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ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 48

Franklin returns to roots for new book by

Elizabeth Floyd THE CHRONICLE

John Hope Franklin is an institution. Literally. He is a preeminent American historian, active participant in nearly a century of struggle for civil rights and namesake of the University’s John

Hope Franklin Center for Inter-

disciplinary and International Studies. H i s new

book, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin, hit stores Wednesday and chronicles the long and fruitful life of one of America’s most renowned scholars and activists. But how does an institution write its own biography? With lots of research, Franklin said. “What are you doing in the library, John,” he said a colleague asked him jokingly. “I’m doing research on Franklin,” he replied.

Autobiography is by nature a tricky genre, even more so at Franklin’s age; to present with full confidence the hazily remembered events of a childhood 90 years past is not an easy

undertaking. Yet Franklin approached the task with the calm confidence of an authority in historical impartiality. He began research into his own childhood as any experienced historian would: by examining primary sources, such as unpublished U.S. Census documents. Within the vast accumulation of surprisingly personal data collected for the 1920 census, Franklin found enough documentation of his 5-yearold self—down to his weight and names of his closest playmates—to jog his memory. If you go back into a house where you once lived, memories will come flooding back, Franklin said James B. Duke Professor of English Reynolds Price counseled him. Franklin did just that; he went back to the house where he was born. SEE FRANKLIN ON PAGE 5

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With more than 900 seniors living off campus at complexes likeThe Belmont, many juniorsreturning from abroad must stay on campus.

More juniors to live on campus by

Janet Wu

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When they return to Duke this spring, juniors currendy scattered across the world may not have the

off-campus housing opportunities they previously anticipated. This year, only 680 seniors are living on campus, compared to the approximately 930 that lived on campus last year. Due to the

number of seniors choosing to live off campus, sufficient oncampus housing is now available for returning juniors, said Marijean Konopke, director of housing assignments and communications for Residence Life and Housing Services. This availability contrasts with last year’s on-campus housing crunch, which generated a need

establish an off-campus hous-

ing lottery for returning juniors. The Duke housing policy requires that all undergraduates live on campus for the equivalent of six

semesters. Last year’s off-campus

housing lottery was an exception to this rule.

Students entered the lottery SEE HOUSING ON PAGE 4

Students show penchant Quiznos, Randy’s Pizza, MOP Gate to Dragon join destroy bench wars in to by

by Leslie

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Their first college midterms over, Duke freshmen have moved on to another first semester rite ofpassage. This activity requires not studiousness so much as creativity, stealth and a rather brazen desire to offend. East Campus bench wars have returned, this time with previously unseen levels of destruction. The year’s round of pranks began in mid-October, when stu-

dents altered the slogan on the newly repainted Gilbert-Addoms bench. Residents of neighboring dorms Blackwell and Randolph were suspected of the act. Randolph’s bench incurred four separate incidents of vandalism, said Randolph dorm president Jordan Giordano, a freshman. Among these acts was the painting of a phallic symbol across the bench. Pranksters also knocked letters forming Randolph’s slogan “It’s lonely at the top” from their position above the bench, tore away several planks and flipped the bench. Events culminated in the complete destruction of the Blackwell bench—twice. SEE BENCHES ON PAGE

Steve Veres

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Students craving sandwiches, pizza or Chinese food will soon be able to choose from a number of new options. The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee recently approved three new restaurants for the Merchants on Points program. Quiznos Sub, Randy’s Pizza and Dragon Gate will all accept food points within the next few weeks, said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. Gourmet Dining and Bakery, LLC, a student-run delivery service, also began taking orders for several new restaurants, though not all of them have been approved for the MOP program. GDB has already added a credit-cardonly delivery system for Quiznos, Symposium Cafe, Mellow Mushroom pizza and

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Quiznos Sub restaurant will be one of the vendors SEE MERCHANTS ON PAGE 6

added to the Merchants on Points program soon.

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Senate's 'Gang of 14' breaks down by

Jesse Holland

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WASHINGTON The 14 centrists who averted a Senate breakdown over judicial nominees last spring are showing signs of splintering on President Bush’s latest nominee for the Supreme Court. That is weakening the hand of Democrats opposed to conservative judge Samuel Alito and enhancing his prospects for confirmation. The unity of the seven Democrats and the seven Republicans in the “Gang of 14” was all that halted a major filibuster fight between GOP leader Bill Frist and Democratic leader Harr)' Reid earlier this year

over Bush’s lower court nominees The early defection of two of the group’s Republicans, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Lindsey Graham ofSouth Carolina, could hurt if Democrats decide to attempt a filibuster of Alito, the New Jersey jurist Bush nominated Monday to replace retiring Sandra Day O’Connor. If Democrats do filibuster, Frist wants to change the Senate rules to eliminate the delaying tactic—something the centrist group blocked in May. But a filibuster “based on a judicial philosophy difference, or an ideologically driven difference,” Graham said Wednesday at a news conference. “I don’t believe

that, with all sincerity, I could let that happen.” DeWine also made clear Tuesday after meeting with the Judge that he would vote

to ban a Democratic filibuster. “It’s hard for me to envision that anyone would think

about filibustering this nominee,” he said. Graham said he would use the group’s next meeting Thursday to “inform them of my view.” The centrist Democrats plan to urge their GOP colleagues to withhold judgment, since Alito’s nomination is not even officially at the Senate yet. The defection SEE SENATE ON PAGE 8

Rosa Parks honored by thousands by

Kathy Barks Hoffman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT A church packed with 4,000 mourners celebrated the life of Rosa Parks Wednesday in an impassioned, song-filled funeral, with a crowd of notables giving thanks for the humble woman whose dignity and defiance helped transform a nation. “The woman we honored today held no public office, she wasn’t a wealthy woman, didn’t appear in the society pages,” said Sen. Barack Obama, D-111. “And yet when the history of this country is written, it is this small, quiet woman

whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.” The funeral, which stretched four hours past its three-hour scheduled time, followed a week of remembrances during which Parks’ coffin was brought from Detroit, where she died Oct. 24; to Montgomery, Ala., where she sparked the civil rights movement 50 years ago by refusing to give her bus seat to a white man; to Washington, where she became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Those in the audience held hands and sang the civil rights anthem “We Shall

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Overcome” as family members filed past her casket before it was closed in the funeral’s first hour. “Mother Parks, take your rest. You have certainly earned it,” said Bishop Charles Ellis 111 of Greater Grace Temple, who led the service. Speakers described Parks, who died at 92, as both a warrior and a woman of peace who never stopped working toward a future of racial equality. “The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that SEE PARKS ON PAGE 6

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DSG unanimously passes revised policy for tenting by

Ryan McCartney THE CHRONICLE

Cameron Crazies have been waiting for this moment since March. The new undergraduate admissions policy for the 2005-2006 basketball season was unanimously approved by Duke Student Government’s legislative body

Wednesday night. The new policy, which contains a number of changes to last year’s tenting policy, was passed with little debate

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Guy Solie, who owns several properties off East Campus, has often come under firefor his student tenants.

Off-East landlord discusses disruptive student parties Will Horning THE CHRONICLE

When local landlord Guy Solie, Trinity ‘67, was an undergraduate at Duke, the vast majority of the student body lived on campus. “Ninety percent of my education took place in the dorms,” he said. But Solie now rents houses to students who want to live elsewhere, specifically a few blocks off East Campus in the Trinity Park neighborhood. His business, Trinity Properties, owns apartment complexes and single-family houses in the Durham area and has rented houses to Duke students for many years. But he said the houses in that area are no longer his main focus and he has been selling them off in recent years. “In the last five years I’ve been selling those houses mainly to owner occupants,” Solie said. Still, his name comes up frequently in

the debate over housing and partying off East Campus. Several non-student residents of Trinity Park have suggested that Solie and other landlords should be held responsible. for the disruptive behavior of their tenants. Solie, however, maintains that the problem of partying offEast has been overblown. “It’s a problem I’m sensitive to, but I think Duke students are getting unfairly portrayed,” he said. Solie bought his first house in Trinity Park nearly 30 years ago and said fixing up that home was what first got him interested in the real estate business. “There was hyper inflation, and my house was going up in value,” he said. “I really enjoyed buying a house and fixing it up myself. I bought another house, fixed it up and sold it. Then I did it SEE SOLIE ON PAGE 6

among members of the DSG Senate. It will go into effect before the first men’s basketball game of the year against Concordia College tonight. “It’s a pretty good feeling. Our first major policy of the year was initiated tonight,” said DSG Executive Vice PresidentBrandon Goodwin, a senior. “I think the policy addresses a lot of the concerns that students consistently raise.” This year, Krzyzewskiville residents will be admitted to the Feb. 11 Wake Forest men’s basketball game and the March 4 North Carolina men’s basketball game. Blue tenting will begin Jan. 9, and there will be a round of tenting for each of the two games. Only 50 tents will be allowed during blue tenting. Black tenting—a designation that prompted a number of students to come back from winter break early last winter—will no longer exist. Instead, those who come to K-ville before Jan. 9 will regulate themselves. No changes were made to the walkup-game admittance procedure, and only minor changes were made to the wristband-game admittance procedure. The first draft of the policy resulted from two open forums, an online survey and a meeting of the line monitors. After it was presented to the DSG voting body Oct. 26, the policy was posted online in order to solicit student response. The policy reflects Head Line Moni-

tor and senior Lauren Troyer’s

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ences in K-ville over the past three years, said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior. “I think we’re basing a lot of [the new policy] on two years ago, and I think two years ago the tenting season was very successful,” he added. Although some students said they wanted white tenting to be more difficult, Troyer and the Senate decided not to incorporate such a change. “I think that white tenting should be substantially easier than blue tenting,” Troyer said. Goodwin said a number of technological services are currently in the works through which students can become better acquainted with K-ville and tenting policy. One initiative is the Cameron Crazie Counter, which will tabulate the SEE DSG ON PAGE 8

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Duke Student Government approved the official 2005-2006 tenting policy at its meetingWednesday.

