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Surgery residency faces probation Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has placed the surgery residency program at Duke UniverMedical Center on sity indefinite probation after a June 2003 evaluation found numerous problems with Duke’s

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Members of the Class of 2008 sign the Community Standard after the convocation ceremony in theChapel Thursday.

Duke aims to foster integrity Paul Crowley THE CHRONICLE

New Duke students filed out of the Chapel after President Richard Brodhead’s convocation address Thursday to sign thennames to large sheets of paper arranged around the lawn. These newly-minted Blue Devils were engaging in what Brodhead had called an act integral to becoming members of the University community. When they signed the Community Standard, members of the Class of 2008 became the second class at Duke to sign the pledge, which replaced the University’s Honor Code in Fall 2003. The Community Standard has been the ideal governing integrity at the University for the past year, and both administrators and students.involved with the

Standard are thermore, students who are Community pleased with the document’s found to be in violation of minor academic integrity offensprogress in altering Duke’s attitude toward integrity both inand outside the classroom. But these observers also hope the Standard will penetrate the community more as time passes —to the point where the Standard will be as much of a selling point for Duke as the basketball program, said Judith Ruderman, chair of the Academic Integrity Council and vice provost for academic and administrative services. The Standard differs in three major ways from the Honor Code, which governed integrity at the University from 1993 to 2003. It increases the emphasis on students reporting other students’ Standard violations. Fur-

es and are first-time offenders can now resolve their issues through faculty-student conferences, rather than through the University’s judicial system. The third departure is the Standard’s provision for the punishment of academic violations to be tailored to fit the severity and the circumstances of the offense. Despite widespread support among faculty and students for the Standard, last year’s honor violation data suggest that these measures achieved their goals to varying degrees; only 29 of the 44 students reported received a twosemester suspension, which had SEE STANDARD ON PAGE 7

tinue to train doctors while under probation, the diminished status may threaten its reputation as a top surgery school. In order for Duke to instruct surgeons, its program must earn the official stamp of approval because residents cannot take their certification exams unless they have completed an ACGME-accredited program. The department of surgery has already addressed the seven problems detailed in the ACGME report, and Dr. Danny Jacobs, chair of surgery, said he expects to request a re-evaluation later this year to upgrade the program’s status. The accreditation body regularly evaluates all residency programs every two to five years, and surgery’s next scheduledreview is in June 2006. Most of the citations Duke received are related to paperwork and record keeping; Duke officials emphasized that patient safety was never directly at risk. “I think as people have gotten busier and the demand for

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accreditation group's report, see page 6 documentation has increased, we didn’t keep pace with the amount of administrative support to make sure the amount of documentation is sufficient,” Jacobs said. ACGME first officially informed Duke in December 2003 that its surgery department would be subject to some kind of “adverse action.” Last year 6.5 percent of programs the ACGME scrutinized received some kind of warning, probation or suspension, said Julie Jacob, a spokesperson for ACGME. When Duke’s surgery program received its initial censure detailing 10 areas of non-compliance, it filed a report explaining the measures the Medical Center had already taken to alleviate the issues. Many of the corrections had been in planning stages before the review, but ACGME is required to evaluate schools based on the daily operations at the time of the assessment. Jacobs took over the surgery department from Dr. Robert Anderson in February 2003, and SEE SURGERY ON PAGE 6

Washington Duke Inn implements I.D, check by

Matt Sullivan THE CHRONICLE

While the Washington Duke Inn announced this summer that there would be “no changes” to its alcohol on points program, students looking for cocktails on a night out may now consider changing their social calendars. A new computer validation system identifying underage would-be-drinkers, might make those with fake I.D.’s think twice about the WaDuke. The Bull Durham Lounge and Fairview Restaurant, the four-star dining facilities of the University’s on-campus hotel and golf club, have begun enforcing identification checks via the Duke Card, largely in response to groups of under-

graduates who officials have said turned the lobby of the Washington Duke into too much of a college bar. “Fake I.D.’s are so prevalent here,” said Bobby Gorham, restaurant service manager at the Fairview. “It’s not a matter of the money thing. It’s a matter of being secure and following the law.” The new system still requires students to present government identification along with their Duke Cards, but bartenders and waiters will now utilize an option on their Duke points computers that flashes “Valid” or “Invalid” within seconds if a customer is 21 years old or not. SEE WADUKE ON PAGE 10

The Washington Duke Inn will usea new system to reduce underage drinking at its restaurant and bar.

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U.S. forces overwhelm al-Sadr insurgents Alex Berenson

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NAJAF, Iraq American forces sharply intensified fighting here early Tuesday morning, as troops attacked rebels loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr from three sides and pressed into the inner ring of Najafs old city for the first time. Inside the old city, al-Sadr’s loyalists appeared to be on the verge of collapse as American forces overwhelmed the poorly armed rebels with tanks, attack helicopters and AC-130 gunships. The insurgents put up little resistance to

attacks from the north and west, and even in the south of the city, the scene of the heaviest fighting during the past week, American forces seemed to take control Monday. After offering to negotiate last week, the interim Iraqi government appears to have lost patience with al-Sadr, the Shiite cleric who has fiercely opposed the government as well as the American presence in Iraq. Monday, Ayad Allawi, the interim prime minister, again demanded that al-Sadr disband his militia, a step al-Sadr has refused. The American attacks here have been approved by Allawi.

Even though his insurgents lost ground, al-Sadr may be counting on gaining support from Muslim anger at the fact that American troops are fighting so near the shrine of Imam Ali, one of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites. American tanks closed to within 250 yards of the shrine Monday, which alSadr’s forces in Najaf have been using as a base. By early Tuesday morning the shrine was shrouded in smoke from a large fire on the northern edge of the old city. But SEE

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Roberts' intelligence plan draws criticism by

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Bush has supported the need for a national intelligence direcbut has yet to detail the powers he wants the office to have. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he hadn’t had a chance to see the restructuring proposal in writing. “We do need to make significant adjustments in how we collect, communicate and dispense information,” Rumsfeld told an audience ofabout 1,300 troops at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Monday. But he added: ‘We have to be careful about it... You don’t want, in the middle of the war, to go tearing up the pea patch.” Roberts surprised Republicans and Democrats alike when he announced on a Sunday morning show his proposal to remake the intelligence community by splitting the CIA into three separate agencies, pulling all or part of four defense intelligence agencies out of the Pentagon, and creating a new national intelligence director to oversee the National Intelligence Service he envisions. tor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. A key Republican’s proposal to break up the CIA and rearrange the Pentagon’s spy agencies under a national intelligence director met immediate and broad resistance Monday. A top Senate Democrat called it a “severe mistake” and the agency’s former director said it showed a “dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence.” Critics began aligning to fight the proposal that would represent the most significant overhaul of U.S. intelligence operations since the ClA’s 1947 inception —and the most sweeping plan offered in the post-Sept. 11 debate. President George W. Bush did not endorse the proposal by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairperson Pat Roberts, R-Kan. Instead, the president said only that he was interested in finding “the best way to fashion intelligence so the president and his Cabinet secretaries have got the ability to make good judgment calls.”

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An alleged leader of a powerful drug gang was caught near the border with California, Mexican officials announced Monday, calling it a blow to a syndicate they say is smuggling nearly half the illegal drugs crossing the U.S.-Mexico frontier.

Army delays VX destruction The Army delayed plans to begin destroying the deadly VX nerve agent stockpiled in western Indiana after the project's test run raised nearly 200 operational and safety issues, officials said Monday.

Jackson judge issues rulings The judgein the Michael Jackson child molestation case issued tentative rulings Monday admitting 39 pieces of evidence seized in a search of Jackson's Neverland estate and suggested he will toss out a number of other items.

