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Sophomore Christie McDonald has played in ail 12 of the women's soccer team's games—less than five months after doctors removed a tumor from her brain. See stor ■y PAGE 9.

With Board approval. Central plans progress Adam Eaglin THE CHRONICLE

Administrators introduced a revised proposal for the new Central Campus at the Board of Trustees meeting Saturday, and the trustees gave the University support to begin the next stage of planning. “The conversation was quite good,” Executive Vice President Tallman Trask wrote in an e-mail. During Saturday’s meeting, administrators and trustees discussed the “general approach” the University will pursue with the reconstruction of Central, Provost Peter Lange said. “There was no formal approval asked for or given, but the trustees were generally quite positive,” Trask said. The plan was very similarto the one presented to the Board in May, but some changes—such as the size of programming space and the design for parking garages were made in the meetings’ interim.

“The footprint has grown somewhat south and east, but it’s otherwise essentially as [it was in recent months],” Trask said. Lange added that with last weekend’s informal approval, the University will now move forward to formulate the more specific details of the buildings’ design. Currently, only a site plan for Central has been generated. Lange said the next stage of planning will focus more on the “nitty gritty work,” which includes architecture, infrastructure design and adjacencies. Due to the complex nature of the Central Campus project, the University must finalize a number of other facthe tors—from the paths of roads to before of buildings electrical wiring any construction can begin. SEE

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that will receive a combined total of $699.5 million in funding from the NIH over five years to advance translational medicine, said Robert Califf, DUMC vice-chancellor for clinical research and the center’s new

Duke University Medical Center received $52.7 million from the National Institutes of Health this week to establish the Duke Translational Medicine Institute. The virtual institute will work director, to accelerate the adaptation of “When you clinical discoveries into applica- look at healthble medicine and to explore and care discovercombat health inequalities. ies and the To complete these goals, sci- translation of enlists will form interdisciplinary discoveries teams that encompass a broad from the spectrum of research, including bench to the genomics, biomedical engineer- .bedside, ing and clinical medicine, to ere- there’s a lag that denies imporate an environment where data is tant resources from those in processed and applied in a more need,” Califf said. “This applies fluid fashion. not only to patients at large, but “Investigators and physicians also to the underprivileged and [working under the grant] will those with rare diseases.” have the support to bring innovaThe concept of translational live therapies to our patients in a medicine does not merely apply timely and efficient way,” said Vic- to traditional laboratory discover Dzau, chancellor for health erics, but also includes “translaaffairs and president and CEO of tion of discoveries regarding inthe Duke University Health Sys- equality in healthcare into tern, in a statement Tuesday. Duke is one of 12 institutes SEE NIH GRANT ON PAGE 6

Senior served as page for controversial Rep. Gross says he was ‘shocked’by Foley revelations by

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Senior Jason Gross had no idea that a summer job as a Congressional page often a foot in the door to the insular world of Washington politics—would lead to a scandal-ridden appearance on “Larry King Live” four years later. Gross was sponsored as a Congressional page in the summer of 2002 by Republican Mark Foley, a former representative from Florida who was known for championing the cause of missing and exploited children and supporting legislation against sexual predators. Foley resigned Friday after sexually explicit text and instant messages he had sent to teenage male pages were made public. —

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January 2004, said he had “more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene” several years ago. Fordham resigned Wednesday as staff chief for another lawmaker caught up in the scandal, New York Rep. Thomas Reynolds, the House GOP campaign chief who says he alerted Hasten to concerns about Foley last spring. The aide’s claim drew a swift, unequivocal denial from Hastert’s chief of staff. “What Kirk Fordham said did not happen,” Scott Palmer said through a spokesman. Hastert’s political difficulties were evident half a continent away.

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WASHINGTON House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s political support showed signs of cracking on Wednesday as Republicans fled an election-year scandal spawned by steamy computer messages from former Rep. Mark Foley to teenage male pages. At the same time, Foley’s former chief of staffsaid in an Associated Press interview that he first warned Hastert’s aides more than three years ago that Foley’s behavior toward pages was troublesome. That was long before GOP leaders acknowledged learning of the problem. Kirk Fordham, Foley’s top aide until

Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, third-ranking leader, pointedly told reporters he would have handled the matter differendy than the speaker, had he known of it. “I think I could have given some good advice here, which is, ‘You have to be curious, you have to ask all the questions you can think of,’” said Blunt, a member of the leadership. ‘You absolutely can’t decide not to look into activities because one individual’s parents don’t want you to.” Republican Rep. Ron Lewis of Kentucky, in a tougher-than-expected re-election race, abruptly canceled an invitation for Hastert to join him at a fundraiser next week.

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The latest comments—and the view of seniorU.N. diplomats who told The Associated Press on Tuesday that nearly two years of negotiations had failed—suggested a consensus that the time has finally come to consider Security Council sanctions. ‘lran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and does not violate international law. Its refusal to give up enrichment compounds the failure of more than three years of U.N. inspections to banish suspicions that Tehran might have a secret weapons program. The conflict picked up steam after last year’s election of the hard-line Ahmadinejad, whose tough

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HASHTGERD, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Wednesday that sanctions will not stop Iran from enriching uranium after a European negotiator conceded “endless” talks had made little progress and suggested the dispute could wind up at the United Nations soon. The talks had been seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid a confrontation between Iran and the U.N. Security Council after Tehran ignored an Aug. 31 deadline to suspend enrichment —a key step toward making nuclear weapons—or face punishment.

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lar in Iran—even among moderates. Javier Solana, the European official who has been negotiating with the Iranians, told the European Parliament on Wednesday that the Iranians had made “no commitment to suspend.” The dialogue with the Iranians “cannot last forever” and it was up to Tehran “to decide whether its time has come to end,” he said. Solana said his talks had found “common ground” on some issues “but we have not agreed in what is the key point, which is the question of suspension of activities before the start of the negotiations.”

The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The president has said the program is needed in the war on terrorism.

Iraq investigates police links Iraqi authorities pulled a brigade of about 700 policemen out of service Wednesday in its biggest move ever to uproot troops linked to death squads, aiming to signal the government's seriousness in cleansing Baghdad of sectarian violence.

Rice says U.S. wants to help Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States wants to help improve the daily lives of Palestinians as violence, deprivation and political chaos reach threatening levels in the Palestinian territories.

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Smoking-permitted areas at Duke University Medical Center will be smoke free starting next summer.

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Doctors’ warnings against smoking will soon be more than just clinical advice. Starting next summer, employees, visitors and patients at Duke University Medical Center and Duke University Health System facilities will no longer be permitted to smoke on the institutes’ premises. DUMC and DUHS announced Tuesday that they will join 48 other North Carolina medicalinstitutions that have decided to make their grounds smoke-free. University of North Carolina Health Care, Rex Healthcare and WakeMed are also among those institutions. “Our first priority is the health and well-being of our patients, employees and the communities we serve, and actions speak louder than words,” said Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of DUHS, in a statement Tuesday.

A task force hired by Duke will work enforce the new policy, which the four hospital systems will fully enforce by July 4, 2007. Currently, smokers have access to designated outside smoking areas. In upcoming months, a committee will work to explore the logistics of the new policy—including sign placement, property boundaries, training of staff and smoking cessation options for staff. Since 2003, when the first hospitals nationwide implemented such policies, smoke-free institutions have sprung up across the United States. Duke’s program will follow the lead of previously implemented policies, providing employees with smoking cessation tools, such as nicotine patches and treatment programs. As of Tuesday, DUHS and DUMC employees—including those not eligible for to

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Provost Peter Lange made his first public presentation of Duke’s new strategic plan at the Duke Student Government meeting Wednesday night. The newly approved plan, “Making a Difference,” is the product of two years of effort and will guide development during the next five to eight years. “This is a very ambitious plan,” Lange said. “At the end_of it, Duke is going to be a different place in the way it is perceived and the kind ofeducation it will provide.” Lange said universities have based themselves on the outdated Ivory Tower model for the past 130 years and the tide of the new plan is not haphazard. The way people teach and learn—as well as larger changes in the world—have necessitated changes in academia, Lange added. “How do we make a difference for our

students, how do we make a difference with our research and how do we do that in a distinctive way?” Lange asked. He said lie hopes that the solution to his questions will be found through the implementation of the central themes of the plan: interdisciplinarity, knowledge in the service of society, centrality of the humanities and interpretative social sciences, internationalization, diversity and affordability and access. Lange explained that diffusion and innovation have expanded the top academic institutions to the entire world. “If you want the best talent, you’re going to have to go out and get it—you can’t count on that talent pool coming to us,” he said. Lange added that as a liberal arts school, interdisciplinarity is an especially important goal for the University, and although the SEE DSG ON PAGE

Trinity Park residents hear off-East-hotel plan Eric Bishop THE CHRONICLE

A proposed hotel and condominium development off East Campus is primed to liven an area where an old clinic and parking lot now stand, but the developments are making some Trinity Park residents anxious. The project—which could break ground on the 2.4-acre property as early as next spring—will feature a 100-suite hotel at the corner of Main Street and North Buchanan Boulevard and a 42-unit condominium complex at the comer of Main and Lamond streets. To clear space for the hotel, developers SEE HOTEL/CONDO ON PAGE 6

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is what is in at von der Heyden Pavilion these days. Six weeks after its opening, Saladelia Cafe’s net sales rival those of Mad Hatter’s—the cafe it replaced Aug. 23. The cafe plans to expand to the School of Nursing’s new building later this fall. “Business is going very well,” said Robert Ghanem, manager at Saladelia’s main locadon on University Drive. “We feel that we have been well received. We have a suggestion box and we’ve had posidve feedback from students and staff.” Gracie Vo, a manager at the campus branch, said sales have been increasing steadily since the semester started. During the week of Sept. 17, Saladelia brought in $19,836.48 in total sales compared to $20,506.95 brought in by Mad SEE SALADELIA ON PAGE 6

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When the homework builds up, freshman Court Peterson often puts aside her

Saladelia, which replaced Mad Hatter's in von der Heyden Pavilion this fall, has found its niche.

