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Ifs ill the game The men’s basketball team trounced the EA Sports All-Stars in the Blue Devils’ first exhibition game. See page 9
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Students to stay home from polls � Although some students showed apathy toward the election, professors and employees said they intended to vote. By MALAVIKA PRABHU The Chronicle
As Durham voters go to the polls today, many students at the University will not be joining them. But professors and employees show a greater interest in the election.
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SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE for Armadillo Grill employees Vincent Torrence (left) and Moe Salin (right)
Is dining on West Campus too fast-paced? Administrators wonder if a board plan could help create a more cohesive community By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle
It’s dinnertime on a weekday evening, and undergraduates around campus are scrambling for food. Freshmen head to the Marketplace, while most upperclassmen choose from a variety of options on West Campus. The difference in dining styles is clear and will likely remain that way even as housing officials try to replicate the East Campus experience with the new residential life plan for West. They often cite the Marketplace’s board plan as a key
factor in creating first-year unity, but the retail model has continued to dominate the rest of the University. Administrators disagree about whether the retail plan contradicts the current vision for student life, but some prefer a dining plan that focuses more on community.
“I think everywhere we want a situation where dining is part of a community experience. Right now, it’s less than it should be. It’s too aggressive, too retail,” said William Chafe, vice provost for undergraduate education
Find out more about the candidates, their positions and the bond issue. See page 8 Most students said they were generally unaware about Durham politics; many do not even know that Durham’s municipal elections are taking place today, including the mayoral race between incumbent Nick Tennyson and
The East dining plan—with its prepaid 12 Marketplace meals per week—was created after the campus became all-freshman in fall 1995. The move toward a diverse retail plan for West began much earlier, as the need for dining options outgrew traditional eateries like The Great Hall. With the arrival of ARAMARK Corp. this summer, the campus now has 31 vendors with contracts for 41 different food operations. “What I say to the vendors is, Ton
challenger Bill Bell. “I am not registered to vote, and I don’t care about Durham politics, so I don’t think I’ll be voting anytime soon,” freshman Chris Beatty said. Another freshman, Sean Timpane, shared a similar sentiment. “I’m a Duke student, and Duke really isn’t a part of Durham, as seen by the walls around East Campus,” he said. Even some of the few students registered in Durham will not head to the
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Campus Council asks for residential smoking ban Some question necessity, effectiveness of ban By JAMES HERRIOTT The Chronicle
Last Thursday, Campus Council passed a resolution calling for the University to prohibit smoking in all residential facilities by fall 2002. Campus Council President Vik Devisetty lauded the action as strong leadership in creating a healthier residential living environment. Although the administration has not made a decision on the matter, many students said a ban would invade their privacy. Campus Council argues that smoke does not stay in students’ rooms, but travels throughout the building, causing irritation and health risks for other residents.
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have implemented such regulations years ago and will ultimately make our residential system a more healthy, attractive environment,” reads the resolution, signed by Devisetty and Campus Council Representative Anthony Vitarelli, a freshman.
The resolution said the prohibition would not inconvenience smokers too much because students would not have to trek far to leave their dorms to smoke. “Obviously [smokers] would prefer to smoke in their own rooms, but their smoking affects the people around them,” he said. He also argued that, because less than 5 percent of last year’s campus residents reported smokSee SMOKING on page 7 �
in light of recent international tensions, the Office of Abroad has increased security at study abroad sites and tried to assure students of their safety. See page 3
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PACKS OF CIGARETTES sit on display at the Lobby Shop. Students will no longer be able to smoke in their dorms if the University implements Campus Council’s proposed policy.
One day before the Durham city elections, the City Council heard a progress report on a development deal, which has not been closed after more than a year. See page 4
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The Graduate and Professional Council heard reports from two committees who argued that graduate student orientation lacks enough social activities. See page 5
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Anthrax investigation moves beyond D.C.
investigators looking for anthrax spores have moved far beyond the nation’s capital, scouring Labor Department mailrooms in Philadelphia, U.S. embassies abroad and postal facilities from New York to Phoenix. •
The economic landscape has turned much darker consumer confidence is plunging, overall output is contracting and the number of Americans losing their jobs is at a 21-year high. A 10th interest rate cut this year by the Federal Reserve is expected Tuesday.
West Wing cleans up at Emmy Awards
In the Emmy Awards Sunday, The West Wing picked up the most awards—eight in all, including best drama. The HBO series Sex and the City was named best comedy series. •
Hurricane Michelle strikes Cuba
Vast portions of Cuba were still without power and communications Monday after Hurricane Michelle swept across the island overnight, killing at least five people before pulling away to strike the Bahamas. •
Bolanos wins Nicaraguan presidency
Liberal Party candidate Enrique Bolanos, whose property was once taken away by the Sandinista regime that also jailed him, won Nicaragua’s presidency over Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista candidate News briefs compiled from wire reports
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Polls favor Democrats in Va., NJ. and New Jersey, while the nasty race to succeed the popular Rudolph Giuliani as mayor of disaster-scarred New York is a virtual dead heat. Dozens of other cities—including Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Miami and Seattle—also choose mayors in the off-year elections, but no race matched New York’s for big spending and big stakes. Democrat Mark Green, the city’s elected public advocate, and Republican Michael Bloomberg, the media mogul who spent more than $4O mil-
lion ofhis own money, each insisted he was better qualified to lead the city’s recovery from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Each accused the other of mudslinging and racially divisive tactics. Green held a big lead in the polls until Bloomberg finally gained Giuliani’s endorsement last week.
Bloomberg saturated the New York airwaves with a commercial showing Giuliani enthusiastically endorsing him as the man to lead the city through its crisis. Bloomberg also ran an ad that quotes Green as saying he
could have handled the World Trade Center tragedy as well as or better than Giuliani. Then the commercial asks, “Really?” Green has countered by noting that
Bloomberg once belonged to whitesonly clubs and was the target of a sexual harassment suit by a former employee in 1997. In the nation’s only gubernatorial races, polls gave sizable leads to moderate Democrats Jim McGreevey in New Jersey and Mark Warner in Virginia. Both states have Republican governors who are not seeking
re-election.
McGreevey, a suburban mayor, skipped campaigning for a third straight day Monday to be with his pregnant wife, who is hospitalized. His conservative Republican opponent, former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, discussed bioterrorism preparedness.
