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Paulus commits to Duke by

Michael Mueller THE CHRONICLE

Chalk up another recruiting victory for Coach Krzyzewski. Duke received a verbal commitment Monday afternoon from Greg Paulus, its floor general of the future. “I am happy to announce that I have verbally committed to accept a basketball scholarship to Duke University,” KEY STATS the 6-foot-l, 180- Greg Paulus pound point guard Height: 6'l" announced at a •Weight: 180 lbs 24.5 PPG* noon press confer6.5 APG* ence held at his high *as sophomore at the Christian school, Christian Brothers Brothers Academy. Academy, N.V. The announceOne of nation's ment ends weeks of top point guards speculation by re- and quarterbacks cruiting analysts, many of whom had been anticipating Paulus’ decision this summer. “[Greg decided] after he came back from his visit at Notre Dame,” Greg’s father Dave told The Chronicle Monday afternoon. “He stepped back and reflected on everything, and he felt that [Duke] was the best fit for him.” The Manlius, N.Y, native was expected to choose between Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Xavier. He had received over 50 scholarship offers to play •

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Mike, a panhandler on Ninth Street, sits out on the sidewalk earlierthis week.

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For Mike, making ends meet is a challenge every day. A panhandler on Ninth Street, the 53-

year old Durham citizen, who declined to give his last name, said he started asking for money on the streets because he was unable to find work and needed income for day-to-day expenses. “[People] need to see what is going on in the streets,” Mike said Monday night. “If a person asks someone politely for a helping hand, what’s wrong with that?” Mike said that he has not been able to find employment because of the chal-

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lenges involved in finding work while

homeless. “It is hard because all the jobs are on the outskirts and if you don’t have transportation you don’t get there,” he said, adding that lack of proper clothes also contributed to interview difficulties. The situation of panhandlers like Mike in Durham county is at a crossroads. The Durham City Council discussed enacting a ban on roadside alms solicitation at its meeting Tuesday evening, but was unable to come to a permanent conclusion on

the issue—another proposal is already in the works. Consensus in the community is equally hard to find. “Certainly there are ethical dimensions to [anti-solicitation measures],” said Allen Buchanan, professor of public policy. “A lot of people worry that you are reinforcing self-destructive behavior.” He noted that anti-solicitation measures are commonly viewed as a means for encouraging employment as a source of income. However, not all arguments for anti-solicitation initiatives are based on charitable concerns. SEE PANHANDLING ON PAGE 7

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Annual Edwards campaign losing steam review examined by

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Annual review, the process by which fraternities and other selective living groups are evaluated on programming and citizenship, will be overhauled this September and October by a committee headed by Campus Council President Anthony Vitarelli. Vitarelli said the committee will operate with two primary goals in mind: to add more positive incentives and to simplify the process. Regardless of the final recommendations to Residential Life and Housing Services Director Eddie Hull, Vitarelli

It has been a tough few months for in his quest to win the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2004 election. The North Carolina U.S. senator has slipped to the middle of the pack of Democratic candidates, dropping from the top three in most polls and trailing in fundraising, leading some to question whether he will stay in the race. The Democratic primary is now seen by many political analysts as a two-man race between Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and former Vermont governor Howard Dean. The pair of northern Democrats hold substantial leads over the other contenders in most polls and have garnered the most media attention. Edwards, on the other hand, has failed to distinguish himself significantly from

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About 400,000 mourners took to the streets Tuesday, pounding their chests in anguish at the funeral of a leading Shiite cleric assassinated in a car bomb. In Baghdad, another car bomb exploded outside police headquarters, killing one and wounding 13. In an angry funeral oration, the cleric’s brother blamed the U.S. occupation forces for the lax security that led to the attack at Iraq’s most sacred Shiite mosque. He raged against the American troops and demanded they leave Iraq.

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Men clad in white robes and dark uniforms brandishing Kalashnikov rifles stood guard along the roof of the golddomed Imam Ali mosque, where Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim was killed Friday in the bloodiest attack since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Accounts of the death toll ranged from 80 to more than 120. ‘The occupation force is primarily responsible for the pure blood that was spilled in holy Najaf, the blood of alHakim and the faithful group that was present near the mosque,” said AbdelAziz al-Hakim, the ayatollah’s brother and a member of the U.S.-picked Governing Council.

L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq, told a Baghdad news conference that U.S. occupation authorities will push the new Iraqi Cabinet to assume governing duties and want to quickly train Iraqis to take over security. He insisted there was no rift between the coalition and the Governing Council. “I completely agree with the argument that we should find ways quickly to give Iraq and Iraqis more responsibility for security,” he said. ‘They [the Governing Council] have encouraged us to do what we were already doing, which is putting Iraqis... in Iraqi security.”

Court rejects over 100 death sentences by

Adam Liptak

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The federal appeals court in San Francisco overturned the death sentences of more than 100 prisoners in three states yesterday, because judges rather than juries had made the key factual determinations in sentencing them to death. The court ruled that a Supreme Court decision last year striking down the capital sentencing laws in the three states and two others because they allowed judges to make those factual findings must be applied retroactively even to those inmates who have exhausted all of their appeals. The affected prisoners will be entitled to, at a minimum, a new sentencing proceeding, unless the U.S.

Supreme Court reverses the appeals court’s decision. The decision of the appeals court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affects death row inmates in Arizona,

Idaho and Montana. The other two states that had had unconstitutional sentencing laws, Colorado and Nebraska, are not directly affected by the decision because they are not in the 9th Circuit, which covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, along with Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Two otherfederal appeals courts have decided that last year’s Supreme Court ruling in Ring v. Arizona, known as the Ring decision, does not apply retroactively.

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Seeking to revive his prospects. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass„ took aim at President George W. Bush Tuesday as he formally launched his presidential campaign with a ceremony in South Carolina.

