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renowned scholar Duke emeritus of B. professor James history, has been named co-recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity.

The award, given annually by the Library of Congress since 2003, honors achievements in areas not covered by the Nobel Prize, including history, philosophy and politics.

“I was thrilled, I was gratified, it was unexpected,” Franklin said. “I don’t suppose I could have a greater honor.”

He will share the award’s sl-million prize withYu Ying-shih, professor emeritus ofEast Asian studies and history at Princeton University.

“John Hope Franklin is an extraordinarily worthy recipient of this great honor—he has had an unmatched impact on the study ofAfrican-American history,” President Richard Brodhead wrote in an email. “At Duke we know him as a great teacher, a wise and courageous counselor and a great friend.”

Franklin’s wide-ranging body of work contains 17 books, including a textbook and an autobiography. He pioneered the field ofAfrican-American studies, and his first book, “The Free Negro in North Carolina,” published in 1943, remains,an important and central point of reference for information on the pre-Civil War status of blacks, according to the press release.

Franklin has taught in and chaired history departments at many universities, including the University of Chicago, and

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A graduate who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident Sept.

29 will be leaving Duke University Hospirecent

tal to continue her recovery at a rehabilitation clinic within the next 10 days, her father said Wednesday.

Caitlin Donnelly, Trinity ’O6 and a former Chronicle staff member, suffered severe head injuries—including brain swelling and skull and facial fractures—after being struck Homecoming Weekend on LaSalle Street.

Although the car involved was found days after the incident in a Duke Manor apartment complex parking lot, no arrest has been made in the case.

“Caitlin has been very alert and recognizes everybody.... The doctors are very, very optimistic that she’s going to make a full recovery,” her father, Brian Donnelly said. “We’re going to pursue [the case], but our first priority is making sure she gets better.”

Caitlin Donnelly is expected to be transferred to the Kessler Rehabilitation Institute in New Jersey next week for both physical and neurological rehabilitation, he said.

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John Hope Franklin saidreceiving the prestigious JohnW. Kluge Prize was a surprise and tremendous honor.

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Parking policies will be temporarily altered this Thanksgiving break to handle the Nov. 25 football game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the office of Parking and Transportation Services said in a statement Wednesday.

For that Saturday’s game, the University has asked that Blue Zone parking lot permit holders move their cars from the four lots adjacent to Wallace Wade Stadium, parking officials said.

Normally students are required to move their cars from the Blue Zone; by 6 a.m. the day of home football SEE PARKING ON PAGE 6

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Lott winsback leadership slot

U.S. warned about Iraq timetable by

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WASHINGTON The top United States commander in the Middle East warned Congress Wednesday against setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, rejecting the arguments of resurgent Democrats who are pressing President Bush to start pulling out.

Gen. John Abizaid instead urged quick action to strengthen Iraq’s government, predicting that the sectarian violence in Baghdad would surge out ofcontrol within four to six months unless immediate steps were taken.

“Our troop posture needs to stay where it

is,” and the use of military adviser teams embedded with Iraqi army and police forces needs to be expanded, Abizaid told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

It was the first hearing on Iraq policy since last week’s elections gave Democrats control ofboth houses of Congress starting injanuary.

The voting last week has been widely interpreted as a public repudiation of Bush’s policies on the war, which has left more than 2,850 U.S. troops dead and more than 20,000 others wounded.

Democrats have coalesced around the idea of starting to remove the 152,000 American troops in Iraq in the next few

months, and increasing numbers of Republicans have been openly critical of the war.

The day after the election, Bush expressed an openness to considering fresh ideas on Iraq and announced the departure of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

“Hope is not a strategy,” Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y, a prospective 2008 presidential candidate, said at Wednesday’s hearing. Citing the Bush administration’s repeated claims of progress, Clinton said she saw no evidence that the Iraqi government was ready to make hard decisions, including taking firm acSEE

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Pelosi to face first leadership test by

Andrew Taylor

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WASHINGTON House Speaker-tobe Nancy Pelosi faces a major leadership test Thursday, barely a week into her new role, as Democrats vote on her choice for majority leader. She’s supporting a lawmaker once caught up in a bribery scandal and known more recently for trading votes for pork projects.

Pelosi’s prestige is on the line after endorsing longtime ally John Murtha of Pennsylvania to be the No. 2 Democrat in place of her longtime rival Steny Hoyer of Maryland.

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, rewarded Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott with their No. 2 post, four years after the White House helped push him out of his job running the Senate for making remarks interpreted as endorsing segregation. President Bush, on a trip to Russia and Asia, telephoned Lott on Wednesday with congratulations.

Pressured to step down from the Senate’s top spot in 2002, Lott returned to the Republicans’ second-ranking position by nosing out Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who had made an 18-month bid for the post. Lott promised to defer to Minority

Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. House Republicans, finding themselves in the minority for the first time since 1994, will meet in private Thursday to hear presentations from candidates for their half-dozen leadership posts. Their election is scheduled Friday. Speaker Dennis Hasten of Illinois is leaving the leadership ranks. Replacing him as the House’s top Republican became a two-man race Wednesday between current Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and conservative challenger Mike Pence of Indiana.

Mississippi Sen.Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the chamber's No. 2 GOP post Wednesday.

Kidnappers release 70 Iraqis Kidnappers released about 70 people snatched in a mass abduction by suspected Shiite militiamen who answer to a key backer of the prime minister—-a sign Iraq's leader may be yielding to intense U.5. pressure to crack down on sectarian violence.

Thunderstorms strike south Lines of powerful thunderstorms pelted the South with heavy wind, rain and hail Wednesday, turning a skating rink into a hulk of twisted metal soon after the 31 preschoolers and four adults inside had fled to the only part of the building that turned out to be safe.

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John Bellinger, legal advisor to the Department of State, discussed the perception of the United States abroad and its approach to international law Wednesday afternoon in front of a large audience in the School ofLaw. Bellinger, who counsels Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President George W. Bush on domestic and international legal issues, addressed the misunderstandings about the differences in U.S. and European approaches to legal

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DSG decided Wednesday that Robertsons will not be able to tent for the one tenting game this year.

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haps irreconcilable views about foreign policy compared to Europe,” Bellinger said. “Really, the U.S. and Europe have more in common than not. What we see happening is the narcissism of minor differences—fundamentally similar people who exaggerate their differences.”

Bellinger confronted what he called the most divisive current issue in transatlantic relations—combating transnational terrorism.

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The main point of contention was a new rule that makes students who are enrolled full-time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Fall 2006 semester ineligible to tent.

DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the change was in response to last year’s game against UNC, when about a dozen baby blue-clad Robertson Scholars tented and sat in the student section, cheering against Duke.

“The Robertson Scholars kind of took advantage of the system,” said Head Line Monitor Mara Schulz, a senior.

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of debate, the policy was ultimately approved with several senators voting in opposition and one abstention.

Three attendees at the meeting expressed their disapproval of the policy

change.

“They are Duke students, just like us,” said senior David Earley, referring to the Robertson Scholars.

They have not done anything wrong and should not be punished, he added.

Senator Anthony Marzocca, a freshman, called the new policy “discrimination.”

But the senators overwhelmingly approved of the proposal, adding that they felt it was in line with the wishes of the general student body.

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The founder of the Oregon Bus Project made a requested stop at Duke last night.

Senior Benjamin Abram invited Jefferson Smith to his offcampus house on Burch Street for dinner with a small group and organized an informal speech at the Bell Tower Dormitory on East Campus.

Smith’s organization seeks to get young people interested in politics and campaigning for Jefferson Smith progressive candidates whose policies support the public interest rather than benefitting individuals.

“I’m not asking that we vote,” Smith told those at dinner. “I’m asking that we change the world.”

To achieve its goals, the Bus Project runs voter registration drives and political SEE DINNER SERIES ON PAGE 8

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The Men’s Health Clinic, which began operating in September 2005 in the Student Health Center, has seen a large upsurge in student interest this year.

“More guys are aware of it as word of mouth travels around,” said Tommie Smith, a nurse at the Student Health Center who pushed for the establishment of the male-orientclinic, ed which offers “Students feel

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JohnPoindexter said deterrents to terrorism have changed noticeably sincethe Cold War at hislecture Wednesday.

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John Poindexter, former National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan, addressed technology and privacy relating to counter terrorism Wednesday evening in the second installment of the Provost’s Lecture Series, “Privacy at Risk?”

The lecture, titled “A Vision for Terrorism Countering through Information and Privacy Protection Technologies for the 21st Century,” focused on the national security process and the increasing difficulty of processing information.

“Terrorism today presents an extremely complex problem and it’s much different than it was in the Cold War,” Poindexter said.

“lt’s often difficult to make the kind of deterrents that we used in the past work today.”

Poindexter’s lecture, delivered to approximately 150 students and faculty members, emphasized the trade-off between privacy and security that organizations such as the National Security Agency must balance.

“Before 9/11, we saw more privacy and less security,” Poindexter said.

“But after 9/11, as a result of the Patriot Act, we experienced more security, but much less privacy.”

Though there is a trade-off between privacy and security, increases in technology can help improve security without sacrificing privacy, he said, SEE POINDEXTER ON PAGE 7

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through STD screenings and education on proper contraception use. OraQuick,

a 20-minute test for HIV, is one of the new services currendy being offered, said Steve Taxman, a health-care provider at the clinic.

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“Students Nutrition, feel more emotional comfortable when communicating to a male doctor, health and behavioral risk management who can better empathize with their are some of the other issues addressed at the clinic. problems,” Smith said.

