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briefed the City Council on the terms of the settlement Thursday.

Durham has liability insurance Attorneys for the three defendants in the Duke lacrosse case for settlements of up to $5 milproposed a $3O-million setdement lion, but the other $25 million with the city of Durham, sources would come out of the general close to the case told the Associ- city budget, the sources said, ated Press Friday.

When split among the city’s apDurham leaders have a month proximately 210,000 residents, the to decide whether to accept the $3O million would cost about $142 offer—which per person, The (Raleigh) News asks for about and Observer reported Saturday. $ 10 million Duke Professor ofLaw Thomas over five years Metzloff said even with the lack of for each de- legal precedence for similar cases, fendant as well he believes the amount of money as changes in demanded is unreasonably steep, the legal pro“Ten million dollars is a very cess—before high number and I think the city is the attorneys not likely to accept,” he said. “Any for the former time you get more than the [insurlacrosse players file a civil lawsuit ance] coverage it comes right out against the city. ofCity Ha 11... In other contexts they Barry Scheck, attorney for Reade would be willing to setde for the $5Seligmann, and Brendan Sullivan, million [liability insurance].” attorney for Colin Finnerty and Along with the payment, the Dave Evans, Trinity ’O6, met with city settlement asks the council to pass officials and legal staffWednesday to a number of resolutions reforming discuss the terms of the setdement, the criminal justice system in Durthe sources close to the case told the ham.The requested policy would reAP on the basis of anonymity. quire the recording ofidentification City Attorney Henry Blinder and City Manager Patrick Baker SEE SI ON PAGE 10 by

Although the presence of officers from the state’s Alcohol Law Enforcement Division at Duke events has dropped in the past two years, at least three students received citations from ALE officers at off-campus venues this weekend, a student confirmed.

ALE officers were at Devine’s Restaurant and Sports Bar, Shooters II and Blu Seafood and Bar Saturday night, students confirmed.

Sophomore Candice Lopez, SEE ALE ON PAGE 7

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Mike Nifong on entering jail Friday

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Surrounded by supporters and hounded by reporters, former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong enters the Durham County Detention Facility Friday morning. He was released 24 hours later, Saturday morning.

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Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki said the University recently decided to support and fund the program, which will run through the Women’s Center.

“It’s the leadership of the students who are going to

In joining the U.S. Army, Steve Smith, Trinity ’O5, “answered the call.” Not just the one on U.S. Armyrecruiting brochures, but also the call he said he feels to live his life with a meaningful purpose.

Smith is one of a number of members of the Duke community with something at stake in the nation’s war overseas. The war for such individuals receives little, if positive, attention on Duke’s campus.

Stationed in Samarra, Iraq, where he trains, Smith plans and conducts combat operations as platoon leader for the Ist Platoon of the 82nd Airborne Division, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment “I don’t want to live a small life, only concerned with my own well-being,” Smith wrote in an e-mail.

“Serving in the Army is away for me to ensure that at least professionally I am living beyond myself.”

Junior Jeff Ditzler, a member of Duke’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program, said he became a cadet because he felt he should do

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Freshman women will no longer have to wait for sorority rush to gain insight into the female role in Duke’s social and academic worlds.

Sophomore Lucy McKinstry, a Baldwin Scholar, along with sophomore Bethany Hill and senior Jenn Herring, have recently formed the Women’s Mentoring Network—a program to lead and advise fresh-

Steve Smith,Trinity 'O5, plans and conducts combat operations in Samarra, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD The Iraqi government defended its efforts to stabilize the country on the eve of a key XJ.S. progress report but said Sunday it needs more help and was not ready for a timetable on the withdrawal of American forces.

Iraq also issued a new appeal to neighboring countries to step up assistance at a conference that drew delegates from across the Middle East and representatives of the U.S., the U.N. and the Group of Eight industrialized nations.

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said bordering countries had been slow to ful-

fill promises to stem the flow of fighters and weapons into Iraq.

“There is movement but it has notreached the levefwe want or hope,” he said.

He urged Syria and Jordan to ease restrictions on Iraqis trying to enter those countries. On Monday, Damascus is due to begin requiring visas for Iraqis entering the country for economic, trade and educational purposes. Iraqis near the border with Syria boarded buses and crammed their belongings into the luggage holds as they tried to beat the deadline.

“Iraq’s failure means the failure of the whole region and no one, in my opinion, will win as a result of this,” Zebari warned. “What

is happening in Iraq and what will happen in Iraq will decide the future of this region.”

The conference occurred a day before congressional hearings were to begin in Washington with the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and top commander Gen. David Petraeus

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Iraq’s progress amid a debate over calls to start bringing American troops home.

The two are expected to point to some improvements in security since this year’s troop buildup but say that progress toward powersharing agreements among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds has lagged.

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Idaho senator wishes to change plea by

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WASHINGTON Sen. Larry Craig will file court documents Monday asking to withdraw his guilty plea in a sex sting that seems likely to end his career, his attorney said.

Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct following a sting operation in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis airport.

He has said he regrets that decision, which he said he made hastily and without talking to an attorney. Craig said he was under stress and pleaded guilty only to put

the matter behind him Attorney William Martin said Sunday night that a request to withdraw that plea would be filed Monday. Such requests are rarely granted. Martin would not discuss the argument he planned to make in court.

Martin said he was not involved in discussions about Craig’s future in the Senate. Craig originally announced he would resign at the end of the month, then said he was reconsidering that decision. His chief spokesperson later said Craig had dropped virtually all notions of trying to finish his third term.

Gabrielle has little effect on N.C Tropical Storm Gabrielle washed ashore and crawled slowly along the North Carolina's Outer Banks Sunday, but caused few problems and failed even to chase vacationers away from the beach.Gabrielle brought gusty winds, but failed to dump much rain inland.

Bin Laden deemed impotent Seemingly taunting Osama bin Laden, President Bush's homeland security adviser said Sunday the fugitive al-Qaida leader is "virtually impotent" beyond his ability to hide away and spread antiAmerican propaganda.

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“My job is get him back to where he was before his rights were taken away,” Martin said.

Craig’s congressional spokesperson has said the only way Craig is likely to remain in the Senate is if a court moves quickly to overturn the conviction, something that is unlikely to happen before the end of the month.

But Judy Smith, a spokesperson for Craig’s legal team, said the lawyers are focused only on the Minnesota case, not political outcomes. to

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A woman's body found in a canyon Sunday was believed to be Brigham Young University student Camille Cleverley, who has been missing for more than a week, authorities said, and it appeared that she fell to her death.

The loss this summer of two elderly animals from the collection of the North Carolina Zoo heralds a somber milestone for the park. As It approaches 30 years of operation, its older generation has begun to die off.

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Though 35 years have passed since the Munich massacre, time has not eased survivor Dan Alon’s trauma and disappointment over the event.

Chabad at Duke hosted Alon, one of five survivors of the Israeli delegation, Friday night in the Bryan Center to speak about his experience at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games, wherePalestinian terrorist group Black September

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“For me, [the Olympic Games] symbolized... peace. [The incident] broke my ideals,” Alon said. He added that he was and still is “full of anger” over the incident—anger di-

reeled at the terrorists and also at the German and Israeli governments for their “naive” treatment of security in the Olympic Village.

Alon said he hopes strong security measures will be implemented for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Though Alon had been silent in both his public and private lives about that night for 34 years, he began speaking at many college campuses after the premiere of Steven Spielberg’s movie “Munich” in 2005.

At the speech Friday, Alon recounted his experiences prior to and at the games.

He began fencing at the age of 12 and when he was 27 qualified for the Olympic team and traveled with the Israeli delegation to the Munich games, Alon said.

He said walking into the opening ceremony was like “entering heaven,” and added that he regrets being unable to compete because of the massacre.

“I couldn’t believe the most beautiful day of my life... would also be the

darkest,” Alon said His decision to stay in the second of the five apartments set aside for the Israeli delegation may have been key to his survival, Alon said.

The residents of apartment two were the only survivors of the massacre, and they are all still alive today. He noted that he is still unsure why he selected that apartment.

When the terrorists broke in, they went first to the coaches’ room and forced wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg to show them where the other Israelis were sleeping, Alon said.

Weinberg lied about the occupants of apartment two and led them into the room where the wrestlers were sleeping, he said, noting that because Weinberg died later that morning. The reason for this decision is unclear.

Alon said perhaps Weinberg believed the wresders could better retaliate against the kidnappers than the “skinny” fencers.

The residents in apartment two slept through the initial intrusion and upon awakening, Alon, who spoke German fluently,

learned the situation through a terrorist who was making demands to a German police officer on the street, he said.

Alon and the others slowly crept down the stairs and out of the building, he said, adding that as he looked up he saw a terrorist above him on a balcony.

“I was looking at him, and he was looking at me, but he didn’t shoot,” Alon said.

He immediately gave up fencing because of the trauma of the event, Alon said.

Organizer Chaim Bryski, a rabbi ofThousand Oaks Chabad Jewish Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., said he was surprised by the large turnout and added that he was very impressed by Alon’s speech.

“Watching him reliving the events was powerfully emotional,” he said. “There were SEE MUNICH ON PAGE 8

A NIGHT OUT WITH GRADUATE STUDENT JEREMYBLOCK

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Jeremy Block, a Duke student since 1998 and self-described Durhamite, has explored Durham in ways that few students have.

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Three stories above a sleepy downtown Durham, Jeremy Block revs up his titanium pony for a game of bicycle polo.

