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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

A crisis of law and medicine?

Malpractice costs soar nationwide raxes Median Irofessional

This is the first story in a three-part series examining rising malpractice costs and the health-care industry.

By DANIEL KENNEDY and MIKE MILLER The Chronicle

Doctors and health policy experts call the soaring cost of medical malpractice insurance a threat to the very existence of health care in the United States, but a national debate rages over the actual severity of the problem. Steep increases have forced some doctors to discontinue their practices and at least 1,300 health ins titu.tic>ns across MUSLIiii care the country to curtail services, according to a IB report by the American Association. Hospital Fears exist, especially among doctors, that if the trend continues, practicing medicine will become financially infeasible. ' “If [doctors] keep going without any help, there won’t be any more health care,” said Phil Israel, a general surgeon at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga., and a board member of the MAG Mutual insurance company. “Doctors will drop out of practice because they simply can’t afford the premiums.” After increasing only marginally in previous years, malpractice insurance costs have recently skyrocketed, with drastic localized increases for physicians in fields with high incidences oflawsuits. The national average premium rate for an obstetrician and gynecologist, for example, is currently about $28,000—a

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which groups of employees are let go.” To help stem the crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Sept. 26 capping pain and suffering damages in malpractice cases at $250,000. North Carolina has been less affected than many other states, partly because of an existing $250,000 cap on punitive damages in malpractice suits. “In other places, doctors are retiring early, moving practices to states that have tort control,” Dalton said. Despite noting a consistent increase in premium

Right now, to pay a water bill at Durham City Hall, citizens simply walk into the lobby and turn in their checks at a customer service desk. The setup allows for an unrestricted flow of people, but to city leaders the design lacks many of the characteristics of a modern government building, including security cameras, proper lighting and easy access for the disabled. Prompted by similar design problems throughout the building, officials are in the midst of a $4.9 million City Hall renovation process in order to update their facilities. “City Hall has gone 22, 25 years without any major renovations, and of course we’ve grown significantly since then,” senior project manager Tony Smith said. “We’re also reorganizing our office space to make our use of space more efficient.” In addition to reconstructing the lobby’s customer service desk, renovations will include major changes to the City Council chamber, both in improvements to the audio-visual equipment and in modifications to make the chamber more handicap-accessible and multi-purpose. Other plans include shifting depart-

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30 percent increase over the last two years—whereas the average rate for an 08/GYN in Miami is over $200,000. Unmanageable malpractice costs forced some health-care have providers to discontinue their highestrisk services, such as when the only trauma ward in the Las Vegas area had to shut its doors. “It is a very serious problem with our hospitals,” said Don Dalton, a spokesperson for the North Carolina Hospital Association. “At some point, it forces hospital boards into difficult decisions of which services are discontinued and

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A revitalized Neighborhood Watch group of Trinity Heights is recruiting students to help ward-off crime near East Campus. See page 3

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alternative to invasive surgery that has fewer side effects. See page 4

Michael Curry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, spoke to mostly Divinity School students about the importance of preaching. See page 5

World & Nation

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NEWS BRIEFS •

Fifteen die in Kashmir election attacks

Militants struck polling stations, set off explosions and fired on security forces in Indian Kashmir, killing at least 15 people in the most violent round of balloting for the state legislature during the third round of elections. •

Hurricane Lili hits western Cuba

Hurricane Lili strengthened as it roared across western Cuba Tuesday, forcing thousands from their homes as emergency workers across the Caribbean grappled with the damage it left in its wake. The storm killed seven people in Jamaica and St. Vincent. •

Breast self-exam may not reduce risk

Women examining their breasts are unable to detect tumors early enough to reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer, suggests a decade-long study of more than 260,000 women in Shanghai. •

Executive denies insider trading accusations

Global Crossing Chair Gary Winnick told lawmakers he had no inkling of the fiber-optic company’s deteriorating finances until shortly after he sold a large chunk of stock last year. •

U.N. reaches agreement with Iraq

Officials say weapons inspectors will have unconditional access to all sites By WILLIAM KOLE The Associated Press U.N. inspecVIENNA, Austria tors reached agreement with the Iraqis Tuesday on logistics for a new mission to reassess Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Iraq said it expected an advance party in Baghdad in two weeks. The Iraqi representatives said “that they accept all the rights of inspections that are laid down” in previous U.N. resolutions, said Hans Blix, the chief inspector.

The negotiations resulted in “as-

surances from the Iraqis that we will have unconditional access to all sites,” except the so-called presidential sites,

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said Mohamed El Baradei, director general of the Vienna-based Atomic Energy Agency, the site of the talks. That apparently was an Iraqi concession, in that Baghdad had put a number of other sites off limits to surprise visits, including the headquarters of the Republic Guard and Defense Ministry. The United States demands that all sites be open to surprise inspections and wants the United Nations to adopt a new inspections resolution outlining that stance as well as the threat of military action if Hussein does not comply. The Iraqi chief negotiator, Gen. Amir A1 Sadi, said the issue of surprise inspections of Hussein’s palaces is not on the agenda.

“Quite honestly I don’t understand why it is so critical,” A1 Sadi said. Immediately after the Vienna agreement was announced, the State Department said any inspections should be deferred until a new resolution outlining the mission is approved by the U.N. Security Council. However, spokesperson Richard Boucher said the George W. Bush administration had no objection to inspectors making arrangements in advance. As promised, the Iraqis handed over four CDs containing a backlog of monitoring reports for suspect sites and items, spanning June 1998 to July 2002, Blix said. Although that in See INSPECTIONS on page 5

Lautenberg primed to replace Torricelli By JOHN McALPIN

Senate in gridlock over homeland security

Legislation creating a Homeland Security Department was on “life support” after the Senate failed to break an impasse over labor rights.

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Desperate to keep their singlePRINCETON, N.J. Democrats chose former Sen. Senate, the seat majority in Frank Lautenberg Tuesday to replace scandal-tainted Sen. Robert Torricelli on the November ballot. The decision was announced Tuesday evening by Gov. James McGreevey after a full day of meetings among top state Democrats. Earlier in the day, the 78-year-old Lautenberg indicated he was ready to run. “I was there [in the Senate] 18 years, and I enjoyed virtually every day,” Lautenberg said in a telephone interview from his car as he headed to the governor’s mansion for meetings with top state Democrats. “I didn’t like raising the money, but I’m not going to mind it as much this time, because it’s kind of a fresh start.”

Whether Lautenberg’s name will actually appear on the ballot with Republican Douglas Forrester will be decided in court. Republicans say it is too late to replace Torricelli, who dropped out Monday as his poll numbers continued to fall amid questions about his ethics. The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear arguments on the case Wednesday.

