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Dukies may suffer barbs from outsiders doubting the attractiveness of campus residents, but this year, Duke is home to one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive. Though his professional focus is neurobiology, associate professor Erich Jarvis is making scientific inroads in a whole new area of chemistry—putting himself under the microscope of the avid bachelorette with the announcement that he is 2006’s “Sexiest Brain Researcher.” Jarvis first came to People’s attention when he won the 2002 Allen T. Waterman award, which honors candidates with exceptional achievements in scientific research. Four years later, he got the “Sexiest Man” call. “They said it was by a secret selection process. They

wouldn’t even tell me how I’d been picked,” said Jarvis, who has been at Duke since 1998. “It wasn’t an award I was seeking, but I’ll take it. “I’d definitely take the [Popular Science Magazine] ‘Brilliant 10’ award over this one, though,” he added, giving a nod to his more academic recognitions. His colleagues and others in the scientific community were impressed—but also amused. Jarvis said an e-mail from the director of neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health lauded him for the exposure his award would bring to science. “Not that I know of at least, science doesn’t usually SEE SEXIEST ON PAGE 6

Duke researcher Erich Jarvis made People Magazine's sexiest men list.

Duke never trailed against Indiana at Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday night, but the No. 11 Blue Devils’ perfect record in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge was put in jeopardy in the final minute of a game plagued by offensive inconsistency. With 34 seconds remaining, Duke (6-1) was holding onto a two-point advantage over the Hoosiers (3-2) when forward David McClure stole the inbounds and pass, Josh Mcßoberts immediately called a timeout. On the ensuing inbound play, freshman guard Gerald Henderson received the pass and had the chance to extend the Blue Devils’ lead to four following a foul. Henderson missed the first free throw in the double bonus but nailed the second to push Duke’s lead to 54-51. After Indiana missed two three-point attempts in the closing seconds, Duke walked off the floor breathing a littler easier—avoiding its second loss in three games. “It’s still early in the season,” McClure said. “I think that is the biggest part. The more that we are in games like this, the more comfortable we are going to be. Hopefully, we can keep sneaking out with wins like this, but we’re going to have to get better offensively.” Similar to the Blue Devils’

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Dave McClure had a steal and a block in thefinal minute to help seal Duke's victory. loss to Marquette a week ago, the offense struggled to find its rhythm. Duke went through scoreless stretches of four minutes or more in both halves and

only managed four field goals in the second period, The defense, however, helped SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 10

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Former N.C. Sen. John Edwards ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and is expected to do so in 2008.

The Republican Party thought it had seen the last of John Edwards in 2004. But the Democrat with a Southern twang and North Carolina roots may be making a second appearance on the 2008 presidential ballot. With the momentum of midterm elections powering them, Democrats have already made strides toward Pennsylvania Avenue —and Edwards may be the candidate to lead them there. “If he decides to run, I think he has an excellent chance of winning,” said Ed Turlington, the 2004 national general chairman for the Edwards’ campaign. “There is a lot ofresidual goodwill among voters for EdSEE EDWARDS ON PAGE 7

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From barbecues to ski trips, West Campus quadrangle councils are busy bringing events to their respective residents. Since West switched from its previous news house model to the current quad model in analysis 2001, quad councils have now become one of the biggest sources of programming for students living on West. To better foster quad unity and tackle the issue of low attendance at quad events, Campus Council is hoping to initiate a new program next semester,

through which each quad council will host a barbecue on its respective quad at the same time once a month. According to the Campus Council constitution, the primary purpose of the quad council is to promote a greater feeling of community within the quad. “In the first six weeks of the fall semester the quad council is asked to bring a sense of cohesion \ to the community and a gL | /* sense of belonging for the residents,” said Deb m ”

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In a decision that could roil Democratic unity in the new House, Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi passed over Rep. Alcee Hastings. DFla., Tuesday for the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee. Hastings was previously impeached from a federal judgeship.

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Pope Benedict XVI made hisfirst trip as pontiff to a Muslim country Tuesday when he visited Turkey. meets in Istanbul with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians. The pope is expected to call for greater rights and protections for Christian minorities in the Muslim world, including the small Greek Orthodox community in Turkey. The 79-year-old made reconciliation a priority of his first day, taking on a taxing

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ANKARA, Turkey Pope Benedict XVI leaders of all religions Tuesday to urged “utterly refuse” to support any form of violence in the name of faith, while Turkey’s top Muslim cleric complained to the pontiffof growing “Islamophobia” in the world. As he began his first visit to a Muslim country—a trip that drew extraordinary security but few onlookers—Benedict sought a careful balance as he extended friendship and brotherhood to Muslims, hoping to end the outcry from many Muslims over his remarks linking Islam to violence. He expressed support for Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union, moving away from opposition he voiced when he was a cardinal. But the German pope also hammered away at key points of his 18-month papacy, telling diplomats that leaders of all religions must “utterly refuse to sanction recourse to violence as a legitimate expression offaith.” He avoided mention of any specific religion, even as he decried terrorism and the “disturbing conflicts across the Middle East.” Benedict also said guarantees of religious freedom are essential for a Just society, and the Vatican said he raised specific issues such as property rights of Turkey’s tiny 32,000-member Catholic community during talks with Turkish officials. His comments could be reinforced later during the four-day visit when the pope

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As the semester winds down, freshmen are scrambling to balance curriculum requirements with academic interests as they plan their spring schedules. Every first-year student is required to enroll in Writing 20—a topic-specific, 12-person seminar designed to teach freshmen the basics of research, writing and analysis. Although 73 sections of the course are being offered in the spring in a wide range of fields, the restricted enrollment capacity has left several freshmen with the final registration window in classes that did not initially pique their interests, they said. “If the University is going to make every freshman take Writing 20, there should be more classes open than there are freshmen, so that there are more options,” said freshman Margaret Morrison. Each year, the number of freshmen is divided by 12 so that the number ofWriting 20 sections offered corresponds to the number of freshmen, and each is guaranteed a spot, said Joseph Harris, director of the University Writing Program. He added that a consistent pattern of half the freshmen class enrolling in the fall and the other half enrolling in the spring has allowed the system to work. “I’ve only heard from one student having trouble finding room in the section he wanted,” Harris said. Some freshmen, however, said their registration experiences differed. “I had the last window, so basically every Writing 20 I was interested in was

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The East Campus bridge is set to undergo a renovation once an environmental impact report iscomplete.

