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The Chronicl Groups march for Darfur awareness Staff notes divisions on campus by

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Carrying “Pray for Darfur” and “Don’t Ignore the Crisis in Darfur” signs, students, professors and children walked last night from the Marketplace to the Duke Chapel as part of the Darfur pilgrimage walk organized by the Internationally Minded People ofFaith. Representatives from the IMPF, a global awareness and advocacy student organization of the Divinity School, said they hoped the pilgrimage walk would raise awareness about the issues in Darfur. “We want people to know what is going on in the Sudan,” said Kristin Scarboro, a graduate student in the Divinity School. “It really is genocide and the world should take notice.” Robert Moses, a key organizer of the pilgrimage walk, said he hoped to raise awareness and support for the people of Darfur as well. “In such a fast-paced country and society, it is often easy to become inoculated to the sufferings in the world,” Moses said. As the march continued, traffic behind the walk’s participants accumulated. “It’s interesting—people will see us now. Although they may not exactly know what we are doing, it is another way to build awareness,” said Christina Peterman, a student in the Divinity School. Peterman also described the importance of reflecting on the issues in Sudan. “Many Divinity students will become pastors and we really need to know how to bring such concerns into local churches,” she explained. “Our goal is to ask how Christians, particularly local churches, can SEE DARFUR ON PAGE 11

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Students walk in front of the Marketplace in an effort to raise awareness of the tragedies in Darfur.

Duke staff members voiced questions and concerns Thursday at the last in a series of town hall meetings hosted by the Campus Culture Initiative this week At the meeting, staff members debated a number of topics, including student drinking behaviors and the lack of engagement between the students and the wider Durham community. The concerns were tempered with a discussion about the difficulties of analyzing campus culture without sounding pejorative or dismissive of the positive elements of the University and student body. The three-part series of meetings also included sessions for faculty and students held Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. “What the staff do for us is very important as far as our campus culture is concerned,” said junior Elliott Wolf, Duke Student Government president and a SEE

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Swinging for success ACLU panel criticizes Students learn golf to Nifong, faculty response get ahead in business by

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ness, a good golf swing maybe just as important as an excellent education. “Golf classes seem to fill up really

fast.” Golf Instructor and PGA Assistant Tim Miller said, adding that students are seniors. Because many Duke seniors go on to work in the business sector after graduation, Miller said many of his students take golf precisely for that purpose. “A lot of them say they’re trying to better their skills for business,” he said. “They recognize that [a golf game] might be needed.” Whit Davis, Trinity ’O6 and currendy an

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More than 60 students, faculty and Durham residents gathered to hear a discussion about the lacrosse incident Thursday night. The panel, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union at Duke, consisted of Larry Holt, Durham Human Relations Commission chair, Stephen Miller, a Duke senior and Chronicle columnist, and KC Johnson, a professor of history at Brooklyn College and author of the blog “DurhamIn-Wonderland.” The audience, which was predominantly made up oflocal residents, gathered to listen to the panelists speak, and pose questions, about the rape charges against three members of the SEE

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Blogger KC Johnson (left) waspart of a three-person

panel about the lacrosse case hosted by Duke ACLU.

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96 U.S. troops killed in Oct. The number of American troops killed in Iraq in October reached the highest monthly total in a year Thursday after four Marines and a sailor died of wounds suffered while fighting in the same Sunni insurgent stronghold.

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Rumsfeld says "just back off" At a Pentagon news conference, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that critics should "just back off"on demands for deadlines in Iraq and that it is difficult to predict when Iraqis will resume control of their country.

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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they’re tough on illegal immigration. “Unfortunately the United States has not been in complete control ofits borders for decades and therefore illegal immigration has been on the rise,” President George W. Bush said at a signing ceremony. “We have a responsibility to enforce our laws,” he said. “We have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility serious.” He called the fence bill “an important step in our nation’s efforts to secure our borders.” The centerpiece of President Bush’s immigration policy, a guest worker program, remains stalled in Congress. And a handful of House Republican are at the brakes, blocking negotiations with the Senate for a bill that includes the president’s proposal.

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were forced from their homes. Fire officials said the fire was deliberately set around 1 a.m. and had blackened 10,000 acres within 12 hours. Fire Chief John Hawkins said the arson “constitutes murder.” It was the deadliest wildfire firefighting disaster in the United States since July 10, 2001, when four firefighters were killed in Washington’s Okanogan National Forest. They died after becoming trapped by flames on a dusty dead-end road in a remote canyon.

New home prices fell last month by the largest amount in 35 years and owners are being warned to brace for further declines, especially in formerly hot markets. The Commerce Department reported that the median price for a new home sold in September was $217,100, a decline of 9.7 percent from September 2005.

Venezuela gives up UN seat Venezuela, in a stalemate over its quest for a U.N. Security Council seat, has asked the Dominican Republic to consider seeking the post, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said Thursday. News briefs compiled from wire reports "Procrastination gives you something to JoanKonner look forward to."

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As president of his neighborhood association in Durham, Bell argued a rezoning Bill Bell, the longest running Durham matter, initially in front of the planning mayor in recent years, never enboard, and ultivisioned a political career for Durham himself. mately before Leaders Series the Board of In fact, when he graduated from high school at age 16, he County Comwanted to be a pilot in the Air missioners. “I lost the reForce —but his parents told him he was too young. zoning matter, Instead, Bell attended but in losing, I Bill Bell Howard University to study elecBill Bell got a better Mayor trical engineering. His participasense of how tion in ROTC led him to the U.S. the political process worked in Army, in which he was first a lieutenant Durham, and I decided to run for the Board of County Commissioners,” he said. and laterworked as an engineer. After serving as a county commissioner In 1968,Bell came to Durham to work for IBM. “Politics was the furthest thing for 26 years, he ran for mayor in 2000. “It was from my mind,” he said. “At that time, my the toughest decision I’ve made politically only focus was making a career with IBM SEE MAYOR BELL ON PAGE 7 and moving up in the company.” by

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space that combines energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and entertainment, said Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering. More than 60 students and eight chartered teams are currendy working on technological projects as a part of the Duke Smarthouse Program, Gu said. The program began as the senior project of Mark Younger, Pratt ’O3. Gu cited the WISDOM doorway as an example of an innovative student project. According to the website, it is “a system to track the location of people and objects within the house using a sensor network.” Other projects range from recycling compression to a roof with a retractable skylight, according to The Home Depot SmartHome website. Students who will eventually live in the SmartHome will continue to work on and perfect already-existing projects. “It’s a place where students can live and evolve technologies to be more practical,” Johnson said. The amount of direct student involve-

