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WASHINGTON Concern about biological terrorism heightened Wednesday as preliminary tests showed that more than 30 workers on Capitol Hill were exposed to anthrax spores from the contaminated letter sent to the office of the Senate majority leader. Officials also disclosed that early testing has shown that the anthrax samples found in media offices in New York and Florida were of the same strain. While there was no evidence that anyone has yet been infected with what Attorney General John Ashcroft called a “virulent, strong, very serious” form of powdery anthrax that was found in a letter Monday in the office of Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., word that more than half the workers in his suite were exposed prompted the closure of all six House and Senate office buildings for further screening. See ANTHRAX on page
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As discussions continue about the creation of a permanent multicultural center on campus, administrators have decided to rearrange some current space to fill needs in the meantime. Planning is currently underway to renovate the space now held by the Craft Center on the bottom floor of the Bryan Center. The work is expected to take place over winter break, with student cultural groups having access to the space as early as spring 2002 for meetings, programming and as a lounge area. “It’s really a great space for what we want to do,” said Julian Sanchez, director ofthe Office ofIntercultural Affairs. “One part of it creates a resource center with book collections and a multipurpose space for meeting, and another portion See CENTER on page 7
New parking, transportation director plans changes
Reeve said her office will raise parking permit prices to help pay for the new garage and other improvements By VICTORIA KAPLAN The Chronicle
Only a month after airiving at the University, Cathy Reeve, director of parking and transportation services, has already begun plans for the future ofparking—plans that will significantly raise permit prices next year. Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Joe Pietrantoni said he and Reeve hope to outline a preliminary business plan by Dec. 1. That plan will build upon last year’s report from outside parking consultant Barbara Chance. Citing the cost of the upcoming parking garage behind the Bryan Center and other additional parking and transportation improvements, Reeve said the price of a current $B5 spot could increase to as much as $2lO. She expects to implement the change either next year or gradually over the course ofseveral years. She said the pricing will reflect the proximities ofthe parking lots to the campus locations they serve, a change from the past, when officials considered factors like the presence of a gate. “We want to establish equity in how we charge for parking. There are a number of examples where people don’t pay for parking,” Reeve said. Despite the price increase, Reeve hopes to provide less expensive parking options for students, faculty and employees by creating a low-cost park-and-ride lot and implementing a carpool and vanpool incentive program. Participants would receive significantly reduced or no-cost parking. Matt Slovik, Duke Student Government vice president for facilities and athletics, said he anticipates some student opposition to the price increase. “Students are already paying a lot of money for various parts of student life,” Slovik said. “However, if there is a very viable reason for doing it, as pertaining to the master plan that Cathy is See PARKING on page
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CARS PARK ILLEGALLY in the Beta lot on a regular basis. Cathy Reeve, parking and transportation director, hopes to improve the parking situation in the future. The identification last week of a sixth alumnus who perished in the Sept. 11 attacks brings the Duke alumni death toll to six. See page 4
Although course evaluation data for Trinity College has been posted online, there are no current plans to put data up for engineering courses. See page 4
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Gunmen kill Israeli minister Zeevi
Volunteers for Taliban want to be martyrs
Taliban recruiters say they’re having no problem signing up volunteers to fight in Afghanistan. One recruder said his troops differ from American soldiers because, “The best outcome... would be martyrdom." •
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Suggesting that vaccinations for smallpox should be resumed, U.S. health officials resurrected an issue they hoped was disposed of when smallpox was eradicated from the globe last century. •
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the brink of collapse. Rehavam Zeevi, a former general who advocated the voluntary “transfer” ofPalestinians across the Jordan, away from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, was shot twice in the face in a hallway of the Hyatt Hotel. No one was immediately arrested. It was the first slaying by Palestinians of an elected Israeli politician,
Palestinian leader, for the attack. “Only despicable terrorists can dream of assassinating an elected official in a democratic state,” Sharon said. “The full responsibility falls squarely on Arafat, as someone who has controlled, and continues to control, terrorism.” He accused Arafat of not taking “even one serious step to prevent terrorism.”
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“We think he shared the responsibility with those who committed the crime,” Rabbo said. The Israeli military has killed several prominent PalestiniSee MINISTER on page
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spread Cipro use might spawn a generation of contagious bacteria other than anthrax that Cipro cannot kill. “My concern is people have it on their shelves and I try to look at human nature... They will use it if they get even a cold or cough,” said Dr. Stuart Levy, a drug resistance expert at Tufts University. He warned that casual use of Cipro
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� The Office of University Life and Duke Student Government are encouraging advisers to take a more active role.
By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle On paper, being a faculty adviser for one of the more than 125 recognized student groups on campus may be the easiest job at the University; As soon as the responsibilities of the position begin, they also immediately end. Historically, the official role of faculty advisers has been limited to simply signing a club’s application for chartership or recognition from Duke Student Government. Once the adviser’s John Hancock is on paper, involvement with the group becomes completely voluntary.
The Office of University Life and DSG, however, are trying to encourage advisers to take on a more active role. “We’ve been looking at the advising system for a couple years, and specifically how to better it,” said Brian Denton, assistant dean of University life and coordinator ofadvising. “Signing that line is all the adviser has had to do.” Often faculty members have the willingness to work with a student group, but not necessarily the time, said junior Vinny Eng, chair of the Student Organization Finance Committee, which funds and works with DSG-recognized groups. “Groups usually are able to seek out an adviser, but advisers who have a lot of time to devote are more difficult to find because they’re full-time faculty and have so many other responsibilities,” Eng said. “It’s hard to get the student group’s schedule and the faculty member’s schedule to overlap.” Denton said that in the past, some of the largest groups on campus—like the Black Student Affiance and Diya—have had excellent support from their faculty advisers. The goal now is to bring the level of involvement ofadvisers for smaller groups to an equally high level. “We want advisers to begin having consistent contact with officers, to help main-
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DIWALI, NOW CALLED AWAAZ, is an event put on by Diya each year. Diya representatives say their adviser helps the group plan for the show and also provides overall guidance for the group.. tain consistency within the group from year to year and to help in the transition process [when officers graduate]. That’s going to be our first step, but that will be a major improvement,” Denton said. The Office of University Life sent out letters to advisers at the beginning ofthe year outlining these new initiatives, and also invited them to an informal meeting
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Engineering course evaluation data remains offline By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
As Trinity students begin to register for spring classes on ACES Web, they will be able to look at how other students ranked some courses and professors. Engineering students, however, who comprise more than one-eighth of the undergraduate body, will not share in such access. Phil Jones, senior associate dean for education at the Pratt School of Engineering, said the engineering school has no immediate plans to join the Arts and Sciences Council’s initiative. “We have a standard form, although I don’t think all departments use it,” he
said. “They are handed out at the end of not been raised at the council’s two prethe semester and different departments vious meetings. Franzoni said she thought Duke handle the dissemination differently” Undergraduates Evaluate Teaching, Jones said that at one time an engineering student council was allowed to the previous online course evaluation access the evaluations and report a sumsystem that was dissolved in 1999, was mary to students, but students no longer too subjective. have away to see the information. She added that the engineering “That has been a matter of debate school currently administers evaluations and a bone of contention for a long similar to those within Arts and Sciences time,” Jones said. “I can see where faculand summarizes the responses in typed ty might not think that’s appropriate, reports, which are given to instructors [given] the usual correlation between after courses are completed. Right now, popularity and rankings.” she said, organizing that data online Linda Franzoni, who became chair of would require more manpower. the eight-member Engineering Faculty “As far as I know, we have not disCouncil in September, said the issue had cussed teaching evaluations,” she said.
