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Sports Duke's high point What was great for Duke was a truly low point for High Point as the Blue Devils stomped the Panthers in volleyball. See page 17

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If the party climate at Duke seems a little different this year, it is because the forecast calls for a dry season. This year, three campus fraternities— Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Nu, and Phi Delta Theta—have adopted national alcohol-free measures. Theta Chi will follow suit in 2003. The measures are part of the national Greek system’s attempt to revamp its bacchanalian image—and reduce insurance liability. Over the past several years, 11 national fraternities independently enacted dry policies that would remove alcohol’s presence from fraternity sections. The dry policies run the gamut in stringency from permitting alcohol to be distributed by vendors at out-of-section parties to forbidding all alcohol consumption in the fraternity’s dorm. “Basically there are two different angles,” said Interfratemity Council President Chris Dieterich, a senior. “The first one, the Sigma Nu angle is one of moderate dryness, maybe you call it ‘moist.’ And then there is Phi Delta Theta and Delta Sig, which is very dry, a ‘desert’ maybe.” So far, many of Greek leaders have maintained a positive outlook.

“I don’t think it is going to affect us that much,” said Phi Delt president Johan Hernandez, a junior. “The switch away from alcohol will make us a stronger brotherhood and will allow us to come up with alternatives.” Theta Chi president John Wiemann agreed. “People who are not in a frat or the greek system think frats are all about drinking, but that’s not all Theta Chi is about,” the junior said. However, even if fraternity members abide by the new rules, they may find difficulty regulating other students’ conduct in their section.

procedures � Long-range academic planning, dean searches and the Campaign for Duke top the Board of Trustees’ full agenda. By GREG PESSIN The Chronicle

When its members come to campus next month, the Board of Trustees will face the new academic year with a packed agenda and a fresh set of procedural changes designed to increase efficiency and facilitate discussion. Like most administrators, the trustees will spend a bulk of their time this year scrutinizing the long-range academic planning initiative. Because the board is designed in part to guide the University’s long-term path, the trustees will play an especially important role in critiquing the plan. In fact, the board’s December meeting will be an off-campus retreat focusing almost solely on that plan. The board will vote on the plan at its Febru-

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THIS BEER CAN AND BOTTLE-FILLED TRASH BIN was found inside one of the fraternities that is set to go dry this year. For many fraternities, going dry is not as simple as making a rule. In an instance this weekend, a student was vomiting in the Sigma Nu section and was taken to the Emergency Department for treatment. “My understanding is that he was drinking on East Campus and got sick at our section,” said Sigma Nu President Mark Davis, a senior. ‘Then we took care of him and made sure he would be safe.” The efficacy of dry policies on cam pus is still hotly debated among fra-

temity leaders. Many argue that such policies could have an adverse impact, “One concern present is that when people started cracking down on alcohoi in general, it went behind the doors, with front-loading and people getting really drunk because they had to hide it,” said Wiemann. T don’t think there isn’t anyone who couldn’t hide alcohol if he wanted t0... just look at East Campus.” See DRY FRATS on page 9 �

ary meeting. “A focus of the board is to take this over-arching plan and look at the strategic direction of the ways the schools and the University is moving,” said University Secretary Allison Haltom. “Part of the fiduciary responsibility of the board is to look beyond what happens just this year and to take a long-term view of what Duke University is and what it’s going to be.” Maintaining the momentum of the Campaign for Duke, assessing and voting on the president’s recommendations for this year’s four dean and vice presiSee TRUSTEES on page 16 �

Students doubt ACES security Computer cluster users inadvertently stumble upon other students’ accounts By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle Security in ACES Web has been called into question after several students reported accessing others’ information from computer clusters..

A student reported Monday that she accidentally accessed two students’ ACES Web accounts from the Brown Dormitory computer cluster but was unable to access her own. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, she said that upon logging into the computer and opening ACES Web, she was taken directly to the welcome screen for another student. She logged out ofthe ACES Web account and opened a different browser but encountered the same problem. Shinpei Takeda, a senior whose information the student was able to access, was troubled about the incident. “It does bother me,” he said. “You know, it’s scary what could happen. The consequences totally could change your [scheduling!

process.” Takeda confirmed that he had recently used the Brown computer cluster to schedule classes. Robert Carter, director of the Office of Information Technologies systems administration, said authentication information stays on a coputer until the user logs out. If the user logged out of the computer, accessing his account should not be possible, Carter said before knowing the specifics ofthe reports. But five students have reported otherwise—that they logged into a computer and pulled up someone else’s ACES Web account. Takeda said that on Monday, he experienced this problem himself in the Perkins Library computer cluster and was able to access two different accounts. Junior Alan Halachmi, Duke Student Government co-director of undergraduate computing, said it is highly unlikely a student could access

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Bush proposes changes to Medicare The candidate’s plan relies on subsidized privatized health insurance options By ALISON MITCHELL N.Y. Times News Service

SCRANTON, Pa. Gov. George W. Bush of Texas proposed a fundamental overhaul of the 35-year-old Medicare program Tuesday that would encourage recipients to choose subsidized private health insurance plans that include prescription drug coverage and would also pay the full cost of drug coverage for the low-income elderly. Bush unveiled his Medicare plan at a senior citizens center in Allentown, Pa., after weeks ofpressure from Vice President A1 Gore,

who considers health care one of his strongest issues and who has

relentlessly accused his rival of avoiding specifics. Bush’s plan takes a sharply different approach from Gore’s proposal. The vice president would dedicate more money to shore up the current Medicare system and then add a new government prescription drug benefit to the program. Bush’s $l9B billion plan, modeled after bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill, would be the most sweeping overhaul of the federal health insurance program for the elderly since its inception 35 years ago. He would create a system where private insurers compete with the federal government to pro-

vide coverage for the nation’s 39 million Medicare beneficiaries. “Medicare is an enduring commitment of our country,” the Texas governor said. “It must be modernized for our times.” Instead of providing people with certain defined health benefits as it does now under

Medicare, the government would in essence provide subsidies that elderly people could then use to buy government-approved private insurance plans, including prescription drug coverage. Or they could choose to remain in the current Medicare system and still See MEDICARE on page 8

Tory leader resists E.U. encroachment By WARREN HOGE

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LONDON The Conservative Party leader, William Hague, set out 100 policy proposals Tuesday that his party hopes will help it defeat Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labor Party in the coming national election. Titled “Believing in Britain,” the 32-page document stressed the party’s determination to hold off any consideration that Britain adopt the euro as its currency in common with continental nations, and it pledged

legislation to halt what it said was the relinquishing of British sovereignty to a “European superstate.” “Extraordinarily, the Conservatives will be the only major party fighting the next election determined to

stop the surrender of our most precious right as a country—the right to govern ourselves,” Hague said. He accused the Labor government of squandering “the rights and independence that so many of our countrymen lived for and sweated for and died for” and concluded, “Say whatever else you like about a Conservative Britain, but at least a Conservative Britain will still be Britain.” It is expected that Blair will call the next election for May, a date that will mark four years since Labor took power with a huge majority of 179 seats in Parliament. For three years, Labor has held onto a lead of almost 20 percentage points over the Conservatives in See

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Weekend spawns Rivals work together in classroom alcohol incidents Duke and UNC may compete the court, but off the court, they often collaborate on

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Despite a concerted University effort to stem alcohol violations on campus, activities last weekend may trigger alcohol investigations of both individuals and selective living groups. Maj. Robert Dean of the Duke University Police Department said two students were taken to the emergency room and another was evaluated by Duke Rescue early Saturday morning. ‘There were a lot of alcohol issues that we need to address,” said Kacie Wallace, assistant dean for judi-

cial affairs. Because Wallace had not spoken with Dean yet, she declined to specify who she will investigate. Dean said Duke Rescue treated one student who was vomiting in Sigma Nu fraternity and another in Nottingham Dormitory. A third student, who had vomited on himself, was found on Swift Avenue dnd take'n to the Emergency Department. Sigma Nu President Mark Davis, a senior, said the intoxicated student found in his section had been drinking on East Campus, and that fraternity members were trying to take care of him. Despite rumors that Theta Chi fraternity was caught distributing alcohol, fraternity president John Wiemann said the organization’s party was shut down at 1 a.m. Sunday morning for an entirely different reason. “Our emergency phone in our section had been knocked off the hook multiple times but it had nothing to do with alcohol,” said Wiemann, a junior.“There are no repercussions. We just have to be more careful with the emergency phones in the future.” Several selective living group presidents said student development deans visited their parties Saturday night. Upon their visit to Wayne Manor, the deans found one member distributing alcohol despite the fact that the group had canceled that night’s party, said house president and senior Mihir Gandhi. The group had canceled its party because it had posted advertisements on East Campus for its keg party —a violation of a new University policy.

“We canceled our party so we could rectify any violations we might have had,” Gandhi said. “[The deansi know we’re pretty serious about the fact that we don’t want to violate any of the new rules.” He will meet

with administrators today. Junior Dustin Kirby, president of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, denied any rumors that the fraternity is being investigated for alcohol distribution. While visiting Delta Big’s Saturday party, deans expressed concern about the number of people in the hallways, Kirby said.

Correction Due to misinformation, The Chronicle, in a page-three story in the Aug. 5 issue, incorrectly described some of the African-American Mentoring Program’s specifics. The program enrolled all 146 black freshmen and uses 44 mentors. The Trinity College dean’s office subsidized s4*ooo of the first semester’s $7,800 cost.

