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In the dance The women’s soccer team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, despite a losing record. See page 9

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

University rethinks laptop requirement Administrators question if benefits of proposal outweigh costs to students By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

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THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS and other agencies lift debris from the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 out of the Jamaica Bay. The plane was bound for the Dominican Republic.

Airplane crashes in N.Y.C. By DEEGOIBARGUEN The Associated Press

NEW YORK A jetliner en route to the Dominican Republic broke apart minutes after takeoff and crashed in a waterfront neighborhood Monday, engulfing homes in flames and sowing initial fears of a new terrorist atrocity. All 260 peopie aboard were killed, and at

least six others were reported As night fell, several hunmissing on the ground. dred people working under the “All information we have cur- glare of klieg lights formed rently is that this is an acci- bucket brigades as they sepadent,” said Marion Blakey, chair rated debris into gruesome piles of the National Transportation of luggage, plane parts, house Safety Board. If there was an ex- debris and human remains. Poplosion on the plane—and many lice said bodies were being rewitnesses heard one—it was covered intact; one victim, a probably caused by a mechani- man, was clutching a baby, See CRASH on page 8 � cal failure, investigators said.

that the goals of a laptop pro-

gram often involve technology for technology’s sake,” said Michael Pickett, special assistant to the provost for academic technology. “We believe the most important thing for technology at Duke is to use it to further our goals in teaching, learning and research.” A computer requirement in itself would not further those quired that all upperclassmen goals right now, Pickett said. Inown some type of computer. stead, he added, more planning Administrators have been remust occur to see if laptops searching the experience of would be well-used and how other universities that have re- they would fit in with broader quired laptops, including such plans for technology use. a program’s implications for Pickett did not rule out retechnical support and financial considering the requirement in aid, and have decided that the the future, but said that at this benefits for the classroom may time, laptop use is not prevabe overstated. A final decision lent enough to justify the cost on the requirement is expected to students, the necessary techfrom Provost Peter Lange by nical support and the demands the end ofthe semester. on the planned expansion of See LAPTOP on page 6 “What we have found is

After discussions earlier this year about requiring each incoming undergraduate to own a laptop computer by fall 2002, University administrators are now suggesting such a proposal may be unnecessary. Intended to help integrate technology into students’ lives, the plan would have also re-

Graduate students face tough time with child care By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle Earning an advanced degree is challenging enough, but raising a child at the same time is even more difficult for some graduate and professional students. And

although the University can provide

mentors and tutors to aid them in their studies, some students say Duke does little to help them in their parenting. The University does not offer a child care program, nor does it give additional stipends to students with children, said Jackie Looney, associate dean ofthe Graduate School. However, it does support a website that refers local day care centers. Looney said she hopes the school will do more in the near future. “Child care is a big issue for any parent, but graduate students feel it double,” Looney said. “Students don’t have a large income and are away from their network of family and friends. It is very difficult.” The Graduate and Professional Student Council is helping circulate a survey to gather information on the child care needs of its constituents. Looney said she hopes the survey will be the first step in the establishment of a child care program. “Once we have a better sense of the demographics—of how many graduate

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and professional students face this and what their needs are—the picture will come to light of what needs to be done,” Looney said. “I do think Duke is in a position to address this issue, but it will take some time.” Looney cited space and costs as possible obstacles that might siow_the process. GPSC President Elayne Heisler said she worried liability issues might indefinitely delay the creation of a day care center sponsored by the University. Heisler also invited graduate and professional students with children to her office today at 5:30 p.m. to provide input for her write-up of child care suggestions. Based on the surveys she read, Heisler said she worried that because the University does not offer child care facilities, students with children often choose schools that do, such as Stanford University, or that their study time suffers because they cannot afford enough hours ofchild care. Anne Elmore, a mother of three and a first-year Divinity student, said she knows people who have not gone back to school because it was not feasible without more support. “Sometimes we think there are not a See CHILD CARE on page 5

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Saluting the veterans Veterans and community members gather at the Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Monday morning to commemorate Veterans Day, which was Sunday.

At its meeting Monday night, the Durham Board of County Commissioners heard a report on the recent robberies and embezzlements at ABC stores. See page 4

A panel discussed sexual assault at the University at an event Monday night sponsored by the Duke Student Government Community Interaction Committee. See page 4

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Investigators find anthrax in senators’ suites

Trace amounts of anthrax have been found in the offices of three more senators, bringing to 11 the number of senators’ suites found in recent days to be contaminated. •

Bush plans to decrease nuclear stores

President George W. Bush said Monday he will slash U.S. nuclear weapons to “substantially lower” levels even if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to respond with similar cuts. The two leaders open three days of talks Tuesday.

Death toll climbs from storm in Algeria

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Rain battered northern Algeria for a fourth straight day Monday as the storm death toll climbed to at least 579 people. Frantic rescuers were drenched as they searched through mud and rubble for survivors •

Israeli troops raid Palestinian village

In a 10-hour raid Monday on a Palestinian village, Israeli troops killed an Islamic militant and arrested 45 residents, including 16 on Israel’s wanted list. Israel also continued to hold parts of two Palestinian towns in the northern part of the West Bank. •

Iraq fires mortar shell near U.N. patrol

Iraqi forces are believed to have fired a mortar shell that landed near a U.N. patrol and observation post on the Kuwaiti side of the border, a spokesperson for the international observers said. The firing took place Sunday and nobody was hurt. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Rebel forces advance toward Kabul The United Nations plans to institute an interim government in the Afghan capital By KATHY GANNON The Associated Press

OpposiKABUL, Afghanistan tion forces broke through Taliban front lines Monday and pushed into the hills above the capital, Kabul, rushing south on a string of stunning victories in northern Afghanistan. The ruling Islamic militia circled the mile-high city with tanks to defend against an all-out assault. Shouting “God is great,” anti-Taliban troops rolled within 12 miles of Kabul on trucks carrying the green, white and black Afghan flag and displaying pictures of their slain commander, Ahmed Shah Massood. The anti-Taliban forces, a coalition of factions and ethnic groups, capped

their four-day dash across the north by overruning western Afghanistan’s biggest city, Herat. Commanders said they were pushing toward Kunduz, the last Taliban-held city in the north. Haron Amin, a Washington-based envoy for the northern alliance, said Monday that the anti-Taliban forces will try to surround Kabul, which sits surrounded by the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, to prevent the Taliban from reinforcing or resupplying their troops inside. “We have no intention of going into Kabul,” Amin said. The United Nations must first come up with a plan for dividing power in Afghanistan after the Taliban falls, he said. At the United Nations, the United

tional leadership that is broadly acceptable, possibly including Taliban defectors. The United Nations might take interim control of the capital, and Muslim and non-Muslim nations are likely to join with Turkey in providing peacekeepers, US. officials said, Likely participants with Turkey in a combined peacekeeping force from Muslim and non-Muslim countries inelude Indonesia, Bangladesh and Jordan, US. officials said. The Taliban losses followed an intensive bombing campaign by the United States.

