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Nixon letter donated to Duke

U.S. rep gives free speech award by

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Rep. Walter Jones made his annual trip to Duke to honor Jordan Selleck, president of College Republicans at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for his efforts fighting liberal bias on campus. Jones, R-N.C., spoke Monday night at the College Republicans meeting in Von Canon B, where he presented the Walter B. Jones Campus Defender Award. The award, created in 2004, is named after Jones to honor his support for the freedom of speech of conservative groups, said John Plecnik, a third-year Duke law student who developed the award with Jones. “Congressman Jones is without a doubt the leader of freedom of speech on campuses, both in North Carolina and the nation,” Plecnik said. “He so embodied the principles of free speech that we wanted to create a permanent link between him and Duke College Republicans.” Jones said liberal bias in classrooms has been a serious problem. “For a number ofyears, at both the state and national level, I’ve been hearing complaints from SEE

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as an Iraqi scholar and citizen. He said that one of the biggest casualties of the war in Iraq has been the flight of the academia. “The elite are leaving the country,” Jawad said. “It’s an urban jungle.” This is just one of the problems that Iraq faces at the moment, Jawad explained. The division of the country into sects and factions stands in the way of progress, he added. “Saddam Hussein deserved kicking out,” Jawad said, but he

Of the hundreds of letters Duke officials every day, the School ofLaw received one last week that likely will be remembered for its historical significance for years to come. Newsday Deputy Editor Jack Sirica, Trinity ‘76 and son of former federal judge John Sirica, presented an original letter penned by former President Richard Nixon, Law ‘37, to the school Nov. 21. Sirica said he was compelled to donate the letter—appraised at $35,000 —to the University out of gratitude, noting that his education has been invaluable. “Basically the school did a lot for me,” he said. “I don’t have a lot of cash to give to Duke. I wanted to at least give them one of the letters.” When Sirica’s father died in 1992, he received the contents of a safe deposit box that held

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Abdul Sattar Jawad, Dean of the College of Arts at Mustansiriyah University in Iraq, is serving as a visitingprofessor at Duke.

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As Dean of the College ofArts Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad, he had a library of 6,000 books. For now, though, visiting professor Abdul Sattar Jawad makes do with some borrowed books from the library and a few purchases from the Gothic at

Bookshop. After having his newspaper office bombed and enduring threats and intimidation at the university, Jawad left Iraq in June and accepted a fellowship

offered by Duke this fall. “The universities in Iraq are full of religious fanatics,” Jawad said. He added that clerics at the university had cancelled some classes because of their subject matter and threatened him personally. The professor, who has authored 14 books on literature and journalism and received his doctorate in London, has continued his research at the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies. Jawad has been interviewed frequently by American media

Oasis offers respite for stressed students by

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Monday marked the opening of the Duke University Student Health Center’s newest venture. Comfortable couches, flowing water

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Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C, spoke about academic freedom and liberal bias in the classroom at a Monday meeting.

fountains and decorative artwork fill The Oasis—a room aimed at facilitating students’ general health needs. A quiet open space framed by large windows and marked by a soothing ambiance, The Oasis is located in the new Bell Tower Dormitory on East Campus. The center will be operated by Student Health’s Office of Health Promotion, which aims to promote the development of a campus community that fosters healthy physical and mental lifestyles. “It is a place to get away from your immediate environment,” said Franca Alphin, director ofhealth promotion. Many students found this escape particularly SEE OASIS ON PAGE 5

The Oasis,a new space in BellTower Dormitory operated by Student Health, provides a place for students to relax.

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'No confidence' vote forced

Saddam speaks out during trial by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq A combative Saddam Hussein lashed out Monday at his treatment by American “occupiers and invaders” and lectured the chief judge about leadership as his trial resumed in a rambling and unfocused session. Two of the seven other defendants also spoke out during the 2 1/2-hour hearing, complaining of their treatment in detention or dissatisfaction with their court-appointed counsel. The court’s tolerance of such comments drew sharp complaints from Shiite politicians who contend the tribunal is trying too hard to accommodate

an ousted dictator who should have already been convicted and executed. “The chief judge should be changed and replaced by someone who is strict and courageous,” said Shiite legislator Ali alAdeeb, a senior official in Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari’s party. The tribunal adjourned until next week to give the defense time to replace lawyers slain since the trial opened Oct. 19. Monday was only the second session of the trial. Saddam, the only defendant wearing Western clothes, moved quickly to try to seize control of the proceedings at the

heavily guarded Baghdad court. Dressed in black trousers and a grayjack-

et with a white handkerchief in the breast

pocket, die 68-year-old former president was

the last defendant to enter the chamber. While other defendants appeared frightened and exhausted, Saddam swaggered confidendy to his seat, greeting people along the way with the traditional Arabic greeting, “Peace be upon the people of peace” as he cradled a copy of the Quran. He began with a verse from the Muslim holy book that reminds believes who aspire for heaven that God knows who actually participated in jihad, or holy war; ‘You thought you would be rewarded with heaven, as if God doesn’tknow who took part in jihad and who has persevered.”

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TUCSON, Ariz. President George W. Bush said Monday he wants to crack down on those who enter the country illegally but also give out more visas to foreigners with jobs, a dual plan he hopes will appease the social conservatives and business leaders who are his core supporters. “The American people should not have to choose between a welcoming society and a lawful society,” Bush said from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base about an hour from the Mexican border. “We

have both at the same time.” The touchy issue of immigration has divided lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he will bring up the issue early next year. The House hopes to tackle some border security measures before adjourning for the year, but little time remains and it has other issues on its plate. Bush also pitches his plan in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. Texas and Arizona are home to GOP senators who have been vocal on the need to change immigration laws but who aren’t entirely sold on Bush’s vision. can

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The idea for temporary worker visas has been especially divisive and is stalled in Congress. Bush said he does not support amnesty for illegal immigrants, but he does want to give workers away to earn an honest living doing jobs that other Americans are unwilling to do and issue more green cards. “Listen, there’s a lot of opinions on this proposal,” Bush said. “I understand that, but people in this debate must recognize that we will not be able to effectively enforce our immigration laws until we create a temporary worker program.”

