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1,200 undergrads to BC likely to get more computers use iPods in spring by

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When students return for the spring semester, many will receive a late holiday gift from the

University.

As part of the continuing Duke Digital Initiative, at least 1,200 undergraduates will use iPods in 42 Spring 2006 courses—the largest number since the project began as the Duke iPod First-Year Experience in Fall 2004.

Students in one of 42 spring courses using iPods for work will receive the device if they have not already for anotherclass.

At a town hall meeting Monday night, Duke Student Government brought together a panel of experts from the Office of Information Technology to discuss improvements and field questions about technological services. About 25 students gathered in

“There is a lot ofinterest in the academic uses of iPods,” said Lynne O’Brien, director of the Center for Instructional Technology. “We felt this was true based on last year, but it’s interesting to see how much things have grown.” Undergraduates who have yet to receive an iPod from the University and enroll in classes that are part of the program will receive a voice recorder and either a fourth-generation photo iPod or fifth-generation video iPod free of cost. O’Brien estimates that only 500 students will receive the video iPods, because the the fifth-generation devices are not yet compatible with .a recording tool, a feature sev- 1 eral faculty wish to use in their classes. She added that by the end of the semester 2,700 undergraduates will have received an iPod from Duke—approximately 44 percent of the student body. Students who have already been given an iPod by the University will not receive a new one but may be able to trade SEE IPODS ON PAGE

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Duke Student Government hopes to add more computer clusters and ePrint stations to various locations throughout campus, particularly in the Bryan Center.

Von Canon A to listen and give input and feedback to Kevin Davis, senior manager for academic technology services, Debbie DeYulia, senior manager of the help desk, and Dave Menzies, manager of news and information. The group discussed issues such as installing additional computer kiosks and printer stations in the Bryan Center, the new feebased OIT computer repair policy and cell service at locations around campus. “What weTe trying to do is to kind of reach out to groups around the Duke community, like the students, to find out what you guys want, what you currently use, what works for you, what doesn’t work for you,” Menzies said. DSG Vice President ofAthletics and Campus Services Brenda Bautsch, a senior, said her committee is looking into placing six additional computer kiosks in three locations around the Bryan Center. SEE TECHNOLOGY ON PAGE 7

PERSPECTIVE I INTERNATIONALIZATION

As China

Duke looks to build bridges grows, by

Diana Ni

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Lecturer Jie Cai teaches Chinese at Duke, which is seeking to boost the numberof faculty from China.

It is the most populous nation in the world. Its gross domestic product is second only to that of the United States, and its economy is growing at a faster rate. As the People’s Republic ofChina sits perched on the verge of becoming the next global superpower, Duke officials are realizing the need for greater connections between the Asian giant and the University. Some officials, however, say the University’s efforts are fragmented and even half-hearted. “We do not yet have a coordinated strategy for China, but we are exploring how to have one,” said Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs. In recent years, China has become the focus of many of the University’s internationalization efforts, including admis-

sions outreach for undergraduate and graduate programs, hiring faculty who specialize in Chinese studies and developing collaborationsbetween the institution known for its Blue Devil and the country known for its Red Dragon. But there is more to be done. “Given the explosive growth of the Chinese economy and the rapid development of its education system, it’s not surprising that many Duke schools are actively involved there,” President Richard Brodhead said. “I expect many more collaborations in SEE CHINA ON PAGE 6

Duke's relationship with the People's Republic of China. Parts II and ill will be published Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

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Bush talks in N.C. about economy by

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President

George W. Bush said Monday that American companies must honor promises to their retired workers, and he urged Congress to pass tough legislation so retirees don’t see their pension checks slashed. “In our society, we’ve had some companies—big companies—go bankrupt, and workers at those companies know what I’m talking about,” Bush said. “And so my message to corporate America is; You need to fulfill your promises.” With millions of baby boomers approaching retirement age, there is growing

anxiety about the security of workers’ pensions and the prospect that taxpayers will get stuck with a massive bill for bailing out failed pension funds in the airline and steel industries. Automakers say that they, too, are being hammered by high labor, pension and health care costs. Bush sought to relieve economic anxieties in a speech at a Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery plant near Greensboro, where workers gave him a warm reception.“This economy is strong, and the best days are yet to come for the American economy,” said Bush, facing low poll ratings on his handling of the economy despite positive, upward trends. The administration is frustrated that

the pessimism has not been dispelled by good economic news. Bush said nearly 4.5 million new jobs have been added since May 2003, including 215,000 in November. ‘You know, throughout the last century, we often heard pessimists telling us that our best days are behind us, and that the future belongs to others,” Bush said. He led an unsuccessful campaign this year to remake the Social Security retirement program through creation of personal accounts. However, legislation failed to reach the floor of either the House or the Senate because of near-unanimous SEE BUSH ON PAGE 8

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A judge dismissed a AUSTIN, Texas conspiracy charge Monday against Rep. Tom,DeLay but refused to throw out the far more serious allegations of money-laundering, dashing the lawmaker’s hopes, for now, ofreclaiming his post as House major. • ity leader. Texas Judge Pat Priest, who is presiding over the, case against the Republican, isa hearing late last sued the ruling mpnth in which DeLay’s attorney argued that the indictment was fatally flawed. When he was indicted in September,

DeLay was required under House rules to relinquish the leadership post he had held since 2003. While Monday’s ruling was a partial victory for DeLay, he cannot reclaim his post because he remains under indictment. The ruling means the case will move toward a trial next year, though other defense objections to the indictments remain to be heard by the judge. “The court’s decision to dismiss Ronnie Earle’s numerous charges against Mr. DeLay underscores just how baseless and politically motivated the charges were,” DeLay spokesperson Kevin Madden said,

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referring to the Democratic district attorney who brought the case. “Mr. DeLay is very encouraged by the swift progress of the legal proceedings and looks forward to his eventual and absolute exoneration based on the facts and the law.” After the judge’s decision, DeLay declined to speak with reporters as he entered a Houston hotel for a campaign fundraiser. In a written statement, Earle’s office said prosecutors were studying the ruling and had made no decision about whether to appeal. Prosecutors have 15 days to challenge the decision.

The first witnesses in the Saddam Hussein trial in Baghdad offered chilling accounts Monday of killings and torture using electric shocks and a grinder during a 1982 crackdown against Shiites. Throughout the daylong session, Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin struggled to maintain order among boisterous defense outbursts.

