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Business leader speaks on social action Lawyer: Irons will fight rape allegations

by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

The scope of “social action” is widening, according to Jonathan Tisch, who discussed the need for engagement and corporate responsibility Tuesday afternoon.

Tisch—chief executive officer of Loews Hotels, owner of the New York Giants and an author—is a national leader in philanthropy, social action and business and community partnerships. He spoke with Duke Partnership for Service President Becky Agostino, a senior, and an audience of about 100 students and faculty members in Griffith Film Theater.

“Service is exemplified by everything Mr. Tisch does... by direct focus on engagement,” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said. “This is a person for whom ‘service’ is truly the right word.”

Tisch became involved in issues pertaining to social action after noticing that many of America’s corporate business practices have recently not been viewed favorably.

Tisch said this bad reputation was what inspired him to write his first book, the bestselling “The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships,” which was published in 2004.

After Agostino asked Tisch questions, members of the audience were invited to ask Tisch about social entrepreneurship and his third and most recent book, “Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World.”

Tisch said “Citizen You,” which came out in May, was reflective of the “important moment See tisch on page 8

by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

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Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels and owner of the New York Giants, delivered a speech promoting civic engagement and social entrepreneurship Tuesday in Griffith Film Theater.

Eric Irons, a former Trinity sophomore, claims he is innocent of rape charges and plans to face the allegations in district court Nov. 9, his attorney said.

Irons was arrested on charges of seconddegree rape and first-degree kidnapping of a female student by the Duke University Police Department Sept. 8.

“Eric Irons is an innocent man,” said Bill Thomas, Irons’ lawyer. “We have located witnesses and have evidence that the allegations made against him are entirely false. I have every confidence that, once all of the facts are known, that Eric Irons will be completely exonerated of any wrongdoing whatsoever.”

Irons, a 19-year-old from Hong Kong, was charged and released Sept. 8 on a $75,000 bond, according to court records.

He withdrew from the University Sept. 9 following his arrest.

Mitchell Garrell, an assistant district attorney who is handling the case, did not respond to several e-mails and phone calls. Candy Clark, an administrative assistant at the district attorney’s office, See irons on page 8

Israeli scholar tells father’s story of passport, identity

by Sony Rao

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Anton Shammas, professor of Modern Middle Eastern Literature at the University of Michigan, spoke Tuesday on the value of passports.

Now often thought of as simply documents permitting travel, passports were once rare and vital components of a person’s national identity.

Anton Shammas, professor of modern Middle Eastern studies and comparative literature at the University of Michigan, delivered a speech titled “Palestine Mapped Out: A Passport Story” Tuesday night. He discussed the significance of his father’s Palestinian passport in forming his sense of identity and freedom to an audience of about 40 people.

Shammas, who was born in Israel in 1950, was educated at the University of Jerusalem before he became a noted journalist and essayist. This was his second time speaking at the University, said Lauren Braun, program coordinator for the Duke Islamic Studies.

“Shammas is communicating his father’s story,” Braun said. “I think the talk is important in light of the current state of Israeli-Palestinian affairs.”

He was introduced by Shai Ginsburg, assistant professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The two first met when Ginsburg was studying at the University of Michigan.

“Shammas was one of the most important Israeli intellectuals of the 80s,” Ginsburg said. “He was a leading figure in an emerging circle of Israeli scholars and artists.”

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“These 10 years have forced city dwellers of the Western world to adapt to living in a state of continuous vulnerability.”

­—Senior Lauren Moxley in “A constant state of threat.” See column page 14

Shammas began the talk by showing a photograph of a wooden box that belonged to his mother and contained several important family heirlooms, including his father’s passport.

Much of the presentation was dedicated to his father’s British passport, which was issued in 1932 in Palestine—16 years before the Palestinian diaspora. He focused on the signatures of the Palestinian high commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, and his father on the passport.

“Wauchope left a high-brow mark on my humble family history by leaving a mark on my father’s passport... an insignia of imperial power,” Shammas said. “The passport was a sort of pact between my father and Sir Arthur.”

Shammas recounted how his father, Hanna, was born in 1908 during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire.

Hanna Shammas, a shoemaker and barber, attended a one-teacher school before graduating from the 4th grade.

Under the British Mandate for Palestine, which went into effect in 1923, the British government was given administrative power over Palestine in an attempt to designate a Jewish homeland in the Middle East without violating the rights of non-Jews. After the law was passed, Palestine ceased to be an independent state and Israeli citizens became classified by their ethnicity as either Arabs See shammas on page 7

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“BCS drama has returned. Now that the AP No. 1 has lost two weeks in a row—Alabama two weeks ago to South Carolina and Ohio State this week to Wisconsin—the race for the national title is up for grabs. The BCS has Oklahoma at No. 1, followed by Oregon and then Boise State. If Boise State goes undefeated and doesn’t make the national title game (yet again), it could be the final nail in the BCS’s coffin..’”

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In Tijuana, Mexico a policeman presents a training certificate and proclaims his innocence to reporters. The city is under fire once again as a recently released U.S. drug enforcement investigation accuses 62 former and active state and city police officers of working with organized crime. The case holds special relevance as the Tijuana cartel operates mostly in the southwestern portion of the U.S.

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New study finds males Recent investigation points less likely to finish college to Pakistan government WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report on minority achievement in higher education sounds an alarm about an unlikely minority group: men.

Younger men are significantly less likely to have completed college than older men, according to an analysis of federal data by the American Council on Education, a nonprofit group that represents college leaders. The educational stagnation of men is hindering the progress of the nation as a whole and largely offsetting gains by women, the group says.

The 24th edition of the Minorities in Higher Education report provides the latest evidence of academic decline among men, particularly in college. Women outnumber men nearly 3 to 2 in the college population, largely because men are more likely to drop out of high school and to forgo college for manual labor or the military.

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NEW DELHI — Pakistan’s main intelligence service was far more involved in funding and orchestrating the 2008 Mumbai attacks than was previously believed, according to a classified Indian investigative report. But that conclusion was disputed Tuesday by U.S. intelligence officials, who said they saw no evidence to substantiate agency involvement.

The Indian report is based primarily on the interrogation of David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani American militant who was arrested last year in Chicago and pleaded guilty this year in U.S. federal court to helping to plot the attack.

The three-day siege in Mumbai left 166 people dead, including six Americans. It has been attributed to the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-iTaiba, but the extent of official Pakistani involvement­—if any—has long been hotly contested.

