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President Brodhead takes the stage and speaks to a crowd in London last week.

Students and administrators are now engaged in heated discussions about whether the replacement for Rick’s Diner should have a bar, after the original plans for a dozen draft beer taps were nixed.

There remains disagreement over who vetoed the bar at Tommy’s... Rubs, Grubs and Suds, which has encountered several construction delays and now is not projected to open until at the earliest 'rponths behind schedule.

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the bar idea was rejected by Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Moneta told The Chronicle Wednesday night that h§ did not have anything to say about the issue.

“This is the most irrational thing I’ve heard out of student affairs yet—and that’s saying something,” Wolf said. “Larry is makincoherent absolutely ing as to a bar shouldwhy arguments n’t be there.”

The decision was not unilateral, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. He added that he was unaware whether or not

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there would be a stand-alone bar until a few weeks ago and said he had reservations about the plan.

Aug. 25, The Chronicle reported that Tommy’s would have a dozen beers and weekly wine tastings.

Trask also said he opposed beer being the “featured event” at Tommy’s.

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While most Blue Devils spent Fall Break recharging for the rest of the semester, President Richard Brodhead traveled to Qatar late last week, becoming the first Duke president to visit the Arab world.

“My visit was a recognition of the importance of building bridges with all the parts of our interdependent world,” Brodhead wrote in an e-mail. “It also underlined the special role universities have to play in promoting mutual understanding and transnational problem-solving.”

Part 1 in a series on Duke's international scope Brodhead first stopped in London Oct. 5, where he spoke in front of 125people —including Duke alumni and students studying abroad—and visited Dubai, Saudi Arabia for a day before arriving in Doha, Qatar Sunday.

He stayed in Doha two days at the invitation of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah, who had two daughters graduate from Duke in 2005 and 2006.

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“This is a great step forward because we’re an international university and part of the global world,” said Bruce Lawrence, director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center and professor of religion, who was in Qatar with Brodhead.

The visit came amid the University’s efforts to expand its programs in the areas of Islamic and Arab studies. The $1.5-million DISC was endowed last November, and a Muslim Cultures Focus program is slated to begin in Spring 2007.

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competition.

“Duke has such potential,” Dzau said.

“We should be up there in the top three among the best of the very best. I think worry.”

Johns Hopkins should During the past few months, he has implemented a number of major changes that have many people thinking that DUHS and the medical center could rise a few spots when the 2007 U.S. News rankings are released next summer.

Two weeks ago, Dzau announced that DUHS would transfer $2BO million to Duke’s medical and nursing schools in order to support research and education programs. But major developments began —

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Since taking the reigns in 2004, Dzau has overseen a number of major developments in DUHS and DUMC.

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NEW YORK A small plane carrying New York Yankee and former Durham Bulls pitcher CoryLidle slammed into a 50story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person.

The crash rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle—an avid pilot who got his license during last year’s offseason—was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it issued a distress signal and plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

“This is a terrible loss for baseball and a sad day for the Durham Bulls and their fans,” Durham Bulls General Manager Mike Birling said in a statement. “Cory played for two division-winning teams in 1999 and 2000. He represented the Bulls with class, always volunteering to do things in the community.”

A federal official speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said Lidle’s passport was found on the street. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

Federal Aviation Administration records showed the plane was registered

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The crash came just four days after the Yankees’ embarrassingly quick elimination from the playoffs, during which Lidle had been relegated to the bullpen.

In recent days, Lidle had taken abuse from fans on sports talk radio for saying the team was unprepared.

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Yahoo!’s Trinity Park Crime forum has been flooded in recent weeks with stories about people exploiting residents’ benevolence—and wallets.

In one post, Durham District Sergeant Dale Gunter warned local residents that “along with the approaching holidays comes the scams.... After a11... when better to hit people up! You tend to be in a better mood and much more willing to give.”

Such was the case in early September, when Mai Nguyen, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her husband were approached at the front door of their home in Trinity Park by a man claiming that he needed help jumping his car. Nguyen described the individual as a black man in his forties.

Her post described an elaborate ploy by this visitor to con the couple out of $2O. The man told Nguyen and her hus-

Mi Gente will conclude National Hispanic Heritage Month this week, wrapping up a series of events and performances brought to campus in order to celebrate and raise awareness of Latino culture.

The celebration began Sept. 15 and will last through Sunday.

“It’s a big part of our heritage, recognizing this month,” said Mi Gente Co-President Tadina Ross, a junior. “I’m really happy that we got to have some major events on campus.”

Student groups, led by Mi Gente, took responsibility for planning events and publicizing information about the month.

Groups organized movie nights, musical acts, speakers and fundraisers in celebration of Hispanic heritage, while also seeking to raise awareness on campus about Latinos.

Festivities included events such as a

performance by Grammy Award-nominated jazz musician John Santos and an open discussion about immigration and the labor movement with speaker Jose La Luz. Americans have been celebrating the achievements and culture of Latinos since 1988, when former President Ronald Reagan declared Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month.

The celebration’s date at the beginning of the academic year has made it difficult in the past for Duke students to organize an extensive set of events, student leaders said, but this year represented a significant improvement.

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band that he was their neighbor and that his pregnant wife was going into early labor, but that his car was stalled at the gas station on Main and Morgan Streets.

Nguyen’s husband drove the man to the gas station, but when he got there, “there was no wife and no car,” Nguyen said.

“The man then went inside and apparently talked to the manager,” she added.

“He said his friend picked up his wife, but he still needed $l9 for the gas.”

The man gave her husband his phone number and promised to repay him, but when they called later, the number was invalid, Nguyen said.

“It’s shocking. He was a very good actor,” Nguyen said. “It pulls at your heartstrings—how can you not help? And now you want to distrust everyone who comes to your door.”

The Nguyens, however, are not the

The Duke University Medical Center added another accolade to its nursing program when six of its nurses were named to the 2006 list of“Great 100 Nurses” last week.

The awards are given each year by The Great 100, a statewide nursing-recognition organization, to 100 North Carolina nurses who demonstrate an exemplary commitment to nursing.

“This award is further recognition of the excellence of Duke nursing and our outstanding nursing leadership,” William

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On page 3,283 of the blue plastic notebook in the lobby of Perkins Library, a worthy question is posed: “How often do people really have sex in the stacks?”

The answer, provided by the anonymous librarian who responds to all of the questions and comments in the book: “The same two people rarely do so more than once a day.”

Safe response, but hardly illuminating.

Fabian, a senior who asked that his real name be changed, said he has snuck into the stacks on occasion and had “Getting caught is a bad id said. ‘You can mess around. you don’t want to be known as sex fiend.”

“Sex in the stacks” is one Oi Duke’s five widely accepted unofficial graduation requirements which also include scaling Baldwin Auditorium, driving bac’ wards around the Duke Chapel traffic circle, traversing the East Campus tunnels and having sex—yet again—in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

The students do their best to avoid runins with unexpected visitors. Jake, a sophomore using a fake name, said he and his girlfriend offive months try to find locations “as far away from humanity as possible.”

Jake reasoned that it would be a much trickier proposition outside of a relationship.

“It’s harder to say, ‘Would you like to come back to my library—Instead of to my room,”’ he said.

Sarah, a junior who requested a pseudonym, said she would definitely go to the library with a boyfriend, but never with a random hookup.

Like Fabian, Sarah was primarily concerned with the greater implications.

“Duke is a small world and a random hookup in the Gardens would be the topic of conversation the next day,” she said. “If a girl has sex with a random guy, most people incorrectly perceive her as trashy.

When it’s not only sex with a random guy, but also sex in the stacks, the trashiness factor increases.”

Although both parties presumably de-

cide together to have sex in public, Fabian and Sarah both felt that men and women have different things on the line.

“If a girl tells something to a friend, and if that girl says something that didn’t happen, that’s slander,” Fabian said. “Guys have a lot to lose. We can’t risk it.”

But Sarah felt girls have more to lose “I can think of a number of stories floating around about girls at Duke that have done some crazy things sexually,” she said. “When people re-tell the story its always, ‘That girl is such a slut’ or ‘What a whore.’”

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From time to time, students cash in on pacts to fulfill the requirements together.

“This girl I met sophomore year and I made a pact that if we hadn’t had sex in the gardens by senior year, we’d do it together,” Fabian said.

But when the time came, they ran into

For years, sex in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens has been one offive unofficial Duke graduation requirements.

complications.

“The grass was soaking wet and the benches were hard,” he said. “If you’re going to go, you need to be equipped.”

One night while studying abroad in Italy, Fabian and a new female friend snuck away to the bathroom during dinner.

“The people in the restaurant figured it out,” he said. “When we came out, they stood up and started clapping.”

Sarah spent a summer in Spain and said her attitude toward the public spectacle of sex changed while she was away from Duke.

“The attitude is that what goes on abroad, stays abroad,” she said. “There is less stigma because you are never going to see these people again. You get it out of your system.”

Some of the reputation concerns reach beyond the Duke social sphere.

In an age of growing privacy concerns—made most evident by websites

such as Facebook.com—many students said they are questioning the extent to which their college days might follow them after graduation.

Fabian doesn’t have a Facebook profile.

He takes time getting to know girls. He’s picky, but once he picks, he’s casual, he said.

In his long-term relationship, Jake has found that with time, girlfriends become

“willing co-conspirators.”

At Duke, there are plenty of students who don’t have sex at all, whether by choice or by frustrating fate —one query in the “Suggestions Book” called out desperately, “When will I get laid?”

Fabian was quick to take note that despite the hype, sex in the stacks does not occur all that frequently.

“Datingjust isn’t that common at Duke, and it’s something you do typically when you’re dating,” he said.

As for the graduation requirements, Fabian didn’t even know if he had completed them all. They were important as a freshman, but he soon realized that one should care much more about the girls themselves, he said.

Jake felt they were still in the back of everyone’s minds.

“It is a shared motivation between both parties,” he said.

“Ostensibly, it’s not just males graduating from this university,” Jake added.

He laughed when he said that.

Fabian grinned when he remembered the wet grass in the Gardens.

And though frustrated by the doublestandard for females and promiscuity, Sarah couldn’t help but giggle about “spicing things up” with someone she might love in the future.