Thursday nights, the public policy and biochemistry graduate student trades in his business-casual lecture attire for a graphic tee from Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life Tour” and a bike helmet. Hunched over the bar at Torero’s Restaurant and Authentic Mexican Cuisine, he proudly flips over the neck of a fizzing Corona and lime concoction, preparing for an evening ofactivities far away from protein models.

“Thursday night i§ my indie-underground night,” Block said, smiling as the waitress placed a massive Mexican dish before him. “It’s more common for people to cross groups in graduate school than in undergrad.”

A Duke student since 1998, when he started as an undergraduate, the seasoned, self-described Durhamite has familiarized himselfwith the city by forgoing a car for twowheeled transportation and venturing beyond the popular

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undergraduate hangouts of Shooters II and Ninth Street.

“There are rampant misconceptions that students have

about what Durham is and what Durham isn’t or what Duke should or shouldn’t be doing,” Block said ofDuke’s undergraduates. “Durham’s a city of 210,000 people.”

The curiosity to tackle the city’s lesser-popularized areas during his time living off campus has led to Block’s discovery ofauthentic burritos and private parking lots that host late-night bike polo matches—small gatherings of mainly Duke graduate students, mallets and awkward balancing resembling the conventional version of the game.

“I want to do something that other people won’t,” Block breathed heavily, lifting his arm from the handlebar to wave at a passerby he recognized as a Great Hall staff member. “Sometimes I’m so far away from the box, I don’t even know what shape a box is anymore.”

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A war that seems veryfaraway to manyDuties hits closer to home to others, like Duke grad Steve Smith, a member of the 82ndAirborne.

SOLDIERS from page 1 something in response to the September 11 attacks as well as to fulfill a long-standing desire to join the military. He said that since joining in the second semester ofhis sophomore year he has been exposed to the realities of the war

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“ROTC put the war in greater focus for me,” Ditzler said. “Some of the cadre have been to Iraq, so we’ve met people who have been over there. Just knowing that our friends who are graduating this year or even myself personally could be over there in a few years brings it closer and makes it more important to me.”

Both Smith and Ditzler noted the importance of citizens and students at home to the war effort. Smith said his service addresses what he sees as a social problem in the country.

“Our nation’s wars are unfortunately being fought by an increasingly small segment of the overall population,” he said. “Those of us with any access to money or privilege whatsoever very rarely choose to serve. I’m very glad that I have cast my name alongside the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country.”

Smith added that he thinks college students should respond personally to the war and not only think about it as an important political event.

“I would imagine that most people easily discuss matters of war over coffee or safely from armchairs, which could possibly lead to a conception of war which fails to recognize the intensely personal experiences that occur daily,” he said.

Ditzler said he thinks there is a generally positive sentiment on campus toward ROTC, though he considers the campus to be less involved in political controversies than other universities.

He said the lack of political activism can be explained by students’ focus on performing well academically and getting a good job after college, and he recognizes the value in these pursuits.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily such a bad thing that we aren’t [politically active],” he said. But he said he wishes that people would dig deeper for information rather than simply looking at headlines in forming their opinions.

“I guess thebest thing [Duke students] could do is get more involved and get more informed about the war,” he said.

Smith added that while the experiences and sacrifices of the soldiers are significant and honorable in themselves, their meaning is largely dependent upon the actions of American citizens.

“The extent to which folks back home choose to live meaningful lives, enjoy and protect the freedoms and rights afforded by our constitution and appreciate those who defend them, will make a huge difference in giving meaning to our sacrifices,” he said.

Smith said if more policymakers and citizens understood the sacrifices and perspectives of U.S. soldiers during a time of war, it would lead to more sober decisionmaking regarding intervention abroad and a stronger commitment to those decisions.

For students who want to make a positive impact, Smith suggests sending letters to soldiers or taking part in organizations like the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides help to injured service members.

“More importandy, however, if you see or know someone who has served, say thanks.”

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Once home to Duke’s art collections, East Campus’ Science Building will stay true to its ironic name as a new base for the humanities.

The shift is the result of a construction project thatbegan in the summer of 2006 and will be completed in November, said University staff architect Ray Walker.

In order to create more usable space for the building’s new occupants, an additional floor has been constructed in the area that previously contained the main gallery, and two interior

stairwells have been built. The attic is also being redesigned to accommodate a seminar room and study cubicles, which will be used by graduate students.

Wes Foushee, the project executive from contractor LeChase Construction Services, noted that there were significant structural problems with the building prior to construction and that it was not designed for modern accommodations.

“There were old plaster walls,” he said. “[The building] looked like it had been beaten SEE SCIENCE ON PAGE 9

WISER takes Duke to Kenya, U.N. by

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Senior Andy Cunningham not only spoke at the United Nations headquarters over the summer, he also persuaded the entire assembly to dance along with a video ofKenyan school children performing

a traditionalLuo dance.

Cunningham, who is also the cofounder of the Women’s Instimte of Secondary Education and Research, spoke at the United Nations’ fourth Annual Youth Assembly, a program designed to encourageyoung adults to champion humanitarian causes around the world.

“WISER was the only organization that got a standing ovation,” he said. “I spoke on the same panel as Dr. Cream Wright, the chief education officer of UNICEF. It was amazing for me that in one year WISER is at the same level as [the other] organizations. WISER was invited to speak at the conference every year from now on.”

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on behalf of WISER at the U.N. headquarters, he was only one of 12 Duke students to travel to Muhuru Bay, a smallfishing village in Kenya, to continue progress on WISER’s mission—opening an all-girl secondary school to promote women’s education in the community.

“In the last 18 years, no girl has qualified for college entrance while boys go every year, [so] we are committed to working with the community on development,”

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Senior Andy Cunningham guides a leadership activity for Camp WISER in Kenya.

Cunningham wrote in an e-mail.

Sherryl Broverman, associate professor of the practice of biology and co-founder of WISER, said the school will probably open as a community center before the start of the Kenyan academic year in January 2009. “[The idea for WISER] came from relationships in the community and realizing a simple intervention might have profound consequences,” she said.

Broverman added that WISER evolved out of a personal relationship she had with Rose Odhiam-

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So far, WISER has raised$520,000 for the construction of the school, which should be completed in November 2008, Cunningham said.

“We also led two communitywide town meetings where over 400 people came by foot and expressed what they wanted in the school,” Cunningham said. “They committed to raising enough funds to sponsor one girl every year from Muhuru Bay to attend WISER.” SEE WISER ON PAGE 9

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Dukies find purpose in medical charities on foot for 10 hours straight with a child his back so the child could get surgery Pat Rutter is just like any other fresh- to repair his face, man—he comes from New Jersey, lives in “These parents are willing to do anyand Southgate Dormitory enjoys going thing to get their kids into surgery,” he to the beach. said. ‘Your heart feels it first when you see But he is also one of many Duke stu- the dedication and trouble that these peodents and faculty working to make a dif- pie go through to give their child a second ference in the lives of those in need, both chance at life.” in the United States and abroad College trips that are funded by OperRutter, a member ation Smile include of the Operation Smile sending students to Student Advisory Board, prepare hospitals for . an influx of people is working on campus to an( l work as ambassapPI raise awareness of cleft i f .‘I deformities—a dors from the United palate States, he added. facial disfiguration—in || Third World countries.

“This is one of the Vv w “Children with facial best wa^s £ or \ deformities in these councans to be viewed in tries are either abandoned A Posits ways,” Rutter sa id- “Especially / by their parents on the jgpfct. side of the road or locked today’s state of affairs, this is huge.” up in a room,” Rutter said. mBHaBBaw “With Operation Smile, llll In addition to stuwe’re trying to give them a dents becoming acnew chance at life.” tive in charitable giving on campus, facOn campus, Operation Smile is plan- ulty members also work to improve the ning several events to raise money to sup- lives of those in need, Dr. Michael Haglund, an associate port facial surgeries and student trips to developing countries. One possible fund- professor in surgery and a neurosurgeon, raiser the organization is looking into is a is one of those professors. In January, he fashion show in New York City that could worked in Uganda to improve the quality potentially attract celebrity guests and of care in hospitals there, raise up to $200,000, he said.

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As vintage tunes wafted across the East

Campus Quadrangle Sunday, Duke students and alumni alike browsed through

photo albums and yearbooks.

The occasion was a birthday celebration, but an unconventional one. Sunday afternoon’s festivities marked the 80th anniversary of the construction of 11 East Campus buildings, including six residence halls: Alspaugh, Bassett, Brown, Pegram, Giles frnd Wilson dormitories. Gilbert-Addoms Residence Hall, completed in 1957, celebrated its 50th birthday.

“It’s helpful to remember that this was

Duke University for five years,” Associate University Archivist Tom Harkins said, referring to the time, between 1925 and 1930, when West Campus was not yet constructed. The Duke University Archives provided many of the historical photos on display for the event, he added.

The pavilion in the center of the quad was festooned with historical costumes and balloons. As cakes for each dorm were served, curious students began to gather and peruse the decades-old yearbooks on

display.

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ALE from page 1 who is not yet 21, said her friend was carded at Shooters and asked to go outside with ALE officers because there were empty cups, which were not his, in front of him. Lopez said she followed them out to explain that the drinks did not belong to her friend and she was carded too.

“I wasn’t drinking and didn’t have a wristband, I was just talking to them,” she said.

After Lopez provided her driver’s license to the ALE officers they requested that she give them her fake ID, she said.

“They said, ‘We know you have a fake too, either give it to us now or we’ll search your purse and you will go to jail,”’ Lopez said, adding that she gave her fake identification to them because she did not want them to search her purse.

