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Sports Tennis tops Florida The women's tennis team won a programdefining match by defeating Florida in Gainesville for the first time ever. See page 16

DSG Legislature supports ARAMARK 36-10 By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

Debate was heated at the Duke Student Government meeting last night, as legislators passed a resolution endorsingAKAMARK’S management of four campus eateries and overwhelmingly rejected a resolution supporting The Chronicle’s decision to run a March 19 advertisement opposing reparations for slavery. The 36 to 10 approval of the ARAMARK resolution followed last week’s veto of similar legislation by DSG President Jordan Bazinsky. Bazinsky, a senior, said at the time that he wanted students to be better informed about ARAMARK before making a final decision. The resolution all but insures that the $7 billion Philadelphia-based food service will take over management of the Great Hall, the Oak Room, the Marketplace and Chick-fil-A. Prior to the vote, several non-DSG members expressed opposition to ARAMARK’s takeover, which they say has led to poor food quality and labor relations at other schools. “Fm not saying it’s going to fail at Duke,” said sophomore Pavithra Vasudevan. “There are larger issues regarding social responsibility. [The ARAMARK advertisement in The Chronicle] is not education. This is not information. This is propaganda.” Other students expressed concern about follow-through on promises made by Dining Services and ARAMARK and a po-

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REYNOLDA CAFETERIA, one of three main locations of food distribution at Wake Forest, is managed by ARAMARK. This food court serves Italian and Mexican food, and hosts a coffee bar, yogurt shop and Subway restaurant.

tential ARAMARK monopoly. Jason Freedman, chair of the Duke University Student Advisory Committee, defended the resolution. In addition, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst and Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Joe Pietrantoni answered questions at the meeting. “The risk is minimal,” Pietrantoni said. “We’re in a good position. There is no other school we even compare ourselves to.” Wulforst said ARAMARK would be forced to compete with already-privatized eateries and that Duke’s contract with the company will be terminated if the food is not satisfactory. See DSG

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Diversity lacking Movement releases new statement at highest levels By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

Protests

By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

Despite strong calls from University President Nan Keohane and others to diversify the senior administration, recent senior-level searches have added no minorities to fill vacant posts. This semester, search committees for the deans of the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences have resulted in the appointments of Caucasian males. This week, the student affairs vice presidential search committee selected no people of color among the finalists for the position. “We remain dedicated to increasing diversity at all levels, but I think Duke needs more people of color in its leadership, particularly African Americans,” said Sally Dickson, vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity. At the end of last June, the University lost two senior administrators who were black. Janet Dickerson, then-vice president for student affairs left Duke for a similar position at Princeton University. And Myma Adams, who ran OIE before Dickson, stepped down to take the position as special assistant to Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. To encourage greater consideration of minority candidates, Dickson, who is concerned about being the only minority in the senior administration, has requested that she be added to all future searches. Vice President and University Secretary Allison Haltom, who coordinates senior level administrative searches, said that this would be beneficial. “I think See BLACK ADMINISTRATORS on page 6 �

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Chronicle’s publication of an advertisement opposing reparations for slavery continued with a vigil last night, followed by a rally. The students—who call themselves the Duke Student Movement—outlined five objectives for the administration and one for The Chronicle. Dressed in black, the students held a vigil outside Cameron Indoor Stadium during the McDonald’s All-America basketball game. Later in the evening, about 75 students chanted phrases such as “D-U-K-E, you will not silence me!” and “You say free speech! We say hate speech!” A handout distributed by members of the movement indicates that although students continue to object to The Chronicle’s handling of the ad, but not the decision to run it. The group is now focusing on actions the University should take on minority issues in general. “For many of us, the central issue is Duke’s failure to create a climate where the voices of minority people are valued and supported,” the handout reads. “Inan creates stead, Duke atmosphere that alienates us, an

DUKE STUDENT MOVEMENT members protest in front of Cameron Indoor Stadium during the McDonald’s All-America basketball game atmosphere that makes black tural academic and social programstudents in particular feel they ming for the black community; th&t it establish a stable, wellhave to continually defend their supported African and Africanright to be here.” The objectives listed in the American Studies program; and statement include the following: that it implement a plan to inthat the University appoint a crease funding for minority events and organizations. task force to compile an annual reThe students also asked that port on Duke’s efforts to improve the treatment of minority students; The Chronicle publish a clarification of its advertising policy and that it actively recruit minority faculty and administrators and explain how that policy was used in its decision to run the provide reports on this initiative; that it provide a center for cul- Horowitz ad. •

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Congress approves Bush’s budget plan The U.S. House of

Representatives approved a broad outline of the President George W. Bush’s budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, which sets aside $1.6

trillion over the next ten years for tax cuts. E.U. clears Britain to vaccinate livestock A European Union panel authorized Britain to vaccinate 180,000 head of dairy cattle against the foot-andmouth epidemic, which has destroyed about 440,000 livestock to stop the disease from spreading.

Zapatistas speak to Mexican Congress 23 ski-masked Zapatista rebels strode onto the floor

of the Mexican Congress

and proclaimed the beginning of a political struggle for Indian rights, saying the rebels’ military struggle was over.

Rescuers find second fighter wreckage Rescuers working in blinding snow found wreckage of a second missing American F-15 fighter jet in the Scottish Highlands, which had vanished after takeoff Monday, the U.S. Air Force said.

Congress questions

cloning by scientists Scientists attempting to clone human beings un-

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grilling, defending how they planned to avoid the serious problems and abnormalities that have plagued animal cloning.

Macedonia continues attacks on guerillas Macedonian forces mounted another operation against ethnic Albanian rebels in the north near the border with Kosovo, in a last effort to rout the guerrillas before political talks begin.

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Senate may boost donations cap Limits on campaign contributions have not changed since the Nixon era By ALISON MITCHELL

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON A day after showing support for a ban on the unrestricted, large-dollar donations that have been flowing into the political system, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to raise the post-Watergate limits on smaller contributions to candidates and political parties.

The vote, 84-16, came after several hours of intensive behindthe-scenes negotiations by supporters of Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russ Feingold, DWis. The Senate’s action left few remaining hurdles to the two senators’ push for a comprehensive

overhaul of the campaign finance law. Sen. Trent Lott, the majority leader from Mississippi, said Wednesday evening that he wanted a final vote on the campaign law Thursday night. A compromise was reached on how much to raise the contribution limits and it averted a split in the coalition of Democrats and Republicans supporting change.

port behind the increase in limits, saying, “We are now within reach of a bill that can pass the

against the increase in contribution limits were Democrats. But many of them were expected to vote nonetheless for the overall McCain-Feingold bill. And Sen. Tom Daschle, the minority leader from South Dakota, put his sup-

“Everybody’s rolling the dice one way or another,” Thompson said. “My hope is and my opinion is that it probably will benefit the bill.” Feinstein said, “There is a basis now where both sides can come together and back this bill.”

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Senate.” The sponsors ofthe contribution increase, Sens. Fred Thompson, RTenn., and Dianne Feinstein, DCalif., said they thought they had increased support for the overall bill. President George W. Bush himself has called for an increase in

contribution limits.

Israel responds to suicide bombing By DEBORAH SONTAG

New York Times News Service

JERUSALEM Israeli helicopter gunships bombarded bases and training camps of Yasser Arafat’s personal security forces Wednesday night after a Palestinian suicide bombing Wednesday morning

killed two Israeli teenagers in central Israel. It was Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s first military response since he took office three weeks ago to a spate of Palestinian attacks that escalated this week. Pressure inside Israel had been mounting on Sharon, who was elected largely because ofhis iron-fisted image, to take decisive action. “This strike is first and foremost for the people of Israel,” Aryeh Amit, a former Jerusalem police comman-

der, said in a television analysis after the bombardment. “The strike is like a pep talk to the Israeli piublic, which sees attack after attack go unanswered.” The bomber struck early Wednesday morning near the Palestinian city of Qalqilya, killing Eliran Rosenberg, 14, and Naftali Landzkom, 13, as they waited for a ride in an armored bus to their yeshiva high school in the West Bank settlement ofKedumim. A student was critically injured, and another was wounded in the eye by one of the nails packed in the bomb carried inside the bomber’s jacket. Pupils who were lightly wounded said that the bomber, wearing a closed leather jacket, approached their group as if he wanted to say something. Then there was an explosion.

