The Chronicle Admins talk West Union
DUKE UNIVERSITY UNION
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Emmeline Zhao THE CHRONICLE
University officials met Tuesday to discuss possible renovations to the West Union Building and the relocation ofWest Union eateries, sources confirmed. Details are expected by the end of the week. Talks of renovating the building began years ago, and administrators have most recently considered constructing a new building on West Campus to accommodate West Union eateries during renovations, sources said. Because the building is so old, it is also likely that the West Union will be tom down entirely and reconstructed within the next few years. If renovations are approved, construction could take up to four years, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki previously told The Chronicle. Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst was not available for comment about the Tuesday meeting. ‘We need to figure out how to put in a dining location because if we do any renovations, the West Union will be put out of service for at least a year, and that would put a number of current dining locations in the West Union out of service, so we need to come up with some alternatives.” said Duke Student GovernmentExecutive Vice PresidentSunny Kantha, a senior. SEE RENOVATIONS ON PAGE
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GREENVILLE, N.C.
Chants of“drill
baby drill,” a country music performance and two U.S. senators helped create a convention-like buzz for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s first appearance in North Carolina Tuesday. An excited crowd of approximately 8,000 packed into Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum near the campus of East Carolina University to see Alaska Gov. Palin discuss government spending, energy independence and the military ex-
perience of nominee Sen. John McCain before the second presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn. “What we are going to see tonight is the difference between a politician who puts his faith in government and a leader who puts his faith in you,” Palin said. “He believes in our troops and he believes in their mission, and I’ll tell you, as the mother of one of those he is exactly the kind of man I want.” Stickers, buttons, T-shirts and signs SEE PALIN ON PAGE 4
The bus stops here. There will be no University-sponsored buses for students who wish to visit Franklin Street in Chapel Hill this Halloween, Duke University Union officials announced at their executive meeting Tuesday night. “We get the feeling we’re not welcome,” said Vice President of Programming Gabriela Borges, a junior. The Union’s decision comes on the heels of the announcement by the Chapel Hill city government last week to restrict its annual Franklin Street Halloween party to residents. The “Homegrown Halloween” campaign is an effort to scale back a party that local officials said has imposed unfair costs and safety concerns on the city. DUU officials said they respect Chapel Hill’s decision. “I think it’s very rude for us as an official student organization to charter buses when they have asked us not to,” Borges said. DUU President Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior, said he does not think the decision will significantly change the Halloween plans of Duke students. He added that if students want to visit Franklin Street they will find away to go, with buses or without them. But that is exactly what worries sophomore Jideka Nwosu. “People are always going to drink,” she said. “The bus limits drinking and SEE DUU ON PAGE 5
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DUU officials decided at its meeting Tuesday not to charter buses to theFranklin St. Halloween party.