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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2004
Dzau aims to align DUHS
Bus drivers criticize
management BY
IZA WOJCIECHOWSKA THE CHRONICLE
As bus doors open at the end of a run, students tumble onto the stop amid a chorus of “thank you’s” directed at the bus driver—but several bus drivers said this is the only gratuity they are receiving. A number ofbus drivers have expressed frustration about a perceived dearth of sick leave and a lack of communication between the operators and the managers in Parking and Transportation Services. “If you come to these people and you’ve got problems, they kind of push them under the rug,” bus driver Emma Garrett said. “The morale is just bad.” Other drivers had similar complaints, highlighting the management’s failure to address issues about ill employees. Drivers said they are still required to come to work even when they are sick. “We can’t do our job if we’re out here sick, if we can’t get the day off,” Garrett said. “I think my life is more important than my job.” Cathy Reeve, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said that the bus drivers’ claims are unsubstantiated. Before being hired, bus drivers sign an agreement that outlines the procedures and protocols of the job. Among other things, the agreement lays out rules regarding sick leave. “Obviously if someone is sick, we don’t want them coming to work,” Reeve SEE DRIVERS ON PAGE 8
ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, ISSUE 64
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Daniel Ewing will start at point guard when Duke's season opens against Tennessee-Martin Saturday.
BRING IT ON Duke opens season at No. 11 by
Alex Fanaroff
THE CHRONICLE
JJ. Redick has gone without chicken filet biscuits from Bojangles since July. Shavlik Randolph and Shelden Williams have simulated playing in foul trouble during practice. The Blue Devils have sweated through 5 a.m. workouts in the dark during which they were sure they would lose the contents of their stomachs. When the men’s basketball team begins its season against Tennessee-Martin
Saturday at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it will mark the culmination of an off-season that players say was the toughest they have ever experienced. Entering the season with its lowest preseason
ranking since 1995, No. 11 Duke has stressed physical preparedness in its quest exceed expectations. “We’re an older team so we demand a little more of ourselves. We’ve had the to
SEE M. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 17
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Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, spoke about the “first 100 days” since he took over the position July 1 at the Academic Council meeting Thursday. In his presentation, he emphasized that values are at the heart of his vision of Duke Medicine. Although Dzau is new to the University, he rooted his discussion of Duke Medicine—which he defined as “the whole that contains all the pieces,”—in history. Creating a network of hospitals, addressing health disparities and recognizing the importance of innovation to health care were goals that James B. Duke himself emphasized, Dzau said. ‘The core value, as I see it, at Duke is still around these areas,” Dzau said. He summed up this philosophy as a continuum of five interrelated values: discovery, translation, adoption, inquiry and service. Implementing these shared principles throughout DUHS was a major theme of the rest of Dzau’s remarks. He aims to make sure that standards of care and practices are unified among the disparate components of DUHS through a system alignment now getting under way. “If we want to work as a system, we have to think like a system,” Dzau said. “System alignment is about safety.... It’s about patients being able to enter the system in any part of Duke Health Systems and get the same level of care.” Other potential improvements in integration that Dzau mentioned include expanding interdisciplinary efforts and ensuring that Duke physicians translate
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After a 13-year losing streak, the Blue Devils finally wrested the Victory Bell from its hallowed place in the North Carolina locker room with last year’s 30-22 win over the Tar Heels. The Blue Devils (2-8, 1-6 in the ACC) will put the bell, their pride and Tobacco Road bragging rights on the line Saturday as they take on North Carolina (5-5, 4-3) at Wallace Wade Stadium at noon in the season finale. ‘When you look at all the great coaches and all the great players who have participated in this game, it’s an honor and a privilege for our flayers and our staff to participate in this rivalry,” Duke head coach Ted Roof said. The Blue Devils have the additional chance to earn the unofficial tide of spoiler
An improved Duke defense will look to stop the strong UNC running game Saturday at Wallace Wade.
SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 18
SEE DZAU ON PAGE 10
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Dr. Victor Dzau outlines his vision for DUHS in a speech to theAcademic Council Thursday.