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Local public school offers, advocates student uniforms By KENNETH REINKER The Chronicle School uniforms, long required by private schools, have become increasingly common in public schools. This break from tradition has brought the issue to the forefront of national education debates as well as discussions in the Durham Public School System. After Fayetteville Street Elementary School Principal Queen Bass spearheaded a push for a voluntary uniform policy last year, the school became the only Durham public school with a uniform provision. Although wearing the uniforms is voluntary at the school, over 90 percent ofFayetteville Street students choose to wear the standard white shirt and blue or black pants. The staff is also encouraged to wear the uniform in order to set an example for the students. “I love it personally,” said Kawarda Andrews, Fayetteville Street secretary and parent. “I have three kids here, and it is the best thing to ever happen to have them in uniforms. As a parent, I think

it’s wonderful.”

Advocates say school uniforms improve discipline and academic performance by shifting focus from clothes to academics. “Clothing can be an incredible distraction to learning and teaching,” said Kathy Meyers, chair of the Durham School Board. Andrews said she appreciates the school’s renewed focus on education above all else. “Kids are here for one purpose: to learn,” she said. But Assistant Professor of Sociology Carol Buchmann said she is very skeptical of claims that school uniforms improve academic performance, and added that conclusive empirical evidence either way is lacking. “It is far-fetched to think [school uniforms] will make any difference,” she said. Buchmann said the philosophy behind underperforming schools adopting uniforms is to give themselves an air ofrespectability. With uniforms, public schools try to replicate private schools’ success. But Buchmann said other social and economic factors, not uniforms, are the real issues. Proponents argue that uniforms can reduce these class distinctions by standardizing the way students dress. And Meyers said this class stratification is an issue—even in elementary schools. But Principal Carol Marshall of George Watts Elementary School said her school has achieved this goal without implementing a uniform provision. “We’ve kind of shattered the myth of children who live in poverty,” she said. “They look tidy and happy everyday.” . Marshall said Watts has not considered uniforms

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MANY FAYETTEVILLE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students dress in white, black and navy since the introduction of school uniforms. Although they are not mandatory, about 90 percent of students wear uniforms every day. during her tenure, and she does not have plans to consider them in the immediate future. Although Meyers said Fayetteville School is now a pleasure to visit, she believes instituting school uniforms is a decision best left up to the individual schools. She said a systemwide policy would be a mistake. “There are strong arguments on both sides,” Meyers said. She emphasized that instituting uniforms is a complicated process that raises questions about students being denied freedom of expression and individuality. Buchmann said uniforms can be effective if used as part of a larger program to revitalize a school. “With elementary kids you can try a lot of things

and they aren’t in opposition,” Bass said, adding that students now think uniforms are “the thing to do.” Bass submitted the idea last year to a site-based team of parents and school officials, which then approved the measure. A subsequent survey of parents showed that an overwhelming majority supported the uniforms. Critics of school uniform policies also say the cost of parents purchasing several sets of new clothes can be prohibitive. But the uniforms at Fayetteville Street Elementary are relatively cheap at under $lO per outfit. In some cases, uniforms are less expensive than the designer clothes children would otherwise wear.

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Duke professor nears finish of Earnhardt investigation vance,” Bigner, deputy director of the From staff reports Associate Professor of Biomedical Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Engineering Barry Myers has finsaid in a statement. ished his examination of NASCAR Currently, treatment for medulracer Dale Earnloblastoma involves radiation that hardt’s autopsy pho- VTuvmrn causes long-term effects and can only tographs. Myers 1 1 rL W be used one time per patient; the fivespent two hours 'Dt>TE I?C year survival rate is 40 to 80 percent. studying 14 slides, ■DKliiif J Bigner hopes to target radiation to 46 digital images on just cancerous cells in order to reduce a computer and other reports related these effects and allow for multiple to the autopsy. He is expected to retreatments. lease a report on the cause of death According to the American Cancer within the next few weeks. Society, about 550 children are diagMyers was selected to study the nosed with medulloblastoma each autopsy photos following a legal batyear and 2,200 are diagnosed with brain and spinal cord tumors includtle in Florida as to whether The Orlando Sentinel could review them for ing the medulloblastoma. an investigation into NASCAR racing. Earnhardt’s widow Teresa had South African leader to speak: asked a Florida arbiter to prevent the Alex Boraine, deputy chair of the public from viewing the photos and, South African Truth and as a compromise, agreed to have an Reconciliation Commission, will independent examiner review the auspeak April 3 at the York Chapel in topsy data. the Divinity School. The speech, entiEarnhardt died in a race car crash tled “Justice and Reconciliation: Feb. 18 at the Daytona 500. Contradictory or Complementary?” will take place at 4 p.m. Duke professor receives $1.25 The TRC, created in 1995 by the million grant: The Pediatric Brain government in South Africa, was set Tumor Foundation of the United up to develop a plan for reparations States has granted $1.25 million to Dr. for victims of apartheid. It also hears Darell Bigner, Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and testimony from those who committed Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research human rights violations and the vicProfessor. Bigner and his colleagues at tims of those violations. the Brain Tumor Center will use the In addition to his work with the five-year grant to study medulloblasTRC, Boraine has helped with polititoma, the most common brain tumor in cal and cultural transition in Northchildren under the age of nine. ern Ireland, Bosnia and other countries. He is teaching this year at the “A new treatment for medulloblastoma and its complications would Institute on Transitional Justice at represent a significant clinical ad- New York University. He has served ,

BELOVED NASCAR RACER Dale Earnhardt died Feb. 18 following a wreck in the Daytona 500. Access to autopsy reports on his death remains contentious, although it is out of the courts. as a member of South Africa’s Parliament and is the former executive director for the Institute for Democratic Al-

ternatives in South Africa.

University patents tumor drug:

The University has received a patent for a special drug carrier activated by heat that has been shown to halve tumor growth in animals. The drug-carrying microscopic fatty liposome

spheres, invented by Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science David Needham, have also been shown to cause complete long-term remission in two-thirds of cases. Celsion Corporation of Columbia, Md., has exclusively licensed the rights to the drug carrier. If the liposome, patent number 6,200,598, is successful commercially, Needham will receive some of the profits.

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North Carolina U.S. House seat still in jeopardy From staff reports The federal census counted 67,000 more Utah residents than the state’s own projections. But apparently it was not enough. Next Wednesday, three fedn vr

sonnel, leaving out missionaries and private U.S. employees on overseas assignments. Alternately, Lee said, the Census Bureau could subtract federal workers and military personnel from the count of all state populations.

eral judges will hear Utah’s JMEWS Child abandonment bill fizzles: After weeks of complaint that the Census Bu- rxi mt reau' overlooked 11,176 of 1 HIS WEEK debate, legislation that would allow mothers who safely abandon newborns to avoid prosecution Utah’s residents who were on overseas Mormon church missions last year. That received what could prove a fatal blow in the North would be enough to give the state its fourth congresCarolina House of Representatives. sional seat, which would come at the expense of The legislation was pulled from the House floor by DeNorth Carolina’s newly appropriated 13th seat. mocratic leaders when it appeared it might be defeated. “Our votes are being diluted by a selective count of The bill, sponsored by Rep. Phil Haire, D-Jackson, overseas Americans,” said Thomas Lee, a Brigham is intended to discourage young mothers from killing Young University law professor who will argue the case. unwanted newborns. It was prompted by the death of Utah wants the Census Bureau to broaden the a North Carolina baby found in a landfill last year. count of Americans temporarily living overseas. The The bill makes it legal for a mother to abandon an bureau counts only federal workers and military per- infant within 15 days of birth provided she leaves the

child with a responsible adult. The mother also could give the infant to a law enforcement officer, hospital, health department or emergency medical technician. The mother would not have to reveal her identity or the medical history of the infant. Whoever takes the baby into temporary custody would have to immediately notify the Department of Social Services. The law would protect temporary custodians from civil or criminal liability, so long as they act “in good faith.”

Schools say judge’s ruling strains budgets: North Carolina educators are applauding a judge’s ruling that the state’s public schools must give priority to educating their neediest students. But one burning question remains: How are they supposed to pay for new programs without additional funding? See N.C. BRIEFS on page 8 ¥

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Friday, March 30 How are Muslim networks transformed into social movements? Chair, Miriam Cooke (Asian & African Languages & Literature, Duke University)

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David Gilmartin (History, North Carolina State University) Charlie Kurzman (Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

10:45-12:45 Do computer-mediated networks promote change or underscore continuity? How is their function authorized by scriptural/ textual content? Chair, Rick Colby (Religion, Duke University) Gary Hunt (Religion, University of Wales at Lampeter) Carl Ernst (Religion, UNC-CH)

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Dickson joins administrative searches as minority voice THAD PARSONS/THE CHRONICLE

Protest, COUNTERPROTEST Yesterday Students for Life decorated the main quadrangle with 400 white crosses symbolizing the 4,000 fetuses aborted each day around the world. Across the quad and in front of the Bryan Center, junior Natalie Phillips (left to right) and seniors Michael McElroy and Jaime Crossler joined Students for Choice in a counterprotest.

