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Howlin’ for a win The men’s basketball team hosts the N.C. State Wolf pack Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium. See page 11
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Keohane Santillan rests after 2nd surgery offers data on gender By MIKE MILLER The Chronicle
Following a second heart-lung transplant performed Thursday morning at Duke Hospital, 17-year-old Jesica Santillan is off life support and doctors are giving her a fighting chance. This most recent surgery became necessary after Hospital surgeons transplanted a heart and lungs of the wrong blood type into Jesica Feb. 7, causing the girl’s body to reject the organs and for her health to enter into sharp decline. Doctors believe she suffered from a heart attack, stroke and severe kidney failure as a result.
The Academic Council heard an update of the president’s Women’s Initiative and passed changes to faculty governance. By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle
An update from the Women’s Initiative Steering Committee revealed that the percentage of female assistant professors in Arts and Sciences has remained stagnant over the last 10 years, causing concern among faculty members at Thursday’s meeting of the Aca-
In related news A series of negative news stories focusing on Duke has garnered the national media’s attention, stretching the administration’s ability to respond. See page 6
demic Council, The number offemale assistant professors has hovered between 30 and 40 percent since 1991, and currently stands at 30.2 percent, according to data from the Office of the Provost. Susan Roth, special assistant to the provost and a member of the steering committee, said the stagnation is not part of a national trend. “It was a big surprise, I think, to everybody,” she said. It is unclear why no progress has been made on the assistant professor gender gap, but data suggests that the problem does not stem directly from inequities in doctoral or fellowship programs. “There is a clear problem here if See COUNCIL on page 9
Although doctors said it is too soon to fully judge Jesica’s status after the most recent transplant, the four-hour procedure went smoothly and her heart and lungs are functioning on their own. She is still listed in critical condition. “She’s as critical as a person can be. I really can’t say that someone could be any sicker,” said Dr. Duane Davis, associate professor of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Hospital’s lung transplant program, during an afternoon press conference in Hanes House. “We are going to have to wait to see how she recovers.... There’s nothing we know right now that says the damage is ROBERT TAI/THE CHRONICLE
DR. DUANE DAVIS, surgical director of Duke Hospital’s lung transplant program, addresses the media Thursday afternoon. Hospital CEO Dr. William Fulkerson looks on.
irreversible.” Hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr. See JESICA on page 10
FC JL officials set to Blue Devils flatten No. 6 Carolina close kosher kitchen By NICK CHRISTIE The Chronicle
After Duke’s bitterly fought 7867 overtime victory over North Carolina in January, many peoequally competitive contest Thursday night when the Tar Heels came to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Nationally, it was No. 2 vs. No. 6. Within the ACC, it was No. 1 vs. No.. 2. But this game was not close at all. The second-ranked Blue Devils (25-1,13-0 in the ACC) quickly turned the contest into a rout, building a 15-point halftime lead and then simply stomping disorganized North Carolina (23-2, 12-2) in the second half to win 97-63. Preseason first-team AllACC members Alana Beard and kiss Tillis paced a balanced offensive attack, scoring 31 points in the game’s first 22 minutes, and Duke dominated every category on the final stat sheet. The Blue Devils felt they made a strong statement with such a lopsided win over their fiercest rival. “It shows that when we play great team basketICISS TILLIS HUGS VICKI KRAPHOL toward the end of Thursday’s blowout of North Carolina.
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Sami Al-Arian, father of a recent Duke graduate, was arrested Thursday in Florida for alleged links to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. See page 3
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By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
Facing a projected operating loss of $150,000 for the 2002-2003 academic year, Dining Services will close the Freeman Center for Jewish Life’s kosher kitchen at the end of the semester, officials announced Thursday. Despite positive reviews of the food, financial difficulties have plagued the kitchen since it opened three years ago. The failure of a new kosher board plan to attract enough participants to sustain the kitchen convinced the University it was not financially viable. “As much as we’ve done an extraordinary job providing a great meal program there, we only had 24 people sign up at the beginning of the [fall for the board plan] and we’re now down to nine,” said Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst. The business model for the board plan necessitated about 150 students to commit to eating five dinners a week at the facility. “There are almost 1,000 students on Duke’s campus that are Jewish, and although they don’t all keep a See KOSHER KITCHEN on page 7
Two professors and a long-time journalist relayed their thoughts on the direction of the U.S. space program at a forum Thursday. See page 4
The Divinity School has embarked on a review of its curriculum, responding to changes in how Christians view their faith. See page 5
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Air Force sergeant convicted of espionage
Former Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Regan was convicted Thursday of ottering to sell U.S. intelligence information to Iraq and China but acquitted of attempted spying for Libya. The jury resumed deliberations on whether his actions qualified him for the death penalty. •
Thousands protest arrest of strike leader
Thousands of angry government opponents chanting “This is a dictatorship!” rallied in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Thursday protesting the midnight arrest of a strike leader by secret police. •
FCC maintains most competition laws
A divided FCC Thursday largely left in place rules meant to foster local telephone competition by requiring the nation’s four regional Bell companies to lease their local networks to rivals at low prices. •
Gasoline prices soar across the nation
Gasoline prices in the U.S. climbed past two dollars a gallon in some places and could rise even higher because of political turmoil in oil exporting Venezuela or an impending U.S. war with Iraq. •
Study suggests longer treatment for depression
A review published this week in the Lancet medical journal found that most patients treated for depression should remain on medication after their gloom has lifted. News briefs compiled from wire reports.
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U.S. deploys soldiers to Philippines Pentagon announces it will send 3,000 troops to help fight Islamic extremists By ERIC SCHMITT
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The United WASHINGTON States will send nearly 2,000 troops to the Philippines in the next few weeks to fight Muslim extremists in the southern part of the country, opening a new front in the fight against terrorism, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
A six month training mission in
the Philippines last year, limited 1,300 U.S. troops, including 160 Special Forces soldiers, to an advisory role and permitted them to fire only in self-defense in the rare cases when they accompanied Philippine soldiers. But this mission will be a combat operation with no such restrictions
cials said.
Under the plan, about 750 ground
troops, including 350 Special Operations Forces, will conduct or support combat patrols in the rugged jungles of Sulu Province. In addition, about 1,000 Marines, armed with Cobra attack helicopters and Harrier AV-8B attack planes, will stand ready aboard two ships offshore to act as a quick-response force. They will also provide logistics and medical support. The first troops are expected to arrive within days, officials said. The operation will last as long as necessary “to disrupt and destroy” the
estimated 250 members of the extremist group, Abu Sayyaf, one official said, and marks a sharp escalation in the war against terror as the United States builds up for a possible war with Iraq and continues to hunt al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Philippine and American officials agreed to launch the joint offensive now for several reasons, officials said. Negotiations between the two countries have been underway for months, but Abu Sayyafs repeated attacks and the bombing death of an American Green Beret last November spurred Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to hammer out an aggressive plan.
U.S., Britain map new U.N. resolution By FELICITY BARRINGER and STEVEN WEISMAN New York Times News Service WASHINGTON The United States and Britain have decided that their strategy in the United Nations will be to try to persuade nine of the 15 members of the Security Council to back a new resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, and then to challenge France, Russia or China to veto the will of the council’s majority, adminis-
tration officials said Thursday. American and British officials worked Thursday to bridge their own differences over the resolution’s language while refining it to attract the support of as many council members as possible. Administration officials said that the negotiations would delay the resolution’s introduction until next week, possibly Monday. One point of disagreement was a desire by British
diplomats to include in the resolution an explicit deadline for Iraq to disclose its weapons and start disarming, administration officials said. American officials were said to be reluctant to include such a provision. The strategy reflects an evolution in the two countries’ thinking. A month or so ago, they were still hoping for unanimous council approval. Some officials involved in the discussions argued that a resolution approved by a divided council—with those nations holding veto power abstaining—would be viewed by the world as so weak that it might be preferable to go to war without any resolution at all. In the last few weeks, however, administration officials have concluded that a resolution with a weak majority would still have authority.
