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, JANUARY 21, 2011
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 80
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IGSP reviews organization, future plans
Reynolds Price Feb. 1, 1933 - Jan. 20, 2011
“What a good time I’ve had. You’ve never met someone who has enjoyed life as much as I have.”
by Sonia havele THE CHRONICLE
The Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy will undergo an extensive, two-phase assessment, institute officials announced yesterday in a memo to IGSP faculty and students. The evaluation, initiated by IGSP Director Huntington Willard, will be conducted in preparation for the institute’s 10th-year review in 2012-2013 and to help guide the future of the IGSP—what Willard calls “IGSP 2.0.” According to guidelines laid out by the Office of the Provost, each of Duke’s seven institutes must be reviewed every five years. Along with the evaluation process, three of the six IGSP centers will be phased out immediately, Willard said in an interview with The Chronicle, including the center run by Joseph Nevins in which Dr. Anil Potti, former Duke cancer researcher, was based. Willard noted in an e-mail that although the lessons learned from the recent questions surrounding Potti and his research will help to inform the review process and planning for the future, the evaluations are not directly related to the Potti affair. In order to plan for what the IGSP will look like in the next 10 years, the evaluation will “assess whether [the institute’s] current organizational structure and intellectual balance is optimal for the future of the genome science and policy,” Willard
— Reynolds Price on the eve of his 75th birthday
by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE
To readers worldwide, Reynolds Price was an esteemed Southern author. But for the Duke community, he was an “institution.” The James B. Duke Professor of English passed away Thursday afternoon at age 77, after suffering a major heart attack Jan. 16. Price, who graduated from Trinity College in 1955, taught at Duke for more than 50 years. 2011 marks the 60th year since Price began his undergraduate career at Duke. “He will be remembered as a great American novelist and he will be remembered by the lives of the students that he worked with,” said Ian Baucom, former chair of the English department. “I was struck by how... consistently he had remained a part of hundreds and thousands of students.” A novelist, a poet and an author of short stories, Price inspired now-famous writers such as Anne Tyler, Trinity ’61, and Josephine Humphreys, Trinity ’67, at Duke. A native of Macon, N.C., Price’s work was often influenced by his Southern
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campus council
Merger with DSG will be put to vote
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by Nicole Kyle THE CHRONICLE
Student government at Duke could undergo significant change and consolidation this Spring. The student body will likely consider a referendum to merge Campus Council with Duke Student Government during the Young Trustee election Feb. 15. Campus Council voted at its meeting yesterday to recommend the proposal, which the DSG Senate will vote on Feb. 8. The council supported the proposal in a 13-9 two-tiered vote with one abstention. If passed, the referendum will go into
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effect Fall 2011, said Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior. “It’s becoming increasingly evident that we’ve reached a threshold of overlap,” DSG President Mike Lefevre said in his presentation, noting that this decision will parallel with the recent appointment of Rick Johnson as assistant vice president of housing and dining. “There are two things that are prompting us
to act now: the transition to the house model and reform within Duke’s administration.” Lefevre, a senior, also noted the importance of collaboration, calling the restructuring “the best of both worlds.” He said the council’s long-standing ad hoc policy, which allows students to work on specific projects of interest at their discretion, and its approachable image will
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“The partnership will bring out the best of theory and practice.”
—Professor Gavan Fitzsimons on Fuqua and Synovate. See story page 4
benefit DSG. Likewise, Lefevre noted that DSG’s trustee access and student-body wide election will facilitate more transparency and effective residential policy. The proposed policy will create a Residence Life and Dining Committee led by a vice president for residence life and dining, Lefevre See cc on page 5
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