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Could Duke yield the next Trump? by

Steve Veres

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Maddy Sloan sat quietly, politely listening to a candidate give what sounded like a prepared speech. She looked down at his resume, noted a peculiar spelling mistake and gave the candidate what was sure to be the “You’re Fired” look. “He spelled his college’s name wrong,” Sloan said. The Donald would not be pleased. With her partner Aaron Roos, Sloan, a casting director for The Apprentice, interviewed more than 100 of Duke’s finest graduate students, faculty and alumni Thursday morning in the Bryan Center for the chance to be a contestant on the fourth season of NBC’s hit show The Apprentice—a reality program where candidates are rewarded for strong business acumen. On the show, contestants compete in various business-related tasks for the chance to work

about 300,000 applicati season nationwide, bu than fifty candidates ever to the show. Jeff Lovingood, a salesman whose wife Duke, understood the tiveness and arrived early, the first candidate inte “My chances are a li than winning the lotto good as getting struck ning,” he said. Sloan said the candid go to the next round an strong individuals with personalities. “Born lea* are not afraid to be who , are also good,” she added While casting direr fused to go on the reco any specific questions candidates, they said all are fair and are aimed at out the candidate “This is not a job Roos said. “Don’t be loosen up. If you naturally hosted by the rofessional StuHeather Dean, and a fifth-year in neurobiolo mgh she never got a chance to nterview, she felt the event was a success. “They were

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Scientific publishing is big business. As the cost of science journals continues to skyrocket, with some increasing by more than 10 percent per year, librarians like Deborah Jakubs, vice provost for library affairs, struggle to keep up their collections. Meanwhile, Duke professors have started to react by refusing to submit manuscripts to certain com-

mercial publishers who demand what they consider outrageous prices. A small but significant number of prestigious and popular science journals have increased subscription prices substantially beyond their costs of production. Even though Duke spends more than 70 percent of its annual $8 million library materials budget on serials, it has been forced to cut more than

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Aaron Roos, casting associatefor The Apprentice, grills a candidate during a tryout. great. They really loved Duke,” she said, adding that she overheard the judges mention there were several candidates they might want to see again. Casting directors were simultaneously interviewing for the newly announced show The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Ac-

cording to an NBC press release, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart will follow a similar for-

Trump’s flagship version, but tasks and eliminations will be tailored to Stewart’s areas of expertise. mat to

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As journal prices rise, libraries struggle THE

$300,000 worth of journals and databases from the Perkins Library System. Yet the demand for journals such as Brain Research, which costs more than $20,000 per year, remains because faculty members rely on these publications for scholarly research. “The commercial publishers know this, especially those in the medical arena, and have charged horrendous prices,” said James Siedow, vice provost

for research. “The university libraries are being gouged, pure and simple.” While non-profit scientific societies have resisted the artificial inflation of their publications’ prices, many of the most prestigious journals, such as Cell, are profit-seeking enterprises. It is becoming increasingly clear that libraries simply cannot SEE

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a Campus Council presented a draft of a resolution at its meeting Thursday night that would abolish the existing linking system and significantly modify the current blocking model for Fall 2006. In an effort to better the sophomore residential life experience, the council has proposed a two-tiered change to West Campus housing: First, instead of a link from a dorm on East to a quadrangle on West, there will be a proportionally equal distribution of sophomore beds across all and second, the size of i block will increase from ■ eight to T6. The council, after discussions with administrators and quad councils, concluded that the current linking system was “solely a real estate grab” and could not properly establish community within the confines of the current West Campus dormitory architecture, according to the resolution. Eddie Hull, executive director of housing services and dean of residence life, told The Chronicle Thursday afternoon that discussions were still very preliminary. “There has ben no official decision made about the future of linking,” he said. The proposed process would allow students to block with friends outside their freshman dorms without being penalized, making all sophomores equal in the housing lottery. “We realized that the best residential communities are communities of people who want to live together,” said senior Anthony Vitarelli, Campus Council president. The proposed new residential model would give housing priority to juniors and seniors who want to return to the same quad—a move that promotes a dedicated presence of upperclassmen in each quad. New hybrid blocks of juniors and seniors will be allowed but will have a lower priority than all-senior blocks. Several council members took issue with assigning housing priority to upperclassmen returning

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newsinbrief New plan for Social Security Facing stiff resistance, President George W. Bush began searching stately-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social Security and conceded that not ail lawmakers believe the program has a serious problem.

Annan disciplines oil-for-food chief by

Stephanicles was chief of the U.N. Sanc-

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UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Kofi Annan is taking disciplinary action against the head of the U.N. oil-forfood program in Iraq following an investigation of alleged corruption in the humanitarian program, a senior U.N. official said Thursday. The decision came after a report by former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker accused program chiefBenon Sevan of unethical conduct and Joseph Stephanides of manipulating an oil-for-food contract, Mark Malloch Brown, Annan’s chief of staff, said. At the time the contract was awarded,

tions Branch and deputy director of the Security Council Affairs Division in the U.N. Department of Political Affairs. He now heads the division. Malloch Brown did not say what disciplinary steps would be taken but said they would be announced early next week. Although Sevan said he never recommended any oil companies, the investigation led by Volcker concluded that he repeatedly solicited allocations of oil from Iraq under the program and “created a grave and continuing conflict of interest.” Volcker also said there was “convincing and uncontested evidence” that the selec-

tion of the three U.N. contractors for the oil-for-food program—Banque Nationale de Paris, Saybolt Eastern Hemisphere BV and Lloyd's Register Inspection Limited did not conform to established financial and competitive bidding rules. Sevan denied any wrongdoing, the report said, but it added that evidence from Iraqi officials contradicted those denials. A summary of the report's findings, however, did not accuse Sevan of any criminal actions. Volcker’s committee said it investigated allegations that Sevan, while executive director of the oil-for-foodprogram, requested oil —

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Israel releases Palestinian prisoners by

Ravi Nessman

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senior Israeli cabinet ministers Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and the handover of the West Bank town of Jericho to Palestinian control in coming days—gestures meant to build goodwill ahead of next week's Mideast summit. The Palestinians had hoped for broader concessions that could bolster Palestinian support for newly elected leader Mahmoud Abbas’ peace efforts. Regardless, both sides said they remained hopeful the summit in Egypt next week would produce

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a cease-fire declaration to formally end more than four years of fighting. In new violence Thursday, two militant attacks—one in Gaza and one in the West Bank—wounded six Israeli soldiers and left one of the Palestinian attackers dead. A joint declaration to end the violence is one of the first requirements in the internationally backed “road map” peace plan, which was launched with great hopes at a summit in Jordan in 2003 but quickly stalled amid continued attacks. The “road map,” a phased peace plan, calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state this year. Sharon told his security Cabinet it is still

premature to talk about restarting road map negotiations. “We are not talking about peace now, and not about the road map, but rather about phases that come before the implementation of the road map,” Sharon said, accord-

ing to participants in Thursday’s meeting. Israeli officials say Sharon does not want to begin new peace talks now, fearing they will interfere with his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements this summer. A meeting Thursday night between

Shiite leads Iraqi elections Iraqi officials released the first partial returns from national elections, showing a commanding lead by candidates backed by the Shiite Muslim clergy. Sunni insurgents unleashed a wave ofattacks, killing at least 30 people, including three U.S. Marines and a dozen Iraqi army recruits.

Rumsfeld offered to resign Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld disclosed that he had offered President George W. Bush his resignation twice during the height of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal last year. He said he wanted the decision on his future to be placed in Bush's hands.

Feds break up N.C drug ring Federal authorities say they've broken up a drug ring involving North Carolina's biggest cocaine importer in years.The ring's typical shipments of cocaine were up to 10 times the normal allotments of one to 20 kilograms pumped into N.C., officials said. News briefs compiled from wire reports "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things." George Carlin

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Tsunami relief efforts continue by

Margaret Morales THE CHRONICLE

School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Duke’s land cover, Katul said, has changed dramatically over the past 10 years. The fraction of vegetated area, which allows for better water flow, has been reduced and replaced by paved areas. This promotes more frequent overland flow, which could lead to urban flooding. “In the case ofCrowell Quad, this is a flat, impervious spot, almost closed by surrounding buildings, with an old drainage network,” Katul said. “The section of Science Drive opposite to the Physics Building—as you walk towards the Bryan Center—routinely floods because it is a low point that catches all the surface water from the higher elevation area around it. The drainage system at this point clogs frequently.” Katul said improving the drainage network by increasing the frequency and size of gutters and cleaning them more often would help. But Miguel Medina, a professor of civil and environmental engineering whose research is in the field of modeling water flow and quality, said Duke’s drainage

In the month and half following the tsunami disasin the Indian Ocean, Duke community relief efforts have collected more than $70,000 in aid, with many events planned for continual fundraising. Although there is no overarching plan, money from small events such as bake sales and brown bag lunches has accumulated. Duke University Health System has pledged to commit $50,000 in relief funds. In addition, DUHS has raised more than $3,000 from its online donations website and individual department efforts. Starting Feb. 11, employees will be encouraged to to bring their lunches on Fridays and donate the money they would have spent. Administrators are considering sending Duke staff to Asia to help directly. “Duke’s strengths are in helping long term relief as opposed to emergency relief... but they have not yet determined exactly what institution or area they will be looking at,” said Marsha Green, manager of internal communications for DUHS, noting that Sri Lanka was a likely destination. “They are in the process of trying to make those connections.” Thus far, Duke student initiatives have reported raising $17,362. Eric Van Danen, director of communications for Student Affairs, said most of this money has come from Duke Red Cross and Duke Student Government. Driven by sales of a piano album composed by junior Steven Lin over winter break, Duke Red Cross has been the largest student-led contributor to tsunami aid through its “Passion Initiative.” “Donors are ordering CDs from all over the nation, and over half a dozen universities across the states are contributing to our fundraising efforts,” Lin said. “Our goal by the end of this semester is $25,000, but we intend to make our tsunami fundraising efforts a semi-permanent project that will only end when shattered lives in Asia are finally rebuilt.” The group’s total so far is $13,000. Duke Student Government has been one of the quickest organizations to act in raising funds. To make donating easy for students, DSG created a website on which they could donate from their food or FLEX points. The $5,000 limit on food point donations for this semester was met within the first three hours of the site’s operation, with only 138 donors. Students will be able to donate another

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Students keep to the sidewalk to avoid swampy puddles near Parking Garage IV behind the Bryan Center Thursday afternoon.