“I can bring it up and see if people [want
to pursue it].” Franzoni noted that Duke Student Government was a major impetus for Trinity College course evaluations, but that Engineering Student Government had not raised the issue at Pratt. John Cooper, president of ESG, said he previously thought the evaluation system adopted by Arts and Sciences would be University-wide. He added that he would raise the issue at the next ESG meeting. “If Arts and Sciences is doing that, there’s no reason Engineering should not,” he said. “If [course evaluations are] not getting back to the students, that’s something we need to address.”
Identification of sixth alumnus brings attack death toll to 6 The identification last week of a sixth victim brought titled “Absorbing the New South Africa: Lessons Parents to rest the final count of dead alumni from the Sept. 11 Couldn’t Teach Us” Friday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m. in the terrorist attacks. Authorities identiSanford Institute ofPublic Policy’s Fleishman Commons. fied Michael Morgan Taylor, who Amy Biehl was murdered in 1993 while working as a worked for Cantor & Fitzgerald in Fulbright Scholar in South Africa. In her honor, her parthe North Tower of the World Trade ents established the Amy Biehl Foundation to prevent r> Center. He was 42. Taylor, Trinity Pixi-Lr J youth violence in South Africa and the United States by providing program opportunities in education, sports ’Bl, earned a master’s degree in chemistry and business administration at the Universiand recreation, arts, employable skills and safety. ty ofCalifornia at Los Angeles. The Biehl’s presentation is part of the Distinguished A memorial service will be held Oct. 19 in Hot Springs Speakers Series of the Sanford Institute’s Hart LeaderVillage, Ark., where Taylor’s parents retired five years ago. ship Program. The other five victims of the attacks are Frederick Rimmele, Medicine ’94, John “Rob” Lenoir, Trinity ’B4, Forum on current crisis planned: Another forum, Peter Ortale, Trinity ’B7, Todd Rancke, Trinity ’Bl and sponsored by the Department of History, will be held Christopher Pitman, Trinity ’93. Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in the White Lecture Hall on East Campus. Forum on South Africa to be held: South Africans The forum, “Historians Reflect on the Current Crisis: Peter and Linda Biehl, parents of an anti-apartheid International Perspectives,” is free and open to the pubactivist murdered in 1993, will lead a panel discussion lic and will feature several history professors, including
Professor John Richards, who will discuss Afghan warriors, Assistant Professor Vasant Kaiwar, who will speak about Central Asian regional conflict, Professor Martin Miller, who will discuss modem terrorism, Assistant Professor Ylana Miller, who will speak about U.S.-Middle East relations and Assistant Professor Sucheta Mazumdar, who will discuss recent globalization. The forum will be moderated by John Thompson, chair of the history department.
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Bush administration attempts to reassure India By PATRICK TYLER and CELIA DUGGER New York Times News Service
showed solidarity for India by equating the attacks on the United States with an Oct. 1 terrorist assault in Srinagar, NEW DELHI, India The Bush adthe Kashmir capital, that killed more ministration sought to reassure India than 40 civilians. Wednesday that America’s intensifying “The United States and India are unitalliance with Pakistan would not come at ed against terrorism and that includes the expense of India, its rival. the terrorism that has been directed But the response from India, which against India,” Powell said. He renewed regards Pakistan as a sponsor of terWashington’s offer to get more deeply inrorism in the disputed territory of volved in resolving the festering Kashmir Kashmir, was guarded. “We don’t necesconflict, where a largely Muslim populasarily need to be disagreeable about tion lives divided between Indian- and the disagreement,” said Jaswant Singh, Pakistani-controlled sectors. the Indian foreign minister. “And we A day earlier in Islamabad, Powell had can work together.” said that finding a solution to the KashOn a mission here that amounted to mir conflict was “central” to relations beone of damage control, Secretary of tween India and Pakistan. State Colin Powell told Indian leaders This word caused problems, suggestWednesday that Washington was coning to Indians that blame for the violence cerned about Pakistani-inspired terrorwas evenly shared. Powell found himself ism in India’s Kashmir state and backpedaling Wednesday from the formu-
Special operations troops ready, aboard U.S. carrier By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press
Special operaWASHINGTON tions troops capable of clandestine warfare are poised aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, ready to launch search-and-destroy missions against the terrorists in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters, military officials said
Wednesday. In another new twist, Air Force F-15E fighter-bombers flew attack missions in Afghanistan Wednesday for the first time since the air campaign began, another defense official said. Several F-15Es flew from a base in the Persian Gulf area, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official did not know the F-15Es’ targets. Previously the only land-based aircraft flying combat missions in Afghanistan had been Air Force B-2, B-1B and B-52 long-range bombers. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that the military portion of America’s response would rely heavily on special operations forces. He and other U.S. officials have refused to discuss details, including timing. Several days before the United States and Britain began airstrikes in
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erations troops. The officials speaking Wednesday, who offered no details on the mission, cautioned against the interpretation that the troops now aboard the Kitty Hawk were necessarily about to enter combat. President George W. Bush, traveling to a conference in China, said the war on terrorism may take a long time. “You mark my words: People are going to get tired of the war on terrorism. And by the way, it may take more than two years,” he said in an interview with Asian news editors. See SPECIAL
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lation and instead condemning “crossborder terrorism” by Pakistan as the source of instability in the region. As a result, one senior official wondered aloud if Powell was saying one thing in Pakistan and another in India. The Indian government made clear that any US. reward to Pakistan for its help in the campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan should not includes sales of arms. “Any military hardware sold to Pakistan has been used against us,” said one senior official. “We have cautioned Secretary Powell. He took note of it.” The attacks of Sept. 11 have brought profound strategic changes in America’s approach to this region, where India and Pakistan, two countries that have tested nuclear weapons, confront each other over Kashmir. The administration, in Pakistan’s debt for assistance in
Afghanistan, is striving not to antagonize India. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who met with Powell Wednesday morning, told him that, despite Kashmir, India was determined to find away to come to terms with its Western neighbor, an objective that has become more urgent since both powers set off a cascade of nuclear weapons tests in early 1998. In an allusion to America’s shifting alliances in South Asia since the end of the Cold War, Vajpayee was reported as saying that, “You can change friends but you can’t change neighbors, and we can certainly not alter geography, and Pakistan, with India, has to learn how to live to-
gether as good neighbors.” This observation was attributed to the prime minister by the foreign minister, Singh, who appeared with Powell at a news conference.