Lopez said the ALE officers “made” her take a breathalyzer test and said, ‘You will take a breathalyzer test or we will arrest you.”

“I just saw a friend getting arrested, apparently she was not cooperating with them,” Lopez said. “They threw her on the ground [and] she had bruises and scratches. They were very rude. That’s why I didn’t want to argue with them.”

Lopez added that a third student had to pay $l,OOO to bail the arrested student out of jail.

“She apparently just walked away when [the ALE officers] asked for her ID,” Lopez said.

“They said she was resisting the police and arrested her.”

Lopez said she was unsure if the student had been drinking.

Two other students were also cited outside of Shooters, she said Senior Cara Stalzer, who was at Blu Seafood and Bar Saturday night and is over 21, said three ALE officers dressed in street clothes came into the bar and carded five of her friends, all of whom were over 21. She added that all of her friends had already been carded at the door by the bouncer and were wearing wristbands.

“They said they were carding everyone who looked young, so it was very subjective,” Stalzer said.

The five students presented their drivers’ licenses to the ALE officers but the officers requested a secondary form of identification to verify the validity of the licenses, Stalzer said.

“He was gone for 15 to 20 minutes, we were kind of concerned and wanted our IDs back,” she said.

“It put a big damper on the night... and made everyone leave the bar since no one wanted to be around when the officers are around.”

Stalzer added that she did not see ALE officers carding anyone else when she was there but one of the officers told her that they had cited someone already that night She also said the officers were “bordering on rude.”

ALE officers and owners ofBlu Seafood and Bar, Devine’s and Shooters could not be reached for comment Sunday night.

WOMEN from page 1 push this forward,” he said. “It’s a great idea, and it’s overdue.”

The Women’s Initiative, a document published in Fall ’O3, cited an all-woman mentorship program as a needed addition to Duke life.

Although the University created the Baldwin Scholars to address the issue, more females are looking for upperclassman guidance, said Donna Lisker, director of the Women’s Center and co-director of the Baldwin Scholars Program. “[The Baldwin Scholars Program] accepts 18 women per year, and we are having more than 100 per year apply,” she said. “To that degree, I think that the Women’s Mentoring Network can meet that need.”

The first phase of the program will officially begin the week of Sept. 24, with open forum discussions held in every freshman dormitory, McKinstry said. The second phase —small-group focus dinner discussions —will begin later in the semester, she added.

The network hopes to combat the notion of effortless perfection, a phrase made commonly known by the Women’s Initiative, Hill said.

“In the case of women, it’s expected that you not only be attractive physically, but also intellectual and have a whole plethora ofskills under your belt,” she said. “We’re telling freshmen that if you want to do this it’s OK to be an over-

achiever and you’ll have our help, but if not, that’s OK too.”

Nowicki said the sequence of events that put McKinstry’s idea into action is the ideal for policies formed from student feedback.

The notion for the program emerged last spring from forums regarding the Campus Cultural Initiative Steering Committee Report, Herring said.

“We were just talking about the different issues involved with being a woman at Duke,” she said.

“As upperclassmen we wish we had known a lot of things as freshmen, and we were hoping to create a mentoring program to help the freshmen out.”

Sophomore Katie Unverferth said freshmen girls can often find upperclassman women intimidating, and the forums would limit any nervous interactions.

Additionally, McKinstry said she hopes to stretch the resources available to Baldwin Scholars to a wider range of students.

“I’ve really benefited from older women I’ve met through [the Baldwin Scholars Program], and we often talk about what ways to extend the benefits that we’re lucky enough to be a party of,” she said. “That’s something that really needs to be a part of the Duke community.”

Sophomore Karin English, who is involved in the program, added that East Campus often acts as a barrier between freshmen and the Duke community.

“Freshman year is kind of insulated, and there are other girls out there,” she said. “-There are different ways of fitting in. There

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Senior Jenn Herring has helped to set up a women's advising program. are a lot of different kinds of people out there.”

Rachel Revelle, a freshman, said she agreed that having upperclassman friends helps freshmen better acclimate to West Campus.

“It’s nice to have everything on East, but [having upperclassman friends] gives you somewhere to go if you’re on West between classes,” she said. “There’s someone you know.”

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CRAIG from page 2 A faulty fire alarm in Few Quadrangle went off at least five times Sunday, residents reported.

Duke University Police Department is trying to resolve the issue, senior Wei Li, a Few Quad residence assistant, wrote in an e-mail to his residents.

“In the meantime, the fire alarm may go off a couple of times,” Li wrote. “If you need to study, I would encourage you to go to another quad or to the library.”

The alarm went offaround 1:30a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Sunday and three more times in the afternoon, residents said.

After the alarm went off around 1:30 a.m. the second floor of Few FF was covered in fire retardant, students said. They added, however, that they do not know why the fire retardant is there.

“I think it’s extraordinarily annoying because it kept me up last night and after I got to sleep it was still hard to get a good night’s sleep because it woke me up in the morning,” said junior Ben Russell, a Few Quad resident.

—from staffreports

Many Republicans have urged Craig to say for sure that he will resign. That would spare the party an ethics dilemma and the embarrassment of dealing with a colleague who had been stripped of his committee leadership posts.

It also would negate the need for a Senate ethics committee investigation, which GOP leaders had requested.

If Craig succeeds in undoing his plea, he would likely try to have the charges dismissed to avoid an embarrassing trial.

A police report alleged that Craig had solicited sex from a male officer at the Minneapolis airport in June.

Appearing on CNN’s “Late Edition,” Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Craig is entitled to his day in court.

“Maybe he’ll be convicted, but I doubt it,” said Specter, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican.

Specter said that when he learned the details of the arrest “I was convinced that he couldn’t be convicted if he fought the case.”

Minnesota law is that a guilty plea may be withdrawn if it was not intelligently made “and what Sen. Craig did was by no means intelligent,” Specter said.

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Tm not going to be your standard grad student,” Block insisted, explaining his involvement in various aspects of the Duke and Durham communities.

Since 2006, Block has been a graduate liaison to the Duke University Police Department, as well as a board member of the Durham Bike Co-op. “[The Co-op] encourages people to ride bikes, lets them fix their own or even learn how to build their own,” Block said.

Just a few hours earlier, Block, who holds bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biology, opted for a Coca-Cola rather than a Corona when he headed a pharmacology tutorial for Duke Ph.D. and masters students in the sciences. Twirling the tab of his soda can like an anxious freshman, Block smoothly shifted the rhetoric in his lecture from “dude” to “mutagenesis,” fully commanding the discussion before engaging in a casual chat about weekend plans.

“People treat people a whole hell of a lot better in grad school,” he said. “There’s no dog-eat-dog mentality.”

Block’s goal of integrating fields of knowledge on both the graduate and undergraduate levels resembles his desire to integrate students into the diverse happenings of downtown Durham.

“I’ve spent a lot of time on this Ph.D. program I’ve started,” Block said. “The point is to try and have people who are getting deep science backgrounds and technical degrees to have an understanding of policy.”

Back at Torero’s he scoops up his final hunk of guacamole and reaches for his helmet—which he labels as essential for the evening’s upcoming polo match.

A little after nine o’clock, he hops on his bike to ascend the winding pathway leading to the polo turf.

When he approaches the misshapen orange cone goal posts, Block takes a detour to an overlook of the empty street below. '“I think people rapidly assume that there are these predisposed paths that they must travel,” Block said. “Everybody wants to be a physician, everybody wants to be a lawyer, be an I-banker.”

He reaches for his malletand takes a long, circling swing.

“You need to think long and hard about all the options there are and be more creative,” Block added.

[Students] might find something else they like a whole heck of a lot better.”

He waits for a fellow student and polo player to call the start of the match. Staring back at his teammates, Block offered some final “sage wisdom.”

“Save yourself before going for the ball,” Block said.

With a quick spin, he speeds off to catch up with his runaway mallet. “

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MUNICH from page 3 a lot of tearful eyes in the room.”

Freshman Dorian Cohen listened intendy to Alon and tried to empathize with him.

“I spent a lot of the time trying to imagine what it would have been like had J been in his situation,” he said. “It was very intense and really emotional.”

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The weekend after attaining its highest ranking in program history, No. 11 Duke closed out the Nebraska Players Challenge with a pair of dis-

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appointing losses, falling 3-0 to the

No. 1 Cornhuskers Friday and 3-2 DUKE to Louisville Saturday.

L'VILLE The Blue Devils (5-3) struggled against 2006 NCAA champion Nebraska (5-0), losing three straight games, 30-24, 30-20, 30-23, at NU Coliseum.

Senior Carrie DeMange led Duke with 15 kills and a .440 hitting percentage while junior Jourdan Norman and sophomore Rachael Moss provided additional offensive support with 18 kills. But the Cornhuskers outplayed the Blue Devils as Chris Houghtelling, Jordan Larson and Sarah Pavan all

registered double-digit kills, contributing to Nebraska’s total of 55 kills—a season-

Senior Carrie DeMange led Duke with 15 kills in Friday's 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Cornhuskers.

high for opponents against Duke in threegame matches.

Duke fought a tough battle in the first contest, but Nebraska closed out the 30-24 game with a 7-4 run. In the second game, the Cornhusker offense overwhelmed the Blue Devils, and Duke could not break through Nebraska’s tough defense in game three.

“I’m very proud of how our team played and competed,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “Nebraska’s No. 1 in the country, and they’re very good. But I do know that our

team had the highest hitting percentage of anyone against them this year.”