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College textbook costs have been increasing at twice the inflation rate during the past two decades—and for many states the prices have become unacceptable. According to the National Association of College Stores, some 18 states saw leg-

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Walker said, however, the store is planning a new “used-book classifieds”

online service, which will enable students to buy and sell used books among themselves, defraying the usually high costs of textbooks. Walker added that the initiative will be announced during the textbook buyback period this year. islation introduced this year that dealt “The Duke University Textbook with textbook prices. Store also buys back used textbooks for Last week, a congressional advisory 50 percent of the original wholesale committee held a public hearing to disprice,” he said. “Those books are then cuss what the federal government and resold for 25 percent less than the origstates can do to aid colleges in keeping inal wholesale price.” the price of textbooks down. The comThe national and state decisions mittee is also planning several similar come in the wake of a Government Acstate hearings in the upcoming months. countability Office study conducted last Bob Walker, Duke Textbook Store’s year that pointed out the rising prices. general manager, said he had heard According to the GAO, the average that North Carolina legislators had cost of books and supplies for a been considering textbook-price initiafull-time in-state freshman at a tives, but he did not know ofany specific plans that would be enacted soon. SEE TEXTBOOKS ON PAGE 7

assignments to Juggle. Peterson, who suffers from a disorder called trichotillomania, said juggling has become an outlet to relieve psychiatric urges to pull out her hair. “It’s the worst when I get stressed—when I’m doing homework or taking a test,” she explained. But Duke researchers have recendy found a link between genetic mutations and trichotillomania. The findings, which could help Peterson and others with her condition, were published in the October issue of Molecular Psychiatry. Until recently, little has been known about the causes of the disorder, which affects about 1 to 2 percent of the population. Led by Stephan Zuchner, assistant research professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, a team of researchers hoped to find a biological mechanism responsible for the irrational behaviors associated with trichotillomania. “The hypothesis all along was that there is some sort of genetic basis to trichotillomania and impulse disorders in general,” said senior study investigator Allison Ashley-Koch, assistant research professor of medical genetics. In the study, the scientists focused on families with one or more members exhibiting behaviors characteristic of the disorder. Many families had multiple individuals with the disorder, which was the first clue of a genetic basis for the disease, SEE GENE STUDY ON PAGE 6

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Along with couches and televisions, pets have become a common fixture in seniors’ off-campus homes. But at the change of a schedule or end of the year, officials said many seniors end up returning their pets to local animal shelters because they find that they become too much of a responsibility. Independent Animal Rescue, an animal shelter based in Durham, estimated that more than half of the pets that live in undergraduates’ homes will be returned to a shelterby the end of the year. The Animal Protection Society of Durham—the largest animal shelter in the Raleigh-Durham area—does not let students adopt as a matter of policy. “The number of animals returned by students is much greater than the small number that go out,” said Shafonda Price, assistant manager of the shelter. “With that kind of turnaround, we just don’t do undergraduate adoptions unless you have a parent that lives in the area.” Many students, however, said they live with animals that they plan to keep for a long time. Senior Caroline Logue, who lives in a house off East Campus, recently acquired a cat that she plans to keep long after she graduates. “We have a little kitten named Toaster,” Logue said. “Specifically it belongs to me... but everyone in the house loves it equally.” Logue’s roommate, senior Laura Pyatt, said they chose a cat over a dog because cats are more manageable and inde-

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Senior Patrick Phelan brought his family dog, Zoe, to school with him thisyearfrom his home in Dallas, Texas. difficult at first to obtain a cat because they could not get one from a shelter. They searched the Durham area for several months before finding a local family that recendy had a litter of kittens. Pyatt and Logue rebuked the idea of just keeping the kitten for a few months. “We aren’t typical undergrads,” Logue said. “We are going to keep this cat forever until it dies.” Seniors Patrick Phelan and Strouse Campbell, who live off campus on Lancaster Street, brought their pets from home for their last year at Duke. Last summer, Phelan drove to Dallas, Texas to pick up his dog Zoe, and then drove to Pensacola, Fla., to pick up Chester, the Campbells’ family dog. “Both are really cool and responsible dogs,” Phelan said. “Everyone in our house

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thinks of them as best friends.” Campbell and Phelan said it is often nice to come back to the house to something more than a ton of homework. “It’s a little dangerous living off East, and having a dog is a form of awareness and protection,” Campbell said. Though many Duke students care for the pets they bring home, a few students in the past have abused the privilege. “One time, a goat was brought back by a fraternity after they took pictures with it,” Price said. Acts like these make the animal shelters wary of students—even those who seem earnest. “There are a lot of good undergraduates that would be good adopters,” Price said. “It’s just a few people who have done bad things that have affected the entire group.”

With the exception of a few minor technical glitches, the Duke Digital Initiative’s Tablet PC Pilot Program has successfully integrated the lecture and lab components of a number of science and engineering classes, students and faculty said. The program—which has worked with grants from Hewlett-Packard to provide Tablet PCs to two chemistry and three engineering classes this semester—is the next step to integrating new technology into the classroom at Duke, officials said. Lisa Huettel, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, pioneered the Tablet PC Pilot Program using a Summer 2005 Technology for Teaching Grant from HP to purchase 20 Tablet PCs. She has used the tablets in the curriculum for ECE 27, the new introduction to electrical and computer engineering. “I wanted to find some way to bridge the gap between lecture and lab,” Huettel said. This year, the program has expanded thanks to support from the Duke Digital Initiative and another grant from HP. Although students cannot take the computers home, they will be SEE

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strategies for equality,” Califf explained. Although the DTMI will serve as a major tool in fulfilling the grant’s goals, Califf said researchers will also utilize other assets at Duke —including the Duke Clinical Research Institute and various community outreach efforts—to fulfill the ultimate goals of expediting application of discoveries and ensuring equal access to healthcare. The grant’s targets are in line with DUMC’s most recent strategic plan, which emphasizes translational medicine, community outreach and enhanced informatics systems, researchers said. Work within the institute will require more fully integrated data analysis systems, said Ross McKinney, vice dean for research in the School of Medicine. “A major goal [under the grant] is to be able to query databases across institutes in a relational manner,” McKinney explained. “This initiative will speed up discoveries together the same way that Google revolutionized information on the Internet.”

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pieces and moved it down Watts Street. to build around the historic, red-brick McPherson Hospital, which currently sits next to that property. Developers will also tear down a recent addition to that space —a portion of the former North Carolina Specialty Hospital location—and replace it with a four-story extended-stay hotel. The abandoned parking lot across the street will be home to two buildings —a small house-like structure that will be designed to look like the surrounding Trinity Park homes and a seven-story, multi-tiered condominium building. “It will be a wonderful entranceway project into the western side of our downtown from Duke’s East Campus,” said Bill Kalkhoff, president of Downtown Durham, Inc., an organization that facilitates downtown revitalization. ‘You look at who’s going to be staying there—Duke Med Center folks, University folks, visiting executives from the companies at American Tobacco—you’re going to be bringing a whole new bunch of people who are going to be interacdng with Ninth Street and Brighdeaf Square,” he said. Despite die project’s potendal to breathe new life into the abandoned spot, some residents worry that die new development will tarnish the historic neighborhood. “Whatever is developed there needs to reflect both the character of the neighborhood and also the historical aspect,” said John Hodges-Copple, a Trinity Park resident who has been advising the neighborhood on land use issues. Initial plans were for the hotel to be developed by Durham-based Park City Developers as a “boutique hotel.” During the summer, however, Park City sold the site to a partnership that includes Concord Hospitality Enterprises of Raleigh, which operates several Marriott-owned brands in-

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The empty lot beyond the Trinity Park sign (above) will host a new hotel and condominium complex.

eluding extended-stay Residence Inns. Concord told Trinity Park residents in a Sept. 6 meedng that the hotel could be a chain, prompdng concern that the architecture and building materials would be unbecoming of a historic neighborhood. “If it’s a hotel that looks like it could Just be plopped down off an exit ramp in the suburbs, that’s just not a good fit,” said Alice Bumgarner, president of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association. Residents are also worried about the appearance of —as well as noise and light from—the hotel’s parking garage, which will rise two stories above Buchanan Boulevard. “Would you want headlight after headlight [from the garage] coming

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Hatter’s during one of its peak weeks last April. Saladelia, which specializes in gourmet coffee drinks, desserts and sandwiches, prides itself on freshness and health-conscious choices, Ghanem said. “I like the fact that [Saladelia offers] a lot of healthy and vegetarian options,” sophomore Chelsea Echenique said. Senior Eric Hung, co-chair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, said he has not heard any complaints about Saladelia so far. Even so, not all students said they were happy with the change. “I liked Mad Hatter’s better,” junior Sophia Xia said. “I want the pastries and the cake. I want the desserts back!” Other students said diey were oblivious or indifferent to die new vendor. “What’s Saladeiia? I only use this as a study area so I didn’t even notice,” senior Deniz Koray said. “I didn’tknow that it was run by somebody else.” Some students recalled the limited choices at Mad Hatter’s and said they were glad to see Saladeiia take its place. “I like [Saladeiia] better, definitely,” sophomore Grace McCalmon said. “Mad Hatter’s food looks good, sounds good, but it tastes like nothing,” she added. Due to burdens on production and service at its original location, Mad Hatter’s decided over the summer not to return for the fall semester. Ghanem said Saladeiia has not encountered any such problems. “We’re well equipped in this sense,”

into your windows late at night?” asked Ellen Dagenhart, a Trinity Park resident. Fortunately for concerned residents, the site plan for the property has yet to be approved by the Durham City-County Planning Department. Trinity Park residents wrote a letter to Concord last week expressing their anxieties, and they remain hopeful that Concord will revise the hotel’s site plan to accommodate the neighborhood. Bumgarner said the developers need to take Trinity Park’s preferences into consideration to get the necessary site approvals from Durham. “They know that the neighborhood wields a lot of influence,” she explained.