Museum urges protection A day after the brazen daylight robbery of "The Screanfand a second masterpiece by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, museum officials begged the robbers to show greater care for the treasures than they did while wrenching them free from the wall

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Few graduate students attended the StudentActivities Fair, but Heather Dean, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, was there making the most of the event. The many demands on her time did not keep her from spending part of the sweltering Saturday afternoon visiting the tables of groups with which GPSC coordinates some ofits efforts. Dean certainly has plenty of commitments to keep her busy. Now entering the fifth year of her work toward a doctorate in neurobiology, she has been working as a student programmer for the Graduate and Professional Women’s Network for nearly all of her time at the University. She recently became the graduate student representative to the Board of Trustees and has also served on the Women in Science and Engineering Planning Committee, the Duke Union Board and the Executive Committee of Graduate Faculty. Leading GPSC is a time-consuming addition to her range of activities. “I have quite a few meetings,” Dean said. After Dean completed a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in computational and neural systems at California Institute of Technology, the collegiality of Duke’s neurobiology department drew her to the University. She first became involved in GPSC when she discovered that no one was representing her department in GPSC’s General Assembly. She quickly filled the vacant position and has been active ever since, eventually becoming treasurer, and now president. With a schedule as full as Dean’s, overcommitment is a danger, noted Shannon Johnson, program coordinator at the Women’s Center, who added that Dean is handling everything well. “She’s done a wonderful job balancing it all,” Johnson said. Rob Saunders, former president of GPSC, described her as having “a lot of enthusiasm” and being “very energetic.” He applauded her optimism and well-articulated vision. Another strength is Dean’s ability to connect with administrators and students alike. “She really enjoys being around

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Neurobiology graduate student Heather Dean became involved with GPSC to represent her department. other people,” Johnson said. People skills will be vital to achieving GPSC’s goals this year: improving communication, encouraging community and continuing the progress of the past. “I’m all for publicity,” Dean said, noting that more public awareness of GPSC will both increase student participation at events and help GPSC defend the interests of graduate and professional students. “The undergraduate student voice is requested mainly,” she said, adding that GPSC needs to advocate for a graduate student voice as well. “We need the same kinds of group spaces that undergrads do.” Two years as treasurer of GPSC helped Dean develop valuable connections with University administrators and allowed her to expand greatly the number of student groups affiliated with the Council.

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Durham County has rescinded its conAngelica Corp., an industrial laundry service also under contract with Duke University Health System. The corporation pays its Durham employees $8.25 per hour, failing to comply with the county’s living wage policy, which requires employers to pay their employees at least $9.15 per hour. The University announced its eight-year, $4.5 million per year contract with Angelica in March, amid protests from students and union representatives. Angelica was awarded a bid to clean uniforms for the county’s Emergency Medical Services earlier this year. The withdrawal from the EMS laundry service contract at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners Monday night was greeted with loud applause by more than a dozen Angelica workers, union representatives and Duke students in attendance. Because Angelica did not alter its policies, the county decided to reopen bidding on the services. Angelica’s corporate representatives did not speak at the meedng. Many at the forum felt that the commissioners did not go far enough in reprimanding Angelica for what union representatives consider unsafe working conditions. “Angelica is a sweatshop by all the government’s definitions,” alleged Theresa El-Amin, director of Jobs With Justice. Speakers noted that although the city of Durham passed an anti-sweatshop ordinance in August 2000, the county has yet

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Angelica Corp. workers attended Monday night's meeting of the Durham CountyBoard ofCommissioners. to make a similar move.

“l think what we did today was to establish that Angelica is indeed a sweatshop. This company should never have been awarded this contract due to the way they disregard the law andbreak it,” said Femando Bribiezca, a representative of UNITE HERE, the labor union that represents 60 percent ofAngelica employees nationwide, Wearing matching red UNITE HERE Tshirts, the Angelica workers went up to the podium, their children in tow. Rolanda

Gentry, a soft-spoken Spanish woman, presented their case as Bribiezca translated, ‘The reason we are here is because this company continues to ignore us and not listen to u5.... When people get injured on the job, the managers don’t report it. We have to demand to see a doctor,” Gentry said. The only time they pay any attention is when it actually affects production.” Gentry also noted employee safety issues

tinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish setdement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, lands where they hope to establish an independent state. And in the latest sign of trouble for Israel’s contentious West Bank barrier, officials said construction of a large section will be significantly delayed because of a court ruling highlighting the hardships the structure has imposed on Palestinians. The barrier and settlement construction are linked to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s “disengagement” plan to separate Israel from the Palestinians. The plan includes a full withdrawal from Gaza next year. At the same time, Sharon wants to strengthen large blocs of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. He says the moves will boost Israel’s security and preserve its Jewish majority. The barrier is a centerpiece of the disengagement plan. Israel says the structure, which is about one-quarter complete, is meant to keep Palestinian suicide bombers from entering the country. But sections would stretch into the SEE ISRAEL ON PAGE 6

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NEW YORK A federal judge in Manhattan refused Monday to force the city to allow a rally Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the Bloomberg administration and protest organizers failed to reach a compromise during a sudden round of weekend negotiations. In denying the request by the National Council of Arab Americans and the Answer Coalition, U.S. District Judge William Pauley 111 cited security concerns, the plaintiffs’ delay of the lawsuit until so late and the potential for damage from a rally of 75,000 people just two days before the Republican National Convention. The city has vigorously opposed letting protesters use the Great Lawn around the time of the convention and is battling a similar effort in state court by a group that wants to hold an even larger rally in the park Sunday. Monday’s decision is a significant victory for the city, but it does not resolve the issue of where the many protesters expected to arrive in Manhattan this weekend will be able to demonstrate. Pauley urged the two sides to work toward a compromise “that would allow a political assembly on the Great Lawn,” an area that the plaintiffs argued represented' “the heart and soul of New York City.”

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As part of a recent increase in patrols off East Campus, the Duke and Durham Police Departments have combined to step up surveillance of neighborhoods near the University. Last weekend, a total of 15 student arrests were made—four Friday night and 11 Saturday night, said Maj. Phyllis Cooper, a spokesperson for the DUPD.

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ISRAEL from page 4 West Bank, separating tens of thousands of Palestinians from jobs, hospitals and farmlands. The Palestinians say the structure is an illegal attempt to prevent them from creating a viable independent state. The barrier has suffered a string of legal setbacks in recent months, putting pressure on Israel to move the route closer to its 1967 frontier. Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. In June, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered military planners to redraw the route of a planned 20-mile stretch near Jerusalem, saying the original plans would cause too much hardship on local Palestinians. The precedent-setting decision forced Israel’s defense establishment to re-examine other sections of the barrier. As a result of that review, Dany Tirza, one of the barrier’s chief planners, told lawmakers Monday that Israel will make changes to 12 places along a roughly 60-mile stretch from the Jewish setdement of Elkana to Jerusalem. ‘The Israeli army is going to build along a new route in accordance with the finding of the Supreme Court,” Tirza told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,

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He said the route in the 12 places would be moved toward the “Green Line,” the old frontier between Israel and the West Bank. The changes will prevent the confiscation of more than 4,000 acres of Palestinian land, he said. Because of the changes, Tirza said the section will not be completed until the end of 2005, a year behind schedule, according to participants in the meeting. Construction has not begun on most of this section of the barrier. In addition to the Supreme Court decision, Israel is grappling with the fallout from a U.N. world court ruling in July that the barrier is illegal. Although the ruling was nonbinding, it has increased international pressure on Israel to reroute or tear down the structure. Last week, Attorney General Meni Mazuz warned the U.N. court’s ruling could lead to sanctions against Israel. His warning coincided with a new order from the Israeli Supreme Court giving the government 30 days to report on how the world court’s decisions would affect the barrier’s construction.

SURGERY from page 1 some of his first changes were directed at improving documentation and addressing issues ACGME raised. In the ACGME report, Duke was found deficient in not having official training in the basic and clinical science fundamental to surgery. ACGME also found that faculty did not hold a proper annual meeting to evaluate the program, and residents were not documenting their

surgeries sufficiently.

“It turns out that our residents didn’t understand how to code some of their cases,” Jacobs said. “We take credit

for this. This is where we should be faulted.” The strict enforcement of ACGME guidelines came at the same time that legislation limiting the maximum work week for residents to 80 hours went into effect. Particularly at Duke, where residents have been notorious work-a-holics, the guidelines have proven a difficult

adjustment.

At least one ofDuke’s initial citations —which are kept confidential—from ACGME regarded the 80-hour work week, but DUMC had already established a staff position to force students into restricting their hours. Several resi-

dents noted that they receive frequent e-mails warning them that they are too close to the limit. “It’s somewhat frustrating that you can’t do the things that you probably need to be doing,” said Dr. Ed Rampersaud, a first-year resident at Duke. “The frustrating thing is not that you have to go home; it’s that that work still has to get done.” DUMC has hired more than a dozen physician assistants to help accommodate the workload that residents can no longer perform with the restricted hours—a move that puts the Medical Center in a better position than many other less wealthy schools. The surgery department also made several technological upgrades in the past few years. First-year resident Dr. Vanessa Olcese said all the residents now carry wireless electronic devices that can synch up with the hospitalwide system. Given the adjustments that the surgery program has already made, Jacobs said he is not worried that the probational status will affect its ability to attract the top residents. Duke chooses about six surgery residents each year from a pool of hundreds, and it expects to pull from the same group this year. Steve Veres contributed to this story.

