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Tubs or showers? Administrators outlined Phase I plans for Central Campus to a gathering of student leaders Thursday night and asked for feedback on a number of upcoming project decisions—even on small details, such as bathroom features. “Right now we’re trying to get closure on the master layout, begin to get architectural design and simultaneously look at [construction sequencing],” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Moneta and Provost Peter Lange, using slides from the presentation recently given to the Board of Trustees, highlighted changes and issues that have been areas of focus since last spring. Lange announced that administrators are aiming to limit the utility consumption for Phase I to the levels of the current Central, even though the renovated campus will have more facilities. “Those [current] buildings are phenomenally inefficient,” he said. A more efficient bus route between campuses, increased impetus for pedestrian and bike travel and protection of natural wedands will contribute to the goal of

sustainability. “It’s a great commitment, and it sounds like they have some really useful ideas,” said Chris Oishi, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in ecology and a representative of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Central will serve as a residential

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The last timeDuke and UNC met in Durham, Danny Kramer's late goal lifted the Blue Devils to a win.

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The Duke-North Carolina rivalry may get more publicity for what happens on the hardwood, but over the last few seasons, it’s been just as intense on the pitch. The Blue Devils and Tar Heels have ißk met six times in the last five seasons, \ with each game decided by a single goal and three requiring overtime. The rivalry was particularly dramatic last season, when the teams played 240 min- < utes of scoreless soccer over two matches. Duke prevailed in the second meeting —the ACC tournament Championship—on penalty kicks. The teams split the meetings the previous

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The Faculty Diversity Initiative has been characterized by both successes and slower progress in its first three years. At the Academic Council meeting Thursday, Provost Peter Lange and Nancy Allen, vice provost for faculty diversity and

faculty development, updated professors on

efforts to recruit and support female and minority professors. Overall diversity has increased relatively little since the current initiative began in Fall 2003, following Peter Lange the conclusion of the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative Lange noted, however, that the University has a more ethnically diverse faculty than some peer institutions and is continuing to improve mentorship and recruitment.

Lange and Allen also announced that the University received one of five 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility. The award includes a $250,000 grant for accelerating improvements in career-path flexibility. Such flexibility may be particularly

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Dukies unveil invisibility cloak Data show prototype effectively redirects light by

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So, if you’re not magician Harry Houdini, how hardis it to make something disappear? Not as hard as Duke researchers

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Administrators briefed student leaders on the progress of the new Central Campus Thursday.

Science Express published a report Thursday recording a successful test of the first invisibility cloak—a year before it was supposed to work. The experimental data were gathered by a team of scientists, led by David Smith, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and research associate David Schurig. The data demonstrates that the cloak can redirect microwaves around

itself and have the waves appear behind it relatively undisturbed—a technique that could eventually be applied to visible light, researchers said. “One first imagines a distortion in space similar to what would occur when pushing a pointed object through a piece of cloth, distorting, but not breaking, any threads,” Schurig explained. “In such a space, light or other electromagnetic waves would be confined to the warped ‘threads’ and therefore could not interact with—or ‘see’—objects placed inside the resulting hole.” Schurig said it was not easy to “warp SEE INVISIBLE ON PAGE 7

Researcher David Smith, with his associates, hasinvented a product that some have compared to an invisibility cloak.

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FBI calls NFL threat a "hoax"

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MOSCOW Russia brushed aside U.S. objections Thursday and forced nearly 100 foreign non-governmental organizations, including leading human rights groups, to suspend operations for missing a deadline for re-registration under a tough new law. Those who had to stop work included Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which have been persistent critics of President Vladimir Putin, and some accused the authorities of deliberately keeping them in legal limbo. Kim Reed, an NGO lawyer who is advis-

ing several foreign groups, told The Associated Press that the Federal Registradon Service was creating constant delays by insisting on minor changes to documents that the head offices had to prepare from scratch. “It appears that .if you are an organization involved in human rights or democracy activities, then your application gets much harsher scrutiny. Even if you are not sending police and court bailiffs to shut down their office, by not registering them, you are effectively doing that,” she said. Alexander Petrov, deputy head of the Moscow office of U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, said the group had to stop its research work, which included inter-

viewing rights victims, as well as participation in public events. He said the organization hoped to resume its activities as soon as possible but faced a bureaucratic deadline of the end of October to submit plans for 2007. Putin, who has warned against foreignfinanced groups’ interference in domestic politics, has been accused of backsliding on democracy and freedom of the press since he took office in 2000. Western governments have expressed strong concern about the law, which imposed strict limits on all NGOs but especially Russian SEE RUSSIA ON PAGE 9

U.S. military to revise Baghdad plan by

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The U.S. military BAGHDAD, Iraq acknowledged Thursday that its two-month drive to crush insurgent and militia violence in the Iraqi capital had fallen short, calling the raging bloodshed disheartening and saying it was rethinking its strategy to rein in gunmen, torturers and bombers. The admission by military spokesperson Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell came as car bombs, mortar fire and shootings around the country killed at least 66 people and wounded 175. The dead included the Anbar province

police commander, slain by gunmen who burst into his home in Ramadi. Caldwell told reporters the U.S.-Iraqi bid to crush violence in the capital had not delivered the desired results, with attacks in Baghdad rising by 22 percent in the first three weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when compared to the three previous weeks. “In Baghdad, Operation Together Forward has made a difference in the focus areas but has not met our overall expectations in sustaining a reduction in the level of violence,” Caldwell said at a news briefing. He was referring to the security sweep,

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internet threats of "dirty bomb" attacks at NFL stadiums this weekend were a hoax, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. Agents questioned a 20-year-old Milwaukee man in an effort to determine who made the threats, which were posted on a Web site last week.

which began Aug. 7 with the introduction of an additional 12,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops into Baghdad. “The violence is indeed disheartening,” he said. Caldwell said U.S. troops were forced to launch a second sweep of southern Baghdad’s Dora district during the last week, after a surge in sectarian attacks. At least eight people, including four policemen, were killed in bombings and shootings in Dora on Thursday, police said. “We find the insurgent elements, the extremists, are in fact punching back hard—they’re trying to get back into those areas,” Caldwell said.

Violence worsens in Sri Lanka Three government soldiers were killed Thursday in attacks blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, a day after a rebel suicide ambush at a naval base killed a sailor and wounded 1 S.The surge in violence came as U.S. envoy Richard Boucher arrived Thursday for peace talks.

Priest had contact with Foley A priest now living in Malta acknowledged Thursday that he was naked in saunas and went skinny-dipping with Mark Foley decades ago, when the former congressman was a boy in Florida, but denied that the two had sex.

Dow meets 12,000 milestone The Dow Jones Industrial Average scored its first close above 12,000 Thursday as Wall Street, showing its growing confidence despite new evidence of a weakening economy, managed to hold on to a slim advance. News briefs compiled from wire reports "Uh-oh,this means no fear, cavalier."

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Leaders of three major religions discuss therelation of religion and homosexuality Thursday night.