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Saladeiia has been a success with some students, who said it is better than its predecessor, Mad Hatter's. Ghanem said. “We do a lot of pre-packaging. Refrigerator trucks deliver on a

daily basis.” Ghanem added that he does not anticipate any problems in producing enough food. While a second location became a burden for Mad Hatter’s, Saladeiia has only benefited from getting its name out on Duke’s campus. “We see some faces that we recognize from campus here [at the main restaurant],” Ghanem said. “We’re thrilled to be on Duke’s campus and we’re looking to have a long-lasting relationship there,” he added.

said Ashley-Koch, who has been involved in the study for five years. The study followed findings by Yale University scientists linking Tourette Syndrome to mutations in the SLITRKI gene. Tourette Syndrome is characterized by repetitive compulsive behaviors and it, like trichotillomania, falls under the larger umbrella of obsessive-compulsive disorder spectrum diseases. Duke scientists hypothesized that, because of the clinical similarities between Tourette Syndrome and trichotillomania, the SLITRKI gene may have a similarbiological influence on the hair-pulling disorder. The scientists found two new mutations on the SLITRKI gene present only in members of a family with trichotillomania. Of the 44 families studied, however, only 5 percent exhibited the mutations. “Most genetic diseases are caused by many different genes,” Zuchner said. Even though most of the cases in the study were caused by still-undiscovered genes, Duke’s research is significant because it proves that a biological basis for neurological disorders does exist, Ashley-Koch said. Sufferers from the disorder find the social stigma associated with the disease to be especially troubling, said Michael Cuccaro, an associate clinical professor of medical psychiatry involved in the study. “The disorder doesn’t make any sense to them. They don’t understand why they can’t stop,” Cuccaro said. People with the disorder may pluck entire regions bald before stopping. Sufferers then become embarrassed when they must return to public places and hide the effects.

CENTRAL from page 1 “We’re going to be moving toward more detailed planning on exactly how to use the space,” Lange said. With last weekend’s approval of the Strategic Plan, administrators have touted the new Central Campus as an opportunity to integrate many of the goals oudined in the document. “Central will be the fullest embodiment of [the goals],” Lange said. Although the ground-breaking for Central has been delayed on a few occasions in recent months, officials said the current plan is on schedule to begin early construction work in Summer 2007.

“It’s not their fault,” Ashley-Koch said She added that although genetic factors have a strong impact on these disorders, there is no ruling-out ofenvironmental factors. Symptoms may worsen under stress, anxiety and many other conditions generally known to influence psychiatric disorders. “There is a tremendous human side to this disorder,” Cuccaro said. Passive daily activities, especially reading and writing, are prime times for compulsive behavior to strike, said Peterson, who was diagnosed with the disorder in third grade. Peterson said the most debilitating part of the disorder is that people with it often feel on their own. “It’s a very lonely disorder,” she added. There are currently no medications intended primarily for trichotillomania, but drugs typically used to treat anxiety, OCD and depression are often administered. Current treatment also involves behavior-based intervention that teaches those with the disorder how to find an oudet for their urges, said Ashley-Koch. She added that many find these activities therapeutic and beneficial. “I took up juggling,” Peterson said. “I have balls in my bag right now.” Zuchner said he believes that further research on SLITRKI and other genes will lead to a revolution of psychiatric practice. ‘You will be able to do genetic testing to enhance diagnosis, which is something totally unheard of in psychiatry now,” he said. The researchers said they hope the success of the pilot study will garner funding for larger-scale research that could bring about even greater discoveries. Trichotillomania Awareness Week is Oct. 1 through Oct. 8.

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benefits—were given access to a number of smoking cessation resources, which will expand in upcoming months. Resources will eventually include discounts and subsidies for various additional nicotine replacement products, said George Jackson, associate clinical professor at the Employee Occupational Health and Wellness clinic. When DUHS banned indoor smoking in 1989, the number of employees who were smokers declined, said Steve Smith, chief human resources officer for Duke Medicine, who spearheaded the change. Smith added that he expects the increased restrictions on smoking to have a similar effect at Duke and across the nation. Many visitors and employees at Duke Hospital, however, said smoking in secluded areas should be a personal choice. “This is an invasion of privacy,” said Kelly Townsend of Hampton, Va., who was visiting her husband. ‘You could be doing a lot worse when you have relatives in the hospital—smoking is my vice right now.” Employees said the ban would have mixed results on the smoking habits of individuals in the medical center community. Cheryl Gentry, a patient service associate at Duke Hospital, said she felt only employees who already plan to quit smoking would take advantage of smoking cessation programs. “This is great for the non-smokers—they love it,” Gentry said. “For... those who don’t [stop smoking], we’ll just be evil people.”

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In other business: Senior Benjamin Abram was named DSG Judicial Affairs liaison, a newly created position appointed by DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior. Abram served as a disciplinary advisor for Judicial Affairs last year, but will serve on behalf of students in his new role. At-large senators were selected and include: senior Karishma Merchant; juniors Gill Stevens and Ryan Todd; sophomore Charles Sparkman and freshmen Julia Fogleman, Justin Healy, Bethany Hill, Anthony Marzocca, Awa Nur and Paul Zarian. The senate voted unanimously to allocate $2,218.90 toward providing buses to transport students to vote for district attorney. One bus will run from East Campus and one will run from West Campus.

Many of the efforts to curb costs are targeted at “bundled” textbook packages, which have higher prices because they include materials such as CDs, software or workbooks often required by many faculty. Legislators are also working to increase the feasibility of establishing lower-cost book-rental programs. Electronic textbooks are another option for students to save money. According to the GAO, students pay about half the price of a new textbook for password-protected access to an online version of the text. Despite the increasing costs, however, many students do not opt for cheaper alternatives. “The textbook prices at Duke were definitely very high [this year],” freshman Sarah Takvorian said. “I looked into other options for buying books, like online retailers or other independent stores, but I bought my books from Duke in the end, because of the convenience.” Even independent textbook providers are often forced to charge higher prices to stay in business. “We mostly carry humanities books, so you don’t see the really pricey science textbooks here,” said Annie Farrell, who works at The Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street. Farrell noted that the price of textbooks from university presses has skyrocketed in recent years. The average gross margin—the difference between what college stores pay for a textbook and what they charge the student—is currendy 22.3 percent, according to NACS’ 2006 College Store Industry Financial Report. The report stated that, after store expenses have been paid, a college store makes on average about four cents for every dollar worth of new textbooks sold.

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allowed to have their own for lecture and lab. Because of their expense, the tablets cannot be loaned out with the frequency ofother technology loans in the past, like iPods. The tablets, which allow students to use a stylus to write on the computer screen like a notepad, are especially applicable to classes like EC E 27, where students frequently draw circuits and diagrams. Students can also use software on the tablet to take notes directly on presentations given by the professor, and professors can save copies of their lecture notes for students to look up during labs or when studying for tests. “It’s as if you never erased the board,” said Linda Franzoni, associate dean for student programs and professor of mechanical engineering. Franzoni, who teaches ME 141, uses Tablet PCs in her course. Fluettel and Franzoni both said Tablet PCs are best used for interactive problem solving. Tablet PCs allow students to write out their work and solve a problem on the computer screen, and then send their work anonymously

their professor during class. doing than Just listening, and this is they allow students to participate,” Huettel said. The Tablet PCs, however, are not without flaws. In fact, due to security concerns, students will not have access to individual tablets during lecture until after fall break. As a former student and teaching assistant in ECE 27, sophomore Philip Ethier has had a lot of experience with the computers. “It’s a piece of technology that often doesn’t work, but when it does work it is a great addition to class,” Ethier said. Duke is not the first university to experiment with Tablet PCs in the classroom. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bentley College, the University of Chicago and Seton Hall University are also running pilot programs. “It would be really nice to see Duke use tablets as much as Seton Hall does because I have found that they really enhance the learning experience,” said sophomore Kevin Thompson, who took a summer class at Seton Hall. Although plans for expansion are conservative, professors said the technology is a valuable academic asset. “The classroom just has so much more energy,” Huettel said. to