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that the pledge was having an effect, but totally eradicating students’ tolerance of cheating. Twenty-five students from each class were randomly asked to repreviously been customary for most academic integrity violations. Eleven students spond to questions about integrity in settled the matter with their professors, acDuke’s culture. The responses showed that students could identify the specifics cording to documents provided by Assistant Dean of Students Stephen Bryan. No of the Standard, but many still placed student turned another student in for acatheir own, more tolerant moral codes demic integrity violations, but this is not a above those delineated in the Standard. “Some students aren’t even inclined to significant departure from previous years at Duke; only one student reported a peer censure other students [who are academiduring the Honor Code’s last five years in cally dishonest] —let alone report them,” effect. Several students, however, reported Ruderman said. “We see [this attitude] in the presence of cheating without specifybusiness and politics, where the end is the ing who had committed the act. most important thing.” The Standard will be reviewed in 2005 Though the incidence of academic dishonesty cases handled by the Dean of in a survey conducted by the John TemStudents went from 63 in the 2002-03 acpleton Foundation, a group that strives to ademic year to 44 in 2003-04, the Stanengender good character and honesty in dard is more concerned with altering stuhigher education. It was a Templeton surdent perception of dishonesty than vey in 2000 that revealed the shortcomings in the Honor Code, sparking the eliminating it altogether. “We’ll never be rid of cheating; we’re Community Standard. The University is not going for the Garden of Eden,” Rudwaiting for this survey before considering erman said. “We’re working toward a changes to the Community Standard, but point where [the Standard] is known and in the meantime administrators are foowned by students and subject ofcontinucused on making the initiative more al conversation.” prominent and popular on campus. “We had a great first year—we can be Bryan emphasized that the Standard is “really a philosophical principle” dealing satisfied,” Bryan said. “But now the task is with integrity at Duke, a set ofvalues upon marketing the Community Standard and which the actual policies are founded. Put seeking greater buy-in from both students another way, the Standard is meant to tie and faculty. We are waiting for the sense that it’s more than something you sign together the more specific integrity-related policies of the University. when you come to Duke, the sense that To Ruderman, a code or standard is folks are tossing the Community Standard around during late-night discussions.” only a part of integrity at Duke. Ruderman stressed community dedi“Any honor code is only a piece in a larger academic integrity,” she said, listing the cation to the Standard as the most esseninstruction of proper citation rules and the tial element of increasing integrity at “reduction of temptations and opportuniDuke. “Without education and constant ties” for cheating as other key components. discussion, we have something that is just The University conducted focus a statement on a wall or in a catalogue,” groups in April to evaluate the Standard, she said. “It hasn’t yet gotten into the faband Ruderman said the results showed ric of our culture.”

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aged the dome of the mosque. Al-Sadr has rallied from military de-

feats before. But American commanders said Tuesday morning that they had been surprised by the lack of resistance to the attack and that they believed that al-Sadr’s forces were becoming discouraged. “We want to destroy the enemy, destroy his will, make him fight on our terms,” said Lt. Col. Myles Miyamasu, commander of the Ist Battalion of the Fifth Cavalry, which attacked from the north. “Slowly but surely, we’re achieving that.” Spokespeople for al-Sadr said Monday that his forces would continue to resist. But small groups of men could be seen trudging away from the shrine Monday afternoon. “They’re running like deer,” said Haidar Abdul-Hussein, a baker from the area. “We know them because they’re strangers, not from Najaf. Some even ask directions.”

DEAN from page 3 About half of GPSC’s budget now funds other groups. Working with these organizations somewhat relieves the burden on GPSC itself. s “GPSC does a lot, but these [Council members] are all volunteers,” Dean said. “It’s difficult to do everything.” GPSC has plenty of social offerings, including the Graduate Student Campout for basketball tickets, which Dean attended during her first year at Duke. Outsourcing some of the social programming to affiliated groups frees Dean and GPSC to

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Abdul-Hussein, who lives on the western edge of the old city, said he first began seeing fighters leave about three or four days ago. Minivan drivers at Najafs bus station for travel to and from southern cities said Monday that the number of men leaving had steadily increased. Al-Sadr himself has not been seen for more than a week, and aides refused to disclose his whereabouts again Monday. Inside the shrine, a dwindling band of men napped and chatted on carpets in the shade of the mosque’s high walls. Many in the militia were from other cities, including Baghdad’s Shiite slum area, and badgered reporters for the use of satellite phones to call home. The insurgents, who fought fiercely against Marines when the battle of Najaf began in early August, appear to have no answer to the tanks and helicopter gunships that American forces are now using against them. Monday night, soldiers moved freely through the huge cemetery north of the old city, facing only light resistance, a half-dozen rocket-propelled grenades and occasional sniper fire.

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Wages for workers at Angelica Corp. have come under scrutiny by Durham Countyofficials.

ANGELICA from page 4 ‘The company has cameras for their own parking lot, but the employee parking lots have no security. The parking lot for employees is located in the back, and there have been lots of thefts and slashing of tires. We are scared for our safety,” she said. Angelica also recently came under the scrudny of the U.S. Department ofLabor’s Occupational and Safety Health Administration, facing fines ofmore than $120,000 for violations at some of its plants, although the Durham facility has not been subject to any such charges. These recent developments have fueled the efforts of UNITE HERE and the Duke chapter of Students Against Sweatshops to impel the University to take action against Angelica. “I thought that tonight was definitely a great show ofboth worker and student support. We definitely need to stop Angelica

from having any more sway,” said senior Allison Brim, a member of Duke’s Student Employee Relations Committee. “I hope that the workers and the rest of the community will use this motion to put pressure on Duke. Durham County doesn’t condone treating workers badly, and neither should Duke.” Paul Norman, a UNITE HERE representative, agreed. “We are waiting for Duke to answer the workers’ requests to hold Angelica accountable for their actions. Duke has a code of conduct that we want to make sure is followed,” he said. Several SAS members were in attendance and were generally encouraged by the results of the forum. “I think that its an important step that Durham county has taken a stand in the local community. It shows that Duke can take a similar action and ask for proper safety and medical care in contracting their work,” said senior Adam Gorad, a member ofSAS.

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statement Monday that Roberts’

Monday, a defensive Roberts said, “If this proposal seems radical to some... my response would be: What should we do?” More than three dozen attempts to reorganize the intelligence community over more than five decades have failed, he said, adding that he spoke last week with colleagues ofboth parties, and eight of his panel’s nine Republicans have agreed that Congress must act. Democrats, meanwhile, criticized Roberts for not working in a more bipartisan fashion on the 139-page draft bill and demanded more details. Lawmakers who handle issues ranging from intelligence to banking are expected to offer proposals to revamp the intelligence community, prodded by a report from the Sept. 11 commission that offered more than 40 recommendations for such an effort. The commission’s vice chairperson, Lee Hamilton, told the House Financial Services Committee Monday that he wasn’t ready to endorse Roberts’ plan because he hadn’t seen the details. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, called Roberts’ bill a “bold proposal” that conforms to what the commission recommended: Put one person in charge of the intelligence community. “Is this where we will end up? Probably not exacdy, but it’s a good place to start the debate,” DeWine said. Yet Republicans were hardly in agreement. A GOP Senate aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Roberts’ measures seemed too sweeping for enactment in the single month Congress has left before adjournment. As for the Democrats, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, said in a

while it is embroiled in the war on terror. Although he had not seen the bill’s details, Rockefeller said, “Disbanding and scattering the Central Intelligence Agency at such a crucial time would be a severe mistake.” Roberts will meet additional resistance from the Pentagon, some corners of the intelligence community and their allies. Sen. John Warner, R-Va. —who as Armed Services Committee chairperson oversees more than 80 percent of the intelligence budget, estimated at $4O billion a year—has yet to see the bill. His spokesperson, John Ullyot, said the senator “would have concerns about any plan thatwould transfer critical, wellfunctioning intelligence assets away from the Department of Defense during wartime.” Ullyot said Warner also is apprehensive about limiting the defense secretary’s authority over the budget and appointments. In a message to the CIA workforce Monday, acting Director John McLaughlin said he doesn’t believe the debate will lead to a breakup of the CIA, given its vital role fighting terrorism and recent successes. He called such a move “a step backward” and said he’d speak out against it. Former CIA Director George Tenet, in his first public statement since retiring last month, also moved to discredit Roberts’ proposal, saying it “reflects a dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence.” Roberts rejects suggestions that he is abolishing the CIA, noting agency employees would still go to work in the same offices. However, he and his aides conceded there would be nothing left called the CIA, nor would there be a CIA director.

