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The sounds ofheated political discourse echoed off the walls of the Great Hall Monday night as students, armed with questions about key issues surrounding the 2004 presidential election, gathered for a discussion with representatives from the state Republican and Democratic parties. The event, called “Presidential Question and Answer Time,” was the first in a series of activities organized as a part of the “One Sweet Vote” initiative —a campus-wide campaign sponsored by the Residence Life and Housing Services that aims to promote student interest in the November election. Melissa Bixler, a GA in Craven Quad and one of the panel’s organizers, said the goal of Monday night’s event was to reach out to both students and politicians in an attempt to encourage dialogue between the two groups. “College students are notoriously left out of the loop when it comes to being addressed by the candidates,” Bixler said.

people. Each panelist began with a brief description of his respective party, but the students quickly turned the dialogue from the abstract to the concrete, making Iraq the linchpin of the evening’s discussion. Sophomores David Cardenas and Adam Mintz both questioned Sen. John Kerry, DMass., and President George W. Bush’s planned courses of action in the Middle

Stuck in bed with a looming midterm? There’s no need to trek to Student Health for an excuse —you can use the official method for notifying professors that you’re sick without even leaving your room. An online form, accessible from the TReqs website about Trinity College policies and the Pratt School of Engineering’s online listing of rules and procedures, officially replaced Dean’s Excuses for shortterm illnesses October 2003. Nearly a year later, undergraduates and professors remain largely unfamiliar with the new Short-Term Illness Notification Policy. “I haven’t had anybody use it yet,” said Professor Richard A. Palmer, who teaches General Chemistry, one df Duke’s largest lecture classes. He noted that the situation might change during midterm week. Missing a midterm or the deadline for a homework assignment because of sickness is exactly the type of reason students would use the Short-Term Illness Notification Policy. After logging in with their NetlDs and passwords, students can fill in the blanks and send standardized e-mails to their professors, promising to make up graded work in accordance with class policy and affirming their adherence to the

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Panelists Bill Cobey (left) and Jerry Meek discuss hot political issues at the Great Hall Monday night. ‘This is an opportunity for the Republicans and the Democrats to first of all, show up and say, ‘We are interested in what you have to say,’ and secondly, ‘Your input is important to us in making decisions.’” The two guest panelists—Jerry Meek, Trinity ’92 and current vice chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, and Bill Cobey, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a' recent candidate for the North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nomina-

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Snail mail slow to satisfy students BY GABRIEL CHEN

Senior Dan Avissar waits at the Bryan Center Post

Office to send packages in the mail.

First-year Divinity School student Luke Lin is frustrated. His birthday package, sent by priority mail about three weeks ago by his parents in Maryland, did not arrive on time. It was supposed to take three to four days to reach him, but it took two and a half weeks. Tve never experienced this I sort of feeling of unreliability before,” Lin said. “As an undergraduate at Emory [University], I never had to worry about whether my / packages would make it to me in a timely manner. Moreover, I would not have to go through any waiting period for packages to be sorted out or have them potentially lost.” Lin’s experience with Duke Postal Operations is not unusual. Many students said they have had packages and pieces of mail arrive

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several days or even weeks late. When The Chronicle told Michael Trogdon, Postal Operations general manager, about the numerous complaints students had about the delay of their mail, he said the office examined the packages on the student shelves to compare when they were mailed with when they were entered into the system. The majority of packages sitting on the shelves, he said, were sent two to three days before Duke processed them. A few had a lapse of four days, and a few packages were sent more than a week before. He stress' the delayed mail, however, ha dresses—the wrong box numb' number or the wrong zip code “When you are dealing wi dreds of incoming package: day, I don’t think this is out * ordinary,” Trogdon said, refei to the errors in addresses. “Bu long as the mail and packat are all correctly addresse there should not be any bac log of mail—packages, parcel

letters, magazines, etc.” Students, however, still said they thought the post office was inefficient, “When I lived on campus it used to take me seven ,to 10 days to receive a first-class letter mailed from Cincinnati, Ohio,” said third-year medical student David Evans, Trinity 02. “Now that I live off-campus, I receive the same letter in three to four days.” Senior Anthony Lau said mail delivered from the Raleigh-Durham area to his home POST OFFICE ON PAGE 6

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clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group that has served as a mediator to release hostages. The video of the beheading of the man believed to be Armstrong surfaced soon after the expiration of a 48-hour deadline set earlier by al-Zarqawi’s Tawhid and Jihad group for the beheading of the three civil engineers. The men—Armstrong, American Jack Hensley and Briton Kenneth Bigley—were abducted Thursday from their home in a

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BAGHDAD, Iraq A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong. The militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage—either an American or a Briton—would be killed in 24 hours. The grisly decapitation was the latest killing in a particularly violent month in Iraq, with more than 300 people dead in insurgent attacks and U.S. military strikes over the past seven days. Earlier Monday, gunmen in Baghdad assassinated two

wealthy Baghdad neighborhood.

A militant whose voice resembled alZarqawi, who has been linked to al Qaeda, read a statement in the video saying the

hostage would be killed in 24 hours unless all Muslim women prisoners are released from U.S. military jails. “You, sister, rejoice. God’s soldiers are coming to get you out of your chains and restore your purity by returning you to your mother and father,” he said before grabbing the hostage, seated at his feet, and cutting his throat. In Washington, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Armstrong’s body had been recovered, but the official would provide no information about where or when. next

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Flood kills at least 500 people in Haiti by Amy

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GONATVES, Haiti The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti rose to 573 late Monday as search crews recovered dozens of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud or the ruins of their homes, officials said. The bodies of at least 500 people killed by Tropical Storm Jeanne were filling morgues in Gonaives, according to Touissant Kong-Doudou, a spokesperson for the U.N. mission. Fifty-six were in northern Port-de-Paix and 17 more were located elsewhere on the Caribbean island.‘The water is high. As it goes down, we expect to find more bodies,” Kongo-Doudou said. Two days after lashing Haiti, Jeanne regained hurricane strength over the open Atlantic Monday but posed no immediate threat to land. Since it developed last week, Jeanne has been

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blamed for at least 255 deaths, including seven each in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. “I lost my kids and there’s nothing I can do,” said Jean Estimable, whose two-year-old daughter was killed and another of his five children was missing and presumed dead. “All I have is complete despair and the clothes I’m wearing,” he said, pointing to a floral dress and ripped pants borrowed from a neighbor Many of the bodies stacked in Gonaives’ flood-damaged General Hospital were children. In Gonaives, a city of about a quarter million, people waded through ankle-deep mud outside the mayor’s office, where workers were shoveling out mud and doctors treated the wounded. Dieufort Deslorges, a spokesman for Haiti’s civil protection agency, told The Associated Press that the town’s situation as “catastrophic.” He said survivors “need everything from potable water to food, clothing, medication and disinfectants.”

newsinbrief CBS responds to allegations CBS News apologized Monday for a "mistake in judgment" in its story questioning President George W, Bush's National Guard service, claiming it was misled by the source of documents that several experts have dismissed as fakes.

Yudhoyono predicted to win Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former general who fought al Qaeda-linked extremists in Indonesia, appeared headed for victory Monday in an Indonesian presidential runoff. He had nearly 59 percent of the votes in early returns, while incumbent President Sukarnoputri had 41 percent.