One of its main goals lies in helping Students may also become more familiar with the clinic by consistendy being students develop a healthy way of life. able to see the same health-care provider.

“We want to get people started on “We receive calls and e-mails from making good lifestyle choices early by students with questions about their teaching them how to take care of themhealth, and it’s good for them to talk to selves,” Taxman said.

Smith said men often do not go to the the same people they are familiar with,” Smith said. “The clinic has been quite doctor unless something is wrong, and it successful because men are returning is too late.

“The clinic provides accessible prewhen they’re supposed to, and they feel comfortable e-mailing and calling the ventative care, which is very important,” staff to discuss their problems.” he said.

Smith said the clinic has seen an inIn addition to providers, students also have access to nurses and a health educacrease in return visits since it opened betor, who can talk to them about issues cause students continue their health care such as body image, depression, anxiety, through follow-up appointments.

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“While the initial challenge is getting “After a student finishes an appointmen to come to the clinic for treatment, ment with a provider, he can go directly continuity of care is very important,” to the health educator,” Smith said.

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has received a number of awards including the Gold Medal in History by the American Academy of the Arts and the Presidential Medal of Honor. He added that he has also headed every major historical association in the country.

Franklin was also Duke’s 2006 com-

ing some of his essays into a book.

He said he will use some of the prize money to contribute to the scholarship fund he established in memory of his wife Aurelia at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., which they both attended.

Nonetheless, he added that he hasn’t thought about how else to use the

money.

“I don’t think that’s as important as the recognition,” Franklin said. “[l’ll] pay “At Duke we know him as a taxes with it, probably.” great teacher, a wise and Yu, the cocourageous counselor and a recipient of the award, was great friend.” honored for Richard Brodhead his work span2,000 ning president, Duke years of Chi-

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weaker and is the namesake of the University’s John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

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“It’s our role to support Duke students as Duke Student Government,” said DSG ChiefofStaff Paul Slattery, a junior. “It’s not our role to support the institutional interests of the Robertson program. It’s not our role to use K-ville as a sort of diplomatic tool to improve our relationship with UNC.” He said all of the students he spoke with after the game last year were angry with the situation.

“I think probably 95 percent of the students at the University think it is ‘our house,”’ Slattery said to applause from the Senate body.

In response to concerns that it is unfair to prohibit UNC Robertson Scholars from tenting, Slattery noted that the lottery system at UNC does not permit Duke students to attend games at the Dean Smith Center.

“If UNC wants to carve out part of their student section and hand it over to us, otherwise, ‘go to hell Carolina, go to hell,”’ he said.

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Both honorees were selected from 91-year-old scholar is still quite modest about his work. more than 2,000 nominations world“Probably the most gratifying thing wide. In October, a delegation of distinthat means more to me than any kind of guished scholars chose nine finalists prize I could win is that my students and and the subsequent winners based on my colleagues have held me in some es“intellectual accomplishment in the teem, and I think I’ve had some impact study of humanity that extends beyond on some of them,” he said. “That has narrow academic disciplines,” the Libeen the greatest part of my life.” brary of Congress said in a statement.

Franklin said that after publishing his Franklin said he is not familiar with autobiography, “Mirror to America,” last Yu’s work, but the scholars will meet Dec. November, he has spent much of the past 5 at the Library of Congress to receive year traveling around the country giving the prize officially. Both winners will also talks and signing books. return to the library next year to present Though he said he has not put a discussion of their bodies of work. much thought into future work, Franklin was the first winner of the Franklin said he is considering compil- prize to be affiliated with Duke.

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Robertson Scholars are still permitted

to line up and attend almost all of the

games—they are only restricted from tenting for the game against UNC, said senior Joe Fore, DSC executive vice president.

Many other senators said the situation created by the Robertson Scholars at last year’s game ruined the experience in the student section. Senior David Snider, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services, added that the situation last year was not only disruptive, but also dangerous.

Schulz said she heard complaints about heckling and possible physical violence.

“It was the worst basketball game of my life,” said senior Jimmy Soni, DSG vice president for academic affairs.

He added that the Robertson Scholars broke “a gentleman’s agreement.”

“For that, they will be punished,” Soni said.

Marzocca said he hopes the policy will be revisited in the future, so a new class of Robertson Scholars will have the opportunity to show their support for Duke, as well as UNC.

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games. But because many students will be away for the break and thus unable to move their cars, permit holders will be required to vacate only the four lots closest to the football stadium.

All cars not out of those four lots by 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25 will be ticketed and towed, said Melissa Harden, assistant director of parking operations.

The lot closest to the entrance to the Blue Zone and the two lots on the left will be made available for students who leave their cars over Thanksgiving break.

“The only time that we’ve had the issue in the past was when the Rolling Stones concert was here over fall break,” Harden said, adding that a similar policy was implemented then.

If the Blue Zone lots allowed for student

parking become full, students will be required to move their cars to the gravel lots

on Duke University Road, officials added.

The gravel lots will open for student parking beginning at 7 a.m., Monday, Nov. 20.

After break, students will be expected to move their cars out of the Duke University Road parking lots by 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27.

Many students said that the temporary change was a satisfactory response to the extenuating circumstances.

“I don’t think that many people will be here, so I don’t think it will be that big of a deal,” sophomore Mara Herrmann said.

Parking and Transportation Services also announced that they would send an email message to all Blue Zone permit holders today. Additionally, signs will be posted in front of the lots that must be vacated.

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“There’s a perception that the United States, unlike Europe, does not take international law seriously,” Bellinger said. “That’s patendy wrong, dangerous, and it troubles me gready.”

Bellinger said the United States is more pragmatic than its Atlantic counterparts, causing it to sometimes reject important treaties.

“The U.S. abides by the Law of Nations, meaning that any ratified international treaty also becomes a matter of domestic law,” Bellinger said.

“That means the U.S. will not join a treaty until we know that we can implement it.”

Bellinger noted that Europeans often contrast an idealized version of their own legal system with the failures of U.S. policy that are often hyped by the news media. He added that such a reaction was apparent in the European response to the Abu Ghraib scandal.

“The unlawful and repugnant behavior that characterized Abu Ghraib became the general image of America —it seemed that the U.S. condoned torture,” Bellinger said. “But really the U.S. has taken the steps to correct and punish such behavior.”

Bellinger also focused on the Guantanamo Bay prisoners who are currently being held without trial. His comments elicited sneers and visible head shaking from the audience.

“The conflict between the United States and al Qaeda is not an international conflict,” Bellinger said. “The Third Geneva Convention does not ensure that everyone who takes up

weapons receives POW status. Since al Qaeda and the Taliban do not abide by the rules of war they aren’t ensured the same rights under international law.”

Bellinger answered questions following the talk.

An audience member questioned the U.S. government’s legal rationale behind the Iraq war, saying that it was out of line with the United States’ foreign policy.

“We have a very clear legal justification,” Bellinger said. “The previous U.N. Security Council resolution on the first Gulf War said that if Iraq breached its obligations, the original use of force continued. What remains is a policy debate, but the international legal authority is clear.”

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DONNELLY from page 1 DUH since her accident, including spending four weeks in the neurological intensive care unit. “[Caitlin] needs a lot of work. She still has a fracture in her back and a fracture in her leg that need to be dealt with,” her father said, adding that she will likely be in a back brace or cast for the next month and a half.

“Duke Hospital has been absolutely amazing in every respect and the administration —especially Dean Sue [Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student af-

fairs] —has been wonderful to our family,” he said.

The Kessler Institute is located near the family’s home in Towaco, NJ. “Family members can visit—that’s really important,” Brian Donnelly said. “She would definitely appreciate either seeing people she still knows at Duke or she would love getting cards or letters from them.”

He added that next week he also expects to talk to the Durham Police Department to assess the status of the case.

“To be honest, our focus has been on making sure [Caitlin] gets better, and this investigation is something secondary to us,” he said.

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“The brutal fact is, it is not happening,” she said.

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John Poindexter addressed a crowd of approximately 150 students and faculty members Wednesday night.

POINDEXTER from page 4 One audience member asked whether, once the government increased surveillance of its citizens, it will return their privacy after terrorist threats have passed. Poindexter responded by providing previous examples of privacy in the United States.

“Historically, every time we’ve had a conflict, we’ve cut back on security afterwards,” he said, referring to the balance between privacy and security. “However, this policy has often landed us in yet another conflict.”

Although Poindexter outlined the importance of increasing technology in order to combat terrorism, he also stressed the need for human coordination.

“We need technology to help because of

the scale of new threats,” he said. “But, we’re not advocating a black box in which you pump data in and it pumps out the location of a terrorist.... Humans need to concentrate on the difficult job of thinking about what all this data means.”

Following the lecture, audience members raised concerns about several issues concerning terrorism. One member asked why current efforts focus solely on stopping terrorist attacks rather than preventing people from becoming terrorists.

“I’m frankly not very optimistic that [preventing terrorist recruitment] could happen,” Poindexter said. “If you look at the religion of Islam, and what some of the lower level of people are led to believe, this could prove very difficult.”

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Arab sheik wanting to reside in the United States and seeking investment opportunities approached Murtha and several other lawmakers with offers ofbribes.

When offered $50,000, Murtha is recorded as saying, “I’m not interested at this point.” A grand jury declined to prosecute Murtha, and the House ethics committee issued no findings against him. On MSNBC Wednesday, Murtha said, “I told them I wanted investment in district. my

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton of Texas dropped out and endorsed Boehner.

Hoyer entered the Democratic leadership race with a substantial lead by most counts, but he has been scrambling to hold onto supporters since Pelosi’s surprise intervention on Sunday. He appeared to carry a lead into Thursday’s se“I expect that we will bring the cret ballot despite Pelosi’s party together and become opposition.

