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Frats say they'll stay on campus Students Presidents cite benefits chime in IFC, national affiliations on culture Mingyang Liu THE CHRONICLE

With the new letters of Phi Theta Sigma, the members of the former Theta Chi chapter at Duke are enjoying their newfound freedom from the Interfratemity Council and national fraternity affiliations. Despite Phi Theta Sigma President Collin news Jones’ initial expectations, however, other analysis IFC fraternities said* they are not planning to follow the group offcampus. “I think the relationship [with the University] is a mutually beneficial one,” said senior Evan Sherman, president of Alpha Epsilon Tf fraternity. "“We clal and philanthropic programming to the University, and they provide us with housing apd taking care of legal liability, which is something you lose when you go off campus.” Dave Westol, chief executive officer for the national office of Theta Chi fraternity, also recognized the help offered by University to its student organizations. “Duke is providing a lot of administrative support,” he said. “It struck me and several others that someone would say the University is not supporting the greek community because we see the opposite.” As of this semester, the chapter owed more than $20,000 to the national fraternity, Westol said. The debt has been an ongoing issue and was one of the reasons that led nearly 40 members of Theta Chi to leave the fraternity in fall 2004. “The guys were a group of seniors who were just apathetic and didn’t want to pay

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UnlikeTheta Chi, which disaffiliated, severalon-campus frats like Pi Kappa Alpha have said they will remain in IFC. the debt, which was about half-to-twothirds of what it is today,” Westol said. The national fraternity offered to work with the members and relieve them of more than 50 percent of the amount owed in order to keep the chapter alive. Nevertheless, the financial troubles sparked the idea about disaffiliation more than a year ago, said Jones, a junior. It was not, however, a major reason for the final decision, he added. “The main reason was the lack of rea-

sons to be affiliated,” Jones said. “Everything on campus fraternities can do, for the most part, off-campus fraternities can do—most of the time, easier and better.” Jones said he has had conversations with other IFC fraternity members about the possibility of disaffiliating. “In light of what we’ve done and the reactions that the campus has given us, a lot of those fraternities who have dis-

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A sea of raised hands—but few raised voices—filled the Faculty Commons Wednesday afternoon. About 50 students gathered there for the Campus Culture Initiative’s town hall meeting, the second of three forums for faculty, students and staff, respectively. Attendees passed two around microphones, taking turns sharing the aspects of University life they found most satisfying, disappointing or in need of change. Students also inquired Elliott Wolf about die CGl’s agenda and discussed potendal ways to bridge ( vides on campus. “People don’tfeel a part of a cohesive social life,” senior Rachel Weeks said. Explaining that students need to “democratize” social activities, she added, “It’s okay to be in a fraternity. It’s okay to be an athlete.” CCI Chair Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and vice provost for undergraduate education, opened the meeting by outlining the CCl’s progress since the initiative began in April. He encouraged continuing student input. “We have the opportunity to look at a number of issues simultaneously and to look at how they affect each other,” Thompson said. “The opportunity to make

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Duke in Durham, Fall 2006—the program in which “Gothic” is 20th century, the drinking age is still 21 and some juniors may find themselves a little bit lonely. Although a record-setting 475 students —including about 40 percent of the Class of 2008—are scattered across the globe, juniors said the impact of their absent classmates on campus culture is undeniable. But they’re not letting it cramp their style. Those who remain in Durham said they’ve been able to take positions of leadership, get ahead in fulfilling major requirements and meet SEE ABROAD ON PAGE

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WASHINGTON Acknowledging painful losses in Iraq, President George W. Bush said Wednesday he is not satisfied with the progress of the long and unpopular war, but he still insisted the United States was winning and should not think about withdrawing. Thirteen days before elections in which Republicans fear Iraq could cost them control of the House or Senate, Bush expressed unwavering confidence in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. generals running the war and Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, despite new strains between Baghdad and Washington. “The ultimate accountability rests with me,” Bush said of Iraq. “If people are unhappy about it, look right to the president.” He spoke in the East Room at an hour-long news conference dominated by Iraq questions. Despite polls suggesting a Democratic takeover of at least the House, Bush said he was confident Republicans would prevail. Dismissing Democrats’ hopes, Bush said, “We’ve got some people dancing in the end zone here in Washington, D.C.... measuring their drapes.” Now in its fourth year, the war is the top campaign issue. A majority of Americans are opposed to Bush’s handling of Iraq, and increasing numbers of Republican candidates have signaled impatience with the president’s policies as U.S. deaths

U.S. and Iraqi forces raided the stronghold of a Shiite militia led by a radical anti-American cleric in search of a death squad leader in an operation disavowed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

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North Carolina has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country, but the new website Y allvote.com intends to change that. Jon Goldberg, a Charlotte, N.C., lawyer and creator ofY allvote.com, said the idea for the website came in response to poor voter participation in the May 2006 primary elections. “The turnout was 12 percent statewide, which was the lowest I could tell for the past 30 years,” Goldberg said. “[The turnout in] Durham was 19 percent, more than the state average,” he said. “But still, less than 20 percent is un-

acceptable.” According to the website’s homepage, “anyone who cares about democracy and

government in North Carolina should find those numbers appalling.” “Think about how low that is,” Goldberg added. “The point of the site is to encourage people to vote.” He said people often choose not to vote—or vote, but do so randomly —because they don’t know anything about the candidates. ‘You can go to the site for a base, which gives you an idea of who is up for election,” Goldberg said. Students said there is already a major feetor drawing them to the polls this November. Junior Charlie Wain, a Chronicle staff member, is from New York but said he registered in North Carolina so he could vote against Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong. Nifong, who is currently prosecuting three members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team on rape charges, is up for re-election this fall. “To be honest, I’m going to vote for SEE Y’ALL VOTE ON PAGE 8

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With fewer than 15 days until the hotly contested district attorney election, Charlotte Woods, co-chair of The Committee to Elect Steve Monks, spent Tuesday evening in the emergency room getting some much needed rest, she said “I’ve been putting in 120-hour weeks,” Woods said, adding that she is suffering from carpal Lewis Cheek tunnel syndrome from posting too many campaign signs. In the Nov. 7 election, District Attorney Mike Nie lection2oo6 fong faces County Commissioner Lewis Cheek p£1V and Steve Monks, chair of the Durham County Republican Party and an official write-in candidate To date, Woods estimates that Monks’ campaign has raised close to $20,000, all of which has been collected from private donors. “We don’t have the big money the old boys MlkeNlfong have,” she said, noting that all members of the Monks campaign team are volunteers. Woods speculated, however, that “individual wealthy Republicans” may help boost campaign funding, allowing Monks

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A three-member panel discusses issues of medical ethics Wednesday night at White Lecture Hall.

Panel debates ethics of genetic engineering definition in the 19605, after research focused on humans as the objects While thousands of frozen embryos being studied.” sit waiting in freezers for a national poliHaga said there are many ethical iscy on stem cell research, a panel on sues associated with the risks and benebioethics convened Wednesday evening fits of genetic research. “Bioethics is not a question of what we to debate the scientific and philosophic merits of genetic engineering. can do, but what we should do,” she said. Panel members included Mel Baars, a The panel was asked if it is ever acsecond year graduate student in the Divinceptable to create a life solely for the ity School, and two experts from the Instipreservation of another life. tute for GenomeSciences and Policy —Su“It all goes back to [philosopher Imsanne Haga, a senior policy analyst and manuel] Kant’s categorical imperative Robert Cook-Deegan, director of the Cenyou can’t use another person as a means to an end,” Cook-Deegan said. “You ter for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy. can’t ask a kid who isn’t born yet to give Hunt Willard, IGSP director, moderatup a part of himself.” ed the discussion. Willard first asked the panel to define Baars saw things in a different light. bioethics, noting that the term has yet to “God created us with minds and freedom and intellect,” she said. “Why would be concretely determined. “Bioethics used to refer to Darwinian God not want us to help ourselves if he biology,” Cook-Deegan explained. “The SEE BIOETHICS ON PAGE 10 scientific community only adopted the by

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Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, delivers an address to DSG Wednesday night about the progress of theCampus Culture Initiative.

Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College ofArts and Sciences and chair of the Campus Culture Initiative, presented the progress the committee has made so far at the Duke Student Government meeting Wednesday night. “I thought it would be very valuable for students to hear how the subcommittees were coming together,” said senior Joe Fore, DSG executive vice president. Thompson said the constitution of the 25-member committee—which includes both students and faculty members—is based on prior successful models such as Curriculum 2000 and the Women’s Initiative. CCI members are individuals who are respected by their colleagues and are wiling to be a part of the intensive project, Thompson said.

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“It’s definitely not designed to be representative for each constituency on campus, or each major or each social group,” he said, calling that an impossible endeavor. Although rape allegations last spring against three members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team were the impetus for the CCI, social problems already existed in the University before the incident, Thompson said. “If this demonstrates we are a campus of divides, what do we need to do to become a more integrated community?” he asked. Thompson said that although Duke prides itself on diversity, changes and improvements are necessary. “As we began to look at how Duke’s face is presented to the world, this diversity was presented by one person on the committee as ‘stagnant diversity,”’ Thompson said. “It’s there—you can see it... but what you don’t see is engagement with these differences.” This realization established the need for the University to better articulate its core values, particularly that of providing education, Thompson said. “Educational institutions are committed to the educational value of differences,” he added. Thompson noted thatpeer pressure may lead to a less accepting culture, but slight changes will create “the type of environment that will elevate the spirit, as well as the mind.” Because the committee is merely advisory in nature, it cannot ensure the University will implement its suggestions, Thompson said. “Our job is to frame the issue, make our recommendations and argue as compellingly as possible how these things will benefit the campus,” he added. Although the CGI is still in its investigative stage, DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said many suggestions have been proposed that should be well received by students. He noted improved dining, tweaks to the residential model and more venues for social events as examples. “A lot of issues that have been lingering for a long time are just now being addressed,” Wolf added. Sophomore Kevin Troy, DSG’s public relations director, said the role of the CGI is not antithetical to students. “The Campus Culture Initiative is not the Campus Culture Inquisition—they’re trying to create positive change,” Troy said. “The hope is that the Campus Culture Initiative will be able to create good policies and also be able to shape those policies in such away that creates positive student leverage.”