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Task force probing whether DPAC places twelfth among banks broke federal law

by Zachary A. Goldfarb THE washington Post

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators are exploring whether banks and other financial firms broke U.S. law when using fraudulent court documents to foreclose on people’s homes, according to sources familiar with the effort.

The criminal investigation, still in its early days, is focused on whether companies misled federal housing agencies that now insure a large share of U.S. home loans or committed wire or mail fraud in filing false paperwork.

Although prosecutors across the country previously opened a patchwork of inquiries, a broader federal effort targeting companies that improperly evicted people from their homes is now taking shape. This comes at the same time that investors have begun to hold firms accountable for selling securities composed of mortgages that were improperly serviced.

As part of this reckoning, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has joined with some of the country’s largest investors in seeking to force Bank of America to buy back about $47 billion worth of troubled home loans packaged into bonds by Countrywide Financial, which is owned by the bank. Along with its partners, the New York Fed, which invested in some of these bonds during the rescue of the financial system, is raising the prospect that Bank of America could be sued unless losses are recouped.

In recent weeks, senior lawmakers have called for a federal probe into the use of flawed foreclosure documents and improper practices. But Obama administration officials offered few details about how they were proceeding.

In addition to the probe, the administration is seeking to send the message that it will hold banks accountable for illegal foreclosures, despite deflecting calls by some lawmak-

ers and consumer advocates for a national moratorium on home seizures until cases can be reviewed.

Members of President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force and other administration officials are scheduled meet Wednesday to discuss the foreclosure crisis. That is to be followed by a White House news briefing led by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan.

“In more than 25 years dealing with major financial crisis issues, I have never seen this many agencies focused on a single issue,” said Andrew Sandler, a defense lawyer who works on government investigations. “We are beginning to see signs of extensive governmental investigation that may also have criminal law implications.”

Federal law enforcement officials usually have little authority to prosecute cases involving foreclosure law because they are largely in the states’ domain. But according to sources familiar with the investigation, the federal government has both an interest and the grounds to prosecute the abuses because housing agencies under HUD, particularly the Federal Housing Administration and Ginnie Mae, play a major role in insuring U.S. home loans.

After reports surfaced in recent weeks that large banks filed court documents across the country that had not been properly prepared or reviewed, federal investigators want to determine whether similar paperwork was submitted to housing agencies to get insurance payouts, the source said.

Some bank employees have acknowledged signing documents without reviewing them. Similar filings made to housing agencies could violate federal law, which makes it a crime to lie about substantive matters to the federal government.

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Former President Jimmy Carter canceled his book signing at the Regulator bookshop, offering signed bookplates instead.

Former President Jimmy Carter will not be able to reschedule his book signing at the Regulator Bookshop, according to the store’s website.

Carter, 86, was to appear at the Ninth Street bookstore Sept.

28 to sign copies of his new book, “White House Diary.” But the former president fell ill that morning aboard a flight to Cleveland and had to cancel his appearance due to a brief hospital stay.

Tom Campbell, the Regulator’s owner, originally said Carter would be able to take a rain check but did not know when this would be possible.

The Regulator’s website announced Tuesday that customers who bought books from the store to be signed by Carter would instead receive signed bookplates, which were sent to the Regulator by Carter’s publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

“It’s a handsome sticker,” book seller David Felton told the (Raleigh) News & Observer Tuesday. “It’s not a stamp. You’re getting his actual signature.”

“White House Diary” is an edited and annotated collection of Carter’s diary entries from his presidency. The Regulator had sold almost 1,000 copies of the book, according the (Raleigh) News & Observer.

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The Durham Performing Arts Center leapfrogged 34 spots in Pollstar’s top 100 Worldwide Theater Venues. from Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE

The Durham Performing Arts Center has ranked 12th in Pollstar magazine’s top 100 Worldwide Theater Venues, a 34-spot jump from 46, the ranking it received last year.

“For DPAC, the formula is simple—treat people great and they will come back again and again,” DPAC General Manager Bob Klaus said in a news release Tuesday. “Give audiences a world class performance venue and a variety of amazing acts and they will want more.”

The Pollstar list, which was based on 2010 third quarter ticket sales, included such venues as Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, which ranked no. 7, and Radio City Music Hall in New York, which ranked third. The news release noted that DPAC is proud to be in the company of such “iconic venues,” and Klaus said the honor is a “nice reward” for those who have contributed to the success of the theater, which opened Dec. 1, 2008.

“It’s a team effort on so many fronts from the National booking offices at [Nederlander Producing Company of America] and [Professional Facilities Management] to the part-time staff person that welcomes our guests at the front doors,” Klaus said in the release.

In its second year of operation, the theater has attracted thousands of visitors, many of whom are Duke students. The venue—which cost $45.8 million to construct—was funded in part by a $7.5-million investment from the University.

DPAC is expecting its 500,000th patron to enter the theater during the Oct. 30 opening night of Billy Elliot the Musical.

“This Triangle loves great live entertainment; all you need is top notch talent—from the staff to the performers—and the desire to make sure everyone feels welcome and appreciated,” Klaus said.

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Kaufman to Duke university union Group ups funding for Last Day of Classes return to D.C. law program

bers emphasized their desire to improve last year’s event based on public feedback.

“Over the past few years, people have been disappointed by artists,” Benesh said.

“Considering our limited budget, last year was good.”

The committee hopes to use its increased funding to bring more popular artists to campus. Shapanka said that LDOC surveys showed that students generally prefer “a smaller number of larger names.”

DUU members approved the amount based on the potential to improve the caliber of performers from last year and in recognition that additional funds will give the LDOC Committee more flexibility.

“In the best case scenario—the more money makes it better,” said Innovations Committee Chair Dustin Gamza, a senior.

LDOC Committee representatives said they will soon begin the artist selection process.

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Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del, will resume teaching for the Duke in D.C. program after finishing his 21-month term in Congress in November, according to Delaware Online.

Kaufman, Engineering ’60, was sworn into the Senate as a replacement for Vice President Joe Biden in January 2009. In addition to serving as Biden’s chief of staff for 19 years, Kaufman has long been associated with the School of Law’s program in D.C., which allows students to study federal policymaking firsthand in the nation’s capital.

The program is intended for students interested in public policy, public service and careers in the public sector, according to the School of Law’s website. Students undertake a full-time externship, participate in a weekly course and complete a research project.

Kaufman will mentor students that work with either members of Congress or other political and lobbying organizations. Kaufman will also teach on the legislative process once a week, the site noted.

Since joining the Senate, Kaufman has pushed for regulation of the financial services industry, especially with regard to high frequency trading.

