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Money can’t buy you love, but it could have saved Duke some serious sex talk. The Curriculum Committee has officially suspended the Certificate Program in the Studies of Sexualities, first established in 1992, for the coming school year. The committee cited insufficient funding to find a professor who would teach the introductory and capstone courses that are required for every certificate program, but noted that the program will return as soon as an appropriate faculty member can be found. The sexualities studies program passed the Curriculum Committee’s annual review of certificate programs last fall and was approved for the coming school year, but its organizers were unable to hire a professor within the given budget of $20,000. Although a visiting professor was in line to teach the two courses, he declined the position due to the given salary. Alex Roland, chair of the Curriculum Committee, emphasized that the restoration of the sexualities certificate was contingent upon the hiring of an appropriate professor and not upon the program’s curriculum. ‘Their plan was still acceptable to the committee, but they were not able to staff it,” he said, “so we mutually agreed that they would suspend the program with the expectation that they will resume the next year, if these problems are not repeated.” SEE SEXUALITIES ON PAGE 8
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search,” McKinney said. McDonnell, however, is among the researchers at Duke who are fluent in both aspects of science research. He considers all the projects in his laboratory to be translational research because he can link the studies to future improvements in human health. As an example, McDonnell pointed to one of his studies that investigates steroid hormone receptors that could lead to the development of new drugs for contraception, hormone replacement therapy, breast and prostate cancer, osteoporosis and endometriosis. Past research projects
It may be the commercial, political and cultural Mecca of the state, but the Triangle region of North Carolina will officially join the ranks of America’s “dirtiest” areas today because of its poor air quality. The Environmental Protection Agency will announce today that it has designated all or portions of eight counties in the Triangle as a “non-attainment” zone for failing to meet the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground level ozone. The counties include Durham, Orange, Wake, Chatham, Johnston, Person, Franklin and Granville Counties. Other parts of the state, including the Triad and Charlotte regions, will receive similar labels. The Triangle’s designation is based on recommendations sent to the EPA in July 2003 by North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality, a branch of the Department of Natural Resources. ‘This is not any surprise that the EPA non-attainment designation is coming out Thursday,” said Tom Mather, a spokesperson for DAQ. “We knew that it was coming based on our monitoring.” The DAQ monitors ozone levels between April 1 and Oct. 31 of each year the months when ozone production in the state is the highest. Between 2000 and 2003, nine of 10 ozone detectors in the Triangle showed violations of the NAAQS. In 2003 alone, therewere eight “ozone action” days, meaning at least one monitor recorded levels exceeding the federal standard. Mather said this and other data were incorporated into the recommendations sent to the EPA last year. With the new federal designation in place, the state must create and implement an air quality improvement plan for the “non-attainment” zone by 2007. The plan must include measures to ensure that transportation and industrial projects do not hinder progress toward the area’s air quality goals. Mather listed transportation planning, industry controls and better inspection and maintenance of vehicles as a few of the measures the state could implement in order to decrease the discharge of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds that react in the air to produce ozone. Mather also said existing state legislation, such as the Clean Smokestacks Act
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Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs Larry Moneta explains the student programming fee increase to DSG.
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For some student legislators, like Duke Student Government President Matthew Slovik, the nearly ,three-and-ahalf hour meeting Wednesday night was a tearful conclusion to a four-year experience. Before the senior sermons and giggly jokes that concluded the 10th DSG Senate, however, the body faced a full docket—including a presentation by Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, several pieces of legislation and nominations and selections of several officials for the next year. Moneta presented information to
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the Senate to explain his recent decision to increase mandatory student programming fees by $lOO. “Instead of taking money from the Arts & Sciences or the faculty, so it wouldn’t compete for tuition [money], we reduced our tuition allocation for a money allocation from the fees,” he said. The additional dollars will go toward solidifying the “soft funding” currendy used to pay for many cultural events out of the budget of the Office of Student Activities and Facilities. Moneta said his office was working on making the fee increase a SEE DSG ON PAGE 7
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BAGHDAD An Iranian governdelegation arrived in Baghdad Wednesday to help mediate the standoff between U.S. troops and a rebel Shiite cleric holed up in Najaf with hundreds of his militiamen, offering American officials an improbable ally in their quest to put Iraq on a peaceful ment
path to self-government. As political momentum built against the firebrand cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, the hostage-taking crisis that erupted as he launched his insurrection 11 days ago took a savage turn with the announcement by Italy’s foreign minister,
Franco Frattini, that one of four Italian security guards seized in an ambush near Fallujah earlier in the week, Farbrizio Quattrocchi, had been executed by his captors. Frattini said the killing had been confirmed by Italy’s ambassador in Qatar, headquarters for the Al-Jazeera television network, after the diplomat had been shown a videotape of the killing, which the satellite channel said it would not broadcast because it was “too bloody.” Most of southern Iraq has quieted, but fighting has continued to flare in the Sunni city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where American marines
and small-arms fire, as well as strikes by American combat jets and attack helicopters. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. special envoy, ended an 11-day visit to Iraq Wednesday by outlining the beginnings of a plan —he called it a “sketch” —for a transition to Iraqi sovereignty, one that suggested a weaker continuing role for the United States than the George W. Bush administration has envisioned.
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WASHINGTON In a historic policy shift, President George W. Bush endorsed Israel’s plan Wednesday to hold on to part of the West Bank in any final peace setdement with the Palestinians. Bush also ruled out Palestinian refugees returning to Israel, bringing strong criticism from die Palestinians. An elated Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said his plan to pull back from parts of the West Bank and Gaza, hailed by Bush, would create “a new and better reality for the state of Israel.” But Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia—widi whom the Bush administration deals while boycotting leader Yasser
Arafat—called Bush “the first president who has legitimized the [lsraeli] setdements in Palestinian territories.” “We as Palestinians reject that,” Qureia said. “We cannot accept that. We reject it and we refuse it.” Arafat earlier called the idea “the complete end of the peace process.” And Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said of Bush’s statement: ‘This is like someone giving a part of Texas’ land to China.” “If Israel wants to make peace, it must talk to the Palestinian leadership,” Erekat said. Palestinian leaders had previously said they had been assured by the Bush administration they would be consulted before any endorsement of Sharon’s plan.
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Over 50 vy for DSG, class positions Emily Almas THE CHRONICLE
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The Duke Student Government polls will be open today for legislative and class officer races, a result of the successful passage of a referendum on the March executive election ballot that moved elections from the fall to the spring and redefined senators’ constituencies. In previous years, legislative elections were based upon residential location and held in the fall. Undergraduates will have the opportunity to vote for two members of their class for each of the four DSG committees Athletics and Campus Services, Community Interaction, Academic Affairs and Student Affairs—as well as for their class president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. The polls will be open on DSG’s website from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and polling stations will be open throughout campus from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Several races, including rising junior and senior senatorial contests and officer elections for all of the classes, are uncontested or without candidates. DSG officials, however, maintain that the relatively small number of upperclassmen candidates is typical. “In years past, the non-freshmen legislative elections have had uncontested elections,” DSG attorney general David Kahne said. “Also in years past, the off-campus election rarely had enough candidates.” Upon logging onto the Internet polling station, students will only have the option of voting for their class senators and officers. Running for the Class of 2007’s Athletics and Campus Services seats are Atin Garg, Michael Paul Kaplanis, Maia Pelleg, Melissa Richer, Megan Smith and David Snider; running for the Community Interaction seats are Patrick Erker, George Fleming, Lauren Garson, Tyler Green, Lian Huang, Steven Immelman, David Lee and Maggie McGannon; running for the Academic Affairs seats are Daniel Bowes, David Cardenas, Will Cooper, Mariana Cotlear, David Fiedler, Arun Iyer and Adam Mintz; and running for the Student Affairs seats are Hali Cooperman-Dix, Brittany Greenfield, Daron Gunn, Ross Katz, Tiffany Labon and Peter Williams. —
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TREASURER: Jill Hopman SECRETARY: Elizabeth Dixon, Wei-Chung Chen
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Emily Aviki Jamison Minkoff Steven Shuffer PRESIDENT: VICE Paige Sparkman Jonathan Patillo CLASS OF 2007 PRESIDENT: Remington Kendall Maia Pelleg VICE PRESIDENT; Megan Smith Ryan Strasser
Russ Ferguson, Tom Musgrave and Paige Sparkman are running for the Class of 2006’s Student Affairs seats; Victoria Cantore is running unopposed for the Athletics and Campus Services seat; Jonathan Agudelo will fill the Academic Affairs seat and no one is running for the Community Interaction seat. Only one of the Class of 2005’s senatorial races is contested. George Crowell, Brett Goodwin and Katherine Robinson will face off for the Student Affairs position. Ricky Chen is up for the Academic Affairs seat, Matt DeTura and Mimi Wachendorf are running for the Athletics and Campus Services positions and Meredith Levy will fill the Community Interaction seat. Only five of the 12 class officer elections are contested. Wei-Chung Chen and Elizabeth Dixon will face off for the Class of 2005 secretary position. Emily Aviki, Jamison Minkofif and Steven Shuffer are running for the Class of 2006 presidency, and
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Paige Sparkman are vying for the class’ vice presidential seat. The Class of 2007’s presidential and vice presidential seats are also both contested—Remington Kendall and Maia Pelleg are challenging for the top position, and Megan Smith and Ryan Strasser are vying for the vice presidency. In the uncontested races, Avery Capone is poised to assume the presidency of the Class of 2005, Jeremy Chapman will fill that class’ vice presidential seat and Jill Hopman will become treasurer. Dana Morgan will fill the Class of 2006’s treasurer position and Brooke Levin will become secretary. Daron Gunn will assume the treasurer position for the Class of 2007 and no one has declared a candidacy for the secretary position. In the fall, DSC will fill open seats with at-large senators through an application process. Each class’ president-elect will also fill any vacancies in the class officer positions by appointment.
