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TWO-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR CARCHIDE, a Camp Lejeune resident, will be spared the effects of the water problem because the wells causing it were capped in 1985.
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But Ward, a Cary town council member, hopes to improve education through experimentation with voucherlike programs. He believes schools need to test different options before they commit to any given policy. “I think we should raise the limit on charter schools and allow school boards to compete for them,” he said. “[We should] periodically evaluate [each school’s] success. Future success and the marketplace will determine if the school continues.”
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Israeli reporters and Palestinian officials revealed Wednesday that Arafat met Tuesday night with transAmnon Shahak, the portation minister, and Yossi Gmnosaur, an Israeli businessman, Ehud Barak said Pnme Wednesday night that Peres, the minister of regional cooperation, had been sent with a stem message for Arafat to stop the violence, The conflict has cost more than 160 hves and unraveled much of the peacemaking ofArafat mid Peres tha The Israelis were Peres long relationship with Arafat might help restore communications, said Nachman Shai, the govemment’s chief spokesperson.
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DSG PRESIDENT JORDAN BAZINSKY addressed the legislators at last night’s speedy meeting, By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
In the wake of their four-and-a-half-hour-long meeting last week, Duke Student Government legislators sped through their agenda last night, repeatedly moving for early votes on the night’s business, including revising the cost of meal plans. The proposal, which eventually failed, would have
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passes, there would be no way we can afford for new concepts to come in, like McDonald’s did.” Not all DSG legislators agreed with the current allocation of funds between students and Dining Services and instead supported the resolution. “This would help students on financial aid,” Trinity sophomore Pavel Molchonov said. “[Much] financial aid is in loans or work study. By cutting costs, we would save these students from having to earn this money at some point.” After several speeches and questions, DSG did not adopt the recommendation. The two-hour meeting also featured a presentation on Perkins Library renovations. The director of the renovations, the head librarian and the project’s architect talked to DSG about the progress they are making and their need for student input. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to rethink Perkins Library,” said Director of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections Bob Byrd, chair of
recommended decreasing the cost ofthe lowest-priced meal plans for each campus by three percent for the 2001-2002 academic year. Dissenters objected that the resulting reduction in funding for Dining Services outweighed the lowered costs to students, which ranged from $3O to $5O depending on the campus. “This plan would be more harmful to Dining Services than it would be helpful to that percentage of students,” Trinity junior Michael Calvo said. “Dining Services would lose a sizable amount of money, which could result in losing the places we enjoy eating at. We don’t want another Mean Gene’s around.” At issue was the money the price cut would cost Dinthe Perkins Library Renovations Committee. ‘The most ing Services. Senior Jennifer Stapleton, who spoke to important thing for us to do now is think about what DSG on behalf of the Duke University Student Dining kind of library we want for the future.” Advisory Committee, estimated that this loss could be IN OTHER BUSINESS: DSG unanimously recomup to $200,000 per year and predicted that it could mended the installation of campus maps at the East and cause Dining Services to cut back on new dining opWest Campus bus stops, as well as a trial-run for music tions or even eliminate current ones. in the weight room of the Wilson Recreation Center. “We already do not make a profit,” Stapleton said. The group also unanimously approved a charter for “This lost revenue would result in extra cuts. If this plan Duke Orthodox Christian Students Association.
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� Nader scoffs at calls to withdraw Ralph Nader rallied supporters at the Wisconsin Capitol Wednesday, asking them to ignore the pleas of Al Gore’s backers to vote for the vice president. "The real decision-makers in Washington are not the Republican and Democratic parties," the Green Party candidate told about 1,500 to 2,000 people. “They’re just competing over who's going to go to the White House so they can receive the marching orders from their corporate paymasters."
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� ‘Big Wheel’ gets big attention, money As the presidential candidates criss-crossed the country Wednesday, their campaigns believed the election could be determined by big money bets on the "Wheel of Fortune." The popular television game show, which draws a devoted, middle class and older audience, is presently the nation’s leading venue for political ads in a host of states.
� Candidates debate conflict of interest The Democratic candidate for labor commissioner Wednesday attacked his Republican opponent's acceptance of campaign contributions from businesses with a history of workplace safety violations, including one company that has donated $57,600. Democrat Doug Berger said the donations from Pike Electric, a Mount Airy-based utility service company, raised questions about possible conflicts of interest for Republican Cherie Berry.
� Bush holds moderate lead in N.C. In the battle for North Carolina's 14 electoral votes, Republican Gov. George W. Bush of Texas leads Democratic Vice President Al Gore 48 to 41 percent, according to a statewide poll of 625 likely voters by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research. Libertarian candidate Harry Browne and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan each received about 1 percent of the vote, according to the poll released Tuesday. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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TAMPA, Fla. Vice President A1 Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush Wednesday entered the final week of the campaign in fiery moods, with Gore warning Florida voters that Bush’s economic plans would bankrupt the Social Security system, while Bush made a raid into the traditionally Democratic state of Minnesota to assail Gore’s tax proposals. Gore’s presence in Florida came on a day that Bush expressed incredulity over a new poll that gave the Democrat an 11-point lead in a state where Jeb Bush serves as governor. “I don’t believe it,” Bush said, calling the survey by pollster John Zogby “totally out of kilter.” But even as Bush addressed thousands under grey skies in Minneapolis, the eyes of his staff were turned south to Florida, a state the campaign believes it will win but now suggests it could do without and still reach the necessary 270 electoral votes to win the White House.