Puddles muddle Duke’s campus by

Gabriel Chen

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On a rainy day like Thursday, students all over campus are leaping, sidestepping or sloshing through puddles that form on the sidewalks and driveways or in the middle of the quads—and wondering why there are so many. “It's impossible to go anywhere without stepping in a puddle and splashing muddy water on either yourself or the people around you,” junior Melissa Qazi said. “It would mean your shoes getting soaked, your jeans getting muddy and the campus looking gross with puddles at every turn.” From the Blackwell Dormitory arch to the beginning of the Bryan Center walkway to Crowell and Clocktower quads, these lakes stop students in their tracks. And since the water has nowhere to go, it eitherremains there until it evaporates or soaks into the surrounding ground, effectively turning quadrangles into mud holes. “The campus has a fairly complex topography that favors accumulation and ponding of water in many spots,” explained Gabriel Katul, professor of hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics at the Nicholas

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Long after midnight students long for library ,

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The shrill chime of the library bell signaled that it was time to go home. “I always thought two o’clock was a little early,” sophomore Joanna Troulakis said. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students have it. North Carolina State students have it. Why don’t Duke students have complete 24-hour access to their main undergraduate library? Stephanie Ford, senior assistant librarian at Perkins Library, said it is not a question of the library’s popularity. “I almost locked someone in last night, if that’s any indication,” Ford said. “I’d love it,” senior Erin Ingraham said, leaving Perkins at 1:57 a.m. Monday. “I always use the library after hours.”

A lack of staff is currently the most significant obstacle to 24-hour access to the library. “I would like, in theory, to be open 24 hours,” said Thomas Wall, director of public services at Perkins. “We just don’t have the resources right now to do it.” Maintaining 24-hour operations would require two staff members, at slightly increased wages, to be stationed at the circulation desk between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. These expenses would amount to somewhere between an additional $B,OOO and $12,000 per semester at Perkins, said Deborah Jakubs, newly appointed vice provost for library affairs and University librarian. Ford said that while the circulation desk usually has no problems filling early mornSEE LIBRARY ON PAGE <NONE>

Sophomores Wesley Griffin (left) and Shiv Patel (right) study in Perkins Library Thursday night.

Experts: Drinking games pose health hazards by

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Students fire ping pong balls across a long table and into red, shiny, saliva-strewn cups of Southpaw. But when the festive game of Beirut is over and the champs have been named, the victors may leave with more than

bragging rights. They could bring the nasty germs of mononucleosis

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After a few rounds of Beirut, the ping pong ball can carry all sorts of germs—and you can catch them whether you win or lose.

home with them. Sicknesses are on the rise at Duke as students have flocked back to campus for the second semester and are just about ready to finish off rush. One major culprit for the increased rate of colds and viruses is the popular drinking game ofBeirut. Health officials at Duke said the nature ofBeirut, with balls dropping under couches and students sharing cups, makes it a breeding ground for germs and illnesses such as chicken pox, seasonal viruses and mononucleosis. “When a ball touches the ground and is thrown in a cup of beer, the indeterminate variable is what’s on the ground—i.e. dirt versus feces,” said Jean Hanson, administrative director for Student Health Services. “Need I say more?” Rhonda Elliott, a nurse at the East Campus Wellness

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Clinic, said it is a myth that saliva containing alcohol kills germs and said, in reality, saliva is the easiest way to transport germs. She pointed out that only rubbing alcohol or ethanol effectively kills germs. Despite these health facts, in an informal poll of about students, two-thirds of those who had played beer pong 25 before believed the alcohol in beer kills germs. In addition, many students said they believed the plastic Solo cups frequently used in Beirut helped combat germs. Many students, however, said germs did not affect their desire to pick up a ping pong ball and play. Juniors Cole Jones and John Boardman said germs were not the biggest factor when deciding whether or not to play Beirut. They said the “nasty water cup,” into whigh players dunk the ball between shots, turns them otf froig playing playing Beirut because, in some versions, losers may have to drink it. More generally, Elliott said students should always try to avoid contact between germs and the mouth. Staying out for consecutive nights at crowded rush events and parties also weakens students’ immune systems. “Close contact definitely makes students more susceptible to sickness and a haven for the spread of germs,” said Dr. William Purdy, interim medical director of Student Health.”

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Beirut tournament called off after complaints by

Emily Spiegel

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Dreams of a national Beirut tournament came crashing down earlier this week. Online social network thefacebook.com decided to abandon its plans to sponsor the game—which consists of throwing ping pong balls into cups of beer across a table—after receiving harassing messages from several organizations, website creator Mark Zuckerberg said. The competition, which was announced last Thursday, was canceled three days later as a result of mounting pressure from organizations claiming that the tournament sponsored organized

binge drinking. Zuckerberg refused to say which organizations were upset. Although Zuckerberg was not concerned over the legality of the tournament,

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against the tournament "definitely could have been really annoying." ''We thought it was a cool thing to do, but we really didn’t have much choice in" canceling it, Zuckerberg said. Despite the failure of the Beirut tournament, the site creator plans to sponsor similar projects, such as video game competi-

tions, in the future. "Facebook is a really good medium for running a tournament like that," Zuckerberg said. The initial plan called for teams of two to play against one another on college campuses across the country to determine a school winner. The remaining teams were supposed to determine a national champion in a New York tournament. Some students were disappointed to hear the tournament was canceled.

"Its absurd,.we’re in college everyone drinks" University of Pennsylvanian freshman Lee Rosen said. In fact, Rosen thought that a Beirut tournament would be a safe alternative to a typical college night. “Instead of people going and getting trashed, they’ll be safely monitored,” Rosen said. Penn freshman Lauralynn Drury

agreed. “Everyone is too concerned about binge drinking,” Drury said, adding that

the tournament “would have been fun.” Some thought that Penn students would have performed well in a Beirut tournament. “It’s not just our

physical game, but at Penn we have mental game,” Penn freshman Michael Dworkis said. And despite the fact that the official

Senate confirms Gonzalez as 80th attorney general by

Jesse Holland

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WASHINGTON Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation Thursday as attorney general despite Democratic accusations that he helped formulate White House policies that led to overseas prisoner abuse and was too beholden to President George W. Bush to be the nation's top law enforcement official. The Senate voted 60-36 to put the first Hispanic ever into the job, with all of the “no” votes coming from Democrats and

Democratic-leaning Independent Jim Jef-

fords of Vermont. Last week, 12 Democrats and Jeffords voted against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s confirmation. Gonzales replaces John Ashcroft, who won more Democratic support four years ago despite contentious stances on a number of issues. Eight Democrats voted for Ashcroft, while six voted for Gonzales. He was sworn in around 6 p.m. EST as the nation’s 80th attorney general by Vice President Dick Cheney in a private ceremony in the White House, Justice Department spokesperson Tasia Scolinos said. Republicans and some Democrats praised Gonzales’ life story: the grandson of Mexican immigrants who worked his way up to being Bush’s top lawyer in the White House. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., the first Cuban-American senator, even broke with Senate tradition and praised Gonzales in Spanish on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “This is a breakthrough of incredible magnitude for Hispanic-Americans,” he said in English. Democrats praised Gonzales as well, but many said they couldn’t look past his participation in administration policies they said had led to abuses that occurred in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. They also complained that he refused to answer their questions on how those policies were created inside the White House. “Mr. Gonzales was at the heart of the Bush administration’s notorious decision to authorize our forces to commit flagrant acts of torture in the interrogation of detainees,” said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. At first, many Democrats had joined Republicans in praising the former state judge who traveled with Bush to Washington after the president’s 2000 victory. “When Mr. Gonzales was nominated several weeks ago, I didn’t know a single member of this body, Republican or De-

