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Duke Student Government

PresidentPaulSlatteryhasshared with The Chronicle a document he compiled revealing that the University grants fewer procedural rights explicitly in “The Duke Community Standard in Practice: A Guide for

Undergraduates” both

than Duke’s policy in the 1999-2000 academic year and the judicial codes of several peer Paul Slattery institutions. The document lists 71 elements of judicial procedure—such as the right to cross-examine witnesses and the necessity of probable cause. It shows that the 2007-2008 edition of the DCS Guide guarantees 15 of the 71 rights included in the policies listed. The 1999-2000 DCS Guide contained 25. Of the nine peer institutions included, Stanford University affords its undergraduates the most rights, with 36. Slattery, a senior, said he pored over the judicial guidebooks of Duke and the nine other universities in order to compile the information for the document. He said his aim is to facilitate discussion among students about the state of judicial affairs.

“This is a big deal,” Slattery said. “This is fundamentally what it means to be a member of the Duke community.” Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of judicial affairs, said the apparent changes in Duke’sjudicial policy from the 1999-2000 academic year to now reflect the administration’s effort to phase out the legalese of earlier policy guides and focus on educating students about their violations and not a curtailing of student rights. “There’s been a general movement to move away from the legalistic language because it is an impediment to the educational message,” he said. “We want to develop citizens that are going to represent Duke in the future.... In the real world, the costs are much greater.” Bryan added that the primary purpose of the Office of Judicial Affairs is to reinforce the “educational mission” of the University and help students understand why certain actions are in violation of the Duke Community Standard. Slattery, however, said emphasizing the educational purpose of a judicial system undercuts students’ growth by restricting liberties and ignoring the external consequences of a person’s actions. “The claim is that if you have procedural rights, the focus becomes ‘getting off and that stands in the way of the SEE SLATTERY ON PAGE 5

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Some freshmen say a late-night pizza and salad option on East Campus would be a big plus since the Marketplace closes at 9 p.m.

Dining delays changes on East Lysa Chen THE CHRONICLE

Freshmen looking forward to the late-night pizzeria and juice bar promised last March for East Campus will have to wait a bit longer. Duke Dining Services planned to renovate the pizza station in the Marketplace and add a juice bar to the Keith and Brenda Brodie Recreation Center for the start of the school year, but the projects have been postponed and may be ready for next semester, said Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst. “As we finished the year, the money overruns

were rather significant, and I just couldn’t get the funds to do it,” he said. “That doesn’t mean these projects won’t happen—just that they didn’t happen this summer, as I had hoped.” Wulforst added that the delays were in part caused by the introduction of national food service provider Bon Appetit, which took over the Marketplace last year, to West Campus—a switch he said was unplanned. Last year, Wulforst described his vision for the SEE

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Co-ed rooms remain far off

Policy is similar to UNC, stricter than some peers by

Anne Marie Gordon THE CHRONICLE

1999-2000 2007-2008 Standard of probable cause for initiating hearing

"Any case may beforwarded dbectiytoa disciplinary hearing if thereis sufficientinfo to believe that a poficy violation mayhave occuredand thatthe alleged md/ group may be responsible." Right to know witnesses against you before hearing Right to request the attendance ofany person who has submitted a written statement against you Protection from self-incrimination for the accused

Right to "choose the extent to which he/she shares information"

Students at Duke who wish to have a roommate of the opposite sex need to look beyond the Blue Devils’ campus. Currendy, residence halls are designated as gender specific and clustered around a singlesex bathroom. No students of opposite genders are permitted to live in the same room. “Right now our policy is not flexible,” said Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services. “We do segregate our students by gender, at least by room. Our bathrooms, by design, are also segregated.” The question of gender-specific bathrooms came into sharp focus last week when a parent complained about a transgender student was using a women’s bathroom in Craven Quadrangle. STEPHANIE KOZIKOWSKI/THE CHRONICLE

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Three arrested in bomb plot

Report: Iraqi security not prepared Anne Flaherty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Iraq’s security forces will be unable to take control of the country in the next 18 months, and Baghdad’s national police force is so rife with corruption it should be scrapped entirely, according to a new independent assessment. The study, led by retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, is a sweeping and detailed look at Iraq’s security forces that will factor heavily into Congress’ upcoming debate on the war. Republicans see success by the Iraqi forces as critical to bringing U.S. troops home, while an increasing number of Democrats say the

U.S. should stop training and equipping such units altogether. The 20-member panel of mosdy retired senior military and police officers concludes that Iraq’s military, in particular its army, shows the most promise of becoming a viable, independent security force with time. But the group predicts an adequate logistics system to support these ground forces is at least another two years away. The report also offers a scathing assessment of Iraq’s Interior Ministry and recommends scrapping Iraq’s national police force, which it describes as dysfunctional and infiltrated by militias. Overall, Iraqi security forces “have the

potential to help reduce sectarian violence, but ultimately the ISF will reflect the society from which they are drawn,”

according to the report, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. “Political reconciliation is the key to ending sectarian violence in Iraq.” The United States has spent $19.2 billion on developing Iraq’s forces and plans to spend $5.5 billion more next year. According to Jones’ study, the Iraqi military comprises more than 152,000 service members operating under the Defense Ministry, while the Interior Ministry oversees some 194,000civilian security personnel, including police and border control.

Programmer hacks Ruckus, strips DRM by

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Software (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio that allows the unrestricted use of music downloaded through a subscription service Ohio University signed a contract with less than a month ago has been available for more than a year. Ruckus, based in Herndon, Va., sells advertising on itsWeb site and media player to support its business model —giving free music to anyone with a university email address. The company also uses Microsoft’s digi-

tal rights management software to disallow users from playing the music on portable music players, burning the files to CDs or playing them for more than a month outside Ruckus’ media player. Computers that don’t run the Windows operating system can’t run Ruckus because it uses Microsoft’s proprietary DRM. None of that has mattered, though, to those willing to break copyright law. An anonymous programmer posted software that strips the DRM from Windows media files on a well-known Internet bulletin board in July 2006. A member reg-

istered under the user name “Viodentia” posted the program, FairUse4WM, which allows the files to be copied, transferred and converted to other formats. At the time, Viodentia asked that users only strip DRM from files that they owned and not to “abuse rental license.” Although the file has been removed from the servers of several free file-hosting companies, it is still available elsewhere on the Internet. Weber Shandwick, a public relations firm retained by Microsoft, was not able to make company representatives available for comment before this article went to press.

Three militants from an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida were planning"imminent"bomb attacks against Americans in Germany when an elite anti-terrorist unit raided their small-town hideout after months of intense surveillance.

Senator rethinks resignation To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a campaign to save his seat Wednesday, seeking dismissal of an ethics committee complaint and vowing to stay in office if he can withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting.

Piane with nukes flies over U.S. A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more, than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

Popcorn linked to lung condition Four of the nation's biggest microwave popcorn makers are working to remove a flavoring chemical from their products linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers while reassuring consumers about the safety of the snack. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

DSG endorses 2nd VP for community interaction by

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Bio in brief Senior, economics and literature major Also co-president of Duke Debate and an A.B. Duke Scholar From Sioux Falls, S.D. Served as chief of staff for 2006-2007 DS6 President Elliott Wolf •

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Slattery's goals for DSG 2007-2008 Maintain continuity of relationships of last year's DSG administration Move auxiliary services (e.g. dining, RLHS) off cost-recovery model Provide subsidies to academic departments for theses and undergraduate research Supply free social spaces for BYOB events Reform the University's judicial policy to institute a higher standard of proof •

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What is the Duke Student Government? Duke Student Government is an organization designed to represent the voice of the student body, it is comprised of an Executive Committee and a legislature. Officers include the president and executive vice presidentresponsible for internal administration—and four vice presidents, one each for athletics and campus services, student affairs, academic affairs and commmunity interaction.

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Duke Student Government representatives unanimously endorsed a constitutional amendment Wednesday night that splits the vice president for community interaction into two new positions: a vice president for Durham and regional affairs and a vice president for the Inter-Community Council. At the 20-minute meeting, Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano, a junior, gave a presentation delineating the responsibilities of the new vice presidents. The vice president for Durham and regional affairs will address undergraduate issues in the Durham community, and the vice president for the ICC will deal with internal community issues by serving as chair of both ICC and the Young Trustee Nomination Committee. The student body will vote on a referendum to approve the split during the time of freshman DSG elections. Ifapproved, the new positions will become effective next year. The vice president for community interaction is currently responsible for all the tasks of external and internal community affairs. Giordano, who held the post last year, said the role’s duties are too difficult to handle, despite help from the community liason, a temporary cabinet position created last year to assume some of those tasks. “Having been a vice president for community interaction, [I know] there’s not a lot of time to do everything,” Giordano said. “I spoke to the previous vice president, and he said he was burned out and never did DSG again.” He added that DSG’s vice president for Durham and regional affairs will collaborate with the University’s vice president for Durham and regional affairs, a post created last May that will take effect in January. Some members discussed the option of having the ICC chair as a position appointed by the DSG president. Giordano said, however, that electing both vice presidents would

Students arrested at Ninth Street bar Two students were arrested by the Durham Police Department early Wednesday morning, Duke University Police Department officials confirmed

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Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano discusses the addition of a new vice president to DSG.

