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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 15

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,2003

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Two years after the World Trade Cenand Pentagon tragedies, Duke continues to remember and reflect—however, there is a slightly differentfeel on campus this year.

While last year’s Sept. 11 anniversary was a day that overwhelmed campus life, today there are fewer commemorative events and academic discussions —a change many students and administrators have noticed.

“This has moved from a day of national remembrance to a day of more personal reflection,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs.

President Nan Keohane spoke last year in a tribute at the Duke University Museum of Art. This year she plans to keep a lower profile, and will visit the memorial Flags adorn a fence that surroundsthe continuing construction at Ground Zero. grove of trees in the West-Edens Link, dedicated to the six alumni who died in the attacks.

Despite the changes, some events reVigils main the same. The Chapel will be open ChapelBells At noon, a service of prayer and quiet meditation throughout the day and two services have Beginning at 8:46 a.m., timed to the will be led by members of the Duke Religious Life been scheduled. An interfaith service of precise moments ofeach of the four staff in memory of the victims of the Sept, n terplane crashes and the descent of the prayer will be held at noon and a vespers rorist acts in the Chapel. two towers of the World Trade service—with candlelight, choir, scripCenter, a single chime will be rung At 5:15 p.nt, a vespers service—with candlelight, choir, tures and prayer—will be held at 5:15 from the Chapel carillon. scriptures and prayer—will be held in the Chapel p.m. Chapel bells will chime throughout At n a.m., six chimes will be rung in the morning to symbolically mark the At 8 p.m., a community vigil will be held on the recognition ofthe six Duke alumni Chapel Quad. who died on September n.

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Despite being delayed at Yale University to deal with major union strikes, incoming Vice President for Campus Services Kernel Dawkins said he will be at Duke next week to get started on his new job.

Dawkins, who was hired over the sum-

mer to oversee facilities, parking, dining and other campus-wide services, previously served as associate vice president for facilities at Yale. He had originally planned to arrive at Duke in August. His delay has caused him to miss appointments and may prove to be a minor setback for his early goals.

‘Transition periods take a little time, particularly for senior positions.... [lt] takes time to turn over the reins,” he said.

“It’s been important for me to get information to read via e-mail, but it’s even more important for me to be [at Duke] and physically sit in on meetings.”

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Tort debate intensifies in N,C. Senate by

Hasvold Jennifer THE CHRONICLE

The debate over tort reform in North Carolina will reignite next week as the N.C. Senate prepares for its weeklong special session to consider mal-

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practice legislation.

Health care workers are pushing for limits on pain-and-suffering damage awards, while trial lawyers insist that such reforms would do little to curb the skyrocketing insurance rates the state’s physicians are experiencing and would needlessly burden victims of malpractice.

The original bill, Senate Bill No. 9, was introduced last session and although many new drafts have emerged, its central features will frame the debate for the special session next week.

Crucial components of the bill include caps on non-economic damages awarded and plans for periodic payment of damages. Economic damages such as loss of income and compensation for living costs associated with disabilities—would not be capped under any of the proposals for tort re-

Provost Peter Lange has placed a cap on financial aid expenditures by Arts and Sciences for the next five years, a move that somewhat alleviates the multi-faceted financial aid crunch that has been hampering the A&S budget this year.

The financial aid cost*to Arts and Sciences has been increasing at twice the rate of tuition, said Wflliam Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. The cap will limit financial aid expenditures to 1.5 times the rate of tuition, which has historically been the standard contribution from Arts and Sciences —though in recent years, Chafe said, the ratio was closer to one-to-one.

Lange called the cap “the appropriate

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Qureia accepts Palestinian high post by

James Bennet

NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

Facing the possible threat ofbroader Israeli military action after Israeli warplanes destroyed the home of a Hamas political leader Wednesday, Ahmed Qureia, the speaker of the Palestinian Parliament, abruptly ended three days of hesitation and accepted the post of prime minister.

In taking the position, offered to him Sunday by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Qureia dropped demands he had made—for Israeli and international help—and spoke suddenly as if in a hurry, saying he would present a com-

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pact “emergency government” to Parliament for its approval Thursday.

Qureia said his top priority would be to unify the tangled branches of Palestinian security forces, a central Israeli and U.S. demand.

It was not clear whether the proposal would be seen as credible by the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who cut short a trip to India after two Hamas suicide bombers killed 15 people in separate attacks in Israel Tuesday.

Sharon returned to Israel overnight for a meeting with top security advisers to weigh further action.

An Israeli force has been poised for some time outside the Gaza Strip for a

possible invasion. Some Israeli ministers

have renewed demands that Arafat

be deported.

“We will make every effort to bring terror to an end,” Sharon told reporters in New Delhi before departing.

The airstrike in Gaza against Mahmoud Zahar, a senior member of Hamas, wounded him and killed his son and a bodyguard. It seemed an escalation of Israel’s campaign against the militants and the ideological leaders of the group.

While Israel has generally directed attacks against members of Hamas while they were riding in vehicles or SEE QUREIA ON PAGE 8

Swedish foreign minister Lindh stabbed by

Alan Cowell

NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

An unidentified assailant STOCKHOLM, Sweden stabbed Foreign Minister Anna Lindh as she shopped in a department store Wednesday in an attack that stunned many Swedes and rekindled memories of the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.

While the motive behind the attack was unclear, an emotional Prime Minister Goran Persson ordered a halt in campaigning for a referendum Sunday in which Lindh, 46, had been a leading voice in favor of adopting the euro.

“It’s a serious situation,” Persson, a Social Democ-

rat, said at a news conference “The attack on her is an attack on our open society.”

The police said a tall man wearing a military camouflage jacket lunged at Lindh as she shopped for clothes at a de-

signer oudet in the upscale NK department store in central Stockholm Wednesday afternoon. The assailant fled, discarding the knife used in the attack.

Lindh is a powerful figure in the Social Democrat Party, which has dominated public life here for decades. She was stabbed in the arms, chest and stomach, and underwent surgery, but the police said that her wounds were not life-threatening.

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Death sentence for Islamic bomber An Islamic militant pumped his fist in defiance Wednesday as he was led from court after being convicted and sentenced to death in last year's Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.

Japan sees speedy economic gain Japan's economy expanded 3.9 percent at an

annualized pace in the April-through-June quarter—nearly twice as fast as originally reported—as capital spending was better than expected.

Iraqis find support in bin Laden tape Osama bin Laden appeared in a videotape broadcast by an Arab satellite television channel and in an accompanying audiotape exhorted Iraqi resistance fighters to "bury" American troops in Iraq.

Peru's gas fields receive financial support A project to develop Peru's natural gas fields, sharply criticized by environmentalists, received a significant endorsement when theInter-American Development Bank approved a $75 million loan.

News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Briefs Warnings issued for DSG campaign violations Two freshman candidates for the Duke Student GovAnthony Collins and Neil Van Vynckt, were accused of violating the flyering policy yesterday and were issued a formal warning by DSG Attorney General Dave Kahne. A third student, freshman Daron Gunn, withdrew from the race before a formal complaint could be certified.

Collins was elected, while Van Vynckt was not. Kahne said Collins will not be in bad standing with DSG when his term as senator begins.

Collins said his violation was a technicality. “I didn’t do anything that was malicious or try to get anything over anybody.... And I’m still a legislator,” he said.

Van Vynckt could not be reached for comment. ernment senate,

All-You-Can-Eat Thursdays starts in Great Hall ARAMARK Corp. will test its All-You-Can-Eat Thursdays

Edwards pushes college plan by

Benjamin Perahia THE CHRONICLE

Presidential hopeful John Edwards stressed the impact college students will have on the success ofhis campaign in a conference call Wednesday.

Edwards, who announced Sunday that he will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate, encouraged college Democrats to focus on replacing current President George W. Bush and highlighted his dedication to college students.

The senator stressed his plan to make the first year of tuition at every public university and community college free for students who are willing to work 10 hours a week while enrolled.

“Everywhere I go I have reached out to young people and their energy and ideas,” Edwards said. “Young people are going to play a critical role in this campaign.”

Despite Democratic candidates advocating conflicting policies, Edwards maintained that college Democrats could still stand united, as the primary goal ofDemocrats is to replace the current leadership in Washington.

‘We need to stay focused on the goal —to make sure that we replace George Bush [and] to focus on the problems of America today.”

Noting loss of jobs and health care problems, Edwards asserted that Democrats need to present a strong alternative vision for the country.

Choral Vespers in commemoration of September 11, 2001 THURSDAY 5:15 p.m.

Duke University Chapel This special candlelight service is in rememberance

‘There are variations in the ideas between the different candidates but we [all] have a different view of the direction America needs to take,” Edwards said.

Zeb Smathers, co-president of Duke Democrats, said that his group is not supporting one specific candidate.

“We will work with Duke Students for Edwards only if Edwards gets the Democratic nomination,” Smathers said. “We’re all under the flag of trying to get Bush out of there.”

Jason Black, president of Duke Students for Edwards, acknowledged that his group is not using Duke Democrats’ resources to campaign but stressed their common goal.

In the conference call targeted towards college newspapers, Edwards also thanked Ashley Bell, president of the College Democrats of America, for his .personal endorsement. Bell is. founder of the College Democrats of Georgia and was the youngest African-American to be a delegate to the Democratic National Committee in 2000.

T want a job after graduation, so that’s why I am endorsing John Edwards for president,” he said, adding that he supported Edwards because of his free tuition plan.

Edwards attributed his concern for college students to his life experiences.

“I was the first person in my family to be able to go to college,” he said. “I remember the obstacles that I and my family went through.”

this evening in the Great Hall, offering unlimited servings on a number of food options for $8.50. The all-you-can-eat deal will not include some items, such as packaged foods and bottled beverages, but will include stations such as the salad bar, grill, hot and cold wrap stations and Sitar Indian Palace.

ARAMARK regional manager David Randolph said the grill will not have steaks and salmon Thursday evening but will still offer chicken, portabello mushrooms and beef and vegetable patties. Sushi will not be available for AYCE Thursdays this week, but could be offered in limited or full amounts next week.

The Great Hall will be selling only AYCE meals this evening, so students seeking ARAMARK food in the Great Hall will pay $8.50 regardless of how many servings they get.