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Jefferson Smith, leader of the Bus Project, spoke Wednesday aspart of senior Ben Abram's dinner series. tion, noting that far fewer people volunpolitical candidates or political causes than volunteer for other types of

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training programs in Oregon, and its members, go door to door talking to residents about political candidates.

Smith is just one in a series ofWednesday night speakers who Abram has brought to campus through Duke Conversations.

The program provides lodging and transportation costs to speakers who are willing to address small groups of students for free.

“When I heard about Duke Conversations, I said, ‘Man, this is awesome. I can totally invite some neat people to campus,’’’Abram said.

Previously this semester, Abram’s guests have included Matt Gross, a travel writer for The New York Times, and Paul Teller, deputy director of the House Republican Study Committee.

Smith agreed to come to the University after meeting Abram at a Campus Progress conference in Washington, D.C. Smith said he is concerned about political apathy among the younger genera-

organizations.

“You’ll clean the beach, but you won’t support a candidate who’ll keep the beach clean,” he said.

There are more opportunities than ever for young people to make a difference in the political realm, Smith said, citing the Internet as an invaluable communication tool that allows free mass information distribution.

He encouraged students to join political parties or even start organizations of their own, advising them to find like-minded, ambitious volunteers.

“Only affiliate with people who are awesome,” he said.

Many students responded positively to Smith’s message. “I gained inspiration, drive and ideas,” said senior Karthik Balasubramanian who attended the dinner.

Smith’s message also resonated with students who attended the Bell Tower speech.

“I’m going to make more intentional decisions about going to those political meetings,” said junior Kristen Jenkins.

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With characteristic gruffness, Murtha would do better when home-state projsaid the opposite was true: “We’re going ects were doled out by the Republicans. to win. We got the votes,” he said WednesHe has been criticized by ethics watchdogs such as Citizens for Responsiday afternoon on MSNBC’s “Hardball.”

Allies such as Rep. George Miller, D- bility and Ethics in Washington, who Calif.—also a top confidant of Pelosi—- have said he exemplifies a “pay-to-play” have been working this week to peel away culture of Washington. The group says votes from Hoyer. Pelosi also has interMurtha has steered defense projects to vened more directly, making the case for clients of KSA Consulting, a lobbying firm that until recendy employed his Murtha in one-on-one meetings with Democratic freshmen—sessions in which brother Kit. Clients of the firm are generous with campaign contributions. the incoming lawmakers ask for all-imHoyer claims considerable support portant committee assignments. from some liberals made uncomfortable Murtha, a former Marine who generally has supported United States mili- by Murtha’s opposition to abortion, gun control and changes to House ethics tary efforts, has gained considerable attention this year for his criticism of the rules. He also is a leadership contact for administration’s Iraq war policies. He many moderate “Blue Dog” Democrats.

Hoyer’s backers say he has been an steered Pelosi’s winning campaign in able lieutenant to Pelosi and has done 2001 against Hoyer for the No. 2 Democratic leadership post, and his supportnothing to disqualify himself from holders say Pelosi deserves a more loyal ing the same position in the majority.

He has been aggressive in lining up wingman.

But Murtha is also a controversial figsupporters, most of whom are sticking ure. He was investigated in 1980 as part with him.

“One of the first things I learned of the Abscam bribery sting, but was the only lawmaker involved who wasn’t around here is that when you give your commitment you honor it,” said Rep. charged criminally. an Rick Boucher, D-Va., a Hoyer supporter. to pretending represent FBI agents

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Although most of the world may know him only because of his last name, Andrew Giuliani is creating a name for himself in elite golf circles.

The son of the former New York City mayor, who by age eight was being impersonated by Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live and by 15 had played a round of golf with Tiger Woods, is now the reigning New York Metropolitan GolfAssociation Player of the Year and one of several golfers in contention for a spot on Duke’s spring tournament roster.

“I think that’s quite an honor,” head coach Rod Myers said of the award, which will be formally presented to Giuliani Dec. 6 at New York’s Westchester Country Club. “The metropolitan area has always had outstanding amateur golfers, and for Andrew to have won that

award, I told him that’s something he’s going to be proud of the rest of his life.”

Giuliani’s accomplishment is even more impressive considering the MGA title goes to the player who accumulates the most points over the course of the summer. Even with Giuliani returning to Duke for classes before the summer schedule completed, the sophomore had build up such a large points lead that the second-place finisher could not catch up in the three extra tournaments he played

in September.

Though Giuliani only competed in one tournament for the Blue Devils his freshman year, he has grown immensely since arriving at Duke. Giuliani began playing competitive golf a mere four years ago and his time in Durham—from the instruction he has received from SEE GIULIANI ON PAGE 12

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In one particularly frustrating four-game stretch from Oct. 8 to Oct. 19, Duke lost at home to North Carolina, saw its 1-0 lead at Wake Forest erased due to lightning, battied Maryland to a season scoreless tie despite posting 37 shots Wrapup and squandered two leads in a 3-2 home loss to Clemson Just three days after the Clemson loss—what head coach Robbie Church called the team’s low point—the Blue Devils responded with a convincing 3-1 win over thenNo. 3 Florida State, easily their marquee victory of the year.

And so went Duke’s 2006 campaign—a rollercoaster season that saw plenty of ups and downs and ended Sunday when the Blue Devils (9-8-4) lost to Tennessee in penalty kicks in the second round of the NCAA College Cup. Each time the Blue Devils lost another heartbreaking one-goal game—six of their eight losses were decided by a single score—they bounced back with crucial wins. But every time it looked as if Duke finally had momentum on its side, it would run into more problems, whether in the form of cancelled flights or a stagnant offense.

“It was frustrating,” Church said. “We worked hard all year long. We created a lot of opportunities, we just did not do the final part.”

The relatively disappointing feelings regarding the season’s final outcome may have rooted from Duke’s lofty preseason expectations. The Blue Devils had a strong core of nine seniors and returned seven starters, including All-ACC selections Darby Kroyer and Rebecca Moros, from a 2005 squad that finished 16th in the final rankings. Duke also welcomed a highly-regarded freshman class consisting of five newcomers who would SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 10

In 2005-06, Duke basketball was defined by two scoring options and a thin bench. After comfortable wins in the first two rounds of the CBE Classic, this year’s team is beginning to step out of that shadowand develop its own identity.

Duke (2-0) takes the court in Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight with a chance to keep separating itself from last year’s team, facing in-state foe UNC-Greensboro (02) at 7 p.m. in a matchup that is not part of the preseason tournament.

The No. 10 Blue Devils will travel to Kansas City Monday for the semifinals of VS. the CBE Classic, and although tonight’s game has no bearing on the tournament, the team is certainly not looking TONIGHT, 7 p.m. a ea( j to contest against Air Force (3h Cameron Indoor m c i W wfth a tnp to the finals on the line.

Stadium ‘You have to take it one game at a time—never underestimate anybody who we play,” freshman wing Gerald Henderson said. “We need to pretty much just play our basketball, solid defense the whole game, and we’ll take care of them.”

Against Columbia and Georgia Southern, Duke used its deep bench to its advantage, getting significant contributions from 10 players and confusing its opponents with different looks.

“From the videotapes that I’ve seen, they are coming Freshman wing Gerald Henderson has provided a defensive spark off the from a lot of different places, and there doesn’t seem to be bench for the Blue Devils, racking upfour steals in his first two games. one guy outside of perhaps [Greg] Paulus that has a position,” UNC-G head coach Mike Dement said. ‘You have the ball very well in our first two games, and if we had shot different guys bringing [the ball] up the court, you have the ball better, I think we would have been in position to different guys posting up and doing things on the perimewin both games.” ter. So it’s hard to identify where it’s coming from.”

The Blue Devils and Spartans met last year, with Duke The Spartans are coming off of two straight road losswinning decisively, 102-69. Not surprisingly, JJ. Redick and es, the first to Marshall in overtime and the second to Shelden Williams led the way that afternoon with 35 and Penn State Monday night. While Marshall and Penn 21 points, respectively. But Duke’s current players rememState are strong teams, UNC-G struggled with its shootber the game in the Greensboro Coliseum as closer than ing in both games —an area Dement said his team needs the final score would indicate. to improve upon against Duke.

“We went down there last year and they held their “We’ve had good looks, especially from the perimeSEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 10 ter,” Dement said. “Our perimeter guys have not shot

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Freshman guard Jon Scheyer has averaged over 30 minutesper game in his first two contests as a Blue Devil.

M. BBALL from page 9 own —they played great,” Paulus said. “It was a great game, very competitive, and we know that it’s a big game on Thursday.”

UNC-G’s leading scorer in its first two games has been Kyle Hines, who put up 38 points in the team’s opener at Marshall.

But the Spartans’ second-leading scorer from a season ago, Ricky Hickman, has had a difficult beginning to the new campaign.

“Hickman, who was an all-conference player and played very well against Duke last year and scored 23, has really struggled out of the gate for us, and we need him to get going and open things up,” Dement said. “Hines is playing very well for us, but when the other guys aren’t really doing it, it allows teams to focus even more on him.”

Duke, on the other hand, has shown a

very balanced scoring attack so far this season. Freshman center Brian Zoubek led the team with 18 points against Columbia.

While Zoubek was held scoreless Monday, Josh Mcßoberts and DeMarcus Nelson each put up 16 against Georgia Southern.

Henderson and fellow freshmen Jon Scheyer and Lance Thomas have also all scored in double figures already this season.

