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New phase begins for Duke women
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The management of The Belmont apartment complex has made a number of changes in response to a reported assault on a female student who lives in the residence Monday. An unidentified man entered the student’s apartment through an unlocked front- door and attempted to strangle her, she said. He fled before police arrived on scene. “We want you to know what we are doing to help keep Belmont residents safe and what you can do to prevent crime,” Community Manager Margaret Carroll wrote in a letter distributed to residents
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Carroll declined to speak to The Chronicle. In her letter, Carroll said Belmont management is working to repair front and back entrance gates, hire additional security guards and plan a special safety meeting with local law enforcement. “The gate to leave was always broken,” said Belmont resident Rebecca Stiffness, a senior. “They fixed the gate yesterday, which is not a coincidence.” Senior Elise Watson said the gated na-
The Belmont management has taken a numberof steps to ensure resident safety at the apartment complex. ture of the Belmont—which is located just a few blocks from West Campus—contributed to her decision to live there this year, “I was a little worried that they didn’t keep the gate closed,” she said. “But you don’t really think about it until some-
“Secret codes” that many residents used to enter the complex’s front gate have been disabled, Carroll added. “Please do not share your pass code to the gate,” she wrote. “We want to make sure that to the best of our ability others
thing happens.”
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With many of the recommendations fulfilled from the Women’s Initiative—completed in 2003 under former University President Nan Keohane—a new phase is set to begin this year in the realm of women’s issues on campus. Led by President Richard Brodhead and Donna Lisker, director of the Women’s Center, a newly created group aims to continue the momentum begun by Keohane’s project and address the problems that remain to be solved. “I want to have a group together to be talking about what are the most important areas to be focusing on now,” Brodhead said. “We just want to make sure we have the wherewithal to keep pressing forward.” In Fall 2003, the President’s Commission on the Status ofWomen was executed to ensure the proposals of the Women’s Initiative were implemented effectively. At the start of this year, many campus SEE WOMEN ON PAGE 6
Dean McLendon Pong tour splashes down speaks about "heart" of Duke Daniel Riley THE CHRONICLE
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Character took center stage at the Arts and Sciences Council’s meeting Thursday afternoon—its first this academic year. In his annual address to the council, George McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the University’s essence—its heart, mind and physical frame. Faculty also discussed Duke’s moral character, reflecting on the results of the 2005-2006 academic integrity survey. McLendon’s talk featured three areas he portrayed as both current strengths and targets for continued improvement: financial aid, faculty and facilities. McLendon called commitment to community service and SEE A&S COUNCIL ON PAGE 7
Christian Kunkel has a moustache It’s famous—at least in the world of beerpong. Kunkel, Trinity ’O6, is the co-founder of the American Beerpong Association of America, the first and only national organization devoted to promoting the “sport.” His moustache is so famous that a team at Wednesday night’s ABAA tournament at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill called itself “Christian’s Moustache.” “It’s kind oflike the Samson curls of the tour,” Kunkel explained. “It’s our good-luck charm.” Christian’s Moustache, the team, doesn’t have the same sort of luck. Its two members lose in the first round to “Psycho T”—as in UNC basketball player Tyler Hansbrough. Kunkel graduated from Duke with an economics degree, but he and longtime friend Kyle Lininger —a Vanderbilt ’O6 graduate—have been planning to work in the beerpong market for a year and a half. “At first we wanted to make and sell tables,” SEE BEERPONG ON PAGE 9
Christian Kunkel,! 'O6, startedtheAmerican Beer Pong Association ofAmerica with a longtime friendafter graduating from Duke.