Indonesian radical acquitted of attacks An Indonesian court acquitted the radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir of charges that he ordered a series of terrorist attacks in Indonesia and that he plotted to assassinate the Indonesian president.

Poverty rises despite economic growth Nearly 1.4 million more people in the United States fell into poverty last year—almost half of them children—even as the country emerged from recession, according to the Census Bureau.

Israeli Minister: Arafat might be expelled Israel could seek to expel Yasser Arafat by the end of the year, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday, calling the Palestinian leader the biggest obstacle to peace.

NBC wins contest to acquire Vivendi GeneralElectric Co.'s NBC emerged the winner Tuesday of a month-long contest for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, which include a major movie and television studio. News briefs compiled from wire reports. “You've got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra

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Ling Yang, junior InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Trash dumjp site in Manila, Philippines “We went to work with the

urban poor and to empower them in areas such as economics and health care. We learned about microenterprise development, educational programs and advocacy work for the poor. The Smokey Mountain was the name of the trash dump site we lived next to, where scavengers lived on the dump and went through it for a living. Everyone that does that for a long period of time eventually gets tuberculosis and dies. There was one girl living in the village who was my age, but had been married since she was 17. She had a baby who had the measles. I held the baby girl, and she was convulsing because the day before she had a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. The mother

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took her to the hospital but the doctor wouldn’t help her baby because they were too poor. [Our organization] helped pay, and so the baby went to the hospital, where she then got pneumonia. Luckily she eventually recovered.”

Kyle Mayes, senior B. N. Duke and Trinity Summer Program Manam Island, Papua New Guinea “I lived [in Papua New Guinea] when I was younger, and I kept in touch with a family in the village. Because mail takes a month to get there from the U.S., I didn’t know—even as I was on my way out there—if they

knew I was coming and staying with them. But luckily they found out just in time and built me a home to stay in. On the island, which is an active volcano, I worked on a lot of projects to help promote literacy. I worked with local elementary schools, I ate dinner with members of the Board of Education and their families, and I taught sth and 6th grade. I also worked with one guy who lived in the next village and started a literacy program in the form of a pre-school that taught the native language to children before the kids learned English in the government-run elementary schools.” SEE OH, THE PLACES ON PAGE 6

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Desai stresses need for sustainable development by

lan Crouch

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Nitin Desai did

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golf at the Washington Duke during the first week of his retirement from the position of United Nations UnderSecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. Instead, he made a case for sustainable development as a more clearly defined discipline at the university level. Speaking as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series cosponsored by Nicholas School of the Environment and

EarthSciences and the Duke University Greening Initiative, Desai spoke before a packed house Tuesday afternoon. “Sustainable development is not a recognizable discipline,” Desai said. “We need to start working toward that.” Desai defined sustainable development as a balance between the needs of the world’s developing populations and the protection of the environment for future generations. “Some type of human impact on the environment is necessary to meet the needs of people,” Desai said. “We must not think of humans and nature as two different things.... The two are inseparable.” Though he cited several positive developments in the field—which studies such issues as climate change, allocation of resources and management of dams, forests and fishing—he argued that much remains to be done. “We still do not have the results,” Desai said. “We still face the same problems we did 10 years ago.” Through several examples, Desai demonstrated that sustainable development is a field that requires a multidisciplinary approach including law, political science, economics, ecology and engineering. He said the slow

progress in the field is indicative of a lack of understanding of this fundamental concept, but pointed to Duke as a place to foster such broad knowledge. Desai added that a newly defined study of sustainable development would allow scientists to utilize a precautionary approach when presenting information to politicians, emphasizing the need to take action before the harmful effects to the environment begin to surface. In order to convince governments to adopt new standards, Desai said, the scientific community must speak with a unified voice—something that he said has not been present in the past. “If you think it is hard to get politicians to agree, you should try to get scientists to agree,” Desai said. Speaking more generally, Desai praised environmental treaties that have been secured between nations, but said that the lack of a comprehensive sustainable development policy reflects a mindset in which national identities take precedence over a global identity. One audience member said he found the lecture to be particularly timely. “It was a good way to start the school year because this is what we do here,” said Eric Ward, a first-year doctoral student in ecology. Another student said he found the lecture lacking in specific solutions, but agreed with the basic premise of Desai’s remarks. “[The speech] left a lot of open questions, but I agree that education is the best way to go about starting to deal with the problem,” said Allister Bernard, a graduate student in computer science.

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Nitin Desai, former United Nations under-secretary-general for economics and social affairs speaks Monday.

Stern: World Bank can foster accountability by

Aaron Levine

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Camel cheese, a delicacy that commands high prices in European markets, will not help the economies of developing nations. A minor point for most, but for Nicholas Stern, senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, the plight of this Mauritanian industry is Just one example of a greater trend of unfair trade regulations that slight the developing world. Stern’s address, “International Action for Fighting Poverty: an Historic Opportunity,” discussed the progress of developing nations —or lack there of—and marked the first in a series of University seminars on Globalization, Equity and Democratic Governance. “The whole trade system is tilted against

developing nations,” Stern said before an audience of about 70 in a classroom at the John Hope Franklin Center for Humanities Tuesday. Citing a “tax on development,” as impeding progress in developing nations, Stern listed trade as one of several global development issues needing change. Stern also focused on the importance of more adept governance in developing nations, as well as the need for greater population participation and involvement in reforms. ‘The involvement of people investing in their own lives is extremely important to them,” Stern said. The increased participation of women, he added, is also essential to ameliorating poverty and raising the standard of living in impoverished nations. As care givers, women are responsible for education within the household and are viewed

as a primary target for development efforts. Complementing his discussion of participation, Stern stressed the need for transparency of the governing bodies of developing nations. He cited Uganda as ah example of successful accountability—the country’s mismanagement of education funds declined drastically after the misallocation was brought into the public eye. ‘The power of embarrassment... showing that the evidence is there, can be quite powerful,” Stem said. Kevin Morrison, a third year political science graduate student, responded to Stern’s speech by criticizing the role of the World Bank in developing countries. Morrison pointed to the World Bank’s millennium development goal, which prioritizes security, health and gender issues, as an attempt to take credit for global trends.

