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Rorschach tapped as Nasher director Dean wins by

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After a lengthy and ambitious search, the University has tapped Kimerly Rorschach, director of the David and Alfred Smart Museum ofArt at the University of Chicago, to lead the new Nasher Museum ofArt. President Nan Keohane—who, along with Provost Peter Lange and a selection committee, selected Rorschach—announced the appointment Monday. “All of us engaged in the search were im-

with Kim pressed Rorschach’s strong background as an experienced museum director and welltrained professional in the arts. She is also energetic, thoughtful and excited about the possibilities of a Rorschach splendid new building,” Keohane said. Rorschach will arrive at the University this summer in time to plan for the October 2005 opening of the Nasher Muse-

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Rorschach said she was looking forward to coming to Duke and building a new museum from the ground up—what she described as a rare opportunity. She expressed no reservations about leaving the bustling urban atmosphere of Chicago for Durham. ‘These decisions are always challenging ones to make, but it’s a very exciting opportunity and Fm delighted to be coming,” she

In a three-hour marathon meeting, the Graduate and Professional Student Council elected its leaders for next year Monday night. Unlike in previous years, many of this year’s races were decided by narrow margins and occasional runoffs. Treasurer and neurobiology doctoral candidate Heather Dean was electEd president, out edging Brian O’Dwyer, chair of the and Heather Dean was elected parking transportation president of GPSC Monday. subcommittee and a student in the Fuqua School of Business, who subsequently was elected vice president. Dean said she wanted to continue to help graduate student groups become affiliated with GPSC. As treasurer, Dean worked with many student groups to help them secure funding and recognition from the council and to increase the role of graduate and professional students within the Duke community. “My big goal is really to bring in student groups,” Dean said. “I would want to connect these groups more and more.” Dean added that during outgoing president Rob Saunders’ two terms, GPSC has become one of the “big four”

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Experts say SenJohn Kerry needs to define himself.

As John Kerry struggles to define his candidacy, the 2004 presidential campaign is shaping up to be a close race with the economy and the situation in Iraq as the major issues, Duke professors said. “My guess is we’re at the beginning of what is going to be a pretty nasty campaign,” said Richard Stubbing, professor of the practice emeritus of public policy studies. For presidential candidates, spring is usually an important time for defining personal issues that can decide the race. A month after John Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination, most agree he has still not yet been able to define himself. ‘There are many people who support him, but many of them support him just because he’s an alternative to [President George W.] Bush,” said Bruce Kuniholm, professor of public policy studies. “Kerry is going to have to be very specific on the issues.” Stubbing said both Bush and Kerry will try to continue to portray each other negatively. SEE CAMPAIGN ON PAGE 7

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The Haitian proverb deye mon gen mon, meaning “beyond mountains there are mountains,” ends Pulitzer-prizing win-

ning author Tracy Kidder’s non-fiction work, Mountains Beyond Mountains. The

book chronicles the work of Duke alumnus Dr. Paul Farmer and has been selected as the official summer reading book for the Class of 2008. Incoming freshmen, however, should not expect to find the book itself a challenging read but rather an easy-to-digest, inspirational tale. Kidder tells the story of Farmer, an 1982 graduate, and his work in public

health and medicine around the world. Currendy a professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Farmer established a health program in Haiti, has worked on health care issues in Peru and is currendy working to improve health care in Russian prisions. Assistant Dean of Students Ryan Lombardi and a committee of 10 students, faculty members and administrators selected the book from roughly 40 nominations gathered in the fall. Junior Josh Allen-

, Dicker and Associate Dean Kacie Wallace both nominated the book, which the committee selected unanimously •T' from seven finalists. \ “l think this is just such a strong book,” Lombardi said. ‘This is the k best one we’ve had so far, in terms of story or relevance.” >»° V uen-Dicker -Dicker-" said nominating tne All. \ book was patural because of its easy-to- i read nature and its powerful message I >iO«about accomplishing goals that extend \ beyond one’s own life. “I am sure Duke undergrads can relate

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Shiite cleric retreats to avert assault BY LeeKEATH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD, Iraq As a tenuous cease-fire held in the Sunni city of Fallujah, a radical Shiite cleric was on the retreat Monday, pulling his militiamen out of parts of the holy city of Najaf in hopes of averting a U.S. assault. Still, a U.S. commander said the American mission remained to “kill or capture” the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr. With quiet on both fronts, the scale of Iraq’s worst fighting since the fall of Saddam Hussein became clearer; The military reported about 70 coalition troops and 700 Iraqi insurgents killed so far this month. It was the biggest loss

of life on both sides since the end of major combat a year ago. A hospital official said over 600 Iraqis were killed in Fallujah alone—mostly women, children and the elderly. The withdrawal ofal-Sadr’s al-Mahdi Army militia from police stations and government buildings in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa was a key U.S. demand. But alSadr followers rebuffed an American demand to disband the militia, which launched a bloody uprising in Baghdad and the south this month. “Al-Sadr issued instructions for his followers to leave the sites of police and the government,” said lawyer Murtada al-Janabi, al-Sadr’s representatives in the talks.

American troops were seen on the outskirts of Najaf, where the radical cleric is thought to be in his office. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, said “the mission of U.S. forces is to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr.” The son of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani met with al-Sadr in his office Monday, telling him al-Sistani rejects any military move against al-Sadr and the holy city, a person who attended the meeting said, speaking on condition of anonymity. SEE CLERIC ON PAGE 7

Insurgents in Iraq release 12 hostages by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Two U.S. troops and seven contractors were confirmed missing Monday following an attack on a convoy west of Baghdad, a U.S. commander said, amid a wave ofabductions of foreigners in Iraq. More than 40 foreigners from at least 12 countries—including a Mississippi man whose fate also was unclear—have reportedly been kidnapped in recent days by insurgents.

Meanwhile, seven Chinese men abducted by gunmen in the northern city of Fallujah were released Monday after a day in captivity, the Xinhua News Agency said. The report, citing a Chinese merchant in Baghdad, said the seven were in the care of Islamic clerics. Many of the reports ofkidnappings have been surrounded by confusion and have not been officially confirmed.

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Bush readies for Tuesday press conference President George W. Bush will hold a rare prime-time press conference at the White House Tuesday night with the focus on events in Iraq.

Military seeks aid from senior Iraq officers U.S. commanders in Baghdad said Monday they will reach out to former senior members ofSaddam Hussein's disbanded army to stiffen Iraqi security forces, who have struggled against a growing insurgency.

Sharon lays out plans for final peace plan Prime Minister Ariel Sharon named Monday five large West Bank settlementblocs he wants to keep as part ofhis final peace plan—and then sought U.S. support

for the "disengagement" effort.

Blackout at L.A. airport disrupts air traffic A brief electrical outage apparently caused by a bird on a power line knocked out electricity to the Los Angeles International Airport control tower and disrupted air traffic Monday morning.

