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NCCU Chancellor James Ammons and Duke President Richard Brodhead spent time together at NCCU-Duke NITE Wednesday.

NCCU, Duke share night at Durham Bulls rainout by

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President Richard Brodhead did the Cha Cha and the crowd answered baseball trivia to pass the time, but at NCCU-Duke NITE at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Wednesday, a violent thunderstorm meant there was no ball game. A smattering of Duke and North Carolina Central Univer-

sity students and faculty were among the 5,063 fans in attendance. Most of the crowd left before the contest was cancelled after 90 minutes ofrain delay. When he was not dancing, Brodhead sat with NCCU Chancellor James Ammons, waiting in vain for the game to begin. “I hate rainouts!” said Brodhead. “But we all had a lot more chance to talk than if it had

Redick to plead guilty to DUI Greg Beaton THE CHRONICLE

Former Duke star JJ. Redick will plead guilty to charges stemming from a June 13 DUI arrest, according to court documents released Tuesday. “It’s not over with,” Redick told The Chronicle Wednesday. “Once everything gets sorted out, I definitely will be relieved.” Redick would not elaborate further on the specific legal issues and his lawyer, Donald Beskind, declined comment through an assistant. Beskind sent a letter to Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong Aug. 17 stating his client’s intention to plead guilty, and Nifong penned his initials on the letter, SEE REDICK ON PAGE 14

been a good game.” Neither Ammons nor Brodhead could recall which official came up with the idea of hosting a baseball game in an effort to bring the schools together. The universities have had strained relations since an NCCU student said she was raped by three members of the SEE NCCU-DUKE ON PAGE 6

Duke has hired public relations firm Edelman to help publicize positive aspects of the University, officials on both ends of the deal confirmed Wednesday. The independent global firm will work to select, simplify and present Duke’s best characteristics both internally and to the public, said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations. The hiring comes after three members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team were indicted for rape, garnering national media attention. “I feel pretty strongly, especially in this post-lacrosse environment, that we need to have more clarity in our messages about Duke’s distinctive strengths and the wisdom and discipline to emphasize them with clarity,” Burness wrote in an e-mail to campus leaders Wednesday afternoon. “Edelman presented an exceptionally strong situational analysis to our group and is well known for placing a heavy emphasis on research-driven communications,” he said. A consulting team will be on campus working with administrators, faculty and students, said

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Matthew Harrington, president of Edelman’s eastern region. Edelman has already analyzed Duke’s media, athletic and race-related challenges, Burness said, adding that the firm presented feedback on Duke’s main

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phasized its broad range of clients. “I think universities, like any institution, value outside opinion to help them formulate communication strategy—and that’s what we’re going to work to do,” Harrington said. Edelman was selected a few weeks ago from seven national firms that responded to a University-issued request for proposals. Duke will employ Edelman for the next several SEE EDELMAN ON PAGE 6

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FAC program lacks diversity Both freshmen and upperclassmen still laud goals, successes ofprogram Adam Eaglln THE CHRONICLE

The popular First-Year Advisory Counselor program, often considered a vital part of Duke’s vaunted “first-year experience,” has for years ushered freshmen into their first days on campus. Recently, however, some students have noted the program’s dearth of diversity. According to data compiled from the 2006 list ofFACs, there is a significant overrepresentation of greek-affiliated students and an underrepresentation of black and Asian students.

Of this year’s more than 200 FACs, The Chronicle’s research indicates that approximately 60 percent are members of University-recognized fraternities and sororities. By comparison, 35 percent of the larger student body is greek-affiliated, said officials from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The statistics also indicated that approximately 3.8 percent of this year’s FACs are black and 14.5 percent are Asian students. In the larger student body, however, the SEE FACS ON PAGE 8

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Hurricane John lingers in Pacific Olga Rodriguez THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico Hurricane John lashed tourist 'resorts with heavy winds and rain Wednesday as the dangerous storm marched up Mexico’s Pacific coast, and forecasters predicted its center would brush close to land before nicking the tip of Baja California and heading out to sea. The Category 4 hurricane could dump up to a foot of rain along parts of Mexico’s southern coast, causing landslides or flooding, meteorologists warned. The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 135 mph and stronger gusts capable of ripping roofs

off buildings and causing storm surges of up to 18 feet above normal. It was expected to strengthen somewhat throughout the

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was not expected to affect the United States—cooler Pacific waters tend to diminish the storms before they reach California. But a hurricane warning covered a more than 300-mile stretch of the Mexican coasdine from the port city ofLazaro Cardenas north to Cabo Corrientes, the southwestern tip of the bay that holds Puerto Vallarta. The government also issued a hurricane watch for portions of the southern Baja

Peninsula, from La Paz south on the east and from Sante Fe south on the west coast, an area which includes the resort city of Cabo San Lucas. So far, the most damaging winds have remained offshore, and only tropical storm-force winds have hit the coast. Skies were clear and tourists relaxed on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. But officials postponed the arrival of a Carnival cruise ship and prohibited customary tours of the bay. Aniko Simon, 37, a tourist from Toronto, gathered with her family on the beach. coast

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Israel shuns U.N. blockade demand by

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Israel rejected deJERUSALEM mands Wednesday from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it immediately lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon and withdraw its forces once 5,000 international troops are deployed. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicated Israel would only allow free movement after the full implementation of a U.N.brokered cease-fire that ended 34 days of fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas that killed 854 Lebanese and 159 Israelis.

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Under the truce, 15,000 Lebanese soldiers and 15,000 international troops are to be deployed in southern Lebanon and to enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah. Annan later in a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Israel also must lift its closure of the Gaza Strip and open crossing points there. He called for an end to the bloodshed that has led to the deaths of more than 200 Palestinians since the end of June. “This must stop immediately,” Annan said. “I have made my feelings known in talks with Israeli officials. “Beyond preserving life, we have to sus-

tain life. The closure of Gaza must be lift-

ed, the crossing points must be opened, not just to allow goods [in], but to allow

Palestinian exports out as well.” But fighting intensified between Gaza militants and Israeli troops searching for smuggling tunnels and explosives. At least eight Palestinians were killed in air strikes and gunbattles near Gaza City. Olmert, Annan and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni all expressed hope Wednesday that the cease-fire deal in southern Lebanon would evolve into a full-fledged SEE ISRAEL ON PAGE 10

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The top U.S. commander in Iraq expressed optimism Wednesday that Iraqi forces are making enough progress to provide their own security within 18 months. But violence showed no sign of abating, with 66 people killed nationwide, including 24 in a Baghdad market bombing.

Iran defies Security Council A defiant Iran kept on enriching uranium up to two days before the U.N. Security

Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions. Iran's refusal to heed the Security Council up to now will be detailed in a confidential report.

GM ends "Survivor" support General Motors has decided to end its sponsorship of CBS' hit series "Survivor," but the automaker said Wednesday that the decision was unrelated to the show's controversial decision to divide its contestants in the upcoming season by race and ethnicity.

Top U.S. Open seeds advance Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Amelie Mauresmo played like champs, and former winners Martina Hingis, Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin advanced Wednesday during a hectic afternoon at the U^.Open. News briefs compiled from wirereports

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Tailgate, ALE discussed Rain causes roof at Ist meeting of DSG collapse In Few FF Ashley Dean THE CHRONICLE

feet this Saturday, prior to the first football game of the season. The policy will restore a “traditional tailgate,” which includes registered student events on the main quadrangle and proves a change from recent tailgates, which were large

Duke Student Government kicked off the school year with their first meeting Wednesday night, which included special presentations by DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, and Larry Moneta and University-sancSue Wasiolek, vice “All eyes are on Duke.... tioned gatherings president and assisin a designated Fumbling this tradition will tant vice president area of the Blue for student affairs, Zone. have dire consequences.” respectively. Although stuLarry Moneta dent Moneta and Wasiaffairs staff olek’s presentation will not supervise outlined the new the Blue Zone, Duke Police will be monitoring the situaregulations on tailgating, Alcohol Law Enforcement’s presence on campus this fall tion, Moneta said. and ongoing plans for Central Campus He stressed the importance of students renovation. behaving in a manner that reflects well on The new tailgate model will go into efDSG ON PAGE SEE

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The soggy corner of a Few Quadran-

gle dormitory room ceiling caved in Wednesday night after the afternoon and evening’s torrential rains seeped through the plaster, weighing down the foam ceiling panels. The two female residents of Few FF227, both sophomores, said many of their personal belongings—including electronics, textbooks, bed linens and personal items —were damaged by the leak. A Duke University Police Department officer, a maintenance worker and a residence coordinator arrived at the scene shortly after 9 p.m., about an hour after the leaks first started. “Bottom line is that you’re not stay-

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Robby Wallace works to repair a caved-in ceiling in Few Quadrangle Wednesday night.

Students, town support Nifonq opponents Wenjia Zhang THE CHRONICLE

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Students are trying to up turnout for November's elections, when District Attorney Mike Nifong's seat is contested.

A few months ago Mike Nifong’s reelection as Durham district attorney appeared to be guaranteed, but now some local residents and Duke students are organizing to support his opponent—Lewis Cheek. The political action committee Recall Nifong-Vote Cheek, which is not affiliated with any particular party, has begun to rally support for the challenger. Since its formation Aug. 9, the grassroot group has grown to include between 50 and 100 members, said Spokesperson Beth Brewer. The committee is also attempting to set up voter registration drives at both Duke and North Carolina Central University to encourage out-of-state students to register to vote in the election. “The lacrosse incident got students rallied and excited to vote,” she said.

At Duke, Juniors Christiane Regelbrugge and Emily Wygod have started Duke Students for an Ethical Durham. Regelbrugge stressed that Duke Students for an Ethical Durham is neither explicitly in support of the lacrosse team nor targeting Nifong. It is only passing out voter registration forms to students—members of the group are not telling students who to vote for, Regelbrugge said. “We want students to be politically involved—after all, we are Durham residents for four years,” Wygod said. She noted that the group’s goal is to have 2,000 students voting in the next election. “Students feel passionately about this election so it might help kick things off,” Regelbrugge said. SEE NIFONG ON PAGE 10

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Gov. Mike Easley urged North Carolina residents Wednesday to bunker down and prepare for the worst ahead of Tropical Depression Ernesto, expected to hit the state during the next few days. Easley activated the State Emergency Response Team in Raleigh and will deploy 150 soldiers of the National Guard to lowlying areas of North Carolina as Ernesto moves northward through Florida. “I urge everyone to stay tuned to local weather forecasts, heed the advice of loc l emergency off.Gov. Mike Easley cials and take the necessary precautions to keep their families safe," Easley said in a statement, adding that one of the greatest dangers will be flooded roads. Radar patterns predicted that winds will reach 25 mph and rain totals will reach up to seven inches in parts of the state Thursday and Friday, the governor’s office said. At the mid-coastal outpost of the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., students and staff are erring on the side of caution. “We’re going to wait, watch and see,”said Dominick Brugnolotti, assistant director of auxiliaries at the lab. “We have an evacuation plan —we will evacuate to Duke’s '

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Gov. Mike Easley activated the State EmergencyResponse Team Wednesday in preparation for Tropical Depression Ernesto, which has weakened in recent days.

[main] campus. Our students will stay in the dorms and eat in the dining halls,” he said. Faculty, staff and students last evacuated the Beaufort lab in September 2005, when Category-1 Hurricane Ophelia struck the region. “It’s routine, and we’ve done it for a few years,” Brugnolotti said. “Most of the time it’s just a short interruption in our lives.” He added that it is unlikely the center will be evacuated this week unless Ernesto strengthens considerably. Weakening winds caused the storm to be downgraded from* a

hurricane to a depression earlier this week. “It doesn’t look like it’s going to be that significant [in the Beaufort area],” Brugnolotti said. “But you never know.” On campus, students ran for cover between lectures as the skies opened up. Senior Brian Kindle, a Chronicle columnist, said he was soaked after putting up fliers in the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy. “I was sort of trapped between shelters, so I just had to deal with it,” he said. “I was unhappy, and definitely more wet after it happened than before it happened.”

