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ACC Champs The women’s basketball team secured the regular season ACC championship, defeating Maryland 97-55. See page 9

THE INDEPENDEMT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Duke bids to host Afghan institute By ANDREW COLLINS

anthropology at Williams College and a member ofthe instiThe intellectual life of tute’s advisory board. Afghanistan may be getting a If the institute wins final much-needed resuscitation approval from all parties infrom an unlikely source volved—which should come in Duke University. the next few months—the UniDespite not having a single versity will provide it with an specialist in Afghanistan studoffice and some staff support. ies, the University may soon beRichards said the institute come an overnight leader in the may begin sending scholars to field if it agrees to host the US. Afghanistan within a year. office of the proposed American The institute would be affilInstitute of Afghanistan Studiated with the Council of ies, spearheaded by Professor of American Overseas Research History John Richards. Centers, which currently has “It will make us into a 19 member institutes in counleader,” said Vice Provost for tries across the world that reInternational Affairs Gilbert ceive funding from both the Merkx. “In the world of U.S. State Department and edAfghani studies, we will rise to ucational institutions. “[CAORC-affiliated institop prominence.” The institute’s headquarters tutes] are interesting because would be in Afghanistan, with they’ve got one foot in the govthe mission of reinvigorating ernment bureaucracy and one the country’s nascent academic foot in the kind of autonomous community and giving scholars academic realm,” said Shah their best opportunity for reHanifi, an Afghanistan spesearch about Afghanistan since cialist at Wayne State Univerthe country’s 1978 revolution sity and member of the advisoset off over a decade of civil war. ry board. “What, ultimately, “What the institute is trythese things do is structure the intellectual engagement ing to do is essentially resuscitate Afghanistan studies,... put between the two countries.... Afghanistan back on the map Hopefully it’s one of the anand make it a place where chors that will keep the [connscholars are welcome,” said David Edwards, professor of See AFGHAN STUDIES on page 5 The Chronicle

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JACK VALENTI speaks Monday to an audience at the School of Law, where he told students that peer-to-peer file-sharing programs amount to little more than theft from the entertainment industry.

Valenti denounces file-sharing By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

First he said you were not allowed to see R-rated films without your parents. Now Jack Valenti wants you to delete every illegally-downloaded movie file on your hard drive. Valenti, president and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica,

called upon universities to develop a code of conduct for their Internet-using students and argued for a moral imperative to stop file-swapping during the third annual Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property at the School ofLaw Monday. Such a code would help prevent the unauthorized down-

loading of almost half a million

files on peer-to-peer file-sharing sites, Valenti told an audience of more than 150 people. College students with high-bandwidth Internet connections in their dorm rooms comprise the biggest chunk of those downloads, he said, and their actions See VALENTI on page 6

Katz draws on varied experience in bid to improve services This is the second story in a five-part series profiling this year’s candidates for Duke Student Government president. By TRACY REINKER and REBECCA SUN The Chronicle

cent off their prices for students showing school IDs. He would also like to promote current programs, such as the textbook exchange and the ride-sharing program, which now exists as a map outside the DSG office. As president, Katz said he would also increase student input in DSG’s decision-making, through a survey at the beginning of the school year as well as an e-mail account set up solely for the purpose of soliciting student input on issues such as head line

Last semester, junior Adam Katz spent the fall in New York City as an intern for NBC’s Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, assisting the news program in election night coverage. monitor selection. This semester, Katz is involved with an election of a Another of Katz’s top priorities is increasing aldifferent sort—Duke Student liances with other organizations, including institutionGovernment’s presidential race—al student services. and this time he is a candidate. /jMk X y “I’d like t0... increase the scope and power of [Coun/ Katz, who served as a DSG legseling and Psychological Services] and the Career Serislator on the Facilities and Athvices Center,” he said, noting that many students do not jL letics Committee and Student Ortake full advantage of the benefits they offer. ganization Finance Committee Katz also wants to increase campus-wide programduring his freshman and sophoming, which he said could be accomplished by working more years, hopes to bring stumore closely with other student organizations. dent services back to the focus of the governing body. “Right now, it seems like the only campus-wide ac“Right now, I feel [DSG] serves mostly in an advisotivities we have are the bonfires and the Last Day of ry capacity to the administration,” said Katz, a public Classes [celebration], and we should have more than policy studies major with a minor in political science these.... DSG can help [other] organizations pick up,” and a markets and management studies certificate. Katz said, noting that some events, such as Greek Katz, a native of Merrick, N.Y., envisions developing Week and community service activities, could receive programs such as Princeton University’s student discount system—where local vendors mark 10 to 15 perSee KATZ on page 6

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Two candidates are vying to be the next Duke Student Government executive vice president in a race that teatures experience versus youth. See page 3

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ADAM KATZ hopes to lead a Duke Student Government that is more responsive to basic student needs.

After spending $7,200 on radar equipment, the Duke University Police Department has issued few tickets to speeding motorists. See page 3

Curriculum 2000 created a need for science classes targeted toward humanities majors, prompting professors to develop a variety of new courses. See page 4

World & Nation

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NEWS BRIEFS •

China encourages talks with North Korea

China urged Secretary of State Colin Powell to open direct talks with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program Monday, rejecting U.S. insistence on wider international involvement in the talks. Powell will later meet with South Korea’s new president •

Earthquake shakes Western China

A powerful earthquake, registering 6.8 on the Richter scale, rocked a remote area along China’s far western border Monday morning, killing at least 242 people and destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. •

Supreme Court allows abortion restrictions

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for an Indiana law that places severe restrictions on abortions, including a requirement that a woman be personally counseled about the risks and offered pictures of what her fetus might look like. •

Supermarket giant reports inflated earnings

Royal Ahold, the supermarket giant that owns the Stop & Shop and Giant chains, said earnings were inflated by at least $5OO million in 2001 and 2002 and that it has dismissed its top executives. •

Blood-thinning drug may prevent clots

A study showed that low doses of a cheap blood-thinning drug called Coumadin can safely prevent dangerous blood clots in the veins of people who are prone to them, doctors reported Monday. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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U.S., Britain issue U.N. resolution

Nations warn Iraq of ‘serious consequences’ for lack of weapons compliance By TIMOTHY O’BRIEN

New York Times News Service

The United States, Britain and Spain introduced a UN resolution Monday afternoon stating that Iraq is in violation of requirements that it disarm, setting the stage for possible military intervention. The draft resolution is direct: It warns Baghdad of “serious consequences” should it not immediately disarm, but it does not set a deadline for a UN vote on the resolution. Diplomats said, however, they expect a vote sometime in the next few weeks.

The resolution also stops short of requesting “all necessary means” to force Iraq to comply. The resolution was submitted for

consultation to a closed meeting ofthe Security Council. The draft resolution spells out “what the world has witnessed the last months,” President George W. Bush told in a speech to a meeting of the National Governor’s Association in Washington Monday. “The Iraqi regime is not disarming as required by last fall’s unanimous vote of the Security Council.” “I’ve come to the conclusion that the risk of doing nothing far exceeds the risk of working with the world to disarm Saddam Hussein,” Bush said. “Saddam Hussein’s refusal to comply with the demands of the civilized world is a threat to peace, and it’s a threat to stability.

“We’re going to work with the members of the Security Council in the days ahead to make it clear to Saddam that the demands of the world and the United Nations will be enforced,” the president said. “One way or the other, Saddam Hussein, for the sake of peace and for the security of the American people, will be disarmed.” A mid-March deadline for a vote on the draft resolution is significant because military analysts have said they believe the White House will not want to wait any later than that to begin an invasion of Iraq because of the blistering desert weather expected in the region later in the spring and the summer.