“Much of this expansion is the [World Bank] reacting to trends, not setting them,” he said. Stem ended by bringing home the role of the World Bank to his audience and explaining that even sessions such as these are part of a larger agenda to “rekindle internationalism in institutions” such as Duke. Stem noted that this task had been made more formidable due to the rash ofinternational terrorism and insecurity in recent years. However, Stem said that despite the recent trend of cynicism and delay in the commitment to international development, the post-Sept. 11 period of internationalism had created a potentially excellent environment for developing nations. “Over the next few years, we have the unique opportunity to make a difference,” Stem said.

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GPSC kicks off year with budget alterations by

Andrew Gerst

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Budgets and introductions dominated the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s first meeting of the year Tuesday night, as the council reached out to its constituents by sharply increasing funds to social initiatives and group projects. Treasurer Heather Dean, who opened the meeting with budget figures after a brief welcome from President Rob Saunders, said $20,000 would go to social programming this year, a major increase from last year’s expenditure of $11,243.07. She also bumped group funding up to $20,000, a figure significantly higher than the $11,065 spent last year and the $6,309 of two years ago. GPSC will allocate the monies in four cycles of $5,000, she said. Another major change for this year, Dean said, has been the decision to wait until discussing specific issues

Solicitation ordinance dropped by

Josh Nimocks

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Duke students and Durham residents may continue to see panhandlers at major intersections up and down U.S. 15-501, after the Durham City Council dropped a proposed ordinance Tuesday night against roadway solicitation. The Sales and Solicitation Ordinance would,have banned all begging in the roadway in Durham. However, at the August 18 council meeting, representatives from The Herald-Sun of Durham said such a new law would also rid roadway news vendors of their livelihood. Durham Mayor Pro-Tempore Lewis Cheek, who proposed the ordinance, insisted that no exceptions would be given to the news vendors, as they too create a danger in the roads. “We have a right to control the activity [in the roadway], and I think we should control that activity,” Cheek said. “I think it comes down to a total prohibition... or allowing all activity.” Susan Purvis, one such vendor who was able to buy a house because of her occupation, said the “street sales program” was especially relevant in the midst of a sluggish economy. “It’s how people lived in the ‘sos and ‘6os,” she said.'“lt was called survival, then and now.” Toland Barfield, vice president of sales and marketing for the Herald-Sun, said taking action against the vendors would not only deprive them of their livelihood, “but [also show] them a great deal of disrespect.” This opposition to the ordinance prompted several council members to reconsider. Council member Cora Cole-McFadden insisted that she could not support the new ordinance after hearing of the vendors whose livelihoods depended on the street sales program. Other council members called for a compromise. “Some would say this is an all-or-nothing situation,” said Council member John Best. “Common sense shows there is a difference between vendors selling papers... and panhandlers out there wanting money for beer and drugs.” Councilor Thomas Stith called total prohibition of roadway solicitation “an erosion of our basic rights.” Toni Smith, an attorney with the Durham Police Department, agreed with Cheek’s position. She said that while observing vendors in a patrol car, they were on “their best behavior” but when she returned in an unmarked car, she saw several out in the middle of the roadway. ‘The police don’t have time to sit and baby-sit those corners,” said Smith, adding that even safety training programs couldn’t protect legitimate vendors from dangerous traffic. Mayor Bill Bell voiced his support for a regulation process. “Why can’t we regulate... where people are [begging] in the city?” he said. Bell and other council members discussed prohibiting solicitation at major intersections, requiring permits for sales and solicitation in the roadway and enlisting the police to enforce regulated activity. The ordinance failed by a vote of 6 to 1, with the stipulation that a committee would be formed to investigate restricting roadway solicitation to certain areas and permitted solicitors.

before deciding on which GPSC committees to create. “In the past, we kind of just presented things to the group,” Dean said. “People weren’t getting into it... therewas only one other person on the child care committee, and there was another committee that had just one person on it.” Other notable budget changes include allocating $2,000 to advertising graduate and professional student events after not spending anything on publicity last year; putting the GPSC handbook exclusively online, which will save $4,000; and committing $1,200 for community service and $2,000 for an undergraduate interaction program, neither of which received funding last year. After the budget presentation, participants broke up into small groups to introduce themselves and list key issues for the council to consider. The meeting brought out many new and old members. Kim Chi Trinh, a third-year doctoral student in business, said she does not think students from the Fuqua

School of Business normally come to GPSC meetings. ‘This is the first time I’ve been at this type of meeting, and I don’t think Fuqua ever sends people here,” Trinh said. Lara Oliver, an electrical engineering graduate student and GPSC student life co-chair, said she would like to see more participation in events sponsored by the Duke University Union, such as movie nights. “I don’t think a lot of graduate students understand that they’re welcome to go to these things, that they’re paying for them,” Oliver said. At the end of the meeting, Saunders compiled a list of key issues, which included child care, construction, health insurance, social events and options for older graduate students and undergraduate mentoring. “It really seems that the council is going to be an active agent for graduate students to become involved in the University,” said Joanna Reynolds, a first-year master of arts in teaching student.

