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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Beloved loses
professor battle
cancer
Memorial service set for ALEX GARINGER
By
“The Nicholas School is
The Chronicle
depressed place right
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnassistant
an
son,
environmental star
rising
professor
policy
and
a
School of the Environment and Earth
after
evening month
was
magna a
five-
University
laude in 1991 with
cum
of
bachelor
with
degree
arts
history
and
in
litera-
ture. She earned her in
doctorate
scien-
passion
in
gan
environ-
served
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from
University
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ment,
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Harvard
cal science
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Ventura, Calif.,
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quiet day.”
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with
for
very
cancer.
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a
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She
died Tuesday
Sciences,
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of
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at
Monday
1998
as
and
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assistant
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helped
son
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH speaks Wednesday before Boeing employees at the F/A-18 Super Hornet production in St.
facility
Louis, Mo.,
where he called for the United Nations to lift sanctions
on
the
Iraq.
nary for
Bush
lifting
urges
on
College
Duke
State
RICHARD STEVENSON
By
In
New York Times News
LOUIS
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clared to be
her
Saddam Hussein’s
Nations
called
nomic sanctions to
ing
rule
to lift
allow
oil to
Iraq,
on
greater
help
bined elements of
campaign
a
solemn
a
eign
policy
dam Hussein
has
end
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more
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tion’s reconstruction.
than 12
years
of
had
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for
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that have all but
sell
to
er
the
and
physical
war
and
vibrant,
an
certainly
infectious enthusiasm From
of view of her
on
the
profession-
her
the
in
the
vanguard
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page 5
Dean
William
“She teacher about
part
as
Nicholas
faculty
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policies. was
who
committed
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passionate
was
both
environmental
and about her
scholarship dents,”
the
joined
in international institu-
tions and
source
said
Professor
and
stu-
of Re-
Environmental
Economics Randall Kramer.
of inter-
Her
environmental
scholars,” said Nicholas See SANCTIONS
bright
al activities at the school, I put
sanc-
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book
of other proj-
undergraduates.
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raise
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was
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School
second
and enthusiastic and
the
suspending
or
sanctions should
into
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of
Ending
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of
that
on
her
In
University.
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—
on
Madison
Michigan
at
University
Garcia-Johnson
leave
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country,”
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sanctions
Ronie-Richele
was
sab-
number
a
1999,
ects —at the time of her death.
United Nations should lift
economic
re-
Bush
principles,
that “the regime
said
the
Iraq
restatement of his
a
and
“Now that Iraq is liberated,
com-
membrance of lives lost in
mov-
pay for the
international trade with Iraq.
that
and
eco-
sales
to aerospace fac-
appearance with
the United
on
Wednesday
speech
and
junior
batical
tory employees here
de-
Having
ended, President George
W. Bush
Iraqi
Service
a
Center
Environmental
working
with FELICITY BARRINGER
James
multidiscipli-
Solutions
of sanctions
in
create
2000
book,
“Exporting
Environmentalism, U.S. Multi-
School See GARCIA-JOHNSON
Schlesinger.
on
page 7
Business school eliminates 10
positions 65
Accepting
It’s
in
budget
students fails to
more
cuts
prevent
cuts
with
Duke’s
hot in here...
Bill From staff
leaders
reports School of Business cut 10
The Fuqua
through
positions—five Wednesday
as
to reduce its
provost
attrition—
the first part of
five of to
budget.
in
Iraq and
concerns
ty of global travel
about the safe-
grams
in
non-degree
Education programs.
ers,
such
and
has been
filled,” Breeden
utive
sponsorship Bree-
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the school
programs,
will receive the staff and those affected
Jim
Duke’s
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of members
accordance
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Incirflp
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review
Next
year’s
Thursday. in which
flare at the
culinary
a
by
our
class
school
officer
cuts to its
MOSt of the slots candidate
was
on
its
Cross-Continent
Wednesday.
Cunningham
beat out
Duke’s Oliver Altman to win the ARAMARK
from
Corp.-sponsored
budget. He said
lower demand
in The
Great Hall the
MBA program school
UNC Chef’s
com-
petition.
trouexec-
ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE
MBA
that bring in
tuition.
Gray, Fuqua’s
marketing
and
associate dean for
communications,
that
no
deans
could
said offer
further comment.
elections
are
that
vs.
Challenge
flashier programs geared to-
Wednesday
policies.
“After
week
daytime
MBA and
higher
benefits
shows off
his
yet
added.
last
ward business executives
severance
Chapel Hill,
eliminated
also
might otherwise be in
ble, given the
their employ-
corporate
positions
total staff
that had not
the business
save
of
10
said
making large
by
significantly
planned positions
would
den said. All
We
employees.
our
a
University
of North Carolina at
employment of
staff, reducing
students to its
MBA proExecutive
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sponsored
often
Board of Visitors, today
school’s decision to admit 65 additional
“These programs have students who are
our
Breeden
decreased enroll-
has
ment in the school’s executive
and
214
five
been
statement that the weak economy, the
war
our
Cunningham,
chef at the
Duke
Breeden said in Fuqua Dean Douglas a
and
consultation
have terminated the
we
effort
an
and
getting
will
take
place
uncontested, including
disqualified.
See page 3
one
The Duke
meeting
Student Government
of the year
vote almost forced
Legislature
Wednesday, although
a
Saturday meeting.
a
held its last
close quorum
See page 3
A house
ity
course
initiatives
as
raised
more
part of
a
than
$lO,OOO
for local char-
drive to increase the interaction
between Duke and Durham. See page 4