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“He was always very engaging with all the pages, like many of the other Congressmen,” Gross said. “I was just shocked and disgusted by [the explicit messages]. You know, there was never any warning about him back in 2002.” Foley’s communication with male pages included lurid references to masturbation, fetishes and undressing the teenagers. According to national media reports, a number offormer pages said they were warned about Foley. Gross, however, said he did not hear about or experience the Congressman’s inappropriate behavior. “I didn’t get to know him very well,” Gross explained. “I only interacted with him on a few different occasions.” The senior—who appeared on Tuesday night’s episode of “Larry King Live”—said that though the media portrayal of Foley has been fair, his perception of Foley has changed dramatically. “He basically deceived all of his constituents and the entire country, especially because he was this leader of the fight against child exploitation,” Gross said. “He obviously has to take responsibility for this major breach of the public trust.” Since his resignation, Foley has checked into a rehabilitation center for alcoholism and behavioral problems. Gross, however, said he saw no indication of alcohol dependence while working for the Congressman. “I’m pretty skeptical of that excuse and even if it is true, it’s really not relevant,” Gross said. Despite the scandal, he does not regret participating in the page program, Gross added. The highly competitive Congressional page program offers 72 rising high school seniors a chance to interact with lawmakers for a summer in Washington, D.C. “A lot of it was just running errands for Congressmen: getting coffee, running bills and resolutions from the House floor to members’ offices,” Gross said. “It’s unfortunate that [the scandal] has tarnished the prestige of the page program.” Days after Foley’s resignation, national media reported that some Republican leaders had known about the inappropriate exchanges since late 2005. The scandal has the potential to derail GOP efforts just weeks before November’s midterm elections by drawing national attention away from other issues, said David Rohde, professor of political science. “It undermines confidence in the Republican Party and its leadership.... It also prevents the Republicans from pressing their election strategies,” Rohde explained. “The major news shows and the major newspapers haven’t been covering Bush’s claims that the Democrats are soft on terrorism—they’ve been covering the Foley scandal,” he added. The GOP leaders’ inaction after finding out about the inappropriate communications has extended the relevance of the story, Rohde said.

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ability to hear in her left ear. But that didn’t stop her from working cheers must have to get back on the field. drowned out sighs of reMcDonald had felt that way liefwhen Christie McDonall along—get the tumor reald nailed a header past Marmoved and get back to soccer. quette’s goalkeeper on a sunny And after spending the second afternoon Sept. 17. summer session on campus trainCongratulating the smiling ing to regain her strength and sophomore with a flurry of hugs coordination, that’s exacdy what and high fives, the Blue Devils she did—the sophomore started gathered around the girl that Duke’s opener against St. Louis some people thought would never and has played in every game on have the chance to score a goal the schedule so far. “It was really hard for me to again, let alone with her head. Anyone in Koskinen Stadium get back, harder than I was exthat day who knew McDonald pecting,” McDonald said. “Everypersonally also knew that just thing I had gone through was to four months earlier she was lying play this season, so it was just one in a hospital bed in Los Angeles, of the most amazing feelings to be surrounded by an altogether difback with my team and be able to ferent kind of team. play again. It was great.” Diagnosed with a brain tumor at the end of April, McDonald unstandout from Newnan derwent surgery May 12 to remove High School in Newnan, a sticky, 1.5-centimeter lump from Ga., McDonald joined the the left side of her brain. Blue Devils in the fall of 2005. Playing in all 21 of Duke’s After four hours of surgery, the benign tumor was removed. But games and starting in 11, the because of necessary surgical profreshman forward’s career was cedures, so were McDonald’s audion the right track. and balance nerves. At 19 But for some reason—one tory years old, the varsity athlete was SEE MCDONALD ON PAGE 10 without a sense of balance and the by

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In Alabama, football isn’t only a game —it’s a culture, a way oflife. Much publicity is given to places like Texas or California, where many of the nation’s best high school players come from.

Nonetheless, Alabama is as much defined by its football fixation as the bigger, more-publicized states. “Alabama is certainly a football state,” saidKenneth Darby, the Crimson Tide’s starting running back and a Hunstville, Ala. native. “But playing football [in high school] was more about fun than pressure." The state of Alabama s publicity installed the series Two-Aa boost when MTV got Days” earlier this fall. The reality show follows the Hoover, Ala. high school football team and the daily lives of its players.

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senior at the University of Georgia, sat by her side, McDonald spent two weeks in Los Angeles recovering—two weeks, she said, that were both painful and miserable. “I wasn’t allowed to sneeze. If I sneezed, I had to let it out and couldn’t control it,” McDonald said. “Any straining at all I wasn’t allowed to do, which was hard for me. I was only allowed to walk. I couldn’t do anything really.”

MCDONALD from page 9 that is still unknown—McDonald began experiencing foot shakes in the fall. The randomly-occurring vibrations—more annoying than painful—sometimes lasted between 30 and 45 minutes at a time and continued sporadically as the year progressed. One day the spasms began while McDonald was in the training room, so Jeff Bytomski, one of the team physicians, grabbed his camera phone, took a video and sent it to other physicians for observation and analysis. The doctors, however, were stumped. At the end of April, team physician Allison Toth recommended McDonald for an MRI to check for lesions on the brain. “I was expecting [the doctors] to just give [the results] to my trainer, and that my trainer would tell me nothing was wrong,” McDonald said. McDonald certainly wasn’t expecting a phone call at 7:30 a.m. on a Monday in April, asking her to report that same morning to Duke Hospital North for an appointment about her results. Getting into the car with her trainer, Elizabeth Zannolli, for the appointment, McDonald had to ask. Zannolli had to tell her. She didn’t have brain lesions, Zannolli said, but tests did show a tumor. The good news was it wasn’t cancerous. For McDonald, however, it was similar to a shock she had been through before—her best friend and soccer teammate, Jessica Wilson, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in fifth grade. And although the tumor was not cancerous, Wilson passed away when the girls were in seventh grade. “Here I was thinking I was giving her good news by telling her it wasn’t cancerous, and then she she says, ‘My best friend died of a brian tumor, and it wasn’t cancerous,’” Zannolli said. “She cried a little bit, but she got everything back together and went to talk to the doctors.” Tears dried, McDonald began to face her situation with a positive attitude. Sitting in the neurological ward at Duke Hospital North, Zannolli and McDonald filled out the necessary paperwork prior to the appointment. Some of tire form questions, Zannolli said, hardly fit with McDonald’s condition, and she remembered laughing widr the freshman as the pair tried to complete the task. “One of the other patients just looked up at us and said, ‘Most people don’t laugh when they’re in this department,’” Zannolli said. McDonald was obviously late to practice that day. While her teammates got their summer workouts from their speed and conditioning coach, McDonald went to talk to head coach Robbie Church. When one of the trainers stepped into Church’s office earlier that morning to tell him about McDonald’s condition, Duke’s

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Christie McDonald has scored one goal and tallied one assist while playing in all 12 ofDuke's games this year.

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on a sunny street in Paris, sixth-year coach couldn’t believe it was true France, Lisa McDonald’s legs began to So when McDonald herself walked shake when her husband Andy called to through that same door, Church knew the situation. After tears and a talk, Church tell her about their daughter’s MRI results. and McDonald laid out a plan for her reLisa McDonald was on the next flight home. covery and return to soccer. McDonald then went to tell her team why Both Lisa and Andy McDonald spent there was no way she was going to be able to the weekend in Durham, going to docfollow the summer workouts—at least not tor’s appointments and deciding the best right away. But McDonald couldn’t get course of action. Officially diagnosed through the talk, and Zannolli had to finish with acousticnneuromaa—a condition found in approxiit for her. mately 2,500 patients “A lot of people’s in the United States eyes got big and jaws “Sometimes I would each year—McDondropped,” Church said. was recommendhave to back her down ald ed to Dr. Deraid Her teammates an weren’t the only ones because she’s a really Brackmann, acoustic neuroma in disbelief. While tough kid.” McDonald was lying specialist, to have the down in the training Elizabeth Zannolli, tumor removed. With the surgery room shortly after assistant athletic trainer scheduled for May sharing the news, the 12, less than a month team’s academic coafter McDonald’s diordinator, TJ. Grams, came over and started joking with her and agnosis, the McDonalds flew to California asked her what was wrong. When McDonald May 10. said she wasn’t tired and she wasn’t sick, he Because of the tumor’s location, which told her to stop sulking. was causing it to press on the auditory “I just kind of looked at Z, my trainer, and nerve, the McDonalds originally preferred she was just like, go ahead, make him feel a surgical procedure that would attempt to bad,” McDonald said. “So I was like, well acsave her hearing in her left ear. But the surgeons decided against it in tually I just found out I have a brain tumor. And he just did not know what to say.” the end, worried about disturbing Shocked, Grams looked at Zannolli for Christie’s facial nerve—which could result confirmation. And when the trainer nodin facial paralysis. ded, he was still at a loss for words. Grams During surgery, Brackmann found the sought out the freshman the next dayjust to tumor wrapped around Christie’s facial make sure she wasn’t offended. She wasn’t. nerve. Already aware their daughter would “I could tell he felt really bad about it, lose her hearing and balance nerves, the Mcbut I thought it was hilarious,” McDonald Donalds were glad she didn’t lose all three. said. “We still joke about it now sometimes.” As her parents and her brother, Mark, a

