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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 102

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C2K changes may become retroactive

by Cindy Yee THE CHRONICLE

For students who are strugto meet the requirements set out by Curriculum 2000, Lady Luck may soon be paying a visit.

Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, said the University is considering retroactive application of the modified curriculum for students who matriculated under Curriculum 2000. The committee charged with reviewing C2K is still putting the finishing touches on a proposal for a revised curriculum, which they say would ease course requirements and increase flexibility within the curriculum.

“One of the premises of this revision is that more flexibility is needed. We wouldn’t want to hold that back from somebody just because they matriculated before the new curriculum was implemented,” Thompson said.

“As we think about the changes we will be making to the curriculum, we are also thinking about to whom they will apply and when. It’s an issue that is obviously of major interest to everybody.”

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versities do not usually allow students to graduate under a different curriculum than the one under which they started their coursework. “Whatever curriculum you matriculate under is the one that governs you during your four years,” he said. “You don’t want to change directions midstream.”

He noted, however, that this unwritten rule may not apply to the changes now in the works for Duke’s curriculum, especially because the University is looking at a revision instead of a complete overhaul of the existing curriculum. Furthermore, he said, the new curriculum would be applied to current students only if it eased their requirements. cautioned Thompson against applying the new curriculum to all current students, even though the revision will make the overall requirements less burdensome. He noted that there are a few revisions within the proposal, such as the requirement of two instead of one mathematics course, that could potentially make graduation requirements more difficult for current students.

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A consultantfrom Wolf, Keens and Co. discusses Durham's cultural master plan at a Durham Arts Council meeting Wednesday.

City cultural plan unveiled by

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External consultants from Wolf, Keens and Co. presented the preliminary draft of Durham’s cultural master plan to citizens Wednesday night at the Armory, oudining the findings of its nearly year-long evaluation of Durham’s arts scene and its recommendations for growth and development.

The plan, which underwent revision after it was presented to the steering committee Wednesday afternoon, emphasized the need to

increase support to local artists, plan cultural events that appeal to Durham’s diverse community and

strengthen community-wide organizations that support the arts and cultural sector.

The most contentious component —Wolf, Keens and Co.’s recommendation that the Durham Arts Council be responsible for coordinating the master plan—was met with some concern from audience members who felt that it posed a potential conflict of interest for plan overseers, and that

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WINSTON-SALEM Complete with two technical fouls within the first eight minutes of the game, players confronting each other nose-to-nose, and football-like scrambles for loose rebounds, Duke and Wake Forest muscled through a hardfought batde that ended with the Demon Deacons’ students pounding their feet on the court of Joel Coliseum. No. 15 Wake Forest (16-6, 6-5 in the ACC) pulled out a 90-84 victory over the third-ranked Blue Devils, furthering Duke’s (21-3, 10-2) recent frustrations on the road.

Still, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was far from disappointed.

“I have no faults with my basketball team,” he said. ‘They do play hard most of the time, but they played really hard tonight...! didn’t know that the game was turned around. I think the game was played hard the whole way. This was the most physical game we’ve played in the conference so far.”

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Shelden Williams tries to muscle his way past Kyle Visser during Duke's 90-84 loss to Wake Forest.

President Nan Keohane has become such an institution at Duke that her first name, “Nan,” has become students’ frequent shorthand for the administration.

“Nan needs to change the admissions policies.” “Nan’s getting rid of fraternities.”

“Nan should fix this lightbulb.”

Now, with Keohane co-teaching her first course since coming to Duke, the oft-cited, somewhat mythologized president and political philosopher has become a flesh-and-blood fixture in 18 students’ lives. While the transition from icon to teacher has been mostly smooth, students have occasionally experienced mild confusion about her role of “Professor Keohane.”

“People call her ‘Nan’ in class sometimes!” said senior Sarah Blum-Bamet with an incredulous laugh, adding that Keohane has reacted graciously. “She doesn’t

the Arts Council’s heavy involvein programming could potentially be viewed as influencing its decisions.

Audience members discussed logistical concerns about the delegation as well. Because the Arts Council currently lacks the capacity to act as an overseer, it would require additional revenue to carry out the role of overseer. Initially the oversight could be financed by seed funds from the county, but a sustainable source would ultimatement

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flinch. She hasn’t asked anyone not to.”

Despite such slips of the tongue, Keohane and co-teacher Peter Euben said their upper-level political science seminar, titled “Inequalities,” has gone extremely well. They said students’ awe about a course with the president dissipated quickly, and discussion has been lively and intelligent. “it is so exhilarating,” Keohane said. “If I had any doubts—which I didn’t—about the decision to go back to teaching, being in the classroom has certainly confirmed the wisdom of that choice.”

In the course, students use classic political philosophy texts—like Rousseau’s Second Discourse and Plato’s Republic —and contemporary works to explore how human inequalities are manifested, how people deal with them and what lies behind them.

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Howard Dean, BURLINGTON, Vt. bowing to the political realides of a 17 contest losing streak, ended his Democratic presidential campaign Wednesday but promised to keep his “campaign for change” alive while supporting his party’s eventual nominee.

For now, the former Vermont governor did not endorse either ofhis top rivals, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts or Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. He called both men before his announcement to tell them his decision.

“1 am no longer actively pursuing the presidency,” Dean told a crowd of

cheering, flag-waving supporters. “We

will, however, continue to build a new organization using our enormous grassroots network to continue the effort to transform the Democratic Party and to change our country.”

Dean sounded a theme of party unity, saying, ‘The bottom line is that we must beat George W. Bush in November, whatever it takes.”

He ruled out running as a thirdparty or independent candidate, but he also said he and his supporters would continue to be a force for change. ‘We are not going away. We’re staying together unified all of us.” He vowed to “continue to campaign for change,”

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NEYSHABUR, Iran Runaway train cars carrying, a deadly mix of fuel and chemicals derailed, caught fire and then exploded hours later Wednesday in northeast Iran, killing more than 200 people, injuring at least 400 and leaving dozens trapped beneath crumbled mud homes.

Most of those reported dead were firefighters and rescue workers who had extinguished the blaze outside Neyshabur, an ancient city of 170,000 people in a farming region 400 miles east of the capital, Tehran.

The dead also included top city officials—including Neyshabur’s governor, mayor and fire chief as well as the head

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working to keep his issues alive “There is enormous institutional pressure in Washington against change, in the Democratic Party against change,” Dean said. “Yet, you have already started to change the party and together we have transformed this race. The fight that we began can and must continue.”

As Dean spoke, he was flanked by his wife Judy, a physician whose rare appearance on the campaign trail had been the subject of discussion of whether she was a proper political wife.

Dean drew cheers when he saluted her for starting the debate in the country

India and Pakistan have agreed on what officials call a "road map for peace," Pakistan's foreign secretary said Wednesday, setting a sixmonth schedule for discussions over issues such as Kashmir.

Pro-marijuana advertisements criticized The American Civil Liberties Union sued the transit authority Wednesday saying its refusal to display paid advertisements that criticize antimarijuana laws violated free speech rights.

Neural stem cells may repair brain damage A type of self-renewing cell, called neural stem cells, found in the adult human brain may have the potential for repairing brain damage, or disease, scientists will report Thursday.

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of the energy department and the director-general of the provincial railways, who had all gone to the site of the derailment, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

The explosion devastated five villages, where authorities rushed in blood supplies and appealed through loudspeakers for donors. Hardest hit was Hashemabad, where 41-yearold Zahra Rezaie, whose mud home was near the tracks, was cooking lunch for her family when she heard the explosion and felt the ground shake. Then the ceiling collapsed.

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Students travel through the soon-to-be-renovatedAlumni Lounge on theirway to class, Alpine or the Bryan Center walkway.

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Hull hopes that the Lounge will offer another meeting place for students on campus. ‘The lounge is just an extension of opportunity for all students, mosdy an opportunity for students who live on campus to feel like they have a place to study, hangout, see and be seen, whatever they need,” he said.

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Hundreds hustle through it everyday, but only a handful of students lounge in the Alumni Lounge. While it seems as though the Alumni Lounge’s only purpose is to hide students from the weather as they walk from their dorms to Alpine, there are plans in the works that will change the purpose of this dark space.

Campus Council President Anthony Vitarelli, supported by Director ofStudent Life Gregg Heinselman and Director of Residence Life and Housing Services Eddie Hull, plans to revitalize and update the Alumni Lounge in order to make it more conducive to group work and student activity.

The project, to be completed before next fall and funded by RLHS, intends to optimize this unused central space as part of a larger plan to enhance the West Union Building.

“It is a dark, dreary, dead space that is unthinkably unutilized,” explained Vitarelli. ‘We want to make it into an active and social studying space where small groups can go to do work, but that is not a 100 percent silent reading room.”

Alumni Lounge, and those that do use it only do so for short periods of time, officials said. Therefore, this smallscale project plans to attract study groups and other students by adding several large tables, increasing the lighting, adding Internet ports and refurbishing much of the furniture. The committee is also attempting to make the fireplace functional in order to create a more comfortable and intimate atmosphere.

‘The goal is not to lose the casual ambiance, but to enhance it a little bit,” said Heinselman. ‘The traditional look is really rich and warm, but it doesn’t make the original statement it was intended to make.”

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In response to the Women’s Initiative last fall, the School of Medicine has named Dr. Ann Brown, assistant professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, as its first associate dean for women in medicine and science. As associate dean, Brown will work with women in the basic and clinical sciences to identify and improve aspects of the Medical School that make the environment challenging for women faculty.

“The position was created as part of ongoing attempts to make the School of Medicine a better, more responsive workplace for women faculty members,” Vice Dean ofResearch Dr. Ross McKinney said Brown has cultivated an interest in working on behalf of women in medicine and science since she arrived at Duke in 1993. After accepting the post as associate dean, she also agreed to assume the chair of the dean’s advisory committee on women, which was rein. u c u i c Dr. Ann Brown vigorated a year ago by School of Medicine Dean Dr. Sandy Williams at the urging of professor and chief of hematology Dr. Marilyn Telen. Additionally, she will continue to work as a member of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.

“Dr. Brown was a natural for this position, given her background and interest,” McKinney said.

One of Brown’s major goals as vice deal is to explore the unequal distribution of women in academic leadership positions in the basic and clinical sciences.

“As part of the Women’s Initiative, I did some research looking at what might be barriers to success in academic medicine among women and men,” Brown said. “I found that even though there are plenty of women standing at the gate to careers in academic medicine and science, what I have come to believe is that we’ll never get enough adequate numbers of women in leadership positions at the full professor level without special efforts to make that happen equality won’t happen by itself.”

Admittedly, Director of the Women’s Center and chair of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women Donna Lisker said that historically, men have had longer access to medical training and have had a _

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DSG discusses amendment, ARAMARK changes and many of us probably take it for granted that we have this service,” Behr said. “[lf The Wednesday night meeting of the DSG reduced funding], we would have to Duke Student Government was marked by take away pages from students and charge heated discussion over a proposed bylaw them for this yearbook.” amendment to change the funding regulaRogers explained about the Publication tions for The Chanticleer, the University’s Board’s various volumes and responded to annual student-run yearbook. questions about the cost of publishing.

The amendment, which will be voted They discussed the cost of publishing The Archive, the second oldest literary magaon next week, would remove a special exemption for The Chanticleer from the zine in the country, whose current issue bylaws of the Student Organization costs approximately $6 each.

