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Nobel winner at Duke

WISER accomplished a lot more this week than selling T-shirts and cupcakes on the West Campus Plaza. The Kenyan government recognized the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research as an non-governmental organization Monday, propelling it toward its goal of funding 120 students to attend an all-girl secondary school in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, said Sherryl Broverman, executive officer of the NGO. “It’s a huge breakthrough for us and really allows us to start moving in Kenya,” said BroverSherryl man, who is also the coBroverman founder of WISER and an associate professor of the practice of biology. [NGO status] is a legal entity that allows you to function.” Senior Andy Cunningham, a co-founder of WISER, said the organization’s expansion extends beyond official international recognition to a broader movement to aid global

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Gerald Henderson shoots over Marty Pocius during last year's Blue-White Scrimmage.Saturday's scrimmage at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium will allow fans to see this season's team for the first time.

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Facebook groups tout LDOC bands by

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For those capable of remembering it, the sight of a favorite band on stage on the Last Day of Classes is a wellearned reward for a year ofhard work. Students determined to experience this phenomenon are turning toward social networking Web site Facebook to recruit campus support for a performance by the artist of their choice. With nearly 570 members from the Duke community, the group “Third Eye Blind forLDOC” aims to persuade the event’s coordinators to have the 1990 pop-rockers as the day’s main attraction. “I feel that since a decent amount [of students] have supported the Third Eye Blind group, the LDOC Committee will have to at least consider the option,” said sophomore Kyle Gabb, the group’s creator. “It’s just away to get the idea out there.” Although Gabb’s group is the largest on Facebook, other groups advocate for hip-hop band the Roots, rapper DMX and classic rockers Journey. Last year, the day-long event concluded with performances by Young Love, rapper Common and pop musician Jason Mraz—who Gabb said had a lower profile than

Nobel laureate Dr. Peter Agre will leave his post as vice chancellor for science and technology at Duke University Medical Center to join the faculty of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The decision was announced Tuesday. Agre, who won the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins, has been selected to lead the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute as its director, effective Jan. 1. “This is a terrific opportunity for Peter as he has had a long-standing interest in diseases affecting the developing world and now has the opportunity to explore and expand ways in which his own research can be applied in the fight against malaria in particular,” Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, wrote in an internal memorandum to the School of Medicine. Although Agre will no longer be a leading administrator in the Duke health system, he will maintain his ties to the University as a professor of cell biology and medicine. He will also continue to serve various other DUMC advisory positions, Dzau said. Agre was attracted to the position at Johns Hopkins University because of his strong ties to the school and his interest in fighting what he believes is one of the most pressing global health issues today, Michael Klag, dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The Chronicle.

Alternative rock band Third Eye Blind is one of the bands supported by Facebook groups as an act for the Last Day ofClasses celebration.The groupcurrently has 570 members.

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Peter Agre, the only Nobel Prize winner at Duke, will leave the University for a post at Johns Hopkins.

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House revises health care bill

Bush admin announces Iran sanctions by

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WASHINGTON The United States announced harsh new penalties on the Iranian military and state-owned banking systems Thursday, raising pressure on the world financial system to cut ties with a regime the West accuses of bankrolling terrorism and seeking a nuclear bomb. The U.S. sanctions on elements of Iran’s vast armed forces and its largest bank are the most sweeping since 1979, when the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran ruptured diplomatic, business and military ties. The sanctions are the first of their type

imposed by the United States specifically against the armed forces of another gov-

ernment. They are part of the George W. Bush administration’s two-track approach to its chief adversary in the Mideast that offsets diplomatic overtures with sanctions, bellicose rhetoric and the implicit threat of military action. U.S. officials insisted Thursday that the new moves do not hasten war and that the United States remains committed to finding away to talk Iran out of a nuclear program the United States claims is hostile. The punitive moves directly target Iranian organizations and people the United States accuses of supporting terrorism or

spreading weapons of mass destruction, but the main effect is likely to fall elsewhere on European and other overseas banks and firms that do business with oil-rich Iran. “As awareness of Iran’s deceptive behavior has grown, manybanks around the worldhave decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran’s business is simply not worth the risk,” Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. There has been grumbling, mainly in Europe, about earlier U.S. financial sanctions on Iran that overseas bankers found heavy-handed, but Paulson is right that some ofIran’sformer financial partners have already distanced —

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DN A scientist retires amidst controversy by

Malcolm Ritter

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NEW YORK James Watson, famous for DNA research but widely condemned for recent comments about intelligence levels among blacks, retired Thursday from his post at a prestigious research institution. Watson, 79, and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York announced his departure a week after the lab suspended him. He was chancellor of the institution, and his retirement took effect immediately.

Watson shared a Nobel Prize in 1962 for co-discovering the structure of the DNA molecule. He is one of America’s most prominent scientists. In his statement Thursday, Watson said that because of his age, his retirement was “more than overdue. The circumstances in which this transfer is occurring, however, are not those which I could ever have anticipated or desired.” Watson, who has a long history of making provocative statements, ran into trouble last week for remarks he made in the Sunday Times Magazine of London.

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A profile quoted him as saying that he’s “inherendy gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours—whereas all the testing says not really.” He said that while he hopes everyone is equal, “people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true.” He also said people should not be discriminated against on the basis of color, because “there are many people of color who are very talented.” Watson later apologized for the comments.

Democrats pushed arevised children's health bill through the House on Thursday but lacked the votes to overcome a threatened second straight veto by President George W. Bush.The bill would extend health insurance coverage for four million children.

Chinese economy still surging China's supercharged economy grew by a stunning 11.5 percent in the third quarter, slowing slightly but staying on track to overtake Germany as the world's third-largest within weeks, according to data reported Thursday.