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five years later, he has not lost a beat. As a ninth-term Durham City Council member, Clement said he argues tirelessly for the people of Durham. Reducing crime and poverty and the state of public education top his political agenda. “It’s a bit unrealisDurham tic when I hear people Leaders Series say they don’t want to get involved in politics,” Clement said. “You are in politics from the day you have been conceived until Howard Clement the day you pass Councilman away.... I wanted to be an integral part, not a bystander.” Clement said he has prioridzed public education, an arena in which the city council has relatively little impact. He even tutors third- and fourth- grade students in Durham public schools. “There is so much need that is pervasive with our young people in public schools,” Clement explained. “I’m surprised by the number of fourth-graders I interact with who can’t understand basic reading.” City Council member Mike Woodard said he respects Clement’s 24 years of service on the council and his efforts to increase its influence over public education. “I consider Howard to be a great friend and a mentor,” Woodard said. “I value Howard for his historical knowledge and his hard work.” While pushing education, Clement said

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Durham City Councilman Howard Clement puts reducing crime and public education at the top ofhis agenda. that the council’s primary function is to from his father that politics was the way to reduce crime. He said the council has not achieve progress. been as successful as it needs to be in this “I went to law school to facilitate the area, but that it is making progress. process of changing things,” Clement said. “The council’s role is to help provide “With my law background and all that I a kind of life pattern so that all citizens had learned from my father, who was the have the chance to prosper,” Clement greatest teacher I ever had, I saw the wissaid. “That is not happening in dom of becoming involved in politics.” When Clement first came to Durham Durham, where we have one of the highest poverty rates. High poverty in 1961, his opinion of Duke was negarates are seeds for crime.” tive. He could not eat at any of the restauHe said he sympathizes with those who rants on campus because he was black. commit crime to survive, but he stressed “I could only go through back doors,” Clement said. “When I went to see Duke that there is no excuse to commit crime. Growing up in Charleston, S.C., play basketball at Cameron Indoor [Stadium], I wanted to see Duke lose. My status Clement watched his father run for Conand the commission at a gress county SEE CLEMENT ON PAGE 8 time of racial discrimination. He learned

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Students frustrated by the prospect of wasting paper and stapling hundreds of flyers now have a new way to advertise on campus. Last April, students in the Information Science and Information Studies certificate program proposed the Duke eFlyer project—an initiative that aims to allow students to submit flyers over the Internet, which can then be displayed on plasma televisions scattered across campus, saving both time and paper. This year, the Division of Student Affairs turned the proposal into a reality. Those interested can now submit their

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If accepted, flyers are displayed on two televisions in the Bryan Center—one by Reynolds Theater and the other by student mailboxes. According to its website, the limited pilot program aims to test the success and impact of eFlyers. Currendy, there are only 18 flyers displayed on the website. The website also allows viewers to vote on their favorite flyers. This month’s winner was for Student Pugwash, an ethics debate forum. Sophomore Jamie Chu, president ofStudent Pugwash, wrote in an email that it was difficult to determine exacdy how much SEE E-FLYERS ON PAGE 10

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A new exhibition featuring Chinese photo and video art produced since the mid-1990s opened Wednesday night at the Nasher Museum ofArt —the exhibit’s last stop on a two-year international tour. Curators Wu Hung, professor of art history at the University of Chicago, and Christopher Phillips, curator at the International Center of Photography, spoke about the exhibition titled “Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China,” kicking off a series of programs that will be held at the Nasher accompanying the exhibit. The curators answered questions on how they developed the exhibit—which included various artists’ images of modern China and its changing culture—and on trends they saw in contemporary Chinese art in general. “Chinese art is quite new,” Hung said

“There is a strong sense of discovery when exploring Chinese art. [Creating the exhibit] was not as simple as just bringing art together. We had to define an emerging field.” Hung and Phillips approached this challenge from two “extremely different” perspectives, Phillips said. Although Hung was educated in traditional Chinese art and history, Phillips explained that he had an outsider’s view of Chinese art. But Phillips said their different backgrounds helped them choose which pieces to include in the exhibit. “Ours was a model collaboration,” he said. “We came from different backgrounds, personally and intellectually, but this meshing of perspectives added strength and coherence to the project in the long run.” While selecting pieces, Phillips said he SEE CHINESE ART ON PAGE 10

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The president of Alpha Epsilon Pi has saidthat his group has no interest in moving offcampus thanks to both housing and legal backing from the University.

FRATERNITIES,™ page, cussed [disaffiliating] are going to think more serious about it now,” Jones said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if another fraternity will go off campus by the end of the semester.” Because the fraternity was receiving better housing by blocking on Main West Quadrangle, they had little reason to apply for a section on campus, he added. Senior Ryan Eick, president of Eta Prime, the only other unaffiliated offcampus fraternity, agreed that blocking is better than having a fraternity section. “I don’t really like on-campus parties anyway,” Eick said. “It’s just not my cup of tea or the idea of having fun for members of this fraternity.” . Pi Kappa Phi, a new IFC fraternity that currently does not have a section on campus, is still seeking one, said President

Michael Kralovec, a senior. “We were just officially chartered a month ago,” Rralovec said. “Essentially, we did the opposite of what Theta Chi did.” He added that his fraternity intends to have a more collaborative relationship with the University and emphasized the importance of working with the administration to enrich student life. “The future of fraternities depends on their interdependence with the University,” he said. “The only chance for them to survive is to align themselves with the plans of the University.” Working with the administration can offer further support and opportunities, said junior Rob DeHaas, president of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. “Being a part of IFC gives you a strong voice,” he said. “You’re with other people who are facing the challenges you are, with the same motives.” The issues that led to Theta Chi’s dis-

affiliation were specific to the chapter and the final decision was made solely by its members, said Todd Adams, assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life. “I think we certainly offered resources and assistance with all pardes involved,” he said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make a strong enough case to the undergrads to make them continue their affiliation.” Lower dues and fewer restrictions are some of the major benefits of being in an off-campus fraternity, Kick said. “I could definitely list the perks of being off campus,” he said. “But it’s everyone’s choice to make for themselves.” In spite of the recent change, the national fraternity of Theta Chi does not intend to leave Duke forever. “We respect the decision of the undergraduates,” Westol said. “But we fully intend to ask Duke to recolonize the chapter. This is not a permanent departure.”

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to advertise on television and radio in the future as well. Cheek, who said he would decline the office if he collected the most votes, is not campaigning but will continue to make public appearances to encourage voters to “do what they think is right.” “Voters need to reach decisions for themselves,” he said. “Let that be reflected in the way they vote.” Though Cheek said he is not affiliated with the group, he noted that Recall Nifong—Vote Cheek has been organizing events and advertisements to endorse his

candidacy. Nevertheless, Cheek said he plans on voting for himself come election day. Cheek added that because the write-in candidate’s name appears nowhere on the ballot, Monks is at a severe disadvantage. “Our number-one focus is getting out the name,” Woods said. “We’ve got to educate [voters] as to who Steve Monks is, why he’s running and how you get him elected.” Woods said Monks has been advertising in newspapers and speaking to community members at various events, including local churches. Representatives from Nifong’s campaign office were unavailable for comment. Michael Gillespie, acting chair of the Department of Political Science and di-

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Economic and Humanistic Studies, said money alone may not be the most important factor in predicting the outcome of the election. “Durham elections are typically decided by endorsements,” he said. Gillespie added that it was significant that the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People endorsed Nifong. “The general goal of local campaigns is to get the core constituency out,” he said. “If most students go out and vote, it will make a big difference because usually they don’t.” Though some students said they have not had time to consider the positions of the candidates, they plan to do more research before they vote. Others noted the strong presence of anti-Nifong campaigning. “Everything is anti-Nifong,” said junior Dan Vincent, pointing to wristbands supporting die lacrosse team worn by many students and anti-Nifong Facebook groups.

in other news: The Raleigh News and Observer and WRAL-TV released a poll of 600 likely Durham County voters in the district attorney race Tuesday. The poll showed Nifong in the lead with 46 percent of the vote, Cheek with 28 percent, and Monks with 2 percent. Twenty-four percent were undecided and the poll calculated a margin of error of 4 percent.

Junior Daniel Phan, who hails from New Jersey, said he originallyregistered in North Carolina for the 2004 election because it was a swing-state for the Republican Party. , He added that he will definitely vote in Durham this fall because he “thinkjs] Nifong is unjust in the way he proceeded with the lacrosse case.” Issues concerning Nifong may attract students to the polls, but Goldberg said he hopes all North Carolina voters will think seriously about the 2006 election. “People are concerned about the Nifong race, but they tune out other important races,” he said. Y’allvote.com has compiled information for all races in every North Carolina county in one central source. The site also

provides a detailed description of the responsibilities of each elected position. Goldberg said the website is both nonpartisan and non-profit, so it provides an objective and educational view of these races. He said he recommends early voting for college students. “It’s especially important for students to think about how their day is going to be on Nov. 7,” he said. “There’s no reason why you should not get it out of the way early.” Although Phan will go to the polls, he said he recognizes that college schedules can interfere with student voting. “I have kind of a busy life,” he joked in between bites of frozen yogurt. Goldberg said there is no excuse for not voting. ‘You’re going to be here for four years, and you should get involved in the issues here” he said. “Learn about the candidates and get out there.” To make things easy, his site reduces the voting process to three simple steps: “Register. Research. Then, y’all vote.”

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there was as a second-class citizen.” Clement saidthe presidency of Terry Sanford turned his view of Duke “180 degrees the other way.” Clement said subsequent presidents Keith Brodie, Nan Keohane and Richard Brodhead have furthered Sanford’s message, and broadened the lacking relationship between Duke and Durham. Keohane even established an office downtown, which Clement said “firmed up the nexus between Duke and Durham.” Although he said the gap between Duke and Durham could be smaller, Clement noted that the bridge between the rich and poor continues to widen, and the council needs to focus on economic growth in Durham. “The lower-wealth communities don’t get the benefit I think they should,” Clement said. “The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer.” He urged people to vote in local elections, in which there is traditionally low voter turnout. “It is in the local elections where you can effect change and where you are impacted,” Clement said. ‘You can get screwed by the local politicians.”