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Al-Arian arrested for alleged terrorist ties By RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press
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TAMPA, Fla. and Durham A Palestinian college professor previously accused of having terrorist ties and father of a recent Duke alumnus was arrested earlyThursday by federal agents. He was one of several people arrested in Florida, in Chicago and overseas, the FBI said. Television reports showed Sami AlArian being led in handcuffs to FBI headquarters in Tampa after the arrest. Federal prosecutors charged him and seven other people Thursday afternoon with racketeering, allegedly for financing and helping support suicide bombings in Israel. “It’s all about politics,” Al-Arian told reporters as agents led him inside. His son, Abdullah Al-Arian, Trinity ’O2, was a Chronicle columnist who made national headlines of his own when, as a Congressional intern, he was detained during a White House tour. Attempts to reach him Thursday were unsuccessful. Prosecutors said in a 50-count indictment that Sami Al-Arian lead the North American activities of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has been linked to more than 100 killings in Israel and is listed by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization. Earlier accusations against Al-Arian and his alleged links to terrorism created a national uproar and a case study in academic freedom. The University of South Florida computer engineering professor was placed on forced leave and banned from campus shortly after the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks and his subsequent appearance on the Fox News Channel. The school also is trying to dismiss him. On Fox News, he was quizzed about links to known terrorists and asked about tapes from the late 1980s and early 1990s in which he said “Death to Israel” in Arabic. Al-Arian has said that he has never advocated violence against others and that his words were a statement against
WSJ links applicants, donors By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
A critical article in The Wall Street Journal Thursday examined the practice of giving students of wealthy or alumni parents special treatment in admissions processes. The article—entitled “At Many Colleges, The Rich Kids Get Affirmative Action” and labeled with the subheadlines, “Seeking donors, Duke courts ‘development admits’; overcoming low SATs” and “A Lesson in Networking”—noted that 17 percent of students at Duke get into the University as children of alumni or wealthy parents willing to add to the University’s fundraising coffers. Two years ago, The Chronicle obtained a December 2000 administrative report to the Board of Trustees express-
“It’s also true that after a preliminary copy of that report had gone to the university, they came forward with a new set ofcharges and expressly said the new charges superseded those [that we considered for the report],” Van Alstyne said Thursday before Al-Arian’s indictment was unsealed. “We found the first set of charges seriously wanting in merit.” Van Alstyne said the federal charges only complicate the matter of academic freedom. He said the AAUP would not condone Al-Arian’s alleged use of his position and possibly university resources for possible terrorist activities. “Now I assume this will take its own
ing alarm that about one-fifth of the student body was comprised of either development spots, alumni legacies or recruited athletes; it recommended cutting the number of development spots by a third. The same statistics listed in that report served as the basis for much of the Journal’s story. Since then, the University has cut that number by about 50 percent, from about 125 in 1998 to about 65 last year, said Christoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate admissions, stressing that many students fall into more than one category and that some admitted students with alumni or development connections have just as strong test scores and grades as other applicants. “One of the things I love about Duke is we’re always looking at what we do, and Duke is very comfortable asking itself, Ts what we’re doing right now what we ought to be doing?’” he said Thursday. “Where we’re headed
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FEDERAL AGENTS lead Palestinian professor Sami Al-Arian through the federal building in Tampa, Fla., after he was arrested in a case about the alleged financing of terrorism. Israeli occupation. He has consistently denied any connection to terrorists. The university says that hurt the school’s fund-raising efforts and resulted in threats being made against the school. The university also claimed the pro-
fessor raised money for terrorist groups, brought terrorists into the United States, and founded organizations that support terrorism. Al-Arian, who spoke at Duke last year, has said he was treated unfairly by the school. A committee of members from
the American Association of University Professors, headed by Duke law professor William Van Alstyne, was appointed to look into the case. The AAUP said it would sanction USE if it fired Al-Arian.
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Man enough: Experts consider future of space program By erin McClellan The Chronicle to NASA’s space shuttle prochanges Proposing gram ranging from abandoning manned space flight to developing a “space plane,” two Duke professors and a veteran journalist debated the implications of the Columbia space shuttle tragedy Thursday night at a panel in the Teer Engineering Library. After a brief historical introduction by Earl Dowell, J.A. Jones professor of mechanical engineering and materials sciences, A1 Rossiter, director of communications for the Pratt School of Engineering, and Alex Roland, professor of history, gave brief presentations as to what actions they think should be taken following the tragedy. Roland, who as a former historian at NASA has been widely quoted in the media following the Columbia disaster, expressed his criticism of the shuttle program. He said that NASA’s first goal should be to return crews of the International Space Station, and that space science should replace human space exploration as NASA’s main concentration. “All existing space shuttles retard exploration, he said. “Most cargo in manned space shuttles is human support systems, so anything you want to do in space is 10 times more expensive if you want to send people.” He proposed that NASA convert its space station into an unmanned space platform to minimize investment into shuttle flights and allot the leftover funds to the development of new technology. “The shuttle is a failed program that cannot be fixed, so our first priority has to be to develop a new and improved launch vehicle, and then all things will be possible. Until we bring down launch costs, it puts a limit on what we can do in space,” Roland said. Although Rossiter agreed that a new launch vehicle should be developed, he supported maintaining the current space station. “We do have the space station in orbit now with people on board, and we need the space shuttle and many modules to service it. Also, I don’t think that it’s politically feasible to scrap the program,” said Rossiter, who
future of the space PROFESSOR OF HISTORY ALEX ROLAND (center) raises his hand to make a point during Thursday’s forum on the director Rossiter joined him. A1 communications program. Engineering professor Earl Dowell (left) and Pratt School of Engineering
headed United Press International’s Cape Canaveral four crew members home safely. “We are faced with a major decision—whether to fix bureau from 1963 to 1973. “We must demonstrate dethe shuttles and keep flying them, or to proceed termination to do what we said we were going to do. new generation of launch vehicles,” Rossiter said. “I proposed Bush’s Rossiter noted President George W. think we need to decide to do both.” the immediately preceding was developed budget Toward the end of the panel, Dowell, who served as tragedy and maintains the current development plan moderator, on asked for the crowd’s opinion as to what keep to hopes for NASA. He said the organization as is its same course of action, and that to do otherwise should be NASA’s immediate actions—to continue science space the investment into unmanned or double would betray the investments of other nations. presRossiter showed slides of new, undeveloped launch expeditions. The majority of the 30 to 40 people option favored the second ent space safer modes of cheaper, would be shuttles, which “I felt that professor Roland made a very compelling exploration, although he said they would take a long If we can do things in space at 10 percent the cost case. development of time to develop. He also discussed the [in unmanned space shuttles], there’s no reason to send a space plane, launched by an expendable rocket, humans up there,” said Morgan Johansen, a junior. which could be used as a “space lifeboat” to transport
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Evolving Christianity prompts Divinity curriculum review As religion traverses more numerous cultures, professors consider future of clergy education By CINDY YEE The Chronicle Bringing the Divinity School’s curriculum under review for the first time since the mid-1980s, members of the committee conducting the review are aiming to update the curriculum for an increasingly diverse and interconnected global community. The review began this past fall and is expected to take at least two full academic years before a new curriculum is in place. Divinity School Professor Richard Hays, who chairs the committee, said the group aims to submit a draft to Divinity School faculty next fall that, if approved, would be implemented in fall 2004.
Thus far, discussions have not led to decisions on
specific curriculum changes but have focused instead on the direction of the curriculum as a whole, Hays said. “There’s a fairly widespread impression that we don’t necessarily need a major revision ofthe curriculum and that we’re doing a pretty good job as it stands,” he said. “But it’s a curriculum that’s been in place for more than 15, maybe 20 years, and we thought it was time to assess what we’re doing.” Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs Willie Jennings, who is also on the seven-member review committee, added that the Divinity School has hired over a third of its faculty in the last six years, noting that schools often review their curricula when there is a significant change in personnel. Jennings said the group will consider the challenges posed by an increasingly multiracial, multicultural, multiethnic reality as Christianity has globalized from a predominantly Northern European bent to one that has taken on African, Asian and American characteristics as well. “We’ll be doing a comprehensive review for what makes for a learned clergy in the 21st century,” Jennings said. “In what ways is the church sensitive to the increasingly global aspect? How deeply ought one to
have familiarity with other religious traditions while at the same time mastering one’s own?” The committee is scheduled to discuss various topics, ranging from the the role and effects of field education to the impact of new technologies and the use of doctoral students as teaching assistants in Divinity School courses, Hays said. Although Hays said the committee is still in a general “fact-finding” mode, a more specific issue that has been brought to the table is that of entering students’ differing levels of knowledge of the Bible. The current curriculum requires that students take one-semester introductory courses in the Old and New Testaments, but a number of faculty have raised concerns that one semester is not enough time to provide a firm grounding in the Scripture. “There was a day when the typical divinity school student was a student who went to church, was active in a church youth group and in the college ministry, and then was just kind of handed off to us,” said Divinity School Professor and Dean of the Chapel Will Willimon. “Then it changed so a very typical student was one who had a
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that God was calling them to enter a divinity school.” Willimon said this change in the student population presented a challenge in the classroom, which at times led him to wonder if the Divinity School should take more responsibility for basic Christian formation before sending students to more advanced classes. Other faculty who shared Willimon’s view have expressed a hope that the Old and New Testament courses will be extended to two semesters, Hays said. Divinity School faculty members seem to agree that the curriculum is not in need of a major overhaul. Nonetheless, they offered different views of what they deemed the most pressing challenges that modern divinity students will face. Peter Storey, a Divinity School professor of the practice, said the United States’ current “adventures” with foreign countries necessitate a new attitude from the church. “The church will not have much useful to say to this culture unless it recognizes that this is the modern Roman empire, which needs to be held accountable for the way it relates to the rest of the world. The best way of doing that is to see it through the eyes
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National media spotlight hits Duke Series of negative news challenges attempts at positive image By KEVIN LEES
If you read the national news over the past month, you might get the impression that Duke University is the kind of place where terrorists regularly come to speak, surgeons fail to adequately check vital data, and proud, beaming parents buy their child’s way into the student body. Suffice it to say, it’s been a tough
In the meantime, David Jarmul, associate vice president for news and communications and director of Duke News Service, has taken on many of Burness’s duties. He said he worked 16 hours Wednesday in advance of The Wall Street Journal article, helping out the Medical Center News Office and working to coordinate bonfire cov-
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House elects speaker pro tem, Senate approves session limits Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover, was chosen by his fellow Democrats in the North Carolina House of Representatives as their nominee for speaker pro tempore, the second-ranking position in the House. Wright was chosen over Reps. Michael Decker of Forsyth County, Mickey Michaux of Durham County, Martha Alexander of Mecklenburg County and Ron-
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month for the University’s image. “The last few weeks have been a prime time for national exposure, and for all of us who are involved, this does indeed mean more time responding to reporter’s inquiries, concerned alums, and interested observers,” President Nan Keohane wrote in an e-mail. A front-page story in The New York Times this week highlighted Duke University Hospital’s error in transplanting a heart and lungs of the wrong blood type into a teenage girl, and news about Jesica Santillan’s condition became one of the top national stories this week. A Thursday article in The Wall Street Journal examined Duke’s aggressive practice of admitting students to attract money from donors. Meanwhile, Duke took a hit from several editorial pages and news shows earlier this semester when a visiting professor invited convicted U.S. Capitol bomber Laura Whitehorn to speak to her students. Although the University is used to receiving favorable press for innovative research and its top academic reputation, the negative coverage has combined to give Duke a significant public affairs black eye. The situation is complicated by the fact that John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, as well as the University’s iiber-spin-doctor since 1991, has taken a leave of absence this semester.
