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Nobel Prize winner joins Med Center Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

After years of waiting and wishing, Duke has finally snagged its

Dr. Peter Agre, a NobelPrize winner, will join the Medical Center as the first vice chancellor for science and technology.

first Nobel laureate. Dr. Peter Agre, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will join the Duke University Medical Center in July as the first vice chancellor for science and technology. The position —created by Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and CEO and

president of Duke University Health System—is unique among medical centers and is designed to bolster Duke’s efforts in scien-

tific education and health policy. “Duke wants to be a major player in the national scene in science and technology,” said Dzau, who appointed Agre. “Too many universities are relatively silent on so many issues that are important to the future of our society.” Agre noted that his move to

Bush launches 2nd term by

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WASHINGTON George W. Bush embarked on an ambitious second term as president Thursday, telling a world anxious about war and terrorism that the United States would not shrink from new confrontations in pursuit of “the great objective of ending tyranny.” Four minutes before noon, Bush placed his left hand on a family Bible and recited 39 tradition-hallowed words that every president since George Washington has uttered. With 150,000 American troops deployed in Iraq at a cost of $1 billion a week and more than 1,360 killed, Bush also beseeched Americans for patience. “Our country has accepted obligations that are difficult to fulfill and would be dishonorable to abandon,” the president declared in the first wartime inauguration in more than three decades. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80 years old and frail with thyroid cancer, administered the oath in his first public appearance in three months—a gesture Bush called “incredibly moving.” Rehnquist’s ill health may give Bush a second-term opportunity to nominate the Supreme Court’s first new justice in nearly 11 years. It was the first inauguration 'since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the capital was enveloped in a security blanket of thousands of police and miles of metal barricades. Snipers lined rooftops, while bomb-sniffing dogs toiled down below. Bush spoke before a shivering throng at the West Front of the Capitol, the monuments of American government —Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln —

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Duke from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is a “career shift.” Concerned about American people’s dwindling enthusiasm for science and math, Agre said his interests have gradually shifted from pure research to the policy realm. He plans to work with the local community and national science coalitions to educate students and the general population about health care issues. Citing stem cell research, Agre

said the scientific community has faltered in explaining the increasingly complicated science behind health care. “We’re concerned that people are not really competent to take these facts in,” he said. In the United States the populace will make choices about future standards, and Agre wants the scientific community to set out information that allows for an SEE ACRE ON PAGE 5

John Hope Franklin: 90 years of making history by

Lauren Hunt

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Candles, balloons and gifts. This weekend, Duke can expect much birthday cheer as the campus celebrates distinguished John Hope Franklin’s 90th birthday. The

celebration of the Duke professor emeritus of history will feature two photography exhibits chronicling his life, a panel discussion with two of Franklin’s former students, and culminate in performances by the Fisk University Jubilee singers. After publishing his first work at 23, Franklin has since chronicled American history in his 20 books and 100 articles. His current research deals with runaway slaves from early southern plantations. After 70 years of study, Franklin has covered a large variety of subjects but still believes there is more to be discovered. “I’d like to see more exploration of obscure subjects. There is history all around right here, a history of Durham,” he said. Not only does Franklin study history, but over his distinguished career, he has become a part of history as well. Recendy, Governor Brad Henry of Oklahoma declared Dec. 1 John Hope Franklin Day and named

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Inaugural ceremonies draw little attention on campus by

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Pomp and circumstance permeated the alphanumeric streets of downtown Washington, D.C., Thursday in honor of the presidential inauguration, with an estimated 100,000 city-dwellers and tourists in attendance. On Duke’s campus, however, the atmosphere remained virtually untouched by the manic frenzy of activity occurring just a

few hours north. “To be honest, I slept through the ceremony this morning,” junior Andrew Blackbume said. Students were generally in agreement, citing the “early” nature of the televised coverage as a major deterrent. The three-daylong event is traditionally attended by ranking politicians of all parties and persuasions; inauguSEE REACTION ON PAGE 7

him a “cultural treasure” of Oklahoma. Other honors include the first W.E.B. Dußois Award from Fisk University, the Cosmos Club Award, the Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting Corporation, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1947, Franklin established himself as a premier SEE FRANKLIN ON PAGE

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Palestinian police to deploy on border by

Lara Sukhtian

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GAZA CITY Gaza Strip The planned deployment of Palestinian forces on the Gaza-Israel frontier could be a first step toward a wider return ofPalestinians’ security control in their areas of Gaza and the West Bank—as was the situation before fighting broke out with Israel in 2000, the Palestinian foreign minister said Thursday. Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath made the assessment after Israel and the Palestinians resumed security coordination, agreeing on a Palestinian plan aimed at preventing rockets from Gaza into Israel. Palestinian officials said about 1,000

police would be positioned, starting Friday, in the areas of northern Gaza where

militants have fired dozens of rockets at Israeli communities just beyond the fence. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved the deployment. However, sporadic violence persisted two 13-year-old Palestinians were killed in separate clashes with the Israeli military. Maj. Gen. Moussa Arafat, a Palestinian security chief, outlined the deployment to The Associated Press. “In the first stage, it will be in the north, and then we will move into the south,” he said. Arafat presented the plan to his Israeli counterpart in a late-night meeting Wednesday, —

signaling renewal of security cooperation. The prospect of Palestinian police taking action to rein in militants quelled calls in Israel for immediate military action to stop the rocket fire. A period of calm could lead to peace negotiations, starting with coordination of Israel’s planned pullout from Gaza in the summer —but renewed violence would likely trigger an Israeli military offensive, already approved by Israeli leaders. Greeting Gaza worshippers after morning prayers for the Feast of the Sacrifice holiday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud SEE GAZA ON PAGE 5

U.S. military scales back tsunami aid by

Beth Gardiner

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The U.S. military—the largest group helping tsunami survivors—will immediately start withdrawing troops from the relief efforts to feed and house more than 1 million refugees, the U.S. Pacific commander said Thursday. Aid organizations responded to the announcement by Adm. Thomas Fargo by pledging to shoulder a greater share of the burden to aid tsunami survivors. U.S. warships and helicopters “played a crucial r01e... they’re still playing that

role,” said Rob Holden, who heads a health assessment team from the United Nations, the U.S. military and other groups. “What we’re trying to d0... is civilianize the humanitarian operations because we’re aware that we won’t have military assets forever.” Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Fargo said the U.S. military “will start right now transferring functions to the appropriate host nations and international organizations.” Fargo noted that the humanitarian missions in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami have moved from the “im-

mediate relief phase... toward rehabilitation and reconstruction.” The admiral suggested the withdrawal of the 15,000 American troops would be completed within 60 days, apparendy meeting requests by Indonesian officials that foreign troops leave the Aceh province on Sumatra island by the end of March. Malaysian Defense Minister Najib Razak said Fargo told him the United States would scale down its Aceh relief operations by the end of February. At a news conference, Fargo said the

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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn Sunday as president of Ukraine, completing his "Orange Revolution" after weeks of political turmoil in which he defeated the Kremlinbacked candidate at the polls and survived a mysterious poisoning plot.

