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Climbin’ high The men’s soccer team beat the Mountaineers 3-1 last night in the final home game of the season. See page 9

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Religion responds to review � An

external review last

February furthered an ongoing debate about the department’s link to the Divinity School. By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

In response to an external review last February, the Department of Religion is working on ways to diversify the breadth of its course options and increase communication within its graduate program. Faculty confirmed that the review identified problems between the normative, intellectual projects of the Divinity School and the historical and critical work of the religion department. The review also found poor dialogue among the program’s faculty and students and recommended that the graduate program’s executive council be expanded. It also suggested the department offer more core courses for religion majors and more prereq-

uisites to allow for specialized

courses for undergraduates. Nonetheless, the review praised the department’s faculty and their scholarly ac-

complishments. Bruce Lawrence, chair of the religion department, said that the relationship between his department and Divinity is a complicated one—the

graduate program in religion is a joint effort between the department and the Divinity

School. “On the Divinity side, the first job is to train minis-, ters. Our first job is to train graduate students,” he said. Gregory Jones, dean of the Divinity School, said that DiSee RELIGION on page 7 �

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Clement, Peterson vie for council seat � The two candidates competing for the City Council’s Ward 2 seat, Howard Clement and Michael Peterson, differ on growth, crime and government accountability. By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle

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MAYOR NICK TENNYSON (far right) presides over a meeting of the Durham City Council. He said he feels the council should function like a board of trustees, with the mayor serving as chair.

Bell, Tennyson discuss mayor’s role By REBECCA SUN

that discussion on the City Council so we can give instructions in an orderly way.” Bell, a former Durham county commissioner for 26 Upon election next Tuesday, the winner of Durham’s mayoral race will face a number ofinternal years, agreed that a mayor is responsible for initiating government issues, but candidates Bill Bell and Nick programs. “I know you don’t do things overnight, but Tennyson are already addressing questions regarding the point is that you have to start,” he said. “The the mayor’s role in city government. mayor needs to stand up [to make progress!.” A scandal surrounding the handling of government Many voters have expressed concern about governloans has candidates considering what type of municment accountability since an audit of the city’s smallipal government structure is most efficient. business loan program this summer revealed a majorTennyson, who has been mayor of Durham since ity of mismanaged loans. 1997, said that the City Council is more like a board of Bell said the City Council, which originally approved the program, should have taken more respontrustees, and that the mayor serves as board chair. “We are a body that relies on professional staff and sibility in researching the proposal themselves before we certainly can either enhance or detract from effiapproving it. “The City Council and mayor did not ask the approciency in how we give policy direction,” Tennyson said. “It’s my view as a mayor to be effective at communipriate questions before approving the program,” Bell See MAYOR’S ROLE on page 5 � cating priorities to the administration and to facilitate The Chronicle

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Administrators say they hope the new residential life plan will help increase racial diversity on West Campus. See page 3

In the race for the Ward 2 seat on the Durham City Council, long-time legislator Howard Clement and local writer Michael Peterson face off on several hot topics in Durham politics, particularly economic growth, crime and government accountability. In his campaign, incumbent Clement has stressed his record as a political and community leader over his 18-year tenure in City Council. He cites his experience as one of the co-founders of Downtown Durham, Inc., a downtown advocacy group, as an example of his commitment to economic development in both downtown and suburban areas Advocating “intelligent growth” and zonings that have the backing of the city and county’s economic planning staff, Clement said he believes that more business and infrastructure in the Durham area will expand the tax base and create employment for Durham residents.

“I want growth to be managed, but not stopped,” said Clement.

Ford Motor Company gave Duke $3.26 million, which will help the SAFE Rides program, the Pratt School of Engineering and the Fuqua School of Business. See page 4

See WARD 2 on page 6

Although the University recently replaced a quarter of its bus fleet, it has not yet chosen to buy alternative fuel-powered buses. See page 4

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Bush pushes House to deny airline bill

Preparing for a legislative battle over how best to protect the nation’s airports, President George W. Bush and his allies brought pressure on moderate House members to defeat a plan to federalize 28,000 airport security workers. •

Pakistan arrests nuclear scientists

Pakistan arrested three senior nuclear scientists and held them for questioning in connection with American concerns that nuclear weapons technology could have found its way into the hands of the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden. •

Economy worsens in latest quarter

The U.S. economy, weak from a year long slowdown and battered by the terrorist attacks, declined in the July-September quarter, giving the strongest signal yet the country has slipped into a recession. •

U.S. restricts immigration and visas

Attorney General John Ashcroft announced a new

immigration crackdown, designating 46 terrorist groups whose members and supporters will be banned from entering the country. The government will also be more strict with student visas. •

Taliban officials might negotiate

World Trade Center opens its vaults

The World Trade Center vaults, to which access had been blocked, have been opened. Among the things stored there was $2OO million worth of gold. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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A spokesperson said the United States must prove bin Laden was involved “We do not want to fight,” Muttaqi told The Associated Press. “We will KABUL, Afghanistan Four weeks negotiate. But talk to us like a sovinto the U.S.-led air campaign, a senior ereign country. We are not a Taliban official said Wednesday the province of the United States, to be ruling militia is willing to negotiate an issued orders to. We have asked for end to the conflict. But he demanded proof of Osama’s involvement, but proof of Osama bin Laden’s involve- they have refused. Why?” ment in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. State Department spokesperson “That’s the message for Americans,” Richard Boucher said the Taliban alchief Taliban spokesperson Amir Khan ready had plenty ofproof. “All one has to do is watch televiMuttaqi said in an interview with the first Western reporter allowed into sion to find Osama bin Laden claimKabul since the bombing began Oct. 7. ing responsibility for the September President George W. Bush launched 11 bombings. There is no question of the air assault after the Taliban re- responsibility. There is no question fused to hand over bin Laden, chief sus- of the responsibility of the Taliban, pect in the terrorist attacks on the and there’s no question ofwhat they World Trade Center and the Pentagon, should do,” Boucher said

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tan might have the less serious skin version of the disease. And in New Jersey, health officials announced that another postal worker, who worked in a mail facility near Camden, was considered likely to be infected with skin anthrax. Meanwhile, dozens of federal and local investigators spread across the city as they began the process of figuring out Nguyen’s whereabouts over the last two weeks,

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Muttaqi made no mention of the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York, but the Taliban have consistently maintained that bin Laden’s involvement in those crimes remains unproven. Before the bombing campaign began, Bush brushed aside numerous offers from the Taliban to negotiate bin Laden’s status—including offers to hand him over to a third country or even try him here under Islamic law. The United States has repeatedly said that the demand to surrender bin Laden and his lieutenants in the al-Qaida network is not negotiable, and waves ofbombers have pounded the capital and other cities.