“In past years [issues] have been as Funding Committee, which currently allows for the publication to be fully fundmuch as $lO or as little as $3,” said The ed by DSG. The Chanticleer presently reArchive’s Editor Benjamin Morris. ‘There ceives 100 percent of its requested are a variety offactors which affect publishfunding; however, SOFC’s bylaws require ing costs such as size and paper quality.” that it fund only 75 percent of the budgThe legislators who presented the bill ets submitted by student organizations. argued that it was simply to make the playThese groups are then required to ing field fair. fundraise for the remaining 25 percent “We’re trying to make [SOFC funding] of their budget. an equitable process,” said Senator Avery Most of the discussion came during preCapone, one of the amendment’s proposentations by the editor of The Chanticleer nents. “[We are] asking why The ChantiDanielle Behr and chair of the Publicacleer has this exemption.” tions Board Hannah Rogers.

Senator Ryan Kennedy, who presented Behr argued that a reduction in fundthe rule change, said its goals were not intended to harm the publication. ing would severely damper the publication, which produces 4,600 copies annual“We’re not trying to hurt The Chantily. In 2003 SOFC allocated $126,580 to the cleer,” he said. “We just need to find [it] an alternate funding model.” publication, which has a three-year contract with Jostens Publishing Company at a DSG will vote on the amendment next guaranteed price of $115,000 yearly. week, following further debate on the issue, “The yearbook is now in its 92nd year along with a vote ofconfidence about ARABy Emily Almas THE CHRONICLE

Trailblazing faculty member dies From staff reports The first full-time black female faculty member in Duke's history, Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson, died Jan. 28 in Stillwell, Kan. Jackson was an associate professor of medical sociology at the Duke University Medical Center from 1968 until her retirement in 1998. A national expert on ethnogerontology and racism, Jackson founded the National Caucus of Aged Blacks in 1970 and was the first African

American to edit a journal of the American Sociological Association.

Jackson earned her doctorate from Duke after receiving undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin.

She is survived by her daughter, Viola Carter; grandsons Giamo and Carlo Carter; twin sister Jeanne Pen; cousins Brenda Hill, Richard Crosby and Leonard Crosby and adopted son Antonio Henson and his two daughters.

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‘The good news is that most of loud noise is done,” Byrd said of the rock removal from the construction area. The first part of the multiphase six—year project—building a five-story addition, complete with three large reading rooms and over 460 studying seats, behind Perkins with connectors to both the main library building and the Languages Building—is expected to be completed in late summer 2005.

Ginny Cake, director of customer support at the Office of Information Technology, alongside DSG President Matt Slovik and Vice President for Student Affairs Elizabeth Dixon explained the features of the new University student portal, DukePass. The website, currently in its pilot stage, offers integrated access to email, news and links to campus services as well as Devil Talk, a community bulletin board.

Cake urged students to report feedback about the website, which is available at www.dukepass.duke.edu. “We need to know what you want,” she said.

IN OTHER BUSINESS: DSG voted to approve two resolutions—proposing the Office of Student Affairs make the student facebook available online and suggesting to faculty members placement of the Duke, Community Standard in course syllabi. Four SOFC budgetary funding statutes were also approved.

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Resident District Manager of ARAMARK David Randolph made a presentation following an introduction by Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst. He outlined the company’s successes on campus and its plans for future improvement of dining services.

Randolph said the company arrived in July 2001 to a campus already anxious over employee outsourcing and union negotiation, hindering its change and progress during its first year. He then cited numerous areas of improvement in dining services in the past two years, including multiple formats of employee service, training, improved management and safety procedures and communication changes.

“Pretty much every location [on campus] has seen some changes,” Randolph said, discussing a new “Dinner on the Run” program scheduled to debut at the Marketplace after spring break and plans to turn the Great Hall’s cold wrap station into a panini bar.

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New X-ray observations by orbiting satellites have given astronomers their first telling evidence that appears to confirm what had previously only been theory:

that a star is doomed if it ventures too close to a supermassive black hole.

NASA and the European Space Agency announced Wednesday the detection of a brilliant flare of X-rays from the heart of a distant galaxy, which was followed by a fading afterglow.

After careful analysis, an international team of scientists concluded that the telescopes had witnessed the overpowering gravity of a black hole as it tore apart a star and gobbled up a hearty share of its gaseous mass.

It was an act of cosmic mayhem known as a “stellar tidal disruption.” It removed any lingering doubt, astronomers said, that the reputation ofblack holes as stardestroyers is fully deserved.

“Stars can survive being stretched a small amount, but this star was stretched beyond its breaking point,” said Stefanie Komossa of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, who led the discovery team. ‘This unlucky star just wandered into the wrong neighborhood.”

Astronomers said they suspected the ill-fated star was thrown off course by a close encounter with another star.

Then it fell under the gravitational influence of a black hole and its enormous tidal forces, nothing so benign as the Moon’s tug on Earth’s oceans. The black hole, in effect, reached out and squeezed and stretched the star until it disintegrated.

In a televised news briefing at NASA in Washington, Guenther Hasinger, also an astrophysicist at the Max Planck institute, said, “For the first time, we really are convinced that we are seeing a star being ripped apart by a black hole.”

Alex Filippenko, an astronomy professor at the University of California at Berkeley, who was not involved in the research, agreed. ‘This is really fantastic,” he said. “This is very strong evidence that stars are being ripped apart by supermassive black holes.”

The astronomers estimated that about 1 percent of the victimized star’s mass was ultimately consumed by the black hole. This small amount, they said, was consistent with theoretical predictions that the momentum and energy of star-destruction process would cause most of the star’s gas to be flung away from the black hole.

The initial outburst of high-energy radiation was detected in 1992 by the German Rosat X-ray spacecraft, but the observations were fuzzy. At the time, puzzled scientists could only speculate about the nature of the flare or its origin.

The more definitive observations were made three years ago by two orbiting X-ray telescopes, NASA’s Chandra and the European XMM-Newton satellites. They determined that the X-rays were coming from the center of a galaxy, RX J1242-11. The most awesome black holes, with densely packed masses equivalent to millions or billions of Suns, are found at galactic cores. This one is estimated to have a mass of about 100 million suns.

More detailed examinations of the energy spectrum of the X-rays by the European satellite, astronomers said, revealed physical conditions similar to the expected surroundings of black holes, ruling out other possible astronomical explanations. The energy liberated by the tidal disruption was reported to be equivalent to that of a supernova, an exploding star.

Filippenko said the findings should advance understanding ofblack holes and provide a critical framework for theoretical models of how they grow and evolve over time.

Black holes cannot be observed directly; their gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape their clutches. What is known about black holes is mostly deduced from observations of the whirlpool motions of gas and dust and stars under their gravitational influence.

The X-ray discovery may give scientists another means of identifying the presence of black holes and learning more about their behavior.

Kim Weaver, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said that the highenergy flares of a star’s disintegration by black-hole gravity could serve as flashlights to illuminate the otherwise obscuring gas and dust and to provide glimpses into the inner regions of galaxies.

The astronomers gave assurances that the sun is far enough away from a suspected black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy to be well out of danger.

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ki, chair of the curriculum review committee, said although the committee did not operate under the assumption that the revised curriculum would apply to current students, the revision could nonetheless benefit many.

“The deans are concerned about the way the new curriculum impacts students who are already here, and don’t want students to find themselves in a more difficult situation after the change,” he said. “I don’t think there’s anyone around the University right now who wants to increase curricular demands on students.”

The proposal for the revised curriculum reduces the total number of Area of Knowledge requirements from 12 to 10, adding Quantitative Studies as an Area of Knowledge but requiring only two courses in each of the five areas. In addition, the proposed revision reduces the number of Modes of Inquiry requirements—currently divided into Modes of Inquiry, Focused Inquiries and Competencies—from 16 to 18 to 12 to 14, Nowicki said.

Other, more minor, proposals could also increase flexibility within the curriculum. For instance, under the proposed revision students can benefit from all three of a course’s cross-inquiry codes. A change in policy regarding transfer credits could also increase the curriculum’s flexibility by allowing transferred credits to count toward Modes of Inquiry requirements.

Thompson said transfer credits would most likely apply only to classes that are taken after the new curriculum is approved. “If you’re a junior and took two courses freshman summer, could you resurrect those courses and bring them forward to get Modes of Inquiry codes?

Probably not,” he said.

Avery Reaves, Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs and a member of the curriculum review committee, said a number of freshmen have asked him whether they will be able to complete the revised curriculum in lieu of their own—occurrences he interpreted as interest in retroactive application of the new curriculum. Although Thompson said the new curriculum could potentially help sophomores and juniors as well, Reaves said upperclassmen have not shown the same interest in the new curriculum.

“A lot of people will get significantly through their Curriculum 2000 requirements in their first two years here,” Reaves said. “Many juniors and seniors are locked into their curriculum in the sense that they have already fulfilled a lot of the requirements that we are looking to ease.”

Thompson noted that it is too late for the revised curriculum to benefit members of the senior class, as they will graduate soon after the Arts and Sciences Council votes on the proposed revision.

“about whether a woman needs to gaze adoringly at her husband or follow her own career.”

Dean’s free-fall from the spot of top contender for the Democratic nomination began in January with poor showings in the lowa caucus and New Hampshire primary and culminated in Tuesday’s loss in Wisconsin’s primary.

In all, Dean was winless in 17 contests.

He exits the active race certain in the knowledge that he will live on in the annals of U.S. politics for shattering Democratic fund-raising records with $4l million collected in a single year—as well as on late-night television and Internet parodies for a high-octane concession speech on the night of the lowa caucuses that he’s likely never to live down.

Once a long-shot candidate, the Internet phenomenon filled his campaign coffers and attracted thousands of supporters through the spring and summer, pushing him to the head of the crowded Democratic field.

Historians will judge, but Dean and his devoted supporters are convinced that they, more than anyone else, defined the Democratic debate through his unwavering criticism ofPresident Bush, the Iraq war and Democrats who helped Bush push his agenda through Congress.

Nothing could dissuade the 640,000 people who joined his campaign via his website. They contributed $4l million last year and then pumped millions more this year into a campaign that was faltering even before

lowans dealt the first blow.

As he left the Vermont governor’s office in January 2003 after nearly 12 years, Dean had a presidential campaign staff of a half-dozen and about $157,000 in the bank.

But one of those staffers had found a then-obscure Internet organizing site, known as MeetUp.com. Dean became the first political candidate to sign up for it and suddenly thousands of people were finding him, organizing local events and fund-raisers and slowly making him a force.

His blunt speaking style and full-throated opposition to the Iraq war at a time when almost all of the other major contenders were trying to explain their support for it gave him an edge.

Even then he was still little more than an afterthought, but he had raised enough money to begin competing and was relentless in appearing everywhere he could. By February last year, he had begun focusing his criticism not just on Bush but on his fellow Democrats, accusing them of being too timid in fighting for the party’s core principles.

“I’m Howard Dean and I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party,” Dean declared at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington last year that caught everyone’s attention. The line had been a staple of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone.

Dean tapped into Democrats’ nagging belief that their national leaders had lost their way and were too blindly allowing Bush and the Republicans to set the agenda.

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celebrating racial diversity by tailoring to it.

He noted that Durham’s audience potential was considerable, but increasing participa-

ly have to be sought.

tion in the arts would require unconventional programming.

“Lots of audiences can be built, but they may not respond to standard fare,” Goldring said, adding that Durham’s rapidly growing Latino population would likely respond more positively to bilingual events.

The report found that efforts have traditionally been concentrated in downtown Durham and recommended that planners incorporate other venues more high priority.” enthusiastically—such as Ninth Street Despite the constant need for funding and the Hayti area—and create relationcommon to almost all cultural promotion efships with neighborhoods to foster particforts, vice president of Wolf, Keens and Co. ipation in cultural events.

