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Budget cutback looms for DPS by

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Durham and North Carolina public schools have struggled for years to secure adequate funding for their facilities and services. Potentially adding to their ongoing financial problems, Durham Public Schools may face a $7 million funding cut if the state

legislature’s current budget plans for 2006 are approved. This year, Gov. Mike Easley

proposed a 4 percent reduction in state education funds, which amounts to approximately $5.5 Through Family Health Ministries, funded partially by the Duke Chapel, missionaries made improvements to a school and orphanage in Fondwa, Haiti.

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Visit leads to creation of partnership by

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One trip was all it took For Dr. David Walmer, an associate clinical professor in the obstetrics and gynecology department at Duke Medical School, a 1993 church visit to Haiti has been life-changing. His initial efforts have blossomed into an innovative relationship to promote spiritual and medical healing in third-world countries. Walmer’s endeavors, which in-

clude the creation of the nonprofit , organization Family Health Ministries, are but one example of a University-wide push to combat worldwide health inequalities. For the past few years, Duke has had a growing interest in serving those most in need. In his inauguration speech, President Richard Brodhead stated a desire to make global health a priority on campus. While many local groups have supported Walmer’s efforts, the in-

million less for Durham. Easley’s budget also calls for a $1.6 million cut for DPS in discretionary funding reductions. DPS officials described the cut as “significant” and even

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Fostering friendships Walmer first visited Haiti with a group from the local Triangle Presbyterian Church. “I didn’t go down with any specific agenda, but when they found out I was a

when coupled with the continuous reductions over the last couple years. “Sixty-five to 70 percent of any school’s budget comes from state funds,” said Jennifer Bennett, executive director of finances for DPS, explaining that any reduction in state funding therefore greatly impacts schools’ budgets. “Twenty-five percent comes from local funds, and the rest comes from private and other funds.”

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terest of the Duke Chapel, which funds part of the project, is but one example of the global health initiative’s expansion beyond Duke University Medical Center.

Diplomat speaks to conference by

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In reference to its geographic location, many people say Jordan is “in between Iraq and a hard place.” Such was the opening line of Jordanian ambassador Karimof Kawar’s brief talk to a group students, faculty and other guests at the Washington Duke Inn Wednesday night. The speech was a part of the North Carolina Technology Association conference, which is being held at the hotel this week. During his speech, Kawar

shared insight into his country’s development as a democratic society as well as its relations with Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He said that due to developments in technology, manyjordanian technological firms can now play a significant role in rebuilding Iraq—its western neighbor —in the wake of U.S. military involvement, which began in 2003. “We have to do everything we can to help Iraq,” he said. “They are the best people to rebuild the country, but they need all the support they can get.” Kawar readily acknowledged

there are issues in the Middle East beyond rebuilding Iraq that Jordan also cannot ignore, even if the problems exist beyond the nation’s borders. “What happens in the region affects our country,” Kawar said. “We see ourselves as an oasis of peace in a desert of turmoil.” Kawar was also enthusiastic about the newly democratically elected President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas. Kawar called Abbas the “best hope” for the Palestinian people. SEE AMBASSADOR ON PAGE 6

Jordanian Ambassador Karim Kawar discusses development in the Middle East.

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Ecuador president ousted from office by Monte Hayes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lawmakers in QUITO, Ecuador Ecuador voted Wednesday to remove embattled President Lucio Gutierrez from office after a week of escalating street protests demanding his ouster, and they swore in Vice President Alfredo Palacio to replace him. An unidentified army officer in combat gear said on television that Gutierrez and his wife, Congresswoman Ximena Bohorquez, had left the presidential palace. An Associated Press photographer saw a small helicopter land briefly on the palace roof and a figure climb aboard. Anti-Gutierrez protests have been building for a week and late Tuesday night 30,000 demonstrators marched on the palace, demanding Gutierrez’s ouster. The rapid events were only the latest in a long history of political instability in Ecuador, where two other presidents have been forced from office since 1996. Gutierrez was elected president in November 2002 on a populist, anti-corruption platform. But his left-leaning constituency soon fell apart after he instituted austerity measures, including cuts in food subsidies and cooking fuel, to satisfy international lenders. Opponents have accused him of trying to consolidate power from all branches of government. On Friday Gutierrez dissolved the Supreme Court in a bid to pla-

Iraq's interim president announced the recovery of more than 50 bodies from the Tigris River, saying the grisly discovery was proof of claims thatdozens were abducted from an area south of the capital despite a fruitless search by Iraqi forces.

Ratzinger expects brief tenure Pope Benedict XVI predicted a "short reign" in comments to cardinals, and his brother said he was worried about the stress the job would put on the 78-year-old. Joseph Ratzinger has had ailments in the past, including a 1991 hemorrhagic stroke.

U.N. oil-for-food officials quit Two investigators with the committee probing corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program resigned in protest, saying they believe a report that cleared Kofi Annan of meddling in the $64 billion operation was too soft on the secretary-general, a panel member confirmed Wednesday. Demonstrators protest on the streets around the National Congress, calling for the president's resignation. cate protests after his congressional allies in December fired most of the court's

judges and named replacements sympa-

thetic to his government. That move was widely viewed as unconstitutional. Acting Attorney General Cecilia Armas issued an arrest order for Gutierrez for his alleged role in violently suppressing recent protests across Ecuador, a Colorado-size Andean nation of 12.5 million inhabitants on the northwest shoulder of South America.

His whereabouts weren’t clear, though some protesters apparently believed he was trying to leave from Quito’s airport. Television images showed hundreds of people forcing their way onto the military landing strip and blocking a twin-engine plane from taking off. A helicopter parked nearby was like the one seen at the palace. Radio reports said the airport was closed SEE ECUADOR ON PAGE 8

Delay inquiry still possible The chairman of the House ethics committee offered Wednesday to begin an investigation of Majority LeaderTom Delay, R-Tex. to end a stalemate that has kept the panel from functioning this year. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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The EcoTeach Center, located in the SocialSciences building, provides academic resources for students studying economics.

EcoTeach assists students As the number of economics majors continued to grow in 2001, the demandfor educational resources increased. In response, the economics department increased the supply of advisors, tutors, career counselors and learning opportunities for students by founding the EcoTeach Center. Four years later, students’ demands and the supply of academic assistance have settled into an equilibrium, and the center has invigorated the economics department. “There’s almost no comparison you could make with how different it is—[before] it was basically a fire-fighting operation just to keep up with what students needed day to day,” Director of Undergraduate Studies Emma Rasiel said. Now, the center—located in Room 138 of the Social Sciences building —is an essential compo-

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questions about the major and potential careers in addition to homework help. The center also provides undergraduates with an opportunity to take a math placement test instead of Math 103 in order to enroll in higher-level economics courses. Approximately 100 students take advantage of this opportunity per semester. [The test is] very helpful, and it aids in having one extra course unit as a kind of cushion for filling other course requirements,” said junior Devin Bean, an economics major. In 2003, the center was expanded to accommodate graduate students, whose collaboration with the program furthers their own work. Graduate students also provide access to more teaching assistants and additional help for undergraduates. “

“I feel the EcoTeach Center is still primarily geared toward supporting the undergraduate curriculum,” said Caroline Morris, a graduate studies assistant. “But having everyone down here just overall betters the communication between the two programs the undergraduate and the graduate students.” The center is geared toward pinpointing students’ needs, but the economics department faculty benefit as well. The strengthened feedback mechanism allows professors to focus on undergraduates’ problems and concerns. Faculty members were also relieved of the responsibility of keeping track of all curriculum and requirement changes and keeping their vast amount of advisees informed. “It was nice to send the students all to one place and have —

Members elect 7 to cabinet, amend SOFC budget by-laws a Wyoming Students Association if a bunch of students from Wyoming want to form a group?” Several senators vehemently reacted to Fore’s statement, saying that the VSA will fill a niche not satisfactorily provided by the Asian Students Association. Until oversight improves and organizations like ASA are held accountable to provide programming for every subgroup, senators said, DSG has a responsibility to approve smaller cultural groups. The VSA charter was ultimate-

ly approved unanimously, along with several other groups. The issue of codifying organization approval will face next year’s DSG executive board and the new SOFC committee. SEE DSG ON PAGE

CORRECTION In the article about faculty salaries that appeared on page 1 April 20, the statistics should have noted that the average salary increase for continuing faculty was 3.2 percent overall, 2.4 percent for full professors and 4.5 percent for both associate and assistant professors.