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Members of Duke University Union agreed Tuesday to allocate an additional $10,000 to the Last Day of Classes committee, bringing the group’s total contribution to $25,000.

by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE

The Duke University Union approved a $25,000 contribution toward the Last Day of Classes celebration Tuesday night—a $10,000 increase over last year.

The money will support the LDOC Committee, which is not a branch of any major on-campus organization but instead is under the joint oversight of DUU and Campus Council. At its meeting Oct. 14,

Campus Council announced it will contribute $15,000, as it did for LDOC 2010.

In addition to funding from the two student groups, the LDOC Committee uses an allocation from the Student Activities Fee and fundraising.

The LDOC Committee’s co-chairs, senior Will Benesh and junior Lindsay Thompson, and LDOC Chief Financial Officer Alex Shapanka, a sophomore, gave a presentation of the preliminary budget. The mem-

In other business: DUU will soon send out applications for the Freshmen Intern Program. The program will serve DUU’s goal of increasing the amount of mentorship for freshmen by upperclassmen, said DUU President Yi Zhang.

Additionally, the Major Attractions Committee has planned a tentative concert for Nov. 17th. The performer has not currently been finalized.

DUU is also one of several organizations hosting journalist and author Bob Woodward, who is scheduled to discuss his latest book, “Obama’s Wars,” at the Sanford School of Public Policy Oct. 27th.

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Pentagon tells recruiters to accept gay applicants

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon is instructing military recruiters to accept the applications of gay men and lesbians who wish to join the armed forces, but to inform potential recruits that a moratorium on “don’t ask, don’t tell” could be lifted at any moment.

The guidance issued this week to recruits is consistent with the Defense Department’s plan to abide by a federal judge’s injunction on the 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the military. The Pentagon has advised senior military leaders not to ask service members or applicants about their sexual orientation, to treat the rank and file with dignity and respect, and to maintain good order and discipline.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips set the injunction in place last week, and Tuesday, she denied the government’s request that she stay that action.

Her ruling forces the Justice Department to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. The government already plans to appeal to the higher court to overturn Phillips’s earlier decision that “don’t ask” is unconstitutional.

Phillips told government lawyers Monday that they had not proved that her order would harm troops or in any way impede efforts to implement new regulations for the military to deal with openly gay service members.

Despite the Pentagon’s guidance, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a group representing service members affected by the ban, cautioned gays not to apply for military service while the policy remains in legal limbo.

“The bottom line: If you come out now, it can be used against you in the future by the Pentagon,” Aubrey Sarvis, the group’s executive director, said in an e-mail.

Army Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged in July for violating the ban, attempted to enlist Tuesday afternoon at a military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square. He was arrested in March after handcuffing himself to the White House fence, but prosecutors later dropped the charges.

“It’s a little bit complicated, because I was an officer and I want to be enlisted, so they’re trying to figure out what that might entail,” Choi said in a phone interview from the recruiting office.

He interrupted the conversation to speak with military recruiters.

Choi said he expects his application to be processed and approved Wednesday.

The pro-gay Log Cabin Republicans filed suit against the “don’t ask” ban, arguing that it is unconstitutional. Phillips ruled the law unconstitutional in September and last week ordered a worldwide halt to the Pentagon’s enforcement of the policy.

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China rate hike surprises markets

by Howard Schneider THE washington post

China’s unexpected decision to raise interest rates could heighten tension over its economic policies, highlighting the divide between the strong growth that has taken hold in some parts of the world and the laggard performance in the United States and Europe.

The increase by the People’s Bank of China was small but unexpected, jolting U.S. financial markets with concerns that China may try to slow its economy to counter inflation even as the developed world worries about the potential for renewed recession.

The hike in the benchmark interest rate to 5.56 percent reflected worry in Beijing about a recent boom in bank credit and a spike in property prices, and many analysts saw it as driven by purely domestic concerns that both should be tempered.

China’s central bank is not the only one among the world’s faster-growing nations to switch to policies aimed at making sure growth does not get out of hand. In recent months, India, Brazil and Australia have begun raising rates, while nations such as South Korea and Indonesia have signaled that their rates may be raised soon.

Those moves stand in contrast to the discussion in the United States, where the Federal Reserve is weighing whether to pump more money into the financial system to stimulate the economy.

China’s action, however, is of particular note. The country is now the world’s second-largest economy, and its near 10 percent annualized growth has been an important prop to the global economic recovery.

The International Monetary Fund has cautioned about the need for countries to coordinate policies to ensure the global recovery stays on track—and avoid a situation where budget cuts or curbs on growth in one part of the world contribute to a worse outcome over all.

“Cooperation must be maintained. Without it the recovery is in peril,” IMF managing director Dominique StraussKahn said earlier this week at an economic conference in Shanghai, warning against “a cacophony of discordant voices, as countries increasingly go it alone.”

While the United States and developed countries struggle to boost growth and demand, China and other fastergrowing nations have been working to manage an inflow of foreign capital as overseas investors turn to emerging markets for higher returns.

In other places, such as Brazil, the influx of money has caused local currencies to appreciate. But in China, efforts to closely manage the exchange rate—and keep its exports competitively priced—means officials have had to intervene steadily in currency markets.

Finance ministers from the Group of 20 major economic nations are gathering in South Korea this week, and ongoing tension over currency is expected to be a point of discussion.

A U.S. Treasury spokesman said the agency had no comment on the Chinese rate decision.

The Obama administration has urged China to relax its currency policy to let the renminbi rise in value based on market forces, and the IMF also has expressed concern that imbalances between major exporting nations and debt-laden importing countries are not evening out as hoped.

Shots fired at Pentagon building by christy goodman THE washington post

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Authorities searched Tuesday for a gunman who fired shots at the Pentagon in the early morning, possibly using a high-powered rifle. No one was injured.

The shots were fired shortly before 5 a.m., shattering but not penetrating windows on the third and fourth floors, officials said.

They also said the walls of the building may have been struck.

“Right now, we are considering this a random event,” said Pentagon Force Protection Agency Director Steven Calvery.

“We can only process what we have.”

Federal and local authorities spent the morning searching for evidence, closing the adjacent Interstate 395 for a brief time and combing through grassy areas. The FBI also was examining bullet fragments lodged in the windows.

Officials said they think a high-velocity rifle was used, but they were not certain. Two windows were hit, but officials do

not know precisely how many shots were fired.

The Joint Terrorism Task Force is taking the lead in the investigation, authorities said.

The incident came just over seven months after a gunman opened fire at a Pentagon entrance. Officers Jeffery Amos, 46, and Marvin L. Carraway Jr., 44, suffered minor injuries in the March 4 shootout. The gunman, John Patrick Bedell, 36, who family members said suffered from mental problems, was killed.

