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STUDENTS AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ set up camp on the Chapel Quad Monday morning to attract attention to their cause and promote discussion among students, staff and faculty. The students modeled their campout on a similar effort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Students camp out to protest Iraq war By CHARLES LIN The Chronicle

Some tent for tickets, others tent for peace. Monday morning, members of Students Against the War in Iraq pitched tents on the Chapel Quadrangle, forming a place they affectionately call Peaceville to raise campus awareness about the war many fear to be almost imminent. Approximately 20 students gathered around 9 a.m., setting up tables and displays of vocal opposition to the war

“First we got attacked by the rain, in Iraq. Their aim; to alert the student body and bring the issue to the fore- then by the wind, but we’re out here to front of discussion. the end,” said freshman Marina Kukso, “We want to provide a visible state- another organizer ofPeaceville. Response also warmed throughout ment to people that there are folks who are willing to inconvenience their lives the day as more people stopped by to in some ways in response to the way chat or to lend their support. “A lot of that the lives of so many other people people conveyed concern about what’s have been inconvenienced,” said junior to happen, but at the same time, they Dave Allen, one ofthe event organizers, feel powerless,” Kukso said, Despite a rainy start to the day, the See PEACE on page 8 campers remained optimistic,

Duke Student Government executive elections are less than a month away, but legislators may still vote to make major changes to the voting procedures. This Wednesday, the Legislature will vote on an amendment—proposed by Justin Ford, DSG executive vice president—to the election by-laws that would require a candidate to receive a majority vote in the presidential election or face a run-off with the opponent who received the next highest number of votes. That amendment, however, has drawn criticism from students and DSG members alike. Approval would almost guarantee that all presidential elections would end in a run-off, as no presidential candidate in DSG’s history has received the majority of the vote. Ford, a senior, said he proposed the amendment on behalf of the six-member executive committee, which approved the amendment by a majority vote. “Our thoughts were that a president who is elected by the majority would have an unquestionable mandate by the student body,” Ford said. He added that the executive committee’s decision to present the amendment was not specific to current leadership within the organization. “Our decision was based on trying See DSG on page 8

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tegration of the shuttle Columbia upon re-entry Feb. 1. He finds himself subjected to a “constant” barrage of phone calls from news outlets ranging from CBS to The Herald-Sun of Durham, The teeming masses of media, finding him unreachable, often resort to

alternate avenues. “The secretaries go crazy because they have to field all these phone calls,” said John Thompson, professor and chair of the history department. “Literally, [administrative assistant to the chair Vivian Jackson] could do no work for the department because she spent all her time fielding.phone calls.” Roland currently has 35 pages of names and numbers queued up awaiting his response, many of which he will not be able to answer. “I try to select the ones that seem most important,” he said. “First of See ROUND on page 7

Robert Shiller, a Yale economics professor, spoke Monday on the causes behind stock market bubbles. Seepages

Postdoctoral fellows received official University recognition for their group, the Duke University Postdoctoral Association. See page 4

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NEWS BRIEFS •

New clues surface in Columbia investigation

NASA says it has determined that a piece of broken wing found late last week was from Columbia’s left side. The piece could be important, given all the trouble apparently began in the left wing during the final minutes of the shuttle’s flight. •

Homeland Security Department issues advice

The Bush administration issued detailed advice Monday on how to for a possible terrorist attack urging families to prepare a “disaster supply kit” recommendation people keep duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal off windows. •

Accused spy awaits jury decision

The spying case against retired Air Force enlisted man Brian Patrick Regan will go to the jury after government prosecutors said Regan would have sold Iraq or Libya “whatever they would have paid for.” Regan’s attorneys said he never intended to sell U.S. secrets. •

Prices for heating oil and gasoline are soaring and are likely to go higher as energy markets cope with a colder than expected winter, the loss of Venezuela’s production and worries about war with Iraq. •

Census finds dogs more popular than cats

According to the 2000 Census, dogs rule and cats drool.About 36 percent of homes have dogs, compared to about 32 percent with cats, the Census News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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3 NATO nations block Iraqi action France, Germany lead opposition to military planning for conflict with Iraq By RICHARD BERNSTEIN and CRAIG SMITH New York Times News Service

PARIS France and Germany closed ranks against the United States Monday blocking attempts at NATO to begin military planning for a conflict with Iraq and issuing a joint declaration with Russia calling for intensified weapons inspections as an alternative to war. A statement issued in Paris, Russia, Germany and France called for a “substantial strengthening” of the

“human and technical capabilities” of the weapons inspectors in Iraq, arguing the inspections should continue with more vigorous searches before contemplating war.

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Germany and Belgium blocked an effort by other NATO members, led by the United States, to begin military planning for the defense of Turkey in the event of war with Iraq. In response, Turkey took the highly unusual step of invoking Article IV of the NATO treaty, which requires the entire alliance to consult if any member feels its security is threatened. A further NATO meeting was called for Tuesday. The move by the three NATO members most reluctant to use military force against Iraq marked one of the most serious cleavages in the history of the alliance and was sharply criticized by some members as a blow to the strength and credibility of the organization at the core

of trans-Atlantic cooperation. “I am disappointed that France would block NATO from helping a country like Turkey prepare,” President George W. Bush said. “I think it affects the alliance in a negative way.” Nicholas Burns, the US. ambassador to NATO, said the organization now faced a “crisis of credibility.”

Ever since the United States

began serious preparations for a possible war to oust Saddam Hussein, tensions with several European states have sharpened. However, the developments Monday—defiance of America at NATO and criticism of America from Moscow to Paris—appeared to crystallize the numerous differences be-

tween the nations.

Bin Laden financier strikes plea bargain By ERIC LICHTBLAU

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WASHINGTON The director of one of American’s largest Muslim charities, a man depicted by federal prosecutors as a key financier for Osama bin Laden, struck an llth-hour plea agreement Monday without admitting any ties to al Qaeda or terrorism. In a surprise plea bargain, the director ofthe Chicagobased Benevolence International Foundation, Enaam Arnaout, admitted in court that he had illegally funneled charitable donations to rebel fighters in Bosnia and Chechnya to pay for boots, tents and other military supplies in the 19905. But prosecutors dropped six other charges in which he was accused of financing terrorism. Amaout agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, and the authorities said they hoped his contacts with Afghan rebel

groups in the 1980s would provide a roadmap to the roots of the al Qaeda network. They said they remained convinced he had been helping finance terrorism. Prosecutors viewed the case against Arnaout—the only leader of an Islamic charity to be charged criminally since the Sept. 11 attacks—as a linchpin in their efforts to shut down al Qaeda’s money pipeline. But the ambiguous outcome of the case, which left both sides claiming victory, underscored the difficulties prosecutors face in trying to establish financial links between terrorists and their suspected backers in the United States. Amaout, a naturalized American citizen from Syria, faces up to 20 years in prison for a single count of racketeering conspiracy. His plea bargain means he will probably receive a significantly reduced sentence if he fully cooperates with the authorities before sentencing, lawyers in the case said.