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Choosing to be on campus Junior Annie Fleishman said being one It s the first year where everyone has a of a reduced number of juniors has allowed major field of study but it’s divided among her to meet people she probably would not so many students that it’s not really cohehave odierwise, but admits she’s a little jealsive,” he added. ous of her friends who are abroad. “It’s hard to make the argument that Sleeves are optional you’re not missing out when you’re in BoThe diminished cohesiveness can also stock and your friends are off gallivanting give way to a culture of independence, a around Europe,” Fleishman said. “But I transition that defy them to say has made iunthat when I get to ior Adam go to the first bas“It seems like the administration ketball game.” Cohen’s fall “one of my Fleishman is trying to identify Central as most fun sedidn’t seriously mesters.” the junior’s place, but that’s not consider spend“There’s no ing a semester working.” ‘junior experiabroad until this ence,’ but that’s —Laura Anzaldi summer, when one of the cool she worked for a junior things about it,” film company in he explained London. Armed with “While I was only a grill and a dream, Cohen is making there I thought, ‘Holy crap, it’s so amazing the most of a semester in which 20 of 26 being in Europe, I wish I had planned to go people in his fraternity pledge class are not abroad,’” she recalled. at Duke. Last spring, however, Fleishman got inHe started a Friday afternoon barbecue volved with a new endeavor—the 24-hour with some friends near his Central Campus Movie-Making Marathon, and is now the apartment—an event which he said now atproject’s co-chair. tracts 35 to 40 people each week. Duke in Durham it would have to be. “We started with an investment of a grill, “For me, it was a choice between creatand now it’s self-sustaining,” Cohen said. ing something at Duke or going abroad,” In an era when nothing is official unless Fleishman said—and once she returned it’s on Facebook.com, this barbecue is offifrom London, she never looked back. cial, with a Facebook group boasting 50 “We know everyone’s coming back in members. the spring. We know spring’s going to be Cohen said that although he did not incredible—basketball season, and then know two-thirds of the attendees before we’re going to be seniors,” she said. this year, he has gotten to know them very Melinda Roper, assistant dean for stuwell through the Friday festivities. dent advising and programming, said stu“Welcome to the wild world of the weekdents going abroad often pose a challenge ly BBQ, where... as always, sleeves are op- for student organizations. tional,” the group’s description says. “Maintaining organizational consistenrates students as much as it unites them.

new people—all of which make forgoing climbing the Eiffel Tower or surfing near the Great Barrier Reef worth it.

Cohesion lost When pre-med requirements and a public policy major made going abroad tough, junior Brandon Curl, a Duke University Improv member, didn’t despair. “Lots of people get tired of Duke, but I love being here and I love being in DUI,” he said. Curl explained that although DUl’s fall semester is packed with plenty of hilarity—including auditions, a fall break road trip and dorm shows—in all seriousness, he misses the class cohesiveness of being an underclassman. “Everything kind of shifts junior year, there’s no central place for juniors,” Curl said, noting that apartment-style living on Central has its advantages, but that it separates him from friends who still live on West Campus. “It seems like the administration is trying to identify Central as the junior’s place, but that’s not working,” said junior Laura Anzaldi, who lives on West, but often finds herself a bus ride away on Central visiting friends. “I think it’s harder to conceive of a common junior experience,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Although freshmen can congregate in the newly revamped Marketplace and sophomores have a collective experience on West, the culture of junior year is less well-defined, Moneta explained. “I think it’s the period where students are much more independently engaged in their own experiences,” he said. One shared element is that all juniors have declared a major, Moneta said, but

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cy and history can be a challenge,” Roper wrote in an email. “Additionally, younger organization members sometimes lose role models or mentors when the upperclassmen go abroad.” DUI members rarely study abroad during the year, Curl said, noting that If they did, the impact would be “huge.” “We’re a small group—usually about eight people,” he said, explaining that they need at least five for a show and absent upperclassmen would also interrupt the passing down of knowledge and responsibility. “I’m kind of disappointed I didn’t [go abroad]. It’s nice for your grades,” Curl said. “But I’m not wasting my time here either. I just took advantage of a different opportunity.” Spring adjustment Senior Vicky Hill has a year’s perspective on her Duke in Durham experience. As a chemistry major, leaving the University for a semester wasn’t feasible, she said. The familiar Duke experience was strange without the familiar faces, Hill said, but she adapted and became closer with the others in her selective living group during fall of her junior year. The return of old friends in the spring required another adjustment. “[Being at Duke] forces you to find people, to hang out with different people and then when the others get back it’s very confusing to fit them back into your life,” she said. Cohen said he anticipates having to make a similar transition when the globetrotting juniors return. “I think it’ll be overwhelming when they come back,” he said. “It’ll be a lot more crowded, but I’m also really excited. It’s another reason why I’m not going abroad in the spring.”

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CHINESE ART from page 6 looked for art that transcended the internal Chinese art scene and could speak to a larger audience. “I looked for pieces that rhymed, that fit into larger patterns,” he said. Hung said major themes naturally emerged from their pool of 60 artists. He added that many pieces of art responded to similar “questions” and Chinese social concerns using Western artistic styles, such as performance art and body art, that were taught in the 1980s. “Artists are beginning to use these methods to respond to real social issues,” Hung said. “They are not just copying fashionable styles.” This trend is part of an emerging contemporary art movement in China, Hung and Phillips explained. “The Chinese art scene is experiencing a dynamic moment—maybe too dynamic,” Phillips said. “When I visit China it almost makes me dizzy. It seems like there are more galleries than artists.” Bonnie Marple, who works as a docent at the Nasher,

said she found the evolving quality of contemporary Chinese art fascinating. “It was interesting to hear what [the curators] had to say about China today, Beijing today,” she said. “Everything—the styles, the methods—is changing so quickly.” After the lecture, the audience was given a chance to view the exhibit’s two galleries. Junior Reid Simpson, who previewed the exhibit with his art history class before the opening night, said seeing the exhibition in its final form was “really different.” “It is very striking, not what I expected,” he said. “I expected something more traditionally contemporary, more tame and less vivid.” Freshman Shirley Lung said the chosen pieces, however, were “intentionally provocative.” “If they didn’t show something surprising, the exhibition wouldn’t have gotten as much attention,” she said. “Every thing here seems to depict post-modernism, commercialism. I guess that is what’s expected.” “Between Past and Future” will be on view through Feb. 18,2007. The museum will hold a panel tonight with four artists featured in die exhibit.

BIOETHICS from page 3 gave us a brain in die first place?” Haga reinforced the uncertainty that exists around genetic engineering. “First, geneticists targeted devastating diseases,” Haga said. “But once you start getting into preventable issues, or late life conditions or even appearance and personality characteristics, it becomes a slippery slope.” Cook-Deegan agreed that using genomics to prevent disease is one thing, but to change someone’s personality is far more ethically ambiguous. “It's hard to know where to draw the line,” he said. The panel also debated the philosophical effects of genetic engineering. “It’s a question of suffering,” Baars said. “Why would a good and just God create people who suffer? Why would we want someone not to be free from that disease?” Cook-Deegan acknowledged that in the face of death, humans can persevere and inspire others. “Although there is incredible value and meaning in suffering, I’m in the business of stopping it,” he said. “In the end, part of the perfection of life is our imperfection.” Willard asked if there were any principle for justifying curing a disease or creating a new superman. “I’m not interested in creating a superman, I’m interested in creating a superwoman,” Cook-Deegan said. Baars said scientists should not be in the business of playing God. “We have the knowledge of science, but not about what is right,” she said. The discussion was sponsored by the Duke Political Union, the Dean ofStudents office and the IGSP.

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success her group has had with eFlyer. “The eFlyer was pretty much just a spontaneous extra advertisement we decided to do,” she said, explaining that eFlyer did not save her much time or replace other physical advertisement methods. Jadrien Hill, evening event manager for the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, said the program has been successful. “My only complaint would be that we need more monitors,” he said. Hill said OSAF has plans to add televisions around campus, although the locations have not yet been determined. Hill added that the high-volume locations such as the West Union Building are under consideration. “That’s where a lot of students read the paper bulletin boards,” he said. The eFlyer system, however, does not have a monopoly on plasma advertising on campus. Some monitors, such as the one in Alpine Bagel, display advertisements, along with news updates, weather forecasts and inspirational quotes. Barbara Stokes, administrative manager of Dining Services, said these monitors mainly advertise Dining Services’ own events, but added that if groups ask for advertising time they will often oblige. “As long as it’s not anything about alcohol, we will usually accept it,” Stokes said. Stokes said she was unfamiliar with the eFlyer program and was unaware of talks to coordinate the two advertising services. “That’s not to say we’re opposed to it,” Stokes said. “We just haven’t been approached about it.”

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Duke looks to finish strong, make NCAAs “Sunday’s win gave everybody a lot of confidence,” senior Lauren Tippets said. Qualifying for the NCAA tournament “It made us realize how much we love was supposed to be the easy part. playing together. I think it will really give Last year, it was a foregone conclusion us a boost.” The Blue Devils will need that push this by this point in the ACC season that the weekend, when they play their final two Blue Devils would re*ve an at^ar§e bid for ACC games of the year at Miami Friday notebook ce the NCAA tournament. night and at No. 20 Wake Forest Sunday. Duke received a No. 3 The two games, coupled With one guaranseed but was upset in the second round by teed game in the ACC tournament Nov. 1, Yale on a last-second goal. will likely determine whether Duke will Returning seven starters from that team make the 64-team tournament field—this year, the Blue Devils were expecting a which will be announced Nov. 6. chance to reverse their postseason disap“I think two out of three would probapointment. But with an 8-6-2 record and bly get us in,” Church said. Duke has plenty of strengths on its rejust two regular season games remaining, Duke’s postseason future is a lot more unsume to balance its midseason slump. The certain this time around. brutally competitive schedule that hin“The last three years, we’ve been in aldered its record will be a major plus in the ready,” head coach Robbie Church said. eyes of the selection committee—the Blue “Maybe this isn’t the worst thing. Maybe Devils played six teams that were ranked at this will harden us to make a deeper run if the dme. In addition, they have three quality wins we get in the tournament.” over those teams, with a chance to add anA tough schedule and a midseason scoring drought have hurt the Blue Devils’ other against the Demon Deacons. Duke’s record. Last Thursday’s 3-2 loss to Clemson penchant for beating ranked teams bodes might have been the low point ofDuke’s well if they do qualify for the tournament. season, as the team blew two leads in the “We know that we can play with anyone second half. in the country,” Tippets said. “Even if we’re Sunday’s 3-1 come-from-behind win not ranked, even if we’re not at home, we over then-No. 5 Florida State, though, still feel that we can go really deep in the may serve as the inspiration for the rest of the season. SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 16 by