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RESERVIST from page 3 into the allegations of mistreatment of prisoners, including one being conducted by Army Maj. Gen. George Fay into allegations that units of military intelligence in Iraq encouraged military police at Abu Ghraib to “soften up” prisoners in advance of their interrogations. ‘The government has to figure out what they want to do with the prosecution of this case,” Pohl said. But at the hearing, the judge also rejected a defense motion to bar evidence from the trial, including photographs of the alleged abuse found in an investigation of Graner’s computer. The defense contended that the search of the computer, which took place in January, was improper since it was conducted late at night after Graner had been awakened by investigators, and that he was unable to make a proper decision under those circumstances about his right to refuse to cooperate. In rejecting the defense motion, Pohl expressed skepticism that Graner, a military police officer, would not have been aware of his rights when he consented to the search. Preliminary hearings are standard in military courts-martial proceedings and are held to determine if there is sufficient

evidence to go to a full trial. The hearings in the cases offour of the defendants were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Mannheim, site of a major American military base, because lawyers in the case were conducting investigations in Germany, but further hearings and the trial itself are expected to take place in Baghdad, Iraq. In that regard, Pohl rejected a motion by lawyers for Graner that the trial be moved to Germany or the United States on the grounds that it would be difficult to empanel an impartial jury in Iraq. “You don’t think that every member of the U.S. military is in some way influenced by the military mission in Iraq?” Pohl said to Graner’s defense lawyers, expressing doubt about their argument that emotions about the Abu Ghraib scandal are stronger among military personnel in Iraq than elsewhere. The judge said it would be “premature” to change venues before questioning prospective jurors, but that he might reconsider his decision if circumstances seemed to warrant that in the future. Seven enlisted men and women have been charged in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. The circumstances became widely known in April, when photographs of American military police tormenting and Iraqi prisoners were published.

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perspective, still a mystery. In 1493, it had already become a myth. Course includes Italian works ranging from poetry to music, from philosophy to movies—that, one way or another, for one reason or another, have shaped the image and contours of what today is known in Italy as “America.” The extent to which this “America” is a geographical and cultural place or, rather, a construct of the Italian imagination, will be a matter for recurring consideration.

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For centuries, Italy has been considered by popular opinion a country open to emotions; a country that permits people to express their love and sexuality freely. Yet Italy’s close ties with the Vatican and strictly established gender roles encourage Italian men to flaunt their virility and Italian women to repress their sexuality. Course explores the multiple aspects/contradictions of expressions of gender and sexuality in Italian culture. Dante, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Ariosto, Aretino, and Chiarelli, and films by Liliana Cavani and Ferzan Ozpetek.

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El Quijote posmoderno: las lecturas de Borges y Nabokov. Una lectura del Don Quijote desde la teoria de la posmodernidad (ironia, fragmentation, parodia, supercodificacion), basada en la literatura de Borges y de Nabokov, los dos grandes posmodernos, y en su manipulation de la obra de Cervantes. El curso abordara los aspectos textuales del Quijote mas proximos a la narrativa posmoderna, y los estudiantes leeran fragmentos representatives de la obra, Pierre Menard de Borges y Lectures on Don Quijote de Nabokov.

Narrating a “New World”: Chronicles of the Indies, between History & Fiction Visiting Professor JavierAparicio SP 1425.04 TTH 11:40-12:55 312 Languages

An introduction to the chronicles of the discovery, paying attention to their political-historical character, between a historical chronicle and a letter to the king, between a military account, a scientific description, and literature. The objective is to study the history of the “Conquest” and of the relations between the monarchy and the colonies through an important literary genre of the Golden Age. We will study its literary characteristics (fictional episodes, the influence of the Arthurian romance and the novels of chivalry, etc). Students will read selections from the principal chronicles and see images related to the text. The course will conclude with attention to the influence of these chronicles on “Magical Realism” and Garcia Marquez’s “Cien anos de soledad” and one of the films about the Conquest. Javier Aparicio is a professor of Spanish and ComparativeLiterature at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Has specialties are Golden Age Spanish literature and contemporary comparative literature.

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Although the Washington Duke inn has instituted a new computer I.DD validation system, the'Dillo has not. freshmen were required to complete the online course AlcoholEdu before registering for classes, and Duke is involved in a Dan Post-Kennedy, the director of the new community interaction program Fairview, said he had a “good amount” of called BIueSPARC. Duke students come to the bar even in the Gary Harrison, manager of the Arweek before classes started Monday, and madillo Grill, said he had yet to even hear that his staff had been giving them a heads- of the technology used at the Washington Duke. The restaurant’s ‘Dillo Bar has up on the new system when they arrived. But, he added, “We’ve had a couple of asked for two forms of government identistudents that have handed us I.D.’s and fication since last fall after undercover althen when we ask for the Duke Card, they cohol enforcement officers raided the bar say, ‘Oh, never mind. I’ll take it back.’ So in March 2003. Even with this doublecheck, the bar has actually added mixed you can guess from that what you will.” If a student’s card receives an “Invalid” drinks to its menu for this year, For many the idea of splurging on on the of-age test, the restaurant staff will pass along his or her name to hotel manage- drinks with extra food points was the main ment. And though Washington Duke offi- draw of the Bull Durham Lounge and dais said they coordinated with University Fairview Restaurant. Several students said administrators from Dining Services and the that now they would rule out dining at Registrar’s office, Vice President For Student Washington Duke, which underwent renoAffairs Larry Moneta said he had not heard vations while it mulled whether or not to of the restaurant’s validation program. keep alcohol on points, as a going-out op“The WDI is managed by a private com- tion altogether, ‘The WaDuke is an integral part of the pany, and it’s likely that they came up with this on their own,” Moneta wrote in an e- Duke social scene,” junior Kim Hayez said, mail. “It’s not ‘inspired,’ not influenced by “And I understand the need to regulate it the Duke administration.” from their perspective. But it’s so great to Although the Washington Duke’s pro- go out to a nice dinner with your parents gram is not an official Duke measure, the or your friends or on a date or whatever, University has recendy expanded its reach and the fact that that option’s been taken of programs to educate students about al- away just sucks.” cohol consumption and abuse —incoming Kelly Rohrs contributed to this story.

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Bracelet for a dual cause Fashion has often been dictated by sports stars, but never in such a meaningful and worthwhile way. Lance Armstrong’s Live Strong wristbands—those yellow bracelets of fellowship that so many Duke students are wearing—have caught hold as one of America’s latest and greatest fads. John Kerry’s got one. You could see it dangling from his wrist at the Democratic National Convention. George Bush has one, too. And so do 7 million other Americans who have purchased the rubber symbols of “hope, courage and perseverance” since their release by the Lance Armstrong Foundation in May. Cancer is horrifying, certainly. But people the world over have found solace in Armstrong’s life story—he had cancer from his head to his toe back in 1996 before defeating it, a victory that is perhaps more improbable and worthy of acclaim than the record-breaking six Tour de France wins he went on to claim. In the bracelet, people have found away to remind themselves of the potential of the human spirit. Or, to be fair, the hope that can be drawn from Armstrong himself. But athletically-inspired trends are nothing new. They’ve varied from John McEnroe’s headband to Michael Jordan’s shoes. So why choose the wrist for Armstrong’s fund-raising bonanza? Because the wrist has served as a popular spot Tor accessories in recent years. First there was the rubber band, popularized by the NBA’s Kevin Garnett, who began wearing the office product as a high schooler in South Carolina. Its fame reached prep basketball stars and few others. Then came the W.WJ.D? (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelet, which originated at a Michigan church in the mid-90s, and hit the pop culture circuit in 1999 mostly among teenagers that wanted to wear their religion just below SEE LIVE STRONG ON PAGE 16

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Grade Sorbeilo, along with the rest of the Duke offense, was held scoreless by stingy Wake Forest backs.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Unlike the U.S. Olympic basketball team, the Duke field hockey team takes exhibition matches seriously. Minutes into Saturday’s scrimmage between the Demon Deacons and the Blue Devils, Gracie Sorbello showed everyone just how seriously. In a clean but powerful attempt to steal the ball, the senior back lowered her shoulder and collided with a WAKE -2 Wake Forest q DUKE attacker who was receiving a pass. The player, her stick, and the ball went flying out of bounds—all in different directions. The intensity showed this was no ordinary exhibition game. In a rematch of last year’s NCAA Championship game, when Duke lost to Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons had an encore performance, toppling the Blue Devils 2-0 at Kentner Stadium. The teams also met lastyear in the ACC Championship finals and twice during the regular season. The Demon Deacons dominated the Blue Devils last year, winning all but one regular season contest. Saturday the teams played three 20minute periods and the starters took the field for most of the first two, giving way to reserves for the third. All the scoring action, however, was in the first period. “It’s pretty clear where we are,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “We got better in the second period, but we played really poorly in the first period. You can’t just have good practices and think you’re going to take it to the field, you have to literally take it to the field, and we just didn’t in the first period.” Duke did a poor job of creating scoring opportunities and did not register many shots on goal (statistics were not kept for the game). The Demon Deacons also controlled the tempo, especially in the first SEE WAKE ON PAGE 16

