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ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 38

Event parking spurs complaints Econ department to eliminate B.A. major WOJCIECHOWSKA

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Students with Blue Zone parking passes have been required to move their cars from the lot during several weekends this semester. by

many events that require students to relocate their vehicles. “It’s really annoying, and I feel like there should be a better option,” sophomore Rachel Brown said. Sophomore Brandon Guard received a $4O improper permit ticket for not moving his car back to the Blue Zone after a home football game weekend.

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For students with Blue Zone

parking permits, the Rolling Stones concert, home football games and graduate school basketball ticket campouts all mean one thing—the hassle of moving their cars to Central Campus for the weekend. This year Duke has sponsored

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The Preston Robert Tisch family donated $lO million

to the Brain Tumor Center of Duke University Medical

Center and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, officials announced Wednesday. The contribution is the largest donation the DCCC has ever received, and the funds will eventually be split to support research and hire new faculty, said Dr. Henry Friedman, co-director of the Brain Tumor Center. Because of the gift, the Brain Tumor Center will now officially be referred to as the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Tisch, chair of Loews Corporation and chair and co-owner of the New York Giants football organization, was diagnosed with inoperable SEE GRANT ON

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“It’s a pain—especially when you have a lot of other weekend events going on—sometimes you just forget where your car is,” Guard said. “But then you don’t remember until you have a class conflict.” In response to the numerous events requiring car removal, SEE PARKING ON PAGE

In an effort to give economics majors a more complete understanding of the field, the Department of Economics will begin to revamp its undergraduate degree program in 2006. The department, which is the most popular at the University, will begin to phase out the bachelor of arts degree next fall; students matriculating in or after 2006 will only have the option of receiving a bachelor of science degree. Current and prospective economics majors already enrolled at Duke will not be affected by the changes, but faculty are encouraging the undergraduates to pursue the B.S. track. Emma Rasiel, director of undergraduate studies for economics, said more than 60 percent of economic majors have already declared their intention to earn a B.S. degree. The elimination of the degree is one of the first steps in the Undergraduate Economics Major Initiative, which also includes the restructuring of course distribution requirements for majors. The changes were prompted by top academic deans’ sug-

gestions that the department provide students with more

hands-on research experience. “We said, ‘Rather than just trying to tweak our program, why not take this opportunity to look at the program as whole—if we had the possibility to create an ideal program, what would it look like?’” said Assistant Professor of the Practice Michelle Connolly, who led the committee that mapped out the major’s changes. One notable difference between the B.A. and B.S. majors was that the B.A. degree did not require undergraduates to take econometrics, which will now be required for all majors. “It’s certainly not that we’re unhappy with having a B.A. degree, it’s just that it’s important enough for every student to have econometrics,” said Connel Fullenkamp, associate director of undergraduate studies for economics. Fewer students may decide to major in economics because of the degree change. Officials, however, said they could not predict how significant the decrease would be because they could not assess the factors that influenced SEE EGON ON PAGE 5

Dorm maintenance frustrates students by

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From outside their grand stone walls, the buildings of the West Campus Gothic Wonderland appear unshakable. In reality, however, they are not always as sturdy as they seem —and this semester, residents of Craven Quadrangle have been consistendy reminded of structural problems. Two major incidents involving faulty plumbing occurred in Craven within a month. The morning of Sept. 8, a clogged pipe in a urinal exploded, flooding the third-floorbathroom of House R and spreading its damage to residents below. “There was water cascading out of the bathroom,” said third-floor resident and senior David Schloss. Water came through his door and collected on the floor, but his room suffered from no significant damages. Second-floor resident and seniorYuval Patel was not so fortunate. Because of the flood, parts ofPatel’s ceiling collapsed, and his mattress was ruined. Soon after, in the early morning hours of Oct. 6, a marble partition in the basement bathroom of House VO collapsed. “It was cracked all over the floor,” sophomore Cleland Robertson said. “The door was blown clear. The toilet seat

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rieSr including a broken bathroom lock in Crowell Quadrangle.

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newsinbrief Rove, Libby talk to reporters Top White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby discussed their contacts with reporters about Valerie Flame before her identity was published, the first known intersection between two central figures in the criminal leak investigation.

Defiant Saddam pleads innocent by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq A defiant Saddam Hussein quarreled with judges and scuffled with guards at the opening of his longawaited trial Wednesday, rejecting the tribunal’s right to judge him and insisting he is still the president of Iraq. Sitdng inside a white pen with metal bars, Saddam appeared gaunt and frail and his salt-and-pepper beard was unkempt as he pleaded innocent to charges of murder, torture, forced expulsions and illegal detentions. He wore a suit with a white shirt and no tie. Gone were the Homburg hat, the cigar,

the shotgun fired from a reviewing stand. So were a few pounds after nearly two years in an American military prison. Still, the swagger and the smirk remained, the bearing of a man accustomed to 23 years of unchallenged power. If convicted, the 68-year-old Saddam and seven of his regime’s henchmen who appeared with him in the hearing could face the death penalty for their role in the 1982 killing of nearly 150 people from the mainly Shiite town of Dujail north of Baghdad after a failed attempt on Saddam’s life. Iraqis and much of the Arab world watched glitchy television coverage of the proceedings intently, watching Saddam

strike a pose reminiscent of the once-übiquitous television pictures of him sitting at the

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head of a tablesurrounded by “yes” men. “Since the fall of the regime, we have been waiting for this trial,” said Aqeel alÜbaidi, a resident of Dujail. “The trial won’t bring back thosewho died, but at leastit will help put out the fire and anger inside us.” Wednesday’s session, held under tight security, was testy from the start, when the judge asked Saddam to take the stand first. As the courtroom fell silent, Saddam got up from his chair and took the podium, holding a copy of the Quran. He refused to state his name for the record and turned the question back on the presiding judge.

A state court issued an arrest warrant on for Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, requiring him to appear in Texasfor booking on state conspiracy and money laundering charges. The court set an initial $ 10,000 bail as a routine step before his court appearance Friday.

Police search for bodies in Cali. Rescuers searched for the bodies of two young children who were reportedly tossed in San Francisco Bay near a popular waterfront stretch. Coast Guard boats searched the waters as police officers and firefighters investigated from the shore.

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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras Hurricane Wilma rapidly strengthened into one of the Americas’ most intense storms ever and lashed Caribbean coasdines Wednesday, forcing tourists to flee as it threatened to slam into Cancun and southern Florida. The monstrous category 5 storm forced thousands of people to evacuate low-lying areas in a 600-mile swath covering Cuba, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti and the Cayman Islands, officials said. At least 13 deaths have been blamed on Wilma this week, including a man

who drowned Wednesday while trying to cross a river that overflowed its banks in southern Haiti. Forecasters said Wilma has the potential to make an extremely damaging impact in a season that has already seen devastation from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. With its center still over open water, the storm’s sustained winds were near 160 mph Wednesday night, yet down from 175 mph earlier in the day. The National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield said Wilma could reach the Florida Keys Saturday, possibly toward the evening. Visitors were ordered out of

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the Florida Keys even as schools closed. The White House, stung by criticism that it had not responded quickly enough to Katrina, promised to stay on top of the situation. “We are closely monitoring what is an extremely dangerous storm,” said White House spokesperson Scott McClellan. “People should take this hurricane very seriously.” Tourists packed Cancun’s airport even though skies were still partly sunny, looking for flights home or to other resorts. MTV postponed its Video Music Awards Latin America ceremony, originally scheduled for Thursday at the resort town.

Senate proposals backed by Senator Edward

Kennedy, D-Mass., and GOP respectively to raise the minimum wage were rejected, making it unlikely that the lowest allowable wage, $5.15 an hour since 1997, will rise in the foreseeable future. The proposal would have increased the amount to $6.25. News briefs compiled from wire reports "The biggest fish in the river gets that way Big Fish by never being caught."

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Duke senior charged in hit and run by

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Senior Cooper Moore was charged by Durham Police with hit-and-run and driving while intoxicated after an incident Friday Oct. 14. Moore was arrested for striking three vehicles with his car at the 1400 block of Chapel Hill Street, damaging a fourth car and leaving the scene of the incident around 12:30 a.m. Both charges are misdemeanors, said Kammie Michael, spokesperson for the Durham Police Department. She added it was very unlikely Moore would receive any jail time for the crimes because it is his first offense. Michael said the incident caused at least $66,000 in damage. “The car hit a rollback tow truck, then it hit a car, then it hit a second car. That second car then hit a third car,” Michael said, adding that the impact caused a tire and an axle to be sheered from Moore’s champagne-colored Chevrolet Tahoe. Michael said witnesses followed gouge marks and leaking fluids on the road to Wannamaker Drive near the Towerview Road traffic circle, where they found the then-unoccupied car. Along with the missing axle and tire, the vehicle sustained significant damage to the windshield and right side. Police tracked the license plate number of the car to Moore. He was taken into custody Friday. Police said at the time they were unsure how many people were in the car. They found a towel in the back of the car, which was probably used to clean blood from a wound. DPD Corporal Les Sanders, an officer at the scene, said the driver had likely come from Devine’s Restaurant and Sports Bar. Moore did not respond to requests for comment.

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The recolonized chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at Duke began formal recruiting on campus this week.The chapter currently has 40 members.

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Formal recruitment for Pi Kappa Phi fraternity began this week as the chapter works toward expanding its recolonized Duke chapter. Counselors and members of the fraternity are recruiting sophomores, juniors and seniors and hope to have between 50 and 60 associate members—also called pre-initiates—within the next month. Recruiting began informally last March to form a “seed group,” and 39 students accepted bids to become pre-initiates, which is equivalent to being a pledge in other fraternities. Because the Duke chapter has not been formally chartered—a process that

will probably take another 12 to 18 months—students who are given bids are not yet brothers. Any associate member who joins the chapter before it is chartered, however, will be considered a “founding father” of the chapter. “I think we’ve had a lot of interest from word of mouth, especially over the last six months,” said senior Matt Zullo, president of the chapter. “Any time you offer a new option to the campus it’s a good thing. From the interest we’ve received we expect a very successful expansion.” Pi Kapp—as the fraternity is known nationally—was closed on campus in 2000, when its last member graduated. Eric Rinebold, creative director of the national fraternity, attributed the do-

sure to low membership “We decided to recolonize at Duke because it’s a great opportunity to go back to a great institution that we were once at,” he said. “Duke’s known for leaders, and we recruit men who choose to be leaders.” Patrick Hutchinson, a colony consultant, added that the Duke chapter was originally founded in 1915. “With such a strong tradition we thought it was important to come back and rekindle that,” he said. Hutchinson and another consultant will be on campus for the next month recruiting and helping the chapter set up an executive committee. In addition to tabling and other publicity events, the SEE PI KAPPA PHI ON PAGE 5

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Duke Student Government convened for the first time of the academic year

Wednesday night.

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TheDuke Student Governmentconfirmed several members at its firstfull legislative body meetingWednesday.

