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Duke freshmen may have their iPods, but they’re not the only ones with new handheld toys. This year, Duke provided all first-year residents at Duke University Hospital with handheld personal digital assistants during their orientation in June. The residents’ Hewlett-Packard iPAQs, which normally cost between $4OO and $5OO each, came loaded with software from PatientKeeper, a Boston-based company with which the University recendy entered into a partnership. ‘The whole purpose [of the PDAs] is to really empower and to make the workflow efficient for the caregiver,” said AsifAhmad, vice president and chiefinformation officer for Duke University Health System. More than 300 caregivers in DUHS now have immediate, wireless access to patient data through Patient Keeper. The first target audience was incoming residents, along with faculty members that had been part of the pilot program, said Paul Debien, director for mobile computing at Duke Health Technology Solutions. “Orientations are now underway for second-year residents, chief residents and additional departments,” he said. Ahmad estimated that the initiative to improve patient care through mobile computing at Duke University Hospital should be fully completed within the next six months. “I think this is already one of the largest, fastest deployments in the country with PatientKeeper,” Ahmad said. Other institutions, such as Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland have also begun to integrate mobile SEE PDA ON PAGE 6

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The Nappy Roots offer a midterm study break to students as they perform songs from Wooden Leather, theirlatest album, and old favorites in Page Auditorium Tuesday night.

Although the return of the juniors who are studying abroad may bring companionship to their Duke-bound friends, it will present a serious housing crunch dilemma for the Office of Residence Life and Housing Services. The predicted changes in demand for student housing for the spring semester caused by students leaving and returning to campus have led RLHS staff to re-institute a lottery started last year that allows those who have completed five semesters of their six-semester on-campus housing requirement—mostly second-semester juniors—to apply to live offcampus next semester. While RLHS staff members foresee open bed space on West and Central Campuses for next semester, they will not be able to determine the exact number of available rooms until all students—those graduating early, taking leaves of absence, withdrawing from the University or leaving to study abroad—declare their intentions for the upcoming semester by the Oct. 24 deadline. “The problem for returning students is

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Sen. John EdCLEVELAND, Ohio wards accused the George W. Bush administration Tuesday night of bungling the war in Iraq and presiding over a historic loss of jobs. ‘Your facts are just wrong,” Vice President Dick Cheney shot back in the crackling campaign debate. In a clash at close quarters, the Democratic vice presidential candidate accused Cheney of “not being straight” with the public about a war that has claimed more than 1,000 American lives. He said casualties are rising monthly and the United States is bearing 90 percent of the cost of the conflict as well as suffering 90 percent of the dead and wounded. Cheney challenged that statement, saying the Iraqi security forces had taken nearly half of the casualties. ‘Tor you to demean their sacrifice is beyond the pale,” he said to Edwards, seated practically at his elbow. “Oh, I’m not,” the North Carolina senator protested before the vice president cut him off. The two men debated exactly four weeks before Election Day in a race for the SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 6

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WASHINGTON, D.C. The White House refused to say Tuesday whether the top U.S. civilian official in Iraq afterSaddam Hussein’s ouster had asked President George W Bush for more troops to deal with the rapid descent of postwar Iraq into chaos. In remarks published Tuesday, the official, Paul Bremer, said he arrived in Iraq May 6, 2003 to find “horrid” looting and a very unstable situation—throwing new fuel onto the presidential campaign issue of whether the United States had sufficiendy planned for the postwar situation in Iraq.

‘We paid a big price for not stopping it because it established an atmosphere of lawlessness,” Bremer said during an address to an insurance group in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The group released a summary ofhis remarks in Washington. ‘We never had enough troops on the ground,” Bremer said, while insisting that he was “more convinced than ever that regime change was the right thing to do.” White House spokesperson Scott McClellan refused to say whetherBremer had pleaded with Bush for more troops. ‘We never get into reading out all the conversations they had,” McClellan said.

Later, in an unusual public acknowledgof internal dissent, the Bush campaign said Bremer and the military brass had clashed on troop levels. “Ambassador Bremer differed with the commanders in the field,” said campaign spokesperson Brian Jones. ‘That is his right, but the president has always said that he will listen to his commanders on the ground and give them the support they need for victory.” Kerry said Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney should acknowledge mistakes made in Iraq, pointing to remarks by Bremer that more troops had been needed in the aftermath of war. ment

Health officials urge flu vaccine rationing by

Lauran NeerGaard

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Americans’ supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies. British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin. The George W. Bush administration urged the public and doctors to begin voluntary rationing of the roughly 54 million flu shots that will be available this year. Vaccine should be reserved for babies and toddlers ages six to 23 months, people 65 or older, anyone with a chronic condition such as heart or lung disease, pregnant women; nursing home residents, children on aspirin therapy, health care workers who care

for high-risk groups and anyone who cares for or lives with babies younger than six months. For everyone else, “take a deep breath. This is not an emergency,” said Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We don’t want people to rush out and look for a vaccine today.” The government cannot impound existing vaccine to enforce the recommendations. It has urged voluntary rationing before, during a shortage in 2000—but never before has the nation lost half its supply. “We will need the help of the public,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. British regulators suspended the license of Chiron Corp. for three months Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Liverpool, England, factory where Chiron makes its leading Fluvirin flu vaccine.

newsinbrief House votes against draft bill Republicans in the House sought to quash a persistent Internet rumor that President GeorgeW. Bush wantsto reinstate the draft if he is re-elected and engineered an overwhelming vote Tuesday to kill legislation that would do just that.The House voted 402-2 to defeat the draft bill.

Wash, volcano erupts ash Mount St. Helens exhaled a roiling cloud of steam and ash Tuesday, sprinkling grit on a small town some 25 miles away. The volcano has been venting steam and small amounts ofash daily since Friday, but Tuesday morning's burst was the largest.