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Last year, it seemed like college coaches would do just about anything to get a football recruit. They used scoreboard displays and doctored newspaper headlines and paid for personalized jerseys, steak-and-shrimp dinners, ritzy hotel stays and private jet rides. With those powerful tools, however, came great problems. Last February the NCAA was humiliated after allegations, which included several rape charges, surfaced stating that the University ofColorado was using sex and alcohol to entice prospects at recruiting parties. That month, the NCAA suffered another setback when felony and misdemeanor charges were levied against Miami freshman Willie Williams, considered one of the nation’s top linebacker prospects, during a recruiting visit to the University of Florida. In the wake of these allegations, the NCAA

Division I Board of Directors approved a widereaching recruiting reform package Aug. 5 that outlawed, among other things, the use of private airplanes, oudandish hotel accommodations, gourmet meals and personalized recruiting aides, such as the aforementioned jerseys and game-day simulations. “This package is intended to put an end to the celebrity atmosphere that has developed around the recruiting visit,” said Robert

Hemenway, University of Kansas chancellor and chair of the Board of Directors. “Recruiting visits must be designed so that student-athletes can evaluate the entire campus environment to find the best academic and athletic program for them.” NCAA president Myles Brand championed the proposal, Justifying the immediacy with which the regulations were passed. “There are times when the Association SEE NCAA ON PAGE 16

Ted Roof will have to alter his recruiting tactics to conform to new NCAA guidelines.

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Now that the baseball season has gotten point where it’s as exciting as your grandmother on a strong dose of Tylenol PM, and with an Olympic Games that are more over-hyped than 36 hour Cialis, I can almost taste that juicy NFL season that will arrive in two short weeks (apologies for all the pharmaceutical references). With that in mind, let’s take a look at four big-time stories that surround this much anticipated, guaranteed-to-be-overanalyzed by that alien look-alike John Clayton NFL season. 1) Are Terrell Owens and Jevon Kearse are the final pieces of the Eagles’ puzzle? Unfortunately for those Neanderthals that sit in the stands ofLincoln Financial Field, the answer is no. Terrell may be one to that

of the three best receivers in the NFL, but Washington and the drafting of tackle he is also a player who would disagree if Robert Gallery. Together these guys are you said there is no I in EAGLES. Kearse listed to weigh 1,316 pounds, which is may be the only player in the NFL who about half the weight of my 1999 Jeep frightens opposing linemen even more Grand Cherokee, or what Jared weighed than the local narcotics detectives, but before Subway. he’s earned his pay only 18 times in the Davis gave the boot to 85-year-olds Tim last two seasons. With the departures of Brown, Charlie Garner, Bill Romanowski defensive mainstays Troy Vincent, Bobby and Trace Armstrong. Let us pray Turner, Taylor and Carlos Emmons, in addition to whose career record is 49-59-1, has figured the season-ending injury sustained by out how to coach since he left Washington. back Correll running 3) Can Bill Parcells turn the ’Boys into explosive Buckhalter, Donovan McNabb has more America’s team once again? Parcells has really shone during the chunky soup on his plate than even he and his mama can handle. second season of each of his previous 2) After a disastrous 2003 season, are three coaching tenures, improving his the Oakland Raiders ready to make a teams a combined total of 14 games over return to the playoffs? those three seasons. There are tuna-sized Last year was so dismal that A1 Davis differences this time around, however: the new running back, Eddie George, is considered no longer wearing those godawful warm-up suits that he sports year-in more like un-dominant than anything and year-out, but instead he fired Bill else; the new wide receiver in town, Callahan, hired Norv Turner and made a Keyshawn Johnson, talks more than John myriad of moves to right the ship. The Madden on crack; the new quarterback, grandest changes came in the trenches, Vinny Testaverde, is almost as old as my with the acquisitions of three veterans in dad. The Cowboys may still end up 10-6 Ron Stone, Warren Sapp and Ted and may still make the playoffs, but to say

they lack playmaking ability is like saying Parcells is fat. 4) With all the parity in the NFL, which team is most likely to change direction? The Dolphins, who have wasted three seasons worth of Super Bowl-caliber talent, are going to be more detestable than George W. Bush when he’s got that freakin’ smirk on his face. Jay Fiedler is the most mediocre quarterback in the league and AJ. Feeley is probably number two. Travis Minor, who has started zero games in his three-year career, replaces the retired Ricky Williams, who chose to smoke weed over playing for Miami. The team is about to trade the reigning AFC sack leader, Adawale Ogunleye, and David Boston is lost for the season after knee surgery. Dave Wannstedt, all I can say is quit while you can, because your team looks a lot like the 2003 Giants (who really blew by the way). I guess it’s back to the Olympics, where the medals are being decided by a diverse group of scandal-prone people with pens in their hands. Peace out, come back again next Tuesday.

Bliwise: lOC ban on blogs unfathomable Okay, I admit that I’m hardly a serious sports fan. And my mastery ofcommunications technology is basic at best. So what a surprise it was to see my name cascading through the world of cyberspace late last week in a controversy involving the Olympics, the Web and free speech. Last Thursday, I received a call from an Associated Press reporter with some questions about Duke Magazine, the alumni magazine Robert Bliwise of Duke guest commentary University, which I edit The magazine was just beginning to run Web logs from two of Duke’s alumni participants in the Olympics: Curt Clausen, a race walker, and Jillian Schwartz, a pole vaulter. This is Clausen’s third Olympics and Schwartz’s first. The reporter wasn’t interested in their records as competitors but in their habits as bloggers. As he explained, the International Olympic Committee had barred competitors from writing firsthand accounts for websites. According to the Associated Press, the lOC’s rationale for the restrictions was that athletes should not serve as journalists. Supposedly the lOC was concerned about the interests of accredited journalists, particularly those broadcasters who had paid out the big fees. Maybe the lOC was worried that blogs might be confused with journalism or, worse, that blogs might compete with journalism.

But the informed yet informal narrative provided by blogs are at once more personal and less sweeping than professional reporting. Their appeal is in their amateurishness. Indeed, it seems to me that blogging is to watching or reading about the games as touring a “virtual” art gallery is to visidng a museum: They are mutually reinforcing activities. Sampling the one —the little picture—lures you into the other—the big picture. The notion behind our “commissioning” the blogs (the athletes aren’t being paid for blogging) was to make the Olympics movement more meaningful and more vivid to an alumni readership. So, to the anonymous but firm lOC official who told the AP that ‘thirdparty sites like Duke’s are covered by the restrictions,’ remember: This is an alumni magazine devoted to education, not a commercial enterprise devoted to profitmaking (which, of course, would feel so out of place at the Olympics). What you learn from a blog is what you learn from any unfiltered, on-the-scene report: You get the sights, sounds, tastes, really everything that goes into experiencing an event from a particular point of view. TV is fine for conveying images and the rough contours of story lines. But it can’t fully document individual motivations and sensations. Blogging from his training camp in Crete, Claussen

discusses dealing with the basic issues of acclimationkey factors, for him, in determining success or failure. By night, he’s easing into high altitudes, sleeping in an “Altitude Tent” at a simulated 9,000 feet. By day, he’s adapting to high temperatures. “I used the same method in 1999 in the lead-up to the World Track and Field Championships in Seville, Spain,” he writes,

“where I won the bronze medal.” What Claussen is doing is making himself a compelling character in the Olympics story. Wouldn’t people want to tune in this Friday to see that story play out as he enters competition? There’s irony in the fact that an Olympics movement associated with the birth of Athenian democracy would see fit to clamp down on the speaking rights of its participating athletes. Claussen says as much in his blog. He writes, “I think it is absolutely absurd to place a freedom-of-speech restriction on athletes and gladly violate the rule. Thanks for providing the opportunity!” Well, Curt, you can thank a Greek guy named Pericles. As the Pelopennesian War was raging in the fifth century 8.C., Pericles offered this solace in his famous funeral oration; “The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance over each other, we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbor for doing what he likes.”

