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Sports Volleyball victorious again The Blue Devils racked up their sixth consecutive win last night with a sweep of visiting Campbell in the Brodie Gym. See page 19

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The Duke University Police Department received 14 reports from students who said cash was stolen from their unlocked rooms as they slept sometime between early Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. DUPD Maj. Robert Dean said about $897 total was taken from wallets left on desktops or in desk drawers from three separate dorms: Six rooms were entered in Brownstone Dormitory, five in the Theta Chi fraternity section and three in Jarvis Dormitory. “At about [6 a.m. Sunday!, someone entered "nur building and tried to open every door in the section and in unlocked rooms... he tried to find any wallets and took the cash from those wallets,” said junior John Wiemann, president of Theta Chi. He estimated that about 15 brothers had reported their cash taken. One fraternity member said he was awake when the suspect came into his room. “I heard somebody in my room and knock on my loft, and I looked up and thought it was one of my neighbors. It turned out to be some random guy,” said junior Chris Marki. The suspect is described as a 6’ tall, 30-year-old black male of thin build, with a shaved head and thick mustache, wearing a gray shirt and gray pants, possibly a gray jacket and a tie of unknown color. Dean added that it would not be easy to find the suspect but that anyone with information about the crimes should call

Campus Police. “We have a very competent police

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FOURTEEN UNLOCKED DORM ROOMS, in three separate dormitories, were burglarized sometime between Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. department, but no police department can solve/prevent crimes alone,” Dean wrote in an e-mail. “We need your assistance. Let’s develop a partnership.” He said students can help in four principal ways—by asking the police to

help set up a dorm watch program, keeping their doors locked at all times, learning the names of everyone in their dorms and reporting suspicious activity to the police immediately, See THEFTS on page 17

North Carolina. That it was the first Charlotte City Council vote to ever override a mayoral veto is momentous in its own way. But more relevant is that with it, Charlotte joined an ever-growing debate over halting, however indefinitely, North Carolina’s execution of criminals. A Charlotte Observer investigation this week asserted that capital punishment in the Carolinas is tainted with inequities and incompetencies and spares some of the state’s most vicious killers. A bipartisan legislative commission in N.C.’s General Assembly is currently examining alleged racial bias in death penalty cases and whether to exempt people with mental handicaps from execution. Additionally, in a national study released last June, a team of legal scholars found that more than two-thirds of appealed death penalty convictions in North Carolina are sent back to the courts for retrial. “For us, it became a question of equiSee MORATORIUM on page 10 �

A Growing Community said that the first thing A typical day for freshman Adam SanBy JODI SAROWITZ The Chronicle dler includes attending class, doing homean observant student work and eating meals. It also includes looks for on a campus is praying several times a day and wearing a kippah and kosher food. The FCJL holds a very tzitzit. strict standard of Kashrut (the dietary laws). Sandler is an Orthodox Jew, one of just a few on campus. Unlike most freshmen, you won’t find Sandler in Tm not on the freshman meal the Marketplace come dinner, but at the Freeman Cenplan,” said Sandler who eats the ter for Jewish Life, eating kosher food with fellow Jews. kosher lunches in Trinity Cafe and A few years ago, however, such a picture would not at the Cambridge Inn and dinners have presented itself. at the FCJL. ‘The food is delicious, my lunches and dinners are taken Junior Eldee Stephens, also an Orthodox Jew, recalls, “When I was a freshman, Hillel was a shack and care of—it’s great.” kosher food was only available on Friday nights. Now The FCJL offers dinners five we have a multi-million-dollar place.” nights a week, for $lO payable by AT A KOSHER DINNER AT THE FCJL, (left to right) Andrea Feit, Zach Robertson, Shancash, food points or flex. The dinners non Whitaker, Rachel Rosenthal and Renan Levine share the day’s news. Sandler and his fellow Orthodox Jews mark an increased movement of making life at Duke more acwere offered last year, but the lunches are a new addition. Sandler calls the FCJL his second ing to make Duke a place for Orthodox Jews to come,” commodating for those who wish to practice strict Jewish traditions. home on campus. said Sandler. Strictly observant Judaism is away of life, not just Still, “Being here is culture shock,” Sandler said. “I Some of the special accomodations include placing a religion. Thus, observant students have special needs standard lock and key entries to the dormitories bemiss seeing guys in kippahs, girls in long skirts and that need attention. cause these students can not use the electronic Duke- everyone being religious.” The University has made special accommodations Card system on Shabbat. The construction of the FCJL has alleviated some of for the several Orthodox and observant students on “The University has been really accommodating that shock by providing a place to eat and gather for See ORTHODOX on page 18 campus. Assistant FCJL Director Rabbi Bruce Seltzer with housing and dining and everything; they are try-

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Florence becomes third hurricane of season Hurricane Florence, already blamed for at least two deaths in North Carolina, continued to meander about 330 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras. It is not an immediate threat to land. EU removes sanctions on Austria

Dutch law approves same-sex marriages Lawmakers

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to marriage, including adoption and divorce—approving legislation that gives gays rights beyond those offered in any other country. FEC awards funds to Buchanan The Federal Election Commission upheld Pat Buchanan’s claim to $12.6 million in disputed federal campaign funds earmarked for the Reform Party’s presi-

The European Union lifted its sanctions against Austria, seven months after hurriedly imposing a diplomatic freeze on Vienna for bringing the rightist Freedom Party, led by Joerg Haider, into its ruldential nominee. ing coalition.

Legislators vote to honor slave laborers More than 200 years after work began on the nation’s capitol building, the House passed legislation to honor the slaves who helped build the United States’ seat of democracy.

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Bush rebuffs criticism of commercial Opponents claim a flash of the word ‘rats’ suggests subliminal advertising “Conspiracy theories abound in publican National Committee, incorBv FRANK BRUNI NY* Times News Service American politics,” Bush said early porated a computer editing device ST. LOUIS As yet another of Tuesday morning at an airport news that makes portions of words pop his campaign days skidded onto unconference in Orlando, Fla., trying to onto or skitter across the screen, a expected ground Tuesday, Gov. make light of the situation. But, he kind of visual spice. “Rats” simply George W. Bush ofTexas defended a added, “I am convinced that this is happened to be the last four letters of“bureaucrats,” they said. Republican television commercial not intentional.” He also emphasized his belief Bush’s aides also sought to turn that, in attacking Vice President A1 Gore’s plans for health care, includes that because the word appeared for the tables on the Gore campaign, only the tiniest fraction of the 30- which alerted The New York Times a fleeting, almost undetectable image of the word “rats.” second commercial, it could not have about the “rats” reference, by pointBush said that the word, which is had any great purpose or impact. ing to a Democratic advertisement on screen for one-thirtieth of a sec“One frame out of 900 is hardly a released a week ago that they conond and can be seen wdth clarity only conspiracy, it seems like to me,” sidered misleading. That advertiseBush said. by freezing a videotape of the adverment, which criticized Bush over tisement, was a fluke, not a deliberHis aides later elaborated that health care in Texas, used a headline ate subliminal message to voters the commercial, produced and refrom The New York Daily News in about his opponent. leased several weeks ago by the ReSee BUSH on page 9

Tire, auto executives trade accusations stone tires that can suffer blowouts and sudden loss of tread. Last week, two other congressional panels held hearings. Nasser said Bridgestone/Firestone withheld information regarding certain tires that could have led to a quicker recall, while the tire company’s officials countered that the Explorer’s design played a role in the accidents. “Last week, I listened in disbelief as senior Firestone executives not only acknowledged that Firestone had analyzed its claims data, but also identified significant patterns of tread separations as early as 1998,”Nasser said. “Yet Firestone said nothing to anyone, including the Ford Motor Company.

