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Another shot Alana Beard and the women’s basketball team will take on the 49ers in Charlotte tonight. See page 9

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

University reacts to clonin Congressional plan

� Although officials disagree on the route Duke should take, they all stress the importance of public dialogue on the matter.

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Officials expect new redistricting map to protect incumbents from both parties

By JENNIFER SONG The Chronicle University officials say they

do not believe the embryonic stem cell work reported Sunday will immediately affect research at Duke, but caution thatthe potential for creating human embryos has generated the need for public dialogue. “It is certainly the case that this research will increase the urgency of addressing issues [surrounding the stem cell research debate],” said Provost Peter Lange. “[The administration has] had ongoing talks in a whole set of research areas and this has certainly been a major issue in our thinking of genomics research.” The debate over stem cell research has been long and heated, with one of the most salient responses being an immediate opposition to cloning embryos. “There’s a substantial number of people who believe that any human organism that could potentially become a person has a special moral status that

By SCOTT MOONEYHAM The Associated Press

IN THIS LAB, researchers study stem cells from parts of the human body, like the umbilical cord and bone marrow. needs to be treated in a particular way,” said Elizabeth Kiss, director ofthe Kenan Institute for Ethics and a faculty member with the Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy.

cloning simply for image. “We at Duke must ask ourselves, as science stands on the brink of human cloning, whether or not our ambition will outstrip our wisdom,” Hall

thorities have questioned what they see as the immoral destruction of human life. Amy Laura Hall, an assistant professor in the Divinity School, cautioned against supporting

bryonic stem cell research, cloning involves the manipulation and the mere use of nascent human. To push at this edge, to exist at this limit, is to

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Senate Democrats had talked

of changing the numbers with the once-a-decade remap of congressional districts made to correspond to population shifts reflected in new U.S. Census data. But in accepting a House plan that passed with 14 Republican votes in that chamber, they avoided more wrangling. The plan includes a new 13th District, created after the census showed the state had a 21 percent population increase.

RALEIGH After more than a week of indecision, the state Senate approved a congressional redistricting map expected to protect Democratic and Republican incumbents in the U.S. House. The Senate voted 34-13 for the plan despite complaints from Democrats who said it split communities and by Republicans who said it protected incumbents at the expense of voters. The district, largely Democratic, Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, will stretch from Wake County said the map was largely the along northern border counties best lawmakers could do withinto Guilford County. out unraveling coalitions and The map’s authors say it will forcing further negotiations that likely keep Republicans in six of would drag the legislative sesthe seven districts they now consion even longer. trol, while giving Democrats an “I would take it, to tinker advantage in six other districts. with this plan in any way could The Bth District in the pose a major risk to getting anysouth-central portion of the thing passed,” Hoyle said. state, now represented by ReRepublicans have a 7-5 adpublican Robin Hayes, is convantage in the U.S. House delesidered a toss-up. gation from North Carolina. Hayes, a former state House Overall, the Republicans have a member, was elected to Con220-211 House majority. See REDISTRICTING on page 8 �

Horowitz speech in Chapel Hill draws crowd, protest By MATT BRADLEY The Chronicle

Arch-conservative author, publisher and political commentator David Horowitz spoke last night amidst protests and demonstrations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The controversial speaker was sponsored by the school’s College Republicans to speak against what Horowitz considered to be anti-American sentiments espoused by members of the UNC-CH faculty at a series of three campus teach-ins. “These are not anti-war teach-ins,” Horowitz said. “These are anti-American teach-ins.... These people want America to lose.” Horowitz became famous on college campuses last March when he approached 47 college newspapers across the country to print his advertisement “Ten Reasons Why Reparations is a Bad Idea —and Racist Too.” The advertisement sparked week-long campus-wide race protests at Duke after it was published in The Chronicle. The demonstrations culminated in the creation of a protest group, the Duke Student Movement, as well as petitions for greater cultural and ethnic sensitivity by the University’s administration.

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Horowitz compared his efforts as a pro-peace radical during the Vietnam war at Berkeley to the pacifist agenda of some of Chapel Hill’s faculty. At several points during the speech, Horowitz referred to the University’s pacifist faculty who appeared on the teach-in panels as “Marxists” who teach with a treasonous agenda. “In their hearts, they were all jumping up and down when they blew up the World Trade Center,” Hojowitz said. “That’s Wall Street! They’ve been hoping for this!” Horowitz also made several direct attacks on Carolina’s chancellor, James Moeser, who he said helps propagate a “leftist” atmosphere at the university by only supporting liberal programs and actively hiring liberal faculty. “I can’t find the words to express my contempt for the chancellor ofthis university, and the university,” said Horowitz.

About 10 minutes into the speech, members of Carolina’s Black Student Movement filed out of the auditorium quietly, row-by-row, from the first four rows. Horowitz wasted no time drawing attention to the protesting students. “This is a demonstration,” Horowitz See HOROWITZ on page 6

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DEMONSTRATORS file out of an auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 minutes into a speech by conservative author David Horowitz.

Administrators and student leaders will request five bonfire permits for the basketball season, one more than last year to accommodate the home Maryland game. See page 3

The Duke Student Government passed a resolution to improve selection at the Great Hall, as per student suggestions. See page 4

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Bush purchases millions of smallpox vaccines

The Bush administration signed a contract Wednesday to buy 155 million doses of smallpox vaccine from a British firm, preparing for the possibility terrorists would try to spread the deadly virus. •

Energy corporation on verge of bankruptcy

Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, slid toward bankruptcy Wednesday in one of the most spectacular downfalls Wall Street has ever seen, after its would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc, backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over. •

U.N. plans to extend program to Iraq

After reaching a compromise with Russia, the United States said Wednesday it hopes the Security Council will quickly extend the U.N. humanitarian program for Iraq, setting the stage for an overhaul of sanctions. •

Hundreds of Haitian migrants missing

More than 200 Haitian migrants are missing and presumed drowned after an attempt to reach Florida in two ramshackle sailboats earlier this month, a government official said Wednesday. *

U.S. teen birth rates higher than other nations’

Despite a steadily dropping teen birth rate, the United States still lags behind such Western counterparts as France and Sweden when it comes to reducing teen pregnancies, births and abortions, according to a study released by the Alan Guttmacher Institute. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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ers killed CIA officer Johnny “Mike” Spann at Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, the agency said Wednesday. He was the first American killed in action inside the country since U.S. bombing began seven weeks earlier.

Officials recovered his body from the prison compound Wednesday, only after Northern Alliance rebels backed by U.S. airstrikes and special forces quelled an uprising by Taliban and al-

Qaida prisoners.

Spann, at the compound to interrogate prisoners, was caught inside when the riot began and had been missing since Sunday. The CIA pro-

of Winfield, Ala. The father said his son, upon joining the CIA, told his family: “Someone has got to do the things no one else wants to do.” “That is exactly what he was doing in Afghanistan,” said the father. The flag outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Va., was lowered to halfstaff. CIA Director George Tenet addressed agency employees Wednesday morning, saying Spann was an American hero and calling on fellow officers

ByALANFRAM New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON The House handed a victory to President George W. Bush Wednesday by derailing a Democratic drive to pour billions of extra dollars into anti-terrorism efforts, defense and aid to New York. The largely party-line 216-211 vote moved the House to the verge of approving a $2O billion package to finance the war in Afghanistan and the battle against domestic terrorism. It also included help for New York and other communities recovering from the attacks that leveled the World Trade Center’s towers, damaged the Pentagon and killed thousands of people. With just four defections, GOP lawmakers rallied behind Bush’s threat to veto the. legislation if money were added to it.

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to “continue the mission that Mike Spann held sacred.” “And so we will continue our battle against evil with renewed strength and spirit,” Tenet said, according to a statement provided by the agency. President George W. Bush said through a spokesperson that he regretted the death. “The president understands that this battle began Sept. 11,” White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said. “There may be more injuries, there may be more deaths, and the president regrets each and every one Spann was a paramilitary trooper ”

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Genomics center

aims to add Ph.D, The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, along with the Center for Genome Technology, hopes to expand the certificate program to a doctoral degree. By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

Two centers within the infant Institute for Genome and Policy are joining to offer a new doctoral program in bioinformatics and genome technology next year, even as they just awarded their first certificate Thursday. James Siedow, vice provost for research and interim director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, said although the program has not been finally approved, bioinformatics officials hope the program will take its first Ph.D. students in fall 2002. Jeff Vance, director of graduate studies for the certificate program, said it is difficult to get a new doctoral program approved, but fully expects it to attract graduate students. He said the current certificate is akin to a minor for graduate students. “For Ph.D. students, I think the desire is pretty strong, particularly people coming from a computer science or math background,” said Greg Wray, associate professor of biology. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that studies data from genomics and DNA research. Converting data from research into numerical form, scientists can program computers to interpret various genetic factors and make predictions of possible DNA combinations. “The idea was to start a certificate program as a preliminary bridge until the Ph.D. program could officially be started,” Vance said. “We’re going to keep it going because it’s very popular, and because it covers so many fields. There’s a real desire by many students to have sciences

some background in it.” Vance, who said he would probably not be the graduate director of the doctoral program, said few universities have bioinformatics programs. Because Duke already has an extensive genomic database and faculty specialized in DNA microarrays, Duke hopes to excel in that area. The study of DNA microarrays involves arranging genes so that scientists can find what roles they play in certain situations, from genetic diseases to how gene are expressed, Siedow said. The program will incorporate not only Medical Center departments such as genetics, but also the Pratt See BIOINFORMATICS on page 7

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BENCHES burn after last year’s men’s basketball away game against Maryland. This year, administrators have decided to ask for another permit for the home game against the Terrapins.