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Duke University and the University of North Carolina may be more widely known for their basketball rivalry, but off the court, the two schools often join together in cooperation, not competition. The new Robertson scholarship, announced in June, is just one of a number of programs and grants that the two universities share. New York banker Julian Robertson and his wife Josie gave $24 million to create 30 merit scholarships for 15 students from each school. Duke and UNC have been cooperating as early as the 19405, when an interlibrary system was developed for the area’s universities, “[The interlibrary system] is very helpful with consolidating resources,” said Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services. “Why should each institution in the area build up big collections in every area?” Instead, she said, by cooperating, the schools can “make the best... use of resource dollars and not duplicate everything that we don’t need.” That same philosophy was applied to academic programs. One of the first, the Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies, started out as informal cooperation and became more institutionalized in the late 1980s. “We’re two very excellent universities, very close to each other,” said Deborah Jakubs, the Latin American Studies Program associate director at Duke’s Perkins Library. “It’s away to expand the breadth and depth of the course offerings and the availability ofthe faculty. We’re all looking for ways to take advantage of the geographic proximity.” Other cooperative programs include the European Union Center and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. All three are Title VI national resource centers and receive funding from the Department of Educa-

tion. Sharon Peters, European Studies coordinator

at Duke, said the universities’ proximity to each other made cooperating easy and ideal because the DOE prefers collaborative efforts. Duke and UNC make for good partners, Peters added, because they are such different schools. In the EUC’s case, duties are easily divvied up. “We sort of balance each other out in activities,” she said. “We at Duke tend to bring in very high profile European Union people. At UNC, they tend to do less of the inviting and more of supporting their faculty and their students.” Peters said UNC can send students to Europe through their trans-Atlantic masters program, but Duke does not have a similar offering. Most ofthe interschool programs focus heavily on graduate students, to whom the Title VI monies are targeted. But both Jakubs and Peters said their respective programs are trying to reach out more to undergraduates. The Latin American studies program offers cer-

tificates to undergraduates and graduates, as well as cross-campus teaching—when professors from UNC teach on Duke’s campus, or vice versa. The program also recently hired a new academic coordinator to develop the undergraduate component. The

EUC, in addition to funding speakers, hopes to bring in some UNC undergraduates for a discussion about human rights issues with Duke students. The Robertson scholarships also should boost undergraduate collaboration. The program covers full

tuition, room and board for UNC recipients, and tuition for Duke students. The Robertson scholars also will live on the other campus for a semester. One significant component ofthe program is that it will provide transportation—something none of the other interschool initiatives offer. Right now, the existing interschool programs try to create activities that do not necessitate heavy amounts of traveling, since “the hardest part is trying to get students to take classes on the other campus,” Jakubs said. Eventually, Ruderman said, the Robertson transportation system may grow to include any and all students wishing to go between the two campuses. As for the famously intense rivalry, Ruderman said it is confined mostly to sports. “Graduate students in all departments make forays from one campus to the other to study with the faculty and the students,” she said. “They’re more competitive on the undergraduate level where we’ve built this fierce rivalry.”

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Researcher adds new level of mobility to a molecular motor Although further research is still needed, scientists are excited about the discovery’s potential benefits for cancer and genetic disorders By MATT BRUMM The Chronicle

In a discovery that sheds light on some ofthe tiniest motors known to man, a Medical Center microbiologist was able to demonstrate previously unseen versatility in the microtubular motors responsible for directing essential components throughout every cell. Professor of Microbiology Sharyn Endow, in collaboration with biophysicist Hideo Higuchi of Tohoku University in Japan, created mutant microtubular motors that have the ability to move in either direction along the microtubule. Their findings were published in the Aug. 24 edition of Nature “It was an unexpected finding,” Endow said. “It may be the first single motor assay for this protein to be reported,” Microtubules are the tiny threads that allow chromosome separation during cell division as well as other transport processes while the cell is in its resting phase. Motors moving along the microtubules grab chromosomes and other cell parts, transporting them across the cell. Normally, any one microtubular motor is capable of moving in only one direction inside the cell—either toward the center or toward the edge of the cell. By changing a single amino acid in an individual motor, however, Endow created a motor that was able to move in either direction. Endow worked with the motor Ned, which she discovered ten years ago. Ned normally is confined to moving toward the minus, or interior and slow-growing, end of the microtubule, but Endow’s mutated Ned motors did not exhibit a preference for one direction over the other. Higuchi analyzed the movement ofthe microtubules in his lab in Japan using laser microscopy techniques. Endow compares the motors to a car’s transmission.

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Normal Ned motors can only operate with the gear shift in reverse, or towards the minus end. Their mutated counterparts, however, are not restricted to any single gear and can be thought of as being in neutral they can go in forward or reverse. Research on microtubules and their motors has been important in understanding the nature of common yet intricate processes as well as uncommon abnormalities. These molecular motors are responsible for chromosome separation which, if not done correctly, can lead to disorders such as Down syndrome. Since Endow’s work was completed outside of a living organism, or in-vitro, the next step will be to look at the effects ofamino acid mutations in living fruit flies. “It’s really good to be able to do single motor assays,” Endow said. “We need to understand better how molecular motors work.” —

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in vertebrate species, experts point to the usefulness of

understanding as much as possible about the complex functions of these tiny motors. ‘The implications of this finding are far reaching,” Manfred Schliwa, professor of cell biology at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians University, wrote in an e-mail. “Frankly, however, I would not have expected that a single amino acid exchange would do the trick and cause such a dramatic effect.” Rob Cross, the leader of the Molecular Motors Group at England’s Marie Curie Research Institute, said that understanding these processes could yield future treatment options for diseases such as cancer. Tt would be desirable, for example, to slow down or stop the division of cancer cells by specifically inhibiting only the motors responsible for cell division,” Cross wrote in an e-mail. ‘Think of the cell as a city: current cancer therapies would be the equivalent of dropping bombs on it to destroy all the roads. Future therapies would aim to

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Jealous Trinity students may have less to complain about this year, as engineers may be losing their weekly kegs. Engineering Student Government will have its most noted function threatened if recent event policy proposals are implemented. ESG officials said they have only recently begun to investigate the effects of the policy recommendation that would prohibit using student funds to buy alcohol. “When a lot of this happened last spring it focused on DSG. We thought it only involved organizations that got

their funds from them,” said junior John Cooper, ESG’s vice president, “We’d now like to get more involved in the discussion.” Although ESG officials note that the kegs make up only 12 percent of their budget, they said that the popular event is important because it is one ofthe few opportunities to bring students, faculty and administrators together. “People look forward to meeting with others and getting together on Fridays,” said senior Harsha Setty, ESG President. “It’s one of the more popular events.” That popularity has already turned into support from the Pratt community,

Seatty said. He added that he has al- Pratt School of Engineering—representready spoken with faculty and adminis- ing about 1,000 students. Engineering trators —including Pratt Dean of Engi- students pay a $25 fee each year which funds the ESG budget, neering Kristina Johnson. In addition to the keg functions, the ESG officials said they will still hold the weekly function even if the policy is organization supports a dozen academadopted. Leaders said that students ic societies, funds events like faculty would likely end up purchasing their lunches and provides students with own beverages at the Hideaway. bagels, pizza and donuts throughout But some students said they did not the year, Traditionally, ESG has chosen not to expect the changed event to be as popular without the free beverages. become involved in campus issues, “It would probably severely reduce rather dedicating itself to programming the attendance at those events,” said and fund allocation. Pratt junior Mike Holub. “We try to stay away from [campus] ESG is the officially recognized un- issues,” said Cooper. “We wanted to stick dergraduate student government of the to engineering.”

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Leaders propose ambitious international goals at U.N. summit By EDITH LEDERER Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS Kings, generals, presidents and prime ministers are assembling in New York with the lofty goal of turning the 21st century into an epoch free ofwar, poverty, ignorance and disease. But they are also using the U.N. Millennium Summit—the largest gathering of world leaders in history—as a soapbox for issues in their homelands. Tight security around the United Nations inconvenienced New Yorkers and netted several arrests over the weekend. At least 91 demonstrations are planned during the gathering of more than 150 heads of state, which runs tomorrow through Friday. At the summit’s conclusion, world leaders are expected to adopt the so-

called Millennium Declaration, which commits to eradicating poverty, promoting education and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Noting that more than 5 million people have lost their lives in wars during the last decade, the document says, “we will spare no effort to free our peoples from the scourge of war.” The nine-page draft circulated Monday also vows to promote democracy and strengthen respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, “including the right to development”—a key demand by Third World countries. While the overall declaration was being drafted, individual leaders were stating their own goals. Pakistan’s military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, plans to highlight a simmer-

ing dispute with India over the Kashmir region. South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will discuss thawing relations with North Korea. Vietnamese President Tran Due Luong might use the summit to invite President Bill Clinton to visit. Cuba’s Fidel Castro, one of 18 dignitaries deemed “high-risk” and given extra police security, was expected to build on his career of battling U.S. influence. All the world’s problems are going to be thrown on the table for discussion. Africa is in turmoil, with Congo’s peace unraveling and the Sierra Leone

government fighting rebels. In Asia, Afghanistan is still engulfed in civil war and East Timor is still threatened by pro-Indonesian militias intent on undermining its move toward independence. In Europe, Serbia’s Kosovo province is beset by continuing violence between the ethnic Albanian majority and the Serb minority. For the Middle East peace talks, the Millennium Summit is seen as a make-

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Gore proposes saving $3OO billion for ‘rainy-day’ fund By SANDRA SOBIERAJ Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio A1 Gore pledged Tuesday “not to overshoot the mark” in budgeting the expected federal surplus, promising to set $3OO billion in reserve in case today’s rosy projections aren’t realized tomorrow. The vice president, campaigning at an old plow factory that is now a hightech firm, cast his agenda as forwardlooking and began to lay the groundwork for what he hopes will be a head-turning economic address Wednesday in Cleveland. Gore will spell out 10 goals to be reached in his administration, including

cutting the poverty rate and increasing the nation’s savings and homeownership rates, aides said. “I’m not asking anyone to support me on the basis of the economy we have. I’m asking for your support on the basis of the better, fairer, stronger economy that we’re going to create together,”

Gore said. In the Cleveland speech, advisers said, the Democratic presidential nominee will show his commitment to fiscal responsibility by proposing a “surplus reserve fund” that would mean, if elected, he would budget according to conservative surplus projections and set aside anything extra.

Such a “rainy day fund,” as one adviser called it, could reach $3OO billion over the next decade—the difference between the White House Office of Management and Budget’s forecast of $1.9 trillion, excluding Social Security, and the Congressional Budget Office’s projection of $2.2 trillion. Gore, en route to Cleveland, told reporters he is focused on debt reduction partly in order to maintain stock market confidence.

Tn this day and time, when productivity gains are at historic highs, we’ve got a lot better uses for America’s capital than tying it up in sterile government paper,” he added.

The vice president planned Wednesday to release a voluminous budget document resembling, as one aide described it, the doorstop-sized budget that the administration releases every year. Republican rival George W. Bush was bolstering his economic pitch, too, planning to tout his tax-cut plan in Pennsylvania Wednesday. The Bush campaign is also buying a full-page ad in USA Today Wednesday, with six Nobel Prize-winners and 294 economists endorsing Bush’s economic plan. The ad is running in editions of the newspaper distributed in key markets:

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Clinton prepares for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks today By DEBORAH SONTAG N.Y. Times News Service

JERUSALEM None of the three parties engaged in the long-suffering Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are optimistic that President Bill Clinton can

nudge the leaders closer to a deal when he meets with them, individually, in New York today. He will certainly try to impress upon them, particularly on Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, a sense of urgency. But as they did at the close of the Camp David summit meeting in July, the two sides remain both closer to and further than ever from a permanent peace agreement, frozen at a decisive moment that represents a test of their political strength and their will. Before them on the negotiating table still lies Jerusalem, waiting to be carved up. Only an unexpected shift in either side’s position on the holy city’s future status will allow them to progress to another summit meeting at the close of the United Nation’s gathering of world leaders, US. officials say.