“Just for fun,” she said.

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A Wake County School Board decision converting 22 public schools to a mandatory year-round calendar met with protests from concerned parents last week.

School board members voted Oct. 3 to switch 19 elementary schools and three middle schools to a year-round calendar in order to accommodate the county’s

growing population.

As one of the fastest growing counties in North Carolina, Wake County reported an increase of 7,500 students in the past year.

In opposition to the board’s decision—which affects students in Raleigh, Cary and Apex —approximately 200 parents picketed outside the Wake County School Administration Building last Tuesday.

Wake County’s year-round calendar divides the year into three-week sessions during which four groups of students follow a staggered schedule. The rotations place three groups of students in school while one group is on vacation.

In an Oct. 3 Raleigh News & Observer article, Wake County School Board members said the multi-track year-round system allows for a 20-33 percent increase in student enrollment and places school buildings in constant use.

David Duncan, co-founder of Stop Mandatory Year-Round—a group of parents protesting the change —said mandatory year-round schooling should be a last resort.

“You need to exhaust traditional and voluntary year-round options,” he said.

“They’re jumping the gun, I think, wanting to go to mandatory in such a big way that it’s their vision for the future.”

Duncan said by placing children of the same families on different schedules, the year-round calendar also decreases the amount of time families can spend together.

Tour family could have as little as 20 common days in the whole calendar year to share for vacation or family time,” he said.

Next month Wake County residents will vote on a $970-million bond referendum that in part will fund mandatory yearround schools.

School board members said the bond would help pay for the acquisition of land and construction of 17 new schools, renovations in 13 older schools, and minor repairs and maintenance projects in 100 schools.

Protesters at the meeting, however, told the N&O they will vote against the bond referendum if the school board does not rescind its decision.

“If you vote for this bond, it means a huge increase in mandatory year-round schools,” Duncan said. “That’s the explicit intent of this bond—to fund and build and create and convert mandatory year-round schools.”

Patti Head, chairwoman of the Wake County School Board, told the N&O rejecting the bond issue would force the school district to convert even more elementary and middle schools to the yearround calendar.

“The thing that these parents want is choice,” she said. “The only way we’re going to have choice is if the bond issue passes.”

Duncan said he plans to vote against the bill, but advocates school funding that would give students the option of attending traditional calendar schools.

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Parents in NorthCarolina'sWake County protest the implementation ofyear-round classes for theirlocal schools. lines,” Duncan said Lee Quinn, a humanides teacher at Broughton High School in Raleigh, said the bond is “the most effective and finan-

cially responsible option.”

Funding non-mandatory year-round schools would be more expensive, he said.

Quinn added that as a result of the failure of a 1999 school bond to pass, students are still suffering consequences including over-crowding, teacher position cuts in the arts and trailer classrooms to accommodate the number of students.

Despite the controversy surrounding mandatory year-round schooling in Wake County, a similar decision is unlikely in Durham.

Bill Bartholomay, executive director of student assignment for the the Durham Public School System, said Durham offers year-round schooling on a voluntary basis only.

He said mandatory year-round schooling is not necessary in Durham, where population growth is not as high as in Wake County.

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long before the boost in funding.

Within the past year, Duke has seen the birth of several new buildings and institutes, including the graduate medical school in Singapore, the Global Health Institute, a new building for the University’s School of Nursing and the DUSON Translational Institute.

In addition, Dzau has revitalized DUHS’s focus on health-care disparities on both the local and global levels. Emphasizing the importance to “practice what you preach,” he helped establish DUHS and DUMC as smoke-free environments by July 2007.

DUHS’s $2BO million gift DUHS announced Sept. 26 that instead of donating its average yearly gift of about $2O million to the University, it would give a lump sum of $2BO million to support die medical school—arguably one of the biggest moves in Dzau’s time as chancellor.

The funding, which University officials said they believe to be the largest of its kind, will be divided up over the next ten years, Dzau said. ”It’s very important to me that I emphasize the academic enterprise—scientists may feel the chancellor is just running the health system and that’s not true,” Dzau said. “The key issue we said was, ‘Let’s give this tremendous investment as a statement of support.’”

The funding came as the medical center was approving its new strategic plan—the structural outline for the medical center’s development during the next several years—an ideal moment for DUMC, explained Dzau.

Dzau said the money, which came from DUHS’s reserve fund and not from direct operational dollars, will not detract from any programs or progress in the health system.

He added that he and the Board of Trustees did a “very' careful financial analysis” prior to the contribution.

“It’s time for the next phase of the next era for Duke medicine preparing itselffor the rest of 21st century,” Dzau said. “To have the right people, the right environments, the right investments—we have to be bold and not timid.”

The money will make many of the strategic plan’s goals a reality by constructing new facilities and revamping old ones, recruiting top-tier researchers and scientists from

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In addition, the money will allow the medical school to further its Medical Scientist Training Program, which helps to foster students’ careers as physician-scientists.

Dzau also pointed to projects such as increasing the size of operating rooms, creating cancer, cardiology and musculoskeletal centers and an extension of the pediatric hospital.

A part of the donation will also go toward the creation of the School of Nursing’s Translational Institute, said Catherine Gilliss, dean of the School of Nursing. “[The Translational Institute] will facilitate the knowledge development and new knowledge application cycle in nursing care delivery, bring more advanced technology to our educational programs and establish some financial-

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Serving the local, global community Although he is one of the most powerful administrators on campus, Dzau said he works for everybody.

“People always say, ‘No, the Chancellor is the boss’— quite frankly it’s the opposite. I serve the community, patients and staff, and I serve faculty,” he said.

Dr. Sanders Williams, dean of the School of Medicine, highlighted Dzau’s commitment to service and enthusiasm as two reasons why DUHS and DUMC have been able to accomplish so much since 2004.

“Dr. Dzau has amazing energy—the word ‘indefatigable’ leaps to mind,” Sanders wrote in an e-mail. “He is tireless and relentless in the pursuit of excellence.”

Sanders, who also worked closely with Dzau’s predecessor Dr. Ralph Snyderman, added that the two men have distinct approaches to the job.

Snyderman focused heavily on the creation of new institutions such as DUHS and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Sanders explained, while Dzau has focused on “system integration,” or the fusion of all of the elements ofDuke Medicine.

Despite his attention on system integration and creating a positive culture within DUHS—which Dzau calls the main task he has yet to accomplish—Dzau has also focused on the creation of institutions, such as Duke’s Global Health Institute.

The institute will unite the efforts of faculty, administrators and students across all campuses and centers to promote education, research and service in health care to underserved populations locally, regionally and around the world, Dzau explained.

Dzau has also emphasized the need for faculty diversity during his tenure as chancellor, and has recruited a multitude of minority and women leaders for the health system.

“I hope we’re leading by example—I walk in the room and it’s almost like second nature now for me to say, ‘Gee, there’s not enough women and minorities in this room!’”

Dzau said. “One woman and all white men just doesn’t reflect society and its diversity in people and opinion.”

Pushing toward the ‘top three’ With such dramatic changes to DUHS in such a short span of time, conflict inevitably arises.

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Even critics of certain policies have said that, on the whole, there is a lot to praise about “the institution”—especially this year. “With the exception of [Johns] Hopkins, we’re probably one of the few institutions that is topranked as both [a school and a hospital] and I’m very proud of it,” Dzau said when this year’s rankings were released in July. “We obviously can do even better.”

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QATAR from page 1 people to be able to understand the Arab world and engage it intelligendy is abundantly clear,” Brodhead said. “Duke has a strong Islamic Studies program and the chance to develop international

leadership.”

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“I never intended it to be a bar with food attached—it has always been conceived as a food destination,” Meyer said.

Having a selection of beers does not automatically lead to underage or binge drinking, he added.

“What is happening here is that there is a lack of real clear communication between all of the parties,” Meyer said.

Wolf complained about Moneta’s “treachery” and said Moneta’s decision goes beyond ignoring student opinion.

Wolf said it disregarded the wishes of the Campus Culture Initiative, of which Wolf is a member.

“I’m not comfortable with student affairs having this type of veto power,” he said, adding that if dining services was confident it could enforce drinking laws, that should be sufficient.

Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said the proposed bar actually would have isolated alcohol distribution and downplayed the drinking atmosphere.

“I’ve always been an advocate of beer and wine at that location—it’s never been an issue before,” Wulforst said.

Blueprints, obtained by The Chronicle reveal a 10-footbar, roughly half the size of the food service counter.

Aubrey McClendon, Trinity ’Bl and the principal donor for his namesake tower,

stipulated that beer and wine must always be available in the building, Wulforst said.

Rick’s, which often had no alcohol in stock, did not satisfy McClendon’s request, Wulforst added.

Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior, said he was disappointed his organization was not consulted about Tommy’s fate, since the Council has input on any project located in a residence hall.

Campus Council previously recommended a bar for McClendon Tower in Oct. 2002, before Rick’s opened.

“It’s a no-brainer,” Ganatra said. “Recent events have shown that it’s a lot better for Duke when the social scene is centered on campus.”

Moneta suggested beer and wine should be added to Alpine Atrium in the Bryan Center, but Alcohol Law Enforcement rejected the location because it is open and insecure, Wulforst said.

Wulforst added that since Armadillo Grill has had problems with underage drinking, it makes little sense to add more alcohol to the Bryan Center.

“There’s no other real estate on campus right now that could be a bar,” he said.

Trask suggested the West Union Building as a possible long-term solution. The building previously housed the Hideaway, a bar which closed its doors in 2001.

Wulforst said the restaurant plans will have to be resubmitted for permits and the last-minute bar elimination could add up to a month to Tommy’s opening date.

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Internationalization is also one of the University’s six enduring themes established in its new strategic plan, “Making a Difference.”

“It is part of Duke’s global reach and perfectly appropriate given the emphasis on globalization that is part of the strategic plan,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations.

The Arab world is not the only area with which the University should be forging relationships but it is an important one, Brodhead said.

He added that the potential for future collaboration with Qatar or other Arab countries and the development of a study-abroad program are options that are currently being explored.

“We are trying to establish a basis for a Duke-Qatari relationship,” Lawrence said, adding that discussions are in progress.