Provocative tape stirs Iraqis Al-Zarqawi called on his followers Thursday to prepare for a long struggle against the Americans, promising in an audiotape posted on the Internet that their victory was assured. Elsewhere, U.S. troops launched raids around the northern city of Mosul, killing five suspected insurgents.

Harvard president apologizes Harvard University President Lawrence Summers issued Thursday his most extensive apology since suggesting that "innate differences" between the sexes may account in part for the under-representation of women on elite science faculties.

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Lange reports on faculty diversity by

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Transition and planning marked the first year of the new Faculty Diversity Initiative, Provost Peter Lange reported at the Academic Council meeting Thursday. Lange was careful to emphasize that despite the 2003 conclusion of the Black Faculty Initiative, the University continues to focus on recruiting and retaining black faculty members in its diversity efforts. “We are continuing to push, and we are continuing to make progress in all of our diversity goals and especially in the area of African Americans,” Lange said. Duke’s diversity achievements of the last few years include the Pratt School of Engineering’s successful efforts to hire more women and strong retention rates among black hires. Still, continued under-representation of Hispanics and Latinos, blacks and women among the

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faculty remains a challenge. One particular area of concern is the Nicholas School of the Environment, which still has no black faculty members. Last year, two attempts at hiring black professors there fell through, and Lange said continued efforts to bring in black faculty are now underway. April Brown, chair of the Faculty Diversity Standing Committee, emphasized the importance of working at the departmental level to improve diversity. “It’s really the department that provides the climate, the resources and the first level of opportunities for the faculty,” said Brown, who is also chair of the electrical and computer engineering department. Brown also spoke to the council about a faculty climate survey planned for February. She said the 21-page survey, SEE DIVERSITY ON PAGE 10

From staff reports Greg Wolf, Trinity ’O4, who fought offleukemia through the second half of his Duke career with a resolve his family likened to that of “a noble warrior,” died

early Wednesday morning. Wolf developed leukemia while studying abroad in London, but pressed on to graduate with his classmates in Durham after taking courses at the University of Pennsylvania while un-

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Sick students should be relieved. Just last year, Duke students in need of specialized medical attention had to wait up to four months for an appointment with a physician at Duke University Medical Center. Now the Private Diagnostic Clinic, a group of doctors at the Medical Center that provides patient care in more than 40 specialties, has included Duke Student Health in its referral group, so all students should be able to obtain appointments within a week.

“The seven-day access is an initiative that the PDC took on last December trying to improve appointment availability for students,” said Jean Hanson, director of administrative services at Duke Student Health. The new policy could even save Duke students money. Each student pays $262 a year to cover acute care for sickness and injuries, physical exams, sexually transmitted disease testing and a variety of other services. In the past students have had to spend additional money to schedule an appointment on their own. While

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Visitation will take place Satto 12 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church in Lower Makefield, Pa. A reception will be held immediately following the funeral Mass at a location to be announced. The family will have a private burial service on Monday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a foundation which has been created by the family to benefit the research programs being conducted by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the Newman Catholic Student Center at Duke University, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England and other institutions which have supported Greg’s fight or have sought to improve the quality of life of

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students are still responsible for all specialist expenses, going to Duke Student Health for a referral could save them money. “It's good that the University's being proactive and helping its students,” freshman Brandon Fuqua said. “Students can’t leam if they have serious illnesses so it is of utmost pertinence for the University to take action in favor of its students’ health.” Before this new plan, students were referred out to the community and even to the hospital at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in order to get

quicker appointments. One of the main priorities of Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and CEO and president of Duke University Health System, is to improve customer care in patient access to appointments. “Getting referrals have been a problem for quite a long period of time—and last November, the issue was brought up via a report,” Hanson said. Not every specialty has the ability to provide seven-day access immediately, said Hanson, SEE REFERRALS ON PAGE 10

leukemia/lymphoma patients. Donations can be mailed to the following address: The Greg Wolf Fund, c/o Herrick, Feinstein LLP, 2 Park Ave., New York, N.Y, 10016 (Attention: Stacey Thomas).

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Junior Jason Shapiro is a fan of Matchbox 20, Monty Python and Duke basketball. Typical Dukie, right? But on the first day of classes, while the rest of us were reading syllabus after syllabus and re-establishing routines for the rest of the semester, Shapiro was sitdng in the hot seat in Orlando, Fla., answering trivia questions. For all we know, this seemingly inconspicuous Cameron Crazy and math major might now walk among us a millionaire. Shapiro has always been a trivia buff, serving as captain of his high school Brain Brawl team and picking up random tidbits ofinformation everywhere he could. He finally got a chance to prove his prowess when he was chosen to play in the college edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Shapiro’s experience with the show began while he was surfing the Internet for game show sites, looking for information for a final project last semester. “I kind ofclicked on the Millionairesite by accident, and saw that they were having tryouts in Wake Forest,” he said. It had always been a dream of his to appear on a game show, so he seized the opportunity, took the 30-question multiplechoice test, gave an interview and was told he might receive a postcard in the mail. Out of the 30 students trying out at the same time, Shapiro and five others made it into the subject pool. After receiving the notification postcard, he got a phone call a few weeks later while driving home to Coral Springs, Fla., telling him he would appear on the show. He pulled off the freeway into a gas station and started making celebratory phone calls. “It was either call nobody or

call everybody,” he said, “so I quickly decided to call everyone 1 knew.” “On the road while he was driving home, he got the call and he was pretty much hysterical,” said junior Pradeep Baliga, Shapiro’s friend and primary lifeline for the show. “If any one of us had to be on the show, it had to be him.” The show was filmed Jan. 12 in Disney World, preceded by a rushed seven-hour tour of all four theme parks: a quick compensation in advance, full of roller coasters and Mickey Mouse, before the nerves set in the next day. “It was the first day of school, but that didn’t really matter,” Shapiro said with a laugh, adding that it was a great experience that he would love to repeat. Though it’s impossible to simply sit down and study in preparation for the show, Shapiro said he just paid attention to anything interesting he heard. “I think I just know a bunch of random stuff,” he said. “Obviously anything math I shouldbe able to get, I like sports, and I’m normally pretty good on pop culture.” To try to learn about everything else, Shapiro read books and talked to people in between video game bouts of Madden football during winter break, fueling his curiosity and stocking up on information. “I was talking to him one time,” Baliga remembered, “and he just said, Tell me everything you know about Russia.’” Despite the bright lights, television cameras, millions of prospective viewers and large sums of money at stake, Shapiro said nerves surprisingly weren’t an issue and were instead replaced by a surreal feeling. “I really thought I’d be nervous, but when you’re sitting there in the chair, you don’t r eally feel like your-

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The suspense and Millionaire mania didn’t end in the studio in Orlando—it extended to a dorm room at Duke containing a speakerphone, two computers and up to 12 of Shapiro’s friends prepared to Google his question if he needed a lifeline. “It was nerve-wracking actually,” Baliga said. “One of my friend’s moms called and just asked for him, but when the phone rang we all basically had a collective heart attack.” At risk of losing his prize, Shapiro is forbidden to discuss the details of the show,

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money he won, with anyone until the episode airs Feb. 24 and 25. “He could very well be a millionaire, but he could just have $2OO to spare,” Baliga said. “His roommate jokes around with him, telling him he can’t enter the room unless he pays a million dollars and asks if he can afford it.” Shapiro admitted he can’t wait to watch himself on television, although he already knows what’s going to happen. “It was just so great and so much fun,” he summed up the experience. “Hopefully, I’ll get to be on every other game show.”

