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Grad school rEarly voting leads to controversy sees fewer applications By JAMES HERRIOTT The Chronicle

Nationwide, fewer students are choosing to pursue graduate studies. At Duke, administrators hope to reverse that trend. By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

While some students strut their consulting prowess to McKinsey, Andersen or Bain, others are showing the academic prowess they have to offer. The season of graduate school applications has begun, and as many seniors plan their futures, fewer of them are selecting graduate school. Since the 19905, the number of students applying to graduate school nationwide has gradually decreased. While exact numbers are hard to gather, Trinity College officials estimate 200 students chose to pursue graduate studies last year, compared to 250 a decade ago. To remedy this trend, the University currently offers a handful of events to

encourage undergraduate interest in graduate education. Last week, the University hosted its biannual graduate and professional school fair, in which dozens of graduate and professional schools participated. Dean of Trinity College Bob Thompson said while such programs are helpful, much of the inspiration for undergraduates to attend graduate school comes from the classroom. He said introductory chemistry and biology classes, See GRADUATE STUDY on page 21 ¥■

North Carolina’s new early voting initiative has been heralded by local election boards and Democrats as a way to increase voter turnout, but some Republicans fear the program fails to comply with federal election laws and could lead to voter fraud. The new system allows North Carolina voters to cast their ballots up to three weeks before the traditional Election Day, which is the first Tuesday in November. “We still have concerns about early voting because of the manner in which voter registration records are kept in North Carolina,” said Dan Gurley, political director for the state Republican Party, adding that a lack of a centralized, state-wide database of voter registrations creates new opportunities for voter fraud. “I could be registered in five counties and I could start driving at eight in the morning and vote in all of them,” he said, implying that the larger voting window allows people to vote more easily in multiple counties. “If a county doesn’t do proper list maintenance, you have problems like you had in Durham County where there were more registered voters than people eligible to vote in the county.” Scott Falmlen, executive director of the state Democratic Party, believes the early voting system will be beneficial to the political process. “I think it’s going fairly well,” he said. “Anytime you can expand the opportunity for people to cast their votes it’s a good thing.” Johnnie McLean, deputy director of See EARLY VOTING on page 12 la-

THE EARLY VOTING PROGRAM allows North Carolina voters to cast their ballots before Election Day, as this man from Durham County did yesterday.

Duke students abroad encounter risky situations Three students stay to study in Jerusalem, despite violence By TESSA LYONS The Chronicle

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Far away from the Gothic wonderland, Duke juniors Marissa Miller, Marc Eida and Ann Elliot are studying in Israel this semester, a nation currently plagued by violence. On Oct. 12, the United States issued a warning on travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. The statement requested that Americans not travel to these areas at this time. But for those already there, the decision for most is to stay. After a two-week vacation, Miller and Eida returned to Hebrew University in Jerusalem this week to continue their program, scheduled to end Jan. 9. “The first few days back in Jerusalem have been filled with uncertainty. No one knows who’s coming back,” Eida wrote in an e-mail.

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Several American universities, including California state schools, have already pulled their students from Hebrew University. But after discussion with his parents, who were first opposed to the idea, Eida plans to remain in Israel. For Miller, the decision was a little easier. “Israel is the only country in the world I wanted to study abroad in,” she wrote. “I knew there were intrinsic risks with this place, but I was willing to take that risk.” Elliot, the third Duke student studying abroad, is visiting Israel through Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem Center, which has been operating for 23 years. Debbie Peterson, the center’s student programming coordinator, said that while officials are monitoring the situation, they have not decided to cancel the program—a choice See SAFETY ABROAD on page 22 P-

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Violence decreases on West Bank Two Palestinians were killed as violence abated somewhat for the second

Congress approves foreign-aid package House-Senate negotiators eliminated a ban enacted last year on giving taxpayer dollars to organizations that use private funds to perform abor-

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tary officials were offering their assessment that the violence was likely to continue for

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also included aid to Serbia and relief of debt owed by poor countries. Lawmakers provide for mentally ill Congress has approved funds for 100 pilot programs that emphasize supervision and treatment rather than prison sentences for the mentally ill who are caught up in the criminal justice system. Federal death row inmate seeks clemency Incarcerated since the age of 19, David Hammer, who is facing the first federal execution since 1963-for killing a cellmate-has asked the president to spare his life.

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Think tank says Texas schools teach the test A Rand study concluded that huge increases posted by Texas school children on their state-admin-

istered test have not been evident in national testing. Gov. George W. Bush’s campaign rejected the findings as baseless.

Santa Cruz council proclaims ‘living wage’ The Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously to pass a “living wage,” the nation’s highest minimum wage—sll an hour, or $l2 without benefits.

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Feds tally record $237 billion surplus Robust economy swells coffers, marking the third straight year in the black By JEANNINEAVERSA Associated Press

WASHINGTON Flush with tax revenues from a booming economy, the federal government posted a record $237 billion surplus for the budget year that ended in September, the Clinton administration announced Tuesday. It marked the third straight year of surpluses, something that hasn’t

happened since the late 19405. Social Security taxes provided nearly $l5O billion of the surplus. “This is the third surplus in a row—the first time our nation has done that in 51 years, since 1949 when Harry Truman was president,” President Bill Clinton said

on the South Lawn during an event to push his education initiatives. Clinton said that in 1993, the federal deficit was $290 billion, the national debt had quadrupled in 12 years and economists predicted that this year, instead of a $237 billion surplus, we would have a $455 billion deficit. Then he used the new surplus numbers to plug Vice President A1 Gore’s bid for the presidency. “Working together we turned that around—not by chance, but by choice,” Clinton said. “I believe we have to first stay with what got us here—pay down the debt, strengthen the Social Security and Medicare systems... and we need to

then seize this opportunity to take the money that’s left to invest in our future, especially education.” The official announcement of the 2000 surplus comes only two weeks before voters elect a new president. A major point of contention between Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republicans’ choice, has been what should be done with surpluses that are projected to total $4.6 trillion over the next decade. Bush has proposed a $1.3 trillion across-the-board tax cut, while Gore has proposed smaller, targeted tax cuts and more government spending. See SURPLUS on page 19

Gore, Bush duel over size of bureaucracy By RON FOURNIER Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Vice President A1 Gore said Tuesday, “I’m opposed to big government” and promised he would never expand the federal bureaucracy as president. Rival George W. Bush said voters shouldn’t believe it. Gore said he had worked for eight years to reduce the bureaucracy—federal employment is down about one-sixth during the Clinton-Gore years—and he said he would try to shrink the government to the smallest share of the economy in a half-century. Bush would have none of it. “He wants to increase the size and scope of the federal government,” the Texas Republican said two weeks before Election Day,

as both candidates cast wide nets in search of compelling homestretch issues. Gore, the Democratic vice president, was campaigning in his home state and Bush was visiting oncefriendly Florida—a sign that this closely fought race has pushed both candidates to the brink, even in their

political backyards. Revisiting an old issue, Bush said President Bill Clinton’s impeachment is a chapter that Americans “would just rather forget,” but he warned that Gore’s boss could become an issue if he doesn’t stop criticizing the GOP ticket. “If he can’t help himself and starts getting out there and campaigns against me, the shadow returns,” Bush See

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While undergraduates and graduate students live in separate areas, assume different university roles and have their own student councils, some graduate students feel that they need separate libraries as well. This idea, along with other suggestions for the Perkins Library renovations, were discussed at last night’s meeting of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. “Since undergraduates and graduates have different needs and uses in the library wouldn’t it make since to have two separate libraries,” said graduate student Elayne Heisler. Others agreed that the differences between graduate and undergraduate work could make the separate libraries more efficient for all library users. “We feel differently about material accessibility and whether or not the material is user friendly,” said Simon Krysl, a graduate student in literature. With the limited amount of space in Perkins, many graduate students were concerned that adding undergraduate study space would diminish the amount of available space for on-site materials. “Any compromise that significantly reduces the number of volumes is an adverse use of space because the principle purpose of a library is to be as encyclopedic as possible,” said Chris Wade, a thirdyear graduate student in history. However, some felt that separate facilities were unnecessary. “When we talk about separate facilities we forget the Duke undergrads are smart and they might use some of the same sources as us smart graduates,” said graduate student Gil Renberg. Others recognized the undergraduSee GPSC on page 22

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Duke helps school get new science lab ByAMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle Beginning in the 2001-2002 academic year, Durham Public Schools will enjoy the benefits of a new science lab

at E.K. Powe Elementary School, with the help of major community players who wanted to make a statement that teaching science is important. Modeled after classrooms at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, the new lab was funded in large part by Duke efforts and the school system. A $50,000 donation from Home Depot, Inc. has helped meet the $190,000 cost. “It means an awful lot,” said Bert L’Homme, associate superintendent for instruction. “The temptation is to focus on essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics.... We think this is going to underline our commitment to teaching science in the elementary grades.” The lab will take up about 1,600 square feet, nearly doubling the size of Powe’s current science space, which is a converted mailroom. It will provide better lighting, more storage area, a kitchen and display cases. “Right now, the E.K. Powe science lab is housed in a work closet,” said Treva Fitts, science resource facilitator at Powe. “I’m so looking forward to more r00m.... Everyone who is involved is really waiting for it to happen.” But the lab will serve as more than just a physical space. It will also be a center for the professional development oflocal science teachers; the museum will provide one staff member to help with training. Tom Krakauer, president of the museum, hopes the training will lead to better science education in Durham schools. He noted that 92 percent of area science teachers have not taken more than one high school science class. Currently, the state’s ABCs program requires end-of-grade testing in only mathematics and writing, not science.

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E.K. POWE’S SCIENCE LAB, modeled after classrooms in the Museum of Life and Science, will grow significantly larger, thanks in large part to the fundraising efforts of Duke.

“The state’s tests are really pretty important for these schools and teachers. Science instruction is really deemphasized,” Krakauer said. “We’re going to be able to provide them with teachers who are really experienced.” The teachers will be trained in inquiry-based learning, which focuses on exciting a student’s interest and inspiring him to ask questions. “It really makes a difference for young children to see the excitement of science,” he said. “Most kids make their decisions about whether science is something they’re interested in or

to help them, we’ve been going out to systematically raise money... to do these things.” Working with Powe is part of the University’s Neighborhood Partnership Initiative, which aims to improve the quality of life for surrounding neighborhoods and their seven public schools. While there are no additional labs planned at other schools, officials hope that such improvements will be possible in the future. He noted that several schools, such as Forest View Elementary and C.C. Spaulding Biosphere Magnet Elementary, alsomething that’s too hard or too borready have good science equipment. ing... in about the fourth or fifth grade.” “I think that Duke University has The idea for the lab came out of proven to the public schools and the long-range planning talks at Powe, children who attend public schools and eventually brought together the that the commitment is substantial school, Superintendent Ann Denlinger, and sustained over a long period of Krakauer and Duke. time,” said L’Homme. “It looked like a splendid opportuniElizabeth Shearer, Powe’s principal, ty for these schools,” said John Buragreed and said that Duke is helping ness, senior vice president for public students that might one day be knockrelations at Duke. “As part ofour effort ing at its doors.