In Saturday’s play, Duke battled for five games with Louisville, which clinched the fifth contest to take the match, 15-12, after the two teams had gone 31-33, 29-31, 3432, 30-25 through four. In the match, senior Ali Hausfeld notched a career-high 79 assists—Duke’s highest single-game total since 1996, when the Blue Devils’ all-time assist leaderKristen Campbell posted 84.

“Game three felt pretty good, and then they just started to execute better and were able to get more kills than we were,” Nagel said. “That was very disappointing for our whole team, but at the same time it’s going to make us better team because by playing this strong competition, we were able to see if we needed to get better in certain areas.”

In addition to Hausfeld’s career night, several otherBlue Devils had their best performances at Duke, including libero Jenny Shull and Moss. Shull had 35 digs, the second-best total of her career and third-best in Blue Devil history. Moss scored 30 kills in the match, becoming the second Blue Devil to reach that benchmark this season—and thus making Duke the only NCAA squad to have two players record 30 or more kills in a single match.

“It was just a really long close match so when you have that opportunity of time, you have a greater opportunity to get more digs,” Shull said. “I think we fought really hard all weekend. To barely lose in five—it’s very tough for us, and it shows some of our weaknesses, but it definitely shows our

strengths.”

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Duke spl its weekend seri es, unable to top Wake by

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Just two minutes into No. 8Duke’s contest

against No. 5 Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons’ Liz Fries converted the first penalty cor-

ner of the game to ut the Blue Devils in a 1-0 hole.

Moments later, Wake Forest sophRADFORD omore midfielder DUKE Melissa Martin found the back of the net on a pass from Regina Shannon, giving the Demon Deacons two goals within the first five minutes of the game.

The deficit proved too much to overcome for Duke (3-3, 0-1 in the ACC) as they fell to Wake Forest 4-2 Saturday at Williams Field.

“We have to start out harder in games,” junior Laura Suchoski said. “We played down a level in the opening 10 minutes of the game, and that was a huge factor for them.”

After the initial blitz, the Blue Devils held the Demon Deacons in check for most of the first half, keeping Wake Forest (2-2, 1-0) scoreless for over 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, Duke got on the board when sophomore forward Amie Survilla scored off a touch pass from Suchoski 25 minutes into the game.

The Blue Devils could not keep their momentum going, however, and surrendered another goal before halftime, which pushed the Demon Deacons’ lead back to two.

Coming out of halftime, Duke played much more aggressively, out-shooting Wake Forest 14-4. The increased intensity was attributed to a change in mentality.

“Our attitude was just to beat them to

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everything,” Suchoski said. “We played with

our hearts on our sleeves.”

Most of the second half was played on the Demon Deacons’ side of the field, giving the Blue Devils several scoring chances, especially on penalty corners.

In the end, though, Duke was only able to convert one of those shots into points.

“We could’ve played a much better game,” senior goalkeeper Caidin Williams said. “Wake Forest capitalized on a lot of our weaknesses.”

Overall, the Blue Devils outshot the Demon Deacons 18-12 and held an 11-3 advantage in attempted corners. But just like in its loss to lowa, Duke failed to convert its numerous scoring opportunities into

enough points to win.

“You outshoot a team 18-12 and out-corner them 11-3, you have to win that game,” head coach Beth Bozman said.

The Blue Devils hoped to rebound from the loss the next day against Radford (2-3).

And although Duke won the game 4-0, Bozman termed her team’s effort “horrendous.” Duke allowed the Highlanders to attempt 10 shots and 6 comers in the game.

“We should be coming out against a team like Radford and just experience complete domination,” Suchoski said.

Duke does have some positives to take from the weekend. The Blue Devils’ play in the second half against Wake Forest was a glimpse of how well they can perform, especially on offense. And with a quarter of the season already over, Duke must figure out how to put the ball into the cage.

‘We have a lot of plans,” Suchoski said.

“Now we have to start executing those plans on the field.”

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Senior Laura Suchoski assisted forward Amie Survilla on a goal in Saturday's loss to the Demon Deacons.

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didn't need any small-school sacrificial lambs on its early season schedule to post a couple of gaudy blowouts. The tenacious Tigers made Virginia Tech look like a pushover instead of the ninth-ranked team in the nation.

Keiland Williams ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Matt Flynn led LSI) to scores on four of its first five possessions as the Tigers cruised to a 48-7 victory over the uncharacteristically hapless Hokies on Saturday night.

The performance was so overwhelming that head coach Les Miles spent his opening comments trying to dissuade people from saying things that might go to his players' heads. (AP) LSI)

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Tom O'Brien's players gave Boston College another victory Saturday. Only this time he was coaching the other team.

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Juniorkicker Joe Surgan went 1-for-4 in Saturday's contest at Scott Stadium, missing 26,40 and 45-yard field goals as Duke fell 24-13 to the Cavaliers.

Duke misses chance to take victory by

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Virginia did its best to give its ACC opener against Duke away. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils were not prepared to take advantage.

Duke (0-2, 0-1 in ACC) failed to capitalize on a series of Cavalier special teams miscues, dropping its 22nd consecutive game 24-13 Saturday against Virginia (1-1, 1-0 in ACC) at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville.

The Blue Devils blocked two kicks, recovered two fumbles and benefitted from two errors on long snaps but struggled miserably to cash in on those errors.

One of the most critical errors came after Virginia long snapper Danny Aiken snapped the ball over the head of his punter and out of the back of the end zone, giving Duke a safety and the ball with 2:11 to go in the first quarter, But after an 11-play drive that put the Blue Devils in field-goal range at the Virginia 27-yard line, juniorkicker Joe Surgan missed the ensuing 45-yard field goal attempt short and to the right. Saturday proved to be a tough day for Duke’s placekicker, who finished the game 1-4 on field goal attempts with one successful 21-yarder to go with additional misses from 26 and 40 yards.

“I’ve got to go back to look at the film to see what exactly what went wrong,” Surgan said. “I want to help the team win, and it’s a long season. IfI wanted to quit, I could have quit last offseason after what happened last season. We’re going to keep going. We’ve got 10 more games. If I quit now, it’s going to be a long three months.”

Despite Surgan’s struggles, the Blue Devils special teams unit turned in a pretty strong effort that kept the team in striking distance entering the fourth quarter. Sophomore linebacker Vincent Rey blocked Chris Gould’s 22-yard field goal attempt midway through the second half, and a second errant snap by Virginia’s Aiken gave

Duke the ball on the Cavalier 16-yard line.

The Blue Devils scored on that drive when sophomore quarterback Thaddeus Lewis hit junior receiver Jomar Wright for a 16yard touchdown on a crossing pattern at the 2:41 mark in the third quarter. Lewis then found senior fullback Tielor Robinson in the flats for a two-point conversion to draw Duke within a score at 17-10.

Things continued to work in the Blue Devils’ favor on the ensuing kickoff, when freshman linebacker Adam Banks forced and recovered a fumble at the UVa 16. Although two rushes by Robinson got Duke to the six-yard line, the drive sputtered and the Blue Devils were forced to kick a field goal that set the score at 17-13 heading into the final quarter of regulation.

Those points would be Duke’s last of the game, however. Virginia quarterback Peter Lalich, who came in for starter Jameel Sewell in the second quarter, led the Cavaliers on a 15-play, 82-yard drive capped by a four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tom Sand that put the score at 2T13. Lalich was 8-of-10 on the drive, which shaved 6:18 off the clock. Surgan missed his final field goal attempt on Duke’s next drive, and the Blue Devils only moved the ball 25 total yards in their final two possessions.

“The way the game started off, our kids just kept hanging in there and fought their way back, which is what we’re supposed to do,” head coach Ted Roof said. “We blocked two kicks and recovered a fumble on the kickoff. They had a couple of miscues in their special teams. We gotta take advantage of those.”

Although Duke’s mistakes in the kicking game may have been the most glaring, Roof said that no single unit was to blame for the team’s disappointing performance.

“The effort was good. There’s a fine line between winning and losing, and we go back to looking at the chances we had to do it. For whatever reason, in several differ-

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QuarterbackThaddeus Lewis threwfor 137yards, with

an interception and a ID, and was sacked five times. ent instances, it didn’t happen. Football is a

game of 60 minutes for a reason. Whatever

happens, you’ve got to play through it.”

Duke will travel to Evanston, 111. next weekend for a non-conference tilt with Northwestern. If the Blue Devils were to lose that game, they would tie the school record for consecutive losses at 23. But Saturday, Roof could not get over how consecutive loss No. 22 slipped through the fingers ofhis team.

“We came to win, and we didn’t do it,” Roof said. “The missed opportunities just rip your guts out.”

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Poor tackling at pivotal times dooms Blue Devils by

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—For all of Duke’s miscues in the kicking game and its failures to convert key offensive opportunities, its inability to simply tackle cost the Blue Devils against Virginia Saturday.

At the very moment when the game seemed to be within Duke’s grasp, missed tackles let the contest slip away. analy With Virginia leading 17-13 early in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers faced third-and-four at their own 44-yard line. True freshman quarterback Peter Lalich threw a screen pass to running back Keith Payne, who, despite having four Blue Devil defenders around him, pushed his way forward for a crucial first down. Later in the drive, the Cavaliers threw another screen to Stanton Jobe on second-and-one, and comerback Glenn Williams had perfect position to stop him for no gain. Instead, Williams could not finish the tackle, allowing Jobe to break free for 16 yards and set up the deciding touchdown that put the game out of Duke’s reach.

The Blue Devils’ tackling troubles were not isolated to that drive, however.