Duke to request one more permit By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

The tradition of celebratory bonfires may be a little more common after basketball games this year. The University will request permits for as many as five bonfires this basketball season, one more blazing celebration than last year’s championship season. After discussions earlier this fall, administrators and Duke Student Government officials added a bonfire for the men’s Jan. 17 home game against the University of Maryland, which is currently ranked fourth in

the country. “I expect the Maryland home game to be the best home game of the season, and I have expected everyone to be very excited if and when we do beat them,” said senior Greg Skidmore, DSG head line monitor. The other four bonfires are planned for the two men’s games against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the final games of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.

A statewide ban on burning because of the recent drought had threatened to put the University’s requests in jeopardy, but that ban was lifted with this week’s rain. In addition, an unauthorized bonfire after the men’s overtime victory at Maryland last January raised questions about the safety of the bonfires, and Durham fire officials temporarily canceled the other permits. They now say those concerns have been resolved and the University is likely to get the permits. “As long as Duke continues to meet the requirements set forth by the state and the city of Durham*, Duke should have no problem obtaining permits,” said Durham fire marshal Edward Reid. This season, administrators and students will continue the system of having an “A-Team,” composed of volunteers from both groups, monitor the bonfire cele-

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The UNC Young Democrats cordially invites Duke students and faculty to an evening with US Senator Feingold. Co-author of the McCain Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act, the Senator will be speaking on a wide range of issues including the Death Penatly, Racial Profiling, Campaign Finance Reform and National Security Issues. -

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DSG approves six-month plan to improve Great Hall By ALEX GARINGER

The new changes include a self-serve specialty bar that will rotate chicken wings, French fries, chicken fingers, teriyaki chicken and shrimp, mozzarella

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A comprehensive six-month plan for improving the dining experience at the ARAMARK-nm Great Hall was unanimously approved at Duke Student Government’s meeting Wednesday night.

sticks and falafel; a made-to-order pasta station; redesigned menu mixes and made-to-order vegetarian dishes in the Home Zone; new gourmet breads of the Some of the initiatives of the resolution will come into affect immediately, but day; a fresh fruit bar; a redesign of the all will be implemented by the start of ethnic dishes cycle; and an area for next semester, Duke University Student desserts, cookies, muffins, toppings, a Dining Advisory Committee Chair Jason three-meal-a-day waffle bar and bulk Freedman said. Freedman and David candy products. Several aesthetic alterations will Randolph, Resident Manager of ARAMARK, presented the Legislature with also be made to the Blue and White Room of the Great Hall, most likely changes, which all were the result of stuover winter break. dent input. “The overwhelming sentiment from “ARAMARK welcomes any recommenthe student body is that the food seems dations from students,” Randolph said. good, but it wants more changes,” said DSG also passed a resolution calling Freedman, a senior. “Students have made for permanent institutionalization of the a lot of recommendations, and so far, Student Accessible Course Evaluations System. In its unanimous decision, the ARAMARK has yet to refuse a request.”

Legislature recommended that the Arts and Sciences Council extend SAGES into

the Spring of 2002. Trinity College Dean Robert Thompson was on hand at the meeting hr offer his support to the resolution. Thompson said he hopes the Council will consider extending SAGES at either its December or January meeting, and then implement the system permanently in March. “I am confident the [December or January] motion is going to pass,” said Thompson, adding that posting this semester’s courses evaluations on ACES Web has the full support of the Council’s executive committee. The Council approved a similar measure last spring, and results from the new course evaluations form were available during the Spring 2002 registration period this October. Thompson said the form that students in Trinity College classes will fill out in the next several weeks is in

its seventh—and hopefully final—draft of

the form. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the schedule for the upcoming Young Trustee election was unveiled by DSG President and Young Trustee Nominating Committee Chair C.J. Walsh. Two information sessions—one last night and another next Tuesday—will be held in the Faculty Commons Room. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Jan. 10, 2002 at the Office of the University Secretary in the Allen Building. From the applications, the YTNC will select eight candidates to interview on Jan. 26, and will then choose three finalists. The Committee and the DSG Legislature will then select the next Young Trustee Feb. 6. Carrie Johnson, DSG vice president for community interaction and former chair of the YTNC, is the only student tq announce her candidacy.

Northern Alliance rejects proposal for security force Bv ANWAR FARUQI The Associated Press

KOENIGSWINTER, Germany The Northern Alliance rejected the United Nations’ proposal for an international security force for Afghanistan, insisting Wednesday that a security force—theirs—is already in place. They also dampened expectations that the former king would head an interim administration. Deciding on the makeup of a security force, as well as an interim administration, are the two difficult goals of a U.N.-sponsored meeting of four Afghan factions at a mountaintop manor outside Bonn. “We don’t feel a need for an outside force. There is se-

curity in place,” the northern alliance’s chief negotiator, Younus Qanooni, said at the second day of the talks. If a security force is needed to enforce an agreement on an interim government, Qanooni said it should be comprised of Afghanistan’s ethnic groups. The other groups at the conference—supporters of exKing Mohammad Zaher Shah, and two other exile groups based in Cyprus and Pakistan—are pushing for a

neutral, U.N.-backed force. “Peace is not possible without neutral forces, and there are no neutral forces in Afghanistan. There are only Northern Alliance forces, and they are not neutral,” said Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, a delegate of the Peshawar group that is based in Pakistan.

Zalmai Rassoul, whose group represents the former monarch, said that one option was to include Afghans in a wider security force. He said he hoped for “compromise.” The fall of Kabul to Northern Alliance forces has prompted international calls for the United Nations to oversee a political settlement to the long-running civil war in Afghanistan. A multinational force drawn mainly from moderate Muslim nations has been in planning, drawing troops from Turkey, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Jordan. Eight foreign journalists have been killed in Afghanistan over the past several weeks since Northern See U.N. PROPOSAL

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Prison riot results Northern Alliance to move forces south in many fatalities BY MICHAEL GORDON

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MAID AN SHAHR, Afghanistan Commanders for the Northern Alliance, which reneged on a pledge to Washington not to enter the Afghan capital, said Wednesday that they plan to send their forces south of Kabul after they secure their position around the city. Such a move would increase pressure on the Taliban, but is also likely to anger Pakistan, a vital American ally already concerned by the Northern Alliance’s advance across much of Afghanistan. The goal, senior commanders said, is to establish control of the province of Ghazni, including its provincial capital. That would move Northern Alliance forces almost halfway to the Taliban’s stronghold of Kandahar and put them firmly in territory traditionally controlled by Pashtun tribes. Pashtuns, many of whom live in Pakistan, are generally wary of the ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks that dominate the alliance. “The Northern Alliance has taken the decision to send its forces to Ghazni,” Haji Sher Alam, the Northern Alliance field commander south of Kabul, said in an interview. The town lies about 100 miles

� FIRST DEATH from page 2 agency s commando arm, like the. Army’s Green Berets, can arm and train local forces and conduct covert assaults. Johnny Michael Spann, 32, lived in a Virginia suburb of Washington. He leaves a wife, two daughters and an infant son. We ve got another heartbreak and another hero,”

said neighbor Richard Faatz. Before joining the CIA in June 1999, Spann served in the Marine Corps as an artillery specialist, reaching the rank of captain. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said he spoke to Mike Spann’s wife, Shannon. “She said that when I saw people, I should tell them her husband cared about America, cared about the future of America and cared about the security of Americans,” Shelby said, fighting back tears. Four other Americans, all military personnel, have been killed in connection with the fighting in Afghanistan. All died in accidents outside the country, two in a helicopter crash in Pakistan. The CIA has been running covert operations in Afghanistan alongside the more public military effort. CIA officers are believed to have been providing weapons, money and intelligence to rebel groups opposing the Taliban and al-Qaeda, as well as interrogating prisoners captured during the fighting. The prison riot began Sunday when hundreds of Arabs, Pakistanis and other non-Afghan prisoners captured after the fall of Kunduz, the Taliban’s last stronghold in the north, broke free and stormed an armory for weapons. Thousands of Northern Alliance fighters, aided by U.S. commandos and airstrikes, assaulted the compound, but the prisoners held out for days before the fortress was recaptured Wednesday. Hundreds of prisoners and dozens of alliance fighters were dead. Five U.S. soldiers were wounded Monday when a U.S. bomb went astray. They were evacuated to a U.S. military hospital in Germany, where one is in intensive care and the other four were in good condition. The CIA often keeps the death of one of its own secret, usually to protect a clandestine operation or the identities of foreign agents working with the officer. Neither was the case with Spann’s death, and agency officials said Wednesday they wanted to publicly honor his service.

