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Brodhead learns Duke’s path Students object to

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President Richard Brodhead stepped out of the anteroom to his office and looked around the second floor lobby of the Allen Building. Somehow, at lunchtime, the president had found a free moment news in his schedule. “When we analysis get those salads, where do they come from?” he asked one of his assistants. ‘The Loop,” the receptionist answered. The president smiled and almost raised his eyebrows as he looked cautiously back at his office and the work that awaited him at his desk. “I know where that is,” he said, looking a bit proud of his geographical knowledge. He informed his staff that on this beautiful Wednesday he was going to dash to lunch at the student hangout. “I’ll be back in 15 minutes,” he said. Much of what the campus knows about the man colleagues all describe as clever and thoughtful, energizing and directive, stems from small,

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President Richard Brodhead answers questions about the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference, one of the most controversial issues ofhis tenure thus far. spontaneous decisions made at moments like this one. Brodhead has regularly wandered about the Duke community, at football games and tailgates as well as a plethora of official meet-and-greets. But the small talk and humor are more than

just schmoozing.

One hundred days after he took charge of the University, a first draft ofßrodhead’s Duke is beginning to emerge from the multitude of meetings and the periodic crises that greet the president each day. He has a

new benches, said they felt blindsided by the plans. “We were all really angry about it. It seemed like it was just being brought upon us without any no-

When students troop back to campus after fall break, they will find four new benches—imported across the Atlantic Ocean tice,” junior Jonathan Agudelo from Spain—adorning the Main said. “I would really like to know Quadrangle. Many students, howjust why they’d do this.” ever, are bemoaning the lack of Several administrators and students suggested that communicainput they had in the decision. The benches will be cemented tion leading up to the decision into the ground, preventing stuwas inadequate. dents from burning them in bas‘To my knowledge, there was ketball bonfires. little to no student input regardBecause of the benches’ weight, ing the bench project,” said Deb they must be installed in specific Lo Biondo, assistant dean of stulanding sites that have already dents for residence life. been created and will ultimately Students will still be able to displace some of the student-built construct their own benches inbenches that have historically side the quads, but they can only lined the Main Quad, said Eddie erect benches on previously desHull, executive director of housing ignated sites on the Main Quad. services and dean ofresidence life. When the University purchased Students in Few Quad, the area that will contain half of the SEE BENCHES ON PAGE 7

SEE BRODHEAD ON PAGE 6

thefirsthundreddavs July 1, 2004 Mike Krzyzewski

offered head coach position with Los Angeles Lakers

August 2004 Duke agrees to host controversial PSM conference, citing academicfreedom

September 2004 4 armed robberies

on or near campus cause security concerns to rise

Sept. 18, 2004 Brodhead officially becomes Duke’s ninth president in a Chapel ceremony

Oct. 1, 2004 The Board of Trustees meets for the first time with Brodhead in office

Sophomore Julia Griffin relaxes on one of the student-builtbenches near Few Quad.

Student Health provides visitor parking vouchers by

Rachael Massell THE CHRONICLE

Visitors to Student Health can'tpark right in front of the Center, but they can now park in theclosest garage.

Parking and Transportation Services and Student Health administrators have decided to put a Band-Aid on student parking woes at the Student Health Center. Beginning Oct. 1, students can now receive free parking vouchers for Parking Garage I, off Flowers Drive. Both administrators and students view this as a stark improvement over the past situation, in which students either had to risk being towed from reserved spaces in front of the building or walk from West Campus. Under the new system, when students call to make an appointment, they will be informed that they should park in the

Medical Center’s PG-I further down Flowers Drive and obtain a parking receipt. Students can then receive a voucher from the Health Center’s front desk when they check in for their appointment. “The ideal situation would include some parking spaces closer to the center for students, but the vouchers are an admirable first step,” said Rob Saunders, former president and current community affairs coordinator of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Graduate students have an especially vested interest in solving the parking problem, as they constitute a large portion of SEE PARKING ON PAGE 5

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35 killed, 160 injured in Egyptian hotel by

Sarah El Deeb

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An explosion tore hotel in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday Thursday night, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 160, officials said. Two smaller blasts were reported later at other tourist sites in the Sinai, and witnesses gave reports that car bombs caused all three explosions. Egyptian officials said they had no evidence of terrorism but that it was unlikely the three blasts could be coincidence. TABA, Egypt

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Israel’s Army Radio quoted Israeli security officials as saying they were convinced the first explosion was a car bomb. The explosions came a month after the Israeli government urged citizens not to visit Egypt, citing a “concrete” terror threat to tourists in an area. The warning, issued Sept. 9 by the counterterrorism center in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office, identified the Sinai Peninsula as the target of a potential attack. The initial blast, about 10 p.m., rocked the Hilton hotel in the Taba resort, only yards from the Israeli border.

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lapsed. There are dozens of people on the floor, lots of blood. It is very tense,” witness Yigal Vakni told Army Radio. “I am standing outside of the hotel, the whole thing is burning and they have nothing to put it out with.” A spokesperson for rescue workers, Yerucham Mendola, said others were trapped in the debris. The explosion could be heard and felt strongly a mile away, said Selma Abu elDahab, who works at another Taba hotel. SEE EGYPT ON PAGE 5

Rocket hits near U.S. Embassy in Kabul by

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KABUL, Afghanistan A rocket slammed into the Afghan capital near the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions early Friday, a day before landmark elections. All U.S. embassy staff were ordered to take cover in an underground bunker. The rocket hit a parking lot near a media accreditation center for the elections, causing no damage or casualties, said Lt. Commander Ken MacKillop, a spokesperson for international peacekeepers. He said peacekeepers suspected a second rocket may have hit nearby, but no impact site was found. “We are alert and investigating,” he said. Heavily-armed U.S. and Afghan troops sealed off the roads leading to the diplomatic area. Beth Lee, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy, said all staff had been ordered to take cover in an underground bunker as a precaution. A senior U.S. official in Washington said embassy

staff were allowed out of the bunkers a short time later. The blast shattered a relatively calm lead-up to Saturday’s vote, at least in the capital. It was loud enough to shake windows and rouse people from bed. The headquarters for the 9,000-strong NATO-led International Security Assistance Force is also close to the U.S. Embassy, as are the German and Pakistani missions. It was the first apparent attack in Kabul since August, when a huge car bomb outside a private U.S. security firm killed 10 people—three of them Americans. The Americans were helping train anti-narcotics police. Taliban and al Qaeda rebels have kept up a steady stream of attacks throughout Afghanistan since campaigning for the election began Sept. 7, but they have so far failed to launch the type of high-impact assault that might derail the vote. SEE AFGHANISTAN ON PAGE 7

newsinbrief 10 killed in Baghdad attack Rockets struck a Baghdad hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists late Thursday. The attack killed 10 people, including a groom on his wedding night, and wounded the bride and 16 others. Residents reported several other strong explosions through the night.

Violence continues in Haiti Two beheaded bodies, one wrapped in tires and set ablaze, turned up in Haiti's capital Thursday. The killings brought the death toll to 20 in week-long protests by backers of Jean-Bertrand Aristide seeking the former president's return to power.