FEMA admits poor response Its response to Hurricane Katrina was "broken," FEMA admitted. Documents released Monday show provide evidence that FEMA was unable to provide fast help at disaster sites—even when the needs were obvious.

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A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up among shoppers outside a mall Monday in Netanya, Israel, killing at least five people and putting pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for a tough response ahead of a fierce election campaign.

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Faculty, Durham share nuanced relationship Duke employees choose homes away from city BY SHREYA RAO THE CHRONICLE

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Elementary schools near East Campuseducate only a handful ofDuke faculty members' children.

Professors send children to private, Chapel Hill schools by

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E.K. Powe Elementary School is housed in a stately brick building on Ninth Street a quarter of a mile from East Campus. But despite the school’s affluent environs —its neighbors include fashionable restaurants and upscale apartments—virtually no Duke faculty and administrators send their children there. “If you want to find Duke professors’ children, look in Chapel Hill,” said Powe principal Cheryl Fuller, who previously headed Chapel Hill’s Ephesus Elementary School. “I had many more there than I do here.” Dissatisfied with Durham’s underperforming public education system, many faculty and professional employees send their children to private academies or

move to Chapel Hill to enroll them in top public schools. “The problem for parents is that you may want to support the public sector in principle, but you want your children to go to the best schools,” said Professor Emeritus of Biology Peter Klopfer. “Some of my colleagues don’t want their children to go to a school that doesn’t have adequate mathematics instruction, even though they want to support the public schools,” he added. Powe’s principal said racial considerations also might have an effect. “You have a faculty that is mostly white, so I think that plays a part in it,” Fuller said. “I think race plays a part in a lot more issues than people are willing to talk about.” SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 8

types of the city based on problems faced in specific areas. The city’s violent crime statistics, for example, are largely representative of a small area in northeast central Durham, he explained. Meanwhile, he said, positive news coverage from the Research Triangle Park, which borders Durham, is often attributed to its other neighbors, Raleigh and

As classes end each day, and students head back to their dorms and apartments, professors, too, must make the commute home. For many faculty, however, that trip is longer than some might expect. Despite the low cost of living and easy access to the University campus, Durham is not a popular choice of residence for Chapel Hill. Provost Peter Lange, who lives just many professors and administrators. They instead to live the and blocks from East Campus, acknowledged in Raleigh opt the problem with crime in the city. Chapel Hill areas. Professors cite Durham’s high crime “The crime statistics aren’t great, but rate and lackthey are concenluster public trated in certain schools as the he said. areas,” “I love the diversity, the urban main motiva“Like any city, tions for Durham has its feel, the grittiness of Durham.” choosing to ups and downs.” Peter Lange live outside of Regardless of any negative repur a m Others are utation Durham the the is may have, drawn of appeal happy living in away by Lange Just more rural, country atmosphere of the Durham, “I love it,” he explained. “Even when I lived in Chapel Hill I spent as areas surrounding the city. For Carla Ellis, professor of computer much of my life as possible in Durham. I science, the decision to live outside the love the diversity, the urban feel, the gritBull City was simple. tiness of Durham.” “We never considered Durham,” she Lange added that the city is a good said. “When we first moved to the area, we place to bring up children and that it inwanted a big piece of property.” corporates a slower-paced lifestyle than President of the Durham Convention & many other cities. He also cited as a benVisitors Bureau Reyn Bowman said efit the relatively low cost of living in Durham’s negative urban reputation lacks Durham compared to the neighboring merit, citing residents’ documented satis- Raleigh and Chapel Hill areas. Duke, meanwhile, is continuing to faction with the city. “Negativity towards Durham doesn’t take steps to increase Durham’s appeal to come from what residents say,” he said. potential new faculty. The Nasher Muse“Pride statistics taken to measure resium of Art, for example, aims to enhance culture to the already diverse urban city. dents’ approval of Durham have fluctuated between 77 and 80 percent over the Lange explained that Duke’s goal in Durham is to maintain the elements of the past few years.” The true problem, Bowman said, is a city that already attract some people while lack of information. The city’s negative introducing new elements, like the Nasher, image, he said, is the product of stereo- to attract a different group of people.

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Officers take oath at City Council meeting by

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Durham City Council was welcomed by a larger-than-usual crowd Monday night, as new and returning members were sworn into the organization. Representatives also discussed referendums regarding the proposed 20-year land lease agreement of Old North Durham Park, the annexation of Highway 54 retail area and technical changes to regulations for building alarm systems. District Court Judge Elaine Bushfan ushered in re-elected Mayor Bill Bell, returning Council members Howard Clement and Cora Cole-McFadden and new Council member and Duke employee Mike Woodard. “Durham, with all of it’s bad press and issues, is a great city,” Bushfan said. “I count it as a joy to watch this new era come to town.” After being sworn in, Bell moved to reelect Cole-McFadden as mayor pro-tempore, a motion that the Council approved

unanimously.

Upon his affirmation to the Council, Woodard was joined by several family members. After being sworn in, he was congratulated by outgoing Council member John Best, who lost his seat to Woodard after the November elections. “Some have wondered if Durham’s best days are behind us,” Woodard said. “I have seen what lies within us, [which is] the enduring resolve to confront challenges and seize opportunities. I declare that

Durham’s best days are ahead of us.” Best, who addressed those in attendance before officially stepping down as a member of the Council, told the crowd he looks forward to relaxing and joked about his future job opportunities, including acdng as a tour guide for the Durham County Jail. “There are times in everyone’s life where something constructive is born out of adversity,” he said. “I refuse to dwell on

yesterday’s disappointments.”

Council and community members raised questions regarding the proposed lease agreement of Old North Durham Park to Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. According to the referendum, TROSA would be allowed to lease the property for 20 years for the total sum of $l, while allowing the City of Durham limited rights to the property. “I didn’t see the rationale for giving this property away,” said Council member Thomas Stith, suggesting instead to allow for an easement of the land. After a city official informed the Council that the City of Durham cannot allow an easement, however, the motion was passed 6-1. Council members also debated a referendum that included changes to the administrative structure of the finance department, which helps to oversee the regulations for police and fire alarm systems for the city. They moved to dismiss that section of the referendum and will reconsider it at their Dec. 19 meeting.

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Duke employee MikeWoodard was sworn in Monday as a new member of the Durham City Council.

