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The Chronicle
DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 3
DURHAM, N.C.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,2003
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New staff runs Sanford Deli Parties off East by
expected to slow
Aaron Levine
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The menu at the Sanford Deli may be largely the same, but the hands behind the counter have
Students say they will heed police warnings, but only for the next several weekends
changed. The Alpine Bagel Company
assumed control of the Sanford Deli over the summer after the University decided not to renew their contract with former managers Chris and Denise MacMahon. Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, said that Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy officials had not been entirely happy with the deli and their concerns helped facilitate the change. “Sales were off 20 percent last year,” Wulforst said. ‘The numbers speak for themselves. There was a decrease in transactions, and you can’t make mistakes at a customer’s expense.” The MacMahons said they did not know exactly why their contract was not renewed. Denise MacMahon said that she was “very disappointed in the decision of dining services.” “We weren’t party to any decision-making process that was involved,” she added. However, they speculated that University administrators may have been looking for a larger business. “We’re just a SEE SANFORD DELI ON PAGE 6
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Sanford Deli employees prepare sandwiches for customers. Managers will soon change the political-science themed menu to reflect its public policy clientele.
Saunders back for year two by
Saunders said he is scrambling to appoint a GPSC vice president before Tuesday. Former vice president Colleen Han-
Andrew Gerst
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After being elected to a rare second term as president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, Rob Saunders said he’s trying hard this year to put the “success” in “succession.” The key to a productive year, in other words, is continuity. “Because we’re a student organization, there’s a lot of turnover,” Saunders said. “People get elected, they get a lot done, and then they leave.” Saunders said his first year was hampered somewhat by having to familiarize himself with the job from scratch. As a result, GPSC is working on an executive agenda for future presidents detailing all issues, relevant contact information and advice on how to
proceed. After graduating from the Col-
non, a neurobiology student,
lege of William and Mary in 2000, Saunders entered Duke to pursue a doctoral degree in physics. Now a fourth-year student, he is currently researching X-ray detectors for breast cancer prevention and enjoys swimming, going to the weight room and ushering forbasketball games in his spare time. His first year as president taught him who to talk to, what to work on—and, he said with a laugh, that reading the entire canon ofWestern literature—one of his goals for last year—was not as easily accomplishable as he
originally thought.
stepped down after her adviser relocated to Canada. But considering that 17 of 19 election races went unopposed last year, a surprising amount of enthusiasm has emerged in filling the position, he said. About 15 students showed interest, and Saunders said he has narrowed the list down to a few candidates. “At the end of the spring semester, a lot of people get burnt out,” Saunders speculated. “You don’t want to lake on new responsibilities. If you advertise things in the summer or the fall, people are more enthusiastic.” Increasing the visibility of SEE SAUNDERS ON PAGE 6
With a University-backed promise from the Durham Police Department to crack down on off-campus parties, many students say Duke’s neighbors may not have much to complain about over the next few weeks. Following last weekend’s student celebrations, Durham residents living near undergraduates off East Campus complained of excessive noise at night and trash-littered streets in the morning. Durham police responded by issuing a letter to students living off campus, warning them that they risked criminal charges should the offenses be repeated. In turn, the University offered to assist Durham police by assuming some of the costs involved with enforcing a no-tolerance policy in the areas surrounding East Campus. “As for now, I would say that the ‘crack down’ is something that will add caution and better control from all the fraternities in regards to off-campus parties,” said Joe Kelly, president of
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. For the upcoming weekend, many fraternities have planned section parties on West Campus or will be hosting their parties in local night clubs and bars. Neighbors should not see the types of off-campus parties they found so disturbing last weekend, fraternity members and off-campus students said. Many added, however, that students will probably head off East Campus again after the initial shock of the DPD warning wears off. “People will have to lay off for a little while and keep things a little more ‘under control,’” said Dave Moe, president of Eta Prime—formerly Kappa Sigma fraternity—and an off-campus resident. “But the off-campus parties aren’t going to stop altogether. In the long run, I don’t think it will really change.” Kelly said the recent admonishments from Durham police have caused Delta Sig, which is on social probation until fall SEE PARTIES ON PAGE 6