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Being both an Angier B. Duke scholar and a Rhodes scholar is impressive enough.

But Eric Greitens, Trinity ’96, has also been a U.S. Navy SEAL officer, international humanitarian worker, documentary photographer and boxing champion. He said in a speech at the Terry Sanford Institute Tuesday night that the keys to his accomplishments were courage, friendship and compassion. At Greitens’ speech, “The Culture SEE GREITENS ON PAGE 8

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Eric Greitens, Trinity'96,says and compassion helped him tobecome a Rhodes scholar.

Students, professors and lovers of poetry filled the intimate Doris Duke Garden Visitors Center Tuesday evening to hear Robert Pinsky, former U.S. poet laureate, read selections from his recent works. The poet, essayist, literary critic and translator, who initiated the Favorite Poem Project—a call for Americans to share and submit their favorite poetry —discussed topics ranging from jazz to current events between reading poems. Pinsky began by reminding the assembled crowd of the importance of passing on the accumulated knowledge of the past. “Thank you for making me feel that I succeeded in giving you something that I got from all the poets I’ve read and the teachers I’ve had—that it is in good hands,” he said. ‘You have made me feel useful.” Among the collections of poetry Pinsky read from were “First Things to Hand,” in which each object the poet touches becomes the subject of a poem. He also read several selections from his latest book, “Gulf Music.” “A lot of this book is concerned with forgetting,” he said. “I mention a lot of proper names, but don’t go to Google, don’t go to the encyclopedia—let it run over you. A lot of these words are in here for their quality of forgetfulness, a very unstable relation to meaning.” Pinsky also read poems such as “At Pleasure Bay,” “Samurai Song” and “ABC”—a poem about death in 26 words, each beginning with the next letter of the alphabet. Discussing his jazz-influenced poem “Ginza Samba,” which describes the history of the saxophone, Pinsky noted that

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although the instrument was invented by a European, it is culturally American. “It’s a black American instrument,” he said. “Why? Because it was made so by geniuses.” Pinsky opened the floor for questions and requests in the middle of the reading. An audience member asked for advice for students of poetry.

“You must find what you think is mag-

nificent—not just pretty good —and stick with it,” Pinsky replied, urging students to find a “personal anthology... a definition by example of what you mean by the word poetry.” The poet was introduced by President

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Placed on opposite sides ofWest Campus, the Allen Building and the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center act as the headquarters for the two sides of Duke’s coin—academics and athletics. President Richard Brodhead, however, has taken steps to mend the divide by initiating the development of a strategic plan for athletics to be presented to the Board of Trustees in February. Along with the announcement of the strategic plan, Brodhead unveiled a revamped mission statement and a revised structure for the Athletic Council at an Academic Council meeting in September. Brodhead said the larger themes of the mission statement will be echoed in the athletics strategic plan, which the Atjiletic Council said it

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Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads from his work at the Doris Duke Center Tuesday night.

expects to have completed by February’s Board ofTrustees meeting. “We’re not waiting for the strategic plan to be done to bridge the gap [between athletics and academics],” Brodhead said in an interview with The Chronicle. “I don’t feel that chasm on campus these days.... Athletics is not something separate at Duke.” Michael Gillespie, Athletic Council chair and professor of political science, said he is working with other members of the Athletic Council to complete the strategic plan by February, but added that he wouldbe willing to delay its release until he is confident it will be effective. “The hope is that it will be presented to the Board ofTrustees in February,” he said. “People are working very hard to do that, but we want to make sure it gets a thorough venting from students, faculty and alumni so there is some SEE ATHLETICS ON PAGE 9

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RAMALLAH, West Bank The chief Palestinian peace negotiator raised the stakes Tuesday for a U.S.-sponsored peace conference, saying there will be no talks with Israel unless it agrees to set a deadline for establishing a Palestinian state. Israeli aircraft, meanwhile, hit a Hamas police station in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing four people, hospital and Hamas officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas position after the Islamic group pelted southern Israel with mortar shells earlier in the day. The demand from Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia is the latest problem for

the peace conference. Arab nations have been slow to endorse the effort, and Israel is making only general promises instead of specific proposals. It was, however, unclear if the Palestinians could afford to follow through with their ultimatum by boycotting a conference called by President George W. Bush at a time when moderate President Mahmoud Abbas needs Western support and U.S. aid in his struggle against Hamas, which expelled his loyalists and took over Gaza in June. Instead, the threat could be a ploy to wring concessions from Israel. Israel and the Palestinians differ over the issue of a timetablefor setting up a Palestinian state, and talks between Abbas and

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have so far failed to solve the impasse. Qureia tightened the screws Tuesday. “The Israeli prime minister has stated that he will not accept a timetable, and we say we will not accept negotiations without a timetable,” he said at a news conference with the European Union’s external affairs commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner. “We haven’t gotten closer yet concerning the issues,” he said. “We are talking in general about the issues that should be included in the document. [But] we haven’t yet touched the core issues. Qureia indicated the talks with Israel SEE ISRAEL ON PAGE

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Iraqis draft law against immunity by

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approved a draft law Tuesday to lift immunity for foreign security companies including Blackwater USA, a bid to overturn a decree imposed more than three years ago by the U.S. official who ran the country after the American-led invasion. The legisladon could have a chilling effect on security companies operating in Iraq, though the vast sums they and their guards are paid are likely to weigh more heavily than the possibility of legal jeopardy.

The draft law, expected to be passed overwhelmingly by parliament, is also certain to deepen tensions between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has promised to push through the legislation amid public outrage over Blackwater’s seemingly unprovoked killing of 17 Iraqis last month as well as a series of other Iraqi civilian deaths allegedly at the hands of foreign contractors. America and Iraq were already at loggerheads over ‘Blackwater, which guards American diplomats in Iraq. The prob-

lem was compounded by reports that the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security granted limited immunity to the Blackwater guards involved in the Sept. 16 shooting in west Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Because the Iraqi draft law would not be retroactive, any punishment for those shootings would be left to the United States, said Iraqi government spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh. It is unclear what U.S. criminal laws might cover acts in a war zone; civilian contractors cannot be tried in military courts.