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At the final meeting of this year’s Duke Student Government Senate Wednesday night, representatives again tackled one of the year’s most divisive internal issues: chartering and recognizing student organizations. The Senate fielded complaints from members of the Student Organization Financial Committee and other senators, most of whom criticized DSG’s arguably weak oversight mechanism for monitoring club spending. DSG has the authority to recognize and fund any student organization that SOFC screens and presents. The Senate split Wednesday over approval of a charter for the Vietnamese Students Association; opponents of the organization cited the recent explosion of clubs as a primary reason to vote against it. Senator Joe Fore, a sophomore and incoming vice president of academic affairs, spearheaded the debate to deny VSA a charter, saying that DSC had approved a legion of similar organizations in recent weeks. “Where is this going to go?” Fore said. “Are we going to have

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HAITI from page 1 physician, they asked me if I would sepa-

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one of their doctors,” Walmer said. While working in Port-au-Prince—Haiti’s capital—Walmer became friends with JeanClaude Fertillien, a Haitian gynecologist. “We started looking at ways that we could work together to help him deal with some of the limitations he was facing,” Walmer said. The first problem Fertillien wanted to address was cervical cancer prevention in Haiti. Cervical cancer is treatable when detected early and has an extremely low fatality rate in the United States. But very little preventative screening is done in Haiti, and the disease is much more prevalent as a result. “It’s a very isolating way to die, and it’s very painful,” said Kathy Walmer, executive director of FHM and Walmer’s wife. ‘You smell bad, and people don’t want to be around you.” The mother, she explained, is the main childcare provider and the backbone of the Haitian family. Consequently, her death affects the entire family structure. “If you can find a program that does screen and treat, you can make a significant difference in providing a stable family unit,” she said. The Walmers’ project began in Leogane, a coastal community located a few hours south of Port-au-Prince. David Walmer started his journey by bringing Fertillien and other Haitian doctors to Duke for colposcopy training. The colposcope is a device used to identify potentially pre-cancerous abnormalities in the cervix. As Walmer expanded the cervical cancer prevention program into other Haitian communities, he began to include students in his trips to Haiti. The trip is now incorporated into the Duke course “Healing in the Developing World: A Medical and Theological Perspective.” The course is available to medical, nursing and divinity students, as well as un-

dergraduates. “They learn what we think are cultural-

ly relevant ways of interacting with and supporting impoverished communities in the developing world,” he said.

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“People were very patient with us,” he said. “We were like little children who didn’t know how to do things in their culture.” The couple worked primarily at the local school and orphanage, both as teachers and caretakers. Haitian children, however, are not your typical orphans. Often, the parents may be living but unable to provide sufficient food and care. The couple found the orphanage crammed with children and the school strapped for resources, with less than a quarter of its 650 students able to purchase books. In addition, the students—most of whom walk at least an hour to and from school—were coming to class unfed. Through several fundraisers back home, the Williamsons raised about $lO,OOO for textbooks and were able to implement a nutrition program. “For me, the most meaningful part was the relationships we built with the children and with our neighbors and the way they accepted and loved us,” David Williamson said. “We didn’t know the language, we didn’t know the culture, and now it’s like home to us.” While the couple will soon move to Indiana, they plan to revisit Fondwa and continue their involvement in FHM. •

Dr. David Walmer's trips to Haiti inspired a course at Duke that focuses on healthcare in the developing world. A divine experience The Walmers decided to turn their efforts in Haiti into an official non-profit organization, FHM, because of the large amount of donations they received. For Reverends David and Jamalyn Williamson, both graduates of Duke Divinity School and volunteers with the Walmer’s organization, FHM’s guidance was essential during their two-year stay in Fondwa, a rural mountain community. While David Williamson describes his decision as a “blind leap of faith,” his wife, Jamalyn, was inspired by Walmer’s course, which she took as a student at Duke. “I can remember walking into the valley and having a strange sense of walking home,” she said. “I had a sense that I wasn’t finished with Fondwa yet; I felt like God was nudging me.” Many ofFondwa’s inhabitants live in extreme poverty—the area has been deforested, water is scarce and malnutrition is rampant. “Because there are no trees, you can see every wrinkle in the landscape—it kind of looks like an old person’s skin,” David Williamson said.

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FHM is dedicated to improving public healthcare. Fondwa’s challenging lifestyle increased the couple’s desire to help the community’s residents. Communication, however, was a challenge—the Williiamsons spent nearly six months of their stay learning to speak Creole.

Expanded aid The family health organization is working in several other locations as well. In Blanchard, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, FHM has partnered with a local church to build a public health clinic. Kathy Walmer describes the citizens of Blanchard as “extremely poor,” having to travel hours outside of the city to obtain affordable health care. The new clinic is already under construction and will ultimately host a couple physicians, nurses and a pharmacy. FHM may continue to grow, but its founders have not forgotten its roots. Later this month, Walmer will visit Tanzania to study cervical cancer prevention in women with AIDS. While caring for a growing family—including an adopted Haitian daughter—and running FHM may be a challenge, the Walmers are excited by their progress and feel there is much more to accomplish. “In the end, they give us so much more than we ever give them—in being friends, in being mentors and in showing us in how you can have resilience and hope for the future,” Kathy Walmer said.

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SCHOOLS from page 1 If Congress approves President George W. Bush’s budget plan, Durham schools may lose even more money because funding for specific educational programs will be cut. “President Bush’s budget eliminates three main sources, including vocational education and educational technology,” Bennett explained. “And these sources amount to close to $1 million.” To demonstrate their dissent, the DPS Board of Education voted 5-2 to draft a letter to Durham’s local General Assembly delegation asking the North Carolina Senate not to pass the reductions. Because the cuts will be felt all over the state, however, DPS officials are wary of being too optimistic that the General Assembly will support a significant decrease in the cuts specifically in Durham. Although the Board of Education would have preferred a unanimous vote, Chair Gail Heath said, Vice Chair Regina George-Bowden and Board member Jackie Wagstaff voted against the letter to Durham’s local delegation. Bennett explained there has not been a unified reaction on the part of DPS because the budget has not been approved and the areas the cuts would target have not yet been specified.

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It s hard to react when you don’t see anything on paper,” she said. When the state Senate discusses the budget, representatives will specify areas from which to direcdy cut funding, Bennett explained. The House must then approve those proposed areas. Education officials expect the areas targeted to be teaching positions or salaries and benefits because those comprise 95 percent of state educational funds. “We do fear we may have to reduce the teaching staff,” Heath said. “The cut would equate to approximately 152 teaching positions.” DPS officials said the funding reductions come at a particularly bad time for Durham schools because they are in the process of hiring for the upcoming academic year. Bennett explained that it is difficult to know how many teachers the schools can afford to hire when the budget has not been approved. “We want to get the best teachers under contract,” Bennett said. “We are then obligated to honor that contract.” Bennett added that she hopes the situation will be resolved by June 30, but she admitted this was an optimistic deadline. “Some years we have opened schools before we knew what the budget was,” Heath said. “We have to be very cautious in balancing our planning with efficiency.” dent-elect Jesse Longoria, a junior, gained

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The new chief of staff is junior Russ Ferguson, joining president pro tempore sophoBy-laws amending SOFC budgeting more George Fleming, chief justice junior and auditing passed unanimously, as did Erica Stalnecker, technology director junan amendment augmenting the role of ior Ajay Kori, head line monitor junior the Community Interaction committee. Lauren Troyer, attorney general junior The senate also held elections Wednes- Bryce Walker and executive secretary day night for the 2005-2006 cabinet. Presi- sophomore Lauren Garson.

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The EcoTeach Center connects students in the graduate and undergraduate economics programs.

ECOTEACH from page 3 them getting all the information from one source—it’s become a really centralized source of information,” EcoTeach Assistant Molly Brown said. She added that she talks to about 100 students a week about curriculum and advising concerns. “It makes sense for what they’re trying to do, so advisors don’t have like 800 kids trying to get a pin number,” junior Jeff Ackermann said. Bean said he also considers the “open advising hours” a good idea, but added that it might be the only reason many students use the center. '‘Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone justsaying, ‘Oh, I’m going over to EcoTeach,”’ he said. However, the center remains an available resource for anyone needing any ecoriomics assistance. “Any student whether an econ major, a prospective —

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econ major or a self-declared art history major—can wander into Eco Teach, get a straight answer to their questions and walk away satisfied,” Rasiel said. Keeping EcoTeach open five times a week and maintaining such a resource inevitably requires time and money, but Rasiel said it was a small price to pay considering the outcomes. “It’s clear with the number of majors we have that providing this kind of resource was an essential part of serving the economics majors, and to the extent that it costs us some money to run it, that money is very well spent,” she said. Eco Teach has become the central hub for the economics department, and though officials said there is always room for improvement, they deem the center a success.

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the nation’s economic boost may have been due to Jordan’s decision to join the World Trade Organization in 2000. Those in attendance said they enjoyed hearing the story of a budding democracy. “It was very enlightening,” said Doug Miskew, an employee of Capstrat, a public affairs firm in the Research Triangle Park. “It was interesting to hear the practical challenges that Jordan faces in its region and many of the initiatives associated with making it more part of the

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grass as being greener on the other side,” Kawar said. He added that peace in the region will only occur if and when Israel and Palestine initiate their own agreement efforts. “It’s important to stop pointing fingers at the other side,” Kawar said. “Each party knows what their obligations are, and they need to act on that without waiting for the other.... Jordan plays an active role in mediating the differences between Israel and Palestine—we don’t get credit, but that’s fine. We want results.” The ambassador also assured the crowd of Jordan’s commitment to becoming self-sufficient by continuing to develop its democratic foundation. “Our people struggle, but if we don’t stand on our own feet and find a place on solid ground, we can’t help those around us,” Kawar said. One of the topics that tops Jordan’s agenda as an emerging democratic power is retaining its citizens who often seek jobs in other countries, Kawar said. As a nation in which half of the five million people who make up its population are under the age of 18, Kawar said Jordan does not have to worry about other issues such as Medicare and social security. Instead, keeping its talented youth is a major priority. “We have what’s called a ‘brain drain,”’ the ambassador said. “We want to bring the experience back to Jordan.” Kawar said Jordan is looking to double its per capita income by 2020 as well as boost its competitive market. He noted that in 2004 its national economy grew by 7.5 percent. He suggested that

global community.” After launching a technology company at the age of 20, Kawar was recognized as one of the leading technologists in Jordan. He is a part of the Eisenhower Fellowship program, which is an international effort to connect emerging leaders in technology. John Bumess, senior vice president for public and government relations, said Kawar’s appearance at Duke marked the sixth time this year a Middle Eastern official has visited the University, acknowledging that many came as part of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in October 2004.