“We haven’t finalized it yet, but what we got is a sense of engagement and reciprocity and a willingness to go forward.”

MIGENTE from page 3 said Mi Gente Co-President Jeannette Barajas, a senior. “But it’s hard, since you have to start planning in the summer.”

Organizers also said they had difficulties promoting the event, because the University left student groups to organize and publicize the month on their own.

“I really hope that in the future, the University will be more involved,” Ross said, adding that the University takes a more active position in promoting Black History Month.

Mi Gente officers said that because of the difficulties in promoting the event, there was not as much visibility as they had hoped for.

“The month has been going really well in terms of the variety of events, but the greater purpose of awareness hasn’t

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The potential partnership would allow for faculty exchange between the two countries and for enhanced educational opportunities for the growing number of students studying Arabic, Lawrence said.

“The best place to learn Arabic is not the United States, but the Arab world,” he said. “We have opportunity there that we didn’t have before.”

Duke was very well received in Qatar, Lawrence said, noting that everyone he and Brodhead met called Duke one of the premier universities in America.

“The people I met —leaders in the university and health care sectors—knew Duke well and admired Duke greatly,” Brodhead said.

Along with Lawrence, Brodhead was accompanied by John Mack, Trinity ’6B, chair and CEO of Morgan Stanley and a former trustee; Bob Booth, assistant to the president for international development; Robert Shepard, vice president for University development; and Miriam Cooke, professor of Asian and African languages and literature.

One of the trip’s highlights was a private dinner at the royal palace Sunday night.

“The hospitality and the level of engagement with Duke and our interests was even better than the food,” Lawrence said. been done so much,” Barajas said.

She added that the events were open to all students in the Duke community.

“It was definitely not just for Latino students,” Ross said. “The mariachi band on the West Campus Plaza kicked it off, and I think a lot of students were able to enjoy that.”

For next year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Mi Gente hopes to bring another major speaker and musical performance to Duke.

The group also hopes to focus more on addressing its goal of increasing awareness about the month and Latino culture in general.

“It’s not necessarily apathy just toward Latinos, but to anything that goes on outside Duke University,” Barajas said. “It’s just a matter of finding ways of communicating and informing people out there who Latinos are and all that they really do.”

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NURSES from page 3 Fulkerson, chief executive officer of Duke University Hospital and chief medical officer for the hospital and Private Diagnostic Clinic, said in a statement.

This year’s recipients from Duke were Mary Ann Fuchs, chief nursing and patient care services officer; Debra Hernandez, chief nursing officer at Durham Regional Hospital; Nancy Short, assistant dean and assistant professor at the School of Nursing; Jane Mericle, clinical operations director of the children’s critical care unit; Kerry Harwood, oncology clinical nurse specialist and Joanna Smothers, clinical nurse of telemetry at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital.

Fuchs oversees 5,800 nurses in the Duke University Health System and leads Friends of Nursing, a philanthropic program that supports nurses’ development and funds annual award stipends.

She also led the recent effort for Duke University Hospital to achieve magnet status from the American Nurse§

Association, designating the hospital as one of the nation’s top nursing facilities.

Fuchs is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fel-

“This award is further recognition of the excellence of Duke nursing and our outstanding nursing leadership.”

William Fulkerson CEO, Duke Hospital

low and sen es as the elected N.C. Nurse Administrator to the N.C. Board of Nursing.

Hernandez collaborated with nurse leaders to develop a residency program designed to accommodate the growth of new graduates.

She holds an elected office in the American Organization of Nurse Executives and is a board member for the N.C. Organization of Nurse Leaders.

Short was one of seven Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows in 2004-2005.

She was the first Duke nurse ever to receive the fel-

lowship.

Mericle is the chair of Duke’s Core Safety Team for Children’s Services, which handles safety in the children’s hospital, and has served on other committees for nursing-led initiatives, such as the Magnet Accreditation Team.

The goal ofThe Great 100 program is to recognize the importance of registered nurses in diverse practice settings and to positively impact the image of nursing as a profession, said a spokesperson from the organization.

The nurses were recognized, along with the other recipients, during a formal gala Oct. 7 at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, N.C. Last year, three Duke nurses were named to the 2005 list.

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by Time magazine, which called him “The Quiet Persuader,” Cochran worked with Gulf Coast leaders to persuade Congress to double the amount originally pledged for Hurricane Katrina recovery. As Appropriations Committee chairman, Cochran is known for using private influence rather than public demands to accomplish his goals.

The Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture was endowed by a gift to the university from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust in honor of the late Terry Sanford, who served as North Carolina governor, U.S. senator and Duke president, and founded Duke’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

only victims of such a scam.

While discussing the incidentwith other passengers on the Robertson bus, Nguyen said she discovered three others to whom something similar had happened.

“He does it in waves, and his story varies a litde,” she said. “After my post [on the Trinity Park Crime Yahoo! group] I got emails back from people, and apparently, he’s been doing it for years.”

East Campus dormitories and the students housed there are apparendy viable targets for the scams, too.

Freshman Michael Dechert said he was approached one Saturday outside Gilbert-Addoms dormitory by a welldressed black man who said his car had broken down around Main Street.

“He said he was a Duke alum, class of ’Ol, and that he needed $26 for a cab,” Dechert said. “I don’t carry cash anyway, but I asked him, ‘Oh, where did you stay freshman year?’ But he said it was so long ago he didn’t remember.

When he didn’t know his freshman dorm I knew he was lying. In retrospect, it wasn’t that great a story.”

Local police encourage residents to exercise caution and report the incidents.

“Pick up the phone and give us a call,” Gunter wrote in a post. “We’ll stop by to see what the real deal is.”

Although the incidents are distressing, Durham police said they hope that residents post their experiences on the Yahoo! forum in order to prevent others from being victimized.

“I guess all in all, this is a cheap lesson to learn,” Nguyen said.

“I hope we don’t run into him again, though,” she added. “My husband is pretty mad.”

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Cats comes to Duke amid controversy Matt Dearborn recess Senior Josh Posen is an amazingly calm man.

Posen, chair of Duke University Union’s Broadway at Duke, is currendy preparing for one of his committee’s largest shows ever, a special one-day production of Cats, while fighting to define a role for his committee on campus.

The musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will be performed Oct. 17 in Page Auditorium. Until last year, Cats was the longest-running Broadway play in history, and is one of the largest productions to come to the University.

Posen said he is very optimistic about the performance. He chose Cats as Broadway at Duke’s first show of the year when the producers of the musical approached him with an offer.

“The fact that a show like Cats was willing to come to Duke for one day is almost unheard of,” he said. “The decision to bring Cats was instantaneous. We want to bring the shows to campus that students are going to recognize and be attracted to.” by

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Pianist Tyner tickles the ivory tower Influential jazz musician

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Pianist McCoy Tyner, with more than 80 albums as a leader, stands as one of jazz's more revered elder statesmen.

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Listening isn’t really McCoy Tyner’s cup of tea, whether it’s the latest CD or conventional wisdom on his home city. Perhaps that’s why Tyner sounds like no one else.

The distinctive piano style he created catapulted him to jazz stardom, first with the Jazztet, when Tyner was barely out of his teens. Within a year, he joined fellow Philadelphian John Coltrane’s quartet and played on the saxophonist’s most storied recordings, from My Favorite Things to the immortal A Love Supreme. Now 67, Tyner’s influence is apparent on nearly every player on the scene, but he continues to work

new directions in his music; his 2004 Illuminations (Telarc) won the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, recess’ David Graham talked to McCoy Tyner about Coca-Cola, caviar and Coltrane. recess: It’s fair to say that you’re the most influential living jazz pianist. How would you like your influence to be remembered?

McCoy Tyner: I think that what’s going on right now sort of represents how I’d like to be remembered—as a guy who made a difference, who carried the lineage on. I think I’ve been very fortunate in that way, playing with the John Coltrane Quartet out

and having my own band and helping some younger musicians out. I don’t like to blow my own horn—well, play my own piano (laughs), I don’t like to play my own piano.

It’s just what I’ve played over the years, and it’s good to have made a "difference.

Imitationis the sincerest form of flattery, of course, but I recently read an interview where a young piano player was complaining about how if he tried to play anything beyond his “McCoy sh—” at a jam session, guys would get angry because they couldn’t play Wayne Shorter and Coltrane licks.

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With Halloween just around the corner, a new horror film event will feature a frightening subject: women.

But the Femme Tatale Film Series hosted by the Carolina Theatre isn’t devoted to your average Jane. The new addition to the Carolina’s fall lineup will highlight the films offour of the horror genre’s most notable leading ladies.

The Carolina Theatre is already host to a number of spooky fall film events, including Retrofantasma, which features screenings of classic horror films, and the Nevermore Horror, Gothic and Fantasy Film Fest. Yet Senior Director Jim Carl and Cinema Operations Manager Phil Seib

felt that something was missing from the selection of cinematic goodies.

“One thing we noticed consistently over and over in all the other festivals is thatfew festivals, if any, really focused on artists and celebrities in attendance,” Carl said. “Of course, if you take a look at the Star Trek convention or scifi conventions, they bring in celebrities but that’s not the same thing... as the celebrities introducing films and having them host their own movie.”

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Tavlor Hicks: The next supreme court justice?

Twice as many Americans can name American Idol winner Taylor Hicks as appointee Samuel Alito, according to a poll by Zogby International.

Pathetic, no? In this revered system of government we call a democracy (hell, in the country that invented democracy), shouldn’t we at least be able to name the leaders who exert so much control over our lives?

Don’t fret, my ignorant Tellow Americans, recess has the solution. Let’s put this Supreme Court justiceship squarely where the television viewers of America have decided it belongs: on the matted-down, salt-and-pepper head of Alabama’s own Taylor Hicks.

On the Supreme Court, Justice Hicks would bring a much-needed spark to the currently stale (read: Viagra-guzzling) judicial branch. When things get slow, he could grab Ruth Bader Ginsberg by her frail fingers, swing her on top of the bench and break it down to the tune of“Takin’ it to the Streets.” And forget about dull, lifeless judicial opinions—Justice Hicks’ writings would be packed with more soul power than James Brown in his Sunday best. The Washington Post would write, “Despite Justice Hicks’ unprecedented jurisprudential decision to grant domestic and international terror surveillance powers to the ‘Soul Patrol,’ his speaking voice has come a long way, and he looks great up there.”