A U.S. Navy destroyer helped sailors who retook control of their vessel Tuesday in a deadly battle with pirates after the North Korean-flagged ship was hijacked in the piracy-plagued waters off Somalia, the American military said.

Merrill Lynch CEO steps down Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal announced his departureTuesday after the world's largest brokerage posted a $2.24-billion quarterly loss, its biggest since being founded 93 years ago. Merrill Lynch did not name a replacement for O'Neal.

Suicide blast targets Musharraf A bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint about a quarter mile from President General Pervez Musharraf's office Tuesday, killing seven people and deepening Pakistan's insecurity ahead of crucial elections.

Campbell meets with Chavez British supermodel Naomi Campbell met privately with President Hugo Chavez Tuesday, becoming the latest in a series of celebrities hosted by the Venezuelan leader. "A beautiful country, very tropical. You've got great waterfalls," she said. News briefs compiled from wire reports "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." WaltWhitman

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Several candidates will seek Mike Nifong’s old job in the 2008 election for Durham County district attorney —all of whom served on his staff. Three candidates—Mitchell Garrell, Freda Black and Tracey Cline—declared their intention to run Monday. A fourth possible candidate, Steve Monks, said he will consider running if he is not elected to the Durham City Council next week. David Saacks currently holds the position after taking over for interim district attorney Jim Hardin in September. After the 2008 election, Saacks will step down and has said he does not intend to stand for the post. Garrell, currently assistant Durham district attorney, said his more than 12 years of experience and reputation with law enforcement, judges and the defense bar would make him more successful than past district attorneys. “I’ve had no issues come up with my discovery practices or openness of discovery or with judges feeling that I was anything less than candid,” Garrell said. Although he worked under Nifong, Garrell noted that he did not participate in the prosecution of the Duke lacrosse case. He said his lack of involvement in the case meant he could not say what he would have done differently had he been in the prosecutor’s shoes. Black, a former assistant prosecutor for the Durham County District Attorneys’ Office, worked under Nifong until she was dismissed in 2005. In the 2006 election, she competed with him for the position. “This will not be the end of my work for you,” Black said in a statement when she conceded in the 2006 election. ‘You can know that I’ll be right around the corner if you should ever need me again.” Cline, another potential candidate, is currently the chiefassistant district attorney, but could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Doctors traded scrubs for cocktail attire Thursday to celebrate the launch of Docs For Tots North Carolina, a program promoting the importance ofyoung children’s health. DFTNC was launched by Durham’sPartnership for Children, which will • work with Duke Universify Health System to encourage doctors m to be involved in the

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Laura Stepp, author of a book on young adults' sex lives, speaks in Richard White Lecture Hall Tuesday.

the issue than to simply criticize students for their choices. She added that students should question their social habits, asking whether a change would be beneficial. “My definition of hooking up is a sexual encounter that’s usually unplanned and involves everything from kissing to intercourse, and it has come to describe relationships for many young people in this country,” she said. Many members of the largely-female audience, which almost filled the hall, voiced agreement with Stepp’s statements during the lecture. When one student said hook-ups function for many as away to increase their self-esteem and asked fellow audience members to raise their hands if they thought Duke should have a dating culture, nearly everyone complied, breaking into a round of applause.

of children and in preventative care. “The program encourages engaging doctors beyond clinic walls to help ensure that we continue to advocate for children to be healthy and ready to succeed in school and in life,” said Marsha Basloe, executive director of Durham’s Partnership for Children. DFTNC is a state affiliate of the national Docs for Tots initiative, based in Washington, D.C. The group’s mission is to develop, support and grow a nationwide network of doctors able to respond to the requests of child advocacy organizations in promoting policies and practices that will improve the health and development of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The program was started through grants provided by the local branch of Smart Start, a DPfC-administered fund that ensures that all children of all incomes enter school healthy. DFTNC hopes to reach children of all families, especially those with low incomes, Basloe said. “We envision a country where no young child lives in poverty or suffers

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Author calls for closer look at hook-up culture by

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Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd Tues-

day night, author Laura Stepp addressed the hook-up-heavy culture of contemporary college campuses and its effects on students both mentally and emotionally. In a speech at Richard White Lecture Hall, she s?dd students tend to lean more

toward spontaneous sexual encounters with members of the opposite sex than traditional romantic relationships and dating, a trend she studied while writing her book, “Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both.” “It may be that hookups are your generation’s tentative step into redefining what it means to love well,” she said, adding that students should make sure they talk about what they want with the other person before doing anything. Stepp said it was more important to create a dialoguev on campus to address

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Despite the recent death of a Virginia teenager from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the diagnosis of six North Carolina high school football players with the infection, Duke remains calm about the resilient superbug. Duke health administrators said the extensive media coverage of MRSA has made the infection seem more serious than it really is. The main cause for concern over MRSA—a variant of the common staph bacterium—is its resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics commonly used to treat staph infections, said Dr. William Purdy, executive director of the Student Health Center. The excitement in recent news reports about MRSA has been exaggerated, and it is treatable with antibiotics other than penicillin, he added. “MRSA has been a ‘known about’ concern for the last few years,” Franca Alphin, director of health promotion at the Stu-. dent Health Center wrote in an e-mail. “It just received a lot of press this year.” This strain has long affected hospitalized patients who had surgeries and is now affecting healthy individuals who have not been hospitalized, which is known as community-associated MRSA, Purdy said. Although community-associated MRSA is fairly new, Duke has treated the infection for the past two to three years and observed six documented cases of culture-proven MRSA this year, he added. Student Health is now taking more precautions to address MRSA as well, Alphin said. Informational posters concerning MRSA have been up in athletic facilities since last year because of the high risk of the bacteria spreading in those areas, she added. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2005 that MRSA is spread most commonly through crowded living conditions, close skin contact, contaminated items and open wounds.