Kerry attacks Bush on Iraq Sen. John Kerry said Monday he would not have overthrown Saddam Hussein had he been in the White House, and he accused President George W. Bush of "stubborn incompetence," dishonesty and colossal failures of judgment.

Adams, photojournalist, dies Eddie Adams, 71, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist whose work was defined by a photo of a communist guerrilla being executed during the Vietnam War, died Sept. 19 at his home in New York City of complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. News briefs compiled from wire reports "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisiH. Jackson Brown ble to the eye."

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Scholars, as a breed, are often wary of journalists. The law school’s James Cox, a specialist in corporate and securities law, however, never seems to tire of them. A member of the Duke School of Law faculty since 1979, Cox has distinguished himself in many ways beyond his growing reputation as a business media darling. The Brainerd Currie Profesor of Law has testified before the U.S. Senate arid House of Representatives, completed a Fulbright fellowship at the University of Sydney and won an Association of American Publishers 1995 NationalBook Award for Law. His work has taken him all over the globe where he has advised within an impressive variety of law systems and cultural contexts—from China and Thailand to Bosnia, Chile and Saudi Arabia. It is no surprise, then, that Cox is one of Duke’s most oft-quoted academics. Cox proves little help at unraveling the mystery ofhis popularity with the media. “I think that’s thanks to a lot of skullduggery and financial markets. I also have a big mouth,” he said. Cox’s popularity as a media pundit only began with the recent rash of fraud in corporate financial governance. It was not until the scandals began to dominate the news in 2001 that Cox began to get airtime. “For years I’d spent time talking to the press and [was] never quoted,” he noted. From that point onward, he describes his appeal to business journalists as having “snowballed.” He has worked with such media luminaries as Alec Klein, reporter for The Washington Post and best-selling author, as well as New York Times legal correspondent Stephen Labaton, whose investigative reporting partially instigated the Election Night resignation of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Harvey Pitt in 2002. Labaton, Law ’B6, joined Cox for a discussion of corporate ethics at the Fuqua School ofBusiness in November 2002; the two spent the evening analyzing contemporary SEC scandals in terms of their respective backgrounds. This is Cox’s usual role with reporters. He is most often called upon to provide extensive legal background for a situation, to

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The Durham City Council voted against a rezoning proposition that would have allowed a housing development to be built on the Infinity Heights site Monday, night. All but one of the seven council members at the meeting expressed a lack ofconfidence in the de-

velopment company’s plans.

The council heard arguments for the rezoning from Patrick Byker, an attorney for Parkland Development, which is the company interested in developing the property near Infinity and Roxboro roads. In his pitch to the council, Byker emphasized the neighborhood-friendly proposed features of the development such as sidewalks, a public park and fewer houses than originally planned and thus SEE CITY COUNCIL ON PAGE 8 PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE

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interpret facts and then to suggest other experts willing to do the same thing. When Cox provided background and factual insight for Klein’s July 2002 stories on AOL Time Warner’s “cooking of the

A Sept. 20 article about a weekend lecture by economist Jagdish Bhagwati referred incorrectly to Bhagwati's position on the relationship between globalization and human rights violations. Bhagwati said rights violations were not the result of foreign trade and globalization might in fact cut down on such abuse.

books,” the reporter had contacted him as early as March of that year. “[That was] literally hours and hours and hours and hours of phone conversation,” Cox said. Despite the hours spent talking with reporters, he insists that he never tires of it. ‘That’s part of teaching,” he shrugged. And it’s Cox’s passion for teaching that seems to set him apart from many of his colleagues in the classroom as well as the media. “He expects a lot out of his students, but I think he’s justified, and I think he gives a lot in return, too,” said Eliza Kendrick, Law ’O4. SEE COX ON PAGE 5

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STUD has selectedthe Marketplace as the site for mixers designed to counter self-segregation.

newsbriefs from staff re DUP release drawing ofrobbery suspect Duke University Police released a composite drawing of the man suspected ofrobbing a Duke student near Edens Quadrangle Sept. 11 at about 2:15 a.m. The man reportedly showed a gun to a 17-year-old male student and told him to put his wallet on the picnic table near the end of the Edens Drive fire lane on West Campus. The suspect then took the wallet and walked into the woods near Wannamaker Drive. The student was not harmed The suspect is described as a black man 5 feet 8 inches tall. lomposite

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Memorial service for Katherine McClary A memorial service for Katherine McClary, Trinity ’Ol, will take place Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the York Chapel at the School of Divinity. McClary died Sept. 11 after being hit by a Durham Area Transit Authority bus. The Kohler, Wis., native earned her degree in biology. She also coached the junior varsity basketball and volleyball teams at Durham Academy.

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Race relations came down to a game of trivia and a round of Pictionary last week at the first Marketplace Mixer, a social event designed to encourage diverse friendships among freshmen before racial self-segregation sets in. The Mixers, which are hosted by Students to Unite Duke and will continue throughout the semester, include a series of icebreakers and casual getting-to-knowyou games intended to put people at ease and get conversation started. “I think that the social separation has a lot to do with the fact that people are passive about their social scene,” said sen-

ior Ade Hassan, co-chair of STUD. “They go through their Duke experience not really knowing why all their friends look like them.” Often race issues become apparent during the spring semester, when freshmen begin to get involved in greek life and unintentionally separate themselves along the lines of black or white fraternities and sororities, STUD leaders said. This is why STUD plans to pour so much ofits energy into the freshman class, where comfort zones have yet to be solidified, Hassan said. “It is one of the hardest things to get

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They went on sale Monday at the Bryan Center box office. The classic musical comedy with a score by Frank Loesser tells the story of a window-cleaner who follows a series ofrules to break into the business world. As he succeeds in climbing the corporate ladder, he encounters romantic complications and minor office emergencies. The show runs Oct. 14-24 in Shaefer Theater. Tickets are $9 for general public and $7 for students or senior citizens. They can also be purchased from www.tickets.duke.edu or by calling 919684-4444. Discounted rates are also available for groups of 10 or more.

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Officers responded to House HH3 in reference to smell of marijuana Sept. 18 at 12:19 p.m. When officers arrived at room 311, they found what appeared to be marijuana in plain view. Officers searched the room and the resident Clayton Thomas (DOB Oct. 10, 1984, 311 HH3), finding more marijuana and what appeared to be hallucinogenic mushrooms, along with a large Bowie knife. Thomas was arrested and charged with Possession with Intent to Sell, Manufacture or Deliver a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Maintaining a Dwelling for the purpose of Manufacturing, Sale or Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Weapon on Campus. Additional charges may be pending. Thomas, who was held at the Durham County Jail on $5,000 secured bond, could not be reached for comment.

Officers responded to a fire alarm in House K Sept. 18 at 2:44 a.m. When they arrived, officers spoke to a resident who reported a strong odor of marijuana. Benjamin Johnston (DOB Sept. 4, 1984, 301 House K) denied smoking any marijuana. A search of the room found marijuana smoking paraphernalia, and Johnston was cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Johnston, whose court date is set for Nov. 3.,c0u1d not be reached for comment. Man detained for weapon on campus Officers arrested Corey Sales (DOB Aug. 9, 1975, 4419 Denfield St.) for Possession of a Weapon on Campus Sept. 18 at 2 a.m. Sales was found with a .38 pistol in his possession at the Duke Emergency Department.