U.S. troops work with anti-Taliban rebels By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The Pentagon’s push for access to more military bases in and near Afghanistan reflects a hope that expanding support for the northern alliance of Afghan opposition forces will give them the means to topple the Taliban regime, defense officials said Monday. It likely will take several more weeks to determine whether the northern alliance is capable of winning, one senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. If it is not, the United States may have to consider eventually committing large numbers of its own ground forces to defeat the Taliban, the official said. In the meantime, the U.S. military is seeking access to more bases on Afghanistan’s periphery to accelerate its bombing campaign, expand humanitarian aid missions and speed the delivery of supplies to opposition forces.
The troops there are working with anti-Taliban groups to make them more capable. “We think that in the weeks ahead, the opposition forces will become more effective with the benefit of U.S. support and the support of others,” Secretary ofState Colin Powell said. The United States also continued its efforts to demoralize the Taliban, dropping leaflets with a picture of its leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, in a stylized rifle crosshairs. The leaflet contains the warning, “We are watching!” as well as a photo of a vehicle license plate that defense officials say is from a vehicle Omar uses. In New Delhi, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a news conference that U.S. bombing is “improving every day” helped by additional teams of U.S. special forces soldiers who are providing targeting information for strike aircraft. Rumsfeld was returning to Washington after visiting Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and India.
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Interest in study abroad could fall � University administrators have taken extra security precautions at every study abroad site and hope students will not be too concerned to travel internationally. By JAMIE PAXTON The Chronicle Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, parents and students alike have expressed concern about the safety of study abroad participants. But administrators say they have taken the proper precautions and hope that attendance levels will not drop. “We have thought there would be an impact [on future participation].... But it’s too early to see if that will be borne out,” said Margaret Riley, director of study abroad. She added that although no students have withdrawn from spring semester programs, six of the 456 scheduled to go abroad in the fall are now in
the United States. Riley, also assistant dean of Trinity College, said the Office of Study Abroad has worked hard to quell the fears of hundreds of parents through letters and extra safety measures at all study abroad sites, although no students’ safety have been threatened. For example, Michele Longino, on-campus coordinator for the Duke in France program, reported that a security guard has been placed at the entrance of the program’s center. Students studying abroad said the war had already deeply affected their experience. Juniors Jeri Netter and Lauren Kennedy, both Duke in France participants, wrote in e-mails that they have both avoided typically American clothing, behavior and locations and have even begun identifying themselves as Canadians when asked. “I only want to avoid any possible conflict,” said Kennedy. “There is a strong anti-American sentiment in France because the people want nothing to do with America’s war.’... No matter what we do, there is a black cloud hanging over our heads.” Nevertheless, both students emphasized that they are loving their experience and have felt safe the entire time. Riley said there was one study abroad participant who did not feel safe and returned to the United States because “they felt they were suffering unwanted attention as an American in London.” Five others, See STUDY ABROAD on page 6 P-
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U.S. REP. DAVID PRICE speaks at a forum on bioterrorism at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park.
Forum addresses bioterroism threat By MELISSA SOUCY The Chronicle
Tolbert, director of emergency management. Tolbert described a three-tier response program. Tier three, at the county level, would provide protective equipment, decontamination capability and initial treatment. Tier two, at the level-one trauma centers in the state, would increase hospital-based response. Tier one, the existing state team, would perform the duties of the other tiers and provide oversight. “Local responders must be equipped to stand alone for several hours,” said David Martinez, an FBI special agent and weapons of mass destruction coordinator. He said the FBI is branching out to work with health professionals to improve local response. “Any information revealed during investigation will be shared. We can no longer stay in our little stove pipe.” Funding for such investigations and other methods of bioterrorist prevention, was also a hot topic during the discussion. Etheridge and Price presented a $7 bil-
Although North Carolina has many steps to take in its bioterrorism protection efforts, it is one of the most prepared areas of the country, panelists said at a roundtable discussion Monday. The discussion, hosted by U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge and David Price, both Democrats, brought together city, safety, postal and medical officials to discuss the state’s readiness. Panelists emphasized that the state’s work to combat bioterrorism had been going on for years before the Sept. 11 attack and the Oct. 4 anthrax scare. “Anthrax has gotten everyone’s attention, so we can talk about something that’s been an issue for a long time,” Etheridge said. Leah Devlin, acting state health director, added that diseases such as smallpox and the plague are more toxic than anthrax. There is currently a list of 61 diseases and conditions that must be reported to the lion package, which they hope will be passed in the state if noticed in patients, and smallpox will be added House. They highlighted certain initiatives, including to that list Nov. 9. the allocation of $8 million for private water systems She said the state will strengthen disease surveiland background checks on personnel in water treatlance by providing seven regional bioterrorist teams to ment plants and bottling facilities. The plan also earpromote early detection of any symptoms. These marks $420 million for initial crisis response. “If we teams would determine who has been exposed and can get this piece of legislation on the floor and who needs treatment and provide accurate, timely and passed, we can take away one of terrorism’s greatest complete information. weapons, and that is fear,” Etheridge said. The panel stressed the need for cooperation among Both representatives said they hope the debate and between county and state officials, and the public. over their plan can be non-partisan, as it involves the “We have to build bottom-up capacity,” said Eric protection of the entire nation.
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Southgate dorm endures City Council hears report run of thefts since Oct. 28 on troubled development From staff reports There were six reported thefts from rooms in Southgate Dormitory between 8 a.m. Oct. 28 and 4:36 p.m. Nov. 3, said Maj. Robert Dean of the Duke University Police Department. The latest four incidents were report-
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Between 11:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and 12:30 a.m. Nov. 3, someone entered a student’s room and stole his $5O wallet, containing $l5 cash, credit V/KIM.L cards, driver’s license Dniriro o and social security card. There were no signs of forced entry, and police do not know if the room was secured at the time of the theft. Another Southgate resident said that sometime between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, someone stole his $2OO silver Fossil watch from his room. Police said there were no signs of forced entry, and that they did not know if the room was secured at the time of the theft. A student said that sometime between Oct. 30 and Nov. 3, someone entered her unsecured room and stole $3O cash and her Wachovia debit card from her wallet. There were no signs of forced entry, and police do not know if the room
was secured at the time of the theft A student reported that between 2 a.m. and noon Oct. 30, someone entered his room, which at times during that period was secured, and stole his $25 wallet containing credit cards, a DukeCard, $4O cash and a driver’s license. Dean said the thefts may be related and advised students to keep their doors locked at all times. He said students should also report any unknown individuals in the dorm.
