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Integr Beginning on MARCH 8.1961 with Duke’s graduate and professional schools, BLACK STUDENTS were officially admitted to the University. By CHERAINE STANFORD

During a series of information sessions about the University’s campus master plan, faculty members expressed concern that a “walkable” campus would be inconvenient. By RICHARD RUBIN The Chronicle

THE FIRST THREE BLACK GRADUATES of the University walk past the East Campus bridge. From right, Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Nathaniel White and Mary Mitchell Harris.

Newton’s

idea that people can see further by standing on the shoulders of giants should have particular meaning and resonance for today’s black students who have benefitted from the giants who integrated Duke’s campus more than 30 years ago.

The first black Duke students to step onto University grounds began an era of change for the school and provided the foundation for other black students to follow in their footsteps. “Our purpose there was to be part of a general movement,” said Constance Jackson Carter, a

in the civil rights movement and a feeling that her presence at Duke

was her contribution to the larger struggle. “I came in there as a fighter,” Carter said. “But I wasn’t prepared to deal with some of the

subtleties of the fight.” According to Legacy—a publica-

tion celebrating 30 years of black

students at Duke—the University’s official inte-

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member of the second [month when the Board of class of black undergradTrustees announced stuuates. “We were there to allow dents would be admitted to the Unistudents after us to go to schools versity’s graduate and professional wherever they wanted to. schools without regard to race, Decades have seen the fruit of creed or national origin. that struggle.” University Archivist Bill King Carter came from a family said this move came after years of with a rich history of involvement attempts to change the policy, most

of which came from the Divinity School. ‘The issue was debated on the moral side, saying This is the right thing to do,”’ he said. “But obviously that wasn’t working.” King said the final integration decision was probably motivated by

moral concerns, the fear that the federal government would withdraw funding from the school and a change in the makeup of the University’s governing body. ‘The authority was in

the Board of

Trustees,” he said. “A change of leadership and infusion of new members probably did change the vote.” While the administration grap-

pled with the decision, students were contemplating integration as well. According to documents from See INTEGRATION on page 8 >

The draft campus master plan is built around eight broad, cheery principles that reaffirm Duke’s commitment to having memorable spaces, creating a walkable campus and remaining a university in the forest. ‘They’re a little ‘God, mother, country,’ so it’s hard to argue against them,” said master planning consultant Lee Copeland. But when faculty members start applying these principles to their daily commutes, this pie-in-the-sky talk becomes a little messier, more like a pie in the face. During three public master plan discussion meetings this week, faculty worried about the feasibility of a more walkable campus, wondering particularly how closing some internal streets to traffic and pushing parking toward the perimeter of campus would affect their ability to move around Duke. “Parking is a big issue,” said Tom Metzloff, an associate dean of the law school. “I wish it said in there, ‘Duke is an accessible campus.’” At all three meetings, faculty peppered Copeland and University Architect John Pearce with questions about the accessibility of both academic buildings and campus performance facilities. “There are people who don’t go around in a wheelchair, but for whom it’s not easy to walk long distances, especially if they carry things,” said a music professor. Copeland countered that the more pedestrianfriendly campus helps develop an academic community by fostering discussions on the quadrangles.

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From DSG to Young Trustee? DSG President Lisa Zeidner wants to continue her career of service to the University by joining the Board This is the last story in a three-part series profiling the Young Trustee candidates. By ROBERT KELLEY The Chronicle

When Lisa Zeidner first walked onto campus during orientation, she had little idea what her four years at Duke would hold. Now, the Trinity senior and one ofthree Young Trustee finalists is

Zeidner entered campus politics when, during her sophomore year, the Community Service Center rejected her application to work there. She ran for the DSG legislature and quickly became involved. Working with the committee that planned Race Day in 1997, she said, made her aware of DSG’s potential. “I got to meet some of the older student leaders, and I was inspired by how they could come together over this common

issue,” she said. thrilled with what she has accomplished. In her time at Duke, bringing people together Zeidner, a history major and women’s studies has topped Zeidner’s list of priorities. minor, is president of Duke Student Young Last year, she was DSG vice president Government, a position that has alfor community interaction and the lowed her to serve her community. She student on the Martin Luther has done committee work for the Board [finalists] King, Jr. Day programming committee. of Trustees and has led crusades on She said she has also made fairness a priority. campus to improve race relations and the finanCurrently, she and DSG are reexamining financial aid process. I’ve been cial aid, and last year she worked to open the people “I think interested in helping in a public way for a long time,” she said. Young Trustee selection process to the public. Now she thinks the reforms she made to the However, Zeidner did not initially see DSG as the way she would get involved. In high school, process guarantee that she has no edge over the other candidates. she was actively involved with Key Club Inter“I have definitely thought about the process, national—she served on the service organizaI know it very well, but the whole point of and tion’s 16-member International Board—but parSee ZEIDNER on page 7 student ticipated little in government. *

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House passes tax cut on marriages The House passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would cut taxes for married couples by $lB2 billion, rejecting the Clinton administration’s position that any such tax cut should be smaller. Officials name Suharto in corruption case In what appears to be a serious new effort to prosecute Suharto, Indonesia’s former president, the government named him as a suspect in a widening corruption

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British officials have the daunting task of separating hijackers from hostages By SARAH LYALL

N.Y. Times News Service

No sooner had the LONDON government orchestrated a peaceful end to a four-day hijacking of an Afghan airliner at Stansted airport Thursday morning than it was faced with another crisis: how to sort the

hijackers from the hostages and deal with all those suddenly clamoring for political asylum in Britain. So far, the government said, police have arrested 21 people in connection with the hijacking, people who may well be seeking reftige in Britain. And at least 60 of the 150

Nor did they know exactly which or so passengers aboard the plane, along with 14 family members, passengers were victims who wanthave formally requested asylum in Ed to return home and which were Britain, apparently in an effort to hijackers who wanted to stay here. flee the repressive Taliban regime And, of course, there were perhaps passengers who had come along for in Afghanistan. But exactly why the hijackers the ride against their will but, once seized the Ariana Airlines Boeing in Britain, decided asylum was not 727 Sunday just after it took off such a bad idea. from Kabul, the Afghan capital, Unconfirmed reports Thursday still remains unclear. The authorisuggested that at least 40 people on ties said they did not know the plane knew about the hijacking whether political asylum was the in advance and were in on the goal all along, or even whether the scheme, but police said they did not Afghans had meant to finish their think the episode represented one trip in Britain. vast asylum-seeking plan.

UNO committee approves tuition hikes By ESTES THOMPSON Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL—A plan approved Thursday by University of North Carolina leaders would raise tuition by 2.1 percent for students across the UNC system and even more at five schools.

Despite protests from student leaders, the finance committee of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors sent the proposal to the full board for a vote today. Students planned a silent protest at the meeting. “There’s not anybody here who wants to raise tuition, period,” committee member J. Addison Bell told a student leader. “But we have to accept the fact that the legislature doesn’t have any money.” The university has a long-standing policy of keeping tuition as low as possible, with the legislature providing primary support for the 16 state campuses.

The tuition hikes, which would apply to all 16 UNC system schools, were approved by the committee after UNC President Molly Broad asked that action on a proposed $lOO-per-student capital fund fee be deferred. The legislature drained the state’s coffers in December when it established an $836 million emergency relief fund for Hurricane Floyd’s victims. The state treasury previously was hit by court rulings requiring the state to pay about $1.3 billion in lawsuits over taxation of government retirees and stocks and bonds. During the same period, the legislature cut more than $1 billion in taxes. Broad said the university system would study ways to raise money to renovate and replace campus buildings. The state community college system and the private group North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry will assist UNC in the effort.

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New pledges discuss drinking at Duke Council looks Despite the hype about alcohol abuse, many say they feel no pressure to drink at UWC stats By CAROLINE WILSON The Chronicle

As the dust settles around the controversial sorority bid nights of recent weeks and as fraternity pledging looms with the potential to kick up another storm, the University community is hotly debating the safety of freshmen who are, for the first time, experiencing the most alcohol-saturated season of Duke’s social life. But what do the freshmen think? Most freshmen questioned seemed relatively unfazed by the role of alcohol at rush functions—both greek and non-greek. “There is a huge alcohol presence [on West Campus], but I personally have never been pressured [to drink],” said Anna Kipchuk, a Trinity freshman who is rushing Cleland Dormitory. “If anything, the drinking scene has just made us much more wary—we’ve had to watch out for our friends and watch put for ourselves much more.” In light of the recent bid night-related incidents, student opinions have clashed over the dangers of alcohol abuse at greek functions. Many women who are currently pledging sororities, however, said safety hazards are not a product of sorority pressure, but of personal choice. “At no time [at my bid night] did I ever feel pressured to drink at all,” said Christina Burigo, a Trinity freshman who is pledging Delta Delta Delta. “I felt safe the whole time because I can go to these functions and drink if I want to or not —it’s personal stupidity that makes you drink ’til you drop, and I don’t think [sororities] add to that at all.” One Pratt freshman said that at her roommate’s Chi Omega bid night, pledges were supposed to have three shots before entering the party, although they were not forced to drink. She added that Duke students rely heavily on alcohol to have a good time. Many other pledges who attended bid nights said there was no sorority pressure to drink. “[The older members] made it very clear that we didn’t have to drink,” said Maddy Goodman, a Trinity freshman and a new member of Kappa Alpha Theta. ‘That kind of drinking goes on at any school... maybe [we] should have been monitored a little more, but no, there was no pressure.”

By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

With Curriculum 2000 entering its final stages of implementation, Trinity College Dean Robert Thompson presented the Arts and Sciences Council with an update on the new plan’s progress. Armed with fresh statistics about last semester’s University Writing Course program and other new course needs for next semester, Thompson enthusiastically briefed the faculty assembly Thursday on his remaining tasks. One of his top priorities for the next few months will be transforming the controversial UWC program into Academic Writing, which will focus more on research composition than rhetoric theory. Although AW will replace the current freshman writing program, Thompson expressed satisfaction with UWC’s success as measured by last semester’s diagnostic essays. At the beginning of their UWC sections last fall, freshmen received a topic and wrote essays that faculty graded on a scale of one to eight. The grades closely resembled a normal bell curve, with 55,7 percent of essays receiving a grade of five or above. But final semester grades tended to be more top-heavy, with 48.6 percent of students receiving an A- or better. Using these statistics, Director ofthe First-Year Writing Program Van Hillard found that the correlation between the essay grade and the final grade was essentially zero, meaning that writing ability at the beginning of the semester did not affect a student’s final grade in the course. While this conclusion calls into question the meaning of students’ final grades, Hillard said the high marks demonstrate that students’ skills are “a very highly polished product at the end ofthe course.” UWC’s replacement, which will start this fall, will have a strict class-size limit of 12 and will focus on more specific topics than UWC does, Thompson See A&S COUNCIL on page 7

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and bid nights. Mollie Page, a Trinity sophomore and RA in Randolph Dormitory, said women in her hall were “all really panicking” when they returned from their first

A page-three story in the Feb. 10 Chronicle incorrectly reported the survivors of the late Chester Holleman. He had two daughters and a son.