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Students who will live in The Home Depot SmartHome will get to enjoy more advanced technologies than microwaves and mini-refrigerators in their rooms. The Home Depot will provide approximately two-million-dollars worth of cash and supplies during the next three years to support the construction of the 6,000-sq.-ft. facility located off Swift Avenue on Central Campus, officials announced Tuesday. The building—previously known as the Delta Smart House—is slated for completion next fall, said sophomore Mark Gu, student president for The Home Depot SmartHome. According to a press release, “The facility will be a combination residence hall, undergraduate research laboratory and engineering outreach project that will house 10 upper-class engineering students each year.” “I can’t think of a more advanced dorm in the nation,” Gu said. The SmartHome—which is part of the larger Duke Smarthouse Program will incorporate technologies developed by Duke students to create a residential —

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Asian students discuss role in Greek culture by

David Lazar

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The Asian Students Association hosted a panel in the Richard White Lecture Hall Thursday night addressing the presence ofAsians in greek life. The panel consisted of Asian and nonAsian students from a range of fraternities and sororities in the National PanHellenic Council, the Panhellenic Association, the Interfratemity Council and the Inter-Greek Council. ASA President Kevin Fang, a senior, posed questions about the experiences of Asians in greek organizations. “The reason I rushed was to see what it was all about,” said sophomore Kathy Choi, a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. SEE ASIAN/GREEK ON PAGE 10

Asian members of greek organizations met Thursday to discuss issues that affect their social groups.

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Breast cancer survivors give back to community by Angela

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There is something about beating breast cancer that seems to give Breast its survivors superhuman energy. After going through draining treatments for the disease, many women give back by participating in charity races, serving as patient advocates on research teams and even founding nonr profit organizations-all in the hopes of helping others. Lori Lober requested a mammogram at the age of 34 because vigilant self-examinations had led her to suspect she might have breast cancer. Her fears were confirmed when she was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic cancer. “I had an egg-sized tumor in my left breast, which was not [initially] detected

cer Center Board of Overseers. Lober, who was given a progCancer nosis of a year and half, was undergoing treatment at die DCCC when she agreed to take part in a very' small clinical trial of a breast cancer vaccine. “I w as given 18 months to live,” she said, “18 months after my diagnosis, instead of being dead. I had no sign of cancer.” After her bout with breast cancer, Lober founded the Touched By Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes cancer education, and wrote “Bigger Than Pink,” a book about her breast cancer experience.

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East, West vending data details eating habits by

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Dormitory vending machines provide mid-afternoon snacks or late-night caffeine fixes with just a swipe of the DukeCard, and a number of factors may determine when and if students use them. DukeCard records from September revealed that students on West and Central campuses bought more drinks than snacks, but East Campus residents followed the opposite pattern. In September, 39,054 drinks and 33,264 snacks were purchased from residential vending machines on West, 859 and 698 on Central and 14,706 and 22,498 on East. Junior Hasnain Zaidi, service and facilities chair for Campus Council, attributed the higher rate of food purchases on East Campus to the more nuclear style of its dormitories. “Each dorm is sort of a self-contained unit whereas West Campus is more spread out,” Zaidi said. “The vending machines may be closer or have the perception of being closer.” West Campus resident Michelle Rodriguez-Diaz, a senior, said the closest vending machine to her Kilgo Quadrangle dorm room is in Crowell Quadrangle. “It’s a little far away sometimes,” she said, adding that she would probably buy more snacks if a machine were in closer proximity. Freshman Jacob Wolff, however, said the convenience of the vending machine in his dorm has made purchasing food an easy—and expensive—habit. “It’s something you do when you’re stressed,” he said. “I’m down to zero food points.” Zaidi also hypothesized that limited

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West Campus vending machines dispensed more than 39,000 drinks during the month of September.

dining options on East may contribute to the higher level of food purchases. “A major cause might potentially be that there are no large-scale eating options on East besides the Marketplace,” he said. Zaidi added that he expected the lack of choices to have the greatest effect on late-night vending machine usage, but the statistics showed the purchasing rate to actually be highest during the afternoon. The peak time for vending machine traf-

fic was from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Across all campuses, 9,144 of of the 111,079 total September purchases were made during this hour, Although fewer on-campus vendors are open at night, vending machine usage was less frequent during late hours, The fourth highest rate of vending machine consumption occurred between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. and became progressively lower throughout the night. Pat Walker, general manager of opera-

tions for Duke Stores, said late-night vending machine usage has not accelerated since Rick’s Diner closed. Rick’s—the only campus eatery located in a residential area—was located in Keohane Quadrangle and was open 24 hours. Sophomore Kevin Thompson, Craven Quadrangle representative to Campus Council, said, however, that students who spend time in the dorms late at night have expressed demand for conveniently located vending machines. He said many Craven residents congregate in a large common room in House B during these hours, but vending machines are absent from the highly populated area. “A lot of students are there relaxing, watching TV or doing work,” he said. “For them to go to the vending machines, they have to exit the house and walk all the way around the quad.” Thompson said he is conducting a survey to produce evidence that student demand exists. Zaidi said residents of Craven and Few have approached him about the addition of vending machines and that he is willing to support student initiative, given evidence of demand. “Is it just one student that doesn’t want to walk next door, or does the entire quad feel that way?” he said. Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior, said the desire for more vending machines is not a widespread concern. “I don’t think it’s a campus-wide issue,” he said. Walker said vending services is typically responsive to requests. “If someone calls us for a vending machine, we will normally put it in if we’ve got space,” he said.

