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Summer session students will have two more days offreedom starting this year thanks to new calendar changes that will go into effect this summer.

Provost Peter Lange said he last week approved a proposal submitted by the University Schedule Committee that will eliminate classes on Day Independence and Memorial Day. Schedule “The Committee gave me good reasons and that’s why I approved Bruce Cunningham it,” he said.

University Registrar Bruce Cunningham, chair of the committee, said the change was proposed last year by third-year graduate student Claire Siburt, the Graduate and Professional Student Council representative to the committee.

“This was especially important from the graduate student perspective because so many of our graduate students not only attend classes, but also teach them,” Cunningham wrote in an e-mail.

Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services and a member of the committee, said the group formed a subcommittee to look into the implications of eliminating classes for the —

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Gazing up at an almost cloudless blue sky in form-fitting, golden yellow, zip-front jump suits, senior Paul Slattery, George McLendon and Terry Sanford, Jr. were bubbling over with nerves and excitement as they prepared to skydive Wednesday. “[This] probably isn’t the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, but it’s in the top 10,” said McLendon, dean of the faculty

of Arts and Sciences. “For me, this is completely reasonable—Paul’s going through his midlife crisis early.”

Duke Student Government President Slattery, a senior, McLendon and Sanford, son of the former University president, were preparing to leap to the track of the Duke Center for Living from a height of 13,500 feet. The men were among 10 Duke students and faculty who participated in tandem skydiving with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team in an event sponsored by Duke’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

Students and administrators were paired to bring the campus together in a unique form of social interaction, said Lt. Col. Mark Tribus, a professor of military science.

“We really wanted a good cross-section of students and faculty, people who represent Duke well,” he said.

To recruit jumpers, Tribus contacted deans, coaches, the Iron Dukes and the Department of Athletics, who referred him to specific students. Tribus said most people agreed to jump “on the spot,” and added that he even had to turn some away.

The event was also designed to raise money for the Duke Children’s Hospital.

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Sophomore Shari Baker, a Baldwin Scholar, said she signed up for skydiving primarily for the experience, but predicted that the potential to make a difference would help her overcome her fears before her jump.

“The charity is what’s going to make me physically jump, knowing that it’s for the kids,” Baker said. “If it were just my

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When Fahad Bishara, a second-year history graduate student, arrived on campus last fall, he needed a cheap, reliable method of transportation between classes and his off-campus apartment.

choice, I’d probably chicken out.”

Sanford said he thinks the charity component gave him license to act a little bit

recklessly.

“When people ask me, ‘Why would a 50-year-old man jump off a plane?’ I’ll say,

‘So I can give money to Duke [Children’s]

Hospital.’”

The students and faculty crouched into SEE SKYDIVE ON PAGE 6

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As a Kuwait native, however, Bishara did not have an American driver’s license and the high price of gas and insurance put a car beyond his means —so he decided to try a motorized scooter. After a year of paying less than three dollars per week for gas and never having to search out a parking spot, Bishara said he could not be happier with his choice, and he is not alone.

Citing convenience, lack of expense and concern for the environment, many Duke students, employees and professors have tradedfour wheels for two. Motorcycles and motorized scooters—often referred to as “Vespas for the European brand that originated the vehicles are SEE SCOOTER ON PAGE 5

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Students andadministrators skydive with the Ui. Army Golden Knights parachute team Wednesday morning.

Aspot outsidethe Divinity School is packed with scootersand motorcydes.

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Banjo strains, candlelight and student chatter filled the air above McClendon Tower walkway Wednesday evening as the space was transformed into an enchanting vision of a Southern-inspired gala.

The atmosphere of Dukes of Durham: a Southern Comfort, thrown by Duke University Union, was casual yet classy. Some students attended in country-club attire, while others passing through stopped to taste the Southern-style cuisine and say hello to friends before continuing on to their dorms or the Bella Union.

“I wanted something on campus that was easily accessible and low-key,” said senior Rebecca Friedman, DUU special projects directorand organizer of the event. “North Carolina is in the South, and there are lots of great things about [the SEE DUKES ON PAGE 4

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WASHINGTON Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey told senators Wednesday he will reject White House polidcal meddling and overstepping its authority in terrorism cases if approved to run the Justice Department.

He said he would resign if his legal or ethical doubts about administration policy are ignored.

Mukasey’s plans for the scandal-scarred Justice Department starkly contrast with how it operated under the man who would be his immediate predecessor—former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Mukasey, a retired federal judge, said he

also would review opinions issued by the department’s Office ofLegal Counsel to make sure they are legally sound. He described as “defective” a 2002 memo that defended the Bush administration’s use of torture techniques against terrorism suspects.

That opinion “was worse than a sin, it was a mistake,” Mukasey told the Senatejudiciary Committee. “It purported to justify measures based on broad grants ofauthority that were unnecessary.”

Likewise, on politics, Mukasey said he would discourage his prosecutors from bringing charges against political candidates shortly before elections and would not let party loyalty be a consideration for people

applying for Justice Department jobs.

“That’s the standard I’m going to make very clear, very precise, and I’m going to enforce,” Mukasey said.

It was a far cry from the policies Gonzales allowed before he resigned in September after months ofcriticism and questions about his honesty.

An internalJustice Department investigation is looking into whetherGonzales lied to lawmakers about the administration’s terror programs and illegally let politics influence hiring and firing of prosecutors. Gonzales, a close fiiend of President George W. Bush and a former Texas SEE MUKASEY ON PAGE 6

Turkey approves possible Iraq attack by

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Parliament auISTANBUL, Turkey thorized the government Wednesday to send troops into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels who have been conducting raids into Turkey. The vote removed the last legal obstacle to an offensive, but there was no sign ofimminentaction as the United States urged restraint.

Turkish leaders, under pressure from Washington and Baghdad, have signaled they would not immediately give the order to send in 60,000 soldiers, armor and attack

helicopters into a region that has largely escaped the chaos of the Iraq war.

The crisis along the border, where the Turkish troops have massed since summer, has driven up oil prices along with tensions between Turkey and its longtime NATO ally, the United States.

President George W. Bush said the U.S. was making clear to Turkey that it should not stage a major army operation in the Iraqi north, much of which has escaped the sustained violence and political discord common in the rest of Iraq since the U.S.led invasion in 2003.

Bush said Turkey has had troops stationed in northern Iraq “for quite a while,” a reference to about 1,500 soldiers deployed for years to monitor the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, with the permission of Iraqi Kurd authorities.

“We don’t think it’s in their interest to send more troops in,” he said.

While they now have the authority to strike at PKK bases used to stage attacks in Turkey, the country’s leaders appear to be holding back in hopes that the threat of an incursion will prod Iraq and the U.S. to move against the guerrillas.

The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer, in an effort to maintain needed troop levels, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.

SSto see smallestrise In 4 years Social Security benefits for nearly 50 million people will rise 2.3 percent starting in January, the smallest increase in four years. The typical retiree will face the challenge of using the extra $24 to cover higher costs for everything

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Parents lie to avoid vaccines A small but growing number of parents around the country are claiming religious exemptions to avoid vaccinating their children when the real reason may be skepticism of the shots or concern they can cause other illnesses.

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Amaechi speaks on homosexual love and basketball topics including his life experiences and his views on homophobia in America.

He began by recounting his teenage years Although John Amaechi spent five and his decision to travel from England to seasons in the National Basketball Association, teaming with star players such America to play basketball. Amaechi said he as Karl Malone, John Stockton and Tracy always wanted to attend Duke, but did not McGrady, sports was not the focus of his make the team and played for Vanderbilt University instead before eventually transferspeech Wednesday night.

Amaechi, who in February became the ring to Pennsylvania State University. He said first NBA player to publicly announce his he was attracted to basketball at the age of 17 homosexuality, spoke to approximately 150 because it gave him the means to be normal.

“I was the fat little kid who hid in the corpeople in Page Auditorium on a range of by

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John Amaechi, who has written a book about his experiences as a gay man in the National Basketball Association, speaks to an audience in Page Auditorium Wednesday at a Duke University Union-sponsored event.

ner and tried to be invisible,” Amaechi said.

“Basketball for me was this amazing opportunity to be normal, to be around people my own size and to inspire people.”

Amaechi first entered the NBA in 1995 with the Cleveland Cavaliers, before playing in Europe. In 1999 he came back to America playing for the Orlando Magic.

He retired in 2003 from the Utah Jazz.

He said teammates, coaches and reporters knew about his sexuality during his professional career and noted that the reaction he received from NBA community was expected. One notable response came from Tim Hardaway, a former Miami Heat guard.

In an interview after Amaechi’s announcement Hardaway said he hates gay people and would demand that a gay player be traded.

“It’s a bell curve,” Amaechi said. ‘You knew there would be the Tim Hardaways on one end of the bell curve, and there would be the Grant Hills, the Shaquille O’Neals and the Doc Rivers on the other end and in the middle there would be silence.”

He added, however, that he believes athletes such as Hardaway need to be cautious with their public statements.

“People with big booming voices that reverberate around the world must be more careful,” Amaechi said. “When he said he hated gay people, there was no place for it.

He’s got some damage to mend.”

Amaechi also spoke about his general views on homophobia in the United States, “When there is an overt act of racism, people charge down to Jena... black and white to protest,” he said. “When there is an overt act of violence against women, especially on campuses, men rush to their sides to take back the fight. Forget the overt acts of homophobia, but when there are everyday acts—like how many times we have walked through the corridors and heard ‘This homework is gay’ or ‘That dress is gay’ —how many times has that garnered support?”