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Senior Jenny Osterhout will always fondly remember Myrde Beach. “I want to name my first-bom Myrde,” she said. “I wouldn’t miss [Myrde] for the world.” Although she doesn’t yet know where she will stay, Osterhout will be at the South Carolina beach along with hundreds of other Duke students the week after exams end. However, the “old” Myrde—when Duke students all gathered in shabby motel parking lots where social lines blurred and the drink of choice was “purple passion”

from a garbage can—is long gone. Instead ofThe Rocking K and Bahama Sands motels, students now book rooms at fancy high-rises that are far less conducive to a student’s budget "or wishes for a college beach week. Despite the changes last year, everyone went to Myrde anyway. But with a spread out social scene, bad weather—including a hail storm one night—and several groups facing eviction after the first night, many undergraduates are not as enthusiastic as Osterhout about returning this year. Senior Colleen Nolan and her group of

friends originally wanted to break away from Myrtle Beach, even though it was their last chance to take part in Duke’s unofficial beach week. “With the enthusiasm down for returning to Myrtle this year, we contemplated many different things, even as far as saying we were going to hang out at the Belmont pool all weekend,” Nolan said. “For the most part, the places we stay in Myrtle aren’t always the nicest and it was getting kind of expensive. We figured we may as well stay SEE MYRTLE ON PAGE 5

A new task force comprised of top campus services administrators will conduct an in-depth assessment of security on East Campus, taking into account recent campus-wide security concerns as well as recent or upcoming plant changes to East Campus. “In the wake of the [robbery in the Bryan Center] last fall, there has been an increased security presence on West Campus and, to an extent, on East Campus as well,” said Vice President for Campus Services Kernel Dawkins, who commissioned the task force. “But East Campus presents a unique set of challenges. We thought that as we’re going about developing a new dorm and other things on East, it would be a good time to revisit a variety of issues on that campus, including security.” The task force will meet throughout the spring and summer, in hopes of producing a set ofrecommendations by early fall, Dawkins said. Thus far, the group’s work has consisted of preliminary information and planning meetings between Duke University Police Chief Clarence Birkhead, Director ofResidence Life and Housing Services Eddie Hull and acting Director of Facilities Management Department Glenn Reynolds. “What we’re trying to do now is find a framework that will help us assess what the issues really are that we face, and how well we are facing them,” Hull said. Members of the task force said they expect the group to grow to include other representatives from Campus Services, once they have identified the direction they will take with the task force. EventuSEE TASK FORCE ON PAGE 8

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Kerry defies bishops by accepting communion by Katharine Seelye NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON Despite the growing anxiety of several national Catholic leaders, Sen. John Kerry took communion Sunday at Easter services at the Paulist Center, a nontraditional church that describes itself as “a worship community ofChristians in the Roman Catholic tradition” and that attracts people drawn to its dedication to “family religious education and social justice.” Kerry’s decision to take communion amounts to a challenge to several prominent Catholic bishops, who have become increasingly exasperated with politicians who are Catholic but who deviate from Catholic teaching. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, supports abortion rights and stem cell research, both of which are contrary to church teaching. He and his wife, Teresa Kerry, are regular worshippers at the Paulist Center, which is near their home on Beacon Hill. Last November, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops organized a task force headed by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington to study how the church should treat Catholic politicians like Kerry, who say they are per-

sonally opposed to abortion, for example, but support abortion rights legislatively. There has been a long line of such politicians, including Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York, and Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1984. The task force has not issued any specific recommendations, but some members have discussed a range of penalties, from withholding communion to excommunication. In a television interview Sunday, McCarrick indicated that depriving a Catholic of communion would be a last resort that he, for one, would be reluctant to take. “I think there are many of us who would feel that there are certain restrictions that we might put on people, that there are certain sanctions that we may put on people,” he told “Fox News Sunday.” “But I think many of us would not like to use the Eucharist as part of the sanctions.” But in February, the archbishop ofSt. Louis, Raymond Burke, warned Kerry before the Missouri primary that he would not serve him communion because the senator defied church teaching. Archbishop Sean O’Malley of Boston has not explicitly said that Kerry could not take communion, but he has sug-

gested that Catholic politicians whose political views contradict Catholic teaching should voluntarily abstain, saying they “shouldn’t dare come to communion.” There were no protesters at Sunday’s services and it was not clear whether Kerry’s taking communion would bring a response from the Catholic church or affect his campaign as he seeks to become only the second Roman Catholic president of the United States, after John F. Kennedy. “It was a wonderful service,” Kerry told reporters afterward. As he emerged from the church, he received a sustained ovation. He shook hands with several people and posed for pictures, then ducked back into the vestibule to thank the priest. Kerry heads to New Hampshire Monday and expects to have several Democratic colleagues around the country join in a coordinated attack on President George W. Bush’s handling of the economy. In its ongoing attempt to make the economy the central issue in the presidential campaign, the Kerry campaign Sunday released a so-called “misery index” that purports to show that under Bush, the economic power ofmiddle-class families has deteriorated at record levels.

Ban on ephedra drug takes effect nationwide by Wayne Parry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWARK, NJ. A federal judge allowed a nationwide ban on dietary supplements containing ephedra to take effect Monday, turning aside a plea from two manufacturers. "Ephedra, once hugely popular for weight loss and bodybuilding, has been linked to 155 deaths, including that ofBaltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler a year ago. U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano refused to grant a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the Food and Drug Administration from banning the products. After years of fighting manufacturers over the risks, the FDA announced in December that it was banning the sale of the amphetamine-like herb—the first such ban of a dietary supplement. “These products pose unacceptable health risks, and any consumers who are still using them should stop immediately,” Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said. . NVE Pharmaceuticals of Newton, manufacturer of the diet supplement Stacker 2, had hoped to head off the

ban, arguing its product is safe if used as directed. It was joined by a second company, the National Institute for Clinical Weight Loss, manufacturer of a product called Thermalean. The judge said the manufacturers did not meet several legal requirements, including proving that they are likely to win die case and that they would suffer irreparable harm if the ban took effect. Pisano’s ruling means the ban will be in effect at least until NVE’s lawsuit can be heard. No trial date has been set. Ephedra sales already had plummeted because of publicity about the risks, especially after Bechler’s death a year ago. Three states—New York, Illinois and California—prohibited the stimulant on their own. “Ephedra has killed more than 100 individuals and injured thousands of others,” said Bruce Silverglade, legal director of the Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest. “The only problem is, it took the FDA almost 10 years to ban the substance.” Unlike medications, which must be proven safe and effective before they ae allowed to be sold, federal law allows dietary supplements to be marketed without any such

proof. To curb a supplement, the FDA must show it poses a significant health threat. NVE maintains that the FDA failed to prove such a threat if the supplement is taken correctly, and was swayed by the outcry over ephedra deaths. “The FDA chose to ignore valid science that showed that there wasn’t a problem,” said Walter Timpone, a lawyer for NVE. “In 1999, (there were) 104 deaths as a result of aspirin ingestion. Are we going to ban aspirin now?” Andrew Clark, a Justice Department lawyer arguing the case for the FDA, said the ban is based on sound science. Research shows ephedra can speed heart rate and constrict blood vessels even in seemingly healthy people, and is particularly risky for those who have heart disease or high blood pressure or engage in strenuous exercise. “We think it’s a rule that can save lives,” Clark said The ban does not affect decongestants and other medicines containing ephedrine, a synthetic version of ephedra. Drugs containing ephedrine and a chemical cousin called pseudoephedrine are regulated and approved by the FDA and are safe, said agency spokesperson Lawrence Bachorik.

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NASHER from page 1 said. Tve spent 10 wonderful years at Chicago and the prospect of coming to Duke and starting this new museum was just too good an opportunity to pass up.” Before taking over the Smart Museum, Rorschach had curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia. Her doctorate from Yale University in 18th-century European art may have limited applicability at the Nasher Museum, which will boast a largely contemporary and modern collection; however, Lange said he probed her commitment to contemporary art and was suitably im-

pressed. Overall, Lange said he was thrilled with the appointment.