Officials said officers in the south parking lot Tuesday heard the shots just before 5 a.m. and reported them to headquarters. The Pentagon was locked down, and entrances were closed as authorities swept the area. The entrances were reopened about 5:40 a.m.

“We did take prompt action in immediately closing down the reservation,” Calvery said. He said no threats or See shots on page 7

banks from page 3 Investigators are also looking at whether the transfer of mortgage and foreclosure documents through the mail and computer networks would allow the federal government to make a legal case on charges of mail and wire fraud.

After what will probably be a lengthy investigation, the Justice Department could file a criminal or civil case if wrongdoing is ultimately found. This could be done in coordination with HUD’s inspector general.

The investigation has yet to target a firm or person, sources said, but it could focus on banks, independent mortgage servicers, law firms and other companies involved in the foreclosure process.

In an interview Tuesday, Donovan said HUD has been conducting a review of the largest banks for the past four months after finding “significant differences in the level of . . . actions to try to keep homeowners in their homes to try to make sure they remain current.” Under FHA policy, mortgage companies are required to take steps to ensure that struggling borrowers can avoid foreclosure.

The FHA expects to wrap up the review in a few weeks, but the results will not immediately become public because the banks will have a chance to respond.

At the same time, Donovan said, HUD is working with other regulators to ensure that no crimes are committed in foreclosure practices. “We are working closely with others in the administration, as well as independent regulators and law enforcement agencies . . . in insuring that no one loses their home as a result of a mistake or criminal behavior,” he said.

Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into possible wrongdoing related to foreclosures. Attorneys knowledgeable about securities law said the SEC would look to see whether banks had properly disclosed to shareholders the risks and processes associated with the foreclosures.

“Whenever there are suggestions that there may have been any kinds of issues with respect to disclosure, misrepresentations or omissions, we are always looking at that kind of conduct,” SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said Tuesday.

Beyond investigations, federal agencies could take other action, including regulatory steps, to address misdeeds. The FHA and Ginnie Mae, which packages and sells FHA-backed mortgages, could require banks to change their practices and could impose financial penalties if firms violate the rules.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, could file lawsuits if it finds that the giant mortgage companies were deceived by financial firms. Major banking regulators, which are reviewing how the banking industry carries out foreclosures, could order firms to change their practices.

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Even after Kaufman’s successor is sworn in this November, he said he will remain “a voice for the average investor,” according to Delaware Online. Through writing, congressional appearances and speeches, Kaufman will try to promote the need for more transparency and control of a “financial system that seems out of control at times.”

or Jews—rather than as Israeli citizens, Shammas said.

“This passport has no signification—it does not refer to a territory,” he said. “The passport was an embodiment of his right to walk from [his home village of] Fassuta to any other [place]. This was his box, this was his home.”

Through a series of maps centered on the city of Fassuta, Shammas narrated the course of the changing landscape that resulted from the British administration and the later Israeli occupation.

“The map of Jewish settlements superimposed on the original Palestinian villages created a new map of the land,” he said. “My Palestinian homeland turned overnight into a diaspora.”

Shammas concluded the talk by reflecting on the passport’s diminishing relevance in the present.

“Its once sturdy cohesive spine... is now battered, frayed and frail,” he said. “It was once an assertion of identity. We can still look at it, but we must eventually put the box away and move on.”

intelligence pointed to the incident.

No one was inside the offices where windows were struck, officials said. They said those spaces are being renovated.

Authorities were gathering videotape from the Pentagon City area, searching rooftops of buildings and interviewing construction workers who were nearby and others.

Officials said they did not know whether there was any connection to Monday’s discovery of bullet holes in windows at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, about 30 miles south of the Pentagon. They said investigators will examine both incidents.

About 23,000 Defense Department employees and contractors work at the Pentagon, which receives more than 1,000 visitors a day, according to PFPA. With subway and bus passengers, the agency said, 50,000 to 60,000 people, on average, pass through the Pentagon complex on workdays.

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irons from page 1 declined to comment.

“We do not discuss evidence in pending cases except in the courtroom,” Clark wrote in an e-mail Oct. 18.

Irons allegedly assaulted a 20-yearold female student at an April 17 party in an apartment on Central Campus, according to the probable cause affidavit, part of the application for a search warrant by DUPD. Several witnesses said the alleged victim was “very intoxicated” at the party, the affidavit reads. The next day, the female student went to the Duke University Medical Center’s Emergency Department, where a sexual assault kit was administered. This procedure often includes collection of blood, hair, urine and body secretion samples as well as photo documentation and collection of clothing.

The alleged rape was reported April 18, and Spring classes ended April 28.

DUPD submitted a search warrant application to the Durham magistrate Sept.

7 to obtain DNA swabs from Irons. The evidence, including samples of his head and pubic hair, saliva and blood, was collected by DUPD and Emergency Department workers Sept. 8.

Duke Police applied for the warrant eight days after classes resumed in the Fall.

It is unclear whether Irons was in the country during the summer break.

Thomas said Irons requested a DNA test in April, adding that DUPD declined to collect DNA at that time.

“Once again, the decision was to charge first and investigate later,” said Thomas, who also represented one uncharged member of the 2005-2006 lacrosse team, several players from which were accused of rape. All charges against

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the players were later dropped. “We were very concerned that he was not given a DNA test. He protested his innocence of the allegations and should have been given one immediately.”

In an interview with Duke Police following the incident, Irons admitted to engaging in sexual conduct with the alleged victim but denied having sexual intercourse, according to the affidavit.

State statutes define second-degree rape as vaginal intercourse “by force and against the will of the other person.”

First-degree kidnapping is the illegal confinement, restraint or removal of a person from one location to another, so that “the person kidnapped either was not released by the defendant in a safe place or had been seriously injured or sexually assaulted.”

Thomas declined to say whether Irons has returned to Hong Kong since withdrawing from the University, but he added that Irons will be present to face the allegations in court.

Both Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, and Thomas declined to comment on Irons’ withdrawal from Duke.

It is unclear whether Irons voluntarily left or if the University encouraged his move.

Thomas said he is unsure whether Irons will reenroll at Duke if he is found innocent.

“That’s a decision that has not been made at this point in time,” Thomas said.

“Eric Irons will face these allegations in court and will restore his reputation once he is shown to be completely innocent of these charges.”

Irons could not be reached following multiple attempts for contact.

It is Chronicle policy not to identify the victims of sexual assault cases.