south ofKabul. Alam said he had had no discussions with the Americans and characterized the plan as a decision by the Northern Alliance s defense ministry. During the alliance’s advance on Kabul, however, its actions were closely coordinated with the United States. Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander of the operations in Afghanistan, said Wednesday in an interview that Northern Alliance forces may push deeper into the southern part of the country. This, he said, would give the United States additional proxy forces in the south. Alam said the alliance might even move its forces beyond Ghazni and toward Kandahar itself if the opportunity arose because Taliban defenses had deteriorated. Before the Northern Alliance can begin a campaign to the south of Kabul, however, it needs to cement its control near the Maiden Shahr area southwest of the capital, alliance commanders say. That task has eluded them so far in the two-and-ahalf weeks since the Taliban abandoned Kabul. The confrontation with a pocket of Taliban resistance some 20 miles from the capital is still not over after a week of negotiating and a day of bloody fighting in which Alam’s fighters were forced to retreat. Negotiations are underway and Northern Alliance commanders say they hope to complete the deal in upcoming days. The Northern Alliance surprised the Bush adminis-

tration and many experts with their sudden string of victories in northern Afghanistan, which began with the capture of Mazar-e-Sharif, included the dramatic seizure of the capital and culminated with the fall of Kunduz this week. President George W. Bush had asked the Northern Alliance to keep its forces outside of Kabul so as not to upset neighboring Pakistan, an important ally for Washington in its war on terror, But some of the Alliance’s men swept into the capital after the Taliban fled Nov. 12. The western-led attempt to establish a broadbased government in Afghanistan has been complicated by the fact that the Northern Alliance now governs from Kabul. Northern Alliance leaders insist they want a broadbased government but the talks now underway under U.N. auspices in Bonn, Germany, to create a post-Taliban regime may prove difficult, The situation directly south and west ofKabul has become very complex. There are no longer any clear front lines, but rather areas of Northern Alliance control, small pockets of Taliban resistance, and beyond that lawless stretches of no man’s land, The Northern Alliance’s southernmost checkpoint on the road from Kabul to Kandahar is at Sur Pol, just south of Maidan Shahr. The highway going south from Sur Pol is a dusty and dilapidated road which only a few buses and trucks dare to navigate and which passes by jagged mountains of striking beauty. Nominally, this dusty track is already under Northern Alliance control up to Ghazni, Abdul Ahmad, Alam’s deputy in Maidan Shahr, said that some alliance fighters had moved up and down the route, while many of the villages in the area had made clear they did not want to pick a fight with the new de facto authority in Kabul, But the alliance also does not really control the

settlements. “Right now, we cannot say we are keeping complete security,” Ahmad said. “There may be some Talibs, Arab and Pakistani militia in some the houses.”

Not all of the Taliban and Arab fighters in the Ghazni area are hiding. The Taliban have set up a checkpoint at Muqur at the southern end of the Ghazni province. Alam said the Alliance’s goal is to evict the Taliban from this position and move south toward Kandahar if possible. But before striking south, the Northern Alliance needs to consolidate its position south and west of the capital. The immediate concern, commanders said, is See NORTHERN ALLIANCE on page 8 P-

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commented, as the students left the building. “This is a sad commentary on the Black Student Movement here and the Black Student Center. It’s a much sadder commentary on the administration of this university, and the leftist professors that are encouraging this type ofstudent behavior.” Black Student Movement President Kristi Booker organized the silent walkout in protest of David Horowitz’s past “blatantly racist comments.” Booker called Horowitz’s past comments “divisive and hateful.” “When you tell me that I come from an unemployable people, when you tell me that I should be thankful for the enslavement of my ancestors, when you tell me that I am amongst a group of low-life gang-bangers, yes, that’s hateful speech,” Booker said. Members of Duke’s Black Student Alliance were also present at the event. Senior Troy Clair, the group’s president, chose to stay seated throughout the speech. “It’s not about Horowitz,” Clair said. “It’s about not allowing people to come in and divide a community to do that. That’s why I think that the Black Student Movement at UNC had support today.” After Horowitz’s speech, the publicist fielded questions from the audience. A UNC-CH junior and ROTC member, James Haltora, engaged Horowitz in an open-floor argument. “My main comment is that I wish he wouldn’t divide Americans, and say that the left is wrong, or the right is wrong... and instead look at all Americans as people and this country as what it was

founded on—as a place where people with open minds and different opinions can come together to voice their opinions,” Haltom said. “It’s a lot easier to be a divider than a uniter.” The most vocal members of the audience, however, seemed to support Horowitz’s conservative ideology. Republican State Senator Hugh Webster thought Horowitz “went easy” in his criticisms of the university’s left-leaning faculty. “This faculty here, the most visible of them, seems to have been taken over by leftist notions. I was surprised that they found four registered Republicans in political science. I think there has been no effort at all to bring balance or objectivity into the faculty of the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, and I hope that’s going to change,” Webster said. Horowitz also discussed his efforts last spring to publish his political essayadvertisement, which outlined 10 reasons the federal government should not pay reparations to blacks to compensate them for their ancestors’ enslavement. “I never expected the ad to be as inflammatory as it was,” Horowitz said. “I don’t know what college students are learning on campus to make it so inflammatory.” Since the late 1980s, Horowitz has actively promoted conservative politics through his organization, the Los Angeles-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture. Horowitz is the editor-in-

chief of the center’s self-described “shin-kicking” political Internet magazine FrontPageMagazine.com, a Fox News political analyst and a columnist for the Internet magazine Salon.com. But Horowitz has not always played

on economy � CONGRESS from page 2 from party leaders, let them withstand lobbying by unions, mail-order businesses, ports and other groups that stood to benefit from the Democrats’ proposal. Bush won a victory in the Democratic-controlled Senate, as well. Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said he would slice his party’s plan to add $l5 billion for domestic security to halfthat amount. That is on top of an underlying $2O billion in anti-terror spending. Daschle said he would remove the domestic security package from economic stimulus legislation, where it had been a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal on using tax cuts and new DREW KLEIN/THE CHRONICLE

DAVID HOROWITZ speaks in Memorial Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. the conservative side—during the turbulent 19605, Horowitz edited the radically leftist magazine Ramparts, while also working closely with Black Panther leader Huey Newton. According to FrontPageMagazine.com, Horowitz grew up as a “red-diaper baby”—his parents were Depression-era Communists in Queens, New York—and served as a strong proponent for American Communism during his time with Ramparts, writing and publishing several academic essays supporting Communism in the United States.

spending to prod the slumbering national economy. That move, coupled with signals of widespread-support for a plan to erase

Social Security taxes for a month, breathed new life into the economic stimulus bill. At a morning White House meeting, Bush asked congressional leaders to intensify efforts for compromise. The leaders planned to meet again Wednesday night. “Hopefully, we’ll get this done in the next week or so,” said Senate Minority Whip Don Mickies, R-Okla. The Senate Appropriations Committee planned to vote on its version of the anti-terror package next Tuesday.

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Researchers cite potential Skidmore cautions against benefits to stem cell study too many bonfires in 1 year CLONING from page 1

campus departments. This is

a growth threaten our very capacity to be a good, area for biomedical science, and as the hospitable peotdff biotechnology advances, the policy reguDr. Douglas Barchuk, associate pro- lating it will become very important,” said fessor of genetics, admitted that there is Dr. Sandy Williams, dean of the School of potential for embryonic research to push Medicine. “This is a very thorny issue, limits of acceptability. and I’d like to think that Duke will be in “I think we’ll end up moving the line the forefront of the academic circles that further back on a continuum, which may reach out to educate society.” create somewhat of a slippery slope,” he Public debate about stem cell research said. “Although the people at the particu- has recently been overshadowed by news lar company [behind Sunday’s report] say relating to the Sept. 11 attacks, but offithat their results will be used solely for cials believe the issue remains relevant. research, it’s clear that perhaps that tech“Within the broad principles [of jusnology could be used to make humans.” tice, respect of persons and beneficence], Currently, much related research at we will have to apply our own judgDuke has been limited to adult stem ments and experiences and values to cells. Many researchers have stressed guide us in terms of how we should conthe need to distinguish the actual cloning duct this research,” said Dr. Russel of humans from the use of human emKaufman, vice dean for education and bryos solely for research. They say those academic affairs. “Certainly the discusembryos are destroyed and thus leave sosion of this will intensify, and as a socieciety with different ethical questions. ty, we will have to reach a broad consenScientists and researchers tout the posus on research involving embryonic tential benefits of stem cell research. Bestem cells.” Without this public and cause it can be used to replace damaged legal support for academic research, he tissue, the strategy may help treat neufears studies will be limited to private rodegenerative and muscular disorders, companies or foreign institutions. cardiac disease, diabetes and spinal cord Nonetheless, researchers and ethiinjuries. Furthermore, creating embryoncists recognize the difficulties ahead. ic stem cells produces a more controllable “Any process that is involved in the source of cells, and also provides imheart of our being and soul is a complex munologically identical cells to the host. process, and has many sides and differAbove all, Duke administrators are ent layers of complexity in what it means to our society and to every individual,” emphasizing the need for public education. “Many of our departments are insaid Dr. Jeffrey Vance, co-director of the creasing their interest in stem cell biology Center for Human Genetics. “These and tissue regeneration strategies, which kinds of issues are totally gray, not black will ultimately affect medical school and and white.”

� BONFIRE from page 3 four last year with University officials eliminating the permits for the

Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and the NCAA regional final game. Students and administrators said the bonfires had become too frequent, especially with the conference championship occurring over spring break. Skidmore said that same sentiment remains this year. “I don’t necessarily want to have five

bonfires. This just allows us enough leeway that when we feel the spontaneity and that feeling you have after a great victory” Skidmore said. This year, the away game against UNC-CH comes just two weeks after the Maryland home game, a proximity that may cause the first UNC-CH bonfire to be smaller or even canceled. “I think we will just wait until the time comes and make the decision then,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs.

Bioinformatics to expand >

BIOINFORMATICS from page 3

School of Engineering and many Arts and Sciences departments as well, including statistics and decision sciences, computer science, mathematics, physics and biology. In addition to the doctoral program and the certificate, bioinformatics has or-

ganized an ongoing seminar series and is working on a fledgling post-doctoral program as well. Currently, the program lacks enough faculty and infrastructure, but Siedow said the University’s core faculty in the area, in addition to its access to databanks, already provide strength for the doctoral program. “We’ve got a large base of patients,” Siedow said. “That’s really a competitive advantage on our side.” The University also has one of the nation’s largest DNA databanks.

