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a year and rumors of the corporate coffeehouse coming to the Bryan Center have circulated just as long, administrators say it is unlikely students will see any changes soon.

Discussions about Starbucks and other eateries coming to Duke, however, have sparked conversation about the use of space on West Campus in general, with administrators and student leaders touring the Bryan Center and West Union Building and some student groups complaining they are underinformed.

Students have grown accustomed to seeing the Robertson bus come to a stop before the Chapel, but members of Duke Student Government’s Community Interaction Committee and the Black Student Alliance think another off-campus route should be created to better connect Duke to North Carolina Central University.

“There’s a school eight minutes away and we can’t get there, but we can get to a school 30 minutes away,” said sophomore Awa Nur, BSA academic affairs chair and DSG senator for community interaction.

“We need to open up lines ofcommunication with our neighbors.”

DSG and BSA are working to secure funding for a bus to NCCU with Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services. Dawkins was not available for comment.

Duke students are able to take classes at most neighboring universities, but few currently take advantage of academic opportunities at NCCU. NCCU’s biology and history departments are noted, and the School of Law has been named one of America’s best law schools by the Princeton Review. The number of Duke students enrolled in classes at the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel 7

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Lightning fills the Durham skies above the Chapel Wednesday night. The thunderstorm yesterday provided much needed rainfall for Durham, which has been in the throes of a drought.

The OSAF office in the Bryan Center has been considered as a possible site for a Starbucks.

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Current senior Ben Adams spoke two years ago at a Duke-NCCU forum to discuss inter-school relations.

Freshmen stuck on West Campus for lunch may soon be able to spend food points sans regret.

Duke Student Government representatives approved a resolution Wednesday night calling for students on the FirstYear Dining Plan to be able to use a $5.25 credit—equal to the amount they can use toward lunch on any day they skip breakfast at the Marketplace —toward a meal in the Great Hall.

The current plan allows students to use lunch credit only at the Marketplace. Junior Sunny Kantha, vice president for athletics and campus services, presented the resolution and SEE DSG ON PAGE 7

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Sunny Kantha, vice president for athletics and campus services, discuss thepros and cons of changing freshman dining policy during a Wednesday meeting.

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U.S. security chief forced to resign by

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WASHINGTON The State Department’s embattled security chief stepped down under pressure Wednesday as the fallout from last month’s deadly Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad claimed its first political casualty'.

Richard Griffin’s forced resignation came amid growing questions about the use of private contractors to protect diplomats in Iraq, according to officials familiar with the circumstances ofhis departure.

Griffin, the assistant secretary' of state for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; made no mention of the furor in his resig-

nation letter to President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

But his decision to step down came at a time when the department is facing withering Iraqi and congressional criticism for its security' practices.

It also followed by just a day the release of a report commissioned by Rice that found serious lapses in the department’s oversight of private guards, who are employed by Griffin’sbureau and report to it.

Rice accepted the resignation, which is effective Nov. 1, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said. Griffin will be replaced on an acting basis by one of his deputies, Gregory Starr, McCormack said.

“Secretary Rice is grateful to Ambassador Griffin for his record of long, exemplary service to the nation,” McCormack said. “He has distinguished himself during a 36-year career with the U.S. government, serving in some of the most sensitive and

demanding posts.”

Griffin, an ambassador-rank official who was previously deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service and inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, had been in his current job since June 2005.

His brief resignation letter praised the “brave men and women” of Diplomatic SEE IRAQ ON PAGE 8

Turkey clashes with Kurdish rebels

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CIZRE, Turkey Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships reportedly pounded Kurdish rebel positions along the Turkey-Iraq border Wednesday, broadening military operations against insurgents amid persistent fears Turkey will launch a major offensive inside Iraq.

Turkish Cabinet members and military generals held a six-hour meeting in Ankara to discuss a possible operation in northern Iraq, but decided to recommend the government take economic measures first to force

cooperation by Iraqis against Kurdish rebels.

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Anatolia news agency reported that Turkish warplanes and attack helicopters bombed mountain paths used by rebels to cross the porous border from Iraq and stage hit-and-run attacks against soldiers in southeastern Turkey.

Residents in the Iraqi Kurdish village of Derishkit told am Associated Press reporter that two Turkish jet fighters struck a target on the banks of the Zey-Cowra River about four miles inside Iraq. They were unable to offer any more details about the apparent attack.

An AP Television News cameraman also state-mn

saw eight F-16s loaded with bombs and attack helicopters take offafter nightfall from a base in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The cameraman also saw about a dozen transport helicopters fly along Mount Cudi near the border with Iraq and at least one warplane fly past Cizre, a town close to the border.

The Anatolia news agency report said the warplanes and helicopters took offfrom Diyarbakir and “are reported to have bombed and destroyed bases of the terrorists.” reports of airstrikes.

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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A3BO took off with 455 passengers on a historic journey Thursday—the first commercial flight by the world's largest jetliner, which boasts luxurious suites enclosed by sliding doors,double beds, a bar and the quietest interior ofany plane.

Rudy would tackle immigration Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday if elected president he would end illegal immigration in as few as three years by employing the same police tactics he used to reduce the crime rate as New York City mayor.

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lion annually in taxes and public spending on the tens of thousands of students who quit high school annually, according to a study released Wednesday by two school-choice groups.

Microsoft invests in Facebook Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6-percent stake to Microsoft Corp.for $240 million,spurning a competing offerfrom online search leader Google Inc. Culminating weeks of negotiations, the investment announced Wednesday values Palo Alto-basedFacebook at $l5 billion.

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make sure that we provided adequate opwrote in an e-mail that the new policy will portunity or help to people who wanted to create a healthier atmosphere on campus.

Students, faculty, and employees at the quit, that we provide cessation programs some that the “Although may argue of North Carolina at University Chapel and made prescripban infringes Hill will now have to walk more than a few entrances to campus.” tion medication for on personal The new policy has already garnered cessation available steps away from buildings if they want to some “Although may argue that rights, smoking smoke. a light up protests from UNC students. The (Rato them,” she said. itself infringes the ban on A new policy enacted by UNC Chancelinfringes leigh) News & Observer reported that personal on the rights Elfland added lor James Moeser will ban smoking within many student smokers gathered in the Pit that according to rights, itself smoking infringes of others,” she 100 feet of university facilities effective Jan. last week for a “smoke-a-thon,” an inforcomments collectsaid. “Individu1, 2008. The policy is a result of legislation mal protest where participants handed ed on a blog set on the rights of others.” al rights exist to the North Carolina General Asout free cigarettes and gave cigar-rolling up by members of passed by Adrienne Wollman, the extent that lessons. sembly this summer. the UNC student they do not in“The practical effect of this university Despite protests from students, Carogovernment, many at UNC fringe upon the is that the be smokecampus will policy lyn Elfland, associate vice chancellor for students are in faindividualrights free,” Moeser wrote in an e-mail sent to campus services at UNC, said few comvor ol is policy ofothers.”

UNC students, faculty and employees. plaints have been received from faculty as away to reduce second-hand smoke Although smoking was banned on the “We will begin posting temporary signs and employees. around campus. campus of the Duke University Medical throughout campus to ensure that visi“The main comments have been to Adrienne Wollman, a freshman at UNC, Center this summer, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, wrote in an e-mail that a similar policy on Duke’s main campuses does not seem likely. He added that accommodations could be made for smokers and nonsmokers without the enforcement of a policy.

“By placing ash urns at some distance from entries, with reasonable seating and such, we would accomplish the same intent without threat of violations,” Moneta said.

Kirsten Moy, a freshman at Duke, said the new UNC policy makes it possible for students to go outside without the fear of encountering a cloud of smoke.

“It’s a nice thing for nonsmokers,” she added. “[lt] makes it easier for them to go out in public and enjoy themselves.”

Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery, a senior, said he thinks the policy is preposterous and doesn’t believe a smoking policy would be effective if it were implemented at Duke.

“I think mimicking UNC’s institutional practices is almost always a bad idea,” Slattery said. , Kaiting Chen, a freshman at Duke, said a similar policy at Duke would do little to discourage his smoking habit.

“A hundred feet is like 30 meters,” Chen said. “I would have to walk about an extra six to seven seconds for a cigarette. It’s a ALEXIS STEELE/THE CHRONICLE significant amount of time taken out of my The North Carolina GeneralAssembly approved a new policy that will ban smoking within 100feet of university buildings. policy will be effective starting Jan. 1,2008. day. I don’t think I’m ready for that.”

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Deficit act causes increases in birth-control pill prices by

Kevin Lincoln THE CHRONICLE

In recent months, the birth control pills that many college women —35 percent of sexually active female students, according to the American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment—obtain from their universities have doubled or tripled in price.

The increase has occurred because a discount that many student health centers relied on to provide birth control at reduced prices is no longer available. The markdown was eliminated by the Deficit Reduction Act, which went into effect this January.

The act had not affected Duke Student Health Center contraceptive prices until recently, however, when the University pharmacy’s stock of pills bought under cheaper contract prices was depleted, said pharmacist Steve Almond.

“We have since run out of all things we have gotten under the good contract prices and the prices for those things have really increased,” Almond said.

The main pill, Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo, provided by the Student Health Center at a discounted price has also gone up the most, from $2O to $46, he said.

The makers of the pill, OrthoMcNeil Pharmaceutical, said they were committed to providing affordable birth control despite

this increase “Our company is one of the lowest-cost providers of oral contraceptives to public health services, and we are committed to assisting the underserved community serviced by these public health services,” said GloriaVanderham, communications manager for Ortho-McNeil.

enthood Federation of America.

The organization said in a statement that the act completely cut universities and colleges out of the benefit.

Planned Parenthood has encouraged Congress to amend the law in order to address the issue.

Jennifer Ferris, communications coordinator for Planned Parent-

It is unclear, however, whether companies could bring the prices back to former levels without a change in legislation.

The Deficit Reduction Act stipulated that the calculation of a best price could be made omitting certain purchasers of birth control pills at nominal prices, according to the Planned Par-

hood of Central North Carolina, said it was essential for students to make their discontent with the DRA known to their senators in order to see change.

“I don’t think they know how intimate an issue this is for college students,” she said. “This can be fixed, and it can be fixed with a vote.”

Although some individuals said the problem is insignificant because students could get the drugs through their insurance, Ferris said this is unreasonable.

“A lot of young women are still on their parents’ insurance and they don’t want their parents to know that they are using contraceptives,” she said. “It’s an issue of privacy.”

A number of members ofCongress are working on an amendment to the DRA that would address the issue of contraceptive contracts to universities, as well as other concerns. “[The price increase] has taken us one step backward in the effort to reduce unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion,” Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y, wrote in a letter to col-

leagues.

Birth control pills, used by 35 percent of sexually activefemale college students, have doubled in price in the last 10 months.

Paul Cox, a staff member for local Rep. David Price, D-N.C., said Price was aware of the legislation but would need to review it before giving his position or commenting on its effect on local universities.