U.S. scientists win Nobel prize Americans David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their explanation of the force that binds particles inside the atomic nucleus.Their work has helped science get closer to "a theory for everything," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said

Rodney Dangerfield, 82, dies Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament"! don't get no respect"a catchphrase,died Tuesday. He was 82. News briefs compiled from wirereports

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Study links hostility to heart disease by Tony Tu THE CHRONICLE

Putting down your french fries may not be enough to keep your heart healthy, according to a study released by Duke University Medical Center laist month. Obesity, cholesterol, diabetes and cigarettes have all been shown in past studies to raise the risk for developing heart disease. But a three-year study at DUMC, researchers said they are the first to find that anger, hostility or depression can also lead to heart damage in addi-

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A Duke student registers for the National Marrow Donor Program at a drive sponsored by the Minority Health Committee of the Duke Red Cross.

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The Minority Bone Marrow Registry Drive, organized by the Minority Health Committee of the Duke University Reel Cross, enlisted students ofvarious ethnic backgrounds Sunday to register for the National Marrow Donor Program Registry. Patients with leukemia, lymphoma, or any of the 70 different diseases treatable through bone marrow transplants look to this database to find a compatible donor. According to the American Medical Association, about 70 percent of the participants in the registry are Caucasian, and minority patients who require bone-marrow transplants often have difficulty finding a match. Chances of finding donor matches for patients increase with similar racial backgrounds. But behind every statistic is a life. For junior Steven Lin, director of the Minority Health Committee, the personal motivation to spend endless hours and sleepless nights planning for the recent bone marrow drive was a boy named Joshua. “Last year, we wanted to find a donor for a two-year-old African-American boy, Joshua,” he said. “His family came to ask for help. His condition was critical—we worked our asses off. After the drive, we were excited and we went to see Joshua. But the nurses told us that Joshua had passed away—actually during the drive. I’ve seen these kids, and

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it just wasn’t fair. He was the shining light and when he died, I really felt we didn’t work hard enough.” During the recent drive, 118 new minority donors registered in just one day. The committee is hoping for a total of 500 new donors by the end of theyear, whidh, according to, Lin, “has never been done” and will be a record setting number for the most donors in all of North Carolina—if not the East Coast. The committee is planning to hold two more minority bone marrow drives, one in November and another in the spring, in order to reach its goals. For freshman Dana Wooster, the motivations and reasons for registering as a donor seemed apparent and simple. “It’s my hope that I’ll be able to help someone, and it really is a small price to pay,” she said. Students who wanted to participate in the registry filled out an informational background form and had a small amount of blood drawn. Clinicians will analyze the blood and post relevant information in the registry. If selected as a donor, the entire process of the bone marrow transplant would only take one week. Sophomore Gayatri Acharya, assistant chair of the Minority Health Committee, said that being able to be a donor is one of the most rewarding gifts one can give. “By being on the registry, you’re there for anyone that needs you,” she said. “For the sake of saving one’s life is well worth it.”

tion to these traditional risk factors. Doctors said at least a third of all heart attacks do not arise from being overweight and having high cholesterol and said they hoped the study could provide important preventative measures aimed at otherwise healthy people. “Most interventions and preventative measures have focused on physical changes... but no one ever says ‘stop getting angry,’” said Dr. Edward Suarez, associate research professor of medical psychiatry and the primary researcher of the study. “You may not have had a heart attack or stroke, and you may be relatively healthy. But the levels of [C-reactive protein] predict the risks down the road in seemingly healthy people.” Anger can produce a surge of blood pressure, damaging the blood vessels and releasing a substance called Creactive protein. Proteins such as CRP contribute to inflammation, which can lead to plaque formation on blood vessel walls. This clogging can raise the risk for heart attacks and strokes. In addition to anger, depression also plays an important role in the production of CRP. “People who are more angry or depressed tend to produce more stress hormones,” Suarez said. The study is unique as it used psychological and behavior attributes—and excluded physical factors—that have been shown to be associated with inflammation and ultimately heart disease. “This is a call to action: To reduce not only weight and cholesterol, but also to lower your anger and hostility,” Suarez said. SEE RESEARCH ON PAGE 8

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the University itself seems to have been less active in registering its students—an effort now required by federal law. Since the passage of a 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act, all colleges and universities are required to make a “goodfaith effort” to provide their students with voter registration materials by obtaining and distributing voter registration forms beginning 120 days prior to the local registration deadline. In a study conducted last August by The Chronicle of Higher

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Students participate in voter education activities in the Bryan CenterTuesday.The pro-

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Education and the Institute ofPolitics at Harvard University, however, researchers found a lack of university efforts to register voters. Only 48 percent of colleges that responded said they had these procedures in place. Of that 48 percent, only 42 percent —16.8 percent of the total—had requested the materials 120 days prior to their local registration deadlines. Duke administrators said the University has complied with the registration law. “We take the policy very seriously,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Elaine Madison, director of the Community Service Center, shared Moneta’s sentiments. ‘We are fully supportive of the law,”