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Katy Yung, senior Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hong Kong “Even though I was born and raised in Hong Kong, it was a completely new

said his committee will not hesitate to make wholesale changes to what he views as a process in disrepair. “Annual review is an inherently flawed system,” Vitarelli said. “We’re going to pretend like we’re starting from scratch.” Assistant Dean of Students for Greek Life Todd Adams said it was particularly appropriate to revisit annual review now because of a new residential model that offers increasingly horizontal sections for selective living groups and an emphasis on quad-based programming. Positive incentives, the crux ofVitarelli’s proposed revisions, are viewed by some as necessary to encourage selective living groups to go beyond the bare minimum of

experience this summer: I was now on the business side of things. I worked in the business district, and everything is packed so close together. Just stepping out for lunch, you would bump into all these famous and important businessmen that you read about in the papers. I saw Lee Ka-shing one day, a business guru who is one of the top 10 wealthiest men in Asia. SAKS really wasn’t in the headlines, and people really didn’t talk about it that much. I think because there was such a gloomy atmosphere when it first

programming requirements. “We don’t have anything to promote a group that is doing great things and encourage them to continue to do great things,” Adams said. “Anything we can do to promote the student groups to do more than just the bare minimum would be a great positive.”

hit, people were really trying to move on. To liven up the city, the government arranged for the Real Madrid soccer team to come and play against Hong Kong’s team. College students and other citizens were so excited that they waited for 3-4 nights just to get tickets, and so it reminded me of the Cameron Crazies.”

Vitarelli, a member of Wayne Manor, said incentives could take the form of financial prizes to selective living groups thatreceive a “good” or better rating, or ofawarding higher section picks to groups with consistendy superb ratings in annual review. “It should certainly be a consideration that if a group achieves an outstanding [rating] every semester and is adding value to [its] community, [it] should receive better housing picks than an organization that’s just sliding by,” Vitarelli said. Many students, such as Kappa Alpha Order President Carlton Fleming, have objected to the fact that all selective living groups—despite having disparate goals and activities—are evaluated by the same six programming categories. Some are more service-oriented, for example, while others fill a social void. “We are trying to apply a uniform system to completely different groups that have different missions,” Vitarelli said of the current annual review. “We shouldn’t be requiring Round Table to throw three parties a semester as part of social programming.” The members of the committee have not yet been chosen, and Hull has requested that a plan be submitted to his office by Oct. 15. Changes must be approved by RLHS, Vitarelli said, before going into effect next fall. Despite the efforts to reform annual review, some said they think the process is beyond repair and should simply be scrapped. “There’s no reason that selective living groups should have to jump through hoops that independents don’t have to,” Fleming said. “Most other schools don’t do anything even resembling this system. I think it’s great when organizations can get out and do Habitat for Humanity or work at the Durham Food Bank, but I don’t think you should force people to do that, because it ruins the whole spirit of community service and volunteerism.”

Nikki Chao, junior Pioneers, missionary organization Indonesia “We met with a lot of Muslims to learn about their beliefs and to share our Christian ones. We wanted to reach out to them and try to create a bridge over the gap that is often between the two religions. There was one Muslim girl who I was close to, who had a really interesting life. She had ovarian cancer, and I went with her to the hospital. Because her parents didn’t want anyone knowing, she wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that she had it. Even her brother and her fiance couldn’t know. Her parents wouldn’t pay the medical bills, though, and so she couldn’t afford to take the medicine prescribed to her. Another Muslim girl was a college student and was dating the son of the richest man in the city. He told her that she would be his first wife, but that he would get a second one after he married her. She hated the thought of that, and so we talked about that together.”

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lion for the second quarter, which ended June 30. In light ofEdwards’ dwindling numbers, the senator has been faced with questions about whether he will stay in the running. Many now believe the senator will soon drop out of the presidential race and run for another term in the Senate. “My prediction is he’ll withdraw,” Haynie said. “I suspect this [campaign] is run not for victory, but to get his name out and set himself up as a candidate in the future.” Haynie added that Edwards’ run for the presidency has also set the senator up as a possible vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket, especially if a non-Southemer captures the presidential nomination. If Edwards decides to stay in the presidential race, North Carolina Democrat Erskine Bowles is reportedly interested in his seat. Bowles, who last year lost a race for North Carolina’s other Senate seat to Elizabeth Dole, met with Edwards in July about running for the Senate, although details of the meeting were not released. Edwards announced Monday in lowa thathe will introduce new legislation to protect the rights of American workers by holding corporations accountable for violating workers’ rights and banning the permanent replacement of striking workers. Last week, Edwards headed south to campaign in South Carolina, where the Feb. 3 primary is considered a must-win for the Southern senator. While in the state, Edwards blasted Bush for job losses, especially in the hard-hit manufacturing industry, as he continued to play his “regular people” theme. Up next, Edwards will participate in the first of six officially, sanctioned Democratic debates in Albuquerque, N.M., and will formally announce his campaign for the presidency Sept. 16 in his boyhood home ofRobbins, N.C.

the other candidates and is now in a battle for third place nationally with Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. ‘John Edwards has been invisible in terms of making a case for himself,” said Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science. “His chances are slim, primarily because he’s new to politics. But it is still a wide-open race.” In lowa, site of the first Democratic caucus, Edwards is currently running fifth with the support of just 6 percent of likely caucus-goers, according to a Research 2000 poll last week. Despite the low numbers, Edwards officials remain optimistic. “We’ve always said we don’t expect any movement until the fall when [Edwards] spends more time here in lowa,” said Kim Ruby, a spokesperson for Edwards’ lowa Campaign Office. “Right now, certain candidates have advantages in Iowa: Gephardt has won the caucus here before, and Dean has spent more time here because he’s not in office.” Edwards is fifth in New Hampshire as well, according the latest poll. The state will host the first major primary Jan. 27, 2004. In the Zogby International poll, Edwards drew 4 percent of likely voters, while Lieberman and Gephardt each received 6 percent to tie for third. Edwards was one of the first candidates to run television advertisements in the two states. Edwards, a former trial lawyer who earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is also trailing in the fundraising department. After leading all Democrats for the first three months of 2003, Edwards fell to fourth in fundraising with $4.5 mil-