Marc Goldring reported that arts organiza‘There needs to be a synergy between tions in Durham are kicking in their fair neighborhoods and downtown. Durhamites share: 55 percent of their revenues were selfmust be the ones defining the community’s generated last year. identity,” Goldring said.

“We found that the economic impact A priority in capital development was imof the cultural sector is quite substantial,” proving the maintenance of existing faciliGoldring said. Culture and arts industries ties. Goldring said before new capital investin Durham County generate roughly $lOl ments were proposed county officials need million annually, which is slightly higher to make sure current facilities are being utithan Wake County’s $9O million. lized at capacity.

Goldring said the variation in revenue is Although there has been much concern because the arts and cultural activities in about arts education in Durham Public Schools, Wolf, Keens and Co. said the reducDurham have been filtered into economic strategies. tions were not disproportionate to cuts DPS One of the major findings was the lack of made in other areas. The report recoma network for Durham artists. Because they mended the continued partnership of the work mainly in isolation, there is little collabschool system with local nonprofit organizaoration and space sharing. The plan placed tions to support arts curriculum and the establishmentof a cultural education taskforce an emphasis on subsidizing living and workto advocate for the integration of cultural ing space for local artists and noted the imthemes into class work. portance of addressing the often troubleHowever, primary and secondary schools some issue ofhealth and disability insurance.

Consultants also identified Durham’s hiswere not the only educational institutions tory and the cultural significance of the marked for attention. Goldringalso said the racial encounters the city has experienced as master plan should include outreach to stua key area ofconcentration. dents at Duke University and North Carolina Goldring said the plan must go beyond Central University.

National government support for Durham was lower than other Southern cities such as Birmingham, Mobile and Knoxville. Public funding composed only nine percent of Durham arts organizations’ revenue, while in Birmingham that figure was roughly 18 percent. In a survey administered by Wolf, Keens and Co., 66 percent of respondents agreed “the City and County should make funding for arts and culture a

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Keohane and Euben, who have been friends since the 19705, took the opportunity of Keohane’s final semester as Duke president to re-expose her to political philosophy before she commences a one-year research sabbatical.

“He and I have wanted to teach in an area that is of interest to me as I began to shift toward my sabbatical,” Keohane said, “so I’ll get a kind of a running start onto being a scholar again.”

Students were required to have some background in political philosophy and had to write an essay on inequalities to gain entry to the course. Several students admitted that Keohane was a primary draw, but added that the subject matter was extremely important to them as well.

‘The nature of our discussions are such that if you’re not interested in the material, there’s no point in taking it,” said senior Evan Oxman. ‘The novelty [of Keohane] wears off pretty quickly otherwise.”

The course is structured as a discussionbased seminar. Students described Keohane as low-key, down-to-earth and receptive to diverse viewpoints in the classroom.

Keohane said it was particularly important to acknowledge the validity of many perspectives when discussing such a difficult set of topics. “People tend to have strong feelings about inequality, and we are very careful to make sure that if the discussion is beginning to move very strongly in one direction, one of us will jump in and, in kind of a Socratic way, say, ‘What about the opposite?”’ she said.

The class has responded with lively, sometimes passionate, sometimes humorous debates. Blum-Barnet described the atmosphere as largely casual.

“There may have been some intimidation the first day, but there sure isn’t any now,” Euben said. “They’re just as happy arguing with her now as they are with me.”

Euben and Keohane maintain an equal role as teachers, alternating leading class discussions depending on their respective areas of experdse. Keohane, as a Rousseau buff, took the lead in exploring the Second Discourse: Euben used his background in the classics to provide perspective on Plato.

Students and teachers alike say the adjustment period is mostly over, and the class has moved on to the more pressing issues raised by the course materal.

Midterm grade for Professor Keohane?

The consensus suggests “A.” “She’s an engaging professor, as is Professor Euben,” Oxman said, “and you wouldn’t really be able to tell, if you didn’t know she was the President... that she was.”

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smoother path to the top than women.

McKinney said it was less than 30 years ago when female medical students first began to equal the number ofmale students.

“Women began to enter the U.S. medical student pool in large numbers around the time I was in medical school—the late 19705,” he said, also suggesting that this may be why there are fewer women in top professor positions today. “One element is the lack of women in senior ranks has to do with what might be called “a wave effect”—and the wave is just arriving.”

If there is such a wave of senior-level women academics, it is slow in coming, Brown said. While women now make up 50 percent of medical and graduate stu-

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prevalence of noise from the large amounts of traffic in the adjoining hall-

ways as reasons for not using the Alumni Lounge.

“I don’t even think about it as a place to study.... It’s just too busy with so many people going through and the doors always

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school and save my children,” Rezaie told The Associated Press. Her children were safe.

An AP photographer who arrived in Dehnow, one of the severely damaged villages close to the train tracks some 500 yards from the blast, said the village’s homes were flattened.

“The houses are all built of clay, and nearly every one has been destroyed, like they had collapsed in an earthquake,” Hassan Sarbakhshian said. “Everyone appears to have been evacuated,” he said, adding he could see thick, black smoke billowing about 500 yards ahead.

Rescue workers, aided by cranes and giant floodlights, worked into the night shrouded in toxic fumes, as they searched for dozens of people thought to be trapped in their clay homes devastated by the blast.

The blast was so powerful that windows were shattered as far as six miles away. In an apparent indication of the explosion’s force, Iranian seismologists recorded a 3.6magnitude tremor in the area, IRNA re-

ported.

Iranian TV showed footage of black

plumes of smoke and orange flames billow-

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dents and post doctorates, only 10 to 13 percent of women in science and medicine are full professors.

“You’d think, ‘Well, gee, if we wait long enough, we’ll have enough women as men professors,”’ Brown said. “But the fact is that [the pool of women professors] is not growing fast enough.”

In trying to understand the reason why such inequality in the workplace exists, Brown said she will also be looking at aspects of the medicine and science climate that may serve as barriers to women’s professional upward mobility.

One such barrier Brown has already identified is the system of mentoring. The fact that there are relatively few senior women faculty role models means the increasingly diverse group of currently entering these fields are having difficulty finding

mentor-junior faculty pairs that are not “mismatches and misfires,” Brown said.

“The traditional system of mentoring doesn’t work as well as it 5h0u1d...,” McKinney said. “We get great young faculty, we have tremendous resources, and we should be able to do more to help those faulty accomplish the steps necessary to be promoted and eventually tenured.”

As associate dean, Brown hopes to address these issues as well as to continue to learn and understand what people’s experiences are in the medical center. “Duke is a very exciting place to be and like any place, there are things in the system that make it difficultfor us at some time or another.... I want Duke to support wellrounded, diverse human beings as they become leaders in academic medicine and science.”

opening,” said freshman Melissa Latham.

Junior Andrew Kryzak agreed the Alumni Lounge has an odd feel. “I can’t really

The heavy student traffic through the lounge renders major renovations highly unlikely, but the proposed changes will still allow the Lounge to be used as a prep area for events held in the Trinity Room.

The upgrades are also intended to redirect the traffic flow from the corners of the Union to the Lounge’s central door, in hopes that it will again be the main entryway it was originally intended to be.

put my finger on it, but it just doesn’t look like a place that people use,” he said. “It just doesn’t feel like a hangout space.”

Several challenges present themselves because the Alumni Lounge lies along a major artery of the West Student Union and is the main entrance to the Trinity Room.

were loaded with sulfur, six with gasoline, seven with fertilizer and 10 with cotton.

Dozens of people, some wearing face masks to protect themselves from the smoke, were seen walking around or putting out flames on the scene.

Firefighters —apparendy with little experience in handing industrial chemicals—had extinguished 90 percent of the fire when the cars exploded at 9:37 a.m., Mohammad Maqdouri, head of the local emergency operations headquarters, told Tehran television.

More than 400 people were injured, said Vahid Bakechi, a senior official in Khorasan Province’s Emergency Headquarters.

Eighty percent of them were injured when their homes collapsed, and the rest were either burned or hurt from the force of the explosion, said Syed Majid Taqizadeh, head of the 22 Bahman hospital. The hospital is named after the date in the Iranian calendar that coincides with Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The bulk of the injured were from the village of Hashemabad, Taqizadeh said. Other victims were found in surrounding villages, particularly Dehnow and Abdolabad.

Dozens of people remained buried under the rubble of their homes, said Saeed Kaviani, editor of the Sobh-eNeyshabur newspaper. Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guards closed the immediate area, fearing more explosions.

Vakili, Mehran quoted IRNA Neyshabur’s medical examiner, as saying that by Wednesday evening 180 bodies had

been recovered. The dead included 182 fire and rescue workers.

‘The scale of the devastation is very great, and the damage appears more than initially thought,” said Vahid Bakechi, a member of the Khorasan Province’s Emergency Headquarters.

In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan conveyed his condolences to the Iranian government and the victims of the disaster, U.N.spokesperson Fred Eckhard said.

He added that the world body was ready to assist those affected by the tragedy.

After finding her children safe at the Hashemabad school, which was unscathed by the explosion, Rezaie went to a hospital.

‘That’s when I saw them bringing in wearing uniforms many injured people that firefighters or rescue workers wear,” she said. “They told me there had been an explosion,” she said.

Neyshabur is at the center of a farming region for cotton, fruit and grain. Other industries include carpets, pottery, leather goods and turquoise.

It became one ofPersia’s foremost cities in A.D. 400, a center of culture with several important colleges. Omar Khayyam, the 11th century Persian poet, was born in Neyshabur, and is buried there. ...

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'Sex' says farewell After six scintillating seasons, the final episode of "Sex and the City" airs Sunday night.

By Whitney Beckett

Retailers

are now offering tank tops that read: "I'm a Charlotte" [read: You have three months to propose]; "I'm a Samantha" [read: Buy me a drink];"l'm a Miranda" [read: Run]; and "I'm a Carrie" [read: You want me to be your new best friend]. What a merchandising idea! Every girl could buy one, two, three, or—let's be honest—all four. After six seasons with these characters, they are not only our best friends; they are us.

With this Sunday's final episode of "Sex and the City," we are losing not just a 30-minute weekly distraction but our wardrobe inspiration, our forum for those kinds of talks and even a part of ourselves. The show, the characters and the escapades have seeped into our culture and, perhaps more than any television

show of our generation, changed the way we view so many facets of our lives.

As the show ends, the four swinging singles are a little less single than when the show began almost seven years ago.

Two are married, one may be, come Sunday (think Big), and Samantha has a wonderful boyfriend, which is huge for Samantha. But the producers have resisted the urge to veer too much from the theme of the show:You don't have to be married to be happy.

For that, they should be applauded.

"Sex and the City" caused a paradigm shift away from thinking of single as shameful and towards thinking of single as desirableand fun.Carrie and the gang certainly seem to have more good times at the cocktail parties they attend than

their married friends do cleaning up baby slop. Sure we love the guys on the show—everyone has their Aidan and their Big (God help us all), but it is the friendships that are important.The show traded in the long-term relationship for the long-term friendship. As Mr. Big told Carrie's friends in the last episode, "You are her three loves. A guy would be lucky to come in fourth."

Did single students spend this past Valentine's Day locked in their dorm rooms with When Harry Met Sally and a box (or three) ofKleenex, like they might have a decade ago? No. They spent it with their friends, sipping on cosmopolitans and enjoying single-hood. Every week, it's not your boyfriend/hooku who you invite over to watch the show (that

would be weird). Perhaps we should thank Samantha for that one.