Whitney Evans, Trinity ‘O4, knows how to keep her priorities straight. Juggling weeks of hectic presidential campaign preparations, she can be found schmoozing at Republican fundraisers and handling party donations. But every Tuesday at 10 p.m.—even the night she attended a function with former President George Bush—she’ll always be in front of a television, watching MTV’s The Real World. During an elecdon season marked by a focus on the youth vote, the freshly-minted graduate has taken her political voice back to her home state to work as deputy finance director for the Republican Party in South Carolina. “I came into Duke thinking about politics,”

said Evans, who said her extracurricular activities at Duke prepared her for working at the Columbia, S.C., GOP headquarters this fall. As a senior, Evans was executive vice president of the Panhellenic Association and served as the first chief justice for the Greek Judicial Board. Both of these positions taught Evans about working with people, the focus of her current political job. But the art history major’s interest in politics almost ended before it landed her in the small GOP office. Now, she does everything from planning fundraising events for big donors to collecting mail, and plans to attend law school in the future. During her sophomore year, Evans registered for the political science course “Politi-

cal Conflict and Cooperation." She no longer remembers the professor or details of the class, but she clearly remembers the situation that repelled her from the scteftc e pf ospemaf a' During one class session, Evans said the professor asked the students about the best solution to a certain political problem that she no longer remembers. Six male students sitting in the front row decided that the answer was “to lie.” As Evans voiced opposition to this suggestion with a thick Southern accent and an Alpha Delta Pi sorority T-shirt on, those six students “pretty much looked at me as an SEE EVANS ON PAGE 8

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Gonzalez fills RLHS associate dean position Sophia Peters THE CHRONICLE

Joe Gonzalez first arrived at Duke several weeks into the school year, but after only one month on campus, he already has visions for the entire Duke student body. Gonzalez is the University’s first associate dean of residence life, a new position created this year by Residence Life and Housing Services to oversee and lead its quickly-growing residential life program. The establishment of the office will allow the RLHS staff to concentrate more deeply on residential life issues and permit Executive Director of Housing Services and Dean of Residence Life Eddie Hull, who previously handled all facets of residential life, to focus on long-term planning and fundraising for the program. “[The new position] will provide that time is dedicated to the program that would help it become all that it could be,” Hull said. ‘We are trying to create a pro-

gram that is truly that have been “We are trying to create a proexceptional, and weak or neglected that is not somein the past. gram that is truly exceptional, He said he inthing that happens overnight.” and that is not something that tends to create a Senior Anthoresidential experihappened overnight.” ny Vitarelli, presience that is more dent of Campus conducive to learnEddie Hull ing by implementCouncil, helped interview the fiing new programs nalists for the new position and said he is similar to FOCUS and Baldwin Scholars that looking forward to receiving Gonzalez’s bring academics into the dormitories. He noted, however, that this objective input on residential life issues. “It’s always nice to have an advisor with a non-Duke beings some challenges. “We have to perspective to get feedback on things that make sure students recognize that learnwe take for granted because they are ing doesn’t only occur in the classroom,” Gonzalez said. “The greatest learning ocunique to Duke,” he said. Gonzalez, coming from a strong residencurs in the overlap between residential tial life background after working as assislife and inside the classroom.” tant directorof housing and residence life at Listening to the general opinion of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., hopes leaders within quadrangles and dorms also to strengthen the residential experience for remains high among Gonzalez’s priorities. undergraduates by focusing on several areas He said he believes participants in student

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CDs stolen An employee reported that her car was broken into between 9:15 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Sept. 29 while it was parked in the old Best Products lot on Hillsborough Road. The passenger side window was broken and the face plate for her Sony CD player and 300 CDs were stolen. The damage and missing property are valued at $3,220. Student cited for drinking Freshman Jasten McGowan, who lives on campus, was cited for underage consumption of alcoholic beverages at the

residential life positions, such as residential advisers and quad council members, can bring a the undergraduate experience to a new level and, consequendy, he wants to “establish greater prominence and respect” for these offices. In the same vein, he believes the role ofresidence coordinators is greatly undervalued and hopes to change its perception among students. The always-elusive definition of the quad model—the University’s focus of undergraduate residential life around its six quadrangles—and its intended impact on the student body have not escaped Gonzalez and will be a major focus of his energies this year. “I want to work with others to flush out the conception that exists [about the quad model], but I know that there is not a lot of common knowledge of what it is or what consequences it has,” he said. “Then, I think that we can really fulfill SEE GONZALEZ ON PAGE 8

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Doris Duke Center Oct. 2. McGowan, DOB Oct. 17, 1985, has a court date set for Nov. 16, 2004. He declined to comment. Gate arm broken Samuel Rogers, DOB March 23, 1982, was cited with damage to real property for breaking a gate arm at the Edens C parking lot Oct. 1. Rogers, who is from Norfolk, Va., told police he broke the gate so he could park in the lot for a football game. His court date is Nov. 8, 2004. Rogers could not be reached for comment.

Audio equipment missing An employee reported that a Mackie 1402 soundboard worth $6OO was stolen from a locked storage cabinet in Baldwin Auditorium sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 2.

More CDs taken A student reported that between 11 a.m. Sept. 30 and 7:20 p.m. Oct. 2, someone stole a Pioneer radio/CD player and 30 compact discs from his car, parked at the rear of Baldwin Auditorium in the parking circle.

Windows broken An employee reported damage to three windows at the American Dance Festival offices on Broad Street sometime between Sept. 21 and Sept. 23. The $5OO damage appeared to be caused by a pellet or BB gun.

Credit card swiped An employee reported that between 1:30 and 2 p.m. Oct. 1, a credit card was stolen from her purse in the North Pavilion of the Medical Center. More than $4OO had been charged to the card before it was canceled.