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Ted Roof said needed to improve for the Blue Devils to see better results on the field. Duke may still be waiting for those results to show up in the win column, but after a few tough weeks at the beginning of the season, the offensive line has shown progress in recent weeks Not coincidentally, Duke has scored two offensive touchdowns in each of the past three games after putting the ball in the end zone just once in the first four weeks. In three of the Blue Devils’ first four games—including a 13-0 season-opening loss to Division I-AA Richmond Duke was held scoreless. “Starting from where we were at Richmond to where we are now seven games in, we’ve definitely picked up a lot of experience,” junior center Matt Rumsey said. “We’ve progressed pretty well, and I’m pretty confident with the way we’ve been playing the past couple weeks.” —

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NorthCarolina headcoach John Bunting was fired Sunday as the Tar Heels have yet to win a Division l-A game. UNC coaching search heats up North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour said Wednesday that he will not set a timetable for finding a replacement for fired coach John Bunting. “The process is long, just like we thought it would be,” Baddour said in a phone interview. “I understand there’s a We’re lot of speculation out there. pleased with where we are, without disclosing where we are.” Bunting was dismissed Sunday, effective at the end of the season, after being blamed for a woeful season in which the Tar Heels have yet to defeat a Division I-A team. The move likely gives the school a head start in identifying potential successors to Bunting, though Baddour declined to say who is on his wish list or set a target date to ...

have the job filled. One high-profile name—former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis—has been mentioned in media reports as a possible candidate. Davis works for the NFL Network but has publicly expressed a desire to return to the sideline. “I’m very interested, and have been for a while, in getting back into coaching,” Davis said Wednesday when reached on his cell phone by The Associated Press. He declined to comment about the North Carolina job or any openings. “My goal in this is to maintain the confidentiality of this search,” Baddour said. “That’s very important in helping us achieve the goal of finding the best fit here. Any category or class is inappropriate to talk about at this time.”

Preseason Wooden candidates announced Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Corey Brewer, A1 Horford and Joakim Noah of national champion Florida and Arron Aftlalo and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute of national runner-up UCLA are among the top 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden All-American team. Glen Davis ofLSU, Chris Lofton of Tennessee and Nevada’s Nick Fazekas also made the preseason list. The top 50 are based on last year’s individual performances and team records. Other players who excel throughout the season will be considered for the top 30 list in January and the final national ballot in early March. Among other preseason candidates are JamesOn Curry of Oklahoma State, Jarrius Jackson of Texas Tech, Jared Dudley of Boston College and Alando Tucker of Wisconsin. “Fifteen conferences are represented this year, which shows the parity in college basketball,” said Duke Llewellyn, Wooden Award chairman. The Wooden Award will be presented to the nation’s top college basketball player April 7 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Stanford’s woes continue A season that began with optimism from a new stadium and a topflight senior quarterback has turned into one that could go down as the worst ever at Stanford. The Cardinal have lost their first eight games, set a school record for offensive futility and could be on their way to just the

third winless season since World War I “We’ve had eight tough weeks with a lot of heartaches and a lot of unfortunate things that have occurred for us,” secondyear coach Walt Harris said. There have been blowout losses, coundess injuries and almost nothing to cheer about at the mosdy half-filled Stanford Stadium. With quarterback Trent Edwards out for the season with a broken foot and the only remaining drama being whether Stanford can avoid its first winless season since 1960, that doesn’t appear as if it will change. Stanford is one of four winless Division I-A teams this season, joining Duke, Temple and Florida International. “With a young football team sometimes their focus becomes bigger- rather than smaller,” Harris said. UConn center declared eligible Hasheem Thabeet, a 7-foot-3 center from Tanzania, will play for Connecticut this season after the NCAA declared him eligible. The freshman center was declared eligible after meeting core curriculum requirements, the school announced Wednesday. Thabeet attended Cyprus Community Christian School in Houston last year. Coach Jim Calhoun learned Thabeet would suit up for his team Tuesday evening, UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said. Thabeet is expected to be UConn’s starting center. Thabeet completed six hours of courses at the university and is enrolled in five other courses, Calhoun said earlier this month. The AssociatedPress

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Vanderbilt shocked the nation last season by winning its first four games of the year. Although the Commodores only secured one more win in their final seven games, the start of the 2005 season showed that a football program at an academicallyfocused university could compete in a tough Division-I conference—something that Duke has been struggling to accomplish the last few years. Vanderbilt (3-5, 14 in the SEC) successfully built up a competitive program under the guidance of head coach Bobby Johnson, who focused on bringing in athletes who wanted to win but also desired an education. “What you’ve got to do is get guys who are interested in education and winning football games,” Johnson said. “If you get guys who want to win but not receive an education, then that isn’t going to work. Or if you get guys who only care about being doctors, lawyers and engineers but not about winning, you’ll have trouble too.” When Johnson took over the program before the 2002 season, Vanderbilt perennially was among the worst in the SEC. Before his arrival, the Commodores had not won more than three conference games in a single season since 1991. Although Johnson began to bring in better recruits to Vanderbilt, the earlygoing was rough during the coach’s first few years. In the Commodores’ first three seasons under Johnson, Vanderbilt only captured two SEC victories and finished with just two wins each season. But Vanderbilt stuck with Johnson, who nearly coached the Commodores to

an upset win over then-No. 16 Tennessee in the final game of his third season. Before losing 38-33, Vanderbilt charged late in the fourth quarter of that game in 2004 behind the arm of quarterback Jay Cutler, who would emerge out of nowhere as a Heisman Trophy candidate the following season. After three years of having a solidified and consistent coaching staff along with three successful recruiting classes, Johnson finally found success at Vanderbilt in his fourth year. “These were coaches that I’ve known previously in the profession that I knew had experience in this type of situation,” Johnson said about his assistant coaches’ experience of working at academically focused institutions. “These guys stuck around, which made the players feel comfortable. It helps you to have that continuity in which you don’t have changes to things every year with a new coordinator.” The 4-0 start to the 2005 season included two conference wins over Arkansas and Mississippi—which matched the total number of SEC victories that Johnson had secured in his first three seasons. Even though Vanderbilt failed to win any of its next six games, the Commodores lost all those contests by a touchdown or less, except for their 34-6 loss to Louisiana State. And Vanderbilt finally broke its losing streak by upsetting Tennessee in the 2005 season’s final game, which the Commodores had come so close to doing the year before. This season, Johnson has a chance to put up a similarmark to last year’s 5-6 overall and 3-5 conference record. So far, the Commodores’ have lost in close games to Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, but they shocked then-N0.16 Georgia—in Athens, Ga.—in a 24-22 win Oct. 14.

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backup punter Mitchell Cozad, who has been charged with trying to kill the team's starting punter, has asked a judge for permission to live in his home state of Wyoming while awaiting trial, his lawyer Joseph A. Gavaldon said. The 21-year-old native of Wheatland stands accused of stabbing starter Rafael Mendoza in his kicking leg and is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree assault. If convicted, Cozad could serve up t0.48 years in prison. Connecticut guard suspended for two games UConn guard Donald Thomas has been suspended two games by head coach Randy Edsall following the senior's arrest outside a local restaurant. Thomas, who backs up Matt Applebaum at left guard, has been charged with misdemeanor assault and breach of peace after allegedly hitting an employee at Wings Over Storrs. Disciplinary problems have plagued the Huskies all season—five players were dismissed for bringing beer into a hotel room and safety Marvin Taylor was kicked off the team after using a stolen credit card number. Boosters calling for Bowden to retire Some boosters of the Florida State football program have called for 76-year-old head coach Bobby Bowden to retire. The Seminoles have struggled to an uncharacteristic 4-3 start in the 2006 campaign and are currently last in the ACC Atlantic Division.

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"When I was going out there on the field, I just had my mind set to go out there and give punishment, to let them know I'm on the field, to let me go out there and get my name known. I was going out there trying to make things happen.” Oklahoma running back Allen Patrick, after rushing for 110 yards and a touchdown in his first game replacing injured Heisman Trophy candidate Adrian Peterson in a contest the 20th-ranked Sooners won 24-3 over Colorado. "It's still a win, but we have to get a lot better in terms of not breaking down mentally and not making stupid mistakes. Just things that we could have prevented—l don't think it had anything to do with what happened last week." Miami quarterbackKyle Wright, after the Hurricanes escaped with a 20-15 win at Duke a week after they got in an ugly brawl with Florida International.

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Coming into the season, Rumsey was the only returning starter on an offensive line that was left depleted by graduation and transfers. Of the 11 total starts members of the offensive line had before the 2006 campaign, Rumsey had 10, and redshirt sophomore left tackle Cameron Goldberg had one. This year, the five starters—who all have eligibility remaining for next season—have stayed relatively healthy and have yet to miss a start. The increased continuity has allowed the unit to practice together, and the results have begun to translate onto the field. “They’re gelling well,” linebacker Mike Tauiliili said. “To be effective as an offensive line, you have to know the person next to you like you almost know what they’re thinking. Our O-line is really coming together. As Thaddeus [Lewis] is able to step back and pass, it opens up our run, which is very effective now.” Duke racked up 201 yards rushing against Alabama Oct. 7 and 96 last week in two of the team’s closest games of the season. At the same time as the running game has improved, Rumsey and Lewis appear to have solved the problem with fumbled snaps that has plagued them throughout the season. Duke fumbled four snaps in its 37-0 loss to Virginia and had one returned for a touchdown in the first quarter of the team’s 51-24 defeat at the hands ofFlorida State. “It’s never just one guy, and that’s something we both had to realize,” Rumsey said. “We spent a lot of time before, during and after practice working out those issues. I think we’re both really comfortable with each other at this point of the season, and

tournament.” Despite its relative struggles this year, Duke still has an outside chance at finishing second in the log-jammed ACC. If Clemson and Florida State tie this weekend and Duke collects two wins, the Blue Devils will catapult to second place behind rival North Carolina. If Duke does qualify for the NCAA tournament, it would have historical implications for the team’s nine seniors. This year’s senior class would be just the fourth class in Duke history to make the tournament in all four years. “It would be heartbreaking for all of us if the seniors don’t get in,” Church said. “To be able to say that they played in the NCAA tournament four straight years that’s a great accomplishment for them.” In between games and practices the past few weeks, Church has been following the Major League Baseball postseason. In his perfect world, he would be able to compare his Blue Devils to the upstart St. Louis Cardinals—a team that barely sneaked into the playoffs and is now playing in the World Series. —

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Junior center Matt Rumsey (68) is the most experienced player on theBlue Devils'young offensive line. those issues are taken care of. I think we’ve done a good job working on them to eliminate them.” With Rumsey and the other four starters maintaining their health, Roof has not had to dip deep into his talented pool offreshmen offensive lineman. Only Jarrod Holt, who played an entire series at tackle in the Miami game, has seen significant playing time so far. That will allow Roof to redshirt the four other offensive linemen in the freshman class. “When you look at the successful pro-

grams, the guys who are playing with a lot of 23-year olds are usually pretty good football teams,” Roof said. “The guys who are playing with a lot of 18- and 19-year olds aren’t quite there yet.” Through practice sessions where the first team offenses and defenses face one another a few times per day, Tauiliili said the units push each other constantly and the improvement has been noticeable. “Are we where we want to be?” Roof said. “Nope, but we’re getting better, and I can see the improvement.”