“She has great experience, feel [and] energy, and she has vision,” he said. “I’m enormously excited about this first director for the new museum.” The directorship of the Nasher Museum became vacant when former Duke University Museum ofArt Direc-

MYRTLE from page 3 someplace nice, and people say that Charleston had nicer beaches and... good bars.” But in the end, Nolan and her friends decided to return to Myrtie anyway. “Myrde is the only place where everyone is going to be,” she said. “It’s a place to run into friends you may not normally see. Especially for seniors, it’s our last weekend to see each other all together, like your freshman roommate you don’t always run into.” Nolan said she wished underclassmen could have experienced the Myrde she knew as a freshman and sophomore. “I feel bad that the freshmen don’t know what real Myrde is. [But] like everything, things change and it’s harder for us to like the changes,” she added. As another class graduates, the old memories will fade, and students now primarily travel to the beach to catch up with friends, hang out and get some sun. “I think Myrde is a wonderful opportunity to bond as a bn£

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school,” sophomore Russ Ferguson said. “One of the things that makes Duke great is that everyone goes to the same place after exams, and fraternities and other student

the South Ocean Boulevard strip. And, even though many students talked of going elsewhere, they are returning to Myrtle and taking the newcomers with them. The first week in May will be sophomore Amy Rosenthal’s first trip. A recent transfer from the University of Pennsylvania, the closest thing Rosenthal has seen to beach week was her school’s Spring Fling, a week when the campus comes alive with bands, carnival-type activities, food and partying. “I know that a lot of Duke students go to Myrtle and it turns into a party,” Rosenthal said. “I’m just excited to go to the beach and not do homework.” Rosenthal has not been put off by the changes incurred by the destruction ofThe Rocking K two years ago and the recent changes in the party scene. “The reason I really want to go is because with papers and exams there’s no time to hang out with friends before saying good-bye,” she said. “If you went home, you wouldn’t have a chance to reconnect with friends, especially if you’re going abroad next semester.”

groups aren’t exclusive. It’s a community building experience without the pressure of class.” But not everyone goes to Myrtle, whether because they simply don’t want to go or because they have other plans, such as spending time with family, saving money or starting a job. Sophomore Alan Leung, for example, didn’t go last year and plans to attend his sister’s college graduation this year. TU probably go next year with friends,” Leung said. Jenni Boyd, also a sophomore, won’t be attending Myrtle for a different reason —she must move to Boston for her summer internship. For those students who are going to Myrtle this year, there is hope that it won’t be as disappointing as it was last year. Because students were so spread out over North Myrtle, many fraternities, sororities and selective groups have tried to plan ahead and stay within walking distance on

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GPSC ELECTIONS w student groups, along with Duke Student Government, the Duke University Union and Campus Council. O’Dwyer presented an agenda for president that, like Dean’s, emphasized increasing the role of GPSC and reaching out to more of Duke’s 6,000 students enrolled in the graduate and professional schools. “We need to expose people to this [council],” O’Dwyer said. “We can expand, broaden and deepen GPSC’s bounds ofits relationships.” In a show of good will that characterized the elections, GPSC members quickly nominated O’Dwyer for vice president after he lost the presidential race. O’Dwyer won that position unopposed. Biology graduate student Kellye Kirkbride was elected executive secretary. The position includes responsibility for recording the meeting minutes and the oversight

HOSTAGES from page 2 The Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV station, meanwhile, reported Monday that a Russian energy company said 11 of its employees were kidnapped in Iraq during a clash in Baghdad that killed two Iraqi security guards. No other details were immediately available. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said the two American troops and seven employees of U.S. contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root were missing from a convoy, which was ambushed Friday near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad. He refused to say whether they had been abducted. Also Monday, a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said at least 12

Sara Becker, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology and former consultant, was elected treasurer in another uncontested race. Becker said her experience as a consultant prior to her matriculation to Duke would help her manage the council’s funds. “My portfolio made 70 percent last year,” she said. Current Communications Coordinator Matt Block edged out incumbent Attorney General Rachel Lovingood for her position. Block, a second-year law student, expressed a commitment to streamlining the council. “My top priority would be to straighten out the charter and bylaws so somebody can get a good idea right off the bat ofhow we do things and how we get things done,” Block said, adding that his experience in the School of Law made him a good choice. “I’m a law student. Rules and bylaws are part and parcel of what I do.”

The role of ombudsperson, who acts as a facilitator for graduate and professional students involved in disputes, was sought by Lovingood and Community Affairs Coordinator Audrey Beck. Beck, a graduate student in the sociology department and a former GPSC vice president, defeated Lovingood. Bill LeFew and Lara Oliver were named co-chairs of the Student Life Committee in an uncontested election. LeFew, a graduate student in mathematics, and Oliver, current co-chair of student life, emphasized their experience with the committee. Saunders edged out Jenny Woodruff, a graduate student in musicology, for community affairs coordinator. Saunders emphasized that he would use the position to plan events for the gay and lesbian community, the international student community and other groups that many in the council worry are often overlooked in programming. In the night’s final executive officer election, Lovingood was elected over Woodrufffor the position ofcommunications coordinator.

After the executive officer elections, a series of elections was held for representatives to the University’s Board of Trustees. Almost every one of these elections was decided in a runoff. Ultimately, O’Dwyer and Julia Boucher, a nursing school student, were elected to the Buildings and Grounds Subcommittee; Woodruff and Dean to student affairs; Oliver and Sean Burt, a graduate student in religion, to academic affairs; Megan Burns, a graduate student in public policy studies, and Saunders to budget and finance; and Olujimi Ajijola, the outgoing executive secretary and a medical student, to medical center affairs. Saunders said that although the long running time of the elections was a drain on the voters, it indicated a good future for the council. “You saw a lot of people who had an interest in these positions,” he said. “It resulted in contested elections, [but] I think that’s a positive.”

foreign hostages have been released. Mohsen Abdul-Hamid did not identify the nationalities of the released hostages or where they were. However, a member of his office reached later said the number of those released was unclear. Earlier, Muthanna Harith, spokesperson for Islamic Clerics Committee, said insurgents had released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis. It was not clear if he and Abdul-Hamid were referring to the same hostages or if the Chinese mentioned in the Xinhua report were included in that number. The nine were truck drivers for military supply convoys, which have come under heavy attack in recent days by gunmen on the western and southern out-

skirts of Baghdad. Eight of the nine freed hostages appeared in a video broadcast Sunday on AlJazeera. The eight included two Turks, three Pakistanis, a Nepalese, a Filipino and an Indian. The identity of the ninth hostage was not immediately known. Harith said he had no word on three Japanese civilians abducted last week. The seven Chinese had entered Iraq from Jordan a day earlier and were captured in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The men were released Monday and “were safe now,” Xinhua said, citing China’s chief diplomat in Baghdad, Sun Bigan. Citing a Chinese merchant in Baghdad, it said they were in the care of a group called the Association of Islamic

Clerics in “a secret place.” Two of the men were injured in an accident while the rest were in good condition, Xinhua said without giving details. China hasn’t contributed any troops to the U.S.-led military force in Iraq and it wasn’t clear why the seven were there. But the official Xinhua News Agency described them as villagers who went to the Middle East on their own from a Chinese region with a tradition of sending migrants abroad to work. State television said they didn’t work for China’s government or a state company. In Tokyo, optimism faded Monday that the Japanese hostages would be released quickly after a top government spokesperson suggested authorities were no longer confident of their safety.