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� BLACK ADMINSTRATORS from page 1 that we seek a diverse faculty and stuit’s very appropriate to add [Dickson]. dent body—to represent different backgrounds and bring different perShe would be a welcome addition to fuspectives to our decisions and to serve ture searches,” she said. “We can always use all the expertise we can get.” as visible “role models” for both minorTo aid committees, Dickson said that ity students and others.” she desires to review the methods by Associate Professor of Biology Stephen Nowicki, who co-chaired the which searches solicit applicants. In addition to consulting minority professionstudent affairs search committee, said al organizations, she also wants to enthat current application procedures courage administrators to examine prevent committees from identifying traditionally overlooked sources. For exqualified ethnic minorities, because ample, Dickson said she will ask comthe first round of selections is based solely upon written documentation. mittees to request applicants from historically black colleges and universities. Furthermore, University policy forbids “If you say you’re only going to secommittees from asking directly the lect applicants from Yale, Stanford or race of applicants for a job. “It’s really difficult to know someHarvard, then you’re always going to get the same type of applicants,” Dickone’s race based upon what is written son said. on paper,” he said. “I think it would be inappropriate, if not illegal, to ask.” Even with Dickson’s aid, the University still could be a long way from its Despite difficulties in hiring people goals. In many fields, minorities are not of color, search committee chairs said well represented in the faculty, and, they have emphasized recruiting Unithus, gathering a large pool of qualified versity officers who share the instituminority applicants could be difficult. tion’s commitment to diversity. “We are disappointed that we have “In our discussion, we talked a lot not been successful, so far, in recruitabout the lack of diversity in the seing any African-American deans or dinior administrators. I was a concern rectors in these searches, but we are for us,” Haltom said. “But I think its committed to doing so, and we will important to remember that we have keep working diligently towards this three finalists that are committed to goal,” said President Nan Keohane. “It diversity and making Duke University is important to have a diverse admina better place for all members of the istration for some of the same reasons community.”

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Resolution to support Chronicle ad decision fails DSG from page 1

After the ARAMARK debate, attention turned to a resolution defending The Chronicle’s decision to publish an ad written by conservative author David Horowitz, entitled, ‘Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea—And Racist Too.” Several students—DSG members and non-members—spoke against the resolution, which failed 29 to three with 10 abstentions. “I’m appalled that someone would take the time to write this,” said Black Student Alliance President Denis Antoine, a senior. “I don’t care about Mr. Horowitz. This isn’t about Mr. Horowitz. It’s about someone who came in and attacked my community.” The advertisement has sparked controversy nationwide. The response at Duke has taken the form of large protests. Last night, students wearing all black held a vigil in front of Cameron In-

door Stadium during the McDonald’s All-America basketball game. IN OTHER BUSINESS: The Legislature also unanimously passed four parking resolutions; that parking and traffic ticket revenue be earmarked for the improvement of the parking situation; that access to the Blue Zone parking lot be extended to all West Campus residents; that the three parking lots—Edens B and C and Cameron—be opened during weekday evenings and the weekend. Under the fourth parking resolution, DSG endorsed the improvement of the two parking lots across Duke University Road currently used as special event parking. The improvements would include paving the lots, implementing security patrols and installing lighting and emergency phones. The Legislature also passed a resolution endorsing the addition of FoxNews Channel to the DevilVBURRRITOS AND CHICKEN PARMSEAN are available on a daily basis at ision cable lineup. Wake Forest’s Reynolds Cafeteria—managed by ARAMARK.

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Second UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity house catches fire N.C. BRIEFS from page 5 “I don’t think there’s adequate funding available unless you do away with other programs,” said Jim Causby, Johnston County school superintendent. “What are you going to do away with?” Some school leaders said they feared that Manning’s ruling could take money away from other, equally valuable programs for advanced students. Wake Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. ordered education and political leaders Monday to develop a strategy to ensure that the state’s at-risk students receive their guaranteed opportunity for a “sound basic education.” Manning said they should pay for the plan by making more effective use of money already earmarked for education. &

Fire hits empty UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity house: An unoccupied fraternity house undergoing fire safety renovation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill caught fire Wednesday. There were no injuries from the fire

at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity house, located on Cameron Street near the Carolina Inn, and no one was living in it at the time, said UNC-CH spokesperson Mike McFarland. Chapel Hill firefighters had the blaze under control by around 9 a.m.

The house is near the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity house, where five people were killed in a fire May 12, 1996. After that fire, the town of Chapel Hill passed an ordinance requiring sprinkler systems. “This is one of a number of houses

that are in the process of installing sprinklers,” McFarland said.

Turtles get sand; environmentalists get angry: Local officials in Oak Island are spending $11.4 million to replenish sand on a two-mile stretch of beach in order to restore a sea turtle nesting habitat. The sand will rebuild dunes in a severely eroded area where hundreds of endangered turtles used to lay their eggs. But some environmentalists called the plan ineffective and a ploy to bene-

fit property owners. “I don’t think there’s any evidence that it will help turtles,” said Jan Harris, president of the Brunswick Environmental Action Team, a group that has opposed public funding of beach nourishment. Doug Greene, project manager for the corps’ Wilmington district, said that turtles return each year to the area but have been unable to find suitable nesting sites recently.

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Will protest for coffee Students, faculty and local activists gathered at a rally yesterday to make the community more aware of issues affecting farmworks in North Carolina and the rest of the country. During this week—March 25 to March 31—students have been serving Fair Trade Coffee at campus bus stops. Fair Trade Coffee, which is served at Alpine Bagels and Brews and in the Perk, is designed to ensure farmworkers in the coffee industry are paid appropriate wages. At the rally, activists also protested Duke’s use of Mt. Olive Pickles. Local activists and professors, including Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Orin Starn and Walter Hines Page Research Professor ofLiterature and Latin American Studies Ariel Dorfman, spoke at the rally.

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Prayer space is necessary —and Duke’s shortage of it—affects nearly every member of the University community, but it means more to the lives of some than others. And it is hard to imagine a more compelling need for space than that expressed by Muslim students, who desperately need a room to accommodate their daily prayers and once-week-

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ly jummah prayer.

These students’ struggle for space speaks volumes about Duke’s problems of space and reservations for it. Because no one is allowed to have standing reservations on classrooms or commons space, like conference rooms, these students cannot count on any one place for any significant period oftime. Although this policy is understandable, certain groups and organizations have a valid and compelling need for these types of arrangements, and their needs should not be dismissed. The University should be ashamed that it has not bent this policy or others like it to accommodate the needs of these students. For a University that prides itself on diversity and openness, this must become a priority. Perhaps one ofthe problems is that the search for Muslim prayer space is being treated as a student affairs issue. It is truly an equity issue, and should be handled as such; the Office of Institutional Equity should take on this case, pursuing it with the same vigor and authority with which it is empowered in so many other instances of serious inequity. In the meantime, this presents a good opportunity for living groups and academic departments to allow these students to use their commons spaces, assuming they meet the needs of Muslims.

Sidewalks need fixing

Too

many sidewalks, stairs and archways around campus are accidents waiting to happen. In particular, the uneven flagstone sidewalks around campus impair the movement of those in wheelchairs or with other handicaps. The Americans with Disabilities Act mandates that accessibility

is provided for all. The spirit of this act is a noble one, and the University should repair its sidewalks to meet this standard. Making the sidewalks ADA compliant may require a large expenditure. If the cost is significant, then repairing them can be a long-term project. In any case, the University must pursue this improvement.

The ADA should not be the only motivation for better sidewalks —all students must walk on them. Repair and other maintenance should occur more frequently for everyone’s safety. Unfortunately, sidewalks are not the only hazard on campus. Many stairs and archways—both indoor and outdoor —are slippery and provide little traction. Facilities Management must take steps to improve these surfaces as well. Adding a thin strip of grip, for example, to all outdoor steps may provide that extra layer of protection that means the difference between a regular trip to class and a trip to the infirmary. Aesthetics should not be an argument against eliminating these hazards. Safety and attractiveness are not mutually exclusive. Making the campus accessible is in everyone’s best interests.

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Letters to the Editor

Horowitz’s diatribe contains historical inaccuracies Here are a few things to bear in mind when reading the diatribe on slavery and reparations that appeared in The Chronicle a few days ago. All whites and no slaves benefited from American slavery. All blacks had no rights that they could claim as their own. All whites, including the vast majority who had no slaves, were not only encouraged but authorized to exercise dominion over all slaves, thereby adding strength to the sys-

tem of control.