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WASHINGTON The century-long relationship between Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. unraveled Tuesday, with the two companies trading pointed charges over which is more to blame for scores of fatal accidents involving Firestone tires and Ford Explorers. “It’s like tying two cats by the tail and throwing them over the clothesline and letting them claw each other,” observed Sen. Ernest Rollings, D-S.C. The Senate Commerce Committee hearing was the second trip to Capitol Hill for Ford CEO Jacques Nasser and Bridgestone/Firestone CEO Masatoshi Ono to discuss last month’s recall of 6.5 million Fire-

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ASA examines GPSC discusses parking woes The council also heard from the director of the newly created community housing office group’s future By MOLLY JACOBS The Chronicle

� The Asian Students Assocation forms a task force to investigate ideas including a recruitment weekend and an administratoradvocate for its constituency. By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

In a year marked by University-wide strategic planning, some student groups are now seeing what they can do to ensure their own future success. The Asian Students Association has formed a task force to examine the status and future of their constituency. The five-member committee hopes to present a comprehensive report of their

findings to University President Nan Keohane in late October. Following in the footsteps of organizations such as the Black Student Alliance and Mi Gente, the task force—made up of students and administrators —hopes to address many proposals that are intended to increase the student group’s voice and visibility on campus. “We’ve had some success pushing for similar issues with Latino students,” said task force member Christina Chia, a program and research assistant in the Office of Intercultural Affairs. “We felt this was a great opportunity to push

these new initiatives.” Among the leading ideas being discussed are the creation of an Asian American recruitment weekend, a University program in Asian American Studies and the hiring of an advocate—an administrator specifically tasked with representing Asian American students in University affairs. “If you look at all the administrators on cam-

pus very few are Asian American. Having that person there to be our voice will be helpful because we think there are more things that can get done,” said ASA president Patricia Chen, a junior. “It’s harder to push the administration without an advocate.” Five years ago, ASA submitted a similar pro-

posal to Keohane. That plan addressed ASA financing, office space and the introduction of an See ASA on page 18

As the Graduate and Professional Student Council began a new year last night, voices still resounded with historical complaints. GPSC representatives voiced that they were still unsatisfied with how the University was dealing with parking. The greatest cause of concern for attendees was the delay of the opening of the Grounds Lot, the primary parking area for graduate and professional students. “[Executive Vice President Tallman] Trask said the lot would be done when the semester started and it was not completed,” said GPSC ombudsman Tomalei Vess, a sixth-year graduate student in biology. “But now he has not said why it wasn’t completed.” In their parking update, Vess and GPSC attorney general Carol Chancey told council members that the University continues to resolve parking problems by opening the Card Gym lot after 5 p.m. and placing the shuttle buses on a 10-minute cycle in the afternoon and evening. However, many graduate students remain largely unaware of their current parking options. Representatives said that they did not know that the Grounds Lot had opened Tuesday and many were unaware of its location. “We need a time when students can get information about the parking situation. And it would be beneficial to have it after [students] have been in the parking process for a while, so that they can also voice their opinions and complaints,” said GPSC vice president Ryan Opel, a second-year graduate student in law and

psychology This popular proposal prompted Vess and Chancey, a third-year graduate student in biomedical engineering, to set up a parking forum with Trask that is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 21. In addition to parking, representatives also revisit-

ed the issue of graduate student housing. Linda Moiseenko, director of the community housing office, spoke about the purpose and goals of her newly-created department. “The community housing office is here to assist students, faculty and stafTwith locating off-campus housing and provide important information on various aspects of off-campus living,” she said. The new housing office will also offer home search planning, off-campus financial planning, tenant tips

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GPSC VICE PRESIDENT RYAN OPEL suggested a parking forum be held to clear up parking issues. The forum will be held Sept. 21. and other necessary residential services, Moiseenko said. The office will also house telephones and computers that can be used to perform housing searches and to contact property managers and owners for needed information. GPSC also discussed bridging departmental gaps through social and intellectual programming. “We want to increase awareness that GPSC will do socials things for the graduate and professional students,” said student life committee chair Will Tyson, a third-year graduate student in sociology. Tyson gave the example of“the welcome-back party we had at Devil’s Den, estimated at 250 attendants.... We want to do things for those departments who do

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Aggressive treatment makes new heart drug more effective International trial highlights regional differences in heart attack reduction rates and calls for an increase in invasive measures By JENNIFER SONG The Chronicle

Researchers have found that a new anti-platelet drug works more effectively in American patients than in patients from all other countries included in a large-scale international clinical trial. The trial, called PURSUlT—which stands for Platelet glycoprotein Ilb/lIIa in Unstable angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy—was spearheaded by researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The international trial was conducted from late 1995 to early 1997. “PURSUIT is one of the largest experiences in this field,” said Dr. Robert Harrington, associate professor of medicine, referring to the nearly 11,000 patients worldwide used in the trial. “It’s a pretty sizable population to gain insight from.” Harrington is one of the primary investigators of the American patient subset of PURSUIT. A paper published in the Sept. 4 issue of Circulation focused on results and observations made from this group. Eptifibatide, the drug tested in the trial, is part of a new class of drugs that is given to heart patients to prevent aggregation of bloodstream-clogging platelets. A total of 10,948 patients from 726 hospitals representing 28 countries were randomly treated with either eptifibatide or a placebo for 72 continuous hours. Of the 4,305 patients from the United States, 11.9 percent of those treated

with eptifibatide died or experienced a heart attack within 30 days of treatment, compared with 15.4 percent of those given placebos. In stark contrast, among patients from countries other than the United States, 15.6 percent treated with eptifibatide died or had a heart attack compared to 15.9 percent of placebo-treated individuals. ‘The reduction of heart attacks or deaths in eptifibatide-treated patients {in countries other than the United States] was virtually insignificant,” said primary author Dr. Michael Lincoff, associate professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. “However, the drug showed significantly greater treatment effectiveness in the US. population.” Lincoff attributed this finding to the fact that more than 50 percent of the American trial population received some form of invasive treatment immediately following the 72-hour exposure. The procedures conducted were not required because of the drug itself, but were standard among US. institutions. Lincoff believes that the drug was more effective in US. patients because invasive cardiac procedures such as angiography, angioplasty and bypass surgeiy are more common and performed earlier in America than elsewhere. “We found that with our more aggressive treatment patterns, a drug like eptifibatide has the most effectiveness,” he said. Although further research needs to be conducted to determine the exact cause of the drug’s effectiveness, scien-

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Chinese professor speaks on WTO Peer mediation Yinxing Hong of Nanjing University says Chi

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� After a successful pilot year, the peer mediation center hopes to become more stable and draw more referrals by increasing student awareness of its services.

A picture of boundless new economic opportunities was what Yinxing Hong had to offer in a speech Tuesday about China’s upcoming admission to the World Trade Organization. Although there has been much debate about the issue, Hong, a professor of economics and vice president of Nanjing University, brought forth much evidence to show China was more than ready and willing to join the world economy. According to Hong, who spoke through a translator, China is already a contender in the world market. About 40 percent ofChina’s gross domestic product now comes from foreign trade. In 1998,200 of the

Fortune 500 companies had foreign investments in China. Admission to the WTO would simply expand the opportunities which Chinese companies have already begun to take hold of, Hong said. In fact, many of the Chinese companies involved in foreign trade have become increasingly privately-owned. There is also a desperate need to update industries which have traditionally lagged behind in China, namely the agricultural industry, Hong said. Prices in China for grain and other comestible products are generally higher than prices in other parts of the world due to an effort on the part of the government to reduce the poverty level of farmers in rural areas. However, the approach has not been successful, he said, as most of the farming done in China is more for subsistence than distribution. What little is sold throughout China goes through so many middlemen that the farmers see little of the extra profit that should be generated by higher prices. Hong believes that the only way to alleviate this problem is to open the industry to world trade. This would allow new hybrids to enter the market, encourage new means of production and facilitate a shift to mass production farming. Another benefit Hong cited was that many farmers would head into cities in search of jobs since employment in the agriculture industry would decrease, which could lead to a greater labor pool for the manufacturing industry. This loss ofagricultural employment was questioned by the audience, but Hong defended his statement by saying that he believed this influx of competition was the only way to change the currently “clogged” system. Like agriculture, the service industry is also lag-

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PROFESSOR YINXING HONG says China is already a contender in the world market.

ging behind, he said. China has not participated in Internet commerce, but Hong said he believes that by joining the WTO, China would enable website businesses to flourish. The move would also encourage other businesses that could provide the materials necessary for Internet commerce—products which

would be easily imported after joining the WTO. Hong mentioned a saying in Chinese which has been used to describe some people’s opinions of China’s acceptance into the WTO: ‘The wolf is approaching.” Although some risk is involved in any venture, Hong took care to address fears brought up

by opponents of China’s entrance to the WTO and tried to show that China is prepared to join the global community.

