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DUKE UNIVERSITY Year, issue 22

Ninety-Ninth

Opinion

DURHAM, N.C.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,2003

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Economic upturn Meeting addresses party helps, hurts Duke by

Will Rosenthal THE CHRONICLE

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Andrew Collins THE CHRONICLE

With the national economy

showing signs of emerging from its recent funk, the University stands to gain—and, surprisingly enough, lose. On the positive side, an economic boom bodes well for employee wages and benefits, financial aid costs, charges on financial transactions, faculty growth, fundraising capabilities and the general mood at the University. However, a healthy economy is also associated with higher construction costs and, sometimes, rough sailing for graduate and professional admissions. Provost Peter Lange said a strong economy is important in shaping an optimistic and ambitious spirit at the University. “We’d like there to be an air of optimism. [2002-2003] was not a good year,” he said. “[A slumping economy] does reflect back on the University, because if everything’s going down, even if you’re going up, it’s hard to get things bubbly and positive. It’s a much less conducive atmosphere to

Good economic times helped shape a lofty and bold long-range document, Building on Excellence, which was drafted in 1999 and 2000 with the intention of outlining the University’s goals and priorities for the next five years. Buoyed by Duke’s rapid ascent to the upper echelon ofuniversities during the 1990s and perhaps encouraged by the rosy economic landscape, the plan calls for $720 million to be incrementally distributed. After several years ofrecession and money-losing budget cycles, however, Building on Excellence is now underfunded. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask estimated that the University has less than $5OO million in capital, and although he added that this is “a problem many people would love to have,” administrators are in part counting on a strong economy to bring the plan’s funding up to the original goal. Still, Duke has come out better off than some. The current fundraising effort, the Campaign for Duke, has largely met

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With the score notched at 2-2 and less than two minutes remaining in regulation, Gracie Sorbello slammed a comer opportunity into the back of the net to catapult Duke over No. 5 Old Dominion (4-4) Sunday at Williams Field. The win represents the biggest victory for the No. 4 Blue Devils (5-1, 0-1 in the ACC) under first-year head coach Beth Bozman. The outcome also validates the team’s ranking and shows the country that the Blue Devils will be a championship contender this season. Yesterday’s victory is particularly special for the team because it avenges the squad’s 8-1 loss to the Monarch’s last year. “Oh my gosh,” Johanna Bischof said. “In the locker room before we started all we said was revenge from last year. It was embarrassing last year. This was one of the marquee teams we wanted to beat.” Sorbello’s finish off a comer was even more satisfying after the team failed to convert its first 18 opportunities of the game. SEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 12

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Assistant professor of literature Antonio Viego speaks at Sunday night's meeting about Sigma Chi's"Viva Mexico" party.

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At an open meeting held Sunday night to discuss the “Viva Mexico” party hosted by Sigma Chi fraternity Sept. 13, several students demanded an official apology from Sigma Chi and judicial action from the administration. In response to the party, which outraged many members of Duke’s Latino community, a draft of a list of demands was also presented at the meeting. Many students at the meeting expressed anger over the party which featured invitations designed to look like expired green cards and a “border control” station at the door—believing this warranted administrative action. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, one of several administrators at the meeting, rejected this notion early on in the meeting. “I understand this party was extremely hurtful,” Moneta said. “But is it a violation of our policy? It is not. This issue is about speech and expression, and we do not want to use judicial action to solve it.” When a student in the audience SEE DIALOGUE ON PAGE 10

Before the initiative: a history by Cindy Yee THE CHRONICLE

With the unveiling of the Women’s Initiative report set for tomorrow, a brief look into the history of women at the institution shows just how much things have changed since the seeds were sown for what would eventually become Duke University. In its first decades, the institution underwent a series of name changes—becoming Trinity College in 1859—but one thing remained the same; Degrees were awarded only to men, by men. After the Civil War, women were allowed to study as private pupils with Trinity College faculty members, but were not accepted as Chrissie Murphy fights for the ball in front ofOld Dominion's goal during Duke's 3-2 win Sunday.

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