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Duke Allies hosted a discussion about homosexuality and religion Thursday in the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life. At the talk, a panel composed of religious figures Rabbi Michael Goldman, Rev. Wakoh Shannon Hickey and Rev. Laurie Hayes Coffman discussed the role and perception of homosexuality in the context bf different religious practices. “This is a discussion that needs to take place, because religious motives are behind much of the homophobia in America,” said junior Jeremy Marshall, president of Duke Allies. Goldman, campus Jewish chaplain, began the discussion by describing the Jewish community as tight-knit because

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Senator Thad Cochran, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the 2006 Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecturer, discussed the history and evolution of the Senate Tuesday afternoon in front of an audience of approximately 100 people. In his lecture, “The U.S. Senate: Looking Backward and Moving Forward,” he explored the historical purpose of the Senate and its role as defined by the Constitution. He also discussed its evolution and influence on national unity, stability and individual freedom. “The framers debated longer and more intensely about the Senate than any other federal institution,” he said. Cochran, who has served in the Senate for 28 years and was recently named one of America’s 10 best senators by Time magazine, addressed three powers unique to the Senate: the filibuster, treaty ratification and the confirmation of presidential nominations. Senators serve as important advisors to presidents, guiding the crafting of treaties and appointments to important executive offices, Cochran said. “The process of selecting federal district judges has evolved to the point where senators of the president’s own party are looked to for recommendations of appointees who will serve in districts in their

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of shared traditionsand practices. He said, however, that a large degree of variability exists in how Jews perceive their religion. The spectrum ranges from Jews who believe the Torah to be immutable and divine to those who take religious law as an optional reference, he said. Acknowledging that Jewish law prohibits homosexuality, Goldman outlined the four rationales for resistance to the acceptance of homosexuality and their deconstructions, according to Steven Greenberg’s book, “Wrestling with God and Men.” He said that, statistically, 75 percent of Jews in the United States consider themselves to be social liberals. He discussed two reasons for Jewish SEE LGBT ON PAGE 6

When singer Ruben Studclard achieved his dream of winning a music contract on the second season of the hit show “American Idol” in May 2003, his future looked bright. But the journey to stardom after the show was far from guaranteed. Prior to the release of his 2004 album, “I Need an Angel,” the singer was scheduled to make a slew of talk show appearances, but as his weight hovered in the mid-400-pound range, diet-related health problems landed him in the hospital for several weeks. Thanks to a few Duke doctors, however, Studdard is now on the road promoting his new album, “The Return,” and his struggles with weight may be a problem of the past. In June, the singer checked into the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, spending a SEE STUDDARD ON PAGE

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American Idol winner Ruben Studdard used the Duke Diet and Fitness Center to trim his physique.

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More than 100 graduate and professional schools sent representatives to the fair at the Bryan Center Thursday.

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Students were able to get a head start on their futures when they met with representatives from more than 100 graduate programs at Graduate and Professional School Day, held Thursday in the Bryan Center. Organized by the deans of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences every two years, the event gives undergraduates a chance to explore their options and establish relationships with graduate admissions officers. The high number of participating schools marks a significant increase from last year’s total of 75, said GPSD director Normal Keul. “I don’t think we can grow much more than this or would want to,” Keul said. “We are limited in space, but I feel this year that we can give students a sense of

the real opportunity.” Judy Holzer, a representative from Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School ofPublic Health, said she attended GPSD because she feels Duke has a number of interested and qualified students. “The caliber of the students here they’re definitely the students we’re looking for to go into the field of public health,” Holzer added. Student attendees seized the opportunity to converse with the representatives, who spanned a wide variety of fields, including health, business and law. Junior Jake Thomson said he benefitted from the availability of information regarding different professional areas. “I’m just interested in checking out all my options and getting ready for my —

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Campus Council members were given a look into a professor’s view on the faculty-in-residence program at the Council’s general body meeting Thursday night. “It’s been one of the best things I’ve done in my life,” Stephen Chapman, assistant professor in the Divinity School and the faculty in residence for Brown Dormitory, said of his past six years in the program. The University is planning to extend the faculty-in-residence program to include all West Campus quadrangles for the next academic year and is in the process of determining locations for the professors. The placement of faculty apartments is very important, Chapman said. “It’s been helpful for me to be on the main hall,” he said, adding that the most effective thing he has done in creating a sense of community is to keep his door on the main hall open as much as possible. Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior, noted that West is not a dry campus like East and that this may create disciplinary issues for the faculty in residence. “It’s important for me to not have any disciplinary roles,” Chapman said. “Because of my lack of [disciplinary] responsibilities, students can tell me things without having to worry about getting in trouble.” Facilities and Service Chair Hasnain Zaidi, a junior, said the faculty selected are crucial to the success of the program.

Stephen Chapman, assistant professor in the Divinity School, presented his views on the faculty-in-residence program to Campus Council Thursday night. “It has to be someone willing to engage and still get my work done?”’ Chapman with students,” Zaidi added. said. “Because at the end of the day, [the A “self-selecting” application process faculty-in-residence program] is not going will weed out those unwilling to interact to help them get tenure or a promotion.” with students, Chapman said, adding that Though a higher chance of getting there are other factors affecting faculty tenure or promotion may be an incentive members’ decision to participate. in the future, there are also other ways to He said that because Duke is a research encourage faculty participation in the prouniversity, there is a tremendous amount gram, Chapman said. He also noted that although living with ofpressure on the professors to publish. “The faculty has to ask, ‘Can I do this students is beneficial to the faculty mem-

hers, many may find it hard to live in a place where they do not know anybody. “We’re all to a certain extent introverted. That’s why we can do research,” he said.

In other business: The Council unanimously revoked restricted card access prior to and after home football games. An online survey reported a 67.2-percent negative response to the pilot program, Ganatra said.

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As the weather cools down, midterm elections are heating up, and administrators are encouraging Duke students to get involved Campus Life, a division of the Office of Student Affairs, is sponsoring Election Affection, a campaign to increase voting awareness through tabling and a speech by Jehmu Greene, former president of Rock the Vote! “As a group, we really wanted to create a program that would be beneficial for students across all lines,” said Sarah Morris, student leadership director for Jewish Life at Duke. “Civic engagement and responsibility are important for all of us.” On the West Campus Plaza Thursday afternoon, junior Alicia Huang, a Com-

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Between big-name concerts and sorority lip-sync contests, students walking on the West Campus Plaza now have a chance to grab dessert every Thursday with Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, and his staff. “We have quiedy been giving out cookies since the beginning of the year,” Moneta said about the weekly Dessert on the Plaza event. “Every week, we use cookies from a different vendor.” Moneta said the new program allows him to meet students he does not interact with every day. “I get to know student leaders by working with them, but I don’t get to SEE DESSERT ON PAGE

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LGBT from page 3 tolerance, including the Jewish community’s level of education and historical experiences of being “the other.” Coffman, a pastor at Calvary United Methodist Church, portrayed Christian perspectives on homosexuality as a bell curve, with denominations occupying different positions on the curve. She outlined the current view of the United Methodist Church, which believes that all persons have sacred worth. Coffman employed the Wesleyan Quadrilateral—a theological methodology' including scripture, tradition, experience and reason—to reconcile religion and

homosexuality. “Homosexuality is a gift to the Christian community by a God who delights in diversity,” she said. The Church has not paid attention to the experience of gays and lesbians, and many Christians make assumptions about homosexuality' without meeting homosexuals, Coffman added.

Hickey, a lesbian Zen priest and chaplain for the Duke Buddhist community, said Buddhism officially discourages any attachment or desire, because they are obstacles to enlightenment. Nevertheless, Buddhist interpretations vary gready among cultures, she said. For instance, in Japan homosexual activity between monastic teachers and students historically was accepted to some degree, Hickey added. Tibetan orthodox Buddhism, however, strictly prohibits any erotic contact of any sexual orientation for monastic persons, she said. To reconcile homosexuality with religion, Hickey said, Buddhism rejects greed, hatred and a delusion that humanity has separate categories of “us” versus “them.” “My own monogamous, interracial, interfaith, homosexual relationship is the deepest spiritual practice that I can do,” Hickey said. Following the panel presentation, a question-and-answer session took place. “The discussion made me see a huge spectrum of beliefexists across each religion, and I’m glad to hear a voice ofreason,” senior Aaron Green said.