Taliban fire kills 3 foreign journalists By ELLEN KNICKMEYER The Associated Press

Two French KHWAJA BAHUADDIN, Afghanistan radio reporters and a German magazine journalist were killed when they came under Taliban fire while traveling with northern alliance forces, their employers and colleagues said Monday. The journalists were identified as Johanne Sutton of Radio France Internationale, Pierre Billaud of RTL Radio and Volker Handloik, a free-lance reporter for Stern newsmagazine in Berlin. The three were believed to be the first foreign journalists killed in Afghanistan since American airstrikes in support of the northern alliance began Oct. 7. At the front line north of the Afghan capital Kabul, Marco di Lauro, an Italian photographer on assignment for The Associated Press, was shot Monday by a Taliban

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sniper on the front line after he flung himself to the ground during a rocket and mortar attack. The bullet hit

the plate in his flak jacket, and the photographer was

not injured. Meanwhile, the offices of The Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp. in Kabul were damaged after an explosion rocked the residential neighborhood in which they are located. Windows in both offices were shattered. AP correspondent Kathy Gannon and other staffers were in the building but were not injured. The BBC in London said three of its staffers were in the office but they also escaped injury. Levon Sevunts, a Canadian journalist with the Montreal Gazette who said he had been traveling with Sutton and Billaud, said they had been invited to accompany northern alliance troops who were inspecting Taliban trenches reportedly captured by the alliance near Taloqan.

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have been released for a nationwide survey in which graduate students, including those from Duke, graded their departments.

By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle Some graduate students last year graded not only their undergraduate pupils, but also the departments that normally grade them. The nationwide graduate department report card—the first of its kind—is now available online and Duke’s results vary from de-

partment to department. In the online survey conducted by the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, self-selected Duke graduate students assigned nine departments below-average scores, six above average and eight consistent with the national average. In particular, the survey'highlighted preparation for a broad range of careers and for teaching assistants as areas that may need improvement. Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School, said that although this survey is important in principle, the small group of voluntary respondents detracts from the credibility and reliability of the results. The survey’s conductors ranked departments as long as 10 students responded, and most departments were evaluated by only 10 to 20 current or former Ph.D. students. “The problem with the survey is that it is a catch-as-catch-can group of responders, and so you often only get responses from students who are despondent and feel strongly enough to reply,” Siegel said. “I’m hoping this type of survey with this type of questions—which I think are superb—can be done so that the vast majority of students respond. That way everyone will have to take the results seriously,” he said. Siegel said the survey results were not always consistent with feedback he has received from studentS“and fac-

Graduate programs survey results Over the las! year, the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students surveyed students nationwide on satisfaction with their programs. Twenty-three Duke programs received at least 10responses, fewer than administrators would have liked but enough, they say, to examine the results.

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ulty. “In some cases, [departments] look a lot better and in some cases, they look a lot worse,” he said. The survey asked students how well their departments were implementing a set of practices for graduate education recommended by the Association of American Universities, recommendations that President Nan Keohane helped author. The online information gave ratings in the following categories: information for perspective students, preparation for a

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services, controlling time to a degree, mentoring, program climate and overall satisfaction. NAGPS also compared the letterrankings of each Duke program to similar programs nationwide. The individual departments at Duke ranged in their rankings, but the survey consistently gave TA See

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From staff reports A Fuqua School of Business graduate student has contracted the disease tuberculosis, and others who may have been in close contact with that student are being tested, school officials have reported. In a Nov. 9 letter to the Fuqua community, Missy McCollick, manager of human resources at Fuqua, said Durham County Health Department officials have been notified. “[They] assure us that there is no need to disinfect any rooms here because the disease is not spread through touching, only by direct contact with someone with active disease that is coughing or sneezing,” McCollick wrote. “We have also been advised by health officials that people with compromised immune systems are more susceptible to contracting this disease,” she said. People in close contact with the Fuqua student since Aug, 1 have been identified and “will be tested according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines,” McCollick wrote. “Initial information indicates that widespread testing will not be required.” According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by bacteria that can attack any part of the body, but usually attacks the lungs. A person with TB of the lungs or throat spreads the disease when he coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. A CDC website says that TB “can almost always be cured with medicine.” More information about TB can be found online at http://www.cdc.gov/nch-

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ABC chair reports to Durham Board By MELISSA SOUCY The Chronicle

Topics at a Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday ranged from telecommunications towers to the county’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Eric Michaux, chair of the ABC Board since this summer, gave the commissioners an update on the board’s progress, fielding questions about recent robberies and a case of embezzlement in Durham’s ABC stores. “If the money doesn’t come in and it’s not reconciled, I want to know why,” commissioner Becky Heron said. Michaux explained that Wake and Orange counties, as well as Durham, have experienced a “rash of robberies” and that a computer system keeps track of daily deposits, alerting the board of potenROBERT TAI/THE CHRONICLE

Leading with a pen Men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski signs copies of his recently released book, Five-Point Play, in the Gothic Bookshop Monday. The book discusses the team’s national championship season of last year.

Forum addresses sexual assault Panelists discuss potential solutions to acquaintance rape at Duke By MATT BRADLEY The Chronicle

The Duke Student Government Community Interaction Committee hosted a community forum Monday night on the sex culture at Duke, focusing on sexual assault and gender issues. The forum addressed a variety of issues surrounding sexual assault, especially those connected to binge drinking at the University. The panel included Pre-Major Advising Center Computer User Support Specialist David Rider, Trinity ’97, peer educator and sophomore Sourav Sengupta, peer educator and junior Ashley Falcon, senior Carolyn Sattin and sophomore Chris Duhon. The forum was held in the Faculty Commons. “Sexual assault is happening in dorm rooms, couples and relationships,” Falcon said. “It’s people who know each other who are violating one another.” Falcon and other panelists focused the discussion on the most common form of rape at Duke, acquaintance rape. Every panel member advocated increased dialogue between sexual partners.

“You have to get ‘yes.’ You have to communicate with your partner. These are things that you have to do,” Falcon said. Falcon stressed that each new level in a sexual relationship should involve a verbal approval from both partners before continuing. “If you’re confused, what’s the problem with waiting until the next day?” said Duhon. “She’s still a human being, even if she changes her mind. You might be mad, but you still have to respect her.” Even as they stressed the need for communication, all of the panelists acknowledged the difficulties of implementing social change amidst the existing drinking and “hook-up” culture at Duke. “Would you drink if there was a possibility of you going out and shooting someone because you were drunk? People don’t normally think about it that way,” said Rider, who mentioned the contribution of binge drinking to sexual assault incidents at Duke. For many ofthe panelists, the most compelling solution to

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tial embezzlement. Commissioner Ellen Reckhow expressed concern that ABC stores in other counties of comparable size are generating more money. “Mixed beverage sales [in New Hanover and Mecklenburg counties] far exceed those of Durham,” Michaux said, explaining that they are close to the water and attract vacationers. The commissioners also addressed the status of the Durham Comprehensive Plan, which accounts for development in various areas including public schools and roadwork. It also calls for the implementation of a citizens steering committee to provide public information via hearings, newsletters, television and the Internet. “We can fix things we have grown to see as problems in the planning of the past,” said Keith Luck, planning supervisor for the city-county planning department. Reckhow, who was chosen Monday to represent the board on the joint city-county planning committee, advised Luck to approach the planning process systematically. “Give us the blueprint of where those roads need to be, because if we don’t get it down on paper, we’re going to make mistakes again,” she said. The commissioners also postponed a decision on whether to impose a six-month moratorium on the development of new telecommunications towers. Sheila Stains-Ramp, interim assistant planning director, said the planning committee wants to increase the scope of its master plan for the towers and needs time to consider issues like the potential interference with emergency communications. The board delayed any decision on the moratorium until the planning committee presents the largerscope plan in December. With little debate, the board also approved issuing up to $11.3 million in bonds for capital improvement plans in what could be the first step toward refunding

the county’s current bonds to reduce the amount of debt service the county must bear. “If interest rates decrease, we’ll issue more bonds, increasing savings,” said county attorney Chuck Kitchen. The board will address the question of whether to refund the bonds at its next meeting in two weeks.