Larceny attempted: At 12:43 p.m. Nov. 3, campus police responded to Trent Drive Hall in reference to an attempted larceny, Dean said. A student reported that someone reached into his dorm room and attempted to grab his wallet from a desk. When the subject noticed the student, the subject said something and left the area before being stopped by campus police in front of Trent. Subsequent investigation led to 32year-old Calvin Lewis Davis of 1915 Strebor St. in Durham, being charged for felony breaking and entering, attempted larceny, second-degree trespassing and resist, delay and obstruction of an officer. He was placed on a $15,000 bond and his court date is Nov. 5. Davis could not be reached for comment.
By MATT ATWOOD The Chronicle
The Durham City Council received a report Monday about the troubled development process for a neighborhood where a developer has not closed the deal on an auction he won with the city more than a year ago. Two years ago, Southeast Durham Development Corporation, which was in charge of building 56 housing units in the Rolling Hills neighborhood, found itself unable to repay a loan from the city. The city then foreclosed on SDDC, according to a memo from Charlene Montford, the city’s director of housing and community development.
Left with 47 unfinished homes, the city auctioned off a contract to complete the development, which R.D. Construction won in 2000 with a bid of $316,000. But R.D. Construction has not yet closed the deal with the city, although they have done some work on the problem. “The bid process should not take 16 months,” council member Jackie Wagstaff said. The council also discussed what legal recourse it might have to force
closure on the deal. But the new development at tonight’s meeting came when Denise Hester, SDDC executive director, told the council that another firm, Roberts Construction Company, had earlier offered $BOO,OOO to the city to take over the construction of the project. She presented documents from Roberts outlining that offer. Because the city had to approve all sales regarding the contract, Hester said
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she met with then-city manager Lament Ewell, but he rejected the deal. That puzzled some city council members. “Why would we accept a $300,000 bid over an $800,000?” Wagstaff asked
rhetorically. Mayor Nick Tennyson said he did not remember any such offer being brought to the council’s attention by the city manager, and thus could not speak with any certainty about it. But he said not to jump to conclusions about Ewell’s decision. “Offers are not necessarily credible depending on what is contained in the entire offer,” he said. Montford said after the meeting that she had “no knowledge of the $BOO,OOO prior to tonight.” Further complicating matters is a request from the current developer, R.D.
Construction, for a $400,000 grant to help develop streets in the neighborhood. Montford said Ewell, and later theninterim city manager Greg Bethea, both discussed approving such a grant for the
corporation. But council members Monday expressed disapproval of the grant. “It would certainly not be my intentions at this time to support providing those $400,000 when this issue comes up,” council member Floyd McKissick said. City Manager Marcia Conner stressed that her staff is still investigating the details of the project. “I don’t think we’re going to have the answers this evening to the questions you raised,” she told the council.
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GPSC hears reports on orientation Duke anticipates strain on housing By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
The Graduate and Student Council granted funding to seven groups and discussed student orientation at its meeting last night. Both the student affairs and the academic affairs committees discussed the problems with graduate and professional student orientation, namely the lack of social events and community belonging. “[I would like] orientation to include something to achieve the basic goal of making a new student feel like a student at Duke University,” said GPSC Ombudsperson Will Tyson. “Students should make more of a connection with the University and not just with their department.” Tyson, a third-year sociology graduate student, said GPSC will compile a list of suggestions in the next month in the form of a “cohesive calendar” to present to the Board of Trustees in February. The student affairs committee said that orientation at the Fuqua School of Business was particularly thorough and that it might provide a model for
other schools as well. GPSC Treasurer Shannon Lemrow said the funding allocations were based on the number of students involved in the proposed events and the qual-
ity of the proposals the groups submitted. The allotments for the eight groups that applied ranged from zero for Political Science Graduate Students to $5BO for Springternational, and most funds were specifically earmarked for publicity. Some grants also funded police, music, speaker, movie and walkietalkie expenditures. “The proposals themselves seemed to hold more water in whether groups received money,” said GPSC Student Life Co-Chair Tyler Gellash, a thirdyear law student. He said that the committee examining the proposals made its recommendations to GPSC by considering how likely it thought the group could suc-
cessfully conduct the event. The grants could not cover food or transportation, said Lemrow, a fifth-year cell biology graduate student. She said that Political Science Graduate Students did not receive funding because other sources could fund its expenditures. IN OTHER BUSINESS: GPSC tabled the election of its five representatives to the new Student Transportation Advisory Committee, which is replacing the current committee on parking and transportation. The council delayed the election so more nominees could sign up and attend the GPSC meeting.
Election board hopes for high turnout � ELECTION from page 1 Registered voter Reema Lamba, a junior, said she will not vote because she does not follow Durham politics. Professors and employees, on the other hand, seem to show a greater interest in Durham’s political arena. David Sanford, professor ofphilosophy, was one of the 12 percent of Durham residents who voted in the primary last month. He is planning to vote today as well. Though he plans to vote for Bell, he said he will not be upset if Tennyson wins. “There are two competent people in the election,” he said. Annabel Wharton, professor of art history, said she is ‘Very active in precinct politics” and will vote today. She said she usually votes for candidates backed by both the Durham Voters Alliance and the People’s Alliance, two moderate-to-liberal political action groups. But she is yet to decide which mayoral candidate to support, as the two groups have come down on different sides. Other professors—like Robert Clark, a professor of
mechanical engineering and materials sciences from Chapel Hill—will not vote in Durham but rather in their own towns. Like professors, some employees will vote in today’s election. However, Shauntil Umstead, an employee at Alpine Bagels and Brews, said she is not registered to vote yet. “I haven’t been following up on [Durham politics], so I don’t know,” she said in reference to the candidates. Voter turnout in the primary was lower this year as compared to two years ago, when 16 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary and 22 percent voted in the general election. Mike Ashe, director of the Durham Board of Elections, said estimates for turnout range from 18 percent to 33 percent. He said he would be very happy iftoday’s turnout is two to three times as large as the 12 percent in the primary. Ashe was more optimistic than the numbers indicate, however. “I’m hoping for a 100 percent turnout,” he said.
