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Temple of Doom The men’s basketball team prepares to face off against the Temple Owls tonight in Cameron. See page 17
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Leaders release Title IX may neglect minority athletes � funding plans Nearly 30 years after the legisla-
tion was passed, some officials in collegiate athletics fear Title IX may benefit white women more.
By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
After years of complaints about inefficiency in the system for funding student programming, administrators and student leaders yesterday outlined a restructured process they hope will streamline the allocation offunds. The proposed new structure for student funding would pool all programming money under the control of a 15-member Student Organization Funding Council and eight subject-specific subcommittees. The subcommittees would each embody student groups with similar interests: cultural and religious; political; social; athletic, health and recreation; publications; performance; academic, pre-professional and intellectual; and community service. Duke Student Government President C.J. Walsh and Executive Vice President Drew Ensign will officially unveil the preliminary plans at the Legislature’s meeting tonight. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the proposed system would be “more inclusive, more representative and more effective,” but stressed that the plan Walsh and Ensign will detail is an initial template. “This is not a model ready for implementation; it’s really just a place to begin,” Moneta said. Under the proposed system, DSG would elect the funding council’s chair—a position almost identical to the current Student Organization Finance
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By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
Last month, the University announced in a report to the National Collegiate Athletic Association that it is closing the gap between men’s and women’s sports at Duke, per Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Almost 30 years after the federal initiative was passed, some officials in collegiate sports wonder if Title IX which mandates equal funding for women’s sports proportional to the percentage of women in the student body—has had a disproportionate effect on minority athletes. According to the NCAA, the four fastest growing women’s sports in the past 15 years have been soccer, rowing, lacrosse and golf, none of which have been successful in recruiting large num—
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THE ROWING TEAM was added in 1999 to help the University comply with Title IX, but some officials say the law disproportionately helps white women.
bers of minorities. “It’s true at Duke that Title IX has disproportionally benefited white female athletes,” said Chris Kennedy, associate athletic director. “It’s kind of ironic in away, because we’re trying so hard to extend to women what have been given to men all these years.” See TITLE IX on page 14 �
Rise in tuition may affect master’s students most
Master’s students receive less financial support By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
In the Graduate School’s plan to raise tuition over the next three years, one group that may be hit hardest is master’s degree students—who typically do not receive the same level of financial support as doctoral students. “Any increase in tuition would hurt us,” said Frederick Mayer, director of graduate studies in public policy. Mayer said he had not been consulted about and was not intimately familiar with the re-
cent proposal, which would raise tuition by 10 to 11 percent in each of the next three years, from $21,660 to $29,550. Unlike many Arts and Sciences de-
PUBLIC POLICY MASTER’S STUDENT SARAH RANKIN studies in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Master’s students will be among the hardest hit by planned tuition increases.
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PI Kappa Alpha fraternity and the Kappa Alpha Order are celebrating their 100th anniversaries at Duke. Members say their organizations have changed over the years. See page 6
partments, public policy studies does not support a doctoral program, only a master’s program. Mayer likened the degree as more akin to a professional law or business degree than a doctorate. “Our students already pay substantial tuition for a degree that prepares them in public service and often leaves them heavily in debt,” he said, adding that the public policy master’s program brings in substantial net revenues for the Graduate School. “We are in a financially competitive marketplace for good students, and w6 already find it difficult to make competitive offers, so if the graduate school raises tuition, there will need to be
A student reported to the Duke University Police Department that she was raped in her East Campus Dorm room late last month. See page 7
substantial concessions made to professional master’s programs.” One of those concessions might be a change in the tuition structure for master’s programs. Currently, these students pay $750 per unit—each class consists of three units. Dean of the Graduate School Lewis Siegel noted that a master of public policy, for example, requires an extra course, so students in that field pay extra. He said it might make more sense to have students pay per year rather than per unit and perhaps some master’s degree programs could be completed in one year.
The current limit for the master’s degree is two years and the minimum course load is 10, but some degrees, such as the Master of Arts in Teaching, are one-year programs. Siegel also said he will consider waiving the difference in increase for current master’s students, many of whom said they realized the necessity of the increase, sparked by rising costs and a growing Graduate School deficit. But the students said they hope the burden will be minimized. “It would certainly be a hardship, seeing as how graduate,students, we’ve just come through four years of undergraduSee TUITION on page 12 �
Duke Hospital has reclaimed 20 parking spots from behind Trent Drive Hall. Dorm residents complain cars were ticketed before they were notified of the change. See page 7