The Saliie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture presents our 3rd biennial symposium

WUmuse Women and Artistic Expression October 26-27,2007

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Common Woman Chorus presents A Choral Celebration of Women & Creativity

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Artist demonstrations, student performances, interactive workshops and panels

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Screening of hip hop documentary Nobody Knows My Name with filmmaker Rachel Raimist

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Chore© Collective and Carolina Wren Press present Couplets

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Symposium store with books and items by featured artists for sale

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Four exhibits on women in the arts

Free and open to the public. For a full schedule of events, visit:

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Winds offer chance to slow down Cali fires by

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placed homeowners and authorities were relieved that early reports were so low.

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SAN DIEGO A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California’s sprawl-

ing wildfires finally gave fire crews a chance fight back against some blazes Wednesday, and weary residents could take solace in an overriding sign of hope: Just one person has died from the flames.

That contrasts to 22 dead from a fire of similar magnitude in 2003. Although the final toll has yet to be tallied from this week’s fires, officials were crediting an automated, reverse 911 calling system that prompted the orderly evacuation of more than half a million people —10 times the number evacuated four years ago.

“They are more determined that people leave,” said Steve Levstik, who got his call 15 minutes before flames swept through his Rancho Bernardo neighborhood.

“It was very intense. On the call, it was like, ‘This area, go! This area, go!’ In 2003 there was less guidance,” he said. “It was like, ‘Just pay attention to the news and if it looks bad, leave.”’

Wednesday, winds dropped to 21 from 36 mph, considerably less than the fierce gusts of up to 100 mph that whipped fire zones earlier in the week.

The improving weather allowed for a greater aerial assault on the flames and helped firefighters beat back the most destructive blazes. Helicopters and air tankers dropped 30 to 35 loads of water on two fires that have burned hundreds of homes in the San Bernardino Mountains, near Lake Arrowhead.

“They’re taking it down considerably,” said Dennis Bouslaugh of the U.S. Forest Service. to

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Orange County Fire Authorityfirefighter Cliff Bias! cools hotspots in a destroyed home in Modjeska, California.

Authorities said they had largely contained many of the fires north of San Diego, and all five fires in Los Angeles County were about 50 percent contained or more.

Despite the progress, none of the six major blazes in San Diego County was more than 15 percent contained, and those fires threatened more than 8,500 houses. The top priority was a fire in San Bernardino County that threatened 6,000 homes and continued to rage out of control.

So far, this week’s fires have destroyed

about 1,500 homes and burned 674 square miles across five counties, from Ventura in the north all the way into Mexico.

Property damage has reached at least $1 billion in San Diego County alone, and President George W. Bush signed a major disaster declarationfor California. The president was scheduled to visit the region Thursday.

The death toll from the most recent blazes may rise as fires continue to burn and authorities return to neighborhoods where homes turned to piles of ash, but dis-

The San Diego County medical examiner officially listed six deaths connected to the blazes, but he included five who died during the evacuation who were not directly killed by the fire. In 2003, all but a handful of the 22 dead succumbed to the flames.

Terry Dooley, who was ordered out of his home with his wife and three sons Monday, said authorides learned important lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the 2003 California fires that wiped out 3,640 homes and blackened 750,000 acres during a twoweek period.

“They learned how to get things done more quickly,” Dooley said as he waited at a roadblock Wednesday to return home to San Diego’s upscale, densely populated Rancho Bernardo area. .In addition to the reverse-911 system, authorities shut down schools, halted mail delivery and urged people to stay home and off the roads if they were not in danger.

Another factor separating these fire from other disasters has been wealth. Unlike many of the poor neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Katrina, the hardest-hit areas in California were filled with upscale homes, with easy access to wide streets. Less wealthy areas—including rural enclaves and horse farms that stretch through the mountains east of San Diego—benefited from easy road access and small crowds.

Wednesday, about two dozen people gathered at a police barricade in Rancho Bernardo, which was one of the hardesthit areas, hoping to retrieve medications and belongings—or simply to see if their homes were intact.

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DSG from page 1 said the present system was inconvenient for freshmen.

He added that the plan could not be changed previously because two different vendors controlled the Marketplace and the Great Hall. Bon Appetit now operates both dining locations Kantha said the vendor had not been informed of the proposal yet because Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst asked that students first indicate their support for it.

“The chances are greatly increased for getting [the new plan] pulled through now that DSG has voiced their approval for it,” Kantha told The Chronicle, adding thathe predicts the change will be implemented by next semester at the latest.

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In other business: Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano, a junior, proposed three bylaw changes that he said he drafted after comparing DSG’s bylaws with those ofpeer student governments.

The changes include appointing an adviser to DSG—specifically, the director of the Office of Student Activities and Facilities. Chris Roby currently fills that post. Additionally, the proposed changes require students to attend three general body meetings in order to be eligible to run for the senate.

“This isn’t meant to deter people from running at a11... just to put more thought into running,” Giordano said.

His presentation ended abruptly due to a fire drill, after which members voted to adjourn 40 minutes into the meeting.

Representatives unanimously approved the appointments of juniors Tariq Mohideen and Neena Makam as DSG liasons to the Duke South Asian Studies Committee. The committee was formed as a recent initiative for a greater focus on South Asian studies in the University curriculum.

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JuniorHamYamamoto said she has taken the Robertson bus to UNC to visit friends, but said she doesn’t think she would have any reason to go to NCCU. NCCU. “I don’t have time to think about taking She said a relationship with NCCU—a historically black university—could also classes anywhere else,” she said. “And as for be a valuable way for Duke to strengthen the social scene, I’ve never heard of anything connections to Durham, which is 50 per- going on over there Senior Shacent black. Nur a ron Obialo said a rou te that “There are underlying problems the route would passes by a cuimrwith how Duke and NCCU do be of no use to her since she al center and sites where volunteers DUSineSS together. But if yOU put has a car, but said some might from Duke’s Comthe framework in place, who r be interested in Service mumty knows what would happen?” going to NCCU Center work. for Simone Randolph, events.publicized a .o, “It’s important would use the bus BSA President to get people as socially, so this ic al •out freshmen to start woul academic and civic engagement,” she said, going, because seniors are set in their “And since the bus passes through Durham, ways,” Obialo said.

It took the Robertson bus time to beDurham is affected in a positive way.”

BSA President Simone Randolph, a se- come a standard means ofstudent transpornior, said when her organization tried to in- tation, but the route is funded by a private teract with NCCU in the past, parking fees donation, Nur said. Because transportation on Duke’s campus and a lack of parking at to NCCU would require funding from the NCCU posed serious problems. Nur said University, administrators might be less tolsuch logistics deter more Blue Devils from erant if the number of students taking the forming relationships with their collegiate bus was low at first, she added, “That fear is real, but at some point you neighbors.

“There are underlying problems with have to say we’re either completely for engaghow Duke and NCCU do business togeth- ing our community or we’re not,” Nur said.

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“I would ask if everyone could be patient,” Dawkins said. “Some of these things we’re doing take some time, and we’re trying to satisfy a lot of interests simultaneously.”

Adding a Starbucks this school year would be “very ambitious,” but Dawkins said he hopes to set some goals in the “near future.”

Most conversations with Starbucks have not gone beyond discussing the concept of adding a franchise to West, although there have also been informal meetings about hypothetical areas, Dawkins said.

He added that the University has also been speaking with other coffeehouses, including smaller, more local operations, but would not list potential vendors.

Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said the University has identified what would be required to install a Starbucks franchise and how long that would take.

“We’ve done anything we can do at this point other than, ‘Go, and here is a budget to work with,”’ Wulforst said.

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through rumors, and that’s just not the way I would like to hear of things,” said BSA President Simone Randolph, a senior.

DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said the Union has not been consulted on any possible changes or ever. in the Bryan Center or on possible spaces to which the “There are problems with space,” he said. “Once we get organization may be moved. When questioned, administrators have been “very vague,” that sorted out, then we’ll be she said. able to proceed, but until that “We’ve done anything we can “All I’ve been told is that the agreement is met, we are kind of do at this point other than, at a stalemate.”

Union is very important and that they will find us a space that Wulforst said administra‘Go, and here is a budget to tors hope to look at the West is just as good as the space we work with.” currendy have,” she said. “But I Union and Bryan Center as a think students need more than whole instead of making pieceWulforst, just assurances.... I think that meal decisions about spaces, and Dawkins said the Universidirector dining services students need a seat at the decision-making board regarding ty will be “careful and thoughtchanges at the Bryan Center.” ful” in making any changes.

Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery, Dawkins said he does not want to uproot any groups from the Bryan Center unnecessarily. Any walkthroughs a senior, said administrators should consult more with of the spaces so far have been “very informal,” he said, student groups in the Bryan Center and West Union but added that discussions should go beyond the space adding that he does not want groups to feel “booted.”

Leaders of the Duke University Union and Black Stuoccupied by OSAF, DUU and BSA. howCenter, which have offices the Although that location has been central to conversain Bryan dent Alliance, ever, said the University has not kept them well-informed tions about space on West, Slattery, who joined administrators on a walkthrough of the Bryan Center Friday, on any changes that would affect their groups.

“WeTe often hearing things second-hand and said the building has problems as a whole. velopment for Starbucks, said building a Starbucks would take three to four months once the University approves a space.

Hoffman added, however, that he is not sure whether Starbucks will be coming to West in the near future

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A new bus route, like the Robertson bus to UNC, between Duke and NCCU will help bridge the two campuses, said sophomore Awa Nur, BSA academic affairs chairand DSG senator for community interaction.

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16 shooting in which Blackwater personnel are accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians.

Earlier Wednesday in Baghdad, the Iraqi cabinet upheld the findings of an official investigation of the incidentthat

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protecting was attacked first Tuesday, Rice ordered a series of measures to boost government oversight of private guards the department uses to protect its diplomats in Iraq,

Security who “serve on the front lines of the war on terrorism” but including the introduction of more said only that he was leaving to “move on to new challenges,” a explicit rules on when and how can use deadly force. they according to a copy provided to “Prompt measures should be The steps were recomThe Associated Press. mended by the review panel Griffin could not be reached taken to stengthen the coordinathat Rice created after the for comment but two State Departtion, oversight and accountability Sept. 16 shootout. ment officials, speaking on condimeasures should tion of anonymity to describe an aspects... to reduce the likelihood be “Prompt taken to strengthen the internal personnel decision, said that future incidents will occur.” coordination, oversight and Rice wanted new leadership for accountability aspects of the the Diplomatic Security bureau.

Iraq panel report State Department’s security The change comes at a critical practices in Iraq in order to time in the debate over the State 1 Department’s reliance on private found the guards opened fire without reduce the likelihood that future insecurity guards and the rules under provocation. Blackwater disputes this, cidents will occur,” the panel said in which they operate after the Sept. saying the U.S. Embassy' convoy it was its 24-page report.