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Campus Council is ready to tab a new generation of executive officers tonight, as student legislators vote today on who will fill the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Communications Coordinator for the next academic year. The 10 students vying for the four executive officer positions all boast impressive resumes, and hope to take Campus Council’s productivity level to new heights next year. Campus Council President Junior Anthony Vitarelli is the sitting Campus Council President and running uncontested. Despite this, he has developed a specific platform for next year consisting of three main objectives. “We will entirely overhaul the housing assignment process, we’re going to do a thorough evaluation of the [Quadrangle] Model and Campus Council will also play a more active role in empowering the [Quadrangle] councils,” he said. The Quadrangle Model—a residential system that espouses more cohesion between students living in the same residential halls—was adopted earlier this year as an ideal for residence halls across campus by The Office of Residence Life and Housing Services. Campus Council Vice President Two students—freshman Damjan Denoble and sophomore Chris Kallmeyer are seeking the office of Vice President ofCampus Council. Denoble, currently an East Campus Council Representative, plans ofworking toward a better definition of the Quadrangle Model and believes his long list of —
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Twenty-seven people —Men, women, people of various races, columnists and
non-columnists of The Chronicle, greeks, independents, and even Duke parents gathered in the Women’s Center Wednesday night for a discussion about the various stereotypes of women presented in The Chronicle. The crowd brought attention to the fact that women are often depicted as either one extreme or another—either the sorority girl or the bra-burning feminist—without any happy medium. In addition, an overwhelming majority of attendees at the discussion believed that the women represented in The Chronicle’s editorial pages do not accurately represent women or women’s issues on campus. ‘Just because some women are not in The Chronicle everyday does not mean their voices are not heard,” junior Priscilla Mpasi said. “It’s heard by people who need to hear it. It’s not how loud you are, it’s what you have to say.” Mpasi also noted the need for minority women to have a voice in the editorial pages. “Black females experience totally different things,” she said. “People push me back because I’m black, on top of that I’m a woman, so I get pushed back even more.” Most everyone also agreed with the claim that women do not get the same respect for their efforts that men do. “Women back [the campaign boycotting] Mt. Olive Pickle’s and [join] Students Against Sweatshops—men go to DSC, which does less, but looks better on —
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Members of theDuke community discuss the portrayal of women in The Chronicle at theWomen's Center Wednesday night. a resume,” said Meghan Valerio, a senior and columnist for The Chronicle. “Women don’t parade themselves around [the way men do]. They do powerful things, but work in their own way.” Senior Liz Tabone noted that women often act for change in ways that have a smaller, but more direct impact on society, and that such efforts should not be ignored. “We shouldn’t marginalize women who do things on a micro-level. [There are many] women who want to be teachers and change children’s perceptions on race and equality,”
she said. ‘We need to respect the choices that all women make career-wise, whether they choose to be a CEO or teacher.” Most people at the discussion took issue with the many columns written by female students that only discuss social or greek issues, a topic the group said alienates minorities, homosexuals and those not involved with the Interfraternity or Panhellenic Councils. Freshman Shadee Malaklou, also a columnist for The Chronicle, held firm to her notion that women need to be emanci-
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“Women at Duke have problems with being individuals and independent on their own,” she said. “My main agenda is to create a discourse; self-promotion is not my goal. I may seem tactless, flamboyant and without self-control, but I want people to take things into consideration.” Although Malaklou’s column has sparked controversy on campus over the past four months, some members of the SEE DISCUSSION ON PAGE 6
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Locked door leads to slap in the face A student reported April 13 that she was assaulted by her roommate. The victim stated that at approximately 7:30 p.m. April 9 her roommate slapped her with an open hand across the right side of her face. The roommate allegedly assaulted the victim because the victim locked the front door of their House H room. The victim stated she was not aware that her roommate had forgotten her keys, and she added that she had talked to Duke Housing and had not decided if she would take out a warrant for the criminal incident. Subject discharges fire extinguisher before fleeing Officers responded to a fire alarm in Epworth Residence Hall at 1:33 a.m. April 8. The activation of the alarm was due to someone illegally discharging a fire extinguisher, which was not from Epworth, on the first floor of the residence hall. An employee reported seeing a dark-haired, white male, approximately 6’2” tall, wearing a white shirt and white shorts, discharging a fire extinguisher outside the residence hall. The employee saw him run toward the East Quad. Student cited for giving false fire alarm Officers responded to a fire alarm at Pegram Residence Hall at 2:37 a.m. April 14. Officers found heavy clouds of fire extinguisher mist on the second and third floors that caused the activation. Justin Koterba (W/M/19 with blonde hair) of 232 Pegram Residence Hall was issued a state citation for giving a false fire alarm by misuse of a fire extinguisher. His court date is pending at this time. Koterba could not be reached for comment.
Unlocked car easy pickings for CD player thief A student reported that her $2OO CD player was stolen from her unsecured car that was parked in the 1700 Pace Street parking lot. She last saw the CD player at 6:30 p.m. April 12 and discovered it missing at 7:17 a.m. April 13. Cell phone taken from commons room A student reported the larceny of his $lOO Samsung cell phone. The victim last saw his phone in the House N commons room at 4:30 a.m. April 13 and discovered it missing at 11 a.m. the same day. Merchandise stolen from Pink Smock An employee reported the larceny of $56.85 worth of merchandise from the “Pink Smock” located in the Duke Clinics. The merchandise was last seen at 5 p.m. Friday, April 9 and was discovered missing at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 13. Lost Medicaid card used at Duke A patient reported the fraudulent use of her Medicaid card. The victim stated she had lost her purse with its contents about a month ago at the Wal-Mart in Durham. She also stated that approximately two weeks ago the Durham Fire Department off Lawson Street called her because they had found her purse. She stated everything was inside the purse except her Medicaid card. The victim’s card was used at Duke for medical services March 30.
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Fuel leak causes minor traffic deviations What looked like a rather serious chemical spill disappointed onlookers Wednesday when it turned out to be merely diesel fuel. A vehicle blew a fuel line and leaked a large amount of diesel gas onto Campus Drive in front of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at around 5 p.m. The offending vehicle was quickly towed from the scene. Although there were no serious repercussions and the Duke University Transit System was not affected, there was some mild traffic diversion for several hours following the incident, officials at the scene said. Several Duke University Police Department officers were called to the scene to direct the flow of traffic around the clean-up efforts. Big John’s Recovery System Emergency Response, a company that deals with environmental hazards, was also
called to the scene to lead the clean-up job. Since the spill occurred after hours, Duke did not have the proper oncampus resources to effectively take control of the efforts, officials said. Alan Call, a Duke safety and health specialist concentrating in spill control, emphasized that the problem was more of a traffic issue than an environmental incident. “Its mostly a safety concern being that we don’t want cars skidding through the stop sign onto the circle,” Call said. The clean-up efforts consisted of spreading an absorbent material over the affected road areas and then sweeping up the substance to remove the excess diesel from the road surface. The area will be sanded for precautionary reasons. ‘This is really not too bad,” Call said. “We have everything still running normally.” by SophiaPeters
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aimed at reducing nitrogen oxide discharge, and current air quality improvement programs designed to expand the state’s automobile emissions testing program may relieve some of the burden of developing an expansive series of new ozone reduction measures in all non-attainment counties. “We’ve probably already done the bulk of what we need to do,” he said. “But in some of the bigger coundes, additional cpntrols and measures may be required.” Durham County has already enacted local measures to improve air quality. Ellen Reckhow, chair of Durham County Commissioners, said the county’s school bus fleet recently began using bio-diesel fuel, and all major employers—including local policy-makers—are participating in a program to encourage alternative methods of traveling to work. “We are practicing what we preach in Durham County Government in that we have a commuter trip reduction program, similar to what we’re requiring private employers to do,” she said. “We wanted to be part of the solution.” Officials acknowledge that the designation could have a detrimental effect on the economy in the non-attainment area —particularly if projected progress toward improved air quality is not made and the federal government cuts funding for transportation or industrial projects. Mather asserted, however, that he doeis not expect the designation “to bring an economic halt in these areas.” The Triangle has long been a major source of ozone production in the Southeast. David McKee, an environmental scientist with the EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, said a
group remained appreciative. “The fact that a freshman is noticing and writing these things on campus should be valued,” said Anna Fisher, a senior and program organizer for the Women’s Center. “It’s like the child who noticed the emperor without clothes.” The group also pinpointed one of the main problems holding women’s empowerment back. “What scares me the most is not that men are holding us back,” said Katie Mitchell, a senior and former president of Delta Delta Delta sorority. “It’s women who are knocking [other] women down.” Mpasi analogized women’s issues at Duke to a struggle in which would-be allies are turned against each other. “It’s like crabs in a barrel,” she explained. “All of the crabs are clawing at each other, but nobody is offering any support to anyone else.” Although at times participants strayed from their initial topic, the discussion ended with a challenge. “We need to work together instead of pulling each other down,” Fisher said. “There is a divisive way to produce discourse and a constructive way. It’s important to know the difference between criticism and critique.”
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HB B-HourO/one Nonattainnient Boundaries proposed by the State number offactors contribute to the high level of ozone in the area. “A lot of the problems in the Research Triangle Park and the Triangle area in general relate to automotive emissions,” said McKee. “There are also emissions from power plants [and] any production plants that emit [pollutants].... We also have the problem of long-range pollutant transport that comes from other Midwestern states.” Along with these technology-related factors, Mather pointed to another, more “natural” cause of ozone production. “In North Carolina, one of the reasons we have a problem with ozone is climate,” he said. “[Ozone is] a product of not just pollutants, but weather conditions—hot, sunny, dry weather and not a lot of rain.” In addition to degrading ecosystems and agricultural crops, McKee said, ozone exposure can negatively impact citizen’s health. Individuals with respiratory diseases—such as asthma, bronchitis and
emphysema—are particularly at risk. Even people who do not suffer from respiratory illnesses could also be adversely affected if they engage in vigorous outdoor activity when ozone levels are raised, he added. “You can develop scar tissue in the lungs,” McKee explained. “It has been compared to a sunburn that is repeated over time [that causes] your skin [to become] hardened. In the case of the inflammation of the lungs, over time it has been thought to result in a reduced quality of life as individuals get older because of a [similar] loss of elasticity in the lung tissue.” With health, ecological, legal and financial concerns in mind, state officials are preparing to respond to today’s announcement with increased efforts to reduce ozone levels. “It needs to be taken very seriously,” Reckhow said. “A clock will start ticking, and we need to submit a plan that shows how we can move to attainment.”
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DSG from page 1 separate item on semester bills and he did not mean to infringe on the Senate’s authority over the fee. “I admit when I did [make the fee increase] I should have spoken to you first,” he added. DSG President-elect Pasha Majdi presented his appointments for the Chief of Staff and Head Line Monitor positions. Although he did not conduct an application process for the seat, Majdi nominated junior Aneil Lala to serve as chief of staff. “I think he’s arguably been the greatest [quadrangle] president the school’s ever had,” Majdi said of Lala, who is currently serving as president of the WestEdens Link quadrangle. “I always wanted to take DSG into more of a programming role, so I needed a chief of staff that had experience with that, and Aneil is ob-
viously an expert.” Majdi did, however, conduct an application process for the head line monitor position, and he selected
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known for his involvement as a Cameron Crazy, said Rawson is responsible and has experience tenting and as line monitor. In addition to Majdi’s appointments, the Senate selected junior Dave Rausen as the Student OrganizationalFinance Committee Chair for 2004-2005 and junior Josh Alien-Dicker, freshman Jeff Federspiel, freshman Kelvin Low, junior Meera Patel and sophomore Camille Smith as SOFC members. DSC also elected sophomore Russ Ferguson president pro tempore and junior Emilie Lemke as Chief Justice for DSG’s 11th session. Before confirming its student representatives to the Duke Board of Trustees and Presidential Committees, DSC halted a bylaw change presented by Executive Vice President-elect Andrew Wisnewski, currently Vice President of Community Interaction. The change would have allowed DSC presidents to have discretion over which Board of Trustees committee he or she participates in. Instead, the DSC president will continue to
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be automatically appointed to the Business and Finance Committee. Following the failure of Wisnewski’s bylaw change, the Senate confirmed the nomination of seven undergraduates—sophomore Christopher Chin to the Academic Affairs Committee, Majdi and Wisnewski to the Business and Finance Committee, freshman Anthony Collins to the Buildings and Grounds Committee, sophomore Hirsh Sandesara to the Medical Center Affairs Committee, junior Priscilla Mpasi to the President’s Advisory Council on Black Affairs, junior .Anthony Vitarelli to the Student Affairs Committee and sophomore Paige Sparkman to the University Priorities Committee. The Senate passed three resolutions about flyering—including a resolution proposing new flyering rules, a resolution addressing flyering regulation enforcement and a resolution encouraging more flyering venues on campus. George Fleming, a freshman senator who co-authored the first resolution, said the bill was away to ensure important announcements were not immediately “plastered over.” The resolution called for limits on the number of flyers from a particular organization that can be placed on
one flyering venue, as well as the date they can be placed there. Among other limits, the resolution also proposes that student groups only be allowed to paint one-quarter of the bridge over Campus Drive at a time. The other resolutions recommended that the DSG investigate establishing an enforcement mechanism for chartered student groups that violate the flyering policies, as well as implementation of additional flyering space on campus. Some suggestions, including the establishment of a “Director of Flyering,” were met with criticism from the Senate. “We’re here for the students, not here to police them,” said junior Senator Avery Capone. “This goes against the spirit of DSG.” Despite the criticism the bills passed, as did legislation establishing a new DSG award, the President Keohane Award. The new award will be presented to an administrator, faculty or staff member who has worked to promote undergraduate life. IN OTHER BUSINESS: SOFC Chair Kristin Jackson presented the 2004-2005 DSG Budget, which the Senate approved.