With the game on Duke’s home floor instead of in Greensboro this season, the Spartans will have to adjust to the raucous atmosphere inside the stadium.

“We need to do a good job of getting back so they don’t get layups and dunks that obviously just feed the crowd even more,” Dement said. “It’s always tough to do that for any team [in Cameron] and we’ve got four freshmen who will be experiencing that for the first time tonight.”

While the Duke offense was also bolstered by seniors Sarah McCabe and Lauren Tippets, freshmen Kay Anne Gummersall and Elisabeth Redmond were the each play critical roles as the season probackbone of Duke’s offensive statistics. gressed.

Three games into the season, the Blue Gummersall led the team in goals with Devils were 3-0 and had avenged a 2005 seven, while Redmond paced the Blue DevNCAA College Cup loss to Yale when they ils with seven assists.

With the freshmen and junior Lorraine beat the Bulldogs in New Haven, Conn. 3-0.

Given Duke’s performance, it was hard Quinn, a scrappy midfielder who tallied six points, returning, Church expects his ofnot to ignore the question: Could this team fense to be more acnationchallenge for a tive next year. al championship?

“We’ve got a lot In its next game, of talent in the unDuke lost to though, “We want to play for a naderclass,” Church Connecticut 2-1 and said. “We’ve got a lot tional championship. And I then surrendered a of offensive firepowlead the in two-goal think we still have some work er in that group, and final 25 minutes of I think we will score play the next Sunday to do with that, but I think Kansas.

The goals next year.” against we’re on the right track,” The defense was following weekend, in all year the Duke/adidas Robbie Church anchoredunheralded long by Classic at Koskinen women’s soccer head coach senior Rachel-Rose Stadium, Duke Cohen, who started dropped a 1-0 deciall 21 games and sion to Florida and tied Marquette logged die fourth-most minutes on the A 3-0 start had morphed into a 4-3-1 team. Another bright spot on the year was record, and the ACC regular season had the emergence of junior goalkeeper Allison not even started yet.

Lipsher as a dominantforce in the net. Lipsher posted nine shutouts on the year en During the ACC season, the team’s rebecame more and more route to a 0.89 goals-against average. siliency apparent.

Despite their struggle at times this seaThey dropped out of the national rankings, but the Blue Devils continued to son, the Blue Devils could have finished fight, waiting for that one perfect game to second in the logjammed ACC if they had beaten Wake Forest in the last regular-seacome together.

It finally did Oct. 22 against Florida son game of the year and were just one State, when Duke executed Church’s game converted penalty kick away from still plan perfecdy, scoring three second-half being alive today.

“We want to play for a national champigoals to beat the Seminoles. Kroyer and Moros netted the game-tying and gameonship,” Church said. “And we still have winning goals in that game—indicative of some work to do with diat, but I think the senior captains’ leadership throughout we re on the right track. We’re not satisfied where we are.” the season.

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solid game for his team to stay close. Duke, however, has more size and depth down low and has blocked over eight shots per game this season.

Paulus is still recovering from a foot injury and will probably play about half the game, but he has been effective when on the court, and Scheyer has shown the ability to run the offense when the sophomore captain is resting on the bench

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size, depth and skill than the overmatched Spartans.

Our call: Blue Devils win, 81-59 Compiled by Patrick Byrnes

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Myers to the climate allowing him to play year-round —has continued to sharpen his game.

“I’m still learning a lot, and I’m learning at a much more rapid pace than a lot of people are at this level,” Giuliani said. “I feel like what I’m doing is pretty impressive, and I’m just excited because everyday I learn something new and I’m able to work on something new.”

One of the greatest challenges Giuliani faced last season was his tendency to reroute his club on his drives, which led him to struggle off the tee. But Myers, who said Giuliani’s work ethic is a primary reason for his success, was able to work with the sophomore throughout last year to correct this flaw in his swing.

“He had this big swinging hook all the time and it was having a negative effect on the rest of his game,” Myers said. “We wanted to make his forward swing on the same plane as his back swing was on. Once he did that, he got into a good position where he felt comfortable with it all summer.”

Giuliani’s steep learning curve and self-professed competitive nature led him to finish as the low amateur in the New York State Open this summer—and it also explains why he is thriving at Duke and positioning himself to take a spot on the competitive roster.

“That’s probably the best thing about being down here—when you have 13 guys on a team that

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can play very well, you’re always getting pushed because the only way you’re going to stand out is if you improve,” Giuliani said.

Junior Michael Quagliano, also from New York, has been one of the players who has pushed Giuliani the most, as the two played regularly together over the summer at home, the sophomore said.

Continuing to improve his game and working to stand out on his own is important for Giuliani—but, the son of one of America’s most famous politicians doesn’t shy away from his name or the attention it brings him.

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The Blue Devils created several good scoring chances early in the game, including a shot from Joe Germanese that skidded in front of the goal line in the 17th minute.

Duke did find the net 10minutes later off a broken corner kick. After Zach Pope’s corner bounced through the box untouched, sweeper Tim Jepson found Videira behind the defense. The midfielder made one move and then beat Brown goalkeeper Jarrett Leech for the 1-0 advantage.

“We’ve been working a lot on recycling our runs,” Videira said.

“Qepson] played a good ball, it kind of got over everybody, and I was able to bring it down. I was just alone.”

Grella added to the Blue Devils’ lead in the second minute of the second half, when he beat the defense and blasted a shot past Leech from 15 yards out. “[The second goal] definitely took a lot out of them,” Grella said. “It just demoralizes them when you get down 2-0, and you’re away from home and you’re playing the No. 1 seed.”

Two goals were more than enough for the Duke defense, MATT NEWCOMB/THE CHRONICLE which has given up just one score Junior Michael Videira put Duke on the in four postseason games.

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After winning a prestigious award in New York for a successful summer on the golf course, Andrew Giuliani hopes to make an impact for theBlue Devils in the spring.

something I’m really going to have to deal with... throughout

the rest of my life,” Giuliani said.

“I’m very proud ofmy mother and father and their accomplishments and where they’ve put me in life.

They’ve given me an opportunity to do something that not many people have. And I think that I need to recognize that and [think about] what can I do with that.”

For now, Giuliani can keep working over the winter so he can compete for the Blue Devils this spring.

“He’s worked really hard,” Myers said. “I don’t think there’s any question that he should have a good opportunity and a good chance to be in our lineup.”

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“That team wins because they play solid defensively. They did that again tonight. They’re tough to break down.”

Although the Bears controlled possession for the majority of the second half, they managed only four shots after the intermission.

Blue Devil goaltender Justin Papadakis made two saves in his seventh shutout of the season.

“It’s a tribute to the team defense,” Duke head coach John Rennie said. “Defense is a team thing, and we’ve been playing very good defense in the last half of the season in particular.”

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groups, but that quotas, points and other mechanistic policies are unconstitutional.

Yet Li presents no evidence that Princeton implemented such a system to his disadvantage. On the contrary, the admissions process at universities such as Princeton and Duke is largely unpredictable, and admission is awarded on the basis ofmany factors. This is to say that Li cannot point to his SAT scores and GPA as reasonable proof that he deserved admission. For instance, both Princeton and Duke admit about half of their applicants with perfect SAT scores. They do this not due to discrimination, but because many stu-

I wrote in my Sept. 21 column, “Republicans may not entirely represent conservative interests, but they are a far better alternative to the Democrats —and better at winning, too.”

I was correct on one point. Apparendy Republicans are not always better at winning, but when it comes to policy, they are better thr ian D' /emocrats. While the Reare publicans sometimes incompetent, the Democrats are just plain insane.

Hence, the recent shift in power jamie deal after the mid-term strategery elections should not be celebrated by right-wingers dissatisfied with President George W. Bush; it should be feared.

If they haven’t already, these deluded voters of conscience will soon regret their decision to vote a Democratic ticket, and they will realize the true costs of indulging their discontent by “teaching the Republicans a lesson.”

With the Democrats in power, the nation’s immigration laws will have no chance of being properly enforced, defense spending will be cut significandy and power will be further diluted by the international community.

The signs of a leftward, degenerative drift are already there.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will become the speaker of the House. The American Conservative Union, which has rated every representative and senator since 1971, gives her a lifetime rating of 3 out of 100, while the anti-war organization Peace Action gives her a score of 100. Statistically, she is one of the most liberal members of Congress.

When it comes to illegal immigration, Democrats like Pelosi simply do not care.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has said Congress might revisit (READ: revoke) the Secure Fence Act. The act, passed this year, mandates a 700-mile fence, in five sections, along the Mexican border. Interestingly enough, on Thompson’s Congressional web page, neither national security nor illegal immigration is featured in his “on the issues” section. And he is set to be the new chair of the House Homeland Security Committee.

I am sure the Democrats will also pursue a more “progressive” agenda for other domestic policies.

The nationalization of health care and overly dramatic legislation concerning global warming have ,

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In sum, whereas the principle behind Li’s case—pervasive influence that ethnicity has on admission in universities—is relevant and legitimate, the reality of the case does not identify a substantial, pervasive and harmful discrimination and it mistakes the nature of admissions at private universities like Princeton and Duke to be objective as opposed to subjective. The truth is more complex.

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already been mentioned.

But the most dangerous changes are likely to occur in foreign policy—particularly in Iraq.

Let’s start with the terrorists’ celebrating the midterm election results—a good sign that American foreign policy is headed in the right direction for our enemies, not for us. After the election results were in, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, a former aide to the brutal Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, stated, “The American people have put their feet on the right path.”

A1 Qaeda wants secular liberals in power. Why? Because with people like Pelosi and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., determining our foreign policy, the United States will be more vulnerable to attacks.