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Student reports men threaten, follow her to Trent From staff reports A student reported that at 12:30 a.m. Nov. 11, she was walking on Flowers Drive to a party on West

Campus when she heard two white men, about 20 years of age, yelling at each other, coming from the directions 1 of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, said Maj. Robert Dean of the Duke University AÂÂAÂ Police Department. When she saw them, she turned and began walking toward Trent Drive Hall, and the two men started running after her, screaming that they were going to kill her. Police checked the area but did not locate the men. —

Student reports masturbator: A student reported that at about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 10, while was jogging around the East Campus wall near the Biddle Music Building, a man in a truck asked her for directions to Wallace Wade Stadium, Dean said. She reported that as she was writing the directions on a piece a paper, she noticed the subject’s right hand hidden under a jacket laid across his lap and noticed the subject’s hand moving as though he was masturbating. She left the area and described the perpetrator as black, bald, with a slender build, wearing a dark blue denim jacket, a navy blue Tshirt and blue jeans. The man was operating a navy blue Ford truck with North Carolina license plate MST-7254.

Vehicle raided:

A visitor reported that between 1:30 and 2:45 p.m. Nov. 9, someone entered his vehicle, parked at Gate No. 3 Duke Forest and stole his $2O wallet, containing $6O cash and a $1,065 personal check, credit cards, driver’s license, a $135 pair of Dansk shoes and a $199 MotorolaStarTac cellular phone, serial number SJNBB3OB, Dean said. The visitor could not say for certain if his vehicle was secured. There were no signs of forced entry.

Vehicles entered at Trent: A student reported that between 3:30 and 10:59 a.m. Nov. 8, someone broke out the driver’s side front and rear side windows, valued at $450, damaged the

rear side window seal, valued at $l5O and stole Her $3OO CD/radio dashboard stereo from her vehicle, which was parked at the rear of Trent, Dean said. Another student’s vehicle was damaged as well; the $2OO driver’s side window was damaged and a $3OO stereo was stolen. The student reported that she parked her car in the lot at about 3:30 a.m.

Campus police request that anyone who has knowledge about those responsible for these and other crimes at the University contact Lt. Sara-Jane Raines at 684-4713 or Durham Crimestoppers at 683-1200. Up to $1,200 will be paid for information leading to an arrest.

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THE SCHOOL OF LAW provides a room where students can use a computer as their children play.

Students look for child care “Duke has been very generous with � CHILD CARE from page 1 issue afwho this my financial aid package, but it would lot of graduate students fects because we do not see a lot of people be nice to have a day care center they here with children,” Elmore said. “It is a provided on campus,” Elmore said, “I was very surprised that Duke did not alself-selection process, though—many people with children simply decide not to ways provide that because it is such a come because it is not logistically possible leader in other fields.” Liz Perry, a law student, president of without the University helping more.” Elmore said that being able to provide Parents Attending Law School and a mother of two, said that although she child care for her children was a major determinant in what school she chose and sees room for improvement, she thinks whether she could go back to school at all. the University has been very accommoAlthough the University does not offer or dating. She cited the four semesters she subsidize child care, she said the financial has been able to take off from law school aid package it offered—along with her to have and care for her 10-month-old husband’s salary—allow her to fill her and 3-year-old because the School of Law roles as student and mother and to afford only requires that students complete the program within five calendar years. $225 per week in child care costs.

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Officials note students have differing computer needs � LAPTOP from page 1

wireless capabilities on campus. Over 90 percent of undergraduates already own computers, and about

one third of them own laptops. “I think it would be fair to say that we’ve seen an increase in technology use in the classrooms, especially some of the computer rooms where we set up networks, but it’s certainly not that predominant,” said Robert Thompson, dean of

Trinity College. If the requirement is rejected for next year’s students, the University may still try to increase laptop ownership by offering them at lower rates than it does now, Pickett said. Administrators have been working with Duke Student Government officials to garner student reaction to a laptop requirement. A resolution opposing the program came before DSG last year and was never voted on, but the discussion allowed student voices on the subject to be aired, said Abhijit Prabhu, DSG vice president for academic affairs. “A lot of concerns were raised on the student side about choice, and that students may not be able to get what they wanted,” said Prabhu, a senior. “With Duke having as many diverse academic areas of study as it does, we didn’t think a one-sizefits-all solution worked.” Much of that concern arose over professors’ varying teaching styles as well as diverse student preferences in computing. Even if all stu-

dents had laptops, administrators and professors were unsure how much they would be used and if they would fit students’ needs. Partly for that reason, the provost’s steering committee on creating a computer and information technology intensive environment voted unanimously against implementing the requirement last year. “Computer science students tend to use UNIX, not Windows. Some humanities students use Macintosh, not Windows,” said Robert Wolpert, professor at the Institute for Statistics and Decision Sciences and a member of the committee. “It was hard to see how we could have one platform across the school. On the other hand, it was not clear if the requirement would still be useful if it was not uniform.” Wolpert echoed Pickett’s sentiment that some schools have instituted computer requirements for students only to gain prestige or appear cutting-edge. Indefinitely postponing the program, he said, would allow the University to more easily take advantage of newer technologies as they arise.

“There are races to get these requirements in early to try to get newspaper attention, to develop an impression in people’s minds that the school is tech-sawy and forsaid. ward-looking,” Wolpert “When hundreds of schools have done this already, it’s hard to see how this could give you a leadership position.”

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Students complain professors scorn non-teaching careers SURVEY from page 3 preparation low marks, with 15 of the 23 departments graded receiving below-average scores. Siegel said TA preparation is a recurring area of con-

cern that he hopes the departments will continue to improve. Some of the departments that received low marks in that category, such as pharmacology and neurobiology, said they think those grades are unjustified because the reason they do

not require students to take teaching preparatory courses is that they do not mandate graduate students to be TAs. Another .area that often received

low grades was preparation for a broad range of careers. “There is a seribus concern about the preparation of students and the perceived availability for support of the faculty for doing careers outside of being clones of the professor,” Siegel said. “This can do a lot to make professors aware that they need to stop sneering at students [who do not want to go into academia] and be fully supportive of them.” Brian Bunton, a second-year graduate student in the Physics Department, which scored an overall B-, said this attitude hinders curriculum and commu-

nication between students and faculty. “On the whole, it’s obvious that professors care much more about their research than their instructing,” Bunton said. “It reminds me of a professional sports team with all stars and no team players. No one really cares about anyone else, they’re just in it for themselves.” Some other departments, including the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, scored well in those areas. “Virtually everybody in [ISDS] tries to involve our graduate students in all activities in the department—with research, with social events, with mentoring,” said Jim Berger, director of

ISDS, which scored an A in overall satisfaction and an A- in mentoring—both

above-average scores. Forth-year ISDS student Marco Ferreira said he agreed with the high marks the department received, citing program climate, diversity, and career placement as particular assets. The Political Science Department also garnered above average scores in all but one category, with an overall satisfaction average of an A-, compared to a national average of B-. Rom Coles, director of graduate studies in the political science department, attributed the high marks to both faculty and student involvement.

