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The University will launch a $2.5-million Visual Studies Initiative next semester to improve interdisciplinary understanding, research and teaching of visual culture, officials announced Monday. The initiative, spearheaded by Gregson Davis, dean of the humanities, and Susan Roth, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies, will serve to enhance the arts across many departments through programming, faculty hiring and curricular develop-

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Indicted members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty would likely be eligible to return to the program if felony charges against them are dropped, sources within the Department of Athletics and the Office of Student Affairs said Monday. Several members of the athletics department, men’s lacrosse head coach John Danowski and the team’s captain all indicated Seligmann and Finnerty—who would be juniors—would be warmly accepted back in to the program, provided they are in good standing with the University and with the NCAA. “Collin and Reade would be welcomed back with open arms, and that’s something

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“It represents an intellectual trend,” Davis said. “We live in an age where we are very aware nowadays of the power of the visual and the ways the visual has come to dominate our lives.” President Richard Brodhead sought and received the funding for the initiative from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will become available Jan. 1 and will be used over a period offive years. But the University aims to support the initiative after 2011. “The world is always a visual fact, but the world we live in culturally has become so consistently visual,” Brodhead said. Hans Van Miegroet, chair of the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, will chair the steering committee. The committee will be composed of about 10 faculty members from across several departments in the humanities and social sciences and will extend the interdisciplinary initiatives into other areas of the University. He added that much of what is visual in SEE VIS. STUDIES ON PAGE

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captain Ed Douglas, a redshirt senior. “We look forward to having them with us.” Seligmann and Finnerty completed their coursework for the spring semester and their NCAA eligibility should not be an issue, said Chris Kennedy, senior associate athletics director. While criminal proceedings continue against the three indicted players—including David Evans, who graduated in the spring—Finnerty and Seligmann are not on Duke’s campus this semester because SEE M. LACROSSE ON PAGE 10

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Defense attorneys for the three indicted lacrosse players have investigated in recent months whether it will be necessary to change the venue for the players’ potential trial. news Although the trial analysis may be moved out of Durham County, law experts say the process is difficult and unlikely in the ongoing case. Some have expressed concern that Durham jurors will have preconceived notions about the defendants, preventing the players from receiving a fair trial, said Fred Williams, associate professor at North Carolina Central University’s School of Law. “This case has been subject to media scrutiny and it’s going to be hard to go anywhere in North Carolina where anybody hasn’t heard about the case,” he said. Defense attorney Woody Vann, who

has defended the alleged vicdm in a previous matter, said he believes the likelihood of a venue change is low. “I’d be surprised if they attempted a change of venue,” Vann wrote in an email. “I think there’s a large part of the Durham population both black and white that believes no rape took place.... Whether they’d want to stand up and say that, I don’t know.” George Fisher, Judge John Crown professor at Stanford Law School, said he thinks the larger issues of race and Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong’s campaign agenda should also be considered when discussing a venue change. “It appears that the local jury will have a lot going on in its mind,” Fisher said. “The relations between the University and the community as well as the political prospects of the DA are local issues. Whatever resentment or approval people SEE VENUE ON PAGE

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VIENNA, Austria Iran is expanding its uranium enrichment program even as the U.N. Security Council focuses on possible sanctions for its defiance of a demand to give up the activity and ease fears it seeks nuclear weapons, diplomats said Monday. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the information to media, told The Associated Press that within the past few weeks Iranian nuclear experts had started up a second pilot enrichment

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depending on the level of enrichment. Iran said it plans to install 3,000 centrifuges at its enrichment plant in Natanz, central Iran, by the end of this year. Industrial production of enriched uranium in Natanz would require 54,000 create an atomic weapon,

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ducing enriched uranium, even the decision to “dry test” them showed Iran’s defiance of the Security Council. The council had set an Aug. 31 deadline for Tehran to cease -all experiments linked to enrichment. It may start full deliberations on sanctions as early as later this week. Iran produced a small batch of low-enriched uranium—suitable as nuclear fuel but not weapons grade—in February, using its initial cascade of 164 centrifuges at its pilot plant at Natanz. The process of uranium enrichment can be used to generate electricity or to

centrifuges. Although it is nowhere near that goal,

successful testing of other “cascades” would indicate that Tehran is slowly mastering the complexities of producing enriched uranium. A U.N. official said that even a “dry-run” allows Tehran “to develop the technology, to make sure that things work.”

Ex-Enron CEO sentenced to 24 years last former top official to be punished for the accounting tricks and shady business deals that led to the loss of thousands of jobs, more than $6O billion in Enron stock and more than $2 billion in employee pension plans after the company imploded in 2001. His remaining assets, about $6O million, will be liquidated, according to an agreement among lawyers for Enron employees, the company’s savings and stock ownership plans, prosecutors and Skilling’s legal team.

be sent to the federal facility in Butner, N.C., for his role in a case that came to symbolize corporate fraud in America. HOUSTON Former Enron CEO Jef“His crimes have imposed on hundreds frey Skilling was ordered Monday to serve thousands a life sentence of poverty,” and four months the not 24 years in prison, if harshest punishment by far in Enron’s Lake said. The former chief executive officer will scandalous collapse and one that capped a be of sentences for execueligible to shave up to 54 days a year off string tough top his sentence for good behavior in prison. tives in corruption cases. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake denied Lake also ordered Skilling to undergo alcoSkilling’s request for bond and ordered him hol and mental-health counseling. to home confinement, wearing an ankle A successful completion of that treatmonitor. Lake, who told the U.S. Bureau of ment would take a year off his sentence. Skilling, insisting he was innocent yet Prisons to recommend when Skilling should report to prison, suggested the 52-year-old remorseful in a two-hour hearing, was the by

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Hawk enters Israeli coalition Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in a bid for political survival, struck an alliance Monday with a hard-liner who has called for stripping Israeli Arabs of citizenship, executing lawmakers for talking to Hamas and bombing Palestinian population centers.

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ternational nuclear talks if the United States shows a willingness to resolve a dispute over the North's alleged counterfeiting and money laundering, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday.