Sen. William Frist, chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, said Republicans would consider an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if the New Jersey court rules in

favor of the Democrats, “This is a desperate grasp at getting around the law and the people of New Jersey are tired of having their leaders go around the law,” he said. See LAUTENBERG on page 6

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DSG to vote on Trinity Park group seeks students basketball policy By CINDY YEE

By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle

Legislators will vote on the undergraduate basketball game admissions policy and amendments to the Inter-Gommunity Council By-laws this evening at a Duke Student Government legislative session. Head Line monitor Jeremy Morgan has proposed two major changes to the basketball policy—stricter monitoring of walk-up games and early Maryland game registration for tenters also registered for the North Carolina game. For walk-up games, monitors will observe the line until a “significant” number of people have gathered, when they will begin registering students. Groups of up to 12 can register, and one-fourth of the group’s members must always be present for random checks by line monitors. Three hours before the game, new students must form a secondary walk-up line, which line monitors will not watch as closely. With the Carolina and Maryland games only two weeks apart, tenters for the Carolina game will be able to transfer their place in line to the Maryland game. Veteran tenters had mostly positive responses to Morgan’s proposed policy. “I think it’s good to reward people who’ve been living in a tent for a few weeks,” senior Jennifer May said. Sophomore Merrill Roller said he thought having the tenting seasons close together would maintain enthusiasm in Krzyzewskiville. “It’ll help this year because if you want a good spot for Maryland, you’ll have to get a good spot for UNC,” Roller said. Senior Andrew Cossar supported giving preference to the “hard-core” tenters, but he raised one concern. “The only problem... is that if you don’t arrive at school early enough, you can’t get set up for the first tenting season, and with this policy you lose out on the next one,” Cossar said. On the Inter-Community Council By-laws, Thaniyyah Ahmad, DSG vice-president of community interaction, said she was still finalizing amendments introduced at a meeting last Wednesday. “I have until midnight to make some more changes to the by-laws, and so I’m kind of going back and forth about a couple of things,” Ahmad said. One amendment proposed removing the chair of the Undergraduate Publications Board, The Chronicle editor and the DSG president from the ICC, but Ahmad changed the amendment this week to keep The Chronicle’s editor on the board. PUBLIC LECTURE

Crime Prevention Committee. “A lot of students know that they’re only going to live here one year, so they’re wondering why they should bother getting involved in a neighborhood where they don’t really have a vested interest,” Friedl said. “What we’re trying to do is communicate the benefits to students as far as being part of the community.” One way the neighborhood association, has tried to promote the Neighborhood Watch is by hosting a series of block sessions with Eric Hester, crime prevention officer for District 2 of the Durham Police Department. By attending the sessions, residents not only learn about basic safety precautions, but also help their blocks qualify for newly designed Neighborhood Watch signs. The City of Durham requires that half the residents of a block attend a session in order for the block to obtain a sign. Senior Kate Hackett, who lives in an apartment building on Monmouth Avenue, said it is difficult for students to engage themselves in the off-campus community. “Ideally I would be involved in [the Neighborhood Watch program], but I feel like there’s definitely tension between the college

residents of the neighborhood and the permanent residents,” Hackett

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For students living in the Trinity Park neighborhood off East Campus, some of the best resources for crime prevention are literally right next door. Trinity Park residents revitalized their long-dormant Neighborhood Watch program last February and are now looking to increase participation, especially among students. In the past, students have responded to the program with a degree of apathy, said Kathy Friedl, a member of the Trinity Park

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said. She also noted that for many George Watts Elementary School students living off campus—herself on Watts Street. “Ultimately we would like to included—the demands of senior year make participation in the build a sense of community between Neighborhood Watch very difficult. students and permanent residents, “Our minds as college students but if we have to start by singling are focused on other things than on out the student population, then the neighborhood we’re living in that’s okay,” Friedl said. “What’s rejust temporarily,” Hackett said. “I ally important is that we get stuwould have loved to have gone to dents involved in the first place.” Although exact figures will not one of the block sessions, but right now I have a lot going on in terms be available until next week, both of what I’m going to be doing next Friedl and Hester said they were pleased that student attendance at year after graduation.” the block sessions had improved Friedl said she understood stusomewhat from past years. Friedl dents’ concerns about time conpossibiliand mentioned the said she spotted several students flicts ty of scheduling a session with at the second block session, and Hester just for students. She also two even offered to become block noted that students have another captains for the program. Senior Loree Lipstein, who lives opportunity to attend one of the sesoriginally scheduled block See TRINITY PARK on page 6 sions this Thursday at 7 p.m. at

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Health INSIDE THE HEALTH SYSTEM

Anesthesiologist drug abuse holds steady

Substance abuse among anesthesiologists remains constant despite increased efforts at education and improved control of operating room medications, according to a Medical Center survey. The researchers behind the study emphasized that the substances were not being used in an operating room setting, and that there were no reports of patient harm occurring from doctor impairment. The survey found substance abuse rates of 1 percent for faculty members and 1.6 percent for residents. •

‘Doppler’ technique aids major surgery

Researchers at the Medical Center have found that a “Doppler” technique ot using reflected sound waves to measure the heart's pumping action can aid in the administration of fluids and plasma during major surgery. Patients treated with the technology suffer from less postoperative nausea and vomiting and experience quicker recoveries than patients treated without the technique.

AROUND THE WORLD •

Global warming may cool North America

Average temperatures in North America and Europe may paradoxically fall in the coming decades as a result of global warming, say researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The scientists explained that the melting of the polar ice caps and increased water evaporation could disrupt the ocean currents that bring warm water from the equator to the North Atlantic, The overall average temperature for the world is still predicted to rise. •

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Study shows benefit of linking habitats

Connecting separated wildlife habitats with thin

strips of protected, undeveloped land can help ensure the free movement of animals and plants, reducing the risk of overpopulation and other ecological problems that might result in extinction, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. News briefs compiled from staff and wire reports

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Cancer therapy leads to quick recovery By MARGAUX KANIS The Chronicle Imagine a cancer treatment that leaves you back on your feet in a day with no nausea, no hair loss or any equally adverse side effects. Over the past three years, the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center has started to use such a procedure—radiofrequency ablation, a non-invasive technique used to attack liver, kidney and lung cancers when standard tumor removal is not an option. Dr. Rendon Nelson, professor of radiology, has performed over 100 radiofrequency ablations, primarily to treat liver cancer. “It is easy on patients and results in no loss of function,” said Nelson, the only surgeon at Duke who performs the technique. The procedure allows for a wider margin of error since it will not damage adjacent structures. Doctors say the process is also faster and less invasive than traditional surgery. Physicians make a twoto three-millimeter incision in the tumor and insert a needle connected to an electrical generator. Using radio waves, a thermal zone of about 100 degrees Celsius is created around the tumor, destroying the malignant cells and surrounding tissue. Both a CT scan and ultrasound imaging are used to guide the needle placement, increasing the accuracy of the procedure. Treatment times range from less than 15 minutes to under an hour. Carol Conner, a South Carolina resident who has been treated with radiofrequency ablation eight times, has had 34 lesions removed over the course of three and a half years after doctors ruled out surgery. “I’m convinced it kept me alive,” she said. “After suffering from breast cancer for over four years and watching it

PROFESSOR OF RADIOLOGY RENDON NELSON performs a technique known as radiofrequency ablation to treat liver cancer without performing surgery. spread to my liver, you realize how scary cancer is. But with radiofrequency ablation, you know right then and there that the visible spots are gone.” Patients who suffer from frequent metastasis or poor liver function, or who may not otherwise be able to tolerate invasive surgery are the most likely candidates for radiofrequency ablation. Although patients do not experience the adverse effects of chemother-

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apy and radiation, such as hair loss or nausea, they may suffer from fatigue, fever and pain for a few days following the procedure. Conner said that after her surgery, she noticed only a band-aid and “what looked like a snakebite.” She was discharged the same day as the procedure and said the effects of the anesSee CANCER on page 7

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INSPECTIONS from page 2 formation was not yet analyzed, it would provide important clues about Iraqi weapons activity, he said. Blix was asked if the results of the two-day meeting were a rebuff to the United States and its close British ally. The chief inspector said he would not be so “presumptuous,” as to rebuff anyone and that he would report in “all humility” to the Security Council Thursday. Blix further said restriction on access to the eight so-called presidential sites—encompassing about 12 square miles—remained in effect. The restriction on inspecting presidential sites would have to be lifted by the Security Council, something U.N. representatives in Vienna had emphasized throughout the two days of talks. Blix said the Iraqis were serious about allowing the return of his team, saying, “There is a willingness to accept inspections that has not existed before.” Before the inspections resume, the Americans are

expected to push the Security Council for a new resolution to include the threat of military action if inspections fail. But Russia, China and France oppose issuing threats before inspectors can test Iraq’s sincerity. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Monday that France was still interested in a first resolution demanding a return to inspections, followed by a second resolution threatening military action if Iraq fails to comply. British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a strong statement Tuesday backing the United States. “Let us lay down the ultimatum. Let Saddam comply with the will of the UN.,” Blair said in a tough speech to a convention of his governing Labor Party. “If we lose our collective will to deal with it, we will lose the authority not of the United States or of Britain, but of the United Nations,” Blair said. At a regular weekly Cabinet meeting led by Hussein in Baghdad, senior Iraqi officials held talks focusing on the American efforts toward a new resolution supporting military intervention.

