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Religious community members literally thank heaven for the rain last weekend.

Church-, synagogue- and mass-goers alike have voiced their concern for North Carolina’s dwindling water supply in the form of prayer.

“God teaches that when his people call on him, he responds,” said Stelle Snyder, communications consultant for Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, N.C. “All is under his control—all day, every day.”

Two Sundays ago, the church held a special prayer service for both its Presbyterian congregation and people from the community to ask God for relief from the Southern Piedmont’s current drought—one of the four worst recorded in the area’s history.

Snyder said hundreds of people attended the service, where they sang hymns and listened to the pastor read scriptures about God responding to his followers’ concerns.

The recent rainfall, however, was not enough to alleviate the drought, so the prayers will persist until it does. “[Last weekend’s rainfall] was exactly the kind ofrain you need when everything SEE RAIN ON PAGE

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Students try to'fit in'as Tetrisblocks among the crowded Franklin Street Halloween-goers Wednesday night.

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CHAPEL HlLL—Multiple Soulja Boys escorted scantily clad Playboy Bunnies up and down a flooded Franklin Street as inebriated sumo wrestlers thrust their chests in the air above the numerous cowgirls at their feet.

Between 50,000 and 75,000 other costumed partygoers joined in the annual Halloween celebration—the so-called “biggest party in the state,” an event that has grown increasingly more popular since its launch in the 1980s.

The chairs of Last Day of Classes Committee have named seven artists that they are seeking to book for the end-of-semester concert April 23.

In an e-mail obtained by The Chronicle, LDOC Co-chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior, wrote that the committee is pursuing artists including Third Eye Blind, The Roots, T-Pain, Jimmy Eat World, Lupe Fiasco, OK Go and O.A.R. The bands were placed in seven paired combinations, suggesting potential LDOC lineups.

In an interview with The Chronicle, Goonewardene stressed that this is a rough list, and that they cannot begin to negotiate contracts until after the budget is finalized.

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Festivities for Duke students, however, started earlier in the evening on the West

Campus Quadrangle.

Duke University Union and Campus Council joined forces to plan the firstever Devil’s Eve, an evening of free kegs, T-shirts, food, music and transportation to and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Campus CouncilPresident Ryan Todd, a senior, said he believes the effort was a success.

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The Roots are one of several acts being considered as possible performers for theLast Day ofClasses.

Council considers new cable, land-line bundle by

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Undergraduates living on campus may no longer have to cram in commons rooms to watch their favorite TV shows.

Campus Council and the Office of Information Technology are discussing the possibility of including cable and land telephone-line fees in undergraduate’s housing fees to lower the prices of the services for all students.

“If the students respond in favor ofrolling the cost into the residential contract, then Campus Council would suggest to OIT and [Residence Life and Housing Services] that the price of cable be included in the contract,” said Campus Council

President Ryan Todd, a senior.

Wireless Internet and wired Internet are already included in students’ housing fees for a little more than $lO per semester but students must order cable and landline services separately for $32 and $22.80, respectively, per month Only aboutSO percent of students currently subscribe to the cable service,

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Storm Noelkills 81 in Caribbean

Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 81 Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.

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MADRID Spain’s National Court convicted the three main suspects in the Madrid commuter train bombings of mass murder Wednesday and sentenced them to tens of thousands of years in prison for Europe’s worst Islamic terror attack.

But the verdict was a mixed bag forprosecutors, who saw four other key defendants convicted oflesser offenses and an accused

ringleader acquitted altogether.

With much of the case resting on circumstantial evidence, the three judges may have been wary after a number of high-profile Spanish terror cases were overturned on appeal.

Spain’s prime minister said the verdict still upheld justice. But victims of the attack, which killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 when bombs exploded on four trains on March 11, 2004, expressed shock and sadness over the court’s decision.

“The verdict seems soft to us,” said Pilar Manjon, who lost her 20-year-old son in the attack and has become a leader of a victims association. “I don’t like it that murderers are going free.”

Three lead suspects —-Jamal Zougam and Othman Gnaoui of Morocco and Emilio Suarez Trashorras of Spain—were convicted of murder and attempted murderand received prison sentences ranging from 34,000 to

43,000 years. Under Spanish law, the most they will spend in jail is 40 years. Spain has no death penalty or life imprisonment.

Zougam was convicted of placing at least one bomb on a train and Gnaoui of being a right-hand man of the plot’s operational chief. Trashorras, who once worked as a miner, was found guilty of supplying the explosives used in the bombs.

One of the biggest surprises was the acquittal of Rabei Osman, an Egyptian already convicted and jailed in Italy for the Madrid bombings.

Italian authorities said Osman bragged in tapped Arabic-language phone conversations that he was the brains behind the Madrid plot.

NASA to reveal safety failures

Abandoning its secrecy claims, NASA prom-

ised Congress Wednesday it will reveal results of a federal aviation survey, which found that aircraft near collisions, runway interference and other safety problems occur far more often than previously recognized.

Burmese monks march anew More than 100 Buddhist monks marched in northern Myanmar for nearly an hour Wednesday, the first public demonstration since the government's deadly crackdown last month on pro-democracy protesters, several monks said.

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WASHINGTON Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented angerand frustration Wednesday about the State Department’s decision to force foreign service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening it to a “potential death sentence.”

In a contentious hour-long town-hall meeting, they peppered officials responsible for the order with often hostile complaints about the largest diplomatic call-up since Vietnam. Announced last week, it will require some diplomats—under threat of

dismissal—to serve at the embassy in Baghdad and in reconstruction teams in outiying provinces.

Many expressed serious concern about the ethics of sending diplomats against their will to work in a war zone—where the embassy staff is largely confined to the protected “Green Zone”—as the department reviews use of private security guards to protect its staff.

“Incoming is coming in every day, rockets are hitting the Green Zone,” said Jack Croddy, a senior foreign service officer who once worked as a political adviser

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with NATO forces. He and others confronted Foreign Service Director General Harry Thomas, who approved the move to “directed assignments” late Friday to make up for a lack of volunteers willing to go to Iraq.

“It’s one thing if someone believes in what’s going on over there and volunteers, but it’s another thing to send someone over there on a forced assignment,” Croddy said. “I’m sorry, but basically that’s a potential death sentence and you know it.

Who will raise our children if we are dead or seriously wounded?”

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Rain inspires disposable china use Prof by

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The clang of porcelain plates and bowls has been noticeably absent from several dining locations on campus since last week.

The Marketplace, Great Hall and Refectory Cafe eliminated or reduced their use of china by switching to eco-friendly disposable flatware beginning last Wednesday. The move will raise awareness about the severity of the current drought and conserve water that would otherwise be used to wash dishes and utensils, administrators said.

“Our goal is to have all establishments that use china and silverware switch to earth-friendly disposables [as soon as possible] until the water crisis is over,” Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst wrote in an e-mail.

The use of disposable flatware will continue on campus until the city ofDurham terminates all ofits water restrictions, he said.

The decision to change over to paper and plastic flatware was made after Wulforst and Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, noted the increased publicity about the drought and the need for Duke to be more proactive about its own water conservation, Wulforst said.