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the period during which she was probably exposed. It is a task complicated by the fact that Nguyen was so ill from the time she was admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital Sunday night that investigators were not able to speak with her before she died. “What we are trying to do is backtrack in this woman’s life to see who her friends were, who she associated with, who knows where she has been,” Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon at City Hall. The obvious hope, officials said, is that they will be able to find the source of the deadly spores that infected her, as well as determine who sent them or brought them to New York. Yet so far, the dozens of tests within the hospital and at Nguyen’s apartment in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx have come back negative, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday.

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Officials hope for more diverse West By MATT BRADLEY The Chronicle With all sophomores living on West Campus beginning next year, housing planners hope that the new living plan will help to increase racial diversity in some of the most sought-after under-

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trators have attributed the de facto segregation to causes ranging from the presence ofselective living groups, the economic benefits of living on Central Campus and the pre-existing racial climate. “Diversification was one part of the original plan for both migration of sophomores to West and the movement of selective houses,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. “It’s always been one objective.” Along with the sophomore migration to West, the administration is hoping that increased residential programming as well as linked housing for rising sophomores will help integrate all racial groups on campus. But will the new plan succeed in bringing color to the disproportionately white West dorms? “I think that people go naturally to where they are comfortable, and I think that that’s just a natural process,” said junior Thaniyyah Ahmad, a black student living on Central. She could not say for sure, however, whether or not the same segregation that currently exists at Duke will continue onto a new West—which will include Main West Campus, Edens Quadrangle and the WestEdens Link. “I’d say a good bit of the segregation is self-segregation, but it also has to do with the economics of living on campus,” said Latricia Barksdale, a black sophomore living on Central, citing the greater space afforded to Central residents at a lower price. “Most of my friends are black, so I knew that a lot ofthem would be living on Central,” Barksdale said, adding that she was not sure if the interracial friendships that would develop from the linked housing program would last into the junior and senior years.

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“I don’t know if it’s going to keep minorities on West after sophomore year,” Barksdale said. Bill Burig, assistant dean of student development, said many freshmen make residential choices based less on where they want to live and more on what they perceive as the current campus cultural dynamic. He also said sophomores will feel less pressure to join the primarily white selective living groups, since West Campus housing will be guaranteed. “I think that this is good news for Asians on campus,” said Asian Student Association President Jin Park, a senior. “Asians get marginalized to [Trent Drive Hall] or they retreat to Central Campus.” Park blamed this aspect of the campus dynamic on a combination of the current system of selective living groups and the fact that many Asian students on campus tend to self-segregate. “A lot of Asians at Duke associate with mostly other Asian students. That’s sort of inevitable,” Park said. “That’s a broader cultural issue that housing itself can’t fix, but I think that this is a step in the right direction.”

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Park pointed to the linked housing—the policy where entire freshman dorms will be associated with a West quad—as a means of encouraging

Asian freshmen to maintain their

first-year friendships with their nonAsian friends. Burig said the plan to put sophomores on West will expand instead of constrict freshman housing options. “I think it provides greater opportunities for students to live maybe where they would have hoped to live, if the culture on campus didn’t push them to make a decision that they didn’t want to make originally,” Burig said.

However, Ahmad said her choice to live on Central was based on her desire to live in an apartment. “I never wanted to live on West. I want my own bathroom, I want my own kitchen and I don’t want to smell alcohol as I walk through the hallway on weekends,” Ahmad said. Ahmad said that while most of her friends live on Central, the apartments are already spread out, so that living in proximity to her friends played less of a role in her housing decision than her desire for space and privacy.

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Proposed lottery draws complaints Rising juniors and seniors said they support the existing housing lottery system, which bases priority on seniority. By KENNETH REINKER The Chronicle

Only days after the announcement of the new housing lottery plan, student reaction to the policy—which gives seniors priority for singles and juniors priority for doubles and triples—has been overwhelm-

ingly negative. “I heard no positive feedback,” said sophomore Kerry Harder, referring both to the lottery policy and the mandate that all sophomores live on West Campus starting next year. “It seems to me they’re making 1,500 sophomores happy, ignoring the fact they are making 3,000 people really pissed off.” Juniors are particularly upset about the housing changes and fear it will force many of them off campus. “I think it’s a pain in the a-, and I’m going to live off campus next year,” said junior Laura Lindsey. “It’s a big, unnecessary hassle, and the new housing, along with Curriculum 2000, is why I’m telling my younger sister not to come here next year.” Even current sophomores—who will have priority when selecting doubles and triples—criticized the policy. Along with juniors, they said they support the seniority system in which older students get top priority by virtue of their class. “I’m very against [the new policy]. I think it’s a bad idea because it’s ending seniority,” said Annie Feldman, a sophomore. “I think possibly a lot of sophomores and juniors could end up where they don’t want to be.” Juniors echoed these sentiments. “We waited our turn,” said junior Kari Hess, who also complained about the effect of the new housing

rules on the University’s social scene. “Seniority is something we’ve been able to rely on,” said sophomore Claire Logsdon. “We have crappy housing now, and it’ll be worse housing next year.” Other students worried about the impact of the housing changes on See LOTTERY on page 7

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Ford gives $3.26 million to Duke By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