In the first half, the team’s poor tackling manifested itself in the run defense’s struggles, as the Cavaliers ran for 133 yards on offense —a number that would have been much higher if it were not for two botched punt snaps thatresulted in a combined loss of 57 yards. Virginia running back Cedric Peerman had 126 yards and a touchdown off just nine carries before the break.

“We were getting one arm and one leg, and that wasn’t enough,” safety Chris Davis said.

“Normally in practice, we’rejust tryingto sprint tackle—we justrun and take out their legs but that wasn’t happening with these backs. We were wrapping up one leg and if help wasn’t coming they were wiggling out ofit” The poor tackling meant the Cavaliers racked up far more yards than they should have, which contributed to a 109-yard advantage and a 17-2 lead at halftime, despite the Blue Devils winning the battle for time of possession by nearly five minutes.

The Cavaliers broke through theBlue Devils' coverage at key points of Saturday's game in Charlottesville, which enabled Virginia to hold on for a 24-13 victory.

“I went around the secondary and 1 those stops, to tackle high and give their “I think there were four instances where we came free and their guy made our guy told them—especially me and Adrian Aye- offense a chance.

“Sometimes our linebackers and defenmiss,” Duke head coach Ted Roof said of Dark© and the safeties—that we’ve got to tackle up high,” Davis said. “I told them to sive linemen come and are just flying in the first half. there and sometimes they end up knockTackling was such a concern that the stay high and stop their forward momenbe there.” will ing the guy that got there initially out and made at tum and Duke coaching staff it a priority everybody Although, the defensive changes were [the offensive player’s] able to wiggle for halftime to address the issue, gathering the defense and telling them they needed clear throughout the second half—Peer- another yard,” Davis said. “It just happens like that sometimes.” to tackle better, have better pursuit angles man only ran for 23 more yards on 11 carries—Duke missed crucial tackles when it If Duke wants to win, the defense will and swarm quicker, Roof said. need to execute on the basics. For winDavis said that more than anything, the counted most.

For a team that has lost 22 straight ning teams, big plays just do not happen Blue Devils needed to tackle higher—and games, the Blue Devils needed to make like that. he let his teammates know it.

ntherecord "I've got to go back to look at the film to see what exactly what went wrong. I want to help the team win, and it's a long season. If I wanted to quit, 1 could have quit last offseason after what happened last season. We're going to keep going. We've got more games. If I quit now, it's to be a long three months."

—Joe Surgan

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Duke opens weekend with upset loss to Villanova by

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One preseason prediction is already inaccurate—but at least Duke’s season is back on track.

The second-ranked Blue Devils (3-1-0) were upset by Villanova (3-1-0) Friday at Koskinen Stadium, NOVA 1-0. Duke outshot 0 the Wildcats 25DUKE 4, but was unable to find the net SLU 0 on any °f its scor_

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The loss invalidated forward Mike Grella’s earlier prediction that he “didn’t see [the Blue Devils] losing” a game this season.

But Duke bounced back against No. 12 St. Louis (0-1-2) —Duke’s first ranked opponent of the year—with a 2-0 win Sunday night. Senior forward Paul Dudley scored two goals, the first coming on a header off a cross from senior Tomek Charowski in the sixth minute, which finally gave Duke a converted scoring chance.

“It was huge [to beat St. Louis],” assistant head coach Mike Jeffries said. “We were very frustrated about Friday, and so it was big for us to get the early goal and get that monkey off our back.”

Goalkeeper Justin Papadakis recorded his second shutout of the season, highlighted by a spectacular diving save 12 minutes into the game to preserve the Blue Devils’ one-goal lead.

“Our defense did well in limiting the

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Grad studentJoshua Medcalf collapses on the field at theend ofFriday's shocking 1 -0 loss to the Wildcats. number of chances tonight,” Papadakis said. “They broke through a couple times, and I was fortunate to make the save. But for the most part, I think the credit has to go to the back four. They’re really limiting the

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number ofchances that teams are getting.”

The defense could get a boost later in the week. Senior Tim Jepson was dressed Sunday and his pulled hamstring is steadily improving. He has been running, but has

yet to fully practice with the team. Jeffries said it is possible he could be back in the lineup by Saturday against West Virginia.

Dudley, who is recovering from offseason ankle surgery, picked up an insurance goal for the Blue Devils in the 63rd minute against the Billikens, knocking the ball into an open net off a one-touch pass from Joe Germanese.

“Paul definitely deserved this,” Papadakis said. “He’s been injured, and he’s going to be a big part of our success this year and he proved that tonight.”

Dudley had some missed opportunities in theVillanova game, making his performance Sunday even more important to the team.

“I was able to get on the end of a few great plays,” Dudley said. “The Villanova game—we had to put it behind us. It’s not like we played really bad in that game. We were just unlucky.”

Duke may have gotten some bad breaks against the Wildcats, but the team also made mistakes Friday, particularly on offense, that needed to be corrected before Sunday.

“The runs were better from the forwards—Paul and Mike [Grella],” Jeffries said of Sunday’s game. “And we got guys in the box, and it paid off with two goals.”

Although the Blue Devils lost the possibility of an undefeated season, they showed their resilience by taking down the Billikens.

“The only way to bounce back after a loss is with a win,” Papadakis said. “This game helped, and I think we’re back on track for the rest of the season.”

Blue Devils beat Yale, fall to Aggies in Classic by

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CHAPEL HILL—Goals were scarce for Duke last weekend in California, and legitimate scoring opportunities were just as rare.

DUKE At the Carolina Classic this week0 YALE end, the Blue DevDUKE ils only punched TEXAS A&M 2 in one goal in a 1-0 win over Yale Friday night and a 2-0 loss to No. 3 Texas A&M Sunday afternoon at Fetzer Field.

But for Duke (1-1-2), one goal, many more chances and the snapping of a wretched scoring drought were encouraging signs of the upcoming season.

Sophomore Elisabeth Redmond ended a 675-minute scoreless streak in the 41st minute ofFriday night’s contest against the Bulldogs (1-2). Midfielder Lorraine Quinn made a run down the right side and delivered a ball to the top of the 18-yard box, where Redmond ran it down and sent a shot into the upper left comer of the net.

Redmond did not de-emphasize the gamewinning and streak-breaking goal, either.

“It was definitely important for us,” Redmond said. “We were playing well, we just needed to focus and start going at them and attacking.”

That aggressive approach was not Duke’s mindset last weekend, prompting head coach Robbie Church to urge his team to play with more energy in greater spurts.

On Sunday against the Aggies, one of the best teams in the country, Duke heeded Church’s advice, even after Aggie Laura Robinson connected on a lovely strike in the 33rd minute and Melissa Garey added a tally in the 61st minute. _

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Lorraine Quinn (above) had an assist to Elisabeth Redmond (below) in Duke's 1-0 victory over Yale Friday.

Down two goals, the Blue Devils peppered the Texas A&M net with 14 shots, some of which made goalkeeper Kristin

Arnold dive across the net to maintain the shutout. In the 66th minute, Quinn fired a shot from 35 yards out that deflected off the back of a head of a defender. The ball redirected to the right side of the net, catching Arnold flatfooted for a second before she recovered and dove to her left to make the stop. Later in the game, Redmond chased a ball down in the box but pushed her attempt over the net. While the flurry did not result in any goals Sunday, it means that some goals are likely on the horizon.

“We were really emphasizing coming out for 90 minutes,” Quinn said. “Last weekend, there were periods where we were not working as hard as we should have. We looked a little bit lackadaisical. At halftime, [Church] kept encouraging us and told us to keep putting in our hard work. I think we came out with just as much energy in the second half.”

After the two stalemates last weekend, Quinn shouldered the burden of jolting life into a somewhat stagnant team. The junior epitomized Duke’s upbeat attitude all weekend, controlling play in the midfield and sending through balls to the sides of the field.

And by doing so, she impressed Church, who showered her with praise after the game.

“Lorraine was unbelievable,” Church said. “She was all over the place. She was worth the price of admission.”

Duke plays its first homestand at Koskinen Stadium Thursday and Sunday against Elon and Dartmouth. Goals were more abundant closer to home this weekend, and the Blue Devils hope that they are even more plentiful in the friendly confines of Koskinen next weekend.

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The Blue Devils picked up their first victory of the season, beating ACC-rival Virginia and seven other teams at the Lou Onesty Invitational Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. Duke’s top five runners placed fifth through ninth, scoring 35 points and beating the second-place Cavaliers by 20. Although Virginia did not run all of its top runners, it is a consistendy strong team that is expected to be nationally ranked again this year.

“We’re a lot closer to Virginia than we anticipated,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We feel like we can at least hang with them on their home course.”

Junior Kevin McDermott led the way for the Blue Devils, finishing the 8K race in a time of 25:22 for fifth place. Freshmen Bo Waggoner, Josh Brewer, Josh Lund and Cory Nanni followed close behind, all finishing within 18 seconds ofMcDermott.

“Normally in an 8K race you strive for a 30 second spread,” Ogilvie said. “An 18 second spread is outstanding.”

With four of the top five finishers, the freshmen class exceeded expectations in their first full-length collegiate race. “[This meet] definitely showed that our heralded freshman recruiting class is worth the hype,” Ogilvie said. “They did an outstanding job.”

The Blue Devils raced well despite difficult conditions on the relatively shade-free course where temperatures approached 90 degrees.

“It was kind of a war of attrition out there, and our guys faired really well,” Ogil-

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Freshman Bo Waggoner was one of four Blue Devil freshmen to finish in the top 10 of Saturday's race. vie said. “We went out very conservatively and we picked off a lot of runners in the fourth and fifth mile.”

Duke will race on the same course later this season as it will be the site of the ACC championships Oct. 27.