Victory, once the priority in Iraq, has fallen completely off the table. The current Republican priorities are stability and security. But if the Democrats have their way, our forces will be withdrawn prematurely, causing a true civil war, and fundamentalist Islam will spread even further than it already has. A situation already riddled with problems will become even worse.

If that alone does not frighten conservatives, then this should: The Democrats plan to vote on their leadership this week, and the most likely pick for House Majority Leader is Rep. John Murtha, DPenn., over the more moderate Rep. Steny Hoyer, DMd., the current minority whip.

In November 2005 Murtha called for a complete withdrawal from Iraq, saying, “The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It is time to bring them home.” He later qualified this statement by saying that such a move would constitute a “redeployment” of troops.

But in truth Murtha’s proposal is nothing more than a cut-and-run policy —yes, I said it—that would lead to even more horrific violence than we have already seen.

When Murtha proposed a resolution along these lines, the GOP decided to put the Democrats to the test. The House Republicans submitted a counter-resolution, which simply stated: “It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminatedright away.”

Of course, no one dared vote for it—save three Democrats, one of whom was disgraced Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga. If this were at any other time, Democratic control would not be that bad. But during a war on terror, when so much is at stake in Iraq, as well as on the homefront, the damage to this country could be irreparable.

Jamie Deal is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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friends at Harvard are having quite the row over religion. A faculty committee assigned to review the curriculum recendy recommended the addition of a “Reason and Faith” requirement, which could be fulfilled with courses such as “Religion and Democracy,” “Religion and Science” and “Medicine, Spirituality and Religion in Modern America.” Soon a degree from Harvard’s College of Arts and Sciences may include this controversial course distribution requirement, though the recent brouhaha suggests that implementing the committee’s recommendation will emily thomey be far from easy. et reiigio Steven Pinker, the Johnstone professor of psychology who has served on the Harvard College Curricular Review Committee on General Education in the past, vehemently opposes the new requirement. The very title rubs him the wrong way. He believes that “faith” is a misnomer; the committee shouldn’t encourage a study of “faith,” says Pinker, when what they obviously mean is “religion.” He takes umbrage at placing “faith” and “reason” side by side, arguing that it falsely elevates the former to the status of the latter.

Professor Pinker misses an important distinction between “faith” and “religion.” Faith is no mere euphemism for religion. An individual’s interpretation of their religion might be called their faith. Religion then is what happens when a group of believers come together and share their faith. Both merit academic study. Where religion may focus on scripture and shared practices, a study of faith would provide a window into a particular individual. For instance, we examine Dr. Martin Luther King’s faith for clues into his vision of social justice, or take a closer look at the faith of our founding fathers for insights into how our society ought to deal with religion.

Pinker’s other gripe—that faith and reason are an unequal pair—exposes a lack of respect for the intellect of people of faith. With nearly 90 percent of the American public declaring themselves as people of faith, it is essential that a liberal arts education—which seeks to enhance the understanding of the human condition—wrestle in some way with faith. After all, even if Pinker believes that they cannot occupy the same domain, a fair share of his colleagues would likely identify themselves both as people offaith and people of reason.

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Another of Tinker’s major objections to the new “Faith and Reason” distribution recommendation is the isolation of religion as a pervasive social force when so many other factors contribute to pertinent social issues—race, economics and class for example. In a recently published op-ed piece in the Harvard Crimson, he belitties the influence of faith in people’s everyday lives and the effect of faith on the mind, body and pocketbook.

Even if he personally disagrees with it, Pinker shouldn’t ignore religion’s impact. In light of recent global events there is perhaps no more important time for such a course requirement. We have already seen signs that the great divides we will be called to heal in the coming century will be across religions. It has proven to be a formidable political force, a strong economic tool and a crippling psychological adversary. Though there are clearly other forces that impact social issues, they have often had greater airtime in the academic community than religion.

Faith uniquely affects all people, including the irreligious. And the understanding of faith issues is too important to slip through the cracks of a university’s curriculum in our religiously charged world. Despite all this, most predict that Harvard will not adopt the recommendation to add a “Faith and Reason” requirement for their undergraduates—but should Duke consider a similar change?

It turns out that until the late 1960’5, there was a “Faith and Reason” requirement of sorts—every student took an “Old Testament” course during their first semester, followed by the “New Testament” second semester. These classes were seen as benign graduation requirements by the student body, and the administration defended them by citing the influence of the Bible on English literature and other cultural phenomena.

Indeed, the mission statement of the University begins, “The aims of Duke University are to assert a faith in the eternal union of knowledge and religion”—our society has certainly become more secular since these words were put on paper, but isn’t there some merit to religious knowledge?

Where are we left on this debate as 21st-century scholars?

I believe the Duke University of the 1960’s was on the right path. Religion still deserves a place in our requirements in order to provide a fuller understanding of the world, whether we consider ourselves people of faith, people of reason or both.

Emily Thomey is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

letterstotheeditor Robertsons should be allowed to tent for UNC game The feet thatUNC Robertson Scholars may not be allowed to tent this year is incredibly unfair. For the semester they live at Duke, they are, as I understand it, considered to be Duke students in every sense. Certainly they are allowed to go to all the other basketball games; why should they not be allowed into the Carolina game? Sure, the students wearing UNC apparel last year were not exactly acting in good taste and were a bit annoying, but their actions should in no way precipitate a ban on them tenting. Would you ban the grad students who, when we play their undergrad schools, wear a T-shirt for their undergrad schools? I don’t think so. Even if the Robertsons were fully enrolled at UNC for the fall semester, they are Duke students in the spring, and should be allowed to attend EVERY game if they choose, even the Carolina game.

Whether or not they cheer for Carolinais their choice, but it is a choice they should be allowed to make.

Kate Zimmerman Trinity ’O7

APhiA suspension deeply saddening As a 1978 graduate of Duke and an Alpha who pledged in 1976,1 think I speak for all of the alumni Brothers ofKappa Omicron Chapter, when I express deep regret and sadness at the suspension of APhiA on Duke’s campus and a painful interruption of its 30-year heritage there. When I arrived at Duke in 1974, there was a huge divide between the University and both the black community in Durham and the students at North Carolina Central University. The bus drivers wouldn’t even speak to the black students and not for any reason other than mistakenly assuming we felt we were elite. We never understand nor accepted this because many of us came to Duke from inner cities across the country (myself from D.C.) and were concerned that hostility might come from other places; but certainly not from within our own. During the course ofmy four years, and with the black fraternities and sororities acting

as the bridge, that divide seemed to be significantly narrowed.

We initiated tutoring programs for Durham public school students and had some pretty amazing parties with the students from NCCU on Duke’s campus. Unfortunately, with the most recent allegations around the men’s lacrosse team, that divide seems to be resurfacing. What a shame, and I can only believe the loss of this great fraternity will do nothing to help that situation. Alpha Phi Alpha has some very distinguished alumni; Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, to name just two. Manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind are the ideals of the fraternity, which was founded in 1906 not on a black campus but at Cornell University. All Alphas strive to live to these principles. Dialogue between several of the alumni Brothers after seeing the article in the Chronicle on the suspension centered around how we recover; not who do we blame. As I often tell disgruntled employees at my company, don’t quit the company when sometimes you can just quit the boss. Make sure you always separate the two. So, we ask the undergraduate Alphas at Duke to not quit the fraternity and the ideals it represents. Distance yourself, if you must, from those you believe may have been unfair but do keep a pathway open for the return of this great fraternity to Duke’s campus. It is needed not just for Alpha’s sake but for Duke’s as well.

George Neale Trinity ’7B

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25, Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College and vice provost for undergraduate

education, launched the work of the Campus Culture Initiative. The steering committee meeting that day focused on the events of last March, but the small group began a process to answer the question, as DSC President Elliott Wolf, a junior, once framed it, “So, what do you Samson ITIGSGIG want Duke to be?” guest column April 20, the ’resi

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Begun years before President Richard Brodhead and Dean Thompson crafted the Campus Culture Initiative, the Campus Life and Learning Project “aimed at investigating the quality of educational experiences for students from different racial and ethnic groups from Duke University.” The report studied the first two years at Duke for members of the graduating classes of 2005 and 2006.

“The academic performance differences are to the advantage of Asian students, and to the disadvantage of Latino and Black students, with White and Bi-Multiracial students intermediate to these groups.”

Here is the breakdown of fourth-semester GPAs, by racial ethnic group. Asian: 3.39. White: 3.30. BiMultiracial: 3.24. Latino: 3.14. Black: 2.97.

Here are the same fourth-semester GPAs, when adjustments are made for pre-college differences and test scores. Asian: 3.28. White: 3.26. Bi-Multiracial: 3.24. Ladno: 3.19. Black: 3.12.

Of course, GPAs don’t tell the whole story, In the first year, here are the approximate numbers for students who reported that Duke instructors “treated them badly because of their race/ethnicity.” Black: One in Seven. Asian: One in 10. Bi-Multiracial; One in 12. Other groups were less.

Here are the percentages of students who reported discrimination during their second year, whether in the classroom, in the residence hall or at another on-campus locadon. Black; 44 percent. Bi-Multiracial; 28 percent. Asian and Latino: 19 percent. White: 11 percent.

The creators of the report studied trendsofracial discriminadon in the classroom: “If we use a simple ‘snapshot’ metric of grading the University, with 90100 equaling an A, then the University context for discrimination for Asians, Latinos and Whites would receive a solid B+. For Black students, the university receives a poor if not failing grade.”