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Violence flared in the hours before Gutierrez was removed. As protesters took to Quito’s streets, TV images showed looters rifling offices at the Ministry ofSocial Welfare and masked gunmen firing pistols near the building. Firefighters battled a blaze into the afternoon at the site set by demonstrators. A special session made up of opposition legislators in the 100-seat unicameral Congress took less than an hour to reach the decision in a 62-0 vote in hopes of ending a crisis that was spiraling out of control with the threat of violent clashes between Gutierrez supporters and opponents. Palacio, who broke with Gutierrez after they were elected, was sworn in by Congress President Cyntia Viteri after the vote. Adm. Victor Hugo Rosero, head of the joint chiefs of staff, announced after the vote that the military had withdrawn its support for Gutierrez.

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recess The band Phish has always had a huge influence on Jacob Montague's life. Montague, a Trinity freshman, cites the group as not only one of his favorite bands, but also one of the biggest influences behind his latest creation; a handmade electric guitar. “I wanted a guitar that was a cross between a Paul Reid Smith and Trey Anastasio

[lead singer of Phishj's guitar,” said Montague as he quietly fiddled around with the feedback on the newly finished guitar. Because a custom guitar can cost up to several thousand dollars, most people would just daydream about this kind of creation. Not Montague though. He had already had some past experience with guitar-building, having built two acoustic guitars during his senior year of high school. “Since I had already built acoustics, I pretty much knew how to build [an electric] guitar. Plus,” he added with a half-grin, I thought it would be cool.”

the record industry in such turmoil right now, we didn’t feel comfortable going with any major label. And all the tools are out there today to outsource everything that a major label does, so even though we are technically an independent we actually have the same setup that a major label would, except for the fact that we can take care of things much more efficiently. Sometimes it would take a week of red tape to get a decision made at a major label But if there is' a decision bn our table we can easily talk to the whole board of directors in 30 minutes; I mean, the board of directors is us and our manager. exhibitions in Perkins LiR: In four years you’ve gotten older—as have many of your ied fans—but you call this album Youth. Has the average Collective Duk Soul fan changed in that time? W: There are fans that have liked Collective Soul that have always liked Collective Soul, and they’ll always be with us and always be interested in what we’re doing. We just try to remain what we think is cool and honest to our art and we hope the fans come. At provide what the administration could not our shows, the demographic is pretty wide, so there are probably or would not provide or imagine for the some new fans, but there aren’t really holes in our audience. see COLLECTIVE SOUL on page 7

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Yet while he did have ambition and experience, this was a project that couldn’t have been completed without the help of the Internet. “I screwed around at first and used the Internet to research and figure out what I was doing,” said Montague. “I bought most of the materials online. When I had a problem, I looked it

up online.” Montague admitted that the Internet made it possible for relative amateurs like him to undertake such complicated processes as electric guitar-building. “Most real wood stores were far away, in Raleigh or farther. So I got a lot of my wood and other materials from warmoth.com, stewmac.com, and Imii.com.” Once he had all the materials there was the issue of putting them together. When describing the actual process of building the electric guitar, Montague mentioned tools such as routers, electric saws, handsaws and a blowtorch, most of which are definitely not found in the ordinary dorm room. “I had to do most of the work outside to avoid getting into trouble. But the cleaning people still got mad at me for the mess I made!” There were also difficulties with other students. “He kept me up all night running the electric saw outside until 5 AM,” said Matt Rinehart, a hall mate of Monatague's in Gilbert-Addoms dormitory, “but I still really liked it in the end.” “Plus I only did that twice,” retorted Montague. Overall it took Montague about four months to build the guitar (from early December until last Friday) at a total cost of approximately $7OO. Though he seemed surprised that the cost was so high, he made sure to emphasize how reasonable this price was see GUITAR on page 7

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recess' final top 5 It’s been a good year for recess, and while there has been a lot of great writing, this is just a short list of some of our favorite recess moments.

5. Sarah Ball on Hold My Gold: Word to Rizzo and McCall: Part of cultural identity means being comfortable and re10:30 p.m.- Chronicle Editor Karen Hauptman laxed in your own skin, be it a “pasty, rhythmannounces mandatory steroid testing, Robert, less shell” or otherwise. And when you try too hard to be something that you’re not—well, creeps out door declaring, “I’ll be back by midit’s as evident as a granny-pantyline showing year next year.” 10:45 p.m.- Time for food. Sean suggests “Pop’s through a pair of Parasucos. There’s still Pizza.” The silencer of Matt Dearborn’s pistol room for us all in Crunktown. makes only a small “pop” as Sean is neutralized. Matt Dearborn on Hot Hot Heat; 10:52 p.m.- Katie steals Because of Winn-Dixie 4. The sicky-sweet pop-punk beat is enough to press kit, sneaks into back room. Crying is heard. make any one of their preteen fans cry in 11:12 p.m.-Jon needs another cigarette break. pain. And it doesn't stop there. The whole 11:14 p.m.- The coup d’etat is underway. album is a mixture of terrible music; the best 11:18 p.m.- Slava officially takes control of recess. comparison would be a bad impersonation of 11:46 p.m Gray Davis awakens from catnap. Eyes Hoobastank —and yes, it can happen —mixed blinded by lights, he sneaks away, down the stairs with the revolutionary stylings of Pink. into darkness, where he is most comfortable. 3. Will Wright on Bride & Prejudice: 11:52 p.m.- Noises are heard from fuse box. Bride is a ‘great’ film the same way Bat Out of a.m.Chronicle staff wonders 12:00 why lights Hell or I Get Wet are ‘great’ albums: it's a have gone out. self-conscious, operatic, sensory body blow. 12:01 a.m.- Davis is back break? Not at 12:04 a.m.-Jon returns. Cigarette 2. Brian McGinn on Be Cool: that length. Anthony Vitarelli is seen leaving There is a possibility that the world will never Flowers building, guilty look on face. end and that movies like Be Cool will continue 12:12 a.m.- Slava agrees to “peace plan.” One to be made forever. Thankfully, for those of story per week on the North African Wind us who don't particularly like the sound of Chimes Coalition and their plans to cover that, there is a theory that one day the earth Durham in a large cloth (for acoustic reasons). will explode, killing all of humanity in one No more stories about Bison. large “apocalypse.” 12:22 a.m.- Chronicle decides to steal cover 1. Yoav Lurie on New Year’s Alone: story for front page. Jon shotguns a beer. 1:00 a.m.- recess is done. No, seriously, forever. Those of us who are especially skilled at Karen announces entire staff was “positive” for “down time” know that a New Years by yoursteroids. “Replacement Recess Staff’ is immediate- self is not just about Marlboro Lights and ly brought up from the minor leagues. There is grain alcohol, it is about separating yourself lots of crying. —Brian McGinn and Jon Schnaars from the merriment to wallow in Skinamax and Vasoline.

A Night in the Life of Recess 1:03 p.m.-Jon turns on the lights. 1:04 p.m.- Former California governor Gray Davis pops out of closet, turns lights off with a stern glare. 1:05 p.m.- Duke Police ticket Gray Davis’ illegal-

ly parked car.

2:16 p.m.- Cinelli’s pizza, ordered the night before, finally arrives. 2:43 p.m.-Jon takes cigarette break. 2:46 p.m.-Yoav arrives to interview Collective Soul. 2:58 p.m.- Yoav completes interview, spikes phone between legs, and slaps Jon high-five a la Techmo Bowl. 2:59 p.m Collective Soul calls back, wonders why they were hung up on. 4:00 p.m.-Varun calls from photo assignment at McCafe, claims to have found lost love over McGriddle, unsure how to proceed. 4:01 p.m.-Jon proves clueless, but requests a “to go” McGriddle delivery. 4:56 p.m.- Design guru Julia enters office, removes feather topped hat, poking Jon in the eye. 6:03 p.m.- Actual work begins. 6:04 p.m.-Jon takes cigarette break. 6:59 p.m.-Yoav angrily demands beer, Jon turns to him with peace offering: “McGriddle?” 7:35 p.m.- Hilary arrives, rest of staff bows head in shame, realizing issue is written on third grade level. 7:36 p.m Staff goes back to the drawing board. 9:37 p.m.- Robert and Corinne, vol. 8 editors, arrive, this s*** goes bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! 10:02 p.m.- Mayor Bill Bell calls, suggests recess change name to Reality-cess. -

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Durham's Best Pie Delivery Those pesky food points have just been piling up. rprp*ss18 set outn on6a pizzaan(^odyssey to find the °

What is a hungry student to do? Pizza of course. And with our dear readers in mind best of the best in pepperoni-topped pleasure. Ordering one pie from each of five delivery locations, recess strapped on its eating s oes and did all the dirty work so you won’t have to. To maintain “control” each a pie was half pepperoni and half whatever we felt like at the time. Rankings in each category are from 1 (best) to 5 (least best). Enjoy! Photographs by Varun Leila

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Delivery Time 2 Value 2 Service 2 Food Quality -1 Overall Experience -1 Unfortunately for on campus folks, the best pizza in town is still only straight cash or plastic. With a delicious thin crust style reminiscent of New York’s own Ray’s, Randy’s brings the goods on every level. One recesser dubbed Randy’s, “A true man among boys in the battle for pizza supremacy.” -

unique pepperoni-beneath-thecheese design prevents unwanted hands from snagging any toppings. While not quite as outstanding as Randy’s, Satisfaction offers a quality product along with impeccable service.