Acoustic material may be cause of fire By MATT APUZZO Tne Associated Press

Investigators of the Rhode IsPROVIDENCE, R.I. land nightclub disaster tried to determine Monday whether the soundproofing material that burst into flames was an illegal, highly flammable brand. As they worked, hundreds ofpeople turned out to mourn the 97 people who died in the inferno. Gov. Don Carcieri said authorities were still awaiting a lab analysis of the soundproofing tiles used at the Station club. State law bars flammable acoustic material like polyurethane foam from the walls of bars. “If it was [polyurethane], then the governor’s going to want an answer to the question, ‘Why was it there?”’ said the governor’s spokesperson Jeff Neal. The state has started a criminal investigation into the

fire, which injured 180 people in addition to those killed. The fire began Thursday night during the first song played by the band GreatWhite. Pyrotechnics apparently set fire to soundproofing behind and above the stage, sending flames ripping through the club in a matter of minutes. The band has said it had permission to use the special effects, a claim disputed by the club’s owners. Soundproofing experts who have seen video of the disaster say they believe the material used at the Station was polyurethane foam, a commonly used, inexpensive alternative to the fire-resistant panels many experts prefer. “It’s a common mistake many people make, not evaluating their materials,” said P.J. Nash, a national soundproofing distributor in San Diego. “Polyurethane foam is extremely flammable, and if you breathe that smoke, it’s going to knock you out in a minute.”

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ExecVP race pits experience v. youth DUPD issues This is the second story in a five-part series examining the races for Duke Student Government executive positions. By JENNIHAINSFURTHER and MOLLY NICHOLSON

DSG Candidates Executive Vice President

Clifford Davison

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In a student government divided by debates over the organization’s very structure, the race for executive vice president may become a referendum on its future, pitting a current member of the executive committee against a younger, self-proclaimed “fresh face Clifford Davison, a junior and current DSG vice president for facilities and athletics, and Russ Ferguson, a freshman and DSG legislator, face each other in the election, and A the largest differA / y ence between the X two is experience. Davison is a twoMr.S' year DSG insider, has been part of ex-

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ecutive committee discussions for the past year and ranks among the organization’s top enthusiasts —his platform slogan is “There is still HOPE for DSG.” As facilities and athletics vice president, Davison replaced his committee’s smaller individual projects with fewer and more targeted committee action projects. “As [a committee] vice president, you set a vision for your committee and you guide individuals, but you give them enough independence to do what they’re passionate about,” Davison said. His committee also organized a

38,000-can food drive, led administrators on a walk last fall to assess campus

safety and supported the Duke Greening Initiative—a project to create a more environmentally-friendly campus. Davison, who has also been DSG’s point man this year for discussion about the creation of a “student village” on West Campus, has worked since his sophomore year to improve transit by adding more buses and creating new and more efficient routes —a passion that he said may stem from his great-

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Restructure DSG to make it more efficient, less bureaucratic, and responsive to student concerns great-great-grandfather, who brought the first car to the Korean peninsula in the late 1800s. Ferguson, as a one-year legislator and the only freshman running in this year’s executive elections, served on the Community Interaction Committee and worked on the young trustee nomination process; he also served as a representative on the FOCUS Program’s student advisory council. “It’s obvious that we’ve had problems with the committee this year... so I think it would be nice to have a fresh face,” he said. A member of the College Republi-

By SARAH PENN The Chronicle

DSG legislator DSG VP forFacilities and Athletics

cans, Ferguson has worked on various political campaigns, including that of Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C. Ferguson’s career aspiration has been politics, he said, since his first Halloween, when he dressed up as “President Ferguson.” Justin Ford, current DSG executive vice president, said the position requires a thorough understanding of the DSG constitution and parliamentary procedure. “The executive vice president is...

the chair and the chief administrator

After a $7,200 investment in radar units by the Duke University Police Department to make driving on campus safer, police officers have issuedfew tickets and students perceive little change in motorists’ speed around campus. Last spring, DUPD purchased six new radar units costing about $1,200 each, in a move to target speeding cars on campus. Maj. James Schwab, uniform patrol commander, said there has not been a marked increase in tickets given out —only 23 citations for excessive speed were given last semester, all of which were issued to students. Schwab added that the total is consistent with the number of driving citations given last spring. Before the addition of radar technology, police officers were unable to give speeding violations, just citations for careless or reckless driving. Now, they are authorized to issue warnings, Duke citations and North Carolina citations for speeding. Currently, 12 of the force’s 48 officers are trained to use the radar units, and there are no plans to increase the number of trained officers in the force. “Before we got the radar units, we were able to confirm a driver’s speed by pacing, or following the car to determine its approximate speed,”

of all things involving the legislature

Schwab added. DUPD Chief Clarence Birkhead

See EXEC VP on page 6

See RADAR UNITS on page 5

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Science faculty employ creativity in teaching non-majors By KELLY ROHRS The Chronicle

Outside Sherryl Brovemians office hangs a photograph of some very threatening male insect genit alia. She explained how the male bean weevil evolved to puncture the female’s reproductive organs during mating. Broverman, a lecturer in the biology department, uses the picture in her class, Evolution and Society. “We do a lot of sex in the class,” she confessed. Her class is one of nearly a dozen new science courses targeted specifically at non-science majors and developed since the implementation of Curriculum 2000. The new requirements mandate that all students in Arts and Sciences take designated science, technology and society classes as well as courses in the natural sciences and mathematics. In addition to introducing new classes, several departments have revamped existing classes to make them more accessible to non-science majors. Faculty members who have been involved in the process hope to engage the interest of people who would not ordinarily take science at the college level. “It is important just in terms of general education. We think it’s a great subject and one of the great achievements of Western society,” said Harold Baranger, chair of physics, a department with six new classes. “I think it’s important in terms of technology policy in the political arena. And, frankly, there is a very self-interested issue as well—that we depend on federal funding and we want to have a public that thinks scientific research is important.” With more students taking science, professors said the challenge is to make technical material interesting to a primarily humanities-focused audience. Such students, some claiming that science is irrelevant, have expressed frustration with the rigor of past science classes for non-majors, such as Astronomy. “It was supposed to be a science class for non-majors, but all we did was problem sets,” said Matthew Newell, a junior who took Astronomy. “The fun stuff should be the core of the class.” Ronen Plesser, associate professor of physics, took over the class this year and has tried to highlight the

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SHERRYL BROVERMAN, a lecturer in the biology department, speaks to her Evolution and Society class Monday sky rather than the science. He secured new telescopes that are simple enough for his students to use. Some students from his class also took their astronomy knowledge into elementary school classrooms to teach third graders. Using these strategies, he has made the quantitative aspects of the field appealing to students. “They recoil when they see anything technical, but then when you explain it, they-really get it,” he said. To help students “get it,” a group ofDuke professors will attend an August conference sponsored by Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities, an organization that aims to integrate science with life and to teach scientific “cocktail conversation.” “[Students] have to understand why it’s going to benefit them,” Broverman said. “I also don’t think anyone’s incapable of learning technical biology. They just need to know why it’s relevant.”

The topics for the new non-major classes center around current events and science in society. Physics for non-majors is now Physics of Forensics, while biology offers courses such as AIDS and Emerging Diseases and Biology of Dinosaurs. Tm really trying to get to this bigger picture of things,” said former chemistry professor James Bonk. “Ultimately what we would like people to do is, as citizens, be able to make decisions about some proposed technologies.” Last year Bonk began teaching Chemistry, Technology and Society for non-science majors. Rather than assigning problem sets and titration labs, Bonk tells the evolutionary story of the Earth’s origin to explain atmospheric pressure and molecular reactions. Students See NON-MAJOR SCIENCE on page 5

RANDALL ROBINSON COMING TO PAGE AUDITORIUM Tuesday 7pm Lawyer, Lobbyist and Civil Rights Activist Randall Robinson is being presented to the Duke Community as a part of the Black History Month Celebration Robinson is the Founder and Former Executive Director of TransAfrica, a Washington-based organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the political, social and human rights of people of African descent throughout the world. He is also the author of several books, including The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks Defending the Spirit and ,

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RADAR UNITS from page 3

NON-MAJOR SCIENCE

said that with the addition of radar, the goal has not been to increase ticketing, but to provide warnings to speeders. “We’re not out to write tickets,” Birkhead said. “We’re trying to make the environment safe.” He added that those traveling only a few miles above the speed limit will usually receive a verbal warning, while tickets are reserved for those committing gross speed limit violations. Sophomore Matt Oesterle said he was pulled over and given a citation for reckless driving last fall. “I had a bunch of legal fees,” he said regarding the consequences of his state citation. But although Schwab said that state citations, such as Oesterle’s, will probably be given out more readily with the addition of the new technology, many students said they have not seen an increased threat of consequences for speeding. “I haven’t seen anyone being pulled over,” said sophomore Andrew Kryzak. “In fact, I haven’t heard of anyone being pulled over.” Schwab estimated that 70 percent of speeders on Campus Drive are Duke students. Some students, in fact, did not know that the speed limit on Campus Drive, the main artery between East and West Campuses, was 25 miles per hour, or that the speed limit is even enforced.

also research experimental technology and defend or reject potential scientific developments. All exams are open-note because, Bonk said, the goal of the class is scientific literacy rather than quantitative proficiency. “This approach is totally new,” he said. “There are no textbooks that do this.” In Biology of Dinosaurs, Gregory Wray, associate professor of biology, takes a similar tactic, using dinosaurs as a jumping-off point to talk about geology and earth science.