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TURKEY from page 2 “I don’t know of any Turkish airstrikes in that area today,” Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock, Joint Chiefs of Staff operational planning director, told a Defense Department press conference The reported airstrikes come after days of Turkish shelling in the region. Sunday, Turkish helicopter gunships penetrated Iraqi territory after Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish military convoy near the border, killing 12 soldiers and leaving eight others missing.

U.S.-made Cobra and Super Cobra attack helicopters also chased Kurdish rebels three miles into Iraqi territory Sunday before returning to their bases in Turkey, a government official said Wednesday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Turkey, which has moved troops to the Iraq border, warned Iraq and Western allies on Tuesday that a largescale incursion was imminent unless the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad takes action against the rebels. The Turkish government said there would be no cease-fire with the fighters, who seek autonomy in Turkey’s heavily Kurdish southeast.

After the meeting Wednesday, Cabinet officials and military leaders decided to recommend the government “to first take necessary economic measures against those groups direcdy or indirecdy supporting the separatist terrorist organization in the region,” a statement said.

The target of the economic measures was not made clear in the statement, but Turkey has been pondering sanctions to force the Iraqi Kurds to cooperate in its fight against the separatist rebels ofPKK, the acronym ofKurdistan Workers’ Party.

The self-ruling Kurdish administration in Iraq’s north has benefited from Turkish investment for construction works, including airports and housing projects. Ankara is also selling electricity to northern Iraq, and much of the imported food and other supplies comes from Turkey.

In the Netherlands, Pentagon Chief Robert Gates also said he saw litde sense in airstrikes or major ground assaults by U.S., Turkish, or other forces against rebels in northern Iraq until more is known about their locations along the border.

“Without good intelligence, just sending large numbers of troops across the border [from Turkey] or dropping bombs doesn’t seem to make much sense to me,” Gates said.

Turkey’s military and civilian leaders face growing demands at home to stage an offensive in northern Iraq, where the PKK rebels rest, train and get supplies in relative safety before heading to Turkey to conduct attacks.

Turkey has long pressed Iraq to capture and extradite Kurdish rebel leaders.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki also has ordered the closure of all PKK offices in Iraq and said they would not be allowed to operate in Iraqi territory. In addition, the United States issued its most direct demand yet for anti-rebel measures from the government of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Tuesday.

About 100 members of the official defense forces of Iraq’s Kurdish region were headed Wednesday for a camp near the border city of Dahuk, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad.

One of them, who would only identify himself as Capt.

Ziad, said his troops had been mobilized from Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region. ‘We want to prevent the conflict in Turkey from coming across the border,” he said.

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Manbites makes manly Hello by

Claire Finch

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Stella by Starlight, comprised of seniors Nathan Fowler, Sonny Byrd and Greg Laird, is currently in the top five for an mtvU Woodie award.

Student band Stella shoots for stars by

Stefanija Giric THE CHRONICLE

Nobody needs confirmation that being a college student is a full-time job. While reading this article, 99 percent ofyou are probably downing your n-th cup ofcoffee whilefrantically trying to finish that problem set or paper before your next lecture.

Who would imagine there could be time for anything else?

But despite the major handicap of being full-time college students, three seniors have managed to turn their passions for music into a successful band, a feat in and ofitself. Until recently, Stella by Starlight’s popularity was confined to the Gothic Wonderland, but now the trio is gaining national attention as a top five finalists for Best Music on Campus, an mtvU award given to the best student band in the country.

The current incarnation of Stella by Starlight consists of seniors Sonny Byrd on guitar, Nate Fowler on synth and Greg Laird on drums. The idea of forming a bandfirst struck musical soulmates Byrd and Laird a few years ago. The pair joined with Shuhei Yamamoto (Trinity ’O7) and Fowler to form the group, which initiallyplayed under themonikerof theBourne Analogue, though the name was less than permanent.

‘We finally decided on the name Stella by Starlight after about 20 different name changes, all of which were equally terrible,” Byrd said.

The roster stayed constant throughout these appellative iterations, up untilYamamoto’s departure earlier this year.

“Shuhei graduated and since then we’ve been a trio... a pop-rock power trio,” Laird said.

The band attributes their successful dynamic to the fact

that each member’smusical style works together to form their sound. Byrd is influenced by early ’9os rock, while Fowler is heavily into synthpop and electronica. Laird is “squarely in die middle” and is characterized as the mediator between the other two components —oftentimes the peacemaker. This relationship among the three members has led to a major evolution in Stella’s sound.

“Our first EP, Made ofFire, seems ancient to us. Our current sound is much different, and our production quality has definitely gone up,” Laird said. “Our songs are now more coherent, and we also fight more about things, which is good because that means we all care about every part of the songs.”

The band’s evolving sound has also steered their direction on a slightiy new course.

“We’ve dropped the whole Duke party band thing and are trying to play more off-campus,” Byrd said.

In an effort to expand their fan base, the band entered themselves into several MTV contests and has recently been named one of the final five bands in the running for mtvU’s Best Music on Campus Woodie award. The Woodie Awards are like a smaller version VMAs; however, the Best Music on Campus award is based on sheer number of votes, which means the band has received overwhelming support from the Duke community and their growing national fanbase.

'We used to get zero plays on MySpace for an entire week and then we’d get like four, and find out that it was just Nate playing our songs,” Laird said. Now the band gets anywhere

Tell anyone that you’re going to see a play called Hello Penis: a Man-ifesto and he or she would likely assume that you are seeing either a misogynistic satire or some obscure revival of penis puppetry. In reality, the play, showing Thursday through Saturday at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, offers a thought-provoking discussion of gender roles and male intimacy, all constructed around the central question of “What does it mean to be a man?”

The cast consists of co-creators Joseph Baker and Kevin Poole, Trinity ‘9B, who play characters named after themselves. The production opens with Joe talking about a dinner party that he’s throwing for his 30th birthday. While the actors return to the dinner party scene periodically, the majority of the play consists of scenes where Joe and Kevin interact with each other at ages ranging from six to 31, forging a consistent commentary of what masculinity entails at each level of development.

Hello Penis's, main focus is not the plot. Instead, the production is successfully propelled by Baker and Poole’s integration of humor, intellectual ideas and dynamic performance techniques. In one scene, Baker and Poole’s characters proclaim, “We’ve been femiSEE MANBITES ON PAGE

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Alum finds documentaries, Durham Engaging by

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Christie Herring visited Duke as part of the Engaging Documentary series.

Independent documentary filmmaking is an expanding part of die Duke-Durham community.

The Center for Documentary Studies recendy invited documentary filmmaker and Chrisde Herring, Trinity ’96, to discuss her career in the field as part of a new series, Engaging Documentary: Community Values and Artistic Visions.

Having-studied at both CDS and the Film/Video/Digital department, Herring has gone on to become a successful representative of a relatively obscure field.

“I first started learning about film production here at Duke,” Herring said. “After I started, I took as many film classes as I could.”

Herring completed her first documentary Waking in Mississippi just over a decade ago and recendy completed her latest work, Bodies and Souls. Waking in Mississippi deals with race relations in Herring’s hometown of Canton, Mississippi, Miss.; Bodies and Souls focuses on the state of health care in the town of Jonestown, Miss.

Waking and Bod“I guess I just [couldn’t] totally

ies and Souls are both in Mississippi, and I have a couple of upcoming projects that will take me back there again,” Herring said.

“I prefer the shorter [film] format, especially for putting the video online. Online video is huge right now,” Herring said.

In addition to guest lectures, CDS offers courses for undergraduates, post-graduates and members of the Durham community. Besides its functions as an educational facility, the CDS serves as a focal point for the Durham community of independent filmmakers.

Charles Thompson, education and curriculum director for the CDS, said that the Center functions as a foundation of community for independent filmmakers.

Thompson added that there is a strong community of filmmakers in North Carolina, with Durham particularly unique as a center of independent filmmaking.

“We have a pride and awareness of being in Durham it’s not a Mecca for filmmaking like Los Angeles or New —

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Editor’s Note 10: Potter-author J.K. Rowling recently revealed the life-altering news that fictional character Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore of Hogwarts School ofWitchcraft and Wizardry was gay. With cur entire fictional world and fan-fiction agenda thrown into disarray, recess contemplates what other non-real characters may still be in the closet Snake Plissken The ripplingmuscled, oneeyed Snake from Escape from LA. may have been trying to recover a doomsday device from Los but, Angeles, with those tight abs and perfect hair, maybe he spent a little extra time in West Hollywood.

DarthMaul With a large glowing stick and facepaint, the Sith warrior looks like a New York club kid with an attitude. Too bad we never got to see his reaction to a repetitive house beat and booming bass

Waluigi A tall Italian with a thin mustache and a propensity for purple?

Doesn’t help that his primary job is to be the antagonist in a Mario-inspired Dance Dance Revolution spin-off.

Captain James Tiberius Kirk The captain of the Starship Enterprise had a

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to bed every

AshKetchum Cut-out gloves, tight blue pants, surrounded by cute animals, loves Poke balls. No wonder he never hooked up with Misty... too busy spending time with Brock, a gym leader.

indigenous woman he set his eyes on.

Seems like someone is over compensating.

Senator Larry Craig ...I’m not touching this one

As college students we are often worried about legal ramifications as we violate copyright laws through the wonderful world of illegal downloads.

I, for one, hate the RIAA, with their slew of over-zealous litigation and inability to compromise. In fact, the music industry is utterly manipulative—focused on making executives (read: not artists) loads of money. But I would never “steal” music from a band that I really liked. Nor would I take away from the meager earnings of an independent label—that just makes me a sad panda.

But for some reason, my ethics seem to change when it comes to television. One reason may be the fact that there are no indie-television networks (or at least none with any shows I actually want to watch). As long as you’re not downloading the show to your hard drive, a little streaming from a

host site should set you in the moral clear.

As much as I like Weeds, I would never actively search out Showtime (that’s what the neighbor’s antenna is for) or spend $5O for the nicely-packaged boxed DVD set. If anything, a free preview of the show may convince me to buy the DVD or soundtrack in question.

Unfortunately, I will never get to spread my wings beyond the small-screen world of the commons room cable as I’ve just discovered some devastating news: TV Links is dead.

The beauteous weblinks site (tv-links. co.uk), which enlightened me with the best of stream-able TV, was brought down in a cruel British sting over the weekend. I’m not sure if I can emotionally recover from this trauma. Maybe it’s time to quit TV. and read a book...does any one know any good book downloading websites?

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Surf drummer Elliot talks new album, spooky show If you don’t already know ofNada Surf, you’ll soon fall with their soft melancholic sound. Nada Surf unilove in versalizes the personal, bringing emotion into everything that they play. Their songs tell the listener, “We’re all in this together.” With the upcoming release of Lucky, in early 2008, Nada Surf hit the road. Playing both the older material that established their sound and the newer material that continues in the same tradition, the band is sure to deliver an amazing performance, recess’ Liz Tramm talked with drummer Ira Elliot about Lucky and Surfs Halloween show at Cat’s Cradle.

Hi Ira. How are you doing?