Campus Culture Initiative Town Hall Meetings As you are aware, last spring President Brodhead established a Campus Culture Initiative to take the measure of our campus culture and see where it could be

improved. We aim toward a culture where all community members take responsibility for their behavior and respect the rights of others. We strive not only to articulate a vision of what Duke can be, but also to analyze existing practices and bring forward

initiates to improve our community. The Campus Culture Initiative, comprised of 25 faculty, students, and staff, has been examining the undergraduate experience and such issues as alcohol, athletics, gender/sexuality, and race from a variety of perspectives. As an important phase in the committee's work, we are currently hosting a series of town meetings to elicit community concerns about any aspect of campus culture:

STUDDARD from page 3 month on a 1,200-to-1,500-calorie-a-day diet and learning to live as a vegetarian, said Liz Morentin, Studdard’s publicist. He has since lost almost 100 pounds on the regimen, she added. “People need to eat less and move more—but saying it and doing it are two things,” said Dr. Howard Eisenson, director of the Diet and Fitness Center. “The behavioral health field has given us enormous tools to do these things.” At the center, patients looking to lose weight are immersed in a positive environment where they learn to grocery shop, avoid negative “self-talk” and take on a multipronged approach to dieting, Eisenson explained. Studdard’s visit to the Diet and Fitness Center, one of many area clinics that have helped earn Durham the title “Diet Capital of the World,” was not his first major weight-loss effort. In 2004 the singer, dubbed the “Velvet Teddy Bear” by fans, took part in a weight-loss challenge followed by cameras from the entertainment news program “Extra.” But Studdard struggled to lose weight, primarily because of difficulties complying with calorie limits. According to vocal experts, weight loss does not affect a singer’s vocal range. Studdard has been heralded for having a soulful baritone voice and is commonly compared to popular R&B singers, such as Luther Vandross. “I can’t think of any significant changes.... One can have a diverse vocal range and be either very large or very small,” said Rodney Wynkoop, a professor of the practice in the music department and director of Duke Chorale and Chamber Choir. “One may have more energy to sing... but I’m rather sure his voice should remain the same.” Like many veteran visitors to the Diet and Fitness Center, Studdard’s decision to lose weight was a “preventative health choice,” Morentin said. Questions still remain about whether Studdard will continue to drop pounds on his newly acquired vegetarian lifestyle. In songs on his new record, particularly the track “Change Me,” Studdard discusses past failed relationships and other disappointments. But Morentin said that after visiting Duke’s fitness center, health concerns are no longer a hurdle in the American Idol’s career. Every year, more than 4,000 people come to Durham search of an effective weight-loss program. in Other celebrities who have come to manage their weight include KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders, actor James Earl Jones and Vogue magazine editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley.

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We invite you to attend the relevant session to share your concerns and ideas to improve our campus community. In addition, we continue to welcome your comments on our

CCI website (http://www.campuscultureinitiative.duke.edu/).

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talk to students at large on a regular basis,” Moneta said. “[Dessert on the Plaza] gives me the chance to chat with some students.” When asked about his favorite dessert, he picked up a chocolate chip cookie and offered it to a passing student. “I like these cookies the best,” he said This week’s vendor, Foster’s Market, was a favorite among some students. Sophomore Libby Jenke said she enjoyed the good quality of the cookies. “I appreciate that they got Foster’s instead of some cheap brand,” she said. Some students who stopped by the table outside of the Bryan Center to grab an afternoon snack quickly picked up a cookie and left. Others lingered for a few minutes to introduce themselves. “I stopped by because my friends were walking with free cookies, so I thought I’d try one,” said senior Vivian Futran. “Also, in my four years, I’d never met Larry Moneta.” Sophomore Meg Peterson also took the opportunity to introduce herself to the administrators. “I didn’t know what Larry Moneta looked like, so it was nice,” Peterson said. Futran added that Dessert on the Plaza gave students an opportunity to see a different side of Moneta. “Considering his big job, he was very sincere when we met,” she said. “But you can tell there are high demands on his attention.” Although most students passing by were appreciative of the free food and opportunity to meet Moneta, some, like sophomore Phil Greenspan, expressed their discontent. “Until [Moneta] starts giving out free beer, I won’t start liking him,” he said.

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INVISIBILITY fro.page, space” but the scientists solved the problem by using “metamaterials.” These metamaterials, which have unique electro-magnetic properties not found in nature, are what make it possible for waves to be deflected around the object. “Ordinary materials like glass have an index ofrefraction. This material does not have a uniform refraction index, so its properties vary as a function of its position,” said Anthony Starr, president of SensorMetrix in San Diego, Calif., who helped construct the metamaterials. Simply put, Starr explained, this means that scientists can control the way the waves bend around a cloak in a manner that would not be possible with materials occurring in nature. A cloak is perhaps a misleading term for the device Duke scientists have constructed, said Bryan Justice, Pratt ’O5, who aided in the experimental verification of the project. “I would call it a microwave shield,” he said. The cloak, a small device no more than five inches across, is really a series of concentric circles—called split-ring resonators —constructed out of metamaterials, said Schurig, who designed the device. The team produced the cloak according to electromagnetic specifications determined by a new design theory proposed by Sir John Pendry, chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics at Imperial College London, in collaboration with the Duke scientists. Liheng Guo, a junior, wrote the control software that allowed for automated data acquisition in the 2-D mapping system used to test the cloak. The cloak’s success has created a recent stir in the news, but team member Jack Mock cautioned it may be a while before a cloak

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for visible light is created “When the media gets a hold of it they start talking about Predator, Romulan spaceships and Harry Potter—and it’s not quite what we’ve made here,” said Mock. “However, it is an invisibility cloak. The theory that came out in the paper in late May works for all wavelengths; it’s really very flexible, and you could potentially make a cloak out of it.” The team was mainly concerned with getting the data out quickly, so they constructed the experiment using imperfect microwave cloaking in two dimensions, which was easier to test, Mock said. The cloak’s imperfections meant the waves experienced some losses due to absorption by the metamaterials and did not appear perfectly on the other side of the cloak, he said. Applied to a theoretical cloak for visible light, this would mean that there would still be some visible shadow of the concealed object. Although a perfect cloak could feasibly be constructed, the more complicated the cloak gets, the more problems inevitably arise, Justice said. Building a bigger cloak means there are potentially more absorption losses and, therefore, more of a shadow. In addition, testing the cloak’s success is a feat in itself, Mock said. The cloak is placed in the middle of a black foam circle which prevents the microwaves from escaping and being bounced back into the sensor equipment. The whole apparatus is then sandwiched in between two aluminum plates, while microwaves are constantly beamed at the cloak, and a sensor travels around to different points on the device, pausing at each point and taking measurements. “We want to know what the microwaves are doing at many different points in this space that we want to map out, so we have to measure, essentially, at over 60,000 data points,” Mock said.

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senior year,” Thomson said. “I’m interested in business and law, so I’m checking out those programs, but not anything specific.” Some students who were interested in becoming university faculty said they found graduate programs that offer degrees in multiple fields attractive. “If you’re in the sciences, 75 percent of those students go into industry,” said Robert Howe, a representative from Boston College’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. “In the social sciences, those students by and large go into faculty.” Laura Homokay, visiting from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, applauded the driven underclassmen who attended GPSD. “I’ve been busy just about all day,” Homokay said. “I’ve talked to freshmen and sophomores, and they know they need to plan early and plan ahead.” Many of the graduate program repre-

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sentatives said they require or encourage applicants to have at least one year of job experience prior to enrolling. “Traditionally, business schools are looking for students with work experience,” said Stefanie Cituk, a representative from The Mason School of Business at The College of William and Mary. Senior Ivan Mothershead said he has already secured a job in Nashville next year but attended GPSD to explore the possibility of returning to school after a year of working. “The schools I’ve talked to have been really helpful explaining about applying and whether or not you need experience,” he said. Keul said he was satisfied with the event and believes GPSD presents students and graduate schools with a rare opportunity to mutually benefit from the connections that result from their interaction. “[Representatives] get to introduce their institutions to Duke students, and the Duke students get to impress them,” Keul said. “It’s a win-win situation.”