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Yale economist downplays effects of war By TRACY REINKER The Chronicle Although the primary concern for Americans in recent months has been the potential war with Iraq, Robert Shiller, Stanley Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University, said that the possibility of war is minor in comparison to the lasting effects of the March 2000 stock market bubble burst. “Perhaps the most extraordinary event in the past 10 years is related to the stock market bubble,” Shiller said in a speech to a group of professors and students Monday afternoon. “It’s the sharpest drop in US. history. It really

means something.” In his speech, part of the Johnson Lecture series, Shiller discussed the origins of the stock market bubble, the current real estate bubble and the outlook of the world economy. Shiller, who is the author of Beyond Irrational Exuberance, a book which predicted the 2000 decline in the stock market, said that the impetus for the bubble burst is often misunderstood. The international drop in stock markets in 2000 is often attributed to Millennium euphoria, but Shiller said the Millennium played a “relatively small role in bursting the bubble.” He believes the potential economic results of a war with Iraq are equally as small. “In [1990-91] the stock market didn’t do much,” Shiller said, citing the last

U.S. conflict in Iraq. Rather, he argued that bubble bursts have continued to occur naturally throughout the stock market’s evolution and compared the pattern of the 2000 bubble burst to that of the 1920s and

30s. “Recently we’ve seen a classic bubble burst pattern that you can find other places in history” Shiller said. “It’s bigger than what’s going on with Saddam.” He attributed much of the variation in the stock market to psychological factors and consumer and investor confidence levels. “The stock market has deceived us at every turn..,, [lt] makes no sense,” Shiller said. “It is driven by psychology. Confidence and the stock market are closely related.”

After advertising for faculty positions, Brigid Hogan received feedback from 214 interested applicants, 10 of whom are finalists. By MALAVIKA PRABHU The Chronicle

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ROBERT SHILLER, Stanley Resor professor of economics at Yale University, spoke Monday on the causes behind the stock market bubble as part of the Johnson Lecture series. Shiller divides causes for the bubble bursts into precipitating and amplifying factors and says that no one thing, such as the development of the Internet, can cause such a dramatic change. “History is complicated,” Shiller said. “Big events are merely a confluence of little events. There is no simple story.” Shiller said that although technology such as the Internet contributed to the bubble, the invention’s impact was not quite as substantial as investors made it out to be. “People look at new technology like the Internet and cell phones, and we think that they’ve changed our lives,” Shiller said. “We think our productivity will go up because we have more time. We think things will be better in the future and so we invest. But we’re not entering a new era.”

Shiller attributes most of the bubble to an amplification of smaller factors. In the past decade American savings have dropped to under two percent, and Shiller says this is because many young Americans have the impression that they are going to become millionaires. “If you think you’re going to be a millionaire, why save now?” Shiller asked. Shiller went on to discuss the upward trend in real estate values since 2000 and the potential for a real estate bubble, which he said will also eventually burst. Shiller concluded with his forecast

for the economy, saying, “The overall sense of optimism in our economy is down. If people are going to work hard and succeed, they must have a good view of the future.... I think it is very likely that we [will] have a double dip recession in 2003 or 2004.”

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Postdoc organization gains University recognition in radiation oncology. The National Institutes of Health has set national experience-based minimum salary levels for postdocs, yet Murphy said some are paid above or below this level at Duke. For example, Murphy said that postdocs who receive external grants risk losing their employee status and benefits. “There hasn’t been much postdocs could do. You would accept the grant, but only some bosses were nice enough to compensate for the loss of benefits,” said Murphy.

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After years of struggling with arbitrary and often inferior compensation, Duke postdoctoral fellows have succeeded in creating an interdepartmental alliance to lobby for their concerns. The University formally recognized the Duke University Postdoctoral Association, founded in the fall of 2001, with an award of $53,600 to provide postdocs with their own leadership structure and program funding. DUPA began as a “cohesive group of interested people working towards a common goal—building a community and facilitating training for postdocs at many levels in the University,” said Jackie Swain, vice president of DUPA and professional events committee chair. After Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Hubert Amrein, now faculty adviser of DUPA, persuaded several department chairs to donate money to fund the group’s panel discussions and its first annual postdoc research day, the University administration soon followed. Provost Peter Lange responded favorably by acknowledging postdocs’ accomplishments and awarding the organization funding with the possibility of an office. “[The postdocs] didn’t come asking without showing they were worth it,” said Jo Wright, vice dean of basic sciences in the School ofMedicine and professor of cell biology. “They’ve put on a great year... of activities, and made themselves very visible on campus.” Robert Waterland, president of DUPA and a research associate in radi-

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ROBERT WATERLAND, president of the Duke University Postdoctoral Association, works on his research in a radiation oncology lab. The group recently received official University recognition. ation oncology, emphasized the importance of postdocs coming together to share their concerns. “The need for a group like DUPA is increasingly important since the length of time as a postdoc is directly related to the number of postdocs in the country. There aren’t enough jobs out there, and this is the last step in a period of uncertainty,” he said. Although they have already obtained their doctorates, postdocs often fill research assistant positions for two to five years to receive additional training in research fundamentals while receiving funding from their principal investigators. “Postdocs are of the neglected kind,”

Amrein said. “They’re in a transition stage, so they don’t have a real status. They have no tenure and they work hard for low salaries.” DUPA is comprised of five committees —professional development, social events, advocacy, membership and communications. The group’s main objective, however, is to set standards among postdocs. A recent DUPA-administered survey revealed large discrepancies in titles, salaries, benefits, medical coverage and vacation time by department, not by skill. Graduate students and faculty all have standardized wages and benefits, yet postdocs “always, seem to be left behind,” said Susan Murphy, a postdoc

DUPA has also been responsible for events such as career fairs, research symposiums and a panel on job interviewing techniques and writing curriculums vitae—activities that are intended to provide networking and mentoring resources to postdocs. The lack of involvement on behalf of postdocs in the humanities has been an obstacle to DUPA, said Waterland, who hopes to make it “more inclusive of the whole University.” Approximately 70 percent of all postdocs are in the sciences or medicine. “We can’t design an event to cater to [postdocs in the humanities] unless they get involved,” Waterland said. Pegeen Reichert-Powell, a postdoc in the University Writing Program, does not see this as a problem. “DUPA truly does reach out to us and meet our concerns. In the humanities, postdocs teach more, as opposed to doing research like those in the sciences. We have different primary responsibilities and concerns, and DUPA shouldn’t take that into their agenda,” said Reichert-Powell.