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East-West dorm links may be reconsidered Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

After three years of housing all sophomores on West Campus, the future of linked housing is up for review. Campus Council will seriously consider next week whether encouraging students to choose housing with their freshman dorm-mates has tangibly benefitted the residential experience. At the group’s meeting Thursday night, it opened discussion about linking as senior Anthony Vitarelli, president of Campus Council, said even the future of the quad system could be re-evaluated. “As far as I’m concerned, everything is on the table,” he said. Linking began as away to improve the sophomore-year experience by giving housing preference to freshmen who chose to live with their East Campus dorm-mates. Students who wanted to remain in the same quad after sophomore year were also given better status in housing picks. The theory, Vitarelli said, was to encourage both dorm unity and “meaningful inter-class interaction.” In practice, however, the number ofbeds available for juniors was limited, and many juniors were forced out of their quads because of space constraints. The number of beds available for men and women each year is also uneven because of selective houses. The system was also criticized by students in dorms such as Southgate and Randolph, who were linked to Edens—housing many undergraduates considered less desirable than housing on Main West.

Although the University was not necessarily planning on re-evaluating the linking system, limited bed space in quads will require Residence Life and Housing Services to shift the dorm-quad links. The major benefit of the shift is that Southgate, the most remote dorm on East, would no longer link to Edens, said Campus Council Vice President Damjan Denoble, a sophomore. Aycock, Basset and Giles would all link to Edens. Other linking pairs were not available late Thursday night. Because the freshman class will grow by about 50 students next year as the Pratt School of Engineering expands, officials expect the bed shortage in certain quads to increase. Also, the majority of entering students will likely be male, further exacerbating the shortage. “What we’re probably looking at is having to do the process every year,” Denoble said. Campus Council members began the discussion by considering some of the benefits of linking, but they ultimately postponed the discussion until next week when they will begin to form a recommendation for the future of residential life. “As we try to grapple with the concept of the quad model, we’ll have to think about linking,” senior Katherine Robinson said. In other business: Council members agreed that the Spanish benches lack character but they may be more appealing during warmer weather.

ACRE from page 1 “ethical middle ground” that considers the science rather than “dogmadc decisions.” Agre, 55, began his career as a physician, but the potential discoveries of science research lured him into the laboratory full time. He spent most of his medical career at Johns Hopkins and became a full professor of biological chemistry in 1993. In 2003, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the molecular basis for how water moves into and out of cells. He and Johns Hopkins physiologist Bill Guggino found the first water-channel protein, aquaporin, that helps water molecules move through the cell membrane. Since the 1992 discovery, Agre has found aquaporins to be part of the blood-brain barrier and associated with water transport in skeletal muscle, lungs and kidneys. Agre will move a pared-down version of his laboratory to Duke and will continue his research, but his primary work will be as a public spokesperson for scientific issues and an architect for Duke’s future medical research enterprise. Echoing Dzau’s own priorities for the Medical Center, Agre emphasized the importance of translating basic science research into real-world applications. He is currently

GAZA from page 2 Abbas said, “We believe in peace, and we believe in negotiations, and we want to reach peace through negotiations.” Abbas also met Thursday with his security chiefs to work out the final details of the plan to prevent rocket fire and other attacks on Israeli towns.

exploring how his own research might help alleviate health problems such as malaria or osteoporosis. As a Nobel laureate—the only one on Duke’s faculty—Agre is positioned to influence the larger community and expand the scope of university-based research. “Being a laureate has opened doors,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that people will change their minds.” In addition to serving as an advocate for science, Agre will work with elementary and high school teachers to develop inspirational teaching strategies. He will also help the University recruit other toprscientists, particularly those concerned with practical applications of their research. Agre, who worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the start of his career, said he considered moving to Duke about five years ago, but the timing made it infeasible. When he recently encountered Dzau at a meeting, he wanted to help Duke develop what Dzau called a “global vision about how to get people more excited about science and math.” Agre said the potential Duke offered him to advocate new policy strategies helped draw him back to North Carolina. He will begin a six-month sabbatical at Duke immediately and will step into his new position July 1.

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John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke professor emeritus of history and heralded man of scholarship, stature and moral integrity, gave a short speech to a nearly packed Nelson Music Room Thursday night, followed by a question and answer session. The historian called the address a “counter-inauguration” to the one that took place Thursday afternoon. The speech coincided with the events celebrating his 90th birthday this week. When asked about his thoughts on current African American leaders on the national scale, Franklin decried the current government’s spending habits and said politicians neglect to address the needs of many people. “I can’t identify with [Condoleezza Rice’s and Colin Powell’s] type of leadership,” he said. “Hundreds of people are being slaughtered in foreign lands. We have spent vast amounts of money, for what? I don’t know. To prove what? I don’t know.” One student asked what Franklin’s thoughts were on today’s youth, who “have not been involved in major social revolutions of the 20th century, but are constantly pulled apart by racial issues.” Franklin’s response was instructional. “If you want to do anything in life, be prepared. You can talk about luck and good fortune, but if you don’t even know what to doyou can’t even get through the door.” Franklin, who is a plaintiff in the case seeking reparations for African Americans who were affected by the Tulsa, Okla., race riots in 1921, spoke at length about the necessity of such compensation. “People think we want reparations because we all want Cadillac that,” limousines—it’s not Franklin said. “We want recognition of the lack of sensitivity on the part of the country, and of the awful, awful things they have done to millions of people. “We have a burden in this country,” he continued, “the burden is slavery. A good amount of wealth in this country is wealth that has not been paid for. I’m not even interested in what form it will take—I just want people to know that they don’t have any business going about their daily lives without knowing that they owe a lot to somebody else.” Many of Franklin’s statements were met by thunderous applause and standing ovations, and those in attendance were thoroughly impressed and touched by the impact that the 90-year-old historian continues to have on their lives. “A lot of times we lose sight of the people who have had a dedication to scholarship and who try to open doors for the people coming after them," juniorTiffany Wynn said. “It’s very inspiring.”