If David Horowitz had read James D. Deßow’s The

Interest in Slavery

the

Southern Non-slaveholder, he would not have blundered into the fantasy of claiming that no single group benefited from slavery. Planters did, of course. New York merchants did, of course. Even poor whites benefited from the legal advantage they enjoyed over all blacks as well as from the psychological advantage of having a group beneath them.

Meanwhile, laws enacted by states forbade the teaching of blacks any means of acquiring knowledge—including the alphabet—which is the legacy of disadvantage of educational privi-

tion to affirmative action, as if that had not been enjoyed by whites for three centuries, all indicate that the vestiges of slavery are still with us. And as long as there are

protagonists pro-slavery tization and discrimination among us, hiding behind experienced by African such absurdities as “we are Americans in 2001. all in this together” or “it Most living Americans do hurts me as much as it hurts you” or “slavery benefited have a connection with slavyou as much as it benefited inherited the ery. They have preferential advantage, if me,” we will suffer from the inability to confront the tragthey are white, or the loathsome disadvantage, if they ic legacies of slavery and deal with them in a forthright are black; and those positions are virtually as alive and constructive manner. Most important, we must today as they were in the 19th century. The pattern of never fall victim to some housing, the discrimination scheme designed to create a • controversy among potential in employment, the resistance to equal opportunity in allies in order to divide them education, the racial profil- and, at the same time, ing, the inequities in the exploit them for its own speadministration of justice, the cial purpose. low expectation of blacks in the discharge of duties John Hope Franklin James B. Duke Professor assigned to them, the widespread belief that blacks Emeritus, have physical prowess but John Hope Franklin Center for little intellectual capacities Interdisciplinary and International and the widespread opposiStudies

Do not sacrifice equal access for freedom of speech Chronicle editor Greg Pessin’s March 21 column, “Why The Chronicle ran the reparations ad” exhibits a perspective that I find disingenuous and deeply disturbing. Pessin’s and other similar responses defending the publication of David Horowitz’s March 19 ad wave the democratic banner of “open press” and the “free exchange of ideas,” while decrying those who would prevent these ideas from “being presented to the community.”

These ostensibly neutral,

objective and even laudable

concepts, however, obfuscate a crucial fact. While Horowitz may have a right to be heard, his ad is not free speech, it is paid-for speech. To refuse to examine the eco-

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nomic dynamics that undergird this controversy is to perpetuate the inequalities that Horowitz is banking on. Horowitz’s dissemination of his ideas at universities across the nation is achieved by his financial leverage. By paying hefty prices for his ads, he not only increases his chances of being “aired,” but also decreases the chance that less financially advantaged oppositional voices will be heard on equal ground. While the opposition to Horowitz’s arguments is composed of a diverse group from various backgrounds, the author’s actions are particularly ironic for African

advantages from a long and sustained tradition of social and economic exclusions that began with slavery. This is a question of who has the means to voice an opinion. Free speech is desirous, but only so long as all people have equal access to the same form and degree of speech. For Horowitz to strategically manipulate his is advantage social deplorable; for The Chronicle

Americans, who despite his claims, still categorically

Stephanie

experience the economic dis-

to overlook this fact while claiming the safeguarding of the “free exchange of ideas” is irresponsible. Horowitz’s ideas belong not in an ad, but in the op-ed section.

Robolin

Graduate student, Department of English

column, see http://www.chronicle.duke.edu /story.php?articlelD=2oBss

Hideaway’s disappearance will have negative impact I was sad to read in the March 27 issue of The Chronicle that due to financial constraints, the Hideaway might have to close its doors this spring. However, what shocked me the most was Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Sue

Wasiolek’s comment about whether the bar’s disappearance would affect campus. for referenced article,

Wasiolek said, “From what they’ve indicated, their business has been so minimal, one wonders if there’s going to be any impact.” The closing of the Hideaway would eliminate one of the only remaining avenues for students at Duke to drink responsibly and still be able to get home safely at night. Once again, drinking

will be forced off campus, and the issue ofdrinking and driving cannot be ignored. Without Safe Rides to pick students up at off campus par-

ties, more students will be intoxicated behind the wheel. The University should consider that a tremendous impact. Ilana Simon Trinity ’O2

see http:! / www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?articlelD=2o946

the record

We remain dedicated to increasing diversity at all levels, hut I think Duke needs more people ofcolor in its leadership, particularly African Americans. Vice President for Institutional Equity Sally Dickson, on diversity at Duke (see story, page one)

Editor’s

note Additional letters to the editor appear on page 12

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When teenagers turn violent As young people continue to get guns, some of us may want to rethink ‘the American way’ Sandwiched between the two California school shooting incidents was a birthday party for a middle school boy who just turned 12. Somehow, he talked his mother into taking him and four Joan Vennochi friends to a place where they could play laser tag from midnight to 6 a.m. This week a nation celebrates fantaWhat a strange world envelopes sy violence, as Gladiator wins the Oscar for best picture. Last week, we this innocent-sounding game. That night the place was filled with boys, dealt with something much less enjoyable: the real thing. ages 12 and up, who were mostly Last Thursday, an 18-year-old dropped off by their parents; only one crouched in a sniper position outside his other father camped out with his son. California high school and allegedly For six hours, the boys took turns chasshot five people. Less than three weeks ing after one another with laser guns. earlier, a 15-year-old allegedly killed As the night wore on, the activity took two people and injured more than a on an eerie malevolence. dozen at a school six miles away. It wasn’t the bright lights, pounding It is all part of a disturbing trend of music, or unkempt appearance of the often-deadly outbreaks of violence in clientele. Even a baby-boomer mom public schools across America. remembers adolescence. The scary part was not what these The experts don’t know what causes kids to snap, and neither do I. There boys were wearing or even what they were doing, but the look on most of their does seem to be a growing acknowledgement that when young people today do faces as they did it. They weren’t smiling or laughing; reach the breaking point, a violent eruption that kills or causes serious harm is they were nervous and jittery. They didn’t look as if they were pretending becoming more normal. “I think this has become part of the or fantasizing. They seemed deadly repertoire of acting out,” Charles Ewing, serious about tracking down and a professor of law and psychology at the killing off one another. At one point, just before dawn, a State University of New York at Buffalo and author of Kids Who Kill, told The small group of survivors spilled out into New York Times, in reference to the the waiting area. They were grimly silent as they ran around the rest of us, most recent spate of school shootings. Last week Attorney General John bobbing and weaving to avoid being hit. Ashcroft blamed violent entertainment Finally, one remained —the winner. for creating an “ethic of violence.” The Wearing a triumphant look, but still no smile, he raised his hands in victory. The intelligentsia argue that it is too simwatching boys cheered. the First plistic, too threatening to It is simplistic to conclude that these Amendment, and, frankly, too rightwing Republican to blame movies, video are boys who might one day shoot up a games, or other forms of entertainment school. It is silly to suggest shutting down a laser tag game room as away to for violence of any kind. prevent real-life violence. But I wonder.

Guest commentary

Do Memories of moderation Jonas Blank I became editor ofRecess, in large part, by accident. In fact, it probably wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for a man named Kyle Grafton and a little Chapel Hill bar called the Local 506. I was there on an early spring night at the end of sophomore year to see Sam Prekop, a well-respected but mostly unknown Chicago musician best known for his work in the band Sea and Cake. A friend ofmine I’d met through the Union’s Major Attractions committee wanted to go to see the even less-known opening band, Papa M. Being an avid concertgoer (and taper), I thought I’d tag along. Sometime between acts, Grafton walked up. The guy was a Duke senior and co-music editor of Recess. I’d never met him. He said he knew my work, but there wasn’t much of it: a few sundry reviews, a big centerspread story Hissing Dave Matthews. Pedestrian stuff, as Recess writing goes. Certainlynot music editor material. So Kyle’s comments came as a surprise. “Dude, I think Kyle said, “you should apply to be music editor.” I’m not sure if he actually talked like that. I doknow that

he did several reviews that suggested a certain herbal affiliation, and I guess I like to remember him that way. I protested that I wasn’t at all qualified, that I was sure there were many hardworking Recess folk just dying to fill his shoes. He responded that I had plenty of experience and that I was “the only person left who s into this stuff.” By “this stuff” he meant independent rock music, the daring type that doesnt show up on MTV. Music that, in fact, Recess did cover in the following two

not

But is it totally ridiculous to look at the laser-gun wielding teenagers and see the faint but unsettling outline of a

violence-prone culture of young people? I wonder. To the 12-year-olds, it did seem like a game. They are, after all, just a few short years away from being little boys who ran through the woods with toy guns and cowboy hats. But what about the older boys? Their behavior appeared to be fueled more by raw aggression than by childish imagination or fantasy. What if they do go there day after day, week after week, and incorporate a game like this into their regular routine? What does that do to their routine mindset toward guns and violence? The other parent who spent the night saw no downside to the activity. He said he goes there himself and is impressed by how real the laser tag missions seem.