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CELL BIOLOGY from page 3 ment but also faculty of neurobiology, biology, microbiology and genetics. “It’s the future of science,” Hogan said. “It’s become interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. We’re also trying to recruit people who can translate basic science [research] to clinical work.” As the first female chair of a basic sciences department in the history of the Medical Center, Hogan said that approximately one-third of the applicant pool were women. She noted, however, that the main focus of recruitment will center on attracting faculty whose interests span many de-

partments. Hogan added that the theory of sharing knowledge in general is what fueled the design for the renovation of* space in the Nanaline H. Duke Building. Instead of the many tight, individual labs, the lab space has been condensed into one long room with several benches to facilitate discussion on the various research in the department. “When you’re recruiting people, they are looking at the best institutions, and I feel that our renovated space in Nanaline is pretty good,” said Blanche Capel, an associate professor of cell biology and the director of graduate studies. One-third of the building has been renovated and will be ready to accommodate the incoming faculty for this year. Hogan said she

is counting on additional space from the newly constructed Center for Human Disease Models to house additional faculty with expertise in both cell biology and modeling. Marc Caron, James B. Duke research professor of cell biology and interim director of the center, is very enthusiastic about the potential for collaboration. “We have a great opportunity because of the opening of the Center for Models of Human Disease [in the spring],” he said. Since Hogan’s arrival, the department has also seen the addition of a new imaging center, the centerpiece of which is a $400,000 confocal microscope that visualizes the various layers of the cell. Hogan played a pivotal role in hiring the director of the center which will ultimately house three confocal microscopes—as well as in facilitating the renovation of space to house the microscopes. Jo Wright, vice dean of basic sciences and professor ofcell biology, underscored Hogan’s great opportunity as the permanent chair of cell biology. “She gets to shape the future of this department in a major way,” she said. In addition to continuing her research, Hogan is also juggling teaching responsibilities for a stem cell course. “I want to learn as much as possible of what is going on Lin the department],” Hogan said. “You can’t ask people to do something unless you’re willing to do it either.” —

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all, I respond to the media outlets that reach a really wide audience. I [also] try to do as much as I can of supporting local news organizations.” This is not Roland’s first brush with celebrity. When the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, he was perhaps even more sought after. “At the time that the Challenger went down, Alex Roland was huge,” Thompson said. “It was crazy—-no one in the department had ever become famous like that.” Roland said he was more involved with the media at that time because ofthe dearth of critical experts. “There were three or perhaps four of us in the U.S.—and I’m not exaggerating at all—who had any significant familiarity with the shuttle and who were willing to speak out publicly about criticism of the shuttle,” he said. He was whisked off to radio and television interviews across the country, appearing on a number of shows in Washington and New York, including ABC’s

Nightline. During one of these interview trips, his wife was threatened by a caller who said Roland’s scarcity was a matter of national security. This time around, his teaching schedule has made it more difficult for him to travel like he did in 1986. He had to decline an offer to appear on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, one of his personal favorite programs, in order to teach his class. Thompson praised Roland’s conduct during the media blitz. “He has not failed to fulfill a single duty,” he said. “He has not allowed this celebrity to go to his head, has not had to cancel any classes.” Still, Roland admitted that the time commitment of his celebrity has affected his work in subtle ways. “I felt sort of badly Thursday in my afternoon lecture course that I wasn’t as prepared as I’d like to be, because I hadn’t spent enough time on preparation.” Despite the media barrage, Roland has not become bitter about the press. “I enjoy talking to them,” he said. “I learn as much from them as I think they learn from me, and I have an appreciation for the constraints under which they work.” Roland has picked up some ofthe characteristics of a savvy interview subject through his hundreds of conversations with occasionally aggressive reporters. “You also have to be on your guard,” he said. “Whenever you’re talking to the press, they may well have a story line already in mind. If that’s the case, they will ask you leading questions, so they can quote something you say in support of something they already believe.” Though he is a frank and occasionally forceful critic of NASA and the shuttle program, Roland nonetheless chooses his words carefully.

“Their dearest hope is that you’ll say something really provocative and outrageous, so they’re often trying to up the ante,” he said. “Anything you say, you must be prepared to see it [in print].” He has the highest respect for media outlets that delve deeply into the reasons behind events, such as The New York Times, National Public Radio and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. “Those leading newspapers have their reputations for good reason,” he said. “They’re very informed, very responsible—they have a very high-quality staff, so I always talk to them. In television, in radio, the same sort of criteria apply.” His chief complaint about certain news outlets, particularly network television, is a “short attention span” in covering stories. After the Challenger disaster, Roland recommended to several reporters from The New York Times that they continue to write about the problems of the shuttle program, even when the initial shock had faded. Roland said they agreed at the time but did not do anything about it.

“By and large, over recent years, witlv a few exceptions, nobody was writing critically about NASA,” said. “They would take NASA press kits and news releases and just paraphrase them.” The news organizations that stood in contrast to this rule—particularly Florida and Texas newspapers—have received special favor from Roland. “There are a few newspaper outlets that have been following this story continuously, and I always try to get back to them, because they’re the ones that have remained informed over all these years,” he said. If his previous experience is any indication, Roland’s fame will not fade entirely. After the Challenger explosion, he said “another wave” of media attention came his way regarding the future of space policy. Furthermore, his celebrity meant that he became a sought-after lecturer, which further sapped his time. Roland is prepared for the long haul. “We are probably entering a long re-examination of our space policy” he said. “I expect that I’ll be talking for to the press for a while.”

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benefit to DSG.” Two legislators have already pro-

posed changes to the amendment to be presented at Wednesday’s meeting. Rather than holding another election, sophomore Ryan Kennedy proposed a system of instant runoff voting.

Although the winning candidate would still require a majority, students would rank their preference of presidential candidates on the ballot. A computer program would then determine the winner based on those rankings. “While I think the legitimacy of [requiring a majority vote] is good, I think the method of having a runoff after the elections would be disastrous because student voter turnout is already so low,” Kennedy said, adding that a second election might attract even fewer voters. Another suggested change would in-

crease the current required 6 percent plurality to 10 percent for a candidate to win. DSG President Joshua Jean-Baptiste proposed his own amendments to the election by-laws, although the executive committee voted not to present them to the Legislature. Those changes—part of Jean-Baptiste’s larger suggestions for a restructuring of DSG—would have candidates for various positions run on the same ticket under a common agenda, with the goal of making the organization more efficient. “[Under the current system], you have six executive officers running on six different platforms, then they’re all elected and you’re supposed to reach some sort of compromise,” Jean-Baptiste said. With a set agenda chosen by the student body, he said, the future administration would reach that compromise before the election and be held more accountable to completing its goals. “I don’t think [the proposed amendment] will solve the issue,” Jean-Baptiste said. “I’m more concerned about solving the issue of inefficiency than anything else.”