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what advice he gave Bush and other administration officials on the interrogation methods that could be used on suspected militants or witnesses. Some Democrats contended that Gonzales’January 2002 memo as White House counsel led to the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pressed on the issue, Gonzales defended language in which he labeled as “quaint” some of the Geneva Conventions’ human rights protections for prisoners of war and said they did to al Qaeda and other suspected militants. But he also declared, “Torture and abuse will not be tolerated by this administration.” He told senators that, as attorney general, he would “ensure the Department of Justice aggressively pursues those responsible for such abhorrent actions.” Democrats also expressed concern that Gonzales was too much of a Bush loyalist. “He was so circumspect in his answers, so allied with the president’s position on every single issue, there was almost an eagerness to say, T’m going to do exactly what the president wants,’ that I worry Judge Gonzales will be too willing to toe the party line,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y Gonzales shouldn’t be a scapegoat for what happened overseas, Republicans said. They also insinuated that the Democrats wanted a big vote against Gonzales to keep Bush from making him the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee if a position comes open. “Here is a good man who has demonstrated tremendous ability through his life,” said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. “The fact is, politics is getting in the way of his confirmation.” The Democrats who voted for Gonzales were Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Mary Landrieu ofLouisiana, Bill Nelson of Florida, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Mark Pryor of-Arkansas. Democrats argued that they had a right to closely question all nominees, whether supporting them or not. “I think it is a mistake for this chamber to allow the race card of being Hispanic to be used to destroy or erode the institutions that we have here,” said Salazar.

tournament was canceled, students still expressed a fondness for the game. Penn freshman Brian Mahoney said that Beirut serves a deeper purpose for him. “I’m an ex-athlete, and I miss competition. Beirut fills that void,” he said. However, some students were ambivalent about the tournament’s policy regarding underage drinkers. In order to allow all students to participate, the Web site mandated that underage students use 2-percent milk instead of beer. “I’m lactose intolerant, so drinking milk will mess me up even more than beer,” Blumberg said. Other students, however, were not deterred by the lactose-laden drink. “It’s a little thick, but you gotta do what you gotta do,” Penn sophomore Mark Mitchell said.

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After 30 years, Watergate Papers open to public Nixon in August 1974. “We would have thought many of these AUSTIN, Texas Thousands of people would be dead by now, but people pages of notes, memos, transcripts and just live longer,” Woodward, an assistant other materials collectively known as the managing editor at The Post, said at a media briefing on the papers, archived at Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Pathe university's Harry Ransom Humanities pers open to the public Friday at the UniResearch Center. “It's amazing how long versity of Texas, minus the most fascinating detail connected to the demise of the people live today.” But what is in the collection reveals Nixon administration: the identity of publicly for the first time that even Deep Throat. The name of the executive branch Nixon's closest aides and senior Republicans on Capitol Hill shared “doubts, worsource—as well as dozens of other confidential sources—will remain secret until ries and suspicions” about Nixon. They their deaths, as promised to them by Bob were concerned, Woodward said, both about the president's involvement in the Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose reporting for The Washington Post led to criminal Watergate coverup and his fragthe resignation of President Richard ile psychological state toward the end of by Sylvia Moreno THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

his presidency. As Republican senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona so succincdy said about Nixon, according to the newly available documents; “I began to think that he was off his head” and “lying all the way

through.”

Goldwater died in 1998 at the age of 89. The collection was culled from 75 filedrawer-size boxes accumulated during Woodward and Bernstein's reporting and writing for The Post, for the book and movie versions of All the President's Men and for the book The Final Days. The University ofTexas paid Woodward and Bernstein a sum of $5 million for the collection last year. The collection includes a meticulous

record from the beginning to the end of the Watergate scandal. The documents range from Woodward’s hand-scribbled notes from the preliminary court hearing for the five men arrested June 17, 1972, after a break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex to 42 pages of typed notes gleaned from eight extensive interviews with one of Nixon's principal Watergate lawyers, J. Fred Buzhardt. According to a synopsis of the Buzhardt interviews that is included, the lawyer said that 10 months before the president resigned, “I concluded... that Nixon would not make it.” He described in detail to the SEE WATERGATE ON PAGE 10

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JOURNALS from page 1 keep up with these costs, and faculty and librarians are looking for alternatives. Stocking the shelves The universe ofjournals for Perkins Library is not infinitely expanding. “As good stewards of our resources, we are always watching for duplication in databases and coverage, and we currently have a policy cutting a journal of comparable cost to add another,” Jakubs said. The library keeps statistics on journal use and occasionally decides to buy individual articles rather than subscribing to whole journals. The complete library collections budget is essentially divided into two parts: the part that supports ongoing journal and database payments and the part that encompasses one-time payments. Jakubs said that as the costs ofjournals have risen, the relative proportion of funds available for books and other one-time purchases diminishes. If the library’s funds are tied up in serials, it has less flexibility to make other purchases. Because Duke students want online, rapid access to electronic resources, it is inevitable that more of the budget will go to online journals. At Duke University School of Medicine, where scientific journals are important sources of cutting-edge research and patient-care information, Patricia Thibodeau, associate dean for library services and archives, has followed the national trend of trimming the Medical Center Library’s book budget in order to preserve its journals. Thibodeau does not see an end to price increases because many contracts for electronic journals and databases have annual increases built into them.

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“In the past year, the usual increase was six to 10 percent, but some- publishers charged 14 to 20 percent more for e-journals,” Thibodeau said. Even with an annual budget of $1.29 millionfor journals in biomedical research and patient care, the Medical Center Library had to cancel 525 of its 1,753 subscriptions in 2004. Thibodeau noted that more journals may be dropped in 2005. “In addition to cuts, we are not able to consider new electronic resources that faculty and students may request,” Thibodeau said. One database the Medical Center is thinking of cutting is the Journal ofNodric Hydrology, which saw a price increased of more than 185 percent between 2003 and 2004. Many librarians are asking why journal prices are increasing so rapidly. According to publishing giants like Reed Elsevier, the cost of creating electronic journals has increased the cost of doing business. Prior to digital formats, publishers had no great need for large, robust servers, complex authentication systems or support staffs. Publishers also claim they lose subscriptions from individuals when a library obtains a site license, and therefore they must increase their prices. The journal Science, for example, has experienced an inverse relationship between the number of site licenses and the number of subscribers. Finally, some advertisers are not convinced that e-journals are the best way to advertise, and publishers claim they are losing revenue when they put journals online. “I also think that the publishers thought they had an inelastic market: Libraries would pay whatever they charged. Therefore, many were eager to earn higher profits and quickly recoup their [information technology] development cost,” Thibodeau said. “Unfortunately, they misjudged the

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their quads on the basis that it would give an unfair advantage to those in favorable housing. “This is locking out people who have gotten screwed over the year before and who now want good housing,” senior Ryan Kennedy said. Other members argued for the change, claiming that upperclassmen’s presence would help develop an independent identity for each quad as well as help make the residential experience more consistent. The new residential process will help meet the goals of the quad model by creating an individual character for each quad, members said. “This is our first big step toward finally accomplishing the quad model,” sophomore Ben Rubinfeld said. “We need to keep upperclassmen to get that sense of history.” The name of the process will also be changed from “blocking” to “sequentializing,” in order to emphasize the fact that only sequential lottery numbers will be guaranteed, not room adjacency. The council discussed increasing the size ofblocks from eight to 16 to empower independents and provide them with a stronger community network. Singles and triples will still not be allowed in a block. Council members considered the possibility of allowing co-ed blocks. Mixed gender blocks would allow all members of the group to pick housing together, while gender-specific halls would continue. “I don’t see why not,” senior Mike Lamb said. “Friends should be allowed to have that opportunity.” In lieu of a formal assessment directed to the whole student body, quad councils will discuss the proposal and return a formal response to the council next week. to

Harold Baranger, chair of the physics department, said the price of scientific journals varies widely. The journals published by scientific societies are substantially less expensive than commercial publishers. The physics department at Duke has responded to the rising cost of journals by passing a resolution calling everyone in the department to no longer submit papers to journals published by Reed Elsevier and to decline to edit for them. “As more departments around the country join this effort, we hope that library journal costs may be alleviated for all,” Baranger said. Roxanne Springer, an associate professor in the physics department, said the response will only be successful if there is widespread participation of the scientific community, both within and beyond Duke, to boycott and if universities pledge that tenure and promotion decisions will not be affected by a faculty member’s participation in the boycott. Duke faculty said the rising costs of science journals will have little effect on undergraduate teaching or formal coursework in general. “The place it has impact is on research —undergraduate, graduate and faculty. In all areas of our department, having the latest information about what others are doing is critical to our success,” Baranger said. More disconcerting to Baranger was the indirect effect of rising journal prices on the purchase of research monographs or collections of review articles. “As journals consume an ever larger fraction of the library budget, purchase of books becomes very constrained and may hurt students starting research or faculty entering new areas,” he said.