The new peer mediation center that began as a pilot program last year has been made official. Now, coordinators of the program are working on getting the news out to the Duke community. Last year, about eight students went through the program. More than eight referrals were received, but many of them did not work out. Still, administrators are satisfied with this number because .the program is still new. This year, they hope resident advisors and advocates of peer mediation will publicize the program. “We’re trying to improve, stabilize and publicize the program,” said Carmen Tillery, assistant dean for student development. “The resident advisor refers matters, but there were situations where once I contact the other party, they decided to resolve the problem on their own. “For example, one person said they had a problem with a person paying a phone bill from last year. I called the other person, and she said, ‘l’ll just pay it’. The [first] person called and said the bill was paid.” According to some of the program coordinators, the lack of student mediation was not primarily due to students solving issues without the service. Senior Jaimie Kent, student coordinator of the program, attributed the lack of student involvement to the absence ofadvertising. “There wasn’t enough awareness last year because the program was young and things weren’t getting referred,” Kent said. “We have people who can mediate, now all we need are [referrals].” However, most students expressed skepticism at the likelihood that the program can effectively handle the many disputes that arise on a University campus. While a lot of students also doubted that they would use the program themselves, or refer others, senior Mike Lauer wishes the program had been around when he was a freshman. “It’s definitely a good idea, where freshman can come in and may have a problem See MEDIATION on page 17 &

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University bestows two distinguished service awards From staffreports The University will award its Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service next month to Robert Durden, emeritus professor of history, and Ella Fountain Pratt, director of the Office of Cultural Affairs. The medals are Duke’s highest service awards and will be presented by President Nan Keohane Oct, 5 during Founders’ Day Convocation. Durden tracked the history of the University and the Duke family and wrote several books on the subject. He has been at the University since 1952 and served as chair ofthe history department from 1974 to 1980. He has held Fulbright teaching appointments in Italy and Australia. Pratt has been at the University since 1956 and became director of the Office ofCultural Affairs in 1969. In 1980, she received the Fannie Taylor Award for Distinguished Service to the Performing Arts from the Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators. Pratt retired in 1984. She has served on several local arts boards, including the North Carolina Dance Theater and the Durham Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society. Keohane will also award the Distinguished Alumni Award to John Koskinen, chair of President Clinton’s Council on 2000 Conversion and former chair of the University’s Board of Trustees. Kathy Rudy, associate professor of women’s studies, will receive the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. The Board of Higher Education and the Ministry of the United Methodist Church will award the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award to Gerardine DeSanctis, professor of management in the Fuqua School of Business.

Benefits’ open enrollment period begins:

Employees will choose their health and dental plans and reimbursement accounts for dependent day care or health care during the open enrollment period, Sept. 25 to Oct. 14. The decisions made during this period will take effect Jan. 1, 2001. All employees will have to take action during this period or they will lose coverage. Human resources officials will be available for consultation on the matter at various upcoming fairs and employee meetings.

Domestic Culture from Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart” will be showing in the lobby of Perkins Library beginning Sept. 8 and running through the end of October. Drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript and INtWS Special Collections Library, it includes instructional pamphlets, ■DKiJbir o cookbooks and other texts ranging from the late 17th century to the mid-20th century. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m Friday in the Perkins lobby.

Architect to lecture on building churches: Architect authority Frank Kacmarcik will lecture on building better places of worship Sept. 21 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Commons Room

at the Divinity School as part of the school’s annual Stuart C. Henry Religion and Arts Week. Following the lecture, he will tour one of his projects, the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Raleigh. The architect has consulted for hundreds of liturgical design projects and worked with Jewish, Protestant and Catholic worshippers. The 80-year-old Benedictine is a lay brother at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn.

Bikers congregate to fight cancer: The Joann Gaddy Grimes Bike Ride To Fight Cancer will be held Oct. 8 from Greensboro to Durham. Contributions will help fund cancer research at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. The event was named after Joann Grimes, who hiked 50 miles in 1995, ten years after she won her battle with cancer.

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Ford, Firestone lose money as threat of lawsuits looms NHTSA has warned that another 1.4 million Firestone tires that the company has refused to recall are dangerous and should be replaced. The company disputes that allegation, but announced customers could choose another tire Tuesday that it will replace the tires for brand beginning with the 2002 model, free if customers are concerned or will which begins production in January. reimburse up to $l4O per tire for comFirestone has been the standard brand petitors’ models. on Explorers, the top-selling SUV. Both companies have suffered finanAt least 88 people have died, and cially since the recall was announced more than 250 have been injured in U.S. and face the prospect of numerous lawcrashes involving Firestone tires, most suits seeking many millions of dollars. of them on Explorers, according to the Bridgestone/Firestone stock has lost nearly half its value since early AuNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration. gust, while Ford’s has eroded by about 15 percent. Bridgestone/Firestone recalled 6.5 milAt the hearing, Ono repeated in lion ATX, ATX II and Wilderness AT tires last month and has replaced 2 million. halting English the apology he gave HEARINGS from page 2 ‘This is not the candid and frank dialogue that Ford expects in its business relationships.” He then announced that Explorer

last week, while John Lampe, the company’s executive vice president, went on the attack. “We take full responsibility, senators, when a tire fails because of a defect. We firmly believe, however, that the tire is only part of the overall safety problem shown by these tragic accidents,” Lampe said. “Federal data shows there have been over 16,000 rollovers with the Ford Explorer, causing 600 deaths,” he said. ‘The tire failure has been involved in only a very, very small percentage of these deaths.” Lampe urged investigators to check whether Ford’s recommended tire pressure of 26 pounds per square inch—four pounds lighter than Bridgestone/Fire-

stone’s recommendation—played a role in the accidents. Ford has said the lower pressure was recommended to give motorists a smoother ride, but critics say it was to limit the possibility of a rollover.

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was asked whether the problem was with Explorers, Firestone tires or both. “At this time, I think we’re dealing with a tire problem, but as part of our investigation we will also explain the possibility of a combination,” she said, saying the probe was continuing. NHTSA has been criticized for not opening an investigation until May, even though lawsuits dating back a decade include claims of tread separation on the tires.

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such away that made it look as if it was on the front page when in fact the article ran inside the paper. “I would say that this is a case of somebody doing something that was (a) deliberate and (b) clearly designed to mislead,” said Bush’s chief media adviser, Mark McKinnon. “Because of that the DNC ad should be subject to much greater scrutiny.” Rick Hess, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party, insisted that the commercial was fair because Bush’s photograph and a smaller headline about the article did appear on the cover of The Daily News. While Bush and his aides dismissed the “rats” detail of the Republican commercial as unintentional and unimportant, their need to explain it underscored the difficulties he has faced in recent weeks. Every several days, with uncanny regularity, Bush has found himself dealing with surprises, errors or distractions, sometimes of his own making, that throw his campaign off course and threaten to blunt his efforts to regain some of the ground he seems to have lost to Gore. It happened last week with the debate over presidential debates and with an incident when Bush, unaware that a nearby microphone was on, uttered a vulgarity about a reporter whose coverage he deemed unfair. It happened the week before that when the Republican National Committee released a commercial, with the Bush campaign’s permission, that challenged Gore’s truthfulness and political consistency. Bush woke up Tuesday morning with the intention of focusing on his health-care proposals at events in Orlando and St. Louis. Both Florida and Missouri are crucial battlegrounds in the presidential election, and Bush’s former lead in polls in those states has vanished. But he was quickly entangled in questions about the commercial, first on the ABC News program “Good Morning, America” and then at the news conference. And beyond that topic lay another that had nothing to do with the issues that Bush wanted to discuss. A profile of him in Vanity Fair suggests that he mixes up words from time to time because he has dyslexia. The first dozen or so questions at his news conference were about the Republican commercial. The next several were about the magazine article. Bush said he does not have dyslexia. “Amazing what happens when you run for president,” Bush said, reflecting on the latest

But later, at a town-hall-style meeting in St. Louis, During the day, they criticized Bush for not issuing a Bush seemed buoyant as he talked for a full hour about direct apology for the commercial. One senior aide said a variety of issues. It provided a marked contrast to his he was convinced that the fleeting reference to rats was demeanor earlier, when he at times showed signs of not accidental. Gore, campaigning in Ohio with his running mate, shakiness. On “Good Morning, America,” he first told Diane Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., told reporters, “I think Sawyer that he had not known about the controversy it’s a disappointing development.” over the word “rats” in the advertisement until that moIn Orlando, Bush said he did not condone subliminal ment. Then, when she expressed skepticism, he clarified advertising, but did not think it was the aim of this that he meant he had not known about it until waking commercial and would not order the commercial pulled up to the news on Tuesday morning. because it was already scheduled to conclude its run on At the news conference, he said the word “subliminal” Wednesday. four times and each time garbled it, giving it an extra Bush said he had seen the commercial several weeks ago and had not noticed the word rats. syllable in the form of the suffix “able.” Gore’s aides, barely able to contain their delight over “We don’t need to play cute politics,” Bush said, the latest distraction to bedevil the Bush campaign, seeming to mean both that the party did not have to jumped on the news about the commercial, which broke and that it should not. “I’m going to win this election Tuesday morning in The New York Times. based upon issues.”