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N.C. to foot bill for locally paid teachers’ raises The state will foot the bill this school year for Gov. Mike Easley’s $75-a-month pay raises for teachers whose positions are paid for with local tax dollars, the Department ofPublic Instruction announced. Easley and legislators unveiled a plan last week to raise salaries for the rest of the school year, as well as for the upcoming three years. They want teacher salaries to reach the national average by the 2008-09 school year. Easley said he will work with the Legislature to get teachers a 5 percent raise over each of the next three years, at a projected annual price tag of $l5O million. This year’s state budget contained $B5 million to pay for the initial raises announced last week.

Some juniorsstudying abroadhave already signed leases for off-campushousing before being released from their on-campus housing obligations.

HOUSING from page 1 by submitting an application to RLHS officials who then randomly selected those who would be released from their housing contracts. Although the lottery will continue to function, RLHS officials project that it will not exempt as many students from their housing contract as last fall. “It’s going to look a lot different than it did last year, since there were a larger number of juniors that were granted permission,” Konopke said. This year, approximately 238 juniors applied to participate in the lottery process to live off campus. Only 140 of

questing housing for the spring semester has been in place since as early as January 2005. Some students also chose to sign apartment leases before hearing the verdict of the lottery. Consequences for breaking a lease vary depending on the apartment complex.

Management at The Belmont confirmed thatit will refund the $2OO security deposit and $3OO administrative fee for students who are forced to break a lease due to Duke policy. The application fees will not be refunded. Students who break a lease at Erwin Terrace Apartments will have to pay the rent for the duration of their contract, regardless of their situation, officials said. those students will be released from the last semester of To prevent such situations, Konopke noted that since their three-year residency housing contract, Konopke August, RLHS has repeatedly informed students abroad about the possibility of having to live on campus for the said. Last year, RLHS officials selected 220 juniors—alspring semester. “Hopefully, they haven’t made that commost all of the lottery applicants —to live off campus. The changed circumstances of this year’s lottery have mitment yet in hopes of being in the lottery,” Konopke surprised many juniors who had expected to receive the said of students signing leases. same off-campus privileges as last year’s juniors. RLHS officials said only a handful of complaints have “I was always planning on entering the lottery, and been filed concerning the housing situation for students after last year, I thought that I would definitely get off, returning from studying abroad, including a select few injunior Rob Hughes, who is currently studying abroad in volving juniors who have already signed leases. London, said in an online correspondence. Though many admit that RLHS has given them warnExpecting last year’s situation, a number of juniors ings about this year’s diminished lottery situation, some placed themselves on waiting lists for nearby apart- juniors abroad said they are still frustrated. “I’m pretty ments off campus. An official at The Belmont apartdisappointed because I had been hoping to live off camment complex said a waiting list ofabout 60 students repus this semester since freshman year,” Hughes said.

Regulators ask for criminal probe of lottery vendor One of the nation’s leading suppliers of instant-win lottery tickets and three people on its payroll apparently violated state lobbying laws during this year’s statehouse debate over whether to create a lottery in North Carolina, officials said Wednesday. The Secretary of State’s office has asked state prosecutors to begin a criminal investigation of Scientific Games Corp., company vice president Alan Middleton and consultants Meredith Norris and Kevin Geddings. They could be charged with misdemeanors and barred from lobbying in North Carolina for two years if convicted. The Secretary of State’s office declined to discuss the exact nature of the suspected violations, referring questions to the State Attorney General’s office. S.C. endorses Duke Energy and Cinergy merger The South Carolina Public Service Commission has approved a plan by Duke Energy Corp. to merge with Cinergy Corp. The merger would create one of the county’s

biggest electricity companies. North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio still must sign off on the $9 billion deal along with federal regula-

and shareholders. The companies announced in May that Duke Power, based in Charlotte, NC., would buy Cinergy, which is based in Ohio. Duke Power was named after James B. Duke, one of the original founders of the company and Duke University namesake. Duke Power is otherwise unrelated to the University. tors

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From the empty space rose memories of his first bedroom and riding his bike in the driveway. And using these everyday recollections, Franklin brings readers the story of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. “I didn’t ever consider myself to be writing about black history,” Franklin said. “I was writing about U.S. history.” He was born in Oklahoma into the racially divided America of 1915. A graduate of Fisk College with a newly minted Ph.D. from Harvard University, Franklin set off to write a corrective history of the country that had, for centuries, neglected the voice of its black population. His numerous publications —the most well known of which is perhaps From Slavery to Freedom: A History of AfricanAmericans—molded him into one of the

most well respected

scholars in the nation Yet Franklin has not restricted himself to the writing of books. He was only 19 when he tried to hand President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a petition in response to the Gordie Cheek lynching of a young black man near Fisk’s campus in 1933. This event was the beginning of Franklin’s public role defending civil rights. Since then, he has been one of the nation’s greatest preachers of racial consciousness. Among his many accomplishments are his aid in Thurgood Marshall’s preparations to argue Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the nation’s highest civilian honor—in 1995. Never at rest, Franklin has taught at 14 different colleges and universities over the course of his life, from a full professorship at Brooklyn College to chair of the history department at the University of Chicago.

Franklin never expected to find his niche he describes in the new book, he left his position at the University of Chicago in 1980 for Durham to work at the National Humanities Center, driven in part by the Windy City’s “bitter winter weather.” But friends at Duke pleaded and courted, and Franklin accepted the James B. Duke professorship in the history department to finish the last three years of his teaching career. Students have always been of great importance to Franklin; it is students he counts on to keep him up-to-date with “the contemporary scene” and students to whom he dedicated his latest book. “I found the Duke students as smart as any I’ve ever taught,” Franklin said. Though they were perhaps too influenced by “a tradition that kept them committed to being cool. [They were] refreshing... and a challenge, too,” he added.

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Fowler’s Food and Wine Randy’s Pizza and Dragon Gate will use their own delivery services to reach students. “I’m hearing stories from students that it is taking a long time to get food from different vendors,” Wulforst said. “If you call a vendor and they say, ‘an hour for delivery,’ you might want to call another vendor. Additional vendors add more choices and lower the overall delivery time.” Wulforst added that the vendors approved for the MOP program were filling out final paperwork, installing needed hardware and submitting their

delivery personnel

background

checks—standard procedure for employees bringing food to Duke. All three restaurants will begin delivering on points before the end of the semester, he said. DUSDAC Co-Chair Mike Landerer, a sophomore, said the vendors were selected in part because of their long hours and general popularity among

undergraduates.

“We felt these met the needs of students,” he said. “There is student demand for other Chinese food. There is a student demandfor good pizza and subs.” Garrett Bean, a senior and the owner of GDB, said he was excited that Quiznos was joining the GDB program. GDB is a student-founded company that created a website allowing students to order food through Duke’s Blackboard Learning System. “We have already seen huge sales from credit cards, and I assume it will be a hit on Duke points,” Bean said. “They will be really, really busy. We are very excited for it.” Bean said the credit-card system has shown promise but generates less revenue than using food points. He believes that the system is a good indicator of what will be popular on points and said he encourages the top performers to apply for the MOP program. Bean said he expects more restaurants to be added to the GDB service within the next few months. “We are going around town and looking for additional restaurants we think students want,” he said. “They are the big consumer, so that’s the big test.”