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Chief of Citizenship speaks on immigration by

Donnie Allison the chronicle

Alfonso Aguilar, chief of the Office of Citizenship in the Department of Homeland Security, spoke to an overflowing crowd at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy Thursday about immigration reform. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the office that Aguilar currendy heads in order to foster greater understanding ofAmerican citizenship among immigrants. The presentation, which was sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Latino/a Studies Initiative and Mi Gente, centered on issues related to high levels of immigration in recent years. Aguilar repeatedly stressed the importance of moderation in immigration policy, echoing President George W. Bush’s centrist position on such matters. “We need to mainstream this issue,” he said. “It is not an issue of extremes.” .Aguilar explained that assimilation—the process through which immigrants internalize American norms—is too often taken for granted by native-born Americans. He attributed this tendency to a virtual moratorium on immigration imposed by Congress from 1924 to 1965. Those who immigrated prior to this period were exposed to a more uniformly American society than are immigrants today—allowing them to as-

similate more easily, Aguilar explained. He emphasized that a more vigorous and comprehensive system of assimilation is needed to successfully integrate immigrants badly needed to fill gaps in the .American workforce, “[.Americans need] to take time to volunteer and teach,” .Aguilar said. “We have to invest more in immigrants, but expect more of them as well.” Aguilar said the English language, the American political creed and a sense of solidarity are the key aspects ofAmerican

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Durham Mayor Bill Bell has made reducing the city's high crime rates the focus of his terms in power.

since I’ve been in politics,” Bell said. As mayor, Bell has worked with the City Council to redevelop both downtown and inner-city neighborhoods with high rates of crime and poverty. Most recently, Durham saw the completion of the Barnes Avenue project, which involved creating affordable housing in a formerly drug-ridden, crime-infested neighborhood. “You don’t do anything by yourself,” Bell said. “None of this would get done if I didn’t have the support of the council. The majority of the council was supportive enough to make this project happen.” In addition to addressing high crime and poverty rates, Bell has aimed to enrich the interaction between the city and the University, through such programs as the

Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Bell has worked with four Duke Presidents—Terry Sanford, Keith Brodie, Nan Keohane and Richard Brodhead—during his time in elected politics. “Each president brought a certain style, a certain strength, a certain focus and all of them worked towards improving towngown-relations,” he said. Last Spring, in the wake ofrape allegations against three members of the 200506 men’s lacrosse team, Bell gained national attention while defending Durham’s image, which was tarnished by media depictions of strained racial and socioeconomic relations between Duke and Durham. “During the time that I have been mayor, I haven’t felt those tensions, not withstanding the lacrosse case,” he said. “I’m proud of the way people handled it, because it could have been a real disaster.”

City Council member Eugene Brown said Bell has a quiet and introspective style of leadership. “I wouldn’t play poker with the guy because he’s not loquacious, he doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve and he rarely shows a lot of emotion,” Brown said. “But still somehow he manages to pull it all together and he’s a very effective leader. I hope he runs again.” Bell, who said it is likely he will run for reelection in 2007, has an outlook for the future to work with the City Council to help Durham to grow as a community with meaningful reductions in crime, a healthy economy and the redevelopment of innercity neighborhoods. “I like being able to take a vision and bring it to fruition,” Bell said. “This community has been good to both myself and my family. I feel obligated to the community to give back.”

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environmental scientist, described most of his Spring 2006 golf class as a collection of people going into “Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Wachovia.” “Most of them were economics majors, public policy majors or greek and going into business or finance,” Davis said. A total of seven golf classes are being offered this semester. The one advanced, three intermediate and three beginner classes all meet at the Washington Duke Inn and Gold Club driving range two or three times a week. Senior Nisha Choksi, a future Wall Street employee, said she “definitely” thinks golf is useful to make connections. She believes, though, that the rest of her classmates are interested in the class solely for pleasure. “I think I’m one of the few only doing it for business,” Choksi said, adding, however, business was not her only motivation for taking the class. Other students underscored golf s importance in their possible business or investment careers.

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rolled in beginner’s golf after playing last summer during a New York internship. “I think not knowing how to play golf at all would cause me to lose out on some networking opportunities,” Gong said. Golf is a useful skill to have for the future, senior Sam Schnur said. ‘You never know when you’re going to have to use golf,” he said. “If I’m in some profession where I get invited to golf outings, I don’t want to go out there and embarrass myself.... [To] make a total fool of yourself would reflect on you.” Senior Wenwen Mao, a future investment banker, also said her motivation for enrolling in golf involved potential net-

working opportunities. “I feel that [a knowledge of golf] would be helpful because golf is away for people to socialize in [the investment] circle,” Mao said. Senior Juan Porras described golf as a “good networking tool” that would help him make business connections, adding that most people tend to take golf for that purpose. “There’s only like two premed students,” Porras said. Golfs popularity amongbusiness circles may stem from its social nature, Miller said. “You can learn a lot about a person through [his or her] golf game in terms of patience... and honesty,” Choksi said. Davis said he believes that while he was at Duke most of his classmates took the golf course for business. “[They took the course] to participate in a social activity often associated with the kinds of jobs they were going into,” he said. Gareth Barendse, Pratt ’O6, who now works for CarMax, Inc., said he can use his golf game to make business connections. ‘You can meet someone who does something similar to you and start something up,” Barendse said.

disaster” and alleging a culture of racism the school. “The advertisement said that it doesn’t 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team and the matter what police said or what the evidence may be,” Miller said. He added that ensuing legal proceedings. Johnson, who has posted extensively on he finds the material in the advertisement the case since he started his blog in April, disturbing, and that actions such as these began by commenting on the media atten- ultimately serve to hurt due process, Sparked by a question from the audience, don the alleged rape has attracted. “One of the reasons this case has gener- the panelists spoke about the ethics of ated outrage is that the procedures of the Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong’s DA’s office were blatantiy flawed,” he said, handling of the case. Johnson criticized the When Johnson judicial system of North Carolina, callemphasized that the one lacrosse “In North Carolina, the Only ing for a reform in the accountability of displayer the alleged nolirinp- a rogue rooue DA \JJ\ person policing met attorneys. victim identified In North Caroll mice in a police is the roeue DA himself.” na, the only person as one of lineup r y policing a rogue DA her attackers was is the rogue DA himable to prove he blogger, “Durham-in-Wonderland” self,” he said. Durham was not in Miller said that the week oi during the actions of Nifong the party, many in the crowd began to laugh. are impeding on the rights of the accused lacrosse players. ‘You have an intellectual “Corrupted procedures beget corruptcancer where political agendas are more ed results,” Johnson added. Holt focused his portion of the discusimportant than due process,” he explained. Some audience members weighed in sion on incidents prior to the alleged on the discussion after the panel concludcrime and the lessons learned from it. ed. Senior Daniel Bowes, president of the “Trinity Park residents have been struggling with issues of student drinking, pub- ACLU at Duke and a former Chronicle lic urination, loud parties and foul lancolumnist, said he was disappointed in the incident,” he low student turnout, but added that he to the lacrosse guage prior said. ‘You have what you could perceive to thought the panel was productive. be a time bomb.” “The most important thing is to have Holt noted that it is unfortunate that discussion between Duke and the commuthe alleged actions of a few students reflect nity,” he said. “We wanted as many people to share dialogue as possible.” poorly on the University as a whole. Miller ended the formal discussion by Jill Cunningham, a resident of speaking about his disappointment in Durham, criticized the administration’s Duke’s faculty because, he said, they abanresponse to the incident. “I don’t think I’d send my children to doned the team. He focused his criticism on professors Duke,” she said. “[My husband and I] are who signed an advertisement in The upset that Brodhead isn’t showing leaderChronicle calling the incident a “social ship, and it is affecting the community.”