Scientists believe bioinformatics applications are endless, and include predicting reactions to medicines and determining the origins of some genetic abnormalities. Vance and Siedow agreed bioinformatics is the fastest growing field in science. “There’s a lot happening,” Siedow said. “In a couple of years, people are going to wake up and realize that bioinformatics is all over.” Wray said the mapping of the human genome has been the major impetus for the field, and the vast amount of information has created a need for experts both in academics and in the private sector. “It’s turning out to be a gold mine of information,” he said. “It’s really kind of up for grabs,” Wray said. “Anybody who’s smart can jump in, do something and make a meaningful contribution.”

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Western nations hope for broad coalition government � U.N. PROPOSAL from page 4 Alliance forces began pushing the Taliban out of most of the country. U.N. officials and aid agencies have also expressed concern over unconfirmed reports that Northern Alliance forces

have massacred hundreds of civilians and captured soldiers in their push against the Taliban. Qanooni also dampened expectations that the former king would head an interim administration, .saying he would have a role only if elected by a national council. ‘We don’tbelieve in therole of a person and personalities. We believe in a system, for example, the loya jirga,” Qanooni said. “If the people agree through a loya jirga that the king has a role, of course,” he said. Delegates from other factions at the conference indicated earlier Wednesday that consensus was growing around the ex-king as head of a transitional administration, which would run Afghanistan until a national council, or loya jirga, can

convene, possibly as early as March. In Washington, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said after a meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell that the Afghan leaders in Bonn “have a unique and historic responsibility to do something for their people.” Annan said that if they form a broadbased transitional administration, the international community will have a partner with which to work. “I urge them and plead with them for the sake of their people and the country and the region to show the leadership required.” After heralding a unifying tone at the opening sessions, the United Nations toned down expectations on the talks’ second day. With discussions under way at informal meetings among the delegations and with representatives of observer nations in the corridors of the Petersberg hotel on the two contentious issues, the four delegations have twice postponed a

working meeting with U.N. envoy

Lakhdar Brahimi. That meeting is to take place on Thursday, U.N. spokesperson Ahmad Fawzi said. We have to decide whether we should not help them move along and overcome obstacles,” deputy UN. envoy Francesc Vendrell said, adding that the United Nations will probably “encourage them, prod them.” US. envoy James Dobbins said it was natural for differences to begin emerging at this stage in the talks. “They’ve now gotten past the get-acquainted stage and are grappling with the real issues,” Dobbins said. While Brahimi has said an all-Afghan option is most desirable, his spokesperson said this week that a multilateral security force might be the most viable, given

the speed with which one would be needed to secure the peace for a new administration to take hold. “The fact that Qanooni came out to

say we don’t need an international force

is fine,” Fawzi said Wednesday. “It’s their decision. We feel they have to maintain law and order somehow in order to give this interim administration the space to govern until a loya jirga is convened in a few months time.”

Dobbins said the United States had not taken a position on whether an eventual security force should be multinational. Western nations hope to use the promise of billions of dollars in reconstruction aid as leverage to prod the Afghans toward a historic agreement on a broadbased government, a constitution with full civil rights for women and eventual

elections. Following the transitional administration, tribal leaders convening an initial loya jirga would approve a transitional government to be in place for up to two. years, leading to a second loya jirga, which would approve a constitution and set the stage for elections.

Plan passes, amid concern Ethnic rivalries play key role expressed by both parties as Afghan warfare continues REDISTRICTING from page 1 gress in 1998 after Democrat Bill Heftier retired. Registered voters in the current district are 51 percent Democratic; the new map boosts the percentage slightly to 51.6 percent. For days, Democratic leaders in the Senate had debated whether to pursue a more partisan plan that would make Hayes’ re-election more difficult. Hayes spokesperson Andrew Duke said the plan approved is far better that some other maps that had been considered, but he still regretted that “communities of interest” in the district are being split. “It continues to divide some communities, and it still has some of North Carolina’s most rural communities now lumped in with the most urban community in North Carolina, which is Charlotte,”

Duke said. Sen. Brad Miller, D-Wake, who headed the Senate committee responsible for congressional redistricting, said Senate De-

mocrats ultimately decided there had been enough bitter partisan fights this year. “We didn’t want to pour more fuel on that fire,” Miller said. But in a strange twist, Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover, lobbied the Sen-

ate committee Wednesday to reject the House plan that he wrote and pursue a more partisan plan.

Wright urged Miller and his committee to “take a closer look” at the Bth District. Also, House Speaker Jim Black told Senate leader Marc Basnight he had the votes to pass a more partisan Senate proposal in the House, a source close to the

House Democratic leadership told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. But dissent among Senate Democrats led to the decision to accept the House map. “You pull a string in one part of the state and someone yelps in another,” Miller said. Two Democrats—Sen. Kay Hagan of Guilford County and Sen. Dan Clodfelter of Mecklenburg County—voted against the plan. Hagan said she didn’t want to see Guilford County divided among three districts. Republicans also criticized Democratic leaders for failing to consider voters’ interests in keeping communities together. “Even a dog knows whether it’s been stumbled over or knows whether it’s been kicked. And the people of this state have been kicked and kicked hard,” said Sen. Ham Horton, R-Forsyth.

� NORTHERN ALLIANCE from page 5 the town of Jalez, which is only 20 miles west of Kabul on an important east-west route that connects Kabul with Herat, the main city in western

Afghanistan.

Jalez, Northern Alliance commanders said, is under the control ofGhullan Mohammed, who has sided with the Taliban and has been denounced by the Northern Alliance as a brutal warlord. The Northern Alliance suffered a humiliating setback last week when it was forced to retreat after attacking

Mohammed’s outnumbered forces. In the days since, it had appeared that a deal typical of Afghanistan’s fast-shifting warfare had been struck: Mohammed’s forces turned

over their heavy weapons and some of the Taliban fighters appeared to slip away. Wednesday, however, Northern Alliance commanders admitted that there was still a problem in Jalez, where they said Mohammed’s men there had yet to turn over their small arms, including Kalashnikov automatic weapons. The standoff at this point may have more to do with the fears of Jalez’s warlord about the intentions of the

power in Kabul than with any loyalty he feels toward the Taliban. Negotiations are continuing. Alam said there would be no assault on Jalez during the talks in Bonn, whose duration is so far undetermined, but that he might attack if no deal has been reached on Jalez once the Bonn talks end. Traditionally, the Pashtun tribes which dominate southern Afghanistan and much of the adjacent territory in Pakistan have been rivals of the ethnic Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazara who dominate the Northern Alliance. But the ethnic politics south of Kabul illustrate that each region of Afghanistan has its own rules and loyalties. Alam, who says he controls 7,000 fighters, is loyal to a Pashtun faction of the Northern Alliance run by Abdul Rasal Sayyaf. Sayyaf is a religious fundamentalist who came to Afghanistan from Saudi Arabia, and brought other Arab fighters, to fight the Soviet Army during its decade-long occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Alam was interviewed Tuesday in his headquarters in Chandalbahy, a guarded compound decorated by two old cannons west of the capital.

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Women’s basketball hopes to get back on track

By CATHERINE SULLIVAN The Chronicle After an encouraging season-opening victory against then-No. 7 Texas Tech, the Duke women’s basketball team appeared to have a stretch of nearly certain victories against several unranked opponents.

This season, however, has been anything but predictable for the No. 14 Blue Devils, who enter tonight’s game against Charlotte (3-1) with a disappointing 3-2 record, including losses to Toledo and thenunranked South Carolina. Duke will be looking to rebound from its bitter 78-71 overtime loss to the Gamecocks Sunday in the finals of the Duke Classic. “Our losses have been a very difficult learning experience for us,” coach Gail Goestenkors said. “They have made us take a long, hard look at ourselves.” If Duke is to avoid the upset bid against Charlotte, it will have to stop 6-foot-2 senior center Adrienne Jordan, who has been the 49ers’ most dominant player both offensively and defensively this year. Jordan recently collected tournament MVP honors after leading her team to victory in the Texas A&M Tournament last weekend. She contributed a career-high 22 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocks in the championship game against the host Aggies. “Adrienne Jordan has done a tremendous job for them,” Goestenkors said. “It is important for us to take it inside and get her into foul trouble early.”

In order to stop Jordan, Duke’s post players will have to be strong throughout the game. Goestenkors will be looking specifically for more aggressive play from talented freshman center Wynter Whitley, who is averaging 7.4 points per game while shooting nearly 60 percent from the field. In an interesting side note to the contest on the court, tonight’s matchup pits Goestenkors against two of her former players. First-year head coach Katie Meyer, a 1990 graduate, and first-year assistant Nicole Erickson, who graduated in 1999, both starred for the Blue Devils during their respective four-year campaigns. Meyer, who was an Academic AllAmerican and a member of the All-ACC team, has already begun to build a solid program at Charlotte. “Katie has done a great job of bringing in a lot of new players,” Goestenkors said. “She has a very athletic and quick team that likes toxun. Our defense will have to be very focused, and our offense will have to be more patient. We need to start doing the little things better.” Tonight’s game is particularly important for the Blue Devils, who are looking to gain confidence heading into Sunday’s showdown with No. 5 Louisiana Tech in the Disney Honda Elite Classic. “This game has to be the start of a new attitude about how tough we’ll play each and every game,” Goestenkors said.

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MATT DOHERTY rests his head in his hands during the closing minute of his team’s 79-66 loss to Indiana Wednesday.