Randolph said the AYCE Thursdays program is on a trial basis, and could be scrapped after tonight if it is a total bust.

Dinner is served in the Great Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Classrooms opened for alternative study areas Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, announced Monday that five classrooms for individual study will be opened, after concerns surfaced about ongoing renovations of Perkins Library.

The rooms, which will be available by DukeCard access, are available Monday through Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. In an e-mail to all undergraduates, Thompson urged students not to allow others to tailgate into the classrooms or prop open classroom doors. Thompson also cautioned that the rooms should be used only for individual study.

The classrooms will be open undl the end of fall semester, at which point their usage will be reviewed and possibly modified for spring.

The available classrooms are 129 Sociology-Psychology, 109 Languages and 05 Physics on West Campus and 107F and 100 West Duke on East Campus.

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black six-foot male, with a large and long Afro hairstyle, white T-shirt and gray baggy sweats, inside the vehicle attempting to take the radio.

Upon seeing the student, the suspect ran to a white vehicle and drove south toward Wannamaker Drive.

Another student approached the officer to report that his unsecured vehicle was entered and his $9O Clarion compact disc player had been stolen.

Crime Briefs Students busted for pot, underage alcohol possession A Duke officer responded to room 201 of

Edens IB Sept. 9 in response to reports of the smell of marijuana. Matthew Sullivan, DOB July 25, 1984, and Leonard Fishman, DOB Feb. 9, 1984, were charged with possession of marijuana and underage possession of alcohol—45 12ounce cans ofBusch Light beer. They had also removed the batter)' from their smoke detector and covered the air circuladon vent with newspaper.

Fishman declined comment and Sullivan, an associate sports editor for The Chronicle, could not be reached for comment. They have been given a court date of Oct. 23.

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A Duke Police officer received a report at 12:36 p.m. Sept. 5 in reference to the operator of a white Hoft, Inc., equipment truck backing into a vehicle parked in the Fuqua lot. It was reported that the operator and passenger of the truck got out, viewed the $5OO in damage their truck had caused and drove off.

Subsequent investigation resulted in Donald Earie Ennis, Jr., DOB May 28, 1982, of 3524 Willow Springs Road, being charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident. His passenger, Levi Floyd Bidlack, DOB Dec. 7, 1976 of 3409 Martin Road in Efland N. C, was charged with aiding and abetting.

Their court date is set for Dec. 9. Neither could be reached for comment.

gate broken, students

On Sept. 8 around 1:30 a.m., Duke Police officers were standing on Towerview Road near House CC when they heard the noise of a $5O Blue Zone gate arm breaking. The officers observed a group ofmales walking across Towerview from the Blue Zone lot. One of the males was carrying the broken gate arm. When two of the males observed the officers approaching, they ran towards the West-Edens Link dormitory.

Subsequent investigation resulted in Brendan Camp, DOB Oct. 11 1983, and lan Carey, DOB Sept. 26,1983, being charged with damage with real property. Carey declined comment, and Camp was unavailable for comment. They have been given a Sept. 24 court date.

Car ransacked An employee reported that between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sept. 4, while his vehicle was parked in the H parking lot on Hillsborough Road, someone broke out a $255 window and stole his $2OO JVC compact disc player, five compact discs worth $lOO, a $l2O Cobra radar detector, a State Employee’s Credit Union personal check worth $5 and a $3O planner in a black case.

Damage to the dashboard was estimated at $2OO.

Thief stymied by student Duke Police officers responded to the Blue Zone parking lot around 8:42 p.m. Sept. 4 in reference to an attempted larceny from a motor ve-

Extinguisher damages laundry machine A student reported at 9:53 p.m. Sept. 4, someone had taken a fire extinguisher and discharged it into a clothes dryer located in the FFI laundry room, causing $250 in damage.

hicle. A student reported that as he was walking through the Blue Zone lot, he observed glass on the ground near a vehicle. He then observed a

Bush seeks stronger, expanded Patriot Act

by David Sanger NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

President QUANTICO, Va. George W. Bush Wednesday called for a significant expansion of federal law enforcement powers under the Patriot Act, using the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist acts to argue that that his administration is winning the war on terrorism but that “unreasonable obstacles” in the law still impede the pursuit of terror suspects.

With his speech Wednesday at the FBl’s training academy, where he spoke to a cheering crowd offederal investigators and Marines from the nearby training camp; Bush plunged direcdy into the political debate over whether the Patriot Act’s provisions are too far-reaching.

He argued Wednesday that it does not reach far enough, and vowed that “we will never forget the servants of evil who plotted the attacks, and we will never forget those who rejoiced at our grief.”

Specifically, Bush proposed permitting for federal law enforcementagencies to issue “administrative subpoenas” in terrorism cases without getting approval from a judge or a grandjury, expanding the federal death penalty statutes to cover more terrorism-related crimes and making it harder for people suspected in terrorism-related cases to be released on bail.

The granting of expanded subpoena powers is the most con-

tentious of the three amendments to the act that Bush is proposing. The proposal was contained in the original bill passed in aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, but was dropped in the face of congressional opposition. Bush argued Wednesday that the procedure was already used in cases of health-care fraud.

It is unclear how Bush’s proposals will fare in a Congress where Democrats and a number of Republicans have raised questions that the original Patriot-Act went too far, and with a public whose memories of the Sept. 11 attacks are fading.

Bush also called for expanding the federal death penalty to include a range of terror-related crimes, including sabotaging defense or nuclear facilities using methods that result in deaths. Bush also said Congress must allow judges to deny bail for terror suspects. Judges have that power with some drug offenses, and Bush argued that “this disparity in the law makes no sense.”

“If dangerous drug dealers can be held without bail in this way, Congress should allow for the same treatment for accused terrorists,” he said.

It is far from clear that he will win the powers he sought Wednesday.

But one Republican strategist, who is close to the White House, said he believed “Bush is betting that he will either get the powers or get an issue he can use to club his Democratic opponent, whoever that turns out to be.”

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White House calls for restraint In Mid-East by

Steven Weis man

NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

With attacks by both Palestinians and Israeli forces continuing, President George W. Bush appealed Wednesday, once again, for restraint on both sides.

Yet, with each attack and counterattack, the Middle East peace plan championed by Bush is receding further from view.

Now, it is not only the plan that is threatened but the partnership known as the Quartet—the United States, the United Nations, Europe and Russia—that is overseeing the peace process and that created the original proposal, known as the road map.

American, European and U.N. officials say that the biggest source of disagreement within the Quartet has been over how to handle Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, who appointed MahmoudAbbas as the first Palestinian prime minister and has now, with Abbas’ resignation, designated Ahmed Qurei as his successor.

The United States sides with Israel in treating the Palestinian leader as a non-person, while Europeans along with Arab leaders insist that Arafat remains important and needs to be dealt with.

Many analysts point out that the United States, while refusing to deal with Arafat directly, has been happy to let the Europeans and Egyptians transmit messages to him urging cooperation. “If the United States isn’t talking to Arafat, someone needs to talk to him,” said Edward Abington, a former State Department official who now is a consultant to the Palestinians.

Several knowledgeable officials said the Quartet’s envoys have refrained from meeting with Arafat in some months, in deference to American and Israeli demands. But they are growing increasingly frustrated,

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‘To the Quartet, recent events only confirm that the United States is living in a dream world in refusing to deal with Arafat,” said an American official.

‘The Europeans want us to move from that position.

But that ain’t going to happen, let me tell you.”

Israel has long distrusted the entire decision by the administration to forge a Middle East peace plan with Russia, Europe and the United Nations, which Israeli leaders universally distrust as having a long history of downplaying Israel’s security concerns.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been openly disdainful of the Quartet’s participation, and Bush resisted endorsing the proposal until after the Iraq war. His resistance still rankles among many European envoys, especially as the European Union contributes more than a third of the Palestinian Authority’s $ 1-billionannual budget.

The Europeans also quietly criticize the Bush administration for allegedly not pushing Israel hard

enough to make concessions to the Palestinians, which Bush and his aides said repeatedly were necessary to shore up Abbas’ standing.

Some American officials now acknowledge their disappointment that Israel did not do more along these lines in the last couple of months, but Israel flatly rejects the idea that it moved too slowly to shore up Abbas. Israeli officials assert that Israel in recent months released more than 400 Palestinian prisoners, issued 18,000 extra work permits for Palestinians in Israel, released $450 million in frozen funds for the Palestinian Authority and suspended targeted killings of Palestinian militants in Gaza, once Palestinian authorities took control of security there.

In addition, Israel redeployed forces, withdrawing from Gaza and Bethlehem, opened a major road in Gaza, lifted three major road blocks in the West Bank, dismantled 12 unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank and held four meetings between Sharon and Abbas.

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communication with Executive Vice President Tallman Trask and the directors of the various services that will be under his watch.

Since Campus Services is a newly-created division and the organization is still somewhat in flux, Dawkins’ absence in these early weeks has not left as gaping a hole as it otherwise might have.

“In many of the cases—dining, parking, facilities —the leaders of those areas are still at Duke, so it’s been my strong sense that those leaders at Duke are carrying on quite well,” Dawkins said.

Trask agreed, noting that Campus Services is getting by with help from Associate Vice President for Finance Paul Davies and former Director of Facilities Management Jerry Black, who stepped down after last year but has remained at the University to help with the transition.

Several issues are pressing for Campus Services this year, Trask said, including addressing campus safety and police, sorting out parking after the University and Medical Center systems merged this summer and keeping up with various construction projects.

In addition, Dawkins said he will spend the fall semester creating the organizational structure of his division and talking to various administrators to get a sense of major problems.

Before tackling Duke’s issues, Dawkins and others must first resolve Yale’s strikes, which have crippled the campus since late August. About 2,000 dining hall, maintenance and clerical workers have been boycotting their current employee status and pushing for higher wages, better pensions and job security.

Dawkins said that although teaching and research have progressed as usual, facilities managers who have remained at work have had to put in longer hours to compensate for the striking union members.

Douglas Rae, Richard S. Ely professor of organization and management at Yale and an expert on union activity in the area, said the union problems faced by Yale have not resulted at all from the conduct of Dawkins, whom he called “extremely able.”

“The fundamental issues here are historical and structural rather than administrative,” he said. “I think the current administration has been rational, even-handed and reasonable.”