DOORS DECORATED with sorority symbols mark the beginning of pledging season, a time of year known for drinking and partying. sorority event. “After bid day... most of the girls were scared, a little upset that they may have chosen the wrong sorority—and this was about sororities across the board..., none in particular,” she said. Page said that several of her 24 female residents came to her because they were intimidated by the raunchy traditional songs that many sororities teach their pledges at bid day. She explained that women listened to the somewhat explicit lyrics and thought, T don’t know if I want to be hooking up that much—l don’t know ifI want to be drinking that much.” But many freshmen said the songs were just songs. “I really didn’t find them offensive,” said Marla Weinstein, a Trinity freshman and Pi Beta Phi pledge. Sec ALCOHOL SCENE on page 6

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Students at forum dub Myrtle boycott unproductive By VIKAS SINGHAL The Chronicle

The post-finals Myrtle Beach tradition should continue without a break this year, argued most students at a discussion in Prism Dormitory Thursday night.

The students who attended generally agreed that although the NAACP boycott of South Carolina may ultimately be effective in removing the Confederate flag

currently flying above the state capitol, other methods of protest should be pursued instead. About 60 students gathered at the forum hosted by Prism and the Duke chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Dean of the Chapel Will Willimon and Assistant Vice President for Institutional Equity Ben Reese moderated the discussion. Reese began the sometimes lively discussion by posing a series of questions to the group. “Why does this issue have such power?” he asked. “What importance does it really have? Is it a national issue? Is it a South Carolina issue?” No one defended the South Carolina

legislature and almost all the students said they believed that Duke students have an obligation to help bring the flag down, though they often disagreed on the means. “We absolutely do have a role to play,” one student said. ‘Though the situation is happening outside of our state borders, it doesn’t matter. This flag should not be displayed above a state capitol. It is an issue that has national implications and must be addressed.”

Many agreed, however, that addressing the issue with an economic boycott of Myrtle Beach might do more harm than good. “I think that the boycott could be damaging to the people we are trying to help in South Carolina,” said Trinity senior Robert Shibley. “We must recognize that a boycott isn’t going to affect the people who are going to go to the government and fight. The people who it is going to affect are the housekeepers, maids and others who could lose their jobs because of the boycott.” Some participants suggested protesting during the upcoming South Carolina presidential primary, and others

thought students ought to seek out distinguished and experienced professors to lobby against the flag. “We are so wealthy with resources,” one student said, “that we need to put them to use and bring that flag down.” Several students contended that bringing the flag down through a boycott will help improve race relations. “I am definitely in favor of the boycott,” said Trinity junior Yvette Fannell. “It is a sad reality that economic power in this

country is equivalent to political power, but I think it is about time that people who are in favor of equality stop supporting a state that blatantly is not. The issue is not simply about a piece of cloth but

about all the hate and violence that the Confederate flag holds meaning to.” This question of what the flag stands for occupied a significant portion of the discussion. Trinity junior Travis Gayles agreed that the flag should come down but said

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AT A FORUM LAST NIGHT, Dean of the Chapel Will Willimon moderated discussion about whether students should adhere to the NAACP boycott and forgo Myrtle Beach trips this year.

he understands that for some Southerners, it does hold a special meaning of

historical pride. “I think that to an individual who somehow interprets the flag as a part of their heritage, it is legally their right to fly the flag on their property,” he said. “But the flag has no place over a public

building as it is owned by all citizens.” The students agreed that the boycott would totally lose its point if not employed by all Duke students. Last night’s host, Prism, has already voted to support the protest, and the campus NAACP chapter is encouraging students to go to Virginia Beach instead.

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DSG officials progress slowly with online evaluations By LISA HELEM The Chronicle

Now that the snow has melted and schedules have stabilized, Duke Student Government officials are sharing their VOICE with administrators, hammering out details of the new online course evaluation system. DSG Vice President for Academic Affairs Drew Ensign said that although the poor weather prevented much progress early in the semester, he plans to have surveys distributed by the end of spring, and the project—Views and Online Information through Course Evaluations —up and running by fall. Ensign, a Trinity sophomore, will meet with University Registrar Bruce Cunningham today to determine exactly what the administrator’s role will be in maintaining the web site. Although Cunningham had not yet received a proposal, he said his office will likely check students’ schedules against the classes they evaluate—making sure that students are actually enrolled in classes before their comments about professors are listed.

Last semester, DSG representatives worked to create a preliminary draft of the evaluation surveys, which they distributed to students in 10 classes of varied sizes. The questionnaire reflected what students wanted to know about classes and was geared to help students share information with each other,” said DSG President Lisa Zeidner, a Trinity senior. After receiving student responses, DSG revised the survey with the help of administrators, who suggested changes to the form’s questions and layout. “This information may be used in fine-tuning the draft,” Zeidner said. We re still working on the exact wording.” Even as the project takes shape, DSG still has some hurdles to cross before drafting a concrete proposal.

For example, DSG must figure out how to handle transcribing so many students’ comments. Ensign suggested that one possible solution is to summarize and compile similar individual evaluations of the same classes.

Also, DSG has not yet determined how to pay for the project, which was not included in this year’s

DSG budget. “In addition to submitting a general funding request to the legislature, we are also examining other ways to fund VOICE,” Zeidner said. ‘This includes looking to administrators, outside sources such as businesses and the Publications Board if we were to collaborate with them. We might also obtain donations for the project.” DSG officials must also consider potential legal ramifications of posting students’ evaluations online. DUET, the predecessor to VOICE, drew much criticism from faculty who said that posting unedited evaluations could infringe upon libel laws. “So far this [the legal issue] has not been our focus,” Zeidner said. “It has been more on developing our survey. In the next two to two-and-a half months, we’ll turn our focus to more specific issues.”

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State begins anti-violence program Some pledges say In order to prevent violence in schools, officials create web site, tip line drinking prevails From staff and wire reports UNITE secretary-treasurer Bruce Raynor, who Gov. Jim Hunt announced Thursday that North led the contract negotiations for the union, called the Carolina will be the first state to adopt a comprehennew arrangement “a historic agreement that will imsive violence-prevention program. prove the lives ofthousands of textile workers across The program, which will combine a web site, a the South.” statewide toll-free student tip line and an awareness Price announces $870,000 for some UNC and campaign, was formed in response to recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on Youth Vio- NCSU students: Rep. David Price, D-N.C., lence and School Safety. announced Feb. 4 that several students pursuing The program—Working Against Violence Every- graduate education in the sciences, engineering and where—was developed and will be implemented by mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Pinkerton Services Group, a division of the internation- Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University will al security firm Pinkerton, Inc. Pinkerton receive $870,000 in financial aid. The aid comes from the Graduate Assiswill staff and operate the toll-free, anony IV mous tip line: 1-888-960-9600. ]\[PWS tance in Areas of National Need program, a The phone line fulfills one of the top recpart of the US. Department of Education, ommendations of the Governor’s task force, The Secretary of Education identified an organization created by Hunt last year. the areas of national need: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geoWAVE will fulfill another initiative by sending a brochure detailing the early warning signs science, mathematics and physics, The three awards granted to NCSU were: of violence to every parent and student in the North *5204,000 for students pursuing doctoral work in Carolina school system. *

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The agreement, ratified by 90 percent of the 5,200 union members who voted, concluded a quarter-century struggle to organize the 5,000 workers at six Fieldcrest plants in Rowan and Cabarrus counties. The contract also covers another 3,500 workers at other plants in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama where Fieldcrest makes its towels, sheets and comforters. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney called this the greatest union victory at a Southern textile mill.

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“They made it very dear [at bid day] that there were members of the sorority that did not drink, and that it was OK not to.” Page noted that generally, the girls who had been nervous about the role ofalcohol in greek life have settled into their sororities and are quite happy with their choices. She added that freshmen may have been hesitant at first because the Class of 2003 as a whole seemed especially willing to announce that they don’t drink. Other East Campus RAs had mixed opinions about the partying personality of the freshman class. Some said that alcohol was especially prevalent, and others said that the pool of freshmen was unusually conservative. One RA pointed out that Epworth Dormitory, the only substance and alcohol-free dorm on East, received more than 400 residential requests this year. Freshmen generally seem to think that although alcohol is central to University social life, they don’t find the drinking culture overwhelming. “Drinking [on West Campus] is a lot more prevalent than I expected,” said Trinity freshman Jason Dean, who is rushing Brownstone and Roundtable dormitories. “But I have a lot of non-drinking friends who are rushing all different fraternities, and I know they haven’t felt any pressure to drink.” Trinity freshman Donnel Baird said he has never felt pressured to drink at Duke, but summarized a typical weekend for a freshman. “You hear most people ride around on the bus... they talk about how much they drink, double-fisting...,” he said. “Drinking makes up a large part of the social scene, but [drinking] doesn’t define our class.”

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Koch praises Zeidner as Trinity College runs low inspirational DSG leader on new writing courses ZEIDNER from page 1 revamping it was to disallow advantages like that,” she said. As DSG president, Zeidner said she has been successful. Her goal for the year, she said, was “to make DSG more visible, accessible, and productive.” Because DSG listened to student concerns and built cohesion within the legislature, she added, “I think perceptions of the organization are so much more positive this year.” Zeidner said her extensive experience working with administrators has prepared her to sit on the Board of Trustees. “My ability to understand and work with many different types of people will be my biggest asset as Young Trustee,” she said. “I am as comfortable in the Allen Building boardroom as I am at the Hideaway.” Administrators agreed that Zeidner relates well with many different people. “She has a unique ability to

communicate the needs of the students in a strong, clear and charming way,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs. Trinity senior Bob Koch, DSG vice president for facilities and athletics, said Zeidner’s enthusiasm is contagious. “She’s incredibly motivated, and she passes that motivation to everyone she works with,” he said. All of the hoopla surrounding the Young Trustee selection process hasn’t distracted Zeidner from her duties as DSG president. “My year’s not done,” she said. “I’m not out of here.” She is currently looking for a job in Washington, D.C., to see if politics is the right field for her. Either way, she plans to go to law school in two years, and she said she will certainly put her courtroom skills to good use. “I love to help people,” she said. “It’s like a mission.” Jaime Levy contributed to this story.

A&S COUNCIL from page 3 said. Eventually, the new course will be taught exclusively by teaching fellows rather than graduate students. “As much as graduate students have done strong work, we’ve had difficulty in maintaining consistency in the UWC program,” Thompson said, adding that a new Writing Center staffed with trained tutors will complement AW instruction. Thompson also presented updated statistics on the course recoding from the current six Areas of Knowledge into the four new Areas of Knowledge and eight exposure areas laid out in Curriculum 2000. Thompson said several areas still lack the optimal number of courses. For example, the college is short on discipline-specific writing courses across the board, and it will have to create many new ones in time for next year. IN OTHER BUSINESS: John Simon, the George B. Geller professor of chemistry and chair of the chemistry depart=