New bridge may replace East Campus landmark subject to inspection by the NCDOT every two years. Inspections prior to The East Campus bridge—long taken 2000 showed that the bridge was in for granted by students advertising need of rehabilitation or replacement. events on its graffiti wall—may not be Subsequent studies found that the around much longer. bridge was “functionally obsolete” and With up to five years of normal must be replaced, said Mark Keep, a transbridge operation left, architects and portation engineer with Ko & Associates, members of the North Carolina the firm working on the bridge renovation project, P***Department of Transportation “The structure is deficient in are currently in the process terms of today’s standards,” he of surveying the area and colsaid. lecting information for an environmental and human impact lljjBSbl Reep added that his firm has been concentrating on developing report, projected for completion in June 2007. jfHpf plans to restore removed parts of the wall, keeping them as close to In the meantime, plans for renovating the bridge, which runs over their original form as possible. Construction is slated to begin in 2009, Campus Drive and on Main Street, have been taking form but will only be finallasting approximately a year with projectized when the report comes out. ed costs of$1,355 million, Keep said. Current design plans are tentative and await Renovation plans will involve removing part of the stone wall around East the final environmental impact report. “The latest concept would entail reCampus and rebuilding it after construction is completed. SEE E.C. BRIDGE ON PAGE 7 Built in 1950, the bridge has been BY

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IT'S EVERYWHERE Stem cells are found in tissues including bone marrow, brain, blood, fat and the skin.

IiWMUTIBI Duke takes strides in stem cell research FDA fines Red Cross over blood WASHINGTON The American Red Cross is facing a heavy fine over

blood-safety violations, bringing penalties against the organization to more than $l5 million. The Food and Drug Administration disclosed that it had fined the organization $5.7 million recently for continuing to violate blood-safety rules.The inspectors found problems with quality assurance, inventory management, donor screening and blood component manufacturing as well as other issues, according to the FDA.

N.C.tech school to aid economy The UniGREENSBORO, N.C versity of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T University have proposed building a school that would have departments in nanoscience and nanoengineering. The plan calls for $5B million from the state legislature. Supporters said the school could help move the region from a manufacturing-based economy to a knowledge-based economy and help alleviate recent economic stress caused by job losses in traditional industries. Miner drug use, major problem? West VirCHARLESTON, W.Va. ginia's new mine safety, chief is preparing to test his agency's staff for illegal drug use. Ron Wooten said he considers testing a first step toward combatting what he believes is a widespread drug problem in the coal fields of the nation's second largest coal producer. Since mid-July, Kentucky has required coal companies to report positive drug tests and miners who refuse to take tests.Thus far, 125 miners have been suspended, though 10 suspensions have been reversed, said Chuck Wolfe, a spokesman for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing.

many at Duke that applies variations to the traditional approach Since stem cell treatments first to stem cells, which once rebecame a possibility in medicine quired perfect matches with varyduring the 19605,Duke University ing results. Dr. Rebecca Buckley, professor Medical Center researchers and physicians have played a major of allergy and immunology in Duke’s department of pediatrics, role in advancing their increasstudies treatcomingly ments for seplex uses. vere comreIn “With Duke’s reputation for bin e d cent years, immunodefiDUMC has the treatment of rare and ciency disworked to create a complex diseases, things are ease, or “bubnumber of ble boy rapidly changing.” disease,” unique is methods to Keith Sullivan which caused by abapply stem director, Cancer Outcomes Center normal cells to the changes in treatment the developof cancer and rare diseases. ment of the T cells of the im“Stem cells were once used as mune system. Buckley has utilized methods a last-ditch effort,” said Dr. Keith that rid bone marrow of T cells, Sullivan, director of Duke’s Cenwhich are regenerated upon imter for Cancer Outcomes and Research. “But, with Duke’s reputaplantation. “Unlike bone marrow [stem] tion for the treatment of rare and complex diseases, things are rap- cells requiring perfect matches, our approach doesn’t require a idly changing.” Sullivan is lead investigator of perfect match,” said Buckley, who the trial study Scleroderma; Cyhas utilized stem cell transplants since the 1980s. “The 34 patients clophosphamide or Transplantawe’ve lost over the years were due tion, which treats patients suffering from severe forms of the to viral infection.” rare skin disease commonly Buckley said methods of “maknown as systemic sclerosis. nipulating stem cells to avoid The trial compares stem cell the hindrance of the perfect treatment to high-dose drug match” are prevalent among Duke researchers. using cyclophostreatment “We have one of the largest phamide, a chemotherapy agent used to treat chronic immunostem cell reserves in the nation,” suppression. Buckley said. While scientists lobby for inSullivan’s SCOT trial approach, however, is merely one of creased reserves of available by

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Dr. Keith Sullivan is the director of Duke's Center of Cancer Outcomes and Research. stem cells—through increased blood donation ,in various forms—approaches to stem cell treatment for cancers and rare diseases are becoming increas-

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Joanne Kurtzberg, director of the Pediatric Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program and the* Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke, said the use of cord blood stem cells presents growing opportunities for children and some adults suffering from various cancer types and children with rare immune diseases. Cord blood cells present alternatives to what were once “dead

ends” in treatment options for some conditions, she said. “For patients lacking sufficient bone marrow matches, this is their only choice,” Kurtzberg said. Stem cells from cord blood are currently used to treat patients with cancers, certain genetic blood disorders and metabolic diseases. Kurtzberg said that while it is likely that many types of stem cells will be used therapeutically over the next few decades, it is important to conduct research to determine the optimal ways to utilize them as therapeutic agents. “While there are limited options for any one condition, approaches are changing,” she said.

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“This certificate will be a great opporSexuality is a hot topic for many stutunity for women to inform themselves dents outside the classroom. But since August, Ara Wilson, director about their own sexuality,” she said. Wilson noted, however, that the of the Study of Sexualities and visiting associate professor in women’s studies, has courses cross-listed as sexuality studies atbeen working to make sexuality studies a tract a diverse group of students, ranging from economics majors to markets and topic discussed in the classroom as well. Wilson, a new hire for the University, management certificate students to premedical students. said she hopes to use her position to en“Sexuality studies can undeniably be hance the quality and depth of the Sexuality Studies certificate program, which controversial, and there are many people has been in place at the University since who feel that sell! is not an appropriate topic for academic work,” Wilson said. Spring 1996. She added, however, that few students “Sexuality studies link gender issues with have graduated with the certificate since race and politics and examine the social construction of sexuality.” the program’s inception. Lim and senior Amy Levenberg, a “The first priority is making the program fully functional, with a capstone women’s studies major taking the introcourse offered to seniors,” Wilson said. ductory sexualities class, both said the classes helped them to understand the “Next is to publicize the program to students. Another dimension will be to get overlap between gender and politics. “The most interesting thing I have various faculty to support it.” The revamping of the program aims learned is about the military and government sponsored (or else purposely to offer a more interdisciplinary apshe said. overlooked) prostitution of local proach to sexuality studies, women,” Levenberg said in an online economics and this cermajor an “I’m tificate and this course [lntroduction to correspondence. The sexuality studies and women’s the Study of Sexualities] provides me studies programs aim to further the discuswith a different perspective on things how things we assume to be neutral and sion of gender and race on campus by coobjective might actually not be neutral sponsoring an international conference on ethnopomography next semester. and they are all constructed within socieComing to Duke on the heels of the ty,” said Sejin Lim, a sophomore who lacrosse scandal, Wilson said she believes plans to receive the certificate. Senior Shadee Malaklou, a women’s sexuality studies can examine how race, sex and campus culture intersect. studies major, said she believes that sexu—

Author Suketu Mehta said Tuesday he wrote his Pulitzer Prize finalist book as a gift to the city of Bombay.