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“I like how she turned her domestic tendencies into an industry,” Valvo said, while showing off her magazine wallet. “She’s ray hero.” David Montag, Edens Quad residence coordinator and avid fan of The Apprentice, was oveijoyed at this opportunity and said he almost cancelled a trip to Long Island,

ell/Clocktower quads, Glenn Reynolds, acting director of the Facilities Management Department, said the two spots have network is in “tip-top condition.” been addressed over the years but would “It is in excellent shape,” Medina said. be checked again. “The majority of flooding does not occur “With regards to specific problem because there is a problem with the areas, these have been identified and drainage system, but rather because the are currently being studied to deterinlets are covered with debris from the mine the optimal solution factoring in storm and from construction sites. current use, surface gradients and current and planned construction,” Though water will accumulate temporarily when large storms hit, it normally takes Reynolds said. “Every storm deposits deonly two hours for all of the water to flow bris in different places, and it’s our job to make sure the inlets are clear to fix through the system.” the problem.” Using highly technical and sophisticated models developed by Medina, Reynolds said drainage is not a probDuke has the ability to map and analyze lem that can be solved with one solution, but something that must be anticipated water flow anywhere on campus. New information about the topography of and fixed on a storm-by-storm basis. He Duke’s campus, the conduit conditions also said the problem is not that facilities and general quality of water are added management does not have enough into the model every year. The model is manpower to clear the inlets but clearused to predict the impact of new coning the drains is labor intensive. struction and what areas would benefit Land aside, the safety of Duke’s stuthe most with the addition of retention dents should always come before the v health of the landscape, Reynolds said. ponds or drainage improvements. Medina does not deny, however, that Accidents can occur on slippery steps, there are some localized “puddle probespecially those made out of natural rock, such as slate. lems” on Duke’s campus. “We now have to identify them, and it Vice President for Student Affairs would be the facilities management’s job Larry Moneta said he is not aware of to get it out to our stormwater drainage “puddle-based” accidents. “I myself have system,” he said. experienced occasional splash effects,” he When told of the massive puddles at said, “Duke’s priority, however, will always the Bryan Center walkway and the Crowbe caring for students.”

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just to make sure that there was not going to be a huge line. “This is the right time, right place and right moment,” Montag said, adding that Trump has been his role model since he was ten years old. “I am not a_person of high faith, but ifsomething is meant to be, it’s meant to be.”

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‘You’ll see that the space is much better—more conducive to group

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better lighting,” Wall said. “It’s just going to be a better place.” Additionally, the library is considering extending the hours ofits virtual chat reference service to 24-hours-a-day from Sunday through Thursday. This would allow students to pose questions to reference librarians through a chat room and receive an immediate response, no matter what time of day. Currently, the virtual chat reference system operates until midnight. Were it to be extended, student queries would be answered by librarians across the world—even as far as Australia—working the normal daytime hours. Ford, who used to work the late-night shift at UNC’s R.B. House Undergraduate Library, said “the reason they got 24-hour access is because students were vocal. They said, ‘We want this.’” Wall said he is committed to addressing the results of next month’s survey in

ing shifts during exam weeks, finding students willing to work these hours regularly would be challenging. “Good luck finding people willing to work them shifts,” said senior Bryant Harris, who works at the circulation desk until 2 a.m. Most of the staff at Perkins are work-study students who have a normal daytime class schedule. While the stacks may not be available to students on a 24-hour basis, Perkins has recently taken steps to provide latenight resources for students. In 2002, as one ofhis first moves in his new post, Wall created the position of a late-night reference librarian in response to student demand from the regular survey. Students will again get their chance to voice their opinions next month, when the library issues the survey to a random sample of the undergraduate population. And while the Gothic and Hart Reading Rooms are currendy open 24 hours earnest. for studying, the pavilion currendy being “As I get better feedback from students, we can make a better case for the built next to Perluns will be open for students 24 hours a day when it is completed resources,” he said. “We want to be the next fall. best library in the world.”

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ranging from under a year to three or four years, and none were involved in attacks on Israelis. Israeli hawks criticized the release, but Ramon said it was necessary to build Palestinian support for Abbas and prevent a new “cycle ofblood.” The decision to withdraw only from Jericho also fell short of expectations that Israel would approve a pullout from five West Bank towns. Israel decided earlier this week to slow the planned troop pullout after a brief flare-up of violence. The Jericho pullout was considered largely window-dressing. Israeli troops have only entered the quiet town a few times to make arrests. Under the new arrangements, troops would need Palestinian approval before entering the town, and Palestinian police would be allowed to carry weapons, Israeli security sources said. Roadblocks around Jericho are expected to remain in place, they added. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the security cabinet that Bethlehem, Qalqiliya and Tulkarem would be handed over next, followed by Ramallah, the Palestinians’ center of government, participants said. The military also planned to remove some roadblocks that make travel tortuous for many Palestinians in the West Bank and to reopen the Kami crossing between Gaza and Israel, which was closed last month after militants killed six Israelis, participants said. Mofaz emphasized that all the measures are reversible, apparently addressing concerns by hawkish ministers. The Israeli ministers also approved an earlier decision by the army chief to halt the targeted killings of wanted Palestinian militants and agreed to form a joint Israeli-Palestinian committee to decide what to do about them. sentences

Sharon aide Dov Weisglass and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat exposed deep differences in expectations for the summit, according to Israeli officials. Palestinians said they wanted it to be the beginning of a new political process to end the conflict; Israel wants the summit only to deal with security issues, the officials said. Palestinians also wanted more extensive goodwill gestures from Israel, including a wider prisoner release and Israeli withdrawal from more towns, Palestinian officials said. Israeli government spokesperson David Baker said the Israeli concessions were made “despite scores of terror-related incidents in Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority has not made one meaningful arrest.” Participants at the security Cabinet meeting said 500 prisoners would be released shortly after Tuesday’s summit. The remaining 400 prisoners would be freed within three months. Abbas has made the release of the 7,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel a top priority. Upon news of the planned release, he voiced hope that senior prisoners would be among those freed. The Palestinians have criticized past Israeli releases, saying they were insufficient and often included Palestinians whose terms were nearly over. “We don’t know the real figures and whatkind of prisoners they are going to release. But what we are interested in is that the first round be a big one and include a lot of prisoners, particularly those who have served long prison terms,” Abbas said in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Haim Ramon, a member ofIsrael’s security Cabinet, said those to be released have

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ANNAN from page 2 allocations from the Iraqi government on behalf of the African Middle East Petroleum Co. Ltd. Inc., a Swiss-based oil trading company known as AMEP. The committee concluded that Sevan solicited and received several million barrels of allocations on behalf of AMEP in 1998-2001. Those allocations generated $1.5 million in revenues, the report said. Those solicitations “presented a grave and continuing conflict of interest, were ethically improper and seriously undermined the integrity of the United Nations,” the report said. The report said Sevan “was not forthcoming to the committee when he denied approaching Iraqi officials and requesting oil allocations on behalf of AMEP.” In a separate investigation by U.S. arms inspector Charles Duelfer, allegations surfaced that Sevan may have personally profited by receiving vouchers to sell Iraqi oil. According to the Duelfer report —which got its information from the former Iraqi oil ministry —Sevan allegedly received vouchers for 7.3 million barrels ofoil through various companies and representatives that he recommended to Iraqi ministries. The financial take would have been in the range of $700,000 to $2 million, depending on oil prices. The oil-for-food program, launched in December 1996 to help ordinary Iraqis cope with U.N. sanctions imposed after Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, quickly became a lifeline for 90 percent of the population. Under the program, Saddam’s regime could sell oil, provided the proceeds went primarily to buy humanitarian

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goods and pay reparations to victims of the 1991 GulfWar. Saddam’s government decided on the goods it wanted, who should provide them and who could buy Iraqi oil. But the Security Council committee overseeing sanctions monitored the contracts. The program ended in November 2003, after the U.S.-led war that toppled Saddam. Allegations of corruption first surfaced in late 2000, with accusations that the Iraqi leader was putting surcharges on oil sales and pocketing the money. The report by Volcker’s committee said the budgeting, accounting, auditing and administration of the program was relatively disciplined, although there were isolated violations. It highlighted, however, flaws in the auditing of the program, saying there was insufficientfunding and staff, and poor planning. It stressed that important areas of the program were never reviewed, and it called for greater transparency and accountability. The interim report did not address any questions about Annan or the employment of his son, Kojo, by the Swiss company, Cotecna Inspection SA, which had a U.N. contract to certify deals under the oil-for-food program. It said that the topic would be addressed in a separate report. Volcker said he intended to issue a definitive report this summer on the entire management and oversight of the program, including the role of the U.N. Security Council, the U.N. Secretariat and the U.N. agencies that administered the program in Iraq. Volcker said the investigation also will focus on some of the parties involved in selling Iraqi oil or purchasing goods under the program.

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$5,000 worth of food points next semester. In total, DSC has raised $5,673.98 in food, flex and cash donations. “If we raise enough, we will see how much we can give to local organizations in the area,” said senior Aneil Lala, DSC chief of staff. DSC also hopes sell wristbands similar to the popular ‘Livestrong’ bands, with proceeds going to relief efforts. The Asian Students Association, with its strong ties to the region affected by the disaster, has made fundraising efforts a priority this year. The group will host a raffle during its annual cultural show, Lunar New Year, to be held Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. “We’ve never done a raffle so it’s a little bit of a risk on our part... but I think we have our eyes set pretty high” said sophomore Kevin Fang, ASA senior publicity chair.