A corruption scandal forced a vote of noconfidence Monday that toppled Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, triggering an unusual election campaign during the Christmas holidays.

Congressman pleads guilty Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, an eightterm congressman and hotshot Vietnam War fighter jock,pleaded guilty to graft and tearfully resigned Monday, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes mostly from defense contractors in exchange for government business and other favors.

Travelers unable to go home Travelers trying to get home after Thanksgiving were stranded across the Plains on Monday as the region's first big snowstorm of the season closed hundreds of miles of highways, cutting visibility to zero and piling up drifts 6 feet high.

Gaza elections shut down The ruling Fatah Party canceled its primary in Gaza at the end of a full day of voting Monday after gunmen disrupted at least a dozen polling places, firing in the air and stealing some ballot boxes. The violence underscored Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas'inability to maintain order. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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The words “field trip” often evoke images of planetariums, science museums and historic monuments. But college field trips, far from those elementary-school excursions, might substitute a Universitypaid flight for a 20-minute bus ride, or Russia or Hawaii for a local museum. Every year at Duke, several departments offer classes that take field trips as part of their curricula to enhance the classroom learning experience. The Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, for example, is offeringVolcanology: The Geology of Hawaii next semester—a biannually offered course that includes a spring break trip to Maui and other islands. “This is geology, so most geology is the science of the world around us,” said Alan Boudreau, associate professor ofearth and ocean sciences, who will teach the course in the spring. “If you want to learn it, you have to go out and see it.” This semester, students taking classes in the division also had the option of enrolling in The Geology of Yellowstone Park. During fall break, the students went on a week-long camping trip to visit the park, along with Fossil Butte National Monumentand other geological sites. “The best thing about it was getting out there,” said senior Jacob Pelley, who went on the trip this semester. ‘You see this big hole in the ground that has all these microbes that NASA uses to cure cancer apd Alzheimer’s—it’s different seeing it in a book, and it’s different when you’re two feet away from it.” But field trips are not only allotted to juniors and seniors in upper-level seminars. Freshmen in the Changing Faces of Russia FOCUS program have historically taken a week-long trip to St. Petersburg over fall break. “What they learn in the four seminars takes on a different kind of reality for them, and it also changes the classroom dynamics—once they get back, they have a whole new context for what they’re learning,” said Jehanne Gheith, associate professor of Slavic and Eurasian studies and director of the Russian FOCUS.

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Traveling with the FOCUS is different from studying abroad in Russia, Gheith said, because students spend the entire time with the small group of people they have known the entire semester, and with whom they may continue to discuss their experiences. “The learning doesn’t stop with the trip,” she said. In other cases, learning—and particularly service learning—is a critical component of classes’ field trips. Rebuilding from Ruins, a Spring 2006 course cross-listed in the engineering, environmental science and public policy

Graduate and Professional Student Council representatives discussed a membership fee increase and charter changes for their attendance policy at Monday night’s meeting. The GPSC fee increase will be set to match the University rate of inflation over the next three years beginning in Fall 2007, following a motion put forth from previous meetings. “Historically the inflation rate of the University has been 3 percent,” said Treasurer Scott Smith, a second-year student at the Fuqua School of Business. Smith also informed members that with each increase the member fee will be rounded to the closest 10 cents. Some members worried that the language of the motion does not allow GPSC room to make further changes to the fee when it sees fit in the future. In response, two amendments were proposed. In the end, however, members agreed GPSC will always reserve the right to make changes when it sees fit and discussion on the amendments was closed without voting. The original motion was passed. Attorney General Kelly DeMeester, a second-year student in the business school, continued last week’s discussion about changes to GPSC’s charter by explaining its significance. The suggestion was to strike “consecutive” from the current clause that states: “A seat will be considered abandoned after a representative is absent withoutproxy from three consecutive Assembly meetings.” “This means that if you miss three

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TheWinter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of several sights freshmen in the Russian FOCUS visit. She added that she has found students

always come back with a marked change

in their written work and discussions after experiencing the culture first-hand. “There’s something about Russia —it’s kind of an indefinableessence,” freshman John Mishler said. ‘You kind of can’t understand it till you’re actually there. It gave me a better understanding of everything we’ve been reading in books.” Since the FOCUS’ inception, students have gone to Russia every year but one, when the excursion was cancelled due to funding issues. The trip is usually sponsored by donors, and students pay only about $2OO for visas and miscellaneous expenditures.

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Survey deadline extended Students who live on Central Campus have a few extra days to vote to approve a change to the current quiet hours policy. The online poll will now be open until Wednesday at 5 p.m. As of now, 313 students have voted “yes” and about 100 people have voted “no” to change the current policy, which has zero tolerance for noise at all times. The policy has not been changed for more than 30 years. Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a junior, said in order for the proposal to pass, about 300 more students who live on Central Campus must vote yes before the policy can change, as 66 percent of residents must approve the trial effort for it to take place. The website is:

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Belafonte to speak at MLR Day Activist Harry Belafonte will speak at the University Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, for its annual commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The event will be held in the Duke Chapel at 3 p.m. and is open to the public. Belafonte was a close friend and ally ofKing’s during the Civil

Stereo, CCR CD pilfered from car

An unidentified person broke into a student’s car on Oregon Street Monday, Nov. 21 and took a car stereo. The student told police officers she parked her Honda Accord in a lot outside her apartment and returned to discover the $3OO Sony stereo and other property —including a Cree-

Rights Movement. King said of 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. The speech, titled “Beyond Belafonte, “His commitment to our cause is a key ingredient to Katrina: Scaling Up for Pandemic the global struggle for freedom Flu,” will be held in Fuqua’s Geand a powerful tactical weapon in neen Auditorium and is part of the Civil Rights Movement here Fuqua’s Distinguished Speaker in America. We are blessed by his Series and the Health Sector courage and moral integrity.”