Jelinek wins the Nobel Prize Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Her latest play,"Bambiland," is a strident attack on the U.S. war in Iraq, although officials emphasized that the prize should not be interpreted as a political comment.

Execution to happen Friday A decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday cleared the way for the execution of Sammy Crystal Perkins, sentenced to death for the rape and slaying of a 7-year-old girl. He is scheduled to be executed at 2 a.m. Friday in Raleigh. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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Bush, Kerry to meet in St. Louis Mary Dalrymple THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President ENGLEWOOD, Colo. George W. Bush needs to do a lot more than improve his body language for Friday night’s second debate, says Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. The Republicans say it’s Sen.

John Kerry, D-Mass

who’s got the exdo about his policies. ‘The president of the United States, in order to perform well in a debate, needs to do more than not screw up his face and needs to do more than string a sentence together,” vice presidential candidate Edwards said Thursday in Bayonne, NJ. “He needs to level with the American people.” Bush’s campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, sees the debate differendy. He said, “It’s an opportunity for Senator Kerry to defend a 3(Lyear record of being wrong on defense” and to explain how he’d pay for an expansive domestic agenda. Bush’s performance in last week’s first debate in Miami was widely criticized, especially the grimaces he made while Kerry was answering some questions. The arrangement will be different at Friday night’s confrontation—a town hall-style format with audience members rather than journalists asking the questions at Washington University in St. Louis. There will be new information on the

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Duke ranks 27th in merchandise sales Ashley Kustu THE CHRONICLE

Duke placed 27th on the Collegiate Licensing Company’s list of top-selling member institutions this past year, down from 22nd in the nation the year before. Officials said the drop was not related to sales of Duke merchandise, which have remained steady, but rather to a rise in other universities’ sales. Tom Craig, general manager of retail stores for Duke Stores, confirmed that factors outside of Duke’s sales have caused the drop in ranking. He noted that oncampus sales of Duke items have increased over the last year. “I see no correlation between on-campus sales and that ranking,” Craig said. Duke merchandise generates about

$35 million in worldwide sales each year, $8 million of which comes from on-campus stores, said Jim Wilkerson, director of Duke Stores. Duke’s drop is likely a result of changes within CLC. “A program that has increased its revenue or stayed the same can decrease in rankings due to other schools increasing at a faster rate... or if the CLC adds a school to the consortium that is already making more than Duke,” said Tammy Purves, director of public relations for CLC. She noted that events like an athletic national championship can affect sales of a school’s merchandise nationwide. Duke rival University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill currently tops CLC’s best-selling list.

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Although trends change from year to year, apparel sales generate about 90 percent of Duke’s royalties. “Pink is a hot color this year,” Craig said, noting that since the elimination of unisex sizing, “the industry for women’s clothing has been increasingly large over the past five or six years, and will continue to increase.” In addition, Wilkerson noted shorts and pants with the University’s name printed on their back sides have been popular recendy. Despite the trends, Craig said, “basic designs are always the best-sellers on campus. The six-inch block Duke navy T-shirts have been a best-selling item for 10 years.” SEE CLC ON PAGE 5

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School districts notified about disc found in Iraq by

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Members ofCampus Council vote to pass the Quad Autonomy Resolution at Thursday night's meeting.

Council aims to clarify campus alcohol policy by

Blayne Alexander THE CHRONICLE

Campus Council’s weekly meeting

Thursday night focused on identification and enforcement of alcohol policy violalions among students. Discussion touched upon specific problems associated with drinking, the disciplinary consequences of students’ actions and methods for educating students and staffabout the problem. Senior Anthony Vitarelli, president of Campus Council, hopes to pass a resolution clarifying the finer points of the University’s alcohol policy enforcement with-

in two weeks. Vitarelli reaffirmed his commitment to caution and consistency. “We fully intend this to be an extremely slow, thorough and deliberate process,” he said. “This is the stickiest issue that affects social life on campus.” Campus Council members want the resolution to educate the community about the rules governing on-campus alcohol consumption and the consequences of violating those rules. Members of Campus Council began SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Federal law enforcement authorities notified school districts in six states last month that a computer disc found in Iraq contained photos, floor plans and other information about their schools, two U.S. officials said Thursday. The downloaded data found by the U.S. military in July—all publicly available on the Internet—included an Education Department report guiding schools on how to prepare and respond to a crisis, said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials said it was unclear who downloaded the information and stressed there is no evidence ofany specific threats involving the schools. The eight districts mentioned are in Georgia, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon and California. The officials said last month FBI agents in charge of those areas alerted local education and law enforcement officials about the finding. The officials did not provide the names of the districts. But Salem, Ore., Superintendent Kay Baker confirmed her district was among them. “Local law enforcement has no knowledge of a specific threat to any of our school buildings,” she said. “We will work collaboratively with law enforcement on any further developments.” San Diego schools also were included, according to The San Diego Union-Tri-

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ond California district. The Salem Stateman-journal reported the other districts were Fort Myers, Fla.; Jones County, Ga.; Birch Run, Mich.; and Franklinville and Rumson, both in New Jersey. The disc contained an Education Department report called “Practical Information on Crisis Planning; A Guide for Schools and Communities,” published in May 2003, as well as photos and floor plans. In a separate but more widespread warning put out this week, the Education Department advised school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege last month in Russia. The warning follows an analysis by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department of the siege that killed nearly 340 people, many of them students, in the city of Beslan. “The horror of this attack may have created significant anxiety in our own country among parents, students, faculty, staff and other community members,” Deputy Education Secretary Eugene Hickok said in a letter sent Wednesday to schools and education groups. The Education Department’s advice is based on lessons learned from the Russia siege. But there is no specific information indicating a terrorist threat to any school or university in the United States, Hickok said. SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 8

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the Health Center’s visitors and primarily live off-campus. “I know there was an attempt made to get 10 parking spaces right outside the center,” GPSC President Heather Dean said. “We have been advocating for a while that there should be parking for seriously ill students that come to the Health Center.” Parking has only been an issue since the Student Health Center moved from its Central Campus site two years ago to its current location on Flowers Drive. Several options were debated in the center’s planning stages, from gradually reassigning medical faculty spaces on Flowers Drive to creating new spaces in the vicinity.

EGYPT from page 2 She said a worker from her hotel returned from the Hilton and told of the blast before collapsing. Egyptian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Taba explosion occurred among gas tanks in the kitchen of the hotel, which is next to the casino, where many tourists were at the time of the blast. A car rental manager at the Hilton, Mohammed Saleh, said he was in the storeroom and couldn’t see where the explosion originated but that several people at the hotel claimed it was caused by a car bomb outside the reception area. Some witnesses reported seeing the wreckage of a car. About midnight, two smaller blasts struck the area of Ras Shitan, a camping area near the town of Nuweiba, south of Taba, witnesses said.