Crowds rally at Yale's Beinecke Plaza during the first day of a strike of more than 1,000 university clerical, maintenenceand technical workers.

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as a potential successor to Persson.

In connection with the euro campaign, her photograph had appeared on posters nationwide.

Persson said he had not so far considered postponing the vote. Advocates of a no vote, who in successive opinion polls were leading the yes votes by an average of 10 percentage points, also said they would suspend their campaign, bringing a muted atmosphere to a political battle that will have repercussions throughout Europe. Along with Britain and Denmark, Sweden has been a holdout in using the euro, which has been adopted by the 12 other European Union nations.

A yes vote would give the euro a boost as the European Union prepares to expand, while a no vote would bolster opposition to the single currency elsewhere. After the stabbing, though, many people in this usually undemonstrative society seemed stunned more by the fact that the attack took place at all than its potential political repercussions.

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moments when the planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

There will also be a noon luncheon at the Duke Law School, where professors Scott Silliman and Christopher Schroeder will discuss the war against terrorism.

Finally, at 8 p.m., a community vigil will be held on the

Chapel Quad“ This is not a political event; political debates can be saved for another day,” said Mollie Lurey, an organizer of the vigil. ‘This is to show honor and remember lost loved ones and to come together for a good cause.”

Lurey said she is expecting a high turnout, and sees the vigil as a good way for people to express their mourning, “Even though it was two years ago, [people] should take a

Chris Donald, a graduate student in the divinity school, said Sept. 11 still really affects the way people think, and the anniversary is a time to reflect on the way people think, “It’ll be a more solemn day [in comparison to any other day]said Sarah Baker, a junior. “A year makes a big difference, but it’s [been] only two years.”

Although tomorrow is being remembered in particular, Albert Eldridge, professor of political science, said that people’s interest in the events of Sept. 11 extends beyond the anniversary and into their academic pursuits, “You see a lot of students who are showing much more interest in foreign policy and international relations,” Eldridge said.

He added that he was impressed with the participation in discussions involving international relations and the post-Sept. 11 world.

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form currently on the table. “[Senate Bill No. 9] is an overly-simplistic silver bullet approach to a very complicated problem,” said Bill Wilson, political and legislative director for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Wilson said the currently proposed measures were unlikely to reduce future increases in insurance premiums by more than 5 percent.

Senator Robert Pittenger, who introduced the bill, disagreed. “I [introduced the bill] because of the alarming increases that health care physicians and hospitals were incurring throughout the state,” Pittenger said, adding that he has received complaints from his constituents, particularly physicians.

“The coalition is committed toward a bill with caps with collateral source reform,” Pittenger said. “[Experts] . concur that caps are an important component toward addressing the skyrocketing rates.”

Aside from its impact on medical liability, patients’ rights advocates are concerned about ensuring a fair legal environment for plaintiffs. .

Opponents to reform claim that changes made would discourage patients from taking legal recourse. “The goal of [these reforms] is to essentially make these cases too difficult to pursue from a cost standpoint,” Wilson said. He added that in a complicated malpractice case, a plaintiff’s attorney may spend anywhere from $lOO,OOO

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“It is a great concern to constituents; not just to health care providers but to consumers, because the cost of medical insurance is directly affected by these increases.”

Pittenger said his bill began to receive significant attention from legislators after 3,000 physicians and health care providers staged a rally in Raleigh April 8.

He said partisan politics caused the gridlock over the legislation last spring.

“The Democrats don’t want to offend a major constituent of theirs and that is trial lawyers,” Pittenger said. “They’re going to see a major reaction from the health care community if they don’t properly address and respond to this crisis.”

The liability crisis is not unique to North Carolina rising malpractice insurance costs have been increasing dramatically across the country.

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“Probably every state in the country is trying to pursue the same elements of malpractice insurance that we are—most definitely,” said Robert Seligson, chief executive officer of the North Carolina Medical Society.

Although most states are looking at caps on non-economic damages, there are other complementary initiatives that have been introduced as well.

“I think the over-riding thing here is that we need to have insurance reform,” Wilson said, pointing to California as an example. California put contingency fees on plaintiff attorneys and caps on non-economic damages but also imposed a more stringent review process for insurance companies before large increases in insurance premiums could be enacted.

Although momentum for tort reform has been building in the past few months, if a bill is agreed upon, final approval will have to wait until the House convenes.

Though the nature of the bill is far from settled, proponents of reform are optimistic.

“I live in hope every day,” Pittenger said.

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FINANCIAL AID thing do” at a time when Arts and Sciences is cutting faculty searches and raising tuition to try to avoid significant budget deficits that show no sign of abating in the near future. According to a letter Chafe sent to department chairs in August, Arts and Sciences has had to allocate $1.5 million more to financial aid in this year’s to

budget.

A confluence of financial aid factors have contributed make this year tough on the University, especially Arts and Sciences.

Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid James Belvin said the University has increasingly needed to assume financial aid costs that might have previously fallen to students “As the cost of attendance goes up each year—as tuition goes up—there was a time that part of that burden was assumed by students through increases in work study and loan: self-help aspects of awards,” he said. “In recent years that has not been the case; what has happened is

“As the cost of attendance goes up each year—as tuition goes up—there was a time that part of that burden was assumed by students through increases in work study and loan: selfhelp aspects of awards.”

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Lange said he believed the main reason for the increasing cost of financial aid is the sluggish national economy, which has put more families in need of more aid.

This fall also marks the first year of a new formulation for dispensing financial aid for the University and 30 other schools, which together comprised a consortium called the 568 Presidents’ Working Group. The new formulation is more generous, Belvin said, as the group re-

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The new home equity valuation will cap home equity considered at 2.4 times a household’s income, whereas the entire value of the home could be considered before the change. Belvin said the new formulation is designed to recognize that home value is often inflationary and out of proportion to a family’s ability to pay.

For a time earlier this summer, the University was looking at a far worse scenario because of yet another financial aid-related crunch. State and federal support for financial aid programs to Duke this year were considerably less than expected, and Duke faced $1.5 million to $2.5 million in extra costs. A University appeal, however, won back some of that money.

The University is not currently considering “needaware” admissions or reducing its financial aid generosity, despite the stress it places on the budget, Lange said. Several years ago the issue came under consideration, but President Nan Keohane strongly affirmed the University’s commitment to need-blind admissions at that time.

QUREIA from page 2 were in locations away from theirfamilies, it attacked Zahar while he was at home with his family. The bomb flattened his house, but Zahar, 58, was thrown clear and only slighdy wounded, Palestinian witnesses said.

The bodyguard and Zahar’s 29-year-old son, Khaled, died in the blast. Hospital officials said 26 people were injured, including Zahar’s wife, Sumiya, who was described in serious condition.

“Before, the Hamas leaders thought if they were at their homes, among their families and among civilians, they wouldn’tbe touched,” a Palestinian security official said.

Israel accused Zahar of involvement in terrorist attacks and of“unrestrained incitement” against the Jewish state. In interviews, Zahar has denied involvement in planning attacks.

The warplanes struck as Israelis were burying the dead from the bombings Tuesday, which occurred less than six hours apart.

At a bus stop outside an army base near Tel Aviv, one bomber blew himself apart at rush hour, killing eight people, all of them soldiers. In the second attack, the bomber detonated his weapon in a cafe in Jerusalem’s most secular, left-leaning neighborhood, killing seven people.

Among the dead was Dr. David Applebaum, an emergency room physician who had treated many bombing victims and was with his daughter, Nava, 20, on the eve of her planned wedding. She was also killed.

Zahar, who quickly left the hospital and went into hiding in Gaza, spoke by telephone with the Arab television channel al-Jazeera, repeating his familiar hard-line messages. One Palestinian who met with him Wednesday night described him as being in “very good spirits,” rejecting sympathy and saying that his son, who had studied accounting in London, was a martyr.

In a statement issued by its military wing, Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction ofIsrael and the creation of an Islamic state in what was once Palestine, declared that it would widen its violent campaign because “targeting homes is a violation of all red lines.”

Hamas, which did not immediately claim responsibility for the attacks Tuesday, did so Wednesday. It identified the bombers as being from the same clan, Abu Isleem, in the West Bank town of Rantis, near Ramallah. Israeli forces swept into the town Wednesday and arrested 20 members of the clan.

Israel declared an “all-out” war with Hamas after a Hamas suicide bomber killed 22 people aboard a bus in Jerusalem on Aug. 19. At the same time, it broke offpeace talks with the governing Palestinian Authority.

The previous Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, dissolved his government Saturday, accusing Israel of undermining him by not making its own mandated concessions under the peace plan known as the road map that is backed by the White House. He also accused Arafat of not supporting him.

Qureia had said that for him to succeed, Israel would have to halt its military operations and stop isolating Arafat. He took the job Wednesday without those requirements being met. He told reporters in Ramallah that he would form “a crisis Cabinet in an attempt to get out of this dangerous curve.”

Jonathan Peled, a spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said that Qureia “in a certain way holds the key to the question, ‘Will the Palestinian Authority be an authority that fights terrorism, or will it be an authority that’s overrun by terrorism?’ The next few days, probably weeks, will say what direction he’s going.”

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days, senior Russell Williams has been spending a lot of time haunting the Duke theater scene as part of the cast of Love's Labours Lost. It's not where he thought he'd be a few years back. Williams did theater in high school, auditioned for a few productions freshman year at Duke, didn't get in and stopped trying. But this year, some unknown force—perhaps his proclivity for Shakespeare —compelled him to pull out his actor persona one last time and face the task of auditioning. Since he hadn't been acting regularly, he had to pick up a monologue and learn it over the space of a few days by pacing around his room reciting madly. It was a tough

task for Williams, filled with anxiety, but ulti- ing. Freshman Chloe Chien likened the susmately one that ended in success. pense to waiting for college acceptances, a The auditioning process can be scary, but grueling time, while sophomore Trey Sherard, for everyone who wants to perform at Duke, who also auditioned for Duke Players, offered some cautionary words of wisdom:"Stay realit's away of life. ly interested, check e-mail every 15 minutes The stress that accompanies the auditioning process is universally felt from the theater but don't worry too much about it." to the music studio. For most performers, it's For the select few with the will and desire to the time just before an audition that's the perform, auditions begin right after classes most stomach-churning. Freshman Davis start. For theater auditions, monologues are a Hasty, who will also perform in Love's Labours staple, and actors are allowed to choose and prepare to their own tastes. A capella audiLost, explained that "auditioning makes a perat the [You're] former absolutely vulnerable. tions feature a prepared verse and chorus folcomplete mercy of the production team, and lowed by some range-checking and music having no real control over [your] fate is a hor- auditions run similarly with a prepared piece ribly nerve-racking feeling." And after the and sight reading. Contrary to its nominal ordeal, waiting for results can be just as draincontinued on page 6

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Cats in particular fall victim to the obesity plague—sure, you may laugh at the antics of Garfield and Heathdiff's Mungo, but their conditions are real. And deadly. Miss Piggy's Marlon Brando-like weight struggles have plagued her throughout her career. Plus, side effects of this kind of obesity can be gross and horrifying; The Lion King's Pumbaa is just one disturbing example of an obese animal with unfortunate gas problems.