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Campus informing them of the potential housing crunch and the opdon to enter the lottery. Students are to supply their housing preferences and to request release from the on-campus reqiiuement by Oct. 24.

the range of opportunity of where to live on campus is narrower than it would be were they here for the fall semester,” said Eddie Hull, executive director of housing services and dean of residence life. “We can only place students in the spring where we have spaces left.” The anticipated bed crunch will leave even fewer vacancies this year than last year, when 122 students were permitted to waive their three-year on-campus requirement. “We know we are tighter this year, we just don’t know how much tighter,” said Donald Love, interim director of housing assignments. He said the increase in unavailability was a combinadon of factors, including the renovadon of Kilgo Quadrangle, the large size of the sophomore class, the decision of transfer students to live on campus and the increase in the number of students studying abroad for the fall semester. Love and RLHS wrote an e-mail to all students studying abroad or living on West

The University will determine how many and which students were selected for release Nov. 1, 10 days earlier than last year, in an effort to provide ample time for students to setde housing arrangements for the spring. “Students wanted to know sooner so they could make commitments for apartments and houses,” Love said. ‘This year we looked really hard at how we could push up the calendar without trying to collect the information too soon when students wouldn’t know their plans.” RLHS expects a similar spring housing squeeze for the coming years and plans to alleviate the situation with the student exemption from the on-campus living requirement and the off-campus lottery until Central Campus has been renovated to accommodate the increase in demand for housing. “[The lack of beds] is a primary factor being considered as we look at the new

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[caregivers] want to change the care or a drug, they have ready and fast access to

computing environments into various departments. Duke’s approach, however, has been unique in that it has chosen to apply the new initiative on a much larger scale. “Its not just the mobile technology—what we are really pioneering is the adoption of technology and how quickly we deploy technology,” Ahmad said. “With only one piece of the puzzle, you ultimately make things less efficient because people have to rely on multiple systems.” Stephen Hau, PatientKeeper’s founder and vice president of marketing and business development, said he was excited about the company’s partnership with the University. “I know that Duke has been a long-time, sophisticated user of mobile technology,” he said. “We’re very pleased that Duke selected PatientKeeper.” The new software allows for greater attentiveness to patient needs, Debien said, as it literally puts “patient and medical reference information in the hands of the caregivers at the bedside.” For example, any abnormal test or lab data would be listed under “alerts.” “If

information,” Ahmad said. Currently, most doctors, nurses and medical students access patient information through a program called “e-browser,” available at 10 Patient Information Stations throughout Duke University Hospital. The e-browser provides a web view of patient records and other related patient information, such as laboratory test results and text reports from other procedures. The new PDAs and the PatientKeeper software provide a significant advantage to caregivers by lessening the amount of paperwork and increasing the speed with which patient care can be provided. “PatientKeeper allows you to get patient labs, statistics and other information without having to go to one of the PIN stations around campus,” second-year medical student Israel Nosnik said. “[The PDAs are] working out great. I can’t live without it.” Before entering into the partnership with PatientKeeper, DUHS was developing its- own mobile computing software, but the decision to switch to PatientKeeper was “a win-win for both sides,” Ahmad said. “Developing a product in-house is very ex-

Central,” Hull said. ‘The housing opportunities on Central will be increased to provide for this phenomenon.” Most upperclassmen welcome the opportunity to live off campus; many said they were content with their first two years of residential life but they desired more freedom as an older student. Madeline Andrews, a junior enrolled in the Duke in New York program, expressed her desire to enter the lottery and live off campus. “My experience as a freshman on East and as a sophomore on West was really great, but I think now, especially after studying abroad, I’m more than ready to move off on my own,” she said. “It’s not fair to make upperclassmen live in Edens or in rooms that were not intended to be dorm rooms.” Although students appreciate the option of moving off campus earlier than they otherwise would, some expressed dissatisfaction with the late notice. The November notification about the potential for release from the on-campus housing requirement does not allow enough time to secure desirable housing, juniorAnne Timmins said.

pensive, so we negotiated a deal with PatientKeeper that was cheaper, very aggressive and could be quickly deployed.” Hau noted that Patient Keeper is very adaptable—a trait that will help the company’s partnership with DUHS to evolve. “[Duke likes] the robustness and the aggressiveness of the applications that we offer, and we have an open platform technology where Duke can actually build their own applications using our tools,” he said. PatientKeeper’s flexibility extends to the business world as well; DUHS just closed a deal with ePocrates, a third party that offers a product that will be compatible with the PatientKeeper software. Inside of PatientKeeper, ePocrates will now provide drug information. Debien noted that the PatientKeeper software is compatible with various operating systems, allowing caregivers who already own PDAs to use the software as well. In addition, Patient Keeper has the capacity to handle disparate hospital systems, since DUHS’ three hospitals do not maintain patientrecords on the same database. Eventually, DUHS hopes to introduce similar technology at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital.

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White House that has drawn closer in recent days. The debate format encouraged give-and-take—and neither the Bush administration’s powerful second-in-command nor Sen. John Kerry’s running mate shrunk from the task in their one and

only encounter. “Frankly, senator, you have a record that’s not very distinguished,” Cheney said

to Edwards, citing him for a pattern of ab-

sences during his single term in the Senate. Edwards summed up his points like the former trial lawyer he is. In a jab at the Bush-Cheney campaign’s claim on experience, he said, “Mr. Vice President, I don’t think the country can take four more years of this type of experience.” Cheney listened politely to Edwards, a contrast to Bush, who repeatedly grimaced and scowled last week while Kerry attacked the Bush administration’s record. From the first moments of the debate, the vice president also sought to place the war in Iraq into a larger context than Bush was able to emphasize, saying it must be viewed as part of the overall global war on terror. Cheney, 63, and Edwards, 51, sat a few feet apart around a semicircular table on a stage at Case Western Reserve University. Bush and his Democratic rival held the first of three presidential debates last Thursday, an encounter that Kerry is widely perceived to have won. Polls since then have shown the fourterm Massachusetts senator gaining in the polls, closing the gap with Bush in some and pulling into a statistical tie in others. Edwards was on the attack from the opening moments of the debate. He said that in addition to mismanaging the war in Iraq, the administration had Osama bin Laden cornered in the mountains of Afghanistan at one point. But, he said, Bush turned over the hunt for the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to Afghan warlords. “The senator has got his facts wrong,” said Cheney, one of several times he accused his counterpart of misstatements. “We’ve never let up on Osama bin Laden from Day One. We’ve actively and ag-

gressively pursued him.”

