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In the second dissolution of a living group in two years, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity has lost its housing privileges effective next fall after the Annual Review Committee decided the group had failed to meet its probationary contract.
After years of lobbying, the Panhellenic Council and its affiliated sororities may soon have a home of their own. Last week, the University closed on a $375,000 house just off East Campus.
University officials say they feel confident that Nike is taking appropriate actions to resolve a labor dispute at the Kukdong sweatshirt factory in Mexico, but Students Against Sweatshops say neither the company nor Duke has done enough.
Information technology specialists are on the cutting edge, and in the future, the University's system for paying and classifying these employees will be too. Last year, Duke began the process of broadbanding-reclassifying employees into just 17 titles within six "bands" as opposed to using the nearly 100 traditional job descriptions.
The job of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee, chaired by junior Sean Young, has been a bit more difficult this year-Young announced this weekend that the group has narrowed the 11-member Young Trustee applicant pool to 10 finalists.
Where will you be Saturday at noon? More than 100 North Carolina college students will be in Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush. Some will be celebrating the first Republican sworn into the office in 12 years, while others will be protesting what they call a violation of the democratic process.
In response to a labor dispute at a factory in southern Mexico this week, Students Against Sweatshops yesterday sent a letter to top University officials and men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski demanding that they take action on behalf of the workers.
Four diverse candidates have applied to take over as the Duke Student Government executive vice president; they range from first-time legislators to an experienced cabinet member.
Student Affairs administrators have a bold new vision for a more respectful and civil Duke community, and they have drawn up a plan to make it a reality in five years. The new Duke would include more honesty in academic endeavors, better ethical judgment on the part of students, access for all students to all services and buildings and a more structured approach to technological issues.
As a committee continues to review potential changes to the alcohol policy, it will have one more tool to assist its analysis: a recently released report on student opinion by Duke Student Government. But interim Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Clack raised questions about the document and its methodology.
The latest figures on financial loss at Durham Regional Hospital have the community worried that layoffs and program cuts may be inevitable. Hospital administrators announced in late December that instead of the predicted $450,000 operating margin between July and December, they faced a loss of $2.9 million. For over two years, health system administrators have been working to turn around problems that caused a $17 million operating loss for the fiscal year ending last July. They realized the loss was coming after they discovered a significant accounting error in the figures upon which the spring 1998 lease was based. Those figures overestimated revenues and underestimated costs. "We're looking at getting back to plan," said Richard Liekweg, CEO of Durham Regional. "That's going to be making sure we're staffing at appropriate levels, making sure we're utilizing appropriate non-labor resources. We're evaluating programs, and we'll continue to evaluate programs if in fact we're not successful in getting back to standards." Although Liekweg named Oakleigh, the hospital's substance abuse treatment center, as a specific program being examined, he and Durham Regional's Chief Financial Officer Mark Miller declined to comment on other programs and potential layoffs. Liekweg said he did not want to unnecessarily worry the hospital's workers by naming specific programs. "We're seriously looking [at program cuts] right now," Miller said. "We have a limited amount of dollars and resources available to provide health care in the community, and we have to maximize those dollars for the benefit of the community." In the lease agreement, both parties agreed there would be no layoffs for at least three years, through July 2001. Duke would likely face stiff opposition from the county if it tried to cut jobs. "That would be a problem for us," said Durham County Commissioner Becky Heron. "We expected both parties to live up to the agreement. We were promised that the hospital would remain a good community hospital and that services would not be cut.... I would hope that Duke would give this due consideration before they would take such action." President Nan Keohane said the University remains committed to Durham Regional. "Durham Regional is an important part of the health system and we believe that forming the partnership was and remains the right decision; we are glad to be able to strengthen our provision of health care for our city and region," she wrote in an e-mail. "I hope that Durham residents understand and value this commitment; if there are program cuts, they will be undertaken thoughtfully, with consultation with others, in order to make us more effective in our mission. Mike Israel, CEO of Duke Hospital, has long held that Duke will try its hardest not to lay off workers or cut programs, but he has not ruled it out in these circumstances. "We've got to put this hospital on a stable financial base," Israel told the News and Observer of Raleigh at the Dec. 22 meeting of the Durham County Health Corporation's Board of Trustees. "We're committed to doing what needs to be done to bring it back in the black." Israel could not be reached for comment this week. Liekweg and Miller attributed the unexpected loss to several factors: the increased need for temporary nurses because of a tight labor market, a 16 percent decreased surgical load at the Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center and a million-dollar budget shortage on Home Care visits during the first four months of the fiscal year. Initially, the hospital expected to use 38 agency nurses, who cost twice as much as permanent nurses and are hired for 13-week periods. But administrators were at one time forced to use 95, and the hospital has since cut back to 73. Israel told the Herald-Sun of Durham that the hospital was unable to attract permanent nurses because administrators did not raise salaries for fear of allegations of unfair labor practices. During nursing unionization attempts at Duke Hospital last year, Duke faced such charges. The hospital lost $17 million last year and had hoped to profit $1.4 million this year. Although the recent figures are a major setback, Miller and Liekweg were quick to point out that during the same period last year, the hospital lost $6.3 million, making this year's $2.9 million loss a vast improvement. The Durham County Health Corporation board, which partly governs the hospital, will hold a regularly scheduled meeting today.
As the Annual Review Committee prepares to meet for the first time this academic year in January, selective living group leaders say changes to this year's process have resolved some long-held complaints about administrative expectations for individual houses. Still, leaders say they wish the ARC, which has the ultimate power to decide a group's housing status, would provide concrete standards by which to measure their standings.
Following a failed attempt to orchestrate a campus-wide party, interim Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Clack and the Office of University Life have reallocated $14,000 to subsidize security at events organized by various student groups.
Faculty members and Ph.D. students from several departments that will soon undergo serious review because of diminishing enrollments praised their respective programs and cautioned administrators against measuring a department's worth by its size.
The room suddenly becomes silent. About 15 students, mostly men, line up. Using a special compass, they determine the direction of the Ka'bah-the holy shrine in Mecca, nearly 7,000 miles away. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder on a clean floor-covering, the group turns to face the proper direction.
The lengthy debate over whether the University should permit same-sex unions in the Chapel has finally come to an end. In a move that will likely spark heated debate, President Nan Keohane and Dean of the Chapel Will Willimon have decided to allow such unions in the Chapel.
Last Thursday, two groups who barely know each other-faculty members and Student Affairs officials-sat down to lunch for the first time in years. It was the first in a series of four meetings designed to foster better understanding of the issues facing each group.
As the Graduate School explores the addition of new Ph.D. programs duringthe course of its long-term planning, it will also re-examine the justification for the existence of all its programs, and will focus mainly on those that are suffering from the lowest enrollment levels.
Following two meetings this Wednesday, the Triangle Transit Authority and Duke appear to have resolved a year-long stumbling block in talks about a proposed regional rail system. But discussions have now reached an impasse with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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