All students and other members ofthe Duke and Durham Communities are cordially invited to the

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MICHAEL CURRY, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, spoke to mostly Divinity School students Tuesday in York Chapel as part of the Gardner C. Taylor lecture series.

Bishop’s speech touts preaching

A Reflection on Duke University’s Heritage Recognition of the achievements ofemployees students faculty staffand alumni(ae) ,

By MEGAN CARROLL The Chronicle

Michael Curry, hailed as one of the “current giants” among black preachers, extended his arms to the sky and thundered in a booming voice about the importance of “preach[ing] so well, Cockroaches get saved” in York Chapel Tuesday afternoon. Curry, the first black bishop ofthe Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, spoke to Divinity School students as the distinguished speaker in the 2002 Gardner C. Taylor lecture series. Curry’s speech motivated students to “lift up [their] voices and sing” by moving beyond ordinary language and mingling life stories with those of the Bible to proclaim their new stories when preaching. “The integrity oflife laid bare with the word of God connects the old story to the new story,” Curry said. “Preach until preaching becomes singing. It doesn’t matter ifyou’re off-key.” Mark Reisinger, a second-year student in the Divinity School, said the message in Curry’s sermonlike speech dealt with reconciliation and how to bring people together. “[Curry] talked about the importance of relationships in a Christian context,” Reisinger said. “You take your story and the Biblical story and relate it to people.” Drawing an analogy to the exiled Israelis during the Babylonian conquest, Curry said everyone is in exile regardless of race, financial status or sexual orientation, especially after the events ofSept. 11. After the attacks, he said “all eyes were opened, we were all in exile” in the United States, and that the nation could no longer pretend it was “bigger and better” than other countries. Andrew Parker, a second-year Divinity student, said Curry encouraged him to think about the concept of everyone being exiled and how people cannot assume that “everything is fine.” He also praised the bishop for discussing many weighty issues in his speech. “[Curry] wove so many different things together,” Parker said. “In the end, he wove it into a beautiful

tapestry.”

Tifihey Marley, director of black church affairs, said the audience received a clear message from the bishop’s speech. “Bishop Curry has sung his song today,” Marley said.

The Awarding of the Distinguished Alumni Award

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in an apartment on Buchanan Boulevard, was among those in attendance. “I got the feeling it was the first time students had been to one of their meetings at all because they were all really happy to see us,” Lipstein said. “If they can include us in the Neighborhood Watch in the right way, then I think students will definitely be interested in participating. Residents revitalized the Neighborhood Watch program last winter after a sexual assault in the area spurred a neighborhood-wide discussion of safety concerns. Since then, active participation in the program has increased dramatically, Friedl said, “The results have been incredible,” said Hester, adding that the program has helped solve a number of burglaries in Trinity Park. “In most neighborhoods, people have a tendency not to pick up on issues that could be warning signs. A watch raises people’s awareness and keeps them focused on those types of things, which makes it safer for all of us.”

Frist said some absentee ballots have already been cast and that other ballots have been distributed to military personnel overseas; the New Jersey Association of County Clerks said about 1,600 absentee ballots were mailed out. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said that by objecting to Torricelli’s request, Republicans were “denying the people of New Jersey a choice” in the election. Five months ago, Torricelli’s Senate seat was considered relatively safe. But support plummeted after he was admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his relationship with a 1996 campaign supporter, and he soon became the most vulnerable incumbent in the country. Few, however, expected a court fight five weeks before election day. “This is one for the books,” said Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia. “It will long be remembered.” Under New Jersey law, a party can replace a

CITY HALL from page 1 merits’ locations and updating office areas to meet current workplace standards and federal regulations. Approximately 5,000 square feet of new office space will also become available to house around 35 more offices, some of which are now located in leased space outside of the City Hall complex. “Some of City Hall is pretty shabby,” Smith said. “There’s torn carpet and other safety issues, and old workstations that have nothing to do with today’s ergonomics.”

Smith said other renovations include moving related departments closer together to increase work

flow efficiency and allow for easier public access. Renovations—for which officials started concrete planning last year—have already added 24,000 square feet in reclaimed office space and have cost $3.6 million. Nancy Law, an analyst in the department of budget and management services said some of the

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money was from the capital improvement plan, but most of the renovation funding came from special city bonds—called certificates of participation—issued exclusively for this purpose. If the city does not spend the COP money by August 2003, it will have to return it and pay back any interest earned. At its next meeting Oct. 7, the council will discuss whether to return the remaining COP funds or to finish the final $1.25 million in improvements, as well as how to prioritize the remaining renovations if funding becomes a problem. “It will be up to the council to decide whether to return the money we borrowed or to proceed with some or all of the renovations as scheduled, recognizing that not doing the renovations is not an option—they need to be done,” Law said. Despite the limitations placed on COP funds, some council members have voiced concern over the allocation of funds. “Personally, I think it’s a waste of time and money,” council member John Best said. “We should just purchase the equipment we need to

statewide nominee on the ballot if the person drops out at least 51 days before the election. Torricelli missed the deadline by 15 days. However, Democrats say decades of state court decisions put voters’ rights above filing deadlines and other technical guidelines. New Jersey Attorney General David Samson argued in papers filed with the court Tuesday that the justices have the power to relax the deadline to withdraw and allow Democrats to post another candidate. Samson, who was appointed to his job by McGreevey, said election laws have long been interpreted liberally to allow voters every opportunity. Legal experts agreed. “In a substantial number of those cases, the courts have ruled on the side of being inclusive,” said Richard Perr, an election law professor at Rutgers University Law School. Six of the seven justices on the state’s highest court were appointed by a former Republican governor. Lautenberg’s selection as the potential Democratic savior is replete with irony. He and Torricelli feuded openly while serving together. carry out the people’s business, but to redo the whole thing I think is a waste.” However, Mayor Pro Tem Lewis Cheek said the city government’s growth and the building’s inadequacies have made renovation and reconstruction unavoidable. “Some of the departments that are housed in City Hall have outgrown their space, and some changes have to be made to accommodate changing depart-

ments around,” Cheek said. “Some renovations are taking place in the mayor’s office, because it is appropriate and necessary for the mayor to have an office that is attractive and comfortable, so that it is a place for him to meet people who come to the city from around the city, the state and the world,” he said. Although more than half of the funding for the remaining renovations is from COPs, nearly $480,000 is from the city’s own budget. That money could be reallocated, but since the funds were originally included in the proposal, any changes would involve redesigning the plans, which would cost more money, Cheek said.

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RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT POLICY WORKSHOPS The Duke Center for International Development presents the following Rethinking Development Policy Workshop at theTerry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. The series challenges conventional thinking on different development-related issues and provokes lively discussion among participants.