Book stolen from Perkins An employee reported the theft of a

Getting away from work seems to be a tricky conundrum for Cox, yet one that does not particularly worry him. For example, after he had just finished testifying to the House and Senate on matters of insider trading in 1988, he took the year-long position as Senior Research Fulbright Fellow in order to “go over to Australia and relax for a bit.” Instead of relaxing, he quickly became involved in the Australian Parliament’s investigation into insider-trading laws, moving from one law system to another. In addition to his work with Parliament, he gave talks at 17 universities and a plethora of professional groups. “It made a nice footprint for Duke, me being there,” he mused. If Cox is concerned with making footprints, he has managed to leave them in a variety of countries so dis-

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Purse stolen from Credit Union An employee reported the theft of her purse from the Duke Federal Credit Union on Morreene Road Sept. 17. The employee said that she left her purse on the counter for a few minutes at around 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 17 while she was at the Credit Union. When she went to retrieve her purse it was missing. The purse, $9O in cash, various identification cards and bank cards, are valued at $230.

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parate —both legally and culturally —that there is no chance of anyone narrowing his expertise to one field. In China and Thailand, he led training programs for corporate regulators. He has participated in law reforms in Bosnia, Chile, Denmark and will soon do the same in Vietnam. He even served as consultant on capital market laws for the king ofSaudi Arabia. Yet he does not sees his international work as any unusual calling nor charitable impulse, but rather as a simple inevitability. “I think it’s hard to be an academic without having gotten caught up in international forces; the world’s just shrinking,” he said. Although becoming an academic in the largely professional field of law is rare among his legal peers, Cox seems to shrug this off too. It was something he’d decided in his first semester of college, writing home to his mother. “If I could spend the rest ofmy life on a college campus, I’d feel a great success,” he said.

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book from the Perkins Library Special Collections Sept. 17. The book Kritik der Reinen by Emanuel Kant, was valued at $5O. At this time it is unknown when the book was taken or when it was last seen.

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employee said that the hubcaps were taken sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Sept. 16. The stolen hubcaps are valued at $lOO. Car window smashed An employee reported Sept. 17 that sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sept. 16 someone broke the left rear window of her 2000 Land Rover, parked in the lot behind 2218 Elder St. Nothing was taken from the vehicle. The broken window is valued at $2OO. Card stolen from ’Dillo A student reported the theft of her Duke Card Sept. 17 and two bank cards from Armadillo Grill. The student reported she last saw the cards in her wallet at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 17 and they were missing at 2 p.m. the same day. The stolen cards are valued at $2O.

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STUD from page 4 to party together. It’s like pulling teeth sometimes. And there are still stigmas on campus attached to certain places, so you need to look for a new place that doesn’t have a white title or a black title or an Asian title,” said senior Kimberly Noel, co-chair of STUD. She noted that the Devil’s Den on Central Campus is a typical gathering place for a black student group, whereas offcampus parties tend to draw few minorities and a more homogeneous crowd. The Marketplace, where the majority of freshmen eat every day, was chosen as a place that carries no social stigma.

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“The Marketplace is the greatest example of self-segregation on campus,” Noel said. “It seriously defines people’s Duke experience.” STUD’s main goal is to create relationships among unlikely groups of people in hopes that more serious discussions will follow. Leaders have noticed a recent peak in interest in the group. The organization, which directly targets race relations within Duke’s social scene, has grown to include an e-mail list of more than 200 people in addition to a core group of regular attendees. Although only about 25 students showed up and stayed for the duration of the first mixer Sept. 15, Noel and Hassan said the event was a success. The mixer drew a balanced variety of racial groups,

and organizers said they hope the event fostered actual friendships that will continue beyond the games and prizes. “I met a lot of people I wouldn’t have met at the Marketplace usually because the Marketplace is definitely one of the most segregated places on campus,” freshman Steven Sunmonu said. Others, however, remained unsure about the larger impact of the event. “I think the mixers are a good idea, but it has to be a considered effort on the part of the student as well. If the student doesn’t want to change or meet new people, it’s not going to work,” said Ife Afolayan, a freshman. “We won’t just magically be friends forever because we played some games together.”

POST OFFICE from page 1 in South Carolina would normally take anywhere from three to four business days. There were times, however, when his mail was postmarked 10 to 12 days prior to arrival. “It shouldn’t take 10 days for my mail to arrive from such a close location,” Lau said. “It’s annoying because a few things that my parents sent me were time sensitive. Having this delay almost made me miss the deadlines.” Trogdon said except for the first few weeks of school, when the post office receives many hundreds of packages each day, the packages are prompdy keyed into the system by 9 a.m. each day. Also, he said the post office has a package system in place that gready helps to reduce delivery errors. “When we key in a student’s box number, the computer speaks the student’s name back to us,” he said. “This helps us to make certain we are sending the right e-mail for the right package to the right student.” But this system is not without its flaws. Sophomore Martin Zimmerman said the post office has given him the wrong packages before. “The package had my box number on it, but it wasn’t addressed to me,” Zimmerman recalled. “Once I realized the package wasn’t mine, I went back and gave it to them, and they took it back and did not ask any questions.” But it is not just late mail that causes

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Duke Postal Operations has drawn criticism from students because of its short hours. Duke students to complain. Junior Jennifer Reckleff grumbles that the post office never seems to be open when she is out of class. Currendy, the West and East Campus post offices open Monday to Friday at 8:30 a.m. The West post office closes at 4:30 p.m. and the East office shuts its doors at 4 p.m. “I think many students—like me—have class past 4:30 p.m. If I check my email right before class and find out I have a package, I’m unable to get it until the next day,” Reckleff said. She suggested the post office shift its hours in the morning to later in the day or open a few hours on Saturdays. Trogdon questioned how many students were actually in class from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without a break to get their mail. He said if students are in class Monday to

Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., it would be acceptable for a roommate or friend to pick up packages for them. But, the friend

would need to know the box number and have the roommate’s or friend’s DukeCard with her to prove that she had gotten permission to get the package. Trogdon said the post office operated on Saturdays last year, but the total amount of annual Saturday revenue amounted to less than $3OO. “That’s not $3OO per Saturday; its $3OO for the whole school year,” Trogdon said. “The post office is not totally run by the government. We do closely follow their guidelines, but we also are fiscally responsible to Duke. Paying clerks overtime to work Saturdays for only five or six students is not prudent.”

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When illness strikes, however, students often prefer to communicate with their professors through more informal channels, such as personal e-mails. Even those who know about the policy do not use the official form. “I’ve only tried to use it a few times,” junior Michael Kenney said. “I couldn’t find it.” Students and faculty agree that lack of awareness is the biggest difficulty with the policy. Fears that students might abuse the convenience of having an online form have turned out to be largely unfounded, as professors report few problems. “My concern is, Obviously, I teach a really big class, so if a lot of students self-report illness, how do I deal with that in the context of 300 students?” asked economics professor Lori Leachman, who had expressed her worries during the special joint session of the Arts and Sciences Council and the Engineering Faculty Council that approved the policy last year. Students, however, have acted more responsibly than she expected. “So far, I’m going to say it’s worked well,” she said. Academic deans have not even found it necessary to keep statistics on how frequently students miss work due to illness. Although they have investigated the records of the few students whose professors have reported a suspicious pattern of absences, misuse of the form has not been widespread. “Only when something really comes into question is there any need for the deans to do a follow-up,” said Kay Singer, associate dean of Trinity College. “I don’t think anybody’s seen anything unusual.” Students appreciate the faith in undergraduates’ judgment that the policy reflects. “We should be trusted with it,” said Maya Lloyd, a sophomore. “It would be a shame for those few who misusg it to take it away from everyone.” One benefit of the current policy is that students can fill out the form and focus their energy on getting better instead of walking all the way to Student Health on Flowers Drive for an excuse. “We were sending a lot of students to Student Health who were really better off taking two aspirin, going to bed and drinking orange juice,” Singer said.