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Scientists uncover mechanism of eye cell degeneration By MARKO DJUKANOVIC The Chronicle

With lots of meticulous work and a bit of serendipity, researchers at the Medical Center discovered the process by which mutations in rod photoreceptor-specific genes hinder vision. They published their work last week in the November issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience. The research team studied retinitis pigmentosa, a specific type of eye disorder characterized by dying rod cells. What the researchers found was that as the rod cells, responsible for low-light and night vision, die off, the neural connections to the human brain undergo a re-arrangement. This “re-wiring” within the retina eventually causes cone cells, responsible for daylight vision, to die too. The rod and cone-shaped cells, located in the back of the eye and in the retina, detect entering light and transmit this information to the brain through retinal nerve cells. Although both types of cells

have separate information links to the brain, the researchers uncovered a distinct relationship between the synaptic connections of the rod and cone cells. “We’ve found a cell-to-cell mechanism for how rod cell degeneration can lead to cone cell degeneration,” said You-Wei Peng, the study’s first author and assistant research professor of ophthamology. ‘This is the first direct morphological evidence for a mechanism that relates rod cell [degeneration] to cone cells,” said Fulton Wong, associate professor of ophthalmology and the study’s senior author. This mechanism kicks into gear when

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YOU-WEI PENG, first author of the study, uses an electron microscope to examine eye tissue samples and track the relationship between rod and cone cell degeneration. the eye attempts to repair itself as a recells “may provide an adaptive advantage for the survival of the retina.” sult of cell death, caused by genetic mutation. In the process, the synaptic conHowever, the researchers also acnections of the rod cells transfer to the knowledge that this re-wiring within the cone cells. eye causes some anomalous visual re“Our results demonstrate that the rod sponses and may have serious physiologbipolar cell dendrites have the capability ical consequences in the retina—among to make alternative connections, when them the eventual death of the cone cells, the preferred contacts are apparently not and ultimately blindness. available. Hence, the rules that govern Retinitis pigmentosa currently afsynaptic partnering between rods and rod fects approximately 100,000 Americans, bipolar cells and between cones and cone usually beginning in adolescence. bipolar cells are not absolute,” the team Those who are affected initially suffer wrote in the article. from increasingly poor night vision, and The researchers also hinted that this later experience a narrowing field of viability to re-connect with other types of sion as well as decreased daylight vi-

sion. If given enough time, the process eventually leads to blindness—but Peng pointed out that this may take decades. For the most part, retinitis pigmentosa has no effective treatment. Peng said this research will allow other scientists to test the validity of their respective theories on eye degeneration. Wong and Peng’s research has already disproved some existing models about what takes place during hereditary retinal degeneration. The results of the research will also allow further inquiries into the most appropriate point of intervention for treating the disease. Working closely with Robert Petters, a professor of animal science and genetics at North Carolina State University, the researchers used a genetically modified pig to exhibit the signs of the disorder. “A pig’s eye has a high percentage of cone cells, like the human eye,” explained Wong. These facts, as well as the structural similarity between the pig eye and the human eye, make transgenic pigs better study models than traditional transgenic mice. Still, researchers also proved the results on mice models to assure that their findings are genuine and not an anomaly caused by using the swine model. There are no immediate clinical trials planned to follow up this study. Wong and Peng plan to further define molecular events that initiate the “switch of allegiance” of a set of synapses from rod cells to cone cells. “We don’t want to jump into a [clinical] trial prematurely,” said Wong.

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PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING JOURNALIST Seymour Hersh discusses ethical dilemmas with his audience.

Professors across the nation will be road-tripping on the University’s tab while they conduct external reviews of the school’s nearly 20 study-abroad programs. Two reviews will be completed before the end of this semester. The University already initiates an outside look at academic departments and reviews of study abroad programs will take place in much the same way. A team of two faculty members from academic institutions other than Duke and one study abroad professional will visit each of the sites and create a report based upon select criteria. “I’m interested in knowing about the academic

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quality of the program,” said Bob Thompson, dean of Trinity College. “I want them to tell us about the student experience in the country, the cultural immersion.... I want them to know whether it’s worth the student’s investment in terms of time, energy and money.” Three weeks after they conduct their visit, reviewers will draft a formal report and submit it to Thompson, who will then make the report available to various administrators and committees. “We’re going to review these programs and, later, determine what will be done with that information,” said Trinity College assistant dean Margaret Riley, director of study abroad. See STUDY ABROAD on page 19

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Lilly changes video loan policy Survey measures

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This semester, thanks to Lilly Library’s tentative

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new circulation policy, Duke undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff are able to check out video cassettes from the library for viewing. At the end of the semester, the library staff will reevaluate

and improve the policy. After conducting a survey last year, library officials extended the amount of time that faculty and graduate students could keep a video. Also, for the first time, undergraduates are allowed to view videos outside of Lilly. “I teach a house course so the new policy is really helpful since we previously had to check videos out under our sponsor professor’s name,” said senior Jason Ward. “Anything that the University can do to encourage students to take initiative in their own education and the education of their peers is great.” Laura Cousineau, Lilly’s head librarian, said the updated policy has evoked positive responses from patrons. “We were originally concerned that faculty and graduate students would try to reserve class materials at the last minute and the videos would be unavailable,” she said. “But this is currently not a problem as most patrons have returned videos promptly and in good condition.” Although the library staff seems satisfied with giving the community more video-viewing freedom, Jane Gaines, director of the Program in Film and Video expressed her concern about the new policy. “We lose too many valuable, rare videos when students are allowed to remove them from the library,” she said. “Also, students are able to access popular videos at Blockbuster.” Some students agreed. Senior Julia Leonzio said, “Allowing people to take videos out of the library may cause problems. If a class is assigned to watch a video and one student is irresponsible and doesn’t return it, then the entire class is in trouble.” As of this semester, undergraduates, graduate students and staff are allowed next-day returns for non-restricted materials, and three-hour, in-building loans for restricted materials. Restricted materials are those that are difficult to obtain, such as foreign films, or those that are rare and expensive. Patrons may not renew their loans, and are limited to three audio-visual materials. However, with departmental and library approval, graduate students

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VIDEOS AT LILLY LIBRARY, like the one librarian Nicole Goddard retrieves, can now be loaned overnight to students. may be upgraded to faculty status in their loan restrictions. Faculty may borrow videos for three days, except for restricted materials, and may check out reserve materials to use during a specific class period. They also are limited to three audio-visual materials at a time. However, they can renew their loans. DVDs are also available for loan, though laser discs are not, as few people have access to laser disc

players. Since the library plans to review the current policy at the end of the semester, Cousineau said the staff would appreciate feedback from those who have borrowed or plan to borrow videos in the future.

Previously, students selecting an institution for ppst-graduate studies had to base their decision on minimal statistical data and a brief weekend visit. But soon, a database—compiled through an online survey done by the National Doctoral Program—will provide them with information on the “intangible” qualities of graduate programs. ‘This is the first analysis done of graduate students’ perceptions of their educational experiences,” said Susan Niebur, the co-director of the survey team and a graduate student in physics at Washington University in St. Louis Tt measures things quantitatively such as comparable stipends, time with advisers and availability of research funding on a department by department basis.” About 32,000 students from more than 400 institutions responded to the survey and provided information on more than 5,000 graduate school departments. Adam Fagen, co-administrator of the survey and a Harvard graduate student in molecular biology and education, hopes the database will benefit both students and institutions. “This data will be helpful by putting information in a comparable state,” said Leigh Deneef, dean of Duke’s graduate school. “It will give students another way to make comparisons. More information allows them to make better choices and helps to give a more complete look.” Students who have endured the graduate school selection process view this as a valuable tool. “It is often hard to know the inside scoop until you are here,” said Cybelle McFadden, president of the graduate and professional student council. ‘This is a resource you can go to get a wide range of opinions from departments across the country that measured the satisfaction of students who are at the institution.” The NDP survey’s online format and large respondent pool helps to differentiate it from similar studies done by PhDs.org and the Association of American Universities. “We had a larger sample group than in previous years because we received a grant to help us publicize the survey,” Fagen said. “In previous years we relied on word-of-mouth which gave us a smaller sample group.”

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History, Conscience and Protest The History Department welcomes newly appointed Associate Professor Thavolia Glympl who will teach in the African-American Stud and History Departments at Duke. Dr. Glymph author of the forthcoming study of “The M, Freedom and the Destruction of the P Household: Southern Women in Slavery and Fr

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about 70 percent of clients implement major changes after consultation. “[I was! very pleased with them, with their knowledge, the questions they asked, their input and desire to know more,” said Mike Sheckler, marketing manager of Bespak, of his preliminary meeting with the students. Bespak, a drug delivery technologies company located in Apex, is participating in the consulting program for the first time to get advice on how to best use their website for e-commerce and e-business.

The consultants to Bespak returned last week from a meeting with corporate partners in the United Kingdom, and Sheckler expects them to issue a preliminary report soon. The projects demand a great deal of hard work and hard thinking from the student consultants, with only minimal support from the companies. “The company may try to guide teams toward problems, but we have to make sure we scope the project,” Yook said. “We don’t want to bite off too much.” “We’re not going to lead them down a path,” said Sheckler, Fuqua ’92. “We only give them so much information, have them do some thinking. I know they’re qualified to do that.” The companies were selected by Sax and his two teaching assistants. Students were allowed to choose which companies they wanted to work with. “[The process] is much more efficient and motivating because [students] may want a specific experience, like in marketing,” said Sax. Sax, who has worked with the program for 13 years and over 200 companies, added that the program has increasingly received applications from high technology companies.