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First black Duke students recount their experiences INTEGRATION from page 1 vided students with a link to the black community. when he began picking student protesters up after demonstrations so that they would not be mobbed by the archives, Graduate School Dean Allan Carter reThough a native of Durham, Harris said she experimembered a poll showing that 89 percent of the Univercivil rights opponents. After a while, he said, he was no enced culture shock when she stepped onto Duke’s camsity’s graduate students favored the change. longer satisfied with this minimal role, and he decided to pus. ‘The experience was surreal,” she said. Tt was like Mary Mitchell Harris, one of the first five black unbecome more active. another world altogether.” He first participated in a faculty sit-in. “We never got Both Harris and White were chosen as part of Duke’s dergraduate students, said her initial welcome to Duke was positive. “It wasn’t unnerving at all. It was great reinside,” he said. ‘We were jumped by Klansmen and search for promising black students, and while the mabeaten to the ground.” Incidents like these did not deter ceptiveness,” she said. More than anything else, Harris jority of their peers attended predominantly black instibut rather led him to more protests and an arbeing said, she was treated as a curiosity, but the students, esthe Klopfer, tutions, they understood the importance of first black students at a private southern institution. rest and subsequent hearing before the Supreme Court. pecially women, were well prepared for her arrival. Classmate and fellow Durham resident Nathaniel “Our presence meant change for everybody,” Harris said. The resulting decision, Klopfer v. North Carolina, apWhite said he thinks the integration was not very draWilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, another of the first five plied the Sixth and 14th amendments to North Carolina. Klopfer called Durham’s racial climate “really grim.” matic because of the paucity of black students. ‘The black undergraduates, said she and her peers knew it He told himself that all his struggles would not be in numbers were so small, we were fairly negligible.” would be a trying time. “In the midst ofall the other adWhite, like Harris, experienced few racial incidents justments you had to make, you also had the stress... of vain, thinking, ‘This is the price we pay for progress.” while at Duke. “It was an insulated community,” he said. being seen as different,” said Reuben-Cooke, now a While he thought that progress was inevitable, he didn’t “Duke could create their own environment.” He said member of the Board of Trustees. “The kind of support know how quickly things would change. He said he seemingly small incidents like playing “Dixie” at sports structures that people take for granted were not there.” thought, “Maybe my children, or at least my grandchilNevertheless Reuben-Cooke, who was crowned the dren, will benefit.” games and finding a black cat in his dresser drawer were Looking back on their years at Duke, the alumni daily reminders of where he was. May Queen while at Duke, said she never regretted her White, Trinity ’67, said the University’s racial climate decision to matriculate. “It wasn’t easy,” she said. “It was speak fondly of the past and the changes that have come only began to mirror that of the surrounding community at a point in time when everyone was involved and comabout because of it, but also stress the work that is left to be done. during his senior year, when black student enrollment mitted to the civil rights movement. It was my part.” rose. ‘That’s when, as the white people would say, the ‘The richness ofDuke was that it forced me into relaAlthough Duke had a fairly smooth and slow integratrouble began,” he said jokingly. When word got around tion process, both faculty and students were involved in tionships and forced learning about people and dealing that the first five black students would be graduating, the more acrimonious battles that were raging just outwith people [of a different race],” said Reuben-Cooke. Harris said given the Duke’s diverse student body White said, there was a bomb threat at the ceremony. side the University’s walls. Carter, Woman’s College ’6B, experienced a more hosZoology research professor and civil rights activist today, learning from other cultures should be a priority. tile Duke climate following the assassination of Martin Peter Klopfer came to Duke from England’s Cambridge She also applauded the University’s handling of racial Luther King, Jr. her senior year. “After the Dr. King asUniversity in 1958. What he anticipated would be a issues. “The University setting is open and honest sassination, there was an immediate emergence ofanger three-year stint at the University turned into more than enough in its racial evolution to grapple with it in pub30 years filled with protests, arrests and Supreme Court lic,” she said. “At least you’re talking. This allows stuin the black students,” she said. She participated in several picket lines and protests, for the rights of both stu- rulings. “I spent a lot of time in jail,” he said. dents to pick apart the fabric of their thinking and dents and black employees. She said the employees proKlopfer decided to get involved in the movement weave a new one.” Board of Trustees announces that students will be admitted to the graduate and professional schools without regard to race, creed or national origin.

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MASTER PLAN from page I Bell, “Rather than contributing to community, it may cut down the number of times I come to campus.” By the third meeting, Copeland acknowledged that the plan and the presentations “may have overemphasized [the walkable campus] in some instances.” Copeland developed the draft master plan after nearly a year of study, and in the past several months, he has been discussing his ideas with University officials and committees. Guided by the eight principles, the plan maps out possible areas for conservation and suggests where and how new buildings might be built. The plan does not make explicit prescriptions for what to do, but is designed to provide a framework for future decision-making in line with the University’s academic priorities. The Board of Trustees will consider the plan at this month’s meeting, and it is expected to be approved in May. Initial discussions with some Trustees and Medical Center officials pushed Copeland and Pearce to expand the master plan’s six principles into eight, adding the understandings that “Duke is a citizen of Durham” and that “Duke is an internationally renowned health system.” However, planners have only begun considering how to incorporate these principles into a revised version of the document. ?

Copeland and Pearce also used this week’s presentations to highlight some of the more specific ideas within the master plan, especially those that senior administrators have identified as high priorities to examine in the next few years. Perhaps the most dramatic change would be the creation of a science plaza. Under the rough proposal, Science Drive would be blocked off between the Math/Physics Building and Research Drive. The area would then be landscaped and framed with several new buildings/ connecting the Pratt School of Engineering, the Medical Center, the Divinity School and the liberal arts buildings on Main West Campus. Most of the new development would occur on what is now the Divinity School parking lot, prompting questions from faculty about how the parking would be replaced. Copeland proposed placing a parking structure beneath the plaza. He also assured wary faculty that there would still be enough service access to these buildings. Another parking replacement issue revolves around removing vehicular traffic from in front of the Chapel—one of the pet projects of Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. The master plan proposes creating a transit center behind the Allen Building that would contain a terraced parking deck with a new West Campus bus stop. Copeland and Pearce also asked for input on their ideas about Central Campus. The master plan suggests replacing the current “suburban garden apartments” with more densely packed housing and shopping. “It would become a mixed-use kind of urban village,” Copeland said. This area might include housing available to graduate students, which the Graduate and Professional Student Council has been seeking this year. Copeland added that it would probably be economically unfeasible for the University to construct the housing itself. However, he thought it might be possible to lure a private developer to campus. This Central Campus development would also be connected to the proposed station for the Triangle Transit Authority’s regional rail system, which could be placed near the intersection of Erwin Road and Ninth Street. The project is currently delayed; Pearce said Duke and TTA have not had extensive discussions for the last six months.

HELL the warmer weather, that pesky snow just won’t give up. Luckily, some people are still enjoying the slush left in the Gardens.

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Merge ahead The city council and county commissioners should better define the types of people they want to serve on a committee that drafts the proposal for merging governments

Last

Monday night, city council members and county commission-

ers agreed to form a charter commission to examine the seemingly inevitable merger of the city and county governments. They ignored a proposal to have the majority of the commission mem-

bers be representatives of community organizations. This decision is understandable in light of the explosive question of whether to include members of Durham’s political action committees and the fact that deciding which groups could nominate members could be highly divisive. However, the solution that the city and county created—a 40-member commission open to all county residents —leaves many questions unanswered. Although officials know that the commission will work alongside hired consultants, it is unclear at this point exactly what the charter commission will do until it completes its work in May. Because the commission’s goals are unclear, there is also no explicit job description for what the members will be expected to do. The application deadline for the task force is Feb. 22, leaving little time to convince potential candidates to apply. Without knowing how extensive the commitment will be or what they will be expected to do, potential volunteers will hesitate to sign on. Furthermore, by locking themselves in to a specific number, government officials run the risk of being forced to take anyone who applies, should interest not run as high as they might like. Everyone agrees the selection criteria should be designed to reflect the diversity and abilities of the residents of the city and county. The set-up established Monday sets quotas that guarantee that the commission will have proportional representation according to race, gender and residence within city limits. But beyond this description, except for a vague promise of a commission that is “roughly consistent” with the demographics of the county, the officials have not identified what kind of citizens they want on the panel. Do they want “average” residents? Community activists? People with have experience with county government? City planners? The current ambiguity will likely turn off potential members. The spirit ofinclusivity should animate the eight elected officials charged with selecting the charter commission’s 40 members. In addition to the mandated categories ofrace, gender and city residence, they should consider economic class, political slant, age and affiliations with community organizations. Regardless, the city council and county commissioners must move through the process quickly enough so that the voters can vote up or down on the issue this November. This important decision must be made when there is the highest voter turnout, and clear decisions on the charter commission’s composition can only quicken and improve the process.

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Letters to the Editor

University could adopt a biweekly employee council ees who suffer the 40-hour-a-week timecard restriction. The option of taking sick leave instead of vacation is a Band-Aid to the problem and not a real solution. I also admire the other biweekly employees who wrote to The Chronicle. These people are wondering why things can’t be better and are publicly coming forward. There’s a difference between their tactics and the tactics of those who are just complaining to their coworkers about the unfairness of the policy. If more biweekly employees would speak up, maybe the administration would take our problems more seriously.

I have been reading the letter to the editor concerning the severe weather policy with interest. I admire the employee who shoveled his way out of the snow and came to work—he came up with a solution to his problem, even though I can’t say I agree with his reason for doing so. Unlike him, I believe that when the governor declares a state of emergency, nonessential employees should not have to come to work and should be paid as if they had. But since this is not going to happen, the University administration should have compromised with us, particularly with biweekly employ-

In the Perkins Library system, we have the Support Staff Council. Our group is a link between the biweekly employees, library officials and the administration. Biweekly employees in other parts of the University should start their own councils. If they want a place to start, they can always contact me for information, perhaps even attend one of our meetings. I would even go a step further and suggest a university-wide council of biweekly employees.

Dale Edgerton Co-Chair, Support Staff Council,

Perkins Library

for referenced letter, see http: / / www.chronicle.duke.edu /export / www / www jdocs / chronicle /2000 /02/ 04 / 08Universityshould.htm

Students need

to support

I would like to congratu-

late the men’s basketball team for some ofthe greatest basketball and heart the ACC has ever seen. Thirtyone straight ACC victories and 46 straight home victories are symbolic of three dominant

years.

Despite

Wednesday’s setback against Maryland, we will continue to dominate the ACC and the nation. Hold your heads high guys, you gave everything you had. Come back strong and let’s start a new streak. The Cameron Crazies will be there all the way to Indianapolis. Go Duke! Unfortunately, I cannot simply chalk this defeat up to

men’s basketball

fate or the odds of continuing such an impressive set of streaks. Instead, I am left wondering what might have been had the students not taken this game for granted. In the poorest attendance I have seen in my three years, only 800 students arrived before tipoff, compared to our average of more than 1,200. Blame the organic chemistry exam scheduled for Thursday, blame semi-formals, blame what you will. The simple fact is that the crowd was small and a non-factor for most of the first half, and though we achieved normal pitch by the middle of the second half, the paucity of people allowed a

team

good Maryland team to stay close or ahead for far too long. I challenge all of you who yourselves would call Cameron Crazies to come out strong for the remaining home games, whether tenting or not, and show yourselves to be true fans. The Cameron Crazies pride themselves on being louder, more obnoxious and more persistent than any other student section in the nation. All I ask is that we back that boast up and show that we will not take such a talented team for granted. Jim Lazarus Trinity ’Ol

The writer is a line monitor.