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“Can you go home again?” This was the question Suketu Mehta, author of the international bestseller and 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist book “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found,” sought to answer in a lecture Tuesday. The talk, entitled “A Conversation About Being Human in Megacities,” was jointly sponsored by the African and Asian Languages and Literature Department, the North Carolina Center for South Asian Studies and Duke Diya. Mehta spoke about his experiences returning to his native Bombay after a 21-year absence.

“Bombay is the future of urban civilization on the planet,” Mehta read aloud from his book in the opening minutes of the presentation. “God help us.” The author’s discussion focused on the human aspect of the violence that pitted ordinary Hindus and Muslims against one another during riots from 1992 to 1993. “I saw a lot of sadness in the city that I loved,” he said. Mehta, who spent seven years writing and researching the book, also talked about the extensive interviews he conducted with such infamous characters as Hindu and Muslim gangsters, mob bosses SEE MEHTA ON PAGE 6

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Erich Jarvis, who People Magazine called "sexiestbrain researcher," said his voice was his sexiest quality.

SEXIEST from page 1 progress on looks,” Jarvis said, explaining his surprise at the e-mail. One of his colleagues, however, offered more tongue-in-cheek praise. “I didn’t know they did that. I have no comment,” neuroscience professor Jef Lamoureux said with a laugh. “But seriously, on RateMyProfessor.com, I’ve never even gotten one ‘hot!’ Out of like 50 reviews!... But Erich’s a good-looking guy.” Jarvis modestly suggested that there are a lot sexier scientists out there—or rather, in there—hidden away doing research. “I Uiink there’s a lot of better-looking guys than I am. And they’re in labs,” he said. And true to his title as a “Sexy Scientist,” Jarvis segued into scientific notions of beauty as a focus on what is pleasing. “Symmetry is sexy. It’s scientifically proven that a symmetric face is attrac-

WRITING 20 from page 3 filled up,” said freshman Alyssa Kuhn. “The fact that it’s a Writing 20 and it’s not a topic you’re interested is not very appealing.” Morrison—who was among the freshmen who registered during the final window—said she selected 10 sections of the course for her ACES bookbag, but by the time her window opened, all of the classes were full. When she logged onto ACES, only five sections in total had seats available, so she enrolled in East Indian American Identities, which was not among her initial preferences. “I don’t really have a problem with the class, but I was kind of bummed out because there were at least a dozen Writing 20s where I was at least interested in the topic or had heard good things about the professor or the class,” she said. She added that she would prefer to be exposed to a more general topic as she plans her future academic pursuits. “Something that specific would be better suited for someone who has a distinct interest in the subject,” she said. “I don’t know exactly what my major is going to be, so I’m looking to take more broad intro courses.” Students described a variety a tactics

live,” said Jarvis, who was once an aspiring professional dancer. Still, he hesitated to analyze his own qualifications for the award in the mirror. “I’d have to say my sexiest quality is my voice,” he said in a phone interview. “It’s what I’ve been told.” Readers should be warned, however, that Jarvis is not eligible for People’s Hottest Bachelors list. He said his family played down the significance ofthe award. “My mother said, ‘this is not science.’” Jarvis said. “And my wife said she didn’t want to comment. I guess she wasn’t thrilled that other women might contact me or something, I don’t know.” Lest the award go to his head, however, Jarvis has other preoccupations to keep his feet, albeit lightly, on the

ground. In his spare time, Jarvis has said he enjoys performing magic, songbird vocalization research and salsa dancing.

for making it into one of the 12 coveted in their preferred classes. Kuhn said she plans to e-mail professors of the sections that interest her to see if they would be willing to make exceptions to the 12-persoh enrollment seats

capacity. Freshman Christie Mitchell, who was in the final registration window for the fall semester, said she wanted to take the course during her first months at Duke to prepare her for term papers in future classes. When she logged onto ACES on the final day of registration, however, only one section had space, and it required a permission number, she said. “I just kept on checking back once or mice a day to see if people switched out of classes,” Mitchell said. “As soon as I saw that there was vacancy, I signed up. I think I just got lucky though.” Morrison said, however, this strategy is unlikely to work for her this semester because with available space in only three sections, there is little wiggle room for students hoping to re-arrange their schedules. “It’s going to be hard for people to switch into classes because nothing’s really open,” she said, adding that she will wait and see if students change sections after classes have begun. “I don’t really have my hopes up.”

that shaped the history of Bombay, but also to look at the universal themes that could

be garnered from such a megacity. “I was concerned with how an individand hit men “I followed [them] to understand what ual finds his place in a megalopolis.” makes a human being into a murderer.... Mehta said. “The battle of Bombay is a batWhat does it feel like to take a human tle of the individual against the masses.” Mehta Mehta’s meslife?” sage of humanity asked. “I found amidst tumulthat they were “They were consumed, wracked tuous external consumed, forces resonated wracked by by guilt.... Nobody can live with many of guilt.... Nobody lightly with the fact of having those in attencan live lightly dance. with the fact of murdered.” “He touches having murSuketu Mehta the essence of dered.” The discusbeing human in author, Maximum City large cities and sion, however, it’s a difficult was not without its lighter mothing for people ments. to find out on theirown,” said senior DhawMehta recounted his run-in with a al Sharma, political chair ofDuke Diya. Mehta’s book is powerful because his street vendor who attempted to sell him a research stemmed from his own interpirated copy of his own book for 600 rupees. Upon being informed that he was ests, rather than academic or journalist speaking to the author himself, the vendor pursuits, said Satti Khanna, associate lowered the price to 400, Mehta said. professor of the practice in the AALL department and the head of the Hindi proLater in the presentation, Mehta responded to questions about why he chose gram at Duke. to portray the city of his birth in such a “He’s not reducing their lives to the harsh light. logic of some economic or political “I wrote this book for Bombay. It was my forces,” he said. “The fact that he’s writing gift of seven years to the city,” Mehta said. abput people living in large cities—making room for their innemess, their individ“I had to be honest.” Ultimately, the author said he wanted uality, the complex of forces within them—makes him special.” to not only explore the individual events