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AT&T formulates Space shuttle lands in California plan to break up By MATTHEW FORDAHL

Having seen its stock price drop to a threeyear low after slow progress on a ‘one-stop shop’ for calling and web access, ‘Ma Bell’ will spin off its cable and wireless operations. By BRUCE MEYERSON Associated Press NEW YORK AT&T Corp. is planning to break itself into pieces for the third time since 1984, abruptly abandoning its grand plan of offering customers a single bill from a single company for all kinds of telephone, TV and Internet services. Bowing to Wall Street’s sudden dislike of the onestop-shopping plan, AT&T is expected to announce Wednesday that it will divide itself into four distinct businesses. It will spin off its wireless and cable TV operations into two independent companies, sources said Tuesday on condition of anonymity. The long-distance business will remain a wholly owned subsidiary, but will report its results separate from the parent company. Once the overhaul is complete, perhaps two years from now, the new AT&T will consist principally of the division that serves business customers and operates the company’s huge communications network. The breakup plan was approved late Monday by AT&T’s board of directors, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing people close to the company. AT&T, which is scheduled to release its thirdquarter earnings on Wednesday morning, declined to comment. The about-face follows months of growing impatience on Wall Street, where AT&T stock has sagged to a three-year low amid frustration with the slow progress the company has made in converting its cable TV systems into a one-stop shop for local calling, long distance and high-speed Web access. Only six months ago, investors were enthusiastic about that concept, and AT&T’s stock climbed to near record levels. But soon it became apparent that long-distance prices were falling faster than expected, undermining AT&T’s revenue projections and slowing the flow of money needed to upgrade the cable systems. In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, AT&T’s stock was down 44 cents a share to $27.19, well off its 52-week high of $6l. The plan would mark the third radical restructuring for the former telephone monopoly since 1984’s court-ordered breakup, when AT&T spun off its local calling operations as seven Baby Bells. In 1996, AT&T voluntarily split itself into three separate companies, spinning off its communications equipment arm and acclaimed Bell Labs research unit as Lucent Technologies Inc., and its computer division as NCR Corp. At last count, AT&T had 163,600 employees, nearly a third of whom work in the cable division. Analysts were divided over whether AT&T’s new course will prove more successful. “I never really understood the long-term value of having the largest cable company and largest long-distance company under the same roof,” said Bruce Roberts, an industry analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort

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Albright ends historic visit with progress on missile control By GEORGE GEDDA Associated Press

North SEOUL, South Korea Korea has accepted the idea of working toward restraint in its missile program, U.S. officials said Tuesday, citing progress on a critical issue dividing the two countries as they explore reconciliation after 50 years. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ended her historic talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong II struck by the improbability of it all—a cordial visit to a Stalinist land that the United States until recently called a rogue state. But both sides knew they had a long way to go to bury enmity arising from the Korean War and the vast differences between the open democracy and the closed communist regime. “The glasses I have on are not rosecolored,” Albright said. Kim, commenting before their final meeting Tuesday, said: “I don’t think the three hours of discussions we had yesterday were enough to break the silence of 50 years.” Albright told reporters she took seriously a remark by Kim—delivered seemingly offhand at a gymnastic exhibition—that his state would refrain from long-range missile launches. Kim had raised the issue when an image of a Taepo Dong I missile was flashed before the audience. “He quipped that this was the first Satellite launch and it would be the last,” Albright said. Asked if she interpreted that as a pledge for a permanent moratorium on missile launches, Albright said, “I take

what he said as serious as to his desire to move forward to resolve various questions.” A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said after Albright and Kim finished their talks that the North Korean leader has accepted the idea of“serious restraint” in

missiles. Albright later flew to Seoul for meetings with South Korean and Japanese officials about her talks with Kim. She had meetings scheduled with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan. President Bill Clinton is considering whether to visit North Korea himself, a trip that could come next month. The American delegation held a farewell dinner for Kim and his officials, serving roast turkey, beef steak and trout, with California wine. They dined in a six-sided room in the palatial Magnolia Hall, glowing with brilliant lights shining on marble—all this in a state where many North Koreans, even near the capital, use candles and oil lamps to cope with an electricity shortage and their poverty. “I never expected to play the role of host for such a gathering as this,” she said, toasting Kim and remarking upon the recent moves toward a rapprochement. “Pick up the phone anytime,” she told Rim in farewell, giving the leader—a basketball fan—a ball signed by l

Michael Jordan. Kim replied: “Please give me your email address.” Diplomats offered no further elabora-

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Dreams of heroism send Palestinian youths into clashes By KARIN LAUB Associated Press

RAMALLAH, West Bank For two days, Mona Hamed was able to keep her 14-year-old son, Mohammed, off the streets. The first day, she made him do homework. The second day, she told him to clean the yard. But on the third day, he slipped away. The ninth grader and several friends from his quiet, middle-class neighborhood headed straight to a rock-throwing skirmish at a traffic circle on the outskirts of Ramallah. While his friends withdrew when a firelight erupted between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers, Mohammed stayed behind a makeshift barricade close to Israeli positions, throwing stones. He was shot and killed. Mohammed became part of a fast-growing statistic—Palestinian youngsters killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers. The Israeli human rights group Betselem says at least 26 of the 109 Palestinians killed in 27 days of fighting were minors. Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been arguing bitterly about who is responsible for the deaths. It is a debate that could determine which side gets the world’s sympathy. Israel accuses Palestinian leaders of exploiting children for just that reason. The Palestinian Authority says the riots are difficult to control and that older street activists have been trying to keep those 16 and younger away from the clashes. The Palestinians and human rights groups, including Amnesty International, say Israel uses excessive force. Israel says its troops have shown the utmost restraint, targeting only gunmen and those hurling firebombs. Mohammed Earned was killed on Oct. 1, four days after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited a contested Jerusalem holy site. The visit was seen by Palestinians as a provocation and was followed by widespread clashes. On the day of Sharon’s visit, Mohammed and some ofhis classmates went directly from school to the traffic circle to throw stones at Israeli soldiers. Once he got home, his mother asked where he had been. At a friend’s house, he told her. That evening, Mrs. Hamed thought she recognized her youngest son in TV footage on the evening news. He denied having been there. However, Mrs. Hamed, a round-faced woman with large brown eyes, decided to keep her son close by for a while, making him study or help in the yard. Mrs. Hamed, 41, later learned that her son had slipped a photo of himself and a note with his name, address and phone number into his breast pocket—in case he got killed that day. “Another guy died earlier in the week,” said his friend and classmate, Samir Jaber, a lanky 14-yearold. “He didn’t have his ID on him. Mohammed said, ‘lf I die, I want people to know who I am.’” Samir said Mohammed and the other boys talked incessantly about what it would be like to be a “shaheed,” or martyr. Those who didn’t want to confront Israeli soldiers were shunned as cowards, Samir said. They had heard from parents, mosque preachers

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Republicans claim early voting sites favor Democrats attorney Marshall Hurley to file a U.S. District Court suit against the state Oct. 13. “It’s the simplest law suit I’ve ever been involved in,” said Hurley. “The United States Congress decided over 100 years ago that the election for president and Congress should ,be on the first Tuesday of each November. We’re supposed to have one national election day, and North Carolina created many, many additional days.” Falmlen, on the other hand, does not think much of the suit. “I can only quote the judge, who said it is probably meritless,” he said. “In fact, it is meritless. Early voting has happened all over the States for more than 20 years.” Hurley countered that litigation has targeted early voting programs in Tennessee and Texas. He also cited a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s election process that chose members of Congress in October. Hurley’s clients’ main complaints are that there are not enough safeguards to

around the state you’ll see [early polling the state board of elections, said that sitesl have been selected to favor the after a few minor problems on Oct. 16, Democratic demographics,” said Gurley. the first day of early voting, the process However, he noted that the data he has collected shows about equal turnout has been orderly, without any hitches. On the morning of Oct. 16, the staff from both Democrats and Republicans. Polling stations are located at every at the Durham Board of Elections early voting site were unable to power up the county’s board of elections office, which is generally in the county seat. In addivoting tabulator and then gave two ballots the same number. McLean said the tion, other sites are often placed in libraries, which McLean said are distribpress and the political parties were notified and invited to watch officials open uted geographically. “My information tells me that is not a the lock box and correct the situation. The other mishap in Durham County valid concern,” said McLean. “For what occurred at the Northern High School it’s worth, it seems there are more votvoting site, where the key to the vote ers coming to the county office than the other one-stop sites.” tabulator did not fit. “No voter was turned away... and by Durham County’s sites are located at 9:20 [a.m.] they had all the problems its board of elections office near the taken care of in Durham,” McLean said. Durham Athletic Park, at Northern Republicans have also claimed that High School and at North Carolina Centhe early voting locations may have tral University. Two Guilford County voters, Marcus been placed in typically Democratic areas because Democrats control the Kindley and Dari Flower, were so constate election board. cerned about the new early voting sys“In a lot of counties if you look tem that they contracted Greensboro � EARLY VOTING from page

prevent voter fraud and that the state government is ignoring federal law. In court last Friday, the judge said he thought citizens were not allowed to file suit against the state, but gave Hurley until Oct. 23 to persuade him otherwise. The judge has not yet responded to Hurley’s arguments. Meanwhile, many voters who have taken advantage ofthe early voting opportunity said they appreciated the new system. “I think it’s great,” said Chris Ferguson, who voted yesterday at the Durham County Board of Elections site. “I knew [voting early] wouldn’t take long and I didn’t know what I’d be doing on the seventh of November —if I got in a wreck or something, I knew I’d be able to vote.” Edwin Bryson, Trinity ’5B, also voted yesterday. He said he was not worried about any developments in the campaign that might happen between now and the election. “I’ve made up my mind,” he said.

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secondary education is as much about nurturing intellectual growth as encouraging personal development. Universities must be concerned with helping students negotiate both academic and personal dilemmas. Hence, University officials should elect to begin notifying students’ emergency contacts of students’ trips to the Emergency Department for overconsumption of drugs or alcohol. A recent amendment to the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act of 1974 allows universities to release information about drug and alcohol violations to parents of student offenders. It seems like a little too much to notify parents of every alcohol violation, but it also seems negligent not to do everything possible to help treat students who are threatening their own lives by consuming alcohol irresponsibly. Once a student gets sent to the Emergency Department to get her stomach pumped so that she does not die from drinking too much, Duke should find as many ways as it can to help the student deal properly with these potentially dangerous or potentially harmless beverages. Duke already introduces students to alcohol treatment programs, and that is an important first step. But parents can also play a critical role in helping their children through difficult situations. Besides, for most students, parents are paying for their education and their college experience with tuition and room and board fees. Parents have a right to know if the University had to save their child’s life and if their child has a problem that could threaten his safety. In fact, schools could be held legally liable for failing to adequately intervene in these situations when they know a student could die on their property or on their watch. For students who are financially independent from their parents, contacting emergency contact people, like friends or other relatives, can serve the similar purpose of guiding students through difficult times. That said, this policy could decrease the effectiveness of the amnesty clause—which exempts intoxicated students from judicial action if they seek Emergency Department treatment—by introducing a new consequence for seeking emergency medical relief. But notifying parents and creating a support network for students are part of a treatment plan to help students avoid ending up in the hospital for overconsumption again. And besides, students should be watching out for each other and seeking medical attention in dire medical situations whether or not there are consequences for it. In short, informing parents of these situations is not a punishment, but away for Duke to help create a network of authorities, from family members to friends to medical professionals, in order to help at-risk students avoid life-threatening behavior.