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ty and fairness that we wanted to see addressed,” said Charlotte City Council member Patrick Cannon. “One mistake of executing anyone is a mistake too many.” Charlotte is the seventh local government in the state to take that stand, following in the footsteps of councils from Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Durham, whose council passed the resolution in August. North Carolina’s People of Faith Against the Death Penalty has influenced several church and government groups—including Charlotte’s city

Durham said the General Assembly has not frankly confronted the issue since 1977, when it re-instituted capital punishment. “The legislature has exhibited a more conservative bent over the last 15, 20 years, and I suggest that’s been one reason it has not been raised,” Miller said. “It’s my hope that the issue would be again revived and that with these new developments, the entire issue could be re-examined.” Two types of bills could put the issue on the legislative table: a bill to temporarily halt executions or a repeal of the death sentence altogether. Coleman, the Duke law professor, said debate needs to shift away from old political arguments for or against the death penalty. In 1997, he wrote a resolution passed by the American Bar Association that denounced the execution of people with mental handicaps and those who were juveniles at the time of their crime. The resolution also charged that the administration of the death penalty in the United States is corrupted by racial discrimination and poor defense representation. “Lots of [criminals] end up on death row because they’ve had a bad lawyer,” Coleman said. “It’s like Duke playing against Campbell in basketball and running up the score. When you talk about the death penalty you need to have equally matched teams.”

someone who is innocent,” he said. “I accept that the people of North Carolina

support the death penalty, but I think that support is based on a lack of knowledge on how it’s administered.” But city council members both in Durham and Charlotte who opposed similar resolutions have argued that local governments should not take positions on affairs, decided at the state and national levels. “The danger is that we open a Pandora’s box,” said Joe White, a Democrat who was one ofthree Charlotte council members to vote against the resolution. “Does the Charlotte City Council council—to take a stand for moratori- have to adopt a policy on global warming? On partial birth abortion? Where um “The administration of the death does it stop?” White stressed that he personally penalty is a haphazard maze of unfair practices with no internal consistency,” supports a moratorium but opposes said Steve Dear, executive director of local government trying to influence an the group. issue over which it has no jurisdiction. Recent debate on the moratorium in “It’s probably been one of the most diNorth Carolina was partially inspired visive things for this community,” he said. “You stir up a lot of emotions over by the Illinois governor’s February institution of a moratorium—the first of its something we don’t impact. We’re arrokind —on all the state’s executions. And gant to think anyone in the state legisthe debate is not likely to go away soon, lature is waiting around to see what said Jim Coleman, a professor of the Charlotte thinks about this issue.” Cannon disagrees. “We here in Charpractice at Duke’s School of Law. Coleman has been a key advocate in lotte are not trying to tell the [General encouraging a review of the death Assembly! what to do,” he said. “We can only hope that they look at some of the penalty nationwide. “Moratorium is the right way—it fairness and equity issues that are out gives us an opportunity to review this there.” without running the risk of executing But Democrat Rep. George Miller of

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continuing discussions and consideration of the Event Policy Review Committee’s recommendations—which include eliminating the use ofUniversity funding for alcohol at student events and registering all alcohol-related parties—reveal a great deal about the progress that has been made in reforming Duke’s dangerous alcohol culture. Not a lot of progress has been made. Since the end of last year, the Alcohol Task Force has been marching with the battle cry of making drinking safer. All the while, this review committee, led by university life deans, is toting the exact opposite message—killing underage drinking on campus and stifling all alcohol-related events. The group’s recommendations target some of the safest alcoholbased events on campus. Class and quad parties bring drinking into the open at events that are focused on interaction with other individuals and oftentimes food or a band. People are not getting ill from their drinking at these types of events. All along, the committee has argued that these reforms are aimed at unifying the University’s message on alcohol—especially underage drinking. In fact, the committee has done nothing of the sort. Each of these events requires a University-sanctioned bartender who is required to card for each drink. Besides, if the University is foolishly concerned with bartenders and other food service workers giving beer to minors at the University’s expense or profit, then it cannot allow campus bars or stores to sell alcohol, too. Simply put, none of these changes will make any significant progress toward the appropriate goal of making campus drinking safer. It’s time for someone to get everybody on the right side of this issue. Having two groups address this problem only serves to confuse the matter more. The Alcohol Task Force must organize administrative and student efforts around its important and responsible goal—making campus drinking safer. Earlier this fall, Duke Student Government released a weak and vague response to this plan. Campus Council’s response was just as disappointing. But if the interests of the student body are to be protected, these groups must take strong stands that look out for their constituents and demand that the University deliver a unified message on this vitally important topic. Too many students now believe that Duke wants to drive drinking off campus. Too many students also naively believe that Duke wants to keep drinking on campus in its current form. Lastly, too many months have crept by since these discussions began and still students, and apparently administrators, are confused about the goal of these alcohol discussions. The time for designating duties is long past. It is time to act

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Duke disregards the wishes of a former president A very wise and respected cess we have had. We are president once addressed our small and should stay small. Duke community with these We are a ‘residential university,’ and we should retain words of pride and a challiving on-campus lenge for our great university; the “...This is not an Ivy option—but not an overLeague School. We are not of crowded one. It is the any flock or tribe. I do not remarkable appeal of Duke propose that we seek for ourto the undergraduates that selves a homogenized patensures we can reach any tern of the half dozen great goal now set for Duke.,.,” I would like to reissue this private universities of the nation—of which we are challenge to the current one—or that we try to ‘catch administration and student up’ or follow any university, body in light of the many no matter what its prestichanges I have seen in my gious position.... I do not like past three years here at to hear Harvard referred to Duke. Duke’s unique social as the Duke of the North. climate is in jeopardy, and I Simply to do as some other hope that the individuality university does, to teach as it and purpose ofDuke will not teaches, to operate as it operbe lost among current nationates, to accept it as our al trends and methods. We model, would make our best are unlike the rest. We have success but a carbon copy. brilliant people who came Undergraduate student here to share and grow in the life and the experience at Duke spirit. They are our Duke are the spicy ingredibest Duke success. ents in the institutional sucThe concerns of the Duke

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Mystery girls in red, black and yellow perplex many I’m sure you’ve all seen this outfit. They never smile. them. They’re a group of They never laugh. They never females who march around even speak. They appear to be campus. The outfit is always having a negative amount of the same—red shirt, black fun on campus. slacks, black shoes, yellow I’ve seen them for three gloves, black backpack. They years and, unable to get an march everywhere. When answer from my friends as to they are in packs, they inter- what they’re up to, I must link, like some long phalanx. turn to the general public to Most telling, however, is see if they know. their general attitude when in You’ve seen this makeshift

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Going for the g01d... again and again Ron Jeremy Dana Vachon As so many people around the world gather in excitement to watch the Summer Games in Sydney, I am continually reminded ofwhat a difficult time this Olympics have always been for me and my family. Every male member of my lineage has had—and blown—a shot at the Olympic Gold Medal in weightlifting. It is almost as though we are cursed. Sometimes, I can’t bear to think about it. But other times, it all comes back to me. It was 1984.1 was the youngest Olympian ever to represent fair Bulgaria in the Summer Olympics. I was only four years old at the time, and could scarcely control my own bladder, much less lift weights, but that did not matter. The corrupt, communist-controlled Olympic Committee reserved a place for me on the team because of my family’s long-standing prominence as great weightlifters, and because I agreed to do over 20 commercials pitching surplus canned herring in exchange for a pair of blue jeans when I returned. But it did not matter. I may have been small, but I had a big heart. All ofthe other weightlifters had