“The speed limit on Campus Drive? I never really

noticed,” said junior Libby Conn. Schwab added that because of the finite resources and other responsibilities the police force has, officers do not spend much time patrolling for speeding. “Although [Duke police officers] do try to control speed around campus, we are much more concerned with striking a balance between patrolling for

breaking and entering into cars and for speeding,”

he said. Birkhead emphasized the educational component of the radar technology, and insisted growing awareness has resulted in some measure ofincreased campus safety. Last fall, for example, when parking officials created a temporary parking lot on the other side of Duke University Road, commuters complained that motorists sped too fast down that road and made crossing the street unsafe. Officials last summer said Duke police would increase patrols on that road as well.

Duke Student Government Vice President ofFacilities and Athletics Clifford Davison said that although speeding should not go unpunished, DSG has not weighed in heavily on radar use and police ticketing of speeders. “As of now, DSG is not pushing any initiative to approve nor hinder the use ofthis technology,” he wrote in an e-mail.

AFGHAN STUDIES tries] engaged in a non-violent way.” For a generation, Afghanistan struggled under the constant shadow of war, as a third of its population fled to escape poverty and political uncertainty. Power shifted from one government to another, and education was frequently given the short shrift. “Universities have not functioned and academic life has not functioned,” Richards said. Although the U.S.-led overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001 renewed hope for stability, some reports have questioned whether the new transitional government can parlay its limited authority into substantial progress. “Afghanistan is still is a crapshoot,” Edwards admitted. “I think you always have to be worried about it.... When this institute was proposed,

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“It’s much easier than saying, ‘l’m going to teach a class on earth science,’ and people say, ‘Oh, yawn,’” Wray said. “But dinosaurs are exciting.” So far, students seem to be responding to the changes. One-fifth of students who took AIDS and Emerging Diseases, another class Broverman teaches, said in course evaluations that the class made them reconsider their future academic plans. “It was great how [Broverman] used current events and news to incorporate the biology into a social base,” said Brooke Spencer, a sophomore who took the AIDS class. “She did a brilliant job of teaching biology to students who were not science-oriented.” it was a gamble in the sense that it’s not the most stable situation in the world.” However, Edwards added that the “sensitive, unbiased scholarship” provided by the institute could help further the country’s re-emergence into the world. Richards agreed, saying the institute would confer great benefits to the Afghan people. “One of the absolutely essential aspects of nation-building is having some internally-driven intellectual life,” he said. There is a small group of scholars who study Afghanistan, a field that has historically found itself marginalized by scholarship on Eurasian cultures. Furthermore, since recent scholarship has been stymied by the country’s disarray, Edwards said a “generation gap” has developed between older researchers and those who have been forced to study the country from the outside. For that reason, graduate students will be especially encouraged to take advantage of the institute, he said.

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community atmosphere to DSG. “Campus Council... stresses the ability to create community, which [DSG’s] constituency system is supposed to do more support by working with DSG. Katz has experience in other student but doesn’t foster as well,” Katz said. In addition, Katz said his participagroups, such as Campus Council and the Duke University Union. He served tion with the Union gave him experias hospitality chair for the Union’s ence in working with administrators Major Speakers Committee for two and programming. “[Katz] was very responsible, and anyyears and was also president of Camelot Dormitory House Council last thing I would ask him to do he always did very well and very thoroughly. He year and a member of Randolph DormiHouse Council the before. was a good example for the people who year tory “He is one of the most professional hadn’t been on the committee before,” and organized people I know. He’s a said junior Scott Rosenblum, chair oflast great brainstormer and motivator and year’s Major Speakers Committee. However, Rosenblum noted the position Katz has the ability to foster a sense of community,” said junior Melissa Lentz, who is now seeking in DSG is very different worked with Katz on Camelot’s house from the one he held at the Union. Despite experience with several difcouncil. “He is dedicated to every enferent student groups, Katz is choosing deavor he pursues and completes everyto devote his senior year to improving thing to the best of his abilities.” DSG’s effectiveness. “I’ve devoted most of Although Katz does not plan to chalmy time to DSG,” he said. “It’s what I lenge Campus Council’s authority on resenjoy the most, and where I feel I would life issues—a battle the two stuidential dent groups have fought in the past—he be the most helpful.... DSG needs to focus hopes to bring more of Campus Council’s on its ability to produce tangible results.”

KATZ

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EXEC VP from page 3 [including] planning the agenda [and] making sure everything follows proce-

dure,” Ford said. If elected, Ferguson hopes to reduce the legislature to 40 members, implement a ticket system in which the president and executive vice president run together and create the new position of speaker pro tempore to be elected by the legislature. Ferguson also lists as priorities making DSG more responsive to the student body and defining a set of criteria for chartering student groups. Specifically, he hopes to continue funding the Newspaper Readership Program that provides free copies of national and local papers to students, gather student input for the proposed student village, work with administrators to revitalize Central Campus and dedicate part of the DSG website to student suggestions. “I’d like to see more things on the

and leave,” he said. “It’s stealing, it’s shoplifting, it’s the Winona Ryder thing. Ifthey get caught, they’re in big-ass trouble. Why is digital shoplifting such a low-

VALENTI from page 1

risk enterprise?” Valenti noted that at the current level of 17 million Internet users with a broadband connection, the industry could survive. But with projections of 40 to 50 million broadband users in the next few years, he said file-downloading could cripple Hollywood. He added that MPAA officials are currently meeting with top university administrators to discuss the creation of a possible student code ofconduct in regard to downloading. Earlier this month, Duke administrators warned students of the dangers of using peer-to-peer programs like KaZaA, noting that such programs gobble up campus bandwidth and expose students to potential copyright-infringement laws.

are a clear-cut case of intellectual property theft. “The newspaper is full of sordid stories of the unbounded avarice of a lot of corporate executives,” Valenti said. “These executives knew they were cheating and stealing from their employees and stockholders.... [File-downloaders] are doing the same thing.” One of the most powerful people in Hollywood since he took the reigns of the MPAA in 1966, Valenti argued Monday that illegal downloading runs contrary to such moral American tenants as duty, service,

honor and integrity. “Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the students in this room would never go into a Blockbuster store and, with a furtive glance, put a DVD in their coat

[general body meeting] agenda that went through the executive committee,” Ferguson said. “I would stay away from petty politics a little more.” Davison is basing his “Still HOPE for DSG” campaign on four themes—human resource management, organizational development, professionalism and ending DSG elitism. Specifically, Davison’s platform calls for addressing the DSG “state of the union” every semester, adhering to parliamentary procedure, making students more aware of opportunities to get involved in DSG and instituting an application process for highlevel DSG cabinet positions—such as chief ofstaff and head line monitor. Although Davison was not nearly as specific in his platform as Ferguson on the issue of DSG restructuring, he agreed that change is necessary and said that he would leave specific proposals for the president to articulate. He added that constitutional changes could not take effect for another year, and that implementation would be ’a difficult process.