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The biggest mistake that Fiocco makes is to assume that only Bush has adopted such attitudes in foreign policy. I would like Fiocco to name a recent president who gave away tons of money to every poor country with no strings attached and who withdrew American troops from a large number of foreign theaters. He won’t be able to, because there have been no such presidents since the end ofWorld War 11. We have troops stationed around the world because we have been invited to stay by the host nations, and those nations benefit from both the protection of our troops and the money they spend to live there. Furthermore, most of our foreign bases are engaged in humanitarian missions unlike the Middle Eastern theater. I can’t say it any better than Rush Limbaugh; “The United States has liberated and helped more people than any other entity in the history of the world.” That’s a foreign policy to be proud of, not condemned, on election day.

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how, or if, faculty is to be engaged has been displayed. Communication is essential to change; we need to make it clear that we welcome faculty opinion, but the focus of CCI is, and should be, on students. Faculty members are the foremost authorities on this campus for academic concerns, but only students can truly understand campus culture. The primary influence of faculty should be in their area of expertise: academics. In short, just as students wouldn’t be in the position to dictate faculty extracurricular, so should students have the most prominent voice in defining what “social” facets of our campus culture are stellar and which need fixing.

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read reports of wild partying or walk into class Friday morning to find a room filled with hungover students. But they do not observe the positive effects of living in a fraternity section or having a beer while watching a game. Faculty form their opinions of Duke culture through lenses colored by their position at the University. Though we are interested in the faculty perspective, it’s important to note that two dozen faculty members—a small portion of the entire Duke faculty—showed up to the meeting. Indeed, there are likely faculty with a myriad of ideas about social life at Duke who were not present. In this crucial first year of the CCI, an undergraduate focus has been adopted but no overt strategy of

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we Dukies were younger, I distinctly remember telling a boy girl who steps out of her dorm room in a without an alternate identity, many women once a year we got to dress up as from my freshman dorm that I, along revealing outfit needs to realize that she don less-than-wholesome garb every time a princess or a super hero and with four other girls from the hall, was might very well be perceived as “availthey go out. And without a “costume” exparade around our neighborhoods col- going to Franklin Street dressed as a able" to some degree by any man that cuse, they can be labeled whores. lecting candy from nearby houses. We Disney princess. His immediate reshe encounters. Just as we do on Halloween, many fewould spend hours in It is not right for women to be hyposponse was, “Slutty Dismale Dukies dress every weekend in ways Party City picking out the ney princesses, I hope.” critical by claiming that guys view us solethat essentially ask guys to stare. If you This trend is not just ly as pieces of meal when we purposely have words written across the seat of your perfect costume, or our moms would spend days one that is occurring on decorate ourselves as such. As my dad pants, the odds are pretty high that a guy sewing the ones that we used to tell me, “If it walks like a duck, is going to stare at your butt long enough college campuses:. It excouldn’t find in a store. tends to the majority of looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, to read them. And if more skin on your And of course, we all had a those women over the it probably is a duck.” In the same way, if breasts is exposed than is covered, a guy’s running list in our heads trick-or-treating age who we dress in a manner that makes us look wandering eyes will most likely rest on of the houses with the dress up for Halloween. like whores, we are going to be viewed as your chest for more than a few seconds. An Oct. 19 New York whores. And it’s neighbors that gave the It is one best candy and the ones to life... or something like It Times article by Stephanie hard to fault thing—and as I steer clear of because their Rosenbloom cites reasons, guys for seeing noted, not necesIn the words of Cady Heron residents handed out apcollected from interviews us as sexpots sarily a good with women and other research, for the when we are out ples or pretzels or toothbrushes thing—to step in Mean Girls, “Halloween is As a kid, Halloween was the one time increased overt sexuality of women’s Hallittle of our comfort wearing of year when we could step out of our inloween costumes. Her reasons include more than pushzones of J.Crew the one night a year when secure little selves and into the garb of “escaping the workday, ho-hum dress up bras and and cardigans girls can dress like a total slut code,” showing off the confidence a spandex. our heroes. pearls on HalFor female college students, Halloween woman has in her body and desiring to Rosenbloom loween and anothand no other girls can say anyis still a time when we can relieve ourselves look attractive when at a party or bar. also cites Deboer to consistendy thing about it.” of our timiditiesand pretend we are other There is a serious problem that results rah Tolman, the demean ourselves by posing as sluts people. But the disguises we adorn for this from this trend: When you dress like a slut, director of the Center for Reand pieces of meat one night of the year are far different than you are perceived as a slut, even if it is Halthose we wore as children, although they loween and everyone else is doing it. search on Genwhenever we go A male friend of mine confirmed this der and Sexuality at San Francisco State out. Because, just like when we were kids probably require about the same total area of material. assumption for me. I asked him if a girl University, as stating, “It is possible some and eating too much candy on Oct. 31 inwomen are using Halloween as a ‘safe evitably resulted in stomachaches, too In the words of Cady Heron in Mean dressing like a whore on Halloween was exspace,’ a time to play with sexuality.” many nights of half-naked Shooters excurGirls, “Halloween is the one night a year pected to “put out.” He stated simply, “She better.” The fact is, however, that Halloween is sions is sure to turn us into the girls that when girls can dress like a total slut and no I’m not saying that it’s necessary to not an isolated “space” at all. Indeed, other girls do have the right to call sluts. other girls can say anything about it.” cover The reason no other girls can say anyyourself from head to toe when Fright Night is indicative of a bigger Sarah Hostetler is a Trinity sophomore. Her about head to Shooters or Franklin Street problem you it? Because they’re shitty in thing No matter the day of the year, even column runs every other Thursday. “costumes,” too. next Tuesday. But I do think that every

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hates fraternities. And now they’re employing new tactics to prove it; institutional theft. This essay is the story of how they stole from me. It was the Thursday before Fall Break, and the few of my fraternity brothers who remained that evening did what everyone does on

Thursday nights—gets drunk. An RA happened to be walking by

and claimed to have heard a quarter bouncing off a table into a cup, and busted up the fun. That Saturday jon detzel night, the same RA a line In the sand happened to be walkand ing by again claimed to have heard a bouncing ping pong ball. That there happened to be a few cups around was interpreted by this undoubtedly brilliant Duke student as evidence of foul play, so he wrote our fraternity up for two violations of the alcohol policy in three nights, despite blaring music both nights and never having witnessed illicit actions But an incident report wasn’t enough for this ambitious fellow, destined to rise up the ranks of RLHS and secure a job after he graduates. So he personally locked our commons room door and taped up a vintage e-print notice that read: “Commons Room Locked Due to Repeated Violations of the Alcohol Policy.” When the cleaning staff arrived early the next week, they assumed the master lock Duke installed last spring ought to be locked, too, and permanendy shut us out of our only gathering space The problem is that this reckless behavior has yet to be corrected. It is RLHS’ official policy to place any fraternity on interim suspension when a report is filed, a decision left up to the tandem of a senior RLHS admin and a University judicial dean. So what happens? They lock the commons and study rooms of the offending fraternity by installing an external deadbolt to which only they have the key.

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practice, of which I will mention four. First, the possi-

commons room (it was a 9 ft.-long former Duke lab table, so that sucker was heavy) without informing us, and then had the nerve to send us the $3OO bill for the moving company’s work. Let me be clear. They STOLE our table. And then charged us for the cost of stealing it. That’s not all—when a similarly bogus incident like this happened last spring (three members were accused of racial slurring and sexual harassment, resulting in a locked commons room for two months until they were acquitted), they STOLE a $l5O futon that was in the study room (which I paid for) and my $4OO iPod I had left there the night before just

bility that the RA could be mistaken or that the individuals or the fraternity could actually be innocent seems to NEVER be taken into account in RLHS’ decision. They assume that you are guilty simply because an RA chose to write you up. The process reminds me of everybody’s favorite dictator, Idi Amin. To him, everyone was guilty. The concept of innocence was annoying and, well, irrelevant. Second, the body that is responsible for deciding your punishment is TOTALLY INDEPENDENT of the organization that inflicts it initially (RLHS); Greek Judi- happened to “disappear.” So the total loss that has occurred (counting my cial Board is responsible for investigating fraternities whether fraternity ($450) and myself ($550) as one entity) toof (read; telling you you’re guilty regardless So, $lOOO. have tals Worse yet, this is the normal course of rethey and then punishing not) you. are or you no incentive to consider the locked commons room as sponse to alleged fraternity violations, which has happened several times to many time served or even to expediother fraternities. I’m bettiously reach a decision. Trying ting their losses are similar, to get a GJB hearing is like not to mention the lack of a takes to the LSRFar: it walking So what happens? They lock the commons room. about a million years There it is; proof that Third, this policy of interim commons and study rooms of Duke hates fraternities. This has ABSOLUTELY suspension the offending fraternity by innew fraternity review process NO BASIS anywhere in any offiRLHS has drawn up is simply cial Duke document I’ve seen. stalling an external deadbolt to the icing on the cake—anothto be found —or is nowhere It which only they have the key. er move that clearly evireally well hidden —in the Duke dences the pro-independents University Bulletin or RLHS’ There are about a thousand ethbias (free commons room its and rules on listings policies cable, better commons room ical issues with this practice, of website. Talk about arbitrary furniture, main West dorm punishment—they punish you which I will mention four. rooms, etc.). with an authority that they are When every group leaves not actually supposed to have. like Theta Chi wisecampus, that thinking those of you For ly chose to do last week, I’m overreacting, keep reading, don’t blame fraternities. Blame RLHS, because it’s and you’ll know why. Fourth, if you are accused of playing drinking games, their fault. I want my rights back. And I intend to fight for them. the University will take the table on which they were alof room, commons regardless legedly played from your Jon Detzel is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other whether or not Duke owns them. So, Duke hired a moving company to take a $l5O table we bought out of the Thursday.