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STUDENTS VOTE in the DSG executive elections at the Cambridge Inn. A proposal by DSG Executive Vice President Justin Ford would change voting procedures for the next election.

Unlike the UNC campout, however, Peaceville carries a distinct parallel toward the other tent city that dominates Duke this time of year. The students camping in the Chapel Quad are outnumbered many times over by residents of Krzyzewskiville, and the discrepancy of motives is on the minds of many. “I don’t want to say that camping out for basketball is frivolous, but I will say that it is much more important to me that I show my support for peace in the world rather than just for men’s basketball,” Allen said. The campout marks a series of events this week sponsored by Students Against the War in Iraq in an attempt to elevate campus awareness as the Bush administration makes its case for war. A candlelight vigil was held last night and will be followed by a speak-out

PEACE from page 1 The local community has lent a hand to Peaceville as well. Roger Ehrlich, a local activist, donated decorated mural umbrellas and parasols as part of a pro-peace display. Other Triangle residents have contributed with supplies such as food, sleeping bags and tents. Peaceville takes precedent from a campout that occurred last month at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “We were out there the week before the [Washington], D.C. rally [to protest the war],” said UNC freshman Tim Stallman. He added, “[The Duke campout] is basically the same thing. It’s here to create discussion.”

“First we got attacked by the rain, then by the wind, but we’re out here to the end.” Freshman Marina Kukso Wednesday. Dormitory teach-ins have been scheduled for this week around campus. Students are encouraged to stop by Peaceville to discuss and to learn more about the anti-war cause. The group hopes that through their efforts, students on campus will become more informed and more aware ofthe path the nation is on. “Peace is something to sac-

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Blue Devils too quick for physical Cavaliers

After winning by only 1 point in Charlottesville, Duke blows out Virginia in Cameron By JAKE POSES

In a strategy used by many teams, Virginia attempted to slow down the women’s team with physical play.

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After coming within a point of beating the Blue Devils in .he Virginia Cavaliers (10-12, 4-7) hung tough with No. 2 Duke (22-1, 10-0) until the last 11 minutes of tonight’s game when a combination of strong Duke defense and struggling Virginia offense resulted in a 75-48 Blue Devil victory Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils took control of the game when, with 11 minutes remaining, the Cavaliers' leading scorer Cherrise Graham was forced to take a seat on the bench after picking up her fourth foul. When Graham went to the pine the Blue Devils held a 42-38 advantage. Duke went on to score the next 10 points, six coming from leading scorer Alana Beard. Virginia scored just 10 points on two field goals for the remainder of the game. “I thought that Duke’s defense was very instrumental to an extent but most of it was just us,” Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan said. Starting the game with intensity, Duke built a 16-5 lead after six minutes of play. Duke’s aggressive defense forced the ,

Cavaliers' into tough shots that resulted in transition opportunities for the Blue Devils. Duke ended the game with 23 points off Virginia turnovers. Failing to score between the 11 and 7 minute marks, the Blue Devils strug-

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Because the women’s team has proven that they can out run and out skill almost every squad in the nation, schools have turned to a physical style of play in an attempt to slow down the Blue Devils. Both Virginia and Duke reached the bonus early in each half, and players were slamming against the floor on almost every possession. y p Possibly the best aKCIOS€S indication of the physi- Game Commentary cal play was the number of charges—-12 total. Duke took seven such fouls, led by Mistie Bass with three and Alana Beard with a pair. Virginia players hit the floor five times as a result of charging Duke players. “It was very physical,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I thought both teams really went after one another. I am really proud of the way the team responded.” The aggressive play frustrated the Blue Devils at times but coach Goestenkors is happy with the way the team has learned to compensate for oppo-

SHEANA MOSCH uses her quickness to blow by the physical

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Jones, Horvath join Duhon as captains for 2003 run After solid play and demonstrative leadership, Krzyzewski creates tri-captain system for team From staff reports Men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced Monday that senior guard Dahntay Jones and junior forward Nick Horvath have been added as captains to this season’s squad. “Both Dahntay and Nick merited this through their performances on the court, as well as with their leadership throughout the entire season,” Krzyzewski said in a statement. “We feel good about them being formally named as captain. Jones, who has been a vocal leader since the beginning ofthe season for the No. 8 Blue Devils (163, 6-3 in the ACC), currently leads the team in scoring 16.9 points while also pulling down 5.5. boards. The Trenton, N.J., native also ranks first on the team in numerous offensive categories, in addition to being known as one of the country’s top defenders. Horvath has recently emerged as the leader of Duke’s big men. The redshirt junior averages 4.9 points and 3.2 rebounds. The pair join junior point guard Chris Duhon as tricaptains for the remainder of the Blue Devils’ season.

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Men’s Basketball No. 6 Texas 67, No. 5 Okla. 61 BYU 77, Colorado St. 68

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Men’s tennis defeats Notre Dame, falls to Illinois King goes undefeated in both singles and doubles play in Duke’s matchups with powerhouses From staff reports Duke 4 The

tennis team split a pair of Notre Dame 2 important matches over the weekend, beating Notre Dame 4-2, but losing to No. 2 Illinois 6-1 in Champaign, 111. In the match against the Fighting Irish (2-5), played Sunday in South Bend, Ind., the No. 8 Blue Devils (4-1) swept the double point to take an early 1-0 lead. Playing at the first flight, No. 16 and Jason Stokke Jonathan Zimmerman took out Matthew Scott and Brent D’Amico 8-4. At No. 2 Phillip King and Peter Shults won 8-3, and Duke’s third team of Ryan Heinberg and Ludovic Walter won 8-6. In singles, King won the first flight over Notre Dame’s Luis Haddock 6-3,6-1. The Irish then came back, leveling the match at two as Heinberg and sen-

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ior Yorke Allen fell. However, the freshman tandem of Walter and Stokke, playing No. 2 and 3, respectively, finished off their singles opponents to clinch a 4-2 win for Duke. In Friday’s match against the Fighting Illini (4-0), the Blue Devils started by losing doubles 2-1, thus dropping the point. King and senior Michael Yani won at

first doubles, but Walter and Stokke fell at No. 2 and Stephen Amritraj and Shults lost at the third flight, dropping Duke into a 1-0 hole. At first singles King then crushed national No. 2 Amer Delic, 6-1, 6-1 to level the match. However, Duke lost the next singles matches. Four offive Blue Devils fell in straight sets, with Yani the only one losing in three. The Blue Devils are in action again

this weekend at home against Tennessee.