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I could he registered in five counties and I could start driving at eight in the morning and vote in all of them. Dan Gurley, political director for the North Carolina Republican Party, alleging that North Carolina’s new voting law, which permits people to vote up to three weeks prior to election day, will result in widespread fraud (see story, page one)

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Chalking defaces property and wastes Duke’s money Speaking of idiots chalking tors (I think Judicial Affairs We must hold these people the Bryan Center walkway, would be a good place to responsible (I know that I’d like to add that chalking call, don’t you?). word is foreign to some of you anything on campus is And I ask all residential rich boys and girls with “cool” against Duke University regstaff to remember that you patriarchal liberal streaks, ulations. Removing chalk is can write up jerks for chalk- but bear with me). done at considerable expense ing the BC walkway. Yes, my One more thing, please to the University. friends, a time has come for don’t send letters to the ediPersonally I would love to a holy crusade against the tor with any of the “freedom nail the inconsiderate liber- chalkers. I don’t really care of speech” garbage. There al jerks (and conservatives that the perpetrators are are plenty of other avenues too, if there are any on this writing mindless rants. I get through which you can campus) who are raising the my daily dose of liberal and express your opinion that cost of my already overbear- new-age nonsense from our will not cost your fellow stuing tuition. great Chronicle staff any- dents a single penny. If anyone sees one or way (Thank you, The And those of you who Chronicle!), more such jerks chalking think I’m being to harsh and However, when people radical, get a sense of humor. the BC walkway again, please contact the appropri- start chalking stuff and costByung Lee ate University authority ing the entire student body and identify the perpetra- money, we have a problem. Trinity ’O3 for referenced letter, see http:! /www.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle/2000/10/19/ 12Chalkersbc.html

Columnist wrongly labels Palestinians ‘defenseless’ I am disappointed and troubled that The Chronicle allowed the blatantly onesided, propaganda-filled Oct. 11 column “Controversial Visit Ignites Israeli Bloodshed” by Abdullah AlArian to be printed. The column intentionally deceived Chronicle readers to believe that the situation is one where Palestinians are sheep being “massacred” by “coldblooded” Israeli soldiers. This is simply not the case.

Yassir Arafat’s Tanzanim, a Palestinian militia equipped

soldiers driving in a civilian car were detained by the

with AK-47s and M-16s. Does Al-Arian believe that Israeli bullets are more

Palestinian police. As word spread that they were arrested, a mob of 1,000 Palestinians overran the police station, executed three of the soldiers and threw their blood-soaked bodies from a second-story window toward a crowd of jubilant onlookers. These events along with

potent than those shot by Palestinians? Al-Arian also fails to inform readers that “defenseless Palestinian civilians” managed to fire 11 bullets into a 36-year-old father of six, Hillel Lieberman, who holds dual American and

the destruction of Joseph’s

Tomb, a holy Jewish shrine, show that the situation in Israel is not as lopsided as Al-Arian portrays. Next time Al-Arian makes such claims, keep his bias in mind.

Israeli citizenship. After Al-Arian says that “as being abducted, his mutilatdefenseless Palestinian civiled body was found in a cave. ians resort to throwing As his funeral procession stones, they are confronted proceeded to the cemetery, with uninhibited soldiers fir- Palestinians threw rocks and ing away.” Al-Arian failed to shot at the passing motorists. point out that Israeli solLast week (after Al-Arian’s Aaron NiedermAYEß diers are being shot at by column), three reserve Israeli Trinity ’O3 for referenced column, see http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle/2000/10/11/llControversialvisit.htrnl

Many Biblical regulations The question of same-sex unions in the chapel will probably be decided on grounds of non-discrimination, human and civil rights, and perhaps even simple justice. Yet, on another level,

this debate illustrates two fundamentally conflicting the assumptions about nature of the Bible. Is the Bible a divine or a human product? If it’s a divine product, then its laws are God’s

laws and it expresses how God sees things. If it’s a human product, then the Bible tells us how two communities, ancient Israel and first century Christian movements, saw things and tried to work out their relationships with God in their times, cultures and locations. For example, if the Bible is a divine product, then ancient Israel’s laws pro-

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homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22) are God’s laws and must be obeyed, including its penalty—death (Leviticus

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Testament passage that might (but need not) be interpreted as condemning (Romans homosexuality 1:26-27), must be set alongside others that ban full participation of women, tolerate slavery and presume the earth is flat. The question then becomes: How do we discern what love of God and neighbor means for us in our time? We must clear-

really to understand the Bible as the direct and permanent expression of God’s rules of moral behavior? Most in the United Church of Christ do not. But if the Bible is a human product, then we are told only that homosexualily distinguish Christian ty was considered unacceptlove from social hate. In the able in ancient Israel. Most United Church of Christ, we Christians today don’t welcome lesbian, gay, bisexenforce ancient Israel’s ual and transgendered perlegal codes. This one is also sons fully into our campus embedded in a collection of community, just as they are, laws that prohibit wearing just as created by God. garments made of two kinds of cloth. How many of us Mark Rutledge wear blends today? Why Chaplain, single out the prohibition of Duke Religious Life The author is an ordained minhomosexuality as a “law of God?” And that single New ister in the United Church of Christ.

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When math gets fuzzy....

Fighting against the drug war are an important mechanism to keep the supply of prisoners flowing. The price is a social one. Each year California spends as much money on “corrections facilities” as it does on education. It is an omiBen Weller nous sign for a society when its leaders decide it is more important The upcoming Nov. 7 vote in to incarcerate people than it is to Alaska on the legalization of marieducate them. juana and granting of amnesty to Latinos and African Americans marijuana offenders represents a are the main target of the Drug War. crucial moment in the fight against African American communities the Drug War, or the American govhave been decimated by a loss of ernment’s war on civil liberties. A their young men to prisons, and 13 decision by Alaskan voters to repeal percent of black men have lost the laws against marijuana could be a right to vote due to felony conviccatalyst for similar decisions in tions. Blacks and Latinos are more other states, especially after the likely to be incarcerated for a drug benefits of such a decision are made offense, though they are not more apparent. More importantly, perlikely to use drugs. This is not merehaps, is the granting of amnesty to ly a by-product ofracism, rather the those imprisoned for using, growing result of a deliberate attempt to taror distributing marijuana. These get and incarcerate undesirables, people are among America’s prisonthe American underclass. ers of war, political prisoners in the In the end, the Drug War is actusense that politics put them where ally an attempt, however fruitless, they are. to legislate morality at the expense Out of America’s 2,000,000 prisof civil liberties. The statement of oners, over 400,000 are in prison for National Anti-Drug Policy reads: nonviolent drug offenses. With our “Illegal drug use is harmful and prison population at an all-time wrong. Illegal drug use can kill the high, and new laws being crafted to individuals involved or cause the send more people to jail, nearly a individuals to hurt or kill others, quarter of our prisoners have done and such use strips the individuals nothing wrong other than make an of their moral sense.” individual choice with individual Though clearly alarmist, the ramifications. The ramifications of statement does get to the heart of the Drug War itself represent the the matter, albeit with gross exagtrue threat to society. geration. The problem is not that The Drug War keeps the demand drug users really go out on murfor prisons high. The prison indusderous rampages or that they are try is the fastest growing industry so lacking in morals that their perin the United States, and drug laws sonal salvation is in danger.

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Reckonings Paul Krugman Did you know that if Vice President A1 Gore is elected president, and his economic plan is put into effect, 2.3 million Americans will die next year? Supercilious Washington insiders may try to confuse you by pointing out that even if Gore isn’t elected, 2.3 million Americans will die—-that next year’s mortality rate has nothing to do with who wins the election. But you can deal with that by chanting “No fuzzy math!” until the election is over. No, George W. Bush hasn’t blamed Gore for American mortality. But he’s done something comparable. Gore has been pointing out, correctly, that Bush has promised $1 trillion in Social Security taxes to two different groups of people—telling young workers that he will allow them to invest the money in personal accounts, while assuring older workers that it will be available to pay for their retirement. So Bush has responded by charging that Gore’s Social Security plan will add no less than $4O trillion to the national debt. That seems like an awfully big number. It turns out to be an estimate of the total value of payments from the gener-

al government budget to Social Security, including interest, that will take place over the next 50 years. And I could bore you by explaining why that number is meaningless. The really amazing thing, however, is that the number has nothing to do with Gore. It’s true that Social Security will need transfers from general revenue if Gore’s plan is put into effect. But it will need just as much money if Gore’s plan isn’t put into effect. The only way to reduce the required aid would be to reduce the benefits promised to retirees. Meanwhile, Bush has said nothing about reducing benefits. So his plan for Social Security would cost just as much as his opponent’s—or rather considerably more, because to honor those contradictory promises he has to find another pot of money somewhere. Maybe blaming Gore for future mortality wouldn’t have worked, but Bush’s advisers seem to think that blaming him for the entire future liabilities of the Social Security system will, or at least can, serve temporarily to confuse voters who might otherwise have started to think too clearly about the subject. Only two weeks to go until the election, and we can clean up the mess later, right? But what a mess it’s going to be. Those Social Security payments aren’t the only sums being promised to two different groups of people. Bush’s plans—and, to a lesser extent, Gore’s plans—are based on projections that assume there will be no increase in federal discretionary spending over the next 10 years. But over the last few months, while you weren’t looking, Congress went on a bipartisan spending spree—with a cost estimated by both Democratic and Republican analysts at more than $BOO billion over the next decade. How will the next president deal with this bad news? Gore has a bit of slack in his budget, and has proclaimed that protecting the surplus is his highest priority; maybe he would decide to jettison his unloved and unlovely targeted tax cuts. But Bush’s budget now adds up thanks only to creative accounting, and he has made it clear that he cannot conceive of anything that would make him renege on his tax-cutting promises (Did someone say “Read my lips”?). The odds, then, are that soon—perhaps as soon as next year—those projections of future budget surpluses will have been revised dramatically downward, and longer-term projections will show deficits as far as the statistical eye can see. This will pose real economic risks; it will also be a severe blow to our self-confidence. We will shake our heads at our earlier optimism and wonder what we were thinking. But the answer, of course, is that we weren’t thinking, and in general disapproved of those who did. However the election turns out, the reaction to the debates made it clear that voters have a visceral dislike for candidates who seem intellectual, let alone try to make the electorate do arithmetic. Indeed, the motto for this election year—and the epitaph for the soon-to-be-departed budget surplus—should be; Real men don’t think. Unfortunately, what you refuse to think about can still hurt you. Paul Krugman is a columnist for The New York Times.

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Rather, a moral code, strictly

defined and enforced by the state, is necessary to the maintenance of order and the status quo. The rules themselves are rather arbitrary, as the legality of cigarettes and alcohol proves. What is important is that there are rules. Politicians, private prison corporations, the military and arms manufacturers have all profited from the Drug War and the misinformation campaign that supports it. Police have extended their reach into the private lives of individuals, while the U.S. military has maintained its control of Latin American militaries with a convenient replacement for the Cold War. The public, meanwhile, has been stupefied by an unprecedented propaganda campaign, which for the most part has failed to take science into account. The result is that we are paying for our own enslavement, locking up our youth rather than educating them and electing politicians who care more about appropriating public funds for their buddies at the Corrections Corporation of America than they do about health care. The Drug War violates human rights. It violates laws of nature and laws of the market. We won’t see a lot of changes on Nov. 7, but legalizing marijuana in Alaska is a step toward one of the biggest changes needed in America: an end to the Drug War and a reaffirmation of our commitment to civil liberties. Ben Weller is a Trinity junior.