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“Often the demeanorof panhandlers is thought to be repulsive to people,”

Buchanan said. “Where do you draw the line between behavior that is socially harmful and that which is offensive?” Although citizens have failed to speak with a unified voice on this particular issue, some local businesses have expressed frustration with the city’s inaction. “There is nothing I can really do because every time I call the police they don’t do anything,” said Leo Rodriguez, manager of Cosmic Cantina in Durham. “It is definitely a city issue.... [Panhan-

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dling] really damages our business.” Rodriguez said customers are sometimes scared to walk outside and have complain that individuals soliciting money are too aggressive. “When customers don’t give them money they insult them and cuss at them,” he said. Mike argued that police should re-direct efforts to theft and other such crimes. “The law is forcing their way on homeless people,” he said. “[Anti-solicitation efforts] are just ignorant.” Durham’s effort to ban panhandling has become a hot topic for debate in the Triangle and coincides with pushes in sur-

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to enact ordinances cracking down on begging. The number of people soliciting alms in Durham has risen steadily over the last two years. The increased presence of panhandlers in Durham County coincided with Chapel Hill’s enactment of a more stringent policy. Chapel Hill continued its crackdown last May when it prohibited panhandling on roadsides and medians. This measure added to the momentum that has been building among Durham community leaders for an amendment. Durham’s current policy is considered the most lenient in the Triangle.

Raleigh and Chapel Hill have restrictions on nighttime begging, and in Raleigh, panhandlers must have a soliciting license. The Durham roadside ban has been met with opposition primarily on the grounds that it would also encompass vendors and people soliciting money for charities or businesses. The city council postponed the discussion on banning panhandling at their Aug. 18 meeting after the Herald-Sun of Durham newspaper protested that the ban should exclude their roadside vendors and a similar stumbling block was encountered at Tuesday’s meeting.

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Paulus next in long line of great Duke point guards By Mike Corey The Chronicle •

Left to right, counterclockwise: Tommy Amaker, 'B4-87: In 1987,

an All-American and national defensive player of the year. Steve Wojciechowski, '95-98: In 1998, named national defensive player of the year. Bobby Hurley, '9O-93: Two-time All-American, holds NCAA career assist record at 1,076. Jason Williams, 'OO-02: Two-time

national player of the year, led Duke to national title in 2001. William Avery,'9B-'99:Tenth all-

time on Duke's three-pointersmade list after just two years.

Duke

is synonymous with point guards. Particularly under head coach Mike Rrzyzewski, the Blue Devils have churned out some of the nation’s best floor generals year in and year out. Duke’s latest addition to the point guard fraternity, Greg Paulus, is certainly banking on his chance of success. The 6-foot-l playmaker is already drawing comparisons to Bobby Hurley, Krzyzewski’s point guard on the 1991 and 1992 national championship teams —both are agile, deft passers and fearless defenders and penetrators. Of course, the expectations presented by being compared with one of the college game’s all-time greats is two-faced. If Paulus thrives, his name will go alongside

those of the other standout Duke point guards; however, the pressure of living up to those expectations is, perhaps, unfair. However, there is little reason to doubt Paulus’ potential to be great, for Krzyzewski’s point guards have been prolific: Tommy Amaker, Quin Snyder, Bobby Hurley, Chris Collins, Jeff Capel, Steve Wojciechowski, William Avery, Jason Williams and current players Chris Duhon and Sean Dockery. Among that group are five current Division I coaches, four Sports Illustrated cover boys,three first-team AllAmericans, two national defensive players of the year, and one national player ofthe year. The domino effect has been self-sustaining, as the talents of each successive Blue Devil have been passed down from their

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George Washington once told Congress, “Men are very apt to run into extremes,” in to an attempt alleviate America’s desire to ally itself with its revolutionary side-kick

predecessors. Such will be the case for Paulus, too, when he arrives in 2005 under the tutelage of would-be senior Dockery.

For any type of player, this is a great system. I think I flourish in this system. For example, Avery, Duke’s point guard during the 1999 national runner-up campaign, told USA Today March 17, 1999,

France in its war against muchhated England. While it seems both stupid and pseudo-intellectual to use Washington’s advice about 18th century national security to the present condition of the Duke football team, the quote is perfect advice for the Duke community’s attitude about the Blue Devils. After Saturday’s humiliating 27-0 loss to Virginia, the small amount of optimism for the 2003 season vanished. It is easy

that his success as a point guard at Duke could be traced to two main factors, one being the type of play Krzyzewski employs. “For any type of player, this is a great system. I think I just flourish in the system. We play motion and have a lot offreedom. We play up-tempo all the dme, get the rebound and run, and we use pressure defense.” The other is indicative ofwhy so many of Krzyzewski’s floor leaders are now on the sidelines coaching. “It was important to learn from him, to watch the situations he was put into and to watch his leadership skills on and off the court,” Avery said. “I think he was one of the best leaders I’ve ever been around. I think I needed that, and that has a lot to do with the player I am now.”

to see why; Duke currendy has

the longest ACC losing streak in the conference’s history, head coach Carl Franks has a 441 record at Duke, and the team looked even worse than last year’s 2-10 squad. The fans and community have not had to run to extremes the last few years, as no analysis is necessary to see that the Blue Devils have been nearly as bad as it gets. But despite this pejorative history, it is too early in the season to once again start belly-

aching about how bad the Duke football team is. Even with 22

returning starters from a team that was competitive in nearly every game, the Blue Devils had little chance at defeating the No. 15 Virginia on its home field. Duke should become more competitive this season, but not that competitive. The true test lies in the next three weeks of the season. Duke needs to win each of the SEE RESILIENCE ON PAGE 10