From wire reports North Carolina 79 CHAPEL HILL Indiana has dug itself an unthinkable hole it jjNC 66 still believes it can escape from. The Tar Heels started 0-3 for the first time in 73 years as Indiana got clutch play from A.J. Moye and Tom Coverdale for a 79-66 win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Wednesday night. “Fm excited about this team, and that may sound sick to you guys because we’re 0-3,” North Carolina coach Matt Doherty said. “But we’ve got some great kids in that locker room that busted their tails.” Indiana coach Mike Davis agreed. r “This helped our guys because they played the best basketball I’ve seen them play all year,” Davis said. “Kris Lang was unstoppable. I thought I was a smart coach, but it was dumb playing man-to-man against him because we had no answer for him.” North Carolina must beat Georgia Tech Sunday to avoid its first 0-4 start in 92 years of basketball. “The boys don’t seem to be panicking to me,” Lang said as he observed a quiet locker room. Moye and Coverdale combined to go 7-for-8 from three-point range in the opening 20 minutes as the Hoosiers (4-1) built a 10-point lead by making of 9-of-17 from behind the arc and never let the Tar Heels back into the game.

Moye finished wi|h 20 points, while Coverdale had 17 and forward Jared Jeffries added 11 for the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers won despite going 0-for-9 from threepoint range in the second half. But Indiana was 20-of-24 from the foul line and turned it over just 11 times.

Indiana coach Mike Davis said North Carolina did his team a favor early in the game by playing zone. The Tar Heels played better than in Smith Center losses to Hampton and Davidson, but still shot just 37 percent and turned it over 18 times to lose four straight at home for just the third time in school history. “We just need to take that round thing and put it in that iron rim,” Lang said. The home losing streak includes a 14-point loss to Duke to end last season’s regular season.

Virginia 31, Michigan State 28 (ppd.)

RICHMOND, Va. The ice was under the floor, but it might as well have been the floor Wednesday night when condensation on the court forced postponement of the game between No. 9 Virginia and No. 22 Michigan State. The game was called by the officials with 15:04 to play after the Cavaliers’ Travis Watson fell hard to the court, and hit his face while trying to defend an inbounds play. Neither coach objected to the stoppage. “This was the most bizarre evening I’ve ever experi

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Doctors told Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill he has bone spurs in his left ankle, which was operated on in the spring. Hill sat out practice Wednesday and may see reduced minutes.

Georgia Tech has accepted

3Com Corp. announced it will not renew its naming rights contract with the San Francisco 49ers for next season. After this year, the 49ers may once again play in Candlestick Park.

Ohio State quarterback Steve Bellisari was served with three days of jail time and three more days of alcohol counseling after a plea of no contest to drunk

a bid to the inaugural Seattle Bowl. The new incarnation of the Oahu Bowl, played in Safeco Field Dec. 27, will pit Tech against Stanford.

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Men’s Basketball No. 6 Florida 108, UNH 56

No. 7 Kansas 105, Pittsburgh St. 52 No. 14 Kentucky 82, Kent St. 64 No. 15 BC 96, St. Bonaventure 82

Women’s Basketball Dayton 56, No. 25 Maryland 53

No. 9 N.C. State 99, Chari. Sou. 45

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enced,” said Virginia coach Pete Gillen, whose team led 31-28. “It was like Bambi on ice.” The ice, under the floor in prepara-

tion for a minor league hockey game on Friday night and warmed by 70-degree

temperatures outside, produced a steady supply of moisture that made the going too treacherous to continue. “I think we went as far as we could go, maybe too far,” Gillen said. He said lead official Andre Pattillo told both coaches at halftime the game could be called, and both left it to the officials to decide.

Georgia Tech 62, Wisconsin 61

ATLANTA Georgia Tech’s Halston Lane made two free throws with 14 seconds left as the Yellow Jackets rallied for their largest second-half comeback since joining the ACC in 1979, a 62-61 victory over the Badgers in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Wisconsin’s Kirk Penney missed a desperation jumper at the buzzer, prompting Georgia Tech students from sections the standing-room-only underneath the baskets to storm the court in celebration. The winning points came on Lane’s only free throws of the game. “I felt comfortable at the end because I shot a lot of free throws this afternoon,” Lane said. “I was pretty confident

I would make them.” The Yellow Jackets (3-3) trailed by 20 with 16 minutes left and were still down 11 with 4:18 remaining. But the Badgers (1-4) did not score again, and Tony Akins scored seven points to help pull GeorgiaTech to 61-60. After a turnover by Travon Davis, Lane missed a jumper but Akins chased down a long rebound. He drove and dished to Lane, who was fouled by Penney with 14 seconds left. Davis, one of only two seniors playing for the Badgers, turned the ball over twice in the final 75 seconds.

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In its three wins this season, Duke has had at least four players in double figures. For this to happen, the Blue Devils will need to solve Charlotte’s defense, which holds opponents to 49.5 points per game and just 19 percent three-point shooting. Although the Blue Devils only hit six of their first 39 three-pointers this season, they have since shot 36 percent, a Compiled by Shawn Nicholis trend they will need to continue. Duke wins 64-52.

Northwestern 57, Florida State 50 111. Winston Blake

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Swing and Salsa competitions for prizes!

The Blue Devils will look to get back on track following their loss Sunday. However, Charlotte should receive a good amount of motivation from its coaching staff. Head coach Katie Meier is the third leading scoring in Duke history, while assistant coach Nicole Erickson played on the 1999 Duke Final Four team.

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Charlotte’s main backcourt threat is Peaches Harris, who is scoring seven more points per game than she did her freshman season. Expect Alana Beard to continue her hot hand for the Blue Devils. In the last three games, Beard is averaging nearly 20 points on 64 percent shooting from the floor. Saturday against Davidson, center Crystal White came off the Duke bench to score 17 points to go along with 10 rebounds, her first career double-double. All 10 Blue Devils average at least 12 minutes per game, and even though both teams are well rested, this depth could become important in the second half.

Clemson returns home to play host to Coastal Carolina Friday. Penn State travels to Philadelphia for its next game Saturday at Temple.

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Chris STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Hobbs had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Clemson to a 79-66 victory over Penn State Wednesday. Penn State (1-3) gave up an 11-point second half lead and was outscored 20-7 in the final 10 minutes. Thomas Nagys’ layup with 12:22 remaining capped a 20-6 Clemson run and gave Clemson (4-1) a 57-54 lead. Penn State was led by Jamaal Tate with 18 points. Clemson outrebounded Penn State 46-22 and had five players in double figures. The Tigers shot l-for-10 from the 3-point line, while Penn State hit 8for-23 from behind the arc. Penn State was led in the first half by Tyler Smith and Tate with 10 points each. The Lions led 44-34 at halftime.

Northwestern emerged victorious against Florida State 57-50. Jitim Young scored 19 points for Northwestern, which beat FSU for the first time. At 4-1, the Wildcats are off to their best start since the 1998-99 season, when they opened 5-1. Antwuan Dixon and Monte Cummings each had 10 points for Florida State (2-2).

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PASSING YARDS Comp/Att Yds G. Godsey, Ga Tech 224/345 2810 C. Rix, FSU 152/262 2515 P. Rivers, N.C. State 240/368 2586 164/328 2171 D. Bryant, Duke S. Hill, Maryland 197/329 2380

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J. Burns, Ga Tech T. Williams, Wake W. Dantzler, Clem C. Douglas, Duke

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ON COACHING AT DUKE, WHICH HEDID FROM 1983-198/

“Football is a rhythm game.... We had three weeks oft, and I think that’s where we lost our edge.” GeorgiaTech coach George O'Leary on how the delay of the

Clemson quarterback Woodrow Dantzler is only one game away from being the 10th player in ACC history to lead his team in both passing and rushing. The senior has gained 2,117 yards in the air and 869 yards on the ground this season, and is only 131 yards away from becoming the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 in a season.

RECEIVING YARDS Rec. Yds 80 1019 B. McMullen, UVa J, Walker, FSU 43 879 S. Aiken, UNC 738 42 G. Gary, Maryland 48 718 B. Peterson, N.C. State 48 657

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With his team's last-second victory over N.C. State, Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen became the first coach in ACC history to win the conference title in his inaugural season at a school. Friedgen also tied former Clemson boss Ken Hatfield for most wins by a first-year coach in the ACC with 10 on the season.

Yellow Jackets’game against FSU HAS AFFECTED THEIR SEASON.

“I think we seem to be refreshed.... There were a lot of them, who, at that stage of the season, were operating at well less than top efficiency.” Virginia coach Al Ghoh on his team’s having some time to rest.

� Home away from home If one wants to look tor data supporting Duke’s chance of upsetting'Clemson Saturday, the Blue Devils should take solace in the fact that visiting teams are 20-14 in ACC games this season. In addition, Clemson is only 2-3 in the usually unfriendly confines of Death Valley.

“It would probably be good if somebody just spanked him and put him to bed and hope he wakes up all grown up.” Florida State athletic director Dave Hart on Florida coach Steve

� A successful mat-Rix Despite his frequent growing pains, Florida State quarterback Chris Rix has performed at a record-setting pace for the Seminoles this season. The redshirt freshman remains only 126 yards shy of setting a new single season mark for total offensive yardage by an ACC freshman. That record was set last year by N.C. State's Philip Rivers.

