Ruderman to move to Provost's Office

After 12 1/2 years as director of continuing education and University summer programs, Judith Ruderman has agreed that it is time for a change.

Ruderman said the skills she has developed during her longtime administrative stint will serve her well when she moves to the Allen Building to take on her new assignment as vice provost for academic services. "I have learned how to work across the University with a variety of offices, people and programs, and I have developed excellent writing and speaking skills," she said.

Ruderman said that she found out about the position through her work on the staff of Richard White, dean of Trinity College. The Provost's Office was looking for someone from within that knew the University well. Ruderman said that her experience made her consider the possibility that she was the right person for the job, and she decided to go through with the interview process.

Now, Ruderman will have to draw on all of the administrative abilities she has acquired when she starts work in her new post, which will require her to work with a wide range of University programs at the undergraduate level, said Provost John Strohbehn.

Strohbehn said Ruderman's responsibilities will include working with the University's admissions process, academic structure and planning and acting as a liaison to the office of University development. In addition, Ruderman will assist President Nan Keohane with judicial appeals and serve as a researcher and writer for the provost.

"[Ruderman] offers the balance of being able to do all of these things," Strohbehn said. "She has great knowledge of institutional history, and because I'm new here, she will be able to give me good insight into the University."

Ruderman said that although her new position is centered on more extensive administrative work, it will not affect that amount of interaction she currently has with undergraduate students. In addition to her vice provost position, Ruderman will retain her duties as a pre-major advisor, a professor in the English department and a member of the Center for Jewish Life Board of Directors.

Ruderman also serves on the Hillel Board of Directors as immediate-past chair. Frances Fischer, director of Hillel, said that Ruderman's intelligence may be her most valuable asset. "She thinks things through in ways that other people don't," Fischer said. "She is also truly and sincerely committed to our community."

89This summer, several of the 90younger players on the team are 91playing on the U.S. junior team. 92Sophomores Trajan Langdon and 93Steve Wojciechowski and incoming 94freshman Taymon Domzalski are 95playing in Greece on the junior 96team. Sophomore Ricky Price will 97play in the Olympic festival in Den 98ver in late July.

99"I have confidence that they can 100be good players," Krzyzewski said. 101"We have to create a system that 102will use their skills wisely.

103"I'm trying not to go into next 104season with any preconceived no 105tions that okay, my perimeter has 106to be Jeff, Ricky and Trajan. I want 107to look at what they've done over 108the summer and see how we can 109best use their skills."

110Some other Blue Devils have 111spent their summers in Durham, 112not on any organized teams. Car 113men Wallace and Tony Moore fin 114ished the first summer school se 115mester, and Jeff Capel, Tony Moore 116and Greg Newton are currently in 117the second semester of summer 118school.

119"I feel like there's a good chance 120we're going to have everybody with 121us next year," Krzyzewski said. 122"Greg has to do well in his summer

123Newton, who is serving a, could 124prove to be a valuable member of 125the 1995-96 squad. With Meek and 126Parks lost to graduation, Newton is 127the natural successor to their post 128position. But whether he will be el 129igible to play next fall is still uncer 130tain. He must pass both of his sum 131mer school courses in order to qual 132ify for the

133"He's motivated and we're keep 134ing daily contact with him," 135Krzyzewski said. ``I'd be very disap 136pointed for him if it doesn't hap 137pen." And with seldom-used Stan 138Brunson expected back in August 139from an injured ankle, the Blue 140Devils may be able to field a com 141plete team. Last year, several play 142ers were limited by injury, includ 143ing senior Chris Collins and Price.

144"My main concern is that we 145have everybody back," Krzyzewski 146said. "If we have everybody back, 147we have the opportunity to become 148a good basketball team. If we be149come a good one, we might be 150come a very good one. But we won't 151become a very good one unless we 152take the first step."

153Who will fill the void left by 154Parks and Meek? Can this team go 155in the conference? Will the return 156of Krzyzewski be enough to propel 157this team back into the top-25?

158"I don't think we started some of 159those Final Four years saying we're 160definitely going to be a regional 161championship team," Krzyzewski 162said. "But we can expect a 100% ef 163fort and a together effort everytime 164we play. That's all I asked of those 165other teams, except that they may 166have had a little bit more talent 167that pushed them into a champi 168onship level of play."

169[almost done-still need some 170Capel quotes] After a disastrous 171 season, the men's basketball team 172finds itself facing strange ques 173tions. Gone is the banter that nor 174mally surrounds a Blue Devil pre 175season.

176Forgotten are the prognostica 177tions of potential Final Four 178match-ups. Now the questions are 179not about ital--if--ital the team 180will win 12 or 14 games in the At 181lantic Coast Conference, but rather 182ital--can--ital they win more than 183last year's total of two?

184For the first time in nearly a 185decade, the Blue Devils must face 186the hard questions that result from 187a season-long exercise in futility. 188"We have more question marks 189than we normally do," head coach 190Mike Krzyzewski said. "I think 191that's easy to see. One of the excit 192ing things about questions is do you 193have answers? Let's give these kids 194an opportunity to provide answers 195and, hopefully, they'll be good an 196swers."