But there is hope. Constant love and affection can do great things for your pet. Sitcom dogs in particular have enjoyed happy healthy lives; Eddie from Frasier's regimen of jumping excitedly is just one recipe for success. Mad About You's Murray kept audiences laughing with his crazyantics and voluptuous figure. And don't forget Empty Nest's cardio-enthusiast Dreyfuss,yet another healthy, happy dog.

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Small pets can also attain a slim figure without sacrificing their adorable personality. Marcel from Friends showed off his sleek simian body week-in and week-out, a fine example of monkey fitness. And the tiny Verdel from As Good As it Gets showed us that even a little time-to-time is OK. And speaking of bacon. Babe —a 'Dirty Pig" —proved that even traditionally overweight :an achieve superior fitness with a little motivation, animals can still look good too, such as the adorable he Parakeet from Dumb and Dumber. He may not i head, but thanks to his incapacity to eat, Petey still acts suitors.

One thing all these animals have in common is a jeaithy diet. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for most.

The"Yo QuieroTaco Bell"dog is clearly on a frightening ascent to an early grave with his frequent binges on ditas and choco-tacos. The Flintstone's Dino—a conconsumer of inconceivably large, fatty dinosaur ies—has flirted with high cholesterol and over-eating years.

And much like humans, pets too can fall victim to the spell of alcohol. Spuds MacKenzie is one such example.This Bud Light loving lush of a dog may have won the hearts of millions, but at what cost?

Pet substance abuse is a one-way ticket to bad health. It's important to watch your pets and their social behavior, and to discourage friendships with lascivious characters like the Pink Panther, Felix the Cat or the skunkish Pepe Le Pew, And be careful: though thinness is preferred, anorexia is just as deadly.The unfortunate Mr. Bigglesworth from Austin Powers demonstrated that beneath a coat of white, fluffy hair there could be an anemic, emaciated, skeletal shell of an animal.

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By Katie Latanich "Are you a Mexican, or a Mexi-con'f?"

Definitely the best tag line we've seen in a while.Once Upon a Time in Mexico is clever—sort of—in a sun-kissed, blood-spattered kind of way. Antonio Banderas is beautiful, also in a sun-kissed and blood-spattered kind of way.

Always mysterious and darkly, dramatically graceful, he sings, he strums, he flashes dark eyes and big guns, prancing through life with his tight pants and shiny, shiny boots. El Mariachi can do anything —like James Bond, but not so bloody obvious.

Mexico is the follow-up to Robert Rodriguez's Desperado (1995); itself a remake of El Mariachi (1992). Antonio Banderas is the Mariachi himself, a guitartoting gunslinger avenging deaths of the loved and lost. A few members of the old Desperado crew appear, including Salma Hayek and Cheech Marin, but the rest must have died somewhere along the way. Johnny Depp stars opposite Banderas as an errant CIA double-agent, as pretty as a pirate and happy to steal the show.

Still, El Mariachi is the star. He knows what's going down, even if we don't. He plays the game like a finely tuned guitar, coaxing answers and information like music from the clumsy instruments of his suffering, Mexico is an obvious film.

Life is for living and movies are for watching—don't overthink this one. In general, everyone is a bad guy and should be shot on sight.

Really, violence can be fun. Dehumanized and desensitized as we are, Mexico is truly a study in the creative administration of pain. Bones can splinter like that? Flesh explodes like that? Fortunately, gunfight sequences appear in stopand-go slow motion, the better to observe both entry and exit wounds.

Examine the ballistics of bloodshed when the next bad guy gets his guts smeared across the wall.There is much to be learned.

Mexico is exhilarating and deeply, gutturally satisfying. When El Mariachi clicks

his spurs and draws the gun you didn't know he had, you'll get that nice twinge of vicarious badass adrenaline, and it feels good. While it lasts.

El Mariachi has nothing to live for. He's hopelessly romantic, recklessly independent and relentlessly self-serving. He doesn't care if he lives or dies. And hey, neither do we. Without motivation, chasing revenge for the bitter sake of revenge, El Mariachi is, sadly, a little pathetic.

If El Mariachi was a low-budget child genius and Desperado an upscale resale, Mexico is like leftover refried beans. When the dust finally settles, we're left with a sense of relief and the weighty conviction of finali1B ty. Holster your pistols, wipe your boots and strut away iJfIK t into the sunset; because that—as they say—is that.

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insider history of Irish asylums run by the Catholic Magdalene Sisterhood from the early 1960s through 1996. Such institutions existed as correctional facilities for women deemed guilty of mortal sin in accordance with the scripture-based notion of absolving one's sins through penance, exertion and hard labor.

Mullen follows the experiences of three women entering the asylum in 1964: Rose, who gave birth out of wedlock; Margaret, raped by her cousin at a family wedding; and Bernadette, an orphan condemned for flaunting her beauty and inciting male temptation.These women were sent into virtual exile from society and scorned for their visible sexuality, which they wielded intentionally or unknowingly. Female sexuality exemplified the greatest strength—and the greatest weakness—of human vice.The Magdalene orders sought to elevate human purity, and atone for original sin by punishing the available scapegoats.

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Widely criticized as a campaign against the Catholic Church, Mullen's film does seem a bit onesided.Though the three young women are realized as whole,fully dimensional characters, the nuns remain flat, prototypicaT'bad guys."The juxtaposition between well-developed victims and shallowly portrayed antagonists undermines the artistic merit, the emotional impact and the intended message of the film.

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ary Lewis and Winterode Sticking much more to mainstream rock, yet still creating a unique sound, the Raveonettes are Denmark's answer to the Strokes and the White Stripes, and if the legions of music critics who have praised their hip sound have their way, the Raveonettes may become the "the" band for the United States. Like their peers in this latest Scandinavian invasion, the Raveonettes have culled their rockabilly sound and punk-beat rhythms from the past, drawing on 50s rock and roll and the Velvet Underground. Backed by guitarist Sune Rose Wagner's distorted guitar feedback and bassist Sharin Foo's measured rhythms, the Raveonettes play euphonic garage rock replete with driving guitar riffs and intermittent hand claps.Their major label debut album was retooled with a happier chord and features a trace of surf guitars and a melody reminiscent of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers'"Don't Come Around Here No More" on the lead single "That Great Love Sound."

America, prepare for the Leaves.The Icelandic band's debut, Breathe, which will be released September 23, is a sojourn through Coldplay and Oasis territory, with an altogether different direction.The foundation for the Leaves' music is from that island country in the north, yet they sound closer to the Brits than to fellow Icelanders, Bjork and Sigur Ros.The group pairs singer Arnar Gudjonsson's sometimes ethereal, sometimes raw vocals with an arrangement that straddles the line between ambient pop and mainstream rock. Leaves'songs evoke a feeling of deja vu, while at the same time exploring new dimensions of the two genres from which they take inspiration.The end-result is a sound all its own, earthy yet airy.

Norway's Sondre Lerche is also crafting innovative pop, yet not by combining sounds in search of a danceable melody. Instead, he's a wideeyed, less-brooding Rufus Wainwright, a Badly Drawn Boy with better vocals and mellower rhythm, a singer-songwriter with melody dripping from every sung line and his heart hanging continually from his musical sleeve.

Lerche easily gets away with lyrics like "Now they live in Never-Never Land/ Claiming their tourists/They light up the crowd and don't talk too loud anymore." In fact, his debut CD, Faces Down, was released last year to almost universal rave reviews, including #6 on Rolling Stone's "Best Albums of the Year," and a subsequent EP, Don't Be Shallow, hits stores September 23.This Norwegian troubadour definitely lights up his crowd.

While Junior Senior is often initially described by the odd-couple pairing of the thin Jesper Mortensen (Junior) and the not-so-thin Jeppe Laursen (Senior), like the rest of the artists in this new breed of northern stars, this Danish dancepop duo is not a novelty act. Instead, they are able to skillfully blend disco beats with rock and roll, funk and hip-hop to create fun dance music that's hipper than Fat Boy Slim.Their debut album, D-DDon'tStop the Beat, features the same bouncing basslines, energetically-sung choruses, and hiphop-esque backing vocals of their lead single "Move Your Feet." And while there's no colorful animated video replete with a mischievous squirrel, singing hot dog and dancing pineapple for the other tracks (so far), they do feature doo-wop elements, hand claps and cowbell-esque drumbeats.

Also deriving their sound from successful genres of yore, Sweden's the Sounds seem to have culled the catchiest hooks from the 1980s and crammed them into their premiere, Living in America, which was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. Earlier this summer, when the first single,"7 Days A Week," made it to MTV, the confident swagger and fullblown glamour of the 80s was indeed reborn. Like Blondie's Debbie Harry, frontwoman Maja Ivarsson purrs throughout Living in America with a sneer and enough oomph to make you forget that new-wave punk died a long time ago. Ivarsson herself sings about the traditional music themes, including redemption, puppy love and masochism, perfectly in tune with the synth-pop riffs.The entire album really is a musical cliche, but it's so artfully done and thoroughly catchy thatyou can't help but fall in love with these up-and-coming Swedes.

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pounding. Sweat streaming. The exhilaration of the moment is tempered only by the fear of failure. Fourth quarter. Can't give up.