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Athletic Equipment Managers Association and took an offer from Duke in August 1995. The job was not easy at first, as Zeunges suddenly had to go from being a student to being a professional in a student atmosphere. But, she recalled, her first summer working alone made her realize she could do her job because all the coaches and athletes had faith and confidence in her. Now, Zeunges not only loves her job, but also realizes she can make a difference. “Not everybody’s gonna remember you, but those that do, you want them to remember in a positive way,” she said. “You can touch another person’s life even if you don’t know it.” Ali Curtis and Nii-Amar Amamoo, both Trinity ’Ol, played soccer at Duke and are two athletes who had a special relationship with Zeunges. In fact, they still come back to visit. “She makes everyone’s life easier,” Curtis said. Amamoo agreed. “[Zeunges] is the epitome of Duke athletics. She keeps us looking good.” Amamoo, who was working close to the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was able to call two people to tell them he was safe—one was his sister, the other was Zeunges. “He called me so that I could let everybody know that he was okay,” Zeunges said. “He couldn’t get ahold of his mom... so he called this family member.” Janay McKie, a senior on the track team, also said her contact with Zeunges goes beyond just equipment. McKie, who said she often stops into the equipment room before practice just to chat, refers to Zeunges as a dependable and coordinated person who’s always “genuinely interested” in the athletes and their lives. “I tip my hat off to her,” McKie said. The University is lucky to have her, said David McClain, who works alongside Zeunges in the equipment room. “Suzie’s real good with the athletes. She’s a benefit for Duke,” McClain said. “It’s rare to find somebody who cares for the athletes as much as she does—you don’t get that at some other schools.”

costs, he could not recall any examples of negative effects in North Carolina. The Duke University Health System—which runs Duke Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital and Raleigh Community Hospital—has experienced a minor insurance crisis recently. After several years of 10 to 12 percent annual increases, DUHS premium costs increased 47 percent over the past year. Despite owning its own insurance company, Durham Casualty, as well as receiving supplemental catastrophe insurance coverage from several outside companies, DUHS expects to pay more than $l2 million this year for malpractice insurance. “Duke is well-positioned to manage better than others this kind of problem, but it’s still a major problem,” said Kenneth Morris, chief financial officer of DUHS, who called the malpractice problem a threat that could potentially “bring the Health System to its knees.” Malpractice coverage is conversely becoming impractical for insurance companies. “Doctors are no longer insurable,” Israel said. “They simply can’t pay enough in premiums.” In December 2001, The St. Paul Companies, Inc., the second-largest private insurer in the United States, dropped its medical malpractice coverage after it lost nearly $1.5 billion in the last four years alone.

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survived a late game surge Davidson 1 from No. 24 Davidson (5-3-1) Tuesday night, continuing its resurgence to national prominence. Despite two potentially devastating circumstances—a mid-, game injury to defender Matt Ahumada put him on the bench for the remainder of the game, and a red card to Adam Guren left Duke a man short for the final 17:40—the Blue Devils recorded a victory over its second consecutive ranked opponent. “This is a huge win,” junior Jordan Cila said. “It’s just as big as any ACC game for us.” Fresh off a 1-0 victory against then-No. 2 South Carolina, a team that downed the Blue Devils 3-0, the Wildcats also knocked off then-N0.2 North Carolina earlier in the year. “These guys are tough,” co-captain Scott Noble said. “Luckily we were able to hold them off for the final minutes.” The No. 18 Blue Devils (6-2-1) came out with a vengeance, controlling the game’s possession and tempo from the start. Duke’s first strike came on a corner kick in the 13th minute from Trevor Perea, which Noble headed, redirecting to Cila, who leaped and struck squarely with his forehead into the net. Duke

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Ebi picks Arizona Ndudi Ebi, one of the nation’s top five collegiate basketball prospects, decided Tuesday to commit to Arizona. The 6-foot-10 power forward had also been seriously considering Duke.

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The news came Monday afternoon: Houston native Ndudi Ebi, one of the top high school senior basketball players in the nation and one of Duke’s prime recruits, would be announcing his college decision Tuesday morning. The impending decision by Ebi—who had narrowed his college choices to Duke, Arizona, Texas and Houston —kicked college basketball journalists in three states into high gear. Several hours later, long after darkness had fallen, the Fayetteville Observer published an online story stating that “sources close to the Duke program said Monday evening that Ebi will «| choose the Blue Devils. There were reports 9 that Mike Krzyzewski 10 was in Houston to meet with Ebi Monday

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SCOTT NOBLE, Duke captain and starting midfielder, assisted on the Blue Devils’ opening goal and helped lead the 18th-rankedBlue Devils past the No. 24 Wildcats.

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The Chronicle the ground clutching his leg. He would spend the rest of the game on the bench with ice on his knee. Duke’s defense filled Ahumada’s void well—led by freshmen defender

ball off his chest, collected himself and sent a rocket past the goalie for a 2-0 Duke advantage. Davidson found new life in the second half when Guren was handed a red card, leaving Duke a man down, which led to the Wildcats’ lone goal in

“I had a good position to get up on Those who woke up and read the Fayetteville Observer may have been a bit surprised, but I it,” Noble said. “I had a clear header Ryan Kerlew—negating any and all was not among them. Though I couldn’t admit to and [Gila] got a head on it and finDavidson opportunities for the the necessary level of certainty needed to run ished it off.” the 83rd minute. Joel Sadler fired Davidson shrugged off its sluggish remainder of the half. such as story, I was confident that Ebi wasn’t In addition to playing stellar from point-blank range and although heading to Duke. Why? Because late last night, start and began to retaliate with some defense, the freshman would assist Duke goalie Justin Trowbridge was long runs on goal. On one such possesEbi himself all but told me as much. Speaking last night with Greg Glenn, Ebi’s sion with 16 minutes remaining in the on the Blue Devils’ next score. Kerlew able to slow the ball with his right high school coach, I was told flat out that first half, Ahumada slid into a lobbed a pass from midfield to a hand, the strike had too much Krzyzewski and assistant coach Steve Davidson forward and remained on streaking Mclntosh, who bounced the momentum and rolled into the net. Wojciechowski had been in Houston for the ingly slow and unsuccessful first rehabilitation stint. afternoon, then had boarded a flight back to For the second surgery the doctor used a cadaver patelDurham that evening. lar tendon and Howe’s rehabilitation has proceeded much Glenn characterized the discussion among Duke coaches better. Whereas her right leg had 65 percent of the as posihimself, Ebi and the two tive. Glenn also commented on the “three strength of her left in the fall of 2001, her right leg strength is up to 95 percent of the left leg’s this fall. schools that [Ebi] is looking at.” Three, not four? “Houston was in there a little bit, making When healthy, Howe, who averaged 23.4 points per game during her junior season, can be a great asset for the it a fourth, but it was really Duke, Arizona and the Blue Devils. Texas,” Glenn said. “Caitlin’s shooting touch is phenomenal,” Duke assisAll that was left was to ask Ebi himself. I tant coach Gale Valley said. “She’s a special kid—when the dialed the number, expecting to be told that Ebi ball goes up you think it’s going in every time.” either wasn’t home, had gone to bed or wasn’t Last year, the only weakness in Duke’s offense was a calls. Ebi’s put taking phone Instead, father Ndudi himself on the phone. A bit startled, I lack of three-point shooting, and Krista Gingrich, the best deep threat from that team, graduated. asked the 6-foot-10 power forward if he had a few minutes to talk. Ebi’s response? He gave me his “What Caitlin gives us is she just stretches the defense out,” Valley said. “Now they have to play her tight and it gives cell phone number and told me to call him back us one-on-one defense in the post, because if she’s on that in a little while. My subsequent conversation with Ebi lasted post’s side, they’re going to have to go out and guard her too.” for about 10 minutes. I told him that the student Howe is enthusiastic about stepping into a defined and limited role on the team and increasing her responsibility body would be thrilled to wake up to an article on as her career progresses. the front page of the student newspaper declar“For my high school team, I took the tip and then I ing that he had decided to come to Duke. “But if I don’t pick, let’s say for instance, if I CAITLIN HOWE, coming off her third knee surgery in three years, is played point guard and then I had to get all the rebounds,” don’t pick Duke, do you think my name is still expected to be a long-range threat for the Blue Devils this season. Howe said. “So in some ways it’s kind ofnice. It’s more fun to play with players who can do things too.” going to be on the front page?” Ebi replied. from page 9 That was as far as Ebi was willing to go. He Two weeks ago Howe tore the meniscus—the cartilage cushion in the joint—in her right knee. When she had surwouldn’t comment any further on his choice, at one point asserting the possibility that he had “When you experience pain and have to endure that, gery last Tuesday morning the doctor found aggressive yet to even reach a concrete decision. As I hung you can relate so much to people who have gone through bone growth that would soon be getting in the way of the up the phone, I knew that I had nothing to go pain. It just changes your whole perspective on life. Up ACL and wouldhave damaged it. The surgeon removed the with—at least in a journalistic sense. There was until that point, my whole life had been concentrated on offending bone growth and heated the bone to prevent furno evidence to print, no anonymous source to basketball. It was my passion—it was everything to me. ther growth. “It was almost a miracle that [the doctor] went in quote. I knew that the Tuesday’s Chronicle would My family was important to me and my friends were mention Ebi’s upcoming press conference, but important to me, but basketball was the only thing I there,” Howe said. “It was the smallest thing that I could that would be all. wanted to do. And having that taken away from me for so have done to my knee in order to have the doctor go in But as I went to sleep Monday night, I also long, and then having it taken away from me again, it there with a scope.” knew that Ndudi Ebi would be wearing either a was just so hard. It makes you really look inside.” Howe, who expects to be back in action after a couple of Longhorns or Wildcats hat the next day. During her first surgery the doctor mined the middle weeks, says her knee feels “awesome,” and with her incesthird of her patellar tendon to replace the torn ACL—the santly optimistic perspective, is more confident after the Evan Davis is a Trinity senior and senior assostandard procedure for ACL reconstructive surgery. most recent surgery. ciate sports editor. His column appears every Howe, however, had patellar tendinitis and the weak“It’s completely worth it for me to take the risk [of injury] Wednesday. ened tendon might have been the cause of her excruciat because [basketball] is my love,” she said. “It’s my passion.”