Alpine announces special promotion for next week For the last couple of days, I have been pondering how to respond to the accusation that Alpine serves poor quality food. The notion that we had done a customer so wrong just did not sit well with me. Like any good service busi-

out a bad computer, Warren Buffett makes a bad invest-

used to. But given the opportunity, you would have made his food right.” STONE COLD was on a roll in my dream. He

ment and Maryland beats Duke—it happens. And yes, it’s possible for Alpine to have said, “People have a bad night a bad day with food or service. at the Ritz, and the steak at the Angus Bam isn’t always Building a business that consistently strives to do better right, but when you bitch, and correct the problems—- they fix it.” ness, we always try to immethat’s the key. So here it is, Brad. Next diately respond to any cusI went to sleep a few nights week at Alpine Bagels, we tomer concern when given the opportunity. We have been at ago happy with this idea. will be running the “Brad Duke for over one-and-a-half Then, the weirdest thing hapSharp Special.” With any years, and served more than pened. Right there in my tuna sandwich, patrons will 1,000,000 customers, and dream was STONE COLD. receive a large Dutch chocomore than 10,000 last week STONE COLD said to me, late yogurt, absolutely free. If alone. Alpine just received a “Chris, you sissy! Tell him the Duke community finds 96.5 percent score on our what you really think.” COLD this food to be putrid, I will health inspection. I thought said, ‘That kid didn’t permanently “suppurate” the consensus was that we approach a manager with his (kudos on that word; I bet were doing a decent job. problem to get it resolved, he you aced the verbal section of I decided I would apologize wanted to put a cute little your SATs, didn’t you?) those to Brad Sharp, send him a roast in the paper. Maybe items from the menu. nice e-mail, ask him to give us your tuna wasn’t like his another try and explain that mommy used to make it, or Chris Sullivan Co-founder, every once in a while, Shane maybe you didn’t cut the Alpine Bagels and Brews misses a free throw, Dell sends crust off of his bread like she http:

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On the record “They're a little ‘God, mother, country,’ so it’s hard to argue against them." Master planning consultant Lee Copeland on the eight guiding principles of the master plan (see story,

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Japanese food, fast If you've driven from campus to the Kroger on Hillsborough Road in the last three months, you can't have missed the signs; "Japanese Food!" and "Coming Soon!" Well, last week that banner changed to "Grand Opening!" Japan Express has arrived. It takes a good reason to review a fast-food restaurant, which —as the name implies—is what Japan Express is. But in Durham, Japanese food is elusive. There's The Restaurant Formerly Known as Kyoto and the occasional Chinese restaurant with a sideline in California rolls. But although Durham is known for a surprisingly good restaurant scene, there's no Japanese restaurant that offers authentic, diverse cuisine. So when new Japanese restauI ■ |/% ixm rants appear—even in unlikely nrj n.M. -.1 locations like the Kroger Center—Recess Shopping i I takes notice. Which brings us to Japan X3z Express. The restaurant boasts a menu that will be familiar to Kyoto fans: hibachi shrimp, teriyaki chicken, fried veggies. The prices will be less familiar to those used to forking out $3O for a dinner for two; apparently, once you strip the performance art away from Americanized Japanese food, it's possible to fry up a hibachi ribeye for five bucks. With plenty of sauce and sizzle, Japan Express' offerings are a welcome change from the fast-food offspring of Mexican, Chinese and Italian cuisines. Ultimately, though, the restaurant falls into the same trap as every other Japanese restaurant in Durham: Most of the best food Japan has to offer is left off the menu. Fare that is popular and easy to prepare in Tokyo—like katsudon, ramen, yakisoba or okonomiyaki—is absent, and the items in their place are woefully generic. The quest for more interesting Japanese food in Durham continues and it appears that Japan Express will do little to fill the void. But perhaps consumers will now realize that teppanyaki steak-and-shrimp can be duplicated by a fastfood joint at a fraction of the cost, and ritzier restaurants will have to diversify their menus to compete. Perhaps. Or perhaps people around here don't want Japanese food unless it's served by a man in a tall white hat juggling two knives and a cup of burning oil. —By Tim Millington

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Vinnie Amico—Giving you moe. Vinnie Amico is somewhere in Gainesville, Fla, enjoying a cou-

ple days of R'N'R with his bandmates in moe., a quirky, funky jam band from Utica, NY. If you haven't heard of moe., that's no surprise. They’re a well-kept secret, a band whose lackluster album sales can’t begin to reflect their slavish tour following. Because of their overwhelming tour popularity, the band is doing two shows at the Cat's Cradle Feb. 17 and 18. Jonas Blank talked to Vinnie about the perils and rewards of touring with moe. Do you guys tour so much by choice or necessity? By necessity. We're all starting to become family men. We all would prefer to spend more time at home. Until we're selling out arenas—which will probably never happen —we'll have to keep going out like this. What's the hardest thing about touring? You're somewhere different every day. You've always got to find a place to stay and a place to eat. You can't sleep in your own bed, eat a home-cooked meal. What's the coolest thing about touring? Being able to make a living as a musician. Being in front of a lot of people. We take a couple breaks every year where we're off for a few months at a time. That's better than any other job. Tell me a story about one of your biggest fans. We have this one guy that's become a good friend of ours. We showed up for our show on New Year's and he'd bought us a case of Crown Royal, 'cause he knows we love Crown. That's a lot. You guys allow audience taping at ail of your concerts. Do you think that hurts your album

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Last week, we tried to bring you an interview with filmmaker Randall Wallace, a Duke alumnus and Oscar winner for the screenplay of Bravehearl Unfortunately, at the last minute and without advance warning, Wallace could not be with us. With hindsight, perhaps Angela's review of Wallace's directorial debut, The Man In the Iron Mask (1998), played a role in his decision to stand her up. A few excerpts;

sales? How does it affect your fan base? it's definitely helped our fan base. If people in California hadn't gotten tapes from people in New York, they'd have never heard of us. The first time we played in California, we sold out the Great American Music Hall—that's a big place. We've become a very taper-friendly band. I don't think it hurts the album sales all that much.

"Thanks to Mr. Wallace's cliched, slipshod script, not even the rich, silken tones of Jeremy Irons are Immune to emitting such melodramatic cheesy

What records do you listen to on the bus? A lot of stuff. Everybody's a Zappa fan. Alterna-country stuff like Wi1c0.... We all like Little Feat. Rob has this Francis Dunnery CD we listen to a lot

poofs as "He has suffered behind the mask for six long years!" or "Be a good king!"... In this generally mediocre film, the real heroes are the actors themselves battling a cornball script that threatens to swallow them and a camera that seems to yearn for DlCaprio's face rather than anyone else's. For the man who wrote the decidedly superior screenplay for Brave heart, Ftandall Wallace's writing and direction here are surprisingly dismal.... A virtual plethora of bad lines, hurried, melodramatic romance and haphazard dueling scenes characterize this overblown costume ball."

Who are your influences? I started playing drums a long time ago, I listened to Rush, Led Zeppelin, all those bands. Toward the end of high school I started listening to the Dead a lot. 1 played in a Dead tribute band for eight or nine years out in Buffalo. 1 became a professional musician, got into a lot of world beat stuff, some Cuban and African stuff, some blues and jazz Right now I’m really into Steely Dan, taking licks from them. My dad was a jazz trumpet player, so I was always influenced by the guys he was playing with.

So who is right, Angela or Wallace? Read these lines from The Man in the Iron Mask, then you be the judge;

What's the most rock 'n' roll thing you've ever done? it changes every tour, 'cause we're always doing crazy shit. I'd say the most rock 'n' roll thing is when we have strippers come, whether it's our gig or somebody else's. Every once in a while you get a random girl that wants to take her clothes off for you. It gets more and more frequent these days.

"Back to the prison you will go. And into the mask you hate. Wear it 'til you love it! And die in it." "Anne, to love you is treason against France. But not to love you is treason against my heart." "Your people are most anxious to love you but they are eating rotten food and frequently none at all." "I'd rather die covered in blood than an old man lying in my own piss." "I wear the mask. It does not wear me." "If you can name me one thing that is more sublime than the feel of a plump, pink nipple between my lips, I'll build you a new cathedral." —By Tim Millington •

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Where are you now? New York City. On my way out, actually. What are you doing up there? Just setting up the record a little bit here. I've spent the first half of this week up here. When is the official release date of the record? March 14. How is that going... getting everything ready for the release? It's going well, man. I've had a good week. Hootie played a show... and then 1 just hung out after that, so it's been fun. It's pretty clear, after reading your press materials, that you're not going solo and the band's not breaking up or anything like that. What do the guys think about the album? Well, we basically have a mutual respect going on. They're doing albums right now, too. Soni [Sonefeld, Hootie's drummer] and I both had a lot of extra material... good songs that never made it onto the Hootie records, so we just wanted to get versions of those out there. And Darius [Rucker] is doing an R&B record, which is really cool. Are you guys working on anything collectively as a group right now? We did a song for a soundtrack that's coming out. As a matter of fact, it's one of the songs on my record, "City By A River." It's gonna be on the soundtrack for a made-for-TV movie coming out later this year. We just did that last month, and we did Dan Patrick's theme song for his ESPN radio show. Dan Patrick? Nice. You guys had the whole ESPN crew in one of your videos, right? Are you guys really that cool with the ESPN crew? Yeah, they're good friends. Do you hang out with them? Well, we see them at golf tournaments all the time, so we end up hanging out with them And Dan Patrick was at our show the other night. Was he out in the crowd just like everyone else, or did he have some kind of a special chair? No, he was on the side of the stage with his wife. But even in that situation, he remains funny. He's a really funny dude.... He's legit, man. He's great. And he's got nice hair. Anyway, what was •

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the impetus for your solo album? named it Hootie and the Blowfish, and there Really, it was just songs that I had and really you go. still believed in, and I felt the need to just get When was that? them out of my room, to give them a life, give In 'B5 and 'B6, and then in 'B9 when we gradthem a chance to make something happen with uated, our drummer quit and we got Soni.... He them. Whether it's another songwriter covering was around town playing in other bands, and I it at some point and getting a hit with it, or had a couple of classes with him. And Darius even if it's just me getting to also sing my lyrics knew him, too. and get them out there a little bit, since usually What was your major? Darius writes most of the lyrics. And so while Journalism. we're taking time off and there's extra songs, Minor? it's a chance for me to release a collection of [Laughs.] Yeah, sure, "Media Arts," which what I wrote in my 20s, to kind of clean out was like a cognate. But it was mostly video that closet a little bit, since now I'm in my thirproduction-type stuff. With maybe some broadties writing a bunch of new music, so it felt casting. good. Did you plan on being a ridiculously sucHow old are you? cessful rock star? Thirty-two. I just enjoyed playing music, and it got to the The title of the album, 30 on the Rail, had point where the band could play music sucsomething to do with cessfully, pay the rent, that, right? and basically sing our It actually came from I songs and enjoy oura party situation, we went on Live selves, and we stuck where we were at a with it. Lee, \S was bar and my friend was And now 15 years 001..., so but actually yelling "Thirty later,. on the rail." I felt like was as to We're working hard, that was the most perjust trying to make us. sa fect title, given this sure that music position that I’m in and remains our priority. the situation with this record Do you ever get tired of each other? Where do you live? Well, it's not so much tired of each other. I live in Charleston, South Carolina That's why we take breaks from each other, Do the rest of the guys live there? and it's why you respect each other's right to Dean [Felber] does and Darius does, when do these types of things. So you don't get tired he's not in New York. Right now, he's pretty of each other. And then you learn more about much living up here because he's recording this each other through that. can't wait to get into album. went over last night and played on it, Darius' record. It's gonna be a really good actually, on one of the cuts. And it's really R&B, record, and we'll know more about each other it's really cool. It's an album that we could going into the next record. It's a good thing. It's never make, so I'm psyched for him.... You a healthy thing. know, we've been together for 15 years n0w..., What do you do in your spare time? it was time for everybody to try something like to go fishing, golfing and to play basketbesides the democratic thing for a little bit ball, mostly. And I have two kids, so there's not Mow'd you guys get started, anyway? a lot of free time right now. A two year old and In college, at South Carolina. Dean and a five month old. myself grew up together in Maryland and were What contemporary musicians do you lisin bands through high school. And we both ten to? ended up at South Carolina in the same dorm, it's a pretty broad variety. Lately I've been lisand Darius lived there to, so we met and hung tening to Lauryn Hill, the new Counting Crows out with him. Darius and started playing record, the new Foo Fighters. I have this old acoustically, and we got Dean and a drummer, Meters record that's really cool. The new Gram