“It’s great to get back in the swing now that freshman senators and at-large senators are in place,” said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior. “Our strength is in the makeup of the organization and in our communication with the students.” Twenty new DSG officials were confirmed at the start of the hour-long meeting. Academic issues and the charter of two new student organizations rounded out the session’s agenda. Executive Vice President and meeting presider Brandon Goodwin, a senior, said he was pleased with the outcome of the meeting. He emphasized the importance for new senators and cabinet members to begin thinking concretely about the “heavy policy” that will begin to form in the next few weeks.

meeting, in a sense that it engaged our senators in away that was important for all of our meetings.” At the start of the meeting, eight freshman senators, elected Sept. 28, and 10 new at-large senators, selected Oct. 4, swore to protect and uphold the DSG Constitution. Junior Nisha Choksi and sophomore Danny Mintzer were confirmed in their appointments to treasurer and Inter-Community Council executive director, respectively. Both candidates were approved by all members of the DSG general body. “Basically I’m coming in, taking over the budget and managing bills. I have worked with other groups before being treasurer, so I feel it will be about the same thing,” Choksi said. Two student organizations were charSEE DSG ON PAGE 7

Study finds obesity may have genetic li nk by

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Who or what is

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obesity epidemic? Poor eating habits, a lack of willpower and sedentary lifestyles have all been suggested as causes. But new research indicates that unhealthy behaviors may not fully account for the problem. Deborah Muoio, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke’s Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, helped discover an enzyme that is more highly expressed in obese people. The enzyme, SCDI, prevents the burning offat and increases fat storage in muscle cells—supporting the argument that obesity has a genetic component. Muoio’s study adds credibility and support to the small existing body knowledge about the genetic mechanisms of weight

gain. “Obesity is caused by a combination of excess nutrition—based on an individual’s metabolism—and a person’s genetic vulnerabilities,” said Muoio, the study’s lead author. “The manifestation of obesity can only occur through this interaction of environment and genetics.” The enzyme is one of the few fairly conclusive genetic links to obesity, but it is only one aspect of a complex condition, said Christopher Newgard, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and director of the Stedman Nutrition Center. Muoio’s team, which included researchers from Louisiana State University, said that the SCDI gene’s heightened activity in the muscle cells of obese patients is likely caused by environmental factors related to a person’s nutrition and behavior. The researchers forced muscle cells

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from lean patients to overproduce the SCDI enzyme—which is normally about three times more active in muscle cells of obese people—and the cells produced substantial amounts offat. “Typically muscle cells among lean people need to store energy as lipids and carbohydrates to have easy access to it,” Muoio said. “In this case leg and stomach muscle cells from lean subjects—once forced to produce more of the enzyme—mimicked the fat storage observed in obese subjects previously.” The ability to induce irreversible fat storage in cells from lean patients suggests that for obese individuals, lifestyle changes may come too late to combat genetic alterations. Consequently, subsequent weight loss and healthier lifestyle choices may not be as effective once the enzyme’s production has been triggered. “It’s the first study that implicated this type ofbarrier to weight loss,” Muoio said, noting that these findings further confirm the idea that obesity, like diabetes and other conditions, is a permanent affliction. The study may also help to explain why so many obese people struggle to lose weight and keep it off. “I think that there are obese people

who are particularly genetically susceptible to becoming obese,” said Dr. Howard Eisenson, director of the Duke’s Diet and Fitness Center. “Once someone has become overweight, in some cases the highest level of determination isn’t enough to maintain [weight loss].” Muoio stressed, however, that because obesity has many causes, options still remain for those trying to lose weight. “Exercise is a good counter-attack to this program,” she said. In addition to conventional weight loss methods, Newgard noted that drugs are also being developed to treat obesity, including some that target the SCDI enzyme. “There is a growing, promising body of knowledge that will slowly alter approaches to the issue [of obesity],” Newgard said. In the future, a person’s individual genomics and metabolism will likely play a hand in his or her treatment, he said. In the meantime, researchers will continue to seek new approaches to combat the obesity epidemic. “I don’t think there’s a one-stop shop for fighting obesity,” Newgard said. “It’s a complex issue—one we’re working to break down to its cores.”

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ECON from page 1 students to choose between the degrees. “We don’t know to what extent students are only doing the BA because they just don’t want to do the additional constraints of the 8.5.,” Rasiel said. “If, on the other hand, the economics BA is kind of pushing the limits of their mathematical abilities, they might think, ‘OK, maybe I should try another major.’” The political science and public policy studies departments—popular alternatives for students’ with an interest in economics—may have to brace themselvesfor a potential influx of students after the economic major changes. “It would be a problem,” said Peter Fish, director of undergraduate studies for political science. He also noted that political science is the third largest major at the University but that much of the department’s faculty is part-time or on leave. “There appears to be a little likelihood that the University would give us additional positions,” Fish explained. “It’s purely speculative what would have to be done.” Jay Hamilton, director of undergraduate studies for pub-

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working with associate members to hold information sessions for interested students. Zullo explained that after attending an information session, students can participate in a two-part interview process with the consultants. After factoring in the opinions of the other pre-initiates and the results of the interview, interested students may then be offered a bid to join Pi Kappa Phi, he said. “What interested me was the different sort of experience—it’s not just the stereotypical frat experience,” said sophomore Matt Ogren, who did not rush last year but attended a Pi Kapp information session Tuesday. The fraternity puts a strong emphasis on leadership, and recruiters are seeking names of qualified students from administrators, Hutchinson said. “We want the highest quality of guys to be under our national organization of ‘leaders by choice.’ Guys who are going to lead this chapter know that it is a big responsibility,” said Zullo, adding that associate members already include senior Chris Kallmeyer, president of Duke University Union; senior John Korman, president of Duke Conservative Union and junior George Pradhan, president of Central Campus Council. Though the primary goal for now is recruiting, Zullo said, members of the chapter will also be working to integrate Pi Kappa Phi into the Duke social scene. “That is the inevitable goal this semester, to be active socially—not just socially, parties that kind of stuff—but philanthropy events and cultural awareness events,” Zullo said. “We’re going to try to do programming that’s for the entire community.” Though there will be open recruitment for the rest of the academic year, Pi Kappa Phi will participate in rush with the other fraternities on campus. Pi Kappa Phi was selected for recolonization in November 2004 by the Interfraternity Council after a nationwide search. The fraternity, which is based in Charlotte, N.C., was founded in Dec. 10, 1904, at the College of Charleston. It has 123 active chapters and 93,929 initiated brothers, and its exclusive sendee project is Push America, a nonprofit organization that helps those with disabilities. two are

lie policy studies, said it is difficult to project how many students might choose a public policy degree over a B.S. in economics because PPS also restructured its major this year. Fullenkamp, however, is optimistic about where the number of economics majors will stand after the degree change. “The net loss will probably be small, and I think they will find that the journey is a little more rigorous, but that it’s worth it,” he said. Under the full Undergraduate Economics Major Initiative, the economics department will offer core courses as well as newly designated field courses and research workshops. Faculty members will offer specialized field courses in one of four subdisciplines—finance, history, macroeconomics and microeconomics. Research workshops will explore research methodologies and their applications. “The hope is that students will want to specialize in one or two fields within economics,” Fullenkamp explained. In Spring 2006, new course offerings will include workshops in finance and microeconomics and a field course in macroeconomics. The changes are not anticipated to put undue strain on the economics faculty, though the department is currently undergoing a hiring push independent of the changes.

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“It’s likely that over the next few years we’ll offer more fields and more research seminars in keeping with the motivation to make clearer the need for research,” Rasiel said. Though the changes bolster the major with more course options, the criteria for earning the. B.S. degree will not change significantly. Two quantitative reasoning requirements will be removed and one elective requirement will be added. “Students [pursuing a B.S. degree] will not see any increase in the difficulty,” Connolly said. “They’ll have more opportunities, but in terms of requirements it won’t be any higher than before.” Some students currently seeking the B.A. degree said it allows them die opportunity to have a second major in another department, which may not be possible with the more rigorous B.S. requirements. Senior Tim Azoia, an economics major pursuing a B.S. degree, noted, however, thatthe B.S. degree “is probably the better one to have ifyou have to choose between the two.” Senior Jake Cook said he chose the BA degree because he did not want to take upper-level mathematics courses for the B.S. “There might be a small percentage of students who want to do that degree, so you’re taking that option away from them,” he said.

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Duke Parking and Transportation Services has minimized the number of issued fines and relocated approximately 100 cars, said Cathy Reeve, director of DPTS. Reeve said there have been fewer sowings compared to years past, which she attributes to careful planning and effective communication with students. “Duke doesn’t have the significant number and size of events that many campuses do. It’s challenging to a campus when you have a set number of spaces and a large demand,” Reeve said. “We try to do a good job to educate and remind people.” Many students specifically complained about having to move their cars for the Rolling Stones concert Oct. 8., which fell during Fall Break. For the event—the biggest event Duke has hosted in recent memory—DPTS organized special parking arrangements. Driving 70 semitrucks and over-the-road coaches, the Stones’ crew had less than 24 hours to set up three different stages and a beer garden, Reeve added. DPTS initially included information in its weekly emails notifying students to relocate their cars in IM 7 parking lot of the Blue Zone Oct. 1. When DPTS found out the Stones required lots 1, 3 and 5 of the IM area Oct. 5, signs were put up and e-mails were sent out to students the next day, Reeve said. DPTS asked students to remove their cars from IM 1 and 7 by noon and from IM 3 and 5 by 7 p.m. Oct 7. Despite all notification efforts, 52 vehicles were tagged to be towed Oct. 7—all from IM 1, 3 and 5. Many students who were towed explained they left early for Fall Break before receiving e-mail notices Oct. 6. No cars were towed from IM 7, from which students had known to relocate their cars a week earlier. Duke Parking waited until 7 p.m. before relocating cars from IM 3 and 5, Reeve said. “We still have a little bit of issue in terms of the Rolling Stones concert,” Reeve said. “When we don’t get all the information up front, we can’t give it to the students.” Big John’s Towing and Recovery and Lee’s Towing Duke’S contracted towing companies—relocated vehicles with Blue Zone permits to the lot on the corner of Campus Drive and Anderson Street. —

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Students have complained about not being able to park in the Blue Zone over weekends with events likefootball games and the Rolling Stones show. DPTS created a $lOO event parking violation fine to “encourage people to get out,” Reeve said, adding that it will honor appeals from students who left Duke before re-

ceiving a notice. For relocated cars during all special events, DPTS also adds a $75 towing and $2O storage fee to the student’s fine. Towing companies will reimburse for any damages incurred during relocation. “A lot of students are upset they are towed, and they’ll try to make up damages, [so] we try to note all damages prior to towing,” said Renee Adkins, special events coordinator for DPTS, adding that usually the same “repeat offenders or frequent flyers” get towed. “If one of the tow companies does damage a vehicle, they pay for it to be fixed.” For decades, parking in the IM lots of the Blue Zone has been reserved for the Iron Dukes during football games. Students must relocate their cars the night before a home football game; they can move back into the Blue

Zone after the game has started. The long-standing trade off for a Blue Zone pass is having to relocate their vehicles on weekends, Reeve added. “At some point in time, whenever you have an event on campus, someone will have to be impacted,” Reeve said. “I understand that students get frustrated with it, but we realize that we have a lot of different demands on this campus that we do have to try to meet.” Brown said she was not aware of the event parking situation when she purchased a Blue Zone pass. Nonetheless, she said DPTS has made appropriate efforts to publicize the process. “The notices are helpful. I’ve received them in advance,” Brown said. “But I can see how it would be a problem if you were already out of town or something,” she added. Guard also said he had received information about the parking policies before getting a ticket. “I knew the rules and just didn’tfollow them,” he said.

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tered for Student Organization Finance Committee funding by a unanimous DSG general body vote. CO-SIGN is a 19-member neurology club for students interested in medicine. Black Male Outreach and Education is a 25member club that provides educational opportunity for young black men in Durham. Both groups serve a unique niche on campus, said SOFC Chair Jeff Federspiel, a junior. Changes to SOFC by-laws were also discussed at the meeting. A special presentation was then made by Associate Dean for Student Development Stephen Bryan and University Honor Council President Jimmy Soni, a junior. Since the Duke Community Standard’s inception in 1993, cases of cheating have been on the rise, Bryan said. “We’ve realized that the obligation to report is just not working,” he said. Bryan and Soni are pushing for a revised policy, in which students will be able to anonymously report incidents of cheating. “We felt that the lack of anonymity in reporting was a serious, serious thing,” Soni said. “To hold on to ideals for the sake of holding onto ideals just wasn’t a smart thing.” If it is passed, the plan will go into effect in the fall of 2006, Bryan said. Keeping in the academic vein, Vice President of Academic Affairs Joe Fore, a junior, proposed changes to course evaluations for the Trinity College ofArts and Sciences. Currently, evaluations are completed by students at the end of every semester. If the professor so chooses, these evaluations can be displayed on ACES in order to help future students better select courses. Fore cited problems in accessibility, content and faculty reception of the current course evaluations. He said both students and faculty will benefit from the streamlined system of evaluation proposed by Academic Affairs. “There’s sort of a win-win there, and so we are looking to areas that we can synergize to create a better system,” he said. DSG’s town hall meeting will be the springboard for concrete policy on issues of dining, academics and library service hours, Goodwin said after Wednesday’s meeting. The town hall meeting is slated for Oct. 24. “I think a lot of big. things are going to come out of [the town hall meeting],” Goodwin said. Goodwin estimated that 90 percent of DSG’s voting body was present at the meeting Wednesday.

brain cancer last year. “However the money is used, I hope the results all fall into improving treatment and research and ultimately making large strives... in the batde against brain cancer,” said Tisch’s son Steve, who spoke on behalf of his father and the rest of his family. He added that the family was impressed with Duke’s teamwork and attention to patient care. “Their optimism and dedication to trying new programs —but in the context of not taking outrageous risks—is impressive,” Steve Tisch said. In addition to the $5 million that will go to faculty recruitment, Duke announced it will match the Tisch gift, further boosting support for the center. Friedman said the $lO million in new funds will be used to hire five to eight researchers for the DCCC. The

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new members will join the approximately 200 people who work for the center. They will focus primarily on neuro-oncology research. The other $5 million from the Tisch gift will extend the translational program, which was started at Duke in 2002 in conjunction with the Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure foundadon. The translational program attempts to quicken the process of bringing promising cancer-fighting drugs from the laboratory to the clinic. Members of the Tisch family have a long-standing commitment to health care. They have primarily supported New York University, where one hospital in the university’s medical center bears the family’s name. Steve Tisch is also a new member of the board of the Duke Brain Tumor Center. The center was established in 1937, making it one of the first brain tumor research programs in the U.S. Today, it has one of the world’s preeminent programs in pediatric and adult neuro-oncology.