“legitimize” the positions more than if they were appointed. He added that having an elected ICC chair would reduce bias during the young yrustee selection process if the DSG president chose to run for the position.

In other business: Representatives unanimously endorsed an election bylaw proposed by Attorney General Paul Zarian, a sophomore, preventing a candidate for DSG office who drops out of a race from rejoining, in response to the incidentlast year in which a candidate attempted to rejoin the day before the election. Members also unanimously approved a change to the Student Organization Finance Committee bylaws, which merges the Auditing Committee into the SOFC. *

Bar and Grille on Ninth Street, senior Neha Krishnamohan, who was present at the arrest, told The Chronicle. Krishnamohan said both students are male seniors from Duke. One of the students Was arrested because of underage drinking, and the other was arrested because of “fighting and being belligerent,” senior Lindsey Havko, who was also present at the arrest, said. She added that the first student tried to run away from the DPD officers twice. “He ran into Charlie’s after the cop got him out, then tried to run away again,” Havko said. “I was outside with a group of people and one of the guys was up against the cop car and then he got handcuffed,” Krishnamohan said, adding that the DPD officers were yelling at the student. After the arrest of the first student, a group of students started a fight and one of them was also arrested, Krishnamohan said. She added that the police officers “were rough and were yelling at them...

nothing physical.”

Havko said there were six police officers and four police cars. “There were a lot of policemen and a lot of drunk people,” she said. DPD officials could not be reached for comment.

—from staff reports

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Agency combats HIV problem in North Carolina THE CHRONICLE

population, health care officials said. “Because of the individual rights issues...

In Sherryl Broverman’s AIDS/Emerging Diseases class students often begin the course expecting to learn about the worldwide pandemic. What many may not know, however, is that HIV infections and AIDS is a growing problem in the South, especially North Carolina. “We tend to think of [HIV] as an urban issue and... we culturally associate drug use and sexual activity with urban anonymity, but that is not the case,” said Broverman, associate professor of the practice of biology and director of the global health certificate. “HIV is becoming a rural disease.” In 2005, North Carolina and four other states combined to account for 52 percent of new HIV infections in America, according to statistics compiled by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on national health care issues. As of June 2007, there were 11,271 individuals who were HIV-infected and 8,192 who were living with AIDS in North Carolina, the statistics indicate. As a result of the epidemic’s spread in the state, several measures have been taken to curb the rate of new infections. Last Wednesday, theNorth Carolina Commission for Public Health voted to make HIV screening a requirement for pregnant women who come to a medical facility ready to deliver and have not already taken the test.

adults living in the United States should be able to make a decision on their own health care,” Engel said. “Where it differs in the mother-child infection is because you’re dealing with someone else’s life. That’s when the state should step in to protect life.” A significant number of states with the highest proportion of new AIDS cases are in the South, including Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. Broverman said poor-health indicators in the South are generally higher than the rest of the country. “It’s a reflection of a greater failure of health care in the southern part of the United States,” she said. “But why? Nobody knows.” North Carolina has a strong grassroots movement to promote testing and prevention in community health centers, Williams said. Yet the Durham County Health Department and the Partnership for a Healthy Durham still list AIDS as one of the leading causes of death in the area. “I think we’ve made great strides in the past few years. However, primary prevention can always be improved,” Engel said. “It is a very difficult public-health intervention because of people’s lifestyle choices.” At Duke, the Know Your Status campaign sponsored by the Student Health Center encourages students to make HIV testing a routine and provides rapid HIV testing weekly on West Campus on a walk-in basis.

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Programs like Know YourStatus are helping to fight the spread of HIV, which is on therise in North Carolina. “We are trying to routinize HIV testing... and we rather itbe an opt out than an opt in,” said Jeff Engel, chief of epidemiology at the North Carolina Division ofPublic Health. This will make it possible for health providers to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child from 25 to 2 percent if the test is positive. Currendy, two to four babies are bom HIV positive every year in North Carolina, saidDell Williams, head ofepidemiology and

special studies in the HIV/STD branch of the North CarolinaDivision ofPublic Health and one of the authors of the regulation. “Not every provider will suggest testing or will motivate patients to be tested, especially women with no prenatal care,” he said. “At this moment, we have one last opportunity to try to provide an intervention if it seems to be necessary.” Mandatory testing, however, is not likely to be extended to any other sector of the

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Duke Right to know the evidencecollected by the university before making initial statement Right to know of hearing five days in advance Miranda Rights System (student mustbe informed of

rights in writing before making statement)

Director of Judicial AffairsStephen Bryan says changes in Duke's judicialpolicy reflect theelimination of legalese, not student rights.

SLATTERY from page 1 educational process of admitting that you’re guilty,” he said. “Judicial Affairs shouldn’t have a self-contained educational mission. It should serve the overall educational mission by resolving conflicts and disincentivizing destruction or disruptive behavior.” The document also includes a column noting which rights Duke claims to practice during a judicial review, even if such rights are not delineated in the DCS Guide. Slattery said these “Duke in Practice” rights —as they are referred to in the spreadsheet—need to be written into the policy. “You can’t just take ‘Duke in Practice,”’ he said. “It needs to be articulated so students know they have that right and they can exercise that right.” Bryan said many of the rights Slattery listed under the “Duke in Practice” column are given to students during a judicial hearing, but were excluded from the DCS Guide to make the manual more concise and readable. “One could say that it’s not written down, there’s no accountability, but there’s no way you can write down every policy,” he said. “My God, the thing would be 10 times the thickness it is now.” One of the differences between the 1999-2000 judicial policy guide and the current one is the exclusion of the words “probable cause.” Instead, the 2007-2008 guide explains that a case can be referred for disciplinary action if “there is sufficient information to believe that a policy violation may have occurred and that the alleged individual/ group may be responsible.” Bryan said although the current policy is worded differently, probable cause is still required for a hearing to be held. Slattery, however, said the absence of the term gives the jurors leeway to hold a hearing even if probable cause is not found. “‘May’ means it’s possible that a policy violation occurred,” he said. “The only way to not meet that standard is, one, if it’s not physically possible for that to occur, or, two, if you have objective information. ‘Possible’ isn’t a standard.” Another change made since the 1999-2000 DCS Guide was the elimination of the “Fundamental Standard,” a policy which Bryan called a “catch-all clause.” “Basically, if someone is contrary to the Fundamental Standard of honor, integrity and respect for the rights of others, you could be thrown out of the University,” he said. “To me that’s preposterous. You will find that nowhere in the 2007-2008 policy and procedures. We don’t want anything so broad that it’s at the whim of the administration.” Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki said he looks forward to introducing the spreadsheet into conversations regarding how to review Judicial Affairs. “I’ve been talking to Paul about this issue for awhile, so I knew it was coming,” he said. “I think that it’s really great that Paul has done this background work to see how things are at Duke.... What it will lead to is a thorough discussion.” Slattery said he plans to work with DSG and other student outlets to gauge student opinion regarding the state of Judicial Affairs. He said he hopes to pen a bill of rights that could give Duke students the rights included in the policy guides ofpeer institutions. “We need a drafted bill ofrights to discuss, which I could write myself, but I wish there was a process that involved more than one student,” Slattery said. “The spreadsheet organization of judicial policy of Duke and other institutions makes it possible to imagine other judicial policies that could work here. I could start this conversation, but I can’t finish it.”

"Right to know thedate and time of the hearing, the specific charges at issue-and copies of all writteninfo given to the hearing panel"

(48 hours in advance)

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MARKETPLACE f,om page, East Union Building as a “mini version of von der Heyden [Pavilion].” The glass window of the current Marketplace pizza station, which faces the left side of the dining area, would be converted into an elbow counter, he said, and the eatery would be open from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., serving pizza, pasta, sandwiches and salad. Although some students, like freshmen Beth Feldman and Brooke Hartley, said they would like a late-night dining option on East Campus, they said they were not particularly disappointed it did not open this semester. Hartley said she understood if dining was not the top priority for the University, adding that it was not the first thing on her mind either. “If the school is going to spend money somewhere, it doesn’t bother me if it’s not pizza,” she said. Freshman Andy Parthum said a latenight pizzeria on East would be helpful for freshmen. After the Marketplace closes,

students’ dining options are limited to offcampus and West Campus eateries, which is “a hassle,” Parthum said. “The Marketplace is the closest eating place for freshmen, but sometimes I can’t eat dinner til 9,10 or 11 [p.m.],” he said. Parthum added he was skeptical that the renovations would be complete by Spring. “It’s a big project to be doing during the year,” he said. “It would be better for the summer.” Hartley said she guessed the project would take some construction but said she has not seen any movement in that direction. Renovations for the projects should begin this semester, Wulforst said, adding that students can expect to see more changes in Duke’s dining landscape—including new furniture at the Marketplace and the Great Hall. Wulforst said Dining Services should constandy improve itself. ‘You could never afford to be comfortable with Dining,” he said. “I really feel it is critical to our customers that we don’t sit back and rest on our laurels.”