He added that some U.S. policies still discriminate against certain groups of people and rarely promote equality among varying groups with different sexual orientations.

“We still have laws and policies that say [gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender] people are less than human, which is always remarkable to me,” Amaechi said.

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“How many times in history are we going to do that? What’s the next group we’re going to decide is less than us? They are going to come after you.”

The solution to eliminating homophobia does notrest within a specific field, but needs to come from a change in society, he said.

“Gay people in sports is a workplace issue, just as there are teachers at this institution who won’t come out, for fear of where it might leave them, perhaps not progressing through their tenure or administration as fast as they could,” he said. “Sports is a place where that change will happen after society demands it.”

Students said they did not know what to expect from Amaechi but were pleased with his speech.

“This was my first encounter with someone who talked about experiences of being openly gay,” freshman Moanajagasia said.

“I thought it was amazing. He covered a lot of issues such as being a minority, being a foreigner and being homosexual.”

The event was co-sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center, theLGBT Center and Duke University Union. The speech was followed by a book signing of Amaechi’s biography, “Man in the Middle.”

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Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury, will discuss the United States governments’ strategy for cutting off financing to al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, proliferators of WMD, drug traffickers and other threats to the national security. He will also speak about the use of financial pressure to achieve diplomatic policy goals with respect to North Korea, Iran and other nations.

Levey is the first Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

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Senate approves new line policy,Tutt appointment tally homogenous,” he said. “I believe as a white person, as a person with a unique Duke Student Government representabiography and background, I can make a tives voted in favor of two major issues at positive contribution.” their meeting Wednesday night.

Tutt said despite his disconnectfrom the Representatives approved the new men’s black community at Duke, he is “incredibly basketball line policy and the appointment conscious” about black issues and the diviof DSG Webmaster Andrew Tutt, a junior, sions between the black and white commuto the President’s Counnities. He said his involvement in these issues stems from the divisiveness he encountered cil on Black Affairs.

Junior Sunny Kantha, in his hometown, where he reached out to vice president for athletthe black community in his high school by ics and campus services, joining the black student union.

Some senators questioned Tutt’s ability to said he and Head Line Monitor Roberto Baadvocate for the black community at Duke. zzani, a senior, have addTutt said he has no agenda but is passionate ed an “unregister button” about pressing issues such as the grade disparto the Web site to avoid ity between black and white students at Duke Paul Slattery no-shows at games. and the ripple effects of the lacrosse case.

The policy allows stuDSG President Paul Slattery, a senior, said dents to visit the site starting three days the relatively large size of PCOBA, which consists of 20 members, allows for appointees such prior to a game to reserve admission.

Kantha and Bazzani stressed that in an as Tutt who do not have an agenda to contribeffort to maintain consistency, no further ute through the discussions they spark.

In an interview after the meeting, Tutt changes to the new policy would be made this season even if it is unsuccessful, but said he was initially surprised at the resisadded that they will compile a midseason tance to his appointment, but is now aware of where he stands in the Duke community. report on the program’s progress.

At the meeting, Tutt fielded questions “This process has shown me that I am from representatives and defended his apnot currently associated with the black pointment to PCOBA. The issue of his ap- community at Duke as I have been in the pointment was brought back into debate past [with black communities],” he said. after it was tabled for more than two weeks He added that this disconnect was “unbecause Tutt was absent from the meeting fortunate” and that he plans to put greater when concerns were first raised. effort into reaching out to members of the “The committee doesn’t need to be toBlack Student Alliance. by

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A bluegrass band serenades attendees at Wednesday's Dukes ofDurham event on the McClendon walkway.

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South]. This event was meant to be cool and casual, something you could just walk through. Whether you got dressed up or not, you could still enjoy it.”

Shrimp, miniature com dogs, sloppy joes, fruit, red velvet cupcakes and appleturnovers graced the tablesunder the main tent in the center ofthe walkway. Some students said they were impressed by the food, especially the cupcakes.

Completing the atmosphere were the decorations, which included twinkling white lights and candles supplied by Tre Bella ofDurham. Bluegrass music played

by Black Swamp Bootleggers, a band from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided a backdrop for conversation.

“This event is classy and has excellent food,” said senior Yibing Li. “I think the romantic candles are definitely a plus. More parties should have romantic candles.”

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both of which were classy events last spring that provided other social options than those most students attend on a normal basis.

“Duke does a good job at throwing parties like this,” said sophomore Joe McMurray, who also cited the President’s Homecoming Dance last weekend and

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Some students said the party’s location—not only close to their rooms, but also in the open air—made it enjoyable.

“This is a very easy venue that is so accessible, like the library was last year, which was probably why it was such a success,” said junior Aidan Burke.

Proximity to many dorms was one of Friedman’s goals, she said, adding that she was pleased with the diverse crowd that Dukes of Durham drew.

“I really hope people enjoyed it,” Friedman said. “It has been in the works since June, and I’ve had a lot of wonderful people helping me.”

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ing University-scheduled breaks, and classes remain in session on Labor Day, Veterans Day and Presidents’ Day. But Ruderman said the committee also plans to contwo holidays. She added that committee members had to sider canceling Labor Day classes in the future, although consider the change’s effect on housing and the amount another day of classes would likely have to be added to of time administrators had to determine academic eligibilcompensate for the loss of class minutes. ity for the sessions.

Connie Chai, a sophomore, Victor Strandberg, an Engsaid she and other summer seslish professor and member of “We were like, ‘Dude, this sion students were particularly the committee, said the holiupset this year because Memorial is supposed to be a holiday. days are important ones and the Day coincided with the men’s laadded time off will improve the Everyone else has the day off.’” crosse national championship. summer session experience for “We were like, ‘Dude, this is Connie Chai, sophomore supposed both students and faculty. to be a holiday,”’ she “In the summer, you have a said. “‘Everyone else has the tighter squeeze than in the regday off.’” ular session,” he said. “You’re doing a whole semester in Sophomore Margaret Murray, who attended bodi sessix weeks. Maybe the need for a day offis stronger when sions of summer school last summer, said although Indeyou have that kind of pace going.” pendence Day was not an official holiday for students, her Before administrators approved the new holidays, Martin professor made July 4 classes optional. She added that she is Luther King, Jr. Day was the only federal holiday for which glad the University made die elimination ofclasses official.

Duke cancelled classes. Some otherfederal holidays fall dur“It’s a national holiday,” she said. ‘You should respect it.”

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A local scooter dealer estimates that salesof scooters to members of the Duke community haveincreased by 50 percent in the last two years.

SCOOTER from page 1 cropping up in parking I'ots and bike racks across campus Ninety-eight motorcycles are currentlyregistered with the Parking and Transportation Services, said Manager of Parking Services Charles Landis. The department has no record of scooters, which do not have license plates, he said.

However, O’Neal Tickle, general manager oflocal dealer Triangle Cycles, estimated that scooter sales to Duke students and employees, which make up about a quarter of his business, have increased by 50 percent in the last two years.

Brantley Dean, a graduate student in the Divinity School and owner of a Yamaha C 3 scooter, said he has noticed the increase and the corresponding crowding ofpopular scooter parking spots on campus, especially the bike rack outside the Divinity School. “Last year there were maybe two [scooters] there,” he said. “Now the idea has really caught on.”

Motorbikes at Duke run the spectrum from low-powered scooters, which cannot get above 40 miles per hour, to motorcycles suitable for highway and long-distance travel, and the reasons for riding are as diverse as the vehicles themselves.

“Gas prices being what they are, it’s more economical,” said Dave Potter, an library assistant at Perkins Library who rides his Yamaha 750 motorcycle to work each morning.

Potter’s bike averages about 45 miles per gallon of gas, more than most cars, but some scooters can tally up to 110. Over time that fuel efficiency can add up to major savings for motorbike owners. When he drove a truck, Dean said he regularly paid more than $l2O per month for gas. Since he purchased the C 3 this August, he has spent $6 a month.

Unlike cars, two-wheeled vehicles can also be parked anywhere, saving time and a trek across campus for owners. Owen Flanagan, James B. Duke professor of philosophy and professor of neurobiology, regularly makes the trip between East and West campuses on his Vespa and said this is a major perk.

“I scoot around town and then park anywhere I wish,” he wrote in an e-mail.

Landis said that overall, commuters at Duke are growing more aware of the environmental concerns of driving, leading them to choose alternative means of transit—walking, biking, ride-sharing and now motorcycles and scooters as well.

The uniqueness ofmotorbikes also means their owners are often the targets of curiosity on campus.

“For a lot of people transportation is a big issue,” Bishara said. “Scooters really pique their interest.”

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MUKASEY from page 2 Supreme Courtjustice, has denied any wrongdoing.

The scandal tainted the Justice Department’s longcherished independent image and has demoralized its 110,000 employees.

“This is a job interview for a big job, a big job that has become even bigger,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairperson Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “The next attorney general has to begin to regain the public trust.”

“I’m awaiting an attorney general who will tell the pres-

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The skydiving event Wednesday for students andadministratorswas designed tomake moneyfor the Duke Children's HospitaLThe goal was to raise $6,000.

SKYDIVE from page 1 a small aircraft with just over four feet of vertical cabin space for their flights, their ears popping and their bodies vibrating from the whir of the propellers as they ascended to peak altitude. After taking the plunge, jumpers experienced free-fall for about 60 seconds.

“The first five seconds were just turbulence and disorientation. And then I saw the plane moving away from me,” Slattery said.

After their instructors pulled the ripcord, the Blue Devils soared over West Campus and the treetops of the Duke Forest before coasting to the ground.