Delivery Time 5 Value 3 Service 3 Food Quality 3 Overall Experience 3 Cinelli’s, while never truly impressive, manages to provide a quality product that complements their other menu options. On straight looks, this pie was a 10 but certainly proved a Monet for the tastebuds. A poorly distributed excess of topping distracted from the other natural flavors of the pizza. Inordinate delivery time was also a point of contention. -

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Delivery Time -3, tie Value 5 Service 4 Food Quality 4 Overall Experience 5 While pizza is only one item on an extensive menu, recess was generally under-whelmed by the offering. Quality was hampered by a slightly cooler than average pizza. With a sauce sweeter than kettle corn and a dearth of toppings, Francesca’s pie couldn’t quite measure up to the task. -

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Summer Slumming Style Guide by

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Summer is finally here and because the outfits in GQ and Vogue are neither practical nor affordable, recess felt it imperative to give you some advice on how to look stylish no matter where the summer takes you. recess will prepare you for almost any summer situation, using our fearless editor Jon Schnaars as our model. As always, feel free to customize with all your own personal touches.

Beachcombers

Concert Goers

Love concerts but afraid that you won’t fit.in? This look is super-easy and incredibly stylish; after a drink or two, you’ll completely forget about being self-conscious. Jon looks like a legitimate hipster in a custom-made shirt (1) from The Untidy Museum on Broad st. and a pair of black designer girl jeans (2). It’s important that you buy them a size too small so that they’re extremely tight. You might want to consider investing in a pair of boxer-briefs or tighty-whities. (It doesn’t matter if they’re clean, real rockers don’t give a f***.) Grab a pair of retro sneakers (3) Chuck Taylors, Nike, Adidas, Puma, et. al. —but make sure they look used before you wear them in public, because white is not the new black. Smudge some eyeliner (4) on your lids and do your hair in a faux-hawk (5), which can be done using hair wax or glue (only geeks still use gel). A leather cuff (6) completes the look, but serves no practical purpose other than to, reassert your masculinity after the girl jeans and eyeliner have called it into question. —

The debauchery known as beach week is just days away, are you ready? Here we have Jon in textbook Myrde atflre. While the, beer helmet (1) isn’t a necessity, it surely makes life a lot easier by freeing up your hands to do other “things.” With the depletion of the ozone layer, sunglasses (2) and suntan lotion (3) are essential to protecting your precious facial features. To prevent beach boredom bring your favorite light reading—we recommend recess (4). Water safety should be your No. 1 priority, so if your swimming skills are lacking, make sure to pick up a pair of floaties (5) and an innertube (6). These come in an assortment of colors, which you can choose according to your personal style. Jon prefers pink. Likewise, your bathing suit (7) is a direct reflection of your vogue factor, so choose wisely. But for optimal tanning, we suggest forgoing the bathingsuit altogether. And of course because you’re a Duke student, don’t be caught without your brown leather sandals (8).

Euro Travelers

Europe continues to be a popular summer travel destination, so grab your passport and book a flight. We suggest you pack everything you nedd and avoid shopping altogether because you won’t be able to buy s*** with your lousy U.S. dollars. While the camera (1) and extremely useful fanny pack (2) scream “tourist,” Jon gives off an authentic air of snobbery so that he will have no trouble fitting in with the locals. Even if you don’t smoke, stick a cigarette in your mouth (3) because everyone smokes in Europe and you want to be über-cool. The scarf (4), flannel shirt (5), tall wool socks (6) and square toed boots (tres chic) (7) will keep you warm while you hike around the Alps, but you’ll be ready for the beaches of Provence in seconds by stripping down to your multipurpose cargo shorts (8). Don’t worry if the foreign language requirement didn’t prepare you for your overseas adventure; your handy-dandy flask (9) will help you make friends as well as make the native language easier to understand.

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Pollack’s thrills need no translation by

Katie Somers

recess The Interpreter, the latest from Sydney Pollack, packs the punch and thrills of a Dan Brown novel without the obvious plot holes and far-fetched endings. Sylvia (Nicole Kidman), bom in the fictional African country of Matobo, works as an interpreter for the UN, where she overhears an assassination plot against the dictatorofher native country. Keller (Sean Penn) is the Secret Service agent in charge of investigating the threat, as well as Sylvia and her checkered past. A bombed bus, several dead bodies and a lot of sexual tension later, we’re left wondering if the lame romantic subplot between Sylvia and Keller was really necessary. The complicated political plotline would have been enough to keep this thriller afloat. Kidman, with her beautiful blonde hairdo, looks as young and pretty as ever. As for Penn, he does what he does best: grieve. After morose turns in Mystic River, 21 Grams, et al., Penn has firmly established himself as the premier mourner in Hollywood. That Penn’s detective character is disillusioned, divorced, and despondent should hardly be a surprise—you’ve seen this character before, in Man on Fire, Assault on Precinct 13 and practi-

cally every other action/suspense movie ever made. If only the film had included a scene of him drinking away his sorrows in a seedy bar, that would have really nailed home the point. Oh wait, it did. Would it kill Hollywood to give us a thriller with a happily married leading male? Perhaps I’m being too harsh—The Interpreter is a very smart, effective thriller. The plot avoids any major pitfalls while always

keeping

us guessing and never becoming implausible—a hard feat for any suspense film to accomplish. The terrifying moments and tense thrills never stop, especially when we follow a suicide bomber around New York wondering where he’ll decide to strike. The topic of the film, centering

on genocide and its causes, solutions and repercussions, is especially salient to current events, such as the situation in Sudan In a particularly evocative scene, Sylvia tells a story of a custom in her homeland: one year after a murder takes place, the villagers tie up the murderer and throw him in a river. The family of the deceased has the option of saving him and getting closure through forgiveness, or letting him die and living forever with their heartache. “Vengeance is a lazy form of grief,” Sylvia explains. Very well, but the audience would have gotten the hint without being didactically told again and again that violence is wrong. Though The Interpreter provides over two hours of non-stop entertainment, some audiences may be turned off by the incessant fawning over the UN and the clear liberal agenda of the filmmakers (ahem, Mr. Penn).

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Navigating the summer blockbuster field As usual, the year s prime-grossing release dates are jam-packed with cinematic offerings for every film sensibility, from old-fashioned comedy to modem technical wizzadry. To help you sort through the celluloid, recess senior writer Sarah Brodeur has compiled a weekend-by-weekend guide for which films to fill your summer nights with. Consider it a parting gift.

friday may 6

friday june 17

Don’t Miss: Kingdom of Heaven—Ridley Scott crusades epic Change of Pace: Crash—Altman-esque drama about crime in Los Angeles Popcorn Piece: House of Wax—remake Chad Hilton, w/Paris Michael Murray, Elisha Cuthbert, etc.

Don’t Miss; Batman Begins Change of Pace: My Summer ofLove—British Oscar for best British film—similar to Heavenly Creatures Popcorn Piece: The Perfect Man—the summer’s obligatory Hilary Duff movie

friday may 13

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Kicking and Screaming Change of Pace: Layer Cake—British gangster a la Snatch with Sienna Miller and Daniel Craig Popcorn Piece: Mad Hot Ballroom—NYC kids compete in a ballroom dancing contest.

Dead Change of Pace: March of the Penguins —documentary about penguins on their annual trek across the Antarctic Popcorn Piece: Herbie: Fully Loadedr—Lindsay Lohan and a VW bug with a mind of its own

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friday may 27

Change of Pace: Madagascar —latest DreamWorks CGI offering about zoo animals returning to the wild Popcorn Piece: The Longest Yard —remake with Chris Rock and Adam Sandler

friday june 3

Don’t Miss: Lords of Dogtown —fictional retelling of the documentary about the origins of skateboard-

ing Change of Pace: Cinderella Man—Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti do boxing during the depression. Popcorn Piece: Rock School —documentary about an actual rock school for kids, like the movie

friday june 10

Don’t Miss: Murderball—documentary about wheelchair rugby Change of Pace: Dark Water— Jennifer Connelly in a wet t-shirt Popcorn Piece: Fantastic Four—comic book shlock

friday july 15 Don’t Miss: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Change of Pace: Hustle and Row —Memphis pimp aspires to become a rapper. Popcorn Piece: The Wedding Crashers—Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn crash weddings/maybe fall in love.

friday july 22 Don’t Miss: The Bad News Bears Richard Linklater remake with Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear Change of Pace: Last Days —Gus Van Sant’s pseudo-documentary about Kurt Cobain Popcorn Piece: The Island—Michael Bay does clones with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. —

Don’t Miss; Mr. & Mrs. Smith—Brad Pitt and Angelina, Jolie are married assassins who are hired to kill each other. Change of Pace: Howl’s Moving Castle latest from the great Hayao Miyazaki Popcorn Piece: The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl Robert Rodriguez does his family thing. —

