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Sanford considers transition to school by
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Public policy studies, a field known at Duke for its interdisciplinarity and breadth ofacademic degrees, may soon change its institutional structure, as the University is weighing the possibility of creating a new school of public policy. If formed, the school would encompass the department of public policy studies —currently a part of the division ofArts and Sciences—as well as the Sanford Institute of Public Policy and its various research centers. Provost Peter Lange created a task force comprised ofadministrators and faculty in March to investigate the feasibility and desirability of including the transition as a part of the University’s new strategic plan. Initially proposed about a decade ago, the issue of creating a school resurfaced recently in the wake of Sanford’s growing acclaim, pressure from faculty and questions about how the institute and its centers relate to other departments. A Universitywide focus on using knowledge to improve global well-being also provided an impetus for new discussion about creating a school. “We have put this theme of knowledge into the service of society very much as one of the themes of the new strategic plan,” Lange said. “We need to see
where public policy fits into that.” Bruce Jentleson, outgoing director of the Sanford Institute, noted that many of Duke’s peer institutions have public policy schools, setting the stage for Duke to enhance its competitive edge by creating its own school. Jentleson said there is also a need for the various parts of the public policy program—including the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree programs—to officially come together under one institutional umbrella. As a school, the unified components of public policy would become a largely autonomous entity in the University’s management structure. It would retain its revenues and be responsible for its own expenses—aspects of management currently handled through Trinity. Whether a new school could support itself financially is one of the questions, Lange posed in a charge to the task force. He also asked the committee to consider how the transition would affect the undergraduate major, the role the institute and its centers play on campus and Duke’s overall quality of education. Professor Bruce Kuniholm, chair of the task force and incoming director of the Sanford Institute, said “enhancing” the undergraduate major would be a SEE SANFORD ON PAGE
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BALTIMORE In the end, the only people left at Homewood Field were a television crew quiedy packing their gear and a group of DUKE Duke fans the I*| mostly JHU players’ families, on the other side of the stadium. The din of the nearby Johns Hopkins group emanated from inside the locker room. Minutes before, the Blue
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Devils (11-1) had lost arguably the most important regular season game in program history—an 11-10 double-overtime loss to Johns Hopkins—and along with it their record undefeated streak and a chance for a firstever No. 1 ranking. Yet as the Duke team filed out toward the bus and said its goodbyes, the looks on the faces of most still showed amazement rather than sorrow. For 60 minutes of regulation and almost two overtimes—on
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against lacrosse’s most storied program—No. 2 Duke and No. 1 Hopkins (9-0) competed, trading leads in every quarter. The Blue Jays’ Kevin Huntley finally secured the victory when he forced his diving shot past goalie Aaron Fenton with 1:05 left in the second overtime period. His score extended Hopkins’ record home win-streak to 32 before 7,136 fans in attendance and a SEE
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ing for the first time, Duke might just be popped collars and Gothic architecture, foam parties and iPods. Or it might be something more. Sun-Young Chung showed up at the door of Brown Dormitory’s smallest room Saturday, eager to spend four days as a college student. Chung, a senior at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va., was here for Scholarship Interview Weekend as a finalist in the University Scholars Program. She became interested in Duke after reading about the campus phenomenon of “effortless perfection.” “I kept following that, and I wanted to know what this university was really like,” Chung said. “I think it was a big issue for women across many universities, and I think it’s good that Duke was one of the first to tackle that.”
When she got here, her first impression of students fit with the gist of the stereotype, though she soon acknowledged that Duke students are far more multifaceted than what first impressions might convey. “At first I thought everybody’s blonde and a foot taller than me,” she said, “but I realized the people are just so amazing—these are really the cream of the crop students, and they know so much.” As a scholarship finalist, her weekend kicked off with an introductory meeting with current University Scholars and fellow finalists and a lecture about the Civil Rights Movement. Following the lecture, the “Unis” attended a catered fish ffy-yDuke’s attempt to expose the p-froshes to its southern side. The effort succeeded—“What are these?” Chung asked, pointing to the hush puppies. She and a friend sat at a table that eventually filled with other prospective University and Benjamin N. SEE P-FROSH ON PAGE 8
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BAGHDAD, Iraq The family of a Pakistani embassy employee kidnapped in Baghdad appealed Sunday for his captors to release him, and al Qaeda’s ally in Iraq claimed to have kidnapped and killed a senior police official. The kidnappings came as Iraq’s most feared terrorist organization issued an Internet statement rejecting any efforts by the new government to make peace. Malik Mohammed Javed, a consular and community affairs employee at Pakistan’s embassy, went missing in Baghdad Saturday after leaving home to pray at a mosque.
The previously unknownOmar bin Khattab group claimed responsibility for his kidnapping and Javed called the embassy to say his abductors had not harmed him, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Ministry spokesperson Jalil Abbas Jilani said he had no informadon about the group. There have been no reports of a group by that name existing in Iraq. The kidnappers’ demands were not immediately clear. Possibly anticipating a demand for Islamabad to close its embassy in Baghdad, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said, “We will neither withdraw our embassy staff nor close the mission.”
Javed’s son appealed to his father’s kidnappers to release him. “Everyone is crying here,” Bilal Malik, 20, told The Associated Press by telephone. “My father has done nothing wrong. He was only going to offer his prayers. They are Muslims. They should release our father who is also a Muslim.” The kidnapping comes nine months after insurgents abducted and killed two Pakistanis working for a Kuwaiti company in Iraq. Their abductors had demanded that Pakistan promise not to send any troops to Iraq. SEE
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Israeli police arrest demonstrators by
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Thousands of Israeli police mobilized at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site Sunday, but confronted only a handful ofJewish extremists intent on scutding a Gaza pullout by tying up security forces. In Gaza, militants fired dozens of mortar shells after Israeli forces killed three teenagers. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, speaking on a plane taking him to Monday’s meeting with President George W. Bush, said the mortar fire “is a flagrant violation of the understandings” reached at
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the February truce summit with Palestinian leader MahmoudAbbas. “And this will be a central issue to be raised in my talks with President Bush,” Sharon said. Police arrested 31 extremist Jews who planned to demonstrate Sunday in the Old City of Jerusalem, along with a West Bank Hamas leader who spoke at the holy site. But the 10,000 demonstrators pledged by organizers never materialized. Only a few dozen showed up. Despite the low turnout, Israeli officials acknowledged the protesters appeared to have accomplished their goal of showing
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Arabic rises in popularity Current events, cultural
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Every year more and more Duke students are learning to say sabaah al-khayr—“good morning” in Arabic.
Since 2001, enrollment in Arabic classes has drastical-
ly grown, and the department is struggling to keep up
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Students read the menu at The Loop, which, like other on-campus eateries, does not provide nutrition information about its food items.
