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ELECTION 2000

Judge: Deadline, recount tally OK A Florida state judge ruled that although the secretary of state could keep her Tuesday deadline for vote counts, she could also amend them if county hand recounts yield new results By TODD PURDUM

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REDDELL SHEFFIELD (left) and Juan Rodriguez (right) are neighbors in the small town of Robbins, N.C. Their interaction is typical of that in rural North Carolina, where communities are changing as Latinos arrive in large numbers.

Latinos transform N.C. communities This is the third story in a fivepart series about Latino issues at Duke and in North Carolina. By SARAH MCGILL The Chronicle

Roam the couple of streets that make up the downtown of Robbins, North Carolina, and know that it didn’t used to be like this. Tienda Mexicana was once a drug store. The Iglesia Ispanica Jerusalem, where Latino families attend Sunday church these days, was Dr. Vanore’s office. And John-

Freeman used to sell his produce where La Diferencia now

carries Mexican groceries. The two-stoplight Piedmont town of Robbins is not alone. Across the state, Latino workers and their families are immigrating to North Carolina’s small towns, and natives are adjusting to their arrival. “It’s really changed the landscape of what Robbins was,” said mayor Mickey Brown—“it” being the arrival of Latinos. “Robbins

was sort of self-contained, but

that has faded away.” Like Carlos Alla, 22, they come for money, work and opportunity. When Alla was thirteen, he

crossed the frontier from Mexico to Texas with his family. Three years ago, he walked and hitchhiked to North Carolina with a friend and was hired to work tobacco fields in Biscoe, a Montgomery county town half an hour’s drive from Robbins. See LATINOS on page 10 s

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida secretary of state announced Tuesday night that she would comply with a state judge’s order to consider results of further recounts in the disputed presidential election, but she gave the three Democratic counties that are still moving ahead with time-consuming hand recounts a deadline of 2 p.m. Wednesday to explain their reasons in writing. After eight straight days of deadlock, the decision by Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a Republican, propelled the situation to a critical turn. Allies of Vice President A1 Gore forged ahead with the hand recounts and possible further court challenges, but aides to Gov. George W. Bush ofTexas claimed to see the end in sight. At about 7:40 p.m., Harris appeared on national television to announce that with all 67 counties reporting by the legal deadline of 5 p.m., Bush led by exactly 300 votes, or 2,910,492 to Gore’s 2,910,192 votes, pending the counting of an unknown number of overseas absentee ballots due by midnight Friday. Her action followed a midday ruling by a state judge who upheld Tuesday’s deadline for all counties to certify their votes, but said that later returns could also be considered. “Unless I determine in the exercise of my discretion that these facts and circumstances contained within these written statements justify an amendSee ELECTION on page 9

Committee gathers to amend alcohol policy By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

A committee of 16 administrators, faculty and students

aspects of the policy, including how it is written, specific sanctions and any additions. One key issue the committee will address is parental notification about alcohol violations, a question that emerged after recent changes in federal law allowed such notification. The U.S. Department of Education has also issued a directive

met for the first time yesterday to begin discussing the first significant revisions to the University’s alcohol policy in five years. The committee, chaired by Women’s Center Director Donna Lisker, will examine the policy in light of encouraging it. “If there were any of us recent changes in campus culwho’d never done anything in ture and federal law. Jim Clack, interim vice college we wish our parents president for student affairs, hadn’t been informed of, let them throw the first stone,” said he composed the group is to said committee member Paul complete which scheduled its work by Feb. 15—to reflect Baerman, special assistant to the interests ofthe entire Duke the president. “[But] my gut incommunity. Members range stinct is that our responsibility from student leaders like Duke to each other as members of Student Government President this community is to keep each other alive and healthy.” Jordan Bazinsky to adminisOther committee members trators like Duke University Police Department Chief have expressed ambivalence about the issue as well. Sue Clarence Birkhead. The committee will meet Wasiolek, assistant vice presiSee POLICY on page 11 weekly and is set to address all —

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Shane Battier, with his school record-setting nine three-pointers last night, showed a national television audience that Duke is ready to win it all, as theBlue Devils rolled over Princeton 87-50.

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Israeli blockade fails to end Mideast violence Israel imposed a stringent blockade around Palestinian communities in response to the deadly drive-by shootings of Israelis. At least three Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Khatami undecided on plans for re-election Iran’s President Moham-

mad Khatami insisted his reforms are unstoppable despite opposition by powerful Islamic hard-liners. Khatami said he still hasn’t decided whether to seek re-election in May.

Program aims to return Yosemite to nature Secretary ofthe Interior Bruce Babbitt issued a $441 million plan to restore Yosemite to a more natural state over the next two decades by getting rid of many parking spaces and cabins.

Mad cow disease scare erupts in France Throughout France, the public is in an increasing panic about the spread of mad cow disease with dozens of school districts deciding to stop serving beef to students and politicians calling for new safety measures.

Fed not expected to change interest rates The Federal Reserve will almost certainly remain on the sidelines tomorrow in its battle against inflation given the jitters on Wall Street about the unpresidential resolved election, analysts said. MP3.com settles suit for $53.4 million The online music company MP3.com agreed to pay $53.4 million to Seagram’s Universal Music Group, in a deal approved minutes before the final phase of the year-long copyright dispute was to begin.

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Election officials hope that Florida’s secretary of state will certify the results By DON VAN NATTA N.Y. Times News Service

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Palm Beach County election officials decided Tuesday to move forward with the mammoth task of manually recounting all 462,657 ballots cast here, a process that Democrats believe could provide them the best chance of putting A1 Gore in the White House. Surrounded by chanting crowds as they met in an outdoor parking lot at the county’s emergency operations center, Palm Beach election officials also voted to submit the vote totals from Sunday’s machine recount to the secretary of state, Katherine Harris, by Tuesday’s

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words “America” and “war” pop into the mind together. But that belongs to the history books: For him, as for many other Vietnamese, “talking about America means talking about freedom.” “What I mean,” said Ha, who sells cosmetics in a tiny shop here, “is that the way of life is more free. Relationships are not as limited. And of course in terms of politics, you have a multiparty system.” When President Bill Clinton arrives here Thursday—the first American president to visit since the end of the war 25 years ago—he will find a country that is fascinated by America: its freedom, its energy,

raw wartime memories. But for a people who have been shut out of the world both by the postwar American economic embargo, which ended six years ago, and by their own suspicious government, the United States seems to shimmer like a vision of their own potential success. Sometimes they even get a bit carried away. “America is the best country in the world in many ways,” said Pham Hien who owns a shop in Hanoi. For Nguyen Thi Hanh Nga, a high school student in Ho Chi Minh City, “America is a very modern country, and we want to be modern too.”