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nie Sutton ofRobeson County. Legislative leaders still have not scheduled a vote on the speaker pro tem selection, but legislators expect a similar arrangement to the joint Republican and Democrat-held post of co-speaker. Senate legislators also discussed limiting session lengths. One bill would limit regular sessions in oddnumbered years to 135 calendar days and even-numbered years to 60 days. A joint resolution could extend a session by no more than 10 days. The bill received tentative approval Tuesday and now goes to the House for consideration. A statewide referendum also would be required before a constitutional amendment could be passed. The bill also would create a two-day meeting in December during election years so that the House and Senate could select chamber leaders.
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JEFF MOLTER, Medical Center News Office director, addresses the media Thursday. Philanthropist Mack Mahoney has criticized the Medical Center’s treatment of the press. erage for local news broadcasters after the men’s basketball game against Maryland. “I hope John is thoroughly enjoying his time off,” said Jarmul, adding that he has not consulted much with Bumess. “I think it’s really important for John to have this time off and it’s important for him to have some time to think and get away.” Keohane did not think the recent coverage would cast a permanent shadow on Duke. “I am confident that Duke’s reputation is strong and resilient enough to survive a set of negative stories, as indeed it has periodically many times in the past,” she wrote. Jarmul added that his office has always tried to be open and honest in dealing with challenging national coverage. “It’s always hard to tell when you’re in the middle of it, [but] if you handle it badly, it can have a lasting impact,” Jarmul said. “I think the way the Hospital’s handled the transplant story, for instance, of so openly discussing that
an error was made, is central to Duke maintaining its world-class
reputation.”
When the error became public Monday, the Hospital released a statement that night and has worked with reporters ever since. Mack Mahoney, the benefactor who paid for Santillan’s operation and went to the media following the mishandled transplant, has charged that Duke’s officials tried to keep him from making the error public and that they actively discouraged and even intimidated him. When asked whether Hospital officials had in fact tried to keep Mahoney from talking to the
media, however, Medical Center spokesperson Richard Puff did not answer and asked to go on to the next question. “Really, the institution’s primary thoughts here have been with Jesica and taking care of her and her family and that is the paramount thing people keep in their minds. That’s really the most important thing here,” Puff said later.
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Dole favors recognizing Lumbee tribe Granting full federal recognition to the Lumbee tribe, complete with economic benefits denied to them for decades, is the right thing to do, said Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., who has filed a bill in ConSee N.C. NEWS on page 9
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AL-ARIAN from page 3 separate course,” he added. “At least his forced leave from the university will be maintained and not canceled. How effective, through counsel, he will be able to defend himself against these quite serious charges in federal court, I don’t know.” FBI spokesperson Sara Oates said three people were arrested in Tampa, one person was in custody in Chicago and an undisclosed number of people were arrested overseas. She identified the other two arrested in Tampa as Sameeh Hammoudeh, 42, of Tampa, and Hatim Naji Fariz, 30, of Spring Hill, but she had no detail on those arrested elsewhere. “This was disconcerting but not surprising,” USE spokesperson Michael Reich said about the arrest. He
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make a difference in the world? Sure, yes, to an extent. But there are so many things you can lose sleep over. I’m happy for me and my child.” William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, said many admissions factors could be seen as unfair without looking at the context of balancing an entire class—such as giving a break to students with lower SAT scores or broad extracurricular activities who might otherwise have a special talent in music or art. “The process gets more careful each year,” he said. “I know from having sat in on some of these meetings that the number of people turned down for fears they might not be able to do well is substantial. I think they are committed to making sure that a high-quality experience is possible for all the students we admit.” said university President Judy Genshaft will meet with the school’s lawyers Thursday to discuss it. Al-Arian and his brother-in-law, Mazen Al-Najjar, founded the World and Islam Studies Enterprises, a now-defunct Islamic think tank at USE that was raid-
ed by the FBI in 1995. AI-Arian, a native of Kuwait, has lived in the United States as a permanent resident since 1975 and had taught at the university since 1986. Last month, USF’s faculty union filed a grievance on Al-Arian’s behalf, saying that banning him from campus violated the union’s contract, Al-Arian’s right to academic freedom and its policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of ethnicity and religious affiliation. His brother-in-law, who also had taught at the university, spent more than 3 1/2 years in jail based on secret evidence linking him to terrorists.
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kosher kitchen at home, we thought we had a pretty good shot at getting them,” Wulforst added. Jonathan Gerstl, Freeman Center executive director, said he was saddened by the kitchen’s loss, which brought a steady flow of traffic to the building. The eatery still often attracts as many as 100 diners per evening—fostered by the acceptance of food points for upperclassmen, the option for freshmen to swap meals with those at the East Campus Marketplace and the hosting of FOCUS program dinners. But without board diners each night, the fluctuating number of diners has driven up the cost of providing the food by the three staff members, who will be relocated within the campus dining system. The kitchen lost $75,000 last year, and that number is projected to double this year—sums that Dining Services must absorb. Without the kitchen or meal plan available in the fall, the University will likely buy pre-packaged frozen dishes from an outside company, and offer them to kosher students in the various food courts on campus. Gerstl said he thought it would be a shame if students needed to transfer from Duke because of the changes, but admitted it was a possibility. “But whether we lose good potential students because we don’t have this kind of an option is something that I’m more concerned about in terms ofbuilding a strong vibrant Jewish community here at Duke,” he added. The center will continue to offer Friday night Shabbat and holiday kosher meals. A kosher deli could become part of the dining services offered in the new “student village,” Wulforst said. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta could not be reached for comment, but Wulforst said when he notified Moneta of the closing, Moneta said he was sad to see the kitchen go, understood the reasoning and wanted to make sure that kosher students would still have options next year. Justin Segall, executive vice president of the FCJL student board and a board plan participant, said the loss will have a major impact on the center. “For me, it’s also a loss of community—the people who I eat with in the Jewish community and a lot of other people that I’ve met eating there,” said Segall, a sophomore. “It’s different from The Great Hall because people who don’t know each other at the same table actually speak with each other.” Because next year he can live on Central Campus, where he can prepare his own meals, Segall said he will not transfer to another school, as he was considering last year when the kitchen almost closed. “For students who may be sophomores [or freshmen] next year, it’s going to be more difficult,” he said. “Let’s face it: Eating frozen meals all the time is not exactly the ideal choice.”
FRAMING TIME: conceiving past, present, and future in the Medieval and Early Modern periods Fourth Annual North Carolina Colloquium of Medieval and Early Modern Studies February 21 -22, 2003 keynote address: Friday 21 February at 4:00 PM in York Chapel, Divinity School “Eve’s Curse: Time, History, and Childbed in Medieval English Theater” Gail McMurray Gibson, Davidson College, 2002-3 NHC Fellow
Graduate Colloquium: Saturday 22 February from 9:15 AM to 4:45 PM Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library reception to follow for further information, please visit our website: www.unc.edii/student/orgs/canis/ncc
event sponsored by: the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Duke University Graduate School, Duke University Divinity School, the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Office of the Provost, Duke University Museum of An, and the departments ofArt History, Classical Studies, English, German, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Romance Studies at Duke University
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Academic FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Visualization Friday Forum: Noon-1 pm. Mike Pickett, Office of Information Technology; “Networks, Wet Labs and Forests: An Effort Towards Integrating and Visualizing the Physical Spaces of Duke.” Lunch will be served. Location: Room DlO6, LSRC. The Program in Literature presents Mladen Dolar: 12Noon. Mladen Dolar is part of The Program in Literature’s Spring 2003 Lecture Series. The lecture is tilled “Freud’s Voices”. Location: Upper East Side (2nd Floor of East Union Building).
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Social Programming and Meetings FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21 Indoor Track & Field at ACC Championships: All Day. Come support your Duke teams Location: Chapel Hill, NC. Women’s Swimming & Diving at ACC Championships: All Day. Location; Chapel Hill, NC. Come support your Duke teams. Coffee Connection: Chapel basement.
12noon-Ipm, Fridays
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Fencing at North Carolina: All Day. Location: Chapel Hill, NC. Come out and support your Duke Teams. Women’s Lacrosse vs. UMBC: Noon. Location Durham, NC. Come support your Duke teams. “Brown Bag” Lunch Training Session: 12V 8 (What’s new?). The SISS office will organize weekly sessions with changing functional topics to familiarize users with the new version of People Soft. Very informal, bring your lunch. One-on-one assistance will be provided. Location: 714 Ninth Street, Rm 106. Ipm. Navigating in
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Baseball vs. Radford: 3pm. Location: Durham, NC. Come support your Duke teams.