And the clothes! The clothes are all Carrie. Her silk flowers, Fendi bagettes and nameplate necklaces make "The Rachel" look like a bench-warming trend (throw in a sports analogy for the sole straight guy still reading this)."Manolos" are now part of the everyday American vernacular —quite a feat considering they run about a semester's worth of books a pop.

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Joyce Canal Oates cocoes w Duke Recess Books Lead Wmren Jen Wei

Award-winning

author Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most controversial and enduring writers alive today. With over 30 novels, 23 volumes of short stories, 7 volumes of poetry and 4 volumes of plays to her name, Oates has made her mark. Her most distinguished work includes Pulitzer Prize nominee Black Water, based on the Kennedy-Chappaquiddick scandal, and bestseller and National Book Award finalist Blonde, featuring the epic of American icon Marilyn Monroe. In addition, she is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for "A Lifetime of Literary Achievement."Oates was born in 1938 during the time of the Great Depression and grew up in rural upstate New York where she attended a one-room schoolhouse as a child and later earned a scholarship to attend Syracuse University—where she graduated as valedictorian.

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Oates is coming to Duke tomorrow as part of the Blackburn Literary Festival. An informal reception is being held at 3 p.m. in the English Department Graduate Student Lounge, followed by a reading in the Rare Books Room at 7:30 p.m. A panel discussion featuring Ms. Oates on "The Legacy of Chekhov" will take place in the Old Trinity Room in the West Union Saturday at 1 p.m.

Recess: When did you realize you first wanted to write?

JCO: I've been writing all of my life, since I was a child.

You grew up in the aftermath of the Great Depression. What influence do you think your background, family and early environment had on your writing?

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TheSandbox Leaving a trail of unimaginable degradation

Barbie says bye-bye Sunday joyrides in a pink Corvette. Lazy weekends spent lounging in the

Dream House. Unseen illicitrendezvous undoubtedly marked by the sweet union of rubbery, amorphous genital regions and the passionate embrace of arms that only bend three clicks at the elbow. All gone.

After 43 years of seemingly blithe coupledom of the non-matrimonial variety, the First Lady of the toy chest has kicked her p prince to the curb. Barbie and Ken are no more.

With regards to this disheartening news, there is conclusion: Barbie is a heartless slut. Ken stuck aroun fully in good times (Malibu Barbie) and bad (Harley D, Barbie), and after a half-century she knees him in his istent grapes.Typical.

Recess may be bitter, but that doesn't mean that w won't play Mattel matchmaker for the most recentl single dolls on the market Ken should date: Skipper—No way to make a girl more jealous than to go after younger sister. And don't worry about statutory... she must be by now.

Polly Pocket—We hear she's easy.

Betsy Wetsy —One you get past the whole incontinence thim she's a lovely human being... and quite a cook.

Barbie should date: Skeletor —Say what you will about his rough exterior or the fact that he's an evil, demonic skeleton-man.... he's a provider.

Stretch Armstrong —You know what they say about guys with ridiculously high arm-leg tensile strength, don't you?

G.l. Joe—It's time Barbie got some action from an action figure.

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Go ahead and Google When Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) needed to find information on her celeb-artist boyfriend, Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov), she knew right where to turn. With just a touch of her keyboard, she was at google.com where she discovered the womanizing past of her lover-in-question. Carrie was outraged; Google had come through.

Most of us probably haven't ever made the same sort of startling find that Carrie made, but using Google for personal investigatory work —or perhaps mere ego indulgence —has become a favorite pastime of many. The word itself has become so notorious that it is now an official verb of the English lanwhile the company now controls 70% of the al marketplace of internet searching.

What better way is there to delve into the ,ndom details of ourselves, our friends, •oyfriends and girlfriends? Consider: How else ould you know that Recess Arts Lead Writer Gillian Barnard took time off before she came to Duke to model—even though she's "very that Music Lead Writer Paul Crowely once ran Topsfield Fall Foliage Classic —a 5 mile road 51 minutes and 39 seconds? Or that Senior Whitney Beckett is "the kind of person [she] :o be today because [she] went Kappa?" not necessarily the most interesting material ;h, but when it's about you or the person you crush on, it can make all the difference. Any .•comes exciting—and can alter our perceptions of ourselves or other people.

Try it out if you haven't already. You might just be amazed at what you find.

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of some violence and how those characters adjust.

My novel, We Were the Mulvaneys, was about that.The family suffers a crisis, a domestic tragedy, but then they recover over a period of years. I don't write about violence, but about the aftermath and how people cope with it, especially women and children.

I write about those topics because I live in America, and those are subjects that are all around me. Our country is a very troubled country.There has always been violence, since the time the early settlers pushed westwards and slaughtered Indians along the way. The history of America has been a very violent history. I mean, I live in cities like Detroit, Michigan....

That is actually where I am from—the suburbs of Detroit.

Then you know a little bit about what I am talking about. I was in Detroit a long time ago, in the 19605, at the time of the Detroit riot,and so it was a different experience. I am an American writer. American male writers always write about society. I am writing about society just like anybody else, except I am a woman.

In many of your novels, you explore the darker side of the human psyche and write from the perspective of characters such as serial killers and sexual predators. Was it difficult for you to imagine the voice of those personas? What do you do to prepare for those novels?

Not all of my novels are about that. But when they are... well I think we can all meditate upon personalities just from our own and give voice to those motives and instincts. It's a quality that playwrights have. I do write plays too, and when you write plays, everyone is speaking in their own voice. I think it's the same kind of instinct.

Many of your books have involved teenagers, particularly teenagers in high school. How do you make those characters so real?

I have 3 young adult novels, one is called Big Mouth Ugly Girl, and another is called Freaky Green Eyes. Yes, I do have a very special interest in adolescent life. I remember that time in my own life because it was very intense.Some of the most emotional things happened everyday in high school, and it was a very dramatic time. I teach older adolescents at Princeton, and they are very lively and inquisitive. I think adolescence is the time when young people are questioning the values of adults. Sometimes they are pretty skeptical, and they see through adult hypocrisy. When they grow up, most people have less of an edge, and they are not really questioning things anymore because they become part of it. I draw upon experiences from observation.! have memories of those times, and I had many friends. I write about things that happened to my friends too.

You have a talent for seeing the amusing side of the traumatic moments in life in your novels. Is this based solely on observation, or were you inspired by experiences in your own life?

It's a mixture. I am inspired by both my own personal experiences and by things I observe.The greatest challenge of writing is organizing material—putting things into paragraphs and pages. Everyone has stories to tell, everyone has families, they tell their best friends stories all the time, but it's how they organize the material and select the details that matters. The real challenge of writing is technical.

Having material is only 50% of being a writer; you also have to have the style.

Among your many books is a children's book called Meet Muffin. What inspired you to write a book that is so different from your previous work?

I wrote the book because I had a cat named Muffin. Also, the little girl in the book is a real girl—she is the daughter of a friend of ours. It's pretty close to home. I have a new children's book coming &

Oates is coming to Duke as part of theBlackburn Literary Festival called Where is Little Reynard?, targeted towards the same audience as the previous one.

How do you think your writing style has changed throughout your life?

It has become more complex and experimental, and I'm more interested in drama. I write plays now, and when I started out writing, I just wrote short stories and novels. For example, I organized the novella Rape: A Love Story into very short chapters. I wanted the reader to feel how immediate the events were and how fast everything happened.

Can you tell us more about your upcoming visit to Duke? What are your impressions of it?

I'm going be reading a lot of new material I am working on. I may have some poetry, some prose and some essays. I've been to Duke several times.

Duke has the most beautiful campus, as well as wonderful faculty and students. I have had wonderful interaction with the students.

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Fronting a one-man band

By Hilary Lewis Music fans like to view bands as musical partnerships. From the pretty-boy lead singer to the tortured guitarist to the overweight drummer whose kit is so far at the back of the stage that he's no longer visible, there is a perceived cohesion behind musicians who gather under the same-name umbrella. Equal stakes, equal investments, one-for-all and all-for-one—just a group of friends who used to practice in each others'garages and stick around for dinner afterwards. For some, this is true.

However, for others, the band is merely a collection of backing musicians providing the necessary rhythm to offset their sophisticated lyrics and well-crafted music—a way of masking their soloartist-worthy musical talent behind a collective moniker.This is true not only for the egomaniacal frontmen of rock's more permanent groups but also for the individual talents behind rotating bands like Bright Eyes, Five for Fighting, the now-defunct New Radicals and the recently-fragmented Queens of the Stone Age. Indeed, while the concept of relying on constantly-changing, often paid musicians to fill out a quartet might seem to be the cure for the dueling egos that have fueled some of rock's famous feuds, as last week's announcement of Nick Oliveri's departure from Queens of the Stone Age indicates, when one of the few principal members decides to leave, the effect on a group can be highly catastrophic.

When the band is filled with easily replaceable musicians from various sources,the pressure on the man (or men) behind the act can be greater than if the creative energy of the group is divided among several individuals.This concern is even felt by Conor Oberst,the lyrical wunderkind behind—and sole permanent member of—Bright Eyes. Frustrated by his inability to find consistent band members, Oberst formed Bright Eyes as away of continuing to record and perform music, which he had done since he was 13. As the project was initially inspired by the music, Bright Eyes enables Oberst's somewhat personal lyrics to take on a more universal tone. Still, as the sole songwriter, he remains constantly self-conscious, aware that the pressure is on him to write the sort of affecting lyrics for which the band is known.

It may have been a similar sense of self-consciousness that inspired the main force behind the New Radicals, Gregg Alexander, to disband his group after merely one album.Tired of fronting what he, and the rest of the world, would soon refer to as a one-hit wonder, he destroyed the group to pursue his other career as a producer.

While QOTSA have far from disbanded and will probably keep on rocking with whatever musicians they choose to replace Nick Oliveri and occasional singer Mark Lanegan, Oliveri's decision to bow out marks the fracturing of the group's central creative partnership between himself and frontman Josh Homme. Both members of the early'9os metal outfit Kyuss currently have side projects, yet Homme is considered to be the principal talent that propelled Kyuss into cult status and has also had a fairly prolific career as a producer. In this way, Josh Homme may have been the primary creative force behind the band. Still, Oliveri was an instrumental component of the group, one whose replacement—unlike finding a temporary drummer or vocalist—will require a change in the organization of the group and may increase the number of musicians passing through QOTSA's revolving door.

Nick Oliveri (right) says,“l'm leaving, and

I'm taking my scraggly goatee with me!"

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Sam Fisher’s solo Excursion

By Paul Crowley Like high socks on the basketball court, kegs on campus and corporal punishment in public education, Sam Fisher belongs to the old school. The former frontman of the Duke-frequenting rock-soul outfit Weekend Excursion, Fisher is now at work on a full-length solo album in Georgia, and his tour brings him to Carrboro's GO! Rm. 4 club tonight ($6,9 p.m.).

The Greenville, NC native hopes to enhance his reputation, earned with Weekend Excursion, as a captivating live performer.

"It's gonna be a laid-back acoustic show [tonight]," Fisher said. "It'll be me, some buddies from Maverick Records, a buddy from DC." The friends Fisher will be playing with are Charlotte trio Justincase and singer-songwriter Shane Hines.

Despite the relaxed, acoustic show he has planned, Fisher's on-stage intensity and personal songwriting promise a powerful performance tonight.Tm very passionate onstage —I really like to get into it," said the Eastern Carolina University grad. His only solo release to date is a four-song EP entitled Who Are You?, containing a lot of the same soul-, funk- and rock-inspired songwriting, most notably on the "Let's Get it On"-like "Nothing Left to Do." "There are going to be some Weekend Excursion songs, a few from the new record; all in all, a little bit of everything," Fisher said. Fisher has been experimenting with different setlists on the road, and he considers touring a mixed blessing:"! least like not having a set schedule, but it's good to be in a different city every night, seeing the best of each city.