Law students in attendance engaged in a lively debate with Valenti following his lecture, posing pointed questions and attempting to find possible loopholes in the illegality of copying digital material. Valenti remained stalwart in opposition to file-downloading. “He says a lot of fimny things, but he is pretty obnoxious and sort of a one-note Johnny,” said secondyear law student Kimberly Klimczuk after the event. “When someone brings up a legitimate concern, he goes off on a rant as to why it is stealing.” But most of those in attendance agreed the lecture was worthwhile. “He was a provocative speaker, and in many ways it’s refreshing to hear an industry voice. In academia, you tend to hear the same thing over and over again,” said third-year law student Jim White. “I don’t agree with him, but it was still refreshing.”

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Harding scores 19 as Duke rolls over Terps 97-55 By PAULA LEHMAN

COLLEGE PARK, Md. The Terrapins never came out of their shell Monday night, as Duke played fundamental defense to blow away Maryland. Maryland started the opening half O-for-16 from the field before scoring its first basket. Going just 5-for-12 the rest of the half,

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. With the regular season ACC championship just 20 minutes away, the women’s basketball team (26-1,140 in the ACC) decided it was time to grab its title in championship fashion—Duke picked up its third straight regular season conference title and 38th consecutive ACC win by downing Maryland 97-55 at College Park, Md., (10-16, 4-11) on the strength of over 50 percent shooting for the fifth consecutive game. “I think we learned so much from the

Maryland made just 17.9 percent of its shots and had as many turnovers, 14, as it did points at the Mike Corey end of 20 minutes of play. “They really stepped Game commentary up defense,” their Maryland head coach Brenda Frese said. “They’re preparing themselves...for March and the tournament. It’s tremendous, we haven’t faced defensive pressure like that.” The overmatched Terrapins were able to produce more in the second half, as they scored 41 second-half points and outrebounded Duke 42-37. But such improvement paraded a less potent, and less focused, Duke attack and lineup.

Connecticut game,” Blue Devil head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “It really made us take a long look at ourselves.... It really forced my hand to change the line-up and start with one of our better defensive teams. We’ve been off to quick starts in every game since the Connecticut game.” Duke played solid basketball versus a team it could have easily slacked off against. In the first half, the Blue Devils held the Terps to 17.9 percent shooting and forced 14 turnovers to match Maryland’s total score at the end of the half. Duke was defensively unmatched as all but three Blue Devils players swiftly penetrated inside to put points up on the board. Missing their best player, Rennieka Razor, the Terps’ offense could not adjust to the intense Blue Devil defense. By the end of the game, Duke had held

Early on, however, the Blue Devil

defense dictated the game. Going from a tight man-to-man to the occasional 2-3 zone, interspersed to confuse the already struggling Maryland offense, the defensive strategy—dependent on good denial defense, court awareness, and help-position defense—worked very well for Duke. So well, in fact, that Maryland struggled just to maintain possession in near-

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empty Comcast Center. The numbers are self explanatory. Duke recorded 16 steals, six blocks, and

ALANA BEARD pushes through a herd of Maryland defenders as she penetrates to the basket.

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Baseball splits weekend doubleheader with Radford twelve men on base and repeatedly stranded runners in scoring position, including two innings in which the After a week in which ice and rain team left the bases loaded. “Sometimes you get clutch hits, and sometimes you forced Duke to cancel or postpone four straight games, the skies cleared don’t,” head coach Bill Hillier said. “It didn’t happen for us in the second game today.” ig the Blue Devils to take the field for the Despite all its miscues, Duke was almost able to first time in eight days. The baseball gods, however, were escape with a win. Down 4-2 in the ninth, freshman not so generous. Following a thrilling, 8-7 come-from-behind victory Adam Murray led off with a walk, and advanced to third on a hard single to center by Patrick. After Adam Loftin over Radford in the first game at historic Jack Coombs Field, Duke squandered countless chances to pull out advanced Patrick to second with a sacrifice bunt, senior Troy Caradonna grounded out to shortstop, plating the nightcap, allowing the Highlanders to steal a 4-3 vicMurray doubleheader. and putting Patrick at third with two outs and tory and a split in the Though both nailbiters came down to the final Bryan Smith coming to bat in a one run game. In a game the Blue Devils never led, Radford jumped strike, the Blue Devils (4-4) were left frustrated with a Radford team that went out to a quick lead against Duke starter Kevin their inability to sweep only 18-33 last season and plays in the mediocre Big Thompson (0-3). Leftfielder Nat Hodges opened the game with a long double, advanced to third on a sacrifice South conference. senior twice,” bunt, we have beaten and scored on a sacrifice fly to centerfield by first “That’s a team should baseman Kellen Wohlford. rightfielder Brian Patrick said. “It’s disappointing.” Duke tied the game in the third without a single, Duke’s attempt at a second consecutive comeback Smith struck out solid hit. After two weak singles and a walk loaded the was thwarted when pinch-hitterBryan with the tying run only 90 feet away at third base, endbases with only one out, Murray—Duke’s top hitter in its ing the ninth-inning rally and the ballgame. The concluSee BASEBALL on page 10 sion was fitting for a game in which the Blue Devils left By TED MANN The Chronicle

KEVIN THOMPSON was unable to prevent Radford from jumping to an early lead in Game 2 of the series.

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Cassese leads Devils to Ist-place finish in Pioneer The senior midfielder scored six goals in two contests en route to being named tourney MVP By JESSE COLVIN The Chronicle

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it plans on being in 8 the thick of things Denver come tournament time, the No. 7 men’s lacrosse team (2-0) began its campaign in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains

last weekend. It was a successful start for the Blue Devils, as they turned away Air Force (0-2) 13-8 Saturday and downed a tough Denver (2-1) squad Sunday afternoon 11-8 en route to winning the 2003 Pioneer Face Off Classic in Denver. “We had a slow start against Air Force, and it took us a while to get going,” senior midfielder Kevin Cassese said. “On Sunday we came out like gangbusters and took it to Denver. It was one of the best quarters we have had since I have been here. Overall, it was a great weekend for us.” Duke dominated the first fifteen minutes of play against Denver, pouncing on the Pioneers early by putting a 6-0 run together to open the game. Cassese scored the first goal for the Blue Devils and ended the game with three goals and two assists. Coupled with his output Saturday, which gave him six goals and three assists overall for both games, the Port Jefferson Station, N.J. native was named tournament most valuable player and ACC Player of the Week for his efforts. Following Duke’s burst to open the game, which was played in sub-freezing

temperatures and underneath three inches of snow, Denver fought its way back from the deficit, going on a 4-1 spurt of its own to cut the lead to three. The Blue Devils scored just eleven seconds into the third quarter, however, on Dan Flannery’s shot from a Cassese pass, pushing the lead back to 8-4. The Pioneers would go on to score the next two, but would never get closer than that. “The key for us was the knockout punch we had in the first quarter,” head coach Mike Pressler said. “That was the best quarter we have had in a couple of years. They never were able to close [the lead! to one. All the credit goes to our guys. To win in a hostile environment where other teams have struggled—Syracuse only won there 13-10 last year—is great for our guys...l thought we dominated the faceoffs. We are very pleased.” In Saturday’s game against the Falcons, the Blue Devils used another six goal run, this time in the second and third quarters, to turn a 3-3 deadlock into a 9-3 cushion, which allowed them to pull away from Air Force for good. The Falcons did pull within 11-8 at one point before goals by Matt Rewkowski and Cassese put the game out ofreach. Three Duke players—Kevin Brennan, Rewkowski and Cassese—finished with the game with three goals apiece while senior goalie A.J. Kincel recorded fifteen saves. Overall, those field players ended with a combined twenty-two points on the weekend.

