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DSG: ARAMARK'unlikely to excel' by

Duke Student Government served ARAMARK Corp. a 24-12 vote of no confidence Wednesday night, following a lengthy debate about the company’s “excellence” in the dining program it offers at its five oncampus locations. Senior Lindsey Mazzola Paluska and junior Dave Gastwirth, Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee cochairs, gave an extensive presentation revealing survey results from a Nov. 1 to 11 poll of 436 students. The survey revealed that during the past year 93.4 percent of students felt that quality has remained the same or has gotten worse at the Marketplace, where freshmen are required to eat 12 meals a week; 72.7 percent responded in kind concerning the quality of the Great Hall. Students gave the two dining halls mostly C grades for quality. ARAMARK also operates Trinity Cafe, Subway and Chick-Fil-A, but those venues were not discussed in DUSDAC’s survey. DUSDAC recommended that the Senate deliver a no-confidence vote based on a lack of improvement in quality since DSG previously voted “no confidence” last February. The chairs described a failure to

Failure to evolve positively

The vast majority of students polled felt that the quality levels of both the Marketplace and the Great Hall have either remained stagnant or decreased.

Neglect of nutrition needs ARAMARK has failed to provide nutritional content information for the food it serves to campus nutritionists and to address DUSDAC's requests for healthier alternatives.

Lack of innovation DUSDAC has supplied the ideas for improving selection and variety while encountering resistance from ARAMARK to expanding selection in areas like cereal variety.

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Lack of training/guidelines Despite guaranteeing employee training when originally contracted, ARAMARK has failed to supply workers with adequate employee development and training.

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sions, a lack of innovation in menu development and offerings, a disregard for nutritional concerns and a failure to provide its “branded” specialty offerings. Kim Davis, resident district manager for PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE

ARAMARK District Manager Kim Davis speaks at Duke Student Government's meeting Wednesday night.

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International Vowell shares Incredible tales enrollment figures drop by

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tion, we have not seen a decline in the number of international students applying to Duke,” said Phyllis Supple, associate director of undergraduate admissions. Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs, said the Class of 2008 is 8 percent international, the highest it has ever been.

As the popular Pixar animated film The Incredibles tops the box office chart, the voice of the movie’s teenage superhero spoke to a packed Griffith Film Theater Wednesday night about the quirks of forgotten American history and popular culture. Sarah Vowell, a writer, social commentator and voice of Violet Parr in the film, educated and entertained the audience while reading excerpts from her books. ‘The more history I learn, the more the world fills up with stories,” Vowell said. She used her own personal anecdotes to connect stories about contemporary America with the past. By accentuating her own eccentricities, Vowell drew her audience into her excitement for untold history. Her style is “brave and really funny too,” said senior Jenn Davis, secretary of the Duke University Union’s Major Speakers Committee, which sponsored the event. In one story, Vowell described how, as she was drinking her morning mocha latte from Starbucks, a variety of related topics, scrambled through her mind, such as imperialism, genocide and Seattle lifestyle marketing—all related to her simple cup o’ joe. While some of her stories ventured on the bizarre, Vowell managed to make historical idiosyncrasies relevant and entertaining for her listeners, urging them to

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Security rules, visa delays drive decline in applications by

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For the first time in 32 years, overall enrollment of for-

eign students at American universities has declined, according to a report released Nov. 10by the Institute of International Education. This trend, however, has not significantly impacted Duke, which has maintained its diverse student body. “Speaking on behalf of the undergraduate popula-

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Sarah Vowell, who was the voiceofViolet Parr in the recent blockbuster hitThe Incredibles, speaks at Griffith Film Theater Wednesday.

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House GOP approves party rule change Larry Margasak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON House Republicans demonstrated their loyalty to Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Tex. Wednesday, changing a party rule that would have cost him his leadership post if he were indicted by a Texas grand jury that has charged three ofhis associates. DeLay watched from the back of the room but did not speak as GOP lawmakers struggled in closed session before ending a requirement that leaders indicted on felony charges relinquish their positions.

Republicans will now decide a House

leader’s fate in a case-by-case review. The change received overwhelming but not unanimous approval in a voice vote that showed Republicans’ eagerness to protect the leader who raised countless campaign dollars for them. He also engineered a redistricting plan in Texas that caused five Democratic losses through retirement or election defeats. The dilemma was to shield DeLay in a case that he views as political, while not giving blanket protection to any leader indicted for a crime that clearly has no political

overtones.

During the closed debate that

spanned four hours, with breaks, someone even questioned whether a leader charged with murder could retain his or her post, to a House aide who was present. Such questions would be handled in the case-by-case review. There is no indication DeLay will be indicted by the Austin grand jury in a probe led by a Democratic prosecutor, Ronnie Earle. In September, grand jurors indicted the three DeLay associates and eight

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Violence claims 27 lives in Iraqi heartland by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq A suicide car bomber blasted an American convoy north of Baghdad and U.S. troops battled insurgents west of the capital Wednesday as a wave of violence across Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland killed at least 27 people. American forces pursued their searchand-destroy mission against the remaining holdouts in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah, and to the north, American forces pressed an offensive to reclaim part of the city ofMosul from militants. November became one of Iraq’s bloodiest months as the U.S. death toll in the war in Iraq reached 1,214, according to figures

released by the Defense Department. A suicide attacker Wednesday drove his bomb-laden car into a U.S. convoy during fierce fighting in the town of Beiji, 155 miles north of the Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 12, including three American soldiers. Another attack on a convoy of civilian contractors in Beiji caused no casualties. Elsewhere, a three-hour gunbattle between militants and U.S. forces after nightfall left seven people dead and 13 hurt in Ramadi, a city west of Fallujah. Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortar and Kalashnikov rifles at American forces in the city center, Zayout district and along the main highway in

town, said Abdel Karim al-Hiti of Ramadi

General Hospital. Ramadi, about 70 miles west of Baghdad, falls within the restive Sunni Triangle area north and west of the capital where the bulk of insurgent attacks have erupted. Although fighting has ebbed in Fallujah, it has not ceased. The U.S. military said pockets of insurgents remain even though the city is fully occupied by American troops. Heavy machine-gun fire and explosions rang out in south-central parts of the city Wednesday as U.S. Marines hunted remaining fighters. In the northern Jolan SEE

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WHO warns of flu pandemic The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little research into the development of vaccines, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Senate passes debt increase A divided Senate approved an $BOO billion increase in the federal debt limit Wednesday, a major boost in borrowing that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass„ and other Democrats blamed on the fiscal policies of President George W. Bush.

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Students study less than profs expect UniquelDs to replace use of SSN Sophia Peters THE CHRONICLE

Although the Gothic Reading Room is almost never devoid of a highly-caffeinated student reading or typing a paper, a recent study revealed that Duke students and their counterparts nationwide are falling short of professors’ expectations in their study time. According to the National Survey of Student Engagement released Monday, students are not spending the amount of time studying that professors and administrators believe is necessary for them to succeed in their classes. NSSE, a study that measures the level of student involvement in academics and campus activities, indicated that only about 11 percent of fulltime students spend more than 25 hours per week engaging in their schoolwork—the amount professors claim is necessary to succeed in college. Students’ grades nationwide, however, do not reflect a lack ofpreparedness. Forty percent receive mostly As and another 41 percent earning mostly Bs, according to the report. Most Duke students claim that preparing for their classes comprises a significant part of their week, but many admit that their study efforts do not meet professors’ academic expectations. “Professors expect more effort than students actually give,” said junior Evan Shoop, a double major in political science and public policy studies. “I get decent grades, but if I read every assigned reading I was supposed to and every single E-Reserve I wouldn’t ever leave the library.” Students said that if they were to fulfill their professors’ expectations about how thoroughly they should prepare for class, they would have no time to participate in extracurricular activities. “With a lot of involvement in groups outside the classroom it’s important to look for a balance, and a lot of [activity] time comes out of studying,” junior Meredith Tenison said. Some students noted that they are able to get through courses receiving satisfactory grades, but that they do so without synthesizing or truly grasping the material. “You’re going to do the amount of work you need to do to pass,” sophomore

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Sophomore Dan Daly could recite his nine-digit Social Security number with as much ease as his own telephone number. Upon his arrival at Duke, however, Daly met the University’s efforts to phase out

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Students study for a baseball awareness project at the Bryan Center's Alpine Atrium Wednesday night. Theresa Mohin said. “Ideally we should being doing the amount of work you need to do to learn.” Although professors acknowledge that there are many pressures on students’ time, they still expect them to complete all of the assigned work. Professors have different opinions, however, about the amount of time students need to fully prepare for their courses. Mary Nijhout, associate dean for natural sciences and adjunct associate professor of biology, said coursework should be students’ primary concern. “Students should work with and be involved in their academic life full-time at Duke,” Nijhout said. ‘This means engaging with their academic work for more than half of their time in any one week and actively thinking

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and talking about their coursework.” Albert Eldridge, professor and director of undergraduate studies for political science, expressed a more moderate view. “I want students to spend as much time as they need to really get over the material and truly understand it,” he said. Despite some differences of opinion, professors generally acknowledge that a discrepancy exists between student and teacher perceptions of a manageable workload. “Professors’ expectations and students’ expectations may differ, in that students may disagree with professors on how much work should be demanded,” said Gerald Wilson, senior associate dean of Trinity College and adjunct professor of history.

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extensive use of Social Security numbers in favor of the Duke UniquelD system. For a system so important to Duke life, people know surprisingly little about the UniquelD. “I don’t really know anything about what the UniquelD does,” Daly said. “But I had to use it this year when I wanted to add food points to my card—last year I could use my Social Security number.” The change that Daly noted from Social Security numbers to UniquelDs is due “in large part” to Duke’s attempt to prevent identity theft, Information Technology Security Officer Chris Cramer said. Although Duke has not yet seen a case of Social Security number and identity theft, it has become a worrisome issue at other academic institutions. Cramer explained that because the federal government designed Social Security numbers as identifiers, organizations like banks and credit card companies assume that only the “owner” of a Social Security number knows it. “We want to decrease the number of people who know your Social Security number to avoid its misuse,” Cramer said The University announced Sept. 8, 2003 the impending prohibition ofSocial Security number use as an identifier or authenticator for Duke administrative affairs—except when absolutely necessary. The deadline for this switch was June 30. “Duke has been very aggressive,” Cramer said. “Other institutions have taken between two to seven years to phase out Social Security use.” SEE

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University acquires additional flu vaccines by

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After initially receiving only 10 perexpected influenza vaccine supplies this year, Duke University Medical Center officials have successfully acquired approximately 7,000 additional doses —doubling earlier supplies. Combined, there are now enough vaccines to inoculate most high-risk patients, health care workers in high-risk areas and a select few other patients and students. Officials said more supplies continue to “trickle” in each week. The new doses were obtained through various means, including from a few wholesale suppliers and through various groups who were forced to cancel community vaccine clinics due to rationing recommendations released in early October by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of these new doses are reaching students—a select few were vaccinated Wednesday night by Student Health. jean Hanson, administrative director for Student Health, said 200 students cent of its

were also vaccinated through the Blue Cross/Blue Shield organization, which fulfilled its promise to vaccinate all “high risk” students who were covered under its plan. The company also sold vaccines to students that were on clinical rotations in the hospital. DUMC administrators also hope to obtain more supplies later this month when the federal government releases 14 million doses. . Duke is not the only health care facility facing this crisis. When Californiabased pharmaceutical company Chiron was forced to close one of its flu vaccine factories in Great Britain, about 50 percent of expected U.S. supplies were lost. Since it bought a large majority of its supplies from Chiron, DUMC lost even more—9o percent —of their supplies. Although no course of action has been decided for next year, DUMC officials have offered suggestions about how to prevent this problem from occurring in the future. “One of the things is that we split our ANDREA

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Putin announces plans for nuclear missiles by

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MOSCOW Russia is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, a move that could serve as a signal to the United States as Washington pushes forward with a missile defense system. Putin gave no details about the system or why Russia was pursuing it, and it was unclear whether the Kremlin’s cash-strapped armed forces could even afford an expensive new weapon. But in remarks that could also be aimed at a domestic audience, he told a meeting of the top leadership of the armed forces that the system could be deployed soon, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. “We are not only conducting research and successful tests on state-of-the-art nuclear missile systems, but I am convinced that these systems will appear in the near future,” Putin said. “Moreover, they will be systems, weapons that not a single other nuclear power has, or will have, in the near future.” “We’ll continue our efforts to build our armed forces

and its nuclear component,” he said. ITAR-Tass indicated the new system could be a mobile version of the Topol-M ballistic missile, which have been deployed in silos since 1998. But Alexander Pikayev, a senior military analyst with Moscow’s Institute for Global Economy and International Relations, said Putin seemed to be referring to the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, a solid fuel missile that had its first test in September. “Putin apparently wanted to boast the success of his military reform effort... to both the military and the broad public,” Pikayev told The Associated Press. “His statement also intended to show that Russia is regaining its status as a great power which can’t be ignored.” Russian officials had stated earlier that the Bulava could be developed in both sea- and land-based versions and equipped with warheads capable of penetrating missile defense, Pikayev said. He said if the Bulava proves capable, it would represent a major success because it would show that Russia has succeeded in modernizing its missile forces despite the shortage of funds.