DSG endorsements could include new public forums

Young and active

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Student leaders discussed potential to the endorsement policy for Duke Student Government elections at the Inter-Community Council meeting Monday night. DSC President Jesse Longoria, a senior, presented ideas on how to change last year’s endorsement procedures to the Council, which is made up of representatives from major campus groups. Council members called last year’s endorsement process muddled and oyer-

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“We are trying to take away restraints, rather than pile on more rules people have to follow,” Longoria said. “Any changes to the policy need to be representative of what students want.” Debate centered around creating two town-hall forums at which candidates could announce their platforms and answer questions. DSG members would encourage student organizations to make their endorsements from these meetings, but they would allow the groups to request traditional private sessions before making an endorsement. Longoria pointed to how this plan would maximize candidates’ campaign time, as they would not have to sit in halls waiting on groups to ask them questions one by one. The potential process would also provide opportunities for more members of groups —not just executive committees to hear candidates speak before voting on a final decision. “Think about this from the candidates —

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A localchild participates in a small rally in support of feminism on the Main Quadrangle Friday.

perspective, too,” Longoria said, adding

that the change in policy is still being discussed and could be fine-tuned before

being presented formally to the Council. “As soon as we have something more concrete, we will be back.” Although some members questioned the need for endorsements, most representatives agreed the new plan seemed like it would function better than those of previous years. Last year, DSG added several regulations to the process, including requiring groups to tell DSG they are having an endorsement meeting, to conduct the meeting in the presence of a member of the DSG Election Commission and to mandate that organizations must only endorse a candidate if they have heard all candidates speak. The Election Commission also pushed to certify all endorsements before sending them to The Chronicle for publication. “We’re trying to make sure that each group gives a fair hearing to each candidate so that they don’t come in with preconceived notions and run with that,” said former DSG Attorney General Elizabeth Ladner, Trinity ’O5, at a March 22, 2005 meeting. Prior to last year, groups had endorsed candidates with minimal DSG oversight. At Monday’s meeting, Council members expressed that the restrictions created a top-down elections process and put extra work on the groups who wanted to endorse candidates. Longoria assured representatives their concerns would be taken into account. “Each year there is a new attorney general, new people running,” he said, adding that each year the process should become smoother. The possible reforms come on the heels of several motions to streamline and simplify the elections process, spurred by two focus group discussions on the process.

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Critics of intelligent design say it is Photo of public sex act sparks controversy The University of Pennsylvania merely creationism —a literal reading of dropped disciplinary charges Thursday the Bible’s story ofcreation—camouflaged against a student who posted photos on in scientific language. the Web of a naked couple apparently havBan on alcohol at fraternity parties lifted ing sex in front of a dorm room window. The University of California at Berkeley The student, a junior engineering major, had been accused by the Ivy League has lifted a half-year ban on drinking alcohol at fraternity parties starting this month. school of violating its code of student conUnder the new plan, Greek life organizaduct and policies on sexual harassment tions are allowed to begin drinking Dec. 9. and use of electronic resources. “These students have demonstrated University representatives met with the photographer Thursday and said they that they can monitor their community were dropping the charges, said Andrew and encourage behavior that will provide a Geier, a graduate student who was advising safe environment for students,” said Marthe accused student and attended the cia Riley, director of student involvement and leadership programs, in a statement. meeting with him The University announced the ban in the said it was university In a statement, disturbed by the photographer’s actions May after several incidents spurred adminand concerned that the dissemination of istration intervention. One event, which included a drunken the photos caused embarrassment to the idenfraternity ferry boat party, prompted potheir faces were not though couple, lice intervention. tifiable. The school asked the photographer to apologize. “I don’t think he has any WFU official considered for presidency intention of doing that,” Geier said. A new president of Alabama A&M Geier said the student, whom he dethe to take a clined to name, “has right pic- University could be named as soon as ture and post it on his password-protected Dec. 16—and be from Wake Forest University—when trustees meet with two fisite, which is exactly what he did.” nalists for the job. Board of Trustees President Pro TemCreationism class cancelled at Kansas school A University of Kansas course devoted pore Clinton Johnson said the board exto debunking creationism and intelligent pects to conduct public interviews with the design has been canceled after the profes- two men separately before voting. The finalists are Lawrence Davenport, sor who planned to teach it caused a furor by sending an e-mail mocking Christian executive vice president and chief operating officer ofFlorida Adantic University in fundamentalists. Twenty-five students had enrolled in the Boca Raton; and Robert R. Jennings, execcourse, originally called “Special Topics in utive vice president and chief operating ofReligion: Intelligent Design, Creationism ficer ofFuture Focus 2020, a research cenand Other Religious Mythologies,” which ter. at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. had been scheduled for the spring.

Vehicle stolen and recovered A car was reported stolen Monday, Nov. 28, from the Duke Gardens parking lot The theft, which occurred between the evening of Nov. 10 and morning of Nov. 11, was originally reported to Durham City Police. The vehicle—a 1996 blue Geo—was recovered off-campus Nov. 11 with the ignition punched. Durham Police notified Duke Police about theft Monday.

Money missing from fencing locker Sixty dollars were reported stolen Fri-

day from the fencing locker room in Card Gymnasium. The money was last seen at 7 p.m. Thursday in an envelope. Student cited with alcohol infraction An 18-year-old undergraduate was charged Sunday, Dec. 4, with underage possession of alcohol, a misdemeanor under N.C. law. A Durham police sergeant stopped the student and two others at 1:24 a.m. after he reported seeing them drinking beer on the comer of Main and Watts streets, according to a police report. Duke Police assisted with the call. #•#######<§#

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more effective we can be at identifying the correct kinds of programs and exchanges we need to develop,” Litzinger said.

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Although administrators have stressed the importance of promoting Duke in China, some officials are calling for more institutional changes at the University. “Internationalization has to involve not just paying close attention to China—not just sending administration and alumni on tours—but we need to expand and develop the number of faculty [specializing] on China,” Litzinger said. “This absolutely has to happen if we want to keep up with our peer institutions.”

the near future.” The importance Some Duke professors are divided in opinion on the issue of China’s rise to rival the United States as a world leader. Tianjian Shi, associate professor of political science, said despite China’s rapid economic development in recent years, he believes it is still too early to think of China as a superpower. “The general level of economic development is still low,” he said, adding that China will not catch up to the United States in economic status undl 2050 if it condnues growing at the same 9-percent rate. “Don’t overestimate the achievement of China,” Shi said. “China is a developing country trying to catch up with a developed country. The general level of economic development has improved a lot, but at the same time there are problems to be resolved.” Although Shi downplays China’s current status in the world, other officials, such as Bertrand Guillotin, director of the international center in the Fuqua School of Business, believe China’s rapid growth is reason enough for Duke to be interested in the Asian giant. “It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” Guillotin said about China becoming the world’s next superpower.