For now, Duke will train for three weeks before traveling to Eugene, Ore. Sep. 29 to face some of the best teams in the country at the Bill Dellinger Invitational.

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WISER from page 5 The cost per student per year is $7OO, which includes all costs and a monthly stipend. WISER will accept 70 percent of its students from Muhuru Bay and 30 percent from outside the village, as determined by the community members, he added.

Even though WISER will be an all-girl secondary school, the facility will be used between school sessions to run a co-educational camp in order to promote positive gender relations in the region.

The pilot program for the camp was launched by the 12 students this summer.

“The Duke students led three classes they developed—Gender in Everyday Life, Learning to Lead and Adolescent Health—in addition to other community-building activities such as poetry slams, computer training, nightly skits and more,” Cunningham said.

Junior Chetan Jhaveri, who travelled to Kenya and planned the camp curriculum in an independent study with Broverman last Spring, said 36 students from a local co-ed secondary school attended the two-week camp.

“The kids were nervous at first because the teaching style was different than what they were used to because it was really interactive,” he said. “I think they really enjoyed that, [though]. We were exhausted by the end ofeach day, but it was worth it.”

Jhayeri also said it was rewarding for him to witness the students’ changing perceptions of themselves and the opposite gender.

“Boys said they would help their wives in the kitchen because they realized [performing domestic work] is not a biological trait,” he said. “One girl, Milkah, said, T really enjoyed [the activity] because now I understand that I can be the head ofmy family if I want to.”’

During the six weeks the students spent in Muhuru Bay, they also brought solar panels to the area, led computer training classes with 10 Duke-donated laptops, met with community members to discuss the curriculum and trained the school’s teachers. They distributed sanitary pads to community women so that girls do not have to stay out of school while they are menstruating.

“Three Duke students also traveled by bike each day to complete a microfinance survey to determine strategies for increasing income and utilizing skills and assets already existing in this small fishing village off the Coast ofLake Victoria,” Cunningham said.

He added that now he is in the process of forming the Duke WISER Club.

“Students will have the chance to help organize events on campus that will fundraise for girls’ scholarships and coordinate knowledge sharing from different disciplines,” Cunningham said.

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Sophomore Mike Arndt teaches students computer training classes in Muhuru Bay, Kenya.

SCIENCE from page 5 and abandoned. It needed a refresher.”

The Science Building originally contained the science departments for die Woman’s College, and then eventually die literature department and art museum. It had not undergone major renewal since 1968.

“We didn’t have enough space,” said Pamala Terterian, business manager of the literature department. “We had to use some basement space. It was terrible, it flooded and we had a mold problem.”

The major outcome of the renovation, however, will not be purely structural. The building’s mechanical construction is designed to optimize energy efficiency, reduce waste sent to landfills and curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Officials are looking to obtain a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificate for the building, hoping to bring it up to the national standard of high performance green buildings.

“The wood used in the building had to come from a [Forest Stewardship Council]certified source saying that they would restore forests,” Foushee said.

Even the waste from the project is being used effectively, as 75 percent of the debris from the construction is being recycled.

During the bulk of the construction period last year, the literature department was stationed in the Bell Tower Trailers behind the Keith and Brenda Brodie Recreation Center. Currently, literature, along with the cultural anthropology and African and African American studies departments, has moved into the Science Building during the final phases ofconstruction.

Bayo Holsey, assistant professor of cultural anthropology and African and African American studies, along with other faculty members said she is pleased with her department’s move from the John Hope Franklin Center

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The Science Building, between Aycock andWilson dorms, will be completed by November, officials say. on Erwin Road to the Science Building.

“It’s nice to be with other academic departments and more students,” she said.

Although most are satisfied with the general outcome of the construction, some, like senior Nick Arrive, miss the building’s rusty appearance and old-fashioned touch.

“There was a certain charm in the dilapidated old rooms that’s been lost,” he said.

“Though it’s clean and modern looking, I can’t help but feel like it’s a little soulless and Duke-homogenized. Overall, though, it’s an improvement—especially compared to the trailer park where the [literature] department has been for the past year.”

Walker said LeChase is also surveying Baldwin Auditorium for major renovations.

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for the 30 million people who live in Uganda,” he said. “In comparison, the Triangle Region probably has about 25.”

On his trip, Haglund said he was shocked by the lack of modernized equipment in the African country.

The operating room used antiquated hand drills, no ventilators and nothing to hold patients in place for the surgery, he said.

“There was one man in a coma who was on a ventilator when the power went out and immediately came back on. The ventilator didn’t reset and there were no monitors or warnings to alarm the staff that the ventilator was off,” he said. “Before anyone realized it, the man had died from poor monitoring. This would never have happened with modern

procedures and grand jury proceedings, the creation of an impartial ombudsman position to review complaints against pros-

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Metzloff said if Durham officials decide

to decline the settlement, attorneys for the

city could contend that the mistreatment of the defendants was caused solely by the actions of former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong, the prosecutor in the case.

[The city has] thedefensethatthemain cause of the damage to the defendants was the independent actions ofMike Nifong,” he said. “The defendants are suing the city instead of Mike Nifong because he doesn’t have the money. In many ways this is the classic ‘look for the deep pockets.’”

MetzlofF added that the external investigation into the mishandling of the lacrosse case could find the city partially responsible, but not enough for its participation to overshadow Nifong’s unethical actions as prosecutor. Former Durham interim district attorney Jim Hardin proposed that the State Bureau of Investigation take over the inquiry following its suspension last week, but SBI officials have not yet released a decision.

Mayor Bill Bell declined to comment on the settlement, but said the council has been in discussion with Blinder and other officials. He added that he will make a statement when a decision has been reached. “

Duke,

he founded Duke Global Health PLUS, an organization to secure supplies for underdeveloped countries. Through his organization, he amassed medical equipment from a surplus store that was selling supplies for pennies on the dollar.

By the time he was done, Haglund had collected over nine tons of medical equipment worth over $1.3 million. This equates to over 25 percent of the hospital’s yearly budget, or 50 years-worth of modem equipment, he added. , In addition to donating equipment, Haglund also plans on returning to Uganda and giving his services and expertise to teach Ugandan doctors to perform more advanced procedures with the new equipment.

Although participating in organizations like Duke Global Health PLUS and Operation Smile cost many hours of time and large amounts of money, members of both organizations said the benefits greatly outweigh the costs.

“If you had told me a year ago that we’d remodel this hospital, I would’ve laughed at you,” Haglund said. “And now that it’s happened, it’s been amazing—both for me and for Uganda.”

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The pavilion in the middle of the East Campus Quad was decorated with balloons and streamers.

BASH from page 6 Molly Cooper, a Bassett resident In addition to Duke students and faculty, local alumni and neighborhood residents paid visits to East.

“The party was a good thing to do for campus-neighborhood relations,” said Susan Gurley, a Trinity Park resident and a medical instructor in nephrology.

Charles Sheets, who recently moved to Durham, noted that he was surprised “how open East Campus is to the neighborhood.”

As the celebration, organized by Residence Life and Housing Services, progressed, former students fondly reminisced about their time spent at Duke.

Alumni and current freshmen discussed methods for accessing the famed steam tunnels under East, rivalries between dorms and even a decades-old scheme to scale the dome ofBaldwin Auditorium.

Coralynn Harward, Woman’s ’46, lived in both Alspaugh and Giles.

“Boys weren’t allowed to come in the dorms,” she said, remembering the period from 1930 to 1972 when East housed only female students. “The buildings haven’t changed at all.”

Freshman Lindsey Arthur, who lives in Randolph Residence Hall, a more recendy constructed building, was unsure about the condition of the older halls.

“They’re very nice, on the outside,” she said. “But Randolph is definitely better.”

The birthday celebration was a success, said Lisa Beth Bergene, East’s assistant dean for residence life.

“For being a hot, gross afternoon it went we 11.... I thought there would be a few more, but the ones who came enjoyed it,” she said. “I think people learned something today about Duke’s history.”

Freshman Marni Siegel said she believes instituting more student traditions would increase interest in the University’s past.

“Duke’s not as old as some other prestigious colleges, so something like this is good for our school,” Siegel added.

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improve the economic situation, and has achieved major results despite the Government spokesperson Ali al-Dabmajor economic destruction that we bagh said Iraqi security forces have come inherited from the former regime,” far but need more time to prepare before he said in opening the so-called neighthey can take over their own security. He bors’ conference.

Zebari warned the violence could spill pointed to a decrease in the number of kidnappings and other sectarian attacks across Iraq’s borders into other nations. but gave no figures.

“Terrorism should be fought... because “We feel that there is progress on the fires that they are igniting in the land the security side, particularly in Baghof the two rivers (Iraq) will spread outside dad,” he said. When things get better the borders and endanger neighboring and the security situation gets better countries,” he added. the Iraqi government will be able to He did not identify any country by talk about a timetable,” al-Dabbagh name, but the Iraqi and U.S. governtold reporters. ments have accused Syria of allowing The U.S. military, meanwhile, reportforeign fighters to cross into Iraq and say ed that an American soldier was killed Iran is supplying Shiite militias with weapSunday in fighting in western Baghdad. A ons—claims that both countries deny.

Marine died Friday in Iraq’s Anbar provIranian Deputy Foreign Minister ince in a non-combat related incident, Mohamed Reza Baqiri said his country the command said. “wants to help in healing Iraq’s wounds At least 35 Iraqis also were reported for humanitarian reasons” but gave killed or found dead Sunday, including mixed signals about Tehran’s willingness to work with the U.S. to achieve stability 12 bullet-riddled bodies that were handcuffed and blindfolded and showed signs in the country. of torture.