On entering Duke, I never would have guessed the last measure, and considering that Black Enterprise magazine ranked Duke the No. 10 school for African Americans last year, and 14th this year, I suppose I am receiving mixed signals.

Several weeks ago, I spoke with Provost Peter Lange to look for some answers. He echoed university administrators across the country in saying that lower black GPAs, across the board, are in fact a national phenomenon. He added that a study was being conducted at Duke to combat the problem of consistent group underperformance.

One potential remedy he suggested was group study. I don’t disagree. The Academic Affairs committee of the Black Student Alliance is teaming up with the Africana Mentoring Program to provide more opportunities for group study, put an e-print station in the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, and pair up each black freshman with a black mentor among the upperclassmen—these among a set of other strategies to be implemented this year.

Somebody, please point me out if I ever pivot toward a national trend to justify a problem that can be addressed locally. Though we are called “minority” students across the country, we will not accept taking a minority role on this campus. We are charged, as President Brodhead loves to say, to make this our Duke. This Duke—the one described in this report—will not be the one I leave. It is not my Duke.

Samson Mesele is a Trinity sophomore and academic affairs chairperson for the Black Student Alliance.

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Alex Warr recess The short answer is no. But that doesn’t mean the plays are poised to come off without a hitch.

With only two weeks of work under their belts, the members of Duke Players are trying to piece together two short plays to present at this semester’s Players Labs.

The Duke Players are a student run organization with funding from the Theater Studies department. Carolyn McDaniel, a sophomore and director of The Information Desk, described the Labs as “an opportunity to work on more offstream pieces that the department can’t risk doing.”

Traditionally a collection of shorter one acts, this year there are only two longer plays. Although the directors and actors kept each other laughing late into Tuesday night’s dress rehearsal, many aspects remained unfinished despite the impending opening this Thursday.

McDaniel held back giggles as she covered the lack of a working soundboard with impromptu humming. And after cast members of Tough Choices for the Next Century finished a run-through resulting in a broken table and malfunctioning PowerPoint presentation, Aaron Marco, Trinity ’O4, admitted, “It’s been kind of crazy.”

Marco stars opposite senior Alessandra Colaianni and freshman Danya Taymor in Tough Choices. Director Matthew Patrick, a sophomore, has had to make some tough choices himself, albeit with by

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Senior Karen Burns puts a straightjacket on sophomore Rob Carlson during The Information Desk.

Cat Power, a.k.a. Chan Marshall, known for her chaotic and candid performance style, has suffered from stage fright and has ended shows abruptly. by

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recess Chan Marshall may be a reformed enigma, but she remains an enigma nonetheless.

Innocently alluring and possessed of one of the smokiest, most hypnotic voices in modern music, she has been recording and performing under the Cat Power moniker since 1995. The end of the ’9os saw her gaining critical and underground respect for her intriguing and often disquieting albums. Chan—pronounced “Shawn” —also gained notoriety for her erratic live performances.

But with the January release of her seventh album, The Greatest (Matador), things have changed. Her media presence has grown, and in recent interviews with high profile publications she has candidly discussed her depression, performance anxiety and substance abuse.

Now, a newly sober Marshall is breaking new ground. The Greatest has been rereleased with new packaging and a new ad campaign, and her tour with the Memphis Rhythm Band comes through Cat’s Cradle on Sdnday.

The nature of Marshall’s fans and the words they so often use to describe her suggest such a change might not be welcome. Duke’s own Cat Power group on Facebook, “Cult of Chan,” describes her as a “shy, troubled troubadour.” Scanning the back archives of Matador Record’s

message board, words like “timid,” “fascinating” and “tortured” come up evey few posts. There is no question that the mystique of Cat Power is deeply important to her devotees.

On stage, she used to be a totemic figure, playing her simple guitar lines with little body movement and intoning her mysterious and sometimes harrowing lyrics in SPOTLIGHT sweet a

New York Times in September. “And that’s why the alcohol was always with me.”

In January, weeks before the release of The Greatest, she was admitted to Miami’s Mt. Sinai Medical Center, forcing her label to push back tour dates.

The album, although recorded before her breakdown and recovery, sounds hopeful. Stylistically, it’s a far cry from hazy, meandering Cat Power classics like “American Flag” or “Cross Bones Style.” Marshall has half-whisper said the record is a return to For many years, this (with or the soul music she loved as a and the Memphis Rhythm Band child: horns, strings and without a miniwith Dexter Romweber Duo clean guitars carry her voice malist backing Cut V Cradle to beautiful heights. band) was the 300 East Main Street, Carrboro In light of such a striking core of her act.

Sunday, Nov. 19 direction, backlash was new Atmosphere Doors 8:00 p.m., show 8:30 p.m. inevitable. Indie pundits in did the rest.

Tickets $2O The silence particular seem worried about the accessibility of her around the less oblique sound. Amy sound of her guitar and voice somehow amplified the Phillips, in her review of The Greatest on pitchforkmedia.com even groused that intensity of her words and music, and authe album “could be battling [Norah diences stood rapt.

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Until recently, her drinking had beFemale musicians walk a delicate line. come heavier and heavier, and she was in the habit of taking Xanax before shows The public expects them either to be glamorous pop stars or demure folkies. As to control her stage fright.

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Recess is set to take the rock world by storm... air storm Fresh off our devastating loss in the highly competitive Durham County Water Utilities manager race (with our Rove-like smear tactics and our Bush-like unbridled optimism, we didn’t see it coming), recess is stepping out of the political arena and into the arena rock... arena. Yes, friends, recess is becoming a metal guitarist. Now we don’t actually own a guitar—we smashed our Squier at the ’Dillo after a rousing rendition of “We are the Champions” on the eve of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. (What? It was on the setlist!) So far, our lack of instrument has proved to be a somewhat insurmountableobstacle for our musical ambitions. After all, the arm-flailing art form that is air guitar can only take you so far.

Or can it?

After praying vociferously to the rock ‘n’ roll gods, we have finally found a solution that will allow us to rock out for real—without all the bother of a clunky six-string. A team of Australian scientistsannounced Monday they’ve developed a T-shirt with built-in sensors that allows aspiring air guitarists like us to actually produce sound from all their pantomiming and pained facial expressions.

The “wearable instrument shirt” interprets the user’s movements into actual guitar licks, which are wirelessly projected into an mp quality track on a computer. Leave it to the Aussies to come up with away to bypass years of practicing and hard work and still come out with a beer that tastes like camel piss.

Oh wait, that’s Foster’s, not the air guitar shirt. Along those lines, we’re hoping that “wearable instrument shirt” is Australian for “recess’ textile ticket to stardom.”

With our incredible—and now audible—air guitar skillz, air record companies will be clamoring to sign us to air million dollar contracts, and air groupies with flock to offer us air sexual favors. We’ll be bigger than Air Bud. In Japan.

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1. What To Watch: OJ. Simpson is putting himself back in the spotlight with a special appearance on FOX

Nov. 27 and 29 to discuss his new book, If I Did It. In both his book and on the Fox Special he will describe how he could have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman—if he had killed them. for Countdown 2.

TomKat: With only three days left until the two-syllabled publicity-monster swaps “I Dos,” here’s a little taste The involve; of what the ceremony will Scientology-themed ceremony will be held at Gastello Odescalchi, a 15th-century castle located just outside Rome. The guest list includes John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Brooke Shields and Victoria Beckham. Holmes will be sporting an Armani gown and Clive Christian No.l perfume, which sells at $2,350 an ounce.

3. Celebrity Quote of the Week: Sacha Baron Cohen at the Melbourne premiere of Borat, on wanting Borat to win an Oscar for “best anti-Jewish film”: “There is of course very fierce competition from your Melvin Gibson.”

4. I’m Not a Doctor, But I Play One on TV: George Clooney, 45, was officially named the 2006 sexiest man alive by People Magazine. Coming in as a close second to the gray-haired hunk, Grey’s Anatomy s Patrick Dempsey.

5. Best Paparazzi Diss: When asked by a photographer about K-Fed and Britney’s divorce, Justin Timberlake had only one thing to say, “Yeah, there’s a war going on in Iraq.” Ouch.

For extended versions of some articles contained in this

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Favorite Music Genre: Alt-rock Favorite Artists: The Fray, Ben Folds, Augustana, K.T. Tunstall Favorite Movies: The Wizard of Oz, Memento, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Favorite Books: The Red Tent, The Queen’s Fool, The Great Gatsby

John Zom’s Acoustic Masada performs

at Page Auditorium Friday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, $26 general admission. See www.tickets.edu for more information.

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Posen encourages students to drop in for the show, although they might be not recognize the tide.

“I think most students pass by our posters because it isn’t Wicked or Avenue Qf' Posen said. “But Wonderful Town can be as enjoyable as any modern-day blockbuster—you just can’t go in expecting pyrotechnics! It’s the professional national tour—elaborate sets, full costumes and performing talent to blow you away.”

With extremely low ticket prices, Wonderful Town is a great option for students looking for a short break from end-of-the-semester studying.

—Christine Schellack and Alex Frydman

Wonderful Town may be the musical the real experiences of sisters Ruth and you’ve been waiting for—that is, if you like Eileen McKenney, who traveled to New York with the hopes of becoming a writer decadent costumes and red lipstick.

The musical, playing in Page Auditoriand actress, respectively, in 1933.

Ruth um Nov. 29, is part of the 39th annual began chronicling their at life and shared escapades in a Duke series. fast-paced Broadway “Wonderful Towns strength is in its series of short stories—all of which were music,” said senior Josh Posen, chair of promptly rejected by The New Yorker magaBroadway at Duke. “Today’s Broadway zine. Eventually, Ruth managed to have shows rely on technology and spectacle to her works published in a book titled My grab the audience. Half a century ago it SisterEileen.