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BP will pay a $373-million fine for fraud and environmental crimes, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The fines stem from a string of crimes including the 2006 Alaska pipeline leak and a price-fixing scam to manipulate propane prices.

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No longer working out of a dormitory room in the Gothic Wonderland, Stephen Miller, Trinity ’O7, has caused a stir with his latest project Less than one year out of Duke, Miller, cofounder of the Terrorism Awareness Project and a former Chronicle columnist, launched the first ever Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. “The purpose of [the week] is to combat ignorance about the threat of radical Islam... and the danger posed to America and her people by Jihadists,” Miller said. initiative, The student-led which began Monday and ends today, featured speakers and movie showings related to Islamic terrorism at colleges across the country. Millersaid he named the week to call attention to his view that the main terrorist threat to America is religiously motivated. “We’re not simply up against terrorists, we’re up against violent Islamic fascists,” he said.

Several organizations have taken issue with the event, saying it unfairly stereotypes allMuslims as terrorists. “Really what you’ve got is a collection of every Muslim basher and Islamophobe in the nation on a lecture tour trying to drum up hostility toward Islam,” said Ibrahim Hooper, the national communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington, D.C.-based Islamic advocacy organization. Closer to home, opposition to the event was also strong. “If Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week bears any resemblance to David Horowitz’s past ventures, I see no purpose in such an event but the spread offear and hate,” senior Ramsey Wehbe, president of Duke’s Arab Students’ Organization, wrote in an e-mail. Similarly, senior Nader Mohyuddin, co-outreach chair of Duke’s Muslim Students Association, characterized the week as “a SEE AWARENESS ON PAGE 9

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This year’s Durham mayoral election will see a candidate who raps, has an online blog and delivers his platform in the form of a “street manifesto.” Not the typical candidate, Minister Paul Scott, who refers to himself as the “Truth Minista,” will join incumbent Mayor Bill Bell and challenger Thomas Stith as a write-in candidate in November’s election. “I didn’t like the direction the election was currently going in,” Scott said. “I did not agree with the fighting. I think the focus has been taken offof the people. I had no choice but to run.” In response to questions about his motives for entering the race, the Truth Minista referenced an African proverb in which two elephants are fighting and it is the grass beneath them that suffers. “Right now, the elephants are the two other mayoral candidates and the grass is the people of Durham, especially the children of Durham,” Scott said. Scott added that the debate between Bell and Stith at Duke on Tuesday evening was similar to WrestleMania. Michael Munger, chair of the political science department and moderator of Tuesday’s mayoral debate, said it would have been interesting to have the Truth Minista present. Scott became a write-in candidate approximately a month ago, and his name will not exist on the ballot. However, a blank line on the ballot will allow space for voters to cast their vote for Scott. “It is great that our system works to provide people who want to be of service to others with that opportunity,” Bell said.

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MinisterPaul Scott will join the mayoral race as a write-in candidate on November's ballot Scott said he is not concerned that his name has been left off of the ballot. “It does not need to be official on a ballot because I feel that if you have done work in a community, people should be familiar with you,” Scott said. Scott, who was ordained in 1998 and calls himself an activist instead of a politician, has been involved in Durham since 1992, but said his hip hop activism did not begin until the early ’9os. “Sometimes hip hop gets a bad rap, Scott said. “It is oftennot portrayed with the correct images.” The Truth Minista said he is different from other candidates as he represents a group ofpeople that are not being represented. “The people the other candidates consider gangbangers, I consider constituents. I try to represent their voices as well,” Scott said. “Even though they ”

have criminal records, many of those young people are still able to vote and they must be represented.” The Truth Minista’s blog, which is called “No Warning Shots Fired,” refers to the way in which he believes we can often be overly politically correct. “No warning shots fired means if you feel things in your heart, you should be able to say them,” Scott said. On his blog, Scott described his platform as a “street manifesto,” and calls for an end to crime, youth idleness and stereotyping of blacks and Latinos. Whatever the outcome of the election may be, Scott has big plans for Durham. “My street manifesto represents the things that I plan on implementing in Durham—win, lose or draw,” Scott said. Stith was not available for comment Thursday.

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Commons rooms may not always be common spaces. Campus Council members discussed at their weekly general body meeting Thursday night the allocation of commons rooms and whether selective living groups should be allowed to “own” them “It was just an open discussion,” said President Ryan Todd, a senior. “We’re trying to decide what Campus Council’s position is on space ownership. The administration has thrown around the idea of taking the commons rooms away on the basis that [having selective living groups own them] excludes independents.” He added that there was no resolution on the table. Sophomore Diwa Yerramilli. an at-large representative, said she did not see anything wrong with the current .system. “If [independents] really want to use that space that badly, it’s not like they’re terribly excluded,” she said. Independents would probably still consider commons rooms located in the middle of selective living group sections as belonging to those groups even if that ownership was not official, said sophomore Anant Agmwalia, a

Kilgo Quadrangle representative, Interfratexnity Council President David Melton, a senior, said commons rooms are invaluable in building community in fraternities. “Because the group has that resource, they are a stronger group,” he said. “It allows the group to do much more with the space if they own it.” Other council members agreed that ending ownership of commons rooms would only

CampusCouncil members discuss the pros and cons of allowing fraternities and selective living groups to have their own commons rooms in their respective sections. hurt the selective living groups, even though they wouldstill be allowed to use the space. ‘You could borrow someone’s shirt and it every day, but it's not yours. It’s just ear w not the same,” said sophomore Haley Spitz, an at-large representative. Todd told The Chronicle that the council agreed that removing ownership would hurt the selective living groups more than it would help build community within the quadrangles. Vice President Kevin Thompson, a ju-

nior, said the council should also keep in mind that Provost Peter Lange has mentioned the likelihood of creating more theme housing and living and learning communities. He added that it will be impossible to give all these groups common spaces given the limited number of commons rooms on West Campus.