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Winterode Compiled by Matt Dearborn, Jordan Everson, Sarah Freeman, Alex Frydman, Andrew Galanopolous, and Robert Photographs special to The Chronicle

two icons for 2005 Gwen Stefani No Doubt has rocked for years. The new Gwen rocks more. Forget about her cameo appearance as a dashing Jean Harlow in The Aviator. Or her popular designer line. Or her marriage to one of rock’s leading men. The genre’s own leading lady for the past ten years finally came out with her own naturally bananas solo release. Freed from the shackles of her band, who let’s face it appealed to kids as much as adults, Gwen was able to tackle significant issues (the racial divide, car sex), indulge her fetishes (Asian women), and create one of the most giddily catchy albums {Love. Angel. Music. Baby) in recent memory. Thus far, the album has yielded three radio hits with more forthcoming. On this LP Gwen has harnessed some of the best creative synergy this side of The Black Album with contributions from The Neptunes, Linda Perry and Dr. Dre. One song in particular, “Bubble Pop Electric,” a campy erotic take on the ’sos, is a top candidate for the best song ever made as an incredibly effusive musical background collides with Gwen’s own perfectiy nuanced vocals. For those who say that the Tragic Kingdom girl has sold out, the truth is that Baby itself is not truly indicative of Gwen’s musical identity. It’s more the perfect concept album/love song to Harajuku couture and the music she listened to growing up. -RW

favorite albums Nancy Sinatra

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questionable old broad with some of music’s wT £ Wk % I biggest stars probably isn’t bet, but Frank’s a sure daughter proves her boots Pi 0D CY • igiiF Jmm Sinatra/ i andi i r n are made tor walkm her detractors are, well, wrong. Like legendary producer Lee Hazelwood before, desert-rock visionaries Calexico are the icon’s perfect accompaniment on the first track “Burnin’ Down The Spark.” Elsewhere, Sinatra singularly shines as she sings bitter-more-than-sweet tales about love lost in the shuffle and uncontrollable longing. Tracks helmed by Bono and Morrissey are stand-outs here. -RW °

Ted Leo The Pharmacists—Shake the Sheets This album was released toward the beginning of the school year and we’ve been rockin’ to it ever since. With brilliant songwriting, the fourth full length release from Ted Leo The Pharmacists continues where Hearts of Oak left off. The aging Leo remains focused on his political critique and with the of re-election George W., his soconscious cially lyrics are as relevant as ever. Don’t miss his show June 2 at Kings Lounge in Raleigh. SF +

The Shins As Natalie Portman placed those headphones on Zach Braff, our ears were awakened to a whole new world of mellow chords and wandering melodies. At this moment, it became glaringly obvious that indie was finally ready to go public. The Shins represent the recent trend in modern music—the emergence of a blur between indie and pop. With their songs now getting maintstream airplay and soaring record sales, the Shins should consider writing a thank you note to Zach Braff. The Albuquerque natives have continued to come into their own. While their first album sounded embarrassingly similar to Simon and Garfunkel with its refreshingly sedating harmonies, their most recent release, Chutes Too Narrow, is filled with a more original and produced sound. Regardless of the slight change in their 10-fi style, the album has been well received and rightfully so. The tracks are filled with acoustic guitars rather than the obnoxious synthesizers that are found on one too many current releases. As the Shins pave the way on their unintended conquest ofmainstream pop, you can expect to find other indie bands to following in their path. However, don’t assume that they will become sellouts and disregard their pre-Garden State fans. -SF

Elliott Smith—From a Basement on a Hill Released almost a year after his brutal suicide, Elliott Smith’s From a Basement on a Hill provides an eerie vision of the melancholy that enveloped his life and work. Smith’s gentle pop was always an attempt to overcome his and, sorrow, own though he could not save himself, his heart-breakingly beautiful music provided catharsis for his fans. If songs like "A Fond Farewell" and "Memory Lane" don't send a shiver down your spine, you are probably dead. -JE

Jimmy Eat World Futures Eat Jimmy World’s fifth release is arguably their best yet. On Futures they have taken from the best parts of their past albums, creating a disc that is stire to please a wide range of listeners. There’s everything from the sweet swooning ballads to the straight up guitar-heavy rock songs. Combine this with expressive lyrics and a layered, emo-rock style that just keeps getting better with age and the result is one of the best albums of the past year. -AF

Cyann and Ben—Happy Like an Autumn Tree Parisian quartet Cyann and Ben are out to show the world that pop songs don’t have to be two-to-three minute ditties. For this experimental outfit, pop songs are epic and beautiful. Cyann and Ben’s sophomore album, Happy like ari Autumn Tree, is a display that there are no rules to creating beautiful music. Using heartwrenching lyrics and haunting melodies as their hook, this group is slowly garnering the attention in America that they have already earned in France. -MD

Rogue Wave—Out of the Shadow When we listen to Rogue Wave’s ’O4 release Out of the Shadow, one question overwhelms us: how is it that everybody everywhere is not listening to this album non-stop? Each track on the album is a masterful arrangement of catchy hooks, bubbly pop and intimate folk-rock. Everything the guitar riffs, the lead vocals, the keyboard swells—is utterly infectious. This album is an fun, unabashedly

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supremely well-crafted, out-of-nowhere instant classic that you must hear, right now. -AG

best new artists Pitbull The first Cuban American rapper to make it big has been encroaching on the national hiphop scene since his first single “Culo” captured the airwaves’ attention last summer. Though sometimes dominated by his mentor Li’l Jon’s insufferable array of “yeahs,” Pitbull’s critically-acclaimed debut Money Is A Major Issue (M.1.A.M.1.) has some of the hottest beats in all of crunkdom, garnering him attention not only in South Florida circles but nationwide. Having already cameoed on tracks by Usher, N.0.R.E., and Daddy Yankee, this rapper is the hottest commodity on the Latin hip-hop scene since one of Pitbull’s favorite women, J. Lo. -RW

TV on the Radio In today’s music world, anything differing from the mainstream often results in a band’s failure. For Brooklyn-based IV on the Radio, however, they’re alternative style has been a major source of their success. With the use of driving bass lines, hard-hitting bass drums and passionate vocals, the quartet brings a power to music to which few bands can compare. This last March, the band released their much anticipated debut album Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes to a plethora of critical acclaim. After a fairly short national tour, the band is currendy moving back to the drawing board to cook up a sophomore release. -MD

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collective soul Our audience is eclectic: there are teenagers there, colleges students, twentysomethings, thirty-somethings, there’s also forty and fifty-year old rockers out there and some of those people are bringing their kids now too. In general our first fans are getting older, I guess that’s automatic, but it’s not like you’ll go to a Collective Soul show and leave thinking one thing about a Collective Soul fan. It’s all across the board. R: You took off for four years and came back plus one. What’s the deal with this Joel character? W: He was a friend of ours, he’d worked with us and been our guitar tech on the second, self-titled record and through all of our recordings with Atlantic, Joel was the guitar tech for the sessions as well as a consultant: a musical consultant. So when our first lead guitarist decided to leave, he was a perfect fit. He’s our buddy; I mean, he’s seen over 100 Collective Soul shows, so he knows what our vibe is and how we like to do things, so he fit right in. It’s good to finally have the record out, because we toured with him for about a year before it came out and he didn’t really have anything with his name on it. We’re glad he’s able to come kick some ass for us. R: What are your plans for the rest of this summer tour? W; We want to tour extensively through the summer, we should get all over America. But we plan on trying to get over to Europe in the fall and then we have to go back to Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Japan, all those places. R: Sounds like a rough life. You like being a rockstar, don’tyou? W: It’s got its ups and downs. It’s really not a lot different from other jobs in many aspects. But, the one aspect that’s awesome is whenever you get an opportunity to do what you love for a living, you can’t complain too much. The schedule can be very overrated. We’ve been doing this for 10 years. I started when I was 23, and back then touring was a lot more fun. I’ve been to so many cities, especially in America; I mean, drop me in any major city in America and I’ll know where I am and how to get somewhere. But, living out of a suitcase in general isn’t a very choice

lifestyle.

R: So whenyou come play Last Day, are you going to be playing mostly new stuff we expect some old favorites? W; No there are just too many good songs to ignore; I think we’d be doing people a disservice if we didn’t play our older songs as well. We’ll be playing six new songs from the Youth record on this set. Our set right now is lasting around an hour and forty-five minutes. R: What can we expect /all to bring to the show? W: I expect people to come and have fun. We want to rock. With us and our audience we try to create a total vibe thing going on. So, if you come with a positive attitude, ready to have fun, then that’s definitely going to happen. R: Thanks for checking in with us, do you have any parting words for the lads coming to rock out next Wednesday? W: Just listen to your Collective Soul CDs and get ready to sing a lot. We’ll see you next week. or can

guitar in comparison to store-bought electric guitars. “A mid-level, mid-priced electric usually goes for around $BOO, so this is a good price, especially because it’s a custom-made guitar out of good materials. The high price for most standard electrics comes from the fact that you know it’s going to be put together well in a standard and predictable way. But all the materials are really shitty. So now that he’s completed his latest project, Montague is looking ahead. “My friend and I are starting a custom made guitar company this summer. We’ll build you anything you want: bass, acoustic, electric. You should make sure to check us out,” he added with a mischievous smirk as he cranked up the Phish and started to strum away. ”

nasher And there was the theater. Oh, the theater. The theater program brought back to life the Broadway Preview series, which had its heyday in the mid 1980 to early ’9os. The program brought big names and in-

novative shows to Duke, but faded out of the scene until the millennium. Thank goodness for student groups like Duke Players, Brown and Green, Karamu, and Hoof ’n’ Horn that tided us over during the lag and continued to show that Theater at Duke is nothing to be ignored. But the theaterprogram has the money and connections to make possible what these groups could only dream of. Little Women featuring Tony-Award winning actress Sutton Foster, Ariel Dorfman's Purgatorio, Gore Vidal’s March to Sea, and a smattering of other department produced plays graced our stages with Tony-award winners and our campus with theatrical opportunities. Of course, Nashers, Little Women, and student-curated exhibitions are not born overnight. They are years and dollars in the making. But the fruits of the labors are showing so vividly—on the stage, in aesthetically invigorating buildings, and in the p»hoto-wrapped EastWest buses—that it's hard to not look up with knitted brows and ask, “When did all this happen?” But, if these past couple ofyears are any predictor, this is just the beginning. Stay tuned.

