January 15, 2003

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Events on Campus Want to know the latest schedule for campus happenings? Use the Duke Events Calendar. See page 13

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Young trustee race narrows University reinstates Yoimg Trustee Greek judicial board Greeks By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle

Round up the usual suspects

Nine semi-finalists have been selected in this year’s race for undergraduate young trustee, and almost all are leaders of the largest undergraduate student organizations. “We weren’t necessarily looking for someone who has been involved in everything on campus,” said Thaniyyah Ahmad, Duke Student Government vice president for community interaction and chair of the Intercommunity Council, which runs the process. Rather, committee members sought professionalism, knowledge about both undergraduate and graduate student issues, administrative interaction, a love of Duke and a well-round-

praise more self-governance

By KEVIN LEES

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ed experience as primary qualities among the 16 applicants,

Ahmad said. The committee will interview each of the nine seniors before selecting three finalists by Jan. 22. At the Jan. 29 DSG general body meeting, legislators and the selection committee will choose the final young trustee,

who will serve on the Board of Trustees for three years, the first in a non-voting capacity. Although the Intercommunity Council selected eight semi-finalists last year, Ahmad

said the committee chose to in-

crease the number, allowable

dean of students for judicial affairs. The board hopes to be Reviving a greek tradition ready to hear cases sometime in that ended 20 years ago, the February. Lou Leskosky, a senadministration is shifting ior and Interfratemity Council cases involving greek chapters judicial board chair, said the from the Undergraduate Judinew board already has three cial Board to a newly estabcases waiting to be examined. A seven-member panel will lished, student-led greek judicial board. hear arguments for each case. The board’s members, which The panel will include a majorwill be comprised of represenity of the same umbrella group tatives from each of the Unias the chapter charged, includversity’s fraternity and sorority ing the panel’s chair. The reumbrella groups, will hear maining members will come cases involving everything from the other councils. Also, from sorority rush to excessive no justice will sit on a panel hearing a case involving his or noise, hazing and alcohol. Sue Wasiolek, dean of stuher own fraternity or sorority. dents and assistant vice presiLeskosky said the board’s dent for student affairs, said creation was important in givthe creation last summer of ing greeks the ability to selfthe Office for Fraternity and govern. “I really am hoping Sorority Life was the main imthat it will [help greek-administrative relations], because petus for creating the board. “It’s something we’ve been when it comes to the investigathinking about for a while,” tion, it will be a group of stushe said. “Twenty years ago, dents deciding this,” Leskosky the Interfraternity Council said. “A greek organization used to hear cases. That board should not have to go before lost credibility, and for a long Dean Wallace whenever we’re time greeks were not given the in trouble for this or that.” opportunity to self-govern.” Todd Adams, OFSL director, A pool of about 35 justices said minor policy violations are in the midst of training with Kacie Wallace, associate See GREEKBOARD on page 5 The Chronicle

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by a two-thirds majority vote. THE CANDIDATES Lyndsay Beal, Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs and vice president for administration in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, has sat on the Board’s academic affairs committee for two years. •

The biology major, minoring in comparative area studies, mentioned safety, use of new buildings and budgeting and

finances as issues she thinks the Board will most likely consider. She also cited a 1995 See YOUNG TRUSTEE on page 7

IGSP finds success in new genetics center Nursing plans major new

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

There’s a fundamental problem with the Center for Human Genetics, the brand new 120,000-square-foot research facility on LaSalle Street. The front doors won’t open. True, its 160 professors, researchers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, statisticians, programmers, lab technicians and other employees moved in during November, and the first component of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy is now running at full steam. But since its opening, the center’s main entrance appears to be locked, accessible only by pressing the handicap door button. “The biggest [issue] so far has been the doors,” said Margaret Pericak-Vance, professor of medicine and di-

rector ofthe Center for Human Genetics. “We’ve been having trouble getting in.” Other than the doors, however, Vance couldn’t be happier with her new home. The $4O million building features offices, open laboratories, conference rooms, inSee GENETICS CENTER on page 6

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SIOM facility By MIKE MILLER The Chronicle

The swiftly evolving School of Nursing is planning a major building project that will more than double the school’s

SEAN GARVEY, a second-year genetics graduate student, works at his lab in the new Center for Human Genetics. Consolidating research into one building will improve productivity, he said.

Myrna Adams, the first vice president for institutional equity, has retired from Duke, but she will stay in Durham as a local consultant. See page 3

Medical Center researchers have discovered that a trio of chemicals given to soldiers during the Gulf War can cause fertility problems. See page 4

useable space and will bring together faculty and students currently scattered across five locations. Coming at a time ofrapid expansion within the nursing school’s curriculum, the new building will simultaneously provide facilities for future growth and will address what faculty members call a long-standing need for more research and office space. “We are the most under-spaced school on campus,” said Mary Champagne, dean of the School of Nursing. “We need the building just to have reasonable operations now, and we See NURSING on page 6

Majestic Mapp and the men’s basketball team from Virginia will visit Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight to play the Blue Devils. See page 9


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