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international Lauren Fischetti recess During the 1980s, people living in China were first introduced to information about Western photography. After decades of living under Communist oppression, Chinese artists were ready to explore. Between Past andFuture: New Photography and Video from China, opening today at the Nasher Museum of Art, is part of this artistic explosion. Featuring over 100 works by 60 artists, the exhibit highlights art created in the past 15 years. “There are a lot of creative artists and all of a sudden they have access to a flood of new material, media and information from the West they didn’t have access to 10 or 15 years ago,” said Kimerly Rorschach, Mary D.B.T. andjames H. Semans director of the Nasher. Rorschach’s involvement with the exhibit stems back to her tenure at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, where she helped organize Between Past and Future. Upon arrival at Duke, she looked to bring a world class exhibit to the Nasher, but was hindered by the museum’s relative youth. “Museums plan their exhibits three to four years in advance, but because this is a new museum we couldn’t plan ahead,” she said. “This was a great exhibitionavailable to me—I knew about it, I loved it and the tour was ending. Because I was the organizer, the show is extending its tour to travel to the Nasher.” The exhibit is curated by Wu Hung, distinguished service professor of art history at the University of Chicago and consulting curator at the Smart Museum of Art, and Christopher Phillips, curator at the International Center of Photography in New York. Hung and Phillips combined their exby

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Duke's Running Lights is one of many emerging bands to promote itself vis-a-vis YouTube and MySpace. by Alex Frydman

recess When MTV went on the air 25 years ago, the first video to run was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggies. MTV did just that, ushering in a new way for teens to get their daily dose of hits. But the dominance of MTV and other music-centered television stations may be coming to a close. More music fans than ever are turning to the Internet for their music videos as a slew of video-sharing websites has emerged. Heading the pack is YouTube, launched in 2005 and currently holding more than 60 percent of the online video market, according to its website. A large part ofYouTube’s appeal stems from the sheer number of videos the site hosts. Currently it plays more than 100

million clips and users upload 65,000 videos daily. “It’s the best because of the massive amount ofmaterial on there, and it’s a valuable teaching tool,” said Marc Paris, visiting assistant professor of music. “I teach a lot of courses on popular music. On YouTube I can find a lot ofobscure music that might be difficult to find otherwise.” Students voiced similar opinions about the site. “I like having the ability to watch such a multitude of things whenever I want, and the variety is unparalleled,” said senior lan Holljes, a guitarist and songwriter who has also used thewebsite to publicize his music. YouTube, like its more established cousin MySpace, is quickly becoming a hot spot for up-and-coming bands looking to promote themselves. For example, Holljes

uploads videos of his band, Running Lights, to the site. “As a conduit for new music and artists [YouTube] seems pretty limitless,” Paris said. “For college students used to the Web as a primary source of information, it’s really invaluable.” Holljes, however, is more dubious about YouTube’s potential for promoting new artists. “It’s an extremely convenient way to make your music available,” Holljes said. “But unless you’re fairly established, you don’t get huge amounts of exposure. At this point YouTube is more of a reflection of how popular you are than [a means of] attracting many more listeners.” Yet YouTube’s appeal to music lovers See youtube

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New Eggers novel recounts Sudanese civil war “Imagine going without education for most of your life,” says Valentino Achak Deng, summarizing the plight of his generation of Sudanese countrymen. “Imagine that in your entire lifetime there has been war.” Deng is the subject of Dave Eggers’ new book What Is the What, a novelized biography based on four years of extensive research and collaboration between the author and his subject, who is one of the nearly 3,000 “Lost Boys of Sudan.” The novel tracks Deng from his early youth, marked by the outbreak of the Sudanese Civil War, through the decade and a half that separates that time from his eventual relocation to Atlanta, Georgia and his gradual acclimation to American society. Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) is donating every penny of the book’s proceeds to fund the ValentinoAchak Deng foundation, which will help in rebuilding Southern Sudan and in assisting other Lost Boys achieve their dreams of attending college in America. recess’ Brian McGinn spoke recently with both Eggers and Deng. recess: Dave, today you have huge governments operating as faceless entities and, in constrast, you’ve got Valentino, a warm, hopeful person. It seems so strange and also

so beautiful that individual human stories can transcend greater atrocities. Dave Eggers: That’s the whole point of the book in a way—especially in showing Southern Sudan and Marial Bai [Deng’s hometown] before the war. It’s a real world. It’s a real town, very much like the towns that we all grow up in here in the U.S.—there’s a market, you have parents. There’s a church and a school and a playground and whatever else. You have your friends and you play with them, and you like girls. It’s a complete life, like our lives or the lives of anybody anywhere in the world. When we see images ofDarfur, we see corpses in the sand but we never see what’s lost. What was life before? When it comes to Darfurians and the Southern Sudanese before them, it’s harder for us to empathize on a tangible level. It’s like, “Well, I don’t know what their lives are like, I don’t know what their hopes and dreams are, I don’t really have as clear a sense of their souls as I do my own countrymen.” Why is the book in Valentino’s voice? Obviously, Sudanese culture is steeped in oral tradition, but what else went into that decision? See eggers

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Sculptor Plensa “Tattoos” plaza

In the beginning, Larry Moneta created the Plaza. Forged out of the wreckage of its puny walkway predecessor, the Plaza became a proverbial Eden of collegiate delights. And the Duke administration said, “Let there be misters,” and overheated freshmen late for Chem 21L were immersed in the cool caress of Durham County recycled water. And the Duke administration said, “Let there be Domino’s carts and bountiful LocoPops and a new, more spacious home for Pauly Dogs,” and the starved undergraduate population saw that it was good, and personal pizzas were good, and those little smoothie stands in the comer were also kind of good. And the children of Moneta dreamed of what deliciously arbitrary $lO million purchase would materialize next. Soda fountain machines? A multi-tiered driving range with island greens and ball retrieval service on FLEX? Or how about that long rumored monorail to zip us over to Central and East and possibly Southpoint mall? Angry Loop man could get a new gig as conductor. But from some unknown depths of the Board of Trustees someone said, “Let there be a polyester and stainless steel glowing androgenous somewhat Hindu God-like kneeling figure —and make it pink.” And then we were all sort ofconfused. I mean really, ofall the statues that could be planted at the heart of the Plaza—a bronze nude of James B. Duke, maybe a marble bust of the blue devil or a modernist reinvention of President Brodhead’s right foot—we got the light-up “Tattoo” thing. Perchance the mere presence of this intellectual nexus will diffuse a sense of enlightenment in our oversexed, boozed-up student body. After all, the statue will host stimulating questions such as “What is ice?" to which the majority of undergraduates will assuredly reply, ‘You know, it’s what you put on your ‘grillz.’” Holla-lejuh. —Janet Wu

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1. Woods of Terror: Head to Greensboro to check out the number one haunted attraction in North Carolina according to Clear Channel Radio. The park features 15 spine-tingling experiences including “The Jungle ofDoom” and “Redneck Hayride.” Woods of Terror is open from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Thursday. General admission is $25.

Lexi Richards Dominatrix Alex Warr Kate Beckinsale David Graham Smokey the Bear Varun Leila The plaza “Tattoo”

2. The Manor at Possum Creek: For a good, old-fashioned haunted house experience check out this mysterious manor tucked away in old Raleigh. Touted for its history of mysterious disappearances, the deserted 200-year-old home is sure

send chills up your spine. Tours run from to 12 a.m. from Sat-

7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. urday to Tuesday. Admission is $lO.

3. The Frightmare: “Raleigh’s Premiere 3-D Haunted House,” is labeled so for good reason. The attraction hands out 3-D glasses to all ofits ticket holders. The Frightmare is open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday through Tuesday. Tickets are $l2 on Thursday and $l5 until Halloween.

4. Silent Forest: Alltel Pavilion is known for its big-name concert series, but this week it will feature something a bit

spookier. Alltel’s haunted excursion is composed of a five-acre walking tour through buildings, woods and a cemetery. The venue is open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday. Admission is $l7 for the general public and $l4 for students. 5. Old Bridge: Located in Raleigh, the Old Bridge is a genuinely haunted experience. Legend has it, if you’re driving on the bridge at midnight and hear the voices of children, you engine will cut offand refuse to start until the voices have faded. Watch out for small handprints materializing on your windows. No admission—just be there at midnight.

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and Brunswick stew are respectable but seem an afterthought recess when judged against the restaurant’s main attraction. Some of the Triangle’s best barbecue is served from a ceComparisons between Allen & Son and Bullock’s, ment-block building that more closely resembles a bomb Durham’s most famous barbecue locale, are inevitable. Bulshelter than a restaurant. lock’s offers additional breadth by dabbling in all aspects of It doesn’t help that getting to Allen & Son Barbecue is not traditional cuisine, rather than focusing solely on barbecue an easy task. Like something out of The Texas Chainsaw Masand is marginally more affordable (making it a better sacre, barbecue devotees must drive down a dark country choice for a group). But for the pig connoisseur, Allen 8c road, journeying past abandoned farms and an ominous Son trounces its competition. cemetery before finally enjoying some seriously good pig. Diners inspired to trek over to Allen & Son are advised Allen & Son remains a bastion of barbecue because it is not to expect efficient or competent servers, clean tables or one of an increasingly small number ofestablishments that lighting that provides more than a flickering yellow glow. still smokes over hardwood coals. Where competitors have Nonetheless, for those craving true North Carolina-style switched over to gas and electric heating to slow-cook their barbecue, it’s the place to go. pig, Allen & Son relies on the transformative powers of hickory smoke to create a truly authentic and uniquely North Carolinian dining experience. This is not to say that Allen & Son is withoutfaults. Many of the restaurant’s offerings beyond the pulled pork and ribs are forgettable. The menu itself is also quite limited—no other styles of barbecue are presented, and those not partial to pork are left with dinners of hamburger steak or fried fish not worth the trip. But perhaps their porcine emphasis is for the better. The pork is tender, juicy and most importandy packed with a distinctive smokiness not found anywhere else in the area. You really can’t get barbecue like this unless you start smoking pig yourself. Sides ofhand-cut fries, hushpuppies, baked beans by