P- STUDY ABROAD from page 3 who were registered in programs that were scheduled to begin after the attacks, decided to remain in the United States, including junior Amy Faulring—her program in Spain was set to depart Sept. 12. “If I had gone, I think would have been safe,” she said in retrospect, “but it’s probably best that I’m
still here.” Although the study abroad office has no plans to cancel any programs due to safety issues, Riley said some may not proceed because of a lack of interest. The Duke in Tunisia program has already been canceled for spring 2002, and the Duke in Russia program was nearly canceled but will now run with one student. But Riley said those programs typically have
difficulty attracting many participants. Fewer students abroad could have implications for on-campus housing. “We think we’re going to be pretty tight on space [this spring],” said Bill Burig, assistant dean of student development. Burig acknowledged that it may be necessary to add an additional roommate to some rooms for the spring semester. The completion ofthe West-Edens Link next year will free up Trent Drive Hall as overflow space, which Burig hopes will alleviate the problem if fewer students go abroad. Riley, however, hopes this will not be the case. She noted that turnout at the study abroad fair in late September was comparable to previous years, and only one student asked about safety and security issues. Junior Charlene Chen, who will study in Madrid this spring, said the terrorist attacks have not affected her decision to go abroad. “I’ve flown several times after Sept. 11, and security is being really thorough. Spain in particular hasn’t had any warnings, so I’m not very nervous.” Riley and individual program directors have been pleased that students have continued to express interest in study abroad. “They seem to have the sophistication to appreciate that hard times can be experienced and evaluated through many avenues, and staying home is not necessarily the most enlightening way to grasp world events,” said Longino,
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have this pot of money. Go after it,’” said Joe Pietrantoni, associate vice president for auxiliary services. “They have to be good to get your money. Who ever heard of 31 vendors on a college campus?” Indeed, most undergraduates seem to favor the large variety of eating choices on West. Far more students protest the lack of options at the Marketplace than suggest more community-based dining on West, said senior Jason Freedman, co-chair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. “From a student perspective, every student should have the choice of where to eat,” Freedman said. “It’s better for students to eat together than alone, but they don’t all have to be in the same building at the same time.” Such hurried lifestyles can detract from students’
quality of life, said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. He said a fast-paced approach to dining has the same negative consequences for students’ lives as it does for a family that rarely eats dinner together. At the same time, he noted, the phenomenon is a product of a bustling research university that also serves food to staff, faculty members and graduate and profes-
sional students.
“The reality of student life on this campus is that students run very different lives,” Moneta said. “At a high level, I would love to see a lot more community, people taking time to relax for a meal, but I don’t see it as an easy thing to change.” Besides the nature of students’ lives, a lack of large dining facilities on West discourages a board plan for
upperclassmen.
The University and ARAMARK are planning to ren-
ovate The Great Hall area, but a major expansion is unlikely, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. Rather than create a board plan for West, Moneta said a difference can be made with smaller changes, like special events or more money for lunch
with professors. There is one dorm, Trent Drive Hall, that has its own eatery, and administrators often cite the presence of Grace’s Cafe as a selling point to students. But they also hope to discontinue Trent as housing soon, and some question if the restaurant adds to the dorm’s sense of community. “I don’t think that Grace’s fulfilled the mission it was supposed to. More times than not, I see students come to get food there and then bring the containers back to their rooms,” said John Thompson, faculty-inresidence in Trent and chair of the history department.
Students doubt need for smoking ban in residence halls � SMOKING from page 1
ing in the annual housing survey, the resolution would benefit many more students than it would inconvenience. Acknowledging that some smokers may not have owned up to their habit on the survey, Devisetty said, “If they choose not to say they are smokers, they lose the opportunity for representation.” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta
said he favored the residential smoking ban, and that his office asked Campus Council to offer him student opinion on the issue. Many students said they disagree with the need for the policy, including sophomore Monica Melchionni. She said smoking in a dorm room does not usually affect those outside the room and should not
be prohibited if the smoker’s roommate does not mind. “If a smoker is rude about it, it could affect people in the hallway, but they’re generally considerate, especially when a majority of people are nonsmokers,” she said. Senior Andrea Feit disagreed. “Smoke pervades all the spaces, even if students only smoke in their rooms,” she said. Melchionni also questioned the effectiveness of the policy. “They can’t enforce the alcohol policy—how are they going to enforce the smoking policy?” she said. Although the policy technically affects Central Campus apartments, Devisetty said the council intends to amend the policy because it would be uninforcible there. Other students said they were disappointed there was not more public debate about the policy before
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Campus Council approved the resolution. “I hadn’t heard anything about it,” said Neal Dongre, a senior. “It’s something important enough and that enough people will be angry about or happy about that they should have gotten more input on.” Devisetty said Campus Council had gathered input. He said he asked council members to discuss the issue with their constituents and Quad Council members so they could be informed when the council debated and voted on the issue last week. Senior Sean Young, Duke Student Government liaison for residential life, said Campus Council had not informed him of the resolution and that he would have liked the two organizations to collaborate on gathering input about the issue through such means as open forums and mass e-mails.
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Polling will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
MAYORAL CANDIDATES Nick Tennyson
Bill Bell
Occupation: Executive vice president, Home Builders Association of Durham and Orange Counties Elective Offices Held; Durham mayor ’97-present Education: B.A. in political science, Duke University; M.A. in human resources management, Pepperdine University
Occupation: Executive vice president, UDI Elective Offices Held: Durham County Commissioner, 72-'94, ’96-’OO Education: B.S. in electrical engineering at New York University, M.S. in electrical
engineering, Howard University
Tennyson, a past president of the RTP Rotary Club and Bell, a former first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal the Triangle Civitan Club, said his number one issue Corps, said being judicious about development in the running for his third term as mayor is still crime. He outer parts of the city will be a top priority. He said he said he also plans to address transportation problems, supports redevelopment of the inner city, however. He urban revitalization and improvement of government also said he hopes to address race relations, city-county competence. “The idea of identifying areas of higher cooperation and crime. “One of the attractions to this crime and allocating more police to those areas is area has been the physical presence of trees and greenexactly the philosophy I brought to the job,” he said. ery. I’ve seen some of that slowly destroyed,” he said.
WARD 1 CANDIDATES Jeffery White Occupation: Retired city
Occupation: IBM web designer Elective Offices Held: None Education: High school graduate, studied nuclear power in the U.S. Navy
employee Elective Offices Held: None Education: BA, MA, North
Carolina Central University: post-graduate work at UNC-
BONDS
Durham voters will also have the opportunity to address a bond package totalling $74.7 million. The bonds are the first phase of an initiative to pass similar packages over the next several years. Five different entities in Durham will receive money from the bonds.
$51.8 millionfor Durham Public Schools The funds will go toward expansion and renovation projects at 11 schools, and the construction of a new elementary school in southern Durham County. School officials hope the initiative will relieve school overcrowding, as the system projects 17 percent growth in enrollment over the next six years. $10.3 million for library facilities This money will go toward the construction of a branch library in the eastern part of Durham County, the expansion and renovation of the Stanford L. Warren branch, the acquisition of necessary land for future or expanded libraries, rights of way, furnishings and equipment. $5.8 million for the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science These funds will help enlarge and improve exhibits, parking facilities, visitor facilities, offices and maintenance facilities at the museum. The project will become the nation’s first comprehensive center linking animals and plants with interactive exhibits. $5.6 millionfor facilities, including a senior center This money will provide additional recreational facilities, namely a new senior center for senior citizens in downtown Durham. $1.2 millionfor health care facilities These bonds will improve health care facilities and fund the construction of a building to house emergency medical services relocated from Lincoln Community Health Center.