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Assassination halts talks of Israelis and Palestinians demanded that Arafat immediately eventual Palestinian state, though he catch and punish the killers and other laid down “red line” conditions, including a demand that the state have no milsuspected terrorists sought by Israel. Yossi Sarid, the left-wing opposition itary. He said he would lead any Israeli leader, said in Parliament that Arafat negotiating team. But after Wednesday’s. killing, the and other Palestinian leaders faced a for killing Zeevi. test. “If they fail the test,” he said, “the notion of negotiations seemed far off, as The Arabic network A1 Jazeera broadland will burn, the fire will rage, and no Sharon promised “all-out war on the cast a videotape ofthree men, their faces one will be able to put it out.” He said terrorists.” hidden by red-and-white headcloths, It was the decision to withdraw from the Israeli government also faced a test: promising further killings of Israeli politicians. The tape was said to have demned the killing in the strongest terms. not to intensify the violence. the Hebron neighborhoods, together with Sharon rescinded measures he had the prospect of an American peace initiabeen made on the West Bank before “This despicable act is further evidence of tive, that prompted Zeevi’s departure the need to fight terrorism,” it said. “It is taken' Sunday to loosen some travel reWednesday’s raid. “The head ofthe criminal Zeevi will be the first step on the time for the Palestinian Authority to take strictions on Palestinians, Ramallah from the government. Together with vigorous action against terrorists.” was all but sealed off, as was Nablus, on Avigdor Lieberman, the minister of infrapath of tit-for-tat,” one ofthe men said. Teije Rod-Larsen, the UN. special the West Bank. structure, he tendered his resignation. The group said it was acting in reThe move set off an intense round of Before Wednesday, a tentative truce venge for the Aug. 27 killing of its envoy to the Middle East, called this an political calculation and speculation leader, Mustafa Zibri, known as Abu Ali “extremely dangerous” juncture for the sought by the Bush administration apMustafa. He was slain when Israeli hel- region and deplored “this cycle that is peared to be taking hold. Sunday, in ex- about the future of Sharon’s governcharacterized by attempts to wash blood change for Palestinian guarantees of secuicopters fired two missiles into his ofment, activities that came to an abrupt fices in Ramallah, on the West Bank. with blood.” After meeting with Arafat, rity, Sharon withdrew troops from two halt with the shooting Wednesday. The Israeli government said Zibri had he said the Palestinian leader conneighborhoods in Hebron that they had oc- Lieberman postponed his departure masterminded car bombings. At the demned the attack. But Arafat said cupied to stop sniper fire on Israeli settlers. from the government for at least a week, In a speech late Tuesday night, in part, he said, “to have an influence on time, the Popular Front warned that it nothing publicly. Israeli officials and foreign diplomats Sharon again enunciated support for an the decisions that will be taken.” would retaliate in kind. � MINISTER from page 2 ans this year, saying they were terrorists. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular, putatively Marxist organization, claimed responsibility
In Ramallah Wednesday night, the offices ofthe Popular Front were empty. There and in Gaza, where F-16s could be heard flying overhead, the offices of the Palestinian security forces, frequent Israeli targets, were also vacant. Palestinians braced for an expected Israeli military response. A statement from the White House said President George W. Bush con-
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antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. Levaquin requires a single daily dose while patients need two Cipro doses per day. And levaquin offers broader protection against bacteria. So why the Cipro craze? “The press. That’s why everyone wants Cipro,” said Zane. Nonstop media coverage of the anthrax threats that mention Cipro carry the potency of a major ad campaign, said doctors. Many people refuse levaquin or two similarly effective fluoroquinolones, insisting on Cipro, said physicians in Florida, New York, and Washington, where many people have asked for protection from local outbreaks. But Zane says he believes he can change minds. “If I say to them [levaquin] is stronger and you have to take it only once a day, I think they’ll agree,” he said. Typically, Cipro treats urinary tract infections. Often it forms the last line of defense against virulent bloodborne infections and pneumonia, in large part because its molecular design makes it difficult, though not impossible, for bacteria to build up resisi ance to it. Some scientists fear that the run on Cipro will compromise its effectiveness for these other conditions as dif-
ferent kinds of infectious bacteria become resistant to it. Never before have so many people stockpiled a drug with so little guidance from doctors, observe infectious disease specialists.
“We don’t need this kind of evolutionary experiment in action,” said Levy. In July 2000, Cipro became the federal government’s drug of choice to treat people exposed to aerosolized or sprayed anthrax. Other drugs can treat anthrax, including garden-variety penicillins and tetracyclines. In fact,
penicillin has been effective on the strains of anthrax discovered in New York and Florida. But the federal government, at the military’s prodding, picked Cipro because intelligence reports indicated Soviet scientists created penicillin-resistant strains of anthrax in the 19705. Even so, other fluoroquinolones, like levaquin, would work. Like most drugs, Cipro has side effects: nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, headache, rash, and restlessness. But doctors say it is safe, barely riskier than penicillin for adults. However, Cipro has never been tested in anthrax-exposed humans, only infected rhesus monkeys, so its ef-
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fectiveness is not a sure thing. Human tests, however, are ethically out of the question, said researchers. And while Cipro is not approved for use in children, the federal Centers for Disease Control said it should be used in cases of anthrax exposure. A 7-month-old New York infant became ill with the less-dangerous skin anthrax earlier this week and is taking Cipro. The antibiotic may, according to animal studies, cause side effects in some children, including joint or cartilage damage and walking difficulties. Physicians will often seek other antibiotics if possible. However, some doctors still prescribe the drug-for children with nasty infections that other antibiotics cannot kill. Young cystic fibrosis patients, for instance, are often prescribed the drug. With children, a balanced approach to Cipro must be used, said doctors. Under normal circumstances, “One wouldn’t use [Cipro] because there is a reasonable alternative,” said Dr. Stephen Calderwood, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. “But in the setting of a major bioterrorist event,” it might be preferable.
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can bq, a living room or lounge space.” OIA offices will move to the Craft Center space from their current location in the West Union Building, which will likely be converted to a small, temporary gallery for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. Cultural groups will retain their current office space on the Bryan Center’s top floor and use the Craft Center area for other activities. Cultural groups have been trying for years to find more social and activity space on campus, and several reports have echoed that effort. The latest report was issued in May by the Cultural Space Committee, which recommended a permanent multicultural center and an expansion of the Mary Lou Williams Center. Sanchez and several student leaders expressed confidence that the interim space is a productive step toward the establishment of a more permanent center. The decision to create the interim space was made by Larry Moneta, vice president for student af-
fairs. In May, the Board ofTrustees granted him the authority to allocate all student residential and social space. “I hope it will just be another welcoming, wonderful hangout,” Moneta said. “I hope that it both serves as a place to hang out, with a multicultural atmosphere and resources, but also a place where a student group could hold a meeting, or where a display of cultural arts could occur.” Long-term plans for a multicultural center and the Mary Lou Williams Center will have to wait until the construction of the new building and parking garage next to the Bryan Center, Moneta added. Exact statistics on use ofthe Craft Center are not available, but “the numbers are fair-
ly low” said Brady Beecham, president ofthe Duke University Union, which oversees the Craft Center and advises the University on Bryan Center use. She noted that the center is currently split between two locations in the Bryan Center and Southgate Dormitory, and that the move out of the Bryan Center will help coordinate the program. “We really hope that this will be an opportunity to consolidate them into one location,” Beecham said. “The Craft Center has fairly low visibility right now, and by running two different locations you need to have two sets of work-study students and two different administrative systems.” Beecham and others said that the Craft Center space will work well as a meeting point for all students, especially members of cultural groups. “It will be pretty visible because it’s all clear glass,” said senior Sean Young, a member of the Cultural Space Committee. “The disadvantage is that it’s still in a corner-type location, but I think that is more than made up for by the large area. The other option is taking the existing cultural offices, but that location, even though it’s on the top floor ofthe Bryan Center, is even less visible than the Craft Center.” Troy Clair, a junior and president of the Black Student Alliance, also served on the space committee last year, and said that the interim space speaks to the needs described in the report. “It’ll have some presence in the Bryan Center and really start to act on some of the recommendations of the cultural space report,” Clair said. “Fm definitely happy that we’re doing something now and that this generation of students will be able to see something in the form of a multiculTHE CRAFT CENTER, housed in the Bryan Center, will soon be renovated and converted into a tural center.” temporary multicultural center.