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the request ofProvost Peter Lange, a new task force will begin meeting this month to consider the distribution of classes throughout the day and the week for undergraduates. The task force, spurred by faculty and student interest in adding more 75-minute Monday/Wednesday blocks, will debate the weekly schedule that has been in place at the University since the 19605. Currently, a number offactors have made the master class schedule a mess. Because students prefer midday classes in the middle ofthe week, a disproportionate number of classes are scheduled from 11:55 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, resulting in bottlenecks for dining and transportation services and fewer class options for students. Providing more options for students as well as instructors should be the primary motivation for any recommendations the task force makes to the provost. Some members of the task force have suggested that the current schedule, by allowing clever students to schedule four-day weekends and avoid Friday, early Monday and morning classes tacitly endorses an irresponsible alcohol-lubricated party culture. Although that is likely true, many students have incentives for scheduling a day off into their schedule for extracurricular obligations or job and school interviews. It is that flexibility students should continue to have and that the task force should seek to maximize by distributing the classtime load more equitably across the week. Certainly the group should look at more Monday/Wednesday blocks, but it should also consider Wednesday/Friday blocks as well. It is doubtful that students, faculty members or prospective applicants would enjoy the spectre of Saturday classes and the task force should not seriously consider them. Students should not have to expect classes to start after noon every day, and departments should be more willing to schedule classes in the morning, so as to alleviate the burdens of classes during the afternoon. Evening classes, too, remain an attractive option. Graduate students, whose parking woes are well-documented, may prefer teaching and taking classesduring the evening, and undergraduates with activities and jobs during the day may prefer to attend classes then. The group should gauge both student and instructor enthusiasm for more evening classes. The task force’s existence is a step in the right direction; as it proceeds, it should seek to take into account every aspect possible—including the Graduate School, when instructors want to teach, when students want to leam and even the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s schedule to more closely align the two institutions’ classes. Hopefully, the recommendations that emerge will provide both students and faculty at Duke more flexibility in scheduling, one of the University^s most central functions, and lessen the burdens that the current schedule forces.

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Event implying Duke’s support for Dole deplorable ate.” The fact remains that

I would like to take this opportunity to voice my disgust with the University for

our basketball coaches are using the positions of their respective and men’s women’s teams to voice their own political views. Not only is this wrong, but it

allowing an event entitled “Blue Devils for Dole” to take place. Even though the University has not endorsed Elizabeth Dole as a candidate, the title of this event implies that Duke does. Bob Conroy, Trinity ’6B, summed it up best by stating he had “no problem with them being Republicans or supporting Dole, but for them to do it under the Blue Devil name...ls inappropriHttp:/

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makes the University look bad when Duke’s name is attached to it. As private citizens, both coaches have the right to hold an event in support of their favorite candidate. However, to call the event “Blue Devils for Dole” gives the impression that the /

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However, it seems that unilateral policy breeds unilateral thinking. The shallow “with us or against us” doctrine of seems to have vanished. our government is quickly Frankly, there hasn’t been an changing America into a land original idea about Iraq in the leery of intelligent dissent. popular consciousness since People who question the purthe George W. Bush adminispose of attacking Iraq are the record tration first laid out its policy silenced with the unfair retalThe integrity oflife layed bare with the word of God connects the old story to the and the Democrats their iation of the same patented new story. Preach until preaching becomes singing. It doesn’t matter ifyou’re offrebuttal. Now, months later, arguments of the Bush key. the op-ed page of The administration. And while Chronicle is a genuine farce, Bush’s points are easily disMichael Curry, first black bishop of the Episcopal Diocese ofNorth Carolina, com with columnists only interestpelled in a sane environment, merits on the power of preaching, (see story, page five) ed in the blind recantation of the incessant fear-mongering side A or side B, and never of our friends and enemies any effort to scrutinize the drowns out any kind of stand basic arguments ofeither. It is against them. For example, suddenly appropriate just to Bush supporters will cite that DAVE INGRAM, Editor parrot the ideas of others Iraqi diplomat Ahmed Khalil KEVIN LEES, Managing Editor WHITNEY BECKETT, University Editor under the assumption that Ibrahim Samir Al-Aniin once ALEX GARINGER, University Editor they are correct. We should be met with Mohamed Atta, a KENNETH REINKER, Editorial Page Editor PAUL DORAN, Sports Editor smarter than that. supposed Sept. 11 conspirator. JONATHAN ANGIER, General Manager

University has chosen to’ support one candidate in the race. In no way do they have a right to give such an implication no matter how successful each coach is on the basketball court. It doesn’t matter that Dole graduated from Duke in 1958. All that matters is that Duke is visibly, although unintentionally, placing its support behind a

But simply knowing this does not prove whether the diplomat acted alone, within a ring of conspirators, or on behalf of Saddam. There should not be a reasonable doubt before we wreak havoc on a country. Each of us should seriously ask where our world is headed. I only wish that the American citizen would think outside of himself for a change. How would he feel if a foreign government first vaporized his family and then demanded his support? How many of the arguments against Iraq have no valid backing? How the unilateral drive for war will someday turn against him?