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rtp.org, the park’s official website. RTF’s relationship with Duke, as well as the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel IT Till and North Carolina State University, has been the key to the research center’s rapid growth, said Rick Weddle, president and CEO of the Research Triangle Foundation, the non-profit organization that runs RTF. Businesses value the park’s proximity to some of the nation’s top public and private universities. “A great deal of the impressive corporate investment that our chamber has helped attract to Durham sub-markets, such as Research Triangle Park... has come here expressly because of Duke’s presence,” Thomas White, president of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement in 2004. Duke’s relationship with RTF, however, goes beyond indirect economic influence. Many Duke professors hold joint appointments with RTF organizations and the University, said Lisa Bistreich, communications specialist for RTI International, a non-profit, humanitarian corporation. She added that Duke professors, in collaboration with RTI International, have worked on a variety of projects, researching everything from international health to alternative fuels. “It’s enjoyable for me to spend some time teaching and in the classroom, as well as to stay current in public finance—one of my graduate fields,” Derek Brown, a visiting instructor of economics at Duke, wrote in an e-mail. Brown divides his time between teaching public finance to undergraduates and researching health economics for RTI International. But Duke faculty are not the only ones who benefit from the proximity of the park. Duke graduates often find work in the park, and the Duke University Medical Center collaborates on research projects with RTF corporations, including pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. “Clearly the park represents major employment opportunities for Duke students, and the hospital has benefitted from being involved in clinical trials for the pharma-

ceutical companies in the park,” Albert Link, an economist at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, wrote in an email. Link is the author of two books on the history ofResearch Triangle Park. Employment opportunities at RTP, however, are often greater for Duke graduate students than undergraduates, given RTF’s focus on advanced research, said Sheila Curran, executive director of the Duke University Career Center. RTP also provides entrepreneurial Duke graduates with access to technical expertise and venture capital. “There’s a strong relationship between university spin-offs and start-ups and Research Triangle Park,” Weddle said. University collaboration with RTP extends to the highest levels of Duke’s administration. Both President Richard Brodhead and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask sit on Research Triangle Foundation’s Board of Directors. Their positions, Weddle said, are more than ceremonial. “Both President Brodhead and Tallman Trask are heavily involved at the policy level,” Weddle said, adding that Brodhead chairs an RTP task force dedicated to attracting start-up, high-tech businesses to the park. Brodhead and Trask’s involvement with RTF is indicative of the symbiotic relationship between the two institutions, Weddle added. “They are heavily involved because our fates are intertwined,” he said.

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EDWARDS from page 1 wards left over from the 2004 campaign.” Edwards was John Kerry’s running mate in 2004, after serving only one term in the Senate. During his time away from Capitol Hill, Edwards has been travelling the world, promoting poverty awareness as well as his forthcoming book, “Home: The Blueprint of Our Lives.” “History is full of people who have run multiple times before they won,” Turlington said. “He talks about [how] more so than ever America is hated or shunned. He thinks that with the right kind of leadership, that image can be

changed.”

Though it is early in the race, Hillary Clinton, D-NY, has emerged as the forerunner for the Democratic nomina-

tion, followed closely by Barack Obama, D-11, and Edwards. “Edwards was not an effective campaigner in 2004 and added nothing, even in North Carolina,” Jerry Hough, James B. Duke professor of political science, wrote in an email. “One would doubt he has much of a chance, either as a presidential or vice-presidential candidate.”

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Some, however, question the ability of Clinton and Obama to win a national election. “There are ideological and other factors,” said Galen Irwin, a visiting professor of political science. “Do [the Democrats] want to take a risk with a woman candidate or a black candidate, or play it safe with a traditional white male candidate?” Hough added that, though Clinton appears to be leading the race, voters may have other concerns about her ability to lead America. “There is a great hostility to Clinton on a lot of grounds, not the least of which is the prospect of the First Spouse,” he wrote. Although it is too early to endorse a candidate, Duke Democrats President Adam Mintz, a senior, said there is a good chance voters will see Edwards’ name on the ballot in 2008. “He seems to be doing everything he needs to do to keep in the public eye,” Mintz said, adding that Edwards even made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show a few weeks ago. “The biggest knock on Hillary is not necessarily the fact that she’s a woman, [but]... people see her as extremely liberal and non-traditional.” Irwin and Mintz said the race for the Democratic nom-

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ination may come down to Edwards’ ability to appeal to the average American. “He has to convince the party that if they want to win, they should not run a Northeastern liberal candidate,” Irwin said. “He has to distinguish himself as the candidate to support the working classes.” Sophomore Frank Holleman, executive vice president of external affairs for the Duke Democrats and a liaison for a political action committee created by John Edwards, said Edwards does have something unique to offer the American people. “He has away of connecting with people and fighting for the average American,” Holleman said. “He has a fresh voice that is, in a lot of circumstances, a lot more upfront and honest than a lot of politicians in Washington.” For Mintz, the next two years will be crucial in building the reputation of the Democratic Party. “If [the Democrats] can take the initiative reaching out to the Republicans, I think they’ll set themselves up well for 2008,” he said. “How Congress and [President George W.] Bush interact together over the next few years is going to play a big role.”

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moving half of the bridge to construct in phases so you could maintain traffic on one side while building the new part,” Reep said. “Once the new part is built, the old part could be worked on.” According to current plans, traffic on Campus Drive would continue during construction, using only one half of the road at any given time. Despite the possible disadvantage of increased congestion, Reep said the new bridge will have its benefits. “The new bridge would probably be a little longer than the old one, meaning there would be a little bit thicker structure,” he said. “It would be beneficial to traffic on Campus Drive, it’s sort of a long term benefit... for approximately the next 50 years.” The new bridge plan may also increase the clearance under the bridge, enabling taller emergency vehicles to pass through, Reep said. He acknowledged that the plans are taking a long time to be finalized, but attributed the delay to the difficulty in accommodating various interests. Reep said a renovation plan for the bridge will involve negotiating with the North Carolina Railroad Company, which wants to maintain property near the construction site to be able to add future tracks. Architects have also had to consider requests for widening the road to accommodate sidewalks and bike paths on Main Street. University architect John Pearce, however, said Duke has primarily been concerned with the preservation of the historic aspects and “character ofEast Campus.” But to student groups for which the East Campus bridge has long provided a place for free advertising, the prospect of not having the board during construction even if it is only in 2009 —may be problematic. Senior Michele Peppers, president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, said that lost access to the wall may make advertising events to freshmen more difficult for

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council representative. “Over half of the dorm was at one point at the breakfast.” Attendance at other events, however, is not as high. A laser-tag trip the Kilgo quad council was planning was cancelled due to a lack of interest from its residents, with only five to 10 people signing up, Bierman said. Similarly, sophomore June Choi, a Keohane Quadrangle council representative, said only five residents attended a movie night hosted by the quad council. “It was really poorly attended—people got bored and just left,” Choi said, adding that the lack of interest could partly be due to low publicity and the location of the commons room. Quad council representatives cited more advertisement, interesting programming, free giveaways and centralized location as possible ways to help increase the number of attendants at quad events.