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life stemmed from movies like “Old School” and "Animal House.” “There is always a barrier you have to push through and it has to do with comfort zones,” said IFC President Ivan Mothershead, a senior. The fraternities and sororities themselves, however, also play a role in the issue of Asian representation in greek life. ‘You could also argue that most frats don’t actively search out Asians,” said senior Felix Li, a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. “They feel that .Asian people just don’t jive with their culture.” The panel also focused on issues associated with .Asian students’ decisions to rush. “The demographic of a rush event can be very intimidating for a minority,” Li said. “Being Asian definitely affects the IFC rush process.” Choi, however, said sorority rush provided a comfortable atmosphere.

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“It was importantfor me to get to know upperclassman women—I think its hard to do that as a freshman.” Many students explained that racial affiliation had little to do with their choice of a fraternity or sorority. “I chose my frat because of the brothers at the time,” said juniorJack Lee, a member of Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity. Panelists said some .Asian interest may be lacking, however, because of general misconceptions about greek life. “I have a friend whose parents wouldn’t let him [join a fraternity] because they said it was not representative of his culture,” said senior Jay Ramesh, a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity'. Junior Cristian Liu, a member of Lambda Phi Epsilon, added that before coming to Duke his conceptions of greek

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“I never, ever felt discouraged or not welcome during Pan-Hellenic rush,” she said. Freshman Tim Liu said that despite the panelists’ comments, he is still discouraged by the greek scene, “You can already tell,” he said. “When you go to a frat party, the person opening the door for you isn’t Asian, The panelists nonetheless encouraged Asian students to look into greek life and its potential benefits, “Some of my most important leadership opportunities have been through greek life,” Li said. “If we are planning on developing [Asian] leaders, we need to allow ourselves mechanisms for that.” Lee explained that greek organizations are putting forth an effort to dispel misconceptions minority students may have about greek life. “It’s what they think, and we are doing our best to show them that it isn’t true but in the end it’s up to them,” he said.

in the SmartHome makes the project different from similar programs at other universities. “This project is unique because it is the first smarthome concept where students will live in die house on a daily basis, which will provide a unique test for products and ideas,” Karen Haggerty, senior public relations manager for The Home Depot, said in an e-mail. The SmartHome is special because of its interdisciplinary quality, Gu said, adding that students interested in business, environmental issues and public policy are working with engineering students. Johnson said students from the Duke School of Medicine will potentially contribute to the SmartHome in the future through health-technology projects such as telemedicine. merit

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DARFUR from page 1 respond to situations such as that of the Sudan.” Upon reaching the Chapel, there was a final call to action. The IMPF encouraged people to lobby representatives and organize their communities to educate themselves and others on the crisis in Sudan. The final student speaker ended the walk with an inspirational quote from Martin Luther King Jr. “‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,’” he said. The student continued, reflecting on King’s words. “We will not be silent. We will take a vow of ‘never again’ and have it be true for the

first time,” he said Professor Jo Bailey Wells, associate professor of the practice of Christian ministry and Bible and director of Anglican studies, introduced Bishop Daniel Deng Bui of Renk Diocese, Episcopal Church of Sudan, who concluded the pilgrimage walk. Wells introduced him as “a special leader—one with great vision for his country.” Many members in the crowd nodded in agreement as Deng Bui spoke. “The Sudan government is unable to disarm the janjaweed,” he said, referring to the militia that is committing the acts of violence in Sudan. “They do not want to disarm them because they are behind the janjaweed. The world cannot condone this,” he added. The pilgrimage walk ended in a candlelighting ceremony and a prayer led by Deng Bui.

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STAFF/CCI from page 1 member of the CCI committee. “Everything from auxiliary sendees to student affairs, when we’re not in class basically you guys govern our lives.” Seats filled quickly as approximately 150 staff members arrived in the Bryan Center for die meeting. Thursday’s meeting had the largest attendance of die three town halls. CCI Chair Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and vice provost for undergraduate education, began the meeting by speaking about Duke as a “campus of divides.” After the lacrosse story first broke, Thompson said that “reactions fractionated along lines of race, ethnicity, gender, privilege, class, athlete, non-athlete, town and gown.” Although many members agreed that divisions existed, some staff, including Duke men’s lacrosse head coach John Danowski, said that the discourse so far had been overly critical. “If [Duke wasn’t] great, I wouldn’t be here or send my son here,” he said. “In the two months that I’ve been here, —

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there’s nothing bad at all that I see. Could you be better, could you improve? Yes. But every student is spectacular, every student is excellent, and you’re going to emerge better and stronger as a result of this,” Danowski added. Also in the meeting, Thompson said Duke needed to do more than simply tolerate diversity. “Beyond tolerance, we need to affirm difference, which enables us to do work and grow,” he said. “It isn’t always comfortable to do this, but we don’t want comfort, we want to maximize growth and have a greater understanding of the complexities of issues,” he added. Both CCI representatives and audience members agreed that, to some extent, administrative bodies follow a “silo” structure, in which administrative entities are designed for efficiency and not collaborative efforts. The conversation that followed between the staff and CCI representatives included criticisms of campus culture that were often prefaced by affirmations of the merits of the University and the majority ofits students. Concerns included underage drinking, trash left by students after tailgates and the lack of effective diversity education offered by Duke. After the meeting, Thompson said he agreed with Danowski that Duke is a great place, but added that it wasn’t as great for everyone. “By saying it’s not as great for everybody doesn’t mean that there are not great things that we want to affirm,” he added. “I think that’s the polarity that we have to get past.” Thompson also said the initiative needed to look for ways to better connect faculty, staff and students. Following the interim report in December, the initiative is expected to release a final report in February. Although the initiative is explicitly advisory to the president, the report will be a public document.