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KEVIN CASSESE had six goals over the weekend for the Blue Devils Although pleased with the outcome ly not up to par on the weekend,” of the tournament, Pressler said his Pressler said. “We let up seven man up team still has adjustments and progress goals out of a possible sixteen... We need to make. In addition, Duke went 1-8 in to continue to improve our defense. Fm extra man situations on offense, somestill not pleased with our team defense.” Duke begins its ACC schedule next thing he attributes to the early stages of against the season. the Monday Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Md. “Our extra man defense was certain-

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Maryland to 29.5 percent shooting, forcing 24 turnovers and accumulating 20 assists. “Duke’s worth every No. 2 ranking that they have,” Terrapin head coach Brenda Frese said. “They have a ton of depth. They have so many weapons they just wear you down.” In the first half, the Blue Devils quickly developed a rhythm, picking up the scraps of missed layups or passes, and tossing the ball down to Lindsey Harding, who led al scorers with a career high 19 points, at half court who penetrated to the foul line or went wide for an inside assist. With just under four minutes left in the first half, Mistie Bass pulled down a rebound and threw it down to Harding at the midpoint. Harding, who had been dominating in the paint for the greater part of 15 minutes, was quickly jumped upon by Maryland defenders, leaving Sheana Mosch open in the middle of the key for a short layup. “Lindsey definitely gives the other point guard a lot of trouble,” Beard said. “Lindsey can do many things. I think she’s the one of quickest players in the nation. She knows the game really we 11... We just added another dimension to our starting line-up. Adding Lindsey just gave us another look.” By the second half, Duke was scoring on nearly every possession, as the Terps collapsed their defense inside leaving open shots for Vicki Krapohl, who finished with eight, and Wynter Whitley, who finished with 13. With 9:54 left in the game, Maryland center Chrissy Fisher intercepted a pass and drove down the court for a fast break. By the time the ball reached the paint, two Blue Devil defenders where there to strip the ball away again and force yet another Terp turnover and another two points for Duke. In the closing minutes of the game, the Terps began to pick up momentum with quick inside shots by Fisher and ended up outrebounding Duke by five. And though the game was already far out of reach, Goestenkors still held reservations about the upcoming battles in the ACC Tournament. “I told the team after the game ‘that tells me the

first eight games—brought in a run with a perfectly placed bunt single. The rally died, however, when No. 3 and 4 hitters Patrick and Tim Layen popped out and struck out, respectively, to strand three men on base. The Blue Devils continually failed to capitalize on such opportunities. In the fifth, Michael Golom led off with a stand-up double, but the Blue Devils were unable to even advance him to third base. One inning later, Golom struck out to leave the bases loaded. In the seventh, Patrick finally brought in Duke’s second run with an RBI single, but he was eventually left stranded at third. Drew Jerdan’s leadoff double, followed by an infield single and a sacrifice bunt, gave Duke men on second and third with one out in the eighth, but yet again, the rally fizzled. Meanwhile, Radford proved to be opportunistic. After a one out double by Wohlford in the fourth, David Landman roped a finer into right-center for an RBI single. The Highlanders upped their lead to 3-1 in the seventh when Steve Mignogna’s liner to center dropped under the outstretched glove of centerfielder Sentenio Landrum, making a leadoff walk come back to haunt the Blue Devils as Matt Mantione came in to score. After Duke cut the lead to one, Radford added an insurance run in the eighth on a Wohlford RBI single, forcing Duke to try to pull off another late-inning comeback. In Sunday’s first game, Patrick went 3-for-5 with five runs batted in, two of which came on Duke’s first home run this season, to pace the Blue Devil offense. After Duke established a 6-4 lead behind Patrick’s fireworks, Radford scored three runs to go on top in the eighth inning. The Blue Devils, however, answered right back with two runs oftheir own in the bottom of the frame, as Golom and Landrum came around to score on a Murray single. Zach Schreiber shut down the Highlanders in the ninth, earning Blake Walker (20) and Duke a comeback victory. Nonetheless, the loss in the nightcap left Hilfier far from pleased with his team. “You’re going to get embarrassed in the ACC if you play like that,” the coach said. “We just need to regroup and quit making so many little mistakes and we’re going to beat a lot of [teams].”

LINDSEY HARDING, who scored a career-high 19 points, was also a key defensive weapon for Duke. story of our focus of our intensity’ and it was unacceptable,” Goestenkors said. Offensively and defensively, the Blue Devils proved to be the stronger team. Beard continued to awe, and even quieted Maryland fans after weaving effortlessly by a dead-zone defense. Her constant intensity pushed her even higher in the all-time standings, moving into 21st on the ACC career points list. She has tallied 1,800 points, with 300 steals, 500 rebounds, and 350 assists; only the third player in ACC history to accomplish that feat. The Blue Devils get some rest before they travel down to Tallahassee, Fla., to face Florida State Thursday.

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COMMENTARY from page 9 forced 24 turnovers. For the contest, Maryland was 29.5 percent from the field. The main reason Duke’s defense was successful was its ambition, going for steals as often as possible (they recorded 10 in the first half alone). Yet it was Duke’s ability to play smart team defense that allowed it to better attack Maryland’s offense. For example, a Maryland possession with 15 minutes remaining in the first half is indicative of Maryland's entire evening. Terrapin point guard Vicki Brick jogged up the court with the ball. Lindsey Harding, Duke’s ever-improving freshman guard, forced Brick to the

left side of the floor by moving her feet and using her body positioning. Harding remained in her face for the next several seconds, making Brick pick up her dribble a few feet outside the three point line—simultaneously preventing Brick from having an open look for a pass, shot, or driving lane. Maryland’s floor leader panicked, as she quickly looked around the court and saw that no one was open, except fellow guard Terri Daniels, on the top of the key. She winged the ball towards her, but the ball was swatted by Sheana Mosch instead. Mosch was playing good denial defense for several reasons: because she was just one pass away from the ball; her head was on a swivel, keeping an eye on both the ball and her man, while

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holding her right arm out in the middle of the passing lane; when Brick’s pass flew towards Daniels, Mosch nearly stepped into the lane, keeping her body

closed with her back to the basket. Because Mosch did this—and because the rest of the Blue Devil defenders were in passing and driving lanes—she was able to deflect the pass forward and away from Daniels before picking it up with both hands and dribbling ahead for

a fast-break. Most defenders would have opened up their bodies when going for the steal, therefore making them susceptible to being out of position if the pass happens to get through. However, had Mosch not stolen the pass, she still would have had time to shuffle her feet and recover on

defense because she kept her body in the same defensive position. Regardless of the first half, Blue Devil head coach Gail Goestenkors was visibly frustrated after the game, citing a lack of intensity and concentration in the second half, in which the Terrapins found a comfort level and fought well with the conference champions. Certainly Duke’s defense was still too much for Maryland; but the Terrapins 41 second half points and superior effort left Goestenkors disappointed. “We got out-hustled, I thought,” Goestenkors said. “They took some balls out of our hands. We put ’em on the free throw line in the second half, allowed them to penetrate...they had 19 offensive rebounds.”

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Academic 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. Fitzpatrick Center Seminar: 4-spm. Seminar with Dr. Sandy Weininger, Center for Devices & Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration: “Integrating the Product Development Process with Regulatory Requirements” and “Simulator Requirements for Pulse Oximeters.” Location: Room 130A, North Bldg. Gardening: 7pm. 7 Habits of Successful Gardeners. Toby Bost, Forsyth Co. extension agent and author of “N.C. Gardener’s Guide,” will discuss successful gardening techniques. Location: Doris Duke Center. USP Seminar: 7-9pm. “Symposium Planning”. Join the University Scholars as we discuss organizational strategies for our annual Spring Symposium. This year’s theme is “Memory.” Please RSVP to your invitation, as dinner will be provided. Location: 130 Franklin Center.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Environmental Institutions Seminar Series: 12:302pm. Christopher Liese on “Renewable Resource Exploitation in a Developing Country: Motives, Markets, and Migration in a Coral Reef Fishery” and Marion

Cosmic Cantina burritos will be served t'* questions. “

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Hourdequin on “Conservation Biology, Ecology, and Policy: Learning from Experience”. Room Al5O Levine

Science Research Center, Research Drive. Please RSVP two days before the event to leithc@duke.edu or call 613-8131. The Weight of War Lecture Series: 4-s;3opm. Claudia Koonz and Simon Partner, “Coercion and Consent: World War II and the Home Front in Germany and Japan.” White Lecture Hall.

Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Brant

Weinstein, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health. “Studying vascular development using the zebrafish.” 147 Nanaline Duke.

Religious TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Community Care Prayer Meeting: 1-2pm. A time for students and staff to gather for prayer and contemplation as a community. Location: York Chapel.

TAIZE Prayer: s:lspm, Tuesdays. Memorial Chapel. Bible Study: 7-Bpm, Tuesdays. Worship and friendship. Room 032, Duke Chapel basement area. Sponsored by Baptist Student Union and open to all students. More information, call 684-5994.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Wesley Fellowship Morning Prayers: 9am, Wednesdays. With JoAnna in the Bryan Center, Alpine. Email(jm2l). Wesley Fellowship Increase the Peace: 11;30am, Wednesdays. Meets on the Divinty School side of the chapel for short prayer. If you can't make it, please take time wherever you are, and pray for God’s peace in our world.

Presbyterian/UCC Ministry Bible Study: 12:15-1 pm, Wednesdays. Bring your lunch and Bible. Chapel Basement, Room 036. Catholic Mass: s:lspm, Wednesdays. Duke Chapel

Crypt. Campus Ministry Service. Wesley Fellowship Small Group: 9:45pm. Meets in the Wesley office. Contact jay.regennitter with questions.

Social Programming and Meetings TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

School: Noon. International Career Law 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’

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In, Out & In Between: 4-s:3opm. Lesbigay Discussion Group. All students and employees are welcome. A confidential discussion and support group. Lite snacks/drinks provided. Location: Duke Women’s Center Lower Lounge (Few Fed Bldg, near West Campus bus stop). DUU Freewater Rims; 7 & 9:3opm. Presents “The Life of Emile Zola". Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Free for Duke Students; Employees $4; General Public $5. Black History Month Event: 7pm. Randall Robinson Page

Auditorium.

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Film: 12-I:3opm. Out At Work (by Kelly Anderson/Tami

Gold). This film chronicles the dramatic stories of two gay men and one lesbian worker over the course of five years. Official Selection: 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Location: L&OD, 402 Oregon Street, Shaner Room. Speech: 12:10pm. Famous atheist Michael Newdow, who won the Pledge of Allegiance case in the 9th Circuit, speaks at Duke Law School. Room 3043. Event is free and open to the public. Screen/Society; Bpm. Reel Evil: Films from the Axis of Evil: “A Time forDrunken Horses”. Location: Griffith Film Theater, West Campus. Free and open to the public!

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The Chronicle A delicate balance

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week, The Wall Street Journal ran

a story detailing Duke’s

admissions practices, which grant 3 to 5 percent of the student body admission not based on their academic or other personal qualifications but solely because of their family’s wealth or connections. That is, out of every entering class, between 45 and 75 students are admitted because their parents are rich. The Wall Street Journal should be commended for bringing this issue to the forefront of national discussion on admissions policy. Although all universities engage in some type of quid pro quo admissions in exchange for donations, Duke deserved to be singled out because it engages in these types of transactions to a greater extent than other top national universities. This is because Duke is a younger school with less of an established past and because Duke’s endowment is significantly smaller than the endowments of the University’s major competitors. In some sense, letting in the underqualified children of potential donors is the way that universities grow and develop. With the money donated by the parents of these 3 to 5 percent ofstudents, the University can build new facilities, hire professors and provide more scholarships, all of which benefit those students at the University who are here because of merit. Hence, letting in rich people’s children is not wrong ipso facto, since the monetary benefits to the University could outweigh the adverse impact these underqualified students inevitably have on the intellectual life at Duke. What the University faces, then, is a balancing act, weighing the potential donations against the child’s lack of qualifications. Fortunately, Duke University has struck a better balance between these priorities in the past several years. Two years ago, The Chronicle obtained secret documents detailing how the University let in about 120 applicants a year for development reasons. The Wall Street Journal’s number of 3 to 5 percent is a significant reduction in the number of development spots over only a couple years. This change was clearly a step in the right direction As it stands now, however, the University has a number of balancing acts to perform in the process of admissions, with admitting children for development reasons being just one of a number of complex issues. These issues include admissions for athletes, race-based preferences, preferential treatment for the children of alumni and North and South Carolina quotas. In all ofthese cases, the University lowers its normal academic standards in order to accomplish some other goal As time goes on and Duke becomes more wealthy and better established as a top-flight institution, the need for development spots will diminish, and hopefully the University will continue to reduce the number of spots as the need for capital lessens.

On the record Afghanistan is still is a crapshoot. I think you always have to he worried about it.... When this institute was proposed, it was a gamble in the sense that it’s not the most stable situation in the world. David Edwards, professor of anthropology at Williams College, on the proposed American Institute ofAfghanistan Studies (see story, page one)

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Student fee increase will deliver benefit for students programming fund still has over $20,000, and I’d encourage any recognized and chartered groups to apply for money for programs that will be taking place this semester. Forms are in the DSG office, and requests should be submitted 10 days before the event). Nonetheless, because of limited available funds, SOFC cannot meet all requests. In the annual budgeting process last year, SOFC DSG—the Student received requests for over $1 Finance million, but could only cover Organizational Committee. These monies, approximately 40 percent of approximately $432,000 in these needs. An increase in total this year, are distributed the DSG portion of the stuto over 200 chartered and recdent activities fee would help ognized groups on campus to SOFC fill this funding gap help fund programming and and increase financial supthe yearly financial needs of port for programming in the face of rising honorariums these groups. The groups range in inter- and technical service costs. While the SOFC is conest from cultural to performing arts to religion to publistantly being perfected in cations to sports clubs to polorder to best meet the stuitics and include groups like dent demands, our guiding Asian Students Association, aim has been and continues Black Student Alliance, the to be to serve campus clubs Community Service Center, and organizations, and I the Publications Board, Hoof would be honored by student n’ Horn, the Sports Club mput on how to better serve Council, Duke Conservative this goal. An increase in the Union and many more. In DSG portion of the student total, the SOFC distributes activities fee would help over $400,000 to campus SOFC to contribute larger groups in the annual budgetamounts to meet more stuing process and anywhere dent group financial needs—from $15,000 to $40,000 for hopefully another step in the club programs throughout right direction. the year. (As an aside, the In regards to the Duke

With the upcoming referendum on the student activities fee increase for Duke Student Government, I’d like to take this chance to clarify what the student activities fee is, where the money is spent and what the additional money will go toward funding if the referendum passes. Each undergraduate currently pays an activities fee of $l2B, $72 of which is managed by the funding branch of

University Union’s proposed fee increase, I wholeheartedly believe that the Union has been an effective, vibrant programming presence on campus. They have long been a strong arts presence here, and a fee increase will strengthen their ability to bring more top-notch speakers and performers to Duke. I’d like to make one point

clear regarding the fee increase. Next year, tuition will increase by 4.9 percent. The increase in the student activities fee that we’re proposing would not be added to tuition beyond this percentage increase; rather, the money we’re asking’ for would be included in that increase in percentage tuition. In essence, DSG and the Union are asking for a total of $39 of the increase in tuition to be allocated toward student programming. In the referendum vote on March 4 for an increase in the student activities fee, I only ask that you recognize that the fee goes toward just that—student activities—and that over 200 groups

could benefit from the $120,000 in extra funds that would become available for speakers and programming if the increase is approved. Pushpa Raja Trinity ’O4

The writer is chair of SOFC.