QUAD EVENTS Lo Biondo, assistant dean for residence life on West Campus. She added, however, that because some of the six quads host more than 500 residents, this is hard to do. “The events are planned knowing that not all of the residents will attend,” Lo Biondo said, adding that over the years Campus Council has tried to remedy the problem through the addition of requirements and new programming. The Council hopes next semester’s simultaneous barbecue program will address some of the present issues. “Everyone’s doing something so it’s kind oflike a large-scale event,” said Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior. “Each quad can contribute to it for their members, use their combined powers to do a big event that’s still personal for their residents.” The program is scheduled to begin next semester, when the weather becomes nicer, Ganatra said.

Programming effectiveness in quad unity Many students said it is harder to form a sense of community on West compared to East Campus because of the different residential system. “The point of Campus Council and quad councils is to improve the residential experience,” Ganatra said. “There’s no better way to do so than to make people enjoy who they live with.” Some quad council representatives said they think quad events help improve unity. “[Quad events] are beneficial to student interaction,” said juniorRyan Todd, a Few Quadrangle council representative. “It’s difficult to meet new people on West because it’s not the same set-up [as East].” Sophomore Maggie Scarborough, a Kilgo Quadrangle resident, said she was able to meet fellow residents during a quad barbecue. “It’s a good way to meet new people, although I’m not close to them now, but I say ‘hi’ when I see them in the hallways,” she said. “It’s good to keep some sense of community in quads —these events are worthwhile.” Junior Daniel Phan, former Edens Quadrangle resident, however, disagrees.

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“They don’t help unify the quad,” he said. “As you get older you only hang out with your own friends—it’s sad but that’s how it works.” Ganatra said bigger events would help foster more of a sense of community because they would create reasons for interaction, which is less prominent on West than on East. “When you’re just standing in line, you can strike up a conversation and that guy might live three doors down from you,” he said. “There you go, you’ve got a new friend.” The presence of selective living groups may also create divides, quad council representatives said. “To some extent, selective living groups isolate stuff,” said sophomore David Asher, an Edens quad council representative. “[Quad events are] something neutral that everyone is welcome at, which is the best part of it—it does foster some interaction between people we wouldn’t normally see.” Sophomore Molly Bierman, a Kilgo quad representative, said that having representatives from selective living groups on the quad council helps to encourage the groups’ members to participate in quad events. ■

Attendance at quad events Many quad council representatives have reported consistent resident attendance at events this semester, especially at barbecues—a staple quad program. Sophomore Kevin Thompson, a Craven Quadrangle council representative, said all the food provided was gone by the end of the quad’s first barbecue. He said this indicated a good attendance, estimating that approximately 250 to 300 students showed up. Other quad council representatives also reported high attendance at their quad barbecues, although estimated numbers ranged from 60 to 200. Sophomore Ashley Banks, a Crowell Quadrangle council representative, said barbecues easily attract people because of their centralized locations. “A lot of people won’t necessarily travel somewhere to be with people they live with,” Banks said. “Barbecues are really good—people just come outside.” But quad events encompass more than just barbecues. For instance, the Wannamaker Quadrangle council hosted a number of breakfasts on Saturday mornings during tailgate this semester. “A lot of people came by,” said sophomore Zach Goodman, a Wannamaker quad

Requirements for quad programming Funding for quad events comes from students’ residential fees. Quad council representatives said funds are allocated based on the number ofresidents that will benefit from the event. “We do a qualitative assessment on whether it is worth spending the money given how many or how few people plan on showing up,” Bierman said. Lo Biondo said that in the 1999-2000 academic year, Campus Council imposed new requirements on quad councils to ensure they were better serving all members of the community. Quad council representatives said each council must host two community interaction, two cultural, three faculty interaction, two wellness and five social interaction events per semester. “We want to see groups doing different kinds of programs,” Ganatra said. “We want to make sure not all the money is being spent on free food and quad Tshirts, although those things are great.” Quad council representatives said they do not feel restricted by these requirements, although they push them to think outside of the box. “It gets hard to come up with creative ways to incorporate good ideas,” Bierman said. “When you get really creative, it gets weird and harder to attract students.”

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The year Late-game woes spell trouble of the mid-majors MEN'S BASKETBALL

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If the first few weeks of the college basketball season are any indication of what is to come, there is going to be a great deal ofexcitement all the way until early April. It’s not even December yet, and seven of the preseason top-10 teams have lost a game, including reigning national champion and preseason No.l Florida. Additionally, a team from a mid-major conference won a tournament filled with teams from the traditional

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For the second time in three contests, Duke struggled to score in the final minutes of a close game. Fortunately for the Blue Devils, the outcome of Tuesday’s game was better than last week’s against Marquette—barely. After scoring just four points in the final six minutes ofits loss to the Golden Eagles in the finals of the CBE Classic Nov. 21, Duke nearly had a repeat performaame ance. The Blue Devils analysis led 5346 with 5:04 left on the clock but squandered the lead, scoring just one more point the rest of the way and letting a gritty Indiana team have a chance to tie it on the final possession. The Blue Devils converted just one field goal over the final 10 minutes of the game and shot just 22 percent in the second half. Duke had only four—that’s right, only four—field goals after halftime. “We showed a little bit of our youth on the offensive side and that gave them a whole lot of confidence,” sophomore David McClure said. “It’s a big game environment, and it’s one of the first times we’re in that as a group, so it’s something we just have to learn from.” The problem is plain and simple. The Blue Devils have no offensive identity right now. On defense, they are way ahead of schedule for such a young team—playing what head coach Mike Krzyzewski called “beautiful basketball.” But on offense, Duke is lost in crunch time. Without the leadership ofJJ. Redick and Shelden Williams, the Blue Devils are without a cocky offensive scorer who demands the ball when the game is on the line.

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DeMarcus Nelson led Duke with 19 points, but 13 of them came in the first half as Duke struggled late.