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DORMS from page 1 was completely dismantled.” Although these two events may be the most extreme recent examples of maintenance problems on West Campus, smaller annoyances have become regular components of several students’ daily routines. In the second floor bathroom ofHouse R, Patel pointed out a faucet that will not turn off, a stall that will not lockand dangerous jagged tiles on the floor of the shower. “There are little defects everywhere,” Patel said. Such maintenance problems are not unique to Craven. Residence Life and Housing Services officials have previously told The Chronicle that renovations to West Campus residence halls meant to remedy structural defects and generally upgrade facilities are projected to continue in summer 2006 with changes to Crowell Quadrangle. Renovations to Kilgo Quadrangle were completed in 2004. In the meandme, smaller-scale problems condnue to plague several West Campus facilities—andjoe Gonzalez, associate dean of residential life, said the maintenance staff has done its best to deal with the issues. Routine inspections are performed to check for damaged facilities, but the staff is unable to prevent all incidents. “Unfortunately, some things can’t be caught until they are actually broken,” Gonzalez said. ‘You can’t always anticipate where a problem will occur.” Gonzalezsaid staff members are immediately sent to sites of emergency incidents. “Our immediate response is to stop the problem,” he said. “Our system works well for us.” Some students said they appreciate RLHS’ speedy reactions. Patel said that after the pipe in House R burst, the maintenance staff arrived very quickly, turned the water off and observed the damages the flood caused to his room and belongings. He received a new mattress, a laundry card to clean what had been drenched and a reimbursement for his dry cleaning bill. But disturbances and defects are still irritating to students who must deal with them on a daily basis.

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Broken light fixtures (left), mildewed showers (top) and broken handles (bottom) are some of the maintanence issues students report in dormitoriesacross campus. “The administration’s response was really swift, but the problem remains that renovating dorms has become a secondary point,” said Patel. “I hope they understand that these random occurrences are not random because the dorms are very old.” Patel noted that maintenance issues often disrupt students’ daily routines. “You want to go through a normal day,” he said, adding that he was forced to skip his classes Sept. 8. “It’s something you don’t want to deal with.” According to Gonzalez, students can help prevent facilities’ problems from bur-

geoning in the future. He noted that students should not assume that RLHS is aware of all of the small defects in the dorms; they should point them out before they escalate into larger occurrences. Patel said he had been informing RLHS about the problems in his dorm since the beginning of the school year, but other students may not take such an active role. Resident of Crowell EE and sophomore Tomas Barreto described a substantial leak from a urinal that flooded his bathroom, but he said he was unaware of any students contacting RLHS. He said

he assumed the housekeeping staffwould tackle the matter. Students also said they are not always aware of the structural wear and tear concealed behind dormitory walls that later lead to visible cracks, bursts or other

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Reveals Softer Side of South Cattlin Donnelly recess Tim Kirkman doesn’t speak with a Southern twang. He doesn’t wear cowboy boots and doesn’t look like he’s spent a day on the farm. And, this is just a guess, but I can bet that his car doesn’t have a bumper sticker that reads, “I (Heart) Country Music.” In fact, Monday morning as he arrives at A Cup of Joe in Raleigh for our interview, Kirkman, whose latest film Loggerheads opens in the Triangle tomorrow, is dressed casually in blue jeans and a black tee. His face, surprisingly not fatigued considering his hectic schedule, is framed by glasses of the arthouse chic variety. In sum, Kirkman could just as easily be at home in New York’s East Village as this nondescript North Carolina coffee shop. But this N.C. State alum wants me to know two things: he is Southern—bornand-bred in the Charlotte suburb of Monroe, N.C. —and he is frustrated. “I think Southerners are maligned and misrepresented in most Hollywood films,” by

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When Death Cab for Cutie signed to Atlantic Records last year, the indie rock world was shaken—the band that had promised never to sign to a major label had finally done it, and apparently seemed happy about the move to boot. Many more people than just hipsters and so-called music aficionados seemed to be uttering the same words: Death Cab had finally sold out. But what does it mean to sell out? What exactly defines it? The term is used in popular music more often than the number of times Britney Spears appears in the National Enquirer. Death Cab’s bassist Nick Har-

man laughs at the allegation that his band has sold out. “A long time ago, when we were first approached by major labels, we made a wish list for them,” he said. “We didn’t want some label telling us that they need some big-name producer to produce our album, just because he’s made some huge number-one hit.” Initially, every major label scoffed at their demands and rescinded their offers. But then Death Cab became more popular and was approached by major labels again. Adantic Records was the only one that said yes to their list of demands and planned to release their new album Plans within a few months. “We were expecting more red flags,” Harman said. “But they let us be the

band that we need to be.” And then Death Cab started being called a sellout band. “I think I am beginning to understand what it means to sell out,” Harman said. “It’s like betraying some inherent truth about yourself or some maxim of the band. The thing is, we’re the same band on Atlantic that we were on Barsuk (Records). We would have released Plans on Barsuk; it’s not like we’re going to start dating supermodels now that we’re on a major label. How does that mean we’ve sold out?” But Death Cab will always face some resentment now that they switched to a SEE SELL OUT ON PAGE lO

From Desperate to Imaginary: Dukies Make it Big Katie Somers recess Games, with who is arguably the most We’ll start Ryan recognizable by face. And character type. His first two major roles were the gay boy next door in 2005’s Eating Out and the gay roommate of John the gardener on Desjberate Housewives. Carnes was spotted at a casting call in the Midwest after his sophomore year at Duke, and consequently left college to pursue acting in Los Angeles. The studly screen star chatted with recess about his GPA, kissing Eva Longoria and playing gay. recess: Rumor has it you were a straight-A student at Duke. Ryan Games: (laughs) I did have a 4.0 a couple of semesters, but my overall wasn’t quite that. It’s funny that you ask that because it comes up in conversation—people say did you go to school? And I say, yeah, ‘I did for two years and then I quit, but I was doing okay.’ I don’t want people to think I couldn’t hack it. You were doing so well—have you ever regretted leavDuke? by

about my experience at Duke. It’s just I’m very happy. Although the stresses of this career are very present and always there, they are very different. I was a good student.... I worked my butt off while I was there, and I didn’t really stop—to be cliche—I didn’t stop to smell the roses. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Out here it’s such a different lifestyle and mindset altogether. When you first move out here to do this, you have to step completely away from the achievement-oriented mindset that school tends to breed in people. I was very achievement-oriented, sort of craved the tangible results. [ln collegeJ, I wanted to get As. In this industry, there’s no way to measure your work and success like that. I’ve very intangible, very different, Couldn’t you measure it in getting roles. To a certain agree. I can say, I m achieving some degree of success.” That’s positive. 1 hose are achievements. Whereas if you study for a test, most times, if you study enough for a test, you know you’re going to do well. There’s some exceptions of course. I was fortunate enough never to make it to Statistics or Orgo. The flip side of that is that there’s so many subjective things that can keep you '

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Sarah Bail chacks out the State Fair so you don't have t 0... Since Norf Cackalacky is home-sweet-home to all of us, I’ve changed my game. As of now, carnie-collecting at the annual North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh is what I do In the same way that you can’t tear your eyes away from, say, a topless picture of a coked-out Courtney Love, I can’t refrain from staring down carnies. Last year, I was particularly taken with a hunchback ferris-wheel operator —on the tops of his fingers, he had tattoos for each playing-card suit. And though chuckling at the massively obese is a little gauche, the incredibly short and incredibly tall segments of the fair-going population never cease to amuse. A girlfriend of mine claims she even saw “a giantess” once. I guess it had no problems with the “Must Be At Least THIS Tall” sign. Tee hee But the beauty of all these beasts is that they’re confined in one overwhelmingly bizarre menagerie. It’s actually possible to say that last Saturday night, you were eating a fried Oreo while riding the Sizzler and clutching a lukewarm bag of baby goldfish —all while staring at a herd of she-males. It almost feels dirty or wrong like being caught reading Cosmo's 101 New Sex Positions!” on the elliptical. What a pity the fair only comes once a year. Sigh. I’m already dreaming about what fall of 2006 might bring. My wish list calls for something even more freakish than the family of pinheads in NASCAR apparel boarding the merry-goround—Courtney Love, per—

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Yet Another Reason to go Greek. After a particularly tempestuous season, for the first time in history, we’ve run out of names like Michael Jackson has minors (allegedly.) Next on the list ofusual (stormy) suspects are greek letters From Wallace Wade to the Days of Our Lives. M Showing they can still rock it for the geriatic set, the ■ Rolling Stones debuted their latest video “Streets of Love” Tuesday on popular NBC soap Days of Our Lives. Over the next month, the song will be a soundtrack to several select Days scenes. Will John and Marbe grooving to some Stones? Blonde Bondsheil. Another first, 007 will be sporting platinum locks as relatively unknown actor Daniel Craig takes the Bond reins from aging Pierce Brosnan. Rumor has it Craig hooked up with Jude Law’s betty, Sienna Miller. Do we see another Bond Girl in the making? Baby got back? Yes, she does. Switching the tables on Sir Mix-A-Lot, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas sings recess’ song of the week, “My Humps,” in an all-too-bootylicious-for-you new vid. Dare we say she’s conjured up this decade’s ultimate female empowerment anthem? The New Craze: Fugs. Not since heyday of Gawker has a blog captured our hearts, body and soul until Go Fug Yourself, a collection of Hollywood fashion outtakes and mistakes organized by overall nasties Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan. Seriously, pictures of postpartum Britney Spears, Mischa Barton and her pair of bike shorts, and Jessica Simpson’s fondness for pirate lingerie are so need-to-know. Word to the wise, Lil Kim, stay in your orange jumpsuit.