Posted food facts may be harmful by
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Waffle fries. Bagel sandwiches. Loop pizza. When entering a Duke dining facility, students can plainly see what’s for lunch. Nutrition facts, however, are less easy to find. Duke does not display nutritionfacts in its 23 eating areas because students who excessively focus on them could develop unhealthy eating habits, said Franca Alphin, a dietician for Student Health. Though it has never been Duke policy to post nutritional information, Dining Services and Student Health made a joint decision to avoid such displays in campus eateries for the past five years. Merchants on Points vendors are exempt from this policy. “Counting calories and counting fat grams does not promote healthy eating. You focus on these things, and you lose perspective on the whole diet,” said Alphin, whose suggestions were crucial in developing the University’s stance on the issue. The policy is also in place to protect those students on campus who may already suffer from eating disorders, said Jim Wulforst, director of Dining Services. Though students can contact Student Health dieticians to find out the nutrition facts of the foods they eat,
some said they lack information. Junior Danny Kramer, nutritional needs consultant for the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, said he has received inquiries and complaints. “I as a student feel it is important that I know what I put in my body,” said senior Lindsey Paluska, co-chair of DUSDAC. “I don’t necessarily agree with Franca’s viewpoint, but it’s something that she said and I think we need to respect that.” Duke students appear to have wide-ranging opinions on the issue. Freshman Emily Barnes said posted nutritional facts would not change her diet habits but “it could be harmful for people with eating disorders.” Other students think the motivation for the University’s stance is incorrect. “I don’t think [posting nutrition facts] is necessary, but I don’t think the reason not to do it is to protect Duke students,” said junior Lindsey Kurland. “I don’t think you should try to enclose students in a ‘Duke bubble’ because it’s not reality.” Policies on the posting of nutritionfacts vary among colleges. In dining halls at Northwestern University, SEE NUTRITION ON PAGE 10
with the demand. Next year it will add an instructor to the three it already has and make more classes available. “I think most people attribute the increase to post-9/11 events, but it is over-simplifying the situation,” said Ellen McLarney, assistant professor of the practice of Asian and African languages and literature. “People want to link it to hostile tensions, but they have existed for centuries.” Twenty-three students took elementary Arabic in Fall 2000, 33 in 2001, 34 in 2002, 45 in 2003 and a high of 58 in 2004. With the recruitment of a new professor, the number is expected to rise since the department has had to turn away a lot of students who wanted to take Arabic. “Summer after the Sept. 11 events, parents were calling me and students were e-mailing me saying T really, really want to do Arabic,’” said Miriam Cooke, professor ofAsian and African languages and literature. Students enrolled in Elementary Arabic had various reasons behind their desire to learn the Middle Eastern language. Some take it because of religious reasons, some in order to learn more about the culture and some because they think Arabic’s influence has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. “It definitely has to do with the geopolitical situation in the Middle East,” said Leo Ching, chair of the Asian and African languages and literature department. “The Department of Education also pushed for more teaching in Arabic,” he added. Another reason is the mobilization to increase awareness of the culture. Since 1965, there has been constant immigration to the United States from non-European countries, and the number of Muslims in the United States is drastically increasing. “There is also a great deal of conversion to Islam,” McLarney said. At the beginning of each semester, McLarney goes around the room and asks students why they chose the course. “For some people it’s just fascination, some take SEE ARABIC ON PAGE 9
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Scorsese explains documentary, fiction link BY CORINNE LOW THE CHRONICLE
Before Martin Scorsese took the stage Saturday night at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Nancy Buirski, festival founder and longtime Scorsese friend, told the crowd, “He is a man who needs no introduction, but I’m going to give it to you anyway.” Festival-goers had lined up hours beforehand to spend an evening with the famed director. The event, sponsored by VHI and held at downtown Durham’s Carolina Theater, brought Scorsese to the stage before an audience of more than a thousand to discuss his work in fictional film, documentary and film preservation. Before his evening presentation, Scorsese hosted a special tribute to Italian filmmaker Vittoria de Seta, whose documentary work he called “revolutionary.” Scorsese has been the chair of the Full Frame documentary arts board since its inception in 1997. Scorsese began the evening by showing clips of several ofhis films, including Mean Streets, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy and Goodfellas. When prompted by Buirski to reveal how someone so famous for such fictional films became involved in documentary, Scorsese referred to what he saw as an interplay between documentary and fiction. He said his fiction has drawn upon certain aspects of documentary to create realistic portraits of certain societies or ways of life, citing his early work Mean Streets as an example.
“I tried to make as accurate a picture of the Sicilians I knew downtown as I could,” he said. Scorsese mentioned how an improvised monologue in the middle of the film by Robert De Niro truly brings to life the Italian neighborhoods of New York that De Niro and Scorsese knew as children growing up in the area. Scorsese also said in many of his films he has used other documentary elements, such as incorporating actual audio from historic events as he does with the radio announcer featured in Raging Bull when Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta. Another element Scorsese frequently incorporates into his films, he said, is the use of non-actors in background roles. Referring to a clip from The King of Comedy, Scorsese said, “The FBI guys, they’re real FBI. The guy with the sweater around his neck, that was my agent at the time... and the guy with the line ‘who you gonna sue?’ and he says T’m gonna sue you personally,’ well, that was my lawyer.” The crowd responded to this inside insight with laughter and applause. In addition to his fictional films, Scorsese spoke ofhis work in pure documentary, including a famous chronicle of his own parents, Italianamerican, commissioned by the National Endowment of the Arts. After he spoke, the filmmaker opened the floor up to questions from the audience, most of which revolved around Scorsese’s use of violence in his movies. Scorsese exSEE SCORSESE ON PAGE 12
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Director Martin Scorsese speaks at theFull Frame Documentary Film Festival at the CarolinaTheater Saturday.
ing, what the documentaries doubt about it, yet I know if I was starting making movies now as a young person if I could get my hands on a DV camera I probably would have started that way.
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are saying about the modern world and human relations. There's a value in his work that makes us think again about what we should be concerned about as human beings. That's why it's so important to see them on a big screen.