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Officials find cockpit voice recorder Panelists talk P CRASH from page 1

American Airlines Flight 587, a European-made Airbus A3OO, left Kennedy Airport at 9:14 a.m., 74 minutes late because of security checks put in place after the World Trade Center attack, according to American Airlines chairman Don Carty. It took off into a clear blue sky. Three minutes later, it spiraled nosefirst into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens—a middle-class neighborhood, 15 miles from Manhattan, that lost scores of its people, including firefighters and financial workers, in the Trade Center catastrophe just two months ago. “I just thought, ‘Oh, no, not again,”’ said Milena Owens, who was putting up Thanksgiving decorations when she heard an explosion. Furious orange flames towered above the treetops, and a plume of thick, black smoke could be seen miles away. Authorities found the cockpit voice recorder, one of the two “black boxes” from the twin-engine jet, and said it would be examined for clues. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing an engine, a large chunk of a wing and other debris falling off the plane as it came down. “I saw pieces falling out of the sky”

said Jennifer Rivara, who watched

through a window at her home about five blocks away. “And then I looked over to my left and I saw this huge fireball, and the next thing I know, I hear this big rumbling sound. I ran to the door and all I saw was big black smoke.” An engine was found intact in a parking lot at a Texaco station, where it had missed the gas pumps by no more

than 6 feet; neighbors ran to the scene with garden hoses to put out the fire. At least part of the second engine was found in a back yard, police said. The vertical stabilizer—the tail fin—was pulled from Jamaica Bay, just off-

shore, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said.

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American Airlines said there were 251 passengers—including five infants sitting on their parents’ laps—and nine crew members. “I don’t believe there are any survivors at this point,” Giuliani said. By evening, 258 bodies had been recovered, authorities said. At least six and perhaps as many as eight people, all adults, were reported missing on the ground, the mayor said. Six houses were destroyed, and six others sustained serious damage—in some cases, the siding was melted off the homes by intense heat. Roberto Valentin, a Dominican ambassador at large, spoke through tears when he said he believed 90 percent of the passengers were Dominican. New York City has 455,000 Dominicans. Relatives of passengers crowded Santo Domingo’s airport, sobbing and grasping each other after hearing about the crash. “Oh my God!” said Miriam Fajardo, crying after being told that her sister and three nephews were aboard. “I hadn’t seen them in eight years. Now they’re gone.” The rectory of St. Francis de Sales, one block from the crash site, was used as an emergency command center. Its pastor, Monsignor Martin Geraghty, was called away to bless bodies.

Firefighter Joe O’Brien accompanied the priest. The monsignor blessed about 20 bodies, which were being laid out on the street right in front of the crash site, O’Brien said. “Right now they’re just recovering bodies. The FBI is looking for evidence,” he said. “And the priests are down there consoling firemen.” At a candlelight vigil Monday night in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, heavily populated with Dominicans, Gov. George Pataki and Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg offered words of en-

couragement. “We are New Yorkers. We are a

strong people. A free people. A people committed to each other,” Pataki said. “However long the sorrow might continue, we will prevail.” Added Bloomberg: “All one can say to those left behind is, you have memories, you have children, you have parents that can remember those we lost.” Forty-one people were treated for injuries at the hospital—mostly rescue workers, firefighters and police. All were hurt not in the crash but in the aftermath, with most of them suffering smoke inhalation. The city, which was already on high alert because ofthe Trade Center catastrophe in lower Manhattan, reacted immediately. Fighter jets patrolled the skies; bridges, tunnels and all three major airports were closed for a time; the Empire State Building was evacuated. “People should remain calm,” Giuliani said. “We’re just being tested one more time, and we’re going to pass this test, too.”

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� SEXUAL ASSAULT from page 4 among the general student body. “We’re all used to getting drunk now, and that’s a problem,” Sattin said. “Drinking and sexual assault are linked.”

Several panelists also discussed the role of gender schema in sexual assault, where men are often rewarded socially for sexual conquest. “The question is, why do we want to drink, and why do we want to hook up?” said Rider. “When I did that my freshman year, it was to have a story to tell my friends the next day.” Rider also mentioned the importance of educating men about sexual assault as a means of prevention. “All of the education programs go toward prevention and self-defense for women. None of the education goes toward men, and that’s something that we need to think about,” Rider said. The forum was planned by DSG Vice President for Community Interaction Carrie Johnson. Johnson hopes that such forums will draw greater attention to women’s issues at Duke. “I often compare gender and race issues,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of dialogue on race —I believe that issues like sexual assault should receive more attention.”

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The history, doctrine, and practice of the major religious traditions of Japan from the sixth century to the present. The course will cover the development of Shinto, different varieties of Japanese Buddhism, including Zen, and various folk traditions in Japan as well as the introduction of Christianity to Japan in the sixteenth century. In the latter half of the course we will examine the emergence of various Japanese New Religions, the modernization of older religious institutions, contemporary Japanese religious life, and interactions between religious institutions and the state. Topics of discussion in the second half of the semester will include Buddhism and the Pacific War, abortion in Japan, and religious violence (Aurn Shinrikyo). A variety of films, slides and novels will be used to complement the readings and lectures for the course.

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Women’s soccer makes NCAA field Golf finishes in fifth place at Auburn

By FOZAILALVI The Chronicle The women’s soccer team breathed a deep sigh of relief Monday afternoon after learning that it will indeed compete in the NCAA tournament starting this weekend. Duke will meet No. 22 Tennessee in the first round matchup Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at North Carolina’s Fetzer Field. The winner will meet the victor of the UNC-Greensboro matchup Saturday at 1 p.m. “A big holler was our initial reaction when they showed us up on the

screen,” first-year coach Robbie Church said. “Then came relief, because everybody was really nervous about getting in. We all felt like we deserved to be in, but we are the first team in league history to get an atlarge berth with a sub-.500 record.” The tournament selection marks the zenith of a roller coaster season for the Blue Devils. After feeling slighted over the team’s low preseason selection in the conference, Duke came out flat to start the season and was hampered by numerous injuries to key starters. But the return of fifth-year senior Kasey Truman a few weeks back gave the team an extra spark to finish the season with a three-game winning streak, including two crucial ACC victories. Still, Church and his players had reason to fear an NCAA snub See WOMEN’S SOCCER on page 10 �

By ANDREW GREENFIELD The Chronicle

No one said playing without Candy Hannemann would be easy. The fourth-ranked women’s golf team, playing for the first time in a month, finished off the fall season this weekend by taking fifth place at the Auburn-Tiger Derby Invitational. The tournament was originally scheduled to be the Golf World Intercollegiate, but it was canceled due to the tragedy on Sept. 11. “I am happy with a lot of the things going on with the team, individually, things that aren’t necessarily showing up in the numbers,” coach Dan Brooks said. “I see this as a developmental fall and I like some of the developments. “We are going to continue to work at getting better. It is a step-by-step process. We made some important steps this fall and it is important not to get hung up with the fact that the numbers aren’t exactly where we want them.” Eighth-ranked Georgia won the tournament with a three-round team total of 885, five strokes ahead of top-ranked See WOMEN’S GOLF on page 11 �

KATIE HEAPS will kick it around for the Blue Devils in the NCAA tournament.