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An influential member of Congress is questioning whether the NCAA, with its multimillion-dollar television contracts and million-dollar coaches, deserves its tax-exempt status. “From the standpoint of a federal taxpayer, why should the federal government subsidize the athletic activities of educational institutions when that subsidy is being used to help pay for escalating coaches’ salaries, cosdy chartered travel and state-of-the-art athletic facilities?” asked Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. Thomas asked the NCAA to justify its tax-exempt status in a letter sent Tuesday to Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He asked for a reply by the end of October. Erik Christianson, a spokesman for the NCAA, said the organization challenged the fundamental assertions that athletics is not part of higher education or that notfor-profit status should be linked with the amount of revenue an organization generates. “We educate student athletes; they are students first,” he said. Christianson said NCAA representatives had already met with staff from the committee and that the organization would continue to be responsive to their questions. Thomas noted that the annual returns filed by the NCAA with the IRS state the

primary purpose of the NCAA is to “maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body.” But he said corporate sponsorships and big television deals—he mentioned a $545 million deal with CBS for television coverage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament—have led many to believe that major college football and men’s basketball more closely resemble professional sports. “How does playing major college football or men’s basketball in a highly commercialized, profit-seeking, entertainment environment further the educational purpose of your member institutions?” he asked. Thomas also said more than 35 college coaches reportedly receive salaries of at least $1 million a year. “Paying coaches excessive compensation also makes less revenue available for other sports, causes many athletic departments to operate at a net loss, and may call into question the priorities of educational institutions,” he said. In a similar vein, he asked the NCAA to explain the educational value of public universities spending as much as $600,000 per men’s basketball player during the 2004-2005 school year. Thomas asked the NCAA to provide data on total annual revenues and expenditures for Division I-A football programs and Division I basketball programs.

rules by accepting extra money for their work by a booster. Bomar—now QB at Sam Houston State—reportedly sent a letter to the NCAA apologizing for his actions in an attempt to get reinstated.

Big Ten disciplines Illinois and Michigan State The lllini and Spartans were each fined $lO,OOO for their roles in an incident after Illinois stunning 23-20 win over Michigan State. After the win, Illinois players players gathered in celebration at midfield in Spartan Stadium to plant their school flag. Members of both teams engaged in a shoving match before heading back to their respective locker rooms, lllini head coach Ron Zook apologized for his team's actions, but claims the celebration was spontaneous.

Tuberville campaigns for playoffs Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville told the media Wednesday that he does not think an SEC team can win the national championship without a playoff system being installed. Tuberville's third-ranked Tigers are currently one of five SEC teams in the top 13, but after an undefeated 130 season two years ago in which, his team did not appear in the BCS title game, the coach is not satisfied with the state of college football's postseason system.

ALABAMA f,om page 9 Alabama center Antoine Caldwell, a Montgomery* native, said the show is correct in its portrayal of the daily lives of Alabama high school players, although he himselfdid not play at Hoover. “The show is pretty accurate for the most part,” Caldwell said. “They add the drama with all the girl problems and stuff like that, but mosdy, it’s how it really is.” Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson is no stranger to the hype surrounding an atmosphere like the one characterized in “Two-A-Days.” He himself played for Hoover and led the Bucs to a state title in 2003. But like Darby, he said the pressure of playing in the Alabama high school atmosphere was not too much to handle. “It kind of got hard at times, but not too overwhelming,” Wilson said. “High school was just a fun time. I didn’t feel any pressure.” The MTV show highlights not only the strain of playing, football while balancing schoolwork but also the normal pressure of being a high school student. Most of all, it encapsulates how Alabama football truly is away of life. “I think it’s great for those guys to get that recognition,” Wilson said. “They work so hard and they deserve it.” The show has special meaning for Wilson as the quarterback’s younger brother, Ross, is Hoover’s starting quarterback. ‘We talk a lot—we’re real close,” Wilson said. “He knows the ins and outs though because he played last year. I don’t have to give him that much advice.” Having a younger brother on an MTV show makes the quarterback the subject of some jokes by his teammates, especially because Wilson himself appeared on

Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, after the No, 11 Hokies fell to No. 24 GeorgiaTech, 38-27, at home for their first loss of the season. "We always want to gain respect in the national scene, but they're going to put us where they put u5.... We know what kind of team we are and we know who we can play with. Whether people acknowledge that or not doesn't bother us." Boise State senior linebacker Korey Hall, after the the 22nd-ranked Broncos dominated Utah, 36-3, to move to 5-0 on the season. "When you look at it you cannot turn the ball over as many times as we did. Of their six scoring drives, there were a total of 97 yards so that is about 16 yards a scoring drive. It was a classic game of field position because you couldn't get anything going offensively. Then, with the turnovers it just snowballed." Duke head coach Ted Roof, after the Blue Devils got blown out 37-0 by unranked Virginia at their homecoming game.

Compiled by Patrick Byrnes one of the show’s early episodes. “Every once and a while we’ll poke at him for being on MTV,” Caldwell said. “We call him a prima-donna, but we’re just joking around.” But Wilson said his teammate’s jokes don’t bother him because when he was in high school, Hoover “beat pretty much all those guys’ teams.” “They give me a pretty hard time about it,” Wilson said. “They’ll mention it every chance they get.” Although Wilson may claim he did not feel the pressure, his teammate Darby said even his high school—where he was the state’s top running back recruit as a prep player—did not come under the same scrutiny as Hoover. With the publicity generated by the hit series, people around the country are beginning to realize what the Crimson Tide players have known for years—California and Texas aren’t the only places where football reigns supreme.

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of social networking websites. Last spring, college athletes with at Northwestern college graduate impeccable credentials and a and a number of other schools across glossy resume the country got a doesn’t get his editorial rude awakening dream job because a would-be employer when badjocks.com outed discovers incriminadng pho- compromising photos Y)f them and their teammates. tos on Facebook or MySpace. The scenario has Iran- Duke was not on that list of scended the realm of campus “outed” schools, but the legend and has become a gen- lacrosse controversy has erally accepted truth at uni- made many students and versities across the nation, student athletes more aware Even so, college students are of their online activity, Now it is well known that still getting caught in comprosocial networking Internet situations online and mising services are in no way private. still have to pay the price. Duke coaches have taken Facebook—a website many note of the trend, and the perceive to be the last bastion Department of Athletics has of exclusivity—is now open to taken a number of steps to the entire world. In this day advise student athletes and age, Nobody can expect that what he or she puts onabout the potential dangers now, everyone’s heard the Story. A soon-to-be

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this exposure deserve it. Indeed, some acts seen on the Internet cross the line between college misadventure and criminal behavior. That said, the majority of those exposed likely will be people who engage in activities that are no worse than the average college student. The price of doing stupid things just went up. The Duke Depatment of Athletics made the right call when, in an April meeting, it reminded student athletes to edit profiles and generally watch their online behavior. A guide to Internet behavior was even placed in the new student-athlete handbook. Nobody was forced, however, to remove anything by the administration. As a result, some people followed the advice and

some people chose not to. This is fine. With the possible Consequences clear, it us up to student athletes to make their own decisions. It is no secret that Duke athletes get more than their fair share of scrutiny. They are constantly reminded that they not only represent themselves but our entire school as well. They need to take special caution, as they are the biggest targets. This lesson of caution applies to all students: What is posted on the Internet today will be there tomorrow and cached on some hard drive forever. The potential consequences of this are clear and it is up to the individual to exercise restraint. We can’t say we weren’t warned.

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line will stay, simply put, among friends. Your boss, your professor and even your mom now have access. It was just a matter of time before someone would take advantage of all of this potentially embarrassing information either for simple pleasure or in an attempt to make a profit. Badjocks.com did it, but it’s just one of many. When badjocks.com found pictures of the Northwestern women’s soccer team and posted them online, players saw serious consequences of their online actions. Badjocks.com may have been the first site of its kind, but it definitely will not be the last that cashes in on our generation’s exhibitionism. It can be argued that some of the people who suffer from

Sports offer more than professors claim In their recent guest column, Professors Richard Hain and Fred Nijhout overlooked the extraordinary value afforded to students engaging in university athletic programs or to faculty who have learned the lessons provided by team sports (“Let the athletic-academic debate begin,” Oct. 3). The Preston Robert TischBrain Tumor Center at Duke is admittedly run like a large college athletic team with a style of management that has led us to be one of the leading brain tumor centers in the world. Team sports teach students the advantages of working as a team, the need to work together to collaborate for a common goal, the necessity to make sacrifices to achieve that goal, the encouragement each member of a team receives to do their best and equally importantly the need to support the team members when things are not going well. Moreover, we have been fortunate to work on a daily basis with an extraordinary group of female varsity athletes as we mentor them for careers in medicine. These young women face amazing pressures to balance their academic and athletic demands and when they emerge from four years at Duke they are prepared to not only be successful in medicine but to ultimately be leaders in their respective medical disciplines. It is a shame that Professors Hain and Nijhout spent time writing a parody rather than actually evaluating for themselves the impact of athletics on our students. More importandy, they can learn the extremely positive reaction of the real world to our student athlete graduates who are embraced by their future employers because of the lessons learned from athletics. Personally, we joyfully embrace the benefit of Duke athletics to our brain tumor center and our lives.