Baseball vs. Radford: I:3opm. Location Durham, NC. Come support your Duke teams.
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USP Coffee Series: 3:30-4:3opm. Please join the University Scholars, led by 1 st year graduate student in Religion, Brian Madison, as we discuss the challenges of writing science fiction. Location: Alpine Atrium, Bryan Center.
Duke Symphony Orchestra: 3pm. Harry Davidson, music dir. All About Brahms: From Despair to Hope Brahms; Tragic Overture; Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) with STEPHANIE NORTHCUTT, soprano; BRIAN JOHNSON, baritone; and choruses from Campbell University, Duke University, Elon University, Meredith College, NC State University, Peace College, and Shaw University. Duke Chapel. Admission $lO/$5.
in Ecology Seminar: 12:45pm. William Schlesinger, Dean NSOE, Duke University. “Light and temperature environment and photosynthetic rate of hypolithic algae under diaphanous quartz pebbles in the southern Mojave Desert, California.” A247Biomedical Engineering Seminar: 3;55pm. Biomedical Engineering seminar with Sarah McGuire, Ph.D. student, Department of Biomedical of Engineering: “Analysis Macromolecular Flow in Intra-Tumoral Infusion Therapy.” Location: Room 125 Hudson Hall. EOS Seminar: 4pm. Crater Lakes: Coloured Windows into Volcanoes”. Location: 201 Old “
Chemistry Bldg.
Psychology: SHS Colloquium Series: 4pm. Margaret Beale-Spencer, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania “Identity as Coping; Adolescents’ Racial Identity Challenges and Opportunities”. Location: Room 319, Sociology/Psychology Building. Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: 4pm. “Framing Time: Conceiving Past, Present, and Future in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods,” the Fourth Annual North Carolina Colloquium of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, February 21-22. Keynote address by Gail McMurray Gibson (Davidson College, 20023 NHC Fellow), “Eve’s Curse: Time, History, and Childbed in Medieval English Theater” York Chapel, Duke University West Campus.
Hip Hop Global Flows: 4-6:3opm. Panel I. What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture “Conscious Rappers or Celebrity Gramscians?” (Mark Anthony Neal). “Race and the Cultural Politics of Japanese Hip-Hop” (lan Condry). “Sounds of Blackness” (Davey D Bay Area DJ). Nelson Music Room, East Campus, Duke University. -
Socially Queer (SQ): 4-6pm. Weekly social for staff, faculty, employees and students, lite snacks/drinks provided. Sponsored by the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life. Location: 201 -202 Flowers Bldg. (Center for LGBT Life West Campus). -
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Virginia Tech: spm Location: Durham, NC Freewater Films: 7 & 9pm. “Bowling for Columbine” (Documentary). Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center.
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Graduate Research Conference: 9:004:4spm.Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus. For a complete schedule, please visit our website at <www.unc.edu/student/orgs/cams/nco.
Indoor Track & Field at ACC Championships: All Day. Location: Chapel Hill, NC. Come support your Duke teams.
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Baseball vs. Radford: Ipm. Location: Durham, NC. Come support your Duke teams.
Hip Hop Global Flows: Ipm. Break Dancing The ARK, East Campus.
The Labyrinth: 1-spm.Walking the labyrinth is a spiritual tool for centering oneself and reuniting with the Sacred. The labyrinth is a forty-foot circle containing a winding path, inspired by the 13th century Chartres Cathedral. Please allow 1 hour for walking , admission is free.Duke Chapel.
Hip Hop Global Flows: 2-spm. Panel. 1. Hip Hop: Charting the Musical Journey (V.Brown, A. Kelly) 2. Hip Hop: Globalization/Commodification (A. Allison, L. Ching)3. Hip Hop: Race (G. Farred and others) 4. Hip Hop: Gender (B. Williams and
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Men’s Basketball vs. N.C. State: 4pm. Location: Durham, N.C. Please support your Duke teams.
Episcopal Student Center: spm, Sundays. Service of Holy Eucharist followed by fellowship dinner. Located at the Episcopal Student Center, 505 Alexander Ave. Contact Anne Hodges-Copple at annehc@duke.edu for more information.
Location: Richard White Auditorium, Campus. Free and open to the public!
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Upcoming Events MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Lecture: 9:3oam-2pm. The Life of Faith:A Program of Sustained Learning with Professor Richard Lischer. Join professor Richard Lischer for a critical exploration of faith, community, and vocation by means of religious autobiographies and memoirs. Location: Alumni Memorial Common Room, Duke Divinity School. Lecture: 12pm. Law School Annual Frey IP Lecture. Mr. Jack Valenti, chairman and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America will deliver this year’s Frey Lecture. Location: Law Library. -
DUU Freewater Midnight Films: “The Big Lebowski”. Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Free for everyone. Sponsored by the Freewater Presentations Committee of the Duke University Union.
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Screen/Society: Bpm. Southern Circuit: “Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions” and “A Small Domain”.
others). Nelson Music Room, East Campus.
Hip Hop Global Flows: 10pm-12am. Devil’s Den, Central Campus. House Party with DJ Battle/Freestyles.
Lecture: 2-3pm. Peter Redfield, “Doctors, Borders, and the Biopolitics of Crisis”. Professor Redfield specializes in anthropology of science and technology; colonial history; anthropology and history; space; global humanism and ecology: Europe; the Caribbean. 124 Social Sciences
Building. Lecture: 7pm. Telematic Embrace: A Visionary Evening of Art, Technology, and Consciousness with Artist Roy Ascott. Internationally renowned artist Roy Ascott will talk about creative uses of technology to envision artistic models of the future. John Hope Franklin Center, room 240, 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC. Black History Month Event: 7pm. Musical Extravaganza. VonCanon. Cine-East: Bpm. New East Asian Cinema “Red Rose, White Rose”. Location: Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus. Free.
Westminster PresbyterianAJCC Fellowship: 9-1 Opm, Mondays. “Haphour,” informal time of
refreshments and fellowship, begins at B:3opm. All are welcomed.
Unitarian Universalist: 9-1 Opm, Mondays. Social time, dinner, worship. It’s a religious community for people who question, look for life’s meaning, and believe that truth doesn’t begin with one particular religion. Basement of Duke Chapel. Patty Hannenman, hanneOOl @earthlink.net.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Spring 2003 Spiritual Formation Lecture: 10am & I:3opm. Lecture and discussion with Dr.Marva Dawn on her book “Powers, Weakness and the Tabernacling of God”. Location: York Chapel. Law School: Noon. International Career Videoconference. We will connect via videoconference with Michael Immordino, Duke JD ‘B6, Partner, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, London. Mr. Immordino will share his international career experiences, give advice on the international career search, as well as answer students’ questions. Cosmic Cantina burritos will be served. Please RSVP to wechsler@law.duke.edu. Location: Room 4045,
Community Care Prayer Meeting: 1-2pm. A time for students and staff to gather for prayer and contemplation as a community. Location: York Chapel.
Fitzpatrick Center Seminar: 4-spm. Seminar with Dr. Sandy Weininger, Center for Devices & Food and Health, Radiological Drug Administration: “Integrating the Product Process with Development Regulatory Requirements” and “Simulator Requirements for Pulse Oximeters.” Location; Room 130A, North Bldg.
Volunteer Ronald McDonald House: 506 Alexander Ave, http://ronaldhousedurham.org. Chris Hill, 286-9305. Women’s Center: 126 Few, Box 90920. Contact Shannon Johnson, Program Coordinator, 684-3897 Sarah P. Duke Gardens:
Chuck Hemric,
668-1705 or chemric@duke.edu. Sexual Assault Support Services: 126 Few, Box 90920. Contact the SASS Coordinator at the Women’s Center, 684-3897
Duke Volunteer Services: Duke Univeristy Medical Center: •
http://volunteer.mc.duke.edu Best Buddy; Jane Schroeder, 668-1128 Cancer Patient Support Program Susan Moonan, 684-4497 Caring House; Meg Harvey, 490-5449 Children’s Health Center; Edith Rosenblatt, 668-4107 Children’s Classic; Lucy Castle, 667-2567 Duke Ambassadors: Kay Satterwhite, 684-3835
Hospital Auxiliary: Diana Getzelmann, 684-3646 Teer House: Monica Taylor, 477-2644
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campus leaders, Keohane said she intended to ensure that policy changes endure well beyond the committee’s expiration this June. women are represented all the way up through “We do not want this to be the Tear of the the Ph.D., and then the cliff drops off,” said PresiWoman,’ then next year we’ll go on to something dent Nan Keohane, steering committee chair. else,” she said. Provost Peter Lange also doubted that the The committee will address policy on child stagnation is due to a general decrease in the fecare, parental leave and employment issues in male applicant pool, which he said would show the spring. In addition, Keohane said the comup in national trends. mittee may attempt to address conformity Despite failure to improve female representaamong female undergraduates by working with tion among assistant professors, the typical sorority leaders and expanding positive proentry-level position into the academy, the report gramming for women. included more positive data regarding other pro“There are good things to celebrate. We’re fessor ranks. trying to figure out what those are and make “There has been improvement, thankfully, those more common,” she said, citing Project across the schools [except Nursing] over time in 8.U.1.L.D. and geology field trips as examples the percent of women at both the associate and of positive experiences that female students full levels,” Roth said. have enjoyed. Additionally, there is no evidence of salary inSome faculty members questioned the comequity on the basis of gender, nor bias in rates of mittee’s decision to conduct focus group studies successful promotion to full professor or in an with almost exclusively women, arguing that academic unit’s negative votes for tenure. male voices are necessary for a full study of However, women tend to wait longer than women’s issues. Roth acknowledged this point men to be promoted from associate to full probut said time constraints prevented more male fessor—6.3 years for women, five years for involvement. men—and are denied tenure 19 percent of the IN OTHER BUSINESS: Completing a major time, compared to 12 percent for men. restructuring of the faculty’s role in University The Women’s Initiative began last winter governance and decision-making, the Academic when Keohane began a series of informal conCouncil voted to establish the University Priorversations with faculty members and others ities Committee and the Academic Programs about women’s issues at the University. She Committee. The proposal passed unanimously eventually organized the steering committee to and without debate. provide a comprehensive look at the state of Professor Emeritus of Zoology Donald Fluke women at Duke. was elected secretary of the Academic Council, By chairing the committee herself and enlistand Professor Emeritus of Physics Lawrence ing the services of a variety of high-powered Evans was re-elected editor of the Faculty Forum.