A historic relationship The University’s academic tie's to China are not as strong as some officials deem necessary for a global institution, but Duke’s historical relationship with the Asian nation dates back to 1881, when the first international student enrolled in Trinity College. Yao-ju “Charlie” Soong of Weichau, China, gained admission to the school with the help of Methodist missionaries and the college’s president Braxton Craven. Later, Soong’s three daughters married prominent figures in modern Chinese history: Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of Taiwan; Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the People’s Republic of China; and H. H. Rung, China’s former finance minister. In 1890, the Duke family exported the first cigarettes to China and later formed the British American Tobacco Company, which sold 80 billion cigarettes to China in

Moving forward

Ralph Litzinger, director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, is an advocate of Duke-China connections. 1928 alone. “Duke has a tobacco linkage with China, but there has never been a history of academic relationships with China,” said Ralph Litzinger, director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute. “We have lagged behind historically, and what we’re trying to do now is catch up.” In 1972, President Richard Nixon, Law ‘37, arrived in China and met with Premier Chou En-lai and Chairman Mao Tse-tung to bridge U.S.-China relations. Nixon later helped bring several Chinese international students to Duke’s School of Law over the next decade. Because of the two countries’ tense relationship at the time, historians note this as a progressive feat. “Duke has a long history to relate to China. But compared to other universities, we probably need to do more and increase understanding of China,” Shi said. “We need to build up our reputation.” A step behind The University only began

make its

presence known in China in recent years. Many professors said Duke lags far behind its Ivy-League peers in its efforts to establish connections. Ivy League universities hold a historical advantage in globalization over Duke, Litzinger added. For instance, Harvard University and Yale University have been fostering Chinese programs at their schools since the 19205. “We need to leam more about China,” said Kang Liu, professor in the Department ofAsian and African Languages and Literature. “The thing is we have tremendous resources at Duke, we have tremendous interest at Duke, but we do have some problems to address—how we’re going to envision more positive, more constructive ways to expand our quality in order to put us on par with our peers.” Professors said faculty specializing in Chinese studies help define the approach the University needs to take in order to come up to par with its peers. “The more we know about China the

Recognizing the need to establish ties with China, the University has set the ball rolling for catching up to other schools with more established links to Chinese institutions. “China’s poised to become a major world power in many senses, and it will be important for Duke,” Provost Peter Lange said. “What we would like to do is increase the pace at which we are becoming known.” * One initiative currently underway is the Duke University Medical Center’s collaboration with administrators from Peiking University in Beijing to coordinate medical school curriculums. “We’re going to learn as much from them as they are going to learn from us,” said Robert Taber, vice chancellor for DUMC. “These are very impressive people who have been under-resourced.” China has also come to Duke. In the 2004-2005 academic year, 241 students from China studied at Duke, according to data from the International House. “China is a country with very important intellectual resources,” Merkx said. “We are interested in ties with them and also in attracting students from China.” Thirty Chinese governmental officials are studying public policy at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Moreover, the Asian Pacific Studies Institute recentiy hosted a major conference on media in modern China. With such efforts underway, interest in developing more connections between Duke and China seems unlikely to wane. “When I met the heads of the leading Chinese universities in Singapore last June, they were very eager to know the president of Duke,” Brodhead said.

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Students questioned Office ofInformation Technology representatives at a town hall meeting Monday. puters that were not purchased through Duke’s Technology Advantage Program. DeYulia noted that use of the repair has dropped sharply this semester locations —next to the Office of Stuservices The dent Affairs and Facilities, outside the DSG and questioned whether the change was office in the basement and near the meeting due to concerns about costs or improverooms on the first floor—are currently ments in computer security. Some students in the audience said being reviewed by OIT and the Facilities Management Department to determine they found OlT’s services expensive or had taken the computer to outside vendors for construction and wire installation costs. “Hopefully, in the next few days, we’ll repair services. Davis pointed out that other universiget price estimates from OIT and FMD,” Bautsch said. “It will give us an idea of ties, such as the University of Pennsylvania, what’s feasible and hopefully construction have seen drastic declines in requests for will begin early next semester.” computer repairs. He said the trend might She noted that whether kiosks are be credited to the lack of big security placed in two or three locations will be threats this semester. DeYulia also discussed the addition of based primarily on cost factors. She also wants to install a new ePrint station near boosters, which enhance cell service, in the the meeting rooms. Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary EnMuch of the evening’s discussion cengineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences. tered around the fee-based repair policy Similar improvements will soon be made to that OIT implemented this year for comBostock Library and the Bryan Center.

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their old model for the newer devices The initiative will utilize the money set aside by administrators in the last strategic plan, Building on Excellence, and funds from both CIT and the Office of Information Technology. Both the number of students and classes involved in the Initiative has markedly increased since last spring, when only 280 students in 19 courses participated in the program. “Last year, everything was new. Not everybody wants to be a pioneer,” O’Brien said. “Faculty saw what worked and what didn’t work, and learned from that.” Students have used their iPods in a range of ways, including recording interviews, taping professors’ critiques and listening to source recordings. “All of the iPod projects involve students being much more active in their learning,” O’Brien said. Of the 42 classes offered next semester, at least 12 are in a language department. O’Brien noted that these classes might benefit most from both the visual and auditory cues provided by source material. Another group of classes where iPods are popular is Writing 20. Christina Grimes, adjunct assistant professor in the psychology department, is using the devices in her course Psychology 170LS: Intervention with Adolescents. Students will participate in a program with children in Durham schools, she said. The iPod and recorder will be used as a substitute for long written journal entries, she added, helping undergraduates to evaluate their own performance with the Durham stu-

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dents and to prepare for a final project. “I’m looking forward to the chance to see what the possibilities are with this technology,” Grimes said, noting that this was her first time teaching a class with an iPod component. Satendra Khanna, associate professor of the practice in the Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature, is teaching two courses next semester that utilize iPods—AALL 170: Indian Cinema and Hindi 126: Advanced Hindi. Khanna asked GIT to provide fifth-generation devices for his students in the cinema course “We would study the idea of stream of cinema broken up so we can see not only how it is put together, but how we would go to the next step,” Khanna said. He said he has been trying to find away to mix elementary editing and digital videos for a while and that this device might be the answer. “I think that it’s possible to use the buzz and energy ofany apparatus, which makes us activists in the classroom,” he said. “I am very excited.”