Though disposable materials are less eco-friendly than reusable porcelain dishware, Laura Hall, owner of Bon Vivant Catering—the parent company of the Refectory—said conserving water is a priority right now.

The Refectory, a “green cafe” which uses recyclable materials and sustainable products, is using biodegradable plates and cups to lessen the negative effects on the environment from the increased garbage, she added.

“The bottom line is what’s worse is running out of water so what we need to do is get the water supplies back up, and as soon as we do, we’ll go back to china plates again,” Hall said.

She estimated that the Refectory can save 200 gallons of water per day. The change will also conserve approximately 800 gallons of water per day between the Marketplace and the Great Hall,

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Most Duke students don’t give much thought to toothpicks unless they’re plucking a poppy seed from their teeth after a bagel at Alpine Bagels.

But Henry Petroski, Aleksander S. Vesic professor ofcivil engineering, said he believes it is important for people to understand the every-

day objects that sur-

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Disposable flatware is being used in various campuseateries to conserve water usually used to wash dishes. said Michael Aquaro, executive chef and district manager for Bon Appetit, which runs the venue.

“One of the main driving forces in our decision, aside from our opportunity to conserve water, was to create a sense of awareness amongst the students,” he said.

The Refectory, for example, has distributed and displayed fliers that explain why the change to paper flatware was necessary.

Information on the fliers was also sent out to members of the Refectory listserv, which provides members with weekly menu updates and events, Hall said.

Feedback from students since the changeover last Wednesday has been extremely positive, Aquaro said.

“We’re excited that this changeover has been so well received,” he said. “It’s something that we felt was definitely the right

move to make, and we’re glad that the students have also recognized that.”

Freshman AdeebYunus said it is a hassle using plastic cudery, but added that he supports the change during the drought.

“I think it’s more efficient using [paper and plastic flatware] and not wasting water since we’re in a drought,” he said.

Sophomore Ann Hickey said she supports the use of plastic flatware until the drought is over, but that Duke should return to more eco-friendly china once the drought has ended.

“At first I was actually confused because I figured that [using disposable flatware] would actually be more wasteful,” Hickey said. “But as long as they’re saving water I guess that it’s a trade-off, and in terms of the drought it’s probably a good idea.”

round them—toothpicks included.

“Everything is designed and manufactured and sold to us,” said Petroski, who is also a professor of history. “By being able to look critically at those Henry Petroski things, we’re better able to understand and appreciate them in a number of ways.”

Petroski discussed the toothpick and its scientific and social evolution in “The Toothpick: Technology and Culture,” a book published Oct. 16by Knopf. He has made a career out of explaining the significance ofrun-of-the mill tools in the 12 books he has authored, all of which have been published since he came to Duke in 1980. Other tides include “The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance” and “The Evolution of Useful Things.”

Writing has long been a passion of Petroski’s. He said he discovered the interest as an undergraduate at Manhattan College and began to write “recreationally” in graduate school.

“At first it was really a diversion,” he said. “I’d study all day and go to classes with really technical subjects. After I’d done my SEE TOOTHPICKS ON PAGE 8

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HIV testing rates increase at Duke, stay low nationally by

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A recent study led by Brian Pence, assistant research professor in public policy, reveals that only approximately 20 percent of the most at-risk persons—including men who have sex with men and injection drug users—have been tested for HIV nationally.

“The [AIDS prevention] information is getting out there,” Pence told Reuters in an interview Oct. 22. “High-risk groups are appropriately assessing their risk and are interested in testing and yet there’s this gap between intention and action.”

According to the research, which was published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, 27 percent of those at highest risk for infection said they planned to be tested for HIV, but only 11 percent actually got tested.

Approximately 420,000 Americans were infected with HIV, but not AIDS, at the end of 2005, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

On campus, Know Your Status, a student-led HIV testing and counseling organization, has been administering oral swab tests Mondays in the Bryan Center since Fall 2005.

Last year, Know Your Status tested about 400 students at Duke and Durham Technical Community College, said junior Caitlin Milligan, president of Know Your Status.

“A lot of students at Duke just don’t perceive themselves [as] being at risk for HIV,” she said.

She added that she hopes to change this attitude by testing here in Durham.

Pence’s research reveals that minority females are most likely to be tested and white males are the least likely to be tested. Milligan, however, said Know Your Status appeals to a diverse range ofpeople and has broader testing demographics than the national rates.

“Looking at the data from last year, more women than men were tested, although not significantly more,” she said. “As far as race goes, the majority of the people tested were white, followed by black and then Asian.”

But the group does much more than simply test students for HIV. “The reason why Know Your Status is important is not just the HIV testing butalso [because of] the counseling session that goes along with it,” Milligan said.

She noted thatshe also hopes to reduce the negative image of getting tested and spread awareness by distributing Know Your Status T-shirts to students.

Pence said he was encouraged by the campus group testing for HIV. “I think there’s widespread agreement that increasing the number of people who know their status will help prevent new infections,” he said.

Freshman Patrick Egan said the free HIV testing is an important campus resource.

“People need to know if they have [sexually transmitted diseases], so they can prevent spreading them,” he said. He added that, however, he does not think he will get tested anytime soon.

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Committeechairs said they maypursue the bandThird Eye Blind to perform on LOOC.

LDOC from page 1 “Nothing is set in stone,” he said. “We don’t want to get students’ hopes up because there’s no guarantee that we get funding.”

Goonewardene added, however, that the committee would not be considering the bands mentioned in the e-mail unless it was feasible that they could book them.

“Those are bands that are potentially getable,” he said.

LDOC Co-chair Vincent Ling, ajunior, said the list of seven bands emerged through discussions among committee members.

“We had a huge list ofartists we were considering, and we narrowed it down based on budget concerns, what the students want to see and band availability,” he said.

The e-mail includes seven hypothetical LDOC lineups, each with one rock group and one rap group, and estimated the price for each of the combinations, which ranges from $BO,OOO to $125,000.

Goonewardene wrote that other costs would total $40,000 to $50,000.

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Ling said the co-chairs developed the list as away to plan the budgetary aspects of the event and appeal to the Duke University Union and Campus Council for funding.

“In order to get our budget set,

we need to present what our ideas

are to the organizations,” he said.

DUU President Eatelyn Donnelly, a senior, said it is unclear what the final LDOC budget will be after DUU and Campus Council provide funding, making it hard to predict which artists will be within the appropriate price range.

“There are many differentfactors that go into LDOC, and that list is very preliminary,” she said.

“In an ideal world, that can be the list we choose from, but we don’t know about the budget.”

Committee members voted on the proposed two-band combinations to gauge opinion on which artists to pursue first, Ling said.

“We have a pretty large committee, so we feel like we have a good representation from the student body,” he said. “We voted, and the combination with the most votes we will try to pursue first.”

Goonewardene said the seven potential combinations ofbands were far from the only ones being considered.

“There aren’t only seven combinations—there are probably 20,” he said. “These are definitely not the only bands we’re looking at” Ling said he expects to have the LDOC artists under contract

by January.

