Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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1982 1983 The Year in Review Friday, August 27,1982 ... Students started trickling, then flooding onto campus. That painful, exciting process of unloading got officially underway as over 1500 Dukies moved into “expanded rooms; according to Barbara Buschman, we were more overcrowded than ever before. Speaking of numbers, SAT scores of the new freshmen show them tied with the class of 1983 as “the brightest ever. SEPTEMBER Dukies spent a first week settling in and establishing a routine — a process that for freshmen involved getting photographed for meal cards and learning their way around, for upperclassmen meant figuring out all the housing changes and re-connecting with old friends, and for everyone meant standing in the long lines at the bookstore and sweating through Drop Add. It didn’t take long, though, for activity to start on campus. By the second week, classes, publications, DUFS, sports and most other activities were in full swing. Duke’s soccer team, ranked 11 in preseason polls, opened its season with a victory over NC Wesleyan despite the recent loss of goalie Boris Hide. The team continued the season — losing another player, Marlon Robinson, but winning their next seven games, including a victory over 1-ranked Clemson. By that time, Duke had succeeded in raising their national ranking to sec- ond, behind only San Diego State. As DUAA announced to the Chronicle that sports must be 'excellent” to sur- vive, the football team beat Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia in their first three season games, Duke's men's tennis team swept the Big Four tournament in Durham, and the swim team, which along with the fenc- ing team was threatened with elimination, was support- ed by over 1500 petition-signing students. September saw several minor changes at Duke. The Chronicle published its first issue of Voices, replacing last year's Aelous. The Bryan Center's Boyd-Pishko Cafe announced that the hours from 12-2 were for cash- only customers. Dr. Barbara Morris of Student Health announced her intentions to distribute birth control in- formation to students confidentially, in opposition to Senator Jesse Helms’ stand. In the basement of the Bryan Center, the glass-enclosed craft center opened with facilities for silkscreening, photography, weaving, and other art media. The Coffeehouse held its grand opening in the East Campus Post Office building, the first-ever Duke Video Yearbook was made available to the community and construction began on the Nello L. Teer Engineering Library. Several controversial issues also surfaced. As stu- dents lined up to get their $2 NC-PIRG rebate, funding questions arose and students wondered whether or not they should have to contribute to this organization invol- untarily, through their activity fees. A surge of DUI cases troubled University officials and students, and an Alco- hol Awareness Task Force was created on campus to combat the problem. The PCB protest in Warren County came to Duke with a Warren County resident speaker on

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HI the quad. Earlier, several Duke alumni and graduate stu- dents were arrested in a PCB protest demonstration. More unrest was created when Freewater Films showed the X-rated In the Realm of the Senses in the Bryan Center film theater. ASDU's major focus this first semester was on the problem of overcrowding in residence halls, while the Board of Trustees saw race relations as the top campus concern. The Black Student Alliance stated its goals for the year as creating better mutual understanding be- tween blacks and whites, and emphasizing cultural ex- change. In addition, a pro-PLO group formed on campus, and the Chronicle reported the setting up of a Duke-lsrael Political Education Committee. Major Speakers pre- sented John Anderson in Page Auditorium, and the Go- Go's and A Flock of Seagulls appeared in Cameron. As the month ended, fraternity rush began, the re- opening of the Hideaway remained uncertain, and stu- dents looked forward to good weather for Oktoberfest. OCTOBER The beginning of the month brought the traditional Oktoberfest celebration, this year named the Fall Folk Festival and held behind the Bryan Center. DUFS claimed a monopoly on all Oktoberfest food, supposedly to prevent botulism caused by improperly prepared or preserved food. The festivities included Phi Kappa Psi’s celebrity auction, the highlight of which was the sale of the 1942 gold-plated Rose Bowl Trophy for $10,000. After their tenth straight victory, the Blue Devil soccer team was named 1 by Soccer America magazine and the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America. The team then won another game and tied Maryland. The Chronicle declared the team out of their slump as they won three more games, ending the month with a 15 -0-1 record. Duke football's first loss of the season was to Navy on Parent's Weekend. They were then defeated in two more games by Virginia Tech and Maryland. The basketball team started practice on Friday the 19th, the opening day of Duke's first-ever fall break. New housing rules threatened to take away fraternity sections that were not 90% filled by frat members. The- ta Chi fraternity made the headlines, charged with sex- ual misconduct as a result of an anonymous letter re- ceived by the Chronicle. Fraternity officials denied the charges and the group was cleared of all allegations by Public Safety and the administration. Performances this month included Gallileo, pre- sented by Duke Players, and a concert by the Duke Symphony Orchestra. Mike Cross appeared in Page, and Major Speakers presented Alan Cranston and Abbie Hoffman. Duke stores removed all Tylenol from their shelves following the Chicago Tylenol deaths, President Terry Sanford initiated student-faculty lunches in Von Canon Hall, and a PCB symposium was held on campus to promote awareness of the Warren County controversy. In addition. ASDU's check-cashing service was okayed and plans made for it to go into operation at the end of the academic year.