Many thought Josh Mcßoberts would be that player, but through the season’s first six games, he’s been looking to pass more than he is trying to score. He took just eight shots Tuesday, marking the fifth time in seven games this season he has attempted eight shots or fewer. Down the stretch against

Marquette Mcßoberts did get the ball, but even then he couldn’t convert his chances. DeMarcus Nelson—the team’s elder statesman—is trying to fill that role. He scored 13 of the game’s first 15 points, and SEE ANALYSIS ON PAGE 12

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After last Saturday’s victory over Delaware State, Old Dominion head coach Wendy Larry is searching for her 500th career victory as a head coach in the NCAA. But with No. 5 Duke (5-0) standing in the way tonight at 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Lady Monarchs (2-2) will have their work cut out for them to provide their coach with the milestone. The Blue Devils plan to get in the way. “We just plan to make her wait one more VS. game,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors

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first 15 points and finished with a team-high 19—theBlue Devils built up a 15-point lead with 3:23 left in the first half. Indiana, however, took hold of the momentum heading into halftime when Hoosier guard Earl Calloway banked in a floater in the lane as time expired to cut the score to 33-21. As Duke’s offense stymied following the break, Indiana climbed back into the game. Calloway hit another pivotal jumper and tied the score at 40 with 12:12 remaining. “The last minute of the first half and that last play had a residual effect on the game,” Krzyzewski said. “That is what it does with a younger group sometimes. That last minute and [Errek] Suhr’s play gave Indiana life, and for some reason, we couldn’t seize it in the second half.” Nelson countered Calloway’s shot with another scoring burst as he finished a drive with a layup and nailed a three on consecutive offensive possessions to give Duke a five-point cushion. Although the Hoosiers threatened late, the Blue Devils stayed ahead and captured Duke’s eighth straight win in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. “The offense is coming along a little slower than we would like,” Nelson said. “We still need to establish the kind of shots that players like to take, and how we’re going to get those shots. That is something that we need to work through.” NOTES: The Blue Devils’ 54-point total ties the team’s lowest output at home since a win over Clemson Feb. 3, 1982. That loss occurred during Krzyzewski’s second season at Duke.... In their next game, the Blue Devils take on Georgetown at Cameron at 7 p.m. Saturday in a rematch of Duke’s first loss of the 2005-2006 season.... Duke has now won 45 straight non-conference home games.

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W. BBALL from page 9 the of the Blue Devils’ season, Goestenkors has emphasized the need for the team to share the basketball, and that will once again be a focus against the Lady Monarchs. “We are all involved in new roles,” Goestenkors said. “We’re all still coming to realize when is the best time for each person to take a shot.” In last Saturday’s game against Michigan, the increased teamwork translated into strong showings by both starters and the bench and a blowout victory. Sophomore guard Abby Waner reached double digits for the fifth-straight game, while senior guard Lindsey Harding scored a season-high 13 points. No Duke player saw more than 30 minutes of play, as everyone on the team got a chance to contribute to start

the victory. Duke will look to its depth and growing cohesion on offense as it tries to stave off the challenge from a gritty ODU squad that reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago. The Lady Monarchs have won their past two contests, largely in part because of the team’s strength on the offensive glass. Last year, the Blue Devils spoiled Old Dominion’s season opener by beating the Lady Monarchs, 93-56. “I expect [Old Dominion] to come out with a lot of fire just because of their loss last year,” sophomore Wanisha Smith said. “We are going to come out and play hard.” Lady Monarchs guard T.J. Jordan, a 5foot-8 junior who has averaged 15 points per game so far this season, and her willingness to crash the boards could prove to be a challenge for Smith and the

other members of the Blue Devils’ backcourt.

“We are going to make it hard for [Jordan] to be the leading scorer of this to game,” Smith said. “We are just going to box her out.” Although the team has yet to lose, it will focus tonight on limiting the second opportunities for players like Jordan and the rest of the Lady Monarchs. In practice this week, the Blue Devils "spent extra time doing a variety of additional rebounding drills in preparation for the Old Dominion offense. And throughout those rebounding exercises, Goestenkors continuously reminded her team of a favorite catch-phrase, stressing the importance of the drills. “Defense wins games, but rebounds wins championships,” said sophomore forward Carrem Gay, recalling the words of Goestenkors.

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Carrem Gayscored 11 points in 19 minutes of play in Duke's 92-47 victory inAnn Arbor last Saturday.

BYRNES from page 9 and Indiana, the Bulldogs vaulted themselves all the way up to No. 19 in the national polls. The Missouri Valley Conference put its name on the map last year, sending four teams to the Big Dance and two—Bradley and Wichita State—to the Sweet 16. And the conference is off and rolling already this season. Missouri State knocked off preseason No. 9 Wisconsin, and Wichita State—now the 17th-ranked team—shocked LSU, which opened the season at No. 5. With that said, it’s anyone’s championship to win this year, so sit back and enjoy the show. Five Fearless Predictions: 1. Despite losingJJ. Redick and Shelden Williams, Duke reaches the Final Four for the first time since 2004 2. Florida follows the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lead and is terrible the year after winning it all. 3. Maryland wins the ACC Tournament. 4. Wichita State wins the NCAA Tournament. 5. Dick Vitale is fired. OK, maybe that last one is just wishful thinking.

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ANALYSIS from page 9 then in the second half seemed to want the ball. But as the Hoosiers were staging their comeback attempt in the final eight minutes, Nelson was whisded for a palming and a traveling violation and also missed two crucial free throws—one of which was an air ball. Making matters worse Tuesday was the fact that sophomore point guard Greg Paulus fouled out of the game with more than three minutes to go, forcing Nelson and freshman Jon Scheyer to shift out of position. Unfortunately for Duke, there’s no easy solution to this problem. The Blue Devils simply need experience. ‘You fix thatwith continuity and playing, by being 18 and six months, instead offive months,” Krzyzewski said. “It’ll just come by playing this schedule and being in this situation.” Had it not been for the exceptional Blue Devil defense—particularly that of McClure, who had a block and a steal in the final 34 seconds—Duke would have fallen. “To play with this low ofan efficiency and still win is kind of incredible, really,” Krzyzewski said. “I just hope we can keep playing defense and the offense will come around.”

