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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2005
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
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ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, ISSUE 113
Groups may buy Duke land by
Breakfast transfers allowed for lunch
Dan Englander THE CHRONICLE
Local government officials and community groups hoping to stymie a developer’s plan to build a housing subdivision adjacent to Duke Forest are catching a break. If Durham County commits to paying for the 42.8-acre tract—currendy owned by the University—by April 8, Duke will accept payments over three years, rather than in a lump sum. As several local governments scramble to come up with the necessary funds to purchase the tract, this extension could make the acquisition possible. The University currently has a'contract allowing it to sell the entirety of the land to Crosland Properties Inc., which plans to build 49 “executive-style” houses on the land, which stretches from Durham into Orange County across New Hope Creek. Community groups and some local government officials are working to thwart the
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SEE LAND ON PAGE 6
Skyward Darby THE CHRONICLE
Freshmen returning from
spring break will be able to sleep late, save money and eat well thanks to a change to the
developer’s plan.
Controversy initially erupted when Duke announced that it had a contract to sell the land to Crosland; many local officials
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MICHAEL
CHANG/THE CHRONICLE
Tourney time
The Blue Devils will miss Sean Dockery’s presence on defense in their first game of the ACC Tournament tonight against Virginia in Washington, D.C. The llth-seeded Cavaliers upset Miami Thursday, but they lost twice this season to No. 3-seed Duke.
Beaches and bikinis: Here
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Mingyang Liu THE CHRONICLE
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Every college student has at one point or another felt the urge for that once in a lifetime spring break experience—the kind with perfect weather, glistening beaches and perhaps even the scandalous crew from Girls Gone Wild. This year, determined Duke students re-ignited their quest for that unforgettable spring break, trying everything from participating in psyto chology experiments snagging last-minute vacation
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Graduates Matt Doyle, Chris Franks, Allan Trice, Neil Rahilly and Christian Berman, enjoy their mountain-top pool in Costa Rica during last year's spring break.
deals to plan the perfect trip. While other students scraped together money from their savings, senior Jackie Messmer thought to rake in the dough by participating in countless on-campus studies.
come!
“I did all these experiments, like I got my brain waves measured and stuff,” Messmer said. Her hard work paid off. With the $l5O she earned from these studies and monetary gifts from her birthday, Messmer only had to pay an extra $3OO for a seven-day cruise to Belize and Honduras. From Paris to Puerto Rico, Duke students will be hitting key destinations around the globe in style and ready to relax. Sophomore Marco Salmen already has pictures of sea-foam green waves and sandy beaches in his head. He will be baking under the sun in the Virgin Islands with his friends on the track team. Meanwhile, senior Jill Chen is jetdng SEE SPRING BREAK ON PAGE 8
first-year meal plan. Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said Thursday that a meal “equivalency” pilot program will go into effect at the Marketplace starting Monday, March 21. Under the new program, students who do not eat breakfast will be able to use the money prepaid through their meal plan for breakfast to buy lunch at the Marketplace. Any lunch exceeding the $4.85 cost of a breakfast will automatically be charged to students’ food points. Wulforst said the program is dining services and Duke Student Government’s joint response to student criticisms of the meal plan. The current plan requires freshmen to pay for 12 meals each week—five breakfasts, five dinners and two weekend brunches—whether the students eat them or not. Wulforst said many students have complained that paying for breakfasts is a waste of money because they frequendy skip or sleep through breakfast. On average, only about 700 freshmen eat breakfast at SEE MEAL PLAN ON PAGE 7
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Starting March 21, unused breakfast points can be used to buy lunch.