Gore, meanwhile, targeted Florida’s massive retirement community as he
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the electorate, believed to be within his reach, the Democrat spent the day here attacking Bush’s proposals and assuring Floridians that he would keep Social Security sound for another half-century. Republicans in the state have accused the Democrats of employing “scare tactics” with the Social Security issue, but in 1996 President Bill Clinton succeeded in winning the state by emphasizing his commitment to the federal re-
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SUPPORTERS OF GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH cheered the Republican’s arrival in Minneapolis Wednesday. wound up in the Democratic column in “issue of day” this week following “compassionate conservatism” and “leaderevery presidential election since 1976. Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd ship style.” gathered in a decorated airplane hangar Accusing Gore of proposing targeted in Minneapolis, Bush paused barely for tax cuts that exclude 50 million people, a breath between assaults on Gore’s Bush said the IRS was already plancharacter, accomplishments, campaign ning to hire “2,079 bureaucrats,” citing tirement program. promises and philosophy. On policy mat- it as evidence that “some in Washingters, Bush focused his sights on tax re- ton are already preparing for the Gore Bush waged his campaign Wednesday in Minnesota, a state that has lief, anointed by Bush staff as the third tax plan.”
Fund raising dominates down the stretch Gubernatorial hopefuls Easley and Vinroot have traded the trail for the telephone By SCOTT MOONEYHAM
spent on the telephone raising money, nighttime at private fund-raisers. The RALEIGH In this year’s race for Republican is planning a rally Saturday governor, it has been a little difficult to in Wilmington and campaign stops in several cities Monday. pick up the campaign trail. Instead of drumming up crowds on Easley planned to join fellow Democcollege campuses or speaking at local ratic candidates on a bus tour around the state this week. Rotary Club meetings, the two majorparty candidates, Mike Easley and Easley campaign officials dispute noRichard Vinroot, have spent much of tions that the two-term attorney generthe summer and fall on the telephone al has abandoned traditional campaignraising cash. ing. Instead, they say he has focused on The trend is a departure from fleshcampaign stops in rural North Carolina pressing campaigns of the past waged by that have garnered little attention from the likes of Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt or the Raleigh media. former Republican Gov. Jim Martin. The strategy is reminiscent of the “It looks like the notion of what a campaigns run by Republican U.S. Sen. campaign trail is has changed. It’s hard Jesse Helms. to find a trail,” said Thad Beyle, a politi“Since the beginning of the general cal science professor at the University of election campaign, Mike Easley has had North Carolina at Chapel Hill. roughly 180 events,” said spokesperson With less than a week to go before the Amanda Crumley. “Many of those have election, Vinroot was sticking to the been fund-raisers, but generally they’ve schedule he had been keeping for the been in conjunction with public rallies. I last several weeks—daytime hours think there is a little bit of mispercepAssociated Press
tion that Mike is not out there campaigning.” Vinroot officials don’t deny that they have little interest in traditional political dinners and stump speeches.
“Campaigns have changed. The media has changed. Voters have changed,” said Vinroot spokesperson Chris Neeley. Neeley said most voters are too busy to attend political rallies but, thanks to technology like the Internet, have more information than ever about candidates. “In one night on television, we can communicate our message to five million people,” Neeley said. Combined, the candidates have already spent about $l5 million getting their message out in advertisements. Ted Arrington, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, said such campaigns—short on personal appearances and heavy on television advertising—will likely continue.
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Black political group rejects white activist’s membership From staffand wire reports John Dagenhart, a white member of the Durham Housing Authority board, has asked to join the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, chal-
Advocates push hemp growth to farmers: Struggling tobacco farmers could make additional income by growing hemp, advocates of farming the plant said at a conference in Research Triangle Park that ended yesterday. Supporters of this movement say hemp could be used in paper products, chemicals, textiles and wood substitutes or even burned to produce
lenging the influential political group’s all-black membership. Dagenhart—a former city council candidate—said he asked Lavonia Allison, chair of the Durham committee, about electricity. joining the group, and was told that memBut delegates at the International bership is limited to black people. Dagenhart maintains the group’s constitution Industrial Hemp Forum said governdoes not state that policy specifically. ment regulation of marijuana, a close said Allison relative of the hemp plant, restricts its production. VTi^htp last week that she did not “need to Although growing hemp is legal in the United States, opponents said law get in a conversa- T’ujrj tion about John -I tll»3 � � HiH/lv enforcement officials often mistake it Dagenhart,” then for marijuana. hung up the phone when asked if a nonAdditionally, some said, politicians black resident could join the committee. have been reluctant to push for more State Rep. Mickey Michaux, who is achemp growth, in fear of being labeled tive in the group, said he thinks the rules erroneously as supporters of legalizing prohibit nonblack members. marijuana. “It’s to provide leadership for the Hemp contains only trace amounts African-American community, the black of tetrahydrocannabinol, the ingredicommunity,” Michaux said, paraphrasent responsible for the marijuana ing the group’s constitution. “I’m not so user’s high. sure that anyone who’s [not blackl could “We like to say in the industry that provide that leadership.” you’d have to smoke 50 acres of a hemp The Durham Committee is widely crop before it would get you anything seen as Durham’s most powerful politiclose to high,” lan Low, of Hemcor Incal action group. dustries in England, told the Associated Press. _________
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Baptist officials are not veiy worried about Texas Baptists’ decision to cut $5 million in funding for the Southern Baptist Convention. Protesting a shift toward greater fundamentalism, the Baptist General Convention of Texas—representing about one-fifth of the country’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptists—voted Monday to cut its funding for six Southern Baptist seminaries by $4 million, and to drop its support for the national headquarters by $1 million. But North Carolina’s Baptist leaders say the decision should not affect the state too much. “I still think North Carolina Baptists are solidly Southern Baptist people and want to cooperate,” said the Rev. Mike Cummings, president of the North Carolina Baptist Convention. “I think they want our convention to be inclusive and serve the needs of what the church wants to do.”
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celed all burning permits in counties west of Interstate 77. More than 100 firefighters battled a blaze that scorched about 300 acres in Mitchell County. Fire crews said they think the fire was sparked by a trash burning that went out ofcontrol Tuesday. “It was bad. Flames were coming out the tops of trees,” said Donna Robinson, who lives near the fires in the Tipton Hill section of Bakersville. “It was the worst I’d ever seen.” Meanwhile, more than 200 firefighters fought a blaze that burned around 600 acres of the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area of Burke County. U.S. Forest Service officials suspect a careless camper is at fault. Buncombe and Madison counties have also experienced smaller fires.