The following courses are just some that have confirmed plans to use iPods for the spring semester: COMPSCII: Principles of Computer Science ENGLISH 165: Rebuilding from Ruins HISTORY 106S: Digital Durham & the New South MUSIC 74; Introduction to Jazz PUBPOLII4; Political Analysis PUBPOLI2O: Newspaper Journalism To see a full list of classes, go to the following site: http://cit.duke.edu/about/ipod_faculty_projects_springo6.do

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ences, spent their entire academic careers in the Durham public school system. They graduated from Riverside High School, and both matriculated at Harvard University as

independent schools like CFS has ironically caused defacto segregation. Freshman Marion Kennedy, the daugh-

She said the student body at Powe is about 80 percent African-American, 15 percent Hispanic and five percent white. Less than two-thirds of Powe students read at grade level, and the school underperforms in comparison to state and district averages. Freshman NateJones, the son of Divinity School Dean Greg Jones, attended East Chapel Hill High School. He said the school benefited from well-paid teachers and the “gene pool” of a student body largely composed of professors’ children. “If you have money and you want your kid to go to a good school, you either go to East Chapel Hill High or a private school,” Jones said. “I bet the two [public] high schools in Chapel Hill have more sum intelligence combined than the eight in Durham.” He estimated that, at any given time, 50 students at ECHHS have parents who are Duke employees. “Last year in a class of 25 students, I had six people whose parents work at Duke,” Jones added. In contrast, Fuller estimated that only seven children at Powe have college-educated parents working at Duke. The children of Kenneth Reckhow, professor of water resources at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sci-

of Senior Associate Athletic Director Chris Kennedy, spent her academic career undergraduates. “I think the Durham public schools get a bad rap," Reckhow said. “Aside before Duke at Durham Academy, which has an annual tuition of |16,025. from a lot of dollars every year, I think [prithe “A private school was definitely a better occavate school students] are missing sional opportunities that kids in the public option for my personality,” Kennedy said. “My largest class schools have to in high school meet kids from was 21 students. I want different socioehave and money you “If you think if I hadn’t conomic backyour kid to go to a good school, gotten into DA it grounds.” have been might Reckhow you either go to East Chapel a better option added that most to to move Hill High or a private school.” of his colleagues Hill.” Chapel send their chilFreshman Nate Kennedy’s dren to private father said the schools. chose family Officials at Carolina Friends School and Durham Durham Academy for both Marion and Academy, both local private institutions, her brother Joseph Kennedy, Trinity ‘O5, because of the personalized education said children with at least one parent working at Duke make up 15 and 20 percent of the school offers. “There’s absolutely nothing wrong, their respective student bodies. from found CFS after my point of view, with public schools Klopfer helped shortly moving to Durham in 1958. He said he was in south Durham,” he added. “There’s no horrified by Durham’s segregated schools question you could go to Jordan High School and get a very good education.” and hoped CFS would prove integrated edSome Jordan graduates, however, said ucation could work in the South. Klopfer added that since his children the school suffers from a pervasive gang graduated in the mid-70s, white flight to problem.

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while not really fulfilling the promises they make to workers. In the end, taxpayers wind up footing the bill because the federal government insures many pension plans. The White House says legislation emerging from Senate negotiations would relax rather than strengthen funding rules for pensions, while a bill moving through the House was weakened by the long transition period it allows before tighter funding requirements take effect. Tm not going to

Democratic opposition and polls showing voter unhappiness with the president’s plan. His speech Monday marked an attempt to build momentum for protecting

private pension systems.

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General Motors announced last month that it plans to cut 30,000 North American hourly jobs by 2008. Hammered by declining sales and rising health care costs, the world’s largest automaker said it was eliminating the positions as it tries to stem losses that approached $4 billion in the first nine months of this year. “Obviously, GM has some big challenges right now primari-

The woes of Powe and other Durham

public schools are not necessarily standard for schools whose districts include top private universities. A school in a similar geographical position is Lucille M. Nixon Elementaiy School in Stanford, California.

Like Powe, Nixon’s district includes the entire campus of a private college—Stanford University—and serves an economically and racially diverse population. Unlike Powe, Nixon educates many children of professors and administrators. Nixon Principal Barbara Welch said between 35 and 40 percent of Nixon students fall in this category, compared to less than two percent at Powe. “We have very high parent education,” she added. Four percent of Nixon fourth-graders read below grade level, compared to 39 percent of their counterparts at Powe. Welch and Fuller both attributed the disparity to different levels of parent involvement. “[Professors’] availability in the evening to go to events is going to be different from a single mom working two jobs who can’t come to a school event on the one night she has off,” Fuller said. She added that university faculty prefer schools with high-performing students and specialty programs that cater to their children’s interests. “Or is that a nice way of saying they’re too snobby?” Fuller asked.

ly because they make automobiles that are less fuel-efficient, and with higher energy prices, the American people are interested in more fuel-efficient cars,” A1 Hubbard, a

top Bush economic adviser and chairman of the National Economic Council, told reporters aboard Air Force One. “At the same time, Toyota and other companies are expanding in the United States so the important thing is that the overall economy is strong,” Hubbard said.

