Thursday, June 13, 2002
Isolated T-storms High 92, Low 68
www.chronicle.duke.edu Vol. 98, No. S5
The Chronicle
We Like Mike In the second of a threepart series, Sports takes a look at Mike Dunleavy’s NBA Draft chances. See page 11
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
QB Bryant
to sit out ’O2 season
� Declared academically ineligible for his senior season, D. Bryant will leave the beleaguered football team without its starting quarterback. By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle
Starting quarterback D. Bryant has been ruled academically ineligible for the coming football season and will not play his final year for the Blue Devils. A statement announcing the decision was released Wednesday night and did not contain any additional details on the decision. A spokesperson within the program said that because of privacy laws he could not comment further on the issue. “This is an unfortunate situa- D. Bryant tion under difficult circumstances,” Bryant said in a statement. “I have enjoyed my time here at Duke and have made great relationships with many people. I will certainly miss my teammates and wish them the See BRYANT on page 13
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TIANLU LI (left) and HAVEN GARBER work on a project in their electrical and computer engineering lab in the Pratt School of Engineering.
Pratt women seek additional support Drop-out rates remain equal between sexes, below national average By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
Walking into an engineering lab often feels like walking into an eighthgrade dance. The few women cluster together, while the swarm of men stay off to their side. The classroom’s DJ is almost always male, and usually the women leave first. Drop-out numbers for women in the Pratt School of Engineering are lower than the national average of 40 percent and have shown a downward trend. Less than 15 percent ofPratt’s Class of 2005 have transferred to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. The school’s male and female drop-out rates are about
equal, but women still cite struggles. “It is just expected for us to drop out, so a lot of women just give up and feel like it is no big deal for them to do so since it is already expected of them,” wrote Pratt sophomore Katie Page in an e-mail.
said Pratt lacks such a network. “Pratt cares for the academic life of the student; Trinity cares for the student,” Deßoever said. “If Pratt maintained a more supportive environment, with professors who cared about their students as well as their students’ perA recent study conducted by the formance, more women would stay.” Goodman Research Group .Inc. found Important support elements menthat most women who drop out of engitioned in the study include mentor proneering do so not for academic reasons, grams, opportunities to network with but linked female students’ likelihood of practicing female engineers and organicompleting an engineering degree with zations like the Society for Women Enthe presence of “strong social support gineers, a club that Pratt offers. networks within the engineering field.” “It takes a lot to earn full respect Senior Lauren Deßoever, who transSee PRATT WOMEN on page 7 ferred out of Pratt her sophomore year,
Canes’ success brings wave of fans Harvard mulls admit changes By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle
Monday night on 1-40, there was a logjam of cars. While the cars came in almost all shapes and sizes, many of them had a unique feature on them. Somewhere—be it a bumper sticker, decal or flag—was a black-and-red swirl in what is supposed to be a loose caricature of the eye of a storm. The logo is the Carolina Hurricanes’, and if the symbol suddenly seems more prevalent in this historically hockey-free area—where ponds almost never freeze over and it is usually warm enough by mid-May to melt butter —it is because the Hurricanes are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history. In fact, this year’s quest for the cup is the first in the history ofthe franchise—one that grew up as the Hartford Whalers before moving south in 1997—and also the first time the Triangle has had a home sport to cheer for outside ofcollege basketball. “It’s interesting to see people united on something besides basketball,” said Adam Spieler, a Tar Heel alumnus, who cheered the team on at Satisfaction Restaurant and Bar in Brightleaf Square during Monday’s Game 4. Going into tonight’s Game 5 in Detroit, Carolina is
Harvard University threw another wrench into the growing debate over the undergraduate early decision process last week by announcing that it is considering taking regular decision applications from students who have already been accepted early decision at other schools. The Ivy League’s most selective university currently has a non-binding early action process and—under guidelines approved in fall 2001 by the National Association for College Admission Counseling—allows applicants to apply early action to Harvard while also applying early decision to other schools. Harvard officials could not be reached for comment, but told The Boston Globe and The Harvard Crimson last week they are considering extending the NACAC policy to regular decision. Duke Director of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag wrote in an e-mail from a conference of admissions officers that Harvard Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons had assured his
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See HARVARD on page 10
ADAM SPIELER (left) and BENNETT ROGERS watch Game 4 of the Stanley Cup series at Satisfaction Restaurant and Bar. Inoirio
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The New Era Cap Company, which lost its Duke contract (ast year has reac hed an agreement with employees and is hoping to win back customers. See page 3
By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
Medical Center scientists are working to uncover the mysteries of the common heart medication nitroglycerin and why patients develop resistance. See page 4
Study abroad enrollments for next semester fell by 56 amid post-Sept. 11 fears, while the number of students in summer programs increased. See page 5