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John Hope Franklin, who recently turned 90, spent manyyears at the University as a history professor. An authorof 20 books and more than 100 articles, Franklin has written extensively on African-American studies.

FRANKLIN from page 1 historian with his book From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. Although Franklin is well-known for his extensive work in African-American history, it is not his only focus. “I write all over the field,” he said. He pointed out that his “work on runaway slaves is about white people as slaveholders as much as it is about black people.” Due to Franklin’s ability to analyze history objectively, his research became influential during the period of civil rights legislation and race relation examinations in the United States. For example, in 1954, then Legal Counselor for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Thurgood Marshall, selected Franklin to write a series of articles for the Brown v. Board of Education case. More recently, former President Bill Clinton chose Franklin to chair the advisory board for “One America; The President’s Initiative on Race.” This initiative sought to create constructive dialogue and develop actions that addressed racial disparities in education, economic opportunity, housing, health care and the administration of justice. While traveling the nation and speak-

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leaders to get a sense of race relations in the United States, the advisory board faced opposition. “Some said we were bad choices and it was a bad idea to discuss race,” Franklin said. But even without complete support, the board accomplished its task to begin a dialogue about race in America and start education programs for community groups. “We had more than 500 campus organizations involved in carrying on dialogue, and some are still in existence today,” he pointed out. Franklin’s journey to honored historian began at the Rentiesville School in his hometown in Oklahoma. He learned the value of an education from his parents, Buck Colbert and Mollie Parker Franklin, who both graduated from Roger Williams University—a historically black college that was flourishing during their time there, although it is no longer in existence. Excelling academically and graduating at the top of his class from Booker T. Washington High School in 1931 influenced Franklin to follow in the footsteps of his mother and father by pursuing higher education at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. When Franklin first matriculated to Fisk University in the early 1930 the Great Depression had just begun. But even so, he gready enjoyed his time, describing his un-

dergraduate years as “exciting” since he read the newspaper daily to keep up with current events. Other than participating in the Jubilee Singers, the school’s most prestigious singing group, Franklin was inducted into the undergraduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. While at Fisk, he met Aurelia Whittington, his future bride. Fisk University helped Franklin discover his interest in history. He entered with intentions to follow in the footsteps of his father and attend law school but changed his mind after a few history courses, which he greatly enjoyed. After graduating magna cum laude in 1935, Franklin began his career by receiving his Masters of Arts degree in American History at Harvard University and later returning there to earn his doctorate. Not surprisingly, Franklin is as wellversed in his own family’s history as he is in American history. In 1990, widi his son’s help, he edited his father’s autobiography —which tells the story of a young man growing up in the former Native American territory of Oklahoma and becoming a lawyer. Like his father, Franklin has witnessed and studied much history. He describes the last 70 years as “tumultuous” and “an exciting dme to live.” But he admits that someone could miss decades of important events, “ifyou weren’t sensitive [to current affairs].”

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stretched before him on a snowy landscape. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who had batded Bush for the presidency, watched along with other lawmakers. The nation’s 55th inauguration celebration stretched from a 40-minute morning prayer service at St. John’s Church to late-night revelry at nine fancy balls. The festivities were financed by $4O million in private donations and tens of millions in related costs. Bush rode in an armored limousine, behind police on motorcycles in a V formation, to lead the inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. Hundreds of anti-war protesters, some carrying coffin-like cardboard boxes to signify the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq, stood along the parade route. They jeered and shook their fists as Bush rode past. “Worst president ever, impeachbush.org” one sign said. Another read: “Guilty of war crimes.” Rows of law enforcement officers stood between the protesters and the parade, and Bush’s motorcade sped up as it passed the demonstration area. The president and his wife, Laura, got out of the car to walk the last two blocks to the White House. Democrats attended the inauguration but didn’t hide their unhappiness. “Personally, I don’t feel much like celebrating.” said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. “So I’m going to mark the occasion by pledging to do everything in my power to fight the extremist Republican’s destructive agenda.” Entering his second term with one of the lowest approval ratings of any recent two-term president. Bush was unapologetic in his speech about the course he had set over four tumultuous years. He challenged critics of his quest to spread democracy across the Middle East, saying that now “is an odd time for doubt.” And he voiced eagerness to confront oppressive rule around the globe in the name of spreading freedom. “All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore oppression or excuse your oppressors,” Bush said. “When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.”

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fal ceremonies in the past have tended to be fairly nonpartisan events, despite the quadrennial influx of protesters. Blackburne said he plans to wait for a more compelling display of political sparring in order to assess the re-elected president. “I’ll be more interested in future events.” he said. “I’d like to see if, for example, in the next State of the Union address, [Bush] will outline the many visions he’s set forth in his campaign.” A dearth ofboth campus celebration and protest may echo a national trend. Commentators covering the swearing-in and the parade noted that the number of protesters seemed to fall short of earlier approximations. Likewise, inner-city security, which was heavily ramped-up in the weeks before the ceremony, served to discourage and frustrate ball attendees. Security task forces and volunteers formed barricaded perimeters around each hotel where an inaugural ball was held, allowing only hotel guests and ticketed ball-goers to enter.

Still, the assembled demonstrators in Washington made their presence known. “I was personally disappointed in the protesters —not by their showing up and holding anti-Bush signs, but by their throwing things at the motorcade,” freshman Jamie Deal said. Police reportedly used pepper spray to repel the small band of snowball- and bottle-throwers as they tried to break through a security fence. Deal further commented that despite the disturbances, the attendance of Rehnquist, who is currently batding thyroid cancer, was encouraging. Fringe segments of the student body did deviate from the general apathy, some still harboring leftover electionday joy or disdain. Junior Russ Ferguson, who attended both the ceremony and the parade, was overwhelmed by the positive response from the crowd. “By far the biggest hit was [Bush's] comment on the unity of one America,” he said, noting that the address was more issue-oriented than past speeches. “He wasn’t talking about your get-out-the-vote stuff like lowering taxes—he really honored our troops. 1 ’

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TSUNAMI from page 2 U.S. military would “respond to specific requests of host nations,” adding that Washington “is committed to what clearly will be a long-term recovery effort.” About 1,000 Singaporean soldiers dispatched for relief efforts will begin pulling out Friday, a Singaporean military official said. Some aid groups, however, had hoped the U.S. military would stay longer. ‘The American military, the military hardware has been so useful,” said Aine Fay, Indonesia director for the Irish aid group Concern. “I’m a bit taken aback that they’re thinking of withdrawing it already.” Peter Biro, spokesperson for the International Rescue Committee, said he would like the U.S. military to remain. “We’re still in an emergency-type phase, there are so many gaps on the ground, we would like them to stay longer,” he said. The Sri Lankan government said Friday it will not set

a time frame for a U.S. departure. “U.S. Marines are doing a fine job, especially in debris cleaning operations, and this is highly appreciated,” said Harim Peiris, the spokesperson for President Chandrika

Kumaratunga The withdrawal of foreign forces comes as the official death toll continues to climb. Almost four weeks after the disaster, reported deaths by government agencies in the affected countries range from nearly 158,000 to more than 221,000. The U.S. Navy and Marines have delivered nearly 3.5 million pounds of aid supplies—about 150,000 pounds a day—since starting operations Jan. 1. The U.N. World Food Program has distributed 5,600 tons of food to about 400,000 people in Aceh alone, said its Asia director Tony Banbury. After visiting the obliterated coastal town of Meulaboh, Banbury said all tsunami survivors would be fed. “We will get food aid to everyone who needs it,” he said. But worries over security in Aceh on the northern tip ofSumatra threatened to complicate relief efforts.