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The Chronicle Patriotism for a reason

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ll’s terrorist attacks left a poignant sense of outrage that terrorists were capable of enacting such destruction on the United States and also a feeling that the country must respond to protect its values and its national sovereignty. Naturally, though with the assistance of presidential speechwriters, many Americans have been overcome with a form of patriotism that has led them to display their stars and stripes, support government agencies and officials and, in the case of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, release a list of 117 acts of unpatriotic activities. Although these reactions are undoubtedly well-intended, Americans must consider exactly why they are patriotic, what patriotism really means and how it is most productively expressed. Patriotism represents the love of one’s country and the ideals for which the nation stands. However, the popular outcry in the months after the attacks has often neglected some of the United States’ most vital paradigms—open discussion, freedom to think individually and dissent from government opinion. Only through free debate can this country collectively process and evaluate its national policies and priorities. Surely this country is strong enough to let this exercise thrive without dismissing it as “antiAmerican” or “unpatriotic.” Unfortunately, many of the items identified by the American Council exhibit a dangerous tendency to view opposition to a US. policy as equivalent to hatred of the country. For example, one item listed as unpatriotic is a quotation taken from someone attending a university teach-in: “These acts of terrorism will not stop as long as we are intervening in civil wars that are none of our business besides serving the interests ofUS. corporations.” Especially at a key point in the nation’s history, the political question that this participant raised should be welcomed; the speaker argues out of concern that the United States pursues policies that are not in the best interests of all Americans —not out of hatred for America. Academia, of all places, should be able to provide the opportunity for this type of discussion. Americans must also be careful that their patriotism does not degenerate into jingoism. Another American value is that of acceptance of people of all colors and creeds. Yet proposed new immigration laws and military tribunals at best make many newcomers feel uncomfortable and at worst presume their guilt. This is not the type of welcome many Americans’ forefathers hoped for at Ellis Island. Another misguided form of patriotism is that which takes the form of team pride. The country is at war, but if citizens wish to support the troops, their actions should run deeper than posting a flag in one’s car window as if driving to a college football game. Clearly, flag waving and wearing national colors can be memorable symbols ofpatriotism, but if such actions are taken, they should only be a representation of a more substantive love expressed through activism, volunteerism and open debate. Patriotism reflects a respect for the nation’s underlying ideals; it should not be treated like a fashionable trend used to make everyone acquiesce to certain government policies and actions.

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Students can inspire change Before I got to Duke, I had heard many different perspectives on student organizing on campus. Some told me Duke was one of the most active schools in the nation, and others claimed that apathy was widespread with very little progressive activity here. I had been active in a couple social justice and environmental groups during my high school years, and I was hoping to find similar organizations when I got to Duke. I was pleasantly surprised to find many student groups, working on a variety of issues from rural health to the environment to workers’ rights, made up of individuals dedicated to making change on and off campus.

Student labor organizing has been a huge part of this student mobilization, especially over the past several years since the establishment of Students Against Sweatshops at Duke. Recently, The Chronicle documented the University’s decision to join the Worker Rights Consortium, a non-profit organization created by college and university administrations, students, and labor rights experts. The main task of the WRC is to investigate conditions in the factories that produce goods containing logos and names of its 90 affiliate universities and colleges. The WRC then works with these institutions to end labor-rights violations where they exist. Duke’s new membership in the WRC was not made possible solely by the administration, however. There were months of student organizing that went on behind the scenes, mainly collecting research and meeting with the administration. The same is true for Duke’s recent decision not to continue its contract with New Era, a company that produces caps for Duke and has been found to have committed shocking workers’ rights violations in its New York factory. The administration made the final decision, but students put in endless hours behind the scenes to make this happen. President Nan Keohane just sent a letter to New Era President David Koch, demanding that he account for said accusations of labor rights violations. This letter was sent only after suggestions from Duke students were included. Duke has been at the forefront of the student anti-sweatshop movement since its conception, when a Duke alumnus (then an undergraduate student here) helped found the national United Students Against Sweatshops. USAS now works on a variety of labor issues and does not restrict itself to only sweatshops at home and abroad. Duke’s, leadership in this movement continues today, as Duke Students Against Sweatshops plans

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which will be held on campus this Friday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 2. The countless hours of planning that have gone into making this conference happen at Duke have been headed up not only by older, experienced student labor organizers on campus but also by a number of freshmen who will carry on this legacy during our years here.

Allison Brim Guest Commentary Do students even make a difference in issues that seem so disconnected from the University? Why should they even care? Let’s take a look at one issue that will be discussed in depth at the conference this weekend; student-farm worker solidarity. The. Immokalee farm workers in Florida work long hours for little pay in unsafe conditions picking tomatoes which are then sold to Taco Bell, which puts them in their burritos that are then distributed all over the country. That is, until several weeks ago when students pressured Duke’s administration to participate in the boycott called by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. A similar fate fell upon Mt. Olive pickles sold in Duke University stores. This North Carolina company buys cucumbers from farmers who refuse to provide decent living and working conditions for their laborers. Mt. Olive in turn refuses to get involved. In response, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, a union representing migrant farm workers, has also called a boycott, their target being Mt. Olive products. Months ofbehind-the-scenes student work recently led to Duke’s agreement to participate in the boycott. The connection to Duke is clear. But what real difference can students make? Because we are a part of an institution, we have that much more power. Urging even a small college or university to participate in a boycott in support of workers significantly impacts a boycott, much more so than that of an individual participating in the same boycott. But, still, why should we care? Well, most of us would say we respect Albert Einstein. So why shouldn’t we live by his words, “Those with privilege to know have the duty to act?” It is essential that we as students take advantage of our youth and enthusiasm to shake up the apathy not only on campus but also in the community. We must be aware ofthe issues in our world today and the potential we hold to shape that world.

Allison Brim is a Trinity freshman. Trinity senior Jonathan Harris contributed to this piece.

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It’s really kind of up for grabs. Anybody who’s smart can jump in, do something and make a meaningful contribution. Greg Wray, associate professor of biology, on research in the aftermath of mapping the human genome (see story, page three)

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Eradicating intolerance toward gays

Society’s outdated morality code inhibits gays’ and lesbians’ relationships with their families

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Many gays and les{ bians have especially delicate relationships j with their parents. My parents have been nothing short of amazHarkins mg in the way they’ve come to terms with my being gay, but they did have to come to terms with it. They didn t know anything about the shape of gay communities or about the remarkable progress toward equality that has been made in the last 50 years. They did learn, but it was difficult at first for them. Since then, my dad has sponsored and participated in programs on gay issues at the college where he teaches, and my mom has been right there with him. This is far more support than most gay people receive from their parents. Once, I told him how grateful I was to have a family that would go out on a limb like that for me. His response was nonchalant, self-effacing, as if it were the most natural thing in the world to stand up for his gay son. He was right, of course: It should be the most natural thing in the world, The reality, however, is much different, Anyone who’s spent much time at all in the gay community has heard astonishing stories of parents’ freaking out when they find out that their child is gay or lesbian. It can be comic, such as the parents who sent their son for a semester abroad so he could get over this “little phase”—where, of course, he promptly found a boyfriend and

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came back gayer than ever. Other stories are not so funny: kids who are fed a nonstop diet of Bible verses until they commit suicide (this actually happened in Texas some years ago, leading the mother to start a chapter of Parents/Families ofLesbians And Gays), kids who are thrown out of the house with no means of support, kids who are beaten to within an inch of their lives. It may be that I’m so outraged by this precisely because my family never did that to me. My experience tells me that this treatment is 100 percent unnecessary. Nobody wins. So why do people still do it? Some religious denominations teach that the most important thing is to stay in good standing with God and get into heaven. This means following the right rules and believing the right things. If you believe this way and someone suffers because of some ofyour beliefs, you might pity that person, but you probably won’t stop to consider the role your beliefs play in creating that suffering, If you question that, how can you be sure what to believe? The central issue here is finding the ideal mixture of obedience and nonharming in our moral reasoning. A moral system predicated entirely on obedience works just fine if the rules are fair and if nothing ever happens

the system would be so cumbersome and difficult to understand that it would be of no use to anyone. Moral rules and guidelines must be tempered with the spirit of non-harming if they are to point us in the right direction. When has a rule begun to cause harm instead of preventing it? Simple observation should tell us. There are parents whose devotion to a rule is more dear to them than the welfare of their own child. Where is the nonharming in that? There’s something a bit childish about the need for firm rules. It’s almost like God is supposed to be a cosmic Mike Brady who, at the end of the episode, will tell you exactly the right thing to do and relieve you of the risk of

making a mistake—and thereby, of responsibility for it. Non-harming calls us to listen first and then to do what will alleviate the most suffering based on a thorough understanding of the situation. Hurting another so that you can get everlasting treats from that Mr. Brady in the sky is the opposite of non-harming, Anti-gay views ask gays and lesbians to sacrifice their development into whole and healthy human beings so that others may cling to a morality that doesn’t want to grow up. A growing number of us is not willing to play along, For that matter, why should anyone? James Harkins received his doctorate

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that the rules failed to anticipate. In such a case, obedience brings a sense of security, of confidence; Just do this, and

you’ll be fine. If only the world actually worked that way! Think of the variety of moral dilemmas in which people find themselves. If there were ironclad rules to cover every last one of these situations,

Terrorism’s next generation You live in a small room with your three brothers. You once had a sister, but she’s dead. So too are an uncle and two of your cousins. Your parents live in the room next to you. You’re lucky, you realize, because you live in an apartment that also has a living dfc J| room. Some of your friends’ families live only in two rooms. You’re also lucky, you think, because you no longer live in a refugee camp, a place where sheets Nick doubled as doors, and the mud was Christie

the floor. Most days you walk to school with your friends. It is a bleak walk, a walk down dirty streets. The walls that line it are rife with bullet holes. One day your group of friends is short one member. Later that day, you find out the reason for his absence: That morning, he blew himself up. You go to the apartment of your newly martyred friend, but surprisingly the mood is not somber. His mom’s eyes are not filled with tears. Instead she smiles. “I was very happy when I heard,” she says. “To be a martyr, that’s something. Very few people can do it. I prayed to thank God. In the Koran it’s said that a martyr does not die. I know my son is close to me.” Soon your friend’s surviving family moves into a bigger, nicer apartment. They have been given a huge sum of money, more than they would have earned in 10 years. Question: Who are you, and where do you live? Answer: You are one of thousands of youths growing up in the Middle East. You could live in Gaza, where the mother quoted above resides, or in Lebanon. Change a few ofthe details, and you might be in Syria, Iraq or Egypt Right now the Middle East is a veritable factory for young martyrs. There are literally thousands upon thousands of young men who have lived in impoverished conditions all their lives. They have all lost loved

ones, and whether it be a cousin, a sibling or even a mother, each loss stung. In return for their lives, these martyrs can do a great many things for those they love. There are trust funds set up by many organizations that provide large amounts of money to the martyr’s family.