Kindle, a Jacksonville, Fla., nadve, said he has also been calling routinely to check on his family and house, currently situated in the path of the storm. “I m from Florida, so hurricanes are pretty customary for this time of year,” he said. “I’ve been paying attention to the weather, though, especially after [Hurricane Katrina].” Kindle added that his family will relocate if conditions worsen. “We have an evacuation plan,” he said ‘You might say it’s a tradition.” ?

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Hillsborough teen arrested in school shooting Estes Thompson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A school district spokesperson said a former student drove into the school’s parkHILLSBOROUGH, N.C. A teenager ing lot at midday and fired at the building, arrested in a shooting at a high school that A girl was grazed on the shoulder, and a injured two students Wednesday later con- boy was struck by shattered glass, fessed to killing his father and was charged spokesperson Anne D’Annunzio said. with murder, authorities said. The injured girl was treated at a hospital Alvaro and released, Rafael Castillo D’Annunzio said, a window W S fin “We all have to sacrifice. Somefi rifles at the school in the Orwas shot out, ange High had to put him out of his School parking but D'A™™sill nf ik ot us. misery, tie abused all lot when not zi G arAlvaro Rafael Castillo know whether deputies rived and or19-year-oldformer student who shot his father. dered him to s caused down the the boy’s minor put weapons, the injuries. Asked why he went to Orange High Orange County sheriff said They later found ammunition, weapons School, Castillo responded: “Columbine. and homemade pipe bombs in the 19-year- Remember Columbine.” old’s van, officials said In 1999, two teenagers killed 12 fellow Castillo told deputies about the slaying students and a teacher at Columbine High of his father after he was taken into cusSchool in Colorado before committing suicide in the nation’s worst school shooting. tody, Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass said. Deputies then forced their way into the A hearing was scheduled Thursday in family’s Hillsborough home and found the Orange County District Court. It was unbody of Rafael Huezo Castillo, who had known Wednesday evening whether Castilbeen shot to death, Pendergrass said. lo had a lawyer. It was not immediately known when the Orange High ninth-grader Philip father died. Mitchell said he was outside when the As deputies walked the teen to jail, his shooting started about 1 p.m. hands cuffed in front of him, reporters “There was a bunch of smoke and they asked why he killed his father. started shooting,” said Mitchell, who ran “Sacrifice. The world is cruel,” he said. back inside the building. “We all have to sacrifice. Somebody had to Denning Best, another high school put him out ofhis misery. He abused all of freshman, was in the cafeteria. us.” “I saw people running away and all the Castillo had not been charged in the teachers were telling us it was a lockdown,” school shooting Wednesday night. she said. “It was a little bit freaky.” by

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months, Burness said The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and President Richard Brodhead, who were informed of the hiring last week, are “highly supportive,” he added. “These last several months have been extraordinarily challenging,” Burness said. “[Lacrosse] will remain part of the Duke story for some time, and given all the negative attention, particularly to our students, we need to take a far more strategic and focused approach... to provide coherent messages about Duke.”

Harrington, whose office is based in New York, said his firm needs to conduct more research before it can determine what, specifically, it will do when consultants arrive on campus. It is not uncommon for universities to seek the counsel of public relations firms, said Julie Britton, associate professor in the Fuqua School ofBusiness. “I certainly think any time you’ve had unfavorable press that it would be quite common for a business to want to work on the public image of the organization,” she said. The popularity of college rankings has led to an increased prevalence of public re-

2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team “Whoever came up with it, we both thought it was a good idea,” Ammons said. Brodhead noted that once the event was announced, tickets were snapped up by students and staff at both schools. The stadium was filled with NCCU paraphernalia and the plan was for Ammons to throw out the first pitch of the game. When NCCU’s marching band performed, the announcer told the crowd “You’re all honorary Eagles tonight,” Duke and NCCU officials said in spite of the rain, they thought people affiliated with their schools achieved some bonding, albeit soggy. “Even if it’s raining out, it’s sunshining under the shelter with the NCCU and Duke students meeting and coming together,” said Rosalind Fuse-Hall, executive assistant to the chancellor. Jim Belvin, Duke’s director of financial aid, planned to watch the game from a friend’s luxury box. He said he hoped the lations firms on campuses nationwide, Britton said. Duke fell three spots to eighth place in magazine U.S. News and World Report’s 2007 rankings of the nation’s top colleges, released earlier this month. “[Rankings] are based on other people’s perception of [a] university and not necessarily on a lot of factual information,” Britton said. “You want someone out there making sure that people have correct

perceptions.”

“We don’t really know what Duke is up to at the moment. We sort of know it’s a good place, but how is it differentfrom any other good place?” she added.

event would bring the schools closer, adding, “we obviously need to do some work in that regard.” Several students in attendance said they were optimistic about the potential for bonding. Davis Dixon, an NCCUjunior and drummer for the school’s marching band, said the perception of Duke in the eyes of NCCU students has changed since the rape allegations were initially made public. “At first it was a feeling of outrage because nobody knew the facts,” Davis said. “I guess right now it’s pretty calm be-

cause everyone’s waiting for the facts to come out.” Duke sophomore Kevin Troy said the event was a good idea, and ventured it would have been more successful if the weather had been less stormy. “In order for there to be genuine and significant connections between Duke and NCCU students it has to happen more spontaneously and on an individual level,” Troy said. “But such spontaneous interactions can be catalyzed by pro-

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the University this weekend. “All eyes are on Duke,” Moneta said, referring to media coverage following rape accusations and charges against three members of the men’s lacrosse team. “Fumbling this tradition will have dire consequences,” he added. Wasiolek discussed the presence of ALE on campus this fall. “We should be prepared for ALE,” she said, adding that she would be irresponsible if she told students not to worry about ALE at the football game this weekend. Moneta also mentioned ongoing campus renovations, including the completion of the new student plaza. “I promise to stop talking about the plaza in May 2020,” he added. He said it was important to improve Central Campus and to ensure it complements East and West Campuses. Plans for Central include bars, restaurants, a book store and a grocery store, creating a Duke neighborhood for upperclassmen, Moneta noted. “The senior year really feels disconnected,” he said, adding that he hopes the plans will create a senior experience that restores the “warmth and engagement of the firstyear in a more adult environment.” Wolfs presentation consisted of a review of updates and changes DSG has made this summer. He spoke of the importance of transparency in the Undergraduate Judicial Board. Wolf said that since Fall 2005 students arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol have been suspended from school, but the majority of undergraduates are unaware of the policy. He said he wants to improve understanding among students of the repercussions ofcertain actions under judicial affairs. Wolf also cited as accomplishments the new West-Central bus route and funding for University bartenders. He discussed a newly created newspaper readership program, which distributes free copies of the Durham Herald-Sun at various areas on campus. Wolf said the papers will allow students to be more involved and knowledgeable about news and events in the Durham community. Limited copies of The Wall Street Journal will also be available outside the DSG office in the Bryan Center. Wolf mentioned several changes he is hoping to implement during his tenure as DSG President, including a smooth transition for Compass Group, which replaced ARAMARK, Corp. this year. “They’re a very significant improvement, at least on East, over ARAMARK,” Wolf said. “So far it’s very positive.” DSG also has a new website, which will become the main avenue of communication between student government and the public. “Any student can come and see what we are doing,” Wolf said, noting the importance of DSG as a resource for undergraduates. He said he hopes to increase community outreach this year, and to incorporate more student input into the Campus Culture Initiative in the future.

In other business: New senators for the 2006-07 school year were sworn in to office. Kevin Troy, a sophomore, was appointed DSG public relations director and a member of the DSG cabinet. Sophomore Mindy Joo was named Inter-Community Council executive director.

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Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) an independent law enforcement agency of the State of North Carolina—cited almost 200 students last year for underage possession or other violations of state alcohol laws the very fir. weekend that students were here, at off-campus residences immediately adjacent to East Campu; All indications are that ALE, as well as Durham Police, will continue to closely monitor popular student living areas and hangouts this year and zero tolerance approach to violations of laws. Repeated incidents of misconduct can also resu suspension or expulsion from from Duke! —

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percentages are approximately 10 percent and 20.5 percent, respectively, reported the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. “To me, it seemed like there was one African American in every group ofFACs for each dorm, and that was startling,” said FAC Lauren Wilson, a sophomore. Wilson, who is black, said that although she thinks the FAC program is a success, some minority freshmen told her that increased diversity would have made their orientation more comfortable. “When minority students arrive here, and the first thing they see is FACs, they kind of get an impression that there aren’t a lot of people like them,” she said. “Undoubtedly, being a minority at Duke is somewhat of a different experience than being part of the dominant demographic.” Many freshmen, upperclassmen and members of the FAC board—who lead the program—acknowledged the problem, but extolled the virtues ofFAC volunteers. “I’ve never heard any negative information,” said senior Malik Burnett, president of Black StudentAlliance. “I would say that people have had a positive experience.” Furthermore, the FAC board and its selection policy was universally praised as fair and unbiased. The demographics of this year’s FACs mirror those of the applicant pool—a situation that the FAC committee cannot control, explained senior Mike Marquardt, co-chair of the FAC board. The program’s leaders have recently launched more aggressive recruitment campaigns to court a broader spectrum of students, he added, and others agreed that a less homogenous group would have been beneficial. “I do feel that the overall FAC experience could have been enhanced by having a more diverse group of FACs,” senior Gaby Perez, a FAC board member, wrote in an e-mail. What is less certain, however, is what effect this unintended lack of diversity has on incoming freshmen. “I think it’s important for first-years to obtain a widerange of perspectives and to continue to foster an appreciation for the differences in others right from the start,” Perez said. “Sometimes that is lost when there is a lack of diversity.” Other students, however, said a need for diversity—of race or social involvement—is not as vital as other criteria, since FAC recruitment looks beyond these attributes. “I think it’s almost a moot point—the diversity of the FAC program,” said senior Megan Bode, a FAC board member. “It’s unfortunate if it’s become a little homogenous, but I think what we’re aiming for, and what we’re getting, is a group of committed students that really want to help first-year students.” Additionally, each FAC is trained to be cognizant of such issues when mentoring their freshmen, senior Kim Ocheltree, a member of the FAC board, wrote in an e-mail. “The point of [FAC] training is to make sure each FAC knows they will be encountering first-years with a range of experiences and values, and as such to present a variety of options so that each first-year knows there is a place for them at Duke,” she said. Since an overrepresentation of whites and greeks has been traced to the FAC applicant pool, the question remains: why do fewer minorities and independents apply? For starters, competing peer mentoring programs created by ethnic groups—such as the Africana Mentoring Program or the Latino First-Year Advisory Council—draw away many minority members, Perez and Burnett noted. “Because these programs attract mostly minority applicants, it creates a difficulty in increasing the number ofethnic minorities in the FAC program applicant pool,” Perez said. Some FACs, however, also suggested that fraternities and sororities may subtly encourage their members to join the FAC program as a means of early greek recruitment. “I don’t think it’s a lack of independents,” Wilson said. “I think it’s an overabundance of greeks applying to be FACs.” During FAC recruitment, attributes like greek affiliation is less important than qualities like enthusiasm for helping freshmen and an outgoing personality, board members said. “Never do we ask for greek affiliation—the percentage of greeks is merely just a product of the'applicant pool,” Marquardt said. Although theFAC admissions processes supposed to be-blind to these characteristics, board members in recent years have made a concerted effort to increase the diversity of the program—and have been making positive gromid. “In a study on the FAC applicant versus selection last Spring... it was found that the number of ethnic minority applicants, specifically black and Asian students, to the FAC program has increased slightly every year over the past four years,” Perez said. Over the same time period, the percentage of black and Asian students in the whole student body has also grown. Yet due to shortfalls in across-the-board diversity, board members said they would continue to strive for progress. “It is important to keep improving the diversity ofFACs by continually setting this as a priority of the program,” Ocheltree said.