A highly successful Cafe Parizade mixer, sponsored by ASA and Diya, the South

Asian Students Association, drew in more than 500 students and raised several thousand dollars in aid money. “The fire marshal'had to close the party down because there were so many people still trying to get in!” said junior Bob Pan, president of ASA. The two groups are also planning a show together for Friday, Feb. 4 at the Hindu Bhavan Cultural Hall in Morrisville, N.C. Other student organizations have not yet begun actively raising funds but have many plans underway. In addition to monetary donations, the Duke community is responding to the disaster through spiritual avenues as well. An interfaith prayer vigil will be held on the Duke Chapel steps today at 5:30 p.m. The event will include music, prayers and personal testimonies and will mark the 40th day since the tsunami hit.

reporters how Nixon resisted disclosing to him and other lawyers the contents of the secret Oval Office tape recordings that eventually led to his downfall. Instead, Nixon ordered them to leak stories about how Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson reportedly resisted disclosing their own tape recordings. “I was given screaming instructions to leak it,” Buzhardt said about purported Kennedy tapes. Buzhardt said he eventually understood why. After the Supreme Court ruled on July 24, 1974, that Nixon had to turn over the tapes to the Watergate prosecutor and Buzhardt heard the June 23, 1972, recording, he said he “at once... realized it was over.” In that recording, six days after the break-in, Nixon plotted with aides to use the CIA to divert the investigation and cover up White House involvement. Buzhardt died in 1978 at the age of

54. Ransom Center Director Tom Staley called the archive “an unparalled, behind-the-scenes perspective into the nature of investigative journalism, the American political process and the Nixon

presidency.”

University President Larry Faulkner said that consolidating the fdes of Woodward and Bernstein while they are still alive is important and will provide a “rich tool” for researchers for many years to come. “There are few people who would debate that this was one of those important chapters in the history of American journalism and the history ofAmerican politics,” Faulkner said. ie identities of some sources remain

with Woodward and Bernstein, including that, of the famous Deep Throat, the Nixon administration official whose deep-background information was crucial to The Post's pursuit of the story. Bernstein said the materials pertaining to those sources are housed' in a Washington vault and will not be released to the Ransom Center until the deaths of the sources. Attempts to uncover the closely guarded identity of Deep Throat, known only to Woodward, Bernstein and former Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, have been the subject ofbooks and college journalism class projects for years. One book, In Search ofDeep Throat, published in 2000 by former Nixon aide Leonard Garment, speculated that White House colleague John Sears was Deep Throat. Sears and Woodward denied it. In 1999, Bill Gaines, a journalism professor at the University of Illinois and a former investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, began a class project to solve the mystery. Four years later, he and his students concluded that Nixon White House deputy counsel Fred Fielding was Deep Throat. Fielding also has denied it. Undeterred, Gaines is still on the case. He and three of his students left Champaign, 111., at 7 a.m. Thursday so they could be the first in line when the Ransom Center opens the Watergate archive at 9 a.m. Friday. They will spend two days copying material and looking for what’s there and not there. Highlights of the collection can be viewed at www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/online. An online finding aid at

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. Following two close wins over Maryland and N.C. State, both of whom No. 4 Duke edged out by a margin of three points, the Blue Devils finally tallied a deci|72 s j[ve victory against MIAMI 63 Miami at the Convocation Center Thursday, defeating the Hurricanes 72-63. “I give Miami a lot of credit,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “There were a couple of times when I thought we had them down and out, but they kept fighting.” After getting off to a shaky start, Duke (2T2, 7-1 in the ACC) tied the game with 4:06 remaining in the first half. With the Blue Devils down 23-21, freshman Chante Black snagged a defensive rebound and dumped the ball off to point guard Wanisha Smith. Smith drove down into Miami territory and hit senior Wynter Whitley with a quick pass. Whitley sunk the ensuing layup to tie the game at 23. Duke distanced itself from Miami (10-11, 2-6) for the first time in the game, putting together a 12-0 spurt and pushing the score to 33-23 at the break. “I think it was important for us to go on a run there at the end,” Goestenkors said. ‘Just to establish ourselves more and become a little more steady.” Prior to the Blue Devil surge, the Hurricanes had jumped out to an early lead, spurred by Tamara James. The Miami junior, who had been averaging 22.4 points per game, scored eight points in the first 10 minutes, including two threepoint shots. But after taking a timeout, Duke took the floor recommitted to con-

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. —Duke basketball players are very tall. They are usually much taller than their opponents. Although this observation may not seem terribly novel, it was the deciding factor Thursft day night against Miami. For the fourth analysis straight same the Blue Devils turned the ball over more than 20 times. Seven of those turnovers came during the first seven minutes of the game—a miserable stretch when the Hurricanes jumped out to a 1610 lead. In the first half Duke was repeatedly beaten to its own basket in transition and surrendered several easy layups. Once they had finally built up a commanding, 16point second-half lead, the Blue Devils almost let Miami back into the game. The HHlurrrcanes-managed to cut the deficit to ; six points with 3:23 left to play. But none of that mattered because of the simple fact that Duke is a very tall team. While Miami was able to effectively contain the 6-foot-3 Mistie Williams, it had a tougher time matching up against the Blue Devils’ other forwards. 6-foot-5 Chante Black, 6-foot-7 Alison Bales, 6-foot-2 Wynter Whitley and 6-foot Monique Currie all held significant height advantages over their defenders. Duke dominated its opponents down low. Currie and Black combined to pour in 27 points, and the. Blue Devils out-rebounded their competition by a 16-board SEE POST ON PAGE <NONE>

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Monique Currie (top) scored 15 points, and Jessica Foley (right) led the team with 17, including four threes.

when she was outside,” Goestenkors said of James. SEE MIAMI ON PAGE 14

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Daniel Ewing may be called upon to guard explosive point guard Jarrett Jack Saturday.

the nation would have lost six straight ACC games. Were it not for a Will Bynum three against Florida State and twojarrett Jack overtime free throws against Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, without its hobbled star B.J. Elder, would have skidded out of the top 25. Now Georgia Tech (13-6, 4-4 in the ACC), still clinging to the No. 25 ranking, travels to Durham Saturday for a 1 p.m. game that the Blue Devils (16-2, 6-2) must win to avoid a detrimental slide of their own. Duke is now in the midst of the most dif-

ficult stretch of its season and still has not beaten any of the ACC’s elite teams: The Blue Devils failed to complete a 14-point comeback at Wake Forest Wednesday night, when JJ. Redick’s shot from near midcourt clanked off the rim, and fell flat in a similar charge against Maryland a week earlier. And the competition does not get any easier after the Yellow Jackets—Duke plays No. 2 North Carolina Wednesday and travels to No. 22 Maryland next Saturday. “We’re looking forward to the month of February,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said, despite a schedule that includes five more top-25 opponents before the end of SEE GA. TECH ON PAGE

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Jarrett Jack scored seven points in the final minute and half during GeorgiaTech's 76-68 upset of Duke in Cameron IndoorStadium last season.

If Jarrett Jack had gotten what he wanted, he would be part of Duke’s junior class. Jack, whom Duke recruited but did not offer a scholarship, instead signed with Georgia Tech, where he has grown into one of the league’s top point guards over the last three seasons. “I was one of the guys they were looking at, but they told me up front that Dockery... was one of their main priorities,” Jack said. “I made my decision, and they made theirs. I think it’s really worked out well for me and them.” Jack showed Duke how it had missed out when he scored seven points in the last minute and a half as the Yellow Jackets collected a win over the Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor Stadium last season. Jack went on to lead Georgia Tech to the national championship game, which they lost to Connecticut, and he was named Most Outstanding Player of the St. Louis

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Ewing must bounce back after a poor performance against Wake Forest when he fouled out. Although Redick has been Duke's most consistent scorer throughout the season, Ewing's court presence is key to a Blue Devil victory over the guard-heavy Yellow Jackets. Williams will again be out sized by 7-fooM Luke Schenscher, who has not put up big numbers this year but hurt Duke down the stretch when Tech won in Cameron last season Georgia Tech has a bit of trouble finding consistent scoring to replace the points of star BJ. Elder, who is out with a strained hamstring. Will Bynum has recently been the offensive catalyst, scoring 19 points in a win over FSU. Jack has provided some consistency to a team that has already had many ups and downs this season. Both Maryland and Wake Forest, the two ranked opponents Duke has faced in the ACC, have had their way with the Blue Devils offensively. Without B.J. Elder, the Hamblin Wreck are 4-4 after starting 9-2 and have lost every road game since their star went down. Tech is 4-1 against ranked opponents, while Duke is 1-1. With two losses in the last three games, the Blue Devils will be eager to get off to a good start in front of a home crowd. With North Carolina and Maryland up after Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils know they must stop their skid now.

The two teams match up very well, with both teams' averages nearly identical in every category. Both squads are relatively thin and search for role players to step up each game. The Blue Devils will need to refocus their defensive efforts to recover from a tough loss. Duke wins, 82-77. compiled by Ryan Pertz

junior season—the point guard is one of only two players to be in the ACC’s top-20 in scoring, rebounding and assists. But Jack has not been widely mentioned as a Player of the Year candidate like fellow point guards Deron Williams of Illinois and Chris Paul of Wake Forest, despite his comparable statistics. “He’s a team player. He defends; he passes the ball; he works on his game; he’s a good shooter now. three-point There’s not a whole lot Jarrett Jack can’t do,” Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt said. “When they talk about the best players in the country... I know I’m biased, but how can this guy not be mentioned?” One reason Jack has not been put in this category may be that his team has not lived up to preseason expectations. Georgia Tech was ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll, but currently stands at No. 25, in large part because offour ACC losses. ‘You look at all the other guys, and the one thing they have in common is that their teams are at the top of the rankings or on a real hot streak,”

Jack said.