President Nan Keohane announced a $3.26 million gift Wednesday that will impact a number of

academic and student services. The Ford Motor Company Fund’s gift will benefit the SAFE Rides program, the Pratt School of Engineering and the Fuqua School of Business. The gift includes funds for undergraduate and graduate scholarships, community outreach programs, academic programming, minority recruiting, facilities and services. Part of the gift—an annual $90,000 for the next five years—will fund the operation of SAFE Rides’ recently acquired third van. SAFE Rides currently operates two vans to provide students safe transportation during the late-night hours to and from campus locations, as well as the apartment complexes Duke Manor, Chapel Tower and Duke Villa. “We had a third van in the works anyway,” said Joseph Pietrantoni, vice president for auxiliary services. “We had the third van before this gift ever came out. [The gift] will help us with maintenance and costs in the long run.” Pietrantoni said demand is already high for SAFE Rides and that the acquisition of a third van will be used to reduce wait times rather than to increase the radius over which the service operates. The donation will also support the engineering school’s Automotive Engineering Students Projects See

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A PIPE on a Duke bus churns out exhaust from diesel fuel each day. Administrators say the technology for more fuel-efficient buses is not yet advanced enough for the University to consider.

Duke opts not to use alternative fuel

Administrators call fuel-efficient buses impractical, expensive By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle

The University will soon replace nearly a quarter of its current bus fleet with seven new buses, but administrators say they did not consider alternative fuel technology in this latest round of purchases. Cathy Reeve, director of parking and transportation services, said the technology is not yet advanced enough. “That is something I do believe we need to look at,” she said, adding that the University has purchased two Toyota Priuses, which are diesel-electric hybrid cars. One of the most popular alternative fuels is compressed natural gas. Nearly 82,000 such vehicles are currently operated in the United States, according to the US. Department of Energy. Results have been mixed. Although natural gas vehicles are cleaner than their diesel counterparts, their

drawbacks have outweighed the environmental bene-

fits for some consumers. According to The Daily Utah Chronicle, the student-run paper at the University of Utah, the school encountered nagging problems with its five new natural gas-powered buses, including frequent mechanical problems, small gas tanks and feeble en-

gines that struggled to climb hills around campus. “They’re really bad.... They have no power. The people that work on them don’t know how to work ofl them,” said Ken Searles, Utah’s fleet manager. He added that the school has no plans to purchase any more compressed natural gas buses. Duke administrators say there are other factors that make natural gas bus transportation unappealing. Joe Honeycutt, assistant fleet maintenance manager, said that natural gas buses are too expensive and impractical at this time. The University does not own a fueling station for compressed natural gas, and Reeve estimated that installing one would cost between $300,000 and $500,000. The buses themselves would cost $125,000 to $150,000 more than a standard diesel bus. In addition, the natural gas is stored on top of the vehicle, which means that the buses could not clear the East Campus bridge, said Honeycutt, forcing the University to spend even more to increase the clearance. Honeycutt said the only advantage to the buses is reduced emissions, adding that the maintenance and mileage would not be significantly improved over diesel buses. There are many other forms of alternative technology, including diesel-electric and fuel cell vehicles, but Transportation Services did not examine these in great detail outside of the new vans. “There’s not a good product out there now,” said Reeve. Duke Student Government has' encouraged the ad-

ministration to look at alternative fuel-powered buses, but has primarily focused on other goals, such as minimizing large crowds for buses between classes and increasing the frequency ofbuses along the Science Drive route. “[The alternative fuel issue] is really on the back burners right now,” said sophomore Clifford Davison, a member of DSG’s facilities and athletics committee.

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Tennyson, Bell disagree on handling of loan scandal MAYOR’S ROLE from page 1 Bell also criticized the city’s confidensaid, explaining that council members tial handling of the situation, but Tendid not adequately research the program nyson did not believe that the investigaor its director’s history and references. tion had been hidden from the public. “In some cases [council members] rely Another factor potentially affecting too heavily on staff and don’t check the operation of the city government is records themselves,” he continued. “If you the size of its City Council, which will be look at my record as a county commisreduced from 13 members to seven after sioner, I just don’t accept records, espeTuesday’s election. cially in finances.... What you do by askBell said the decreased size of the ing questions is you put people on notice.” City Council makes Tuesday’s election However, Tennyson argued that the all the more critical. “There is a reduced City Council acted within its appropriopportunity to have broader-based repate jurisdiction. resentation in the community,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any way for a However, Bell also noted that the adcouncil to identify what’s an erroneous vantage to having fewer council memreport,” he said. “We have to try to set bers is the potential to arrive at decipolicies that, when violated,.we get a sions more efficiently and quickly. warning of. In this case, because we didTennyson said the efficiency of City n’t get a warning early enough, things Council operations will depend on the got worse than they should have. There’s people involved—both the council a delegation of authority, and the ultimembers themselves as well as the mate responsibility rests with us. Overcity’s staff. He also said that the alall, the fact that the system didn’t work tered size will not substantially change in this case is a matter of concern, but the mayor’s influence within the City it’s also something that happens with Council, and that every member will any 2,000 member organization.” still be equal. &

Gift supports Pratt, Fuqua FORD from page 4 Program. Ford also helps support a number of the business school’s activities, including the Ford Minority Workshop, a four-day event designed to rehigh-potential minority cruit candidates, the MBA Games, organized to raise funds for the Special Olympics, and the Ford Library in Fuqua’s Thomas F. Keller Center for MBA Education. “We are pleased to recognize Duke

University's achievements in education, and hope to help enrich this school through our contributions,” said Kathleen Oswald, executive director of Ford Motor Company’s Human Resources Customer Operations. Duke is one of 31 institutions in Ford’s College Relations Sponsor Program, an initiative that intends to develop relationships between the Ford Motor Company Fund and institutions of higher education.

