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UNIVERSITY
Ninety-Ninth Year,
DURHAM, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,2003
24
issue
WWW.CHRONICLE.DUKE.EDU
Committee unveils Women's Initiative report Cindy Yee
by
The Women’s Initiative mittee
released
highlighting and
its
final
to
Com-
Steering
difficulties
professional
at
women
Duke face. ‘What
found
we
the report,
at a
issues
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end
beginning,
but
not
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and
well-beings
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physical
inhibit their
University,
the result
that examined on
of
a
students,
yearlong and
quantitative
qual-
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off
faculty, employees,
campus.
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climate
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women
report is
nor
high point along
press conference.
into women’s
a
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light
said
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chair of the
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—Excerpted
6
from the report's executive summary
student advising and
studentaffairs
forum
Diversity
brings engaging student debate Aaron Levine
by
THE CHRONICLE
Passionate and candid remarks the
recent
crimination
The discussion,
Tuesday.
sues
Hall,
Phi Beta
Although ANTHONY
CROSS/THE CHRONICLE
son,
John
McHugh
eats his last Waffle House meal of the fundraising
competition Tuesday night.
party
dance
managed
to
dis-
general on
racial is-
the White Lecture
at
Sigma fraternity. Hendrick-
Sigma president Jason
disappointed
was
from those in
participation
keep
from
ranging
to
forum
a
who moderated the forum, said he
the turnout, active
by
held
Phi Beta
sponsored by
was
highlighted
campus
on
issues
on
Chi ‘Viva Mexico”
Sigma
discussion
going
for
atten-
nearly
an
hour and 45 minutes.
Fundraising,
waffle
one
at
time
a
that
the
as
latinos by
Tuesday evening
Andrew Collins THE CHRONICLE
It
started
House
one
as
,
straight
bet between
two
guys
sitting
at
Waffle
weeks.
there
thought
could
only
eat
McHugh,
was
no
way
his friend
John
Waffle House breakfast for fueled
and cheese sandwiches and
a
by
his love for
bacon,
egg
took up the strong appetite,
fundraiser, and
consumed,
by
almost
the
time
$1,700
way,
the
McHugh’s
bet
became
last waffle
had been raised
for
a
was
Special
in
the
a
second-year
finished
up
challenge
bet
that
I
spent sitting
a
his
student at the two-week
Fuqua
on
“seven
or
equality
his love for the for
more
difficult than
thing
had
at
to
eat
that the
eight”
Freeway Foods, Inc.,
was
some
counter
degree
out
that there
bacon
for
was
help
watching
meal,”
moments
came
tion
being
owns
and
acts too
“[Vice
supposed
to
bring Larry a
num-
to care
party
over
by Sigma
Chi
the United States,
group in
than
held
Torres Hernandez said
ever
the
discrimination. He
to
difficulty
in
achieving
ideal community like Duke, and asked
were
community
unhappy
disciplinary
generally
at
in
combating the
over
Duke,
of discrimination,
racism.
University’s
action towards
Sigma
de-
Chi.
students said when
they
it
felt the administra-
lenient in its reactions.
President for Student Affairs]
of his feat
operates
an
take
more
of 10.
which
in
from the black
to
was
more
dissatisfaction
even
not to
Even
meals
difficulty
largest minority subject
clause
a
every
of his lowest
of
the “Viva Mexico”
Other students cision
cooked. He estimated the be
expressed
despite was
are
crowd of several Waffle House
expected.
McHugh said, adding
to
the
at
ber of Waffle Houses in central North Carolina, took
programs.
McHugh, Business,
the
along
celebratory
a
He said that
the
“I think the hardest
were
Somewhere
Road.
completing
he had
two
challenge.
Olympics
Hillsborough food,
night.
Kevin Cole
McHugh
a
before
dozen friends and well-wishers
to
Reacting
fraternity, sophomore Alejandro
look
out
for the student
Larry
body.
Moneta is
We need
Moneta around and ask him what he is
do about this
problem,”
Tayo Famakinwa,
a
to
going
said senior Derek Evans.
junior,
felt that there had
alj^ady
School of
breakfast-only
diet
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