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Carolina state law. Despite threats, however, legal action taken by residents has been limited primarily to lobbying local police to step up handing out citations for noise violations. In addition to citations, Duke students living in Trinity Park live under other statutes, most notably zoning ordinances. Many of the houses in the area are classified as family homes, requiring that no more than three unrelated persons may reside there. Frank Duke, Durham’s planning director, said Solie and his tenants have been cited for violations of the IaWS

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again and again.” As Duke’s student population expanded and on-campus housing became increasingly competitive, more and more students began to to take advantage of other options, including houses in Trinity Park. “Roughly over the last ten years we’ve gone from 72 percent of seniors living on campus to 42 percent,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Last January, raucous parties off of East Campus made national and state news. In the ensuing debate Over Offcampus hous“As an alumnus, many ing,

I’d love to see the students brought back on campus. feel like Duke loses its I senior leadership with all the 1 rr students living off campus. Guy Solie ’

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members wondered how so much of . Duke’s social 1 life had shifted off of University property. “This wasn’t a problem until universities—and it wasn’t just Duke—expanded their class size and people had to start moving into surrounding areas,” Solie said. “[But] I think Duke is moving in the direction of having students live back on campus.” John Dagenhart—president of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association, a group of residents in the area—disagreed. He said he has heard the same number of complaints this year as in years past, he said. Most of the complaints are from neighbors who have had to endure loud music and crowds of inebriated students late into the night. In 1998, a group of residents threatened to sue Solie and his tenants under the Nuisance Abatement article of North •

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struck a lethal blow to the foundations of legal bigotry,” said former President Clinton, who presented Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996. Philip Robert Cousin, a senior bishop of the AME Church, eulogized that Parks was “a diamond that had been polished in

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In 2003, nine students living at 202 Watts St. were forced to leave after being cited for zoning violations. Earlier this

month, seven Duke seniors residing in 203 Watts St. were cited for similar violations. Both properties were owned by Solie. But despite the problems caused by off-campus living, many still remain optimistic about students living amongst family communities. “I have no problems with renting houses to students,” Duke said. “The problem is when students elect not to be

good neighbors.” Although Solie said he believes students for the most part make good neighbors, he noted that he thinks Duke is better off keeping its students on campus.

“As an alumnus, I’d love to see the students brought back on campus,” Solie said. “I feel like Duke loses its senior leadership with all the students living off campus.” the hands of G0d.... She formed the rock on which we now stand.” Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, not yet bom when Parks took her famous stand, was one of many who attributed their success to the doors Parks opened. “Thank you for sacrificing fgr us,” Kilpatrick said. “Thank you for praying when we were too cool and too cute to pray for ourselves.”

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BENCHES from page 1 More than any other prank, the double at Blackwell has provoked anger, confusion and a concern that bench wars have gone too far this year. Rodrick Shepard, a graduate assistant in Blackwell, said he is shocked and disappointed by the demolition of his residents’ bench. “We really worked on making this bench a focal point for the dorm,” he said. “We wanted it to be unique and cool for the residents, just like they are unique and cool.” Many students, he added, are still unfamiliar with the wars. Their initial response to the destruction was a simple “Why?” Blackwell residents, undeterred by the prank, rebuilt their bench within days of its first destruction. Their happiness with the new bench soon turned to outrage as rival dorm residents descended upon it yet again. “Some kids that night saw it happening and wanted to go out there with baseball bats,” Shepard said. Lisa Beth Bergene, assistant dean for residence life on East Campus, addressed the vandalism and destruction in an e-mail to all freshmen. “Investigation is underway to find the responsible parties,” she wrote. Bergene added that she, the resident coordinators and the graduate assistants are the principal investigators of the situation. Carl Krieger, resident coordinator for Southgate and Gilbert-Addoms dorms, has met with some students suspected of the GA slogan switch. He noted that though the damage is highly visible, the perpetrators remain unknown. “Sanctions would vary according to what was done if someone was found responsible,” he said.

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Benches on East Campus have been vandalized in varying degrees this semester, from being flipped to completely destroyed, in the traditionalbench wars. Giordano denied Randolph student involvement with vandalism and condemned the actions taken on the Blackwell bench. “People have gone past the acceptable level when destroying benches,” he said. “It’s just not something Duke students should do.” The outrage, however, is not universal. Freshman Tom Segal, a Randolph resident, did not implicate his dorm in the Blackwell incident or any other pranks. He noted, however, that he is “all for Randolph, whatever Randolph does.” Freshman Graham Dugoni, who lives in Blackwell, said he was not all that sorry to see his dorm’s bench go. “It was the most uncomfortable bench on East Campus,” he said. Past bench wars have included painting over and flipping benches and even suspen-

sion of Blackwell’s bench from a tree last year. According to a Nov. 17,2000 Chronicle article, the wars once took the form of a “one-upping artistic competition,” marked by an imitation of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel on the Pegram bench. Never before, however, have the wars resulted in splintered wood and such student outrage. Elsewhere on East, rivalries have manifested in less upsetting and more typical ways. Bassett’s “We’re with Sober” slogan accompanies an arrow pointed at neighboring substance-free dorm Brown. Rumors of Brown residents urinating on the Bassett bench followed the painting of the slogan. Alspaugh residents were surprised to find an expletive painted over their dorm name last week.

While the perpetrators may not feel the ramifications of their acts, the victims have experienced it several times over. “All you need to do is look at the Blackwell bench and see that someone has irreparably harmed a community,” Krieger said. Shepard mentioned not only the social costs but also the monetary expense of the wars, noting that $5OO of student funds went into construction of the Blackwell bench. Consternation over the extreme nature of the Blackwell incidents crosses rivalries, as a number of Randolph residents condemned the destruction and expressed sympathy for Blackwell. “I think it’s a little overboard,” freshman Jordan Hosmer-Henner said. “Graffiti is a lot more tolerable. At least it’s a clever wayof making fun of other dorms.”

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In addition to passing a new tenting policy, DSG approved the creation of two student groupsWednesday.

DSG

address the issues of women confronting globalization and will be catered toward

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undergraduates.

number of students who enter Cameron Indoor Stadium and continuously update the number online before games start. “We started the process a little bit earlier this year,” Goodwin said. “The earlier the policy is implemented, the more feasible it is to actually get it out to students.”

In other business: Two student organizations were recognized by unanimous vote of the legislative body. Duke Mind is an undergraduate journal of brain and behavioral sciences. Malaysian Students at Duke is a 15-member club designed to represent Malaysian students who attend the University. Duke Students Against Sweatshops received $725 for their Fair Trade Talk, which will be held Nov. 14. The event will

Vice President of Community Interaction Logan Leinster, a senior, presented a summary ofher committee’s work thisyear. The Intercommunity Council—which is designed to foster collaboration between students, DSC and the administration—has sponsored a number of presentations ranging from leadership to Homecoming. In addition, it has dealt with issues of police-student interaction and has revised its bylaws. Over the next few months, the council hopes to address the issue of drunk driving. The Young Trustee Nomination process will kick offNov. 20, Leinster said. If elected, students join the University’s Board of Trustees and can voice their opinions on a number of major decisions.

of even two members of the group—which decided earlier in the year to support filibusters only in “extraordinary circumstances”—would virtually ensure that Frist, R-Tenn., would win a showdown. “The truth of the matter is that it’s way too early to talk about extraordinary circumstances,” said Sen. Ben Nelson, DNeb., a founding member of the group. “I’m not hearing any of my colleagues talk about it, and I’d rather not hear any of my colleagues on the other side talk about it as well.” The loss of Graham and DeWine makes the “Gang of 14” less influential. Republicans hold 55 seats in the Senate, and while confirmation requires a simple majority, it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster. However, Frist needs only a simple majority—sl votes—to eliminate the stalling tactic. That means he needs two members of the centrist group to join the rest of the GOP to meet his goal. With a 50-vote tie in the Senate, Vice President Dick Cheney would cast the tie-breaking vote for the Republicans and Alito could be confirmed with majority support. Bush announced Alito’s nomination after the nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers collapsed, undermined by conservatives. The 55-year-old Alito—who has served for 15 years on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals after being a government lawyer and U.S. attorney—got rave reviews from

the Republicans he met Wednesday. The Senate’s No. 2 Republican, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, called Alito a “very, very impressive intellect and a_very well qualified nominee.” Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas added, “Unless something very different comes out that we don’t know about, I certainly would intend to support him.” After a flurry of filibuster talk immediately following Alito’s nomination, Senate Democrats now are taking a waitand-see stance. “I don’t know a single Democrat who is saying that it’s time for a filibuster, that we should really consider it,” said Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, after meeting with Alito Wednesday. “It’s way too early.” Nelson said Alito had assured him “that he wants to go to the bench without a political agenda, that he is not bringing a hammer and chisel to hammer away and chisel away on existing law.” Durbin said the judge never refused to answer any of his questions—as Miers and John Roberts had during their private interviews—and that Alito told him he saw a right to privacy in the Constitution, one of the building blocks of the court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision. Alito said that when it came to his dissent on Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a case in which the 3rd Circuit struck down a Pennsylvania law that included a provision requiring women seeking abortions to notify their spouses, that “he spent more time worrying over it and working on that dissent than any he had written as a judge,” Durbin recounted.