“We’re trying to book it earlier this year,” he said. “Definitely by mid-January, we will have something booked.”

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Study: Dropouts cost N.C. more them SB73M Carolina students in school is making education relevant and exciting.

“Kids become disaffected when they’re not exposed to interesting material and don’t perceive staying in school as essential to improving their life condition,” said William Darity, professor of public policy studies, African and African-American studies and economics.

PENC’s study advocates vouchers—providing public funds for parents to send their children to private schools—as the most viable solution to the problem. The report states districts with a larger proportion of students in private schools have

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Each year, high school dropouts cost the state of North Carolina more than $873 million in prison costs, health care expenses and lost tax revenue, nonprofit organization Parents for Education in North Carolina said in a study released last Thursday.

The study, “The High Costs ofLow Graduation Rates in North Carolina,” coincides with renewed efforts to reform struggling public schools in Durham and around the state. It aims to demonstrate that the cost of dropping out extends beyond the individual, said Brian Gottlob, author of the study and a senior fellow at the Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation.

“Dropouts have a social cost,” he said.

“It’s not just about whether your own kids graduate. We all pay a price for the kids who leave.”

Gottlob’s study estimates that dropouts’ low earnings and high unemployment siphon more than $7OO million out ofNorth Carolina’s tax revenue each year.

Dropouts are more than twice as likely as graduates to be incarcerated and more than a third rely on Medicaid, the federal government’s health care program for low-income individuals.

In Durham, fighting dropouts has inspired an alliance between county social services and public school administrators.

“Our drop-out rate is a call to action,” said Ellen Reckhow, chair of the Durham County Board of Commissioners. “We need to reach out and embrace the children in our community who need our help.”

The commissioners and the Durham Board ofEducation are working to provide

higher graduation rates.

Giving parents more choice drives up competition among public and private schools, improving the quality ofeducation for all students, the study argues.

But opponents said they fear that if highly motivated students begin to flee the public schools using vouchers, there will be less funding and fewer opportunities for

Durham Public Schools and county social services are forming an alliance to fight increasing dropout rates. support to students that extends beyond the classroom, she said.

“Many of our students come to us with needs outside of the academic realm,” said Board of Education member Heidi Carter, Trinity ’B3. “There’s a lot of poverty in Durham and that brings with it many

challenges.”

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Two-thirds ofDurham students graduate in four years, putting the district on par with the state average, The county’s official dropout reduction plan focuses on expanding access to mentoring services, providing alternative schools that offer flexible hours and job training and increasing focus on early childhood education. The board’s goal is to achieve a 100-percent graduation rate by 2013.

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those who remain. “[Voucher's are] a Republican, right-wing attempt to erode the public schools,” said Joseph Di Bona, associate professor of education. “They don’t address the fundamental problem that kids have in high school—how to learn something useful.”

Regardless of what direction the state takes, students should have choices to keep education relevant for them, said Sandra Burns, a counselor at Durham’s Hillside High School.

“It’s up to kids to decide whether they’re interested [in remaining in school], but having options is a major help,” she said.

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in Durham, said the bishop of Raleigh a memo two weeks ago asking the parishes to add a special prayer for drought relief to the “prayers of the faithful” section of Sunday mass. The church also has been distributing a pamphlet of water-conservation tips—in English and Spanish —at the service.

Patricia Erikson, Immaculate Conception’s bulletin editor, said the church is especially concerned with water conservation because the parish is administered by friars of the Franciscan order.

“St. Francis was the patron saint of animals and the environment,” Erikson said.

“He would move worms off the road, so they wouldn’t get hurt. He is credited with inventing the first manger scene and was the first, if not the only, environmentalist saint.”

Francis O’Connor, Holy Cross Catholic Church’s priest, said the lector, who also reads from scripture earlier in the service, prays about the drought during SARA GUERRERO/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO the litany of intentions, a series of petitions made during mass.

Religious communities across Durham have Christians may pray more spontaneously, prayed for rain to combat the recent N.C. drought. but the Jewish community appeals to God for water through regular liturgy, said Rabbi from page 1 Michael Goldman of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke.

“Praying for rain, and rain at the right is so dry because the land needs to absorb time, is part of standard Jewish liturgy the rain,” Snyder said. [But] when our pastor prayed this Sunday morning, he prayed that, traditionally speaking, gets recited three times daily,” Goldman wrote in an and asked for more.”

Churches in Durham, however, mainly e-mail. “I doubt that the current drought has escaped anyone’s attention, and so have relied on regularly scheduled meetlately we’ve been saying our prayer for ings to mention their water woes. rain with special emphasis.”

“We have a time in our service dedicatIn some congregations, prayers have ed to lifting up the prayers of the people, been lifted in members where small group can express joys “Praying for rain, and rain at settings as well. and concerns,” said Sean Rebekah Hutto, the right time, is part of stanRadke, college Mt. Bethel Presbydard liturgy that, tradiminister of terian Church’s diThe Church rector of Christian recited tionally speaking, gets of the Good education. “Several three times daily.”

Shepherd in members since the said summer have lifted Michael Goldman, rabbi Durham, in addition to up concerns about a prayer led the drought.”

In addition, a representative ofPlainview by the pastor during the Sunday service, a Baptist Church said her minister has been group that meets every Wednesday morning has been praying eamesdy for rain. addressing the drought during a designat“[The rain last weekend] shows that ed prayer time in their Sunday service.

Father Steve Patti, one of the priests of prayer is so important,” Radke said. “A lot of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church times dungs happen as a result of prayer.” sent out

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If cable and landline services are included in the housing fee, it would increase housing fees by $lOO to $l2O per semester, Todd said.

Last week, an online survey conducted by Campus Council showed that 55.1 percent of approximately 700 students were in favor of including the cost of these services in the housing fee “ONLY if these services dramatically increase.”

“About two-thirds of our peer institutions have the price of cable, wireless Internet, wired Internet and phone included somehow in their tuition,” Todd said.

He added that the earliest the changes could go into effect is for the 2008-2009 academic year, though students could have to wait two years, depending on the ability to increase the fee and other factors.

Many students said they liked the idea of cable being included, but they were not in favor of phone lines.

“I would definitely be interested [in rolling cable service into the housing fee],” junior Matt Williams said. “I don’t think we need land lines because almost every student that I have come across, besides one or two, has a cell phone.”

The council has told OIT that students

would “certainly not like the idea of a landline phone,” Todd said, adding that the total housing fee could decrease if the package does not include phone lines.

Freshman Brett Fallon said having cable service included in the housing fee would also be convenient.

“It’s just one less thing to do,” he said.

“I have a TV right now, but I’m too lazy to order cable.”

Some students, however, said they did not want to increase their housing fees.

“Having cable would just be an extra cost, and a TV is just an extra thing to move,” junior Ashley DeMass said.

Todd noted that having these service fees rolled into the housing fee would allow OIT to no longer operate at a deficit, as it has been the past few years. OIT would then have the funding to expand wireless Internet in the residential areas, improve cell phone reception and possibly invest in better cable, he added.