More importantly, they are told that with their life they provide the foundation for the birth of a country, or the improvement of another. Their death will help millions of their Muslim brothers and sisters, as they struggle to prosperity. Lastly, they will walk next to the Prophet in the afterlife. They will be rewarded for their ultimate sacrifice. They shall gain entry to paradise. In light of the Sept. 11 attacks, many in the United States have repeatedly said that America is neither at war with the religion of Islam, nor the Muslim people. This is not entirely accurate The United States is in

or maybe she died in the refugee camp from disease. Either way, she’s dead. So are your two cousins. The only time you see them is in your nightmares. Who is responsible for this? You ask your parents, your teachers, the man you buy bread from. They all respond in kind: Israel and the United States. These nations oppress you, they are the enemies of Islam. As “the fight to end terrorism” has only just begun and as President George W. Bush and other officials speak of widening'the country’s military attacks to perhaps other Arab nations suspected of harboring terrorists, it is vital that Americans wake up to the reality that the Middle East is a spawning ground for potential terrorists. It is not a land of evil, or filled with evil people. Rather, it is filled with men willing to die for the betterment of their people.

Some will strap on explosive backpacks Others will become professionals and look to learn how to create weapons of mass destruction.

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monarch Elizabeth I famously declared, “There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die 10 deaths, if that be possible.” Thousands growing up in the Middle East are no different. Some will strap on explosive backpacks and walk up to military posts. Others will become professionals and look to learn how to create weapons of mass destruction. The only way to stop terrorism is to stem this flow of youth so eager for martyrdom. For every terrorist network we infiltrate, every terrorist camp we destroy, there are new generations ready to fill the void.

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conflict with the Muslim world, a world where, in some places, conditions exist that are much worse than what most Americans can imagine. We see the images on TV and read about their stories on the Internet, but vre have no idea what it is like to grow up in such destitute conditions. The United States government continually refers to terrorist networks as “a great evil.” Terrorists are therefore “evil men.” I find this explanation to be appallingly close-minded. Try to imagine yourself as the young man described above. Your grew up in a refugee camp. From incredible poverty you moved to semi-incredible poverty. Your baby sister was killed by a stray bullet

Nick Christie is a Trinity junior and a sports writer for The Chronicle.

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nearly six years The Terrace Shop has X- been nestled down in the Gardens. With the completion of The Doris Duke Center, The Terrace Shop moves into its new home where it is located closer to parking and becomes more accessible. In past years, visitors to Duke Gardens asked if there was a gift shop. But it wasn’t until 1996 that volunteers converted the small cottage located at the top of the Terraces into a gift shop. Ivy vines were pulled away from exterior walls, a cache of gardening tools was removed, interior walls were painted and the shop opened. The shop quickly became a destination in the Gardens for visitors who enjoyed the charm of the building and the opportunity to purchase a souvenir or gift item. The new Terrace Shop is incorporated into The Doris Duke Center and offers a broad range of merchandise ranging from t-shirts and postcards and a selection of exquisite jewelry, elegant birdbaths, decorative flower pots, Christmas ornaments and garden accessories to enhance any home or garden. You can also find practical plant markers, children’s toys and leaf collection bags. Men have not been forgotten. Silk ties with a botanical design or a brass letter opener topped with a pinecone would be the perfect gift for the man who gardens. Words fall short in describing all the delights that await you in The Terrace Shop. Please come by and get acquainted with our new surroundings and merchandise. Manager Leola Smith guides the day-to-day operation of the shop with sales help from volunteers and students. Proceeds from the sale of items benefit Duke Gardens. The shop is open Monday to Saturday 10.00-5:00, and Sunday 12:00-5:00. Winter hours in January and February will vary. nr

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recently joined the Sarah P. Duke as Associate Director of Administrative Operations. She comes to the Gardens after serving four-and-a-half years with Executive Education at the Fuqua School of Business, now known as Education. Duke Corporate tenure there, she was a During her program manager for many key clients such as Ford Motor Company, ABB and Siemans. Ivy spent her time delivering education programs in Durham and around the world Given her extensive new responsibilities at the Gardens, Ivy’s broad experience prior to coming to North Carolina in 1995 couldn’t have been more appropriate. After graduating from Niagara University with a BS in Business and a concentration in Travel and Tourism, Ivy worked as the Park Services Coordinator at Artpark, a New York State Park. Artpark provides arts education, programming, nurturing and development for talents of visual and performing artists as well as a quality volunteer experience in the arts. In an effort to provide entertainment as well as cultural enrichment for the residents of Western New York, Southeastern Canada, and the millions of tourists who visit the greater Niagara region, Artpark produces and presents a series of theater productions and concert events each year. In her role as the Park Services Pesa

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Sarah P. Duke Gardens has a brand new a place to welcome visitors to classes, lectures, and special events. There are offices for the Gardens staff and volunteers, The Terrace Shop, filled with exquisite gifts on a botanical theme, and a reference library housing an expanding collection of books on horticulture, botany, and gardening. A long-awaited dream has become reality. During the festive opening celebration for the new Doris Duke Center, dignitaries snipped the ribbon to officially open the beautiful new building, and symbolically ushered in a new era for the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. The new Center functions as a gateway to the Gardens, providing information and orientation for visitors and fulfills the mission of the Duke Gardens for education. It will also be a place for the University and local community to gather for special events. The Doris Duke Center, a handsome building sheltered under low-slung copper roofs and with exteriors of dark stained cedar, is situated on a slight rise near the entrance to the Gardens, nestled against a back-drop of mature oaks and pines. The building fits seamlessly into the garden setting. Its architectural expression and usage of wood and stone as building materials establishes a connection to the natural world, making a subtle transition from the surrounding gardens and the interior of the building The Center is laid out in a modified “H” configuration with the main building mass consisting of the elegant and spacious Kirby-Horton Hall. The building wings on either side house the classrooms and gift shop in one end and the staff offices and library in the opposite end. The two wings of the building form a welcoming entrance courtyard paved in Pennsylvania bluestone, which continues into the entrance galleries within the building. The focus of the courtyard is a long rectangular pool. A smooth continuous sheet of water spills over the dark slanted granite coping of the upper pool

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into the water below. Brightly glistening irises among sparkling jets of water enliven the water feature. These everblooming sculptural irises are a reminder of the favorite flowers of Dr. Frederick Flanes whose idea of creating an iris and flower garden was the spark to start the Duke Gardens.

The vision of a substantial building to house the education and administrative facilities of the Duke Gardens has been an ongoing dream for many years, as the staff toiled in makeshift and inadequate quarters. Without indoor classroom space, education programs were mostly fair-weather dependent. Nearly six years ago a campaign was started to raise the funds needed to construct the building. The firm of Atkin, Olshin, Lawson-Bell from Philadelphia was selected for the architectural design and landscape. Nelson-Byrd Landscape Architects prepared the site plan. Construction of the Doris Duke Center commenced in late 1999, and the adjacent new Horticultural Complex of greenhouses, headhouse, horticultural offices and garage was completed during the following summer.

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A long pergola extends across the front of the building and leads to the Center’s entrances. Covered with vines, it makes a fitting association with the wisteria-clad Pergola of the Terrace Gardens. A similar pergola and bluestone paved terrace extends on the opposite side of the main hall and makes a lovely transition from the building to shady trellis, and from there to the tree-sheltered gardens and amphitheater scheduled for construction next year.

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cherry wood floor and accented with the delicate trim of pale tan birch wood. This is the great hall and gathering place, the central hub of the new Center. Its activities are watched over by the portraits of the Duke family benefactors to the Gardens Sarah P. Duke, the Gardens’ namesake, Mary Duke Biddle, and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. In the opposite gallery hangs an elegant photograph of Doris Duke, daughter of James Duke, founder of Duke University, niece of Sarah P., and an ardent environmentalist herself and creator of the other , fabled Duke gardens in New om u e j ersey£)or js p)Uk e center has been named in her honor and memory. The goal for expanding education programs, special lectures and symposia can now be achieved with a spacious and well-appointed adult classroom and within the expansive space of the Kirby-Horton Hall. The bright and cheerful children’s classroom will provide a joyful environment for school children to learn about the wonders of the natural world.

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P. Duke Gardens offer educational programs for school children and pediatric patients from nearby Duke Hospital. ‘lnto The Garden’ is designed to introduce children of all ages to the complexity of the garden environment in a fun and creative way. All programs are ageappropriate and are intended to help teachers enrich classroom learning. Students are exposed to the history and development of this special place as well as the wonders and mysteries of nature found here. The total garden environment is explored to reveal the inter-relationships between plants, animals, and people. Skill building is focused on while integrating science, art, math, social studies, and literature throughout our programs. Special attention is given to meeting objectives in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

General and specialty tours, guided hands-on explorations, sensory walks and games, classroom programs, and self-guided programs are offered. Pediatric patients at Duke Medical Center are treated to monthly visits from volunteers who bring botanical activities to children waiting for appointments, tests, and treatments. Young children use their senses to discover nature in the Gardens while older students explore garden themes in more depth as they discover structures, systems, and inter-relationships in the natural world. Teachers choose from guided programs such as a Scavenger Hunt where young children use their senses to find specific features and plants in the Gardens. Tree Detectives finds older students working in teams while exploring an assigned tree to discover it’s unique characteristics, uncover the functions of its parts, and learn how scientists identify each specie. A new program called Native Tales for fourth graders reveals the connections between native plants and North Carolina history. Students explore the lore of our natives and how native peoples used local flora to survive. Other options explore our Asiatic Arboretum and discover another culture through plants and garden design.