However, the only parking that has actually been available to students for the past two years have been two “drop-off’ spaces directly in front of the Health Center. Some students who left their cars there for the duration of their visits, or in permit-reserved spaces across the street, were either ticketed or towed. “I hate it when they get a ticket,” said Phyllis Martin, a clinical interviewer in the Student Health Center. “Some of them are here just to get medication refills.” Parking, however, is only one logistical problem that students face when seeking medical help at the Health Center. Although most students know that it is located in the sub-basement of the building that houses Duke Clinics, many find the labyrinthine halls, misleading signs and “zoned” elevators difficult to navigate. “I

was walking all around the halls,” sophomore Andrea Pemberton said of her recent visit to the center. For students without cars, pedestrian navigation is the only option to reach the Health Center, as there are currently no main campus buses that connect students on any of the three campuses direcdy with the center’s Flowers Drive entrance. “Bus route talks were in the original conversation,” said Jean Hanson, administrative director for Student Health. “We will have a bus stop when it becomes feasible.” For seriously injured or ill students, the center has maintained several options. There are two spots each for ambulances and wound management, all of which are tow-free. Students are also encouraged to call the Duke University Police Department or Safe Rides.

“I heard one very big explosion coming from Taba direction and then, after a while, I heard two smaller explosions from Nuweiba,” near Ras Shitan, human rights activist Abdel Raziq said by tele-

attack countries that had given Israel “means of survival.” The tape also urged holy warriors to fight Israelis and Americans before they enter Egypt. Egyptian government spokesperson Magdy Rady linked the blasts to the Israeli military operation against the Palestinians in the neighboring Gaza Strip, where 84 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli offensive that began Sept. 29 to stop militants from firing homemade rockets into Israel. “I think the explosions are very related to what is going on in Gaza,” Rady told the Associated Press. “We condemn these attacks, which have harmed many people.” “I think it is very probable that there is a link between these three explosions,” he added. “It is very unlikely they happened by chance.” The security adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Jibril Rajoub, told AlJazeera television that no Palestinian factions were responsible for the explosions.

phone. Amsalem Farrag, whose uncle and cousin own camps in Ras Shitan, said both told him that Israeli cars exploded outside their camps. The two blasts were only five seconds apart, he said. He said the camps were full of vacationing Israelis. There were no immediate claims of responsibility posted on Islamic Web sites, where al Qae da-linked and inspired militant groups often post threats and claims. However, contributors to those sites were praising the explosions and linking them to a recent videotape said to have been issued by al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri. That tape, aired by Al-Jazeera television Oct. 1, called for militants to organize and

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CLC from page 3 In order to sell products with the Duke logo, companies must obtain a license from CLC, located in Atlanta, Ga. CLC is the largest collegiate licensing entity in the country, representing over 180 member universities. Through its contract with the organization, Duke delegates authority to conduct “day-to-day, routine activities necessary for the licensing process to the CLC,” Wilkerson said. CLC also helps members make marketing decisions, communicate with retailers and resolve any legal matters that may arise from licensees violating their contracts. A company that wants to distribute Duke products must first apply to CLC for a license, then submit a proposal to the University with details about the specific items it wants to produce. Both CLC and Duke must approve the agreement for it to go forward. In considering these proposals, Wilkerson said Duke will accept “anything that will enhance Duke’s image” and will reject “anything that has some sort of vulgarity.” In the past, the University has rejected proposals for the use of Duke logos on items such as toilet paper and condoms based on these standards. Duke makes a total of about $900,000 in royalties from licensed companies every year, which is then added to the University’s general fund. “Much of the money goes to the area of women’s sports for compliance with Title IX,” Wilkerson said. Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 requires universities to provide men and women with athletic opportunities—which often means providing additional financial support to women’s programs.

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four-year residential experience for undergraduates that changes as students mature. He has also begun the groundwork for a campaign to radically increase the endowment for financial aid. By the time Brodhead talks about a project, he has already made sure it is possible; there are few who doubt the president’s word.

BRODHEAD from page 1 knack for fostering personal connections and is already a beloved part of the University. He has learned how to immediately mobilize Duke’s resources, yet he uses that power with caudon. When Brodhead talks about his accomplishments and projects, he gets bashful but he doesn’t blush. “A hundred days is to me a completely unofficial measure,” he said in a recent interview. “What does a hundred days measure? It means you can no longer say this is your first w eek, nor have you yet been in office a long time.” This article—a brief look at the way new leadership is slowly advancing the school’s path—is based on interviews with Brodhead and senior University officials, as well as students, faculty and staff who live and work at the University he is helping shape. They have all heard Brodhead’s name constandy since the lifedme Yalie was named Duke’s ninth president, but they have varying impressions of what exactly he has done so far. Looking forward from this first flashpoint, though, they are all optimisdc.

Hear him talk Brodhead’s voice is unmistakable. Deep to begin with, it rhythmically dips in tone as he emphasizes his points. He speaks quickly and stammers when talking casually. He rarely falters in public, but his voice retains colloquialisms that people scarcely notice. Every time he gives a speech —and he’s given dozens so far—he Jokes with his audience while managing to make a directed statement about the way every piece of the University fits together to advance a single goal: building a better place for useful

Watch him learn In some of Brodhead’s most public moments, he has not had the luxury ofchoosing the topics—only his response. On his first official day in office, the University community learned that men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was considering leaving Duke to coach professional ball for the Los Angeles Lakers. Brodhead was caught up in a media blitz while he maneuvered a deal to keep Coach K. In a show of solidarity, he joined students in Krzyzewskiville with a bullhorn in hand, even as he resisted the blue face paint. The coach stayed, and the president refocused his attention back to the future. “That was a little spike that happened on my first day. And I’ve gone on to other things,” he said last week. “If you like a job like this, it’s got to be part of what you like: the sheer, unpredictable incoherence. It’s like being in a batting cage where in addition to baseballs, a great variety of other shapes and sizes come flying at you.” Brodhead has been most visible about his decision to allow the controversial Palestine Solidarity Movement to hold its annual conference on the University’s campus. Even before school began, the president issued a statement declaring the University’s commitment to academic freedom and giving student groups the authority to control their own programming, regardless of content. Defending and explaining Duke’s decision has taken him to Jewish community groups and alumni gatherings. Despite a firestorm of criticism from both national and international communities, his argument for a university environment that al-

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“I think he was doing that from day one,” said Maryann Black, associate vice president for community affairs for Duke PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE

President Richard Brodhead has worked fast to get to know Duke in his first 100 days in office. lows free discourse of ideas has won him praise, or at least respect, from a variety of national Jewish organizations and leaders, in addition to the University community. “I was glad to see that he wasn’t shirking away from discussion about a very important subject,” said David Beratan, professor of chemistry. The Academic Council, the primary faculty governing body, also echoed support and breathed a sigh of relief at his commiunent to academic freedom. Many students who have never met Brodhead define his tenure by his stance on this issue. “I know he’s allowing the PSM conference—that’s something,” sophomore Justin Sargent said. “I wouldn’t want to have to make that decision.” When the president formally addressed the Board of Trustees last weekend, he explained that it was not an issue he would have chosen, but it was an opportunity rather than a distraction. Meanwhile, he has moved forward with the rest of his vision for the University. Follow his lead Some of that vision has taken place behind closed doors. Administrators who work closely with Brodhead said he knows how to command action and does not shy from demanding it when the need arises. In the wake of several safety incidents in September, Brodhead called together his senior staff and told them he wanted the problem to end—now. At his command, revisions that had been discussed for weeks were suddenly implemented. “His charm is consistent, but his expec-

tations will vary as they need to,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. “He’s the president; he’s not afraid to say if we need something tomorrow.” Although Brodhead’s endearing leadership and attentive curiosity have invigorated discussions among administrators, most people on campus have relied on his Sept. 18 inaugural address for their impressions of his goals. In academic robes and regal posture, Brodhead joked and sheepishly smiled while he declared his commitment to developing global health, supporting financial aid and integrating community life. What has emerged in smaller conversations is a renewed focus on the way the University interacts with the world that surrounds it. “He has directly stated that it is this University’s responsibility and enormous opportunity to translate the extraordinary level of scholarly activity and intellectual capital of Duke to solve societal problems,” said Barton Haynes, director of the Human Vaccine Institute. Brodhead has underscored that Duke’s obligation is not just to implement programs for temporary aid but also to create an institutional fabric that will allow longterm solutions to emerge. He has also drawn every department of the University into these projects so that humanities and science departments will mutually respect each other’s contributions. Even though Duke often seems to shift course slowly, the tangible pieces of his outward thinking are already manifest in more than just rhetoric. Brodhead has carefully articulated his long-term goal of a

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University Health System. “He had a sense of where he wanted to take the University. He was in a learning mode, but he was also

actively working.” For the faculty, nothing looks different quite yet—nor is it supposed to, Brodhead said. He has been committed to forging ahead on paths that are already cut. Many faculty have not met the president beyond a handshake. (And most of them note his firm grip.) “I think he’s been refreshingly concerned with academic programs,” said Katherine Ewing, associate professor of cultural anthropology. Faculty have particularly noted his strong commitment to research and the intellectual connection that he talks about fostering among faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and the non-academic world. Part of molding that community has already involved alumni. This week Brodhead will begin a series of speaking engagements to connect with alumni along the East Coast. “I think what people really appreciate is how he’s jumped right into Duke, and it’s obvious that he cares very deeply about Duke,” said Sterly Wilder, director of the Annual Fund. The alumni connections will ultimately help finance some of Brodhead’s visions for the University, but as far as the president is concerned, right now he is just getting to know Duke. “The things that are worth doing in a university don’t begin in a new administration; they’re already underway,” he said. “And the things that will happen in the next administration won’t be accomplished in a hundred days.” But they have begun. Emily Almas, Paul Crowley and Matt Sullivan contributed to this story.

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the benches in July, administrators were responding to a student demand for more seating on the quad, Hull said. He said students only built three benches last year, which were not replaced after students burned them in celebration when the men’s basketball team beat the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill in March. “Frankly it appeared that the issue of student-builtbenches had a least gone into the back comers of people’s interest,” Hull said. The Spanish benches, which cost about $4,000 each, were chosen by one of the architects designing the student plaza, a large gathering space that will likely replace the Bryan Center walkway within a few years. After a significant delay, construction on the plaza is now slated to begin next summer to incorporate the space with the rest of campus. Hull said the University is also developing a long-term plan for the overall architecture and landscaping on the Main Quad. The new benches will serve to see how the style fits into the campus. There are no plans to totally replace the studentbuilt benches at this time, Hull said, adding that the decision will be reevaluat-

Ed when the master plan is completed. Senior Anthony Vitarelli, president of Campus Council, underscored the importance of allowing students to build benches that rest on the Main Quad. “Students can express ownership over painting them and using them to develop quad pride,” he said, noting that there will still be sufficient space for the traditional benches. Campus Council has known that the University was planning on installing more permanent seating on campus for about a year. Few Quad has obtained permission to place a bench on the Main Quad in a newly approved spot for the remainder of the academic year, said Tegwin Millard, Few residence coordinator. Years ago, the benches served as billboards' for fraternities and other living groups, but the benches currently on the Main Quad have primarily been built by quad councils and student organizations. The Alumni Affairs office sponsored a bench building contest last weekend for Homecoming, and student interest was nearly double what was anticipated. Although several people were pleased with the participation, Hull said he had expected more groups to build benches and questioned students’ real interest in continuing the tradition.

AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said Afghan forces had thwarted at least 20 attacks and arrested more than 100 people since the start of the campaign, but that the rebels had managed more than 60 rocket or bomb attacks during the period, most in the provinces. He put the death toll at more than 60—including 15 civilians, 19 security forces and 30 suspected rebels. Six Afghan troops were taken hostage. In addition to rebel violence, drug smugglers are believed to be posing an increasingly large threat to the country’s stability. Jalali said drug traffickers, not the Tal-

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iban, were responsible for an attack Wednesday on interim leader Hamid Karzai’s vice presidential running mate, Ahmed Zia Massood. One person was killed and five others wounded in the bombing, including the former governor of Badakhshan, a mountainous northeastern poppy-growing region. Massood was unhurt. Jalali said “the evidence shows that it was the work of drug smugglers, because the election process is against their interests.” The attack was the third against Karzai and his political allies since campaigning began. The president survived a rocket assault on his helicopter on Sept. 16 in the eastern city of Gardez, and one of his four current vice presidents

survived a bomb attack four days later. The Taliban was suspected in those attacks. During the last major political event in Kabul—the loya jirga, or grand council—in December and January, militants fired a series of rockets on the city, though there were no casualties. Karzai on Thursday praised his people for embracing the elections, despite the recent bloodshed. He acknowledged problems of rebel violence and warlord intimidation—even some being carried out in his name—but said Afghanistan could not wait forever to hold its vote. “No election in the world is free of tension we all know that,” Karzai said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation. “Afghanistan will not be an exception.” ...

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COUNCIL from page 4 their discussion by addressing why alcohol policies are necessary. Many Campus Council members cited student safety as the paramount concern for any alcohol policy but also noted the importance ofissues such as Duke’s attitude toward drinking and legal liability. One of the main goals of the potential Campus Council resolution is to explain the ramifications of students’ actions. Campus Council members discussed relieving what they deemed was an atmosphere of distrust between residential advisors and students by educating undergraduates about the actual documentation process. Some of the specific ideas suggested included placement of the resolution in The Chronicle, a special program for firstyear students and mandatory dinners at which alcohol policy would be discussed by students and RAs. “We feel there are some misperceptions among students,” said sophomore Damian Denoble, Campus Council vice president. Wannamaker/Crowell Residence Coordinator Lesley Hill emphasized the importance of mandatory meetings with an RC after students are documented for an alcohol violation for the first time. “During their conversation, they can get to know each other better,” Hill said. “Also, it is an opportunity to educate the student on the RC’s position and make him aware of the policies and the judicial process. The whole meeting is informal and does not go on record.”