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Admissions re-evaluation could hurt athletic program � ADMISSIONS from page 1 The admission of legacies has traditionally served as a means by which the University can keep strong ties to alumni and their families, said Director of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag. Judith Ruderman, vice provost of
academic and administrative services, agreed. “We understand that there is loyalty to the University from alumni, and we realize we have a responsibility to be loyal to them,” she said. Last year, 471 children of alumni applied to the University. Roughly 50 percent were admitted as compared to 25 percent of the traditional 14,500 applicants. Guttentag said the admission rate of legacies at the University is similar to those at Duke’s peer institu-
tions and added that he did not believe that legacy status was pivotal in the majority of admission decisions. Laney Funderburk, Trinity ’6O and associate vice president for alumni affairs, does not expect any changes in admission criteria to have a significant effect on the number of legacies who are admitted to Duke. In addition to legacy status, the admissions committee will also discuss the number of students who are given special consideration because of athletic ability. Currently, the admissions office reserves about 120 spots for varsity athletes. Chris Kennedy, associate director of athletics, said that a decision to decrease that number would hurt the athletics department. “The institution has to make decisions
development office consults with adabout what its goals and priorities are, inofficials about some candimissions I it excel at Division whether will cluding officials were unDevelopment sports.” he said. “We’re already recruiting dates. comment. available for only We from a smaller pool than many. Administrators have already anget a certain number of spots.” nounced that they intend to give However, Guttentag said, although to students who consideration greater examthoroughly the committee will ine the issue, he predicts no significant meet certain intellectual and economic rearranging admissions change in the policy will occur. “It’s criteria. In said some cateGuttentag a priorities, decreasing us hard for me to imagine number without dropping a sport. And gories may suffer. “Admissions is always a zero sum I don’t think we are going to drop a said Guttentag. “For any stugame,” sport,” he said. admit, there are three who you fate childent of the admissions Lastly, Every admission decision in. don’t get dren of past and potential donors may on competing priorities.” judgment is a also hang in the balance. These admissions changes are a Officials declined to give the numpart of the University’s overall strateber of students whose potential familgic plan and must be approved by the their admisial giving played a role in Board of Trustees. University’s the but said that sion,
Officials hope results will shed light on effects of pollutants � LEJEUNE from page I
tacting former residents in the mid-90s with the intention of determining the actual hazards of VOCs. Dennis Darcey, a Duke assistant professor of community and occupational health, said exposure to VOCs would probably not spawn any immediate effects, but could eventually cause cancer or other chronic illnesses. “It would be very unlikely that trace contamination of drinking water with these chemicals would cause
acute health effects,” he said. “However, concern has been raised regarding the potential for increased risk of adverse reproductive effects and cancer depending on the dose and the duration of exposure.” Darcey added that illnesses caused by exposure are difficult to recognize, perhaps explaining the need for
such a study. “There’s a whole lot of information you need to know before you could begin to assess what the effect might be Mitchell said ATSDR publicized this latest survey in order to get enough respondents to draw statistical”
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Duke Conservative Union AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NAN KEOHANE ON THE ISSUE OF FORCING THE CHAPEL TO PERMIT SAME-SEX UNIONS Duke Conservative Union
November 2, 2000 Dear President Keohane: We are writing to you, on behalf of what we believe to be a silent majority of students at Duke, with regard to the issue of the University requiring the Chapel to sanction same-sex union ceremonies.
It has been reported that you included this contentious item—as a last-minute addition—to the program of the October 6th weekend Board of Trustees’ meeting. It is obvious that you took your cue illegitimately from Duke Student Government: on October 2nd, two DSG officers devised a partisan memorandum demanding the elimination of “the blatant discrimination” practiced by Duke’s Chapel. DSG —as a group of elected representatives of the undergraduate student body—took it upon itself to instruct the entire Duke Community (alumni, faculty, staff, professional and graduate students in addition to undergraduates) on an issue of great import. These individuals had no mandate to pronounce on supposed discrimination against homosexuals. No member of DSG campaigned actively on this issue during its (already questionable) elections. As a result, it is highly suspect whether DSG is representing Duke’s undergraduate student body or a personal agenda. It is evident that these same-sex “unions” are in fact not mere unions. Since such unions are not legally recognized in North Carolina, performing them at Duke represents an attempt to grant religious approval to homosexual “marriage.” Moreover, opposition to homosexual “marriage” is hardly an extremist position. On the contrary, all Democrat and Republican presidential candidates have opposed gay “marriage.” Even leftists such as Hillary Clinton have recently asserted, “a marriage is as a marriage has always been: between a man and a woman.” It is, furthermore, fundamentally incorrect to argue that this matter has anything to do with discriminatory practices. The law allows two individuals of the opposite sex the right to a marriage. Everybody—gays and straights alike —has this same right. The fact that homosexuals will not or cannot exercise that right does not constitute discrimination. The proposal from DSG, then, relates to the radical transformation of marriage—a universal, timehonored social institution by no means specific to the American people—and not to discrimination at all. It is incumbent on you, President Keohane, not to rush to judgment on this controversial issue. As such, the only legitimate course of action before you report back to the Trustees is for you to ascertain the opinion of the entire Duke Community, via mailings to alumni and through a student, faculty and staff referendum. Everyone will agree that your hand-picked committee hardly represents the views of the Community. Before Duke University stamps its approval on a radical national movement to discard the family—where we leam to be humane citizens —we, the Duke Conservative Union, implore you to pause for careful consideration of a diversity of opinion. Please let the voice of our Community speak louder than the dictates of The Princeton Review. Yours sincerely,
The Executive Board Duke Conservative Union
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Recess needs to devote more space to arts coverage
Re-elect David Price
The
one talent that every Congressman needs is a deep under-