Clinton opp. trashes her looks Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her Republican challenger of getting into "swampy territory" after he was quoted Monday as saying that Clinton was unattractive when she was younger and that she had a lot of work done on herself. News briefs compiled

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The Fuqua School of Business can reclaim its rank among the nation’s top-10 business schools, after coming in at number nine in BusinessWeek’s “Best BSchools of 2006” issue. BusinessWeek’s biennial ratings guide ranked Fuqua 11th in 2004. Fuqua was rated as high as No. 5 in 2000. Mike Hemmerich, associate dean for marketing and communications at Fuqua, said the business school’s administration was very pleased with the rankings. “We make decisions that are based on the rankings, and they are an important external diagnostic about what the business world thinks ofus,” he said. In the ratings, Fuqua was the only school to score “A+”s across the board in its recruiter and student surveys. The “grades,” which account for 45 percent of a school’s rankings, are based on responses from graduates at 73 U.S. schools and MBA recruiters from 223 companies across the world. In September, Fuqua jumped five places in the 2006 Wall Street Journal Survey of SEE FUQUA ON PAGE 6

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Jehmu Greene, former president of Rock the Vote, speaks Monday as part of Election Affection.

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When Jehmu Greene looks in the mirror, she sees a young college student who was once denied the right to vote. Greene, former president of Rock the Vote and current national director of Project Vote, spoke Monday in the Gross Chemistry Building as part ofCommunity Service Week and Campus Life’s Elecdon Affection. During the talk, Greene urged students not only to register to vote but also to encourage their peers to register and to work against efforts to curtail the political voice of young people. The American-born daughter of Liberian exiles, Greene said she attempted to exercise her right to vote as

soon as she came of age. “My family, as political exiles, made sure that politics was always part of the discussion in my household, so registering to vote was something I was absolutely going to do,” Greene said. While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, Greene was registered to vote by a fraternity. When she arrived at the polling place, however, a woman said Greene’s name was not on the list. “In that moment that woman took away a lot of my dreams,” Greene said. “So it’s really an honor to get to do the work that I do because it’s all about making sure that other young people, other college students, don’t have to go SEE ROCK THE VOTE ON PAGE 8

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Durham City Manager Patrick Baker has taken heat for how he handled a fire at a local landfill.

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Freshman STUD works to unite social spheres starts booktrading site BY COSETTE WONG THE CHRONICLE

For senior Felix Li, there is only one way

to describe a recent mixer in which a di-

verse group of students came together to raise money for a good cause: “STUD-ly.” Li, former president of the Center for Race Relations, said the event co-hosted by Students To Unite Duke was one ofhis most memorable experiences with the organization. Since its creation five years ago, STUD—the social affiliate to the CRR has provided opportunities such as mixers and parties aimed at encouraging the student body to socially integrate and move beyond its typical comfort zones. “Many times, students will talk about the issue of self-segregation but often say nothing constructive about how to work towards a more unified campus,” senior Tiffany Gelott, co-president of STUD, wrote in an e-mail. She said the group’s mission is to overcome these social barriers. Sophomore Alex Ahearn, a member of STUD, said the organization addresses important issues he thinks exist at Duke. “I’ll often hear students complaining about self-segregation, how the campus has become segmented by Greek affiliations,” he wrote in an e-mail. “STUD’s all about hitting those issues head-on, with no illusions about what’s really happening on campus.” Senior Nelson Williams, president of the CRR, attributed the group’s resurgence to changes in protocol and vision. “We have always been trying to increase our visibility,” Walker said. He added that although STUD will host fewer events, they will be larger in scale this year. STUD works toward facilitating dia-

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Freshman Arie Friedheim was horrified by his $6OO textbook bill on top of Duke’s substantial tuition. So horrified, in fact, that Friedheim created Dukießooks.com, a textbook exchange website he opened Oct. 18 to the Duke student body. Dukießooks’ unveiling comes on the heels of an Oct. 5 Chronicle report that the Duke Textbook Store planned to open a d-book classified online service. Formal announcement of the service is expected during the textbook buyback period at the end of the semester. Dukießooks’ mission echoes that of the University of Miami’s nearly identical website, Canebooks.com, and was “formed as an easy to use, less costly alternative to [purchasing] textbooks,” Friedheim said. Friedheim was approached by Miami sophomore and Canebooks co-founder Chris Swift-Perez at the beginning of the semester, and a partnership was forged. A altered version of Miami’s site was generated for die Duke community earlier this month. Currently, Dukießooks has 50 -users

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logues between different social groups, Walker added. “[lt’s] kind of the toughest thing to tackle,” he said. “During people’s off time, do .they choose to lean into discomfort? Not always.” One way STUD helps break down social barriers between diverse sexual and racial groups is through hosting two different retreats —Beneath the Blue and Common Ground. Currently, STUD is seeking to break down social barriers by throwing another mixer and displaying a banner ask-

ing Duke students, “What is your ideal social scene?” People “give whatever it is that they want to give,” Walker said of the banner, noting that people do not have to worry about “political correctness” when re-

sponding. “We finally had the composition of leaders that we need,” Walker said about the situation this year. “[People] put so much of their heart into [this organization] they neglect the LSATs and [their] job searches.... I find it inspiring,” he added.

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VIS. STUDIES Was Jackson wearing lipstick? An employee reported Oct. 19 that while purchasing food at the sandwich shop in the North Pavilion at the hospital, he dropped a $2O bill on the floor. When he bent down to pick up his cash, the man behind him in line had already bent down to pick up the bill. The employee asked for his money and the man said the money was his. The suspect was identified and the case is under investigation. Purse pilfered from Fuqua An employee reported Friday that she had left her beige tote bag locked in her office in the Fuqua School of Business Sept. 29. When she returned to her office Oct. 3 the tote bag was missing.

Jacket, wallet stolen during football game A man reported that he left his Black Miami Hurricanes jacket containing a Tmobile cell phone, Green Miami Hurricanes wallet containing a credit card and a set of keys unsecure and unattended at 11:00 a.m Oct. 21 in Wallace Wade Stadium. When he returned for the jacket at 5:00 p.m. it was missing. Stolen car needed license plate? A student reported that someone stole the registration plate from her vehicle Oct. 19 around 3:10 p.m. near Lilly

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The New York State registration plate bears the number CUH 2940. Student tampers with prescription An employee at the Duke Clinic Phar-

macy reported that a student had altered a prescription for a controlled substance Oct. 19. Obtaining a controlled substance by fraud is a felony. Solicitor charged with trespassing A Duke University Police Department officer discovered a woman soliciting money from visitors in Parking Garage No. 2 Oct. 20 around 1:53 a.m. The woman had previously been banned from campus. She was issued a citation for 2nd Degree Trespassing with a court date of Nov. 17.