Seriously, folks, Dubya’s poll numbers are slipping, and we can’t think of a better remedy than adding a wildly popular, mildly talented singer to one of our government’s top posts.

And why stop there? Studies show Americans can also name Snow White’s seven dwarfs better than Supreme Court justices. Why not invite the little guys on board—Dopey, Sneezy, the whole crew?

Add in Chief Justice Jack Bauer to make it an even nine, and my friends, you’ve got yourselves a Supreme Court everyone can agree on.

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1. 300 It’s official: Frank Milleradaptations have the sickest trailers in the movie biz. Besides a visual landscape that will bring tears to your eyes, techno-symphonic background music dmed perfecdy to slo-mo leaps and heroically guttural death speeches, there’s also an army of 300 scantily clad, absurdly muscled Spartan men (and one scantily clad Spartan lady for the dudes) . Three words: Eye candy.overload.

2. Happy Feet The trailer boasts a lineup of Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy and Hugo Weaving. But who really cares when there’s a fuzzy penguin showing off some mad dance skillz, webbed feet and all? If you have time to kill, watch this teaser, featuring Williams as a saucy Emperor Penguin melting the ice with a fiery Latin tune and some spicy wing gestures.

3. Borat If for some reason you’re reading this at 4 a.m. in the Bostock stacks, this trailer is the perfect source of giggles for your agitated, semi-conscious brain. Sacha Cohen, a.k.a.

Borat, flaunts his usual repertoire of all inclusive offensiveness as a Kazakh TV reporter, this time taking on the great red, white and blue. As Borat says, “Please you come see my film. If it not success, I will be execute.”

4. The Fountain three versions of Three versions of Hugh Jackman Rachel Weisz a mutually happy audience. The trailer is thoroughly confusing, with ancient scrawl-like tags dangling enticing inquiries such as “What if you could live forever?” The film promises a fountain of philosophical questions to be answered by a bald Jackman floating around in a translucent orb.

5. We Are Marshall Depressing back story? Check. Inspirational montage?

Check. Rousing chant by community members intending to restore faith in the lost cause ofrecreating an entire football team from scratch? Check, check. Add Matthew McConaughey as a scraggly haired, drawling coach in the role he seemed bom to play and you’ve just witnessed the colossus of all sports genre flicks.

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��� � � Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 is a thoroughly well-built—if slightly simplistic—fighter game based on the Japanese anime of the same name. Fans of the original may remember thinking it was a solid game that could have used a few more play modes, a larger cast of characters and a much needed four-player mode. The sequel delivers these improvements with the same cell-shaded flair and addictive game play that helped separate its predecessor from the pack of mediocre TV adaptations.

The game follows the story of Naruto, a young nine-tail, demon-fox-possessed ninja-in-training who wants to become the greatest warrior in the hidden leaf village—stay with me here. In the single-player mode, you can control a number of different characters, including up to three ninjas at once in certain battles.

The result is a fuller singlei-player experience, though hot-headed gamers should avoid playing around anything breakable or expensive. The difficulty level has been increased and trying to land hits on Gaara, the game’s final boss, can feel more futile than trying to appeal a Duke parking citation.

The real quality of this game lies in its multi-player mode. There are 23 playable characters and the game now supports four-player free-for-all and team battle modes. The graphics are stunningly rendered in 3-D cell shading and the English voice-overs are generally well-done. The gameplay is intense and extremely addictive when playing with friends Nevertheless, this is no Soul Caliburll. Combos remain simple, and at the novice level there seems to be little difference between skill and button-mash. Side-stepping in four-way battles is problematic, as enemies have a tendency to redi-

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While a slight slant toward the shallow keeps this game from being one of the best fighters of all times, Naruto: Clash ofNinja 2 is still very respectable and one of the most impressive titles for the GameCube. With two more installments on the way, this series is definitely worth keeping your eye on.

That is, if you can find it—think ninja smoke screen technique.

—Alex Wan

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This is the last week to check out Anywhere But Here—photos ofyour travels The Back Porch Photo Gallery Theme Show at Durham Art Guild. The show features paintings by David Davenport and Alyssa Wood, fiber by Marni Goldshlag and photography by Bruce Melkowits, a Juried Art Show Solo Show Award-winner.

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Cultural Music Performance persian and Turkish culture will combme Oct 14. when Kayhan Kalhor and Ei dal Erzincan take the stage with Persian and Turkah Improvisations at Goodson Chapel, VVestbrook Building, West a Granmy-nominated kaCampm raencheh (spike fiddle) player, will trade notes with Erancan, who plays the Turkish baglama (a lute also known asasaz). Tickets are $l5 and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. _

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Favorite Music Genre: Alternative, rock, punk Favorite Songs: “This Charming Man,” The Smiths; “Invalid Litter Dept.,” At the Drive-In; “Sweetness,” Jimmy Eat World Favorite Artists: Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, Say Anything, The Smiths, The New Pornographers Favorite Album in the Past Year: Dog Problems, The Format Favorite Book Genre; Postmodern fiction, historical fiction Favorite Books: Diary, High Fidelity, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Favorite Authors: Chuck Palahnuk, Chuck Klosterman, Nick Hornby, Raymond Carver, Philip K Dick Stay tuned next week for more profiles of recess reviewers and staff members.

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like the fulfillment Man of the of every liberal college student’s dream; a Jon Stewart equivalent wins the presidency of the United States. Since the dawn of comedic news media (the prevailing mode of poking fun at administrative incompetence), the informed youth have championed the motto of down with the stuffy old, in with the witty new. But what if the witty new isn’t up for the promotion?

Hence the dilemma surrounding Man the ■>of Year’s Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams), a man who spouts dirty jokes as often as he does political ideology. No sooner than an audience member suggests Dobbs run for president are we sucked into the comedian’s whirlwind climb to the top.

After a rousing speech against the backdrop of Beyonce-like stage lights spelling out “Tom” and a presidential debate featuring Dobbs ranting about the hypocrisies of current legislation, we think that just maybe this humble comedian has what it takes to shake things up in the Oval Office. We even become a little hopeful when the comedian-that-could is an-

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Robin Williams stars as Tom Dobbs, a Jon Stewart-like-character-turned-president of the United States. nounced as president-elect and chugs into the White House with powder wig and lofty words.

But the fantasy comes crashing down when Eleanor Green (Laura Linney), an employee for the electronic Delecroy Voting System, reveals that a glitch in the system resulted in Dobbs’ win. This attempt to shift the genre from comedy to thriller stifles the sharp and punchy comedy that would have shaped the film as an effective satire. Instead, we’re led on a melodramatic flight to uncover the truth With a tagline like “What if the one want is the last thing you need?” what can you expect but hormone-driven adolescent melodrama?

In Nearing Grace, the angst-ridden teen in question is Henry Nearing (Gregory Smith), whose attempt at deciphering the meaning of life includes canoodling with potential prom queen Grace (Jordana Brewster). In the process, Henry alienates his best female friend, drops out of school and moves into the household basement.

While contemplating the meaning of life, Henry realizes he loved his best friend all along—at which point the plot ofevery high school movie made in the last 50 years ensues.

Sure, there are a few alterations, such as the setting—a 19705-era secondary school in which a diaphragm and a joint equal sexual bliss. And then there’s the issue of his mother’s recent death. However, these idiosyncracies add little to the standard Not Another Teen Movie plot.

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involving frantic attempts on Green’s life by the head honchos of the Delecroy Corporation.

What is most disturbing is Director Barry Levinson’s {Wag the Dog, Good Morning, Vietnam) ultimate conclusion: those who most inspire us in this unstable political climate aren’t fit for positions of actual responsibility. And according to Man of the Year, it’s best if they’re left to vocalize a nation’s discontent on cable programs and SNL skit shows.

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mimic the greatness of Garden State’s

quarter-life crisis portrayal. The pretentious dialogue, awkward not-quite-witti-

cisms, and lack of an ultimate point prethe film from reaching insightful indie flick status.

Despite the awkward beginning and unsatisfying end, Nearing Grace is not entirely without hope. When Henry and Grace are forced to streak home to the refrain of “Don’t Fear the Reaper,” their exhilaration is poignant enough to make the viewer forget the image of Will Ferrell frantically clanging a cowbell. And David Moscow is hilarious as olderbrother Blair, who lives in a tent in the yard and acid-trips his way through a baby pool in a pair of lorigjohns.

Former child star Gregory Smith has grown up right into the tormented teen role that has been waiting for him since the day he appeared in Andre (the one with the seal in the Hawaiian shirt). Unfortunately, the pinnacle of his acting ability may lie in his suspiciously accurate job of pretending to be stoned.

—Jacqui Detwiler

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Clint Eastwood has been on a hot streak with critics with films like Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby. His latest project to garner overly generous praise is Flags of Our Fathers, which has been christened the favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Yet Rags is mired by the same problems that plagued his past directorial efforts: an indulgent, self-righteous screenplay overwrought with didacticism.

The film begins with a nightmarish flashback to Iwo Jima, evoking a landscape of desolation and hopelessness. It then cuts to present-day interviews beset with clunky narration.

The film is structured around a random assortment of interviews with unusually sagacious veterans who don’t tell stories so much as lecture about principles, for example the lack of any real heroism in war.

That’s all fine and well, but Eastwood’s sepia-toned war action suggests the opposite that war consists of an uncomplicated and oversimplified binary of heroes and villains. How else can we interpret scenes that attempt to emotionally connect the viewer with Americans while the Japanese remain faceless and inhuman?

Although Eastwood strives to breakdown the mythology of the famous Iwo Jima photograph, he inadvertendy romanticizes soldiers as naive and inexperienced men who speak in an “aw-shucks” and “golly-gee” dialect, and dream about the glory of war.

The few effective scenes in the film poignantly expose the ways in which politicians use the shell-shocked soldiers for their own means. But the film only touches on the hollow return of the soldiers to the real world, and these moments lack the emotional immediacy needed to affect the audience. Even the most resonant moment in the film—an instant of spontaneous grief shared by two people of different races and generations —seems oddly contrived.