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“Our board of directors have approved to do this and we have sent out a request to all of our division chiefs asking them to work through how they are going to work out the guarantee,” said Bill Gable, administrative director of ambulatory operations for PDC. Within the next six months to a year, the referral plan will be put forward across all 40 of the specialties. While this roll-out is under way, Duke Student Health will report back to PDC to track the progress of the referrals. “The most important message here is that it is a work Hanson said. “The system isn’t perfect but progress,” in everyone’s working on it.” The Student Health Center is supported by the Division of Student Affairs along with the Department of Community and Family Medicine. The Duke Student Health Clinic, the Travel Clinic and Office of Health Promotion are located in the Duke Student Health Center on Flowers Drive. In addition, the East Campus Wellness Clinic and Student Health Physical Therapy also provide medical care.

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which every faculty member will receive, is intended to help the University increase retention and better accomplish its diversity goals. Some faculty members expressed concern that several questions ask about such personal issues as relationship status, and others inquired why the council had received only three weeks’ notice of the survey’s distribution. “I’m glad it didn’t get sent out already without this opportunity for us to see it and comment on it,” said Nancy Allen, chair of the Academic Council. Surveys given to faculty in the past had not needed the approval of the Academic Council, Lange noted. “There is a precedent for handling this the way we’ve been handling it,” he said. “The, construction is a highly technical matter.” Brown explained that the survey, which the committee had adapted from one given to faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had garnered a 75 percent response rate there. “It is imperfect, but it’s going to give us good data,” Brown said. Wednesday’s meeting ended with a report on the challenges facing the library system. Deborah Jakubs briefly addressed the council for the first time since her appointment as vice provost for library affairs and Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian. “The library doesn’t exist and function in a vacuum,” Jakubs said. “Right now, the pressures on us are increasing, and it’s more important than ever for us to stay in touch with the faculty.” Peter Leaver, chair of the library council and professor of political science, said the library’s latest external review had been very positive, but he was less enthusiastic about the library’s financial situation. Inflation of the prices of library materials, especially the rising costs of subscriptions to online journal databases, have meant that the University’s libraries have accumulated a $3 million shortage —relative to their former purchasing power—over the past 10 years. “These databases greatly facilitate our research,” Leaver said, “but it comes at a high cost.” Libraries at peer institutions have received greater funding increases in recent years, Leaver said. Much of the $4O million in capital that Duke’s libraries raised in the last campaign went to building the new Bostock Library expansion to Perkins Library, and he warned that faculty will certainly notice the upcoming

budget cuts.

“We wanted to start the discussion now, before we got overwhelmed by complaints,” Feaver said.

In other business: After months of discussion among the faculty, a resolution to endorse the revisions to the Harassment Policy carried unanimously.

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man excited by his team’s chances this season. The 19th-year coach has reason to be upbeat. Despite the disadvantage of competing against schools that offer fencing scholarships, both the men’s and women’s teams finished with winning records last season. The Blue Devils sent four fencers to the NCAA Championships, and Anne Kercsmar and Ibtihaj Muhammad earned All-American honors—the first two women to earn that designation in the history of Duke’s program. Kercsmar finished third in the nation in the epee, while Muhammad finished ninth in the saber. The duo returns this season as sophomores, along with senior Nathan Bragg, who finished 18th in the foil last year at Nationals. With so much talent returning to a team that finished 12th overall at last year’s national meet, Beguinet has set goals high.

MIAMI Although the skies are clear and the hurricane season js well past, another kind of storm is souring the mood of the citizens of the Sunshine State. A win over Florida State Saturday (10-8, 2-3 in the ACC) would extend No. 4 Duke’s (14-0, 4-0) perfect season and complete an undefeated Florida road trip. The Seminoles will be the Blue Devils’ third conference road opponent of the season, and most likely their toughest. Although Duke had to fight against a raucous crowd to come back and defeat N.C. State last week and despite their victory in front of a sellout crowd in Miami, neither two venues present the unique challenge they will face in Tallahassee, Fla. The Seminoles have developed a reputation for knocking off ranked opponents at home. Last year they defeated Maryland, 79-75; North Carolina, 90-81; Wake Forest, 75-70; and Georgia Tech, 81-65. Last time they played there, the Blue Devils escaped Tallahassee with a 70-65 victory. “Florida State is a huge challenge for us, especially on the road,” junior JJ. Redick said. “It seems like they’re a different team in Tallahassee. They’re as tough as any team in the confer-

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Shelden Williams led the Blue Devils against Miami Wednesday night with 30 points. ence when they play at home.” The Seminoles have already bumped off one ACC powerhouse—they defeated No. 3 Wake Forest 91-83 in overtime

Tuesday. Sophomore guard Von Wafer led the way for Florida State with a career-best 30 points, 21 of which came SEE FLORIDA STATE ON PAGE 12

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The Duke fencing team begins its season this weekend at a meet in University Park, Pa. “We are trying to get everybody to regionals,” Beguinet said. “From regionals to nationals, if we can get four or five, we’d be good.” The team is confident that it can reach the goals that the coach has set for it. “We have a lot of new talent coming into the team,” Muhammad said. “Last year we only sent four people to the NCAAs, but we still came out 12th in the country, which is pretty impressive. I think we’ll have more than four in the NCAAs this year, SEE FENCING ON PAGE 12

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The Duke women’s tennis kicks off its indoor season Sunday without a top-15 player or a top-4 team ranking, as it is accustomed. Yet neither of these has the Blue Devils worried. After several players spent the fall season finding their niches, the Blue Devils enter the spring season confident. The fall was rather low-key as the team searched for identity. Top-10 player Amanda Johnson had graduated and three new players—transfers Jackie Carleton and Lauren Archer and freshman Clelia Deltour joined the team. Much of the outdoor season featured different lineups as the team looked to balance its strengths. team

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“I do not think results-wise we had a great fall,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “But that gave us the chance to switch lineups around a lot, which in my mind is a good thing.” In the ITA individual rankings, the Blue Devils have four players in the top 120: Carleton, senior Saras Arasu, sophomore Jennifer Zika and senior Katie Blaszak. “The biggest thing after the fall and going into the spring is that our depth is going to get us through,” Ashworth said. “We have had teams in the past that have been top heavy or heavy in the 4-5-6 range. But our depth all the way through means that teams will not know where everyone is playing. We can use that SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 13

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last seven games, Wafer has shot 30-for-59 from behind the three-point line. Forward A1 Thornton also set a career high and scored 26, including 20 secondhalf points. Junior Todd Galloway, who like Duke senior Daniel Ewing is in his first season at the starting point guard position, notched 21 points. In addition, Galloway sealed the game with nine in overtime. Galloway also set a career high in the contest against Wake Forest. With three players coming off the performance of a lifetime, the Florida State offense will be tough to stop. “They’re coming off a huge win,” Redick said. ‘They have seemed to have gained some momentum, and they’re going to want to keep it rolling Saturday.”