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Equally excited about the commitment, Dave Paulus was clearly pleased with his son’s decision, citing Duke’s academic reputation, the top-notch basketball tradition, the chance to play for Krzyzewski. Football may also still be a possibility for the talented point guard who, according to ESPN.com, is the top quarterback prospect in the class of 2005. Although Paulus’ father confirmed that he had met

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basketball and football from the elite programs in each sport, but to no avail in deterring Paulus’ interest in Duke. “I believe that [Duke] is the right place for me,” Paulus said. ‘They offered me great academic opportunities as well as a chance

with Duke football coach Carl Franks, it remains to be seen whether or not Paulus will suit up for the Duke football team. “I think playing for Coach K will be an honor,” Paulus said. “I’m looking forward to an amazing ride with Coach K at Duke.”

compete the highest level athletically. Duke has a tradition of basketball excellence which will help me grow into a better person and player.” to

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Clarett out of practice Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel said Maurice Clarett will stop practicing with the team until his eligibility for the season is determined. Tressel's decision came after learning that the star running back's suspension could last much of the season. Marcus Vick, Virginia Tech's backup quarterback, was suspended along with starting

linebacker Brandon Manning for violating unspecified team rules. Both player's will miss this Saturday's game.Vick went 7-for-10 passing for 100 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's win over Central Florida.

This week's schedule Saturday, September 6 Western Carolina Duke No. 14 N.C. State @ Wake Forest No. 15 Virginia @ South Carolina Syracuse North Carolina Auburn @ Georgia Tech Furman @ Clemson Maryland @ No. 11 Florida State @

UVa's Schaub out at least one week

Top 10 notables No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Alabama No. 2 Ohio State vs. San Diego St. No. 3 Miami vs. No. 21 Florida No. 4 USC vs. BYU No. 5 Michigan vs. Houston No. 6 Texas vs. Arkansas No. 7 Kansas State vs. McNeese State

After injuring his right shoulder Saturday against Duke, Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub will miss at least one week. Redshirt freshman Anthony Martinez will start Saturday when UVa takes on South Carolina. Martinez threw for 76 years off the bench Saturday against Duke.

Pittsburgh QB involved in Incident Pittsburgh quarterback Rod Rutherford was reportedly involved in a nightclub incident this past Saturday night. Head coach Walt Harris would not say whether his starting quarterback would be suspended or disciplined, and no charges have been filed against Rutherford to date.

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RESILIENCE from page 9 three games—against Western Carolina, Rice and Northwestern—to prove it is not the same lowly team we’ve seen in the Carl Franks era, and I am confident the Blue Devils will do it. Many of the players talked about how there was a different, more confident feeling in the air all preseason, and this led them to believe that this year would be different. While Duke looked worse than last year’s squad, the different aura the players described came back at both Monday’s press conference and at Tuesday’s practice. Last year after every loss, the comments were generally to the effect of, “we did badly, and we’ll try to do better.” Sometimes there would be an undertone of embarrassment and humiliation, but there was rarely anger and a desire for revenge heard. This was not longer the case Monday and Tuesday. ‘Today was a much more upbeat day in our outlook,” quarterback Adam Smith said Tuesday. ‘We were quicker, faster. We had a sour taste in our mouths from Saturday.” Franks agreed. ‘The coaches were more intense, the players were more intense,” he said. [The players] responded exactly the way we hoped.” Franks also said the team was more driven and more vengeful than after any other loss in his tenure at Duke. “We were mad,” Ryan Fowler said. “I’d almost rather have lost like we did Saturday than moderately. This has pissed us off enough to do something about it.” Chris Douglas, one of the few bright spots Saturday, felt that his team would bounce back from its wretched defeat. “I know we’re so much better than we played,” he said. “I don’t want people to jump to conclusions based on how we played. We’ll do a lot better than that this year.” So for all ofyou who have written off all the possible bowl game hype after the Blue Devils performance Saturday, I advise you not to give up yet. Although its past may not deserve it, give Duke a second chance this Saturday. For the first time in a long time, it will be worth your while.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 EEOB Dissertation Seminar; 12;40pm. Michael Hickerson, Duke University. “From genome to gene to nucleotide: natural selection on noncoding DNA.” 144 Biological Sciences.

Speaker: 12:30pm. Sylvia Hayes of Walltown Neighborhood Ministries will be sharing information about the organization. Sponsored by Basin and Towel. Please feel free to bring your lunch and learn how you can participate in this ministry. Alumni Memorial Common Room. Contact cwe2@duke.edu.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Chemistry Seminar: 3:3opm. Title: “DNA Motifs for Algorithmic Self-assembly and Nanofabrication”; Refreshments at 3:15 in the Lobby. 103 P.M. Gross Chemical Contact Laboratory. janet.rosenthal

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STD testing upgraded Due to a new HIV test, students will soon be able to ask for a vareity of STD tests without fear of being denied