I’m pretty good. I’m pulling into Nashville, Tennesee Yee-haw. Woo. Y’all are currently on tour.

Yeah we’re just about at the halfway point. We’re playing real well. The audience has been real nice.

How long has it been since you’ve been on tour?

It’s been about a year. We toured pretty much up through the fall last year and then took Christmas off.

Then we started working on the new record. Yeah, it’s been close to a year.

Are you mostly playing stuff off the upcoming album?

Oh, we’re playing everything. With the new record we’ve only figured out how to play about three of the new songs live. It’s going to take a little more time to find out how to actually execute another five or six of them. So it’s a mix up of stuff that people know and two or three new ones. It doesn’t really make too much sense to focus too much on the new ones at this point. People haven’t really heard more than one or two of them.

How would you describe the sound of Lucky} The difference between this record and the last two is fairly subtle. It’s not really a radical departure, I don’t think. There’s no great stylistic change. We haven’t done some sort of crazy ’7os ’Bos. The songs have a sort of dark-

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ness, a melancholy. That is definitely still there. So if there’s a “Nada Surf’ formula, it’s still intact. There are some fast-

paced songs. And if you liked those last two [records], this one is similar.

I saw that you have some guests on this album, including Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, how is recording with guests different?

Most of those people that come in are already friends of ours that pretty much know what we do. We also know them pretty well. We give them the leeway; we don’t dictate what they should do. They come in and sing something, and we decide later if it actually works. It’s pretty easy. Let people do what they do and add their particular color to it. Later, you decide if it works or not. That’s kind of a fun thing, and then sometimes people will come up with stuff that you would never have thought of. A hard core, beautiful piano stuff that you could never do.

Is there a specific artist that you would like to work with?

We’re just glad to have this group of friends who may or may not show up. I can’t really think of any particular artist. I’d say anyone that wants to take a crack at it, I’d say, “Come on.”

What’s the significance of the new album’s name,

Lucky ?

It comes from us looking at our general situation and feeling that that was the word that sprang to mind when we look at how things have gone for us, in general over our entire careers. It just seems to resonate with a lot of things in our lives. We lucked out on a lot oflevels. And we continue to, so I guess we’re just giving that credit. Giving luck credit where credit is due.

I saw you are playing some acoustic shows before the album release?

Yeah, we do that quite a bit. You break the songs down to a very minimalist style. It brings out certain qualities of the songs that you wouldn’t normally hear.

We’ve been doing that for years now. You get to focus on different parts: the harmony singing and the simplicity of the melodies. It’s a nice way to sort offrame the song in a simple and beautiful way.

What have you been listening to lately?

I found a band the other day called Georgie James that I really like. It’s a power pop band I heard on the radio. They’re very good. I’ve been listening to a lot of old stuff. I’ve been sort of on a weird Paul McCartney binge, the past week or two. Solo Paul McCartney, it’s very strange. When I listen to music now I tend to listen to stuff that I’ve listened to a billion times. Like old Zeppelin records and stuff. I been listening to a lot of ’7os rock lately but I always listen to a lot ofNeil Young records.

Who decides who opens for you?

Sometimes we do. A lot of times it’s suggested to us.

We’ll get two or three to choose from. Seawolf was a natural choice. They’re a great band. We’re really glad to have them with us, it’s fantastic. They’re a good show.

You’re playing Cat’s Cradle on Halloween, are you guys planning on dressing up?

We are. We’ve been going at this for week now. We can’t decide. We had initially thought of individual costumes.

Which, take Matt for example, Matthew was going to do Angus from AC DC. I was going to do Tommy Lee, which is really easy for me. But we had a little change of heart in the past couple days ‘cause we realized that we have the right characters in our band to do a really good Star Wars.

So we’re trying to get good Star Wars costumes. It’s hard to get good Star Wars costumes.

It’s going to be a good show. I’m looking forward to it.

I’m looking forward to it too. Tommy Lee or Hans Solo.

It’s going to be awesome.

Do you see yourself in ten years doing the same thing?

I definitely can see us pulling out another five years out of this, six. Maybe like two more records, three more. We could do it 10 years. Maybe I’ll own a bar.

Nada Surf will be playing Cat’s Cradle on Oct. 31 at 9 p.m.

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LIMITED

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Following the poorly received The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, director Wes Anderson proves he hasn’t lost his touch with latest film The Darjeeling Limited, a movie reminiscent ofAnderson’s ingenious early works Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.

Anderson makes his triumphant return with a story of three brothers who, having grown apart, reunite for a spiritual journey on a train through India. The brothers travel from India’s crowded city streets to the barren deserts in an attempt “just to experience something.”

Each of the brothers distinguishes himself in the quirky, often bizarre manner that has become a staple

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL DIR. C. GILLEPSIE MGM

Comedic yet poignandy thought-provoking, the charming Lars and the Real Girl tackles the sensitive subject of mental illness with the story of Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling).

A withdrawn, introspective man, Lars lives by himself in his family’s garage. He shuns physical contact and does not socialize. His brother’s wife, Karin (Emily Mortimer) worries over him and repeatedly invites Lars to dinner, but to no avail.

Things change unexpectedly whenLars announces to his brother and sister-in-law that he not only has a girlfriend, but she is coming to visit him. At first, big brother Gus (Paul Schneider) is shocked and Karin is delighted, but both are mortified when the extent ofLars’ mental illness becomes apparent: His “girlfriend” turns out to be a sex doll named Bianca that he ordered over the Internet.

The rest of the movie is a touching display of community love and support as Gus, Karin and the rest of the town come together in their mutual love ofLars and play along with his delusion.

It is clear that Lars is not meant to be a

of Anderson’s films. Francis (Owen Wilson) is organizer and leader of the trip, driving brothers Peter and Jack (Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman, respectively) crazy as he maps out their itinerary in five and 10-minute intervals. Depressed, Jack wants to abandon the trip, unable to discern what exacdy is wrong with his life—if there is even anything wrong. Peter is equally (if not more) grumpy, not sure how to feel about his wife’s pregnancy having always believed he would get divorced to whomever he married.

It would be easy to criticize Limited for a lack offocus since the three brothers wander aimlessly from scene to scene until the occasional abrupt tragedy strikes here and there. But such a critique misses the point of the film. After all, the three brothers lack any focus themselves during the search for enlightenment.

The main characters often teeter between self-examination and pretentious self-absorption. While the brothers are traveling, they pay little attention to the people they come across (mosdy waiters, bus drivers and the occasional meaningful acquaintance), nonchalandy brushing off the people they deem boring.

It’s understandable why Anderson’s critics complain of his characters having too much money and too little cares for others’ problems.

Peter travels to India while his wife is deep into pregnancy, but only chatters about how the pregnancy will affect him. Jack immediately turns any conversation back in his direction. The brothers’ throw away their expensive luggage as they run to catch a train, and Francis wears $3,000 loafers. Critics might spurn this selfish materialism, but Anderson’s longtime fans will undoubtedly embrace it for its quintessential Anderson-ian feel.

The Darjeeling Limited doesn’t require that you love every one of its characters. The film is funny and at times moving, exploring the brothers’ search for meaning in their lives and, even more, their relationships with each other. As Jack ponders aloud—“I wonder if the three of us could have been friends in real life, not as brothers, but as people” —we are reminded as to why Anderson has the legion offans that he does.

—Greg Bobrinskoy

comedy, but, rather than presenting a tour de force of passion and tension, director Craig Gillepsie ingeniously laces the film with scenes of comic relief, acknowledging that nothing in the human experience is solely black or white.

There’s nothing funny aboutmental illness; yet, audience members can’t help but chuckle. When deciding how to deal and cope with Lars’ problem the interaction between Mortimer and Schneider is priceless. In their attempts to find an answer, their relationship becomes a paradigm of what a strong, lasting marriage should be.

Another source of both drama and comedy within the film is Lars’ dynamic relationship with co-worker Margo (Kelli Garner). Despite his anti-social tendencies, she sees something in him —what that something is, I don’tknow—and never wavers in her yearning for him.

Continuing in the portrayal of everyday comical facets of life, the film uses the weekly sessions between Lars and the family doctor, Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) to encapsulate both the universal discomfort of such visits and the paradoxical depths ofcharacter that can be uncovered.

The narrative ofLars Lindstrom is one anybody can relate to. It’s a story we all can laugh at, feel saddened by and walk away from a little more human.

—Braden Hendricks

Portman’s tease boosts Chevalier Hotel Chevalier, the 13-minute prologue to Wes Anderson’s new feature The Darjeeling Limited (see review), has generated significant buzz on the internet—perhaps more than its 91minute counterpart. This, however, may have less to do with the story and more to do with Natalie Portman’s well-publicized stint of nudity (okay, so it’s only a side-cheek snippet).

The short, which was offered for free download on iTunes, stars Anderson-staple Jason Schwartzman as Jack, who reappears as the main character in Limited.

Jack orders a grilled cheese sandwich at a luxurious Parisian hotel some time before Darjeeling’s featured trip to India.

Soon he receives a phone call from Portman’s sultry character announcing her arrival in the city. The pair’s sensual interactions and Jack’s indifferent attitude are referenced towards the end of Limited. As an isolated story, however, Chevalier is a poignant glimpse at a relationship rife with history, troubled but loving. Amidst the awkward Schwartzman mannerisms and the folksy, semi-narrative blasts of Jack’s iPod are details that point to graver issues. The bruises that run along her body, the loaded silences—each work to hint at past and present troubles. Although Anderson lapses too eagerly into the art of the awkward silence, the short is nevertheless another reminder of the tender relationships that exist just below the Anderson surface.

—Greg Bobrinskoy and Janet Wu

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Who exactly is Michael Clayton? The subject of Tony Gilroy’s (writer of the Bourne- franchise) new film of the same name is one of the year’s more complex characters.

Clayton (George Clooney), labeled a “miracle-worker” at his corporate law firm, considers himself the company janitor due to his reputation for cleaning and covering up for his clients. In addition to his seedy profession, Clayton has a history of gambling problems, a remarried exwife and an adoring son he can barely fit into his schedule.

The film hits the ground running, operating at a high-octane pace that overwhelms the audience with information, plot points and general ambiguity. When Clayton miraculously avoids death after his car explodes, the chaos and confusion of the non-linear structure reaches new heights, barely minimized by the words “four days earlier.”

From here on, Gilroy masterfully unfolds the plot card by card. U/North, an agricultural giant, has been involved in a six-year lawsuit with small-time farmers. U/ North’s corporate defense lawyer, Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), has had an outrageous public meltdown. Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton), a lonely woman-in-charge type recendy appointed as the CEO of U/ North, tries to keep the Edens situation under control. Clayton is sent to fix the situation in part because of his personal relationship with Edens.

Swinton shows her character’s heartbreaking frailty under a well-constructed corporate fagade. Wilkinson balances his character’s manic-depression and lawyerlike pragmatism defdy; his character’s insanity leaves the audience questioning the

America we reside in today.