faction from documentary because it's not necessarily [We did a] documentary on me directing actors in a Italian films, and part of the frame and writing and group [included] Vittoria de Vetta, and there's no doubt working with writers and that sort of thing, it is—or that I felt that these men and On digital video seems to be at the women who made these films versus film: moment —a compilation of were being forgotten. We look at these... for what he'ssay- I prefer celluloid, there's no images that are created
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Brooks opted to not file state tax returns because the price of doing so outweighed her potential state refund. The popular e-filing program 1040EZ—one of a multiplying number of online filing systems —charges $19.95 for federal returns and an additional $9.95 for state returns. Many less popular online systems, such as Free File or TaxACT, charge little to nothing. Before filing online, however, students must receive W-2 or 1040 tax forms, which employers are required to send by the end of January. But many students, including junior Adebola Falae, have struggled obtaining their tax forms. “Tve been having document trouble this year. First, my job didn’t mail the returns to my mom on time, and now that she finally got them, I’m trying to get them here,” Falae said. Like most undergraduates, Falae is claimed as a dependent by her mother granting her mother a $3,100 exemption from income taxes. In addition to the exemption their parents receive, students who are dependents are allowed to earn up to $4,850 of personal tax-liable income without owing taxes on it. All full-time students under 24 years old who do not qualify as dependents can still enlist for Earned Income Tax Credit. Earned Income Tax Credit is a $36 billion federal tax refund system initiated to alleviate the tax burden of low-income
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SANFORD from page 1 top priority of the transition to a school. He described the major as the “heart and soul” of the public policy program. Task force member George McLendon, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, said the committee will also have to consider how the creation of a school would affect public policy professors, who enjoy an approach to teaching that allows them to jump departmental borders and teach in more than one area. The creation of a school, McLendon added, could also complicate the process of distributing salaries to professors with joint appointments in public policy and other departments in Trinity because the money would come from two different schools. Despite potential bumps in the road to becoming a school, Jentleson said he would see the shift as a positive move. “The enhanced role in the University, the opportunity to continue to move to the top tier of our peer institutions and the likelihood of having a very effective fundraising campaign would all bode well for students,” he said. Lange, however, said there are a “range of views” about the issue that will be taken into account as the task force conducts its investigation. The task force will report back to Lange by early September 2005; Lange noted that a decision about creating a school will then be made in a “reasonable period of time” because continued debate could be detrimental to the public policy program. “Either we’re going to move forward or we’re not for quite a while,” Lange said. “The desire on the part of some and the resistance to that desire on the part of others with the issue being open has, over the last recent period, not necessarily promot-
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A construction worker labors on the site of the new addition to theSanford Institute ofPublic Policy, which could soon transition to a school of public policy. ed getting our energies focused in the same place.” A recommendation about the transition to a school would be included in a draft of the new strategic plan, to be presented to the Board of Trustees in May 2006.
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Duke Scholars. The conversation inevitably began with names, hometowns and first impressions of Duke. They discussed the pros and cons of other potential schools and the difficulty of making a choice. “My friend says to go to Duke because Redick will still be there next year,” said one of the B.N. Scholar finalists. It seems the p-froshes understand what it takes to be a Blue Devil, even before they decide to enroll. Chung has narrowed down her choices to three universities, and it appears to be a question of Durham versus Boston. In addition to Duke, she is also weighing the merits of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of
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perspective. Though Chung plans to visit Boston next week to help make her May 1 decision, she said her p-frosh experience gave her a deeper understanding of the University. “I had known about the academic programs before, and the next step for me was ‘Could I live here?’” she said. “I definitely feel like I can live here.”
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education and a major in economics and said Duke’s EcoTeach program is a definite plus. But even so, the academics at all three universities are so similar that social factors also come into play. Saturday night gave Chung a wellrounded feel for weekend life. She went to an a cappella concert with her host, freshman Sarah Gordon, and experienced a dorm-wide game of Assassins, complete with water guns and an ambush. Later, Chung got a taste of the social aspect of Duke that isn’t featured in the glossy brochures, as she walked down sketchy streets and past poorly lit gas stations to Delta Tau Delta fraternity’s party at Shooters. “It was a lot of fun, and it wasn’t that crazy—maybe because everybody’s smart
or something,” she said, though she iiad spent a while warding off freshmen screaming “P-frosh!” as they besieged her with handfuls of foam. “Do you always take showers at three in the morning?” she asked once back in Brown, where she chatted with some girls in the hall, juxtaposing talk about the night’s debauchery with the recurring theme of college decisions. “I was supposed to go to Princeton, but I came here and I fell in love with it,” freshman Meredith Glacken told her. Chung said she might be falling under the same spell. “I can’t believe I’m actually seeing this in person,” she said, walking past the Chapel. “Before, I might have had hesitations, but now there’s nothing negative turning me away from [Duke], and it is definitely a good option.” Chung said she was impressed with the hospitality the University extended to the p-froshes and the resources it allocates to meet students’ needs. “It seems like Duke has so much money to go around, and they spend it well on the Chung said. “Even when I got my acceptance package I was really impressed with what was in there.” The weekend also included an excursion to the Duke Gardens and an outing to the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in downtown Durham. Chung said she hopes to sit in on some classes today to view the University from yet another
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CHANGES SWEPT AWAY The Blue Devils drop all three of their matches against Clemson despite having a lead in each game.
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The Blue Devils executed another one of theirfast starts against Northwestern Sunday, but they were unable to hold on.TheWildcats went on an 8-0 run in thefirst half and Duke never recovered, falling 16-11.
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The N0.,2 women’s lacrosse team put a scare into Northwestern Sundaybut was ultimately overpowered by the top-ranked team in the nation in a 16-11 defeat. Duke (10-3) led early, but Rachel Sanford’s three goals were not enough for the . Blue Devils to DUKEstymie the momenturn of Northwest16 NWESTERN ern, which is still
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Duke put itself in striking position when it scored the first two goals of the second half. Kristen Waagbo finished a long feed from Stefanie Sparks, and then Sparks found the net on an unassisted goal ofher own just minutes later. The Wildcats responded with three goals before Sanford found the back of the net with her third and final goal. It was too late, however, as Northwestern elected to slow the pace of play down for the rest of the game. “We didn’t think we were out of the game really until they went into a stall with about 13 minutes left,” Sanford said. “We came out strong in the second half and were really excited. “It’s definitely frustrating when a team [stalls], but it was worse because we couldn’t win a draw, which allowed them to keep
the ball in their hands.” The Blue Devils, who have been known all season forfast starts, went up on Northwestern one minute into the first half. After controlling the opening draw, Leigh Jester converted a free-position to put Duke on the board. Katie Chrest won the ensuing draw and quickly fed a breaking Waagbo for the team’s second score only seven seconds after its first. Northwestern matched Duke with tw6 goals of its own, but the Blue Devils kept at it and scored the next four. Michelle Menser and Sanford connected for unassisted goals just 23 seconds apart to give the Blue Devils their biggest advantage of the match. The Wildcats were not scared off by Duke’s early prowess and went on their 8-0 run after being down 6-2.
“When any team goes on a run like that it’s hard to just get the ball back,” Sanford said. “But even though they were on that run we tried to remain positive.” Despite the loss, the weekend was not a complete disappointment for Duke. The team played powerhouse Northwestern close, and the Blue Devils added to their win total this weekend in a matchup against Notre Dame (3-7) Friday. Duke beat the Fighting Irish 11-8 behind four goals from Sanford. “The Notre Dame game was harder than we anticipated, but we persevered and pulled through for the win,” Sanford said. “This weekend puts us in a great position. It was against great competition and that will prepare us for other games come tournament time. We’re excited to play Northwestern again.”
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One week after finishing in a disappointing tie for 10th place at 70-over par,
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Duke bounced back from a poor showing last week behindMichael Schachner and Ryan Blaum's efforts.