Islam reminds people to act with justice and equity

say more. Similarly, communities of faith who hold the noblest ideals have perpetrated injustice in the name

but also in the United States, Japan, South Africa, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Thailand and Great Britain. I could go on. Although gender inequalities reflect a global phenomenon, this does not mean that Muslims who do horrible things to women and children should be excused. In the last sermon of the Prophet Muhammad, he told the first Muslim community that “a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action” and to “treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your

of faith, including Muslim

partners

I am a black Muslim woman completing a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, and I' am responding to Maria Kareva’s letter “Women do not enjoy

social equality under Islam.” I teach and write about Muslim women of color as a way of raising awareness about race and gender inequalities in the U.S. and abroad. The best of human societies have betrayed their highest ideals by committing excesses against people with less power. As the descendant of African slaves, I need not

communities. Let us be fair enough to acknowledge that gender discrimination in all

of its manifestations from glass ceilings to honor killings occurs not only in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for referenced letter,

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helpers.” I see the Prophet’s words as a warning and a

foretelling that Muslim communities will, like all other human groups, fall vulnerable to social ills like racism and gender oppression. For

those Muslims who have fallen, Islam provides a reminder through the words of the Prophet and the Qur’an to act with justice and equity. I encourage students to take a course on Islamic civilization to learn that Muslim societies are as much influenced by the ideals of their faith as they are by sexist cultural traditions and by

political ambitions that have nothing to do with Islam. This means that it is possible for a society that claims the highest ideals to have leaders and citizens who harm others in order to assert political power. We all have a responsibility to do something about a world full of injustices, and I’m starting at home by being an American Muslim scholar-activist.

Jamillah Karim Graduate

School ’O4

see http: // www.chronicle.duke.edu / story.php?article_id=2sol7

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Commentary

The Chronicle

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,

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Write in Matt Gillum for DSG president In the usual field of also-rans and status-quo monkeys, one candidate for Duke Student Government president stands out. That man is Matt Gillum: Trinity sophomore, founder of the Duke Miscegenation Club and the only man with the vision to save DSG from the swamp of irrelevance. I sat down with Matt and asked him some tough questions. Rob Goodman: Matt, you’re the only sophomore running for DSG president on March 4,

torrent. I’m gonna go nuts. RG: You failed to file papers for your candidacy before the appointed deadline, forcing you to run as a write-in candidate. Why? MG: I believe that my filing was obstructed by the nefarious efforts of the faceless bureaucrats who at every turn aspire to nothing better than keeping the humble proletarian in chains. RG: Okay, moving on to your campaign platform—l’m sure you’re aware that a majority of students treat DSG with overwhelming apathy. They feel that student

and, on top of that, you’re

running as a write-in candidate. What motivat- Goodman Ed you to undertake such Lobster Sticks a long-shot campaign? to Magnet Gillum Matt Fundamentally, I view human existence as an unending struggle for reproductive primacy. Looking reflectively at my life, I realized that my position in the sociopolitical

hierarchy was insufficient to ensure the adequate dispersion of my genetic materi-

al. That’s why I’m running for president. So I can reproduce more effectively. Women want the power, they want the provider, the übermensch. I love iiber .” What a terrific word. Are we still on the record? RG; Yes. But you have to admit you face an uphill fight as the only candidate without prior DSG experience. How do you plan to attract voters? MG: That’s a tough one, Rob. Fundamentally, I suspect that.... I’ll tell you how I won’t. I won’t attract them with my charisma, I won’t attract voters with.... I wish I had an attorney. RG: Seriously, what do you think of your chances? MG: Instead of talking about chances, I prefer to discuss latent potentiality. Just as a dying elephant has the ability to crush a gazelle as it falls, within me there lies an “

unquenchable power which I believe election as DSG president would unleash in a

government at Duke has ceased to be relevant. How do you plan to change this? MG: At the heart ofrelevance there lies the issue of wardrobe, and I believe that if the government wants any sort of efficacy, appropriate accouterments must be implemented, lest the government become mired in pointless triviality. RG: What kind of wardrobe are you talking about? MG; The issue here is nobility. When we’re talking about what sort of wardrobe we should have, necessarily we must ask ourselves what wardrobe would be most noble. And to this question, there is but one answer and she is the hemp plant. RG: What else is at the top of your

RG: What are the most important actions you would take on the domestic front? MG: I believe the most pressing issue facing the next DSG president will be ending the immorality that is inherent in our exploitative killing offowl in the manufacture ofChick-Fil-A sandwiches. In addition to liberating animals, I believe the next DSG president will be responsible for liberating the plants. It is patently immoral to eat anything save fruits, berries, and nuts. RG: So you would permanently change the student dining plan?

MG: Undoubtedly. RG: Does your concern for animals extend beyond the chicken? MG: Fve been caught giving an overly specific example. I think all animals ought to be liberated. RG: Don’t you think such a radical change will scare away most applicants to Duke? MG: Their immoral practices do not concern me, and I would advise them to change their ways unless they wish to suffer the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. RG: Okay, I’d like to focus on an extremely controversial letter you wrote to The Chronicle on Jan. 13, in which you stated, “Nothing in the world is more agenda? sacred than exorbitant wealth.... Hating MG; I believe that given the changing money means embracing death.” As you geopolitical circumstances, it is imperative know, you generated a hailstorm of critithat the student government join wholecism that hasn’t died down to this day. I’d like to give you this opportunity to explain heartedly in the fight against terrorism. RG; And how would you bring that your comments. about? MG: I suppose the point of that letter MG: My first act as president would be was to highlight the fallacy inherent in to appoint a minister of defense and estabstrong belief. More or less, I wanted to lish a secret police. mock those who take religious and political RG: Would you allow President Bush issues seriously, because one only need look to use Duke airspace for a possible invaat the varicose veins upon history’s leg to sion of Iraq? realize what a disaster taking anything MG: Talks will be opened; with an seriously at all is. RG: But aren’t you pointing to a larger appropriate aid package and disclosure of Vice President Dick Cheney’s location, I problem with your candidacy? That stubelieve an arrangement can be worked out. dents really have no idea when you’re

My image of ‘me’ versus my Once I got into an argument with a guy over whether or not I was gay. I said I was. He said I wasn’t and told me his “gaydar” was never wrong. Darling , I know gay, and “

you’re not it,” he said. Of course, I am, and I think our argu. i ment reveals a problem facing homosexuals that’s rarely discussed. I know good ‘liberals” at Duke are always talking about how straight people make it difficult for gays to come out, but we almost Lucas never talk about how gays make it difficult for other gays to come out. I think it’s Schaefer time to start, Axe to First, some background: See, I haven’t Grind had too many problems with straight people. When I came out a year ago, my family and friends were loving and supportive. I know my story is not typical. I realize many homosexuals are horribly discriminated against and I Imow there are homophobic government policies worth fighting. But on a personal level, I’ve always been fortunate. Despite my luck, though, I waited a long time to tell people. And my decision to stay in the closet had just as much to do with gay guys as it did with straight ones. The best professor I’ve ever had likes to tell his classes “you can’t have a society you can’t imagine.” For a long time, I couldn’t imagine a society in which I could live as a gay man, because my image of “gay” didn’t jive with my image of “me.” All the gay guys on TV and in the movies were either super-effeminate caricatures or seriously troubled. Worse, they all seemed to be defined by their sexuality, and I didn’t want being gay to become my defining characteristic. I didn’t come out for a long time because I couldn’t imagine a society in which people like me would be accepted, because I was never exposed to people like me—not in entertainment, not anywhere. I realize it seems silly. I graduated from a “liberal” high »

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school, dedicated to “diversity.” Why would I have such a narrow view of homosexuality coming into college? I think it’s because all a “liberal” education teaches you about homosexuality—at least all it taught me—is that you have to respect gay people. It didn’t teach me homosexuality comes in many different shapes and sizes or that there are options available for gay people not interested in “the gay scene.” A liberal education (rightly) teaches you gays have been historically oppressed. But while you’re constantly taught to respect the “gay community” you’re not taught how to build a community in which people are truly integrated. A liberal education teaches you to be allies of gay people. And kids don’t need allies; they need friends. Once I got to Duke, the gay groups on campus didn’t make it any easier. That’s because in my experience those groups do nothing to reach out to gay students involved in activities that aren’t stereotypically gay. What happens as a result is the gay ffat boy or the gay athlete or the gay kid in the Central apartment who just isn’t really into the “scene” ends up staying in the closet. Students thus develop a very set image of“what it means to be gay,” because most of the kids who are gay and don’t fit that image don’t come out. Gay organizations at Duke seem to appeal to people who are already caught up in their own very narrow definition of what it means to be gay. The one and only time I went to an AQUADuke meeting everyone was welcoming and friendly, but the two major topics on the agenda were planning a gay semi-formal and gay fashion show. Fine ideas, but they were the only major events being planned. It seemed like AQUADuke was sending the message: “This Is What Gay Looks Like.” And I don’t look like that. Sometimes when I talk to “active members” of “the community” I suspect they think I’m scared to “act gay” because I have straight friends and don’t want homosexuality to define me. In truth, I’m just being me, and “me” doesn’t fit into their notion of “being gay.” (Granted, my

being serious and when you’re making an ass of yourself on purpose? Aren’t you setting yourself up for a fall? MG: Well, I’m flattered, because I enjoy the biblical comparison to Adam. RG: You didn’t answer the question, Matt. MG: In fact, I aspire to be Adam, because then my ribs could become a woman, and that would inflame me. RG: Are you going to answer the question?