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A Message Regarding Latinos/as and Latino/a Studies at Duke: Thank You President Brodhead On January 28, 2005, President Brodhead met with representatives from Latino/a undergraduate, graduate, faculty, and alumni organizations to discuss our request for a University-wide task force charged with drafting an Action Agenda for Latino/as and Latino/a Studies at Duke University. During this warm and lively exchange of views, President Brodhead responded to our deep concerns about Duke’s shortcomings by recognizing the vital importance of Latino/a issues to the university’s future. At that meeting, we gave the President the which enumerated our suggestions, and subsequently received support from one hundred and sixty individual members of the Duke community. following

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The President called a meeting on February 23 of the university’s leadership, including those in charge of academic affairs, student life, staff and diversity issues, and community affairs President Brodhead charged this group with the task of gathering additional information regarding the issues raised by El Concilio Latino and the Latino/a Studies Initiative. With this advertisement, we would like to publicly thank President Richard Brodhead for recognizing the vital importance of Latino/a issues. We would also like to thank the one hundred and sixty individuals and organizations that have supported Latino/a issues this spring. We hope that creative, concrete, and positive actions in the coming years will follow these first small steps. We further believe that a presidential task force is the necessary mechanism for coordinating these efforts while giving them coherence and momentum as Duke enters a new period of strategic planning. On behalf of the Latino/a community at Duke, we ask that each and every one of our readers join us in these collaborative efforts Professor John D. French, Professor Antonio Viego, and Julian Sanchez; Duke Latino/a Studies Initiative

Now Let’s Get to Work: Our January 28,2005 Letter to Duke President Richard H. Brodhead staff support, help organize seminars and conferences at Duke to accelerate our institutional learning curve while we conduct faculty recruitment in this vital intellectual arena. "The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn,” as Bertholt Brecht noted, "when teachers themselves are taught to learn."

28 January 2005 Dear President Brodhead, Duke University over the past decade has shown moral and educational leadership taking vast strides towards incorporating equity and diversity into university life, whether institutional, intellectual, or pedagogical. Responsive to a changing world, Duke’s leadership boldly set a course to make Duke a model of a democratic and inclusive institution where allx an find a place of respect and support. The result has been a distinctive Duke signature in this vital area of intellectual life and educational practice. As Duke begins planning for the next five years, the time has come for the University, from the top to the bottom, to take up the challenge of fully incorporating Latino/as and Latino/a Studies into its agenda The path to such a future begins today. A profound social transformation is occurring in the United States and especially in North Carolina, home of the fastest growing Latino/a population in the country. El Concilio Latino of Duke University, and its constituent undergraduate and graduate organizations, as well as the Latino/a Studies Initiative would welcome the University's commitment to establish a University-wide task force charged with drafting an Action Agenda for Latino/as and Latino/a Studies at Duke University.

A presidential task force should be asked to explore all dimensions of university life, including undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff within and beyond Trinity College and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The task force should be charged with gathering information and developing recommendations to cover all relevant dimensions of university life:

d.) The creation of an institutional infrastructure for Latino/a studies at Duke. More than 50 undergraduates, graduates, faculty and administrators from many schools attended the October 4th meeting of the Latino/a Studies Initiative. The energy and drive is there, but Duke must commit to a full time staff position to begin to build in a strategic fashion the basis for putting Duke on the map in this field (including office space in its natural home, for now, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies). e.) The assessment of where Duke stands in terms of Latino/a staff and employees, including an examination of issues of hiring, training and promotion, salary equity, and distribution within the University’s work force. f.) The development of a plan to deepen linkages with local Latino/a population, in all of its diversity, as part of its ongoing partnerships with the city of Durham and the state of North Carolina,

Latino/a issues emerged at Duke only within the last five years, in large part through the support provided by Trinity College Dean Bob Thompson and from existing units such as the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. In past and recent controversies, people of good will have been vocally supportive, across the University, of steps to incorporate Latino/a issues and studies into Duke’s institutional agenda. The support and encouragement offered by African and African American Studies and African American organizations has been particularly welcome.

a.) A plan for the hiring of Latino/a and Latino/a Studies faculty and administrators (at present the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has only one Latino/a faculty member, who is also the only faculty member working in Latino/a studies). b.) A holistic plan to enhance the recruitment and retention of Latino/a students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We note with concern, for example, that an article on minority enrollment in the 14 January 2005 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education indicates that there has been a 16.1% decline in Hispanic freshmen at Duke between the fall of 2002 and 2004. This decline from 7.2% to 6.0% coincides, we are told, with Duke’s ongoing success in strengthening its recruitment of Black freshmen who increased from 10.5% to 11.5% in

We strongly believe that Duke will do the right thing, and that the appointment of a presidential task force, with representation from our ranks, will represent a vital symbolic first step in crafting a meaningful institutional commitment to Latino/as, Latino/a issues, and Latirw/a Studies at Duke University. On the eve of a strategic planning cycle, such a task force could develop the agenda needed to ramp up the level of activity and visibility of Latino/a issues and studies at Duke-. Reaching across the university and beyond, widespread support and interest could be transformed into an active Duke community of engagement as part of our pursuit of intellectual and pedagogical excellence with the aim of contributing to resolving the problems beyond the ivory tower. As Brecht once noted, "intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.” JohnD. French, Interim Director Latino/a Studies at Duke; Antonio Viego, Former DirectorLatino/a Studies at Duke; Julian Sanchez,

the same period (a 9.3% increase).

Concilio Latino, Duke University; Jenny Snead Williams, Coodinator Latino/a Studies at Duke; Victoria M. DeFrancesco, Chair

We urge Duke to guarantee Latino/a students equitable access to existing fellowship programs for under-represented groups, as well as developing targeted institutional support to create an environment favorable to their success once they have arrived on campus.

c.) The fostering of a university-wide dialogue regarding the emergence ofLatino/a peoples as a fundamental component of an increasingly globalized and multicultural United States,

We welcome the developing discussions, within Arts and Sciences, about a possible program of post-doctoral non-teaching fellows in Latino/a Studies who might, with adequate

Duke Latino Graduate Association; Hilary McKean-Peraza and Tomas Lopez, Co-Presidents Mi Gente: Asociacion de Estudiantes Latinos, Duke; Alicia Overstreet and Laura Negrete, Duke University Latino Alumni Association; Jeannette Barajas, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.

If you support this request for an Action Agenda for Latino/as and Latino/a Studies at Duke, please add your name to the professors, students, staff, and community members who have already declared their support! Simply e-mail your full name and affiliation (student, faculty, staff, administrator and department or title if relevant) to <mksl3@duke.edu> by April 29,2005. Every supporter’s name counts. Please help us to make Duke better for everyone.

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All it took was three ground-ball singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to break the tie and give Duke the win. The first, straight up the middle past a diving Davidson second baseman, put the speedy Senterrio DAVIDSON Landrum on base DUKE 9 with one out. The second, on a perfectly executed hit-and-run by Duke’s John Berger, moved Landrum to third. One batter later, Duke catcher Bryan Smith hit another grounder back up the middle and Landrum jogged home for the winning run. “I was looking for a fastball up in the zone and I got it,” Smith said. “I just tried to put it in play—in that situation you’ve got to put the ball in play, you don’t want to strike out there, it would be two outs. I just wanted to put it in play and make something happen, and they couldn’t make a play on it.” Duke (12-27) used seven pitchers none for more than two, innings or 29 pitches—in a 9-8 win over Davidson Wednesday. The win gave the Blue Devils their third win in their last four games—the first time the team has done so since its first four games of the season. They won despite blowing a six-run lead that they carried into the eighth inning. Pitcher Danny Otero picked up the win, recording the final out in the eighth inning and pitching a scoreless ninth. The team’s pitcher-by-committee strategy worked well until that eighth inning. The staff scattered seven hits over its first seven innings of work, holding Davidson (18-16) to two runs. But after the Wildcats’Jay Heafner led off the eighth with a fly ball caught by Duke rightfielder Corey Whiting, the next seven Davidson batters reached base

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When the ACC women’s tennis tournatoday, 15th-ranked Duke will be in a strangely unfamiliar position seeded seventh. The Blue Devils received their worst tournament seeding in 23 years after a season riddled by injuries. In each of the past 17 years, Duke has advanced to the tournament finals, winning 15 times. Along with the lateseason injuries, the addition of Miami and Virginia Tech seems to have upset the league balance as the Blue Devils lost more than three conference matches for the first time in ACC history. A 55 record in a league with five of the nation’s top 15 teams seeded Duke ahead of only Florida State, Virginia, N.C. State and Virginia Tech. The Blue Devils open the tournament in Cary against the lOth-seeded Wolfpack, a team Duke has never lost to in either regular season or tournament play. The winner will face the second-seeded Hurricanes, who split two matches with Duke this spring. “This is the strongest our conference has ever been,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We used to be able to go through the year and know that we were more talented, but now we can’t.” Injuries and inconsistency in doubles held the Blue Devils back in the grinding ACC season. Junior Julia Smith suffered a season-ending injury early in the fall and now additional injuries to senior Katie ment starts

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It is hard to believe that Duke goalie Aaron Fenton, the NCAA Division I leader in goals-against-average and save percentage, had to fight for his starting position on the men’s lacrosse team just last year. The fifth-year senior out of Wynnewood, Pa., struggled during his first three years on the team. He was forced to red shirt his freshman year due to a wrist injury and played in only one contest prior to last season. After the 2003 season, Fenton was set to be the number one goalkeeper in 2004. But when the Duke coaching staff was able to nab top goalie recruit Dan Loftus the starting job slipped from Fenton s grasp. “I just felt like I was going to get my opportunity,” it Fenton said. “I had to just keep showing coach that over me. started didn’tbother me that a freshman to He did not have to wait long. After a March 6 loss

Maryland last year, the coaching staff decided to let Fenton start

the team’s fourth game of the season against

Loyola. One win and 18 saves later the job was Fenton’s

and he has started every game since. “The whole time I was thinking, ‘There’s no way I worked this hard my entire life playing lacrosse and that I may not get to play in college,”’ Fenton said. He has made the most of his opportunity this year, leading the Blue Devils to a No. 2 ranking and a sparkling 12-1 record. The most impressive performance of his career may have come against Maryland this year. With the Blue Devils’ record standing at 3-0 and the team clinging to a 9-8 lead against the then No. 5 Terrapins, Fenton made a dramatic save to preserve the lead. The Blue Devils went on to win 10-8 and would go on to capture a school-record 11 games in a row. SEE FENTON ON PAGE 10

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“Aaron is just such a presence in the net,” sophomore defender Tony McDevitt said. “We almost take it for granted how consistent he’s been the past two

years.”