AT LARGE CANDIDATES
Chapel Hill
Since moving to Durham two years ago, White has acted as the Duke Park Neighborhood Association vice s Cijeek president and has helped Partners Against Crime write Party activist. Before retiring this summer, she had occupation: Trial lawyer served as the city’s affirmative action director, the grants foranti-crime programs. He has focused on fis- Elective Offices Held: Durham m Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People vice cal responsibility and reducing crimes like car break- City Council, ’99-present Education: J.D., B.A. in history, chair and the Durham County Democratic Party chair. ins and burglaries in his campaign. She focused on crime, fiscal responsibility and smart, “As much as we focus on crime prevention, we need Wake Forest University to focus on crime solution,” said White. “While highslow growth in her campaign. “In high-crime areas, we have to look at what is happrofile crime is down, the lower-level crime that hapwho has served on the council for two years, pening in a holistic way,” she said. “Preventing crime pens everyday isn’t decreasing, and eventually that Cheek, said his chief 9° als for the citV are reducing crime, protakes the whole community, not just the police." crime escalates into larger crime.” Although this is her first run for public office, ColeMcFadden is a career City Hall worker and a Democratic
WARD 2 CANDIDATES Howard Clement
MlchaelPeterson ■
Occupation: Lawyer Elective Offices Held: N.C, General Assembly, 7778, City Council, ’B3-Present Education: BA, J.D„ Howard University
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Clement stresses his experience, having served on the City Council for 18 years. He is co-founder of Downtown Durham, Inc., and co-chair of Durham Crime Cabinet. He supports “intelligent growth” for Durham and zonings approved by city and county economic planning officials. “I’ve also fostered enhancement of our park and recreation programs, giving children after-school activities.”
John Best Elective Offices Held: None Education: East Carolina University for 3 years, classes at Durham Technical Community College
John Best, who owns a party rental store named after his two sons, J.P. and Ryan, said he intends Jo decrease taxes, allowing families and small businesses to keep their own money. “Any savings should be given back to the rightful owner and that is the taxpayers of Durham,” he said. In addition to a reduction in taxes, Best supports better public safety services and more fiscal responsibility.
and state prosecutions when the crime warrants it. “There are a small number of really bad guys who
are causing most of the problems. We're serious about getting the bad guys off the street.” Larson also advocates government accountability and growth and development.
Edwards did not return phone calls from The
Angela Langley
Occupation: Senior partner in insurance firm Elective Offices Held: Durham City Council, ’99-present Education: B.A. in history, Duke University
Occupation:
Rehabilitation counselor Elective Offices Held: Durham
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Education: Ohio State University for 8 years Erick Larson, who fell in love with Durham on a trip to visit friends and has lived there ever since, said his approach to crime involves bringing in federal
of Greater Durham Elective Offices Held: Duham City Council Education: Technological degree in social work, Mott College
Dan Hifi
Peterson’s campaign focuses on the accountability of public officials—-he says the City Council is out of touch and mismanaged. He urges a refocusing on downtown Hi" said he wants t0 reduce crime - boost economic development and a moratorium on growth on the rev 'ta li2ation downtown and provide more low-tech periphery of town. He hopes to improve law inforcement j° bs near low ncome neighborhoods like North-East and refers to Durham’s gang problem as “urban terrorDurham. Everybody s top issue is really Central ism... far more of a threat to us than foreign terrorism.” crime, and you know, it seems to me that every city that is doing well right now has addressed the crime issue and has managed to create an environment in which everybody is feeling safe,” he said. Erick Larson Occupation; Perkins Library analyst Elective Offices Held: Durham City Council, ’93-present
Occupation: Vice president of community development, YMCA
Chronicle, but she told The Herald-Sun of Durham that moting growth and development and restoring public her top priorities are improving schools, promoting confidence in the city government.“Durham is at a place managed growth and reducing gang violence and where Raleigh was and other places were 20 years ago. youth crime. While on the council, she has been a freWe’re sort of right on the brink,” he said of Durham’s quent opponent of rezoning requests for new developpotential for growth and downtown revitalization. ments on the fringes of the city.
WARD 3 CANDIDATES Occupation: Owner, J.P Ryans Party Rental
Tamra Edwards
Thomas Stith
City Council, ’95-present Education: MA in agency counseling, BA in elementary education, North Carolina
Central University
Langley said her top campaign issues are economic development, providing recreation and job opportunities to give young people alternatives to crime and providing transportation, housing and economic opportunities for disabled citizens. A pro-development candidate, she said the city must communicate closely with the county and the school board. “We have to grow, but we can’t grow at the expense of children,” she said
Joe Williams Occupation: Housing contractor
Occupation: Benefits consultant Elective Offices Held: Durham City Council, ’99-Present Education: M.B.A. in marketing, 8.8.A. in management, North Carolina Central University
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Stith, who led in last month’s primary, is running on a platform of public safety, economic development downtown, good government and managed growth and development on the periphery of the city. While on the council, the self-described “quality-growth candidate” has generally supported rezonings for such developments. “I think we need to be supportive of growth that would enhance Durham,” he said.
Williams, a memberof the Tennis Hall of Fame who once beat Arthur Ashe, said he wants to focus on improving education, reducing crime and giving a voice to all of Durham’s citizens, regardless of their race, gender, religion or economic background. He also criticized the incumbents for failing to help citizens, then claiming that they had. “I’m not the sort of person who will urinate on your feet and call it rain,” he said.