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Duke chemist to give Nobellecture Dr. Peter Agre, vice chancellor for science and technology and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for chemistry', will give his Nobel Prize lecture to the Duke community Thursday, Dec. 1. The lecture will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. in tire Bryan Center’s Von Canon Room and is open to the entire Duke community. “The Nobel Week is held in Stockholm every year at the beginning of December,” Agre said in a statement. “I felt that this is the best time for me to share my Nobel Lecture with all members of the Duke community. I will present the same talk that I gave in Stockholm two years ago. It should be easily understood by scientists as well as non-scientists.”

Fuqua alumnus to head new center The Fuqua School of Business announced Tuesday, Nov. 22, that Jon Fjeld, adjunct professor of management, has been named executive director of its recendy unveiled Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Fjeld most recendy served as vice president of engineering at Align Technology, one of Silicon Valley’s fastest growing companies in the past five years. At Align, Fjeld directed the development of the technology platform for the world’s first mass customization manufacturing operation. Prior to Align, Fjeld was CEO of two Research Triangle Park-based technology ventures: Raindrop Geomagic and NetEdge Systems. Fjeld has also held a number of executive positions at IBM and began his career as an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Duke University. Fjeld holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Duke.

CDC director to speak at Duke Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be speaking at the Fuqua School of Business at

dence Clearwater Revival music CD—missing.

tween 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12 and 8:45 a.m., Monday, Nov. 14.

Saw stolen from construction site An employee reported that a Dewalt circular saw had been stolen from the construction site at the School of Law Tuesday, Nov. 15. The item stolen was valued at $l6l. The incident took place be-

Discs taken from hospital room An employee reported Tuesday, Nov. 15, that three music compact discs had been stolen from room 4242 Duke Hospital North. The items were valued at $3O. The incident took place between 6 p.m., Nov. 14 and 7:30 a.m, Nov. 15.

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During fall break, students in theFOCUS program ChangingFaces ofRussia usually visitSt. Petersburg to tour the country theyspend a semester studying.

TRIPS from page 3 departments, will focus on natural disasters, how they happen and how people recover from the aftermath. Students in the class will take a week-long trip to New Orleans or the coast of Florida to help the victims of the recent hurricanes. David Schaad, departmental business manager for civil engineering, said his involvement with Engineers Without Borders inspired him to establish the

course. Engineers Without Borders is an organization that recendy helped tsunami victims in Indonesia. “It seems like a logical leap for this class as we recover from natural disasters,” he said. Schaad said he does not want to limit the number of students wanting to help, so the course has a 200-person capacity, and 130 students were enrolled as of last week. The logistics of funding have not been worked out yet, however, and he said students may end up having to pay for part of the trip.

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enticing after a weary day of Thanksgiving travelling. At Monday’s opening students took ad-

meetings, you’re out and your school will be contacted,” DeMeester explained. The General Assembly clarified that only members will be removed, not the program represented at GPSC. If the charter change passes, members will only be allowed to miss two meetings per semester. “I think two meetings is good, otherwise you’re missing half of the meetings in a semester,” said Sara Becker, a graduate student in psychology. The charter change will be voted on after winter break.

vantage of the center’s relaxed atmosphere, in addition to free backscratchers, gourmet food and the chance to win a free foot spa. “It’s like they knew what I needed before I even said anything,” freshman Chelsea Echenique said. “I was really stressed. This is perfect.” Unlike the Student Health Center or the East Campus Wellness Center’, The Oasis is not a clinic. Despite the presence of health officials and ample health information, The Oasis’ primary function is to give students the necessary resources to lead healthy lifestyles. ‘You will not receive shots there or go there if you have a cold,” said Kevin Harrell, health education specialist and coordinator of programming at The Oasis. “For some people it is an escape from regular coursework, for others it is a quiet place to sit and study.” The Oasis will be open during upcoming weeks for the reading and exam periods. Beginning next semester the center will also offer daily programs each Monday

through Thursday. Programs will focus on a central theme. Monday’s “Let’s Talk About Sex” programs, for example, will feature discussions on sexual health and healthy relationships. Thursday’s “Mind/Body Connection” sessions will showcase physical fitness and stress management exercises. Although certain aspects of The Oasis, such as program themes, have already been decided, Harrell said he looks forward to working with students to make The Oasis as helpful as possible.

The Oasis, which opened Monday, will serve as a place wherestudents can learn about healthy lifestyles. “I would really like students to take ownership of this space,” he said. “I’m hoping that students will become involved not only in the recruiting —by spreading the word and bringing friends—but also in saying what kind of programming they want The Oasis to have.”

Despite its location on East Campus, Student Health officials said they hope The Oasis will accommodate upperclassmen as well as freshmen. “We are marketing to all students,” Harrell said. “We know that other students have to come to East for one reason or another, and so we would like them to take advantage of The Oasis too.” Alphin said she hopes the program’s success will lead to more health promotion

outlets following the model of The Oasis. “It would be ideal to have this type of space on West and on Central,” she said. The idea for The Oasis arose in response to the need to utilize extra space in the Bell Tower Dormitory. Allocation of space for the retreat reflects the Student Health’s growing concern about student stress. ‘We know mental health issues are on the increase at all universities,” Alphin said. Similar programs include the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Program for Stress Management, which features meditation centers. “The Health Promotion message is that you don’t have to be sick to come to Student Health,” Harrell said.