standing of the issues. For 12 ofthe past 14 years, Rep. David Price has served the fourth district well, and he deserves to be re-elected to a seventh term. Price, who is one of the most thoughtful and moderate members of the House, has voted with the needs ofhis constituents. His hesitancy to take an extreme view and insistence on taking a pragmatic and realistic stance is a good fit for the exceptionally diverse community that is the Triangle. From pharmaceutical companies to hospitals and universities and from the gay and lesbian community to the black community, Price understands his constituents and the problems they face. He has been a strong advocate for the Triangle while in Congress, and his position on the appropriations committee gives him the kind of clout that is essential to getting things done in Washington. Price knows the political game and knows how to defend the interests—both financial and social—of the Fourth District. Price is on the right side of some of the district’s most pressing problems. His proposals on education are appropriate to his district’s needs. Price is working to recruit more teachers and has proposed an expansion of the successful North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which aims to recruit high school seniors to enter the teaching profession using nonbureaucratic means. He is also pushing for an increase in aid for community colleges. These are the right uses for our federal budgetary surplus. He is working to improve the quality of life for the Triangle’s growing population of Hispanic immigrants. He supports an exploration of how to increase funding for local English-as-a-second-language programs. That is not to say that Price will be a big spender. In fact, his reluctance to earmark bills as emergencies in order to get special funding is reflective of smart financial restraint. His viewpoint on that issue, as well as others, demonstrates his thoughtfulness in crafting policy. Another example: Price supports banning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians, but he is reluctant to support the current form of the employment nondiscrimination act because it does not look out for the rights of privacy of third parties. He is right to buck the current form of that bill and wait until a better version comes out. Price’s opponent, Cary town councilman Jess Ward, has also been a community activist and a leader in his hometown, but he is not ready for the job of congressman. His rhetoric and exceptionally conservative stances would not make for much policy. Ward should look into gathering more experience, possibly in the North Carolina General Assembly, before running for federal office. David Price has a surplus of experience and a strong congressional record to match. The Chronicle formally endorses David Price for Congress from the Fourth District.
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The Chronicle
On Oct. 25, Duke Players, a student/faculty drama organization on campus, premiered its ground-breaking production of Rita Dove’s “The Darker Face of the Earth,” in Reynolds Theater. This production has been in process for six months, involving 60-plus students, and numerous faculty, staff and artists from the Triangle community. On Wednesday night, history was made as this piece had its North Carolina premiere, and for the first time in many years, Duke Drama produced the work of a contemporary, Pulitzer Prizewinning, African-American, female playwright. On friday morning, members of the Duke Drama communi-
ty were dismayed to find phenomenal that this accomplishment was not even mentioned once in the of weekly publication Community in or the Recess Calendar. Out of all 12 pages in Recess, only one pertained to on-campus arts, while The News & Observer of Raleigh included a large article, reviewing the show in Friday’s paper. We find it sad that the newspaper of the Duke comoverlook munity could reporting on such an important on-campus event. By only allotting one or two pages to on-campus arts, Recess is neglecting its obligations as a source of information to the Duke community at large.
On behalf of the Drama community, we would like to congratulate the entire cast and crew of “Darker Face of the Earth” on an amazing production, and we apologize to those members of the community who Duke missed this show because they were unaware that such an exciting event was happening in their midst. We hope that in the future, the editors of Recess will realize the strong impact their reporting (or lack thereof) has on the performing arts at Duke. Talya
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Please keep religious beliefs and politics separate ability to look at all aspects of an issue and then decide ofreligious figures who have what he or she thinks is the abused their power for evil best course of action for the instead of good. At the very country. Being of a particular least, a person’s religions faith might limit a person convictions are very difficult ability to look at other points for someone else to judge. of view. Our politicians should be into government. This is a And just because a person to all ideas, and that is in open doesn’t believe God doesn’t wrong assumption to make. The reason that politics mean that they do not have the criteria that we should morals or virtues or are choose our elected officials on and religion are largely unrelated is because people who going to make the wrong rather than their religion. profess to be religious might decisions in government. VISHAL LOKRE What ultimately makes a not necessarily have good Pratt ’Ol character or be more fit to good elected official is the
I have seen many letters to the editor extolling the virtues of bringing religion into the realm ofpolitics. And ultimately, these articles assume that electing someone “religious” will bring morality and character back
govern. Indeed, this has been illustrated by countless cases
Employ the ACES lady to replace online ACES I’m sure I’m not the only person writing a letter right now, because it would appear that the vast majority of the senior class is, as I write, sitting at their computers, waiting for ACES to load. It’s been 25 minutes since I sat down. And in that time—basically all spent hitting reload over and over and over again—I’ve had plenty of time to write email, surf in another window, and... hit reload again!
This offends me on a lot of levels. As a computer science major, that anyone could write software so, or be so cheap on servers, and be apparently unable or unwilling to fix it, is offensive. As a student, that the administration continues to allow the contractors to provide services so shoddy is offensive. As a senior, the fact that anyone could actually man-
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Students should back Duke football
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The bond issue must pass
Everyone in North Carolina—including Duke students—benefits if the UNC bond referendum passes profession are about to overrun the higher education system in the state. Consider
Guest commentary Dan Blue As a trustee, an alumnus and parent of three alumni of Duke University, let me encourage today’s students, faculty and staff to give their full support to the North Carolina Higher Education Bonds when you vote Nov. 7. If approved, the bonds will be issued over the next six years and will provide a total of $2.5 billion for upgrading and adding classrooms, research and instructional laboratories, technology and infrastructure facilities at the state’s 16 public universities, as well as $6OO million for additional classrooms and training facilities at the state’s 59 community colleges. Approximately $1.2 billion of the bonds will be spent in the Triangle. The cost for paying off the bonds would average less than 1 percent ofthe state’s revenues, which is one reason the state will not have to raise taxes to pay off the bonds. As a member of the General Assembly, I joined with an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Republicans in supporting this referendum. The reason for the bonds is that North Carolina’s rapid population growth and the additional education and skills demanded by new technologies in every
these examples: At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 500 qualified community college transfers were turned away for lack of space.
