February 14, 2000

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the

to

University’s

wreckage

The men’s and returned wins

to

women's

teams

basketball

winning form

with

dominating

against Georgia Tech. See

sportswrap

‘great-souled’ leader

mourns

Chronicle

Ramblin'

traditions,

its

especially

Methodist roots. Former Provost Thomas viser

the

to

last

three

moral compass for

home

Sunday. He the

Over

Langford

emerged

most trusted

“In the

a

er,

of as

his

Durham

him, the

the

last

half century,

of the

one

as

a

of Duke

at the

University Trustee who

ford’s students in the

University’s

in

provosts

the

19905. “He

heart and soul of Duke

served

the vital

as

a

Lang-

ity

at

to

transitional

the

“He

was

a

God-send to

seek

between

me...,” said Brodie,

ethical dimensions. “You’d go in and you’d the

out

problem....

brow, put

his

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head in his

and he would always son....

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was

convince

well

so

me,

Trustees.”

he

with

knew

convince

could

out,

thought I

if

his

Brodie recalled Langford’s

human and

with

being

never-failing

administrator

long-time

and

and public policy Joel Fleish-

another

in

could

always

find

common

Tommy Langford.”

a

before

home in Charlotte and

poor

Carolina.

He

attended Davidson

to

coming

in

graduating

school

divinity 1954, he

came

scholar

one

structors,

rea-

recalled

of

of

of the said

ethics

and

University’s

at

left.

never

Once he joined the faculty, Langford, known

could

the Board

said

Duke. After

sug-

so

he

remembered Lang-

compassion

of law

one

College

minute,

a

was

deeper

was

his remarkable abil-

great-souled

a

then South

or

history les-

a

con-

that there

Born Feb. 22, 1929 in Winston-Salem, Lang-

lay

up

didn’t take his

ever

convincing.

so

hands for

begin

don’t think I

gestion.

would wrinkle

colleagues

ford grew up in

on

pressing issues, especially those with moral

always

was

a sense

issues

Gregory

“People who had difficulty getting along

man.

with

ground

thoughts

you had

deeper Dean

people together.

was

professor

to both.

Langford’s

out

the

School

authority and

wonderful

Langford

link

dispensing valued, trusted advice

to draw “He

humor...,”

1994,

that he listened both to

Divinity

and

Friends

of his vice

really

sense

richness to the conversation that

of

was

to

aspect

than the words.”

Presidents Dr. Keith Brodie and Nan Keohane,

who would

said

ford’s moral

one

a

templative, and

University.”

1991

from

provost

had

you

Burg-

one

spiritual

a

Jones. “Conversation with Tom

professor, de-

was

brought

words you spoke and to

said Paula

1960s and

ordained Methodist minister,

often

well,”

as

greats, Tom Lang-

top,”

soft-spoken

these conversations. “When you would talk to

Divinity School dean before

pantheon

really ranked

As

A

Langford

to the central administration in 1984.

moving

ford

failure at

leaders, serving

chair and

partment

adand

70.

was

course

sage

presidents

of administrators and

scores

died of heart

students,

Langford,

Duke

well-

a

be-

Methodism, most

beloved in-

several former students. Jones

long, thoughtful

SPECIAL TO

lec-

extemporaneous

tures from the “master teacher.”

devotion

See

THOMAS LANGFORD

LANGFORD

on

11

page

munity

for

nearly

half

a

was

beloved and

a

force of the Duke

com-

century.

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inspired guiding

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for alcohol abuse

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MAR-

last

RIAGE? Yup. senior

Trinity O’Meara,

any

John

Trinity

’99,

four months

June—just

Fred

and

getting

are

from

Marie

in

a

“I

season

joined the band

was

such

was

her friend for

a

a

to know each other until

get

group

required

dork,”

while,

Fred said. “I

so

I

was

her friend when the

press

trying

to

impress

When the two summer

taken

was

were

one

they agreed

to

see

the

at

same

gether

to make the

During together an

party just out.

before

They had

were

going

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to have to

stay

scraped

Sept.

19.1 cooked her

got

down

on

one

around him: “Of

course

set for June

17,

knee and

I’ll marry you!”

They ordered their wedding invitations just

drinking. As

cannot

consider

‘God

and

they

no

gets played

down,

Fred said. “And

pressure —only

once

but when it’s you

suspension

students

there,

joy.”

say

they don’t expect

Not

in

I

guess

group of

I’ve

girls that

ture spouse you here! Let’s

shall

is

thought

to

find their

say,

on

be,

if

you

were

trying

an

the investigation

under scrutiny for created

so

many

girls

people who

are,

the prowl.” but

many

Following charges that

on

participated

mixer with

2000,’

really think there

Duke’s campus.

involved

atmospheres

women

snow

were

4

Womens

en-

forced to drink

from Pi Phi’s bid

Phi Psi

in

a

Feb. 4

the

night,

“Catholic Schoolgirls”

that allegedly

involved

some

on

that particular

of the

were

night,” said Assistant

President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek. “It

that

party which led...

Trinity chetti said the

was

Vice

the

was

to

comment an

We’re

quickly

President Kevin

on

the

tennis

internal

out

but of

investigation

to

figure

out

exactly

working with the University and

thoroughly

said. “This is not an ordinary;

ekes

Mar-

allegations,

mixer.

investigating, trying

on.

suspensions.”

Phi Psi

conducting

questioned

as

to these

senior and

declined

he

went

this

See MARRIAGE on 5 page

page

of

allega-

risky behavior.

“I’m

students

it

status.

alcohol abuse.

and walk home in the

eclectic

to find your fu-

certainly could. There’s

lack of dating

is linked to group

judicial

correlation of that evidence between medical needs and

about it,” said Trinity

say that I know lots of

This may a

we

just

about its

Al-

Sunday,

“I do know that EMS and serious medical issues

exactly.

future spouses during their time at Duke.

“Well,

begin early this week.

that it has repeatedly

couraging

know, after that

typical Duke experience?

a

pledges

sorority—a

sorority

last

at

of

otherwise.

as

win,

to

what

resolve

possible,” Marchetti

everyday

event for us.”

Sec PHI

Scholars

participate

in the Caribbean.

freshman Zach Hunt. “Here you meet such

asked her to marry me,” he said. O’Meara threw her arms

there’s

to-

bought O’Meara

and afterward I

is

to tell

Phi Psi’s

same

Most

every penny he had and was

know,”

But is this

out

figured

wedding

honeymoon

to

so

relationship work.”

ring. “It

you

people until school began.

the 1998 football season, Fred

engagement

dinner,

we

plan

‘True love

in different parts of the country, other

The

Saturday.

Anne Marie.”

“That didn’t work,” Fred said.

pretty fast that

to im-

I should have been

began, O’Meara asked him

internships

actually liked

always trying

or

Dean of Ju-

greek organiza-

allowed to issue bids

was

Pi Beta Phi tions

RECENTLY ENGAGED Kim Martin models her impressive rock

began.

a

of excessive

Kappa Psi

release—will

press

LIZ PRADA/THE

day but didn’t really

Phi

fraternity activity, social

though the

ar-

saxophonist. O’Meara, a sophomore at played the flute. The two met on the first

basketball

investigations

Friday morning,

today

alto

an

the time,

suspended

The official investigation of Phi Psi—to be announced

this

When Fred

now.

rived at Duke his freshman year, he as

Anne

married

pending

week, Associate

a

dicial Affairs Kacie Wallace

sportswrap

PSI

on

page

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