In other business: Vik Devisetty, a student in both Fuqua and the School of Medicine, updated members about the Young Trustee Committee and the application process. Devisetty informed the council that applications and other documents will be available online. Devisetty also expressed concerns on the behalf of medical school students regarding their tripled parking fees. He said he hopes to see this increase negated for the next school year. First-year Fuqua student Arthur Sevilla reported upcoming activities to form a more cohesive graduate and professional student body. Alexandra Malone, a student in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, informed representatives of community groups set up to achieve a more environmentally sound University. Second-year Divinity School student Gavin Rogers invited members to attend a pig roast at the Duke Chapel that will take

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SCHOLAR from page 1 added that the officials in charge now are worse. “They are doing worse than Saddam Hussein because they are religious militia.” He believes that secular citizens, not clerics, are needed to put Iraq back together. The elections, he contended, only put religious militants in power. “Democracy is a culture. It cannot be imposed or imported,” Jawad explained. Jawad himself became a target for religious militants as the editor for the Baghdad Mirror, a secular newspaper. In mid-March, 10 minutes after leaving his office, he was told by reporters that his office had been bombed and was on fire. “Luckily no one was killed at that time,” he said. Combined with the threatsreceived from clerics at his university, this incident prompted Jawad to resign his post as dean. He and

JONES from page 1 students about how certain professors have not been tolerant of their views,” Jones said. He was at the forefrontof an investigation into academic freedom at UNC in 2003.

There, during a lecture, an English professor asked students to discuss why heterosexual males felt uncomfortablearound homosexuals. A student replied thathe believed homosexuality was immoral based on the Bible. After the class ended, the professor sent out an e-mail to the class roster publicly rebuking the student for his comments. “When I heard this had happened, I was outraged,” Jones said. “The classroom should be a place where people can share their opinions.” Jones called for a federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Education,

his wife immigrated to Jordan where he was then offered a fellowship at Duke. “Duke is fabulous—everybody here is helpful and understanding,” Jawad said. “I am very happy to be here.” In the past, he translatedT.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” into Arabic. One ofhis current projects is translating Shakespeare’s sonnets and analyzing them in a biographical context “The Iraqi audience is quite familiar with the plays, but they are not so familiar with the sonnets,” Jawad said. Next semester he will teach Modem Arabic Literature and Culture in the Asian and African languages and literature department as well as a class in Arabic studies. Jawad plans to stay at least until July and possibly next year if the situation in Iraq does not improve. “We need now, I think, to hold a national convention to bring all the factions together,” he said. “They need a supportive hand and advice.” -

which found that the professor’s e-mail violated the student’s First Amendment rights. After presenting the award to Selleck, Jones took questions from the audience, one of which touched on the problems within the Republican party. “We have two or three scandals in Washington right now that could be smaller versions of Watergate,” he said. “Afterwards, there will hopefully be a purification of the party, and that is not always a bad thing.” When one student asked why it seems the Republican party is straying away from core conservative values like a balanced budget, he replied that some members of Congress may be abusing their power. “Absolute power corrupts,” he said. “Some people in Congress think they know better than their District [constituents] what their constituents want.”

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personal letters from former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman and Nixon. Sirica said that the letter he donated to Duke was “by far the most noteworthy” of all the contents of the box. The 1973 letter marks Nixon’s first usage of executive privilege—the president’s right to refuse to release certain documents to other branches of the government. In his letter, sons for de-

“Nobody had ever compelled a sitting president to produce evidence to that day,” Sirica said. Nixon then resigned from the presidency in order to avoid impeachment. Since those events, Nixon’s relationship

with his alma mater was strained at times. During the Watergate controversy, the law school removed a portrait of Nixon on display, and in 1981, faculty members dissuaded then-Duke President Terry Sanford from housing Nixon’s presidential library at Duke. In 1980, however, Nixon aided the Nixon explained his reaSchool of Law in recruiting its first Chinese “[Nixon] was a loyal alum.... This students. is an appropriate document for “He was a

to give the tape recorded conversations and alum,” other requestloyal us to have. It’s not a very happy said Christoed material to memory for the law school, but a grand jury pher Schroeder, a professor the during it’s definitely a part of it.” at the School of Watergate Christopher Schroeder Law. “We are scandal—the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■*■■■■* very pleased political conthis is an approtroversy which five men were arrested for breakpriate document for us to have. It’s not a very happy memory for the law school, but ing into the Democratic National Comit’s definitely a part ofit.” mittee headquarters at a hotel in WashSchroeder explained that the Waterington, D.C. “The independence of the three gate trial had several ties to Duke, includbranches of our government is at the very ing Nixon, the younger Sirica and the heart of our Constitutional system,” Watergate trial courtroom clerk, who was Nixon wrote in the letter, citing executive a Duke Law alumnus. privilege. “It would be wholly inadmissiAlthough it is unlikely that it will be used ble for the President to seek to compel as a teaching tool, the letter serves as a good some particular action by the courts. It is example of executive privilege as well as a equally inadmissible for the courts to seek “nicely written legal argument,” Schroeder to compel some particular action from said. “Generations of Duke law students the President.” will be aware of its presence,” he said. Nixon was eventually forced to turn Though the document was presented the tapes over to the grand jury, and they to the School of Law as a gift, it will reended up being decisive evidence against main in Perkins Library’s Rare Book his case in the Watergate investigation. Room until next year.