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Parsons tribute album that just came out is really cool. There have been some interesting phenomena to erupt on the pop scene in the past couple of years. What do you think of "boy bands?" [Laughs.] I'm not crazy about this phase of the pop scene. There was a song I heard on the radio by the Backstreet Boys, and it was a good song. didn t like their version of it very much, but it was obviously a very well-written song. don't know who wrote it, but gotta give them props for picking a good song.... But I'm just not a fan of theirs. What about Britney Spears? don't know one song by her, dude. I've probably heard a couple, but they just didn't stick. What was one of the craziest things to ever happen to the band at a gig? Let's see— All right, we were playing in D.C. on New Year's Eve, either in 'B9 or '9O, and you know, we had been drinking all day and were really drunk during the show. And it's after midnight now, and we played until two in the morning, and so a buddy of mine from growing up is there, too. And he's really drunk. So he comes onstage with us and starts playing a tambourine, and I decided to put him on my shoulders. It's a really small place, and everbody has been as crazy as shit, so after about a verse and a half, lost my balance and he fell right into the amp. [Laughs.] The amp falls over, my extra guitar goes flying against the wall. [Laughs more.] I'm on the ground, the whole place is in tears. [Laughs hysterically.] think the band might have stopped the song.... That was a good one. Random question: If you were a dog, what kind would you be? Urn... my dog. A half rottweiler and half Bassett hound. He's the perfect mix. He's exciteable and has fun when you want to go for a walk, but then he comes home and chills out really hard. It's perfect, man. Here's another random question: What do you think of Regis Philbin? I like Regis. I've always liked Regis. When we went on Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, he was so cool. He came backstage for 20 minutes before the show and hung out with us in the dressing room, talking to each one of us, crack-

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ing jokes. He's legit, too. Really? Yeah, but Kathie Lee sucked. She was rude as shit to us. Kathy Lee's a bitch. Are you serious? Yeah! Right on the show she was cracking on the way we were dressed, because we didn't wear suits onto their

fucking set. This was on the air? Damn. I bet she was an even bigger bitch backstage She didn't even come up to us backstage. She's a bitch. Actually, we've been offered to do the show a bunch more times, and we've said, "Not if she's on it." What's your favorite show to go on? Letterman. He's cool as shit. Ever done Conan? Yeah, a couple of times And that was great, too. We actually got to do skits with him, which was cool. The skit was that the drummer for his band, Max Weinberg, was jealFRESH FROM THE FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM: Hey, you on the right! What's so funny? We're not supposed to be smiling in this photo, remember? It's our tough-guy shot... ous that we were on the show, so he was trying to have us killed. I'd be playing guitar and get shot impresses me that Bradley sticks to his guns a with a poisonous dart. It was hilarious. little more. But he and Gore both have a lot of Let's shift gears to politics. If you had to vote good ideas. I just (ike Bradley's personality a litfor president today, who would you vote for? tle more. Bill Bradley. Because I feel like, less than any OK, before we go, is there anything in parof the other candidates, he hasn't really had to ticular that you want to say about the change his whole way of thinking, or he hasn't album? tried to buy votes. He's been pretty pure as far I just feel really lucky to be in a position to be as his campaign goes. I think that Gore, a lot of able to put it out. It's a chance for me to clean times, says what needs to be said... at least I out the closet so I can continue to grow with my get that impression more so than Bradley. 1 songwriting. And thank you to anybody who know that's a normal politician thing to do, so it decides to pick it up. □

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Too many guys aren't romantics, and they know it. Their ideal date runs something along the lines of taking the lucky lady to some 15-501 chain restaurant and hitting a movie—it really doesn't matter, since their main goal is generally getting laid. But whatever your motivation (or cash flow), Valentine's Day shouldn't be a time for groans, especially if you approach it with the right attitude. Whoever you're with, she probably isn't with you because you'll spend a lot of money on her or because you have the coolest friends. Surprise, jackass—she probably likes you for you, and that's what you ought to serve up on V-Day. A proper Valentine's is all about continuity. Let her wake up to a dozen roses at her dorm/apartment door. A dozen roses from Campus Florist on 9th Street will look great but cost you an arm and a leg. If the flowers don't need to be the focal point, try the selection at Wellspring Grocery on Broad Street. Their roses look good, cost significantly less (only $12.99 as of Tuesday, though they will go up), and they're probably grown in some organic hippie compost blessed by the Dalai Lama. If you're ambitious, hand-write a little poem or leave it for her in her e-mail. Even if it sucks, she'll appreciate it—and for the timid, you can always quote somebody else (try Shakespeare). Always get your date a gift. Chocolates are the traditional favorite, but given many girls' penchant for health and exercise, they should be avoided. Try something more personal, like a mix CD. If you don't have access to modem recording technology, you can choose from a selection of Valentine's-oriented songs at www.cdnow.com, which offers to make a 12-song disc for $19.95. Better yet, just take your favorite CDs to the CPS student's room down the hall and use his CD burner. If you don't want to mess with all that, don't fret—those old cassettes with the cutesy covers and hand-scrawled song titles say "I love you" as well as anything (as long as she has something to play them on). Producing something original will score a lot more points than buying her junk that will end up in her closet. Someone who loves you shouldn't expect you to drop $lOO on dinner, but that's precisely why you should want to do it anyway. Try to take her somewhere classy that not every Duke student on earth has already heard of. Durham's own Four Square or Nana's are great choices. They’re far enough away from the Brightleaf/9th Street continuum that going to them seems like more than a pre-semiformal obligation, and they have a subtle ambiance that brings out the best in a conversation. Be prepared: Both will set you back a hundred bucks for a threecourse meal and wine. If you want to try a more exotic destination (like Chapel Hill), Cafe La Residence serves a mean filet mignon. If she's from down South, the eclectic twist on Southern cooking offered at Crook's Corner is an unusual choice that will certainly impress The "what-to-do-after-dinner" phase of the evening is the hardest part, since this is probably where interests will diverge the most. Again, the best evening focuses on the people involved. There are hundreds of ways to do this, from grabbing dessert and coffee at Francesca's to taking a walk in the gardens, or dancing under the stars in the middle of a parking lot. If it's too cold, take a long drive and chat. Go back to your place—or hers and listen to some records. Try to avoid the obvious Marvin Gaye type stuff, too. Instead, check the sensual groove of bands like Portishead, Morphine, D'Angelo and Lush —they set the perfect mood without the over-the-top sexual obviousness of 70s R&B. If you're uncomfortable talking to her after dinner, you can hardly go wrong with Burning Coal's performance of Romeo and Juliet, opening at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on Valentine's Day. The tried and true original never fails to be compelling without being cheesy and overblown, and going to see it shows that you're both sensitive and in no real hurry to "seal the deal." (It is Shakespeare, after all —it takes some time). In reality, true love probably doesn't need a Valentine's guide. Once you've found the person that can curl up with TV dinners and a movie and still love you, they're probably the one. For everyone else, you can't fall in love with someone you don't know, and getting to know each other is what Valentine's should be about.

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Other What do you see on Valentine's Day cards? To the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the most striking thing is that every single one shows a heterosexual couple. Graduate student Laura Lewis-Tuffin comments that the way the day is portrayed can restrict the nation of coupiehood to a heterosexual one in some people's minds. Like many other members of the LGBT community, she wishes greeting card companies offered more neutral messages, for instance replacing "husband" and "wife" with "partner" Apart from that, it seems Valentine's Day is viewed similarly by people of every sexual orientation: Some find it a romantic holiday, others consider it a sickeningly sweet and mushy event—but ail agree that it is a special occasion for gay as well as straight couples. Silas Holland, political chair of the Gothic Queers, says, "It's not very hard for me to switch the pronouns and buy flowers and candy for my boyfriend"

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Valentine's Day’is almost here, and you've spent so much time moaning over your midterms (or your Miller Lite) that you've forgotten all about it! Now you're asking me for help. Well, there's mistake number one. What I really wanted was a surprise. But if I must..., let's start with what not to do. Most traditional Valentine's gifts are too cloying, so please, please don't buy me a teddy—of either variety. I probably have a few hundred fuzzy bears sitting in my room at home. And let's admit it, anything red, lacy and diaphanous is really a present for you, not me. (Yes, a teddy wearing a teddy is definitely out.) Rule two: Don't say it with flowers. Say it with English. Write me a poem, sing me a song, but don't make me water wilting roses for the next two weeks. Next, no chocolates. You'll probably end up eating half of them, and the other half will be the nasty ones with crusty filling. (This isn't your fault, by the way. It's simply that candy-makers have n0... taste.) Besides, I'm already starting to dread the beginning of bathing suit season, and if I'm going to gain five pounds in one weekend, I want to really enjoy it. Which brings us to dinner. Oh, please, take me out for a good time! Note the word out. That means no Duke McDonald's and no Armadillo Taproom. Alcohol, however, is helpful; There's a reason for the phrase "wine and dine." Still, don t put too much emphasis on the "dine." A trip to the Angus Barn or the Melting Pot might leave us both so bloated that the rest of the evening will be, well, bland. Some better choices; Second Empire in Raleigh or Four Square in Durham. Or you can cook for me! But don't try this unless you can actually cook. As far as post-dinner entertainment goes, pretty much anything will do —nobody ever complained about dinner and a movie. If, however, you really want something different, I hear the circus is in town Feb. 10-14. Call Ticketmaster and ask for the Ringling Bros. And if you want to get away, the beach is only three hours east of here. You'd be surprised how nice a little campfire and drinky-drink on the shore can be in February. Or, if you're the rugged type, the mountains are in the other direction. Bring your SUV —or hire a llama—and go on a trek. Odd, I know, but you said you wanted something different. And when the clock hits 12..., well, the Regal University Hotel only charges $6B a night. If that's too much for you, at least bother to sexile your roommate. Back to gifts. As 1 said before, what 1 really want is a surprise. As this is no help to you, let me explain: I want something thoughtful. The point of Valentine's Day is to show that you've reflected on our relationship, even if we've only been dating for, say, a month (anything before this is a little psychotic). Some tips: Get creative with photos we've taken together. Kinko's makes a great calendar with your personal photos for only $3O. Or if I'm stressed out, learn massage techniques on the web (it's free!) and show me your skills. Do 1 like sports? Racquetball equipment for two is gloriously cheap—s3s for two racquets and a couple of balls—and you've already got access to courts. The point is, the gift should either say "I've been thinking about all the wonderful things we've done together" or "I've been thinking about all the wonderful things we can do together in the future." Capisci? One more thing: If you really don't have the money or you're just befuddled as to what to buy, tell me and I'll make you a deal —I won't buy you anything, and vice versa. You're pretty hard to shop for too, you know, and Valentine's is a really overblown holiday. All the same, I'm really looking forward to that picnic on the beach

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Sports Illustrated is happy to announce their latest swimsuit issue; The Sexy Ladies of Thailand's Shark-Infested Pot-Growing Beaches. Unfortunately, all the pages feature the latest ideal in feminine beauty—Leo DiCaprio sporting his Lord of the Flies swimsuit collection. I knew the trend in small chested models was getting a little out of hand. So there you have it the entire plot of this Leonardo sex-driven commercial. Lord of the Flies meets Thailand, pot and sharks. And you thought the worst thing that could happen was Piggy getting the conch. I wish I could say that the cinematography saved this movie, but the cinematographer decided to plant Leo in the middle of every scene, so my —

appreciation of the scenery was downgraded to last summer's edition of Teenbeat with a techno soundtrack. Mr. DiCaprio (Richard) finds himself in Thailand, alone and bored in a Bangkok roach motel. The boredom soon disappears (well, at least his boredom) after Richard meets Daffy Duck, a very unintelligible and Scottish Robert Carlyle resurrecting his Renard character from the latest 007 nonsense. Before he slices himself up, Daffy tells Richard about a secret paradise called "The Beach" —a beautiful, pristine island where you can smoke up all the pot you want.