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“It will ring the bell for the Americans, forcing Washington to reassess its estimates,” Pikayev said. White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said it wasn’t news to the George W. Bush administration, and that President Bush and Putin had discussed the issue previously. He emphasized there were agreements in place to reduce the two countries’ nuclear arsenals and noted Moscow is now a partner in the war on terrorism. “This is not something that we look at as new,” he said. “We are very well aware of their long-standing modernization efforts for their military.... We are allies now in the global war on terrorism.” McClellan suggested that close ties between Bush and Putin makes alarm unnecessary—but doesn’t eliminate Washington’s concern. “We have a very different relationship than we did in the Cold War,” he said. “The fact that we do have a good relationship enables us to speak very directly to our Russian friends.” Christopher Langton, head of defense analysis at SEE RUSSIA ON PAGE 8

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Spellings joins Bush’s cabinet Oil-for-food panel asserts autonomy by

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started to crack. “I believe in America’s schools, what they mean to each child, to each future president or future domestic policy adviser and to the strength of our great country.” To the president, Spellings

continue to stand behind our nation’s teachers who work so hard for our children,” he added. As Bush’s domestic policy adviser, Spellings has helped shape what is in the news while staying out of it herself. Karl Rove, the

WASHINGTON President George W. Bush Wednesday named White House domestic adviser policy Margaret Spellings to be the nation’s eighth education secretary, “The issue of “We must ensure that a high school education is close diploma is a sign of real achievement to my heart and on this vital issue so that our young people have the there’s no one I tools to go to college and to fill the trust more than Margaret jobs of the 21st century. In all our reSpellings,” Bush told her. forms, we will continue to stand beIf confirmed by hind our nation’s teachers who work so Senate, the would reSpellings hard for our children.”

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investigation of the oil-for-food program by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Coleman, who chairs the subcommittee, said in a statement Wednesday morning that he was assured in a conversation with Volcker a day earlier “that any efforts to thwart our investigation, or prevent my staff from interviewing witnesses, would come to an end.” While Volcker’s letter did not directly acknowledge those assurances, Coleman called it “a positive step forward” toward getting to the bottom of the oil-for-food “quagmire that threatens the integrity of the U.N.” Later Wednesday, the House International Relations Committee, which is also investigating corruption in the program, is holding a hearing. Committee investigators said they had uncovered evidence showing that Saddam Hussein SEE FOOD PANEL ON PAGE 10

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Nationally, however, universities experienced a 2.4 percent decline in foreign enrollment in 2004. Graduate schools have been hit even harder, experiencing a 6 percent decline in matriculating foreign students—the third consecutive year with a substantial drop, according to the report. Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School, emphasized the importance of distinguishing between the number of applications universities receive and the number of students who enroll. ‘The number of applications we received dropped off a cliff,” Siegel said. “The number of foreign applications dropped 30 percent at Duke and 28 percent nationally.” This drop can be traced solely to applicants from China, he added. Officials agree there are several explanations for this decline in foreign applications and enrollment. The situation is that the United States has become less welcoming, especially because of increased security issues,” said Carlisle Harvard, director of the International House. Siegel shared Harvard’s sentiments, noting that “the majority ofinter-

national students studying in the United States don’t think very well of the U.S. This was never true in the past.” Siegel stressed the importance of increased security measures but explained that these procedures were not solely a result of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. All foreign students matriculating in the United States must have a personal interview “The situation is in their coun-

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that the United States has become less welcoming, especially because of increased security issues.” Carlisle Harvard

American consulate and “swear they have no intention of staying in the U.S. after their studies,” Siegel said. About 70 percent of foreign students, however, remain in the United States, he added. But after Sept. 11, Siegel said, “there has to be additional background checks to ensure that students will not be a threat to U.S. security.” Officials have to check anyone in a list of approximately 200 academic fields, including microbiology and urban planning, he said.

HOUSE from page 2 corporations in an investigation of alleged illegal corpopolitical action committee associated with DeLay. “I did not instigate this,” DeLay told reporters after the meeting. “It was not leader led. This came from the members themselves.” DeLay said the impetus for the change was a desire to prevent a Democratic district attorney from deciding whether House Republican leaders could keep their jobs. He accused Earle of “trying to criminalize politics and using the criminal code to insert himself into politics.” Earle’s office, when asked to respond, had no immedi-

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The prime mover for the change was Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, who won with less than 52 percent of the vote two years ago and 69 percent this year after his district boundaries were changed in a DeLay-engineered Texas redistricting plan. He cited previous Texas cases he viewed as political—all investigated by Earle, the prosecutor in the current campaign finance probe. In one of those cases, charges against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison—then a Texas official—were abruptly dropped 10 years ago.

The difficulty in obtaining a student visa because of these extra restrictions results in significant delays. Merkx noted that students are sometimes forced to wait a semester before matriculating. “It is the delays more than the denials that is the problem,” Siegel said. Homeland security restrictions placed on foreign stumatters difficult for universities as well as for students. For

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do not have a defined degree program—are not legally allowed to leave the country and re-enter on the same visa. They must re-apply for a visa in their home countries, Siegel explained' This direcdy restricts the number of students who can travel to present their work or attend conferences, and universities have to find other students they can send abroad. Thus, for the past few months a nation-

al committee of graduate schools has “screamed bloody murder to the Department of Homeland Security,” Siegel said, repeating that the situation is “ridiculous and [Congress] needs to recognize that we have become quite dependent on this flow of people. But it was clear after the election that we are going to lose.” Another important reason for this decline in foreign enrollment is the increasing competition American universities face from improved foreign programs. Countries around the globe have improved their own educational systems, influencing students to remain in their home countries to continue their studies. Some of these programs have also attracted international students who may have otherwise considered studying in the United States, the report explains. “Australia has had a huge jump in foreign enrollments,” Merkx said. Harvard noted the increasing recruitment efforts of Australia, Canada and Britain in addition to Europe’s popular Erasmus program, which allows European students to study in any other country on the continent. As a result, the number of foreign students applying to the United States might have decreased even without stringent security measures.

“This takes the power away from any partisan crackpot gressional Accountability Act —a GOP-inspired law that district attorney who may want to indict” party leaders and forces Congress to follow federal laws that apply to the private sector. make a name for himself, Bonilla said. While the law does not cover relinquishing a position House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., deof responsibility in case of a felony indictment, Shays said nounced the Republicans’ move. “Republicans have reached a new low,” Pelosi said in a someone in an important, private leadership position would likely have to statement. “It is absolutestep aside in a similar ly mind-boggling that as “Republicans have reached a new low. It is circumstance. their first order of busithe elecRecalling that eliminess following that their first as absolutely mind-boggling nation offavoritism for tions, House Republilawmakers was an issue cans have lowered the order of business following the elections, ethical standards for that helped RepubliHouse Republicans have lowered the ethicans capture control of their leaders.” the House a decade Some GOP lawmakers cal standards for their leaders.” also opposed the change. ago, Shays said, ‘There Nancy Pelosi are too many new mem“It sends all the wrong bers who don’t rememsignals for us to change ber how we got here.” the current rules,” said The GOP next year will have at least 231 members in Rep. Zach Wamp of Tennessee. He said he requested a the 435-member House, with three races undecided. recorded, secret ballot but the suggestion was voted down. The modified rule the Republicans approved would A fellow Republican opponent, Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, estimated 30 to 50 members voted against give the 28-member House Republican Steering Committee 30 days to review the case of an indicted leader or it. More than 200 Republicans were eligible to vote. Shays told reporters it violates the spirit of the Con- committee chair.

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ARAMARK, spoke following the DUSDAC presentation. “As far as a wake-up call,” said Davis, who has been at Duke for four months, “I’m awake.” Davis did not shy away from accepting responsibility for the mishaps that have occurred in ARAMARK’s three-and-a-halfyear tenure with the University. Despite his desire to make Duke a showcase school for ARAMARK, said he knew what he was “getting into” when he came to Duke. While some senators said DUSDAC’s statistics were not significant and complaints over dining options were exaggerated, the majority who spoke at the meeting decried the lack of tangible change since February, especially in the area of employee training. Senators insisted that merely “fair” or “good” dining options are not acceptable and that excellence must be expected because of the impact dining has on students’ lives. “We don’t have confidence that they’ve satisfied our definition of excellence,” said senior senator Matt DeTura. Davis did not pressure the senators to

IRAQ from page 2 neighborhood, Marines killed seven insurgents who officers said had snuck back into the city by swimming the Euphrates River. Bullets snapped overhead, and Iraqis collecting bodies of the dead ran for cover behind walls and in buildings as Marines returned fire. After 15 minutes of fighting, three insurgents were dead and one Marine was slighdy injured in the hand, officers said. The rush of warplanes streaking through the low-lying clouds shook the city and blasts sent smoke into the sky. The U.S. military said airstrikes Wednesday

whether the vote concerned the past or the future of ARAMARK’s relationship with the University. “I think you should vote what you think,” said Davis. The paramount distinction between Wednesday’s vote and the vote last February is that DSG eliminated the clause regarding ARAMARK’s future ability to serve the University’s needs. Last night’s vote judged only its current quality. This omission reflects the recent change in ARAMARK management, which according to the rationale for the legislation is a source of “cautious optimism in the current management’s ability to meet the standards of excellence we have laid out.” A somber Jim Wulforst, director of Dining Services, said despite disappointment about the University’s “roller-coaster ride” relationship with ARAMARK and personal feelings of accountability stemming from his responsibility for its five-year contract with the University, he believes “we’ve got a new guy at the helm.” “My confidence in him is very, very high,” Wulforst said. I think we have a “

were concentrated in southwestern Fallujah, destroying enemy positions. Iraqi officials have acknowledged that insurgent leaders Omar Hadid and Sheik Abdullah al-Janabi, along with Jordanian terror boss Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, have not been captured and may have slipped away. A man identified as Hadid appeared Wednesday with three other hooded gunmen on LBCI Lebanese television and dismissed claims that the Americans control the Fallujah. ‘They did not know that then fell in the trap of death,” he said. He insisted insurgents were advancing inside Fallujah toward Jolan and the downtown market,

team that will get us were we need to be, and after three and a half years, we’re moving to where we need to be.” Wulforst noted that change would not be “overnight,” but he said there is “no reason why they shouldn’t be able to break even with this account.” ARAMARK, a $9.4 billion corporation, has claimed millions of dollars of losses with the Duke account. Members of the Senate and Wulforst also acknowledged that some students are losing money under the required freshman board plan. Wulforst and members of DSG are considering ways to correct the freshman plan and replace it with a less restrictive seven-meal-a-week option. Paluska said DUSDAC is already in the process of exchanging some students’ breakfast meals for lunch opdons. Members of the Student Affairs and Athletics and Campus Services committees, who presented the resolution for no confidence, insisted that it would not immediately affect ARAMARK’s contract with the University, which expires at the end of next year.