Fourth quarter. When the whistle blows the body is thrust into action, no time to think, and unadulterated athletic ability takes control.

A friend looks down at his stopwatch, looks back at the tent and slowly shakes his head.Too slow. Crushing defeat, searing disappointment. Luckily it's only July, and everybody has some facet of their Crazy game which needs tweaking.That's why, of course, they created the off-season.

Little publicized and rarely celebrated,the grueling off-season training program of the Cameron Crazies is a testament to their dedication and love for the game.

Some outsiders might say they take their role as "Sixth Man"a bit too seriously, but to judge a Crazy you must first be a Crazy. And those people who mock these super-fans haven't spent hours perfecting menacing scowls and body paint application in their bathroom mirrors. Those people have not felt the cool cavernous safety of tent #1 after a long sprint from the kitchen on a 90-degree summer day.

Those people have not practiced free throw distractions on their little brother's life-sized Sponge Bob Squarepants stuffed animal in front of the driveway hoop.

Those people are not Crazies, and they just don't understand.

What other people don't understand is the cause for the disappointing cheer season last winter. Star sharpshooter JJ. Redick extended his own personal challenge to the fans after what he called a "rebuilding year"for the Cameron Crazies.

"We graduated a very experienced and battle-tested class of Crazies in 2002. Our crowds last season at times seemed overwhelmed by the high school-to-college jump.You could hear a lot ofrookie mistakes.The big stage intimidates some of the younger fans, and if you hesitate for a second out there, that cheer will blow right by you."

The problem ironically seems intertwined with the success of the team and its fans over the years. Some whispers around campus indicate that maybe a shadow

of complacency crept over the student section in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Had the Crazies become so accustomed to their overwhelming domination of other student crowds on the national level that they began to take their cheering prowess for granted? Did the two-a-day practices and all-night cheer tutoring fade into the stuff of Crazy lore?

A stepping-up of off-season fitness and mental preparation will hopefully pay huge dividends for the group when the regular season arrives. "When you hear that tent check called, your body must already be conditioned to finding and reaching that tent.That comes from those days in the backyard working against the clock, working against the sun, working against that little voice inside that tells you there will always be somebody faster, somebody crazier. It's those summer days; it's that practice tent; those Bagel Bites with the crumbled sausage on top that your mom makes you 'cause you worked so hardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that make you a Crazy."

These confident words cannot, however, eliminate the growing sense of urgency amidst the most loyal of basketball aficionados. It is clear that this year a return offocus to the basics will be a big part of the rigorous summer and fall training season.Tent checks,cheers, blue and white paint. Listening intently to the radio for summer hit singles with words that could be twisted around to make fun of UNC. Savvy surfers of the Internet scour will the web for gossip or police reports concerning opposing players. Ex-girlfriends will be interviewed, high school friends harassed. Dirt must be dug and organized neatly into chant-able lines to unnerve opposing players.

So while you relax in your hammock sipping lemonade during the summer, or attend your frivolous parties and social functions, remember that there are people out there busting their butts to make sure that the "Sixth Man" is in shape for that first home game.A group that has been dedicated to the cause since the first time they spread Gerber's blueberry baby food on their face and followed the "Go to Hell Carolina, Go to Hell" mobile above their crib, voiceless lips mouthing the beloved phrase and chubby baby hands clapping to keep the beat.This group of people may take their cheering a little bit too seriously.They may not be in touch with what most people would call "reality/'They may not "own a toothbrush."But that's why they may just be the best sports fans in the world.The meticulous offseason training and dedication to cheering is all part of their plan to get back to the top.

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By Julia Fryett Could the next Rogers and Hammerstein be lurking around Bivens these days? Perhaps. And if so, such a mastermind Is undoubtedly enrolled in the new and improved Music Theater Workshop, co-taught by professors Anthony Kelley and John Clum.This thoroughly modern course is livening up the neglected corners of East Campus and has attracted fifteen students dedicated to the art of musical theater.

After being discontinued for five years, Music Theater Workshop was revived this year and is charging ahead in full force.The two-part course began last semester by introducing students to t history of musicals, and it continues this semester b dividing students into groups that will each writ and perform a 20 to 25minute musical."lt is a workshop," said Professor John Clum,"and by the en of the term students will have had enough background to create their own musical. Students are generally writing for commercial musical theater, but they do come up with a variety of musicals."

One past effort told the story of a group of people trapped in an elevator.

Although the course is cross-listed in the Music and Theater Studies departments, not all the students are experienced musicians and playwrights.Though some students are Music majors, others have had no experience composing."A lot of us have never written anything before," explained Lisa Kopitsky,a sophomore English major."Last week when they had us compose four measures of music, my partner and I walked into a room with a piano in it and neither of us knew how to play." Whether musical proteges or novices, the students pool their various talents together to create the final product."We choose students for a mix of things. Some are strong in musical theater, some are playwrights, performers or composers," said Clum.

The students admitted into the class are chosen to work together—to form a whole—as it takes more than one composer to pull off a musical.Though Kopitsky may not be able to whip out a Rachmaninoff Prelude, she does sing for Hoofn-Horn."l love musical theater, and was interested in scriptwriting," said Kopitsky."lt is interesting to see how many types of people are in the class —a lot of us are actors, very good pianists and vocalists, and we definitely all love musical theater."

At the conclusion of the semester —and four hard months of preparation—the students will have completed their oneact musical.Their work will be showcased to the public in Schaeffer Theater on Dec.r 3. Look out, Broadw. dents may be a force to be reckoned with.

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By Meghan Valerio Anime, Japan's most popular artistic export, has taken a temporary foothold in the Bryan Center."Perception is Reality," a showing of works by Priscilla Troy in the Louise Jones Brown Gallery, uses anime cutouts and paper art materials to explore themes of transience, the diminishing Japanese population, feminist issues and national defense.The Brown Gallery, an often bypassed section of the Bryan Center's upper level, hosts a number of shows each year, featuring local and national artists, The student-run Visual Arts Committee, an arm of the Duke University Union, chooses the artists each year, and has been in existence since 1968, originally managing a range of visual arts including film and video The committee's current choice is a striking blend of the modern and the ancient, exploring and commenting on the reconciliation of Japanese cultures.Troy's collaged monotypes blend mass-produced anime, or manga, with handmade paper and

nating from the cigarette. In other pieces, such as "It's Getting Hot In Hererr...,"a white cutout vaguely resembling Sailor Moon stands enveloped by swirls of red and black, Japanese calligraphy and anime figures, menacingly visaged, in shades of red. Surrounded by demon-like creatures, she seems to hold them just at bay.

Troy's work does not celebrate anime, but embraces it as an inextricable thread in modern Japan's cultural fabric. We're sure DukeAnime couldn't be happier.

"Perception is Reality" will be in the Louise Jones Brown Gallery until Sept. 26,

calligraphy.

DrogonßallZ- like figures break through pastel pastoral backgrounds, while in some of the more abstract pieces, the unapologetically

two-dimensional, often monochromatic characters seem to conjure their surroundings.

"Marlboro Man," a high-contrast piece in muted tones, sees a man, linedrawn, smoking from behind swat of black, white and brown, arranged as if the graphic blocks were ema- Two sample works featured at the Bryan Center exhibit

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implication, improv comedy auditions also demand a scripted funny story for their try-out process. Only with certain dance try-outs can you just show up armed with nothing but yourself.

The process can be just as stressful for those holding auditions. Jackie Ou from the a capella group "Out Of The Blue" put in 7-8 hours a day for four days in a row to attend auditions. Aside from the time and energy required, she said "the hardest part was after we accepted the girls, and we had to wait those 5 hours for them to make the decision as to whether or not they would accept us."

Making decisions is taxing and time consuming and brings with it the burden of being fair and alert to each performer. Justin Bernstein, a member of the improv group "Inside Joke," recalled how challenging it was to pay attention to every movement and word, confessing that with so many auditioners it

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can be difficult to keep up. And while it's tough for a performer to be turned down for a group, it is also extremely difficult to be the one responsible for making decisions.

In the end, not every audition story can be as successful as Williams. But even though Freshman Vinombi Nshan did not make the Dancing Blue Devils team, she plans to continue trying-out for other dance groups and knows that "if you really want something you keep working for it even if you don’t get it the first time." But as sophomore Jess Davis, who just joined "Borrowed and Blue," pointed out, although auditioning is frightening and nerve-wracking, the process "made it exponentially more of an accomplishment to me."

Auditions are risky and somewhat mysterious, but were summed up very aptly by orchestra member and Hoof'n'Horn music director Ethan Eade:"What makes auditions both awesome and terrifying is that all of your talent has to be represented in one short performance.That better be a good day."

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Budget YourBandwidth for Ben

By Charles Lin There's a Ben Folds album due out next year; hold back your shouts of joy for a moment (the rejoicing will come later). For now there is darkness.

These past 10 years of album producing and LP monotony have waned on Ben. He smirks of having to promote an album,".. .Then I have to pose naked at the piano, and really, I'm not a piece of meat."

Thus spake Ben. And it was good, for with the populous looking away, he descended from the Epic mountain into the valley and the lake and said "I'm tired of making albums; I think I'll just make a bunch of EPs and release them on my website."This is Solomon on a keyboard.

Explanation; With contractual demands, the fear of KaZaA leakage or crappy bootlegging and all the hype and promo work that goes into cutting a record, there's really no point in releasing an album anymore —at least not in the regular way. Factoring in current slumping music sales, the RIAA and the threat of labels soaking up profits, Folds has done something pretty damn ingenious—he's beaten the system. As new material finishes, out it goes in EP form, available in physical form direct from the website or in download form exclusively on ITunes and Sony Music downloads.

For now, there will be three of these EPs with possibly more to come.The first, Speed Graphic, is a five-song gem made up of one Cure cover, new originals and, yes, a reborn Ben Folds Five tune. All of the songs are exceptional and Folds is in top form. Hell, if he's gonna do something this revolutionary, he might as well be great at it.

The next EP is slated for release this month and from the songs he played at the recent show at Walnut Creek, it looks to be grand.

At the end of this year, the tracks from the EPs will be culled into a major label IP released and slipped under the door, and who will care? Folds will probably have his kid Crayola an album cover, and when Best Buy opens quietly on that wintry Tuesday, Folds fans everywhere will be rejoicing in dream form, already cradling three shimmering EPs like teddy bears.