In 1953, during the midst of the Cold was the music.”

The glitz-and-glam production is a War, happy-go-lucky Wonderful Town delively revival of the 1930 in New York buted and was an instant hit. The musical City—a musical comedy based around won six Tony awards that year, including the adventures of two sisters who hail Best Musical. Wonderful Towns 2003 revival from Columbus, Ohio. The girls set out on Broadway, which starred Brooke for New York City to “strike it big,” as one Shields as Ruth at one point, has also garnered a number of awards, including a could only expect.

The women’s adventures are based on Tony for Best Cinematography.

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other called “Radical Jewish Culture.”

Masada features trumpeter Douglas and drummer Baron along with bassist Greg Cohen. Although unplugged, the band is by no means unexciting or unaggressive, blazing through Zorn’s modal compositions with abandon and intensity.

“I wanted to have Zorn here because he’s one of the most original minds and composers in music today,” said Kathy Silbiger, director of Duke Performances, which booked the concert. She said she was blown away by Zorn’s appearance at Duke 10 years ago.

“I think some people will be perplexed [by Friday’s performance] —it’s certainly not mainstreamjazz,” Silbiger said. “But if they’re willing to give it a shot and go with it, I think they’ll have a mind-blowing experience.”

—David Graham

Oddball. Radical. Weirdo. Genius. They all describe saxophonist, composer and bandleader John Zorn, whose Acoustic Masada performs at Page Auditorium tomorrow night. Zorn, a recipient of a 2006 MacArthur “genius” grant, defies any categorization more specific than the catchall “improviser.” Since his first record in 1980, he has played (to name a very few) Japanmetal, bluesy ese S&M-influenced hard-bop jazz, noise rock, tributes to film music and avant-garde classical.

Zorn has remained a seminal but marginal figure. Many of his disciples, including Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas and Joey Baron have reached wider success in the jazz world. He’s also been cited as an influence on bands like Sonic Youth.

Acoustic Masada—and its amplified sibling, Electric Masada—are named after the first century Jewish fortress that was the site of a mass suicide, and celebrates Zorn’s Jewish roots through music. Zom’s own label, Tzadik, also releases a series of records featuring music by Jewish composers and an-

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Although it’s widely acknowledged among the dining cognoscenti that hamburgers are, if you’ll excuse the language, crap, the soon-to-be-releasedFast Food Nation takes this statement to a whole different level.

Fecal contamination and coronary disease notwithstanding, recess engaged in its own brand of gluttonous investigative journalism to discover exactly how bad these burgers could be. Thousands of calories, hundreds of grams of trans-fat, and one painfully full food writer later, recess has assigned ratings on a one-to-four scale—four being moderately appealing and one being gut-wrenchingly dreadful. most fast food

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� ���� Need a vacation from the gray-skied Durham fall? The soundtrack to Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation may be just the thing you’re looking for.

The nine instrumental tracks, courtesy of Friends of Dean Martinez and Nortec Collective, are an ode to the Southwest, conjuring images of wide expanses of sun-baked deserts and cloudless blue skies. Sparse, echoing instrumentation, bare drum beats and even the guest appearance of a didgeridoo all stress the feeling of being transported to a small Mexi-

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This Latin sound reappears throughout the album, in everything from the Spanish rap song “Respira” to the alt-country track “Tio” whose twanging guitars would be more apropos on the soundtrack for an old-fashioned Western than a film about fast food.

The tempo does speed up a little with indie rock from Spoon and Robbers on High Street.

But these songs are little more than interludes to the slow, unfurling of the instrumentals.

Fast Food Nation is the perfect album to accompany a daydream about long-past summers and exotic vacations. It may not be the album that wakes you up in the morning, but it can be the soundtrack to your reveries.

—Alex Frydman

This fictitious chronicle sets the conception of Tenacious D in a fantastic world chock-full of drugs and devils. We begin with an adolescent JB (Jack Black) who prays to classic rock god Dio for guidance after a beating from sanctimonious father (Meatloaf). On Dio’s advice, JB promptly runs away to Hollywood where he meets KG (Kyle Gass) wailing Mozart for tips on a street corner. With perfectly matched birthmarks on their respective butt cheeks spelling out “Tenacious D,” the pair set out to fulfill their destiny.

The film is replete with band folklore, from dive bar performances where the only fan is the pizza guy to a mushroom trip with Bigfoot. There’s even a guitar pick of destiny made out of one of the devil’s teeth. The pick also happens to make anyone using it the greatest guitar player on earth.

The quest to steal the pick from its resting place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame brings with it an abundance of great music and general Tenacious D nonsense.

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��� � � Making a movie is much like baking a scrumptious cake. As a chef/director you have to balance the ratio of sugar/actors to flour/story. The long-awaited star-studded 60s drama Bobby proves that Emilio Estevez is no Julia Child. The director of the less-than-genius Men at Work only manages to bake an overwritten half-cooked dessert that is all sugar and no flour.

Bobby is an ensemble drama, in the vein of Robert Altman films, anchored around the assassination ofSen. Robert Kennedy. The entire film takes place during the 24 hours before Kennedy’s death June 6, 1968, at Los Angeles’ prestigious Ambassador Hotel.

Ben Stiller and Tim Robbins, and we get a taste of Tenacious D’s new single, “Master Exploder” (which causes a listener’s head

literally explode).

Pick of Destiny culminates in true “Devil Went Down to Georgia”-style with a rock-off that is as technically impressive as to

it is flat-out awesome. This movie rocks so hard your brains just might explode in musical ecstasy and buy you 40 copies of the soundtrack. Now that’s telekinesis, Kyle.

—Jacqueline Detwiler See Tenacious D CD review on page 6

The plotless two hours of film—aiming to convey the sentiments of the late ’6Os—are connected by vignettes brimming with racial tension and lacking the clean-cut values of the ’sos. These somewhat related stories feature an overabundance of marquee-worthy celebrities from decade-defying mega-couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher to “Banana Boat” crooner Harry Belafonte.

Everyone from the well respected (William H. Macy) to the almost forgotten (Christian Slater) manages to make an appearance. Estevez even resurrects Helen Hunt from the dead actor’s graveyard to star across from his dad, Martin Sheen—Charlie was surprisingly nowhere to be found.

The college-age crowd will feel pangs of nostalgia with the on-screen reunion ofjoshua Jackson and a mustachioed Estevez, but those

looking for a flying V and a round of quacks will be sadly disappointed.

Seeing so many big names putting ego and screen-time aside for a unified project is heart-warming, but an impressive cast list can’t cover for the lack of plot, originality and substance.

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gustingly borders on the edge of

blind obsession. Estevez tries to elevate the ill-fated senator above the level of Martin Luther King, Jr. stopping just two notches short of Jesus himself.

Audiences and critics will want to love this movie given the explicit messages of optimism and the wealth of recognizable faces, but after the hundredth melodramatic speech over Aretha Franklin vocals, their emotions of hope will quickly turn to apathy.

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Fast Food Nation tries to shed light on a host of controversial issues, but ends up not saying much at all.

Sure, many restaurants in America peddle less-than-wholesome foodstuffs.

It’s true that large corporations can be corrupt, seemingly soulless entities that chase after a perpetually falling bottom line. And indeed, illegal immigrants are exploited, taking unpleasant jobs in their desperation to make ends meet.

But in his cinematic crusade to grapple with these socially charged issues, writer-director Richard Linklater weaves a piecemeal and largely unsatisfying plot.

In trying to fuse the authentic gravity of a documentary and the mass appeal of a fictional film, Fast Food Nation fails to achieve either.

Based on the non-fiction book by Eric Schlosser of the same name, Fast Food Nation follows the paths of three groups of individuals as they learn of the purported evils of the capitalist corporate machine.

Here, this machine is personified by Mickey’s, a growing fast-food chain. Mickey’s marketing executive Don Anderson

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(Greg Kinnear) is sent to Colorado by his corrupt CEO to discover why Mickey’s beef patties contain excessive amounts of fecal matter.

Although Anderson serves as a strong focal character for the first half of the movie, he disappears only to randomly return in the film’s closing moments. Avril Lavigne, who plays a radical environmentalist, makes a laughably bad cameo in contrast to Bruce Willis’ character who offers a shot of reality that the rest of the film lacks.

Whereas a film like Thank You for Smoking offers biting satirical commentary on American big business and politics, Fast Food Nation aims bluntly to shock and appall. Linklater’s final scene includes explicitly graphic portrayals of cows being slaughtered and eviscerated on the “kill floor.” What is supposed to be a scene heavy with despair, however, is rendered emotionally sterile. And although the film’s philosophical intent is apparent from beginning to end, its true message gets hopelessly lost along the way.

—Bryan Zupon

might spice up the competition Arby’s serves roast beef sandwiches, not burgers, and is something of a boutique brand compared to its much larger competitors. Too bad the Arby’s Melt downright disgusting. Slices of flavorless, grey, .ess-formed roast beef sit between a soggy bun. b make matters worse, the “cheddar cheese sauce” isn’t even worthy of convenience store nachos and is actually difficult to swallow.

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��� � � Christopher Guest’s name is synonymous with the mockumentary genre—he helped create it with This is Spinal Tap and made it popular with Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.

With For Your Consideration, Guest and longtime collaborator Eugene Levy made a conscious decision to abandon the improvisational approach his last three films showcased. Unfortunately, the strength of Guest’s work has always been the quality of his casts and their impressive ability to create catch-phrases and compdy gold out of midair. Attempting to forcfc a tightly plot-

ted narrative onto comedic forces like Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge just doesn’t work.