“If student response is negative, we will also, therefore, expect no improvement in cable, wireless Internet or cell phone reception,” Todd said.

He also said having cable available to all students would mean administrators would have a second mode ofreliable communication, especially for emergencies such as the Virginia Tech massacre.

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Scorpion and Ryu battle it out on Franklin Street during the Halloweencelebration in Chapel Hill, which Duke students attended Wednesday.

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Students dressed up in costumes and danced on the quad to celebrate Halloween.

“I think everyone just hanging out on the main quad in their costumes,—just having a good time—is the best part of this event,” he said.

The availability of transportation to Chapel Hill was another added feature of the night, said DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior.

“I personally think it’s really exciting that we have buses. Being a senior, every year, trying to get to Franklin Street has been a transportation hassle,” she said.

“This is going to make it much more of a community event and really facilitate people going over to Franklin Street.”

Students’ excitement over free

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turned to frustration as swarms of costumed students pushed and

shoved their way onto the buses at the West Campus bus stop.

“Dukies turn into animals when it comes to getting onto buses,” said freshman Kama Mital.

Many students found themselves in the bushes or missing pieces of their costumes because of the disproportionate ratio of students to available space on buses.

“I thought the buses were a little crowded,” freshman Zack Abzug said. “I’ll admit I had to push a bunch of people out of my way to get on [the bus]. But I’m on it now, and you know what? I don’t really care about the people that I pushed out on the sidewalk.”

At Chapel Hill, a partygoer dressed as a Transformer that turned into a car when he bent

down aroused fascination and solicited many camera flashes.

Even so, Jay Stevens, a freshman from the University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro, said he was “not especially” impressed by the event.

“Franklin Street was kind of the same as it’s been every year,” he said. “It was pretty fun, but it’s pretty cold when you’re wearing a cheerleader outfit.”

Chapel Hill police controlled traffic for blocks and more than 20 officers lined the steps alongside the United MethodistChurch on Franklin Street.

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homework, I’d relax by writing. Eventually I began to think, ‘Well, maybe I should write longer things.’”

From there, Petroski’s writing progressed from poetry to short satires, some ofwhich were published in the op-ed pages ofThe New York Times.

When interviewing at the University, Petroski said administrators seemed to think his writing was a “worthwhile thing to do,” an impression he did not get from all the institutions that offered him positions.

“I sort of came to Duke for the reason a lot of students come to Duke,” he said. “A lot of engineering students have told me that they chose Duke for the strong liberal arts tradition that comes with Trinity College [of Arts and Sciences], and I can appreciate that.”

Petroski said he drew inspiration for “The Toothpick: Technology and Culture” from a series of lectures he was giving at Princeton University. He added that he wanted to begin the three-part lecture series with the simplest object he could think ofbecause it is the easiest way to illustrate theories. He said he decided on the toothpick as the ultimate in simplicity, since it is a single piece with a single function, but realized he had underestimated the tool when he began his research.

“Before I started my work I thought a toothpick was just a toothpick, but it’s really not that simple,” Petroski said.

He spent a summer in Maine, the heart of the toothpick industry, conducting research for the book in old factories, cultural centers and libraries.

The introduction of the toothpick in American society reflects the trends ofmass production that emerged in the 19th century, Petroski said. But he said he also enjoyed exploring how it was once acceptable for Americans to go about in public with toothpicks dangling from their mouths.

Equal space is devoted to culture and technology in the book because the two are “very closely related for even so simple an object,” Petroski said.

He has also analyzed the structural design of tools like the paperclip in his “Introduction to Structural Engineering” course, and said the toothpick will likely be the subject offuture lectures.

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Bazan roams in pride of one Having gained his fame with Pedro the Lion and Headphones, indie-superstar David Bazan is now headlining a solo tour and playing songs from his upcoming solo LP, tentatively

COURTESY

QUEER QUEENS OF QOMEDY

ComedienneJennie McNulty will be performing in the QueerQueens of Qomedy, an all-lesbian comedy show coming to the triangle this week.

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The Carolina Theatre’s upcoming comedy show Queer Queens of Qomedy offers a rare opportunity to gaze upon lesbian comedic royalty. The performance showcases four lauded comedians, combining all of the flash connoted by the title with solid comedy chops.

The Queer Queens are Vickie Shaw, Jennie McNulty, Michele Balan and producer Poppy Champlin, who hosts the show and selected the other three comedians to perform with her.

“I definitely am the head honcho,” Champlin said.

“And I have control issues that I’m in therapy for and I’m working on that.”

However, Champlin has undoubtedly earned her central role. She has established herself as an influential force in lesbian comedy with performances on HBO and Logo, a TV network specifically targeting the LGBT community. Yet what makes Queer Queens of Qomedy especially noteworthy is that all four performers are equally accomplished and worthy of headlining.

“We’re all really hitting our stride in our careers, so it’s -

a really powerhouse kind of show,” Champlin said.

The show not only gains its strength from the success ofits individual performers, but also from the synthesis of all four comedians’ work.

“All of us have decent careers, and so bringing them together for one show is going to be amazing. You can’t miss it, that’s for sure,” Balan said.

Each Queen lends her unique comedy style to the performance, creating a colorfully varied whole. One of four finalists on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2006, Balan brings what she calls a “brash New York touch” to the quartet. McNulty is a professional women’s tackle football player and has performed internationally. Describing herself as “playfully sarcastic,” McNulty has also had a recurring part in the show Starting Over. Distinguished by her southern humor, which she delivers in a Texas drawl, Shaw has appeared on Logo and was in the award-winning film Laughing Matters... More!. Her comedy style makes her especially popular in the South, which is significant in light of the upcoming Durham show.

titled David Bazan’s Black Cloud. Bazan possesses a distinct, constantly evolving musical style, characterized by his powerful voice and unique topics that range from his personal demons to politics to religion. Recently while undertaking the arduous task offinding a parking spot in Manhattan, Bazan spoke with recess' Andrew Hibbard about his current tour and upcoming album.

How does it feel to be doing this solo tour?

It feels pretty good. For a lot of reasons, I like the East Coast. I feel like I’m building steam in a personal sense.

Yeah, so it’s good.

How is this different from the tours you’ve done with Pedro the Lion or even your recent tour with Johnathan Rice and Ben Gibbard?

Well, with Pedro—there hasn’t been a Pedro show since September of 2005. This tour is just me and a couple of dudes in a van. One of them is the tour manager and the other happens to be Jim Fairchild ofAll Smiles... so in that way it feels great. The big difference between the Gibbard tour and this tour is that we’re in a rented van, and in the Gibbard tour we all got to rock in a big tour, and that was amazing. And also there were like 1,500 people at every show, and there’s about 150 people at all these shows.

Do you like doing the smaller shows?

Well, yeah. I don’t really have a choice but, yeah, it’s great. It’s what I do. It’s nice to open for Gibbard, but at these shows, all the people who are watching my set are there to see me, and that’s important, I think.

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Feature films move from the multiplex to the classroom by

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Forgiveness is part of Screen/Society's Israel/Palestine film series.