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CAMPAIGN from page 1 “They have to define the other as a bad guy and that is what they’ll be doing,” he said. “Bush will try to define Kerry as a Massachusetts liberal closely tied to [Sen.] Teddy Kennedy. Kerry will try to say Iraq and the fiscal crisis show that this is an incompetent crew.” Most professors noted that the war in Iraq and the economy will be the two major issues in the campaign. Michael Munger, chair of the political science department, said Bush needs to come up with a successful exit strategy in Iraq. “The last week has been really bad,” he said. “Right now, any plan would look bad because we’re failing. If Bush can figure out away to make things improve, [it’ll help him a lot].” With public perception of the U.S. occupation in Iraq becoming increasingly negative, Kuniholm believes the U.S. needs more multinational support. With-

out it, the U.S. may be setting itself up for failure, he said. While events in Iraq continue to dominate the headlines, the economy may be the most important issue for voters in November. “Bush has to have success in the economy,” Kuniholm said. “If the economy is doing well in November, Bush can make the case that his economic policies are working. If not, it supports Kerry’s criticism that they’re networking.” Gunther Peck, associate professor of history and public policy studies, said that it’s not just the economy that matters, but how many jobs, are being added. “The way economists measure the economy and the political effects may be different because of the few jobs that will be created,” Peck said. Although the American job market added 308,000 jobs in March, the largest monthly gain in almost four years. Peck said there is still a lot of anxiety among the public. “It can’t just be one month,” he said.

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job growth]. So far, its remarkably paltry. A lot of jobs have been lost.” Stubbing agreed that the job market is what will be most important to voters in November, as it will be the main economic issue Kerry uses to attack Bush. Although the situation in Iraq and the economy may not look particularly bright for Bush, the president-has raised $lB2 million for his campaign through the end of March, meeting his long-term goal and easily surpassing his previous record of $lOO million, raised during the 2000 campaign. In comparison, Kerry has raised $75 million since January 2003, including $5O million this year. “Fundraising is already a huge advantage for Bush,” Munger said. “All Republicans have a huge fundraising advantage. The Democrats really shot themselves in the foot with the McCain-Feingold bi11... [because] they can’t raise soft money.” Another issue that has dominated the headlines recently has been the hearings

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of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Because the full findings may not be released until after November, the commission is unlikely to become a major issue in the election, Munger said. “Democrats who have criticized this have a point,” he said. “It’s been stage managed so that it won’t have an impact.” As speculation about who Kerry might pick as his running mate continues to grow, many expect him to pick someone who neutralizes his Northeast liberal reputation. ‘The election will probably be decided in Midwestern states, and maybe in Pennsylvania and Florida,” Stubbing said. “It wouldn’t hurt Mr. Kerry to add someone who has roots in those areas.” With most current polls showing the two candidates almost dead even and the election more than six months away, professors said its too early to tell who has the lead. “Polls right now are meaningless,” Munger said. “People pay too much attention to the horse-race aspect [of the campaign].”

a day, China’s official news agency said. Two reportedly military in the past has tried to avoid relying on top officials from the ousted regime. were injured. “It’s... very clear that we’ve got to get more senior Iraqis Two U.S. soldiers and seven employees of a U.S. coninvolved—former military types involved in the security tractor were missing after an attack Friday on a convoy forces,” he said. “In the next couple of days you’lTsee a west of Baghdad, Sanchez said. And Al-Jazeera television said 11 Russians working for a large number of senior officers being appointed to.key positions in the ministry of defense and the Iraqi joint staff Russian energy company were kidnapped during a clash and in Iraqi field commands.” in Baghdad. The station did not say when the reported abAbizaid said he and Sanchez “are very much involved in duction took place. the vetting and placing of these officers.” At another point, Gunmen battered American supply lines around BaghAbizaid said inadequate checking of Iraqi recruits was a key dad Monday, attacking a convoy of flatbed trucks carrying failure in U.S. training efforts. Ml 13 armored personnel carriers south of the capital and Another toll from the week’s violence: more than 40 settling them ablaze. A supply truck was burned and lootforeigners reportedly were taken hostage by insurgents, ed on the road from the airport. The U.S. military has been trying to regain control of though a dozen had been released Sunday and Monday. Those still believed held included three Japanese and supply routes, particularly on Baghdad’s western edge, American truck driver Thomas Hamill, whose captors had where gunmen this week have attacked fuel convoys, shot threatened to kill them. down an Apache helicopter, and killed two American civilSeven Chinese were freed Monday after being held for ian contractors after dragging them from their car. -

Al-Sistani is a moderate who has shunned anti-American violence. In addition to his son, the sons of Iraq’s two other grand ayatollahs also were at the meeting, the source said. U.S.-allied Iraqis were negotiating separately with representatives from Fallujah and al-Sadr. The U.S. military has moved more forces into both areas and is threatening to push into the cities if talks fall through. The burst of violence since April 4 has exposed weaknesses in Iraq’s U.S.-trained security forces. A battalion of the Iraqi army refused to fight in Fallujah, Sanchez said. And some police defected to al-Sadr’s forces, said Gen. John Abizaid, the top commander of U.S; forces in the Middle East. In an effort to toughen the Iraqi forces, Abizaid said the U.S. military will reach out to former senior members of Saddam’s disbanded army—a reversal in strategy. The

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said. “He’s not a particularly wealthy person—he grew up in a trailer park—but he found something he really, really loved, and that’s something I’m looking for.” Kidder’s narrative is the third book in the revitalized summer reading program that was initiated with the class of 2006. Previous selections included “The Palace Thief,” a short story by Ethan Canin, and Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol. The reading selection pro-

and interests, so we’re making sure we’re accommodating those and providing consistent coverage for all of them,” he said. Hull noted that the group’s work will inevitably affect not only East Campus but also the rest of campus. “You can’t really talk about East Campus security without talking about the fact that East Campus residents also go to West Campus, Central Campus and Ninth Street,” he said. “I don’t think any of us are looking at this as just an East Campus Issue, and it’s not a far reach to anticipate that some of the things we talk about will extend to West and elsewhere as well.” Birkhead also noted that the taskforce’s work will be applicable to other parts of campus. He doubted, however, that there would be a direct correlation between security needs on East Campus and on other parts of campus. “Obviously East Campus is kind of a self-contained environment,” he said. “If we come up with some really good practices on East, we’ll try to implement them elsewhere on campus. But even if something works on East, just because of the sheer size of West we may not be able to share those practices on West. Still, it will be a starting point to think about a comprehensive plan for the entire University.”

gram has been under scrutiny in recent years, following the selection by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of a book about the Qur’an in 2002 that received much public criticism. Some have criticized Duke’s selections in the past for pushing a particular viewpoint, but Lombardi said he does not think Mountains Beyond Mountains will attract much outcry. “Paul . Farmer takes some sides, so to speak, but he doesn’t really have a political favoritism,” Lombardi said. “I think [the book] is about being a compassionate person and pursuing positive change.”

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Blue Devils ace Amanda Johnson shared ACC Women’s Tennis Performer of the Week honors yesterday for the second time this season after collecting six victories against some of the nation’s toughest competition. Women’s tennis is one of six Duke teams in the ACC Championships this weekend.