No. 12 Duke recovered to win the Courtyard Marriott Intercollegiate this weekend in Holly Springs, N.C. with a 16-under 560. Wake Forest and Georgia Southern both finished one stroke behind the Blue Devils ih the rain-shortened event that included four teams in the top 20. “I was concerned about how last weekend would affect us,” head coach Rod Myers said. “It looks like our boys did an outstanding job of regrouping. We got a really nice team performance.” Michael Schachner and Ryan Blaum led the way for the Blue Devils, each recording a top-five finish. Schachner notched back-to-back 68s on his way to a second-place tie at eight under, four strokes behind individual winner Aron Price of Georgia Southern. The freshman excelled on the par fives, shooting four under on the six longest holes throughout the weekend. “This was definitely my best performance,” Schachner said. “I’m really happy with my game right now. I think the whole team is starting to come around.” Blaum, ranked 15th nationally, finished one stroke behind Schachner in a tie for fourth with rounds of 69 and 68. He recorded four birdies in his first six holes and reached six-under by the 13th hole before giving two strokes back and ending at four-under par.
Nathan Smith, ranked 24th, did not have his best tournament but played solidly, delivering a three-under par performance and finishing in a tie for 11th place. In Friday’s round, the junior played'consistently. After bogeying his second hole, Smith delivered 13 pars and four birdies on his way to a 69. “Nate played really well [Friday],” Myers said. “He was a little frustrated with his second round because he never really got anything going.” In his round Saturday, Smith bogeyed his first hole and double-bogeyed his fifth hole. He fired two birdies in his final seven holes, however, to finish at even par. Sophomore Jake Grodzinsky had a more tumultuous tournament but kept his composure to finish at two over in a tie for 33rd. Friday, Grodzinsky was even after 16 holes, but carded a six on the following par three and ultimately finished the day at two-over par. In the second round, the sophomore got down to twounder before giving two strokes back and ending the day even. “Jake’s 72 was really important,” Myers said. “He made a couple of big ups-anddowns for par. It was a really solid performance.” Freshman Michael Quagliano was the only Blue Devil to struggle in both rounds. He recorded several birdies throughout the two days but notched three double-bogeys and numerous bogeys that prevented SEE MEN’S GOLF ON PAGE
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ciding battle between Rizza and Amritraj. At the fourth singles spot, Duke’s Peter Rodrigues got off to a slow start before evening the match at one set apiece. Rodrigues then took a lead in the deciding set, but Virginia’s
She realized that Duke would fall to Maryland for the first time since 1985. Garleton, having been up at least a break in both sets, lost focus and the match, 7-5, 7-6 (74). Duke, dropping lost the doubles point to open the match, was up in the first set in five of the six singles matches. It looked as though the Blue Devils would roll to win their 25th-straight against head coach Jamie Ashworth’s alma mater. But Duke (13-7, 4-3 in the ACC) could not put away the Terrapins (8-10, 2-5), losing the match 4-3 Sunday. The weekend was not all bad as the Blue Devils romped Virginia (5-11, 1-5) 7-0 at home Saturday. On Senior Day, seniors Katie Blaszak and Saras Arasu played side by side, but with vastly different results. Blaszak struggled, playing with multiple injuries, while Arasu cruised to win her second-straight singles match, 6-0, 64. Arasu and her opponent Jen-
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JHU from TC page 1 national television audience When the new USILA poll is released today, Hopkins and Duke will likely remain No. 1 and 2, respectively. “It was like two boxers standing in the ring a little bit after halftime,” Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala said. “Everyone said ‘we will take our gloves off and you take your gloves off and we will slug it out.’ I thought both teams showed a lot of character.” Duke’s Matt Zash managed to come away with a clean win in the second overtime’s initial face-off before he limped off the field with leg cramps. After the whistle, Zash’s replacement, freshman Fred Krom, took what would be the team’s last shot—a waist-high attempt snagged easily by Hopkins goalie Jesse Schwartzman. About a minute later, following a Hopkins shot that hit the pipe, Huntley slipped underneath two Duke defenders and was able to end the game. “Freddy’s one of our fastest guys,” Pressler said. “He took a poor shot, that’s all. A poor shot. We won face-offs today, [Fenton] was terrific today. We did everything we could, just one play away from beating Hopkins at Homewood.” Said Hundey: “It was sort of a broken play up at the 40-yard line. My man was pressed out on me out past the restraining line. Really the only thing I could do was go to the goal and I did. The goalie sort of jumped a little bit high on my fake and left the bottom open.” Both teams were able to call a timeout and try to set up the winning play as time wound down. Pressler called timeout at the end ofregulation and set up a play for the cramping Zash, who asked for the ball/Pressler said. As Zash faked and made a move from behind the goal, the Hopkins short-stick defensive midfielder, Benson Erwin, poked the ball out. “When your best players says he can go, and I knew he was hurting, I still went with him,” Pressler said. “I’d probably still go with him again.” The Blue Jays then called their own timeout to set up a final shot, but Huntley’s low shot went wide of the goal and the game went into overtime. Duke’s Matt Danowski almost won the game in the first overtime, but his shot hit the pipe. A subsequent Blue Jays’ miss and Krom’s saved shot followed. The Blue Devils fell behind 5-2 in the first quarter, but they rallied back. On the day, Duke had leads of 1-0, 8-6 and 10-9. The game’s halftime score, 6-6, exceeded the score of the teams’ 6-5 game last year, which Hopkins won. Hopkins’ Matt Rekowski evened the score at 8-8 midway through the fourth quarter with Duke’s Kyle Dowd, who transferred from Johns Hopkins in 2003, guarding him. Seconds later Rekowski quick-sticked another shot in to put his team up 9-8. Minutes later, Dowd drove hard to his ht and rocketed a head-level shot past
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Matt Zash (top) and Zack Greer (right) combinedfor two goals and two assists in theBlue Devils' 11-10 loss to Johns Hopkins Friday night. Fred Krom put up Duke's last shot on goal of the game with 3:22 left in the double overtime period. Krom's shot was one of 10 saved by Hopkins goalie Jesse Schwartzman. Schwartzman. Duke would score only once more after that. “[Rekowski] beat me to the goal, kudos to him,” Dowd said. “They made plays at the end. We had our opportunities and they took advantage of theirs.” But at the end of the game against Hopkins, who has played in the last three Final Fours, it was Duke’s lack of experience that
made the difference. “We know that we didn’t play well in the first quarter and took them to double overtime,” said Danowski, who had three goals. “We can beat them and we’ll beat them when it counts.” A freshman mistake finally did in the Blue Devils in the second overtime, but that did not stop them from leaving feeling positive about the matchup.
What's goinp through your mind right now after the loss?
What are you going to take away from today's game?
"We fought so hard and had our chances.... We had our chances in both overtimes. If you lose a game in overtime and never have a chance, you are disappointed, but we had some chances but just didn't make those plays."
