Monday, November 26, 2001
Partly Cloudy High 72, Low 49
www.chronicle.duke.edu Vol. 97, No. 62
The Chronicle
Mayday! The men’s basketball team crashed the Portland Pilots’ hopes of an upset. Duke won 104-62.
See Sportswrap
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Few schools Gamecocks knock off Blue Devils cancel New Era contract By NICK CHRISTIE The Chronicle
In a thrilling overtime contest Sun-
day, South Carolina
(4-0) stunned No. 7 Duke 87-81 in the championship game of the Duke Women’s Classic, as the host Blue Devils (3-2) fell to a visiting foe for the first time in the tournament’s 10year history. South Carolina’s Kelly Morrone sank all eight of the three-point shots she attempted in regulation, the last of which tied the game at 72-72 with 18 seconds remaining, sending the contest into overtime. Tournament
P Despite Duke’s decision on the
ongoing labor dispute, other schools await more information before considering canceling their contracts. By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle
The University of Wisconsin at Madison joined Duke in its decision earlier this month not to renew its contract with New Era Cap Company, but most universities have taken a more hesitant approach to the corporation’s ongoing labor dispute. New Era produces licensed apparel for about 300 colleges and universities around the country but began drawing criticism earlier this year after several reports alleged that management ofits Derby, N.Y., factory pays low wages, has unsafe working conditions and practices anti-union activity. If true, the allegations could violate the codes of conduct of many universities that have committed not to Tend their labels to clothing made in sweatshop conditions. After what administrators saw as unresponsiveness to the labor situation, Duke announced Nov. 14 that it See
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MVP Shaunzinski Gortman then scored 11 ofher 25 points in the extra session, leading the Gamecocks to a dramatic upset. “You could see the confidence in our team [in overtime],” South Caroli-
na coach Susan Walvius said. “We knew we had fought for 40 minutes to be in that situation, and we weren’t going to go away,” the coach said For the second straight week, the Blue Devils lost to an unranked opponent, leaving Duke coach Gail
Goestenkors tremendously disappointed, particularly with her team’s end-of-game execution.
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JOCELYN PENN celebrates after the South Carolina Gamecocks upset the Blue Devils Sunday night in the Duke Women’s Classic.
“We had a lead and then we just threw the ball into the stands,” she said. “We had some unbelievable mental lapses.” See GAMECOCKS in SpOftSWrap page 7 <■
Some immigrants fear prejudice, tighter restrictions Local Mexican immigrants say climate has changed in aftermath of Sept. 11 attacks violence in their communities,” Parra said. “For some people, it’s not worth it Earlier this year, President George to be here if there’s going to be a threat W. Bush talked of granting amnesty to of more violence, more terrorism.” North Carolina’s Mexican immiimmigrants—a Mexican illegal prospect upon which many members of grant population numbered a quarter the large and steadily growing Latino million people last year, roughly half of population looked fondly. But the whom are illegal immigrants, according to The News & Observer ofRaleigh. events of Sept. 11 created a shift in naIn addition to the suspension of tional priorities that has worried some Durham. talks and the threat of terroramnesty Mexican immigrants in “There’s two sides of the coin,” said ism, some local Mexicans expressed Ivan Parra, director of El Centro Hisfear of increased prejudice. “The worst thing is that some peopano in Durham. “[There is] concern and solidarity with the U.S. commuple, even here in the United States, can nity for what has happened on Sept. take advantage ofthese things in order 11 and after that, but also there’s a to exacerbate the racism against misense of worry and preoccupation norities,” said an illegal immigrant that those conversations [about from Mexico, who works for a local housekeeping service and spoke on the amnesty] have stopped.” Parra said he has heard that many condition of anonymity. Many Mexicans come to Durham in local Mexicans are considering movorder to find work in construction, at ing back home, though the suspension of amnesty talks is not their prirestaurants and other businesses, but mary motivation. now, these jobs may not be enough to “They’re coming here usually to es- keep them here. See IMMIGRANTS on page 7 � cape from those very same situations of By RUTH CARLITZ The Chronicle
THE LATINO CREDIT UNION in El Centro Hispano offers services for local Latino residents, many of whom say they are disappointed that a proposal to give illegal Mexican immigrants amnesty now seems unlikely.
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A conservative arouo has compiled a list of incidents at universit es that t ca ||S ‘unpatriotic.’ Two occurrences at Duke are included See page 3
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Duke’s Red Cross Club is coordinating a competition that pits the University against other colleges with strong hasketball P ro 9 rams t0 raise the most blood - See P a 9 a 3
A visitor to the University reported that his vehicle was broken into in the Duke University Road lot and that some of its contents were stolen. See P a 9 e 4