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gridiron bandwagon Sad as the end of Duke’s basketball season may have been, let’s put another spectacular year on the hardwood behind us. Now given that finals are never worth looking forward to and that three straight wins by the baseball team this past weekend aren’t anything we’re bound to see again soon, there’s one altogether refreshing spring thing to excite us at year’s end. Myrde Beach? Nah, that’s a repeatedly sloppy weekend you’d rather not—or can’t—remember. And while that used to be the tag line slapped upon the morose football program around here, it’s no longer going to be the case. Starting Saturday. Wallace Wade is sure to remain relatively silent for this weekend’s annual spring game, but the scrimWINNING ALL BUT ONE MATCH mage still represents the beginning of a new era when THIS YEAR, GOLF IS the moans and groans might, sooner than you may have expected, turn to oohs and aahs. DOMINATING AND READY FOR Ted Roof may be a simpleton when it comes to coaching philosophy, but, hey, so was VinceLombardi. Duke’s ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE new coach certainly has the credentials to make him a legit force in the ACC ranks, but, more than anything, BY JORDAN KOSS he has the enthusiasm to turn a program around with the vigor that Carl Franks only pretended to have. Dan Brooks of the raderie and maturity is self-perpetuatTo get off on the right foot, Roof has a returning roswomen’s golf team will never be ing: Character attracts character. Talent crowned king of Durham like his will give you a good season; character ter talented enough that he doesn’t have to carry the load alone. The most exciting of the bunch should end colleague Mike Krzyzewski, but it will give you repeated great seasons.” Senior Virada Nirapathpongporn, the who sat last the who’s is being one one a a matter of time before Brooks only up year, got name to go with the aura he could bring as the emblem and the indomitable women’s golf team originally from Thailand, is as responsible as any player for the elevation of for Duke’s turnaround: Curt Dukes. The North Carolina receive its share of the hoopla. native might seem like he’s coming out of nowhere, but The achievements are well-known by the women’s golf program to its elite he looks like your Varsity Blues-blonde quarterback, and collegiate women’s golf fans everywhere. status. She won the NCAA individual he should have the game to prove it. The skill set he During Brooks’ tenure, the team has championship in 2002, was selected to brought upon transferring from powerhouse Nebraska taken off, with the Blue Devils soaring to the ACC 50th Anniversary GolfTeam could, if he beats out impressive incumbent Mike their greatest heights over the past five and intends to pursue an LPGA career. The rest of the current Blue Devils Schneider, bring the team some legitimate firepower seasons. Duke has claimed two NCAA. squad has been nearly—if not equally—right away. And with a relatively light schedule—Navy, Championships, five ACC crowns, proUConn, The Citadel and the bottom end of the ACC duced two NCAA individual champions successful. Sophomore Liz Janangelo, a make for winnable but not simple matchups —Dukes and won 44 titles in this time span. In the West Hartford, Ct., native, put up the Brooks era, which began in the 1984-85 ninth-best scoring average in school hisand the Blue Devils could be in a bowl come winter. And somehow it seems like this is not all just going season, the team has won the ACC title tory as a freshman (73.58) and has finished in the top five in all seven tournato be hype. You can pump up the fact that we’re going 10 times and never had a final ranking ments she has played in this season. down to the wire into recruiting battles with Ohio State lower than 17th (1990). and Notre Dame and not end up with any of the play“I’d say the number one reason for Despite her individual success, Janangelo ers, but it’s a start nonetheless. You can say the Blue consistent success has been our ability to is focused on winning a national title. ‘The seniors know what it feels like to Devils are rising stars in the conference and then have recruit not only talented and but highthe NCAA’s [in 2002], but for myself, win Brooks Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College show up to character individuals,” wrote in Brittany [Lang] and Anna [Grzebien], ruin the party, but that won’t change everything. You an e-mail. “An environment of camacan point to the University’s desire to pump more money and leeway into the football program and then watch it all fall back to basketball, but it’s not all in vain. Indeed, there will be stumbling blocks in the Roof era, but that’s all the more reason for the community to let hope keep springing eternal. The football team needs support, enthusiasm and interest from Cameron Crazies and from disappointed fans of the gridiron more interested in the NFL. Everyone got on their feet and for Roof when he was introduced in Cameron four months ago, but it remains to be seen whether Duke can keep the faith through thick and thin. So, no, you’re by no means lackluster if you don’t go see the intra-squad game Saturday, but if you can get a break from that Evolution and Society textbook you’re cramming with, you’ll get a peek at thevery start offootball’s evolution in our little society ofbasketball mania.

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we don’t have one under our belts quite yet,” Janangelo wrote. “We’ve been working very hard all season, and hopefully we will finish in style and win the NCAA’s.” Duke is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation and has won eight tournaments this season (fall and spring combined). All that is left for the Blue Devils this year are the ACC and NCAA tournaments, and the women are brimming with a Sorenstam-esque confidence. “Wanting to always do well and believing in my abilities has kept me playing well consistently throughout the year,” Janangelo continued. Brooks is the women’s golf equivalent of CEO Michael Dell, as he has accomplished so much and is relatively young at 45 years old. He has already been inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and even George W. Bush himself opined on Brooks’ quick and substantial success. SEE DOMINANT ON PAGE 12

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After sweep, baseball takes on tough ODU the Week honors since 2001. their hands full with players Hernandez had two game-winsuch as senior Allen Strick, who The Duke baseball team (ISning hits in the series sweep knocked in three runs when IS, 6-6) hopes to build momenthese two teams met last against Wake. tum off a three-game sweep of “I think both Coach K and February. Additionally, sophoWake Forest when it faces Old Coach G say that you’re really only more outfielder Steven Harris, Dominion (13-19) Tuesday night as good as your upperclass leaderwho is among his team’s top at Jack Coombs Field. ship,” said coach Bill three in runs scored, hits, home The Monarchs have Hillier, who cited runs, batting average and stolen struggled this year, losHernandez as one of the bases, will be a load for Duke’s Old ing eight of their last 10. DOMINION big leaders on a relatively pitching staff. UNIVERSITY Nonetheless, the Blue Strick and Harris will make it young Blue Devils squad. Devils, who lost to Old (13-19) “And they’re doing a very especially important for the Blue Dominion 10-8 in their Devil bullpen to revert to better 7:00 p.m. goodjob of that.” The Monarchs are form in order to win the game. only meeting last year, are not taking any led by one of the Duke’s bullpen blew two multi-run chances with their nation’s top pitchers in leads in as many games against the Coombs junior Tuesday night foes. Justin Verlander. Demon Deacons, prompting “ODU’s a pretty good Field The Goochland, Va., Hillier to groom starting pitcher school,” outfielder Javier native is the reigning GregBurke into a closer. Socorro said. “We can’t National Player of the “I wouldn’t say they’re weak; I take things for granted; Week after fanning 16 just don’t think they’ve been we’ve got to compete batters in a shutout vicconsistent,” Hillier said. “That’s against them.” over tory Virginia one reason I moved Greg Burke (18-18) Socorro’s hot bat is Commonwealth last to the bullpen.” ic o] ic reasons Friday. Teams are batTuesday’s game holds particuBlue Devils are streaking into this ting just .193 against the lar importance for the Blue Devils’ matchup. The sophomore is in righthander, who is already the momentum. Duke goes into an the midst of a career-high 12- Colonial Athletic Association’s eight-day layoff after the Old game hitting streak that has all-time strikeout leader. Dominion game. The rivalry series buoyed his batting average to an ‘They have one of the top arms with North Carolina—and the impressive .398 clip. Socorro col- in the country,” said Hillier of prospect of breaking above .500 in lected at least two hits in each Verlander. “[He’s] supposed to be the ACC—lurks just beyond. game against the Demon the No. 1 pick or a first rounder, “We’re going to do the same Deacons as Duke enjoyed its first and they have really good arms.... thing [we did against Wake],” three-game sweep of a confer- [ODU head coach] Tony Guzzo is Hernandez said. ‘We’re going to ence opponent since 1998. a very good friend of mine; I’ve pitch well and hit the ball, and Equally hot right now is soph- known him for 15 years or so, and we’re going to continue with the omore catcher Brian Hernandez, it’s a solid program.” momentum that we’ve had from who Monday became the first Meanwhile, on the offensive this three-game series with Wake Blue Devil to win ACC Player of end, the Blue Devils will have and cany it into the ODU game.” by

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One year ago, former Duke tennis star to help the Blue Devils win their 15th ACC championship in the last 16 years. Today, the Tampa, Fla., native will face a much more daunting task, as she takes on second-seeded Serena Williams in the second round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. McCain, who became only the fifth Blue Devil to be ranked No. 1 nationally in singles, left Duke after compiling a 35-3 record during her sophomore season to play professionally full time. Her ranking has been rising steadily during her first year on the