Alan Lebetkin Trinity ’O3

Democrats fail to provide alternatives on Iraq issue

As lifelong liberals, we are more than a little saddened to say that Justin Walker’s commentary on the spine-

lessness of Congressional Democrats was, for the most part, dead on. While a few members of the party (Walker rightly lauds Minnesota’s Senator Paul Wellstone) have shown their determination to vote on principle in the face of political danger, the Democratic leadership has all but completely capitulatEd and left Americans with-

out the choice of whether to support or deny war. The decision to go to war should not be taken lightly. In fact, the vast majority of America’s allies, the world and not to mention a majority of Americans are opposed to unilateral invasion, and many throughout America and the world are against invasion as a whole. Unfortunately, the president’s case for war currently consists of such cogent arguments as “Saddam Hussein is a very bad man.” But

Senate Democrats do not voice an opposing view and almost seem eager to show their support for an inva-

sion ofIraq. Apparently limiting American voters’ choice to two parties was not bad enough; by the time voters go to the polls in November, most will be down to one. Andrew Furlow Trinity ’O5 Bridget

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KL: Since we’re here, let’s start offwith the Oak Room. JP: I think it’s Duke’s biggest tradition as far as food operations.... I think the nice thing about it is that it really hasn’t changed its ambiance at all. It’s exactly the way it looked at the time when it was built. It’s the only upscale resaturant, you know, as far as people service, the atmopshere, the quiteness of it, there will always be a function of the Oak Room in the Duke System. KL: How long have you been at Duke? JP: 32 years. KL; Now before you worked at Duke you worked a little bit with NASA, right? JP: Aerospace, air force... we did the manned space program for NASA, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, from 1958 to 1970.1 worked at Cape Kennedy.

down and they said it’s not delivering what we want it to deliver. And I said, “Well what is it delivering?” “It’s set up more like cafetria food, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and we as students don’t necessarilly want that; we want something different.” So I said “What if we start breaking it apart....” So we formed a student advisory board that turned out to be Duke University Student Dining and Advising Committee. The story behind dining was we went from day one to today looking for market, what people would want, hours of operation, decentralized services, specilaized needs.... When I took over, the students were complaining at a rate that was, they even had echo boxes in the quad that were saying, “the food is no good,” it would vibrate all the way up to the clocktower. After we started breaking it apart and redeploying the resources... that stopped. Today it’s virtually nil. From a very heavy concern on the students’ part that we weren’t giving them what they wanted, and that came through the advisory board. I guess my style has always been to ask the customer, you know, “what do you want, why do you want it, if it’s not anything that will take away from where we want to go, let’s try give it a whirl, let’s see if it can happen.”

at Cape Kennedy did you know the of astronauts? any JP: The astronauts when I worked—it shows you my age—there were only seven when I worked there, and they stopped by the guidance lab a lot, because our guidance system put the Atlas My and Titan into orbit, and they were in the capsule on top of KL; When you worked

KL: Have people ever not or will they ever stop complaining about parking, or is that just a constant? JP: I think, like food, parking is one that will always be picked on. We’re going through a drastic change in that the number to of buildings we’re building is moving parking lots out to customer, you it. They came by the lab sevthe periphary, so it isn’t settling down fast enough eral times. I didn’t know you want, I think parking will settle them intimately, but I knew down at Duke, because some them well enough to say you want of the core areas we’ve devel“Hello, hi, John [Glenn]. How oped and will keep for years are you, [Alan] Shepherd?” to come, for example, the I went down to Cape Kennedy with [General Electric].... I went down there a undergraduate Blue Zone. The Blue Zone is going to be single fellow, and then came back a year later to there, I mean we’re not going to take the Blue Zone and Syracuse and picked up my high school sweetheart, and put a building there. So I think we’ve addressed one we got married and we went back down again. And we category of customers, the undergraduates, on and off were there for 12 years. We lived in Sattelite Beach, campus, the Blue Zone is big enough to fit them both. Flordia, which was right on the ocean. In ’69,1 wanted to The east campus freshmen, they’re not in a real bad find an area so I could be more with my kids... and lo and place, so I’m saying I have 6,000 undergrads that we behold, Duke came up on the radar screen.... I thought have positioned their parking to be okay where it is, “they can’t move Duke...” We went up for a weekend, my and I don’t see us changing that. The distrubtion is peowife fell in love with Durham and fell in love with Duke ple asking to leave the Blue and one thing led to another and I resigned from GE and Zone and go somehwere else, came to work at Duke. grad students, employees, to that’s still causing unrest.... KL: Goingback to Cape Kennedy in the ’6os—what a I really believe that if and some are when the University and the great time to be working there. JP: At that time... the government accelerated the Medical Center combine missile business, both manned space and the so-called their programs it will just get weapons system. In those eight years and 11 months, I better. So it’s got a good founparticipated in over 208 missile launches; you’ll probably dation, the parking system never ever see that again, because they were launching has a good foundation. two a week, three a week trying to make sure everything worked right... it was an exciting time. The ’6os were an KL: Now the DukeCard didn’t exist when you first unusual time for the aerospace business; it was the came here, obviously. Where are access issues going in the future? beginning of aerospace and its real strength.... JP: The [technology] I want to keep an eye on, the one KL: Moving to Duke, obviously a lot of what Auxiliary I think that in the end for access transactions like parkServices is today didn’t exist when you first arrived or ing gates and door locks is going to be biometrics. We has changed tremendously since you arrived. want biometrics online. JP: What happened is when I came to Duke... we built KL: How long do you think it will be until biometrics are widely disperesed? up all these different units, consolidated printng, created a copy center, managed copy machines, redeveloped JP: In a couple, three years, give or take. [The techhousekeeping to be more productive, better equipment, nology is] there now, its just a matter of getting people better resources, redistribute people differently, drop the used to using biometrics. cost but increase the size. Grounds were the same thing.... [Then I took up] food, retail stores and housing. KL: What are some ideas that we haven’t seen that I took the same attitude with those other three as I never quite got off the planning board? did with those original five or six. In 1985 1... formed a JP: I wish we could have done more consolidation of student group of five to six students... and asked them to resources and make things happen easier with more sit down and talk with me about food services. We sat flow, which is what I did at GE.Because I’m near the end *

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of my career, it’s fanny: The same thing that applied 40 years ago applies now—different technologies, but still the fundamentals. Do it right, do it efficiently.... What I did was say, “Look, I want to provide a quality product, a quality service, but I want it competively priced.” Now those are three simple sentences that you could write anything you want around. But every time you talk to me, show me the quality of product, or services and product. Show me both, and show me if you put it on the street, it will be competitively priced.... I don’t need more than that. Auxiliary services has to cover it, there’s no subsidy or tuition money, it’s just solely on the sale of the product or service. And if those three things aren’t met, in my opinion we lose, we can’t keep the company going, we can’t pay the bills. If you didn’t buy 21 million dollars worth of food, I couldn’t have the food program I have.... In that sense, we’re very customer-service driven. Frankly it’s survival, because we don’t have any other revenue source. KL; One of the interesting things has been outsourcing. What do you make of the entire trend? I pride myself in self-operation, if you talk to me, if I can do it, 111 do it. I like the ownership of anything. But I’m also a realist. When you look at auxiliary srvices, you look at the level of things that we have to provide, and you have to ask yourself, “Can I do it at the level of quality product, service and competitive price? And ifI could do it, what would it cost me to do it?” In the case of f00d... it’s just that the market is going up around it and the specalization is enormous. What would it cost me to have a dietician, what would it cost me to have a menu planner, what would it cost me to have training for all these different types of product/service offerings, and if I did all that, would it be a quality product/service and at a competitive price? Now some people would say to me, it doesn’t have to be competitive, but I would say you’re wrong. Where it reaches the point where we are too small to have the infrastructure to maintain the market competitive price and the technological ability to deliver what’s got to be delivered, when I look at it and say, no matter how hard I try, it’s not going to happen because I’m not large enough... then I’m going to privatize.... Do I think there will be many more privatized? I don’t think there will be many more. The areas where we are vulnerable, we got [already].

