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Yada, Yada, Yani NCAA champion hopeful Michael Yani has emerged as a key member of the men’s tennis team. See Sports page 13
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Snyderman nets
top pay Graduate school sees strong class
In Duke’s tax forms, the Health System’s top administrator was listed as the University’s �
By WHITNEY BECKETT
highest-compensated employee.
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By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
Men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has been knocked out of another No. 1 ranking. Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor of health affairs and Duke University Health System president and CEO, ended Krzyzewski’s four-year reign as the highest paid University employee for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, according to Internal Revenue Service 990 tax forms released by the University last week. The release of the forms comes several weeks after the Health System announced it would cut 300 jobs and the same week that the University announced a December 2001 $lOO,OOO gift by Snyderman and his wife to fund a professorship in genomics. Although Snyderman’s $448,456 salary was dwarfed by Krzyzewski’s $589,300, Snyderman also received more than $674,000 in his expense account and other allowances, which, along with contributions to his employee benefit plans, brought the DUHS chiefs total compensation to $1,156,277. Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations John Burness said the high figure in Snyderman’s expense ac-
ferred questions to Burness count is the result of both an apBurness said the release of the proximately five-year-old real estate loan that was forgiven by the tax forms and the Health System Executive Board of the Board of layoffs were unrelated. Trustees and ofincentives granted “The IRS Form 990 in question by a compensation committee in was filed for the fiscal year that the Health System. began July 1, 2000 and ended June 30, 2001,” Burness wrote in Snyderman, whose total package increased by 90 percent over an e-mail. “The proposed budget last year, referred questions to Asreductions that recently were ansociate Vice Chancellor of Communications Vicki Saito, who reSee SNYDERMAN on page 7
Led by an increase in applicants and a higher yield among students who accepted offers, the Graduate School’s incoming class of 630 students will be its largest and most selective ever. The school accepted a lower percentage of applicants this year than ever before, offering admittance to just under 20 percent of the pool. The average score on the GRE—the test required for graduate school applicants—is the highest ever, and a record number of students accepted its most prestigious scholarships. “What we have is a class that is the largest ever, and, despite being the largest, the quality is still better,” said Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School. “Everything just worked this year.” The Graduate School had not intended to increase its class size, but the unexpectedly high yield—4s percent, up from an average of 39 in previous years—made for a record-size group, Siegel said. Bertie Belvin, associate dean for enrollment services in the Graduate School, attributed the increases largely to the state of the nation’s job market. “People who lost jobs took that as an opportunity to go back to school and people who had not yet entered the job market decided to continue their education,” she said. Diversity is another highlight of the class, Siegel said. The number of international students in the class will set a record at 240, and there will also be more American minority students than ever before. Compared to an average of 51 for each of the last four years, the incoming class will have 83 American minority students, comprising 14 percent of the class. “For the first time in history, the number ofstudents who are not minorities or foreign are a minority” Siegel said. “Only 48 percent of our class is U.S. white—there See GRAD SCHOOL on page 7
Easley releases After 2 days, women’s golf in 2nd budget proposal By DREW KLEIN The Chronicle
AUBURN, Wash. One year ago, the women’s golf team was on the brink of a national title, entering the final round with a four-stroke lead. That team, however, proved unable to deliver a championship. This season, the Blue Devils will not have the luxury of a lead entering the final two rounds, but will have to make up a six stroke deficit instead. Only Arizona—which shot 581 between the two rounds—is ahead of Duke, which compiled a two-day team total of 587. The Wildcats entered the second round with an intimidating nine-stroke lead, shooting 285 to open the tournament. While they remain in the lead going into the third day of play, they shot an eight-over-par 296 Wednesday and saw their lead over the Blue Devils dwindle to six. But the Blue Devils have not had trouble making up strokes in the past, most recently capturing the NCAA East Regional title after a fourth-place effort in the first round. Leading the effort is sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn, who posted scores of 68 and 69 in the first two rounds and is currently seven strokes under par. Despite a slow start to the second round, which featured three bogies among the first six holes, she is tied
By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
Gov. Mike Easley announced his plan for next year’s state budget Tuesday, and in doing so anticipated a state lottery for school funding. The budget plan attempts to address an expected $2 billion shortfall for the next fiscal year. The budget crisis, stemming largely from an economic slowdown, has been called by some experts the state’s worst since the Great Depression. After instructing each state agency to reduce spending by 7 to 11 percent next year, Easley called for up to $726 million in cuts to state projects that would eliminate over 2,600 jobs—l,4oo of which are currently filled—in the largest state layoff in years. In addition, Easley would cut $2lO million from state highway funds and suspend $333 million in payments to city and local governments; to compensate, Easley offered them the option of raising local sales taxes by a half cent. Another $250 million in revenue would come from the state lottery Easley proposed, but implementing the See EASLEY BUDGET on page 10
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VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN, who is tied for first place in the NCAA tournament, takes a swing.
Local 77, the largest union at Duke, began negotiating a new contract with Human Resources officials earlier this week. See page 3
In a new orientation program, the University will send copies of the short story “The Palace Thief” to incoming freshmen to read over the summer. See page 5
See WOMEN’S GOLF on page 14 The Office of Student Development announced Wednesday the hiring of nine residence coordinators, who will oversee quad programming. See page 6