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N’rfbng may get reprieve in civil suit
Committee names 3 YT finalists
Judgesuspends charges pending bankruptcy case
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Katelyn Donnelly, Bronwyn Lewis and Ryan Todd have been chosen as the three finalists for Young Trustee, members of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee announced Tuesday. The three seniors were selected from a field of eight semifinalists after two days of interviews and discussions with the committee. “All the candidates we had were excellent, and we felt that these three best exemplified what the students would be looking for in a Young Trustee,” said senior Genevieve Cody, Duke Student Government vice president for community interaction and chair of the YTNC. The Young Trustee serves a three-year term on the Board of Trustees—the firstyear as an observer and the next two years as a voting member. Jordan Giordano, DSG executive vice president and a member of the YTNC, said the committee wanted to select finalists who best understand the undergraduate experience and the variety of viewpoints expressed by the Duke community. “We’re looking for someone who can represent all of the undergraduate population and those three were the most representative,” said Giordano, a junior. All three finalists said their diverse Duke SEE FINALISTS ON PAGE 5
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Federal Judge James Beaty temporarily removed Mike Nifong from an ongoing civil suit Monday, pending the conclusion of the disbarred former Durham district attorney’s bankruptcy hearing. Nifong filed for SIMEON LAW/THE
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TheAmerican Tobacco HistoricDistrict is a major accomplishment of downtownrevitalization efforts.
Updated downtown plan moves forward by
Tina Mao
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The blueprint for downtown Durham’s facelift recendy received some work ofits own. The updated plan resulted from the new presence of several companies in the area, faster progress than expected and an influx of both residents and employees, said Bill Kalkhof, president of Downtown Durham Inc., a company founded in 1993 to promote local revitalization efforts. When the Downtown Durham Master Plan was first adopted in 2000, the plan aimed to create a billion dollars’ worth of
investment in 20 years—a goal that, after seven years, has already been achieved, Kalkhof said. The plan was reevaluated at the end of 2007, resulting in the updates. “We’re really trying to make downtown Durham a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week destination point,” Mayor Bill Bell said. To date, major accomplishments include the renovation of formerly vacant tobacco warehouses, expedited construction of the Durham Performing Arts Center, the creation of several hundred residential units and streetscape improvements. SEE DURHAM ON PAGE 8
bankruptcy Jan. 15, claiming approximately $lBO million in debt and liabilities. Beaty noted, however, that the suspended charges—filed by three Mike Nifong former members of the men’s lacrosse team who were indicted in a now-discredited rape case—may be reinstated within 90 days of the conclusion of the bankruptcy hearing. California bankruptcy attorney Evan Smith said Beaty likely intends to weigh the outcome of the bankruptcy hearing before moving further with the civil suit. Smith noted that the move is not unusual in cases when individuals who declare bankruptcy are also under fire with civil litigation. David Rudolf, an attorney for former player Reade Seligmann, told The (Raleigh) News & Observer earlier this month thatrepresentatives of the players intended to follow the suit through the bankruptcy courts. Rudolf did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
Campus awaits effects ofFew shuffle by
Shuchi Parikh
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Independents hoping to become a greater part of the West Campus social scene may be out of luck—at least until next Spring. Although the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee advocated empowering independents socially, the renovation ofFew Quadrangle, which is slated to be completed by Spring ’O9, will increase the presence ofselective living members on West “A lot of things are driven by a few people setting the image,” sophomore Ymg-Ymg Lu said. “On such a relatively small campus a little change in numbers is a big change.” Residence Life and Housing Services assigned housing on West during the Few Quad renovation to all five selective living groups currently located in the quad, relocating 394 independents. SEE SLGS ON PAGE 5
Five living groups, including Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity(right), will move elsewhere on West Campus during renovations of Few Quadrangle in Summer and Fall 2008.