“I think our team is due for that. These last eight or nine games are all winnable games, and I think if we can go on a run we will start to get some of the recognition. Not so much for myself individually but for our team.” Improved shooting has helped Jack develop into one of the nations elite players, at least in Hewitt’s eyes. Last year, he shot a respectable 45.6 percent from the floor but struggled from three, shooting 31.3 percent. This summer, Jack said he took it upon himself to work on his shotand stayed in the gym to shoot hundreds of repetitions. Now he is shooting 51.7 percent from the floor, and his threepoint percentage has climbed to 42.6 percent. Jack says he definitely plans on returning for his senior season rather than entering the draft. But for now Jack is not thinking about his future or his past, he is focused on Saturday’s matchup with No. 4 Duke. “When you play Duke, you just have to be tough minded and ready to play,” Jack said. ‘You’ve got to put any personal feelings aside.”

GA.TECH from page 11 the month. “The only way to get better is play these type of games, as long as we stay healthy and get some of the guys who have been hurt back.” Unlike Duke, which has been hit with injuries but has kept its stars healthy, Georgia Tech has had to cope with the loss of Elder. Since the guard strained his left hamstring in an overtime loss at Kansas Jan. 1, the team is just .500, including the two final-second wins. Elder, who was averaging 15.2 points per game and attracting opponents’ best defenders, will miss Saturday’s contest, and head coach Paul Hewitt is not sure when he will return. “I’ve kind of let them down this year so far, in that we have not adjusted yet to the loss of BJ. Elder’s points,” Hewitt said. “For some reason I’ve not been able to get us to move the ball the way we are supposed to move the ball.” Hewitt revived the Georgia Tech program last season with an athletic team that ran circles around opponents. The national championship runners-up remain largely intact but have already lost five games on the road. The tumble began in earnest when Elder went down and ACC play began. “Our problems have been more just lapses in concentration, both offensive and defensive,” Hewitt said. “We’re a veteran ballclub, but there are times that we play like a young team and just make some immature decisions.” Still, during last season’s run, the Yellow Jackets handed the Blue Devils their only loss in Cameron Indoor Stadium, a 76-68 defeat during which 7-foot-l center Luke Schenscher controlled the paint at the end of the game. After the loss in Cameron, Krzyzewski figured out the Yellow Jackets in time for an ACC Tournato

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DeMarcus Nelson will be called up to guard Wake Forest's quick backcourt, which includes Jarrett Jack. ment semifinal victory, er to just five points.

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Duke’s Shelden Williams has scored 19.3 points per game in his last five, and except for the Wake Forest game Wednesday when he was matched up against the bigger Eric Williams, he has remained out of major foul trouble. Both teams possess backcourts capable of scoring in bunches. The Yellow Jackets love to run, taking advantage of their athleticism, but since Duke lack’s a true point guard, Krzyzewski will likely try to slow the game down. “The biggest thing is not to'get rattled, especially at Duke,” point guard JarJack said. “When they start to really pressure you and get up in the passing lanes, you have to keep your cool. If you get rattled and turn the ball over, they will go on a run. We have to keep that from happening.” rett

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This weekend, the baseball team opens its season with a two-game series against North Carolina A&T, one of the many instate non-conference opponents Duke will face this season. Beginning at 1 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday at Jack Coombs Field, the teams will face off for the first time since the Aggies defeated the Blue Devils 3-2 in extra innings last season. “I expect it to be a low-scoring game,” Duke head coach Bill Hillier said. ‘You hope, from a coach’s standpoint that you throw a lot of strikes in the zone and execute defense well. We’ve spent a lot of time working on avoiding those little mistakes.” Last season, the Blue Devils, who finished the season with a 25-31 record, struggled in the field and lost more than 10 games by a single run. The Aggies, 23-28 last season, surpassed its former school record for wins and took third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament. N.C. A&T graduated only two seniors and a junior from last year’s team and returns 23 players. But one of the graduated seniors, Austin Love, anchored the team offensively, and N.C. A&T will now rely more on sophomore Charlie Gamble’s bat. Duke has also lost several key players, including a pair of pitchers —Tim Layden, who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs, and Zach Schreiber, taken by the Atlanta Braves. The Blue Devils returning starters include outfielder Javier Socorro, who was recendy named to the second-team AllACC preseason team. To lead Duke offensively, Socorro batted .369 last season and had a 12-game hitting streak. Also returning and starting on the mound for the Blue Devils Saturday is Greg Bpike, a fifth-year senior who underwent “Tommyjohn” surgery in his second season at Duke. The New Jersey native finished last year with a 4.37 ERA and a 5-7 record. “I expect him to go out and keep us in the ball game because he’s pretty good,” Hillier said of Burke. “He’s always been able to go out and command the ball down the zone. He throws a lot of strikes

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The sixth-seeded women’s tennis advanced to the second round of the ITA Indoor Championships, beating Texas A&M, 5-2. “It’s good to be back at the National Indoor ChampiA&M onships,” Duke head coach DUKE 5 Jamie Ashworth said. “We missed being here last year, and the last time we were here, we won it, so our expectations are high.” With the win, the Blue Devils go on to play Miami today at 3 p.m. in Madison, Wis. The Hurricanes upset third-seeded UCLA Thursday, squeaking by, 4-3. “Miami is an emotionally aggressive team,” Ashworth noted. “We need to match their emotional intensity and the results will take care of themselves.” Duke’s Katie Blaszak, playing in the No. 1 singles spot for the second straight match, came up with a straight set win, 63, 6-4. Helga Vieira led Blaszak 4-3 in the second set, but the Duke senior came back to win three games in a row to seal the match. “Katie played really well,” Ashworth said. “She’s been working hard, and she’s getting her results. She’s a senior and a good example to the younger players about how hard work pays off.” In the second flight, Jenny Zika seemed to be in control after her first set, winning 6-1. After Aggie Anna Lubinsky edged Zika 7-5 in the second, Lubinsky won the tiebreaker to score one of A&M’s two points. The two played a tiebreaker instead of a complete third team

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change from reliever to starter this season and will pitch for the Blue Devils Sunday. Otero tallied 46 strikeouts and eight walks in 61 and 2/3 innings, “We have a lot of experience, and I expect us to go out there and play well,” Hillier said.

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North Carolina CHAPEL HILL freshman Marvin Williams made threepointers, drove to the basket and did everything in between. He punctuated his coming-out party N.C. STATE with a spectacuUNC 95 lar dunk, where he posed in the air with his left hand behind his head. And it all came after he spent a good portion of the day in bed recovering from the flu. “He’s a freak,” teammate Rashad McCants said. Williams had a season-high 20 points, McCants scored 18 and Sean May had another double-double, helping the second-ranked Tar Heels beat North Carolina State 95-71 Thursday night. With the illness circulating through the team, Williams joined coach Roy Williams in taking intravenous fluids before the game. “He got it on Saturday night, and I didn’t get it until Monday night,” Roy Williams said. “Hopefully, three days from now, I’ll look like Marvin.” Raymond Felton reached 1,000 career points and added 10 assists for North Carolina (18-2, 7-1 in the ACC), which has won 18 of its past 19 games. May finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds to make up for leading scorer Jawad Williams finishing with six points, 10 under his average. “I’m comfortable,” Marvin Williams said. “I feel like I can shoot ‘em. I take them when they’re open.” The Tar Heels improved to 11-0 at home with a familiar formula—jump to an early lead, then close it with a dominant run early in the second half. This time, they shot 66 percent and led 51-32 at halftime, with McCants, May and Marvin Williams already in double figures. “Anytime you score 90 points on a team that wants to score in the 50s and 60s, you’ve really got the game under control,” May said. Julius Hodge had 18 points but SEE UNC ON PAGE 16

Duke's inside players held an advantage over the undersized Miami defenders. Monique Currie (left) pulled down for rebounds, and Alison Bales (right) grabbed nine.

MIAMI from page 11 The Blue Devils never relinquished the advantage in the second half, but the Hurricanes continued to battle, cutting the lead to as little as six at one point. The strength of Miami’s game was its ability to force turnovers in transition. The team had 11 steals throughout the game. “I didn’t feel like they were forcing us to turn the ball over, we were just not making good decisions with the basketball,” Goestenkors said. “When we didn’t turn the ball over, we were scoring most of the time—so I felt like if we could take care of the ball, we would be fine.” Duke maintained its edge with strong perimeter shooting. The Blue Devils completed 55.6 percent of their shots from beyond the ai-c in the second half. JuniorJessica Foley hit three buckets from three-point range and finished the game

with a team-leading 17 points. “Jess is an excellent three-point shooter for us, and it seemed like all of her threes were really big,” Goestenkors said. Inside the paint, the Blue Devils capitalized on their advantage over an undersized Hurricane frontcourt. Duke out-rebounded Miami 46-30 and blocked several critical shots, including a Mistie Williams stuff of a shot by James with less than a minute to go in the first half. The block allowed the Blue Devils to maintain momentum going into the break. Black also played an important part in the victory. The center scored 12 points off the bench and grabbed eight rebounds in 17 minutes of play. Duke continued to struggle with its free-throw shooting, sinking only 50 percent of shots from the foul line. “I think I shot better from the threepoint line than I did from the free-throw line,” Foleyjoked.