"I'm a roots type of guy," Fisher said, describing his musical influences."! aspire to be like a Curtis Mayfield, a Stevie Wonder, a Marvin Gaye." Even Fisher's superhero preferences are old-school, hearkening back to a long time ago in a galaxy far away.

"I'd rather be a Jedi Knight than Wolverine," he said."They're a lot more in control, a lot more aware."

REVIEW

Blindside About a Burning Fire

By Corey Jones In 2002, following the release of their Elektra debut Silence, Blindside showed every sign of a band looking to capitalize on the growing popularity of hardcore in the United States. Two years later, these Swedish rockers are at it again, fusing together raging vocals, thumping bass lines and violent guitar riffs into forty-five minutes they call About a Burning Fire. Unfortunately, these sounds only make up about half the songs on the twelve-track album.

At times, the four-piece echoes blasts that are uncharacteristically reminiscient of the Foo Fighters, like on "Swallow," where singer Christian bellows for two and a half minutes, chanting the words "taste" and—you guessed it—"swallow." On other songs, the band finds itself exploring territories unknown on previous records. If you're a Titanic fan, for instance, there's "Shekina," a softer ballad which opens with a twenty second Gaelic cry by Celine Dion. Okay, so it might not be Celine, but the voice sure as hell reminds you of the French-Canadian diva. Granted, for a "hardcore" band, the inclusion of this high-pitched female might be pushing the boundary between musical experimentation and musical faux pas. For some listeners, that may be exactly what you are looking for, while for others it may be exactly the thing you want to avoid.

Overall, while far from bad, About a Burning Fire lacks the fire that the title suggests. You'd expect more from a band looking to please the fan-following it secured after its last release. Unfortunately, however, Blindside's inconsistencies mar this new effort.... And you never even saw it coming.

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synergistically to breathe life into each other. Yes, of course, Charlotte would wear the Burberry trench coat. Naturally Miranda wears the navy suit. Why wouldn't Samantha wear that La Perla bra (with nothing else)? And it is only suiting that Carrie is the sole 30-plus woman still wearing hot pants.

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not—yes,that!/makes us willing to experiment and show our own personalities in our clothing choices: This is not only what I wear; this is me.

So this Sunday will be bittersweet. Perhaps it will be the best episode ever, but that just makes it even sadder that it is also the last. At my viewing (naturally with my girlfriends), both cosmos and Kleenexes will be served. But I have faith we will Carrie on.

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10. Season 2, episode 15: "Are all mean freaks?" this episode asks. (Yes, but apparently women are too.) Charlotte enjoys her very special freak, Mr.

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Charlotte: Is your vagina listed in the New York City guide books? Because it should be hottest spot in town. Always open.

9. Season 3, episode 32: Carrie dates a guy who wants to PEE on her. Here we realize officially that this show is going to be fun.

8. Season 1, episode 9: Who needs a man when you have a vibrator? Not Charlotte when she meets the Rabbit—at least not in this episode.

7. Season 4, episode 52: Samantha embarks on a lesbian relationship, and hilarity ensues.

6. Season 4, episode 60: Aidan proposes to Carrie. Can she say yes? No, the ring is hideous.

But after a little ring-swap-a-roo, Carrie, wearing enough clothes to cover a normal-sized person's arm, says yes to the sweetest proposal ever.

5. Season 6, episode 88: Die-hard single Miranda surprises us all with happy news of her proposal, while Samantha sobers us with news of her breast cancer, reminding us that there is more to life even to Samantha—than escapades.

4. Season 5, episode 67: The women are all single, kicking off a short season about aging and other things to crave besides sex. Carrie's answer: the City, her new boyfriend. A girl-power episode if there ever was one; not even seamen can stop them.

3. Season 3, episode 42: Charlotte becomes the first of the group to tie the knot (for the first time, at least) in a perfect wedding that leads to an imperfect marriage. Meanwhile, Carrie confesses her infidelity to Aidan, who leaves her at Charlotte's altar.

2. Season 4, episode 63: Carrie wears the most wonderful dress of the entire show this episode.

The dress is white and bridal (minus the cleavage), but Carrie and Aidan finally realize Carrie cannot marry him.The most poignant moment of the entire show comes when Carrie curls up with the man to whom she cannot commit.

1. Season 6, episode 94: Okay, so this is a bit presumptuous. But Carrie is sure to get both the Sex (Big, her love since episode one) and the City (a return to New York and her other three loves) in this week's finale. The clothes promise to be breath-taking and the tears promise to be Big.

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By Corinne Low

In 1938, fifty-seven legendary musicians gathered on a street comer to pose for a photograph. Nearly forty years later, JeanBach’s documentary A GreatDay in Uarlemms bom.

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picture had magical properties," says Jean Bach of the 1958 photograph that inspired her award-winning documentary, A Great Day in Harlem. The photograph features 57 of the most prominent jazz musicians of the time gathered on a Harlem street corner. Bach's documentary shares the remarkable story of how these men and women came to be immortalized in what has been called one of the greatest photographs of all time.

The picture originally appeared in an all-jazz issue of Esquire magazine, the serendipitous product of a brand-new art director and a first-time photograph-

er's whims. The former, Robert Benton —now a celebrated filmmaker—originally conceived of the project as away to win over his new boss, a devoted jazz fan.

Benton knew nothing of the magazine business and even less of jazz, so he recruited a more experienced art director, Art Kane, to assist with his plan. Although Kane was not a photographer by trade, Benton asked him to coordinate the photo shoot.

Kane, who had neither expertise nor a studio, suggested they shoot the pictures in front of a Harlem brownstone. The two spread the word for musicians who wished to be photographed to meet at a desig-

Recess Exclusive; City of God, directed by recent Academy Award nominee Fernando Meirelles, makes its way to video store shelves this month. Recess film lead writer Jon Schnaars had the opportunity to speak with lead actress Alice Braga, who was born and raised in Sao Paulo and recently traveled to the United States for the first time.

Recess: What makes the movie City of God so important in your eyes?

AB: City of God is probably the first film to show the violence of the Brazilian slums through the eyes of a Brazilian filmmaker.These favelas are dangerous places to grow up and Fernando (Meirelles) has captured that violence in a powerful way.

What was it like working with Director Fernando Meirelles?

He was a great director to work for. I had done some commercials with his production company and when he approached me about playing the part of Angelica I was very excited.The script was very good and I knew we had the opportunity to make something really special.

nated time and place, then sat back and hoped that a few would show.The picture was slated for 10:00 a.m., a time when most musicians were still recovering from the previous evening's excesses. One performer joked that they "didn't even know there were two ten o'clocks in the same day."

Slowly but surely, though, the jazz legends trickled in. The photograph that evolved had a life of its own. Of their own volition, all the drummers stood together. Thelonious Monk strategically positioned himself next to the ladies, so he'd get noticed. A group of neighborhood kids decided to plop down on the curb. Count Basie got tired of standing and joined them. Mary Lou Williams—later a visiting artist at Duke —struck up a conversation with Marian McPartland.The shutter clicked, and history was made.

Harlem recounts the story with the humor and tenderness of an insider. Bach's late husband was a musician who traveled in the same circles as the gang in Harlem, and so when she set out to make the film, tracking down the artists was merely a matter of persistence. No one was paid to appear in the original photograph, just as Bach's documentary was made for artistic, not economic reasons. Documentaries rarely turn profits. Rather, they are produced through the sponsorship of those who sense an urgent need for a story to be told before it is too late. In 1989, as age began to take its toll on the great jazz legends of Bach's youth, she decided that it was time to put their stories on film.

Like Art Kane, Bach had no experience in the media that would one day make her famous. She set out naively to make a film about jazz, not realizing that when you make a movie "you've got to pay for stuff."

Harlem took five years to make, during which time Bach says she was "constantly waiting for the next dollar to come in," Although no one thought much of it at the time, everyone now agrees that there's something very special about that photograph. America was embroiled in a civil rights crisis, but there, on the streets of Harlem, black, white, male and female, were united in the language of jazz. It was a gathering the likes of which New York will never see again; the greatest collection of musical talent ever to wake up before noon. As one among them, Dizzy 'Gillespie, eloquently closes out the film,"There's a whole lotta people I like on here."

You can catch a special screening of A Great Day in Harlem at the John Hope Franklin center, on-Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. The screening will be followed by a question-andanswer session with filmmaker Jean Bach.

interviewed of God actressCity

This is a very violent film. How did you address this on the set?

Everyone was very careful. We couldn't shoot in the actual City of God because it was far too dangerous. In the favela, where we actually did the shoot, everyone was very safe; the residents were very helpful.

Meirelles made the decision to use real children instead of actors for this film. How did this work out?

Many of the people that were in the film had actually spent time in the favelas.They understood the violence of the film and that really helped the rest of us in beginning to understand what it was really like.

How has the success of City of God affected your career?

It has been really amazing. I got to come to the United States, and I was able to take some acting classes at NYU. Now I'm heading back to Brazil to work with some of South America's most well known filmmakers. My next two projects are with Walter Salles and Carlos Bolado. I'm just so happy that City of God has given me these opportunities.

Braga appears in City ofGod, which showcases the violence of Brazilian slums.

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A reflection on life Duke alumnus JonathanBlackwell returns withhis own exhibit. of trees and landscapes of nudes.There are self portraits and stunningly beautiful "When you graduated from high school abstracts inspired by modern architecture. did you get a book by Dr. Seuss called, Oh Of particular interest are a series of small, the Places You Will Go? That has to stop. oddly shaped paintings pressed between When I traveled after college I brought a panes of glass. Looking at the back of the journal and wrote and drew pictures in it glass shows us that these paintings are every day.That journal said who I was. It was actually executed on flattened boxes.There is always a correlation between the painta reflection of my life."

Such are the sentiments of Jonathan ing and the box that it is painted on. A soy Blackwell (T'01) who has returned to Duke margarine box left over from Thanksgiving provides the canvas to showcase an exhiwork, of his for a portrait of a bition "Lineaism," in the Thanksgiving table.

Center.

His art Packaging from a CD Bryan a reflection of label-maker supplies himis wall of the framework for a self—every the Brown gallery painting of a band. seems to harbor a Blackwell's art is of not restricted solely different aspect who he is or what he to the gallery walls.

He participates in a is trying to express. his In display variety of perforhas manmance art with the Blackwell to ordiDurham Association aged present to us an of Downtown Arts in nary things (DADA).

DADA is a entirely unordinary Included the art of in A piece of now on display in the Bryan Center way. group Duke alumexhibit is a work he ni that create and created-for a class at Duke with renowned support art in the Durham comm unity. Over feminist artist Judy Chicago. He presents the the past two years, DADA has expanded to viewer with classical art's depiction of the seven local venues, supporting both the female nude, juxtaposing male and female visual and performing arts.

Blackwell's exhibit is an inspiration to reactions to the works. As he explains:"! have divided the images. The traditional male Duke Students. It inspires us to tap our own reaction is on the top in hot colors. possibilities. He encourages us to write in Inevitably, it is enticing and compelling. In our own journals and to discover the places we will go in our own words. As he explains, some of them I have the male viewer actualfemale "If you're really going to go with art,do it full into the The ly crawling painting. reaction is on the bottom in cooler colors." A throttle. Like life, art is an adventure. Do it to its fullest." comment on female objectification, Jonathan Blackwell's show "Lineaism" will Blackwell presents us with both sides of the and what be in the Louise Jones Brown Gallery in the is it seems. story, nothing quite The walls of the gallery include portraits Bryan Center through March 17.