Neglecting the Arab' American vote The pen and the sword Abdullah AhArian While much of the country will spend the next couple of weeks trying to find a significant difference between Vice President A1 Gore and Gov. George W. Bush on which to deem one worthy of a vote, some groups, traditionally alienated from American politics, find themselves equally perplexed in the upcoming elections. Arab Americans, who currently number close to 4 million across the country, have a significant role in this year’s presidential race. Most of them are concentrated in key states such as Michigan, Ohio and Illinois which are crucial to victory for both Bush and Gore. In the Detroit area alone, there are over 300,000 Arab Americans, contributing to the potentially decisive 4 percent of the votes in Michigan. Both campaigns are seizing the opportunity to appeal to Arab voters, despite outside pressures. In 1984, Walter Mondale declined donations from Arab-American support groups for fear that it may estrange him from the more lucrative Jewish lobby. In 1988, Michael Dukakis rejected endorsements from Arabs for the same reason. In an interesting twist of events, this election features vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., trying to court Arab support. However, most Arabs have not been receptive to this effort; this has nothing to do with Lieberman’s religious background and everything to do with his record as a senator. In fact, if anything, his emphasis on morality and strong faith are highly appealing to Arabs, both Christian and Muslim, while his habit of standing by Israel through thick and thin is not. Gore’s record on the peace process is not much better. In a recent conference with members of the Israeli lobby, he was askec about his stance on contentious

Middle East issues. He replied, “the same as your desires,” demonstrating little regard for the concerns of Arab-American issues. Not surprisingly, Israel confirms that the Clinton-Gore administration has been the most pro-Israeli-American administration in history, and there is little evidence to suggest that a GoreLieberman one would be any less tilted. Needless to say, the Middle East peace process, especially the status of Jerusalem, is a central issue to all Arabs. Also significant is the goal to lift the sanctions on Iraq, which have ravaged the nation over the past decade. While both Bush and Gore seem intent on moving the American embassy to Jerusalem and maintaining the sanctions on Iraq, most Arabs still see more potential in Bush to at least fulfill their domestic demands, chief among which are the problems of secret evidence and racial profiling. Secret evidence, a phenomenon created by the Clinton-Gore justice department, involves the unconstitutional use of secret information to jail an individual indefinitely without telling him why. All the victims of this gross violation of due process have been Arabs. There is currently a bill in Congress that would end the use of secret evidence, which Bush endorsed during the second presidential debate. Bush also came out against racial profiling, a practice that affects African Americans and Hispanics, as well as Arabs—the crime of “flying while Arab” came about from such institutionalized racism. Gore responded the next day by expressing his disapproval for such policies—policies that he could have done something about long ago. In the long run, the fact that American politics are opening up to include more diverse groups of people is encouraging, despite the homogeneity that currently plagues the system. The hope is that over time there will be more equity in the distribution of power and influence to allow for more voices to be heard and adequately reflected in the policy making processes of this country. For isn’t that what democracy is all about?

Abdullah Al-Arian- is a Trinity junior.

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Teams reviewing Survey allows anonymous responses

Glasgow, Madrid

STUDY ABROAD from page 5 A review team is currently in Glasgow, Scotland for a three-day review of the University’s program there Riley said she expects the results of the review in three weeks. In addition, the Duke in Madrid program will also be evaluated this semester. Next semester, teams will visit the University’s programs in Costa Rica and the Andes. External reviews of academic departments are traI

ditionally confidential, but Thompson has not decided whether that will be true for the study abroad reviews. “Right now the report goes to the faculty involved and study-abroad committee,” Thompson said. “There are students on the study-abroad committee... but we haven’t decided to what degree we want to make [the reports] available.” In the past, officials used evaluations based largely upon visits by faculty and study-abroad officials. In combination with student input, administrators evaluated the success and failures of Duke's programs. Thompson said that while this method has been helpful, it has had its limitations. While some students said they were indifferent to the new external review process, others said that the most important feedback will always come from students’ experiences. It seems like students would be the ones who would know most about it,” said juniorAmin Aminfar, but I suppose the professors would have something to say as well.” Dave Ingram contributed to this story.

Economy generates large tax revenues SURPLUS from page 2 The government’s 2000 surplus surpassed the previous record of $124.4 billion for fiscal year 1999 and came on top of a $69.2 billion surplus in fiscal year 1998. The 1998 surplus marked the first time the government had managed to finish in the black since 1969. The last time the government reported three consecutive years of surpluses was in 1947, 1948 and 1949. The record-breaking economy is in its longest-ever streak of uninterrupted growth. Americans are enjoying plentiful jobs, low inflation—outside of the recent burst of energy prices—and rising incomes. The prosperity also is helping to generate more tax revenues. Economists say one of the cornerstones to the prosperity has been low unemployment. The surging economy pulled the nation’s unemployment rate back down to a three-decade low of 3.9 percent in September from an already low 4.1 percent in August. Clinton last month had estimated a surplus of around $230 billion for the recently ended fiscal year and the Congressional Budget Office was predicting

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comparisons. Although the data is not available for formal release at this time, based on what he has viewed, Fagen alluded to the nature of the results. “It seems like about 80 percent ofstudents are satisfied with their experiences within their various departments,” he said. “Some areas of concern include the lack of concrete teacher/mentor relationships and the insufficient support in career planning.” Fagen expressed hopes to retake the surveys every three to five years and continually update the

legal responsibilities of respondents,” Fagen said. So this year we made it clear that the responses would be anonymous and that no results would be considered if a department did not receive more than 10 responses.” Niebur said that requiring 10 responses would help to reflect all students—represent those with positive experiences and an “ax to grind, and bring out those in the “silent middle.” The results from the online survey will be released in two phases. The raw data will first be re-

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W35 COMPAREA A regional geography of Canada examining its physical features, topography, climate; the historic economic and social development of the regions; the economic and cultural interactions among the regions

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CANIB4S.OI United States

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Dr. Allan Kornberg (Political Science), kornberg@duke.edu TTH 2:15-3:30 PM

Canada In Comparative Perspective

W35

COMPAREA, CA 1845.01, HSTIB4S.OI, PS 1845.01, SOCIB4S.OI This course examines the elite recruitment, interest articulation, representational and public policy roles played by political institutions and processes in the U.S. and Canada. We will consider questions such as: Why the federal systems have developed so differently and with what consequence; why the Canadian Provinces are much more important political actors than American States; why American Congressional parties are much less cohesive than Canadian parliamentary parties; why Canada has a more comprehensive system of social programs than the U.S.; why Canada periodically is threatened with the prospect of falling apart as a nation state.

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$232 billion.

Revenues for fiscal year 2000, which ended Sept. 30, totaled $2.03 trillion, while expenditures came to $1.79 trillion, the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget said. Individual tax payments totaled $1 trillion, compared with $879 billion in fiscal year 1999. Payments from corporate taxes came to $207.3 billion, up from $184.7 billion. The biggest spending categories in fiscal 2000 were; Social Security, $441.8 billion, up from $419.8 billion in fiscal 1999; programs of the Health and Human Services Department, including Medicare and Medicaid, $382.6 billion, compared with $359.7 billion; interest on the public debt, $362.1 billion, up from $353.5 billion; and military spending, $281.2 billion, up from $261.4 billion.

leased in late October at the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students conference. In January, a paid analysis team will issue a formal review of the information, including departmental

The increased number of respondents was also related to the assurance of anonymity provided in the website instructions. Last year we experienced problems with the

Course

Alaska In Circumpolar Perspective

W35

COMPAREA, CA2825.04, H5T2995.04, P52825.04, 50C2825.04 A history of the northern circumpolar world, with an emphasis on Canada and Alaska, from the pre-contact period to the present. Themes to be considered include exploration, colonialism, the resource economy, strategic and environmental considerations, the affirmation of indigenous rights, as well as "nordicity" and the place of the region in the nation state and in the modern world.

NAS2B3S.OI History of Migration in North America

Instructor

Mark Richard (History and Canadian Studies), mpr2@duke.edu

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TTH 10:55-12:10 PM W35

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COMPAREA, CA2835.01, HST2B3S.OI, P52855.01, PPS2B2S.OI Migration, both legal and illegal, from Mexico to the United States is currently an important topic in the news. But there have been other important streams of migration in North America; from the deportation of the Acadians to the Thirteen Colonies in the mid-18th century; from the U.S.A. to the Canadian Maritimes and the present-day provinces of Quebec and Ontario after the American Revolution; from Quebec to New England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; from Mexico to the U.S.A. to under the bracero program of the 1940s and 19505; the movement of draft resisters from the U.S.A. to Canada in the 19605; and a long-term "brain drain" from both Canada and Mexico to the United States. Some of these migration episodes have involved considerable back and forth migration, as does the current Mexican migration. What political, economic, social, and cultural issues have these past episodes raised, and what might they teach us about current migration and future proposals for more permeable North American borders? What have been the implications for the composition of the population in both the sending and receiving societies?

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Hersh encourages students to participate in discussion HERSH from page 5 The irony of this statement was not lost on the audience as Hersh’s series of articles on My Lai changed the nation’s perspective on the Vietnam War. “We don’t fight war any better than anyone else, and I had to tell the American people that,” Hersh said. The articles’ impact resounded not only in the nation, but also in Hersh’s career. Shortly after winning the Pulitzer, he gained the reputation as an ear for whistle-blowers. >

“After My Lai, I was inundated with people who id done lowly things,” Hersh said. “I was like a big confessor.” Hushing the older members ofthe audience, Hersh encouraged participation from the students in the audience and emphasized the importance of responsibility in future journalists. “We can’t allow our passions of the moment to overwhelm us,” Hersh said. “We must stick to these standards even [if] no one seems interested in preserving them.”

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"Distribution ofInjustice" Wednesday, October 25

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GRADUATE STUDY from page

for example, are excellent ways to expose large numbers of students to the possibility of graduate studies. Exposure to graduate studies early in the undergraduate experience, he said, is vital to getting more students thinking about it for the future. “Few students enter Duke knowing about graduate school as an option, and that’s been a problem,” Thompson said. “It’s easier with law or medicine, because students enter already with a better sense of what lawyers and physicians do.” Senior Taylor West said that she has experienced some exposure during her stay at Duke, but that they have not necessarily motivated her to go to graduate school. “I’m a classical studies major and its more of an academic/graduate studyoriented major, so there has been some [exposure],” she said. “I can’t say that I’ve been aware of advising resources, but honestly I haven’t been looking.” In addition, officials said faculty mentoring for undergraduates is essential for support and exposure. William Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, stressed that current faculty members often serve as mentors in helping students choose the correct field for them. “I think professors in the field are good at providing a realistic perspective

for students,” Chafe said. Thompson said encouraging under-

over the past few years. Duke, in particular, has a disproportionately high number of students who choose to go to such programs. Senior associate dean Gerald Wilson, Trinity’s pre-law adviser, said an estimated 19 to 22 percent of seniors will go on to law school within two years of graduation. “We still remain highly pre-professional oriented,” said Wilson. “We are encouraging people to take a harder look

at graduate schools and getting Ph.D.’s.” Pre-graduate study adviser Mary Nijhout said applying to graduate school is a lengthier process than ap-

plying to law or business school, and that many undergraduates may not be

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AT THE GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FAIR, senior Todd Atlas talks with a Fuqua representative about post-undergraduate options. graduates to attend graduate school, and thus preparing them to become future faculty members around the country, is extremely important to Duke.