SCHOOLS from page 3 economy and the Iraq war for the candidates to fight over: this week’s report from the U.S. arms inspector and new figures, due out Friday morning, on national

unemployment. Democrats say the last job numbers released by the Labor Department before the election are bound to show that Bush is the first president since the Great Depression to preside over an economy with fewer jobs at the end of his term than when he started. Bush will focus on recent improvement. The candidates were already battling Thursday about

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In order to improve relationships with students and staff, Vitarelli stressed the importance of understanding the documentation process’ three parts. Vitarelli said the documentation begins when a student is observed with alcohol and continues when the RC, RA or graduate advisor tells the student that he has violated the policy. Only then, Vitarelli said, can a student be documented. “I really want to clear up the definition of the ‘observe’ and ‘comment’ part of this process,” Vitarelli said. Vitarelli said he plans to get student perspective on the alcohol enforcement policy and talk with students who have received alcohol violations in order to help form the resolution. In other business: The meeting also focused on the Quad Autonomy Resolution, which was passed unanimously. The resolution’s main goal is to make residences feel more like homes by allowing students to decorate the hallways, furnish commons rooms and beautify the grounds. Campus Council took the advice of Fidelia Thomason, director of residence hall operations, and Timothy Henshaw, University fire protection specialist, and amended the resolution to accommodate fire safety. Major fire safety measures include provisions that mandate only 25 percent of the wall can be covered and that combustible materials must be kept out of the hallways. Each Quad Council must go to the fire marshal to have individual changes approved.

the arms inspector’s report that found no evidence Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991. Bush, at the White House, said the report showed that the Iraqi leader had retained “the knowledge, the materials, the means and the intent” to produce weapons of mass destruction. Kerry, in Colorado, said the report showed Iraq had essentially dismantled its weapons program. “You don’t make up or find reasons to go to war after the fact,” he said. Both campaigns portrayed the other’s candidate as having the advantage in a town hall-style debate. At the same time, they questioned how many viewers would tune in Friday night.

SCHOOLS from page 4 Federal law enforcement officials also have urged local police to stay in contact with school officials and have encouraged reporting of suspicious activities. In particular, schools were told to watch for activities that may be legitimate on their own—but may suggest a threat if many of them occur. Among those activities: Interest in obtaining site plans for schools, bus routes and attendance lists; observations of security drills. Prolonged “static surveillance” by people disguised as panhandlers, shoe shiners, newspaper or flower vendors or street sweepers not previously seen in the area. People staring at or quickly looking away from employees or vehicles as they enter or leave parking areas. The effort is the latest by the Education Department to encourage school officials to maintain and practice a plan for responding to emergencies. “It’s a positive sign that they’re finally discussing this after years of downplaying or denying even the possibility of a terrorist strike on schools,” Said Kenneth Trump, a Cleveland-based school safety consultant who has worked with officials in more than 40 states. “Public officials are in fear of creating fear, but we have to put the cards on the table, educate people in the school community and make sure they are well prepared.” After the terrorist takeover of the Russian school, President George W. Bush asked his top advisers to review their strategies for dealing with hostage situations, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has said. The federal government is advising schools to take many steps to improve the security of their buildings. Those include installing locks for all doors and windows, having a single entry point into buildings and ensuring they are able to reach school bus drivers in an emergency. The Education Department sent its letter by e-mail Wednesday to school police, state school officers, school boards, groups representing principals and many other organizations. The Homeland Security Department also sent a bulletin to federal, state and local emergency officials to provide fresh guidance based on the review of the school siege in Russia. •

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Ludovic Walter won a pair of singles matches and his first round doubles contest, but the rest of the team struggled.

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The Duke women’s golf team trailed by 12 strokes after the first round in Tennessee last week but stormed back to win by one stroke against a host of nationally ranked teams. This week, agaipst less elite competition, Duke is hoping for the same result but a better start. The No. 1 Blue Devils will travel down Tobacco Road to participate in the Franklin Street Partners Invitational at the Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill. There they will face fourth-ranked Auburn, No. 17 Texas A&M and a number ofother ACC and regional opponents. “A win is always a positive thing,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “We’re a confident team. We have high expectations. One of the things I like most about this team is that they don’t rest. This team always remains hungry.” On the Finley Golf Course a year ago, the then-sophomore Liz Janangelo finished tied for first at seven-under-par, including a 66 in the first round. All five of the Blue Devils golfers finished within the top-five including ties, as the team cruised to a 49-stroke victory over the rest of the field. Although this will be the first time Duke plays this course in the past year, the team is familiar with the setup. “[The course] is not too long so it leaves with a lot of wedges in our hands, which we are pretty accurate with, so a lot of scoring can go on with that,” sophomore Brittany Lang said. At the start of the season the Blue SEE WOMEN’S GOLF ON PAGE 12

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Nigi Adogwa traced a circle in the air with his right index finger. “We have a big target on our back,” the senior forward said. “So they’re going to be coming for us.” Virginia Tech (5-5, 0-1 in the ACC) is the latest team to have No. 4 Duke in its crosshairs. After a come-from-behind victory over North Carolina Sunday, the Blue Devils (11-0, 3-0) will face the Hokies at 7 p.m. Friday in Koskinen Stadium, hoping to keep their unbeaten streak alive. Virginia Tech enters the game coming off a big win on the road, having defeated

then-No. 25 Coastal Carolina Monday, 2-0. Despite their success, the Blue Devils know they cannot afford to become complacent, especially against a tough ACC opponent. “We don’t and we won’t let the winning go to our heads,” said midfielder Danny Kramer, whose game-winning goal against UNC earned him a place on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week. ‘We just stay focused and take every day seriously. It’s not like we slack off in practice, we work as hard as we can.... We don’t take any opponent lightly.” Not only has the team vowed to keep working hard, but it has also continued to

find different strategies to become even more potent on offense and even stingier on defense. Against UNC, Blake Camp reasserted himself in the Duke attack, collecting two assists for only his second and third points since the team’s win over St. Francis Sept. 5. “We’re still a young team trying to get better every game,” head coach John Rennie said. “We got Blake Camp more involved in the offensive end of the field with a little tactical change we made at halftime of the game, trying to get him more opportunities to go forward was a SEE MEN’S SOCCER ON PAGE 10

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irah Salem and the Blue Devils will take on the Yellow Jackets, who lead the ACC, Saturday In Cameron.

A pair of five-game matches on the same weekend can be physically and mentally exhausting. But when a team wins both against tough conference opponents it can have ramifications for the rest of the season. The volleyball team (13-3, 4-1 in the ACC) looks to carry the momentum from grueling victories over Florida State and Miami into this weekend’s matchups. “Those two wins on the road against good opponents are huge for our confidence,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “That fact that they were in fives is only going to make us better in that situation again.” Duke will face Clemson (8-7, 1-3) and Georgia Tech (9-5, 4-0) at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday and

Saturday, respectively. The Tigers have struggled thus far in the conference, but the Yellowjackets sit atop the conference standings. A Duke victory Saturday could lift the Blue Devils from second place into the lead. Georgia Tech will present the more formidable challenge, but Duke understands it cannot look past a young Clemson team. “We have our work cut out for us,” Nagel said of a Clemson team that has already beaten a ranked opponent. “Clemson has complemented their group of experienced players with a talented group of freshmen, and they look stronger than they were last year.” The game is a matchup of the best two SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 12