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Peterson calls for outside audit of Durham finances WARD 2 from page 1 On the other hand, Peterson said he believes that suburban development often hurts the environment and does not help create local jobs. “[Clement] rubber-stamps everything the developers want,” said Peterson, Trinity ’65, a former editor and columnist for The Chronicle. “I believe in a moratorium on all rezoning on the

Bond-ing with Durham schools President Nan Keohane tours Rogers-Herr Middle School to see how the school would benefit if Durham County voters approve one of five bond initiatives totaling $74.4 million on Nov. 6. The initiatives include the following: $51.8 million for expansion and renovation projects at 11 schools throughout the county. $10.3 million tor improvements to library facilities, including the building of a new branch library in eastern Durham. •

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periphery of the city.” However, Peterson said he supports the renewal ofthe downtown area and believes that suburban growth takes jobs and opportunity away from poten-. tial downtown developments. Peterson also said that city government is not doing enough to stop crime. In particular, he referred to Durham’s gang problem as “urban terrorism, [which is] far more of a threat to us than foreign terrorism.” To combat crime, Peterson proposed two programs that have already been instituted in other cities, Project EXILE and Operation Night Light. Project EXILE mandates that anyone caught with an illegal weapon within the city automatically receives five years in jail. Operation Night Light calls for probation officers to make unannounced visits to the homes of those on probation to ensure that the terms of the probation are being obeyed.

Clement also said he supports stronger crime enforcement. He is cochair of the Durham Crime Cabinet, a group that works to coordinate the public safety resources of both the city and the county. He said crime prevention should be a priority of city government as well.

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ing children after-school activities [to prevent gang activity],” Clement said. Both candidates expressed concern about the city’s small-business loan program. The city received federal grants to aid businesses within Durham, and now some of those loans are unaccounted for and under federal investigation. “[The City Council is] accountable for what happened,” said Clement. He expressed confidence that current problems will be resolved and proposed “timely reports” on all loans issued by the city in the future to prevent misuse. Peterson said he agrees that blame for mismanagement of the loans lies with the City Council, but does not believe his opponent will work for complete fiscal accountability. “I’m calling for a complete, independent, outside audit of all city finances,” said Peterson.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 � PAGE 7

Religion faculty debates link to Divinity Students fault policy’s

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Christian studies. Biblical studies and studies ofchurch history are central to what the religion department has become at Duke.” A written graduate student response to the review suggested that some graduate students found it necessary to supplement their coursework with classes outside of the department. “Some students in historical studies have been frustrated with the the-

vinity provides theological aspects of study that strengthen the program, “It’s a much stronger program as a shared program than [either entity] could possibly support on its own,”

Jones said.

Some religion professors felt un-

comfortable with the program’s ties to Divinity, which is affiliated with the Methodist Church. Of the 32 faculty members who staff the graduate program, 18 of them are Divinity professors, and only four members of the graduate faculty specialize in nonJtideo-Christian areas. Kalman Bland, professor of religion and director of Judaic Studies, called the cooperation in the graduate

program quite stunning and unique to Duke. Others disagreed, and some faculty allege that the religion department’s Christian emphasis has not changed since the department’s inception 40 years ago. “We shouldn’t have a party affiliation any more than the political science department should have an affiliation with the Republican National Committee,” said William Hart, who was an assistant professor of religion before leaving for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “Religious studies at Duke centers around

ological emphases even in historically-oriented courses)” reads the response, which also notes that some graduate students found the tensions between the differing missions of the religion department and Divinity stimulating. Lawrence said there is a difficult balance between a graduate program—which must devote significant attention to languages, history and theology—and a broader undergraduate program that focuses on a wide survey of religions. “It’s a very different agenda for an undergraduate department,” Lawrence said. “There’s so much to account for

with all the different traditions.... Our task is at once broader and thinner.” Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School, said that the issue of breadth comes down to critical mass: “How do you make that choice? Do you make it

so broad that you can’t really be superb in anything?” The department has reacted rapidly since the review, hiring Ebrahim Moosa, a renowned expert in Islam from Stanford University, Leela Prasad, an expert in South Asian religions, especially Hinduism, and Richard Jaffe, an expert in Buddhism. “We will be looking at where future slots should go as people retire,” said William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. “We hope to maintain the balance that has existed and maintain the strength of Judeo-Christian studies.” Despite these changes, Lawrence said the external review was at least partially flawed, arguing that the reviewers spent too little time at the University. “They themselves seemed confused about the difference between

Religion and Divinity,” he said. Siegel said the graduate program was a top concern of the Academic Priorities Committee of the Academic Council. He said the graduate program needs to develop a strategy to make it a more developed entity and hoped that it might function with more continuity in the future. “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” Siegel said. “It’s not a discipline; it’s an interdiscipline.” Dave Ingram contributed to this story.

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ing sophomore year,” said sophomore Katie Hindman. “It’s ridiculous.” The proposed housing changes also significantly affect selective houses, who submitted preferences for their future locations last week. Tonight, selective houses will learn where Student Affairs has reassigned them. “Depending on how reassignment goes, that may force some seniors to go into the general lottery,” said junior Dante Cutrona, a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. “It would be nice to know if I was living on West. It’s difficult for us to make a decision [about moving off campus].” Selective house members indicated they believe the new policy will be less of a burden to them than to independent students; still, they lamented the lack of choice. “We don’t have many options—you’re stuck with what you get,” said sophomore Andy Abernathy, a member of Mirecourt Dormitory. Students have also objected to the overall change in residential policy. “I think it’s preposterous —once again, the University isn’t listening to student complaints,” said sophomore Jennifer Snook.