I was only four years old at the time, and could scarcely control my own bladder, much less lift weights at least entered puberty. Many had been on steroids since birth, and the experts agreed that I did not stand a chance. But then things changed. Igor Igorovich, the former Russian cosmonaut turned Olympian, withdrew from the competition. He had developed a fascination for western plumbing and refused to leave his hotel bathroom. The Soviet judges were prepared to swing all of the Eastern Bloc countries in my favor, if only I could lift the weight. As it happened, my muscles were atrophied from watching American television and eating American fastfood when I should have been training throughout the preceding games. I could not lift the weight. I am sure that, if I was able to process thought at that time of my life, I would have looked back upon the members of my family, who had stood in that same spot before me. There was Grandpapa Ivan. He was a strong man, and famous in his village for lifting steam locomotives with nothing but his mustache. This activity was discouraged by his psychiatrist, however, when it was discovered that Ivan viewed the trains as phallic symbols, and was himself wrestling with a strange sort of post-industrial penis envy. Poor Grandpapa Ivan. Penis envy or not, he made it to the 1912 games in Stockholm, and was in the final competition for the gold. At the last minute though, he accepted a bribe from the Swedish mafia, and threw the Olympics in exchange for a single cow and a box of lip balm. No one heard much from him after that. Then there was Papa, who was also a very strong man. As children, my eight brothers and I were quite obese, and Papa would amuse himself by juggling us for fun. Juggling even eight skinny children is difficult, so you can imagine how strong he must have been to grapple with our combined girth. Papa too almost had the gold medal, and I am sure he would have won it the 1976 Olympics in Montreal had it not been for his incontinence, which is an obstacle for most athletes—especially for a weightlifter. It sounds like a far-fetched dream. But I believe that if I can find it in myself to exercise regularly, abstain from relations with cattle and keep a healthy bladder and urinary tract, I can one day win that elusive gold medal. Dana Vachon has already been barred from competition at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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and association and the fulfillment tters of need for all the world’s people. e Before writing a whole column on the issue of anarchy, we must first define the term. The word Ben Weller itself arouses suspicion and fear in most people, invoking images of Recent events such as the demonviolence and disorder. It is comstrations in Seattle last year and monly associated with chaos and this year’s protests in Washington the end of civilization. Despite D.C., Philadelphia and Los Angeles being loaded with so many negahave cast some light on a highly mistive meanings, the meaning of understood and ignored—though anarchy is really quite simple, and quite important—aspect of the in the opinion of many, quite posimovement for social justice: tive. Anarchy literally means, Anarchism. Media attention on the “without rule.” It is commonly used anarchist movement has done more to describe a situation in which to distort the issue than clarify it, so government does not exist, but it is I will devote this column to explainnot limited to this definition. ing what is meant, in my view, by the Although anarchy is contingent idea of anarchy. I realize I am invitupon the destruction of the state, this is not a sufficient condition. All ing criticism from both sides by taking on such a huge topic in such litother forms of power and rule must tle space, but dialogue about the be eliminated as well. This includes private power, i.e. large concentraissue can only be constructive. While the term “anarchism” is tions of capital, as well as power used often in the media when exercised on the personal level describing demonstrators protesting between individuals. This would Washington’s version of “free trade” include the power exercised by a or the two-party political system, husband over his wife, a parent anarchy is still little understood by over a child, a teacher over a stumost of the public. I would like, dent or a boss over a worker. These therefore, to examine the philosophy are other forms of power, often stronger and more entrenched than of anarchism. I claim no special credentials in undertaking such a task. state power. I can not be called an anarchist any It is not uncommon to find anarmore than most “Christians” can be chists supporting certain policies by said to be true followers of Christ. I the state that have been termed by own property, I have power and I Republicans as “big government.” exercise rule. I do, however, share For example, policies involving a with my fellow “anarchists” the ideal strong public education for all and

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affirmative action are seen by many anarchists as the most effective way of dismantling the power and privilege of educated white males. Anarchy is both a social ideal and an economic system. Though Karl Marx and Frederick Engels’ theories were eventually used to back up some of the most authoritarian and repressive states in recorded history, there was a strong vein ofanarchism present in their writings, especially those of Engels. In The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Engels predicts the end of the state: “Along with [the classesl the state will inevitably fall. Society, which will reorganize production on the basis of a free and equal association of the producers, will put the whole machinery of state where it will then belong; into the museum of antiquity...”

The media’s characterization of anarchists as people opposed to free trade is therefore quite off the mark. In fact, anarchists support truly free trade, trade based on “free and equal association” rather than on the interests of the state or large concentrations of capital. Free trade, as envisioned by the anarchist, is trade in which each person owns his or her labor, owns the means of production and participates in exchange without coercion. Anarchism seeks to create such conditions by attacking sources of power—the state, the corporation and ideologies which place one human being over another. Ben Weller is a Trinity junior.

Truths and lies about the peace process The Jewish population in the west of the city chooses to isolate itself from the east, while the Arabs in the east pen have no business to speak of, going into the western half of the city where they are not welcome. With that in mind, the recent media depiction ofArafat as stubborn and inflexible becomes rather absurd. Abdullah AhArian Maintaining a claim to East Jerusalem is by no means an excessive position. In fact, this is probably the only issue Well, here we are, September 13. For the better part of in which he actually asserted the rights of the Palestinian people in conjunction with international law. The U.N. two months, after the failure at Camp David, the international community has been abuzz over the day when Security Council unanimously declared in Resolution 267 Yasser Arafat would supposedly declare Palestinian statethat any adjustment to the status of Jerusalem by Israel hood. Frustrated over the unattainable goal of reaching a would not be recognized, while other resolutions reinfinal status agreement with Israel, Arafat has used this forced the U.N.’s stance that all territories occupied in threat before as his diplomatic wildcard, but it appears 1967—including East Jerusalem—had to be returned. that it is finally losing its effect. To no one’s surprise, the From the start ofthe “peace process,” Arafat has continuPalestinian Central Council announced early on Sunday ally given up what in the eyes of the world are legitimatethat it would push back the statehood deadline to ly the rights of the Palestinians. For example, should he November 15, in the hopes of a successful last ditch effort have declared a Palestinian state today, it would have at reaching an agreement with Israel. The major stumbeen on 22 percent of the land known as “historical bling block now is the status of Jerusalem, on which nei- Palestine,” whereas the original U.N. partition guaranteed ther side is willing to compromise. There is a good reason 47 percent. And perhaps the most pressing issue that both why the issue of the Holy City was left on the back burnparties refuse to address is that of the fate of the world’s er for so many years, as it is by far the most complex and largest refugee population. There are currently 5 million emotionally charged matter faced thus far, and has impli- Palestinians living in exile of their homeland, longing for cations far beyond the two nations that lay claim to it. their right to return. While U.N. Resolution 194 underNeedless to say, this situation is not without numerous scores their right to return and be compensated for half a false illusions, rhetoric and questions of international law. century of suffering, the Israeli government refuses to The Israeli government, when referring to Jerusalem, admit to their existence and Arafat is not interested in uses a catch phrase, calling it Israel’s “eternal and undibringing the issue forth. Perhaps he has been more vided capital.” Both claims are unsubstantiated, and are adamant about the Jerusalem issue because it is more only effective at increasing national fervor towards the than a Palestinian cause. The fate of the city is of conseissue and provoking a Palestinian response. Firstly, Israel quence for Christians, Muslims and Jews worldwide. did not gain control of the city until it illegally occupied it Thus it is not surprising that at last week’s U.N. in 1967, a move condemned by various United Nations Millennium Summit Middle East peace took center stage resolutions. After ignoring international law by annexing —and much of President Clinton’s time. It is no longer a the mainly Arab East Jerusalem, it invoked a number of localized conflict, but one of global proportions. And so apartheid-like policies in attemp to segregate and drive until justice for the Palestinians becomes more than just out the native population of a half million strong. Israel an abstract notion to be debated within the Knesset or the has also continued to build illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian Central Council, world peace will be nothing Arab lands, allowing it to continue as one of the few more than an illusion—until November 15. remaining colonial states. Secondly, despite the overbearing Israeli presence, the city is by no means undivided. Abdullah Al-Arian is a Trinity junior.