Opposing offenses now enter contests knowing they contend with one of the nation’s best. Fenton only allows 5.87 goals per game and saves almost 65 percent of the shots he faces. f “It definitely makes it easier on us to have him back there,” McDevitt said. “We know that if we happen to miss an assignment every now and again Aaron is there to get our backs.” With Fenton in goal, not only can Duke’s defense play more aggressively, its offense also has more opportunity to focus their abilities on scoring. “People look up to him,” freshman Zach Greer said. “We have a lot more confidence on ‘O’ to freelance because we know our defense is back there.” Having a Fenton on the Duke Lacrosse team is nothing new for head coach Mike Pressler. Aaron’s older brother Zach and twin Ben both graduated last year. Zach, a defenseman, was a sth year senior, which gave him the opportunity to play an extra season with his brother in the cage. The team will have to make a large transition next year, not only with a new starting goalie, but also to be without a member of the Fenton family for the first time in six years. “[Aaron’s departure] is going to be a huge loss,” Greer said. “He not only brings experience and great play in the goal, but he brings great leadership out there.” For the present, the Blue Devils are thinking about making this year special. Duke has only made the Final Four one time in its history—back in 1997—and for the first time since then, the pieces are in place for a deep postseason run. “I think we have a ton to prove to everybody out there,” Fenton said. “I mean everybody’s starting to realize this Duke team could be something. I’m not saying I expect to get to the Final Four, but I think we’re good enough that we have the opportunity to get there.” must

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Blaszak and sophomore Jennifer Zika leave the Blue Devils without two of their top three players for the tournament. Blaszak is currently the team’s highest rated singles player at 44, followed by Junior Jackie Carleton at 111. “We are more beat up now than all year,” Ashworth said. “At this time of year we wanted people back, but at the same time, other players are better now than they have been all year.” Blue Devils stepping up include Carleton, a transfer from UCLA, freshman Clelia Deltour and sophomore Parker Coyer, who played infrequently before the recent injuries. Deltour and senior Saras Arasu won the only two singles matches in a season-ending loss to No. 11 Clemson last weekend. Against Georgia Tech, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, the Blue Devils were victorious on four singles courts as Goyer secured the victory with a three-set win April 16. “We were without Katie this past weekend, and we did well,” Arasu said. “I think everyone is prepared.” With 4-3 losses to Miami, Maryland and North Carolina, Duke has often played the ACC’s top teams close before coming up short. Part of the problem has been the doubles point, a weakness exacerbated by the injuries. “We haven’t been able to formulate something solid in doubles play because of injury,” Arasu said. During their 23 matches this season, the Blue Devils have only been able to win the doubles point nine times. Fortunately for Duke, three of those wins came against N.C. State and Miami. “I think an 18th-consecutive finals ap-

against Blue Devil pitchers Jonathan Anderson and Tony Bajoczky. Five runs crossed the plate, the last two on a ground-ball double down the right field line by Michael Muniz, the Wildcats ninth batter and the last one Bajoczky

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Key injuries have forced Jackie Carleton into the top singles spot, where she haslost her last three matches. pearance is definitely possible,” Ashworth said. “We went into the Georgia Tech match coming off a loss to UNC but knowing that we could compete with top10 teams despite the injury situation.” After a week with tough conditioning and motivating phone calls from former

Duke players, the Blue Devils said they are primed for the tournament, “We kind of let the pride ofDuke tennis get away from us a couple weeks ago,” Ashworth said. “We’ve got motivation from past groups, and since then we’ve been a totally different team.”

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would face. Otero—normally one of Duke’s weekend starting pitchers—came in to stop the bleeding, but allowed the tying run to cross the plate before the inning ended. “They were hitting some good pitches, and they had clutch at-bats there coming back in the game,” Smith said. “They put it in play and made things happen.” A big seventh inning by the Blue Devils set the stage for Davidson’s comeback in the eighth. Up just 3-2 when the inning began, the Blue Devils sent nine batters to the plate and chewed through three Wildcat pitchers. Leftfielder Javier Socorro—whose 3-for-4 evening gave him hits in nine of his last ten games—started the rally with a double, and five differentBlue Devils registered RBIs in the inning. Duke managed just one other run-scoring inning on the night. The Blue Devils plated three runs in the bottom of the third. Third basemen Kyle Silver’s double drove in two, and Socorro’s single up the middle pushed Silver across the plate. In his third start at catcher since regular catcher Ron Causey underwent knee surgery, backup Smith—a redshirt senior who converted from infielder to catcher before this season—provided an offensive spark. He went 3-for-5 on the game with a double and two RBIs. After replacing clean-up hitter Cody Wheeler in the seventh to provide speed and defense, Landrum also performed well, scoring two runs and going 1-for-l at the plate.

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Fire Bill Hillier hasn’t been the best year for season. That spring the team had a the Duke baseball team. There’s paltry two ACC wins, and the previous no quick fix, but there is an ob- fall multiple allegations of improper vious first step: Baseball head coach conduct surfaced: one player was arBill Hillier should be fired at the end rested for possession of steroids, another (who also adof this season. to StattedltOnal mitted using Before this year’s steroids) Athattempted campaign began, letic Director Joe Alieva told Hillier his suicide, the program’s transfer rate job was on the line if the program did reached its peak and a year earlier a not improve. Instead, the team’s parent had written an anonymous letrecord plummeted to 12-27. His over- ter to the University expressing her all record of 119-202 and the concerns concern about the coaching staff and that have arisen recendy about team its treatment of the players. At this climate and Hillier’s ability to manage point, the Athletic Department had and motivate his players beg the ques- reason enough to be suspicious about the program, and yet aside from an tion: Why wasn’t he fired sooner? Since the most outrageous increase in drug testing, nothing charges —including on-record re- changed. Somehow, Hillier was ports of steroid abuse—are several signed for another season, Just as Hillier should be held acyears past, and since Duke baseball’s season will end in a little more than a countable for the damage he has month, it doesn’t make much sense done to the baseball program, the to fire him now. Removing him im- Athletic Department in general, and mediately would do little actual good; Alieva in particular, should be held acfurthermore, players have alleged countable for their failure to interthat many of the team’s problems are vene. Even though the interviews deendemic to the whole coaching staff, partment officials conducted with which includes Hillier’s son and players did not yield any firm concluother assistants he hired. If Hillier sions about the team, the concern were fired now, it is unclear who should have prompted quicker action. By last summer, the University would be equipped to lead the team. Even before charges of steroid use had another letter in hand from a forand misconduct were levied, the Uni- mer player, raising the same charges versity had reason to question Hillier’s yet again. But when President Richard position. Given Duke’s resources, and Brodhead asked Alieva about the alleits ability to succeed in nearly every gations, Alieva did not even mention other sport, our baseball program steroids—although the steroid use should be respectable, at the very charge had already been brought to least. The ACC is one of the strongest Brodhead’s attention in writing, Duke deserves better, and the conferences in the nation in baseball, and the fact that we have hardly been baseball players who compete in competitive during Hillier’s tenure Duke’s name deserve better. It will take years to repair the damage that’s should have been cause for alarm. been done to the program; by firing of these Although many charges are coming to light now, Hillier Hillier at the season’s end, at least the should have been fired after the 2003 first step will be taken.

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as the Church’s overwhelming decline as what many see now as an archaic institution, Benedict’s election serves to show that the Church is keeping its feet firmly planted in the past, and not moving forward to improve itself in the eyes of the rest of the world. The former Cardinal Ratzinger’s positions on matters of both faith and politics are staunchly conservative and can be seen through his many duties and statements as a prominent Vatican official. As head of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, he has become a defendant of the Catholic Church’s hardline stances, and a bitter opponent to differing views on religious practice and philosophy. His literalist interpretation of Catholic doctrine will do nothing but

Pontiff John Paul II was just as conservative, he was still a charismatic leader whose presence would inspire followers to lead meaningful and compassionate lives. Though a renowned scholar and theologian, Ratzinger is a more quiet figure who could not possibly flourish in the spotlight the way John Paul II could. Hopefully his time in the Papacy will help him to not reject and judge the current progressive movements of Catholicism that he currently sees as a “dictatorship of relativism,” but instead to embrace the views of others and make the Church a symbol of synergy and community in the religious world.