Football works on fundamentals during bye week By SHAWN NICHOLLS The Chronicle

Carl Franks has not beaten North Carolina as a head coach, and Duke has not defeated its vaunted rivals in 11 years. Franks, however, did taste victory against the Tar Heels as a player in 1983 when he caught the winning touchdown pass. In order to end the losing streak against UNC, someone else from the Blue Devils (0-9, 0-6 in the ACC) may need to generate late-game heroics this Saturday in Chapel Hill. Helping make this possible will be Duke’s energy level, which should be high coming off a bye week. “We went back to working on the fundamentals,” Franks said of practice during the week off. “Sometimes when you get into the middle of a football season, you spend a lot of time working on schemes that the other team does and probably don’t spend quite as much time on the fundamentals of playing football.” Franks also said that the extra days of rest allowed injured players to recuperate, specifically mentioning that quarterback D. Bryant and running back Chris Douglas will be better prepared physically to play against UNC.

Running into the NCAAs The men’s cross country team received an at-large bid to this year’s NCAA Championships. The event will take place Monday at Furman in Greenville, S.C.

The Tar Heels (5-5,4-3) enter the contest after back-to-back losses by a total of eight points. These losses to Georgia Tech and Wake Forest snapped a fivegame winning streak that included dominating wins over Florida State and Clemson. With five wins on the season, the game against Duke and its season

finale against Southern Methodist will determine if UNC plays in a bowl game. Duke, meanwhile, will be looking to avoid another winless season. The Blue Devils’ most recent setback came on Senior Day against N.C. State, when they fell behind 49-7 at halftime, eventually losing 55-31. “We certainly showed how we were capable of playing, and I made sure I pointed that out to our football team,” Franks said. “[The N.C. State game] was quite a contrast in halves in learning how to take care of the football and learning how to stop somebody. “I think the concentration level has to be there. If we can eliminate the big play defensively and take care of the football offensively, we’ve got a chance

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Field hockey players Liz Bateman and Angie North both earned first-team honors in the South Region, while Johanna Bischof garnered secondteam status.

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CHRIS DOUGLAS prepares to explode up the middle after receiving a D. Bryant handoff.

Riding the pine The Indianapolis Colts will most likely lack the services of running back Edgerrin James tor the rest of the season. More will be known about James’ left knee woes in several weeks.

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Nashville singing the blues Losing 86-79 at home to the Golden State Warriors, the Grizzlies fell to 0-7 on the season. Shane Battier posted 11 points and seven rebounds, but Danny Fortson stole the day with 20 points and 22 rebounds.

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ACC puts seven teams in tourney � WOMEN’S SOCCER from page 9

Monday after bowing out in the first round of the ACC tournament to end the season with eight wins and nine losses. “We were lucky because we were the second [pair of teams] on , the board,” Church said. “They first announced North Carolina-UNC-G, and I figured the next grouping had to be Duke because I knew if we were going to get in, we would be going to Chapel Hill. So I thought Uh, oh, we better be next or we’re in some trouble here. Thank goodness they flashed us next.” The tournament selection was the first ever for the Blue Devil’s first opponent, the 11-6 Volunteers.

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Ravens win amidst controversy By DAVE GOLDBERG The Associated Press

16 NASHVILLE, Tenn. This time, the game wasn’t over when Kevin Dyson Titans 10 came up a yard short. But Steve McNair could not crack the Baltimore defense, and the Tennessee Titans lost again. In one of the most dramatic finishes in years, the Ravens beat the Titans 16-10 Monday night by stuffing McNair on a quarterback sneak from the 1-foot line after a Tennessee touchdown was called back by

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the officials. With Baltimore up by six, the Titans drove 77 yards to the 1, when McNair completed a four-yard pass to

Dyson, who came up a yard short on the final play of the 2000 Super Bowl against St. Louis. As the teams frantically lined up, McNair took the snap and crashed into the endzone as time expired. Officials originally ruled the play a touchdown, but after a long huddle, they changed the call to offsides against the Ravens and ordered a final untimed play that would decide the game. McNair tried to sneak it in, but never got close as the massive middle of the Baltimore line stopped him and Corey Harris threw him to the ground. “I guess if you’re in this game long enough, you think at times that you’ve seen it all, then you experience this,” Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. “This will be a defining moment for our football team. To have this

game come down to inches and seconds and hand it to someone else. We do not like the interpretation of the call. I do not agree with it.” Baltimore (6-3) moved within a half-game of Pittsburgh in the AFC Central, but Tennessee (3-5) dropped into a tie for last in the six-team division with Jacksonville. The game was scoreless for a half and there were punts on the first eight possessions as two defensive powers struggled to gain yards. But it opened up in the third quarter as McNair threw a 22-yard pass to Dyson to give the Titans a 103 lead. Elvis Grbac tied it minutes later with a short dump to Qadry Ismail for a 57-yard TD. As he so often does, Ray Lewis made a game-turning play, forcing a fumble by Eddie George early in the fourth quarter that Peter Boulware recovered. That set up Matt Stover’s go-ahead field goal from 31 yards. The Ravens made it a six-point game when Stover added a 33-yarder with just over three minutes left. But the Tennessee offense then began to move. A 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Michael McCrary put the ball at the 20. The Titans eventually got to the 6, where McNair threw two incomplete passes into the endzone before finding Dyson at the 1. The Titans scrambled to line up for a play, with Ravens all over the field. McNair dove into the endzone, Tennessee celebrated and the officials huddled. “It shouldn’t have come down to that,” Fisher said.

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Tennessee is led by its pair of All-SEC selections in freshman midfielder Sue Flamini and junior forward Kim Patrick, who ranked second in the conference in both points and goals. “They’re a lot like North Carolina, and that’s because [Tennessee coach] Angela Kelly was an AllAmerican there,” Church said. “They play the same type formations, have the same tendencies. In that sense, it’s good for us because we have already played against that type of system.” Tennessee also has a Duke connection on its roster in coach Sam Baggett. Baggett, a first-year assistant at UT, was a four-year starter at Duke from 1994-97. A freshman All-American and three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of American All-Southeast Region choice, Baggett had 38 points on 16 goals and six assists to lead the Blue Devils to four consecutive NCAA berths. She later served as an assistant coach for Bill Hempen here at Duke during the following two seasons before taking the post at Tennessee. “[The Duke seniors] all have stayed in touch with Samantha. I think they’re all excited about that,” Church said. Duke was one of seven ACC teams to get a bid to the postseason, gamering one of the 36 available atlarge bids, while Tennessee was one of five SEC teams selected. The selection of seven of the eight ACC teams was no shock to Church, but he was surprised to see the number of regional matchups put together by the committee, particularly in the Southeast. “I really thought [the ACC] would get seven because we are number seven,” Church said. “It didn’t surprise me. Our conference is very tough, top to bottom. “They really went regional with the groupings, with the three ACC-SEC matchups in the first rounds, which should be really interesting.” With the game held so close to home, Duke will have the obvious home-field advantage over Tennessee. Duke has also played a tournament this season on Fetzer Field in addition to the North Carolina games every other year. “We’re excited because this is home, or close by,” Church said. “The girls are used to traveling to Chapel Hill. Hopefully, we can get the students and fans over there to give us support. Practicing on our own fields and sleeping in our own beds until Thursday are things that will be helpful for us.”