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with their roommate. If you can’t talk to your roommate, then you’ll be at a disadvantage.” Even though the peer mediation coordinators hope to attract community members voluntarily, people involved in actions against University policy will be required to attend a mediation session with the deans and the other parties involved. Unlike last year, when the program began in the middle of the semester, coordinators wanted the program to be established within the community before students returned to campus. “We put a mediation brochure in first-year student packets, created a poster advertising mediation and distributed them to resident advisors and various locations on campus, and we created a mediation web-

Police recommend locking dorm doors l>- THEFTS from page

Students are warned to keep their doors locked and entrances to their dorms closed, but often, they do not follow such guidelines. At about 9 p.m. Friday, an officer found the door to Brownstone propped open on two separate occasions and warned several students who lived there that this was not safe. Wiemann said fraternity members do not always keep their doors locked because they do not suspect other brothers will steal their belongings. But students who reported the crimes said they have learned their lesson. “You always hear about it happening to other people, and it’s kind of weird when it actually happens to you,” said sophomore Jason Dean, a member of Brownstone. “It’s been amazing the last two days, telling people it happened and then to hear how many people [who had had the same experience!.” Dean said crimes in dorms are rare. “Crimes in dorms are not common, period, but based on what happened the other night, it could very well happen again with doors left open a lot,” he said. He added that he does not recall a past incidence of this many dorm thefts.

and students, but no faculty are on board yet. At first, site and e-mail address,” said Wasiolek. Training mediators is just as important as publicizthe program focused on getting students involved—ing the mediation center. The pilot program began last mainly because students were the focus, of the mediation center. Now, however, administrators are trying to year by training about 14 students in a 16-hour mediation training program. This year the program hopes extend the program to the whole Duke community. “Our society is moving in a direction where people to train at least 16 students to mediate. Last year, mediators received training on how to mediate at the are turned off to litigation and look for better ways to Durham Dispute Settlement Center. resolve issues,” said Kent. “[ln the long run] we should “We were pleased with the pilot program and wish have in place ways to address conflicts in a collaborato continue by training more students, and extending tive way.” the program to more students and also employees and Students with questions about the program or infaculty,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president of terest in getting involved can get more information at student affairs. “We piloted the program to see if it had the website avpo.stuaff.duke.edu/mediation.html or potential for growth and we saw that it did, now we contact Carmen Tillery. To request mediation for a curwant to extend it.” rent conflict, students can e-mail mediation@studentaffairs.duke.edu Currently, the mediators consist of administrators

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Freeman Center aids Jewish community’s growth � ORTHODOX from page 1

Reform, Conservative and Orthodox services. Seltzer and the students credit the FCJL with the growing Jewish community on campus. ‘There is a sense of cohesion of community due to the FCJL and those who run it,” said Stephens. Community plays a large role in Judaism, so the presence of a strong Jewish community is a must for observant Jews. “There is a small, dedicated core of Jews here. It’s growing, I feel,” said Sandler. ‘The community here has a lot to offer. People are growing into the new role having [the FCJLI,” said sophomore Rachel Rosenthal. “It’s getting there. Our community needed a leader and the rabbi is acting as our religious leader.” While Rosenthal is not an Orthodox Jew, she is ob-

Many hope that the increased diversity of Jewish life will make the University a more attractive place for Jews. “Jews tend to go where other Jews are,” said Rosenthal. “Community is a really big deal in Judaism. Having Orthodox Jews here will encourage other Orthodox Jews to come, and the same with Conservative Jews.” While the University has been accommodating to the Jewish community, Stephens said that it is more up to the community to develop Jewish life than the

servant and has many of the same special needs, including the special key entry. “I’m happy that there are Orthodox students here, even though I disagree with some of their ideology,” she said. “They bring a knowledge of Judaism and offer a different frame of reference. It creates diversity within the Jewish community.” That diversity is something that Seltzer plans to address. “The philosophy of the FCJL is to provide for different students to observe how they want, while remembering that everyone observes differently,” he said. “We talk to individual students and find out what their needs are.” Seltzer calls the FCJL a pluralistic organization. For the past two weeks, the center has hosted studentled Orthodox, Conservative and Reform services on Shabbat.

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The increased presence ofobservant Jews also adds to the diversity of the campus as a whole. “Duke students tend to be very understanding and accommodating,” said Stephens. “That kind of tolerance is wonderful and contrasts well with some places in the rest ofthe world.”

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advocate. Ironically, members said that the report was never implemented because of the lack of administrative support. “Students are only here for four years.... As a student group we can only go so far,” said Chen, adding that support from Intercultural Affairs will likely aid in the group’s success. In addition, she said that many of this year’s ASA officers are not seniors, giving them more time to address these complicated issues. Last April, the ASA distributed a preliminary survey to its active members. From about 75 responses, ASA officials were able to outline an agenda for the task force. In addition to issues such as hiring an advocate, the survey requested information about student satisfaction with university life. This week organizers will distribute a more specific survey to Asian American students. “We’re not going door to door, but we hope to have a lot of student input,” said Chen, who added ASA will set up a booth at the Bryan Center and other popular locations to elicit the 300 responses desired.

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� Duke runner wins ACC cross country award Junior cross country runner Sean Kelly has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference performer of the week, after winning the Fordham Cross Country Invitational this past weekend. Kelly, who led the Blue Devils to a first-place finish in the Fordham Invitational in the Bronx, N.Y., was the overall champion in the five-mile race with a time of 25:47.

� Volleyball players win conference honors Two Blue Devil volleyball players swept the ACC’s weekly honors. Sophomore outside hitter Jill Sonne captured the ACC player of the week award after a successful Duke Classic in which she posted two doubledoubles. Freshman middle blocker Krista Dill was named conference rookie of the week. :j

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� NASCAR fines Gordon for illegal engine part Jeff Gordon will retain his victory from this weekend at Richmond International Raceway, but the top driver and his Hendricks Motorsports team will be fined $25,000 for an illegal engine part discovered by race officials.

� Griffey sidelined with torn hamstring Cincinnati Reds slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. will likely miss 5 to 7 days ot action due to a torn hamstring. Griffey suffered the injury when he ran into Chicago Cubs catcher Joe Girardi while trying to score on Monday. Griffey, whose Reds are nine games behind St. Louis in the NL Central playoff race, needs one more home run to become the fourth player ever to hit 40 homers in each of seven seasons.

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Blue Devils continue hot streak By GREG VEIS The Chronicle

They did not Duke dominate. 0 Campbell In fact, they did not even look like a shell of the team that seized the Duke Classic over the weekend. Nevertheless, the Blue Devils (7-2) walked away from Brodie Gymnasium with their sixth consecutive triumph with a 3-0 win against the Campbell Fighting Camels (2-7). “We were not happy at all with the way we played,” Blue Devil junior Ashley Harris said. “Volleyball is a game where you’ve got to play at a high level at all times. Tonight, we played down to our competition, instead of playing the way we should.” The Fighting Camels mounted a surprisingly potent attack at the beginning of all three games, only to watch their momentum slowly fade as Duke’s superior talent eventually overwhelmed them. In the first game, Duke stumbled out to a meager 7-6 lead. Sensing that they should not be having this much trouble against a fairly weak Campbell squad, the Blue Devils, led by

ACC player of the week Jill Sonne, immediately elevated their play, ultimately winning the game 15-7.

Campbell, however, apparently re-energized between games,

From staff reports

After months of anxiously waiting, Erica Biro’s chance to

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ASHLEY HARRIS led Duke to its sixth straight victory. The junior outside hitter pounded 16 kills last night. as it jumped to a quick 11-7 lead in the second game. Although Campbell did play a tighter

brand of volleyball than expected, its lead was mainly attributable to Duke’s sloppy play. “When they were leading in

the second game, I was never nervous, just mad,” coach Jolene Nagel said. “We made too many errors, we couldn’t block a thing, our jump serves

way too inconsistent. Nevertheless, I wasn’t going to let our players off the hook.” Seeing her team trailing at a crucial juncture in the game, Harris, displaying some muchwere

needed leadership, almost single-handedly hoisted her teammates to a 15-13 victory, with a battery of clutch blocks

and crushing kills. See VOLLEYBALL on page 23 �

tell her story has finally arrived. This afternoon at 1 p.m,, an appellate committee will convene to decide whether to reinstate the former Duke tennis player’s scholarship money, which was removed by the Athletic Department following the 1999-2000 season. Athletic Director Joe Alieva’s decision to discontinue Biro’s scholarship was in response to allegations by women’s tennis coach Jamie Ashworth that Biro was “more disruptive to the overall cause of [the] team than productive.” Despite losing her spot on the tennis team, Biro, a junior, decided to remain at Duke for her final two years of college, and she is appealing to retain the aid she received as a scholarship athlete. The ruling will be made by a seven-person committee chaired by Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services. Financial aid director Jim Belvin, along with three faculty members and two students, will also serve on the appellate board.