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so we’ll probably do better than 12th.” Beguinet also has big expectations for his trio of returning national qualifiers. He expects Bragg to better last year’s finish in his final season and believes that Kercsmar has a good chance to repeat her performance from last year. But Muhammad drew special praise from her coach. “Ibtihaj Muhammad in saber is doing well right now,” Beguinet said. “She went to the national competition [last year] and she’s on top.” Muhammad is ready to top last year’s performance. She was excited to earn AllAmerica honors in her freshman season but felt that her ninth-place finish was a “disappointment,” she said. Her goal for this season is to finish in the top four in the nation. The Blue Devil with the highest expectations is Kercsmar, who will look to beat her bronze-medal finish as a freshman. Only one Duke fencer in the history of the program has finished higher than her third-place finish last year—-Jeremy Kahn, who won a national championship in the epee in 1996. But Kercsmar has re-

The problem for the Seminoles, however, has been consistency. Although

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Duke can delve into its bench to find match-ups against an FSU team that uses a lot of bodies. Williams will be able to control the paint and gain and advantage in scoring and rebounding against a non-physical frontcourt.That success should translate into plenty of open looks on the perimeter. Duke's "Big Three" have been consistent throughout the year and should not be stopped by the Seminoles average defense. Von Wafer has proved to be the "go-to" guy for the Seminoles, scoring 30 and 25 points, respectively, in recent victories over Wake Forest and Miami. Wafer's supporting cast must beat a Blue Devil defense that has quieted teams throughout the year, forcing nearly 17 turnovers a game and averaging 8.2 blocks per contest. Al Thornton and Alexander Johnson, however, could exploit a Duke interior that has been inconsistent at times. Coming off of one of the biggest wins in school history over No, 3 Wake Forest, the surging Seminoles want to prove that game was not a fluke. FSU is tough to beat at home, winning seven of its last nine ACC home games, and is hoping to turn around a season plagued by losses to weak opponents. The Blue Devils have not looked impressive the past three years in Tallahassee, losing two contests and winning one by just five points.

Florida State has played well in games such as the victory over the Yellow Jackets and a Dec. 19 90-88 overtime loss to No. 23 Maryland, it has also lost several weak teams such as Kent State, Texas Christian and Florida International. The Seminoles may rank in the top five in the conference in field goal percentage and field goal percentage against, but their 0.80 assist to turnover ration, -0.28 turnover margin and 34.9 rebounds per game all rank among the league’s worst and have hindered Florida State’s progress this season. Unfortunately for the Seminoles, Duke is also coming off its best game of the season, although its 92-83 victory over Miami was significantly less dramatic. In what was called the first significant regular-season basketball game in Hurricanes history, the Blue Devils silenced the

Miami crowd with their best offensive performance of the season. Four Duke starters scored in double figures, and junior Sean Dockery was a free throw away from hitting the 10-point barrier. The Blue Devils’ “Big Three,” Ewing, Redick and forward Shelden Williams, combined for 67 points. Williams shot 11-for-12 from the floor and scored a career-high 30 points against a soft Miami ffontcourt. “I am really pleased with the win tonight,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the game. ‘We beat an excellent

fused to let last year’s results put too much extra pressure on her. “Of course it would be nice [to finish third or better], but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Just to make it to NCAAs, just a top-12 finish in general would be nice,” Kercsmar said. “There’s definitely some pressure that I’m putting on myself... [but] in general [Duke’s team] isn’t really high stress.” The Blue Devils’ only major loss from a year ago is their other national meet competitor, Ben Hendricks, who placed 15th in the country last season as a freshman. He has since left the team for a Mormon mission to the Ukraine. He will be replaced on the roster by a group of 14freshmen. Although all are very good, none are outstanding, Beguinet said. The team will also be helped by the return to health of junior epees Dorothy Hubbard and Nic Testerman. Hubbard missed a chance to qualify for nationals last season when she was sick and missed the regional competition, and Testerman was hindered by an injury all season. The team begins its season Saturday in University Park, Pa., fencing against Penn State, St. John’s, Haverford, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

The Blue Devils are looking to improve upon a 2004 campaign in which they sent four fencers to NCAAs.

Duke continues to look strong against middle-of-the-pack ACC teams and Krzyzewski will surely prepare the Blue Devils because of the Seminoles' recent victory. Florida State simply does not have the talent and leadership Duke possesses. compiled by Ryan Pertz Blue Devils win, 85-71. team. Miami is a confident and positive group and they are difficult to guard.... Ewing led us well and Shelden did a terrific job tonight. The two of them, along with JJ- gave us another good game.” Duke will once again try to use Williams to exploit the middle of the Florida State defense, but the 6-foot-9 junior is aware that baskets will not come easily in Tallahassee. ‘They’re a good team coming off a bigtime win,” Williams said. ‘They always play well at home, especially against us.”

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eighth in the nation,” Carleton said. “So we have something to prove.” The Blue Devils face off against No. 18 Tennessee at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center Sunday in their opening match of the indoor season.

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Columnist misunderstands Christianity In Matt Gillum’s column “In loco parentis” he writes: “In the ages of ignorance, [religion] was a powerful way of explaining and coping with phenomena. No longer. Science has solved the riddle of human existence and tsunamis and, in the centuries to come, will be the force to deliver us from evil.” I find his conclusion to be problematic and untrue. Gillum rejects the possible harmony between science and theological beliefs that many people have found in their lives. The argument that he fails to give any credence to is, that in our “age of enlightenment,” religion remains a “coping” mechanism for dealing with disasters, a role that science’s explaining power does not even purport to fill. Even the non-religious cannot deny the psychological benefits provided by religion and spirituality. It is presumptuous to consider religious belief an abdication of reason, as I have yet to hear a rational argument that disproves the existence of a divine being. Next, while science provides better and better causal explanations by the day, I doubt any

scientist would say that the riddle ofhuman existence has been solved. The comprehensiveness of scientific reasoning does not require that God’s role in the world be any smaller. Finally, Gillum exhibits a misunderstanding of the Christian faith when he inserts the line “deliver us from evil” from the Christian prayer, “Our Father.” When we as Christians ask God to deliver us from evil, we are asking to be delivered from the sins of this world, not from natural disasters. Christianity does not view the tsunami or cancer as an “evil.” We do not believe that Jesus Christ died to save us from our natural disasters and illnesses. That said, it is not inconsistent with Christianity to push towards an alleviation of human suffering. Improved meteorological and geological detection systems and cancer treatments or cures—great products of science—certainly have a place in the Christian worldview. William Lavy Trinity ’O5