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tisch from page 1 [we are in] as a society.” He noted that the challenges that the world faces today, such as natural and man-made disasters and political instability can be hard to confront.

“We as a people can truly be overwhelmed,” he said.

Tisch added that he hopes the book will be a guide for people to realize how they can use their own expertise to become a “citizen lawyer, a citizen doctor, a citizen teacher” in the community.

Tisch also noted that social entrepreneurship is more important and functions differently in society today because the world is a different place than it was when he was young. “[When I was growing up] I always thought that there would be clean water for everyone... we thought the resources were endless,” Tisch said.

Because certain social issues have become more pressing, Tisch said younger people have become more engaged in these issues. He noted that his stepdaughter, although only in second grade, has been doing community service in school since kindergarten. Additionally, students at Tufts University—Tisch’s alma mater— can take courses on how to become an active, engaged citizen. Tisch is also the benefactor of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts.

Still, Tisch noted that it is important to make the next generation embrace service. He added that his books do not just address the business community, but that they are applicable to numerous fields.

“The book resonated with a lot of different people,” Tisch said.

Another way in which the field of service has changed since Tisch was growing up is whose responsibility it is to organize

social services. Traditionally, government has had a large role in encouraging social entrepreneurship but with the economic downturn, more responsibility has fallen on the private sector, Tisch said.

Tisch also urged his audience to be leaders in social entrepreneurship.

“The message will be delivered by you and your passion,” he said. “When you find an issue that’s important to you... you should go out and try to engage others.... Don’t ever lose that passion.”

Members of the audience were generally receptive to Tisch’s message.

“I personally am really interested in service issues,” said sophomore Tori Wilmarth. “Mr. Tisch has a very unique perspective.... I think he had some interesting perspectives about other ways to think of service.”

Elizabeth Linzer, T ’09 and program manager for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, a part of the Hart Leadership Program in the Sanford School of Public Policy, said she thought the talk was great.

“These [issues of corporate responsibility] are really important topics for undergraduates to be exposed to, and for us to be talking about and understanding better,” Linzer said.

Tisch also has personal connections to Duke, which he noted at the end of the event. His father was treated for brain tumors at Duke Hospital, and Tisch said he wanted to thank the “incredible individuals” who took care of his father, many of whom were in attendance.

Agostino finished the event by asking Tisch about his upcoming plans. Tisch responded that although he is unsure what the future may hold for him, his past successes have had a common denominator.

“I’m surrounded by really good people,” he said. “I couldn’t do any of it by myself.”

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FINLEY COMES THROUGH AGAIN Sophomore scores his fifth game-winning goal of the year

by Dawei Liu THE CHRONICLE

Again, Ryan Finley saved the day.

The sophomore scored his fifth gamewinning goal of the year in overtime Tuesday night as No. 24 Duke (6-3-4) overcame High Point (10-3-1) 2-1.

DUKE 2 In an up and down game, Finley man1 H.P. aged to score his second goal of the game with less than a minute left in the first overtime period.

Duke faced an atypical Tuesday night nonconference foe at Koskinen Stadium.

“Their record speaks for itself,” head coach John Kerr said. “They gave us a very good game tonight; it wasn’t an easy game for us at all.”

Surprisingly, High Point had a large contigent of fans who were loud and vocal throughout the game, often times eclipsing the noise Duke fans made. The festive atmosphere gave the game a sense of excitement, and the Blue Devils responded quickly.

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With only one minute left in the first overtime, sophomore Ryan Finley scored off an assist from Jonathan Aguirre. It was Finley’s fifth game-winning goal this season.

Dropped passes has become a major issue This past Sunday night I took some time away from the football game on television and returned to the gridiron myself for one of the first times since hanging up the cleats in high school.

There I was, lined up in the slot on a crucial third down late in the game as we tried to mount a drive Jason against a rival fraternity. Just seconds later, On Football I was picking myself up off the turf after having a pass down the seam bounce off my hands and deflect to the opposing safety.

“Hey, at least you would fit in as a Duke receiver,” quipped one of my teammates as we trotted back to the sideline.

Wisecrack or not, he made a very valid point.

Entering the season, Duke’s talent at the wide receiver position ranked up

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Teammates, coaches still confident in Renfree

with anyone else’s in the ACC. Donovan Varner was the conference’s leading returning receiver. Conner Vernon was also in the top-10 in receiving yardage last year, and Austin Kelly rounded out the corps as a very solid third target. While Sean Renfree was a bit of a question mark with his reconstructive knee surgery and lack of in-game experience, it still looked like the youngster would be able to lean on the playmaking ability of his wideouts.

Unfortunately, six games into the season that has not really been the case. While Renfree has certainly been inaccurate at times and made questionable decisions forcing the ball into tight spaces, balls bouncing off receivers’ hands has been far too recurring of a theme.

Because there are no actual published stats on dropped passes at the collegiate level, it is difficult to point to empirical

Sean Renfree may have had his worst moments as Duke’s quarterback last Saturday after playing Miami. The sophomore had just completed less than half of his passes, and worse, threw five interceptions. He even fumbled a snap.

Not many quarterbacks can simply shrug off that type of game. And such performances usually result in the quarterback blaming himself, even though it takes a team to lose.

The collective disappointment of the thousands of Duke fans in attendance, who have watched the Blue Devils drop five straight games, might also be wearing down on Renfree. His teammates agree that the start has been difficult.

“It’s only his first year as quarterback,” sophomore Connor Vernon

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of Karo, scored on James Belshaw off a header. High Point would refuse to settle the game, Christopher Tweed-Kent sent a for tie, and the last ten minutes of the beautiful through-ball into the box, which game were a frantic battle for possession. the team’s leading scorer, Finley, tapped in Neither team, however, was able to break with ease. Duke dominated the first half, the tie in regulation. forcing several saves from the High Point As overtime began, the Panthers lined keeper, Michael Chesler, while the Pan- up with only ten men, meaning they thers struggled to organize themselves and would have to play tactically sound soccer failed to record a shot on goal. to make up for the effects of fatigue.

The second half began much the same “Any time a team is down ten men... way the first ended. The Blue Devils con- [and] it’s going to 90-plus minutes, you tinued to pressure High Point, but due gotta love your chances,” Finley said. to a combination of sloppy passing, good Indeed, Duke seemed to not only defense and several offside calls, they have regained its confidence, but also befailed to score their second goal. gan playing with a hustle and intensity it The rhythm of the game completely missed in the second half. changed with High Point’s Karo OkiIt paid off on a beautiful combination omah’s red card in the 71st minute. play. Christopher Tweed-Kent sent a cross inThe Panthers’ leading goal-scorer struck side to Jonathan Aguirre, who passed it to an Daniel Tweed-Kent after a rough inter- open Finley, who scored with a crisp volley change, causing to end the game. his ejection and Finley’s two goals seemingly doompush his season ing the Panthers. total to 12, the However, with best mark in the ten men, High conference.