At East Carolina University, badly needed nursing student applicants are being told to come back later because of the lack of facilities. At North Carolina Central University, the “best” science building has no distilled water or gas and their fume hoods barely work, creating a health and safety risk. At the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, one out of every five nonhealth buildings was constructed more than 70 years ago. In the community colleges, thousands of students can’t get the computer training they need because there aren’t enough classrooms. Those students—primarily working adults —are being forced to put their career advancement on hold. These examples of quality and quantity deficiencies persist. The challenges are only going to become greater. Full-time enrollment in the state’s public universities and community colleges is expected to increase by 30 percent, or 100,000 students, during the next 10 years. The number of high school graduates in North Carolina is now the fourth fastest grow-
ing in the country. The high school class of 2010 will number about 79,000 —an increase of 26 percent from last year. But you are at Duke, so why should you care? It’s simple. First, in many different ways, being at Duke is about learning to be involved in the greater community beyond the campus borders. Voting for these bonds is away for you to help provide educational opportunities that would not otherwise be available for literally tens of thousands of North Carolinians. But voting for the bonds is more than a civic exercise. Passage of the bonds is also good for the futures of those at Duke in several ways. First, a quality public higher education system has been a driving force in the success North Carolina has had in attracting diversified industrial and business investment. For example, as important as Duke has been to the success of Research Triangle Park, there would be no Park if we didn’t have top-quality public universities in this area. In turn, the presence of those companies attracted here by higher education has created thousands of jobs for Duke graduates working and living in the Triangle. Those companies have also created numerous research opportunities for Duke faculty and students. Another benefit from these bonds will be that the facilities are important to col-
laborations between Duke and its neighboring institutions. President Nan Keohane pointed out earlier this year that as a result of a gift from Julian and Josie Robertson, Duke is inaugurating a new program of student exchanges with UNC-Chapel Hill. Duke also benefits from exchanges with North Carolina State University and NCCU. When Duke Hospital needs to retrain workers, it turns to Durham Technical Community College. Taking steps to strengthen regional excellence is a great motivator for each area institution to excel, including Duke. There are similar collaborations and shared benefits between other private colleges and public universities in North Carolina, which is why the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities is endorsing the higher edu-
cation bond referendum. For all these reasons and more, I make a personal request of my fellow Blue Devils to vote for the Higher Education Bonds on Nov. 7. There is nothing you can do that will be of more help to more people in providing educational and economic opportunities. Dan Blue, Law 73, is a current member and former speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He also serves on the Board
of Trustees.
Fred Goldsmith: Much more than a coach Guest commentary Michael Gagnon “Watch your fingers!” I reminded the wide-eyed kids as we happily sliced oranges in the kitchen ofthe Ronald McDonald House. The week prior, we had arranged for the wonderful people from Merle Norman to come to the Ronald McDonald House to do face paints for the boys and beautiful makeovers for the girls and their weary moms, whose faces were worn out from countless tears and many sleepless nights. Sure, their hair had long since left most of the kids and all were thin and exhausted from the various treatments they were receiving, but inside they were little girls who wanted to play dress-up and boys who still wanted to be Frankenstein. It has been years since I left Duke, but I will never forget the day we had when we decided to pay an unannounced visit to the Duke football fields to observe practice. I believe it was the year after Fred Goldsmith had been named Sports Illustrated ’s Football Coach of the Year. On this particular day, our kids decided they wanted to go and see a football practice. It was a beautiful sunny day and we agreed that if we brought orange slices, it would improve our chances of getting “close to the players” (I had visions of us getting there and being escorted out by some security as I had NO arrangements and knew no one on the football staff). Grinning from ear to ear with excitement and anticipation, 12 boys and girls, a few parents and I headed to the football fields with bags of oranges. As it were, one of our girls, Nicole, was celebrating her birthday. Some kids were too weak to walk down to the playing fields and I was glad that several of my friends had joined us to help carry them. What happened next was magic. We got about 20 yards from the playing fields and it was incredible to me how many players there were. There must have been 100 people out on three fields all running scrimmages with coaches everywhere, barking orders. There were coaches up in a high tower, players running in sequence and players throwing in sequence. My palms began to sweat as I thought about how there was no way in blazes we were going to be able to talk to any of these people as they were all so, well, busy. I looked over my kids’ eyes and you would have thought they were at the gates of Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory, their faces beaming with joy! I looked, back to the playing fields and noticed this guy walking clear across the three fields
heading, purposefully, in our direction. He is a coach and I assume this is where we are going to be asked to leave (there are no other visitors
around the fields and I suspect this is no coincidence). The coach got to us at the fence and he smiled, “Hi, I am Coach Goldsmith, how are you today?” Our kids were mesmerized, a real football coach talking to them! He said something like, ‘What’s that you have there? Oranges? Boy, our men sure would enjoy those. Would you like to meet our football team?” “Yes!” they all shouted He blew his whistle and
COACH FRED GOLDSMITH’Sfootball players took time out of regular practice to entertain a group of young people staying at the local Ronald McDonald House. and agers stopped and ran full-steam to Goldsmith, the kids part of Goldsmith and his team. These guys were comand me (we are now on the edge ofthe field). Ten seconds plete gentlemen. They were having as much fun as the after his whistle, we were surrounded by over 100 people, kids were having. They knelt down to put themselves on Goldsmith then said something like, “Men, these eye level and asked our kids about their school and what are the kids of Ronald McDonald House. They came all towns they were from. After about 30 minutes, we left and Goldsmith and the way over here to give you oranges. I want you to take your helmets off, spend some time with them and his team went back to work. Over the years, I saw the make them feel like the very center of your attention. Duke football team stumble—I think they even went Oh, and it is Nicole’s birthday here, so we want to be without a win for a season or two L Recently, I read about this lawsuit and Goldsmith, who I never talked to again extra nice to her.” beyond my thank you note. Incredible. That day we were surrounded by champions led by a What happened next was heaven for our kids and their families. Little boys, some who would never make champion of hearts in Goldsmith. Our little Nicole soaked in the attention and beamed like a lighthouse. it to fifth grade and the joys of recess, were kicking This was her last birthday. She died three months later. the middle of field goals with the kicking unit in Wallace Wade Stadium. In this case the “uprights” Thanks to Goldsmith and his team, our kids had their were the outstretched arms of the kicking unit, and day in the sun and lived some dreams that life would not everyone including parents and three-year-olds had a give them the opportunity to experience later. No parent could have wished for such a gift. This kind chance to kick. Our girls were ga-ga and our boys were ecstatic with these athletes and passed the ball to the of thing does not show up on the win-loss column, not players. Spence Fisher and Ray Farmer, two stars at down here on Earth anyway. Thank you Coach, as our the time, immediately went to Nicole. They wished her boys and girls know, you are a winner. a happy birthday and let her try on their helmet and Michael Gagnon is a former employee of Duke University pass the football. »r AH. this was un-announcedLlt was spontaneous on the Medical Center.