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ing here tonight,” RC Mike Adams told Jessica Edison and Harley Gould, residents of the room, after evaluating the damage. Adams offered to relocate the two to a Residential Life and Housing Services “safe room” in an undisclosed location in Edens Quadrangle, designated for housing emergencies. Edison and Gould said they panicked when they first noticed the water trickling down their walls, above the doorway and onto their carpet. Both girls said they removed a few of the water-logged tiles from their ceiling when water in at least three different leaks across the room accelerated. They said that they were hoping to stanch the leaking rain water but could not. “The first step was to start moving things to our friend’s room,” Edison said. Now, with the overhead ductwork exposed, ceiling paint bubbling outward and the carpets drenched in water, Gould said she is concerned about her health. She suffers from a number of respiratory allergies Adams said he could not comment on whether or not the girls will be reimbursed for damage done to their personal belongings, adding that it is unclear whether or not the leaks were due to the foam construction of the ceiling. Most other ceilings in the FF hall ofFew are plaster. “There’s no such thing as a cookie-cutter room at Duke,” Adams said, adding that the girls would have to pursue compensation through RLHS. Gould said she is also worried about her accrued losses, with all of her textbooks now soaked through. “I would just like compensation for damaged goods,” she said. Hallmates of the two girls proffered air mattresses and futons when they saw the damage, and both Gould and Edison said they will stay with friends while the damage to their room is assessed. They may relocate to the Edens safe room if the cleanup takes more than a few days, they said. Adding to Gould and Edison’s troubles is the weekend forecast. When discussing the prospects for a drier weekend, Gould had only a one-word quip: “Ernesto,” she said, referring the tropical depression headed toward North Carolina. Adams was reluctant to assess the extent of the damage or how long it would take to repair, but said it may take more than a day. “We just want to make sure [the residents] are taken care of,” he said.

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NIFONG from page 3 Although the group is not instructing students who for, its leaders said they personally would like to

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Emily Wygod (above) has started a campaign for voter awareness. In April, she, along with several others, donned "innocent" shirts to defend 3 indicted lacrosse players after DNA results were released.

“Hopefully, Nifong will lose this election,” Wygod said. “If not, at least he will know that Duke students are also part of Durham.” She added that the removal of Nifong from office will be beneficial to Durham residents because of Nifong’s “history of unethical behaviors.” Brewer, who has been in contact with Regelbrugge andWygod, said that Nifong’s handling of the recent lacrosse case has exacerbated racial tension in Durham and tarnished Durham’s image in the nation. “This is a unifying campaign,” she said. “We don’t think that Nifong is good for anyone regardless ofrace,” Brewer added. Brewer noted that the majority of the group’s donations are coming from the legal community. “This tells me that they are also upset with Nifong,”

she added

Off-cycle elections typically attract between 40,000 and 50,000 voters and Recall Nifong is looking to add approximately 6,000 students to the rolls, Brewer said. “How the students vote is up to them,” she noted Although Cheek, Democrat and current Durham county commissioner, has said he will not accept the position if elected, his name will still appear on the ballot in November. If Cheek wins the election, Gov. Mike Easley will appoint the next district attorney. The Recall Nifong committee has been making calls to local lawyers and judges, compiling a list of qualified candidates, Brewer said. “Who is picked next is very important—we don’t want the decision to be made based on seniority but on qualification,” she said. Easley has the option, however, to re-appoint Nifong as district attorney even if Nifong loses the election. Brewer said she believes that scenario is unlikely to

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ISRAEL from page 2 peace accord, which Israeli leaders have long hoped to reach withLebanon. But Lebanon’s premier rebuffed the idea, saying his country would be the last Arab nation to make peace with the Jewish state. The vastly different visions of future relations between the two nations reflect their conflicting priorities. Israel wants to prevent future attacks from its northern neighbor, while Lebanon is focused on rebuilding from the recent fighting and trying to maintain peace between its fractious religious groups, some of whom are sworn enemies of Israel. The cease-fire could be “a cornerstone to build a new reality between Israel and Lebanon,” Olmert said at a news conference with Annan. Implementation of the truce “gives us a foundation to move forward and settle the differences between Israel and Lebanon once and for all, to establish a durable peace,” Annan said after meeting with Livni. But Lebanon has hesitated in reaching a separate agreement with Israel as long as Israel’s conflicts with the Palestinians and Syria are not resolved. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora quashed hopes of a peace deal any time soon, saying Lebanon “will be the last Arab country that could sign a peace agreement with Israel.” “Let it be clear, we are not seeking any agreement until there is just and comprehensive peace based on the Arab initiative,” he said in Beirut. The Arab initiative calls for an Israeli withdrawal from all territories captured in the 1967 Middle East war and the establishment of a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital—demands Israel rejects. A Hezbollah legislator also ruled out talks toward a wider peace deal. “The Lebanese reject negotiations with the Zionist enemy. They consider these negotiations unnecessary, worthless and have no basis or place,” Hussein Haj Hassan told ALJazeera television. The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began July 12 when Hezbollah guerrillas crossed into Israel and attacked an army patrol, killing three soldiers and capturing two others. Israel has rejected calls for a prisoner swap to secure their freedom. Both Annan and Olmert demanded the soldiers’ unconditional release, but Mohammed Fneish, a Hezbollah minister in the Lebanese Cabinet, said that would •

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“There will be no unconditional release. This is not possible,” he said. “There should be a [prisoner] exchange through indirect negotiations.” A third Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, was seized by Hamas militants in latejune and is being held in the Gaza Strip. His capture touched off a 2-month-old Israeli military offensive in Gaza. Annan said he would do everything in his power to win the soldiers’ release. He said that during his visit to Lebanon, which ended Tuesday, he discussed their fate. “I did not get the impression that they are not alive. I believe they are alive,” he said. Annan also called on Olmert to end the blockade of Lebanon, which is preventing the country from rebuilding. Lifting the blockade would also strengthen Lebanon’s government. “I do believe the blockade should be lifted,” he said at a news conference with Olmert. Annan asked that if it was not completely lifted that the blockade at least be partially removed, said U.N. spokesman Ahmad Fawzi.

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Cassese holds lax program together Michael Moore

Richard Brodhead reinstated the lacrosse program June s—handled5—hanPlayer-coach may seem an antidled the immense duties of mainquated term in most sports, but taining and building a program for Kevin Cassese this summer, it racked with controversy and was very much a reality. scrutiny, all while playing lacrosse Actually, Cassese was more of a for both the Rochester Raiders of player-coach-camp director-re- Major League Lacrosse and the cruiter-national representativeU.S. Senior National Team in the public relations manager-nomad. World Championships. Cassese —who was named in“I got a crash course in how to terim head coach when President be a head coach in seven weeks,” said Cassese, a 2003 Duke graduate who joined the Blue Devil staff in July 2005 as an assistant coach. “It helped that I knew what the program was all about, and I knew the type of people here and the character that was involved in the program. And I was able to help spread that goodwill because I knew all that.” All told, Cassese played in 11 of the Raiders’ 12 regular-season games, joined Team USA for a week of training and the World Championships —in which the U.S. lost to Canada in the finals—and helped run three week-long day camps for young lacrosse players. “I was directing the camps while on my cell phone, talking to TIAN, QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE [recruits] and setting up visits,” One day after the program was reinstat- he said. “It was pretty interesting. ed, Kevin Cassese was named interim I was juggling a lot of things.” Cassese—who was a two-time head coach at a June 6 press conference. by

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Duke assistant coach Kevin Cassese found time away during his summer to compete for the U.S. Senior NationalTeam. first team All-American during his playing days with the Blue Devils and was the second-overall pick in the 2003 MLL draft—often had to make sacrifices to balance his responsibilities. While training with Team USA at Syracuse, Cassese would return from practice to the makeshift office he had constructed in his dorm room to call re-

porters, players and recruits Still, Cassese said he did not regret continuing to play for both his country and his professional team. “It was definitely a release,” Cassese said. “I was able to focus and not have to worry about calling recruits, or if we’re going to get this kid in through admissions. I can —for a couple hours

just focus on playing the game that I love.” This everything spring, seemed to be working against the game he loved. His first season as a Duke assistant was forfeited April 5. Cassese also watched as his former coach and boss, Mike SEE CASSESE ON PAGE 14

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Germanese, a transfer to Duke this fall, is not afraid to make his presence known. The junior scored the first goal of his Blue Devil career —the first goal of Duke’s season—in a 5-2 win over Hartford August 25. He also hasn’t had a problem making his presence felt with his new teammates at practice either. “There were a couple of times in practice where he said a joke in front of the whole team, and we were all like, “Woah new guy—not afraid to speak up,” senior Chris Loftus joked. Germanese decided to transfer to Duke after Vanderbilt disbanded its men’s soccer program after the 2005 season as a result of Title IX equity concerns at the school. The midfielder also considered transferring to Indiana, Stanford and Southern Methodist as well as Northwestern, which he ruled out after a visit when it was 10 below zero. “So, no way,” he said. Despite the fact that his coach from Vanderbilt moved on to coach at SMU, Germanese still opted to become a Blue Devil. “I just felt like it was the best fit,” Germanese said. “Soccer-wise and also obviously, academically, Duke’s a

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For years the Triangle has been known for its men’s basketball. Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith, Jim Valvano and others have made the area one of the nation’s most famous for men’s competition on any level. The women’s game is beginning to catch up. The appearance of the women’s national team in the Triangle area—training at Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State —comes on the heels of a breakout season for the ACC, which saw seven teams make the NCAA Tournament and three make the Final Four, including Tobacco Road rivals Duke and North Carolina. “It shows great respect that USA basketball would be willing to come here to Duke, the Triangle area and ACC country,” Goestenkors said. “I think they understand how much women’s basketball has grown in this area, and I’m really proud that they decided to come here to train.” Giving the training camp a distincdy local feel are the SEE W. BASKETBALL ON PAGE

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So far, no one at SAITAMA, Japan the FIBA World Championships has figured out how to counter Team USA’s superior skills, athleticism and depth. Germany provided a clue Wednesday night. The Germans packed the paint and forced the AmeriGERMANY cans to fire from USA 85 afar. The strategy worked for a half before the U.S. pulled away for an 85-65 victory. It may have been the scariest 20-point win in team history. The Americans struggled against the Germans’ zone defense and were out ofsync for much of the night. The Americans’ performance provided a glimmer of hope for defense-oriented Greece, which faces the U.S. in the semifinals Friday. Spain and Argentina, which meet in the other semifinal, also will take note. “Tm sure we’re going to see a lot of zone,” U.S. guard Kirk Hinrich said. “We have up until now, and I’m sure we will the remainder of the games. And that’s fine. We’ve got guys who can make shots, and for whatever reason we just didn’t do that tonight.” Indeed, the U.S. struggled through its worst shooting performance —38 percent from the field and 25 percent from threepoint range—in seven games. The only worse shooting came from

German star Dirk Nowitzki, who finished with more turnovers (five) than baskets (three). He was 3-for-12 from the floor and finished with 15 points, tied for the team high with Ademola Okulaja. The Americans’ leading scorer was Carmelo Anthony, who scored 19 points but was 2-for-12 in the first half. “My shot wasn’t falling, but we’re going to have nights like that when shots don’t fall,” said Anthony, who went 5-for-7 after halftime. “We keep shooting. We know we’re capable of making those shots. Coach [Mike Krzyzewski] told us to keep shooting. That’s what we did.” The U.S. is at its most potent when it is running the floor and attacking the basket. But it launched 40 of its 85 shots from beyond the three-point arc. At halftime, this looked like the nightmare scenario envisioned by skeptics who have questioned the Americans’ shooting touch. German coach Dirk Bauermann packed the lane with a zone defense and dared the U.S. to fire away from outside. Others have tried to do the same thing, but this time the strategy worked. “We switched our defense and played a lot of zone in the first half,” Bauermann said. “In the second half, they turned up the heat and played a great defensive game, and when you play like that you can beat anyone and win the gold.” The U(S. pulled away with defense and rebounding. It pressured the Germans into 24 turnovers and hammered them 48-

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34 on the backboards, including a 22-6 advantage on the offensive glass. “The U.S. was better defensively,” Bauermann said. “They turned us over and killed us on the offensive glass.” True enough. The U.S. is two wins away from its first gold medal since 1994 in this competition. But it will take more than rebounding and defense to mount the winner’s podium on Sunday night.