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manic take on Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” There’s some phenomenal playing from senior Pulsar Li, whose style favors Ahmad Jamal-like block chords, and some tasteful, intricate drumming from Eric Bishop, a senior and recess music editor. But the disc has some flaws. For one thing, it’s over 70 minutes long. For another, the mix tends to privilege Li and Bishop at the expense of newcomer Adam Lord, Trinity ’O3, whose electric bass tends to be too quiet—and sound plinky when audible. A bigger problem, though, is that the group is a bit too influenced by bands like Radiohead, Bjork (whose “Joga” is covered here) and the iiber-dull Swedish jazz trio E.S.T. The sequential, non-repetitive structures they borrow from these progressivists are a welcome departure from the tired,

As if two blood-spattered, torture-ridden films weren’t enough, Hollywood has offered us a Halloween treat (or maybe more of a trick) with Saw 111. recess’ Alex Warr joined in a roundtable discussion with Tobin Bell—Jigsaw himself—to chat about bloody posters and bad college kids. On using his own blood as poster paint: [Lionsgate] had this idea to take a vial of my own blood and put it into the poster of Jigsaw in theaters. We were trying to come up with a way to raise money for the American Red Cross. We decided to auction a certain number of posters and whatever money was raised would be donated. On how Saw ZZZ lacks it up a notch: I think that the size and the scope of the game thatJohn Cramer (Jigsaw) is playing will surprise you. There are lots of surprises, lots of traps, and I think it’s a very fast-paced and frightening film. Darren Bousman, the director, edits in his head as he’s shooting. I think he’s going to blow our enthusiastic fans out of the water when they see Saw 111. On what Jigsaw would do to bad, bad college kids: I’m not sure that he would do anything more than just observe the behavior of these college students and smile, watch them and realize that they’re gonna do what they’re goning to do and only time and experience will teach them any sense of real appreciation.

old head-solo-headformat. But otherwise, the music has a chilly, classical and sterile britdeness. This is propulsive stuff, with a consistent pulse, but over 72 minutes they can’t seem to conjure more than a few intense flashes of soul or grittiness. Wait No More is carefully crafted, highly musical and often witty (take, for example, the stomping, slowed-down “...Baby One More Time” quote in the “Toxic” coda). But the prospective buyer should ask himself how badly he wants a recording by what comes across on disc as the world’s most avant-garde cocktail ensemble. High marks for musicality and ambition, somewhat lower marks for the actual product. —David Graham

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The za ZA zsu. According to one Sex and the City episode, it’s that feeling you get when you fall in love, recess’ Nancy Wang and Victoria Ward scouted out this season’s hottest fashions, ranging from wrap dresses to skinny jeans, and found the styles that will be sure to give you butterflies. Put away your Uggs, toss out your big beads and embrace the simplicity and richness offall. Filled with jewel tones, luxurious fabrics and peep toes, this season will have you falling in love with fashion again. Fall revolves around leggings and skinny jeans—last seen in Flashdance, they are are making their official comeback. Paired with this season’s fitted sweaters and last year’s ballet flats, they make the perfect transition into cooler weather. Although fall has finally brought crisp temperatures, don’t put away your jersey dresses quite yet. Even in November, North Carolina’s fickle weather will offer a few opportunities to show some skin. Sophomore Cordelia Biddle and junior Jesse Kester model these looks and some of our other favorites, courtesy of one of Durham’s hottest boutiques, Za Za Zsu, located at 1918 Perry St.

Dress by Tracy Reese, $435 This berry-colored party dress is perfect for the holiday season. The piece combines some of the season’s richest colors and fabrics—jewel-tone lace, silk and velvet—with an empire waist that flatters most figures. Tracy Reese juxtaposes luxurious Victorian designs with a plunging v-neck. Playful enough for your sorority semi-formal, this dress will also turn heads at your parents’ annual holiday cocktail party. Metallic wedge and minimal jewelry are the ideal accessories for this look

Navy jersey dress by Olga Kapustina,

$3lO Olga Kapustina’s navy jersey dress manages to be both sexy and casual. The intricate woven design around the waist is sure to accentuate your curves, and when paired with ankle boots, this dress becomes a flattering outfit perfect for any night out. However, when thrown over some black leggings or jeans and a few gold bangles, this form-fitting dress easily converts into a daytime outfit perfect for class and a lunch out with the girls.

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Evan Rachel Wood is no stranger angst-filled roles. But disfunction gains a whole new meaning in Running With Scissors, a star-studded indie flick that follows the true-life memoir of Augusten Burroughs, recess’ Stephen Lee joined in a roundtable discussion with the rising star to get the inside scoop on portraying the tragically troubled teen Natalie Finch. On being casted in disfunctionalroles: I’m not looking to play just dark characters. Some of them are just teenagers being normal. Lots of teenagers are just messed up. I’m completely up for comedy. The lighter stuff is coming up. On how she got into a dysfunctional state of mind: I read the book and I talked to Augusten about the real Natalie and I was a little nervous because I was playing a real person that I’ve never met. I asked a lot of questions. Everyone has a little dysfunction in their family—skeletons in the closet. I didn’t know what I was going to do with Natalie until I showed up on set with my makeup and cigarette and this character just came out of me in my platform shoes. On the scene where she gets to smash through a ceiling: That was the scene I was looking forward to most because everyone wants to do that at some time and every time someone lets you destroy something, you get excited because you’re never allowed to do that... It was a little hard to keep our e.yes open with all the dust falling. We wanted to bust through the ceiling. to

At first glance, Catch a Fire seems to fit the scheme of most thought-provoking, borderline indie Focus Features

projects. But the film, which takes on the South African apartheid era, doesn’t quite reach the level of its politically minded predecessors, The Constant Gardener or Hotel Rwanda. Still, Fire aims to stand alone as a provocative historical piece that follows the poignant real-Tife story of Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke), a citizen-turned-freedom fighter. But what makes

the film really effective is real footage of the fighters interspersed throughout the film. In fact, the last scene is a snippet of Luke and the real-life Chamusso kicking around a soccer ball in a Schindler’s List- type finale. The always empathetic visage of Tim Robbins lends to a more human portrayal of Nic Vos —a shrewd member of the South African police and the film’s go-to bad guy. Although Luke and Robbins do their best to depict the complexity of the characters, they fail to carve a lasting presence on the screen. Although Director Phillip Noyce {The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence) keeps the oppressed civilian turned freedom fighter story fresh with an un-

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�� Think your family’s messed up? Try a psychiatrist who sees signs from God in his bowel movements, a mother with a penchant for snacking on dog kibble, one daughter who converses with cats, another with the mouth of a sailor and a schizophrenic adopted son. Unfortunately for Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross), this is the real-life dysfunctional family he is thrust into when his parents divorce and his mother (Annette Bening) has a psychotic breakdown. For some reason, she thinks her meltdown is good grounds for giving her son to her therapist, adeptly portrayed by Brian Cox. Directed by Ryan Murphy and based

thriller puts the film on shaky territory. Unable to balance the real with the dramatic, the film fails to live up to the standards of its Focus brethren. —Lexi Richards

on Burroughs’ personal memoir of the same name, Running with Scissors presents a bizarre albeit unbalanced blend of drama and comedy. The entire cast gives good performances, but Cox steals the show with his dead-on delivery as the psychiatrist, whose eccentricity provides the majority of the humor in this predominantly serious film. After all, it’s hard not to be amused by a man who has his own “masturbatorium.” Regrettably, his antics are few and far between. The film reveals a glimmer of greatness on both ends of the spectrum, but falls short of its potential to be as witty and poignant as its source material. Rather, it is intermittently funny with an immense but detached element of tragedy that fails to elicit any strong emotional response from the audience. —Nick DiChiara

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Annie conspired with classmate graduate student Shannon Rowbury and their screenwriting instructor, Elisabeth Benfey, a lecturing fellow in theater studies. The trio then carved out the groundwork for this student initiative in order to integrate it into the range of other media opportunities available on campus, such as the Duke Digital Initiative and Cable 13. “The Movie Making Marathon will become a huge interaction of the student body,” said Publicity Director Billy Kennedy, a senior. He added that the event’s purpose is to make filmmaking more accessible to people who have not had any experience in the area. This introduction into the art of film will give students the option of testing out their cinematic talents without the constraints of a class. And for those overloading their primary bookbag with courses, the event will consume only 24 hours ofyour life. The two-part process kicked off this month with a series of screenwriting workshops; final submissions are due in November. The student filmmaking teams will be

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recess Watch out for a red carpet in front of Griffith Theatre this spring. A movie premiere is coming to campus —butit won’t be playing anything made in Hollywood. In fact, the premiere will feature a film made entirely by students in an event called the Movie Making Marathon. Ten groups of students will compete, having been assigned one of three student-written movie scripts. The groups will then be asked to cast, film and edit their film in a mere 24 hours. The student scripts will be chosen in a campus-wide short screenplay competition, open to all students this fall. The concept of the marathon was conceived by junior Annie Fleishman on the ever-stimulating Nordic track at Wilson Recreation Center. “I was inspired by the 24-hour plays in New York, and the fact that I had taken a series of screen-writing classes,” Fleishman said. “So I knew that it was possible for students to have the ability to write screenplays.”