One mother who turned up at.6 a.m. to pick up her 15-year-old son said she finds the game to be an excellent stress reliever; she recommended taking a spouse as a target and didn’t seem to be

joking. Businesses rent this place to promote corporate team-building. It is the American way to believe that a good offense is the best defense in war, sports or marketing. But as young people gain greater access to weapons and show less reticence about using them, some of us may want to rethink the American way. “Mom, you’re the best,” my 12-yearold said, sleepily but happily, as we pulled into the driveway at 7 a.m. I wonder. Joan Vennochi is a columnist for The Boston Globe. Her column is syndicated by The New York Times News Service.

be boring

years: The Silver Jews, Pavement, Arab Strap, Rainer Maria, Godspeed You Black Emperor!—bands that few people know about, but that they need to. To make a much longer story short, I became music editor, it went well, and here I am, a senior and the editor of Recess. And as I’ve sat through several more concerts this year, I’ve thought about how the Recess editorship and other opportunities have come my way in my time here. It was never, I realize, because I was the coolest guy out there, the wealthiest, the best looking or even the most intelligent. Somebody would have beaten me out in

A lot of days, it seems were nothing but a bunch of Gap kids hiding behind various greek letters or acronyms and listening to the Dave Matthews Band,,. all those categories. My successes came, in large part, because I was willing to try new things, to take chances. After all, that’s part of a Recess editor’s job—to suggest new things to people by trying them out yourself. But even with my recommendations, I wonder how many people are afraid to do something the rest of people aren’t doing. I wonder, certainly, how it is that the same tired tripe sells out Alltel Pavilion while a stellar young band like Superdrag or Bardo Pond can’t fill the Cat’s Cradle. Duke does lack diversity, but not necessarily of race. It lacks diversity of ideas and interests. A lot of days, it seems we’re nothing but a bunch of Gap kids hiding

behind various greek letters or acronymns and listening to the Dave Matthews Band (or hip-hop equivalent). It doesn’t matter if people here are black, white, South Asian or whatever. Way too many interesting people of all backgrounds get here and let themselves be boring. I wonder ifbeing part of this community means submitting to a routinized, suburbanized culture, or if Duke simply recruits from that culture. Does it take being a boring person to get here, or is there some overarching mold that social fear seems to stick us into? There are plenty of answers: that it’s Durham’s fault because there is “nothing to do” (two words: Chapel Hill), that campus is so fun and exciting nobody ever wants to leave (dubious at best), that we’re all working too hard or that, in reality, there are lots of interesting people here and maybe I don’t know them all. True enough—l have met some of the most dynamic, brilliant and exciting people here who I’ll ever meet in my life. And in fact, many people I respect don’t particularly like to go out, and they have at best marginal taste in music. But what sets those people—and any person—apart is that their perspectives, their opinions and indeed, their interests don’t arise out of any expectation of what is “right” or “normal” but of what they have decided on their own. In tribute to those people, I offer a challenge to my fellow students, to the admissions office, to even the Cameron Crazies (the most homogenous group of all) —don’t buy into the Duke Box. Don’t straightjacket yourself into a boring life just because that’s the easiest way to go about things. Maybe one day you’ll be that kid in the crowd, and something fantastic will come along that you didn’t even think about. Maybe not. But whatever the material result of your effort to try new things, you’ll be a whole lot happier for having tried. Jonas Blank is a Trinity senior and editor of Recess.

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Letters to the Editor

Pessin incorrectly characterizes ad as ‘radical’ Editor Greg Pessin and colleagues at The Chronicle are to be applauded for their decision to print David Horowitz’s anti-reparahis

Europe to the Eighteenth Century Thomas Robisheaux History 21 D.Ol MWF, 10:30-11:20 ED/204D What makes European culture and society distinctive among world civilizations? The course explores the dynamic impact of the Italian Renaissance, the European Reformations, the modern state, and new attitudes toward nature and technology--and their legacies for our own time. Thomas Robisheaux is author of Rural Society and the Search for Order in Early Modern Germany.

tions ad. As Pessin points out in his Mar. 21 column, “opinionated exchange and open debate must not be sacrificed for comfort.” However, Pessin, among others, incorrectly characterizes Horowitz’s stand as “radical” and “controversial”. In fact, opposition to reparations for slavery is neither radical nor controversial. Among those who for referenced column,

American Democracy to 1877

History 91 D.Ol

Peter Wood & Laura Edwards MWF 11:50-12:40 ED 204

Taught by two distinguished Duke historians, this course offers a probing new view of American history. The class starts with the peopling of North America thousands of years ago, and the story of the continent before European invasion. It examines the forces in the colonial era that gave rise both to American slavery and the revolutionary freedom movement of 1776. Nineteenthcentury America saw the rise of a rude democracy, the expansion of a conservative "Old South," and radical challenges from Reform movements and leaders. Conflicts led to Civil War and the unfinished revolution known as Reconstruction. Peter Wood authored Strange New Land: African-Americans to 1776, and is writing a new textbook on US history. Laura Edwards just published Scarlett Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Southern Women in the Civil War Era.

Sucheta Mazumdar MWF, 1:10-2:00 Bio Sci 113

How does technology affect our daily life? How do technologies we use shape our perceptions of gender roles in society? How does the layout of a house or a city transform the lives of people who live there? Case studies from the US, Europe, China, and japan anchor the global perspective of the course. Sucheta Mazumdar writes both about technology and the history of women.

History 103.04

thought African-Americans were owed reparations for slavery. Gore responded, “I

Seymour Mauskopf EB 137

TuTh, 9:10-10:25

Nature surrounds, supports, and sometimes destroys us. But what is Nature and what is our place in it? This course examines these questions as they have been addressed by scientists, artists, philosophers, and religious thinkers from ancient times to the present. How over time have humans comprehended, contemplated, conserved-or destroyedNature? Seymour Mauskopf is the author of five books on the history of science and is the founding Director of the Duke FOCUS Program.

reparations. How can a position shared by the both major political parties and three quarters of the American people be “con-

troversial” or “radical?” Jonathan Blakely Graduate Student, Department of Physics

see http: //www.chronicle.duke.edu / story.php?articlelD=2oBss

The Chronicle’s deplorable decision to print an openly offensive advertisement is only matched by the “spin control” the president of this University tried to put on it. The advertisement is not hurtful to a “number of members of our community,” because if we are indeed a community it is hurtful to us as a whole. As President Nan Keohane suggests, this advertisement attacked a faction of Duke yet these unnecessary means certainly do not justify the simple end of sparking intelligent and insightful debate. It is appalling that Keohane feels it necessary to praise an advertise-

ment for its teaching effectiveness when the advertisement overtly insinuated that welfare is somehow designed as a method of reparations to African Americans and that the power of the white man

was the penultimate reason for the end of slavery. Keohane also feels that there is a baby within this

bath water ofhate worthy of saving. The advertisement does point out, as Keohane writes, that “individuals could and did overcome the hardships of slavery” as Keohane suggests through “strong family relationships and deep religious faith.” Would those be the strong family relation-

that ships persisted throughout the unfathomable nightmare known as the slave trade and

then onto the plantation? perhaps Or the strength came from the

reliance on the strong Judeo-Christian beliefs the people that were ripped from their home-

land brought to America? My final question though for President Keohane is this: If this

advertisement was hurtful to a faction of the community that you oversee, why do you fall short of apologizing to that faction for its publication? Matt Boyer Pratt ’Ol

letter, see http:! / www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?articlelD=2oBsl

Death row prisoners

Technology, Gender, and Society

The Idea of Nature

party. Democratic According to Time magaBill zine, “President Clinton says he does not favor compensating the victims of slavery, because the nation is so many generations removed from that era that reparations for black Americans may not be possible.” In the Feb. 20, 2000, A1 Gore-Bill Bradley debate, Gore was asked if he

believe the best reparations is a good education and affirmative action.” Also in agreement with Horowitz is the vast majority ofAmericans. According to Salon.com, a recent Time poll of 30,000 respondents found 75 percent oppose