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Less than 20 years after Maryland introduced the first black head basketball coach in ACC history, the conference has moved to the national forefront in the diversity of its basketball coaches. With the ACC expanding to include Boston College and the hiring of Dave Leitao at Virginia, six of the 12 conference teams are now headed by black coaches. “It’s just an acknowledgement that color is not a factor,” Boston College head coach A1 Skinner said. “You’re looking at some quality individuals that have had a lot of success, and they are just some very fine basketball coaches that happen to be black. But it is again an indication of the recognition of their talents.” Along with Skinner and Leitao, Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, Clemson’s Oliver Purnell, Georgia Tech’s Paul Hewitt and Miami’s Frank Haith represent the largest number of black coaches in any major conference. The ACC’s percentage is also the highest among the six major conferences, with the Pacific-10 having the second-highest ratio at four out of 10. The ACC’s increasing diversity is part of a similar national trend. The percentage of black men’s basketball head coaches in Division I has consistently risen over the last 10 years and currently stands at 23 percent. Black Coaches Association Executive Director Floyd Keith said he is pleased with the progress, but

Hey Tags, do a little TD dance This past Saturday, I was taking a quick breather from my jog around the neighborhood when I saw four children, each about 10 years old, playing two-on-two football. As I began watching, the quarterback—sporting an oversized official Peyton Manning jersey—said hike, and then proceeded to loft the ball toward the end zone, where his teammate—donning an official Carolina Panthers sweatshirt—hauled in the pass. After catching the touchdown, the little Panther sprang up and started doing the dance from Usher’s “Yeah” video, and miniature Manning ran over to join in the fun. It was one of the funnier things I had witnessed in a while, and I was just happy that these kids were having so much fun playing a game I love. If NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue had been right beside me, I imagine he would not have let loose a single chuckle. Here is a play-by-play transcript of what I think Tagliabue would have done; “Tagliabue is walking onto the field! It appears he is lecturing the kids about the pitfalls of end-zone celebrations. Wait a minute.... It looks like Tagliabue is demanding money from the children! I don’tbelieve it! Peyton forks over 50 cents, and now he’s crying! This guy has got to be kidding me!” In case you missed it, the NFL (a.k.a. Paul Tagliabue) fined Cincinnati Bengals wideout Chad Johnson $5,000 for his touchdown celebration Nov. 28. Upon scoring, the star receiver picked up the orange pylon and did his best Tiger Woods impression, using the pylon like a putter and tapping the ball. It SEE

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It’s not AUSTIN, Texas often a 2-4 opponent legitimately scares the secondranked team in the nation. No. 2 Duke (6-0), however, is far from comfortable as it heads to Fort Worth, Texas, to take on Texas Christian University at 8

p.m. tonight. Some of the fear comes from the Blue Devils’ last

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Clementino, a 6-foot-2 forward, is the only player over six feet tall averaging double-digit minutes. TCU, however, resembles Texas in its speed, something that concerns die Blue Devils. “I talked to the team right after the game [at Texas], and I said, ‘lf you’re not ready to play at TCU, we are going to get beat, point blank,’” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I’ve seen tape on them, and they are more athletic than Texas, and Texas was obviously very athletic.” The Blue Devils also believe the Horned Frogs are significantly more talented than their 2-4 mark would suggest. TCU has lost to Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and USC—all top-25 teams. Although the Horned Frogs did not seriously threaten their

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Senior forward Monique Currie is averaging a team-leading 15.3 points per game this season in just 25.7 minutes per contest.

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game in the snow hasn’t exactly been a formula for success. Then again, these are not the same old Seattle Seahawks. Using big plays on defense, including interception returns for touchdowns by Andre Dyson and rookie Lofa Tatupu, and smaller ones from their top-ranked offense, the Seahawks routed the Eagles 42-0, Neither are these the same Eagles who made the last four NFC championship games. Philadelphia (5-7) has been tom in J uries aP art ccatti c iio SEATTLE and the Terrell 142 0 Owens affair and PHIL. played its worst game since becoming an NFC force in 2001. Certainly a better fight was expected. Yet the Seahawks (10-2) dominated from the outset, winning their eighth straight game, tying a team record set in 1984. They gained only 194 yards overall—the Seahawks were averaging 386—but didn’t need to do much after taking a 35-0 halftime lead. Seatde, which got two short touchdowns runs from NFL rushing leader Shaun Alexander, sort of sneaked its way to the top of the conference and barely survived the New York Giants last week. In the Monday night spotlight, though, the NFC West champions filled the scoreboard. The only negative came when Dyson, after he returned Ryan Moats’ fumble 25 yards for another touchdown on the first

COACHES from page 9 wants to see the percentage become a

better reflection of student-athlete participation. Currently 60 percent of Division I men’s basketball players are black. “The schools and athletic directors are giving people opportunities regardless of race, creed or color,” Hamilton said. “And maybe because it’s in the ACC, it will create more opportunities for deserving people regardless of who they are.” The increase in diversity of men’s basketball head coaches both in the ACC and across the nation stands in stark contrast to that of college football. This season, only three of 117 Division I-A head coaches were black, and Jim Caldwell, who coached at Wake Forest from 1993 to 2000, is still the only African-American

“The schools and athletic directors are giving people opportunities regardless of race, creed or color.” Leonard Hamilton Florida State men s basketball coach ,

coach to have led an ACC program Like football, women’s basketball has been slow to hire blacks as head coaches. Last season less than eight percent of head coaches were black nationwide, and no ACC team is led by an African-American coach. The progress in coaching diversity in men’s basketball has been a recent development. At this time just four years ago, only two of the nine ACC coaches were minorities, and of the current group,

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play of the second half, sprained his left ankle. Dyson was carried off the field by several teammates. It was Philadelphia’s worst loss since a 380 flop against Seattle to open the 1998 season. Indeed, as Dyson scored on his fumble return, Lincoln Financial Field pretty much emptied out. The majority of fans stayed that long only because the Eagles retired Reggie White’s No. 92 at halftime. The Eagles, who had six turnovers, were only Hewitt has been a head coach in the ACC for more than five seasons. Five of the last seven head coaches hired by league schools have been black. Keith said one reason for the progress is the increased acceptance of a black head coach. “Now with a men’s basketball coach, it’s like the black quarterback thing—no one talks about it anymore,” Keith said. “We don’t even have a conversation when someone new gets hired.” Such common approval has come about in part from the success of pioneers such as John Thompson at Georgetown and John Chaney at Temple, Skinner said. Thompson became the first black coach to win the National Championship when he led Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas to the title in 1984. Skinner also credited the BCA for its insistence on keeping the issue of equality in hiring in the national spotlight. “It has been a vehicle that has been able to speak out for opportunities and equity and most importantly has been able to be an objective voice on a subject that’s often subjective,” Keith said. “We have been able to just deliver facts, and we have been clear with what the issues have been.” Many of the new coaches have inherited programs with little recent success. Miami, Florida State, Virginia and Clemson averaged Just more than four conference wins in the respective seasons immediately preceding their current coaches’ arrival. “It’s always important to give guys time, but today it’s pretty hard to give guys time because everyone wants to win early,” Keith said. “The climate of sports has changed, in part because the number of opportunities is greater. I mean with 65 teams in the Tournament, the attitude is you better get to the Dance sometime soon.”