By Gillian Barnard

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Law School Drama

By Lexi Richards Tonight through Saturday the Duke Law Drama Society is performing David Mamet's dark and depressing play, Glengarry Glen Ross. In 1992 the play was turned into a movie starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey and has since become a cult hit among law students and professionals. The premise of the play is that sales reps in a real estate firm are pitted against each other in a month long sales competition.The winner of the contest gets a new car, while the salesman who finishes last gets fired.What ensues is a story of inter-office power plays, alliances and robbery.The real question for the audience, however, is not who is going to sell the most property, but how much integrity each person is willing to sacrifice in order to earn money, Members of the audience who have seen the movie or other renditions of Glengarry Glen Ross will be surprised to see Alyssa Greenwald and Kristina Evans on stage. In the movie version, Alyssa Greenwald's character, Roma, is portrayed by Pacino as the typical hotshot male. A scene from the Law Drama Society's genderDirector Jerry Deluca made the bending production of Glengarry Glen Ross decision to have women portray male characters in order to give this particular production a unique spin. He also chose to include Greenwald and Evans so that the female members of the society could have the chance to be a part of the show.

The gender substitution is one bright spot of the production. Also worth noting is Garrett Levin's performance as Levene; he does a commendable job as an office veteran struggling to keep up with the younger members of the office.Other members of the cast (including two first time actors) seemed as if they were having a hard time putting down Black's Law Dictionary in order to get into character.

Indeed, it is more than obvious that the show is produced by law students who pursue theater solely as an extracurricular hobby.

Because of the unavoidably demanding schedule of a law student, the drama club spreads its rehearsals over the entire school year in order to ensure the best possible show, instead of trying to squeeze an entire production into one semester. Given the circumstances, the production is decent. Perhaps its greatest appeal will be to law students or other members of the movie's cult following, facing the "real world" realities present in the play.

Glengarry Glen Ross is showing tonight, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the East Duke building.

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We want to remind everyone about the bonfire policy we established several years ago, which will again govern this year’s activities. The victory celebrations following big games in recent years have been what we have all hoped for, and ones in which the Duke community could take pride.

The same rules will remain in effect this year and, with your cooperation, we will continue to celebrate our victories safely and enthusiastically. In keeping with this goal, we remind you of some key concerns: The University will obtain City permits for four potential bonfires, on the days of men’s home games against Maryland (February 22) and UNC (March 6), and the Men’s and Women’s National Championship Games (April 5 and 6).

Bonfires on any other days will not be permitted by the City and are, therefore, illegal. Anyone who participates in a bonfire on any other day will be subject to University discipline and potential criminal prosecution.

The City Fire Marshall asks that everyone stay at least 10 feet away from the fire

Please keep stacked benches to a reasonable height (not more than three) and do not climb on top. The tragedy at Texas A & M a few years ago provides ample evidence why.

If you carry a beverage, please use a plastic or metal container. There will be additional trash receptacles on the quad Do not sit or stand on building roofs Do not use dorm furniture as fuel for a bonfire. Do not add fuel to the fire more than two hours following the game The use of gasoline or any other fire accelerant is prohibited The only permitted bonfire site is in front of House P. Any fires that are started outside of this area will be considered illegal and dealt with at the discretion of the City Fire Marshall and Duke University Police.

The City Fire Marshall has the right to revoke this and future bonfire permits if these rules are not followed or the crowd gets out of control. Let’s not abuse this privilege. Celebrating basketball victories with a bonfire is now a Duke tradition. Follow these basic safety rules so we can maintain this tradition for years to come.

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The squad beat Campbell 37-3 Wednesday.

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The pesky Cavaliers have gotten close to upsetting the Blue Devils in recent years, but never succeeded.

Tonight they have another chance.

At 7 p.m., No. 4 Duke (20-3, 11-1 in the ACC) will dance with Virginia (12-12, 5-7) in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Much of the Cavaliers’ attention will be on All-American Alana Beard, who was recently named ACC player of the week for the 16th time in her career. During a rout of Wake Forest last week, Beard scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting. There was an encore performance against UNC Saturday; Beard netted 31 points, going 9of-16 from the field, including 4-of-5 from three-point range, leading Duke to victory.

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However, the cast of characters is different this time. Duke’s freshman forward Brittany Hunter sat out during the first contest with a sore right knee. On the other side of the ball, Virginia forward Brandi Teamer missed the first matchup due to a suspension. Teamer leads the Cavaliers in scoring and rebounding.

But even though Teamer has returned, Virginia has been struggling of late. The Cavaliers lost to Georgia Tech 65-55 and to N.C. State 72-67 within the last week. Despite Virginia’s recent woes, the Duke coaching staffknows the Blue Devils cannot afford a slow start.

“I think the biggest thing is that we’ve got to be able to set the tone early in the game,” assistant coach LaVonda Wagner said. “They tried to beat us in our own game, which was to run in transition. We’d score, they’d pull it out of the net and pass it long.

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Daniel Ewing contributed 19points for the Blue Devils in their 90-84 loss to Wake Forest last night in Winston-Salem.The game was an intensity-packed contest that came down to the final minutes of play.

WINSTON-SALEM Heart —yes it is in your chest, but more importantly it is represented in your demeanor.

Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils may have lost two straight conference games, but they displayed more passion for the game Wednesday night than they have all season Playing in a hostile environment, which featured Wake Forest students displaying classless signs including those “God touting Hates Duke” and “No Means No,” Duke persevered through countless situations that would have baffled them in Sunday’s loss to N.C. State.

“I thought we played winning basketball tonight,” Krzyzewski said. “Our kids played their butts off.”

Coach K’s previous statement summarizes the attitude his squad exhibited after the exhausting 90-84 loss, a sentiment that was certainly not to be found Sunday evening. In response to why the Blue Devils lost again, critics will justly point to Duke’s defensive deficiencies, but credit needs to be given to Chris Paul, who took the rest of the Demon Deacons on a voyage to the promised land with 23 dazzling points. In the opening seven minutes of the game, the yellow and gold squad utilized physical play to send two messages loud and clear—Duke was not coming into Winston-Salem to push Wake Forest around, and JJ. Redick was certainly not going to be the Blue Devil that beat the Demon Deacons.

Krzyzewski responded to this adversity with a bold move.

When he stared down the bench at the 16:09 mark, he called on Shavlik reserve regular Randolph as well as seldomused senior Nick Horvath.

Though his season statistics do not draw a second glance, Horvath entered the game with fire in his eyes and matched Wake Forest’s intensity immediately. This sort of fervor was exactly what was missing in the loss to the Wolfpack.

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There was no letdown after the wrestling team’s dramatic victory over conference power Virginia. Four days after taking the top spot in the ACC, Duke (8-6, 3-0 in the ACC) visited Campbell (2-12) and left with an impressive 37-3 victory.

The Blue Devils showed all-around toughness with their favorites winning big and several underdogs upsetting Campbell’s best wrestlers.

“I was pleasantly surprised and pleased that it turned out this one-sided,” head coach Clar Anderson said. “It turned out to be a great match where we won all the close ones.”

The contest did not start close, however, as Duke’s Andy Soliman defeated Elliot Berger 16-3 in the 149-pound weight class. Brandon Foose won 8-3 at 157, and Michael Mitchell recorded a 25-7 technical decision at 165. The three wins gave the Blue Devils an early 12-0 lead.

A minor decision at 174 by Levi Craig set up the first of three big Blue Devil wins. 184-pounder Frank Comely faced Campbell’s Lantz Nixon, the No. 4 wrestler in the CAA, Campbell’s conference. Nixon had defeated Comely earlier this season, but Comely emerged victorious by a 6-3 margin.

Anderson cited Comely’s win as the

key point in the match.

“Once that happened I think the match was locked up,” he said. ‘There

really wasn’t pressure on some of the guys which really frees them up to do better.”

Campbell forfeited at 197 before earning its only win of the night at heavyweight. With the team score at 24-3, the match switched back to the lower weights.

At 125, Duke’s Christian Smith faced Andy Bricker, a wrestler who had defeated Smith earlier in the year. This time, however, Smith struck quickly, scoring a takedown and back points to take the lead before the match ended with an injury default.

“Christian wrestled a great match,” Anderson said. “To turn it around with a takedown and back points was real

Sports briefing FALL SPORTS I RECRUITING CLASSES ANNOUNCED

Duke’s men’s and women’s soccer teams, along with the field hockey squad, announced their commitments for 2004. The women’s soccer team, which will return 19 letterwinners from this fall, added five recruits. The men’s team also signed five players to form the class of 2004. The field hockey team, coming off its first final four appearance, signed six athletes.

WOMEN’S TENNIS I MATCHUP SET WITH OLD DOMINION The tenth-ranked women's tennis team (4-1) opens its home schedule today, as it hosts Old Dominion (3-2) at 4 p.m. at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.

The Blue Devils have won three matches in a row over No. 36 Indiana, No. 19 Texas A&M and No. 12 Kentucky. Their only loss of the season came January 25th against No. 6 Vanderbilt, but they have won 19 in a row at home and 33 of 34 overall in Durham.

Old Dominion is coming off consecutive losses to Virginia Commonwealth and UVa. The Lady Monarchs are led by junior Nataly Cahana, ranked No. 33 in the nation.

Cahana will match up at the top singles slot with three-time All-American Amanda match play this spring Johnson. Johnson, ranked fifth nationally, has a 3-2 record in dual and recently became only the 15th player in program history to reach 100 wins.

Today's match will also be the home debut ofDuke's four-member freshman class composed of No. 64 Jennifer Zika, No. 89 Tory Zawaki, Kristin Cargill and Parker Coyer.

The Blue Devils' homestand will continue on Saturday when they host No. 7 Northwestern at 1 p.m.

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Finishing the match strongly for Duke, Adam Benitez continued his recent hot streak with a major decision at 133. Daniel Schvartsman capped off the Blue Devil victory with a minor decision at 141.

As he has done all season, Anderson stessed winning close bouts as the key to the team’s success.

“This year we’re winning almost all the close matches,” he said. “There’s a lot of guys winning the close matches week in, week out. Hopefully they keep gaining confidence and believe they can keep doing it.”

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we had against State so we can take that as a positive,” guard Daniel Ewing said. “Even though we lost we had a better effort on both ends of the court. We had a winning effort tonight.”

With Redick glued to the bench with three fouls in the first half, the Demon Deacons, who trailed until the eight minute-mark in the second half, inched to within two. When the Wake Forest faithful were about to blow the roof off Joel Coliseum with seconds left in the first half, Ewing calmly squared his feet and stuck a three-point dagger in their hearts for a 44-39 lead at the half.

These heroics were commonplace on both sides of the court Wednesday night but were sorely lacking from the Blue Devils in their loss to the Wolfpack. After a disappointing loss such as Sunday’s, the general consensus from the public states that Duke will bounce back and w'in—because it is supposed to. Since this common sentiment is cemented into the minds of many fans, they may overlook the Blue Devils’ extraordinary effort just because they lost Wednesday’s brilliant matchup.

“The energy we brought today was great,” senior Chris Duhon said. “Against most teams we probably would have won.”

Wednesday’s loss should not question the heart of Coach K’s squad, but rather reaffirm the fact that the Blue Devils have more passion and love for the game than ever.

