Tuesday, August 27,2002
Thunderstorms High 78, Low 67
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Flip a coin Football head coach Carl Franks has decided who will call the signals this Saturday, but he’s not telling who. . See page 11
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Museum won’t open until 2005 � The long-planned Nasher Museum of Art will now have a budget of $23 million, up from $l5 million to $l9 million. By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
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UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS will undergo a $1 million renovation this year, as approved by the Board of Trustees, to add extra facilities for presentations to prospective students.
New admissions building underway By ANDREW CARD The Chronicle
After a decade of deliberation, construction is finally underway on a new addition to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The $1 million project, which features a new presentation hall with space for 150 people, will be completed early next year, in time, admissions officials hope, to make a favorable impression on the first major wave of prospective students who visit campus around spring break. Christoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate admissions, said the construction will provide more space for admissions
presentations and make prospective students’ visits more similar to those at Ivy League schools. “Duke is unusual amongst its competitors in asking peopie to move around,” he said. “But the new building will be a significant step forward in terms of our ability to be welcoming to people. Provost Peter Lange emphasized that the new building is coming at a crucial time for the University, The number of prospective applicants visiting campus is increasing every year, which makes students’ first impres”
See ADMISSIONS on page 6
WEL diner reopens amid growing pains By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
Rick’s Diner in the West-Edens Link returned to almost full service Monday after a hectic 12 hours late Sunday night when a dearth of food caused the four-day-old eatery to turn away customers. “We ran out of food last night and had a delivery that was late this morning, so breakfast had a very limited menu,” general manager Tony Strickland said Monday.
Waffles, biscuit sandwiches, oatmeal and several other items were offered, although long lines were back by dinnertime as the restaurant’s operations returned to near normal. Both Strickland and Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst blamed the temporary shutdown on better than expected business, although Strickland
added that inadequate refrigeration also contributed to the diner’s troubles. “They just had a bang-up, unbelievable three days,” Wulforst said. “There aren’t enough refrigerators in the world that could have helped this weekend.” Wulforst added that Rick’s had lines out the door at 3:30 in the morning Saturday and attributed the diner’s success to its novelty. “It’s the newest thing on campus,” he said. “I always tell new [eateries] to be prepared. They never realize what I mean by that. They never realize how busy it can be.” See DINER REOPENS on page 6 IInciflo lib iif 6
RICK’S DINER, the 24-hour eatery in the West-Edens Link, had to close Sunday night, but was up and running again Monday morning.
As the Durham police chief search continues, City Manager Marcja Conner announced Monday that the remaining candidate has dropped out of the race. See page 3
In this week’s series on student leaders, The Chronicle takes a look at IFC President and DSC Head Line Monitor Jeremy Morgan. See page 3
Although the Nasher Museum ofArt is almost two years behind schedule, the plans for the upcoming West Campus attraction are nearing their final stage with an even larger budget. The building’s designs, which date back to spring 2000 and have caused most of the delay, will be completed by the end of September. Construction should begin in the next year and is scheduled to take 20 months, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, putting the museum well behind its original scheduled 2003 opening. “It’s taken longer than I hoped, but now it’s ready to go,” Trask said. The budget for the new museum— which will bear the name of Dallas philanthropist Raymond Nasher in honor of his $7.5 million gift in Nov. 1998—is Tallman Trask also tentatively increasing to $23 million from an earlier projection of between $l5 million and $l9 million. The additional funds will enable the University to complete the architectural designs and make the museum “everything we wanted it to be,” said Michael Mezzatesta, director of the art museum. Mezzatesta, who has met with architect Rafael Vinoly’s head assistants weekly to perfect the designs, said the process was lengthy but constructive. The result is a particularly efficient gallery where almost all of the space can be used to display art. “The design process has been very careful and exhaustive,” Mezzatesta said. Tve been waiting for this a very long time and learned that patience is a virtue. There have been moments of disappointment, but now we can see a world-class facility on the horizon.” Meanwhile, the Duke University Museum of Art on East Campus remains the University’s art museum and as people donate art works for the See NASHER DELAYS on page 9
Although the Pre-Major Advising Center discourages it, many freshmen use the drop/add period to switch their
class schedule. See page 4