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interrupt people and speak clearly in ways that don’t alienate other people.” Most importandy, researchers said most But much work remains to be done. Outpeople need to change their angry attitudes. side researchers said studies with larger ‘We may feel better expressing and sample sizes are needed to support the link feeding [our anger] immediately,” Suarez between anger and elevated CRP levels, said. “But down the road, it’s not good.” which will confirm that anger may be directLast year, the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control ly related to heart disease. “It’ll probably be five to 10 years until and Prevention published a statement supwe can say for sure that these kinds of porting CRP’s potential as a measure for anger management studies will [find ways assessing the risk for heart disease, but docto] reduce the levels of CRP,” said Dr. tors have already clearly shown the connecRedford Williams, director of the Behavtion between CRP and inflammation. ioral Medicine Research Center and pro“CRP has long been popular in fessor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences rheumatology as away of assessing disease and medicine at DUMC. activity such as rheumatoid arthritis,” said Doctors recommended that people Dr. David Pisetsky, director of the Arthritis find ways to alleviate anger in their lives Center and chief of the Division of by developing the skills to change what Rheumatology at DUMC. makes them angry. CRP appears to have several advantages “It’s good for Duke students to have for identifying patients at risk. A study pubsome skills to help them prevent anger lished two years ago identified benefits of from occurring in the first place,” Williams CRP as a measure, such as its stability in the said. ‘That means be a good listener, don’t blood and its low-cost method for detection.

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GONZALEZ from page 5 the potential of the quad model.” Gonzalez anticipates that he —along with the Residence Life and Housing Services staff—will face several challenges this year. He said the relative youth of the organization leaves room for improvement in developing programs and recruiting new staff. Additionally, he cited the challenge that Duke’s traditional “work hard, play hard” motto

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idiot,” she recounted Although her shift in academic focus removed her from classroom politics, during her time at Duke she continued to question the political viewpoints she had developed in the conservative stronghold of South Carolina. Evans said her friends and classmates challenged her “to look at the issues critically and debate them.” “Duke was a very liberal environment for me,” she said. “As a result, I have developed a decidedly libertarian bent. I didn’t have that before Duke.”

presents, in that he believes the “play hard” aspect of the phrase could cause problems among students. “It’s really that for some Duke students ‘play hard’ needs to be redefined, because for some ‘play hard’ means drinking alcohol irresponsibly, and that doesn’t have to be the case for all students,” he said. Despite these potential roadblocks, Gonzalez looks to the year ahead with optimism and enthusiasm. “I love the current going through Duke—that we are always trying to fulfill our potential,” he said.

Evans will spend her days through Election Day Nov. 2 at the South Carolina Republican office, sifting through donation checks and dealing with citizens’ concerns. After that, it is likely back to the classroom for Evans, who just took the LSAT. By the time Evans has another degree under her belt—likely a University of South Carolina law degree, she said—it will be time for the next presidential election and possibly, another political position for Evans. “It’s a really fun environment,” she said. “I like not working for the corporate machine, but doing something that will help me meet people.”

she said, pointing to the CSC and University Library websites that provide information for students on voting. Jill Katte, a University archivist and assistant librarian in Perkins Library who [by political organizations].” Given the study’s results, he added, adupdates student voting information on the library’s website, said she was unministrators “clearly think it is not their aware of the law. job to be involved in voter education, not “We are providing information mainly even registration.” as a community service project rather than But with 33 percent of respondents because if is required,” she said. Instead of admitting that they are not complying taking part in active programming, Katte with the law and 19 percent unaware of said, the library is providing information whether or not they are complying, the “for students who take the initiative.” issue becomes how to enforce the John Bumess, senior vice president for amendment. Because the Higher Education Act also public affairs and government relations, most emphasized the regulates University’s commitment to “stuaid programs, one “We are providing information response to nondent-initiated activities and to compliance could mainly as a community service be create an environa restriction of project rather than because it those funds. “It is ment where student groups can a nuclear weapon, is required.” with the threat get engaged.” Katte being [the reDespite administrative efmoval of] those forts to dissemifunds, b*ut [thiere nate voter registration materials, student is] no clear detonator,” King said. “[So far] leaders say that they have taken the initiathere have been no penalties other than tive to acquire those materials outside of sour disposition.” the University. According to the survey, some school Senior Daniel Kennedy, executive diofficials said their local board ofelections rector of both the Duke College Republifailed to provide them with the materials. cans and the Duke Conservative Union, Others argued they did not receive said those groups got their voter registraenough government financial assistance tion materials through the Durham to provide registration forms for every stuBoard of Elections. dent. Many administrators said they were Duke Democrats also obtained registraunaware of the law. tion materials through the Board of Elec“Most colleges and universities are tions, said junior Jared Fish, who is cotrying to do the right thing,” King said, president of the gjroumFish was surprised as quoted in The Chronicle of Higher to leartyabout dffiigP adding that the Edijcadof* Board of Electionsctw not inform him least some minimum programs and are that the University was already meant to living up to the spirit of the law.” But, he have the materials. added, “the other way to look at it is that a third of the schools aren’t doing very Although programs sponsored by politically-affiliated student organizations much at all. They’re clearly failing their can provide other students with voter students, the communities in which they registration materials, universities must live, and failing the next generation of also provide those materials to students political voters.” The study was e-mailed to 815 colleges in a nonpartisan capacity, according to the amendment. and universities. Of those, 249 responded David King, director of research at between Aug. 6 and Aug. 25.