The Americans didn’t appear medalworthy for much of Wednesday night. At halftime, Krzyzewski decided to turn up the defensive pressure. Smart move. The Germans turned the ball over 13 times in the second half, and that allowed the U.S. to take control. “We missed a lot of shots but defensively did what we had to do,” Krzyzewski said. ‘We won even though we missed a lot of shots.”

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Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors (left) is an assistant underAnne Donovan (right) on the national team. women’s basketball just how much the from page,, game has grown in the Carolinas,” USABasketball President Val Ackerman said in a teleconference Aug. 3. “It’s great to see how two familiar Duke faces—Alana Beard, celebrated women’s basketball has become back playing in Cameron for the first time at Duke University and the ACC at large.” since her 2004 graduation, and Duke head Aside from the hometown heroes, coach Gail Goestenkors, one ofUSA head stars such as Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, coach Anne Donovan’s assistants. Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Seimone Absent from the Final Four last season Augustus will be on display in next were both Connecticut and Tennessee, week’s exhibition game against Australia teams that combined to win eight of the at Cameron Indoor Stadium. last 12 NCAA titles. The Australian squad, which took Both schools were also knocked off by home the silver medal in the 2004 Athens teams from the ACC. Duke took out the Olympics, is led by the Seattle Storm’s Huskies in the Elite Eight and the Tar Lauren Jackson. Heels stamped their ticket to the Final “We need a big turnout for the AusFour in Boston, beating the Volunteers tralian game,” Goestenkors said. “They’re the same day. going to be one of our prime competitors As Duke fans know, Maryland eventualfor the gold medal. I’m hoping that the ly dashed the Blue Devils’ hopes of their Cameron Crazies come out and show all of first NCAA title in the final game, but the theseplayers what Cameron Crazies are and ACC’s performance in the tournament how special women’s basketball is to them.” has firmly established die conference as A big turnout by the Crazies would also show just how much the sport has grown in arguably the best in the country today. “It hasn’t been lost on anybody in this area.

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great school.” The players on the team were also crucial factors in Germanese’s decision to come to Durham. “I had a really fun visit here,” the new Blue Devil said. “I felt like I fit in with the guys.” Loftus, who, along with Danny Miller, hosted Germanese on his official visit, agreed with the transfer. “He fit in right away. We loved him right from the start,” Loftus said. “He’s just one of the guys on the team.” While at Vanderbilt, Germanese was the Missouri Valley Conference Freshmen of the Year and was also named to the College Soccer News Freshmen All-America Team. In his two seasons with the Commodores, he tallied 11 goals, five of them game-winners, and nine assists, with a total of 31 career points. Initially out of high school, Germanese, a St. Louis native, wanted to stay closer to home, head coach John Rennie said. When the decision was made to disband Vanderbilt’s team, Germanese, was ready to expand his horizons and consider higher-level soccer programs. “Every practice is a batde, since there are so many good players,” Germanese said. “We have a first team and a second team of guys who are all capable of starting, so every practice you’re fighting for a spot here. It’s just good competition. You know when you go out and play on game day you’re that much more prepared.” Germanese’s contributions on the field are already apparent, as the junior notched two goals and an assist in Duke’s first weekend of play. “He has an incredibly high work rate,” Rennie said. “He defends very well, and

he can score goals, so he has become very valuable.” Although Germanese has had some issues getting adjusted to a new school—including a trip to Sanford where he ended up in the wrong building and needed directions from a janitor—the transfer has made what Rennie calls a “brilliant” transition to the team. “Joe has that college experience. He’s come in right away and given us 110 percent day in and day out,” Loftus said. '‘His movement off the ball is spectacular, his footwork’s incredible. He’s a great player to have on your team with his work ethic.”

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according to the court records. Redick’s case had previously been set for yesterday’s docket, but the case will be continued to Oct. 24, at which point the plea will be heard. Police pulled over the 6-foot-4 guard, who holds the Duke and ACC all-time scoring records, in the Belmont Apartments parking lot June 13 after he made an illegal U-turn before a license checkpoint at the corner of Lasalle Street and Kangaroo Drive. Police on the scene said Redick’s eyes were “very glassy,” and he had a “strong odor of alcohol” on his breath. Redick, who had several passengers in his car at the time, later registered a blood alcohol level of .11, above the legal limit of .08. Just two weeks after the incident, the NBA’s Orlando Magic selected Redick with the draft’s 11th pick. At the time, Redick was also recovering from a back injury suffered during pre-draft workouts, and some had thought he could slip to later in the draft.

Redick took time off from basketball after the June 28 draft in New York City. To rest his back, he forfeited an opportunity to try out for Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s U.S. Senior National Team, which is currently competing in Japan. “Everything’s good with my back now,” Redick said. “I’m trying to work myself back into shape, and doing a little more everyday.” In the meantime, Redick was named the cover-athlete for 2K sport’s NCAA 2K7 video game Aug. 1. He has also inked endorsement deals with a memorabilia company, a trading card company and a footwear company. “I’m a Nike guy,” he said. Redick said he did not think his DUI charge hurt his endorsement contracts as some were inked before the arrest and, in general, huge endorsement dollars have not been awarded to the 2006 draft class. “Things just aren’t there as much as they used to be,” he said. Redick will continue to work out in Orlando, where he recendy purchased a house and moved, before NBA training camp opens in October. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Kevin Cassese was a standout during his time at Duke, twice earning a selection to the All-American first team.

CASSESE from page 11 Pressler, resigned under pressure. After receiving encouragement from Pressler to do anything he could to help stabilize the program, Cassese began reaching out to the current players as the team faced an uncertain future. “I’m glad I was here through the tough times,” Cassese said. “Everyone was like, ‘Aw man, you were wrong place, wrong time.’ And I said, ‘No, I was meant to be here at this time.’ I feel like this was exacdy where I needed to be so I could help get us through this.” The chaotic time in Cassese’s professional life intersected with a transformative period in his personal life. Cassese—who is getting married to a former Duke women’s tennis player in December—bought a house in Durham in February, with the plan of moving in as soon as there was a sufficient break in the season schedule. As allegations ofrape emerged against three ofhis players, that break never came. Instead, the 25-year-old spent the next several months living out of a pair of suitcases while doing his own personal tour of the East Coast. Cassese finally moved into his new home two weeks ago. Although he called the summer “an incredible experience,” Cassese said he is ready to begin practice this Monday —and stay in one place for a change. “There was one point this summer, for two weeks I was a in different city every day for 14 days—and that wears you out,” Cassese said. “I came back here and slept for 24 hours straight, and then came into the office and got back to work.”

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PT SALES ASSOC Childrens Boutique in Durham seeks energetic, friendly part time Sales Assoc for IQ-20 hrs/ week. Store Hours: lues Sat 10 6pm. Retail exp. not required. Must be available some full days during the week and every other Saturday. $8 $lO / hour Please email resume to info@sim-

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PART TIME SERVERS & HOSTS Carolina Ale House- Work in the #1 sports themed Restaurant in the Chapel Hill/ Durham area We are seeking high-energy applicants for full and part time server and host positions Please apply within M-F 3911 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd EOE 919.851.0858

HELP WANTED!! Want to make some good money in a fast paced sports enviroment. The Original Steakhouse and Sports Theatre is looking for experienced help to carry them through the fall sports season. Part-Time and Full Time Available. Now Looking for Servers, Bartenders, and Hosts. 919.402.8717

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DUKE IN FRANCE Paris in springtime Hasn’t that always been your dream? Live it and get credit, too! Duke in France/EDUCO offers a wide spectrum of classes, integration in local universities, homestays, and an efficient. on-site staff. French 100level proficiency or file equivalent required. For more informa...

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DUKE IN MADRID Spring 2007 Semester The Duke in Madrid spring semester program features a smaller group experience and more festivals and holidays than the fall semester, while offering the same incredible excursions, great professors, efficient staff, and food-filled homestays. Spain in spring is a no-brainer! Spanish 100-level proficiency or the

equivalent required. Application deadline; October 2, 2006. Find out at http;// more

www.aas.duke.edu/ study_abroad/.

FREE TUTORING AVAILABLE The Peer Tutoring Program offers free tutoring for Duke undergraduate students in the following introductory courses: Biology 25L, Chemistry 21L, 23L, 151L, Computer Science 1, 6, Economics 51D, 55D, Engineering 53L, 75L, ECE 61L, 62L, Math 25L, 31L, 32L, 32. 41. 103, Phyiscs 53L, 54L, 62L or Foreign Languages through level 76. Pick up an application in theAcademic Advising Center, 2nd floor, east campus, 684-8832. Tutoring is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

HELP WANTED CASHIERS/CUST.SERVICE SALADELIA CAF£ SEEKING PART-TIME/ FULL-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ON CAMPUS LOCATION AT PERKINS LIBRARY AND/OR DURHAM LOCATION. FLEXIBLE HOURS. $9/ HR. APPLY IN PERSON AT 4201 UNIVERSITY DR. DURHAM. 919.489.5776

PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY! In sales and marketing. $7-$lO per hour. Contact or (866)895-6463 guest@ksero.net now!

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A native American English tutor needed in Durham Kumon Center forchildren, $lO/hr, Wed 4-7 & Sat 1-4, 4672991, 919.402.0507

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NEEDED Seeking a responsible student to tutor my 7th grade daughter. Hours Mon-Thurs, 2;45-sp. Must have own car. Call 286-2287 day;932-5913 eve and weekends. WORK STUDY STUDENTS needed for child oriented research program. Duties include data entry, filing, library work, and occasional assistance with children during research assessments. This position requires sensitivity, confidentiality, and reliability. Must have transportation to off-campus clinic near the former South Square Mall. E-mail wendy.conklin@duke.edu.