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2000 STATE ELECTIONS U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 4 1986-present
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8.A.; Yale University, Ph.D. in Political Science In his seventh term Price hopes to continue his work on education, paying down the national debt, and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. “I still think of myself as having close ties to Duke. I worked as a representative with Duke from research funding to Pell grants to tax-deductible student loans,” he said. “I have worked hard strengthening public education, health care rights, questions of affordable housing market. I have focused on public education, transportation and health care.” In his position on the appropriations committee, Price helped deliver Hurricane Floyd relief and over $3O million to the Triangle Transit Authority. Price, who has lived in the district for 27 years, says this is his best qualification.
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David Price Political Party: Democrat Political Experience: U.S. Congress
THREE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING FOR ONE AVAILABLE SEAT IN THE U.S. House of Representatives
Political Party: Libertarian Political Experience: Founded the Durham County Libertarian Party Education: Rice University, 8.A.; Rice University, M.A. in Math education, crime and privacy, believes Towey national defense are the largest issues in this campaign
“Duke students know that next century is going to be different from the last 0ne.... Everyone talks about how in the information age and global economy companies have to be more competitive,” he said. “We have to make sure America is the best place in the world for talent or business to come or we could slip to be a Third World country.” As a Libertarian, Towey believes that government should play a minimal role in citizens’ lives and that individual liberty should be balanced with individual responsibility. Towey thinks voters should choose him because he is an ordinary citizen, not a career politician.
Political Party; Republican Political Experience; Member of Cary Town Council Education: Talledega College, 8.A.; Texas Southern University, M.B.A.
In the House, Ward will focus on cutting taxes, bringing power to local levels and improving education
“People deserve better representation than they have,” he said. “The representatives are not doing a good job, we should get money back to the state. I also feel a calling to do something with my life to inspire future generations of people, not just young people, there are old people running around that don’t’ have a clue.” Ward believes in a smaller government. He calls himself a moderate conservative and believes that government is on a dangerous trend toward invading peoples’ lives. He says his passion for the success of local residents makes him a qualified candidate.
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someone at Duke, with a nondiscrimination policy, it would be a positive in having [that person] on the Boy Scout board, [where he] could introduce new ideas,” Krahulik said. “It is possible
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Way has withdrawn funding from the that he could take his experience at organization, as have many United Duke and use it to influence the poli- Way chapters throughout the country. cy ofthe Boy Scouts. There can be posBut the Scouts-sponsored Learning itive things in what on the surface for Life character education program, could be a contradiction in values.” of which Yoh is the national chair, conFor his part, Yoh said nondiscrimitinues to get funding from the United nation should be a goal for the Boy Way because it does not discriminate. Scouts. The program brings speakers to But he said the executive board, as kindergarten to 12th grade classrooms long as he has been involved, has to discuss character building. never had a serious discussion of any Yoh, the chair of Day & Zimmerof these policies. In fact, no Boy Scout man—an international engineering, bylaw or application mentions anyconsulting and construction firm—said thing about the discrimination issues his business has hired gay and lesbian that have been raised since 1980, employees for years. He said he will continue to push for when former assistant scoutmaster Tim Curran sued the Scouts for the Boy Scouts to discuss the issue. In throwing him out of his troop after much the same way, he said he is they found out he was gay. The Boy happy to see increased discussion of Scouts defend their refusal to register gay issues on campus but would not any known or avowed homosexual by reveal his stance on the same-sex union issue. championing “traditional family values” and“moral role models.” Sophomore Jillian Johnson, co-presThe latter justification has drawn ident of Gothic Queers, said she is not significant attention in recent years as disturbed by Yoh’s service. “If he has parents and gay troop leaders have [made! a commitment to uphold squared off on whether gay men should nondiscrimination then his personal be allowed to lead troops ofyoung boys. beliefs should not preclude him from “I think there shouldn’t be discrimserving on the board,” she said.
� U.S. HOUSE from page 1 statewide human services such as health care. He added that at the same
time, the federal government should make naturalization easier. In contrast, Towey believes that an across-the-board legalization would help keep immigrants from having to accept the rock-bottom wages that many of them must accept. “As long as we have illegals in the market, that’s cutting wages for everyone and it’s essentially creating slave labor,” Towey said. He argued that North Carolina residents would not suffer as a result of the legalization. “For every mouth to feed, there are
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� Women’s tennis plays in Winston-Salem The women’s tennis team opens play in Winston-Salem today in the Southeast regional qualifying tournament. Hosted by Wake Forest, the tournament runs through Monday.