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Matt Dearborn recess John Darnielle doesn’t like attention, which is partially why he relocated to Durham more than a year ago rather than a big city. However, he says, his main reasons for moving included “the nearness to the ocean, the weather and the widespread availability of boiled peanuts.” Darnielle is the frontman and brainchild of one of the world’s most influential independent rock bands, The Mountain Goats. Often referred to as the founders of 10-fi—the genre that features minimalist guitars and drums and focuses no lyrics—Darnielle formed the band while he was still in nursing school in California, and he hasn’t looked back since. Recently, The New Yorker called him one of the best lyricists of our time, a big compliment to Darnielle because he always writes lyrics before the music. “Naturally,” he said, “I feel pretty good about it.” by

Earlier this year The Mountain Goats released The Sunset Tree, their 13th full-length album named after a 19th-century hymn, into the eager hands of fans. Luckily for the fans, however, they did not have to wait long for the album. Since The Mountain Goats first formed, they have been putting out at least one album per year, sometimes up to three. In the past, Darnielle made news by releasing each of The Mountain Goat’s albums on a different record label. “Back in the day I moved around because I wrote more songs than most labels wanted to release,” he said. “Everybody loves this ‘one album per year’ business model, which I think is kind of lame if an artist is writing three.” Over the past four years, how'ever, Darnielle has begun to slow down and record just one album per year, sticking with one 4AD, SEE GOATS ON PAGE 4

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Honestly, we didn't even like it that much when Chaucer did it Matt Dearborn reads The Krzyzewskiville Tales so you don’t have to Let’s not beat around the bush—reading Aaron Dinin’s The Krzyzewskiville Tales is one of the most painful experiences ever brought upon mankind. I mean kudos to the kid for getting a book deal but if you’re fortunate enough not to have the brutal words of Dinin’s debut novel grace your virgin eyes, let this be a warning. The concept of the novel is a story about Krzyzewskiville, Duke’s time-honored and ever-cherished tradition. In the exact style of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Read: EXACT style. And while it may have worked for the 14th century, it’s not exactly A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius or for that matter, The Devil Wears Prada. Not that it matters. When I first heard about the book, my first reaction was “Why?” But fear not, the answer is simple; Dinin wants your money. He wants to milk you because you feel some ridiculous affinity towards those cold, horrible nights spent in a tent. He’s trying to exploit you and at the same time, exploit our alma mater. Do not fall into his trap. But let’s not get all Ann Coulter on the poor guy, and actually talk about the content of the book. In short, it is so horrendously boring that, if you even make it through the book’s first 50 pages, it will leave you wondering why you were ever born. We kid, we kid. We actually do not. The Krzyzewskiville Tales is probably the worst book written in the past decade. Apologies go to Pamela Anderson’s Star. Bottom line is it’s not bad-good in the way that Ben Affleck’s ability to stare off into the distance is treated as acting. It’s not bad-palatable in the way that Ryan Cabrera is a Ashlee Simpson-moochin’ scrub with weird hair. It’s just bad. If you buy it, not only are you a tool, but also a bad person. —Matt Dearborn

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Drinks to Fall for Dorm room mixology is all but a lost art at Duke. Too often thirsty partygoers are forced to drink watered down “jungle juice” made from a mixture of Country Time instant lemonade, Tang, malt liquor and grain alcohol from half-gallon plastic jugs. Even the beer and botded beverages available are usually of such poor quality that the mystery fruit punch being unceremoniously scooped from the frat boy’s trashcan suddenly looks appealing. Yearning for an actual cocktail, Duke students turn to Durham’s bars, clubs and lounges where $lO buys you a r

mediocre-at-best deverly named but poorly mixed concoction. So in an attempt to reinvigorate dormroom mixology, recess is on a mission to scope out and simplify the hottest beverages that come shaken with ice. This issue we turn to a collection of fall-inspired mixes. These cocktails are sweet, warming and perfect for an intimate cocktail party or pre-game amongst friends. Better yet, we’ve found recipes with overlapping ingredients so turning your dorm room into a hot spot won’t put you in the poor house. So if you’re tired of Mike’s hard lemonade but don’t want to risk third-de-

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a large independent mainstay. “My output has decreased as the quality of the songs increased, so it makes sense for me to stick with 4AD these past few years.” Because of the frequency ofhis releases, Darnielle rarely gets to rest.

life/This is life we’re living, yeah” however tunefully crooned in the background, never managed to connect with the ffondine rapping. Minor disturbances like this should fade away as the band gets tighter, however. That’s the hope ofDNA’s members, who see the band breaking new musical ground on campus. “There hasn’t

really been a space for this kind ofmusic here,” said keyboardist, singer and hooksmith Malcolm Ruff, a senior. Brock hopes for a chance to play for an audience focused on music, rather than dancing. While DNA has no other gigs scheduled, the band is looking into venues in Durham and Chapel Hill. “If it’s like this after one week, what’s it going to be like a in month? In a year?” Kilgore asked. But no matter where they’re playing next week, or what the group is called, one thing is certain: some very talented musicians have finally found a place to share their passion for playing and creating music. “It just popped up out of the blue,” Ruff said. “The moment we started'playing, I knew this was exactly what I’d been looking for musically.”

“The cycle I follow,” he said, “is simple: I write an album, record it, wait for the release, tour ‘til I drop, and then repeat.” Despite his overwhelming success and international audience, Darnielle still chooses to stay a part of independent world. “Independent labels obviously offer a high degree of personal involvement which is very nice, from both personal and business perspectives,” he said. “And the amount of personal connection I get to the people who listen to my songs is better than gold, and so important to me.” However, the decision to remain indie has not been an easy one, and Darnielle often asks himself if he should cross over to the mainstream side of music and sign to a major label. “Because I’m also a husband,” he said, “it obviously makes me feel good to be able to provide for my wife. So if going mainstream could make it easier to do that, and maybe take me off the road long enough to be able to have children without having to feed them gruel, I might do it. But one reason I have no kids is that, regardless of being in an independent or mainstream band, constant touring doesn’t allow a person to be a good father.” Unlike most indie bands, however, Darnielle does not shun or dislike mainstream music—he simply chooses to ignore it. “Recently, the audience for [independent music] has broadened,” he explained. “People who listened to that type of music when it was more obscure have now attained positions of influence. But I value obscurity—l love a lot of things that are nearly invisible. But I also think it’s a little ripe to ask that one’s favorite music remain secret—why should it? Then again, secrets are nice, and once they’re, not secret, part of their niceness is gone forever.” Despite this internal conflict, in the end Damielle is content with his life and is also very happy with his and his wife’s decision to move to Durham. Since the move, he has discovered and become familiar with the Triangle-area music scene, quickly name-dropping local favorites Bellafea and design artist, record label founder and local legend Ron Liberti. “I’m kind of a hermit,” he said. “But everyone I do meet has been really nice to me.” For now, he is content simply making music, although he hopes to begin to setde down. “For me,” he said, “I’m going to stick with my rigorous workout schedule at [Martial Arts Dojo] Quest Center and have some downtime with my wife. As for The Mountain Goats, we’re going to record a new album early next year and then tour Australia again shortly thereafter.” Many have speculated that Darnielle will not stop until he dies, and he does not refute it. “I plan to make music and do what I love for as long as I possibly can,” he said.

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“Every night we jammed together. We had a new cast of characters, and something new happened,” said Kilgore, best known for his bass work with another Duke band, the Pulsar Triyo. But there was something electric about Monday’s show. “It was probably the most fun I’ve ever had onstage,” Kilgore said. Even though much of Monday’s repertoire had never

been rehearsed, the band’s chemistry allowed them to keep the groove going, Kilgore said. “All of sudden everyone will just know—‘Go into the hook,’” he explained. “I had a lot of written rhymes, but I didn’t end up spitting any of them,” Mbanefo added. Instead he freestyled his raps, rhyming on the fly. DNA’s first set Monday featured slinky grooves, anchored by Brock, Kilgore and graduate student Josh Stohl on drums. A revolving group of MCs traded choruses, hilariously mixing high and low culture, once dropping a Dean & Deluca reference before proclaiming, “We drink beer/We drink Busch Light/We get high/And then we get real tight.” The set’s more mellow beats didn’t seem to grab the rowdy George’s audience, though, and the band quickly switched into faster tempos in the second set. It was the dancy “This Is How We Do” that finally got the crowd’s attention. Building on senior “Big” Will Durrah’s infectious hook, junior Anteneh Addisu took over, spitting rhymes that went right to the heart ofhis student audience. “Try to tell the girl Fm sorry/She’s down the hall telling my RA,” Addisu jived. And on a night where the most risque masquers wore not skimpy costumes but the initials “ALE” on their backs, nothing garnered louder applause than Addisu’s declaration, “I drink and I don’t give a damn about no A-L-E!” By the time the song ended, the audience was pressed up against the band, finally feeling the music. “It’s definitely a game of feeding off each other,” Mbanefo said. “When I’m ready to take the mic, I just step up, tap whoever’s rapping on the shoulder, and jump in.” The smoothness of Monday’s show is a testament to the members’ improvisational chops, but their rough edges showed in places. On far too many songs, especially in the first set, the artists petered out one-by-one, making the onthe-spot music feel amateurish. Trite refrains, like “This is