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�� After winning three Grammys for his 2004 breakout Get Lifted (Sony Urban Music), John Legend’s Once Again shows a transition away from soul-infused pop, favoring a more retro sound. Counting on the collaboration of well-known producers such as will.i.am, Kanye West and Raphael Saadiq, the album’s up■k beat, bright tone maintains Legend’s übiqui-

�� To hell (literally) with understated, acoustic melodies and elegiac lyrics: My Chemical Romance is prepped to devastate with The Black Parade, a modern concerto with a flair for the dramatic. Telling the tale of a young cancer patient in the throes of death, this concept album draws on larger-than-life guitar solos and lyrics and even the guest vocals of Liza Minnelli. It’s grandiose—maybe even overdramatic but its blaring theatricality stirs in the unapologetic manner of a pure rock opera. The band names Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Queen’s A Night at the Opera as inspirations for the album, and there’s a resounding hint of Green Day’s American Idiot, which Rob Cavallo produced before he took on this record. Nonetheless, The Black Parade sets itself apart from predecessors with raging tracks that sound like they should culminate in a triumphant freeze frame followed by a curtain call. MCR has always straddled the line between whiny, disillusioned punk rock and raging screamo-land, with singles such as “Helena” and “The Ghost of You” taking on death with soaring choruses and gasping tempos. But this album puts previous hits to shame with the sheer magnitude of its proffered spectacle. At times, the record borders on Broadway with its symphonic inserts and folksy sound bites. Indeed, the recurring obsession with death and hell, with lines like, “Would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?” lends itself to melodrama. But this album is a refreshing rebellion against subtlety, a record that isn’t afraid to overwhelm with lofty themes in an age when break-up ballads have overrun the music industry. —Janet Wu

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�� Sparta’s third attempt at overcoming the shadow of the Mars Volta, Threes, finds them trapped in mediocrity once again. Unlike the other half of At the Drive-In, however, their problem isn’t an insistence on serving nigh on unlistenable progressive rock—its that they seem to have no real sound of their own. The album passes by like an all-star team of modern rock cliches. You can hear Sparta try to be Coldplay (“Adas,” “False Start”) or a diet, emo version of U 2 (“Taking Back Control,” “Crawi,” “Untreatable Disease”) just waiting to unleash dieir completely redundant, “beautiful” chorus upon us. But maybe that’s too harsh. Each one of these songs, on their own, achieves at least a level of decency. U 2 lite isn’t necessarily a bad thing: the choruses are catchy, the

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song lengths are adequate, the lyrics don’t fall too deeply into self-pity and emo staple. Some of their more experimental work here succeeds, as well. “Weather the Storm” features some interesting guitar work from new member Keeley Davis and “Translations” closes the album on its highest note, combining a nice drone with some of the best background wailing since Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. H As a whole, however, the album’s lack of diversity in sound makes it a chore to sit through. The difference between listening to “Taking Back Control” and “Untreatable Disease” is stardingly small. Also, one can’t help but feel the need to listen to the bands Sparta is so desperately trying to be.

the soothing, seductive tone of prior hit single “Ordinary People.” The song, along with “Where Did My Baby Go,” takes root from these retro, almost oldies sounds. The album’s vibrant, soulful songs suggest a contemporary nostalgia for the R&B sounds of the ’6os and ’7os. Mellower songs such as “Show Me” and the jazzy “Slow Dance” show Legend’s new tendency to sing in a whisper, providing the listener with an intimate and slow aura ofkeyboard and percussion. Despite claims that Legend’s success is due to his connections with Kanye West, the new album’s songs prove Legend can transcend his producer’s fame and create something all his own. With this new combination of retro sounds and hope-filled lyrics, the album is certainly a step in the right direction for Legend’s pursuit ofjustifying his ambitious surname. —Emily Codik

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Why listen to second-rate War-era U 2 when you can hear the original? Overall, they live up to their name. Threes, like time spent in a Spartan military camp, is very repetitive and not a whole lot of fun. —Aaron Carpenter

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reaches beyond its millions of clips of both popular and emerging musicians. The site also allows users to post their homemade music videos. Patrick Musker, a senior, is one of these amateur music video directors. He recendy posted a short claymation video he created, set to Donovan’s “Colours.” “I started shooting the video before I picked the music,” Musker said. “I needed something that matched the whimsical tone of the video and was soodiing musically and a little psychedelic. So I picked ‘Colours.’” Like many emerging musicians, Musker sees the site as away to promote his endeavors and mature as an artist. “It’s a good way for people who don’tknow me personally to critique and comment on my work,” Musker said.

out there and Some, though, are a little more optimistic about YouTube’s chances to pull ahead in the race. even chance offered a job.” maybe by [I will] get “It is a little bit difficult finding things,” Paris said. “The Yet the question remains: can YouTube kill the video star? In other words, can YouTube eventually overshadow amount of material is both a blessing and a curse. But I would say YouTube has already surpassed MTV to a lot of MTV as the dominant outlet for music videos? “I don’t think it will surpass MTV in terms of promipeople in terms of diversity of what you can find and not nence,” said Robert Mitchell, an assistant professor of being limited by formatting decisions in advance. It’s like English who has published several works relating to digisurfing through your own channel ofmusic videos.” tal media. YouTube’s bid to be the online MTV has accelerated in “Many videos on YouTube are interesting but don’t the past few weeks. Google bought YouTube for $1.65 bilhave a large amount of production,” he explained. “MTV lion Oct. 9. In the weeks leading up to the sale, Univervideos have high amounts of production.” sal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group each negotiated to buy small shares Holljes agreed, pointing out that YouTube’s massive selection of videos may also be a drawback. in the site. With YouTube’s new alignment with big media sealed, “People like to have popular music displayed for them instead of having to pull it out,” he said. ‘YouTube has a the site’s future aspirations are unclear. But one thing is glut of information so people are more likely to be overcertain—video-sharing sites are here to stay, whether they whelmed.” kill the video star or not.

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Rorschach said. Over the course of a couple years, the two traveled to China multiple times, made studio visits and compiled lists of interesting artists. “Since many works focus on similar issues and problems, we can select those most interesting and powerful ones,” Hung wrote in an e-mail. “Artistic quality, experimental spirit and social implications are some of the major criteria.” The curators divided the show into four sections, which Hung said emerged naturally as they surveyed the field. The first section, “History and Memory,” deals with the legacy of China’s past. Song Dong’s “Breathing Part 1,” a light box transparency, shows the artist lying on his stomach in Tiananmen Square, with his face close to the ground, coating the pavement with his breath. In another section, “Performing the Self,” the videos and photographs reflect the artist’s quest for individual identity during a time when strong traditional institutions are fading. Liu Jian and Zhao Qin’s “I Love McDonald’s,” classified by Hung as “both a documentary and satiric work,” is comprised of six chromogenic

prints of a group of people eating at McDonald’s. In each print, the outfits, clothing, accessories and even gender of the subjects are altered. What the pieces share is a sense of urgency, experimentation and excitement—a moment in time created by the coalescing of multiple forces. But, has the moment passed? “That period still continues and photography and video are still important art forms,” Hung said. “But now Chinese artists face the problem of commercialization, and need to keep independence from commercial opportunities and pressure.” Though the circumstances in China continue to change, the power of theirphotography and video remains undeniable. “There’s this sense of ‘Wow, this is what’s going on right now,”’ Rorschach said. “Photography can be made and produced quickly, which gives it a sense of immediacy. There is a hunger to know what’s going on in China, and this exhibit makes it accessible, which is why it’s so

DE: I wanted the book to be completely about Valentino. I wanted to disappear completely. Oddly enough, the best way to disappear is to inhabit somebody else completely —in this case, to speak through Valentino. That was one goal. The other part of it was that Valentino is a really brilliant speaker. He’s told his story in different forms many different times and I’d seen him with differentaudiences —I know how he shapes it for this audience and that audience. This book is just Valentino speaking to a differentaudience. Valentino, how did you get through the exciting.” hard times? VAD: I come from a culture where if Between Past and Future: New Photogyou are a man you have to be ready to face raphy and Video from China will be on dischallenges. To be among so many other play at the Nasher Museum through Feb. 18, people [traveling across Sudan] helped 2007. Tonight at 5:30 p.m. there is an Artists me to realize I was not the only one facing Panel Discussion, which is free with admission. that condition. I realized that on some days things can be bad, and some days things can be better. That was essentially scenes, there are many similarities they are what my life was, since I didn’t have my both dealing with.” family around me all the time. The play’s parallel structure contributes Some days things will be bad, some to an understanding of its message. The set, days things will be better? VAX): Some days people were going to which is entirely symmetrical, consists of die, and there was the possibility I might two living rooms joined by a jail cell with two seats. get killed; most days I was just going to Music and poetry address cultural and survive and be happy for surviving. Everysocial issues in the play. Andre and Casey thing builds from there. After every inciinteract through lyrical, rhythmic dialog dent I discovered something about mywhile sharing a jail cell. Karamu creatively self. There were days that 1 thought, “Oh, uses music as an outlet, allowing the two this is unbearable. I don’t deserve to live, with one another. don’t I don’t just call it a life? Why why to connect boys At the end, scenes occur simultaneously don’t I just finish myself so I don’t have to suffer?” Now there are days that I say, “IfI as tragedy creates parallels between the two families. The climax demonstrates the nearhad done this 10 years ago, what would ly palpable, ultimately unfulfilled potential have become of what I am doing today?” Dave, what interests you so much about for racial unity evident throughout the play. —CatherineKaelin movement and travel? It seems to be a connecting thread that runs through all of Breathe will be presented in 209 East Duke your work, from A Heartbreaking Work of Friday, Oct. 27 at 7p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 29 Staggering Genius to short stories like at 2 p.m.

Karamu stages black playwright’s work Racial tension, a poignant problem for many Duke students, is a central issue in Karamu’s production of Breathe. Karamu, a student-run drama group, brings Javon Johnson’s play to East Campus this weekend. The group performs the work of black playwrights; past productions include Brown Silk and Magenta Sunset and Conditions of Color. Breathe tells the story of two young men, Andre (freshman Marcus Andrew) and Casey (sophomore Bryan Grant), one black and the other white. Each commits an atrocious act ofviolence in an attempt to define himself within racial constraints. The play centers around the struggles of their families as they try to cope with the consequences of their sons’ crimes. “The play shows that on the surface it may appear that there are differences, especially having to do with race,” said Lola Owolabi, a sophomore and publicity cochair of Karamu. “But if you step behind the

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“After I Fell In The River and Before I Drowned,” and definitely What Is the What DE; I have three answers. None of them are definitive, because I don’t quite understand it myself. One is that I didn’t really travel that much as a kid. I didn’t leave the country until I was 25. Then I was just naively struck by everything I saw, especially traveling in developing countries—the inequity and the bizarre and terrible absurdity of having the means to travel to places where some of the people are desperately poor. Just driving through and then leaving again still strikes me as completely —well, I haven’t been able to process it. Then there’s a totally different aspect of it, in that I think the process of writing is kind of boring. You’re sitting alone in a shed or in your garage for months or years on end. I just feel that if I’m going to be sitting there having this sedentary existence, the very least I can do is to make it interesting to myself —by writing about faraway places and people traveling and doing things like that. So much of [writing] is so grueling. What Is the What was incredibly grueling almost all the way

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The third reason is just that inherendy, characters going from one place to another are more interesting for me than characters that are static. I’m more interested in searchers and adventurers and physically restless people than I am in people that sit in one place all of their lives and——think that they’ve already found, rather than are constantly trying to find. DE: That kind of stuff isn’t as interesting to me as people out discovering things. As a non-believer in God or an afterlife, I think that the closest thing we have to that is trying to see as much of this world as we can. There’s enough for 20 afterlives right here on this planet.

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