In other business: The council passed a resolution that would suspend quiet hours on Halloween

for this year’s Devil’s Eve event, “[Devil’s Eve] will be a good substitute for Franklin street, but we’re not trying to replace it,” Todd said, The council also reviewed the results of its recent survey about Duke Cable Television, which found that 55.1 percent of the nearly 700 students who completed the survey were “in favor of rolling the cost of [the Office of Information Technology] services (including cable) into tuition ONLY if these services dramatically increase.”

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As wildfires were LOS ANGELES charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grounded by government rules and bureaucracy. How much theaircraft wouldhave helped will never be known, but their inability to provide quick assistance raises troubling questions about California’s preparations for a fire season that was widely expected to be among the worst on record. It took as long as a day for Navy, Marine and California National Guard helicopters to get clearance early this week, in part because state rules require all firefighting choppers to be accompanied by state forestry “fire spotters” who coordinate water or retardant drops. By the time those spotters arrived, the powerful Santa Ana winds stoking the fires had made it too dangerous to fly. The National Guard’s C-130 cargo planes, among the most powerful aerial firefighting weapons, never were slated to help. The reason: They’ve yet to be outfitted with tanks needed to carry thousands of gallons offire retardant, though that was promised four years ago. “The weight of bureaucracy kept these planes from flying, not the heavy winds,” Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told The Associated Press. “When you look at what’s happened, it’s disgusting, inexcusable foot-dragging that’s put tens of thousands of people in danger.” Rohrabacher and other members of California’s congressional delegation are demanding answers about aircraft deployment. And some fire chiefs have grumbled that a quick

deployment of aircraft could have helped corral many of the wildfires that quickly flared out ofcontrol and have so far burned 500,000 acres from Malibu to the Mexican border. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state officials have defended the state’s response, saying the intense winds prevented a more timely air attack. “Anyone that is complaining about the planes just wants to complain,” Schwarzenegger replied angrily to a question Wednesday. “The fact is that we could have all the planes in the world here—we have 90 aircraft here and six that we got especially from the federal government —and they can’t fly because of the wind.” Indeed, winds reaching 100 mph helped drive the flames and made it exceedingly dangerous to fly. Still, four state helicopters and two from the Navy were able to take off Monday while nearly two dozen others stayed grounded. Thomas Eversole, executive director of the American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association, a Virginia-based nonprofit that serves as a liaison between helicopter contractors and federal agencies, said valuable time was lost. “The basis for the initial attack helicopters is to get there when the fire is still small enough thatyou can contain it,” Eversole said. “Ifyou don’t get there in time, you quickly run the 1151; of these fires getting out of control.” The first of the 15 or so fires started around midnight Saturday. By Sunday afternoon, fires were raging in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange counties. At the request offirefighters on the ground, at 4 p.m. Sunday the state Office of Emergency Services asked the National Guard to supply four helicopters.

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laria-causing parasites’ life cycle “Peter is an innovative thinker, a great scientist and a wonderful collaborator,” Klag said. “He was attracted to come back because malaria is one of the great scourg-

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research consortium to encourage collabo“[I have] always felt an interest in disration between members of the academic, eases affecting the developing world,” pharmaceutical and non-profit indussaid release. “Malaria is in a press Agre tries from Johns Hopkins, Duke and a scourge that kills more than one milthinker, innovative a is an the Research Triangle area. “Peter lion people each year—many of them “This situation represents one of children.” great scientist and a wonderful those rare situations in which Duke, The Minnesota native graduated collaborator. He was attracted to Hopkins and the Triangle will all from Johns Hopkins School ofMedicine benefit from one person’s —Peter’s and later served as a professor in 1974, back because malaria is one come leadership and enormous scientific in the department of biological chemisdirection,” Dzau said. world.” of the great scourges of the try at the school. Agre is currently the only Nobel receiving 2004 —one after year In dean Michael Klag, laureate among the University faculty. a Nobel Prize —Agre received a grant He DUMC in 2005 and durjoined from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Re- , ing his two-year tenure as the first vice search Institute and began his research chancellor for science and technology he on malaria. Since then, he has published es of the world. It has an incredible negaeconomics... so led effort to assess and meet global health on health and role tive impact two papers regarding the aquaporins—a type of protein —play in the ma- it was attractive to him to help attack some- care needs. (

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“A couple of students actually e-mailed me about Regina Spektor a long time ago, and we got her here.” Some student interest, however, is impossible to meet due to financial and other limitations of the LDOC Committee and of the Duke University Union and Campus Council, said Union President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior. The more than 200 members of the Facebook group “Journey for LDOC 2008” may be disappointed in the spring as a result of the classic band’s high booking fees, she said. “A lot of students have this idea of [bringing] huge bands out there like Journey and Aerosmith, but bands of that caliber aren’t even practically possible,” Goonewardene said. The committee will stretch its budget as far as possible, however, to respond to demonstrated student interest and to make LDOC more ofan all-day event that appeals to everyone on campus, Ling said. “I would love to bring the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but we would have to forego nearly 10 LDOCs in order to save up the funding necessary to contract them,” he added. Additional limitations in artist selection include the band’s touring schedule, availability and willingness to play outdoors on the Main West Quadrangle, Donnelly said. Still, students are hopeful that theironline