Article about academic integrity survey needs clarification I have a couple of corrections to make to the otherwise excellent Chronicle article on the results of our 2005 academic integrity surveys (“Self-reports of cheating drop in ’05,” Oct. 4). First, Duke does not lag behind the other code schools sampled in all the areas surveyed: in the case of “plagiarism” we are actually doing slightly better than the code school average (a result that is even more impressive when we realize that of the 15 code schools surveyed, including Duke, 13 have had honor codes longer, sometimes far longer, than we have). That we are doing well on this measure compared to both the national sample and our results of five years ago can surely be attributed to the shared efforts by faculty, students, administrators and staff—including but not limited to instructors, librarians, deans, and Honor Council members—to educate about standards of scholarship and the ways to avoid breaching them. Second, undergraduate students are no longer—as of Fall 2006—required to report cheating by peers: the “obligation to report” has been replaced by the “obligation to act.” As the Fall 2005 surveys highlighted, students are by and large unwilling to turn in other-students. The obligation to act, which follows from the Duke Community Standard, requires that students do “something” about cheating and offers a range of possible actions. This policy, which I trust students will find not only palatable but vital (dare I hope inspiring?), may be found on the Office of Judicial Affairs home page, among other places.

Allan H. Friedman, AID Henry S. Friedman, AID Deputy Directors, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center

Judith Ruderman Vice Provost for Academic and Administrative Services, Chair, Academic Integrity Council

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spring I struggled again with the difficult question: “What should I do this summer?” The year before, I had interned for a U.S. representative in Washington, D.C. But returning to the Beltway, and in particular to Congress, was an experience I really did not want to repeat Giving Capitol tours and stuffing envelopes becomes dull quickly, and Washington’s glamour tends to fade with time. “But I think this would be a good time to intern far one our senof ators—especially Allen, since he’s going to run for president. I was on the phone with a close relative, and he had a good point. At the time, Senator George Allen, R-Va., was a likely presidential nominee ■4XS& inWHiT^iijij^ for the Republican Party in 2008, and it would be advantageous for a young conservative to work for him. So with my relative’s advice I ended up applying for an internship jamie deal in Allen’s office., strategery A month or so later I received an envelope. Rejected. Apparently my qualifications—a solid GPA at a top school, tons of extracurricular activities, several nice recommendations, experience on the Hill and a Virginia residency—were not good enough to impress the brainiacs running the senator’s office. (Either that, or I just couldn’t compete with the children of major contributors.) But I did not remain bitter for long. A few days later I received an offer for a much better internship—one that would provide me with far more than receptionist experience and stapling opportunities. On top of that, recent events have convinced me that getting rejected by Allen’s office was actually a stroke of the best possible fortune. Here’s why: “This fellow [over here] with the yellow shirt, Macaco,, or whatever his name is he’s with my opponent. Let’s give a welcome to Macaco, here. Welcome to America and the real world ofVirginia. Allen uttered these now-familiar words at a campaign rally, attended by 100 or so reporters, at a University of Virginia undergraduate named S.R. Sidarth, a volunteerfor Allen’s opponent and the only person of color in the crowd. It turns out that “macaca” is a type ofAsian monkey and an obscure racial slur of colonial French origin. And although “Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia” has since been taken out of context (Allen was actuallyjust criticizing his opponent for hailing from the Beltway), it sure sounded bad at the time. Allen has since apologized for the comment, but he and his staffers were certainly not straightforward in explaining why he called Sidarth “Macaca.” In the aftermath of the incident, they released contradictory stories that did not really make much sense. Pundits suggest that Allen actually learned “macaca” from his mother, who was bom in Tunisia. But the problems did not stop there. It also turns out that the Presbyterian senator’s mother is Jewish. For some reason, when confronted with this at a public debate, Allen grew defensive, which made it appear as if he were ashamed. Many still wonder if he secredy is, but Allen has since publicly acknowledged his newly publicized Jewish heritage. Recendy, a former football teammate ofAllen’s at UVa. has claimed that the senator used the n-word frequendy with his fellow white teammates and even placed a deer’s severed head inside a black family’s mailbox—an act apparendy inspired by The Godfather. Allen denies these claims. But Larry Sabato, a respected political scientist at the UVa., has also claimed that Allen used the n-word when they attended college together, giving the accusation more credibility. With all of the allegations of racism coming Allen sway, his campaign has entered a downward spiral. He and James Webb, his Democratic opponent who trailed Allen over the summer, are now pretty much even in the polls. I did not really like the senator much before. A Californian dressing up like a cowboy but claiming Southern heritage seemed a bit off to me, and I only really applied for that internship because my relative told me to. But now I have grounds to be happy about that diin envelope, and I also have a valid reason to dislike Virginia s junior senator. He lacks good judgment and is possibly racist, and he still wins his election in November, it is clear that Republicans must keep him out of the White House.

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Brown, done it again. you’ve Set another record that is. Your reign over the New York Times best-seller list and spot on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People pale in comparison to this accolade: facebook.com lists your Da Vinci Code as the book highest-rated among its users on its “Pulse” feature Angels and Demons ** is not too far behind, mggjm ranked fifth nationally. At Duke, The Da Vinci Code holds a reEmily thomey spectable second place, et religio with Angels and Demons at a steady seventh. This puts you in company with such notables as F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger and George Orwell—be proud, Dan, the college community has spoken. What is particularly striking is not the runaway popularity of Brown’s books among the college audience, but the ranking of another book which wrestles with similar topics. At least among college students, Brown has done what was once thought impossible: Bested the Bible in popularity, both at Duke and across the country. Two nights ago, the Bible slipped from 9th to 10th, unseated by 1984. Brown’s books thrive in part on the religious curiosity of the masses, but it’s worth pausing to consider the trend of such curiosity across the ages. It was once the case that people found common ground in their holy books such as the Bible, the Koran and the Mahabharata: These were the stories—about courage, faith, truth—of which everyone had some working knowledge. Sacred texts were our point of unity, our language. We no longer share the stories; we share in the skewering of them. Our contemporary religious curiosity is fueled by scandal and intrigue within religion. Brown’s books draw on mysterious symbols—the Mona Lisa and the Knights Templar, for example—which apparently satisfy the public’s thirst for the “whole” story. Some argue that Brown’s fiction may propel people to begin thinking anew about spirituality. A possible marriage between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene? the earth? A Church Jesus’ offspring walking about are enough to breath cover-up? The racy possibilities life into old-time religion. '■

The question is whether the trade of Bible for Brown is a valuable one. Dan Brown may have cornered the market on tabloid thrillers, but there must be some reason that the Bible is the most widely read book on the planet. What about holy works of the Koran or the Mahabharata? They are great works of literature all, and they provide amusing anecdotes, honest insights into human nature and life lessons cast in shrewd parables. Their resonance, like all things of value, is in their complexity. It’s not easy to understand the Bible, and Robert Langdon won’t have the answers at the end of page 387. It’s a story worth reading because the stories within are not all black and white. As a work of art—whether you consider it fact or fiction or somewhere in between—there is a literary genius and depth in the Bible. Its artful use of language (even in translation), its complex story-telling and its interpretation of history should be grounds alone for a look. Brown’s books, on the other hand, are not great works of literature. The story lines are one-track, the characters undeveloped, the plots mundane. Though fast-paced, you’d be hard-pressed to find a person willing to read his books more than once. Its window into history, while cleverly packaged in age-old mysteries, is almost entirely fabricated. That our literary canon is limited to easy-to-read thrillers is somewhat disappointing. In times of old, authors drew inspiration from scripture and sculptors and painters portrayed scenes from sacred works. Most importandy, students learned to read and write through the wisdom ofancient myths and the words of prophets. Unlike our ancient counterparts, we’ve given up on Jonah and his whale and Krishna with his chariot. Perhaps instead of turning to juicy secondary sources for our spiritual information, we should read the texts themselves and then make our judgments about religion. Dan Brown may be a newcomer to the 50-millionplus-copies-sold club, but I’m afraid his tenure will be short—the Bible, the Koran and the Mahabharata have stood the test of time, and with their head start, I’m willing to bet that Moses, Paul, Muhammad and Aijuna have more staying power than Langdon. Even if Facebook disagrees.

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Behind the crimson curtain Lauren Fischetti recess Between 1966 and 1976, Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution swept through China, claiming thousands of lives, retarding economic and educational growth and denying citizens their most basic human rights. Little photographic documentation of the confusing and controversial period exists; photos deemed counterrevolutionary were destroyed. The only known collection of Cultural Revolution photographs, Li Zhensheng’s Red-Color News Soldier, is currendy on display at the Center for Documentary Studies. Zhensheng, at the time a party-approved photojournalist for the Heilongjiang Daily, risked his life to save by

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The man behind the masks: special effects artist talks shop What do The Cat in the Hat, The Ring and the new Planet of the Apes have in common? The answer is the work of Jamie Kelman, makeup and makeup special effects artist. With Halloween just around the comer, recess’ Lexi Richards chatted with Kelman about costume tips, his experiences in the movie business and his latest project, Rest Stop, which is available on DVD Oct. 17. recess: What project are you most proud of? And what would you consider your greatest accomplishment as a makeup artist? Jamie Kelman: Right now I’m really proud of this monster movie called Headspace. I did that one very much myself, building the creature from the ground up—from design to the full creature suit with remote contol puppeted movements and puppet heads. It was a bunch of people I knew from film school and this was their big try to make a real movie and they succeeded. That one I m really proud of because it was the movie that

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Every year, the McKee family attracts adventurers from far and wide with its 12-acre navigational behemoth—a massive corn maze dotted with eight ‘disconnected markers. Some come for everlasting glory, most to seek the grapd prize: one hundred bucks in cash-money to the person who can collect all markers in the shortest time—and make it out alive. Thinking that this week’s issue needed more legume-related record-breaking, recess decided to send a crack contingent of com connoisseurs to challenge the best and brightest of Rougemont, N.C. to a simple game of “find the ill-marked, weathered sign only barely discernible from the surrounding vegetation.” 1:07 p.m.: Our heroes set out in Lexi’s pimped-out, country road-ready Audi, with special gravel resistant suspension. 1:38 p.m.: We realize it has taken us roughly 31 minutes to travel 15 miles at an average velocity of not bloody fast enough. 1:43 p.m.: The Audi turns onto crap-

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An American steakhouse with Argentinean flair, the newly opened Metro 8 steps into the competitive world of Ninth Street restaurants. Expect classics like filet mignon aupoivre and lamb chops, but don’t be surprised to see more distinctive items like churrasco, skirt steak and grilled chorizo sausage. Owners Cassandra Ramos and Francisco Pirillo hail from Miami’s Coconut Grove, home of a swanky restaurant scene. It will be interesting to see just how Metro 8 stands up to Vin Rouge, just across the street, and Chamas, the area’s other South American meat haven.