Keohane should apologize for ad’s publication

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As one of the students they have learned with As it is, the government who visits Central Prison the public. spends millions to execute weekly with Ben Weller, I I do not mean to sugone person in order to agree with and support all gest that their crimes make a few families feel the ideas he put forth in were not terrible and better. Yes, the prison pophis March 22 column. The wrong, but how much punulation is at an all-time four inmates we visit are ishment is enough? One of high, but abolish the my friends and have the Roger death penalty and use the inmates, taught me a great deal Blakeney, has told me that inmates to spread awareabout the value of human if the death penalty were ness, and two things are life in the two short abolished, he thinks that accomplished that we do months we have been visprisoners with a life sennot have now: rehabilitaiting them. tence would be willing and tion of prisoners and preIn some of these men I able to participate, for vention of crime. Judging can see a keen self-awareexample, in letter-writing by what Roger and the ness and clairvoyant concampaigns for at-risk other death row inmates sciousness of the world youths in high crime areas have taught me, I can around them. They are of the country. Roger guarantee that the prison clean now and have served believes he has a powerful population would soon their time. Unfortunately, message to send these decline. due to the nature of the young people, and desires state prison system, they the opportunity to share Susan Stone have no opportunity to his experiences for the Trinity ’O3 share the valuable lessons betterment of society. for referenced column, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?articlelD=2oB7s /

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Presbyterian/UCC Campus Ministry DropIn Lunch is held in the Chapel Basement Kitchen, 12 noon-1:00 p.m. Cost in $1.50. Come join usl Systematics Seminar: Ursula Peintner, Duke University. “Evolution of Sequestrate Fungi: A Lesson From Cortinarius.” Room 144, Biological Sciences Building, 12:40 p.m,

31st Annual H.J. Costing Memorial Lecture. Peter Vitousek, Stanford University. “Sources and Fates of Elements During 4 Million Years of Soil and Ecosystem Development in the Hawaiian Islands.” Room 111, Biological Sciences, 4:00 p.m. Academic Eye: “Reynolds Price Collects” Exhibition opens today. Opening reception and lecture from Dr. Price T hursday 5:30 p.m.; Reception and cash bar 6:30 p.m.

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Duke Professor of Zoology Frederik Nijhout will lead his audience on a metaphorical walk among the butterflies in a lecture titled 'The Biology of Color Patterns in Butterflies.” 5:00 p.m., Rare Book Room, Perkins Library. The North Carolina Returned Peace Corps Volunteers invite prospective and returned Peace Corps volunteers and their friends and family to join in the monthly gathering at Satisfaction in Brightleaf Square. These take place the last Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. The Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) will celebrate Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. in the Wesley Office, basement of Duke Chapel.

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Thursday March 29 Saturday March 30: The Program in German Studies presents “Was bleibt?", a conference on post-war German literature. Events include lectures, literary readings and academic seminar. Knowledge of German required for most events. For more information, contact Prof. Mariatte Denman (mdenman@duke.edu) or view the conference schedule at http://www.german.duke.edu/finalschedule.html -

Popßio Seminar: Sara Via, University of Maryland. “Evolution in Action: Genetic Mechanisms of Ecological Specialization and Speciation.” 144 Biological Sciences, 7:00 p.m. Discover the surprising new look of contemporary ballet! The Duke University Dance Program presents BALLET CHOREOLAB 2001 to be performed tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. in the Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center, Duke West Campus. Tickets are $l4 Reserved, $l2 General, $7 Students and are available for advance purchase at the Duke Box Office by calling (919) 684-4444, or at the door on the night of performance.

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Technology Instructional Assistants- The Duke Center for Instructional Technology is now accepting applications for student Instructional Technology Assistants. You can develop new technical skHls, work on interesting projects, and see how technology is used in education as you help support the goals of the CIT. Flexible schedule; training provided, see

Announcements ARCHIVE DEADLINE EXTENDED

Duke’s undergraduate literary magazine is still accepting poetry, fiction and art. New deadline is April 1. Send pieces/questions to arb9@duke.edu or place work in folder at the Bryan Center Info Desk.

http://cit.duke.edu/about/staffopenings-student.html Dell FAST-start -Duke Center for Instructional Technology now accepting applications for the Dell FAST-start program. You can play a key role in developing a faculty instructional project, receive a Dell laptop and multimedia softwareand get paid as you are trained in new technology skills. For information and see application,

ATTENTION SENIORS!! Please note: The CORRECT publication date of this year’s Graduation Issue is FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2001. In a mailer sent to parents regarding baby pictures/congratulations, the date was incorrectly printed as Friday, May 12. Please convey the correct date and our apologies to your parents. Deadline for baby pictures is April 12.

http://cit.duke.edu/funding/faststart/index.html Is a science major in your future? Are you taking pre-med courses? Come to the second annual LEARNING HOW TO LEARN IN THE SCIENCES WORKSHOP, cosponsored by the Academic Resource Center and the Health Professions Advising Center. Thursday, march 29, 8 to 9:30 p.m. 135 Carr Building on East Campus. Learn from Academic Resource Center staff, from other Duke undergrads, and from Duke Medical School students about managing your time and developing strategies for science and math courses that will increase your chances for success in upper level science courses.

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THE WINFRED QUINTON HOLTON PRIZE There’s something new! It may just be for you! Inquire at the Program in Education office, 213 W. Duke Bldg, or Dean Martina Bryant’s office, 02 Allen Bldg.

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Healthy adults (16 to 72) who are non-smokers are asked to participate in an investigation of the effect of endotoxin on lung function. Two visits required. Compensation. Contact Cheryl Yetsko (919) 6683135. Students-The Duck Hiring Shop/University Sports is a Duke and located gift-shop sportswear on Ninth Street. We are currently students for part-time hiring employment. Perfect tor student schedules. Starting at $6.50/hour. We are primarily looking for students that are available to work weekdays and can continue to work this summer. Please call 416-3348 for more information.

Duke University Community Service Center EXTENDING DEADLINE Applications for 2001-2002 Co-Director Positions Seeking motivated leaders with a passion for Service and Community All applications are now due Friday March 30th, 2001 by spm.

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company. Salaries opment between 12-17 $/hr. Please contact Laura Garrett at (972) 715-0303. Or FAX resume to 972-715-0302.

General Manager. NEED EXTRA MONEY: Griffith Film Theater Concession Stand is looking for people to sell popcorn, candy and drinks Friday through Sunday during the Freewater and Responsibilities Qudaflix films. include opening and closing and running cash register. Looking for people interested in working now and Fall Semester. Flexible sched$6.50/hr. ule. Starting rate: Workstudy and Non-work study. information call Alyce For more Stark at 660-1709 or e-mail Alyce Stark@duke.edu.

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP. Interested in being a part of recruitment efforts? The office of Undergraduate Admissions has several openings for a paid summer internship. Interns primary responsibilities will include conducting interviews and campus tours. Applicants must be rising Seniors or members of the Class of 2001 and possess the following: excellent communication skills, a knowledgeable enthusiasm for Duke, and thirty hours per week availability. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to the attention of Allison Sevan, Undergraduate Admissions, Box 90586. Application deadline; April 4, 2001. Questions: 684-0175.

SUMMER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS NEEDED Our developmental psychology lab is hiring two part-time summer research assistants to help with a project investigating mother-child language and conversational skills. Great experience for anyone interested in graduate school! Data transcribing and coding. Competitive salary. Potential for continuing through the next academic year. Contact; Dr. Sherry Didow, 660e-mail 5684 or at: sdidow@duke.edu

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Houses For Rent 2BR 2 BA House. North Durham. 6 miles to Duke. Fenced and safe, inlaw suite. $750/month. 477-2911 House for rent near Duke Forest in beautiful American Village. Sunshine-filled 3 br/2.5 ba attic. Family huge bonus room room/living room/dining room/ eat-in kitchen. Two-car garage. backyard. Next to Fenced park/playground. Cable modem. 5 minutes to Duke/freeway. $l6BO/mon. 309-9866 +

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Looking for Summer Sublets: The American Dance Festival compiles a list of sublets for June and July for its students,

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Available times for events are only on Saturday, August 25 from 9am 4pm, and on Sunday, August 26 from 9am 2:3opm and from 5:30 Bpm. Orientation events must be alcohol-free. All events must be approved by Ryan Lombardi, Orientation Coordinator, by April 25th. Those groups sponsoring events requiring registration should also contact the Event Advising Center at 660-1700. All events must be open to any interested first-year student.