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When the weather warmed up Tuesday, so did the Blue Devils as a final-round 282 catapulted the Blue Devils into a second place finish at the Windon Memorial Classic outside Chicago. “With these [difficult] conditions at such a tough course, I thought we played well,” head coach Rod Myers said. “We couldn’t win out there, but second place is a pretty good finish in this field.” With just a few holes remaining on the back nine, the Blue Devils were in prime position to capture the tournament, but a series of late miscues stalled their comeback. Led by an outstanding performance from junior AllAmerican candidate Ryan Blaum, Duke stormed back from a mediocre second round and finished four strokes behind host Northwestern. Blaum fired a final round, three-under-par 68 and finished in a tie for second place. Duke’s final round total was the low for the round among the 18 teams, but it could have been even lower. At one point during the final

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round four Duke players were under par, but junior standout Nathan Smith bogeyed three of his final four holes to finish at even par. Freshman Bryce Mueller, who led the team Monday, double bogeyed the 17th hole on his way to a finalround 73. Myers attributed the poor finish to a combination of difficult conditions and tough breaks, but he was happy with the way the team played overall. ‘This was the first time we had the whole group together,” he said. “I’m sure the upperclassmen wish they played better. We were kind of feeling our way out there. It was a tough course to play on.” Frost in the morning delayed the completion of the second round, which was suspended due to darkness Monday. When play finally resumed, the Blue Devils staggered to a secondround total of 296, leaving the team well off the pace heading into the third. Blaum pledged a comeback in his second and third rounds, after struggling with the tough course conditions SEE MEN’S GOLF ON PAGE 12

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Down 74 and facing a pair of match points, Jackie Carlton and Katie Blaszak battled back to force 16th-ranked Lindsay Martin and Katie McGaffigan of Wisconsin into a tiebreaker. After the Blue Devils took the lead in the tiebreaker, it was Martin and McGaffigan who regained the momentum to win the match 9-8. “Katie and Jackie lost a really tough match tonight,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “The two bring a lot of emotion to the court. They were very resilient, and I’m proud of the way they played.” This loss capped a tough day of qualifying at the Riviera/ITA All-American Women’s Championships for Duke. A pair of singles players also lost, leaving the Blue Devils with just one remaining competitor. Freshman Clelia Deltour and sophomore lost their qualJennifer Zika bothstraight sets. ifying matches in

Saras Arasu and Kristin Cargill fell in singles competition Monday, and the team of Cargill and Tory Zawacki lost in doubles play. “I’m not disappointed with our performance,” Ashworth said. “Our results this year have been better than last year. It’s the top 35 in the country, so you can’t expect to have six wins.” Deltour, coming off four consecutive wins in the prequalifying round that concluded Monday, had a difficult start to her day. Taking on No. 35 Emma Murphy ofUC San Diego, Deltour lost the match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. The Duke freshman went on to drop a consolation match to No. 87 Roberta Fessenko of Sacramento State 6-2, 6-4. After receiving a bye into the qualifying round, No. 68 Zika also faced a tough opponent in her first contest. Playing No. 53 Maria Ivanov of Tulane, Zika lost 6-3, 64. Zika recovered later in the day, SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 12

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divisonseriesupdate Defense propels Twins past Yankees NEW YORK Johan Santana and the Twins escaped trouble with the help of a record-setting five double plays, Jacque Jones homered in his first start since the death of his father and Minnesota beat the Yankees to win its eighth straight opener in a postseason series. Minnesota’s Soul Patrol outfield twice denied New York with jumping catches. Left fielder Shannon Stewart saved one run and possibly two on Ruben Sierra’s shot in the second, and center fielder Torii Hunter pulled in an eighth-inning drive by Alex Rodriguez at the top of the wall. Hunter also threw out Jorge Posada at the plate in the second, completing one of the double plays by the Twins, who set a record for twin killings in a nine-inning postseason game. Brad Radke now starts for the AL Central champions Wednesday night, trying to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series, which shifts to the noisy Metrodome in Minneapolis starting Friday. Santana, unbeaten in 16starts since the All-Star break, allowed eight hits in seven innings, the most off him since May 23. Four of the Yankees’ first six batters reached safely and 10 of the first 24, but Santana kept escaping. Juan Rincon pitched the eighth and Joe Nathan finished for the save with the Twins’ only 1-2-3 inning of the game. New York, shut out for the second straight time in postseason play, went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Mike Mussina, the most dependable starter on the weakest Yankees’ rotation in years, allowed his first run in the third on an RBI single by Stewart. (AP) Walker leads Cards in homerun derby ST. LOUIS Larry Walker homered twice and the St. Louis Cardinals tied a postseason record by hitting five home runs, overwhelming Odalis Perez and the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout Tuesday in the opener of their NL playoff series. Albert Pujols, Jim Edmonds and Mike Matheny also connected. Add in a strong six-inning performance from Woody Williams and the Cardinals looked every bit as dominating as they did in leading the majors with 105 wins. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Thursday night at Busch Stadium. Jason Marquis pitches for St. Louis against Jeff Weaver. The Cardinals are one offour teams to hit five homers in a postseason game, joining the 1984 Cubs (NLCS), the 1928