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Health secretary requests U.S. issues Taliban warnings smallpox vaccine stockpile through radio in Afghanistan � ANTHRAX from page I Investigators said it was still unclear
who might have mailed the anthraxlaced letters, or whether they all came from the same source, but they have already concluded that the letter to Daschle appears to match the one sent to the NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw in New York. And after preliminary testing, Dr. David Fleming of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said, “the strain in New York appears to match the strain in Florida,” that resulted in the only death so far in the case, an editor at American Media Inc. in Boca Raton, Experts said the preliminary matching of the strains supported the possibility that the anthrax came from the same source, since scientists have identified about 1,200 individual strains of the bacteria. However, matching of the strains is not definitive proof that the same person sent the material. New York was the scene of another scare Wednesday as Gov. George Pataki and his staff evacuated their midtown Manhattan offices after a small amount of anthrax spores were found there. Although officials do not know the source, Bernard Kerik, the city police commissioner, suggested that state police may have inadvertently carried anthrax spores after escorting Pataki the governor to news offices where the bacteria has been found or was suspected to be present. In a further sign that the federal government was moving to a state of high alert against further bioterrorism, the secretary of health and human services, Tommy Thompson, asked Congress for money to stockpile 300 million doses of
smallpox vaccine, enough to inoculate
every citizen if necessary. And the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of two alternate antibiotics, besides the patented Cipro, to treat anthrax. But officials also took pains to avoid prompting panic, with Daschle and gov-
ernment doctors emphasizing that tests showed the anthrax strains identified so
far were treatable by all antibiotics. While House Speaker Dennis Hastert said his members would not meet in the chamber in the Capitol until Tuesday, the Senate vowed to keep meeting and cast votes Thursday, even as aides scattered from their adjoining office complexes. Congressional aides said President George W. Bush had encouraged them to close shop, but he left the country bound for an economic summit in China with only a brief mention of the concern in Washington. He told an audience of California business leaders Wednesday afternoon, “We’re responding rapidly to investigate anthrax reports and to quickly give preventative treatment to any who are exposed.” FBI and postal investigators concentrated on the Trenton, N.J., area, where the letters to NBC and to Daschle were postmarked on identical prepaid envelopes. Forensic experts examined the handwriting on the two letters and experts in ink and paper analyzed makeup of the letters themselves. Other investigators fanned out to other cities reviewing earlier cases of an-
thrax threats for similarities the recent threats. Agents interviewed officials at private and public research labs searching for possible suspects. Senior law enforcement officials said that they had “substantive leads” in the case, but they said they had no significant breakthroughs in the case Wednesday. One law enforcement officials said that while the strain of anthrax found in Florida appeared to match that sent to NBC, those samples were grainier than the very fine powder form in which the anthrax was sent to Daschle. Government officials and lawmakers spoke in dissonant, sometimes confusing voices Wednesday about the seriousness ofthe threatposed by the anthrax sent to Daschle. Some, like Daschle and Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., a physician, seemed to play down the danger, pointing to preliminary scientific findings that it had not been engineered to make it resistant to antibiotics, for example.
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U.S. military radio broadcasts into Afghanistan by Air Force EC-130E Commando Solo aircraft are warning the ruling Taliban they will be destroyed not only by U.S. bombs and missiles but also by American helicopters and ground troops. “Our helicopters will rain fire down upon your camps before you detect them on radar,” one message says in two of the local Afghan languages, according to transcripts provided by the Pentagon. “Our bombs are so accurate we can drop them right through your windows. Our infantry is trained for any climate and terrain on earth. United States soldiers fire with superior marksmanship and are armed with superior weapons,” the message says. The Pentagon has not acknowledged the presence of any US. ground forces in Afghanistan. Officials have said for weeks that troops would be needed to root out leaders of bin Laden’s al-Qaida network. Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem, deputy director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that the Taliban’s air defenses are now so weak that US. strike aircraft are attacking with impunity. With less concern about surface-toair missiles, US. pilots are being directed to areas where US. war planners believe tanks and other mobile
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beem said. The admiral said this did not mean there are “free fire” zones over Afghanistan where pilots may shoot at any military target they see. Pilots must get clearance from the forward air controller before attacking, he said. U.S. commanders now believe Taliban air defenses have been neutralized, Stufflebeem said. “I have not seen any reports that they are returning fire on our aircraft,” he said. “Their ability to respond is falling away.” Stufflebeem described the strategy of the air campaign as forcing the Taliban to collapse from within. “We are systemically pulling away at those legs underneath the stool that the Taliban leadership counts on to be able to exert their influence and power,” he said. Tuesday’s attacks were carried out by 85 carrier-based strike aircraft such as F-14s and F/A-18s; five landbased bombers such as B-lßs and B-525; and fewer than five AC-130 gunships, used in Afghanistan for the first time Monday.
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Facilitating inter-group interaction and understanding through cross-cultural collaborations Inter-group sponsored symposia that explore the tension between pluralism and unity Projects that involve and utilize the expertise of our Duke faculty in planning and implementation Creating opportunities for cultural groups to express and share their heritage Developing innovative models to improve faculty/student interaction For more information, please call 684-6756 or come by the
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Leaders look Lecturer to speak about campus apathy to advisers for guidance � BRIEFS from page 4
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gramming throughout the year, a hands-on adviser is an invaluable resource, Denton said. “I think it is ideal when you can have some really meaningful interaction with the group members,” said Barbara Dickinson, an associate professor ofthe practice of dance and the adviser for the Chinese Folk Dance Club. Dickinson said that in her first several years as adviser, she attended only several of the group’s rehearsals and performances. “I finally said I wanted to know who they were and what they were doing,” she said. Already this year, Dickinson has attended the group’s first meeting and is working to help the club apply for cultural group funds for five proposed workshops, in one of which she will participate. Student leaders of the larger campus groups understand the importance of an adviser who is involved on more than a nominal basis. Diya co-president and senior Sreelata Kintala said her club’s adviser, Mekhala Natavar, conies to all of Diya’s general meetings and helps organize the annual Awaaz, a traditional South Asian show formerly known as Diwali. Natavar, an assistant professor of the practice in the Asian and African Languages and Literature department, also provides guidance for the group.
Participants in the sessions will receive two continuing education units and will be able to take part in the school’s 75th anniversary events Nov. 10. For more information, contact the Duke Divinity School Center for Continuing Education at (919) 660-3448; toll free at (888) 845-4216 or by e-mail at divconted@duke.edu. _
Loeb to speak; Paul Rogat Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen; Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time and Generation at the Crossroads; Apathy & Action on the American Campus, will ,
speak 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Bryan Centers Von Canon Hall. Loeb has spent nearly 30 years researching and writing about citizen responsibility and empowerment. An associated scholar at the Center for Ethical Leadership m Seattle, Loeb has written about how people can get involved in larger community issues. In his latest book, he discusses college
students’detachment from broader com-
munity involvement, contemporary student values and opportunities for stimulatmg greater social engagement that allow students to take responsibility for their future.