Point suddenly With four started to not only games left berally and play betfore the ACC ter defense, but tournament, the also began orgawin has given nizing real offense the Blue Devils attacks that it had a spark it desperbeen unable to ately needed. make earlier in “We would the game. like to win all the The offensive games we have chances finally left, put ourselves led to results for in the right frame the Panthers. In of mind,” Kerr the 80th minute, said. “This win julia may/The Chronicle Fejiro Okiomah, gives us some younger brother After Karo Okiomah’s goal, things looked bad for Duke. confidence.

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tinue what he’s doing… but MORE said. “It’s going to be tough.” he’s still going ONLINE At times like this, head coach David Cut- to take it hard cliffe knows the importance of reminding on himself. NoAt Cutcliffe’s weekly Renfree that Duke’s struggles are not his body wants to presser, the coach burden alone to carry. throw intercep- talked about the NFL’s “His greatest enemy is the man he faces tions.” new hitting policies. in the mirror,” Cutcliffe said.

And at this dukechroniclesports.com The position of quarterback may natu- point in the rally lend itself to bearing the responsibil- season, Renity of a team’s success or failure, but in free knows he cannot afford to allow past reality football is considered by many to demons haunt his future performances. be among the purest team sports. Cutc- While the Blue Devils are out of the chase liffe said “eleven hearts beating at once” is for a bowl game berth, they could still salneeded to achieve success. Theoretically at vage a respectable season by pulling toleast, the blame gether a string cast mostly on of victories.

Renfree should A support “We just keep telling him to be equally dissystem will help continue what he’s doing... but Renfree as he tributed among these eleven tries to do just he’s still going to take it hard players. that for Duke on himself. Nobody wants to His Saturday in its final six performance games. throw interceptions.” exemplifies this His coach point. Referee — Conner Vernon says he does might have not blame him thrown five for Duke’s picks, but it requires a mistake between disappointing season to date, and his two players to cause an interception to teammates have expressed similar sentioccur—the quarterback and wide re- ments. Over the weekend, he received ceiver. Additionally, on some of Renfree’s calls of encouragement and advice from missed passes, his targets simply dropped multiple sources, ranging from his own the ball, a season-long problem for the father to current NFL backup Thaddeus Duke receiving corps.

Lewis.

“I’d say probably half his picks this Time will tell, however, if the calls will year are from [the wide receivers] anyway. help Renfree restore his own confidence, They are plays that we should make,” Ver- and get himself—and the team—back on non said. “We just keep telling him to con- track.

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palmatary from page 9 evidence. But this shortcoming is certainly not something that the receivers are denying. “[Dropping passes] is a problem that we’re having this year,” Vernon said. “It’s something that we’re working on; we’re putting in extra time after practice.”

An abundance of examples point to the receivers’ drops plaguing the efficiency of the offensive attack. And these failures are not confined to a contest or two, but span the entire schedule.

In the season opener, the usually sure-handed Vernon dropped a touchdown pass against Elon in the second quarter, and the Blue Devils had to settle for three. Fortunately, that blunder didn’t cost Duke in what still stands as its lone win.

In the next game against Wake Forest, though, the receivers were not as lucky. The eight passes that they dropped in that matchup, two of which resulted in interceptions, played an indisputable role in the Blue Devils’ loss.

Continuing along the same trend, both Vernon and Varner dropped passes on the final drive against Maryland as Duke was attempting to score what could have been the game-winning touchdown. Knowing how deflating these critical drops can be to

both a drive and the team’s hopes of winning, the receiving group has taken full accountability for their butter-fingers.

“Especially in big-time situations, we need to limit drops,” Vernon said. “The rule is: As a receiver, if it hits your hands, you have to catch it.”

As the Blue Devils fell to Miami at home last week in its latest disappointing effort, the combination of Renfree’s poor throws and an inability to secure the ball in traffic helped push the signal caller’s interception tally to an NCAA-leading 14. On a positive note, there was no finger pointing by Renfree, who shouldered the blame for those interceptions, the first step to eliminating future miscues.

“Running across the middle with someone on your back and trying to catch a ball in traffic that’s thrown over your head is not easy,” Renfree said. “So, that is 100 percent on me.”

Regardless of who is at fault for this alarmingly high number of aerial turnovers, one thing is certain. The head coach fully expects the problem to be corrected. It must be if Duke is to be more competitive.

“We’ve had too many drops in critical times since I’ve been here,” David Cutcliffe said.

“That bothers me.”

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Dropped passes have become an epidemic on the football team as of late, Jason Palmatary writes. Both Varner and Vernon have dropped passes at crucial times against Wake Forest, Maryland and Miami.

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Good riddance to the Quad Model The current housing mod- Blocks, which allow a small el at Duke will face a signifi- group of students to live in an cant overhaul in Fall 2012. area of the quads, are not forThe University plans to mal and are unable to create convert student housing cohesion within the quads. from the quad model, which Eddie Hull, former dean of has been in efresidence life editorial fect since 2002, and director to the house of housing sermodel. In today’s editorial vices, who was tasked with we will explain why we be- overseeing the implementalieve the quad model should tion of the quad model, rebe abolished. Tomorrow we signed from his position last will weigh the merits of im- summer and has yet to be plementing the house model replaced. at Duke.

We enthusiastically supThe administration intro- port the switch away from duced the quad model sev- the quad model. The current eral years ago in the hopes housing model perpetuates a that it would provide cohe- ubiquitous problem that insion among students living dependent students encounin the same quad. This did ter at Duke—inequity. Under not come to realization. The the current system, students quads are simply too large in selective living groups to provide a sense of unity. are essentially guaranteed

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Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior, has correctly identified the imbalance of the living experience between independent students and those in selective living groups as the main point that the new housing model must rectify.

The existing quads contain selective living groups, and these groups dominate the social scene in the quads.

Independent students are less likely to plan and host events without the structure of an established group.

In addition, selective living groups wield much more

political power than independent students. Quad councils have proven largely ineffective as representative bodies for independents.

At its worst, the quad model perpetuates homogeneity in social interaction among students. It is more likely that students who block or are thrown into a large quad without any social structure will not increase the diversity of their interactions with other students. This is one of the core problems that the 2007 Campus Culture Initiative identified. Furthermore, gender and racial imbalances, as well as socioeconomic disparities, continue to be perpetuated by the quad model as certain minority student organizations lack space on West Campus.