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The Marketplace will remain the only dining location on East Campus at least through this semester.

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GENDER from page 1 Although the University has received sugges-

tions from students for a more lenient housing policy, there has not been enough interest to warrant a change, Hull said. “We know that there would not be general support in reality for moving in that direction,” he said. “There would be people who would support it just because, but when it really came down to it, most students would say no.” The primary concern of Residence Life and Housing Services is to ensure that the recendy implemented online Room Pix program works properly and efticientiy for the next selection process, Marijean Williams, director of housing assignments and communications, wrote in an e-mail. She added that, however, RLHS is willing to examine the issue ofco-ed blocking in the future. Down the road at the University ofNorth

Carolina at Chapel Hill, the housing policies are very similar to Duke’s. “We tend to make our assignment based on the student’s preference... suite versus hallway versus apartment and [air conditioning] versus not, with no co-ed roommates or bathrooms,” said Gay Perez, associate director of housing and residential education at UNC. She added that UNC has no current plans to open up co-ed housing options. On the other hand, housing policies at universities in the North are less strict regarding gender separation. Dartmouth College offers its students single-sex floors, single-sex rooms and gender-neutral rooms —which were introduced for the 2007-2008 academic year—Rachael Class-Giguere, director of housing at Dartmouth, wrote in an e-mail. “We have some gender-neutral rooms, where we don’t care what the gender is of the roommates,” Class-Giguere said, not-

ing that roommates could be of the same or opposite sexes in these rooms. The Dartmouth administration received suggestions for gender-neutral housing through thestudent assembly, which prompted the new option, she said. We wanted to be in keeping with our nondiscrimination policy—but more importandy we want our students to be able to live widi the roommate of their choosing, regardless of gender, and for ALL our students to have diat option,” Class-Giguere wrote. “Students whose gender identity does not necessarily match their biological sex did not have that option.” At New York University, where every room has a private bathroom, the current freshman class has the option to choose between genderblind, mixed-sex and same-sex housing, said Thomas Ellett, NYU’s associate vice president for student affairs. NYU intends to extend the privilege of gender-blind housing to its upperclassmen beginning next year, he added. lc

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Pirates plunder Tinseltown no more by

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DVD-sniffmg hounds, night-vision scopes—these techniques seem plucked from the movies themselves. Pirates be warned: Hollywood has hunkered down to battle the illegal underbelly that costs the film industry over $lB billion a year. The newest additions to the anti-piracy team, go by the names Lucky and Flo, a pair of black Labradors trained to sniff out, among other hardware smells, the polycarbonates in DVDs. Lucky and Flo attracted recent attention for a bust in Queens County, New York. Their raid, in coalition with Queens’ Retail Security led to three arrests and the confiscation of 12,000 pirated discs. In a previous six-month operation in the Philippines and Malaysia—code named “Double Trouble”—the dogs engaged in 35 raids, leading to the arrest of 26 individuals, the seizure of nearly 2 million discs—totaling $3.5 million—and the location of 97 DVD-burning towers, said John Malcolm, executive vice president and director of worldwide piracy operations for the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica. “They are important ambassadors to the movie industry, protecting creativity, and pointing out how bad the piracy problem is.” Malcolm said. Lucky was scheduled to be euthanized when expert dog trainer Neil Powell identified her as a good candidate for a canine anti-piracy unit. From pirate syndicates’ cargo shipments to mislabeled stock discovered in warehouse DVD-burning operations, the hairy duo has severely harried proponents of the bootlegging industry. “We had a number of investigators threatened, stabbed, even shot, so we know organized crime syndicates are very dangerous,” Malcolm said. “It took a Malaysian bounty on the heads of the dogs to bring that message to the public.” Lucky and Flo were so successful in their busts that Malaysian pirates have put 100,000 Malaysian ringgits—a hefty 30,000 in U.S. dollars—as bounty on the dogs. The fact that this numSEE PIRATES ON PAGE 4

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Myriad artists, from jazz musicians to actors to classical quartets, will pay tribute to Thelonious Monk at Duke for the next 6 weeks.

Duke celebrates jazz legend by

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Thelonious Monk would have cut a strange figure on Duke’s campus. He was considered odd even on the New York City jazz scene, speaking in curious phrases, clad in unusual hats and—most importantly—playing the strange, halting licks that make him instantly

recognizable. But then, the pianist didn’t seem to be too concerned what people thought of him during his lifetime, so perhaps Duke is as good a place as any for Monk to ride again, as the six-week Following Monk festival—celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Rocky Mount-bom icon’s birth—kicks off next week. “Monk’s music was built on the foundations of gospel, blues and country that he grew up with in North Carolina,” said Duke Performances Interim Director Aaron Greenwald. “He took those deep North Carolina roots and experimented with them in the most profound sort of way. What better place to celebrate a North Carolina experimenter than the top research institution in the state?” Thelonious Sphere Monk was bom Oct. 17, 1917, but he made his name beginning in the mid-1940s in New York City, playing with Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis as bebop and modern jazz coalesced. A unique player even amidst these innovators, Monk struggled to find acceptance for his style, a sometimes choppy and jarring approach that was thoroughly modem but also integrated suave, swinging Duk& Ellington and the great stride pianists of the 19205. He eventually overcame detractors who were befuddled by his character and style, reaching popular acclaim on the cover of Time Magazine in 1964 and near-divinity in the jazz community, where his improvisational style is lionized and his compositions comprise much of the post-war canon. Monk died in 1982. Fifteen years after his passing, some of his disci-

pies worry that maybe the man’s influence is fading. Festival artist-in-residence Jason Moran complains that his students at the Manhattan School of Music seem to have forgotten his hero, and Ant Kelley, assistant professor ofmusic here, describes Monk as an “unsung hero.” “[The festival] is risky in that there are so many people who miss the boat in terms of celebrating Monk,” Kelley said. “This is doing two things in that it celebrates Monk, but it also tries to catch in a very wide net the people who might have missed Monk. If we as a Duke community don’t make an effort, then we will have missed it twice. If we accept the opportunity, we’ll come to an understanding of one of the greatest contributions to American music.” And there’s no question that Monk transcends the boundaries of jazz and touches all of American music. Like Kelley, violinist David Harrington, founder of superstar classical string group the Kronos Quartet, was introduced to the pianist by a composition teacher. “What he wanted me to do was to listen to the way Monk used timing,” he said. “What I found myself attracted to —in addition to the amazing sense of timing—was the way I’ve never heard a pianist before or since that can make a minor second sound more dissonant than Thelonious Monk. In thatway he’s almost more like a violinist to me, and that’s how I can be listening to the radio and I can tell Monk every time.” Kronos, which released an album of Monk-related music in 19&5, will play 16 pieces by Monk and other “maverick” composers Saturday, Sept. 15. The festival marks the first major lest of Greenwald’s reimagination of Duke Performances, which he has moved toward more thematic programming (a similarly stacked spring series will take on soul music). To pay for the series, Duke Performances drew funding from their own budget but also from SEE MONK ON PAGE 7

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Editor’s Note 3: Fire loins Ifyou ever need to clean out your colon, boy, do I have some awesome advice for you. It’s called the Chai’s challenge. Chai’s is a nice little Asian bistro on Erwin St. just down the road from the hospital. The Chai’s challenge involves devouring 12 hefty wings that are covered in what can only be described as Satan’s armpit juice in 30 minutes or less. The prize? Free wings, a t-shirt commemorating your victory and bragging rights for the foreseeable future. My good friend, James Smyth, downed 11 wings before they bailed on him... if you get my drift. He vomited... there, I said it. The epic journey is chronicled at rooks.

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However, James’ “reversal of fortune,” as they say in the competitive eating biz, did not deter me and my friends from our planned trip to Wing hell. Five of us entered the glass doors of Chai’s Saturday night with a sizeable cheering section. The line up included recess managing editor AJex Warr and myself.