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Hansbrough chooses UNC Former Duke men’s basketball recruit Tyler Hansbrough selected North Carolina over interest from Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri, he announced at a Monday press conference. “I really like the tradition and the campus,” Hansbrough said in an interview on his personal website, tylerso.com. “I also got to know Coach [Roy] Williams and really look forward to playing for him.” Hansbrough is rated the seventhbest prospect in the country by theinsiders.com. A 6-foot-9, 225pound power forward, he averaged 27 points per game last season for Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Miss. Michael Mueller

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The men's soccer team began its exhibition season Sunday evening, earning a 22 tie against 19th-ranked Virginia Commonwealth at Koskinen Stadium. It looked ominous in the early going for the Blue Devils, as VCU got on the board just 34 seconds into the game. VCU defender Hugh MacDonald took a bad clear by the Blue 2 DUKE Devils defense and beat senior 2

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I goalkeeper Justin Trowbridge to give the Rams a 1-0 advantage. Both defenses were solid after that point, and neither team scored again until late in the second half. Duke freshman Spencer Wadsworth made several VCU defenders miss as he penetrated through the defense before being taken down by a Ram defender in the box to set up a penalty kick. Freshman Tomek Charowski took the kick and hit the upper left 90, beadng goalkeeper Rob Szymanik. ‘Tomek scored [the goal], but Spencer Wadsworth created that penalty kick all on his own,” Blue Devils coach John Rennie said. They scored that crazy goal there to start, but we didn’t panic [and] fought hard. A lot of guys got to play, and we got great contributions from the freshmen.” Less than eight minutes later, Wadsworth

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ZacharyPope and the rest of the highly touted recruiting class made theirexhibition debut Sunday. again was the playmaker, when he found the score with just 30 seconds remaining. 6-foot-7 Paul Dudley. The freshman then “Coming back from a one-nothing fired the ball into the lower left comer of deficit against a team of that experience the goal, giving Duke a 2-1 lead. and that caliber is a great result for a very The Blue Devils became sloppy over the young team,” Rennie said. “For our first final five minutes of the game, committing game, it was exacdy what we needed.” three fouls to give the Rams three scoring The Blue Devils will next host opportunities. VCU capitalized when the Connecticut Friday, Aug. 27 at 7:00 p.m., Rams’ Veit Schaidinger beat freshman before opening the regular season on Sept. goalkeeper Justin Papadakis to even the 1 against Emory & Henry at 7:00 p.m.

Boateng leaning toward Duke Eric Boateng, die nadon’s secondbest center prospect, appears to be leaning toward attending Duke. He received a scholarship offer from the Blue Devils earlier this summer. “I would absolutely think so [that Duke’s his favorite],” said Bobby Rue, Boateng’s coach. “I don’t really know whether he’s ready to commit or whether he’s going to think about it a little bit more.” Boateng is rated the 19th-best prospect in the country by theinsiders.com. Standing 6-foot-10 and weighing 220 pounds, he is also receiving strong interest from Michigan, Georgetown, Boston College, Villanova, Georgia Tech, Virginia and UCLA. Michael Mueller

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ATHENS, Greece Before the hard part begins against Spain, Tim Duncan and the U.S. basketball team got to experience a taste of what the good of days were like at the Olympics. Finally playing an opponent they were able to handle with ease, the Americans finished off the pre-

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round an 53 8 9-53 victory over Angola Monday. With the quarterfinals coming up Thursday, Duncan believes the worst is already in the past. “I’m really confident in the way we’ve been playing,” he said. “I think we’ve learned a lot through this tournament, and I think we’re in a great position.” The Americans had to wait until Greece defeated Puerto Rico 78-58 in Monday’s final game to find out their next opponent, Spain (5-0). China earned the final medal-round spot from Group A by upsetting SerbiaMontenegro 67-66 behind 29 points from Yao Ming. The other quarterfinal matchups will be GreeceArgentina, Puerto Rico-Italy and China-Lithuania. The United States finished the

opening round 5-2, losing to Puerto Rico and Lithuania, and defeating Greece, Australia and Angola. Under point differential tiebreakers, the Americans finished fourth in their group behind Greece (5-2) and Puerto Rico (5-2). “We wish we could have won some more and played better against Lithuania and all that good stuff, but we didn’tand we’re in the position we’re in right now, and we’re happy with where we’re at,” Duncan said. After a series a tough games in which he was constantly doubledteamed, the 7-foot center finally found some room to maneuver against Angola. In the opening moments of the first quarter, he found one defender guarding him, and he gladly took advantage, dropping in a shot. Duncan finished with a teamhigh 15 points in Just 13 minutes, and the Americans dominated the boards Barcelona-style with a 52-17 edge in rebounding as NBA commissioner David Stern watched from a seat 10 rows behind the American bench. Shawn Marion took the U.S. team’s first 3-point attempt 82 seconds into the second quarter and made it for a 28-14 lead, and Leßron James hit another 3 to extend it to 33-14. The U.S. team finished 3-for-6 from behind the arc

and 33-of-60 (55 percent) overall. ‘The only negative, I thought, was we turned the ball over a lot (12 times) in the first half, which has plagued us a lot in this tournament,” coach Larry Brown said. The Americans were up 46-26 at halftime before Duncan scored their first six points of the third quarter. An alley-oop reverse layup by Richard Jefferson off a pass from Allen Iverson got the lead up to 30 less than four minutes into the second half. It was 75-39 after three quarters, and Emeka Okafor, who had played a total of just two minutes in the U.S. team’s first four games, was on the floor for the entire fourth quarter but failed to score. James and Carlos Boozer had 11 points each, Iverson added 10 and Dwyane Wade, Marion and Amare Stoudemire had nine apiece. In other games with medalround ramifications, Italy (3-2) edged Argentina (3-2) 76-75 to finish second in Group A, and Spain outlasted New Zealand 88-84. Argentina didn’t try to lose but wasn’t all that upset: Its defeat means it won’t have to face the United States Thursday. “It’s better for us. We didn’t want them in the quarterfinals,” Manu Ginobili said. ‘They’re not playing well, but they’re a very talented group of pi

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needs to respond swiftly to circumstances that threaten the education of studentathletes and the integrity of college sports,” Brand said. ‘This action shows that our membership is seriously concerned about preserving the well being of student-athletes and eliminating the sense of entitlement that unfortunately has developed in the recruiting process.” Unfortunately for football coaches, however, the NCAA has perhaps became too concerned. The changes passed in the regulation will likely necessitate great adjustments, especially in the world of football recruiting, where now-oudawed practices have become ingrained in recruiting culture. “If they can’t take private flights, that’s going to hurt some people,” Miami coach Larry Coker said in. late July, while the new regulations were still proposals. “If we can’t take players off campus or parents offcampus, that’s going to hurt some people. That’s going to hurt us, I think.” The transportation issue appeared to be one of the biggest points ofcontention for coaches, some of whom rely on private flights to get prospects on campus as soon as possible. “When they get there, I don’t think they need to ride around in a limo, I think that what’s normal at that university is right,” Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. “But I think getting there is a little different, because there is so much difference in where people are located. “What you’re trying to do is make it

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and third periods. The Blue Devils often struggled to string passes together and to move the ball down the field. “I think our attack players are really dangerous,” Bozman said. “But they were not dangerous at all today. You can’t win a game unless you take shots and challenge the keeper.” Duke’s counterattack, which was solid last year, was not present. The team seemed to miss graduated forward Kim Van Kirk, who did a great job of covering passing lanes and pressuring the ball last

LIVE STRONG from page 11 their sleeves. Young athletes toted those as well, but manufacturers found more success when they started doling out bracelets with motivational quips rather than religious hypotheticals, allowing the bracelet phenomenon to spread ad nauseum. So when ads began appearing in May commanding people to “Live Strong” by wearing (and sharing) the yellow bracelets, success was almost certain. It was sort of like a real-life Pay-It-Forward project. Wristbands were frequently purchased in bundles of 10, 100 or more, at the cost of one dollar a piece. They beg to be bought—every penny raised goes toward Armstrong’s foundation to fight cancer—they beg to be worn, and most importantly, they beg to be shared. ‘1 bought it just because it was for a good cause and I knew from Sports Illustrated ads that 100 percent of the proceeds went to his charity,” said Curtis Asbury, a senior from Maryland. He bought one for a friend that had been clamoring for a bracelet but was unable to find one still available in stores because they’d been selling so quickly. “He wears it all the time, so I feel it was a worthwhile gift.” But as Asbury explained, the likeability of the Live Strong bracelet ties well into its purpose —to fend off all of cancer’s ills,

equal for everyone,” Beamer continued. “In that particular part, they made it unequal for everyone. Where it may be an hour trip' to get to Atlanta, it becomes a five-hour, an eight-hour trip to get to Blacksburg, whereas with private trans-

portation, it’d be an hour to get to Atlanta, an hour to get to Blacksburg.” Some coaches, however, such as Georgia Tech’s Chan Gailey, saw the reasoning behind a transportation restriction. “If [a prospect] flies in on a private plane it’s going to be a lot different than if he makes that trip for four years back and forth,” Gailey said. ‘There’s some validity to the rule; it’s not like it’s totally asinine.” Yet Gailey also suggested that there are better solutions to the recruiting problem than the new regulations. “The NCAA wants you to be responsible for the kid 24/7, but they won’t letyou be around him. They legislate how much time you can spend with a kid during the spring and the summer, and how much structure you can have,” Gailey said. “Let us have the time with them. Let us spend time with them in structure, in football, in what they like, so that we have a little bit of a holdover. But that won’t ever hold water. They’d never do that.” Additionally, some coaches feel that not even the new proposals can effectively accomplish the NCAA goal of eliminating the “celebrity atmosphere” and scandals accompanying recruiting visits. “They’re all celebrities,” Coker maintained. “I recruited at Ohio State, at Oklahoma, at Oklahoma State, and that’s the nature of the game. That’s what they are.” season, Bowman said