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PUBPOL 263S Public Health Issues: Prevention and Management 01 Whetten-Goldstein TuTh 10:55-12:10 3194(F) SOCIOLI7I Comparative Health Care Systems 5349 01 TuTh 3:50-5:05 p.m Taylor For 10 undergraduate elective courses (Resource and Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Policy, Medical Ethics in the 20th Century, Medicine in the West, Environmental Politics Beyond Borders, Regulation of Vice/Substance Abuse, Medicine and Religion in American Society, American Demographics, Medical Sociology, and Genetic and Reproductive

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Duke stuffs Amaker accepts Michigan coaching job Gators in Gainesville By TOM CANAVAN *

By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle

Duke Florida

4 Since arriving at Duke in 1994, women’s ten1 nis Jamie coach

Ashworth recalls three key victories that define his program. In February 1996, the Blue Devils knocked off two-time national indoor champion Georgia in the quarterfinals of the National Team Indoor Championships. In July 1998, the Blue Devils avenged two straight NCAA tournament defeats to Stanford with the program’s first and only victory over Stanford, in the national semifinals. And on March 28, 2001, Duke (13-1) rallied from a 1-0 deficit and won for the first time in Gainesville, Fla., torching the Gators (12-1) in a series Duke had previously trailed by a count of 23-1. See FLORIDA on page 19 �

Associated Press

Leading candidates to succeed Amaker included Skip Prosser, who led Xavier to the NCAA tournament this season. Fogelson was Prosser’s

Tommy SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. Amaker has resigned as basketball boss when he coach at Seton Hall to rebuild the proworked as AD at gram at Michigan. Amaker will replace Brian EUerbe, Xavier. Amaker spoke to the who was fired two weeks ago after postSeton Hall playing a 62-60 record in four seasons, ers Wednesday, including a 25-9 mark his first year. The said a source Wolverines were 12-19,15-14 and 10-18 the past three seasons and didn’t finish close to Seton Hall, who spoke better than eighth in the Big Ten. with Amaker by “We appreciate all that Tommy has telephone. done to position our basketball program “He’s going to among the best in the nation,” Seton be director said introduced at Fogelson Hall athletic Jeff Tommy Amaker on Michigan Wednesday. “I’m sure that he will do the Friday,” added the source, who spoke same for Michigan. “Right now our attention is focused on the condition of anonymity. In Ann Arbor, officials at Michigan on the needs ofour student athletes. I’ve said final details were being worked out met with the team and have emphasized the university’s commitment to to hire a replacement for Ellerbe. Amaker, who will be 36 in June, postthem and to our basketball program.” Amaker was not immediately ed a 68-55 record in four seasons at available for comment. Telephone Seton Hall. The former Duke star led messages left at his home and office the Pirates to four postseason appearwere not returned. ances, the highlight being a surprising

trip to the round of 16 in last year’s

NCAA tournament. Amaker leaves his first head coaching job after what has been perceived as his most disappointing season. The Pirates came into the season with one of the top recruiting classes in the country, led by freshman forward Eddie Griffin. Seton Hall was ranked as high as No. 7 early in the season, but the team fell apart down the stretch and didn’t qualify for the Big East postseason tournament until it beat Connecticut in its regular season finale. The Pirates finished 16-15 after losing to Alabama in the opening round of the NIT, the team’s third trip to that tournament under Amaker. Griffin, who was the conference rookie of the year, reportedly has decided to leave school to enter the NBA Draft in June. “We have already begun to identify candidates that we feel will lead Seton Hall’s program into the future,” Fogelson said, in noting that the Pirates have already begun a search for a new coach.

McSweet night for Curry in Ewing’s debut By KEVIN LLOYD The Chronicle

West

131 It was basically what one would expect from a high 125 school all-star game.

East It had flashes of brilliance followed by miserable attempts at alley-oop passes that found their way into the backboard, the crowd and frightened groups of cheerleaders. But for all the sloppy play at the McDonald’s All-American High School Basketball Game last night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it turned out to be a decent game. The West squad rebounded from a 15-point deficit after a turnover-laden first half to pull out a 131-125 victory. “[West team coach Robert Hughes] got on us like we were his high school team,” shooting guard Daniel Ewing said. “We were getting our butts kicked and that’s how he put it. I think we took that to heart. We came out and had some pride in ourselves.” For the first four minutes of the second half, the West made little progress and the East’s lead stood at 85-72. Going into the game, the West looked to have a big advantage inside with center Eddy Curry and power forward David Lee. But in the first half, the East held the duo in check, allowing them to only 20 points and eight rebounds combined. “In the first half, we were nonchalant,” THAD PARSONS/THE CHRONICLE said Lee, who will suit up for the Florida See McGAME on page 20 P* EDDY CURRY, the night’s MVP, goes up for a dunk. Curry is committed to DePaul.

Battier, Williams named Wooden All-Americas Shane Battier and Jason Williams were two of the 10 college basketball play-

ers honored. Battier joined Troy Murphy as the top two vote-getters.

� Despite a shaky first half, Daniel Ewing showed in four quarters at the McDonald’s AllAmerican game what Duke fans can expect for four more years at Cameron. By THOMAS STEINBERGER The Chronicle

It was halftime at Daniel Ewing’s Cameron Indoor Stadium debut and nothing seemed to be working for him or his West squad. The Duke-bound high school senior was 0-for-5 from the floor and had a pair of turnovers and fouls while his team trailed by 15. With eight minutes left before the break, Ewing finally gave the fans something to cheer about when he seemed to come out ofnowhere and spectacularly broke up an alley-oop pass. His frustration continued, though, as a disbelieving Ewing was called for his second foul. But as the game tightened down the stretch, West coach Robert Hughes knew what he wanted, and he turned to Ewing to help him achieve it. “We were just trying to do all this fancy stuff in the first half,” Hughes said of his West team. “I wanted plain vanilla, not the tutti frutti and the 31 flavors. Throwing behind-the-back passes, that’s for when you’re up 20. Daniel came in and did a good job.” The 6-foot-4 guard re-entered the game midway through the fourth quarter, and gave the coach all the plain vanilla he needed. He showed nothing flashy enough to compete with the monster jams of Eddy Curry or the plus-40-inch verticals of Kelvin Torbert, but that was just fine with Hughes. Complementing Curry’s overpowering presence in the interior, Ewing’s perimeter play gave the West the See EWING on page 18 �

What was that again?

Brown and out

Williams not Serene

The NFL voted yesterday to extend the instant replay through 2003. The league also banned bandannas in other business at the annual meeting in the runup to Ihe NFL draft.

With an injured right Achiles’ tendon, Los Angeles’ Kevin Brown will miss Opening Day. Brown led the National League last year with a 2.38 ERA and went 13-6.

Serena Williams was eliminated by Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals of the Ericsson Open yesterday, The fourth-seeded Capriati defeated Williams in straight sets (5).

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Baseball drops game King loses first ACC match vs. Wake in Wilmington, N.C. By ADRIENNE MERCER The Chronicle

By MICHAEL JACOBSON The Chronicle The Duke baseball team traveled to UNC-W UNC-Wilmington last night riding Duke 4 the wave of a recent hot streak. Winners of five out of their last six, the Blue Devils took on a strong, but struggling Seahawks team which, conversely, had lost three out of its last four. Unfortunately for Duke, the tides have turned. The Blue Devils’ (13-18) road woes continued, as Duke lost to host UNC-Wilmington (20-11) by a 7-4 count. The loss dropped the Blue Devils to a meager 2-11 away from the friendly confines of historic Jack

Coombs Field. Duke opened the game by jumping on the Seahawks 2-0 in the top of the first. Junior shortstop Kevin Kelly drew a lead-off walk, giving way to J.D. Alieva, who crushed his second home run of the spring, a shot over the rightfield wall. Alieva led the Blue Devils by going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. The Seahawks responded in the bottom of the inning, however, with three runs of their own. An infield error and wild pitch by Duke starter Patrick Hannaway led to the first two runs of the inning, both scoring on a double by Kevin Hairr. A sacrifice fly brought in the third. Hannaway did not survive the inning, yielding three runs, two of which were earned, which gave the Seahawks a lead that they did not relinquish. UNC-Wilmington pitcher Bryan Meadows shut down the Blue Devils the rest of the way,, pitching five consecutive scoreless innings after the rough start en route to earning his first collegiate victory. The Seahawks extended their lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the second byway of an RBI double by Ryan McKenna and the second of three Blue Devil errors on the day. After UNC-Wilmington tacked on the last of their runs in the bottom of the fifth and handed the ball over to reliever Matt Carter in the sixth, the Blue Devils responded with two runs of their own when senior Wes Goodner homered for the team-leading third time this season. There was also a bright note for the Blue Devils’ pitching staff—Colin Begley pitched three scoreless innings to end the game, allowing only two hits, striking out one and walking none. Duke returns to action tomorrow night when it hosts Maryland in a three-game series as the heart of the ACC season gets underway. ■.