“It’s even weirder than being on top of the Chapel,” Slattery said. “I wasn’t exacdy surveying my kingdom, I was just falling from an airplane screaming like a baby.”

Upon landing, the jumpers and their loved ones toasted their accomplishment with nonalcoholic champagne in U.S. Army canteen cups. Each participant received a set of blue dog tags engraved with their name, “Drop Zone ’08” and “Duke Blue Devils” and a DVD recording of their jump.

Once grounded safely, McLendon reviewed the footage of his dive with his wife, Terry.

When the moments before McLendon took off flashed on the screen, Terry asked her husband, “Was there any part of you that just wanted to not go?”

“Nope,” McLendon replied with a smile.

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ident some things he may not like to hear,” added Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the panel’s top Republican.

Mukasey will all but certainly be confirmed as the nation’s 81st attorney general, andSen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y, predicted he may win unanimous support from Democrats who control the Senate Judiciary Committee—a panel generally suspicious of Bush’s nominees.

As Mukasey was testifying on the first of potentially three days of committee hearings, Bush urged the Senate to confirm the attorney general hopeful next week.

Democratic aides would not predict if that will happen.

In a calm, measured tone, Mukasey addressed a halffilled hearing room in a daylong appearance that was pre-empted for about two hours by the Dalai Lama’s visit to the Capitol. His family and friends, including former FBI Director Louis Freeh, filled most of 30 reserved chairs in the room.

The hearing promised none of the drama that marked the Senate committee’s often-combative questioning of Gonzales earlier this year. But Mukasey did not get offunscathed.

Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., hammered Mukasey for writing a 2004 speech that derided criticism of the USA PatriotAct as “recreational hysteria.” He also described as “somewhat troubling” Mukasey’s reluctance to say whether he thinks the administration’s terrorism surveillance program crossed the legal boundaries of a 1978 law setting limits on government spying in the United States.

Mukasey said he has not seen details ofthe surveillance program or other classified Bush administration policies and could not provide an educated answer. He responded similarly to other pointed questions about indefinitely detaining terror suspects and torture methods.

Mukasey later said he does not believe legislation

by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., banning an interrogation technique known as waterboarding, steps on presidential powers. The White House initially opposed the measure.

Much of the back-and-forth between senators and Mukasey focused on when, if ever, it’s appropriate for a president to override laws approved by Congress—particularly during war.

Mukasey refused to pick a side, saying that traditionally “each branch has understood that push can’t come to shove on certain issues.”

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Monk music gets Randy There is no piano player in jazz who isn't indelibly marked by Thelonious Monk, but Ra ndy Weston wears the mark more proudly than most. A native ofMonk s adopted hometown, New York City, Weston plays with a hearty, rich sound inflected by the same blues and gospel influences of his mentor. Although Monk is a quintessentially American musician, Weston took his fascination with African music to the source, moving to Morocco in the 1960 and interpolating African modes, rhythms and melodies into his own work. He spoke with recess ’ David Graham in anticipation of a rare twinbill with his trio and another led by fellow piano master Kenny Barron this Saturday in Page Auditorium.

What was your first experience with Monk?

My first experience was when he played with Coleman Hawkins. The first time was an amazing experience. It was instant love. That was the late ’4os, so I was in my early 20s. I was a big fan ofColeman Hawkins—l mean, “Body and Soul” was one of the best examples ofmusic I’d heard, even up to today, so byway of “Body and Soul” I discovered Monk.

Some people seem to get Monk immediately, while for others it takes a lot more time.Which was it for you?

It was kind of an inner thing. At the time, we had Dizzy [Gillespie], we had Charlie Parker, so I wanted to be up to date. It was something that attracted me, although I didn’t know what it was. It was a period of all those giants coming together. But again, Coleman Hawkins was the clue. I said, “Hawk gets this, I got to figure this out.”

You’ve got a quote, “He played like they must have played in Egypt 5000 years ago.” Can you explain a little more what you mean by that?

I hearAfrican music when I hear Monk play. I hear the

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Freshmen Chuck McCall and Jack Fitzgibbons play Halo 3 in theirdorm room.The Xbox 360 title grossed over $l7O million in its first day.

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Somewhere in the dark parts of the world, millions have spent the past few weeks killing one another. Using all manner of advanced weaponry—from assault rifles to rocket launchers—these rogue insurgents have engaged in countless acts of violence, their killing sprees unchecked by all but their fellow vigilantes.

Fortunately, save for the errant case of “Gamer’s Exhaustion,” most of these casualties occur only in the digital realm, on battlefields with names such as “Valhalla” and “High Ground.”

The game is Halo 3, one of this year’s most important titles. Since its debut on Sept. 25, the Microsoft-owned franchise has set numerous records, including the singleday media release record formerly held by Spiderman 3.

Propelled by a wave of full-length commercials and product cross-promotions, Halo grossed over $l7O million in its first 24 hours, compared to Spiderman s $l5O million.

The advertising onslaught has subsided since then— Mountain Dew’s foul-tasting “Game Fuel” seems to be thankfully disappearing from shelves—but the game’s popularity remains firmly established within the gaming community. According to Bungie Studios, Halo's

developer, well over one million people play the game online each day, easily making it Microsoft’s most popular online title.

It comes as no surprise, then, that the first-person shooter’s presence is being felt on-campus. Few Q ua d is in the process of planning a video game night, most of which will likely center on Halo 3. Hundreds of students have registered their Xbox 360 Duke’s network, enabling them to access Xbox Live, Microsoft’s immense multiplayer network. The server instantly connects players from across the world, assigning them to matches based upon their personal rule preferences and skill level.

Duke Senior Chen Li is one of the millions who play over Xbox Live on a regular basis. Though, like many people, Li bought the game to “finish the fight”—a reference to the single-player campaign’s conclusion of the Halo trilogy—online multiplayer was the game’s biggest draw.

“The multiplayer keeps me playing,” Li said. ‘You might have a good game, but it’s no fun if no one’s playing. Halo 3 retains its replayability because it has the most people online.”

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whole,” Entman said.

They say only the good die young. From the early ’sos until its untimely “death” in the mid-70s, Joe College Day was the highlight of Duke University, bringing only topname artists for an all-day music festival on campus. Unfortunately, the occasion is but a myth to current Duke University students in 2007, who know only of the Dionysian indulgence ofLDOC and Tailgate. All that is going to change on Oct. 20, when the ghost of Joe College Day gets a shot at resurrection.

The return of Joe College Day is the brainchild of seniors and good friends Max Alexander and Max Entman.

The duo had originally applied to become Major Attractions directors with the Duke University Union, where they pitched their plans. Their ideas didn’t get them the job, but the Union did decide to give them cash to plan the large-scale music festival of their dreams. “The concept of the music festival is something now a culture all to itself.

We think that Duke should take part in that culture if for no other reason than that it can be a really fun social activ-

The Maxes, who are both kids ofDuke alumni, grew up on stories of the past prominence of Joe College Day. The concept of a festival and tales of the past inspired the duo to bring Joe College Day back.

“Our parents were Duke students in the late ’6os and they told us that this was the event—it bested everything else the weekend of. There was nothing else like it,” Entman said. “We’re talking only the biggest artists of the era: The Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Linda Ronstadt and Simon and Garfunkel. We thought to ourselves: Why does this amazing event no longer occur?

There is absolutely no good and no acceptable reason. So we fixed the problem.”

With with the blessings of the Union, the duo took on the painful process of planning the festival, which they say has been consuming their lives since Feb. of last year.

“We did all of the booking of the bands ourselves, SEE JOE COLLEGE ON PAGE 7

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Editor’s Note 9; Stellar Stella This week Stephen Colbert announced that he would be seeking the nomination for President of the United States in his native South Carolina. In typical Colbert fashion, he is seeking placement on both political parties' primary ballots. Considering the particularly weak candidate field, the Savior of Truthiness may actually have a real chance of rallying enough of the Colbert Nation to at least make an impact on this first round of elections. recess wonders what Colbert's cabinet would bok like if he managed to make it all the way to the Oval Office. of

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Attorney General: Gary Busey It is going to take a bold choice to wash the bad taste of Alberto Gonzales out of the mouths of the American people. By selecting Busey, Colbert will guarantee nothing short of pure insanity. In congressional hearings, claims of “I do not recall” will be replaced with about rants early Victorian furniture and Maori mating rituals.

Secretary of Defense: A Bear The maxim of keeping your friends and close enemies your closer stays true no matter what the situation. Colbert would go down in history as the first president with a cross-species staff... unless count you Nixon, who took most of his domestic policy advice from his dog Checkers —VarunLeila

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Last year, recess made a tough decision on how to handle our presentation of student band’s EPs. After a lot of discussion, our staff agreed that the best way to treat bands with respect was to judge them as if they were any other band on the market—not give them brownie points for being Duties.

Although many students disagreed with our choice, we felt like it helped create a closer bond between this publication and student artists, who are often overlooked in favor of nationally-recognized artists. I had the pleasure of reviewing Stella by Starlight, one of my favorite new bands... period.

If you haven’t listened to Stella, please do yourself a favor and pick up their last EP, Made of Fire, or check out their music on their MySpace page. More importantly vote for them in mtvU’s Best Music on

Campus contest. I have personally made over 100 votes just today (hit refresh and go again).

It is hard to believe it, but a Duke band is actually in the running for a mtvU Woodie Award. Only a few years ago—when I was a wee p-frosh—the Duke music scene was more dead than Jimmy Carter (he died right?). The only notable student band was Kenin and they were good, but hardly anything to wet your pants about.