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After overcoming the language barrier, adjusting to living thousands of miles away from home and facing the heavy workload, international graduate students at the Pratt School of Engineering will face yet another obstacle before receiving their diplomas the scramble to obtain a visa. In recent years, the number offoi bom students completing advanced engineering degrees in die United States has exceeded the number of American students. Unfortunately die limited number of visas availabl forces many students to seek care© in other countries in a phenomenon called “reverse brain drain.” “The U.S. has made its mar’ through innovation and entrep 1 neurship as a global economic po 1 We have always relied on the ‘best brightest’ from other countries to us maintain our competitive edge,’ fessor ofSociology Gary Gereffiwr< an e-mail. “[However,] other cou are catching up fast, both in pro< scientific and technical elites, and ating interestingjobs for them at h Upon completing their degrees, students may receive a one-year training visa. When this expires, they gated to apply for a temporary work an Hl-B, which is valid for up to six years. In 2007, there were twice as many applications as Hl-B visas available and the few visas that were issued were distributed via lottery. Students said the system is undermining the work they have traveled to the United States to complete. “What’s the point of a Duke gradu—

ate degree if I am going to be compared in a lottery pool with someone else from a much lower-ranked university?” Jaineel Aga, a masters student in engineering management, wrote in an e-mail. “If this is going to be about picking a number, let the number be the best among the lot!” Foreign-bom students said

are frustrated at the limited number of jobs available to them Baris Guzel, a masters of engineering management student, said he would like to stay in the United States, particularly in New York orCalifornia, but is having trouble finding a suitable employer.

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“International companies ask for ‘only American citizen’ applicants, which I find a little bit weird,” he said. Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence at the Duke engineering management program, has done extensive research on the growing problem and said the strict immigration policy is also giving American com’ :s a hard time. The problem is that these employers are bind,” he wrote in an e-mail. “If they .tudents on the one-year training visas lon’t get Hl-B visas when the numbers up next year, they will lose critical talthat they have spent a year training.” Vadhwa also expressed concern about future of international diversity in .e engineering if students continue to denied visas. “What is likely to happen if the system ,’t fixed is thatstudents who are forced return will discourage their friends ;om coming to the U.5.,” he said. “We will still get many applications,' but we won’t attract the cream of the crop as we do [now].” Students who are aggravated with the government’s current policy toward immigrants said it will hurt the country in the long run. “The U.S. will lose out if they choose to be arrogant about it nd not address immigrants—someamg that has made this nation so great.” Aga said. Others, however, are choosing to stand beside their host country. “Having studied in Turkey, Europe and the U.S., I can tell that the education quality in the States is very good,” Guzel said. “So, I would definitely recommend it.”

themselves from Tehran under hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Paulson and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the penalties together, a recognition that a year-old effort to levy unilateral Treasury sanctions has hadfar greater effect than the diplomatic channels Rice has pursued withIran. “Unfortunately the Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security,” through its nuclear program and export of ballistic missiles, Rice said, along with what she charged is backing for militants in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. The latest sanctions will cut off more than 20 Iranian entities, including individuals and companies owned or controlled by the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps, from the American financial system. State-owned Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat were named supporters of global terrorist groups for their activities in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East Any assets found in the United States belonging to the designated groups must be frozen. Americans are also prohibited from doing business with those designated organizations. Bank Melli is Iran’s largest The United States says it provides services to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Bank Mellat serves the state Atomic Energy Organization and Bank Saderat routes money to terrorist or militantgroups, the administration said. The administration did not lay out any new evidence for the allegations. The designations put companies outside the United States on notice that doing business with the designated groups could put them at risk ofU.S. financial penalty.

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lot offear mongering.” Although events were not held at Duke, the Duke Conservative Union and Duke College Republicans plan to co-host a Terrorism Awareness Week in the spring. Organizers modified the name of Miller’s event because the original is “rather inflammatory,” said sophomore David Bitner, president ofDCU. ‘We want people to remember the events and speakers, not controversy over the name of the week,” College Republicans Chair Sam Tasher, a junior, wrote in an e-mail. Still, Bitner had only accolades for the former chair of DCU. “It’s just amazing to watch and see how he would just make things happen, just pull them out of thin air,” he said. Terrorism Awareness Week will involve both movie showings and speakers on terrorism-related subjects. Currently, the two organizations are attempting to raise funds to draw a majorspeaker to the event, Tasher said. Both Tasher and Bitner said they want to involve many other campus organizations in planning events for the week, adding that one of their main goals is to decrease ignorance about terrorism. “We’ve already been in contact with Duke Friends of Israel and the Muslim Students Association,” Bitner said. “It will be a time for pulling together, so hopefully, at Duke at least, we can have a semblance of unity.” Though planning for the week is just beginning, MSA leaders said they are optimistic about the prospects for collaboration. ‘We could easily and very vocally come together and condemn terrorism,” Mohyuddin said.

sponsor a WISER student. Once committed, the schools agree to donate $7O0 the total annual fees to support a WISER student—by November 2008 and continue to provide $7OO a year for the following three years. Each WISER-sponsored girl will develop a personal connection with her sponsors by sending them quarterly reports regarding her life and progress, Cunningham said. He added that six schools have already corjimitted, and he hopes to get 42 in total by Feb. 1,2008. “So far, every single time we’ve given a presentation we’ve been guaranteed a scholarship to the school, especially when there’s the formal element of a student coming back to [his or her own] school, partnered with Duke and acting on a global level,” said sophomore Adela Griswold, who travelled to schools with Cunningham. Griswold said the similarities between her high school and the WISER school resonated strongly with her. “To send girls to boarding schools in the U.S. is upwards of $20,000 a year or more,” she said. “The fact that I can go there and tell [my high school] that we can do it for these girls in Kenya for $7OO [a year] is completely within reach.” Cunningham said the program hopes to build connections rather than merely raise money. [WISER] is looking to provide already existing student organizations the chance to really form a relationship with someone halfway around the world,” he said. “When you ask them to then commit to a four-year relationship, it’s much different than Tm going to fund raise and that’s going to be it.’” —

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WISER acts as a model of student activism evolving to a global scale, and Duke plans to continue to support the program, Broverman said. She added that she has been discussing the expansion of the group with administrators because of its recent international recognition. “Duke remains really excited about the potential for WISER,” Broverman said. “It really goes with President [Richard] Brodhead’s interest in expanding Duke’s participation in international interest, and we’re doing all we can to make it as successful as possible.”