Great story so far. But wait! It gets even better. Richard falls in love with Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen), a French girl on vacation with her equally French boyfriend. She could never come to love Richard, however, because he is more beautiful than she is, and she envies his girlish figure. Oh, relation-

like the idea of dog-paddling across the Sea of Bangkok for some pot. In the meantime, we are inflicted by inane mutterings of Leo voiceovers such as "Desire is desire wherever you g0... the sun will not bleach it nor the tide wash it away." This is complicated dialogue which really means, "The French girl won't get on me." But eventually he has his conch and eats it too. But the best part is still to come. Having traversed the seas, our inquisitive gang falls upon a colony of merry hippies on Pot Island. Their village was apparently constructed by Ewoks. The movie then veers off into a surreal wasteland reminiscent of The Island of Dr. Moreau, only without the monkey people and the Stay-Puft Marlon Brando. But there is a creepy British woman who heads this leper colony, and she makes Leo her gimp. Not unlike... oh, say, The Man in the Iron Mask (see Sandbox, p. 3)? I won't divulge any more information except to say that no one is allowed to get off the island. Not even for shark bites, toothaches or tampons. No wonder they need the ganja. Leo's acting is, as always, stylistically devoid of any craft whatsoever. This movie is basically a one-man show. Leo battles a shark with his snorkle. Now it's time for his closeup. Now he takes off his shirt. He toggles between speaking in a monotone and boyishly yelling whenever he needs to act frustrated. And that French girl? I don't particularly enjoy watching two 12year-olds making out. The Beach was directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame, which probably explains the Robert Carlyle cameo. The rest is just inexplicable. If Thailand wanted to boycott an American movie, they should have forgone the strike of Anna and the King and subjected the cast and crew of The Beach to a swift caning instead. □

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maker. He has no explosions, he offers no romantic plots and his movies aren't even in English. If you want to appreciate Almodbvar, you'll either have to be fluent in Spanish or accept reading subtitles for two hours. That being said, making the effort to see All About My Mother is absolutely worthwhile —many critics even consider this, Almodbvar's latest movie and thirteenth feature film, his best (even though it is less funny than his previous works). If there is one subject that has held Almodbvar’s attention throughout his entire career, it is sexuality. Actually, he is repsonsible for making Antonio Banderas a big star—introducing him to Spanish audiences as a young gay lover in the early 'Bos. ic

In All About My Mother, Almodovar has completely given up on men. The only male who gets any significant screen time is 17-year-old Esteban (Eloy Azon'n), who dies in the first part of the movie His death sets his mother ANOTHER BEACH: Pedro Almodovar frolics with Penelope Cruz (left) and Cecilia Roth Manuela {Cecilia Roth) off on a trip (right) atthe beach in Cannes, where he won the award for best directorlast year, to find the boy's father Lola (Toni Cantd), a male-to-female transsexual whom she most of them are stars in Spain) to make the has not seen in 18 years. movie work. The women (and transsexuals) of All Instead of finding him, however, she gets About My Mother are ail trying to free themtangled up with her and Lola's old friend La selves from expectations and live their own lives, Agrado (Antonia San Juan), an aging transsexubut continually run into brick walls—or interperal prostitute, the pregnant nun Hermans Rosa sonal problems—in their attempts. (Penelope Cruz) and the elderly actress Huma Between them, the protagonists offer a pretty ojo (Marisa Paredes) who are all connected full range of possible sexualities, from prostitute m strange ways. to nun, from single to mother, from repressed to it this sounds a bit confusing, it is: Almodovar's flamboyant—and are all flawed in one way or films are not easy on audience or actors. While other. The real achievement of All About My the spectators have to pay close attention to Mother, however, is that all of these characters understand the plot, the players rely on ensemare likable and always remain entirely human, ble interaction rather than star quality (although Norbert Schurer

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Nixon is the latest in a long discography of 7"s and CDs from Lambchop, a troupe of no less than 14 native (merge) Nashville musicians. With song titles like "Two Kittens Don't Make a Puppy," "The Petrified Florist" and "Soaky muilF* think Lambchop would play a little somethin' you'd the Pooper," in C to groove to, somethin' akin to a back-porch hoe-down, maybe a sort of country on crack. Well, think again. Most of the tracks on Nixon could pass for songs you'd hear in a grocery store. Lead singer Kurt Wagner lends his vocals to an orchestra of strings, horns and slide guitars, spilling out quirky lyrics in a disappointingly non-quirky voice. While the instrumentals are appealing in a smooth, empty way, they don't add much to Wagner's sleepy vocals. A wallflower voice like Wagner's needs something—-anything—to give his melancholy a kick in the ass. Unfortunately, the other 13 band members don't offer any help. On some I

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Livin'" provides us with a glimpse of Smash Mouth with actual musical talent. Frontman Chris Ford should really reconsider his role in this band, because his style, to put it bluntly, is boring. He would do much better teaming up with Juvenile and the guitarist from Genesis for a halftimje extravaganza at the Final Four sponsored by DotCom.com. It just really frustrates me when good talent, like that of bassist Todd Overstreet and keyboardist/trombonist Dexter Murphy, is overshadowed by greedy people's, we 11... greed. Although the album was not good, I still recommend that you go and see Gran Torino for yourself this Saturday night at the Cat's Cradle. A live performance is always better than an album for a band of this caliber. 1 just wouldn't buy the album Wait until the next Smash Mouth/Jennifer Love Hewitt single comes out. Pretend like they know how to play instruments and enjoy the comforts of common complacency. □

tracks the monotony is broken by steel guitars trying to contribute a little twang, but the vocals don't rise to meet the challenge. The aftertaste is a little like licking a barstool in a country-western bar filled with depressed 40-somethings drowning their work day woes in lukewarm longnecks. The only saving grace comes from the lyrics, which are surprisingly silly and depressing at once. Lines like "It's not a theater kiss/ More like a railway piss" in "The Distance from Her to There" may evoke a sort of sad giggle, but their charm is lost in the lull of the uninteresting melodies Nixon would be a good CD to pop in if you want some new background music for a nap but, unfortunately, it doesn't come through with much else. —By Kelly McVicker

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Cunningham Studio in New York and has been featured in the North Carolina Dance Festival. It is Spadecenta's first time on the stage. Other dances of the evening include solo and group pieces with themes ranging from women's roles to religion, set to music as varied as Peter Gabriel and medieval

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studied at the American Dance Festival in Durham and is currently a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Mindi Cervi and Robert Spadecenta, two other members of the Independent Dancemakers, also explore the idea of relationships; they are a couple in real life. Cervi studied with the

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Winard Harper*The drummer will be joining the Duke Jazz Ensemble, directed by Paul Jeffrey, in the N.C. International Jazz Festival. Tonight, 8 pm ($l5, $l2-for students and senior citizens). Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus. 684-4444. Chamber Arts Society»Pianists Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nazaki will present a program of duets. Saturday, 8 pm ($2O, $lO for students). 684-4444.

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El Periodo Especial*Photographer Ernesto Bazan presents an exhibit of Cuban photographs at the Center for Documentary Studies. Thru May 26 in the main gallery. Sebastiao Salgado: Looking Back at You*This video documenting the life of the photojournalist will be presented ih conjunction with the previous exhibit. Tuesday,7 pm (admission free) at the CDS. Caretaking: A Visual Exploration*The title says it all. These works by continuing education students appear at the Center for Documentary Studies. Thru March 24 in the porch gallery. The Center for Documentary Studies Is located in Lyndhurst House, 1317W. Pettigrew St. off East Campus. Hours of operation are Monday thru Thursday, 9 am to 7:30 pm; Friday. 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm. For more information, call 660-3663.

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An ethical dilemma in need of discourse Patents have been issued on cloned human embryos—but does anybody care? might take skin cells from a patient, insert the nuclei into donated (or bought) unfertilized human ova, then grow the resulting embryos to obtain stem cells, which can then be manipulated into a variety of cell types to treat Edward Benson a variety of illnesses. Meanwhile, of course, anti-biotech Celera Genomics’ announcement last gadflies have made some faint noises month that it was nearing completion on about the patenting. Jeremy Rifkin, for a rough draft of humanity’s blueprints one, declared in a typical understatement has made it seem possible that, as the that the Geron announcement is “breathtaking and profoundly unsettling.” last few decades were defined by revoluSo do we agree? tions in electronics, the next few decades There is no doubt that the patenting may be defined by equally-unpredictable revolutions in biology. The implications of of unique inventions and ideas has proCelera’s potential patent riches force duced a stream of innovations: So promany to ponder where it will end, and tected, intellectual property can garner whether we are ready for the issues that the kind of capital required to actually implement the innovation. We’ve all will be raised. Other news in the biotech industry seen the wonders that good science and raises still more issues, and much more hard work can produce. And while the inescapably. Just last week, Geron notion of tinkering with “the stuffof life” Therapeutics received two British is novel, it’s precisely that novelty that promises immensely powerful new ways patents which, as New Scientist reported, seem to grant commercial rights to to fight disease and improve lives.

An Unexamined Life

altogether. But the public debate that are tested by both their peers and by ought, and indeed must, follow has been time, but are also necessarily rooted in their time and culture. Thus, underabsent so far. A development of this nature must standing may begin with misconcepnot only stir our technical curiosity, but tions, and can wind through a maze of our interests and values as well. In a blind alleys, only eventually arriving at society still divided over the existence one more piece of reality. Most imporof a human fetus’ rights, it is simply tantly, he noted that cultural consideranot reasonable to assume that nobody tions are likely critical in determining will be offended by the patenting of any just what questions get asked and how form of human life, for any purpose; they are answered. and likewise, that some will think It is up to us to debate and decide, nothing of it. probably incompletely, and certainly But far from thinking nothing of it, with disagreement. But we must think we must carefully consider the moral and conclude just what such advances and ethical dimensions of this brave mean to us, and what technological new world. advantages—if any—we are prepared Stephen Jay Gould, writing in a to forgo. Both for our society, and for recent issue of the journal Science, ourselves. Because the price of morality, so to attempted a synthesis of the conflict between “scientific method” and “social speak, is eternal vigilance. deconstruction.” In that piece, he pointed out that scientists’ claims to truth Edward Benson lives in Durham

But, leaving aside concerns about human embryos created by cloning. This is stunning news indeed. Here monopolistic control of unique biological and abroad, protesters are objecting to resources, there are questions regarding genetically modified food crops, which this kind of biotechnology that need to are already widespread and largely be addressed immediately. All of our decisions are tied to social innocuous. Meanwhile, in the United values. For some people, even animal Geron patents Kingdom, where the were issued, and in the United States, experimentation raises serious ethical where a patent is expected to be issued dilemmas; Would you wish to be cured of a terminal condition thanks to research within the year, the media have essendone on animals? If not, would you also tially ignored it. deny that to someone else, even a famiArid that’s inappropriate. Geron is the US. company that ly member? And now, would you accept bought Roslin Bio-med, the commercial treatment for yourself or others that branch of the Roslin Institute, which arises from experimentation on patentbrought to life the most famous sheep in ed human embryos? It’s clear that this news indicates history—Dolly. Geron states that its interest is solely in the earliest stage of that an ethical boundary has just the embryo. For instance, its scientists become very blurred —or been crossed