Field hockey ends season slump in 8-0 rout After starting the season 0-4, Duke erupted for a shutout victory over Appalachian State By GAURAVSHUKLA The Chronicle

Duke S After starting the season with losses against four 0 tough opponents, the field ASU hockey team traveled with a sense of urgency to Boone, N.C. for last night’s match

against Appalachian State. After scoring only two goals in four games, the team was “ready to burst out,” said junior midfielder Angie North. And burst out they did, launching a whopping 38 shots on goal en route to an 80 drubbing of their in-state rival for their

first victory of the season. North shined in the game for Duke (1-4), recording two goals and three assists. For Duke, the Mountaineers (1-6) were a welcome opponent—Duke’s first four opponents currently hold a combined record of 14-4, a sharp contrast to the young ASU team. Appalachian State was coming off

Sunday’s tough loss to Georgetown and appeared vulnerable to an offensive explo-

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Smith endorses ban Dean Smith, the NCAA’s winningest basketball coach, joined legislators in Washington, D.C. yesterday to support laws banning gambling on college athletics. Smith joins Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith and South Carolina football coach Lou Holtz as high-protile coaches in support ot the betting ban.

“I wasn’t giving a seductive look. I’m a strong female athlete.” Five-time Olympic gold medalist and Sydney-

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SARAH WRIGHT assisted one of Duke’s eight goals last night. Shown playing in an August loss to North Carolina, Wright and theBlue Devils broke a four-game losing streak at Appalachian State.

And Duke entered with a new strategy in this game: attack, attack, attack. “We really attacked tonight; we were on attack for pretty much the whole time,” coach Liz Tchou said. “We brought the backs up and played a very strong attack in the first half.” The offensive rush stymied the Mountaineers into only three shots on goal the entire match; Duke held a 19-1 advantage in penalty corners as well. The Blue Devils’ prolific shooting forced ASU goalkeeper Malia Swieconek to perform several acrobatic saves. The goalie finished with 18 stops. But Swieconek could not prevent the Duke onslaught alone, and her fatigue showed in the second half as the Blue Devils scored three goals in a fourminute span to pull away. Duke was able to maintain possession of the ball for the majority of the match despite playing shorthanded. It was the first contest without senior midfielder Kim Susko, who was injured last weekend at Old Dominion. Susko, struck in the face by a 60-m.p.h. blast, See SUSKO on paye 23

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Assistant Davis named Knight’s successor Responding to player demands, Indiana hired assistant coach Mike Davis as its interim head coach By STEVE HERMAN Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Mike Davis, a Bob Knight disciple but an opposite in temperament and style, inherited one of college basketball’s most visible jobs yesterday as interim coach at Indiana. The university, stung by one controversy after another involving Knight over the past year, picked the low-key Davis to head the program for at least one season and selected John Treloar,

After Knight was fired Sunday for violating a “zero tolerance” behavior policy imposed in May, the players threatened to transfer en masse unless Davis or Treloar was given the interim job. “There was no way I could turn this job down, because of the players,” said and in the CBA. Davis, surrounded by the team during a He returned to Alabama as an assisnews conference on the basketball court tant coach in 1995 and came to Indiana at Assembly Hall. “The way they came two years later. out for me really touched me. Davis was responsible for recruiting Tm extremely happy for this oppormany ofthe current players. tunity, but Tm sad because of the way it happened. I envisioned being a head coach, but under different circumstances.... Everyone knows Coach Knight is the reason I’m here and why the players are here.” But, he added, “Indiana basketball is bigger than anyone.” Unlike Knight, Davis said he would open practices to the media. Another difference, center Kirk Haston said, laughing, was “the language.” “Coach [Knight] talked a lot more, but we’ll find out how that compares,”

another former Knight assistant, as interim associate coach. “I’m a quiet guy, but I love to compete,” said the 39-year-old Davis, who played at Alabama. He was a secondround pick by Milwaukee in the 1983 NBA draft and then played in Europe

Haston said. “I was really thrilled when I came in this morning and talked with Coach Davis and he said everybody was aboard. That’s the happiest I’ve been in a few days.” Until word spread that Davis would

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MIKE DAVIS, shown at a press conference last week, was one of two possible candidates Indiana basketball players insisted be hired as interim head coach.

be the coach—as the players had hoped—up to a half-dozen or more players indicated they were considering transferring. They all changed their minds. “It’s going to be different,” said junior Dane Fife, who just one day earlier said he already had decided to leave. “As we sat in the locker room before the press conference, coach Davis and coach Treloar walked in, but no coach Knight. That was different right there. “We definitely have something to prove, that we’ve been through a lot and we have to come out and beat people. We owe it to him,” he said ofKnight. "This is his team. We’re ready to go.”

Davis acknowledged his debt to Knight and said the Indiana tradition expects—demands—success. “I look forward to the season. We’re one or two players away from being national contenders,” Davis said. “But there’s no pressure on me from that standpoint. All I can do is recruit the way Fve recruited before and coach the best way I can and let the chips fall where they may.” Davis will be the head coach through at least this season, but the school has said it also will look at other candidates for the following season. “If we don’t have a great season, I shouldn’t be considered,” a confident Davis said. Athletic Director Clarence Doninger, who announced the appointments of Davis and Treloar, called that a “very honest appraisal.” “On the other hand, a season and success would not necessarily be just wins and losses,” Doninger said. The announcement came two days after Indiana fired Knight for repeated misconduct and a day after players told Doninger they wanted Davis or Treloar to be hired as interim coach. Doninger, however, said Tuesday he did not consider that an ultimatum. “I would be less than honest to say you don’t feel pressure as you try to make a decision like this, and all sorts of rumors and allegations going around, but I had already decided I want Mike and John a part of the mix this year,” Doninger said. A third assistant coach, Knight’s son, Pat, will not be back with the Hoosiers. “I’m out of here,” he said Monday. “I wouldn’t stay in this place after the way they treated my father.” Davis said he talked with the elder Knight on Sunday and Monday “and he strongly supported me staying here. “I didn’t want to be known,” he added, “as the guy who walked away from Indiana University.” .

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Good Knight, sweet General... and don’t come back It s not often I share the spotlight of this column with anybody else in the media. You see, there’s just a simple rule about the plasticity of an ego, and in 20 inches or so, I’m stretched about as tight as Rick Majerus in a pair of

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32 regulars. But yesterday I met the world’s most endangered species—a Bob Knight apologist sportswriter. Now ifyou don’tknow, Bob Knight and the media get along like a bulldog and a porkchop, and just in case you’re wondering, it’s the bulldog that throws the chairs. Having a member of the media step up to bat for Bob Knight is like renaming the Nobel Peace Prize

Ray Holloman Knight. Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.” Of course, people protested the decision (just none in the media, save our misplaced friend), but you’ll win that argument when Knight himself wins Miss Congeniality. Yeah fine, Knight was the “in” coach from 1971 to 1992 or so, but you know what else was in? Tighty basketball shorts and box haircuts. We all make mistakes. Look, I retired my stonewashed Bugle Boys and nobody ever wants to see again just how much of a man Bobby Hurley really is. It’s called the 21st century. Look into it. And that may be Bob Knight’s real problem. In 29 years of head coaching, he never changed, never stumbling upon one of life’s most important lessons—people don’t think like you do. I still remember figuring out that little fact and I was just in middle school. Hell, I still thought British Knights were cool and NKOTB was due for a comeback when I figured out that little truth. But no such luck with Bobby Knight. As a matter of fact, in the past 29 years, there are two