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Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) speaks at the Sanford Institute Thursday afternoon about the history of the U.S. Senate and its future.

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home states,” he said Cochran said senators influence national policy when they confirm appointments to the Cabinet and other highlevel positions in the executive. This same power can be exercised to influence foreign policy when ambassadors come before the Senate to be approved. The mischaracterization of John Bolton’s personality during his confirmation hearings for the position of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations demonstrated how politically divisive the process can be, Cochran explained. “Unfortunately, the process can sometimes resemble, in the eyes of the beholder, a mean-spirited or highly partisan political exercise that makes us wonder why anyone would accept a Supreme Court nomination or any other highly visible position of national responsibility,” he added. Cochran explained that another responsibility of the Senate is aiding imperiled regions of the country during national emergencies. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Senate ap-

proved $B7 billion in emergency appropriations for Gulf Coast states, he said. “The Senate has been looked to by the South as a kind ofrefuge and a place where they are given an equal voice,” he said. Robert Lalka, a first-year graduate student in public policy, traveled to the Gulf Coast a few weeks ago to offer policy consulting as part of the Duke-New Orleans PostKatrina Partnership. He recently sought advice from Cochran about the project. “Senator Cochran provided many great ideas about how we can use Duke’s resources to help the areas affected by Katrina,” he said. “I’m personally looking forward to connecting the Duke community to the folks whom we met during the trip.” Lauren Egger, a freshman from Mississippi, said the widely admired Cochran gained even more support by ensuring disaster reliefreached her home state. “Even though he is a Republican, Democrats in Mississippi respect him so much that they will agree with his decisions and policies even if they go against their Democratic ideas,” she said.

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The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy

His article “Family Man: The Story of Three Men Who Share a Tent by the Tracks Just Off Main Street” published in The Independent on March 26, 2006

the issues and applications of energy. He also said that instead of looking for a “silver bullet,” the United States should develop a national strategy of conservation. He added that the country should be concerned with global energy security. “Energy is a global commodity —it moves around the world,” he said. “We do not want to create islands of independent sufficiency. That does not help global efforts.” Kristen Tull, a graduate student in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, which hosted the event, called Hofmeister’s speech “very insightful.” She added, however, that she would have liked for him to focus more on how American consumption behavior can be changed. “The focus on policy should not be on where we can get more energy,” she said. “We should focus on how we can cut back on the amount of energy we demand.” But others said the number of different energy resources in which Shell is invested is impressive. “I don’t know how [Hofmeister] plans to put energy into these resources,” said Curtis Richardson, a professor of resource ecology at the Nicholas School. “But it is refreshing to have an oil company finally

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Her article “Mission in Mississippi: N.C. Medical Volunteers Bring Hope, Aid to Katrina Victims” published in The Chronicle on September 13, 2005 The awards will be presented on Friday, October 20, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 3037 of the Duke University School of Law in conjunction with an afternoon of panel discussions sponsored by the Chronicle Alumni Network and the Duke Magazine Alumni Board, which are free and open to the public. The panels will be on “The Duke lacrosse story: Why rape allegations against men’s lacrosse players became a national story on race, class, and crime”and “Reporting and national security: Balancing public interests after 9/11.” Applications for next year’s award are due June I, 2007. Articles published in a recognized print publication or website by first-, second-, and third-year Duke University students between May 15,2006 and May 15, 2007 are eligible for submission. Applicants may submit only one article. Submissions may be sent by email to <media@pps.duke.edu> or by mail (5 copies) to The DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism, Box 90241, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Faxed copies will not be eligible. Submissions should include all current contact information (phone, email, mailing address) and the source and date of publication. For more information, please contact Professor Kenneth Rogerson: rogerson@duke.edu

sentiments. “I’ve heard all this stuff before, but it means a lot when you have the president of a multi-million-dollar oil company discussing some of the stuff you’ve learned,” he said. Tyson Schoelzel, also a student at the Nicholas School, added that Hofmeister was a good speaker. “He didn’t have to look at any notes,” Schoelzel said. “He just talked to our faces. It gave him a lot of credibility.” Freshman Pen-Yuan Hsing said he was more skeptical about what Hofmeister discussed. “He was pretty good for a person with ‘zero credibility,”’ Hsing said. “But it remains to be seen how all these alternative energy sources will turn out. Often, what seems like the best solution, doesn’t work out in the end.”

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Allen discussed the proposals for improvements in faculty career flexibility that the Sloan Award recognizes. Planned important to the retention of female facchanges include new policies for flexible ulty members. In the last five years, the work and retirement arrangements. percentage of tenure track faculty who The University will also work to provide are female has increased only three pereducation about current options to procentage points, from 21 to 24 percent. fessors, especially the influentialmembers “We are not hiring and we are not reof the Appointments, Promotions and taining women faculty members at the rate Tenure Committee. you would expect,” Lange said. “Ensuring that everyone is aware of our Among faculty in the School ofArts and policies is important,” Allen said. Sciences, the disparity in retention is parDissent arose at the end of the meetticularly marked. ing, when Kenneth Knoerr, professor Seventy-six percent of regular-rank emeritus of environmental meteorology male faculty hired since 1993 are still at and hydrology, called for black faculty Duke, but only 70 percent of female members to work with area high schools hires remain. to increase the long-term numbers ofpreIn contrast, the Pratt School of Engipared minority candidates for both faculty neering has markedly raised its number of positions and undergraduate admission. women professors during the past five “Unless we do something to improve the preparation of students at the high years, from 8 to 18 percent. Retaining black professors has also school level, we’re never going to achieve been difficult for the University, which has our [diversity] goals,” Knoerr said. an overall retention rate of 71 percent but He added that he had first raised the retains only 66 percent of black faculty. issue at a meeting more than 10 years ago. “I don’t think the difference is enorNancy Hill, associate professor of psymous, especially given the intense compechological and brain sciences, responded tition for black faculty,” Lange said. by questioning Knoerr’s assertion that This year, the University has a total of peers’ accusations of “acting white” hold high-achieving 68 black tenure-track faculty members, back potentially the same number as in 2005. African-American students. She said negative peer effects are not Lange attributed the lack of growth in part to the departure of some black prosupported empirically. fessors last spring, when two dual-career Hill said that as a black female profesfaculty couples left for other institutions. sor—part of an underrepresented minori“The numbers here te11... only a part of the ty—she was shocked to hear Knoerr’s story,” Lange said, explaining they may not words at an elite university in 2006. “I am actually offended,” Hill said. fully reflect changes in attitude and support.

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ones, saying it will likely curtail civil freedoms.

The U.S. State Department urged Russia Wednesday to speed up the re-registration process and to allow all NGOs to continue operating. But Justice Ministry official Anatoly Panchenko said authorities were unable to process the registrations of 96 NGOs by the deadline at midnight Wednesday, although he promised they would do so as soon as possible. “We will do our best to process them as quickly as possible, so they can resume their work,” he told the AP. He was later quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying that the number of pending applications had fallen to 93. The Danish Refugee Council, an aid group active in Chechnya that has had uneasy relations with the Russian government, said it was told its permit would be issued Friday. However, the medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, said it had to halt some of its humanitarian work in Chechnya and a program in Moscow involving homeless children because two ofits three offices—those based in Belgium and France —had not obtained registration. The law obliged foreign-based groups to complete the procedure by the deadline or suspend their activities. The European Union said it had “repeatedly expressed concern” about the NGO law since its adoption in April.