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Garden I had the pleasure of watching both games at Madison Square Garden over the break, and it was great watching the Blue Devils beat two very capable teams on their way to capturing the NIT Season Tip-Off title. Unfortunately Duke’s trip to NYC was also costly, as sophomore DeMarcus Nelson suffered a hairline fracture early in the first half against Drexel. Nelson had surgery yesterday and will be out 6-8 weeks. He is clearly the team’s premier athlete, and although his loss won’t be felt hard in any one particular area, the team will not be the same without him. Duke loses a great defender and a body to fill the lanes in transition, among other things. The injury does allow for more playing time for young blood in the backcourt. Greg Paulus started in place ofNelson against Memphis and delivered a very solid performance. Paulus’ obvious strengths are ball handling and passing, but I

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Cameron Indoor Stadium, Wallace Wade Stadium, and now the Karcher-Ingram Golf Center. Maybe the final facility does not belong on the same list as the home of “Coach K Court” or the only stadium outside of Pasadena to host the Rose Bowl, but it will be one of the tools responsible for keeping the Duke golf programs among the best in the nation.

The $3 million facility, located at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, was completed earlier this fall and was officially dedicated Nov. 18. “I couldn’t be more proud tonight than to dedicate this building,” Athletic Director Joe Alieva said at the ceremony. “This gives us the opportunity to do one of the things that I’ve always said we need to do and that is to keep the programs good that are good at Duke

University.”

The two-story, 5,500-squarefoot facility has many attributes that will benefit the current golf teams, including an indoor putting green and an extensive academic center. It also houses locker rooms for each squad, a club repair room and a training room. The most important impact, however, of the facility will be its SEE GOLF ON PAGE 12

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As a freshman, DeMarcus Nelson ruptured a ligament in his right thumb, an injury that hampered his performance all season. This year, the sophomore will have to cope with another injury, a hairline fracture in his right ankle. surgery on his injured ankle Monday afternoon and will miss the next 6-8 weeks, the team announced yesterday. “We will definitely miss DeMarcus,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “We’re pleased that the surgery was successful and that we jpn expect him to be back at 100 percent later in the season.” Less than 10 minutes into Duke’s semifinal game of the NIT Season Tip-Off, a Drexel player rolled into Nelson’s right leg while he fought for a loose ball in front of the Blue Devil bench. Nelson said he heard a pop, and he stayed down for several minutes before walking to the locker room under his own power. Duke will have to adjust to the loss of its most athletic player, Krzyzewski said. Entering the game against Drexel, Nelson had averaged 26.3 minutes per game, delivering 8.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game. “It’ll change the type of team SEE NELSON ON PAGE

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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim will serve as an assistant to Mike Krzyzewski on the Ui.Men's Senior NationalTeam.

From staff reports: The United States National Team will rely on a coaching staff comprised of a mix ofcollege and NBA coaches to try to recapture the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, the Phoenix Suns’ Mike D’Antoni and the Portland Trail Blazers’ Nate McMillan—all head coaches of their respective teams—will serve as Mike Krzyzewski’s assistants, USA Basketball’s managing director Jerry Colangelo announced Monday. “Our goal was to assemble a first rate coaching staff with Mike Krzyzewski in the leadership role and a talented group of respected and successful coaches assisting him,” Colangelb said. “I’m very excited about this coaching staff.” Assigned the task of trying to return the United States’ basketball program to its prior glory, Colangelo and Krzyzewski have pledged to assemble a squad that will correct the problems that plagued Team USA at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

“This staff encompasses all the areas that need to be addressed,” Krzyzewski said. “We have NBA experience. We have international experience. We have the backgrounds to teach different styles of basketball, including zone offense and defense. We also have coaches of different ages, which should give us the ability to teach and communicate well with a team of the best players in our country.” Boeheim, who along with Krzyzewski give the staff two Hall of Famers, is in his 30th year at the helm of Syracuse. He won his first NCAA Championship in 2003 and his teams have become known for their stifling 2-3 zone. In his first full season as coach of the Suns last year, D’Antoni led Phoenix to a 62-20 record and was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year. McMillan, one of the NBA’s youngest coaches, is in his first year in Portland, after spending the previous five seasons as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics,

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Sophomore DeMarcos Nelson will miss 68 weeks after undergoing surgery on his injured right ankle Monday.

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BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE

MONDAY Virginia

Tech 56

TUESDAY Wisconsin

Ohio State 69

Wake Forest 7 p.m. on ESPN Punlue @ Florida State 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 Glemson @ Penn State 8 p.m. on ESPNU Illinois @ North Carolina 9 p.m. on ESPN Miami @ Michigan 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2 @

WEDNESDAY Georgia Tech @ Michigan St. 7 p.m. on ESPN Minnesota @ Maryland 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 Northwestern @ Virginia 8:00 p.m. on ESPNU

Duke @ Indiana 9:00 p.m. on ESPN N.C. State @ lowa 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2

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Big Ten/ACC Challenge over the first six I. years of the annual event, its streak is seriously in jeopardy this year. Five ACC and four Big Ten teams are ranked in the latest top 25 poll, but Boston College, in its first season as an ACC member, will not 4L take part in the competition.