KL: You have a particularly good relatoinship with employees. JP: If you were working for me, what would be the first thing you wanted me to offer you? Job security. So I’ve got to make sure that happens... The second thing you want is recognition, pay, opportunity to grow.... The third thing would be meeting with people, getting out on the side walk, shaking their hands and patting them on the back.... Sometimes it isn’t just money; recognition, a pat on the back, changing a name tag to read employee of the month or citing you for being extra special, my sometimes that is worth a ever gotten lot Inmore. the end, [privatization] offers job stablity for the my remainder... was it an easy thing to do? No. Did it hurt because we lost some people? Yes, but would we have lost them anyway? Probably more. Indecision leads to some very scary things going down the road. When you’re in a job like mine you have to make decisions, some are hard. But in all my years, nobody has ever gotten laid off because of my decision.

make decisions, hard. But, In all years, nobody has laid off because of decision. You have

KL; Are you thinking

of retiring? JP; We’re looking at within a year of so, unless something changes. We talk about leaving and enjoying the retirement life.... KL: Last question: One of your most enduring trademarks is your propensity to call everybody “friend.” JP: You meet an employee, you’d always have a smile on your face, so one day, somewhere back when, the word “friend” seemed like it wasn’t offensive in any way or form, and... it just stuck. But the real secret behind it is that I’m really poor with names... The day I stop the friend thing is the day I know who you are.

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m is a wonderful season to enjoy the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. The traditional annual display of garden mums reaches its peak in the Terraces; goldenrods and fall asters light the wooded trails of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Roses, responding to the crisp days and cooler nights, offer up their very best of the year and throughout the Gardens the great diversity of trees display an awesome tapestry of colors. Even the waterfowl on the Arboretum pond get into the act as they outgrow the drab tones of summer molt and parade once again attired in snappy finery. For many of us this festive season of reds, oranges and yellows signals the end of the year—nature's last hurrah before the winter rest. But for at least one group of plants, Camellias, fall is just the beginning of an extended season of bloom. No garden flower exceeds the beauty of Camellia, and no shrub is given more recognition in the Duke Gardens than these aristocrats from southern Asia. More than 200 species are known to exist in the wild, primarily from south China. But, of these, only a few are used extensively in horticulture, and the Gardens has a great collection to enjoy. The Camellia season begins with the blooming of Camellia sasanqua, commonly referred to as Sasanqua. Its sweetly scented flowers first appear in late October and continue until around Christmas. In the Gardens, the perennial allee is backed on either side by a shrub border of the soft pink variety 'Maiden's Blush.'

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Dorothy Kress Spengler, or Dot, as her friends knew her, and her husband Joe were associated with Duke University from 1932 until their deaths just a few years ago; he, as a James B. Duke Professor of Economics, and she, in the words of a dear friend, as the Countess of Cranford Road, because of her beautiful garden and profound generosity. Many are the times when Dot would show up at a neighbor's home or a University function armed with baskets of flowers from her garden.

The Camellia best represented in the Spengler Collection, and the species which brings up the end of the flowering season, is C. japonica. Sometimes commonly referred to as Japonicas, these selections are, for most people, THE shrub that comes to mind when speaking of Camellias. Hundreds of selections have been made—reds, whites, pinks, singles, doubles; the variety is endless. You'll have to wait until next spring to enjoy these beauties, but until then there's a wealth of other Camellias waiting for you to discover in the Gardens...beginning now. by Paul Jones

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new selections able to withstand our winters. These hybrids typically begin bloom before the fading of Sasanquas and continue intermittently throughout the winter during periods of warmth. You can find many excellent winter blooming selections in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, and in the Dorothy Kress Spengler Camellia Collection.

In 1992, the Sarah P. Duke Gardens was the beneficiary of Mrs. Spengler's generosity as she bequeathed funds from her estate to establish a collection of her beloved Camellia in the Gardens. Dedicated in March of 2000, this collection now boasts over 100 selections.

Sasanquas are among the most cold-hardy of Camellias. For this reason they have been hybridized with less cold-tolerant species to produce beautiful

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and floras ofindividual regions with the Linnaean system of classification demanding great accuracy in illustrating critical structures. The study of botanical illustration was at its zenith during the Victorian Age. Botany had become a popular recreation and flower painting was considered an accomplishment for fashionable women. Floricultural periodicals were begun during this period and one, Curtis 'Botanical Magazine is still published today.

capture the plant with words alone. A photograph of a plant may hide critical information in the shadows or details may be out of focal range. The illustrator solves these problems with observation, measurement, understanding and recording of essential information for plant identification on a single page. The botanical artist and illustrator, as distinct from the flower painter, seeks to accurately record the structure of flower, seed or leaf.

Jack Kramer author of Women of Flowers (1996) and TheArt of Flowers (2002) has collected florilegia (illustrated books about flowers) for almost 30 years. A portion of his collection will be on display at Duke Gardens during October and November. Included are lithographs and hand-colored prints, many are one-of-a-kind. The exhibit celebrates the publication of The Art of Flowers which includes a gallery of illustrations as well as chapters on the language of flowers and a ‘how-to’ of illustration as explained by the artists. Some of the prints will be available for purchase during the exhibition. ,

Artists did not begin drawing flowers and plants solely for the pleasure of their form or color or for purely decorative purposes. Illustration was away to identify plants for their medicinal and commercial qualities. Early herbals illustrated plants for the apothecary and textile trades. The advent of the printing press expanded the need for art plates to accompaay the descriptive passages. The ever-expanding roll of plant discovery generated illustrated monographs of single plant families

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The annual fall plant sale will be bigger and better this year with extended hours from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM to provide more shopping and selection time.

Early arrivals can begin the day at 8:30 AM with the Gardens Guild’s delicious homemade breakfast items and beverages. When the sale opens at 9:00 AM, some changes will be noticed. First ofall there is the addition of vendors. Several nurseries from the surrounding area will offer a wide variety of plants. Selections will include wetland trees and shrubs, hostas and ferns, aquatics and bog plants, orchids, many perennials, camellias and azaleas, unique shrubs and trees and herbs. Duke Gardens will continue to offer special selections from its nursery. As in the past, the Durham County Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions. This year, Paul McKenzie, Durham County Horticultural Extension Agent, will conduct some timely workshops. In addition Alice LeDuc, Director of Education for Duke Gardens, will provide insight into water conservation by

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using drip irrigation and soaker hoses The Terrace Shop, the Gardens’ gift shop, is open year round. But on this special day, the The Terrace Shop will be featuring a sale on certain garden related items along with a wonderful selection of spring blooming bulbs that need to be planted this fall. Even though it has been dry this summer, fall is the best time to plant. This gives a plant time to become established before going dormant. Then, next spring it is ready to grow and beautify your home and yard. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the wide-ranging selection of plants visits to all of these nurseries would be impossible in one day, but here is your chance to see the best of the best in one location. An added bonus is the chance to get expert advice from the nurseries and the horticulturists of Duke Gardens. You have seen their hard work in the Gardens now is your chance to benefit from their experience and put it to work in your yard by Edna Gaston -

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New Programs in the Fall: Nature For Sprouts

second Saturday of the month, we have been gathering in our new Children's Classroom to read stories together and create a related project to take home. Families have been delighted by the opportunity to come to the Gardens and to explore nature through literature with their children.

This October, we are starting a series of workshops called Nature For Sprouts geared towards 3, 4, and 5 year-old children who are not in school. Every Friday morning, we will gather in the Children's Classroom to explore and discover with these young sprouts. Programs will incorporate stories, movement, music, sensory walks, and creative projects to introduce young explorers to ecology and plant science. The fall series will focus on plants, seeds, flowers, and what makes a garden grow. Nature for Sprouts will be a wonderful opportunity for young children to experience and explore the Gardens with all their senses. This fall series is full but look for another series in the spring where we will uncover the mysteries of animal life in the Gardens.

season runs from April through November and has provided wonderful opportunities to explore nature found in the reading Interactive Gardens. enables children to be involved in the stories and sparks learning shared by all. Bugs, plants, birds, trees, butterflies, flowers, and pond life have been explored. Our

Most parents realize the value of reading aloud to their children and many are avid collectors of books for their children at home. Several titles for upcoming session include Pond Year by Kathryn Lasky, Come Along Daisy by Jane Simmons, and In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming. Our collection is growing thanks to donations and program fees. ,

After stories are read and discussed, everyone gets the opportunity to create a take-home project that will remind them of the stories of the day. Creatures have been made out of pipe cleaners, flowers appear out of tissue paper, and window gazers are made showing pond life below and above the water. This opportunity provides a group experience in a stimulating setting where fun is had by all. Join us for the next two sessions on October 12, and November 9 at 10am in the Doris Duke Center.