Palestinian Central Council will meet this weekend to Despite several Israeli and U.S. proposals for sharing sovereignty, Arafat has remained immovable from debate whether the statehood deadline should be his longtime demand for fall sovereignty over what is pushed back to Nov. 15 or the year’s end. known in Arabic as Haram al-Sharif—the sacred, bitAnd Barak, his government in tatters, is starting to terly contested nerve center of Jerusalem’s walled Old give up on reaching an agreement, close associates say. City that Jews call the Temple Mount. And Barak is Publicly, he puts his chances at 50-50. “But I feel him unwilling and too weak politically to go that far, to conshifting focus,” said a close associate. “Not that he’s lost cede what is considered the holiest Jewish site. interest. Obviously peace has been his obsessive priority. At Camp David, the parties had all forecast a “But his political situation is desperate, and he has to be realistic.” gloom-and-doom scenario for September if this standoff continued. But the Israelis and the Palestinians U.S. and Israeli officials say they are having trouble reading Arafat right now. Is he engaging in brinkmanare not, as predicted, at the precipice of bloody conflict. After failing to win international backing for his ship, or is he genuinely unwilling to be budged from his longtime core positions? stance, Arafat appears prepared to postpone the uniPalestinians, however, say Arafat’s feelings seem lateral declaration of statehood from his pledged deadline of Sept. 13. That eliminates the prospect of quite clear. “I think he’s developing some negative atan imminent collapse of the peace effort and a spasm titudes toward your American president,” said Ghasof violence. san Khatib, a Palestinian political analyst. “And if he’s Still, it is a matter of at most a few months before going to give the honor of a peace agreement, he’ll give another moment of reckoning is upon the leaders. The it to someone else at a later time.”

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have the option of buying a subsidized prescription drug plan. In the case of the lowest income elderly, those earning $11,300 annually or less, the government, under Bush’s plan, would pay the entire cost of a plan that includes prescription drugs. Bush praised the Great Society health programfor the elderly, which was signed into law by President Johnson and which Democrats consider one of their greatest achievements. “My party has often pointed out the limit and flaws of the Great Society,” he said. “But there were successes as well. Medicare is one ofthem.” But Bush went on to offer a withering attack on government bureaucracy and on the federal Health Care Financing Administration, which runs Medicare. “When you need a driver’s license, bureaucracy can be frustrating,” he said. “When you need medical care, bureaucracy can be a hazard to your health.” And he quoted a Democrat, Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, who has compared Medicare to a run-down ‘65 Chevy. Bush accused President Bill Clinton and Gore of failing to seize opportunities to reshape the system. “On health care, my opponent offers the same tired, partisan ideas that have led our country nowhere,” Bush said. “His is the path of politics, the path of posturing, the path of least resistance. But it is not the path of leadership.” Bush’s plan essentially builds on the expansion of managed care in Medicare that was required by the balanced budget act of 1997. In a system modeled after the health plan now offered to fed-

GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE George W. Bush delivered a speech on modernizing Medicare and providing a prescription drug benefit during a campaign stop in Allentown, Pennsylvania Tuesday. eral workers, the government would solicit various health insurance plans including prescription drug benefits from private companies and then allow people to select from an array of plans it approved or else remain in the current Medicare system. People would be free to buy more coverage at a higher cost. “Some new benefits packages will be traditional fee for service, Bush said. “Others may be networks run by doctors. All must offer the minimum Medicare benefits and can add additional services to compete for customers. You can choose to keep your current Medicare benefit, exactly the way it is, or, if you decide to, you can add to it and improve it. It’s your choice.” Gore and other Democrats immedi°

ately criticized the plan as one that did not provide meaningful enough subsidies to help many of the elderly purchase drug coverage, arguing it would leave half those who need it without drug coverage.

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more people into health maintenance' organizations at a time when many HMO’s have been pulling out of the

Medicare market. “It leaves millions of seniors without any prescription drug coverage,” Gore said. “Middle-class seniors, nearly half of those who don’t have coverage today, would not get coverage.” He also charged that Bush had now proposed such a large tax cut and so many programs that he could not pay for the plan

without causing a deficit—a charge the Bush campaign denied. To help people with drug costs, Bush would provide a sliding scale of subsidies, beginning with the full premium coverage for the low-income elderly to get a standard benefit package including drug coverage. A second group of elderly, with incomes between $11,300 and $14,600 would get an unspecified partial subsidy for the cost of their coverage for prescription drugs. And for all other elderly, the government would pay 25 percent of the premium costs for prescription drug coverage. In addition, the government would pay for all catastrophic medical expenses over $6,000 a year. According to the campaign, these subsidies would cost in all about $llO billion across a decade. Because such an overhaul of the Medicare system could take years to set into law, Bush also offered a temporary, four-year $4B billion plan to give grants to states to subsidize prescription drug coverage for the low-income elderly. His aides said 23 states—Texas not among them—already offer versions of such plans. But critics said such state plans currently help only an estimated 1 million people. “Past experience has shown the states have only been able to cover small portions ofthose who need prescription drug coverage,” said Ron Pollack, the executive director ofFamilies USA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group for health care consumers. Bush wants $4O billion restored to Medicare for payments to doctors, hospitals and care providers that were cut under the balanced budget act of 1997.

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Administrators acknowledged that the shift from alcohol consumption to a dry policy would not be simple. “It is very difficult for a group that has been on campus, drinking alcohol, to turn dry,” said Todd Adams, assistant

which had not been logged out. Halachmi is also the online manager for ty of database information about stuThe Chronicle. dents—raises larger legal questions “That means that someone can about the privacy of personal informess with my schedule,” said junior mation. Assistant University CounDeepa Mishra. “The next thing I sel Kate Hendricks could not be know, I’m not enrolled in the classes reached for comment Tuesday. I’m already working on.” This is the first semester students But sophomore William Harrison were able to register online for classes, inwas not surprised by the incidents surance and residential services.

dean for student development. However, he pointed out that there are advantages to having a dry policy in effect. “Alcohol-free housing is a great alterna-

tive. Houses tend to be cleaner, there’s less damage and less noise.” The dry policies come at a time when alcohol has been implicated in many

tragedies across campuses nationwide, including the death of a Duke student last year. Many national chapters have adopted dry policies in an effort to limit their liability. In most circumstances, any violation of national policy voids the organization’s insurance and uninsured members of a fraternity could be individually sued. These issues were topics of discussion at the Interfraternity Council retreat last Friday. The IFC retreat, which was spearheaded by Dieterich, was attended by the IFC board as well as by most of the fraternity presidents.

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Facilities Management helps the community as well I was please to read The Durham and North Carolina variety of Duke-Durham Chronicle’s Aug. 31 article communities, Neighborhood Partnership A large group of the 100- Initiative programs benefitdescribing the well-deserved and neighborhoods recognition earned by Duke’s plus employees, motivated by ing Management carpenter-supervisor Claude schools near campus. Facilities Facilities Management is Department. As the top facili- Stubblefield, donated invaluties management department able expertise, time and supa national leader whose peoin the country, not only does it plies to rehabilitate a home ple can inspire us all. do terrific work for Duke, but for disabled adults in its employees—with strong Tarboro that was destroyed John Burness encouragement from director by Hurricane Floyd. Joe Senior Vice President for Jerry Black—also make Jackson and the staff in Public Affairs and major contributions to the grounds also participate in a Government Relations for referenced article, see http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle/2000/08/31/06Facilitesmanagement.html

‘Flirtatious bagel guy’ defends Alpine Bagels, himself Well, welcome back from Alpine Bagels as well. I must say that Monday, Monday is one of my favorite things about The Chronicle on Mondays. Starting the week off with thoughts so rich in sarcasm is great, and the traditional Alpine roast is always good for laughs. I really wouldn’t have it any other way. Kudos. Let me share some thoughts about THREE BLIND MICE’S name-game comment for a moment. We certainly did not start it—what the heck is a “Whopper,” anyway? Is it Burger King’s way of keeping people from coming in and asking for a “big-ass hamburger?” And what makes a “Pete’s Wicked Ale” so wicked? And while we’re at it, what the heck is “Soße”—an ancient Greek lizard god? I have settled

into the fact that this is a marketer’s way of giving products some character and charisma—a little personality, if you will. And while we’re on personality, let’s go ahead and put a nail in this flirtatious thing once and for all. You want the dirt, so here itis. I’ll admit that there was a time when being the “bagel king of Vanderbilt” had its perks. Furthermore, I’ve even dated a couple of Dukies along the way—classes of ’95 and ’9B. Sadly, it was a long time before the big threezero and before my hair became thinner than the air the summit of at Kilimanjaro! The reality is that my chance of getting a date here are fading faster than the collective acting careers of the cast of “Space

of the musical debacle “Hanson” and its “Mmmbop”—that was on the radio way too long. So really, take a smile and the wink as nothing more than being friendly—that’s what it’s meant to be. It comes with the gig. I think Jack Nicholson said it best at the end of the movie “As Good As it Gets.” He said, “Maybe we could live without the smart-alec com-

Cowboys,” but unfortunately not as much as the memory

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ments” regarding the friendly bagel guy. One final thought—if the rip on the chicken sammy was a crafty ploy to get it named after THREE BLIND MICE, I’m not biting just yet—it is still on the drawing board. And, there is a free lunch for the first students to correctly identify Hoss Cartwright.

Co-owner, Alpine Bagels for referenced column, see http:/ www.chronicle.duke.edu chronicle 2000 09 04 07Welcomeback.html /

On the record Graduate students in all departments make forays from one campus to the other to study with the faculty and the students. They’re more competitive on the undergraduate level where we’ve built this fierce rivalry Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services, commenting on a new scholarship that enrolls students at both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (see story, page three)

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Do it for Durham Duke students rank dead last in community relations in a recent college survey, but there is hope Beyond the wall

thought remiss—while the Tulane president hammered away at it, but then again, Bourbon Street is just a streetcar

ride away.