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1938 and 1949, the value of the minimum United States is the richest nation on earth. Despite this fact, milwage fluctuated between $3.00 and $4.00 lions of hard working Americans per hour in current (inflation-adjusted) live check to check, struggling daily to dollars. It reached its peak in 1968 at an make ends meet. Many have to make difinflation-adjusted value of nearly $B.OO. ficult choices between healthcare or The level of the minimum wage plummetchildcare, having a meal to eat or having ed during the 1980’s when the Ronald adequate heat. More than 11 million Reagan administration refused to support workers earn between $5.15 and $6.64 an increases, and in 1989 it was the lowest it hour, and 70 percent of them are age 20 had been since 1949. Although Congress raised the minimum wage or older. More than one in 1990 and 1991 and quarter of the population earns less than $lO an again in 1996 and 1997, these increases were not hour. At the current $5.15 an large enough to undo the hour, men and women damage done by the years of inaction. The minimum paid minimum wage earn wage was last increased to merely $10,712 a year. A an hour on Sept. 1, working couple with two amelia Herbert $5.15 1997. The federal governchildren can barely live at don't believe the hype ment’s failure to increase poverty level ($18,850) from these earnings. Citminimum wage during the 1980’s prompted many states to impleing data from the Census Bureau and the ment their own increases, and federal inHousing and Urban Development Deaction since 1997 is once again promptpartment, a recent CBS news story reported that in only four of the nation’s ing more states to do so. As of today the 3,066 counties could a full-time worker federal wage is still $5.15 an hour (30 percent less than it was in 1978), and only 12 making the federal minimum wage afstates have increased it. ford a typical one-bedroom apartment. If minimum wage had the same value In addition, government spending on Section 8 rental vouchers has declined. as it did in 1968, it would currently be When one considers housing, childcare, $8.46. Although minimum wage has defood, transportation, healthcare, taxes creased since 1968, corporate profits and any miscellaneous expenses, it would have increased by more than 60 percent and retail profits have jumped almost take over $35,000 annually just for a sin160 percent. CEO pay has also sharply gle parent to support one child in an avincreased while worker’s wages have erage American city without public assistance. That amounts to more than 140 gone down. In 1980, the average CEO at a major corporation made as much as work hours a week—an impossible feat. In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt 97 minimum wage workers. In 2000, they made as much as 1,223 minimum signed the Fair Labor Standards Act, implementing thp first federal minimum wage workers. Many of us are thinking about securwage. Its purpose was to serve as a floor below which wages cannot fall. Between ing jobs in the upper echelon of the in-

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come bracket after graduation, in fields like investment banking, medicine, law and business. It is crucial that we don’t forget the millions of men and women who work in vital fields that make our country function on a daily basis yet continue to receive inadequate compensation. For many reading this column, minimum wage was something earned in a part-time job during high school or summer to have spending money for outings with friends or perhaps to raise money for college costs. However, for many Americans who would have to work four fulltime jobs just to make $40,000, let alone be able to spend it on a year of tuition at Duke, minimum wage is a means of supporting an entire family. Think for a second about how far $5.15 will go in 2005. At average prices of $l.BO a gallon, it will get about 2.9 gallons of gas. Two quarts of Tropicana orange juice, priced at $2.49 each. Barely three loaves of bread at $1.75 each. About half of a movie ticket at a whopping $lO in some cities. In the wake of a nationwide campaign to secure a living wage upon which workers can stay out of poverty, not simply remain in it, President George W. Bush has once again proved the harshness of his “compassionate conservatism.” Bush, who fought so hard to give the wealthiest Americans more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, refuses to fight for the poorest ones in insisting that he will not support a long overdue congressional increase of the minimum wage unless it includes provisions for states to “opt out,” in effect ending the federal minimum wage, and unless it includes billions of dollars in tax breaks for businesses. Many Republicans opposing an increase in the minimum wage claim that if wages increase, labor

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expensive and many will lose

jobs. However this has not happened after any of the previous increases and studies

have proven that periodic increases in pay have little, if any, negative effect on employment. Minimum wage should be a means of providing basic necessities and earning a living. However, in the words of comedian Chris Rock, businesses and conservative politicians are sending a message that “minimum wage means: if we could pay you less, we would.” Today, as the devastating and costly war in Iraq wages on, and as more than $4O million dollars is spent on ceremonies to inaugurate our president, I ask you to take a moment to reflect on our nation’s priorities. As donors from wealthy corporations enjoy extravagant balls, expensive dinners and hotel suites, think about the minimum wage worker who would have to shell out three hours of work just to sit in the cheapest bleacher seat ($l5). The cost of living is rising daily, and incomes for those with the most wealth have grown at rates far exceeding inflation while the wage workers upon which the whole of society depends continue to be shortchanged. If we can afford to give Bill Gates a tax cut, I see no reason why we can’t afford to give the woman who serves him a burger at McDonald’s or the man who pumps his gas a long overdue raise in wages. In 1936, President Roosevelt insisted that “a self-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no economic reason for chiseling workers’ wages.” In 2005, it is time to restore some dignity to the labor of working class Americans and reaffirm the value of a hard day’s work. Amelia Herbert is a Trinity senior. Her column usually appears every other Thursday.