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Rece, Digger and Jay might not be setting up camp outside Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, but the Blue Devils are hoping to tap the energy of the ESPN crew’s March 2006 K-Ville visit with their own “Duke GameDay.” The hour-long festivities, which begin at 4:30 p.m. and lead into the 7 p.m. Blue-White scrimmage, are the most recent of Duke’s efforts to boost excitement for the upcoming season and include a raffle for the opportunity for two fans to “coach” alongside the Duke staff by drafting the players for the Blue and White squads. “Once we knew it wasn’t parents weekend, we wanted to make sure that the students knew that we were going to make a lot ofexcitement around Blue-White,” said Mike Cragg, Associate Director of Athletics and Director of the Legacy Fund. “We didn’t want to just make an assumption that people were going to come.” The slate of the afternoon’s events, from the raffle to speeches and a best-dressed Cameron Crazie contest, will be emceed by Duke Radio Network color commentator Matthew Laurance and women’s head coach Joanne P. McCallie. McCallie’s presence, in addition to a scheduled Q&A with Wanisha Smith and Emily Waner, is just one of several ways in which the women’s team is increasing its publicity

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Tuesday against Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils managed to halt their three-game conference losing streak, but they are still desperately searching for a victory. No. 24 Duke (7-5-1,2-3-1 in the ACC) will travel to Klockner Stadiin Charlottesville, Va. to take on No. 10 Virginia (9-3-2, 1-2-2) tonight at VS. 7 p.m. looking for that much-needed win. This XV/ is the fourth time in the last 22 days that the Blue FRIDAY, 7 p.m. Devils have squared off Charlottesville, Va. a top-10 team, but head coach John Rennie is unfazed by the perception that Virginia is the superior team. “The rankings never have anything to do with anything,” Rennie said. “Duke-Virginia is justalways a classic battle, and it’s a gameboth teams need. I’m sure it will be another war.” Senior midfielder Michael Videira echoed his coach’s sentiment about the level of intensity of a game versus Virginia, even though this year’s version could take on a slighdy different tenor. Usually the two teams meet while ranked at the top of the national polls but both have struggled recendy in conference play. “It’s kind of interesting because the past few years, it has been like us two were the top teams,” Videira said. “Now it’s still a batde, but it’s more for the top end of the ACC.” The Blue Devils are currendy in fourth place in the conference and the Cavaliers in sixth, but only two points separate the teams. With only one ACC game left after tonight, Duke does not want more teams to leapfrog it in the standings. Fortunately for the Blue Devils, they will be

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tremendously help his ballclub this weekend. “Anytime whenyou spend so much time in something and then you step away for a couple of days, from a player’s standpoint it renews everything,” Roof said. “I’ve seen a lot of energy and enthusiasm in practice this week.”

With their struggles over the past few seasons, the Seminoles of 2007 certainly don’t resemble the teams that boasted players like Deion Sanders and Charlie Ward and cruised to a staggering nine consecutive ACC titles and two national crowns during the 19905. Florida State’s eight league losses through 2006 and half of 2007 are more they lost in the ACC during that entire decade. But don’t tell that to Duke SATURDAY, 8 p.m. coac h Xed Roof. Tallahassee, Fla. rr IT don t see a dropoff, saidof the Seminoles. Roof “I see one of the top 10 most athletic teams in the country.” The matchup between Duke (1-6, 04 in the ACC) and Florida State (4-3,1-3) Saturday at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee comes with both teams at a crossroads. The Seminoles, fresh off a disappointing home loss to Miami, made a midweek switch at quarterback when they named seasonopening starter Drew Weatherford as their starter for Saturday. Similar to what it saw against Virginia Tech, Duke is expecting to deal with a quarterback platoon ofWeatherford and his athletic backup Xavier Lee. The Blue Devils, meanwhile, used their open date last weekend to rest and refocus on

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But it will certainly take more than just energy and enthusiasm to defeat an opponent that has historically dominated the Blue Devils. Duke has dropped all 15 of its previous contests against Florida State in blowout fashion, with an average margin of defeat of 35.8 points. In fact, Duke’s closest game in the series came on its most recent trip to Tallahassee, when it lost 29-7 in 2004. Wide receiver Eron Riley, who will be making his first trip to FSU, knows that he and his teammates will have to contend with a loud homecoming crowd that expects the winning streak to continue. ‘You have to get ready for the noise.” Riley said. ‘You prepare as much as you can. You can simulate it—but to only an extent —on the practice field. Hopefully it carries over to the game.” Roof said that he has noticed that in many of Duke’s close losses this season, the final outcome has only come down to poor execution or a missed assignment on just one or two individual plays, instead of dozens of those plays per game as in past years. SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE

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Blue Devils host No. 10FSU in conference showdown one of the smoothest offenses in the country, and have scored 53 goals this season TheACC has proven yet again to be one of compared to Duke’s 23. They are adept the nation’s toughest conferences, and Duke at moving the ball on the ground and efhas had several chances to fectively control possession. Although this take down ranked oppowould seem to be a strength for their opnents. The team has come ponents, the Blue Devils feel confident up short, however, in capiplaying a team whose style of play gready talizing on those opportuni- matches their own. liSgM ties to come away with wins. “Playing against a team like Florida The Blue Devils (7-3-5, State, who is a possessiomoriented team, 2-2-3 in the ACC) have an- makes us do the same thing,” forward Kelly SUNDAY, noon other shot to prove they Hathorn said. “When we play like that, I Koskmen Stadium y, c think that we are actually a better team.” belong among the conference’s best Sunday at noon against No. 10 Even though the two have similar attacking Florida State at Koskinen Stadium. styles, Duke will counter Florida State’s 44-2 “We haven’t gotten the big win during formation with a 4-3-3, giving the Seminoles the year,” head coach Robbie Church said. a numerical advantage in midfield. Defender “This is our chance to go out and get it.” The Seminoles (10-4-2, 5-2-1) feature SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 16 by