Michael Peterson I’ve had it with freshman orientation. I went through three recently. Added to the one I slept through at Duke back in the Pleistocene era when I was a freshman, I now know everything there is to know about going to college—4o years too late! Actually I have no memory of my own freshman orientation. All I remember is that the speeches were chloroform and I couldn’t wait to go into town to drink. Back then drinking was legal for 18year-olds. We couldn’t vote but we could drink. Now you can vote but not drink. See what progress brings! Hmmm, fortunately you can still join the military, get hand grenades and learn to kill people; the only difference today is that women get to do this also. Now there’s REAL progress. Anyway, since I remember nothing of my own orientation, I listened intently to the Presidents of Cornell and Tulane universities at my two daughters’ orientation convocations last month. I saw my daughters’ eyes glaze—after all, there were fraternity parties at Cornell that night, and the Gay Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street that evening—how the gay one differs from the real one is a mystery I do NOT want explained to me, and yes I know about anatomy—but I sat raptly attentive. Later, I listened to Nan’s talk to Duke freshmen. Basically they all said; work hard, be good and learn. The Cornell president didn’t mention alcohol or drug abuse—which I

Curiously, the presidents at Cornell and Tulane struck a theme that’s become an issue at Duke—community involvement. Surely you highly competitive people know you finished dead last among colleges ranked by Princeton Review for community relations. I doubt the ranking, but I was amazed at Cornell’s emphasis on community service. Cornell’s commitment to Ithaca was the main thrust of the president’s remarks, despite the fact that if every Cornell student adopted a needy person in Ithaca, thousands of Cornell students would spend a lot of time alone.

At Tulane, the president likewise stressed community service, but in New Orleans, if every student adopted 10 needy people, only the immediate area would be helped.

the heart of the matter: Durham needs your help. Desperately! President Keohane didn’t tell you this, it’s not politically correct, but a thousand students drop out every year in this city. SAT scores of black students are 200 points lower than white students and 500 lower than Duke’s average. A staggering number of kids can’t read or write; 600 failed summer school! Drugs, gangs and crime are terrible problems. A prominent black minister thinks boot camp is the solution. This is a city so crippled by racism—black and white—that we can’t tell the minister that the solution isn’t boot camp; it’s PARENTS! Two per household. When it’s too late for that, the solution is MENTORS! That’s where you come in. For God’s sake, share your gift. Be generous with your time. Help the youth in this town.

Duke has numerous programs. Get into one—not to raise Duke’s ranking, but as a matter of human decency. Many say the difference between our generations is that there aren’t great issues today—nothing to get involved with like civil rights or Vietnam. Wrong! Racism in Durham today is as severe and destructive as in the ’6os; in fact, it’s more insidious and complex. You have a unique opportunity to do something about it, something most other college students don’t have: You have the opportunity to truly understand the problem of racism and help a community torn by racial strife. Durham is a microcosm of race relations in America. Don’t leave here without understanding it, or trying to help.

Michael Peterson, Trinity ’65, is a

Durham resident.

What about Duke? President Keohane mentioned community service and certainly some students are involved with Durham, so why did Princeton Review rate Duke at the bottom? Most Durhamites don’t view Duke as a benevolent entity—little things

like not paying taxes, cheating on its water bill, etc. —but it is not true the city views students as spoiled brats, any more than most students view Durhamites as ignorant rednecks. There are obnoxious students and ignorant Durham rednecks, but most of us are beyond stereotypes. I think the Princeton Review’s ranking is based on an old, erroneous perception; they simply talked to the wrong people—those with chips on their shoulders are always the most vocal. So let’s skip the ratings and go to

American woman, stay away from foreign men Into the unknown Maureen Milligan Let’s just say that my Spanish vocabulary consists of about 15 words and two or three sentences. Now I’m very proud of that, don’t get me wrong, because my English vocabulary is only double that. But when I attempted to travel through South America knowing little more than how to say, “What year is it?”—which half of the time I pronounced wrong and said the Spanish equivalent of “What anus is it?”—needless to say, people were quite amused. South Americans—and the hordes of Europeans traveling in South Americasmiled at me with sympathy and pity because I was their cute, cuddly token American. “Wait a minute,” I would say to them when they would refer to me simply as “the American.” “Remember that we are a—no—the world’s superpower, and you better not forget it! Those shoes you’re wearing—American company. That Britney Spears music in your CD player—American. That advertisement for McDonald’s—where do you think that’s from?” The Europeans rarely were frightened by my diatribe. OK, they never were. In fact, they found it amusing. They sniffed their noses at me. They looked down at me over the rims of their perfectly circular glasses. They said I had no culture. An infant history. “Not a single building over 600 years old,” they would sneer to each other, chortling and grinning. I would try to ignore them, but they appeared to have

me outwitted. Not only were they experts on their own countries and languages, they knew everything they

needed to know about the United States and English, too. In fact, they often knew more than I did. I felt sullen and dejected. So, after a few encounters with those nasty Europeans, I tried to avoid them. I tried to reassure myself with the fact that their clothes never matched and that they had really absurd haircuts and names. I mean, a name like “Mona?” Like, next in line please, OK? But my options were limited after I swore off the Europeans. As I mentioned, my Spanish skills were pitiful. So whenever I met a Bolivian who spoke English, I embraced them like long-lost relatives. I wanted to talk the person’s ear off. They were my best friends, my closest confidants. The words and phrases that had been building up inside of me, unspoken and unexpressed for so many weeks, spilled to the tip of my tongue. The language that only a true American—and not a snooty European—could understand, ached to be expressed. “So, like, totally fabulous, OK?” just reverberated inside of me. Inevitably, though, I would come to my senses and take a longer look at the person speaking English to me. Nine times out of 10 it was a male. And he appeared to be salivating. And there was a sinister glint in his eyes. And why did he appear to be rubbing himself underneath the table? “You’re looking at me with lust?” I would think as I gave myself a once-over. No man in his right mind would have wanted to take a closer look at my mosquito-bitten, grimy-toothed, nappy-headed, stinky body. “Maybe he has malaria,” I would think, having schooled myself in the ins-and-outs of tropical diseases. “He must be hallucinating.” But then it would hit me. .

He didn’t care one iota about how I really looked. He was still fixated on the words I had uttered a few minutes ago. “Oh, hi. I’m Maureen. I’m, like, an American.” His testosterone-driven neurons bounced with exuberation. Female. American. Female. American. Feeeeeemale. Ameeeeeeerican. Trapped in the situation as a result of my overt friendliness, I would mumble, “So, where did you learn English?” And there was that glimmer again, the licking of the lips, the raising of the eyebrow; the answer was always the same, “Oh, from my American girlfriend.” Then I would realize that it wasn’t just the Europeans who thought we were a bunch of mindless butterballs with legs and arms, the South Americans thought we were morons too! Though our ignorance excited, rather than disgusted them. I could read his mind: Those American girls are so lacking in a national culture and religion that they have no real rules to guide them. They’re puppies without a leash. They would try anything once: Yoga, Protein-shakes, cellulite cream and South American men! After my epiphany, I would excuse myself, grab my jacket, pack and sleeping bag-all by North Face—and saury away. I am certain of one thing, the South Americans see us as fast, the Europeans think we’re idiots and we continue to walk around like a bunch of dopes, yelling, “Well, how ya’ doin’ fellas. I’m an American. I like that costume you’re wearin’—can I take your picture? Sure I’ll go back to your place so you can practice your English!” Next time, my backpack will be sporting a

Canadian flag.

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contact div-conted@duke.edu. Presbyterian/UCC Campus Ministry Bible Study meets at 12:15-1:00 p.m. in the Chapel basement, Room 036. We will be studying Genesis. Bring lunch and Bible. leer House Healthy Happenings: Living With a Stroke; Brain Attack Information. 2:00 p.m., to register call 416-3853.

THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES Photography Group with Donald Woodman. For more than thirty years, Donald Woodman has worked as a freelance commercial photographer, producing location and studio photography as well as film and video work. 7:00 p.m. For information, call 660-3663. 1317 W. Pettigrew St.

Study Night and Special Programs with the Episcopal Center at Duke. 7:30-11:00 p.m., 505 Alexander Ave. (behind the Duke Police station). Open to everyone. Do You ulu? One of the most talented jazzfunk bands is coming to Chapel Hill September 6th. The door opens at 8:00 p.m. Tickets will be on sale for $5.00. This is an all ages show. For more info about Go Studios call the venue at (919) 969-1400. The Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) Freshman Small Group will meet at 10:00 p.m., Upper East Side Marketplace. All freshmen are welcome. For more information, call 684-6735 or email jenny.copeland@duke.edu. -

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m wms ■ Duke University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology; Grand Rounds 2000-Glaucoma, 4-6:00 p.m. Homaday Conference Room, Duke University Eye Center. For more information call 6843836. >

Table Talk!" A drop-in lunch sponsored by the Westminster Presbyterian/UCC Fellowship, the Baptist Student Union, and the Newman Catholic Student Center. At the Chapel Basement Kitchen, 12-1:00 p.m. Come join us!

Choral Vespers Service (first Vespers of the Fall Semester) with the Duke University Vespers Ensemble at Memorial Chapel, 5:15 p.m. in Duke Chapel. Choral Vespers is celebrated by candlelight each Thursday during the semester.

Duke Associate Professor of History Thomas Robisheaux will deliver a lecture entitled The Last Witch of Hurden,” 5:00 p.m., in the Rare Book Room at Perkins Library. Professor Robisheaux will tell the story of a woman who was put to death for witchcraft. The lecture is part of the Friends of the Library’s “Engaging Faculty” series. For more information call 660-5816.

The Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) will celebrate Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. in the Wesley Office, basement of Duke Chapel. All are welcome. For more information, call or e-mail 684-6735 jenny.copeland@duke.edu

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 2000

Announcements

DUKE

1983-1988 SAAB 900 CONVERTIBLE. I don’t really care if

$50,000 FOR EGG

it's a turbo, I just want a convertible before it gets too cold to enjoy it! Please call Nicole at 225-7407 or 416-3825 after

DONATION

Please help us give our precious baby boy a sibling. We seek a

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compassionate, intelligent, attractive, honest, energetic, and fun-loving Caucasian woman, under 32, at least 5’5”, to be our egg donor. Please contact us at egghunting@aol.com or PO Box 140-328, Howard Beach, NY 11414.

GET PUBLISHED AND GET PAID!