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Epworth builds community I was appalled to hear that Duke’s administration has decided to decommission Epworth as a dorm. Ever since I matriculated I have heard cries that we need to improve community bonds at Duke. Epworth has served as a center of community bonding for well over 100 years. Indeed, it was the very center of life on campus for many years. True, it is small for a dorm, yet the small numbers of occupants has time and again

led to a sense of dorm unity that would be impossible in any other building. I call upon all concerned individuals to visit

http://www.petitiononline.eom/epworth/p etition.html in order to let your voice be heard in the outcry to preserve Epworth’s place as a dorm. Peter McCary Trinity ’O7

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Friday night The identities of all parties in thefollowingfactual account have you live?” and I’m like Central I’m like so wasted. We drive been changed and will not be revealed far any reason: don’t ask. back to Central and I’m still in the back-seat. I had just read of the best habits for members of our gullible He’s Just Not That Into You. I’m like inspired. So I say: you’re species to get is skepticism, which is why I was not that into me, I’m going to go. Then he says, “No, you don’t pleased to be challenged about a recent suggestion get it,” and kisses me. We made out for 15 or 20 minutes, I ofmine that some students “hook-up” with professors. After don’t know. once in a while he says, “I shouldn’t be Every a little digging, lam equally pleased—and amused—to subdoing this, you’re my student. I have to give you a grade.” I mit the following abridged interview transcript for your base was like whatever. I was saying things like; I know this is what entertainment. Let’s call it “Professors in Love.” you wanted. Meeting Steph on the steps of the Chapel I feel a twinge S: So we make out longer in the car. Eventually, he’s like, of jealousy—the curmudgeonly old professor is a lucky man, ‘You need to go back to your apartment.” We get out of the to touch her, to caress that waist, to trace his car and have to walk around die Anderson hands down the hourglass to her hips, to apartment building. In the middle of the run his gnarled, ink-stained fingers through sidewalk I’m like I don’t want you to go and we her light brown hair. The ache is almost too start making out on the wall there. much to take S: That went on for a little while I got M. Gillum: So somebody is enrolled in a scared people were going to come by and class, goes to lecture and meets with a prosee me. I say come to my apartment, come to my fessor, but how does the relationship get beapartment. He says I want to come to your yond normal student-teacher interaction? apartment and when I drive away I’ll wish I matt gillum Steph: [earlier in the semester] He sent us had come to your apartment but I can’t. I this e-mail, inviting us to a party at his house. was like yes you can. verltas I didn’t go. But then comes the weekend it S: We’re like at the door and I’m inside all goes down. People [students in the class] and he’s outside and I’m pulling in and he’s invited him out. He’s like, ‘Yeah, call.” So I go and pre-party pulling out and I’m pulling back in. I get pulled back out with these guys. They call him and he says that he is in and we make out outside. He’s like I have to go and starts Durham and we agree to meet up later. walking away. I start following him. I was like what are you S: Anyway, we’re gettingready to go out to Shooters. I was doing. He was like, “I’m going to call you. I just can’t do this like really, really drunk. About 20 minutes after we get to now.” And he left. Shooters I am in the bathroom throwing up. Now it’s probMG: How was he as a kisser? ably 1:15. He calls me, leaves message asking, “Are you still S: From what I remember it was good. It must have been there?” Around 1:301 call him back and he’s like, “Is it worth good because I kept trying to get him to come in and I me coming? I’m like: come, whatever.” I hang up the phone wouldn’t have if it were bad. and I’m like oh God he’s actually coming. I look for my friends Author’s Postscript: After the initial “hook-up” the professor con[from the class], but I can’t find them. He gets there at a quartacted the student in and they met at a bar. Unfortunately, it was ter ’till two. I walk him around Shooters holding his hand. ’Bos night and he kept making creepy comments about how the S: I don’t know how we all decided that he would be takmusic was popular before she was bom. This fact—coupled with the ing us [Steph and her otherfriends] home. He was like, “Where loss of the power fantasy satisfied by being his student, was sufficient do you guys live?” I’m in the back drunk and out of it. My to end their passionate, albeit brief relationship. roommate thinks I’m going to West [where wepre-partied] and not her real name so she gets out on Central and shuts the door. We go to West and drop off the other person. Then he’s like “So where do Matt Gillum is a Trinity senior.

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Another publication worth developing might be dtled, suppose that the farewell columns we seniors are asked to write should highlight the “big lessons” of our four Saturday Night: Untold Stories of Social Exclusion at years here. Big things like, “get to know your professors” Duke. Almost any minority on this campus—minoritized or “branch out of your comfortable social circles.” If you by a number of factors including race, class, sexual oriencan’t figure these things out on your own, I doubt a column tation and lifestyle—could contribute an essay about his or is going to help you. I imagine there is a huge number of her experience of attempting to gain access to Duke’s students on this campus who will have wasted four years of tightly-controlled and segregated social scene or about his what should be an incredibly edifying, formative, and transor her experience of bucking the system and wearing the formative experience. A rehashing of the “big lessons” is title ofoutsider. Minoritized students first try to make sense of the dominot going to change that fact. One of my professors recendy commented in class that nant system of social organization. Once they understand which station in the system they can inhab• Duke students are complacent: complacent it, they struggle with the fact that they can with the status quo, complacent with medinever gain full ownership of the social ocrity, and complacent with the comfortscene of the school they attend. Some stuable. While generalizing on this scale is if dents retreat to their marginalized, fringe never a good idea, I recognize this complaspaces and communities. Others attempt to cency in the average Duke student. We reassimilate in whatever way they can. For sist change on this campus. many students, the exclusionary and often When administrators want to invigorate the intellectual life, we moan and groan. Christopher scoville oppressive nature of this system leads to a range of emotional struggles: bitterness, We’re happy with our name-brand degrees topher's parade pain, impotence and depression, to name a without required senior theses and with the few. Rather than face this fact, the average freedom to get sloppy drunk every Thursday complacent Duke student looks the other night. “We don’t want to be an Ivy League” seems to be our oblivious to the hurtful social practices in way, had perhaps wasn’t aware that the Ivy League complacent rally cry. I which he or she engages. fiat power over intellectualism on college campuses. I hope when I return to Duke for ray 10-year reunion, When a publication such as Saturday Night: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke (emphasis on at Duke) hits complacency will have become passe. Students will discuss our campus, no one bats an eye. Instead, our Interfratemity these and other serious issues to better themselves and better the place they live and leam for four years. In the meanCouncil President makes an inane comment to Duke Magatime, I salute die students who work tirelessly to improve our about sexual asto fraternity invite our zine, “We speakers sault, and we acclimate new pledges every spring to the beloved Duke University, and I don’t mean those responsible for opening parking lots after hours. scope of the issue.” Sounds like complacency to me. To the students involved in intellectualizing this campus, sexual asabout 40 reported of the issue” is The “scope to the founders of Saturday Night, to the leadership of Comto the saults on Duke’s campus every year, according mon Ground and the Center for Race Relations, to the unmany How Women’s Center. How many go unreported? members of fringe groups on campus, and to all the other care? actually sites of social power dergraduate men in for a better Duke, I thank you for White ribbons and mandatory presentations won t change non-complacents fighting four these past years. for take responsibility anything until men on this campus each other’s actions and unilaterally condemn sexual asChristopher Scoville is a Trinity senior. sault in all its manifestations.

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campus, “Letters to the Editor” should be the most awaited, most read, most interesting section of the paper. If a column makes you mad, write a letter aboutit. If you have a good idea, write a letter about it. And editors, if you get letters, then print them. As long as the writer has a take and expresses it somewhat coherently, everyone will be better off for having heard it, and The Chronicle will truly be a forum. Nationally syndicated writers should only appear on these pages if a columnist doesn’t send a column in. 4. Shorter is better. The best move this year’s Editorial Page Editor Tracy Reinker made was shortening column lengths. Two years ago, columns were 1,000 or 750 words. Last year, they were 850 words. This year, Tracy said they had to be 700 or fewer. That’s long enough, especially since most people read these on the bus or before class. And please don’t use big words. Make Strunk and White proud. 5. Inform the reader. The best columns are those where readers learn something new while reading them. In some cases this means a new position or argument, but it also means a columnist should dig for information and then present it. Chronicle reporters tend to write a lot of fluffy summaries of events held the day before, and so this is especially important. If you are a columnist, don’t just read The Chronicle every day and then develop a position when it comes time to write your column. Find something out. 6. SEABASS Forever. Some of you know I was a contributor to this semester’s “Monday, Monday” column. And while I cannot offer an objective opinion about Tommy Seabass’s comedic skills, I have heard from a lot of people who enjoyed reading him prior to his dismissal. For all his flaws, Seabass was just the kind of character “Monday,. Monday” should feature: an edgy, obnoxious, feather-ruffling nuisance who makes fun of everybody he can. It should be a column everyone feels obligated to read, and The Chronicle should never let a handful of students and alumni who cannot laugh at themselves define offensiveness. 7. Deal with it. Let’s face it: this is a reasonably good newspaper. Sure, the reporting is biased and the editors don’t always exercise good judgment, but what do you really want from a free paper put out daily by college students with classes and activities like everyone else? Usually, The Chronicle provides solid coverage of campus events, a good sports section and a professional layout—all with few errors. It’s easy to carry, it shows up each day on a searchable website and it has a crossword puzzle. It’s understandable that readers will be upset with some of the articles and editorials, and there are certainly instances when firestorms are merited. But let’s always try to improve the paper, not put it out ofbusiness. Nathan Carleton is a Trinity senior.

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