Stella is currently one of the final 25 bands left in the running for the nationwide award. If they win it, they recieve a cash prize and a trip to New York, but more importantiy it is great publicity for the newly emerging throng ofDuke musicians.

Watch for a feature on Stella to hit these pages next week. And don’t forget to vote For Stella!

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Duke students passionate about food already know that the Triangle is ripe with distinctive dining experiences.

From authentic tacos to spicy Korean tofu soups to smoky pulled pork, there is an abundance of good eating just waiting to be discovered.

Few, however, would argue against the belief that lengthy tasting menus lie staunchly in the domain offinedining restaurants in New York, Chicago or San Francisco.

Until recently, this assumption would have been largely correct, but dinner at Jujube’s chefs table is changing all of this. Executive Chef Charlie Deal and Chef de Cuisine Josh DeCarolis craft 20-course meals of globally-inspired, Asian-inflected cuisine every Tuesday night for a maximum of six diners.

Each week’s chefs dinner begins promptly at 7 p.m., and the procession of food that follows for the next twoand-a-half hours is impressive. This is the most exciting meal to be had in the Triangle, bar none. AAA Diamonds, top 50 rankings from Gourmet and contrived attempts at underground dining clubs all have their place, but adventurous diners must find away to make it to Jujube for-one of Chef Deal’s culinary extravaganzas.

Seated neatly in a row immediately in front of an open kitchen that dominates one side of the restaurant, diners are presented with a simple paper menu and supplemental beverage list. Introductions are made—conversation with other diners and the kitchen staff becomes unavoidable over the course of such an engaging meal—and the eating commences with gusto.

On this evening, diners begin with “Chips and Dip,” a creative array of three types of Asian chips—lotus root, sesame cracker and shrimp cracker—and three accompa-

nying dips. Pears, olives and flat beans all make appearances to palate-pleasing effect. The whimsy continues with the next course, a spoonful of gelatinized Japanese fish broth, cucumber and apple pop rocks. A seemingly bizarre combination that is at once salty, sweet and refreshingly fizzy. Chef de Cuisine DeCarolis’ Italian heritage and classical French training come through in dishes like salt cod topped with a sauce of white wine, herbs and tomato and stuffed pig’s trotter with braised beet greens.

These are dishes perfect for early autumn. Luxury ingredients are duly represented in a foie gras-stuffed Thai eggplant and a quail egg and spinach dumpling with shaved truffles. And to break up the potential for monotony of course after course of gluttony, fun, bite-sized courses—a miniature pork and cabbage soup dumpling and a pork belly stuffed rice fritter, to name just two—are sprinkled

throughout.

After 17 savory courses, three small desserts, two glasses of wineand a cocktail, any diner is bound to feel overwhelmed.

Gustatory excess aside this is a dining experience unlike any other in North Carolina and a great value at that.

Chefs Table at Jujube 1201 Raleigh Rd. Chapel Hill, NC 919-660-0353 When: Tuesday evenings, 7 p.m., reservations essential Prices: $6O for 20-courses at the chef s table; $35 for an abridged menu in the dining room

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But for some, this widespread popularity has some deeper social implications.

“Why are first-person shooters so popular?” asked Mark

Olson, director of New Media 8c Information Technologies for the John Hope Franklin Center, in an e-mail. “It’s deceptively simple—they’re fun... But as the lines between social space and game space became increasingly blurry, the most interesting questions about games pertain to the outside experiences of the people who play them.”

And in many ways, the virtual world of Halo has had some serious effects on the real world. No longer just a solitary recreational activity, video games now serve as a legitimate social venue for some.

“I probably spend about two hours a day getting hot on the Box,” Junior Chris Kavcsak said between games of slayer pro, one of Halo's many game modes. “It’s the best way to spend time with my friends without having to hang out with chicks.”

Kavcsak, who lives on Central Campus, spends a good deal of his free time playing with friends over Duke’s network. The use of the network enables the group to play against one another from separate rooms, with games as large as 16 people spread over four televisions. One of the best features for students is that systems can be linked from anywhere on-campus.

“It’s just as easy to play with friends from other dorms as it is to play with someone in my room,” Li said.

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DEEP WATER DIR. L. OSMOND, J. ROTHWELL

the film’s true gem: Crowhurst’s deceit.

Crowhurst lies about his progress and spends his days off the coast of South IFC FILMS America.

At this point, the film becomes less an adventure story and more a study of In 1968, nine men from around the the sea’s detrimental impact on human world embarked on solo journeys to cirmentality. The filmmakers document cumnavigate the globe. These men were the psychological effects ofCrowhurst’s hardboiled sailors with years of experiabsence on his family through frank and moving testimonials from his wife ence—except one.

This man was Donald Crowhurst. His and son.

Crowhurst’s own psychological deinfamous deceit is now the subject of the cline is the true strength of the film. He documentary Deep Water. becomes increasingly wary of the conseCrowhurst’s desire for fame and fortune pushes him to abandon his wife and quences of his deceit and obsesses over four young children and pour the entirehow to pull it off. Crowhurst’s character of his finances into the race. is thereby complicated —he is both a liar personal ty The film makes effective use of the actual and concerned family man. The filmmakers relish in the ambiguity of Crowhurst’s footage (16mm film from cameras situated on the boats) to capture Crowhurst’s morality, never being too cheap to porinaptitude and growing sense of loneli- tray him as hero or villain. The treatment ness. Crowhurst realizes he must either of this 20th century Ahab is a winning fordrop out of the race or risk financial ruin mula for the film.

The documentary ends with the mesfor his family, but the temptation of the grand prize causes him to advance toward sage that Crowhurst’s desperation was the harsh waters of the Southern Atlantic a result of his desire to succeed for the and toward his own death. benefit of his family. As a study ofhuman The filmmakers overanalyze the ramififrailty amidst the darkness of the ocean, cations of Crowhurst’s decision, and thus Deep Water is a fine film. slow down plot development and delay —Andrew Hibbard

deftly between Wong and Mak. As Wong, she is an ingenue with a schoolgirl crush DIR. A. LEE on a theater director, and as Mak, she is FOCUS FEATURES a seductress who engages in duplicitous and dangerous games (literally and figuratively). Lee’s restraint as a director works Ang Lee’s latest fare, Lust Caution, has particularly well in his treatment ofYee. As received attention for its pair of lengthy head of the Shanghai police, he is reticent sex scenes that boldly showcase the film’s and reserved, at least until he displays his stars (Tang Wei and Tony Leung) sprawled penchant for sadomasochism. across a bed in various positions. But the Notwithstanding its strengths, the movie core of these scenes, as is the case with suffers from a lack of focus that may stem all 158 minutes of the film, is the clash of from its source, a Chinese novella of the dominant personalities with conflicting same name. Overall, Lee seems unsure motives and passions. which details to discard and which to linger The film opens with shots of Japanese over. Despite the egregious backstory, the guards and their dogs circling 1942 Shang- relationship between Yee and Mak and the hai—an apt visual reference for a movie seamless blend of espionage and eroticism, is compelling. Ultimately, Lust, Caution is about performing under unremitting surveillance. Lee quickly introduces us to a about the intersection of its title traits quartet of four wealthy mah-jongg playing Yee’s desire for Mak is a function ofhis suswomen, the youngest of whom is called Mak picions ofher intentions, whereas Mak, on Tai Tai (Tang), though this is not her true the other hand, derives her pleasure from identity. Four years earlier, we discover that knowing that she treads the line between Mak is in fact Wong Chia Chi, a young stusincerity and deception. dent drawn into a patriotic theater troupe In tbe process, Mak’s identity morphs and expands so that the boundary between that fervently opposes the Japanese occupation ofChina. In order to assassinate Mr. her and Wong is no longer distinguishable.

Yee (Leung), a top Japanese collaborator, By the end, the woman we thought we knew Wong agrees to assume the identity of the transforms into something altogether different—but the indelible trace keeps you charming femme fatale figure, Mak. Lee’s interplay of the two temporal languishing for more.

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Producer talks on Night The recent 2929 Productions and Industry Entertainment release, We Own the Night, directed by James Gray, chronicles the start of America's War on Drugs through the story of one family’s complex involvement with both justice and organized crime. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall, We Own the Night explores a time when time when criminal agencies both outnumberedand outgunned the law. Brothers Bobby Green (Phoenix) and Joseph Grusinsky (Wahlberg) must decide where their loyalties lie as the war threatens to engulf their family and their city, recess ’ Braden Hendricks recently spoke with Cooper Samuelson, a cojrroducer on We Own the Night.

screenplay. We really liked his vision for this story. We’re teaming up again to work on a movie called Two Lovers. This project will also feature Joaquin.

What made you want to produce this movie?

Well. I work for Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, and they’ve always shared a desire to get involved in Hollywood. This project had been lying around for quite some time and we all took a look at it and really liked it. And since Hollywood has been led now by the same people for a century, Mark and Todd really felt this was a chance to change how movies are made... and exploited.

Is there a message or theme in this movie?

Well, this isn’t really a message movie.

There’s no right or wrong in this movie, it’s the story of this guy [Bobby Green] who must choose between his sort of hedonistic lifestyle and his family. It’s really kind of like Henry /V, if you see what I mean.

How did you guys come to choose James Gray to be the director?

Well, James is an incredibly talented individual, also it was he who wrote the

project?

Joaquin is just this incredibly intense guy. He is always on, always ready

What other projects have you been involved with?

Personally, I have represented 2929 in a few other projects, including The Ex, which was a romantic comedy with Zach Braff, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman, In Bloom, which will have Uma Thurman, will come out in spring 2008.