Woman pleads guilty: Jeane Newmaker, 48, pleaded guilty to child
abuse and was sentenced to probation and community service last Thursday for the death of her 10-year-old daughter, who suffocated while wrapped in blankets during a “re-birthing” therapy session Newmaker, a former Duke employee, has been the central figure in the case, which led Colorado to outlaw the New
Age form of therapy. Judge Jane Tidball ordered her to be supervised by North Carolina authorities for four years. Newmaker was also ordered to complete 400 hours of community service and undergo grief counseling.
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need to look at.” Reeve and Pietrantoni cited the need to standardize and maintain facilities and bring the parking and transportation system up to speed technologically as reasons for the price increase. They hope to pave gravel lots, improve handicap accessibility, develop a stronger bicycle program and update and expand the department’s web site
Also, the office has ordered seven new buses, including two fuel-efficient hybrid Toyota Priuses. Six of them will replace old buses, and one will be added to the Science Drive circuit. Reeve mentioned the possibility of eventually equipping all buses with Global Positioning System technology. In addition, Reeve’s office will shoulder a large portion of the cost of the new
Biyan Center parking garage, approved Oct. 5 by the Board of Trustees. Pietrantoni said the office will need financial help from the University to pay the estimated $l2 million to $lB million price tag. Reeve said Parking and Transportation Services usually brings in about $1.3 million in revenue from parking permits each year and that the remainder of the office’s budget comes from parking fines and lot fees. The garage, which will create 700 to 800 new parking spots, will be monitored by a parking attendant, Reeve said. Installing several new bus shelters while making the style of existing ones uniform is also on Reeve’s agenda. By the end of the summer, she hopes to place new shelters on Alexander Avenue and at the intersections of Swift Avenue and Campus Drive and at the crossing of Swift and Hull Avenue.
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Pietrantoni also stressed improving lot security by equipping all parking lots with DukeCard-accessed gates, cameras and proper lighting. In order to streamline the organization ofher office, Reeve will hire two new staff members: a director of communications and marketing and a director of planning. The former will oversee website development and special events coordination, while the latter will assist with physical development, as well as traffic reduction. “We’re way behind on our goal to reduce trips to campus,” Reeve said. Reeve is also beginning to assemble a new advisory committee for parking and transportation, which will have a student subgroup. The student committee will include members of the Duke Student Government, the Graduate and Professional Student Council, as well as residential and commuter students.
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Blue Devils beat Fighting Camels on OT goal By ASSAAD NASR The Chronicle
Duke 2 Despite last night’s men’s soccer match with Campbell 1 being sandwiched between Campbell two conference games, the Blue Devils (7-5) did not overlook the Fighting Camels (2-8-1), defeating them 2-1 in overtime at the Fakes Athletic Complex in Buies Creek, N.C. Sophomore forward Jordan Cila ended the 1-1 deadlock in the 100th minute by scoring his team-leading seventh goal of the season. After receiving a pass from senior midfielder Noah Lewkowitz in the box, Cila faked out Campbell keeper Billy Englishby, who dove the wrong way, and simply slotted a shot inside the right post. “It was a tense game that could have gone either way,” Duke coach John Rennie said. “And we found away to win against a team that was on a mission backed by a good, hostile crowd in a tough environment to play in.” Mark Mattem opened the scoring for the Blue Devils in the 28th minute. The junior defender headed a cross from junior midfielder Trevor Perea into the back of the Campbell net. It was Mattem’s first goal of the season. The Duke lead lasted until the 59th minute, when Campbell sophomore Shea Geyer struck the equalizer into the Duke goal. Geyer received a squaring pass from Dan Johansen, who was on the right flank, and hit a left-footed shot inside the right post for his second goal of the year.
The teams’ defenses then took over the game, making spectacular plays to keep both schools near victory. In the 78th minute, Fighting Camel sweeper Steve Hollinger headed sophomore midfielder Justin Bodiya’s shot off the Campbell goal line. On
the Duke side, freshman keeper Justin Trowbridge snatched victory away from the Fighting Camels during the overtime period by diving to his right to clear Jason Kirk’s drive past his right post. Duke recorded its third win in a row, while the Fighting Camels dropped their thirdstraight match. In what was Duke’s fourth overtime game of the season, the young Blue Devils improved their record during overtime games to 1-3 and showed that they are starting to gain experience and resiliency. “This is the kind of game early in the year that we probably would have lost,” Rennie said. “We lost some games early that we thought we might have been able to win. But we are making progress from where we’ve been and that’s what we are looking for.” After last night’s challenging non-conference game, the Blue Devils return home to face bitter ACC rival Virginia Saturday night at Koskinen Stadium. Although Rennie knows that the Cavaliers pose a major challenge for his squad, he is optimistic that the Blue Devils will respond with a strong game, as they have all season. “These are the kinds of games you come to Duke to play,” Rennie said. “Everyone on both teams always gives their best effort. It will take a great effort on our part to come out on top, but it’s a game we always look forward to playing.” Duke 2, Campbell 1 FINAL Duke (7-5-0) Campbell (2-8-1)
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A out as a potential down year has and’s best season in recent memory. ;his week’s game against Duke (0College Park, the Terrapins boast No. 12 ranking in the Associated .
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;his,” Perry said. “It’s all because of d the schemes that our offensive has allowed me to be successful, ng practice, Perry had not even spot. The Terrapin website still to challenge for the starting job.” ir more than simply compete. Thus is probably played better than any east of the nation’s leading rushnun Foster,
carried the ball 141 times this 0 yards, averaging 6.17 yards per for No. 2 in Division I-A. pite this performance, Perry has not ;red attention like some high profile nning backs, such as Damien
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Perry said that the lack of attention is not a problem. “It doesn’t matter as long as we’re winning games,” he said. “You can lose games and have all the stats in the world, and it means nothing. If we’re winning, that’s what matters.” Perry’s durability is particularly impressive given his stature. At 5-foot 9 and 190 pounds, he is by no means small, but he lacks the size of backs such as the 6-1, 210 pound Foster. However, Perry makes up for his size with his impressive speed. He has run the 100 meter dash in a blistering 10.4 seconds. “I model myself on Warrick Dunn’s style,” Perry said. “He’s a speed, slasher type guy. That’s what I try to be. But I’m able to lower the boom unexpectedly when I have to.” The combination of slashing and speed has led Perry to a conference-leading 145 yards rushing per game this season, as well as seven rushing touchdowns. It has also turned him into an outside candidate for the Heisman Trophy. “I try to stay away from that subject,” he said. “That Heisman talk is just a big distraction. It would be nice if I got it, but-right now Fm just focused on winning.” This week that focus turns on the Blue Devils. It figures to be a big week for Perry. Duke is last in the conference, giving up 214.8 yards rushing per game. However, Maryland also has to deal with the problems brought on by its success. At 6-0, the Terrapins are primed for a shot at a major bowl, a conference title, and if they win out, possibly a shot a a BCS bid. With a game in Doak Campbell stadium against Florida State following the Duke game, Maryland will have to work to keep focus on the Blue Devils. “We see all these games coming up as money games,” Perry said. “These are games we have to win. I really think that every game is just as important, whether it be Duke or Miami. We’re not overlooking anybody. We’re putting in a good week of preparation, and I’ll be ready to get the ball on Saturday.” After Duke, Maryland faces No. 21 FSU, the newly dangerous Troy State, No. 13 Clemson and N.C. State. Perry remains confident despite this difficult finish to the season. “Of course we can win them all,” he said. “Why would I say anything else? [Whether we get a shot at the national championship], that’s up to the politicians.”