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themselves in the voters’ cases involving the county’s notorious butterfly ballot, wondering aloud about the legal ramifications of their decisions. At the outdoor meeting in the late afternoon, Palm Beach County Commissioner Carol Roberts asked about the consequences of a manual recount that Harris’ office Tuesday said was “not authorized.” “What happens then?” Roberts said. “Do we go to jail? Because I’m willing to go to jail.” The remark drew loud cheers from the crowd, who held ..signs reading, “Count my vote” and “Why don’t I count?” One man yelled: “Go, girl!”

its work ethic, its robust economy. There are doubts—about America’s freewheeling society and about its overpowering role in the world—and there are still

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would then do everything possible to persuade Harris to accept those hand-tallied results. The canvassing board acted in the late afternoon after a confusing and chaotic day of colliding legal maneuvers. Earlier in the day, the election officials weighed conflicting advice from local lawyers and the state’s attorney general, Robert Butterworth, who was also the cochair of Gore’s Florida campaign. And they waited hours for legal rulings as judge after judge recused

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The cost of

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The media hype has died down and the tales of bloodshed and violence in the Middle East have been overshadowed by the complications of the presidential election. But the fighting continues, and the conflict’s real life effects are felt halfway around the world—even on Duke’s campus. Freshman Matthew Slovik’s close friend Asel Asleh was killed by Israeli police in his hometown of Arabeh, Israel, while at a protest. Slovik met Asleh, a 17-year-old Arab, through Seeds of Peace, an organization aimed at bridging the gap between Arab and Israeli teenagers and effecting peace. After the recent outbreaks of violence between Israeli and Palestinian forces began in late September, Slovik got the call he had been dreading for weeks. It was from the executive vice president of Seeds of Peace, who broke the news to him. “The only words I can think of are tragic and horrible,” said Slovik. “I had to sit down. I was just so shocked. It hit me like a ton of bricks,” It’s been more than a month and there are still no clear answers about Asleh’s death. What was Asleh doing at the protest site when he was shot? Was he helping a friend wounded by the gunfire? Had he become violent? Regardless of the circumstances, Asleh’s friends agree that his death was

not justified. “It’s very hard to find understanding when a 17-year-old loses his life,” Slovik said. Slovik added that he deals with Asleh’s death daily. “I take more from the memory ofhis life than the memory of his death,” he said..“He was basically an all-around good person—the kind of person who could cheer you up just by putting his arm around you or smiling from ear to ear.” Slovik said Asleh’s commitment to peace makes his death even more unsettling. “He was not a violent person at all,” he said. “He was at Seeds of Peace for a reason,,.. He had his head on straight.” Although Asleh’s friends are still questioning the details ofhis death, they do know some facts. Asleh was found with two gunshot wounds and bruises on his body that suggest he was beaten with the butt of a rifle. Ironically, he was wearing a Seeds of Peace shirt when he was killed—a detail Slovik described as “both uplifting and disturbing.” In his six years with Seeds of Peace, Slovik served as a mediator between Israeli and Arab teenagers at summer camps run by the organization. This role allowed him to develop relationships with the participants, whom he described as “more like brothers than friends.” Together, the groups participated in typical summer camp activities, but also discussed issues such as ways

ASEL ASLEH (leaning in middle) and Duke freshman Matthew Slovik (second from left) met at a Seeds for Peace activity. Asleh was killed during the recent outbreak of violence in Israel. to achieve peace and began breaking down the stigmas about each other often taught from birth. “It’s not about everyone loving each other,” Slovik said. “The main driving force behind the program is putting a face to the enemy.” Junior Omar Hassan participated in Seeds of Peace during the program’s inaugural year in 1993. He is an Egyptian Arab who said he attended the program hoping to make his viewpoint heard. Hassan said that while young people are often taught to hate members of the other side, there is a greater understanding now than just a few years ago. “Our parents’ generations were the ones who fought in the wars,” he said, adding that now there is a chance for peace. “It can be resolved. Most people want it to be resolved. Now, everyone is willing to make concessions.” Slovik has his own ideas about achieving peace. “Each side seems to be upping the

ante and blaming the other side,” he said. “Both leaders need to take a stand together, [rather thanl each of them standing separately and saying they want peace.” The two groups have a history of conflict that dates back to the end of World

War 11, when formed on what was Palestinian land. Since then, the two sides have been fighting over that land, and outside forces like the United States have been trying to help them reach peace. Hassan said that before there can be peace, America has to avoid taking sides. “The United States must adopt a more even-handed policy if it insists on being a mediator,” he said. With some cooperation from both sides, Hassan said he thinks that peace will come soon. “I don’t think it can happen in an hour,” he said. “But I think it can happen in our generation. It has to.”

Slovik admits that his hope for change also comes from his visions of the future. “The real peace is going to be from the younger people,” he said. “It would be so easy to just throw in the towel and say there will never be peace.... But I know there are a lot of kids out there who really want to make a difference.”

In the meantime, Slovik watches the news with some trepidation. “It really scares me because who knows when the next accident will occur,” he said. “I definitely go to sleep at night wondering

and worrying.”

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Studies focus on improving cancer patients’ quality of life By MARKO DJUKANOVIC The Chronicle

Although their primary calling is advancing medical knowledge, Comprehensive Care Center researchers are also focusing on increasing the patients’ quality of life during and after treatment. As a result of studies and clinical trials currently taking place at Duke, cancer patients may see dramatic improvements in their chemotherapy experience. Years

from now, unpalatable foods could become a thing of the past, the effectiveness of radiation treatment may be increased and cancers could be removed by specialty drugs that utilize genetic markers. In the meantime, to address the special needs of chemotherapy patients, Susan Schiffman, professor of medical psychology, is leading a study that will measure taste sensation changes and improve the flavors of some common foods with specially designed enhancers. “We’ll give [the patients] bottles of flavors, show them how to use [the flavors] and then let the patients add them to the food,” said Jennifer Zervakis, a research associate in psychology and behavioral science. Dr. Jennifer Garst, assistant professor of medical oncology, explained that weight loss is among the most serious complications of chemotherapy. To combat this danger, doctors teach their patients about nutrition and the proper ways of maintaining their weight, usually with a diverse diet enriched with nutritional supplements. However, this is often not enough.

‘There is something inherent about the chemotherapy treatment. [Patients] don’t want to eat,” Garst said. “So it’s hard for patients to get enough calories.” A combination of anti-nausea medicines and drugs that boost appetite, as well as enhance the taste of common foods, should prove beneficial to the patients. Clinical nurse specialist Linda Hood is conducting a separate study exploring guided imagery’s and relaxation’s effects on cancer patients.

“Through guided imagery, by using all senses, patients can imagine that they are in a safe, relaxing environment,” Hood said. She sometimes asks patients to imagine they are in their mother’s kitchen, slicing a piece of lemon with a knife and then biting into it. ‘Their mouths pucker up,” Hood said. Instead of allowing the pain to trigger negative thoughts about their illness, patients can control the situation by focusing on the positive thoughts instead—though they might not be able to play tennis, they can still take a walk or

spend time with family. Fighting pain with positive thoughts is something many have not yet learned to do, substituting other behaviors instead. If these behaviors can be unlearned, Hood believes, patients will benefit. “It’s like going to the dentist,” she said. “You can come in with your fists clenched, expecting something painful, but if you learn how to relax, you come out not only with clean teeth, but also feeling better.”

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DR. JENNIFER GARST (left) discusses an upcoming trial with research associate Jennifer Zervakis (right). The trial will test post-chemotherapy impairment of patients’ senses by using flavor amplifiers. Flavors available; bacon, raspberry, and roasted carrots.