Hey jealousy... An employee reported she was receiving harassing and threatening calls from

her ex-boyfriend’s current girlfriend in the hospital’s North Pavilion Oct. 20. Harassing someone by telephone or threatening them is a crime in North Carolina. Child’s bike stolen from LSRC An employee reported that their child left their silver Marin bicycle unsecure and unattended in the hallway of Building C in the Levine Science Research Center at 5:00 p.m. Oct. 20. The bike was gone at 5:15 p.m. Student reports misused DukeCard A student reported that someone used his DukeCard number to make two purchases offood for delivery at Grace’s Cafe Sunday around 9:43 p.m. Using someone else’s Duke Card to make a purchase without permission is a crime.

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the world extends beyond the traditional conceptions of art. “If you really want to make this successful you have to build bridges with many constituencies, and this goes as far as engineering, the medical school or computer science,” Van Miegroet said. “Reading graphs or images of CAT scans—it all implies a certain visual literacy.” Among other goals, die initiative will serve to digitize existing media, provide funding for undergraduate research projects in related fields, establish new courses and certificate programs for graduate and undergraduate students, bring visiting artists and intellectuals to campus and hire five new faculty members. “The whole principle is to combine both the people who interpret and do the theory of visual studies and the people who actually produce [art],” Davis said. Graduate fellowship endowments will be made possible by $300,000 in grant funds and will be matched by an additional $300,000 from the Financial Aid Initiative. Van Miegroet said the initiative grew out of a long period of strategic planning to emphasize the arts and increase their visibility on campus. “Many people have the visual literacy of an eight-year-old, and that’s the problem—we tend to think it’s self-evident but it’s really not,” he said. Davis said details of how the grant funding will be administered will be determined during the initiative’s planning period next semester. He added, however, that the initiative will emphasize both modern visual art, such as film and digital media, as well as old and well established media. “In the humanities we have a lot of disciplines,” he said. “Somebody in classics

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might be looking at anything from ancient papyri to Greek statues.” The initiative’s goals support one of the themes of the University’s new strategic plan, “Making a Difference,” which establishes visual studies as one of its priorities. Davis said, however, that the University intended to pursue the Visual Studies Inidative before it received the grant. “This is in our own planning, but it’s nice to have some help launching the inidative from a foundation such as Mellon,” Davis said. The renovated Central Campus will play an integral role in bringing the initiadve to fruidon. Many of the programs and ardsts’ studios will be located on Central, which already houses the Nasher Museum of Art, a planned hub for the arts. The steering committee will spend the spring semester meeting and formulating plans. Some of the initiative’s programs will begin in Fall 2007, Van Miegroet said, but all should be fully implemented by Fall 2008. The Mellon Foundadon is a private, New York-based foundation that awards grants in areas such as higher education, art conservadon and performing arts. Including this grant, the foundation has awarded Duke $5.57 million since 2002.

The $2.5-million grant will fund several different fields, in addition to the Nasher Museum of Art.

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top business schools, landing in the No. 12 spot above Harvard University and Stanford University. Although Fuqua had the highest acceptance rate in the top 10, it also had the highest intellectual capital among these schools—ranking at No. 4 . Intellectual capital measures the quality of the students and staff at a school. The University of Chicago Business School —the overall top-rated school this year—had the ninth intellectual capital radng. Hemmerich cited a number of different initiatives that have bolstered Fuqua’s reputation and academic strength. Fuqua has added 21 new faculty members to its ranks, most of them highly regarded professors who came from other elite business schools. “The increase in staff overall is noticeable around campus. It’s also reflected in the quality of the incoming classes that I see,” said Molly Edwards, a student in Fuqua’s Daytime MBA Program. Fuqua also has just broken ground on a new classroom Duke's Fuqua School of Business was ranked as the ninth-best building, which will double the size of the library and supbusiness school in the country by Business Week earlierthis month. ply new team rooms. “Fuqua is well known for its world class

facilities,” Hemmerich said In order to cope with the decreased demandfor MBA degrees and a nationwide decline in applications, this year Fuqua has implemented a new curriculum to better prepare students for post-graduation employment. Hemmerich said the new curriculum gives students the necessary flexibility to explore their unique areas ofinterest. He added that the higher rankings will have a definite effect on future applicant pools. “It really helps to be known as a top-10 school,” Hemmerich said. “International students especially take note, as tiiey are usually sponsored by companies who pay for them to go to an elite MBA program.” Some students said the higher ranking has positively affected student attitudes, adding that MBA recruiters take note of a school’s standing. Hemmerich also said the high rankings have fostered a feeling of“cautious optimism” among Fuqua’s faculty. “The ratings have been very good for morale. We’ve always viewed ourselves as a top-10 school, so there’s some satisfaction by seeing that reflected in the ratings,” Hemmerich said. “We recognize that it’s only a first step, and that we still have a lot of work to do—we’re enjoying the challenge.”

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the reasons why the permit application was not submitted for two years, and added he will prevent such an oversight in the future. “I will take it up with the employees who were much closer to [the situation],” Baker said, adding that any disciplinary or reorganizing action would be confidential. Baker said the greatest professional challenges he faces involve the perceptions of his city and managing relationships between the community and large institutions like Duke. Though Baker’s responsibilities are varied, he said they all contribute to the most enjoyable aspect of the job making the community a better place. “Everything is sort of day-to-day,” he said. “Whether it’s attracting a new company into Durham or just helping the proverbial little old lady with her water bill.” Currently, he and the Council are taking on a sizeable project. Baker said the Council intends to use a recently approved $llO million bond referendum to repair downtown buildings and improve the city’s infrastructure. “It’s the biggest challenge that we have and frankly the biggest opportunity,” he said.-“Really with $llO million on the proverbial credit card, it gives us the opportunity to jump-start our initiatives.” Baker estimated that there are approximately 80 projects listed in the referendum. He said the proposal will cut Durham’s crime levels, improve city streets and boost the city’s aesthetic profile. “We want to let not only Durham residents but people outside ofDurham see all of Durham, as opposed to what has been reported,” Baker said. Baker joined a small Durham law firm upon graduation from Wake Forest University School of Law, and said he followed a circuitous route to the position of city manager. “I was interested in leadership and government, but I never expected that I would would be in the position that I am,” he said. After joining several boards and commissions within the community, Baker found himself facing the opportunity to manage the city of Durham as part of the councilmanager government. Baker overlooks daily operations for Durham, comparing his position of city manager to being “CEO of the city.” The post is appointed by Durham’s elected council, which is comparable to a board of directors. He added that the majority of communities in North Carolina are governed under this arrangement. Baker has two children, with whom he regularly goes on family outings or to athletic events. Though he received both his bachelor and law degrees from Wake Forest, Baker said he supports Duke and North Carolina Central University athletic teams, adding, “sometimes you’ll see me at a football game at Wallace Wade Stadium or Central Stadium.” Baker said maintaining a fruitful relationship between area universities like Duke and NCCU and the wider community is essential. “Part of my job as well is to build those community relationships,” Baker said. “It’s important to me personally and is good for the community when major employers like Duke are involved in the community.” Baker also said he appreciates the involvement by Duke students in the Durham community as part of the partnership between Duke and the City Council. “This administration and the Duke administration have a very good relationship,” Baker added. —

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Immense media attention is one of the reasons the lacrosse trial could possibly face a change of venue.