Duke Magazine, the university’s nationally-recognized alumni

magazine (circulation 80,000), seeks student interns to assist in writing, interviewing, copy-editing, proofreading, research, and

ATTENTION GRADUATE WOMEN!!

other editorial tasks. Freshmen and sophomores preferred. This is an unmatched opportunity to gain insight into the workings of the university and the profession of journalism. Contact the editor, Robert Bliwise, at

Take a study break: join other graduate and professional women for bi-weekly discussions on interesting topics over free dinner! Graduate and Professional Women’s Network Dinner (GPWN) Discussions are free and the next program is on Thursday, September 7, at 5:15p.m. Program details are online at

robert.bliwise@daa.duke.edu, or 684-2883.

http://wc.stuaff.duke.edu/gpw n.html. or by subscribing to the GRADWOMEN listserv (send email to majordomo@duke.edu with message: Subscribe gradwomen). GPWN provides great personal and professional networking opportunities. Call 684-3897 or email

89 Chevy Celebrity Eurosporl. 6Great gas milage. Cylinder. Awsome car. 175K. Needs paint. $l2OO 060. 919-403-4367.

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Club Swimming Info. Session. Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 7:15 in 20 Wilson Rec. (West Campus Gym). For more info, contact Dan 613-2359 at or dk9@duke.edu.

MOVING SALE: Couch with recliner/message mech., hidden table, the works! Matching loveseat rocker/recliner. Sectional sofa nonrecliner, nice. All in excellent condition. Call 384-1147.

20 hrs/wk. Flex schedule, afternoon/eve. child care, 4 & 6 yr. girls. LT. Housekeeping. Hope Valley Area. Non-smoker, trans. needed. 490-9722 or e-mail Call SElll@aol.com. $9.00/hr.

WORRIED

Academic couple seeking part-time child care for our 5-mo. old son. Competitive pay, reg. hours, beautiful setting in professors home. Call 681-5267.

because your period is late? The Duke Student Health Service offers Confidential pregnancy testing and counseling for Duke Students FREE & ON CAMPUS. Walk-in to triage in the Student Health Clinic (Pickens), the Student Infirmary, or the East Campus Wellness Clinic.

Afterschool child care needed for nine year old girl and twelve year old boy. Hours needed are and Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 2:45-6:15 pm. Will pay Car required. $9.00 per hour. Please call with references at 660SI 47 (day) or 683-2730 (evenings).

Apts. For Rent 2 BR apt. Avail. NOW. Call 416-0393.

$525/

mo.

Child Care needed part-time, flexible hours, prefer am. Some evenings required. Call Emily at 309-4780. Croasdaile Farm Area.

GREAT DEAL!

MELLON FELLOWSHIPS Information Meeting on Mon. 9/11 at 4 p.m. in 318 Allen SENIORS and Building. RECENT GRADS planning to begin graduate school in Cultural Humanities, Anthropology and History are elidgible. Come to the meeting or contact Professor James Rolleston at 116 L Old Chemistry, 660-3162.

Nicole.Crawtord@law.duke.ed u for more information.

Be A Tourguide! Host a P-Frosh!

3BR apt, close to Duke. Spacious w/d, cent, heat and air, sec. system. Avail. NOW. $BOO/mo. Call 4160393.

Occasional Child Care nights or weekends for one 6 year old boy. References required, own transportation. Please call 384-9520.

Autos For Sale

Transportation home from school and sitting, Wednesdays and Fridays for our 9 year old. Parents

CHEVY CAVALIER 1997, automatic, 4 door, A/C, cruise, power windows and locks, remote entry, 49,000 miles. Excellent condition. Email $B,OOO. Asking

request excellent references, reliable automobile, and clean driving record. Daughter asks that you’re fun to be with but help with homework before play. Great kid! Last year's sitter could provide reference. Excellent pay in exchange for total dependability. School pick up occurs at 3 and we get home between 5:30-6:00. Call 681-5349 or 682-1180.

nmilne@nc.rr.com.

Do you love Duke? Want to share your Duke experiences with prospective students and their families? Learn more about giving campus tours, hosting p-frosh, and how YOU can get involved Wednesday, September 6 at 7:oopm in Zener Auditorium. Can’t make it? Have questions? Call 684-0715.

HOUSE COURSES FALL 2000. List of House Courses (with ACES Numbers) and course syllabi available in 04 Allen Bldg (tel. 684-5585) and at Reserve Desks in Perkins and Lilly Libraries. Brief descriptions of House Courses also available on-line at -

http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/hou secrs/hc.html. Descriptions can also be located thru ACES on-line course listing. REGISTRATION SEPTEMBER 8, DEADLINE: 2000.

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A SHOT IN THE DARK Party. Gotham 10-2 WCBS. Thurs. Sept. 10.

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business rate $6.00 for first 15 words private party/N.R $4.50 for first 15 words all ads 10(5 (per day) additional per word 3 or 4 consecutive insertions -10 % off 5 or more consecutive insertions 20 % off special features (Combinations accepted.) $l.OO extra per day for all Bold Words $1.50 extra per day for a Bold Heading (maximum 15 spaces) $2.50 for 2 line heading $2.00 extra per day for Boxed Ad deadline to publication by 12:00 noon day prior business 1 -

SAAB 900S FOR SALE

1989 SAAB 900S, seafoam green, 2 door. Manual transmission, power steering, anti-lock brakes, AC. She may be old, but she runs great! $2lOO Negotiable. Please call Nicole at 225-7407 or 416-3825 after spm.

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After School Child Care/ Tutor in Reading and Math for 4th Grade Students (in our Home) Needed. Good Communication Skills and

Transportation Required. Competitive pay. Please call 4891900 or 660-2649

nmilne@nc.rr.com.

Help Wanted

'B9 Mitsibushi Montero, 5 dooi 4WD, tow pkg, A/C, 155K mi. $399! Firm. 490-9048,

Come join the fun at Satisfaction Restaurant and Bar! Impress your friends and family! Now accepting applications for all positions. Apply in person or contact Sarabeth at 682-7397.

1993 Mazda MX-3 GS. Good Condition. $4500. Day: 681-1695. Evening; 550-8894.

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Are you a work-study student desiring RESEARCH EXPERIENCE? Busy cognitive psychology lab looking for responsible, interested undergraduates to work starting right away. 8-15 hours a week. Flexible schedule plus a tun work(Psychology ing environment. major not required). Interested? Email memlab@psych.duke.edu

Caring, intelligent person wanted to care for a bright happy-go-lucky 4 year old. Pay negotiable. Please call 401 -9230.

INTERNET STARTUP in Durham on 9th Street, foundedby 2 Duke MBA’s. Seeks P/T student help in admin., biz-dez, marketing (research, website management), programming (VB, C, Java, Unix). Internships, paid P/T positions. Visit www.reactivesearch.com or call 4903255 for details.

today! Child Care workers needed for local area church Wednesdays 6; 15pm-9:oopm and/or Sundays 9:3oam-12:30pm. $B.OO per hour. Call Venetha Machock 682-3865.

LAB RESEARCH

Duke Liver Center is looking for work study student (Fr.-Grad) who is organized, friendly, enthusiastic with good work ethics. Duties; data collection, data entry, library research, copying, creating new files, filing etc. 10-20 hours/week @ $7.00/hr. Contact Anne Johnson for and/or an more information appointment at 681-5054 or email; johns22l @ mc.duke.edu. Durham Press seeking accountant to oversee fulfillment, maintain records, and assist financial planning. Requires accounting and database management skills, ability to solve problems and help customers. Fax resume to 493-5668.

The Athletic Department is hiring qualified tutors in all subject areas. We especially need tutors in Math, Economics, and Science, Computer Science. We are also looking for a general tutor to manage the study lab from 7 to 10pm two or three nights a week. To fill out an application go to

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correspondence, etc. Requires computer literary, excellent writing skills, college degree. Fax resume to 493-5668.

Needed: Work-study students to assist in lab experiments in Molecular Biology. Flexible schedule. Competitive wages. Contact @ Abou-Donia Dr. donia@acpub.duke.edu or 6848404.

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advertising staff. Use your customer service and computer entry skills in a really fun environment. Great resume builder! Come by The Chronicle Advertising Office for an application! 101 West Union Building

Need flexible hours? Work study student needed to perform clerical work in the Provost’s Office. Call Margaret Barry at 684-1964 for more information.

Across from the Duke Card Office Down the Hall from Chic-fil-A. Or call 684-3811. Bartenders, make $lOO-$250 per night. No experience necessary. 1800-681-8168 x 1032.

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GREAT STUDENT JOB!

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Lead Teacher needed for after school program at private elementary school in Durham. Must be experienced working with children ages 5-12, M-F, 3-spm, $l5/hr. Also accepting applications for ass. teachers. $8.50/hr. Call 919-2865517, fax 919-286-5035, email

Marketing position available with

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earl2ooo@duke.edu.

Marketing Internship Part-time, ss, expenses paid, resume builder. For more info call 877-204-6228, email jobs@housinglol.net, or apply online at www.housinglol.net.

www.duke.edu/web/athletetutor/ or contact Brad Berndf at 613 7567 for more information.

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EXPERIENCE for motivated student: Medical immunology lab specializing in kidney research. Opportunity to learn immunology and molecular techniques and transgenic models. $7.00/hr, flexible hrs. Contact Earl Rudolph, Box 3014, Dept of Med, 286-0411, ext 7301, fax 286-6879,

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING tutoring wanted at brokerage firm. 2 hrs/week, flexible timing and pay. Call Elizabeth, 493-3400.

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Caring tutors needed. Flex hrs, special ed., math, science, organization, and test prep. Please reply to Jlocts@aol.com.

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Are you a Duke Student needing work? This is clinical work and not work-study. For more information, call 684-3491.

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, 56k miles. Automatic, A/C, AM/FM Cassette. Excellent condition. Asking $5,000.00 Call 919-3807719 or email

payment

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TUTOR/ CHILD CARE

Toyota Corolla, 1991

Prepayment is required Check, Duke IR, MC/VISA or Flex accepted Cash. (We cannot make change for cash payments.) 24 hour drop off location: 101 W. Union Building

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NON-PROFIT -SINCE 1961 Member owned Lowest rates Fully insured Excellent Safety Record

Needed: work-study student to assist in neurosurgery lab. Hours: Flexible. Contact; John Sampson, MD at 684-9041. Rate; to be discussed.