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Pettitte, Yankees scuttle Mariners D-backs chopped by Braves’ hitting By BEN WALKER
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that have become staples Mariners 2 of their October success, the New York Yankees were charged up from the get-go. And that meant real trouble for the Seattle Mariners. Andy Pettitte pitched eight sharp innings, Paul O’Neill homered and the three-time defending World Series winners opened the AL championship series with a 4-2 victory Wednesday that was not nearly as close as the scoreboard showed. ‘We’re used to playing big games,” O’Neill said. ‘We’ve got jitters and nerves like everybody else. But when we
take the field, we’ve been successful.” The Mariners scored one run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth, bringing up Edgar Martinez—the tying run. But Rivera broke Martinez’s bat on a game-ending groundout. The Yankees, meanwhile, were ready from the first pitch—even before it. While the Mariners were still in the dugout preparing to take the field, Chuck Knoblauch and Derek Jeter already had sprung to the on-deck circle. Swinging their bats and studying Seattle starter Aaron Sele, they even nodded at each other, confident. Knoblauch singled on the first pitch and Jeter followed with a long fly that had the sellout crowd of 47,644 at Safeco Field groaning. The ball was caught, but it was clear—the Yankees were on their way. Taking advantage of plate umpire Ed Montague’s tight strike zone, the Yankees worked the count all afternoon. The slumping O’Neill hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning on Sele’s 66th pitch. Jeter didn’t do much, other than hit the dirt on a high-and-tight fastball from Sele, but the Yankees didn’t need him a lot on this day. Especially with Pettitte holding Seattle hitless until
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What a welcome back Braves 8 PHOENIX party for Javy Lopez D-backs 1 In his first start since he was hurt last month, Lopez broke a tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves pulled away to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1 Wednesday night in Game 2 of the National League
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ANDY PETTITTE delivers a pitch against Seattle in a 4-2 Yankee victory in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. the fifth inning and allowing only three hits, and Rivera finishing off the ninth for another postseason save. “Obviously, when you’ve had success in the postseason, you can always lean on it,” Pettitte said. Too tired from three cross-country trips in five days? Nope. Too drained from their stirring comeback over Oakland in the first round ofthe playoffs? Not a chance. See
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championship series. “I told the coaches, ‘Let’s get Javy in there,”’ Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said. “‘He might hit a home run, produce some runs,’ and that’s exactly what he did.” The best-of-seven series is tied at 1-1 and shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 Friday night. After Tom Glavine shut down Arizona for seven innings, the Braves turned the game into a rout with five runs off of a parade of old-timers out of the Diamondbacks bullpen. Brian Jordan doubled in two runs off 42-year-old Mike Morgan, B. J. Surhoff hit a two-run homer off 36year-old Greg Swindell and Key Sanchez singled in a run off 37-year-old Bobby Witt, Before that, it was just the sort of low-scoring pitcher’s duel that has been the norm for both teams. Glavine allowed one run and five hits to improve to 2-0 in this year’s playoffs. He struck out two and walked two before giving way to Steve Karsay. As usual, Glavine’s biggest weapon was his control, as he baffled the Diamondbacks into harmless groundouts and fly balls. Arizona manager Bob Brenly marveled at the way Glavine was able to tailor his pitches so the batters would be likely to hit where the defense was playing. See NLCS on page 14 >
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Mariners look to Garcia to Batista tagged with loss, even series Thursday night despite giving up just 2 hits � ALCS from page 13 O’Neill went to dinner with Pettitte Tuesday night, and liked what he saw. “He was ready to go,” O’Neill said. “You just knew from the first pitch—if he
Now, the Mariners must hope Freddy Garcia can get them even in the best-of-seven series when he pitches against Mike Mussina in Game 2 Thursday night. “They’ve got good starting pitching, and we know that,” Piniella said. “They spent quite a bit of money on it, and it shows.” Garcia will be working on three days’ rest for the second time in his career—on June 1,1999, he gave up six runs in 5 1-3 innings against Baltimore. With security tight at Safeco and a moment ofsilence to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Piniella and Yankees manager Joe Torre exchanged an extra handshake after the pregame introductions.
makes his pitches, we’re going to win.” Instead, it was the Mariners, the team that tied a major league record with 116 victories and then saved its season with two wins against Cleveland—who appeared back on their heels and flipped over them a couple of times. Sure-handed Ichiro Suzuki stumbled fielding a ball in right field, third baseman David Bell slipped trying to chase down Knoblauch’s RBI single and manager Lou Piniella shouted at three different umpires. Suzuki, coming off his 12-for-20 perThen, the Yankees went to work, as formance against the Indians in the first round, went l-for-4 with a ninth-inning they always do. double and scored on a pair of wild pitch“I put a lot of weight on postseason experience. I think it eliminates the es by Rivera. Sele lost a playoff game to the Yankees unknown,” Torre said. for the fourth straight year. He’s 0-5 overJorge Posada drew a leadoff walk in all in the postseason, including a defeat the second and Alfonso Soriano hit a twoin last year’s ALCS. out single that Suzuki failed to handle.
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“Tom Glavine was every bit as spectacular in his own right as Randy, Johnson was, if you ask me,” Brenly said. “He pitched right to the strength of his defense. That’s pretty crafty.” Glavine tied teammate John Smoltz’s major league record with his 12th postseason victory. Glavine also has 12 postseason losses, tied with teammate Greg Maddux for the most ever. The victory was crucial for an Atlanta team that didn’t want to go home 0-2 and face Curt Schilling in Game 3. “I always feel like Game 2 is an urgent game in any series. To me it’s a huge swing game,” Glavine said. “You can either go up two, down two or tie things up. Any of those is vastly different than the other. In this instance, it’s probably magnified. We certainly didn’t want to go home down 2-0 with the prospect of facing Curt.” Arizona starter Miguel Batista allowed only two hits in seven innings, but both were homers and that was all
the support Glavine needed in his 29th postseason start. Batista struck out three and walked two. Brenly had skipped the pregame news conference because of the cold and flu. “I started feeling better there for a while,” he said, “but the last few innings of the ballgame I think I had a relapse.” Marcus Giles, who came within a foot or less of hitting two out against Johnson in Game 1 Tuesday, homered on the game’s first pitch to give Atlanta the quickest 1-0 lead possible. Batista retired 13 in a row in one stretch and did not allow another hit until Lopez’s first-pitch homer off the right-field foul pole in the seventh put the Braves up 3-1. Batista walked Andruw Jones on four pitches right
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Church: McCluskey’s skills represent a ‘lost talent’ � McCLUSKEY from page 11 Even with all her experience and talent, McCluskey is still just a normal 18-year-old, who looked past her athletic options and focused on academics as well when she chose a college. That she was recruited by Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford, and the University of Virginia, all highly ranked schools for education and athletics, clearly shows McCluskey’s academic prowess as well as her soccer ability. “She’s a very unselfish player” Church said of his young center midfielder. “She sets up players... and also does a great job burying chances.” In fact, McCluskey leads the points totals with eight goals, two of which were goal winners. Currently at 16 points, she is seven in front of second-leading scorer Alison Sanders, who has four goals. Of Duke’s 12 games in this season, there have been some unfortunate last minute losses. But McCluskey, who has seen action in all games and has started in eight, has not suffered as an individual player and instead has already made a name for ,herself on the field. Church attributes her refined skills as a “lost talent.” “Casey is one of the more dangerous players... [because she is] able to run at players,” Church said. McCluskey started with soccer at the age of seven and played with a boy’s team. She believes that playing alongside boys aided the development of her skills. Soon, McCluskey made the transition to travel soccer on a
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Duke University Union Special Events Committee: Oktoberfest. For information, call 684-5578. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Chapel Quadrangle, West Campus. OCTOBER 19-20 CONFERENCE: THE ROAD TO DEMOCRATIZATION; FREEWAYS AND DETOURS," at the John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240, Duke University. In this multidisciplinary conference, we seek to investigate the experiences of countries with democratization and the conditions that promote or impede success. Call 919-668-19240r <http://www.duke.edu/web/cis/globatissues/conf/democratization.html>.