SPARTACUS RESTAURANT Now Hiring Wait staff, bartenders, hostesses, PT/FT, flexible hours. Apply in person Monday through Friday. In front of Super Target, Southsquare. 919489-2848. LIFEGUARDS NEEDED for up to 10-15 hours per week at the Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital therapeutic pool to guard for children and adults with special needs. Person must be 16 years old and hold current lifeguard certification. Hours available immediately. Pay rate is $9.81 per hour. If interested, contact Jean Bridges at 684-4543. U-GRAD STUDENT ASSISTANT Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Duties include

advertising center events, updating websites, data entry, survey design, and other office related tasks. Skills: MS Word, Excel, Dreamweaver, advertising experience. Work study preferred. 8-12hrs/wk starts @ $8.50/hr. 3 positions available to start ASAP. Contact: Antonio Arce, 6813981 ama2@duke.edu

RAINBOW SOCCER COACHES WANTED! Volunteer coaches needed for youth teams in Chapel Hill, ages 3-13. Practices M&W or T&Th, 4:15s:lspm. All big, small, happy, tall,

large-hearted, willing, fun-loving, people qualify. Call 919-967-8797, 260-8797. Register online www.rain-

RAINBOW SOCCER FIELD ASSISTANT WANTED for Chapel Hill recreational league. Approx. 25 hours, weekday afternoons and Saturdays. Must be dependable, good with kids, organizational skills, dynamic attitude, and reliable transportation. Call 919-967-8797, 2608797. SURGERY

RESEARCH

Study ASSISTANT Work (Federal?) student needed as assistant in surgery research lab -10hrs/ wk. 919.684.3929

The Kenan Institute for Ethics

needs dependable, motivated undergraduate office assistants for courier service, mailings, research, database entry, etc. Flexible day-time hours. $8.25/ hr. Work-study preferred but not required. Send resume to kie@duke.edu. 919.660.3033

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH COMPANY seeks fulltime research technician to assist in conduct of clinical trials of stress management video products. Duties indude psychosodal and physiological data collection from research subjects; data entry, management and analysis; and partidpation in preparation of papers describing findings. Excellent opportunity to gain research experience. Contad VirginiaWilliams at Williams Life Skills, 2020 West Main, Durham, 286-4566 or iamslifeskills.com PT/FT OPENING: SALADELIA CAFE Saladelia Cafe seeking Part Time & Full Time Cashier/ Customer Service Staff. Flexible Hours. Apply between 2-5 pm or Fax Resume to 493.3392. 4201 University Drive Durham, NC '

Waitstaff needed, lunch and dinner. Apply in person, Tonali Restaurant, 3642 Shannon Rd. Suite 1. Durham, 919-489-8000

WORKSTUDY JOB East Campus, Continuing Studies. Registration for classes, workshops and camps. Telephone answering, data entry, general office. $lO.OO/ hr Contact Janice jblinder@duke.edu 684-3095.

EARN EXTRA MONEY! Seeking outgoing freshman for a short-term business development role. Make a quick couple hundred dollars during your first week of classes! For more info, email: blamka@gmail.com.

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Developmental Specialists to support children newborn to 3 years old with developmental delays. Educate families on child development. Flexible schedule. Degree in related field. Great pay. 919.630.4191

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CHEMISTRY TUTORS NEEDED Tutors needed for General Chemistry (21L, 23L) and Organic Chemistry (151 L). Undergraduates earn $lO/hr and graduate students earn $l3/hr. Pick up an application in the Peer Tutoring Program office, 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus, or the website:

www.duke.edu/web/skills 919.684.8832

WANTED: ECON TUTORS The Peer Tutoring Program is looking for Economics 51D and 55D tutors. Pick up an application in 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus, 684-8832 or print one from the website: www.duke.edu/web/skills. Earn $lO/hr as an undergraduate tutor (sophomore-senior) or $l3/hr as a graduate student tutor.

PHYSICS TUTORS Be a physics tutor for the Peer Tutoring Program today! Tutorsneeded for physics 53L, 54L and 62L. Earn $lO/hr as an undergraduate tutor or $l3/hr as a graduate student tutor. Peer Tutoring Program, 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus. 919.684.8832

CALLING ENGINEERING STUDENTS Help your fellow classmates by tutoring them in ECE 61L, 62L, EGR 53L or EGR 75L and get paid for it! The Peer Tutoring Program needs you. Undergraduates earn $lO/ hr and graduate students earn $l3/ hr. Print an application off the website:

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919.684.8832

CPS TUTORS NEEDED! Know JAVA? Be a tutor for Computer Science 1 or 6. Apply in the Peer Tutoring Office, 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus, 6848832. Undergraduates (sophomoresenior) earn $lO/hr and graduate students earn $l3/hr.

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BE A TUTOR! Are you a good student who enjoys helping others? Are you looking for a flexible part-time job? Why not be a tutor? Tutors needed for introductory Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Math. Physics and Foreign Languages. Undergraduates (sophomore-senior) earn $lO/hr and graduate students earn $l3/hr. Print an application off our website: www.duke.edu/web/skills or pick one up in the Peer Tutoring Program Office, 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus, 919.684.8832

MATH TUTORS If you took Math 25L, 31L. 32L, 32, 41 or 103 at Duke and want to share your knowledge, we need you to be a tutor! Be a math tutor for the Peer Tutoring Program and earn $lO/hr (sophomore-senior) or graduate students earn $l3/hr. Apply in the Peer Tutoring Office, 201 Academic Advising Center, east campus, 919.684.8832

BARTENDERS NEEDED!!! Earn $2O $35 per hour. Job placement assistance is our top priority. RALEIGH'S BARTENDING SCHOOL. Have Fun! Make Money! Meet People! Call now for info about our BACK TO SCHOOL TUITION SPECIAL! (919)676-0774 www.cocktailmixer.com -

CERTIPED LIFEGUARDS NEEDED $lO/houn M-F 8:00am-noon and 2:00-6:00pm and Sat/Sun 10:003:00. Call Gerald Endress at Duke Diet and Fitness Center, 688-3079 ext. .277. Duke is Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

LAKEWOOD YMCA hiring sports officials, gymnastics and cheerleading instructors. Volunteer coaches also needed. Vic England, (ext 136.) 919.493.4502 SAS PROGAMMER Wanted; masters or doctorate level student with experience in SAS programming Need student who can restructure and analyze an existing SAS dataset. Project should take -20 hours at 16$/hr. Needs to be completed within 3-4 weeks, email your resume to orianoo2@mc.duke.edu RESEARCH ASSISTANTS The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center is looking for motivated and reliable students to fill 3 different part time positions; Research assistant, programming assistant, and clerical assistant. Students with some of the following skills are especially encouraged to apply; research experience, MATLAB, Web design (HTML. JAVA), Access Database Programming, or clerical experience. Send CV/ resume to info@biac.duke.edu.

Work around your class schedule. 10-20 hours a week between 8:00 and 4:30 Monday through Friday. Two students needed for data entry and general office work. Call Barbara at 660-3766. UNIVERSITY BOX OFFICE Looking for motivated, dependable students to hire who have 75/25 Federal work-study. Office hours are 10am-spm M-F with occasional evening and weekend hours. Please visit our table at the job fair 30 e-mail Aug on or sarah.e.brooks@duke.edu for an

PT MUSEUM OPPORTUNITY The Museum of Life and Science in Durham seeks 2 dependable people to work as adjunct Guest Relations Associates. Duties include checking in guests, selling memberships, working in the Gift Shops, and providing an outstanding Guest Experience for all visitors. Excellent communication and strong customer service skills plus previous experience and a great attitude required. Position is 10-20 hours/ week, Sunday-Saturday, $7.50/ hour to start. For more info or to download an application, visit www.ncmls.org. Submit resume or application to leslie.stewart@ncmls.org or via fax at (919) 220-5575. EOE 220-5429 919.220.5429

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY JOBS Duke Center for Libraries' Instructional Technology is hiring student assistants to staff its instructional technology labs. Prefer some experience in either: technical customer service, foreign language software, audio-visual equipment, multimedia production (Windows or Mac OS), digital images, or webpage editing. Dependability, reliability and excellent people skills are a MUST. No technical experience? We’ll train the student!! Email right fits@duke.edu for an interview. BILINGUAL

RECEPTIONIST

Graham based company seeking Bilingual Receptionist/Office Support person. Multi-line phone system, office support, computer (Word, Excel, Outlook) tasks. Multitasking abilities a plus. Permanent, full time M-F position with benefits after successful probationary period. Salary depending on experience. Drug Screen required. EOE. Send resumes to: HR Dept. P O Box 598, Graham. NC 27253 by September 6,2006. Phone calls will not be accepted. WORK STUDY STUDENTS 3-4 work study students needed for 712 hours each weekly in Research area of Development for filing, light clerical the work, assisting Research Secretary, and other projects as needed. Flexible hours. Contact Lyman at 681-0426 or lyman.daugherty@dev.duke.edu

WORK at GELP! IGSP Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy seeks reliable undergraduate office assistant. 8-10 hours per week. $9/ hr. Work-study preferred but" not required. Flexible week-day hours. Responsibilities include assistance with spreadsheets and documents, supplies inventory, activities and events, copying and filing, campus deliveries and pick-ups, website maintenance. Contact gelp@duke.edu, 668-0790. WORK STUDY: Neurobiology lab looking for work study student to work approximately 8-10 hr/week. If interested contact please ellison@neuro.duke.edu WORK-STUDY POSITION The Fuqua School of Business Executive MBA Operations department is seeking a student to work as a general office assistant. Responsibilities would include data entry, filing, assistance with mass mailings, and other projects as assigned. Flexible work schedule available totaling ten hours per week. Team oriented person, strong work ethic, and willingness to have fun at work required. Students with work study funding are encouraged to apply. Email resume to khoch@duke.edu.

METRO 8 STEAKHOUSE is now hiring servers, bartenders and hostesses. Full time and part time evening shifts. Apply in person at 746 9th Street between 2 and 4 pm.

STUDENT WORKER NEEDED The Center for Computational Science, Engineering and Medicine seeks a student worker to update our web sites and maintain order in our lab. Dreamweaver and php skills a

preferred. plus. Work-study $lO/hour, 6-10 hrs/week. E-mail mindy@cs.duke.edu.

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seeking student help for general office support. Work-study is required. Students need to be able to work 8-10 hours per week. Please email Call Patricia Tirrell at patricia@ee.duke.edu for more details STUDENT

OFFICE ASSISTANT

position open to work-study or nonwork study Duke students. Call OTS 919.684,5774

PORT CITY JAVA HIRING BARISTAS

Hiring friendly, energetic coffee lovers. Two positions available. M-F 6a-6p. Cafe Hours: 919.286.6050 WORK-STUDY STUDENT needed at the Duke Center for Living to work 10-12 hrs/ week with a

cardiology/exercise

physiology

research team. Hours flexible. Duties include data entry, general office support. Call or email Lucy if interested: lucy.piner@duke.edu 919.660.6781 WORK-STUDY STUDENT NEEDED Miscellaneous clerical assistance for 2 hours a day at the Franklin Center. Contact Pamela Gutlon at 668-1925 email or p.gutlon@duke.edu. to set up interview.

NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Biology or chemistry major to prepare biochemical solutions, microbiological media,and do lab tasks for a nucleic acids lab. 10-20 flexible hours/ week during the school year. Email steege@biochem.duke.edu 919.681.8837

CHILD CARE OCCASIONAL BABYSITTING 10 min from Duke. 3 girls (4-7 yo). Some Mon and Fri days, occasional afternoons. Email SCHOOL SITTER AFTER WANTED Sitter needed for two kids, & 11. 3pm-6pm, M-F. Duties; ages 9 pick up from school, start homework and be fun and pet friendly. Own car is a plus, but not required, Located two blocks from East Campus. $B-10 per hour. Call or e-mail jtompkins@coastalfcu.org.