JONATHAN STOKKE won his doubles match with teammate Jason Zimmerman against Notre Dame, but fell with Ludovic Walter against Illinois.

Huskies cruise to victory without coach, guard By JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press

75 HARTFORD, Conn. Connecticut need61 Ed a big-time win and Syracuse the 23rd-ranked Huskies got it Monday night by using balanced offense and solid defense to beat No. 17 Syracuse 75-61. “This won’t make up for any tough losses, but we just beat a quality team and we needed a quality win badly,” said sophomore center Emeka Okafor, who had 15 points, 12 rebounds and six blocked shots. The Huskies (15-5, 6-3 Big East) won their second straight game since losing two in a row by more than 20 points. They improved to 2-1 without coach Jim Calhoun, who was released from the hospital Sunday, three days after having surgery to remove a cancerous prostate. They also won their second game without starting point guard Taliek Brown, who will be out four-to-six weeks with a broken finger. “We just got it done,” Okafor said of the Huskies’ first win over a ranked team this season. “Coach is out. Taliek is out. This shows what we can do, and we’re doing it at a good time. The Big Chief is out, but we’re holding down the fort.” Conn.

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matched his career high with 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Orangemen (16-4, 7-3), who had won three straight and five of six. “Their defense was tough, they denied us and tried to take the lane, but

we missed shots we usually make,” said Anthony, who was 9-for-25 from the field and scored 12 of his 17 second-half points after getting an offensive rebound. “At the beginning of the game, Coach said we had to hit the offensive boards, and that wasn’t easy because they had some big guys in there.” Connecticut spread its offense out, as seven ofits eight players scored at least seven points. Meanwhile, Syracuse was pretty much limited to converting offensive rebounds for points. The Orangemen, who entered the game third in the league in scoring (81.1) and second in field goal percentage (48.8), were 20-for-67 from the field (29.9 percent), including 8-for-37 in the second half. “The way we played on offense, we were fortunate to be in the game. We

just didn’t get anything in the basket,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “If we would have made a couple of shots, the game goes down to the wire.” Syracuse’s first 17 points of the second half came on free throws, and its first field goal was accidentally put in by Okafor as he tried to grab a rebound. The first field goal for the Orangemen came on an alley-oop to Hakim Warrick with 11:05 to play, and it pulled them to 50-44. They got to 5046 just over a minute later on a layup by Kueth Duany, but the Huskies went on a 13-5 run that featured a short jumper by Ben Gordon, the first field goal of the half for the Huskies’ leading scorer.

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Lindsay Harding injured her ankle after picking up an offensive foul with just over a minute remaining in the half. She walked gingerly off the court but returned to start the second half. The physical play picked up as the second half began. Duke committed seven team fouls in the first seven minutes of action. The Cavaliers came within four points of the Blue Devils when Duke appeared to increase its intensity and had its way with Virginia in the final ten minutes. The Cavaliers shot just 23 percent in the second half and 29 percent for me game. Duke has won its last 63 games when holding it opponents to under 40

percent shooting. Goestenkors felt the Duke defense was tenacious, forcing 21 Cavalier turnovers, 10 coming by way of the steal, and preventing Virginia from executing its offense. “I thought it was one of our best defensive efforts for forty minutes,”

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The weather’s been so nice: The roommate’s a little “busy”: Line up for a Chapel wedding date: Bill Burig took away your housing:

Watch early-morning traffic ticketers; Jane and Jessica Confusion about the location of basketball games; Brian To advocate war in Iraq: Tracy and Charlie

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Academic WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Nicolas Brown, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute,

Cambridge University. “Integrins, actin and morphogenesis.” 147 Nanaline Duke. University Program in Genetics Distinguished Lecturer Series: 4pm. Douglas Wallace, University of California, Irvine. “Mitochondrial genes in human origins, degenerative disease and aging.” 103 Bryan Center.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Systematics Seminar: 12:40pm. Stephane Aris-Bosou, North Carolina State University. “Bayesian models of episodic evolution support a late Precambrian explosive diversification of the Metazoa.” 144 Biological Science. Biogeochemistry/Ecosystem Faculty Candidate: 4pm. Donald Zak, University of Michigan. “Human alteration of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle: mechanisms and consequences of altered ecosystem metabolism.” 101 LSRC (Love Auditorium). Popßio SeminaC 7pm. Mario Vallejo-Marin, Duke University. “Waste no gametes! Effect of pollen limitation on the evolution of self-incompatibility.” 140 Biological Sciences.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Wesley Fellowship Morning Prayers; 9am, Wednesdays. With JoAnna in the Bryan Center, Alpine. Email(jm2l). Wesley Fellowship Increase the Peace: 11:30am, Wednesdays. Meets on the Divinty School side of the chapel for short prayer. If you can’t make it, please take time wherever you are, and pray for God’s peace in our world.

PresbyterianAJCC Ministry Bible Study: 12:15-1 pm, Wednesdays. Bring your lunch and Bible. Chapel Basement, Room 036. Catholic Mass: s:lspm, Wednesdays. Duke Chapel Crypt. Campus Ministry Service.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 PresbyterianAJCC Campus Ministry Drop-in Lunch: 12-1 pm, Thursdays. Chapel Basement Kitchen. Weekly Choral Vespers Service: s:lspm, Thursdays. Duke Chapel.

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Account Representatives: Monica Franklin, Dawn Hall, Account Assistants: Jonathan Chiu, Kristin Jackson Sales Representatives: Melissa Eckerman, Katherine Farrell, .Johannah Rogers, Ben Silver, Sim Stafford Sales Coordinator: David Chen Administrative Coordinator: Brooke Dohmen National Coordinator Chris Graber Creative Services Rachel Claremon, Charlotte Dauphin, Laura Durity, Andrew Fazekas, Lauren Gregory, Megan Harris, Deborah Holt Business Assistants: Thushara Corea, Chris Reilly, Ashley Rudisill, Melanie Shaw Classifieds Coordinator: .Sallyann Bergh Classifieds Representative: Emily Weiss

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Wesley Fellowship Euchrist: s:3opm, Thursdays. Wesley Office. This short communion service will be followed by an informal dinnersomewhere around campus. Intercultural Christian Fellowship Weekly Gathering: 7:3opm, Thursdays. Duke Chapel Basement. Study the Bible and enjoy fellowship with friends from cultures worldwide. More info: www.duke.edu/web/icf/, contact: dsw9@duke.edu.