Although posters across campus warn about MRSA, Duke officials say the bug's danger has been exaggerated. The posters, which advise good hygiene like washing hands and cleaning wounds, are now being distributed to resident assistants on East and West campuses to be put up in the residence halls, Alphin said. Freshman Ahmad Jitan said he has not heard about MRSA recendy, although he said he is aware of staph infections and practices good hygiene regularly. “I already use hand sanitizers whenever I return to my dorm room to stay clean,” he said. “And I wash my hands frequently, so I’m not too worried.” During the last six months, Student Health has given the necessary antibiotics to anyone who comes to the Student Health Center with a skin infection to treat staph, Purdy said.

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Potential speakers on campus and the marketing of Duke University Union functions dominated the discussion at Tuesday’s administrative meeting. Union leaders rejected a proposal to bring Jeremy Piven of HBO’s “Entourage” to campus as part of the LiveEnt programming series when it was announced that his visit would cost more than $30,000. “If we can’t bring down his fee, we can’t possibly book him,” said President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior. Another proposed speaker, Frank Warren, founder of the Web phenomenon Post Secret, drew a more positive response from the group. Warren’s visit would be part of a larger event hosted by the Center for Race Relations in which CRR would collect and and display anonymous postcards from students containing their secrets, as Warren does on his site. Union leaders were tentatively enthusiastic about funding the event, which would cost around $13,000. On the issue of Union visibility, Executive Marketing Director Jon Grilli, a junior, said DUU must be concerned with how its events are advertised on campus to make sure students know what programming it sponsors.

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Union officers say they would like to make their name more visible to students.

ing and promoting these programs, Grilli said. “The fact of the matter is that the Union pays for everyone’s events here,” he said. “It would be good to consistendy have our

name on marketing supplies.” Another venue in which the Union’s role is continually understated is the weekly concert series Jazz at the Mary Lou, said J@ML Co-director Supriya Sundaram, a sophomore. The announcement provoked discussion of ways the Union can increase awareness of its presence at the event. “There needs to be joint recognition on the part of the Mary Lou that this is a DUU event,” Donnelly said. Executive Vice President Lauren Maisel, a junior, suggested SEE DUU ON PAGE 16

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Officers heard and discussed plans for bringing a variety of speakers to campus.

Dressed as witches, devils and Cameron Crazies, students discussed policy changes to the University at the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s general body meeting Tuesday night. Prasad Kasibhatla, an associate professor of environmentalchemistry at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and Mary Boatwright, a professor of classical studies, led a discussion on the quality enhancement plan—a document prepared for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to maintain Duke’s accreditation. The theme of the paper, published every 10years, is “enhanc-

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arts education in the 21st century.” Kasibhatla said he came to hear the opinions of graduate and professional students on academic issues pertaining to Duke. “I think we need creative ideas ofhow [graduate] students fit in and not just get tacked on at the end,” he said. “One of the issues we’ve been grappling with is engaging professional schools in the undergraduate environment.” Members voiced concerns regarding the lack of space for them on campus, the restrictions to obtaining inter-school degrees and the minimal teaching experience offered in their programs.

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PINSKY from page 1 Richard Brodhead, who reminisced about the first time he heard Pinsky read poetry. “There’s a kind of experience you have where you go to a poetry reading and you say, That’s what a poet is... that’s what a poem can do,”’ he said. Brodhead discussed Pinsky’s translation ofDante’s “Inferno” in addition to his accomplishments as a three-time poet laureate. “You are the Franklin Delano Roosevelt of poet laureates,” he said. Brodhead cited Pinsky’s Favorite Poem Project as a reminder that “poetry is something that everyone does enjoy, if they take the trouble to remind themselves that it is one of the principle forms of human ex-

pression.” A reception was held afterward while Pinsky remained to sign books. Many

audience members were enthused about the reading. “It was the most memorable poetry reading I’ve ever heard, and I’ve been to many,” saidjoseph Porter, professor of English and theater studies. “He manages to make very great poetry that’s accessible to everyone.” Guion Pratt, a junior at the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, said he decided to come to the reading because he had been studying Pinsky’s poetry in

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the classroom “He juggles images in away that would be rambling if it were anyone else,” he said. “It really gives the reader a connection with the subject matter.” Senior Anne Morton also studied Pinsky in an English class prior to his visit. “It’s fun to hear poetry being read by the person who wrote it because they emphasize what they think is important,” she said. Tuesday night’s reading was the centerpiece of three public events. Earlier in the day, Pinsky and Tom Rankin, director of the Center for Documentary Studies, held an open discussion about the parallels between writing poetry and creating documentaries. “Poetry is about revisiting place, about memory and forgetting,” Rankin said. “Those are some of the same themes that documentarians are interested in.” Additionally, Pinsky visited several Duke classes in multiple departments. His final public event, a conversation about memory and poetry, will be held today in Perkins Library’s Rare Book Room. Pinsky is at Duke as a Blackburn Visiting Writer, a one-week residency funded by the Distinction Program in Creative Writing that brings one poet and one fiction writer to Duke each year. His visit was additionally sponsored by the Department of English, the Center for Documentary Studies and the Department of Religion.

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GREITENS from page 1 of Character; Building Strength Through Study and Service,” he spoke to approximately 50 students, faculty and Durham residents about how people should develop their strengths to help the world. “I know you all have the possibility to grow in strength, wisdom and in compassion,” he said. “I know by you in doing that, you’ll be able to use your power for a good

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Duke alum Eric Greitens (left) has been a Navy SEAL officer, a boxing champion, a documentarianand a Rhodes scholar since graduating in 1996.