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ELECTION

she was perfect in terms of being a non-partisan person who was really passionate about getting people involved.” Panhel President Chrissie Gorman, a senior, said when her group was approached by Campus Life to help fund the event, delegates thought it was a great opportunity to encourage students to get involved in the community. “It seems like turnout [for the speech] will be pretty good,” Gorman said. “There are a lot of advertisements around campus." Although there is no presidential race this year, Gorman said many students are still interested in the Durham district attorney election because ofrape allegations against three members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team. Robbins also said she expects high student interest. “It doesn’t take much time on Duke’s campus to see how engaged students are right now in elections,” she said. “Midterm elections are in some ways more important than presidential elections, even if there aren’t glossy photos and high-profile debates.”

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2004, individual Campus Life offices published candidates’ positions as they related to each office’s mission. There were also voter registration efforts held with Duke College Republicans and Duke Democrats; This year’s efforts have taken a slightly different direction, Redmond said, because it is a midterm election and the Campus Life board has a different makeup now. “Unfortunately, not as many students are aware of midterm elections as we would like,” Redmond added. “We hope that by putting it out there, it will help encourage engagement.” Claire Robbins, program coordinator at the Women’s Center and one of the Campus Life programmers, said the group decided to have Greene speak as away of expanding this year’s effort. “In the past, we had done Election Affection but not done a major keynote, and the focus was civic engagement,” she said. “When we looked into Jehmu, we realized

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Duke entered last night’s game against Clemson looking to reverse a recent trend—the inability to finish scoring opportunities. Instead, the Blue Devils (7-6-2, 3-3-1 in the ACC) emerged with another frustratin S loss > this time r\ cn/icrtM CLEMSON 3_ a 3-2 defeat to the DUKE 2 Tigers (9-6-1, 4-31). Duke has not beaten Clemson since 2000. “It’s disappointing, especially since we’ve lost to them every single year since I’ve been here now,” senior midfielder Lauren Tippets said. “But I guess we just have to put it behind us.”. Tippets scored Duke’s first goal since October 1 to give the Blue Devils an early 1-0 lead in the 27th minute. Although Duke took that advantage into the half, it was not pleased. “We should’ve been up three at halftime,” head coach Robbie Church said. The Blue Devils squandered many scoring opportunities in the first half, includLAURA BETH DOUGLAS/THE CHRONICLE ing a comer kick where they fired two shots on goal but failed to score. Freshman KayAnne Gummersalland the Blue Devils allowed three second-half goals to unranked Clemson. “We’ve got to make better decisions with the ball,” Church said. “We took some ties as it should have, it managed to score we’re winning.’” shots. I think we could’ve taken another more than it has in recent weeks. Church attributed some of his'team’s touch. We could’ve made a decision to play “We’ve been working on scoring scoring problems to the players trying to the ball across the face of the goal.” goals all week,” Tippets said. “It was an do too much. Senior forward Sarah McCabe scored improvement to get two goals on the “Everybody just really wants to do the other Duke goal in the 63rd minute, board. We just need to make sure that things for the team, and really wants to putting the Blue Devils up, 2-1. But the after we score our goals, there’s not a get that goal,” he said. The loss makes this season’s remaining Tigers took the lead for good on second- letdown.” half goals by Elizabeth Jobe and Julie Bolt, Duke has occasionally struggled with games—against Florida State, Miami and Wake Forest—extremely important. and Duke couldn’t convert its late-game maintaining its focus after scoring. to “The last three games are close, “We need be more tough,” to force overtime. mentally opportunities they’re all closely getting to [being a Tippets said. “After we score goals someDespite the loss, there were some encouraging signs in the game. Although Duke did times, we get too complacent and we’re must-win game],” Church said. “No like, ‘We’ll get the next one, it’s okay, question.” not convert on as many scoring opportuni-

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Kyle Singler, Duke’s top target remaining for next year’s incoming recruiting class, will likely announce his intentions toward the end of next week, his high school coach said. The 6-foot-8 forward, ranked No. 4 overall in his class by recruiting website scout.com, visited Duke in late September. Singler also took official visits to Arizona last month and Kansas last weekend and is now taking time to discuss the decision with his family and coaches. “Right now he hasn’t made any determination," said Dennis Murphy, Singler’s coach at South Medford (Ore.) High School. “He’s probably thought about it a lot, but he hasn’tshared it with anyone.” “I think it’s probably going to be toward the end of next week,” Murphy added. Murphy said the factors Singler would be considering include the school’s coaches, players, distance from home and academics. “The visit to Duke went really well,” Singler told scout.com. “I had a chance to hang out with the players and really get to know everyone involved with the program. It was a very relaxed atmosphere, and my parents and I were very comfortable.” For several weeks, many recruidng analysts believed Singler to be deciding between Duke and UCLA, where scout.com’s SEE RECRUITING ON PAGE 16

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One man’s trash is another man’s treasure And one school’s mess could lead to another school’s first win When this season began, many would have predicted Miami (42, 1-1 in the ACC) to celebrate an easy win over Duke (0-6, 0-4) this weekend.But the Hurricanes, who are already experiencing a down year, will play without 13 players because of suspensions resulting from last weekend’s brawl with Florida International. The Blue Devils are still searching for their first victory and may have finally received the lucky break they need to get it. “We’re not going to focus on who’s gone and who’s not,” said Duke senior captain Casey Camero, a defensive tackle. “They still have plenty of talented depth, and they’re still Miami. And we’re going to prepare for them like we normally would.”

Freshman quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and the Blue Devils broke out for a season-high 24 points in last Saturday's loss at home to Florida State.

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With the ACC tournament just two games away, No. 4 Duke (124) is looking to create postseason momentum with a victor)' against No. 12 California (11-3) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Williams field. .After a disappointing JO 1-0 loss Oct. 14 to No. 3 Old Dominion, which was the team’s second this season at the hands of the Monarchs and Lady ''fj&S ended their five game win streak, the Blue Devils SATURDAY, 1 p.m. redeem themh Gp r e to Wilhams Field selves by beating one ofc the nation’s top teams. “It’s almost a do-or-die situation,” midfielder Marian Dickinson said. “We have to win out the season to get a goodranking in the postseason.” The Golden Bears are a force to be reckoned with, though, and the Blue Devil squad will have to play their best on both sides of die ball to check California’s offensive firepower. In particular, head coach Beth Bozman said her team focused on a strategy to contain Cal’s center-forward Valentina Godfrid. Godfrid is the leading single season and career goal scorer in Golden Bears history, and she is ranked second in the nation in points per game and third in goals per game. *

Bozman said Godfrid is a dangerous player. The center-forward is coming off a hat-trick performance in a win over Appalachain State, increasing her season total to 25 on a California team ranked fifth in

scoring average. Duke’s junior goalkeeper Caitlin Williams is optimistic that the Duke squad is ready to stop any team. “Overall we’re very confident defensively,” Williams said. “We think we can handle any team in the country.” Dickinson, Duke’s leading scorer so far this season, believes the Blue Devils’ offense is well prepared to keep up with California. “We’ve been working more on getting the ball up through the midfield to the forwards,” Dickinson said. “We just have to capitalize on those opportunities.” Over the past six games, the Blue Devils have been successful in doing just that, outscoring their opponents 22-7. Bozman is confident that her team is capable of keeping up that offensive dominance Saturday. “I think Cal’s a dangerous team, and we know that,” Bozman said. “We just want to go out and play well.” Duke’s success for the rest of the season and into the playoffs may very well rest on its ability to capitalize on every opportunity it gets. Dickinson believes the match against California is the perfect