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adding “I challenge any force which claims to control Fallujah.” Reports surfaced that 31 policemen had been kidnapped in the town of Rutba near the Jordanian border by armed men who stormed a hotelwhere the officers were staying. The Karbala police officer who made the report said he escaped a raid Sunday by armed men in the hotel, according to a police spokesperson. The officer said about 20 men attacked the hotel, covering the captives’ heads with black bags and tying their hands before dragging them away, the spokesperson said. The officer said he was beaten but was not abducted.

athletics and campus services, presented the committee’s projects in campus safety, parking, transportation, dining and facilities. The presentation, which described Longoria’s communications with members of University security administration, praised reactions to incidents earlier in the year that included a ramp up in security. Longoria also relayed improvements in dialogue between students and police manifested in the addition of Duke University Police Department office hours, a formal code of conduct and events to foster communication. Longoria said DUPD will release their formal report of an incident at Cafe Parizade from earlier in the year. The committee also highlighted the addition of the Kilgo fire lane as a sight for after-hours and weekend parking, a new message board for students to communicate with the committee, planned improvements to equipment and amenities at student gyms and investigations of University transportation such as Safe Rides and the buses. DSG also approved charters for the groups Rural Health Clinics for Humanity and die Duke Women’s Mentoring Network. Adnan Asadi, deputy interior minister for administrative affairs, said the abduction reports were “not true.” He said the police sent for training in Jordan had not returned to Iraq. In Mosul, where insurgents launched an uprising last week, the situation appeared calmer, with U.S. and Iraqi troops encountering isolated small-arms attacks, the military said. A U.S.-led operadon that began Tuesday was aimed at regaining full control of the city, where gunmen stormed police stadons, bridges and political offices last week. The city’s police force had been overwhelmed and in many places failed to put up a fight.

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London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies, said it appeared to be the first time that Russian officials had spoken publicly about a new deterrent, though he has no idea what the system might be. “He said it was, firstly, unique and, secondly, capable of defeating any space-based defense system, which is clearly putting the spotlight on the anti-missile of the United States,” Langton said Military reform is a high priority for Putin, Langton noted, adding that Russia’s conventional forces have proved difficult to improve. Missile forces, however, serve as a deterrent simply by their existence, he added. “He is sending a very clear message that Russia is not going to be rolled over by the United States or NATO,’ Langton said. A national security doctrine Putin signed in 2001 makes it easier for Russia’s leaders to use nuclear weapons to oppose any attack if other efforts fail to repel an aggressor. The previous doctrine had stated that Russia would use nuclear weapons only in cases when its national sovereignty was threatened. Military experts attributed the shift to the tremendous weakness of conventional forces, which might not be able to defend the country in case of an attack. Putin has made clear that improving the armed forces, which declined after the breakup of the Soviet Union, is a priority. In the past year, Russia defense officials have made several announcements about new weapons. Col. Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, chief of staff of the armed forces, said in March that the military tested a “hypersonic flying vehicle” able to maneuver between space and the Earth’s atmosphere. Military analysts said the mysterious new weapons could be a maneuverable ballistic missile warhead or a hypersonic cruise missile. This month, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia expected to test a mobile version of its Topol-M ballistic missile soon. Topol-Ms have a range of about 6,000 miles. News reports have said Russia is believed to be developing a next-generation heavy missile that could carry up to 10 nuclear warheads weighing a total of 4.4 tons, compared with the Topol-M’s 1.32-ton combat payload.

Sarah Vowell tells the audience of students at Griffith Film Theater about history and popular culture Wednesday night.

VOWELL from page 1 seek new angles on history. Vowell said she basically goes “day-tripping through the tribulationsof the long dead,” in describing her weakness for unconventional history, but the audience credited her as being more than the average history buff. “Not only is she funny and entertaining, but she’s intelligent and definitely has some insight into American culture,” said junior Tammy Tieu, committee chair of the Union’s Major Speakers Committee. Audience members also appreciated her quirky style, evidenced in the topic of her upcoming book, Assassination Vacation, due out this spring. The book explores the link between the historical sites of murdered presidents and tourism. “Maybe we all just secretly identify with the inner nerd in her,” sophomore Meenakshi Chivukula said. In one of the handful of excerpts she read, Vowell described visiting a historic site where all of the tour guides used the term “enslaved Africans” instead of “slaves.” She

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said she was blown away by this attempt to “pretty up” a dark chapter of history. She questioned a tour guide as to why they used the term, only to be informed that it was because the site wanted to acknowledge the identity of “enslaved Africans.” The historian within Vowell pointed out the irony in the situation—that one of the main tenets of slavery was that slaves were not considered to have “human” identities. Vowell illustrated the hilarity in the situation by comically impersonating and describing the tour guide’s voice. The tour guide sounded similar to a little girl who was fervently attempting to sound serious, but whose responses always sounded like questions. In cementing the audience’s attention with her characterizations, Vowell’s trademark gift for balancing humor and intellect shone through. Seeing the accomplished radio personality, columnist, author and actress in the flesh was a treat for some audience members used to only hearing her voice on ‘This American Life,’ the National Public Radio that features Vowell. “I love ‘This American Life,’ and just to be able to see someone in person is always so different,” said senior Charlotte Vaughn, On Stage chair for the Union.

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In spite of an initial shortage offlu vaccines at the University, officials are making efforts to obtain additional supplies of vaccine doses.

VACCINE from page 4 orders into two different manufacturers,” said Dr. Keith Kaye, a Duke Hospital epidemiologist. “You pay more per year, but you cover your back because if one of them has problems, you get 50 percent of vaccines, not 10 percent.” Student Health has been particularly affected by the dearth of supplies. After ordering 3,000 supplies initially, Student Health officials received only about 100 doses. After a vaccine clinic that was held Wednesday night

for students, officials expect only a few vaccines to remain Thursday morning. These extra supplies will be given out to any student who wants a vaccination, on a first-come, first-serve basis, officials said. Hanson urged any student who is interested in receiving a flu vaccination to check the Student Health website, which is being updated daily with new information. So far, Kaye said there have only been a few isolated flu outbreaks reported in North Carolina and preliminary reports lead experts to believe it will be a relatively mild season compared to last year.

said Sandy Kress, a lawyer who worked at the White House for Spellings when she was Bush’s senior education adviser. Spellings has overseen a range of domestic policy, from justice to housing, but education is an issue of deep interest. In an online White House public forum, Spellings said she’s been thrilled to take questions about the new law. “I love talking about education,” she said to forum participants. Spellings, 46, will take over leadership of the Education Department at a critical time for the administration and the U.S. public education system. Many lawmakers, teachers and parents are frustrated by No Child Left Behind, which gives more attention to poor and minority kids but penalizes some low-income schools that fall short. Paige, 71, also had a broken relationship with the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the country. He once referred to the NEA as a “terrorist organization.” ‘This is a great opportunity for the administration to change the tone of its discourse with the education community, particularly the 2.7 million members of the National Education Association who are in schools all over this nation,” said NEA president Reg Weaver. “We look forward to finding common ground with Ms. Spellings in her new role.” Kress has known Spellings since she was a lobbyist for the Texas Association of School Boards in the early 19905. He called her practical, willing to take a partial victory, then come back and fight again for the rest of the win. “She’s conservative, but she’ll listen to teachers, she’ll listen to administrators,” Kress said. “She wants to change the system, but she wants to talk to people in the system,” he added. The ranking Democrat on the Senate education committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, said Tuesday that Spellings is “a capable, principled leader who has the ear of the president and has earned strong, bipartisan respect in Congress.”

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UNIQUEID from page 3 The UniquelD system was created more than seven years ago as one large, common database key. The Office of Information Technolog)' has taken advantage of this database—which from its inception had nothing to do with Social Security numbers —and has used it to help speed the transition from Social Security numbers to

FOOD PANEL from page 5 diverted money from the oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who carried out attacks on Israel. The former Iraqi president tapped secret bank accounts in Jordan to reward the families up to $25,000 each, investigators told The Associated Press. The humanitarian program that let Iraq trade oil for goods was set up in 1996 to help Iraqis get food, medicine and other items that had been scarce under strict U.N. economic sanctions imposed after the Gulf War. Investigators say Saddam made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue under the program as well as by evading the sanctions for more than a decade. Iraq had thousands of secret bank accounts throughout the world, including over 1,500 in Jordan. Money from kickbacks on oil-for-food deals, illegal oil payments from the Jordanian government and other illicit funds were paid into accounts held by ajordanian branch of the Iraqi government-owned Rafidain Bank, investigators said. According to employees of the Iraqi Central Bank and the Rafidain Bank, the ormer Iraqi ambassador to Jordan, Sabah

noting also that Social Security numbers sometimes change. Finally, Cramer noted that “not everyone even has a Social Security number.” Perhaps the greatest advantage of UniquelDs is that, unlike Social Security numbers, they do not need to be kept secret. They are password-protected in a database and can therefore function to restrict access to information that some people may want to be kept confidential,

like Social Security numbers, birth dates and full names. Despite the University’s unease at pervasive Social Security number use on campus, the student body seems to be generally unconcerned. “To be honest, identity theft doesn’t cross my mind on a daily basis. The only time it crosses my mind is when I’m filling out information or online with a credit card,” senior Alvaro Drevon said.

lation and corruption of the program.” While acknowledging that U.S. regulators have raised routine issues with BNP on compliance with banking laws, a lawyer for BNP said Hyde’s statement was unfair. “No departure from any standard caused or contributed in any way to the abuse at the oil-for-food program,” the bank’s lead council Robert Bennett said. “There are simply no connections.” BNP held the sole escrow account through which all Wednesday’s of the more than will hearing “No departure from any stan$6O billion of Iraqi focus on a French bank dard caused or contributed in oil revenues generhandled ated through the that any way to the abuse at the oilflowed most of the oilprogram while it was in for-food money. place for-food program. There are from 1996 to 2003. An audit by a simply no connections.” BNP also wrote U.S. regulatory letters of credit for agency of a small Robert Bennett deals for the imsample of transport of humanitariactions out of the $6O billion U.N. escrow account managed by an goods which were approved by the BNP-Paribas has raised serious questions United Nations and paid for out of the esconcerning the bank’s compliance with U.S. crow account. Five congressional panels, including money laundering laws, investigators said. “There are indications that the bank Hyde’s, have been pressing the U.N.-appointed independent inquiry to hand may have been noncompliant in administering the oil-for-food program,” said Rep. over internal U.N. documents for their Henry Hyde, R-111., chair of the committee. own oil-for-food probes. Volcker reiterated Tuesday his inde“If true, these possible banking lapses may have facilitated Saddam Hussein’s manipu- pendent inquiry’s refusal to share docu-

ments in a letter responding to a request

a safer mode of authentication. Each Duke affiliate—students and employees alike—has a UniquelD. The sevendigit number on the upper-left corner of every DukeCard is not only a safer alternative to Social Security numbers, but also a more practical one, Cramer said. “There are a couple of problems we saw with Social Security numbers,” he said. Most obviously, they house the potential for identity theft, Cramer said, Yassen, withdrew money from the accounts to make payments ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, Hyde said. Palestinians have said Saddam paid more than $35 million to families of Palestinians killed or wounded in the conflict with Israel that began in September 2000. Since then, Palestinians have carried out 117 suicide bombings, killing 494 Israelis and others

by Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn. and Carl Levin, D-Mich. Volcker, who was appointed in April by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to chair the Independent Inquiry Committee, said the United Nations generally does not make internal confidential information available to any of its 191 member states or their investigations. Volcker expressed concern about the congressional panels’ apparent desire to require U.N. personnel and experts it had contracts with to appear before its investigators, “apparently asking them to forego their United Nations immunities.” “For a U.N. official to appear before the subcommittee in the current, highlycharged environment, would plainly risk ending prospects for their cooperation with our committee and with subsequent potential criminal investigations,” he said. Volcker said his committee aims to complete “a definitive report” on the internal management of the oil-for-food program by the middle of 2005, and is planning one or more interim reports, including one as soon as January. When his final report is released, Volcker said he expects it will be accompanied “by release of substantially all documents relevant to those findings in the committee