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Escape Midterms at the Carolina VarunLella recess After a harsh week of midterms, a much needed distraction is good, nay, necessary. With its third annual Escapism Film Festival, the near-EastCampus Carolina Theatre offers a chance to get away from the dreary, suffocating confines of Duke and enter into beautiful, surreal worlds only found on the silver screen . The three day long festival, billed as “adrenalinefueled,” offers attendees the best films from home and abroad that range in genre from Fantasy to Absurdist. The Escapism Film Festival prides itself on being a pioneering force in North Carolina cinema. By bringing small independent films to the bi screen, Escapism helps dir achieve their dream of getting o internet and studio shelves and i the theatre. Jim Carl, programming director of Carolina Theatres, remembers how Escapism started from a rando thought. “It started as a sister festi Nevermore, our spring horror fes We were looking around for titles for Nevermore and kept running across great action movies that we thought would have been great for another festival.” Fifteen of the 17 films attending the festival are making their North Carolina premiere right here in Durham. Soul Searcher, a low-budget high-thrill fantasy-adventure movie about a street sweeper turned Grim Reaper, comes by

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from across the pond to make its U.S. debut as the Centerpiece Selection at Escapism. Labeled as “groundbreaking,” Soul Searcher should be a big hit with any teenage male tired of the same old superhero schlock. Although the director Neil Oseman, dubbed “The Spielberg of Hereford” by The Guardian, cannot actually afford the costs to fly to his own U.S. premiere, he still receives the spotlight from The Carolina. The Animation Show, a touring program making its annual appearance at Escapism, brings the best animated shorts to Durham. The program is headed up by Mike Judge, creative genius behind the cult-classic Office Space, and Don

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lin King The other four features are all from Asia and range from the action-parody Spy Dad to the complicated thriller Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, directed by Park Chanwook {OldCantonese action boy). director Stephen Fung brings his masterpiece House of Fury, which fea- /

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said Kirkman. “That is very frustrating. It’s also inspiring because it makes me want to do [something about it].” The result of this inspiration is Loggerheads, a film shot entirely in North Carolina that tackles a state law mandating closed adoptions. Based on a true story, the film follows the paths taken by the members of the adoption triad: Mark (Kip Pardue), a young, HIV-positive drifter with a passion for Loggerhead turtles, Elizabeth (Tess Harper), the preacher’s wife, and Grace (Bonnie Hunt), a desperate woman on a quest for the son she gave up 25 years earlier. The inspiration worked. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival and has since traveled the festival circuit. “There is so much that is tender and true in Tim Kirkman’s sensitively acted [film],” declared the New York Times and, in this writer’s opinion, the reviewer is right. The film is

.gem). The last of these four films is Primer,

frightening film in the same J-Horror vein as The Ring and The Grudge by director Riyoshi Kurosawa, unrelated to legendary

subtle without being dull, and it is one of the few times in recent memory that overlapping plotlines have been used in an effective and understated manner. However, this subtlety has caused some confusion. Originally, contextual clues were the only markers of shifts in time and, when the audience at Sundance was left confounded, Tim was forced to recut the film to add datelines. “The only other thing I think I could do is have James Earl Jones in a voiceover say, ‘Remember, it’s 1999,’” he jokes. “You don’t want to confuse anybody, but it’s insulting to an audience when you give them

does Kirkman account for this? “Is it a stereotype? Yes. Is it false? N0... But one of the things Chris and I wanted to make sure of was that we dealt with the battle that’s going on in his mind and heart... It’s somebody who’s terrified of losing his whole belief system.” Critics like to fit movies into boxes and Loggerheads is frequently paired with Junebug, the indie fave that came to the Triangle earlier this fall. Maybe it’s because both films were shot in North Carolina; or maybe it’s the titles. “I didn’t even think of that,” Kirkman said, laughing. “That’s hilarious. Maybe because we both represent species—Southern and otherwise.” everything.” Participatory viewing was a primary concern of the diAlthough Kirkman is quick to praise Junebug (“Did rector. He wanted to provoke the audience, to pose quesyou see [it]? It’s so wonderful.), he assures that the tions like, “What happens when you make the choice to removies diverge in content. “But I like the idea of comlinquish a child? What happens when you are unmarried paring them in terms of how the South is presented... and pregnant? What happens when you’re gay and resistWe have Southern literature and Southern music—why ing meds?” More than that, he wanted to present new not Southern film?” ideas to challenge the audience’s preconceptions. To that Perhaps Loggerhead turtles also act as a metaphor end, the only Christ-like character in the film is an atheist, for the return to Southern filmmaking in general—the and the gay lead, Mark, expresses return of Southern artists to their long-abandoned his religious faith. roots. It’s possible. Tim’s inspiration has thus far served Yet, originality did not come him well. Every few years, female Loggerhead turtles at the expense of reality —the come to the beach, lay their eggs and then depart. They South in Kirkman’s film is the abandon their young, yet years later these same offSouth he grew up in, one quite spring return to that same beach to lay their own eggs. different from the usual HollyKirkman stumbled upon this adoption metaphor indewood caricatures. Anyone who pendently. has spent anytime in North CarIt was only later he learned that the man on whom olina will notice the accents, or the character of Mark was based kept careful account of rather, the lack thereof on some his journeys in a journal. On the cover of this journal of the characters. ‘You can meet was a sea turtle; it seems that the real Mark shared in this people in a city in North Caroli- passion. na, and there’s no accent at all and you can drive 20 miles and it totally changes,” said Kirkman. • For a firsthand glimpse offilmmaker Tim Kirkman in action, “I told Michael Learned and proceed to the following showings this weekend, where he will inBonnie Hunt...’ no accent. Just troduce the shows and conduct audience Q & As: Friday at the speak.’” Raleigh’s Rialto Theatre at 7 and 9:20p.m. shows; Saturday at Still, one of the principal charCary’s Galaxy Theatre at 2:15 and 4:ls*p.m. shows {no Q & acters in the film is the all-too-faA afterwards); and Sunday at Chapel Hill’s Varsity Theatre at miliar homophobic minister 2:10 and 4:30 p.m. shows and Raleigh’s Rialto Theatre at 7 played by Chris Sarandon. How p.m, show _

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History has shown us not to expect much from movies based on videogames. If you are an adolescent male, a fan of the game, or someone who gets excited by loud noises, read on. If you do not fit into one of these categories, save yourself the troubleand run as if you were being chased by a re-animated corpse. Still here? Doom pits a squad of futuristic marines against a bevy ofbothersome beasts. Leading the team is the aptly named Sarge (Dwayne Johnson, alias The Rock). Although Johnson proved his acting chops in movies like Be Cool, it is really hard to call the collection of poses and one-liners that seep out of the ex-wresder’s burly frame as acting. Karl Urban co-stars as John Grimm, aka “Reaper”, whose name pretty much sums up his character. Urban’s role is just as prominent as the Rock’s, and he even manages to get out a few lines that don’t sound like they came from an Xbox. You don’t go to see a videogame adaptation and expect award-winning cinema. You go for the action and violence, and there’s plenty of both in Doom. Still, director Andrzej Bartkowiak {Thirteen Days, TheDevil’s Advocate) intermittently mixes fast-paced dirills with some scenes that are so slow you’ll be saying, “Axe we there yet?” The effects are decent and the monsters are appropriately grotesque, but they aren’t in the frame long enough for their creepiness to have full impact. Fans of the game should be pleased with Doom, but it is worth mentioning that the plot of the movie doesn’t really follow the game’s,storyline. In the game, the monsters are demons from hell, but the movie explains that they are products of genetic mutation gone awry. Apparently, demons from hell would have been offensive, but ripping off people’s limbs makes for fine family entertain-

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For a movie that claims to be a psychological thriller, Stay, by critically acclaimed director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball) is strangely lacking in thrills. Hot-shot actors, with much better projects ahead of and behind them, can’t manage to vivify a pseudo-cerebral plot with uncharacteristically bland performances. A warning to Ryan Gosling fans and admirers: if you’re tempted to watch the movie just because he’s hot, just go watch The Notebook again. Seriously. Here’s the plot: in a grim urban landscape, frustrated artist/student Henry Letham (Gosling) tells his shrink Dr. Sam Foster (an overly-domesticated Ewan MacGregor) that he’s going to kill himself in three days—and that’s pretty much all there is to it. Dr. Foster wants to prevent it from happening (obvi) but by the end of the movie, you’re so poindessly confused that you’d rather him just get it over with already so you can go home, pound a cold one and turn on SportsCenter. Or The Notebook for the 100th time. Gosling, whose character drifts in and out of the film, shows signs of building credible acting chops, but ultimately tries too dam hard to be cryptic. Listen, cowboy, just stick with the epic loverboy roles—there are worse ways to be typecast. The talented and well-cast Naomi Watts provides the only near-compelling moments of the film as Dr. Foster’s girlfriend, who has suicidal tendencies of her own. Watts pulls off the intriguing concurrence of frailty and empowerment within a selfdestructive survivor, but the script is foolishly de-sexualized (absolutely zero sparks between Watts and MacGregor), and her role in the plot is pointedly underdeveloped. To be fair to the actors, the worst part of the movie is that the plot never seems to go anywhere. The images and chronology get more confusing and the tragically medicated and highly uninteresting MacGregor just gets more frantic. The film never resolves its riddle of illusion, seeming content instead to end with a pompous mixture of mystery and neon lights. But at least the tide delivers a clear-cut message: Stay home. —Will Wright ,

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Caitun Donnelly recess When asked his favorite In typical Duke fash| piece of writing, Vachon I ion, Dana Vachon took pointed to the following | piece, published Jan. 15 on | the i-banking route. After graduating Trinity Salon.com. “Sometimes the story falls down from the | in 2002, he went to New York to work for JPMorsky, and you just have to be | there with a wash bin gan Chase. A blog was to I catch it,” said Vachon of soon born out of boreI the article, the byproduct dom, leading to freelance writing assignof a 4-day excursion to for such I Venuezuela. An excerpt; I ments publicadpns as the New I I find this fashion re- I York Times and Men’s ■ portage to be quite taxing on ■ Vogue. On June 1, Va■ my higher mental faculties. Po- chon officially left Wall having just ■ litical intrigue, class warfare, ■ Street, ■ the constant threat of kidnap- ■ signed a two-book deal I ping, the future ofsocialism in | with Riverhead Books. B Latin If that’s not enough, acAmerica these things I can cloud the mind and make I cording to Gawker—the bastion of NYC gossip— it difficult to focus on the isI sues that drew me to this field I the deal also included a $650,000 advance. Rein thefirst place some 48 hours | ago. Hemlines, fabrics, shoes. I cently, Vachon spoke to recess about blogging, I’m talking about the real human drama. I Duke and his new deal. recess; Why did you go in mm mm mm mm mm ■! into i-banking? Dana Vachon: It’s a quesdon that I asked myself the moment I showed up. I had been working on Wall Street since I was 16 and my dad worked on Wall Street. Wall Street is the quickest way for a man to set himself up financially, which is a really important thing to do. As a young man, it was the best opdon that I had available to me. What were your impressions?

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Some of my best friends were there. It’s very fun to satirize it, and it’s easy to satirize it, but there are very i people that work there. Why did you start writing again? I really missed words. I missed Microsoft Word; I hated being in Excel. New York wants to put you in a bubble—finance person or lawyer. The blog was just a great way [of escaping this]. Whether you’re writing about Lindsey Lohan or God, you’re a winner because what you’re doing is diverse. How did you beein the blog? The first article I did was for The American Conservative. They were one of the first to break ranks and say that going into Iraq was a bad idea. I told Elizabeth Spiers about it. She also went to Duke, and she had just had just launched Gaxvker and was at New York Magazine... She made me set it up, and she linked to it from New York Magazine. I just looked at [the blog] and 1,000 people had read what I wrote.