What was it like working with these actors? You had Joaquin, who’s really talented, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and let’s not forget Robert Duvall. What land of attitude did these guys bring to the

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give any little scene his best go, it’s

amazing. Mark Wahlberg is very charismatic. He has away of making people

relax and he really wins you over with charm. I mean, sure, they’re all famous actors, but they were here doing a job, so it wasn’t maybe as glamorous as you might imagine.

What about Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall?

I was really impressed by Eva’s talent, personally. She was right on cue with a lot of things within her role, which was great because she plays a very pivotal role in the film. She represents the hedonistic lifestyle that Joaquin’s character has to weigh against, with Mark and Bob representing his family. And Bobby Duvall is really like a machine. He has so much experience and he’s so prepared, you can throw anything. any curve ball at him and he can handle it no sweat.

GONE, BABY, GONE DIR. B. AFFLECK MIRAMAX

Set in the coarse and vulgar sprawl of South Boston, Gone Baby Gone is the directorial debut of Southy-native Ben Affleck.

Returning to his urban roots, Affleck’s script revisits the local jargon and punchy machismo that boosted Good Will Hunting to Oscar-winning infamy.

Affleck’s new film, however, is an infinitely darker tale, which scours the soiled underbelly of blue-collar America in a dramatized critique of modern morality.

Casey Affleck plays Patrick Kenzie, a local P.I. hired to investigate the recent disappearance of little Amanda McCready—the angelic daughter of a coke-heroine-alcohol addicted female miscreant. Kenzie and partner/girlfriend Angie (Michelle Monaghan) are made to join forces with questionable Detective Remy Bressant (a grizzled Ed Harris) and Police Captain Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman), whose own child was the victim ofbrutal murder. What begins as a missing person’s case quickly becomes a tangled web of drug abuse, sexual molestation and police corruption.

The less-familiar Affleck imbues Kenzie with a boyish idealism roughened by the nature of his work. What is good and what is ethical is obscured by the perverse circumstances of the base and despicable. As the film moves through the sludge of social depravity, we are faced with characters so degenerate they can only be plucked from real headlines.

Affleck’s biting direction forces us to wit-

ness the horrifying realities of the criminal.

Affleck skillfully elevates the crime drama (adapted from the book by Dennis Lehane, writer of Mystic River) to a complex social criticism, evoking issues from the spectacle of news media to the temptation of vigilantism in the face of an obstructive legal system and a morally infirm society.

At times the film’s natural progression is interrupted by a directorial contrivance. A conclusive narration by Kenzie is dropped in the middle of the film —a clever distortion of linearity evoking a passage of time, but awkward nonetheless. Structural issues aside, the film provokes through the talents of a powerhouse cast led by the talented Casey Affleck.

As a social commentary, Gone Baby Gone deals with subject material that is deeply resonant —unmitigated and unresolved. As a cinematic experience, the film is emotionally exhaustive. Affleck’s latest endeavor is a challenge, proffering imperfection and cold reality in the hope that we, the audience, might endeavor to rethink our very understanding of what is right and wrong.

—Janet Wu

October 18,2007

NEIL YOUNG CHROME DREAMS U REPRISE “He sings like a woman.”

That’s what my father said to me when I told him that I was reviewing the new Npil Young album. In a crude sense, my father was referring to the nasally, alto singing that is typical ofYoung.

In his latest release, Chrome Dreams 11, the Canadian rocker returns with that same vocal style that has so long enabled his success as both a folk rock singer and an experimental musician.

ChromeDreams //is the appropriately-titled sequel

BEIRUT THE FLYING CLUB CUP BA DA BING!

����� It’s hard not to be impressed by Zach Condon.

He dropped out of college, moved to Amsterdam, came back to the States and released one of the most raved about debuts of 2006 with his band Beirut, all before he reached legal drinking age.

Beirut’s follow up effort, The Hying Club Cup, is inspired heavily by the music and culture ofFrance.

It has the same bittersweet reminiscence that their debut, Gulag Orkestar, conveyed, but with more of a developed and cohesive musical landscape.

His ten-man Balkan pop orchestra has a rustic mystique thatis hard to pinpoint, but the haunting feelings brought forth through the swelling brass instruments and Condon’s melancholy, booze-infused, I-soundlike-an-old-man-who-has-the-wisdom-of-the-ages voice gentiy sweeps you up and guides you through a time of love and loss that is long forgotten.

All the tracks are heavily driven by orchestral compilation. The beautiful weavings of the blended percussions convey a breadth of emotions occasion-

SUNSET RUBDOWN RANDOM SPIRITLOVER

JAGJAGUWAR Sunset Rubdown began as the side project of Wolf Parade keyboardist/vocalist Spencer Krug but has since blossomed into a band whose musical stylings arguably outshine those of its frontman’s better-known quintet. Since Wolf Parade’s last release in 2005, Sunset Rubdown has already released an EP

recess to 1977’s unreleased ChromeDreams. The result of an

impromptu recording session, most of the album’s material was recorded live, featuring a mix of the old and the new. It has unreleased songs mostly from

the ’Bos, such as “Beautiful Bluebird” and “Boxcar.”

It also features new material written specifically for the album.

While previous Young albums, such as Living with War and Everybody’s Rockin’, have focused on one particular sound or subject, Chrome Dreams II incorporates many of Young’s sounds—folk acoustic rock, electric hard rock, rockabilly and blues—into one cohesive album that is about the human condition more than anything else.

The masterpiece of the album is the 1988 track, “Ordinary People.” Here we’re taken on an epic horn-heavy journey where Young becomes the advocate of the everyman. It is also the first single off the album, but don’t expect “Ordinary People” to garner much airtime. With a duration of more than 18 minutes, it is more likely to be featured on radio websites than radio stations.

As a sequel, Chrome Dreams II makes the transition Young from an ’Bos rocker into a 21st century musician. Unreleased older songs still sound relevant and his new material fits perfectly into popular musical traditions. And yes, he still sings like a woman.

—Liz Tramm

ally lacking in the sparse lyrics. “La Banlieu” has no words, allowing the undulating rhythm of the trumpet and accordion to fully sink in. In most cases

though, captivating introductions guide the tunes along. In “Forks and Knives” a singularly shrill violin draws listeners in as the brass instruments collectivelyjoin to complete an image offine dining in an attractive Parisian cafe.

However, the greatest emotional pull in the songs comes from Condon’s deep crooning. Hearing him repeat “And a fall from you/Is a long way down/I’ve found a better way out” in the ballad “Cherbourg” somehow manages to make you yearn for past loves that never existed. The mellow, carnival-flavored “A Sunday Smile” is the most feel-good song on the album, as Condon leads what sounds like a hoard of gleefully drunken men stumbling in unison.

Although none of the songs on the follow-up album are as instantly satisfying as their hit single, “Postcards from Italy,” The Flying Club Cup reflects Beirut’s growth in both scope and depth. Like fine wine, the band only seems to be getting better with age.

—Jessie Tang

and two full-length albums, the latest of which is the abstracdy titled Random Spirit Lover.

Random Spirit Lover is an ambitious effort ofmany musical faces. The album can be described as sparse, haunting, maniacal and epic all at once. Krug offers songs that seem cacophonous and meandering on first listen but later reveal themselves as products of a highly controlled form of auditory chaos. Rich tiers of sound are laid down on top of pop-like keyboard melodies with Krug’s distinctive vocals and obscure lyrics consistentiy soaring above the melee.

Nearly all of the 11 songs clock in at five minutes in length, allowing each ample time to tell a unique and diverse tale. There are surely songs with catchy appeal—the heroic “Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days” immediately comes to mind—but this is an album best listened to as a whole.

Listeners seeking out a carbon copy ofWolfParade’s brand of danceable indie-pop may well be put off by Random Spirit Lover's numerous eccentricities, but for those looking for a new, distinctive take on keyboard-driven rock, giving Sunset Rubdown a listen may be a step in the right direction.

—Bryan Zupon

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Joe College Day seeks to remind students what great music sounds like; at 6 p.m. this Saturday, Will Hoge will demonstrate what indie rock should be.

With a free-spirited rocker from Nashville with a keyboard player, bassist, guitarist and drummer in his entourage, “Will Hoge” refers to both the man and the band. Catching up with him by phone from a Subway somewhere outside Harrisonburg, Virginia, this fan of over five years learned a bit more about the growing legend.

Draw the Curtains Will Hoge’s latest project, was released just over a week ago and offers something very different from the thundering guitar riffs and bold vocals of his previous efforts, Carousel and Blackbird on a Lonely Wire. He explains this departure as an effort to grow as a musician and not produce the same album over and over again.

“If anything,” Hoge said, “I want this album to be a little more intimate and more restrained... to let the songs speak for themselves.”

The words are definitely still all Will. As a singer who does all his own writing, he draws inspiration from Otis Redding and Bob Dylan—men who are not afraid to write about relationships. His lyrics suggest he has experienced the substance of his songs.

A lullaby that Hoge wrote, “Baby Girl,” is about his thenguitarist’s young daughter who toured with them during her toddler years. As one of the first children-of-a-peer that Hoge watched grow up, this song was born from seeing his fellow band member “deal with things.”

“We were on the road when Sept. 11 happened and shortly thereafter she came with us on tour,” Hoge said. “Just watching her run around backstage, I really and truly wrote it for her as a lullaby. I played it for Brian and everyone seemed to enjoy it.”

He says he has a fairly firm idea for his next two records and feels that with his new label, Rykodisc, the band will grow exponentially. Some of Hoge’s songs express frustration with the mainstream music industry—he doesn’t see much talent in American Idols.