“The regional matters in our area The deadliest attack was a raid by should be solved in the hands of the gunmen against a police station that governments, states and people of this killed at least nine people. Police and region,” he told reporters after the conwitnesses said five policemen and four ference. civilians were killed before the attackReferring to three previous direct ers were driven off with the help of meetings between U.S. and Iranian ofresidents in the predominantly Sunni ficials on Iraq’s security, the Iranian ofvillage of Hajaj, some 155 miles north ficial said: “Our love for Iraq made us sit of Baghdad. at the same table with our enemy... and if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki argued the Iraqi side asked us to sit on the table that his Shiite-dominated government again, we will accept.” has made great strides since he took ofSecurity was extraordinarily tight fice in May 2003 promising to bring miin central Baghdad as the meeting nority Sunnis into the political process took place at the Foreign Ministry and stem support for the insurgency. complex with security forces block“The Iraqi national unity governing two main bridges linking the ment has achieved great victories in city’s eastern and western sectors to different fields as it works seriously to all but official traffic.

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Police ISLAMABAD, Pakistan manned roadblocks and rounded up supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who left London Sunday after 7 years in exile to return to Pakistan and lead a campaign to topple the country’s U.S.-allied military ruler.

Before leaving London, Sharif warned that President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs government might try to arrest or deport him. At the last minute, he asked his brother Shahbaz Sharif to remain in Britain so that he can lead the party in case anything happens to the former prime minister.

The Pakistani government has hinted it may arrest or deport Sharif when he arrives, and an arrest warrant was issued against his brotherlast week in connection with a murder case.

Any attempt to arrest Sharif, whose elected government was ousted by Musharraf in a 1999 coup, is likely to sharpen political tensions ahead of presidential and legislative elections and could trigger street violence.

The looming showdown could further weaken Musharrafs faltering grip on power and comes as the country batties surging Islamic extremism thathas spread from the Afghan border, where Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders are believed to be hiding.

“We are going, nothing can stop us,” Sharif told reporters at London’s Heathrow airport before boarding the Pakistan International Airways flight. “We are happy we are going go back to our country after seven long years in exile.”

He said he expected Musharraf to invoke emergency powers to stop his supporters in Pakistan, but he said that only underscored the need for him to return and fight to restore full democracy and the power of the judiciary.

“We are not scared of anything—prisons and jails we have gone through all that,” Sharif said.

More than 2,000 Sharif supporters in Punjab have been detained in a crackdown over the past four days, and others have gone into hiding, said Ahsan Iqbal, a spokesperson for Sharifs party. Police and security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed about 700 arrests.

Police patrolled and manned roadblocks on the main roads leading from Lahore to Islamabad Sunday evening. One mobile squad swooped down on three buses carrying suspected Sharif supporters. Armed officers mounted each bus and ordered the drivers to take the passengers away —apparently into custody.

Police also set up checkpoints in and around the capital. Media reports said authorities planned to prevent anyone traveling to the city’s international airport on Monday morning unless they were booked on an outward flight.

“It’s extremely important to show that people are sick and tired of this dictatorial regime,” said Zulfikar Ali Khan Khosa, president of the Punjab branch of Sharif’s party, predicting huge crowds would travel to the airport despite the crackdown.

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"W- A Then he replaces comes on the heels of the families’ recent —and still un\/\/ Mike Nif°n g as Durdisclosed—setdement with � f ham’s newest fulltime district attorney, it looks the University and appears on like David the surface to Saaks be another will editorial have some notch on the weighty paperwork coming “silver lining” part of the Duke across his desk. lacrosse story’s time line. after Shordy By now, “Duke lacrosse” Nifong walked away from his 24-hour has come to be shorthand stint in jail Saturday, TheAssofor the dangers of prosecutociated Press reported —based rial misconduct and in many on information from people ways synonymous with the close to the case—that the word “injustice.” three families of the formerly It’s certainly nice to see the indicted men’s lacrosse playfamilies and the players reers are eyeing a $3O-million ceive compensation for the lesetdement with the Bull City gal fees they accrued and the and are also looking to push many difficulties they encounthrough several key reforms tered during the past year and to the legal process. If the city a half. But from the outside says not so, sources say a lawlooking in, the settlementalso suit is sure to follow. seems somewhat bizarre.

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to be

repaid, $3O million is justice. Plus, the families alpretty steep. After all, the “bad ready have money coming in guys” in this case are not the from other sources.

Durham citizens who will be paying the lion’s share of that setdement, but rather Nifong and certain members of the Durham Police Department.

Of course, there are a great many “behind-thescenes” logistical issues that this board doesn’t claim to know about, and we understand that the $3O-million tag could have been chosen as a means of gaining some strategic leverage in the families’ setdement with the city.

At the end of the day, however, it only makes sense that money should go into—and not be taken from—the coffers that supported the infrastructure that supported Nifong’s clear miscarriage of

It is, moreover, laudable that the families and their attorneys are using the injustice they experienced as a catalyst for change. Among other things, the families reportedly want the state to create positions to oversee complaints of North Carolina DA misconduct and to require that Durham officials spearhead lobbying efforts that would require the N.C. General Assembly’s action.

These are initiatives that should be pursued and en-

couraged moving forward,

certainly, but it also seems out of place and perhaps even a bit heavy-handed to attach such stipulations to a request for $3O million with the city.

The three former players and their families deserve their just deserts at this juncture. But the “bigger picture” in this case also entails problems in the legal system that stem from the relationship between Duke and the city of Durham.

In the end, a settlement and possible suit like the one at hand looks like it might rattle instead of bolster that very relationship.

And at this point, that’s the last thing the silver lining to this saga needs.

And so enters David Saacks—the man now charged with overseeing for the next year the fallout of his predecessor’s failures—including the pivotal setdement that will take form in the weeks and months ahead.

Zach Brafffalls in love

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in love. And it’s not just with myself or Natalie Portman this time.

At first, I thought it was one of those 24hour things. I tried going to sleep with my head propped up on my pillow hoping it would just seep right out of me.

But when I woke up it was still there. I tried going to Student Health but 1

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do and handed no SCTIlbs me a free condom.

But I’m pretty sure that’s just going to make things worse And so I’ve come to the uncomfortable conclusion that my love will not pass like some common cold. My love is like Ebola and I’m doomed to never find the elusive green monkey that infected me. You see, unlike most, I’m not in love with a woman. I’m in love with the possibility of being in 10ve... with a woman.

I’m in meta-love.

It’s nothing special. I want.what every guy wants—a meaningful relationship with a caring partner to enrich my life experience. It’s just so difficult to find that when every girl at Duke is only interested in one-night stands and hooking up. And no amount of hard evidence and personal experience will convince me that’s not the reality here. I’ve done the research. I’ve read the Rolling Stone article and “I Am Charlotte Simmons.” Girls at Duke throw themselves at guys with little regard for physical or social consequences. That’s just fact!

So a guy looking for love is already fighting the odds. First off, half of Duke is other dudes.

So right away your chances of finding love are cut drastically. Second, the pool of available women entering Duke is limited from the start. Like too many shoes or a toaster oven, freshman girls bring unnecessary baggage to Duke —in this case, a boyfriend from home. And entering college with a significant other is a more terrible idea than getting a heart transplant at Duke Hospital. An incumbent boyfriend is like weightlifting at the age of 12—it’s sure to stunt your growth. At some point, you’ve got to put down the old barbells, meet new exercises and see what kind of aerobic activity is right for you.

So after eliminating the girls that just want sex, the dudes and the old boyfriend holdovers, we’re

left with a very small portion of the Duke population: seven women, to be exact. I don’t want to name names, but three of them are Chick-fil-A workers Then you face the problem of where to find the remaining four. This weekend I went searching for them in the best place I could think of to find quality women: Desirecourt.

What better place to search out a potential soulmate than a party advertised with pictures of attractive naked people? Her presence at the party alone indicates we already share one thing in common—our love of perceiving women as sexual objects. And as my Jewish mother would say about marrying within the race, that’s just one more thing to hold us together rather than tear us apart.

I felt drawn to her immediately. Before I found her, it was as if I had been meandering up and down a crowded stairwell among lisdess souls peering into my life swirling inside a Solo cup. Actually that’s exactly what the party was like, only it was Busch Light.

Catching her gaze from across the room, I couldn’t tell what was sweeter—the knowing moment we shared or the peppermint Schnapps and chocolate syrup an older Mirecourt dude was serving me.

I invited her back to my apartment so we could get to know each otherand my futon better. Things were going great until I said the worst thing human-

ly imaginable.

She suggested we watch “40 Year Old Virgin” and I agreed, noting, “It’s a good movie to have on because we’re in the background...

I going to be talking of course. Boobs!”

Love is a cruel game. Most girls won’t get your improper exclamation of “boobs!” as a metaphor for the need to nurture a relationship in its infancy. But we still need love like West Campus needs cheap themed parties. Friends and family are essential but it’s the romantic relationships that bring you the true highs and lows in life. Love is a roller coaster without a height requirement (believe me, I’ve dated a lot of short girls).

As a member of the Beatles, Vladimir Lenin once said, “All you need is love.” But Lenin probably never went to Duke (I’ll have to double-check

um... mean...

that). So in the absence of love, I recommend sobbing through “Garden State” on mute with the Shins blaring in the background. But I wouldn’t know if that helps.

ZACH BRAFF and Brandon Curl like long walks on the beach.

