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Faulty Towers The men’s basketball team travels to England this weekend for four exhibition games See page 9
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Budget task force calls for reduction of faculty By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle
Arts and Sciences can best address projected budget deficits by cutting up to 50 faculty positions, the Arts and Sciences Council Budget Task Force said Thursday in a long-awaited report. The task force—established last year to find solutions to projected deficits—said that Arts and Sciences’ financial
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BATHROOM DOOR LOCKS in Wannamaker Dormitory will be replaced beginning today.
Reported attack leads to new locks, more security By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
As the Duke University Police Department continues to search for the man who reportedly assaulted a female student in a Wannamaker Dormitory bathroom Wednesday morning, University officials are preparing to install sex-specific locks on dorm bathroom doors across campus. Locksmiths will install the first new locks in Wannamaker women’s bath-
rooms today, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said. They will proceed with other dorm bathrooms on both West and East Campus after fall break. The new sex-specific locks would mean more security them the current system, in which allresidents can use
their keys to unlock all bathrooms in their dorm. Students will now have two sets of keys—one for their dorm room See SECURITY on page 7
If tuition rates increase by more than 4 percent, the task force said Arts and Sciences might make fewer cuts. Given the current revenue estimates, however,
the task force said it may be necessary to cut the number of faculty searches to 17 each year for the next three years, replacing just half of departing faculty. By contrast, Arts and Sciences filled an average of 34 faculty positions over the
problems are structural and past five years. Chafe commissioned the could not be remedied by task force in December 2001 stopgap measures. In presenting its report to the Arts to examine the viability of cutting expenditures in four and Sciences Council’s areas: faculty size, average monthly meeting, the task faculty compensation, doctorforce suggested returning the al training support and faculfaculty size to 1995 levels. Although Arts and Scity research support. Of these, ences managed to avoid a the task force recommended budget deficit for the 2003 considering only faculty size and faculty compensation. fiscal year, officials expect phi| Cnnie its deficit to increase dra- Kmi,p UOOK Some council members exmatically over the next five pressed reservations about a years, reaching a peak of $6.1 million by faculty size reduction, especially since the 2006 fiscal year. Arts and Sciences many departments have aimed for expansion in the coming years. Professor this year has a $220.8 million budget. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciof Public Policy Studies Philip Cook, who heaaeu uie task force, said some of ences William Chafe said the projec.
tions rested on the assumption that undergraduate tuition revenues, the main funding source for Arts and Sciences, would increase at an annual rate of 4 percent. He said the rate could vary, depending on trends at other elite schools.
the proposed expansions were “probably
not consistent with reality.” John Thompson, chair of the history department, released a statement exSee A&S BUDGET on page 7
Lack of career help Football seeks Deacons’ blessing may affect attrition By TYLER ROSEN The Chronicle
This is the fifth story in a five-part series examining attrition among graduate students. By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle
Many graduate students who wish to pursue jobs outside the traditional academic setting say they find limited career counseling, despite efforts from the Career Center and academic departments. Many students and administrators agree career counseling services need improvement. But although some attribute student drop-outs in part to the lack of such services, whether it contributes to attrition remains in dispute. Most students who decide on a nonacademic career already have a definite sense of their plans, said third-year zoology student Julia Bowsher. However, Virginia Steinmetz, counselor for most graduate students at the Career Center, said she believes students are less likely to drop out if they can find advice from a trusted adviser. “I may have helped people continue [in their graduate studies] by listening to their hesitations, helping them with their problem solving,” Steinmetz said. Career advising at the Graduate School is mostly decentralized, with departments taking up the primary role as advisers. This allows students to receive See CAREERS on page 8
Inside
FULLBACK ALEX WADE tries to avoid a tackle against a Navy defender earlier this season.
President Nan Keohane declined to sign a petition that ran in The New York Times this week decrying antiSemitism among students. See page 3
Groves Stadium will be a carnival mirror Saturday. When the football team (2-4, 0-2 in the ACC) looks across the field at Wake Forest (3-3, 1-2) before the 3:30 p.m. kickoff, it will see an exaggerated reflection of its own strengths and weaknesses. With the double threat ofrunning backs Alex Wade and Chris Douglas, Duke has the most potent rushing attack in recent school history. Wade opened the season by rushing for 100 yards in four of the first five games while Douglas struggled with an injured ankle. Against Virginia last week, Douglas returned to form and picked up 126 yards, providing the quickness to balance Wade’s power. “We want to keep running the football,” Duke head coach Carl Franks said. “That keeps our time of possession up. That keeps us making first downs. And it’s something we do very well.” Meanwhile, the Demon Deacons trot out a trio of running backs who combine for an ACC-leading 246.7 yards per game—almost 80 yards more than the Blue Devils have been mustering. Rounding out the group is Tarence Williams, who burned Duke for 275 yards and five touchdowns in his two previous games with the Blue Devils and who is finally returning from injury. “Wake runs the ball very well and keeps the ball,” Franks said. “We’ve got to try to control [the game] by keeping our offense on the field.”
April Brown, chair of electrical and computer engineering, testified before Congress last week on improving female representation in the sciences. See page 3
See WAKE FOREST on page 10 The Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation will hold a conference in Raleigh this weekend to bring together members from different universities. See page 4