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Justine Henin-Hardenne, Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati. After upsetting 57th-ranked Arantxa Parra in Monday’s action, McCain will meet the former world No. 1 at 7 p.m. tonight. Williams has seen limited action since she underwent surgery on her left knee last season, and she has an 8-1 record in 2004. Although the clay court surface will neutralize some of Williams’ power, the 5foot-2 McCain will be a heavy underdog. The winner of tonight’s match will advance to the third round on Wednesday.

lege golf coach in the country,” senior Leigh Anne Hardin wrote. “His strengths lie in his knowledge and his ability to help “Dan Brooks must be a great coach,” each player individually work on their President Bush said when the women’s games so that they can help the team by golf team visited the White House in 2002. making themselves better. He is very good

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“[Brooks] looks like a pretty young guy to me, and he’s already in the Hall of Fame.” In reflecting on his recruiting success, Brooks has made a point to praise his players for helping him out tremendously in bringing in championship-caliber players. “I listen very closely to my players when they talk about upcoming players who we might or might not recruit,” Brooks wrote. “I try to recruit people whose opinions I would respect, then I pay attention to those opinions. Young golfers get to know each other as they travel from tournament to tournament together, go to dinner together and walk fairways together. I consider this an asset in recruiting.” His players appear to think that Brooks is the indispensable asset. “I think Coach Brooks is the best coli

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about getting to know the individuals on the team and understanding them and their needs. His coaching style is unique.” The women’s golf team has been so dominant in recent years that when asked about how much recognition the team has received, several players feel the team actually deserves more. While some expressed a positive view on the acknowledgments given to the squad, this group has accomplished so much that one would be hard-pressed to refute the negative angle. “[Receiving more attention] would definitely be nice,” Nirapathpongporn said. “Students are not paying attention, and because we do as well as other sports like basketball, we would like to get a little recognition, too.”

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Exploring Issues in International Medicine Series: 4-6pm. Laura Guay, MD. Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pathology. “Prevention of mother-tochild-transmission of HIV in Uganda” Sponsored by Duke University Center for International Studies, the Department of Medicine, the Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs. John Hope Franklin Center. Lecture: 4-spm. Digital Brain Atlases: Theory and Results. Auditorium, Bryan Research Building for Neurobiology. 2004 Rowland Redington Memorial Lecture to honor Red Redington from GE, a pioneer in

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 Wednesdays at The Center: 12-Ipm. Alice Kaplan, "D-Day Turns 60: The View from France.” John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240. Physics Colloquium: 3:3opm. "Has a New State of Matter been discovered at the Relativistic Heavy lon Collider.” Room 114, Physics Building, West Campus. Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Kathyrn Anderson, Sloan Kettering. "Patterning during mouse gastrulation." 147 Nanaline Duke. DUGI Distinguished Lecture Series: 5-6:3opm. "Sunlight is Life," Steven Strong, President, Solar Design Associates, Inc., Harvard, Massachusetts. SDA is a firm of architects and engineers dedicated to the design of environmentally responsive buildings. Rm. 107 Gross Chem Building.

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Elementary School Tutoring with Wesley: spm, Tuesdays. Trinity UMC. If interested, email dmp6@duke.edu. Tuesday Night Dinner: Tuesdays, 6pm in the Chapel kitchen. Come eat free dinner with friends. Newman Catholic Student Center, www.duke.edu/web/catholic.

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes: 7:3opm. Come hear James Sutton speak about community in Jesus Christ. Looking forward to seeing you there! Wannamaker 111 Commons. Wesley Fellowship-Getting With God Small Group: Bpm, Tuesdays. Wesley Office. How does the Old

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Campus Crusade for Christ; 7:3opm, Wednesdays. Come Journey with friends, Pursue truth and Encounter Christ! Nelson Music Room in the East Duke Building on East Campus, Open to absolutely everyone! For more information visit us on the web: www.dukecru.com.

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Annual Lehman Brady Lecture and Reception: 6:30-1 Opm. Featuring a screening of The High Lonesome Sound, images from the book There Is No Eye: John Cohen Photographs, and conversation and music with John Cohen. Presentation begins at 7 p.m., followed by book signing and live music. CDS, 1317 W. Pettigrew St., off East Campus.

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Upcoming: Angels Among Us 5K Run and Family Fun Walk. Saturday, April 24, 7am registration. Wallace Wade Stadium, Duke University Campus. Proceeds benefit the Brain Tumor Center at Duke. For more information, visit angelsamongus.org or call 919-667-2616. Volunteer: Community Service Center. Contact Dominique Redmond, 684-4377 or http://csc.studentaffairs.duke.edu.

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Grade ceiling unwarranted pressure to get good fied, a professor must create arbitrary distinction between them grades in college is intense. Your GPA can have a when a only a limited number of serious impact on your prospects A’s are available. A much more reasonable apfor employment and admission to graduate or professional proach to the problem would be schools. Imagine if, added to to increase the difficulty of these existing pressures, your courses and simultaneously increase expectacollege put a ceilStaff Editorial tions for A stuing on the numdents. Add one or ber of A’s professors were allowed to give for two tough questions to math or biology exams to separate those each course could become individuals intimately familiar This nightmare a reality, as Princeton University with the material from those only moderately well versed. is considering capping the number of A grades awarded in each Similarly, increase the scrutiny course at 35 percent. This move with which papers are evaluated. is a response to the increasing This way, students have the opproblem of grade inflation. Offi- tion of raising the quality of cials at Princeton claim that the their work to make an A grade. average number of A grades Don’t preclude the possibility of awarded at the institution, 46 getting A’s from the outset percent, are too high, and are make students work harder for not reflective of students’ actual top marks. Princeton would also be setting a academic achievements. Princeton cannot be faulted bad precedent if it implemented for attempting to address grade the 35 percent plan, and would inflation. However, the method hurt its own students. Many graduthey are entertaining to combat ate schools and employers do not the problem is backwards. The differentiate significantly between. plan would limit the number of 3.5 from Princeton and a 3.7 from A’s a teacher could give out beRutgers. What matters is a student’s fore they have had the chance to GPA, not necessarily their school. evaluate their students’ work. Thus, lowering grades arbitrarily at This makes absolutely no sense. Princeton will harm their graduUnder this plan, students who ates career prospects. In addition, this will put pressure on other topactually do A work could be denied the grades that they de- notch schools to implement similar serve. Further, if two or more anti-inflationary plans. This is an students are competing for A urge that Duke, and its peer institugrades, and are equally quali- tions should resist.

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Discussions belie closed-mindedness In the wake of the recent argument between the Christian right and Shadee Malaklou’s anti-Christian individualistic dogma, I write neither to condone Shadee nor the prolific religious groups she seeks to defend herself from. Both sides justify themselves by citing free speech as their guardian angel. However, a distinction must be made between free speech and preaching to your fellow students. The Chronicle is a forum of free expression, not a sermon, and Duke is an institution of higher learning, not a mission. Though Shadee seeks to err away from the Christian tradition, she only succeeds in conforming to it, by preaching her own antireligious creed. Neither side is utilizing their right to

express themselves freely but is instead only attacking the other and further polarizing our campus, which brings me to this: I have had enough. Stop putting ads in my newspaper, stop using underhanded manipulative tactics to get me to listen to your doctrine, and please stop writing on the East Campus Bridge. If Jesus were resurrected on this Easter Sunday at Duke and saw our close-mindedness he would turn around and crawl back into his grave. I urge continued free expression, but preaching your beliefs while criticizing another’s is what truly needs to be finished.