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With the pressure building to bolster its resume for an NCAA tournament at-large bid, Duke’s offense exploded with three second half goals to upset then-No. 3 Florida State Oct. 22 at Koskinen Stadium. Duke’s three goals equalled the team’s highest single-game scoring total of the —and the team did it in only one period. The Blue Devils (8-6-2, 4-3-1 in the ACC) look to VS. repeat their performance on the road this weekend when they face Miami FriSUNDAY, 6 p.m. day and No. 20 Wake ForWinston-Salem, N.C. est Sunday. Sunday’s game in Winprovides an important matchup be-

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When Duke looks into the mirror to find answers on how to improve itself, the reflection may closely resemble this week’s opponent Vanderbilt. Like Duke (0-7), Vanderbilt is also a private school fighting for attention in a major conference, and that may serve as hope for the winless Blue Devils. Although the Commodores (3-5) are not a powerhouse team, they are consistendy competitive and even have graduated players like quarterback Jay Older, who was chosen 11th in last spring’s NFL Draft. Vanderbilt head coach Bobby Johnson said he knows what it’s like to be a small fish in a big pond. “My hat is off to those guys,” Johnson said about Duke. “They batde over there in a tough league, and we battie over here in a tough league. I have respect for them, believe me.” Duke head coach Ted Roof said one of the most important aspects of building a solid program like Vanderbilt’s is developing mature players, which can be measured by a team’s redshirting policies. Both Vanderbilt and Duke have nearly 100 players on their rosters, but the Commodores have 63 redshirted players compared to the Blue Devils’ nine. Although Duke’s young squad has presented problems for some of its opponents this season, it has not been able to secure a win yet. Last Saturday against Miami, the Blue

Since his return to full health, Ronnie Drummer (40) has helped spark the once dormantBlue Devil offense.. Devils had their second chance at a last-second victory this year—the other came in a 14-13 loss to Wake Forest in week two—but failed to convert on the game’s final play. Nevertheless, Duke hopes to continue the momentum of its impressive second-half performance against the Hurricanes, when the Blue Devils lost 20-15 and fell just short of erasing a 17-0 halftime deficit. “We’ve got to find away to dial that back

up and build on that,” Roof said. “I said it after the game, This team can still be a good football team.’ We’ve showed it for periods of games—even most of some games—but we need to play a complete ballgame like that and we have a chance to win.” Roof said playing a complete game SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE

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The Blue Devils haven’t lost their final home game of the season in more than three years, and they hope to continue that streak this year. Fourth-ranked Duke (13-4, 2-2 in the ACC) will play its fifth and final ACC match when it faces off against No. 10 Virginia ( 12 5 > I 3 ) Saturday at 7 p.m. at Williams Field. yj Virginia, coming off a narrow 2-1 overtime loss to No. 2 Wake Forest last will present a Sunday, SUNDAY, 7 p.m. Koskinen Stadium challenge to a Blue Devil team trying to gain one of the top three seeds in the upcoming ACC tournament, which begins Nov. 2 in Chapel Hill. “They are a very physical team,” head coach Beth Bozman said of Virginia. “They know that this is a very, very important game for them.” Duke defeated its seventh, ranked opponent this season last Saturday, as it defeated No. 12 California, 1-0. Sophomore midfielder Laura Suchoski netted her third goal of the season 59 minutes into the contest, and the Blue Devils’ defense blanked the Golden Bears to seal the victory. After playing a ranked team from outside of the ACC, senior midfielder Hilary Linton said Cal was indicative of the type of team that Duke expects to face in the NCAA tournament. “They’re very dangerous,” Linton said. “If you don’t bring your ‘A-game,’ and you don’t take them as seriously, you’re going

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The freshman goal scorer ranks fourth in the ACC in average goals and has scored in seven consecutive games. Her goal against WakeForest broke the Demon Deacon’s four-game shutout streak. “UVa is strong,” Linton said. “It is going to be a difficult game.”

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When current high school junior Shay Selby watched Maryland come back and stun Duke in the national championship game last April, she almost cried because she wanted the Blue Devils to win. Now, the five-star prospect’s short-list for schools has Duke at the top—with Maryland, Connecticut and Ohio State trailing behind in the recruiting battle. Selby, a 5-foot-9 combo guard, will visit Duke’s campus this weekend to see if head coach Gail Goestenkors’ program is right for iter. “She’s always been looking for the opportunity to compete at a high level because that’s where her ability lies,” said Pat Diulus, her high school coach. “She’s always been enamored with Duke. I think they’ve been the favorite from the beginning.” As a freshman at Regina High School-in Cleveland, Ohio, Selby teamed with current Cincinnati freshman Carla Jacobs in leading her team to the state title. “They were always pushing each other—as a coach you always like to see that kind of development,” Diulus said of the dynamic between Selby and Jacobs. “We won a state championship, that’s the best team moment that anybody can have.” Diulus said Selby is an unselfish player with a consistent stroke from outside. Selby’s GPA is also in the high 3’s, making her an ideal candidate for Duke’s program, Diulus said. “It’s obviously a great school academically,” Selby said. “They’ve got a good basketball team too, and that’s what I’m lookng for in choosing a school.”

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High school junior Shay Selby would be Duke's first commitment in her class if shemakes a decision soon. On her visit this weekend, Selby will watch the women’s team practice and attend the Blue-White scrimmage for the men’s team Saturday evening. She said she hopes to get a better feel for Goestenkors’ program and the “whole Duke environment.” Selby hopes to make her decision sometime this year. “I definitely want to do it my junior

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Don’t let Rachael Moss’ sweet demeanor fool you —the freshman is a welloiled, killing machine. With 205 kills so far this season, Moss is second only to junior Carrie DeMange, with 259, on the Duke squad and ranks fifth in the ACC with 3.87 kills per game. The outside hitter is an all-around threat to the opposition. While she strategically slams down kill after kill in the frontcourt, she also overwhelms teams with her jump-serve from behind the line. In the backcourt, Moss’ intensity does not let up. She has earned 228 digs so far—the second highest total on the team. A regular in the starting rotation, the highlyrecruited freshman is smart and consistently plays at a high-level. “The thing that’s so great about her is she’s versatile,” sophomore Sue Carls said. “She’s always keeping other teams guessing. The fact that she has so many weapons only opens up everyone else on our team. She’s great in the back row —she makes the most amazing saves. And her serve is unbelievable, I’ve never seen anything like it.” She may be a versatile player, but Moss’ most distinguishing feature is her attacking power on offense. Her jump serve—one of her self-described strengths—gives the Blue Devils an offensive edge. Tied for first on the team with 21 service aces, Moss ranks sixth in the ACC with 0.40 service aces per game.