“It’s easier now more than ever for anyone to produce a record,” he said. “But at the same time it’s also that much harder to have the kind of success that we would all like to have at some point.”

For Hoge, success has meant both studio time and the chance to tour. Although expressing equal love for studio and live performances, he admits to liking touring better at first.

Indeed his signature move—singing without a microphone in front of a full band—might never have been developed without an audience.

“When Blackbird [on a Lonely Wire] had just come out, I was doing a tour just myself and my keyboard player. We were playing with Edwin McCain in this supper club in Virginia. Everyone was loud and no one was paying attention. We were joking that people hated us, so for the very last song, just to piss people off, I had John [the keyboardist] play while I stood on a chair or on someone’s table in the middle of the room. Well the place just got deathly quiet, and we were so into it. Out of nowhere, we got a standing ovation.”

This kind of spontaneity and energy is part of what fans of live music look forward to. With Will Hoge slated to take the stage this Saturday, students looking for a change may be surprised at how good music can be. ,

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WESTON from page 1 magic, I heard the piano played as an African instrument.

It was also the way he moved. It was like he did a ballet when he played, an African ballet, and his fingering, the way he played.

Your name tends to be linked to Monk in the same way that, say, Roy Eldridge is to Louis Armstrong—you’re both considered top-flight artists in your own right, but you’re also closely linked to an iconic figure. How do you feelabout that?

I feel great about it. See, when I heard him, I heard him and I introduced myself to him, I went by his house and we became very close. We would exchange musicians, too. He just made this music that excited me a great deal.

When did you start hanging out with him?

The late ’4os, I never did try to pin down a year. Yeah, we had instant communication. I loved his piano and he was very warm. He didn’t say much, but he didn’t have to say much. He’d come to my apartment on 13th Street or I’d go to his place and he'd play piano. One time we stayed up three days and three nights playing and ringing peoples bells. He captured the spirit of the original music, which was swing, and then he created his harmonies and his space and his rhythmic concepts. The most important part of this music is you could dance to it. For me, all music is built on feeling, but if you don’t feel anything, then it doesn’t matter if you have all the notes in the world. And he had the background in the black church.

You’ve recently returned to the trio format after a hiatus. How does it feel? Why did you go back?

Well, I have to play more piano. I used to do my own compositions all the time and people used to criticize me.

I would let cats play lots of solos, because hey, they’re my tunes.... The musicians I work with have been together a long time and they give me tremendous support and feeling. I’m lucky to have a great rhythm section.

After living in Africa for a long time, you moved back to the United States in the 1980s. Why did you come back?

I gave a big festival and ran out of money (laughs). I had a great time in music because I traveled to 18 countries and everywhere I would go I would listen to traditional music. I still go back—l played this year in South Africa, I played Morocco and I played Senegal.

How do people react to jazz in Africa?

I told them, I say, “It’s your music. You may not recognize it. We’ve made some changes, but die essence ofit is the same.

You may not recognize it because it came in contact with different cultures.” The people, they hear everydiing. I did a solo concert in Senegal, and I usually play with drums and bass, but a lot of young people, they heard everything I did.

Can you talk about your current and future projects?

We’re setting up a foundation for the children ofRwanda because I played in Rwanda last year and we went there to play because of the people there. The whole idea is to get the music back to where it used to be. The musicians served the communities—they not only played, they would play benefits, they would play at hospitals—but it went away. Music used to serve the community—not just the African community, but the world community. In the 1950 and 19605, jazz was part of the music scene, and now it’s nothing but pop music out there. But this is the classical music of the United States and it needs to be seen.

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Andrew Hibbard THE CHRONICLE

By day, Broad Street Cafe off of East Campus is an open space for coffee and baked goods. On Friday, Oct. 19, however, the cafe will transform into an art gallery.

This event is part of Durham’s Third Friday series, a branch of the Triangle’s Friday art series. Raleigh, Chapel Hill/Carrboro, Durham and Cary all take a different Friday of each month and sponsor a variety of art events from film to painting exhibits to performances —throughout the community.

This Friday, Broad Street Cafe will play host to a photography show called Liminal States. Photographer and art curator for Broad Street Cafe, Daniel George is both a contributing artist and the developer of the event. Featuring eight photographers, the show will present their varied work all under the theme of “liminal states.”

George said that Liminal States refers to a “transitional space” and is characterized by “ambiguity, openness and indeterminacy.” Each artist contributed different pieces to the exhibit with this theme in mind.

“Everyone has got such beautiful work and it’s disdnct to who they are and their styles,” Pittsboro-based photographer Martha Manning said.

Manning typically shoots for weddings. Some of her photographs for the event will reflect the wedding theme but also possess what she calls “stylized” and “fine art” qualities that allow her work to rise above typical wedding —

portraiture.

While his work is not limited to photography, George said his work is more along abstract lines.

“I seek to create works that are an extension of the evolving consciousness of nature, that dissolve the boundaries and rules of traditional art,” George said. “With my photography, I like to create enigmatic works that are open to interpretation using a variety of experimental

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“One way to make your job interesting is to care about what you do. If you care about it, it’s sort of a communication of how you feel,” Falls said. “That’s pretty much art in a nutshell. It boils down to communication.” ' George said that having so many artists sharing one space helps fuel creativity.

“Sharing a space with other artists is always rewarding,” George said. “New connections between works surface and artists inspire and encourage each other. Simply seeing others work can spur new directions and epiphanies about one’s own work.”

George said he decided to connect the event to Third Friday in hopes of showing more art, increasing interest for the event and enhancing Broad Street’s connection to the Durham arts scene. This is the second event he has held at the cafe in conjunction with the program.

Third Friday touts “Culture Happens Here” as its tagline. The event opens up art to the entire community and invites a wide range of people to occupy the same space for one night a month.

“From what I’ve seen from these Third Friday things... it’s just a big variety of people. There’s business professionals and other artists. It’s just all these people who [come out to] appreciate art and go back to their normal lives,” Manning said. “It’s so important because it’s bringing art into all the different parts of the community—different socioeconomic groups, backgrounds, ages.”

Manning added that she is especially excited to be involved in the event because it is in Durham.

“I’m always looking for opportunities to be involved in art in Durham because I think there’s just a strong sense of community with the artists in Durham,” she said. “I’m excited to be part of something that’s bigger.”

Liminal States will be at the Broad Street Cafe Friday, Oct. 16from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. More information on the photography, show and other ThirdFriday events can befound at www. thirdfridaydurham. com.

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Normally, seven and a half cents isn’t worth very much. Any Duke student could find at least as much by digging through the cushions of the questionably clean chairs in the Bryan Center. But in Hoofn’Horn’s latest musical, The Pajama Game, the entire story is determined by such a nominal sum.

The show develops around the turmoil that overtakes the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory when the employees demand a raise of seven and a half cents an hour. From this not-typically-enthralling framework, Hoofn’Hom manages to construct a performance that is both compelling and laugh-out-loud funny.

“This is one of our strongest productions last two years at least,” said juniorMatt the in Colabrese, the president of Hoof n’Hom, who plays Hines in the musical.

The show’s main roles are Babe (senior Katie Lee) and Sid (junior Ross Goldstein). The characters’ turbulent romance is challenged when the factory workers go on strike, and the majority of the performance is dominated by the two singing about the current state of their relationship. Although Sid and Babe’s parts pro-

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vide a solid foundation for the musical, the production’s strength arises most obviously from the vitality that the supporting actors instill in their characters. Standout roles include the flamboyantiy flirtatious secretary Gladys (freshman Heather Wiese), the comically anal-retentive Hines (Matt Colabrese) and the lovably sleazy Prez (senior Tom Rourke).

More of the show’s positive qualities are the result of director Michael Ayers’ attempt to adapt a large musical to the limited space of Sheafer Theater. “[So you have a] huge dance musical, 30 people, 16 locations —in a black box [Sheafer Theater],” Ayers said. “That’s the biggest challenge. How do you do that, what the hell do you do?”

Ayers, Trinity ’O7, addressed the theater’s inherent constraints by creating a flexible set that requires the actors to move set pieces around themselves during the actual scenes, eliminating scene changes.

“I wanted to go ahead and show the audience that in this world, that’s how it operates —we move 16 modular set pieces around,” Ayers said. “And that’s their life and that’s how they operate. When they come home from work they move the kitchen table.”

Although this occasionally results in the actors awkwardly shuffling set pieces around without fully integrating their movements into the rest of the scene, for the most part, the movement of the set proves to be surprisingly entertaining. A definite source of the musical’s humor comes from watching the characters tango while swinging unwieldy set pieces. The actors also frequendy come into the aisles, interacting with the audience and supplying a refreshing change of tone.

Overall, the musical exceeds expectations for a student-run production. The show’s humor and energy may even make audience members care about those measly seven and a half cents.

The Pajama Game will be showcased in the Sheafer Theater Oct. 18-28 at various showtimes.

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This also meant promotion, the goal of which was to make sure “no one on this campus can say that they haven’t heard about it.” That mantra led to promotional tactics such as stickers, flyers and even Joe College condoms.

“Even if people freak out about it, they will at least know about Joe College Day,” Alexander said. “Patience and diplomacy have been the keys to event planning on Duke’s campus. It was a harrowing effort but when it goes offreally well any of those people who have been critics or skeptics of our vision can suck real hard.”