Imagine a world where films line the shelves of libraries and books are an alternative learning tool. Take a look around Duke, and you’ll realize that this world is not so foreign.

Although film has always been a major part of the Film/Video/Digital program, film—not just documentary film —is slowly gaining ground on campus as an academic tool. Film manifests itself in multiple ways at Duke, from student production to classroom curriculum to film series.

Hank Okazaki, the coordinator and programer for Screen/Society, divides film into three main components or, as he refers to them, legs of the tripod: studies, production and exhibition.

Screen/Society is one of the most visible examples of film exhibition on campus. A part of the FVD department, the program runs various film series throughout the year, often in conjunction with a class or student group.

This fall, the topics include Buddhism, Romanian film, East Asian Cinema and the Israel/Palestine conflict, among others. Often the series will coincide with panels, lecturers or performances.

“Getting a chance to see a bunch of stuff together can make a light bulb go off,” Okazaki said. “From an academic point of view, that’s one of the goals of Screen/Society.”

Okazaki said that he has seen a steady increase in the number of films shown since he began working five years ago with Screen/Society, rising from around 36 his first semester to 56 in recent semesters. Okazaki added that it can be difficult to draw an audience because of the more artistic and “formally challenging” nature of the films Screen/Society exhibits, which often have an international focus. But one thing he is positive about are the prospects of film.

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Editor’s Note 12: on Britßrit During my sophomore year at this fine publication, one of our editors, Robert Winterode, had an unhealthy obsession with Britney Spears. I mean really, I just

There is a Jedi training academy in New York City. No, your eyes aren’t failing you... it is for real.

The N.Y. Jedi School is the choice destination for fan-boys looking to straddle the fine (read mostly nonexistent) line between geekiness and athleticism. The school focuses almost completely on teaching the fundamentals of lightsaber combat.

The head of the school, a fellownamed Flynn, who sports the title of “Jedi Grand Master” says that padawan learn the physics of the lightsaber, and then applicable martial arts in order to bring lightsaber duels to life.

The fact this school didn’t exist when I was ten is the single greatest disappointment in my life.

I felt better when I learned the Jedi Grand Master consulted the force and revealed that similar clubs are being started all across the nation. Oh, the

possibilities...

I can see it now. The recess chapter would be more fun than running genetic experiments on Ewoks (you know you thought about it). Varun Leila, editor of recess, would be Yoda. No, he’s not 900

years old, but like the little green guy, Varun possesses the ability to own you in a fight while deceptively looking as peaceful as a Tibetan monk. Not that I know from personal experience, or anything. Music editor Bryan Sayler would be a young Obi Wan Kenobi and managing editor Alex Warr would be Anakin (seduced by the Dark Side but redeemed in the end). Chronicle Editor-in-Chief David Graham? Emperor Palpatine.

I guess that makes me, the new kid, Luke Skywalker, but not so effeminate.

I have no idea who the female members of recess would be, but don’t blame me, it’s not my fault Star Wars is sexist and has no female Jedi that matter. Sure you could pull up random names from Episode I, but then I would have to recognize JarJar Binks, which is something I refuse to do.

Man, that would rule. With our awesome Jedi skills we could accomplish great and meaningful things like beating on UNC students and using Jedi mind tricks to rob people of their firstlot parking spots.

—Braden Hendricks

couldn’t understand where he was coming from. Much to my fascination there were thousands of die-hard Britßrit fans around the country, willing to take a bullet for the pop princess.

However, in recent months Spears has done little to not tarnish her royal crown.

From the messy divorce to shaving her head to the hit and run to Chris Crocker, Britney has been spiraling downward. After she lost custody ofherkids out ofsheer laziness (missing drug tests, showing up late to hearings), many pop critics said it was the end of Britney Spears. Her career was over.

Yet for somereason we are still talking about her. To be fair we gave her a feature-length review (see page five) and that sort of attention may only help fuel the fire, but, even if recess

banned herfrom our pages, she wouldremain at the top ofentertainment news, News oudets claim that they are only giving people what they want, but they fail to recognize that Britney’s stardom is a media creation and they can end her time in the limelight Just as easily as they started it.

However, we just can’t help but build up people, only to knock them down again.

Punching bag Britney will get attention for her new album and be rechristened a star, but in three months we will be trashing her all over again for dropping Sean Preston on the head during a supervised visitation.

So for the love of music and news, let’s ignore Britney. Let her celebrity die a quiet and painless death and end this cycle before she becomes another Courtney Love.

Oh, and while were at it, let’s get rid of Lindsay Lohan. I’m ready to live my life sans firecrotch.

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By some accounts, the Magnolia Grill is best restaurant in North Carolina. A perennial top-finisher on Gourmet's list of the nation’s 50 best restaurants, the Magnolia Grill has unequivocally reigned supreme over Durham’s dining scene for the past 20 years.

Originally conceived as a casual restaurant serving updated renditions of classic regional dishes, chef-owners Ben and Karen Barker played a fundamental role in the birth of New Southern cuisine. With their dual emphasis on supporting North Carolinian culinary traditions while also expanding the area’s culinary horizons, the Barkers garnered a slew of media praise. People from all over the country began flocking to the restaurant, further solidifying its role as one of the South’s definitive eateries.

A 20-year life span for any restaurant is an admirable accomplishment, and the Magnolia Grill does not appear to be slowing down in the slightest. In recent years, the Barkers have released two cookbooks, and travel guides still laud the restaurant with accolades. Yet with such a successful run, no doubt assisted by the warm glow of the media spotlight, new diners to the Magnolia Grill are often subject to inflated expectations. A series of visits reveals that this restaurant can be very good, but sometimes loses its way.

As culinary fashions wax and wane, so do the global influences on the Magnolia Grill’s diverse menu. This is not a trendy restaurant in the flash-in-the-pan sense, but one that readily adopts fashionable ingredients in an attempt to differentiate itselffrom its competitors. When this culinary globe-trotting is done subtly—a “carbonara” slaw that adds extra creaminess to the iconic cabbage salad—theresult is creative and tasty. When done overtly, however, diners are left with dishes that seem discordant and out-of-place. An otherwise tasty appetizer of grilled octopus with romesco sauce, saffron, roasted red pepper and smoked almonds would have been better suited to a Spanish restaurant than one that emphasizes its Southern roots.

Rather than focus on simplicity, the Magnolia Grill seems to favor excess in the number of ingredients that go into its dishes. Sometimes this penchant leads to plates that seem muddled. This is even apparent on the menu itself, a single page crammed so full of condensed text that it’s downright intimidating. Diners are better suited by sticking with simpler dishes that highlight the kitchen’s strengths: grilled meats, pork and dishes with a regional bent. The Magnolia Grill was among the first in the New Southern genre and is perhaps the best enjoyed by building meals that primarily fall within this updated theme.

Other choice chewing grounds Nana’s 2514 University Dr. Durham, NC 919-493-8545 Though it may be argued that Nana’s was born from the Barkers’ trail-blazing work at the Magnolia Grill, Chef Scott Howell has created a successful restaurant with its own culinary philosophy. Nana’s cuisine subtly combines French, Italian and Southern influences in an elegant package.