After the game the Blue Devils did not seem upset with their effort. “I think we were just concentrating on the wrong things,” senior ■midfielder Johanna Bischof said. “I think we were trying to go for too much and not just taking the shot right away. We’ve been working a lot on passing around the circle and not just taking the shot right away.” Duke will spend the next week tuning up its season opener against Louisville Saturday in East Lansing at the Champion’s Tournament. The two other teams in the four-team tournament are Delaware and host Michigan State.

physical, mental, spiritual and otherwise—all while showing support for the individual who serves as the beacon of hope for every person diagnosed, afflicted or affected by cancer. In that light, the bracelet is reminiscent of the AIDS ribbon campaign of the early 1990’5, except those didn’t raise money by themselves, and they weren’t worn by everyone from little kids to presidential hopefuls, and, to be fair, they weren’t marketed as a must-have, either. They weren’t marketed at all. These bracelets have achieved great popularity without being limited by age, race, fiscal or social parameters, with the same abandon that cancer picks out its victims. It is this all-for-one, one-for-all understanding that has buoyed the Live Strong movement.

Spinoffs of the Live Strong bracelet will undoubtedly trickle out soon—if they haven’t done so already—just as the AIDS ribbon has been emulated by a plethora of causes. Regardless, this is a fad that doesn’t deserve to go out of style, with a lesson that is transcendent and philosophical, however simply it is worded. Armstrong learned his lesson long ago, and we’ve been fortunate enough to reap the benefits of his racing to beat the odds. And we’re all the better for having gone along for the ride.

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Police Department’s extended jurisdiction in the areas surrounding East Campus. In a matter of two nights these Beyond simply StaffeClitOlidl preserving the safepatrols, which Executive Vice President ty of students, the Tallman Trask emphasized are “not DUPD’s off-East patrols will also an alcohol patrol,” broke up no contribute to a positive relationless than five off-campus parties. ship between the Duke students The DUPD, in its collaboration who live off East and the other, non-student residents of those with the Durham Police Department, did not break up parties neighborhoods. In the past large, until after neighbors called about loud parties held off East have caused problems between the stuthe noise level, and the Duke police officers did not seem to be dents hosting the parties and their seeking out students who were neighbors. By maintaining a presence off East and standing ready to drinking with the intent of arrestintervene when parties get uning or punishing them. One of the purposes of the off- wieldy or too loud, the police can East patrols is to get more officers help students and residents strike a into that area, freeing up Durham more reasonable balance. Although the DUPD’s off-East police to concentrate on other calls and to ensure the safety of patrols have the potential to imDuke students. The purpose of the prove student safety, this past weekpatrols is not to overly-police drink- end’s events have shown that the ing or to quash off-campus social campus is still not safe enough activity. Although time will tell if Saturday night a person was held the DUPD patrols off East will imup at gunpoint on Central Campus prove long-term safety, this past while delivering food to students. weekend seems to indicate the poEven though the University has enacted a great number of new setential for success The University’s main priority is curity measures, and even though the safety of its students, and since these measures are making campus the number of students heading safer, the University cannot stop off campus to find social events has here. It must continue to devote continued to increase, the logical the appropriate time, effort and move was for DUPD to head off money to creating the safest camcampus with them. Since the pus possible. The off-East patrols DUPD has invested the time and are just one step in a long path tomoney to train new officers, off- ward protecting students—both on East patrols do not come at the cost and off campus—at all times. ,

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In response to these threats, the perthroughout campus with many members of the son strives to gain or maintain approval by presenting an excessively positive image, vigilantly community, men as well as women. monitoring others reactions and masking any As a research university, another characteristic of Duke is that scholarship is brought to bear signs of imperfection. How might these understandings of perfecon pressing problems. The identification of “effortless perfection” as a dynamic on our cam- tionism help us to address the expectations of pus spurs a consideration of what the research “effortless perfection” on campus? Duke is a literature offers to our understanding of perfec- highly selective university, and Duke students tionism, processes that elicit and maintain it, have a record of high achievement and accomand ways of promoting constructive change. plishment. It is reasonable to postulate that most Duke students have a There is a long tradition in desire to excel and many may of psychology considering per- -p u T'T. fectionism as a personality trait. JAODGIt 1 ilOlTipSOll have developed some degree Guest Commentary of perfectionism. For some, That is, an enduring pattern of the best has become a being oneself and perceiving relating central aspect of their identity and their selfto the world. Three dimensions of the perfectionism trait have been identified (Gordon & worth has become contingent on being “the Flett, 1991). Self-oriented perfectionism best.” While it is often the fulfillment of one’s involves a constellation of behaviors associated life-long dream to join a community of similarly with requiring perfection of oneself including accomplished peers, it also can be very threatening to one’s self-esteem when it is no longer possetting, and striving to achieve, unrealistic stansible to be the best in all the realms of human dards; selective attention to, and over-generalization of, failure; stringent self-evaluations and endeavor reflected in the Duke community. It is all-or-none thinking in which only success or understandable how the perception would arise failure exists as an outcome. Other oriented that “to be the best among the best,” one must perfectionism involves unrealistic expectations not only be perfect but also achieve perfection of others. Socially prescribed perfectionism with minimal effort In this way, the Duke enviinvolves the perceived need to meet unrealistic ronment could foster self-oriented, other-orientexpectations for perfection prescribed by signif- ed and socially prescribed perfectionism. The association of perfectionism with vulicant others. Perfectionism has been associated with increased vulnerability to depression, anxinerability to distress is cause enough for concern. In addition, the self-promotional and ety and eating disorders. concealment forms of impression manageTwo styles of self-presentation of the perfectionism trait have also been identified and are ment associated with perfectionism inhibit the considered forms of impression management wholehearted engagement and openness nec(Hewitt et al., 2003). The self-promotional style essary for the intellectualand personal growth “involves attempts to impress others with disthat the Duke undergraduate experience is plays of flawless abilities and competence and to intended to promote. Perfectionism results in gain admiration and respect. The person both unnecessary distress and loss of precious attempts to look, demonstrate or behave in a opportunities for growth. The resolution to this unhealthy dynamic perfect manner to others. Thus, the individual communicates a picture of being flawlessly capabegins with the recognition that “perfection” is ble, moral, socially competent, absolutely sucnot only an unattainable objective but also is a cessful and so forth.” (p. 1305). The concealmisplaced emphasis. Building on this recognition, we need to change the contingencies of the ment style ofself presentation involves “attempting to prevent others from seeing the individual campus culture so that self-esteem and approval behaving in any “less-than-perfect” manner and are linked not only to excellent performance but also to passionate engagement in intellectu“avoidance of verbal disclosures of any perceived, personal imperfections” (p. 1305). In al and personal growth. Furthermore, we need to be open to the risk ofnot being thebest while particular, the concealment style of self-presenin pursuit of this growth. Restricting engagetation is associated with general self-esteem difficulties and social, academic and appearance ments to only those situations in which we can self-esteem deficits (Hewitt et al., 2003). be the best limits opportunities for growth. One may actually experience the most growth in Furthermore, those who express their perfecsituations where he or she is not the best tionism through this style of impression management are reluctant to take any risks that might Robert Thompson is theDean of Trinity College. jeopardize their facade ofperfection and have a lower tolerance for the stigma of seeking help. Hewitt, P.L, Flett, G.L, (1991). Perfectionism in the self and The research literature also addresses the social contexts: conceptualization, assessment, and association with that contribute to the processes development psychopathology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 456470. and maintenance of perfectionism as a personHewitt et al. (2003). The interpersonal expression of perfection: trait. the core ality Developmentally, concepts Perfectionistic self-presentation and psychological distress. Journal are the basic needs for approval and belonging of Personality and Social Psychology, 84,1303-1325. &