shut out for the first time since 2003 when Tampa Bay beat them 17-0 in the first game in the new stadium. It was the Eagles’ worst home loss since they were beaten 49-0 by Green Bay in 1962. And, they lost running back Brian Westbrook with a sprained foot. It didn’t take along for Seatde’s powerful offense to begin the scoring. Well, it actually took more than eight minutes on the opening drive, a relentless march featuring

four third-down conversions and 16 plays. Matt Hasselbeck, flushed to the right, found Bobby Engram wide open in the end zone for an 11-yard pass after Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter and Quintin Mikell collided. Three,plays earlier, Trotter’s illegal contact penalty negated Mikell’s interception in the end zone. When the Eagles staged their own productive drive, it ended ignominiously as Mike McMahon stared straight at receiver Greg Lewis. Dyson read the pass perfectly, picked it off and raced 72 yards down the left sideline for a 14-0 lead. Early in the second quarter, McMahon threw directly to middle linebacker Tatupu, who raced 38 yards to make it 210. It was the first time in 30 years the Eagles have allowed two interception runbacks for scores in a game, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Alexander got his first TD of the night on a 2-yard run one play after Koy Detmer, in for the inept McMahon, had his pass tipped by the omnipresent Tatupu and picked off by Michael Boulware. He added his league-leading 22nd touchdown of the season with a 1-yarder set up by Hasselbeck’s 42-yard pass to DJ. Hackett. Alexander finished with 49 yards rushing, the first time in more than a year he had fewer than 60 yards. But he didn’t play in the second half. Owens finished his team suspension for conduct detrimental to the franchise. He was deactivated before the game, as he will be for the rest of a season spiraling out of control.

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proper etiquette is the first rule, the popularity of the game soars with every Tiger Woods fist pump. In professional bowling, Pete Weber has not been fined for putting his hands around his private area after throwing a strike. If Weber’s immoral act is not fined, isn’t it crazy to think that an act so benign, so entertaining and so good for the popularity offootball earns Johnson a fine? Well, maybe Tagliabue is just getting old. He became a senior citizen only several days before Johnson’s fine, and I think the end-zone celebration is a concept lost in generational translation. Old guys like Tagliabue tend to think that the players should just flip the ball to the referees because that’s what Hall-of-Famers Jim Brown, Lenny Moore and Lance Alworth did after scoring touchdowns. Us younger folk think of a celebration like Johnson’s not as disrespect but as innovation. The touchdown dance gained notoriety with the awkward “Ickey Shuffle” by Ickey Woods in the 1980s, and advanced with “The Shake” by Ernest Givens in the early ’9os. Today’s guys have taken it to a whole new level With their preparation and variety, and it should be recognized for what it is: progress. Today’s younger fans see it as such, and Tagliabue should be most in touch with this fan base because they are the future of his game. In order to get in touch with football’s youth, maybe Tagliabue should go watch some kids play a pickup game.

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their first three losses, the team is coming off a three-point defeat at USC. “They are playing the best teams in the country,” Goestenkors said. “So they are not going to be intimidated by us.” Goestenkors also worries about a potential slump from her team. Sunday’s 84-70 win over No. 16 Texas was Duke’s first real test of the season, after the team glided through the opening five games, winning by an average of

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should receive housing at the expense of another group’s space. In the long run, members of this committee would be familiar with the benefits selective houses provide and would therefore be in an excellent position to advise a separate group about long-term and large-scale decisions about selective housing and its distribution. But the committee would not have the perspective to make those decisions itself. This is largely because the proposed committee would include a member from the quad council of the selective house and therefore shifts for nearly every group. Many of the standing members—culled from Campus Council, the Selective House Council and the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life—might have personal loyalties to groups that are not accounted for in the process. Selective houses still need a process to replace annual review and give them feedback about their position on campus, but if the proposal must be ready in time for Fall 2006, Campus Council has a lot of issues to refine.

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letterstotheeditor Econ 55 is a useful course In his column “Econ 55: What is it good for?” (Dec. 2, 2005), Audrey Fradkin is quick to criticize a highly valuable course. True, Econ 55 and Econ 105 may be similar, the main difference being the mathematical component of the latter. But this is not to say that Econ 55 has any less value as a prerequisite for the economics major than does Econ 105. Calculus is quite obviously a vital component of economics, but so is theory and

graphical analysis.

Fradkin mentions that Econ 55 “leads students to believe that economics is nothing more than

drawing generalized graphs.”

However, die same students that choose to memorize those “generalized graphs” could just as easily memorize the mathematical equations of Econ 105. And, chances are, the students who choose to cut Econ 55 will probably do so in future econ courses as well. The problem is not the material being taught, but rather it is a lack of dedicationand motivation of those students. As an economics major and a teaching assistant for Econ 55, I can say from direct experience that critical thinking is required in the course. The fact that many students attend additional office hours each week for extra help clearly shows thatpure memorization and regurgitation of the class slides is not goirig to guarantee

First, the timing of this decision success. Furthermore, it displays the fact that most students are is awful. During the holiday break, definitely not ready to skip Econ Cameron Indoor Stadium be55 altogether. Knowledge of calcomes less crowded, and many culus does not guarantee knowlgraduate and professional stuedge of economics with calculus. dents reserve their share of pooled One needs to learn fundamental tickets during this time so they can economic concepts to succeed in take their children to the games. upper-level economics courses, Because this decision was anand Econ 55 teaches students just nounced Dec. 1 rather than prior that. Many students have enough to Campout, these students have difficulties with Econ 105 as is. Alno other option to take their chillowing students to opt out of dren to a game this season. For Econ 55 and proceed straight to some, a memorable holiday gift Econ 105 would only increase has been lost. Second, the Head Ushers asthese problems. sured me that this decision was The fact is that one cannot understand upper-level material made purely due to safety and liawithout first having a firm grasp bility concerns. If that were truly of the basics. But then again, with the case, several less-restrictive alFradkin’s suggestion, why stop at ternatives might have been selectEcon 55? Why not eliminate Econ ed including: 51 as a prerequisite too? (1) Discriminating based on age. Surely, an 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16 Jessica Klarfeld year-old child is not the same safeTrinity ’O6 ty risk as an infant or toddler. (2) Allowing children into Head ushers need new ideas games during the winter break. On Dec. 1, the Graduate & The graduate and professional Professional Student Head Ushstudent section during these ers announced that the Athletic games is rarely filled to capacity Department has decided to allow and tends to be less rowdy. (3) Designate a family section no children in the graduate stufor graduate and professional student section due to safety concerns. This policy change applies dents. Typically, there are only a regardless of the child's age and handful of children at any given runs counter to practices used game. The head ushers could re-, since at least the beginning of the serve a small section of seats in 2003-2004 season. I believe the the graduate student section for policy should be changed for the families, perhaps in the less-active section behind the Duke bench, following reasons.

