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14A Saturday, August 18, 2001 Duke Bar Makes Last Call By Emily Canaday Staff Writer JUNE 28 (DURHAM) - The old stools sit idly behind the wooden bar that for 27 years served swarms of Duke University students. The Hideaway, named by Playboy magazine as one of the best college bars in America, is now only a shadow of its former self, as declining revenues forced its doors shut last spring. Graduate students in Duke’s Business School began the bar in 1974 as a busi ness experiment and it quickly became a favorite among students. Each year students bought shares in the bar, leased space from the university and then sold their stock to the next generation of eager undergraduates. But the administration felt the bar j# i ! STUDENTS! Were Glad You’re Back! I Bring this coupon or j your student I.D. 8c receive 1 mmfrza rmZ compliments of University Florist. August 18-21 Good at 124 East Franklin St. j (acrossfrom Varsity Theatre) 1 | ...WELCOME BACK! L [Ml No Payments... p®.J Mcouocn _J I ".'coupon y _J w/coupon WB ■ l (North of Spring Forest Next to Mkhaeft) I MSAME DAY D ELIVERJy 2564 Timber Drive 6812 j ' (Next to Home Depot) Oust South of Milbrook) ■ had become too popular when the num ber of student-owners rose to 66 in 1998. “We thought this was too many peo ple involved with the overall manage ment, and no one seemed to take responsibility for the day-to-day-opera tions,” said Sue Wasiolek, Duke assistant vice president for student affairs. “We loaned the business $650,000 to buy out the owners with the arrangement that the number would be reduced to a max imum of 10 owners who would then repay the university.” Last year the students combined to pay $57,214 for their shares and $1,030 per month for rent. A campaign targeting underage drinking reduced profits and the bar was only abled to regain 60 percent of what students put in at the beginning of the year. The owners met with the administra tion on several occasions in an attempt to stretch out the repayment of the debt, but the university refused to compro mise. “I don’t think the university should be viewed as an entity that is going to bail out student business ventures that don’t work,” Wasiolek said. When the lease ran out on May 31, the owners decided not to recruit anew crop of students. fee B| I m m I I mm BtBB 2000 models on SALE! 'L* 4 d3Ck 10 SCnOO ” JIB E | J nin ■HmII bT We’ll match or beat any price! I a l V FREE Service Plan with ALL New Bikes! ]p mail order prices! ”1 t g-w M-n Free U-lock with New Bike Purchase yl / rSi ~WSP£C/Al/Z£/J (sl9.9svalue) L RE Ef jjj| Welcome Back Former owner Scott Eichel blames the financial crisis on the 1998 restruc turing. “Under my reign, investors were making a 25-percent annual return," he said. “Once you put the school in charge of anything concerning fun, they’re going to mess it up.” Wasiolek said he doubts the bar’s dis appearance will have an effect on the social life of the campus. “From what they’ve indicated, their business has been so minimal that one wonders if there’s going to be any impact,” she said. Duke senior liana Simon said she dis agreed. “Once again, drinking will be forced off campus, and the issue of drinking and driving cannot be ignored,” Simon said. “Without safe rides to pick students up at off-campus parties, more students will be intoxicat ed behind the wheel. The university should consider that a tremendous impact.” Unless new owners appear before the fall semester, the bar’s fate will forever be sealed - administrators are already focusing on other undisclosed uses for the Hideaway’s West Union space. Emily Canaday can be reached at sundancrl@msn.com. University Employee Files Grievance Against UNC A judge has recommended a decision in favor of a UNC employee who accused the University of discrimination. By Geoff Wessel University Editor JUNE 28 - A recent judicial recom mendation might mean trouble for UNC in a pending sex- and age-dis crimination grievance against the University. Computer systems administrator Bobbie Sanders, the employee bringing the grievance, contends that the University unfairly denied her a promo tion because of her age and sex. The case was heard in the Chatham County Office of Administrative Hearings on June 21, where Judge Sammie Chess Jr. issued a recommend ed decision in Sanders’ favor. “I’m very pleased,” Sanders said. She said she hopes to win the griev ance when it goes before the State Personnel Commission in August, which would force the University to grant her the promotion retroactively, including back pay. Civil rights attorney Alan McSurely, who is representing Sanders in the case, said he expects to be successful when the case goes before the full commission. “Nine times out of ten they will just adopt the (recommended decision) with out making any changes,” McSurely said. “The ball’s in the University’s court. “The judge has found that they dis criminated against her,” McSurely said, “and they need to put her in that posi tion that she was denied.” McSurely said he thought Sanders’ case was only part of a wider problem at the University. “I think the ‘good old boy’ system is alive and well at UNC,” he said. “The only protection the workers have is when they go outside the University and get an independent judge to review the facts.” But UNC officials said the University does not discriminate against its employ ees based on age or sex. “Of course we have a policy of not discriminating,” said University Counsel laily ®ar MM Susan Ehringhaus. “It’s printed everywhere - it’s on the Web page; it’s on employees hand books.” Ehringhaus said she could not com ment on the specific case, but McSurely said it is possible for UNC to appeal the decision if the commission rules against them. But Sanders’ immediate supervisor, Peter Schledom, a witness at the hear ing, said he thought the grievance was legitimate. “She felt that she was the best quali fied person for the position,” Schledom said. “When the judge looked at all the evidence, he agreed.” McSurely said he thinks UNC still has a lot of room for improvement in non-discriminatory hiring practices, a need he said Sanders’ case reflects. “This university is better than that,” he said. “(Last week’s hearing result) is a great victory for Ms. Sanders and a great victory for all the employees at the University.” Geoff Wessel can be reached at vrooom@email.unc.edu.
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