"We won-faceoffs today, Aaron [Fenton] was terrific today. We did everything we could, just one play away from beating Hopkins at Homewood. We will take a lot of positive things from this game and move and get ready for Virginia."
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the way the set play worked coming out of the timeout with 40 seconds left in the game?
"When your best player says he can go, and knew he was hurting,, still went with him. I'd probably still go with him again."
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“[The game was] a great environment,” Pressler said. “TV game. Great exposure for us. Greatfor recruiting. “Again our goal was, the undefeated thing is over with, but it was never a goal of ours. So it’s never been an issue. It’s not like we are disappointed about that. Our goals start to become apparent next week against UVa for the ACC regular season title.”
What is your overall perspective walking off tne field tonight?
"A great environment. TV game. Great exposure for us. Great for recruiting, great for a lot of things... We will take a lot from this game in a positive sense."
How important was
the winning streak?
"Again our goal was, the undefeated thing is over with, but it was never a goal of ours. So it's never been an issue. It's not like we are disappointed about that. Our goals start to become apparent next week against UVa for the ACC regular season title."
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Despite three losses, Javier Socorro (left) recorded a hit in each of the games,and Bryan Smith played an errorless game at second base Friday.
Sunday afternoon. After dropping the first two games of their three game series against Clemson, the Blue Devils were primed to salvage the road trip when when they
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6 took a 6-4 lead into the bottom of 15 the eighth inning. Duke’s hopes were destroyed, however, by a 12run, 11-hit Tiger inning that propelled Clemson (18-13, 93 in the ACC) to a 16-6 victory and completed the sweep. “It’s frustrating,” freshman Jimmy Gallagher said. “Where we are right now—that wasn’t where we expected to be in the beginning of the season. Coach [Bill Hillier] is doing his best to keep die morale of the team up. But it’s tough.”
Duke (9-26,1-14) built up the 64 lead in spite of the 15 runners it left on base during the contest. With the game tied 44 in the top of the eighth, the Blue Devils loaded the bases with nobody out but could only score two runs. They needed help to do so—the first run was scored when Clemson second baseman Taylor Harbin’s throw pulled the shortstop off the bag; the second was scored when reliever Stephen Clyne issued a walk with the bags full. “I don’t think it’s so much about Clemson’s pitching,” Gallagher said of his team’s offensive problems. “Where other teams are driving the the ball to the gaps, we just haven’t had games like that. We aren’t getting that extrabase hit when we need it.” Clemson’s offensive downpour in the bottom of the eighth made Duke’s missed opportunity moot, however. Starter Danny Otero had scattered a mere six hits over seven innings, but the game quickly unravelled when he gave up five consecutive hits. David Torcise, Jim Perry and Kyle Perry all took turns on the hill, but none could get the Blue Devils out of the inning. Twelve runs later, Jonathan Anderson stopped the bleeding when he induced a 4-6-3 double play. Duke lost in similarly aggravating fashion Friday. Shortstop Brett Bardes’ three RBIs gave the Blue Devils an early 3-1 advantage, but starter Greg Burke broke down in the bottom of the sixth. The senior gave up five runs before leaving the game with no outs recorded in the inning. The Tigers would score three more runs before being retired and went on to win 9-3. Saturday’s game was decided in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gallagher, Duke’s starting pitcher, opened the frame with back-to-back walks. With Duke leading 3-2, sophomore Tony Bajoczky came in to relieve Gallagher. Bajoczky allowed both inherited runners to score and permitted Clemson to earn two more runs in the inning. The Tigers never looked back, scoring a total of seven runs off of Bajoczky on the way to an 11-6 victory.
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Danny Otero pitched seven strong innings Sunday, but he lost control to Clemson in a 12-run eighth-inning rally.
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him from scoring low. His tournament got off to a difficult start, when after five holes he was five-over par. “We need to get Quagliano a little more comfortable,” Myers said. “He’s an awfully good player and played awfully well last fall. We’re looking for an exciting week from him at the ACCs.” Duke hopes to carry its momentum from this weekend’s win into the ACC Championship beginning Friday in Baden Lake, N.C. “The guys are really looking forward to the ACCs,” Myers said. “We’ve been successful against most of the teams except for Georgia Tech. They’re the team to beat this weekend.”
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nifer Dent had long baseline rallies, with Arasu cleverly waiting for her opportunities, making winners when she needed to. Blaszak, playing in the top singles spot had her opponent Ramona But on the ropes on several occasions but lost key points on unforced errors. But chased down ball after ball, letting Blaszak beat herself with uncontrolled shots that were well wide and long in several instances. “It is doable if you get out there and get on top,” Blaszak said about winning with injuries. “But if you can’t capitalize when you’re up 40-15 or 40-0, you don’t have a prayer of winning the match.” On the opposite side ofBlaszak, playing in the No. 2 spot, Jackie Carleton lost a two-set nailbiter that had the attention of everyone at the stadium by the last few games. Carleton, who looked frustrated and unhappy with line calls throughout the match, lost the first set after going up a break early. “Jackie lost the first but did a really good job coming back in the second set,” Ashworth said. In the second set, she climbed to an early 3-0 lead, but Baker battled back to 5-5 in the second, and it seemed as though Carleton was losing steam. In the second set tiebreaker, both players executed deft passing shots, but Baker took the early 4-1 lead. She then double-faulted, opening the door again for Carleton. The Blue Devil won the next point with an authoritative and emphatic overhead, but on the ensuing serve, Carleton double-faulted.
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Baker was now in control and took the final points to win the tiebreaker 7-4 on an impressive crosscourt winner, giving her team the victory. “Jackie has to put people away when she has opportunities,” said Ashworth. “It’s frustrating to you when you’re on top and you can’t put people away.” The fourth singles match was a European matchup with Frenchwoman Clelia Deltour standing strong against the Bulgarian Neda Mihneva in an up-and-down battle. Deltour took the first 6-2, but Mihneva struck back winning the second easily, 6-1. With the overall match already decided, Deltour took the final set 6-3. Cargil handily took the first set 6-3, but then lost the second one 1-6. In the third, her opponent Veronika Subertova, an underhand server, opened up an early lead to go up 4-1. Cargill fought back to 4-3 where she was broken again. She then broke back to bring it to 5-4. But this was all she had as she went down 4-6 in the final set for the first time in her two-year ACC career. At the 6 spot, Tory Zawacki simply overpowered her opponent to an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory. Even though Duke beat Virginia 7-0 Saturday, the loss was disappointing as the Blue Devils will have three ACC losses for the first time since 1985. “We talked about being better than someone and showing it, but today we came out completely flat,” said Ashworth. “Our preparation wasn’t good before the match. We got out to a good start but we just couldn’t play. I don’t know what happened. We did a really poor job of getting ready.”