VENUE from page 1 feel toward the DA, jurors elsewhere won’t have on their minds.” The benefits of changing venue for the defendants, however, are not evident even though much of the Durham community is black and three white males are accused of raping a black female, Williams said. “I would want to stay in Durham,” he said. “While there are a greater number ofblacks in Durham, the dynamics of this case are very different—there are all those associated with the Duke community that could be potential jurors.” The North Carolina Courts website states that in order to qualify for jury duty, a person must be registered to vote in Durham and have a driver’s license with a Durham address, making a large number of Duke students ineligible. Changing the venue of a trial is a difficult process, said Sara Beale, Charles L.B. Lowndes professor of law at Duke. “The process of selecting a jury is the

process of weeding those people out with a biased opinion,” she said. “There are always people that can’t be fair because they know someone involved with the case.” The positive aspects of moving the trial for the defense highly outweigh those for the prosecution, Williams said, although there may be detriments for both sides. “A significant part of this community is made up of minorities—this is a chance to get back at the white folks,” Williams said. “However, there is a potential for a community or group of people who don’t like Nifong and who think that no rape occurred.” Whether or not a venue change does occur, the trial is still months away, said Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson II Professor oflaw and professor of psychology. “The data might surprise you—the community might not be as polarized as you think,” he said. “However, it is premature to talk about a change in venue.” The indicted players’ attorneys could not be reached for comment.

have to wait and the seller won’t ‘disappear’ with your money,” he said. The prospect of getting books cheaper with 16 to 17 books posted, and a Faceis appealing, but most of the system is book group dedicated to the site has more geared toward protecting the buyer. than 80 members. Friedheim said he Although it’s a disadvantage to the sellhopes that more books will be entered into er to have the average price listed, Friedthe system toheim said the ward the end of benefit to the the semester. buyer outweighs “The great benefit is that you Students regthe negatives. ister for the site Other studon’t have to wait and the and are able to dents also seller won’t ‘disappear’ with post books for voiced consale or search for cerns about the your money.” textbooks by subindangers ject, ISBN, tide Arie Friedheim volved in meetand condition. ing people for Founder, Dukießooks The average exchange, ■ price for the the though book is also listwebsite encoured to 'drive down cost. ages prospective users to meet in public A buyer commits to purchase a seller’s venues during the day. Without any documented transactions, listing, and Dukießooks sends each party the other’s contact information. it is difficult to predict the success of the The buyer and seller then arrange to site or its potential problems. meet on campus to exchange the textbook Friedheim’s focus is on garnering a for money. wide membership, and flyers around camFriedheim said he hopes that the pus heralded Dukießooks’ launch and enDukießooks format reduces common probcouraged students to tell their friends. lems in purchasing books online. No “It’s a great network for Duke stumoney is transferred through Dukießooks, dents,” Friedheim said. “The more peoa central difference from sites like half.com. ple registered, the greater access to “The great benefit is that you don’t cheaper textbooks.” from page 4

SKILLING from page 2 About $45 million will be put in a restitution fund for victims. The remaining $l5 million will go to Skilling’s legal fees, said Lynn Sark, attorney for the Enron Corp. Savings Plan and Stock Ownership Plan. The Justice Department allowed Skilling to set aside $23 million for his defense when he was indicted; he still owed his lawyers $3O million as of Monday. Outside the courthouse, Skilling vowed to appeal his sentence and also asked that his restitution money go straight to victims, instead of being seized first by the federal government. His attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, said the restitution will be held until all of Skilling’s appeals are exhausted. Skilling’s term is the longest received by any Enron defendant; former ChiefFinancial Officer Andrew Fastow was given a six-year term after cooperating with prosecutors and helping them secure Skilling’s conviction.

It falls just shy of the sentence imposed on WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, who received 25 years for his role in the $ll billion accounting fraud that toppled the company he built from a tiny telecommunications firm to an industry giant. Another CEO, Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco International Ltd., received a sentence of eight and one-third to 25 years in prison in another fraud case. Skilling’s co<iefendant, Enron founder Kenneth Lay, died from heart disease on July 5. Lay’s convictions on 10 counts of fraud, conspiracy and lying to banks in two separate cases were wiped out with his death. Skilling’s arrogance, belligerence and lack of contriteness under questioning made him a lightning rod for the rage generated after Enron sought bankruptcy protection in 2001. Lay was once a leading city father whose charitable good works and affable nature endeared him locally. Skilling was little known outside Enron until his anger at being caught brought his personality into public focus.

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ROCKTHE VOTE fro.page3 through the same experience that I did.” Greene served as president of Rock the Vote from 2003 to 2005. Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that “engages youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth cul-

into its activities,” according to its website. In the months before the 2004 presidential election, Rock the Vote registered 1.4 million new voters. College-aged students’ recent activism on issues such Social Security and Darfur has attracted candidates’ atas tention—something students should try to retain, Greene said. “If we don’t carry that through on Nov. 7 of this year, we will lose all of that momentum,” she said. “We will lose all of that attention and respect.” After leaving Rock the Vote, Greene took over at Project Vote, an organization dedicated to facilitating voter engagement and participation in low-income and minority communities. Greene said the government has discreedy worked to disenfranchise students, minorities and the poor. “There are very specific efforts happening right now in this country to stop the votes of students from being cast and from being counted,” she said. At the University of Michigan, Greene once overheard the Michigan Secretary of State warn students against registering to vote, saying they would lose their car insurance and their scholarships, Greene said. She has also fought recent legislation in some states that attempted to forbid non-profits to register voters. “[Greene’s speech] made me realize that we take a lot of rights for granted,” freshman Elizabeth Malcolm said. “It really makes you want to spread that message to your peers.” Organizers of the event agreed. “Civic engagement is so important and necessary,” said senior Kyle White, one of the Community Service Center’s student directors. “It’s a responsibility you can’t take lightly. [With Community Service Week this year] we’re really trying to focus on community. Durham isn’t just someplace outside the walls ofDuke.” Greene said the speech’s meager attendance—about 40 people —did not discourage her. “I know you can look around this room and say ‘Wow, there are so many empty seats,’ but I don’t see empty seats,” Greene said. “I see every individual in this room who can turn 20 people into voters.... I see activists that have the ability to change the world at the push of a button.” ture