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Doris Duke Center at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens will be alive with holiday traditions for everyone to enjoy beginning November 23 and continuing through the month of December. The Center is open Monday through Friday 9:00-6:00, Saturday 9:00-5:00 and Sunday 12:00-5:00.

This year the theme will be: "A Botanical Holiday From the Mountains to the Coast." The Center will feature decorated trees in the Kirby-Horton Hall in the Doris Duke Center. Three garden clubs (The Governor's Club, Hope Valley, and Treyburn), were each invited to decorate an 8-foot tree with a different botanical theme. The Garden Guild of Duke Gardens will decorate a 12-foot tree which will feature a Signature Ornament that may be purchased in the nearby Terrace Shop. The Signature Ornament is a hand painted blue iris on white porcelain and dated "2002." Plans are to create a limited number of Signature Ornaments each year perfect for collectors and admirers of Duke Gardens. The Terrace Shop is located in the Center and offers a variety of unique gift items not only for the holidays, but for all occasions.

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Campus Florists, Trinity Delorme of Oxford Floral Design Studio and Alice Le Due, Duke Gardens' Education Director will help decorate the Center with wreaths. The Children's Educational Program will offer a special class on December 14, in the children's classroom in the Doris Duke Center from 2:00-4:00 pm. All children are welcome to attend with a $2.00 donation requested for each child. At 4:00 pm join us for a special holiday treat when noted North Carolina author Reynolds Price will read seasonal selections for the enjoyment of adults and children.On that day from 2:00-5:00 pm, there will also be a general open house in the Kirby-Horton Hall. by Ray Wilkins

Since its fledgling beginning in 1999 the Duke Gardens Botanical Craft sale has experienced continued growth. Each year this annual sale of handmade items offer old favorites and new items made with loving care by a dedicated corps of volunteers.

Twenty women meet weekly from February through November producing items that are unique and individual because of their handmade quality. In this age of assembly line production and mass merchandising an even higher premium is placed on handmade items. Everything in the sale has a botanical quality either in the material used or in the design. Last year the Santas made from old tobacco sticks sold out immediately. These collector items will be offered again with the addition of tobacco stick snowmen. Also look for past favorites of hand embellished gift bags (which some regular customers buy in large quansoup and brownie mixes, holiday decora-

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tions, and bracelets made from collector buttons Popular birdfeeder kits will also be available.

New this year you will find antiqued plant stands decorated with trailing ivy or fern fronds which are sure to be a conversation piece in any home. Beaded chains to hold eyeglasses around your neck are a practical gift and candles, pencil cups and vases made from real bamboo are beautiful and useful year 'round. You can also place your order for Christmas cards with a holly design by artist Beth Sanders. For those who have a sentimental attachment to the Climbing Magnolia Tree that had to be removed last year, sections of the tree's limbs have been made into holders for tea light candles. You can now have a memento of the tree that was loved by so many people. Come early for the best selection. All proceeds from the sale benefit Duke Gardens. by Carol Kurtz

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operattons positions were created. and the retirement of Larry Daniel, two associate director Stefan J. Bloodworth, with a BA degree and graduate studies in forestry from North Carolina as State University, succeeds the late Ed Steffek of Garden Blomquist H. L. for the horticulturist profesof Duke grandson Native Plants. Stefan, sor A. C. Jordan, grew up with an admiration for Duke Gardens, nature, and native plants. He operated his ow n business, Pine Hollow Landscapes, for several years and has extensive experience with native plants and landscape construction. His enthusiasm to excel in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants is certainly welcome.

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Friends of the Gardens whose We extend our most sincere thanks to over 800 for the horticultural staff it concern and support for the Gardens make possible to maintain an opportunities and needs, crises, to respond to unexpected heavy storms wash when For example, Gardens. excellence of the enhance the the Friends make it possible out pathways and damage trees, the funds given by map that guides informative beautiful, to repair the damage immediately. The same Friends. Over those provided by is to the Gardens you through your visit they find comfort visitors that alumni, friends, and we hear from and over again more so than in and solace in the serenity and beauty of the Gardens, and never the excellence of of maintaining The work the difficult times of the past year. fulfilling. and compelling more becomes even the Gardens therefore Gardens receive many benefits in their relationship with clubs they join. the Gardens, depending upon which of the Gardens gift students) which at for $5O ($l5 the Groundbreakers with Memberships begin events, Gardens to special includes education program discounts, invitations to donor mementitles the $250 of and the biannual FLORA newsletter. A gift benefits plus Groundbreaker includes Society, which bership in The Terraces Gothic Bookstore. and the Shop Gift the Terraces from discounts on purchases benefits plus The Pergola Society at $l,OOO includes all of the previously-listed at $2,500 Society Directors Gardens. The a complimentary parking pass for the Duke Mary The tour luncheon. and special benefits a plus includes all other benefits plus Biddle Society, for donors of $5,000+, includes all of the Directors Duke Gardens a special lecture and reception, and a plant propagated from horticultural staff and stock. AH gift club members become partners with the growing and awaitGardens keep who these volunteers the corps of dedicated ing your visit. The Friends

Paul F. Kartcheske has been appointed the associate director of administrative operations. Paul transferred from the Bryan Center at Duke where he was supervisor of the theaters and, more recently, assistant manager of the Center. Previously, he was employed for six years at the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts in Wilmington, NC. He has considerable experience in events management that will be helpful Paul in operation of the Doris Duke Center. received a BA degree from Southern Illinois University and is a candidate for an MBA degree from California Pacific University. In this administrative position, he is responsible for budgets, personnel, facilities, and events management.

horticulturGregory A. Nace, selected to head Fear al operations, comes from the Cape There, he Botanical Garden in Fayetteville, NC. was and was executive director for eight years the able to make noteworthy development in from BS degree 85-acre garden. Greg received a in the University of Illinois and an MS degree the from Public Garden Administration University of Delaware's Longwood Program. He worked for several botanical gardens in Hawaii he before coming to North Carolina. In his role, the Doris around is responsible for the gardens Duke Center and leading the horticultural staff to coordinate the aesthetic and horticultural missions of the Gardens.

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A most gracious hostess and so pleasant to talk to.” These are all glowing and mostdeserved accolades for Maggie Kirk. She is a breath of fresh air each Friday afternoon at the Information Desk in the Doris Duke Center. Maggie greets everyone with a welcome smile and sincere “May I help you?”

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Maggie’s first introduction to Duke was during her college years when she attended special weekends here. Son David, graduated from Duke in 1979 with degrees in Economics and Botany. “I loved coming to visit. Our visits always included a walk in the beautiful Duke Gardens, with our son as guide,” Maggie said.

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“Having heard of the need for volunteers from Mary Dawson, (her neighbor and long-time Duke Gardens’ volunteer), I thought I might be able to contribute to Duke Gardens and also have the opportunity to meet different people. The facility is beautiful, and I particularly enjoy the people with whom I work. It is important for any person at the Information Desk to enjoy meeting and helping people and I have a lot of fun in the process.”

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Her role at Duke Gardens has expanded to include maintenance in the Gardens that surround the Doris Duke Center. With more visitors coming to Duke Gardens, additional volunteers are needed to staff the Information Desk on weekends. Volunteers are being sought who can commit to one Saturday or Sunday shift per month. For more information or to submit your name, please contact Chuck Hemric at 668-1705 or chemric@duke. edu.

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