The freshman keeps her composure and focus behind the line—even in high-pressure games—by putting herself mentally into an even more intense situation. “I pretend that I’m in a gold medal round for the Olympics,” Moss said. “I like to pretend that China’s on the other side or something and what I would do in that situation—I would serve it as hard as I c0u1d.... When I go up to kill, I usually don’t think, I just say ‘hit hard’ and that’s less of a cognitive process, but my serving is more mental.” Physically, Moss’ overpowering serve is a hybrid of a volleyball jump serve and skills learned from years of playing high-level tennis. Head coach Jolene Nagel said Moss derives her serving prowess from a combination of technique, skill and raw power, mixed with fine-tuned ball control. “Her serve, when she gets it going, is an offensive threat for us before the rest of the team even has to touch the ball,” Nagel said. “I always want her to be very aggressive and go after it with her serve because it can be so lethal.” Having played against Moss in high school and club teams, fellow Southern California native Carls knows first-hand what it is like to try to return one of Moss’ serves. She has even created a pun stemming from the freshman’s last name to showwhat an opposing team wouldbe feeling post-Moss. “I could not be happier that we are on the same side of the court now,” Carls said. “I like to say when she gets a huge ace,

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‘Hey, no Mas.’” Moss came to the Blue Devils as a highly-touted recruit with high-level game experience under her belt. She said she ultimately chose Duke over Yale and Georgetown because of the balance of great academics and athletics. In high school, she was a member of an elite club team that won two Junior Olympic championships. This summer, she played on a Southern California regional club team that traveled to Europe, Italy, Slovenia and Austria—where they played the Italy Junior National team. The exposure to European sports agents

in that tournament was especially exciting for the freshman, as she hopes to play volleyball in Europe for several years after graduation before continuing on to law school. This experience and maturity will be important for Moss and the Blue Devils down the road. The team recently earned its first No. 25 national ranking since 1994 and are focused on beginning the second half of its ACC schedule. “It’s her all-round game that makes her such an impact player for us,” Nagel said. “It’s only going to become more evident as we get into the second half of the ACC schedule.”

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means eliminating breakdowns and avoiding mistakes, something that may prove difficult against a talented Commodore squad. Vanderbilt has averaged two takeaways per game this season, while the Blue Devils have committed 23 turnovers —15 giveaways and eight failed fourth down conversions—through seven games. “They’re first in the SEC [in takeaways], which gets back to our issue of ball security and honoring the football,” Roof said. “We know they’re going to be sound and they’re not going to beat themselves.” Similar to the Blue Devils’ situation with Thaddeus Lewis, Vanderbilt starts a first-year-starting quarterback in redshirt sophomore Chris Nickson. The dual-threat sophomore, who replaced Cutler, has passed for 994 yards so far this season while also running for more than 500 and scoring four touchdowns on the ground. Roof said Duke’s defense needed to stay disciplined in order to stop Nickson and the rest of Vanderbilt’s offense. “Their quarterback is really mobile and makes a lot of Wideout Jomar Wright caught 10 passes for a career-high 176 yardsagainst Miami last week.His final catch put Duke in position to score at the end. things happen,” Roof said. “We’ve got to do a good job of slowing him down.” With 16 career interceptions, senior cornerback John Talley is a key factor in Duke’s ability to pressure the quarterback. He is also one pick away from being in sole possession of the Duke record for career interceptions and five away from holding the ACC record outright.

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last eight matches. “We haven’t given the NCAA our resame yet,” Church said. “So this is a great opportunity—because they are a nationally ranked team—to give [die NCAA] another quality win.” Before going to Winston-Salem, however, Duke must travel to Miami Friday to face the Hurricanes (8-8-1, 1-7-1). Playing Miami will be no easy task, even diough the Hurricanes have the league’s worst record, Church said. Miami can play to the pace of the conference’s powerhouses. The team defeated Virginia at home 1-0 earlier this month and took Wake Forest into double overtime before losing the game, 1-0, Oct. 22. The Hurricanes are also coming off a decisive 4-1 victory over North Florida Oct. 24. “They are a hard team to break down it’s going to be a difficult game for us,” Church said. In addition to difficulties in matching up with Miami’s players, Church said that Cobb Stadium’s narrow field of tightly-cut grass lends to a faster-pace game, which will force his team to space itself well against the Hurricane defense. With die season winding to a close, emotions are running high for the nine members of the senior class, but Church said the team remains focused. “Emotion is definitely playing a role, and I do think it's a positive role,” he said. “I think the girls have handled it really well.” The chance to play a fourth postseason together as a class is driving the seniors to a higher level of play. “As a senior you have a sense of urgency—you want to make the tournament. We want to prolong our season,” senior defender Rachel-Rose Cohen said. “We’re all just playing for our teammates right now because we want to spend these next few weeks and few months with each other.” —

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the spring media for national media to make the Carolina, among other blogdescended lacrosse story look less like a gers, have noted many times that the fault with the mainupon Duke following “made-to-be-Lifetime-movie allegations that members of special.” The editorial asked stream media’s coverage of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse journalists to maintain ethics the case has been its tendenteam raped an and reclaim credibilcy to make the lacrosse scaneditorial dancer, “black-white,” exotic a ity by continuing to dal Duke’s reputafocus on develop“good-bad” issue. tion received a major blow. ments in the lacrosse case. Correct, but now it seems And then the bloggers took During what has been a the tides have turnedand the “lull” in media coverage, blogoff, many of whom now lambloggers themselves have gone baste Durham District Attorney gers have retained their focus down a similarroad. They have Mike Nifong and die mainon the lacrosse scandal and villainized President Brodhave continued to shape pubhead, major media and Nifong stream media’s handling of the case. They’re not too fond of lic opinion. while making the lacrosse playthe Duke administration either. When the lacrosse scandal ers themselves into absolute Although bloggers have first broke, bloggers had the angels. Down here on the been able to push news coverluxury of watching the pieces ground—from the campus age by focusing on a number come together from a disperspective —things aren’t of nuances in the scandal, tance as major media scramquite that simple. Most troubling, though, is they often miss—sometimes bled. By April, bloggers came in a very dangerous way—the into the game in a major way, the fact that sometimes such crucial complexities of the and have made a number of assertions are made from afar sentiments on campus. very good points since. They with litde true reporting. An When DNA results came have even scooped major informed—complex—underback April 11, The Chronicle media on several occasions. standing of the situation reKC Johnson and John in quires in-depth conversations ran a staff editorial that called storm