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This week, the rivalry between Duke and UNC will take on a drastically different tone. The two schools will gather on Main West on Friday to showcase their greatest musical talents in the first annual Battle of the Bands, complete with food vendors and beer on points to boot. The bands, which are required to consist only of undergraduates, will be judged by a panel consisting of repre-

sentatives from local recording studios, venues, writers from The Independent and perhaps some local recording artists. The competition is set to take place over Friday and Saturday evenings in conjunction with game Saturday’s football against UNC. After the musical competition ends, the winner will be announced at halftime of the football game. There are nine bands competing, four from Duke and five from UNC. The bands range from typical college rock to acoustic to funk-jazz fusion.

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File Photos On . Friday, each band will have 20 minutes to play three songs; the best band from each university will then compete Saturday afternoon. In the end, the victorious band receives a professional recording session at a local studio, a gig at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, $5OO cash, a $250 gift certificate to the Music Loft near Ninth Street and catering for a CD release party. The most interesting part of this competition will be to see how the bands from Duke, who get relatively no publicity out-

side of campus, will fare against the bands from UNC, who regularly play in local venues and are popular with the local residents as well as the student body. “In Chapel Hill, you’re in an environment where you’re exposed to music all the time,” said senior Linh Le, the chair of All Campus Entertainment committee of the Duke University Union and organizer of the battle. “At Duke, you’re playing at a [‘Dillo] every Saturday night. The standards see battle on page 7

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Playwright Tom Stoppard is widely known for his existential play Rosencrantz and Guildenstem Are Dead, which weaves together English literature and theater to intellectually engage the audience. This fall the Theater Studies Department takes a typical theater approach a step further by examining the relationship between physics and existence in

Stoppard’s Hapgood. Led by Faculty Director

Jeff

West, those involved with the production of Hapgood have dedicated no less than three hours a day to unraveling the complex script. Some members of the production participate extracurricu-

involvement for class credit. Senior Caroline White, who plays the title role, “enjoys the intellectual experience” of Hapgood and is grateful that the play “keeps her focused on something fun, not just books.” Set in the context of the Cold War, the play positions Hapgood! s personal struggle within the larger frame of a global conflict. When a briefcase drop goes terribly wrong, the limitations of physical science come into play and force the characters to re-examine their perceptions of reality. Mysteries surrounding the true loyalties of the American, British and Russian spies require the audience’s attention in order to follow the intertwined personal

Hapgoo< and political relationships among the characters. The cast has worked intensely with a vocal and dialect coach in order to master four different British dialects and a Russian Theater Studies students star in

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noting is Martin Zimmerman who brings great life and a wonderful Russian accent to the role of Kemer, a Russian spy who is also the father of see hapgood on page 7

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As one of the most popular bands in the world, U2 is used to following up platinum records. Even so, when the band headed into the studio to begin recording their first album since 2000’s mega-hit All That You Can’t Leave Behind, the band had a task of Herculean proportions: top an album that had sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the result of four years of work, and it is another formidable accomplishment. Bomb is a complete record, an amalgamation of both old and new styles. As the band’s 12th full-length album, it marks another step forward for U2. The opening track and first single, “Vertigo,” opens with Achtung Baby-eva crunchy guitars and a guttural vocal track as Bono screams his way into the chorus; It is a strong opening, a marked departure from the power ballads so prevalent on All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” is Bono’s heartfelt, beautiful tribute to his late father. Although Bono had worked on the song since his father died in 2001, during the making of the album, the track was recorded in only one take. The fifth track, “Love and Peace or Else,” is a mediocre, trite ode to peace from the U2 frontman, quickly rendered filler by the two fantastic tracks that follow: “City of Blinding Lights” and “All Because of You.” These two, along with the closing two tracks, “Original of the Species,” and “Yahweh,” form a nucleus of soon-to-be-classic U2 songs that propel the album from average to one that will get attention come Grammy time. A fusion of old and new sounds, the tracks illustrate where the band is going and how U2 has improved. “Original of the Species” kicks in with a killer hook as Bono screams, “I’ll give you everything you want / except the thing that you want.” The track stands out as U2’s finest love song since "Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses," and it leads perfectly into 'Yahweh," the best closing track the band has ever produced. In between spine-tingling choruses, Bono pleads for cleansing and forgiveness. see U2 on page 7

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4. Political Prognosticating Many ballots in Ohio weren’t even cold before people started talking of a Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama ticket in 2008,

and Washington continues to remain abuzz with talk over who will compose Bush’s second-term cabinet. 250 miles away in Durham, we’re already sick of it.

recess answers all your Facebook queries DearFacebook Ass-istant, I have been wondering, is it ever okay to reject someone ? Sincerely, Polite in Perkins Polite, The true joy of Facebook does not come from seeing that you have a lot of friends, the potential for a random hook-up, or even looking at pictures of hot chicks that frat boys put up on their profile. The true joy is in reject-

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While there might be a small satisfaction in being confirmed as somebody’s friend and a slightly greater satisfaction from being requested as a friend, the greatest joy a Facebook junky can experience is saying, “No, I will not be your friend. Yes, I know that by rejecting you I seem less cool becausel have fewer friends, but even then I insist that you will probably never be cool enough to be my Facebook friend.” The Facebook Assistant

3. MTV Ultimate Mash-ups: Jay-Z vs. Linkin Park This isn’t your older brother’s Jay-Z MTV Unplugged. The latest effort by the channel to remix your favorite music through live performances is a Jay-Z/Linkin Park collaboration that has taken the form of a live concert and soonto-be released album. LP adds crunchiness and driving guitars to Jay’s infectious beats and tempers his rap braggadocio with their heavy metal whining. The result is raprock for real.

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scribers have to keep paying. The result of this economicallybased development is a slowpaced game with enough content to entertain even the most

hardcore players. EQ players often complain of

tedium and are well aware that the time spent playing is ludicrous. Nevertheless, they remain a close group. Players join together through their time online, and large groups (guilds) form to kill the biggest

bosses. Some of these guilds have been around for years, and inevitably, playing together “creates a human aspect to games that can only be found in these online role playing groups,” Rivenbark said.

their online friends to be able to attend. A true companionship can develop out of these games—that is their beauty. These friendships have a price, however. Support groups like EQWidows.com have begun to spring up as a result of the games’ negative effects on real life. “You hear stories of people losing loved ones, jobs, even neglecting their kids,” Rivenbark said. While EQ forced players to team up to advance, even from an early stage, WoW allows players to play alone until the very high levels. Time need not be wasted looking for a group, so a player can enjoy themselves spending as little as 20 minutes playing at a time. WoW is a visceral form of EQ that hopes to capitalize on the casual player: fights are quick, leveling is easy and everything moves faster. Developed by Blizzard, creators of the Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft universes, WoW illustrates both the success of Everquest and the hope for a new form of such online games. For many, however, the joy of EQ was always the community—grouping, fighting and chatting together for hours on end. WoW moves towards removing this kinship by allowing solo hunting, and changes the speed and difficulty to make playing innocuous. WoW is EQ without the pain, but it is also EQ without the soul.

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In the early ’9os, a decision was made in the offices of the Federal Communications Commission: Digital TV was the future. The idea circulated, gained momentum and was handed down to broadcast executives in various memos and proclamations. Testifying in July 2000 before a House committee, then-FCC Chief Dale Engineering Hatfield insisted that a conversion to digital signals was necessary for the “self-preservation” of broadcast television. The FCC had spoken; it was time to ride the wave of technology and go digital. What the new digitalization policy amounted to, however, was a forced return of billions of dollars in free public airwave space the networks had been using since the beginning of television. As the 20th century drew to a close, the idea morphed in to

what FCC Director of Media Relations David Fiske described as a “multi-tiered chicken and egg problem.” Stations were reluctant to undergo the cosdy changeover of broadcast technology if there were not yet digital receivers on the consumer end. Consumers were hesitant to invest in expensive digital TVs without immediatebenefits in picture quality and channel choice. Manufacturers were thus unwilling to produce new digital models if there was no guaranteed market. It started to seem less and less likely that the proposed changeover to digital television would be complete by the original 2006 deadline. In the months that followed Sept. 11, 2001, a new catalyst emerged for the digital changeover. According to various experts and most notably the Sept. 11 commission, public safety officials lacked sufficient airwave space to act effectively in emergency situations. In April 2002, FCC Chair

Michael Powell launched a new push for America to enter an age of DTV in a proposal that would come to be known as the “Powell Plan.” The proposal was an effort to encourage the various players to stop heeldragging and to move forward independently "without waiting for the other person to go first," Fiske said. Press reports and blog discussions on Powell’s September and October statements this year urging Congress to set a definite deadline for digital conversion continually cited public safety concerns as the main reason for the impending changeover. In reality, only a small percentage of the vast public spectrum would be used for emergency networks, and most of what was needed has already been secured. The FCC looked into reallocating airwave space for public safety, Fiske said, long before Sept. 11. The FCC declared channels GO-69 off limits for commercial

projects in January 2003, determining that four of these channels would be used for public safety purposes. Powell, on the other hand, has consistently emphasized that the driving force behind the digital push is efficiency in divvying out the scarce spectrum. Analog channels create interference on the intermediate channels, making it possible to only use every other channel in any given market for television broadcasts,

Part of the motivation behind the changeover is keeping the United States as technologically savvy as global leaders such as Korea. Fiske noted, though, that the main goal of the FCC "was getting more wireless spectrum out there for more consumer uses." Members of Congress and other government agencies see other benefits to digital TV. The original legislation granting digital channels to stations and setting an end-ofDigital channels, though, 2006 goal for the complete broadcast a clearer signal that switch was part of the 1997 ißudget Act. allows other, signals fq l switch to digfrequencies more dqsqly, rJC) nfi -j0 qol In the current transition ital channels, freeing up huge period, broadcasters are send- hunks of the public spectrum, ing out both digital and analog this spectrum can be auctioned signals. Once the FCC revokes off for billions of dollars to wirethe analog licenses, all the inter- less telephone and Internet mediate channels will be freed providers hungry for the extra up for other uses. The possibil- space. With the complete speckles are endless, Fiske said, trum worth an estimated $7O including WiFi, 3D, HDTV, and billion, and with more efficient new capabilities for wireless see FCC on page 7 phone service ;