Bonne Soiree 431 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 919-928-8388

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Magnolia Grill'sKaren and Ben Barker popularized New Southern cuisine.

The restaurant’s supporting players, however, consistently serve to increase its appeal. Servers are friendly and well-versed in the menu. The wine list is manageable in size, yet diverse and fairly priced. Even a specialty cocktail, the Brick Wall, with bourbon and spiced cider syrup was a surprise hit. And though Karen Barker’s desserts nearly universally skew toward the rich, they are a marked improvement over much of what is available in the area.

Is the Magnolia Grill the best restaurant in the region, the state or the Triangle? Perhaps not. But any diner invested in the area’s food culture ought to visit to see what the buzz is about.

Magnolia Grill 1002 Ninth St. Durham, NC 919-286-3609

This relative newcomer serves classic French cuisine in an intimate setting. Remember to make reservations, however, because the dining room seats only 35 diners. In an area where traditional takes on Europe’s grand cuisines are woefully underrepresented, Bonne Soiree is refreshing in its honest, retro

appeal.

Watts Grocery 1116 Broad St.

Durham, NC 919-416-5040 Amy Tomquist’s first restaurant venture since leaving the Nasher Museum Cafe earlier this year, Watts Grocery is quickly becoming a local favorite.

An ideal spot for dinner or brunch with family or friends, this restaurant serves refined takes on Carolinian cuisine. Walk-in customers are seated in the bar section of the restaurant, though reservations are recommended.

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AMERICAN GANGSTER DIR. R. SCOTT UNIVERSAL

Mobster film fans are bound to slap comparisons or rants accusing imitation by American Gangster. It’s the mov-

ie’s Mafioso mentality, where the Coppola and Scorsese reign as sole genre Dons.

Enter powerhouse team Ridley Scott, Steve Zaillian and Brian Grazer (director, writer and producer, respectively) with leads Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe storming the genre swathed in Oscar gold, and even the street urchin by the Coffee Bean on Sunset can sense the disruption in Hollywood’s mafia movie-making power.

But Gangster doesn’t so much rise into the ranks of, say, The Godfather or Goodfellas, as it revitalizes the ’7os Superfly groove —merging the style and sound of blaxpoitation flicks with the grit and grime of New York City streets.

Frank Lucas (Washington), personal driver to the late black mob boss Bumpy Johnson, swaggers his way into the criminal elite with a mackdaddy charisma (and at one point, a sumptuous chinchilla fur coat and matching hat that would emasculate any lesser man).

Frank is a cut-throat fusion of family values and hard ambition—carving a Thanksgiving turkey with the same upright ease he has when setting a man on fire. His foil is local schlump of a police officer Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe plus a few pounds), a rough-around-the-edges ladies’ man beleaguered by a mess of domestic and professional issues.

The two plots run along parallel tracks for the majority of the film, colliding when Crowe’s good-cop-among-theslick-corrupt manages to put a face to the recent swell of low-cost, high-grade heroine labeled, “Blue Magic.”

Washington and Crowe are a dream team as male leads. But even Crowe’s adept eye for character nuance isn’t enough to disrobe Washington’s macho-suave screen presence. Gangster is a visceral experience that thrives on hip beats and stylish men strutting to the funky soundtrack that pulsates at every slowed down turn on the New York grid.

Zaillian’s bona fide gangster/ethnic lingo is almost an unnecessary addendum to Washington’s pimp walk and Josh Brolin’s (super-dirty cop, Detective Trupo) sly summer-suited unctuousness. Scott takes a requisite peek at the victimized masse, but these scenes of urban overdose are as equally trifling as Roberts’ scruffy decency in the scheme of glamour and power.

Sure, the film analyzes crime within the American context—where else but in consumer-driven America could a blue-collar minority outmaneuver hierarchy and tradition? There’s ringing irony and criticism too in the fact that Lucas imports pure heroine in the caskets of deceased Vietnam soldiers. But as a criticism and as a “based on a true story,” Gangster is a serious film seduced by its subject matter.

We’re enthralled by Lucas —we clap and cheer when Lucas blows a hole through another mobster’s head and setdes back for Sunday brunch with the bros. And that’s where this gangster joins the Corleones, the Goodfellas and the Tony Montana as another agent of an American addiction to the intoxicating culture of die criminal underworld.

—Janet Wu

DAN IN REAL LIFE DIR. P. HEDGES FOCUS FEATURES

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Steve Carell has become one of Hollywood’s leading comic actors, rising from his humble Daily Show origins to become a full-fledged mainstream movie star.

His latest film Dan in Real Life is a slightly more somber venture than his previous roles as a middle-aged virgin and a new-age Noah. The film stars Carell as Dan, a columnist for a local newspaper who is faced with the daunting task of raising three daughters after the death of his wife. When Dan takes his kids to a family vacation home and unites with family, he quickly falls for his brother Mitch’s (Dane Cook) lovely girlfriend Marie (Juliette Binoche).

As evidenced by his awkward and inappropriate character in The Office, Carell can make even the most revolting character likeable. He does so here and manages a far more agreeable outcome than ignoramus Michael Scott.

Dan cares about his daughters’ personal lives, spends extra time making their sandwiches with smiley faces and longs for a new woman in his life.

Dan and Marie’s increasing attraction to each other

RESERVATION ROAD DIR T. GEORGE FOCUS FEATURES

The perfect Connecticut family of four strolls by the shore on a warm, autumn evening. Sounds like the description of a Brooks Brothers Fall catalog, but it’s really the beginning of the unbearably depressing and tragically formulaic Reservation Road.

The atmosphere of tedium begins with scruffy college professor Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and beautifully dull wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) taking the trip home after their son Josh’s cello recital. At the same time, divorced single father Dwight (Mark Buffalo) powers his SUVback to his ex-wife’s after spending a precious Sunday at a Red Sox game with his son. Before you can say “predictable,” Dwight’s Ford Explorer crushes Josh and his atrociously picturesque jar of shimmering fireflies, thus destroying Ethan and Grace’s idyllic existence.

Unsatisfied with leaving the tragedy be, Ethan pursues his son’s killer with an overpowering thirstfor revenge. To help with his investigation, he hires a set of lawyers, one of whom (surprise, surprise) is Dwight. And of course,

makes for several funny incidents, although more than a few scenes fall flat. In a hilarious scene near the beginning of the film, Dan’s teenage daughter and her boyfriend of only three weeks become emotionally devastated for having to be away from each other for a weekend.

As they express their undying love for one another, Dan feverishly drives heraway.

But what begins as a funny concept—teenage girl thinks she’s in love with a guy she’s known for less than a month—quickly gets dragged out over and over again into a hokey theme drilled repeatedly into our forehead.

After an additional mess of sappy scenes—Marie overhears Dan tell his daughter how he understands the pain of loving someone she can’t be with; Dan is confronted by his three daughters about naughty Marie—the message we have been told multiple times, namely that Dan’s daughter’s feelings for her boyfriend are intertwined with his own feelings for Marie, becomes stale and far from endearing.