From the time the Deacons tied the game up at 61 at 11:56 in the second half with a game-changing three point shot from Vytas Danelius, it was a neckand-neck race to the buzzer. Chris Paul was able to break loose unlike in his trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Paul split Duke’s perimeter defense and pulled up for a short jumper to even the score at 63 and then delivered Wake Forest’s first lead with a layup down the middle of the paint which led to a goaltending penalty on Luol Deng. With big layups from Deng and critical treys from Chris Duhon, the Blue Devils were able to stay tight on the scoreboard. But ultimately Paul was able to take matters into his own hands with a three, a layup over Shelden Williamsand a pair offree throws during three consecutive possessions. Paul finished with 23 points and eight assists.

‘Their kids played really well,” Krzyzewski said.

‘They made big plays. They drove the ball and got fouled. They made their free throws, and that set up some of their jump shots.”

Duke was resilient when faced with the Deacons’ board attack. Wake Forest out-rebounded the Blue Devils on the offensive end 12-5 in the first half and received 12 points off second chances. Still, Duke’s big men were far from quieted offensively. Shavlik Randolph and Nick Horvath combined for 12 points by the end of the half and allowed the Blue Devils’ offense to utilize Deng’s jump shot off the post.

“Nick [Horvath] has been playing well in practice and when two big guys go in we can use Luol [Deng] on the perimeter and that gives us a big look,” Krzyzewski said. “While we’re trying to do, we’re also trying to get better for next month, and I think some of the things we’re doing were good tonight and will be even better if we stick to them.”

But Duke’s response to the Deacons’ aggressive basket attacks late in the first half came mainly on big shots from Daniel Ewing. When the Deacons began picking up momentum after two bleacher-stomping alley-oops from a Paul-Trent Strickland duo, Ewing delivered crucial three-point shots from the wing. In the final five minutes of the first half, Wake Forest was

VIRGINIA from page 9 sition game and to get some second-chance opportunities.”

Another thing the Blue Devils have on their mind is limiting the effectiveness of Virginia’s defensive specialist Jocelyn LoganFriend. In the previous meeting between Duke and UVa, LoganFriend had five blocks and 10 rebounds.

“I think that we’ve got to do a better job of showing [LoganFriend] a variety of post moves and attack her in different ways instead of turning around and trying to shoot over her,” Wagner said. “She’s playing really well right now.”

Although Teamer and Logan-Friend are big factors, Beard and her Blue Devils have high expectations for tonight.

“I think as a team, since we lost to Florida State we’ve realized what we’ve needed to do as a team,” Beard said. “I’m not expecting a let down at all.”

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quickly chopping away at the Blue Devils’ nine-point lead, after Nick Horvath tipped in a jump shot from Ewing at the elbow. On the next possession, the Deacons dominated the offensive boards, as they had earlier in the half, maintaing control after five missed attempts until Eric Williams muscled his way into a slam dunk. A critical three from Taron Downey, Wake Forest cut the lead to three.

Just two possessions later, Ewing followed with a three-pointer of his own. Duke’s six point lead gave the team leverage to enter the second halfwith a fivepoint lead.

The Blue Devils realized that their defense was not what it need to be Wednesday night.

“I don’t think it has to do with execution, I think it all comes back down to our defense,” Duhon said.

“Our defense hasn’t been the same the past four games, and we have to get back to that to be champions. The energy we brought today was great, and against most teams we probably would have won, but we have to go up even higher now. I think we know that and we just have to get better.”

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Academic THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Lecture: 12noon. Science and technology policy expert Lewis Branscomb will deliver the Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property Law. Free and open to the public. Room 3043 at Duke Law School.

Systematics Seminar: 12;40pm. Rich Moore, North Carolina State University. "Plant evolutionary genetics; sex and the birth of new genes." 144 Biological Sciences.

Popßio Seminar: 7pm. Pat Lorch, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "The evolution of sex differences in autosomal recombination." 140 Biological Sciences.

Chemistry Seminar: 3:3opm. "Multi-Scale Structural Model of the Lac Repressor Complex with DNA." Refreshments at 3:15 in the Lobby. 103 P.M. Gross Chemical Contact: Laboratory. janet.rosenthal@duke.edu.

APSI Speaker Series lecture: 6pm. Bruce Cumings, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History, University of Chicago. Decoupled from History: North Korea in the "Axis of Evil". Breedlove Room (204 Perkins Library) Duke West Campus. For more information call 684-2604 or visit us at www.duke.edu/APSI.

Speaker: 6-7:3opm. Julian Abele Reception with Guest Speaker Kemba Smith. Hear one woman's struggle

Duke Events Calendar from an abusive relationship and six-year incarceration to her college degree and presidential pardon from Bill Clinton. All are welcome and dinner will be served.

Sponsored by the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, GPSC, The University Fund, Graduate Student Affairs, and BSA. Mary Lou Williams Center, 3rd floor West Union Building. Contact: James Corbett (james.corbett@duke.edu).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Visualization Friday Forum; 12-1 pm. Visualization of High Dimensional Data. DOl6 LSRC (Levine Science Research Center). Contact; rbrady@cs.duke.edu.

EOS Seminar Series: 3pm. Jose Rial, Dept, of Geological Sciences, UNC Modeling paleoclimate records: searching for order in a highly chaotic system.

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Chemistry Seminar: 3:3opm. "The Role of Fibrinogen in Biocompatibility: How Important is Amount?"

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Duke University Philosophy Department Colloquium Series: 3:3opm. Peter Van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame. "The End is Nigh: An Adventure in Rational Eschatology." 1088 West Duke Building. Reception follows. This series is sponsored in part by the Robert Leet Patterson Endowment for Philosophy.

University Program in Ecology: 4pm. Sari Palmroth,

Duke University. "Forest floor CO2 efflux in broadleaf and pine forest under varying environmental conditions." 144 Biological Sciences.

English Dept. Symposium Series; 4pm. Lisa Freeman of the University of Illinois, Chicago English Department will give a talk entitled "Antitheatricality: The Cultural Politics of Political Cultures." Carpenter Boardroom (2nd floor of Perkins Library).

Psychology SHS Colloquium Speaker Series: 4pm.

Meredith Rumble Duke University "Insomnia and Cancer." ‘refreshments provided. Psychology/Sociology Building, Room 319. Contact: Dr. Timothy Strauman, tjstraum@duke.edu.

Religious THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Weekly Eucharist (Holy Communion): s:3opm, Thursdays. Wesley Office (Chapel Basement).

Intercultural Christian Fellowship: Thursdays, 7:3opm. Chapel basement, www.duke.edu/web/icf/ or dsw9@duke.edu.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Tenting Shabbat: s:3opm, in k-ville, 7pm, free dinner.

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15th Annual Anti-Racism Conference: Friday, February 20th (spm-9pm) and Saturday, February 21st (Bam-6pm). Sponsored by Eno River Unitarian

Universalis! Fellowship. Cost is $35 and includes dinner Friday and continental breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Keynote speaker is Rania Marsi. Contact www.eruuf.org for details. ERUUF is located at 4907 Garrett Road in Durham.

Social Programming and Meetings Thursday, February 19 Presentation: 7pm. "Regarding the Pain of Others," with Satendra Khanna, Mel Rosenthal, and Hong-An Truong. CDS, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, off east campus. Contact 660-3663. In conjunction with the exhibition Sebastiao Salgado "Migrations: Humanity in Transition."

Performance: Bpm. "LOVE & TAXES." Love & Taxes is a hilarious and harrowing ride down the rabbit hole of the US Tax Code, written and performed by Josh Kornbluth, the Bay Area's funniest playwright and solo performer. Tickets: $2O/$lO. Call 684-4444 or go to tickets.duke.edu. Location: Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 International Coffee Connection: 12noon, Fridays.

Basement of the Duke Chapel (entrance opposite the Bryan University Center). A free, light lunch is served.

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days at Duke are para- often cover a wide range of matedoxical—they are welcome in rial. Granting students two extra the short-run, but may end days to study, or to take a break up hurting students in the long- from studying, is not an outrun. While many individuals cele- landish request, With this in mind, it is imporbrate the chance to stay up late, sleep in and put off work for an tant to consider that faculty have evening, most will undoubtedly trouble getting through the topics on their syllabi durbe upset to learn En .Tn n STAFF EDITORIAL ing a full semester’s that the classes missed may be made up during worth of class periods, and even one snow day can place teachers at Spring reading period.

The University has been wise a serious disadvantage. Particularly in its management of campus in courses that meet only once a during recent winter storms. week, or have laboratory compoThough Duke’s decisions about nents, the time missed must be the cancellation of classes and added back into the schedule. other campus services is largely Reading period is an appealing dependent on Durham road choice, as the days are open, and conditions, administrators have students won’t have conflicts anybeen sure to suspend non-essenway.

Both sides can make a comtial operations when the safety of faculty and staff is in question. pelling case. As such, a comproIf the roads are safe, classes mise is in order. The University should be held, despite student should begin the Spring reading period on the Wednesday before wishes to the contrary.

However, the issue of making finals, essentially planning for up canceled classes is more of a three reading days, a weekend, contentious issue. Many faculty and a single break day on the following Wednesday in the middle members and administrators advocate holding classes on the of exams. Should classes be canceled for any reason, the first days scheduled for reading period, April 22-25, and April 28. Of Wednesday and Thursday reading these days, only three, April 22 days can be used as make-up and 23 and 28, a Thursday and a dates. Under no circumstances, however, should the Friday before Friday and a Wednesday, respectively, can properly be called exams nor the Wednesday in the reading days, as the remaining middle of exams be designated for make-ups. It is rare that a two are a weekend. The issue is whether those three days would Spring semester at Duke results in better serve students and rest more than two snow days, and and study days, or as make up such a system would still guarantee students at least one extra day dates for missed classes.

From the student point of view, of rest or study time.

Further, professors should be the answer is obvious. Many students find the reading period an given the option to reschedule invaluable commodity, using the classes on their own, either on time to review notes, catch up on weekends or by holding double reading, quiz one another, and sessions at another point during take a final swipe at familiarizing the semester. Reading period is themselves with course material important for students, and before their final exams. Duke fi- should only be revoked as a last nals are no laughing matter, and resort.

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among the student section at Cameron. In a Feb. 16 letter to the editor, grad student Dan Lee suggests chants borrowed from his alma mater for Cameron Crazies to shout at the opposing team. These would include shouting, “Shoot him like a horse!” for injured players and “You f#s%ed up!” when mistakes are made.

Lee believes that this type ofattitude makes Madison the best college sports town in Amer-

ica, but I have to disagree. One thing I love about Duke games is the tremendous support fans have for the Devils while still maintaining a shred of respect for the opposing team. This respect —for our teams, for our coaches, and for the tradition of the arena—is what makes games in Cameron so special. Don’t let a cheesy Wisconsin alum badger Duke fans into losing what sets us apart—our integrity.

Sarah Ronnebaum Grad 'O9

Soros only wants you to open your wallet I didn’t get the chance to see George Soros speak at Duke, but I am sure he had a delirious crowd there from the Humanities Department. The reporter in The Chronicle covered his fervor for an “open society.” In absentia, I am even dazzled by his oratory. He is somehow able to square this desire with his allegiance to a party whose only missions in American politics are to regulate fully every form of human activity, economic and social (save abortion and death), and to tax people out of all the fruit of their labor except enough to subsist on.

The only thing Soros’ Democratic Party wants open is your wallet, and that is not apparent to Soros. Maybe if you have his kind of money, freedom and taxes aren’t a problem.

The Soros Party offers candidates who would continue to appease a gun-slinging dictator of a totally closed society, a man who, until the day of his unseating, swore his allegiance to the cause of America’s defeat.