Toby Kraus Pratt ’O7

SOFC club allocation process misguided Monday night’s announcement of Duke Student Government’s allotments for organization funding for the coming year was unconscionable, reckless and morally reprehensible. Whatever the accounting method used, it was certainly unrelated to requisite funding and real numbers. It is not unreasonable that SOFC detail should in the future require at least one course in economics, but what the committee does is so far below the baseline of Econ 51 that such a course would be even more superfluous than DSG itself. The SAT wasn’t that long ago; someone should still have a calculator on hand and be able to arrive at ballpark figures for basic word problems. As a public service—something DSG has yet to render—I’d like to pose the question on every organization leader’s mind: Why was virtually every club “cut by about 10 per-

cent of our recommended allocation due to

the number of new and returning clubs this

year,” when DSG has approximately

$134,000 as-yet unallocated? Moreover, why, in light of the fact that

DSG is now cognizant of these funds, were they allocated the third highest total, almost

$44,000?

Despite its best efforts at voodoo accounting, DSG cannot possibly hope to incur direct costs of nearly $178,000 over the coming year unless someone’s parting shot is to distribute kickbacks to the largely-absentee senate; and if that occurs, I sincerely hope the student body will stand up and call for its dissolution. I would be more than happy to join in. Lauren Bedsole Trinity ’O4 President, International Council

Duke isn’t doing enough to protect students We have had rapes. We have had robberies. We have had threatening messages and tapedopen doors, repeating trespassers and suspicious persons, despicable vandalisms and sadistic molestations. And yet we have only been waiting. Students, faculty and staff are being made casualties of the administration’s disregard. But how far will this go? What else will be stolen and who else will be hurt? When Duke is hushing these crimes, we should to endow these offenses against us with a commanding voice, a voice that obligates all who hear it to echo it with justice. There are not more police, and there is not better security. What will it take for Duke to

notice, to be alarmed, to be outraged and throw up its arms shouting “Enough!”—a stolen car or a missing person? I have spoken out at Take Back the Night. I have carried my keys in my hand. I have called Safeßides, locked all my doors, asked someone to walk me home, and still, I have been afraid. I don’t want to be witness to these martyrs of faith in our personal safety, and I don’t want to be a victim of the persecution inherent in its neglect. It is time now for something to be done, because we have had enough.

Rebecca Pomeroy Trinity ’O6

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COMMENTARIES

TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 2004

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then there were two. And yes, there is one more column over finals week, and that’s gonnabe the grand finale, but for those who read this piece on the internet, or only because right now your professor has spent the last 15 minutes answering a dumb question from the annoying girl who sits in the front of the class and always asks dumb questions and you stopped listening 14 minutes and 30 seconds ago, this is most likely the last of ‘em. The Series Finale of TALing Like It Is. Will he go back to Big? No, it’s not that, but remember that hour on HBO right before the last episode when they got all deep and emotional about the meaning of “Sex and the City?” Sorta like that. This one is going to be serious, or at least partly. Come ba£k for the finals edition, where I will be handing out the 37th Annual Moneta’s, awarded for Outstanding Displays of complete and utter disregard for those who matter most. I must first give some praise to Abdullah Al-Arian, the relative of an alleged terrorist and former Chronicle columnist whose persistence in straight up antisemitism drove me to writing a letter to the editor, which led to applying for a column and ultimately what you see today. Let’s test your Jeopardy skills. Alex, I’ll take Famous Firsts for $200: This was the title of the very first TALing It Like It Is. What was “Fighting Moneta’s Oppression,” and it dealt with the administrations obvious lack of respect for Duke students in fraternities, specifically off-campus ones. The response I got from that column last year was amazing. And when Dean Sue invited me to dinner to discuss die issues, I knew I was on to

something. And so I thank you all for making TAL-

ing It Like It Is fun, funny, and most importandy, challenging. I cannot explain to you what it means to me when the most random people come up and comment about my latest piece. Whether it be on a Tuesday night at Wine Tasting, or a random night at Charlie’s, I have appreciated every sinsuggestion

and discussion. It has shown me that we are in fact a cam3 pus of people who give Tal Hirshberg a damn. And TALing It Like It Is it has challenged me to fmd the topics that people should be angry about, and make sure that voice is heard. This column has been special to me, and I hope it has at least kept your Chronicle reading interesting. If you have ever said “I should/wanna/am going to write a column:” Do it. It has been the time of my life, and who knows, people may read it. Just make sure if all else fails, you attack. Because you can never go wrong with attack. I plan on using the rest of this space in two ways. First Half is for shout outs: (In no particular order:) Shout out to those of you who read my columns and thought me to be wrong, ridiculous or just plain stupid, because a wrong opinion is better than no opinion. To Andrew Card and Alex Garinger, my editors, who dealt with late articles and even later excuses. To Mark Gartner for wirining the TAL contest, with something like 50 entries (winners include chips and TALsa, TALcom Jamal Warner, and TALIy

Mcßeal). To 1111, Corner, Blue, Split, Halfway, Brick, Green St, 54, Erwin #’s other than 54, the mad nasty girls of 603, Seniors at Wine Tasting, Acapulco 02, Florence 02, Jamaica 04, 611 hotness, Mr. Matrix, The Senator, Swani/ICE MAN, and anyone who got FREDDY GOT FINGERED. Token Right Handed Guy, Anyone from Duke who has been on a kids game show (ie. Carmen San Diego and GUTS) and has let me see the tape, The Mazda, Phi Psi clan, Blackwell, the Athletic Ticket Office (but not Title IX) my homies out in West Village, the Yenta crew, ROOR, National Championship fireworks shooters, 7202 Belmont, 205 Erwin Apt. F, Anyone representing the Strong Isle, and Anyone who lived in Edens during the WEL construction. Anyone who got the joke and laughed out loud in class at least once. Everyone who right now is asking where their shout out is, and to anyone who truly believes they can make a difference at Duke, be-

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cause a shout out is all you have. Even more fun, however, are the FU’s: To those ofyou who read my column and thought me to be wrong ridiculous or just plain stupid. To the current residents of House 88, and the basement of HH—you will never know. To that short guy who used to take ID’s at Mugshots/whatever it is called now/Rum Runners, the LSATs, The Yankees and their fans, and to anyone who ever gave me $1 or less on a $20.00 and up George’s delivery. To anyone who has taken my money in Hold’Em this year (Especially JT), Mel Gibson and to anyone who would rather read about “Sex And The City” than “24.” Oh yea, FU to Kim. And a final big FU to the people who think they can take the fun out of college. It’s been real.

