesday, the winner of Durham’s mayoral race will face a number ofinternal years, agreed that a mayor is responsible for initiating government issues, but candidates Bill Bell and Nick programs. “I know you don’t do things overnight, but Tennyson are already addressing questions regarding the point is that you have to start,” he said. “The the mayor’s role in city government. mayor needs to stand up [to make progress!.” A scandal surrounding the handling of government Many voters have expressed concern about governloans has candidates considering what type of municment accountability since an audit of the city’s smallipal government structure is most efficient. business loan program this summer revealed a majorTennyson, who has been mayor of Durham since ity of mismanaged loans. 1997, said that the City Council is more like a board of Bell said the City Council, which originally approved the program, should have taken more respontrustees, and that the mayor serves as board chair. “We are a body that relies on professional staff and sibility in researching the proposal themselves before we certainly can either enhance or detract from effiapproving it. “The City Council and mayor did not ask the approciency in how we give policy direction,” Tennyson said. “It’s my view as a mayor to be effective at communipriate questions before approving the program,” Bell See MAYOR’S ROLE on page 5 � cating priorities to the administration and to facilitate The Chronicle

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Administrators say they hope the new residential life plan will help increase racial diversity on West Campus. See page 3

In the race for the Ward 2 seat on the Durham City Council, long-time legislator Howard Clement and local writer Michael Peterson face off on several hot topics in Durham politics, particularly economic growth, crime and government accountability. In his campaign, incumbent Clement has stressed his record as a political and community leader over his 18-year tenure in City Council. He cites his experience as one of the co-founders of Downtown Durham, Inc., a downtown advocacy group, as an example of his commitment to economic development in both downtown and suburban areas Advocating “intelligent growth” and zonings that have the backing of the city and county’s economic planning staff, Clement said he believes that more business and infrastructure in the Durham area will expand the tax base and create employment for Durham residents.

“I want growth to be managed, but not stopped,” said Clement.

Ford Motor Company gave Duke $3.26 million, which will help the SAFE Rides program, the Pratt School of Engineering and the Fuqua School of Business. See page 4

See WARD 2 on page 6

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Although the University recently replaced a quarter of its bus fleet, it has not yet chosen to buy alternative fuel-powered buses. See page 4


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