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officials recently announced that the state of North Carolina will cover the cost of providing a faster and more reliable HIV test for Duke students. In addition to expediting the HIV testing process, this state subsidy should also indirectly improve the testing services available to students concerned with STDs other than HIV. Officials at Duke Student Health Services have long stressed the importance of safe sex, and encourage those who engage in sexual activity to be tested regularly. Alarmingly, in the recent past, students deemed to be at “low-risk” for STDs were often denied tests by doctors and nurses at University clinics. The rationale behind the denials was that STD tests were too expensive to be administered to individuals that have not engaged in risky sexual practices. Essentially, testing these students was not considered cost-efficient. However, this policy is inconsistent with common knowledge—any kind of sexual contact, safe or not, puts one at risk. Refusing to test individuals is irresponsible. To the University’s credit, students requesting HIV testing were never turned away. Under the auspices of the new state-sponsored HIV testing plan, all forms of testing at Duke should improve. The new tests return the results of HIV screenings reliably, and within three weeks, as opposed to the old process, which took six to eight weeks. Further, if the initial test comes back negative, the state will assume the cost of additional tests, to ensure that the virus does not develop in successive months. This testing procedure was not implemented by the University before because it was determined to be too expensive. With the costs of HIV testing covered, the University should devote resources to making other STD tests readily available to anyone that asks for them. Even in the absence of the new statesubsidies, STD testing should be available to all students simply upon request. Students themselves are best-equipped to judge the risk-level of their sexual contact, and their risk for STDs. Should a student take the initiative to request a test, of any kind, health officials have a responsibility to administer it. This will stop students from having to create fictitious sexual histories to get tested, and will hopefully prevent those individuals who have contracted STDs from going undiagnosed and untreated, and spreading the disease to others. The health officials at the University do a commendable job of attempting to educate students about the pitfalls of sexual activity. Due largely to their efforts, HIV cases at Duke have not increased, while cases throughout the rest of North Carolina have gone up considerably. Now that the realities of STDs have hit home with the student population, all that remains is to continue to make testing as accessible as possible.

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Letters to the Editor “Gay? Fine By Me.” initiators react As part of the group that initiated the “Gay? Fine By Me.” Project, we worry that columnist Nathan Carleton misinterpreted the meaning of the shirts in his recent column. As is aptly illustrated by Carleton’s column, the shirts did not silence homophobic views. The shirts were not attached to any extensive political agenda. They were only designed to give voice to an antihomophobic opinion that, as it turned out, many members of the Duke community shared. For the wearers, straight and gay, homosexuality was fine by them. We think the project was, and continues to be a success. It was a success to get almost 2,000 students, faculty, administrators and staff to wear the shirts. We think it was a success that the president of the University, other administrators, DSG representatives and other student leaders and multiple members of both varsity basketball teams wore the shirts. We are pleased to see Duke get

national coverage as an institution that is opposed to homophobia. We are glad that Duke was taken off of the Princeton of schools where Review’s list “Alternative Lifestyles [are] Not an Alternative” after the shirts came out. We think it was a success that organizations around the country have started distributing shirts and that other colleges and universities will be joining in the movement this semester. We recognize that people wear the shirts for many different reasons and we do not profess to speak for all of them. If you own a shirt, we encourage you to write into the Chronicle and explain why you wear it. If the shirts encourage Nathan Carleton to rethink his homophobic opinions, then we are pleased. But we were not intending to silence his voice, only to use ours. Leila Nesson, graduate student, Joseph Lee, Trinity ’O4 The authors are organizers of the “Gay? Fine By Me. Project ”

Carleton’s arguments flawed Nathan Carleton’s column, “Gay? Not Fine By Me,” adds a fresh perspective to the movement that swept through campus last spring. I admire him for taking a.position is as courageous as it is politically incorrect and inflammatory. Unfortunately, instead of functioning as a gateway to a thoughtful debate on individual rights, Nathan’s column contains the same flaws he criticizes in the “Gay? Fine By Me.” movement. Carleton argues that the shirts, and hence the idea behind them, attack homophobia, presumably, therefore, infringing upon his right to be homophobic. He further discusses the allegedly trumped up charges of violence against homosexuals and postulates that activists plead for sympathy in order to gain support. I think, however, Carleton misrepresents the intentions of “Gay? Fine By Me.” In my understanding, the movement was not aimed against people with “deviant” morality—in this case, Nathan Carleton. Its intent was merely to show support for a community which has been “othered” by generations of societal prejudice and fear. In no way did the movement inhibit anyone’s right of expression. Had he felt

so inclined, Carleton could have printed and distributed “Gay? Not Fine By Me.” shirts the following day. Instead, he simply had to confront mass support of homosexuality within the Gothic Wonderland. For one day, perhaps, he felt the same marginalization that homosexuals combat every day of their lives. Evidently, this qualifies as mind control and violates his right to religion. This begs the questions; Is it for us to judge moral from immoral? Are we really the bringers of God’s justice or do we merely pretend to be? I present that while religion does not ask us to judge, it does command us to accept other people and their differences. In the near future, we will decide what rights homosexuals have. Hopefully, we can all be as courageous, candid and bold as Carleton and speak for what we believe is right, but ideally, no one should feel threatened during the process. Carleton is entitled to his opinion, and I to mine, but I cannot remember the last time a well-meaning advisor told me my heterosexuality wasn’t my fault or said I was immoral for being straight.

George Gilbert Trinity ’O6

On the record “[Greg decided] after he came back from his visit at Notre Dame. He stepped hack and reflected on everything, and he felt that Duke was the best fit for him” Dave Paulus, on his son Greg’s decision to come to Duke to play basketball and possibly football for the Blue Devils.

CORRECTION: The staff editorial in the Sept., 1, 2003, edition of The Chronicle

contained several factual errors. The editorial stated that in the past year, faculty salaries dipped below inflation, that the department of political science hired no new faculty and have no searches for this year, and called for Arts and Sciences to pay only for the buildings they use. Faculty salaries have in fact remained above inflation, political science hired two new faculty members and have one search pending this year. Further, Arts and Sciences pays 60 percent of the infrastructure costs of buildings they share, and 100 percent of the cost of the buildings of which they are the sole users.

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Decree of Silent Companionship Dear Friends and Family, the course of my experience as a woman identifiable as white, middleclass and educated in this country known as America, in this economy known as capitalism, I have made a decision that affects you all and for which I hope you will not hold me accountable in any unjust way.