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BARBER SHOP Full Service Style Shop Mon.-Fri. 8-5:30 Sat: 8:00-5:00

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PAGE 14 Needed: Work-study student to do light typing, errand running, filing copy, etc. Contact: Brenda Howell at 684-9041. Hours: Flexible. Rate: To be discussed. Part-time fitness specialist tor the Duke Center for Living; some evenings (M-F) 4-9 pm and weekends (S/S) 1-5 pm; BS degree in fitness-related field; CPR certification; facility supervision and personal training experience preferred. Fax resumes to Kaye at 919-681-8570 (no phone calls please). Duke is an

Affirmative

Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Needed: Work-study student to do light typing, errand running,

filing copying,

etc.

Contact:

Karen Koenig at 684-3271. Hours: Flexible. Rate. To be discussed. LIFEGUARDS needed afternoons and weekends. Red Cross Lifeguard certification and basic CPR. Must be reliable, responsible and have excellent communication skills. Great environment and excellent pay. Contact Monica Blaich at 688-3079 ext. 249 Duke Diet and Fitness Center. Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal

Opportunity Employer.

RAINBOW SOCCER seeks a File Maker Pro computer savvy individual for seasonal/year 'round office and field work. Precise data entry skills and soccer experience necessary. Flexible hours. Please call 967-3340 or 967-8797 ASAP

SECRETARY WANTED (PART TIME) JUDEA REFORM RELIGIOUS SCHOOL. 25 hr/wk. General office tasks, maintain student database, assist with programs. Word and Excel experience preferred. Contact 489-7062 or efk@cs.duke.edu

STRUT YOUR STUFF!!!

The Duke Stores Marketing Department is in need of an Appearance Specialist. We offer flexible hours and good pay. For more information, contact Alan or Angela at 382-0197.

Sylvan Learning Center needs college grads as part-time reading

and math instructors. Flexible afternoon and Saturday morning enthusiasm for hours. Requires teaching and working with kids. $lO/hour. 309-9966. TWO RAINBOW SOCCER ASSISTANTS WANTED for Chapel Hill recreational league. Approx. 25 hrs/week, weekday afternoons and Saturdays. Must be dependable, good with kids of all ages and have coaching and refereeing experience, organizational skills, dynamic attitude, and reliable transportation. Please call 967-3340 or 967-8797 ASAP.

University Secretary's Office seeks work/study student to perform general office tasks typing, research, copying, shredding, etc. Flexible hours, convenient west campus location. -

demeanor Call Sara Faust at

Professional

TEACHERS NEEDED FOR RELIGIOUS AND/OR HEBREW SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MIDRASHA (TUESDAYS 4:00-5:30 PM AND/OR SUNDAY MORNINGS) OPENINGS FOR 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR. GOOD WAGES. CALL 489-7062.

required. 684-9206.

Wanted: Certified lifeguards for Aquatic Center West Campus for hors needing coverage contact

Position available working with a team providing intensive early intervention for an adorable 3 yearold boy with autism. .Will provide training. Time commitment 3-6 hrs. per week. Contact Kate 919403-0221. Positions are available for several work study students to assist research group in Psychiatry department in the Medical Center. Duties may include assistance with data management, entry and scanning. We also have opportunities available for those interested in database programming. Rate of pay $6.80/hr. minimum. Contact Ron Garrison, 684-5130. Private PK-12 high school outside seeks NC, Hillsborough, Mathematics teacher for 20002001 for Algebra 1 and Geometry. Possibility of a third math class if half-time employment is desired. Will consideradvanced undergraduate math major or graduate student. Salary commensurate with experience. Fax resume to 919732-1907 or call 919-732-7200 for more information. RAINBOW SOCCER COACHES WANTED! Volunteer coaches needed for youth, ages 3-13, and Adults, 9th grade and older. Practices M&W or T&TH, 4:155:15 tor youth, 5:15 Dark for adults. All big, small, happy, tall, large hearted, willing, fun-loving people qualify. Call 967-3340 or 967-8797 for information.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) is an recruiting undergraduate research assistant to serve as the Jacqueline Anne Morris Research Scholar. Priority for the position will be given to student majoring in psychology and/or public policy. Under the supervision of TlP’s Executive Director or his designate, the student will support ongoing TIP research and program evaluation activities and will have an opportunity to conduct original research. The student can expect to perform the following activities: literature searches and library research; summarizing research articles; assisting with research manuscripts; and other functions specific to a particular research project. The student can work up to 19.5 hours per week at an hourly salary of $7.50. Summer employment is possible. Contact Jenny at 683-1400.

The DUKE UNIVERSITY TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM (TIP) has a variety of work study positions available immediately. Contact Julie Worley at 668-5140 or at jworley@tip.duke.edu for more information.

Three workstudy positions available in (75%25%) Literature Program East Art Museum for Campus varied duties including internet, computer, library, general office -

functions. 10 hours a week, 57.00 hr. Prefer experienced and reliable freshmen or sophomores. 684-5566. Leave message when available.

Houses For Sale

justin.suszko@duke.edu.

1800 SQ.FT

WANTED: Certified Lifeguards for Aquatic Center West Campus for hours needing coverage contact justin.suszko@duke.edu. -

Part-time housekeeper needed for 3 hours from 3 to 6. Mainly housekeeping, light childcare. Need own transportation, good references required. Call 401-1833.

WORK STUDY POSITION

An undergraduate student is needed for upcoming Fall semester and beyond. This position is open during every school year; therefore, freshman and sophomores are encouraged to apply since they may continue the job for subsequent school years. The position includes staff functions in support of environmental social sciences faculty and the Director of Professional Studies for the Nicholas School of the Environment. Duties include environmental Internet and library research; Excel, Word, and Internet document creation and editing; image scanning; document reproThe duction; and facsimile use. hours are a flexible 10-12 hours per week schedule, which is tailored to the student’s class schedule and can be modified as needed. Training will be provided for areas of responsibility if required. The student must be work-study eligible. PLEASE CONTACT ALISA DRAKE VIA EMAIL (alidrake@duke.edu), or call 613-8112

We are looking for an individual who would be interested in doing some computer programming for a project in neuroscience. Knowledge of Splus and C languages is necessary. A generous hourly wage is offered. Please contract either Beau Lotto or Dales Purves at 684-6276.

WORK AT ALUMNI AFFAIRS!!! Work-study student needed for flexible hours in the Reunions Department. Job includes event coordination, spreadsheet and work processing, copy/fax

requests and

other routine administrative functions. Great place to work, lots of perks, convenient West Campus location!!! Call 684-3029 for more information.

WORK STUDY FALL 2000 Sociology Department has several openings for work-study students for general office assistance. Flexible time schedules. Starting pay is $6.50 an hour. Must have confirmed work-study eligibility. For more information contact:Claudette D. Parker, 660-5617 or e-mail:cpark@soc. duke.edu

WORK STUDY POSITION. Need students to assist in taste and smell experiments. Flexible hours. Call 660-5658 for details.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 200Q Housemate wanted to share home with 4 Duke-grad students. 1.5 mi from campus. Call 493-7403.

Room For Rent Room Available in Grad Student House. Spacious room. 1.5 miles from West Campus. Safe, quiet residential neighborhood in excellent location. W/D, central A/C. D/W. $295/month. Looking for clean, responsible individual. (Sorry, no pets). Call Tom @ 490-3726

Misc. For Sale Awesome computer desk. Paid $6OO 2 years ago. Sell for $175 080. 919-403-4367.

Pets. $5OO 530-8648.

Room available in large 4BR/3BA house. Safe, quiet residential neighborhood 15 minutes from Duke. Large yard, W/D, A/C, fireplace, hot tub. $350/mo. Call Darrell 477-2598, dca@duke.edu. Room near East Campus. Private entry in back. Utilities, cable-tv, furnished. 286-2285 or 419-1223.

ROOMS FOR RENT

Rooms for rent. No Pets. $5OO/month (utilities included amenities) in large home. 4894480.

Rooms for rent. $450 (neg.). Half block from Baldwin Auditorium. W/D, central air, security system, large desks,. Call 989-6860 or 3840125

1/2 utilities. Call Brian

Travel/Vacation

(taf2@duke.edu).

TOWNHOUSE

3bdrm, 2bath w/loft, gas fireplace, end unit with open floor plan and cathedral ceiling. Large deck w/hot tub and storage shed. In Hope Valley Farms, pool and clubhouse. Back to a wooded lawn.

Split a huge 2bd/2bth 1200sqft warehouse apt. on N. Duke St. (downtown). Students OK. No

SPRING BREAK 2001. Jamaica, Florida & S.Padre. Reliable TWA flights. Book by Oct. 1 & receive 14 FREE meals & 28 hrs. FREE parties! 1800-SURFS-UP. www.studentexpress.

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Roommate Wanted Wanted To Buy Roommate wanted for West Village Warehouse apt. Own BR/BA. No pets. $540/mo and half utilities. Call Brian at 530-8648.

Split a huge 2bd/2bth 1200sqft warehouse apt. on N. Duke St. (downtown). Students OK. No Pets. $5OO 1/2 utilities. Call Brian 5308648. +

DUKE STUDENT SEEKING 1983-1988 SAAB 900 CONVERTIBLE. I don’t really care it it’s a turbo, I just want a convertible before it gets too cold to enjoy it! Please call Nicole at 225-7407 or 416-3825 after

spm.

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Tory party seeks to overturn Gore proposal suggests using Labor’s 20 percent poll lead budget surplus to reduce debt >■ BRITAIN from page 2

voter polls, making Blair the most enduringly popular prime minister in British history. But a series of government internal leaks and policy spats in May and June, and simultaneous moves by Hague associating himself with emotive populist causes like law and order and blocking asylum seekers, had brought him within single digits of Blair. However, new polls now show Labor with the support of more than 50 percent of voters and the Conservatives with less than 30, a margin that would produce an even larger Labor majority in Parliament than its landslide win in 1997. Labor appears to have won back its following with renewed proposals to overhaul the ailing National Health Service and increase funding for dete-

riorating public services. Hague, meanwhile, was obliged during the summer to abandon an absolute tax-cut pledge and sacrificed credibility as a future prime minister by giving an interview in August to a men’s magazine in which he claimed he used to drink 14 pints of beer a day as a young man working on a truck making deliveries to pubs in Rother-

ham, the South Yorkshire town where he grew up. Since gaining Tory leadership in

1997, Hague, 39, has struggled to free himself from a young fogey reputation stemming from his having read parliamentary papers, memorized speeches of Winston Churchill and learned the names and districts of the Tory members of Parliament, all when he was just 15. He has trimmed his thinning hair into a fashionable stubble, donned jeans and baseball caps and slid down amusement park water slides in a repeatedly unsuccessful effort to update his image. On the contentious issue of Europe, Blair has said he is in favor of the principle of Britain’s joining monetary union but will not schedule a promised referendum on the matter until he is convinced that entry would be economically advantageous to Britain. Hague argues there should be no thought of proposals to adopt the

common European currency whatever the circumstances until at least the end of the next Parliament, or 2006. Hague is focusing on Europe as the key issue in the upcoming election, aware that it is the area of most distinct contrast with Labor and that polls show two-thirds of the British public are opposed to abandoning the pound for the euro. But his hard-line position causes him problems in his own party, some of whose more tradi-

tional members said Tuesday they believed in a less confrontational stance.