Sham on.

Take Them On, On Your Own

By Andrew Galanopoulos Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Just from their name you can pretty much already get a feel for the type of music this band makes—the type of stuff that blares as the camera focuses in on some badass biker with a mullet riding into the sunset, some starry-eyed jailbait hanging off the back. He has a tattoo of some gigantic bird on his shoulder and he just'spit out a wad of Skoal. He smells like an odd mix of baby oil and Jim Beam.

And this is pretty much what you get: bass-driven songs with pulsing fuzz guitar and hard-hitting drums in the forefront, aggressive vocals in the background. It's made for Stones fans —music that your uncle tells you will put hair on your chest. But BRMC cannot be simply passed off as backward-looking regurgitaters of old rock-and-roll cliches; there's something more to their sophomore album, Take Them On, On Your Own. It's in the swelling guitar of their first single, "Stop." It's in the layers of feedback, like a dirty pond that lead singer Robert Turner can only wade through slowly. It's a quick change in tempo that drastically alters the mood. Freshness and experimentation exist throughout the album, and, ultimately, BRMC are successful in distinguishing themselves from those that have influenced them.

This mixture of something-old-something-new has drawn the inevitable comparisons to bands like the Strokes and the White Stripes. BRMC, however, have a grittier approach than the Stripes,and more emotion and less sing-song than the Strokes.The LA.trio places more emphasis on composition and less on riff. The track "Suddenly" builds to noisy, swirling climaxes, while the acoustic piece "And I'm Aching" seems to get more and more lost in itself as the track progresses. Perhaps the best song (and the one getting the most airplay, surprisingly) is "Stop," a straight-ahead rocker that brings to mind a young Oasis with its psychedelic vocals and wah-wah guitar.The rest of the album is hard rock with varying degrees of aggression and structure. Each song is similar to all the other songs on the album, but with enough distinctness to keep it from being a repetitive bore.

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Saturday's home games

No. 5 Field Hockey vs. No. 1 Wake Forest, 1 p.m,

Football vs. Rice, 6 p.m.

One more to go for two in a row: Bulls lead 2-0 er Lee Gardner gave up a walk and a hard single, bringing the go-ahead run to the With one swing of plate. However, Gardner got Lou Collier to Bulls the bat, Jeff Liefer hit a soft liner right at second baseman Red Sox went from goat to Brooks Badeaux, who doubled off a diving hero, and the Durham Bulls pulled to with- Trace Coquilette at first base to close out in one victory of their second consecutive., the contest and send the Bulls back to a championship in the Triple-A International clubhouse blaring with rap.

“We’re relaxed, but we can’t get too League’s Governor’s Cup. Liefer’s two-run home run in the bottom relaxed,” Liefer said. ‘They’re a good ballof the seventh inning broke open a 3-3 club and they could easily win three. WeTe deadlock and powered the Bulls to a going [to Pawtucket] with the same intenthrilling come-ffom-behind, 5-3 victory over sity as we had in the games here, and hopethe Pawtucket Red Sox, sending the team to fully we can take the first one.”

The Red Sox jumped out in front in the Rhode Island with a commanding 2-0 lead the best-of-five series. third inning, as a two-out rally victimized championship in It was sweet redemption for Liefer, who left-handed Bulls starting pitcher Jim earlier in the contest twice killed rallies by Parque with a pair of runs. With two men down and nobody on base, shortstop Kelly popping out to shortstop with a pair of runDransfeldt hit a looper into shallow rightners on base. The squandered opportunities loomed large in the neck-and-neck field that fell beyond the grasp of a diving game—until Liefer himself turned them Matt Diaz, allowing Dransfeldt to cruise into a distant memory. into second base. Adrian Brown followed “If you go up there thinking about your with a fly ball down the rightfield line that failures, you’re not going to have any chance again eluded Diaz, giving the Red Sox backat all,” said Liefer, who played with the to-back doubles and the first strike on the Chicago White Sox from 1999 to 2002. ‘You scoreboard. After Parque hit Coquilette have to go up there and try to be aggressive.” with a pitch, Collier roped an RBI single Though Liefer’s home run put the Bulls into left-center. Parque was able to stop the in the driver’s seat, they still had to escape bleeding there, stranding runners at first one final scare in the ninth inning before and second; this was a theme throughout they could start packing their bags for the night, as the Red Sox repeatedly wasted Pawtucket. With one out, right-handed clos- chances by stranding runners on base. by

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Ryan Jackson, the national player of the year for Duke, did not play due to back problems yesterday.

After the Red Sox tacked on an additional run in the fourth, the Bulls started to chip into the lead. Centerfielder Jason Smith led off the bottom of the fourth with a double and came around to score on a Chris Truby infield single. The Bulls then loaded the bases and scored their second run on another RBI infield single, this one

courtesy of shortstop Jorge Cantu.

Parque continued to stymie the Red Sox with his 85 mile-per-hour fastball and 70 mph curveball, allowing the Bulls to finally pull even in the sixth. Hector Ortiz’s RBI groundout plated Truby, who had led off the inning with a stand-up double into the left-field comer.

Battler’s cousin ready to Battle with Duke Duke in sole by

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For the first time since Shane Battier committed to Duke University in 1996, the Battier family will have an excuse to root against the Blue Devils. Battier’s cousin Marcus Batde will take the field at the wide receiver position for the Rice Owls when they battle Duke Saturday at 6 p.m. inside Wallace Wade Stadium.

Although Batde is not close to his Naismith Award-winning relative, the 5-foot-9 sophomore shares many of his positive characteristics. Battle is one of the rare athletes who has combined on-field success with academic prowess. He graduated with honors from Ocean Springs High in Ocean Springs, Miss., while also being a member of the Mu Alpha Theta math honors club.

And like nearly every Division I athlete, Batde dominated his high school peers while playing quarterback for the Greyhounds.

Battle received All-Coast, All-Bay, AllRegional, and South-State first-team honors his senior year. And before playing in Mississippi’s renowned high school all-star game his senior year, Batde was a one-man offensive juggernaut for Ocean Springs, amassing 1,900 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns.

After his spectacular high school career, SEE BATTLE ON PAGE 10

Clarett suspended Ohio State officially suspended Maurice Clarett

for all of 2003.The star running back may stay at Ohio State, transfer to a lAA school, play in Canada, or challenge the

NFL's three-year rule.

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Duke’s captured sole possession of second place after the second round of play at the 2003 Topy Cup yesterday at the Tanagura Country Club in Tanagura, Japan.

In addition, two Duke players, Mike Castleforte (72-70=142) and Nate Smith (71-71=142), are in fourth place and five shots off the lead in the individual competition.

“We have not played our best, but we have played pretty solid,” Castleforte said in a telephone interview from the team’s hotel in Japan.

‘We have a chance to win in our first tournament, so that is always a plus.”

After compiling a two-round score of 579—three over par —the Blue Devils now trail Tohoku Fukushi by 12 shots, and lead Arkansas and Japan-based Nihon by six and nine shots, respectively.

MarcusBattle said he was not recruited by theBlue Devils for football, despite his Duke bloodlines,

Dawkins hurt, sorta The Philadelphia Eagles' Brian Dawkins, the team's star safety, will be out 2-6

weeks with a sprained foot.

It was originally feared that Dawkins suffered a LisFranc fracture and would need season-ending surgery.

Obscenity hurts

Don't leave homewithout it

The Chicago White Sox released closer Jose Paniagua yesterday after he made an obscene gesture at an umpire Tuesday.lt was Paniagua's first gamewith the team this season.

Iraq's wrestling team will not compete in the World Freestyling Wrestling Championships in New York this week. The players, coaches

and team officials were apparently unable to get travel visas.

SEE GOLF ON PAGE 10

MLB results Red Sox 5, Orioles 0 Tigers 4, Yankees 3

Braves 10, Phillies 6 Expos 8, Cubs 4 Marlins 7,Mets 3 Blue Jays 6, Devils Rays 5

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Mcßoberts set to visit campus this weekend and class of 2004 Duke commitment DeMarcus Nelson, though he added that Just a week after nabbing top recruit they did not have enough time to develop Greg Paulus, Coach Krzyzewski is at it again. a strong friendship.

Mcßoberts also had glowing praise for Josh Mcßoberts, a top class of 2005 forward, will be visiting the Gothic Krzyzewski, calling him “one of the best Wonderland with his family this weekend. coaches anywhere.”

Last season Mcßoberts averaged 16 The Carmel, In., native is considering Duke, Indiana, Notre Dame, North points and 11 rebounds per game while Carolina, Kansas and Arizona. leading his Carmel High School team to a “I think that [at all those schools] there 14-8 record. Standing 6-foot-9, Mcßoberts could possibly be a good situation,” is a versatile and athletic player who can Mcßoberts said in a teleplay both forward positions.

He is considered to be a phone interview with The Chronicle Wednesday night. consensus top-20 recruit in the class of 2005.

“Overall, I’d say nothing realAt just under 220 pounds, ly sticks out about a particuhowever, Mcßoberts is admitlar school.”

Mcßoberts, however, was tedly a little thin for his quick to dispel rumors that jmSSSsMr height. However, he hopes to bulk up significantly before he had committed to Indiana RECRUITING heading to college, noting over the summer.

“I had no idea about [committing to that he had been weightlifting in order to add muscle mass.

Indiana]” the power forward said, laughhere, had it the radio “I think a lot ofit is just coming with me on “Somebody ing. but that definitely never happened.” getting older and bigger,” Mcßoberts said.

Even so, the talented hoosier hinted Although Mcßoberts said that he wantthat the Blue Devils were at the top of his ed to make his college decision before the short list. beginning of his senior season, he was “If I had a leader, it would be Duke,” unsure when he would make a college Mcßoberts said, adding that he had visited commitment.

Tm not sure [when I’m going to comall the colleges on his list except Kansas and Arizona. He also said that he had mit] ,” Mcßoberts said. “As soon as the sitattended basketball camp at Duke this past uation’s right and [my family and I] feel summer and had maintained contact with comfortable...Right now I’m just going to take my time and see what happens.” the Duke coaching staff.