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The Blue Devils won ail three doubles matches on their way to an opening round victory.

cided. The loss was Zika’s second tiebreaker defeat in a row. The Aggies scored their other point in the third singles match. Freshman Clelia Deltour fell to her Aggie opponent, 6-2, 75, in the first match to finish. Duke won its No. 4, 5 and 6 singles matches all in straight sets. Saras Arasu, known for keeping the ball in play and forcing her opponents to make mistakes, did just that, winning 6-2, 64. Ashworth

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TEAM 26-54 7-15 13-26 46 11 17 TOTALS Blocks—Williams (2); Bales (2) Steals—Currie (2); Foley (1); Black (1); Smith (1) FG%: Ist Half: 53.8; 2nd Half: 42.9; Game: 48.1 MIAMI A FG 3-PT FT REB PF James 1-19 2-6 2-2 3 4 5 3 3-5 0-0 0-0 Phanord 3 3 Dhahabu 2-10 0-0 0-0 McCormick 6-16 3-8 00 2 7 1 2 Grimsley 4-9 0-1 OO 0 Audibert 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 3 2 Marincic 3-5 OO 44 Hayek CL 0 1-1 0-0 OO 4 TEAM 30 19 20 TOTALS 26-66 5-15 6-8 Blocks—Dhahabu (1); Audibert (1) Steals—James (3); McCormick (3); Marincic (3) FG%: Ist Half: 30.3; 2nd Half: 48.5; Game: 39.4

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said he “would like to see more aggressive play from her this weekend.” The doubles portion of the match was marked by an early surge by the Blue Devils in all three matches, and all went on to win, giving Duke the early one-point advantage. “With all the top teams here, getting the doubles point is big,” Ashworth said. “We got out to a lead, and it hurt Texas A&M.” The duo ofBlaszak and Jackie Carleton broke late, pulling away from a 6-6 tie to come up with an 8-6 win. Kristin Cargill and Zika topped their opponents 84. Finally, Clelia Deltour and partner Parker Coyer won, 8-3.

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margin, their highest total in ACC play. “The big key we were worried about was their high-low game,* Miami head coach Feme Labati said, “We fell that we

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really had to keep the ball out of the mid-

dle of the floor, and we really had to do a great job on Currie. Currie is so good off the dribble.” In a mere 17 minutes of playing time. Black was able to victimize the Hurricane defense with 12 points. The freshman also helped her team’s effort with eight rebounds, four of which came on the offensive glass. “Chante came in and gave us a couple of really good rebounds and a couple of scores inside that we really needed,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “That loosened things up on the outside as well.” For most of the contest, Miami had no true answer for Duke’s inside game. The Blue Devils shot 53.8 percent from the field in the first half, and it was only when the Hurricanes switched to a zone defense that the Duke offense began to stall. “I think that us going late in the game to the 1-3-1 with the pressure of [Albrey] Grimsley and Fallon Phanord up top, that pressure just gave them a different look and they rushed a little bit with their shots,” Labati said. Miami clogged the middle and slowed the Blue Devil attack to a pace that allowed the Hurricanes to dose the gap to six. “I think Feme’s just doing a tremendous job,” Goestenkors said. “I think when they went to the 1-3-1 that caused some problems. That’s something we’ll have to work on in the future.” But in crunch time Duke was still able to feed the ball down low. Black, Currie and Williams were all able to score points in the final minutes of the gameand seal

UNC from page 14 could not keep the Wolfpack (13-8, 3-5) from falling to 3-7 in their past 10 games. The trouble started when point guard Tony Bethel contracted colitis after a twoweek battle with the flu, and he sat out four games. He only returned to the lineup full-time

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Alison Bales blocks Imani Dhahabu's shot, picking up one ofher two blocks during Duke's victory. the victory for the Blue Devils. “We usually get good looks, it’s all about finishing,” Black said. “That’s one of our focuses —I don’t think we did a great job

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Another helpful byproduct of Duke’s size advantage was the number of open looks it created for Jessica Foley. The junior caught fire in the second half as Miami focused on shutting down the interior. Foley thrived in the Blue Devils’ highlow attack and shot 3-for-5 from behind the arc in the second stanza. “[Passing] out of the penetration, they have great three-point shooters, especially Foley/’ Labati said. “Foley is one of the best, she can compare with anybody in the nation and just really sticks it to you.”

in N.C. State’s previous game against Clemson, and in this one, Bethel played 35 minutes and scored 16 points. “The guys are battling and really have a terrific mind-set,” N.C. State coach Herb Sendek said. “Our group has been through a tremendous amount. The resiliency and character has been admirable, it really has.” Even with Bethel, the Wolfpack had

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With Florida State relying on a small five-guard lineup, Duke will count on its interior play against the Seminoles. Look for Currie to continue her offensive dominance. The junior has averaged 21.3 points over the last eight games. After averaging 22.0 assists per game before the Jan. 24 UNC game, Duke has slipped to 11.0. Against FSU, however, the team will easily be able to get the ball inside to Currie and Bales. Hodges, a transfer from LSU, is scoring 23.1 points per game in ACC play and ranks third in the conference in scoring. Ganiyat Adeduntan has scored in double figures in her last five games. At an obvious height disadvantage, the Seminoles will rely on outside shooting. Don't look for FSU to grab many offensive boards and get easy points on putbacks. The Seminoles have been out-rebounded in their last five games. Although the Blue Devils lost to Florida State last year in Tallahassee to end their 51-game ACC win streak, they are facing a new and different FSU team this year. Last year, seniors scored 63 ofthe Seminoles' 80 points. This year's Florida State lineup has struggled against the bigger ACC teams, losing to Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia. Duke has also won three straight against ranked teams after losing to UNC.

The Blue Devils will dominate inside, relying on their height advantage to control the game. Though Hodges will provide a strong offensive effort for Florida State, her team will not be able to overcome Duke's interior game. Duke wins 80-72. compiled by Chrissie Gorman very few answers for the Tar Heels. Reserve David Noel finished off a steal in the first half with a reverse dunk, and Marvin Williams might have topped him with his highlight-package dunk during the big spurt in the final 20 minutes. Later, with walk-ons and other littleused players finishing out the blowout, several teammates were mimicking Williams’ move on the bench.

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“He is awesome,” Sendek said. “I don’t think there is anything he can’t do.” It’s an opinion shared by those who see Marvin Williams every day in practice. “At the beginning of the season, I think he was a little hesitant to take some shots and now he’s just playing,” May said. “Now, he’s starting to realize that he has a little more freedom and can do more things. The kid’s unbelievable.”

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A day to remember someone who believed, hoped, wor- racy. You can call that whatever you want, but tied, prayed, worried, hoped and not democracy. They don’t allow bikinis at prayed some more that Iraqis could one nudist colonies and they don’t serve steak at day pull off the election they did, lam unre- vegetarian restaurants, and theocrats don’t servedly happy about the outcome—and you veto candidates in real democracies. The Iraqi Shiites just gave every Iranian should be, too. I Shiite next door a demonstrawhat Why? Because f tion of what real “Islamic” threatens America most from tnOITISS triGdlTldn democracy is; it’s when Muslims the Middle East are the guest commentary vote for whomever they want. I pathologies of a region just want to be around for Iran’s where there is too little freedom and too many young people who aren’t next election, when the ayatollahs try to veto able to achieve their full potential. The only reform candidates and Iranian Shiites ask, way to cure these pathologies is with a war of Why can’t we vote for anyone, like Iraqi Shiites ideas within the Arab-Muslim world so those did? Oh, boy, that’s going to be pay-per-view. Then there is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. This with bad ideas can be defeated by those with Charles-Manson-with-a-turban who heads the ones. progressive insurgency in Iraq had a bad hair day on SunWe can’t fight that war. Only the Arab progressives can—only they can tell the suicide day. I wonder whether anyone told him about bombers that what they are doing is shameful the suicide bomber who managed to blow up to Islam and to Arabs. But we can collaborate only himself outside a Baghdad polling station and how Iraqi voters walked around his body, with them to create a space in the heart of their world where decent people have a spitting on it as they went by. Zarqawi claims to chance to fight this war—and that is what be the leader of the Iraqi Vietcong—the authentic carrier of Iraqis’ national aspirations American and British soldiers have been and desire to liberate their country from “U.S. doing in Iraq. President Bush’s basic gut instinct about occupation.” In truth, he is the leader of the the need to do this is exactly right. His thinkIraqi Khmer Rouge —a murderous death cult. The election has exposed this. Because the that this could be done on the ing cheap, though, with little postwar planning, was exact- Iraqi people have now made it clear that they ly wrong. Partly as a result, this great moment are the authentic carriers of their national ashas already cost America over $lOO billion and pirations, and while, yes, they want an end to the U.S. presence, they want that end to hap10,000killed and wounded. That is not sustainable because the road pen in an orderly manner and in tandem with ahead in Iraq is still long. We have to proceed an Iraqi constitutional process. In other words, this election has made it with more wisdom and more allies. But proceed we must, and now we can at least do so crystal clear that the Iraq war is not between with the certainty that partnering with the fascist insurgents and America, but between the fascist insurgents and the Iraqi people. Iraqi people to build a decent consensual govOne hopes the French and Germans, whose ernment is not crazy—it’s really difficult, but not crazy. newspapers often sound more like AlBut wait—not everyone is wearing a smiley Jazeera than Al-Jazeera, will wake up to this face after the Iraqi elections, and that is good, fact and throw their weight onto the right considering who is unhappy. Let’s start with side of history. It’s about time, because whatever you the mullahs in Iran. Those who think that a Shiite-led government in Iraq is going to be thought about this war, it’s not about Bush any the puppet of Iran’s Shiite ayatollahs are so more. It’s about the aspirations of the Iraqi majority to build an alternative to Saddamism. wrong. It is the ayatollahs in Iran who are terrified today. You see, the Iranian mullahs and By voting the way they did, in the face of real their diplomats like to peddle the notion that danger, Iraqis have earned the right to ask everyone now to put aside their squabbles and they have their own form of democracy: “Islamic democracy.” But this is a fraud, and the focus on what is no longer just a pipe dream, people who know best that it’s a fraud are the but a real opportunity to implant decent, consensual government in the heart of the Arabayatollahs and the Iranian people. When any Iranian reform candidate who Muslim world. wants to run can be vetoed by unelected ayaThomas Friedman is a syndicated columnistfor tollahs, and any Iranian newspaper can be shut by the same theocrats, that is not democ- The New York Times.