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bus, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and all of Florida. “A1 Gore busts the budget, spends the surplus on bigger government and complicates the tax code by forcing people to hire accountants and lawyers to figure out if they are the lucky ones to fit into his targeted tax relief,” Bush spokesperson Dan Bartlett said. But White House economic policy chair Gene Sperling, a free-lance adviser to Gore, said the vice president’s plan would ensure the country doesn’t go

back to deficits and “painful spending cuts” of the 1980s. “The idea is not to allocate the entire surplus under the prudent view that there are unanticipated events in the future and you should have an extra reserve that, if everything goes right, will go toward extra debt reduction,” Sperling said. The political point of Gore’s economic pitch to make Bush look fiscally reckless for proposing to give back most of the federal budget surplus over

the next decade with his $1.3 trillion tax cut. Gore aides say the vice president is trading any political advantage he might gain from an extra $3OO billion worth of campaign promises—for tax cuts or spending projects—for the opportunity to showcase his commitment to debtreduction. The nation can pay off the entire $3.5 trillion debt held by the public by 2012

under Gore’s scenario, he says. The other $2.2 trillion of the $5.7 trillion national debt is held by Social Security

and other trust funds. Gore told workers cramming the lounge of Resource, an Internet marketing company, he would “show how all of the pieces fit together” within balanced budgets that would, unlike Bush, pay off the debt and “not overshoot the mark with a tax cut for the wealthy that completely overwhelms the surplus.” “People don’t focus on the fact that Bush is locking in a tax cut before locking down the surplus,” said Greg Simon, Gore’s senior policy adviser. Once Bush cuts income tax rates, if the surplus *

doesn’t materialize, Simon continued, “Do we really think he’s going to try and raise those rates back up?” Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee fired back, saying Gore’s budget proposals would dip into Social Security surpluses by up to $906 billion over the next decade. Gore and most politicians of both parties have said they would not spend that popular program’s surpluses. Budget panel Republicans said that

when added to Clinton administration budget plans, the net cost of Gore’s proposed tax cuts and spending increases—plus interest savings the government would lose—totals as much as $4.3 trillion. That compares to nearly $3.4 trillion in projected surpluses, excluding Social Security.

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Friday of each meeting weekend. Each ofthe policies is designed to inUniversity Health System business have also found places on the board’s crease the amount of discussion and debate time for trustees by eliminating exyear-long agenda. This kind of early year focus is itself traneous time drains. a change for the board, which used to “We just have to cut off discussion at plan from meeting to meeting rather some times, and that’s not right,” said than for the whole year. Administrators board chair Spike Yoh, Engineering ’5B. will compare items that arise during “When we have an issue, we will be the year to those already scheduled to given data and reports on it before the maintain a balance of new and ongoing meeting. [Before,! we would get to the issues on the board’s agenda. Trustees meeting and then there would be an hope this change, part of a package of overall summary by an administrator. “What we’ll ask now is to minimize amendments to board procedures, will improve the quality and efficiency of that review time and have more discustheir discussions. sion time. That’s putting more burden on are of the individual trustees to do their homethese alterations a part All year-long report from the board’s ad-hoc work and get their thoughts in line.” As a result of the cutback in adminisCommittee on Procedures, whose plan was approved in May. trators’ presentation times with the The policy also renewed the trustees’ board, Haltom will begin coordinating commitment to keeping their meetings an effort to better organize and present closed from the public and the media, the informational materials she sends to dent searches and monitoring Duke

the trustees before each meeting. For example, she will encourage each administrator who sends the trustees a proposal to include an executive summary rich with substance and data. “I don’t expect us to get it right by the October meeting, but if by the end ofthe year, we’re 50 percent better than we were at the beginning, it will be a success,” Haltom said. “We want to give better information in a more organized format so we can have more time on the agenda to discuss the important issues before the University.” The new plan will also place more emphasis on the work of committees, which in the past have often spent as much of their time receiving updates from students and administrators as discussing and deciding substantive issues. This year, Yoh will ask each committee to examine its area’s future. “We are trying to allocate key subjects back to the committees so we can

get some real discussion from the committees,” he said. “From the business and finance committee, analyzing where we’re going with the new moneys. From buildings and grounds, implementing the master plan for not only the campus but the forest.” At the end of the year, Yoh will ask the chair of each standing committee to prepare a written report on its accomplishments vis-a-vis its year-long plan. “Traditionally, the biggest critics of the board are the trustees themselves,” he said. “Everybody has something they want to do. In committees, we’ve asked to have them develop an agenda for each committee for each year, and at the end we will ask ourselves, ‘How have our procedures enabled this committee to work?’” This year’s procedural review is the first since 1996, but the board may begin doing them more frequently.

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Chancellor Marye Anne Fox named Lee Fowler N.C. State’s new athletic director yesterday. Fowler, formerly the athletic director at Middle Tennessee State, hopes to begin a new era of athletic success for the Wolfpack, who have struggled with poor facilities during a decade of mediocre play in many major sports.

Blue Devil volleyball dominates High Point In a quick match, Duke shut out the Panthers in the first game by scoring 15 unanswered points By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

H If you walked into

aagBBB Cameron Indoor IaTMtIIfIUMSI Stadium only 15 minutes into last night’s volleyball match against High Point, you would have already missed one-third of Duke’s performance. The Blue Devils (3-2) dominated the Panthers (0-2) in a speedy 3-0 victory against High

� Michigan point guard thrown off team Sophomore point guard Kevin Gaines has been removed from Michigan’s basketball team, coach Brian Ellerbe reported Gaines was involved in a “serious violation of team policies” off-campus, and Ellerbe noted that two Wolverine freshmen would also be disciplined. Gaines, who led Michigan in both assists and steals last season, will be permitted to remain a student at Michigan and will retain his scholarship.

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Point, but they began the sweep in convincing fashion. In game one of its home opener, Duke rolled to a 15-0 shutout. The trio of Ashley Harris, Jill Sonne and Bryn Gallagher effectively shut down any attempts by High Point to return the ball, notching a combination of 24 kills—with each player tallying eight. “Our team’s awesome,” freshman middle blocker Krista Dill said. “It’s cool being a freshman coming out here, but our team’s loaded. Everyone could be out there starting. I think everyone could do the job here.” And everyone did. With a lopsided win at hand, coach Jolene Nagel took the opportunity to play a number of reserves in the second and third

games, which Duke won by scores of 15-6 and 15-7. Rachel Vander Griend, a sophomore middle blocker, saw time in the second game and delivered a couple of kills, as did

freshman defensive specialist Meghan Brown. Despite some minor flaws

with communication and passing the ball, Nagel was pleased with the overall team’s efforts. “I was glad I was able to get a lot of people some playing time and an opportunity to play against some competition,” she said. “It’s nice to see everyone in a competitive setting to see what they’re capable of doing.” While Nagel knows fully well what Harris and Sonne are capable of, Gallagher’s performance has markedly improved from last season, when her average was 0.87 kills per game. In the first five matches this sea-

son, that number has leaped to more than three. “I gained a lot of confidence last spring season because I was put in a role where I had

to be offensive,” Gallagher said. “Spring season is just a time you can go ahead and

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JUNIOR ASHLEY HARRIS, along with Bryn Gallagher and Jill Sonne, led the Blue Devils with eight kills in last night’s match.

swing at some balls because no one’s keeping record. “This summer I was here doing conditioning with our strength coach, working on agility and stuff. All of the physical

Hingis, Williams win in quarterfinals at U.S. Open By STEVE WILSTEIN Associated Press

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Venus Williams hit bot-

tom, so to speak, when she double-faulted

three times in one game, whiffed at an overhead, stomped to her chair, missed the seat and plopped to the court. The sheer indignity of it all only compounded the frustration she felt throughout

her match yesterday against a relentlessly net-charging Nathalie Tauziat. Yet even on her worst day, Williams still was good enough to win, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, and extend her tour-leading streak to 24 matches as she moved into the semifinals of the U.S. Open.

Williams, seeded No. 3, will have to play far better to beat No. 1 Martina

Men’s results

Kiefer (14) d. Norman (3), 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3

Safin (6) d.Ferrero (12), 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

Johansson d. Arthurs, 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4

Martin d. Moya, 6-7 (3), 6-7(7), 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2 Women’s results

Hingis (1) d. Seles (6), 6-0, 7-5

V. Williams (3) d. Tauziat (8), 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

QUOTE OF THfe PAY “The second half is what you can expect from here on out, ail the way to the gold-medal game.”

Jason Kidd, member of the men’s basketball Dream Team, who opened an 18-0 second-halt run versus Spain in a pre-Olympics tourney

training helped, but the confidence I gained during the spring really helped. If you’re the least bit shaky on the court, your opponents find it and exploit it.” See VOLLEYBALL on page 20 �

if m a VENUS WILLIAMS reaches for a backhand during yesterday’s match versus France’s Nathalie Tauziat Williams lost the second set but defeated Tauziat in the third.

Hingis tomorrow. Hingis knocked out Williams in the semis last year before losing to Serena Williams in the title match, and has been the most dominant woman in the tournament so far this year. She reached the semis last night with a 6-0, 7-5 rout ofNo. 6 Monica Seles, and has yielded only 15 games in five matches without dropping a set. Williams had not lost a set in the tournament and had dropped only three sets in her winning streak. But after a listless first set against Tauziat and a sleepwalking second set filled with unforced errors, she powered up her serve and groundstrokes a notch to wear down the small but spirited

Frenchwoman. “You walk off against her and you don’t have the impression you played a tennis match,” Tauziat said. “You feel as if you’ve been in a tag-team wrestling match or a boxing bout, but not tennis. She just bangs away. It’s in, it’s out, it’s a double-fault, it’s an ace. You just never know what’s coming.” Half the time, Williams also didn’t know what was coming off her racket as she sprayed her serves in sundry directions and whacked groundstrokes wildly. She had seven aces and 10 double-faults. She was too aggressive or too tame, sometimes reaching for balls that would have flown long, or hitting shots safely down the middle. “A lot of times I was rushing when I really could have just taken my time and hit some nice passing shots or some lobs,” she said. “I never get upset when I’m playing, butr today was very strange. “I thought I had quit playing tennis like that. It’s been a little while since I played a match like that. I can’t accept these things.” Williams didn’t blame her problems on the gusting wind or the fatigue of playing See

TENNIS

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Wind in Sydney knocks out trains, sails

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PASSENGERS wait at the Olympic Park bus station after service was stopped for several hours yesterday. By ROB GLOSTER Associated Press

site within an hour ofthe power failure, and 26 buses were used to transfer passengers to other stations.