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SEXUALITIES Anne Allison, the sexualities program’s director, reiterated the strength of the program and its readiness to resume next year, as long as the necessary funding is established. “Everything is perfectly in place —we have a good curriculum, a good advisory board, enthusiastic professors and students—but we need money, and without that money for.that position we cannot do it,” she said. The introductory and capstone courses have been a trouble spot for cerdficate programs across the University, because the two classes must be totally unique to that program and cannot be crosslisted in another department. Consequently, the professors who teach these classes must be pulled from their respective departments or newly hired to teach solely in the certificate program. “For most programs, the introduction and the capstone classes are the most difficult to staff, being that the other courses in the program are regularly-taught courses,” Roland said. “But introduction and capstone classes have to be tailored to that specific certificate program.” Allison said that the problem arose because none of the professors involved in the program could leave their departments and take on the two classes. Since the program does not have any faculty special to it, mandatory funds were required to hire a professor to fill the position. The Curriculum Committee’s pressure upon programs to self-generate the two classes internally this year pushed the sexualities program over the edge. ‘Trying to standardize these certificate programs is a great idea, and we are not against it,” said Allison, who also
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he has led have already reached the early stages of drug commercialization. “Through a direct or indirect way, my research is going to impact the delivery of drugs and positively affect the health of people in the future,” he said. Dr. Rebecca Buckley, professor of pediatrics and immunology, has also been involved with translational research on genetidetermined cally immunodeficiency diseases. She credits her pioneering clinical work on the infamous Bubble Boy Disease, which afflicts people bom with no immune system, to prior in vitro and animal research. “We had a lot of patients at Duke who would come in with Bubble Boy Disease, but no matter what we did, they would all die,” she said. “If it were not for a breakthrough that had developed through animal studies, they would still be dying.”
serves as chair of the cultural anthropology department. “However, if none of us can leave our departments and we are planning on taking this seriously, we need to have enough money to hire a dedicated professor.” Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, emphasized that staffing programs like Studies in Sexualities is a pervasive problem for any type of program not under the umbrella of departmental majors and minors. ‘This same thing happens in FOCUS programs,” he said. ‘They are wonderful opportunities for the students, but when the faculty are teaching these classes they are not teaching in their department.” Thompson stressed the administration’s support for the Study of Sexualities Certificate, a relatively small interdisciplinary effort based primarily in the cultural anthropology, English and women’s studies departments. He reiterated, however, that the hiring problem that also befell the now-defunct certificates in Applied Science and in Science, Technology and Human Values is somewhat unavoidable. ‘There is a triangle with the students, administration and faculty all believing that [a certificate program] is a good thing and wanting it to happen, but it’s just how appointments are made—things are decided first in the department and then in programs such as these,” he said. Current juniors who are involved with the sexualities studies program will graduate with the certificate in 2005, but they will be required to complete an independent study in place of the senior-year capstone course. “It’s not like losing an English program—of course not,” Allison said. “But this is a field of study that is really important, and for a school of Duke’s stature, not to have a program like this one does not reflect well.”
Buckley, who completed her undergraddegree and later her residency at Duke, noted that the University has increasingly provided opportunities for scientists to do translational research over the years. Patrick Casey, James B. Duke professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, said Duke in the early ’9os was slow in supporting translational studies. Since 1998, however, new application-oriented research programs have been developed. He pointed in particular to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and other grassroots efforts in engineering, medicine, statistics, computer science and chemistry. “Opportunities exist now to do translational research, and there are lots ofyoung scientists that want to do this,” said James Siedow, vice provost for research. The increased emphasis on translational research is a result of a recent appeal by Dr. Elias Zerhouni, director of the Nationuate
IRAQ from page 2 Among other things, he suggested that the Iraqi Governing Council, the American-appointed advisory body seen by United States officials as the most viable nucleus of a transitional government after June 30, should “cease to exist” on that date. As the five-person delegation from Iran’s Foreign Ministry settled into a Baghdad hotel Wednesday, American officials in Baghdad and Washington said it was here at the suggestion of Britain, although they said the United States had consented to the visit. Some Aanerican officials saluted what they saw as a rare instance of cooperation in 25 years of enmity between Washington and Tehran—even if the Iranians intended to extend Iran’s influence as well as broker a peace. The situation was also odd for Iran and Iraq, which fought each other to a stalemate in their eight-year war in the 1980s. That conflict was prompted in part by Saddam Hussein’s fears that Iraq’s Shiite majority, about 60 percent of the country’s population, would be influenced by Iran’s militant form of Shiite Islam. That fear is a current one among some American officials and much of Iraq’s Sunni minority. The Iranian delegation held no formal meetings Wednesday. It was headed by Hossein Sadeghi, the Foreign Ministry’s director of Persian Gulf affairs. In remarks to reporters, he played down the delegation’s role, saying it would be one not of mediation, but of gaining “a better understanding of what’s going on in Iraq.”
al Institutes of Health, for researchers to begin to think in terms of “Big Science” collaborative efforts by scientists to tackle large medical problems such as SARS, AIDS and cancer. “[The NIH is] asking us to now justify our research in terms of how it can advance human health,” McDonnell said. “And they’re justifying the funding they give us based on how our research will have a posilive impact on human health in the future.” Some scientists, however, are not pleased with the new trend toward applied research. They argue that the emphasis on' translational research prevents scientists from being able to do research for the sake of research because the funding opportunities for basic science are diminishing. “The whole face of [science] is changing,” Casey said. “We can do things that we couldn’t do 10 years ago in terms of Big Science—and [scientists] are scared. I was scared that I was going to become a —
dinosaur in 10 years.” Observers have noted a growing chasm between supporters of translational research and those who oppose it. “This is a view that is not adopted by everyone,” MeDonnell said, McKinney admitted that basic scientists are having trouble receiving NIH grants, but also said that they still have the potential to be successful in the future, “The critics [of translational research] are correct, but the pendulum will swing back,” he said. “Putting all their money in appliedresearch won’t get yOU anywhere if you’ve got no ideas to apply it to.” Buckley, who in the past has chaired NIH committees that review grant proposals, stressed the need for balancing funding among basic and clinical research projects. “Basic science is crucial in that what we learn from them allows us to hypothesize in terms of people and then do a clinical investigation,” she said.
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CAMPUS COUNCIL from pages acquaintances, ranging from administrators to students, will help him if elected to the vice presidency. “It involves a lot of networking, and I feel like I’ve developed a lot of good skills in that area,” he said. Kallmeyer was an East Campus Council Representative during his freshman year, and is now serving as the Treasurer of Campus Council and chair of the finance committee of Campus Council. Kallmeyer prioritizes the improvement of communication with students and advancement of student activities. “I would love to get more direct feedback from students through possibly encouraging more interaction with [quadrangle] councils about what issues are most important to residents,” he said. Campus Council Treasurer This race will be the most competitive of them all, as five students—four of them freshmen—have their sights set on the post of Campus Council Treasurer. Freshman Alex Apple is currently the Sports Coordinator of East Campus Council, the Vice President of Blackwell dormitorv and sits on two committees within ECC. Apple believes that his extensive social networking and his popularity suits him well for the job. “I’ve met a lot ofkids from my class, and usually I’m the person that people come t0... when [they] need to know about programming or events,” he said. Brittany Greenfield, also a freshman, believes that her experience in student government at Duke this year will serve her well and hopes to continue some trends that this year’s treasurer, Kallmeyer, has set in place. “This year I am East Campus Council Treasurer, and by being treasurer I sat on the Campus Council finance com-
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mittee,” Greenfield said. “I would definitely like to continue to emphasize the small group funding.” Ralph Simon, currendy Edens quadrangle representative to Campus Council, is the sole upperclassman running for treasurer and places a strong emphasis on his resume. “I’m currently on Campus Council’s finance committee, I’m the secretary of my fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, and I was on East Campus Council as well,” Simon said. “I feel like I have basic organizational skills, social skills, and I’m good at just getting things done.” Vijay Brihmadesam, a freshman who is the treasurer of his dormitory’s House Council, believes he is less entrenched than others in student government, but stresses his commitment to improving the Quadrangle Model. “I’m more of an outsider, I would say, but the reason I decided to run for treasurer was because of the Quadrangle Model,” Brihmadesam said. The administration never really articulated what the Quad-based system was... [and] we should help develop it with them.” Rounding out the freshman candidates is John Papini, who, with Denoble, serves as an East Campus Council Representative. Papini feels that his strong sense of responsi-
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bility makes him the best candidate for the job. “The main thing [is] my ability to manage time, and I think that’s really important,” Papini said. This semester I took five and a half credits, I’m on the debate team and I’m doing student government.” Campus Council Communications Coordinator The contest for Communications Coordinator involves two Quadrangle Representatives—sophomore Katie Cox from the WEL Quadrangle, and junior Katherine Robinson from Few Quadrangle. Next year’s communications coordinator will chair the programming committee, and Cox believes her experiences in her quadrangle council would help her. “What I take from the WEL [Quadrangle] this year is seeing what piques student interest, and I’d take that and bring it to programming,” she said. Robinson believes she would have a special responsibility as communications coordinator to foster more interaction on campus. “It would be good for Campus Council to stand out even more to the student body next year... overall 1 think communication with students and the administration is the key,” she said.