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sportsbriefs Walter advances in ITA All-American The men’s tennis team began play Thursday in the ITA All-American Championship in Chattanooga, Tenn. Ludovic Walter advanced to the round of 16 in the main singles draw with a pair of straight-set wins. Walter also teamed with Jason Zimmermann to knock off a duo from Middle Tennessee State in a tiebreaker. Duke’s other doubles tandem of Peter Rodrigues and Jonathan Stokke lost 8-2 in the opening round. Women’s lacrosse announces captains Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel announced that seniors Stefanie Sparks and Katie Laschinger will serve as captains for the 2005 season. Sparks has started on defense in every game of her collegiate career and was a member of the 2004-2005 U.S. Development Team. Laschinger scored six goals last spring and assisted on five others from the midfield position. The two will lead Duke through a challenging schedule, which includes a home game against the 2003 National Champion Princeton (March 16) and a road contest with last year’s champion Virginia (April 2). Other key matchups include rival North Carolina at home March 12 and a game at Georgetown March 19. The Hoyas knocked the Blue Devils out of the NCAA Tournament in the first round last year. The Blue Devils, however, won the ACC regular season for the first time in school history in 2003. Swimming 8c Diving start season The Duke swimming & diving teams kick off their season this weekend at Clemson. Seniors Chrissy Anderson and Stephanie Shinn will serve as captains for the women’s squads. Senior Teddy Heifers and junior John Humphrey guide the men’s teams. Both teams lost numerous key contributors from a year ago, but women’s ACC Champion Katie Ness returns to try to defend her 200 IM title. She broke six individual Duke records and helped break four more school relay records in 2003-2004. Humphrey set records in the 200 and 400 IM events during the conference championships a year ago. Senior diver Tim Hyer will return after missing last season with an injury.

Duke faces Maryland in top-five matchup The No. 4 Duke field hockey team will square off against fifth-ranked Maryland (11-2, 1-1 in the ACC) Saturday in a key conference matchup. The Blue Devils will also take on Villanova Sunday in College Park, Md. The Blue Devils (9-2,1-1) have beaten the Terrapins in their last two meetings, one of which came in the national semifinals a year ago. Villanova (7-3) has won four straight contests this season but lost its last meeting with Duke two years ago.

76ers play Wizards Tuesday The Philadelphia 76ers will take on the Washington Wizards Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium to open their preseason. For the second consecutive year, the 76ers have held their training camp at Duke. The 76ers staff includes Duke alumni Billy King (President and General Manager) and Bobby Hurley (Pro Scout), who will be available to sign autographs before the game. The contest will feature perennial All-Star Allen Iverson and former North Carolina Tar Heel Antawn

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MEN'S SOCCER from page 9 big help. And I think our defenders learned a lot in the first half about how to play against teams that have that explosive kind of speed. The second half of the game was better than the first because we learned from what happened in the first half.” The Blue Devils should be well-rested for the game; they did not play a mid-week non-conference game, getting their first extended break since the start ofACC play Sept. 18. Despite the layoff, Rennie does not expect his team to show any signs of rust. “With midterms, mentally, physically, psychologically we needed a break,” Rennie said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to regenerate a little bit this week and be a little fresher than we’ve been. We’ve been in need of a break from two games a week.” Virginia Tech comes to Duke for the first time as an ACC opponent and will be playing only its second-ever game in the conference. The Blue Devils and the Hokies last met in 1988, a game Duke won, 7-2. “We’ve scouted them and have expectations, but we’ve not played them before. We’re just expecting a quality opponent and another tough conference

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serving teams in the ACC, and if one team has a strong returning day, the match could swing in its favor. Georgia Tech’s is a big team and its strength is in its front line. “They are strong fighters,” Nagel said. “I think they have a really great outside attack and a strong middle attack as well. Between that there are a lot of weapons you have to stop.” After dropping its first four games, GeorgiaTech has steamrolled through the start of its ACC schedule and has been ranked as high as No. 21. In four conference games, the Yellow Jackets have only lost a single game and blanked North Carolina, the only ACC team to knock off the Blue Devils. The Yellow Jackets swept the Blue Devils in both meetings last year, but head coach Bond Shymansky knows Nagel has improved her squad with a strong freshman class. “Playing on their court will be tough,” Shymansky said. “As strong as they are defensively, we are going to have to have patience and discipline on offense and make sure that we are executing well if we intend to beat them.” As the talented group of freshmen has learned to gel with Duke’s experience players, the team has improved each week, Nagel said. How well her team can sustain its play from last weekend will be a good indicator of exactly how good the 2004 team can be. “1 learned a long time ago not to predetermine how we are going to be,” Nagel said. “You never know how it is all going to come together. Of course I hoped we would be where we are right now, but this is the best case scenario. You never know that until you are in the moment.”

Devils were ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the Golf World and Golfweek rankings, respectively, but they have since climbed to the top ofboth charts with wins in their first two tournaments. Last year’s defending national player of the year, Janangelo has been Duke’s most consistent golfer. With the exception of the 80 she fired in round one of last week’s tournament, Janangelo’s scores have hovered around par or better, and the nation’s ninth-ranked player has already claimed two top-10 finishes. Lang, last season’s National Freshman of the Year, is currendy ranked No. 2 in the nation. She finished third in the NCAA Fall Preview and bounced back from the worst collegiate round of her career last weekend to finish 20th in the 54-hole event. Sophomore Anna Grzebien and Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh are also ranked in the top 23 in Golfweek’s individual rankings. With Aazam-Zanganeh playing effectively after missing most of last season with an injury and the addi-' tion of freshman Jennifer Pandolfi, Duke has reloaded from the loss of Leigh Anne Hardin and Virada

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Make tenting more miserable for basketball games drinking from occurring. The presis as much a part of the Duke ence of DUPD officers should keep experience as going to Cos- K-ville sober, studious and secure, Which is what college is all mic or not getting into Yale. But no tradition should be allowed to be- about. Armed robberies, incidentally, are expected come stagnant, and StalT6dltori3i to continue at their The Chronicle apcurrent rate, plauds Duke StuThe of K-ville is not for dent Government for its efforts to point students to have a home away from tweak this venerable system. DSG took a step in the right di- home, but for them to get so frostrection by creating “black tenting,” bitten that amputation becomes an arduous set-up designed to curb necessary, thus making students’ early-semester tenting—but they personal statements more appealneed to take the next steps for tenting to law school admissions officers. We therefore support a clothing to acheive its true potential. Tenting needs to be more diffi- ing maximum for K-ville, which cult, plain and simple. Wireless In- would add to discomfort and hasternet, televisions and video games ten the loss of feeling in one’s take away from the point of tent- limbs. Women’s pants will be reing, which is, of course, to crap all placed by tiny shorts with greek letters on the backside, and men will over your GPA and make you sick, Black tenting marks an important be required to use seersucker change in the previously otiose sleeping bags, The members of the men’s bastenting policies by compelling 10 students at a time to sleep in tents, ketball team have been working More must be done to make this their, hearts out for months, and there is no reason a group of warm, process unappealing. First, all tents must be made sin- well-fed and complacent students gle-sex, thereby imbuing all boy- should be allowed to cheer them on. girl interaction with the stifling With black tenting and the implesexual tension previously only mentation of The Chronicle’s bold found in boarding schools and on new plan—tentatively dubbed “miserable tenting”—Mike Krzyzewski reality television. Also, alcohol flows more freely will have nobody to blame but offiin Krzyzewskiville than in the den dais, the NCAA and the NBA Draft, of sin known as “Brown Dormito- It is important for us to remember; That which does not kill you gets ry.” This must stop. We at The Chronicle will not be you tickets silent until the Duke University PoIn case you didn’t notice, this is just lice Department stations an officer outside of each tent, poised to a joke. Have a safe and happy fall break in and prevent any underage break!