Consideration is the story of the making of Home for Purim, a tepid “home for the holidays” drama fully comfortable among B-movie dreck. When a movie gossip website starts predicting an Oscar nomination for lead actress Marilyn Hack (Catherine O’Hara), the cast and crew are sent into a tizzy.

The highlights of the film are Ricky Gervais’ turn as a studio executive aimed at sucking the “Jewish-ness” out of Purim, and Guest as the film’s clueless, pot-bellied director. But overall, Consideration is simply not a particularly funny movie—and if it’s intended to be a finely tuned satire, it falls well short of making a point.

—Brian McGinn

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��� Look out y’all, the two kings are back, but this time with a movie soundtrack that will kick your ass from here to right over there.

The Pick of Destiny showcases 15 tracks from the much anticipated movie of the same name, which chronicles JB (Jack Black) and KG’s (Kyle Gass) quest to find a magical guitar pick and become the greatest rock band of all time.

The wonder boys of rock have managed to squeeze out another set of hilarious and lyrically inappropriate rock tunes for anxious groupies. From “Kickapoo,” an intense rock ballad that sets the theatrical stage and features Meatloaf as JB’s father, to the fiery rock-off between Tenacious D and Satan in Track 13 (naturally), fans are in for a ride.

In between, listeners can look forward to such treats as “Master Exploder,” in which JB displays the greatness of his “fing powerful voice” (He’s sorry if he blows your mind.) and “Papagenu,” a hippie groove praising Sasquatch. So see the movie, and give it up for rock, ’cause JB and KG are classically trained to rock your f—ing socks off.

—Kathryn Ravin See Tenacious D film review, page 4

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Richie Unterberger noted in his All Music Guide essay “Women In Rock,” since the alternative explosion of the early ’9os, indie and underground rock has been the most rewarding area for unconventional female artists. But in the end, many careers have suffered at die hands of an audience that doesn’t want them to change.

And yet Marshall’s fans, including those at Duke, seem to be embracing her personal achievements, even if not everyone agrees on the album.

“I think it’s great,” said senior Anne Rosenbarger. “Some friends of mine saw her last year and she stopped the show early. I think [her new attitude] will help her a lot.”

It’s easy to understand the morbid curiosity involved in attending a performance by a notoriously unstable artist: it’s spectacle, it’s performance art. Many male artists, from Jim Morrison to Kurt Cobain, have suffered and profited from such audience expectations.

Tellingly, Marshall’s 2003 album You Are Free opened with “I Don’t Blame You,” a wistful piano ballad written to and for Cobain, and addressing his turbulent relationship with fame from a personal standpoint.

But Marshall seems to have an important asset on her side: supportive fans.

“I never noticed they really liked me before,” she told the Times. Here’s hoping she comes onstage smiling Sunday.

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.. .And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead almost called it quits lastyear. However, the Austin-based quartet transferred their boundless, murderous rage into inspiration for their latest effort, So Divided.

This album is a more refined, stripped-down version of 2002’s acclaimed Source Tags & Codes, maintaining the band’s hard edge while showing off a greater range of songwriting ability.

Despite its lyrical shortcomings, the album’s many textures lend a new versatility to the band’s sound. “Naked Sun” starts off with a bluesy guitar riff reminiscent of early ZZ Top, while “Eight Day Hell,” with full vocal crescendos and bouncing verses, resembles the Shins’jangle-pop aesthetic.

This mercurial sound has traditionally relegated Trail of Dead to the lower rungs of the sales charts, but their newfound maturity isn’t likely to go unnoticed.

—Blake Rose

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Damien Rice’s second album, 9, evokes many memories. Occasionally, it makes one cry. More often, however, it makes one love life. Here are some other things that you will think of during or after listening to 9 —other than life and tears: Nouns: Love, deception, anger, clothing, countryside, heart.

Adjectives: Spacious, curious, elven, watery, sage (color), sage (knowledge).

Gerunds: Waiting, lovemaking, spittingjumping (i.e. into water), circumnavigating (as in Magellan).

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Consumer Goods: Chili’s “Awesome Blossom” Onion.

Countries (excluding Rep. of Ireland): N. Ireland, Scodand, Wales, England.

Celebrities: Damien Rice Albums are rarely released that contain this type of pure Irish spirit—and that is a shame. U2’s oeuvre of bubbling boyishness becomes irrelevant when faced with songs like the heartbreaking “9 Crimes.”

In the end, 9 manages to transcend Ireland, and deliver a truly moving experience. Oftentimes, when art transcends all, the only way to describe it is abstractly.

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Named in tribute Dr. Dre, Doctor’s \vacate is the mger and harder to the >w-up ie’s debut phe.enon, The Docu‘ary.

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Although Doctor’s Advocate is filled with the same level of swaggering arrogance as the debut album, it is far from just being The Documentary, Part 11. Despite breaking down in tears on the track “Doctor’s Advocate,” an emotional and personal letter expressing his gratitude to his mentor, the Game brings passion and a more sophisticated flow, commanding full respect as highlighted in “Compton” and “Lookin’ at You.” —Nancy Wang

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“These guys are just awesome to work with.”

McDaniel described the play as a “dust-off” of a French absurdist comea much more immediate deadline. Colaianni, who plays the role of a gun-toting dy from the ’sos, originally written by crisis manager from Texas, said Patrick Jean Tardieu. Her play focuses on the envisioned her character meeting between a reas an uptight New York ceptionist, played by senior Karen Burns, and lawyer as late as Sunday.

“There is this psythe man in search of ana Despite fast-paced rehearsals, cho-bitch, sex-kit- swers to life’s questions, both actors and directors ten, robot thing played by sophomore Rob Carlson. are clearly enjoying themselves. “It’s been so going on.”

The receptionist switches between severmuch fun working toKaren Burns al personalities as she gether,” Taymor said of her crew mates moves from offering McDaniel, who transsimple guidance to exlated and adapted the script for Jean ercising an absurd control over the Tardieu’s The Information Desk from man’s fate.

French, admitted she was anxious in the “I’m more or less just toying with him,” Burns said with a sly grin. “There beginning.

“I was afraid when I was translating is this psycho-bitch, sex-kitten, robot that it wouldn’t come out as I had envithing going on. I’m whatever he needs sioned it, but it totally has,” she said. me to be.”

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Meanwhile, audience members could only giggle at the sheer ridiculous humor of the situation, with McDaniel herself joining in. “It’s good to see other people laughing,” she said. “I was afraid no one else would get my kind of humor.”

Patrick’s actors showed an equal enthusiasm for their piece, despite having to work through blocking and prop challenges. Smiling at each other, the three actors remained positive.

“The whole point is to experience experimental theatre and enjoy a show even though it might not be as polished,” Colaianni said. “It’s just more fun to put up.”

The Players Labs are scheduledfor Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. All performances will be held in Brody Theater behind the tennis courts on East Campus. Additionally, the Friday and Saturday night showings will be followed by performances by Duke University Nude Theatre.

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recess The devestation of Hurricane Katrina didn’t end when the destruction and anarchy ceased. Many who were forced to leave New Orleans are trying to rebuild not just houses, but a sense of home right here in the Triangle.

“Our Katrina Neighbors,” a multimedia documentary that will be presented by the Center for Documentary Studies tonight, aims to reveal the process of finding a feeling of community in an unfamiliar place.

The documentary grew out of a project that began soon after the hurricane devastated the gulf coast.

“A group [of CDS affiliates] went down to Jackson, Miss, to talk about the situation, and then to a march in New Orleans,” said Dawn Dreyer, learning outreach director at the CDS, “but the best result came from a 36-hour bus ride there and back when we met the Broom family and some other local families, and decid-

ed to work locally.”

That bus ride led to a continuing education course that was co-taught last spring by Dreyer and Pamela Broom, head of the Broom family.

Entitled “Our New Orleans,” the course encouraged students to find and collaborate with the new Katrina neighbors in the triangle area. Dreyer and Broom chose to use the term “Katrina Neighbors” in response to national use of the term refugees for those who fled Katrina, which Dreyer said is ridiculous.

“A refugee is someone who is seeking refuge from war or horror. To think that we could have refugees in our own country is absurd,” she said.

Students in the course endeavored to understand the lives of those who fled Katrina in more detail than mainstream media provided.

As a result, Our Katrina Neighbors is not the picture of the Superdome that was plastered all over the news in the

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“Being able to create a beautiful piece of art is what gives me inspiration that someday I might be a good surgeon,” Hodgkins said.

Hodgkins’ concentration is the area of ultra-realism, a modern art form that demands intricate design. He describes his work as mainly small-format by

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Although he was originally a Hodgkins is now pre-med, majoring and biology with a minor in visual arts. He describes his art as mostly recreational.

“I just get a huge kick out of it. I enjoy it and I love people’s reactions to it,” he said. “It’s a great way to clear my head.”

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days following the storm. Instead, the audio, video and photographic production is a real portrayal of what our new neighbors miss about life in an extraordinary city.

The thing to remember, said Dreyer, is that “people were just people before the hurricane. And they’re people now.”

The presentation will be held at the Hayti Heritage

Center in downtown Durham, both because of the space’s “artistic presence in the community,” and because of its “association with a flourishing black community,” Dreyer said.

She emphasized that even though the black population of New Orleans was hit hard by the storm, the exhibit focuses on the lives of new Triangle neighbors from many cultural and social backgrounds.

Our Katrina Neighbors can be seen at the Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St., from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. There will be a presentation at 7p. m.

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