As the bright red wings were served, Alex meditated like a ninja as I tried not to psych myself out. Five minutes in to the challenge, none of us had touched our wings—our cashier wisely advised us to wait until they cooled down. Although my friends started chomping down on the wings at the ten minute mark, I decided to slowly remove the meat from the bone, separating it into a bowl. With only eight minutes left I quickly devoured my bowl, stopping only for a minor (i.e. major) freak-out midway through. In the past four months, only one person has been strong enough to pass the Chai’s challenge. Three of us managed to complete the task. Unfortunately for Alex, the timer ran out, but kudos to the Englishman that can handle nine deadly wings. While Chronicle columnists may challenge you to recycle and learn, I will only challenge you to risk a weekend of bowel pain in exchange for some (unfortunately) unforgettable life-long memories. —Vanin Leila, editor

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Even amongst the rather insulated collection of eateries on Duke’s campus, a restauthat is easily accessible is nearly guaranteed some degree of success. Case in point, the seemingly endless lines at Alpine Bagels, which is a short walk from the West Campus bus stop on the ground floor of the West Union, are more a testament to the restaurant’s fortunate location than its culinary prowess. Yet just steps above Alpine Bagels lies a new eatery in a space that, before this year, few students even knew exists. What was just the Faculty Commons has now been transformed into Upstairs@The Commons, a full-service restaurant that serves students dinner on weekdays and brunch on weekends. Although not the most accessible of dining destinations, Upstairs offers a welcome respite from the plethora of self-service restaurants strewn across campus. While Upstairs may not be the first eatery to offer students a unique take on campus dining—The Refectory, Nasher Museum Cafe, Bull Durham Bar and Fairview Restaurant all come to mind—it may be the most appealing. Located in the heart of campus, the former professors-only eatery encourages sustainable eating and community interaction in an entirely unpretentious setting. Early visits show a restaurant with great promise, though one not entirely free of growing pains. Although Upstairs’ chef, Amy Tornquist, recently relinquished control of the Nasher Museum Cafe, much of the honesty and local flavor that defines her culinary philosophy is alive and well here. The menu is comprised of three sections: small plates, sandwiches and salads and large plates. The first category includes items like an entirely local cheese plate with preserved figs from Tomquist’s own garden and shareable favorites like fried calamari. The large plates section has featured hearty servings of bacon and onion orecchiette, roasted chicken and grilled hangar steak. Diners with less ambitious appetites can choose from a salad of local greens, asparagus with a poached farm egg or a grass-fed hamburger, among other items. While the asparagus, cheese plate, and hamburger were fine examples of simple, seasonal, and hearty cooking, slight delays and pacing issues in the kitchen give cause for minor concern. This is not a restaurant that one should visit for a quick meal between evening classes but a restaurant that encourages lingering over mulrant

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There are times when I crave the simplicity of the Westgenre. ern DIR. J. MANGOLD crave its ramshackle towns, its bar doors swinging, its I lion’s GATE gun-slinging lone cowboy kicking up the Arizona dust—sun rubbed face squinting into the far off yonder of say, classic Hollywood. Is it too much to ask for a John Wayne of my generation? Heck I’d even settle for a Jimmy Stewart. As a fan of the genre, I went into 3:10 to Yuma hand-to-gun wary, but eager to slip back into the beat-up boots of the old Western experience. And I can gladly say I didn’t have to work hard to enjoy James Mangold’s (Walk the Line) remake of the 1957 classic. With Russell Crowe taking the reins from Glenn Ford as outlaw Ben Wade, and Christian Bale proving his leading man status as struggling rancher Dan Evans, Yuma was off to sure footing by the opening credits Mangold gets the semantics precise—the scenery, the racial iconography, the soft-spoken slow, slurring speech —it’s all there, albeit amped up a few dozen notches on the action/violence meter. The film mirrors the original plot with Evans signing on to escort Wade to the 3:10 train to the Yuma penitentiary, all to earn the $2OO that might save his meager ranch from seizure. Bale is charismatic as the tortured Evans, a would-be hero whose gimp leg and negligent social status force him to decide between pragmatism and that elusive thing called honor. Crowe performs with a rugged slouch and a twinkling charm. Champion of the period piece, the Aussie import transforms effortlessly into a local criminal with a conscience. Crowe and Bale work well as a duo, striking up an appealing male chemistry last enjoyed by Newman and Bedford as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. So why then, did I feel uneasy at times, itching with the feeling that something was a bit, well, off? I could blame the dramatic zoom-in reaction shots that screamed “emote!” or the folksy music spurred into merriment at every cocked barrel and distant gallop. But I blame myself more than the picture I blame myself for being caught up in the subtle, atypical, increasingly new-age eccentricity of recent film, be it the quirky indie or sci-fi blockbuster. Sure, Yuma exaggerated its Western qualities, often to the point of a giggle or two, but how refreshing it was to once again team up with the reluctant hero and the charming enemy, raiding wagons and dodging bullets! How refreshing it was to pause, at least for a moment, and enjoy that wonderfully irrational male landscape of the Old West. —Janet Wu

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PIRATES from page 1 ber far exceeds the per capita income of the average Malaysian citizen reveals the threat this new initiative poses to such a lucrative illegal industry, Malcolm said. But the piracy community isn’t confined to overseas’ networks. About 90 percent of pirated content begins as a camcorder copy made in your local theater.

It’s been a mere two years since the

United States passed the Family Entertainment Copyright Act, which made recording in theaters a felony. Gone is the day when recording in a theatre led to a polite request to leave the premises. A technique currently employed to curb in-theater piracy is the use of night-vision scopes and goggles during screenings, opening week releases and implicated hotspot theatrical locations for piracy. Recent confusion from a D.C. audience member who believed he was be-

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The early fall movie season is the elephant graveyard where flicks not appealing enough to be summer blockbusters or artsy enough to be winter Oscar-contenders go to die a quiet death. The biggest, smelliest carcass in this year’s graveyard is Death Sentence. Sentence, directed by Saxohelmer James Wan, features Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) as a father bent on avenging the murder of his son. A victim of a gang-initiation ritual, Hume’s son was the golden boy —an allstar hockey player with his eyes on the big time. Predictably, risk analyst Hume has another son who is dark, angsty and suffers it-should-have-been-me syndrome after the death of his elder brother. What follows is a bloodbath, as Hume tracks down and murders every hoodlum involved in his son’s death. In retaliation the gang leader gives Hume a death sentence —get it?—and from there the movie accelerates to an ultimately disappointing climax. To be quite honest, Death Sentence is not a bad action movie. In fact it is a pretty great one. The scene where Bacon batdes generic thug #l2 in a moving car as it slowly crawls toward the edge of a parking garage is one of the more memorable sequences in recent movie history, The only problem is that it pretends to be a drama/thriller. Wan’s detailed and brutally realistic fight scenes will easily make him the man to direct Die Hard 3 or IndianJones 13—maybe even Rocky 78, where the Italian Stallion will face-off against the reanimated corpse of Mussolini. With all the bullets and bloodshed, the movie is very reminiscent of The Departed. However, while every death in Scorsese’s Oscar winner was poignant and important, Death Sentence's, large tally of corpses seems meaningless and empty by comparison. There is no lesson, there is no moral, there is nothing positive to be gained. The only thing audiences are left with is the numbness of too-much violence and not enough

redemption.

ing videotaped at an Invasion screening provoked discussion of privacy infringement among ruffled bloggers from popular tech sites The Consumerist and Digg.com. Melanie Bell, spokesperson for AMC

Entertainment, Inc., said that the incident was the result of a studio hiring a private security company to look for film theft during the opening weekend of one of their films. “Yes, it is public knowledge that our partners at some studios use night-vision

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equipment—not AMC,” Bell said What audiences see is a security or

screening administrator—not associated with typical theatre personnel—scanning the crowd from the ground level

with a camera-like device. But both Bell and a Warner Bros, representative, who preferred to remain anonymous, assured that the night-vision equipment is not used to record audiences, but to allow for immediate recognition of the red LED light of a camcorder. “We’ve been using it for the past couple of years because it’s really since the explosion of the internet that digital camcorders have created such a problem,” the representative said. “[The technique] is not specific to Warner Brothers and is used fairly widely.” Because a single pirated recording can be used as a template for millions of worldwide copies, the MPAA’s multipronged anti-piracy approach devotes a great deal of attention to in-theater piracy. Working with both studios and exhibition facilities, the MPAA focuses its attention on everything from federal legislation and law enforcement to intelligence resources and audience incentive programs. “There are a lot of very smart people at MPAA and private companies that work on very exciting initiatives... to curb online piracy, groups such as movie labs [devoted entirely to] anti-camcording technology,” Malcolm said. Innovative technology and unexpected tactics, once enemies to film studios and distributors, have found a new home in the defense effort against bootlegging.

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VHS OR BETA BRING ON THE COMETS

Louisville, Ky.’s VHS or

Beta borrow their name from the war between the now-obsolete video formats VHS and Betamax. The retro throwback is not only present in the name, but also in the music—a dance-punk, ’Bos electropop fusion. The band’s third effort, Bring On the Comets, which boasts collaboration with members of My Morning Jacket, comes on the heels of a successful tour opening for legends Duran Duran. Unfortunately, the band’s “street cred” doesn’t do much to differentiate them from the flood ofNew Wave-knockoff bands plaguing the airwaves. The minute-long opening track “Euglama” gives off a deceptively positive vibe replete with an addictive dance riff reminiscent of Daft Punk. But not even this glimmer of hope can save the rest of the album from sounding like a watered-down version of the Killers. The single, “Can’t Believe a Single Word,” offers a simple melody and less-than-complex lyrics—a disappointing precedent that the rest of the album readily complies with. The catchy “Love In My Pocket” is a pathetically predictable love song right down to the—*gasp* —key change about three-quarters of the way through. From there, the rest of the tracks blur together into a forgettable 43.7 minutes of “do-do, do-do-dos” too bland to mention. Unfortunately for VHS or Beta, naming themselves after useless technology does not make them seem as cool or trendy as they might hope. Instead they end up rather similar to their obsolete namesakes: tired and unoriginal. But the main problem with VHS or Beta and the other neoninspired knockoffs is that instead of honoring their idols, they just end up diluting the music. So if you’re really looking for some New Wave plastic, do yourself a favor and pop in a Duran Duran tape. —Stefanija Giric Ted Nugent has been punishing his guitar with relendess power LOVE GRENADE chords for over 40 years. Garnering more nicknames than platinum records, the Nuge (Terrible Ted, Great Gonzos, the Atrocious Theodocius...) is known for his arenarock sound, his fanatical support of the Second Amendment and his vociferous hatred of hippies. In recent years, Nugent has amassed quite a cult following; his surprisingly outspoken disdain for drugs and support ofhunter’s rights have served as the foundations for three different reality TV series. Love Grenade—the Motor City Madman’s first release in over five years—is quintessential and unadulterated Nugent. Abandoning the pop-rock sounds that plagued some of his more recent albums, Nugent has returned to the blues-inspired, power rock of the ’7os and early ’Bos. His verses are driven by a barrage of bar chords, his choruses often amplified by several screaming voices. At various points this album calls to mind AC/DC, Van Halen and Great White, albeit significantly simpler and more