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More than merely reflecting the unpredictability of the musical climate, though, this year artists'willingness to change their sound led to some disappointingly derivative discs and surprisingly successful smashes. While OutKast proved that as two separate artists their mix of funkedout pop and inventive hip-hop enabled them to achieve their greatest success as a group, other artists had slightly less-successful forays into pop. Despite the hype that accompanied both of their follow-up albums, Michelle Branch and Dashboard Confessional both failed to integrate conventional pop and introspective lyrics. Even conventional pop stars such as
Britney Spears and Janet Jackson relied heavily on production and produced albums of stale beats and transparent vocals. Over the course of the past school year, Recess also witnessed the emergence of suburban punk rock and Latin-influenced hip-hop,the increasingly popularity of British urban music and two invasions of Scandinavian and Australian artists. Still, it's not just about covering the music coming out ofyour stereo; it's about the events and issues that drivethe evolution of contemporary recording.This year Recess went to CMJ and SXSW, and previewed a number of other notable concerts.We explored the willingness ofartists
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ors. This was also the year that the record industry attempted to make music available through cheaper and legal means in the form of legal downloading services and the much-hyped Universal price cut. While a corporate version of Napster offered an adequate collection of songs, the price cut's delayed introduction contributed to its still dubious effect. Throughout, Recess has investigated the ideas and issues behind the music people either already listen to or should. More retrospectives on page 5
Attention Washington: Show us the money Recess Arts Editor Julia Fryett comments on the National Endowment for the Arts The Washington Monument is pretty tall—555 feet and 5.125 inches to be exact. If that monstrous obelisk symbolized the federal budget, then less than half of a blade of grass would represent how much is currently allocated to the National Endowment for the Arts. Ironic, considering Washington himself repeatedly stressed the importance of arts support in a democracy. He once eloquently declared,"To promote literature in this rising empire, and to encourage the arts, have ever been amongst the warmest wishes of my heart." Unfortunately, that warm wish was never translated into legislation, and today the federal government only tosses a few pennies in the direction of NBA arts support each year—4o cents per capita to be exact.
President Lyndon Johnson created the NBA in 1965,arguing that direct government arts support should be an integral component of national ideology. Under the leadership ofchair Nancy Hanks, who graduated from Duke in 1949, the NBA grew exponentially and experienced the largest budget increases in its history. But these glory years of the NBA would soon come to a screeching halt. The agency came under fire in the early 1990s when it funded several controversial artists and exhibitions. What followed was a series of passionate debates fueled by the fervor of the notorious Senator Jesse Helms who argued that the NBA should be annihilated, labeling the art as immoral continued on page 7
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The Recess Editors say goodbye:
I promised myself I wouldn’t cry Well, here we are. Way back in the August send-home, I promised you we'd get through this. I guaranteed survival. I said there was nothing to fear.Twenty-seven issues, a few sleepless nights, one imaginary girlfriend and one too many references to Britney Spears later, the sixth volume of Recess has wrapped.To this, I breathe a huge sigh of relief, because I was pretty sure I was lying to you the whole time. Here we are, nonetheless. Over the last four years, I've watched the faces of Recess change, but I hope that the vision has remained largely the same. We're an arts and entertainment magazine, and we've tried to be true to both components. We've previewed, reviewed, interviewed, investigated, tested, teased, mocked, made fun of, lampooned and laughed at everything we could get our grubby little paws on. We are so damn lucky. Most of us will probably never get another chance to attend advance screenings of movies or snag free CDs or eat dinner on someone else's dime.And most of us will certainly never find a more accommodating medium than these pages for our creativity, ora more receptive audience than you, the reader. For all of these opportunities, we are thankful. Someone once told me to surround myself with people who make me feel good and look good. My co-editor, Dean Chapman, has done both. Besides being an absolute joy to work with, his vision and creativity have made Recess so much better. I owe him my gratitude and a kidney should he ever need one. Due to my crippling fear of renal failure, however, he's only going to get the first.Thanks,Thrasher. It's hard to leave the party when you're still having a good time, and I've had a blast. Since I've been told there's no such thing as a Recess redshirt year, I guess I'll be going. Thanks to everyone on staff who made it such a pleasure. I loved every minute. —David Walters
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After an entire year at the co-helm of Recess, I now know the following things: •I am not the whitest person to have ever interviewed Ludacris. •The male multiple orgasm is a fraud. •I don't belong on "The Real World." •I'm a 'Mac person.' •I am not well-liked at Counseling and Psychological Services. •ThenewVHl isnotVH-Fun. •My sarcasm does not always translate effectively. •Jews don't save themselves for marriage. •Quentin Tarantino doesn't come through when you need him to, •Durham's a great place to eat a meal. •Girls who pose for Playboy like to remain anonymous. •50% of undergrad non-virgins have had sex in public. •The designer jean craze isn't going away. •My capacity to be annoyed by PR people is limitless. •Everyone in the world is in a band. [SEE ABOVE] •4 a.m. is early. •Nintendo will fly you to Seattle if you write a single story on them •Dick Brodhead is a busy, busy man. But the most important thing I've learned is that having an Arts & Entertainment magazine at Duke is an incredible thing.Our identity is surely a bit protean:serious stories and humorous ones; interviews with big movie stars and profiles oflocal bands; a giant spread on a documentary film festival and a cover story on masturbation.But ultimately I believe in the value of this variety, in its limitless ability to reflect and reveal the broad scope of our lives. It is my sincere hope that Recess will continue to embrace this unique and remarkable identity for years to come. Thanks to my brilliant staff (especially Hilary and Katie) for making this an outstanding volume! To my talented co-editor, David, thanks for being not only an extraordinary partner, but a good friend as well. What a great way to spend a year. —Dean Chapman
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Who knows why imaginary love goes bad? One day the two of you are on top of the world—laughing, hoping,planning a prefabricated future that includes several fake children and a nonexistent white picket fence —and the next day you're all alone.You're despondently crying with a telephone in your hand. But you don't call—not so much because you don't know what to say—but more so because you never knew her phone number in the first place, and *69 didn't work the last time she left a message because Imaginary Girlfriends has all its bases cov-
David wishes Janey would "say anything." He learned this trick from John Cusack
ered on this "call-block vice. Yes, it may be have loved and lost th never loved at all, bu keep your receipt, yo the way around. I was actually the one who called our relationship off, but I could sense the tension building on Janey's end, too. Sure, I have the hollow, face-saving honor of being able to say it was my decision, but I'm not sure either of us was happy anymore. It was like Janey was merely pretending to pretend to love me,and I'm not that kind of guy. "It's not you, it's me," I told her, but we're really both to blame. I accused her of cheating on me, and while I can't prove it, I also can't shake the feeling that —and this is terrible to say—she may have entertained multiple male suitors simultaneously. After I placed my order, I expected the Imaginary Girlfriends website to be updated or something, with a big red X over Janey's picture that said "Off the Market. David's Girl. Back off." This never happened, however, and although it's probably just post-break-up paranoia, there is a slight chance Janey is a relationship multi-tasker. Frankly, I just can't live with the nagging suspicion that she used special, personal phrases like "I love you, I love you, I love you" to other guys. That was ours. Yesterday when I checked my mailbox, I found the last remnant of the life I used to know: a letter from Miss Janey Lox.And although I was curious as to why it was postmarked Portland, Oregon when my Janey most definitely resides in San
icisco,a certain truth came :o me, and an agonizing iripped my heart one last ;d the paper to my nose deeply. It sort of smelled like cotton candy and made me a little nauseous, but then I imagined that our first date was probably at the circus or something, and it felt right.The note was decorated with an assortment of markers, crayons and highlighters, and I remembered how much I always admired my darling's creative flair, and the fact that she was the only 18-year-old I knew who still used Crayolas. But these are the bittersweet memories we pack away in the darkest corners of our hearts. My phone rang last night, but it wasn't Janey calling to beg me to take her back (as she must now do, or I'll sue her for breach of contract). It was Andy, a representative from 2checkout.com, the internet vendor associated with Imaginary Girlfriends. He was only calling to ensure I was the David Walters who had placed the order. (Apparently, buying imaginary girlfriends is a step more easily taken with stolen credit cards.) He asked me if I was satisfied with the service. I sighed painfully and thought about crying on his shoulder, but he seemed busy, and some things just can't be explained. I guess I'm a little jaded. Still, it's hard to resent Janey. For some of you, fake girlfriends may still be the way to go. I'm swearing off of it, however. Yep, from here on out, I'm going legit; only phone sex. No more romance... Bring on the imaginary ass!
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Recharged Tarantino The bride is back with a vengeance in Kill Bill: Vol. Two By Katie Latanich When you're being buried alive, the final nail in the coffin lid is a bad thing, relatively speaking. But maybe it's that first nail which really gets you thinking. Kill Bill: Vol. 2, the second installment of Tarantino's masterpiece, is overshadowed by its own sense of casket-closing finality. Vivica A. Fox (Copperhead) and Lucy Liu (Cottonmouth) bit it in Volume One, so we're left with Daryl Hannah (California Mountain Snake), Michael Madsen (Sidewinder) and of course, Bill himself (David Carradine). Uma Thurman, aka Black Mambo, would like to kill Bill. And doggone it, we're rooting for her. But sometimes, beginnings are more interesting than endings. All the things that get you out of bed in the morning—the goals, the passion, a sense of purpose, unadulterated bloodlust —are away of life, not a means to an end.Those final, climactic death-blow moments, from the wet squish of an eyeball to the metallic snick-swish of sword on bone, are the most fleeting of pleasures. To paraphrase
Michael Madsen's character, revenge has two sides: relief and regret.The thought of
killing Bill is much more satisfying and more thrilling than watching the old guy actually croak and wonder, hmm. Now what? The real kicker is that Volume Two is good. Better than good. One mustn't experience the five-point palm heart exploding technique, for example, to know that this is a very good, very effective method for disabling a mortal enemy. You'll see. The five-point palm heart exploding technique is for special occasions only. There's no way around it: watching the credits roll on a long-awaited sequel is a downer. Volume Two is scintillating and satisfying and sexy, and all those other good alliterative things, but it's also sad. Granted, if Uma didn't kill Bill (no spoilers, but whatever), we'd take to the streets and riot. Props to Tarantino for doing what needed to be done, with a lot of ■■ §\ style and even a little dignity. GRADE
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A Threatened Assassin Student filmmaker Laruen Wolkstein blends surrealism, horror and musical genres in her production.... By Katie Somers A tastefully half-nude blonde lies on the hood of an antique red convertible. An ominous man clad in a black suit appears in the background. Two more men, one holding a club, the other holding a net, gradually materialize in the foreground. "The man in the background should technically be standing next to a gramophone, but I couldn't find one,"explains Duke senior Lauren Wolkstein.The scene displayed on her brand new Macintosh editing suite is a tableau—a silent, motionless representation of a scene, in which each character assumes their proper position—of a Ren£ Magritte painting,"The Threatened Assassin.'The tableau is part of her senior independent study and latest film, tentatively named after the Magritte."The woman lying on the couch looks so naked and vulnerable,"Wolkstein said,explaining why the picture inspired her."But the three people looking at her don't do anything." In her tableaux, the couch becomes the convertible, and the witnesses and the victim become the characters in her film. Wolkstein's film centers around three witnesses' perceptions of date rape at a drive-in movie theater, in the vein of Kurosawa's 1950 classic Rashomon. But Wolkstein gives her film another twist: Each character tells their point of view from a different genre. Her idea, borne from a Duke-in-L.A.film class at DSC, was to "make a film that was a character study as well as applying different genres to each character's story.'The disgruntled concession stand employee gets a surrealist section that often lapses into destructive fantasies; the prostitute working the back line of cars gets horror; and the flighty model and her lover spontaneously burst into song in a musical section. For each section Wolkstein expertly incorporates elements characteristic of the respective genre.For the surrealist section, she and cinematographer Steve Milligan employ a fish-eyed lens, bright red lighting and a long take chopped down by rhythmic editing.The horror section is shot with harsh shadows and bright light and will be converted to black and white in post-production.lt was hard forWolkstein to veer away from making this section too campy—instead she tried to be creepily erotic like Nosferatu and other classic vampire films. The musical section will be shot with a Technicolor feel—hard to do considering she's saving money by shooting on video—and the actors will sing a song with lyrics by Wolkstein, composed for guitar
A still from Wolkstein's film, premiering a week from Friday.