Wesley Fellowship Freshmen Small Group: 9pm, Thursdays. Blackwell Commons with JoAnna (jm2l).

Social Programming and Meetings TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 French Table: 7pm, Tuesdays. La table francaise. Join us for the French Table and speak French with us. Great Hall (close to the Loop).

Distinguished Speaker Series: 7:3opm. Come hear one of North Carolina’s Captains of Industry. Ken Thompson, President and CEO of Wachovia Corporation, will be at Fuqua, Geneen Auditorium. Tax Workshop: 7:3opm. International House will hold a Tax Workshop for F and J visa holders at 126 SociologyPsychology Bldg.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 After Hours: 5:30-Bpm. Sweets for your Sweetheart! Celebrate St. Valentine with a delicious Food Tasting/Cooking Demonstration from Chef Nancy Kitterman. $3 Public, $2 Students, Free to Friends of the Art Museum members. FlexAccount accepted. Performance: 7pm. “Flowers Aren’t Enough” Performed by Israeli actress Naomi Ackerman, this compelling dramatic performance is woven from stories of residents living in a home for battered women in Tel Aviv, Israel. It seeks to dispel the myth that violence and abuse don’t happen to the wealthy and educated. Co-Sponsored by the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, the Duke University Women’s Center, and Jewish Family Services.

Ongoing Events Upcoming Event: 2nd Annual Latino Issues Conference: Friday and Saturday, February 14 & 15. “Seeds of Change: Latino/a Citizenship(s) in the Here and Now." Free. at Register online www.duke.edu/web/las. Four panels, screening of two short films. Keynote speaker, Alex Rivera. Questions about conference, visit website and/or contact Jenny Williams, jennysw@duke.edu. Bryan Center, Duke University. Yoga: 5:30-6:30, Wednesdays. Members of the Duke Fitness Club can treat themselves to a refreshing yoga class at Brodie Recreational Center (East Campus). Visit Duke HR website to learn how to enroll. Carved in Wood: hand-worked hardwood carvings from six continents. John Hope Franklin Center Gallery, 2204 c rwin Road. Gallery hours vary; call 684-2888.

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The Chronicle Scrap the space shuttle Despite the value of manned space flight, the space shuttle program is too risky and too costly to justify; NASA should look for other ways to accomplish its goals in space

the aftermath ofthe Columbia space shuttle tragedy a week and a half ago, one thing is clear; The space shuttle program is outdated, unsafe and NASA must stop funding it. Originally designed more than 30 years ago, the shuttles rely on decades-old technology that does not reflect the numerous advances that NASA scientists have made over the decades. Computers and other equipment on the shuttles is hopelessly outdated, meaning that astronauts and engineers must work with inferior equipment that limits what they can accomplish scientifically. For the United States to be flying these antiquated machines into space is also extremely unsafe, as evinced by the two fatal space shuttle accidents in the past 17 years. Surprisingly, space travel in general has been relatively accident-free, but many of the small number of lives lost in space travel have resulted from space shuttle explosions—lives that likely could have been saved had policy makers heeded earlier warnings about the program. The space shuttle program is also extraordinarily expensive, with the cost offlying a mission far outweighing any benefits. When the program began, each flight was estimated to cost about $5 million. Currently, though, the costs are 100 times higher—each flight costs $5OO million. Thus, not only is NASA flying an unsafe vehicle, but it is hemorrhaging money while doing so. The root problem is the current culture at NASA, which is wedded to the idea of keeping the space shuttles. After the Challenger explosion, NASA should have taken the initiative to build a different type of space vehicle, but it did not. Moreover, the contracts that help make the space shuttle fly have a vested economic interest in the perpetuation of this bloated program. The reason the shuttle has been kept around for so long is not because it represents good science or the best way to get into space, but because political interest keeps it afloat. Even though it should scrap the space shuttle program, America should not give up on manned space flight altogether. The benefits of a space program, both in terms of the knowledge gained and in terms ofthe national pride it inspires, are very real and very necessary, so the United States should work to maintain a space program. To do so, a new type of space vehicle should be developed, one using the most modern technology and that is far less costly to use. In the longer term, perhaps the United States should look toward a manned mission to Mars, a large undertaking that would be a truly impressive accomplishment to which Americans could look with pride. Also, it is imperative that unmanned space flight continue to carry out important research experiments in space and to deliver satellites and other objects into orbit. For now, though, manned space flight in the shuttle program is just too risky and too costly to justify its continuation.

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Sexual assault Date rape is more common at Duke than we would like to think. Most weekends, the Women’s Center receives reports of at least one sexual assault of one student by another. These charges can’t be shrugged off or explained away by debating what consti-

tutes consent.

Nan Keohane Guest Commentary To say that there is a fine line between drunken hookups and sexual assault begs the larger question. Legalisms aside, are our actions consistent with the values we say we believe in? Student-on-student violence poisons our community, deeply distorting relationships among people who should be equal partners in campus life and learning. Contributing factors almost always include the use of alcohol by one or both parties. Taking advantage of a drunken fellow student who has come to your dorm room may not seem as sordid as, say, jumping out of a bathroom stall at 5 a.m., but it can be just as damaging for the person assaulted. The pervasiveness ofthe alcohol culture among Duke undergraduates, and the jaded cynicism that tends to accompany it, mask a larger underlying problem: With

depressing frequency,

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regard fellow students as sexual prey. Consequences for the victim are serious: shame, guilt, fear, anger and disrupted

sleeping,

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studying. Some

women drop classes. Some end up dropping out of college. There are no comparable consequences for the guy. Few incidents are reported, even though they are known to friends and family; almost no one is convicted. That leads some people to say, ‘Well, there must not be a problem.” But those who have friends who have suffered sexual assault by a classmate know personally how wrong it is to draw such conclusions from silence or ambiguity.