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Though the Janet Jackson reveal-all happened almost a year ago, its repercussions are still being felt today. The FCC’s reactive crackdown has slowly spread from TV to radio. Now theFCC is removing shock jocks—DJs known for their outrageous topics, oudandish inter-

views and gratuitous use of obscene language—from the public radio airwaves. Among other demands, there have been calls to raise fines for indecent programming from the current $27,500 per violation to as much as $500,000. DJs are already feeling the heat. Just ask Howard Stern, the most infamous shock jock of them all, whose show was recently pulled off all stations owned number one radio by the Clear Channel operator, Communications. Similarly, The Opie and Anthony Show was dumped after the DJs broadcast descriptions of lis-

having sex in public places Instead of bearing with the current situation, Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony have forged a new strategy and have switched their shows over to satellite radio. Stern announced last month that he signed a five year, $5OO million contract with Sirius Satellite Radio, while Opie and Anthony launched their new show on XM Satellite Radio on October 4. Satellite radio is being hailed by many as the future of a dying form of mass communication. Satellite radio is akin to cable TV in that, like cable, you must pay extra for the service. (Currendy Sirius costs $12.95 a month, while XM costs $9.99 a month, plus an extra $1.99 for The Opie and Anthony Show). Also like cable, satellite teners

radio is largely free from the FCC regulations that dominate the public airwaves. As these regulations become more stringendy enforced, the jump to satellite radio has become more attractive to those who refuse to modify their often scandalous commentaries. If enough personalities decide to make the jump, the results could be disastrous for comSATELLITE merciai radio- Shock jock shows are some of the most lucrative programs for radio stations. Stem’s show is currently estimated by analysts to bring in as much as $25 million a year in profits for Infinity Broadcasting. Yet while the threat looms large, commercial radio need not fear becoming obsolete just yet. Both Sirius and XM have yet to show a profit, with

XM losing $584.5 million and Sirius losing $226.2 million in 2003, according to Forbes magazine. Both companies have announced several times that they expected to lose money for the first few years as satellite radio begins to acquire an audience. And slowly it has. After three years, XM has attracted more than 2 million subscribers, while Sirius, which started a year later, recently passed the 700,000 mark. With Ford, Lincoln and Mercury now offering Sirius as part of a dealer-installed option on nine car models—and up to 24 more models in the next two years the number of subscribers stands to increase exponentially. So while commercial radio may be dominant for now, continued FCC crackdowns will inevitably cause the continued migration of profitable shock jocks to satellite radio. In the long run, this could prove catastrophic for its continuing reign. —

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Gwen Stefani is the rare type of icon who has the capability to change the direction of pop music. She already supposedly inspired both Britney Spears’ and Pink’s recent releases. \et despite their more prominent status, Britney and Pink merely offer lackluster imitations. Gwen’s solo release, Love.Angel.Music.Baby in stores Tuesday, November 23, proves that she is the real thing. For her debut album, she's handpicked the best producers including Dr. Dre, The Neptunes, Andre 3000 and Linda Perry, formerly of Pink fame, to help her articulate her voice. And while Pink used Perry's genius to pen the usual girl rock crier “Just Like A Pill,” Gwen's Perry-helmed track is her first single “What You

Waiting For?,” a track incredibly fresh and different from anything else currently on mainstream radio. “Fresh” would be the appropriate adjective to describe this solo debut, which finds Gwen reveling in wicked style as she revisits the sound of 'Bos synth-dance wunderkinds like Depeche Mode, L'Trimm and Missing Persons. And yet despite all of these influences, every track remains jumpin’, radioready and uniquely her own. Stefani reveals a penOn chant for Japanese couture, as well as her love for both spelling words out in song and hooking up in automobiles. Although the last might seem a little too racy to a longtime No Doubt listener, this is clearly Stefani's album. On “Hollaback,” over the incredible, Neptunes-produced stomp beat, she still wears her reggae and ska influ-

ences on her sleeve, but even then, this is still definitely a party track. She removes herself even further from her musical past as she convincingly sings over a freestyle club track on “Serious,” brings in some Asian strings and an uncanny Debbie Harry swagger on “Harajuku Girls,” samples a Martin Luther King speech on “Long Way To Go” and reunites with Dre and Eve for the album's second single, “Rich Girl.” One of the album's most exciting tracks is “Bubble Pop Electric” with special guest Johnny Vulture, aka Andre 3000. Over a fizzy, pop background, with a sensibility storytelling reminscent of a Broadway musical, Gwen purrs, ‘Tonight, I'm going to give you all my love in the backseat” as she assumes the identity of a woman from the '2os longing for her man. It's this brash approach to creating music that's so enticing about L.A.M.B. Stefani hopes to bring the sultry style that has The girl glams it up and creates one of made No Doubt a success to her new solo career. the year’s best releases that is both a Special to the Chronicle dance record and an art/concept album.

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the inner struggles and obsessive behaviors of Washington’s private life until the marble shell is removed to reveal a neurotic man. Ellis tells an engaging story

Excellency: George Washington, historian Joseph Ellis paints a vivid and exciting story of featuring Washington’s early arguably the most aloof presiexperiences in the French and dent in American history. Indian War of 1754-63, his love Unlike presidents of the life, his obsession with control recent George and his repulsion towards slavpast, Washington stands as an ery. Washington’s increasing untouchable icon for liberty bitterness toward the British is and democracy in most explored in spirited detail, Americans’ hearts. Ellis chips beginning with the French away at this

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sion of the markets for American goods caused massive debts for Washington arid his family. This tale, however, should be read more as a novel than a biography. Ironically, this book about one of the most moralistic figures in history is written by one of the present’s most notorious liars. Ellis is known for lying to his students about his own past as a star athlete, civil rights activist and Vietnam vet. While the

book is beautifully crafted and animated, a lot of the content seems too far-fetched to be true. Ellis attempts to conduct a Freudian psychoanalysis of Washington, often with little evidence. He concludes, for example, that slavery increasingly troubled Washington in his later on years, simply based

Washington’s unwillingness to write about the subject. Ellis

also tries a little too hard to portray Washington as a patient with deep-rooted neu-

roses. In Ellis’s mind, nearly every experience in the president’s life illustrates a “nearobsession with self control.” Although the author’s words should not be taken completely at face value, his creative ability to postulate truth results in a probing look into the private life of one of the most interesting public figures in American history.

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ways of using it constantly being discovered, some analysts predict that the solution to the federal budget deficit might be floating all around us. Fiske added that "budget estimators take into account potential money from spectrum auctions" when they plan spending each year. The FCC conducts these auctions, 82 to date, but the money is immediately transferred to the treasury department. With the plan for digital conversion rushing forward, one major groupremains stalwart in its use of analog technology: consumers. The FCC can pressure broadcasters to speed up the change' through license provisions and legislation. Consumers, on the other hand, cannot be regulated into spending upwards of $5OO on digital television sets or $l5O on converter boxes. The original legislation stated that the changeover would only occur at the slated date if 85 percent of households in a given market were digital-ready. New pushes by the FCC for a definite deadline make no such provision. Even if the 85 percent standard is met, Fiske pointed out that it still leaves 15 percent unable to access free television. To encourage people to invest in digital technology, the FCC launched a sleek website in October providing consumer information about the advantages of DTV and digital sets. Powell explained the site as a digital "education initiative" in a recent press release. Fiske noted that the FCC is confident that as the market increases, the prices of digital sets and converter boxes will fall. There have also been talks of a government subsidy of converter boxes, but Fiske explained that the FCC has no funding to provide this itself. With no obvious model for replacing the 400 million TV sets that would be rendered obsolete by digital broadcasting, the plan risks disenfranchising millions of lower-income TV viewers. Additionally, many smaller stations may have difficulty financing the technological overhaul required to go digital. Fiske said the agency has been flexible in granting time extensions of the digital broadcast deadlines to stations in smaller networks. "Our job is to help everyone see the bigger picture," said Fiske of resistance to the digital age by various blocs. "Our goal is spectrum management, spectrum utilization and getting services out there for consumers."

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Hapgood’s young son. Hapgood’s balancing act between motherhood and a demanding career adds yet another element to the show. Even the men under her command in the office often refer to her as mother, and Hapgood often fills other typically female duties such as serving tea to all of the men in her office. The increasing presence of females in the workplace is just one of the many topics faced in a play that was originally written in 1988, but

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with themes that are especially relevant today. West said the play “interesting for the present. It’s about a moral dilemma—how far do we go in our way versus their way?” In a time when global conflict is yet again polarized along ideological lines, Americans today are asking themselves many of the same questions that the actors pose on stage. Hapgood: Performances take place in Sheafer Theater (Bryan Center) November 18 to 20 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 2p. m. Tickets are $lO general public/$ 7for students and senior citizens.

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Despite the return to an early-’9os U2 style, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb does lack the epic feel that was prevalent in earlier releases, like the band’s finest album, 1987’s The Joshua Tree. Although U2 will likely never reach the heights that allowed the band to produce a record with three hits like “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and ‘With Or Without You,” their newest record will figure prominently in the band’s canon. Epic or not, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb signals yet another rekindling of the U2 flame, one that will bum long after the band has stopped making music. battle from page 1

are just so different.” At that, she paused. “The thing that most Duke students don’t realize is that here, we have bands that are just as good if not better.” Sponsored by a variety of on-campus groups, the competition promises musical entertainment of a scale rarely found on Duke’s campus. The hope is that the battle will show the greater University population Duke’s artsy edge. Tm predicting that we’re going to have a huge turnout,” Le explained. “Crowd participation and noise is going to be a factor for the judges in deciding who’s the winner.” In short, the concert is designed for the audience, to

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Durham, in both tobacco and textiles, is a loss from which the city has yet to fully recover. Bright Leaves, however, is not a political film. Rather, it is within political concerns that McElwee exorcises personal questions. He is also startlingly conscious of the power of film, particularly how filmic representation can skew our understanding of reality. It is a testament to his gifts as a filmmaker that McElwee can strike a balance between the political, the personal and the power of film to create a work that is thoughtful, critical and indulgent, but never over-bearing, propagandistic or downright mean. The real tie that binds Bright Leaves to Duke and Durham is the legendary Bull Durham tobacco brand. The filmmaker’s great-grandfather and Buck Duke fought over the rights to this trademark for several years, driving the elder McElwee to ruin. Evidence of the tobacco brand’s imperative role in Durham’s history can most readily be found today in the city’s minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls. In fact, Bull

show off both Duke and UNO’s talents. Ultimately, how-

ever, one of the two schools will emerge victorious in the contest, and the rivalry will become much deeper. In years to come, the Battle of the Bands will alternate between the two university’s campuses. “I think that this event is just going to take off and become

incredibly popular,” Le said. “I have high hopes for it for the future.” As of right now the focus must be on the present and the competition that imminently looms ahead. In the meantime, Le remains optimistic. “We are going to blow them out of the water,” she said with a huge smile. “We’re going to show them what we’re made of.”

Durham tobacco has made a few other contributions to America’s game, allegedly serving as the basis behind both the phrase “shooting the bull,” something often done in the “bullpen.” In spite of the vast web of historical and political connections in which McElwee gets caught, the legacy he most vividly illuminates is his own, or rather, our own. In the dual examination of old footage of both his father and his son woven throughout the film, McElwee demonstrates the simultaneous pleasure and disappointment inherent in recorded memory. “As time goes by my father is beginning to seem less and less real to me in these images, almost a fictional character. I want so much to reverse this shift, the way in which the reality of him is slipping away,” McElwee narrates. It is McElwee’s bittersweet hypotheses regarding our powerlessness in the face of time, which not only tie the entire film together, but also tie his entire filmography together in their sanguine celebration of human fallibility. Bright Leaves will screen at the Carolina Theatre, Sat. Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. Director Ross McElwee will be on hand to answer questions after the showing.