Does it bother you to be lumped in the category of bloggers-turned-authors? None of the people who bid on the book knew about the blog. I’m writing a book about Wall Street and there are very few people on Wall Street who are inclined... or, frankly, given the quantitative nature of the business, capable of

I get up around 11 or 12,1 go q I check my e-mail, I’ll post some message board], Igo work out, com on the computer for two more W some TV, whatever... I got a f-mj dude, I just get drunk, hook up and ties about it, and I get paid for it? Who’s the most famous person, hooked up with? I can’t tell you on record, bt promised her I wouldn’t say. I’l what, when I hooked up with hers most famous. Now she’s for-real fa Do regret anything you’ve done? One of these things I’m goim the most, is that I had the chance son Daly right in the f—ing moiithlj n’t... I mean, right when he was ail ofhis douche-baggery... and I didJ I’ve never ever in my life been mo; pointed in myself. It’s totally onei situations where the gods where ij ing with me because I was [in] tIJ room in Kimmel, I was almost the] mous person in the room at the tin then all of the sudden I look over, ly out of nowhere, not even two f| me, Carson Daly is standing there total moment where the gods were right a-hole, you’re talking shi punching him in the mouth. Heri There’s nobody guarding him, it around. Hit him in the mouth.” An tally totally buckled. I was so mad, self. Still to this day... I don’t kna will replace him. The obvious tl Ryan Seacrest, but Ryan Seacrest isj dipsh- that he’s like a parody. { mel ting him in the mouth is like, wha]

first semester for the first year. After that, I think I bought two textbooks for my next five semesters... Literally, if the final exam was “Pick Your Professor Out ofA Crowd” I would have failed. Dude, I didn’tknow where many classes were. We had a bet my second year... that I could never show up to a class and walk in [to the final] cold, without studying, just with an oudine someone else wrote, and pass the class. So I bet my buddy Rosenfield, his name is Hate in the stories. I think it was 50 bucks. I let him pick the class. He picked Tax Law, which is like the hardest f—ing class in law school. So I sign up for Tax, I never walk in the class once, didn’t buy the textbook, didn’tstudy for a minute, but one ofmy other buddies, Jeff, who’s El Bingeroso in the stories, he gave me his outline from Tax, walked in cold with the oudine, got a 2.6 on the exam. Law school’s a f— ing joke, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Dude, my second year Spring semester, when I was enrolled in school, I spent six weeks in Cancun, and worked there for a month and a half. How do you recount your drunken nights so well? First off, when I go out, I take a voice recorder with me, so the next day, if this is a crazy night, I’ll have like ten voicemails. It’s also pretty funny too because if you listen to the voicemails in succession you can totally tell that the first one is clear and lucid, then by the time you get to the second one I’m kind of slurring my words. And the last two or three I usually can’t understand anything I said on it. I’ll listen to it fifty times in a row, I’ll put it on my computer, slow it down, speed it up. Nothing. Can you give a typical day in your life?

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What is your novel about? It’s a novel of manners set in the world of New Yc gilded youth at the beginning of the end of jrican empire. That’s the quote. The characters are real beneficiaries of the prosperity, and they don’t ex| that it’s going to be ending. Is it based on your own life? Only to the extent that anything you create is inforr by your own experiences. On to Duke: Did you enjoy your time here? I loved Duke, but I was there purely to s fy my intellectual curiously, not to post n bers. High school was so grueling, so to g Duke, I felt like I was with a promised lan took a class on Nordic Saga... I really indul my curiosity. What was your social experience like? I always thought Duke resembles all these differ spheres that never overlap. I tried never to get stuc only one sphere. DUI was a great place to go when bacchanalian aspects of social life got too much, but 1 joyed those bacchanalian aspects of the fraternity. What lessons have you learned since graduating? The greatest luxury of journalism is that you get to excited about what you do. For me the lesson was there was never certainty, even if you went to JPMorgan Goldman Sachs. Even if you’re a dentist. There’s notW more certain than tooth decay. But, you’re still goinj have to go somewhere and set up shop. Last question: Are you working on anything new that shouldknow about? I’m working on a piece now about young muse boards for the Times. Actually, this is cool in light of y own Nasher Museum. At some point, the Met deci( they didn’t care if people came into the museum v( notebooks, just having them in the museum with the was enough. [The director said], “Let boys bring boys, Is bring girls. I don’t care if they’re drunk. Just the museum.” '

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Faran Krentcil, the infamous and revered Chronicle columnist of yore, has had a life makeover since fashion-crashing New York two years ago. A Fashion Week Daily correspondent and New York Magazine columnist, she’s had lip gloss adventures and meetings with celebrities. Lauren Bush has professed her undying love for Duke. A member of the Killers—we’re guessing Brandon Flowers—compared notes with her on writing. And just this summer, she was outed as the brains behind www.imaginarysocialite.com, a blog about livin’ it up, NYC-style. Ever diplomatic, Krentcil defends her right to remain incognito—for now, anyway. recess: So you were on Page Six and Gawker this summer. Faran Krentcil: Oh God, that was the scariest morning of my life. I can’t even describe to you the experience of having that happen. Some people in New York say that any press is good press, and as long as they spell your name right, everything’s good. And quite frankly, I haven’t been around long enough to know if it’s true or not. You know I have to ask: are you the Imaginary Socialite? Well, if you have to ask it you ■ know I’m not going to answer it, „..

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How did you get cast in your first movie, Eating Out? I’d already read the script, and thought it was really funny and charming, so it became the decision of do I want my first role in Hollywood to be a gay role. My managers and I talked about it and decided, why not? It’s a role. It is what it is. It’s just like any other role. There’s no reason why whether it is my first role or not, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t do it. [Especially] considering I’m from a town of 4,000 —Pittsfield, Illinois, where things are very backward, and homosexuality and a variety of races are not present. Have they had any bad reactions to your role? No. My friends I went to high school with, their first reaction was, “Whoa, Ryan’s playing gay.” They didn’t know how to take it. As time has gone on, I’ve been fortunate enough to have some success and confeKi tinue to work and people have realized, “Ryan is serious about his work.” I can play the president of the United States or a drug addict, that doesn’t make me the president of the United States, that doesn’t make m. me a drug addict A role is exactly that You’ve become something of an idol to the gay com-

me. I reel like in any society, there s a lot or subtext ‘So and a lot that goes unsaid. If I were to write a book, it B2 would be exploring that contrast. Define “socialite” for me. £ § V 4-> I think it’s somebody who sees the social universe and the party sphere as their entire reason. What I mean by that is they see a social network not only as away to have fun, but it’s everything, notjust entertainment, but it’s also where you find really meaningful relationships. It’s where you find aniFaran Krentcil is undoubtedly The mosity and obstacles. It’s also where you find your career, Socialite. Not only do Page Imaginary I How did you get started in New York? and a few mutual friends Six, Gawker at started ran[After interning Jane Magazine] , I sending I confirm but recess has also uncovered I dom e-mails to people who worked in magazines, saying evidence: ■ a host of incriminating here’s my resume, and I have an idea for a story. And some I ■ Their favorite people include The ■ wrote back, never me but some did—l ended people people up getting a lot of interviews and my connections helped a |■ Daily's Hud Morgan, Sarah Lewitinn ■ A.K.A. Spin Magazine personality Ultralot. I started writing what I wrote for Duke at File Girl. Once, they gave me a lipgloss and I kissed a bunch of guys to see ■1 grrrl and our other blogging young | alum Dana Vachon. how long this lip gloss would last before it left. It’s like the Speaking of Vachon, The Imaginary | August ’O4 issue of File Girl there are pictures of me kissing Socialite writes, “[W]hen I was 19, random boys in the East Village. This was the first magazine I Dana’s then-girlfriend cornered me in a | article I ever wrote. hallway, somewhere on the east coast, And how long did the gloss stay on? | and told me she hoped I died in a plane | It lasted through seven boys, but I decided to keep kissing crash.” recess bets die purported death the boys anyway because it was the day after my boyfriend had broken up with me—-I thought it would be fun. Plus, you I threat happened while both Vachon I and Krentcil were at Duke. want to give your editor variety. They both worship at the altar of What’s the most scandalous thing you’ve done that we could Pratt, Entourage, lip gloss and n print? ■ I Candance Bushnell. That’s the funny thing about writers; we stand in corners namechecks Durham, N.C., ■ The IS I and watch. I smoked a joint once in California—that’s like in one ofher posts. the extent of my drug use. It’s never interested me. I don’t Their bands-of-ehoice include The I | really get drunk. My sex life is private, but I can tell you it’s Killers and Bloc Party. that who girl certainly not excessive in any possible way. I was They both sign e-mails “xoxo.” would go to a Duke party and, you know, work the room for The IS singled out a party pics page about half an hour, say hi to everybody she knew and then 1 where she said she was featured in one | take one other person up to the top floor staircase. We of the photos with one other person. would just look down at everybody the whole night. And we | Faran Krentcil in an olive-green tank jj would talk about what they were wearing and who they liked top is on the page... with one other and what their body language was like. I person (see photo above). In your final column, you talked about how everyone either Their reading lists both include were Satan or Katherine Who are you? said you Hepburn. I EUe and Paper Magazines. I think personally I’m neither of those two women. I’m the IS said she was off ■ Last Friday, definitely not Satan; I’m not brave enough. I’m not Katherto L.A. During the weekend, her AIM ine Hepburn because again I’m not brave enough. I think as away message displayed a succinct “In ■ a writer it’s your job to walk both sides of the line. You want L.A.” —KW 1 to be really smart and benevolent, but you also want to be a I* mm mm mm mm mm mm mm * little wicked. to

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(laughs) I’m happy that people have enjoyed what I’ve done, and enjoyed my work, and I’m really thankful. I don’t care, gay, straight, hi, whatever. A fan is a fan. Anyone who appreciates my work I’m thankful to. So Desperate Housewives. What’s it like working with those women? It’s fun. It’s nice, (laughs) Eva Longoria is every bit as beautiful in person. And you got to make out with her. I did. I still remember what her lipstick tasted like. Was it hard thatyou had to resist her and couldn’tkiss her back? (laughs) Yeah. The day we shot that, we were rehearsing it In the script it says she begins to leave, turns back, looks at Justin, comes straight at him and kisses him, then says, “Did you feel anything?” and I say, “Nope, not a thing.” So I say to the director, when she kisses me, ‘What do you want me to do? Should I engage her, embrace her then say, Whoa, nothing?’ And he said, ‘No, don’t do anything. Just stand there.’ And he said “No, don’t do anything. Just stand there.” I remember the first take I instinctively put my hand on her hip. And he was like, “Uh, Ryan, don’t do that.” Are we going to see you back at all this season? I think so, at some point. We keep on hearing from them. I’m friends with one of the writer/producers and periodically he’ll say, Justin came up in one of our pitch meetings today. Justin is definitely still alive and will be back, and we haven’t figured out exactly how.

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Everyone knows that Parents’ Weekend is one of the precious few opportunities to get a good, off-campus meal while at Duke, especially for those freshmen without cars. And with your parents picking up the tab, at no other time are the Triangle’s best restaurants more affordable. Moms and dads, possibly feeling nostalgic for family dinners at home, often insist on taking their supposedly hardworking sons and daughters out to that meal to remember. Which means there’s only one question left to answer: where to? Fortunately, Nana’s is the perfect venue for such a meal. Although others may already be bragging about their upcoming meals at the Magnolia Grill or the Fairview at the Washington Duke Inn, both respectable choices, Nana’s has distinct advantages over both. Nana’s large dining room makes reservations much easier to come by than at the perpetually booked Magnolia Grill, and it also offers more charm than the sometimes stodgy Fairview. Nana’s appealing upscale Southern cuisine, refined yet unfussy setting and amicable but professional service strike an ideal balance between elegant and cozy. Adding to its charm, Nana’s does not aspire to be the quintessential “fancy” restaurant. Thankfully, there are no intimidating waiters in tuxedos to contend with or leatherbound menus printed entirely in French. Instead, Nana’s provides its diners with one of the most pleasurable and rewarding dining experiences in the Triangle. The menu provides a wide variety of dishes, but focuses on strong, woodsy flavors that complement, rather than overwhelm, the other tastes. A grilled venison loin with sweet potato gratin and a honey balsamic sauce exemplified this culinary philosophy of food that is at once delicate and hearty. The venison was superlatively tender and flavorful, easily surpassing any beef dish in recent memory. The accompany-

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major label. “I don’t think that these people understand that Barsuk’s name will still be on every upcoming album, or that they will be releasing all of the vinyl,” Harman said. “I feel bad for those people who think that every corporate label is bringing the downfall of music. What they don’trealize is that most ‘independent’ labels are actually at least partially owned by major labels. I’ve always just wondered what their record collections look like. There have always been amazing records that come out on major labels, so I always just assume that either they’re total hypocrites or have terrible music collections.” Despite what Harmer says, not all bands are as positive about the realm of corporate media or selling out. Indie rock superstar band Metric is just one example of a band that has unequivocally refused to sign to a major label, despite incredible success of their debut album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Recently, the band released their sophomore album Live it Out on independent label Last Gang. While they could have received better sales and more publicity 1if they signed to a major label, the band chose instead to not stray from their musical philosophy. “The ability to have more creative control is of major importance to Metric,” said bassist Josh Winstead. “The only conscious decision we made about corporate music is to try and avoid aligning ourselves with major corporations that lose sight of the human element.” About the current state of mainstream music, Winstead said that it is “blind, greedy, silly and unable to truly enjoy the good fortune that it takes for granted.” To Metric, anything that is corporate or associated with a major label is inherently bad; selling out in Winstead’s opinion is simply going corporate: nothing more, nothing less. Zeno Gill, the frontman for the local band The Sames and founder of Durham-based label Pox World Empire, said that he used to think about selling out, but doesn’t anymore. “Selling out is a tricky thing, because it doesn’t have a set definition,” he said. “To me, the most obvious definition of selling out is compromising the music for commercial reasons. But I think there is also this interesting phenomenon wherein the selling out is intrinsic to the musician or the music. So there could be a band on an