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DeMarcus Nelson was one of Duke's best defenders and the team's best all-around athlete.He was averaging 3.0 steals per game beforehis injury. “It’s a time for our younger guys to step up,” Dockery said. from page 9 “It’s a big loss. DeMarcus was a major part of our team.” Without his presence, Duke seemed to lack a third scorwe are, because he’s our best athlete and supposedly our ing threat behind seniors JJ. Redick and Shelden Williams, who scored 45 of the team’s 70 points against Memphis. defensive stopper, a good rebounder,” Krzyzewski said folto “DeMarcus could have given you a 20-point game,” Drexel “We have change.” just the game. lowing In the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off—Duke’s first Krzyzewski said after Friday’s game. “When DeMarcus full game without Nelson—the Blue Devils turned to comes back, we have a chance to be better.” Freshman Martynas Pocius will also likely be called Greg Paulus to start in Nelson’s place, and the freshman filled in admirably, tallying eight assists and pulling down upon to help fill the void left by Nelson’s injury. The Lithuanian native, who entered the game after Nelson’s inseven rebounds. Fellow freshman Josh Mcßoberts will be counted on in jury, scored seven points on 3-for-4 shooting from the field Wednesday. Pocius also gave the team a spark, his coach the upcoming games to help compensate for the loss ofNelsaid, when his team was struggling. Melchionni continson’s scoring ability, especially while Lee the field. it is to find a If “Marty got us off the canvas,” Krzyzewski said after the to from possible posiues struggle tive in Nelson’s injury, his absence will help Duke’s other game against Drexel. “I thought Martynas came off the bench and made some big plays for us.” freshmen develop, Krzyzewski and several Blue Devils said.

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STRASSER from page 9 think his jump shot is further ahead than people think. His form is fundamentally sound, and defenses seem to be willing to sag off and let him shoot 19 footers, similarly to the way they play Sean Dockery. Paulus went l-for-3 from long distance against the Tigers, and he should be looking to step up and take open threes when defenses collapse on JJ. Redick and Shelden Williams. Martynas Pocius should also be expecting increased playing time in Nelson’s absence. Against Drexel, Pocius was dazzling. In 13 productive minutes he scored seven points, including a three-pointer, and recorded a steal and an assist. I heard little about him before the season, but he is basketball savvy and his overall athleticism and court awareness have me jumping on the Pocius bandwagon. He’s got flair and he’s got the raw skill set. He is a better on- and off-the-ball defender than either Redick or Paulus, and he is very effective shooting off the dribble on a team full of set shooters. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski only gave most

The new Karcher-lngram Golf Center includes a showcase of Duke's top men's and women's golfers.

GOLF from page 9 positive influence on recruiting, both

men’s coach Rod Myers and women’s coach Dan Brooks said. “It is a real positive for attracting new players,” Brooks said. “It is just fantastic. It is more and better than we could have

imagined.”

In addition to the building, the athletic department is also nearing completion on a $1 million short-game practice facility also located at the Washington Duke Inn, which both players and coaches have said will have a more direct impact on lowering golf scores and improving the teams. This outdoor facility will include full-swing and short-game areas with practice bunkers and target greens. It will also have state-of-theart video equipment to help players improve all aspects of their swings, Myers said. Beyond the use of the building and the practice facility, however, Myers said he believes the building has an important psychological impact for both current and future Blue Devils. “The primary thing it says is that Duke alumni and the athletic department are really behind the Duke programs,” Myers

said. “I think that’s the first thing it says to any young man or lady wondering if Duke is committed to its golf programs. It shows that Duke has and will continue to have a fine tradition in golf.” Even before the building was completed, both Myers and Brooks had been using the plans as a recruiting tool to bring in some of their current players. Both coaches also stressed the importance of selling all aspects of the Duke program to high school golfers. And one of the main aspects both stress is the University’s academic prestige. “I know if I was an incoming freshman looking at schools, I’d think that Duke now has the best facilities in the country and, aside from that, we are ranked so well academically,” women’s team senior captain Liz Janangelo said. “So it is a pretty good combination.” Sophomore Skip Murphy noted a sentiment that his coach hopes many prospective Blue Devils will have in the years to come. ‘You’re not going to find this anywhere else in the world,” Murphy said. “I visited the Georgia facility. They’re No. 1 in the country and it’s nothing anywhere near this.” Patrick Byrnes contributed to this story.

him five minutes of action against Memphis, but in my opinion he deserves at least 15 minutes a game. Aside from the key injury this weekend, it was painful to see senior captain Lee Melchionni struggle. He’s an important player for this team, but when he plays passively and poorly on offense—he shot l-for-7 from the field in 37 minutes of action over the two games in New York something is not right with him. It’s got to be something upstairs with Melchionni—he was in such a deep psychological funk he even missed two key back-to-back free throws late in the Memphis game. It’s too early in the season to really panic, But don’t forget how many times Melchionni caught on fire last year and carried the team through tough stretches against the nation’s best competition. Facing a tough team like Memphis early in the season and beating them without Nelson, despite a cold night shooting is only a sign of good things to come for the Blue Devils. The only drawback to winning these games is that you’ll likely have to put up with fellow Chronicle columnist Alex FanarofFs Train column for yet another week. —

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dates will allow students to study on their own schedules and to take the test when they are ready. The tension that builds in April and August as exam time approaches will be disseminated across a variety of times. Students will still be able to study in groups, but the sense of direct competition among them might be alleviated by the scattered testing. Comprehensive review sessions might be more difficult to schedule, but in the long run, the added test sessions will allow more individually

check their answers. Time management for a computer test works differently. While in this moment of transition from paper to electronic these seem like unfair changes, every standardized exam employs a set of test-taking skills independent of the material it intends to cover. At the moment, most students are more accustomed to paper tests, but eventually the skills required for electronic tests will be as natural as filling in the bubbles. Comfort levels will eventually catch up with the technology, and an increasing number of exams will be administered in this way. In the meantime, there is no doubt that the industry of test preparation will rise up to compile tricks and gimmicks for mastering a computer test.

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forts of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1926, the staff of the Harvard Crimson published The Confidential Guide of College CoursGeorge McLendon, the faculty are still allowed to hide their numbers from students. Even if they optes. A group of intrepid newspaper writers critiqued 40 or so courses and compiled a small in, which only about 10 percent do, students are left guidebook for their fellow students. The reception with a somewhat arbitrary numerical appraisal—useful, perhaps, for tenure review but not made for was overwhelmingly positive, but the editors soon realized that publishing their personal thoughts about choosing classes. The valuable written comments on courses was short-sighted and time-consuming. So evaluation forms never see the light of day. And so we take matters into our own they reached out to their classmates hands. A new system, designed by and called for independent evaluaDuke’s watchful gadfly Elliott Wolf tions of professors, written by stu(who is a Chronicle columnist), is a step dents, for students direction. in the right (See On May 19, 1926, they wrote a http://evals.dorm.duke.edu) For one lengthy editorial in the newspaper thing, its leaves no opt-in or opt-out calling for submissions that “can be of choice. Additionally, it features written and as or any length laudatory depreevaluations—both laudatory and deprecatory, abstract or specific as the indijimmy soni vidual author may desire.” And so catory—so that students have a better matter of fact the world’s first sense of a professor’s classroom style. grew independent But there are two difficulties with evaluation system for professors. Since its creation, the “Confi Guide” has evolved such a system. The first is simple collective-action to become Harvard’s tongue-and-cheek window into failure. It could die for lack of interest. And if too academic life. It features witty course evaluations few students participate, then the only available inalongside rants about the Core curriculum and car- formation is from students at the margins who either love or hate their professors. The other difficultoons next to information about libraries and freshman seminars. It lets you know whether a certain ty is that such information poses a credible threat to course’s “work load is going to cut a hole in your non-tenured faculty who fear that fringe comments love life,” and its editors argue that “it’s like having may affect their future employment prospects. We need a system that is independent enough to 100 upperclassman advisers.” There’s an upside for faculty and administrators publish critical reviews but also institutionalized as well: As one official told the Harvard Crimson, enough to have full student participation. Harvard has negotiated this compromise with the CUE the Guide is one ofhis most “important bureaucratGuide to courses (yes, they have two guides). It is ic weapons.” He is able to quote “selected juicy paswritten and edited by students but paid for by the from the current Confidential Guide at sages appropriate moments, and then... ask the rhetorical faculty council. The faculty have some oversight, but question: ‘We don’t want to read this again next the staff are protected from too much administrayear, do we?’” For a measly two dollars, anyone on tive interference. All students participate, the editors are political about their word choice and the campus can get a detailed description of a professor’s classroom personality. guide is available all over campus. We’re not too far from such a solution. Students In the preamble to the very first “Confi-Guide,” the editors support its creation by writing, “In the should continue using Wolfs new evaluation system for the time being, both because it serves our purpast, discussion of the merits and defects of college courses had been altogether too meagre [sic] pose and because it has the potential to grow into our version of the Conti Guide. But that doesn’t to be of any value either to instructors or prospecleave faculty off the hook. tive students.” At a university of Duke’s caliber, it’s hardly inapThis is a problem we have seen all too vividly at Duke. The debate over the current ACES system has propriate to ask for an evaluation system that fairly occasioned a variety of responses from students, adand publicly gauges undergraduate instruction. At the very least, two such systems will allow us to give ministrators and faculty, with the ultimate conclusion that discussion about courses at Duke is “too the ‘Duke of the North’ a run for its money. meagre” to be of any value to anyone. The trouble with the current system is that it is Jimmy Soni is a Trinity junior. His column runs every neither fair nor fruitful. Despite the admirable ef- other Tuesday.

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Head Basketball Coach Johnny tution. While you don’tknow what the ultimate outDawkins asked all students to sign a petition come of this campaign will be (perhaps President over Thanksgiving break. And in all honesty, Brodhead will provide some details on Thursday—who can disagree with it? Who can actually say that hint, hint), for now just trust us and sign onto it. she is against financial aid? More importandy, why Here’s a nice all-encompassing and unassailable statement for you to chew 0n....” would Duke find it necessary to ask But instead of leveling with us, the the students (and involve Duke basadministration is content to continuketball) to endorse a plan that would ally make flowery statements about fisupposedly benefit financial aid—IgK nancial aid, with Dawkins’ e-mail mm something that so directly benefits the student body? being the latest (and greatest) examAside from this being characterisple. This is a clear attempt to link the plight of the 40 percent of Duke stutically academic in that it calls for a dents on financial aid with the ulticonsensus that financial aid is “nice” elliott wolf mate effects of this campaign—things before President Richard Brodhead transparency that, in the end, have very little to do officially announces his Financial Aid with one another. These efforts have Initiative Thursday, there is another, more troubling answer: Duke isn’t going to do anyso far been successful and more than 1,800 students thing substantive to help financial aid and is trying have affirmed their “strongest support for Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative” and signed the petition. to cover itself. This tried and true strategy has been used over As I outlined in my Oct. 25 column, the goal of and over again. Supporters of the Iraq war argue the Financial Aid Initiative is to get donors to further endow financial aid and “ensure” permanent that supporting the war amounts to supporting support for it by shifting the long-term burden the troops; opponents of social security reform from discretionary funds to the endowment. This argue that they are protecting the elderly; supportwill supposedly guarantee that Duke can continue ers of President George W. Bush argue that supto “meet” the demonstrated financial need of its porting him amounts to fulfillment of one’s patristudents, even though there was never any real otic duty; supporters of public schools argue that threat to the operating budget’s support (aside, of supporting public education amounts to supporting the children; now, Duke is arguing that supcourse, from eager administrators eyeing superfluous pet projects). porting the Financial Aid Initiative amounts to More importantly, this campaign to change the supporting financial aid. And with each one of these assertions, there is source of the financial aid budget will do nothing to actually increase it. Instead of preventing current the implication of the contrapositive. Who doesn’t and future Duke students from being burdened by support the troops? Who doesn’t support the chilfive- or six-figures of debt after graduation, it will dren? Who doesn’t support financial aid? As the initiative is currently framed, Duke can conveniently free up to $22 million per year of discretionary income to be used for something else. This campaign duck any potential questions about its ultimate goals is an excellent opportunity to bolster financial aid, or the motives behind it. This is, after all,'a campaign “for the children,” and who doesn’t support and Duke is about to squander it in favor of somethe children? Come on, it’s for the children! thing we know nothing about. What we do know is that the campaign’s actual All I can do is hope that, come Thursday, we’ll benefits to financial aid are at best indirect, dubious get some actual information and be able to ask and intangible, and given that, Dawkins’ letter tough questions about what this will actually mean for us as students and for Duke as an institution. should have read something like this: “Dear [student]; May we please use you to legitEither that or Brodhead will have Coach K standing next to him. imize our effort to shift the burden of funding financial aid away from the University? We need your supElliott Wolf is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs port to convince donors that this campaign is really about helping you—the students—and not the insti- every other Tuesday.