Without the performances of Carell and Binoche, Dan in Real Life is a sub-par film. Fortunately for us, the experience is generally enjoyable if only to see Carell prove again why a furtherrise to rock-star status is imminent, if only a better script comes his way.

—Greg Bobrinskoy

Dwight’s ex-wife is the dead son’s former music teacher.

From here on, Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) sends the film down a calculated road rife with predictable tension and grief. George attempts to infuse the same level of tragedy and pain into suburbia as he so effectively did in Rwanda, but the effort is visibly labored.

Soon, Ethan departs from cliched homely and amiable professor-type to brooding and intensely tortured wreck.

Ethan’s obsession with finding his son’s killer slowly isolates him from his wife and daughter. Dwight, in constant vacillation between turning himself in or living with his crime, assuages his guilt by filming his confession to the crime.

While Connelly sulks and whimpers in her limited role, Phoenix and Ruffalo, blessed with two of the most expressive faces of today’s actors, handle their character transformations with incredible nuance. The taxing experience of watching the film is slightly alleviated by its climax, mainly because of these performers’ dramatic abilities.

Ultimately, Reservation Road is joyless to watch, not only because ofits content, but also because of the wasted talent of Ruffalo and Phoenix.

—Charlie McSpadden

November 01,2007

BRITNEY SPEARS BLACKOUT

JIVE ����� Britney Spears, our tabloid-starlet that epitomizes pop culture at its best, has failed to make a comeback with her latest album —again. She has somehow turned a perfect opportunity for a much-neededrebound in her crumbling career into another object of the media’s mockery.

A lot of sympathy goes out to Ms. Spears. She went from being the seductive pinnacle ofpop prowess to a divorced mother-of-two who can’t seem to keep herself away from rehab or bad press. From the head-shaving to her reckless partying, this woman desperately needs a break.

However, Blackout, her fifth —and hopefully final—album, is mediocre at best. The songs’ uninviting beats and Britney’s overly synthetic, ear-shattering vocals are not enough to help her rise back to stardom.

A scattered dance compilation of everything from ’Bos techno to industrial beats, Blackout's tide is symbolic of “blacking out negativity and embracing life.” Unfortunately, the only thing audiences may black-out is what love they had left for Spears.

Her title single, “Gimme More,” is as good as the songs will get. The solid, rhythmic base and Spear’s raspy monologue that starts off the song is reminiscent of older hits

DAVID BYRNE THE KNEE PLAYS NONESUCH

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Talking Heads’ front-man David Byrne has always been a pioneer ofall things cutting-edge. In 1984, he released The Knee Plays, a series of vignettes written in conjunction with spoken word performances from Robert Wilson’s the CIVIL warS. Wilson’s work was originally intended to be a day-long theatrical presentation, featuring Byrne’s Knee Plays as a series of interludes between sets. Though Wilson’s grand opera was never performed in its entirety, Byrne’s segments occasionally appeared in public. In 1985, the music itselfwas released on vinyl as Musicfor TheKnee Plays, but has only recently been reissued on CD. Philip Glass—one of Byrne’s co-conspirators —used the term “knee plays” to describe “short connecting pieces which appear throughout [the CIVIL warS] much as prelude, interludes and post-ludes.” Written exclusively for brass band, the musical series carries a New Orleans

THE BACKSTREET BOYS UNBREAKABLE

JIVE Here comes the inevitable joke: Backstreet’s back, al-

right?

The Backstreet Boys, minus the ever-stoic Kevin Rich-

ardson, have returned with Unbreakable. The album, delivered ten years after their self-tided debut launched them into the teen idol stratosphere, is an attempt at reviving their übiquity.

Unbreakable is comfortable territory for the boys. Rather than pursuing musical maturation and “man band” status, BSB is very much the same musically-pubescent boy band they were in 1999. Rehashing this old sound, however, works well for them. Rather than sounding like a bunch of thirty-somethings trying to recreate their former success, Unbreakable fits right in between Millennium and Black & Blue.

On that note, the album suffers from the same problems as earlier BSB releases. Obviously, lyrical brilliance and quality production have never characterized the

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like “I’m A Slave 4 U.” Ararity, “Gimme More” is one of the few tracks that actually deserves airtime at clubs.

But it all goes downhillfrom there. “Piece ofMe” evokes images of S&M, yet fails to arouse anything other than bafflement. Britney “sings” about the paparazzi wanting so much out of her, but half the words are incomprehensible.

The three-minute-long song consists of clashing chains and Britney’s voice muffled by synthesized static. With no real beat to cling onto, listeners won’t want another piece of Britney.

“Radar” sounds like an inferior version of Rihanna’s “5.0.5.” Her voice sounds like a whiny pubescent teenager who’s trying really hard to seduce her middle school crush, but with such ridiculous claims as “I’ve got the tingle/I want to mingle,” the boys are surely running the other way—fast.

The ’Bos-inspired disaster, “Heaven on Earth,” is a terrible combination of synth rock and bubble-gum pop.

Britney’s annoying voice is all one can remember from the song, but the vocal catastrophe truly reaches a climax in “Freakshow.” Listening to Britney trying to rap in a squeaky falsetto is almost as bad as watching Spears at the past VMAs. To save the CD from becoming a complete waste of time, “Ooh Ooh Baby” is a much-needed departure from the rest of the experimental failures. The solid dance track features Spear’s signature sexy-yet-innocent vocals and a simple-yet-hypnotic beat with a hint of Spanish flare.

funeral-dirge backdrop forWilson’s spoken word.

Tracks like “In the Future,” prevail with contradictory couplets about a post-apocalyptic age: “In the future there will be a classless society/No one richer than anyone else/In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very happy.” The pompous brass accompaniment, particularly the chugging tuba, provide an almost comical counterpoint to the bleak cultural predictions of Wilson’s poetry.

“Tree (Today is a Very Important Occasion) describes a woman preparing for a very important occasion by imagining a specific wardrobe. Byrne’s lisdess half-monotone gives Wilson’s words just the right amount of support to make the seemingly trivial lyrics powerful.

The avant-garde style ofartists such as Wilson is best accompanied by equally eccentric artists. On The Knee Plays, David Byrne masterfully creates a palette from which Wilson’s spoken word can paint a striking portrait—a piece of art, not music—that might take more effort in understanding, but is all the more worth it in the end.

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band’s music, but the Boys have always managed to turn out memorable singles. Anyone who has ever listened to a BSB album, however, knows that for every good single, there are three more awful tracks.

BSB’s weakest moments are their attempts at channeling Justin Timberlake. “Treat Me Right” is a blatant (failed) attempt at emulating JT’s electro-hip hop sound.

Any band with a member named Howie shouldknow better than to attempt such a feat. “One in a Million” also fails with its juxtaposition of gritty beats and lyrics about longing to tell a girl she is “one in a million.”

Unbreakable s best tracks never achieve the greatness of “I Want it That Way,” but they are infectious. “Love Will Keep You Up All Night” and “Inconsolable,” like the other single materials on the album, are essentially different versions of the same song with slightly different words.