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in the sand. Their mere presence embodies the cultural significance of the game—a phenomenon rarely felt in other parts of the country. But five of the 15 Blue Devil volleyball players risked the “culture shock” to wear Duke blue for four years. Seniors Pixie Levanas and Polly Bendush, junior Jenny Shull, sophomore Sue Carls and freshman Rachael Moss all hail from the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, and each have observed significant differences in the reception of volleyball at Duke. “It’s like us and lacrosse,” Shull said, referring to the fact that most of the girls were unfamiliar with lacrosse before coming east. “VolleybaH’s just a lot bigger of a sport in Southern California, and everyone knows about it.” Carls said due to this familiarity, the popularity is much greater at home. Even so, top volleyball programs such as Nebraska and Penn State sell out every game, she said. SARA GUERERRO/THE CHRONICLE “There’s a community fan base,” she added. “It’s just such a social scene—l’d Five ofDuke's players, including Jenny Shull (No. 6) and Pixie Levanas (center, back) come from Southern California. love to see Cameron become that.” Although girls all over the country have ic school and a great volleyball school, your Levanas and Carls played together at the opportunity to play indoor volleyball, options are very limited,” Carls said. Marymount High School in Los Angeles, the beach game is something particularThe other options, however, make and the relationship that they developed as themselves available early to top high teammates greatly influenced Carls’ decily—or at least originally—unique to Southern California. school senior recruits. Moss, the youngest sion to follow her high school “big sister.” The Association of Volleyball Profesof the Southern California Blue Devils, “I had a mentor relationship with Sue—sionals Tour has been consistently adding went through recruitment most recently. she was my ‘little sister,’” Levanas said. “It “There’s a lot of pressure to commit,” was just more comforting for her to know sites to its calendar in past years, but Southern California still hosts the sport’s largest Moss said. “Especially when clubs are saythat someone was already here.” beach tournaments. It’s one thing to lure a former a teaming, You have a scholarship on the table, mate, and it’s another to bring in a for“The other girls play ‘sand volleyball,’” take it.’” The enthusiasm of Duke team members mer opponent. Carls used to play against Moss said. “It’s not a culture, though.” With the advantages of year-round play from the same area was very important to Moss on what seemed like every weekend in the form of competitive indoor clubs, each of the players when they were making in club competition, Carls said. And now she’s relieved to have Moss on her side of the high school season and summers at the up their minds. Shull had her reservations, the net. beach, Southern California players seem to but she decided Duke was for her. it, do and from the “I’m just glad I don’t have to play have an upper hand when seeking the atcan they they’re “If beach, and they love it out there, then I’m against her anymore,” she said. tention of local universities. Although comfortable on the team, the “But if you want to go to a great academ- going to love it, too,” she said.

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players said some things about the volleyball culture just can’t be replicated. For example, Duke does not have a men’s team. “All the cool guys played volleyball [in high school],” Bendush said. “And here all the football players were like, ‘men’s volleyball players are pansies.’” The girls also miss the sort of relationship that same-sport men’s and women’s teams

develop.

“It’s neat how girls lacrosse and guys lacrosse can meet up and do different activities together,” Shull said. Nonetheless, the volleyball team’s success in the past few years, and particularly its success this season, is drawing larger crowds and greater community support, carving out its own place 3,000 miles from the Southern California beaches.

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In front of a record crowd of 6,350 at Koskinen Stadium, Danny Kramer slid a ball between the UNC goalie and the post with less than 90 seconds remaining to lift Duke to a 3-2 victory. North Carolina had won the previous year in a 3-2, double-overtime thriller. In its first comeback win of the season, Duke weakened the Tar Heels' quick offensive attack and Nigi Adogwa scored two second-half goals to lead the Blue Devils.

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four seasons, including a memorable 3-2 Duke victory at Koskinen Stadium in 2004 when Danny Kramer scored the winning goal with 1:18 left on the clock. That game reminded head coach John Rennie of another classic in 1988, when Duke won on a Joey Valenti goal with just six seconds remaining. “The game like [tonight’s] is why I came to Duke,” junior goaltender Justin Papadakis said. “It’s just something-intangible about it that creates a great atmosphere-just the history between the two schools, the proximity and the great athletic departments both schools have.” The 2006 edition of the rivalry pits the fifth-ranked Blue Devils (11-2-1, 4-1-1 ACC) against the struggling No. 21 Tar Heels (10-4-2, 2-3-1). After a quick start to the season and a national No. 1 ranking, North Carolina has yet to win in four October matches. The Tar Heels are coming off back-to-back 1-0 losses to Campbell and No. 3 Wake Forest. “You’re kind of afraid that they’re coming here with a chip on their shoulder,” Rennie said. “They want to prove the last couple weeks have been abnormal. They’ve had a full week to recover, so I’m sure they’ll be refreshed and ready.

They’re not happy being 2-3-1 when they were preseason favorites [to win the conference]. The odds are it’s going to be another hotly contested, close game.”

Duke, on the other hand, enters the game riding a four-game winning streak that has given the Blue Devils sole possession of first place in the rugged ACC. The Blue Devils can clinch the regularseason conference tide with a victory tonight. “I think we’re ready,” Papadakis said. “We’ve trained real hard and we’ve really developed over the last few weeks. Everything is coming together right now. This will be our biggest challenge of the year, and this is to secure the top of the ACC and maybe the country. It’s going to be a fun night.” As if the Blue Devils needed any extra motivadon, the team will celebrate Senior Night, honoring Kyle Helton, Chris Loftus, Danny Miller, Ryan Pasconi, Chase Perfect and Scott Siegel. Duke will look to craft some new memories tonight, with a victory over their rivals from down the road and an ACC crown to match. “From a game standpoint, it’s not really different from a lot of games we play,” Rennie said. “But a lot of guys know each other, it’s bragging rights locally and it should be a fantastic crowd. That makes it

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On a cold night in Chapel Hill, top-10 teams Duke and North Carolina played 110 minutes of regulation and overtime without scoring a goal. In a game marked by defensive dominance and offensive frustration, the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels played to a 0-0 tie in front of the second-largest crowd ever at' Fetzer Field. The two teams would meet again just over two weeks later.

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Although Miami head coach Larry Coker said Duke poses some problems for his team, the Blue Devils have struggled to play consistently on both sides of the ball throughout the season. Duke’s offense recorded its highest score of the year against Florida State, but the Blue Devil defense also gave up more points than it had in any other game. The Hurricanes head to Durham with the momentum of a four-game winning streak and the Blue Devils know they will have to play a complete game in order to win. “What we’ve got to do is focus on going back to working out our mistakes and the things we can control,” head coach Ted Roof said. “We can’t control some of the things, so we’re not going to worry about them—play the guessing game or anything

like that. We’re just going to get ourselves make those types of mistakes and put our ready to play, because this needs to be our defense in those types of situations with eibest football game of the year.” ther a turnover on offense or special teams Miami’s defense is ranked sixth nationearly in the football game.” This Miami team, already facing intense ally in average yards against and third in rushing yards against. The Blue Devils, national scrutiny, may be the weakest Hurwhose running attack has been inconsisricane squad Duke has faced in recent tent, will look once more to freshman memory. The Blue Devils could start the quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and his corps long road back to salvaging this season with a win Saturday. of receivers to produce the bulk of the ofWith a loss to Miami, the senior class’s fensive output. Duke’s air attack has accounted for apdream to visit its first and only bowl game proximately 1000 of the offense’s 1400 will be extinguished. Despite the winless total yards this season, yet the Blue Devils first half of the season, the seniors remain confident in their team and its abilities. have run nearly 30 percent more rushing than “Coming here, I was sold on turning plays passing plays. Despite successes in certain areas, the of- the program around,” Camero said. “Exfense has had a tendency to turn the ball over pectations were high. We wanted to be in key situations, especially in the first half. contending for a bowl game every year.... “We’ve gotten behind the eight ball We’re not where we want to be, but we’re early, which has taken us out of our game not going to let that affect the way we play plan,” Roof said. “We cannot come out and the rest of our games.”