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Tired of running from the police “I got love for my brother, but we can never go is a system that refuses to change. In an echo of Tupac’s message, we’re all nowhere unless we share with each other. We gotta start makin changes... “tired of being chased by the police.” Even Durham police. —Tupac Shakur “You never touch a man in a blue unia Duke University Police Department meet-and-greet Sept. 30, I form,” said a white Durham Police Departasked Officer Paul Detomo about the ment officer Sept. 2 outside Parizade Cafe, role of DUPD in promoting racial tensions according to sophomore Anteneh Addisu, who was arrested that night. at Duke, and he said he didn’t seem to understand why students are increasingly disNot that it should matter, but Anteneh is satisfied with how Duke police are dealing a black—or rather, Ethiopian —student at with minority students. Duke. He said that DUPD has been operating “The manner in which he cuffed me was under the same guiding student relations as if I was causing a public disturbance. He principles for years, and that nothing has was rough about it,” Anteneh said. “You could hear people say, ‘Let changed. In my opinion, when pohim go, let him go. He didn’t lice officers like Detomo turn do anything.’” a blind eye to the obvious But Anteneh is not alone, and in my opinion, acts of and worsening—racism at ITuke, it’s no wonder that racial prejudice on Duke’s race relations on campus are campus and at Duke’s off-camstill so strained. pus parties have not been We burn bench after unique to black students. Arab bench at basketball games, shadee malaklou students are also affected by but the “Black Bench” still race relations at Duke. viva ia vulva exists, and tensions toward ‘This is not Saudi Arabia; the PSM conference and this is America. You will obey the laws here.... You need to shut up now,” stereotypes of Arabs on this campus intensisaid a white DPD officer outside George’s fy daily. And although we don’t always care Garage last spring, according to fifth-year enough to burn the Black Bench —and all its senior Rakan Aldukeil. connotations—instead, the possibility of It seemed to Rakan that his arrest had a lot racism in our police force is an issue that afmore to do with his race than his actual infects us all. fraction. “In a split second, he smashed me DUPD Chief Clarence Birkhead doesn’t against the wall and then threw me on the believe DUPD plays a part in racial tensions ground and cuffed me,” Rakan said. “I got on campus. bruised all over my face and chest and had ‘The Duke Police department does not cuts on my arms.” Rakan was sure to get the name of the engage in racial profiling,” Birkhead said, nodng that if students really feel racism on Durham officer before leaving George’s that the part of Duke police officers, they should night, but he didn’t get to keep it. “When he report it. “Any allegations of wrongful doing threw me onto his trunk, he took everything or misconduct on the part of the Duke Police out of my pockets,” Rakan said. “He took the Department will be investigated.” piece of paper that I had written his name on But will this do anything? and threw it away.” Kappas, Alphas, Sigmas, Q5.... But only According to Rakan, the Durham police one black fraternity on campus has housset his bail at $3,500—unheard of for a firsttime offense. ing—at the very edge of Duke’s gothic-wonderland of a campus (Edens), where Black or Arab or not, we are the students Durhamites reportedly rob and rape us. these police officers vow to protect. We And when the Alphas want to party like should not be marginalized—by DUPD or white kids on campus, their “black” parties alDPD officers—on our own campus, least of most always get broken up before Quiet all racially profiled. Hours is enforced on West. It is a conflict of interest for these police The Great Hall party celebrating NPHC’s officers to maintain their positions in our Step Show last weekend—a party that few police force if they continue to allow their white students attended—greeted its mostlyown issues with racism to interfere in the black students with a metal detector. line of duty. And in my own experiences with Duke poAs students, we support Duke—and Duke lice, I’ve seen that minority students—black supports Durham—financially, socially and or not—get harassed by DUPD officers almorally. Racism has no place in the pursuit of most daily on account of their race. justice, at Duke or anywhere else. ir Like so many Dukies, I don’t believe in We gotta start makin’ changes... working within the system to change things when, in the words of Officer Detomo, Duke Shadee Malaklou is a Trinity sophomore. ’

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follows is part one of my two-part political seMuch, but Says Nothing makes many others want to pound ries. Since it is election season and every channel is their heads on concrete for hours. covering politics, I figured that I should do a “poStupid Question Kid also has a similar effect. Although litical column.” But before you stop reading because you teachers have been telling us for years that “there is no such think I am like every other columnist at The Chronicle—a thing as a stupid question,” we all know they are wrong. Reraging liberal or conservative who thinks I’m smarter than ally wrong. Stupid Question Kid asks about things that were you—Fd like you just to bear with me. I’m not talking about just covered: “Wait, sorry, what did you just say?” He also governmental politics; I’m talking about classroom politics, never uses declarative sentences. Instead, he asks them; “So, about “the authoritative allocation of power” (Feaver, Sept. when you said that they were happy, did you mean that they 9, 2004) in the classroom. were, like, not sad?” He is the reason teachers stopped Every semester, there seems to always be a distinct dytelling us that lie about stupid questions after middle namic that exists in every class. A learning enschool. There is such a thing as a stupid ' vironment breeds this very interesting everyquestion; and guess what, Stupid Question Kid, you ask them... far too often. day interaction between students. But is the environment very different from class to Then there’s always DSG Kid. While class? I’d venture to say no. there isn’t a DSG Kid in every class, you can At the most basic level, there are two types spot them from a mile away. DSG Kid talks of students at Duke: Those who try to seem a lot and very fast. He also carries a laptop smart and those who try to seem dumb. Now, and believes in some alternate universe where DSG can actually do something. Eiyou may be asking why I am always simplifySarah kwak ther that, or they hope that other people ing things, categorizing and making unfair judgments on everybody; and that is a good the skwak box believe that DSG can do something; and by other people, I mean people with jobs. Furquestion—but one for another day. ther, DSG Kid knows what’s going on at all You all know those kids that try to look times, but strangely cannot find a party unless a resolution smart in class; many of you probably are that kid. There’s Nodding Kid, who pretends to look interested during class. was passed to restrict it. He makes eye contact with the professor and nods approvAnd last but certainly not least, there’s Nervous Kid, who is usually so intimidated by public speaking that he reingly, as if to say, “Yeah, I’m totally interested and understand what you’re saying.” Too bad that’s not true; mains fairly quiet. When called on, Nervous Kid gets flusOverzealous Kid, like Nodding Kid, is often engaged in tered, turns shades of red and stutters: “I, uh, well, I think lecture and discussion. He often leads the class because oththat, uh, yeah, what, what Overzealous, uh, Kid...” At ers defer to Overzealous Kid because, well, he is overzealabout this point, he gets so overwhelmed that he lets out a ous. He does all the assignments, tries to talk to the profeswimpy sigh that sounds like letting out the air in tires. sor after classes and participates in class, usually in a Helpless and scared, Nervous Kid wants to appear smart and participate in class, but he just can’t, and that’s sad. I pretentious manner. An offshoot ofOverzealous Kid is Pretentious Kid, who thinks he knows the material better than love you, Nervous Kid. the professor and talks overconfidendy, but not often. After One would think that appearing smart would be a very all, he is better than discussing such menial topics. important thing for all people. However, it doesn’t seem The only kid that participates more than Overzealous that way from classroom politics... Kid is Kid Who Talks Too Much, but Says Nothing. He Sorry to cut it short, but it is a two-part series. So, come speaks for the sake of speaking, often pointing out things back in two weeks to see the other side—the kids who want that were already mentioned and using way more words to seem dumb and find out what we can all learn from classthan needed. In talking so much, he will take up a good 10 room politics. minutes of “discussion,” but nobody will listen past his first Sarah Kwok is a Trinity sophomore. sentence —not even the professor. Kid Who Talks Too