The Doris Duke Center houses the Brenda Brodie Children’s Classroom that enables us to offer expanded programming for children in our community. Next year construction will begin on the Angle Amphitheater that will afford more education opportunities. Classroom programs to correlate with the North Carolina Science Standards and a dramatic program on Plant Explorers are being developed for the spring season. Teacher training, monthly story time, a young naturalist camp, and a yearly fall festival are in the works. Programs are offered for school groups Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings March 15 through November 15. Brochures are available and reservations are required. Call 668-1708 for more information and guidelines.

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omething new for Duke Gardens is a reference J library available to the public. Thanks to a genc. erous gift of over thirteen hundred volumes from Charles A. Reid, the Harriet Jackson Phelps Reference Library in the Doris Duke Center will have almost 2,400 volumes. Open to the public Tuesday and Thursday afternoons 12:30 to 4:00 pm, the HJP Reference Library is a non-circulating collection and the books must be used in the library Charles A. Reid is a gardener, a member of the Board of Advisors for Duke Gardens, and a long-time friend of John Piva, Senior Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development. In addition to his own books, Mr. Reid also donated books once owned by the late Dr. Robert Baker, a professor of horticulture at the

University of Maryland, College Park. The collection is also enriched by donations from Dr. William Louis Culberson, Director Emeritus of the Gardens. The Harriet Jackson Phelps Reference Library collection includes books on the history of gardening, how-to books, and memoirs. Interesting titles include Inward “The Garden; Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning”, “The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre: the Historic French Quarter of New Orleans”, and “The Gardener”. Terracotta Please stop by the HJP Reference Library and browse through our collection. You will find much to inspire you, and the Master Gardeners will be at the information desk to help you make those plans a reality.

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often spoken of as the “crown jewel of Duke University,” occupies 55 acres in the heart of the University’s West Campus, immediately adjacent to Duke University Medical Center. It is recognized as one of the premiere public . gar ens in t e United States, renowned both for landscape design and quality of horticulture. Duke Gardens provides a place for beauty, education, solitude, discovery, stu y, renewal, and inspiration. The magnificent surroundings of the Gardens create a beautiful setting that is ideal for a quiet stroll, a wedding or a special event.

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The pergola at Duke Gardens is one of the best known and loved garden structures and places you at the historical heart of the Gardens. Elegant at anytime of the year, the pergola in its springtime glory is draped in lovely fragrant masses of lavender wisteria blossoms. Situated above the terraces, it provides a lovely view down the grand stairway, taking in the small pools and colorful borders leading to the fish pool or looking back into the Azalea Court surrounding the Dogwood Medallion. The Pergola is the frequent site of many romantic weddings.

Located in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, the seated shelter and pond overlooks Moss Island. A gentle stream flows into a small pond and is surrounded by beautiful autumn ferns. Approximately 550 species and cultivars of Asian plants, including special collections of deciduous magnolias and Japanese maples await discovery in this area.

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Goldfish dart back and forth among the many beautiful aquatic plants in the Fish Pool, sited below the formal pergola and terraces. This informal but large space provides the pleasure of trickling water cascading down the rock garden into the pool. A breathtaking view back up the hillside to the pergola enhances the experience of this quiet and beautifully designed setting.

Located in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, the graceful Iris Bridge crosses over the narrow northern end of the lake and is an ideal place for taking photographs. In season, iris varieties exhibit their extravagant color to greet you at each end of the bridge

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Located in The Blomquist Garden of Native Plants in a landscape setting of valley and gentle hillside this graceful garden shelter, The Blomquist Pavilion, is exquisitely situated beside a quiet spring-fed pond and traversed by North Carolina millstones. Into the depth of the woods under a canopy of loblolly and short leaf pines, emerging hardwoods and flowering understory trees, a winding path leads to the Pavilion, reflected in a still pool of water

Follow the narrow winding path into the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants along the wooded hillside to find a birdhouse of human scale. The Bird-Watching Pavilion overlooks a rich verdant ravine. There the bank is covered in ferns and woodland flowers.

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The long-awaited docent training session came around and Lois eagerly attended each session, soaking in as much information as was humanly possible. She is a devoted tour guide getting rave reviews from the groups she leads. She also offers her Gardens knowledge to persons who are in need of assistance as she guides them through the Gardens aboard the trolley. She has increased her horticultural assistance by “adopting” other plantings. Working closely with the horticultural staff, she oversees the care and maintenance of specific areas. “One becomes possessive of the area to which one is assigned,” noted Lois. After an initial training period, volunteers are given the option of Lois Oliver “adopting” an area where they become the sole person responsible for administering tender loving care. The volunteer program is celebrating ten years of incredible contributions of time and talent from Lois and many others. A family atmosphere permeates Duke Gardens. Volunteers know that their time and talents are put to good use and they have the opportunity to meet other people who share their passion and interest in gardening. “The real satisfaction of volunteering in the Gardens,” claims Lois, “is working in a beautiful and peaceful place with people who love what they do.”

That time came in 1996 when she left the Dean’s office and worked part-time in the Department of Pediatrics. She signed on as a volunteer at Duke Gardens and immediately became involved. Following her desire to teach, she wanted to become a docent but had missed the training program that is required for all docents, so she accepted a position in the Terrace Gift Shop while she waited for the next training session. The gift shop was an intriguing assignment but merchandising did not fill her need to

Most of the items for sale are made at the classes held once a week from March to November but several of the Guild members create items on their own time at home. That means some special items show up just before the sale dates.

Some volunteers wear multiple hats by assisting in several facets of life at Duke Gardens. Lois Oliver is one such volunteer. Lois discovered Duke Gardens through her office window while she was on faculty in the Department of Pediatrics. She visited the Gardens often and watched many changes take place. After a five-year hiatus in Pittsburgh, she returned to Duke as Associate Dean in the School of Medicine responsible for medical school admissions and medical student advising. “It was an easy stroll down the hill to the Gardens which had grown while I was away. I took my lunch on nice days and ate on benches in various sections of the Gardens. I decided that when I had time I might give back something to the Gardens,” Oliver pointed out.

Among this year’s craft items, you will find warm fleece vests embellished with hand stitched botanical designs or with silk-winged dragonflies that have a beaded body, fragrant handmade soaps, key cabinets, note cards and trays as well as soup mixes, brownie mixes and apple butter so perfect for the coming winter season. For gift giving there are hand-decorated gift bags, gold mesh wine bags, embroidered bookmarks and beautiful notebooks. The popular dragonfly pins and Scherenschnitte cut paper ornaments will be offered once again. Tabletop Santas are made out of North Carolina tobacco sticks and little Christmas trees, each individually decorated, are perfect to add a holiday touch to a small corner.

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teach or to learn gardening skills and thus she asked be reassigned. She then accepted a position as an assistant in the perennial plantings in the Terraces. Working with staff and other trained volunteers, she found satisfaction that her time was becoming an asset to the Gardens.

are many different ways that one can contribute to the Sarah P. Duke Gardens as a volunteer. Opportunities abound in the area of horticulture with continual assistance needed on the grounds. In addition to the horticultural needs, fulfilling the educational component of the Gardens mission through tour guides for children and adults is ever-present. Volunteers also help with special events like the annual plant sale, greeting visitors and answering their questions at the information desk, assisting in the gift shop, creating botanical crafts with the Garden Guild or helping out in the office

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tation of educational events and lectures. Public support for the Gardens began in 1977 when Dr. Robert Durden and other devoted supporters of the Gardens instituted the Duke Gardens Endowment Fund. The Friends fund was initiated in 1990 and has grown to include approximately 1,000 loyal donors each year, and continues to provide important funds that can be

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We have a selection

of bargain books located in the gardening section

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Visit our website at www.gothicbookshop.duke.edu

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20% OFF Hardcovers 10% OFF Paperbacks

Excludes already discounted books and some special orders

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A delightful place to visit

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Upper Level Bryan Center (919) 684-3986 email: gothic@informer.adm.duke.edu •

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Directions: Hwy 147 to Cornwallis Rd. Turn right. Right on S. Alston Ave. 1.5 miles on left OR Exit 278 off 1-40. Turn left on Hwy 55. Right on Cornwallis. Left on South Alston. 1.5 miles on Left. -

2450 South Alston Avenue Durham, NC 27713 Phone: (919) 596-7313

Fall 2001/THE CHRONICLE

Growing With Duke Gardens

The A®lFTerrace Shop The Terrace Shop has moved! It is now located in the new Doris Duke Center of the Sarah P.

Duke Gardens with ample parking nearby. An entirely new line of merchandise is offered along with some favorites from the original shop.

You can find jewelry inspired by Nature’s designs, elegant flower pots and vases, picture frames, children’s toys, colorful handbags, men’s ties, trays, placemats and napkins. See our fine Christmas ornament selection, each with a botani-

cal theme. Select from a range of sweatshirts and T-shirts with designs that have become classics or collector’s items. Christmas shirts have designs that can be worn throughout the winter season. Holiday selection is a pleasant experience in the Terrace Shop. Stop by and check out our new selection of products.

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