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Current high school senior Taylor King is one of two players in his class—Nolan Smith being the other—to verbally commit to Duke.

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No. 3 prospect Kevin Love verbally committed over the summer. But early last week, Singler informed Bruins’ head coach Ben Howland that he had trimmed his list to three—Duke, Arizona and Kansas. Now, coaches at the three remaining schools must wait as Singler, who has not publicly given any indication as to which he will choose, mulls over his final decision. “It’s a big game of Texas Hold’em and nobody is showing their cards,” said Dave Telep, national editor of scout.com.

Should Singler commit to Duke next week, he would join wing Taylor King and point guard Nolan Smith in Duke’s incoming freshman class for 2007. The Blue Devils currendy have 10 scholarship players on their roster, and with the NCAA limit set at 13, Singler would appear to fill the roster out as there are no seniors on the current team. Still, Duke continues to woo 6-foot-8 forward Patrick Patterson, a West Virginia product and the fourth-ranked player at his position. Patterson took his official visit to Duke the final weekend of September. He has also visited Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Telep said he believed Singler would make his verbal commitment before Patterson, meaning Duke could be without a scholarship to offer Patterson if Singler chooses to become a Blue Devil. A scholarship could potentially open up if a current player chooses to leave school early for the NBA or if one agrees to pay his own way, as Lee Melchionni did his freshman year when the scholarship limit was used up. “College basketball is a different game than it was 10 years ago,” Telep said. “That’s probably a situation where they’ll cross that bridge when they come to it. I’d imagine Duke has a situation to handle that, otherwise they wouldn’t recruit both guys.”

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as we have in the last few weeks.” These words, written by senior Joe Fore, Duke Student Government executive vice president, in his weekly e-mail to DSG members, appeared promising. A short meeting. Hmm, maybe I’ll be able to watch Lost after fillip ailie VPrnnt? ver 9 0IZ all, I thought. down and dirty with dsg We dnesday ’ s DSG General Meeting was hardly long, but an interesting problem arose, which no one could have anticipated. We were flying through the agenda. Items one through four finished faster than you could imagine. Item five of the agenda approached: New Group Requests. Three new student groups were to be presented by sophomore Alex Crable, Student Organization Finance Committee chair, along with each group’s SOFC recommendation. No big deal. I might even be able to swing by the Loop before “Lost,” I imagined. The first group to go through this process was Student Pugwash, a scientific ethics debate group. SOFC Recommendation: Recognition. Their goals were reviewed, their policies discussed. Questions, answers and Recognition approved. The next group, Agnitio, was up for discussion. SOFC Recommendation: Charter. This Duke University undergraduate journal of philosophy seemed to spark a little more discussion and interest. Questions, answers and Charter approved. Only one more group to go; Team HBV. This organization’s goal is to raise awareness for the incidence of hepatitis B in Asian and Pacific Islanders, as outlined in their constitution, and to help raise money for related research. It was the only group that seemed controversial by any means. Why? SOFC Recommendation: No Official Status. Crable noted that many health-issue-specific groups are being created and seeking recognition. His suggestion of a medical umbrella group to provide advice and legal assistance, research and even testing for a number of these groups inspired some discussion within DSC. He then recommended that they table the discussion, so that SOFC could further consider the umbrella group idea. An admirable suggestion. Almost immediately, there was a motion to table. It passed widi only one “nay” vote and two abstenr■

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On the contrary, it seems that Duke’s present requirements are flexible and open to interdisciplinarity. During a student’s four years, he has the opportunity to take at least 24 electives in addition to a 10-class major. As opposed to the rigid curricular structure at schools like Columbia, Duke’s core curriculum requirements are unusually fluid and easy to meet. This is not to say that it is wrong to facilitate the pursuit of interdisciplinarity. However, it is wrong to do so at the expense of a student’s major field, when the the status quo already allows for innovative

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like economics—probably would not reduce their numbers of required classes due to the prerequisites and lab classes necessary in those fields. Popular majors, too, would not be likely to reduce their requirements, because they need to keep their enrollment under control. Only less popular major programs in the humanities and social sciences would truly have the opportunity to reduce their required classes. These divisions would increase inequality and a sense of unfairness between the majors. Given these problems with Thompson’s plan, is there a significant impetus to reduce the minimum amount of classes to complete a major? In other words, are the University’s current minimum major requirements so onerous as to discourage interdisciplinary work?

discussion as the motion to table had passed. Then it was suggested that someone could move to reconsider, at which point she would be able to speak. Almost immediately, there was a motion to reconsider. This is where things got downright ugly. Parliamentary procedure went out the window. Nobody seemed to know exactly what was happening. Motion after motion was made, some more logical than others, and I could not even keep track of the number of parliamentary inquiries. Joe Fore tried as best he could to keep everything under control and according to procedure. His gavel was flying. Finally, it came down to him holding up his guide to Robert’s Rules of Order and exclaiming that everyone should be happy that “it’s highlighted and annotated!” When Fore finally had control of the group, freshman DSG senator ChrisBobadilla captured the insanity of the moment when he raised his hand with a question: “So right now, what are we voting for exactly?” A question that most anyone in the room would have had trouble answering. It was rather apparent that parliamentary procedure is a new concept for many of the members of DSG. Although I have great confidence that Joe Fore could teach every individual in that room everything he or she never really wanted to know about Robert’s Rules, senators and DSG members need to make an effort to learn such procedure on their own time. Those rules were designed to keep things efficient and running smoothly and that is exactly what did not happen at Wednes-

day’s meeting.

I do not believe everyone needs his own annotated and highlighted copy of Robert’s Rules (although I applaud Fore for having one), but a few less parliamentary inquiries would help keep the flow of the meeting, well, flowing. At the conclusion of the meeting, President Elliott Wolf stated quite simply, “I hate parliamentary procedure,” and although that comment was undoubtedly motivated by the events that had transpired throughout the meeting, like it or not, all of DSG needs to step up and keep things in order lest poor Mr. Robert roll over in his grave. A Hie Vergotz is a Trinity every otherFriday.

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Do not vote

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not support Mike Nifong. not believe he has handled

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the lacrosse case with competence. I do not believe he is the ideal district attorney to serve the Durham community. But here is something I do believe in: due political and judicial process; I ■ believe that there is a right way to get someone out of an elected office and there is a wrong way. It is right for the local residents of Durham to speak out, as more than James zou 10,000residents did when hello, world they signed their names on petitions in support of DA candidates other than Nifong It is wrong for the outside special interest groups and individuals to seek to influence the local democratic process. For example, the Recall Nifong Political Action Committee received three of its first four incubating donations from the New England region. In addition, the parents of a Duke lacrosse player contributed $5,000 to an anti-Nifong PAG. It is right for residents to actively participate in the political process, as Freda Black and Keith Bishop did when they challenged Nifong for the DA nomination in the Democratic primary. Black, a former prosecutor, received 43 percent of the vote and Nifong won with 45 percent. It is wrong when Lewis Cheek was recruited as a dummy candidate by Dan Hill, a Duke alumnus and prominent supporter, for the sole purpose of defeating Nifong. Cheek has repeatedly stated in the media that he has no intention to campaign for the election and will refuse the DA position if he is to win. Why? Because he doesn’t “feel comfortable” leaving his three-year-old firm. It is right for some Duke students to rally behind their friends in times of need and to provide moral and public support, as students did when they signed an online petition attesting to the “strong character” of one of the indicted players. It is commendable for students to raise social awareness and to register for the election. They fulfill their duty as citizens when they cast ballots on a substantive issue while having a good knowledge of the background of the candidates. For Nifong, this involves investigating his 27 years of work in the Durham judicial system and his current responsibility for an office that handles more than 50,000 new cases every year. It is wrong to vote out of personal grudge and spite against an individual. The independence and integrity of our judicial process hinges on its participants being disentangled from special interest influences, retributions and grudges. Judges and public prosecutors should have the free rein to seek justice against both the street-corner pickpockets and the rich and powerful. They will inevitably be wrong some of the dme. And they should be held absolutely accountable for their mistakes in the due process of the court and the election. The judicial process should be allowed to run its course and through its own mechanisms exonerate the innocent while punishing the guilty. The political process should be based on evaluating the merit of the full career and background of the candidates, not on one sensational incident. And most certainly not on finessing the probability over the dismissal of a specific case. A vote for Lewis Cheek —a candidate who has expressed no interest in the DA office—is a destructive vote. It is a purely negative ballot; it stands not for ideas or substance, but is driven by the anyone-but-Nifong fervor. Resist the temptation of easy retribution and do not vote. Do not cross the line of civic activism and cheapen the seriousness of the political process. Be constructive instead. Duke Students For An Ethical Durham proclaims to “encourage students to fulfill their civic obligation.” Indeed ensuring that all University employees are making a living wage or helping the growing Hispanic community to integrate into Durham are much more significant civic issues facing the community. If the students are truly interested in the ethics of Durham, then I encourage them to invest their efforts in these and other worthwhile causes. And if some New England parents want to donate $5,000, that would go a long way.