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CONFERENCE HON Senior Stephanie Istvan earned first-team AllACC honors and is on pace to set a new league record in digs per game.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. A shorthanded Duke squad knew it would have its hands full against No. 10 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the preseason NIT Wednesday night. The game lived up to its billing as the DUKE 65 Fighting Irish 76 exploited a wornND down Blue Devil unit at the end of an emotional contest to notch the early-season victory. Notre Dame (3-0) pulled ahead late in the second half and closed out No. 6 Duke 76-65 in a game that stayed close undl the final minutes. Minutes into the second half, preseason All-America candidate Jacqueline Batteast picked up her third foul of the night, causing Irish head coach Muffet McGraw to yank her from the lineup with Duke up just two points. The Blue Devils (2-1) then mounted a 7-2 run, which made McGraw rethink her strategy. “I thought if the game is going to get out of hand, we need to get her back in there right now,” McGraw said. Batteast made an immediate impact against a tiring Duke team that had only eight players available because of the absence of injured freshman center Chante Black and suspended point guard Lindsey Harding. A few plays after returning, Batteast banked in a threepointer, closing the deficit to three and setting the tone for a second half that Notre Dame dominated. “That was huge,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “She was in foul trouble most of the game, and when she came back in she was very rested and very determined. We were a little fatigued at that point and she took advantage.” The Blue Devils committed a bevy of miscues soon thereafter, including turnovers and fouls that fueled a rejuvenated Notre Dame team further. “We made a lot of mistakes towards the

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. Technically, the No. 6 Duke women’s basketball team was upset by No. 10 Notre Dame Wednesday night in the preseason WNIT semifinals. CjcllTlG The } OSS; however, does not come as a huge surprise, as the team has been crippled not only by inexperience, but also by suspension and injury. With the loss of two-time National Player of the Year Alana Beard and twotime ACC Tournament MVP kiss Tillis, the season opened with holes at the guard

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and forward positions. Now, with the indefinite suspension of Lindsey Harding, arguably the best point guard in the country, Duke has only a few remnants of last year’s squad. Facing its first true test of the season, the makeshift Duke team failed. Yet, even for a squad that still has national championship aspirations, the loss was neither catastrophic nor unexpected. “I think our inexperience showed,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “We’ve got a freshman point guard out there, Wanisha Smith, who is going to be very, very good, but it’s just tough on her SEE DEPTH ON PAGE 16

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With starters Lindsey Harding and Chante Black out, Duke was forced to compete with only eight players. To make matters worse, Wynter Whitley was hampered by a sore ankle, leaving Duke thin in the post.

With pending legislation, the NCAA is trying to slow the flow of college basketball players leaving early for the NBA. College athletics’ governing body has proposed an amendment that would stop players from entering the NBA draft and then returning to college without losing their eligibility. Currently, basketball players are allowed to test the draft to get a feeling for their NBA earning potential and withdraw prior to the selection date if they do not sign with agents. The proposal will be discussed and decided at the NCAA meetings in April and would go into effect immediately. The Big Ten conference first proposed the change with hope that the majority of players would err on the side of caution and fewer would leave college early. Last year, 21 players declared for the draft and withdrew before draft day and 13 players were selected into the league. Paul Haagen, a law school professor who has helped Duke basketball players connect with agents and transition to the league, said the amendment would not have a strong effect on Blue Devils who leave early. Duke players who depart before their eligibility has run out are generally first-round locks, and none has declared for the draft and returned for another season. The Big Ten and the amendment’s other proponents have said it would clear up the sometimes-hazy line between players receiving information from agents and entering into contracts with them. Agent Bill Duffy of BDA Sports Management represents a number of NBA players and said the legislation will highlight the “seriousness” of the decision to enter the draft. Duffy, whose company represents former Duke guards Chris Duhon and Jay Williams, said that he does not think the NCAA should interfere with players’ decisions. ‘The rules of the NCAA in many cases are archaic,” Duffy said. “I don’t think it is their place to mandate the goals and pursuits of athletes.” The proposal has also received opposition from several NCAA committees, the Student-Athlete including Reinstatement Committee. The Men’s Basketball Issues Committee also declined to support the proposal, stating it contradicts concurrent movements to strengthen the coach-player relationship. Understanding the NCAA legislation may be too severe, the National Association of Basketball Coaches has suggested pushing up the draft-withdrawal date without taking away a player’s chance to test his potential. “We talked to the NBA about moving up the date for players taking their names out of the draft,” NABC chair Jim Haney said. “A coach would rather know so that SEE NBA DRAFT ON PAGE 14

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years ago, landing James McGillicuddy would have been nothing more than a pipe dream for Duke football. McGillicuddy, a defensive tackle prospect from Shrewsbury, Mass., has terrorized opposing quarterbacks, notching 12 sacks and eight forced fumbles during his senior season. At 6-foot-3, 300 pounds and with a 410-pound bench press, he has the bulk, the strength and the quickness to play immediately in college. With those numbers, McGillicuddy has established himself as one of the top players in New England and earned interest from the likes of Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee and Boston College. weekend, however, This past McGillicuddy gave the Blue Devils an official visit, an indication of serious interest in playing for head coach Ted Roof. Thanks to a new coaching staff and a new recruiting pitch, Duke football has significantly improved its recruiting efforts with the class of 2005. “We’re putting a premium on character and toughness, because 1 think that wins games for you in the fourth quarter,” Roof said ofhis recruiting efforts. “Then overall athleticism. We’re down to where we only have a few spots left. We’re really close to being done, but we’ve got to finish the class off with quality players.” With the amount of high-caliber talent the Blue Devils are recruiting, that goal is a distinct possibility. In addition to McGillicuddy, a four-star prospect, Duke is believed to be heavily involved in the recruitment of at least four other prospects rated four stars or higher by scout.com, including Vince Oghobaase, one of the nation’s top 50 players. One of those top-rated prospects, 6foot-7 offensive tackle Paul Duncan, visits this weekend. One of the nation’s top 20 players at his position, Duncan’s size and footwork has attracted scholarship offers from LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and UCLA, among others. “For his size he’s a very agile player,” said Tim Clanton, Duncan’s coach at East Paulding high school. “He’s got very good footwork, got good balance, good body control, and that’s probably the biggest Five

A five-star prospect and the No. 4 defensive tackle in the nation, Oghobaase has 96 tackles and nine sacks from both the defensive tackle and defensive end positions. Bench pressing 355 pounds, he has the size and strength to make an immediate impact on the

college level. Simply put, landing either Oghobaase or offensive tackle Paul Duncan would be the biggest coup the new coaching staff will have made in years. Not only would he make an immediate contribution on a thin defensive line, but he would bring immediate legitimacy to Duke's efforts to recruit with other big-time programs.

PAUL DUNCAN �� EAST PAULDING, GA. OFFENSIVE TACKLE 6-FOOT-6, 288 lbs. The No. 18 offensive tackle in the nation, Duncan has graded out at 80 percent blocking with over 30 pancake blocks his senior season. Like Oghobaase, he has tremendous size

and strength, and he still possesses the frame to add more muscle to an already-large frame. Signing Duncan would require beating the likes of Oklahoma, LSD and Notre Dame for his services, making his signing just as important to the Blue Devils as Oghobaase.

A. OKPOKOWURUK �� CHATTANOOGA, TENN. DEFENSIVE END 6-FOOT-4, 245 lbs.

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Suder to add size to Blue Devils Michael Moore THE CHRONICLE

The football team got a recruiting boost with the commitment of lineman Joe Suder. The 6-foot-7, 340-pound athlete played both offensive and defensive line for Bishop Manogue High School in Reno, Nev. Suder said Duke coaches have told him that he will play on the defensive line in college. “He has tremendous size and strength,” Bishop Manogue coach Joe Sellers said. “As he matures into that body he is going to be a really good player.” Suder is the third defensive lineman and 13th player to commit to Duke from the high school class of 2005. He will help replenish a pass rush that will likely lose several players to graduation after the current season. Unlike most high-profile prospects,

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Suder did not attend many team camps and combines this summer, limiting his national attention. Nevertheless, his size, quick feet and strong academic standing attracted many West Coast schools. Suder chose Duke over Stanford and Washington—both of which had also offered him a scholarship —because of his comfort level with the coaches and his confidence in the program’s future. “There are a lot of freshmen starting, and it is a young team,” Suder said. “I definitely see us going to a bowl game and becoming a very good team in the next few years.” Suder recently suffered a season-ending knee injury that required surgery but believes he will be ready to join the Blue Devils after a three- to four-month recovery. Before the operation, Suder and his doctors were not sure of the extent of the injury, which involved his medial collater.

al ligament and patellar tendon, but Suder said he received optimistic news after the surgery. Sellers believes Duke’s commitment despite the injury helped his lineman reach his final decision. “After the injury, the Duke coaches called and said ‘We wanted you before and we still want you,’ and I think that meant a lot to him,” Sellers said. The Duke coaches recruited Suder for the defensive line where he has more experience, but Sellers said playing on the other side of the ball would be easier on the surgically repaired joint. “You do not take cut blocks and some of the abuse defenders take,” Sellers said. “He could play either side. We had not played him much on offense until this year.” AJthough Suder has verbally committed to Duke, he cannot sign until National Signing Day on Feb. 2, 2005.

Okpokowuruk had flown under the radar for a while while playing at McCallie School in Tennessee. Nevertheless, the three-star prospect managed to rack up five sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 10 games this season. With a 4.7-second 40-yard dash, Okpokowuruk possesses impressive speed for his position and is reportedly an impressive athlete. That athleticism has earned the No. 30 defensive end in the nation offers from major programs such as Tennessee. Okpokowuruk would be another necessary addition for a Blue Devil defensive line that has been racked by injuries and graduation this season.

BEN LOEBNER �� WEST LINN, ORE. OFFENSIVE TACKLE 6-FOOT-9, 322 lbs. With a time of 6.15 seconds in the 40-yard dash, Loebner does not possess the top end speed to be ranked higher than a two-star recruit nationally. Then again, when was the last time an offensive lineman needed to run 40 yards? One of the most physically imposing players on the Blue Devils' board, Loebner is rated No. 21 in the Pacific Northwest by scout.com.