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Treat Huey broke down Rodrigues’ baseline consistency by coming to net more often. Huey ultimately prevailed to put UVa up 3-2. ‘We felt like we had a decent chance, PRod had a chance, Stephen was up a break in the third set,” Duke head coach Jay Lapidus said, “but we just didn’t play well enough, especially in doubles. This is disappointing, but it shows we can hang with the top-five teams.” The Blue Devils’ Jonathan Stokke, ranked No. 118, gave one of the day’s finest efforts at the No. 3 position, upsetting No. 17 Somdev Dewarman 7-5, 7-5. Stokke relendessly attacked his opponent by coming to the net whenever possible, and two timely breaks at 5-5 in each set led to the straight-set victory. At No. 5, Blue Devil freshman Charles Brezac stayed close with Virginia’s Marko Miklo, but Brezac eventually succumbed to his fellow European 3-6, 4-6. Senior Peter Shults, two-time ACC Player of the Week this season, defeated his opponent with ease at No. 6, winning 6-1, 6-1. After losing to the Cavaliers, the Blue Devils went to Florida and defeated Miami 4-3 Sunday. The match was not the hard-fought clash that the score might indicate, as not one singles encounter went to a third set. Duke clinched the doubles point by winning at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions, and then Lapidus altered the singles lineup by resting Amritraj, who injured his wrist slightly in the loss to Virginia. Lapidus compensated by moving the next four players up one spot and inserting freshman Ned Samuelson at No ; 6, who won along with Stokke at No. 2 and Shults at No. 5. Miami’s Josh Cohen, ranked No. 120, had the upset of the day by defeating Walter at the No. 1 position, 7-6 (7-3), 64. Although fatigue from his hard-fought
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said. “The conditions were slow, which were more conducive to [Cohen’s] game, but every match at No. 1 is difficult and everyone is gunning for a player like Ludovic.”
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ARABIC from page 3 it because of religious reasons and some just because of their ambition,” she said. When freshman Zoe Baer came to Duke, she knew she wanted to major in African languages. She wanted to take Swahili, but that was not offered. Baer said she wanted to go to Africa and speak a language when she went there. She took French in high school, where she was first exposed to Arabic script. “I thought it was beautiful,” Baer said. She also felt she did not know enough about Islamic culture. She then decided to learn Arabic and go to Morocco “I want to become fluent,” she said. She is not the only one who wants to study in an Arabic-speaking country. Sophomore Mary Maher, who also takes Elementary Arabic, wants to spend a semester at American University in Cairo, Egypt. She said many peo-
pie speak English in Europe and Asia. “That isn’t always the case in the Middle East,” she noted. Junior Yousef Mian, however, wanted to explore the language of his religion. “Arabic has a central role in Islam,” he said. “The U.S. foreign policy is much involved with the Arab world and knowing it would help me,” Mian added. McLamey pointed out that students embark on a process of discovery of a “culture very hidden to them, since it is not a part of the American culture.” She added that some students have difficulty with the language, but the challenge stimulates them, and they perform at the highest levels. McLamey highlighted the current miscommunication and misunderstanding between America and the Middle East. “There is a lot of potential to nurture a growing field,” she said. “It would be a serious failure on Duke’s part if it loses the opportunity [to help create] a new generation of people who are able to communicate.”
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TAXES from page 5 workers and encourage them to work. The program is a major source of tax relief for graduate students. The Student Loan Interest Deduction, another program that offers relief to students, offers tax deductions for some students up to the amount of interest they pay on their student loans. Potter said the loan deduction often applies to students even after they graduate from college, as long as they are still paying interest on their loans. Despite the wide range of deductions and exemptions that are available, students cannot take advantage of any of them while filing their taxes if they are not aware of their choices. “There are so many circumstances to consider,” Potter said. “But a quick tour oflßS.gov can really teach students a lot.”
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NUTRITION from page 3 menu cards placed along the serving line display nutritional information. At Harvard University, labels on food items display similar data. Like Duke, Columbia University and Stanford University do not display nutrition facts in eating areas. To attain accurate nutrition information about a food item, a recipe must undergo computer analysis, and preparation of the food must be standardized. The varying quantities of ingredients used in recipes can cause inaccuracies. “This is actually what happens in most institutions, but most students aren’t aware ofit. To get recipes analyzed and to get nutrition info is actually very time-consuming and can be a very costly process,” Alphin explained. “At this point we’re not willing to ask a small vendor to jump through all those hoops.” Also elusive are complete lists of ingredients for the foods served at Duke. In the Great Hall and the Marketplace, stu-
dents have access to lists of each dish’s five major ingredients. But since potentially allergenic substances are usually not major ingredients, they are often not listed. Students with food allergies are responsible for contacting Student Health dieticians. If in doubt, “employees and or managers should be able to tell you what the ingredients are,” Wulforst said. Next fall, a new program formed by Dining Services and Student Health will assist students in their choices of healthy foods without publishing nutrition facts. Called Balance Your Plate, a printed visual aid at each food station will give students directions on what other foods to add to their meals. The Balance Your Plate program will begin with ARAMARK Corp. eateries, such as the Great Hall and the
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In the meantime, Alphin encourages students to ask questions about nutrition and healthy eating. “Let’s see if we can solve your problem without counting calories,” she said.
IRAQ from page 2 Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war against terrorism, has refused to deploy peacekeepers and has urged its citizens to avoid coming here. Also Sunday, the terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab alZarqawi, claimed to have kidnapped and killed Najaf police Brig. Gen. Bassem Mohammed Kadhim al-Jazaari while he was
visiting Baghdad. “After his confessions, God’s verdict was carried out against
ISRAEL from page 2 across the region, explaining the presence of 3,000 riot-ready Israeli police around the walled Old City, preparing to confront a handful of demonstrators. Extremist Jews who make up a new group called “Revava,” a biblical word that means 10,000, stated openly that their goal is to storm the sensitive site in July, when thousands of Israeli police and soldiers are in Gaza to evac-
him,” said the statement, which could not be independently verified Iraqi Interior Ministry official Capt. Ahmed Isma’el said alJazaari was kidnapped in western Baghdad late Saturday, along with his nephew, but he had no other details. In a separate statement, the same group rejected interim President Jalal Talabani’s attempts to reach out to Iraqi insurgents. Talabani’s call was not directed at foreign fighters. “Oh, you agents of the Jews and the Christians, we have nothing for you but the sword,”
the statement said. “We will not stop fighting.” In the ongoing battle against Hussein’s former Saddam regime, the Iraqi government announced Sunday that security forces had arrested Ibrahim Sabaawi, the son of Saddam’s half brother, near Baghdad. The statement said Sabaawi was close to the former regime. “Until his arrest, he had been supporting terrorists and providing them with finances,” it said. It was unclear when the arrest took place. Iraq’s National Assembly also met and called for relaxing security measures.