It is true that there are some advantages to the current housing system. Most sophomores can be accommodated on West. However, with the growing numbers in the freshman classes in the past years, there will be more and more sophomores who will be denied housing on West.

In conclusion, the quad model has failed and should be eliminated. A new housing system should address inequities on campus by creating a housing structure that gives independents the ability to form their own communities and wield more political power. The housing plan is an integral part of the student experience and it should provide equal access to all students, be they affiliated or independent.

A constant state of threat

ver the past two weeks, American students everyday lives. We are able to enjoy the freedoms studying abroad have received a deluge of public transportation and roaming downtown of warnings about the terror threat that Florence alone during daylight hours. However, recently cast a shadow over Westour teachers and families urge us ern Europe. Our inboxes are full of not to travel to London, Paris or cautiously worded letters from our Berlin, which nevertheless remain schools and programs, not to menthree of the most popular destination worried e-mails and Skype sestions for our fall break at the end sions with our families in the U.S. of October.

The warnings couldn’t be more I asked a few friends studying vague. The State Department urged abroad in the targeted cities how U.S. citizens traveling in Western Euthreat has affected their evlauren moxley the rope to “take every precaution to be eryday lives. Depending on finanla vita e bella aware of their surroundings and to cial situations, it seemed to have adopt appropriate safety measures a minimal effect, mostly revolving to protect themselves when traveling.” Included in around public transportation. As Charlotte, a Duke’s warnings are, “Try to fit in. Don’t stand out,” Duke junior studying abroad in Paris, said, “The “Be wary of strangers,” “Watch your valuables” and biggest thing that’s changed for me is that I avoid “Be street-wise.” My program coordinators here in the bigger metro stations if at all possible... I also Italy encouraged us “to be extra careful” while trav- avoid the original metro line because it stops at eling outside of Florence. all the touristy places... and is always packed.”

This terror frenzy emerged in the wake of a But Charlotte adds that at the end of the day, she terrorist threat released by the media on Sept. knows there is little more that she can do than 29 and the subsequent travel warning released play her chances, knowing that in the event of an four days later by the State Department. Details attack the numbers are in her favor. “All in all, of the threat were first discovered by British you can’t really predict or avoid a randomized authorities, who intercepted a plot created by terrorist attack; it’s just as likely to be in the 6th Islamic terrorist organizations that targeted cit- arrondissement [administrative district] as the ies in Great Britain, Germany and France. The 4th and there’s really no way of knowing,” she plot was allegedly modeled after the 2008 Jihadi explained. commando gun raid and bombing of Mumbai, Stephanie, a Duke junior in London this seIndia, which killed over 160 people. According mester, echoed Charlotte’s statements. “I still take to the National Public Radio Foreign Dispatch public transportation... and I [am] definitely more of Oct. 1, British authorities learned of the vigilant in touristy areas,” she explained. Stephathreat from a German jihadist detained in Paki- nie added, “That said, being ‘vigilant’ seems to be stan this August. In an NPR interview, Chairman rather pointless in the face of a terrorist attack.” of Germany’s Internal Affairs Committee WolfThis month marks the 10th year of the Global gang Bosbach explained, “[The German gov- War on Terror. These 10 years have forced city ernment] had this information for several weeks dwellers of the Western world to adapt to living in now. It is further confirmation of the relatively a state of continuous vulnerability. The only way high security warning level we have been at for for residents of New York, London, Paris, Berlin the past two years.” or any other major city of the Western world to enSeveral publications have released defenses sure their safety is to move to a less densely popuof the ordinary traveler in the face of the vague lated location; or, for those of us studying abroad warnings, arguing that the average traveler is for the semester, dropping out of our programs unlikely to change behavior like riding public and returning to Durham. transportation. The Montreal Gazette published The recent terror warning may make us more a particularly blunt article on Oct. 7, “Travel ter- alert to our surroundings and more vigilant about ror alert is so vague it’s useless,” which expressed our use of public transportation. But those of us fear that the warning simply grants the U.S. and abroad must recognize the trade-off of what it Canadian governments the ability to say “I told means to live in a major city at a time when the you so” in the event of the attack, while at the Western world is under a constant state of threat: same time injuring economies and scaring travel- staying safe is largely beyond our control. ers who are unlikely to change behavior in the face of such vague warnings.

Lauren Moxley is a Trinity junior. She is abroad For those of us studying abroad in Italy, the in Italy for the semester. Her column runs every other terror threat does not have a major effect on our Wednesday.

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Repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

n July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Tru- cers to abide by the ruling until the DoJ decides man signed Executive Order No. 9981, whether or not they will pursue the matter. which effectively desegregated the miliFrom the memo: “The District Court further tary. The order read, “There shall ‘orders defendants United States be equality of treatment and opof America and the Secretary of portunity for all persons in the Defense immediately to suspend armed services without regard to and discontinue any investigation, race, color, religion or national or discharge, separation, or other origin.” On Oct. 12, 2010, Judge proceeding, that may have been Virginia Phillips, a Federal district commenced under the “Don’t Ask, Judge for the Central District of Don’t Tell” Act or pursuant to 10 California, ordered the military to USC 654 or its implementing regthomas stop enforcing its 17-year-old “don’t ulations, on or prior to the date of gebremedhin this Judgment.’ Further guidance ask, don’t tell” policy. The policy restricts the United States governon this and related issues will be word by word ment from attempting to discover provided as it is made available by or reveal closeted gay, lesbian or DoD. Inform your commanders of bisexual service members and applicants, while this injunction and its terms.” prohibiting those who openly identify as LGBT Although air force officials were unable to imfrom military service. mediately confirm the contents of the memo, this Last Thursday, the Justice Department ac- would be the first time in decades that the military knowledged that they would ask Judge Phillips would not discriminate based on sexual orientation. to stay her ruling blocking the ban on openFourteen thousand men and women. Those ly gay and lesbian individuals from serving, are men and women who have the critical skills while they consider appealing the decision. and talent to excel in foreign languages, military As The New York Times revealed in their edi- medicine, counterterrorism and intelligence. Actorial opinion on Wednesday, “Defense Secre- cording to The New York Times Editorial Board, tary Robert Gates said the policy should not be “The judge found that the military has routinely lifted abruptly because there are unresolved delayed investigations and discharges until susquestions like whether straight and gay soldiers pected homosexuals completed their deployments should share barracks and whether the military on combat missions. Their service was deemed vishould pay benefits to partners of gay service tal in the war zones, not detrimental.” This along members. He said he wanted to wait until a re- with the leaked memo suggest that the military is view of practices and policies was submitted on ready to move beyond DADT, and that their main Dec. 1.” These “unresolved questions” are trans- concern is not how troops are acting in the showparent, pathetic and irrelevant, not to mention ers but how they are contributing on the field. insulting to the 14,000 men and women who The continued tactics to stall the repeal of have been discharged as victims of what, in re- DADT sends a very clear message to Americans cent years, has culminated into nothing more and the international community: “They are not than a witch hunt. one of us.” It is these types of systematic, governSegregation is not the answer. President Tru- mentally implemented policies that trickle down man recognized this in 1948, after thousands into the general consciousness of our youth and and thousands of black men and women had inadvertently promote violence against LGBT lost their lives serving their country with honor individuals. On the college campus, another adand bravery. How many gay men and women will verse effect is to coerce gay and lesbian ROTC have to die before the DoJ decides that they are students to remain in the closet for fear of being worthy of full and equal protection under the ostracized or even losing their scholarships. law? Gates’ statement is nothing more than a Let us remember that when DADT is evencowardly attempt at appeasing those Republicans tually repealed we should not thank “constituin the Senate who vehemently oppose the repeal tional scholar” President Obama or the Human of DADT. Their arguments are based on nothing Rights Campaign, but instead should direct our more than ignorance and homophobia, and the gratitude to the countless men and women discontinued attempt to create a secondary class out charged under this unfair policy, and to individuof the LGBT community. als like Judge Phillips.