Old-fashioned love and modern communication Into the Unknown Maureen Milligan It is hard to be a devoted lover these days. No longer can you diligently compose a romantic letter and expect it to satisfy your chosen man or woman. At least, it won’t satisfy them for very long; not when there are phones, computers, pagers, cellular phones and overnight mail to carry your sweet tidings to them. Just the other night, I was writing out Valentine’s cards to my friends and I decided to enclose a few of those candy hearts that have messages written on them. As I placed the candies in each envelope, I came across many of the old favorites such as “Love me tender” and “Sweetheart,” but I also found hearts that read “Page me” and “E-mail me.” Modern forms of communication allow us to keep in touch with our loved ones a lot more easily, but they also make us lazy when it comes to writing down our feelings for one another. In our fast-paced times, it is too easy to shoot out an e-mail saying I miss you,” than it is to sit down and compose a letter about why we miss someone. Writing letters used to be one of the few ways that people could keep in touch, and a letter had to survive many days and weeks on horseback or on an ocean liner to reach its recipient—that is, if it ever reached them at all. Therefore, that letter, when it was finally delivered into the person’s hands after

weeks or even months of anticipation, was unbelievably precious. A fine example of lovers who both utilized and cherished letters were Heloise and Abelard—one of the most famed couples in all of history. Although they lived in the early part of the first millennium, the correspondence that they kept over their many years of separation continues to impress scholars and curious romantics alike. They wrote pages and pages of passionate and lyrical prose that still survive today. When reading their letters, one can just imagine the time they put into composing them. One can also imagine the joy each felt when they received a letter marked with their lover’s familiar handwriting. These days, the recipient would wonder why it couldn’t have been sent overnight. I wonder what would have occurred if Heloise and Abelard had all of the modern tools of communication at their fingertips during their long separation? Would Heloise have composed love letters to Abelard, or called him daily? Modern communication, while making some parts of relationships almost too easy, can complicate things too. Although we have increased access to our longdistance lovers, we are more accessible ourselves. Say, for example, that one day Abelard was feeling rather uninspired. With such a reliable and multifaceted communication system in place, he could forgo composing a fervent letter to his love and blame his laziness on an unreliable mail system or too little time. Heloise, with so many tools at her fingertips, could have tracked his letter to verify that it was sent. She also could argue that Abelard should have used a faster means of communication —it takes lit-

tie time to page her and leave a numerical “I love you” message.

Likewise, a jealous Heloise could expect to be able to reach her beau at any time—via his home phone, work phone, car phone, cell phone, pager or e-mail. “Where were you this evening at 9?” she would ask. “I called every number and I paged you twice!” And what would Abelard have to say for himself? That—conveniently—the batteries in his cell phone and pager ran out at the same time? That his computer was on the fritz and someone erased all of his telephone and e-mail messages? he respond when she said, “I know And at exactly 8:55 because I were on computer you your checked the last time you accessed the system. Now what do you have to say for yourself?” A poor, stupefied Abelard would have nothing to say, but he would certainly learn not to neglect his Heloise. These days, we all have plenty to say, but not much of it is very worthwhile —romantically speaking, that is. If we aren’t calling each other to say a quick hello because it is so easy to do, we are e-mailing each other daily so that our beaus do not think we are neglecting them. Scholars certainly don’t have to worry about there not being any record of our romantic travails for future lovers to peruse. There will be phone records, and answering machine tapes, and maybe an e-mail that we chose to print out (“Hey honey. I’ll be home at six. Love, Tim”) but there will be very few written records expressing our longing for one another. Why not? Because we all were too easy to reach. Maureen Milligan, Trinity '99, is a former associate University editor of The Chronicle.

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� Men’s soccer inks top two forwards High school seniors Jordan Cila and Danny Wymer have signed a letter of intent with the men's soccer program, head coach John Rennie announced yesterday. Cila attended Jericho High School in Jericho, N.Y. He was a member of the Under-17 U.S. National Team. Wymer, meanwhile, has led Lake Mary High School of Longwood, Fla., to a top eight ranking the last three years.

� Who wants to be a 100-millionaire? Junior Following three months of trade talks, the Cincinnati Reds acquired Ken Griffey Jr. yesterday by sending four players to the Seattle Mariners. Griffey agreed to a nine-year contract worth $117.5 million, the richest package in baseball history. The pact covers 2000-08, and the Reds even have an option for a 10thyear. The Mariners received Brett Tomko and Mike Cameron plus two prospects.

� Is that your final answer, Marino? Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino voided the remaining three years of his contract, allowing the Dolphins to free up cap room. Although Marino, 38, is free to return to the Dolphins, it is highly unlikely that he will.

� No lifeline for the Xuse Tony Williams scored 20 points and Marques Maybin added 16 as Louisville handed No. 4 Syracuse its second straight loss, 82-69. Jason Hart scored 16 points to lead the Orangemen, who lost for the second time this week after opening the season with 19 straight wins.

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No streak as Duke looks to sting GT Men’s tennis By KEVIN LEES

knocks off No. 10 VCU

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For Duke, this weekend’s game against Georgia Tech will be not about streaks or records. Nor will the game be about rivalries or excited fans. The game will be about returning to form. “To lose is one thing,” Chris Carrawell said, “but how you respond from it is another.” After a stunning loss to Maryland in Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday night, that ended their 18-game run, the third-ranked Blue Devils (18-3, 9-1 in the ACC) will be looking to respond with a sting against the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. But as freshman Mike Dunleavy said, Duke’s sudden loss is not something the team is used to. “It’s definitely a weird feel-

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ing,” Dunleavy said of the loss. “It’s pretty tough to fathom, in class today and last night trying to go to sleep. It hasn’t ended like that in a long time.” Rebounding, both literally on the boards and figuratively after Wednesday’s loss, will be the name of the game. While Georgia Tech (11-11, 3-6) is among the bottomdwellers in the ACC, it upset Virginia 68-47 the same day Maryland upset Duke. And along with a 9-2 home record, the Yellow Jackets boast one of NATE JAMES and theBlue Devils will be faced with rebounding from a conference See M.

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loss for the first time since 1998.

Duke 4 If the men’s tennis team VCU I was using yesterday’s match against No. 10 Virginia Commonwealth as a barometer for the rest of the season, the Blue Devils left Richmond in a very good mood. No. 3 Duke (2-0) cruised to an easy 4-1 victory over the Rams, led by Doug Root and Ramsey Smith, who each won singles in straight sets and teamed up for a doubles win. Smith, playing at No. 3 singles, came away with the biggest win of the day, shocking fifth-ranked Frank Moser 6-2, 7-5. Smith entered the match ranked 58th in the nation. No. 33 Root also upset a higher-ranked opponent in straight sets, defeating No. 25 Jose Sanchez, 6-4, 6-4. The Blue Devils started things off on the right foot, taking the doubles point with wins at the top two slots. Root and Smith, currently ranked 34th, teamed up to upset No. 13 Daniel See

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Hanging tough: Senior Siebel moves into lineup By RAY HOLLOMAN The Chronicle

There were 80 miles still to the state line.

Gainesville had slipped away, buried like a half forgot-

ten dream beneath a haze of clouds. Atlanta would likely be up next, far off in the distance.

The dull glow of Birmingham loomed an hour ahead still and a time zone away lie Dallas.

� The Great One Cometh NHL-great-turned-businessman Wayne Gretzky will be opening a $5 million arena in Cary, under the Wayne Gretzky Roller Hockey Center name. The 71,000 square toot arena, scheduled to open in the spring of 2000, will feature three stateof-the-art playing surfaces, two soccer and one roller hockey.

Home was a country away. Music played through a set of unused headphones, poking at the usual din of airline

and it was likely Duke’s best chance at a national title. A 233 regular season had put the Blue Devils into the NCAA noise—a baby crying in 13F tournament two weeks earlier, maybe, a stewardess busy with but a second straight tourna17C. It all blended together as ment loss to Florida had made the plane veered over city after 27-4 about as valuable as 4-27. And from six miles up, it city, like a sleek pinball rolling around in the empty night sky. had been just another season. “I had hoped to do more early Spring Stars on,” she says, “but I had trouble This week, The Chronicle profiles adjusting and I never quite got four athletes who will look to lead to where I wanted to be.” their teams to new heights during Pick a Saturday, any spring the 2000 spring sports season. Saturday from 1997 to 1999 Tuesday: Jeff Becker and the scene would’ve been Wednesday: Doug Root the same. The stands would be Yesterday: Matt Krauss sparsely populated with stuToday: Brooke Siebei dents, hushed crowd chatter floating over the dull thud of Thirty-six thousand feet ball against racket. In the stands would be over the remnants of a late May night, Brooke Siebei hardSiebel. She hadn’t been highly ly noticed anything. The tournament had been recruited, but that had more to do draining, and after two weeks of with an ill-timed bout with mono traveling, the plane rides were than her talent. tedious. It had started with a She hadn’t been given a scholbang, ended with a whimper arship as a freshman, but that and in between the season had had more to do with overrecruitbeen a lifetime—tough losses to ing in years past than her ability. And in three years of playFlorida, a big win over Texas, months in training but just ing at Duke, she had never minutes to defeat. found a spot in the singles lineIt had been her junior year Scc SIKBKL on page I" •

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Down, not out, women’s hoops looks to regroup vs. Ga. Tech The Yellow Jackets, minus Neisha Butler, battle the Blue Devils, minus Peppi Browne, in last-ditch tournament push By PAUL DORAN

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coach Gail Goestenkors has decided to Since Browne’s injury, Duke has simply go back to the simple things. gone 0-2, losing to Virginia and “We’ve had a week [since our last Maryland, and while she may try to come back later on in game] and I told the the season, the Blue players we were going back to boot Devils have had to adapt to life without the camp,” Goestenkors said. “We’ve had a star forward. “We certainly want to go long week of very out and give a better perintense practices formance,” Goestenkors where we got back to basics. I think it was said. “We didn’t play Duke a good week because basketball. Now, we’re ready to redeem ourselves.” we also hopefully To Georgia Tech, howwere able to make “We didn’t play Duke ever, this game is the the adjustment to without first part of a 72-hour working basketball. Now run down Tobacco Road. Peppi [Browne] we’re ready to After playing Duke, the Duke will now have its third chance redeem ourselves.” Yellow Jackets drive to win a game withdown 15-501 to take on Coach Gail Goestenkors, on out UNC. Georgia Tech the injured THE TEAM’S LOSS TO MARYLAND coach Agnus Berenato is Browne, who tore her ACL in a victory over placing a large emphasis on the two games. UNC. The Blue “These games come at a tough time of Devils (18-4, 7-3 ACC) will take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (12-9, 5-6) the season for us, especially with both of them being on the road,” Berenato said. tonight in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils are trying to start “Duke is one of the best teams in the a new home winning streak after conference, and Carolina seems to be having their 20-game streak snapped getting back on a roll. Our goal is to win by Maryland last Thursday. On the both games, but we definitely need a other hand, the Yellow Jackets will split, and that would be a great feat.” See W. HOOPS on page 18 � be hungry because they still believe ”