Flags leaves little room for the viewer to do anything but nod in complicity as the final scenes and credits sentimentalize the fraternity of the soldiers in Iwo Jima. How’s that for mythology?

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woman would then be given the option to choose the film she would host. However, the original conception of the series was not horror-based.

But when Dee Wallace ( Cujo, E.T) signed up for the gig, followed by Nancy Allen ( Carrie, Dressed To Kill) and Adrienne Barbeau {TheFog, Creepshow), the series sculpted itself into a genre-based celebration of the women of horror. With the concept of the femme fatale in mind, Carl and Seib soon recruited Jessica Harper to host the cult favorite, Suspira, and she gladly accepted.

“I have a real soft spot for this [film],” Harper said. “I spent four months in Italy, and I learned a lot and got attached to some really wonderful people. So the movie has an emotional resonance for me, and also I just kind of like it!”

The festival title was conjured to embody the strength and screen presence of these actresses, Seib said. But it also added a little flare and intrigue to the festival, something several of the actresses acknowledged.

“I don’tknow how ‘fatale’ I am, but it’s fun to be called that for a night, even if it is Friday the 13th,” Harper said, whose film Suspira will be screened on the ominous date.

Although the series began in September, it will continue throughout October with Harper and Barbeau as guest hosts.

Carl and Seib are eager for more people to take advantage of this local opportunity, which includes film screenings hosted by the respective actresses, followed by a question-and-answerand meet-and-greet in the theater lobby.

Jessica Harper, star ofSuspira, will host the film's screening at the CarolinaTheatre Oct. 13.

“It’s an intimate experience, and all the actresses have been kind enough to pour out their hearts,” Seib said.

“Dee Wallace broke down crying twice on our stage when she was here.”

The interaction with the actresses also provides a glimpse behind the film screen, Seib said.

“This is a really good chance to see how they feel about the movie that we showed, who they worked with, and it gives us a nice intimate insider scoop on what was going on in the film industry back at that time,” he explained.

Seib said that while there has been a decent turnout, numbers have been lower than anticipated—something

expected for a first-year film festival. However, he said he is hopeful the series will become an annual tradition with the help of audience support and urges cinephiles to come out from hiding and take advantage of a truly unique experience.

“They get to meet a whole bunch of femme fatales!”

Harper said. “What’s not to like?”

Jessica Harper will host Suspira Friday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m.

Adrienne Barbeau will host The Fog Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. Both showings are at The Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham.

Tickets are $l3.

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This month, Playmakers Repertory Company brings The Underpants to Chapel Hill. Written by Carl Stemheim in 1910 and recently adapted by Steve Martin, the play puts a hilarious spin on art otherwise stern and proper era, building absurd situations from an absurd mishap.

The adaptation preserves the satirical origins of the play through its mockery of the German bourgeoisie and the fad of celebrity. Steve Martin supplies it with a more modern vernacular, saturating the dialog with suggestive innuendo that raised a few eyebrows in the audience.

Director Gene Saks, a three-time Tony Award-winner and this year’s recipient of the Haymaker Award for Lifetime Achievement, said he was drawn to the setting and period of the play, as well as its comic uniqueness.

“I like not only the comedy of it, but the depth of it for a farce comedy,” he said. “It has a great deal of depth sociologically and psychologically and you don’t find that often in a farce play.”

He also pointed out that Steve Martin is ajack-of-alltrades in the comic world. Though best known as an actor, Martin is also a talented writer who has published work in The New Yorker and a variety of other magazines.

“He is a very clever, bright young man,” Saks said. “I think people who like any ofSteve Martin’s comedy will appreciate this.”

The production’s dynamic cast captures the essence of the era, and the strangeness of their stage interactions only adds to the play’s many levels of humor.

“We’ve had a great deal offun with it because the cast is very creative and I appreciate their humor and they appreciate mine, so we laugh a lot,” Saks said.

Saks also praised his assistant, Marshall Botvinick, Trinity ‘O6, two-time recipient of the Department ofTheater Studies Award for Excellence in Directing.

1 The Underpants achieves a sophisticated level of social satire within a historical context while maintaining lighthearted humor with mass appeal.

“The big mystery is how will an audience take any play, will they understand what you're trying to do?” Saks said.

“I hope that the audience we get down here, which I would say is an educated audience, will appreciate this.”

The Underpants will be showing at the Paul Green Theatre in Chapel Hill until Oct. 29. Shows run at Bp.m. Tuesday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

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Although he is optimistic about Cats, Posen said that he recent years Broadway at Duke has gone through some hard times.

“Last year and the year before we had some issues, which were mainly due to our advisor of 20-plus years retiring,” he said. “But that is a very limited trend that we faced. This year we’re bringing the top quality tours so that people who attend will not be disappointed. What people don’t know is that there is a large population of students who want to see our shows.”

Posen said that Cats is the perfect show to bring to the University because of its name recognition.

“Cats has a larger-than-life quality,” he said. “It was built up as the original mega-musical, and it brings to the stage what no other show of our time has been able to bring.”

But despite Posen’s high hopes, Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said he will be examining the role Broadway at Duke plays in students’ lives. Although he said the decision ultimately rests with the Union, he will explore other options for reallocating the committee’s funding.

“I would say I’m opposed to spending upwards of $BO,OOO for [their shows],” Wolf said. “I’m not opposed to having Broadway productions at Duke, but I’m opposed to throwing that much money in it.”

Wolf said that he has students’ interests in mind when approaching the subject. Students generally do not attend Broadway at Duke shows, he said, adding that they are more likely to attend appearances by major speakers and concerts on Main West Quadrangle. Posen, however, is adamant about the necessity of Broadway at Duke.

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“We’ve had a very positive response to the shows as long as I’ve been here,” he said. “This is the real deal.”

Wolf also said that the money currently allocated to Broadway at Duke could be spent on other events, such as Last Day ofClasses. He said there are other groups on campus that fulfill the need for musical theater programming.

“That’s why Duke Performances exists and is funded by the University,” Wolf said.

Posen said he believes that most students might choose other programming over Broadway productions.

“Broadway is not for everybody,” he said. “However, if you get into a live performance, there is nothing else like it. If the option is to go and see a movie or see Cats, I think most people would choose the movie, and that’s fine. However, Ch m re U 3 SPECIAL TO RECESS ” ™

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Posen added that although he understands and sympathizes with the positions of people like Wolf, he will continue to program for the committee with which he is so intimately involved.

“Broadway is absolutely necessary,” he said. “It is an expression of something. Cats is an expression of energy. It is a channeling of energy onto the stage in a two-hour production. I think that theater is essential as an outlet to that sort of self-expression.”

Rob Copeland contributed to this story.

Cats appears at Page Auditorium Oct. 17 at 7:30. Tickets are $l5 to $25 for students, $33 to $35 for others. For more information, see tickets.duke.edu.

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release Unclassified, in a facetious attempt to describe the group’s genre-bending sound. Their second proper studio album and newest release, Colorblind, only further blurs the line between Robert Randolph’s jaw-dropping guitar prowess and the remainder of contemporary music.

Randolph, a New Jersey native, learned to play his “Sacred Steel” pedal steel at the House of God Church, a Pentecostal establishment that incorporates steel guitar into services. However, in addition to his amazing technical ability, Robert Randolph also gleaned a healthy respect for the Holy Spirit from this experience.

No, Robert Randolph is no Southern evangelist, but his music bursts with a righteous and lively energy that seems justified regardless of the sound the group is aiming for. In the past, the band has played its own flavor of up-beat funk-rock; on this occasion, however, the album’s best moments arrive during the slower jams. It is clear that on Colorblind, Randolph, et al make their first real effort at R&B. Fortunately for us, the transition is seamless.

The best example of this is “Angels,” co-written with Dave Matthews and producer Mark Batson. Though this mix might seem strange, Batson’s production capabilities, Matthews’ penchant for catchy songwriting and Randolph’s precise noodling combine effortlessly to create a song that sounds fresh and is instandy appealing. “Blessed” and “Homecoming” are songs which provide further evidence of the band’s successful attempts to jazz up their old gospel sound.

Finally, there is still a strong funk vibe throughout the album, including “Thankful ‘N Thoughtful,” whose bouncing bass and rhythm guitar hearken back to Blood Sugar Sex Magik-era Red Hot Chili Peppers. As a result of the diverse influences and numerous contributors (Matthews on two tracks and Eric Clapton on a cover of the gospel standard “Jesus is Just Alright,” previously covered by the Doobie Brothers and the Byrds), Colorblind is an album that should prove widely admired.

—Blake Rose

With appearances on The View and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, along with a simulcast of him rocking Times Square in movie theaters nationwide, Rod Stewart has finally introduced his new album, Still the Same...

Great Rock Classics of Our Time.

After his extended flirtation with crooning on The Great American Songbook Collection and a streak of musical atrocities during the ‘Bos and ‘9os (“Some Guys Have All the Luck,” “Young Turks,” any duet with an Isley brother), Stewart’s return to rock ‘n’ roll seemed promising.

However, the point this release really drives home is that Stewart doesn’t produce original music anymore.

The album consists solely of covers of

FM radio classics that were originally sung by voices strikingly similar to his, such as “Missing You” by Jon Waite or Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.” This is a kind of musical plagiarism being pushed onto an audience that, unfortunately, could not care less what he is singing.

There are, however, some tasteful selections. Stewart’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You” is pleasant enough, and his choice ofVan Morrison’s “Crazy Love” instead of “Have I Told You Lately” smacks of some actual artistic purpose in the selection process. Ah, wait—he already covered that one, back in ‘9l.

Really, the only praise this album merits is that it prevents the Great American Songbook series from having more installments than Rocky.

This is shameless comerdal irrelevance at its finest.

—Aaron Carpenter

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Great Rock Classics of Our Time, recess’ Aaron Carpenter felt like he would be cheating those who read it—since the “our time” of the tide isn’t his time, but that of a couple generations past.

Thankfully, he was able to chat about the album with a member of that lucky group: his mother. As Aaron found out, despite Stewart’s universal critical condemnation, his charisma remains appealing to middle-aged women everywhere.

Son: So, what’s your opinion of Rod nowadays?