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Film: The Agronomist Directed by Jonathan Demnje (The Manchurian Candidate, Silence of theLambs ) Profile of Haitian activist and journalist Jean Dominique. 7:00-9:00 pm EDT Richard White Lecture Hall Duke University’s East Campus

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 2004, CONTINUED 2:00 3:30 pm EDT Particular Knowledge and Global Human Rights Moderator: Grant Parted (Literature Program, Duke; Editor, SouthAtlantic Quarterly) Shemeem Abbas (English Dept., University of Texas, Austin) -

“Potent Knowledge: Unaware Scholarship” (Center on International Cooperation, NYU) “Democracy in the Age ofTerror: What We Know and Why It Matters” Thomas Keenan (Human Rights Project, Bard College) “Evidence in Question: Knowing and Doing in Human Rights”

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3:45 5:15 pm EDT Challenging the Status Quo: Humanities/Law/Politics Moderator: Walter Mignolo (Romance Studies, Duke; Director, Center for GlobalStudies and the Humanities; Co-coordinator, editorial collective Worlds and Knowledges -

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Jacqueline Moudeina (Dickinson School of Law, Penn State) “Jacquelines Fight” Emmanuel Tatah Mentan (Political Science, Illinois Wesleyan) “Risky Knowledge in Cameroon: Insecurity ofTenure and State Terror” Karen Engle (UT School of Law, Austin) “The Perilous Representation of Rape Victims in Bosnia” 3:20 6:20 pm EDT Dialogue with Panelists -

FRANKLIN HUMANITIES INSTITUTE RISKY KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM 2004-2005 The Franklin Humanities Institute gratefully acknowledges the continued support of the Office of the Provost and the Dean ofArts and Sciences, Duke University, and the Andrew W. MellonFoundation as well as the collaboration of the Duke Human Rights Initiative and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The conference will be webcast live at: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/today/livevideo.php

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less traffic congestion. “We’ve eliminated four homes, so we’re down to 55 units,” Byker said. “The homes will be above the $200,000 range, and there is a good market in Durham for these homes.” Byker also said special precautions had been taken in the plans to conserve trees and to delay construction in order to avoid disrupting the nesting habits of birds on the property. But after Byker spoke, the council opened the floor to Durham residents opposed to the development. The citizens who spoke said the development would aggravate already dramatic traffic problems. “By approving the zoning, you’ll add more traffic to an already busy road,” said Lisa Hito, who lives in a housing complex across the street from the proposed Infinity Heights development. “Progress and development are important, but this could bring devastating consequences to

IRAQ from page 2 The taped beheading appears to be of Armstrong, but the CIA is still reviewing the tape to be sure, the official said. The nine-minute tape, posted on a Web site used by Islamic militants, showed a man seated on the floor, blindfolded and wearing an orange jumpsuit—similar to the orange uniform worn by prisoners at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—with his hands bound behind his back. Five militants dressed in black stood behind him, four of them armed with assault rifles, with a black Tawhid and Jihad banner on the wall. The militant in the center read out a statement, as the hostage rocked back and

Infinity and Roxboro roads.” Lugenia Mason cited very immediate reasons for her opposition to the rezoning proposal. Mason, who lives on nearby Omega Road, said she could not make a left turn out of her street, and that she often had to wait longer than five minutes for the light to change at the intersection of Roxboro and Infinity roads. Council member Eugene Brown noted that the intersection had received an “F” grade and was one of the “worst in the city.” Mason said a new housing development in the area would make these nuisances unbearable. ‘The traffic is terrible,” Mason said. “I am begging, please do not approve this rezoning. It’s already getting worse every day.” After hearing a rebuttal from Byker, the council voted 1-6 against the motion, with council member Howard Clement casting the lone approving vote. Clement had argued for deferring the motion to a later meeting, but the other members were ready to decide.

‘The developer did go back and make concessions in terms of eliminating townhomes,” council member Diane Catotti said. “But these complaints needed to be worked out with the neighborhoods before. This project is not in good enough shape to come forward.” Members of the audience exulted after the council voted in their favor, to the point where Mayor Bill Bell had to hammer the gavel to quiet them down. “You have to live there to understand,” Mason said after the vote.

forth and side to side where he sat. After finishing, the militant pulled a knife and cut his throat until the head was severed. The victim gasped loudly as blood poured from his neck. His killer held up the head at one point, and placed it on top of the body. “The fate of the first infidel was cutting off the head before your eyes and ears. You have a 24-hour opportunity. Abide by our demand in full and release all the Muslim women, otherwise the head of the other will follow this one,” the speaker said. Tawhid and Jihad —Arabic for “Monotheism and Holy War”—has claimed responsibility for killing at least six hostages, including Armstrong and another American, Nicholas Berg, who was abducted in April. The group has also

said it is behind a number of bombings and gun attacks. In a video Saturday setting the 48-hour deadline, the militants demanded the release offemale Iraqi prisoners detained by the U.S. military. The military says it is holding two women with ties to Saddam Hussein’s regime, including Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha, a scientist who became known as “Dr. Germ” for helping Iraq make weapons out of anthrax, and a biotech researcher. But there may be women held as common criminals. They said no women were being held at the U.S. military prison at Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, where American soldiers were photographed sexually humiliating male prisoners, raising fears about the safety about women detainees.

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construction efforts. ‘You can’t have this cowboy running around the world acting like the U.S. rules the world,” Meek said, criticizing Bush’s foreign policies. “This is a unilateralist president... But that’s not the way you work and operate as a nation in the 21st century.” Cobey countered Meek’s remarks with an argument in support ofthe Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, dismissing the accusation that it should not have acted without the support of the United Nations. ‘The U.N. is a wonderful debate in society, but it’s a toothless tiger,” he said. Cobey also argued that the decision to go to Iraq was a necessary step in the fight against international terrorism. Although he agreed with the assertion that the president “needs to go right after terrorists,” Meek said the administration missed its target with the invasion of Iraq. “Somewhere along the way he needs to get a new map of the Middle East because last I heard, Osama bin Laden was in Afghanistan,” Meek said with a grin. Meek and Cobey also fielded questions about the presidential nominees’ stances on the environment, gun control, health care and education. Several audience members said although the panelists made a good case for the candidates’ positions on the issues, their remarks were largely political rhetoric they had heard before. “We got to see a fair interpretation of what we’re going to see in the upcoming election,” Mintz said. “Whether that’s the message Americans need to be hearing is

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Sophomore Curt Dukes saw his first action at quarterback Saturday. He connected on 3-oM 0 pass attempts and threw a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

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When Ted Roof accepted the Duke head coaching position he never expected the job to be easy. But three weeks into his first full season and three disappointing losses later, Roof is not making any excuses even when he could easily point to the onslaught of injuries that have plagued the Blue Devils. “We’ve certainly had our share of bad misfortune, but we’ve got to play our way out of that,” Roof said of the injuries. “That happens to everybody and that’s part of the deal. I’m not going to focus

on that, I’m going to focus on how we can try and improve so that we can win a football game.” Five players that had made significant impacts earlier in the season sat out Saturday as Virginia Tech pounded the Blue Devils, 41-17. On offense, running back Cedric Dargan, who sat out his second straight game with a leg injury, and two members of the receiving corps, Deonto McCormick and Senterrio Landrum, did not even make the trip to Blacksburg, Va. The offense suffered desperately as it mustered just 197 yards and only six completions.