Clooney checks his Danny Ocean smugness at the door and picks up a permanent weariness and determination. He often drives around in his company Mercedes with a slight scowl on his face —cynical but not quite sure where to direct his

unhappiness.

The film crackles with intelligence, tension and an underlying social commentary that will strike a deep chord in the American psyche. At certain moments, the film has shades of All the President’s Men. However, the truth Edens discovers and Clayton fights to unveil would simply be average if it wasn’t so realistic and mature. Clayton might not have the ultimate glory ofWoodward and Bernstein, but his exchange with Crowder at the film’s climax is a stunning piece of cinematic work.

Michael Clayton is a somber, yet eerily satisfying film. Gilroy, for the most part, strays from hokey lines and melodrama. His filmmaking comes across stark and real—one scene involving Crowder’s cronies and Edens will leave your blood cold. Michael Clayton is a film not about the conspiracy it unravels, but rather the victims the conspiracy leaves behind.

—Charlie McSpadden

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Idols battle for America's buck

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Around the time that Ween was formed in 1984, Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo were two nobodies making home recordings about the good word of Boognish in their basements. Nowadays, the duo is known as spiritual brothers Gene and Dean Ween, frontmen of the band Ween.

Catapulted to cult-like status by their rabid fan base, the band’s work has appeared everywhere from Honda commercials to Beavis and Butthead. Ween’s offbeat pop style returns with the release of their ninth fulllength album, La Cucaracha.

The work of Geener and Deaner usually revolves around the satire of revered musical genres such as sea shanty, prog rock and Broadway showtunes, along with songs about fun things like Zoloft. La Cucaracha reaffirms Ween’s goofy, mocking tone right at the opener with “Fiesta,” a cheesy Mariachi tune one would expect to run into on the crowded streets of Tijuana. The rest of the album seems to be a self-help guide, Ween-style, of course. “Teamin’ to Love” is a tale of self-discovery sung in a twangy, hillbilly scat that sounds like it belongs on 12 Golden Country Greats. “Shamemaker” is a poppy confession ofrepressed anger against one’s enemy.

“Your Party” is the ultimate satire of yacht-club culture. Gene speaks about “candies and spices and tri-colored pasta” at a fellow WASP’s party, while singing in a mock New England accent against a perfectly-fitting, smooth jazz sax line. But songs like “The Fruit Man” and “With my Own Bare Hands,” though consistent with Ween’s unpredictable style, take away from the punch of the particularly mocking tunes.

AJJ in all, La Cucaracha is done in general Ween style: make fun of as much different stuff as possible and leave your listeners wondering, “What the f—?” The album would benefit if Ween cut out some of the more inconsistent songs, but then again, that would probably just anger Boognish.

—Stefanija Giric

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from 50 to 150 plays per week. “That’s a big deal for us.”

The trio is passionate about the band, but agree that the future ofStella isn’t set in

CARRIE UNDERWOOD CARNIVAL RIDE ARISTA

No genre polarizes audiences as much as country. Until recently, it has had ardent supporters and feverous detractors, but no middle ground.

And then Carrie Underwood came

along.

There is no mistaking that Underwood’s new album, Carnival Ride, is a country album, complete with the requisite dramatic voice, twang and bad lyrics. Somehow though, Underwood overcomes everything working against her.

Coming in at 50 minutes, this 13track collection opens with a typical, empowering country anthem where Underwood asks her former lover “Baby baby baby baby/Tell me how you think you’re gonna live without my love.” The track, “Flat on the Floor,” is a marker for the rest of the album in that it is upbeat

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rock from which he claims to hail.

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The duo of bluegrass singer Alison Krauss and Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant is not as far-fetched as many decry. Krauss is self-admittedly a huge fan of classic rock, and Zeppelin took much of its inspiration from blues and folk music (see: Zeppelin I). What is most eclectic about their album Raising Sand is instead the obscure choice of covers, ranging from Tom Waits and Townes Van Zandt to the Everly Brothers and Sam Phillips.

While the names may ring a bell, it is unlikely that the songs will.

But don’t let this dissuade you. The album is full of pleasant bluegrass harmony, visceral southern blues sounds and the occasional rockabilly tune. And Plant even sounds like his old self here and there.

The album opens with two of its best songs: the eerie, bluesy “Rich Woman” and the twangy “Killing the Blues.” Krauss and Plant work well together; they achieve similar tones while breaking into great

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tablished cred of by the twentieth name drop the effort Southern rock reeks of contrivance, casting doubt on ntemporaries, the assertion that “They might take xe has spent the me out to L.A./But they’ll never take ecent years in sweet Dixieland from me.” limbo, musical Bice tries his hardest to harness the his name more grit and ingenuity of his references. The synonymous with single, “Witness,” brandishes rollicking than guitars, an organ and even one of those Sanjaya Steve Earle. crazy Frampton-talking-guitar things.

On See the All these elements fail to come together selfinto anything cohesive, as their potenLight —a conscious departial is overshadowed by inane lyrics and ture from Bice’s over-polished production. Such probIdol days—he lems prevail through See the Light, an takes measured album that walks through all the right motions but misses the heart of one of -teps to reconect with the American music’s most soulful genres. ore of the clas—Bryan Sayler ic Southern

stone.

“Staying together could depend on what kind of success we have before the end of this year. If we do well in the MTV competition, it could help us get more exposure,” Byrd said.

Of course, staying together and making music is the ideal option for any band, but Stella recognizes what they’re up against.

“After college, counting on making it in a band is like trying to nail down Jello—you can’t. If a beautiful opportunity came up before we all graduated I am sure that we would keep playing because we have a really special sound,” Byrd said.

Regardless ofwhat happens, Stella’s members hope to see the Duke music scene live on long after they graduate. All three are active in the Duke music scene outside ofStella as direct contributors to Duke’s Small Town Records, which offers free recording time to student bands.

“The fact that we have been able to take advantage of things like the recording studio and opportunities to perform on campus is part of the reason why we’ve gotten so far,” Laird said. “People need to keep doing this... and paying us to do it.”

not distinctive from any ountry artist, Underwood’s m Idol-winning voice is the of the album. Her vocal abil;s easily rise above the trite istrumentation, endearing ier signature Southern twang ;o audiences more with each iubsequent listen.

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harmonies. In fact, the album’s least interesting and most forced songs are those where Krauss and Plant take turns going solo. Krauss’s “Sister Rosetta” gives the false impression that it is building to something, and Plant’s “Polly Come Home” follows suit, an elegiac ode that needs just a little more soul.

The album’s single is the rockabilly “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” an upbeat Everly Brothers cover that will get your foot tapping.

It provides a nice contrast to some of the mellower songs of the album, without seeming out of place.

Krauss and Plant also hit the mark with “Please Read the Letter,” another upbeat tune with a satisfying chorus that features Plant hitting some Zepplin-esque high notes.

While sometimes overly ambitious variety of sounds, Raising Sand its in is a pleasant album that shows flashes of brilliance and demonstrates the musical versatility of these two musicians: one on the up and up; the other at the twilight ofhis career.

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Kitty litter on the floor, pie in a glass case and modern masters on the wall: What else could it be but the Nasher’s

latest exhibit?

The Nasher recendy opened Taste of the Modem, an exhibit that focuses on modem art in America from the 1950 s and 19605.

The exhibit’s main draws are six works on loan from Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art. The four artists on display—Franz Kline, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg and Mark Rothko—are considered modern masters. Oldenburg’s art is in the style of pop art, while the other three deal in abstract expressionism.

The curator also supplemented the exhibit with other kindred on-loan works and pieces from the Nasher’s collection, some of which have never been on display. “[The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has] so many extraordinary things that they can’t show all the time,” said Anne Schroder, curator of academic programs for the Nasher. “To complement the exhibition I added works from our permanent collection that are related in time to the MOCA pieces and resonated with them, some of which have not yet been on view in the new building.”

The theme, Taste of the Modern, reflects a special moment in American art history. The 1950 and 1960 a period when American artists were distancing themselves from more conventional American Realism. Sch-

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MANBITES from page 1 nized,” touching on one of the play’s central ideas—how men can understand their masculinity in the wake of a

feminist discourse.

“The conversation [addressed in the play] was a lot about how we are not just men but how men are and have been the oppressors for a long time, and also that we don’t know how we’re oppressing women,” Baker said. “We don’t know, even now, just sitting here, how we’re perpetuating the oppression of women. That started to come into our rehearsal process and our conversations, and we started talking about how we’ve been ‘feminized.’ That’s sort of a catchphrase we’ve come up with. We’ve been raised this way by society, by our parents.”

Bake and Poole’s attempts to fully define what it is to be men lead to one of the show’s most controversial and challenging thoughts, which is the idea that straight white men are oppressed. “[The goal is] eventually to start opening up dialogue about some of the things that we’ve talked about with our mentors, which is the oppression of men, which initially sounds so bizarre,” Poole said. “But there’s a sense that we have to fit this role, that there’s a lack of male intimacy.

There’s struggles that males are undergoing that are being placed upon them in such a pressurized and oppressed manner that is really unhealthy, and actually I think that it helps to perpetuate the bullsh that goes on, whether it’s war or oppression of women or any number of things.”

In the play, the only way that Baker and Poole’s characters can lessen their feelings offrustration is by opening up to each other, effectively questioning perceptions ofmale intimacy.

“What we started to see is that the piece was really about male intimacy.... So we have this gender role, and where in this role are we able to be intimate? Is that important? Is that what’s missing in our American —

roder said the artist of the time sought a new vision after World War 11.

“These works are truly of the moment,” Schroder said.

“This is when they are really exploring [art].... It’s that moment when America is really embracing the modern and America is taking the center stage in the modem art world.”

While the artists were influenced by European surrealism and abstraction, the art was distinctively theirs and American.

Of the abstract expressionists in the exhibit—Rothko, Kline and Rauschenberg—each artist has a different style. Kline and Rothko employ color to impact feelings, yet they each do so in different manners. The Kline work “Hazelton”, is a simple work of black and white. Rothko, on the other hand, juxtaposes warms hues in “No. 46 (Black, Ochre, Red Over Red)” (1957) to elicit entirely different feelings.

In a different vein ofabstract expressionism, Rauschenberg goes beyond simply using paint in his work and incorporates a variety of media. “Painting with Grey Wing” (1958), one of his two featured works, incorporates oils, printed reproductions, paint by numbers, fabrics, a bird wing and multiple other materials.

Known for his large-scale sculptures of everyday objects, Oldenburg, rather than deal with abstraction, dealt with familiar images of what the mind already knows.

“Hamburger and Pickle with Ochre” (1960) and “Pie a la mode” (1962), the two Oldenburg pieces in the exhibit, appear exactly as they sound and are painted sculptures.

“Is it sculpture? Is it painting? It’s both,” Schroder said of the Oldenburg works.

Schroder added that though the exhibit is painting heavy, she likes to incorporate sculpture.

“Sculpture enlivens space,” Schroder said. ‘You can experience art three-dimensionally. You do engage with it. It’s nice to have different media to see how ideas can be expressed.”