Mother: Well, he’s gone back to the messy-looking blonde rocker that women love. Like Bon Jovi, but older.

Women go nuts. It’s true—like all their wild dates they ever had. But he really doesn’t have a “bad boy” image. He’s not known to be a rat, is good to his kids and has a great sense of humor.

He has a ten-month-old son, too. Plus, he looks good for his age, and he’s not wearing the tight pants anymore. But he still gives the women a little thrill with the shirt unbuttoned and all.

So, what about the music?

I thought he picked good songs.

They fit his image. He’s always had a big women’s following, so it probably will sell. I don’t know many men who like him. I mean, some do, but... (gives a confused, pained expression) Is it better than The Great American Songbook Collection?

Yeah... those were OK because you still got to hear the voice, you know?

But it wasn’t a CD I would keep playing in my car. Now he’s singing some songs everyone thought he sang back then. It fits his image well. The women still love him, you know?

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In fact, he doesn’t even deserve the 200 words devoted to him on this page concerned his upcoming album, Press Play.

Although these statements might be harsh, let’s not forget exacdy who Diddy is.

To mention a few, Diddy is a mediocre rapper, a worse actor, the founder of a terrible record label and an artist who has changed his name more times than Prince. He is also someone who takes videos of himself brushing his teeth and peeing, assuming that we are seriously interested in his hygiene and urinary excretions.

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own music. The sad part about this is that it’s true. From Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” to Tears For Fears’ “Head Over Heels,” Biddy raps poorly—over another band’s entire song And so here we are given Press Play, another pathetic attempt at a rap album guaranteed to go platinum. Diddy is just another Jay-Z wannabe who, through some fluke in universal logic, became disgustingly popular.

So do the world a favor and do not buy this album. Seriously—if you like Diddy, you have bad taste in music. Period.

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I don’t understand that. People do it, but I don’t know why. People who don’t really know where they’re going tend to be more critical of a younger guy who has his own direction. It’s his own thing, and the point of this music is to express yourself.

How did growing up in Philadelphia affect your music? Is there a Philly sound?

Philadelphia is a wonderful city. I’m so happy I grew up there. It was a wonderful town. I loved growing up there ‘cause even though it wasn’t so big that it rivaled New York, we had a good family life and you were encouraged to do something. It made you firm in what you wanted to do and there was always someone at your back. Teachers were always very encouraging, too.

As to the music, there might be a sound, I don’t know. I think that was coined by some R&B guys, some blues guys. I don’t know what they were talking about! (laughs) Like Detroit. Detroit was a great music town and people would compare the two cities. They’d say, “Oh that has a Detroit sound, that’s a Philly sound.” I don’t know, maybe they have a point, but I don’t listen to people too much. Individuals have sounds; [pianist] Thelonious Monk was from New York, but he sounded like Monk, not like New York.

I won’t ask too many Coltrane questions—l’m sure you’ve heard them all—but with the passing of drummer Elvin Jones in 2004, you’re the last living member of that classic quartet.

I feel very honored and blessed to have worked with those guys—they were like big brothers to me. Elvin was so protective. If he saw me smoking a cigarette, he’d make me smoke a cigar. Of course, those are worse for you! (laughs) But seriously, if he saw me drinking a Coke and he thought it was something else, he’d tell me, “Don’t drink so much, don’t smoke.”

I knew [Elvin’s brother, trumpeterarranger] Thad, I’d heard of [Elvin’s other brother, pianist] Hank, but I’d never heard of Elvin. Trane was looking for drummers, and he said there was this guy Elvin Jones. I dunk John had met him when he was with Miles and Elvin used to sitit. I said, “Look, if you say he’s good, I’ll believe it.” When Elvin joined the band, John said, “Why don’t you and Elvin go play?” The two of us played and it was great, we didn’t even need a bass player! He could play whatever he wanted, but he never lost that cymbal beat.

Listening to those recordings, there’s always a solid groove, but there’s so much going on that it seems like it would have been hard to stay together.

It wasn’t tough because Elvin had such good time and Jimmy [Garrison, the group’s bassist] had a great beat. He could swing—it wasn’t even the notes he chose, but the feeling —and I would lock into them like crazy.

The worst thing in the world is to play with a drummer and bass player who don’t work musically. You try to play on top, you’re liable to break something! (laughs) Our groove was really strong; John came out of the R&B thing and I had an R&B band when I was growing up too.

What was that band called? Did you write most of the material?

I’m trying to remember... I think it was the McCoy Tyner Seven—no, just kidding; I don’t think we had an official name. I wrote a lot of songs, and we played some things off records, too. That’s where I got my apprenticeship, writing for that band.

You struggled some in the late 19605, after you had left Coltrane’s band, right?

Yeah, there was a litde... deprivation.

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you might say caviar is terrible, but you gotta eat that caviar first. I don’t know, maybe that’s what you eat, maybe it isn’t.

Give me a sandwich, I’m fine (laughs).

You never really jumped on the electric piano or fusion bandwagon. Why not?

I have an electric keyboard so I don’t wake up the elderly people who live near me. Hive in an apartment building, so I have to be conscious of the stuff around me.

Also, Steinway uses my name, I use their name, whatever. If I need some space, I can go to Steinway and play brand new pianos.

But acoustic piano is something I really love and I grew up playing it—and you can’t unplug it (laughs). It’s not that I hate electric piano; it’s just a matter of taste.

But you have worked with Carlos Santana, and I’ve also heard that Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir taught himself to play rhythm guitar by listening to your comping.

That’s good to hear. I’m not familiar SPECIAL TO RECESS with him —although I’ve heard of the Philadelphia nativeMcCoy Tyner got his start playing in R&B bands before joining John Coltrane's quartet.

Grateful Dead, of course, they’re a famous band—but perhaps someday I’ll meet him.

A lot of people, you know of them, but you never meet them.

There’s a lot of guys like Carlos, and well, music is music as far as I’m concerned, and he’s good. It’s pretty simple. Whatever a guy does is up to him—it’s his expression, contemporary or whatever. I listen for sincerity. That’s what real artists do—they look for that sincerity, that genuine feeling.

What’s something you listen to that might really surprise people?

I’ll be honest with you, I don’t listen to other people’s CDs. I have my own direction. I’m not saying that what I’m doing is better, but I’m trying to figure out where I am. I need to stay close to myself, figure out where I’m going. Hands on experience, you can’t beat that. It might be the hard way (chuckling), but if it’s the best way, so be it.

A review of one of your records in the 1990s started, “No longer trying to push the envelope of innovation, Tyner...” Do you feel that’s accurate?

When I was with John [Coltrane], it was all about innovation. We’d be in a club and he’d be in the back practicing. It’s good to try new things, but sometimes it comes at the expense of leaving people behind. I think it’s fine and it’s important to keep the art from moving. Some people say, “I’ll do whatever I’m doing, bop bop bop, and if you don’t like it, don’t listen!” (laughs) I’m not like that, but I don’t bend over backwards to please people either.

Talk a little about the players you have in your band.

[Drummer] Eric Gravatt played with me 1970s and then he was with Weather the in Report. [Bassist] Chamett [Moffett] I met when he was a kid—his father, who played drums with Ornette Coleman, introduced me. Chamett has a good sense of space, he can play in and out and his ears are big. IfI want to stretch out, he’ll follow right along.

You’ve played a lot with trios recendy.

Sometimes I play with a septet, so I’ve been playing a few gigs with them. I do like playing in the trio—I feel real free. I like to write also, so it’s a two-way situation: I like to write, so I need horns to write for! (laughs) I like writing for a trio, too. It’s really good because it really gives the rhythm section a chance for a showcase.

For your gig here, you’re being billed as a “blues-based pianist.” While that’s true, it seems obvious and oversimplified. How would you like to be described?

As a guy who wasn’t afraid to take his chances—and hopefully to come out with something relevant! (laughs) It might be a general statement, but I think it makes sense.

The McCoy Tyner Trio appears at Page Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 19 at Bp.m. Tickets are $l3 to $23. See tickets.duke.edu/or more info.

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After an uplifting 2-1 victory over then-No. 3 Virginia Friday, Wednesday night’s game against Davidson at Koskinen Stadium had all the makings of a classic trap game for No. 9 Duke.

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Duke (7-5-1, 3-2 in the ACC) and the Demon Deacons (12-2-0, Three minutes into the second half Wednesday night, fresh4-1) will have to wipe the slate man Sara Murphy headed a cross clean and play an entire 90into the back of the net, putting minute game at a later date, tenthe Blue Devils ahead of No. 9 tatively scheduled for Oct. 29.

“They’re disappointed—they Wake Forest, 1-0.

Four minutes later, however, worked hard to get the lead and the game was essentially over at had the game pulled out from Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, under them,” head coach Robbie ending the Blue Devils’ hopes of Church said. “We’ll remember how we played tonight and we’ll taking down their top-10 opponent—at least for now. come back for them.”

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Duke (9-2-1), however, never let the Wildcats (5-10-0) seize any semblance of momentum. Graham Dugoni deflected a Zach Pope comer kick into the net in the eighth minute, and Chris Loftus converted the eventual game-winning penalty kick in the 25th minute as the Blue Devils beat Davidson, 3-1.

“We talked before the game started to come out and bury them early,” Pope said. “After that, we knew we had to get another one and just come at them MICHAEL CHANG/THE CHRONICLE harder and harder.”

Duke’s offense took advanSenior Chris Loftus, who has seen reduced playing time of late, started Wednesday tage of Davidson’s high-pressure night's gameand netted the game-winning goal off a penalty kick in the 24th minute. strategy, amassing 26 shots and a minute, heading in Michael ing 1-0 loss to UNC-Wilmington plethora of legitimate scoring opportunities. Both of Duke’s first- Videira’s 40-yard free kick from Sept. 19. Duke also entered the half goals resulted from risky de- point-blank range. game coming out of a tough ACC fensive stretch when it played Maryland Coming into the game, Davidmaneuvers —Pope’s comer kick was guarded by two son had plenty of reason to and Virginia —two top-5 squads defenders, leaving the near post dream of an upset. The Wildcats in consecutive games.