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Sports
Fhe Raiders snapped their sevengame losing streak against the Broncos Monday night. See page 10
� Coming tomorrow: A full recap of the women’s basketball team’s first exhibition The Chronicle
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Men’s basketball wallops EA Sports in exhibition By CHRISTINA PETERSEN The Chronicle
Jason Williams will score over 20 every night this year, Carlos Boozer will emerge as the dominant center
Ordinarily Electronic Arts
Sports is known for manu-
in the ACC and Dahntay Jones will have the most goal-tending violations of anyone ever. And on Monday night, these bigname athletes stuffed it to the Electronic Artists.
facturing realistic sports games like March Madness 2001, where ordinary players have the chance to alter sports history from the comfort oftheir own homes. But as the EA Sports real-life AllStars learned Monday night, probably the only way to beat the No. 1 team in the nation will be by pressing the B button. The Blue Devils opened the 2001-2002 season with a roar, stuffing the All-Stars 129-94. Although EA Sports shocked the North Carolina by 31 last night, the question for fans was not how much Duke would win by, but how each individual player would perform, especially without the incomparable Shane Battier to lead the team. “There will be no leader to replace Shane, but there will be leadership,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Jason, Carlos, Dunleavy and Duhon will lead this team, but there will be no primary leader.” The game began with the Carlos Boozer show, as the junior quickly made his presence known. Boozer scored nine of Duke’s first 12 points, not hesitating to move strong to the basket and lean on the All-Stars’ Will Cunningham, a 6-foot-11 Temple graduate. Boozer was strong on defense as well, with five ofhis 11 rebounds coming on that end of the floor. As a team, Duke did not allow the All-Stars to score until almost See
MEN’S BASKETBALL on page 12 �
Ho-hum. These guys will have plenty of opportunities to prove their dominance throughout the season against much stilfer competition than the EA All-Stars could ever muster up.
Greg 'Veis Game Commentary In flimsy exhibition games, the superstars fly high above the rim for a while and pour in points with ease, and everyone goes home happy. Nevertheless, the real meat of these contests can be found in studying how the understudies perform. How Nick Horvath responds to a live game
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DAHNTAY JONES slams home a dunk during the second half of Duke’s 129-94 victory.
situation gleans so much more about the type of year that awaits this team than watching Williams sleepwalk his way to 28 points. And as for Horvath, though beset by his various foot and ankle ailments, See COMMENTARY on page JO �
Blue Devils open tonight against Dynamo-Moscow By SHAWN NICHOLLS
little personal roles into the overall team concept, we’re going to be pretty good.” When the women’s basketball team’s 2001 season Duke’s first step in finding that potential will come begins tonight at 7 p.m. in an exhibition game against against a tough opponent in Dynamo-Moscow, which Dynamo-Moscow, so does Duke’s quest for its third beat Georgetown by 30 points in its first exhibition straight ACC tournament title, and a return trip to the game this year. Six players scored in double figures Final Four, where it lost to Purdue in the 1999 finals. and the team shot over 50 percent from the field. The squad from Russia followed that performance It will also mark the Blue Devils’ first home game without starters Georgia Schweitzer and Rochelle up two days later by making seven free throws in the Parent, but not their first competitive action without the final minute to down a strong George Washington departed seniors. In late August, the team traveled to team 74-63. Starting guard Sonya Tate made 3-of-4 Australia, where they played four games, winning two. three-pointers and added five steals, while 6-foot-3 for“I’m so glad that we went to Australia because we ward Yelena Minaeva recorded 14 rebounds to go saw how important both Georgia and Rochelle were to along with her team-high 15 points. our team both offensively and defensively,” coach Gail Goestenkors expects to face a very athletic team, Goestenkors said. “Offensively, especially in the first which, like other foreign squads, spreads the floor and two games, when the games were very close down the passes well. She also said that Dynamo-Moscow is a stretch, I felt like the team was looking around for very good shooting team, and that its post players can Georgia to calm them down and she wasn’t there. I felt step out and make threes. like in the last two games, we didn’t do that anymore.” For the Blue Devils, the spotlight will be on Beard, Reigning freshman of the year Alana Beard said who enters the season as a Naismith candidate and the Blue Devils are a much more up-tempo team this the consensus pick to win ACC player of the year honyear, and that their athleticism and ability to push the ors. In addition, freshmen Monique Currie and Wynter ball down the floor will help Duke throughout the seaWhitley, who both averaged 20 points per game in son. Lone senior Krista Gingrich is optimistic about high school, will be making their college debuts. that the team will be successful. “We want to go out and continue to improve our “Each of us has to recognize our personal roles on defense and rebounding,” Goestenkors said. “We need the team and execute those to maximize our team’s to do a much better job on the boards and offensively. potential,” Gingrich said. “We have 10 players on this We want to work on our execution when we can’t push team, and everyone can play. If we combine each of our the ball down the floor.” The Chronicle
ALANA BEARD and the women’s basketball team open their season tonight in an exhibition against Dynamo-Moscow.
Correction
No. 1 again
Hart of Gold
BCS standings
Grant goes down
In a page 2 article of the Nov. 5 edition of Spoitswrap, The Chronicle reported that DukeTexas Tech women’s basketball game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday. The game actually is set for 1 p.m.
The men’s basketball team, fresh off its exhibition victory Monday night, was ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation by the Associated Press. ACC foe Maryland was ranked No. 2.
Despite losing 55-31 to N.C. State on his Senior Day, Duke tight end Mike Hart was named the ACC’s offensive lineman of the week Monday for the second week in a row.
Nebraska remained in the top spot for the all-important Bowl Championship Series rankings, followed by Miami, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Oregon, Florida and Washington.
Grant Hill and the Orlando Magic fell to Seattle 123-119 in one of only 2 NBA games Monday night. Hill led the Magic with 28 points, while the Sonics’ Rashard Lewis recorded a career-high 36 points.
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Veteran Brown catches 2 TD passes in Raiders’ win By GREG BEACHAM
back, Gannon went back in the game to complete six straight passes on another
38 OAKLAND, Calif. After Rich Gannon got Broncos 28 clobbered, he took a long time getting back to the Oakland Raiders’ sideline. Jon Gruden looked into his quarterback’s eyes for a flicker of recognition.
scoring drive. “I think he got hit in the head, and he got mad,” Gruden said. “Some guys are like that. It shakes them into another zone.” With the Raider Nation roaring its approval in a packed Coliseum for the first time in more than four weeks, Oakland won its fifth straight to match St. Louis and Chicago for the NFL’s best record. “We’ve had some success against this team in the past, and they take it personally,” Denver running back Terrell
The Associated Press
Raiders
Instead of confusion, Gruden saw anger. With Gannon and Tim Brown leading the way, the Raiders returned all of the Denver Broncos’ best shots Monday night, beating their archrivals 38-28 in a victory that affirmed the Westward shift of power in the AFC West. In a testy game featuring plenty of the late hits, hard blows and questionable sportsmanship that always crops up when these teams get together, the Raiders ended a seven-game losing streak against the team that ruled their division for several years. “It wasn’t our Super Bowl tonight,” Gruden said. “At the same time, we wanted to win badly.” Oakland (6-1) won the division last season, but lost twice to Denver. Altogether, the Raiders dropped 11-of-12 meetings with the Broncos and coach Mike Shanahan, who has taken extra
pleasure in repeatedly beating the team that fired him more than a decade ago. Gruden, snarling and screaming on the sideline, got his first victory over Denver (4-4) with a game plan that
Davis said. “I’m sure they circled this game on their calendar. We’ve been a thorn in their side.” Zack Crockett rushed for two scores, including a three-yard plunge with 7:06 to play, while Rice caught three key passes for 47 yards. Gannon was 25-of-34 for 243 yards and three TDs. “I thought we really had a good plan,” Gannon said. “Jon’s approach was excellent. We got into a real rhythm on offense.”