Alex Katz’s portrait of the Duke Chancellor Emeritus William G. Anlyan and works by Jasper Johns are among the added pieces that enhance the experience.

Taste of the Modem is a diverse showcase honoring some of the most significant artists of the twentieth century and an important moment in art history.

Taste of the Modem will be on exhibit at the Nasher Museum until Sept. 14, 2008.

Wartime culture?” Baker said Hello Penis is compelling not only as a result of the intellectual questions that it raises, but also as a result of Poole and Baker’s multidisciplinary performance style. The show does not adhere to the conventional dramatic format of a play, but rather combines several aspects of performance and visuality.

“I think that the piece itself, outside of the actual material, is about the combination of styles, media and art forms—it’s bringing together dance and theaterand voice and image,” Poole said.

Hello Penis’s fusion of controversial concepts and original acting techniques is what made it appealing to the Manbites Dog Theater company. The play is featured in Manbites Dog’s Other Voices series, which has been established as a venue for innovative performances.

“It’s something we haven’t seen anyone else doing, and for our Other Voices series that’s what we’re looking for,” said Edward Hunt, the co-founder and associate artistic director at Manbites Dog. “They’ve got a show that’s a perfect Manbites Dog kind of show, and we want to present things that no one else in the area is doing and that we’re not doing either.”

The Other Voices series is only a small part of what Manbites Dog has to offer. The theater has been producing its own shows since it was founded in 1987 by Edward Hunt and Jeff Storer, a professor of the practice of theater studies in Duke’s theater studies department.

“We started out because we were looking at theater in the area and we saw that there was a spectrum of shows that wasn’t being done. They tended to be newer, more political pieces, with playwrights that weren’t well-known and playwrights interested in challenging form,” Hunt said. “So those were the kinds of shows we were looking to see, and we saw that we needed to be doing those and we saw that there was an audience in the area.”

As a creative and intellectually-stimulating piece, Hello

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York, but Durham is very special,” Thompson said. “We want Durham to be a unique and separate environment for filmmakers.”

Durham is host to the annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which, according to Thompson, is the largest documentary-only film festival in the world.

“Full Frame takes submissions from all over the world, but as it is here in Durham, it really adds to the community. It, along with the Southern Documentary Fund, which is a source for a lot of the funding around here, is one of the powerhouses of independent filmmaking in Durham,” he said.

Although Durham lacks the expansive filmmaking network ofLos Angeles or New York, it is home to a great deal of talent.

“I came here to Durham from a dual residency in New York and Atlanta, and I was pleasantly surprised at the vibrancy and the number of talented filmmakers here,” said Dante James, an independent filmmaker and artist-in-residence at Duke.

Funding, however, continues to be a source of concern for independent filmmakers.

“Many of these [independent filmmakers] are affiliated with CDS, but must seek funding elsewhere—that’s part of what brings the community together here at CDS,” Thompson said.

But for Herring, the difficulties help keep her on her toes.

“Starting out, I got a lot of funding through the FVD department. Now, I seek funding all over the place, wherever I can find it,” she said.

The CDS, as well as the Durham community in general, provide many opportunities for aspiring filmmakers.

“Organizations like the Discovery Channel, HBO, the New York Times—we’re pretty much under their radar, except when Full Frame comes around,” Thomson said. “But we’ve had a lot of students go on to work for companies like them.”

While Thompson would like to see more attention drawn to Durham as a center for filmmaking, he stresses the importance of independence in local

filmmaking.

“We’re independent for a reason; we don’t subscribe to corporate viewpoints, nor do we feel pressured to,” he said.

Herring also stressed the need for self-reliance.

“I think it’s important for independent filmmakers to be able to just go out and document something they feel is relevant.”

Penis epitomizes the type of show that Manbites Dog theater promotes. The showproves to be not only an engrossing performance, but also an opportunity to experience Durham’s surprisingly successful avant-garde entertainment scene.

Hello Penis: A Man-ifesto will be showing at theManbites Dog Theaterfrom 0ct.23-27 at 8:13 p.m. Tickets are $8 with student ID, $l2 on Thurs. and $l 7 on Fri. and Sat.

HelloPenis delves into ideas ofmale opression and male-to-male intimacy.

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Duke Performances’ Following Monk series doesn’t map up until Barry Harris’ solo piano concert Sunday, but it’s fair to say that the world premiere of Jason Moran’s In My Mind Saturday is the climax of the series.

Moran, artist-in-residence for the festival, has composed an original work that draws on Thelonious Monk’s legendary 1959 concert at New York City’s Town Hall, sampled music and original materials from the Jazz Loft Project —a Center for Documentary Studies project drawing on audio recordings and photographs from the loft ofphotographer W. Eugene Smith, which was a major hangout for jazzmen including Monk.

After the show, which will be played by a eight-piece band, premieres this weekend, it moves on to some of the more prestigious venues in the nation—the Washington Performing Arts Society, Symphony Hall in Chicago and SFJAZZ in San Francisco. The piece was commissioned by the University along with the presenters of those concerts.

For Moran, it’s a personal project—although no jazz pianist can escape Monk’s shadow, the 31-year-old Moran says Monk is the reason he’s a jazz musician. No mere imitator, he has gained acclaim as one of the best young artists in jazz, and he stole the show at a September appearance with three former Monk sidemen.

Moran spoke with recess’ David Graham prior to that concert about In My Mind, why he loves Monk, how he came to love Monk and what he’s doing to make sure other young musicians hearMonk prior to that concert.

How did you first discover Monk?

My father has a pretty extensive record collection and when I was 13, there was a friend of the family who passed away and my parents were in their room listening to music. This person was a public figure in Texas, this person was Mickey Leland. While they were watching the news, the music they were playing was Thelonious Monk playing “’Round Midnight,” solo piano. IJust remember hearing it and being struck by it. It changed my life. It made me want to

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play piano.

For a lot of people, Monk is hard to understand or get into. Was it not like that for you?

I think it’s only challenging if you try to compare it to something else, and I didn’t have anything to compare it to. Monk is the standard by which I measure all other pia-

nists, so Oscar Peterson is “too outside” for me. Monk is inside for me.

It was also right before the time that Clint Eastwood’s Straight No Chaser came out. There’s very little footage of Monk being Monk. For me as a young pianist it was [great] being able to see him being himself. Jazz musicians aren’t really covered that way.

It’s very easy [to follow] because the only reason I’m playing jazz piano is because of him. Just last week I was playing at the Blue Note someone said, “Thelonious who?”

It’s always there with me. It’s part of “In My Mind” because this person shifted my focus. If there is a person who has changed my life besides my parents, it just might be Thelonious Monk. What I might take the most is that through his music you get a vision ofwhat his lifestyle is, and for me as a young musician that’s what I’m trying to do—not in the Kanye West way, but in an artistic way.

Can you talk about the In My Mind project you’re premiering here?

That kind of gives you a clue as to where we’re coming from. We’re really looking at this 1959 Town Hall concert kind of as an investigation, so that’s the way I feel about the music. The great way of thinking about this is that at Duke in your [Center for Documentary Studies] is the W. Eugene Smith archives. It’s to share those really specific visions. I think Monk is often given a thing where he’s almost like off-the-cuff all the time, but he’s very specific about what his hands do. That’s shocking, and that’s where you see how he’s such a genius, that he’s not just making it up. Social context creates changes in sound. I’m trying to really make a long loop.

Duke University isn’t known as a hotbed of jazz, nor is North Carolina. What does it mean that you’re doing this premier at Duke?

Apparently Monk only came back to North Carolina one time to perform. The history of jazz in the South many great musicians came from the south, but they left the South. I think it’s scary in the South still. I love the South, but it’s shocking what happened.

This is unfair, but I was asking [pianist] Billy Taylor about inequality in America and whether he was aware of this when he moved to NewYork City in the 19405,and he was saying, “We knew that was there and we knew not to really act the fool. Black musicians from the North thought they could be walking around free.” That’s something that says something about Monk’s decision not to play in the South, very consciously. The music almost needs to go to the South not only to heal itself but—how dare I say it—to heal the residents.

So how did In My Mind come about?

The original idea came from SFJAZZ [the organization that presents the San Francisco Jazz Festival]. They wanted me to play the Town Hall concert as is. As flattered as I was

by the invitation, I wrote back and said, well that’s a boring idea. For a person like Monk and as much as this means to me, I’d like to do something much larger, a multimedia piece that really looks at what Monk’s legacy is. They said, oh, that sounds good. Then there was a long collaboration with CDS. That was where it started.

The thing I’m worried about is most of this material has never been actually opened to the public to listen to. This might be one of the first times we are hearing this tape, and so it’s how to use it tastefully and not to overuse it. I don’t think people will really get bored listening to Monk. I’ve chosen certain segments that I’m going to use; there’s a lot of dialogue between him and the arranger Hall Overton.

Do you think Monk can remain vital, even 90 years after his birth and 25 years after this death?

I hope so. Most of all I think his music stands for himself and for itself. He’s an unbelievable pianist. I do think he might be becoming forgotten. I’m teaching at Manahattan School of Music, and many of my students seem to have forgotten who Monk is.

I’m always reminding people who Monk is. It’s rare to find musicians who say, “This is my reason for living,” so I’m hoping that with this show I can get out my demons.

This was almost like therapy for me to feel like I’m working with him. In June we played the original concert with T.S. Monk [Thelonious’ son]. It was the first night that I had played straight-up Monk music all night, one show. It was like a religious experience, like a revival, like something had reawakened in me. It was something I’d never really experienced before.

Jason Moran’s In My Mind will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday night in Page Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for Duke students, $ll-19for others.

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but rather how to most effectively integrate them into his offense.

More than halfway through the season, the Seminoles (4-3, 1-3 in the ACC) are still flip-flopping between original starter Drew Weatherford and capable backup Xavier Lee. Facing a potential giant-killer in Duke (1-6, 0-4) this weekend, Bowden decided to switch back to more experienced redshirt junior Weatherford in hopes of preventing a three-game losing streak and a further plummet toward the unfamiliarACC cellar.

“We feel like we’re better off going with Drew,” Bowden said. “[Lee] seems to be looser when he comes in [off the bench]....

It’s simple for us, eliminate your errors and quit getting those darn penalties. It’s simple, just win some ballgames.”

Lee, also a redshirt junior, made his first appearance of the season in Week 4 against Alabama, replacing an ineffective Weatherford in the second quarter. The backup seemed to validate his coaches’ decision when he orchestrated three second-half touchdown drives to lead the Seminoles to a critical 21-14 win.

Things continued to go Lee’s way after a strong performance in a decisive win over North Carolina State, but then the dream faded fast. In just his fifth career start, compared to Weatherford’s 27, Lee began to show a penchant for second-half

letdowns, first in a heart-breaking 24-21 loss at Wake Forest and then a week later to Miami.

After two touchdown tosses put Florida State up 14-7 over the Demon Deacons at halftime Oct. 11, Lee came back out and threw two interceptions that led to 10 Wake Forest points and made the difference in the ballgame.