“Certainly, we want to develop leaders

in every field that students choose to pur-

sue, but we would hope to have our fair share as leaders in academia,” he said. Thompson and others said they think the trend will eventually reverse itself.

The rising number of students eligible to attend college, Thompson explained, will increase the demand for professors and thus encourage more students to attend graduate school. While the number of graduate school applications has fallen, the number of students applying to professional programs such as business and law has increased significantly across the nation

aware of the on-campus resources for them to do so. “Applying to graduate school is a much more individualized process,” said Nijhout, an associate dean of Trinity College. “With other programs, you just apply to one centralized location.” Professional programs are not the only competition graduate schools receive. Duke administrators also agree that the booming economy and the increase in high-paying information-technology jobs has played a significant role. “The whole idea of the computer industry and starting a dot-com have

definitely influenced students’ decisions,” Nijhout said. “Every time we broaden the opportunity pool for students, we lessen the number of students who may potentially apply to [graduate programsl.”

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Programs boost GPSC debates separate libraries safety measures

GPSC from page 3 volumes and technological resources that many ate need for study space while remaining aware of other libraries house,” Byrd said. “There is room to the differences between undergraduate and gradu- have space for students and b00k5.... We don’t need ate research. to increase the quantity of space, but we need to in“The needs of graduates and undergraduates are crease the quality of space.” on different sides. We forget that the undergraduate Noting usability and accessibility, many pointed population. does not have significant study space,” to libraries at other institutions as examples for the said Will Tyson, a third-year sociology graduate stu- renovation committee to follow. dent and student life committee chair. “For those who “Lots of graduate students like the [University of want to study in their rooms, they must deal with the North Carolina] and [N.C. State University] libraries so they go there,” said Tomalei Vess, a sixth-year noise in the dungeon-style living on West Campus.” Renovation committee chair Robert Byrd recoggraduate student in biology and GPSC ombudsman. nized the concerns of the two groups and felt a com“They realize these are good libraries and Perkins is promise could be reached. bad. The library need to think about how many cus“Groups are looking at the standard number of tomers they are going to lose in this process.” >

� SAFETY ABROAD from page 1 it did make 10 years ago during the Persian Gulf War. To date, only two students out of more than 100 have independently chosen to leave the BYU program. For those remaining, coordinators have forbidden entry into the old city and postponed previouslyplanned field trips that could have put the students in danger. The students at Hebrew University have also seen the indirect effects of the conflict. In e-mails, Miller and Eida both wrote that security has increased in the

dormitories and that plainclothes guards have been posted. Hebrew University has also begun an e-mail list to ease the heartache of concerned parents. Despite the tension, there have been no reports of student eodangement. “Fin staying off crowded buses or crowded anything...*. I don’t feel as though I’m in any sort of grave danger as long as I take the necessary precautions Eida wrote, adding' that the situation may seem worse than itreally is, Margaret Riley,, assistant dean for study abroad, said that although the students are participating in non-Duke programs, her office' still remains, focused on their safety. “We have been in touch with both programs and expressed our concern.... They are keeping abreast ofthe problems and will make decisions based upon their findings,” she said. Any decision to pull a student from a program, Riley said, would remain with the student, her parents and the sponsoring program. Numerous students and parents have faced this difficult decision in the past, said Joseph Brockington, the chair of a national committee on US. students studying abroad. In fact, Brockington, who is also the director of the Center for International Studies at Kalamazoo College, said that this year his staffchose not to send students to Zimbabwe during a pivotal election which pitted people of different racial groups against each other, “It’s real life as it really is. There is no script,” he said. Brockington said that although it is always a difficult decision to make, officials must trust the recommendations of the sponsoring universities and government agencies when dealing with studyabroad programs. Only one time in Riley’s knowledge did Duke cancel one of its own study-abroad program. In the mid1980s, the Office of Study Abroad canceled a program in Bologna, Italy because of terrorist threats. Outside programs also remain under Duke’s partial jurisdiction. Before a non-Duke program is approved, it is measured against a checklist of criteria. The review examines academics and student support services as well as safety and health issues. Professor of Chemistry A1 Crumbliss, chair of the faculty committee on study abroad, said that if a student wants to go to a country involved in either internal or external conflict, then the committee looks at the situation more carefully. In Crumbliss’ three years on the committee, he recalled a few instances when safety has played a part in decisions to reject a student’s petition for study abroad. Other Duke students may also be traveling to Israel in the upcoming months. Roger Kaplan, the director of the Freeman Center For Jewish Life, has plans to facilitate travel for 40 Duke students on a tour of Israel sponsored by Birthright Israel. Students on last year’s Birthright trip did encounter violence in the region, and consequently, the travel coordinators changed some ofthe itinerary. “Right now the trip is still on,” Kaplan said, adding that the FCJL is in constant contact with Hillel, Birthright and their colleagues in Israel. “We justkeep things going and hope peace will prevail.” *

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� Women’s soccer hosts UNC-Charlotte The 23rd-ranked Duke Blue Devils (11-5) will host the UNCCharlotte 49ers (10-7-1) tonight at Koskinen Stadium, Game time is 7 p.m. Both teams are coming off losses. Duke lost to conference rival Virginia, 4-3, on the road this weekend. The 49ers also lost a conference game to Cincinnati this weekend.

� No jurors selected in Carruth trial For the second consecutive day, no jurors were selected in the first-degree murder trial of former Carolina Panther Rae Carruth. About 20 potential jurors were excused yesterday, most of whom were passed on because they opposed the death penalty. Prosecuting lawyers plan to seek the death penalty in the case against Carruth, charged with masterminding a plot to kill his pregnant girlfriend.

� NCAA rules in Golden Gopher case The NCAA ruled yesterday that the Minnesota basketball program will face four years' probation and the loss of five scholarships. Charged with academic fraud after a former team tutor admitted to writing over 400 papers for players between 1993-1998, Minnesota avoided being banned from postseason play by conducting a lengthy internal investigation. The Golden Gophers’ postseason records from ’93-’9B will be erased.

� French cycling star admits to doping French cyclist Richard Virenique admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs during the 1998 Tour de France. Virenique is on trial in France for a doping scandal that resulted in his Festina team being disqualified from the 1998 Tour. The cyclist testified that drugs are as commonplace as air pumps on the cycling tour. A former Festina coach also alleged that American Lance Armstrong, a two-time Tour de France winner, took drugs as well.

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Ex-Duke star Carrawell waived by Spurs By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle

Former Duke swingman Chris Carrawell had the wind knocked out of his sails a little less than four months ago at the NBA draft. Yesterday, he downright crashed and burned. The reigning ACC player of the year, who was clearly disappointed when he slid to 41st at the June 28 draft in Minneapolis, Minn., was waived yesterday by San Antonio as the Spurs continue to narrow their roster one week prior to the regular season. Reports from the San Antonio Express-News indicate that Carrawell, who could not be reached for comment yesterday, is currently pursuing a possible roster opening with Atlanta, where he could reunite with former Blue Devil teammate Roshown McLeod. .“Chris knew he was fighting for a spot,” Lon Babby, Carrawell’s agent, told the Express-News. “And he thought he had earned it with the way he had played recently. I think he feels confident he can play in the league, and he’s going to keep trying. “He’s not bitter toward San Antonio. He’s thankful for the opportunity.” That opportunity was not exactly welcomed with open

arms by Carrawell back in June, when the first-team AllAmerican felt more than a little

slighted after falling out of the first round of the draft. Predraft rumors suggested that the Hornets Charlotte had Carrawell pegged at the 19th overall pick, but the Hornets balked at the chance to take the 6-foot-6 small forward when Kentucky’s Jamaal Magloire remained on the board. Every other team in the league, with the Spurs the lone exception, quickly followed suit, and Carrawell plummeted 22 picks in an embarrassing evening that weeks later he would call the absolute “worst.” But in Carrawell, the Spurs felt they had a winner, so much so that assistant general manager R.C. Buford said the team tried to trade up during the draft to ensure the former Blue Devil did not go somewhere else. Yesterday, the Spurs apparently realized what the league’s 28 other teams knew during the week leading up to the draft. “It was a real difficult decision to make,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told the Express-News. “But it’s one that we’re tasked to make at some point. We made the decision and obviously wish him well.

‘You don’t expect people in the

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CHRIS CARRAWELL was selected by the San Antonio Spurs as the 41st overall pick in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft. second round to make a big impact on the team. There are a lot of second-round draft picks who aren’t in the league.”

Carrawell’s release reportedly resulted from a sub-par showing at the summer league in Boston. Carrawell responded to his struggles by telling the ExpressNews earlier in camp that his mind was still focused on his dis-

appointing draft. He rebounded

in the preseason by scoring 5.6 points per game, including two 10-point outings, thus far in five games, but his efforts did little to sway the Spurs, who instead chose to stick with rookie small forward Ira Newbie.

Carrawell, who signed a twoyear contract with the first year guaranteed, will still receive a large percentage of his $316,969 rookie-minimum salary.