Metro 8 Steakhouse 746 Ninth St. 919-416-1700 Open: Now

The young restauRue Cler that intro401 Chapel Hill St. E. duced Pop’s Trattoria 919-682-8844 will open Rue Cler in Open: Oct. 12 downtown Durham. Rue Cler will combine a full-service French bistro with an adjoining bakery cafe. The affordable menu will feature French classics seen from a North Carolina perspective. It also will include a nightly three-course prixfixe menu for $25 based on the availability of local produce.

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community. Three students—Eric Oberstein, YoungIn Song and Howie Liu —only discovered their mutual desire to improve Durham’s artistic development after being grouped together arbitrarily to work on a project. The program that resulted, ArtsConnect, was born as part of an enterprising leadership course taught by Tony Brown, professor of public policy studies and sociology. Oberstein, the main founder of the program and a senior, said he first thought of ArtsConnect after reflecting on his own childhood experience. “I have been a musician and an artist since elementary school and I think my personal experience with arts as a child was so instrumental in the development of who I am today,” Oberstein said. The other cofounders, Song and Liu, both sophomores, agreed with Oberstein’s ideas about the importance of artistic development in a child’s life. The organization centers around weekly sessions during which a few of the 21 members teach children from the Durham community about various forms of art. “Every week we bring three or four Duke students into the West End Community Center with a new lesson plan, whether it re-

lates to music, visual arts, dance, drama, creative writing or anything that involves personal self-expression,” Oberstein said, The success of ArtsConnect is due to extensive planning that started in January. A meaningful alliance with the Duke-Durham Community Partnership has also contributed to its success. The Partnership has given ArtsConnect direct help and the ability to conquer financial and other problems, “Our first purpose is providing the local elementary school kids with a fun and safe environment,” Song said. “I feel that as the kids grow up, they will not only appreciate thenopportunities with the arts but also their positive experiences with Duke students.” Oberstein stressed the benefits of ArtsConnect as a form of linking the school to the city, especially in light of recent critiques of town-gown relations. “I think that this helps bridge the perceived gap between Duke and Durham, ArtsConnect is just our way of trying to be good neighbors, and I think we have gained some valuable friendships out of the experience beypnd Duke’s walls,” Oberstein said, The organization’s motto, “Connecting Duke, Durham and the Arts,” exemplifies members’ commitment to a long-term goal. “Our goal is to make ArtsConnect a sustainable program that will be around five, ten, 15 years from now,” Oberstein said. “I think right now our efforts are focused on building the foundation for this year and the future after Howie, Young-In and I leave Duke.”

McKees make amazing maize maze Lexi Richards recess football, October means piles of leaves, Halloween on Franklin Street—and for the McKee family of Rougemont, October means cornfields and Maple View Ice Cream. Every fall, the McKees transform their Orange County cornfield into a 12-acre maze, plus a two-acre children’s maze. Both are open to the public weekends during the fall season. This year, the maze, which is based on the theme “Art In The Field,” reproduces the painting “Dixie Dawn” by North Carolina ardst Kenny Glenn. In addidon, for four nights at the end of the month, the maze becomes haunted and visitors can partake in a spooky, festive Halloween excursion. On a brisk fall afternoon, guests wander through the by

maze in search of eight check-points, a unique hole punch located at each one. The goal is to collect all eight punches on the admission ticket. If and when explorers get tired and need a rest, refreshments and Carrboro-produced Maple View Ice Cream are available for purchase, as are pumpkins in several sizes and colors. A petting zoo and playground provide additional post-maze entertainment. Since 2000, the McKees have created a different themed maze each year, each one creating a picture from a bird’s-eye view. “There was actually a farmer in Canada who had started a cornfield maze so I had read about that years ago,” said Vickie McKee, who is also a nurse clinician at Duke University Medical Center. “We were looking for ways to diversify our farming operation [in 2000], so I said we really need to think about doing a cornfield.” In addition to its entertainment and livestock-feeding purposes, the McKee corn also performs a civic duty. “We really try to promote tourism for Orange County,” she said. “A lot of people come through Hillsborough—which is a wonderful historical town—and so it’s nice for people from other areas to see our city and be able to enjoy our countryside.” Although these visitors—who come from as far away as Florida, but are mostly from Durham and Chapel Hill don’t arrive until fall is in the air, the McKees’ work begins much earlier in the year, McKee said. The family plants their com in June. Once the com reaches about two feet tall, they use a computer program to develop reference points, then bring surveyor’s equipment to the field and use a tripod and prism to mark the points. This year’s design required 972 different markers. “[We] cut between those points with a weed eater,” McKee said. “Our 12-year-old son ran the weed eater for four days,- for eight hours or more a day, and never com—

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corn. Another son, a junior in high school, haunts the maze with teammates from his baseball team. It’s all a family operation. Even the land has been in the McKee family since the early 1700s, and the family lives in a house adjacent to the maze. ‘You don’t find that very often anymore—that people are actually able to become established from that long legacy,” McKee said.

The ComField Maze at McKee’s Cedar Creek Farm is open Saturdaysfrom 10 a.m. to Bp. m. and Sundaysfrom 1 p. m. to Bp. m. Adult admission is $6. The Haunted Maze will be open Oct. 21, 28, 30 and 31 from dusk to 9 p.m., and costs $B. For more information visit www.mckeemaze.com.

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At first glance, The Ground Truth seems like just another post-9/11 documentary: a belligerent ; anti-war campaign legitimized by distressing images of the dead. But this film removes itself from that categorization by denigrating war not as a political concept, but as the source of the deepest and most personalized affronts to human morality. The documentary achieves this humanistic level by featuring individual soldiers stationed in the Middle East who in some cases lost not only limbs but also their peace of mind. The interviews repeatedly steer toward the ambiguity of the the soldiers’ purpose and their shame in murdering civilians. Still, most of those interviewed avoid talking about their personal hardships and focus their energy on exposing the military’s less-than-picturesque intent of turning soldiers into murderers. In one instance, a veteran recites ajingle that involves the not so innocent subject of murder in Iraqi schoolhouses. One often hears about the military’s dehumanization of the “enemies,” but to witness this adopted brutality in a self-confession by a soldier is surreal and shocking to say the least. What sets this film apart is the attention to the individual soldier. The Ground Truth focuses on the human element of war, making it not only a genuine examination of the situation in Iraq, but a mode by which we can understand the mentality of the citizen turned soldier. —Shirley Lung

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of vaguely familiar comedians, all of whom act so self-consciously it seems as if they’re waiting for die reaffirming laughter of a non-exisUnfortunately for Employee of the tant audience before they make the Month, even Jessica Simpson’s low cut next move. t-shirts and excessively pouty lips can’t The script is loaded with barely rescue a film suffering from forced strung together jokes, worsened by humor and poor acting. It’s bad the awkward, semi-homoerotic moenough to center a film on a bulk-rements, the inclusion of a semi-retardtail store employee of the month ed security officer and a Pedro rip-off competition. Add a script seemingfy" by the name of Jorge, who happens constructed from the personal jokes to be Napoleon Dynamite’s Ephren of a group of pre-pubescent boys, and Ramirez. Cook is a decent actor, but things aren’t looking good. his erratic humor is restrained by the In the latest comedic flick to lack of workable material. boast a lack of intelligence, Dane The only morsel of humor Cook plays “box boy” Zack, a scruffy comes in one of the last scenes—a slacker who lives with his grandhaphazard retail run-off to test the mother. When beauty Amy (Jessica limits of Zack and Vince’s Simpson) struts onto the scene as a check-out speed. But like the rest transfer cashier (right, because of the film, the laughs are wrenched Simpson really passes as a retail from viewers rather than tickled out worker), Zack digs up her file and of them. If it weren’t for the film learns the gal only goes for employbuzz gathered from the much-ado ees of the month. about nothing Simpson-Cook love Zack, affair, Employee would waste away on for Unfortunately bleach-blonde archrival Vince DVD shelves in the company of The (Dax Shepard) has won employee Dukes ofHazzard. of the month 17 times in a row, and —Janet Wu

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Stand-up-comedian-turned-movie-headliner Dane Cook has recendy been at the receiving end of Hollywood loving. Cook will star in the latest comedy Employee of the Month, as an average Joe box-boy at a bulk-retail store who falls for the pretty transfer cashier played by tabloid princess Jessica Simpson, recess’Paul Huang participated in a roundtable interview with the surprisingly communicative Cook. Check out some of Cook’s thoughts about his recent fame, the evolution of college kids and what he might do on a street if no one were looking... recess isn’t sure how that came up.