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Students across the Triangle celebrated Halloween Wednesday. On campus, some spirited Dukies put two pumpkins up in Crowell Quadrangle (left), and the Chapel held an All Hallows Eve Service in the evening (bottom right) Across the way in Chapel Hill, crowds (top) gathered to revel in the night (center, middle right). Photos by Jane Hetherington and Thad Parsons

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Blue Devils defeat Mountaineers 3-1 Field hockey By KIYA BAJPAI The Chronicle Duke 3 After a few scares, the Duke men’s soccer team evened up its record to ASU I 8-8 overall with a 3-1 victory over Appalachian State (8-7) last night. The Halloween night game was the last at Koskinen Stadium for the five Blue Devil seniors,

opens ACCs against Cavs � Duke will play without the

Scott Maslin, Kevin Sakuda, Noah Lewkowitz, Demetrio Sanchez and Scott Noble. All of the seniors started except Noble, who is out for the season due to a kidney transplant surgery. For Maslin, the reality of having played his last game on Duke’s field has not quite hit home. “I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet,” he commented. “I have a lot of good memories here, and I know I am a stronger person for it all.” According to Maslin, the Blue Devils goalkeeper who is currently ranked 16th in the NCAA for his goals against average and was named ACC player of the week in late September, the battle was an even one and either team could have come away with the win. “The game was 3-1, but in the second half especially, [the Mountaineers] had a lot of good opportunities,” Maslin said. Duke coach John Rennie believed that his team was kept at bay due to a very defense-oriented Appalachian State team. “They played a very defensive game and hoped to score on a counter-attack, which they did. The first half was quiet... but the game opened up after the first goal,” Rennie said.

Junior midfielder Donald Mclntosh earned the first goal off a penalty shot with 11:26 left in the first half after Lewkowitz was taken down in the box and play was stopped. The goal started the Blue Devils on a run of shooting, but they could not get past Mountaineer goalie Chris Robinson for the remainder ofthe first half. See MEN’S SOCCER on page 12 ,

ACC’s top-scorer, freshman Johanna Bischof, who has missed the past three games with mono. By MIKE COREY The Chronicle

Currently ranked 15th nationally, fifth-seeded Duke will have its hands full with the toughest conference tournament in the nation this weekend. Duke is currently on the fringe of advancing to the NCAA tournament and is hoping for a strong showing to solidify its hopes of a postseason berth. Only 16 teams are selected to compete for the

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national championship. The ACC has each of its five members ranked in the top 15 in two national polls. Its teams have gone 46-10 against non-conference teams. Most notably, the ACC is 8-2 against the Big Ten, widely regarded as the second best field hockey conference in America. The ACC boasts three teams which have been ranked No. 1 during the course of this season—Maryland, North Carolina, and Wake Forest. These are concerns two, three, and See FIELD HOCKEY on page 12

NOAH LEWKOWITZ fights for a loose ball against Appalachian State.

Key homers by Jeter, Martinez carry N .Y. to victory Stadium scoreboard flashed “Welcome to November Baseball.” “We always feel as though we have \ mkees 4 NEW YORK Baseball fans, meet a chance to win a game,” Jeter said. 3 the D'Eacks Mr. “When you get to the postseason, you first November—Derek Jeter. can throw everything out that you’ve Four minutes after midnight, done in the regular season.” Jeter earned that distinction by hitSchilling, pitching on three days’ ting a home run with two outs in the rest, did everything Arizona could bottom of 10th inning to lift the New have asked. But when Kim relieved, York Yankees over the Arizona the game turned spooky for the Diamondbacks 4-3 and tie the World Diamondbacks on Halloween night. Series at two games each. ‘We had a lead, we had six outs Tino Martinez saved the Yankees left to go in the ballgame,” Arizona Wednesday night with a two-out, manager Bob Brenly said. “That’s two-run homer in the ninth off, the way we hoped it would work out. Byung-Hyun Kim, who had relieved Unfortunately, it didn’t.” Now, the defending three-time a gutsy Curt Schilling. Then Jeter, who usually shines in champion Yankees will send Mike October, connected off Kim. The Mussina against Miguel Batista in Yankees spilled out of the dugout to Game 5 Thursday night. Mariano Rivera broke three bats greet him at home plate, where he a in hop. perfect 10th inning for the win. a two-footed landed with A crowd that included Mr. Jeter said it was the first gameJackson—had ending homer he could remember, October—Reggie night, all but then crazy it came after the Yankee been shortly and

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DEREK JETER celebrates his game-winning home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Masters Champ dies Former Duke golfer and 1959 Masters champ Art Wall passed away yesterday at the age of 77. Wall was a member of the 194749 Duke golf team and three Ryder Cup squads.

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turned quiet in the ninth inning with the Yankees in trouble. Kim, who struck out the side in the eighth, gave up a one-out single to Paul O’Neill before striking out Bernie Williams. But Martinez, who had been hitless in nine Series at-bats, launched a drive over the center field fence to tie it. The sellout crowd of 55,863 roared, and several Yankees jumped over the railing in front of the dugout to celebrate. Kim set down the first two batters in the 10th. But Jeter, who had been only l-for-15 in the Series, rose to the occasion. Jeter fouled three two-strike pitches and then sent an oppositefield drive into the seats in right. Making Brenly look like a genius, Schilling showed no ill effects in giving up three hits over seven innings. His bid for a record fifth win in a

postseason, however, ended when the Yankees rallied.

Not many tune in Michael Jordan returned to the NBA Tuesday night and only 3.3 million viewers tuned in to watch. However, 16.2 million television households watched the World Series.

NBA Scores Heat 97, Raptors 92 Nets 95, Celtics 92 Pacers 98, Bulls 73 Hornets 100, Cavaliers 94 Blazers 92, Warriors 87

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“As far as the father-son thing, after the first one, some of the shine and glamour is gone That’s more of the focus. Now the novelty is his hat.” Clemson coach Tommy Bowden ON FACING HIS FATHER'S TEAM