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After a week off to regroup, the Blue Devils are gearing up to play Florida State Saturday. Headfootball beat writer Matthew lies caught up with offensive coordinatorPeter Vans. Matthew lies: Did you get a chance to be a fan and watch some games last weekend? Peter Vaas: Yeah, it was great. I slept late. I got up and went for a run. Put myself on the couch and watched the game in the afternoon and watched the Red Sox at night. It was very relaxing. MI: Are you a big Boston Red Sox fan? PV: You can’t tell by my accent? Of course I am. I grew up just outside Boston. In fact, that’s probably what I’ll do tonight, too, is watch the Red 50x.... [Wednesday’s game] was so good I got to go to bed before it was over. MI: How did you use the week off to prepare for Florida State? PV: You use an open date in two fashions. The week that you’re not playing is an opportunity to refine some fundamental stuff and enables some players to get some rest. Once thatweek is over, you get back to gamepreparation. You take the whole week and you start zeroing in, you get back to your normal routines, and you get ready for Florida State. MI: So, do you put off even thinking about Florida State until the second week? PV: It’s more of an emphasis on Duke versus Duke, if you will. We look internally. But for me to say that we didn’t do any preparation for Florida State would be an exaggeration. MI; Did the week off help your injured players get heathier? PV:J ust watching practice this week, I noticed that there seemed to be more spring in their step. Certainly, them having the opportunity to get some rest last week will do

nothing but benefit us down the stretch. MI: What is your scouting report on Florida State’s defense? PV: We’ve played some good defenses this year, but when you talk about what’s the best defense that we’ve played to date, I think you’re going to have to put Florida State into thatconversation.... Virginia Tech was bigger and more physical, but Florida State is faster. I mean, they are quick, and they have good team speed. MI: What are some things you’ve found Florida State might be susceptible to? PV: Because of th ness, throwing the lon not something we can a living at. We’re pro going to have to ge' ball out of our hands atively quickly. In oth words, we’ve got t protect [quarterback Thad [Lewis], and h' has to be aware tha because of the qui ness that Florida St has, we’re going to h to condense our routes and throw the. little quicker. You wan use some of their q; ness and aggressivene: their disadvantage. Th probably going to be bit more misdirectio volved in our though cess, a little bit more p tion in our thought p than we’ve had in the few weeks.

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During practice this week, Roof made sure to emphasize to his team the importance of finishing its assignments if it have any aspirations of notching its second victory of the year, saying that his team cannot have 10 of 11 people knowing what to do on the field because that leads to breakdowns. But with the exception ofits last game against the Hokies, Duke has been competitive in nearly all ofits contests, which means a lot to defensive tackleVince Oghobaase. “If you look at the games last year compared to this year, we’re way more competitive as a ballclub,” Oghobaase said. “We’ve established a competitive edge as a football team that I don’t think we’ve had in the past.” With Florida State wearing special black jerseys for the game and its fans encouraged to “Paintit Black” by wearing matching colors, Oghobaase and company can only hope SYLVIA QU/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO that a strong effort will make Seminole supporters feel as if they’ve dressed for a funeral instead of a football game as DefensiveTackle Vince Oghobaase and theBlue Devils look to use solid execution Saturday to take down the struggling Seminoles. they walk out of Doak Campbell Saturday night.

W. SOCCER from page 14 Christy McDonald said theBlue Devils will have to workhard to find open players on the opposing team and close them down. On the flip side, Duke will have an extra player up front, so the team will also look to play to its strengths and move the ball forward to the open attacker. Even though Duke has struggled recendy scoring in late-game situations, the players are confident that their consistent pressure will translate into wins. “We’re obviously frustrated with the results of our game, but we’re not down on ourselves,” McDonald said. “We believe that we’re a great team and we’re ready to play FSU.”

BLUE-WHITE Saturday. The women will also play their first-ever Blue-White scrimmage Sunday at 2 p.m. The newly-hired head coach, who held intrasquad games at both Maine and Michigan State, believes that her 16th version ofBlue-White (although the Spartans wore green) is essential to her program’s growth. “That was as fundamental to me as showing up to work everyday,” McGallie said ofBlue-White. “Blue and White is a chance to bring everybody together to see the team. I can’t imagine life without that Blue and White thing... it’s too important to your fans, the teams and the community.” Although the Blue-White game has been commonplace for the men’s side, the coaching staff and players are hoping that the “Duke GameDay” experience can make it feel as if it were their team’s first opening exhibition as well. “It’s a good thing for us to make the Cameron experience better,” senior captain DeMarcus Nelson said. “We’ve felt like that over the lastyear or so that Cameron wasn’t as good as it had been in the past.” Cragg, who had a large hand in planning and executing the event, echoed Nelson’s sentiment, saying the team should not take their fan base or popularity for granted. He also acknowledged, however, that the activities were designed to draw in fans and that if “Duke GameDay” does not succeed in that, his team will get together and brainstorm ways to improve for 2008. “We want it to be fun,” Cragg said. “We’ll define how we think it will be fun in our own way. If it doesn’t work, we’ll look at it, assess it, and do something different next year.”

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back at full strength for this match. Senior defender Tim Jepson will,play tonight after leaving the game against the Hokies with a head injury. Junior forward Mike Grella will also return from suspension, but Rennie was quick to downplay the significance of the team’s leading scorer’s return to the lineup. “He has not been playing all that well lately,” Rennie said of Grella. “We will certainly play him, but some of the other guys did well [Tuesday against Virginia Tech]... It will be good to have Mike back.” Duke will need to find the back of the net in order to keep their conference rivals winless against ranked opponents this year. And if the team needed any additional motivation, senior goalkeeper Justin Papadakis said that the team wants to make Rennie, who is retiring at the end of this season, go out against Virginia with a victory. A win in a rivalry game is always an extra treat, but the players and coaches both know that any conference win at this point will go a long way toward future success. “A win is a win in the ACC,” Papadakis said. “It does not matter who you are playing. We need those three points. They are crucial to our season.”