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To be sure, it’s not all one way. Some Duke undergraduate women engage in aggressive sexual behavior that puts men in difficult situations as well. But the imbalance of power, and the prevailing cultural norms, mean that sexual predation is a particular problem for women. At Duke, recent discussions about security have focused mainly on keeping the campus safe from outside intruders, as if we could draw a charmed circle and allow only nice people in. Yes, intruders are a concern, but in terms of residence hall safety from outsiders, our procedures are in sound. Evidence the pretty Wannamaker assault last semester, in which an .undergraduate woman reported being physically and sexually assaulted in a second-floor dormitory bathroom, points

ultimately to another Duke student. If you agree that this problem is serious, help our community take it on. Both men and women can arrange their partying and social life to have fun while avoiding situations where assault is likely. Both men and women say that they find the present climate of

“hooking up” ultimately unrewarding and wish for a broader range of social activity, but nobody seems able to do anything about it. Duke students cam change that. The first step in doing so is to end the uneasy silence. Be willing to talk openly about sexual violence and its pervasive implications for our community. Support those who have been assaulted, and as peers—friends, roommates, fraternity brothers and sorority sisters —be willing to speak the truth about this issue, and call those who engage in such behavior into account. Let them know that date rape is not something to boast about, not something to forget about or take lightly. It’s time to confront this issue openly, together, at Duke.

Nan Keohane is the president of Duke University.

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It’s become interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. We’re also trying to recruit people who can translate basic science [research] to clinical work. Brigid Hogan, new chair ofcell biology, on the future of science (see story, page three)

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Joyless at Duke

Forced display of excitement at UNC bonfire demonstrates crucial problem at University What a miserable bonfire

down the music? Are we really having a good time? Or are we just making sure

I was there last Wednesday, and I suppose we had all the required mate-

to have an “I-was-so-wasted-last-night” story for Sunday morning? The truth is that I don’t see very much joy at Duke— I just see kids doing what’s expected of them. Of course, there are plenty of people who love Duke’s social scene, and I have no beef with them. The problem is those of us who participate because they can’t think of anything else to do. I’m not sure if this is a universal problem or one specific to Duke. But I do have an idea of where all this forcedness comes from; It’s related to both how we’re brought up to think about college and why Duke students

rials a big basketball win, burning benches, open containers of alcohol, that sort of thing. All that was missing

was us. It was a massive display of going

through the motions. We jumped up and down and we screamed a little, all on cue. We acted like a bunch of crazy college students are supposed to act at a bonfire. But did anyone there miss how forced the whole thing was? Fd say that 90 percent of us were there because we felt obligated, and that includes me.

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Of course, it’s pretty hard for a bonfire that’s been organized ahead of time and granted a permit by the Durham Fire Department to be really joyful. That doesn’t mean the key to a good time is random arson—the problem is that Wednesday night was nowhere out of the ordinary by Duke standards. Forced is the word to describe a lot of what goes on at our University. Listen hard on a Friday or Saturday night, and you'll hear the sound of Dukies trying desperately hard to have a good time. We’ll always be able to find a decent frat party or sorority bid night, and if that doesn’t work we can always go to if we stopped and turned

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“college experience”? The construction noise from Science Drive is twice as loud, the alcohol policy is twice as annoying, and Edens might as well be the Ninth Circle of Hell— because the clock is ticking. This is it. Only a few dozen more best weekends of our lives and it’s all over. How many of us will still be playing pickup basketball games, or reading books for pleasure, in 10 years? Pretty soon we’ll all have jobs and backaches, and we know it. So while we complain, we’re working hard at making our time here memorable, somehow. It’s work—and that was the bonfire on Wednesday, a night of quiet desperation.

We fill out the checklist. We’re supposed to think deep thoughts in college, so we have a “Race, Sex, and God” contest. We’re supposed to protest things in college, so we ask the administration’s permission to take over the Allen Building. We’re supposed to party like animals, so we set things’ on fire and get drunk in public to stick it to the Man. But we do it with all the joy of a problem set; we don’t mean any of it. That’s life at Duke, one giant Chinese finger-trap of a campus. The only way out is to stop trying so damn hard. Rob Goodman is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears every other Tuesday.

Our culture values nothing more highly than youth—and this is our last chance to be young. A lot of us came from elite high schools that taught us nothing but “college, college, college.” And it’s almost universally held that these four are the best years of our lives. College is the Promised Land, and we enter it with all sorts of expectations and the pressure of knowing it’s all downhill once we graduate. But when we get here, something funny happens. We discover that we aren’t a foot taller, women don’t suddenly flock to us, and we’re mostly the same people who just left high school. The Promised Land isn’t as wonderful as we’d been led to believe, and it’s a bit of a shock for the first few months. Soon enough, shock is replaced by anger—how dare the administration ruin our

$135 million for the most wonderful day of your life At the gym a last week, I picked up an aging copy of decision, and on that count their actions are intelligent Newsweek. The cover featured two attractive middle- and informed. Although pregnancy and a host of STDs America teenagers, Chris Nicoletti and Amanda Wing, are generally preventable with condoms, some, such as standing side by side, just barely holdHPV, aren’t: abstinence is the only sure protection. I remember a high school health class that showed a ing hands. The supertitle: “The New Virginity.” slide show of herpes sores, genital warts and the results ofuntreated chlamydia; we left the room swearThe story detailed Chris and ing never to touch the opposite sex without a wall of Amanda’s relationship, which follows latex, or maybe concrete, in between. My problem with terms dictated by their parents (”no touching where a soccer uniform covNewsweek’s article is that it champions virginity as a ers”) and “their” choice to remain abstivirtue, rather than a choice. Meghan This year, President George W. Bush aims to up nent until marriage. There were other spending on abstinence education to $135 million, from case studies—Alice Kunce, a consciousValerio $6O million in 1998. To receive this money, groups must ly chaste Wellesley student and a femiThe F Word the follow strict criteria that seems more or less like Bibleas tells quickly nist, but not, she driven propaganda with the Jesus fish carefully reporter, “the army-boot wearing, shaved-head, I-hateall-men kind”; Latoya Huggins, Newsweek’s example of removed, for instance, “sexual activity outside the convirtue from the relatively, or at least stereotypically, nontext of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological virginal population of Paterson, N.J.; Daniela Aranda, a and physical effects.” Says who? Look around your dorm: I guess, and I Miss Hawaiian Tropic finalist with a look-no-touch bikiLucian I guess accurately, that a large chunk of its daresay article, the ni policy. The only single male in residents engage, if not in sex, in some kind of sexual Schulte, had already had sex, but is waiting until maractivity outside the conjugal bed. Do they seem to sufriage to do it again. fer surveyed psychological damage? Do they display harmful that five out of the seven Does the fact were female, and that only one of the males had physical effects? I don’t have enough space to get startnever had sex, seem telling to anyone else? Why ed on the antiquated and often temporary institution of couldn’t the “renewed” virgin be female? I’m sure marriage that this movement deifies. Of course, Duke doesn’t preach abstinence. Unless Newsweek would write it off as a coincidence or matter of convenience, but the underlying message is you ask it to, it doesn’t really preach anything. But that preserving virginity is and should be a female Duke is a college, and as its students we’re trusted to issue. I don’t believe that no one on Newsweek’s make our own decisions about our bodies. I can staff, which includes several relatively recent Duke understand not putting that same trust in highgrads, caught that. And although the teens surveyed schoolers, but dictating their morals and encouragare racially and geographically diverse, they’re all ing the Christian nuclear family as an ideal isn’t the straight, religious and, in the grand tradition of way to do it. Under Bush’s plan, groups eligible for funding may magazine photography, attractive. These case studies seem poised to tell us that no, they dont have not endorse or even encourage condom use. This isn’t just silly; it’s dangerous. Condoms and contraception sex, and, yes, that makes them better than you. these teens not be infallible, but if used correctly, they do usumay with what A disclaimer: I don’t disagree are doing. Several, although not all, of them mention ally work, and there’s also the novel idea of having preventing STDs and pregnancy as a factor in their potential partners get tested. Look at Duke’s low preg,