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the 19905, North Carolina’s Latino population increased by 129 percent, significantly altering the labor force as many other such demographic changes have in the past. A recently released University report attempts to identify and head off potential problems that its Latino employees have faced and will face in the future. Although many of the report’s points reiterate problems already known, they remain important for administrators to address. In particular, the report points to the language barrier separating Latino employees from their co-workers. It does not merely inhibit communication between employees, but it also limits their ability to learn about job benefits and other useful information. For instance, the University has held forums in the past for workers to express their views, but these opportunities leave Spanish speakers out of the discussion. The University’s English-as-a-second-language classes are a good step toward alleviating this problem, but they are currently lacking. The courses should be a mandatory part of job training, available at a variety of convenient times so that employees—many ofwhom work more than just one job—get the language skills they need. Fortunately, officials are not merely looking to teaching English as a solution. Hiring bilingual employees, who can interact with their English- and Spanish-speaking co-workers, is a wise step toward fostering greater communication in the present. Another immediate step is printing forms and procedures in more than one language, allowing Latino workers to have direct access to the information that they need without having to go to someone for a translation. At the same time, creating a central information location for Latino employees provides a direct, consistent place for these workers to go with their issues. This increased communication should diminish an unfortunate historical trend: When a new group is introduced into an environment, it often faces hostility from the groups already in place, particularly if employment is tight. This adjustment phase is difficult for the incoming group, and for that reason, procedures similar to the ones that the University has outlined need to be in place to provide a wider safety net. Just as the University must be accommodating to its Latino employees, Local 77—a union representing dining and housekeeping staff—must ensure that they are taking similar steps. Clearly, the issues are important to them as many Latinos work in areas represented by the union. Perhaps the University and Local 77 can act together to improve the lives of Duke’s Latino workers.
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Bin Laden political hopes led to attacks on U.S.
In his Oct. 10 letter to the editor, Charlie Bailey insinuthat ates “unilateral” American support of Israel is a main reason for the horrific Sept. 11 assault on the United States. Bailey’s views are flawed due to his dual misunderstanding of contemporary history and Osama bin Laden’s motives. Bailey fails to realize that these suicide missions were planned when Israel and the Palestinians, with the support of the United States, engaged in what many called a promising peace process. This means
plefp disavowal of Israel’s how convenient this scaperight to exist could have goat has historically been possibly placated bin Laden. for many Arab leaders. But this is assuming that These heads of state, who American-Israeli relations have rarely shown any genhad any real bearing on the uine compassion for the bombings. Bin Laden’s anti- Palestinian cause, eagerly Jewish tirade undeniably latch onto bin Laden’s antihas roots in visceral hatred, Jewish characterization in but it must be seen in a order to distract their own broader political light. Bin populations from years of Laden knows the Middle misrule, internecine conflict East and realizes that if he and economic inefficiency. is to broaden his antiBasically, Americans American coalition the focus want to know why the needs to be shifted away United States was attacked. from the World Trade Bailey, like many, is being Center and onto the perentricked by the propaganda nial Jewish scapegoat. By of bin Laden and other antiframing America’s current Semites into thinking that the answer lies fight as one caused and perwith petuated by Jews, al-Qaida America’s so-called lopis trying to further provoke sided support to Israel. Yet the Muslim populations in this explanation falters the region. This provocation, because of Its dubious focus bin Laden hopes, will make on our foreign policy’s balit difficult for Middle ance and on its failure to Eastern rulers to join, or to recognize bin Laden’s politibe enthusiastic in their supcal calculations. port of an American-Arab, anti-terrorist coalition. Matt Lipsky Moreover, bin Laden knows Trinity ’O3
that the al-Qaida-sponsored assaults, if in response to Israel at all, were odious reactions to an Americanbacked peace effort that, by its very nature, continued to recognize the legitimacy of the Jewish state. No recalibration of our foreign policy, as Bailey’s logic suggests, could have prevented the World Trade Center bombings because only our comfor referenced letter, see http:!
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Informed students should have newspaper program In light of the events of dence enough to show that row’s world leaders. Sept. 11,1 would like to rec- our community cares for President Keohane, in her ommend last year’s newspa- what happened and wants Sept. 25 column, herself per program be reinstated, to know more? emphasized the need to The events in New York City Sure, we could always become aware of what is hapand Washington, D.C., cer- hike to one of our libraries pening in our world today: tainly shocked the nation, and fight for that single “We need to educate ournot least our own students, copy of The New York Times selves about the causes of It made us angry, filled with with 6,299 other undergradterrorism and understand disbelief and wanting to uates and other members of better the complex attitudes know more; more about the our community, toward the United States incident, more about our Then again, we can take around the world.” What nation’s internal position the initiative to order our could be a better way then to and more about our govern- own paper and add to the oh- reinstate the newspaper proment’s reaction and action, so light tab our parents are gram on our campus. Was the attendance at our paying. Sure thing, they community’s vigils, rallies won’t mind. After all, it’s for Pauline Wong and blood drives not evi- the good of educating tomorTrinity ’O5 for referenced column, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu!story.php?article_id=23s69 /
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Americans must change perceptions Short-sighted U.S. policies lead to resentment I would like to start with a deceptively simple idea: Every action is influenced by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, and these drcumstances are the results of the prior actions of many different people. In turn, our IIE | present actions will fijiLv shape circumstances in im"' the future, which will I
that fed them, declaring all Americans Everyone is responsible for his or times perceived to be a hypocritical to be targets for murder? Surely someher own misdeeds. The terrorists chose “user,” offering assistance to developing one in our government had an inkling, to handle their grievances in an irre- countries with one hand and taking Did nobody listen? What would it have sponsible, cruel and inhuman way. advantage of them with the other, taken to keep them on a tight leash, They will be responsible for this sounding the trumpet of democracy instead ofletting them win a bloody civil whether or not we reconsider the wis- while, in some cases, getting in bed with war, install a brutally repressive regime dom of some of our past actions. It is dictators whom we believe can be and ally themselves with a worldwide not only stupid and short-sighted, but bought more easily, network of terrorists? there is also no more certain way to This perception is our greatest Perhaps staying involved would ensure that America’s victims died in obstacle in this conflict, and it is an influence future have been more trouble than it was vain than to refuse to obstacle which miliactions, and so on. worth, but after watching that situa- learn anything about tary force cannot overI yyijpUf cppm James 1L Nothing happens in a tion play out into the murder of over how to operate in the come. Crushing the Harkins ridrKms vacuum: Every event, 5,000 in New York City and world more sensibly. Taliban and leavingalhnjsL>nt tn ID TciniilK Qa j^ a ravaged and every decision, no matter how small or Washington, D.C., and the current I saw a Pakistani great, is connected to what came before ongoing fears of bio-terrorism, it might being interviewed on impotent could be a iucf anh/it m /r and what will come after—often in seem