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ilf Studentathletes belong On Sept. 4, 2001, The Chronicle ran a staff editorial declaring, “It is sad that a top-10 institution like Duke is even considering [Sean] Dockery.” Every time I read that sentence, I’m embarrassed for this University. I used to think that we’d moved past that way of thinking, and every time I thought that, I felt a little better. I thought that Dockery had done enough during his four years at Duke a^ex for people to underd how much stuiquhi n 3 w stan dent-athletes like him can contribute to our community. But then something like the lacrosse scandal happens, and we start debating the role of student-athletes in our community. Almost always, Dockery’s ACT score and GPA are trotted out as Exhibit A in the argument that athletes detract from our academic community. But not surprisingly (for anyone who has spent any time speaking to anyone else on this campus), looking beyond the facts of Dockery’s admissions numbers reveals even more Fact: Dockery grew up in a bad neighborhood in South Chicago. Fact: Dockery’s ACT score was right around the average at his high school. Fact: The summer before he came to Duke, Dockery was riding in a car with friends and the car was shot into Fact: Dockery said he gets about two phone calls per month telling him that someone was shot and killed in his old ——

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After maintaining their first-place standing in the ACC following the 1-0 victory over North Carolina, the fifth-

ranked Blue Devils hope to fide their wave of momentum into their game against North Florida at Koskinen Stadium tonight at 6 p.m. “It was certainly one of those total team efforts,” head coach John Rennie said about theUNC game. “It was probably our best yg 90-minute performance of the season.” Although Duke (12) celebrated follow24 TONIGHT. 6 p.m. the Blue Koskinen Stadium m g the Devils have refocused and turned their attention to defeating the Ospreys (4-10-1). “We were pleased with the win, but now we’re focused on tomorrow’s game and finishing out the regular season,” senior Chris Loftus said. North Florida is coming off a double overtime 1-1 tie against Mercer in its final conference game of the season. The match will the first ever between the two teams. In preparation for the game, Duke is not working on changing many things but trying instead to maintain a consistent team effort. “When things are working, you don’t want to change a whole lot,” Loftus said. “We’re hitting a peak right now, and hopefully we can continue that.” The gamealso marks the final time the six seniors on Duke’s roster will play a regular season game in Koskinen Stadium. “I’ve had a lot of great memories on

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Senior Chris Loftus and his classmates will play theirfinal regular-season homegame against North Florida. that field and played with a lot of great players,” Loftus said. “I’m trying to keep that out ofmy mind right now and just focus on leading our team one game at a time.” After winning its last five games, Duke has hit its defensive stride coming into the end of the regular season, giving up only four goals in those contests. Since the Wake Forest game Sept. 8, no opponent has scored more than one goal on the Blue Devils. “We’re not worried about our offensive production right now because our work ethic on defense is so high,” Loftus said.

“When our work ethic is there, it leads to turnovers from the other team.” With only two games left in the regular season, the approaching post-season is on the minds of the Blue Devils. A Duke victory over Clemson Friday or a Virginia loss or tie against Wake Forest will give the Blue Devils the top seed in the ACC tournament, which the Blue Devils hope to win for the second year in a row. “We have the potential to go extremely far in the tournament this year,” senior Kyle Helton said. “Hopefully we will do that, but we’re not really thinking about that.”

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Duke was plagued again by a slow start Tuesday before rallying and sits tied for sixth after the se'cond round of the IsleWorth-UCF Collegiate Invitational in Windermere, Fla. After Clark Klaasen and Michael Quagliano double-bogeyed the second hole and Jake Grodzinsky tripled it, the No. 11 Blue Devils needed to refocus—and quickly—in order to stay within range of the top of the leaderboard. “Clark knocked it into the water on the second hole and with that, the one thing we realized about this golf course is if you hit the ball at the wrong time, you’ll get some shots you can’t get away with,” head coach Rod Meyers said. Grodzinsky’s shot crossed over the hazard line on the same hole, costing him another stroke. And Quagliano, who carded Duke’s best score Sunday, made a bogey and two doubles within his first four holes. Yet, on No. 7, the strong winds at Isleworth suddenly changed direction in the Blue Devils’ favor.

Freshman Adam Long, junior Michael Schachner, Klaasen and Grodzinsky all fired birdies on the hole to ignite Duke’s comeback push. “Something I am particularly proud of is that nobody’s getting down on themselves,” Myers said. “If we keep that attitude going, we ought to have a really

good score.” Long paced the Blue Devils, finishing the day 1-under par and in a tie for 12th place—a 27-spot jump up the leaderboard in just one round. “He’s not making the mistakes the other guys are making,” Myers said. “He’s striking the ball better, and he doesn’t have many misses.” Mistakes, however, are keeping Duke from taking control over the field. The Blue Devils are currendy 12 strokes behind the leader Texas. “We’re close to playing as well as the leaders are, but we’re making too many mistakes,” Myers said. “It’s easy to stand up and say we need to cut out those errors, but it’s a thing that’s a lot easier to do than say on a course like this.”

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Adam Long led Duke with a 1-under-parround Monday at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational.

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waiver of “progress-toward-degree rules” for “any circumstances the NCAA finds would warrant a waiver of the normal application of the rules, based on objective evidence,” Pootrakul explained. “I don’t think there’s going to be any eligibility issue,” Kennedy said. “The only question is how long it’ll take. If it stretches into spring and next fall, you would have to request some type of waiver. If this fall is the only term they miss it won’t be a problem.” Danowski said he sees no problem in allowing the two back on the team. “Why wouldn’t they be?” he said. “If the school says they’re academically eligible and they’re athletically eligible, if and when the charges are dropped, we would welcome them back.”