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time to bid farewell to Chronicle that he is looking forward to engaging in the one of Duke’s most adNewYork think tank’s ecologmirable leaders. William Schlesinger, dean ical research. “I have enough of the Nicholas wanderlust left in School of the editorial me that it couldEnvironment n’t be overlooked,” he said and Earth Sciences, announced this week that he Monday. As he leaves, it is worth takwill step down, effective June at look back ing a 1,2007. accomplishSchlesinger has been at Schlesinger’s ments during his tenure at Duke since 1980,when he arrived as a botany professor. Duke. With Schlesinger at the He took the Nich School helm, the Nich School has 2001. He deanship in accepted a five-year re-appointexperienced major research ment to the position in June and institutional expansion. 2005, but another offer Most recently, he oversaw piqued his interest this fall; growth at- the Duke UniverAfter leaving the University, sity Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., and the establishment Schlesinger will become president of the Institute of of a Nich School office in Washington, D.C. He also Ecosystem Studies in Milltold The oversaw the construction of brook, N.Y. He

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new building facilities and the creation of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. In addition to such macro growth, Schlesinger has helped boost the number of students in the Nich School; in 2005, 121 students entered—a 40 percent increase over the rate four years prior. The exiting dean also helped push annual giving to the school to an all-time high. In short, Schlesinger is impressive. Provost Peter Lange said he is “unhappy” to see Schlesinger go, and for good reason. What the Nich School dean has done for the reputation and overall excellence of his institution should not be underestimated. We applaud his

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just going to put it out there: I love the History Channel. As I write, it’s 3:30 a.m. and I’m still in front of the television watching a story on British engineering in the nineteenth century. I would be hard pressed to find a topic that sounded more boring, but I’m completely

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u ull hell Why the the world isyours would I want to watch the History Channel?” you might be asking. “I’m not a loser.” Well, I can tell you with 70 percent certainty that I am not a loser, and I watch it all the time. The best part about the channel is the variety. You can watch a biography on Abraham Lincoln right after learning about the history of marijuana. A program on alien abduction leads into a piece on the Knights of the Round Table. If you had a bad day, throw yourself onto the couch and watch the life story of Bob Marley to bring yourself back up. If you had a great day, watch the life story of Charles Manson to bring yourself back down. The only problem with the History Channel is when you come to the realization that it’s a far more effective learning tool than actually going to class. Not only is the subject matter more captivating and unique, it’s also better assembled and explained. There aren’t any grad students that fumble around with PowerPoint slides or 90year-old professors that fall asleep in the middle of a sentence. I spend most of the time in my Shakespeare class wondering whether I’d rather have the ability to fly or turn invisible, but I hang on every word of the history of kickboxing or the origins of devil worship. Everyone knows that using visual props is the best way to teach anything. I feel bad for the professors at Duke because I know they must be bored out of their minds sometimes too. If we could somehow merge class and motion pictures into one entity, it would make learning much more entertaining and fulfilling for both the students and the teachers. For starters, music needs to be incorporated into the lectures. On the History Channel, the re.

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the new dean will continue think creatively about the role the Nich School can play in national and international environmental issues, as well as in campus-focused issues. Moreover, we hope that the new leader will take the fundraising and recruitment reins Schlesinger so masterfully controlled and continue to draw people and funds into the Nich School. Thus, we say goodbye to Schlesinger, and wish him the best of luck. We also call on the University—expecting they will prioritize forward momentum —to find the right man or woman to assume the Nich School deanship and continue down the path Schlesinger forged. to

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incredible work as a researcher, leader, fundraiser and progressive thinker. But in his success-filled wake, Schlesinger leaves big shoes to fill. The administration has said they hope to fill the deanship by June —meaning there will not be an interim dean. This implies that the new leader could be an internal hire, or that the administration already has a likely external candidate in mind (even in talks). All the we ask and expect, as students and members of the Duke community, is that whomever the administration chooses to take over Schlesinger’s job does not stop the momentum the exiting dean set into modon. We hope that

ally dramatic parts are heightened by loud drums or blaring horns in the background. Professors

should make a soundtrack to their lectures beforehand so that the students can actually feel the information being delivered. The discussion of topsoil in Dynamic Earth wouldn’t have to be so bland if there was a slow yet steady buildup of strings and flutes until the climactic introduction of erosion prompts a fury of cymbal crashes and a kick-ass guitar solo. Furthermore, most professors need to work on their enunciation and flair. Granted, it’s not easy to make an economics lecture blow all the students back in their seats. But the narrators on the History Channel could make a tour of a screen door factory bring you to tears. How? A rich baritone voice accompanied by helicopter whirring or lasers firing in the background works wonders on a tired crowd. A simple microphone set up and a sound effects machine would surely prompt standing ovations on supply and demand discussions, or whatever econ people talk about. In all seriousness, the thing that professors at Duke should realize is that someone out there has finally figured out how to make learning fun. I realize that it’s a lot easier to make pieces on liquor smuggling during Prohibition and the history of vampires more attention-grabbing than cell division and tangent lines. Still though, there’s a reason why a lot of people watch the movie instead of reading the book, and only part of it is because of laziness. Information needs to be presented artistically and excitingly in order for anyone to care. When the method of expression is dry or unin-

Someone out there has finally figured out how to make learning fun. spired, it doesn’t matter what the material is because the audience will be lost from the start. If you’ve never seen a program on the History Channel, I’d strongly encourage being a loser for a day. Skip class if you have to. You’ll learn more than you’d think. Steve Brown is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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of it, outraged by it, or uncomfortably mired in the pros and cons of necessary evil, everybody takes a stance on affirmative action. The divisive stubbornness that typifies the affirmative action debate is disheartening, considering the unlikelihood that all who take a definitive position are well acquainted with the explosion of numbers and relevant statistics at the crux of what has become a complex cost-benefit battle bejane chong tween diversity and meritocracy, inequality and the short shot

equalization. The fight is more

heated than ever—this past month, the state of Michigan voted to ban government and public university affirmative action practices, and despite backlash, Yale freshman Jian Li filed a complaint against Princeton for alleged discrimination against Asians. It seems the only thing hotter than affirmative action woes is socioeconomic affirmative action hype. It’s no secret that the concept of socioeconomic affirmative action garners more public support and holds more universal appeal than preferential admissions across race lines. The reasoning seems simple enough: under the current system, a poor white student could be displaced by an affluent black student—a scenario oft-trumpeted as a plausible perversion of affirmative action as it presendy stands. It’s the kind of logical extreme that puts affirmative action critics in a rage and forces supporters to fumble awkwardly for more numbers. But the resounding call for replacing the current race-based system entirely with a socioeconomic equivalent must be accompanied by exactly that, the numbers—for such a systemic revolution would drastically alter the literal face of admissions at universities across the nation. Look at the numbers, not a few, but as many as possible. The complexities of the affirmative action war make it only too easy to twist a single set of data to a single vantage point. Divide fallacy from fact; we must understand the potential and inevitable repercussions before deciding for ourselves whether the current system should be replaced, supplemented,