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Best friend Sell, coach Taylor help keep Siebel mentally tough � SIEBEL from page 15 up. But that, and all the Saturdays she spent cheering her team on, had nothing to do with her game. That had to do with her mind “She’s a very talented player,” says teammate Kathy Sell, Duke’s on court leader. “Talent has never been a problem with her.” But on a westbound flight home, change had grown tired of nagging at Brooke Siebel, so it jolted her awake. It wasn’t a sudden burst of inspiration that hit her, but rather it was like a

things aren’t those you plan for, they’re those you stumble across. If you ask most people, they’ll probably tell you that life tends to move in slow circles, from point to point and back again. If you had asked Siebel about life’s circles in September, she would’ve told you she was doing laps at Indy. Siebel’s tennis career had started in what might as well have been the North Pole—Billings, Mont.—the second city in a state that puts out tennis superstars about as often as John Rocker tidal wave, building gradually until appears in New York travel brochures. finally Brooke Siebel decided this was But there was one, and that one was her year. the reason that a nine-year-old Ross, “It’s been in my mind,” she says. Calif, native first picked up a racket “Ever since the season ended last year, I and never put it down. “I entered my first tournament, and it got it in my mind: This is my senior year, this is my last chance.” was in Billings,” says Siebel, who’s family regularly vacationed at their ranch in She had worked hard over the summer, but that wasn’t new. She had long Montana. “I lost in the first round, but owned the reputation as a hard worker my dad and I went over to watch Farley on the team, but there’s an old adage in Taylor play and it was so impressive.” tennis that 80 percent of the game is The University of Texas agreed, and mental and between the lines there’s no after Taylor helped lead the Longhorns to a such thing as partial credit. national title in 1996, so did the NCAA. But Siebel never met the player she So Siebel concentrated on the mental admired as a child, at least until head coach game. But sometimes the most valuable JamieAshworth told the team that Taylor '

“It was definitely frustrating,” Siebel says. “I want the team to do well first, but I always want to be in there.” And this year, like at Palmer’s half a decade ago, the two decided to live together, with Siebel paying close attention to how her roomie and one of the nation’s grittiest players keeps it together. “It’s great having her around still,” Siebel says of her roommate. “She helps sisters, Kris, while the youngest Sell remind me to stay tough; it’s just the way she is all the time out there.” lived nearby. And thus far, things could hardly be Siebel found herself attacked as not caring—her generally reserved personworking out better. After stringing ality kept her from vocal on-court shows, together her best fall performance of but criticizing Siebel for being reserved her career, an 8-3 mark that included is a little like criticizing Michelangelo’s two victories over No. 10 Wake Forest David for having a misshapen neck—- and earned her a career-first ranking at No. 97, Siebel finally won an elusive you’re just missing the point. And no one understood that better spot in the lineup for the first three than Sell, who as a Palmer freshman matches of the season. “It’s just a matter of getting it done,” kept to herself much like Siebel. The two became close friends at Palmer’s and she says. “I know I can do it, and I just when Sell decided to come to Duke, they have to get out there.” Because somewhere in the back of became even closer. her mind, she knows all two well about But while Sell was on the court, makSaturdays in the bleachers and long ing her way up the lineup for two seacheering bleachers, home, and she knows that every Siebel sat the rides in sons, her team on, but always fumbling with a time she steps on the court in a Duke nearby racquet if one was handy, anxious uniform, she’s that much closer to never doing it again. to swap cheers for grunts.

would replace JeffWilson as assistant. “I was surprised,” Siebel says. “It’s great having her around, not just because she knows the game so much, but because it’s a part of my past; it keeps me focused.” Then there was Sell. The two had met six years before at Palmer’s Tennis Academy in Florida, where Siebel was living with the middle of the three Sell

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Blue Devils battle Jackets in matchup of 2 similar teams W. HOOFS from page 16

The Blue Devils and the Yellow Jackets match up very similarly, with both teams playing a perimeter-oriented game. Georgia Tech is led by forward Jamie Kruppa—the ACC’s leader in double-dou-

bles—and guard Danielle Donehew, the ACC’s most prolific three-point threat. “We’re very similar in that we are both small,” Goestenkors said. “They don’t have a big post player, but they’re very scrappy and they work very hard.” Duke will be looking to see who else can pick up the slack left by Browne.

Freshman Olga Gvozdenovic got her first start against Maryland, and with the bench a little thinner, those left on it will have to be ready to produce more often. The Yellow Jackets will also have to contend with Georgia Schweitzer, who tore up Georgia Tech in the last contest with 16 points. For the Blue Devils however, it’s time to snap the seasonlong two-game slide and it’s time to do it at home. “We want to get back on the winning track,” Goestenkors said. “We want to defend our home.”

Spicher seals Blue Devil victory with convincing win at 4th singles � TENNIS from page 15

Andersson and Moser, 8-5. Marko Cerenko and Ted Rueger, playing at No. 2 doubles for the Blue Devils, easily beat the team of Mats Norin and Olle Lundberg, 8-2. In No. 4 singles, Spicher defeated Norin 6-4,3-6,6-1 to seal the Blue Devil win, suspending the matches at fifth and sixth singles. No. 44 Andres Pedroso was the only Duke player to

lose on the afternoon, as he fell 6-4, 6-1 in No. 1 singles to Andersson, the second-ranked singles player in the nation. The win gets Duke off to a great start. The Blue Devils faced a similar early season challenge last year as well. In that contest, the Blue Devils were ranked 10th in the country when in their third match of the year, they lost to No. 5 Illinois 4-3. Duke returns to action Sunday against No. 20 Texas.

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Georgia Tech 12-9 (5-6) Coach Agnus Berenato Guard Danielle Donehew, Sr. {10.5 ppg) Guard Amy Ligenfelder, So. (7.3 ppg) Guard Nina Barlin, Fr. (8.1 ppg) Forward Jaime Kruppa, Jr. (11.3 ppg) Forward Regina Tate, Jr. (5.8 ppg)

THE NOD

ANALYSIS The loss of Peppi Browne was obviously a devastating blow to the Blue Devils. That, coupled with the Georgia Tech frontcourt led by ACC double-double leader Jaime Kruppa, gives the Yellow Jackets a distinct advantage over Duke. Moreover, freshman center Olga Gvozdenovic is still adjusting to her new starting role.

Duke still has its leading scorer in Georgia Schweitzer, who will have to produce even more offense for the Blue Devils to win. Georgia Tech point guard Danielle Donehew is arguably the best threepoint sniper in the country. However, the Yellow jackets also lost their top player to a torn ACL, and it should be the Duke backcourt that wins this battle.

Bench

Both teams have exceptionally well-rounded benches with multiple reserves averaging over five points. Georgia Tech only goes about seven deep on a consistent basis. Duke, on the other hand, can play as many as nine regularly, and with Browne’s injury, the substitutes will definitely have to step up.

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Duke is coming into Cameron with a two-game losing streak, while the Yellow Jackets are fresh off a victory over Wake Forest. This game will be one of the Yellow Jackets’ biggest tests of the season, because they need it to keep their NCAA hopes alive Duke, however, needs to get back to where it was.

It’s crunch time for Duke, which needs to prove it can still play without Browne. The Blue Devils have been through two tough losses and now they have a chance to redeem themselves. This is also the biggest part of the season for Georgia Tech, which plays Duke and UNC in three days. Coach Agnus Berenato wants at least a split on this road trip. She’s not going to get the win part in Cameron. After a tight first half, Duke rolls 59-46. Compiled by Paul Doran —

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the conference’s most intimidating frontcourts in 7-foot Jason Collier and 6-11 Alvin Jones. Meanwhile, a shaken Duke team will be spending the end of the week preparing to get back on track. “We’re not all working together as a unit —that’s basically it,” Carrawell said. “We’ve got to get our rhythm.” After three tough ACC games in one week, the Blue Devils might be a little fatigued, but Carrawell, widely regarded as one of the most dependable of the team’s leaders, said he felt just fine. “To do all those things on a night-in, night-out basis can be tough for you,” he said. “[Wednesday], I didn’t have it and I don’t know if it’s minutes, I don’t know what it is, but it’s something. I’ve got to pick it back up again.” For Carrawell, returning discipline and focus to the team is how the Blue Devils can start their next winning

streak. And despite the sometimes inhospitable McDonald’s Center, such a win is vital for the young team to get back on its feet. “It doesn’t matter because you’ve got to come back and be ready to play whether you’re home or away,” Carrawell said. “But going up to Georgia Tech, they’ll have some confidence, and watching the Maryland tape, they’re going to pick some things from that game and try to use them against us. It’s going to be a great game. If we can win this game, it’ll def-

initely be a boost for us.” And while Duke easily defeated the Yellow Jackets 82-57 in Durham only a month ago, it must remember all too well its close contest last year. The Yellow Jackets held Duke to a 87-79 win in a season when the Blue Devils were averaging 20-point victories as they went undefeated in the ACC. “They made it tough for us,” Carrawell said. “Georgia Tech’s a good team and they showed that against Virginia. So if we don’t go up there ready to play, on defense and rebounds, they can beat us as well.” As always, the key to stopping Georgia Tech will be stopping its twin towers. Collier and Jones average 18.2 boards a game and can mount an impressive offense, averaging 29 points per contest. Collier, in particular, might prove to

be Duke’s nightmare, at least on the boards. One of Georgia Tech’s two seniors, Collier leads the conference in rebounds with 9.9 per game. Collier was kept in check in Durham, but Carlos Boozer and the Blue Devils are coming off a night in which Lonny Baxter destroyed Duke’s interior. “Jason Collier is capable of having a big night against us,” Carrawell said. “Definitely, he’s going to be a point of emphasis. Trying to stop him is definitely key—hoping to keep him off the boards and limit him—you’re not going to stop him. If we contain Jason Collier, I think we have a good shot at winning.”

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Duke at Qeorgia Tech Game time: Saturday, 4 p.m. Place: Alexander Memorial Coliseum TV/Radio: JP/espn2, WDNC 620 AM No. 3 DUKE (18-3, 9-1) Coach Mike Krzyzewski Guard Jason Williams, Fr. (14,7 ppg) Guard Nate James, Jr. (10.2 ppg) Forward Chris Carrawell, Sr. (18.3 ppg) Forward Shane Battier, Jr. (16.3 ppg) Center Carlos Boozer, Fr.. (13.4 ppg)

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THE NOD

Battier and Carrawell had no trouble last time against the 7-foot Collier and 6-11 Jones. Moore has started only two games but averaged 16 points in those

starts. Battier is at the top of his game after 28 points against Maryland and Carrawell is likely to follow suit without Juan Dixon to chase around.

After a dismal performance Wednesday night, Williams needs to focus and tighten up his game and must take his opponent very seriously. Akins is a tested and strong senior. Judging from the game Williams has been playing lately, Akins has the potential to clean the court up with him.

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Christensen had his best game yet against Maryland, albeit only for 11 minutes. Dunleavy, the sixth man, is always a mature presence on the court and looks stronger with every game. While Cremins has shaken up his starting lineup a bit in recent days, there’s not much depth-here.

Intagibles

Coming off an energizing 68-47 win against ACC rival Virginia, Georgia Tech is riding a lot of momen turn into the game. Add in a surprising 9-2 home record, a Duke team knocked off track in Cameron by Maryland and a little luck, and it is not hard to

see a Yellow Jacket upset.

After three games in a week, Duke has the end of the week to rest and regroup before hitting the road for Atlanta. In a week when the ACC was turned upside down, Duke, ego bruised, cannot count on an easy win here. Rather, after a strong contest, if the Blue Devils

hit the boards and play strong enough defense to deny Collier and Akins strong nights, they should be back to winning, 89-78. —Compiled by Kevin Lees

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