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studies includes Americas plan Strategic Admissions By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

enlists undergrads The program, which targets

freshmen and sophomores, asks them to offer unique perspectives on Duke life. By JULIE SMITH The Chronicle Each year the Office of Under-

graduate Admissions asks students to return to their hometown high schools during breaks and tell prospective students about their experiences at Duke, The recruiters’ mission is threefold; to encourage seniors to apply and help them with the application process, to get juniors interested in Duke and to improve college counselors’ opinions of the University, said Ed Venit, assistant director of undergraduate admissions. This program is especially useful in getting information out about Duke to areas where the admissions office does not visit, including parts of the United States and foreign countries, said Venit. Duke students have recruited in Canada, United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Thirty to 40 students participate in the program annually. The recruiters stay at their high school anywhere from 30 minutes to an entire day, some addressing prospective students in small representing

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Since 1492, scholars have been fascinated by the interrelated intricacies of the Americas. More than 500 years later, the University has decided to formalize its interest in the study of the Western Hemisphere with an initial investment in Americas studies. In a draft oftheir long-range academic plan, Arts and Sciences officials have begun investigating the a project that would bring Americas studies to Duke with a series of seminars and speakers. The field would examine the interplay between various cultures in the Western Hemisphere and the impact of their institutional and cultural forms. William Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the interdisciplinary program will emphasize studies in the humanities and will differ from many programs in American studies by de-emphasizing the United States. “The advantage ofthis label is that it privileges the notion of multiple cultural interaction,” said Chafe, who is also vice provost for undergraduate education. “We think it is a cutting edge way of getting at these issues.” The initiative, which administra-,. tors hope will epitomize the interdisciplinary goals of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, brings together aspects of cultural anthropology, literature, history and art. In addition, the plan calls for special administrative support for scholarly appointments in related fields. “The challenge will be to involve the social sciences,” said former director of the Center for North American Studies Fritz Mayer, associate professor of public policy studies. “We’ve been unique in our interdisciplinary efforts in North American Studies.” Chafe said administrators plan to invite a series of speakers in the upcoming years for seminars. If such seminars are successful, he said, the University will explore the option of

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THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES should not be affected drastically by the start of an Americas studies program, although it could contribute to the program’s work.

These largely successful programs creating a degree or certificate prohave had some difficulties integrating gram in Americas studies. The University already has several their interdisciplinary effort. Faculty centers that specialize in different asmembers said they hope the Americas pects of the Americas. In addition to studies initiative will avoid such pitfalls. Although many faculty members the Center for North American Studies and the Council on Latin American praised the interdisciplinary plan, some Studies, the University also has a proexpressed concerns about the effect and such an initiative would have upon extropical in Canadian studies gram studies. Chafe said he does not expect isting programs. the introduction ofAmericas studies to “I do think faculty attention is a limdetract from these programs, but ited resource,” said Robert Healy, curhopes that it will instead allow for new rent director of the Center for North American Studies and a professor in the possibilities of study. “Those centers will all be an imporNicholas School of the Environment. tant part of these new initiatives,” “Duke has so many programs and centers there is a concern that faculty are Chafe said. “I see this new initiative enbeing pulled in too many ways.” hancing those centers.”

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University experts speak on election From staff reports A panel of experts will lead a discussion Wednesday with members of the University community about the current presidential election. The panel will include James B. Duke Professor of Political Science Robert Keohane, Professor of Law and Pub& lie Policy Chris Schroeder, Politi-

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Genomics Center to open Monday: The

University will celebrate the launch of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Nov. 20 with a series of

seminars, speeches and roundtable discussions. The first event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Room 103 of the Bryan Research Building. It will feature a discussion by the institute’s five directors. At 7 p.m. in Reynolds Auditorium, keynote speaker Richard Klausner, director of the National Cancer Institute, will speak about cancer research involving genome technologies. His address will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by President Nan Keohane. That panel will debate the social impacts of genomics research.

Baptists to hold forum: The Baptist Student Union will hold a special forum for students to discuss the religious implications of permitting same-sex unions in the Chapel. The forum will be held at the East Campus Marketplace at 8 p.m. Thursday.

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STUDENTS SWARM SITAR INDIA PALACE’S stand in the Great Hall each Wednesday night. Dining Services officials are looking for ways to expand the ethnic food program in the eatery.

Great Hall may expand ethnic food By JENNIFER WLACH The Chronicle

Last year’s addition of Indian food to the Great Hall is just the beginning of new, versatile dining options at the West Campus dining facility. Indian food—which debuted last fall—has been such a success that Dining Services is considering adding more international cuisine to the Great Hall. Currently, Sitar Palace is the only outside vendor serving from the Great Hall; however, other local vendors have expressed interest. Among them are Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine and Bread and Kabob, which features Mediterranean cuisine. Jim Wulforst, director of Dining Services, said the addition of Sitar has been a “tremendous hit,” adding

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that he is eager to bring new foods to the Great Hall. However, it is not his decision alone. Wulforst said the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee will play a large role in any future endeavors. Committee members and administrators are taking the long lines and positive feedback as hints that students would like to see more food alternatives. Amy Congdon, a senior, said that additions would be excellent, adding that aside from the Indian food, the Great Hall “only offers rotisserie chicken.” When asked what new ethnic foods they would like to see, students requested Japanese, Italian, Mediterranean and above all, “good” Chinese food—or as Congdon put it, “not Hans.” See

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ELECTION from page 1 Lewis also held that the secretary of ment to today’s official returns, the state may ignore later returns “but may state elections canvassing commission, not do so arbitrarily, rather, only by the in a manner consistent with its usual proper exercise of discretion after conand normal practice, will certify sideration of all appropriate facts and statewide results reported to this office circumstances.” today,” Harris said, taking no questions. Both sides said they believed the nil-, “Subsequently, the overseas ballots ing should soon settle the question of that are due by midnight Friday will who will carry Florida’s 25 cmcial votes also be certified and the final results of and win the White House. But they were the election for president of the United banking on opposite legal strategies, States ofAmerica in the state of Florida with the Bush camp, which has never will be announced,” Harris said. trailed in any statewide tally, assuming Less than an hour later, Gore’s camthat their ally, Harris, would find ample paign chairman, William Daley, took to grounds to dismiss any recounts, and the airwaves to accuse Harris of trying Gore advisers concluding that Lewis’ to cut off the count in away “not reruling left them enough running room quired by the court.” He said it was “just to fight on. another attempt to slow this down.” Harris’ announcement Tuesday night It was not clear just how much aueffectively upped the ante. The Bush camthority Harris has. While Harris said paign’s worst nightmare is for Gore to she was basing her position on the rulgain a lead in any count, and it had hoped ing Tuesday in the Leon County Circuit to bar recounts even going into federal Court, Judge Terry Lewis said she had court in a failed effort to win an injunction. If Gore should gain an overall lead in discretion on whether to include any recounts in the final tally. But he said that any recount, which would occur in public the local election boards had the authorand be reported instantly, Harris could ity to decide whether a manual recount have a hard time rejecting the results. Presumably for that reason, Bush’s should be done. “There is nothing,” he said, “to prechief spokeswoman, Karen Hughes, isvent the county canvassing boards from sued a sharp warning after Harris spoke. “It appears we now have a deadline filing with the secretary of state further returns after completing a manual rethat may not be respected as a deadline count. It is then up to the secretary of at all,” Hughes said. “Several selected state, as the chief election officer, to decounties in Florida controlled by Democtermine whether any such corrective or rats have said they may continue a supplemental returns filed after 5 p.m. manual count. Yet if they go forward after tonight’s deadline, these Democra'today are to be ignored.” Up and down the state, it was a day tic counties are no longer recounting. of just this sort of confusion, from Palm They are reinventing, attempting to Beach County, where a local election reinterpret the results of the election board, meeting outdoors to accommoand the intentions of voters by subjecdate a large crowd of listeners, first sustive, not objective, means.” pended, then resumed a hand recount; Jenny Backus, a spokeswoman for to the courtrooms and corridors of the the Gore forces, countered: “With three counties left to complete hand counts, state capital here, where Republican officials in the secretary of state’s office the outcome of this election is very and the Democratic attorney general much in play. We need a full, fair and acclashed sharply over interpretation of curate count to go forward, and we’re Florida election law. hopeful the secretary of state heeds the Before Harris appeared Tuesday guidance and directives of today’s court night, both the Gore campaign and decision, and does not act in an arbilawyers for Bush claimed vindication in trary manner.” Once again, in a surreal atmosphere the split ruling of Lewis that all 67 Florida counties must submit their cerof dueling news conferences and confertified vote totals Tuesday evening. ence calls, political jockeying and &