On the other side of the ball, captains Kenneth Stanford and Phillip Alexander also did not play. With the exception of Alexander, who will miss the rest of the season with a broken leg suffered against Connecticut, each of the other four players is listed as day-today and Roof is optimistic that some of his injured athletes will play this weekend in the home opener against Maryland. Roof does not want to make excuses, but he admitted that he never had witnessed such a large number of injuries to SEE

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The greens were in prime condition, and Brittany Lang took advantage. The Duke sophomore shot a schoolrecord 64 Monday in the opening round of the NCAA Fall Preview in Sunriver, Ore.

Lang’s seven-under-par performance, ignited by a hot putter, lifted the No. 2 Blue Devils to a two-stroke lead after the

opening 18 holes. “She got her putter going,” head coach Dan Brooks said. ‘These greens are very good greens. They are not terribly undulated. This is the kind of course where you can really get on a roll.” Lang’s surge into the record books came at the turn when she birdied five consecutive holes to move to seven under. Last season’s National Golf Coaches BrittanyLang's streakoffive consecutive birdies pro- Association Freshman of the Year did pelled the sophomore to the best round ofher career. more than just putt well. Stellar iron play

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propelled her to make birdies on all three par fives. A birdie on the 13th pushed Lang to seven under. “It feels great and it gives me a lot of confidence,” said Lang, who also shot a 64 during her high school career. “I was pretty steady today. I hit a lot of fairways and greens and five in a row from 9-13.” Lang’s seven-under score kept the Blue Devils in the lead for much of the day even though all four other Duke golfers shot over par. Duke battled Auburn atop the leaderboard for most of the round, but the Tigers fell back late to end round one in a tie for eighth. The reigning National Player of the Year, junior Liz Janangelo, had the most consistent round for Duke. After a bogey on the first, Janangelo notched 17 consecutive pars, but Brooks said the junior SEE W. GOLF ON PAGE 12

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Ewing and Redick named captains Head coach Mike Krzyzewski named senior Daniel Ewing and junior JJ. Redick

captains for the 2004-05 season. Ewing returns for his second season as captain after averaging just over 10 points

for the Blue Devils last season. Redick, the team’s leading scorer, assumes the captains role for the first time. The outsider shooter was selected over four other juniors on the team.

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It’s hard to imagine a better position for the volleyball team as it heads into ACC play—head coach Jolene Nagel is coming off of her 100th career win at Duke and the team has won nine consecutive matches. After a slow start, the talented freshmen are meshing with an established core and the pieces seem to be falling into place at the right time for the Blue Devils (9-2), who host North Carolina (5-6) tonight at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Boosting the team’s already high spirits, freshman Carrie DeMange was named ACC Volleyball Player of the Week for her strong showings in the College of Charleston Tournament and in the team’s win over Elon. DeMange is the Blue Devils’ leader with 147 kills and four solo blocks and 27 block assists. “We have a lot of very young players this year, and are quite a different looking team [for our opponents],” said Nagel of a team that has been powered by freshmen. But while the freshman standout earned the week’s top award, the team’s core of seniors all put forth solid performances over the weekend. Seniors Tassy Rufai and Stephanie Istvan each added 10 digs on the defensive side, and fellow sen-

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Stephanie Istvan was named to the all-tournament team at theCollege ofCharlestonTournament this weekend. ior Erin Noble tabbed a career-high three blocks in the final match of the tournament. Istvan and DeMange earned alltournament team selections. “We have a lot of returning players this year, and they are working well with the [freshmen],” Nagel said. “We’ve gelled well.” Inconsistent play has hampered the Blue Devils in recent years with pronounced peaks and valleys in the teams’ performances. Nagel said one of the keys to success this year has been balanced and aggressive play.

The consistency has paid dividends for Duke, which has not dropped a game in its last nine matches. On the other hand, North Carolina has dropped its last two matches, but UNC has faced stronger opponents than Duke this year. The Tar Heels have also beaten No. 20 Loyola Marymount, which defeated Duke earlier this season. “North Carolina has been playing tough competition, so their record is not indicative of their [level of play],” Nagel SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 12

Men’s soccer cracks top 25 After winning its ACC opener 1-0 over Clemson Saturday, Duke is ranked 25th in the College Soccer News poll. The Blue Devils have not allowed a single goal in 2003, outscoring their opponents 25-0. For his stellar play against Clemson and Campbell, Duke goalie Justin Trowbridge earned ACC Player of the Week honors. The senior has posted shutouts in five games this season to lift his career total to 10. Duke returns to action Wednesday when the team hosts East Carolina at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils’ shutout streak will be challenged Saturday in College Park as Duke takes on top-ranked Maryland.

Rowbury earns ACC honors

After winning Saturday’s Aztec Invitational, Duke junior Shannon Rowbury was named ACC Performer of the Week. Rowbury finished the 5-kilometer race in 17:03, 25 seconds clear of the field. Beard and Tillis make WNBA Playoffs The Washington Mystics and the Detroit Shock both qualified for the playoffs, which begin this weekend. Alana Beard led the late-season surge for the Mystics scoring more than 20 points in her final five games.

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skill players at the same time. During Saturday’s game, quarterback Mike Schneider suffered a concussion in the first quarter. He did not return to action against the Hokies but has since been cleared to practice. His absence and Chris Dapolito’s poor production led Roof to use Curt Dukes under center in the third quarter even though he had taken few snaps in practice. “I wanted to see Curt Dukes in competition, I wanted to find away to get him the ball more and see what he did when he had his chance,” Roof said. “I thought he did some good things and provided a spark and provided some energy for our offense.” Dukes, a quarterback who transferred from Nebraska, passed for 73 yards, including a 35-yard touchdown to Jomar Wright. He also threw an interception. “[Dukes] made some mistakes, but the thing I was most proud of is that he kept going,” Roof said. “He took it by the reins and ran with it. I was pleased to see that.” With the addition of Dukes to the quarterback carousel, the players performance on the practice field will decide next week’s starter, but Roof said it is “incredibly possible” that Dukes may see some action as quarterback against the Terrapins. Roof said he hopes, however, that eventually one quarterback will separate himselffrom the trio. “I’d really like to be a one quarterback team,” Roof said. “Right now its just not something we’re ready to do.” Filling the void at the skill positions, a number of young and inexperienced players have gained valuable playing time. “You try and look for the silver lining in every cloud,” Roof said. “From an injury perspective, the way I look at it right now is that some of these young guys are getting reps right now that’ll give us some quality depth when we get everyone back.”

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Chris Dapoiito will be one of three quarterbacks competing for the starting job against Maryland.