Greitens said people must have the courage to face fears and challenges in order to develop their strengths. “Courage is a central virtue because our world is peaking and our ability as leaders is fundamentally dependent on it,” he said. “Courage, along with justice, temperance and wisdom, was one of the classical virtues because ofits indmate association with the exercise of power.” Another important aspect in developing one’s strengths is having reliable friends, Greitens added. “We become stronger by being with good people,” he said. “Powerful people can end up being surrounded by people that magnify rather than correct their errors. We need strong friends ultimately because we need people to correct us.” He noted that those with compassion will be able to understand others’ errors, and that makes them good leaders because they are able to set aside others’ weaknesses and focus on their strengths. “I think this is where the strength of deep compassion comes in,” Greitens said. “Deep compassion helps us train ourselves to forgive the faults that we see in others even as we try to eliminate them within ourselves.” During the speech, Greitens encouraged students to be courageous and face their fears, develop their compassions and become reliable friends to others. “I think you all are at a beautiful place right now,” he said. ‘You’re in a time ofyour life with great potential. You live in a community of great possibilities, and you have great prospect for both today and for the future.” Craig Kocher, associate dean of the Chapel and director of religious life, said he was impressed by the speech. “It was really insightful,” he said. “I was moved by the account of friendship as a virtue needed to good life and the description of compassion, which allows us to see the humanity of others.” Junior Toni Helbling said she really liked the speech and learned an important lesson from Greitens—once people overcome obstacles, they will be able to face any

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ATHLETICS from page 1 consensus on carrying through with it.” Brodhead oversaw the process of redistributing power within the Athletic Council, expanding on the post of Faculty Athletic Representative to create the position of the Athletic Council chair. The revised mission statement stresses that the goals that drive Duke athletics are essentially the same as the academic goals of the University. “The guiding principle behind Duke’s participation in Division I athletics is our belief in its educational value for our students,” the mission statement reads. “Intercollegiate athletics promotes character traits of high value to personal development. These include the drive to take one’s talents to the highest level of performance; embracing the discipline needed to reach high standards; learning to work with others as a team; and adherence to codes of fairness and respect.” Director of Athletics Joe Alieva wrote in an e-mail that administrators within athletics are looking to the mission statement to determine how the department should operate. “Certainly, the mission statement will guide us in our decision-making moving forward,” he said. “Since it outlines our set of beliefs, it should guide us in everything we do and how we conduct day-to-day affairs in the Department of Athletics.” Martha Putallaz, faculty athletics representative and professor of psychology, said

the revamped Athletic Council will begin to forge connections among academic faculty and coaches, a goal that will be elaborated on in the strategic plan. “The striking thing is how many faculty had no idea how athletics work,” she said. “It’s a very important part of our strategic plan. If 10 percent of our students are athletes, that’s an important thing for our faculty to be involved in.” Gillespie said the council had discussed drafting a new mission statement and strategic plan prior to the lacrosse incident, but the scandal was an additional catalyst to their development. “It is a result of lacrosse in that [afterward] it became clear that we needed to revisit the role of athletics,” he said. Alieva, however, said the decision to introduce the new draft had little to do with the lacrosse case. “It was simply time to revisit the mission statement since we had not done so in nearly 10 years,” he said. “As much as things have changed in the past decade, we thought it was important to have a mission statement that was more representative of the current landscape in college athletics in place prior to embarking in the strategic planning process.” Putallaz added that the strategic plan will also address the inconsistent performance of the football team. “Of the teams where they keep records, football is a real outlier to be 012,” she said. “Part of the mission statement is to bring football in line with the rest of athletics.”

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A crowd of mostly women listen and respond to Laura Stepp's speech on the hook-up culture at U.S. colleges.

STEPP from page 3 “It’s kind of like preaching to the converted here,” said freshman Natalie Crimp. “I don’t know if you would get that same sort of reaction if it was an unbiased group.” Stepp emphasized the importance of students being able to form concrete and meaningful relationships with their peers—romantic and otherwise. “We don’t talk very much about love,” she said. “We talk a lot about sex, and we’ve got to get back to [love]. That’s at the heart of it, and college is the place where that can start.” Stepp’s book described the romantic experiences and attitudes of a number of female students at campuses across the country, and her speech mainly focused on females rather than males. She did, however, stress the need for men to get in on

the discussion as well “Girls will tell me they can’t find any nice guys, and guys say there are no nice girls,” Stepp said. She added that gender equality does not require both sexes to be looking to get the same experience out of a relationship, and each gender needs to find its own way. Hardey Bancroft, a sophomore, said Stepp accurately assessed the position of men and women in the hookup culture. “She did handle the gender issue very well in both saying that guys are not the same as girls but still recognizing that there can be similarities,” he said. Not all students thought she covered the subject of gender satisfactorily, however. “A lot of the stuff that she was talking about was still using certain gender norms, and that is one way to stop a discussion on these topics,” said Prabhat Mishra, a senior.

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from disparities in health and development outcomes due to race, ethnicity or socio-economic status,” she said. “All young children should have access to quality early care and education, and children’s doctors are actively engaged in bringing about these changes.” In the past, DPfC has worked with local businesses and government agencies to promote the health ofchildren in Durham. Local organizations, such as the North Carolina Pediatric Society, are helping DPfC with DFTNC. George Askew, Docs for Tots’ founder and first executive director, spoke at the reception about what he believes must be done in order for the program to sue-

“Last “week he met with members of the program to emphasize the importance of pediatricians to understand early care and education issues including preschool education,” she said. In order for DFTNC to have a successful first year, doctors need to be become heavily involved, she added. “Evidence suggests that doctors wield an enormous capacity to influence and inform policies, programs and public agendas affecting our youngest children,” Basloe said. “By initiating a DFT project and engaging physicians and residents, our medical professionals in the ‘city of medicine’ will be part of the growing movement of physicians who are defending and protecting children in the most critical of years.”

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HAUSFELD GARNERS ACC HONORS Ali Hausfeld earned ACC Player of the Week honors after the senior setter led the Blue Devils to road wins over Boston College and Maryland.