by senior Jason Saltiel, and set to orchestra by an LA. composer. The final portion tying everythingtogether is shot Dogme-style.Dogme is the revolutionary film movement begun in 1995 by Lars Von Trier and other movie-makers who took a so-called "Vow ofChastity.'That is to say, they vowed to shoot on location, use only diagetic sound and hand-held cameras, shoot only in color, avoid the use of filters and artificial lights, and never credit themselves as directors.Therefore,the last section of the film is characterized not by its genre, but by its lack thereof. The finished product will be only twenty minutes long, butWolkstein has invested thousands ofher own dollars into the production.Though the owner ofthe drive-in (which doubles as a gun-shop by day), the actors (all Duke students) and the cinematographer have all agreed to give their services for free, the costs of the camera, film stock, microphones and editing equipment add up quickly. Wolkstein, who graduates this May,plans to enter TheThreatenedAssassin into several independent film festivals before applying to film school. The works ofWolkstein and other Film/Video/Digital certificates will be displayed at 7 p.m. in WhiteLecture Hall on April 23.
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ißecess remembers the days gone by FILM
The films you can’t forget
ARTS
The arts are all around you
E3y Katie Latanich
E3y Meghan Valerio
Forget the good, the bad. the brilliant, the boring and the Oscars. A film is what you make of it. For better or for worse—and for reasons all your own—what counts is what you remember three months, six months or a year down the road.
In an informal but widespread 2002 poll at Puke, researchers asked “What would you change about Puke?” One of the most popular responses was “the arts’scene.” To those in. the' University’s arts departments.,this was a bit of a surprise. The theater, dance and fine arts communities are small but strong. Over the past four years,
5o here’s to Charlie Kaufman, for suggesting that it’s enough to simply enjoy life in the moment, and here’s to Charlie Kaufman again, for admitting that maybe it’s not. Here’s to holding on to the ones that count: Quentin Tarantino's Kilt frill, which made violence funny again. Hayden Christiansen in Shattered Glass, and his portrayal of journalist Stephen Glass. Smart people make smart excuses, particularly for themselves. The Wachowski brothers and The Matrix trilogy, which kept Keanu occupied, and out of other movies, for a good four years. Pon Coscare Hi’s Pufeba Ho-Tep, because the King’s gonna keep on rockin’ till we say otherwise.
Peter Jackson and The Lordof theKings trilogy, which built the fantasy, took the prize and stepped aside Just in time. Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, which made us talk. X-Men 2, ‘cause there’s a little mutant in us ail Peter Weir’s Master and Commander, for the history that happened between the explosions. 21 Grams, for the anguish of imminence, and because Ignorance is bliss, Pirates of the Caribbean, just because. ARRRRR. Starship Troopers, which might possibly be communist propaganda. No room to explain.
And finally, Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain. Says Ruby Thewes; “They say this war is a cloud over these lands. Put they make the weather, and then they stand in the rain and say. Shit! It’s raining!” Here’s to drawing your own conclusions.
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Class of ‘O4 fashion flashback
the drama department has become the Pepartment of Theater Studies, increased its major’s popularity and built a $lO million facility adjacent to the Bryan Center. ■ The school’s visual art collections will soon take new residence in the $23 million Nasher Museum of Art, an extraordinary accomplishment, as commented on by Arts Editor Julia Fryett earlier this year. Senior Mark Pike and Blaise PePersia, ‘O3, have successfully implemented a photobooth in the Bryan Center, and despite the two bucks required to use it, someone’s almost always going in or out. Wendell Theater Group had a spring coup with A Perfect Ganeeh, a student-directed play put up in three weeks with inexplicably beautiful costumes, a creative design, baby-smooth set changes, stellar performances and a sold-out crowd. Hoof ‘n’ Horn, founded 65 years ago, returned to its roots this year and produced its first student-written musical this decade. We’ve seen the rise of Pance Slam and On Tap. the birth of Where’s Gus? Theater, Urgent Theater, and next year we’ll have the Broadway-bound Little Women playing on campus, allowing students to work with the likes of Susan Shulman and the winning Broadway star, Sutton Foster. Off-campus, students have worked consistently at Manbites Pog Theater in Purham and painted with children at community centers, and some lucky Puke dancers will patter across the stage at the Kennedy Center this summer with Ron Brown’s dance company. To those who doubt the presence of the arts at Puke, the message is clear: Look around you —and you’ll be amazed by what you see.
ENTERTAINMENT
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Sometimes recalling what you were wearing takes you back in time better than anything else. In this spirit, we ask: Po you remember...? Freshman year Piscovering Uniquities —and all the Susanna W\onacco and Trina Turk that goes with it? Walking to that cute Simply Hip (or simply something—it vanished after freshman year as if in protest of its Purham location) boutique in Srightleaf? Slack-and-white everything? Wearing sweater jackets and losing them in piles at George’s? Girls in Patagonia’s from Soston meeting girls in Lilly from Charlotte? And, of course, the all-time, male favorite; trading capns for mini skirts? Sophomore Year A real mail finally opening? Realizing it still wasn’t quite a real mall but not even caring at this point? Gaining cleavage for the first time thanks to Moulin RougeLouis Vuitton going ghetto with its graffiti bag? Puke students inspired posing as hippies in boho-chic (this notably does not mean they adopted 70s activism and started picketing... sorry Pean Chafe)? Junior Year bringing a melting pot of styles back from abroad? Wearing all black all winter and then finding wonderful redemption in the candy-colored spring? Polka dots? Chanel-inspired tweed pieces? Satin cargo pants '(was that only a year ago? God help us.)? The LV Murakami bag? The millions of fake LV Murakami bags? Senior Year The pajamas you were still wearing when you managed to make it to your one 5 p.m. Monday class? The suit you wore again and again to every interview? Ugg boots. Ugg boots and Ugg boots, with tucked-in jeans, pleated mini-skirts and (gasp) even yoga pants? La Perla lingerie and pearls (which are not mutually exclusive)? And sadly—looking ahead three weeks—too-short synthetic graduation gowns and mascara-stained faces?
You reach for your wallet anxiously and approach the front door to Cafe Parizade like a thirsty and cramped coach passenger fiddling with the curtain entrance to the first class cabin on an airplane. Fumbling your fake IP with trembling freshman fingers, you hope the bouncer won’t spot your moist brow or heavy breathing. For the rest of freshman year you enjoy these Thursday night Parizade parties, rubbing your sweaty body against other clueless freshmen to “Ride Wit Me” in complete darkness, attaching yourself to any upperclassmen who would talk to you. Sophomore year you decide you hate freshmen and so Parizade must be avoided at all costs. Mugshots tries to fill the void, but their inconsistent IP policy puzzles the student body, allowing easy entry on all nights except for when the miserable munchkin officer’s Napoleon complex costs our class about 90 perfectly good fake IP’s. Rum Runners revolutionizes Wednesday nights with 75 cent drinks and the piano man. Shooters becomes the hot spot for bid nights and four-ways, so you ride the bull until the lights come'on at is dispersed faster than a human rights convention in 2 am, and the Communist China. Junior year sees a reveal of your appreciation for Parizade, but only from the back room where you laugh at all the clueless, sweaty freshmen, bully’s and the WaPuke on points hit the scene as the ultimate bar odd couple—extensile drink specials for a dollar or expensi/e drink sessions on daddy. And ahh, senior year rolls around, and you find yourself in the same stool at Charlie’s by the conclusion of every night, whether it be Wednesday or Saturday, Sunday or Monday, rubbing elbows with filthy bikers and best friends and lamenting the end of an era: so many beers, so many bars, and four years come to a cruel close with a few wild weeks of doing the same thing, at the same places, with the same people. And we wouldn't have it any other way.
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Who’s up first on Last Day of (lasses? By Sean Biederman Opening acts don't get much recognition. At times, that lack of attention is well warranted, but once in a while, you'll get lucky and see two quality shows for the price of one. Such will be the case at this year's Last Day of Classes. Dilated Peoples, an innovative hip-hop trio out ofLos Angeles, is deserving of your punctuality on April 21. You may recall their 2001 hit "Worst Comes to Worst" or the track "Live on Stage," which was featured in EA Sports' NBA Street Vol. 2. Whether you know it or not, you have probably also heard Dilated Peoples' current single off their third and latest album, Neighborhood Watch. "This Way," produced by and featuring LDoC headliner Kanye West, has found commercial success in television ads for Volvo's new S4O sedan, one of the safest cars in its class. Dilated Peoples consists of three members: two MCs, Evidence and Rakaa Iriscience, and DJ Babu. Evidence can be identified by his aggressive, rapidfire rhymes while Iriscience is characterized by an almost ethereal smoothness in his lyricism. Babu, a member of the Beat Junkies crew, is one of the West Coast's finest turntablists. Among his many honors
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International Turntablist Federation (ITF) Beat Juggling and Scratching Champion. In less than a week, Dilated Peoples comes to Duke, bringing their thoughtful brand of hip-hop that has thrived in the underground, but has only recently been accepted by mainstream listeners. With the success of The Roots in recent years, the rapid ascendance of Kanye West both as an MC and a producer and the growing popularity ofTalib Kweli and Common, hip hop is drifting away from its reputation as a realm of bling and bitches.Of course, this is not to say that acts like 50 Cent and GUnit or Ludacris are likely to fade away any time soon, but in the current climate of national confusion, a more meaningful sect of the genre is certainly coming into its own. As the liner notes of Dilated Peoples' 2000 album, The Platform, states,"All movements begin underground." With that said, one criticism levied on The Peoples is that their lyrics often vacillate between constructive introspection and brazen self-promotion. This
style, however, is not a reflection of creative confusion or ambivalence, but rather a natural by-product of the rap battles and recreational freestyling characteristic of the underground scene in which they were bred. Either way, you'll like what you hear. So, on Last Day of Classes, don't just come for Kanye because Dilated Peoples promises to pull off a headlining show of their own. And, with hip hop this good, you'll want to keep your eyes wide open.