James Zou

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downright refreshing to see Professors Richard not a qualification for admission to a top-10 univerHain and Fred Nijhout call for “a thoughtful desity like Duke; it says next to nothing about a stubate about the r01e... of athletics on campus.” dent’s willingness to participate in our academic While we’re on the subject, I think it’s high time we community. discussed the adAdministrators know this; a December 2000 report to the Board ofTrustees notes that students admitted vantages athletes enjoy in our admisafter intervention from the development or athletics sions process. offices “are less well prepared academically and perFirst, let’s start sonally to contribute to the intellectual atmosphere with the facts: For at Duke.” the Class of 2007, To be fair, administrators are quick to counter that 768 male non-athstudent-athletes graduate at a rate of 94 percent letes were admitted (which is the highest in the ACC). We should all be to Duke with an avso lucky to benefit from athletes’ access to preferenkristin butler a S C e 0f tial course scheduling, personal tutors and summerwith all deliberate speed while 42 r e time study. cruited athletes avThis report’s point is well taken: We shouldn’t eraged 1,172.For females, 786 non-athletes averaged continue framing this debate in terms of an appli1,403, versus 37 athletes’ 1,258. cant’s ability to graduate. As Dean of Admissions That’s a 266-point gap for males and a 145-point Christoph Guttentag notes, that’s only at issue in a gap for females. minority of cases. And in case you’re interested in a team-by-team Rather, we need to set a much higher standard, breakdown, the eight men’s baseball team recruits av- one that thinks about student-athletes’ rightful eraged 1,206 that year, while 22 football players averplace in the academic and cultural landscape of this aged 1,063 and the five men’s basketball players came University. in last at 997. All 14 other recruited male athletes avTo this end, consider that recruited athletes are not only accepted at a different time and by a diferaged 1,258. Considering the national average for the 2002 SAT ferent standard than the rest of us; some of them was 1,026, it’s a safe bet that few (if any) non-athletes are housed, scheduled and even fed apart from could even get their foot in the door with stats like the their peers. ones above. Is it any surprise, then, that theLacrosse ad hoc ReYet the most elite recruits (read: prospective basketview Committee noted that the “strict discipline of ball players) can be tentatively admitted before they’ve training and play enforces community” and “social cofinished their junior year of high school; all that’s needhesion” among varsity athletes? ed is a PSAT score and freshman and sophomore grades. And in the aftermath of the rape accusations, we’ve This must have been how our beloved Sean Dockall heard that the “negative aspects 0f... cohesion is a ery got admitted with a 2.3 GPA and an ACT score of serious problem that requires resolution.” 15; at the time, his credentials didn’t even meet NCAA So as we define our “resolution” to that “serious minimums of a 2.5 GPA and 17 on the ACT. problem,” I hope we’ll consider the violence done to Which brings me to my point; Although I, too, will our campus culture and to our reputation by these adnever forget the night Sean Dockery beat VT, this missions preferences; they are an affront to our academic mission, and they privilege factors entirely unsnapshot of our admissions process is a Universitywide disgrace. related to a student’s ability to succeed. Indeed, is it really too much to ask for these studentJust as importantly, I hope that we can come to unathletes’ scores to come within shouting distance of derstand what a recent Chronicle editorial called the their classmates? “conflict that exists because Duke is both a top-10 acAnd can we really be an “academic” University ademic and Division-I athletic school” for what it realwhen our lofty standards are so clearly subject to the ly is: a deep social and intellectual divide catalyzed by athletic department’s needs? policies that privilege non-academic credentials above But most of all, why should non-athletes like myself academic ones. accept the argument that sporting ability should outKristin Butler is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every weigh inferior academic credentials? Truly, the ability to hit a golf ball or pull an oar is Friday.

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lettertotheeditor Study abroad statistics on minorities misleading We believe that the percentage of black and Asian students who study abroad could be perceived as grossly misleading. First, study abroad is an individual decision, thus any reasons for the discrepancies on our part would merely be speculation. However, we find several ofAssociate Dean of StudyAbroad Margaret Riley’s comments in the Oct. 16 article “Study abroad statistics reveal gap in diversity” particularly concerning. Regarding the “high percentage of diverse students who are basketball and football players,” consider the following: Black students comprise approximately 11 percent of the undergraduate student population. If all 115 members of the Duke football and basketball teams were black, they would constitute 19.2 percent of that population. Such a minority within a minority could not have a drastic effect on the statistic presented in the article. Furthermore, the comment that the “closeknit nature of traditionally black fraternities and sororities may make it more socially difficult for black students to leave,” is simply not true. There are countless examples of students who are both greek and have studied abroad. In fact,

to our knowledge, some of these same students have gone abroad on more than one occasion. Although we appreciate the efforts by the Office of Study Abroad to increase their programs’ diversity, claiming diverse representations in brochure images as one of the Office’s initiatives to reach a broader base of students can be perceived as “tokenization,” and thus be problematic. We encourage the Office of Study Abroad to continue to work with the Multicultural Center to further explore this issue. Finally, we find it dangerous to use statistics to make sweeping generalizations about specific student groups. What the ardcle failed to explore was the possible influence of outside variables. For example, these two demographics contain a high number of pre-professional students. The requirements with such tracks may limit the ability for students to study abroad. The number of international students within these populations may have also had an impact.

Malik Burnett Kevin Fang SekharPadmanabhan Trinity ’O7

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The Duke lacrosse story: Why rape allegations against men’s 1:30 p.m. lacrosse players became a national story on race, class and crime Bob Ashley 70, Durham Herald-Sun editor lay Bllas ’B6, attorney and ESPN sports analyst James E. Coleman, Jr., Duke law professor and chair of Duke’s lacrosse-review committee Seyward Darby ’O7, The Chronicle editorial-page managing editor and 2005-2006 editor-in-chief John Drescher, AM ’BB, Raleigh News Observer managing editor Jerry Footllck, author of Truth and Consequences: How Colleges and Universities Meet Public &

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3:30 p.m. Reporting and national security: balancing public interests after 9/11 Rebecca Christie ’95, Dow Jones Newswires defense reporter Mark Mazzettl ’96, The New York Times national security reporter David Schanzer, visiting associate professor of public policy and director of theTriangle

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Jeffrey Smith 76, The Washington Post national investigative correspondent and 2005-2006 media fellow at Duke’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy

Scott Silliman, Duke law professor and executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Susan Tifft 73, Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy Studies at DeWitt Wallace, author and expert on media ethics and investigative journalism dilemmas

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