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Cila continues hot streak Duke seeks revenge for loss with goal in second half to Virginia in season finale MEN’S SOCCER from page 9 In the second half, the Blue Devils again came out strong, but had to play against a more aggressive Appalachian State team. It did not take long, however, for the Blue Devils to break down

the Mountaineer defense. Duke’s Robert Antoniou, a junior defender, brought the score to 2-0 with his goal in

the ball bounced out of the Duke goal. Blue Devil sophomore Jordan Cila then received the ball from Sakuda and Trevor Perea for the final goal of the match. Duke and Appalachian State have not played each other since 1997, but Duke has won the last 15 matchups. Golan and his team came to Duke to simply compete and to attempt to get a win on the road. “We were trying to get a win against a very good team,” Golan said. “I thought it was a good game at the end of the day. I give Duke credit for playing a

the 12th minute of the half. Six minutes later, Lewkowitz was again attacked in the box and was awarded a penalty kick, but his well-driven shot just missed the goal and hit the center of the crossbar. Appalachian State then seized the great match.” Duke lost its past three matches to opportunity on their counter-attack with their first and only goal of the Virginia, UNC-Greensboro, and night by senior Jordy Broder. Charlotte by just one goal. In fact, all of “The goal he hit was just perfect” Duke’s losses have been by a single-goal Maslin said. difference. The Blue Devils have not Broder’s goal was his ninth of the seahad a season under .500 since 1977,and son. He is currently the Mountaineers’ are hoping to come up with some big leading scorer. Although Broder has wins in their final three games of the been a large part of the scoring for his season before ACCs and perhaps the team, he also played well in other NCAA tournament. aspects of the game. Duke 3, Appalachian State 1 “Jordy’s had a great career over four 1 2 F years and... in addition to being able to FINAL 0 11 score goals, he showed... that he’s a very Appalachian State (8-7) Duke (8-8) 3 1 2 versatile player,” Mountaineer coach Appalachian GOALS; State-Jordy Broder (Jones) 64:01. Duke-Mclntosh Dave Golan said. 33:36, Antoniou 57:07, Cila (Perea,Sanchez) 72:09, Soon after Broder’s goal, the SAVES: Appalachian State 6 (Robinson), Duke 5 (Maslin). Mountaineers almost scored again, but Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance—2oo .

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tournament play today. The first concern for Duke is fourthseeded Virginia, which defeated the Blue Devils 2-1 in overtime this past Sunday. Duke takes on the Cavaliers today at 4 p.m. at North Carolina’s Francis E. Henry Stadium in the first round ofthe tournament. “Virginia is a very good team,” coach Liz Tchbu said. “They mark tightly and play a physical brand of field hockey.” The Blue Devils like their chances, though. In the setback to the Cavaliers, Duke was unable to convert on 10 penalty corners.

Another opportunity lost was a very reminiscent of Duke’s recent loss to Wake Forest. Duke again knocked a ball into the goal in overtime, only to have it called off by the umpire. “Corner execution will be a key for us on Thursday,” Tchou said. Going 0-4 in conference play, the Blue Devils have still managed to earn a great deal of respect among its conference foes. In its losses to Maryland, Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Virginia, Duke has lost by a total of just 5 goals. Three of those contests were decided in overtime. Duke’s players have demonstrated their ability despite their 9-8 record. Freshman Johanna Bischof has been

atop the ACC in both goals (14) and points (33) for the majority of the season. Also, Senior Liz Bateman is in fourth in the conference in assists with nine. The individual game-high marks are made up entirely of Duke players. Bischof scored more goals and had more points than anyone in a single game with her four-goal, eight-point performance against Ursinus on Oct. 14. Bateman followed her lead with a

seven-point game against Appalachian State on Sept. 30. Senior Kim Susko racked up three assists against Ursinus to lead that ACC category, and senior goalie Hallie Smith stopped a remarkable 17 shots against James Madison on Aug. 26. Duke will have to play without Bischof

in the tournament, however. Struggling the past week with sickness, she was recently diagnosed with mononucleosis. She had missed most of the past three games while she wasn’t feeling well, but will not play at all this weekend. “We are confident that everyone will step up to fill the void,” said Tchou. “We had players step forward versus Wake Forest and Virginia, we just didn’t finish.” Thursday’s winner will have a date with No. 1 seed Maryland on Friday at 7 pm. No. 2 seed Wake Forest will take on No. 3 seed North Carolina in the other halfof the draw. Wake is 2-0 against the vaunted Tar Heels this season.

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Keeping kosher Diversity

has been a buzzword at Duke for some time. The University has proven it values a student body that represents a plethora ofbackgrounds, beliefs and lifestyles. Unfortunately, the recent financial woes of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life threaten one ofthe components of its diverse community: students who keep kosher. Should the FCJLs kosher dining facility close—a distinct possibility considering the kitchen’s annual $50,000 deficit—current and potential Jewish students who follow strict dietary laws will not be able to attend the University. The FCJL took years to come to fruition, and since it opened it has chosen to receive no University funding. However, considering the its current financial troubles, both the Freeman Center and the University should strongly consider using University money to keep the kosher food cooking. Although the number of students who keep kosher may be small, diversity by definition is the amalgam of many small, diverse elements. University funds are one part of the solution to the FCJL’s troubles; the center can also help itself. Its location is not ideal, so it should make every effort to both bring students to its kosher facilities and bring its kosher food to the students —both Jewish and nonJewish. The kitchen should make packaged meals available on East and West campuses, and the FCJL should do more to promote its food, which is considered to be among the tastiest on campus. Only with the combined effort of the FCJL, the University and the student body will kosher food be available on campus, and these are efforts that clearly must be made.

Security overreaction

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at venues around the country have tightened security following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the University is no exception. Here, Duke officials have announced that they will no longer allow fans to re-enter Cameron Indoor Stadium after leaving or allow students to bring their bookbags inside the facility. Although the bookbag policy creates a minor convenience, this second measure will do little to increase security and reflects an overreaction to the attacks. Athletic and law enforcement officials are misguided to believe that Duke students going to a Duke basketball home game are a terrorist threat to Cameron. Furthermore, the backpack policy will have little deterrent effect; unless officials plan to prohibit students from brining bulky jackets, for example, the policy will do little to deter the threat it was created to stop. If the policy does go into effect, officials must provide students with a secure place to put their bags during games, and they cannot hide behind disclaimers that they are not responsible if the bag is missing. The tenting system has long caused students to endure long stretches in line and bookbags would be legitimate possessions that a student might want to have while waiting. Now that officials have implemented this policy, they must clearly explain its basis. Duke administrators must not give in to the pressure to curtail basic conveniences in favor of an overreaction to the Sept. 11 attacks.