And even though Mcßoberts appears to “[Duke’s coaching staff] got to work with me individually at camp,” he said. “It’s be a Duke lean, he was quick to add that been good to get to know the coaches a lit- his recruitment was still very wide open.

“No one is really too far ahead,” tle better.... Just hearing from someone different [than] from my high school or AAU Mcßoberts said. coach is good.”

The versatile forward also got an Please stay tuned to The Chronicle Online opportunity to talk with fellow camper for the latest on Mcßoberts’ visit. by

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Mike Castleforte fired a 70 yesterday, moving into a tie for 4th place tie at a tournament in Japan

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their experience in Japan and coming

Duke was in a tie for second place with Nihon and one shot off the first day’s leaders, the Razorbacks. The Blue Devils separated themselves yesterday at the par 72, 7,086-yard Tanagura course, however, on the strength of Castleforte’s and Smith’s strong play.

The final round will be played today.

The Duke players and coaches were both pleased and optimistic about the team’s chances and play thus far, said Castleforte and Smith. The Blue Devils were enjoying

BATTLE

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Battle chose to attend Rice University largely because of its great academic reputation.

“Of the schools that recruited me, I felt Rice was the best [academically],” Battle said.

“Academics were a big reason why I chose Rice.”

But like many athletes who coast through high school on tremendous athletic ability, Battle’s size disallowed him from dominating games at the quarterback position. For this reason, Rice head coach Ren Hatfield decided to move Battle to the running back position for his freshman year, which he redshirted.

In the spring of 2002, Hatfield changed his mind and decided that wide receiver would be the best position for Battle. Just as his more famous cousin did for Duke not too long ago, Battle made no complaints while sacrificing individual desires for the good of the team. Battle relentlessly worked at learning his new position despite the limited importance wide receiver has in Rice’s tripleoption offense.

Hatfield said Battle worked

together as a team, the two said.

And while many players were enjoying the cuisine Japan had to offer, others were eating less than usual, Smith said.

Smith added: ‘They [the Japanese] are definitely a little smaller, and not that many of them speak English. But they are so nice. Even the people who don’t speak English try to speak English with you. It’s been great being here.”

At the tournament’s conclusion, the team will head to Tokyo, where it will see the sights and experience Japan’s capital for three days before heading home.

tirelessly learning the routes, and continually improves.

Battle led the Owls in 2002 in receptions (26) and receiving yards (430). He also showed that the work he put into his running game his redshirt season was not in vain when he ran for a 60-yard touchdown on his only carry of the year against Hawaii on Nov. 16, 20jjf.

Although Rice began its 2003 season poorly with a 48-14 loss Aug. 30, Battle continued to be Rice’s No. 1 receiving threat with a team-high two catches.

“He’s more comfortable out there,” Hatfield understated about the player named top wide receiver at Rice’s annual team banquet last January.

Battle is excited to try to turn around the Owls season against Duke.

He also felt that the bye week Rice had between the Houston game and the Duke matchup gives the Owls an advantage because of increased preparation time.

If the Blue Devils are to have success against the Owls this week, they will probably have to increase their preparation time for Battle.

“We need this game to have a competitive season,” Batde said.

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11, 2003

GRID PICKS

Matchup

WRITTEN BY JESSE COLVIN It all started with the Sports Staffs weekly meeting. It always does with this eery and leery band of sports reporters and fanatics.

It was Friday afternoon and the sun was shining. You could tell it was hot because “Makes you give a double take because he looks so much like Ru Paul” Crowley’s glasses were fogging up. Then again, Paul’s glasses fog up a lot. It may be because of his incessant crossdressing. No one is really sure. He’s an interesting guy.

Paul also enjoys singing I wish I had “Jesse Colvin’s girl” once or twice a day.

So it was Friday, and it was hot.

Whatever was the roving band to do?

Beimt was the answer. Well, that wasn’t the first idea. “Assaad is an anagram for ‘as darn ass’” Nasr wanted to just sit around and tell weepy stories, but Robbie “I hug people when I’ve had too much Samuel Adams” said no. And when Robbie says no, people tend to. listen—he is a tank, after all.

Everyone listened, that is, except for Malavika Prab “hu-ka!, I need a huka right now!” She just wanted to sit on the balcony and smoke strawberry tobacco. Oh Malavika...will you ever learn?

So the Beirut began, and it was tournament format. It would not be any other way, but Jake “it’s rumored that he Poses in Playgirl magazine” said he only plays nontoumament format. Tyler “Rose to the Occasio “n” at least on this day” disagreed and put his foot down. Tournament was the way it was going to be.

In the first round, Karen Haupt “-man is she bad at this game, what does she know about football anyway?” and her partner in crime, Jane “the bane of lord Hetherington’s existence” lost badly to “Catherine I live in a Sullivan down by the river.”

Next was a true matchup of champions...of titans, really. Alex “I was Gar- ish in my criticism of Jesse’s call to Japan so I am going in to hiding because he is dan ger ous” was to do batde with Andrew “why in the world is Arkansas not in Grid Picks this week?” Collins. Oh man, was it a treat for all present to watch. Garinger was hot out of the gate, hitting five cups in a row.

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The afternoon continued and soon there were only a few players left. Paula “Lehman aren’t these Chronicle parties crazy...do you like my pants?” was a frontrunner but sadly, Cross got angry again and knocked her out. Have no fear, though, faithful grid picks reader. The dominant duo of Ted “Mann up and shotgun this freaking beer, this is Blue’s territory now!” and G- “-abe lincoln was ray favorite president” Githens threw Cross out of the office. Matt “Sull-en because Jesse already used the joke about the van down by the river” took down Mike “my chest is over devolped in comparsion to the rest of my body and eats apples to the Corey” in double overtime to win the championship.

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Chemistry Seminar: 3:3opm. "Self-assembling DNA Nanostructures for Computation and Molecular Robotics": Refreshments at 3:15 in the Lobby. 103 RM. Gross Chemical Laboratory. Contact janet.rosenthal@duke.edu.

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Programming and Meetings SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Performance: Opus One. Bpm. This concert is sold out to Chamber Arts Society subscribers. A Imited number of individual tickets may be available at the hall on the night of the concert starting at 7:00 pm. No advance orders will be accepted. $25/$l2. Reynolds Theater.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Cine-East2: Bpm. "Infernal Affairs" (d. Andrew Lau, 2002, 97 min, Hong Kong, Cantonese with English Subtitles, Color, Video). Sweeping the categories of best film, director, actor, supporting actor, and screenplay at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, Infernal Affairs is a cat-and-mouse thriller about two men with much to hide and everything to lose: a police officer (Any Lau) who is secretly working for the triads, and a cop (Tony Leung) who has spent 10 years undercover as a gang member.

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On Display: Through October 31. Alex Harris: Photographs, 1998-2000. Duke Professor Alex Harris juxtaposes two groups of color images-a series of Havana views seen through the windshields of aging American automobiles and a series of American landscapes seen in the context of a boy's electronic game-to explore the potential of the photographer's eye and the camera's frame both to limit and to expand our view of the world. Perkins Library, Special Collections, hours vary; call 684-3009. Gallery. Through Oct. 31.

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Support local businesses By ordering textbooks from stores on Ninth Street, professors are encouraging students to engage in the greater Durham community.

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of the most frequent and pointed criticisms of members of the Duke community is our apparent lack of engagement with the life of Durham. The phrase, “living in the Gothic bubble” has become all too familiar. However, some professors and students have recently found a new way to get out into the city—shopping for textbooks! It is a seemingly simple activity, but in terms of Duke-Durham relations, it is a small step in the right direction With the beginning of each new year at Duke come a variety of upgrades to the amenities on our already self-sufficient campus. Students have easy access to numerous eateries, delivery services, gym facilities, game rooms and bookstores —all without having to set foot off University property. While this adds to convenience and saves on time, it does detract from students’ desire, or need to interact with the world outside of Duke. Admittedly, Durham is not the most attractive or bustling of towns, but it does have a lot to offer to those who take the time to see it.

One mistake that students commonly make is assuming that the only way to “serve Durham” is to join an outreach program or volunteer at a school or shelter. While these are fantastic activities, they do not comprise the sum of the ways to experience Durham. Participating in the life of local businesses is an important way students can contribute to the Durham community.

Several professors have started to order their coursebooks through the Regulator, a locally-owned bookshop on 9th Street.

This practice has a positive impact on all parties involved.

Students get to venture out into the city, rather than simply performing the all too familiar, mind-numbing action of going to the Bryan Center and swiping their Duke Cards. Many students are also reminded of the many eateries and clubs on Ninth Street. For many Ninth Street businesses, student patronage can be the difference between fiscal success and failure.

Students should make more of an effort to shop outside of Duke once in a while, and to eat at places around Durham as well, if they can afford to. However, this does not mean that they should shun the many businesses on-campus. Since The Regulator does not specialize in textbooks, it is not in direct competition with the University’s on-campus store, but is an example of a valuable local business that professors and students should utilize more often.

While the traditional modes of involvement are not to be overlooked, supporting local businesses is something everyone can do from time to time. Shop and eatery owners and employees will appreciate the business, and students will get the chance to get to know the city they call home.

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Letters to the Editor

Students should think, then drink Mark Hecker has a number of bitter words for the Duke police after they cited his friends for having too many drunks in a car. While I agree that punishing a designated driver is a bad example, I refuse him victimhood in this situation. Clearly someone knew there would be a keg at this “social gathering at (his) house,” —kegs are nasty buggers to get up stairs. And if those drinking indeed “all returned to their rooms” on East Campus, they were almost certainly underage.

Guess what, Mr. Hecker? The University has no responsibility for your illegal activities—you do. If you are going to be getting minors—or anyone—drunk, you should make sure you

Kiosk should

have a sufficient number of sober drivers to get everyone home, or offer a place to crash. When you serve—or even open—a can of beer, you have already entered into this contract with the alcohol. You serve it, you deal with the consequences, even if it means walking someone home The idea that the University should “start proViding shuttle service” for keggers is absolutely ridiculous. It is time to stop accepting that drunk driving —or drinking off-campus—is an inevitability, and to instead demand responsibility from the source.

Tierney Ahrold Trinity ’O6

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The only thing worse than seeing the administration systematically dismantle social life on campus is to see students doing it themselves. In another utterly asinine production from the masterminds at the Duke Student Government, the virtual Kiosk takes us one step closer to complete collapse of a social atmosphere. The Kiosk is presented as an alternative to the hours of time it takes to flyer campus effectively.