Alexander said that the diversity of musical performances aims to provide the festival’s attendees with something for everybody. The headlining act, Gov’t Mule boasts straight rock ’n‘ roll with the aid of Warren Haynes, former lead guitarist from the Allman Brothers Band. Their supporting act, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, is an up-and-coming band from Vermont, with a frontwoman who rocks out on a Hammond organ. The rest of the acts provide everything from soul, hip-hop and traditional alt-rock. Extensive promotion has also resulted in a partnership with iTunesU, where Duke students can down-

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The Maxes have high hopes for their creation. “Joe College Day is one of those rare campus events that unites Duke around something that is not only about beer, which I think is very unique, and is about a cultural experience around a diverse array of music that everyone can enjoy,” Entman said.

The duo make it clear that Joe College is not Tailgate and not LDOC, either.

“We want this to be a ‘just come out with a six-pack and chill with your friends on the quad’ event. Our concept is a guy sitting back in a lawn chair—it’s a lost pleasure. So bring out your blanket, friends, a couple beers and throw back to Duke like it used to be in the ’6os and ’7os. We guarantee it will be a great time.”

Alexander did voice some concerns about how the event will be received.

“My recurring nightmare is just Duke students sitting out there, being stiff and not knowing what to do,” he said. “But I know that deep inside every person there is a dirty, janky, granola-eating hippy that can just come out and let loose when you hear the music.”

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WOMEN'S GOLF

Lee sets example for teammates on No. 1 Duke by

Michael Moore THE CHRONICLE

In individual sports that are made into team sports, it’s sometimes hard to tell what a player brings to her team beyond a score.

That, however, is certainly not the case with Jennie Lee. Whether it’s with her abundant energy, wide smile or almost stubborn positivity, the juniorprovides something very apparent to the three-time defending champions.

“She keeps the attitude very positive on this team,” head coach Dan Brooks said.

“She’s a bright light on this team, a very

bright light.”

Lee will continue to lead the top-ranked Blue Devils as they go up against a stacked field at the Stanford Women’s Intercollegiate this weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.

Her influence is more necessary this year with the graduation ofAnna Grzebien, who was a key leader on Duke’s three title teams. And although Lee said she can’t really believe that she is already an upperclassman, Brooks said the junior does more leading than she knows.

While some young golfers fall into the trap of practicing only with their driver or putter, Brooks said Lee spends time each practice on every type of shot—something not lost on the team’s four underclassmen.

“Jennie leads by example,” Brooks said.

“She will spend the time on each part of her game. She doesn’t have a favorite part that she goes to and neglects the other parts... and that’s one of the absolute best examples that JennieLee sets.”

But for all her on- and off-course impact on the most successful team in the nation,

individual victory has been elusive for Lee. A personal triumph seemed inevitable after Lee came within two strokes of winning the NCAA individual championship as a freshman. Despite two third-place finishes last year, however, Lee was unable to break through for a win.

“It’s going to take time and more practice, but I don’t feel like I’m not good because I haven’t won,” Lee said.

The fact that she hasn’t won does enter her mind at times, Lee said, but her coach maintains the junior doesn’t need to change her game to capture her first victory—it’s just a matter of time.

“She’s already playing at a level that can win at any given time,” Brooks said. “You’ve just got to have things line up justright that day, that tournament. I don’t think she has to move to some different 1eve1.... That’s just what makes wins so special is that they don’t come all the time.”

Lee tasted that individual success when she competed with the professionals this summer at the U.S. Women’s Open in Southern Pines, N.C. Lee tied for the low amateur score, but the real highlight may have come on the Thursday of the tournament. Lee was 2-under par after six holes in her first round, and she got the rare experience of seeing her name on the leaderboard at a major championship.

“I saw my name up there and I was like, ‘Wow, is thatreally me?”’ Lee said. “It was really exciting. I wish I had taken a picture ofit” Lee’s summer success, though, did not immediately carry over to the fall. Simulating professional life, members of Duke’s team qualify among themselves for a spot on the first tournament roster of the year.

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Lee struggled in the qualifying and subsequendy didn’t play in the Blue Devils’ opening event, where they finished fourth, “I just stayed really positive,” Lee said, “I didn’t want to feel like, ‘Oh, what’s happening to me?’ So I just got right back on trackafter another week or so, and I was on

the road again.”

Now that Lee is back to playing to her game, she is focused on continuing to set an example for heryounger teammates—and on bringing home the first trophy of her own.

“I’d love to win an individual title,” she said. “That is definitely one of my goals.”

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Blue Devils look to create space in ACC ranks by

Laura Keeley THE CHRONICLE

On paper, it’s hard to tell Duke and its upcoming opponent, Wake Forest, apart.

The Blue Devils (7-3-3 overall, 2-2-1 in the ACC) and the Demon Deacons (7-5-2,2-2-1) enter tonight’s 7 p.m. game in Winston-Salem for fifth place in the ACC standings. They have played similar schedules, with six common VS. opponents so far this year. And neither team can afford to drop a game to a comparable team in the highly competitive ACC. On the Duke side, there is a TONIGHT, 7 p.m.

Winston-Salem definite sense of urgency.

“We have got to play really, really well tomorrow,” head coach Robbie Church said. “It’s going to be the team that brings the biggest heart tomorrow. You look position by position, it’s pretty evenly matched. I think it’s the one that really wants to play for 90 minutes and the one that wants to battle for 90 minutes.”

In their last game, a 2-1 loss to the Tar Heels Oct. 11, the Blue Devils appeared to fall back into their early-season struggles with converting prime scoring opportunities into goals, particularly in the second half. The players were not discouraged by their performance in Chapel Hill, however, as they now feel much more confident in their ability

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against top competition “We dominated Carolina in the second half,” said junior midfielder and leading scorer Kelly Hathorn. “Just like the Texas A&M game and the Virginia game, we saw that we can play with these teams. We just have not quite put the ball in the back of the net. I feel like the momentum is going to carry us and finally have a big win tomorrow

night.”

This sentiment was echoed by Duke’s other leading scorer, sophomore midfielder Elisabeth Redmond, who said the team focused on the opportunities they were able to create and not concerned about the lack of goals.

The Blue Devils are still missing their leading scorer from last year, sophomore Kay Anne Gummersall due to an ankle injury. Church said her absense still significantly impacts the team’s attack even though freshman Kendall Bradley has filled in nicely and generated numerous scoring chances—most recendy with a header that deflected off the crossbar late against UNC—there is still no substitute for Gummersall.

There is also no substitute for preparation, and Duke has not overlooked any detail for this match, right down to the brandof soccer ball used. In recent practices, the team switched from Adidas balls to Nike balls since Wake Forest is sponsored by Nike.

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Whether or not the letter of a letter to the state ofNorth Carolina law says that the state should his fees. the it to pick legal asking up Nifong says that because he was provide him with legal representaan officer of the state “at the time tion, morally, he has no moral leg that the complaint arose and at all to stand on.

The bottom line is that ifNifong times therein,” his legal fees for a be covered wants a private attorney, he should private attorney should by the state. pay with his own money. If he can’t afford one, he is welcome to the Once again, Nifong is completeout this unreasonable counsel of a public defender. of line in ly There is no better way for the request.

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hundred thirty six years University faces certain constraints after our Founding Fathers when formulating its academic schedule, it is hardly unreasonable for stusigned the Declaration of Independence, Duke University has fi- dents and faculty to enjoy the same nally decided to allow its students and holidays taken by the administration and the rest of faculty to celebrate the nation. the Fourth of July. editorial When the Almuch-anticiIn cleared out, it only len is the regisBuilding University news, pated trar announced that Dukies who seems fair that the classrooms, too, stay for summer sessions won’t find should be empty.

It sends a bad message and reeks themselves in the classroom on Memorial Day or July 4, as they have in of inequality when the University’s higher-ups take a day off, but force years past.

It’s about time that the University faculty to come in and teach.

Although these additional Univergranted students these days off, and a clear we welcome this change as sity-wide holidays are a good thing, direction. this Board calls on the administration the right step in Year after year, students, faculty to do more.

The University should stop pickand this editorial board have naturalthat these and choosing which federal very ing on two complained ly important national holidays, they holidays to recognize and look into have had to attend classes while the actually participating in the nationwide observance of Labor Day and administration enjoyed the day off.

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Work together for South Asian Studies We write in response to your Oct. 11 article on South Asian Studies at Duke. We are glad that the Duke undergraduate student community is expressing a vigorous, focused interest in developing South Asian Studies at Duke, a call that, in principle, we fully support. We hope that this passion will translate into increased enrollment in courses already offered at Duke, and also increased pardcipation in South Asia-related programming and volunteer opportunities, which are numerous, active and ongoing.

We would first like to point out some crucial resources that exist at Duke, but were overlooked in Duke South Asian Studies Initiative’s formulation as expressed in The Chronicle.

First, is the Title VI North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies, formerly located at N.C. State but now located at Duke. This center for more than two decades has been a multi-university initiative (Duke, UNC and NCSU), with links to both NCCU and Fayetteville State University (FSU), that brings together curricular offerings, workshops and seminars and other kinds ofSouth Asiarelated programming to Duke and to the Triangle area; students enrolled at any of these institutions can take cross-university courses.

Second, South Asia courses offered at Duke, taking this Fall only as example, include Indo-Persian Sufism, Visualcultures ofSouth Asia, Arts of Indian devotional movements, Hindi autobiography and various other broader courses that incorporate substantial South Asian material. Language offerings include Hindi-Urdu, Persian, Bengali and Nepali, again, routed through the NCCSAS. Typically, Professor Leela Prasad herself has offered three to four courses every year, exclusively on topics on South Asia and India; in the upcoming spring semester, she will be offering two courses —Ethics in South Asia and Introduction to Hinduism. We would hope that these courses are noticed and taken advantage of more fully. Especially notable is a tri-university South Asia Civilization course, to be taught in the spring from Duke by Cultural Anthropology Professor Katherine Ewing.