M. LACROSSE from page 1 of the school’s policy regarding violent felony charges against its students. Their status with the University will be re-evaluated once the criminal proceedings have reached their conclusion, said Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of judicial affairs. Once the legal process is resolved, it would be up to Seligmann and Finnerty whether or not to return. In a recent interview, Seligmann told “60 Minutes,” “I can’t imagine representing a school that didn’t want to represent me.” “It’s obviously going to be a very personal decision for both of those individuals, and I’d imagine it won’t be an easy decision,” Douglas said. “We understand that.”

Preparing for the spring season With Duke’s first game of the 2007 seaDuke’s judicial process son—a Feb. 24 home contest against DartIn the hectic period after the first two four months away, the athmouth—exactly indictments were issued against Seligmann letics department and the team are and Finnerty April 17, school officials were field. he once on the for the increased attention the university whether he should to the represented preparing return Reade Seligmann has questioned not permitted to comment on the specifics Devils’ Blue games will likely garner. beof the two players’ academic situations Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva said his sometime between now situation and which occur will and on their particular of the Educational Rights depending cause Family and next spring, when the trial is expected department is reviewing safety measures as long as the appropriate dean’s office is noPrivacy Act. for the spring to prevent any potential incistudent to to begin. handed tified and for the gives permission When the indictments were dents, and he and others—including be here,” Rasmussen wTOte in an e-mail. down, Larry Moneta, vice president for stuGraves, associate vice president for Aaron NCAA The University’s policy for Administraeligibility dent affairs, said it was the school’s policy at the fall semester campus safety and security —will meet beunder such missing students be Despite may to suspend students facing felony charges. tive Leave says fore the end of the semester to draft a would still be for Seligwhich are it possible they Duke, the status at point indefinitely, it has been University’s “Historically, more formal plan. mann and Finnerty to be academically elipractice to issue an interim suspension permitted to enroll at another university. standards the in if “My number one concern is for everyand NCAA spring “60 gible by Minutes” reported Finnerty when a student is charged with a felony or one’s safety,” Alieva said. the case does not move forward to trial. when the student’s presence on the camSeligmann are both enrolled in courseDuring the spring, members of the “I can’t respond specifically as to work at colleges near their homes. pus may create an unsafe situation,” MoneReade would be immediteam and several members of the athletics whether Collin or Once criminal are complete, proceedings ta said in a statement April 18. received death threats, the athletPootrakul, contact eligible,” department this is the school’s students standing ately in may said Jamie Monday good legal Bryan said, adding that student-athdirector of compliance Kennedy policy when charges of violent crimes are the associate dean for judicial affairs and the ic department’s letes’ was one of the primary conin in safety to own an e-mail. “But general, in school decide whether its wrote will begin pressed against students. for the 2006 season. be for and comcerns cancelling order to eligible practice of Duke’s “Adprocess. to key points judicial According is considerbe The athletics department to a student-athlete must engood petition, ministrative Leave of Absence” policies “If the student is returned an increased se—including toall leading ing “Leave rolled a full-time options in program Michele Rasa retroactive notation of standing, and procedures provided by mussen, assistant dean of Trinity College, of Absence” will be posted on the Duke ward a degree and must meet all curity presence or charging admission to games—to prevent potential incidents. record to replace ‘Administrative Leave of progress-toward degree requirements.” school policy only permits Interim SuspenAlieva said he was not in favor of chargThe NCAA does have a “Missed Term Absence,’” Rasmussen said. sions to last seven to 14 days. to which allows student-athletes ing admission, and Kennedy said if that Seligmann and Finnerty’s status with exception,” When “it becomes apparent that exterhours ofactual attendance if change were made, students would still be school most remain unsome “prorate will nal legal proceedings or other extenuating the likely circumstances will prolong the period of changed until the legal case is resolved. they miss a complete term or consecutive admitted free. “The one thing I’ve learned through this The next court hearing is set for Friday, terms at one time during collegiate enrollInterim Suspension” past two weeks, stument,” Pootrakul said. and whole which more “second moSeligmann thing is I don’t know enough to anticdents are placed on Administrative Leave during setting” Finnerty would be likely candidates to take ipate anything,” Kennedy said. “It would be and may work with their academic dean to tions will be heard. finish coursework for that semester. 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sportsbriefs Paulus on the mend Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Sunday that the timetable for Greg Paulus’s return to the floor was still unclear, but he would likely know better at the end of the week. The starting Duke point guard reaggravated a break in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot in practice Sept. 14. “It’s undetermined how long he’ll be out,” Kryzewski said. “It’s not like we’re saying months, but it’s weeks, and he’s responding well to all his rehab. Kryzewski said freshman guard Jon Scheyer and sophomore forward Josh Mcßoberts would likely

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Open practice announced Blue Devil fans will get their first opportunity to watch the men’s basketball team in action when Duke opens its practice to the public Friday, head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced Monday. The practice is scheduled to begin in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 4:30 p.m, and fans will be permitted to sit in the upper level of the arena. The open practice will give fans a chance to see the new freshman on the squad be-

Moss honored as Duke moves into top 25 After helping the Blue Devils pick up two wins over Miami and Florida State last weekend that vaulted Duke into the top-25 for the first time since 1994, freshman outside hitter Rachael Moss was named the ACC Player of the Week Monday. In a 3-0 sweep over the Hurricanes, Moss recorded a team-high 15 kills and eight digs. Against the

Seminoles, Moss posted nine kills and 10 digs in Duke’s 3-0 victory. Moss also received the award Oct. 9 after Duke wins over Virginia and Virginia Tech. For the season, the team has garnered the award three times-twice for Moss and once for junior setter Ali Hausfeld. The 25th-ranked Blue Devils (18-2, 110 in the ACC) play Georgia Tech (11-10, 3-8) and Clemson (13-6, 83) on the road this weekend.

Nets cut Jay Williams Hoping to get back on the floor for the first time since his motorcycle accident three years ago, former Duke guard Jay

Williams was cut by the New Jersey Nets Monday. “It’s heartbreaking doing it regardless, and then to do it with a guy like him,” Nets coach Lawrence Frank told the Associated Press about his decision to cut Williams. “The one thing to think about with him is, let’s say he didn’t get injured, anyone who takes three, three and a halfyears off, he just needs an opportunity to play.” After playing one season for the Chicago Bulls, Williams crashed his motorcycle into a light pole in Chicago June 19, 2003. The former No. 2 pick was hopitalized for three and a half months.

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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:

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/).