threats of farther legal jousting, the indismissed that akin to “offering you creasingly embittered rival campaigns sleeves from a vest "While repeating his courted advantage in public opinion. contention that the election could be reMost of the drama was carried live on solved in a matter of days, Christopher television, and as the 5 p.m. deadline insisted: “I see a yearning in the country approached, the MSNBC cable network for the vote to be correctly counted, and carried a running countdown clock as if I think we’re going down that path.”

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Latino immigration proves as divisive as helpful LATINOS from page I Juan Rodriguez followed his adult daughter Erma to Robbins five years ago. Rodriguez was a farmer back in Mexico, but now he works at the H&H Furniture Factory in Seagrove, lives in a mobile home and sends money back to his wife and his four children. “Thisßodriguez said in Spanish, pulling a dollar from his wallet, “is equal to a hundred pesos in Mexico.” Indeed, the $6-$8 dollars an immigrant can make on the farm, or in the factory, or several other bottom-rung jobs, is far above what one could hope for in Mexico, where the average wage is four dollars a day. Latinos have played a dramatic role in North Carolina’s economic expansion, moving into jobs that native workers do not want, concluded two North Carolina State University sociology professors in a report released last month. For Latino residents of Robbins, those jobs include work at the Perdue chicken processing plant, the Klaussner upholstery factory or nearby H&H Furniture. Kevin Hill heads up manufacturing

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Cockman quit his job in June. He believes the government should limit the immigration of Hispanic workers. “The company’s using them against the

at H&H. “It’s hard to find help,” he said. Td hire more white people if I could.” The N.C. State study contradicts concerns that immigrants are taking natives’jobs. Instead, said co-author Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Latino workers are entering low-wage jobs in stagnant or declining industries, or in growing industries where blacks and whites are leaving or moving into higher-skilled jobs. But Scott Cockman, a Robbins native who worked for ten years at the Perdue chicken processing plant as a chicken catcher, said the Latinos’ arrival has hurt American workers. As the .workforce at Perdue became more and more Latino, Cockman said, conditions at the plant worsened, and bosses treated their workers with less and less respect. “This here is paradise to them,” Cockman said of Latino immigrants. “But we just get treated like s—. They want to treat us like the damn Mexicans. Why should I be treated like them when I know better?”

white chicken catchers,” he said. The Census Bureau estimates that 17,500 Hispanics lived in the state in July 1999, a 129 percent increase over the 1990 census. The bureau estimates that Moore and Montgomery counties, both checkered with mill and farm towns, have seen a 163 and 110 percent increase, respectively, in Hispanic residents over the past ten years. For natives of these small towns, the population explosion ofLatino residents can be tough. In 1990 Robbins’ population was a meager 970 people. “You can’t get up and down the street, there are just so many of ’em,” said C.R Chalflinch, 81, a Robbins native. “They give ’em everything they want.... It’s not right for us to pay taxes and then they go to school, and we’re paying for their education.” Many Latinos seem unaware of the

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� POLICY from page 1 dent for student affairs, has said she is not sure whether she favors informing parents and that it is a

question of philosophy, not law. Committee member and senior Chris Dieterich, president of the Interfraternity Council, said in an interview last month that he thinks the decision to inform parents should be based on the severity of the alcohol violation. Steven Baldwin, a member of the group and chair of the Arts and Sciences Council, said he thinks parents should be notified once a student has been found guilty by the Undergraduate Judicial Board but that he is open to opposing arguments, “My feeling is that it’s appropriate,” Baldwin, professor of chemistry, said. “I’m a parent, and I think from the University’s point of view, it’s appropriate, t00..,. You have to keep in mind, the judicial board doesn’t go after everybody that stands around with a beer in their hand.” In terms ofthe actual sanctions, several committee members said they feel the current policy is not overly strict or too lenient. In their evaluation, they plan to look at other universities’ policies. Duke has long expressed an interest in creating an environment for safe and responsible drinking, most recently through the work of the Alcohol Task Force, which was founded last spring. When asked in a DSG referendum last week whether they felt the

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The policy has not undergone major revisions since 1995, but administrators have added to it as students have expressed a need for more clarity. Wasiolek said she does not think the policy has to be long in order to be clear. Baldwin disagreed, but said a summary of the proposal might help students better understand it. Other committee members include senior Denis Antoine, president of the Black Student Alliance; junior Drew Ensign, chair of the Student Organizations Finance Committee; senior Nikki Fetter, former president of Campus Council; senior Jasmin French, DSG vice president for student affairs; senior Kate Heath, president of the Panhellenic Council; Divinity student Jay Lee; graduate student Rob Saunders; and Kacie Wallace, associate dean for judicial affairs. Clack will add one more faculty representative in the coming weeks.

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Crowded diversity The University can do much with its current resources to help cultural organizations University has made diversity a priority, and its efforts to create a diverse student body have been met with great returns. And it can do so much more. Duke must not let its efforts end at recruitment of minority students and faculty. It must continue to provide an accommodating atmosphere for these students and support the diversity that they bring. But when it responds to recent proposals for a free-standing cultural center or dedicated social space for minority groups, it must act in moderation. Space is at a premium right now—everyone wants it, and the University has little more to give. Although these groups should not be put to the wayside—or left to share only one phone line and a small office space, as they are currently—Duke needs to be conscientious of its own space constraints and whether it makes sense to make this kind of expenditure for these groups. Instead of investing in free-standing structures for individual cultural groups, or a large cultural center for all groups, the University should first do its best to provide adequate office and lounge space for them. One proposal asks for office and lounge areas on the proposed fourth floor of the Bryan Center. This would make the most sense. As is, groups without adequate space or office resources may be hindered from developing and planning events for their own group and for the student body at large. Additionally, it is often said that cultural groups needs a places of their own for on-campus safe zones, and these dedicated office/lounges would create this kind of atmosphere. But for other uses, such as hosting speakers, workshops or latenight activities, there are other, undedicated venues which can be used. And the social spaces created with the construction of the WestEdens Link will be a new resource perfect for groups below 100. There is great need for space on campus for large social events, but any structure built for this purpose should be open equally for all, without priority for a certain cultural group. Sectioning campus off into social spaces for certain cultures may be both an inefficient use of limited resources and an unnecessarily divisive force. If other cultural groups are interested in doing something similar to the showing of exhibits in the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, the University should be receptive to proposals for cultural exhibits in the Bryan Center, Perkins Library and other well-traveled areas. The proposals are correct in arguing that cultural groups should be predominant on campus, but they can be met with more adequate office/lounge space.