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One great example of the first definition, Gill said, is Liz Phair (see review on page 11). “I think that she would even admit that she sold out,” he said. “But that’s an example of someone consciously deciding that they will* change their music to make more money. And the end results were disastrous.” Contrary to what Metric said, simply making music on a corporate label is not good enough evidence for Gill that a band has sold out. “I think that U 2 and Radiohead are great examples of bands that have been on major labels for a long time but have never sold out,” he explained. “They’re just lucky that the music they love to play happens to be what the mainstream likes.” Although he cannot fault a band for wanting to be able to support themselves, Gill said that there is a difference between trying to make money in a band and existing solely to make money. “If the Beatles play music because they love to, and they get asked to Oft-accused of being the sell-out queen, Jewel went from go to Hamburg for a few months fem folk rocker to gyrating pop princess and play every night,” Gill said, “and accept, saying that they need a ular. “If those types of bands become successful,” he said, little bit of money and an opportunity to present them“essentially it’s stealing audience away from better music selves whereby they could keep doing what they were and it’s cheapening the whole field.”' going to be doing anyway but are going to make more Gill appears to be leaning toward Death Cab’s undermoney doing it, then that works out just great for everystanding of selling out, rather than Metric’s. “In the end,” he said, “selling out is defined in two ways. The first is that body. What I get annoyed at are those bands in Los Angeles or New York that are playing music simply to make type of band that changes its music just to make money. money. They’re taking away from the art ofmusic and are The other is the type of band that is sold out to begin with. the perfect example of bands who fall under the second Maybe the latter is better than making the conscious decidefinition of selling out.” sion to sell out, but the end result is just as bad. Music and To Gill, the worst thing that can happen is if one of money should be separated at all times. That way, the art those inherently sold-out types of bands starts to get pop- can be preserved.”

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Death Cab rocked their way onto the indie music scene in 1997 with the release of You Can Play These Songs' Chords, a cassette tape made by frontman Ben Gibbard. The success of the cassette was what originally fueled the creation of the quartet. Since their first album together, Death Cab has been one of the most successful indie bands of the late ’9os and early ’oos. The band began to break into the mainstream world after its smash hit Transatlanticism, which, among other things, got them a weekly name-drop on The OC. During their tour for Transatlanticism, Death Cab began to record Plans. In November 2004, Atlantic Records signed Death Cab after the band got the blessing from their former label, Barsuk Records, whose logo will appear on all upcoming releases. In April of this year, Atlantic released Plans. In its first week of sales, the album sold 90,000 copies and debuted at number four on the Billboard charts � MM*

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Canadian quartet Metric quickly gained a national audience in the U.S. after the release of their debut album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, but have for the most part stayed far away from any mainstream media. Lead singer Emily Haines—also a member ofindie rock collaboration Broken Social Scene—met her fellow bandmates in art school in Toronto. Metric formed in the late ’9os, and released the highly acclaimed Old World Underground in 2001. The band chose their name from the way they feel about and play music; calculated, straightforward and unapologetic. Despite the metered approach, the end result is pure, unadulterated pop music, with crunching guitars juxtaposed with Haines’ pretty —and even almost punkish at times—voice. Furthermore, ever since they formed, Metric has been outspoken in terms of political and social issues. The band has opposed anything from the United States’ foreign policy to the over-commercialization of music and the catastrophes that result from that. Their new album Live it Out has been doing well in record sales, but is falling short in comparison to Old World Underground.

ZENO GILL, of THE SAMES Local mainstay Zeno Gill moved to Durham from Brooklyn in 1999. When he arrived in North Carolina, he began his Triangle music career playing in the local band The Sleepies. Soon thereafter, he decided to form his own band, and consequently founded The Sames. A few years later he created the local label Pox World Empire. Currently, there are seven local bands on the roster, including The Sames and ’Bos synth rockers Jett Rink. Pox World also releases a compilation of the best of local Triangle music, called Compulation. Apart from running the record label, Gill also operates Pox World Empire studios, a recording studio in which any band that is signed to Pox World can use for free. Recently, The Sames released their long-expected debut, You Are The Sames, following their successful release of their EP in 2002. You Are The Sames is an extremely solid mix of rock, 10-fi and pop, and has received —Matt Dearborn quite a bit of good press.

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cent boys wil! be lining up for their chance at grabbing one of the new consoles. However, unlike the major advances in gameplay and graphics seen during the shift between

N64/Playstation era to the current era of gaming, the new systems are not that exciting. The Playstation 3 and Xbox kept the same controller as the current generation and only feature a sleeker console and better graphics. The two giants of the video gaming industry are banking on loyal customers to buy up the next-gen consoles like kids snatching candy from the store. Former leader Nintendo is hoping gamers are bored with the same four button four trigger controller configuration and reject

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Fire Fmblem For those who have played the fabled Super Smash Brothers: Melee (SSBM) for the Gamecubc, the image on the cover of Fire Emblem Path oj Radiance may contain a familiar face. However, this visage is not the face ofmVfs Marth, but rather that of an emerging adult named “Ike,” who, like all aspiring youngsters with blue hair, a cape and a sword, is fated to save his land from a dire conflict. After turning on the game and starting a new file, an impressive opening cinema shows off an interesting mix between animation and computer modeling. After the initial movie, the player is immediately thrust into a tutorial batde to explain die basic premises of the game. Since it is a turn-based Strategy-RPG, Fire Emblem: Path ofRadiance may have slightly more difficult mechanics than other games. Happily, the tutorial system quickly and effectively explains all the little, details and nuances of the combat engine. Battles take place on a chess-board-like grid in which characters are allowed to move around and attack designated enemies. However, from the beginning of the game, it is explained that certain character types (those who wield lances, for example) have certain inherent advantages over other character ’types (those who wield swords). This sort of basic “rock-paper-scissors” element provides the first layer of strategy when playing the game. Character progression provides a second layer. As each character participates in fights, they gain experience points, level up and eventually change into a different and more powerful character class. Most of the game is split between battle sequences and story-progression scenes which are presented in a linear fashion. Although the story-line is somewhat cliche, it involves some memorable characters whose personalities emerge early and create a decent plot progression. Overall, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is not a groundbreaking game in any respect, nor was it intended to be. However, it offers solid game play which isn’t wretchedly hard or mind-nurnbingly easy. Any RPG fan with a'bit of free time should give this fun, relatively stimulating game a shot. —CyrUs Arnoozegar :

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For three decades running, Depeche Mode has hew the title of Coolest Band Around. When they’re not awesomely covering ’Bos torch song “Tainted Love,” the Mode specializes in heartbreaking love songs delivered with an icy sheen. In fact, the current plague of ’Bos revivalist bands is downright doofy in comparison to Depeche Mode’s latest work in Playing the Angel Dissonant noise heralds the album’s beginnings with the introduction, “A Pain That I’m Used To.” From tire record’s initial moments, it’s clear that the Mode is up to its same old M.O. It’s all here: the sleazy electro-funk synths, lead singer David Gahan’s seal’s bark voice, and terrific sense of manipulating digital melody that would make Daft Punk envious. And the songs don’t fail. “John the Revelator” in the Mode’s «

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“Personal Jesus” steals some Biblical verses, alludes to Sade’s “Smooth Operator” and still manages to sound foxy cool. Perhaps the pinnacle of the Mode’s new sound however is leadoff single “Precious.” High drama, the song bopping along to a fizzing bass line feels epic The band has done it again; they’ve effortlessly created cosmic tragedy within the confines of one song. It’s something that happens again and again on Playing the —Robert Winterode Angel ••••••••••••••••

Last we heard, the indie rock industry had disowned Liz Phair, branding her with the movement’s Scarlet Letters: Ultimate Sell-Out. With The Matrix—the masterminds behind the Avril cog—she created on her 2003 eponymous album saccharine-sweet musical missiles targeting the all-important tween girl market. She dressed (and sung) more skimpily. Her formerly metaironic songs about sex now shone with a Cosmo luster (see “H.W.C.”). Perhaps most disturbingly, she had traded listening to soporific Beulah ditties in her balding hipster boyfitend s Volkswagen for playing on the X-Box in her frat guy s doi m room.

Yet Liz Phair was one of that year’s standout albums and birthed two of pop music’s best-ever singles: her Top 40 hit “Wily Can't F and “Extraordinary.” (In a posl-Lavignc, “Since U Been Gone”4oving world, of course.) Clearly Phair, who had peaked with the dazzling debut Exile in Guyville, had to reinvent herself to remain mainstream-relevant. Two years later, several decades separate the (again) newly reinvented Liz Phair featured on the clumsily-titled Somebody*s Miracle from her preceding work. For one, she’s no longer singing about being your favorite “Blowjob Queen.” In fact, she’s bypassing Liz Phair altogether, venturing into adult-contemporary (think Sheryl Crow) territory and embracing (some of) her old habits. Take the lead-off track “Leap of Innocence,” which revisits trademark Phair songs “Polyester Bride” and “Johnny Feelgood,” in terms of respectively borrowed melody and lyrics. In Tact, Phair is lamenting the loss of the “high life” and Johnny, her favorite boy-toy. On a downward spiral, she sings on “Why I Lie,” “30 is not too old.” Apparently, it is. Here she recorded her personal mid-life crisis record where she ponders philosophically (and thinly) about the trappings of celebrity (“Stars and Planets”), losing the guy (“Somebody’s Miracle”) and bouts of alcoholism (“Table for One.”) On Somebody’s Miracle, Phair has aged—and not in the good way fine European cheeses do. The album itself is decidedly more 10-fi than its predecessor, but this isn’t saying much The much-produced arrangements collide and overscore Phair’s reedy vocals on (also poorly-tided) tracks like “Lazy Dreamer,” “Lost Tonight,” and “Wind and the Mountain." Even first single “Everything to Me” is an insipid, drowsy affair. Lillix, be damned, she’s become the next Michelle Branch, Which is bad, uninspired and most of all, boring. —Robert Winterode

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ashlee simpson Don’t expect Ashlee Simpson to be a carbon copy ofj. Simp. Yon ’ re not going to see her hopping around in butt-hugging cutoff jean shorts, giggling about the hottest boy band member, or singing about how great it is to be an American housewife. Instead, in her new album I Am Me, you’ll see a teen-angsty Ashlee, intent on talking about boyfriends and that tricky little thing called “L.0.V.E.” The album has the musical, intellectual and emotional maturity of a middle-school girl. The only problem is that she just turned 21. I guess that’s what celebrity life does to you. But it’s not to say that middle school isn’t an important time in someone’s life. Actually, if you’re in one of those reminiscent moods, wishing you were back at that age when people still picked their noses and dating someone meant awkward rendezvous during lunch, then throw on I Am Me. There are actually a couple songs that—if only played once a year—won’t give you a migraine. “Boyfriend,” the album’s first single, a mischievous song about how Ashlee didn’t steal some girl’s boyfriend, is actually kind of catchy. But that’s about the best this sophomoric sophomore effort has to offer. —Mali Dearborn

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Cameron Pair of 'O6 commits set to visit campus

The volleyball team is certainly ready for a homecoming. The Blue Devils will return to Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight after playing their last four away from Duke. The Blue Devils capped off a 1-3 road swing Oct. l6 with a 3-0 loss at Maryland. “Jus t to have the team be able to sleep in their TONIGHT, 7 p.m. own beds and up on Cameron Indoor catch some work will be great,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “I knew that travel early in our season in the ACC would be very difficult, and it definitely was for everybody...we’re very excited about coming home and having the opportunity to play people on our own turf.” The Blue Devils have played well at Cameron Indoor Stadium this season, winning all six home PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE contests. Duke (11-6, 5-4 in the The Blue Devils return to Indoor Stadium to play Florida State. tonight its unblemished Cameron ACC) will put home record on the line against Duke will look to rebound from a disappointing 1-3 road swing. Florida State tonight at 7 p.m. The Seminoles, (5-12, 3-6) are 2- number of things in practice Though playing on the road is 6 away from Tully Gymnasium Tuesday before concentrating no excuse for mistakes, it certainand have failed to win consecuon the visiting Seminoles. ly affects player performance. “We did begin to talk about Nagel said the ACC has some of tive matches this season. The numbers are certainly in Florida State,” Nagel said. “But the nation’s toughest volleyball Duke’s favor, but mistakes and in- we basically tried to work on our venues and that she hopes Duke consistent play on the road game a little bit. I think we can SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 12 forced coach Nagel to work on a work on consistency in practice.”

