THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
The Chronicle Car chase on Towerview, no injuries by
Emmeline Zhao THE CHRONICLE
Two vehicles were involved in a highspeed chase on Towerview Drive late Monday night. No one was injured. The vehicles were driving approximately 60 mph when the car being pursued came to the Towerview traffic circle and hit the curb, said sophomore Maurizio Martinovic, who was exiting the Blue Zone at the time. Police do not believe either vehicle is affiliated with the University, said Assistant Chief Gloria Graham of the Duke University Police Department. The car’s three passengers soon abandoned the damaged vehicle and fled the scene. Meanwhile, the pursuing vehicle sped up and down Towerview multiple times, yelling out the windows before driving off, Martinovic said. DUPD responded to the incident and charged the driver of the pursued vehicle with careless and reckless driving and driving with a revoked license. The other two passengers are unidentified, Graham said.. Martinovic said the chase resulted from an altercation at the intersection of Morreene Road and Towerview. SEE CHASE ON PAGE 6
Snyderman advocates healthreform Durham officials by
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DUHS Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Ralph Snyderman recently wrote an oped for The Huffington Post titled "Making Sense of Health Care Reform."
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Last Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee became the last of the five Congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care to pass a health care reform bill. The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, with Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine being the only Republican to vote in favor of the bill. The public option, a hotly debated component of health reform, is a major component of the bill passed by the Senate health committee, but it was not included in the Senate Finance Committee’s version. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. now have to work with the leaders of their respective chambers in order to merge the two Senate bills and three House bills into one bill for each chamber. Dr. Ijlalph Snyderman, an outspoken advocate of health reform, is Chancellor Emeritus of Duke University, James B. Duke Professor ofMedicine and past president and chief exective officer of the Duke University Health System. In light of his recent guest column in The Huffmgton Post titled “Making Sense of Health Care Reform,” The Chronicle’s Ethan Marks talked with Snyderman about his ideas for reforming the health care system and his opinions on some of the Congressional efforts so far.
A Durham Police Department employee’s recent termination over excessive overtime pay has raised concerns about a lack of oversight. During a year in which the alleged overtime abuse took place, several employees at both the City of Durham and DPD questioned how a non-uniformed employee was earning overtime compensation that more than doubled her regular salAlesha Robinson. ary. Several attempts to shine a light on the situation were ignored by senior officials at the police department, said City Council
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