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cinct when asked what he wanted to get out of the final four games. “Ws,” Roof said. “What’s the saying, ‘People remember November?’ We need to continue to get better and improve.” Like his head coach, sophomore defensive lineman Ayanga Okpokowuruk wants to taste victory again in 2007, but he really would like for his senior teammates to experience a few more wins before their college playing days are over. “I remember the feeling last year when we went 0-12, and just going out there with those guys who had been out there for so long. To end the season like that, I just felt like they deserved better,” Okpokowuruk said. “I don’t want the seniors this year to go out like that.” Okpokowuruk noted in particular his desire to pull through for some of his senior teammates who have experienced sea-

I have a confession to make I left the Blue-White game at halftime Actually, that’s slightly misleading. I technically left 1:32 into the second half, but that was because the women’s basketball team was blocking my exit. A lot of people would argue that diehard fans should never leave a game early, but I just couldn’t take it anymore. There’s more oncourt drama at an IM dodgeball | JIh|L game, and I was getting bored of Cfcllen Brian watching Zoub<* °7 f ui «°

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or a scrimmage. I felt as if my premature departure was justified. The next day, I faced another conundrum. My beloved Redskins were being throttled by the New England Patriots. And by throttled, I mean down 52-0 in the fourth quarter. Things were so bad that Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel had more touchdown catches in the game (1) than the entire Redskins’ receiving corps (0). But I wasn’t watching. Again, I couldn’t take it. I didn’t even make it to halftime for this one. I had that gut feeling you get when you know the game is over, that your team is finished and your time would be better served doing something else. But some of my friends made me feel as if I had committed a terrible crime against my team. “How dare you abandon your team at halftime. What if they had come back? Where is your honor?” Which raises the question: is it acceptable to turn off a sporting event you have a rooting interest in before halftime? out

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son-ending injuries. The defensive end specifically mentioned his linemate Patrick Bailey—whose season was ended against Wake Forest and fullback Tielor Robinson, saying the Blue Devils were anxious to send them out with a few more victories. But for those who will be returning next year, Okpokowuruk also acknowledged the value of finishing the season with a strong kick of momentum, hoping that it will carry over to next season. “If we had won against North Carolina last year, things would have been so much different,” Okpokowuruk said. “We’re trying to improve every week, and if we hit our —

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Drawing toward the end of an inconsistrying to rediscover its winning ways. After losing three consecutive contests, No. 19 Duke (9-5-1) has gone unbeaten in its last three games, a stretch highlighted by a tie with then-No. 4 VirTech Oct. 23 and a double-overtime win over then-No. 10 Virginia three days later. yg With three regular season matches remaining, the Blue Devils , looking6 to main. . WEDNESDAY, 7 p.m. . . ~ taln their rejuvenated Alumni Stadium swagger heading into postseason play. Duke’s next two games, starting at 7 p.m. tonight at Davidson (4-10-1), are against non-conference teams —a welcome reprieve from the rigorous ACC schedule. “It’s good to play teams that aren’t as familiar with us as the teams in the confertent season, Duke is

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ence,” head coach John Rennie said. “It makes it a little easier in that regard.” The Blue Devils have already surpassed last year’s loss total of four, dropping two of three games in early September. Duke may be coming together at just the right time, however, as senior cocaptain Tim Jepson is back from injury. Spencer Wadsworth, Zack Pope and Joshua Medcalf have also worked themselves back into shape after suffering injuries that had hampered their performance earlier in the year, Rennie said. Even after Jepson’s Oct. 11 return against North Carolina, Duke struggled to find its groove. The Blue Devils fell to the Tar Heels and surrendered three goals to Wake Forest in the following game before stopping the skid in a 1-1 tie with the Hokies. “We thought we’d be healthy by early October, [but] it turns out we’re getting healthy in the end of October,” Rennie said. “Getting guys back on the field and having them play together took a couple games, and now we feel pretty good about

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playing well but is getting shafted by bad luck or officiating, then it’s probably wise to stay with them as well. I am mainly concerned with the moteam is

There are obviously games that you can never stop watching under any circumstance because there is some type of external quality that makes them “events.” These include opening day, rivalries, contests with postseason implications and playoff/ tournament games. These types of events represent what sports are aboutand can be enjoyed regardless of the final outcome. If you win you can celebrate, and if you lose you can commiserate with your buddies. Once the contest has begun, you should never stop watching a game that your team is winning or in which the score is close. If your team is trailing by a somewhat sizable margin but manages to swing some momentum its way before intermission, you should stick through the break. If your

ments in between, when your normally competitive team just doesn’t have it. In

every sport there is that magic number of points that you know will be an exceptionally tall order for your team to rally from: eight runs in baseball, 20 points in basketball, 24 points in football. It’s times like these that I feel it’s alright for fans to contemplate checking out without losing the privilege to wear the team colors. The exception to these rules, of course, is Duke football—perhaps the only organization in contemporary athletics where a team’s fans find it acceptable to bail on a game before it starts. Even a long morning of competitive drinking can’t convince people to go. Most leave the vicinity of Wallace Wade Stadium before the a capella group-of-the-week takes the field to butcher the Star-Spangled Banner (FYI, it’s “home of the brave”, not “HMMM of the brave”).

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The student section at Wallace Wade Stadium is generally sparse by the end ofDuke's home games.

so-called die-hard sports fan friends included—l am reasonably patient. I make a point of waiting until Duke is down by three possessions before deciding if I should head to the fried Snickers stand or to the exit. If I’m feeling generous, I stay for the next offensive possession to see if the Blue Devils can get something going. I feel this is a fair compromise and usually involves less than 40 minutes ofmy time. Look, I know I sound like a fair-weather fan, but I have a hunch most fans out there are people like me. And I don’t see myself leaving any men’s basketball games early this year...unless Duke is up 50 on Shaw University at halftime.

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Over the past few years, the Blue Devils have become accustomed to being a target in every game. But it is slightly different when the match is against the Wildcats and lacks the intensity of the Carolina game or the incentive of playing a top-five opponent like Wake Forest, Rennie said. “It’s more difficult for the players,” Rennie said. “It’s not a big-name team and. most of these guys aren’t aware that Davidson can beat you. It’s a mental thing right now. We’ve worked very hard to get back on the winning track and we need to give our best effort against everybody.”

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the way the whole team is functioning.” Davidson recently broke out of an even longer losing streak ofits own. After dropping 10 of their first 11 games, including seven consecutive losses at the end of that stretch, the Wildcats have gone unbeaten in their last four contests. Davidson was 3-0-1 in that run, including wins over Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina and Wofford. The Wildcats host the Blue Devils—who they shut out 2-0 in Duke’s last visit to Alumni Stadium in 2003—in search of a marquee win to highlight their resurgence. “This is a big, big game for Davidson,”

Rennie said. “They’re not having a great season, and they can make it alright if they can beat Duke. You’ll expect their very, very best, and we’d better be ready.”