MG: No, RG: Matt, regular readers of my column know that you’re the president and founder of the Duke Miscegenation Club [see this column, 10/18/02]. How would you use the DSG presidency to further the mis-

cegenist agenda? MG: I suppose I’ll distribute accounts of my grandfather’s life, about how as a German farmboy he married a Mexican woman and planted the seeds of amalgamation in my family. RG: So you’d use DSG resources to distribute pamphlets? MG: No, I plan on using DSG resources

to secure sauerkraut and enchiladas for

myself, given my genetic predisposition. RG: Isn’t that embezzlement? MG: Well, Rob, Fm a relativist. What’s embezzlement to you is delicious salted cabbage to me. RG: Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? MG: Yes. After interviewing Matt, I can say with certainty that his passion and eloquence have attracted at least one supporter. Fm voting for Matt Gillum. Fm also announcing my resignation from The Chronicle, effective immediately, to work as his campaign manager. With enough write-in votes on March 4, we can make a real difference—so take the time to write Matt’s name on the ballot. You won’t regret it.

Rob Goodman is a Trinity sophomore.

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experience with these groups has been limited, but that’s my perception—and in this case perception is everything). Similarly, the most recent mention of an “LGBT issue” in The Chronicle was in an article about finding a larger space on campus for the LGBT center. “Surely, the gay center should be well-decorated,” its director, Karen Krahulik, says in the story. Is this really the message we want the director of the LGBT center sending? I realize she’s kidding, but subtly she’s promoting the very stereotypes which help stop some guys from coming out. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have come out myself, had it not been for a close friend who unexpectedly did. His coming out enabled me to envision myself coming out, to envision a society in which I could be gay, but not only gay—in which my sexual orientation did not have to be my defining characteristic. I have been told by gay people at this school I am uncomfortable with my sexuality because I am not more “involved” with “the community.” What they don’t seem to understand is I don’t care if they accept me as “gay enough.” I don’t want to be seen as gay or straight; I want to be seen as me. Oftentimes I see gay guys lecturing straight people on how they don’t want to be judged by their sexuality, when their sexuality is all they talk about. Maybe real gay activism would involve creating an environment in which all people could feel comfortable coming out, without feeling like they’re going to be deemed selfhating if they consider their gayness only one aspect of their personality. I know there are people at Duke who think they might be gay and don’t know what to do. None ofthe images they see of homosexuality represent who they are. They don’t identify with “the community.” My best advice to you is to remember the ultimate authority on you is you. And there are people like you, we just may be a little harder to find. Lucas Schaefer is a Trinity junior.

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“FRENCH CONNECTIONS”: DUO RECITAL by Gidon Kremer, violin and Naida Cole, piano

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Violinist GIDON KREMER is a musician of exceptional talent, known for the complete mastery> of his instrument, deep reserves of expression, and adventurous taste in music. Canadian pianist NAIDA COLE won the prize for best chamber music performance at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She has been called a “dazzling star” by critics. These two artists are bound to create fireworks with a program that includes music by Franck and Messiaen. February 28, 8 pm, Page Auditorium, $34/$3l/$2B General Seating; $29/$26/$23 Students.

FORTUNE’S WHEEL“Art of the Trouveres” The exciting Medieval ensemble FORTUNE’S WHEEL will present Pastourelle, a tapestry of music from the springtime of Medieval France. Songs of love, songs of pleasure, brilliant instrumental dances, and the very first jewels of secular polyphony comprise this delightful program March 4, 8 pm, Duke Chapel, $2O General Seating; $l2 Students

ERFORMING ARTS

LECTURES/EXHIBITIONS

uke Wind Symphony \NDY GUPTILL, director. Winter Concert. A int event with The Wind Ensemble from the irth Carolina School of Science and Math, Dr. IF CHURCH, conductor. iruary

27, 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, Free

“Two Rooms” Student-run BROWN AND GREEN THEATER COMPANY presents a play by LEE BLESSING about terrorism, politics and the media, and the fragility of human life in a chaotic world. February 27 March 2, 8 pm, 209 East Duke Building, East Campus, Free.

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International Jazz Festival PA UL JEFFREY, director. With the DUKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Guest Artists: The Italian AllStars. TULLIO RICCI and MAURIZIO CARUGNO, tenor sax; SANDRA GIBELLINI, guitar; ROBERT PICCOLO, bass; MASSIMO PINTORE, drums. February 28, 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus, $l5 General Seating; $l2 Students/Sr. Citizens.

Brahms Festival of Four-Hand Piano Music RANDALL LOVE and his students. Works by Brahms for one or two pianos and four hands. March 1, 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus, Free.

Organ Recital DAVID ARCUS, Chapel Organist. Performing his composition, Ancient Wonders. March 2, 5 pm, Duke Chapel, Free

Djembe Ensemble with Afro-Cuban

Ensemble

BRADLEY SIMMONS, director. GuestArtist: MILTON CARDONA, master percussionist. West African and Afro-Cuban drumming.

ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS February 25-IVlarch 5, 2003 ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu. To inquire about this ad call 660-3356.

For additions or changes, visit Duke’s Online Calendar calendar.duke.edu Note; Students must show Duke I.D. for free admission to events.

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FILMS ON EAST

WEST

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

February 25 Life of Emile Zola February 27 The Hours February 28 The Hours (8:30 pm) Q&A with author Michael Cunningham

February 28 Harold & Maude (Midnight) March 1 star Wars 11 (3 pm, Richard White Auditorium, Free) Costume Contest March 1 Antwone Fisher (7 &10 pm, Free) March 2 Antwone Fisher (8 pm, Free) March 2 Star Wars II (Midnight, Free) Costume Contest March 3 Iris Screen Society presents...

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

February 28 “A Time for Drunken Horses. "Reel Evil:

Films from the Axis of Evil.

March 2 “Through the Olive Trees.” Contemporary Iranian Cinema. (Richard White

Auditorium)

March 3 “Saree. Beyond Bollywood: ”

March 5, 8 pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Free.

“North Carolina School: The Art of Architecture.

Independent Indian Cinema. Filmmaker will be present.

March 5 “Lion of the Desert.” Reel Evil: Films from the Axis of Evil. (7pm, Richard White Auditorium)

Duke University Museum of Art, Free. Exhibition runs through May 18, 2003.

The Portrait in Photography Speaker Series DAWOUD BEY. In conjunction with the course “The Practice ofRepresentation: The Portrait in Photography, taught by Wendy Ewald and Jeff Whetstone at Duke and UNC. ”

March 3,7 pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free.

“Our Streets: Documenting Our Evolving Landscape” Our Streets photographers discuss their work and urban/suburban dynamics in the Triangle. In conjunction with “Our Streets: Photographic Portraits of an Evolving Triangle. ”

March 5,7 pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free.

“Spirit’s Eye.” Paintings by WENDELL SMITH. Thru March 14. Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Free.

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