George can’t imagine how one would think that Saddam’s demise is a step toward more open societies everywhere. Since I can and do, I probably need to go back to school to find out where I’ve gone wrong.

According to the chair of the Humanities Department, I am but one ofmany classical liberal idiots (a true friend of the ideas of John Stuart Mill, now inappropriately called conservative) not deserving of employment at Duke,

but certainly in need ofre-education there.

Silly me for thinking that the limited government ideas of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Patrick Henry are what an open society is based upon. Shame on me and my friends for believing, as Mill did, “that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection....”

Having come from a Communist country, Soros must have learned nothing while he was there because the party in American politics that drives us toward the government’s total control of our lives is his. To be sure, the commissars over there did tell the people that theirs was an “open society,” and then killed all those who wished to make it one. It makes you wonder how Soros made it out of Hungary.

Again, I didn’t get to see Mr. Soros in his $5OOO suit and $5OO tie, but as I watch his candidates pontificate on the tube, it seems we have come frill circle. Each and every day, the ideas of our country’s Founders are called radical and extreme by Mssrs. Kerry, Dean, Edwards, Kucinich, Sharpton et al. Alas, King George is being vindicated with the help of Billionaire George.

Jack Marin Trinity ’66

DSG should not cut Chanticleer’s budget Next Wednesday, DSG will consider a pro-

posal to allow a reduction of the Chanticleer’s budget by up to 25 percent. If passed, it would have disastrous effects on the publication.

This reduction would place a greater fund-raising burden on the Chanticleer than on any other single student organization. Unlike many other groups with large budgets to fill, the Chanticleer would not have access to discretionary funds, like the Cultural Fund and the Programming Fund, to provide an easy solution.

Allowing advertising in the yearbook introduces several problems and could only make up for a fraction of the shortfall. Ads would decrease the number of pages available in the yearbook, limiting its ability to present student life. More importantly, the solicitation and production of the advertising would lay an overwhelming new workload on the already-overworked handful of photographers and editors who produce the book.

Another option is to charge students for their copy of the yearbook. While this sounds simple enough, it would have profound effects on the way the yearbook is produced. The individual unit cost for a yearbook is about $72.

The Chanticleer is able to drastically reduce

that cost, to around $24, by signing multi-year, contracts with its publisher. As a benefit of this contract, the publisher provides the Chanticleer with all of the equipment it needs to produce the yearbook, including cameras, computers, and software. If the Chanticleer could not guarantee its distribution, it would be forced to sign smaller contracts, leading to lower quality, reduced benefits, higher equipment costs and higher unit prices. A substantial decrease in the budget leads a substantial increase in cost, both of which would have to be passed on to the students.

It is understandable that DSC wants to make more money available to other student groups. Taking this money from the Chanticleer accomplishes that, but it will pass the cost along to the students. So, this legislation could effectively raise the student fee by the cost of a yearbook, for those of us who care enough about our memories to want them preserved on paper.

The desire to free up more money is understandable.Let you legislators know that gutting the Chanticleer is not the place to start.

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ON THE RECORD It is so exhilarating. If I had any doubts—which I didn’t—about the decision tc go back to teaching, being in the classroom has certainly confirmed the wisdom oj that choice.

President Nan Keohane on her decision to return to teaching following her tenure as president

COMMENTARIES

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none. Here’s where I get confused. For prenups and divorce lawyers, aging Was I aware of their political affiliations?

I’m not going to lose.” Such diwords came directly from example: Sure. It’s part of getting to know professpouses and contracted fidelity? The govIn his State of the Union address, ernment does not exist to enforce reliPresident Bush a few weeks ago, sors as people. Their teaching was still efBush chastised judges who “insist on forcon NBC’s “Meet the Press.” On the progious doctrine, but to protect its people fective, and when Monger revealed his gram, the notoriously press-shy White ing their arbitrary will upon the people” and assure them all a fair chance at their dual (I think) flaws of being both a liberHouse resident chatted with Tim Russert by granting gay couples marriage rights pursuit of happiness. The “activist tarian and a Tar Heel fan, 1 had enough about Iraq, big bad nuclear weapons, or in Massachusetts. I’ll ignore the memory judges,” as Bush calls them, are not forcrespect for him to consider it irrelevant, lack thereof, budgets of mass destruction of judges deciding that dubious election ing any arbitrary will. though I still have minor nightmares and the upcoming elecresults were enough to The Massachusetts court is preventing about having a Republican child, discovtion. The above quote force a terrible president the government from using religious defering their future polical leaning was a gem from election on the people, and pick initions to allow marriage rights to some through a high-tech amniocentesis and talk and one of the few instead at his meaning. couples and not others. What, in the end, going through the agony of raising a In addition to criticizing is being statements he gave withchild who’ll believe the Massachusetts court, forced? If you out a mass of accompathat tax cuts solve Bush mentioned that don’t like gay nying qualifiers. everything and that I recognize the value of intelliHow can our Presi“the people” will soon marriage, abstinence-only sex don’t only have the consitudent sit and say the education works. get gent, conservative, RepublicanMeghan Valerio tional one, the to and if process protect But to expect economy’s on upThe F Word I like find the people, though them from the can’t arbitrary is swing? Unemployment you Republican voters the DCU-fueled fire about Duke’s will of such laws. Last stand high, job growth is slow, in a department and although the stock market has made time I checked, gay men and women sight of one, like cultural anlack of Republican humanities some gains, tax cuts without spending were part of “the people.” “People” exist don’t live in a thropology, whose professors kind of ridiculous. cuts still equal bad news for this and the outside the conservative realm. Bush’s state that alresearch has more lows them or less confirmed next generation, which are going to bear people aren’t the only ones the Republican Party should be supporting in their (there are that, contrary to the brunt of it. the current White House beliefs, the I find it difficult to believe that Bush equality for all and favoritism for none. quite a few).

And I know that Republicans aren’t all American way is not for everyone, is In a separate statement Bush dehonestly thinks his budget projections will prove true —a brief browse through scribed marriage as a “sacred institution bad people. Some of my best friends are laughable. What, out of curiosity, are the between a man and a woman.” For many, Republicans. Like, one or two. And I recthe recent Economic Report of the Presistats on the econ department? dent makes it painfully clear that they this is pretty accurate. But where do you ognize the value of intelligent, conservaAll we have to do in November is rethings are headed for decline. He’s either draw the line between a sacred institution tive, Republican-like people, though I peat the last election plus one state. It and a state one? Marriage, in legal terms, find the DCU-fueled fire about Duke’s can happen. It’s just a paltry sum of elecincredibly stupid or unmatchededly callous. Neither of those qualities are high isn’t about the merging of souls, but of lack of Republican humanities professors toral votes to prove Bush’s Meet the kind of ridiculous. I’ve had classes with Press vision of victory wrong—just anothon my list of criteria for leading the free the merging of assets and responsibility world, but maybe that’s just me. for child support. Marriage gets and both Robert Brandon, who recently made er empty statement to the people of The rules of the Republican Party, as should get its warmer definitions from the major mistake of saying something reAmerica. of the last Republican Convention in culture and religion, two things the govmotely colorful to a Chronicle reporter, 2001, state that it is the party of the open ernment theoretically attempts to avoid. and Michael Munger, a New Sense cover Meghan Valerio is a Trinity senior. Her coldoor, of equality for all and favoritism for Why deny homosexual couples the joys of boy, and learned a lot from both of them. umn appears every third Thursday. rect

Sexual minorities: super humans on Earth

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consensus data during a period of the Antebellum South, black slaves were considered 3/5 human. Black men were etherized as sexual predators, and black women were eroticized as lascivious bodies of desire. It must have been much easier to reconcile the contradictions of “Christian love” and the rape, torture and enslavement of thousands of human beings by white slave owners when the human beings under violent physical and psychological attack were not human. In other words, they were etherized as nonhuman entities consequently not worthy of human dignity, respect or (gasp!)

most part, to blend in for the last two thousand years to erized as abominations, sexual predators, and defects in avoid the violent whims of the majority. If all sexual mithe code. I imagine, again, it’s easy to deny the human norities were actually tattooed with pink triangles, perdignity, respect and equality of human beings when they haps they would not have been so lucky in recent times. are denied their humanness.

But unlike other minorities, sexual minorities will just The otherization of sexual minorities allows President keep coming back no matter how many are senselessly Bush, Dick Cheney and Jerry Falwell to talk of “them” as slaughtered. You can’t just wipe out the gay gene pool though they are not their neighbors, their friends, their after all. work colleagues, their family members or in Cheney’s case, his daughter. Sexual minorities are apparently a disAs President Bush seems destined to advance a constitutional amendment banning same-sex tinct class of individuals who live and die unscathed by atmarriage, I can’t help but draw parallels tacks from the religious right and conservative pundits. to the otherization of blacks, Jews, Arabs They must be super-human, or better yet, not human at or women for that matter.

Sexual all. miequality. norities are second-class citizens in this After the Civil Rights Act of 1866, They don’t feel the pain of having children whisked which recognized blacks as “full” US docountry, and a cultural war is brewing away by a Florida judge or the wicked sting of being deover their right to exist with the same nied hospital visitation of ill partners. And apparently, zens, many whites in the South continued the etherization blacks to human to rely on of dignity, respect and equality in they don’t notice when a friend is brutally attacked in the streets because their attackers considered him or her subthis country. maintain a sense of human superiority.

Sexual minorities can still be fired on or maybe super-human, able to rebound from Since the law no longer (directly) supChristopher Scoville a whim in many parts of United States; human, physical violence without a scratch. ported their ideologies, whites further Topher’s Parade Sexual minorities’ struggle for legal and cultural entrenched themselves in deeply-held they are not guaranteed the right to visit recognition is not a matter of notions of the black whore and sexual dying partoverthrowing the state, the famipredator (in simple terms). By 1930, over 2800 blacks had ners in the hospital; they are been lynched by white mobs (a nice word for white not granted the dignity of state ly, or the individual. It’s a matter The lived experience of sexual of living one’s life without fear of women, men, children) for about any crime that ruffled recognition of their committed state intimidation and individual white sensibility. In our glorious state of North Carolina, partnerships and the financial minorities is an experience and emotional security which persecution. The lived experiapproximately 75 blacks were lynched. wrought with violations of ences of sexual minorities are A few years later, 6 million Jews, 3 million non-Jewish recognition allows; they are not emblemized by popular culPoles, 200,000 disabled persons, 4 million Slavic civilians, often denied the right to raise human dignity, respect and ture and its obsession with children; 2003, until some homosexuals and countless others were July 10,000 brutally equality in the “freest” country upper-middle class gay men who and unconscionably annihilated by Nazi ideology. Most of sexual minorities were not alcan sleep somewhat, better at the human beings tortured and ultimately murdered fell lowed the dignity of privacy in in the world. their sexual relationships; they night with the financial insulaprey to a similar “ideology of the other” propagated by tion of rampant classism in this Nazi administrators. Oh, how easy it must be to round up live in fear of hostile family human beings like cattle when that’s what you believe members disavowing their partner’s existence in a time of country. The lived experience of sexual minorities is an they are. Or maybe not cattle, but more like cockroaches death; they often cannot rely on the police or legal fig- experience wrought with violations of human dignity, reures to protect them or support them when their rights to spect and equality in the “freest” country in the world. waiting to be eradicated by Raid or human feet. safety from the of homosexuals the Holoor life are violated. in Apart killing It’s easy to systematically deny the human dignity, recaust and the occasional gay-bashing, beating or murder Christopher Scoville is a Trinity junior. His column appears in recent history, sexual minorities have managed, for the spect and equality of sexual minorities when they are oth- every third Thursday.

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