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Krzyzewski signs lifetime contract with Duke By CRAIG SAPERSTEIN The Chronicle Less than five months ago, Mike Krzyzewski said he wanted a contract that would give him greater job stability. Stability to its fullest extent was granted to the 26-year veteran when he signed a
lifetime contract with the University. Announced at a press conference Wednesday afternoon, the contract mandates that Krzyzewski serve as Duke’s coach until at least 2011 and binds him to conclude his career at Duke. Krzyzewski has also been named special assistant to President Nan Keohane. Radiating a huge smile as he sat by Keohane and Director of Athletics Joe Alieva, Krzyzewski was clearly pleased with what he termed a consummation of “marriage” with his longtime institution. “There are times where you just have to celebrate commitment, and this con-
tract celebrates commitment,” Krzyzewski said. “You do it in marriage, and you do it in a number of things—l’m doing it with my university on this day, which makes me feel great.” MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI and President Nan Keohane laugh at a joke during the Thursday press conference, at which the UniIf Krzyzewski’s lifetime contract is versity announced Krzyzewski’s lifetime contract with Duke. analogous to a marriage, no one wants to publicly recite the vows ofthe union. Except for the stipulation that keeps Krzyzewski at Duke for the next 10 years, the terms of the contract—inBy KEVIN LEES At Syracuse University, where Jim ketball for 19 years, said he has never The Chronicle Boeheim has coached basketball for considered offering a lifetime agreement cluding his salary—have not been reFollowing Wednesday’s announcement over 25 years, athletic director Jake to a coach. leased. But Alieva said Krzyzewski would be compensated “appropriately, of Mike Krzyzewski’s lifetime agreement Crouthamel said he would not consider “I think we would be staying with a lifetime contracts for any ofhis coaches. set number ofyears with each coach, dereflecting his achievements and his with the University, ESPN is already re“It depends a lot on the situation, deporting that another coach—Michigan pending on their contributions,” he said. many contributions to the athletic program and the University.” In turn, State’s Tom Izzo—could be in line for a pends a lot on the coach,” Crouthamel Chaney was inducted into the Naismith similar deal. As the college athletic world said. Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Krzyzewski stated that his new conis abuzz with the news at Duke, directors Other directors echoed that sentialongside Krzyzewski this summer. tract left him “well compensated.” But Allen Bohl, Kansas University’s Alieva, Krzyzewski and Keohane across the country are reflecting on their ment. Dave O’Brien ofTemple UniversiSee CONTRACT on page 16 � own programs and lifetime contracts. See IMPACT on page 16 8* ty, where John Chaney has coached has-
Athletic officials debate contract’s impact
Duke to become member of WRC Researchers study preventative care By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle
Signaling a different approach to monitoring factories that manufacture Duke-licensed products, the University announced Wednesday that it intends to join the Worker Rights Consortium, a non-profit group of colleges, universities and labor activists that inspects companies’ labor practices. In addition, the University has decided to let its contract expire with New Era' Cap Company, which owns a factory in Derby, N.Y., that is currently entangled in a labor dispute.
� Top-level researchers and physicians at the Medical Center hope to transform the way medicine is practiced by emphasizing prevention, not treatment.’ By AMBIKA KUMAR
The University had previously hesitated to enter the WRC because Duke was already affiliated with the Fair Labor Association, an anti-sweatshop organization that it originally helped found in 1999. Labor activists have called for more support of the WRC and criticized the FLA because of the role corporations play in the organization. Now, however, administrators believe that the groups can work together. “When it all started there was a feeling that the FLA was competitive with the WRC. Over the years they have become more complimentary,” said Tailman Trask, executive vice president. “After a lot of conversations, it seemed there was no longer a reaDUKE APPAREL has in the past been the cause for protest son not to be member of the WRC.” See WRC on page 7 � among anti-sweatshop advocates. ;
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so the saying goes. One day, that preventative mentality may become the norm—if physicians at the Medical Center have anything to do with it. Over the next three to four years, several researchers will begin the Duke University Health Sys-
tem’s push toward preventative medicine through a study aimed at creating a system in which prevention —not treatment—is emphasized. “Ultimately, it will improve health and lower cost per any given individual,” said Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Health System.
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Although Duke retirees are currently reimbursed 85 percent of their medical costs, that number may be lower in tire future. See page 5