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Letters to the Editor

Democrats have lost their progressive roots, votes the vote and allowing Bush with Nader for costing them to win the election, this the election. To insinuate could not be further from that voters should not vote for who they want to be the truth. president, and who they The fact is, the Democratic party has thoroughly identify with, is ludicrous. The time has come for lost touch with its progresthe Democrats to decide voter base and has sive transformed itself into a whether or not they want to centrist, pro-corporate party, re-embrace their progresjust like the Republicans. sive roots or continue to The result of this was the sell-out to corporate dollars. offering of a candidate in If they do not chose correctGore that simply failed to ly, they will surely witness energize voters. There is no the disintegration of their doubt that Gore should have party, as more disenfranlion votes nationwide, and won this election, with the chised voters join the ever growing Green Party’s cruthe Green Party established benefits of a popular incumitself as the major third bent administration and the sade toward, in the words of party in the United States. horrible record of Gov. Abraham Lincoln, “a new birth of freedom.” And while Democrats whine George W. Bush. Now the Democrats want about how Nader “stole” Ryan Harsch these votes from Vice to go around finger-pointing Trinity ’O2 their anger President A1 Gore, splitting and expressing

Despite all the controversy over unfair elections and partisan bickering which the American people have witnessed in the past week, the most detestable behavior I have noticed has come from the Democratic party. While the Democrats scrap and fight over a a handful of incorrectly marked votes in Florida, they have failed to recognize that they in fact lost this election some time ago. This election year, Ralph Nader won nearly 2.7 mil-

DCU misrepresents Gothic Queers in advertisement

nity members. The current Chapel policy accomplishes neither. If your religious and moral views dictate that you

before proclaiming what the

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members of the Gothic Queers believe. The religious freedom that every citizen has doesn’t give anyone the right to infringe on the rights of others. A group of students doesn’t have the right to deny those who hold different reli-

Conservative Union’s advertisement in the Nov. 14 issue of The Chronicle, I’d like to make it abundantly clear that the comments I have made to The Chronicle and to other individuals and publications about same-sex unions in the Chapel were never intended or professed to represent the other members ofGothic Queers or the Lesbian-Gay-BisexualTransgender community. I speak for myself as a member of the Duke community and for no one else. I take complete responsibility for my own opinions and I have stated this fact several times. Perhaps the Duke Conservative Union’s executive board members should

shouldn’t perform or participate in same-sex union ceremonies, then don’t. Religious freedom doesn’t give any group the right to determine the truth for anyone else or deny another denomination or organization the right to use the chapel as they see fit. There shouldn’t be a safe space on campus for people to arbitrarily discriminate against each other. By the way, I’m not the only person with an opinion on this campus. Why don’t you at the DCU rake someone else over the coals for a while?

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to University resources on the grounds that they simply disagree with their practices. Conservative Christians don’t control the Chapel, nor should they. A multi-denominational facility must embrace the practices and views of all a denominations, and University facility must follow our commitment to nondiscrimination and inclusiveness of all Duke commu-

have a legitimate mandate

Jillian Johnson Trinity ’O3

Chronicle wrongly identifies Diya, Diwali festivals Although Diya appreciates and believes in the cultivation of all cultures, including the cultures of Southeast Asia, we are—as printed on every program, tshirt, flyer and advertisement—a South AsianAmerican organization. Our commitment is to represent and project various aspects of South Asian cultures. The Chronicle’s Nov. 6 coverage of Diwali exhibited a regrettable lack of clarity on Diya’s and Diwali’s South Asian character. Indeed, to confuse Southeast Asian with South Asian is to gloss over two major and distinct Asian cultures. Above all, it falsifies the depth and breadth of our own cultural knowledge. The celebrations of South Asia are clearly characterized by distinct music, performance styles, garments, languages and artwork. To confuse these two enormous and distinct cultures and for referenced article, see http:!

geographic areas, not once or twice but repeatedly in a short article, is to diminish everything that we, from Diya, shared in our show, and it denies the rich contributions that both these regions have to offer contemporary American culture. It is truly unfortunate that the distinctions South and between Southeast Asia could not be distinguished on a campus as diverse as Duke’s and in a university as prestigious. It is particularly egregious because it inadvertently undermines serious efforts being made on this campus and across the Triangle campuses to give South Asian studies greater visibility. Duke, in fact, is one of the principal players in the Triangle South Asia Consortium, which recently became a federally-funded National Resource Center for South Asian Studies. /

Please take note of this distinction, not just for South Asian students at Duke, but for all who are committed to honoring difference while promoting engagement across cultures in our community.

Nevertheless, we truly that The appreciate Chronicle’s coverage of this year’s Diwali went beyond the usual token picture. There was an entire feature story, a deed which the paper did not deign to do last year despite attendance exceeding 2,000 people. Masumi

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voters will more fittingly decide the next president than Palm Beachers

going on. It upsets them. They don’t like contusion and uncertainty. They are nervous. Another Bay of Pigs would do them m 1hey too voted for different candidates. My mother-in-law, who lives in r londa, is particularly upset. She doesn’t Michael Peterson want people to think everyone down there is stupid. Even Carl, her 90-year-old sigAt long last I understand the ancient mficant other (non-marriage is a Social curse, “May you live in interesting times.” Security/tax issue) didnt have any trouI used to think, how could anyone not ble with his ballot. want that? Now I understand. It’s an age As for myself, I don t like what’s going thing. When you’re young, you love roller on either. I can live with uncertainty and coasters. When you’re old, you like rockdoubt (In life, the only certainty is death, ing chairs. Kids love car chases and but then what?). I like excitement, too, exploding bombs. When older, you like but I don t like rancor. I find it disturbtranquil things. You’re happy to conteming, and I see more on the horizon. It has plate a sunset to do with those Wh en there’s an damn lawyers. j LI 7 j) election, you want We all know iCI TCLthCT leave It to trie it over. about elections. 7 j .j I have a friend aosentee voters to decide We’ve been voting whose life is dedisince first grade j „7J jd cated to hugging SOLdieTS iri JDOSma arid Cltl for class president, the plateau. He dodge ball team r l 1 doesn’t want Zens ITI Israel1 andJ elsewhere captain, when to peaks or valleys. navp rppp<ss ptr* if He’s wants the Americans plateau—samevoting in childness, boringness. hood, and we know Youth can’t understand that because it the rules. Whoever gets the most votes has so much energy—to climb mounwins. In a tie we flip a coin. tains, sky dive and wrangle endlessly But now we’re in litigation over the about an election. most important election in the country. As For instance, my 19-year-old college in all litigation, there are two sides and daughters are riveted by what’s going on both have valid points. in the presidential election. They find it I voted for Nader. Don’t boo. I was tremendously exciting. I’m glad for them. right, despite insufferable remarks from This is an event you and they will talk a friend at the polling station. This dieabout forever—like the Bay of Pigs crisis hard liberal battlfe-ax was furiously confor me when the world literally hung in temptuous as only arrogant liberals can the balance in the early ’6os. By the way, be. She said I was stupid. She called my the girls voted for different candidates. vote silly. My mother and mother-in-law, both 80 Here I’m voting for whom I think is the this year, are not happy with what is best person, and she’s wild with anger.