“Mid-week games are a little open for Dugoni, and Loftus’ lost to Virginia in overtime earlier penalty kick was awarded when in the season and tied with No. 16 tougher in the mentality,” Loftus Joe Germanese stole an errant North Carolina in the preseason. said. “They are tough to come out In addition, the Blue Devils’ last pass and was tripped in the box.

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The Blue Devils are employing some new technology and some old-fashioned competition to improve their woeful kicking game.

The kicking struggles were apparent Saturday, when Joe Surgan missed a 31-yard field goal that would have putin Duke up 17-16 with less than three minutes remaining the third quarter against Alabama. The miss—which head coach Ted Roof called “the biggest play from a momentum standpoint”—dropped Surgan to 2-for-7 in field-goal attempts this season.

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Seminoles cope with season of struggles Greg Beaton THE CHRONICLE

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poll is missing a familiar name this week.

Florida State—which has finished each of the past 19 seasons ranked —fell out of the poll for the first time in 2006 after last Thursday night’s 24-20 loss at N.C. State.

Now, whispers of concern surrounding the once-dominant program have become as loud as ever as the Seminoles prepare to play at ‘

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year’s—is facing a variety of questions after beginning the year 3-2, including two conference losses.

Among the questions are: Why has the defense been so susceptible to injuries?

Why isn’t the offense as prolific as it used to be? Why hasn’t quarterback Drew

Weatherford been benched? And finally, is it time for offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden to be canned and for his father Bobby —the winningest coach in college football history—to retire?

As his job and the future of the program continue to come under fire, Bobby Bowden is taking a week-by-week approach

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Bobby Bowden owns the most wins in college football history, but some have calledfor his retirement.

in preparing his team to rebound from its weak start.

“There is nothing you can do,” Bowden said. ‘You grade the film and see what mistakes you made, then practice and make sure you don’t repeat mistakes. And then right after the next opponent, you just have to start a new season.

“That is about the way you approach a loss is try to start a new season.”

Despite three wins so far, the first half of the 2006 season has been largely forgettable for the Semiholes. Even before the loss to the Wolfpack on national television, many wondered what was wrong with the Florida State program that at one time finished 14 straight years in the top five nationally.

Florida State opened its season with a thrilling 13-10 win on the road against instate rival Miami but needed a late surge to beat a mediocre Troy team Sept. 9.

Then, in Week 3, Clemson, coached by Bobby Bowden’s son Tommy, beat the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla. —something that had not happened in 17 years.

After an easy win over Division I-doormat Rice, the Seminoles travelled to Raleigh to face another Atlantic Division team with a disgruntled fan base. Down four with time winding town, Weatherford marched the Seminoles down the field from their own five-yard line. But with less than three minutes to go, a Weatherford pass was picked off by N.C. State’s Dajuan Morgan, sending Florida State down to fifth place in the ACC’s Atlantic Division.

Despite the criticism of Weatherford—who has thrown for 964 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions —Bowden said the sophomore will continue to start, but backup and fellow sophomore Xavier Lee might see some action.

“We haven’t decided anything on that yet, maybe by Thursday we might have a plan,” Bowden said. “We sure would like to get [Lee] in the game. You set a plan for him to go in at a certain time, but then you’re backed up on your two-yard line

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Sophomore quarterback Drew Weatherford threw a costly interception in FSU's loss to N.C. State last week. and so. We could possibly have a set plan for it, but we won’t decide until the end of the week.”

The concerns have not Just been on the offensive side of the ball. Florida State—which returned an ACC-low 10 starters total from last season—is missing two starting defensive backs and four of its top seven linebackers due to injury.

Without many of their top players, the Seminoles have become susceptible to giving up big plays. Against N.C. State, Florida State surrendered three passes of 25 yards or more.

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“They still have tremendous athleticism and speed,” Duke head coach Ted Roof said. “They are one of the best programs in the country. Their ability for big plays is a big concern. They have lost games to athletic, speedy, teams in Clemson and N.C. State, but I don’t buy that they’re down.”

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Baseball responds to tragedy From staff reports The tragic death of New York Yankee Cory Lidle Wednesday shocked and saddened the entire baseball community.

Lidle, 34, spent time with the Durham Bulls in the minor leagues and played for seven different franchises in his nine-year major league career.

“This is a terrible loss for baseball and a sad day for the Durham Bulls and their fans,” Bulls General Manager Mike Birling said, “Cory played for two division winning teams in 1999 and 2000. He represented the Bulls with class, always volunteering to do things in the community. Our sympathies go out to his wife, Melanie and son, Christopher.”

Lidle was traded to the Yankees midway through this season, finishing the year with a 12-10 regular-season record and a 4.85 ERA. He pitched 11/3 innings in the Yankees’ season-ending loss to the Detroit

Junior Zack Pope scored Duke's final goal of the match and assisted on theBlue Devils'first tally.The assist was his seventh of the season, the most on the team.

teammate, I came to know him as a great

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man,” Yankee teammate Derek Jeter said.

“While he was known as a baseball player, he was, more importantly, a husband and father and, at a time like this, I want to share my deepest sympathies with his wife Melanie, his son Christopher and all those who know and loved him.”

During last night’s American League Championship Game in Oakland, the Athletics hung Lidle’s jersey in their dugout.

He had played for Oakland in 2001 and 2002. Fans also showed an outpouring of support for Lidle’s family, memorializing his life with signs visible throughout the stands.

“Cory’s death is a terrible shock to all of us,” said Billy Beane, the A’s vice president and general manager.

Lidle was the first major league baseball player to be killed in a plane crash since tragedy struck the Yankees organization with the passing ofcatcher Thurman Munson Aug. 2, 1979.

for, but I liked the way we came out and got the win.”

Not to be overshadowed by the dominating offensive effort, Duke’s defense effectively countered Davidson’s frenzied attack. Although he was not challenged much, goalkeeper Justin Papadakis was solid in net, making four saves. Aaron West scored Davidson’s lone goal in the 63rd minute.

After West’s goal, Davidson’s attack seemed to garner confidence for a few minutes. The ball gradually moved from Duke’s offensive end to the midfield. The play was in the midfield when freshman Joshua Bienenfeld baited his Davidson counterpart into a foul.

Videira served the ensuing free kick to the top right of the penalty box, where Pope ran past Davidson goalkeeper Ben Ashton and headed the ball into

Tigers Saturday.

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the net “That was the big goal of the game,” head coach John Rennie said. “They had to push everybody relendessly forward.

We should have been able to score a fourth or fifth goal there, but the ball just wouldn’t go in.”

Davidson tried to counterattack in the last 15 minutes of the match, but the efforts were to no avail. The shifting of defenders up front simply opened up more offensive opportunities for Duke.

Mike Grella had two good looks inside the penalty box, but he pushed both shots left.

Despite Duke’s offensive output in the first half, Rennie was not happy with the team’s overly aggressive play.

“I told them at halftime, ‘lf you stop fouling, they will give us the ball,”’ he said. “We stopped fouling, we were a little more patient defensively, and they did turn the ball over—and we went forward very, very well.”

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Roof announced Monday that senior Randy DeSmyter, who started at punter last Saturday, would compete with Surgan for the starting placekicker job.

Surgan was quick to acknowledge his struggles this year but said the announcement would not change his preparation for Saturday’s game against Florida State.

“It’s college football—there’s always someone there to take your spot,” Surgan said. “Competition is good for everyone. Just because it was announced this week that Randy is going to be competing with me doesn’t mean that he’s not always breathing down my back. I know that if I screw up enough he’s going to have his opportunity too.”

Both DeSmyter and Surgan said the open competition for the starting] oh has not affected the camaraderie of the special teams unit. DeSmyter, who averaged less than 30 yards in his four punts Saturday, is still competing with junior Alex Feinberg for the starting punter job, which Feinberg held for the first four games of the season.

Roof also announced Monday that he was planning on JAMES RAZICK/THE CHRONICLE redshirting true-freshman punter Kevin Jones, who was Alex Feinberg lost the starting punting job to Randy OeSmyter for the ranked as the fourth-best punter recruit in the country by Alabama game but got back on the field when DeSmyter struggled. scout.com.

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Junior Michael Videira registered one shot on goal and dished out an assist Wednesday night.

“We do a pretty good job of—even though we are competing with each other—helping each other out,” DeSmyter said. “It is tough sometimes because you want to see your friends do well, but at the same time you want to go over there and compete and try to do better than them.”

The kickers also looked to improve by using a video camera to film their field-goal attempts in practice Tuesday. DeSmyter said the kickers had used the technique sporadically in the past but hoped to fix any mechanical mistakes through watching the tape.

“It’s not always easy to tell what you’re doing wrong, so if you can see it on film and go, ‘Oh, I’m lifting my head here,’ or T’m not following through there,’ it will help you be more consistent,” DeSmyter said.

One reason for the inconsistency of the kicking game has been the irregularity of field-goal opportunities. After his potential game-winning kick was blocked against Wake Forest, Surgan did not attempt a field goal or extra point in the next two games against Virginia Tech and Virginia.

His third-quarter miss against Alabama came 28 days since his last competitive field-goal attempt.

“Does it make a difference to have not kicked in three or four weeks? Yes, it does,” Surgan said. “But we do enough work in practice that you have to be ready in those situations, especially those that can make or break a game.”

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chance to prove their abilities, or who are told that focusing on their academics too much will make them less viable athletic competitors.

This is not to say that all student athletes are “innocent,” so speak. We all know of situations in which athletes take advantage of professors, blow off academics, and wear an air ofsuperiority on their sleeves. And we acknowledge that these too are horror stories. But in the end, student athletes who perpetrate codes of conduct are in the minority. Most athletes are also hard-working students—and these individuals should not be forced to feel the brunt of any conflict that exists because Duke is both a top-10 academic and Dhdsion-I athletic school.

We would hate, indeed, refuse to accept, a boost in the

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As

I walked behind the church, I heard a crunch beneath my feet. When I looked down, I was standing on a human vertebra.

Inside, the rubble strewn floor of the church just outside of Kigali, Rwanda was a grizzly tapestry of bones, smashed skulls and shredded clothing Some of the machete' uetes us>>ed tr -o hack limbs and heads off of the nearly one million Tutsis murdered during the 1994 Rwandan genocide by the Hum Power” david fiocco still remained. I shades of blue felt sick.

