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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 15
DURHAM, N.C.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,2003
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Yale strike Two years later, a campus reflects delays new VP’s start by
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Two years after the World Trade Cenand Pentagon tragedies, Duke continues to remember and reflect—however, there is a slightly differentfeel on campus this year. While last year’s Sept. 11 anniversary was a day that overwhelmed campus life, today there are fewer commemorative events and academic discussions —a change many students and administrators have noticed. “This has moved from a day of national remembrance to a day of more personal reflection,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. President Nan Keohane spoke last year in a tribute at the Duke University Museum of Art. This year she plans to keep a lower profile, and will visit the memorial Flags adorn a fence that surroundsthe continuing construction at Ground Zero. grove of trees in the West-Edens Link, dedicated to the six alumni who died in the attacks. Despite the changes, some events reVigils main the same. The Chapel will be open ChapelBells At noon, a service of prayer and quiet meditation throughout the day and two services have Beginning at 8:46 a.m., timed to the will be led by members of the Duke Religious Life been scheduled. An interfaith service of precise moments ofeach of the four staff in memory of the victims of the Sept, n terplane crashes and the descent of the prayer will be held at noon and a vespers rorist acts in the Chapel. two towers of the World Trade service—with candlelight, choir, scripCenter, a single chime will be rung At 5:15 p.nt, a vespers service—with candlelight, choir, tures and prayer—will be held at 5:15 from the Chapel carillon. scriptures and prayer—will be held in the Chapel p.m. Chapel bells will chime throughout At n a.m., six chimes will be rung in the morning to symbolically mark the At 8 p.m., a community vigil will be held on the recognition ofthe six Duke alumni Chapel Quad. who died on September n. SEPT. ON PAGE 6 ter
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Despite being delayed at Yale University to deal with major union strikes, incoming Vice President for Campus Services Kernel Dawkins said he will be at Duke next week to get started on his new job. Dawkins, who was hired over the sum-
mer to oversee facilities, parking, dining and other campus-wide services, previously served as associate vice president for facilities at Yale. He had originally planned to arrive at Duke in August. His delay has caused him to miss appointments and may prove to be a minor setback for his early goals. ‘Transition periods take a little time, particularly for senior positions.... [lt] takes time to turn over the reins,” he said. “It’s been important for me to get information to read via e-mail, but it’s even more important for me to be [at Duke] and physically sit in on meetings.” Dawkins said he traveled to Durham recently and has been in constant SEE KEMEL ON PAGE 6
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Tort debate intensifies in N,C. Senate by
Hasvold Jennifer THE CHRONICLE
The debate over tort reform in North Carolina will reignite next week as the N.C. Senate prepares for its weeklong special session to consider mal-
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Health care workers are pushing for limits on pain-and-suffering damage awards, while trial lawyers insist that such reforms would do little to curb the skyrocketing insurance rates the state’s physicians are experiencing and would needlessly burden victims of malpractice. The original bill, Senate Bill No. 9, was introduced last session and although many new drafts have emerged, its central features will frame the debate for the special session next week. Crucial components of the bill include caps on non-economic damages awarded and plans for periodic payment of damages. Economic damages such as loss of income and compensation for living costs associated with disabilities—would not be capped under any of the proposals for tort re-
Provost Peter Lange has placed a cap on financial aid expenditures by Arts and Sciences for the next five years, a move that somewhat alleviates the multi-faceted financial aid crunch that has been hampering the A&S budget this year. The financial aid cost*to Arts and Sciences has been increasing at twice the rate of tuition, said Wflliam Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. The cap will limit financial aid expenditures to 1.5 times the rate of tuition, which has historically been the standard contribution from Arts and Sciences —though in recent years, Chafe said, the ratio was closer to one-to-one. Lange called the cap “the appropriate
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