In a leaked internal memo released yesterday, Lieutenant General Richard C. Harding of the Thomas Gebremedhin is a Trinity senior. His colUnited States Air Force instructed all JAG offi- umn will run every other Friday.

lettertotheeditor Morrison column distorts Durham crime stats Gregory Morrison’s column, dated Oct. 19, 2010, misstates Durham’s crime statistics. Truth be told, Durham has less crime than cities its same size.

Every year, Durham’s Convention & Visitor’s Bureau (DCVB) commissions a statistical analysis of crime in Durham compared to 10 southeastern benchmark cities and 27 nationwide benchmark cities. These cities are chosen due to their similar size and demographics to Durham.

The data presented in this report is clear: Durham has less crime than the average city its size. In fact, Durham has less violent crime than 6 of the 10 southeastern benchmark cities, and Durham’s violent crime late is in the lowest quartile of the nationwide peer group.

Morrison attempted to compare crime on a simple per capita basis. This analysis does not hold true, as cities have higher densities than rural environs, meaning they have different

propensities for crime. The fair analysis, and the one used by those that study crime trends, would be to compare Durham to an appropriately-selected peer group. This is exactly what the DCVB report has done.

In 2009, Durham had less per capita violent and property crime than Greensboro, Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Charlotte. As in all cities, Durham has crime. It is an unfortunate side effect of urban living, and we are all grateful that no Duke students were seriously injured by last week’s events.

Yes, Durham and Duke should work together on reducing crime, and more in-roads could be made in that area. It is irresponsible, however, to mislead students into thinking that Durham is more dangerous than any comparable city in the United States.

Rob Gillespie Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry

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The hangover

ews item: High school senior Tyler Adams, a center verbally (and informally) committed to play for Mike Krzyzewski in the Fall of 2011, attended Georgetown University’s Midnight Madness celebration last weekend instead of Duke’s Countdown to Craziness.

Predictably, the corner of the internet devoted to Blue Devil Basketball exploded with speculation.

Why would a player committed to attending Duke attend another school’s big recruiting event? Was Adams still planning on being a Blue alex fanaroff Devil? And what gives with those nogood Hoyas recruiting a player who farewell tour had already given his word that he would go elsewhere?

I don’t have the answers to those questions. Given my personal experience being 18 years old and trying to choose a college, I’d bet that Adams himself doesn’t even have the answers to those questions.

It’s not uncommon that I find myself clueless when it comes to divining the innermost thoughts and desires of the teenage basketball phenom du jour. It is, however, rare that I find myself, not only clueless, but also completely and utterly uncaring.

I got an e-mail with the news of Adams spurning Countdown to Craziness from a predictably outraged friend of mine, a lawyer when he isn’t trolling message boards for Duke Basketball news. Another friend (also an attorney) followed up with the latest rumors from “people who know things on the internet.”

My first thought (as I received these e-mails in between saving human lives, or something like that) was that my lawyer friends obviously don’t work as hard as they say they do. And bizarrely, my second thought was nothing at all.

In six years as a columnist, I have written close to 100 columns.

A plurality of those columns were about the Duke Basketball team.

Many of them touched on recruiting; more touched on the future prospects of the team. Pumping out opinions about the men’s basketball team is what I do. I am a Duke Basketball Opinions Haver.

But this time: Nothing. Blank. Zero. Eric Montross.

Perhaps it’s because I don’t know anything about Tyler Adams’ game. Or that what I do know about his game doesn’t excite me. While it’s true that I don’t know much, it wasn’t unexciting to think about another wide-body manning the paint in Cameron Indoor. And not knowing much about a particular player’s ability didn’t affect the excitement I felt when Lance Thomas, for example, committed.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve gained perspective. Seeing sick people all the time would have to make one pause before assigning so much importance to a silly game played by kids younger than I am. Of course, I’ve been hanging out with sick people for two years now, and it didn’t stop me from analyzing Harrison Barnes’ recruiting blog posts like they were smoke signals from the Vatican.

Instead, I think that at some conscious or subconscious level, I don’t think that my favorite team could possibly do anything to make me any happier. I don’t think that it could possibly lose enough games to make me sad either. For the first time since Art Monk, Gary Clark and the 1991 Redskins won the Super Bowl when I was six years old, my team won.

All of a sudden, Tyler Adams doesn’t mean as much. Even Austin Rivers didn’t mean as much. And who knows if Duke vs. UNC or Duke vs. Michigan State or Duke vs. Hypothetical NCAA Tournament Opponent will mean as much this year?

Maybe this is the hangover. For seven years, I wondered if Duke Basketball would win a championship before I left Durham. Now they’ve won, and I’m blissfully numb.

Maybe this is just what it’s like to root for a team that has won the big one. Maybe I’ll still cheer just as hard, but I just won’t sweat the small stuff, like where a high school big man chooses to spend an October Friday night.

Sounds good to me.

Alex Fanaroff is a fourth-year medical student. His column runs every Wednesday.

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