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UNIVERSITY

Ninety-Ninth Year,

DURHAM, N.C.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,2003

24

issue

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difficulties

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report is

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high point along

press conference.

into women’s

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light

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chair of the

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Susan Roth, tive

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report

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students—it has also

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SEE REPORT ON

and

PAGE

—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

SEE WAFFLE HOUSE ON

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SEE FORUM

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