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birdies on her last three holes to get back to one-over par. Duke had almost a month in between this weekend’s tournament and its last one, a long break that Nirapathpongpom felt might have hurt the team. “The more time you have to think about a tournament, the more expectations and pressure starts to build up,” the sophomore said. “It would have been nice to have had one more tournament in between the two, so we could have been more in playing mode than practicing mode when we arrived at Auburn.” Duke recorded only one victory this season to go along with third, fifth, and 11th place finishes. “I think we learned a lot about ourselves [this season],” Nirapathpongporn said. “Last year, we were winning all the time so we never saw any flaws in our games. Now, we know we need to improve, and we are going to work hard in the off-season to get back to where we over par. were last year.” “You can’t be scoring low all the The Blue Devils’ next tournament time,” Brooks said. “We had a couple of is the Arizona Invitational, in Tucson years where that was the case. We were Feb. 25. This event will mark the scoring low almost all year, but it’s not return of senior Candy Hannemann, unusual to have part of the year be less who missed the fall season after havthan peak performance.” ing reconstructive ligament surgery on Sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn her right ankle. fired rounds of 76-73-75—224, eight-over “We don’t want to leave it all up to par, to finish in a tie for 13th place. The Cand,” Nirapathpongporn said. It’s not Bangkok, Thailand native was unable to as simple as she comes back and everyget anything going in the first round, talthing is back to normal. We have to work lying two bogies and one double bogey. In hard on our games, and when Candy the second round she made two clutch comes back we will be even stronger.” Auburn. Individual medalist honors were captured by last season’s player of the year Lorena Ochoa of Arizona with a score of 210, six-under par. The event, which took place at the par-72, 6,234-yard Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala., had a very strong field, including six of the 12 participating teams ranked in the top 10. The Blue Devils were led this week by junior Kristina Engstrom and freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh, both of whom shot rounds of 73-75-75—210, seven-over par, to finish in a tie for eighth place. “I am happy to see Kristina play two out of four tournaments very well,” Brooks said. “She got over an important mental hurdle.” Duke was tied for third entering the final round, just five shots behind leader Georgia. The Blue Devils could not get anything going on the final day however, firing a team total of 306, 18-

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third down attempts close to 50 percent of the time. trend of being blown away early and However, regardless of records and then salvaging some points late in statistics, any matchup between Duke games. For the season, opponents have and UNC is a meaningful and anticioutscored the Blue Devils 227-64 in the pated battle. Rivalries generate emotion first half, while that deficit is only 53 from the players and coaches, and points in the second half Franks said that emotion is a crucial On defense, linebacker Ryan Fowler aspect to the game of football. said that is not a lack of talent, but “We need to play like we don’t have rather a lack of experience, which anything to lose, because we don’t have leads to inconsistency. The Blue Devils anything to lose,” Franks said. “We have have been able to stop opposing offensthe chance to go out and play and let it all es on consecutive plays, but then a hang out, and enjoy doing it. Ifsomebody defensive breakdown yields large makes a good play, especially defensively, yardage. This is especially the case the defense needs to get excited. Those when Duke, forces third down situaguys need to jump up and down, hit each tions, which it does about 15 times per other on the helmet, pat each other on the game. Opponents have converted those back and act like they’re having fun.”

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week ago today, the voters of Durham went to the polls to choose their mayor. This time, not only were they armed with information from local election guides, but they went there with another thought in mind—that the Democratic National Committee had endorsed challenger Bill Bell against incumbent Nick Tennyson. In fact, some even went to voting stations because they had received a phone call with the voice offormer president Bill Clinton on the other end, urging them to vote—“Bill is a Democrat who will do a great job for the people of Durham.” Such partisanship, though a shrewd move by the Democrats, was unwelcome in this year’s elections, since neither candidate displayed significant partisan differences in their views. Both Bell and Tennyson spoke out during the campaign on two key issues—crime and downtown development—but even then their differences were small, as each candidate favored higher police presence in crime-ridden areas. On downtown development, the one notable difference was public support; although Tennyson supported a tax prior to finding private investors in the area, Bell said the tax should never have been levied. This distinction does not fall along party lines and certainly does not seem worthy of a major national political party’s influencing the election. The involvement of the Democratic Party attached a set of labels to both candidates that did not even define them according to the issues. The $25,000 that poured into the election only facilitated the message that Bell was a Democratic candidate, and it likely caused some voters to go to the polls without any information outside of party affiliation. Furthermore, the get-out-the-vote efforts—while valuable—were targeted only toward one particular group of voters. Straight-line party voting occurs in other, larger elections, and this election likely saw the same phenomenon. The entry ofthe DNC signals a change in Durham politics—one that the Republican Party should have picked up on earlier. As the city grows, more issues—such as environmental concerns given growth and development—will become partisan. And in elections where such issues dominate, political parties have more reason to help delineate between candidates. Not only do political parties help voters make informed decisions by closely examining each candidate, but they bring residents who normally would not vote out to the polls; as long as both parties are engaged in these efforts, they are valuable to everyone. So although partisanship was not warranted in this year’s city elections, it appears to now be in the future. And as long as Durham primaries remain non-partisan—allowing for more than two candidates to seek office—such change may increase voter participation while still allowing outsiders to run.

On the record It reminds me ofa professional sports team with all stars and no team players. No one really cares about anyone else, they’re just in it for themselves. Brian Bunton, a graduate student in physics, on professors’ lack of concern for students (see story, page three)

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U.S. must take stand against Palestinian terrorism known terrorists and instigating fatal actions. by Intense attacks Palestinian extremists against civilians in Israel continue unabated since last year, when former prime minister Ehud Barak offered Arafat more than Arafat could have hoped for, including a shared Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. In just a year, attacks

Yousuf AlDespite Bulushd’s contention in his Nov. 7 letter, we cannot afford to oversimplify and underestimate the importance of his-

tory and the direct impact it will have on our lives. While our country considers how to respond to the recent wave of terrorism, the United States urges Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians. The status of the territories to which Al-Bulushi refers is undetermined and is seen by many Israelis as critical to domestic security. Israel has nonetheless made huge land concessions in with negotiations the Palestinian Authority. The negotiating partner, Yasser Arafat, is at best ineffective in producing an end to Palestinian violence. At worst he is provocative, harboring

and suicide bombings have claimed almost 200 Israeli lives and left thousands of people injured. It is within this context that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon compared the appeasement of the Palestinian authority, without a credible commitment to end the murder of Israeli citizens, to Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 appeasement of Adolf Hitler, despite the obvious cost in human lives. The harsh

metaphor is unfortunately justified as day after day predominantly Jewish Israeli civilians are attacked and murdered in a disco, in a heavily trafficked pizza shop, in their homes. Israeli Arabs who sympathize are not immune to the

violence.

In preventing future terrorist attacks, we do not know which radical faction will strike next. Terrorism does not deserve empathy, and we

need to seriously consider the message we send with support of violent regimes. A nation is responsible for the protection of its citizens, and this only becomes known as aggression through rhetoric.