David Graham recess It’s 11:25 at George’s Garage Halloween night, and on the mostly-full dance floor, high-spirited witches, angels and pirates are moving to Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” But then, with the house finally warming up, the DJ —dressed as Ashton Kutcher—suddenly cuts the music. Enter DNA—then calling themselves Decepticons, a brand new hip-hop collective of eight to 10 Duke MCs and musicians. The number of jamming, rapping group members is unclear because the band is still evolving, like their name. “We were all at a party together, and the party wasn’t all that great,” explained bassist Steve Brock, a senior. Chilling afterward, Brock started messing around on bass with senior Zach Kilgore playing guitar, and senior Ike Mbanefo was inspired to start rapping along. by

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Name” off of their greatest hits album #ls espouse women empowerment and feminist h. ideals. Sorta. For example, “Bills, Bills, Bills” is the narrative of a woman standing up for herselfand kicking to mX the curb her scrub boyfriend while she sings a chorus of “Pay my bills, maybe then we can chill.” Huh, what happened to women entering the workplace? As the album demonstrates, however, these brazen betties soon transformed into what they protested against: submissive sugar mamas. Their latest singles document their need to find a soldier, who would make them lose their breath... and opening up a catering service. The sonic quality of these songs surprise less as the group attempts to embrace lukewarmly the slinky grooves of Southern hiphop yet still retain their trademarkbrand of club-bumpin’ R&B. And while the LP details the group’s devolution, it misses a couple of their best records. Early single “Get On The Bus,” where they send their cheating lover packing on the city bus, and'Christmas single “8 Days of Christmas” are mysteriously absent while three incredibly bad songs are included. Oh, the tragedy. —Robert Winterode

Everyone knows that 50 Cent likes himself. However, in a radical move of humility, the legendary rapper actually allowed some other MCs to have at least some of the spodight on the soundtrack to his new blockbuster, Get Rich or Die Trying. Unfortunately, the humility only goes so far, as most of those other rappers come from G-Unit, and the ones that don’t have Fiddy as a guest singer. But it’s still a big deal that he didn’t make the whole album himself. As for the tracks, they’re pretty stereotypically G-Unit. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, about half of the tracks are pretty good, although most don’t come from Fiddy himself. The subject matter pertains, obviously, to the life of the rap star, and ranges from the normal material money, drugs and getting shot. Nine times. Once in the face. Standout tracks include M.O.P’s “When Death Becomes You” and G-Unit’s “I Don’t Know Officer.” In the end, is the album good? No. Is it bad? No. It’s stuck right in the limbo, as most albums are, of having the same number of good songs as mediocre songs. But considering all the bad music that’s out there, fiddy (per)cent is actually pretty good. -Matt Dearborn

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three, it still means he comes out with one good song every 13 years. Which, needless to say, isn’t all that impressive. Earlier this week, Santana released All That I Am, record number 60-something in his catalogue, and this album does not fall under one of those 13 years. This should not come as a surprise, considering every one of those three songs came from the 70s. However, in recent years performing on a Santana song has become some sort ofaffirmation of a musician’s career for some reason. For about three months, it saved Rob Thomas’ career, which then subsequently crashed again. And once you’ve made an appearance on a Santana album, wow. You’re in it for the long haul. It’s serious now. On this record, we see cameos from the likes ofMichelle Branch, Sean Paul and Steven Tyler, among others. But don’t let the star-studded fagade fool you —the album is just as derivative and plain bad as all forty ofhis albums recorded after 1979. —Matt Dearborn

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What’s different between the new stuff and your last album? It’s folkier, weirder, more orchestral and lots of 12-string acoustic guitar, accordion, string arrangements. Our drummer Josh calls it “evil gypsy music”. Does that sort ofreflect upon the types ofmusic you’ve been in con4»*te experimentation, home-recording tact with of late? Have you managed to draw from more rural influand overall psychedelic integrity. Lead ences in your present music? No, this album isn’t really directly influenced by ethnic folk music in A singer and songwriter Andrew Rieger talked to recess about Jeffrey Dahmer’s particular, but the combination of 12 string acoustic guitars, accordion jm jB dad, malicious cheeseballs and his and violin is very conducive to making evil gypsy music. As I understand you were an English major in University of Georgia. “evil gypsy music.” / recess: What made you decide to What are you currendy reading, if anything? I’ve been reading a lot of biographies lately. I just read Jeffrey Dahplay at the Coffeehouse, and what can mer’s father’s autobiography, A Father’s Story by Lionel Dahmer, which we exP ect at t^ie sllo^ $ Andrew Rieger: We’ve just spent the is great because it doesn’t really delve into the gruesome details of the / Jmr* summer recording our newest album, murders. It’s more about Jeffrey growing up and examines issues in his JSMg 811 ■ which will be released in March or April early social development and upbringing that may have lead to his later of next year. So we’ll be playing a lot of psychopathic behaviors. the new songs as well as songs from all Do you have groupies and what are they like? of our old records. We play colleges a We have had some strange groupies from time to dme. Once when *ot 011 our tours, and it’s always fun. we played in Los Angeles, these kids came to the show tripping on LSD, Plus, Brian Crews, who books the shows and their ringleader told me that he had entered another dimension A v at the Coffeehouse is an old crony of on a previous acid trip, where Elf Power appeared and went on many ours rom Athens. We’ve played Chapel fantastic adventures with him. He wanted me to confirm his experilis day when I co the otherHill/Raleigh many times over the years ence, and I think it rui»’ and always have a good time, except for worldly adventure. the time we were eating dinner at the The Elephant front has been quiet for a few years no sports bar next to Local 506 and I bit into a piping hot fried jalapeno thy updates to / e about what’s been going on? 11 of the o ginal Elephant 6 folk are still making music cheeseball, and the molten hot cheese spewed all over my face, searing my flesh, leaving a scar that painfully lingered for months. mg ecords, ’s just sometimes under different names, I’ve heard that Chapel Hill was a sort of mini-Athens. Do you get that so I :ould u derstand how it might be confusing to «ssom observ feeling when you visit? 1 now The fact that Athens and Chapel Hill are both college towns with te one we’ve all been dying to hear lots of good bands in them probably has something to do with the sim- about Do u know the secret identity of the 8ilarities. track famous Athens, Ga., concert-going, cover Favorite Chapel Hill band? Polvo was a really great band from Chapel Hill that I always liked a I do kno gorilla, but I’ve been swo: tore, cannot reveal his/her id tity. I lot. Their albums Cor Crane Secret and Celebrate the New Dark Ages are secrecy and could be me, but amazing.

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course, put all the stock in, “Well, I had written these monologue shows,” but I had a very good playwriting teacher who

knew that my characters and those performances were observations that were being articulated primarily through performance and not through writing. So when I was thinking about applying to Yale as a playwright or as an actor, and I had both options, he said, “I bet if you apply as an actor you’ll get in.” I took that as a compliment to my acting rather than an insult to my writing, but I followed his advice and it worked. Did you feel as if you were involved in the storytelling as more than just a director, but also in terms of self-discovery, with your own Ukrainian roots? How important to you was keeping to that sense of reality and discovery? For me, that’s just part-andparcel of the fact that I felt like the story was about me: I was in the Ukraine looking for my grandfather’s stadl as well, and that was all part of the story. I feel like that translates into the film somehow, and I think also for me, that’s part of the logic of not using actors, using real people....

Most of those guys in the well-diggers scene are construction workers that we pulled off the street. The guy who played Alex’s father in the first scene is a homeless guy that we met in Kiev, in Ukraine, and there’s just something about that, keeping it as real as you possibly can, [that] makes it very exciting. I have to ask this as an Arrested Development fan. What is it like working with Jeffrey Tambor? He’s insane, but I love him because he’s Ukrainian In every scene, did you have that thought in your head as an actor, “1 need to give the director this,” or as a director, “I need to get that.” Well an example is in the film when they actually find the woman’s house, that sunflower field. I knew that scene had to be in a sense, “the money shot” of the movie. That’s what [the search was]... for, and that had to be a remarkable place. But that’s an example of, “you have to know exacdy whatyou want, and you have to plan for it.” Now, had something terrible happened, we would have still had to shoot that scene, and we would have ■ had to reinvent the scene based on what had happened—had we lost the

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beliefs into his strip, has gained an impressive amount of clout. He has been compared to Gary Trudeau of Doonesbury and legendary African-American writer ’s Langston H s es. He was one of P “Top 25 M ick Man in Todays “Most Dangerous America.” And while all this attention makes him a shoe-in for a political career (in fact he was approached by the Green Party for the 2004 presidential run) don’t say that to his face. McGruder sees himself as a satirist and entertainer and nothing more. Although his popularity not" may lead to a career on r

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helped him land the talent around for the cartoon show. Regina King, who plays the voice of both Huey and Riley, has starred across from Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock and most recently played Sandra Bullock’s sassy partner in Miss Congeniality 2. John Witherspoon, recognizable from his roles as the eccentric father in the Friday Trilogy, Boomerang and the Wayam Brothers’ Show, lends his distinct voice to the character of Granddad Freeman. Other experienced actors, such as Gary Anthony Williams, (Stevie’s Dad from Malcolm in the Middle), some

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neoanime feel of the strip by shipping the production overseas to a Korean animation studio. The toon’s vibrant feel is reminiscent of other Adult Swim hits Samurai Champloo and Cowi > Bebop. While the show its hilariously sarcastic dialogue, the excellent visual style coupled with the outstanding soundtrack, featuring esoteric artists and hip-hop legends such as Kanye West, add a great amount of depth to the cartoon. While the newsprint version of Boondocks focuses on political and social commentary, the Adult Swim feature will concentrate on the characters and develope a not story producible in comic form. McGruder assures his fans though, that there will be plenty of pop culture jabs and current events in the 15episode first season of Boondocks. While many people I think McGruder is / using the show as a platform for more than just comedy, McGruder insists that he really isn’t out to seize power. “There’s nothing I can say that people are going to listen to,” he said. Regardless of what he thinks of himself, McGruder has a whole nation reading, listening and now watching what he’s going to do

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Duke held practice as usual Wednesday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium in preparation for its first exhibition game. Just across the sidewalk in Card Gymnasiurn, the Blue Devils’ oppoVS. nent, Concordia, held a shoot-

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Point guard Sean Dockery averaged only 6.2 points per game last season, but said his shot is much improved this year.

game last season, they will be the clear underdog when Duke’s season begins tonight at 7 p.m. “Here we are a Canadian university coming down here to play,” Concordia head coach John Dore said. “It’s pretty special. I just hope we’re ready to compete and don’t get overwhelmed by everything around us.” Another Canadian team was invited to be Duke’s first victim last year. A rule change that came into full effect before last season barred Division I teams from playing squads sponsored by video game or shoe companies in the preseason. Inviting those professional teams —like the EA Sports All-Stars or Nike Elite—had been common practice previously. Now, the Blue Devils are allowed to play two exhibition games —one against a non-Division I American team and one against an international opponent. The Blue Devils beat St. Francis-Xavier by 51 points in their first match after the rule changed last year. Before the game, X-men players were spotted perusing the Duke store for apparel. Dore said he would not be sponsoring a similar trip for his team, but his players are similarly awed by the trip to Durham. “I’ve always been watching university ball on TV, and Duke is one of my favorite teams,” freshman forward Patrick Perrotte said. “I got a shirt at home with a big ‘D’ SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 12

For a team that has not lost a game this season when it has scored first, the No. 12 Blue Devils knew they would have a huge advantage if they got on the board early in Wednesday night’s ACC quarterfinal match against 13thranked Boston College “We get BC confidence DUKE 2 from any

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senior Carolyn Ford said. “We’ve had trouble finishing early.” The Blue Devils did not have to wait long. In the fifth minute, senior forward Kate Seibert slipped a pass behind the Eagles’ defense to midfielder Darby Kroyer. The junior corralled the pass along the left side and fired a shot toward the net, as Boston College goalkeeper Arianna Criscione desperately tried to make a play on the ball. Criscione tipped it but could not stop the shot, as fourth-seeded Duke (13-4-1) took a one-goal lead on its way to a 2-0 victory over the fifth-seeded Eagles (11-5-2). The Blue Devils beat Boston College for the first time this season, having lost to them in the teams’ earlier meeting Sept. 30. “We really talked a lot before the game started about getting the first goal and how important that first goal is,” head coach Robbie Church said. Duke advanced to the semifinals where it will face top-seed North Carolina (18-1-0), which defeated Maryland, 3-1. The Blue Devils were the only team to defeat the No. 1 Tar Heels during

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Forward Christie MacDonald entered the game as a sub. The freshman was part of a Duke offense thatrecorded 13 shots, 11 of them in a dominantsecond half. the regular season, but no college has ever defeated North Carolina twice in the same year. The top seeds advanced in the other two quarterfinal matches as well, setting up a match between Florida State and Virginia in the other semifinal. It is the first time since 1999 that the top four seeds advanced to team

the semifinals After Kroyer scored Duke’s early goal, Boston College took control of the game for most of the opening half. The Eagles outshot the Blue Devils, 7-2, in the first 45 minutes, but Duke goalkeeper Allison Lipsher came up SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 10

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The Blue Devils’ new guards took center stage

Wednesday night.

In Duke’s 118-73 drubbing of the EA Sports All-Stars EA SPORTS 73 at Cameron InDUKE -118 door Stadium, the Blue Devils tallied 35 assists and scored 36 fast-break points and did so without last year’s leading scorer and National Player of the Year Candidate Monique Currie. “The stat that stands out to me is 35 assists,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I think this is the best passing team we’ve probably ever had.... We had some nice breaks and some nice feeds inside.”

Last season, point guards Emily Waner and Lindsey Harding sat on the bench as Duke struggled to fill that role. As a transfer, Waner was ineligible for one season, and Harding was suspended for the entire season for a violation of team rules. Freshman Wanisha Smith eventually took charge, but it took time for the natural two guard to adjust to the point. The Blue Devils’ guard situation is the complete opposite this season. Smith has one year under her belt, Harding and Waner are eligible, and Abby Waner, the Gatorade and McDonald’s National Player of the Year, has joined her sister in Durham. “It feels good to know that if somebody is SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 12

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Freshman guard Abby Waner started for theBlue Devils, scoring nine points to go with five assists.

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The second-ranked field hockey team begins its run at the national title with an opening-round game against sixthseed Virginia {B-10, 0-5 ACC) in the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils (14-3, 3-2) head into today’s 4 pan. game in College Park, Md. as the third seed in the tournament because of two costly losses to No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 3 Maryland. Regardless, coach Beth Bozman is confident in her team’s ability to win the title. “Whoever brings. their A-game and mriAv 4 a p.m. . . TODAY, es the fewest mistakes is the team that ma College Park Md is going to win this weekend,” Bozman said. “There are four teams that could win on any given day but I do think that we have a really talented group. I think

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Seniorforward Katie Grant joined teammates Nicole Dudek, Cara-Lynn Lopresti, Hilary Linton and Amy Stopford on the All-ACC Team.

we are really coming together and have been playing some great hockey and we want to keep moving forward.” Three-time defending national champion Wake Forest enters the tournament looking to avenge last season’s ACC Tournament loss to North Carolina. Wake has defeated Duke in the national title game the past two years and is the favorite to advance to the finals. Wake and Maryland have first-round byes. The Demon Deacons will play the winner of No. 5 UNC and No. 13 Boston College in the second round. The Terps face the winner of the Duke and Virgina game. In its three losses this year, Duke’s problem has been finishing on offense. Against Maryland, the Blue Devils out shot the Terps 25-8, but were unable to find the net, losing 2-0. Duke was also stifled by Wake in an early season matchup, losing 2-1 with nine shots on goal. “We are a different team now than we were when we played those two teams,” Bozman said. “I think we have finally gotten our offensive act together and we have been finishing a lot more recendy... When you are playing teams like Wake and Maryland and UNC, one mistake is the difference in the game. We have to play a really tight game and capitalize on our scoring opportunities.” Duke will look to seniors Nicole Dudek and Katie Grant for an offensive spark. Dudek is second on the team in points and was recently named a member of the South Senior All-Star team. Grant, Duke’s all-time leading scorer, was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year at the conference’s post-season awards banquent, held Wednesday night in College Park. The senior forward had four goals and three assists in two games last weekend, bringing her career total to 202 points and breaking Melissa Panasci’s eight-year-old Duke record of 200. “We’ve been doing a good job finishing since those two games and we are going to have to keep focusing on doing that,” said Grant. “I definitely want to make sure I play the best I can because I want to end my career on the best note.” Senior goalie Christy Morgan missed part of the season due to a chronic back injury but sophomore Caitiin Williams stepped in and posted an impressive 0.86 goals against average and a record of 7-1. Bozman has named Morgan the starter going into the playoffs, but Williams has proved to be a more than capable backup. “Christy is our starting goalkeeper right now,” Bozman said. “Caitiin has been exceptional...! think we are faced with a situation where we have two great goalkeepers and so we just had to make a decision about which to start.” TheACC Tournament title game will be played Nov.s at 12 p.m. and will be televised on FSN South.

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W. SOCCER from page 9 with two saves in the period to keep Boston College off the scoreboard. “I thought we struggled a little bit, and we couldn’t get ahold of the game,” Church said of his team’s play following the goal. “Boston College got a little bit of momentum and came at us in the first half. That second half was as good of a half as we’ve played all year.” The Blue Devils emerged from the locker room a re-energized team. After playing much of the opening stanza in their own half, Duke pushed the attack after the break. In the 60th minute, the Blue Devils nearly netted their second goal of the game when forward Carolyn Riggs dropped a pass back to Kroyer, who rifled it at the net. But the shot sailed just to the left of the goal. With 19:20 remaining in the game, Duke finally tallied the insurance goal it had been seeking. Boston College misplayed a ball, giving Seibert a good look at the goal. Her initial shot was blocked by Criscione, but forward Sarah McCabe kicked in the rebound to extend the lead. “I knew eventually following every shot would pay off,” McCabe said. “Every day at practice and every game I’m following the shots hoping that one time it’s going to bounce off the keeper right to my feet, and it finally happened, and I’ll take it.” The Blue Devils outshot the Eagles, 11-3, in the second halfand 13-10 for the game, as they advanced to the semifinals for the fourth straight year.

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Point guard Lindsey Harding—playing for the first time in over a year—scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting Wednesday.

W. BBALL from page 9 taking care of the basketball we can sub them out,” Goestenkors said. “There are other quality players waiting to come in, whereas last year all of our players knew that if they made mistakes, they’d continue to play and wouldn’t be held accountable.” None of the Blue Devil guards had to be removed because of mistakes Wednesday night. The four guards combined for 16 assists and eight steals and looked as though they had been teammates for years, routinely completing difficult not

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fast breaks and passing patiently, waiting for an open shot or post option. “Our team to me feels so easy to play with,” Harding said. “Even though I have never played with Abby, I kind of know where she is on the floor. I know that when I’m getting the ball she’s somewhere wide open.” Their most impressive play came late in the first half. Harding dove near half-court and knocked a loose ball to Smith, who was standing just outside the Duke 3-point line. Smith quickly relayed the pass and hit Abby Waner in stride near the basket. The freshman hit the layup and

also drew a foul, sending the crowd of 2,581 into a frenzy as Smith and Waner celebrated. “Overall, I was pleased with our effort,” Goestenkors said. “We’re doing the same things we did last year, we’re just being more aggressive with what we do.” Notes: Currie and Jessica Foley, who also sat out Wednesday, are expected to be ready for the regular season.... Forward Mistie Williams led the Blue Devils in scoring with 18 points.... Earlier in the day, the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll was released. Duke was ranked No. 2 in the country behind Tennessee.

and a Blue Devil on it.” The game in Durham will be the highlight of a two-week trip the Canadian runner-ups are taking to play colleges in the United States. They lost 90-69 Nov. 1 at Rhode Island and will play Davidson, Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia and Vermont after their game at Duke. The Stingers also come into Durham having already played a full slate ofnon-conference games in Canada. The Canadian season starts earlier so that the teams can take off the month of December for exams. Concordia receives some money from the American universities to take the trip, but the primary motivation is to give the players the chance to play teams they usually only see on television. “What is great is we’re going to play against NBA prospects,” Perrotte said. “I might have a chance to say I competed against those guys —the best guys in the country.” For the Duke players, the first game of the year has a much different meaning. It is the first time this year’s Duke team takes the court as one unit, and the players said they would approach the exhibition game against Concordia with the same mindset as any regular season matchup. “It’s very exciting,” senior forward Shelden Williams said. “It’s something that we’ve been looking forward to. The last couple months we’ve just been practicing against each other, doing a lot of drills,

weights, everything like that. Going against someone else is going to be

refreshing for our team.” Williams said that the lineup_ used for the white team in the first half of the Blue-White Scrimmage will start tonight. Williams will begin the game alongside Josh Mcßoberts, DeMarcus Nelson, J.J. Redick and Sean Dockery. Duke will use the game to begin to develop roles on a team that is much deeper this year than it was last. Blue Devil players said they would be ready for Concordia’s best shot. “It’s something the older players are used to,” Williams said of playing teams like Concordia in the preseason. “We’re going to expect everyone’s best. That’s one thing we already know putting on a Duke jersey.”

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Better than the grapevine bers with informal evaluations. And Duke Student Government officials thousands of students queried each vowed to continue to push for a better morning, the first batch of students other over coffee or lunch, seeking method by. which students can learn set their alarms early, groggily logged quick advice about different courses about classes before they choose them. and teachers, As of today, however, there has been onto their laptops and seStSTTGuItOITcII Certainly, there is the no change. Students still rely on the cured their places in option on ACES for stugrapevine to choose courses. And while spring courses. For many, class selections were the product of dents to read the numerical results of a grapevine will always exist, we.as stuweeks of examining departments’ of- formal course evaluations, but they are dents should not accept it as our only ferings and fiddling with primary and only available for a small number of method for discovering the gems and lemons ofDuke’s academics. alternate bookbags to create the so- classes. With an opt-in policy for publiOn these pages we have called for cizing evaluations, instructors are not called “perfect” schedule. DSG to take action on the issue of But one aspect of the registration required to share the results of the orprocess is glaringly—yet not surprising- ange and white sheets students fill out course evaluations. Recently, junior Joe Fore, DSG vice president ofacademic afat the end of their courses. ly—absent: course evaluations. In April, only about 26 percent of fairs, intimated that some progress As they have for years, students in this registration cycle have had to rely professors who taught classes in Fall might be in the works. But the fact is on less than adequate methods of 2004 chose to post their evaluations, that another semester has passed and No matter how you spin it, that num- students still have no formalized way of gleaning information about courses. Inboxes have been flooded with e- ber is low—too low. reading up on classes before registering. Students have been calling for betIt is time for DSG to put its foot mails sent through listservs, asking which English classes offer the most inter course evaluations for years. Last down and think innovatively. Profesteresting readings or which public pol- year, an opt-out policy for posting eval- sors should opt in, and DSG should enicy professors are the best lecturers, uations failed by one vote in an Arts courage that they do. But if a majority Various organizations provided mem- and Sciences Council meeting, but of professors are going to continue to

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tension—that it will help the FBI more efficiently

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wants easy-access surveillance to all Internet traf-

root out terrorist plots—sounds like a half-baked ap-

fic. What is irrefutable, however, is that the Fedpeal to the carte blanche post-Sept. 11 sentiments of eral Communication Commission’s extension of the an edgy American public. Most of us have smartened 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforceup since then and are more willing to question a “sement Act is the first big step toward curity at all costs” federal mandate, regulating the last great bastion of particularly when it means softening free speech and innovation up the first amendment. While the extension of GALEA For more than a decade, the Internet has evolved as a conduit for might not help root out terrorists too smart to discuss their plans over infree flows of information, collaborastant messenger, it does shift the “detion and technological innovation New programs, websites, blogs and fault position” of the federal governcommunications tools were designed ment’s power. Currently, the premise jared fish under this premise of unfettered acis that all communications are offpro progress cess. The result has been the innovalimits to government surveillance, tive use of the Internet as a forum for but the feds can monitor them in exopen, uncensored discussions, political organizing, traordinary situations. Rigging all networks to be publicizing events and advertising products on a tappable at the flip of a switch, on the other hand, massive scale. suggests that because something can be legally Not all of the material out there may be socially searchable sometimes, it must be physically searchor politically palatable, but the advantages derived able at all times. from a full exercise of first amendment rights far That’s a big shift in defining where federal power outweigh the consequences of a jacked up FBI actbegins. If the same rule applied to telephone neting as the web’s Big Brother. If you’ve worked for works, then we’d all purchase phones with a pre-inthe government, then you know how careful you stalled bugging device ready to be activated. Tap-onmust be about e-mail and IM content. The idea of demand Internet networks would set the stage for having second thoughts about writing something more FBI- and Department of Justice-inspired rules over IM because someone might be watching is a to use their new capabilities more often and for more intrusive purposes. frightening prospect. To be fair, the new interpretation of GALEA to Just look at the chilling—though predictable—extend the original law to the Internet does not give abuses of the PatriotAct. Provisions granting the FBI the government the green light to tap connections and DOJ sweeping surveillance and search and when and where it pleases, but it lays some groundseizure powers to ostensibly root out terrorists have work that is difficult to explain otherwise. also been used to identify—and in some cases disWhen former President Bill Clinton signed credit and smear—environmental and anti-war acGALEA, it applied only to making it easier for law tivists, among others posing a political threat to the enforcement to wiretap digital telephone netcurrent administration. And Just last week, The works. As Chris Cramer, Duke’s information techWashington Post ran an article on just-released FBI nology security officer, notes, “It is a fairly dramat- papers illustrating vast abuses of the department’s ic stretch to say that GALEA covers Internet search and seizure powers under the Patriot Act, intraffic.” Especially considering the Internet existed cluding monitoring private -e-mail accounts even when GALEA was passed. after warrants had expired. Even more interesting is the fact that the FBI can Will the GALEA mutation evolve into another unalready gain access to e-mail, IM and other online justified extension of federal power? No one knows communications through a court order. So then for sure, but I don’t have nearly enough faith in our what is the point of forcing universities to spend an government to feel comfortable when the only thing estimated $7 billion to upgrade their networks, just standing between me and a whitewashing of our first to make the process faster and more convenient? and fourth amendments is the flip of a switch. Good question, says Cramer, especially since universities have had very few Internet wiretap requests Jared Fish is a Trinity senior. His column runs every in the past. The government’s justification of the exother Thursday. -