National fans Win puts Mets back in Series react to N.Y. By BEN WALKER Associated Press

World Series

NEW YORK Back in their Yankees 2 raucous den, music and its ear-splitting with jets roaring overhead, the New York Mets were right at home—and right back in this Subway Series. ■ Benny Agbayani got Shea Stadium shaking with a goahead double in the eighth inning as the Mets handed Orlando Hernandez his first postseason defeat, beating the Mets

New York Yankees 4-2 last night to cut their World Series deficit to 2-1. A sellout crowd of 55,299 went crazy as Armando Benitez held on in the ninth inning this time, helping the Mets end the Yankees’ record 14-game winning streak in the World Series. “Our fans have been waiting 14 years for this,” winning pitcher John Franco said. “They’re very loud and we just love being in this ballpark and the noise.” Benitez, who blew a ninthinning lead in Game 1, closed it out after giving up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Chuck

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CHICAGO Karen Warner, a die-hard Chicago baseball

fan, confesses that she has been touched by the mystique and glory of the vaunted Subway Series in New York. “Let me put it this way,” said Warner, 38, who lives a block from Wrigley Field, and dresses her dog, Elvis, in a Cub’s kerchief, “it turns my stomach.” In the rest ofAmerica, so distant from the Center of the Universe, not everyone is humming along to Frank Sinatra. “They’re just so proud of themselves, those New Yorkers,” said Jean Waters, 43, a business executive in Omaha. “This glorifi-

ROBIN VENTURA is congratulated by his New York Mets teammates after his second-inning solo home run during Game 3 of the World Series last night. from Game 2 that cost Roger Clemens a $50,000 fine. Hernandez, who began the night with an 8-0 record and a 1.90 ERA in postseason play, spf, a Yankee’ World Series record by striking out 12, breaking the mark of 11 estab-

lished by Bob Turley in 1956 “All we ever heard was how he won all those games and had never lost,” Agbayani said. Still, in a ballpark where the Mets thrive on late-inning magic, it was not enough. See

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cation of New York. I mean, they were pretty pleased with themselves already. Now there’s just one more thing that’s so wonderful about them. It’s obnoxious.” It is not that people do not care about the World Series, judging from dozens of interviews around the country. Indeed, it is the rare fan who claims to have ignored every bit of the games between the See FANS on page 27 ¥■ *****■*■*■*■

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Nirapathpongpom leads Ist-ranked Duke golfers Nirapathpongpom, better known as “Oui” by friends and teammates, recently collected her first colFor the student with possibly the longest name in legiate title at individual the Collegiate Duke’s student body, the year has started off pretty well. Championships, while also leading the team to a firstplace finish in the tournament. Freshman Virada Nirapathpongpom has already estabThe Blue Devils entered this season ranked No. 2 in lished herself as a standout on the highly touted the country, behind only defending national champion women’s golf team. Arizona. Remarkably, much of the leadership for the team has come from the relatively inexperienced Nirapathpongpom. Although high rankings have placed the Blue Devils in the national spotlight, she says that it has not been especially hard to play her game. “I just told myself at the beginning of the year not to expect too much, just to take it easy,” said Nirapathpongpom. “But it feels really good to get out to such a good start.” Coach Dan Brooks said that Nirapathpongpom has emerged as a good leader for the team as well. “She’s scoring well, and she’s won a tournament for us,” Brooks said. “She doesn’t lead so much by what she says, but by what she does.” Nirapathpongpom, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, came to the United States before 10th grade and eventually honed her golf skills at a private academy in Florida, just as some of her current teammates did. Alhough she is an experienced competitive golfer, Nirapathpongpom says she has still had to make some adjustments. “National Junior Golf prepared me really well,” she said. “A lot of the girls that I’m playing against on the collegiate level are the same ones I competed with in junior golf. But it’s been a challenge for me just adjusting to college life. It’s also different to get used to playing for a team, instead of just for yourself.” While Nirapathpongpom has had to learn to be a part of a team, her teammates agree that she has been a valuable addition to the squad. “It’s always good to have really good freshmen, because it pushes the other players,” Candy Hannemann said. “She’s an amazing player, but more than that, she’s VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN won her first individual title for an amazing girl. She’s just a great addition to the team.” Duke at the Collegiate Championships. Brooks also feels that the team’s overall talent from ByWILYORK The Chronicle

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top to bottom makes each ofthe players better. “If you have competition within the team, it makes it more fun and special,” he said. “Competition is the reason we do sports, and the competition between team members just adds to that.” It may strike the casual fan as surprising that a freshman would contribute so extensively at such an early point in her career, but the Blue Devil golfers are not at all surprised at Nirapathpongporn’s immediate success. “Oui has been playing with a lot of these girls for a long time,” fellow freshman Leigh Ann Hardin said. “I expected her to step in and play well.” Nirapathpongporn’s early success is no surprise to Brooks either. “When you get to college golf, you’re not all of a sudden having to move bigger people down the field, or bump them around on the basketball court,” Brooks said. “It’s a very similar move from top-level junior golf to college. Some of the courses may be a little more difficult, but ifyou’ve learned to make a five-foot putt under pressure, then it’s really no different.” Nirapathpongpom may be a freshman, but she is certainly no stranger to most of her teammates. While studying the game in Florida, she was introduced to some of the older players on this year’s team. “Maria [Garcia-Estrada] and I roomed together at the GolfAcademy, and Virada lived next door,” Hannemann said.“So we knew her. I think it was good for her that we were here; we tried to be a part of the recruiting process for her.”

Nirapathpongporn also added that the air offamiliarity was a draw to Duke for her. “Since I had played with some of the girls at the

Academy, and against them in tournaments, I sort of

knew them,” she said. “It was good to know someone before I came here.” Whatever the reason, the freshman has played exceptionally well, catapulting herself into national prominence. The win at the Collegiate Championships was the team’s third in a row, and the Blue Devils are now the top-ranked team in the country.

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Hey, alumni: Don’t blame us for football’s failures In case you missed it (and with the Duke TV deal consisting of two goats and a cathode ray tube you probably did), the football team is on its way to another crap-tac-

ular season. But don’t blame this mess on head coach Carl Franks. When Franks arrived at Duke a year or so ago, he told us he was taking Duke football airborne. Of course we thought he meant airborne like Steve Spurrier. Turns out he meant like Ebola. And yet still, after a blessed one-game reprieve, some chuckleberry brought back “The Tradition of Traditions.” I guess I just didn’t make myself clear with the whole Soc. 10: Class of Classes analogy, so maybe I’ll have to come back to it. But for now, the owner ofthe sign (sports promotions, I’m looking in your direction), probably has more to deal with surrounding Fred Goldsmith, the woman-loving softie of woman-loving softies. Now, there are some things I don’t understand. I don’t understand organic chemistry, I don’t understand why my roommate has 15 T-shirts from the same crappy club in Myrtle Beach and I don’t understand why there was a flip-flop in a tree branch on the BC walkway all day yesterday (the sheer physics ofit boggles the mind). Add to that why every alumni (and cheerleader) who writes to the “Quote. No quotation marks,” edit pages of our fine paper wants to put the fault for Duke football’s general crappiness right on our Abercrombie & Fitchwearing shoulders. We don’t support the team, we criticize too much, we should all thank the football team for actually tolerating our poor support. Maybe you could you please tell us one more time about how glorious and wonderful Duke was when everybody was rocking out to the great tunes of the Thompson Twins and sporting ffickin Ponys. And I’m sure you were all such great fans of the football team, and you all supported the tennis team and you all bussed from the lacrosse field to the golf course because you supported your school like the good little Devil you were. Just a thought, but instead of telling me for the 20

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touchdown if Hellen Keller explained touch and Monica Lewinsky explained down and still we’re averaging over 1,500 students per game. Never mind that the team averages roughly three picometers of offense a down, we’re still there. And even at the end of the season, when the only ‘W’ anybody in Durham will be seeing will be on the presidential election ballot, we’re still going to average more students at football games than we do at basketball games. It’s just math. Duke has roughly 6,000 undergraduates; Wally Wade has roughly 36,000 seats. If every single one of us shows up to the game, there are still 30,000 empty seats. Hell, even if every single one of us shows up with a club-footed friend named Pedro, there’s still

Upon further review Ray Holloman millionth time how much better the Cameron Crazies or the social life was back in the Johnson administration (Andrew or Lyndon, your pick), how about you take your frickin True Blue soda and stick it directly up your Devils’ Den.

Look, blaming us is like blaming the cook of the Titanic for sinking the damn ship. Sheesh. It’s not that I don’t like hearing from our alumni and it’s not that I don’t appreciate the history of the University, but you were all the same goofy fauxadults we are now, and no matter how much you want to glorify your own four years, we’re all the same stupid chuckleberries. And you may as well just back off when it comes to fan support of the football team, because Rick Majerus jumping up and down on a wooden bridge wouldn’t make for shakier ground than you’d be standing on. Despite the fact that Duke football has had roughly all the success of a Mike Tyson self-help book in the last year or 200, according to the only man I’ve ever met from Buffalo, Norm Bradley, there were 2,000 students at the big, uh, rivalry game with East Carolina, a school that inexplicably counts its lucky stars to be in Conference USA. Sure, there was all the drama of the game—a squeaker ECU won in the last 58 minutes with a 38-0 run —to keep people around on a drizzly Saturday night, but they still showed up at the next home game against Virginia. Even after having been outscored 76-5 all season (114-5 if you include the season finale against UNC last year) and remaining winless since the last Kappa Sig frat party, 1,500 students showed up at Wally Wade. Hell, we’ve got an offense that wouldn’t understand

24,000 empty seats. And we’re not the only ones with the student atten-

dance “problem.” Michigan’s student section only

accommodates about 25 percent of its student body to fill its section, leaving roughly 100,000 seats empty in the Big House. But a funny thing happens at Michigan. Alumni actually show up to the games instead of bitching through the student newspaper. Fancy that. And it’s not Michigan, it’s every football school in the country. Stadiums get about a quarter of the student body to turn out and all the rest of the space is taken up by alumni. ECU even did it in our own stadium. Change the Pirate fans from purple to blue and turn the Dale Earnhardt bumper stickers into New Jersey license plates and you’ve got more Duke alumni than a New York consulting firm. But ya know what, it isn’t really the fault of our alumni either. Flying back into Durham to watch a Duke football game is like getting to flip the switch on your own execution—you may as well just pass. As a relatively small private school, we simply don’t have a centralized fan base to fill out the cement bucket that is Wally Wade. Just don’tblame your absence on us. Well, except Shane Battier. UPON FURTHER REVIEW is a weekly column writ ten by a sports columnist. It appears every Wednesday.

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Coach had winning, not discrimination, in mind Well, well, it looks like Duke football found away to make headlines after all (on the other hand, it also found another forum in which to lose big). Not since Kathy Ireland kicked balls (both footballs and opponents’) in Necessary Roughness has a girl football player appeared on screen nationwide. Still, a few things bother me about the decision. When I was in high school, three guys wanted to play high school field hockey. They wanted to play for the love of the game and not as a publicity stunt. And it was decided that they could practice as long as they wore the official team uniform (yes, a skirt). Still, they were not allowed to play in games, not due to any lack of skill or poor work ethic but solely because of their gender. At the time, I agreed with the school’s decision—for better or worse, football is for guys and field hockey is for girls. The guys also understood, little knowing that they could have used the experience to become millionaires. You see, you can argue gender equity, but it cuts both ways. You can open the gates for women to play football, but then you can’t complain if a team that includes boys rolls through other singlesex teams in the Little League Softball World Series (as happened with a team from Hewitt, Texas this year). In the Duke case, I don’t blame the jury—clearly Fred Goldsmith treated Heather Sue Mercer differently than if she were a man, and under the law Duke must be held accountable. What bothers me most is that the law gives the jury

Mercer and the University. Her main case seemed to center on a 28-yard field goal she made to win an intrasquad scrimmage. However, a 28yard game-winner does not a great

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kicker make. For example, kicker Michael Husted played two games for the Washington Redskins this season. Both games, he the power to supercede the authority of kicked game-winners. And after the second game, he was fired, without any the football team’s head coach. dissent from fans, other players or the What are the most important decisions for a coach? Who starts, what press. Two game-winners and then the plays to call, but something more basic boot! The reason? He missed four field than that: Whom do I want on my team? goals from outside 30 yards, inexcusNow, Goldsmith let Mercer on his able for a kicker. The point of this story? Anyone who team and then decided the media attention would be more harmful to the has played soccer in high school can team than any advantages she could make a field goal from inside 30 yards bring. Whether that was bad strategy (yes, I can too). on his part is questionable (although The Charlotte Observer reported the school certainly seemed to agree last week that soccer star Mia Hamm with its coach, based on its lack of symroutinely kicks field goals of over 40 yards with either leg. So there’s no reapathy to Mercer’s charges). son that Mercer’s 28-yarder should be here we have an eightHowever, person jury, with complete authority worth $2 million (by comparison, at halftime of the NFL Pro Bowl, a conunder the law but without any knowlof the of a football testant always has the opportunity to edge inner-workings team, that is able to punish the coach make a 35-yarder, but only gets $1 milfor doing what he thought was in the lion for a successful kick). So what other evidence is there that best interests of the team. The problem lies not with the jury, Mercer was talented enough to make but instead with a law that says a the team? None, but here’s what we do coach can’t change his mind for the have—years of evidence that has good of the program (and by extension showed that, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” his employer). Was she talented enough to help the In other words, does anyone honestteam? I wasn’t there when she was tryly think Goldsmith said, “You know, ing out (and you probably weren’t Mercer could really help us win games, either), but even players that were but I’m not interested in that. I’d there were called as witnesses for both rather cut her because she’s a girl.”