The bad feelings between the fran-
chises trickled down to the field on Monday night. Kennedy and Oakland’s Greg Biekert delivered hard hits on the borderline of legality, while Denver’s
Bill
Romanowski
and
Oakland’s
William Thomas got personal fouls for
nasty blows.
The Broncos could not capitalize on relied on his resilient quarterback’s the running of Davis, who looked sharp communication with Brown. The veterin his return to Denver’s lineup after an receiver, who was around for all of missing six games following knee surthe Raiders’ failures in the rivalry, had gery. Davis had 70 yards rushing on 17 two touchdowns among his nine catches attempts, and Rod Smith caught 10 for 95 yards. passes for 91 yards and two TDs. When Denver safety Kenoy Kennedy Brian Griese shrugged off his balky hit Gannon as he dived out ofbounds in shoulder to go 22-of-32 for 221 yards, but the second quarter, the Raiders were he threw two fourth-quarter intercepworried Gannon had a concussion. But tions that helped Oakland clinch the win. Gruden gave Gannon a pop quiz—nam“I felt like we had to score every time ing the three potential audibles in one we got the ball to win this game,” Griese of the Raiders’ offensive sets —and got said. “We’re doing it with smoke and mirrors right now, because that’s all we the answers he wanted. After Oakland scored and got the ball really have right now.”
JASON WILLIAMS tries to drive around EA Sports All-Star Schea Cotton.
DANIEL EWING scored 11 points in 22 minutes of action Monday night.
Ewing exhibits all-around game throughout exhibition � COMMENTARY from page 9 he still managed to pour in seven points and snatch seven off the glass. However, his lack of game experience showed. “I was too busy watching him shoot airballs to get a read on his defensive
play,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said wryly about Horvath’s first action since the spring of 2000. Another Blue Devil who heads into this season as somewhat of a wild card, freshman Daniel Ewing, exhibited the type of all-around game Monday that should give Duke great depth as the season progresses. From knocking down 11 to playing strong defense, including a steal and a forced charge on transition, Ewing appears to possess the gifts necessary to ignite this team off the bench. “Coach K preaches putting a lot of pressure on the point guard, and I tried
to bring a lot of havoc,” the freshman said. “I came out trying to pressure their players as much as I could and cause some turnovers, and I think I did that.” Casey Sanders also offered indications that this may be the year that he
fulfills some of that potential he had coming out of Tampa Prep. Though still waifish, Sanders showed a couple new low-post moves thathe must have added to his repertoire over the summer. Sanders also exhibited a sense of poise on the offensive end of the court that he lacked in his previous two campaigns. Whereas he previously appeared hurried and distracted when swarmed underneath, against the EA All-Stars, he maintained his composure in scoring eight points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field. “He’s only improving too,” Boozer said about his companion down low. “I think you will see how much better he has gotten over the summer. I think he will play a key role on this team throughout the season, and he played a great one tonight.” Yes, Duke’s starters outscored all of the EA All-Stars combined—but only by one. It is now the role of Horvath, Ewing, Sanders and, to a lesser degree, Christensen, to ensure that Duke maintains a balanced team that can play nine-deep against real squads.
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Jones displays athleticism in Blue Devils’ huge victory
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� MEN’S BASKETBALL from page 9 three minutes into the game, when Cunningham finally laid it in. The Blue Devils out-rebounded EA Sports 56-29, scoring 39 second-chance points while only allowing five for the All-Stars. The Cameron Crazies were not satisfied with mere execution, though, as they eagerly awaited the lightning-quick passes and three-pointers that helped Duke to its first national championship in nine years. After initial erratic play in which the lead dwindled to six points on a Williams turnover, the Blue Devils were only happy to comply with a blizzard of perimeter passes that culminated in a trademark Williams three-pointer with 10:49 remaining in the half. Williams converted on a similar play five minutes later when Dunleavy fired the ball to sophomore Chris Duhon at the top of the circle. Duhon barely touched the ball, sending it to a patiently waiting Williams, who again drained the shot to put Duke up by 20, Duke
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live performance.” For his part, Dunleavy returned home 20 pounds heavier and fiill ofpurpose on both ends of the floor. A triple threat, the Lake Oswego, Ore., native recorded his first double-double of the season with 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. “Regardless of the ACC championship or. the Final Four or playing in those big games, you never take it for granted playing in [Cameron],” Dunleavy said. “It’s a great atmosphere and the main reason why you come to Duke.” Duke 129, EA Sports 94
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change menu to increase business Radzwiller tried to legitimize the lack of options by comparing the Oak Room to Pop’s and Nana’s. Radzwiller, they’re allowed to have few options because those few options taste good and are worth the money. Yours are not. Am I supposed to be
does not realize is that business will only fall from this point, as the restaurant has already lost its best customers. By serving up bad experiences in the first month, it has turned off those who eagerly awaited its opening.