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predictable. Lyrically, Nugent displays a level of subde sophistication on par with Spinal Tap, the fictional band made famous in Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary. “GirlScout Cookies” is about, well, Nugent’s favorite flavors of Girl Scout cookies, replete with images of the singer in bed, drinking a glass of milk, seductively swallowing a buttercream cookie. This is followed by “Geronimo and Me,” a first-person account of the American-Indian plight which nonsensically references every famous American-Indian from the past 300 years, plus Peter Pan. In “Stand,” we are reminded that the hippies, Commies and Mao TseTung have no place dictating Nugent’s life. What results is a seemingly unintentional foray into comic rock Brilliance in its audacity, but lacking in its substance, Love Grenade is the perfect album for Guitar Hero. But it seems that now, having made his mark over the past four decades, it is time for Nugent to lay down his guitar and pick up his rifle. —Andrew Tunnard

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Though a bit more polished than his previLIFELINE ous outings, Ben Harper’s latest album, Lifeline, is no less potent. His work is often limited to the melancholic and forlorn, yet this record finds Harper and company with a newfound vitality that suits them well. On “Say You Will,” the church of Harper is in session, with swelling gospel choruses draped over bluesy verses and raucous guitar solos. “Put It On Me” sees

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band, the standout tracks are often acoustic ones. Harper uses his

honeyed, yet earthy, voice to couch acerbic lyrics within soulful tones. Longtime fans will feel at home in songs like “Having Wings,” where he pines in strained intervals amid a two-step melody. On “Fool for a Lonesome Train,” harmonicas weave a mournful bed on which he laments another love lost. Meanwhile, “Need You Tonight,” focuses Harper’s transition from familiar to experimental by limiting the band’s presence to the billowing choruses. The album is not without its flaws; though well balanced, it’s slightly bipolar in that every up-tempo track is juxtaposed with a slower one. A more fundamental misstep in stylistic consistency occurs on ‘Younger than Today,” where the piano line sounds more reminiscent of Chris Martin than Harper himself. Even though the scope of his ambition may be limited, what Harper chooses to do he accomplishes with considerable style and ease. This is evident in the range and maturity displayed by the final two songs, “Paris Sunset #7” and “Lifeline.” On the first, he channels blues great R.L. Burnside by foregoing the flourishes and relying solely on his strings and his fingers. He then proceeds to raise the stakes with the title track by abandoning the band (and nearly his guitar) to drive his plea. At once vulnerable and unyielding-like the album itself—this song is mellifluous and mournful, lingering like cigarette smoke, leaving you wanting more. —Alex Fankuchen

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For student band Luego, this fall is the time to finally grow up. The folk-rock outfit—which comprises a diverse blend of Durham locals and Duke students, past and present —is past its infancy and ready to take its show on the road. But before kicking off their regional tour, they are looking to showcase their new sound a littie closer to home. This Friday, the group will be playing at the Broad Street Cafe alongside fellow Duke alumni, Bombadil. Luego’s lead singer, Patrick Phelan, Trinity ’O7, is expecting big things. “We’re hoping we can get 300 or 400 people out there,” he said. And after a week of tireless promotion, the group looks ready to fill their new venue. But when Luego takes the stage tomorrow night, it will set a remarkable precedent not only for the band, but also for the University they call home. This Friday will mark an important shift in campusartist relations. The University, through the Duke University Union, will be putting up almost $4OO to pay for buses from the West Campus bus stop to the Broad Street Cafe. The decision, which was spearheaded by junior Katie Neufeld, was important because of the venue’s off-campus location. “No one knows where it is,” said Neufeld, Director ofLive Entertainmentfor Small Town Records. “If we wanted people to go, we’d need the buses.” And as far as Phelan is concerned, Broad Street is pretty much the only option. “The Broad Street Cafe is definitely the best place to play in Durham,” he said. “It has good acts, a good set-up and a good system The group is

nally settling on its current line up: Phelan, sophomore Rebecca Wood, 2007 graduate Dan Carlin, graduate student Sean Connor, and Jason Hedrick, a 29-year-old Durham-area engineer. The members’ musical backgrounds are as disparate as their occupational statuses. Wood and Carlin are classically trained in the viola and cello, respectively, while Phelan is a relative newcomer to the music scene, having only started playing his

freshman year at Duke. This diffuse blend of backgrounds, however, “only makes the music more melodic,” said Wood, who has taken ten years of formal viola training. In order to ensure Luego’s long-term status, Phelan and “Orbit,” the group’s manager, spent the summer formulating a business plan. Though they currently are in the red, Phelan hopes to turn a profit sometime in 2008. In the meantime, Small Town Records is helping Luego foot the bill. Luego has already cut their first EP through the DUU student-run record label and hopes to record more this fall. Recording through Small Town has spared the band from paying out-ofpocket for studio time. “Small Town is such a great thing,” Phelan said. “They’ve saved us so much money.” When asked about Small Town Records’ plans for future off-campus shows, Neufeld responded, “We don’t have anything in the works right now, but we’d definitely love to do something with any other bands out there.”

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hoping to expand its fan base, an option not exacdy offered by traditional venues campus such as the Armadillo Grill. “We are indierockers, not some band,” college Phelan said. The group, which plays a selfdescribed blend of psychedelic folkrock, has spent the past year refining its sound, rotating members until fi- Smali Town Records will provide buses to and from Luego's Friday night show at Braod StreetCafe.

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Someone has been drawing on the Nasher Museum ofArt. In one window, a cartoon man is perched on the chest of another man, throttling his fellow cartoon while yelling “DO YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY?” Nearby, the Statue ofLiberty flashes her leg to the viewer while holding torches in both hands. These, and the other drawings surrounding them, are not the graffiti of a rogue political activist, but rather examples of the simply drawn yet deeply thought-provoking artwork of contemporary artist Dan Peijovschi. Peijovschi’s artwork, along with wife Lia Peijovschi’s, is currently displayed in Nasher’s new exhibition, States of Mind, until Jan. 6, 2008 Those who love to flaunt their cutting-edge knowledge of contemporary art take note—the exhibition is truly a first, as a majority of the Perjovschis’ artwork has never been shown before, not even in their native country, Romania. Despite the fact that they have been married and creating art since the early eighties, the Perjovschis have never displayed their art together before. “The work captures the imagination on all levels,” said Kristine Stiles, a professor in the department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke and the curator of the exhibition.“It captures the eye. It’s exquisitely rendered. It’s funny. It’s intellectual. It’s politically engaged. It’s social commentary. It really operates on every level.” The universal appeal of their work is exemplified not only by Dan’s window drawings, but also by Lia’s equally arresting piece entided “Pain H Files.” This installation consists of a glass case containing a multitude of plaster dolls, each painted to depict a different physical or emotional ailment that Lia experienced. Displayed together, the dolls present a commentary on the complexity of pain and sickness, as well as the intricate connections between the mental self, the physical body and visual art. The Peijovschis’ art becomes increasingly multifaceted when considered in light of Romania’s troubled political history. The Peijovschis lived and worked in Romania during the regime of dictator Nicolea Ceausescu and his wife Elena, which lasted until the Ceausescus were executed in 1989. Consequently, much of the Peijovschis’ work is influenced by the terror, suspicion and censorship that pervaded the lives ofRomanians during that era. “[Dan and Lia’s work is a] story of personal emergence from the silence,” Romanian poet Andrei Podrescu said during his speech at the exhibition’s opening. The layers of meaning that both Podrescu and Stiles perceive in the Peijovschis’ work are not immediately obvious to a firsttime viewer. Still, in the grand scheme of contemporary artwork, Dan and Lia’s pieces are very accessible. Gaining a great deal of insight from the exhibition requires devoting enough time to thoroughly examine the works and reading the accompanying