Mary Adkins No longer will I, Mary Patricia Adkins, express myself through the medium of verbal speech, excluding the subcategories of liturgy, recitation and conversations concerning matters of logistical importance, which are to be conducted in a timely and efficient manner, ending promptly when the essential information has been relayed. The nature of this decision is not bitter, but rather practical. We, despite care for and genuine interest in understanding one another, have not progressed sufficiently in our tiring effort to refine the medium to which we devote hours each day as our primary means of expression—and the more frequent my participation in group attempts to express our separate realities through this means, the more frustrated I become with its inadequacy.

The vocabulary, equipment and conare unable to convey what the core of my inner being deems appropriate material to share with other human beings, which at present is only this; it is in our mutual best interest for silent companionship to become the default operation of our interactions until a later date. At that time, the decree may be amended to allow for joke-telling, and perhaps even rare moments of insight that beg to be translated into public space so as not to be lost in the abyss ofone’s mind. However, as long as the majority of speech is uttered with intent to acquire or preserve power over any life-being including participants in the conversation, no exceptions will be made. Only when we are all on the same plane of having recognized that our sole two choices on earth are intention and medium, that raw experience constitutes divine content with which we are obliged by the clause of the Good Life to express stylistically and that none can teach another what he or she does not already know, may we resume normal verbal discourse. In the meantime, I look forward to physical interaction with those of individuals who are willing and capable of it without its audio companion. To those of you for whom this criterion poses too great a challenge, I offer to be patient with you should you choose to meet the task clumsily, and I will understand if you instead prefer that our relationship text of talking

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first encounter with a person of color is one I look back on with shame and pain. I think I was about three and my oldest brother had brought home one of his friends from medical school—a young black man, the first person of color I had been face to face with in my whole life. Growing up in my part of rural Kansas people of color were an anomaly that caused whispers and gossip to arise from residents.

Bridget Newman And here was a black man in my living room, probably the first person of color to ever step foot in our home. My mother is very progressive and has always raised me with an awareness of social issues, but race was always a difficult topic to discuss amidst a sea of white in the middle of the country. I remember how much I loved his hair. I remember sitting next to him and just patting his head. “I like his hair!” I exclaimed excitedly to my mother as I smiled. “Can I keep him?” I asked hopefully. Whether that question arose from innocence or an already deeply ingrained racism I am not sure. Perhaps it had its origins in both. But when I think about race, I know it is significant that this was my first reaction to a person of color. I think that at three years old I was merely a reflection of the not-so-subtle clues given to children concerning race. Despite my progressive mother and even my own natural inclinations to always be concerned about others, I was not immune to therules of race that are posted everywhere in our society. I was influenced by the television shows I had watched where blacks were always criminals or stupid. I was influenced by the words I had overheard in my school and in my community: “He’s a zebra, that

be terminated indefinitely. In many cases, our association possesses no particularly valuable characteristics that you could not establish with the average Joe-on-the-street, as evidenced by my confidence that should I die in the immediate future you would welcome a shallow and transient sense of shared loss, and only when our relationship advances to the plane on which the specified amendment comes into affect will it possess unique validity. Thank you for your understanding, Mary Patricia Adkins

Mary Adkins is a Trinity senior. She is guest columnist.

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one there, a half-breed.” is able to take innocent children and teach them where “I’m tellin’ you, they’re startin’ to move in.” they fit on a racial hierarchy. “And then that black boy looked at her like he was The sooner white people are able to realize this, the sooner we can stop this silly, “Is racism still a probgonna do something.” At three, I hadn’t yet learned to censor myself and lem?,” debate and begin the real, “So what the hell do we do about racism?” discussion. separate my thoughts from my words. I was a comIt will always amaze me how Duke students can go pletely innocent product of an insane and hateful world. We are all products of this same world, of our to courses taught mostly by white professors, live with environments, and so now the question is: Where do mostly white classmates and yet be served almost comwe go from here? pletely by people of color and still claim that racism At Duke, when white students are faced with the doesn’t exist. At some point, one has the choice between two oprace question we usually try to disappear like a student slouching in the back of a classroom to avoid being tions; The Objectivist route that some people just have called upon. “What? Me racist? Na I love black people “bad cultures” and could advance if they only adopted dude! Yeah. And rap and stuff.” “Western” ways, or that some folks have engineered a Sometimes though, we let our guard down and our system that keeps certain people up and certain peotrue racist selves come out ple down. to play. How many times I know the first option is a do white students get tofar easier one to pick, because "It means admitting to ourselves it absolves the individual of gether and bash affirmathat there is more to who we are any responsibility to question tive action when we think the advantages one has by no people of color are listhan just hard work and intellivirtue of birth and circumtening? How many times gence—there is also an undenistance. However, I think white do we make racist jokes able background of unfair adwhen we are safely surstudents need to choose the rounded by fellow whites? vantages and benefiting from second option and begin a serious questioning of how we And don’t even get me the oppression and the sufferreally managed to get to the started on the whole “selfof others." ing It’s elite positions we occupy thing. segregation” today. self-segregation when peoIt’s a damn scary journey. ple of color group together. It’s a nightmare when whites are surrounded by It means admitting to ourselves that there is more to people of color. We don’t know what the hell to do. who we are than just hard work and intelligence When faced with the same social situations that stuthere’s also an undeniable background of unfair addents of color have to deal with all the time, we freeze vantages and benefiting from the oppression and the up and usually try to escape the scene as quickly as suffering of others. In choosing to take this difficult route however, we possible: “Oops, I thought more white folks were might reclaim the innocence and compassion of our gonna be here. Yeah I was just headed out, actually.” I think most people of color know that white people, human spirits and get those racists out of our mirrors. even Duke students, are fundamentally racist This doesn’t mean we hate people ofcolor. It doesn’t even mean we are Bridget Newman is a Trinity junior. Her column appears bad people. It just means we are products of a society that every other Wednesday. —

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