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SCORSESE from page 4 plained that violence is a part of life, but he
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a Duke grad, fan, neighbor and 35- ty in which it lives as a true partner. This inyear resident of Durham. And I guess sistence doesn’t make us moral leaders Andrew Collins would say I am a “longalong the lines of the “longhairs” mentioned hair” as well, (except as noted, all quotes above. It makes us citizens trying to deal with below are from Collins’s April, 5 column) the reality of having what amounts to a ForActually, he and I agree on a lot. I too am tune 500 company in its neighborhood that proud of many things about Duke, all that pays no taxes. And not only pays no taxes, he listed and a few more. And it looks like but demands nearly absolute, control over how, when, and even if it contributes to the we agree on history’s fundamental mechanism for social change. He says “longhairs” burgeoning needs of the local community. like me should stay around to keep folks like In fact, though clearly related, the Cenhim awake. I’d say various “longhairs”— tral Campus re-zoning issue doesn’t even Moses, Jesus, Martin Luther King, Jn, to get to the notion of “fair share.” It is bename just the obvious examples—agitate for yond the scope of this article to give that concept it’s full due. Suffice what’s right, and sometime later—years, sometimes cento say that at Yale, a formal tom dark “Fair Share” movement has turies, sometimes millendetermined that for the nia—after many more or less guest commentary cost of about two days worth bloody battles, the powers that be finally come up with of interest on their endowappropriate operational rulesets. But who’s ment per year, that university could pay to quibble about the words? New Haven what it would owe in taxes if it “real” business (see However, for the current subject of were “town/gown” economic relations, the issue http://www.yaleuoc.com/fairshare.html). is not some game of “who do you trust” Whatever the analogous figure for Duke based on who you think is generally the is, they could come to the table with City more admirable player, as Collins suggests. of Durham as a partner, instead of a dictaThe real issue is paying your fair share. The tor if they would use a small portion of their riches,. gotten with tax-advantaged fact is that Duke has discovered a goose laying golden-eggs: Because of society’s regard privileges, to take some true leadership on for education as embodied in the policy of this question. For here and now, the issue comes down tax-exemptions for educational institutions, Duke raises millions, even billions of dollars to Duke declaring the/Von’t seek a “generon which they pay no taxes. They then insist al commercial” zoning, for the Central Camon retaining the right to use every last one of pus project. Instead they could accept what those dollars as potential investment capital the Partnership Neighborhoods agree is the to make even more money, supposedly in appropriate “University-College” designasupport of the educational mission. No one tion. This small step is all Duke would have is arguing that Duke doesn’t carry out its edto do to ease these current tensions, and ucational mission at least reasonably well, or continue down the sentimental path that that the pride some of us have for the Duke they have Collins on. I believe they resist takname is not well earned. But how does using ing that step as a show of political force. Win or lose on this particular zoning issue, they tax-free money to fund businesses that commake the point with everyone that when it pete with the local economy serve the mission of education? The only answer to that is comes to dealing with the local community, some belief that Duke students are better they are only bound by their ‘fiduciary duty,’ educated by having as little to do with as John Bumess puts it, a duty that turns all Duke assets into potential investment capital Durham as possible. For two years or more, the Duke-Durham for further profiteering. I’m not here to deny Duke’s record of Partnership neighborhoods have worked hard with Duke to support re-zonings for useful community involvement. But Duke doesn’t have to be “actually antagonistic” tovarious Duke projects. For the Central Campus renovation in particular, we worked with ward Durham to have an unnecessarily negDuke officials on a specific list of projects acative impact. Refusing to contribute taxes ceptable to all as compatible with an educa- and, at the same time, as a matter of policy—mind tional mission; restaurants, a performing never “duty”—always placing arts center, a 99-room hotel, a bowling alley, Durham’s concerns second to its own ecoan on-campus book store with coffee shop, nomic bottom line is a recipe for such imand others. The partnership neighborhoods pact. Such policies have the effect of Duke voted explicitly to support these uses. Duke viewing itself as wholly separate from then requested that we further approve reDurham, dictating to it, as opposed to being an integral part of it, and truly leading. zoning for other looming construction projects. And we did it. Tom Clark, T ’73, is a long-time community acThese are not the behaviors of “intransigent anti-Duke zealots.” True, some of us tivist. More on the perspective of the neighborhoods keep insisting that Duke treat the communi- can be found at www.owdna.org/duke.htm.
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The American Scheme, part II
For piracy
“Aye,” said the voice into my cell phone ear, “I bae lookin’ for a mate named Aaron.” I was asleep in the afternoon, and I wasn’t exactly expecting him to call anyway. I had enough for the column last week’s column I critiqued the master narrative parenting. They are from hearsay alone, but this was a special treat. This was buying things for kids —$500 sneakof American immigrant success as an elaborate ers for what? And won’t spend $2OO for Hooked on the Pirate Captain, himself, live in digital reception. process of elite translocation, whitening and self-sePhonics. I am talking about these people who cry when Last Monday and Tuesday, during their two-day Stulection. Immigrant groups achieve educational and protheir son is standing there in an orange suit.... People dent Government voting period, North Carolina State fessional success in this country through three primary with their hats on backward, pants down around the University undergrads chose, with an overwhelming plumechanisms (with examples given in parentheses): crack, isn’t that a sign of something, or are you waiting rality of 44 percent, this man, this Pirate Captain, to be 1. Education, skills, or wealth gleaned from the counfor Jesus to pull his pants up?” their president. I am not making this up. He dresses in try of origin (Africans, East/South full pirate regalia, speaks in a faux 18th century pirate acBut Cosby’s elitist views betray a severeAsians, Jews, Muslims); ly oversimplified understanding of Black cent, and come this week’s run-off election, will be the 2. Assimilation into the grand conAmerica. While the Black middle class has leader of State’s student body. Instead of having a platstruction of whiteness (Europeans, Jews, made significant headway in capturing its form he has a “plank” to spell out his proposals. They in“White” Asians, “White” Latinos, “White” clude “holding meetin’s open to all yae landlubbers,” inpiece ofAmerica’s economic pie, comparMuslims); and isons in educational achievement between creasing football ticket availability “to support our men 3. Selectivity of relocation—even these students and their non-Black, midon the field o’ the pigskin” and bringing back the “celeamong the poor, discriminated, or exiled dle-class peers do not seem heartening. bration fire on the campus fer when we’ve laid waste an(Africans, Caribbeans, Filipinos, Hmongs, other crew.” Indeed, the Pirate Captain has campaigned The Black students consistently underIrish, Italians, Jews, Latinos, Muslims, phil kurian on serious issues in a not-so-serious way. But is he going perform. Poles) —that varies proportionally with the There are myriad explanations for this to win? the pen is mightier barriers to entry. “Aye, I bae plannin’ to phenomenon: stereotype threat, racial It comes as no surprise that richer, isolation or insensitive teachers. But they win.” more educated, whiter immigrants