The Chronicle T h e i n d e p e n d e n t d a i ly at D u k e U n i v e r s i t y
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 109
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Small classes fall victim to budget cuts
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM • SATURDAY • 9 p.m. • ESPN/RAYCOM
10% cut to Trinity hits faculty, certificates by Matthew Chase and Christina Peña THE CHRONICLE
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Duke’s trio of seniors—Brian Zoubek, Jon Scheyer and Lance Thomas (left to right) plays its final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday against rival North Carolina. The last time the Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels at home, none of these three seniors had begun their careers in Durham. by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE
Seniors Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek are no strangers to success in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Over the past three seasons, the Blue Devils are 47-2 at home. In Cameron, they have won 15 games this year by double figures and have defeated 12 of their last 16 opponents by 20 points more. But there is one goal the seniors have yet to accomplish on their home
court: beat North Carolina. Saturday night at 9 p.m., the trio will have its final chance to do so. “We have got to get a win on Saturday,” Thomas said. “That’s basically it. We’ve got to make sure we’re ready to go.” Senior Night will mark the last game for the three seniors in Cameron, where Duke is 15-0 with a scoring margin of 26.6 points per game this year. The Blue Devils hope to extend their home court dominance through Saturday night
against the Tar Heels. “Senior Night is obviously a big night for all of us,” Zoubek said. “We’re focused on ending the conference season with a win and gaining some momentum going into the ACC Tournament.” The last Duke win in Cameron between the Tobacco Road foes was a 71-70 contest in 2005 led by National Player of the Year J.J. Redick. Since
Although the primary mission of the University’s budget cuts is to protect undergraduate academics, students may soon feel the direct effects of a cost-conscious Duke. Academic departments in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences have not been asked to make any more cuts. Last semester, the administration asked departments to reduce their budgets by 10 percent, a measure that led to minimizing administrative costs and discretionary funds. Budgetary decisions are mostly left to individual departments, but the Trinity administration has begun to take a more active role in cutting. Courses with enrollments of five to eight students were evaluated, and about 20 courses were cut this academic year, said Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs of Trinity College. Baker estimated that only 25 students were affected by the decisions, adding that those small courses were “not a good use of... tuition dollars.” Courses being cut are taught by non-regular rank professors, Baker noted. “We have been trying to keep [course eliminations] under the radar,” Baker said. “We will see if it works. That seems to me like a perfectly reasonable experiment to take because maybe it won’t work, but hopefully it won’t impact course availability or course size or undergraduate research.”
See seniors on page 15 See trinity cuts on page 8
K-ville shut down after midnight Grand Challenge by Lisa Du and Emmeline Zhao THE CHRONICLE
Krzyzewskiville was shut down after midnight Thursday following the first personal check, likely due to the prevalence of intoxicated students. Line monitors told The Chronicle early Friday morning that emergency medical services was called “several times” to assist at least two students who passed out from drinking excessively. Junior Eli Freiman, internal coordinator for Duke EMS, said there were several calls to EMS from K-ville Thursday night, but could not confirm the exact number. He declined to comment further. Police and line monitors mandated the termination of the first night of personal checks, the annual event that occurs in the days leading up to the basketball game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Students
said line monitors were ushering tenters and partygoers out of K-ville because police were arriving 25 minutes after the announcement. Head Line Monitor Zach White, a senior, declined to comment on the Thursday night events around 12:30 a.m. Friday. He added that it is unlikely he will comment on the issue at a later date. Because one tent check was called Thursday night, there will be four tent checks Friday night, White said. An e-mail sent around 3 a.m. Friday morning by Line Monitor Zach Harris, a senior, to members of the K-ville e-mail listserv stated that drinking games, such as beer pong, would not be allowed in K-ville during Friday night’s personal checks. Junior Michael Tooley said he has attended personal checks every year since he has been at Duke. “This was the worst tenting experience I’ve ever had,” he said. “People who don’t know how to drink drank too much.”
ONTHERECORD
“He’s probably one of the most, if not the most, powerful person in sports.”
—Stephen Windham on ESPN President George Bodenheimer. See story page 3
Summit concludes by Tullia Rushton THE CHRONICLE
RALEIGH — The second annual Raleigh regional summit on the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges—one of five regional events leading up to the National Grand Challenge Summit Meeting in Los Angeles, Calif.—ends today at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. The purpose of the summit is to encourage students to think about critical problems in society and to view their education in a creative way, said Deborah Hill, director of communications for the Pratt School of Engineering. “These problems are not going to be solved by one
Illegal overtime? Recent study finds child labor law violations common among N.C. students, WWW.DUKECHRONICLE.COM
See grand challenge on page 7
Baseball team’s move off campus leaves home field questions, Page 9