Third, Duke often hosts seminars and lectures on South Asia by performing artists and scholars.

For instance, die Franklin Humanities Institute has currently in residence Romila Thapar, one of the

world’s foremost experts on ancient Indian history.

There are many public talks centered around her visit; she holds office hours and welcomes conversation with students. How astonishing, and disappointing, that apart from students in Prasad’s and Sandria Freitag’s classes, DSASI and other Duke students were noticeably absent at her first talk on Oct 11!

Fourth, we will be glad to see DSASI’s enthusiastic participation in new civic engagement programs at Duke. In this connection, we want to also draw attention to Duke’s chapter of the Association for India’s Development, for which Prasad is the faculty advisor. AED-Duke runs on the committed energy and vision of volunteers (mosdy graduate and postdoctoral fellows at Duke) continues to need and welcome students to collaborate on social work projects in India ranging from women’s empowerment to soil and water conservation.

We recognize the necessity to augment and further diversify existing resources in both languages and topics relating to South Asia, and also see a need for a South Asian Studies certificate and a Duke-based Study Abroad program (there is currently one run out of UNC that is open to Duke students). However, to be successful, this growth must build on the steps already taken; it must synthesize various efforts and energies and it must emerge from structured dialogue between students and faculty who teach about South Asia in various departments at Duke, for example, History, Religion, Anthropology, English and Asian and African Languages and Literatures. In short, there is much going on at Duke with regard to South Asia and much more needs to be done, but collectively with all concerned groups working together.

Bruce Lawrence Director, North Carolina Centerfor South Asia Studies Leela Prasad Director, Duke South Asia Studies Center Srinivas Aravamudan Director,

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Sandria Freitag Associate Director, North Carolina Centerfor South Asia Studies

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Giving T-Reqs teeth

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single most important reason that I came to Duke was to be able to study both mathematics and literature. In most of the

world, I wouldn’t be allowed to.

In my (French) high school, I was forced to make a choice between studying math and science or literature. Sophie’s choice, indeed This experience taught me to value the freedom liberal arts students take for granted, and I resolved to take frill advantage ofit as soon as possible I hated the French educational system for imposing a course of study upon me. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but notice some of the benefits of an integrated curriculum.

For example, as a senior, in math, I david rademeyer studied the exponential function. Latforty-two er, in physics class, we used it to study radioactive decay, which we then used in geology to date movements of tectonic plates Duke has recognized the benefits of such integration in the study of specific themes, and has created an opportunity for students to enjoy them through the creation of Focus programs, a rather less coercive alternative to a fixed curriculum.

Nevertheless, Duke is firmly in the camp of the liberal arts, and it grounds itself in the belief that students should be the architects of their own education.

Most liberal arts institutions, including Duke, recognize that there are some things every student “should” know, however. Some respond to this by instituting a core curriculum for freshmen or a variation on this.

However, one part of the legacy of poststructuralism is the distrust of canons ofall sorts. In order to dodge this particular theoretical bullet, then, many liberal arts colleges chose an alternative. At Duke, we call it Curriculum 2000.

It’s no coincidence that Curriculum 2000’s designers originally summarized it as ticking off boxes in a matrix. The current hodgepodge lacks the benefit of an integrated curriculum, which might draw links between the different disciplines; and it lacks the courage of an imposed curriculum, which might be held accountable for the subjects it assigns.

My two best papers reflect my embrace of a broad course of study: the one is about the structure ofBaudelaire’s “Flowers of Evil,” the other about the structure of rational points on elliptic curves. I’ve also had the opportunity to do other things, like participating in the Humanitarian Challenges Focus and learning to mangle Chinese.

And yet every time course selection rolls around, I rage at the fact that the only Civilizations seminar with both Writing and Science, Technology and Society codes conflicts with my last opportunity to learn about topology. I almost forget that I was interested in Anthropology ofNumbers even before I realized thatit was the Holy Grail of T-Reqs.

The system is broken. Some departments and professors seek course codes for courses that plainly should not receive them. Some departments create absurdly easy courses in order to help students get around the system. Still others fail to apply for codes their courses should obviously receive.

Partially because of this, Curriculum 2000 is often reduced to nothing more than an annoying formality and a pointless distraction from the business of learning.

I knew that I would learn more if I took a real class to fulfill my Natural Science requirement. However, another part of me realized that, if I took a course where “the single main factor for grading is attendance,” I would have more time to get on with my education. It’s hard to feel guilty: if the department’s director of undergraduate studies thinks that this is sufficient to be half of my mandatory scientific education, who am I to disagree?

I personally would rather bin the entire system, and let any student with a major and a sufficient GPA graduate. However, if we are to salvage Curriculum 2000, Duke needs to do better at deciding which courses receive codes to satisfy graduation requirements.

Course syllabi should be audited to ensure that no course codes are improperly assigned. Students must be allowed a mechanism to protest courses that do not carry the course codes that they should (for example, if a “lecture” is in fact a seminar).

Most importandy, Duke needs to crack down on classes that allow lazy, or otherwise disinclined, students to get easy ‘A’s and course codes.

If graduation requirements are to be meaningful, satisfying them can’t be a box-ticking exercise. If we are going to require students to collect course codes, we should require them to actually, engage with the material those course codes are supposed to embody. Instituting “requirements” that can be easily circumvented is begging any student who disagrees with a requirement to circumvent it.

A liberal arts education should be about confronting new ideas and new ways of thinking, not learning to navigate loopholes.

That’s what law school is for.

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

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These subfields are the three mzyor comelliot ponents' of a rather obscure field called q.e.d “student development theory,” situated somewhere near the crossroads of sociology, psychology and babysitting. Per a division-wide mandate instituted in 2004, most salaried employees in Student Affairs hold master’s degrees that include training in student development theory, and for many it was the primary focus of their postgraduate education.

Its tenets have been cited as justification for the comical (but ultimately nauseating) state of undergraduate judicial policy, the policies surrounding whom Student Affairs can hire, the programs and services provided by Student Affairs and much more. In a more gratuitous example of its application, Residence Life and Housing Services told Sigma Phi Epsilon to rename their “Dorm Wars” competition “Hall Brawl,” because the word “Dorm” wasn’t considered sufficiendy welcoming.

So whatis this “discipline?” What’s so great about it that allows it to define the extracurricular relationship between the institution and its students?

As far as I can tell, it’s not really a “discipline.”

The scholarship seems no more rigorous than that found in Wal-Mart’s collection of self-help books (disclaimer: I’m speculating; I’ve never actually read a self-help book from Wal-Mart). It strives to compartmentalize and characterize various stages of college student development, but fails to provide any meaningful guidance beyond what one might learn in the course of growing up and experiencing college itself.

After checking out 15 volumes on the subject from Perkins and scouring the Internet, I’ve reduced student development theory to two components: (1) tautology, or statements that are either repetitious of already widespread ideas or otherwise very obviously true, and (2) absurdity, or statements that simply don’t make sense.

In other words, student development theory consists of the “duh... and the “what!?!” To demonstrate, each of the following quotes comes from a book, scholarly article or Web site on student development theory. Source references and additional quotes are

wolf

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posted at http://www.duke.edu/~egw4/; On the “duh... side, student development theory ”

that, “on any number of campuses, on any given day, students engage in a variety of acts.”

Recognizing that students are somewhat rational beings, one guide states, “satisfaction of one’s own needs and occasionally the needs of others determine actions.”

And as anyone who’s been dumped can attest, “individuals seek acceptance and friendship among peers; adults seek a mate. Thwarted needs for belonging and love are considered to be a primary source of maladjustment.”

Furthermore, “the pursuit of lifelong learning further extends the educational sphere into a person’s endre life.”

On the “what!?!” side: “with temporizing, cognitive development is essentially ‘put on hold’; a plateau is maintained. Escape, another deflection, involves an abandonment of responsibility characterized by alienation. Retreat, the third deflection, involves a temporary retreat to dualism.”

Almost every article or chapter argued one of two highly debatable conclusions: (1) that student affairs staff are integral to a particular aspect of student life, and (2) that student affairs staff are as important to the educational process as every other institutional component, including the faculty.

That this is the thrust of student development theory is not surprising. Placing student development “research” in a bureaucratic context, one article noted, “the very existence of the student affairs profession may be at stake if we are unable to justify what we do.”

But having a basis in the “duh...” and the “what!?!” doesn’t exacdy bode well for the future of the profession, or for Student Affairs’ ability to adequately cater to the needs of students at Duke. Perhaps this very consideration prompted President Brodhead and Provost Lange to appoint Steve Nowicki, an accomplished researcher and former dean of the natural sciences, as dean of undergraduate education.

The inclusion ofStudent Affairs under Nowicki’s responsibility reflects the importance of nonfaculty employees to the undergraduate experience. Students need help planning events, navigating the institution, dealing with crises, finding jobs and making sure we don’t cause bodily harm to one another. Burdened with teaching and research, faculty members are often unable or unwilling to help in such capacities.

But thankfully, Nowicki’s appointment decreases the likelihood that those functions will be approached as exercises in “student development.”

He just has to make sure that the people who want a job at Duke helping students aren’t forced

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the blatantly obvious and regurgitating the patently absurd to get a master’s degree in student affairs.

Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Thursday. etfC.CMA nlfl-j

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