Robert J. Thompson, Jr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Chair, Campus Culture Initiative

with a decidedly non-bull major in African and AfricanAmerican Studies. Fact: Dockery told me he was just about the first person from his neighborhood with a college degree. IfDockery didn’t bring a new and different perspective to Duke, then who can? While covering the men’s basketball team the past two seasons, I spoke to Dockery on numerous occasions. Everyone knows that he hit a 40-footer at the buzzer, to beat Virginia Tech and that his admissions numbers were below Duke’s average; I know that he spent his first year at Duke staying up until 4 a.m. studying math until he caught up. I’d bet that the friends that stayed up studying with • him wouldn’t have traded the experience for an esoteric discussion about physics with a 1,600-SAT dweeb. Of course, proponents of the idea that athletes detract from a University’s academic mission have more arguments than Dockery’s admissions credentials. But central to any such argument is that athletes are dumb jocks—that their achievements are somehow secondary to the University’s mission. But so are the accomplishments of a chess champion or a famous actor or published writer of children’s fiction. Should Duke lower its standards to admit a chess champion? A famous actor? A children’s fiction writer? Yes, yes and yes. A well-rounded university community celebrates excellence. Every person on this campus who can teach a classmate something is a valuable member of the community. Dockery can teach us about growing up in the inner city. All ofDuke’s athletes can teach us about school spirit, being part of a team and balancing 20-plus hours of practice per week with academic commitments—to say nothing of the experiences the student-athletes themselves get out ofrepresenting Duke. It is arrogant for any student or faculty member to suggest that another community member who is excellent at what he or she does cannot contribute to the campus’ collective education But forget about that argument. Assume for a second that athletes without some arbitrary SAT score and GPA contribute nothing to Duke’s academic environment. Assume that no student is better for having known and spoken to Duke’s student-athletes. I can tell you that I would probably not be here without Duke’s basketball team. I can tell you that many, if not all, of my friends (most of them non-athletes, some of them student leaders) would not be here without the allure of Duke’s athletic program. I would estimate that at least a quarter of Duke’s undergrads feel the same way, and I think that is an extraordinarily conservative estimate. Duke’s all-star professors and nationally-renowned academic programs are great, but lots of schools have all that. There is just one school in the entire country where you can get a top-10 education, cheer for a top-five basketball team, watch Florida State and Miami Football come to campus on back-to-back weekends and attend some of the highest-quality competitions in basically any sport. If it takes a few kids that are —according to a 2000 report to the Board of Trustees— “less well prepared academically and personally to contribute to the intellectual atmosphere at Duke” (cough, cough, gag) to draw a thousand kids that are well prepared academically and personally, then that would be a fair trade-off. But don’t try to tell me that we’re not all better off, at least most of the time, because of Duke’s student-athletes

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taneously. These problems are not the fault of the Office of Study Abroad. But it is that office’s responsibility not only to recognize but also to actively work to ameliorate the trouble areas as best it can. The study abroad department needs to reach out to minority communities at Duke in a more sustained and substantial manner. Riley should lead the way in finding the real reasons why minorities do not study abroad and the real solutions to this problem. The Office of Study Abroad itself needs to be proactive in its involvement with minorities and take into account some of the unique challenges they may face while abroad. In addition, the University

should increase the amount of financial aid available for those interested in studying abroad. The University and Office of Study Abroad also ought to find more ways to let students in disciplines with strict requirements study abroad without falling behind. Studying abroad in college is a unique and very memorable experience. At a time when the University is stressing internationalism, it is unacceptable that so many students are missing out on this opportunity. In the future, when questions are asked, we’d like to know the office has thoughtfully considered them. Another poorly reasoned, flat-footed response just won’t do.

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situation. And it is clear steps must be taken. There are a number of barriers to minorities and numerous other groups of the student population that prevent them from being able to study abroad. First and foremost is the expense of studying in a foreign country. A large portion of the student body finds it very difficult to afford plane tickets, spending money and other added expenses that come with studying abroad. Additionally, many students cannot afford to forego a paying summer job to attend a summer abroad program. Pre-professional students also find it difficult to continue fulfilling their requirements and study abroad simul-

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fateful Buchanan steven baldwin Street party, and guest column certainly long beall of the facts fore were known. Now, six months later, it is quite clear that my concerns were justified. I do not ascribe to President Brodhead’s position that someone had to fall on his sword to atone for the March 13 lacrosse party. But even if one does buy into that silly notion, why was it coach Pressler? Certainly the several reports emanating from President Brodhead’s committee’s looking into the lacrosse incident identified a number of individuals more culpable than Pressler. If the goal were to send a message, wouldn’t firing Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, Athletics Director Joe Alieva, Vice President Larry Moneta or Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek—or all of them—have been more appropriate? As displeased as I am with Pressler’s firing, my biggest concern has always been with Duke’s treatment of the student athletes at the center of the storm. These kids were abandoned by their university. At least one of the indicted students, perhaps all three, was trespassed from Duke property. They were denied the presumption of innocence, despite the mounting evidence that the case against them is made of smoke and mirrors and is fatally flawed procedurally. They have been pilloried by their faculty and scorned by the administration. They are pariahs. As a Duke faculty member I regard my students in much the same way I regard my children. When my kids do something wrong, I demand accountability. When they break the rules they pay the price, whatever that might be. With that accountability, however, comes support. My kids know I love them and that I will do everything I can to help them through the rough times. That is what families do. I treat my students the same way. Duke students should expect nothing less from their university. The day they set foot on the Duke Campus for the first time they became members of the Duke family. For most this was the beginning of a life-long relationship that generates intense loyalties and deep love. The assumption is that the

relationship is reciprocal, that Duke holds all of its students in high esteem—loves them—and will support them through the rough times as well as the good. Instead, Duke has disowned its lacrosse-

playing student athletes. Their treatment has been shameful. Over the past six to eight years, I can recall having only a single men’s lacrosse player in one of my undergraduate classes. That young man was bright, focused, respectful and engaged. He earned one of the highest grades in a large, difficult and very competitive class. He is now in medical school, well on his way to a career as an orthopedic surgeon. I mention this because I believe the young man would not mind my describing him in these terms. On the other hand I do not believe that a faculty

I do not ascribe to President Brodhead’s position that someone had to fall on his sword to atone for the March 13 lacrosse party. But even if one does buy into that silly notion, why was it coach Pressler? member publicly describing any student in pejorative terms is ever justified. To do so is mean-spirited, petty and unprofessional, at the very least. The faculty who publicly savaged the character and reputations of specific men’s lacrosse players last spring should be ashamed of themselves. They should be tarred and feathered, ridden out of town on a rail and removed from the academy. Their comments were despicable. I suspect they were also slanderous, but we’ll hear more about that later. Finally, I urge the Duke community to take a reality check. Speak your minds. Do what you think is right. Tell the administration that you are not satisfied with the way they have handled the lacrosse affair. Demand better. StevenBaldwin is a professor in the Chemistry department.