Retrospective on rock: a look back at the year in local music By Robert Winterode It's fitting that Merge Records is celebrating its 15-year anniversary after a spectacular year in local music.The Durham-based indie record label, bandmembers of two spearheaded by when many Superchunk, began in Chapel Hill local bands were gaining national coverage. In 2003 —despite the loss of Radio-Free Records, Durham's only independent record store—there were a number of notable local indie rock releases—Portastatic's The Summer of the Shark among others —that got critics around the nation talking. Jett Rink's eponymous debut was one such release. With a live-wire stage presence and frenetic vocal/instrumental arrangements to match, singer Viva fronts the band as a rock spirit materialized. I first saw Jett Rink play at the Compulation, a compilation of songs from local rock groups, release party, which in and of itself was the closest thing to a tribute to the region.The honors for the Compulation and the Jett Rink EP go to the intrepid visionaries at Durham's new record label Pox
World Empire.The"Poxperiment"is coming. The vets at Merge themselves heralded arguably the area's next big thing. The Rosebuds wowed enough critics, including myself, with their worldwide premiere Make Out to get on several end of the year top ten lists. With a sound that harkens back to the Smiths if they did sunny poprock, the band has constructed some of the tightest melodies in decades. However, this year's local rock heroes have to be The Butchies. Back with their strongest set of songs yet, they stick true to the pop formula, inserting just a little bit of grrl rock'tude here and there. I've never seen a band have more fun on stage, nor one that radiates such a rock-star presence. This summer's musical releases are even more promising. You will know The Comas, Chapel Hill's rockin'stoners;Tres Chicas, alt-country with a feminine edge; des_ark, poignant vignettes crooned by a rock banshee; Go Machine, electronic rock at its melodious best and hip-hop visionaries, Little Brother.
Two of our local favorites:The Butchies (above) and The Rosebuds.
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May, Jessica plans to teach dance full-time and introduce her choreography to as many people as possible in an While many Duke students focus on professional careers with set paychecks, senior Carrie Able decided to effort to gain exposure. Jessica's decision to pursue her passion for dance postpursue her passion for painting. Carrie is a Visual Arts/Art was simple"! could not sit behind a deskall day graduation who to the few plans spend next History major years paintno matter what and a or museum. intensively working gallery at I was doing!" She acknowledges that her ing Eventually she hopes to develop a portfolio and attend path is "definitely physically harder" then a typical job, and that it is also mentally challenging as well."No matter how graduate school at Columbia or Yale. Choosing to experience life as a struggling artist was a difficult choice for difficult it is, it is always worthwhile for me. I have a passion someone who originally opted for Duke over art school to for movement, creativity and children, and I look forward to keep her options open. But after having her art featured in sharing that passion." —Gillian Barnard National Geographic—She recreated Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel on the Pegram Bench—and relying on Danny Smith, Drama. "When I first entered Duke I had sort of planned on painting as an emotional outlet during the course of her father's recent death, Carrie now becoming a doctor which is understands the psychological about as stable a career as you can get.Then I decided to drop it necessity of art in her life. and go for acting which is about Currently, Carrie is using oils on canvas to juxtapose realist figures as volatile a career as you can with modernist backgrounds. choose," explained graduating Several of these paintings will be senior Danny Smith. A Theater showcased in an exhibit in the and English major, Danny plans to move to Chicago after graduation East Campus Art Building during finals week. Peter Lasch, Carrie's to pursue acting. As he describes independent study professor who them, his plans to break into actCarrie Able poses next to her self-portrait. organized the show, has inspired ing are relatively standard. the senior to pursue art after graduation and believes she "I plan to start auditioning as soon as possible, but I'll be successful. her need to get a job such as bar-tending or waiting tables that will Carrie hopes art can one day inspire others to follow their interests instead of a six-figure salary. will provide me with flexibility." While theater is where he Richards wants to focus in ordertogrowasan actor, Danny acknowl—Lexi edges that Chicago is "a prime location for commercial Jessica Knight-Walker, Dance. As a freshman Jessica Knight-Walker was a Sociology work which pays very well." Danny is not a stranger to the professional acting world. major. It took a public policy class with professor Sheila Last year he took his first professional acting job at the local Kerrigan to change her mind. Manbites Dog Theater Company. Despite his success he is "The class was on community theater's purpose inchangaware of the inevitable difficulties in such an endeavor. He ing culture and society," she explained"! realized that my talthat the support of his friends and family, as well explains ents really lay in the realm of the arts, specifically dance, and his for acting motivate him. as passion that this would be my opportunity to change things. I realallows me to express myself in so many different "Acting ized that I could use my creative energies in collaboration roll that ways. Every with others to really make a difference in their lives." 1 take on is something completely new, brand and never get bored with it.... Acting is someI Having taught dance classes in Chapel Hill since she was can be he said. thing happy doing," I in high school, Jessica was able to design a Program II —GillianBarnard major that focused on teaching and choreography. This
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MIKE SCHNEIDER "I'd say the leader going into spring was Mike Schneider. He's a strong-armed QB who can make a lot of big plays." (QB Coach Tom Knotts)
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The Chronicle previews the ACC Tournaments for Duke’s spring teams.
Incumbent leads race to QB Duke on gridiron in 604 by
"Mike Schneider, right now, is our starting quarterback." (Head Coach Ted Roof)
CURT DUKES "He's grown up playing option football, and he's having to learn how to run a pass-orientEd attack but he is a
tremendous athlete with excellent speed and strength. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't find himself on the field somewhere on this
football team at some point in the game." {Knotts)
CHRIS DAPOLITO "I don't know how many games he started, but I know he's got some starts under his belt. He's a fifth-year senior
who's a great leader; kids seem to rally around him. He's an excellent athlete and we think he can get the job done." (Knotts) "Chris Dapolito's getting better by leaps and bounds/' (Roof)
Michael Mueller THE CHRONICLE
Ready, set, go A quarterback controversy is brewing at the Yoh Football Center. Three talented signal-callers are all vying for the right to take the Blue Devils’ first snap against Navy September 4. Two of the candidates are well known to Duke fans. Redshirt sophomore Mike Schneider started eight games for the Blue Devils last year, winning three of them. The Sharon, Pa., native was the lynchpin of a three-pronged quarterback attack last year, throwing for 1,220 yards and four touchdowns, good for best on the team in both categories. Timed at a 4.7 40-yard dash coming out of high school, Schneider is also an adept scrambler, just as capable of making defenders miss him out of the pocket as he is throwing the ball 40 yards down the field. With statistics and measurables like those, it isn’t difficult to see why he’s the early leader for the starting job. “He’s a strong-armed quarterback who can make a lot of big plays,” said Tom Knotts, Duke’s new quarterbacks coach, adding that Schneider had the strongest and most accurate arm of the three. Contestant number two, Chris Dapolito, is a fifth-year senior with one career start. His start number, however, can be deceiving; he has played in 15 games and, as a fifthyear senior, Dapolito has more experience than any of the other candidates on Duke’s roster. As such, the Matawan, N.J., native commands respect and has the greatest leadership qualities of the three quarterbacks. “Kids seem to rally around [Dapolito],” Knotts said. “He’s an excellent atldete, and we think he can get the job done.” As if that wasn’t enough, Dapolito also completed an impressive 55.6 percent of his passes last year, good for best on the team, in compiling a 113.73 quarterback rating, also tops. The last contestant, Curt Dukes, is the X-factor in the entire competition. Once upon a time, Dukes was one of the most highly coveted high school quarterbacks in the nation. A SuperPrep All-American who was rated as the No. 9 “Dual-threat” quarterback in America his senior year by Rivals.com, the Stony Point, N.C., native held formal scholarship offers from Duke, Nebraska and Penn State as a senior in high school. “He was a catalyst, one hard-nosed tough kid,” said Nick Bazzle, Dukes’ coach at Newton-Conover High School. “[Nebraska quarterbacks coach] Turner Gill told us that Curt was one of the best passing quarterbacks they SEE QB RACE ON PAGE 13
Breaking down the quarterbacks “1 think all three of these guys are tough guys...l’ve coached Chris Leak, and he’s so physically and mentally tough, and these three guys match their toughness. I’m real pleased with that. I haven’t seen them flinch a bit, they’ve been unflappable.’’ —QB coach Tom Knotts
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Ed Venit does not always remember Duke basketball games by the scores, the tough plays or the bad calls by the refs. Instead, many games he remembers by what he and other Cameron Crazies wore or what the students cheered at the opposing team. Many people remember Venit and his four fellow graduate student Cameron Crazies for their unique outfits and personalities developed within the confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium, and now for their selection by Screensavers.com as the top college basketball fans. There was the time before a game when Venit—not wearing his traditional gametime outfit of a viking helmet, sunglasses and No. 12 Steve Wojciechowski jersey—was spotted by a fan from Idaho, a lifetime Blue Devils fan who recognized Venit as the “viking guy” from televised Duke basketball games. “I thought, .‘how the hell do you know who I am? You’re from Idaho,”’Venit said. However, that game is probably remembered by most people as last season’s 83-74 victory over UNC. There was the game in which Venit, and fellow Crazy Jeff Kovacs, whose attire consists of a mullet wig, sunglasses and a sweatband, got to “wipeout” with the band rolling along the floor of Cameron with the Blue Devil mascot moving over them on a surfboard. “The trombone section is not made up of big guys,” Venit said. “We were like two speed bumps [and made] a bigger wave than the devil is used to.” Others remember that game as February 22’s 86-63 win against Maryland. It was also at the Maryland win, the one in which “undergraduates were dressed as Smurfs,” that Venit, Kovacs and their group of three other graduate students were offered an entry in the Craziest College Hoops Fan contest by the Duke athletic department. of the contest designed by The results screensavers.com’s Mark Hughes were determined by which image was downloaded the most for computer wallpaper. Of the 4,000 downloads, the “Viking guy and friends” beat out Blue Devil twins “Nina and Brianne” for the top spot and monetary prize ofeither one-cent for every download or $l,OOO. The rest of the top-five included the Husky Pep Band of UConn, a Big East fan with “Boston College” on the right side of his painted head and “University of Pittsburgh” on the left side, and a Syracuse painted face. “It was March Madness and one of the things that —
Ed Venit,foreground with fake joint in mouth, and JeffKovacs have served as the pillars of the graduate student section in recent years. For their efforts—and their costumes—they recently were recognized for the excellent work as fans of thebasketball team. used during his comes through is obviously the madness,” Hughes said male cheerleader uniform that he actually cheerleader Duke as an undergraduate. website, visual so we short stint as a about the competition. “We’re a Fisher, who graduated last year, was a male cheerleader in decided to tie it into the Final Four.” While computer wallpaper is a new venue for the its short revival during the football’s 1999 fall season. Kevin Kesseler, who is known for his bald head, has cregroup of Cameron Crazies, they are used to appearing on ESPN’s Sportscenter or on broadcasts ofDuke basketball ated his look as a tribute to his mother, who has cancer. The group, which has included about eight to ten guys, games. his lack has helmet from developed from a common interest not in basketball Venit’s viking actually originated necessarily, but in drinking, according to Venit. of television exposure during his time as an undergradu‘The question of ‘Who will bring the drinks’ has motiate at Duke from 1994 to 1998. His mother, who used to him, he vated us to get our act together,” Venit said. TV, on could not see so pulled watch the games Ben Torbert, an engineering graduate student the viking hat out of an old Halloween costume to make known as “Throatybeard,” joined with Venit when the himself more visible. now,” two, who were familiar during their time as Duke underme Venit can see “Even my grandmother
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had had since before Scott Frost.” Dukes opted for Nebraska coming out of high school, entering a world of great expectations. Early on, the young quarterback showed promise, tying for second on Nebraska’s depth chart as a true freshman. “I think Nebraska fans got their hopes up because he was kind of a physical type of runner,” said Brian Rosenthal, sportswriter for the Lincoln Journal-Star. “He was a bigger, physical guy who liked contact, and a lot of people compared him to Scott Frost when he came here.” Unfortunately for Husker fans, Dukes transferred out of the program after one year. “I just didn’t feel comfortable there,” Dukes said, reflecting on his transfer. “I wasn’t happy with myself or the direction I was moving.” The Huskers’ loss, however, turned out to be the Blue Devils’ gain. Dukes transferred to Duke last year, manning the scout team while he waited a year to become eligible under NCAA transfer rules. Now eligible, he adds gasoline to a raging competition for Duke’s starting
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“Curt Dukes has certainly raised some
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done,” Duke head coach Ted Roof said. “He brings toughness; he can run with the ball, get on the perimeter, move the pocket, and things of that nature.” Despite having played in the runheavy option offense his entire football career, he too has a remarkably strong arm, capable of heaving spirals 50 yards downfield. Additionally, Dukes has reportedly been timed at a staggering 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash and could bench press over 400 pounds com-
ing out:of high school. A exceptional athlete, Dukes could possibly wind up playing a position other than quarterback if he does not win the starting job. “I think Curt is too good of an athlete to be standing on our sidelines,” Knotts said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t find himself on the field somewhere on this football team at some point in the game.” For all his athleticism, however, even Dukes will admit that he needs to work on his quarterbacking skills before fitting into the pass-oriented Blue Devil offense. “I really need to brush up a little bit on mechanics and proper footwork,” Dukes said. “It’s something I’ve never really been taught; out there in Nebraska it was mostly option and we didn’t really concentrate on the passing game.” Nonetheless, the quarterbacks involved in this battle royale have yet to feel the heat of the contest.