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fense lawyers, hundreds of students, alumni and many more. Without context, speculation can be a very dangerous matter. Indeed, such speculation can lead one to jump on a simple faux pas or take a professor’s quote out of context. Doing so breaks the very ethical standards of journalism bloggers castigate major media for overlooking. And if you’re in the game, you need to play by the rules. The best bloggers covering the case have dug deep and haven’t been afraid to point out their own mistakes. This said, there are no editors in the blogosphere and few checks to make bloggers consistendy accountable for what they write. Indeed, some continue to remain anonymous. Visitors to such blogs should remember that bloggers

are bloggers—«iany have interesting views but they are not reporters, they are not experts and they are certainly not objective. Six months after DNA results came back negative, questions about major media, the administration and the controversial District Attorney Mike Nifong have certainly popped up. Most Duke students now show their unabashed support for the team. Through it all, the lacrosse scandal has raised questions that strike at the very heart of what this University is about. But it’s an injustice to this

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It is indeed the media’s job to get the full story. If bloggers want a voice in the discussion on the table, they—like the mainstream media—should set aside black and white conclusions and start focusing on the true blue and white.

Narrow definitions of blackness

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long after Hurricane Katrina, I attended a friend’s birthday celebration. Two new students who had recendy transferred from a college in New Orleans were also at the party. After chatting with the women a bit, one Duke student decided to introduce them to a larger group of us who were all leaning against a bed in the room. kelley akhiemokhali This student introguest column duced everyone by the bed, excluding me, and then proceeded to say, “These are all the black students, or all the black students who hang out with other black students anyway.” Seeing how I was two feet away from the speaker, the “maybe-she-honesdy-didn’t-see-you” argument simply does not hold. I will tell you what I saw that night—l saw that I was deemed unworthy of a simple introduction because I did not “hang out with other black people.” I tell this story because it highlights an issue I have become increasingly frustrated with since my arrival at Duke two years ago—namely, black students constantly attempting to prove their blackness. As a freshmen at Duke numerous black students enjoy, often for the first time, the experience of having a significant group of other black students who are just as smart and driven as they are. As a result, many of them begin to create solid and long-

criminatory towards any other race of people on campus” nor is it trying “to call out those black people on campus who find that they prefer to associate with another race rather their own,” it is damning, to say the least. Black People Who Chill With Other Black People is, yet again, another example of the narrow-mindedness that I have been confronted with since my freshman year. I am sure that someone will argue that the black community is very welcoming to any individual who wishes to belong to it and I agree that it is... theoretically. In reality, however, the black community is only welcoming to those who want to participate in what a small but significant group myopically define as a community. At the end of the day, showing my face every weekend at a party, organizing with a particular cultural group, or hanging out with other black people should be options, not mandates ofreality. Simply dismissing someone because they do not subscribe to a constructed reality is not only foolish, it is pathetic. I do not want to hear how this narrow definition of blackness

For reasons beyond my understanding, a small group of black students at Duke attempt to dictate what blackness represents for everyone.

lasting friendships.

This in and of itself is not a bad thing at all. Rather, it is an amazingly empowering and beautiful experience. Finally, black students can feel relieved that they no longer have to be “the white” black person simply because he or she racked in the stellar grades and spoke English a certain way, right? Wrong. In “the white” black person’s stead arose the disparaged black outsider. For reasons beyond my understanding, a small group of black students at Duke attempt to dictate what blackness represents for everyone. Not surprisingly, the woman who snubbed me at the party was an active participant in what is considered the black community. All too often blackness falls somewhere between maintaining a highly active social life and participating in certain cultural groups. It is expected that a black student maintain an active social life within thoblack community. If not, Facebook groups such as Black People Who Chill With Other Black People are present to publicly remind you ofyour “faults.” .Although the group “is not by any means racially dis-

Duke is not unique. After all, black communities around the world are constandy setting ambiguous characteristics for what makes one a “real” black person or a black person “by default.” Justbecause these actions occur do not make them acceptable. As Duke students, the alleged future leaders of the world, we should be attempting to change this culture, not perpetuating it on a higher level. So when Black People Who Chill With Other Black People writes, “It’s a black thing, you wouldn’t understand” my reply is this: No, what I do not understand is why people at Duke and in larger society continue to impose narrow definitions of blackness on others. And we thought as black Duke students we were doing something different. at

Kelley Akhiemokhali is a Trinity junior.

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lettertotheeditor In the Oct. 25 Chronicle article discussing the suspension of Gourmet Dining & Bakery’s services to Duke students (“Officials work to solve food-delivery issues”), I was disappointed to read Kernel Dawkins’ remarks regarding potential security concerns with GDB software. I write to set the record straight. GDB has never had a security incident or even a report of such an issue in the two years it has served the Duke student community. To the contrary, nothing is more important to our company than online security and the privacy of our customers. Dawkins never points to a specific security problem. Instead, he said he thinks it is “problematic” that GDB software “has to interact with the University financial system.” Before we ever launched our online delivery service two years ago, several technology administrators outlined the specific security measures that Duke required of us before our software could interact with the University’s financial system. Not only did GDB fully comply with Duke’s security requirements, GDB also went several steps beyond Duke’s requirements by adding an array of online-banking security features that are used by the most secure online transaction

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When Duke Dining questioned GDB’s online security measures shortly before school began, we were surprised. We had implemented a security package that far exceeded what Duke required, and we have never had a security issue in the operation of our website. All the same, without hesitation, Gourmet Dining invited any Duke representative to examine the entirety of our internal software sys-

tern. We invited

them to speak directly with the software developer. But not one Duke representative has ever taken us up on our invitation to fully review our servers, backend or any other internal component. Our invitation to examine our software remains open today, as does our wish to resume our online ordering service for the Duke community. GDB was founded as a service for the students to make Merchants On Points (MOP) ordering faster, easier and more secure. We have worked tirelessly with administrators for many years to ensure we met all of their demands and succeed. Indeed, Duke has done well also. Last year, MOP sales jumped $500,000 with the use of our service. The Administration’s decision to prevent Duke students from using their Duke Card came without warning to our company and without consultation with Duke students. It is worth remembering that, while the DukeCard is issued by Duke, the funds in the DukeCard accounts belong to Duke students, faculty and staff. Duke’s decision to prevent GDB from serving the Duke community harms consumers by depriving them of a valued service, and it harms local restaurants by depriving them of customers who cannot drive to their establishments. We are hopeful that Duke will allow GDB to resume the services we provided to the Duke community, and we are committed to working with Duke Dining, Kernel Dawkins and Jim Wulforst to resolve any issues or concerns that they may have.