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with the dire reverence they often seem to be accorded around here. Do a good job, by all means; a great job, even, if you are so inclined. But keep some perspective: They’re headed for the garbage can. How do you achieve this perspective, you ask? As usual, I gots the remedy. You do what, at Duke, is the closest equivalent of an anti-paper: You get a job. I in serious. I’ve held three jobs during my time here at Duke, and although they haven’t always been enjoyable, they have always been highly memorable. For one thing, they offered me a chance to do all these bizarre tasks I’d otherwise never have the chance to do: handling archaic manuscripts on witch-finding in the Rare Book Room, operating giant compacting dumpsters at Duke Recycles or falling asleep at my desk at the University Press and waking up three hours later to find that it was 9:30 at night and I had been left in the office alone with all the lights turned off (this was a surprisingly common occurrence). On top of that, student positions are essentially stress free. Expectations for student workers are typically so low they make a Mentos commercial look strict. Say the words “paper” or “big test,” and they’ll cut you miles of slack. It’s not to be abused, but it’s great that it’s there when you need it. In most student jobs, you’ll be doing some kind of mindless menial labor that’s miles away from paper-writing and problem sets. In many cases, you’ll work with real adults, who tend to be interesting and worthwhile people, and whose wisdom, experience and car payments will remind you that the world isn’t waiting breathlessly for you to finish your Kafka essay. Besides, there’s something honest about working that’s too often lost in more intellectual pursuits. When you’re re-shelving books or cleaning up bird feces in a lab, you’re not trying to look smart or con your professor into believing you’d done the reading. You’re not thinking about impressing some hot chicks with your knowledge of “The Wasteland,” or finessing your lab report to squeak out that B-. You’re just working. That, to me, can be an enormous relief. I spend my whole day juggling and bluffing, feverishly pouring out half-baked thoughts in a classroom or on paper. Then I clock in at work, and spend the next few hours doing something dumb, simple and pure. My job is sometimes the only time of my day when I truly catch a break. So close Word for a while, and pick up the classified ads instead. There are hundreds of jobs out there, work-study and otherwise; most can be found through Duke e-Recruiting (http://duke.erecruiting.com). Get a job. I can’t guarantee you’ll like it, but at least you’ll remember it. Brian Kindle is Trinity senior. His column runs every Tuesday.

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UGANDA If there is one thing I have come to appreciate during my past five months of study in Vietnam and Uganda, it is the strengdi ofAmerican democracy. In the United States, elections are free, we transfer power peacefully and when voters want change, we can demand it. Two weeks from today, we have that chance. On Election Day, Nov. 7, we can finally demand accountability for the current government’s past six years of destruction to our foreign policy all over the world. As my appreciation for our governmental structure has grown, so has my concern, anger and disgust for the George W. Bush administration. The United States has become an aggressor, physically and economically, all over the world. david fiocco The number ofcountries in which U.S. troops are operating is growing. shades of blue Headlines abroad are rarely sanitized to protect American interests. Enormous civilian fatality connts in Iraq are not a secret. As our troops have been investigated for abusing prisoners of war, and as prisoners continue to be held and even commit suicide at Guantanamo Bay, questions of American torturers are splashed across headlines. When I watch the news, I hear commentators pondering which country we will invade next. Our economic hegemony may be quieter, but there it seems there is no limit to number of the countries we are exploiting with unfair trade terms, aid with impossible conditions and loans designed to drive developing countries into desperate debt. In Uganda, nearly half of the national budget comes from donations, and the United States is one of the biggest donors. Our country rarely gives money without strings. We may offer grants for AIDS treatment if U.S. drugs are used, or a loan term might include a clause that requires Uganda to hire American contractors for projects. The money goes back to the United States; Uganda slips deeper into debt. The much-hyped African Growth and Opportunities Act allows Africa unlimited tariff-free exports to the United States, but a lesserknown clause adds that the benefit only applies if American raw materials are used. Further, the more money Uganda receives from the United States, the more control the U.S. government has over the Ugandan government. On a continent plagued by unstable regimes and civil conflicts, U.S. economic intervention permits us to create malleable political regimes conforming to American desires—regardless of what is best for the Africans. Of course, the overarching goal of the United States is to advance American interests—benevolence is not a foreign policy. But this does not mean that foreign policy must be exploitative, and it certainly does not justify short-sighted decisions that enrich the purses of our own administrators without considering what will happen when the United States is left without allies. Even if U.S. policy has the support of some foreign leaders, this certainly does not mean the United States has the support of foreign populations. Tony Blair might love our administration, but travelers I have met from England detest President Bush. The disconnect between leaders and their constituents is often even sharper in developing countries where political systems are too weak to hold leaders accountable. When the United States supports oppressive, tyrannical leaders, this does not ingratiate us with the suffering populous, and fissures have proven hard to repair when U.S. puppet leaders are overthrown. In a development seminar a few weeks ago, I worked with other students to find and map root causes of poverty in Uganda. The primary cause that we kept returning to was a lack of an empowered civil society. Uganda’s history is filled with years ofcolonial plundering and harsh dictatorships with brutal consequences for anything other than subservience. Now people are afraid to protest. President Yoweri Museveni has generated some development among his people, drastically reducing crime and introducing universal primary education. As a result, the poor population look past the corruption that stops most aid from reaching them and ignore the fact that their national government is more concerned with buying new cars than representing them; there is a prevailing attitude of “it could be worse.” I often wonder why people in the United States are not more upset about the wrongs of our own self-serving government Perhaps we have the same problem as the Ugandans; certainly, things on the U.S. side could be worse. Voters in both countries may be apathetic because they have enough food to eat today. That may be fine for now, but what will happen tomorrow? Two weeks from today is the chance to talk back. This is certainly not a question of party politics. Stop thinking about how comfortable you are now. If we fail to elect politicians who will rethink our global policy of physical and economic exploitation, the “it could be worse” phrase could become “it will be worse.” '

David Fiocco is a Trinity juniorstudying abroad in Uganda this semester. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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