Although the team’s play has yet to translate into wins, Roof has been impressed with the development from week to week. “I think we’re improving,” Roof said. “I’ve seen big strides. I think we’ve had a lot ofkids thathave gotten some real experience in some close ball games, but we’re not where we wanted to be.”

The effort has also been outstanding, Roof said, considering that there have been so many potential excuses for the players to lose their focus. “You’re not negative with kids on game day,” Roof said. “You ask them what they saw, what their thought process was and try and make corrections. You keep them pumped up and keep them going.”

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don’t expect more than that on your first round out.” With 36 holes remaining, one-underpar Duke, is two ahead of Washington. Georgia, New Mexico and Oklahoma State are all within six strokes of the lead. The tournament is one of the most important of the year for the Blue Devils, as the team will return to the same Oregon course to compete for the National Championship against many of the same teams in May. The conditions are expected to improve Tuesday and Wednesday and Brooks said his team will need to lower its score if it hopes to maintain the lead. ‘The other girls on the team are capable of low scores,” Lang said. “I think tomorrow we can get a few lower scores and gain some ground on the field.”

thought she could have scored better. “She was a little frustrated today,” Brooks said. “She was playing well and the putts weren’t going in. She knew how put-

table these greens were, and when you are making them, it is a little frustrating.” Duke’s other three golfers, Anna Grzebien, Niloufar Aazam-Zangeneh and Jennifer Pandolfi, shot two, three and four over par, respectively. Monday’s round was the first for freshman Pandolfi, who struggled with three bogies at the start but did not let her early woes persist throughout the round. By the sixth hole she had already erased two bogies. “That is a perfectly good first round in your college career,” Brooks said. “You not

KICKER from page 9 Duke welcomes its Tobacco Road rival North Carolina to Cameron IndoorStadium tonight at 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL from page 10 said. “I think it is yet to be determined who is better on the court.” Matching the Blue Devils, the Tar Heels have equally accomplished top performers and veterans. Senior Molly Pyles leads the team in kills with 153, almost a quarter of the team’s total. Pyles was named to the all-tournament team over the weekend in the GlaxoSmithKline UNC Volleyball Classic. Also on offense

the Tar Heels have another powerful attacker in Dani Nyenhuis, who has 121 kills on the season. Although the match will be the first Duke-North Carolina competition counting towards the Carlyle Cup—the all-sport competition between the rival schools the Blue Devils are looking at North Carolina as just another opponent at the start of their ACC portion of the season. “If we continue to play each point as a team and grow as a team, everything will fall into place,” Nagel said. —

shank one now and then, or have a kick blocked (which is the more likely cause of Kaeding’s imperfection). But should that make it acceptable? If the offensive line allows a surge sufficient enough for the defense to block the extra point, then the kicker is not culpable. Otherwise, a missed point after try is inexcusable. Make your kick. It’s all you need to practice. You need not memorize a playbook thicker than Paradise Lost to know how to kick a ball from a certain hash mark with a certain amount of wind. You don’t have to squat 500

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pounds to be able to knock a football relatively straight. All you have to do is block out the fans, block out the pressure, and do your thing. Granted, a missed extra point isn’t the end of the world either. It’s clearly more important to have a quarterback who can pass and a running back who can hold onto the ball than it is to have a kicker who can kick. But the responsibilities a kicker must perfect are so much simpler, regardless of how difficult they may be to master—a kicker owes it to his team to be extremely consistent. Every little bit counts, and if a kicker can’t hold up his end of the bargain for his football team, then he ought to get the boot.

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Student Government not know their own bylaws when has long been criticized for making their decision, and now they have to backbeing ineffitrack to defend it. dent and ineffecStclffedltOVicll This is a poor showtive. After last week’s meeting, it may now develing on the part of DSG and SOFC op a reputation for ineptitude and members, who should be embarpartisanship, as it violated its own rassed by their inability to know bylaws when it approved funding and apply their own bylaws. Dave Rausen, chair of SOFC, defor an upcoming rally hosted by fended the decision to fund Duke Duke for Kerry. At the meeting, DSG officially for Kerry by saying, “We’re providrecognized Duke for Kerry, and the ing an opportunity to educate the Student Organization Finance student body. If other political parCommittee proceeded to grant the ties were to apply it would be the candidate-supporting political same thing.” This statement is a weak attempt group $1,195 in funding for a Sept. 25 rally. Providing this funding is to justify an uninformed, blatantly wrong decision. clearly in violation of the SOFC byThis is not a question of providlaws, which state that “no activity ing equal funding to opposing posupporting the election of candidates to political office shall be litical groups. The bylaws clearly funded.” prohibit the funding of any politiIf it were a question of funding a cal group that supports the elecpolitical ideological group such as tion of a candidate, which is the reason Duke for Kerry exists. Duke Democrats or College ReDSC President Pasha Majdi prepublicans, the issue would be debatable because SOFC can provide sented the issue as a controversial funding for community education decision tantamount to “splitting hairs,” but in actuality the decision events, including politically-motishould have been extremely clearvated events. cut—Duke for Kerry clearly and Duke for Kerry, however, advosimply should not have received cates a candidate, not an ideology, and a rally held by Duke for Kerry funding. Although DSG and SOFC’s decisupporting Kerry’s presidential bid is nothing other than an activity sions could be interpreted as partispecifically supporting the election san, the organizations’ implicit of a certain candidate—in this support of Kerry is not even at the heart of the issue. What is more imcase, John Kerry. Puke for Kerry had originally portant is how clearly this situation demonstrates DSG and SOFC’s inrequested $2,070, but SOFC refused to fund requests for items ability to properly function as such as balloons because buying groups. What good is having bylaws balloons would constitute “partisan if group members do not even funding.” DSG obviously believes know what those bylaws are? The point of writing bylaws is to that, despite the name, the rest of the money going to an organizaprovide a guiding foundation for tion called Duke for Kerry is not at the organizations, and DSG and all in partisan support of the elecSOFC need to abide by their own rules. DSG and SOFC members tion of a particular candidate. DSG and SOFC could not be cannot simply disregard the bylaws because they are ignorant and unmore wrong. informed. That is not a mark of a It is more likely that the members of DSG and SOFC simply did productive, useful organization. *