Thanks to his mammoth frame, Loebner could potentially become a dominating blocker at the collegiate level. Along with Duncan, he could give the Blue Devils one of the top bookend pairs of offensive tackles in the nation. compiled by Michael Mueller

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CHARLOTTE The Utah Jazz have no idea if they are any good, despite their

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The Jazz overcame a 22-point deficit Tuesday night for a 107-105 victory over the expansion JAZZ 107 Charlotte BOBCATS 105 Bobcats. It was the kind of win that has Utah coach Jerry Sloan wondering what kind of team he has. “We try to play for respect,” said Carlos Boozer, who scored 34 points. “A lot of teams don’t respect us, Jerry has warned us about that.” That’s because Utah’s impressive start has included wins against bottom-feeders Golden State and Denver (twice). “When we do. the right things, we can be a good team,” said Raja Bell, who scored 21, including five critical points in the waning moments to lift the Jazz. “But if we don’t do the right things, we can lose to a team like Charlotte.” Bell made a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left and hit two free throws to rally the Jazz; His 3-pointer cut Charlotte’s lead to 105-104, then he gave Utah its first lead on two free throws with 15.5 seconds to go. That put the Jazz up 106-105, and the Bobcats set up for a final shot. But the clock failed to start twice, stopping play both times, and Gerald Wallace missed his jumper for Charlotte. Utah got the rebound, Boozer was fouled, and he .

made a free throw to wrap it up. “They made some big shots and we didn’t get any stops,” Wallace said. “This is a tough one because mentally we let down and they just outworked us in the second half.” Keith Bogans led Charlotte with a career-high 28 points. Eddie House had 17, Wallace scored 16, Emeka Okafor had 13 and Primoz Brezec 11. Bogans, acquired in a trade with Orlando before the season, began the year on the injured list for the expansion Bobcats. But with guards Brevin Knight and Jason Hart out with injuries, Charlotte had to put Bogans in the rotation, activating him on Monday. A self-proclaimed defensive specialist, he came off the bench to give the Bobcats an offensive lift by scoring 15 points in the first half as Charlotte opened its 22-point lead. “It was good for me individually, but it doesn’t matter,” Bogans said. ‘Without the ‘W’ it’s good, but getting the W’ makes it even better.” The Bobcats couldn’t get the win because the Jazz pulled within one several times in the waning moments and Charlotte didn’t stop them. Clinging to a 99-98 lead, Wallace scored on a driving layup over Boozer and drew a foul. But Wallace landed hard on his tailbone and needed several moments to collect himself. Wincing at the line, he missed the free throw. Boozer answered with a basket at the

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Charlotte's GeraldWallaceand Primoz Brezec battlefor a rebound with Utah's Carlos Boozer. other end to close to 101-100 with 52 seconds to play. Wallace was fouled as he dribbled up the court, and this time he made both shots to make it 103-100. After Bell hit a free throw, Bogans scored on a 10-footer to push it back to 105-101. But Bell made it 105-104 on his 3, Bogans missed a pair offree throwswith 17 seconds to play, and it seemed as if Utah would take the final shot of the game.

Instead, Steve Smith fouled Bell as he drove toward the basket, sending Bell to the line. He made both to put Utah up 106-105—its first lead of the game. The Bobcats then seemed rattled by the two stoppages and failed to convert. ‘We didn’t get done what we needed to,” Charlotte coach Bemie Bickerstaff said. “It had nothing to do with Utah. We Just didn’t get it done. All we had to do was finish.”

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ISRAEL IS THE CANARY IN THE MINE The war between Arabs and Jews is not the cause of the war on terror, as apologists for Muslim radicals claim; it is the war on terror. years ago, there were two non-Islamic democracies in the Arab Middle East, Israel and Lebanon. This was too much for Islamic radicals and Syrian irredentists and Palestinians who joined forces to destroy Lebanon and make it a base for terror. Twenty-five

The goal of the post-Oslo Intifada is not to establish a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. Its goal is an Islamic umma extending “from the Jordan to the sea.” That is why Oslo was rejected by Arafat even though Barak and Clinton offered him an independent state on virtually all of the land Palestinians claimed in the West Bank of the Jordan. That is why the very birth of Israel is referred to by all the present Palestinian the “catastrophe.” To leadership as the “Naqba” Islamic radicals at war with the West, the very creation of Israel is a catastrophe. -

American apologists for Arab aggression are also apologists for Islamic aggression. In their eyes, Islamic terror in the Middle East has a root cause in the policies of Israel, whom terrorists refer to as the “little Satan.” For apologists of the Islamic terror of 9/11 and the Zarqawi terror in Iraq, jihad is not a self-generating creed but has a “root cause” in the policies of “the Great Satan,” which is us.

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Duncan would also fill a hole for the Blue Devils, whose injury-riddled offensive line has struggled at times this season. The graduation of starting tackle Christian Mitchell accentuates Duke’s need for a punishing blocker to protect quarterback Mike Schneider. The Blue Devils will also have another offensive tackle, West Linn (Ore.) native Ben Loebner, visiting this weekend. Loebner’s mammoth frame—he stands 6foot-9 and weighs 322 pounds —oozes potential to become another impressive blocker. One of the top 25 players in the Pacific Northwest, Loebner also has a scholarship offer from Nevada. On the other side of the ball, the Blue Devils have had difficulty on the defensive front as injuries and graduation have depleted Duke’s reserves. To that end, the Blue Devils are also recruiting defensive standout Ayanga Okpokowuruk from the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn. Standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 245 pounds, Okpokowuruk has impressive size and athleticism for a player at his

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position, athleticism that could make him an offensive coordinator’s nightmare in the future. “I guess my strengths would be that I’ve got pretty strong legs and pretty strong hips,” Okpokowuruk said. “I’m pretty explosive off the ball. I’m able to get separation from the offensive line to make plays.” Those abilities have made him the No. 30 defensive end prospect in the nation and a three-star prospect. A scholar as well as an athlete, Stanford, Duke and North Carolina lead for his services because bf their total academic/athletic packages, Okpokowuruk said. Even more impressively, scout.com reports that Oghobaase will visit the Blue Devils Dec. 3, giving Roof an opportunity to score his biggest recruiting victory ever. The Blue Devils will continue to recruit against some of the biggest names in college football. “I'd say that obviously the programs are in different stages and guys that want to be an architect and lay the ground floor, I think this is a great opportunity,” Roof said. At the same time, you can get one of the best educations in the world and be part of an up and coming football “

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W. BASKETBALL from page 11 end,” junior forward Monique Currie said. “It can get frusrtrating sometimes because we played pretty well in the first

half and then came out and didn’t have the same intensity." Duke turned the ball over 13 times and committed 14 fouls in the second half. Notre Dame capitalized on the Blue Devil errors, tallying 19 points off of turnovers and 16 from the foul line in the period. Despite the sloppy play, Duke w as able to stay slightly ahead of the Irish for a large portion of the half. Guard Caitlin Howe nailed two key three pointers, and center Alison Bales converted the free throw after an awkward driving layup to keep the offense going at a time when the team was struggling. Once again, though, Duke had no answer for Batteast. With Just eight minutes remaining, she went on an offensive flurry, scoring Notre Dame’s next 10 points. “I think that’s the most I smiled or screamed in the four years I’ve been here,” Batteast said of one celebration during her run. “It was a really exciting game.” Batteast finished with a game-high 17 points in Just 28 minutes of play. When the South Bend, Ind. native went to the bench, the Blue Devils took advantage of a size discrepancy in the paint. Bales blocked six of her career-high seven shots in the first half, and Mistie Williams dominated the paint on offense. Williams scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots on the game. Duke was never able to secure a big enough lead despite its advantages early on and went into halftime only up two points. “I would have loved to have had a bigger lead,” Goestenkors said. “It doesn’t surprise me that we weren’t able to pull away because they have several players [other than Batteast] who can step up and score as well.” Irish point guard Megan Duffy finished with 15 points while also dishing out seven assists. Freshman guard Charel Allen broke out with a 16-point effort while playing tough defense on Currie. “[Allen] really killed us,” Goestenkors said. “We weren’t planning on the two big threes she hit, and she really caused us some problems.” Currie led the Blue Devils with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while playing all but 30 seconds of the game. She led a frantic Duke run at the end of regulation that came up short. Currie scored nine of her points in the first half, and in the second she was slowed by a switch to more zone defense. The first Duke loss of a young season comes after two blowout wins in the early rounds of the tournament. “When you lose these kind of games you scrutinize your mistakes and you learn from them,” Goestenkors said. “Hopefully it will make us more determined. We’re young, we’re going to learn.”

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DEPTH from page 11 [since] she has kind ofbeen thrown into the fire.” Smith scored 34 points and tallied eight assists during the season’s opening two games but was overwhelmed in Wednesday’s matchup, failing to score and turning the ball over twice in the first half. Although Mistie Williams and Monique Currie returned this season as projected team leaders, each player was clearly overworked against a deep Notre Dame squad, playing 34 and 40 minutes, respectively. Goestenkors admitted she had to play them much more than she wanted to. The final two starters, although returning varsity players, were thrust into a new level ofresponsibility against the Fighting Irish. Junior guard Jessica Foley, who averaged only 16.6 minutes last year, and sophomore post player Alison Bales, who played just under 10 minutes per game her freshman year, upped their game time to just under 30 minutes each. Even 6-foot-7 Bales filled in for Harding, occasionally handling the ball at the top of the key. Bales was in a double squeeze last night. Not only did she spend time atop the key, but she also had too much rebounding duty without the help of 6-foot-5 Chante Black and the limited assistance of senior Wynter Whitley. Freshman Black averaged 13.5 rebounds per game in the opening two rounds of the WNIT before injuring her ankle in the closing minutes of Sunday’s

game against Southern Florida. Whitley was also hindered by an ankle ailment that limited her to 15 minutes in Wednesday’s game. Sure, you can blame the Blue Devils’ loss on their own faults—especially getting into the bonus with fouls with 13:06 remaining in the game and committing 13 turnovers in the second half. But for a newly formed lineup, it was an accomplishment to carry the game’s lead into the second half and to stay close behind a team that did not miss a three-pointer all game. This season’s team was designed to have Harding run the offense. Smith has filled in valiantly, but as a freshman, she is not ready to lead a team to the NCAA Championship. The post game has dominant potential, but not with Black and Whitley on the bench. The team’s play in the paint, which has been sub-par with missed layups, blocked shots and the simple inability to connect on a pass from outside the key can only get better with two more tall players in the mix. Although Wednesday night’s loss was certainly a disappointment, it exposed the team’s weaknesses and leaves room for improvement, especially when Black and Whitley return from injury and Harding from her mysterious suspension. “Sometimes when you win these kind of games and you make all these mistakes, you think you’re better than you are,” Goestenkors said. “But when you lose, you really scrutinize your mistakes and you learn from them more in a loss than a win.”

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Replace ARAMARK receiving several warn- ARAMARK to remain on campus, Although we understand that it ings over the past year, we have seen no measurable im- takes time to implement changes and provements in the quality of service that ARAMARK is currendy under ARAMARK Corp. provides the Uni- new leadership, ARAMARK has showed no significant versity. This is the StatlGQltOfUli moves toward imlast straw the Unisince provement versity should find a new vendor and replace ARAMARK. complaints were first voiced more In the past year, Director of Dining than a year ago. The University should not continue doing business Services Jim Wulforst has put ARAwith a corporation that has received test,” Duke Student “to the MARK such poor reviews and has done little Government has voted “no confito remedy the situation. dence” in the dining management Duke would do better to explore and students and numerous company other options, such as a smaller, reARAMARK employees have complained about the quality of both gional vendor or a return to in-house dining services. Although ARAARAMARK’s food and leadership. MARK’s size has its advantages, a Each instance has provided ARAsmaller company may benefit the MARK with an opportunity to imin certain ways. A smaller University and each in inits prove operations, company without national obligastance ARAMARK has failed to do so. tions can focus more on its service to Last night DSG voted “no confidence” in ARAMARK for the second Duke. It may be able to offer better training to employees and to maintime since February. Wulforst has innot living tain positive employee relations in a dicated that ARAMARK is way ARAMARK has not. to up expectations. In addition, either in-house dinEmployees have decried the manof ing services or a smaller vendor agement practices, raising charges would likely be more responsive to harassment and saying they feel overworked and underappreciated. The the University’s needs and better University has given ARAMARK able to adapt when concerns are enough chances, and it is time for raised. Since a smaller corporation would not be burdened with the ARAMARK to go. bureaucracy as ARAMARK, it the same No one seems to approve of way ARAMARK is running dining facilities could provide a more personalized service in which the University on campus. ARAMARK has not prowould have more weight in the decivided the employee training and promodonal opportunides it was suppose sion-making process. The most recent string of comto offer, and ARAMARK-run dining locadons have consistendy ranked low plaints and DSG’s second vote of “no on University evaluadons. ARAMARK confidence” is evidence that ARAMARK has not taken the appropriate creates a negadve atdtude toward dinstuand ing on campus. Employees steps toward improving the quality of its work on campus. Enough is dents alike have expressed their opinions, and neither group wants enough. Get rid of ARAMARK

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Student Vigil for Darfur tonight Sitting on an upturned paint can in the refugee village, idly watching the tattered, mud-smeared gunny sack ripple in the 40-degree breeze, I gazed up at the blinking stars and asked myself a rather difficult question: why did I care about black Sudanese Africans in the western region of Darfur who were being murdered, forced from their homes and raped by government-sanctioned militias? Why did I care if they lived, or if they died? I speculate, sometimes, about the extreme agony I would suffer if, all of a sudden, a random individual were to take the life of a family member or close friend. It would become my life mission to hunt that person down. Then I sit there and wonder how an 18-year old girl, raped by six men who had just gunned down her two small children, could possibly survive such an ordeal. I couldn’t conceive of a father losing, in one instant, his entire family in the bloody carnage of shrapnel from government-launched missiles. I considered that many thousands of young girls and fathers, quite far away, might be idly watching a tattered, mud-smeared tarp at that same instant, gazing up at the flicker-

ing stars, but asking a very different question: why, me? I was cold in the 40-degree weather, but I was not physically battered, psychologically scarred and materially destitute. When it came to pain, I thought, my life was certainly bliss. My life was bliss, and the lives of 1.8 million displaced people in Darfur were tormented. What an incomprehensible

discrepancy!