197Krzyzewski's comments come 198after a season in which Duke lost 199more games than it had in a decade 200and after the team's first absence 201from the NCAA tournament since 202the 1982-83 season, Krzyzewski's 203third at the helm.

204"I do think there are some things 205that we have to rebuild," Krzyzews 206ki said. "You don't go through last 207year, record-wise or whatever, and 208not have your confidence shaken 209some. That's going to happen. It's 210strange that for nine years we had 211all the positives and to suddenly 212have the other extreme."

213Since the team's loss to Wake 214Forest in the ACC tournament, the 215program has witnessed several 216shake-ups, most notably two major 217coaching changes.

218Former assistant coach Mike 219Brey stepped down on April 12 to 220accept the head coaching position 221at the University of Delaware. Pete 222Gaudet, who acted as head coach 223last year while Krzyzewski was 224sidelined with back problems, also 225removed himself from the coaching 226staff. Gaudet cited the NCAA 227salary cap on restricted-earnings 228coaches, not the Blue Devils' trou 229bles on the court last year, as the 230motivation behind his retirement. 231Only assistant coach Tommy 232Amaker remains on Krzyzewski's 233staff from last season.

234In June, Krzyzewski announced 235his replacements for Brey and 236Gaudet--coaches who had been the 237backbone of Duke's success over the 238past decade. Quin Snyder, a former 239player for Krzyzewski from 1986-240and an administrative intern last 241season, was named an assistant on 242June 1. In the following week, Tim 243 was named to assume Gaudet's re 244stricted-earnings position. O'Toole 245had served under Jim Boeheim at 246Syracuse for the past four seasons.

247"After being on board for a 248month, I'm happy with my new 249staff," Krzyzewski said. Aside from 250questions about the future of the 251new Blue Devil coaching staff, 252Krzyzewski must also deal with a 253host of other problems: a roster full 254of untested young players, a player 255on academic probation, and a gap 256ing hole in the middle, created by 257the loss of last year's co-MVPs--258Erik Meek and Cherokee Park.

259This summer, several of the 260younger players on the team are 261playing on the U.S. junior team. 262Sophomores Trajan Langdon and 263Steve Wojciechowski and incoming 264freshman Taymon Domzalski are 265playing in Greece on the junior 266team. Sophomore Ricky Price will 267play in the Olympic festival in Den 268ver in late July.

269"I have confidence that they can 270be good players," Krzyzewski said. 271"We have to create a system that 272will use their skills wisely.

273"I'm trying not to go into next 274season with any preconceived no 275tions that okay, my perimeter has 276to be Jeff, Ricky and Trajan. I want 277to look at what they've done over 278the summer and see how we can 279best use their skills."

280Some other Blue Devils have 281spent their summers in Durham, 282not on any organized teams. Car 283men Wallace and Tony Moore fin 284ished the first summer school se 285mester, and Jeff Capel, Tony Moore 286and Greg Newton are currently in 287the second semester of summer 288school.

289"I feel like there's a good chance 290we're going to have everybody with 291us next year," Krzyzewski said. 292"Greg has to do well in his summer 293school session."

294Newton, who is serving a ***, 295could prove to be a valuable mem 296ber of the 1995-96 squad. With 297Meek and Parks lost to graduation, 298Newton is the natural successor to 299their post position. But whether he 300will be eligible to play next fall is 301still uncertain. He must pass both 302of his summer school courses in 303order to qualify for.

304"He's motivated and we're keep 305ing daily contact with him," 306Krzyzewski said. ``I'd be very disap 307pointed for him if it doesn't hap 308pen." And with seldom-used Stan 309Brunson expected back in August 310from an injured ankle, the Blue 311Devils may be able to field a com 312plete team. Last year, several play 313ers were limited by injury, includ 314ing senior Chris Collins and Price.

315"My main concern is that we 316have everybody back," Krzyzewski 317said. "If we have everybody back, 318we have the opportunity to become 319a good basketball team. If we be 320come a good one, we might become 321a very good one. But we won't be 322come a very good one unless we 323take the first step."

324Who will fill the void left by 325Parks and Meek? Can this team go 326 in the conference? Will the return 327of Krzyzewski be enough to propel 328this team back into the top-25?

329"I don't think we started some of 330those Final Four years saying we're 331definitely going to be a regional 332championship team," Krzyzewski 333said. "But we can expect a 100% ef 334fort and a together effort everytime 335we play. That's all I asked of those 336other teams, except that they may 337have had a little bit more talent 338that pushed them into a champi 339onship level of play."

340[almost done-still need some 341Capel quotes] After a disastrous 342 season, the men's basketball team 343finds itself facing strange ques 344tions. Gone is the banter that nor 345mally surrounds a Blue Devil pre 346season.

347Forgotten are the prognostica 348tions of potential Final Four 349match-ups. Now the questions are 350not about ital--if--ital the team 351will win 12 or 14 games in the At 352lantic Coast Conference, but rather