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administration has already done so; thus, the door is legally open for military intervention. The U.S. must maintain pressure on the U.N. to conduct its investigations into possible telling us: ‘You, the black women, we will exterminate you... At night we were raped several times. genocide in Sudan rapidly, as the U.N. recenthas returned to Africa. And ly promised to do. The U.N., on the other as usual, no one is doing anything hand, must maintain pressure on the Kharabout it. Earlier this year, on June 24, toum government and not hesitate to implethe United States Congress passed a concurment the threatened oil sanctions in the case rent resolution (H. Con. Res. 467) that deof continued genocide. Clearly, the U.N. is clared as genocide the massive slaughter of rapidly approaching its own limit for indisbetween 30,000 and 50,000 people in the criminate slaughter (who would have guessed western region of Sudan, known as Darfur, in after Rwanda?). The U.S. must nudge the less than 18 months. Just last week, Secretary U.N. steadily toward a declaration of genoof State Colin Powell confirmed the ongoing cide, as U.N. approval is an essential prerequiatrocities in Sudan as genocide. According to site for both the legitimacy of the intervention the 1948 United Nations Convention on the and for the moral legitimacy of the U.S. Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of By allowing the U.N. some time to conGenocide, the United States, as a convention duct independent investigations into the signatory, bears legal obligation to “prevent genocide, the U.S. will avoid the age-old acand to punish” the act of genocide, and also cusations that it exerts leverage over the those responsible for it. U.N. as its principal financier. The U.N. will Yet the U.S. government has done nothappear more removed from U.S. influence, but it will still be compelled ing. The Khartoum governto act on the 1948 Genocide merit, since the U.S. resoluI darnel Kennedy tion, continues to perpetrate Convention when genocide the genocide; and the United guest commentary is confirmed in the coming weeks. It is contingent on Nations, which has merely the U.S. during this time to wagged its disjointed finger at Sudan during the last 18-month killing ensure that the U.N. does declare genocide spree, continues to issue resolutions without and that a successful military intervention teeth. Military intervention in Sudan IS in will occur, rather than the weaker, indirect the national interest—it will refurbish our method of economic sanctions, which usualtarnished moral legitimacy after Iraq. Howly only further impoverish the citizens of a ever, the U.S. must intervene with 100 perpopulation, as they did in Iraq. Until the cent U.N. approval; otherwise, the existence U.N. declares genocide, the U.S. should also of enormous Sudanese oil reserves will mire work closely with the African Union to plan humanitarian intentions in the swamp of an intervention strategy. Once the U.N. declares genocide, a final U.N.-U.S. ultimatum U.S. self-aggrandizement. The moral necessity for intervention in to Sudan should be issued. Finally, a multiSudan is clear; but it is also intertwined in lateral intervention should take place—one U.S. self-interest. After the war in Iraq, the that is coordinated by the U.N., supported U.S. suffered a considerable blow to its by the U.S. and carried out by the African moral legitimacy in the world. U.S. motives Union. In this way, the maximum legitimacy were not only questioned in the Middle East. of a multilateral intervention will diffuse any self-interest suspicions and bolster U.S. In Europe, China and Russia the Iraq invamoral legitimacy at the same time. sion appeared more self-interested than humanitarian; weapons of mass destruction Yet the far, far greater concern is the were found neither before the invasion, nor genocide itself. Why must we couch our afterwards, yet President George W. Bush apmoral arguments in the national interest to peared dead-set on his decision to oust Sadbegin with? Why can’t the moral argument dam Hussein. The vast Iraqi oil fields, which suffice to convince decision-makers that Halliburton eagerly gobbled up during the genocide should be stopped at all costs to rebuilding process, further clouded U.S. in- our own nation? When a government purtentions in self-interest speculations. Alposefully murders more than 50,000 of its though Sudan produces only an eighth of own citizens, does a government really retain the right to rule and govern? Forceful action the oil that Iraq does in a given day, a unilateral U.S. intervention would permanently in the form of military intervention must be damage the moral legitimacy of the U.S., taken in Sudan, and it must be taken now. Time is always of the essence when a day coming so close on the heels of Iraq. To rejuvenate the moral legitimacy of the means the lives of thousands of innocent U.S. after Iraq, the U.S. must cooperate with people in a place the size of France. the U.N., but it must also exert steady pressure on the international body to take expediDaniel Kennedy is a Trinity senior. A vigil for ent action. Although the U.N. has yet to offithe conflict in Sudan will take place at 12 p.m., cially declare genocide in Sudan, the Bush today, on the Chapel Quadrangle. ’

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The Chronicle’s editorial department continues its Election 2004 coverage today with the third in a weekly series of “point/counterpoint” editorials. Every Tuesday from now until the November election, these pages will feature original editorials on a variety of hot-button issues—one representing the Republican viewpoint, the other representing the Democratic one. We welcome responses in the form of Letters to the Editor.

Globalization

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Bush’s multilateralism

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by Russ Denton and Rachael Solomon

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many Americans, Sept. 11 was a belated wake-up call after years of hitting the snooze. Globalization came vividly and painfully upon us, proving that threats and opportunities could be imported as well as exported. In the face of evidence that the fate of the United States is inexorably tied to that of the rest of the world, President George W. Bush divided theworld into two distinct factions: Those “with us” in the war against terror and those “against us.” This shortsighted and simplistic concept applied equally to his administration’s policies on trade, energy and the environment. By contrast, John Kerry’s philosophy is rooted in his understanding that no country can hope to achieve economic, political or social success by abandoning or misusing its partners. Kerry understands that the surest route to increased wealth in the United States and more stability abroad is through free trade. Kerry is no protectionist. Rather, he has a long Senate record of voting for trade pacts like the North American Free Trade Agreement and has filled key economic advisorypositions with free traders like former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. By contrast, Bush is no free trader. His four years as President have been marked by onerous and widely criticized steel tariffs and what The New York Times called an “outrageously protectionist” 2002 farm bill. Furthermore, Bush has demurred on challenging China’s market access restrictions, intentionally devalued currency and discriminatory tax policies. Flouting theWorld Trade Organization when it is politically convenient undermines free trade as a philosophy and indirectly hurts all countries that rely upon U.S. trustworthiness and WTO legitimacy as incentives to trade. Kerry wouldrecommit to funding the WTO and challenging Chinese violations. When he is not levying massive tariffs, Bush preaches an absolutist form of free trade that often harms developing countries that are not ready to move so quickly into the world market Two of the most frequent victims of trade are workers and the environment, which Kerry would protect by proposing minimum labor and environmental standards on all trade pacts. As the struggles of Mexican agricultural workers and others under NAFTA have shown, free trade without a safety net can make social conditions worse for the less developed trade partner. Kerry’s engagement with the world extends to the question of shared physical resources. As Bush alienated allies by dismissively rejecting the Kyoto Protocol in 2001—which even National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice admitted was a tactical mistake—he assured Congress that “we will continue to fully examine global

climate change issues.” But the world is still waiting. Kerry plans to reopen dialogue with the international community on the problem of global warming. When he does, he will be unencumbered by the fact that he is not a former oil executive and possesses far more credibility than the President who is scorned by the international press as “the Toxic Texan.” Where Bush seeks to poison the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by drilling for oil, Kerry’s agenda for energy independence makes both economic and environmental sense. It follows a two-pronged • approach of increasing energy efficiency and promoting the use of alternative fuels, using tax

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and has shown a commitment to multilateralism by developing international trade agreements. Kerry’s charge of overuse of military power rings hollow upon examination of Bush’s foreign aid record. Soft power plays an imporrole in tant Bush’s international security strategy. Helping developing countries overcome the pitfalls of economic hardship and poverty on the to path democracy prevents these countries from serving as breeding grounds for terrorists. As such, Bush has increased America’s foreign aid budget substantially. His Millennium Challenge Account [MCA] boosts development aid by 50 percent between 2002 and 2005, providing assistance to countries while holding them accountable by requiring reforms toward democratization and a liberal economy. Bush has also done more than any other President in AIDS relief, proving again his resolve to utilize soft power. His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief tripled America’s funding, from five to $l5 billion, for assistance to countries fighting the battle against AIDS. Clearly, Kerry’s critique that Bush only projects military power is flawed. Kerry’s portrayal of Bush as an isolationist and himself as a multilateralist is equally problematic. When looking at trade policies, one will reach the opposite conclusion. The Bush Administration is actively engaged in negotiating new multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements. He recently signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement [CAFTA], which lowers tariff and trade barriers between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The administration is in talks to create the Free Trade Area of the Amer-

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those goals. Business Week calls Kerry’s energy plan “a good starting point and a welcome contrast to the Bush Administration’s focus on drilling for more oil.” By 2020 Kerry envisions an America that gets 20 percent of its electricity from wind, solar energy, biomass and other renewable sources. Kerry has also focused on alternatives to oil, replacing gasoline with ethanol made from com and other biofuels made from crop waste. These environmentally friendly alternatives to gasoline will reduce our dependence on oil while helping cash-strapped farmers find a new way to compete without hindering market forces and damaging the world economy. By reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil and leading the way on alternative energy development, Kerry will strengthen the country’s position of leadership in the world. U.S. technologies will benefit its neighbors and will help curb the suffocating pollution that harms population hubs like India and China. And the new U.S.driven industry spawned by these alternative technologies will boost the economy. It’s an interconnected world, and in order to thrive the United States will need trade, environmental and energy policies that strengthen our ties to the rest of the world instead of straining them. Bush gets it, Kerry doesn’t—that’s a world of difference.