“I really don’t think I would have been too good at many other things and comedy was like my calling. That was a great moment and holding that [Time’s, 100 most influential people of 2006] article is something I’ll never forget. And then I called every ex-girlfriend that ever broke up with me and was like ‘Look at this, sucka. You called me an idiot. I’m one of the most influential people on earth, baby.’” “I would have this weird scenario in my mind where I’m walking down the street and there are a few people around, but nobody’s paying attention... All of a sudden, I start dancing to some kind of modern hip-hop beat and suddenly, everybody around starts doing a perfecdy choreographed dance with me. And basically, the entire city ends up being a music video in my brain. I used to do that when I was in New York City. I’d be walking around with my hooded sweatshirt on and I’d have these fantasies in my brain like, T wish music would kick in now, and everyone would start dancing.’” “Me and the guys on the Tourgasm [comedy tour] found that more than ever, these kids are the same age as college students when we first started college tours, but it’s a more mature, younger audience, and I think that away from the Generadon X atdtude, a lot more people are taking their careers and their hopes into their own hands—much like myself and the way I did it.”

Costello’s tutelage, infiltrates the state police as Costello’s mole. It’s a race between Costigan and Sulli�� van to see who can discover the other’s Remakes are all too commonplace in identity first, as Costello slowly takes over today’s Hollywood, but leave it to gang- Boston and state police Captain Oliver ster film auteur Martin Scorsese to make Queenan (Martin Sheen) moves to put one that actually beats the original. him away for good. Based on the Hong Kong police drama To further complicate matters, alCostigan and Sullivan spend most Scorsese’s The is though Departed Infernal Affairs, an intense thriller reminiscent of the of the movie chasing each other in circles they unknowingly connect through melancholy sweetness of Taxi Driver. Set in Boston, The Departed follows a Madolyn—Sullivan’s fiance and Costiperfectly cast Leonardo DiCaprio as gan’s psychologist. Convoluted plot aside, The Departed is Billy Costigan, an undercover state poa gem amongst the rubbish of this fall’s lice officer bent on bringing down promovie selections. The movie is frenzied fessional crime boss and amateur nutcase Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) and quickly paced, albeit with a few dragfrom within his ranks. Simultaneously, ging lapses. Scorsese is one of the few directors in Hollywood who goes beyond Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), an experienced but young criminal under just telling a story and —like the threeDIR. M. SCORSESE WARNER BROS.

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Evanescence THE OPEN DOOR WIND-UP RECORDS

� �� After the departure of guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in 2003, many doubted Evanescence could duplicate the multi-platinum success of HIUS their previous album, Fallen. Though their newest, The Wt Open Door isn’t a departure from their trademark harshness, improved production and a heavier tone set the album apart from their previous, more mainstream works. While their sound is refreshing, the harder chords tend to drown out lead singer Amy Lee’s angelic voice. The album’s first single, “Call Me When You’re Sober,” with its bitter lyrics, could’ve been an extra track offFallen, though it lacks the commercial appeal of “Bring Me To Life.” The band shineswhen it lays off the distortion: orchestral-tinged “Snow White Queen,” and piano ballad “Good Enough,” which showcases Lee’s vocal ability, are the album’s best tracks. Despite Moody’s absence, the band’s new release shows signs of maturity while still capturing the signature style that launched Evanescence into the spodight three years ago. —MadelinePerez ,

Beck THE INFORMATION INTERSCOPE

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�� When the Decemberists signed to Capitol Records, numerous questions arose in the mind of every fan who believes in the name of their old label: Kill Rock Stars. Would they compromise their brand ofliterary pop for commercial success? Would this success make it more difficult for me to like them? Would Colin Meloy wear... contact lenses? Their core fans can rest easy—the Decemberists have gone progressive on their new The Crane Wife, aping Jethro Tulkwhile also taking inspiration from an arcane Japanese folk tale. Fans of their The Tain EP will be delighted to hear that the Meloy’s merry men and woman have bookended their album with two

10-minute-plus epics. Their adventures in folky prog allow their penchant for grandiose storytelling to develop while preventing accusations of structural repetition. Unfortunately, their forays into pop disappoint. Other than the anthemic “O, Valencia!” and the rootsy Civil War duet ‘Yankee Bayonet,” none of the songs can really claim entry into their range of classics. Some, such as the bizarrely heavy “When the War Came” or the sleepily the gothic “Shankhill Butchers,” hour-long record clearly could’ve done without. Nevertheless, it’s a worthy book rock effort. The Decemberists have clearly eschewed the temptation to sell out, and The Crane Wife could be their transition into even more groundbreaking creations. —Aaron Carpenter

album. Fans, haters and the press all eagerly await the unveiling of whatever new persona and sound Beck Hansen has in store, ready to hail his genius (usually with the words “best since Odelay”) or trash his pretensions. The Information, Beck’s seventh album proper, may create a lukewarm initial reaction. This is grown-up, mellow Beck, not drenched in gauzy melancholia, but not bursting with Odelay-era madness either. Consequently, nothing jumps out quite like “Devil’s Haircut” or “Where It’s At.” The two opening tracks are perhaps a bit too low-key to grab the listener effectively, but “Cellphone’s Dead” ramps things up considerably, segueing from a weird, jungle noise intro to an quirky, funky synth groove. Producer Godrich—who Nigel helmed Mutations and Sea Change—is on the boards here, and the production is for the most part more understated than his previous work. The spacious but groovy sound gels best on “Soldier Jane,” with a satisfying chorus lifted on high by a divine keyboard swell. Beck’s continually developing gift for melody is well served by strong lyrics, somehow falling between Sea Change's singer-songwriter realism and the jumbled surrealism ofhis early work. Apparendy, Beck will never give us Odelay 2.0. But The Information is a richly rewarding album, suggesting bold new directions and revealing itself more with each listen. I say we enjoy the ride. —Jack McDonald

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�� On the heels of 2004’s single-laden Hot Fuss, The Killers are back in the limelight with Satn’s Town. The flurry of singles accompanying their first album brought recognition of the band’s glitzy blend of ‘Bos post-punk and dance pop. Despite the catchiness of tfie current hit single, “When You Were Young,” the new album lacks the consistent accessibility of their debut. Like Hot Fuss, their latest effort has an

attractive sheen, this time produced by the legendary Flood and Alan Moulder (U2, Smashing Pumpkins). In spite of lead singer Brandon Flowers’ egotistical remarks bolstering the new album’s importance, The Killers remain a band that music aficionados will find difficult to take seriously. Lackluster lyrics like “There was an open chair/We sat down in the open chair/I said if destiny’s kind/I’ve got the rest on my mind,” (from “For Reasons Unknown”) set to syrupy-sweet dance beats lend Sam’s Town to likely critical dismissal. That’s not to say it’s completely de-

void of merit. The album’s best track (and its second single), “Bones,” is a straightforward, persuasive monologue set to a brassy, jubilant chorus. Other notables include the title track and “This River is Wild.” The Killers’ hook-sawy glam-pop works some of the time, but with song titles like “Bling (Confessions of a King),” it’s clear that the band still has some growing up to do. Despite the grandiose buildup, Sam’s Town fails to impress due to its transience and inconsistency. —Blake Rose

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Stylists. We did the whole town of the Whos, Whoville, and that required 50 makeup people and 30 hair people. Planet of The Apes was also that scale. Something like The Ring movies where you’re mainly just doing the dead girl who comes out of the well, that was just three make-up application people. On Rest Stop, also a challenge, I was the one ond only person doing, all the beauty and make-up effects—building any gags that needed to happen, people getting killed or fingers getting bitten off or tongues getting cut off. [l] also [did] all the makeup on the leading lady. Any tricks of the trade you can give away? Com Syrup is always a great base for blood. Add red food coloring and just a tiny drop of green so it doesn’t look so fake, it will look more dark and visceral. And add just a little bit of liquid soap so it will flow well, unless you are going to put it in your mouth. Then skip the soap. Any other Halloween costume tips or makeup tips? Gelatin makes a great material that you can mix up and apply as it’s cooling —don’t put it on your face while it’s too hot. But if you wanted to be all gruesome and gory, you could apply gelatin to your face and keep on working it with a popsicle stick or something. It’ll get really lumpy and nasty. Then you can take some of the fake blood, put it all over—and it will wash off at the end of the night in the shower. I was wondering if you could tell Us a little more about your Teratoria project on your website. Teratoria is a place for people with reckless imaginations to escape to. And I think the future ofentertainment is interactive entertainment. People are going to be looking more to the Internet. This is to me just a world that you can just go further and further into and have interac-

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tions with weird creatures and monsters when reality is just a little too boring or you just want to escape from the world around you. Do you have any plans to make it into a movie at some point in the future? Yeah, definitely. I’m kind of working more on books right now. Because it is animated, [making it into a movie] is kind of a given because once the story is all told, I can just put it end-to-end instead of it being interactive.and then its easy to and just put right on a DVD. By the time its finished, who knows what medium we’ll be using? It’ll probably just be on your iPod.

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