Cutting edge technologies and experimental approaches will be used in this course to study the emerging field of systems biology. The class is specially designed for students from computer science, math, physics, statistics, and engineering. It will be paired with a course (CPS 111) for students with experimental biology backgrounds.

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peak right here at the end, that would be a really good morale boost for next year.” Lewis and Vaas team for success Despite a recent offensive drought that has seen the Blue Devils slip to last place in the ACC in total offense, the unit led by quarterback Thaddeus Lewis has taken great strides this season under the direction of new offensive coordinator Peter Vaas. Introducing a more pass-heavy spread attack has been one way that Vaas has tailored his offense to the skills of his sophomore quarterback. Lewis citedVaas’ unique coaching style as a great aid in his development this season into one of the league’s more efficient signal callers. “He put a burden on me and told me my job is to correct him,” Lewis said. “An older guy telling a younger guy that your job is to correct him is something you look at, but when you go back and look at everything he’s teaching, he’s kind of teaching you things so you and him can be on the same page.” The pair may be on an equal footing in more than just that area, as Lewis revealed another similarity he shares with his coach: each has a cannon for an arm. The 55-year-Old Vaas was a starting quarterback at Holy Cross during his college days and can often be seen throwing crisp, consistent deep balls to Blue Devil receivers before games. “The first time I met Coach Vaas, he was like, ‘Lets go out and warm up,”’ Lewis said. “We went out there on the field and just throwing the ball I’m like, ‘Man, you have a live arm.’ He didn’t take it easy or anything. He was like, ‘Come on, we have

up.’ He throws pretty hard.”

Establishing the run still a key for Blue Devils With Duke surrendering 86 defensive plays in comparison to their own 50 offensive snaps against Florida State, Roof quickly pointed out the Seminoles’ ball control as an obvious factor in Duke’s defeat last Saturday. FSU retained possession for 39:38 of the game, both wearing down Duke’s defense and giving its offense little time to counter with scores of its own. “Florida State ran 36 more plays than we did the other day,” Roof said. “If you give up five yards a play, that’s 180 yards of offense, which is probably about two touchdowns and a field goal, or at least 10 points.” To combat this effect against Clemson, Roof said it will be necessary to establish the ground game —something Duke has struggled to do all season. The Blue Devils currently rank dead last in the ACC in rushing yardage, averaging only 59.6 yards per game —a full 30 yards behind 11thplace N.C. State. For Roof, however, these past struggles do not discount the potential benefits of a successful rushing attack. “We need to have some success running the football,” Roof said. “Not only does it move the football, but it also controls the clock a little bit.” Unfortunately, this goal will be hampered by the loss of running back Ronnie Drummer, who is not expected to suit up against the Tigers. Drummer, who has 325 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on the year, sustained a rib injury against the Seminoles. “The injury that he has right now is very painful,” Roof said. “Any time you start messing with those ribs, those are painful.”

The Department of History and the Women’s Studies Program, The Program in Sexuality Studies and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Present the 2007 ANNE FIROR SCOTT LECTURE In Women’s History

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that DUU hand out wine glasses with the Union logo, which patrons could then bring to future weeks’ performances for a discount on wine. Sundaram also pledged that J@ML coordinators would continue to work with service organizations on campus to cohost shows and announced tentative plans to move them to a new location for the Spring. Varun Leila, a senior and editor of recess, announced plans by Few Quadrangle Council, Round Table and Small Town Records —Duke’s student-run record label —to host “Few Unplugged,” a series of performances featuring Small Town bands. “It would be a really intimate event,” he said. “It would be just off the main quad so people wouldn’t have to go too far.”

‘You need one big hub on campus to get all your resources,” said Alethea Duncan, a thirdyear Ph.D. candidate in chemistry. “There needs to be some way for students to know all the opportunities available to them.” Kasibhada said he agreed, adding that some administrators were in favor of increasing funding for the graduate and professional students. The discussion continued to cover interdisciplinary learning. Several students complained of the barriers to taking classes in other departments and schools. “For my cognate, I’m interested in some social sciences classes, but there’s no path work,” said "Yvonne Ford, a second-year Ph.D. candidate at the nursing school. ‘You kind of just have to e-mail someone and say ‘Here I am, can I come play with you?”’ The meeting concluded with the topic of teaching undergraduates, which led to disagreement among council members. “I had two classes that were held by graduate students, and they were terrible,” said Brandon Litde, Trinity ’O3 and a first-year student in the environmental management masters program. “Some students who pay $35,000 a year will want a full-time professor to teach their classes.” Some interested graduate students, however, said their schools only prepare them for research careers rather than teaching at liberal arts colleges.

ISRAEL from page 2 were not going well What the Palestinians want, he said, is “a clear and specific document, without vagueness, that lays the basic foundation for all final status issues. Without that, the conference will be hindered.” Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said negotiations should be held behind closed doors, not through the media. “We’re not at the ultimatum stage,” Eisin said. “They agreed to work to go forward, and we are committed to going forward to a joint statement.” No date has so far been set for the peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, because the two sides remain so far apart on the starting point, Israel wants a vague joint statement of objectives, but

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Union officers discussed the idea of creating logo-emblazoned wine glasses for Jazz at the Mary Lou. the Palestinians want a detailed oudine that would address core issues. These include final borders, sovereignty over disputed Jerusalem and a solution for Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in the war that followed Israel’s creation in 1948. In the past, deadlines for establishing a Palestinian state have been set and ignored. The latest was the “road map” plan of 2003, a three-stage process ending in creation of a Palestinian state in 2005. The plan stalled at the first stage. Qureia said a U.S. envoy, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, is meeting with both sides to try to revive the “road map.” In Egypt on Tuesday, Abbas lashed out against Israel for cutting fuel supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure militants there to stop their daily rocket fire into southern Israel. Ten mortar rounds exploded in an

Israeli village near Gaza Tuesday afternoon, the military said. No one was hurt. On Monday, Israel’s attorney general held up the government’s plan to cut back electricity supplies to Gaza, demanding more work be done to prevent humanitarian harm. “We have told the Israelis that they are wrong in adopting these measures, which we fully reject,” Abbas said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. “We do not accept at all this collective punishment.” British Foreign SecretaryDavid Miliband criticized the Israeli measures Tuesday. In a statement, he condemned the rocket fire but said Israeli reprisals must “not cause suffering to innocent civilians.” Palestinians in Gaza rely on Israel for all of their fuel and more than half of their electricity.