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smallest pond in the country. Not only were you never this. You’re born in the mid-’Bos and town, if at all, with the kind of head-patting condescension reserved for children and small animals. smart to begin with, but the people who told you otherraised in Fort Wayne, Ind., a mid-sized midwestIn college, surprisingly enough, things go much the wise are now officially the dumbest people in America. ern town, where you live in the suburbs and attend the public schools. Your father works for the local same. You decorate your room with posters of fine art, And you are one of them. It’s all there in USA Today. Frantically you search for objective proof of your indefense contractor; your mother is a librarian who likes not bands, and conspicuously-displayed books, of which to cook and vacuum. you may have read half. You’d heard murmurings about telligence. You ask your friends how smart you are—they Over the course of elementary, school, it becomes clear the relative sizes of fishes and ponds, and it had been avert their eyes and change the subject. You go after exthat you are smart. You’re not exactly sure how this hapsuggested that college might come as a blow to your self- professors, RAs, CAPS, anyone to tell you that sinking esteem; basic none of that really comes to pass. You may be feeling in your gut is just a terrible misunderstandingbecause a of display understanding pens: maybe you the concepts of arithmetic, maybe because you do well on surrounded by other smart people, but they are smart in no one returns your e-mails. You search your files for an subjects, like economics and biology, of which you know old IQ test—you’ve never taken one. Fifteen years of tests, maybe because the other kids pick on you. At any nothing and can’t talk about. So you sail smartness are crumbling around your feet. And you rate, it’s not as if someone sat you down never liked classical music to begin with. through four years secure in the knowland explained any of it to you; it’s more like the adults got together for a secret edge that you continue to be one of the Thursday night finds you curled up in a ball on your kids, futon, smart and that when graduate, sobbing about that future Nobel Prize that now you and when out had meeting, they got they you will find someone to pay you to be seems like a cruel joke. And then to your closed eyes all resolved to treat you a little differently. smart, and that will be that comes an unbidden flood of imagesKhe GolfDome down So you find smart friends and go to then, And when you smart by Smith Road. The delayed stoplight classes, where talk about gifted they next to the Pizza Hut. The Meijer’s Sucan see the finish line things like creativity and also tell you not suddenly, And it all a semester just away, perstore off 1-69. Your favorite strip mall. to get too full of yourself, but you’re a kid rob goodman It’s Fort Wayne! And as sure as you you come across an artibecomes clear: This isn't and can’t help it. You walk through the cle in USA Today: just know you’ll never make the ranks halls at the end of the day, counting the lobster sticks to magnet a small pond. This is of the that intellectual elite, you know Fort “Looking for signs of inpeople who are less smart than you and the mother of small Wayne will take you back into its big, telligent life in Fort considering who is dumber, the jock who dumb arms. You can move back after threw a basketball at you in gym class, or the Satanist who Wayne.” It seems that Men’s Health ponds. This is the smalltaken Intellectual has an graduation and get a nice apartment magazine has black hair and listens to Marilyn Manson. est pond in the country. down by the river. Maybe you can teach You discover that smartness has responsibilities as Index of every city in the United States, and your own Fort Wayne has come in Not only were you never at your old high school. People will call well as privileges. So you try to develop a taste for classiyou smart again, because they won’t dead, ass-end last. “This heartland city stucal music and books about Albert Einstein, and you with, smart to but begin has been dubbed the dumbknow any better. Maybe after a while that certain of255,000 avoid culture. You discover diously popular words and turns of phrase make adults more likely to est town in all the land,” goes the arti- the people who told you you can set yourself up in business and become known around town for not compliment you on your smartness, so you take mental cle. The survey is the talk of the town, otherwise are now offiat least among those who read. being very dumb. You might even be note of them and drop them into conversation more It all seems fairly comprehensive: and more often, until you’re speaking your own dialect. cially the dumbest peo- the mayor some day! But in the end, it won’t matter very much —you’ll be The survey took into account bacheGirls don’t like you. America. ple in SAT home among your people, and that’s all scores, where to collor’s capita, degrees per ask you’re going you Eventually, people that counts. lege. You hadn’t considered it, but you look into it and state creativity indexes, number of universities, do and Nobel Prize winners born within Fort city Wayne, the town that gave you life and consee that you’ll need to develop a resume, which you limits. That sounds fair. The rest of the bottom five vinced inyou you were smart, will take you back. And several clubs and of competing by becoming president in events like debate, where smart kids meet on the cludes Las Vegas, two cities in Texas and Newark. That you’ll never, ever read another newspaper again. sounds about right. But Fort Wayne? weekend to see who’s smartest. You get into college withAnd suddenly, it all becomes clear; This isn’t just a Rob Goodman is a Trinity senior. His columns appears out much difficulty, and you leave Fort Wayne, never to small pond. This is the mother of small ponds. This is the every Friday. return except for breaks. You think about your home-

There wolf. There castle. Why are you talking that way? “I think the American people —I hope the American I don’t think, let me—I hope the American people trust me.” —Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2002 —

“[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling.” —Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

‘You teach a child to read, and he of her will be able to pass a literacy test.” —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001 Literacy and grammar, you might argue, are two separate It’s difficult to trust someone that you don’t know. A presidential press conference is the one time that the things. And perhaps a point would have been scored in your American public has the chance to see how competent its court if the president had not stated clearly on numerous occasions that he does not read the things handed to him. president really is. The chance to see him react to ques“I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor tions that he has not asked, the chance to hear him speak on his own, without the help of a written speech. The for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read chance to see his mind work. The chance the news themselves.” —Washington, to see how the person that we have elected D.C., Sept. 21, 2003 to make crucial decisions under pressure And then there’s always this; can handle the pressure. “One of the great things about books is The president has a chance to talk to sometimes there are some fantastic picthe American public, and the American tures.” —Jan. 3, 2000 public has a chance to get to know its president Perhaps the problem Bush has with press conferences is that he genuinely does Gone are the days of fireside chats with eric vivier not understand their general nature: that FDR. In his first term, President George W. Bush averaged about one press conference calmer than you are reporters should be able to ask questions and that he be required to answer them. every three months—fewer than any presi“[A]s you know, these are open fodent since the invention of the radio. His disdain for open communication with the media, and by rums, you’re able to come and listen to what I have to extension with the American public, however, is certainly say.” —Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2003 W. has never been fully comfortable with the idea of annot because of a lack of conviction. articulate what swering know what believe. continue to questions. When directly asked about matters of “I I I will I believe and what I believe —I believe what I believe is foreign policy, intelligence, social security, Bush tends to allude to his hopes for “achieving our objectives” without right.” —Rome, July 22, 2001 But what is it that he believes? really detailing what those objectives are. “My views are one that speaks to freedom.”—Washing“See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons ton, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004 There was one time, however, that our president gave a of mass destruction.” —Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003 direct, clear, explicit answer. Brilliant. “My answer is: bring them on.” —Washington, D.C., Perhaps his problem with communication is in the 3, 2003 elitself. Bush has never claimed to be an July communicating find beBush has kept the number of presidential press conferhim endearing Americans Many speaker. egant cause of this very fact—because he is unpolished, because ences to a minimum because he knows that he is not good he is “one of us,” because he doesn’t talk down to anyone. at them. He does not respond well under the pressure of the critical eye of the liberal media. He was embarrassed He can’t. when a reporter unexpectedly asked him what his biggest Maybe he struggles with literacy.

mistake was. He answered that he hadn’t thought about it He doesn’t really think. “I’m also not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.” —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003 Maybe if someone asks him that question again, he can say that he is embarrassed that he ever told Iraqi militants to bring it on. Because I’m embarrassed for him. Perhaps Bush’s problem with communicating to the American public is that he just doesn’t feel as though he needs to be held accountable for anything. “I’m the commander—see, I don’t need to explain—I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.” —as quoted in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War And it’s also hard to establish trust and open communication when he occasionally lets things slip that aren’t exactly true. “We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories.... And we’ll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they’re wrong, we found them.” —Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003 Call it a failure of intelligence. With a Republican majority ready to bend over backwards for the president, a secretary of state that is basically his parrot, a new attorney general that could be, unbelievably, less concerned about the law than the last one, and possible Supreme Court nominations, the situation is only going to get worse. Conservative, Republican and Christian ideology will continue to solidify. Jeb will be elected. Term limits eliminated. A dynasty established. “There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on-shame on you. Fool me-you can’t get fooled again.” —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 We were fooled once. And then we managed to fool we can’t get fooled—shame on—us? —

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