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fine-tuned or wholly left alone to be antiquated by wealth, or net worth, than blacks in the same income bracket. For another, some studies claim income is only nothing but time and hope. Fiction:'There are disproportionately more economitangentially related to test scores, if at all. In their book cally disadvantaged blacks and Hispanics, thus race-blind The Test-Score Gap, Meredith Phillips and Christopher socioeconomic affirmative action would help these underJenkins address cultural bias in testing, the effect ofracial represented minorities the most. stereotypes on academic performance, teachers’ self-fulFact: According to a 2003 study published by The Cenfilling pessimism regarding minority students, and the list tury Foundation, 41 percent of Hispanics, 33 percent of continues. The resulting arguments ring warning bells blacks and 14 percent of whites live below the U.S. Departabout swapping rather than supplementing race-racial afment ofLabor’s defined “minimum but adequate” level. firmative action with socioeconomic: For if our culture is But in raw numbers, whites comprise the majority of stuone in which academic achievement is limited by racial dents living at the poverty line. In short, a disproportionand ethnic identity, is it fair to eliminate race entirely from admissions considerations? ate number of blacks and Hispanics are poor, but the maIn his Nov. 26 examination of the real implications of jority of the poor is still white. In addition, achievement discrepancies between ethnic the No Child Left Behind Act in the New York Times magazine, Paul Tough raises issues strikingly similar to those groups despite students’ similarly low-income backgrounds suggest whites and in particular Asiahs would be raised in the affirmative action debate. After the achievement gap stopped closing in 1988, “overrepresented” and blacks and Hispanics dramatically “underrepresented” at top universities. “many people wondered whether focusing on race was in Fiction: Disparity in median income accounts for the fact a useful approach. Why not just concentrate on corblack-white SAT score gap, thus socioeconomic affirmarecdng the academic disadvantages ofpoor people? Solve those, and the black-white gap will solve itself.” tive action would balance bias built into the test. Fact: A study conducted by the Journal of Black Affairs Unfortunately, the numbers suggest that this logic may reveals that in 1994, whites from families with incomes only succeed at the very earliest stages of a child’s intellecbelow $lO,OOO had a median score of 403 and 458 on the tual and educational development—and will result in a verbal and math sections, homogenous, student body at the level of college admisrespectively. Blacks from families in the same insions. Time and hope may Look at the numbers, not a few, but come bracket had a median not be enough for affirmascore of 319 and 358. The tive action to get old, and as many as possible. The complexities socioeconomic 80-100 point gap held constrictly of the affirmative action war make it measures may not be the ansistendy in the other income brackets swer. Yet a synthesis threatonly too easy to twist a single set of Granted, this particular ens to turn college admisdata to a single vantage point. sions into an overly study was conducted 11 technical, non-meritorious years ago. But the gap isn’t system fraught with race necessarily closing. Anothand income considerations. er study conducted by the The systems are stacked in flawed layers—and a perfect same journal in 2000 reveals the black-white gap in combined test scores has increased on the whole since 1988, solution is not to be found somewhere in the middle at the university level. The closest we will get is through levelfrom 189 points to 198 on a 1,600-point scale. headed, number-aided conversation, free of the kind of The Journal quotes R. Richard Banks of the Los Angeles Times, who summed it up best: “Being black and poor divisive resentment that has held us back for so long. is not the same thing as being white and poor.” For one thing, income should not be conflated with Jane Chong is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every wealth—whites consistently have drastically greater Wednesday.

My hopes and dreams

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week while I was back home for Thanksgiving I made an interesting discovery. Somewhere between the football watching, turkey eating and ritualistic baby-blood consumption (we’re Jewish), I found myself going through some of the boxes of poor finger paintings, chipped ceramic projects, aced spelling tests and other useless artifacts from my past that my mom has carefully saved over the years. Although most of the items in the boxes ■ ■ jake grodzmsky did little more than bring back painful bigger than Jesus memories from elementary special ed. classes, one item stood out. It was an essay I wrote in sixth grade entided “My Hopes and Dreams.” In it, I delve into my vision of the future, discuss some of my concerns with things like high school and kissing, and confide to the reader that, as a result of the recent passing of my NBA aspirations, I am currently “between dreams” (a copyright infringement suit against Jack Johnson is pending). I go on to say that even though my aspirations have recently changed, I’m really not that worried about my current lack of a dream. A few days later while on ACES checking my waitlist status on Gentile Burning 136 (Jewish), I noticed a link called “First Semester Self-Assessment.” Apparently back’in '99 when I was a freshman I had to assess myself and ironically the main objective of this exercise was to list your “Hopes and Dreams.” Strangely it didn’t seem .

like my answer had come too far. Here’s what I wrote: “Ijust want to be well-learnedand happy. I wouldlike to play pro sports. Ifthat doesn’t work out, I think I’ll get bitten by a radioactive insect, gain the powers of that insect, make myself a tight-fitting costume, and become a super hero. To my chagrin it didn’t seem like puberty had done much in the way of adding direction or maturity to my life path. And to make things worse, almost immediately after reading the assessment I realized that I only have one semester left in college, and not only do I not have any idea what I’m going to do with my life, I don’t even know what I want to do. After four years in high school and four to seven years in college, I have no more direction in my life than I did when I was 12. For people like me whose lives have less direction than this column, it’s easy to become dismayed, especially at a place like Duke where it seems like everybody has had a chosen career path from the time their head was soft. Instead of getting depressed over my directionless life, however, I prefer to look to the numerous examples of very successful people who were also directionless in their early years. For example, I’ll bet you didn’t know that when Ernest Hemingway graduated from college, he had never read a book cover to cover and actually wanted to pursue a career in tap dance. And.not many people are aware that when Prince was in his early 20’s he was actually training to be small engine mechanic. It wasn’t until he had his shins removed after a freak lawn mower accident that he began to consider a career in music. The examples go on and on. Many people may be surprised to hear that as a young woman, Condoleezza ”

Rice played bass in a punk band called “Death To the and she would have never gotten into politics if she hadn’t been forced to quit the band after the lead singer insisted that the name be changed to “Pauline and the Jug Jugs.” Even our very own Richard Brodhead experimented with several occupations before committing himself to academia. For three years after graduating from New Mexico State, Brodhead toured the country in a traveling ventriloquist show called “Danny the mystical Clown’s comedy hour.” After the show ran out of funding, Brodhead spent half a year in Greenwich Village pursuing a male modeling career before finally enrolling in graduate school. Although I made all those examples up, I’m sure that there are lots of real people who actually do have stories like these. My point is that if you find yourself “between dreams” (back offjohnson, I wrote it in ’97 and I have proof) it really isn’t the worst thing in the world. Even though you may not know exacdy where you will be living next year or how you will provide food for yourself, you can still take comfort in knowing that you will have the potential to do something truly great (especially if you can get your hands on a radioactive insect). Whatever you do, don’t be jealous ofall your peers who have jobs waiting for them. Just remember, there aren’t any 12-year-olds out there dreaming of an illustrious career in consulting or investment banking. As I, myself, put it when I was 12, “Dreams change a lot. I’m really not that much worried about it.”

Jake Grodzinsky is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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