919.657.1058 AFTERSCHOOL CHILDCARE for delightful 9 and 12 y/ o in north Chapel Hill. 2:30-6:30 Mon thru Fri. If desired, additional responsibilities and hours available. Must be good driver with own transportation. Nonsmoker. References required. Call after 6:3OPM: 919.960.0763 AFTERSCHOOL CARE and transportation needed for 11 yr. old girl and 13 yr. old boy in our home (near Duke). 3:00 5:30, 3-4 days per wk. Need reliable transportation. References required. No smoking. $ 10/hr. gas money. 4898370 or lacartee@ncsu.edu. -

CHILDCARE NEEDED CHILDCARE NEEDED for our 3 fi yo boy-girl twins and 2 yo boy in SW Durham Tuesdays 4:30-7:3opm and occasional Saturdays and/or Sundays 9am-2pm. Start in September. Non-smoker; refercheck ences, background required. CPR preferred. Call Amy at 919-451-6805 or email:

jaaal@msn.com DRIVER FOR KIDS Duke family seeking reliable person to pick up 2 kids (11 and 15) from school (3:30 or 5 depending on day) and drive on Saturday afternoons. # of hrs flexible. Interest in helping with homework and doing activities with 11 year old boy a big plus. Excellent pay. required. References email helen.egger@duke.edu if interested.

CHILDCARE WANTED for Wed & Fri mornings, 10 am -1 pm, for fun 3 and 1-year-old. 10 minutes from campus. Portuguese or Spanish speaker preferred.

919.490.2950

AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE Duke family with 6, 10 and 12 y.o.

children. 2-3 days/week 3:00-6:30 pm. Nonsmoker. Excellent refs and driving record. $ll.OO/hr 401-8585

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16ITHURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2(HX> NANNY/DRIVER WANTED Family in Efland seeks responsible undergrad or graduate student with a car to care for two kids (9&14) starting immediately. Duties include pick-up after school in Durham/ Hillsborough, taking them to activities, meal prep and light errands. Good hourly rate plus gas mileage compensation provided. Please call Helen during day at 732 5993 or 732 1605 or email at hpakharvey@nc.rr.com for details. 919.732.1605 ENERGETIC SITTER NEEDED REALLY cute 4 year old needs sitter from time to time. North Durham location. 919.479.5548 MOTHER’S HELPER/BABYSITTER NEEDED to help with our 21 mo boy-girl twins and newborm boy-girl twins in S Hillsborough home weekday mornings. Start in September. Non-smoker; references, background check required. CPR preferred, email: Teresa at tkbkbaby@hotmail.com

PART-TIME NANNY needed for cute 3 y.o. girl. 6-10 hrs/wk, during weekday afternoons. One block from East Campus. $lO- Call Chris 919.613.7247

AFTER-SCHOOL NANNY NEEDED Seeking a mature, dependable college or graduate student, preferably studying eleeducation, childhood development, or special education to provide homework assistance and possibly some transportation to my 13 YO son and 12 YO daughter in my Northern Durham home. MTh; 3 5!30p. Salary negotiable. Additional evening and weekend hours possible but not required. Own transportation with clear driving record and references required. Please call 219-6092 or e-mail resume to crobertsonlo@nc.rr.com mentary

FUN TODDLER NEEDS ENGAGING DAYTIME CARE. Seeking grad student with interest in child development and availability to care for our one-year-old in our Durham home 2-3 days/ week. Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with some flexibility. If interested, please call Lisa at 919.843.1747 (day) or 919.489.1260 (evening).

CHILDCARE needed in our home near campus for twin toddlers on Tu and Th, 9:00 4:30 (hrs flexible, about 15 hrs/wk). Experience w/toddlers and ref’s req’d. 919.260.9942 -

CHILD CARE NEEDED To care for our 16 month old in home. Flexible schedule, but mainly mornings and early afternoons 4 days a week. 1.5 miles from Duke main campus, accessible by bike lanes. 10$/hour. 919.401.3413

PART-TIME CHILD CARE NEEDED for our charming .11-month infant in our home. Flexible schedule. Either mornings, early afternoons or a combination of both, M-F. Duke/ Durham location. Perfect for graduate or mature undergraduate. To start asap. Please call 919.824.5446 or e-mail

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quiet, safe neigborhood,lots of light and high ceilings whirlpool tub, W/ D large deck, available July 1 $1275 919.264.5498

APARTMENTS FOR RENT One BR Carriage House APT, oneminute walk to East. A/C, W/D, $650. Avail. 8/1 540-226-1369

HOMES FOR RENT DUKE PARK RENTAL 3/1 w/ enclosed patio and wash/ dryer hookups, endosed patio. 1/4 acre lot contact quiet neighborhood. Bumpanella@hotmail.com 408.286.5151

BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR RENT This 3 bedroom 1 bath house at 2015 Carolina Ave. is in an excellent neighborhood just a short distance from Duke. Yard maintenance is included as part of the rent. The house indudes all brand new appliances, new carpet, central air and a lovely gas log fireplace. The home sits on a 1/2 acre fenced yard. Owner is seeking a responsible person/ s to rent and take care of this property. Monthly rent is $9OO. Contact Wayne (919) 638-6141email; wsmithls47@aol.com

625 STARMONT DR &LT;IMILE TO DUKE Large 5 bedroom/2bath house in quiet family neighborhood. Huge fenced backyard / 2 fireplaces. New appliances. $l7OO/month. Broadband Internet included. 919-931-0977

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SERVICES OFFERED PILATES Reformer classes and private sessions. $25-$6 O. 1010 Lamond Durham. Avenue, MetaformMovement.com 919.682.7252

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$174,900 Beautiful 2003 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath townhouse with an office/study and detached 1 car garage in Thaxton Place in HVF. Great Location, convenient to Duke and Southpoint Mall. Many upgrades. Call for a showing. 919.765.9706

FOR SALE IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH NOW! Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Increase energy!! Get fit inside and out! Something for everyone! SAFE. NATURAL & GUARANTEED!! www.jmhtrimmall.com or 888-834-3704 FURNITURE FOR SALE Couch/ love set -$4OO, coffee/2 end table set -$2OO, area rug -$lOO, dining room set- $4OO, kitchen table set $5O, sm fridge $4O. Excell, cond, negotiable, call Gary after 6 pm 919.572.6655 -

DUKE IN THE ANDES Quito, Ecuador Study with Duke in South America for a semester or academic year. Courses, taught in local universities, include sociology, cultural anthropology, history, art history, literature, Andean and Latin American regional and many more! studies, Spanish 76 or equivalent proficiency required. Spring 2007 applications due October 2, 2006. For more information and an application, please visit www.aas.duke.edu/ study_abroad/. Regional director from Quito will be at the Study Abroad Fair on September 19 in the Bryan Center.

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years past, after a night to bring about tangible and ofrevelry on West Campus long-overdue changes to busor a jam-packed basketball ing on campus, The revisions to existing game in Cameron, freshmen bus schedules, as be could often well as the addition heard pleadeditorial of a new route—the ing with C-2 bus drivers to bypass Central C-4—to run exclusively beCampus en route to East, tween West and Central Likewise, upperclassmen liv- represent marked improveing on Central have long ments in the most commonly isolation used form of transportation lamented the brought about by limited bus on campus, East Campus residents, transportation between Central and West late at night. previously discouraged from Duke Student Govern- casually venturing to West on ment and Campus Council a whim at night and on the have sought for years, largely weekends, will now easily be in vain, to address these prob- able to make the trip seven lems. It seems as if the days a week without the drawprayers of all these groups back of a long and circuitous ride through Central on aChave finally been answered. After months of surveys, 2. This policy will prove esperecommendations and resolu- dally rewarding when freshthe majority of tions, DSC has finally helped men, —

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residents, scramble to make tent checks second semester. Similarly, the 04 will allow upperclassmen, for whom life on Central can quickly grow solitary and stale, to stay connected with their classes, classmates, dining and social life on West. Until the amenities of West Campus are brought to die newly redesigned Central Campus, it is imperative that students on Central feel connected to and have easy access to all of the resources of those living on West. The expansion of Ol service until 4 a.m on Thursdays (the buses previously only ran until 2 a.m.) is a noteworthy addition, especially for those students who spend Thursday nights on West. The move is a welcome recognition by the

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administration that despite the prospect of 8:30 a.m. class on Friday, Thursday is, for all intents and purposes, the start of the weekend, and students will be going out late into the night. Those burning the midnight oil on such nights will now not face the prospect of being stranded for the evening or waiting interminably for the overtaxed services of Safe Rides. With more extensive bus services, Safe Rides will hopefully be able to respond to students truly in need of transportation in a swifter manner. The new moves thus hold out hope of both improving efficiency as well as safety. The cost of these changes cannot be beat. Duke Transit deserves credit for improving

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ontherecord When minority students arrive here, and thefirst thing they see is FACs, they kind of get an impression that there aren t a lot of people like them. }

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had a good friend once. Maybe I misphrased that. I still do have a good friend, a number of good friends, but this good friend is no more. No more my good friend, that is, he’s still plenty alive. This good friend’s favorite word—besides “sushi”—was “sketch.” He applied it to all situations. Scarcely did I ever tell him a story without him pronouncing [t km d of : asher Steinberg ;J sketch. He elongatcucumber sandwiches ed the vowel like he was a Valley girl. (Do Valley girls even exist anymore?) Anyway, I was sitting in Sexual Ethics class (a little oxymoronic, don’t you think?) last spring, and we were discussing the opinion of certain “experts” in the field that vibrators should be distributed to the paralyzed and armless by the church so that they too could partake in the pleasures of, uh, self-pleasuring. Out of the blue, or rather the white of the whiteboard, the vision of my ex-friend appeared to me, kind of like how I imagine God appeared to Abraham or Moses. It said, “That’s kind 0f... sketch.” And then it hit me. Why not live our lives based on the principle of not being sketch? In this post-religious world of ours, it’s hard to say what’s right or wrong anymore. For example, I was working on a paper for the same class, and I encountered a philosopher, one Alan Soble, who argues that as we no longer think masturbation or homosexuality are wrong, we shouldn’t look down on pornography, sadomasochism or even sex with animals. This is all well and good as a matter of ethics —no one is necessarily harmed by watching porn, masochistic sex usually involves (I hope) consenting partners and horses probably don’t mind the attention. However, this line of reasoning ignores the vast sketchiness of all three practices. The fact is that you would never go to Alpine, sit down with some friends, and tell them about the hot stallion (or mare, as the case may be) you got with the other night. You would, however, go to Alpine, sit down with some friends, and tell them about the hot freshman you got with the other night. The rule then should be, if you wouldn’t go to Alpine and tell your friends about something, it’s :

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the quality of life for students without having to augment its budget or reject change in the face of financial constraints. That being said, Duke Transit should not automatically ignore service changes that cannot be brought about with such bookkeeping ease. In recent years DSC has passed resolutions endorsing the expansion of bus service to Ninth Street as well as to popular offcampus destinations, such as the Belmont Apartments. Though passed, it seems as if these resolutions have been largely ignored. Expansion of service to these areas would undoubtedly go a great way toward resolving safety issues, especially those pertaining to drinking and driving and consistent reports ofcrime off East and Central campuses.

probably not something you should be doing. We might call this “The Alpine Rule.” Another rule we might suggest is “The Golden Rule of Sketch,” which would go something like this: “Thou shall not sketch out your fellow man, woman, or transsexual as thou would not like to be sketched (out).” These rules eliminate the problem of trying to develop complicated explanations for why the things that we think are wrong are actually wrong. Any philosophy major will be familiar with the ideas of John Rawls, who argued that if we want to know what’s right and wrong, we should imagine a contract drawn up by a bunch of people who live behind a magical “veil of ignorance” and don’t even know what gender they are. And if you’re like me, you probably find this theory a little unconvincing and absurd. But with the rule of sketch, no longer do we have to bother with such notions. Everyone —-well, almost everyone —knows it’s probably not a good idea to send your friends e-mails about killing and skinning strippers in your Duke-issue spandex. But the reasons for why such an e-mail is morally wrong to write are much less obvious. However, any six-year-old can tell you why talking about skinning people is sketchy. Even from a young age, we know what is sketch and what is not. (Call it “the sketchy sense.”) For example, when I was in first grade, one of my classmates, who would later go on to be convicted of juvenile manslaughter, had a peculiar habit of chasing another one of rny classmates around the playground and forcibly kissing her. Even as a small child I understood that what little Malcolm was doing was very, very sketchy—although I didn’t, of course, know the word at the time as it didn’t exist yet. Therefore, I propose a morality of sketch. Do what’s normal, eschew the sketch, avoid awkwardness at all times, and when in doubt, imagine what my ex-good-friend would say. (For best results, picture him in a pastel polo or a collared shirt/sweater combo.) If he cocks his head six degrees to the left, makes an almost imperceptible frown, and says “that’s kind 0f... sketch,” don’t do it. Asher Steinberg is Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Thursday.