“When they said ‘never again’ after the Holocaust, was it meant for some people and not for others?” asked Apollon Kabahizi during the Rwandan genocide. I wondered the same thing.

Last March I visited Auschwitz, a major Nazi extermination camp during the Holocaust. From 1939 to 1945, the Nazis destroyed eleven million Jews and other minorities. As bitter winds blew through the snow-covered camps and filled the cavernous gas chambers, I shuddered. How could humans do this to each other?

But World War II was long ago. After the war, the whole world said, “Never again.” I took comfort in thinking that nothing so horrible could happen again.

Then in June I visited the infamous Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Two million Cambodians perished from 1975 to 1979.

Today cows calmly graze around the small signs emblazoned “mass grave,” but each rain brings new fragments of bones and clothing to the surface.

More than one quarter of Cambodia’s population was wiped out, but I was ashamed of how little of this history I had known. What had happened to the fervent cries of“Never again?”

And now here I was in Rwanda, staring at the mass graves of people killed during my lifetime.

Once again, it had happened. Our promises had been completely meaningless. In the 100 days of killing, the outside world knew exactly what was going on and did almost nothing.

Today in Darfur, Sudan, genocide is happening again. The Arab Sudanese government is methodically killing as many non-Arabs as it can, and once again, the world is largely standing by.

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The Nazis, Khmer Rouge and Hutu Power were all defeated by force. What is the human calculus to decide when Americans should die in far away places?

At the end of the day, American foreign policy is to protect American interests. But does that mean innocent civilians must die?

Absolutely not.

First of all, there is a lot the government could have done short of military intervention, but politics and money repeatedly get in the way of saving human lives. It is hard to listen to recordings of politicians dodging questions, arguing semantics, and just plain lying while genocide is carried out.

But perhaps more importantly, genocide can be stopped long before the killing begins. Genocide is never a surprise. Exterminating whole races requires careful, extensive planning, mobilizationand organization. There are always warning signs; that is when the world can stop extremist forces from ever gaining the power and control to unleash such evil.

Further, how do such inhuman regimes ever gain power in the first place? In Germany, Cambodia and Rwanda, extremists exploited tremendous economic inequality, convincing entirely sane populations that their only way out of desperate poverty was mass murder. Normal people were convinced that only killing could lead to empowerment.

The developed world is donating billions of dollars a year to struggling, unstable nations all over the world. Where is this money going? Is it being distributed equitably to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor, or is it lining the pockets of a tiny wealthy elite? What is being done to make sure everyone has a voice in government and that those in power serve their entire constituency?

Unless we address these structural inequities, forget about “Never Again.” It sounds nice, but genocide has happened again and again and it will continue to occur.

The United States is doing a lot of posturing in Sudan, but there has been no decisive action, forceful or otherwise, to stop the killings. Stand up and demand action—this can change.

But it is not just about the killing. If nothing is done to challenge the unjust political and economic structures that precipitate genocide, further violence is inevitable. A band-aid cannot stop massive hemorrhaging. We must look deeper to stop the problem before it starts.

If we do not, the next mass graves will be on our watch.

DavidFiocco is a Trinity junior and is studying abroad in Uganda this semester. His column normally runs every other Tuesday.

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have a need for speed. I drive fast; I walk At the same time, however, our environfast; and I live fast. But due to one too ment does not exacdy help reduce our many traffic tickets, I have been forced over-achieving, too-busy, ridiculously overto slow down—while driving at least. committed patterns.

This made the drive back to Duke after By about halfway through the first seFall Break a bit slower, but it also opened mester of our freshman year, the system of my eyes to a simple truth. curving has become secAs I was being passed by ond nature to us. But what car after car, I realized that does a “curve” even mean? most people in our world Put simply, it means that we live life in the fast lane are judged not on how we And I would be willing to perform individually but wager that college sturather, on how we perform dents—especially students in comparison to the rest at schools as strenuous as of the class. We are no Sarah hostetter Duke —are some of the longer striving to reach a life... or something like it set level but merely to be biggest perpetrators of this “better” than the person speedy phenomenon.

In general, Dukies are over-achievers sitting next to us We girls in particular do this in many It’s in our nature. We are the kids who have aspects of our lives. Take dating, for exambeen doing community service since middle school—or even elementary school. We ple. Girls see a guy we think is attractive, are those who did not leave our high and we . instantly start sizing up all of the schools until long after dinner time most female competition in the room.

Or think about the number of times nights. We are the ones who participated in you have stayed on the treadmill for a few a sport every season. And, perhaps most relextra minutes so that you didn’t get off beevant now, we are the students who have carried our over-achieving tendencies fore the girl next to you.

This is our dilemma—we are a generathrough college and will most likely praction of students who have a natural tentice them for the rest of our lives.

We clearly don’t do much to put on the dency to over-commit ourselves, and we brakes in our lives, and as a consequence, are placed in an environment that breeds we turn into competition junkies—we over-commitment.

But what do we do about it? Do we can’t get enough of being the best.

stop making commitments? Of course then we would no longer be competitive in this race of life that we are all running.

Perhaps we just need to make fewer commitments. A good friend and mentor of mine observed last week, “Sarah, I learned the hard way that when you take on too much you just end up sucking at it all.” Maybe we should pick one cause—or at least a smaller number of causes —to dedicate our time to. Maybe we should each do ourselves a favor and gather our multicolored assortments of mock Livestrong bracelets supporting every cause under the sun and throw them into a bag.

Then we should pick out one or two. These are the causes that will dominate our lives.

Presto, instant lack ofover-commitment!

Now, I realize that a drastic measure such as the bracelet grab might be over the top, but there has to be some sort of solution. Sure, some amount of stress can make us work harder, but the amount of stress we succumb to daily takes a toll on our bodies.

According to data gathered by the Healthy Devils peer education programs, stress and sleep are two of the most common issues affecting the health, well-being and academic success of Duke students. These two concerns are both ones that we can change ourselves, and yet, we rarely do. It’s illogical, this self-infection of pressure and exhaustion. If the flu were something that we had

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the choice to infect ourselves with, I highly doubt that any of us would do it. Who in his right mind would purposely harm himself?

Oh, wait. We all do it. Every day.

The bottom line is that there is no easy solution to the over-commitment dilemma. We are passionate people who want to indulge in all of our diverse interests. How do you choose between tutoring elementary school kids and visiting patients at the Duke hospital? Or between double-majoring and a research internship?

Maybe you don’t have to choose.

Maybe you have time to fit it all in. But the likelihood is that you don’t, despite what you think. Take a step back, consider your stresses and remember that, in the end, we have an obligation to commit ourselves to our health and sanity.

Not to mention the obligation we have to set aside time for a breather. After all, we need to relax.

I, for one, am far from ready to give up anything that I love, so perhaps my recent insight will take time to work into my life.

But then again, the next time I see people tossing a Frisbee on the quad on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, instead of heading to the treadmill to compete with my sweaty neighbors, I bet I will be much more apt to stop and take time to play.

Sarah Hostetler is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Thursday.

Some much-needed perspective was a perfect Saturday. Sunny and bright, hot and humid—the kind of day that was made for college football. About nine beers deep, I entered the stadium just before kickoff, having spent the last three hours immersing myself in tailgate.

Greeting me were 92,000 screaming fans anxiously awaiting the battle between two perennial football

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was in heaven

Relaxing in a sports bar after the game and celebrating the win, I caught a glimpse Aof the Duke-Alabama score —we jon detzel were winning 14a line In the sand 10 at half—and started cheering.

Then I realized how pathetic a sight that must have been, and quickly sat down.

At times I feel that Duke is shielded by its secluded position in the Gothic Wonderland. The recent debate over our institutional priorities concerning athletics and academics has proven just that: We really have no idea of how it works on the outside. We are thus in dire need of some perspective. I intend to provide it.

Duke is NOT an athletic school. There is no controversy about which the administration or the Board ofTrustees favors more. Simply put, there is just no argument: We are on the map for academics. And basketball, but only since the Coach K era.

We are, by comparison, somewhat pathetic. Our student body turns out in very small numbers for football games. The somewhat larger group of students who tailgate are there almost exclusively to party, and while tailgate was great two years ago, it is not exacdy as well attended or exciting as it once was. Homefield advantage, furthermore, tends to disappear when the opponent’s fans outnumber those rooting for Duke every week.

Truthfully, except for basketball and games against UNC, attendance is even worse at virtually every other sport. For the most part, students are just too busy to go or just don’t care. Either way, athletics is by and large a low priority.

At other big schools, sports is everything. Compare Duke to schools like Texas, Michigan and Florida, where the student body attends tons of games in large numbers and most, if not all, of their teams are of incredible national caliber.

Their tailgates encompass the entire campus and are all about the football; the crowds number upwards of 70 or 80,000; and many fans travel from hundreds of miles away to see their team. It is simply at a level that Duke could never hope to reach. I mean, you can’t even see the mosquito bite that is Wallace Wade Stadiumfrom campus, and there is certainly no arguing that our alumni bother to come back.

Ultimately there is a fundamental difference between us and them: paradigms. The mentality at sports schools is all about sports—the students can t help but be caught up in it. It also doesn’t hurt that theircourse loads are easier than ours. At Duke, however, the collective mindset is first and foremost on academic success, so the students naturally choose work or studying over attending sports events.

I love sports and couldn’t imagine college without them. But I’m just trying to make the picture clear that Duke has nothing to worry about: We’re not becoming overrun with some kind of athletic mania that will sweep academia under the rug. We just aren’t that kind of school.

But at the same time, Professors Richard Hain and Fred Nijhout are right that Duke is an academic school that also has sports teams. So if we’re going to have some mechanism of institutional communication between the athletic and academic departments, it needs to be approached in the spirrighting it of cooperation and not in the hope of priority. in perceived gap some We’re also not the only school that has to wrestle with this question. Stanford won its 12th consecutive Directors’ Cup last year, yet they are ahead of Duke collegiate rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s balance is possible... a striking this year. So clearly deal. and probably easy. It’s just not that big of a of my favorite one quip this I’m reminded of agreed really time. never I all the uses good friends with it, until now: “quitcherbitchin. is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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