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registration has been all the rage on this campus tered. Therefore, it is much more difficult for Republican and across the country. Somehow, many groups, insympathizing groups than Democrat sympathizing groups to cluding The Chronicle, have been suckered in to re- register new voters whose preferences match their own. Democrats naturally enjoy that the public has accepted peating the myth that voter registration is both non-partisan and good for democracy. Close your eyes, or rather continthat voter registration is a societal benefit. Republicans are ue to close your eyes, if you wish to preserve the image of forced to pay lip service to the idea that voter registration is the feel-good, “non-partisan” project of the century—voter an apolitical panacea of civic involvement. They are afraid of the shadow of the poll taxes and other inherently underegistration drives. Democrats have a much easier time than Republicans in mocratic acts in the country’s past. The press dutifully retargeting their party’s potential voters. It’s no secret that peats the hogwash of the parties, since they can’t find away areas with higher population density tend to lean highly Deto cast two sides to form a debate. mocratic whereas rural areas tend to be more Republican. At The truth is that increasing the number of people who first it looks like a fair fight; both sides have their own areas vote can be dangerous, even if it keeps the party balance similar. The people who currently vote care more of increased support. But it’s much easier for voter registration activists to target about voting than the people who don’t, as areas of high population density because it paul musselwhite demonstrated by their actions. It’s not say that those who don’t currendyx vote are inherently costs so much less per voter to register a constructive criticism , new voter. You can send out one person to ess intelligent or less va|uab|e p eople bu visit 100 potential voters in an urban area rather that they care less about voting and are in two hours. To do the same number in a rural area would thus less likely to be politically aware. If the media and our poeasily take three times as long. So, the “non-partisan” benefit litical parties cajole people into voting that otherwise wouldofregistering voters proves to be cheaper for Democrats. n’t have voted, we can surmise that these new voters will be Democrats also have an easier time targeting affinity more easily swayed by low level arguments. This means that groups. Democrats’ affinity groups tend to be more identifi- politicians and the media will have an incentive to dilute the able by observable traits such as race. Although Republicans quality ofcivic debate to target those with less political knowlhave affinity groups with equally strong support, such as gun edge. Although it’s true that these new voters will be more porights supporters, unless they are already a member of the litically literate now that they are involved in the political National Rifle Association it is difficult for Republicans to process, they will bring down the median level of sophisticaidentify potential members of the group. Democrats know tion of the total pool of voters, and thus lower the rhetoric of that some easily identifiable minority groups vote over 95 contemporary politics—the USA Today effect if you will. So, the end result of the “get out the vote” effort is more percent for their party. Therefore, Democrats know that if they register 100 people of their target minority group, 95 registered Democrats, a more easily fooled electorate and a will be Democrats and five will be another party. Even with lower level of political debate. I understand that this outthe worst case scenario that all of the remaining five vote Recome pleases many, but it is far from a clear benefit for sopublican, the Democrats know that they will gain 90 net ciety. We need to remove the non-partisan label from voter votes. If the Republicans target an observably differentiated registration efforts and reconsider our laws that allow “nongroup, rural men, they will have less success. Such groups partisan” groups to engage in this clearly partisan activity while maintaining a tax-exempt status. that Republicans would target at best vote 65 percent Republican and 35 percent Democrat; thus, the Republicans will Paul Musselwhite is a Trinity junior. only gain 30 net votes for every one hundred people regis.

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is common knowledge Duke’s academic curriculum has been to provide a strong liberal arts education firmly grounded in well-grounded academia. Duke administrators want a Duke degree to mean a Duke alumnus knows how to think clearly and write analytically. To this day Duke—with the exception of Pratt—lacks pre-professional schools due to its devotion to adhere to the principle of a liberal arts education. It is even in our school charter I believe —although I could be wrong about that, I could bother to look it up and read it myself, but journalistic integrity is so out these days and journalistic irresponsibility is so in. Any who, I witnessed first-hand the effects of having a liberal arts education at my internship this summer. The other interns featured a motley crew of other students from various schools across the state. Naturally, I assessed my academic and professional qualities against the other interns because I’m a competitive jerk. Now, Duke is widely considered one of the best colleges in the nation. Many high schoolers would kill to get in here. So it came as quite a shock when I realized I didn’t stack up as well against some of the otherinterns who pattillo came from—how do I put this in away that from inside the bubble is not iOt rcon. idescend_mg and demeaning schools that weren’t considered as academically “good” as Duke. I soon befriended one girl who came from one of these schools. She was a public relations major and enrolled in her school’s pre-professional school of communications. One day she explained to me how over her collegiate career she had learned to do many professional activides that would help her succeed in the public relations world. She knew how to write press releases, the inner-workings of news stations and other boring stuff that one would learn in a school of communications. I oh the other hand possessed no such skills nor had any other real world skills that would help me actually succeed in the real world. All I could do was explain the fine points of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olsen. Now, one careful observer must ask which person is going to succeed at life and which one is more likely to be bussing tables as Chili’s five years from now because he cannot get a job with a political science degree. The answer to this question is what led me to decide Duke needs to reform its policies on the type of undergraduate programs it offers its students. It is no coincidence the one true pre-professional department at this school—Pratt—also has some ofthe higher salaries among graduates. Now, some experts claim—as a friend in my block did —pre-professional schools are not truly academic and to have them would cheapen Duke and the education we offer. Other schools of our level, however, offer impressive pre-professional schools. The Wharton School ofBusiness at the University of Pennsylvania has an undergraduate school of business, why can’t Fuqua do the same? I know many economics majors who would rather have it that way. The point is thatDuke should not limitits academic opportunities to just scholarly studies and try to train its students to win at life. I am in no way bashing some of the degrees at Duke that really don’t prepare you for any actual job in the real world—they are perfecdy fine and necessary. I just see nothing wrong with Duke having an undergraduate business school or communications school or journalism school. I think if Duke has these institutions, its students would be more successful and more ready to enter the real world upon graduation from the Gothic Wonderland. That way in 20 years, some students who graduate from here won’t be struggling to make a decent living in their respective town while going from interview to interview, claiming one of the few job skills they possess is being able to recite some of the finer points of deconstructionist literary criticism. ••

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