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wise man once said, ignorance is bliss. (Which is ironic But doesn’t learning make life better? Maybe. But it seems because only a ‘wise’ man wouldknow this. An ignorant that students these days are so set on knowing the answer to man would be too busy hunting for food to sit and ponALL their questions, they ignore what is most important to der life’s happiness). That wise man, also known as Copernicus them. Back in the day, people used to just learn one trade and stick to it. You wanna be a jester in the king’s court? You don’t or Romulus or somethingelse-us, was totally right. to know how to do differential calculus. (You do, on the mean, that could be fun. need I true, people argue learning “Check out all the cool stuff you can learn,” people would say other hand, need to buy a crazy hat from Osh Kosh B’Gosh). to me as they finished their Cosmic Cantina burritos. And I While knowing lots of stuff is fine, spreading yourself thin and would say to people, ‘What do you mean, give me an examnever really learning anything because you know a little bit And then would ‘Well take this burrito for about say, everything is a waste. ple.” people not saying to drop out of college and open up a beadI’m learned class that these in my organic chemistry example. I ed necklace stand in southwestern Jamaica. tomatoes in my burrito give me Vitamin B12 All I’m saying is that there are lots of things in which is important for eyesight.” And then I the world you should just leave unlearned. wouldsay to people, ‘That’s not true! You totalOur Duke curriculum makes us become libermade that And and would I ly up.” people al minded because we know don’t learn people with a breadth of knowllaugh you anybut don’t useful stress out because you don’t edge, in organic chemistry. thing understand market fluctuations and equilibriBut the point is, knowing that there’s a vitaums. Life goes on without you knowing that. min in my burrito that gives me superpowers For that matter, life goes on without you like seeing through clothing and predicting a Yoni Riemer C-l, isn’t needed. In fact, I’d rather just sit back the geometry of pi, or every understanding Don’t Read Me and munch on my burrito without the knowlinternational affair. Why free trade is good, and war, not so good. Why blue and yellow edge that I’m gaining 3.4 million calories and 2.9 of them are going straight to my jugular vein in an attempt paint make green paint, but if you mix too much of any color, to suffocate my brain. Some things I’d rather not know. So why you always get this same disgusting looking brown. (And why is it we can’t just enjoy life? Why must we always be aware of the Crayola seems to think that if you add glitter to a crayon, it’s a horrors of the world? new color. It’s the same color, people! Just with glitter.) It’s okay not to loiow, because someone out there does know the Wisconsin, lived on a farm without a or a IfI in newspaper TV, with just my wife, two and a half kids, a dog, three cows, a answers to these questions and will probably handle things fine tractor, some chickens and other assorted farm paraphernalia, without your worrying. So maybe rework the theory. Ignorance isn’t bliss. But... I think I’d be pretty content Unlike the entire United States that felt incredibly saddened and shocked and angered after find something you like, and do it If you succeed at that, not only will you be happy, you’ll have the money to pay people to Sept. 11,1 wouldn’t have been affected. Imagine never knowdo all those things you don’t like to do. (And isn ? t that just as that an like that had occurred. Would feel ing atrocity you cheated? Or do you think, maybe life would be better, just not important as happiness?) knowing. I would still grow the same tomato (without knowing Yoni Riemer is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears on it has B12) and still be able to feed my family. I’d live a pretty Tuesdays. dam good life. —

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I said, “Supercollider? I just met her.” Oh, hi. I didn’t short, somewhat obscured, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it exposure see you there. This column takes its tide from an of the right breast of urban singing sensation Janet Jackson, episode of hit Fox sitcom The Simpsons. In the episode, a world where immorality lurks behind every comer justwaitthousands of babies riot because a concert featuring a popuing to pounce upon naive and unsuspecting youths, is popular baby-oriented singer/songwriter/performer is cancelled lar radio personality Howard Stem. Stem, who has filled his due to inclement weather (it is exacdy as funny as it sounds) evil coffers with devil money, has received for discussing the and the townspeople of Springfield, the fictional non-state filthiest activities in which a person can legally engage and has been a vocal supporter of his First Amendment rights city in which The Simpsons takes place, have to foot the $1 million bill that results from the ensuing damsince he first arrived on the scene as merely the self-proclaimed prince of all media. The age. This inspires the creation of SSCCATAGAPP (Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples i campaign to remove Mr. Stem from the airand Teens and Gays Against Parasitic ways—not because his show is bad, which it is, but because little Timmy and little Jenny, Parents), a group dedicated to the intoleron their way to wholesome, equally atrocious ance of children. “Children are the fixture, pop music, might hear a discussion about today belongs to me,” they would say. j Through the righteous crusade of SSO TT, IT whether girl-on-girl action is awesome or CATAGAPP, the town becomes a veritable merely very good—is due to the disdain the with Embiggened Cromulency so-called watchdog groups have for language utopia where the families have to conform to fit into society and not the other way they view as base and detrimental to humanround. This disturbance in the force caused by ity. I heard from some guy once that the definition of free SSCCATAGAPP’s floccinaucinihilipilification of the rights of society is being offended from time to time. These watchdog groups must be living by the mantra that says people in a children and families is finally rectified in the end by matriarch Marge Simpson’s counter group PPASSCCATAG (three truly free society should not have to be exposed to offensive materials against their will. guesses what that stands for) and normalcy is returned. Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV, front man of This idea of uptight parents trying to ruin the world for everybody is hardly a new one (recall Tipper Gore’s crusade The Pixies, says, “People don’t [care] about lyrics. Some to establish the parental advisory sticker in the late 80s, the people do, critics do, but most people just want to hear rock public blaming Brian Warner, a.k.a. Marilyn Manson, for the music. When I was a kid, I never got into lyrics. I just wantdecay of morality in the late 90s, Kyle Broflovski’s mom in ed to know is it a good song, or a bad song? You always come general) but it has gotten a something of a second wind in back to that point.” this apparent moral vacuum of a postjanet Jackson world. I Just so you know, the episode of The Simpsons, by which this may be a bit biased because the show was produced by column is inspired, ends with Homer and Marge Simpson MTV—and I think everything that MTV touches turns to (the parents) saying that life is once again as it should be, and crap—but still, the fallout seems to gready outweigh the they dump their kids, unsupervised, at a movie while they go have fun by themselves. Now that’s biting social commentary. proverbial explosion. Granted, I am not an expert on the subject, but... uh... I don’t know where to go with that. Thaddeus Edwards, 111 is a Trinity sophomore. His column Among those caught up on the fiendishly evil side in this apocalyptic wasteland, a world brought on by the decidedly appears on Tuesdays.

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Olympic failure

love watching the Olympics. Who doesn’t? Not only do they provide a great opportunity to be patriotic without worrying about being political, it’s also pretty amazing to see what those athletes can do with their bodies. About a week ago I was watching the men’s team gymnastics competition. The Romanians, Japanese and Americans were in first, second and third place respectively heading into the sixth and final event, the high bar. The first two Romanian competitors performed well enough to keep the team in contention for the gold medal. The fate of the team rested on the shoulders of their last gymnast. As he neared the end of his routine he attempted an extremely difficult and daring release move. He flipped and twisted over the top of the bar, extended out his arms... and missed the bar. As usual when a gymnast makes such a “major” mistake, the announcers lamented that he will certainly remember this for the rest ofhis life and that he will be kept awake for many nights to come replaying this fall. Watching this, I almostfelt like crying for him, even though I didn’t want Romania to beat the United States. I couldn’t help but remember that feeling from when I did gymnastics—I would feel as Lauren Fischetti if my life was over, Fishy Business although if I had thought about it rationally, it certainly wasn’t. Even for the Olympians, who had been training nonstop since they were toddlers, life wasn’t over. As I thought about how difficult it is to be an athlete in a sport were the goal is perfection, my mind drifted to my classmates at Duke. We too have spent most of our lives trying to be perfect. I’m not trying to write yet another article about the effordess perfection that our campus was obsessed with last year. I’m only referring to the “do everything you can, do it better than anyone else, take no excuses and never accept failure” type of determinationthat most students here have. Obviously, in order to get in here, we must have been driven. We got A’s in honors and AP classes, aced the SATs, did every extracurricular activity known to man and still managed to have a life. We accepted nothing short of the best from ourselves, and that’s why we are where we are today. Unfortunately, many students here have taken on attitudes similar to those of the gymnasts. Surrounded by over 6,000 people who were all among the best, it becomes hard to stay on top. I have watched too many people freak out and dwell on low grades. I wish they could see that there is nothing wrong with getting a few bad grades. They will not keep you from getting a job or going to grad school and won’t end your life. The start of the new school year is, for many people, a time for new beginnings academically. If you are anything like me, you’re probably thinking about all the reasons you should have or could have or would have done much better last year. Ifyou’re a freshman, you’re planning out how to survive this year. At a time when most of the advice you will receive will tell you to do better, try harder and do mor£, I’m going to suggest something a little different. Be the best, try the hardest and do the most that you can do, but realize that mistakes and failures are not horrible life-altering events. Life will go on afterward and odds are you won’t even remember them after some time has passed. When you dwell on mistakes or shortcomings, you become obsessed with them and can no longer enjoy what you are doing. Your years at Duke should be some of your best, both intellectually and socially, so don’truin them by spending too much time preoccupied with letters and numbers that in the end mean much less than everything else you can do here. Lauren Fischetti is a Trinity sophomore. Her column

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