the first month, according to Manager Maggie Radzwiller. Without major changes, they When I wait 45 minutes for a impressed by the fact that the are unlikely to return. little piece of chicken, a macaroni and cheese is made Management can start by small salad and watery with wine sauce or that the overhauling the menu and sweet potatoes and end up hamburger comes with a little exploring the possibility of paying $l9 for it, I think I’ve slice ofham? service on the weekends, earned the right. I also find it strange that when eating out is most conIs it any wonder that revyou’re focusing on service venient for students. enue is only slightly down now instead of before the I don’t think Radzwiller despite a sharp fall in visiopening. What were you has had success as a restautors? The prices have sharply preparing for during those- rateur by showing disregard risen while the side dishes six weeks? Why did you for her patrons’ preferences. and extras like soup and assume your first guests Listening to students’ consalad have become skimpier. would appreciate being treatcerns instead of dismissing The biggest problem with ed like guinea pigs? them as impossibilities will the new Oak Room is the Duke University Student pay off for her and the Duke menu. Macaroni and cheese? Dining Advisory Committee community. “Great big” burgers? It sounds Chair Jason Freedman claims more like a kiddie menu than lack of knowledge is to blame Matthew Burton that of an upscale restaurant, for the slow start. What he Trinity ’O2 for referenced story, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?article_id=24o7l /
Despite losses, students should support football lam
a Duke football fan just old enough to remember football coach Bill Murray and the Blue Devils winning the ACC almost every year. I have been a season ticket holder for years despite a 450-mile round trip. It appears that if Evan Davis is any indication, the students’ apathy toward football has
become the norm, it is a darker prospect for Duke football than I thought. The few true fans who do show for the games are true Blue Devils, unlike most of the students. Yes, it becomes harder and harder to believe in the football team as the poor years accumulate. But things are unlikely to ever get better if these types of attitudes are evidenced by
the student body. Davis is a poor representative of Duke, Long after he doesn’t have to move his car anymore, I’ll still be supporting my team, And one day, when Duke has a team like they had in 1989 or 1994, Davis should remain off the bandwagon and be ashamed,
become outright hostility. If George Williams Davis and his ilk have Black Mountain, N.C. for referenced story, see http:/ www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?article_id=239sB
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Lauren Kennedy, Trinity ’O3 and Duke in France participant, on her study abroad experience since Sept. 11 (see story, page three)
culture. This culture is Personally, it is so disAdkins for her column, exemplified here at Duke. heartening to hear that peo“Discussing Eating Disorders,” Now, rather than continu- pie have asked my friends in the Nov. 1 edition of The ing to perpetuate the cultur- about “how I am doing” Chronicle. Eating disorders al problems that breed dis- meaning “me” as a woman are not a simple quest for ordered eating, we must recovering from an eating thinness, nor are they mere- learn to focus on the person disorder, not “me” as a confily a conscious battle for con- and not the disorder. Let us dent, passionate individual trol. Instead, eating disor- finally begin to create an who has been fighting hard ders and general “disordered atmosphere in which we to reach where lam today, eating” often embody a frag- focus on each unique person ile sense of self that is for who she is and not for JULIE LINTON embedded within a misguid- how she appears. Trinity ’O2 for referenced column, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.phplarticle_id=24lo3
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near-universal human desire to comEdward mumcate with departed loved ones Benson According to his website, John em ar ed on developing his own abilities after an encounter with [aj tamed psychic... [who] made him aware ot his abilities. This, despite the contradictory story that “John exhibited psychic abilities from an extremely early age and was deemed ‘special’ by many in his family... No fuss was made over these early experiences, which is itself internally contradictory. Now on a national tour, Unfortunately, not everyone [is] guaranteed a reading by attending.” but don t despair, because, Being in the audience does increase your chance of receiving a message from your loved one. How reassuring. Just recently, the company that syndicates the TV show announced plans for a special, in which John Edwardwas to contact the spirits of those killed in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Sept. 11. Public and media ridicule stopped that show, but the regular show goes on. As many skeptics have pointed out, however, this psychic failed to foresee the public outrage over exploiting the families and friends of the dead— then again, that s his career. For that matter, he should have foreseen the Sept. 11 tragedy. Or, if hes limited to talking to the dead, he could have issued a definitive list of casualties Sept. 12. None of which, of course, he did. All of which begs the question, should such rubbish ■_
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from students’ written comments, the reams of quantitative data provided are all but useless to the undergraduate Marko student body. Tv D JuranoVlc This week, I’d like to offer up my own vision of what a course evaluation should look like. Although I cannot flesh out every part of the argument, I’ll do my best to offer as much detail as possible. To begin with, I think ranking any aspect of the course on a l-to-5 scale is generally a waste of time. With numerical rankings, a student looking at the collected data has no idea in what context to take these numbers. Could it be that the professor was really interesting but the course material painfully dry? Perhaps the material was difficult but the professor did not demand its complete mastery. Or maybe the readings were elementary but the tests impossibly difficult and completely lecturebased. Whatever the case, one cannot discern which of these possibilities is at work from numerical rankings alone. The power of a well-presented argument cannot be ignored; a written com-
ments section would allow students to outline carefully their opinion on the course. Thus, even if a student were to provide numerical rankings along with the evaluation, it would be easy to put these numbers in their proper context by reading the written comments section. This brings us to the question of how to collect, transcribe and publish the
evaluations. Retyping paper forms obviously wouldn’t cut it due to time and cost. Therefore, I propose a simpler solution: Tie in course evaluations with class registration for the coming semester. A link to an online course evaluation form would appear on students’ schedules a week before finals, and students would not be allowed to register for the next
semester’s classes until they fill out the
course evaluation form for courses
taken the previous semester. A harsher but more, expedient version of this idea would be to block a student’s ability to check grades until the course evaluation is filled out. Such an approach would not only guarantee a high response rate, it would also eliminate the problem EZDevil.com currently has—that it is unlikely that students who have not taken a certain class could fill out the
course evaluation for that class. At a top-notch university that consistently touts its commitment to academics, this proposal shouldn’t face a lot of opposition. Moreover, the students
should be especially receptive to this idea because the only way course evaluations will ever be useful is if everyone takes them seriously. How would this information be presented to students in the coming semester? I like the way the current system has a link below the course description—that should stay. What should
change is what one sees after clicking on the link. Although students’ entries should be anonymous, the grade they received should not. Therefore, if someone has nothing nice to say about the course, you can take their comments with a grain of salt if they received a C-. If, however, a student who earned an A
thinks the course was horrible, there’s probably something else at work there worth noting. The last remaining issue is the content of the written comments. How will anyone know that the students are speaking the truth?The best way to deal with this is to have a separate screen where students are asked not to use profane language and to only give their honest opinions on what they witnessed in the course. Students would click “AGREE” at the bottom of the screen and proceed to fill out the evaluation. That’s it. Since we do have an honor code at this university, simply asking students to follow the above-mentioned rules should be enough—if it isn’t, then why bother having an honor code in the first place? It seems to me that these are -
the exact types of situations the honor code was meant to cover. Finally, for the faculty who don’t think much of undergraduates, a special website could be added with the specific purpose of allowing the professor to respond to the posted comments. That way, the effects of a misled student’s comments could be put in their proper context. This was the kind of course evaluation system I wanted to see. You can very well imagine my disappointment when I saw the current system, whose only contribution to students is a lesson in how to make something appear a lot more useful than it really is. Marko Djuranouic is a Trinity senior & science editor of The Chronicle.
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