John Belushi, Chris Farley, Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey and even Stephen Colbert. These names are only a few of the reasons why current Second City comedian Seth Weitberg, Trinity ’O3, said the sketch comedy troupe has been the industry’s “mecca” for the past 30 years. A Duke University Union event, Second City will perform a twoact comedy review, pulling scenes from the archives of some of Second City’s most memorable skits, followed up by a third act of newer material and improv. “Sometimes [the comedy] can sound heavy, but it’s really not. It’s a breeding ground for skits for SNL,” Weitberg said. “People hear social and political satire and think it sounds pedantic, but it deals with people and the world.” He added that behind the humor each skit holds the beginning of a conversation. Union president Katelyn Donnelly said that Second City was chosen to perform because it is a premier, high-profile comedy company. Second City’s comedic range Second City humorranges from the political to the ridiculous. spans from foreign policy to the amount of time people talk on their cell phones. “I love the idea that we have a platform to go on stage and talk to people in a comfortable way,” Weitberg said. Weitberg, an English major and former Duke University Improv member, said Duke offered him the opportunity to explore his passion for theatre and comedic writing. “It shows that any sort of undergraduate experience, including improv comedy, can be translated into the professional world,” said David Distenfeld, a current DUI member and sophomore. “I invite everyone to take the opportunity to do things outside of the classroom,” Weitberg said. “The last thing you want is to leave feeling like you are pursuing a career out of obligation instead of inspiration. Those too things are genuinely inversely proportional.” DUU shares this sentiment. “We are bringing acts like Second City to help open students to other opportunities,” Donnelly, a senior, said. “You can turn a passion into a career.” Second City’s goal, along with Duke University Union’s, is that the show will not only entertain, but also educate. “By making people laugh we give them the opportunity to think for themselves,” Weitberg said Second City performs Friday in Reynolds Theater, dckets are $5 for students, $lO for employees, and $l5 for reserved seating. Before the Friday night performance, Seth Weitberg will be holding a discussion panel in Brody Theater on East Campus at 12:50 p.m. as a part of the Theater Department’s new Lunchbox program.

descriptions. “I really believe that Duke students have the capacity to engage with this work on an

intellectual level,” Stiles said. Spanning from the outwardly humorous to the deeply psychological, the Peijovschis’ Dan Perjovschi's cartoons adorn Nasher windows. artwork is definitely worth the time.

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Whereas a carelessly drawn spiral on the edge of your notebook is nothing more than absent-minded doodling, the spirals drawn by Philip Bernard are only the beginnings of a whole artistic experience. He creates the base spirals of each piece with only a simple mechanical pencil. In this step, the artwork takes on a life of its own, lacking any defined shape, pattern or direction. The initial creation is then traced several times with charcoal and oil pastels, while retaining the design and sense ofmotion of the original conception. A 1997 graduate of the Duke Master ofArts and Liberal Studies program, Bernard has been creating installation series for over two and a half decades. In the last two years, the Raleigh artist has developed and begun experimenting with the new technique called “spiraling.” “It is somewhatreminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings, in that the swirling creation of the spirals is the real work of art, and the drawings that are left are the remnants,” Bernard said in an e-mail. “The installation becomes a performance.” In the span of one day, Bernard will create an entire installation specifically for the Brown Gallery, located in the upper floor of the Bryan Center. Installation art in its purest form attempts to engage all five senses through motion and patterning to create a truly visceral experience for the observer. Often simulating movement through timeand space, Bernard’s art defies the constraints of simple color and paper by creating a complete sensory experience for viewers. The spirals themselves simply flow—a living, breathing work of art that produces not only Bernard's unique art will be shown at the Brown gallery. visual interest, but emotional sensation as well His inspiration stems from a variety of sources, spanning from his present mood to his creative use of fictional scripting to visualize people spiraling out of control. On a base level his pieces resemble natural phenomena—smoke, clouds, even cyclones. However, Bernard says his art also appeals on a much deeper emotional level with allusions to abandonment, shame and, ultimately, spiritual renewal. Bernard’s art will befeatured at the Brown Art Gallery in the Bryan

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the Office of the President and a visiting artist grant. recess jazz critic David Graham chooses the best of “I think it’s a risk in terms of audience the Following Monk Series... to populate generating Kronos Quartet: Mavericks/Monk (Saturday, 8 18 different events,” Greenwald said. “In a sense the reason that p.m., Reynolds Theater) it’s a worthwhile risk is that we The renowned classical string quartet—who have covered Monk in the past—perform 16 pieces, inhave not compromised. [We cluding the world premiere of three Duke-commisfelt,] ‘Let’s go deep on this, let’s sioned arrangements of Monk’s wrenching ballad really find out who this dude was “’Round Midnight.” The concert also features work and try to estimate his impact.’” The final major piece of the by composers from Anton Webern to Television’s Tom Verlaine. puzzle is Duke’s Center for DocDuke Jazz Ensemble featuring Johnny Griffin umentary Studies, which houses The Jazz Loft Project, a treasure (Friday, Sept 28, Baldwin Auditorium) trove of Monk memorabilia takArguably the best saxophonist from jazz-rich en from the archives of photogChicago, Monk alumnus and tenor Johnny Griffin joins students to play charts by fellow Monk alum rapher W. Eugene Smith. Smith’s and saxman Paul Jeffrey, who for years led Duke’s New York apartment was a nexus for musicians in the 1950 s and jazz program. Charlie Haden and Hank Jones (Sunday, Sept. ’6os, and the host obsessively 30, Reynolds Theater) shot photographs and recorded The bassist and pianist give a rare performance audio, providing rare insights into Monk’s thought process and ofmusic from Steal Away, the sublime 1995 album of rehearsal regimen. spirituals and folk tunes that easily ranks among the Moran will integrate recorddecades’s best—in any genre. ings of Monk’s voice from the Jason Moran: In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall archive into his world-premiere 1959 (Saturday, Oct. 27, Page Auditorium) The fesdval’s artist-in-residence presents a mulIn My Mind show Oct. 27. Tapes timedia world premiere tribute to Monk’s legendfrom Smith’s materials record ary 1959 concert at New York’s Town Hall. Moran’s rehearsals for the 1959 Town Hall concert that Moran com2006 appearance at the Nasher Museum of Art was jaw-dropping, and there’s no reason to believe the memorates, and Greenwald said 31-year-old phenom won’t deliver again. Monk’s words are a valuable supplement to his music. “It’s like when you hear him talk, it shifts the trajectory with which you hear his music,” he said. “There’s not any interest in taking bulls —. The guy’s tough and he’s tough about the music.” The festival offers 18 separate events —from music to lectures to theater to dance—between Sept. 14 and Oct. 28. Kelley said he advises against missing any of the shows. “I plan to attend as many as I can without passing out from exhaustion,” he said. “I would say, start at the beginning.” •

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For the second consecutive day, the Blue Devils played solid golf, putting themselves in fourth place in the TOPY Cup U.S.-Japan Intercollegiate Golf Championship in Fukushima, Japan. Duke now sits at 8-under-par, 11 strokes off the lead, after firing a collective score of 568. Wednesday at the Tanagura Densha Country Club, the Blue Devils were led by junior Clark Klaasen, who tied his careerbest round with a 5-under 67. The junior from Grand Rapids, Mich, played a nearflawless round which included five birdies and zero bogies. Klaasen shot an even-par 72 on the first day, and now sits in a tie for sixth place individually at 5-under. The only other Blue Devil to remain under-par Wednesday was senior Michael Schachner. Schachner fired a 2-under 70 for the second ■ straight round, leaving him in a tie for ninth place individually. Schachner is one of just seven golfers to have played both rounds of the tournament under par. Sophomore Adam Long struggled on the front nine, opening with three straight bogeys, but recovered nicely to finish his up-and-down day at even par. The Blue Devils’ other two golfers, Jeff Edelman and Michael Quagliano, carded 75 and 77, respectively, after each played Day 1 at 1-under. Alabama currently sits in first place at 19-under, and defending NCAA champion Stanford is just one stroke back. The Crimson Tide’s Joseph Sykora is the tournament’s individual leader with a combined two-day score of 11-under. Sykora fired a 6-under 66 Wednesday.

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For a team that is ranked in the top in the country, Duke still feels as if it has a lot to prove. Blue Devils, despite a roster filled with 13 seniors, have an inward focus one VS;— would expect from a younger team. JasU When No. 2 Duke takes the field at (2-0-0) . FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. Koskinen Stadium in this Stadium Koskinen weekend’s Duke Classic, it faces two high-quality opponents-in Villanova f% ;n (1-1-0) and perennial VS. powerhouse No. 12 St. Louis (0-0-1), but the team’s concerns are not with its opponents, but SUNDAY, 7:30 p.m. rather with itself. Koskinen Stadium “We’re still finding out about ourselves,” head coach John Rennie said. “We’re trying to adjust—still getting used to playing without Tim Jepson in the back. Hopefully we’re ready for these kinds of teams, but we’re still more concerned just about ourselves.” Even without Jepson, a senior defender sidelined with a hamstring injury, the Blue two

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Quarterback JameelSewellhad a breakout performance against Duke lastyearand hopes to repeat it Saturday.