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College coaches (especially those who might be fired in the near future, as Goldsmith was) will not do anything that prevents them from winning, as Goldsmith has been accused of. It was winning, and not morals, that caused most professional baseball and football teams to integrate—it was too big a competitive disadvantage not to. So here’s what we have: a jury that is given the power to punish a coach for working in the best interests ofhis team, a coach that hates a girl’s presence so much he would rather lose, and something that would be funny if it weren’t so regrettable: Mercer wants to spend the $2 million winnings on helping other girls play the • game, but her trial will make coaches even more skittish to allow a girl to try out for the team. Here is what a coach will think when deciding whether to let a female player try out: “Do I have to receive permission from an attorney before I can cut her?” In the back ofhis mind, he knows that if he lets a girl on the team, even as a walk-on, it becomes a legal issue whether he can release her. Imagine that—a girl doing more to harm other female football players than a dozen Fred Goldsmiths. After the Mercer decision, even Kathy Ireland would have a hard time getting a tryout. Harold Gutmann is a Trinity junior and a sportswriter for The Chronicle. He’ll he trying out for the field hockey team next fall.

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Mets hand El Duque Series figures to be lowest-rated ever Ist postseason defeat �

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Now, after two one-run defeats at Yankee Stadium, the Mets get a chance to draw even. Bobby J. Jones will pitch Game 4 tonight against Denny Neagle and Bill Clinton is expected to become the first president in office to attend a Series game since Ronald Reagan in 1983. “It’s light years different between being 3-0 and 21,” Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. Hernandez, who struck out the first three hitters in the opening inning and took advantage of a few extra inches on the outside corner of Jeff Kellogg’s strike zone, fanned Robin Ventura to start the eighth. But after Todd Zeile singled, Agbayani doubled into the left-center field gap. Agbayani has hit in all 12 of the Mets’ postseason games this year, including a 13th-inning home run that beat San Francisco in the

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“Some people like to bad-mouth New York,” he said. “But deep-down inside, if you’re really a baseball fan, you’ve got to think this is pretty exciting.” The Series, of course, has also sounded a call to former New Yorkers, people who might now live and work in California or Colorado, but who might either remember a childhood afternoon spent at Yankee Stadium or a night a month ago spent, say, in a bar in Queens. There are some real measures of interest to examine. Although the Subway Series is captivating television viewers in the New York area, it has not dazzled the country. In fact, the national ratings for the first two games have placed this World Series on track to be the lowest-rated in history. So far, the two-game rating is down 18 percent from the World Series last year between the Yankees and the Atlanta Braves.

Yankees and the Mets. As everyone has heard, time and time and time again, this is baseball history in the making. Mike Rosa, a 25-year-old Boston Red Sox fan who lives in Medford, Mass., got an e-mail message from a friend last week that read, “Let’s get ready for the game on Saturday, the Mets-Yankees Subway Series!” He wrote back: “I would rather be hit by that subway train.” In Chicago, which has not had a World Series winner since the Bolshevik Revolution, in 1917, it is particularly difficult to be gracious about two New York teams in the series. But people are trying. Bob Morand, a 40-year-old executive recruiter, whose broken heart has not completely mended since the tragedy of 1969, when the Cubs collapsed in September and the Mets passed them on the way to the title, the Subway Series is something special.

division series. “I was trying to look for something low because he was throwing me up and I was chasing them”

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Agbayani said. Pinch-hitter Bubba Trammell added a sacrifice fly

for insurance. The Mets improved to 60-26 at Shea this season, the best mark in baseball. There were more Yankees fans present than there were Mets rooters at Yankee Stadium, though they were easily drowned out by the huge speakers in center field—the Mets boosted their sound system with $30,000 in extra equipment

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this month.

The sixth inning saw the Mets tie it at 2-2, and

showcased all this Subway Series has to offer—big stars delivering in big spots, dueling fans and drama with every pitch. Mike Piazza, made to look foolish in striking out his first two times up, led off with a double and Ventura, who homered earlier, drew a full-count walk. Zeile followed with a tying double and the Mets’ crowd got loud, raising the decibel count more when Agbayani eked out a walk. Bases loaded, no outs. And no worries from the Yankees bench—manager Torre never even had anyone warming up, leaving it all to Hernandez. El Duque did not disappoint. He fanned Jay Payton, hopping off the mound to punctuate his 10th strikeout, and then got Mike Bordick to swing through a 3-2 pitch, shouting to celebrate the strikeout. With reliever Dennis Cook warming up in a hurry, Mets manager Bobby Valentine gambled. He put up Darryl Hamilton for starter Rick Reed, yet the pinch hitter was no match for Hernandez and grounded out. The Yankees tied it at 1-1 in the third on David Justice’s RBI double. It came with two outs, as have several of the Yankees’ big hits in this Series. ■ Reed singled in the bottom half, and did a little extra running as Edgardo Alfonzo fouled off a fullcount pitch with two outs before popping up. Tired or not, Reed was not sharp in the next halfinning. Tino Martinez led off with a single and one out later, Paul O’Neill hit his first triple since July 23, 1999. Scott Brosius was hit by a pitch, but Reed limited the damage and the fourth inning ended with the Yankees leading 2-1. O’Neill doubled and tripled, giving him five straight hits.

EOS 41 The Dynamic Earth Murray MWF 11:50-12:40; Karson TTH 12:40-1:55 Introduction to the dynamic processes that shape the Earth and the environment and their impact upon society.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, sea-floor spreading, floods, landslides, groundwater, seashores and geohazards. Emphasis on examining the lines ofinductive and deductive reasoning, quantitative methods, modes of inquiry, and technological developments that lead to understanding the Earth’s dynamic systems.

EOS 43 Applications of Geologic Principles

Staff M 4-6; TH 2-4 Mineral and rock classification, topographic and geologic map interpretation. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 41 (may be taken concurrently). EOS 49S Ancient and Modern Perceptions of the Natural World Lozier TTH 10:55-12:10 The first part of this course will examine ancient beliefs concerning weather, the ocean, and earth processes such as earthquakes and volcanoes. The second parr will discuss how reason, science and empiricism, beginning in the Age of Enlightenment, created a drastic change in our thinking about our natural world.

EOS 53 Intro. To Oceanography Lozier/Pratson/Searles TTH 12:40-1:55 Fundamental aspects of the oceans and their impact on the planet. Research methodologies and major findings of physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. Present understanding of oceanographic phenomena conveyed in the context of the scientific method. Formulation of hypotheses on the workings of the oceans through inductive reasoning based on critical analysis and interpretation of oceanographic observations. Students apply their classroom-derived knowledge in a structured series of small field studies conducted at the Marine Laboratory. Required fee for the trip to the Laboratory. EOS IO6L Igneous Metamorphic Rock

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Stewart MWF 10:30-11:20 (lab T 3:30-5:30) Petrology, theory of origin and classification of igneous and

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metamorphic rocks. Theoretical and quantitative aspects of magma generation, emplacement and crystallization, and processes that give rise to the diversity of igneous rocks and minerals. Topics in geochemistry and isotope chemistry of igneous rocks (age dating), thermodynamic concepts of phase equilibria, mineral-mineral reactions and mineral stability as a

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temperature. Prerequisite:

Earth and Ocean

EOS IIOL Scdimentation/Stratigraphy Pratson TTH 9:10-10:25 (lah W 11:30-1:30)

Introduction to sedimentary processes and the formation of stratigraphy. Sediment erosion, transport and deposition across the surface examined in a variety of environments, both on land and beneath the sea. Sediment dynamics explained through basic physics, elementary fluid mechanics, and simple laboratory demonstrations. Stratigraphic sequences interpreted using both physical and biological attributes preserved in the sediments. Practical exercises include measuring and describing outcrop and subsurface sequences, mapping techniques in stratigraphic analysis, seismic stratigraphy, and environmental reconstruction. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 41 and 105L. 113/213 Modern

Ancient Oceanic Environments Corliss/Dwyer/Klein MW 2:20-3:35 Description of oceanic environments and geological processes that create or modify them through time. Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental/paleoceanographic conditions in the world’s oceans using sediments and fossils with emphasis on global climate change over a range of time scales. Inductive interpretations of geological data to construct paleoenvironmental models. Includes field trip. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: introductory geology or introductory biology. EOS

EOS 123S Hydrology Eggleston TTH 2:15-3:30 An overview of the hydrologic cycle and its impact on global climate

and local environmental problems. Examines ethical dilemmas encountered in communicating environmental analysis to the public. Prerequisite: Mathematics 32 and Chemistry 12L or consent of instructor.

EOS 130 L Principles of Earth Structure and Geophysics

Karson TTH 10:55-12:10 (lab M 1-3) Interpretation of geological deformationfeatures and the geophysical

expression of environmentally important features including active and near-surface tectonics and deep earth structures and processes. Lectures and laboratory. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences

106 L and 110L.

172 L Evolution of Earth «Si Life Corliss MWF 9:10-10:00 (lab T 3:30-5:30) Evolution of the earth and biota through time. Weekend field trip to Appalachian Mountains. Prerequisite recommended: Earth and EOS

Ocean Sciences 41 • EOS 181S American Southwest HaffTH 4-6 Geomorphic and geologic features of arid terrain, including

volcanism, tectonics, soils and weathering, paleo-lakes, wind-blown sand and dust, landslides, and alluvial fans. Reconstruction of paleolandscape processes based on observations of present landforms. Interpretation of landform development and process from geomorphic field evidence. Focus on the Mojave Desert region of California and Nevada. Includes week-long field trip. Prerequisite; Earth and Ocean Sciences 41 and consent of instructor.

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