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University must address concerns after robbery 18-wheeler parked on the side of the street further obstructing the view of your surroundings. Also, being well-lit is of commend Duke Student little use if no one is around to Government for addressing see anything, especially if you the need for change, but just live in Edens Quadrangle and two days after the incident, I have to continue through the returned from my car at dark teachers’ lot. The 10-foot 10:15 p.m. and never saw a fence provides some sense of single person patrolling. security until you realize the Regardless of the safety entrance gate is wide-open record since August 2000, I allowing anyone to drive have never felt safe walking through at will. Although students should back from my car at night. Besides it being a heavily use caution and common wooded area, there is often an sense, I suggest that Duke Given the recent robbery in the Blue Zone parking lot, I am appalled at the lack of any changes in security. I

use our money from the overpriced parking passes to implement a few minor

changes. Perhaps use the empty guard station that was recently built. Or station someone in the middle ofthe street. It may even be possi-

ble to simply publicize that there are cameras in the lots to deter potential thieves for fear of being caught. For starters, however, just put the gate down. Caroline Rosenberg Trinity ’O2

for referenced column, see http:! / www.chronicle.duke.edu/ story,php?article_id=24o22

Insensitive bridge paintings upset Turkish students We, the members of TSA, Association painted a part of the East Campus Bridge. We do not share this opinion. wanted to share this imporWe do not believe that the Republic of Turkey. Many tant day in our history with anonymous, hostile mesothers worldwide celebrated the rest ofthe Duke commusages are conducive to with us—and the people of nity. On the following day, progress, understanding, Massachusetts, for instance, however, we were saddened and peace. As Mustafa observed the 29th as the Day to see an anonymous mesKemal Ataturk, the person of the Republic of Turkey, sage painted over our own. who played the major role in instituted by Gov. Jane Swift. In this message, the founding the Republic of President George W. Bush, Republic of Turkey was Turkey, said, “Peace at too, sent his congratulations accused of being a “terrorist home. Peace in the world!” to the Turkish Prime Minister republic” that commits Bulent Ecevit. atrocities against ethnic Serdar Topak Early on the 29th, memminorities—in part because Pratt ’O3 Oct. 29, every Turkish citizen celebrated the anniversary of the 1923 Declaration of

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Restaurant review of Tosca lacked knowledge,

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This letter is in response above its tarnished legacy, through their efforts at Blue to Farhan Mustafa’s malifollowing last year’s -slave Corn Cafe and now at Tosca cious Oct. 29 review ofTosca reparation issue, however, Restaurant. Many Duke Restaurant. Anyone is entihigh-level administrators and has failed to do so—contled to his opinion and has tinuing to permit the publioften dine at Tosca, and as a the right to freely publish cation of offensive material server there, I can tell you those views, but Mustafa’s while hiding behind the about the numerous times in critique of Tosca lacked both “freedom of the press.” which I have rung up a bill dignity and class. Aside To those outside of the with a Duke credit card. from not knowing the differDuke Community, The I challenge Duke students ence between mozerella and Chronicle has the potential to try something other than ricotta cheese and not to serve as a positive link George’s or Parizade’s, and knowing that real Italian between Durham and Duke, have a taste of some fine and tiramisu doesn’t contain and its articles reflect upon traditional Italian dining in rum, the manner in which the students of the West Village at Tosca Mustafa wrote his review University. Danielle and Restaurant. reflects poorly on The Antonio Rios have supported Chronicle. The paper had the Duke and Durham comDavid Nefouse the opportunity to rise munities for over six years, Trinity ’O2 for referenced review, see http:llwww.chronicle.duke.edu story.php?article _id=24o22 /

On the record It seems to me they're making 1,500 sophomores happy, ignoring the fact they are making 3,000 people really pissed off. Sophomore Kerry Marder on the new student housing lottery (see story, page three)

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Discussing eating disorders Public needs openness in order to combat stigma of illness

I in going to be honest. I don’t want to be writing this column right now. I sit here facing a blank screen with swollen eyes and a half-eaten jar of peanut butter on my desk, and I am as unhappy as I’ve ever been. Maybe it’s pathetic, or just indicative of our spoiled culture, that one of my saddest moments is in a climate where all my needs—intellectual, physical, emotional—can theoreticalMary ly be met. I beat myself with this Adkins logic in attempt to force a mood-lift, but it rarely works. It can usually spawn a few “Hi! How are you?’”s on my way to class. Last week, my roommate told me that I would

never be revolutionary because I’m not radical enough. She said that my need to know both sides of an issue keeps me from moving beyond the gray into the black or the white where the rallying takes place, where the revolution ignites. This triggered my thinking: What am I passionate enough about to fight

against with utter confidence? I’ve decided that it’s silence. When there is an unacknowledged badness affecting people’s lives and no one is making noise about it, I will rally. There is a silence on this campus, and throughout America, that hosts a private hell for more students than many people realize. I am a part of it, and the only reason I’m admitting this is because I think systemic change needs to happen in away that only awareness can initiate. I’ll say that again: Systemic change needs awareness, and awareness needs confession to happen. So here goes my confession, my rallying ciy: I have what is officially diagnosed as an eating disorder. Food has a grip on my mood, self-worth and schedule. Every day I move with this little monster on my shoulder reminding me constantly ofthe standards I’m meeting or not meeting. Some days it takes all the energy I have to shut him up. For those of you who don’t understand, I’m right with you. It never ceases to baffle me how in a culture as advanced as ours, at the top of the “needs triangle” way above water and shelter, we somehow work our way back around to struggling with the most basic necessity of survival: food. But we do. And