prudent to rethink just what our PBS, who said that as JUbl Wlliil UUi significant victory, but indirect ways, which may not be appar- country’s peace of mind is worth, America was acting rnuntr\Uphpp rrf we would still lose the jpeaLe uj war if the Third World ent at first glance. And so it astonishes me that so many behind the scenes to J ’ It’s obvious, yes? Yet America is going Americans are not only uninterested in defend Afghanistan sees Amerien n °t just is to great lengths to evade this reality, in such reflection, but feel it to be unpatriagainst the Soviets, it as a user but as a order to rationalize its approach to the otic. We’ve all heard it said that expressdidn’t care about potentially abusive recent terrorist attacks. For instance, ing doubts about America’s conduct Afghanistan’s people but only in its user that practices violence to avoid it’s a matter of somehow justifies ideological reasons for being there, self-reflection. record that the the terrorist attack. Might that not be a source of resentt r .11 i 1 We can find many causes for the terjj V United States paid We WOUICi Still IOS6 tILC How absurd! No ment, to see your country burned to rorist attacks of Sept. 11. Most of those r 1 j money to Pakistan amount of provocaqni j x V7 the ground, caught in a power struggle are out of our control. But some have 7 WOT IJ t/TC 1 fIITU vvOTlcl tion, whether real or between two countries which were been fed by a warped vision of the to train Muslim perceived, ever truly doing it for themselves, not for you? American interests our foreign policy extremists to fight A the Soviet Union’s SCCS / \XTICXIC(X 7~lOt jUSt OS O legitimizes violence, Wouldn’t it only deepen the resent- purports to foster. When we treat foreign invading forces in . . except for self- ment when those countries drop you people as instruments to promote an 7 •77 It USCT but OS O potentially defense under some like a scalding hot rock when you are ideology or to raise our profit margins, Afghanistan. (I no longer useful to them? seemed like a good 7 circumstances. we are shaping future circumstances in ODUSIVC USCT idea at the time; think that stopping, Why, then, are we surprised when away that may be harmful to us in the indeed, it may actuor at least crippling, many of the Afghanistan people would long run. It’s folly to think that military ally have been the Osama bin Laden’s rather suffer under the Taliban than action alone will remedy this. May we network qualifies as self-defense, so long allow us foreign devils to liberate them? learn the lesson in time best option then available. And yet, the consequences: Didn’t as the actions taken are reasonable and Of course they’ve been programmed by anyone guess that some of those same carefully planned to avoid the murder of Taliban propaganda. Still, it is not only James Harkins received his Ph.D. from fighters would eventually bite the hand innocent civilians.) in Afghanistan that America is some- the Department of Music. ;
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Graduate and professional students need community When I was trying to decide where to go to graduate school, a good Mend of mine from my undergraduate years told me that anyone who tells you they have never thought about leaving graduate school is lying. Pessimistic words for a prospective student and no doubt a part ofwhy I chose not to attend his graduate institution. But lo and behold, two years later I found myself a second year student listening and agreeing as a classmate told that same message to my department’s first year students. One of my faculty members informed me that being miserable in graduate school is part of the process. It wasn’t that she didn’t have Elayne sympathy for me, quite the contrary, Heisler there just aren’t easy solutions. Being miserable was just part of the process, a rite of passage. I have never been one to sit there and be miserable, or to just sit there for that matter, so, instead of succumbing to numerous years of a sub-par existence, I got involved. Having channels outside my department and my discipline has been an amazing experience, which no doubt feeds back into what I do within my studies. I wasn’t involved in student government in college. In fact, I was one of those people who frustrate me now as the leader of the Graduate Professional Student Council. I had gripes and I had potential solutions. Yet my ideas were only expressed to my friends, who, like me, though active in the campus community, were not in a position to do anything about our concerns. Now in my third year of graduate school, I am in a position to do something about my concerns and the concerns of anyone who expresses them to me. While the executive board of GPSC and I certainly cannot do everything, we can do a lot more if we know what issues we need to address and what programs we should be planning. For example, this year we intend on focus on increasing communication channels across the graduate and professional schools. While we don’t want to inundate students with even more e-mails, the efficiency of our advocacy and programming will
increase if we can be sure that our message reaches all have small committee meetings. The new format gives graduate and professional students. individuals an opportunity to discuss issues that conDuke is an ever-changing campus; recently the cern them in smaller format. These issues include stuBoard of Trustees approved the construction of a new dent affairs, academic affairs, buildings and grounds, parking garage and a new University store. This conand student life. At Monday’s meeting, amongst other struction will free up space in the Bryan Center for issues, we will be completing our committee for the student programming, and one of GPSC’s goals is to selection of Young Trustee. The individual in this posiadvocate for a share of this future space. Forming a tion may wield the most influence on Duke from the semblance of a graduate and professional student graduate and professional student community. Unlike community is a difficult task that is perhaps only the GPSC president who serves an academic year, this reached for 36 hours at Campout for tickets and a few person is on the Board of Trustees for three years. We hours gathered in bleachers at Cameron. A formal will be soliciting applications over the next weeks and lounge for graduate and professional students to soliciting feedback both on the position itself and on gather could be an important step in community prospective candidates. I encourage you to be involved building. GPSC is also working on setting up a more with GPSC’s selection of Young Trustee and with systematic infrastructure so that programming is GPSC itself. Young Trustee selection is being headed carried on from year-to-year regardless of GPSC’s by GPSC Vice President David Ferguson. Please conleadership. As an organization tact him or check out the GPSC we can do a lot for graduate and \yj rrlr] J website for more information ’/ ] nt TTIOTc 7 n U n LOl W C CCITL CIO professional students and over IJ (http://www.duke.edu/gpsc). the next year we intend to. Tonight at Mugshots, we will 7 L KTTOw WILLII ISSUCS iiC have what we hope will be the What has amazed me most first of many successful bar about being president of GPSC r\pp(\ tn nrlrlrpss nnd HcCd LU UUUI Ljd Uliii is the incredible amount of enights, and we will be doing more re mail I receive. At times it can be anp hrnrrr/rmc chnuU & ular programming. If you overwhelming, but I have really wnai program* WC *riOULU would like to help, please contact one our Lp hlrinnincx enjoyed trying to work on soluStudent Life pmi UUUg. tions for those who have conCommittee chairs, Tobin Freid or Tyler Gellasch. The GPSC executacted me with their concerns. From the e-mails, the conversations at parties and tive board consists of nine people, who like you have events, I have a better idea of what graduate and classes and other responsibilities. Therefore, we cannot professional students want to see happen at Duke. do all of the work and programming for the entire While I can’t promise quick fix solutions, I can promgraduate and professional student community. So I ise effort on behalf of my executive board and myself. encourage.you to get involved. I appreciate the chance So please send me an e-mail (gpscpres@duke.edu), or to serve the graduate and professional student comcome to an event and find me. Talk to your GPSC munity at Duke, please let me know how I am doing and what you’d like to see done. I look forward to meetrepresentative or better yet be your GPSC representative or just an involved member. Our next meeting ing and hearing from even more people over the next is Monday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 103 in the few months. Gross Chemistry building. The meeting format has changed this year, once a Elayne Heisler is a graduate student in the Department month we have a speaker and the other meeting we of Sociology and is president of GPSC. •
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