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What was I thinking! Well, nearly 50 percent of the people felt Gore was wrong. The same number thought Bush was wrong. I agreed with both. Nader said that when you choose the lesser of two evils, you still get evil. Watch CNN to see this theoiy verified. In North Carolina, my vote didn’t count. This state didn’t allow a Nader

write-in. Talk about disenfranchisement! So when elderly Palm Beachers claim they mismarked their ballots, I don’t have sympathy. Moreover, I’m not sure I want these idiots deciding the race, people by the way who have no trouble simultaneously keeping track of eight bingo cards, No recount in those games, I’ll bet! Personally, I’d rather leave it to the absentee voters to decide, soldiers in Bosnia and citizens in Israel and elsewhere rather than whiny geezers who couldn’t figure out a ballot that eightyear-olds had no trouble with. You know, of course, the butterfly-type ballot that confused so many in Palm Beach was

given to 74 eight-year-olds in Georgia, They were asked to vote for their favorite Disney character. After the vote, they were asked whom they voted for and this was compared to the machine tally. Not one eight-year-old got it wrong By the way, Goofy won. So there it is. I say next time let’s leave to eight-year-olds In the end it will work out, of course. There will be a new president. Half the people will be happy and the other half not. It’s okay. As someone who didn’t vote for either, I can certainly live with either, Probably most people agree. It’s those zealots who are dangerous, partisans who speak for a miniscule minority, like my arrogant friend at the polling station. They’re dangerous. They go to court, and appeal and appeal, Actually, this is a fitting commentary on our litigious times. We deserve it. But from it I hope we leam at least one thing: Make the ballot as simple as a bingo card,

Michael Peterson, Trinity ’65, Durham resident.

A disturbing but educational election polls near their school, the Bethune-Cookman students claim, they were not allowed to enter the polls. Back in the 1950s and 19605, black voters were also being denied access to the polling booth. When they lined up in Mississippi to sign their names on the voter registry, blacks were met with closed doors Maureen Milligan and ludicrous literacy “tests” at best, and racial slurs and police dogs in the worst situations. When historians and political pundits begin to Today, the police dogs and literacy tests are gone, write their assessments of election 2000, many will, but the barriers remain. presumably, laud the “triumph of democracy.” They When some blacks went to the polls in their prewill chronicle how voters from all states turned out dominately black neighborhoods last Tuesday, the in record numbers. They will discuss how each and sight of policemen stationed outside the building every ballot was counted in an election that took over with squad car lights flashing confronted them. a week to decide. But will any of them add the disWhile this sight may be a comfort to some, to a black heartening footnote that not all those who turned person who may have experienced racial profiling or out to vote were allowed to vote? harassment from men and women in those same uniWhen I walked into my predominately black forms, this sight might be enough of a deterrent to workplace after election night I did not hear “What a keep them from the polls. close race!” or “I can’t believe that Gore lost This is not to say that police should not be staTennessee!” Instead, the teachers in my school were tioned at polls to ensure the safety of voters and poll discussing the failure of democracy. “They call this workers. But who decided to put such a large continthe world’s greatest democracy...” one teacher gent of police at polls in black neighborhoods? Was scoffed, “...when they’re pulling over carloads of there a need to protect voters in predominately-black black people heading to the polls in Illinois and askdistricts? Were the same amount of troopers posted ing them if they have a taxi license?” in white districts? Another issue that came up this election year was Reports of voter fraud and intimidation did not just come out of Illinois that night. We’ve all heard the operating hours of polling places. When Missouri how voters in Palm Beach County, Florida were conDemocrats went to court to keep the polls open until 10 fused by the infamous butterfly ballot. But only a few p.m. on election night, Republicans were infuriated. lines have been devoted to the difficulties encounThey began to level their own charges of voter fraud, tered by young black voters from Bethune-Cookman arguing that the affirmative ruling by the Missouri College in Florida. No, they weren’t stumped by judge disproportionately helped Democrats because where to match up the arrow with the hole. Nor did St. Louis is an urban center with a large minority popthey have problems punching the hole when they ulation. The assumption follows, they maintained, that decided upon a candidate. In fact, these college stumore of these Democratic voters would go to the polls dents didn’t have any problems with the ballot during the extended voting hours, and therefore the because they didn’t see it. As they walked up to the Democratic candidates would reap the benefits.

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Strangely enough, I actually agree with the Republican’s theory. An extended polling time would, in almost any situation, benefit minorities. Why? Because many minorities, especially recent immigrants, hold jobs that require them to work at night. I disagree with the Republicans in regards to their conclusion. They asserted that it was unfair to keep the polls open in Missouri. I say not only should voting times be extended in Missouri, but that they should be lengthened in all states. Why? Because I believe that the current polling hours benefit one group over another. In most states, polling hours begin somewhere between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and end somewhere between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. If you work an eight-hour daytime job, you are typically awake during these hours. You can choose to go to the polls shortly before work, at your lunch hour, or on your way home from work. But what if you work the night shift? What if you work from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m.? Your options decrease significantly. You cannot go during your break, and in many states you can’t go right before work (because the polls close at 7 p.m.). Therefore, you are only left with one choice: standing in line shortly after you finish work at 6 a.m. While night workers are not being denied the right to vote, fewer options are given to them. Hopefully, election 2000 will go down in history, not solely because it was a nail-biter but because it caused a massive national discussion on voting. At

long last, we might begin to discuss the benefits and downfalls of having an Electoral College, funding disparities between states to conduct elections and most importantly, re-evaluate whether or not this “right to vote” is being equally given to all citizens. Maureen Milligan, Trinity ’99, is a former associate university editor of The Chronicle.

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Student recruiters provide insight on dorms, K-ville, food RECRUIT from page 6

all of them, students were comfortable

asking me questions.”

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range from admissions inquiries, like “How important are the essays?” and “What is the typical number of [Advanced Placement] courses Duke students have taken?” to social questions like “Is Greek life big?” and “How does

K-ville work?” “The students were more interested in grades and academics,” said sophomore Catherine Jo, who recruited last year. “They used me as a resource to find out if they could get in.” Student recruiters are particularly helpful in addressing issues that college

representatives do not usually talk about, like what dorms are like and how many

people share a bathroom, said John Whitehead, college counselor at The

Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, “They all have trepidation about what college will be like and returning students electrify them and keep them motivated.” Duke students are informed of the program via e-mail and campus mail sent out by the admissions office. Interested students can then pick up a packet containing instructions on recruiting, an application, an information sheet on financial aid and a brochure. The recruiters are responsible for setting up appointments with the school’s college counselor on their own, although the ad-

Ethiopian food may be next in expansion � SITAR from page 8 Desired as they may be, outside vendors do come with a cost. Wulforst said contracts like those with Sitar shrink the profit margin of the Great Hall, and can in-

fluence the quality of other offerings. Still, Wulforst said

Dining Services remains committed to providing the students with what they want.