as illogical, shallow and limited in scope as it may and overall alcohol consumption dropped by 5 percent. It took a former first lady’s stepping forward, folseem, it is an epidemic that is bringing pain to many, many people. It’s complicated by the fact that it is lowed by celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Liza multifaceted, this voluntary starvation: a physical Minnelli, to trigger the movement that’s made alcoand psychological plague. holism the treatable, speakable illness it is today. There are obvious reasons why it manifests itself so Silence was blocking truth, and when it was broken, successfully at Duke. We are success-driven peoplegood things started happening on a large scale. pleasers and control-experts. We’ve made it to this It’s time to try this strategy at Duke. As long as peopoint by our own initiative and see it as our logical ple who’ve conquered the problem of disordered eating responsibility to continue climbing. We are tomorrow’s aren’t talking to the people who have potential for it, senators, BMEs, CEOs, success stories. We can control the same battle is being fought over and over again life. We can control. Control. unnecessarily. When the pressure starts squeezing too hard someAn invitation: thing has to give. For women who’ve learned from a Send me your stories. Journal entries, emails, warped society that a) thinness symbolizes control, remembered conversation in bits and pieces—anyattractiveness and b) if they can’t control their complithing counts as a story as long as it’s true. I have a cated lives, they can at least control food, the thing vision of incorporating your messages into what I that gives way is nutritional sanity. hope will be a vehicle for change—something that You’ve heard my rough explanation of the problem, none of us can do alone. There’s not room to discuss but now hear my point: It’s not going to go away until it in this column, but it’s an idea I’m ready to pursue we start talking about it. wholeheartedly. We can’t change society, but we can We joke about it: “All people do on this campus is change Duke. It will just take a lot of courage, crerun!” Or we whisper about it: “Have you seen Jen lateativity, and a little effort. ly?” But sincere discussion of its power only seems to Logic suggests that no one will do this. It is trouble be occurring a) behind closed doors, b) in therapists’ to write and mail. It is uncomfortable to think about. offices, and c) in Voices magazine. People see it as an There are more important, pending things to do. These individual problem to be dealt with alone or among are all understandable reasons to stay silent. close friends, but it’s bigger than that. It’s systemic, Unfortunately, understandable reasons don’t make and like any epidemic, it thrives on public ignorance. revolutions. They prevent them. I know there are those of you out there who know the voice too. Now is your This is why our silence scares me. In 1982, First Lady Betty Ford used her story of moment to share it. battling alcoholism to support the creation of the So that’s my rallying call, to defy fear and speak Betty Ford Center in California. The center is now the out—to me, to your friends, to the world. But if none of premier treatment facility for alcoholism in America, you do, if this column receives no response, here are but at the time it was built, it angered and scared citmy three final statements to make it worth the writing izens in the area. “Will the windows be barred?” They anyway. Directed to anyone who has a tendency reportedly asked. “Will they go out drinking in the toward or fascination with eating disorders, where neighborhood?” “eating disorder” is defined as playing games with food Nineteen years ago, the broad perception of alcoto achieve some larger goal; 1) Thinness does not bring happiness. 2) Control holics was that they were disturbed, abnormal, even criminal. Today, Gallup polls show that most Americans does not bring happiness. 3) I’ve wasted too much life realize it’s a disease rather than a “moral backslide,” challenging the previous two statements. Believe me, and as a result of this awareness, more people are get- they’re true. ting help—or catching the problem before it strikes. Treatment participation has increased by 65 percent Mary Adkins is a Trinity sophomore.

Despite media claims, If nature abhors a vacuum, then so does the American media. Just three weeks into America’s war on terrorism, the breaking news stories have dried up arid impatient journalists are mad about it. Most people would assume that global war, biological terrorism and world recesJohn Sion would be enough to Zimmerman write about tor now but apparently not for the Sesame Street attention span ofthe average media man. President George W. Bush and other members of the administration have said countless times that the current war would be a very long one. The target today is broader, harder to find and less organized than in past wars: There will be no “100-hour war.” The American people seem to have understood that sober message quite well—they still support the war and the president by overwhelming numbers and are showing an admirable patience. But clearly the press didn’t get it. While they nodded seriously at the time of Bush’s speech to Congress, they have completely forgotten the message—it seems a long war for the American media means two weeks. They are tormented by two problems; an inability to wait for a slow and dirty war to develop, and an insatiable appetite for scandal and political fighting. One can almost see Dan Rather longing for the simple days of Rep. Gary Condit and budget battles.

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So, desperate for some Pulitzer-worthy reporting, many journalists have started the baseless idea that America is losing its barely-begun war on terrorism. The headlines have been downright laughable over the past week, as writers try to stir up controversy where there is only unity: Cries that “America’s War Effort Grinds to a Halt” and “Administration Loses Control of War” are patently false. It is clear that the media is a victim

of overblown expectations. Mistakenly

assuming that modern war will always be like the quick, relatively bloodless skirmishes of Kosovo and the Gulf War, they are incapable of understanding how terrorism presents a totally different enemy. They conclude that if Osama bin Laden hasn’t been killed and the Taliban haven’t been toppled already, then things must be going badly. Such an analysis reveals the twisted logic of many journalists. For if this

current situation—near total domination our .opponent with no casualties on our part—is losing, then what exactly is winning?

Indeed, one of mankind’s greatest victories came in World War II but only after nearly six years of grueling and bloody war. Today’s media probably would have declared defeat after the Nazi invasion of Poland. Many media outlets are also shamelessly turning to scare tactics to drive up sales. While the press has a right—indeed, a duty—to inform the public

about legitimate health threats, many of the anthrax stories in recent weeks have been thinly veiled horror stories that badly overstate any danger to citizens. Well-informed criticism should never be censored in the name of unity, but neither should self-interested trash be printed in the name of freedom of the press. The danger in such shallow media impatience is obvious from history. Vietnam (yes, that specter that will be invoked countless times in the coming months) was likewise a long war against a well-hidden opponent. Television jour-

nalists constantly, but falsely, told the American public that the war was a lost cause—one with huge casualties and an unsympathetic ally. It was only natural that after a while, many citizens started to believe this, and protests broke outwhich made for truly great copy. Once public opinion turned sharply against the war, America’s hands were tied. Publicity-hungry journalists ought to be careful, lest they—and not our military—repeat the mistakes of the past. John Zimmerman is a Trinity senior.

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