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Rob Copeland THE CHRONICLE
As the Duke University Police Department grapples with a slew of recent departures, some officers question the safety of students, faculty and staff. In the event of a catastrophe such as an on-campus shooting, some officers speculate that the results would be tragic. “There would be a much larger HJii loss of life th an nec
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one officer said. Officers interviewed for this story spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of professional consequences. Nearly one-third of the DUPD force has left in the past two years. That loss would have been difficult at any time, but the crime uptick since last Fall has only heightened the importance of the problem. Some of the activity has occurred close or adjacent to campus, in areas where DUPD maintains an extended jurisdiction agreement with the Durham Police Depart-
Frustrations at new policies The past two days, The Chronicle has examined the escalating rate of attrition among DUPD officers. For some officers, the answer to these problems is simple: a leadership change, and the sooner the better, Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security, arrived at Duke in January 2006 from the University of Southem California, where he was chief of public safety. Some officers sayhis tenure here should be a short one. For others, it is less clear-cut. “In my experience, there are many reasons why people choose to leave a police department, including retirement, opportunities for higher compensation or different working conditions at a municipal police force,” retiring DUPD Director Robert Dean —a four-decade department veteran—wrote in an e-mail. “I know that some of those who have left had decided to SEE DUPD ON PAGE 8
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Gang Yue, chair of UNC's Department ofAsian Studies, speaks on the Tibet-China situation in Griffith Film Theater Wednesday. by
Audrey McGowan THE CHRONICLE
Despite recent national and on-campus tension, the four panelists who spoke at Wednesday night’s “A Conversation on Tibet,” sponsored by the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, stressed overcoming divisive issues and looking for a practical solution to an issue of global significance. Gang Yue, a Chinese citizen and chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spoke about the importance of trusting in the sincerity of the Dalai Lama. He also warned against racial tensions that he said the Tibetan riots had created. “Do not fight racism with racism. If you do that you play right into the hands of extremists
on both sides,” he said. “Racism is contagious and no one is immune to that disease.” Sisters Losang Rabgey, an explorer for National Geographic, and Tashi Rabgey, lecturer and director of the University of Virginia’s Contemporary Tibetan Studies Initiative, both emphasized the importance of preserving Tibetan culture through educating the region’s children, rather than focusing on recent talk of an Olym-
pic boycott. “The Olympics will come and go and we’ll still be stuck with this problem,” Losang Rabgey said, “The most important stakeholders are the people who live in Tibet and the children who will inherit the political mess we’re creating.” SEE TIBET ON PAGE 10
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Thirty-two community members—each one representing a victim in the April 16,2007Virginia Tech massacre—lie in silence in front of the Chapel Wednesday to protest gun laws. More than 80 schools across theUnited States participated in the protest PAGE 5
Room Pix ’OB brought good news for some—and perhaps not-so-good news for unaffiliated students. In January, Residence Life and Housing Services assigned the five selective living groups in Few Quadrangle housing on West Campus for the 2008-2009 school year while the quadrangle undergoes renovations. Meanwhile, unaffiliated risingjuniors and seniors learned that doubles on West would not be available to them for next year, 58 rising sophomore women were initially without housing assignments on West and four current freshman men were asked to switch housing assignments. “I think [the two events] are definitely related,” said outgoing Campus Council President Ryan Todd, a senior. SEE INDEPENDENTS ON PAGE
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