Based on the success of Sitar and developing interests from Durham restaurant owners, it seems outside vendors want to continue supplying students with quality foods. The owner ofSitar Palace said that his staff really enjoys selling from the Great Hall. He added that the restaurant joined up with Dining Services as a means to promote business, not for financial gain. Sitar’s owner said that endeavor the amount of student customers dining in the Durham restaurant has increased over the last year. Junior Anup Shah said the food offered by Sitar is better than other Great Hall foods. He added that the Indian cuisine aids Duke’s attempt to promote diversity on campus “because food is a part of everyone’s culture” and can be experienced by all. Trinity junior and Resident Advisor Theresa Pancotto has made an event of the Indian dinners. She and her hallmates attend the Wednesday meals together, which she said helps unite the women as they talk over dinner. Last year, students expressed interest in seeing the Blue Nile on campus by voting for them in a referendum to choose additional participants in the merchants-on-

missions office will send a letter letting the counselor know that the recruiter will be'visiting. The program does not incur any cost as materials are already mass-produced for recruitment. Freshman and sophomores are mostly targeted for the program, said Venit, since typically they are more in touch with their high school than upperclass students, but all are encouraged to participate. In past years, packets were prepared for students to bring home fall break, but this year the admissions office is distributing the materials for Thanksgiving and winter breaks. Georgetown and Yale universities conduct a similar programs to Duke’s, whereas Harvard and Stanford train a

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select group of students to accompany admissions officers on recruitment trips. “Schools already have our stuff. We send it out to basically every high school in the country,” said Marlyn McGrath Lewis, di-

rector of admissions at Harvard. Regardless of how students are incorporated in the admissions process, they seem to play a crucial role. If high school students are interested in a school, they will often solicit advice from former ac-

quaintances who now attend the college, said Wade Boggs, college counselor at the Westminster School, which sends around 10 students to Duke a year. “We feel that students are some of our best recruiters because of their honesty and enthusiasm for Duke,” said Venit.

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� Dill honored as ACC freshman of the week Freshman volleyball player Krista Dill earned her fourth ACC freshman of the week honor yesterday. Dill averaged 3.57 kills, one block and a .468 hitting percentage in Blue Devil wins over Virginia and Maryland this week. For more information on Dill, see tomorrow's Chronicle.

� Women’s basketball jumps to No. 3 The women’s basketball team climbed to No. 3 in the Associated Press poll released yesterday. The Blue Devils, who were previously ranked No. 5, are 2-0 after having captured the Women’s Sports Foundation Classic title this weekend.

� N.C. State star finalist for defense award N.C. State junior linebacker Levar Fisher is among five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, presented annually to the nation’s best defensive player. Fisher is joined by Miami linebacker Dan Morgan, Missouri defensive end Justin Smith, California defensive end Andre Carter and Tennessee defensive tackle John Henderson. The 6foot-1,229-pound Fisher leads all Division l-A players with 15 tackles per game.

� Big Unit wins second straight Cy Young Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson won his second straight NL Cy Young award yesterday. The award is the third of Johnson’s career, who won the AL pitching honor with the Seattle Mariners in 1995. Johnson finished the year with a 2.64 ERA, a leaguebest 347 strikeouts and a .731 winning percentage. The 37year-old veteran won the award overwhelmingly, garnering 22 of 32 first-place votes placed by members of the Baseball Writer’s Associaton.

Back door shut: Duke handles Princeton Shane Battier broke former teammate Will Avery’s record for threepointers in a game last night as the Blue Devils easily defeated Princeton, 87-50. By RAY HOLLOMAN The Chronicle

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did not need a career Princeton 50 night from a captain to knock off the Princeton Tigers. Shane Battier gave them one anyway. The senior player of the year candidate scored 29 points and hit a school record nine three-pointers to lead the No. 2 Blue Devils (1-0) over a pesky Princeton club (0-1) 87-50 in Cameron Indoor Stadium last night. “It was a good win for us,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski, who moved within a single win of the 500-win mark at Duke. “We played hard when we had to. They’re so disciplined in their offense that they could have caused us trouble.” But trouble only had one name last night, and it was Battier. The senior connected on 9-of-12 threepointers, including all six of his second half-attempts, breaking Will Avery’s school record of eight set two years ago against Florida. “I got great looks,” Battier said. “My teammates got me the ball when I was open and then I hit the shots. It felt great tonight.” After misfiring on his first attempt on Duke’s second possession of the evening, Battier finally connected from behind the arc less than four minutes into the half, giving him his first points ofthe night and giving his team an 8-6 AMY UNELI/THE CHRONICLE advantage it would not relinquish the rest of the night. SHANE BATTIER dunks—his only two-pointer of the evening—as See MEN’S HOOPS on page 23 � Princeton’s Nate Walton watches in awe.

The Blue Devils can play all the CBA, national and synagogue-league teams they want, but nothing ever compares to the rush of the regular season. “Over the summer you forget how exciting it is to play at Duke,” senior Shane Battier said. “You come in here with the band and the crowd; it’s really special.”

Greg Veis Game Commentary Know what else is special? Hitting 9-of-12 from threepoint land and scoring 29 points against a team that has led the NCAA in defense the last 12 years. “I had great looks,” Battier said nonchalantly. “I had great teammates to get me the ball. Chris [Duhon] and Jason [Williams] did a fantastic job of that tonight.” Even though he knocked down as many three-pointers as Princeton had first-half field goals, Battier did not surprise anybody with his play

last night. “It is not unusual,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “It’s not a once-in-a-career type ofthing. He can flat-out shoot and our players look for him.” Duke sought to use this contest to respond to several question marks that loomed over the team during the preseason. Williams answered some See

WILLIAMS on page 22 �

Bowden, Clemson accept early Gator Bowl bid By PETE lACOBELLI Associated Press

CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson accepted a Gator Bowl bid yesterday even as coach Tommy Bowden tried to keep his Tigers focused on Saturday’s game with archrival

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“Jerry Stackhouse, he’s, like, a leader. His performance is outstanding. When he’s on the floor, he gives 100 percent, and you can see it. Without [Grant] Hill, I think the Pistons are happier, Stackhouse is happier and I’m much happier. They’re a better team.” 14-year-old Detroit Piston fan Mason Katty, on former Duke star Hill’s era in Detroit, where the Pistons are currently 3-5.

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CLEMSON’S WOODY DANTZLER, shown in a win over Duke this season, is an outside Heisman candidate.

South Carolina instead of looking ahead to New Year’s Day. “I don’t think this is going to be a distraction,” Bowden said. “We can’t let it be. But that will be a challenge for us.” Whatever happens at Death Valley on Saturday against the turnaround No. 25 Gamecocks (7-3), there’s little on the line for No. 16 Clemson (8-2), which looks to be a lock to finish in the top 25. It was midway through Bowden’s weekly press gathering when Gator Bowl chairman Larry Jenkins joined in by phone from Jacksonville, Fla. “We think you’ve done a great job building that program, getting them on the right track, and we can’t wait to have you here,” Jenkins said. “Can I accept this?” Bowden asked sports information director Tim Bourret. He could, he was told, and did, ensuring Bowden’s second straight bowl game in as many seasons with the Tigers. The Jan. 1 game pays each team $1.4 million. Clemson is 4-3 in its Gator Bowl appearances, including a 41-0 loss to Donovan McNabb’s Syracuse team on soggy New Year’s Day 1996, the Tigers’ last trip to Jacksonville. Jenkins said Gator officials were looking at Notre Dame or Virginia Tech as Clemson’s opponent. That decision likely won’t come until after Thanksgiving because both teams

still have an outside shot at a Bowl Championship Series at-large spot. George Bennett, executive director of Clemson’s IPTAY booster club, said ticket applications would be taken through the club office starting yesterday afternoon. He expects about 20,000 fans to make the trip. For now, however, Bowden’s job is to get a team that has lost two straight after an 8-0 start, including a 54-7 blowout at Florida State, back together this week to face South Carolina. “This is when you call on pride. That’s

the interesting thing this week, whether these players want it enough and whether we can make them feel that,” Bowden said. The Tigers have given up nearly 1,000 yards passing in consecutive losses to State. Georgia Tech and Florida Quarterback Woody Dantzler, a Heisman leader earlier this year, has struggled since suffering an ankle injury that will require off-season surgery.