generally fare better are all rooted in the legacy of Slavery (capital “S”) in So what if he does? ggflKflM*than poor, unskilled, black ones in the United States. American life. The United States has been entirely differWhat will happen to But the master narrative would have us believe that all ent for the descendants of those brought in chains. State? A student, sophoofAmerican history is the immigrant rags-to-riches story William Darityjr., a so-called “stratification economist” more Christopher Sanchez, had this to say: —at least for those who worked hard, deferred gratificaat Duke, writes poignantly about the plight of Black Amertion, and never stopped to question The Dream. ica: “Until emancipation, 90 percent of African Americans “Voting for someone These overarching trends in American immigration were enslaved; therefore, they were a source of wealth for who wants to rid the camaaron kirschenfeld others but generally deprived of the capacity to acquire pus of scurvy dogs is not rebegin to explain some of higher education’s most persistent stereotypes: why are Asian and Jewish students wealth themselves. Emancipation brought the promise of ally an effective way of havso far, so good overrepresented? Why are the parents of so many Black the allocation of 45 million acres of land to the ex-slaves ing student government.” kids from Africa and the Caribbean? Why do “White” under the terms of General Sherman’s Special Field OrOh yeah? Who cares? Latinos (elite Cubans, Argentineans, Costa Ricans) outders No. 15, the first Freedman’s Bureau Act, and the This is college, man, this is our one and only youth time. Southern Homestead Act. But that promise went unfulIf a pirate, or, say, Emily Aviki, wins an election, the world perform poor Mexicans and Puerto Ricans? will not end. In reality, nothing will happen anyway, bad Scratch beneath the surface and you’ll find that it filled as President Andrew Johnson and his allies abrogathas nothing to do with some mystical group ethos or ined the policy of radical racial land redistribution. or good. But look at the incredible plus side. You get to clination toward education and success. These are the have a pirate, a noble criminal himself, a rebel against “Subsequently, African Americans—by dint of exthe system, as your leader. Effective ways of having stuarguments of the bygone Bell Curve era where genetic traordinary effort and perseverance—did manage to acbases for ethnic outcomes have been replaced largely, quire 15 million acres of land, primarily in the U.S. , dent government be damned! Yeaaarg! South, by the start of the 20th century. However, from If there’s anything that this says to me, other than furbut riot entirely, on cultural grounds. Rather, the explanation lies in some combination of the above factors—a 1920 on there has been a progressive diminution of ther revealing the depth of the pirate-phelia movement growing in our great land, is that we’ve got to stop taking product of historical resource disparity, racial injustice, Black-owned land due to outright seizure by white terrorists, fraud, theft, and the manipulative use of partiand varying levels of individual empowerment. things so seriously. Which is weirder to you: that one of our neighbors is willing to elect a Pirate (in the initial The master narrative not only obscures important tion sales tactics by whites seeking to appropriate the election, next-closest vote getter was a guy named Will differences among immigrant groups but also entirely property. Thus, the foundation of wealth in the Black Quick, with 21 percent) or that last Thursday our own excludes African and Native Americans from the piccommunity literally was destroyed over the course of the paper editorialized in a barely readable, stuffy and overly ture. Of course, it makes perfect sense that the two 20th century. mature manner the ways in which DSG can improve its “The net effect has been to prevent the intergeneragroups who suffered mass genocide at the hands of the at Fathers would be erased tional transmission of wealth that occurs much as quickly as possible Founding higher election process? This “serious” thing is everywhere around here. I swear there are at least a couple columns from our collective memory. rates among other ethnic/racial groups in the USA. Blacks transfer less because they have a much smaller every week exhorting everyone, other columnists in one Otherwise, how could we promulgate the “self-evident” rhetoric that “all men are created equal”? Otherstock of wealth to bestow upon their offspring. Blacks case (!), to do better, try harder, soar farther and farther AND... it’s all BS! wise, how could we possibly believe that the playing field have a much smaller stock of wealth because of a susSo congratulations Jesse Longoria. You were the retained historical pattern of deprivation of the capacity to was ever level? Otherwise, how could we continue capitalaccumulate property, particularly land.” sponsible choice. But even the Pirate Captain agrees with ism as usual? Slavery lies at the core of these disparities. Further me that what happened to Emily Aviki “sounds silly.” In fact, if we are honest with ourselves, we cannot. Checking out his internet site (http://pirate.phora.net/), The kink in the master narrative, the anomaly that subjected to post-emancipation Jim Crow laws, white terthere are a whole mess of live links, available on election rorism and discrimination all in (lynching) ongoing is the African-American exseems to defy explanation, existence, facets of African-American comday, too! The Cap’n has been using the internet for this many Native-American would suredaily (The experience perience. whole campaign, starting a thefacebook dot com group munities are crippled in the present day. And yet we ly qualify, if only we had not been so ruthless in our exand posting a video ad online. Now, I don’t claim to be any termination.) Immigrant groups have consistently continue to pre-empt proposals like those of Represenexpert on the whole DSC thing, but if there must be some Hall, strata: tative whose resolution for a Tony D-Ohio, Americans the social calling in over African catapulted change, like The Chronicle says, it should be in the direcWhite Europeans, East/South Asians, Africans, Congressional apology for Slavery was shot down in tion of loosening up a little. both 1997 and 2000. It is about time that America owns Caribbeans and Latinos. Now, even poor second-generWhat is student government, after all? Is it just one ation Mexicans (give them time to learn English) score up to its own holocaust, at least by capitalizing the “S”. more chance to pander to our parents, the proverbial African Americans own limited, if any, connections to higher in many areas on the National Assessment of Edresources abroad, receive the worst ofAmerica’s poisonsugar momma’s and daddies of the Board of Trustees? ucation Progress. Some have been quick to point the finger of cultural ous brand of racism, and were forcibly torn from their “Oh yeas, DSG, that sounds like a mighty fine suggestion. But, we’re going to do whatever we want anyway. homeland, in order to build a nation that has thrived on dysfunction at the poorer segments of the African-AmerThank you so much for petitioning.” If that’s the way Black For the descendants of slaves denigrating who people. ican community, including the likes of Bill Cosby, you want to roll, more power to you. All I’m saying is made his career portraying the father of an elite Black in the U.S., America has never been a land of opportuthat it’s student government for a reason. It should be, family and drew sharp criticism recently for suggesting nity. It is—and will always be—the land of hypocrisy. fun! A pirate should be president from time to <gasp>, not the following: “The lower economic people are time, you appears know, to mix things up, blow a little fresh air Kurian is a senior. His column Philip Trinity Mondays. are not their end this deal. These people in holding up around the room. They say that history moves in cycles. Well, here we are again with a big, rich establishment that needs a clean pickin’. Maybe this is why so many people identify with pirates nowadays. The real congratulations goes to State for being the vanguard of a new social phenomenon; the people are ready for a pirate. Yes, “State” and “vanguard” were just used in the same
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