In other business: The council elected Wadia Haddaji, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in finance, to the position of student group liason, recendy vacated by Elizabeth Rach, a fourthyear Ph.D. candidate in computational biology and bioinformatics, when she became the council’s vice president.


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sive behavior, the old lip sync created an unfavorable Lindsay Lohan-esque sorority image. Conversely, Derby Days is Sigma Chi’s premier event. When Shooters sells out (dye to lip sync), the fraternity raises more moneyfor its charity, the Duke Children’s Hospital. In an e-mail, Sigma Chi lip sync chair Chris Concannon noted that the fraternity was indifferent to the location choice, but attendance at Shooters did decrease this year. These conflicting interests remained at bay until the fraternity began to contemplate rain locations last minute. They had not secured a rain location, other venues were booked, and so the fraternity e-mailed Guthrie to tell her that the rain location would be Shooters. The response from Panhel—absolutely not. Sigma Chi members, under the impression that Shooters was what a lot of the sorority participants really wanted, talked with some participants about a Shooters performance and even went so far as emailing the individual sorority presidents to once again raise the Shooters option. Despite these efforts, the sorority leaders stuck together and remained true to their original decision. The result: a less objectifying and more respectful experience for their younger members. This story is important because it demonstrates unification, the first step toward attaining power. Although the 10 presidents represent 10 distinct sororities with sometimes divergent agendas, they came together. They demonstrated that sorority women can change the way fraternities treat them ifthey demand better treatment. But, with this in mind, several issues remain unresolved. Some argue for further reform, citing that lip sync remains inequitable so long as the women are dancing and the men are judgand, thankfully, no whipped cream. In fact, taking off clothes was a prerequisite for ing (note: Sigma Chi participated this year with its own dance). Also, next semester’s fraternity winning in the past. This year the winners won berush brings a slew of more objectifying events cause their dance exhibited talent and practice. The Duke status quo seemed to change overevents where sorority women staff rooms, serve shots and give lap dances. It is my hope that sonight. What happened? Panhellenic Association PresidentKate Guthrie rority presidents and Panhel will exercise the said it began with a unanimous decision. Guthrie same leadership when they encounter these and the 10 sorority presidents, increasingly under events in the Spring. administrative and national pressure to end their Even so, right now I am excited to be writing lip sync involvement, reached a compromise. Lip a column that labels sorority women not as “sosync could stay, but Shooters had to go. Sigma Chi rostitutes” but rather as leaders who finally stood met their demands and scrapped performances at up and changed a Duke tradition for the better. Shooters—a change from last year, when the final Together upperclass women moved one tiny step three sororities still performed there. closer to making the Duke sorority experience Of course, this decision brought benefits for something of value. Let’s hope there are larger Panhel and costs for Sigma Chi. Sororities are trysteps to come. ing to increase their campus power and secure Rachel McLaughlin is a Trinity senior. Her column physical space on campus. Lip sync Shooters-style undermines this power. A flagrant display of exces- runs every other Wednesday.

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scariest portion of any job application is a little section that should be simple: references. For many people, I’m sure, the reference section is the easiest. You just shoot off an e-mail to your favorite couple of professors and bosses and ba-da-bing, references done. For me, andfor people like me, w~ mm. the reference section is incredibly daunting. It is awfully easy to go through your entire Duke career without everreally getting to know your professors well enough to ask them to write a letter aboutyour

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simply too unbalanced. In smaller seminars, it is obviously a little bit easier for teachers to learn names and faces. Nevertheless, it is often still difficult for the professors to really get to know their students’ strengths and weaknesses. Now, I know that many people get to know their professors, even in large lectures. They talk with them outside of class, ask questions they didn’t want to ask as part of the group and come to their professors when they need help. I was never one to meet with a professor outside ofclass unless absolutely necessary. Instead of inspiring me to go in for extra help, poor grades inspired me to work harder. That’s just the kind of person I am. And I am not alone. Instead, I am one of a type, sharing the same gene as those who refuse to ask for directions even when hopelessly lost. In short, the feet that many of us struggle to find someone to write usa letter ofrecommendation does not reveal whether or not we are smart, hardworking or engaged in a subject It does reveal that we are do-it-yourselfers rather than help-seekers, but somehow I do not think that is what future employers and graduate schools are looking for when they ask for letters ofrecommendation. Duke needs a more formalized system through which students and faculty interact with and learn about each other. So far, I have focused on a practical effect not knowing faculty might have on our career or educational futures. But not knowing whom to ask for letters ofrecommendation is not the worst outcome of our current system. Last semester, I decided to write a distinction paper in English. In so doing, I had to choose advisers to help me through the process. Meeting with my two advisers is a simple necessity because composing a thesis is a new and very challenging endeavor for me, and I honestly need the help. What’s more, my advisors are actively engaged in my work; even at this relatively early stage, our meetings have proven invaluable in this unfamiliar, scary experience. Through these meetings, I have come to realize how beneficial face-to-face talks can be to the learning process. I cannot simply decide not to participate one day and avoid their eyes, a trick familiar to anyone who’s taken a seminar. Instead I must come ready to engage every time I go to their offices.Sometimes my ideas take a little bit of a beating, sometimes they are praised, but they always seem to come out better for it, and I know that I am learning a great deal about researching, writing and working. I am sorry that I missed the opportunity to work with faculty in this manner earlier. Duke’s current curriculum features too few occasions when students and faculty must meet one-onone. The only required meeting occurs around this time of the semester, when we must meet with our advisors to receive a PIN in order to register for classes. Most advisors, I think, make a good faith effort to guide their towards a timely graduation, but many professors simply do not know all of the requirements necessary to graduate. They are not the most logical people to be advising us on our course selection, and the 15 minutes spent with them each semester is not really sufficient to create a connection. We need to increase individual student-faculty interaction. Each of us can try to meet with our professors more, but the University should also provide more opportunities. I doubt the efficacy of increasing faculty-in-residence; having a professor in the dorm my freshman year made little difference. A real solution would have to be more sweeping and academically focused. Requiring lab time or independent studies or even adopting a tutorial system would gready enhance the quality of our education, and it is time for the University to further consider these options. ture classes—the teacher-studentratio is