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After suffering an embarrassing 23-3 loss to Wyoming last weekend, Virginia head coach A1 Groh was disappointed in the team’s performance considering he returned 18 starters from a year ago. A1 Groh. Meet Ted Roof. Roofs Blue Devils were trounced 4514 by a mediocre Connecticut team last Saturday despite returning his entire offensive squad from the 2006 campaign. But if Duke blew its best opportunity for a win last weekend, then Virginia might just be the second chance the Blue Devils desperately need. When the two teams take the field Saturday, though, they may be shocked to see just how alike they are. “I’m sure they are a team that has much the same mindset as our team does right now,” Groh said. Virginia’s offense currendy operates around its athletic yet inconsistent quarterback, Jameel Sewell, who established himself as the team’s starter as a true freshman last year with his performance against Duke. Even with a year under his belt, Sewell stumbled out of the gate against Wyoming, passing for just 87 yards on 23 attempts with two interceptions. True freshman Peter Lalich entered the game late in the second half and should be expected to play against Duke if Sewell continues to struggle.

At his weekly press conference, Groh compared his quarterback situation to that of last year’s Florida team with Chris Leak and Tim Tebow. “There’s a littlebit ofa reverse,” he said. “In our particular case here, the incoming player (Lalich) has had more background and made his mark in throwing the ball. Jameel has demonstrated on occasion his ability to be effective as a runner. I’m not saying we have fallen into that type of cycle, but it presents that possibility.” Groh will have to explore all his options if he hopes to remedy an offense that mustered just 103 total yards—including negative-three rushing yards—against the Cowboys. Sewell’s scrambling capabilities may cause some concern for the Blue Devils, who once again showed their weakness against quick quarterbacks when Connecticut’s Tyler Lorenzen threw for 298 yards and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes by rolling out of the pocket. On defense, Virginia probably considers itself lucky Wyoming only scored 23 points. The Cowboys tallied 253 yards through the air and added another 199 on the ground, yet somehow only scored two touchdowns. This should be good news for Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, who is also looking to re-establish himself after a dismal start last week. Considering the Blue SEE VIRGINIA ON PAGE 12

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Freshman Christian Ibeagha, filling in for injured Tim Jepson, has impressed his teammates.

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Duke might be packing for their first four-game road trip in two decades, but head coach Ted Roof does not see it that way. “We’ve got a one-game road trip right now,” Roof said. “I think that for us to focus on anything that we have no control over would be a waste of time and a mistake. I just want our football players worrying about getting Duke executing.” The Blue Devils’ game in Charlottesville, Va. Saturday will mark the first offour straight contests on the road. After facing the Cavaliers, Duke will travel to Evanston, 111. for a matchup against Northwestern and Annapolis, Md. for a game with Navy before heading to Miami to face the Hurricanes in its final game of September. The last time the Blue Devils went on a four-game road trip was in 1987. Ronald Reagan was president, a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline cost $0.95 and Steve Spurrier was in his first year at the helm of Duke football. The team went 0-4 on that trip, losing its four games by an aggregate score of 89-49. And just like this season, that 1987road trip began with the season’s conference opener at Virginia, where the Blue Devils lost in a 42-17 rout. But Duke finished 5-6 that year, laying the foundation for future success and a conference championship in 1989. Guard Zach Maurides, who is focused on this week’s game, does not worry a bit about historical footnotes from 20 yearsago. Instead, he prefers to hone in on the next game. “My mentality has always been a seven-day

vision,” the senior said. “I’m only going to see what’s coming up on Saturday. If I look at anything else, it’s a waste of time. I need to be fully prepared and spend every minute of my time thinking about Virginia.” Duke’s showdown with Virginia could be the team’s most winnable game left on the schedule. In their 23-3 season-opening loss at Wyoming, the Cavaliers struggled even more than the Blue Devils on offense, finishing below Duke’s opening game totals with negative three rushing yards and 103 total yards. Northwestern, which defeated Division I-AA Northeastern 27-0 in its first game, will test the Duke run defense Sept. 15 with standout running back Tyrell Sutton, who has rushed for 1,000 yards or more in each of the past two seasons. On Sept. 22, Duke faces Navy and its option-running scheme. Duke lost to the Midshipmen 38-13 in 2006, surrendering 435 yards on the ground and four rushing touchdowns. Duke will make its final trip to the Miami Orange Bowl on Sept. 29, as the Hurricanes will be moving to Dolphin Stadium beginning next season. Their only win against the Hurricanes came at the Orange Bowl in 1976. Despite the challenge that these four opponents present, linebacker Vincent Rey feels strongly that he and his teammates will produce a winning effort during the next four weeks. “We’re confident,” Rey said. “And when we take it one day at a time, we believe we can win. If we take the proper steps, focus and don’tbeat ourselves, I think we can win.”

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Devils’ recent problems with their offensive line, though, Lewis will have to watch out for a Virginia defense that managed three sacks against Wyoming. In many respects, these two teams are mirror images of each other. Both squads gave up huge yardage totals and gained very little in their opening contests, and both coaches said eerily similar things in their postgame press conferences. The only difference is that Virginia has grown more accustomed to winning over the last few seasons, including last year’s 37-0 lambasting ofDuke. At the risk of losing to the Blue Devils for the first time since 2000, the Cavaliers will attempt to turn things around and send Duke home to its 22nd consecutive loss.

Devils have enough depth in their lineup—particularly on defense—to compensate. Senior goalkeeper Justin Papadakis has yet to allow a goal this season, and the defense has allowed its opponents just 18 shots this season compared to Duke’s 61. Freshman standoutChristian Ibeagha has done an impressive job so far in replacing the veteran stalwart Jepson. Ibeagha is the only player for the Blue Devils to have been on the field for every minute of regulation so far, and Rennie has described his play as outstanding. And as the freshman gets more playing time, his game will only improve. “It was a challenge when I first came in,” Ibeagha said. “But when I got in there, got into the game, I lost the nervousness a little bit and started playing better and better with each game that went by.” As for the competition, the Wildcats should be less of a threat to the Blue Devils, as they were unranked in all offensive and defensive categories last year. But the

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tioning and the bathrooms are falling apart. Why, then, are these two quads being pushed aside in favor for Few, which was last remodeled just over three years ago in 2004? In fact, RLHS has yet to even set a timeline for the remodeling of Crowell and Craven. From the get-go, housing officials dropped the ball. Instead of sharing their intentions publicly and incorporating student input and ideas in the planning phases, RLHS chose to draft the project behind closed doors without consulting the very people that it will affect most. In feet, RLHS still has yet to make a formal announcement of the project to the larger Duke community. ResidentAssistants were informed in late

August and Fewresidents were notified Tuesday by e-mail. Even this year’s sopho-

more class, the students who will be most affected by the project, have yet to be briefed on the situation. Hull admits that so many of the details of the project have yet to be worked out. Keeping in mind that construction is slated to begin in less than three months, this simply is unacceptable. For the sake of all Duke students that depend on University housing, let’s hope that Hull and RLHS get their act together —and soon.

This is the first of two editorials responding to Duke’s announcement that Few Quadrangle would close May 2008for renovations.

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concerns today and discuss others, related to selective living, in tomorrow’s editorial. As highlighted in last spring’s Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee Report, housing greatlyaffects the lives of all Duke students and plays a significant role in shaping campus culture. Therefore, it is crucial that the University craft a comprehensive plan for the overhaul of every residential structure on West Campus. The current plan, as presented by RLHS, appears to lack the foresight and creativity needed to get the job done. Craven and Crowell quads seem to be in far worse physical condition than Few. The rooms are in very poor condition, there is no air condi-

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editorial and letter in The Chronicle about this relatively new phenomenon called “Tailgate” prompts me to offer some reaction and reflection. My reactions are conflicted—l find myself agreeing with those who defend Tailgate for the fun and spirit it provides and I find larry moneta myself saddened at hearing from those guest column who celebrate the excesses of alcohol painfully obvious to anyone who observes from the sidelines or chooses to get doused by the flailing beer showered upon the crowds. I have enjoyed the creative costumes (most of them) and grimaced at the frequent tossing of full and near-full beer cans into the masses. I appreciate the music, dancing and camaraderie and feel embarrassed when visitors and guests pass by and observe with shock and disbelief. Mostly, I’m surprised by the public silence of so many who tell me how dismayed they are by this new bacchanalian ritual. I find the comments about our football program equally dismaying. Our team —our students—have worked very hard to represent Duke as student athletes and deserve our support. To refer to Tailgate as an event of far more importance than the game itselfis just plain wrong. The co-option offootball Saturdays as an excuse for a party is wrong as well, but that train has clearly left the station. So, for the record, here are my genuine thoughts about Tailgate. First, I’m frightened by the inevitability of a serious injury. Someone will get hurt one day, either from excess drinking, a thrown can or a car accident. I’ve seen too many students stagger away clearly incapable of a responsible or intelligent decision. Second, I’m distressed by the awful mess left behind for someone else to clean up. If you haven’t had the “pleasure” of seeing the parking lot shortly after the crowd has dispersed, I invite you to check it out. It’s a humiliating example of the aftermath of “students gone wild” coupled with a lack of any sense of responsibility for the consequences. Third, I hate the fact that I am perceived to be the bad guy because I just want you all to be around for your graduation. Fourth, the legal drinking age is 21 and whether I like it or not (I don’t), I have a legal and ethical obligation to acknowledge it. Don’t waste your time encouraging me to support on-campus