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gress seeking that designation. “It is the right thing to do because the regional economy has suffered from floods, droughts and lost manufacturing jobs,” Dole said Tuesday. “Helping the Lumbee tribe improve economically would also spur new economic development in this region and would create new jobs for our families.” She spoke to about 700 people at a meeting about the bill at the Southeastern North Carolina Agricultural Center and Farmers Market. In 1956, Congress passed a law recognizing the Lumbee tribe, but denied them privileges given to other tribes. Last week, Dole filed a bill to provide the tribe with money for economic development,
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PRESIDENT NAN KEOHANE, as chair of the Women’s Initiative Steering Committee, will lead an examination this spring of University policies that relate to gender.
housing, education and health care. The bill may face opposition, Dole said, since the Eastern Band of the Cherokees, the only federally recognized tribe in North Carolina, has opposed federal recognition for the Lumbees. About 55,000 Lumbee Native Americans live in Robeson and surrounding counties.
“It was my decision [due to] the fact that the French and Germans aren’t supporting our troops,” he said. “If they’re not going to do that, we don’t see any reason to sell their country’s products.” Carter e-mailed six other managers about his plan.
In a couple of days, Carter said he received supportive e-mails from Texas to Alexandria, Va. “People were just jumping on the idea of doing the Club tosses French, German wines same thing and passing it on to people,” he said. “I A country club manager says if France and Gerknow a lot of clubs have jumped on the bandwagon.” Carter said Bermuda Run Country Club in Winmany are not going to support the U.S. in its potential war with Iraq, he will not be selling their wines any ston-Salem had been planning a French wine dinner time soon. before he informed them of the boycott. Bermuda Run Last Wednesday, Joe Carter, general manager of abruptly changed it to an Australian wine dinner. High Point Country Club at Emerywood and Willow A Beaufort restaurant no longer lists french fries on Creek, removed all French and German wines from its menu, but now sells “freedom fries” in response to both clubs’ wine lists. France and Germany’s reluctance to back the U.S.
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William Fulkerson would not comment on the organs’ donor except to say they came through normal channels, countering suspicions about the quick organ procurement. Jesica had waited three years for the first transplant. Carolina Donor Services, the regional transplant office, noted in a Thursday statement that the organs were not procured as a “direct donation” to Jesica. A CAT scan performed late Wednesday implied a lack of significant brain damage, which preserved her eligibility to receive organ donations. Without a replacement for the mismatched organs, Jesica was not expected to live through the week. At 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, however, Duke received a call from CDS about the availability of potentially compatible organs. After confirmation that the organs matched, the transplant was performed from about 6 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. by Davis and Associate Professor of Surgery Dr. James Jaggers—who also performed the initial operation. The family requested that another surgeon oversee Jaggers for the latest procedure. Jaggers remained with Jesica in the intensive care unit throughout the day, and previously expressed contrition for his errors in a Wednesday press release. “I continue to oversee Jesica’s care and have been devastated by this tragic event,” he said. During the afternoon news conference, Fulkerson pointed to two major errors made by Jaggers during the Feb. 7 transplant—one in assuming a blood type match had been made when he requested the organs from CDS, and the other in failing to verbally confirm the blood type. During a morning press conference, family friend Mack Mahoney—who retains medical power of attorney for the girl because her parents do not speak
Storey cited this as a reason why the Divinity School must maintain a commitment to teaching students how to engage with those outside the United States, particularly those living in poverty. He also said students must have a solid grounding in historical theology, scripture and the practice of the faith in the local church. Divinity School Associate Professor Ellen Davis, a member of the review committee, agreed that students must be taught to look beyond their local ministries, although she contextualized her recommendation in what she called the unprecedented, contemporary ecological crisis. Davis also stressed the importance of teaching methods of critical Biblical interpretation and of interdisciplinary study between theology, scripture and history. Willimon, who was on the review committee that evaluated the curriculum in the mid-1980s, said the review should address the fact that the school has become more denominationally diverse and that the role of the clergy has changed since he started teaching at the University in 1976. He also noted that today’s divinity students will be entering into ecclesiastical systems “in need of repair and change and transformation” and that the Divinity School will have to “prepare people not just to do a job but to better define the job.”
English—said the family was “relieved” by the new events and he praised the Hospital’s work on the latest operation. By the afternoon, Mahoney’s tone had changed dramatically. In an im-
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PHILANTHROPIST MACK MAHONEY speaks to the press early Thursday morning, soon after Jesica Santillan went into surgery for the second time in two weeks. cials, he harshly criticized the Hospital’s actions following the failed Feb. 7
operation. Mahoney accused the Hospital of initially underplaying the severity of its mistake and leading the family to believe the blood mismatch would easily be handled by drug treatment. As a result, the news blitz begun by Mahoney in hopes of attracting an organ donation was delayed, and the holdup increased the chances of permanent damage to Jesica, he said. “You can’t hide behind a corporate
veil when children’s lives are at stake, and that’s what happened here,” he said. “If we hadn’t put [Duke] right square in sight of the world, [Jesica] would be dead today.”
Mahoney also claimed that Hospital administrators tried to limit his access to Jesica against the wishes of her parents and to stop the family from speak-
ing to the press. “You name it, they tried it,” he said. “Duke bullied me around.... I was talking to the press and they didn’t like it.” Medical Center officials declined to comment on Mahoney’s assertions. The North Carolina Department of Facility Services is currently inspecting the Hospital’s transplantation program following report of the error. In addition, the national accrediting organization for health care facilities is mandat-
ing that the Hospital submit a thorough review of its transplantation procedures and analysis of the system’s failure within the next 45 days. The Hospital has already launched such an investigation, and has also strengthened its transplant confirmation procedures—three additional physicians confirmed a blood match for Jesica’s second transplant. Dave Ingram contributed to this story.
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Noting the national prominence of the Divinity School, Willimon cautioned that the new curriculum should continue to shy away from the “trendy, short-lived waves that have ravaged other divinity schools,” sticking with a
method that honors the tradition ofthe church and focuses on classical, Bibli- ; cal and theological training; i Hays said he recognized that the committee had a lot to cover in a relatively short time span, but stressed that the process would not be rushed unnecessarily. “If we aren’t able to have a proposal ready for the coming fall, we would just have to push the schedule back a year, which would mean implementing in the fall of 2005 instead.”
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the conference standings. The Wolfpack circled the Blue Devils for much of their last meeting Jan. 22 in
Raleigh, eventually pouncing on Duke in the form of an 80-71 victory. The Blue Devils, already reeling from a 15-point setback at Maryland, were slowly devoured by an enthused N.C. State team led by Julius Hodge and Cliff Crawford, who combined for 39 points. The loss was Duke’s second in a row, continuing the collapse of the team’s
self-esteem on the road—the Blue Devils would go on to lose away contests against Florida State and Wake Forest. N.C. State is well aware, however, that the Duke team they face tomorrow in Cameron Indoor Stadium will be a much different and much better team than the one they handled last month. Duke, which has not lost at home to the Wolfpack since 1995, now has two more captains, a resurgent defense and a budding interior star in Shelden Williams. The improved Blue Devils have played their best basketball of the season in the past two games—wins
against Virginia and Maryland—and show no signs of slowing against an N.C. State team that is a meager 1-6 on the road.
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CHRIS DUHON and his Blue Devils have not lost to N.C. State in Cameron Indoor since 1995.