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Larry, Hey, how was your summer?You sure were busy, what with planning how to make student life so much better and all! Let me be frank; you’re doing a

fantastic job. I totally support canceling tailgate. Who wants- to preserve Duke’s second-most unique tradition and the best weekend fun? I know I hate having the opportunity to shotgun cheap beer with people I’ve never met and pick up freshmen girls who can barely stand. Shutting down a University-controlled drinking environment because a few people can’t handle Beast Ice was a brilliant decision. We all know a few rotten apples spoil the barrel. Who cares if kids get wasted in their rooms on Saturday, right? They shouldn’t have hard alcohol in there, so if they go to the hos■c^ pital, it’s their fault, even if the police take jon detzel 10 times longer to a line in the sand show up I’m also more than happy to move my car on Saturday. Those alumni and visitors really do need their parking spaces, even if I don’t get a guaranteed place to tailgate any more. Only $250 to park in the H lot on Saturday? I’d pay $5OO, it’s such a beautiful bus ride back. And, besides, I’m sure the football team is happy they’re going to lose the nearly 1,000 screaming fans tailgate delivers every home game. Loud, rowdy kids don’t belong at college, much less at a sporting event. With such strong successes over the last few years, the team really doesn’t need any extra advantages. The opponents’ fans can always take care of our cheers. I’d also like to congratulate you on a tremendously smooth move-in process this year. I personally was never hassled by any of the parking monitors—they were so compassionate and understanding—and there were always spots available to me. We didn’t even need to encroach upon precious administrators’ parking spots! What a disaster that could have been. Students also know exactly why the Chapel Quad parking was empty. I know I do. It makes as much sense as the exit card reader in the Allen lot. Thankfully I never had to turn around for lack of

a parking pass —who needs more than the one I was given at check-in? I can’t think of a more efficient system: it shuts out perfectly those dastardly impostors we all keep hearing about. Who ever heard of kids trying to move into a dorm room they won’t be living in on the campus of a school they don’t attend? Kids these days, they’re so crazy. That brings up a good point: I completely agree with your overriding philosophy that, even though they are fully grown-up adults who society entrusts to make important decisions like voting and enlisting in the military, and who are obviously smart enough to attend one of the best schools in the county, college students are simply not responsible enough to control themselves. We ought to inhibit them as much as possible, even if they drink in a much more unsafe manner. It’s a beautiful plan we’ve formulated: Crack down on oncampus drinking, so it goes offand gets out of control, waste a cool $3.7 million buying the houses where the drinking happened to reduce negative PR and, when it comes back, crack down on fraternities again. You’re never responsible. Simply brilliant! You should be a politician. Hell, if George W. Bush can get re-elected, you could surely make it to Congress. If only Duke wouldn’t be so miserable without you... But I digress. There are some more policies for which you deserve credit. Laundry machines, for one. I’m such a big-hearted guy, I don’t mind that they never work reliably, that there are always piles of clothes lying around or the snack and drink machines are always broken or ill supplied. I know you really need the extra quarter per wash and dry, so I’ll stop buying Busch Light. Every little bit helps, especially when you have such high-quality dorm rooms and furniture to maintain. One last thing; The Plaza. What can I say? Fun will certainly be had. It was only $lO million for some extra chairs, plus that neato half-pyramid thing. And the year-long inconvenience? A tiny price to pay—I’d be more than happy to do it again; I sure got my money’s worth. But I have to say, those smoke machines? I always thought you hated Beta’s section.

Sincerely, Fan Numero Uno

Jon Detzel is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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in an undisclosed frat section one night dur-

ing orientation week, I was asked at least a dozen times if I was a freshman. Upon giving the answer, “No, I’m actually a sophomore,” each time, I was promptly left alone by the male in question for the rest of the night. According to an unofficial poll of approximately seven ofmy closest female friends, this is a common oc-

currence during the first few weeks of each new school year. agjjjr :s Don’t get me wrong, the nights I spent catching up this week with friends I had made freshman year far surpassed any random pickup lines I Sarah hOStGIICr could have received from life... or something like It frat SW 8 had 1 been a freshman, but as a woman, it bothers me that freshman girls are viewed solely as pieces of meat. As a freshman last year, I totally avoided the party scene the first few weeks of school, and in retrospect, that was probably one of the few intelligent choices I made during my first year. Not to sound preachy, but it’s pretty scary that the majority of sexual assaults during college occur within the first six weeks of coming to campus as a freshman. What’s even scarier is that freshmen girls hear this statistic time and time again throughout orientation week yet still flock to frat parties in droves. At least when sophomore girls go out in packs, we either know the guys we’re going to visit, or know which frats are sketchy. Though these groups of girls are quite comical to watch (and make excellent targets for a drunken frisbee toss), I can’t help but wince when I realize how naive they actually are. We all have been there—sitting in the Real Deal listening to tons of statistics and watching skits that we feel will never apply to us. But on the other hand, every female FAC has sat in that same presentation and come to the conclusion that the topics that we think will never pertain to us become very real over our first year here. I personally thought I was going to either cry or be sick when one of the Healthy Devils stood up at the end of his skit and said that seated in the audience were a both a female friend ofhis that had been raped and her rapist. What might have been even more appalling, however, was hearing a group of first years who were upset diat the show had started out in such a funny tone but ended up so serious. Yeah, we joke about the fact that condoms are thrown at us here left and right and have all been very appreciative that they are, but do we really think about the realities of sexual assault? I can hear everyone reading this now moaning, “Sarah, have you ever heard of a little thing called the Duke Lacrosse scandal?” I haven’t been on anther planet for the past few months, but I’m also fairly sure that many a Duke student—myself included—dismissed the incident pretty quickly feeling assured that it was not as horrible of an ordeal as the press made it out to be. And the truth that can be gained from all this is that rape does happen. Period. Whether it happened that night or not, we don’t know, but isn’t it just as scandalous that it happens in the room next to us or down the hall or one quad over? I’m sure this is all coming across as a rather harsh first column, but this week has led me to realize how lonely girls become when we’re drunk. Our instincts tell us to be with a guy in general, but somehow it becomes much easier to settle for a random hook-up than a relationship when we’re inebriated. Trust me on this one, Duke girls are worth much more than we give ourselves credit for. Maybe in our Gothic Wonderland of over-achievers who are involved in DSG, play a club sport and volunteer every weekend, while simultaneously finding an hour each day to spend working out on the ellipticals and maintaining our status on the Dean’s List, we lose sight of the fact that everyone here is phenomenal. We will succeed if we set our minds to it, and we will find a meaningful relationship eventually. So hang in there, girls. Don’t settle for a one-night stand if that’s not what makes you feel fulfilled. And don’t beat yourself up if you have had a hookup that you now regret. You’re a Duke girl. If nothing else, feel proud that you’re here instead of at UNC. ■

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The Triangles Best Outdoor Venues From Alltel Pavilion to Brightleaf Square to the West Campus Plaza, Durham offers great local places for outdoor concerts

Grant Hill isn’t the only celebrity whose personal collection tours the country and enlightens the masses. While neither “pro-athlete” nor “stoned comedian” would come to mind as the profile of a prominent identitythemed art collector, both Hill and comedian Cheech Marin are using their notoriety to create awareness for identity-based schools of art. “All art needs champions, and I decided to become a champion,” said Marin, who first became famous as part of the duo Cheech and Chong and has gone on to act and direct in various movies and TV shows including Nash Bridges. While Marin won’t put his collection on display at the Nasher Museum ofArt anytime soon, the exhibit, Chicano Visions, is currendy on display at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Chicano Visions is in the midst of a five-year tour of the country alongside the non-traditional exhibit Chicano Now, comprised of 15 commissioned videos covering themes like the border, family and style. And when the national tour comes to an end in 2008, it will continue overseas with a show already planned in Madrid, Spain. Marin, like Hill, can trace his interest in the arts back SEE CHICANO

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Eastern North Carolina natives The Johnny Dollar Band performed July 21 at Brightleaf Square in downtown Durham. The first week of classes is almost finished and work, recess’ Eric Bishop has the solution. Forget the syllabi and take a trip over to some of the Triangle’s best outdoor music venues. With a wide variety of music and all the venues within a reasonably close distance, it’s the perfect way to get the most out of these last summer days.

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there two hours early and grill out in the parking lot before dancing the night away. If you go: Sunday, Sept. 3: Chris Brown with Ne-Yo, LiT Wayne, Dem Franchize Boyz and Juelz Santana Sunday, Sept. 10: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with The Black Crowes Saturday, Sept. 16: Rascal Flatts with Gary Allan and Katrina Elam Sunday, Oct. 1: Staind with Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Crossfade, Hinder and Black Stone Cherry •

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Directors Little Miss Sunshine, this summer’s sleeper hit, spent nearly five years on the path to creation, switching studios and funding sources numerous times before finally settling at Fox Searchlight pic-

tures. Under the helm of the music video and commercial director duo Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Paris, best known for their collaborations with the Smashing Pumpkins and the Red Hot Chili Peppers—as well as for the infamous VW Cabrio commercial featuring Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”—Little Miss Sunshine is slowly but surely rocketing to the top of box office charts. Dayton and Paris, who run their own commercial and music video production company, Bob Industries, are one of the only husband and wife directing duos in the film business today. But far from your normal squabbling couple, the two work almost as one being, interrupting each other to complete sentences as one unit. The pair sat down with recess’ Brian McGinn

Best lineup of bands: Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek Alltel is the place in the Triangle to watch nationally touring bands rock out under the moonlight. Casual listeners can kick off their shoes and frolic on the lawn while more serious fans can listen from the closer pavilion seats. Make sure to pack the cooler full of beers, get

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in San Francisco, where they talked film, music and life over coffee. recess: First of all, I have to ask you about Nick Drake. How do you guys feel about essentially turning him into a mainstream artist with your Cabrio commercial? Before that commercial came out, he was still wallowing in obscurity. JD: It was really tricky because obviously he isn’t around to make the decision about what’s going to happen with his music. I remember the day I saw the Nike ad with “Revolution” by the Beades and I really felt offended as a music fan. I just felt like it was clear they had no part in this decision; it’s one thing to have a pop song in a commercial as background music, as music that fulfills a feeling that may exist in the commercial. But to have a song like that as an anthem—it’s when you co-opt the work of an artist for a product that becomes just criminal. The SEE sunshine ON page 4

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the cooks and enjoy custom-crafted, on-the-fly meals. Although Starlu is located in what is essentially a generic office building, die clean lines, modern accent lighting and well-spaced tables ensure an elegandy casual dining experience. The too-high ceilings, hqwever, do make the space seem somewhat empty and soulless. It is in Starlu’s menu that its innovation most clearly comes through. Although Chef Sam Poley dabbles with ingredients from across the globe, he fundamentally serves American cuisine with local influences and ingredients. In this way, Starlu brings an air of refinement to classic dishes like eggplant parmesan and steak frites, and offers fresh interpretations of beet and tomato salads. The restaurant’s menu descriptions can border on pretentious, but the flavors are usually solid and satisfying. The occasional misfire does occur, as in a bland golden beet pate or a limp french fry, but a good and accessible meal can almost be guaranteed. Starlu is not quite a destination restaurant, but it does not seem as if it is trying to be one. Through its constant innovation, Starlu will ensure a steady stream of customers, new and old.