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instead. Roof turned the job down, choosing to be the offensive coordinator at Duke. Ironically, another loss to Roofs Blue Devils could be the reason why Gailey leaves Atlanta, as well. Wake Forest—This may be the toughest win of the four teams listed here. The Demon Deacons have surprised many this season, defeating Boston College and taking N.C. State into overtime. Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe is the early favorite for ACC Coach of the Year and should be a model for Roof as he tries to build a program at Duke. Wake Forest football has been as depressing as Duke at times, and Grobe’s results are proof that the Blue Devils can become competitive in a short amount of time, even in the ACC. The only reason Duke has a chance to win against the Demon Deacons is that Wake Forest is the only team that is not obviously more athletically gifted than the Blue Devils. Clemson—-After getting off the head coaching hot seat with huge upsets over Florida State and Tennessee and winning ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2003, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden finds himself on the verge of being fired again. The Tigers started the season with an overtime win against Wake Forest in Death Valley, a game Clemson was sup-

have looked worse and worse each week, and Duke should hope this trend continues until after Nov. 13 when Clemson plays in Wallace Wade. North Carolina—Unlike Bowden, Tar Heels head coach John Bunting may be saving his job this year. North Carolina’s offense has at times appeared as if it is one of the most potent in the nation. Still, Bunting may lose his job after the season. Virginia embarrassed UNC with a 56-24 victory, and the Tar Heels did not put up much of a fight against Louisville, a 344) loss, or Florida State, a 38-16 defeat. If the Blue Devils can slow down North Carolina’s offense and expose its weak defense, Duke may hold the Victory Bell for another year. The Senior Day atmosphere in Wallace Wade will also only increase the Blue Devils’ chances at a season-ending victory. With all of its injuries, Duke has not played as well as it expected. The good news is that if the Blue Devils can put its best players on the field while they are healthy, the team can win several more games this season. The bad news is that Duke is not expected to win against any of the four schools listed above, and that the Blue Devils must play better than they have at any point this season to knock off one of their ACC opponents.

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score of 217. A third-round 70 lifted the freshman to ninth. After a good first round, Schachner struggled in the final two with scores of 79 and 80, respectively. “We have a good solid squad, and we need to keep working and building,” Myers said. “Our chances are going to be good any time we play with these guys.” The Blue Devils return to action in the Duke Golf Classic Oct., 17. The team will count on Blaum to continue his outstanding play, the freshmen to keep improving and Smith to rebound from a difficult

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war of the bitches.” “Why doesn’t she and color-coded warning systems. It’s beunderstand I f—ing hate her?” Ah, the come so pulled and stretched into such a quotes of my best girl friends on a broad spectrum that it isn’t as ominous as it wholesome night out. once was. As America grinds and sways on the Of course, we’ve all experienced the aftermath of such occasions on AIM profiles, media dance floor, yet another political and, of course, you have no idea what it sorositute comes from behind. With a truckmeans because inside jokes er hat, frilly skirt, wife-beater, yellow Lance Armstrong are always so funny when bracelet and a Democrat-they’re never funny to you. sorority glow, Sen. John Although I do relish in such little tidbits of life as I monotKerry sandwiches us between himself and Bush. onously go down my buddy list, there is one thing I can’t -'X Kerry notices that alstand. I’ve seen the best and though we’re totally into each other, at least the inseI’ve seen the worst in Duke Charles gomez cure part that finds comfort people and tolerated it all But, to be quite honest, I realin hooking up of fear, a part the ministry of sound of America isn’t exactly too ly despise it when people use thrilled with Bush’s Patriot the words “hooking up.” Why do you ask? It’s not the activity at all; frankly I think peoAct grinding into our Bill of Rights. Kerry attempts to pull us away from his ple at Duke could stand for a little ofit. It’s the generic use of the words, ranging from competition. To counter the compassionate tip-toeing between the borderline of conservative in front, he labels himself on Planned Parenthood and a coat-hanger, to a this media dance floor as a moderate. I quick peck on the lips followed by a bashful often ask myself when “liberal” became such a dirty word to Americans and Democoverload of school-girl giggling. The words have such a wide-spectrum rats, nonetheless, shouldn’t “moderate” coland have become so commonplace, that lectively appeal to the entire political spectrum, both conservatives and lib@s%ls, and they have really lost all impact. Yet, “hookall other constituents in-between as the peris the least ominous of a much ing up” grander list of such hook-up style words. In fect candidate? fact, such words are much more common Kerry’s moderate label is a wide, occaindefinite, spectrum that somethan realize. What are sionally you actually place these hook-up words? Let’s take the ultitimes doesn’t make much of an impact. Juxmate ‘War of the Bitches”—the presidential taposed to Bush, where his hook-up style is the source of his strength, for Kerry, it’s his which is no more an election than election, America on a media dance floor, music weakness. As a result, Kerry comes off to us as wishy-washy. Plus his motives aren’t exactblasting from commercials, debates, newsly to save us from hooking up with Bush, but books, websites, surrounded papers, by political sorositutes of all ideologies, ready to just like all major politicians, more so just so he can hook up with us. hook up. Nonetheless, here we are America, dedon’t want to turn this into Although I the stereotypical column, President George ciding which one we are going to hook up W. Bush, in my opinion, is an abhorrent with. We are squished between someone “friends with benefits” abuser (among using hook-ups as their source of control countless other offenses) of the word “terover us and someone using hook-ups in any rorist.” With an out-of-style Von Dutch attempt to grab America away from his optrucker hat, an awkwardly fitting frilly skirt, ponent at all costs, even if it makes him stained wife-beater with “Dubya” plastered seem as if he isn’t completely definitive. across, a WWJD bracelet and RepublicanPerhaps this is mostly for himself, but also, perhaps because he sees something sorority glow, this political sorostitute approaches every time America is on the that a part of America also recognizes. As I media dance floor, and of course, America finish going down my buddy list, I notice quite a different quote on the last AIM progives in. We start “hooking up” as he liberally file: “Lick Bush and Dick in 2004.” And you abuses the word terrorist to everything that know what, America? When we “hook up,” I stands in the way of a vague war. It is a hook think that’s exactly what we should do. up that is omnipresent and faceless, blastCharles Gomez is a Pratt senior. ing from political ads, presidential debates