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I am a leader. on which we were told to write our values, and whence after, from the Office of Student Activities and Facilities'. I know I am a leader, because just this winter break, we learned, and where exercised them. This done, he “DEAR STUDENT LEADER,” it read, “YOU ARE INVITthe powers-that-be saw fit to whisk me away to Indiproceeded round the room with a trashbin, telling us to ED TO A LEADERSHIP TRAINING SESSION FOR THE cast in the cards. PRESIDENTS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ORGANIZAanapolis for an intensive Leadership Conference. My fellow leaders and I And then our Leadership Facilitator TIONS. FAILURE TO ATTEND WILL RESULT IN A checked into our accommodations at mounted the lectern, and made his proLOCK ON YOUR CLUBS’ ACCOUNTS.” Motelle VI, and at eight the next mornAnd what a glorious evening that was. We whiled away nouncement: “That’s what happens when you throw away your values. So the time with intensive discussions in rotating, coloring we were shown into a classroom, where we were fed bagels and warm ordon’t throw away your values.” coded groups of seven. As there was a great number of Things of this nature went on for 15 fellow-leaders, the color-codes were quite complex (inange juice and told to line up in order of hours over three days. At the end I was volving several different shades of maroon), but we had birthday without speaking. This we did with ease. “Quickly, something more awarded a Certificate of Excellence, which I very little difficulty, because we were leaders and the night was young. rob goodman put on my resume. challenging!” I said. And so we were given short lengths of I am a leader, and never was there a All told, I am more than a man. Dozens of organizalobster sticks to magnet PVC pipe, by means of which we were to leader so finely-honed as I. For the synod tions have invested thousands of dollars on my training, and as I stand on the brink of my at Indianapolis was not negotiate a small rubber ball into a plasfinal semester, I know that I am a captic bowl over a distance of some 20 feet. But wait!—the my first or my second, but my third exlengths of pipe stretched only for 10. What were we to perience of Leadership Training in All told, I am more than a tain among men, an adept of the Acdo? the past semester alone. I still fondly man. Dozens of organiza- tion-Plan and the Power-Point, a master of the Leadering Arts. With a flick when, admit that our Conference was remember the October I'll my Leadership briefly day tions have invested thou- of my thrown into confusion, as competing stratagems were head filled with plans for fundraisers wrist I can reserve Von Cannon sands of dollars on my B, and with a nod of my head I can wantonly thrown about with no shortage of clamour—■ and Faculty Interaction, I ventured until I raised my voice above the general tumult and into the Bryan Center to check the summon to my dorm room training, and as I stand on instantly 17 platters of the finest meats and said, “Peace, fellow leaders! Let us communicate and work daily post and found my box crammed the brink of my final cheeses in all the land. as a team, and perhaps we should not all talk at once” My to capacity with a weighty parcel bearwas taken with a cheer all manner of You there: grovel. up insight immediately by ing frightful insignia great semester, I know that I You, to his right dance a the multitude, which hastily devised a scheme whereby “DEAR STUDENT LEADER,” read am a captain among men. quadrille those pipes through which the ball had already passed... the enclosed missive, “YOU ARE INYou, reading this column: read it Forgive me, I’ll not bore you with architectural de- VITED TO A LEADERSHIP CONFERagain. Memorize it. tails; suffice it to say that no ball has ever more speedily ENCE FOR FRATERNITY PRESIAh— found the bottom of its plastic bowl; because I am a DENTS AT THE MILLENNIUM HOTEL. FAILURE TO leader. Indeed, a leader among leaders. ATTEND WILL RESULT IN A FINE.” Ah ah— I said mem-or-ize But being a leader is not all fun and icebreaker Needless to say, I was overjoyed. When the day arThat is all. games: A leader must lead with integrity and values. Back rived, my fellow fraternity leaders and I were lavished in the classroom, our Leadership Facilitator, his head with Mexican food, and then we spent a heady afterRob Goodman is a Trinity senior. His column appears Friwith a tuft of grey hair, and his shirtfront with a floralnoon playing icebreaker games and discussing branding. And then there was the e-mail I received not long days. pattern tie crowned, distributed index cards amongst us,

THE CHRONICLE

Screen/Society and the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute present

Cine-East 5

Thur 1/27 & Fri 1/28 Hero (Griffith) 7 & 9:3opm (dir. Zhang Yimou, 2002, 96 min, China/Hong Kong) Thur 2/3 & Fri 2/4 Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (Griffith) (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 2003, 116 min, Japan) 7 & 9:3opm

$2 Genâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Public, $1 Employee, FREE for Duke Students Hero and Zatoichi are cosponsored by Freewater Films and the Duke University

Union.

Mon 2/7 East is Red (Griffith) 7pm (dir. Raymond Lee/Ching Siu-Tung, 1992, 93 min, Hong Kong) Wed 2/9 The River (Griffith) 7pm (dir. Tsai Ming-Liang, 1997, 115 min, Taiwan) East is Red and The River are cosponsored by the LGBT Center.

Mon 2/14 Yumeji (Griffith) (dir. Seijun Suzuki, 1991, 128 min, Japan) Mon 2/21 Omocha (The Geisha House) (Griffith) (dir. Kinji Fukasaku, 1999, 113 min, Japan) Jet Li as Nameless in Hero

Mon 3/7 Charisma (Griffith) (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1999, 104 min, Japan) MEW VORK

Wed 3/9 After Life (Griffith) (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998, 118 min, Japan) Thesefilms are supported by the Japan Foundation (New

Hero, Zatoichi and East is Red are cross-listed in this series. See leftfor times.

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York Office)

Mon 3/28 Nowhere to Hide (White) (dir. Lee Myung-Se, 1999, 100 min. South Korea)

Mon 1/17 Azumi (White) (dir. Ryuhei Kitamura, 2003, 142 min, Japan)

Sun 1/23 Executioners from Shaolin (White) (dir. Lau Kar Leung/Liu Chia Liang, 1977,

96 min, Hong Kong) Wed 3/30 Tell Me Something (White) (dir. Chang Yun-hyon, 1999, 116 min, South Korea)

Wed 4/6 Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 (Griffith) (dir. Mamoru Oshii, 2004, 99 min, Japan)

Mon 1/31 Shaolin Temple (White) (dir. Chung Yam Yim, 1982, 90 min, China)

Cosponsored by the Duke Anime Chib

Sun 2/13 Legend of a Fighter (White) (dir. Yuen Woo Ping, 1982, 89 min, Hong Kong)

Mon 4/1 1 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (White) (dir. Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003, 84 min, Taiwan)

Wed 2/23 Prodigal Son (White) (dir. Sammo Hung, 1982, 104 min, Hong Kong)

Wed 4/20 Yi Yi (White) 7pm (dir. Edward Yang, 2000, 173 min, Taiwan)

Wed 3/23 In the Line of Duty IV: Witness (White) (dir. Yuen Woo Ping, 1989, 93 min, Hong Kong)

Sun 4/24 Hush! (White) (dir. Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 2001, 135 min, Japan)

Mon 4/4 Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (White) (dir. Prachya Pinkaew, 2003, 105 min, Thailand) Wed 4/13 Pedicab Driver (Griffith) (dir. Sammo Hung, 1989, 95 min, Hong Kong) Mon 4/25 Fighter in the Wind (White) (dir. Yang Yun-Ho, 2004, 122 min, S. Korea) The Martial Artistry Filin Series is presented in conjunction with the Martial Arts/Global Flows Conference, Feb 11-12, 2005, organized by the Center for Asian and Asian American Studies. Visit www.duke.edu/

APSI/events/conferences.htm for more information.

I Pacific Studies Institute

Cine-East 5 is organized and sponsored by the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute AND THE FILM/V IDEO/DIGITAL SECTION OF THE PROGRAM IN LITERATURE. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMES FROM THE CENTER FOR ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, THE Duke Anime Club and the Japan Foundation (New York Office). For detailed DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FILMS IN THIS SPRING 2005 SCREEN/SOCIETY SERIES, VISIT: