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They have restored an or19th-century theater to its former glory, designed a 887,000 square-foot developnate
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tail centers in the downtowns of York New City and Los Angeles. Amd soon, Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects will add reconstructing Duke’s Central Campus to its already overflowing portfolio. Administrators said they are confident the firm, which has worked on a number of campuses across the country, will bring the expertise necessary to combine various facets of University life on Central for the next generation of students. “They’ve done a lot of work on university campuses, and they have demonstrated that they can bridge this gap between doing a campus university building and mixeduse development and an aca-
demic village,” said University Architect John Pearce. The firm is known for its seamless use of different materials, innovative lighting that accentuates architectural details and consciousness about each structure’s surroundings. But David Manfredi, founding partner of the firm, also stressed his team’s awareness of utility when designing. “The student is ultimately the resident [in university projects], and that’s a very special profile of a person, including what their expectations are, what their needs—both social needs and the needs of every day living—are,” Manfredi said. “We design to the needs of that user.” Elkus Manfredi has emerged as a leader in the burgeoning trend of building mixed-use facilities on university campuses. Whereas in the past, dining halls, dormitories and academic buildings were separate structures, on Central all three might be found in one facility, administrators said. SEE ARCHITECTS ON PAGE 7
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Whatever caused Duke’s slow start Monday, it was
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absent in the team’s 9340 drubbing of Seton Hall Wednesday. Two nights after a 6447 victory over SETON HALL il? Boston DUKE 93 Universithe ty, Blue Devils (2-0) exploded out of the gate and ran the Pirates (0-1) out of the building to advance to the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. After opening the game on a 264 run, Duke cruised as 11 players scored and nine played double-digit minutes. Senior JJ. Redick led the Blue Devils with 18 points, 16 of which came in the first half. The Blue Devils started the game with an intense full-court defense that pressured the Pirates into an abysmal 4-for-31 shooting performance before the break. After forward Stan Gaines hit a jumper on Seton Hall’s first possession to give the underdogs a brief 2-1 lead, the Pirates went without a field goal for nearly 15 minutes, missing 22 consecutive shots. “I thought it was a really good defensive effort,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “There were no open passes, and when „
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Sophomore DeMarcus Nelson scored 16points as the Blue Devils defeated Seton Hall, 93-40, to advance to the semifinals of the NIT SeasonTip-Off Nov. 23.
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A small group of students and Durham citizens
gathered on the Duke Chapel steps Wednesday to protest proposed federal budget cuts that would have a direct effect on future financial aid allocations. For the protest, Duke Democrats invited several guest speakers and distributed informational pamphlets to boost student awareness of the budget cuts. Junior Benjamin Abram, co-president ofDuke Democrats, stressed the importance of student information to increase efficacy. “My goal is to make sure people are informed so they can do something about this, because honestly, not a lot of people know that this is going on,” Abram said. Those in attendance noted the problems the proposed cuts could create and urged the individuals listening to voice their objections to senators
in Washington.
Architectural firm Elkus Manfredi recently signed on to design the new Central Campus. The Peninsula Chicago Hotel (above) is one of thefirm's past projects.
According to the literature passed out by Duke Democrats, Congressional Republicans are advocating a two-part process of “budget reconciliation.” A $54-billion budget reconciliation bill currently on the Congressional docket would include SEE PROTEST ON PAGE 6
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Studentsand Durham residents gathered at theDuke Chapel to protest potential changes to the federal student loan program.
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Journalist denies Libby was source by Toni Locy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bob Woodward’s WASHINGTON version of when and where he learned the identity of a CIA operative contradicts a special prosecutor’s contention that Vice President Dick Cheney’s top aide was the first to make the disclosure to reporters. Attorneys for the aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, described Wednesday’s statement by the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor as helpful for their defense, although Libby is charged with lying to a grand jury and the FBI, not with disclosing the CIA official’s name. “Hopefully, as information is obtained
from reporters like Bob Woodward, the real facts will come out,” lawyer Ted Wells said Wednesday. Woodward, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, said he had not told his bosses until last month that he had learned about Valerie Plame’s identity and her work at the CIA more than two years ago from a highlevel Bush administration official. When Woodward learned Plame’s name, he told The Associated Press Wednesday, he was in the middle offinishing a book about the administration’s decision to go to war in Iraq, and didn’t want to be subpoenaed to testify “The grand jury was going and re-
porters were being Jailed, and I hunkered down more than I usually do,” Woodward said, explaining why he waited so long to tell Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. what he knew about the Plame matter. Woodward made his name with his coverage of the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration. He kept secret for decades the identity of “Deep Throat,” a key source in that reporting. Woodward said he had apologized for not giving Downie much earlier notice of his reporting on Plame. Woodward said his hands are tied. SEE WOODWARD ON PAGE 8-
6 American soldiers perish in Iraq by
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Five U.S. Marines were killed in fighting with al Qaeda-led insurgents near the Syrian border and an Army soldier died of wounds suffered in Baghdad, making Wednesday the second deadliest day for American forces in Iraq this month. The soldier, from the Army’s Task Force Baghdad, died of wounds suffered the day before when a roadside bomb exploded northwest of the capital, the U.S. command said. Three other soldiers were killed Tuesday in a roadside bombing in the same area.
But it was unclear if the soldier who died Wednesday was injured in the same attack. The six deaths made Wednesday the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since Nov. 2 when seven service members died. At least 51 U.S. service members have already died in Iraq this month. For the Marines, it was the worst singleday loss since they launched an offensive Nov. 5 to push al Qaeda-led insurgents from a series of towns along the Euphrates River used by foreign fighters to slip into the country from Syria. A Marine statement did not give any details of the Wednesday losses, and names of
the victims were withheld pending notification of their families. They were assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2 of the 2nd Marine Division. However, a New York Times reporter traveling with U.S. forces said an explosion occurred as a squad entered a farm house in Obeidi, 185 miles northwest of Baghdad. The Marine statement confirmed the five deaths but made no mention of wounded. The military also said 16 insurgents were confirmedkilled in the fighting. The statement confirmed that U.S. and Iraqi forces were meeting “strong resistance” in Obeidi.
Counseling resolve and patience, President Bush is looking for a show of unity among Asian leaders to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Among those gathering for a 21-nation summit are the leaders of five Asian countries.
Detainees not all Sunni Arabs A top Interior Ministry official said Wednesday the 173 malnourished prisoners found by U.S. forces included all Iraqi sects, playing down allegations of a campaign by Shiite-led security forces to suppress Sunni Arabs ahead of next month's election.
Senate talks Patriot Act deal A tentative agreement to renew the Patriot Act teetered Wednesday without explicit support ofthe lead Senate negotiators Democrats complained that the draftwouldn't sufficiently curb the FBl's powerto probe the most private aspects of people's lives.
Cheney criticizes Democrats Vice President Dick Cheney added his voice
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What is it like to be at the top? Peter Nicholas, co-founder and chair of the board of Boston Scientific Corporation, discussed this question in his keynote address at Wednesday’s Entrepreneurship in Health Care Conference. The conference, organized by students at the Fuqua School of Business, featured guest speakers and panels that addressed questions and concerns facing entrepreneurs in the health care industry. Nicholas, former chair of the Duke Board of Trustees and major University donor, reflected on the success of Boston Scientific, a medical supply company he cofounded in 1979 with 58 employees that is now the world’s largest medical device company dedicated to less invasive therapies. The corporation earned more than $5.6 billion in 2004. Nicholas discussed the various successes and challenges Boston Scientific has endured since he co-founded the company after leaving a post at the Millipore
Corporation. He stressed the importance of good relations with associates. “It’s not only liking the people, it’s having a strategy for partnership,” Nicholas said. “Once you rise, you need an understanding of how things are going to work out.” Boston Scientific first made its mark about a decade ago after a major investment of its resources in the development of the now famed Taxus Express coronary artery stents—tiny devices inserted in arteries to hold them open and allow blood to flow through the vessel. The investment almost immediately placed Boston Scientific among the likes of Johnson & Johnson as a supplier of medical tools. Nicholas described success as a “mixed blessing,” stressing that top sales in a single day do not guarantee a company’s long-term sustainability. “You have an incredible increase, and what will you do next?” he asked. “We’re TOM MENDEL/THE CHRONICLE
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Peter Nicholas, co-founder ofBoston Scientific Corp., discusseshis business career at a conference Wednesday.
DSG Senate hears revis ions to election by-laws by
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Attorney General Bryce Walker, a senior, reads over to changes to Duke Student Government's election by-laws at a Wednesday meeting.
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Blue hair and painted faces filled the Senate floor when Duke Student Government convened after the men’s basketball game Wednesday night. When the gavel sounded, however, DSG was all business. A first reading of the revised DSG election by-laws highlighted the agenda. The proposal to permit early transferral for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina and a presentation by the Athletics and Campus Services Committee topped off the meeting. Although no major changes have been made to the election by-laws thus far, a number of important clarifications and a few “no-brain reforms” were put into place at the meeting, said Executive Vice President Brandon Goodwin, a senior. “These were not major revisions to our policy,” Goodwin said. “But I think it’s important to view this gradually so things don’t get neglected.”
Before the end of the semester, the Senate will vote on more contentious issues such as candidate use ofInternet campaigning and the possible creation of a president-executive vice president ticket, whereby a pair of students would run as a team. During DSG presidential elections lastyear, misinterpretations of what some members ofDSG called “archaic” and convoluted by-laws resulted in a drawn-out election process. Goodwin and Attorney General Bryce Walker, a senior, SEE DSG ON PAGE 8
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Officials will make no specific changes security at the University in response the two robberies that occurred last weekend—one on East Campus and one just off of East. “These were crimes of opportunity,” saidLeanora Minai, senior public relations specialist for Duke University Police Department. “We are always looking at how to better position the officers to patrol the campuses, looking for the best way to prevent crime.” Sophomore Conor Cronin was robbed inside the East Campus stone walls around 1:40 a.m. Saturday morning. Later that day, Kernersville police arrested and to to
charged Christopher Holt of Lewisville, N.C., with the crime. Around 1:45 a.m., Sunday morning, a student was assaulted and robbed by four
men as he was leaving Cosmic Cantina for East Campus. The Durham Police Department, the primary respondent to crimes in the city, is currendy looking for suspects in the second robbery. A total of two robberies—one of which is Cronin’s—have occurred on Duke campuses since August, said interim DUPD chief Robert Dean. Over the same time period last year, police recorded two robberies oti Central Campus and one on West Campus, Dean added. SEE ROBBERIES ON PAGE 6
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Preston Robert Tisch, chair of Loews Corporation and chair and coowner of the New York Giants football organization, passed away Tuesday at the age of 79. Family spokespeople reported that the cause of death was a brain tumor, which was initially diagnosed in 2004. Just a few weeks ago, Tisch’s family donated $lO million to the Brain Tumor Center ofDuke University Medical Center and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. The donation is the largest the DCCC has ever received. At the formal announcement of the gift Oct. 19, Tisch’s son Steve spoke on behalf of his father and the rest of his family. “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,” Steve Tisch said at a press conference. As a result of gift, the University will rename its brain tumor research and treatment facility the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. Steve Tisch will also serve as a new member of the Center’s board. The funds from the Tisch gift will be divided between faculty recruitment and the translational program, which seeks to expedite the process of bringing promising cancer-fighting drugs to the market. “Their optimism and dedication to trying new programs —but in the context of not taking outrageous risks—is impressive,” Steve Tisch said in October of the DCCC. Preston Robert Tisch was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926. He attended Bucknell University, the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School. He also served briefly in the Army. He entered the hotel business with
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WASHINGTON Hoping to reverse the deteriorationof pension plans covering 44 million Americans, the Senate voted Wednesday to force companies to make up underfunding estimated at $450 billion and live up to promises made to employees. The action came a day after the federal agency that insures such plans reported massive liabilities and predicted a troubled future. The Senate legislation, passed 97-2, takes on the daunting task of compelling companies with defined-benefit plans to live up to their funding obligations—without driving those companies into abandoning the plans and further eroding the retirement benefits of millions of people. “This bill honors a promise that we made way back in 1974 when Congress passed legislation to protect pensions,” said Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley, R-lowa. “If you’ve been promised a pension, we are going to make sure that you receive it.” Broad support of the bill reflected its bipartisan origins. Grassley and the top Democrat on the committee, MaxBaucus ofMontana, crafted it with Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. The White House, in a statement, said it supported passage of the Senate bill but opposed some provisions, including extended relief for the airline industry. It warned that the president would be advised to veto any bill that resulted in weakening pension funding requirements.
The House could take up a companion bill in early December, although it remains to be seen whether the two chambers can reach a compromise on the legislation, which runs hundreds of pages, by the end of the year. The vote came a day after the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures defined-benefit plans of 44 million people and takes over the plans of bankrupt companies, reported a deficit of $22.8 billion at the end of the 2005 fiscal year on Sept. 30. The PBGC said it assumed responsibility for the pension benefits of an additional 235,000 workers and retirees in 2005, bringing the total to 1.3million, and paid benefits of $3.7 billion, up from $3 billion in 2004. Premiums per participant, paid by companies, totaled $1.5 billion. Those premiums would increase from $l9 to $3O a year under the Senate bill. That legislation, unlike the House version, also would extend special relief for debt-riddenairlines. Bankrupt steeland airline companies have been a major source of the PBGC’s mounting financial problems. The PBGC is now financed entirely by premiums and interest on investments, but there is growing concern that the agency may one day have to turn to taxpayers for a bailout that could rival the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s. The Senate bill would give companies seven years to pay off their unfunded liabilities while changing the interest rate formula to better reflect what those liabilities toward future retirees will be. Companieswith
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companies either stopped offering plans or switched to 401 (k)-type programs. Some companies seeking to switch to cash balance plans, which award benefits at a steady rate during a worker’s tenure, have been thwarted by court rulings that some such programs discriminate against older workers, The Senate accepted an amendment by Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., that extended from 14 to 20 years the time allowed for airlines to stabilize their pension plans.
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ed the event, found the prospect of a financial aid cut appalling. “The moment I heard about this, I was making cuts to services such as food outraged,” Kent said. “My existence here depends on financial aid. I wasn’t one of stamp programs and Medicaid. Republicans are also seeking almost those studentswho was ripping open their $7O billion in tax cuts. college acceptance letters. I was ripping Protesters noted that the proposed open my financial aid packages.” Many in attendance at the protest budget reductions would cut approximately $14.3 billion from student loans went on to talk about the importance of over the next five years, which would infinancial aid to the socioeconomic divercrease loan interest rates and fees that sity of campus. students are required to pay. The aver“Duke shouldn’t Just be for the rich age student would be required to pay students,” Kent added. “I feel that the several thousand dollars more over the students here on financial aid appreciate course of their loan. what they’re getting in a college educaThe two parts of the reconciliation tion so much more. Most of the kids plan have to be voted on separately by the here on financial aid couldn’t be here Senate and the House of Representatives. without it.” The service cuts bill has been passed by Jim Center, a freelance writer who the Senate and is currently in the House. gave a speech at the protest, said he The tax cut bill has not yet been voted on finds the proposed budget cuts antipodal to the government’s goal of stimulatin either chamber. Sophomore Carolyn Kent, who attend- ing the economy.
“Spending money—not cutting money—is what fuels our economy,” Center said in a heated speech. “We want a government that stands up for people that need help. This new cut is just another symptom ofillness in our body politic.” At the end of the week, Republicans in the House of Representatives will attempt to pass the proposed budget cuts. If the plan is approved, the House and Senate will convene. A final draft of the bill will return to both chambers for a final vote. Abram said he feels that organized protests like the one Wednesday serve to help keep Duke students informed about the status of their financial aid. “I know it’s hard for students, especially Duke students, to always keep up with what’s going on,” Abram said. “That’s why Duke Democrats is doing this, so students can know what’s going on now and not later if the day comes when they find financial aid swept out from under their feet.”
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ARCHITECTS from page 1 ‘You are seeing on campuses across the country the goal of integrating uses and creating more kind of real environments—meaning environments that introduce retail, introduce office into a mixed-use environment—that very much simulates what the surrounding environment is all about,” Manfredi explained. In addition to a wide range of experience and clarity of vision, administrators said the University hired the firm for its understanding of integrated functions. “The Elkus Manfredi firm came out having the widest range of experience doing mixed-use projects and providing an architectural character for the projects they design,” Pearce said. Previous employers of the firm highlighted similar assets and strengths. “Over time we have felt very satisfied, very comfortable with the decision [to hire Elkus Manfredi],” said Terry Foegler, president of Campus Partners, the nonprofit corporation that developed the South Campus Gateway at The Ohio State University. “They really understand the demands of urban design and the complexities of mixing uses in buildings.” The Gateway, of which Elkus Manfredi served as principle designer, has drawn a number of comparisons to Duke’s plans for Central. The Gateway is a $llO-million development more than a decade in the making. The project combines retail space, apartments and 88,000 square feet of office space. It is the result of a partnership between the university and the city of Columbus, Ohio, to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods surrounding campus. Although Central Campus will bring many of the same elements together, administrators stressed the difference between the two developments. “You don’t engage an architect to copy what they’ve already done. You engage an architect because they have an approach you feel good about,” Pearce said. ‘You want them to be able to help you envision what you have in mind and to develop together an aesthetic that is appropriate for the project you’re designing.” Currently, what Central will not look like seems
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Elkus Manfredihas designed facilities across the country, including the Gateway at OhioState (bottom left), which has similarities to Central Campus. much clearer than what its final form will be. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has stressed that Central will “not be Duke-stone Gothic nor East Campus, red-brick Georgian.” He said Elkus Manfredi’s team has not begun to draw designs for Central Campus—a process Trask estimates may begin in two to three months—but they have been making visits to Duke every few weeks since they were
hired at the end of October. While it may be too early to tell how Elkus Manfredi will incorporate its vision into Central Campus plans, Manfredi said he knows it will not be like anything his firm has done in the past. “Duke is unique, it’s a unique place in that it’s a unique environment,” Manfredi said. “I’m sure that the design solution will be quite different.”
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lems from past years. “I was trying to make the laws more clear so that you can read them in a logical way,” Walker said. “It’s a good first step in a process of changes.” Walker plans to hold a meeting Nov. 28 to further explore issues raised at an open discussion Monday night. Use of the Internet in campaigning will be a major point of discussion, as will the concept of a president-EVP ticket. Walker said the ticket system has received some criticism, despite its surface appeal ofcollaboration. “There wasn’t overwhelming support,” Walker said. “There was a lot of concern over accountability.” Although he has yet to decide whether he supports the ticket system, Goodwin said the change might result in diminished EVP quality—a notable problem, he said, given the position’s important institutional role. President Pro Tempore George Fleming, a junior, took center stage at the
WOODWARD from page 2 “We can’t tell the whole story. I would like to. It’s one that will be told some day,” he said. Columnist Robert Novak disclosed Flame’s identity and her work at the CIA on July 14, 2003, eight days after her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former ambassador, had accused the White House of misrepresenting intelligence to justify the Iraq war. Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was indicted last month on charges that he lied to FBI agents and a grand jury about when he learned Flame’s identity and how
start of the meeting to solicit Senate support for a policy that would accommodate visiting freshmen displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The proposal calls for a revision to the current undergraduate transfer policy, whereby the 12 displaced freshmen would be able to apply for transfer. The policy, as it currendy stands, mandates that students must have at least two semesters of transferrable credit before the process can take place. Fleming said the administration has demonstrated “pretty much an unwillingness to cooperate with what students want.” “Their response was that they were very resistant to changes in the policy,” Fleming added. Fleming said he met with Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College ofArts and Sciences and provost ofundergraduate education, and Provost Peter Lange last week. He said he made appropriate revisions to the policy and requested a second meeting as soon as possible. “Obviously this is a time-sensitive matter,” Fleming explained. “So I just want to ask you to help in advocating this to the administration.”
he subsequently disclosed it to reporters. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, in announcing the charges, portrayed Libby as the first high-level government official to reveal Flame’s identity to reporters in summer 2003. Legal experts said Wednesday the disclosure that Woodward had a source who was not Libby could be used by Libby’s lawyers to bolster their claim that Flame’s identity was common knowledge among government officials and reporters. “Much was made of the fact that Libby set all of this in motion, that he was the first government official to reveal this,” said former Deputy Attorney GeneralEric Holder.
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Senior Brenda Bautsch, vice president ofathletics and campus services, presented a report on her committee’s current initiatives. Bautsch’s committee has pushed for 24-hour access to Wilson Recreation Center during a portion of exam week this semester. Early next semester, students should see the resurrection of the meal equivalency program, she added. In the past few weeks, Bautsch said her committee has been working to put more computers in the Bryan Center, an initiative that has been in consideration for the past few years. Supporters argue it would increase traffic to the campus hub. The committee is also looking into the creation of new bus routes. During the meeting, changes to the Intercommunity Council by-laws were approved by unanimous vote after their second reading. Senior Logan Leinster, vice president of community interaction, presented the final reading. Generation HIV was allotted $1,168 by unanimous vote of the DSC voting body. The money will go to the organization’s AIDS Awareness week, tvhich will take place after Thanksgiving break.
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company billions of dollars of revenue, Nicholas noted that the company did not establish clear enough communication with its former chief supplier, Medinol, Ltd.—an Israeli company Nicholas said had different priorities than those of Boston Scientific. “When you put money as your sole focus, your company falls apart, and your
Senior Brenna Bautsch, VP of athletics and campus services, discusses initiatives at the DSG meeting. business fails,” Nicholas explained. Boston Scientific faced a publicized conclusion to a 10-year contract with Medinol after a legal settlement formally dissolved the partnership in September. Despite challenges, Boston Scientific remains a top marketer of various medical devices, as hospitals continue to favor less invasive procedures. Nicholas attributed Boston Scientific’s success in part to “the times” in which the company made certain relations-based decisions. “The same way you invest in sales, partnerships are just as valuable to build up strength,” he said.
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Eve Ensler takes on the rest of the body Bombadil plays CORINNE LOW recess Eve Ensler might be credited with writing the play that defines modern womanhood, but the 52-year-old author and star of The Vagina Monologues is not a feminist. At least, so she says. “I'm trying to stay away from 'isf words these days,” she told recess while in North Carolina for the Charlotte run of her new play, The Good Body. But labels aside, Ensler is deeply committed to what many would call the core values offeminism. “I have been concerned about and devoted to the liberation of women for as long as I remember,” she said. “I have seen the devBY
astating effects of the oppression of women all over the world.” Writing gave Ensler a voice to communicate her often-painful observations about the world. “It was away of maintaining my sanity and make sense of a very difficult childhood, and basically it's been something I've done to keep going,” she said. Ensler's writing first gained national attention when The Vagina Monologues opened on Broadway in 1996, with Ensler reading the monologues. Since then audiences across the country have flocked to local tours and college productions of the play that made it okay to say “vagina” on national television, over and over again. To Ensler, that's really what the show was all about: removing the veil of mystery and terror that seems to shroud female genitalia. The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of vaginas. It's away of teaching women that they have agency over their vaginas and can control what happens to them and can be free to love them.” Likewise, The Good Body, which comes to Raleigh Nov. 29, is about helping women to see their bodies as assets instead of enemies. In the show, Ensler rants that women are consumed with “piercing, perming, waxing, lightening, covering, cutting, lifting, tightening, flattening, starving-when we could be running the world.” Ensler traveled around the world listening to women tell stories about their bodies. She expected many women to have body issues, but she didn't anticipate what she found: that everyone had body issues. So while women dream of getting skinny, of getting 'there,' the model-thin women they aspire to become dream of something else. “There's nobody 'there.' I've interviewed tons of people; everybody thinks there's supposed to be something else, everybody.” That “everybody” applies to Ensler herself, who turned 40 and hit a wall regarding her own body confidence. The play, therefore, is both a statement on the absurdity’ of our body obsessions and a love letter to the women everywhere who think that they're the only ones who hate what they see in the mirror. And maybe, somewhere between the talking about it and the accepting it, women everywhere can get over it. “
happy funk Peter Blais recess While Duke seniors Bryan Rabija (guitar), Daniel Michalak (bass), and Stuart Robinson (keyboard) might not have had visions of Tolkien’s murky forests, trickling brooks or a small fat mule named Fatty Lumpkin in mind when they decided to call their band Bombadil, they do acknowledge that The Lord of the Rings bears a certain ageless quality that resonates with their music. “We were going for your 20-year-old great grandfather sort of look,” said Rabija. True to his claim, their performing garb consists of suspenders, dusty brown trousers and rustic hats from Bolivia. After a slew of performances including one at Durham’s James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant, Bombadil has gained repute within and beyond the by
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Gay cowboys and mob lawyers Focus Features takes on controversy and drama with new films Caitun Donnelly recess It is said that there are only five great stories in the world. They have been told and retold on screen throughout the years with each director trying to make his own small contribution to cinematic history. A fresh perspective is taken. Genres combine. Boy meets girl becomes boy meets boy, all against a backdrop of the great American West. A Christmas-set caper begins just after the crime has occurred. While filmmakers should be lauded for their attempts at originality, the results are mixed. What an audience expects is colored by the release strategy and the history of the players involved. Brokeback Mountain, the aforementioned “gay cowboy flick”, is an Oscar film—a serious drama that viewers are intended to evaluate seriously. The Ice Harvest, on the other hand, is being released in the Thanksgiving rush and, as such, comes with an expectation of escapism that the film fails to achieve. Brokeback Mountain Admit it: when you heard Brokeback Mountain was a “gay cowboy movie,” you had two reactions. First, you probably laughed and thought of South Park. Then, you quickly crossed it off your must-see movie list. Surprising then, is the refusal of those involved to shy away from the controversial and potentially off-putting content. When the film’s young star Jake Gyllenhaal began to say, “Well, ifyou were trying to tell a gay love story, you could have-” Ang Lee, the film’s sprightly director, was quick to inteiject. “It is a gay love story,” he confidently declared. Nevertheless, Lee is well aware of people’s prejudgments regarding the film. “The best way to respond to that is to invite them to see the movie. That’s what happened after the initial screenings.... People stopped calling it ‘gay cowboy’ and started calling it a love story. I was very pleased,” said Lee of the audience reaction. To Lee, it is not the labels applied but the expectations that accompany those labels that are the problem. “People think it’s something funny. They think it’s something like Blazing Saddles,” he says. Brokeback is definitely not Blazing Saddles, but who knows what to expect from a director who followed the Civil War-romance Ride with the Devil with the martial arts masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He is one of Hollywood’s most versatile filmby
makers and, while his films may share certain themes (“something about free will against social obligations”), establishing a reputation based on a single genre isn’t his concern. “They’re like my kids, I don’t judge them,” he said of his films. “I don’treally care about how people remember me. I had a blast!” It was the combination of fresh material and a classic storyline that drew Lee to Brokeback, not the timely nature of the subject. “I think if it’s a love story it’s important to come out at any time,” Lee said. In fact, Brokeback was in development for eight years SEE FILMS ON
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sandbox What recess is thankful for this Thanksgiving by Varun Leila Thanksgiving is the exact opposite of Yom Kippur. Yes, it is a period of forced reflection of the past year, but you get to focus on all the happy events. Plus, God won’t smite you at the dinner table for cream-laden mashed potatoes with ham. Here at recess we have a lot to be thankful for: -Our creepy Uncle Jon will not be joining us at the dinner table this year. Finally, we will no longer have to fear Uncle Jon’s awkward come-on’s and sexual innuendo. No, we do not want to pay a nickel for mustache rides. Yes, we get that certain private areas have the same name of the piece of turkey you are currendy consuming. Luckily for us, Uncle Jon will be spending this thanksgiving on Lasalle street in the back of what used to be known as Railroad Video. -After a cheap beer tasting, a cheap wine tasting, and one too many recess parties, our faithful co-editor Robert has decided to put down the botde. Now he will no longer beat Alex in drunken rage like he did last Thanksgiving, when he realized that he was eating sweet potatoes and not yams. He is stepping away from the Maker’s Mark and lemon-flavored vodka to pursue a higher calling as Courtney Love’s personal crab tamer. -Slava for being recess’s blessing sent from heaven. She is the only one that can hook us up with sexy Eastern European musicians such as the scantily-clad girls from tAT.u. and the abfabulous boys from O-Zone. We don’t care if they “drive on the opposite side of the road,” they are still pretty to look at. -Duke administration for their never-ending construction on the B.C. walkway. Now recess can work off winter weight gain by walking the long way to Alpine for our fat-free Peach Paradise smoothie. A second bonus is the sound of jackhammers at 8:00 AM, ensuring that we will never miss our 100 level Geography ofCanada lecture. -Amazing freshmen like Irem Mertol, Jessica Wirth, and Baishi Wu. The fact they have stuck around after hearing Corinne and Robert duet is a testament to their commitment and passion for the arts. Plus, when recess gets trashed at the Christmas party we’ll have someone to hit on. -Pokie the cute, and loveable cat that brings warmth to our hearts and smiles to our faces. She’ll be useful as midnight snack when the turkey is done.
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The Case for UUhite Everyone wears black. Everyone owns it, everyone loves it, it is easily the most wearable color. But that doesn't mean we should become slaves to the comfort we find in uncomplicated fashion. Sometimes a challenge is a good thing. This season, with everyone proclaiming black is the new black, as fashion writers and editors alike are wont to do, we are left wondering if maybe the trendiness of black is not quite what we're looking for this season. And this is where white comes in. White-the color we are supposed to banish to the far reaches of our closets once Labor Day has come and gone-is making a comeback, the likes of which we have not seen since, well, black became cool again White is not only the visual opposite of black; it is the ideological opposite as well. Black gives comfort and cover; it is cautious. White exposes, it commands attention; it is fearless. While one can look stunning in black, white itself is stunning. It is even more so when worn shamelessly in the middle of winter. It you're not a rule-breaker, white this winter might not be for you, but, we would point out, aren't rules made to be broken? No matter what anyone tells you, there is no color more refreshing than white to look at, or to wear. It is crisp and clean, un-bogged down with images of brooding beatniks and Goth undertones. And it's distinctive. Next time you're out at night, take a look around. Black was never out-it has long been a fashion favorite for those looking to blend in, or to look classy without taking risks. Jeans and a black shirt? Little black dress? They've been done, and with good reason: black is, after all, a versatile and forgiving color. But we should want more from our clothes; we should want to stand out, to demand attention, and we should deserve it. Black is rarely ever worn to make a statement. White, on the other hand, speaks for itself. It takes guts to wear, but to pull it off is the ultimate in “I don't give a s**t” fashion. There is no reason why the bohemian flavor of flowy whites from this summer can't pull a year-round coup, bringing with it the youth, vibrance, and playfulness of a white-infused wardrobe. White is graphic and bold, it is bohemian and free, but best of all, it exudes the notion ofeffortless and unfettered fashion-sense in a world dominated by propriety. White just doesn't care . —Madeline Andrews
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Chaz sells records in Bull City Matt Dearborn recess Chaz Martenstein sat behind the counter of his record store, filling out an order for new CDs, while three or four customers perused the shelves packed albums. Martenstein surveyed the room contentedly. “I can’t really describe how I feel right now,” he said. “I’ve managed record stores before, but this is an entirely new feeling. It’s like I’ve pushed a ball off a cliff, and I know that it’s not going to stop rolling for a while. I’ve never been happier.” Last Saturday, Martenstein opened the doors to Chaz’s Bull City Records, located on Perry Street just a few doors down from Cosmic Cantina. Since the grand opening, the business has blossomed. “So far, everyone has been really positive about the shop,” he said. “I’ve sold a lot more than I had ever expected to sell in the first week, and overall the community has been really supportive. I honestly didn’t expect the by
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warm welcome that I got.” Martenstein moved to Durham two months ago after spending three years in Boulder, Colo. While in Boulder, he managed an independent record store. “I got a lot of good exposure working for that store,” he said, “and it really gave me the drive and inspiration to open a store ofmy own.” Martenstein’s girlfriend had moved from Boulder to Durham last year, and he visited her for Christmas. “It was my first encounter with Durham,” he said, “and I really liked it. But I saw that there was a hole when it came to independent music stores.” When he finally moved to Durham—after months of planning and preparing to open Chaz’s Bull City Records—he discovered that along with a dearth of music stores, there was also a blossoming music scene. “I feel like Durham is a place that’s trying to get off the ground musically, but it’s not there yet,” he said. “But one thing that I’ve learned about opening a record shop is that the best places are the ones that aren’t fully together musically. There are a lot of great bands in the area, and as Chapel Hill is getting more expensive, more musicians are moving back to Durham. The seeds are here, and what I want is for my record store to grow along with the town.” Despite the promise of the local scene, Martenstein is cognizant that record stores normally don’t last long in Durham. “The difficulty with running a record store is that there isn’t much profit in simply selling CDs,” he said. “Ideally, what I want to do is manage more than a music store. I’d like to open up the space next door, and use it as an open rehearsal space for bands, and maybe even hold shows there in the future. I’d also like to have movie nights in the store.” Instead of formally advertising for Chaz’s Bull City Records, Martenstein
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Duke community. It’s their ability to cajole the charm out of well-worn genres and infuse them into entirely new forms altogether impossible to identify that makes distiguishes them. As senior Mark Connell put it, “It's hard to put a finger on their musical genre to me, they've come up with something unique, not just a derivative of some current band or sound. The influences of pop, folk, bluegrass are there. There's also some dimension of time to the music, as it draws on something from our past.” Junior Rebecca Haber added, “They’re kind of like the Soggy Bottom Boys with a twist. They’ve pretty much created an entirely new genre that’s just plain fun to listen to. They’ve managed to write songs that are really, catchy but completely unique and original, which is tough to do nowadays.” Rahija smiled as he related the genre that had been invented for Bombadil's type of sound. “Our fans call it ‘stompgrass.’ I believe we are the first band to dabble in —
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In addition to classical rock influences stemming from their experiences in a freshman band covering the likes ofCreedence Clearwater Revival, their current sound has a lot to do with how the band first came about. “[Rahija and I] went to Bolivia together junior year, not knowing the other was going to be there,” Michalak said. “I mean, we knew each other, like I knew what color ofhair he had, but outside of the band it wasn't like we were great friends or anything.” “In Bolivia,” Rahija continued, “we started practicing in a children's music school. They had a charango [a traditional stringed instrument], and we wanted to take lessons for it, so we would go to this children’s school and practice really early in the morning until they threw us out. Music was just a part of our everyday household experience when we were there.” Upon returning to Durham, they recruited Michalak’s brother John to play drums and Robinson to be their keyboardist. “We’d both heard of each other's piano skills,” Robinson said, “And one night at Biddle we just happened to run into each other, so we decided to test the rumors.” After adding Robinson’s classical background to the reper-
is instead relying on the close-knit Durham community. “I’d rather have word-of-mouth advertising than placing a big color ad in a local newspaper,” he said. “I know that the local community is incredibly close, so I’m trying to use that to gain credibility. Basically, I’m working on keeping the store as relaxed and stress-free environment as possible.” Although it will probably be a while before he is able to purchase the space next to his shop, Martenstein is happy with how things have turned out. “As far as I’m concerned, business can only pick up from here,” he said. “It can’t get worse. And while I do work a lot, it doesn’t feel like it. It just feels like I’m going to play for 10 hours each day. I get to hang out, listen to music, and read when no one’s in the store. The time just flies by here.” In the end, Martenstein will be happy if the store integrates itself into the local culture enough to stay afloat. “I want the store to be comfortable, to have it be the type of place for people to come and just hang out,” he said. “I’m not really expecting to get big. I’ll be happy if I’m able to pay my bills every month and grab a hot dog once in a while.”
toire they had accumulated in Bolivia, all they needed was a band name. “We were sitting at a restaurant in Chapel Hill eating
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Michalak, “and our manager just thought we sounded like this character from Lord of the Rings. I'd read the book and I think Stuart [Robinson] has it at home. He was a big fan of the name. It rolls off the tongue quite well.” Holding a T-shirt release party Nov. 30 in the Duke Coffeehouse and a Christmas show Dec. 9 at Joe and Jo's Cafe, where gifts will be given out to the audience, Bombadil appears to be the next Duke band to test the waters of the music industry. “I don't think any student goes into Duke with the intention of starting a band,” Rahija said. “But we're serious about this and confident that we can succeed.”
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Music editor Matt Dearborn plays with Swords There's something unsettling about Swords. Perhaps it’s the thoughtful ambience in the music, or maybe it’s that they ride nonchalantly just under the radar of mainstream music with no desire to cross over. But whatever it is, the fact remains that this Portland-based sextet is talented. And they’re not ready to give that talent up to whoever wants it. After a highly successful tour supporting their newest album Metropolis (released September 20), Frontman Corey Ficken sat down with recess to talk about musical evolution, the mainstream and coffee from exotic lands. recess: The name of your band used to be “The Swords Project.” Why and when did you cease being a project and start just being Swords? Corey Ficken; “Swords” was the name we chose when we first started making music. We became “The Swords Project” for our first LP {Entertainment is Over if You Want It). When we change our name, it usually means that our music is changing. For Metropolis, because the record has a cleaner sound, we just decided to go back to Swords because name sounded clean. Metropolis is still certainly more accessible than Entertainment is Over. How did that change come about? It took us about a year to figure out what we wanted to do with Metropolis. We had recorded quite a few songs any of those were similar to our older stuff, meaning they were really long and mosdy instrumental. But when we were deciding what was going to go on the album, for some reason we were attracted to the more concise and accessible songs. It sounds too simple to be true, but we just liked the flow of the album with those songs. But don’t worry—we’re going to eventually release the longer, more instrumental songs on an EP. What are your inspirations when writing songs? We create music as a collective, rather than six separate people coming together to write songs. And we’ve been making music for many years now, so we all know each other so well that we don’t have to necessarily discuss it. If there’s something that we see is missing in music, we just get together and try to write songs that either we specifically want to hear, or that we aren’t getting to hear in mainstream music. Speaking of the mainstream, have you ever considered becoming a part of it? There are certainly some songs on —
Metropolis that could be radio-friendly. The short answer is that we’re probably never going to
enter the mainstream. However, it’s definitely a weird time for the mainstream. I’ve been friends with the folks in Death Cab for Cutie since we were kids, but never thought that they would make such a meteoric rise. But while that’s great for them, I don’t necessarily know that that is a comfort zone that I would like to be in. It’s always frustrating to me when people tell me that I’m a great pop music writer, because the shorter and more accessible songs are actually harder for me to write. I guess writing really long, meandering songs just comes easier to me, and I don’t ever want to be so limited by the mainstream’s demand for three-minute songs. I want to be able to keep that freedom that we have right now. I don’t like the thought of being subject to the whims of the mainstream’s opinion. It’s dangerous because it shifts so often, and I’d rather just think about writing songs instead of stressing out about what’s
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What kind of person listens to tAT.u.? Honestly now, let's dissect this. Who listens to a bad pre-packaged pop duo whose only schtick is that they're good-looking fake Russian lesbians? Their main fan base probably consists of sad, lonely men who have nothing else to do but sit pathetically in their parents' dark and murky garage. And apparently there are quite a few of those men, because despite their clear lack of talent, t.A.T.u. still has a record deal and is still selling decently well. This past month, t.A.T.u. released Dangerous and Moving, the follow-up to their infamous debut album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane. Since their first album, t.A.T.u has had a few crazy years, during which they publicly denied their lesbianism and one of them had a baby. But now they are claiming that they've “grown up” and have passed their juvenile angsty attitudes. And while it's great that they might have matured, their music hasn't. It's still as bad and derivative as before, with the same poorly-written lyrics and terrible beats. And yet they're still popular. Well, if anything, that should be an indicator of the state of today's mainstream music. But I guess it keeps that legion of lonely, dirty men happy. —Matt Dearborn Madonna's newest release, Confessions on a Dance Floor, continues the trend she started in 2000 with Music. Music was notable because it began to sample other styles and genres of music, but Confessions absorbs itself completely in another genre—in this case popular house (or dance) music. Madonna recruited a London house DJ as producer to give Confessions the right feel, and every track shows through with a pumping beat and electronic harmonies; it's not too far a stretch to imagine some of this album actually being played in a club. The best tracks off the record are “Hung Up,” the first single, and “Get Together,” the most truly house-inspired cut on the record. Most tracks take something from house music, but not every one on the album is strictly house-inspired. Madonna leaves enough space for her own style and musical personality to show through, and it's apparent that she's behind this album from tracks like “I Love New York” and “Sorry.” This album may end up being one of Madonna’s best releases because of the new musical ground she forges between her own style of pop and house music, but it may or may not appeal to her base fans or strict house fans. True Madonna lovers, though, will appreciate the new things she —Andrew Chessman,
What would you like to see in the future for Swords? I’ve always lived by the principle that if you really love music, you’ll have a dayjob, and then you can do music on the side. Because when that is the case, you can go to the music as a refuge, and you’re not feeling compelled to support yourself with music, to cater so somebody else’s whims or the marketplace. I’ve worked for a coffee roasting company for quite some time now, and I put a lot of energy into that. It’s actually a pretty nice gig; I get to travel to exotic lands and try their coffee and then play in a band when I’m not doing that. It’s kind of the best ofboth worlds for me. So I don’t play music to get paid; I do it because I love it. However, ideally, if I was going to make money from music, I would love to make it from writing soundtracks for films. We’ve done some soundtracks for documentaries, and I’ve been really pleased with the result. For right now, though, assuming Swords doesn’t move into the business ofwriting soundtracks, I would like to have a dayjob and make music until I die.”
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National of Sciences needs to contact Ginuwine right this minute. Apparently the 35-year-old R&B artist has opened a dme portal back to the late 90’s to create his latest release Back II Da Basics. That is the only way to explain how anyone would let him get away with this mundane collection of songs that barely passes as an album. Following the recent trend of R&B promoting adult illiteracy, Da Basics has three tracks with purposefully misspelled titles, including the title track, which sounds like a bad version of a Will Smith song. If the only problem with words Ginuwine had were thirdgrade spelling mistakes, he would be a lucky man, but unfortunately his songs are reminiscent of a high schooler in puppy love. In “She’s Like” Ginuwine tells the listener that his love is “like the spinners on them big things/the diamonds in my pinky ring.” Compliments that can make any lady’s heart melt. While it would usually be pertinent to describe other tracks from the album, all the other tracks consist of the same R&B riff with snaps and hand claps and lyrics so corny they can feed a small third-world nation. Beyond the insipid lyrics and repetitive instrumentals, Ginuwine also seems to have lost the ability to sing on key. Gone are the days of “Pony” and “In Those Jeans,” songs which made Ginuwine popular, for a very good reason. On Da Basics he mashes his way through the album a little bit too flat, as if he is forming a dissonant chord with a non-existent duet partner. If you are looking for decent R&B, stick with Usher, because Da Basics is basi—Vanin Leila cally bad.
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Easily the biggest pop culture phenomenon of the last decade, this film sees Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow up, get progressively better-looking, and tackle both the King- Kong’ Lord of the Rings master- Triwizard Tournament mind Peter Jackson returns and the throes of puberty to take Hollywood by storm (ah, to be young again). once more. The cast in- Look out for Ralph Ficludes the always reliable ennes as Harry's nemesis, Voldemort—a (and conveniently gorgeous) Lord throwback to Fiennes' Naomi Watts, the always sincere (and dreamy, I suppose) penchant for malice that Adrien Brody, and the always made our skin crawl in unpredictable (and unimag- Schindler's List. inably beautiful) Jack Black. The trailer is wickedly intense and this massive actionadventure epic looks, dare we say it, Tolkien-esque. The slakes are high for Jackson after sweeping the Oscars with Return of the King and it looks like (with any luck) he's on form.
The process of turning the wheaty 7-grain artisan bread of independent/artistic/academic film into the peanut butter and jelly-partner that is studio film has become Hollywood’s specialty. “Hollywood takes the wrong lessons from films,” Holier explains. “They saw The Blair Witch Project and didn’t see a well-budgeted movie, they saw that they could make more money from investing in horror films and advertising on the internet.” Gaines remembers seeing the film and saying, ‘“less than $100,000? You can make all kind of good movies for sloo,ooo’. It makes sense. The problem is selling those movies to investors who believe that investing more is making more. These investors want to make money, but they want to be safe. They want to make films that they know and are • . familiar with. It is a brand name.” An even scarier crisis occurs when the Hollywood industry starts to infringe upon’ A the world of independent and underground film. “These guys get sucked into being m part of the Hollywood mob. There is a larger incentive to make a crappy $7O mil- AI lion movie than a pure $3 million independent film,” Holter points out. jM Although it may seem like Hollywood is pretty much in the toilet, there is still a light of hope on the horizon. Hollywood gained a small amount ofits usual mon- I etary momentum with Flightplan and the newly released Chicken Little, which may be this year’s The Incredibles. V At the same time, larger studios are tapping into the more niche film market with smart, innovative films. Ang Lee’s novel-adaptation Brokeback Mountain stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in a gay cowboy love story that people ofall sexualities can appreciate. George Clooney convinced the guys at Warner to let him direct the compelling Good Night, and Good Lu<k, which has slowly been making waves in film circles. i More exciting than the revival of Hollywood is the film revolution that is on the verge of exploding. With high-speed internet becoming more accessible and high-quali ty cameras becoming more affordable, the birth of a new type of independent film is waiting to happen. Soon everyone will be able to be a Steven Spielberg and produce interesting films that can be played all over the
The Producers
A movie turned Broadway smash turned movie, Mel Brooks’ uproarious The Producers could very well be the comic highlight of the holiday season. For those of you unfamiliar with the play version, down-on-hisluck producer Nathan Lane and his accountant Matthew Broderick hatch a get-rich-quick scheme that involves using an escaped Nazi's play (Will Ferrell) called Springtime, for Hitler (yes, deliberately tasteless) and a Swedish bombshell named Ulla (the never-sexier Uma Thurman
Steven Spielberg directs the story of the Israeli agents that track down the Palestinian terrorists responsible for the murder of the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in (you guessed it) Munich. Aussie hottie Eric Bana stars as the Mossad assassin whose job it is to eliminate the terrorists one by one, with the help of a lethal team of experts. Spielberg smartly enlists the help of Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Tony Kushner {Angels in America), but the film's success will hinge on Sana's ability to find the depth and conflict within his character.
and the Wardrobe Disney's got its paws on what hopes to be the next Lord of the Rings. C.S. Lewis' saga is brought to life by Shrek 2 director Andrew Adamson who has quite a daunting task ahead of him. Featuring a cast of relative unknowns, Narnia will either be a huge bust or a giant bonanza. If audiences sink their teeth into this first installment, the buzz (and money) surrounding this franchise could become epic.
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Charlize Theron’s scrapbook be getting pretty low on blank these days. After a less-thanpages ■omm exceptional start (anyone remember Mighty Joe Young, the must-see gorilla movie of 1997?), Theron drew acclaim with notable performances in films such as The Cider House Rules. With an Oscar win for 2004’s Monster, Theron has finally vaulted to the top of Hollywood’s short, elusive and constantly-changing A-list. Why then, in an industry where women yearn to be taken seriously, has she seemingly abandoned the socially conscious dramas which got her to the top? In her latest film, December’s sci-fi fantasy Aeon Flux, Theron plays a leather-clad assassin 400 years in the future. Her mission: to topple the corrupt, big-brother government that rules society. Compared to her role in this fall’s North Country, in which she plays a coal miner fighting for gender equality, Aeon Flux sounds even less like it has any sort of meaningful message. But though the differences between this film and her others are no doubt staggering, Theron implied via teleconference that there is more to Aeon Flux than one might initially think. “It wasn’t just about doing backflips and killing people,” Theron said, though action fans can rest assured that there’s plenty, if the trailer is any indication. “The whole film is about questioning your government.... It’s about not being blindsided and just kind of sitting back and thinking everything is fine, but really taking a stance and asking questions about what your government is doing.” Maybe Theron has found that rare diamond-in-the-rough, the Matrix-esque sci-fi film that actually holds deeper meaning Or maybe not. But, whether or not this movie is actually “about something” appears to be of secondary concern for Theron. “Of course I care about my fans,” sh formula that really works... given an Oscar or portant thing has always been to be true to means something to me.” It’s this confidence, this mutability and tl the face both our expectations and Hollyv that make Theron someone worth % watching this holiday season and probably for every holiday season fo the next decade, too —Jessica Wirth man that began the revival has abandone his roots. In only his second feature film project ever, Rob Marshall undertook th difficult challenge of adapting Arthu We already know he Golden’s acclaimed 1997 novel Memoirs Oj can play the villain. He ala Geisha for the screen. The film delves most scared the life out of into the elusive geisha culture of pre-WWII Katie Holmes as the Scarecrow in Batman Begins and his stare kept us too afraid Japan. It’s a hard sell to a wide audienc to leave our seats in the otherwide mediocre Red Eye. Now, Gillian Murphy puts that’s made even harder because of Ma; his too-pretty-they’re-frightening looks to full use in Breakfast on Pluto, donning shall’s insistence upon an all-Asian cas a blond wig and eyeliner to play Patrick “Kitty” Brady a Irish orphan who stugmeans that the film doesn’t boast a hi; gles with self-identity in the harsh climate of 1970 London. The film is written name star like Zeta-Jones or Zellweger. It and directed by Neil Jordan, who as the writer of The Crying Game and director risky venture, but this former theater direc of Michael Collins is well-acquainted with the issues of sexual identity and the tor has proved that great risks can lead t» Irish landscape. Backed by fellow Irish thesp Liam Neeson, Breakfast is Murphy’s even greater rewards. It only remains to be first star turn since his breakout role in 28 Days Later. Can Murphy escape his vilseen if audiences and Oscar voters will rer lainous niche and become one of Hollywood’s new leading (wo) men? portrait of the demure but determined must
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passion project they repeatedly term “beautifully written” and “unique.” This especially applies to Cusack, an actor who admits to doing mediocre romantic comedies in order to get films like The Ice Harvest made. “The business is—l’m not bitching about it—but it’s very much leverage in order to make movies with no interference the way we had it here,” he said. If nothing else there’s still hope. “As long as you’re above ground, redemption is an equal opportunity concept,” said Cusack of Charlie’s eventual fate. The statement similarly applies to the film business. Hollywood tends only to remember an actor’s latest project and audiences are forgiving. Whatever expectations were or were not met in Brokeback Mountain and The Ice Harvest, Lee, Ramis, Cusack and Gyllenhaal will soon all be back at work, pursuing new passions and new projects.
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Throughout | The Ice Harvest, a phrase that S| comes up again and again is, ■ Wichita | “As falls, so falls Wi- . chita Falls.” It’s || a catchy saying, but much like K the film itself, it ■ doesn’t really mean anything. The Ice Harvest is all show and no substance: its characters j and setting have the look of a classic film noir, but the plot—a strange mix ofnoir and i m comedy—fails to compel or produce enough laughs for this to matter. On Christmas Eve, Charlie Arglist (John Cusack playing against type but unable [ to escape his quirky niche) steals $2 million from his mobster boss on his way out of town. But, first he must deal with the remnants of his current life: his maybe du- i m plicitous partner-in-crime Vic (Billy Bob Thornton in typical funny, yet strange mode), best-friend-on-a-bender Pete (Oliver Platt in the film’s only standout per- j formance), and femme fatale Renata (Connie Nielsen, in a role too reminiscent of i Kim Basinger’s character in LA Confidential). All this against the backdrop of the s birth of baby Jesus. Right. Director Harold Ramis ( GroundhogDay, Analyze This) veers away from his comedic roots and takes a rare misstep. Film noir and slapstick comedy are two genres that 1 don’t easily mix and, in this case, the productjs more than a little schizophrenic. The Ice Harvest is a caper flick that doesn’t show the crime and a comedy that does- 1 ■ n’t produce the laughs, resulting in a film that won’t appeal to an audience. —Caitlin Donnelly ■ "
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm Daily life is mundane. Even for history’s most interesting figures, moments of intrigue are interrupted by routine, and multiple storylines occur simultaneously. A person’s life simply does not fit the form of a 90minute story arc. The biopic presents a generic challenge that even our greatest directors have faced and failed. Films are either arduously long and lacking a unifying theme, like Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator, or they follow the Ron Howard-model, presenting a compelling story with no base in reality. In Walk the Line, director James Mangold successfully sidesteps both these problems. His Johnny Cash “biopic” is really not of the genre at all; rather, it is a love story between Cash and long-time love June Carter that sacrifices a complete portrait for a passionate and thoroughly engrossing drama. Joaquin Phoenix stars as the legendary singer, in a performance so perfect that you soon forget its imitaAs June Carter, Reese Witherspoon may not look part, but, with Southern roots herself, she nails the TBgMsmBjS&SM mix of sass and spunk. The film chronicles their decade-long friendship and flirtation that survives marriage (not to each other), divorce and severe drug addiction. While the chemistry is real, the only complaint is that the couple never seems to share a happy moment. Cash carries drama whereverhe goes and one wonders what June ever saw in him. But, maybe that’s a question that was true-to-life, as well. Music is an essential part of this film—the audience is privy to Johnny’s tour, accompanying the musician from school auditoriums to sold-out concert halls and, eventualto Folsom State Prison. While Cash fans will appreciate hearing their favorites, those who aren’t familiar with his song or country music need not fear. The performance that accompanies the piece is enough to engross. Johnny Cash never did hard time, but he spoke about Folsom so forcefully that le■ gions of fans believed he was there. The same is true of Walk the Line. The dedication of the actors and the filmmaker is so strong that you soon forget you are watching fiction and get swept up in the whirlwind of Cash’s life. —Caitlin Donnelly
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on was Rare's much delayed Kameo: Elements of Power. The game, which was supposed to release as a launch game for the first Xbox, but managerially problems forced the game to be pushed back to the next generation of consoles. The cute game allows you to play as the mystical maiden Kameo, who must save her family from the evil green-skinned Thorn by channeling her power of creature morphing. Gamers get to smash theirway through hordes of ores and dragons as a yeti, armadillo, venus fly trap and other critters. Reminiscent of N64's Banjo and Kazooie the game will sure be a hit among the young and the young at heart. But buyers beware. Although the temptation may be high to pre order an Xbox36o immediately given all that the system has to offer, it does not offer anything innovative or new. It is a solid system and a worthy buy, but Sony and Nintendo both have systems that may rival 0$ , Microsoft's Xbox36o. $ If deciding which ..-w system to buy becomes too difficult, fear not. The next generation of systems will be in de*
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Video games are constantiy becoming more and more visceral; with better eye-candy and more fluid motion, the necessity of complex play is disappearing. Civilization 4, however, is content to plod on turn by addicting turn. For depth and complexity, Civ 4 is unrivaled, and marathon gaming sessions serve as reminders that Rome was not built in a day. Civilization 4 is a nostalgic computer gamer’s dream, but many console players may find it too tedious. A single game of Civ 4 takes many (over 10) hours. Building a nation from 4000 B.C. to the present is slow, thoughtful work. The player assumes the role of a great leader like Napoleon or George Washington as they drive their respective nations. By discovering technologies, choosing religions, civics, forms of government and conducting diplomacy with neighbors, each civilization prepares for an eventual bid for world domination. There are plenty of interesting changes in Civilization 4. The most significant is the creation ofborders around your nation. If another nation sends troops within your borders, war is instandy declared The birth of great people also adds a new facet Moses or Thomas Edison play an important role in building new Wor ders, discovering technologies and initiating golden ages. Unfortunately, as the game rolls on, it grinds to a near halt. Combat can be frustrating because the defender of a city has a massive advantage. Late in the game, with far too many decisions to make, Civ 4' s endearing depth can simply become too slow and too complicated —Jordan Everson
Namco takes one step forward and two steps back with Soul Calibur 111, its fighting genre. The game is loaded with a formidable of that offset the series' flagging storyline—there help array mini-games jjj SOUL CCUWUr 111 are only so many times a bunch of thugs can beat each other up over a legendary sword before it gets old. The new Chronicle of the Sword mode blends RPG and elements, but the results are uninspiring. There is a serious discrepancy between moronic minions and ridiculously difstrategy ficult bosses and the scenes become repetitive. Unfortunately, players who wish to delve into the game's character creation system (easily the game's most anticipated addition) are forced to play C.o.S mode for hours in order to unlock the costumes and classes that make custom characters interesting. The rest of die mini-games affect two-player batdes and are well done, though most players will prefer the traditionalVS mode after a few rounds. The new additions need work but are welcome. Ultimately it isn't the new modes that will give fans pause. Changes in the basic foundations of the game make SC 3 simply feel differentfrom its predecessor and fans will either love the change or hate it. Visually, the character models are much simpler while the game's environments are stunningly beautiful. In addition, character's moves have been given crazy smoke and lightning effects. Both changes have the effect of downplaying the basic movements of the characters in favor of flashy action. The gameplay follows suit. There seems to be a greater focus on the flashy than the subde. The pace has increased. Moves are faster and characters recover from hits much quicker. Interestingly, it still seems to take just as much time to get off the ground as before. The result is a fundamental shift in balance from precision timing and skillful guarding to all out attack with a flair for the button-mash and once down there is a good chance you won't get up Some players will love the shallower combat for its sheer intensity, but others recognize that less depth means an infenor game —Alex Wan
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Monologues because they're included in it, but it's about women. I just wrote a new play that has a man and a woman character asnd men were deeply on my mind. But don't you fell that in addressing the problem of women we need to target men as well? I think men need to target men. There's a huge movement getting men to stop men's violence about women. I can't change men and I really have no desire to do that I think only men can talk to men. But you say this is something women have done to ourselves, so you don't blame advertising, corporations, etc.? I do. It's a combo of things it's first the corporations and patriarchy and fund encouraging women to be more quiet more passive and more disappeared in the culture. And then it's the women who have this shot into them at the beginning of all time and now we're doing this to ourselves. Cultural critic Jean Kilbourne says that one of the symptoms of how far this has gone is that in today's society “good” means thin, if you say you were “bad this weekend” it means you went off your diet. How do we stop the madness? I think we just begin to create an idea that what we're supposed to be doing here is being great instead of being good. And that would enable us to be messy and mysterious and powerful and ambiguous and around and whoever we are. I've met women (hell, I've been one) who cry more easily over lovehandles than they do natural disasters. Can that possibly be normal? Well I think one of the things that's happened is that we have become dangerously distracted consumers and taken off track
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and the whole country has us focused on our bodies while men are ruling the world. And I think the time has come to say to women we need to stop fixing what isn't broken and start fixing the world. So you don't think men obsess about anything? But I think it doesn't stop them from having power it doesn't take them off course. They can have a stomach and still move to make the deal. How do we get there? Reperceiving or redefining our conception of beauty. It's how we bring up our daughters to love their bodies. And I think part of it is loving your own body in their presence. Do you have any children? I have a Son I adopted and two
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aside, Guglhupf is an oasis of European pastries right here in Durham. Recognized as one of the Southeast's :s and patisseries, Guglhupf s Franco-German baked goods are as good as any on this side of the Adantic. the back of an unremarkable shopping center, Guglhupf is actually two stores in one. One area consists of an attractively designed cafe where patrons enjoy their pastries and light lunch items. In warmer months, diners can also be found on the expansive and charming patio space. The soul of Guglhupf, however, resides in the small bakeshop right next door. Here, one is immediately confronted with the aromas of baking breads, buttery cakes and exotic spices. Breads, cookies, tarts, and other desserts are arranged in various cases throughout the room. The quality of Guglhupfs baked goods far surpasses other bakeries in the area. A savory cheese bread makes the ideal, handheld snack and would go perfectly with a crisp, German beer. Sweeter offerings include a light, pleasantly tart buttermilk panna cotta, an Italian custard dessert. Guglhupfs best offerings, however, seemed to coincide direcdy with autumn. French apple tart was experdy prepared and featured a particularly traditional A notable crust that was neither too firm nor crumbly. Shaved almonds added to the dessert’s satisfying textures. A seductively glossy spiced pumpkin tart called out from behind its display case. It lived up to the promise of its appearance, with a rich, smooth filling. Guglhupf is the kind of establishment that warms the body. For its pastries and breads alone it warrants a special visit. If plans to include dinner service in the cafe materialize, Guglhupf might soon not only be Durham’s best bakery but one ofits best restaurants, —Bryan Zupon
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DREXEL VS. SAM HOUSTON STATE The two teams battle at 8:00 p.m. on ESPN2 for the right to play Duke at Madison Square Garden next Wednesday in the PNIT semifinals.
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The Blue Devils’ defense, which allowed a paltry 13 goals all season, was not enough to carry the team’s low-scoring offense deep into the postseason. “This season has come to an abrupt season end ,” head coach Robbie Church said. “We wrap-up had high expectations, but that’s athletics. You have the highs of beating North Carolina in Chapel Hill and you have the lows of going out earlier than you thought you would in the NCAA Tournament.” For the season, Duke, which finished the year at 14-6-1,relied heavily on its defense, notching a school-record .60 goals against average. The backfield kept the team in a lot ofclose games—13 ofDuke’s 21 games were decided by one goal—and sophomore goalkeeper Allison Lipsher posted nine of the team’s 11 shutouts. “Everybody worked defensively from our forwards to our midfielders to our backs,” Church said. “I thought that everyone did a great job when we all had to defend. Everyone was committed to defend.” The stellar play of the defense helped to make up for Duke’s lack of goal scorSEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 10 ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE
Duke point guard Sean Dockery dished out a career-high seven assists, helping theBlue Devils dismantle Seton Hall using a crisp passing attack.
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Before the season, one of the main questions facing Duke was how a team with so many talented players would spread its offensive touches. Wednesday, the Blue Devils showed that they know how to share. ln a play that made everyone QcHTIG Cameron in InI 3113iySIS door Stadium explode with a collective “Did you just see that?!,” Sean Dockery picked up his dribble on the left wing and lofted a perfectly placed alley-oop to a soaring DeMarcus Nelson who seemed to float above the rim. The sophomore finished with a thunderous dunk, which put an exclamation point on a 15-0 Blue Devil run that spanned more than seven minutes. “I knew Sean was going to throw me the pass,” Nelson said. “That’s something that we work on a lot. Actually we kind of kidded about it be.
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ACC Defensive Player of the year Carolyn Ford helped Duke allow only 13 goals this season.
fore the game, but we definitely knew it was going to happen eventually.” It was not just Duke’s guards who were spreading the love though. Crisp passing down low helped to put Seton Hall in foul trouble immediately. Shelden Williams connected with Josh Mcßoberts on a slick give-and-go that resulted in the Pirates’ second foul in just the first 30 seconds of the game. Whether it was raining jumpers from the outside or working in the key, Duke’s offense looked unstoppable. The Blue Devils scored 93 points Wednesday night because Seton Hall had no answer for an offense that rapidly moved the ball and consistendy found the open man. After amassing just six assists in Monday’s 64-47 win over Boston University, Duke exploded for 22 Wednesday. Of the 10 Blue Devils who saw significant action WednesSEE PASSING ON PAGE 10
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Freshman Greg Paulus made hisfirst career start Wednesday night and delivered 12 points, five rebounds and fourassists.
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Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick is looking to rebound from the worst game of his career two weeks ago against Miami. Vick was 8-for-22 for 90 yards and had two interceptions. He also lost four fumbles. With a win over Georgia Tech, Miami will be one win away from clinching the Coastal Division of the ACC and earning a bid to the inaugural ACC Championship game Dec. 3 in Jacksonville. Florida State has already clinched theAtlantic Division berth. Maryland upended UNC in overtime last week, 33-30, putting the Tar Heels’ bowl hopes m jeopardy.They need to beat both Duke and Virginia Tech to earn a bid.
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day, eight had at least one dime. “We really shared the ball well offensively,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We only had six assists on Monday—tonight we
had over 20, and we shot a great percentage as a result of taking great shots.” The Blue Devils were in constant motion and effective guard penetration freed up big men in the paint for easy layups and shooters for open looks outside. As a result, Duke shot 56 percent from behind the arc and 64 percent from the field on the night. Early in the first half forward Josh Mcßoberts collected a rebound off a Williams block and quickly flipped a long outlet pass to Dockery beyond halfcourt. As Dockery drove down the lane and attracted a Seton Hall defender, the senior point guard immediately snapped a crosscourt pass to a zeroed-in J.J. Redick for the
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senior All-American’s first three-pointer of the season. Duke’s passing game would not have been nearly as successful, however, if not for the Blue Devils’ stifling defensive-pressure. Duke held Seton Hall to just 13 points in the first half while the Pirates shot an embarrassing 13 percent from the field. The Blue Devils turned the Pirates’ offensive woes into 19 transition points. Dockery had a large part in the success on the break, passing for a career-high seven assists, while turning the ball over just once. “I think we showed our capabilities on the defensive end and we just feed off of that,” senior Lee Melchionni said. “I think we were hitting on all cylinders tonight.” With the offensive weapons Duke has at its disposal, few teams will be able to even hang with the Blue Devils if they continue to generate the type ofball movement they did Wednesday night.
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Lee Melchionni and Duke's defensive pressure resulted in fast break opportunities for theBlue Devils.
W. SOCCER from page 9
then-No. 1 North Carolina in the closing minutes of the game, junior midfielder Rebecca Moros scored the game-winning goal ing. The team scored just 34 times this sea- with three minutes left in the match. son, in comparison to the 65 goals the Blue Based on that win and an overall strong Devils scored the year before. season, the Blue Devils thought they deSenior Carolyn Riggs recorded nine served a home bid for the first two rounds goals and seven assists in 2004, but could of the NCAA Tournament. But they were only manage two goals and one assist this forced to travel to Yale instead, where their year. Juniors Darby Kroyer and Sarah Mc- season came to an end. Cabe stepped up this year to combine for “It was a tough situation being sent up 13 goals to lead the team. there to play on that field,” senior for“Last year, we scored a ton of goals,” wardKate Seibert said. “We didn’t handle Church said. “This year, we had a ton of it as well as we should have, I guess. I players returning. We went to a formation think it will take a while for us to realize to try to put more players in scoring posithat we did have a successful season and tion.We didn’t score as many goals.” that we did beat UNC.” Duke’s season-long theme of low-scorDuke will have four ofits top goal scoring tight games was on display in its secers returning next year—juniors Darby ond-round NCAA Tournament matchup Kroyer, Rebecca Moros, Sarah McCabe, against Yale Nov. 13. and freshman Christie McDonald comOn the road, lOth-ranked Duke was bined for 22 of the team’s 34 goals this seatied at one with No. 22 Yale (15-3-1) late in son. But the Blue Devils will lose ACC Dethe second half. But the Blue Devil defense fensive Player of the Year senior Carolyn could not hold off Yale’s scoring attack, Ford and seven other seniors. “This year, more so, we were very coheyielding a goal in the final second of the game and losing 2-1. sive,” senior midfielder Carmen Bognanno Duke found itself in a similar position said. “There was not a lot of division in our Oct. 9 in Chapel Hill, but a key goal made seniors and our freshman. We were comthe outcome more favorable. Tied 1-1 with mitted to one goal.”
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‘You got to have some success early to get some confidence, and it never seemed to happen for us,” Seton Hall coach Louis Onsaid. “I think we kind of rushed some shots early, and it just kind of steamrolled. It’s hard to say—I’ve never seen anything like it.” While the Pirates could not get a shot to fall, the Blue Devils often looked as if they could do no wrong. With just over six minutes remaining in the first half, Sean Dockery lost the handle of the ball and in the resulting scramble managed to pass it to freshman Greg Paulus, who found a wideopen Eric Boateng under the basket for an easy layup and his first career points. On the next Duke possession, Redick dropped a routine pass from Dockery, but the senior proceeded to pick the ball up from his feet and nonchalandy bury a contested three-pointer. The bucket put the Blue Devils up 33-5 and prompted Orr’s fourth timeout of the period. Much of Duke’s first-half success came without senior Shelden Williams, who picked up his second foul just over eight minutes into the game. Williams, who scored only seven points, has been forced to sit early because of foul trouble in each of Duke’s first two games, but Krzyzewski said he is not worried about his senior big man. “Shelden is a very disciplined player,” Krzyzewski said. “I would have brought him back in, but when Eric and some of these guys were doing so well, I thought we should take advantage ofit.” Duke squashed any notion of a Pirate comeback early in the second half, as freshman Josh Mcßoberts threw down an emphatic dunk on a baseline drive on the first play after intermission. The Blue Devils used the second half to try out several different lineups and stretched the lead to 81-31 with more than six minutes ARMANDO HUARINGA/THE CHRONICLE remaining before retreating into a stall to close the game. The Blue Devils totalled22 assists on their 35 field goalsWednesday night, including four from GregPaulus.
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attended the “Speed Debate” event this week, coTake the Michigan landowner arguing before the sponsored by the Duke Political Union, Duke DeSupreme Court that the government cannot stop him from filling his wedands under CWA. Or take mocrats and College Republicans. The discussion was great, and brought up some interesting Congress’s “revision” of ESA, which states that the points that liberals and conservatives disagree on. government must compensate landowners prohibitYet what struck me most had nothing to do with the ed from harvesting their timber because ofESA prostatistics thrown back and forth, but rather with the tections. Or consider Oregon’s passage of Proposition 37 last November, which severely premises of the debaters. One reason why Democrats are restricts local governments’ ability to 3l -33 r set land-use regulations without comhaving such a hard time regaining the ideological high ground is bepensating landowners. cause the premises upon which we, I’ll bet a lot ofyou think that paying as a society, argue issues have taken a a landowner for potential profit losses hard right turn. For example, the due to regulations is reasonable. But in the ideological paradigm of thirty 1960 nonpartisan value of social jared fish well-being has taken a back seat to years ago—and in my view, the correct the perceived sanctity of individual one—doing so is essentially paying pro progress wealth. Creating a more equitable sopeople to follow the law. And isn’t it the government’s duty to pass laws enciety framed the social debate from JFK through Carter. Redistribution of wealth suring we all have clean water to drink and clean air through progressive taxation was merely an innocu- to breathe? The most important take-home point is that the ous vehicle to accomplish this goal. When was the last time you heard a Democrat new ideological paradigm represents a false consenor Republican advocate redistributing wealth to sus. While conservatives act on the premise that govhelp the poor? If the main social goal were still to ernment should protect individual wealth, they create a more equitable society, then Medicaid somehow do so in the name of societal well-being, would have offspring today, not be on the chopcreating a latent ideological schizophrenia. ping block Just look at the ludicrous Republican logic postSimilarly, we would not be talking about the es- Katrina. In searching for an excuse to slash $35 biltate tax—50 percent of which affects only the wealthlion from Medicaid, food stamps and student loans, iest 0.1 percent ofAmericans yet provides $7O billion House Republicans and theBush administration are annually to government coffers to pay for social proasserting that the poverty-ravaged region only proves grams like Medicaid—as an unfair tax on individual thatsocial programs don’t work; apparently, so many profits. Instead, the majority of Americans would New Orleanians are poor because they depend on still see it as a reasonable means toward fostering a government help. more equitable society. Their solution? Cut funding even more. In other The difference is that in today’s conservative parwords, benefit society not by touching the $1.6 triladigm, even Democrats start with the baseline rule lion worth of tax breaks that padded the bank acthat government exists first to protect individual incounts of America’s richest but by slashing social terests and then to serve the needs of society at large. programs. Take the current tension between private properHuh? Let’s stop pretending that budget-hacking and taxty and environmental regulations raging across the nation. Thirty years ago, we accepted that it was the cutting aren’t aimed at protecting individual wealth. At a time when the ideological dynamic of the government’s duty to regulate private activities to protect the general public. Under this ideology, a Supreme Court is in the balance, now is when we Republican president signed the Clean Water Act must ask ourselves, “What is the role of government: (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the to protect individual interests or promote the genersweeping National Environmental Protection Act, all al well-being?” When Judge Alito goes before the of which put constraints on what landowners could Senate next year, the most critical test will not be to do with their property. determine his stand on abortion rights or gun conFast forward to 2005. As Americans have grown introl. It will be to infer his position on the role and creasingly attached to the perceived—though categor- rights of government. ically wrong—inviolability of private property, a movement has emerged advocating either the abolition of Jared Fish is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday. “punitive” regulations or monetary compensation. ;
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the Duke Student Government but it has forgotten that. The one and Vice President for Academic Afonly one question DSG should ever confairs, Joe Fore is supposed to fight sider is what do the students want? for my interests. The students elected So I ask, with respect to course evaluations, what do the students want? him to serve as our chief advocate in acWhat we want—and ' ademic matters, and he has failed in that very imwhat we need—cannot be gained through an optportant role. out policy or even a signifThe single most imicant increase in the optportant issue facing the Academic Affairs Comin rate on ACES. mm ACES contains no mittee is course evaluai A tions. So far, AAC’s efqualitative comments, forts have consisted and as long as any profeselliott wolf almost exclusively of lobsor does not allow his transparency evaluations to be shown, bying the Arts & Sciences Council to adopt an “optthe system is effectively out” policy for course evaluations on censored. I would very much like to ACES—a policy by which professors see all of the data that we provide would have to remove their evaluation (both quantitative and qualitative) data from ACES instead of adding it. posted on ACES, but that’s simply not So far, pretty much all of those efforts going to happen. Under the control of the A&S Counhave proved fruitless. Now DSC is recil, ACES has no hope of ever offering duced to politely asking faculty members to post their evaluation data on viable course reviews, and DSG’s efforts ACES—something that they have no were futile from the beginning. real motivation to do. Understandably, Something else is needed, and other faculty members do not want to have an systems have been successful at Duke and other universities. The best example entire semester’s worth of teaching reduced to a few numerical averages and is the now-defunct Duke Undergraduhave acted accordingly. ates Evaluate Teaching system, a course As someone who doesn’t particularly evaluations website begun as an experilike to have an entire semester’s worth of ment by a statistics professor in 1998. work reduced to a single grade, I can apGiven the limitations of ACES and preciate their position. In voting down the success of DUET (it was good until the opt-out resolution, the A&S Council the faculty got upset and DSG capitulated), the establishment of another indevoted in the interests of its constituents. DSG must do the same for its conpendent system that provides both qualitative and quantitative evaluations of stituents and stop simultaneously panstudents, to the and adis what is necessary. Last year, faculty professors dering ministration. DSG is the student lobby, Fore toyed with that idea and told The ..
Chronicle it should be ready by registration this semester. But true to DSG form, no details were given. By the way, registration ended Wednesday. Well, enough is enough. Victor Strandberg, professor of English, noted, “Students are certain to have their own system of which we will have no say whatsoever if we try to stonewall them.” Having reviewed the A&S Council’s long history of resistance to course evaluations, it’s safe to say that I feel sufficiently stonewalled. And Strandberg’s statement has
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running a course evaluations website from the computer in my room in Kilgo Quad. It cost me absolutely no money and was conceived and programmed in a single weekend. The site is functional, and more than 100 reviews have already been posted. Students can provide both qualitative and quantitative feedback and browse by professor, course and department —all on a system where no information is hidden. It is independent of DSG and the administration. My very wise friend Rob Goodman noted last year in Chronicle column that “DSG ought to be making nice things happen, not declaring that nice things are nice.” AAC has resisted tangible action and has been declaring that nice things are nice for too long. Now someone else is forced to try and make them happen:
http://evals.dorm.duke.edu/ Elliott Wolf is a Trinity sophomore. His column normally runs every other Tuesday.
Somehow, she just knew. know, you really shouldn’t smoke,” I said to Pokey, a “Cat got your tongue?” she asked. friend’s two-month-old cat, as she lifted her paw to her “It’s just that I never thought it would be quite like this,” I mouth and took another pull on her Parliament. Her tail twitched idly, thwacking against the sofa’s arm. ‘You’re still said. I stubbed out the cigarette. “What? You thought college would be all young and all. It could stunt your grow She cut me off. “Oh, who do you think you beret-wearing and philosophy-spouting, cappucinos in the garden gazebo and snowball fights are, anyway?” she shot back, her green eyes naron the quad?” Her words were cutting. ‘You rowing. ‘You don’t even know what you want to do with your life.” thought you’d be able to sit around, read New Yorkers and write florid Towerview articles all My shoulders slumped. She’d hit home. “Heh. Them’s fightin’ words,” I said, trying day? Sorry to burst your Dead Poets Society bubble, mon cher.” to shake off my unease with a few forced laughs. I reached out to yank her tail. “Thank you, But she was right. Leave it to a girl to prey on sarah ball Daria, for your ever-encouraging words of opanother girl’s insecurities. baii to the wall timism.” “You know you want to go abroad,” she pro“Listen, all I’m saying is that the whole ‘woe voked, tucking her paws under her chest. is me’ thing doesn’t cut it around here,” she said. “You know “Don’t try to deny that you do. They say it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, made for you romantic writery-types. Just that you’re an innately driven person. You knew you were enmake up your freakin’ mind, anyway.” rolling in a success-oriented school. Besides, if you’re truly “Gee, no one’s ever put it to me that way,” I deadpanned, aimless and drifting, what are you doing spending all your arching my left eyebrow. “What about you, anyway? You’re just time at The Chronicle?” “What?! Oh, come on, I do not spend all of my time there, going to stick around this campus, TAfor econ classes and just a lot ofit. What’s wrong with being involved? I’m not ‘sellkeep up the Investment Club stuff?” ‘Yeah,” she said, blinking, then yawning. “I mean, leaving ing my soul’ to the paper, or whatever it is that you call it.” “Are you sure?” she asked, her whisker-tinged mouth turnwould mean missing out on half a year of real college life, and let’s face it, my parents aren’t paying 40 grand a year for me ing up into a smile. “I think I sense a little wistfiilness. It seems kind of pointless—to invest a lot of time in something now, to bar hop in Barcelona.” only to walk away. The goal is upward mobility, no?” “Well, what about the summer?” I asked, plucking the cig“You are so calculating. I’m hearing the Darth Vader death arette from her and, against my better judgment, taking a march every time you speak,” I said, rolling my eyes. “You know the first round of deadlines long drag. internship “Hey, just because I’m black and Darth Vader’s black—” was this past Tuesday.” “...You’re calico. You’re only part black. Stop being weird.” “I’m staying for summer school. I’ve really got to buckle “Weird?! Let’s not get personal here. After all, you’re the down and boost my GPA. What are you asking me all this for? You’re the one with the problem —I’ve got it all figured out.” one—” “I know,” I said, and this time I meant it. “Up a creek withI was silent again. I hadn’t told her that I was having second that out a paddle.” about declared didn’t mention my newly thoughts major. I “At least you have your health,” she said, jumping off the at a conference last month, I’d heard a journalism professor loftily declare column clips as “insufficient” to get a writing job. couch and sauntering over to the window for another smoke. I didn’t talk about the pressure to find a reporting internship, Sarah Ball is a Trinity sophomore and editorial page managing about the need to amass news clips right now so I can get a job editor for The Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday. in two years. I didn’t even mention my less-than-stellar grades. —”
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has probably noticed the “Drought in Durham!” warnings posted in Duke’s dormitories. According to the fliers, we only have 72 days worth of water left, so “please conserve” and “report leaks.” The water crisis is not unique to Durham. fact, In Durham has ■.y it easy compared some other parts North Carolin a I n .
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restrictions on its citizens to fight the drought. If Durham’s situation does not improve, the same could happen here. This water shortage provides an occasion to look at Duke’s recent water conservation initiatives. Do they work? And if we have not done enough, then what can we do differently or better? Only two initiatives come to my mind. Last year, when I was a freshman in Randolph Dormitory, Residence Life and Housing Services installed water-efficient showerheads to cut down on water waste. The showerheads killed the water pressure and let out only a light drizzle. This is no way to shower. In theory, it may conserve some water, but I doubt it really saves much. The weak spray simply convinced me and my neighbors to take longer showers. As for this year, the most notorious change has been the placement of water-free urinals in Bostock Library. I call this change notorious for two reasons. First, the water-free technology is a neat innovation. Second, it causes the restroom to smell like... well, you can guess. When someone complained about the odor in a Chronicle letter to the editor, the building manager of Bostock responded by saying that in due time “the problem should be resolved.” Apparendy posting instructions in the restrooms on how to clean the urinals is adequate enough for them to consider the problem “resolved.” I disagree mainly for one reason: The smell is still there. New filters were supposedly installed in addition to the cleaning staff instructions, but they haven’t helped. Besides, filtration isn’t the problem. The technology itself works, but it only takes up a small portion of the entire device, leaving the job “incomplete” and the restroom unpleasant. With this negative aspect of the water-free innovation, it is tough to applaud the good intentions behind it. Reducing water waste is important. We should make efforts to prevent water crises at home, as well as those that will occur globally in the future. Furthermore, shortages should not be the only times to coerce Duke students into action. Constantly reminding students to save water should be a priority for RLHS, just as much as conserving electricity is. My RA last year, a graduate student at the Nicholas School for the Environment, did this all the time, and I’m sure his efforts made far more progress than the showerheads did. He told us to take quicker showers and not let the water run while brushing our teeth. Advice like that, when given frequendy, can make a big difference. Changes such as new showerheads and water-free urinals can help, but they should also be unobtrusive. Water conservation efforts should function so well that they go almost unnoticed. The two initiatives mentionedabove do not meet this standard.
Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.
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