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featured a DJ, a band, videos of old games, free food and the first practice of the year to “start the season with a bang.” In 2004, there was a 6th Man Night similar to the previous events, intended to build unity between students and with the basketball team before the season even started. Then in 2005, there was nothing of the sort, and the first night of practice has been silent ever since. In 1999,the University promotions director said of the festivities on the first night of practice, “This is something special that we have that other schools don’t have.” Today, Midnight Madness is something special that other schools have that we don’t have. That should change.

(kidding) Au contraire, amis. If mon there’s one thing jacqui detwiler I don’t know, it’s desperate, please hire If everything. there’s anything else, it’s French. And nothing has demonstrated my considerable lack of knowledge more completely than the newest Web-browsing phenomenon. It’s like Minesweeper on speed, Google for the ADHD-beset, Collegehumor. com and Encyclopedia Britannica combined. It is simultaneously threatening to teach me everything on Earth and end my productive existence. I found StumbleUpon.com the same way people always find these things. A friend told a friend told a friend until I was seated before a perfectly ordinary looking Web browser with a small button on the toolbar that suggested I “stumble.” Clicking it whisked me away to a Web site crawling with fluffy kittens. Just what the Internet needs, I thought, another link to pictures of kittens. But then I stumbled again, and again and, before long, I was utterly awestruck at the breadth and variable educational value of the nonsense to be found on the web. But it gets even better. Before the stumbling commences, the site asks for preferences on popular topics, from humor to art history to politics to various sorts of world maps. And like the music marvel Pandora before it, StumblelJpon.com learns. After viewing Internet gems, just click “like it” to be carted off to similar oddities. And if it’s just too weird? Clicking “don’t like it” will ensure you’ll never again be exposed to videos of creepy sepia-toned children dancing to re-

petitive German poetry. (Trust me, it was re-

ally, really weird.) So, the other night, I was supposed to be working on a review paper I’m trying to get out this week. Instead, in 20 minutes I learned how many tons of carbon dioxide the United States releases per minute, how a black hole works and how to consider the 10th dimension without a Ph.D. in physics. In another 20, I learned how to play a game where a bunny jumps on frosted bells to Christmas music and posted “we found two yellow beans again” on a virtual refrigerator. After another 20 minutes, I learned that it is almost impossible to stop stumbling short of a deadline complete with a potentially disappointed adviser and three students breathing down your neck. One particularly ironic late night stumble brought me face to face with a picture of a road sign warning that stumbling causes insomnia. After hiding my computer under a pile of really important Journal of Neuroscience papers I have no intention of reading this month, I began to wonder how this is going to affect productivity-both mine and that of the country as a whole. Studying up on random facts is great if you plan on making your life’s wages on Jeopardy or as a sparkling conversationalist, but it has certainly plunged my productivity levels below their normal level. Fortunately for most employers, many companies already restrict what workers can download to their workstations, and, after the Facebook boom, even which Web sites can be accessed during work hours. However, academics, students and the self-employed can download whatever we darn well please, which means we alone will be the architects of our own StumbleUpon.corn-mediated destruction (and witty repartee). So, in a few weeks when I’m living in a pile of cardboard with a sign that reads, “StumbleUpon.com ruined my life,” be a dear and stop by to chat. Maybe then I’ll'know as much as my detractors think I think I do. I just won’t have a job. Jacqui Detwiler is a graduate student in

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lettertotheeditor Procedure for Blue-White Scrimmage Validation for the men’s basketball Blue-White Scrimmage closes tonight at midnight. If you were unable to validate for this game, do not be discouraged. We will be forming a second walk-up line that will be let in one hour before tipoff or after the whole validation line is let in, whichever happens first. There will be a counter on the validation Web site (dukecard.duke.edu/bball) that will show how many of the people who have validated are actually in line, giving everyone a good estimate of the chances of getting in. The Line Monitor Committee will do everything in its power to fit as many students into Cameron as possible, so students should show up regardless of their validation status. This secondary walk-up line will start at the Schwartz-Butters Building plaza and continue down the sidewalk to Towerview Drive. Groups of six will be allowed to form, with half the group being there at all times, up until two hours be-

fore tip when the whole group needs to be present. All students must have their DukeCards to get into Cameron Indoor and will be wristbanded while standing in line. Remember Coach K’s new policy of “no empty seat in Cameron” tomorrow when debating whether or not to go to the basketball game. This is the beginning of a new and promising season. This is Duke Basketball. Become the Sixth (Wo)Man known as the Cameron Crazies. Show the rest of the country that Cameron still is the most intimidating stadium in college basketball. Be a part of the tradition, and Go Duke! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at rbs9@duke.edu. Roberto Bazzani Trinity ’OB HeadLine Monitor, Duke Student Government

You're nobody till somebody hates you Meet

John Fitzgerald Page, the most hateable man in America. Page’s amazing story first surfaced online two weeks ago, and if you haven’t heard of him yet, I pity you. Page is an actor/model/personal trainer/ investment banker living in Atlanta who is also not above online dating. The world knows who John is because of a now-infamous e-mail exchange he had with a potential romantic partner, Page’s Match.com account, IvyLeagueAlum, was “winked”—think Facebook poked—by a woman online. Page answered the woman’s ges-