Among those unable to get to the Olympic Park staSYDNEY, Australia The howling winds that knocked out train service at Olympic Park station tion, which reopened just before sunset, were volunTuesday and also damaged sailboats training on teers heading to the Olympic Stadium for a dress Sydney Harbor underlined two of the biggest fears of rehearsal ofthe opening ceremony. “From next week there will be literally hundreds of Olympic organizers. Ten days before the opening ceremony, a chaotic buses available if this unforeseen event should recur scene involving hundreds of stranded passengers during the Olympic Games,” said Cityßail spokesman reminded officials ofthe threats that nasty weather and John Lee. Wind also caused the evacuation of two Olympic transportation problems pose to the Sydney Games. The train station mess, along with several recent venues, knocked down fences and ripped sunscreen problems on the Olympic bus network, also raised the panels off the roof ofthe main press center. The weather bureau recorded gusts of 49'mph near specter of a repeat of the transportation problems at the 1996 Summer Games—with one Sydney volunteer bus the Olympic Stadium twice Tuesday. “It was nerve wracking. Televisions had to be taken driver warning “we’re having an Atlanta experience.” About 500 frustrated and confused passengers were off shelves,” said Emma Stevenson, venue supervisor at stranded at the Olympic Park station when service was the Olympic shooting center. “Fences with concrete knocked out for about four hours Tuesday afternoon. bases fell over.” The problem occurred when wind caused a copper The gusts also broke masts and ripped sails on power cable to swing into an aluminum hatch on the boats competing in a practice regatta on Sydney last carriage of a train that had just left the station. Harbor, where several boats capsized. One sailor had The cable dislodged, and the train stopped. to be rescued by a New Zealand coach’s boat. Roofs were damaged, power was knocked out to About 150 passengers had to be led off the train. Nobody was injured in the evacuation. thousands of homes and there were 35 bush fires in Michael Stanley, a spokesman for the State Rail the region. The wind knocked down at least 40 trees in Authority, said emergency repair crews were at the Sydney and whipped trash along sidewalks.

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The tradition of traditions: It’s not Duke football As I get older, there are three givens for every new year—l will get lazier, I will spend even more time at the local Wal-Mart, and the fact that I’m a Duke football season ticket holder will rocket even higher on the list of things I never mention; Currently, it’s somewhere between the fact that I know who the current holder of the warrior belt is on Battle Cage and my inexplicably large Bon Jovi album collection. The bad news for Duke football—Bon Jovi is making a comeback.

calculator, feel free to add them up. Hmm. Tradition.

Upon further review Ray Holloman It’s the damn sign. If there’s one thing about Duke football that really sets my biscuits burning, it’s the sign behind the Duke bench—Duke football: The tradition of traditions.

And now that the football team is in a little 76-0 rut, those season tickets—which I’m proud to say my parents and sister still own—have plummeted faster than stock Come on, really. in L.A. Gear. That’s like saying Canada; The country of countries, I don’t want to rip on the football team, really. Head or Spam: The luncheon meat of luncheon meats. Sure, coach Carl Franks is about as good a guy as you’ll ever the Canadians have done some good things for us and meet in the sports world and if he gets to stay around at Lord knows where we’d be without great Canadian stuff Duke for a couple years, he’ll probably turn out to be a like, well, Zambonis, and sure we all enjoy a little Spam pretty good college coach. And the same is true for most of from time to time, but when was the last time you ever the players. So what if they score less than Psi Upsilon, heard of those intimidating Canadians or turned down a they’re decent enough athletes and decent enough guys. little spiced luncheon loaf? And after years of watching Duke football, that’s Just offhand, I can think of a team or 200 that has enough to bide my time until basketball season. a better tradition than Duke football. Just at Duke, the But Keith Jackson’s in the booth and police stations all men’s basketball here has a little tradition and hell, around the nation are getting their Seminole stamp even our drunken club rugby team has at least beaten ready for the blotter—it’s officially college football season. Carolina. Whoop-de-frickin’-doo. Calling Duke football the tradition of traditions with Welcome to college football season at a basketball the history of the men’s basketball team is kind of like school, where everybody gets about as excited as they do Pepsi talking about the rousing success of Clear Pepsi. for the arrival of Labor Day—in Palau. But there you have it, right behind the Duke bench, Every year, it’s just like Christmas at your grandindisputable proof that somebody has the world’s most cremother’s. Sure, it’s real exciting for a couple hours leadative mind or the world’s most uninsultable intelligence. ing up to it, but when you walk out that night with Sure, Duke football used to have tradition. And believe another ragged pair of underwear and a piece of plastic me, I’m really frickin’ glad that we won all those frickin’ molded to your butt from sitting at the kiddy table, it’s championships in 1920 and Tm sure it’ll frickin’ impress all suddenly about as thrilling as the five bucks off at the hell out ofall my flapper friends and maybe afterwards Foot Locker I won from a Mountain Dew cap. we can all do the frickin’ hully-gully and hope that Lucky I guess I’ve just grown used to it. Lindy makes it back over The Pond. Just a thought. Even after a humiliating defeat to ECU, a school The fact is that Duke has as many ACC titles since the which is amazingly on the receiving end of jokes from end of the Johnson administration as Flock of Sea Gulls N.C. State, I’ve only got one real beef with Duke football, had hit albums—one. And in that span, it’s got just a few and it’s got nothing to do with the team. more losses. Ifyou’ve got one of those “e” buttons on your

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But believe it or not, it could be worse. If you just arrived, you might think that Duke football just started a triple gainer down the toilet, but as a longtime football fan, I can guarantee you that’s not true—it started sucking a long time ago. There was a time very recently when Duke football meant something. Problem is, it lasted about as long as Corey Maggette’s collegiate career. Or exactly as long as Corey Maggette’s collegiate career to be precise—one season, 1994. After Steve Spurrier left in 1989, Duke was saddled with Barry Wilson, a man with all the personality of a pickle and half the coaching savvy. Four undistinguished years later came Fred Goldsmith. There should’ve been warning signs right away when he was hyped up as the man who turned Rice into a bowl “contender.” Considering you can now play in the prestigious Weedeater Bowl, and since the George Foreman Super Gas Grill Bowl can’t be far away, being a bowl “contender” is a little akin to being a “contender” to get into community college. Goldsmith brought one great season to Durham. That team won seven straight games before hosting FSU. (Before Duke started selling home games on ebay, we actually hosted the ’Noles). But after that, it went downhill faster than a greased up Roseanne Barr on a super sled in December. The only positive thing I can say about Fred Goldsmith is that once, after a tough defeat at N.C. State, he accidentally spit a large chunk of chicken onto the face of a reporter from Greensboro. Fred had about the same grasp on his food he had on football. Which brings us to the latest installment of the Duke football “tradition,” continuing strong and winless into a new millennium. But just remember, as bad as it seems, projectile chicken is always worse. I’ve got to go, homework awaits in Soc. 10; The class of classes. Upon Further Review is a weekly sports column. It appears every Wednesday.

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Upsets on men’s side continue with Norman � TENNIS from page 17

day and night for the past four days because of the rain delays and her singles and doubles schedule with her sister, Serena. Rather, she chalked it up to just one of those days best forgotten. Her frustration was epitomized by her misadventure with her chair after she was broken on serve in the third set. She had taken control of the set by sweeping the first four games but then came unglued again, double-faulting three times, completely missing the ball on an overhead swing and netting a backhand at break point. Pouting and stomping her feet, she marched to the sideline on the changeover, missed the seat as badly as she had missed the overhead and fell awkwardly. Tauziat and spectators laughed, but Williams didn’t see any humor in it. “I was just angry,” she said. “I just couldn’t see.” But when that moment of blind rage passed, Williams recovered her poise enough to break the tiring Tauziat one more time and close out the match with only two unforced errors in the last two games. “Finally, physical ability was the decisive factor,” Tauziat said, “because right at the end I hit volleys that nobody else would have got to, and Venus was there all the time.” But Tauziat also thought she had exposed Williams’ vulnerability a bit. “I think if she [is to] win the tournament, she needs to improve her level,” she said. “I don’t think she is going to win if she plays like this.” In men’s matches, No. 14 Nicolas Kiefer knocked off No. 3 Magnus Norman 6-7 (3), 6-1,6-3 to set up a quarterfinal match against No. 6 Marat Safin, a 6-1, 6-2, 62 victor over Juan Carlos Ferrero. Unseeded Swede Thomas Johansson also reached the quarters, beating Wayne Arthurs 6-4,6-7 (7), 6-3,64, and will play Todd Martin, who came back from a two-set deficit to beat Carlos Moya late last night.

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Since then, Gallagher has been one of the Blue Devils’ key assets at the net. She was in full form last night against the Panthers. “She’s one of our harder workers out there, always wanting to know what she can do better, why she’s not being successful if that’s the case,” Nagel said of the junior offensive hitter. “She’s put a lot of heart into it, as well as time and energy to be a better player. It’s now showing out there on the court, which is a delight to see.” The only time Duke was in any kind of danger last night was a brief period when High Point took a 6-2 REGAN HSU/THE CHRONICLE lead in the third and final game of the night, something the Blue Devils quickly corrected. BRYN GALLAGHER spikes the ball during last night’s win over “With our passing, we constantly have to continue High Point. to make sure that we’re consistent with that and not make an error,” Nagel said. “In game three, we broke despite extensive high school experience, are still down in our passing a little bit and that’s when they learning on the college level. scored all those points.” “A couple times, there wasn’t some talking done But High Point is no North Carolina or Georgia that needed to be done and the ball dropped,” she said. Tech. The improvements on the team won’t be truly “I can count at least three ofthem right off-hand, but tested until later on in the season. For now, Nagel a couple of times, the ball didn’t drop, but it wasn’t a hopes to keep fine-tuning, especially when it comes to play we would have made.” communication on a team with five freshmen who, Gaurau Shukla contributed to this story.

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