“We’re going to try and match that effort we gave tonight [against Maryland! and try to give a little bit
more because they’re a great team, and they’ve been winning a lot,” senior Dahntay Jones said. “They did get us down there [in Raleigh], but it’s a different game and a different atmosphere in Cameron.” Hodge is the impetus of the Wolfpack’s offense, as he averages 18.2 points per game. Though the sophomore is not the best athlete on the floor, he has a knack for scoring that can potentially give Duke fits. If he gets hot, Hodge’s confidence will undoubtedly propel his teammates to better basketball. This is exactly what Duke intends to prevent Saturday because the Blue Devils know that as Hodge goes, so goes the Wolfpack. But if the Blue Devils’ recent defensive performances are any indication, Hodge and N.C. State could be in for a long afternoon. In its last three games, Duke has held its opponents’ leading scorers to an average of just eight points, holding the trio—All-America candidates Josh Howard, Travis Watson and Drew Nicholas—to 9.3 points below their scoring averages. “I think it all comes down to our defense,” junior Chris Duhon said. “I think our defense has stepped it up another notch.” Marcus Melvin will be the first to pick up the slack for Hodge if Duke’s defense is successful in slowing N.C. State’s leading scorer. A multi-talented forward, Melvin had been slumping before a 20point outburst in the Wolfpack’s most recent game against Florida State. Production will also come from the
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Men’s tennis squeaks by Texas, No. 1 UCLA up next For the seventh consecutive time, the men’s tennis team won . opening und match at the prestigious National Team Indoor Championships by downing No. 9 Texas 4-3 on the strength of superior depth. The No. 8 Blue Devils (6-1) will square off against top-ranked UCLA (10-0) today at 12:30 in the tournament quarterfinals. Duke was forced to comeback twice against the Longhorns (3-3), trailing 1-0 and 3-2 before pulling out the victory. Texas earned the doubles point by winning at second and third doubles to take a 1-0 advantage. Phillip King, who is yet to lose this season, evened the score with a 6-1, 7-6 decision in the No. 1 slot. King, a twotime All-American, prevailed over No. 19 Jean Simon. Sophomores Jason Zimmerman and Peter Schults won at flights four and six, respectively.
The Blue Devils dropped the second and third singles, however, as both senior Michael Yani and freshman Ludovic Walter fell 6-3, 6-4. The deciding match came at the fifth singles slot, where freshman Jonathan Stokke was in a dogfight with Texas’ Roger Gubser. After splitting the first two sets, Stokke held a 5-4 advantage and was serving in the closing set. The freshman was unable to hold, however, giving Gubser and Texas a chance to hand Duke its second loss of the year. But Stokke persevered and pulled out the final two games, winning 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. Duke will need a near-flawless performance against UCLA, at team that has defeated the Blue Devils in three of the last four Indoor Team Championships. In addition, the Bruins have advanced to the finals of this event in five of the past seven years and have won ITA/USTA team championships seven times.
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Duke scrapes Tar Heels in round 2 of Duke-UNC “Lucky Devils,” some of the more historically minded Duke fans in Cameron chanted as the Blue Devils dominated North Carolina late in the second half of a 97-63 romp. Tar Heel head coach Sylvia Hatched, looking resplendent as always in a Carolina Blue suit,
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In nearly every facet of the game Duke improved on its January performance. Although Hatched was quick to blame her own team for the disastrous defeat, Duke’s massive progress was apparent. “I think we are a much better team than we were then,” head coach Gail
Goestenkors said. “Our defense has improved immensely. Having Lindsey Harding in the starting lineup has been really great for us. I think she does a great job setting the tone early with her defense, and that helps create some easy opportunities for us offensively.”
The turnovers Duke forced more often than not turned into points. The Blue Devils converted 20 turnovers into 27 points, and scored 16 on fast breaks. UNC countered with just seven points off turnovers and two on fast breaks. The Blue Devils consistently beat UNC down the court for transition baskets. In the game at Chapel Hill, the few turnovers Duke created were rarely converted into quick points, as the Tar Heels did an exceptional job of getting back on defense. “Over there, we didn’t force them to turn the ball over, so we couldn’t really create any transition baskets for us,” junior All-American Alana Beard said. “I think that was definitely the difference tonight. We stepped in the passing lanes. We overplayed them.We got easy buckets and we got a lot of tips. We were
looking for each other long. It really created a lot of offense for us.” Junior point guard Vicki Krapohl had two of the more dramatic steals a few minutes apart in the second half. Both times, she stepped in front of outlet passes after Duke misses when UNC was not expecting pressure. She converted the first steal immediately into a layup and she passed the second one away before getting it back for a three-pointer. Beard was ecstatic about Krapohl’s See COMMENTARY on page 14
ALANA BEARD and N0.2 Duke dominated the Tar Heels in every statistical category.
Bucks pick up Sonics star in exchange for Allen By CHRIS SHERIDAN The Associated Press
In a blockbuster five-player deal Thursday at the NBA trading deadline, Ray Allen was sent from the Milwaukee
GARY PAYTON, one of the NBA’s top point guards and trash-talkers, will now suit up for Milwaukee
Bucks to the Seattle SuperSonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. The Sonics also received guards Kevin Ollie and Ronald Murray and a conditional first-round draft pick. The trade ended Payton’s career in Seattle after 12 1/2 seasons and reunited him with coach George Karl. Milwaukee plays at Seattle Friday night, but Sonics general manager Rick Sund said that neither Payton nor the four others in the trade would play. Payton’s contract expires after this season, and the Sonics risked losing the nine-time All-Star guard over the summer on the free agent market with nothing in return. Instead, they acquired one of the purest shooters in the game. Allen, a six-year veteran and threetime All-Star, has spent his entire career
with the Bucks. A gold medalist for the United States at the Sydney Olympics, he also will be a member of the 2004 Olympic men’s basketball team. “We hate trading a player of Ray’s caliber and character. He’s done a lot for the city of Milwaukee, but everybody gets traded at some point in this league,” Bucks general manager Ernie Grunfeld said. “We got two outstanding players for him.” The trade creates a logjam at point guard for the Bucks while causing the opposite problem for the SuperSonics. Seattle also made a trade with the New Orleans Hornets, exchanging point guard Kenny Anderson for center Elden Campbell. In the day’s only other deal, Boston sent guard Shammond Williams, a second-round draft pick and cash to Denver for center Mark Blount and forward Mark Bryant. “Quite frankly, I’m surprised any deals were made,” Atlanta Hawks general manager Pete Babcock said.
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Wake Forest reaffirms place at top of conference By KEITH PARSONS The Associated Press
Josh Wake 75 ATLANTA Howard knew all too 67 well how long it had Ga. Tech been since Wake Forest won at Georgia Tech. Howard scored 24 points and Justin Gray tied his season high with 20 as the lOth-ranked Demon Deacons beat the Yellow Jackets 75-67 Thursday night, ending Georgia Tech’s 13-game home winning streak. “The last time we beat Tech here, I was a freshman,” Howard said. “I’m a senior, and I wanted to do it again.” Howard, the leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 19 points a game, dominated from the start, making his first seven shots. His effort helped Wake Forest stay a half-game ahead of Duke and Maryland for the top spot in the ACC. “We needed this game,” he said. “A lot of people thought we’d finish seventh in the conference.” The Demon Deacons (18-4, 8-3 in the ACC) shot 53 percent as a team, the first time this season Georgia Tech has allowed an opponent to make at least half its shots at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Freshman Jarrett Jack had 19points for the Yellow Jackets (12-11, 5-7). Chris Bosh, their second-leading scorer, struggled and finished with 13. He’s been in a funk of late, shooting only 33 percent in the past four games. “In the first half of the season, I was __
getting a lot of one-on-one coverage, and I had a lot of open looks,” Bosh said. “Any coach that sees that is going to
make sure it doesn’t happen. I’ll just have to try to stick to the game plan better and try to turn this around.” Georgia Tech lost at home for the first time since Feb. 9, 2002, and fell to 11-1 this season. On the road, the Yellow Jackets are 0-9.
“It’s real disappointing to lose that home winning streak,” B.J. Elder said. “That’s the one thing we had going for us this year. Maybe we can turn it around on the road.” A month ago, Howard had 30 points in a six-point victory over the Yellow Jackets. He kept his cool in a physical game this time, walking away from a few altercations in the first half. Three times, he and Isma’il Muhammad got tangled up, forcing the referees to separate them. Howard also was called for an offensive foul for pushing Muhammad away from him, but he settled down after the break. “There was a lot of physical play,” Howard said. “That’s part of the game.” Gray was playing for the third time since missing eight games with a broken jaw, which was wired shut for about
three weeks. He still wears a protective face mask but hardly seemed bothered by it. He scored eight points in a five-minute stretch of the first half, helping the Deacons take an early lead. “They gave me good looks,” he said. “We knew it would be a tough game, since Tech hadn’t lost at home. We needed this game.” Wake Forest took control of a tight game with an 18-5 run early in the second half, highlighted by Howard’s powerful
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TARON DOWNEY penetrates on Yellow Jacket guard Jarret Jack in the Demon Deacons’ 75-67 win dunk off a rebound. Gray also made backto-back three-pointers during the spurt, which gave the Deacons a 62-46 lead. “It’s gratifying but you don’t feel real safe,” Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser said of the big lead. “I marvel at our kids. They just adopt a tremendous sense of resolve which
emanates from Josh.” Georgia Tech got within six points in the final minute, but Wake Forest
held on. “They just played better than us,” Yellow Jackets coach Paul Hewitt said. “Obviously, I’m not happy about it, but you’ve got to give them credit.”