However, this just takes us another step closer to universal elimination of paper flyers and probably the banners over the BC walkway (a service that was suspended at the beginning of this school year). When, if ever, will people go to some website to check out the latest social events? The fact that it has “DSG” in its URL is enough to turn people away. I ask: Can you check the website while waiting for a bus, walking to class or passing by the BC walkway? It is hard to overcome people’s natural tendency not to pay attention to something unless it is readily available.

Even though flyering may take a considerable amount of time, its effectiveness

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cannot be

ignored. Campus events already suffer from a lack of awareness and the Kiosk will do little to help. The student body is disadvantaged by having to use those atrocious brown turrets to post flyers that are few and far between. The whole point of flyering is to make as many visual impressions on people as possible to remind them of an event. Sure, the campus may look much nicer to tourists and parents who visit, but what do they know about a disappearing social scene?

As a senior, I remember the days of East and West campus bus stops being a completely different color in the morning when some student group plastered flyers all over the ground. Although the tactic was time consuming and not the most aesthetically pleasing method available, it worked. Rather than DSG coming up with these useless ideas, they should be working to bring back the old system of flyering.

Kumar Sukhdeo Trinity ’O4

Really, Really White I have thoroughly enjoyed the party scene here at Duke. I’ve done everything from making myself look stupid in section, partying at Parizade and going crazy in Cameron. \fet, something struck me these last few weekends when I have dropped by Pika, AEPi, KA, ATO and Sig Ep.—wow, this is really, really white. Yes, simple as that. As Duke columnists try to inform the rest of the school that apartheid is not an official University policy, there really have been no solutions offered by anyone on campus to combat this problem. As I said, I love the Duke frat scene and also feel that frats are in no way to blame for this segregation. \fet, at the same time, fraternities can be a catalyst for change in the raciallydivided Duke social scene.

What events do most people associate with frats? The first three that usually come to mind are section parties, off-campus parties and mixers. Now, when was the last time you heard about Alpha Phi Alpha having a mixer with the Tri-Delts? I don’tknow about you, but I think I might have missed that one. "Did any of your friends go to Delta Sig and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority mixer? Man, I guess all my friends and I must have been out of town

that weekend. Wait...that never happened. But it could. To be completely honest, I’m not saying that Duke, after having such a black and white social scene for so long, could have a completely com-

fortable black fraternity and white sorority mixer or a completely comfortable white fraternity and black sorority mixer, but how about a compromise?

Let’s try to have a night when Sig Ep and Omega Psi co-host a mixer with the Tri -Belts and the Zetas. How about a night when Sigma Nu and Alpha Phi Alpha have a mixer with the DGs and the Sigma Gammas. Having actually “mixed” mixers could be the start to not seeing really really white ffat parties, and really really white cliques, and possibly not really really white groups of friends. Just as important, keep these events voluntary and do not make these type of mixers mandatory, or they will be as awkward as a 6th grade dance.

Then maybe, just maybe, we can achieve the real goal of diversity in education—being able to learn something from each other instead of learning how to be really, really white.

Keith Rand Trinity ’O6

On the record “[Sept. 11] has moved from a day of national remembrance to

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Vice President for Student Affairs, Larry Moneta, on the anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11.

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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11.2003

Fire Christoph Guttentag!

The

following article appeared in the Inverness (Scotland) Daily Record on Aug. 17th;

Rob Goodman “FOOL CIRCLE: Huge search called off after rambler is found 300 yds away.”

A lost rambler who sparked a major search operation turned up just 300 yards from where he set off.

“Robert Goodman, 22, from Chicago, strode off without a map or compass Tuesday evening in Glenmore, near Aviemore, to walk about 10 miles back to to a small hostel at Nethybridge where he was staying.

“But he couldn’t find the way on a relatively easy walk in the Cairngorm foothills and when darkness fell, he decided to bed down for the remainder of the night on open moorland.

“Tt was absolutely freezing out there,’ said a. visibly shaken Robert. T had to sleep with my head in my backpack to conserve warmth.’

“He set off again yesterday morning but found himself wandering in circles.

“The alarm had been raised and Cairngorm and RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Teams with an RAF Lossiemouth helicopter crew mounted a search.

“Surprisingly, Robert Goodman was spotted just 300 yards from his starting point at Glenmore lodge.

“The leader of the mountain rescue team, John Allen, said he feared the area would see many more such inci-

dents when the Cairngorm National Park opened and attracted an influx of inexperienced ramblers.

“However, he said he would not criticize Goodman.

“Mr Allen said: ‘Goodman is not a mountaineer.’ He is a tourist who thought Scotland was a small country and he would not get lost.’”

Now I want to be absolutely clear about this. In the past, I’ve been known to take certain liberties with the truth in this space. But I seriously did not make any of that up. Yes, a few details are incorrect—I’m 19, and from Boston, not Chicago—the British tabloid press was never noted for accuracy. Still, the salient point remains: the word “moron” is far too kind for me. Maybe “infra-submoron.” Completely, totally, irrevocably.

And the article I cited doesn’t even tell the whole story. It doesn’t tell how I panicked when I lost the (relatively easy) path about a mile out of town and a good hour before sunset. It doesn’t tell how, instead of calmly retracing my path, I started screaming for help like a little girl and running down the hill into the nearest valley.

It neglects to mention how I seriously considered the possibility of chasing down and eating a sheep when my food supply started running low. It omits the next morning, when I thought it would be a good idea to follow a river back into town and ended up with two boots full of ice-cold water. And, finally, it does not see fit to note that to this day I still can’t feel my big toe.

I set all of this down today not because I’m one of those narcicissts who likes to write about himself in The

Chronicle. I am, but that’s not the point.

The point is that I want to issue a stern rebuke to the entire Duke Undergraduate Admissions Office: How the hell did you let me into college? Somebody screwed up big-time.

I think you’ll agree that the article I cited goes far beyond your standard case of smart-kid-with-no-common-sense. I mean, did you miss the drool spots on my application or did you just ignore them? The only other explanation I can come up with is that my parents are secretly rich and paid for the construction of the WEL or something.

Either way, my moronity conclusively proves that the Admissions Office is either grossly incompetent or grossly corrupt. And someone needs to be held accountable.

I’ve never met Christoph Guttentag, director of Duke admissions, and I’m sure he’s a very nice man. But he needs to be fired right now.

And with that, I hereby expel myself from Duke. If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to eat

a sheep.

Rob Goodman is a Trinity junior. His column appears every third Thursday.

Remember 9/11 Pop

quiz, hotshots: What day is today? How many of you woke up this morning and thought of where you were exacdy two years ago? If it took you dating your notes in your first class, or The Chronicle cover, to realize that today is Sept. 11, you’re probably not alone. In fact, you may even be in the majority.

Tal Hirshberg

I know where I was. I woke up, got off my loft in Edens, turned on the Telly and witnessed Tower #2 collapsing, live. The rest is a bit of a blur, between the shock, the tears, the horror stories and the frantic efforts to call home.

What followed may be one of our nation’s finest hours. Patriotism ran rampant, with American flags everywhere. Suddenly people from all over were pretending to Love New York. Proud to Be An Amierican was on every station, and it was cool to display loyalty to our country.

A few days ago, I approached a good friend whom I often ask for advice on my columns. I told him that this one would be coming out on Sept. 11th, which thus limited my topics. I was shocked at his response; “In my opinion, I don’t think you necessarily have to talk about Sept. 11.” And this is from a Political Science Major. Not mention Sept. 11? Surely he was in a state of confusion. Maybe he didn’t realize what Sept.

11l was talking about. And then I started thinkin’.

Less than two years later, where have we come? We have reverted to old habits, and in many cases, re-

the conclusion that it has taken Calling President Bush greedy, idiotic or selfish, years to forget the tragic events while all possibly true, does not change the fact that that befell New York City and Washington, D.C. The we are targets. You do not accomplish change by selfday that people compared to the day Kennedy was degradation. You use the principle that makes this shot, the day that was to define our generation, has country so great: democracy. A year from now we have seemed to have had the effects of the Summer the chance to decide if President Bush keeps his job or Olympics—two weeks later we go back to hating our goes back to Texas. And that’s one thing the people of Iraq didn’t have six months ago. neighbors and judging each other. to realize how four we together Sept. 11 should have taught us all a lesson. If anyEvery years get great a nation we live in, and how lucky we are to live thing, we as the citizens of the most powerful country in the world should have realized there are more imhere, and after two weeks we go back to bitching about “We Will Never Forget” has been replaced by portant things than what teen pop stars are dating and who got picked on last “Blood for Oil”. What should The Bachelor. be a national holiday honor"What followed may be one of night’s Instead, more people know ing the courage of our Fire and Police Departments is our nation's finest hours. Patriothe size of J-Lo’s wedding rock tism ran with American than what region of the world now nothing more than anflags Suddenly peo- is involved with “The other Thursday to most.

Roadmap” (it’s the Middle I’m as guilty as the next. ple from all over were pretendYork, East, New with to Love New York.

'Proud to a much more important ing I’m from friends who lost parents, yet Be An American' was on every block than the one Jenny is still from). We continue to drive every other week I get up in station, and it was cool to disour SUVs, and then complain here and complain about one play loyalty to our country." about Bush’s “War For Oil.” another this petty thing or school isn’t doing for me. And Have we not learned anything? with many relatives in Israel, I have been taught that Maybe I’m overreacting. This is my first Sept. 11 in the only way to beat terrorism is to not let it affect your this country since then, having spent the first annivereveryday life. We must move on. But it doesn’t mean sary abroad. So hopefully today I see the patriotism I haven’t seen for a while. we must forget.

What I do know is that today should be one of reI truly believe that if people would stop and remembrance, and also one of appreciation. It should member how they felt following the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, then maybe they wouldn’t be make us all realize that we don’t need fireworks to unso quick to criticize our country. Those attacks were derstand how lucky we are to live in this country. aimed at all of us, not just the areas that were hit.

There are enough people out there hating us already, Tal Hirshberg is a Trinity senior. His column appears we do not need our own betraying us. every other Thursday.

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