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we decide to pay for something, we consider $20.04. Without any committee badgering us to do so, youth, funded previously by a grant for which the school the value of what we’re buying. For instance, when we have paved the way for future Dukies. We’ve proudly can no longer apply. the Measles Campaign asked us for one dollar, we given tours, hosted p-frosh, and plugged Duke to our As Duke continues to expand, insisting to both itself gladly contributed, knowing that one dollar would buy the high schools. We’ve created clubs, revitalized old ones, and its neighbors that it wants to be a part of the greater vaccine that could save a child’s life. When Sitar asks us for initiated new publications and inaugurated events that Durham community, what better statement could the will be part of Duke for years to come. We’ve been stu$6.95 for dinner, we pay because theirfood is some of our faclass of 2004 make than to step up, let Duke put its vorite on campus. However, when the Annual Fund asks us dent leaders, athletes, friends, mentors, Cameron Cramoney where its mouth is, and make its legacy its outas seniors to contribute $20.04, we are reluctant to pay bezies and ambassadors of the University in the local, state reach to the Durham community? This week the Campaign for Durham, a donation drive cause we feel it has littlevalue. Instead, we’ve decided to give and national arenas. Clearly, we love Duke. our $20.04 to an organization where the money will actually But we live in Durham. The Class of 2004 has tutored for all members of the Duke community to contribute to local ESL students and coached Litde New Horizons, kicks off. New Horizons currendy operates make a difference: Durham’s New Horizons School. League. We’ve fed the hungry in soup on a staff of four people, in the basement of a dilapidated Many Duke and Durham community Gloria Borges and Others kitchens, volunteered at the public li- building filled with broken desks, outdated textbooks, and members saw the documentary “Welcome brary, done environmental work in local carpet from the Dumpster laid to cover the cracked floor Guest Commentary to Durham” that showed in Griffith Thetiles. They have no moneyfor new books, no money for supparks. We proudly upheld Duke’s repeatater two weeks ago. Its brutally honest edly stated commitment to foster strong plies for their vocational education program, and no money for additional staff members. presentation of gang life in Durham was shocking: Duke-Durham relations. Our As proud members of the teenagers revealing gruesome scars from gunshot wounds, words, ideas, and actions have alclass of 2004, we have decided to -10-year-olds proudly displaying their handguns and gang ready created a Class of 2004 Annual Fund folks have apmembers matter-of-factly explaining that gang life is the legacy much more meaningful show our “senior love” to Duke pealed to seniors to show “senior only option available to them. Not in New York, not in Los than our $20.04. by reaching out Durham, the ove,” asking us to donate and In our time at Duke, we’ve community in which we live. Angeles. In Durham. eave our legacy at Duke. But the Our $20.04 will go to the CamIn the midst of this grim documentary, the New Horizons shown our dedication to makClass of has been creating a School offered hope. New Horizons offers education to mid- ing a difference, and we don’t paign for Durham, to help keep die and high school students who have received long-term want to stop now. While conkids in Durham off the street egacy at Duke for the past four suspensions from Durham public schools. School Director tributing to the Annual Fund years, and we hope that ours will and away from gang activities. be more than a plaque lauding We believe our $20.04 will have Martina “Coach D” Dunford uses a no-nonsense approach may mean a “Class of 2004” to keep kids off the streets and in school. Ninety percent of plaque in the West Union to those who gave $20.04 much greater value for Coach D and New Horizons than for the New Horizons students return to public school, and view when we’re alumni, conDurham credits New Horizons with helping to reduce the tributing $20.04 to the New Annual Fund, and we hope that district’s dropout rate. Without this school, many of these Horizons School means helping ensure that New Hon- all Duldes will consider the value of donating to the CamDurham youth would be on the streets, in gangs, going zons can stay open long enough to have alumni. If every paign for Durham as well. nowhere fast. Duke senior donates $20.04, the Annual Fund would garIf you would like to support New Horizons too, look for the Campaign for Durham on the BC Walkway or check out Annual Fund folks have appealed to seniors to show ner $80,928, less than one half of one percent of the An“senior love,” asking us to donate and leave our legacy at nual Fund’s goal for this year. However, if that money their website via the link at www.union.duke.edu. Duke. But the Class of 2004 has been creating a legacy went to New Horizons, it would pay for over 50 percent at Duke for the past four years, and we hope that ours of funds needed to stay open during the summer and This column was written jointly by Gloria fßorges, Sara will be more than a plaque lauding those who gave continue its business education program for Durham Hudson, Katie Newmark and 35 other members of the Class of

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TUESDAY, APRIL 13,2004

BALLET HISPANICO presents NIGHTCLUB

SOME THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG AT 35 f)00 FT

Ballet Hispanico will perform Nightclub —where the music is fierce, the dancing is hot, and the passion is undeniable. Conceived by artistic director Tina Ramirez, the full evening dance-theater work tells three stories in three acts, using powerful Latin rhythms and the intimate language of dance. Contains adult themes.

By JOHN OBLOCK. Professional workshop directed by MICHAEL PARVA.Set initially in 1939, the play centers around an encounter between Charles & Anne Lindbergh and French aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupery. April 16-17,8 pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center $8 General; $6 Students/Sr.Citizens.

PERFORMING ARTS

tickets.duke.edu Convenient On-Line ticketing for ALL the Arts at Duke f University Box Office: 684-4444

WEST

April 17,8 pm, Page Auditorium, $3O/$25/$2O General.

SIDE STORY Presented by Hoof ‘n Horn ’

April 15-17 at 8 pm, April 17-18 at 2 pm,May 7 at 8 pm, May 8 at 2 pm & 8 pm, Reynolds Theater, $9 General Public; $7 Students.

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April 15,5:30 pm, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, $5 General; $3 Friends.

CIOMPI QUARTET

Classical and Romantic: Works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn for string quartet.

ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS This week: April 13-May 9 ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu. To inquire about this ad call 660-3356.

April 16-17,8 pm, Ark Dance Studio, East Campus, Free. Space is limited.

SUSAN DUNN, director. Concert original languages.

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April 18,2 & 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus, Free.

DUKE CHORALE RODNEY WYNKOOP, conductor. Chorale Celebration. April 23,8 pm,Biddle Music Building, Fountain Area, Free.

Exhibition: 2004 Senior Distinction Show Works by Lindsay Brown, Charlotte Dauphin, Kim Gogola, Erika Mumau, and Lizz Torgovnick. Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Free. Thru May 12.

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FILMS ON EAST

Freewater Presentations presents

WEST ...

7 & 9:30 pm unless otherwise indicated, Griffith Film Theater, $2 general; $1 employees; students free.

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EAST IS EAST AMERICAN SPLENDOR AMERICAN SPLENDOR ED WOOD (Midnight, Free) BIG FISH

DOROTHY KITCHEN, director. April 24,3,4, & 7 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus, Free.

(7 & 10 pm, $3 general; $2 employees; $1 students) pm,s3 general; $2 employees; $1 students)

4/20 LAWS OF ATTRACTION (Free sneak preview, 8 pm)

Screen/Society presents 8 pm, Richard White Auditorium, unless otherwise indicated, Free. 4/18 CATS by Josh Gibson & FIELD OF STONE by Shambhavi Kaul. ...

Faculty Showcase.

4/19 SASAYAKI. Cine-East 3: Another Side of New

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4/21 DOUBLE AGENT. Cine-East 3: Another Side ofNew East Asian Cinema. (Griffith) 4/23 Duke Student Film Showcase. Special Events. (7 pm)

Films at CDS 7 pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free. 4/21 DEVOTED; PORTRAITS OF BELIEF ...

By Abigail Seymour.

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DUKE OPERA WORKSHOP

Works by John Cohen

Screening, slide lecture, book signing and live music by COHEN. April 13,6:30-10pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free.

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SENIOR DANCE AMY EASON and JESSICA KNIGHT WALKER perform their choreographic projects.

“The Innocents” by TARYN SIMON. April 7, Juanita Kreps Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies, Free. Thru May 31.

An Evening with LUCILLE CLIFTON. April 24, 8 pm, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center.

April 16,8 pm, Nelson Music Room, East Campus, $l4 General; Free to Duke Students.

PERFORMANCES

Photography Exhibition

“Vital Line, Vital Signs: A Conference on Poetry and Medicine.”

FIRST COURSE CONCERT: Philosopher & pianist Benjamin Ward will discuss Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 9, followed by a performance of the work by the Ciompi Quartet.

LECTURES/EXHIBITIONS

Ballethnic Dance Company presents THE LEOPARD TALE The Leopard Tale combines the talents of the Ballethnic dancers with more than 50 area dancers in a spectacle that tells her brood in Wester April 30-May 1,8 pm Center, $l5 General;