Dora Levin Research Associate

Department of Biomedical Engineering for referenced letter, see http:llwww.chronicle.duke.edu!story.php?article_id=2262B

University should purchase alternative fuel buses It was disappointing to read The Chronicle’s Nov. 1 article “Duke opts not to use alternative fuel.” Some

natural gas. Los Angeles operates more than 1,300 CNG buses with 800 more on order. The New York City area has 816 with plans to purchase another 970. Atlanta buys only natural gas buses; Boston and Washington, D.C.,

University authorities say the technology is not yet advanced enough for Duke and costs would be too high. Quite the contrary, compressed natural gas buses are a proven technology to clean the air and decrease reliance on foreign petrole-

recently

um. There are numerous CNG bus models available, powerful enough to conquer

Duke’s hills and compact enough to safely travel under the East Campus bridge. Twenty to 25 percent of transit buses purchased nationwide in the last few years have been powered by for referenced story,

started

ordering

them. The technology is advanced enough for major cities, but “not yet advanced enough” for Duke? In fact, Salt Lake City will use CNG buses to provide clean trans2002 portation at the Olympics. Powerful enough for the Olympics but not the University of Utah (or Duke)? The total cost of CNG buses can be substantially less than diesel, according to fleets such as SunLine Transit

Sacramento Regional Transit District. The added initial cost is indeed more, but not as much as stated in the article. CNG fuel costs less than diesel and maintenance is often less. And many companies are happy to put in a CNG fueling station at no cost, with a guaranteed minimum fuel use. Universities such as the University of California at and

Davis and Pennsylvania State University successfully operate clean-burning natural gas buses. Duke has no reason to be different, only excuses for not being an environmental leader. Hank Seiff Pratt ’62

see http: / / www.chronicle.duke.edu /story.php?articleJd=24o92

Columnist’s remarks show ‘complete lack of taste’ I am writing in response to a Nov. 7 column about

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim. Most of the article, which consisted of ridiculing the poor guy, did not particularly strike me, but I felt I had to respond to one section in the middle of the article that reeked of cultural insensitivity and betrayed a

complete lack of taste: “Side note: how great is his for referenced column,

name? It reminds me of how people say that when a child is named Jeeves or Godfried, he is destined for life as a butler. If you go around naming your kids [Byung-Hyun], you’re setting this poor child up for a life of being either an

adult store sanitation monitor or a short, bitter sportswriter. And nobody’s a winner there.” I really feel like the writing speaks for itself, but I will say

that the writer fails to recognize that what makes the name sound unfamiliar to him is his own perspective and background. I understand that the the jokewas meant to be funny, but I also felt that it was sufficiently juvenile and stupid enough to deserve being recognized as such. Alan Park Trinity ’O4

see http:! I www.chronicle.duke.edu /story.php?article_id=24l93

Announcement Spring 2001 columnist and Monday, Monday applications are available online at http:! / www.chronicle.duke.edu / archive / columnistapplication.pdf and at http:! / www.chronicle.duke.edu / archive / mmapplication.pdf. They are due Nov. 30.

Correction A Nov. 9 editorial incorrectly stated that students are not allowed to smoke in Blackwell and Randolph Dormitories. Brown Dormitory is the only dormitory on East Campus that completely bans smoking.

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War on the big screen

How will the U.S. war on terrorism affect Hollywood’s new batch of war movies?

American armed forces are currently .P 1® a military theater thousands “f of miles from home. They sail the Arabian Sea, they fly over South jp*. Asia, and a select few are dropped onto Afghan I soil. Soon, however, ||p iMnerican soldiers will light up theaters across the United States, as Nick Hollywood prepares to Christie release a plethora of big budget motion pictures depicting military conflicts past and present. Beginning Nov. 30 and continuing through June, four films will be released that contain lengthy and intense military action scenes: Behind Enemy Lines, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers and Windtalkers. Although their respective foci will be different, each of these four pictures boasts a $lOO million budget. They will therefore feature the best scenes of mil-

screen, it already occupies a position of extreme prominence on the small screen. Indeed, television has already capitalized on America’s interest in military conflict,

Millions tune in to CNN or MSNBC for the latest bombing footage. HBO’s 10part series Band of Brothers has attracted millions more. Just this past Sunday, ABC broadcast, uncut, the World War II

epic Saving Private Ryan, which also rece^ high ratings. Second, films depicting war have achieved very high levels of success, both critically and commercially. They routinely star Hollywood’s leading actors, such a;s John Wayne and Tom Hanks. Furthermore, such war-themed projects have attracted the attention of the industry’s premier directors, ranging from Steven Spielberg to Oliver Stone. Like their predecessors, Behind Enemy Lines, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers and Windtalkers will also feature marquee talent. With stars like itary actions that money can buy, com- Mel Gibson and Nicolas Cage, these plete with realistic explosions and films will almost certainly draw huge box office crowds. vividly graphic violence. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, One can wonder, of course, how these Hollywood was initially reluctant to films will be received given the tense cliunveil its newest collection of war mate that currently exists regarding movies. Concerned at the American military action. Past classics, such public’s potential to shy away from vio- Stone’s Oscar-winning Platoon or lence on the big screen, the major stu- Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, dios collectively pushed back their $lOO depicted the American military in disinvestments to later dates. However, in turbing fashion, revealing drug use and the past few weeks, the studios have re- general chaos. If a similarly pessimistic evaluated American audiences; now film were released today, it would they have not only moved forward undoubtedly create huge controversy, Although Behind Enemy Lines, Black release dates, but also have begun huge Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers and promotional efforts. Will Americans flock to movie theaters Windtalkers each cover four distinct and absorb two hours of violent imagery military conflicts, and therefore collecand emotional conflict while American tively cover an expansive historical soldiers are conducting operations range, the films’ emotional foci will be against an enemy country? They most relatively uniform; American courage in the face of adversity. certainly will, for a number of reasons. From this standpoint, these four First, it is important to note that while war is currently still en route to the big films could be uplifting to the American

psyche. Even Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers, which portray two significant military debacles (the failed 1993 operation to retrieve a Somalian warlord and the 1965 defeat to North Vietnamese forces at la Drang), will focus on promoting the valiant acts of American soldiers, events made all the more tragic because of defeat. What remains to be seen, howevef, is how the American public will react to seeing the horrors of war so vividly and graphically shown in surreal fashion. Ridley Scott, director of the bloody Gladiator, is at the helm of Black Hawk Down. The film will feature a 100minute-long firelight. This is no hyperbole. For over an hour and a half, audiences will literally be immersed in war’s disturbing imagery. Anyone who is familiar with the story—first told in Mark Bowden’s account of the same title, which was the basis for the script—is aware that the car-

nage in the streets of Mogadishu was intense. Women with babies in their arms were used as human shields. Seemingly everyone had a weapon. American soldiers, in order to stay alive, were often forced to fire through masses of civilians, How will America respond to such disturbing imagery—l really don’t know, Seeing that currently the primary American ground troops in Afghanistan are special forces, the same branch who conducted the Somali mission, audiences will almost certainly draw parallels between the violent chaos that unfolds on screen and what Americans might be experiencing at that very moment, The realism in these films will be astonishing, and the patriotic undercurrent will be similarly intense. Will America react with zeal, or will it respond with trepidation? Nick Christie is a Trinity junior and a sports writer for The Chronicle.