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dents are engaged in voting —an action that defines. our democracy. By long-standing practice of the Athletics Department, a wide array of activities are not permitted in Wallace Wade or in Cameron Indoor Stadium without prior permission. A volunteer coach for the women’s lacrosse team had asked permission a week or so before the UVa game to conduct a student voter registration drive in Wallace Wade. Athletics Department officials, concerned about the possibility that the effort could be seen as a political statement regarding the District Attorney’s race, told her “no.” Athletics historically has said no to any seemingly partisan political activity in the facilities for which Athletics is responsible. Admittedly, voter registration is not a partisan political activity, but given the visibility and controversy surrounding the District Attorney’s race, one can imagine why people in Athletics were concerned it might be perceived as such. On game day, when an official in the Athletics’ marketing and promotions office entered the stadium, he noticed some students—members of Duke Students for an Ethical Durham—were organizing to register voters in Wallace Wade and asked them not to do so. Unfortunately, he also incorrectly told them they could not continue their registration of

assumed that on game days, the lot was an Athletics Department facility. This was an honest mistake, not consistent with University policy, which he and the leadership of the Athletics Department and the University sincerely regret. Several weeks earlier, when members of the lacrosse team approached Coach John Danowski about their interest in organizing a voter registration effort, he told them that doing so would be inappropriate as an organized team activity, but that as individuals they had a perfect right to engage with others in encouraging voter registration. Several lacrosse team players then joined with other students to encourage voter registration through Duke Students for an Ethical Durham. Though Duke Students for an Ethical Durham is not a registered student group and, thus, not officially recognized by the University, it has worked with other student groups to encourage Duke students to fulfill their civic responsibility. Duke strongly supports voting and voter registration efforts. The library has a wonderful voter registration website http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/virtual/voting.html, and our Student Affairs office works closely with recognized student organizations to encourage such efforts. The former president ofRock the Vote spoke on campus this past Monday to encourage student voting and, as The Chronicle has reported, the West Campus Plaza was the site for a major voter registration event Oct. 12. Finally, 1 want to urge all members of the University community to vote for the candidates of their choice in local, state and national elections Nov. 7.

the bottomless bookbag of ACES opens its jaws and you take the courageous leap into the academic abyss, think about this: In the near future, Trinity administrators could force you to take less major-related classes in the prestigious College of Arts and Crafts. A proposal, aimed at Duke University like a cruise missile, seeks to reduce the number of courses required to complete a major from 10 to eight. Yes, in fact, in spreading hocus-pocus heartening desire to increase interdisciplinarity within the curriculum, they are killing opportunities to develop qualities vital to keeping m us whole, and possibly even American. What is interdisciplinarity anyway? According to dictionInter ary.com, means “among,” discipline means ashwin bhirud “punishment,” and arity means “the number of arguaimless sameness ments a function takes.” Sounds like they are just looking for... more arguments t 0... punish us more... among us. Interdisciplinarity? I don’tknow what that is, but I’m pretty sure I don’t want more of it. Don’t think the range-hungry extremists haven’t done this before. What I said about Curriculum 2000 in four-letter words as a freshman is just as valid today, although at this point I could probably say it using jargon from like four different majors. It is a logical fallacy to say that this enacted proposal of six years past has any educational marginal return or structural integrity. That sentence itself is a criticism to the policy and a tearful testament to my mental collapse. Read my lips: Academic variety sucks Without a significant course load in one subject, the only thing you are going to major in is failure, and in the highly prized decimal system of our ancient forbears, “significant” means 10. Don’t think a major reduction in major requirements won’t cause the crumbling of society and civility. I don’t want to live in a world where my local art historian hasn’t taken Fascism, Art & Ideology (ArtHist3B6). If she can’t divulge Le Corbusier as well as my local Subway sandwich artist can put together a club with lettuce, tomato, green pepper, carrots, honey mustard and a pinch of salt, I just might riot. And how are students benefiting from the nuclear fallout of a diverse education? I think I heard about an astronaut who minored in literature. His deep comprehension of Kafka really helped him out: He got so depressed by the isolation of humanity that he shot himself. That’s almost as depressing as the thought of a bunch of ignoramuses with four minors each and no jobs. As for me, I would really appreciate someone telling me how three semesters of Italian will help me as a doctor. Unless I abort babies for the Vatican, I don’t see the relevance. Doesn’t anybody think of the practical concerns here, like keeping up with the Joneses? According to the Programme for International Student Assessment, taken in 2003, American now-18 year olds (our freshmen!) ranked 24th of 38 in mathematics, 19th of 38 in science, 12th of 38 in reading, and 26th of 38 in problem solving. Compare this to Finland, where eager Jaakko Hamalainen captured either Ist or 2nd in all of those categories. Maybe if our kids focused on one skill set like reindeer herding, instead of “expanding their breadth of knowledge,” our future wouldn’t be blighted by an army of raving idiots. In places like India, interdisciplinarity is about as unrecognized a word as birth control. The Indian youth go straight to professional school without passing go. And did you know, they are taking all our jobs? Think about that. Interdisciplinarity. Well rounded. What dirty words. Why are we trying to turn out well rounded students? There is an obesity epidemic on the rise, and I don’t need statistical data to prove people are round enough. Just look around. When the people are faced with appalling prospects, they must act. Forget diversity. An eye for an eye leaves both people blind, so keep your eyes and read your upper-level textbooks. Do your independent study. Take Macro International Finance (Econ3BsM—That’s almost 400!). I urge you students, even if they approve a reduction in the major requirements, defend your right to overspecialize your education: Take 10 courses instead of eight. That will stick it to the man.

John Bumess is the senior vice president for public affairs and government relations for Duke University.

Ashwin Bhirud is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Friday.

Garrett Bean Trinity ’O6 President, Gourmet Dining & Bakery

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