Two more interceptions and a disappointing 43-percent completion percentage in a 37-29 loss to the rival Hurricanes last week was enough for Bowden and his coaching staff to pull the old switcheroo one more time. This week in practice, Bowden announced Weatherford’s promotion back to the starting role for Saturday’s tilt against the Blue Devils.

“It’s just our second half has got us concerned,” Bowden said. “It’s kind of like baseball. Some guys come off the bench pitching relief and do a heck of a job, but maybe not as good if he was a starter.”

Bowden said he plans on using both quarterbacks regardless of Weatherford’s performance because of the different offensive options the two players provide.

Weatherford’s lack of mobility mostly limits him to the pocket, where he is able to show off his strong arm. Lee, on the other hand, is quite athletic and never afraid to tuck it and go. He’s the second-leading rusher on the team despite playing in only four games.

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Only months into her new job as head coach, Joanne P. McCaUie is already making her mark at Duke. And she’s doing it before even coaching a single game in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Last week, McCaUie received verbal commitments from shooting guard Kathleen Scheer and point guard Chelsea Hopkins. The two players, are the first players in the 2008 recruidng class to commit to the Blue Devils under McCaUie’s tenure.

With their announcements, Scheer and Hopkins strengthen a group that already included Shay Selby, the No. 1 point guard from the class and the 13th-ranked player overall according to HoopGurlz.com. Selby, who initially was recruited by former head coach Gail Goestenkors, respected the verbal commitment she made to Duke a year ago. Despite having to deal with a transition period at the peak of recruiting season, McCaUie has proven that she can compete with the rest of the nation’s best.

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Then again, Dickinson, who has already scored three goals in a single game five times in her Duke career, is not like most athletes.

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Junior Marian Dickinson provides veteran leadership and offensive firepower to Duke.

She balances the life of a varsity athlete with the difficult schedule of an engineer. She is not vocal by nature, yet has become one of the prominent leaders for the Blue Devils this year. Outside of her on-field success, Dickinson has a personality as unparalleled as her offensive firepower.

“The girl works hard off the field, on the field and in the classroom,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “It’s an innate part of her character. It’s who she is.”

Perhaps the most impressive result of Dickinson’s dedication is her uncanny ability to consistendy score goals.

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“At the beginning of the season, we just overall had a lot of trouble,” Beyel said. “Our corners have gotten a lot smoother. I think Marian just got frustrated and said, ‘l’ve had enough.’ She’s very determined.”

That determination manifests itself in Dickinson’s fierce work ethic. This was particularly on display last summer, when the Alberta native played with the Canadian national team. The squad traveled to South America, where it competed in the Pan-American Games in Brazil.

The time she spent with older players in the summer helped Dickinson mature on the field.

“There’s a lot of experience on the [Canadian] team so it was a role reversal,” Dickinson said. “I was definitely the rookie with a lot to learn. It really helped my confidence on the field as well as my knowl-

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Last year, the junior tallied 19 scores as a forward to lead Duke for the season and earn NFHGA third-team All-American honors. Three ofDickinson’s five hat tricks came during that blistering sophomore

campaign.

In 2007, Dickinson has continued her goal-scoring ways, even after struggling in the first half of the season. In fact, through

Duke’s first six games, Dickinson was held without a goal.

One of the reasons for the midfielder’s diminished production was her adjustment to a new niche on the team.

“I was moved back into the midfield,” Dickinson said. “We had spots to fill in the lineup. It was a huge role change from last

year.”

The vacancies in the lineup were a byproduct of the Blue Devils’ youth, a season after losing seniors Amy Stopford, Liz Floyd, Hilary Linton and Cara LynnLopresti to graduation. The decision to

move Dickinson to the midfield was finalized at the beginning of this year, but Bozman believes the change has worked well because of experience Dickinson gained at the position last spring and, more importantly, her natural fit alongside fellow juniorLaura Suchoski in the midfield.

But the transition was far from seamless for Dickinson. The shift required her to become more familiar with the team’s defensive tactics, and the new position was more demanding in terms of on-the-field

leadership.

“As a midfielder, your role is to connect the defense and the forwards,” Dickinson said. “There’s more distribution involved.

You have to communicate a lot more, which is hard for me because I’m not very talkative.”

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Midfielder Marian Dickinson has recorded five hat tricks in her Blue Devil career, including one last weekend.

The junior has had to overcome her shyness to help lead one of the youngest squads that Bozman has ever coached.

Dickinson is one of just seven upperclassmen on this year’s roster.

Dickinson’s teammates, however, have seen what an inspiring leader the midfielder has become over the course of this season.

“Marian’s been very helpful in improving my play,” freshman Casey Beyel said.

“She’s always giving me great advice and leads by example. Her presence is always known on the field.”

After her early-season struggles, Dickinson has exploded to lead the team with 13 goals this season. She talliedfour goals

in Duke’s two road victories against BosCollege and Boston University, and shredded Delaware for her most recent hat trick last weekend. Dickinson has scored at least once in the Blue Devils’ past eight contests, seven of which have resulted in victories.

“We’ve started to use her position to score more,” Bozman said. “She’s found her groove.”

In particular, Dickinson has been the designated scorer in Duke’s short comer situations. The set plays have given the junior more avenues to the net.

The Blue Devils’ improvement in execution combined with a change in attitude has helped Dickinson become a goal-scorton

Dickinson is not afraid of putting herself in challenging situations, whether on the field or in the classroom. For Dickinson, though, there is one thing that she feels gets lost in her attempt to balance her life as an engineer and an athlete.

“The hardest part about being an athlete engineer is that I never get to go to Esocials or the E-Ball,” Dickinson said.

In one lighthearted response, Dickinson gives a glimpse at what her teammates already know.

“She’s super serious, but really serious about having fun,” sophomore Lauren Miller said. “She’s really sarcastic but is also very understanding.”

Now, with just one game left before the start of the ACC tournament, Dickinson looks to continue finding the back of the net with serious regularity to help lead the Blue Devils to another deep run in the NCAA tournament.

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“Even though it’s the same team, it’s two distinctively different offenses,” Roof said.

“They do things with Lee that they don’t do with Weatherford and they do things with Weatherford that they don’t do with Lee.... So we have to work on all of it, which is a pretty broad scope. But I think we’d be fools if we didn’t.”

With an offense that has shown steady improvement throughout the season, Duke’s chances of coming away with its first win over Florida State ride heavily on its defense. But if anybody can strike the right balance of Weatherford and Lee to bring down the Blue Devils, Bowden—Division I-A’s winningest coach —is probably Just the man to do it.

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The Florida State offense looks to refind its groove with two quarterbacksat the helm.

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recently narrowed her options down to Duke and lowa State before making her final choice last Wednesday. As the reigning Player of the Year of the Four Rivers Conference in Missouri, Scheer based her choice on the opportunity to get out of the small-town atmosphere ofNew Haven as well as the Blue Devils’ coaching staff.

“It was a gut feeling and I just felt [Duke] was the right place for me,” Scheer said. “Any little girl who plays basketball grows up watching the powerhouses. Just being considered by Duke is an honor and being asked to play here is incredible.”

Although she currently plays on the wing for New Haven High School, Scheer is open to switching positions upon her arrival to Duke. With talented guards Hopkins and Selby as well as current freshman Jasmine Thomas, the backcourt will be crowded in 2008.

Unlike Scheer, Hopkins went under the radar of most major coaches after finishing her junior year at Mojave High School in Las Vegas. Everything changed for the guard, however, when she played on the West Coast Elite club team over the summer. Using the national exposure as an opportunity to showcase her skills, Hopkins began attracting the attention of coaches outside the West Coast.

Before making her commitment to Duke, the guard also considered attending USC and Texas. The decision ultimately hinged on Hopkins’ interest in academics, as the high school senior is currently ranked second in her class.

The idea of facing a higher level of competition was also a key component for Hopkins becoming a Blue Devil.

“When I get [to Duke], I know my practices are going to be more competitive,” Hopkins said. “I’ve always been the one who scores all the points and never had someone challenge me and make me a better player. Now I’m going to make progress everyday with girls who are bigger, stronger and faster than me testing my limits.”

The two newest additions to the Blue Devils have already forged a bond after meeting during their official visit Sept. 21. Before either decided to attend Duke, they kept in contact, updating each other on their decisions.

The pair are also beginning to know their classmate Selby, as well. The 5-foot-9 native of suburban Cleveland will bring the speed and passing that has been central to the success of past Blue Devil squads.

Despite committing to Goestenkors last year, Selby chose to honor her decision with the change of coaching staff, thanks largely to assertive recruiting by McCallie when she was still the head coach at Michigan State.

“The team is the same,” Selby said. “I didn’t just pick Duke because of the coach. [Goestenkors] was a great coach and I really liked her, but it was ultimately about the school and the academics.”

With the 2008 class stacked with impressive guards, McCallie is looking for a post player to complete the package.

Nneka Ogwumike, ranked sixth in the nation, is taking her official visit to Duke this weekend. If the Blue Devils can secure their final prospect, their recruiting class will once again rank highly among the elite programs in the nation.

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Joanne P. McCallie has three top players in her 2008 recruiting class.

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Duke Performances also ple is the “Following Monk” series, a six-week extravagandid well in commissioning a za celebrating Thelonious number of different-size conMonk, the jazz legend who certs in a variety of concert was born in nearby Rocky halls, from intimate rooms Mount, N.C., 90 years ago to the massive Page Audithis month. The series breaks torium. And the music had the individual-concert model something for all tastes, from used in the past and creativethe kings of Latin jazz to a

ontherecord A hundred feet is like 30 meters. I would have to walk about an extra six to seven seconds for a cigarette. Its a significant amount oftime taken out ofmy day. I don’t think I’m readyfor that.

Freshman Kaiting Chen on why he doesn’t want Duke to enact a smoking policy similar to one that will take effect at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January. See story page 3.

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But there was more to it than just the concerts. The theater studies program chipped in with an original program, “Misterioso.” Leading national dance troupes performed jazz- and Monkrelated shows. Scholars in jazz studies are delivering speeches on Monk to packed lecture halls. Artists have given master classes on their art forms. And many of the programs have centrally featured an archive housed at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies.

The University’s strategic plan, “Making A Difference,” calls for Duke to step up its efforts in the arts. “Following Monk” provides an ideal template for how this can work.

By booking top-flight musical acts, involving academic

departments from across the spectrum and bringing students in, Duke Performances has created a tangible buzz on campus.

The results are encouraging. Although not every show has been as well attended as programmers might have hoped, theaters have been largely full—and full of crowds that include faculty, outsiders, graduate students and even healthy numbers of undergraduates.

This board would be remiss if it did not give some of this credit to Provost Peter Lange’s ticket subsidy, which provides $5 tickets for all undergraduates to events that cost far more in the real world and even for undergraduates at other universities.