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Little Miss Sunshine is this summer’s equivalent of Crash: an over-hyped film whose flaws in script and story are patched-up only through the first-rate performances of an expert cast. It’s a good film. It’s just not a groundbreaking film. Unfortunately, having been prepped for greatness by the throng of early critical acclaim—now reinforced by the testimonies of pseudo-film buffs out to champion die latest indie—lMS is disappointing for not living up to the hype when it could have been admirable as the little indie diat could. The film follows the consciously imperfect antics of the consciously dysfunctional Hoover family. Whether it’s the suicidal gay uncle (Steve Carrell), the coke-snorting, porno-hoarding grandpa (Alan Arkin), or the adequately pale, adolescent, self-induced mute (Paul Dano), screenwriter Michael Arndt has perecdy fine-tuned his characters.

When little Olive discovers she has qualified for the regional Litde Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, the barely-strung-together clan tests its limits of familial civility when they embark on a road trip in a beat-up VW bus. Although many of the funnier moments of the film have been cut and pasted into teasers and trailers, there are definitely episodes of hilarity that warrant mention. Take for example, the erratic beeping of the dumpy VW bus, Olive’s scandalous pageant show dance sequence—choreographed dirty-grandpa style—or really any scene involving Steve Carrell running awkwardly. Still, these funny moments are shrouded by the constant tension between slapstick gag fest and thoughtful attempt at painting human imperfection. In the end, IMS is not so much the refreshing oasis in a sweltering summer of cinematic behemoths, but rather a pleasing mirage ofcomedic perfection concocted by critical buzz A._

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Delightfully entertaining, Trust the Man is a romantic comedy that follows two relationships as they face the inordinate drama that comes with infidelity and separation in the unforgiving world of Manhattan. David Duchovny and Billy Crudup do a fantastic job portraying characters Tom, the house-husband jaded by the repetitiveness of life, and Tobey, the chronically juvenile thirty-something terrified of commitment. Julianne Moore and Maggie Gyllenhaal ably complete the foursome, whose natural onscreen chemistry is evident. The downside to the film is that the plot willingly follows the cookie-cutter pattern of every other romantic comedy: Boy loves girl. Boy does something wrong. Girl is tom between love and anger. Boy eventually realizes the error ofhis ways and spends the remainder of the movie toiling to win girl back. Although this generic mix still makes for an amusing concoction, it wouldn’t hurt for the Hollywood factories to chum out something fresh every now and then. Still, the film’s one-liners are undeniably funny and the characters are quirky enough to outweigh the pitfalls of an otherwise simple plot. Duchovny’s physical comedy and Crudup’s witty responses are consistently entertaining. Add to that the quick edits and short scenes—a technique that prevents the onset of romantic comedy boredom—and Trust The Man keeps the audience anticipating what dreadfully funny thing could happen next. —Yoni Riemer

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Live, Ray LaMontagne’s voice is almost indescribable, a booming force of nature that seems to come from depths human bodies don’t normally possess. On record, though, LaMontagne follows in the footsteps the songwriters of the 19605, layering acoustic guitar and piano under idedly controlled vocals. Till The Sun Turns Black (RCA), his second major-label release, is a big forward for LaMontagne’s studio sound. Produced by Ethan Johns, also manned the dials for the singer’s 2004 breakthrough Trouble, Sun ms Black is built on a platform ofbrass and sweeping strings. “Barfly” foies on mood over lyrics; “Truly, Madly, Deeply” simply segues into the turn’s two-song resolution of a coda. Although it’s frustrating that some LaMontagne’s finest songs (especially “You Should Belong To Me” and javen Is A Honky Tonk”) find themselves bumped from the tracklist by transitional pieces, the album as a whole is better for it. It’s an early reminder to all who listen that, grand production or not, Ray LaMontagne’s writing chops are every bit worth the adula-

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tions. And while Modem Times isn’t ground-breaking, fans won’t feel betrayed either. Instead, Dylan is in a surprisingly comfortable place—free from the perpetual fear of death that permeated Time Out of Mind or the

stark anachronism that characterizedLove and Theft. The album starts off with a couple rollicking blues pieces; “Thunder on the Mountain” and “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” are perfect driving romps that might inspire a bit of steering wheel drumming. Slower blues ballads dominate the rest of the album. On tracks like “When the Deal Goes Down” and

“Someday Baby,” Dylan laughs above his shouldbe sorrows. On others, Dylan sounds suffocated by sorrow. His 65 years bear especially heavy on “Workingman’s Blues #2”

and “Nettie Moore.” Thus, Dylan presents an inconsistent but altogether human image. While Modern Times is sometimes weighed down by Dylan’s addiction to the rolling blues formula courtesy THE blue pyramid and his trademark verbosity, it’s nevertheless a magnificent vision of growing older. —Jordan Everson

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IdlewiM As jazz icon Duke Ellington once observed, “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” Unfortunately, the OutKast vehicle Idlewild never reaches full swing, but rather, flails about in a slick, yet sloppy musical film. Bryan Barber, the veteran music video director, makes his big screen debut in a selfpenned, 1930s inspired flick about a boisterous singer Rooster (Patton) and his shy piano player Percival (Benjamin). The pair live close but separate lives as they grow up into club performers at a decadent speakeasy, the ironically named Church. During the day, Percival serves under the strict rule of his father ( Roots' Ben Vereen) as a mortician, while Rooster spends his free time gambling, hustling and engaging in various salacious deeds. However, the exotic life of the Church is thrown into a whirlwind when the horrifically-named gangster, Trumpy (Terrence Howard), shoots the speakeasy’s owner and begins to make trouble for our heroes. Perdval tries to escape town with his new love, the saccharinevoiced Angel Davenport (newcomer Paula Patton), and Rooster does his best to clean up his sinful life before it comes back to peck him. Idlewild attempts to flawlessly marry the look and feel of the Prohibition Era with the style and funk of hip-hop. Unfortunately, two genres that ought to be compatable end up feeling awkwardly crammed together. Even though Bryan Barber is able to create a retro feel, the super-styilized inundation of flapper dancers, well-dressed gangsters and Dust Bowl refugees turns the movie into an over-excited two-hour music video. The film has jaw-dropping anachronistic dance sequences that manage to transcend traditional chorus-girl routines by using hip-hop and break-dancing. However, the imagery and choreography are all-to-easily marred by the awkward “singing” of Rooster and Percival’s unnecessarily dreary personality. Although Howard provides an enticing performance—out-acting the rest of the cast—the boys from OutKast never seem to be more than rappers in sheep’s clothing. Throw in the dirtymouthed cuckoo clocks and a talking flask and you have the makings of a cinematic headache. —Vanin Leila

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You may have expected Jessica Simpson’s post-divorce album, A Public Affair, to overflow with tears and sorrow. Instead, her newly-released fifth album features bubbly, teen-pop tracks that encourage listener to “Push Your Tush” and “Swing With Me.” The album’s tide track focuses not on her highly publicized relationship with ex Nick Lachey, but instead on hitting the clubs with the paparazzi in tow. Is the nation’s darling cowgirl hiding her inner heartbreak behind a veil of fluffy lyrics and S Club 7-like beats? Not completely—Simpson does make an attempt at addressing her split on tracks like “Don’t Want to Care” and even a dismal cover of Patty Griffin’s “Let Him Fly.” Between her constant moans and cheesy instrumentals, it is possible—difficult, but possible—to decipher lyrics on the album that are obvious jabs at her past. Simpson angrily proclaims on her track “8.0.Y.” that someone has been “Breaking my heart/Taking my money/Tearing me apart.” Apparendy Kevin Federline isn’t the only celebrity husband mooch these days. A Public Affair shows limited growth and limited potential. The album gets a two star rating—one star for making out with Andy Dick in her latest musi video and the other for using the word “hootenanny” on her album. —Katie Macpherson

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Marin—who since his pot-smoking days has lent his voice to Banzai, the hyena in The Lion King, and Ramone, the low-rider in this summer’s Cars—said he had the vision to to his childhood. He has been educating himself about art get his collection on the road and to create a down-home since the age of six or seven, he said, when he would go to appreciation of Chicano culture. This down-home idea the library in his hometown of Los Angeles and look came to life as the Chicano Now exhibit. through the art books. As he grew older, he discovered the “I was the one who had the vision of, ‘Hey, let’s try to do Chicano art school. this,’” Marin said. “But it was a giant effort over years by “Chicano painters were actually a many people including scholschool of painters and they weren’t ars, artists and technicians.” getting space,” Marin, a third-generThe presence of a major adon Mexican American, said. “They collector such as Marin or Hill were being ignored, and I couldn’t is important in setting a marlet this body of work and [the ket price for art outside the artists’] time as painters pass by withmainstream, Gabara said. out being noticed.” “Often people producing The Chicano Movement has been art from outside the mainstream are undervalued in the developing since the end of the Mexican War in 1848, when the current art market,” Gabara added. U.S.-Mexican border took form. “Having a major collector who During the 19605, poidcal leaders gives a profile of what a collecCesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta tion of Chicano art would be like is a realistic part that apgave the movement a national voice in the poidcal arena, and drew attenpears as a ripple effect.” tion to the term “Chicano.” A large Corporate America has also played a role in getting part of the movement has always been cultural, including the evoluChicano art the space Marin tion of the arts in various forms of envisioned. He partnered with expression, from visual art to music. Target Corporation to bring “For some artists Chicano [art] is Chicano art to audiences all over the country. Using Tarprecise,” said Esther Gabara, assisget’s knowledge of their martant professor of romance studies, ket, the collaborators chose and art, art history and visual studies courtesy cheech marin certain cities based on demo“[But] there are people who identify as Chicano who are interested in First known for his days as one-half of Cheech and Chong, graphics and then approached making art that deals with a range of Marjn has sjnce expanded his acting repertoire. fhe toP modern art museums in those cities to show Chicano issues that have to do with his or her own interests.” Visionsand Chicano Now, Marin said. One of the first main exhibitions ofChicano art to travAnd while the cities may have been strategically selectel the country was CARA: Chicano Art: Resistance and Affir- ed, Marin said it appeals to absolutely everyone, giving motion, 1965-1985 in the early 19905. About 10 years ago, Chicano Visions and Chicano Now the ability to break atten-

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Mombasa Party featuring the Drummers of Burundi If you’re sick and tired of listening to the same club music over and over at Shooter’s, take a breather and head to Page Auditorium Friday, Sept. 22. irem mertol/recess Mombasa Party features east Kenyan taraab music—a blend of sounds from the Middle East, India and the West. The Drummers ofBurundi add an African beat to create a style that is truly global. The performance starts at 8 p.m., with adult tickets costing $22 and youth tickets running $l5.

Mozart in the Duke Gardens It’s been said that classical music stimulates the brain. If you’re in need of recuperation after the first week of classes, go to a performance of Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings and Homs in D Major in the Duke Gardens Friday at 7:30 p.m. Performers include David Jolley, a renowned flautist. The performance is open to all. General admission is $l5.

Video Installation at the Nasher Musuem of Art Think Nasher’s only about the cupcakes? Think again. Take a moment to stumble upon Eve Sussman’s video installation, based on the Roman legend of the rape of the Sabine women. The hour-long video is a modern interpretation of many classical pieces, ranging from scupltures to oil paintings, depicting the women’s stories. The melange of stills and moving frames will be available for viewing until September 4. Check it out while there’s still time. Admission is free to Duke students.

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