after Hitler or having an SAE lead a conference on date-rape prevention. It just ain’t the way the world works. And you wanna talk about being completely alone? You’ve probably got to be a blacklesbian pro-choice advocate at the Republican National Convention or an Alan Keyes campaign contributor to understand what it’s like to be a sportswriter and a Bob Knight apologist. But I’ll swear on a stack of red sweaters and tacky plaid sportscoats, a Knight apologist walks among us. Now I would’ve opened the floor to debate about whether or not Bob Knight should’ve been fired, but the way I see it there are much more important, less obvious things to debate, like just which direction the sun is going to rise from. Sure, the east has got a great track record, but I gotta think the west is due sometime soon. And maybe next I’ll tell you the shocking news that all things that haven’t changed—GlOS’s playlist and Bob the kids tooling around campus in BMWs aren’t paying Knight. And while we all need a little Britney from time their own tuition. Just a thought. to time, we can damn well live without another tirade I might have actually thought about supporting from Bob Knight. The man just never understood thinking beyond the Knight in his little tryst, but a funny thing happened on the way to absolute and complete stupidity—my brain limits of his own gray noggin and he certainly never understood what zero tolerance meant. got in the way. C’mon, the man makes storm troopers look warm Hell, when he stood in front ofthe media Friday at and cuddly. the dry-erase board diagramming how he conveyed the teachings of Miss Manners to a freshman, it was the And sure, while it was fun guessing just which midmajor patsy would drop Knight’s Hoosiers in the first first new play the man had drawn up since underhand round of the NCAA tournament like the fat kid in grade jumpshots were in vogue. (And by the way, could he school dodgeball, I’d like to join the rest of the commonhave had a less credulous witness than assistant coach sense-having world and say, “What up, Knight? See-ya Kato Kaelin? It’s like now testifying on behalf of David

Duke, Mark Furhman.) You know Bob Knight has no real defense for himself when everyone who stands up for him talks about how he is so great for avoiding NCAA sanctions and graduating players. Or to put it another way, stuff he was supposed to do. You don’t hear me bragging about how efficiently I checked a book out of the library on my last visit. And don’t mention all this crap about discipline. He didn’t discipline his players, he bullied them, intimidated them into line with physical and verbal abuse. Hell, John Chaney gets his boys on the court at 6 a.m., and when was the last time you heard anybody accuse Chaney of trying to put a player through the one-arm spin cycle? Discipline ain’t the right D-word Bob Knight teaches you, it’s duck. A special word of congratulations to Indiana Athletics—way to go with the zero tolerance, guys. Myles Brand and crew did zero tolerance about as well as Duke football does offense. Somebody make the damn sign up for Assembly Hall—lndiana Athletics; The zero tolerance of zero tolerances. Leave it to Bob Knight to make his grand exit in the only way the chair-throwing, headbutting General could—with acrimony for all. As for our Knight apologist, I’m still hoping that maybe he was just a little more perceptive than the rest of us in the industry and realized that sportswriters really are at a loss without Bob Knight—we’ve all just lost our great villain. Any of you out there have any idea just how many punchlines “Bob Knight” completes? Sure, Indiana will replace Knight on the bench, but who are they gonna give us to hate? I’d suggest Dennis Rodman, but I doubt there’s any way they could find a dozen pair of white heels to go with new. bridesmaid dress uniforms. But at least me and my apologist friend agree on something; No matter who replaces Knight, they’ll never get anybody better suited to preside over Indiana’s arena. After all, it practically had Bobby Knight’s name written all over it, Ass. Hall. See-ya Knight. UPON FURTHER REVIEW is a weekly column written by a sports columnist. It appears every Wednesday.

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Strawberry placed under house arrest for hit-and-run incident By VICKIE CHACHERE Associated Press

Suspended Yankees star Darryl TAMPA, Fla, Strawberry was sentenced to two years’ house arrest yesterday after admitting he violated probation by driving under the influence of medication and by leaving the scene of an accident. Strawberry, who is fighting the spread of colon cancer, apologized during a brief hearing before Judge Florence Foster for causing a Monday morning traffic accident. He said he blacked out from his medication while heading to a meeting with his probation officer. “I used the wrong judgment... taking medication because I didn’t feel well,” he told the court. “I just blacked out. I didn’t know if I hurt anybody. I feel really bad about that.” Strawberry was released from jail yesterday, slipping out a side door to avoid crowds. Foster was the judge who placed the suspended eight-time All-Star on probation last year in a drug and solicitation case. Prosecutors requested house arrest, although Strawberry could have been sent to prison. Assistant State Attorney Robin Fuson said that Strawberry will still have to face the misdemeanor charges from Monday’s accident—driving under the influence and leaving the scene of the accident—as separate crimes that could bring additional punishment. House arrest means the 38-year-old outfielder leave home only to go to a doctor’s office or for work. Should he attempt to rejoin a major league baseball team, he would need court permission, Fuson said. ‘There’s a lot going on there,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said before Tuesday night’s game against Toronto. ‘You have to wonder how he’s going to make a living.” Because of his season-long suspension, Strawberry is not drawing a salary from the Yankees. Outside court, Strawberry’s wife, Charisse, said her husband is sorry about what happened and was relieved to know the woman whose car he hit wasn’t injured. “I just hope we’ll recover from this,” she said, as tears rolled from behind her sunglasses.

She said her husband, who had surgery last month, is in a lot of pain because of the cancer and having a kidney removed. He also has some mental difficulties, she said, but did not elaborate. “We still have to live every day. He still has to wake up every morning and look in the mirror and say, Tm going through this,”’ she said. Strawberry, who has battled drug and alcohol abuse for years, is not permitted to leave home even for an activity as mundane as going to the movies or to his

children’s school. He will undergo regular drug testing and the Florida Department of Corrections will make surprise checks on a daily basis to make sure Strawberry is at home. “Two years of house arrest is no day at the beach,” Fuson said.

Foster warned Strawberry at Tuesday’s hearing that he was to strictly follow doctors’ orders on the use of prescription drugs and shouldn’t drive if he’s taken medication. “I suggest you might want to get a driver,” Foster told Strawberry, adding she would not add any community service to his sentence. “You’ve got enough on your plate to deal with,” she said. Strawberry must also pay a $265 fine and his case will be reviewed again in four months. Strawberry spent Monday night in jail after an offduty Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy saw the player hit a road sign, turn onto another street and rear-end a sport utility vehicle stopped at a red light. If he successfully completes the first year ofhouse arrest, the judge said Strawberry can request to return to regular drug-offender probation. Strawberry told officers Monday he had taken the sleeping medication Ambien, according to sheriffs spokesman Rod Reder. Joseph Ficarrotta, Strawberry’s defense attorney, said he also has prescriptions for the narcotic painkillers Percocet and Vicodin. Strawberry was suspended for most of last season after his arrest in Tampa in April 1999 on drug and solicitation charges.

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� VOLLEYBALL from page 19 Emotionally beaten after almost stealing the second game, Campbell gave up 14 out of the last 15 points, including 11 unanswered, in the concluding game. Though they played the Blue Devils tightly for most of the night, the Fighting Camels could not capitalize on any of the opportunities they created for themselves. Duke played on a different, much higher plane than its opponent when it needed to. They made the kills that mattered. They dug the balls that they simply could not let hit the floor. Duke’s problem was maintaining that intensity for every point. “We absolutely need to work on consistency,” Nagel said. “We especially need consistency in our passing and in our jump-serves, no matter the situation.” The Blue Devils need to learn from their mistakes if they have their sights set squarely on their first ACC championship and NCAA tournament bid since 1994.

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suffered a shattered cheekbone and will undergo season-ending surgery next week. “Kim is waiting for the swelling to go down,” Tchou said. “We think she will receive a medical hardship waiver, which would give her another year [of eligibility!.” The team also learned that freshman Emily Sinkhom was diagnosed with mononucleosis and will be out indefinitely, although she still plans to travel with the squad. With only 14 players available, many of the younger players received valuable playing time. Freshman Stacey Tsougas scored her first collegiate goal with 22:08 remaining in the second half. ‘The offensive line was moving really well, making sharp cuts,” Tsougas said. “I saw an opening, made a cut and put it in.” Indeed, the offense was hitting on all cylinders “Scoring is an attitude which we hadn’t really had all season,” said North. “Once we got the feel of it in the first half, [the goals! just kind of flowed. Our execution in the circle was great, and once it got going, it

really opened up.” Upcoming for the Blue Devils are Saturday’s home opener against Virginia Commonwealth and another home contest Sunday with James Madison. With two important games coming up this weekend, Tuesday’s victory provided a huge confidence boost to the team. “We need to continue the high number of shots,” Tchou said. “We especially started to capitalize on second shots off the goalkeeper, which is a must this

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