activities that encourage and promote underage drinking. That’s just not an option for any faculty or staff member. And, fifth, I welcome dialogue, not diatribe, about how our community can best accommodate student preferences about social life. Though I have the often unenviable role of conveying unpopular institutional expectations, I do so with the advice and support of many. My e-mail to all of you encouraging support for our football team and advising you of potential liabilities for underage consumption resulted from conversations with many others. My skin is thick enough to take The Chronicle chiding for having made “hollow threats.” And, in truth, my e-mail message never purported to make threats, hollow or otherwise. I pointed out that students were likely to be asked for proof of age if carrying alcohol (they were) arid encouraged all to be responsible and careful (most were). But The Chronicle does no one a favor and diminishes its credibility as a serious paper with comments such as these: “Saturday’s Tailgate was the most triumphant point of the day...” “Tailgate acts as a crucial introduction to Student Affairs and campus culture at the beginning of each year...” “.. .vacillating and opaque machinations that are hostile to the principal feature offootball season” At this point, I don’t exactly know what the plans will be for the next home football game. I expect that students and administrators will meet over the next few weeks to sort it out. I’m certainly open to creative ideas, but not any that simply suggest that we close our eyes, accept unreasonable risks and legitimize the illegitimate. Provost Peter Lange, Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki and several others (including myself) will be spending the next several weeks meeting with groups of students on West and East campuses. At these sessions, we want to hear your thoughts about campus life, community and residential and social conditions that would best serve your needs. These will be great opportunities for you to share your thoughts and I very much look forward to these group discussions. I also welcome direct dialogue —e-mail me, make an appointment and come visit with me, and offer your own thoughts in response to this column. Let’s not make tailgating a divisive issue; frankly, we have far more important matters to consider.

Larry Moneta is the University’s vice president for student affairs.

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Monday night, I had chicken for dinner. I did not have a chicken sandwich, nor a chicken

wrap or a Chicken McNugget, nor even a chicken

quesadilla or burrito. The chicken did not come deep-fried, ground and served in a bun or stuffed into a hot dog. It wasn’t even grilled and chopped into tiny cubes to be scattered more easily on top of a pizza or salad. jf/t No, instead I had a piece of chicken, simplyprepared and served with green david radeVTieyer beans and other vegetables. forty~tWO This privilege was bought for $l2, not cheap; but with every bite I thought of how tired I was with my Loop-Dillo-McDonald’s-Atrium rotation last semester. By the time I received the bill (tipping on campus?!?), I was thoroughly satisfied. What makes Upstairs@The Commons so extraordinary is not that you have a menu, or that someone brings food to your table. It’s that the food it does serve seems like a meal, rather than a snack or a meal-to-go. It’s not unique in this: Other on-campus “eateries” serve entrees that defy the salad or meat-and-salad-wrapped-in-carbs paradigms. Most prominent among these defiant few are the Marketplace and the Great Hall, apparentiy our one-stopshops for balanced meals. The Marketplace, however, is on East —a wilderness convenient only to freshmen—and the Great Hall has historically served foodstuffs in the “cafeteria” range of quality. I have not yet visited the Great Hall this year, and Tuesday’s Chronicle indicates this may have been my mistake. Nevertheless, my defining mental image from the Great Hall is a well-oiled piece of rubber charitably labeled “steak.” Then there are the Blue Express and the Refectory, the two best dining venues on campus for my money, both of which present the diner every day with multiple compelling options. It seems a bit odd that only those loyal to God or calculus should have access to quality entrees, but if there really is a theo-scientific culinary conspiracy within the administration, it’s one that suits me: Most of my classes this semester are in the Physics Building. The bigger problem, though, is that both of these venues close for dinner, the one meal only undergraduates eat on campus. I have long nurtured the suspicion that Duke Dining Services considers undergraduates barbarians who wouldn’t recognize a good meal if it were knocked down and turned into a plaza. Perhaps they just like graduate students better, or the Academic Council does a better job than Duke Student Government at bullying them. Regardless, this is changing. Those of us who watched and wondered whether the closing of Rick’s would lead to something truly new (am I the only person who still pines for a noodle bar, like Chai’s, on campus?), only to see the arrival of Tommy’s, where they put pulled pork in a bun, should rejoice at the arrival of the Commons onto the Duke dining scene. There’s still progress to be made. One comparatively easy change would be to add more diversity to Merchants on Points (did you know that more than a third of the 14 merchants have “Pizza” in their name?—and that doesn’t even include Satisfaction), perhaps through a new and improved version of Gourmet Dining and Bakery. But there is no denying that Duke is finally doing something right. Last year saw the dramatic improvement in the Marketplace’s reputation. If early reports are accurate, this year may do the same to the Great Hall. The decision to hand it over to Sitar on weekends may be the best thing since Bostock, particularly if they start serving something besides the same three dishes every week. And the Commons is an uncommonly inspired move. So kudos to Jim Wulforst and the Dining Services staff, who, for the first time in four years, I think may be onto something. ,

David Rademeyer is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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few things at Duke are so patently absurd that their mere enumerationstands a good chance ofbringing about change. After spending weeks in the University archives reading almost 1,000 pages of archived University bulletins and many hours interviewing various administrators, it’s clear that the Undergraduate Judicial Code is one of them—specifically, the sections outlining the reach of the Undergraduelliott wolf ate Judicial System and the procedures by which Q.E.D. students are found “responsible” for violations. Even more alarming is that the current incarnation of the judicial code is the result of nine years of tinkering by the Office ofJudicial Affairs. Slowly but surely, it transformed (at least, on paper) an objective, transparent and responsive system into one with little transparency, dubious checks and balances, no accountability to the student body and procedures bordering on incoherent—greatly extending its reach and expunging our rights in the process. All of these changes are documented in published versions of the Bulletin of Information and Regulations. Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said, “Having been the one constant in this process since 1979,1 don’t think [the judicial system has] changed.” But despite both her and Director of Judicial Affairs Stephen Bryan’s similar assertion, the procedures in the judicial code have been almost completely rewritten. The implications of those revisions are so far-reaching that they require this and my subsequent three columns to even begin to explicate. Part One—procedural rights afforded students facing adjudication: “Probable cause:” Then (1999): For a student to be formally adjudicated, the judicial officer had to make a finding of “probable cause,” defined as “a reasonable likelihood for believing that the accused person committed the alleged act(s).” Now (2007): Instead, “there must be sufficient information to believe that a policy violation may have occurred and that the alleged individual/group may be responsible” (emphasis added). This standard can be applied as follows: A large tube with an air compressor on the end may fit the University’s definition of a “potato gun” (banned as of 2007-2008); the entire population of Pratt has the requisite skills and access to the necessary materials to construct such a device and launch a potato. It may have happened; one of them may have done it. That first, awkward conversation: Then: Contact with the accused was initiated “with a notification by the judicial officer, or designee, of: a right to remain silent, a right to an advisor as defined herein, [and] a right to waive knowingly one or both of these rights.” Exercising that right to remain silent carried with it “no inference of guilt.” Should the accused not exercise that right, she/he was given the opportunity to submit a ■-

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“written statement... in his or her behalf which will become part of the case record.” Now:Without any explicit enumeration of rights or access to the evidence against him/her, the accused student is sent a letter requesting a written “[explanation] of the situation” surrounding the “violation(s).” Refusal to give this statement violates the University’s policy against any “failure to comply with directions, requests, or orders of any university representative,” and it is used as evidence. Although the accused is granted the right to “choose the extent to which he or she shares information,” there is no explicit guarantee that exercising that right will not adversely influence findings of fact or sentencing (see changes in sentencing policy below). The secret tribunal: Then: If a student is formally adjudicated, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protects the privacy of the proceedings. A student can waive his/her rights under FERPA at any time, however, and accordingly hearings were to be “closed unless the accused requests an open hearing.” Now: “Ail UJB hearings are conducted in private.” If a student believes she/he is being railroaded, the Duke community will have to take his/her word for it. Looking someone in the eye: Then; The accused enjoyed the explicit “right to confront any witness who has given a statement relevant to the pending case,” and may “ask questions of any witness under the condition that the panel chair deems them fair and relevant.” Witnesses could be compulsorily summoned “upon the written request of the complainant and/or the accused.” Now: The accused only enjoys the explicit right to “rebut any witness testimony presented against him or her,” not to directly confront or question witnesses. In addition, “the judicial officer may require the presence of any witness with pertinent information,” but is not obliged to compel witness testimony at the request of the accused; the panel will determine “the extent to which witnesses will be permitted in the hearing.” And to top it all off: Then: Sanctions were “commensurate with the severity of the violation,” but could be compounded based on prior disciplinary history. Now: In addition to the factors considered previously, the board may now consider “the student’s acceptance of responsibility,” in addition to “university interests and any other information deemed relevant.” Roughly translated, current policy allows a sanction to be compounded if the accused doesn’t (1) confess, (2) beg forgiveness or (3) perform a song and dance. All of the documents on which this column is based are available at http://www.duke.edu/~egw4/. Posted are a letter sent to an accused student, a transcript of my interview with Bryan, and a mathematical proof that the new standard of “probable cause” is unfalsifiable. Next week; the rights afforded the rest of us not under adjudication. Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Thursday.

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