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ture by immediately replying, “I went to an Ivy league school... where did you go to school? What activities do you currently participate in to stay in shape? I work out four times a week at LA Fitness.” But wait, there’s more. Much more. Soon, Page received a polite “no thank you” from his Match, com partner. This apparently did not sit well with the Wharton alum, who angrily responded that “the next time you meet a guy of my caliber, instead of trying to turn it around, just get to the gym! I will even give you one free training session so you don’t blow it with the next Mensa member, can

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like him, Page describes how he has dealt with his 15 minutes of fame. At times, Page seems endearing and genuinely apologetic. He recounts how becoming “an overnight Internet pariah” has turned his life into “a living hell.” He hates the fact that “everything I have ever worked for in my life has been sullied in one day, by one person, whom I have never met.” He apologizes for “sending a not very nice e-mail” but does not understand why he was so vilified for his actions. In all, Page’s reaction to his newfound fame is refreshingly heartfelt and remorseful. After reading Page’s words, I actually started to feel something that I never expected—sympathy. Page is right. I don’t know him. I was judging his entire personality from an impulsive, rash e-mail. Besides, looking over Page’s Web site revealed how hard he had been working to fulfill his own goals in life—something he was doing much better than I am. For a minute there, I not only felt bad for Page, I sorta liked him. But then I clicked the link on his Web site called “Merchandise.” There I found that I could buy T-shirts plastered with phrases from Page’s scathing e-mail. I could book Page as my personal trainer for a mere $lOO an hour. I could preorder his forthcoming book. And for a mere $20,1 could get Page’s own autograph! And it was this that made me really, really hate John

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While most people hate John Fitzgerald Page for what he says about himself, I hate him for what he tells about myself.

1200 over press lbs, has had lunch with the secretary of defense... drives me a Beemer convertible. Oh that is right, there aren’t any more of those!” Here is where most readers decide that it’s because of people like Page that God doesn’t talk to us anymore. In the Mt. Rushmore of evil, John snuggles somewhere between Hitler and the guy who decided that Curriculum 2000 was a good idea. There are plenty of reasons to hate Page. His idea of a conversation is reading you his resume. He treats dating like a Darwinistic survival of the fittest. Yet, the intensity of my hatred for John Fitzgerald Page goes much deeper than his revolting online dating tactics. The primary force behind my disgust is found in Page’s own response to all this unwanted attention. On his personal Web site, where adoring “fans” can examine pictures of a shirtless Page displaying his muscles or find out what celebrities look most

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for is wrong, he sees a business opportunity. He is simultaneously telling us to not judge him as an arrogant jerk while also charging $2O for a signature. What’s worse, I know that this is a brilliant idea. Page will undoubtedly make money off of people despising him. While most people hate Page for what he says about himself, I hate him for what he tells me about myself. I am seriously considering purchasing his “I’ve had lunch with the Secretary of Defense” T-shirt. I would probably end up reading his book just to laugh at him, but spending money nonetheless. In the end, I know that I am just using Page to feel better about myself. Next week will only bring another idiot for us all to laugh at. Page knows this too. Which makes me hate him even more.

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The triathlon When

I rolled out of bed early one morning to get ready for my 11:40 a.m. class and looked up at myself in the bathroom mirror, my grogginess suddenly vanished, and I dropped my toothbrush in terror. I stared at my reflection for a solid 10 minutes, but nothing changed. The person in the mirror had a gray hair. The reality that I knew had been approaching nkk aleXander was finally here. At 21, my best years were now Stay hungry, Stay foolish behind me. Over the course of the next couple weeks, the symptoms only became more and more clear. I began going to sleep and waking up in sync with normal sun cycles. I started putting out plates of food and milk for some of the stray cats around campus. One afternoon at the gym, I even broke

a hip. Yes, my prime had come and gone, and I was now left to just drag on. Following a doctor’s recommendation, I became a member of the local YMCA. I began spending the majority of my afternoons, evenings and weekends hanging out with some fellow old-timers—just passing time, away from all the pressures of world. We would drink Coca-Cola and play shuffle board until it was time for supper. I was having the time of my life... for the most part. There was one fellow down at the club that seemed to rub everyone the wrong way—Bob Hymanschlosser. For some reason, Bob seemed to have an exceptionally obvious grudge against me. Personally, I think it probably stemmed from an incident in which I cracked his dentures with a racquet ball. Regardless of how many times I apologized, Bob was taking that one with him to the grave. One particular afternoon down at the gym, Bob decided to call me out for a double dribble. Furious, I refused to accept his call. As tensions began to flare, our argument expanded to more than just the game at hand. He challenged me to the annual club senior triathlon—an event in which he had boasted the championship trophy for four consecutive years. Acting rashly, as if I were young again, I accepted Bob’s challenge right then and there. With tl\e event less than one week away, and my hip still less than 100 percent, I knew that I was already defeated. Even back in my youth, I would’ve never dreamed of completing a triathlon. Nevertheless, I was determined to at least show up and do what I could, lest I give Bob the satisfaction of knowing that I had backed down. But the Saturday morning of the race, something about me felt different. It was as if I was back in my mid-teens. Even the air itself felt rejuvenating. As I toed the starting line dressed in my short shorts and the number 12 pinned to the front and back of my shirt, I looked over at Bob and gave him a smirk. I felt invincible. And I was. Not only did I dash Bob’s hopes for a fifth straight title that day by winning the event, but I set a new club record. What I hadn’t realized earlier is that the annual senior triathlon, while still a grueling physical and mental test, only spanned the course of a five-minute stationary bike ride, four laps in the hot tub and a 7/8 of a mile power walk. Even though my membership to the Y was terminated after that day (Bob led an investigation that determined that the birth certificate I had used to claim a senior discount on my membership dues was a forgery), I still have that first place certificate hanging in my room, reminding me that I’m never too old to act as if I were young again.

Nick Alexander is a Pratt junior. His column runs every other Friday.

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