� Men’s tennis competes in Rolex Invitational The men’s tennis team will also begin a tournament today, the Rolex Invitational in Chapel Hill. The Rolex Invitational runs through Sunday.
� Suspended N.C. State star to begin workouts N.C. State forward Damon Thornton, suspended since Oct. 11 after being arrested on drunken driving charges, will begin individual workouts with the Woltpack coaching staff this week, coach Herb Sendek said yesterday. Sendek said Thornton's status remains unchanged. The three-year starter received 12 months of probation after pleading guilty in Wake County court Oct. 19.
� Super Bowl venues announced The 2004, 2005 and 2006 Super Bowls now have homes in Houston, Jacksonville and Detroit, respectively. Houston and Detroit, each of which recently built new football stadiums, were no surprise. No other cities even applied for the 2004 and 2006 bowl. Jacksonville, on the other hand, beat out eighttime Super Bowl host Miami for its first bid.
Women’s soccer hosts ACC tourney today The 2000 ACC tournament begins in Koskinen Stadium with five-seed Duke to play four-seed Virginia By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
at No. 6, the Cavs at No. 14 and the Seminoles at No. 16, while Talk about depth. the Demon Deacons are holding This year’s ACC tournament steady at No. 22 with Duke is so topsy-turvy, not even the knocking right below No. 25. one-seed can take its eight-seed With so much talent opponent for granted. You see, crammed into one conference, it No. 1 Clemson cannot for a can get as messy as a nine-car moment think it’s going to beat pile up. “Certainly from a mental No. 8 Maryland. The Tigers only beat the Terps by one goal earlistandpoint, I think everybody er in the season. Likewise, tradifeels they have a chance to tional North win,” coach Bill Hempen said. ACC-topper Carolina is only the three-seed, “So I think everyone’s entering after losing 2-1 to Clemson in with a healthier attitude than the regular season. in years past.” Fortunately for Hempen and the Blue Devils, Duke (12-6,4-3 Women’s Soccer in the ACC) will host the tour&©§ €ii#WJPil®MSi>Ml?S nament at Koskinen Stadium. Koskinen Stadium Tomorrow, Duke will face fourseed Virginia at 6 p.m. in Koskinen, but like Clemson, no Duke vs. UVa trip to the second round is guarToni^ht 6 p- m anteed. But in such a tight struggle, the home field advanWhile the Tar Heels beat fivetage may just be enough to give seed Duke 6-1 in Chapel Hill, the Blue Devils an edge. “Well, we’d like to think it the Blue Devils already have a 1-0 win against Clemson, and, means something,” Hempen ROBERT TAI/THE CHRONICLE we 11... it goes on. said. “We played Clemson in a shown here Duke’s final has started KIM in regular game, DAWS, season every game And for a conference that has very tight game and the home game Devils, this season for the Blue who a first-round ACC tournament in play today. seen eight of its nine members team won. We played Virginia ranked in the national top 25, in a very tight game and the you just know it’s going to be home team won. We’re hoping Focusing on their first oppo“Well, we had an opportunity one wild weekend in the ACC to parlay that into some to be higher,” he said. “We’re nent, the Blue Devils will look to tournament. Right now, Soccer momentum heading into the seeded five but we’re tied for reverse the result of their last game with Virginia. Duke second, it’s just the way the tieAmerica has Clemson at No. 5, tournament.” As far as playing in the nombreaking things ended up. In dropped a see-saw 4-3 match in and also ranks No. 12 North Carolina, No. 14 Florida State, inally tightest first-round this particular tournament, I Charlottesville in late October, No. 15 Wake Forest and No. 19 matchup, Hempen dismissed don’t think it matters where you as the Cavaliers scored late in Virginia. The NSCAA has the notion that any team would end up. Anybody can pretty the 80th minute of play. Yet See SOCCER on page 19 much beat anybody.” Clemson at No. 4, the Tar Heels have an easy first round.
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� LSU starter out for season with injury Brad Bridgewater, expected to be LSD’s starting center this year, tore two ligaments in his left knee in practice yesterday and is out for the season, coach John Brady said. Bridgewater tore the anterior cruciate ligament and the medial collateral ligament. The 6-foot-8 junior was the Tigers’ tallest player, since both Stromile Swift and Jabari Smith left for the NBA.. Bridgewater will undergo surgery this week.
“This team, if it wins, it won’t be a miracle. I don't think it will even be an upset.”
Herb Brooks, who will coach the 2002 Olympic hockey team, when asked if this team could repeat the “Micracle on Ice” achieved by his 1980 squad
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Peace, Love and Basketball
The ESPN bus, decorated in hippie style, was parked outside Cameron Indoor Stadium yesterday. Duke’s gym will serve as the studio for Dick Vitale’s Slam Bam Jam College Basketball preview show for ESPN. The show will tape tonight in Cameron. The public is invited to attend for free. Beginning at 7:45 p.m., Duke undergraduates and graduate students will be admitted to Cameron’s lower level by showing their student IDs. All other members of the community will be admitted at the ticket lobby entrance of Cameron to sit in the arena’s upper level. Taping of the show will take place from approximately 8:30 toll p.m, and the program will air on ESPN Tuesday, Nov. 7. It is expected that ESPN will name the Blue Devils as its preseason No. 1 team in the country during the event.
From staff reports Nobody said it would be easy. As the ACC field hockey championships commence today at Maryland’s Artificial TurfFacility, five-seed Duke (7-11,0-4 in the ACC) faces a tough and determined fourseed Virginia squad (11-6,1-3). Just last Friday, the Blue Devils dropped a tightly contested overtime game to the Cavaliers. UVa junior Carrie Goodloe scored the game-winning goal in that contest and picked up this week’s ACC player of the week honor. In looking to defeat its Charlottesville foe, Duke will rely on the leadership of seniors Courtney Sommer and Moe Denney. Sommer, who was named to the All-ACC and ACC All-Toumament teams last season, has 25 points this season and 55 for her career. She was named a second-team AllAmerican last year. Sommer and Denney were selected to participate in the North/South Senior All-Star game Nov. 18 at Old Dominion. In this tournament, however, the Cavaliers are not all that stand in Duke’s way. Should they manage to defeat Virginia, things will only get harder for the
Blue Devils. Tomorrow’s winner will find top-seeded North Carolina (17-2, 4-0) eagerly waiting tomorrow.