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ing course evaluations. All students deserve equal access to their peers’ judgment on courses—access that word ofmouth cannot provide. Other schools have student-developed course guides, and there is no reason to think that Duke cannot create something similar. We should have available at our fingertips something more than ambiguous and sparse listings of numbers telling us how much work is required in a course or how available a professor is outside of class. DSG should work to develop some sort of database of accessible, qualitative information about classes. Another semester without a step forward on this issue will be yet another missed opportunity to turn a wealth of student knowledge and opinion into a valuable tool for making those crucial ACES decisions.

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Serenading Stop me if you’ve heard this one So I walk out of a bar and sit down on a bench with two friends. A man walks up to me and says, “Hey baby, can I play you a song?” He’s holding a guitar. “Just a little...ditty?” He glances at my chest on the last word. Clever. His friends—cronies? flunkies?—chortle in unison in the background, slapping each other on the back. I arch my left eyebrow and meet his gaze dead-on I try to make my thoughts audible—l need to show this creep exacdy who he’s messing with. I choose my words carefully. My tone must be even, my response measured. That’s right, jerk. One shot of Absolut Ice Maiden, coming right up. “Um, heh heh, okay. I mean, I

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disappointment comes with seeing an overt waste of talent, like watching Talented Guitar Man (TGM) play irritatingly uncreative “diddles.” If you can play

me the first few riffs of an up-tempo “Free Failin’”, as I heard TGM do prior to “Lick My Balls,” then you’re too good to be playing three-chord gonad songs. Besides, I get enough testicle jokes from people who actually know my full name. Still, TGM wasn’t the most pathetic I’ve encountered At a model Congress in high school, I’d been assigned to be Rep. Barbara Gubin, the at-large Congresswoman for the state of Wyoming. The last day of the weekend-long assignment, I saw a group of kids from the conference on the street. One of them pointed at me. guess.” “Hey Sam,” the kid shouted to his sarah ball friend, smiling and meeting my stare. Right. ball to the wall So much for the perfect punch “Isn’t that Wyoming-at-large?” line. Apparently I’m about as smooth ‘Yup,” said Sam. “And I gotta tell as that girl that plumber-cracks everyone when she ya—I’m feeling pretty at-large right about now. If you know what I mean. Heh.” trips up the BC stairs in the post-econ mass exodus. Hahaha. I love that girl. For the record, Sammy—me, my roommate, my Anyway, the ditty was (duh) obscene. The tune was editor, my grandmother, my bio TA and my dog all one he’d composed himself; the lyrics were likewise know what you meant. But when my gag reflex subsided, I laughed—original. And while I’m not quite sure I can do the musician justice, the words went something like this: heartily. It was gross, sure, but pretty clever—and it Lick my balls/And gen-i-tallls/From my crack/Up to my takes a certain degree of intellect to be funny. back. Which leads me to my point: Smart, witty, musicalIf only being accosted by freaks were an occurly gifted men of America, why are you wasting your rence unique to Halloween weekend. talents on throw-away come-ons? If you used your I clapped politely at the song’s conclusion, and my God-given ability to formulate even one clever, civipersonal troubadour moved on. I think he may have lized thing to say to a girl, I think you’d be surprised actually been disappointed in me. I didn’t react at the results. As in, you might get a date—or at least strongly. I don’t think I even turned red. I mostly kept a break from the old martini-in-face maneuver. A few weeks ago, my friend Jennifer watched as a my left eyebrow raised. The truth is, I was unimpressed. drunk kid made some rather uncouth remarks about Sharon Olds, a favorite poet of mine, has a poem my apparel. I shrugged it off, despite her protesting called “The Mutes” that I often think about. In it, she that I should chew him out. describes the feelings a group of mutes would have if Half in jest, I later asked her what particular aspect the asylum where they lived was burning down—overof my personage she thought invited harassment. come with emotion and struggling to escape, but un“I don’t know,” she said. “Maybe it’s the ‘Please Haable even to scream for help. rass Me’ sign I surreptitiously tape to the seat ofyour I love that poem and the desperation it evokes, but jeans every time you go out.” I can’t say I feel suicidal after an obscene shout. I’m Ah hah. Must be it. I would be that girl with paper stuck to her butt, anyway. not picketing for all wolf-whistlers to be rounded up, tossed in the paddy wagon and carted off to whichever dank alcove ALE takes second-time offenders. Sarah Ball is a Trinity sophomore and editorial page In real life, I alternate between being either commanaging editorfor The Chronicle. Her columns runs every pletely oblivious, or completely disappointed. The Thursday.

than family, President George W. Bush may have been the only person to like Harriet Miers. Of course interest groups obsessed with overthrowing Roe v. Wade defended her, especially after all the guarantees of her pro-life credentials. But in truth the Miers nomination never had a chance. Criticism mainly focused on Miers’ qualifications. Her academic performance at Southern Methodist Law was impressive, but that does not make her Supreme Court material. She was Bush’s private counsel, and her most famous writings were personal jamie deal letters to Bush. Everyone’s fastrategery vorite, of course, was ‘You’re the best governor ever!” I do think there was more to Harriet Miers. She is an extremely bright woman with a high record of achievement, and her legal career certainly tops those of most lawyers. Had Miers condnued the nomination process and gone before the Senate Judiciary Committee, maybe she could have revealed to the American people a top legal mind. Unfortunately for her, she did not do so, and history will forever remember her (or will it?) as a failed nominee. With the departure of Miers, however, came a new opportunity for Bush (along with much rejoicing by conservatives who disliked her). Bush has already made two brilliant appointments this term: John Roberts as ChiefJustice of the UnitedStates and Ben Bemanke as chair of the Federal Reserve. Now he has yet again made a great decision in nominating Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., to fill Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat. Roberts is a tough act to follow, but unlike Miers, Alito by no means pales in comparison to the Chief Justice. He graduated from Princeton University and Yale Law School, where he was an editor for the Yale Law Journal—something that most certainly impresses Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who also edited that publication. In announcing the nomination, Bush said, “Judge Alito is one of the most accomplished and respected judges in America” and “has more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years.” After an appellate court clerkship, Alito worked as a government attorney until he was appointed to the federal bench. With this outstanding nominee before the Senate, it is appalling, but not surprising, that rumors of a Democratic filibuster have already begun. Senators Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden have probably planned their entire attack, with Alito’s 15 years of judicial writings as their ammunition. There was a time when judicial nominees did not even appear before the Senate. If the nominee’s qualifications met the Senate’s standards, then that person would receive an appointment. But now the Legislative and Executive Branches have fully recognized the power of the Supreme Court. Just look at any Court decision that has in effect made law. With so much potential in the Judicial Branch, it should be no surprise that the Senate has taken a more active method to “advise and consent.” The Democrats’ recent obsession with filibustering judicial nominees, however, should make us realize that the Senate must return to a more traditional way of reviewing candidates for the bench. It should disgust any rational person that 22 senators voted against the nearly impeccable Roberts, while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, perhaps even further to the left than Roberts is to the right, received only 3 negative votes. Those same senators who voted against Roberts will most likely aim to prevent Alito’s passage with a filibuster. Fortunately for the country’s sake, the “gang of 14” will probably prevent that from happening. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican and a member of that group, has already voiced his opposition to a filibuster on Alito. Furthermore, as far as we know, there is nothing in Alito’s past worse than his conservatism, which Reid probably considers criminal anyway. All Republicans should both support Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court and denounce the Democrats who already oppose it for purely political reasons. Extraordinary circumstances mean extraordinary circumstances, and there is nothing extraordinary about Alito’s views. This is no case for a filibuster. The Republicans should use Alito’s nomination as an opportunity to expose the shallowness of Democratic senators. The traditions of the Senate provide for none of this partisan squabbling over judicial nominees, and Republicans need to rise above it when (or if) they are again in die minority.

Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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