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reserve about 10 seats in the cushioned bench section behind the Duke bench or in the upper level ofCameron. Graduate and professional students are obviously older than our undergraduate counterparts and are much more likely to have families. The opportunity to take a child to a game is a special occasion for both the parent and the child. It is the kind of occasion where life-long Duke fans are bom. Most of us cannot afford to donate thousands of dollars for the opportunity to purchase a seat in the upper level or to pay the exorbitant prices of a scalper or Ebay. Instead of playing Scrooge due to fears of liability, right before the holidays, the Athletic Department has an opportunity to rectify the situation by choosing a less-restrictive solution. i ment could

Ben Ahlstrom Law ’O6 For Virginia Tech? During my years at Duke I have been fortunate both to be in a program that has allowed my academic research to flourish, and to have witnessed firsthand the peerless level ofexcellence of our men’s basketball team. I haven’t missed a GPSC basketball campout and yes, I have been crazy at Cameron. And so I was surprised

at feeling troubled

during the celebration that followed our victory over Virginia Tech last night. One rule has exemplified our commitment to excellence on the court perhaps more than any other: We do not rush the court to celebrate any victory—no matter the importance, no matter the foe, save the national championship game. The rationale for the rule is precisely the higher standard to which we are supposed to hold ourselves. For example, I have seen us vanquish UNC firsthand twice at Duke (both thrilling victories) but in neither case was there even so much as a gesture toward rushing the court. And yet, in spite of the (rather strange) fact that the rule in question was mentioned explicitly in the circulating cheer sheets for the game, Duke fans rushed the court in legion to; celebrate our last-second win against Virginia Tech? I wish to emphasize that I do not mean to take anything away from Virginia Tech (which proved a worthy and laudable adversary) . Nor do I wish to belittle in any way the heroic last second half-court shot by Sean Dockery, one of the most brilliant moments I will likely experience at ,

Cameron. I merely wish to mark my bemusement at what followed. mi ui ,-rjlur? k rojrO ■fj

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is being banned. Whether with ornaments what it actually is (hint: it’s holiday trees, holiday parties, not a holiday tree), isn’t a violation of any holiday concerts or “Happy Holi- amendment. It’s about acknowledging the days,” the word Christmas is slowly being simple fact that most Americans celebrate the birth of Jesus (no, Christmas is not the exiled from society. I, for one, am offendcelebration of Santa Claus) and that for ed. And I’m Jewish. them, this is a truly special dme of year. Of course, one of the worst transgresSo why the act? We don’t sions you can commit at want to offend the small this time ofyear is to immenumber of people who diately precede the word don’t celebrate Christmas Christmas with the word so we pretend it doesn’t “merry.” Realizing this, exist? Doesn’t that seem a some of America’s largest little extreme? For one retailers —Target, Sears, Wal-Mart—thing—and pardon my Costco, Kmart, bluntness—but anyone have all decided to ban Stephen miller who is offended by seeing Christmas from their store miiiertlme or, heaven forbid, being advertising this year. So wished a merry Christmas is much for inclusiveness an idiot. Does it really make sense to insult Let’s get to the numbers. Eighty-five percent ofAmerica is Christian. To put that in the intelligence of the vast majority of Americans for the sake of those who don’t 80 of Israel is perspective, percent Jewish. Ninety-two percent of Americans admit to have any? By contrast, when I was in Mexico one the guilty pleasure of enjoying the words December, and 96 everywhere I went people Christmas,” a whopping “Merry perwere wishing me a merry Christmas. That cent actually go so far as to celebrate it, according to a recent Gallup poll. Oh, and I’m not Christian didn’t matter. I still apnearly 100 percent of Americans will have preciated the spirit and kindness of the the day off. America was setded, founded gesture and the genuine atmosphere of and pioneered by people who celebrated warmth it created. Being wished a wonderful winter just doesn’t have the same Christmas. Get ready to cringe, secularists effect. For my winter concerts in middle Christmas is an American holiday. Now, before any card-carrying members school, to avoid offending people’s everso-sensitive-sensibilities, the events were of the ACLU start screaming about the sepdecorated with neutral colors. One year aration of church and state, let me enlightthey went with black. It felt like I was in a en you. What I am speaking ofhas nothing Tim Burton movie. to dowith government establishment of reBefore anyone accuses me of forgetting ligion. I am speaking ofAmerican culture. Wishing people “Merry Christmas” at Wal- the Maccabees, I of course realize that Mart and calling an evergreen covered Chanukah, depending on the lunar cycle, —

which is rarely on television. Alternatively, the Athletic Depart-

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and ask Duke to put up a “Merry Christmas” banner and a beautiful Christmas tree in the Bryan Center. Now wouldn’t that be Chanukah” and “Merry Christmas.” But a miracle? let’s not be deceptive. As much as I love To everyone—the best ofluck with finals, Chanukah and rejoice in our miraculous and of course, have a merry Winter Break. defeat of the Assyrians (we really showed them how Jews take care of hi just not that important when our other holidays. Plus, we m, 2 percent of the country’s popi While I welcome and enjol a happy Chanukah, there i, why our holiday should pret from putting up Christmas ba tending Christmas greetings 1 tomers. I would absol Chanukah to be used as a I fere with the celebration and of one of Christianity’s holies resent the efforts of secularisi that. Maybe they’re worried mentions of Christmas will in: gion in others. Or maybe th' jealous because they don’t thing to celebrate. Whatever know most Americans want to the madness. What’s next? Requiring Ch mas carolers to sing holiday tral carols? Making the sil stars on Christmas trees six-po' ed instead offive? From Bing Crosby singi “White Christmas” to Jimmy art in “It’s A Wonderful Christmas is a major part of can culture. It represents o family, compassion and charity, it.of Christmas, I say we all

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