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No. 10 Clemson is reeling going into its muchanticipated matchup with No. 4 Florida State. Star quarterback Woody Dantzler was knocked out of action for the second straight week in the Tigers’ loss to Georgia Tech and he may be unavailable against FSU. Clemson is also concerned about the recent weakness of its pass defense. The Tigers have surrendered 454,314 and 370 yards in three of the last four games. This trend is likely to continue when they face Chris Weinke, the leading passer in the ACC.
If Clemson does not have enough problems with its own team, the location of Saturday’s game will not help. Florida State has not lost in its past 50 games at Doak Walker Stadium and have won the last 33. Both of these streaks are tops in the nation. Additionally, Clemson has been outscored in Doak 156-3 in the last four games. The Tigers’ last touchdown at FSU came in 1989.
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� Tar Heels try to turn it around After four straight losses, UNO’s bowl hopes hang in the balance at Pittsburgh Saturday. To have a winning record and be bowl eligible, UNO must beat Pitt, Maryland and Duke. If the Tar Heels lose just one of the three games, coach Carl Torbush may be fired after the season. Athletic director Dick Baddour has said he will decide Torbush’s status at the end of the season, certainly bad news for a coach who has two years left on his contract. If the Tar Heels do make it to a bowl, quarterback (and potentially starting point guard) Ronald Curry would be unavailable to the basketball team until January.
“When you lose games like that, I have a hard time picking up a newspaper and reading about it.”
Duke coach Carl Franks, ON LAST WEEK’S HEARTBREAKING 20-9 loss to Maryland
“We’re getting ready to play a team that could be undefeated. Both games they 105t... they had opportunities to win.” UNC coach Carl Torbush, ON THE UPCOMING GAME against
Pitt
“Florida State is the gold standard in college football, just like Duke is in college basketball. They are the standard we are all trying to get to.” N.C. State coach Chuck Amato, after losing to FSU
“I know he will be sorely missed and our thoughts and prayers will be with him and his family over these next few days.” Clemson coach Tommy Bowden on
legendary athletic director Bob Bradley, who died Monday
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Dußose to resign as Helgadottir to start in goal for Duke ’Bama’s head coach � SOCCER from page 17
By JOHN ZENOR Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
The sight of Alabama play-
ers sitting on the turf in disbelief after a humiliating homecoming loss was just too much for one of the proudest programs in college football. Coach Mike Dußose will resign at the end of the season, bringing an end to four turbulent seasons. He survived a sexual harassment scandal to lead the Crimson Tide to a conference title last season, but watched the team collapse this year. “I thought Monday in my heart and soul that I needed to make a change,” athletic director Mai Moore said yesterday during a news conference. “We both agreed that new leadership is needed to move the program forward.” Alabama was ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll, with many fans expecting the Tide to roll through its Southeastern Conference opponents and make its way to the national title game. But the Tide opened with a loss at unranked UCLA, was shut out by Southern Mississippi, also lost to Arkansas and Mississippi and fell 40-28 Saturday to Central Florida. At 3-5, Alabama needs victories in its final three games just to qualify for a bowl game. Dußose followed Gene Stallings as coach in 1997,five years after the Tide won its sixth national title. Bear Bryant led Alabama to five titles between 1958-1982. Moore said Dußose would be paid his salary and
benefits through January 2002 and there would be “no lump-sum payment.” Dußose, 47, a former Alabama player and longtime assistant coach, was under contract through Jan. 31, 2004. He is 24-20 in four seasons as head coach. Moore said he will search for an experienced coach to replace Dußose, who was given the job without college head coaching experience. The athletic director said he would pick a successor without a search committee. He declined to identify any possible successors but said, “You always have coaches in mind in these situations.” Moore said money would not be an issue, though Dußose’s $525,000 annual compensation package made him one of the Southeastern Conference’s lowest
paid football coaches. “We will do what we need to do to move forward this program, and take it to the level that is expected and demanded ofit,” Moore said. He said Dußose would coach the team through a bowl game if it makes it that far. Moore isn’t worried that that might affect the interest of prospective successors.
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Hempen resists using retribution as a means of exciting his squad. “You don’t usually want to use that as a motivator because they can turn that around on us,” Hempen said. “Our motivation right now is to play better and give a solid effort. If we can do that, it really doesn’t matter who we’re playing.” One mystery that has already been answered is who will be at goalkeeper. Freshman Thora Helgadottir and senior Isis Dallis have switched off all season. “We’ll start with Thora and see what happens from there,” Hempen said. “She’s added a new dimension to the position for us. Both of our goalkeepers are very good shot-stoppers. Thora is so good in her kicking game, she adds another dimension to our attack that Isis doesn’t give us.” But Hempen was also careful to note that one play-
er won’t make or break any team in this year’s tourney. Agreeing that the ACC is without a doubt the premier women’s soccer conference in the nation, the equally intense tournament will not only decide who goes to the NCAA tournament, but provide excellent training as well. ‘The teams that eventually win out, it won’t come down to one player,” Hempen said. “It will come down to the teams that have physically prepared to compete in an event and the possibility of playing three games in four days. I don’t think one player’s going to be able to do that. If we do, then we want to give her name to April Heinrichs, because she belongs on the national team.” Notes: Three other quarterfinal games are being played tomorrow in Koskinen Stadium. North Carolina plays N.C. State at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m., Wake Forest takes on Florida State. After the Duke game, favored Clemson will play Maryland.
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