“Competition’s always going to improve the way you play,” Dapolito said. “But during spring ball the focus necessarily isn’t on competition but on learning the offense because we have to run the team.” In fact, Roof, while reiterating that Schneider is the current leader for the starting job, mentioned that the contest was helping his quarterbacks improve. “Mike Schneider right now is our starting quarterback,” Roof said. “But all of them are competing, and it’s a good race. It makes all of them better.” Additionally, Roof confirmed that all three quarterbacks would get playing time during the upcoming football season. “I think you’re going to see all three of them,” Roof said. “In what capacity and what situations, who- knows, but you’re Chris Dapolito has impressed coaches with his leadership ability in spring ball thus far. going to see all of them.”
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Psychology SHS Colloquium Speaker Series: 4spm. Ilene Siegler, Ph.D. Sociology/Psychology Building, Room 319. Exploring Issues in International Medicine Series: 4-6pm. Richard Chaisson, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Diseases. “’HIV and TB’ What are the important reciprocal interactions in resource limited countries.” Popßio Seminar: 7pm. Young Wha Lee, Duke University. "Comparative genetic mapping of intra-
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Religious THURSDAY, APRIL 15 Weekly Eucharist (Holy Communion): s;3opm, Thursdays. Wesley Office (Chapel Basement). Graduate Christian Fellowship: 6pm, dinner; 6:45pm, program. Dr. Richard Hays (New Testament) and Dr. Grant Wacker (American Christianity) will be speaking on Christian perspectives on the nation of Israel, ill be ample time for question and answer as well. Q & A. Chapel Basement. Come and bring a friend. For info
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Upcoming: April 17, 2-6 pm. MAYFAIRE. Edens Quad, Gazebo Lawn. The Arts Theme Housepresents Mayfaire, a medieval celebration of spring, with Maypole Dancing, Human Chess, Archery, Crafts, Games and Refreshments! Free activities, food and drink for all comers. Rain date: Sunday, April 18th. Sponsored by ATH, Quad Council, Campus Council and the Multicultural Fund. Upcoming: April 17. Run for the Lemurs; The Duke University Primate Center 6th Annual 5K Run for the Lemurs at the Duke Golf Course Trail. Registration is available online at www.lemurlanding.com.
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Upcoming: Bpm, April 24. A Reading By Lucille Clifton. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center. This event is Free and Open to the Public . For More Information call (919)668-9000. Volunteer: Community Service Center. Contact Dominique Redmond, 684-4377 or http://csc.stu-
dentatfairs.duke.edu. As little as 2 hours/week. Women’s Center. 126 Few Fed, or 684-3897.
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Durham Farmers Market: Saturdays, 8-12. Rain or Shine. Located on Morris St. one block south of the Old Ball Park. For more information, visit www.durhamfarmersmarket.com or cal 484-3084. DUMA exhibition; Through May 16. Koz’ma Prutkov; A View of St, Petersburg. Thirty-one handcolored etchings with aquatint by Alla Ozerevskaia and Anatoly Yakolev illustrate a 1990 edition of the writings of Koz'ma Prutkov, described as “the greatest Russian writer who never lived." Prukov was the collaborative invention of four poets in nineteenthcentury St. Petersburg and quickly became a cult figure. These prints reveal the continued relevance of the political aphorisms of the fictitious, nineteenth-century bureaucrat and writer. Call for Location: Duke Museum Hours: 684-5135 University Museum of Art. -
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Taking safety to task a string of armed rob- jectives. First, immediate steps beries and sexual assaults must be taken to ensure safety, on and around campus, Second, the commission should administrators have finally de- devise a larger grand strategy for cided to commission a formal campus safety that incorporates task force to address the Univer- East, West and Central Campussity’s safety concerns. This is a es, as well as the safety of offcampus individuhuge step in the keeping in direction, right STAFF EDITORIAL mind the probut the members of the committee must be care- posed expansions of Central and ful to focus their attention on East Campuses, In the near future, the force immediate improvements, and should find creative ways to imnot stray into only long-term planning. Safety needs to be in- prove lighting across campus and on major thoroughfares and footcreased without delay. Campus services officials, in con- paths around residential areas, junction with the Duke University This is especially important in Police Department, have made Edens and on Central campus, strides to improve students’ safety somewhat isolated areas that are on and off-campus in recent prone to suspicious activity. In admonths. Increased police patrols dition, emphasis should be placed and an heightened emphasis on on police presence late at night awareness were important actions around East and in major off-camin the wake of the Bryan Center pus residential areas. Police should robbery and other incidents. How- keep an eye out, not to break up ever, the two recent sexual assaults parties, but to watch out for Duke on-campus have proven that the students. Once immediate concerns are problem is far from under control. the commission Furthermore, the administration’s addressed, failure to notify the student body of should turn its focus towards these incidents in a prompt and in- mapping out a long-term strateformative manner calls into ques- gy for campus safety, This would include standard tion the basic framework through which Duke approaches the safety procedures for dissemination of information and warnings to stuof its students. With these concerns in mind, dents, policies for increased DUPD presence across campus, the task force, under the leadersafety precautions for the new ship of Vice President for Campus Services Kamel Dawkins, dorm on East Campus and overall student safety. should focus on two primary ob-
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Christian law not inconsistent Wednesday’s column by Emin Hadziosmanovic epitomizes the complete ignorance that most people have regarding Christian theology. Hadziosmanovic obviously does not know or understand Christian theology, and his column is erroneous in two ways: First, Old Testament law (according to Christian doctrine) is divided into three categories: civil, moral and ceremonial law. The civil law in the Old Testament was for the nation of Israel only, therefore Christians today are no longer under that aspect of law (ex: death penalty for breaking the Sabbath). The ceremonial law, being fulfilled in the person of Christ, is also no longer applicable (the eating of shellfish, various dietary laws and sacrifices no longer have to be obeyed). Further, Acts 13 explicitly relieves Christians of having to obey the dietary laws. The moral law, however, is still under effect; thus the prohibitions on fornication, homosexuality and marriage with a non-Christian are still applicable (being moral laws that were reinforced in the New Testament: see 2 Corinthians 6:14, Ro-
mans 1:24-27). Therefore Christians do not have to live consistently with the entire Bible in order to be able to appeal to the Bible for their moral authority. They need only to show that the part of the Bible that they no longer live in accordance with is no longer applicable for the stated reasons. Second, Mr. Hadziosmanovic seems to think that just because “Christians” live inconsistently with the Bible then they cannot appeal to it for moral authority. This is simply not the case: just because some may live inconsistently with or even not believe something does not make it false. Therefore, it does not matter whether Christians as a whole act consistently with the Bible or even believe it to be inerrant. To show that the Bible cannot legitimately (and solely) be used to justify morality Hadziosmanovic is going to have actually argue against its principles, not just point out the inconsistencies of its followers.
