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The Chronicler
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2006
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 75
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Nelson suffers bone bruise Faculty granted more by
compensation options
Mike Van Pelt
THE CHRONICLE
It was the last thing that any Blue Devil fan in jam-packed Cameron Indoor Stadium wanted to see Wednesday night. After driving baseline with 40 seconds remaining in the first half, DeMarcus Nelson was called for a charge—and then he was slow to get up. The sophomore limped to the bench for the final seconds of the half and then walked to the locker room for halftime, but he was visibly grimacing in pain.
Fortunately,
Research funding, increased base salary course relief among choices ,
by
however,
Cameron Crazies who feared that Nelson had re-injured his broken right foot —an injury that forced him to miss nine games—can breathe a sigh of relief. Nelson suffered a bone bruise on his right ankle during the game and is unlikely to play in Saturday’s road game against Clemson. But the injury is not expected to sideline him for a prolonged period of time, although no definitive timetable has been set for his return. Nelson first returned to the lineup against Wake Forest Jan. 8 and played 11 minutes in what head coach Mike Krzyzewski described as an emergency situation. It was clear from the start of Wednesday’s game against MarySEE NELSON ON PAGE
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Steve Veres
THE CHRONICLE
LAURA
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SophomoreDeMarcos Nelson suffered a bone bruise on his right ankle in thefirst half ofDuke's win over Maryland Wednesday. He did not play in the second half.
Professors who previously received relief from teaching a course can now choose other means of compensation for their extra administrative efforts, among other things. George McLendon, dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences, announced Thursday at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting that he accepted all recommendations from the Council to expand the supplementary compensation options for faculty. The new policy, which originally was proposed last year in the Goodwin Report on Faculty Resource Allocation, will allow faculty members to choose their preferred means of supplementary compensation from research funding, an increase in base salary or relief from teaching a course, among other options. McLendon said the move was designed, in part, to increase transparency and pro-
vide a standard for departments to follow. “The only mechanism we had available to us... to provide incentives for faculty service in critical departmental roles was to provide teaching relief. That SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 8
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Dean of A&S Faculty George McLendon discusses the new pay options policy.
Smoke scare causes Student loans cut by $12.78 library evacuation WOJCIECHOWSKA
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As one of its first legislative
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Steve Veres
THE CHRONICLE
Bostock Library was evacuated twice early Thursday afternoon
after a fifth-floor air handling unit overheated and began emitting smoke. No one was hurt in the incident, and no books or property were damaged, said Ashley Jackson, building manager for
Perkins Library. Phyllis Cooper, police major
for the Duke University Police Department, added that nobody was ever in danger of being hurt. Library workers said they smelled smoke in the basement of the building, which just opened in October 2005. When the alarm went off the first time, Jackson said police and fire officials believed the
smoke was coming from an electrical short in the elevator mechanical room. After finding no fire, people were allowed to return into the building, Jackson said. Cooper said about 20 minutes later the smoke detector alarms were tripped for a second time. After inspecting the building again, the source of the smoke was determined to be a belt in a fifth-floor air handling unit. Smoke spread through the building in the airshafts and concentrated in the elevator electrical room in the basement. Jackson said the belts in the units are not standard across campus and that this kind of event is rare. SEE BOSTOCK ON PAGE 10
Per a bill recently passed by Congress, federal student loans will be cut by $12.7 billion as
acts of the new year, Congress
part of a push to cut national deficits by $4O billion.
through the reconciliation bill,
$8 billion in other funds will be reallocated to new grant programs. $3.75 billion in other funds will be used to support students with a certain GPA or study concentration who are eligible for Pell Grants.
The interest rate on student loans will increase from 5.3 percent to a fixed rate of 6.8 percent July 1, 2006.
passed a resolution to slow the growth of federal spending. It aims
to
do so in part
which will cut governmentbacked student-loan programs by $12.7 billion. At the same time, however, new student grant programs will be created. Though approximately 40 percent of Duke undergraduates receive need-based financial aid and are likely to be affected by the loan reduction, University officials do not anticipate any major reallocation of aid funds. “Students will pay a slightly higher level of interest [to lenders], but I don’t see that as putting additional pressure on the University,” Director of Financial Aid Jim Belvin said. “I’m
not sounding an alarm.” The federal loan cut makes
up a third of the total spendingreduction plan, the goal of which is to decrease national deficits by $4O billion. Though $2l billion was initially cut from the loan programs, $8 billion was then designated to be reinvested in financial aid. The remaining money from the cut will be used to directly lower taxes and finance the federal deficit. “We would prefer to see as much of the proposed cuts reinvested in other student aid programs,” said Melissa Vetterkind, Duke’s assistant director for federal relations. “In the end, students are going to end up paying more for their student loans over the entire length of the loan.” Additionally, $3.75 billion will be used to support certain SEE BILL ON PAGE 6