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team yesterday. The No. 3 Blue Devils (12-3, 4-0 in the ACC) defeated No. 42 Wake

Forest (9-6, 3-1) by a 6-1 margin. Despite the expected win, Duke freshman Phillip King unexpectedly fell last night at No. 1 singles. Ninthranked King battled with opponent Raul Munoz and lost in a grueling match 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. After struggling in a hotly contested first set, King vaulted to a 4-1 lead over Munoz in the second set and took it 6-3, forcing a final set. Munoz, a senior who is currently unranked nationally, won the first game, but King tied the set 1-1. Munoz pulled away, however, winMARKO CERENKO notched his 100th career ning the next three games, the decisive stretch in Munoz’s 6-3 win. King and senior Ramsey Smith, King’s loss is only the third of his completely dominated Demon career so far and his first in the Deacons Munoz and Mike Murray to ACC. The Duke freshman has nevtake the win 8-2. ertheless proven himself a con“I thought we looked okay in doubles,” Lapidus said. “Phillip and tender in big tournaments as well. “Everybody has an off day” Duke Ramsey looked very good today.” coach Jay Lapidus said. “He has a lot The No. 3 doubles pair of seniors of studying to do and he was up late Marko Cerenko and Ted Rueger, last night doing some work.... Phillip however, struggled with their oppohas had a great stretch and he just nents Trent Brendon and David wasn’t himself today, but he will get Loewenthal. The pair kept it even back in again on Friday and keep throughout the match—every time playing well because he’s a winner. Cerenko-Rueger took a game, the Wake players refused to fold. When He’ll come back.” Nos. 1 competition, doubles the match was 6-5 in favor of Duke, In and 2 won the doubles point for the Wake team tied and then overDuke. The No. 1 team, composed of took the Blue Devils 8-6

win and 26th consecutive ACC win last night. Going into the singles matches, Duke was up 1-0 and had no trouble with the other five matches of the day. Cerenko won at No. 3 singles against Loewenthal 6-1, 6-2 and reached the prestigious mark of 100 career singles wins. He is one of only seven players in Duke history to ever achieve that goal, a feat he shares with teammate Smith. Earlier in the week, Cerenko, who is also ranked 14th nationally, won ACC player of the week after opening the season 3-0. No. 28 Pedroso fought against Bere at No. 4 and won 6-2, 7-6. No. 7 Smith defeated Murray 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2.

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inside-out balance that keyed its late offensive run. “I wasn’t trying to do anything big for the crowd,” Ewing said of his fourth-quarter performance. “I was just trying to help my team win. The shots were there, so

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DANIEL EWING tries to block a shot last night,

I stepped up.” But beyond making some key shots, it was the spark Ewing added on the defensive end that helped lift his squad to victory. Most pleasing to Hughes was that the Houston native raised his intensity and hustle, getting a pair of steals and seven rebounds to go along with his 10 points. Ewing had to know last night was going to be a challenge, as he was matched up against Dajuan Wagner, arguably the most touted backcourt player of the 2005 class. Wagner mostly had his way through the first three quarters; both he and Ewing showed their quickness, but Wagner displayed his superior strength in making several powerful moves to the basket and repeatedly getting to the freethrow line. But in the fourth quarter, when the East squad needed him the most, Wagner was frustrated by Ewing’s long arms and quick feet. THAD PARSONS/THE CHRONICLE “He has great strength,” Ewing said of from the takes a shot a defender. against EWING, field, 4-for-13 Wagner. “I just tried to contain him, and in the second half I think I did. I shut him down pretty The game was also special for him since he was playwell toward the end and I think that was one of ing his last game alongside high school teammate T. J. the differences in the game.” Ford, who started at point-guard for the West squad. All in all, it was hardly the most spectacular perfor- Ford, who similarly had a strong second halfafter strugmance, but Ewing gave the Duke fans in attendance a gling in the first, said it was tough for his teammate to glimpse ofhis explosiveness and his ability to do the litget into rhythm, but predicted he will be a top college tle things down the stretch to lead his team to victory. player the next few years. He still has some question marks he knows he Despite his good play in the second half, Ewing also will have to answer when he comes to Duke. He made clear that he can do better, and promised to work admitted he must work on his strength, and plans to on attacking the basket more often. make it a focus over this summer. His 180-pound He exhibited some ofthis aggressiveness late in the frame was pushed around at times last night. Ewing game, when he scored eight ofhis 10 points. Showing a did show, though, that his above-average basketball game resembling North Carolina’s Joseph Forte, Ewing intelligence may make up for his slenderness, as he hit a pair of fade-away mid-range jump shots to help put always seemed to be in the right position to get a the game away, but could not find his range for most of rebound or contest a pass. the night.

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Blue Devils beat Gators for 2nd time ever, Ist time at Florida P' FLORIDA from page 16

No. 2 Duke’s 4-1 victory yesterday over the fifthranked Gators snapped their 64-match home winning streak, which dated back to March of 1974. More importantly, though, it enabled Duke to reaffirm its standing as an elite national power. This win today is a team-defining and programdefining win,”Ashworth said. “This team can believe it can accomplish anything that it sets out to do.” Before Duke sets about making history, however, it struggled through what might have been its worst doubles performance of the season. The Blue Devils dropped all three doubles matches as Florida claimed the 1-0 advantage in convincing fashion. Only Duke’s top doubles pair of senior Megan Miller and freshman Ansley Cargill even tested their Gator counterparts. “I didn’t feel good after the doubles,” Ashworth said. “We didn’t play good doubles. We struggled everywhere.”

After the doubles matches concluded, Duke’s fifth-

year coach rallied his players around them and tried to revive their spirit. At the helm of a team that includes three of the nation’s top-20 singles players, Ashworth did not have to tell his players much. He kept his pep talk short and sweet. He told each of them to believe in themselves, to believe in their teammates and to believe in the shots they took. His words worked, as the Blue Devils unloaded on Florida in an unbelievable singles performance that Ashworth called their best of the season. Freshman Amanda Johnson, senior Kathy Sell and sophomore Hillary Adams all jumped on their opponents immediately to win in straight sets. Second-ranked Cargill trailed early, falling behind 5-0 to lOth-ranked Whitney Laiho, but Duke’s star freshman rebounded with a fury. Against one of the hardest-hitting players in the country, Cargill dominated the rest of the way, choosing to let Laiho con-

nect on her fair share of winners but fighting her way to an impressive 7-5, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles. Her comeback provided the decisive point in Duke’s 4-1 triumph. “We had our opportunities, but give Duke credit for hanging through those tough and important points,” Florida coach Andy Brandi said. “Duke was more match-tough than we were. They really battled better

than we did today.” Like Cargill, Sell also fought her way out of an early hole, denying opponent Stephanie Hazlett’s attempt to serve out the opening set. Sell won the final four games of the first set after trailing 5-3 and she then fended off Hazlett in a second-set tiebreaker. Johnson likewise required a tiebreaker to close out her match with 51stranked Lindsay Dawaf at No. 3 singles. Neither Miller nor sophomore Katie Granson were able to finish their singles matches, which were stopped when the Blue Devils clinched victory.

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Soft-money ban clears last hurdle

The Senate defeated a severability amendment to the campaign finance bill By ALISON MITCHELL

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The Senate WASHINGTON Thursday defeated the last major challenge to the effort to ban unre-

stricted contributions to the political parties, clearing the way for

passage of comprehensive campaign finance legislation. The outcome ofthe two-week debate became clear Thursday afternoon when the Senate, by a 57-43 vote, rebuffed an effort that would undermine much of the bill if the Supreme Court struck down any part of it. Even after fighting back challenge after challenge, Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russell Fein-

gold, D-Wis., had called this amendment the most serious threat to their effort to limit money in politics. They said it was intended to sabotage the centerpiece of their bill, the ban on the donations known as soft money that reached a record of nearly $5OO million in the last election. “Have no doubt about what this vote is really about,” McCain said minutes before the vote. “If you vote for this amendment, you are voting for soft money. That is really what this vote is all about.” McCain, who has been struggling against his own party leaders for years on this issue, started to smile midway through the long

Senate roll call. It soon became clear that many Democrats who had been said to be wavering were voting with him and that he was also picking up some unexpected Republican votes. Thirteen Republicans joined 44 Democrats to defeat the amendment. Senate debate was to continue Friday on minor amendments, and a final vote on the campaign finance legislation was put off until Monday, in part because a delegation of senators concerned with energy policy had a trip planned to Alaska. But the bill’s passage was now considered assured. Even Sen. Mitch See CAMPAIGN

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Bush rejects Kyoto climate treaty President George W. Bush WASHINGTON Thursday rejected the Kyoto climate treaty and its mandatory pollution reductions as too harmful to the American economy but said he would continue to pursue other measures to address climate change. The administration’s rebuff of the international agreement on climate change, a centerpiece of the

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