nancy rate as an example—it’s not because no one’s having sex. Teens under abstinence tutelage are less likely to protect themselves if they decide to have sex, which the majority do, and to ignore that is a betrayal to America’s youth. Sexual choices are personal choices that Bush has no right to manipulate. I’ll end with a rant about Wonderful Days, an abstinence program used in Texas. From their promotional materials: “What brings out the very best in a young woman more than that most special day in her life—her wedding? Her wedding is the day when she will be the most beautiful person of all those in attendance—not even a movie star can upstage her. What greater glory for a young woman than when she brings her first child into this world—a true miracle of life unprecedented by anything in this world. She helps train the men of our nation to use self-control, and to not, after their marriage, run off after the first flirt that comes along. “When does she train him? During their courtship days. How does she train him? By letting him know that she is a pure virgin, will remain such until her wedding night. The young girls in our nation have an essential role. If they fail, then future families and our nation will fall. They are a nation’s last line of defense!” Right. I feel it goes without saying, but apparently, it doesn’t. Abstinence programs like this one, based on value judgements and sexual “purity,” are offensive to those who choose or are a product of different lifestyles. It ignores the fact that love and commitment can exist without an afternoon in church or a visit to Vegas. They place an undue burden on young women and have little to no respect or expectations for men. There are also the simply false notions that weddings bring out the best in their brides and that everyone can and will have children. And for being the nation’s last line of defense—well, personally, I’d rather trust the Marines.

Meghan Valerio is a Trinity junior and arts editor Recess. Her column appears every third Tuesday.

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“EL AUTOMOVIL GRIS” (“The Grey Automobile”) A production of the National Theater of Mexico, under the direction of CLAUDIO VALDES KURI, The Grey

Automobile takes as its starting point an early 20thcentury silentfilm by Mexican director ENRIQUE ROSAS recounting the exploits of the famous band of thieves, The Grey Automobile Gang. In a 21st-century spin on this classic, the film characters will be brought to life by actors interpreting the historical saga and interjecting sometimes wacky contemporary commentary in several different languages. A piano player pushes the action along, justlike old times. Stills from original silent film will be on display in Reynolds Lobby and during the performance. Stills from the original silent film will be on display in the Bryan Center. February 19, 8 pm, Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, $l5 General Seating; $lO Students.

PERFORMING ARTS Vocal Master class

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Creation with the NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY and the DUKE CHORALE.

February 14, 8 pm, $25 General Seating; $l9 Students. For tickets, call 919-733-2750.

ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS

Duke Chorale Rodney Wynkoop, director. With the NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY and the CHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM. Haydn: The Creation. February 15, 3 pm, Duke Chapel, $25 General Seating; $l9 Students

February 11-19, 2003 ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu. To inquire about this ad call 660-3356

Celebrate St. Valentine with a delicious Food Tasting/Cooking Demonstration by Chef NANCY KITTERMAN. February 13, 5:30-8 pm, Duke University Museum of Art, $3 General Public; $2 Students; Free to Friends of the Art Museum members

Lecture TOM BEGHIN, UCLA. “Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant: Male and Female RhetvYVc iH Haydn's Keyboard Sonata Hob.XVI: 40.” February 14, 4 pm, 101 Biddle Music Building, Free.

For additions or changes, visit Duke’s Online Calendar

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“What’s Left”

Note: Students must show Duke I.D. for free admission to events.

New Sculptures Out of the Heart of the Earth by Aaron Lee Benson.

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The Duke University Dance Program invites everyone the professionals and the nonprofessionals, the young -

you.!re, invited, to experience, the, extraordinary

and old, the skilled and the not so skilled, and everything in between to perform in the Ark. Call (919) 660-3354 to schedule your time during the event’s twelvehour period. Audience members can walk in any time and enjoy performances, participatory events, and master classes. Check the evolving schedule at duke.edu/web/dance/events. -

February 15, Noon to Midnight, Ark Dance Studio, Free.

Faculty Recital SUSAN DUNN, soprano, with JOHN WUSTMAN, piano. Wolf/Morike Lieder. February 16, 4 pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Free.

Chapel Lunchtime Concert: Music for Violin and Guitar February 19, NOON, Duke Chapel, Free.

After Hours: Sweets for Your Sweetheart

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Haydn’s The Creation Choral Society of Durham presents Haydn’s

SAMUEL BREENE, violin, and JOHN MAYROSE, guitar.

Convenient On-Line ticketing for ALL the Arts at Duke I University Box Office: 684-4444

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FILMS ON EAST Freewater presents

Thru February 14, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Bryan Center.

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7 & 9:30 pm, unless otherwise indicated, Griffith Film Theater, $5 General; $4 Employees; Students Free.

February 11 Quills: Inside the Writer’s Mind February 13 Wait Until Dark: Hepburn vs. Hepburn Series February 14 Punch Drunk Love February 14 Princess Bride (Midnight) February 15 8 Mile (7 & 10 pm) February 16 8 Mile (8 pm) Screen Society presents

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Cine-East: New East Asian Cinema.

February 16 “Bashu, The Little Stranger Contemporary Iranian Cinema. (Richard White Auditorium)

Films at CDS

Dr SUSAN YOUENS, Notre Dame JAMES ROLLESTON, Duke. February 15, 9 am. Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Free.

“Spirit’s Eye”

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8 pm, Griffith Film Theater, unless otherwise indicated, Free.

February 12 “Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Symposium: The Music of Wolf and Poetry of Morike

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8 pm. Center for Documentary Studies, Free. February 21 A/V GEEKS presented by SKIP ELSHEIMER. “Brats.” Vintage educational films about early childhood development.

Paintings by WENDALL SMITH.

Artist reception February 17, 4-6 pm Thru March 14. Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Bryan Center. Free.

Dr.