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letterstotheeditor Shaw game validation ends tonight Validation for the Nov. 1 Duke-Shaw men’s basketball game closes tonight at midnight. All students who validated must be in line—along the sidewalk next to Wilson Gym—60 minutes before tip-off, or they will be asked to go to the back of the secondary walk-up line. In addition, groups within the validation line will only be registered up until two hours before tip. 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 tip or after the whole validation line is let in, whichever happens first There will be a counter on the validationWeb 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 their 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 SchwartzButters 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 before 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. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at rbs9@duke.edu.

Roberto Bazzani Trinity 'OB 2007-2008 DSG HeadLine Monitor

Duke needs change, better leadership Dear Presidential Review Committee:As a member of a Duke family (father, Erwin Baumer, ’57; sister, Adrienne Baumer Port, ’9O; brother-in-law, Chris Port, ’9O; husband, Thomas Rhoads, ’92) and a recent returnee to the Triangle, it goes without saying that the events of Spring 2006 were quite distressing. I was saddened by the allegations, but horrified by the University’s response. Duke’s administration was so utterly concerned with being “politically correct” that they were an embarrassment to the entire Duke community. The whole situation was a mess, exacerbated by President Richard Brodhead and the faculty. My husband and brother-in-law were student athletes at Duke and could not fathom how the University could abandon those boys in their hour ofneed. How isolated they must have felt (and probably still do)l In my humble opinion, the president and the 88 faculty members are no less accountable than former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong himself. It is time for a change! The inadequacy ofPresident Brodhead’s leadership has been on display to the world, must Duke University continue to be cast in the shadow of this underwhelming person? Angie Rhoads Trinity '92

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big part of the fun of writing a column is poking fun at the people you disagree with—something I’ve done quite liberally in the past. But every now and again you have a sort of journalistic duty to point out the faults of people who are, at least in theory, on your side. The last time I had to carry out this duty

when Smdents for Acawipingl G. W-a*:®* demic Freedom, led by r Stephen Miller, Trinity ’O7, were shilling for David Horowitz’s latest coli lege campaign to force o |jver shefOUSe professors to sign “Academic Freedom PledgyOU tell 016 es” and institute an affirmative action program for conservative professors. It didn’t really work out for them. But now, just as SAF is fading from view, a new self-styled conservative group has cropped up: the national Terrorism Awareness Project, led by Miller, which is shilling for David Horowitz’s latest college campaign to scare people about terrorism. Seems like the more things change, the more they stay the same. Not that I have anything against terrorism awareness in principle, of course. Terrorism is a serious problem that all civilized people should stand against with strength. The fight against radical Islamic terrorism in particular has many fronts and will probably last for many years to come. But as it turns out, I was already aware of terrorism before Mr. Horowitz and his merry band of marionettes deigned to warn me about it, and I get the feeling you probably were as well. In fact, the terrorists themselves like to stay in the public mind. They even pop out a video now and again to make sure we haven’t forgotten them. If terrorism were subtle, it would rather defeat the point. So even though Miller and Co.’s activities last week were nominally an “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” program, I think we can set aside the absurd “Awareness” part of that title. The program was not an appeal to the intellect but to the emotions, and to one in particular. The flier for the event, available at www.terrorismawareness.org, shows a cloaked woman about to be executed by a man holding an assault rifle. No caption is given but “Islamo-fascism.” The “Islamo-Fas-

cism Week Guide,” available from the same site, advises handing out pamphlets such as “The Islamic Mein Kampf” and the perennial classic “Jimmy Carter’s War Against the Jews.” Now I certainly recommend the first of those pamphlets for a good chuckle, and I’m no fan of Carter, but I think you get the point. Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week’s only purpose is to scare you. And while terrorism is legitimately concerning, the fear is in this case backed by intense intellectual dishonesty. The literature and films pushed by TAP omit some facts and distort others to drive the reader or viewer to a specific emotional reaction. An example: the so-called documentary “Obsession,” loudly lauded by the aforementioned “Guide,” neglects to mention that there are several terrorist groups from competing divisions of Islam fighting against each other. “Global, unified Jihad” is the conclusion, whatever the facts say. And here’s what really galls me: These people who are trying to scare you with misinformation dare to call themselves conservatives. They anoint themselves to save America and its young people (that’s you and me) from our big, bad, left-wing professors. In fact, Miller, speaking from these very editorial pages, was considered for several years to be the voice for conservatives at Duke. He wasn’t then and isn’t now. I’ve fought this perception in my own small ways for two years now, and with his graduation I was content to let the matter drop. But last week he showed he was willing to do even more long-term damage to conservatism on this campus just to see his name in The Chronicle one more time. So here’s the truth; There’s nothing conservative about lying to people. There’s nothing conservative about trying to scare them into submission. Propaganda was not the tool of choice for Burke, Goldwater, Friedman or Reagan. I could name the men who used it, but you know them

already.

By all means we should educate ourselves and others about the threat of terrorism. We should learn where terrorists come from and what their motivations are. We should study how to fight them now and how to prevent future generations of terrorists from arising. But let us always hold firm to the truth above all. Leave the fear-mongering lies to the bad guys. Oliver Sherouse is a Trinity junior. His column runs every Wednesday.


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