“We believe that education works best when a school brings together the best students, regardless of financial background. Many of us, many of our classmates, and many of Duke’s most accomplished alumni could not have attended Duke if it weren’t for the University’s commitment to financial aid—and without financial aid students, Duke would not be Duke. That’s why we, the students of Duke University, would like to voice our strongest support for Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative.” —The Petition

Women don’t choose lower pay Alexander Pope helped pen the catch phrase that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” When he wrote “An Essay on Criticism” back in 1709 he certainly had articles in mind like the one Stephen Miller just published (“Sorry Feminists,” Nov. 23, 2005). Miller goes on a tirade about the issue of equal pay for women, and quite honestly his comments are so shockingly inane that I don’t even know where to begin. He says things like “women choose lower paying professions,” and “women are less likely to ask for a raise then men.” The former is seldom done by choice, and the latter just might be because of an inherently male dominated work culture that discourages women from speaking up. He then makes completely false comments about male workers doing the sacrificial work of cleaning toilets and thus getting paid more. Actually, most of that work is performed by women, mosdy by minority women, and they are massively underpaid for it (you might want to try and talk with one of the many housekeepers who clean your dorms for their take on this). I could go on and on, using his words against him, but clearly Stephen is trying to drum up interest by spouting out things he knows nothing about. Thankfully for him he still has one year of college left to take some classes that teach about workplace sexism, the real wage gap that exists and the foundations of our society and how they help reinforce the status and setting that women face every day.

than they should be. Miller argues that none of these reasons for the pay gap have anything “to dowith gender discrimination.”Well, this is what gender discrimination is: die expectation that women as a whole are these caring creatures who sacrifice higher wages for caring jobs out of the goodness of their hearts and not because of societal pressures and stereotypes. I hope when Miller leaves the 1950 and finally decides to get a job other than attempting to use a college newspaper column to agitate society, he works for a woman who will educate him.

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Parking services incompetent to asI’m usually not sume things beyond coincidence, but in regards to parking enforcement, corruption is evident. When my mom, who has rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren’s Disease came to campus, two cars were parked in handicapped spaces behind McLendon Tower. One was a black Denali adorned in Duke stickers with no handicapped tag. My mom parked in the dirt on the side of the road and put on her hazards for 10 minutes. A week later I was appealing her $4O ticket—it was denied. Flash forward to Parent’s Weekend. Yellow lines were being painted on Duke University Rd., and my parents parked in a lot next to the road. Paint dust was flying everywhere, and within a few minutes, my mom needed her inhaler, which was in my dorm. We parked in the Keohane fire lane behind the last available marked space; minutes later, a $2OO ticket was on the Matt Cubstead windshield but not on the car Trinity ’9O with a Duke license plate behind us. My appeal was denied. Women deal with extra work When my mom did park in a Stephen Miller just enjoys space behind McLendon provoking people. He criticized Tower, she returned to find the African-American students for infamous Denali parked beprotesting racist comments. In tween two handicapped spaces his latest diatribe he criticizes in an area of white lines. feminists for seeking equal pay. Recently on the way to a basOnce again, Miller abuses ketball game with my family, my facts attempting to make his ofmom tried to park behind fensive point. Women do work McLendon yet again. The black about 85 percent as many hours Denali sat in a handicapped as men, but why is that? space with no sign of a handiMaybe it is because in our so- capped tag. I called Parking and ciety, women are expected to Transportation immediately pull a full second shift of un- and reported the car. They expaid labor in the home. Add up plained it would be investigated those hours of labor and see the next day since they were how a woman’s workday combusy with game parking. Two days later, I walked bepares to that of a man. Miller claims that “women hind McLendon Tower. I walked also choose lower paying profesthrough the tunnel out of Keosions [in] service fields.” We as hane Quad, and the black Deanalytical readers of his column nali was nowhere to be seen. Inshould ask why women choose stead, a silver Volvo was parked these professions. Is it because in one of the spaces with no tag historically these fields were the or handicapped symbol on the only ones open to women? Or license plate. I wasn’t going to maybe gender stereotypes still call Parking and Transportation force women into caring jobs. anymore. This, I thought, is Or maybe, preferences for die one for the Chronicle. concept of a male’s family wage Mallory Pickard keeps wages in teaching and other caring professions lower Trinity ’OB

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