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Senior Stefan Rozycki won both of his matches Wednesday to advance to the main draw of the ITA Mideast Regionals.

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That determination will be essential for the Blue Devils when they try to replace Currie, who has been Duke’s main offensive option down the stretch of important games since last

Even though the 2005-2006 season has not started for the Blue Devils—which have been ranked No. 1 in many preseason season. polls—the team is already thinkLike Mitchell, Cheek is a vering about next season and the void that will be left when satile presence on the floor. The Monique Currie, Mistie Williams four-star recruit is a 6-foot-l wing and Jessica Foley graduate. player from South Mecklenburg Over the next two weekends, High School in Charlotte. She the women’s basketball team will began her high school career as host two of its verbal commita back-to-the-basket center, but ments for the class of 2006, as Cheek has adjusted her game so high school seniors Bridgette she can play as a guard or forMitchell and Joy Cheek make ward, her AAU coach James their official visits to campus. Nichols said. She now has the Mitchell, a five-star recruit acability to effectively shoot the cording to scout.com, is a 6-foot spot-up three-pointer and the guard-forward from The Peddie mid-range jumper, Nichols School in Hightstown, NJ. Her added. In addition, she will be a valuhigh school coach, Sean Casey, able asset to Duke because her said she is one of the most talented and competitive players he strong build makes her a viable has coached. post player that gets to the foul “She has an incredible willingline often. Nichols compared her ness to improve and made the to Georgia sophomore Tasha adjustment during high school Humphrey—once a Duke verbal from being a center as a freshcommit herself—who was a man to playing now as a guard unanimous first-team All-SEC seand a forward,” Casey said. “She lection last season after averagdoes whatever she can do to ing 19.1 points and 8.2 rebounds make the team better whenever per game. she gets put on the floor.” Cheek’s ability to shoot and As a freshman, Mitchell made her athleticism around the basa three-pointer with 1:40 left in ket could help dampen the losses the fourth quarter of her high of both Foley and Williams after school state championship game to seal the title. SEE RECRUITING ON PAGE 12

Rozycki participated in the qualifying portion of the tour-

Seven Blue Devils received nament Wednesday, earning a over victory automatic bids to the ITA straight-set Mideast Regionals, and senior Winthrop’s Thaigo Barbosa, 63, 6-4. Stefan Rozycki won two match“I started off slow in my first es Wednesday to qualify for the main draw of the event, which match,” Rozycki said. “My backhand, which is the strength of my will be held Oct. 20-24. Ludovic Walter game, wasn't working so I had to Senior earned the top seed, and three rely on my forehand to win.” other Blue Devils were seeded Rozycki then notched anothwin in straight sets against 16, fifther including the in top seeded Joey Atas. Juan Carlo Vazquez of AmeriDuke’s other qualifiers are can, 6-2, 6-1. “A lot of my friends came Peter Rodrigues, Christopher Samuelson, out to watch, and it really Ned Brown, me up,” Rozycki said. Jonathan Stokke and Alex pumped Duke’s opening matches will Stone. Additionally, the Blue Devils be played at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, with subseboast the second-seeded doubles team of Atas and Stokke quent matches to be played at and the fourth-seeded duo of Duke or UNC’s Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Rodrigues and Walter. The tournament’s singles fi“Historically we have done tournament,” head nalists and the doubles champiwe q at coach Jay Lapidus said. “The first on will advance to the ITA NaIndoor couple of matches are at home, tional Collegiate Nov. 3-6. Championships which gives a little of an edge.”

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Five-star recruit Bridgette Mitchellfrom Hightstown, NJ. has made a verbal commitment to Duke and will be making her officialvisit this weekend.

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ST. LOUIS On this wild night of celebration, the Houston Astros owed it all to Roy Oswalt. He took their dreams, hopes and gritty resolve and pitched his teammates into their first World HOUSTON Series, beating the St. Louis CardiST. LOUIS 1 nals, 5-1, Wednesday night with help from Craig Biggio. Coming off a crushing loss in Game 5 of the NL championship series at home on Albert Pujols’ stunning homer, the stubborn Astros refused to be shaken. They jumped to an early lead behind Biggio and Jason Lane, got perhaps a little help from the umpires and watched Oswalt shut down St. Louis for seven innings in earning the series MVP award. Now that this wild-card team has its first NL pennant, the Astros will travel to Chicago to take on the AL champion White Sox in the World Series, which begins Saturday night. “It’s been a long time, you know. I’m not greedy, I’m not selfish, just wanted to go one time,” Biggio said. “I can’t tell you how happy I am, it took us a long time and we’ve got 5 million people in Houston who are very pumped up right now.” Cameras flashed all over Busch Stadium as Dan Wheeler got Yadier Molina on a flyball for the final out. NL champions for the first time in their 44-season history, the Astros rushed to the

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Roy Oswalt struck out six Cardinals'batters in the seven innings he pitched in theAstros' 5-1 win Wednesday. mound to celebrate, bouncing in unison before heading to the clubhouse for what was sure to be a more raucous party. Houston had been 0-5 with a chance to clinch the NLCS. This time, the Astros would not be denied.

“It’s unbelievable, I can’t even describe it,” Lance Berkman said. “To be a big part of bringing the World Series—the first World Series ever—to Houston is just tremendous.” For St. Louis, the loss marked the end of the season for the team that led the ma-

jors with 100 wins. It also was the final game at Busch, scheduled to be demolished by a wrecking ball to make room for the city’s new ballpark. “We were ready to play, but the guy pitched an outstanding game and shut us down,” Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. After the final out, St. Louis fans stood and applauded, then chanted “Let’s Go Cardinals!” The video board played highlights of great Cardinals players and moments, featuring Ozzie Smith, Mark McGwire and even broadcaster Jack Buck. The Astros won this rematch in six games after losing last year in Game 7 at Busch. Thanks to Oswalt, it didn’t go that far this time. “He did what we needed him to do. We absolutely had to have that performance, and he gave it to us, it was tremendous,” Berkman said. Roger Clemens did his part, Andy Pettitte did, too—and Astros stalwarts Biggio and Jeff Bagwell finally fulfilled their delicious dream of winning a pennant together. So while the Fall Classic is headed to the Windy City for the first time since 1959, Texas will get its first crack ever. Folks in the Lone Star State like things big, and it doesn’t get any bigger than this in baseball. Get ready for “Deep in the Heart of Texas” during the seventh-inning stretch. SEE ASTROS ON PAGE 12

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fans will help provide a similar atmosphere. Though playing in opposing arenas is difficult, traveling takes an even bigger toll on the team. During the Blue Devils’ last road trip, the team flew to Boston for its match with Boston College Oct. 14 and then flew to Maryland for its match Oct. 16 at College Park. Weather in Boston slowed travel for the team, providing little time to study for midtefm exams. “You try to find the best place for [the team] to stay,” Nagel said. “But it’s not like being at home.” Beginning with tonight’s match against the Seminoles, the Blue Devils will play eight of their next 11 contests at home. Even the three road matches are at nearby North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest. Coach Nagel is 11-2 against the Seminoles in her seven-year tenure at Duke including a 3-2 victory lastyear in Tallahassee, Fla. Despite her team’s dominance over Florida State, Nagel remained caudous. “All the teams are so competitive in the ACC so you can’t afford to play badly and be able to win,” Nagel said. “You need to be able to play your best every night.”

sixth, when Everett’s suicide squeeze made it 4-1. Morgan Ensberg added a twoout RBI single in the seventh. Oswalt advanced two runners with a sacrifice bunt in the third, though St. Louis passed up a chance to cut down the lead runner at third. Mulder’s wild pitch behind Biggio gave Houston the lead, and Biggie’s RBI single made it 2-0. “Once we got a two-run lead, I knew I could go right at 'em,” Oswalt said.

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this season. Foley set a Duke single-season record last year when she made 68 threepointers, and Williams was the first option down-low for the Blue Devils. Nichols, who has coached against Mitchell, said the tandem of Mitchell and Cheek will provide great athleticism and

versatility for Duke in the future. The Blue Devils will need both of them to replace the loss of Currie, Williams and Foley, who combined for an average of 40.1 points per game last season. “Joy and Bridgette are great complements for each other because Joy is more of a power player, and Bridgette is more of a finesse player,” Nichols said. “They are kind of like thunder and lightning.”

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any discussion regarding aca- ing others’ violations would only dedemic integrity, it is impossible to stroy community. How do we instill deny that cheating will occur. But trust when we’re obliged to report the recent revisions to policies stemming wrongdoing of others? from the Community But thinking about it in Standard are designed to Stflfffiultoricli these individualistic terms reframe the academic inis counter to its goal. The tegrity discussion by emphasizing the better question to ask then is: How do fcommunal aspect of the promise, not we instill trust when there is no mechanism to ensure community? merely the elimination of cheating. The two-part Community Standard By obliging students to report cases reads: “1.1 will not lie, cheat, or steal of academic dishonesty, the Standard in my academic endeavors, nor will I encourages us to uphold the commuaccept the actions of those who do. 2. nal trust that is expected at Duke, not I will conduct myself responsibly and just tatde-tale on our peers. After all, complete academic honhonorably in all my activities as a Duke student.” esty, however lofty a goal, is still an The latter clause of the pledge ideal worth pursuing. Although students will not likely be urges students to report academic indeterred from cheating by signing tegrity violadons in order to strengththeir name in a book at Convocation en the sense of community. At first glance, it seems that reportor seeing the Community Standard on __

every website they visit, repeated exposure to it is necessary. The vyords themselves may not have the same impact the 100th time one reads them, but knowing exacdy what it stands for and knowing the consequences of one’s actions is important and vital. Professors should always remind their students of the expectations they hold, but sometimes the reporting clause is overlooked. Professros will often emphasize that students’ work always be their own. But many professors forget to remind students that reporting others’ violations is equally as important in upholding the Community Standard. To be successful, this piece must become as ingrained in our academic culture as the individual aspect of the Community Standard.

When the environment in which we live and study is more conducive to communal academic honesty, the standard will mean more than something we sign on our blue books. When students engage in material that excites them, they will be less prone to .cheat. When professors remind students of the second clause—reporting others’ violations—students may think twice about the actions of others. And when the idea of community is tagged onto the notion of academic integrity, the Community Standard will be more effective. It will always be an individual decision whether or not to cheat or report others, but the more we reframe it to be a communal ideal and the more we discuss the issue, the more the Community Standard will mean to us.

