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Sidelined senior After tearing his ACL last week, senior fooball player Jamyon Small will remain on the bench See page 11
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
AAS returns to consideration City Council votes to punish Conner By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle
Duke Student Government will vote tonight on a resolution calling for Arts and Sciences to
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hire more faculty specializing in Asian American studies. After students argued last year in favor ofestablishing an AAS department and subsequent administrator interest in addressing those concerns, DSG will consider adding its
support to the effort. Senior Christina Hsu, Asian Students Association president, said she hopes that possible DSG approval will demonstrate continued stu-
dent support. “Students really are inter-
ested, but it’s hard to keep that awareness up when there are no courses and no faculty members,” said Hsu, a member of the task force overseeing the initiative. “This is a way to sustain student interest and support and a recognition that there is an... imperative for Asian American studies at Duke.” She added that the current
absence of Asian Americanist scholars at Duke would make it difficult to create a strong
program. Last spring, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
William Chafe announced the approval of funding for course
regarding her alleged mishandling of city contracts. At After nearly five hours of Monday’s council meeting, an deliberation, the Durham internal audit revealed none City Council voted 6-1 Tues- of 132 city contracts sampled day to retain Marcia Conner met all the requirements outas city manager, but with the lined in the city policy, The agreement reached stipulation of strict disciplinary action. Tuesday removed Conner’s The most notable condition power to authorize contracts, of the agreement reached by All categories of contracts must the council and the now receive council city manager reapproval before she duces Conner’s anis authorized to sign nual them. salary to Tuesday’s meet$138,000—a onetime reduction from ing looked at all asher current salary pects of Conner’s of $144,000. The acjob performance, | however, cord included five “[lt wasn’t] soleother conditions in- i emphasizing ly devoted to concreased accounta- Marcia Conner tracts,” Clement bility and professaid. “There were sional development. other issues that we ironed Council member Howard out and discussed—handling Clement called the meeting of agendas, handling of the “long and arduous,” but said budget, things like that.” he is confident the measures Conner’s management of will be effective in ensuring the city’s recent troubled poConner does her job correctly, lice chief search was not “She agreed to them and specifically discussed, he said, it’s going to be incumbent on Council member Thomas the council that they are ad- Stith defended the decision to hered to,” he said. trim Conner’s salary as a necConner’s evaluation comes in light of recent revelations See CONNER on page 9 The Chronicle
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SENIOR CHRISTINA HSU, current president of the Asian Students Association, speaks at an Asian American Studies teach-in last April.
development grants—which professors will use to explore certain areas of Asian American studies in classes. Administrators also approved the task force that will oversee the AAS initiative and organize a symposium.^ With Arts and Sciences currently experiencing a budget crunch, Anne Allison,
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member of the task force, said creating an undergraduate major and minor—as students had previously hoped—would be unrealistic. “The program may not be the end result, but everyone’s committed to doing something,” Allison said. “We have See AAS on page 10
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Possible security camera use sparks campus debate By MEGAN CARROLL The Chronicle
Students are expressing mixed reactions to a resolution Campus Council is currently drafting that calls for security cameras outside dormitory entrances. The cameras would provide footage of people entering and exiting in case it is needed for a criminal investigation. Campus Council tabled its recommendation to residential services at its meeting Thursday to compile more student input. The group will consider the proposal again Thursday. Contrary to the views of many Campus Council leaders, most students said possible infringements upon their privacy rights did not overshadow the security benefits that could result. Freshman Lizzy De La Garza, who lives in Randolph—a dorm that already has cameras outside the entrances —said she believes the cameras do not invade her sense of privacy since they are not placed inside the dorm. “You’re just entering the building. You’re not completely inside,” De La
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Garza said. “Once you’re in your hallway or room, you can do whatever you want.” Alex Steingart, another freshman, v agreed. “If [the cameras] are outside the dorm, it’s not like they’re spying on someone naked in the bathroom,” he said. The fact that administrators said the tapes would not be under constant surveillance makes cameras more acceptable, according to some students. “It’s probably a good idea, especially since they’re not reviewing it all the time,” said sophomore Jason Jones. “There’s a small scope of what it’s
looking at.”
Other students argued the possible invasion of privacy is sufficient grounds not to implement the cameras. “It would take an awful lot for me to agree with putting in cameras and invasions by an outside source,” said Alex Wenger, a senior. “I don’t see that more technology is necessarily the answer here.” Leila Fusfeld, another senior, agreed See CAMPUS SAFETY on page 8
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DORMITORY ENTRANCES may be fitted with security cameras in order to record people entering and leaving the buildings. Police could review tapes in the event of a crime.
A forum on Iraq generated discussion among faculty and community members concerning the role of U.S. military action. See page 3
Exercise without weight loss may be beneficial for people wishing to improve the quality of cholesterol in their bodies, according to a Medical Center study. See page 4