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Like Such As And Yes,

I chuckled when I watched Miss Teen South Carolina’s response during the 2007 Miss Teen USA Pageant. After the laughter subsided, however, I was left with the strange feeling of familiarity. After some reflection, I realized why I recognized the pattern. Miss Teen South Carolina Caidin Upton’s response is the same thing I’ve been watching on the news. It’s the same thing as the speeches I see politicians make to garner votes and the pseudo-academic responses that my Duke peers give in class.

It’s nearly formulaic. She begins by identifying her nationality (U.S.-American), as if it were ever in question. She then makes julia torti a vague statement that other people in our country are incredleft of cool ibly disadvantaged (in this case, by not having maps). Implicit in this statement is the fact that Miss Teen South Carolina is clearly separate from this disadvantaged subgroup. All this establishes her as a compassionate, socially-aware American.

Perhaps aware that the question is of a political nature, she cites one of the hottest political issues of the moment: education. Of course, this issue is rather safe because there are clear “good” and “bad” sides; no one is anti-education. This allows Miss Teen South Carolina to mention politics without actually

being political.

In what must have been a moment of panic where she realized that she hadn’t mentioned any poor, foreign country in her response, she makes a quick save by doing a bit of name-dropping. My guess is that she was starting to repeat the oft-broadcasted phrase “The Iraq War” but stopped herself partway when she realized she couldn’t mention the messy word “war” on TV. No beauty queen response would be complete without a reference to some African country. Africa is so sexy right now. Asia is mentioned as an afterthought.

To conclude, she refocuses on America, because clearly we can’t focus on those other countries for too long. Obviously the point of mentioning them at all was to segue into a statement of how we should munificently help them, this time through our “education,” which is apparently superior to theirs, despite the fact that some people out there don’t have maps. Miss Teen South Carolina kindly reminds the audience that this is all for the future and children, which kindly implies that if they don’t like her garbled response, they also don’t like children.

Is that really something that we all haven’t heard a hundred times before? Did it warrant 13 million hits on YouTube? Overuse and misplacement of prepositions aside, her answer was perfectly crafted in the style of the day.

Speech has become much less about what the words mean and much more about what the words say about the speaker.

Contemporary Americans obviously don’t listen for a thesis or any trace of logic in an argument; we just listen for a catchy soundbite. Let us not forget that a majority of the country thought it was a good idea to follow President Bush into war because he told us he was fighting for “freedom.”

Miss Teen South Carolina is just the confused product of a culture thathas taught us that it is more important to make it seem like you’re saying something than to actually say something.

It’s so easy to laugh at the blonde chick. Oftentimes our classmates don’t answer questions any better than Miss Teen South Carolina. Why don’t we crack up when they respond to a professor’s question by trying to imitate some academic pattern of speech instead of focusing on the content of their argument? For example, one student in Professor Erwin Chemerinsky’s constitutional law class produced the following gem: “I think the important thing about the religion clauses is that when people disagree about religion, it’s usually about things they don’t agree on.” Perhaps the reason no one laughed is no one was listening; everyone was busy planning what they were going to say next. Perhaps the reason is that the student made this statement in such a confident voice that people just assumed he was right.

We all speak like Miss Teen South Carolina. The structure of her response could have easily been the structure of the State of the Union, the keynote address at a fundraiser or a presentation in a Duke classroom. That’s why she was saying those things in the first place—she was trying to mimic the type of speech she had repeatedly heard earn applause. I’ll agree that Miss Teen South Carolina sounded like a fool, but then so do we all. Perhaps we should start judging our peers, politicians, leaders and selves as harshly as we’ve been judging a beauty queen.

Julia Torti is a

Trinity senior. Her column runs every otherMonday.

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Our role in the grand plan

One

year down, nine to go. a year ago, Durham officially unveiled its “10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Durham.” Four out-

doesn’t necessarily go away by building more houses. The City of Durham estimates that about 2,500 people experience homelessness at some time in Durham each year. Public policy professor Jake Vigcomes, dor pointed out that the number of people homestrategies, and 50 pages of details less at any one time is substantially less than this, while according to a 2006 Census report there were spell out exactly how Durham will be cured of between 9,000 and 14,000 vacant housing units in homelessness by 2016 Durham County.

Grandstrategies and Clearly, then, a shortage of housing is not the prisweeping plans are defmary problem, and building more housing—even if it is designated “affordable housing”—isn’t automatically initely “in” these days, Q3VICI TIOCCO from Duke’s Campus going to get people off the streets. It’s great that the Culture Initiative to city plans to build more affordable housing units and shades of blue that Duke has contributed significandy to this project, Jeffrey Sachs and the United Nation’s plan but it’s not enough.

The plan certainly recognizes other issues are imto halve global poverty by 2015. Everybody is making a plan that will sound sexy, grab headlines and motiportant. But it is a lot harder to find employment for vate the public to get involved. the mentally ill ex-convict or offer legal assistance to This plan is no exception, and it really doesn’t say the poor single mother being evicted. The alcoholic that much. Full of sweeping statements, it remains veteran needs long-term support and the child with rather short on details of how implementation will a learning disability who still cannot read in the sixth proceed or who will fund what. For example, one grade needs more than once-a-week tutoring.

For the plan to be effective, we will have to find new strategy is to “develop sufficient resources to assess, evaluate and move homeless people from emeranswers—free or low-cost health care, legal aid, employment counseling, educational support and assistance to gency shelters to transitional or permanent housing.” The timeline is “ongoing,” the cost is noted as navigate complicated bureaucracies of local, state and “high” and the entities responsible are “city, county, federal programming. Many of these ideas are noted private.” Hmm. Seems like there are a few minor in the plan, but when the responsible party is listed as details to work out. “city, county, private” it is not at all clear who will step To be fair, before the city begins moving forward on up and take on the task. such a momentous undertaking, it is important to have This is where Duke comes in. As Durham’s larga vision statement—even a vague one. Durham deest employer, biggest contributor to the economy serves credit for bringing together a wide cross-section and most venerable collection of scholars, any effort of voices, including direct input from a large number to eradicate poverty will be contingent on Duke’s full of Durham’s homeless population. The plan eloquentinvolvement—both at the student level and in Univerly articulates the struggles Durham’s homeless face and sity administration. This does not just mean giving lots of money to Durham or sending students to serve at a begins to identify areas for intervention.

So here’s the real question; Can we do it? Forget soup kitchen. about completely ending homelessness—let’s look As students, we should be a part of the action. How can we put our expensive educations to work in tackbeyond the semantics. Is it possible to dramatically reduce poverty in Durham in away that will get today’s ling this enormous social problem? Duke officials have homeless residents back on their feet and prevent othindeed been involved with the development of the plan ers from falling into poverty? from the beginning, and most students volunteer at Hundreds of Duke students study public policy, ursome point while they are here. ban planning, economics and sociology—all of which But doing something is not enough. Serving soup investigate urban poverty. Here’s a real-life chance to and even building houses will not make poverty go away. In my next column I will look specifically at what apply those studies.

Duke students and Duke as an institution have contribMoney alone cannot cure poverty. The plan’s longterm success will depend on how effective the commuuted to the effort so far. In the meantime, here is an nity can be in getting at the root causes of poverty in opportunity for all of us in the University community to Durham. Furthermore, homeless people can serve their think creatively about what our role can be in achieving own soup. Volunteer work needs to move beyond the Durham’s grand plan. band-aid approach to find sustainable interventions.

Contrary to popular belief, being homeless does David Fiocco is a Trinity senior. His column runs every not just imply a lack of shelter, and homelessness other Monday.

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letterstotheeditor Sherouse gives voice to mainstream student opinion Finally, there is someone on The Chronicle opinion page thatis rational and non-sensationalist aboutall the hyped-up and trumped-up (non-existent) “problems” that Duke and Duke students have. Oliver Sherouse sounds like the voice ofall of us Duke students that are satisfied with Duke and the Duke community. There is very little for us to constandy complain about Just yesterday Kristin Ruder wrote a fascinating and well-researched article about the timelessness of the current “issues” facing Duke. Unfortunately, instead of coming to the conclusion that all of the cultural, drinking, sexual, racial and facility shortcomings at Duke have been mosdy imagined for the past 50 years, she says that we need to make fundamental and overarching changes and condescendingly dismisses the value of the new patio at the ’Dillo.

Jon Detzel also wrote about how dangerous and out of control tailgate was, how deceitful the administration was and how we need to change our behavior before Tailgate is taken away. I was at Tailgate for hours and saw nothing but good times for all and litde to no dangerous behavior: just drinking, dancing, talking and throwing around some beer. I am thrilled that the administration in the end allowed us to be free in the parking lot. Unlike Detzel would say, Tailgate was fine and so was the administration’s handling ofit. And

unlike Butler would say, for a lot of us, a new patio at the ’Dillo is exactly what this campus needs, and we are grateful to have it.Let’s spend less time whining about vague and unfounded issues at Duke and with the administration, and start being thankful for the new patio, the new restaurant in the West Union, the new Great Hall and all of the other perks that make Duke so awesome.

Thanks, Sherouse, for speaking up for those of us who do not have problems with Duke and are tired of hearing people constantly whining about nothing.

Sonny Byrd Trinity ’OB

Quote the bumper, nevermore In the September 3 article, “Duke pledges to integrate sustainability on campus,” the picture and caption read a common PR blip touted by Duke students: Our buses run on biodiesel. However, the University has stopped using biodiesel and now runs on “ultra-low sulfur diesel,” which is standard in the United States.

Perhaps a better source should be used than a sticker on the back of a bus.

Chelsea Conover Graduate Student, Nicholas School

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