South Carolina, which lost 21 straight before the year began, also has dropped two in a row, to Tennessee and Florida. “None of that matters,” said Clemson guard Will Merritt, who grew up in the rivalry’s shadow about 20 miles away in Easley. “Growing up, this was always the biggest game of the year and it’s still that way. The Gator Bowl and what we’ve done is the furthest thing from my mind.”

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Good Knight: Indiana ushers in new era, beats P seven possessions, but Indiana recovered and beat Pepperdine at its own game, leading 40-36 at halftime and then using an 11-0 run midway through the second half to build a 67-51 lead and pull away to advance to Friday night’s

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Age discrimination in Florida

The jokes about Chris Weinke have circled the drain for years now. At least part of the reason yolk always seems to be dripping down Weinke’s face is the 28-year-old quarterback Leaves himself as open to the media as he does

to charging defensive linemen. Last summer, Weinke joked with the ACC media about how he and a freshman teammate each filled out the team’s registration information by listing July birthdates—one was followed by the year 1982, the other by 1972. Shortly afterwards, he spoke candidly with an ESPN interviewer about the evening a young coed approached him in a bar and tried to arrange a date between Weinke and her mother. It certainly is not all Weinke’s doing, however. Ever since the man first appeared under center in a Florida State uniform, the cheap shots began rolling off comedians’ tongues more effortlessly than wise-cracks involving any of the following buzzwords: election, recount, infected boil, Palm Beach County. He is the Bill Clinton of college football. No matter how good his record or his achievements may be, there is always a good laugh to be had at his expense. But, for all those Chris Weinke fans who held out hope that he would one day get the last laugh, it appears that laugh might be hollowed into a smarting grin, the “ain’t-so-bad” smile boxers use to hide their wounds after getting clocked flush with a stunning jab. With one solitary regular-season game left in his illustrious career, Weinke is three days away from putting an exclamation point on one of the most dominant seasons by a college quarterback in recent memory. Or perhaps a period would be more appropriate, since the Seminoles’ star can all but forget about striking a pose in early December. As the regular season approaches its conclusion, Heisman hype is well underway. And, for the first time since voters bitterly split along regional lines in the Woodson vs. Manning controversy of 1997, the race for the coveted trophy is stirring up some serious debate. Drew Brees watched his chances evaporate into the East Lansing air Saturday. Michael Vick’s frail ankle

What is happening in college football at this very is pure and simple age discrimination. For some moment review reason, Weinke’s age is actually counting against him. Some have said it is not fair for a 28-year-old to claim a prize that always has been, and thus always should be, reserved for 21- and 22-year-olds. Perhaps Brody Greenwald they are right. But if that were true, then they should not have let Weinke reclaim his NCAA eligibility after has all but bounced the preseason favorite from consix years with the Toronto Blue Jays. tention, but it is pretty clear that a quarterback will If it is a boys’ game they wanted, then the man win in 2000. should not have been allowed back into collegiate The only question is, Which one? Well, the candidates sports. But once you let the cat out of the bag, you best appear to be Weinke, helmsman for the No. 3 Seminoles, not try to keep him from enjoying his fair share of and Josh Heupel, the southpaw senior who is quietly mice. Eligibility rules dictated that Weinke still had a riding No. 1 Oklahoma’s success to likely Heisman viccollege football career to begin once baseball had tory. Now don’t get me wrong, Heupel has had a tremenpassed him by, and that makes him just like everyone dous season and the junior college transfer deserves else: one of the boys. If he is the best in the game—and much of the recognition he is currently receiving out in the numbers overwhelmingly indicate he is—he Norman, Okla. But right now, he is the Heisman frontdeserves the game’s highest individual reward. runner and that, dear football fans, is ridiculous. A quick comparison of the two quarterbacks should It was not the most scientific of research tools—in clear up any unanswered questions. fact, this little survey probably means about as much The nation’s No. 1 passer: Weinke. Hop, skip and as the early-exit polling that first gave Florida to Gore, jump over a few guys you probably have never heard of or the handful of people in the Bryan Center whose and you reach No. 6 in the nation, which is where embarrassing lack of knowledge of Duke football came Heupel resides. There may not be a statistical categoto be representative of the entire student body (well, ry called arm strength, but if there were, comparing perhaps there was some validity to that poll)—but Heupel to Weinke would be like comparing Elton John eight sportswriters across the nation were asked rather to John Elway. That just might explain why Weinke informally by CBSSportsLine.com as to who they has thrown an extra I,ooo+ yards, including a bonus thought most deserved this year’s Heisman Trophy. yard for every attempt. Oh, let’s not forget that his 30 The results? touchdown passes nearly double Heupel’s total. Seven out of eight sportswriters said Heupel is the Numbers don’t lie. Ballots are being mailed out better candidate for Heisman. They must be akin to across the nation to select individuals who will deterthe seven out of eight dentists who say chewing mine the winner of this year’s Heisman. If they follow Trident helps fight cavities. Please, people. these numbers, then you and I will be watching Dec. 8 CollegeFootballNews.com has already said, “If when Weinke poses—one knee raised, one arm outyou’re going by straight numbers, Heupel could blow stretched—for the cameras. everyone away.” If we are watching anyone other than the man we Give me a break. There is only one reason that peohave made the butt of countless jokes, then the ple are picking Heupel, and it has nothing to do with Heisman itself will have given us all one last laugh. his numbers. It all comes down to one number, actualUPON FURTHER REVIEW is a weekly sports colly, and that number—2B—belongs to Weinke. umn that appears every Wednesday.

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questions about 10 minutes into the evening. While Battier may be the Blue Devils’ ambassador, Williams has fully assumed his rightful position as their court general. When Duke had a narrow 22-20 lead midway through the first half,

Williams, obviously irritated by the closeness of the game, charged up the court screaming at his troops to improve their play. Later that possession, he splashed a three-pointer. Before the Tigers could figure out why they had ever chosen to come to Cameron in the first place, they found themselves on the wrong end of a 27-5 run, hopelessly trailing 49-25 at the half. In contrast to Williams’ successful 17-point, seven-assist performance, highly touted freshman guard Duhon did not put to rest any questions about his abilities. Instead, he wrote an entirely new chapter. “I think Duhon was just wanting to play defense and find other players,” Krzyzewski said. “He wasn’t hunting for his shot because he knows he can play well without shooting.” While Krzyzewski has seen too many youngsters come through Cameron to know not to rail on them on their first night, it was obvious that he was trying to put a positive spin on a mediocre situation. Duhon did pass for eight assists in his 24-minute debut, but he also led the team in both personal fouls and turnovers. In addition, he only

took three shots, all tentative and from behind the arc, making none of them. The other East Campus warrior, Andre Sweet, did not look very comfortable in his first regular-season game either. Sweet, who finished with four points on l-of-5 shooting from the floor, looked noticeably flustered when fighting for position under the boards. Despite the freshman jitters, Duke still displayed remarkable chemistry for a

mid-November battle. Williams and Duhon spread the offense out well enough to drain 15 threes, the defense forced 20 Tiger turnovers which were converted into 34 of Duke’s 87 points and the front line crashed the boards to the tune of 12 offensive rebounds and 15 second-chance points. Duke’s play also shattered several Princeton records, new and old. The Tigers had not allowed as many as 87 points since yielding 88 to UMass in the 1995-96 campaign. And Princeton had not suffered such a lopsided defeat since falling to Cornell by 37 in 1946. Last night, the Blue Devils

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