My life was bliss, and the lives of 50,000 to

70,000 people were gone, due to government

bombs and bullets, starvation and disease. Why, though, should I care? Because, I thought, justice and genocide are both reahthey simply cannot coexist in the same world. Come to the National Student Vigil For Darfur at 6 p.m., Thursday, in front of the Chapel and hear first-hand accounts of the genocide. Join the National Student Movement For Darfur with Harvard, Georgetown, the University of Pennsylvania, UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory and others, and defend humanity. Daniel Kennedy Trinity 05 ’

Marketplace employees deserve better As a freshman last year, I grew

enjoy

going to the Marketplace. I still go back occasionally. Is this because it’s the best place in

Durham to eat dinner? Of course not, but I like the people who work there. Not allowing Marketplace employees to eat on the East Union steps is simply not fair. Aren’t they part of the Duke community as well, or are they somehow less important because they serve rather than study here? What if I worked there—would I be allowed to eat on the front steps since I’m a student? During the course of my first year, I

formed friendships with several of the employees, and I grew to look forward to interacting with them. I loved it when they sang along to the music while they served us. It was great to watch them have a good time. And it was nice to pass them and say “hello” as I entered the building. I think I speak for all the students when I say that those steps are as much theirs—if not more as they are ours. —

Katherine Wingate Trinity 'O7

ARAMARK has poor record In 2001, I was one of many graduate students who wrote DUSDAC urging the rejection of ARAMARK’s bid to oversee Duke Dining Services. Like other folks who came to Duke from ARAMARK infested universities I cited two reasons, namely: 1) ARAMARK creates a hostile environment for its employees. 2) ARAMARK’s track record of diminishing food quality while raising prices is welldocumented. Despite our warnings, ARAMARK was allowed onto campus. Now that three and a half years have passed, let’s review what ARAMARK has really done for Duke. For articles regarding the lower food quality, please see “ARA-

MARK in jeopardy” (The Chronicle, Feb. 24, 2004) and “DSC expresses ‘no confidence’ in ARAMARK” (The Chronicle, Feb. 26, 2004). For more information about strained relationships with employees, please see the recent article “Workers decry ARAMARK pressure” (The Chronicle, Nov. 17, 2004). Better yet, try asking a few veteran Great Hall or Marketplace employees to compare their current working conditions to those of the pre-ARAMARK era. I’ve done this four times, and I’ve yet to hear anything positive about ARAMARK. Hey DUSDAC: We told you so.

John Cain

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I am waiting Tou’re standing at a bus stop when one, two, three, even mentioning the extra pressure of service cuts made four, five, six full busses roar past. You’re late to class. in the last two years which have significantly reduced the JL When you finally catch one, your driver’s mind is rac- number of busses running—all done in the name of ing because they can’t leave work to go pick up a sick child sound economics. Next, I’d like my University to acknowledge its workers’ from school or because they can’t go to a scheduled doctor’s appointment at which they’re supposed to find out concerns, which, allegedly, they haven’t. I don’t want to be whether or not they have cancer. You stop and thought of as a plantation owner any your friends mutter that the driver is lazy belonger. I don’t want to believe that this cause they’ve left their seat to go get some is the way the world works—profit always over people, money always over water when, in reality, Duke Transit policy life. It takes our society beyond the nostates that they must leave the bus order to tion of community, beyond the idea have a drink, no matter the weather or their health condition. \bu get off that bus to find that everyone can have meaningful and isn’t the beacon of your University shining respectable work. Shouldn’t Duke, as a respected instiprogressive thought you figured it was or aaron kirSChenfeld tution, take the lead in showing us all a hoped it was capable of being. SO far, SO good new way to employ people? Shouldn’t I had a meeting Monday with two bus drivdiscuss their with the we put into practice all of the things ers to concerns way Duke is treating them.And I came away shocked, but sadly we’ve learned from labor studies and history at large and unsurprised. After all, I knew that there must have been aim to correct the injustices of the past? Can’t we do betreasons why folk in Durham call Duke ‘The Plantation.” ter than this? Can’t we do better than hiring hatchet men Even excluding the racially charged meaning (which you to abuse workers for higher profit margins? I think so. As students, we have the unique role of being tied really can’t in this case), the word conjures images I didn’t see in the viewbook. Could it be they call us this because down by next to nothing—no real job, no mortgages, no our higher-ups value their labor over their lives? Could it families, etc. If we have concerns about the direction our University, and consequently our nation and world, be, as they allege, because they are harassed by superviwe have the voice to let people know about it. We can sors, pushed to make runs in unreasonable times and entake actions without fear of any form of reprisal, be it couraged to use vacation days as sick leave? The allegations I heard were old hat to me. They said physical, economic or social. And the time has come for that Transportation Services was trying to reduce the me to do just that. Until I am satisfied, I will sit in solidarity, real solidarity, number of full-time employees in order to weaken the union (About three-fifths of Duke’s 52 bus drivers are with our University’s bus drivers to protest not only their unionized—Local 1328 of the Amalgamated Transit unfair and unnecessarily bad working conditions but also Union). They also leveled claims of falsified documents, our administration’s complicit stance in perpetuating old systems of economic and racial dominance. I will take a unwarranted disciplinary action and harassment following standard length “10-7” bathroom breaks. They said folding chair and sit at the West Campus bus stop weekthat their supervisor will ignore employees who file grievdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., a standard eight hour day, with ances, will deny medical leave even when presented with exceptions made for class, food and work—exceptions not a doctor’s note and will make workers take vacation time everyone has the luxury of enjoying. My reasons are selfish. I don’t want my University to stand for things like this; against their will. Of course, abusing workers is en vogue right now from I don’t want my society and my peers to feel that this is the Maquiladora plants to seasonal farm workers to fast food only way a community works. I will be starting today, employees. Books upon books are written about the ways Thursday, the day of this publication. And I welcome anyone and everyone to join me. in which our economic system, in replicating the plantaAt the same time, the drivers will renew their efforts to tion mentality, reduces people to figures and otherwise dehumanizes labor. For employers, it just makes good financontact administration and discuss recent policy changes cial sense. Lower overhead means higher profit. But to me in an open forum. I hope that student leaders will lend an it makes no sense. Let me tell you why. ear (and more) to the situation by offering support to the First, I’d like the people driving me around to not be workers’ desires. hassled when they’re doing so. I know how worried I can If we truly are concerned, we must make concrete change in both philosophy and action at home before enget about something like taking a test. Okay, so exchange “sick child” or “cancer screening” for “taking a gaging society, especially when home is Duke and when we test,” and then put me behind the wheel of a 40-foot are students. This most recent call for justice, respect and communilong bus running constandy from East to West and back during peak hours on a hot day when I can’t get a drink ty has now been made. I am waiting for an answer. unless I leave the bus which I can’t because it’s busy and the new memo said... phew. Get the picture? This isn’t Aaron Kirschenfeld is a Trinity sophomore.

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the November elections, 13 states now ban same-sex marriage, and some of these states also ban any possibility of civil unions or domestic partnerships. The harsher amendments may be used to revoke same-sex benefits that many companies, municipalities and colleges currently offer their gay employees. In 13 states, I am now constitutionally a second-class citizen, prohibited from enjoying the same rights and freedoms that my straight peers enjoy. The Christian right has ignored this reality. I commend their superb rhetoric that has convinced many Americans that gay marriage threatens others’ well-being and undermines the bedrock of American civilization. Let’s look at their arguments: 1. Marriage is a sacred union Wrong. Marriage is principally a civil arrangement, and in fact, according to historian George Chauncey, “the religious dissenters who colonized New England decisively rejected ecclesiastical regulation of marriage.... After the American Revolution, all states recognized marriage as a purely civil matter.” God is not present at the town clerk’s office when an engaged couple arrives to pick up a marriage license. One can choose to have clergy officiate at a wedding to symbolize a holy union, but ultimately, the pen to the paper seals the deal. Americans are free to attach religious significance to marriage, but that freedom does not extend to mandating what marriage signifies for all Christopher scoville citizens topher's parade 2. Marriage is between a man and a woman Not quite. Marriage was originally an arrangement between a man and his wife; in other words a man and his property. A woman lost most ofher legal rights and became a dependent of her husband. Married Women’s Property Acts in many states in the mid-19th century finally gave married women the legal rights to enter contracts and own property; however, the notion that women were wards of their husbands continued in public policy (and still continues in some fundamentalist circles). Again, God had nothing to do with this pseudo-enslavement. 3. Changingmarriage will destroy society Please. ‘To weaken the law concerning the marital status is to strike at the foundation of society. The stability of the State itselfis involved.” This is the Catholic Welfare Committee’s response to New York legislation to make desertion a grounds for divorce in 1934. God forbid a deserted woman will want a divorce and thus destroy the state! The Lutheran Church once warned its members that marrying a Catholic would “condemn unborn children to the soul-destroying religion of the antichrist.” I can’t deny that the Pope’s vestments do resemble Liberace’s flamboyant attire. Jerry Falwell used to preach that interracial marriage would ultimately “destroy our race” as human beings, and now he recites the same drivel about gay marriage. A lower court judge in the Loving v. Virginia (1967) decision noted the fact that God “separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix [marry]” in order to justify upholding the ban on interracial marriage. Southern Christians in particular feared interracial marriage would destroy civilization. Nearly forty years after Loving v. Virginia, it’s safe to say that civilization is still around, though divorce rates and the number of single mothers continue to skyrocket. If interracial marriage caused so many problems, surely no one will want to marry if gays are extended the right! Anti interracial and gay marriage stances are simply ruses for racism and homophobia. Marriage is a civil right in this country—one of the foundations of legal arrangements. Without marriage, gay partners are denied more than 1,100 state and federal benefits and protections that marriage secures, including hospital visitation, insurance, tax claims, immigration, estate taxes, family leave, nursing homes, pensions and so on. Gay partners are left helpless to the whims of employers, disapproving families, and the state without these protections. Second-class citizenship in this country apparently ended with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Now in 2004 gay and lesbian Americans have become a separate class of inferior citizens, and it all took was Karl Rove and moral hysteria. Gays and lesbians have the most to lose, but any conscientious citizen should be worried about the state of this country when second class citizenship can be so hastily written into the laws of the land. Who’s next on the list in 2008? Christopher Scoville is a Trinity senior.

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