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Texan District Attorney Ronnie Earle. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading in his family’s company. With all these problems facing Republicans, many Democrats are hardly able to contain their

excitement over the opportunity to tell America “I told you so!” But they should be careful before jumping to conclusions. The Republicans are indeed going through hard times, but all is not lost. Bush succeeded in making Roberts Chiefjustice of the United States. Miers may not be the most qualified nominee, but she may surpublican Party. Even before the prise the Senate Judiciary Committee. If she displays 2004 election, Bush sufficient knowledge of Constitutional law and jamie deal faced significant avoids controversy, she will get appointed. With Senstrategery problems with the ate approval, the crony label will disappear. war in Iraq, and time As for Iraq, there is hope. The new constitution has exacerbated the situation. The drawn-out insurmay hold together a deeply divided nation, and if it gency erodes the American people’s resolve and does, then many may concede that the war was strengthens the terrorists’, while the absence of the worthwhile. Furthermore, the ongoing trial of Sadinternational community only makes things worse. dam Hussein should expose how horrible the Bush’s scripted interview with the troops did not Ba’athist regime really was. The likelihood that DeLay and Frist are guilty is help him at all. After Hurricane Katrina, many blamed Bush for small. DeLay claims the charges brought against him not acting quickly enough to prevent the devastaare flimsy, and he may actually turn the tables on his tion. African Americans in particular felt outrage at prosecutor by exposing him as politically motivated. the administration’s response. Bill Bennett’s now-inAs for Frist, he probably sold his shares fairly and will famous comments added fuel to the fire. In a recent not face criminal charges. The Bush administration will take a blow if poll, 2 percent of African Americans approve of Bush as a leader. Patrick Fitzgerald indicts Scooter Libby. But this canThe Katrina mess revealed FEMA director not compare to the disgrace Democrats suffered Michael Brown to be an inept Bush crony appointed when Alger Hiss was convicted of peijury in 1950. to the wrong organization. Though The Economist Hiss committed treason by directly collaborating and many others agree that “some of the blame for with the Soviet Union during his tenure in a Democratic administration. post-Katrina incompetence belongs to local Democrat officials in Louisiana,” the general public beLibby allegedly uncovered a CIA agent who, lieves Brown failed. though technically covert, was already fairly overt With cronyism on everyone’s mind, Bush’s nomiabout her position. Libby may, after all, end up innation ofHarriet Miers to the Supreme Court is raisnocent or not indicted. That would certainly reing eyebrows, even among conservatives. Though lieve the Bush administration of embarrassment Miers did extremely well at Southern MethodistLaw and scandal. School, the vast disparity in qualifications between Finally, Bush has a golden opportunity in the seher and John Roberts is obvious. lection of the next Federal Reserve Chairman. If he Finally, alleged criminal scandal has surfaced chooses well and if that nominee wards off financial in the Republican camp. Conservatives fear that crisis, then Bush’s popularity will rise. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will bring As for a Democratic takeover, that is about as likecriminal charges against high-ranking Bush adly as the “Tyler” sandwich redeeming Rick’s Diner. ministration officials for involvement with the Valerie Plame affair. Also House Majority Leader Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs Tom Delay is being indicted for corruption by every every other Thursday.

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Yoffie’s error egregious Adam Yoffie’s column, “Reflections on the PSM 1 year later,” (Oct. 17, 2005) is not only inaccurate but downright slanderous. I wonder if Mr. Yoffle read any of Professor Norman Finkelstein’s books before calling him a “Holocaust denier.” Professor Finkelstein’s main work these days is debunking the web of plagiarism and deceit that surrounds much of the so-called “pro-Israel” arguments. Suffice it to say that Israel’s actions in the West Bank and Gaza have been condemned by every major human rights organization, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The book Mr. Yoffie makes reference to, The Holocaust Industry, is a thorough investigation into the disappearance of money taken from Swiss banks and destined to Jewish Holocaust survivors. Out of $1.25 billion, only $250 million ever reached its intended targets, with the result that Jewish Holocaust survivors are now dying in poverty in Florida and in Israel, among other places. My grandparents are very much in that category. Thus Mr. YofFie’s condemnation of Professor Finkelstein touches a rather sensitive spot. A large part of the rest of the money, by the way, is going to support various Zionist causes around the world, including in illegal setdements in the West Bank. Absent from the book is any denial of the existence of the Holocaust. To be clear, the book in no way denies the existence of the Holocaust. I wonder where Mr. Yoffie got that. As for Israeli-Palestinian activities

on campus: I personally consider the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference a huge success, as it brought about a tripling of the number of Duke students visiting Israel/Palestine this year, making Duke the most

they received from survivors and their family and friends and decided to

Sarah Ball is Trinity sophomore and editorial page managing editorfor The Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday.

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told Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke,” we would like to announce the re-release of the second edition. Originally released late in Spring 2005 , more editions have been made available, and we welcome Duke students and the community to pick up a copy in publication bins on East and West campuses. “Saturday Night: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke” is a publication designed to share the narratives of survivors of sexual assault at Duke. In 2002, a group of students mobilized to bring a face to sexual violence. Now alumni, the originators behind the idea for the publication were moved by the many responses

share the stories and the range of experiences with the rest of the Duke community. Since the first publication was released in Spring 2003, Saturday Night has been used in various classroom and extracurricular settings to foster honest dialogue to raise awareness and ultimately aid in sexual assault prevention. The publication is meant to honor those who have been affected by sexual assault while offering a measure of healing through the sharing of stories. In this sense, “Saturday Night” is unique. In a world where we are inundated by statistics about rape and sexual assault on a daily basis, the publication takes the issues to a human level—to a Duke level. Statistics do not change a culture, but we hope sharing stories, discussing and acting upon them will. In the midst of Dating Violence Awareness Week sponsored by Sexual Assault Support Services, we encourage you to participate in the programming and pick up a copy of “Saturday Night.” We urge you to take your experience from reading the publication to another level by considering the dynamics of the campus rape culture and taking action in breaking down notions that perpetuate sexual violence. These issues are not just a survivors’ issues. They are our own as well.Let’s keep talking about them. Nazaneen Homaifar Erin Phillips Trinity ’O6

Being frank with Lisa Frank Growing

we started, as did most burgeoning female writers still in elementary school, with psychedelic Lisa Frank notebooks. Ah, the ‘9os But the fun was not found in the carthartic writing process, in the measured inking of pre-tween bail to the wall angst. The game was in hiding our diaries from inquiring minds. Being both a practiced snoop and the oldest, I was pretat finding them. They always said things like “TOP good ty SECRET” or “HANDS OFF, SARAH!” on the cover. Ha. As if that stopped me. I remember reading things like, “I have a crush on 45 08 19 58 29,” written in pink gel pen. I’d frantically flip the pages, looking for the code breaker. If I found it, I’d have fuel for a week’s worth of sis-

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Or, if I ever found a rant about my bossy-older-sibling nature, I’d write what I believed to be a pithy, smart-ass response on the same page. Heh heh heh. Yep, I am actually in contention for the Sister of the

Year Award—why do you ask? My sisters still haven’t grown out of joumal-wnting nor have I grown out of trying to read their secret thoughts. Like our four lives, those thoughts have become increasingly complex and, at times, frightening. I’ve read about Clare’s reaction to watching a very close friend die. I’ve gleaned that Mary Wells feels pressure to act a certain way now that she’s in high school. I know Becca’s apathy and above-it-all humor, the same characteristics that make her edgy and cool in the social sense, render her less-thanstellar in the classroom—even if she is whip-smart. For an attached older sister, it’s off-putting to find out that your baby sisters have body image issues, or boy issues, or problems messier and more consuming than your —

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own. Then again, not one of them fits the modifier “baby sister” anymore. And that is just my problem. I started reading Clare’s diary for a good laugh—’’Dear Diary, I want to marry Will Kuckro.” But now that Clare’s legally an adult, now that Will is training to be a Navy pilot and fight overseas, and now that I’m too old to sing the “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” song, I’m supposed to be moving on. But I can’t. I worry. I want to know. I want to make sure they’re okay—that they aren’t on theverge ofbulimia, contemplating suicide or secredy addicted to heroin. The more telling part of this story is that I stopped keeping a detailedjournal a while back. I think I was afraid ofmy younger sisters reading my thoughts and, as I do to them, starting to worry about me. Now that I’m at school, it’s less likely they’ll hack into my brain. But a few months ago, I decided that I missed the release of personal writing. When I made that executive decision, I wasn’t in the greatest of moods. And the piece of writing that sprang from that moment was, to put it lightly, less than chipper. It was caustic. It was disparaging. You can see my rib cage heaving, my forehead perspiring, my cheeks burning with every epithet-laced sentence. And I forgot about it—until last night. Someone close to me read what I wrote by accident. But instead of scribbling a joke back in pink gel pen, she confronted me. “I think you stifle the way you feel a lot of the time,” she said. “It’s because you’re afraid of appearing vulnerable—you were the oldest, anyway.” My eyes were glued to my lap To her immense credit, she didn’tfault me. She didn’t say it in ajudgmental way—she just laid it on the table. So matter-of-fact, so clear, so well-articulated. But I feel pretty small. Chronologically, I know I’ll never be the baby sister. But if what my friend claims is true—if, dare I say it, I’m not ballsy enough to appear vulnerable, to actually articulate how I feel —then I’m the biggest baby of all.

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Backpedaling week was anti-environment week in Washington. The House of Representatives passed a bill that effectively guts the Endangered Species Act (ESA) —arguably our nation’s most powerful piece of environmental legislation. At the same time, the Supreme Court agreed to hear tliree cases challenging the federal government’s constitutional authority to protect the environment. These actions direcdy threaten our nation’s clean water, clean jared fish air and diverse ecosystems. pro progress President Nixon signed ESA in 1973 with overwhelming support. The Act allows the government to protect critical habitat for endangered species to ensure their survival. It is the reason we still have the bald eagle, grizzly bears and yes, the infamous Northern Spotted Owl. Last week’s House vote replaces the protected habitat decree with vague “recovery plans” that solidly favor property rights over environmental integrity. For those who view private property rights as sacrosanct (the Hamiltonian view), even at the expense of the public good (championed by Jefferson), how would you feel if the government could not regulate a local power plant’s noxious emissions because it was privately owned? Also last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear three constitutional challenges to the Clean Water Act (CWA), another powerful piece of environmental legislation from the Nixon era that would leave us screwed should it be thrown out. Remember that the Act passed in the first place because people were fed up with drinking water laced with carcinogenic industrial wastes and rivers so polluted they caught fire. One of these cases involves John Rapanos, a Michigan developer, who was rightfully convicted under CWA for filling in his wetlands to prepare for a new housing development. Having lost the argument that CWA does not apply to his land, Rapanos will now challenge the constitutionality of CWA itself before the high court. By arguing that the Constitution’s Commerce Clause is not applicable to lands wholly contained within a single state, the fate of one of the federal government’s most powerful Constitutional tools is being tested. The Commerce Clause is one of the most important and effective parts of the Constitution when it comes to the power of the federal government. Basically, it gives Congress the authority to pass national laws where the relevant issue crosses state boundaries. Without it, CWA, ESA, the Clean Air Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Gun-Free Schools Act, federal food safety standards and sexual discrimination prohibitions, among hundreds of other pieces of national social, environmental and civil rights legislation, would likely be struck down as unconstitutional federal overreach. So what? Well, it is very possible that Chief Justice Roberts will lead a majority ruling that the federal government has no right to protect Rapanos’ wetlands because they do not cross state lines. This would be an exceedingly strict view of the Commerce Clause. Most other judges have accepted the precedent that isolated wedands have hugely positive impacts on their surrounding watersheds, and therefore on water quality broadcast over an infinite area—including across state lines. If the majority rules the strict way, then most of our nation’s waterways will no longer be subject to any CWA rules. , Unfortunately, Roberts’ brief judicial history favors a strict interpretation of the Commerce Clause. As an appellate judge, he argued in 2003 that the federal government had no constitutional authority to protect the habitat of a rare, “hapless toad” under ESA because it lives only in California. This goes against three decades of jurisprudence in which the courts ruled that species themselves are commodities—hence the application of the Commerce Clause. Thus, if one species becomes extinct, the aggregate economic value of all species declines, which applies to interstate commerce. The greater point is that if a strict interpretation prevails in the wetlands case, that would easily apply to future rulings on ESA, clean air legislation and right on down the line offederal environmental protections. We are fortunate to live in a much cleaner world today than our parents grew up in. We take for granted that no matter where we live or travel in the U.S., federal laws exist to protect our air and drinking water. It is difficult to imagine a world where all that could change.

represented American university in the West Bank this summer. I believe strongly that anyone who wants to be taken seriously in the debate over Israeli-Palestinian issues must at the very least visit and try to understand all sides of the conflict. All the Duke students who traveled to Israel/Palestine this past summer spent time both in the West Bank and inside Israel, getting a balanced perspective on the conflict. Mr. Yoffle, when was the last time you were in Hebron, Ramallah, Jenin or Tulkarm? Rann Bar-On 3rd Year Graduate Student

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