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Draft opponents miss the point The cloud of dread that’s been hanging over me for several months finally lifted Oct. 4 when I read Nathan Carleton’s column: “Return of the Draft.” Oh, how worried I was that it might be true. Just think what it would mean if there remained, somewhere out there, a scrap of the piece of the fragment of a chance that one might be obligated to make a personal sacrifice for this war one supports? That such an injustice could pass unnoticed in our America, with an unparalleled history of freedom was a despicable lie that required a valiant warrior of words like Carleton to uncover. But don’t worry, you courageous brothers and sisters who are on the front lines right now in person, fighting the noblest of noble crusades in Iraq: I’m with you in spirit. As for those ofyou who were worried that voting Republican might actually mean having to put your life where your opinions are, have

no fear: you're absolved. And I solemnly promise, for the ones who do return from Iraq, that upon your homecoming we’ll dig down deep into the well of sacrifice and solidarity, skimming a little principal off the top of our trust funds to build the most awe-inspiring memorials you can imagine. Sure, you might prefer that missing leg and arm, or you’d gladly trade in that gilding on your statue to be free of needing the modem medical marvel that can gild skin grafts over 70 percent of your burned body. But you’ve got to remember, by the time this whole mess gets twisted through time and politics, everyone will know I’m completely blameless. “I wanted to go,” you’ll hear, “It’s the politicians who wouldn’t draft me.”

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Divestment not the answer a recent guest column on these pages, Fayyad Sbaihat, the national spokesperson for the Palestine Solidarity Movement, claimed that critics have avoided discussing what he sees as the principal aim of his movement —persuading universities and other institutions to sell their shares in companies “that provide the Israeli army with weaponry that are used to kill innocent civilians and violate the basic livelihood of others.” He is correct. To date, no one in our community has publicly evaluated the probable effectiveness of this sort of sale. He makes three main factual claims on the subject.

sponsible investment) fund investment, is not likely to result in systemic changes” (Haig and Hazelton 2004).

Another demonstrableconsequence of divestment about which Sbaihat probably would not be too pleased is the fact that divestment, were it to happen in Israel, would be beneficial for local investors who would be able to capitalize on the “cache of grossly undervalued capital” that would flood the market if pressured companies decided to leave (Beaty and Harari 1987). Instead of eliminating the businesses that are collaborating with the Israeli government to bad ends, champions of divestment would very probably just cause these companies to sell their regional assets to resident enfrom divestment shy away “Critics for the debating trepreneurs at bargain prices, and these new owners would 1. likely continue making the same equipment lack of a rationale by those who oppose for tremendous profits. it. In reality divestment is the way out for ttyj If proponents of divestment had taken the Palestinians and Israelis and has proven time to do research into the details of their successful in South Africa, India, and movement, they would probably arrived at other countries the same conclusion as Keaempfer, Lehman 2. “Divestment is potentially the most and Lowenberg, who published a paper in Ineffective non-violent tactic that would ternational Organization titled “Divestment, prepare the atmosphere for peaceful resinvestment sanctions, and disinvestment: an olution, where the outcome is not dictatmatt gillum evaluation of anti-apartheid policy instrued by military might.” Divestment end “the will 3. veritas ments” that argued that in order to prevent apartheidlocal investors from taking advantage of dilike regime against the Palestinians.” vestment, it would be more effective to limit Sbaihat seems to suggest that the divestment movenew investment than coerce corporations into selling ment in South Africa was instrumental in ending their holdings (Keaempfer, Lehman and Lowenberg apartheid there, presumably by lowering the stock prices 1987). But, as is obvious by now, PSM intellectuals have of targeted companies which led them to withdraw and not spent much time doing research. In fact, to the best ofmy knowledge and effort, no scholthereby disrupted the economy and encouraged the government to capitulate. In 1996, a study in the Quarterly arly work exists suggesting how divestment was “successful” Review of Economics and Finance examined exactly this in South Africa or how divestment is “your peaceful way to question, and it found that—contrary to intuition—firms put an end to the suffering of both peoples” or how—based that remained in South Africa did better in terms of stock on experience in other countries—divestment will end the price than firms that listened to social activists and left, “apartheid-like regime against the Palestinians.” What we are faced with now is the prospect of a conferlending support to the idea that divestment may provoke the opposite of its intended effect (Lytle and Joy 1996). ence on our campus that advances a principal tool of political activism that may be entirely ineffective. If this is Another study in The Journal of Business came to the foltrue, then we are wasting our time thinking about the lowing conclusion: “We find no support for the common perception—and PSM as a practical movement because even if it succeeds often yetyement rhetoric in the financial media—that the in convincing universities and mutual funds to divest their anti-apartheid shareholder and legislative boycotts affect- shares from certain companies, this will have a negligible ed the financial sector adversely: The announcement of effect on Israel’s government and economy, and may even legislative or shareholder pressure had no discernible ef- have salutary consequences. If the PSM hopes to be taken fect on the valuation of banks and corporations with seriously, it must present evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of divestment as a tool for direct political South African operations or on the South African financhange, or tailor its claims in such away that recognizes cial markets” (Teoh, Welch, Wazzan 1999). In an article titled “Financial Markets: A Tool for Social divestment as a symbolic, or dubiously moral, gesture Responsibility?” in the Journal of Business Ethics, Matthew only. Otherwise, by the grandiose words of its spokesperHaig and James Hazelton agree: “Fundamentally, however, son, it has condemned itself to irrelevance. addressing social problems by targeting individual firms, Matt Gillum is a Trinity senior. either byway of shareholder activism or SRI (socially re”

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