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The Chronicle
DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 18
DURHAM, N.C.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,2003
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Duke readies for looming Isabel by
Benjamin Perahia THE CHRONICLE
As Hurricane Isabel slowly approaches the Eastern seaboard, University administrators are considering their response to the purported threat. The most extensive of preparations could be the evacuation of all students and staff from the Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C. However, experts are still uncertain where Isabel will hit. Predicted targets range from Charleston, S.C. to New York City. “Right now there is a significant chance that it could hit Durham,” said Orrin Pilkey, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology. “Predictions made at this stage of the game are very tenuous at best.” Mike Orbach, director of the Marine Lab, will announce today at noon what precautions Beaufort will take. “If we go to an official hurricane warning, we have to evacuate the island,” Orbach said. He added that some measures have already been taken, including taking some small boats out of the water and boarding windows. Although Beaufort officials have yet to decide whether to evacuate, Hyde County officials gave mandatory evacuation orders Monday to an estimated 3,000 Ocracoke Island residents and tourists. Orbach said Beaufort students will be housed in dorms and given an interim food plan if evacuation is necessary. On-campus administrators are also beginning to take precautions, as the hurricane poses a significant threat to campus, particularly with the possibility of falling trees and limbs.
Ewing calls for special session Joint councils will meet 4 p.m. Thursday to vote by Cindy Yee THE CHRONICLE
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“The potential for damage on our campus is large,” Pilkey said, adding that the oak trees on East Campus were more likely to have problems than those trees on West Campus. Major Robert Dean, director of communications for the Duke Police Department, said Duke Police is on full alert. “We want the community to be aware that the storm is headed in our direction,” Dean said. “We are prepared to handle any emergencies.”
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Jn an e-mail Monday, Arts and Sciences Council Chair Kathy Ewing called a special meeting of the Arts and Sciences and Engineering Faculty councils Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. to vote on a replacement for the former dean’s excuse policy, which was discontinued last spring. A policy was discussed during a joint session of the A&S Council and EEC Thursday, but a vote was delayed when it was discovered that only one member of the EEC was present. Four members of the EEC are required to reach quorum for a vote. Some members of the A&S Council said Thursday that the vote could wait until the next scheduled meeting in October, citing the fact that students and faculty have managed until now without an official policy in place. In the e-mail Ewing wrote to the councils, however, she stressed an “urgent need to pass a resolution” on a new policy. SEE SPECIAL SESSION ON PAGE 6
SEE HURRICANE ON PAGE 5
Hip-hop dances out of the club, into the classroom by
Jacqueline Foster THE CHRONICLE
And 5, 6, 7, 8 and pose. Dozens of students are frozen in the moment at the request of Jimmie Green one of the few times in the new dance instructor’s upbeat, high-energy hip-hop dance class that he will direct his students to be still. For the first time in the University’s history, hip-hop fans are now able to obtain formal instruction in the art of dance. Green’s class is open to students of all dance backgrounds, as long as they think they can keep up with a fast-paced introduction to an extremely lively art form. “It’s pretty hard and I’m not used to this kind of movement,” said junior Natalia Dorfman, sweating and tired after over an hour of dancing, “but it’s a lot of fun.” Although hip-hop dance is rigorous and many students come into the class relatively inexperienced, Green said most of the students are able to learn the moves at the fast pace in which he teaches. —
Students in the new hip hop dance class watch instructor JimmieGreen demonstrate a move.
Many students noted that it was a love for hip-hop that prompted them to enroll in the class. “I love hip-hop because of the music and the chance to dance something that I consider part of my [African-American] roots,” said junior Debo Aderibigbe. Though Aderibigbe has never gained any dance experience through formal classes, he did note that he has been able to incorporate moves he learned “in the club” into his hip-hop routines. On the first day of class, Green began teaching his students the first of several dance routines, onto which he adds piece by piece during each class period. A handpicked group of students will be invited to showcase these routines in a professionally-produced show in November, alongside numerous other dance classes. Hip-hop dance, which encompasses numerous old and new styles set to a urban beat, is a relatively young hybrid but Green SEE HIP-HOP ON PAGE 7