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Wolfpack’s biggest three-point threat, Scooter Sherill, and streaking sophomore Levi Watkins. Watkins has come on very strong as of late, particularly in the last five games in which he has averaged 9.8 points and 4.2 rebounds. N.C. State’s weakness is a lack of health in the paint, as sophomore center Josh Powell was restricted to just 14 minutes of playing time against Florida State due to back spasms. But Powell’s woes extend beyond his performance against the Seminoles, as he has
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contribution and Harding’s, which included two blocks and smothering defense on Coretta Brown, UNC’s leading scorer. “Lindsey is more of a Rottweiler; Vicki is more of a Chihuahua,” Beard said. “Vicki’s the little one. She’s the really feisty one. Then, Lindsey is the huge feisty one. It’s nice to have two of them. I bet they give other point guards hell. I can’t even think about it, I would hate to go against them.” Duke’s success in transition helped the Blue Devils find the open shots they needed—and they knocked down 53.8 percent of them. In the original game, while Duke was largely mired in a stag-
nant half-court set, its shooting percentage was under 40 percent. The Blue Devils were also dominant
rebounding, which marked a departure from the original game’s 54-54 tie on the boards. Part of Duke’s 41-32 rebounding advantage likely derived from the absence of Crystal Baptist, who had snatched 11 rebounds in round one, but it also reflected a renewed focus on the fundamentals of attacking the boards. “We’ve been practicing on rebounding and boxing out for the past two days,” junior Iciss Tillis said. “Everything is an offensive rebounding drill or a defensive
rebounding drill.” Hatchell was quick to spin the game as a Tar Heel collapse and not a Blue Devil improvement, probably with her eye on the likelihood of a rematch next month in the ACC Tournament.
“It’s pretty simple,” she said. “We didn’t compete. We didn’t come to play. I’m sorry that we wasted your time, and we’ll try to do better next time.”
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UNC from page 1 ball, offensively and defensively, that we can play with anybody and we beat anybody,” said Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors. “I think we learned some tough lessons with Connecticut, but it certainly made us much better. The convincing win was the latest in a string of Blue Devil blowouts since their nationally televised loss to current No. 1 UConn. Including Thursday’s victory, Duke’s margin of victory has been at least 27 points in five of the last six contests. “Since the Connecticut game, they have been a buzz saw,” said North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell. Hatched, in turn, had few positive things to say about her own squad. Despite matching up with Duke very well athletically, the Tar Heels fell behind early and never recovered. Their vaunted backcourt duo of Coretta Brown and Leah Metcalf shot a combined 5-of-23 from the field, with eight turnovers. “Basically, we just didn’t come to play tonight,” Hatchell said. “We can talk about rebounds, we can talk about fast breaks, we can talk about mismatches—we can talk about all that stuff. The University of
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North Carolina team that’s ranked sixth in the nation and won 23 ball games wasn’t here tonight. We just got whipped. Embarrassed and whipped.”
Duke on the other hand, could essentially do no wrong, particularly after North Carolina pulled within 26-22 with five minutes to play in the first half. The Blue Devils exploded for a 29-11 run straddling the intermission, and UNC could not muster even a semblance of a run to try to get back in the game. Although Beard and Tillis scored in bunches to open the contest, and would respectively finish with 19
and 21 points, teammates Sheana Mosch and Lindsey Harding also looked very comfortable offensively. Together the quartet scored all but seven of Duke’s 44 first half points, and finished with a collective 70. “We played the way we’ve been practicing,” Goestenkors said. “Sheana’s been having really good practices. Lindsey has been coming along as well. It was really nice to see us put that together in a game situation. It’s really important to us—if we want to be the team that we want to be—to have balanced scoring.” Mosch’s 16 points were a season-high, and reminded many of the senior’s career-night two years ago when she put up 29 against the Tar Heels. With her playing days drawing to a close, Mosch felt inspired to attack the basket immediately after entering the game off the bench. “I am almost finished, and I want to leave this season just knowing I gave my all,” she said. “I want to play up to my potential and I don’t think I’ve done that consistently this season. There’s not much time left. I needed to start picking it up.” Mosch also spoke for many of her teammates when she mentioned that Duke felt more than miffed after hearing some of the North Carolina player quotes after January’s overtime thriller, particularly those asserting the Tar Heels were the conference’s strongest team. “On our scouting report, we put those exact quotes on the second page to remind us thatthey believed that they were better than us,” Mosch said. “That’s motivation for us. We don’t believe anyone can beat us.”
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On the record The church will not have much useful to say to this culture unless it recognizes that this is the modern Roman empire, which needs to be heldaccountable for the way it relates to the rest of the world. Peter Storey, a Divinity School professor of the practice, on the school’s curriculum review (see story, page five).
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Columnist swayed by feelings, What was Greg Bloom hoping to achieve in his Tuesday column? Never before have I
read an argument so selfdefeating as to actually bolster the case for the opposition. Bloom’s about curiosity Saturday’s Raleigh protest is understandable, his objective approach admirable but his conversion was so irrational as to only be considered laughable. When I consider political functions, I do not equate having a good time with having a good point. Clearly Bloom does, for he entered as a skeptic and left a convert. Not due to any rational argument, mind you,
but due solely to the seductive
powers of the mob. This is how people join cults. People who lack a persuasive argument find strength
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in numbers. They believe that their inability to express a coherent opinion is somehow vindicated by padding themselves with their like-minded counterparts. It is in this unifying effect that they find the substance needed for their cause. Bloom was essentially a sheep without a flock, like many protesters, wowed by the ultimately insignificant number of people present also insecure in their own opinions, yet determined to have their voices heard. All this despite, as he all-toowillingly admits, a total lack of anything valuable to say. “These people weren’t here to talk, but they were here to be heard.” A quaint sentiment, indeed, but these words are ultimately meaningless. He
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does, however, expose the selfrighteous, self-centered motivation behind the current anti-war movement, which is essentially a nostalgic throwback to the late 19605. Replacing the festive atmosphere with a symposium or roundtable would quickly expose the utter ignorance of these people. If Bloom’s article provides anything, it’s a clear indication that from those “8,000” present, one couldn’t squeeze an argument sufficient enough to challenge even one semiinformed
counter-protester.
But he’s satisfied with that. After all, he was inspired by a feeling, not an argument.
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As a veiled Muslim feminist activist, I thank Maria Kareva for her Feb. 17 letter. However, her approach can be alienating to the women she is supposedly trying to help. The Quranic verses, which
Kareva called “theoretical”, are often the greatest weapon against injustices done to women. Ideally, the message of the Quran is to be applied and practiced by Muslims. Based on the Quranic verses and prophetic traditions, I believe that those who murder in the name of “honor” are not standing up for morality, rather they are acting on the basis of purely misogynistic motives to dominate women. I have personally seen the empowering effect of telling a
Muslim survivor of domestic violence how Quranic verses, prophetic sayings and juristic interpretation condemn the horrific crime done to her.
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give strength to Muslim women Frankly, Fm tired of fundamentalists and those trying
to save me from Muslim men telling me that a Muslim woman is half of a man. Those who push me to lift my “veil,” calling it suppressive, are doing as much harm as men who forcefully enforce it. Both are trying to control the supposedly passive and silent Muslim woman. The fact is that Muslim women are creating voices as
they recapture their spirituality from extremists on both sides. Female religious scholars like the Egyptian Souad Salah and Saudi Fatima Naseef are gaining credibility not just with women but also with
Muslim
men. Organizations such as the Muslim Women’s League and Karamah here in the U.S. and
other international organizations have done great work in calling for social justice for
without attacking their religious identity. I recommend that Kareva read Windows of Faith (ed. Gisela Webb), a collection by Muslim women scholar-activists. Most importantly, the reason why I feel confident in standing against those who misuse Islam to oppress women is because I apply the Quranic verse: “0 you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even as women
against yourselves, or your
parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: For God can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you
swerve, and if you distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily God is wellacquainted with all that you
do” (4:135). Shaza Fadel Graduate School ’O3
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The yes-but parade
Sermon botched I arrived at Duke Chapel Sunday morning expecting to hear Dean Will Willimon preach. It was soon announced, however, that the sermon would be delivered by junior Dave Allen, the winner of a contest to select a student guest preacher. Even though Allen was introduced as the organizer of “Peaceville,” I awaited his message. I guess I assumed that he would use the opportunity to deliver a sermon to an ecumenical congregation at what the Chapel’s website calls “an interdenominational church, representing a wide variety of traditions” to farther a general message about Christianity instead of controversial left-wing doctrine. Was I
After his resounding re-elecWASHINGTON tion in 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt turned on the right wing of his Democratic Party. “He invented a new word,” recalled his speechwriter, Samuel Rosenman, “to describe the congressman who publicly approved a progressive objective but who always found something wrong with any specific proposal to gain that objective—a yes-but fellow.”
ever wrong.