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cal offerings, from world-famous pianist Leon Fleisher’s scheduled appearance next month to the Kronos Quartet this fall, have also been stellar.

Or look to the packed house in Page for Jane Goodall’s adddress last week.

This is the sort ofprogramming that an elite university deserves. Silbiger’s replacement, Duke Performances Interim Director Aaron Greenwald, has taken what was aleady a good thing and made it great. The University will have missed a great opportunity to build for a strong future in the arts if it fails to hire Greenwald as director on a permanent basis.

In the meantime, we offer Greenwald, his staff and their many collaborators congratulations on a job well done.

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various Duke-Durham initiatives in the wake of the lacrosse allegations, I was pleased to have received the invitation. But as a Duke student, asked to address a packed Baptist church in the aftermath of the lacrosse allegations, I was, shall we say, scared out ofmy mind.

So I bugged John Burness.

Given his position as the University’s principal spokesperson and his nickname as the “Minister of Truth,” I half expected him to use our meeting as an attempt to bolster University prerogatives, to toe the line and tell me what to say and what not to say. Instead, he drew on his unmatched knowledge of the Durham community, telling me what to expect, helping me channel ,my experiences into something resembling a coherent message and reassuring me that the situation was not as dire as I had originally imagined.

Mukhtar Raqib, my then-counterpart, and I delivered our respective speeches Jan. 15 to a standing ovation. The one hiccup involved then-Durham district attorney Mike Nifong, who awkwardly pushed aside several parishioners to introduce himself to me; some may criticize myrestraint, but with portions of MLK’s famous “love your enemy” sermon still fresh in my mind, I elected not to beat him to a pulp.

John’s encouragement and counsel, which he has lent to so many at Duke over his storied 16-year tenure, helped transform that experience from one that was potentially terrifying to one that was

ultimately exhilarating.

And beyond the trials of the lacrosse situation, John has consistently been willing to engage me in the

variety of positions I’ve held since coming to Duke.

Upon the announcement that his departure from the University will roughly coincide witiyny own, while

The Chronicle and various news ouualare reflecting on his publicly documented accomplishments, I must

thank him for putting up with me for the past three years. That he did, for so long, says a lot about him and about his commitment to the University, particularly to student; I’m not necessarily easy to deal with.

Our relationship began my freshman year, when I called him demanding various internal documents on University finances, and it continued as I scrutinized public records on the University’s income and expenditures. I eventually wrote a column on the University’s tax return, which John felt the need to write a guest column refuting.

Subsequendy, we discussed issues ranging from the University’s purchase of 12 off-campus houses formerly occupied by students to the (lack of) detail in the University’s financial statements and the Durham Police Department.

Although we often came down on different sides ofvarious issues, he was ready and willing to take time out ofwhat he described in an e-mail announcing his retirement as “70-plus-hour work weeks” to engage me—but not without humorous jabs here and there.

As a columnist my sophomore year, I more or less accused a trustee, two senior administrators and two alumni of having conflicts of interest with respect to the University’s now-defunct contract with the food service provider ARAMARK After the article ran and I collided awkwardly with John outside of the Allen Building, he contorted his rotund figure into something resembling a tree and joked that conspirators were all around, hiding in the forest.

But now the conspiracy theories surround him.

Comments on various blogs and The Chronicle’s Web site suggest (without any evidence) he is being fired for his handling of lacrosse. For what it’s worth, during an interview with me two years ago, prior to lacrosse, he indicated that he would likely retire by the end of this year.

And many more comments argue that this is a positive development for the University. Despite our various disagreements and the recent controversy over the handling of the lacrosse case, I cannot agree with that assessment.

What matters is what John has donefor the University, and his exploits have been well documented since the announcement of his retirement.

The unfortunate fact is that relatively few students have frequent contact with him, and those who do are largely concentrated in The Chronicle, Duke Student Government and the Community Service Center. Most don’t understand exactly what he is responsible for and by extension how hard it will be to replace him.

But believe me, it will be.

Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every

Thursday.

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Genomics: making a world of difference

Less

than a decade ago, the completion of the Human Genome Project signaled that the genome revolution was here to stay and symbolized its promise—that knowing the DNA sequenceof our genomeand thoseof hundreds of other organisms would allow us to take on the greatest challenges of human health and alleviate human suffering, both Wat home and around the

Chronic diseases also present a significant global health problem. Developing countries suffer a “double hit”—countries with emerging economies like China, India and Brazil not only have a high incidence of infectious diseases but also sufferfrom a rising tide ofcardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.

Studying genetic variation associated with these common diseases in different populations, and how people differ in theirresponses and reactions to drugs, is an area of active research at Duke. In addition, using genomic approaches, IGSP researchers have identified molecular “signatures” for several common cancers. These significant breakthroughs will help physicians predict the In Durham and across this country, there is grow- CjIODSI nGditn clt QUK6 chance of recurrence for a tumor and how well the patient will respond to certain treatments, allowing the deing momentum toward part VI 111 3 Series using the fruits of the gesign of more effective and individualized therapies. nome sequence to guide The influence of genomics on global health certainly health care, ushering in the early stages of a new form ofperextends well beyond our ability to better diagnose, presonalizedand prospective health care. At Duke, championed vent and treat human disease.

Genomic research on agricultural crops and livestock by the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, the genome revolution is evident across campus, from bold plans for transcould help provide solutions to nutritional deficiencies wideforming medicine at the Duke University Health System to spread in severallow- and middle-income countries. Genomic the student-run Prospective Health Care Club. analysis of plant, animal and microbial species may also offer Yet, millions around the world remain afflicted today insights into how we might betterutilize our naturalresources

by HIV/AIDS, malaria and a host ofother infectious disto prevent, limit and even reverse environmental damage. eases. So what does the genome revolution offer them?

Science alone will have little impact on global health Genomics plays a significant role in the search for vacwithout policies to foster its use. The 2002 World Health cines and cures to control HIV/AIDS. Recently, Duke reOrganization report on Genomics and Global Health, searchers reported significant discoveriesabout how human while affirming the importance of genomics, also warned genetic variation plays a role in determining the viral load of a “genomic divide”—poor countries may be unable of HIV patients during infection. The study identified genes to share the benefits of genomic research, thus further that are likely to be involved in HIV control and that maybe exacerbating the inequities in global health. Researchers targets for future vaccine and drug development, research at the IGSP’s Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy that is possible because Duke has one of the largest facilities have come together with colleagues across the Duke camof its Idnd for measuring DNA variation at millions of sites pus to investigate how policies effect the dissemination around the genome simultaneously. of and access to genomic technologies and information.

In the last decade, genomic research on microbes that They hope to inform institutions about practices and polcause diseases endemic to low- and middle-income counicies that will help new diagnostics, therapies and vaccines tries has grown at a steady pace. The example of malaria reach people who need them the most, faster. perhaps best illustrates the immense potential of genomBig challenges, to be sure. At the IGSP we strive to ics. In 2002, the genome sequences of the malarial para“Ask Big” as we harness powerful genomic tools to drive site and the mosquito vector were published. Combined the engine of discovery and, with our partners across the with our own genome sequence, this trio of genomes has Duke campus, seek out interdisciplinary and innovative solutions to, yes, the “big” problems of global health. provided a wealth of valuable information that researchers worldwide are using in their search for novel strategies for disease treatment and prevention. For example, ongoShubha Chandrasekharan is a fellow in the IGSP Centerfor ing research at Duke uses genomic approaches to study Genome Ethics, Law and Policy. Hunt Willard is the director of malarial resistance in sickle cell disease. These studies the IGSP. Information on all theIGSP’s programs can be accessed at www.genome.duke.edu. hope to uncover new pathways to malaria treatment. .

Apocalypse now?

Monday:

I really wanted to write a column that actually pertained to Duke. Unfortunately, my family just got the “reverse 911” call to evacuate northern San Diego because the witch fire was spreading west. Needless to say, that’s the only thing that’s on my mind right now.

It’s currently 9 p.m. San Diego time, and as of now every single person I went to high school with—my family and theirs—has been forced to evacuate. My ex-girlfriend’s house is yards from the frontline. The fire is zero-percent contained, and I’m sitting here in Durham, 3,000 miles away, biting my nails and

chain-smoking cigarettes.

Justifiably, I’m having a

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little trouble concentrating.

Granted, this isn’t the first time we’ve dealt with fire. My senior year of high school, the entire county had school cancelled for a week because of a massive collection offires fueled by the Santa Ana winds. But then it was different. We lived too far west, it was impossible for the flames to threaten our houses. It was THEIR problem, East County. They shouldknow better to live so close to the desert. Fire is always a threat.

Sure, we felt the ashes and had to stay indoors that week for safety. However, my friends and I have always remembered that week—not as a time of tragic loss as it rightfully should be considered—but as an unexpected weeklong, party-filled vacation from senior year.

This past Sunday, before the fires truly flared beyond containment, I spoke to a friend from home briefly, joking about the last time we had huge fires and how much fun it was. He laughed cautiously, although he clearly did not seem at ease.

Another friend sent me a message saying she was scared of the fires, and my response was to tease her worries as nonsense.

Boy, did I feel like an asshole this morning.

Now the freeways are jammed. There are two inches of ash covering the city. You can’t see the sun, or the moon, or anything except a disgusting cloud of brown/gray enveloping the sky.

You have snow days, we’ve got inferno.

My dad’s watered the yard, house and roof three times the last 24 hours. I thought about telling him to save water, or maybe mentioning the futility in his actions. But, why bother?

He thinks it helps. Should I really take that satisfaction away from him as he sits at home with the city paralyzed—completely shut down by the 13 fires raging around the county?

Tuesday; At 2 a.m. this morning the fires were zero-percent contained. By the afternoon, they upgraded it a whole five percent.

This morning, President Bush declared the situation a national state of emergency. The winds are not supposed to change direction (back to the normal west-to-east pattern) until Thursday, and firefighters are predicting “full containment” by November. That’s over a week away. Meanwhile, the house toll is rising rapidly and a metro area of nearly 3 million is at a complete standstill.What can we do? Really, not a lot.

This isn’t Katrina, it’s not the poor, disenfranchised minorities who are being terrorized. The areas most affected epitomize whiteness, wealth and privilege in Southern California.

But guess what? It’s my friends, and family, and high school classmates who are losing their houses. And it hits home.

A part of me still wonders if this is even a big deal. I know Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, sent an e-mail, but Christ, the death toll is what? One. Six, if you count the 90-somethings who died while being evacuated from their hospital beds.

Although this is a horrible natural disaster, and the loss of beautiful property is certainly a tragedy, I am trying to maintain a bit of perspective.

Unlike with previous natural disasters, the San Diego response has been swift and proactive. With limited resources available to physically stop the fire amid the roaring desert winds, the focus has been on precautionary evacuation.

The result is a minimal loss of life in the wake of such a massive catastrophe.

Regardless, my beautiful city is now torched, and 500,000 homes have been evacuated. I hear Durham’s got a little water shortage, but tonight I will be praying for rain in San Diego.

Dan Belzer is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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