Wayne Parker Trinity ’O7
On ‘whiteness’
I’m
a young, heterosexual white guy. I often eration has become the absence of art, understanding and soul. In a world where vicwear pastel-colored Polo shirts and khaki timization is social currency, it’s the privithat slack over a of “Reef’ lazily pair pants flip-flops. Every once in a while, I meet my leged white guys like me who are bankrupt. Instead of trying to realize our parents’ friends at Starbucks—you know, just to talk. You’ve met people like me. You’ve seen us dreams of dissolving the color line, my genstopped at traffic lights on “yellow” or heard us eration seems intent on widening it. It’s one chatting about our LSAT scores. You may have of the greatest risks to our modern effort for seen us at fiat parties, drinking Bud Lights or social justice. But as long as white students are told that doing “keg stands.” You also might have seen us making “air quotes” around words like “keg racial empathy is impossible, why should they even try to empathize? The same education that stand”—when we say them out loud. We’re some of the least controversial people taught about “white privilege” forgot one of privilege’s most dangerous and contagious you know... but I have something very controsymptoms: indifference. Social privilege affords versial to say. more than just being able to get a bank loan or You see, I’m also the whitest hail a taxi-cab. know. I’ve been told this guy you It gives members of the enough to know it’s true, even if Matt majority the luxury of walkI don’t quite understand what it means. Some people hint at it, ing away from the arguments Guest Commentary they need to hear most. whereas others just come right One evening, I sat-in at a out and say it. Once, during a at Duke’s small meeting Mary-Lou Williams theater an adult actor told me community play, Center for Black Culture. The students refused I would play a great Nazi. As you can imagine,I didn’t quite know what to speak to me and sneered comments about the “color” of The Chronicle’s staff. I felt small. to say. It’s as if my whiteness were a piece of food One of the administrators, the Vice Presilodged between my two front teeth. Everyone dent for Institutional Equity, turned to me and hints at it, but I can’t seem to get it out. Two years ago, I volunteered to be the started to tell me a story about Duke’s most cel“Women and Minority Affairs” writer for The ebrated history professor. Recently, she said, Chronicle. It seemed like an exciting job—- this black professor had taken a trip to the White House where the President awarded him when things get hairy on Duke’s ethnically polarized campus, it’s usually because of race is- for his excellent scholarship. “He was standing in the foyer, waiting to go sues. For me, Duke is a fascinating racial inside,” she said, her anger building as her microcosm—and I wanted to study it. I expected people to be angry. After all, voice rose to a crescendo. “And a white woman how was the world’s whitest guy ever going came over to him and asked him to take her to understand race? But I also expected to coat. She thought he was a butier!” I felt a profound shame and an impulse to be given a chance. White people, I kept hearing, can’t emapologize. How could I apologize for being pathize with people of color. White privilege white? How could I convince her that I empathized with the man, that I understood her keeps them from ever being able to really understand cultural issues. anger—despite my race? As her eyes moistened and her head leaned It was the hypocrisy of this litany that bothered me the most. It’s true—I will never have to towards mine, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in her pupils. I saw my pastel polo shirt and hide my voice because of an accent or hear motorists lock their doors when I walk by. I’m my pastel pink skin—in sharp relief to her blessed to never have to fully comprehend brown eyes and dark face. I could see what she these day-to-day degradations. But if it’s my race was seeing. I hadn’t deserved her angry shoutalone that keeps me from understanding these ing, but it wasn’t me she was yelling at. It was racial issues, then we, as a pluralistic society, that thing—that colonizing, enslaving thing—may as well throw in the collective towel. that damn, un-removable piece of food between my teeth. It was my chronic, incurable There’s no point in even trying. whiteness that she found so offensive. I wanted to think that Duke’s liberal stuWe had been two people having a conversadents would be able to look beyond my skin color and judge my work for its merit alone. tion about race in America, and now we had But mine is a generation brought up on a reached a familiar impasse. As the silence behealthy diet of Toni Morrison and hip-hop—- tween us grew deafening, I wondered, where do to whom “color” is tantamount to all things we go from here? cultural. Just as the color “white” is actually MattBradley is a Trinity senior. the absence of color, “whiteness” for my gen-
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I’ve always been fairly critical of house in Cape Town is a veritable hodgepodge of personality. Duke’s inferiority complex, but after livThere’s Deion the stoner from ing with students from Princeton, Wesleyan and an “unknown” school in Michileftist New England liberal arts colyour lege; Eunice the witty and wild amateur gan, not to mention the interaction with the 300 other American students in Cape runner; her Michigan classmate, Ruth Anne, who’s the libertarian fundamentalist Town, I’ve realized that Dukies’ checked Christian; Joost, the fellow Dutch Dukie; ego might just make us better, more socially acceptable human beings. and finally Jacob, a paradox of liberal elitTo avoid a defamation ism from Princeton. of character lawsuit, I Surprisingly, our house won’t go into details remelded together beautigarding Jacob’s incessant fully. Right after our last comments about the fact roommate arrived in early that he has to pay three February, we all headed to American cents for a plasCarte Blanche to make tic bag at the grocery our collective appearance store or the fact that he the bar in neighborhood scene. Jacob tipsily came (Christopher Scovillc can !" a^wa7 s US h* s P ar r ents credit card to buy a out of the closet to the Topher’s Parade two-dollar glass of wine. I house, and we all had one suppose Jacob’s longing big gay hug on the small for American convendance floor. The honeymoon period lasted for ience and culture is not unique to his Ivy about six weeks, until Jacob’s obsession League brethren. What is unique are his with Princeton, his eating club and his crass and insensitive reminders that he theories on academic social Darwinism got in to the Ivy of Ivies. And his attitude is pretty typical of started testing everyone’s nerves, even the ever-congenial and nonjudgmental most of students here who think they go daughter of missionaries’. Just so you to elitist schools and could never reasonably except to talk politics with the lowly know, Jacob didn’t make it into the überelite Ivy Club at Princeton, just one of the minions from UYA or Colgate. The students I’m speaking of relish in fringe elite eating clubs. Duke has a funny inferiority complex. their privilege, rather than thinking critiWe’re not an Ivy League, but we like to cally of the socio-political-economic factors that created the context that allowed them remind ourselves that we’re still a to apply to these schools to begin with. 10” school ranked higher than half of the of higher We don’t live a bastion in Ivys. Jacob’s theory of academic social Darwinism would have us believe that he got in to education in the Northeast. Princeton while thousands of other applito the that adWe love fact our forget mittance rate is about double that of cants didn’tbecause he alone is capable of Brown, Columbia, Harvard, Cornell and so handling the academic rigor and heavy on. For some, Duke is a “reach school.” coursework. It’s a pretty stupid theory, and For others, Duke is practically a “safety I certainly don’t need to spell out its weakschool.” Nonetheless, Duke provides us nesses, but it’s one that I wouldn’t except from someone with the supposed academwith a pretty damn good education with acic prowess to be a competitive applicant to cess to faculty members that a lot of stua school like Princeton. don’t have. dents at peer institutions '
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I’ve learned from the PrincetonianHarvardite clan here that no amount of superior academic training, even at Duke, can instill necessary traits of humility and social grace. The dismissive attitudes I witness from these elitist study abroad comrades is, in a word, disgusting. The two girls in my house from Albion College in Michigan bare the brunt of Jacob’s, I would hope, unconscious attacks on those who lost out in the game of “academic social Darwinism.” They may not go to Yale, but they’re certainly more interesting and sympathetic individuals than the elite crew who weave an invisible web around themselves that screams elitism. The web is spun in a number of creative ways, from throwing in X-elitist University references whenever possible to “subtly” dropping SAT scores. When the SAT score comes out of the bag, that’s generally when I walk away. It doesn’t end there. To avoid interaction with state
schoolers, the elites gravitated to one another to create a little slice of comfortable elitism right here in Cape Town. The Dukies were graciously offered admission, but all of us are just fine hanging out without the baggage of competition, smugness and elitist incest. While not the most important lesson to learn while abroad, I’m thankful for getting a glimpse of the elitist attitudes I might have encountered at a “peer institution.” We may have had topnotch applications and gained admission to an elitist school called Duke, but at least most of us are aware there’s more to life than a name. I hope when other Duke students go abroad, they receive the “wow, you go to Duke” comments with more grace and humility than what I’ve witnessed from the elite crew in Cape Town.
Christopher Scoville is a Trinity junior. His column appears every third Thursday.
Washington spin This is a country where we consider two weeks off of spring, while I was studying in Australia, three climbers strapped on their harnesses and ascended work per year generous, yet our President has spent almost eight months of his term at his ranch in Texas, in adthe Sydney Opera House, painting NO WAR on its famous white walls 20 feet high in brick-red, before returning dition 278 days at retreats in Kennebunkport or Camp David. Although one could argue that President Bush can to the ground and their eventual arrest. The press asked Bob Carr, the premier of New South work from the Crawford ranch, I find it difficult to imagWales, if the defacement were an indicator of a security ine much productivity when the rest of the governement, with whom he should be in constant contact, in Washingproblem at the Opera House. ton. Apparendy Crawford is as much a den of ‘Well,” he responded, with a bit of a slack as my apartment. That’s where Mr. Bush sneer, “obviously.” Aug. 6, 2001, when he first received a was liked Australia. I really briefing of Osama’s aim to attack the U.S. Imagine that this happened in the Alas, though, when I slack off in my apartUS, and a few daredevils scaled the ment, the only thing that burns is my GPA. Washington Monument to paint a poWashington spin reminds me a lot of the litical message—say, a big 649, the curspin at Duke, with its senseless memos, sunumber of Americans dead or rent problem-solving and sneaky means to perficial —and the were press missing in Iraq to ends. covert ask President Bush about the monuSneaky means? Covert ends? \feah, the tone Meghan Valerio ment’s security and who’s responsibiliis a bit strong. But take out the dum-dumThe ‘F’ Word ty the protest was. dums, and my language has a point. If Eddie I can only guess at his reply, but my Hull wants Duke to be a lair—or rather, comeducated conjecture is “maybe there’s kind of a problem, but all I can tell you for sure is that it’s munity—of un-fun, fine. But he should come out and say it, kick selectives off campus, declare West dry and get it over not my fault.” with. I hope he doesn’t do this because I understand that rather, it’s what his would since press secretary say, Or Bush doesn’t like press conferences. As much as the spin at someone can absorb knowledge and give to the community Duke bothers me, Washington spin just reminds me that it while still living in a selective house and occasionally binge never ends. America is not a place where a role model needs drinking, but this nitpicking and spin-doctoring of the evils of social groups is transparent and insulting. I don’t like the to practice what they preach but greek aspect of the selective system, but independents drink This is a country where free speech protects porno, too. Sometimes they even break stuff and puke everywhere. Last week can’t a talk a Court tape you by Supreme Justice. I spent a year and a half in a selective living group, and as deputy U.S. Marshals seized reporters’ tape recorders at a public speech by Antonin Scalia in Mississippi. Apparently a result had a year and a half extra of knowing and liking my he’s is afraid of being accurately quoted. I was trying to fig: neighbors and getting to know an eclectic group of people I ure out why this incensed me so much, before realizing that wouldn’t have otherwise met Although my house has its it’s just another example of government hypocrisy, only this share of drunken idiots, it also has its share of Robertson, University and B.N. Duke Scholars (sorry, it’s not Round time in a format I’m not inured to.
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Table, so no A.B.s), photographers, club sport presidents, international students, Phi Beta Kappas, gays, straights, blacks, whites, Latinos, Muslims, Christians, Hindis, Jews, community service organizers, bailers, writers, dramatists, Primate Center supporters and general I-keep-quiet-about-it geniuses. Sometimes the drunken idiots and Moneta poster children even overlap. This is a school I came to with trepidation, afraid that no one would do anything but drink, all the girls would be blonde and the weekends would have options solely of Shooters or Perkins. I got this impression from an unsuccessful Blue Devil Days visit around this time four years ago. It didn’t take me long to learn that this isn’t true: like anything big, Duke’s options for personal life are far more complex. I wish that Eddie Hull and Larry Moneta would stop looking at student life like they’re p-froshes. IfI want to read Bocaccio aloud into the wee hours, I can go to a meeting for Literature Out Loud. If I want to hang out in the Duke Forest, I can staff a Project WILD ropes course. If I want to be a little exhibitionist, I can do a show with Hoof ‘n’ Horn. If I don’t want to drink, I can hang out with any of my groups of friends and make fun of their drunk asses and they honestly wouldn’t mind. These might not seem like “social options,” but they involve interacting with people —and they’re readily available. I’ve done lots of them. I promise. Moneta and Hull have overlooked these nuances, along with all the happy girls who eat that went unmentioned in the Women’s Intitiative. I’ve had enough of this endless spin from offices all over campus. Before we try and turn Duke into Yale, let’s hope our DCU-labelled “liberal” administration takes a look at Mr. Bush, as one of Yale’s most prominent alumni. Would we rather produce more Bushes or more Battiers and Charlie Roses?
Meghan Valerio is a Trinity senior. Her column every third Thursday.
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Phi Eta Sigma, the oldest and largest freshman honor society, was founded in 1923 to promote academic excellence. The Duke chapter was established in 1932 and continues to reward scholarship and promote community service. Eligibility is based on a 3.5 grade point average for the first semester or a cumulative 3.5 average for the first year. We are delighted to welcome the following new members:
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