In gaining the progressive objective of stripping a genocidal maniac of weapons capable of murdering millions, today’s U.S. president is half-supported, half-obstructed by a new parade of politicians and pundits who applaud the goal but deplore the means necessary to achieve it. Count the banners of today’s
In his sermon, entitled “Societal Leprosies, Personal Solutions,” Allen used the Biblical and historical discrimination of lepers to illustrate an action that he dubbed “othering.” He defined it as the powerful calling themselves moral
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Business and sinful.” He called it the “story ofall of history” and explained that it was tied to America’s founding since Europeans “brushed aside” “brown skinned people” during colonization. He then called “othering,” “today’s societal leprosy” and proceeded to offer an asinine and offensive supposed example of it. “Othering,” said Allen, “is being acted out this month in your childrens’ social studies classes when they take time out of their normal course of studies to examine Black History Month as if it were okay to ignore black history the other eleven months of the year, as if it were even possible to divorce black history from the rest of American history.” I wonder if Allen thinks that the individuals who began celebrating Easter were implying that it was acceptable to ignore theresurrection of Jesus for 364 days a year. I also wonder ifhe realizes how uncomfortable he made several hundred people feel on Sunday by disguising a radical political viewpoint as a Biblical lesson. Allen also discussed wealth, which he stated dictates “where we live and who we know.” He called urban housing projects “barriers” to civic life and claimed that “we are unable to relate to people outside of our own class.” For good measure, he offered a supply-side economic critique when he explained sadly that “if our weak economy is threatening our comfort, we slash taxes and attack our shopping malls armed with our checkbooks and our credit cards. It’s the American thing to do.” It of course came as no surprise that Allen brought up the conflict with Iraq, describing it as the arena where “othering is being acted out most clearly today.” He called it a struggle between “the wealthiest nation in the world and a country twice the size of Idaho.” I wanted to ask him how many weapons of mass destruction he thought could fit within Idaho’s borders. Allen told ofhow an Iraq war would unfold. “Frightened American soldiers,” he said, will fight “frightened Iraqi soldiers and unarmed civilians, all believing they should hate each other, but none knowing why.” Allen predictably tied this unsupported argument to race, pointing out that “people who enlist in the military seem to be those for whom college is not an option and they tend to be poor people and people of color.” “The allAmerican boys,” as Allen derogatorily calls many of you, “go on to college and enter politics where they will decide whether to send the others to war.” My problem is not that a political issue was discussed in church. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with pondering what Jesus would think of a modem day situation. The fact is that Allen’s sermon had a primarily religious message and was not just a political rant. And that, interestingly, was the biggest problem with it. He did not use scripture to argue his political opinions, he used the opinions as support for his scriptural argument. On Sunday, Dave Allen abused an opportunity he was fortunate to be afforded. Equipped with the air of holiness and finality that anyone preaching at the magnificent Chapel enjoys, he offered controversial political opinions in the most biased and condescending way possible. His actions lacked integrity, especially since they occurred at a church that welcomes those of numerous faiths and strives to not alienate members. If those at the Chapel want their congregation to ponder political issues, then they should bring in a qualified religious expert without an obvious axe to grind. Those who want to hear unsupported and divisive liberal venom can hear it somewhere else. Like Peaceville.
Nathan Carleton is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears every other Friday.
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William Safire Commentary
yes-butters; 1. Yes, Saddam Hussein is evil, a monster in power, hut is it for us to assume the power to crush every cruel tyrant in the world? 2. Yes, only the threat of U.S. force enabled the U.N. inspectors to get back into Iraq, hut now that they’re there, why not let them poke around until they find something? 3. Yes, Saddam is probably working on germs and poison gases and maybe even nukes, hut he hasn’t used them lately, and what’s the rush to stop him why not wait until inspectors find proof posinow tive or he demonstrates his possession? 4. Yes, Iraqi weapons could someday obliterate New York, but what’s the use of stopping them when North Korean missiles could even sooner take out Los Angeles? 5. Yes, Saddam has defied 17 U.N. Security Council resolutions over a dozen years to disarm, but aren’t we his moral equivalent by threatening to get it done despite a French veto? 6. Yes, we have credible testimony from captives that Saddam harbors in Baghdad terrorists trained by and affiliated with al-Qaida, but where’s the smoking gun that shows the ultimate nexus—that he
personally ordered the attacks of Sept. 11? 7. Yes, ending Saddam’s rewards to families of suicide bombers would remove an incentive to kill innocents, but wouldn’t the exercise of coalition power to curtail the financing of terror create a thousand new Osama bin Ladens?
8. Yes, the liberation of 23 million oppressed and brutalized Iraqis would spread realistic hope for democratic change throughout the Arab world, hut wouldn’t that destabilize the Saudi monarchy and drive up oil prices? 9. Yes, we could win, and perhaps quickly, hut what if we have to fight in the streets of Baghdad or have to watch scenes of civilians dying on TV? 10. Yes, cost is no object in maintaining U.S. national security, but exactly how much is war going to cost and why not break your tax-cut promises in
advance? 11. Yes, the democratic nation most easily targeted by Saddam’s missiles is willing to brave that risk, but doesn’t such silent support prove that American foreign policy is manipulated by the elders of Zion? 12. Yes, liberation and human rights and the promotion of democracy and the example to North Korea and Iran are all fine Wilsonian concepts, hut such idealism has no place in realpolitik— nd can you guarantee that our servicemembers will be home for Christmas? This is the dirty dozen of doubt, the non-rallying cry of the half-hearted. The yes-butters never forthrightly oppose, as principled pacifists do. Rather than challenge the ends, they demean the means. Rather than go up against a grand design, they play the devil with the details. Afflicted by doubt created by the potential cost of action, they flinch at calculating the far greater cost of inaction. Haughty statesmen felt for years that “poorly brought up” Bosnians and Kosovars were unworthy of outside military defense—until hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslims embarrassingly died. Iraqi Kurds by the thousands were poison-gassed as well, their cries and exodus ignored by European leaders in the name of preserving the sovereignty of despots. These local crowd-pleasers are ready to again embrace peace at any price so long as others pay the price. The firm opponents of a just war draw succor from the yes-butters, whose fears are expressed in dwelling on the uncertainty of great enterprises. Their fears are neither unreasoning or unjustified, but, in the words of a president who rose above paralysis, “paralyze needed efforts to turn retreat into advance.” William Safire’s column is syndicated by the New York Times News Service.
Low maintenance movement thrives She’s not your average girl from the video. The phrase “blow-dry” is not in her vocabulary. She doesn’t go tanning. Her track pants are her second skin. And although she’s familiar with the salad-and-water diet, it’s because she feeds that stuff to her pet rabbit. She’s part of a growing trend at jfl Duke, and a piece of the tribe labeled Low Maintenance. These girls are more
shirt and head out the door. But that wasn’t the last I heard from the Low Maintenance movement. Later at the Loop, a friend in faded jeans and an ancient prep school tee dished about her weekend. She’d gone to a date function with a guy friend, who once said to her, “I get so stressed out around pretty girls; I just can’t talk to them” before thanking her for being comfortable company. She didn’t say, “You’re welcome.” But that weekend at the party, she decided to dress up. Her friends ironed her hair. She found some foundation. I scored her a pair of stilettos. And when the guy showed up at her door, he was totally speechless. “I wasn’t a different person!” this girl laughs between bites of barbecue chicken. “I just put on some eyeliner! And all of a sudden, he was like a com-
scuffed sneakers. “Just because I don’t own Stila’s spring palate doesn’t mean Fm easy to please.” As expected, it seems everyone wants the same things out of a relationship—respect, connection, and ample excuses to lock bedroom doors. That night I called my best friend, a Duke grad who lives in L.A, and asked him about the maintenance issue. He laughed at me. “The whole point of being low maintenance is to not care what anyone thinks!*’ he yelled into his cell. “So howT can you even pose that question?” After teasing me mercilessly, he came clean. “Look,” he said, “This is such a cheesy answer, but most of us dig girls who are real and true to themselves. If you love to dress up, great. But you can always tell when a girl dresses for other people. And
concerned with getr aran ting their work done K rental than their nails done. They dance to YouWrite the Ramones like no hkeaGlri one’s watching, even at a party full of people. They wear the same jeans all week. “Seriously,” sighs the girl, pulling if someone’s trying too hard, then on her Pumas. “The BC walkway is plete idiot!” her it means they’re easy.” I really We crack tell she’s up. both not a runway, and my art history the now. “Well of The next morning, my mom one of pretty people hardly Vogue headquarters. is class But every time I walk into East course I’m pretty!” she concedes. “If I emailed me a quote from Coco Chanel: Duke, these girls stare like I’m weren’t, I’d be too insecure to wear my “To disguise oneself is charming. To another species.” I shrug; they’re stupid sweatpants every day. But I’d have oneself disguised is sad.” I hit rather be known for who I am than print on my laptop, pulled on my probably jealous—she’s gorgeous. favorite sweatpants and headed to art “Oh please,” she’s flippant, and what I wear. It’s a choice.” history class, not caring if Chanel (or a Does being into So here’s question: hair a knot. flipping her “Sometimes I let those stupid girls low-maintenance about your appear- anyone else) would approve. with their stupid handbags get to ance make you low-maintenance about me, and it actually sucks.” Bashfully, your relationships, too? Timm,” smiles Faran Krentcil is a Trinity senior and a sorority pledge, in cute glasses and senior editor ofRecess. I cover my Coach bag with a sweat"
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Excellent communication skills Attention to detail 15-20 hours per week this summer and minimum 8 hours per week during the academic year
The Chronicle
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August 9
www.learnmore.duke.edu/
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. general admission. Students $B.OO
leaving every prices: $5.00
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SummerSession 684-2621
Duke Summer Reading Program Seeks Nominations Please submit your suggestions for the Glass of 3007 summer reading! The Book Selection Committee (comprised of faculty, staff, and students) will select this year’s text based on the following criteria: •
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Prompts stimulating debate and lively discussion Resonates with incoming students Stimulates deep thought and personal transformation Enriches the intellectual life of students
..it can be fiction or non-fiction, short or long,
heavy or light, funny or disturbing...most importantly it should be something that is hard to put down!
Submit your nominations on-line at:
The Duke Community’s Daily Newspaper
http://deanofstudents.studentaffairs.duke.edu/orientation/summerread.html
Applications are available at 101 West Union Building.
684-381 I for more info.
Submission Deadline Februaiy 38, 3008 -