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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth
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DURHAM, N.C.
MONDAY, APRIL 19,2004
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Popping a cork for a deans departure
Outsource draws ire from Duke students
by Cindy Yee THE CHRONICLE
until her successor was named by a new chancellor, the appointWhen Mary Champagne bement of whom is expected to be came dean of the School of announced later this month. As the most senior dean at the Nursing in 1991, she had her work cut out for her. University, Champagne has seen The school was marked by a lot of change, not least of all in empty offices, a dwinher own domain. For dling faculty, a defimct instance, she oversaw bachelor’s degree and the creation of the disaffected alumni. Accelerated Bachelor There were no exterofScience in Nursing nal research funds, program in 2002, and the master’s probringing a bachelor’s gram offered only degree back to the three majors. A nationschool for the first al ranking was but a time since 1984. pipe dream. President Nan Today, the school Keohane said the creis poised to take its ation of the acceleratplace among the top Ed BSN program 20 nursing schools in the nahelped restore alumni’s faith in tion. Once too small to fill its the school. “When [Champagne] came to 10,000-square-foot facility on Duke’s North Campus, the the office in the early ’9os, the school has now spread to five alumni were disaffected because sites across campus and awaits of the decision to close the underconstruction of a new $16.8 milgraduate program that many of lion structure that will reunite it them had enjoyed,” Keohane under one roof. said. “Now, the nursing school alums are among those most “Simply stated, Mary Champagne resurrected the Duke proud of Duke and of their School of Nursing,” said Nancy school because of the new visibiliShort, assistant dean of special ty of the School around the counprojects at the School of Nursing. try, the exciting new programs Champagne announced last she has launched in distance May that she would not seek anlearning and aging and, especialother term as the nursing ly, the new accelerated BSN.” school’s dean. She and outgoing Since Champagne became CEO and Chancellor of Duke dean, the School of Nursing has University Health System Ralph also established a number of Snyderman agreed that Champagne would stay on as dean SEE CHAMPAGNE ON PAGE 7
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Alana Beard was drafted by the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.
Beard, Tillis go No. 2, 11 in draft by
Catherine Sullivan THE CHRONICLE
When the women’s basketball team hosted Tennessee January 24 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, former Lady Vols star and three-time WNBA All-Star Chamique Holdsclaw gushed about the possibility that Duke senior Alana Beard could be selected by her Washington Mystics, in the 2004 draft. “We’re definitely in need of a player like [Beard],” Holdsclaw said. “She’s a great player, but I am really also impressed with her as a person. She can get it done from
all different areas of the floor, so I’m hoping and I’m praying that I’ll be playing with her next year.” Saturday afternoon, Holdsclaw’s wish became a reality, as Beard was selected second overall by Washington and will make her first appearance as a professional when the Mystics host the Indiana Fever in a preseason game May 11. “I have been waiting for this for a while, and I cannot express how excited I am to be going to play for Washington,” Beard
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Andrew Collins THE CHRONICLE
Funnyman Paul Downs will inject a dose of his Duke University Improv humor into this year’s commencement, as Duke has tapped the DUI veteran and senior to be the student speaker at the May 9 ceremony. He will warm up the audience for the keynote speaker, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline
Albright. While Downs described his speech as occasionally off-color and humorous, he said the general feel was more sentimental than some may expect from the com-
edy veteran. Senior Paul Downs will speak at graduation this May alongside Madeline Albright
“I’m kind of typecast as this zany wacko, but there are parts of the speech that are more subdued and heartfelt,” he said. “I think some people who don’t
Hauptman THE CHRONICLE
Following Duke University Health System’s decision to sell its laundry facility to Angelica Corp., a national laundry and textile services provider, union representatives and University students have voiced concerns about the company’s safety standards and labor practices. The outsourcing move, finalized last month, prompted Students Against Sweatshops—with the support of representatives from the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees—to lobby the administration with their concerns about the corporation’s alleged history of hazardous labor conditions and union-busting tactics. Last Tuesday, SAS and UNITE presented the administration a report containing testimonials from Angelica workers, citations ofhealth and safety violations filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and charges of unfair labor practices filed with the National Labor Relations Board. The University said it would review the report and forward any concerns it raised to Angelica officials. SAS member Jessica Rutter, a senior, said her
SEE BEARD ON PAGE 8
Downs given podium
Karen
SEE ANGELICA ON PAGE 6
W. Golf takes ACC
know me will be surprised that it’s offkilter, but those people who do know me and expect it to be just that will be surprised by the dimensions of it.... There’s a lot of seriousness to it.” He will discuss the feeling shared by many students that there was simply “not enough time” to accomplish all they wanted to at Duke. He said he will urge students to remember that feeling of regret and, accordingly, never let things go left undone. “In the end, the message is you can’t really ever feel like you’ve done enough at every place. You always want 10 more minutes with your friends, or take one more class, or one more production,” he said. “The overarching mesage of it is that
The Duke women’s golf team has dominated its competition this entire year, and at this weekend’s ACC Championships at the Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C. things were no different. Brittany Lang captured the third individual tide of her freshman campaign, as the No.l Blue Devils shot 14 under par en route to winning their ninth-straight ACC crown by 19 strokes over Wake Forest.
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Mike Van Pelt
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