The brief return of pregnant chad was more than three times more likely to be thrown out; if you lived in a majority black or poor or both district, then you were all but certain to vote using the near-prehistoric and now-extinct butterfly ballot. This is tantamount to a grave civil rights injustice—systematically cutting the black and poor vote out of the election. As we learned last spring, this was facilitated by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and a massive voter registration purge that cut a whole lot of proper black and poor voters from the rolls. Oops. So what does this all mean? Well, on Sept. 10, this would likely have meant a lot of partisan bickering, rambling and declarations by many people who are been elected president. legit as a three 2) If Gore had asked for a recount of every ballot in running for president that Dubya is as this is officially not on, From story 11 Sept. decided to dollar bill. the state and the U.S. Supreme Court had Ari White House Press Fleischer is Secretary news. overvote the allow all the ballots to be counted—both the the only comment on and about story and the undervote ballots —then Gore would currently refusing to are debating legal this will see on television in you back people be our commander-in-chief and Bush would be off of bump are to war scholars desperate scholars who Texas, probably executing people. Greta!) and Gore campaign officials 3) The Supreme Court looks like the biggest loser. CNN (bring back devised the game-losing strategy. who legal experts a Bush and Justice Antonin Scalia’s worry about protecting head crowd, this story is not talking from the Aside made a only harm” not presidency from “irreparable is not necessarily a bad waves. That to make dubious logical flaw (what if, Antonin, Bush didnt going the outcome of the elecwill change nothing as thing, actually win?) but also resulted in an unnecessary the White House, and this was true tion or of occupant Paul John Justice politicizing of the Supreme Court. Sept. 10. We need to focus on constructive Stevens had it right: “Although we may never know even on this information. Hopefully this news using of of ways the winner with complete certainty the identity of will serve as impetus for congressional leaders to move this year’s election, the identity of the loser is perfectstalled federal voting reform bill on the agenda, out ly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an the of and passed before the end of the year. committee impartial guardian of the rule of law.” Overzealous patriots and desperate-for-attention 4) The Gore legal team employed a strategy slightly hosts like Bill O’Reilly, Brit Hume and news-talk team—by better than the O.J. Simpson jury selection Christopher Matthews suggested a few weeks ago that underon the discounting overvotes and focusing only attacks would make other issues irrelevant the terrorist votes, Gore had no chance of winning. it may be true that our Although unimportant. and 5) If you were black or poor or both, then your vote

He’s baaaaack. Hide under your desks, put away your butterfly ballots, cover your children’s ears from the droning sound of James Baker—pregnant chad is back in the headlines. j|jp|fc. ®T' 1 With a great big yawn, that is. One year after the 2000 election y debacle, we now know the following: 1) If the U.S. Supreme Court had not enjoined the vote-counting that A1 Martin Gore had requested—to have just the undervotes counted in select counBarna ties—George W. Bush would still have

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national priorities have shifted, by no means should we let election reform and other pertinent issues from a patients bill of rights to campaign finance reform (way to go Bloomberg!) wither on the vine. There is an important distinction between inaction and delayed action. Given the way that this news is going to be shrugged off, one starts to feel bad for the consortium of newspapers and wire services that spent $900,000 reviewing every single ballot in the state of Florida. That’s a lot of money to spend on something with a news half-life of-24 hours. The whole story has become little more than a race for the catchiest headline. The notorious and usually conservative Drudge Report ran with, “Gore Topped Bush if all Under/Over Votes Counted; Legal Strategy Destroyed Chances.” Fairly accurate —surprising for Drudge. The reliably conservative Wall Street Journal led with, “In Election Review, Bush Wins Without Supreme Court Help.” That’s not exactly all the news that’s fit to print, but then again, the Journal seldom is. My favorite headline comes from the Los Angeles Times, which casts an appropriately flippant tone to the whole review process and its laboriously complicated results, “Bush Wins, Gore Wins —Depends How Ballots are Added Up.” Indeed. That’s what our country needs—two presidents, or maybe a time-share. As we say goodbye to pregnant chad, hanging-door chad, overvote, undervote, Votomatic and other buzz words from last November and December, let us not forget that unless we pass election reform and guarantee the best voting technology to all voters, a repeat of that disaster could be just 12 months away.

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Friday, November 16 8 pm in Page Auditorium Tickets $15,512,59 General; $ll, $B, $5 Duke Students

Monday, November 19 8 pm in Nelson Music Room Tickets $l7 General Admission, $l2 Students This newly-discovered (but long-thriving) vocal and instrumental ensemble from the mountains of Santa Clara, Cuba, perform Cuban son, a musical style that meshes the poetry and instruments of the rural campesinos (peasants) with the intoxicating rhythms of Africa. An amazing saxophone player, an endlessly inventive singer, and musicians playing tres guitar, claves, and maracas perform with a joyous spirit and warmth that only a group that has been playing together for over 40 years can achieve.

They’re back! This group, which won worldwide acclaim as the “steerage party band” in the blockbuster hit film TITANIC, was an On Stage hit in 1999-2000. Don’t miss their exciting sound, irresistible beats and rolling rhythms this time around.

SELECTED FILM SCREENINGS (Mostly Free for Duke Students with 1.D.; $5 General Public, except Smoke isfree to all.) Wednesday, Nov. 14: City Documents series presents SMOKE by Paul Auster (1995). Writer Paul Auster will introduce the film and answer questions afterwards. Bpm in Griffith Film Theater.

Friday, November 16; Latin American Film Festival presents AMORES PERROS (Love’s a Bitch), introduced by film scholar Keith Richards 7 pm in Griffith Film Theater (Also shown at 10 pm.) Sunday, November 18 Southern Circuit presents THE WORKS OF JAY

ROSENBLATT, a series of short films. 8 pm in the Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus

DUKE JAZZ SERIES Friday, November 16 Bpm in Baldwin Auditorium

$l5 General $l2 Students/Sr Citizens The 19thAnnual Duke Jazz Festival continues, under the direction of Paul Jeffrey, with a concert featuring special guest Vincent Herring on alto saxophone, and the Duke Jazz Ensemble. Herring has worked with such jazz luminaries as Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, and Nat Adderly.

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ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS This Week; November 13-26, 2001 ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu. To inquire about this ad call 660-3356.

Tuesday, November 20 8 pm in Nelson Music Free Duke Djembe Ensemble provides a stirring evening West African drumming, with a guest appearance b the newly-formed AfroCuban percussion ensemble, both under the direction of Bradley Simmons

DUMA “AFTER HOURS” OPENING RECEPTION

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Thursday, November 15 5:30-8:00 pm in the Museum of Art Join members of the SAVys’ (Student Art Volunteers) and others for the opening reception and lecture for the Giorgio De Chirico Exhibition. Students Sarah Hunsberger, Victoria Kaplan and Elizabeth Davis will speak about their curatorial selections from collector Gerard Tempest’s wonderful collection of De Chiricos at 6 pm in the gallery. Refreshments and cash bar open 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is $3 General Public, $2 Students. Friends Free.

EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT (EMP) Beta Lot Towerview Road November 13-15 from 9am-7pm November 16 from 9am-spm Free ,

Here’s a unique opportunity to explore the art and craft of songwriting in the Electric Bus, a traveling educational music attraction. The bus transforms into a 10,000-square-foot temporary structure with interactive and interpretive exhibits; it also features video interviews with top artists from American popular music, do-it-yourself instruments, and multimedia kiosks. The EMP and Major Attractions will host a lecture by Eric Weisbard, former Senior Editor of SPIN Magazine, entitled “Kurt Cobain Died for Somebody’s Sins, But Not Mine.., Rock Stars, Indie Rock, and Celebrity Culture.” November Bpm,

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GRADUATE COMPOSERS CONCERT

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Always full of surprises, the composers in Duke’s Music Department reveal their latest creations for all to hear. They explore organized sound for every conceivable combination of instruments, voices, and electronics, performed by fellow graduate students, faculty, and guest artists.