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Kerry accuses President George W. Bush of overemphasizing American military power and being too isolationists in foreign relations. Bush, however, has been a leader in “soft policies” in terms of foreign aid and the fight against AIDS worldwide

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icas with the goal of a tariff-free Western Hemisphere. In fact, it is Kerry who threatens an isolationist trade policy that would harm America. Kerry’s current views on free trade are so abysmal that Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor of economics at Columbia and one of the world’s foremost experts on trade, called his policies “the voodoo economics of our time.” A staunch supporter of free trade who voted for NAFTA in the Senate, Kerry reversed his position during the Democratic primary. Perhaps he forgot his voting record and principles. Realizing that he needed the support of labor unions in order to win the Democratic nomination, he flip-flopped, taking the position of these special interest groups on free trade. Free trade is just another example of a policy area in which Kerry is seemingly unable to make up his mind about his position; like the $B7 billion for Iraq, Kerry first voted for NAFTA but now he is against it. Kerry has pledged that he “would not sign” the CAFTA agreement in its current form, arguing for tighter labor and environmental standards. Our potential trading partners are much less likely to support agreements with these clauses, and Kerry’s mandating their inclusion ensures the failure of negotiations. His proposed 120 day review of all standing trade agreements threatens American credibility in future negotiations with allies and is the very same kind of unilateralist action of which Kerry accuses Bush. Kerry’s vows to be tougher on China and bring more cases against it before the World Trade Organization [WTO] are another instance where he demonstrates his unilateralism. China is crucial to Asian and American economic stability as well as North Korean nonproliferation efforts. Kerry’s promise to treat China harshly in the WTO threatens Chinese disengagement and the loss of an important partner. In his first four years, Bush has demonstrated leadership on “soft policies” such as foreign aid and AIDS relief. Additionally, he is committed to expanding the network of multilateral trade agreements, while his challenger threatens to roll back agreements, damaging our image abroad and our economy. President George W. Bush is the clear choice for America in November. Russ Denton is an associate Editorial Page Editor.

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Olov Johansson, nyckelharpa, Mikael Marin, strings, and Roger Tallroth, guitar, a new kind of Swedish folk music—“whirled music.” Featuring music from their new cd, Keyed Up. Sept. 22, Bpm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg., $2O General, $5

dizzying speeds and surprising changes of harmony and improvised jazz riffs, choro is a traditional and beautiful instrumental music, performed by six top Brazilian artists direct from Rio de Janeiro. Sept. 25, Bpm, Baldwin Aud., East Campus, $2O General, $5 Duke students.

“Seeing While Being Seen” Photographs by Steve Clarke Dynamic photographs by Steve Clarke, a collaborative process between the photographer and the dancer. Opens 1 hr before performances in Reynolds Theater. Thru Nov. 13. Hanks Family Lobby Gallery Reynolds Theater.; Bryan Center.

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YAT-KHA “Storm Over Asia” Showing of the 1928 Soviet silent film by VI. Pudovkin “Storm Over Asia” with live-recorded soundtrack by YAT-KHA. YAT-KHA will not be performing live at this showing. Sept. 23, Bpm, Page Aud., Free.

Screen/Society Arada/Between. Contemporary Turkish Cinema. Masumiyet

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FACULTY RECITAL OH VIENNA! Fred Raimi, cello, Jane Hawkins, piano and Richard Luby, violin. Trio for piano, violin and cello in B Major, Op. 8, Brahms and Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 91 (Archduke), Beethoven. Sept. 26, 4pm, Nelson Music Room, Free.

Theater, 12:30pm. Panel discussion with director Zeki Demirkubuz, Mary Lou Williams Center, 4:3opm.

Book Discussion and Signing Ruth Douglas Currie talks about her recently published book “Emma Spaulding Bryant: Civil War Bride, Carpetbagger’s Wife, Ardent Feminist—Letters 1860-1900.” Sept. 23, 4pm, Perkins Library Rare Book Room, Free.

JAZZ ON THE GREEN

Dramatic Readings

“Having Their Say: Women in Electoral Politics.” An evening of dramaticreadings from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture collection performed by students, faculty and staff, as well as an exhibit and voter registration! Sept. 28, 7:3opm, Perkins Library Rare Book Room, Free.

An afternoon of FREE jazz music

with a LATIN flavor featuring Gregg Gelb’s Latin group “Excursion,” Duke’s Afro-Cuban Percussion Ensemble, Duke Jazz Ambassadors, and community dance and spoken-word groups. Saturday Sept. 25th 2-spm, East Campus Quad (on the law?i in front ofBaldwin And.), Free ,

FILMS ON EAST fr WEST ...

Freewater Presentations . Screen/Society presents Bpm, Richard White Auditorium, unless presents otherwise indicated, Free. Updates at 7 9;3opm unless otherwise indicated, Griffith Film Theater, Weekday films are free www. duke, edu/web/film/screensocieiy. .

for Duke students, $2 General Public, $1

Duke Employees. Friday Midnight Films

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free. Quadflix Weekend Films are $3 Genetal, $2 Duke Employees, $1 Duke students.

9/21 DONNIE BRASCO 9/23-24 THE SON 9/24 PULP FICTION

(midnight) 9/25-Z6 SHREK 2 (Sat. 7pm & 10pm, Sun. Bpm)

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TALES ABOUT DARKNESS 11. ITIRAF (Confession) (Griffith) MASUMIYET (Innocence) (2pm) (Griffith) WAR TAKES TALES ABOUT DARKNESS HI. BEKLEME ODASI (Waiting Room) (Griffith) CAMUR (Mud) (Griffith)

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Photo by Jerry Blow Exhibition: “Oh Freedom Over Me” NASHER MUSEUM OF ART Multimedia exhibit marking the 40th AT DUKE UNIVERSITY anniversary of Freedom Summer and The $2 3 million new art museum celebrating American voting rights is taking shape on Central and responsibilities. Campus, down the street from the Thru Nov. 7, Juanita Kreps and Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Lyndhurst Galleries Center for Opens October 2005. Documentary Studies. mm mmmm mmmm Slide lecture by Matt Herron, s ArtsAround Duke coordinated by director/organizer of the Southern Documentary Project. Reception and Slide Lecture Sept. 23 ■ 6-9pm, Free. ,

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