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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 119
DURHAM, N.C.
MONDAY, MARCH 22,2004
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Chancellor search delayed a month Activity fee to rise $7O for OSAF Liana Wyler THE CHRONICLE
people.... The same is true of some of the people on campus they need to meet,” Pres-
The search for a new Duke University Health System Chancellor of Health Affairs continues, as scheduling conflicts between the candidates and the search committee members delay the decision process. Originally slated for the end of March, the announcement of whom will replace current Chancellor of Health Affairs Dr. Ralph Snyderman has been pushed back to April. “[The projected announcement date] didn’t take into account the fact that the candidates for a job like this are very busy
ident Nan Keohane said. “So it’s been hard to work out schedules for the interview.” Jeff Molter, director of medical center news services, said a date for the announcement has not yet been set. “We’re getting close to a CEO announcement and we don’t know when that’s going to happen for at least a little bit longer,” he said. Although the date for when the announcement will take place is not known, Senior Vice President ofPublic Affairs and Government Relations John Burness said
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he expects the search committee to reach a decision in less than a month. “Because of the schedules of candidates and those interviewing them, we will not be able to reach a March deadline—we’re talking about mid-April at the latest,” Burness said. “It was just a thing of scheduling... [The announcement deadline] was always tentative.” Keohane said a new chancellor will definitely be announced before the end of the spring semester, which provides for a slightly longer time table than mid-April. SEE SEARCH ON PAGE 8
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Women breeze into 2nd round Paul Crowley THE CHRONICLE
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The regular season is cast aside as head into the NCAA Basketball Tournament. A team with a .500 record can advance; an undefeated squad can be sent packing. The only things left over from the regular season come tournament time are the habits formed by a team. Luckily for Duke, its women’s basketball team is in the habit of beating Northwestern State by 52 points, and the Blue Devils drubbed the Lady Demons for the second time this year, defeating an overmatched squad 103-51. “Obviously, Duke is 52 points better than us,” Northwestern State head coach James Smith said. “We played them twice, and it was almost the identical score. I have some gift of gab, but myself and Billy Graham could not have convinced our players that we could have come here and won.” The win, an echo of Duke’s Dec. 20 105-53 win against the same squad, featured stifling defense and significant scoring contributions from the bench. “I was very pleased with our play; I was very pleased with our defense,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I thought in the second half our offense really got rolling with our inside-outside attack and sharing the ball.” Duke got rolling early, scoring the game’s first 14 points and holding NSU scoreless for more than six minutes at the start of the game. The Blue Devil offense was simply too much for the Lady Demons; the first four field goals of the game were scored by four different Duke starters. This continued throughout the game, as Goestenkors’ squad had eight players with eight or more points. The scorers were led by reserve Jessica Foley, who logged 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting, as well as five rebounds, kiss Tillis had 17 and 11, while Alana Beard had only eight points, but contributed nine assists, eight rebounds and three steals. teams
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Moneta bypasses DSG, as rise in mandatory
student fees reach $lOO by
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Vice President ofStudentAffairs Larry Moneta has decided to implement a $lOO increase in mandatory programming fees for undergraduates beginning next fall, defying precedent and drawing criticism from student leaders. Moneta explained the fee hike to Campus Council Thursday night as a necessary measure to provide adequate funding for student resources and programming on campus. Of the total increase; $3O will be added to quadrangle fees in order to create permanent funding for activities that are currently grantbased and $7O will be added to the student activities fee to fund a restructuring of the Office ofStudent Activities and Facilities, he said. The student activities fee increase comes as the greatest surprise, because until now raises in that fee, which is split between Duke Student Government and the Duke University Union, could only come via a DSG referendum. The most recent referenda were just last spring, when undergraduates voted to raise the entire fee from $l2B to $167, adding SEE ACTIVITY FEE ON PAGE 8
Female student reports sexual assualt in forest
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Senior Alana Beard led the Blue Devils to a 52-point victory over NSU.
From staff reports A female student said she was sexually assaulted Friday night between 10:30 and 11 p.m. in a wooded area near West Campus. The victim was walking by herself when she was attacked from behind by an unknown assailant. After the assault she returned to her apartment, whereupon her friends notified the Duke University Police Department about the incident. The victim was taken to the Duke University Medical Center and was treated and released. The DUPD did not release a suspect description. The incident is the third such report of sexual assault on campus since 2002. The other reported assaults took place at Wannamaker Dormitory and Randolph Dormitory bathrooms.