Nonetheless, they have away of getting into one’s head and never leaving, just like BSB’s best singles of yore.

The Backstreet Boys, down a member and now possessing an average age of 30.5, should be past their expiration, but Unbreakable is a good guilty treat for anyone not quite ready to tear down that poster ofNick Carter in all his bowl-cut glory.

—Andrew Hibbard

Even with the help of superstar producers and a supportive fan base, nothing can really help save Britney’s drowning career and public image at this point in time. Blackout is an attempt to incorporate too many elements, leaving listeners in a haze. After a four-year hiatus from the music industry, the teen queen of our yesteryear is finally gone for good. So please, Britney, stop giving us more.

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EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN NONESUCH

Eagles haven’t put out a new album since 1979, a year which—given their current cultural bearing—may not seem too long ago. After all, their presence hasn’t diminished much since Henley & Go’s glory days, fixed as they are in our consciousness by classic-rock radio, television commercials and the marked aversion one fictional Californian slacker harbors towards them.

Since their last release, the Eagles have undergone a bitter breakup, embarked on successful solo careers, been sued by former members and frozen hell over with an unlikely reunion. Somehow, throughout the turmoil, their sound has remained much the same—their evolution limited to live albums and a smattering of new tracks that play more like “best of” updates than original material.

Their latest, Long Road Out ofEden, treads a similar path.

Though it’s unlikely to convert any unfaithful, the album manages a mellow, albeit occasionally bland return to the established Eagles form. Make no mistake—if you hate the Eagles, you will f—ing hate this album. But for those looking for the familiar, easy-going guitar progressions and three-part harmonies of classic rock’s golden days, Long Road plays like a page out of an old Eagles song book.

Though some tracks on the overly long double-disc release can be easily overlooked as rehash, a few shine forth as worthy additions to the Eagles’ repertoire.

“Busy Being Fabulous” employs a slow, country swing beneath Henley’s voice, which blends with those ofWalsh and Frey to forge a typically saccharine refrain on the song’s title. Honky tonk guitars and spiraling blues riffs dominate “How Long,” the album’s first single and its most Eagles-sounding song, despite being written by non-Eagle J.D. Souther.

These tracks, like many on the album, find their appeal in their remarkable unremarkability —a tone that the rest ofLong Road Out ofEden dutifully follows. Unambitious and unassuming, the album successfully adheres to the same tried and true conventions that have given the Eagles’ sound its tremendous staying power—all 28 years worth.

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“[Southerners] love me because I am one of them. We are the same. It’s true. When I do stuff in the North, they love it because it’s not the norm. They love listening to me talk, and then they laugh at what I say,” Shaw said. “In the South, they don’t get caught up so much in how I say it, but that I’m saying the same things that they say and that they laugh at. They love me. Everyone loves me.”

Despite each comedian’s visible differences, Champlin chose all of the performers because they each possess a universally appealing sense ofhumor.

“Starting in the clubs in the straight world, you have to get everybody—the men, the women, the straights, the gays—you have to get everybody, and everybody’s got to get you,” Champlin said. “So it takes a lot of time to develop material that you know that everybody will get. So that’s kind of the way that I have chosen these comedians, is that everybody is going to get us no matter where we go.”

Champlin’s emphasis on her experience as a lesbian comedian performing for audiences of various sexualities raises the question of how a show advertised as an all-lesbian comedy performance truly differs from the work of straight comedians.

“We are all gay, but the thing is that we really do think of ourselves as comedians first.... We’re really comedians who happen to be gay, so you’re not going to find that all jokes are about being gay. There’s tons of great material,” Champlin said.

Shaw mirrors Champlin’s sentiment, believing that comedy is not defined by one’s sexuality, but rather by one’s unique human experience.

“Comedy is very intimate and it comes from our internal soul,” Shaw said. “And so because we are all different humans, our comedy is all completely different and not the same, just like straight men’s comedy is all different.”

Queer Queens of Qomedy is not only significant because it promises a riotously good time, but also because it uses comedy as a tool to transcend sexuality and gender differences. So no matter whatyour orientation, the show will be sure to leave you laughing.

The Queer Queens of Qomedy will visit the Carolina Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 3. Tickets are $25.

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Do you think your relationship with Gibbard and Damien Jurado or just being from the Seatde music scene have really affected your musical development?

I’m sure they have. But I don’t know exactly to what degree, and if it’s a lot more than just any of my other buddies that are not so famous that play music or even buddies ofmine who don’t. I’ve really enjoyed knowing those guys over the years and I’m really proud of both them.

You recently played a show with the Soft Drugs.

Yeah. Saturday.

How did that go?

It was awesome.

How was it being on the stage with T.W. Walsh again?

We shared the stage in that he played about an hour before I played. It was nice to see him. We—our families—are pretty tight, and they were just out this summer to go camping with us, and so it was nice to see him in Boston.

The Soft Drugs ruled it. They tore the place down, so that was awesome.

With your new album, will you be doing any collaborations with any old friends, new friends?

I don’t think so. It’s not done, so we’ll see. I’m pretty sure it’s just going to be me, alone in a room working it out.

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What is your idea of a bad day? Is it your 30th birthday, the day your estranged sister returns home from a failed attempt at a singing career or the day you have to bail your other sister out of jail for shooting her lawyer husband? For Lenny McGrath (Regan Thompson) it is an unfortunate compilation ofall these things.

Crimes of the Heart is the warm and sometimes darkly funny story ofhow the dutiful grand-daughter Lenny, the didn’t-quite-make-it starlet Meg (Janie Brookshire) and the well-married-but-possibly-insane Babe (Lesley Shires) are brought together for the first time in many years to sort out their messy lives.

From now through Nov. 11, the Playmakers Repertory Company at UNC Chapel Hill is bringing Crimes of the Heart to life. Written by native Mississippian Beth Henley, this heartfelt play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for “Best New American Play.” In a press release, director John Feltch said the piece is “a shockingly funny, surprisingly moving play that speaks in a bold, bittersweet and distinctly Southern voice.”

All of the play’s action is centered in the heart of the McGrath family’s home, a sunnykitchen, sometimes spilling out onto the front porch. It is from the charming but well-worn intricacies of the set that the audience first begins to understand what life in a rural Mississippi town has been like for these three sisters. As children, they were raised by their grandparents following the abandonment by theirfather and their mother’s suicide. But now only Lenny remains at home as caretaker to their dying grandfather, while Meg and Babe have gone off to pursue their own lives.

Thompson, Brookshire and Shires keep the audience laughing and yet emotionally invested through the whole show. As the play unfolds, these three actresses adepdy reveal the humanity of their characters through the subdeties and dimensions of their relationships with each other and with the world.

Shires’ lovable Babe walks an especially complex you have a home studio. Do you think that helps you, or is it just a different experience?

I do enjoy it. I think it does. If money weren’t an object, and I could be alone in a studio with just a crazy amount of gear, that might be more optimal than just having endless time in my little home studio. But I don’t have that choice, so yeah. It’s part of the options I have, so I think home studio is the best option for me. I like sitting there alone trying to figure s— out.

What can we expect from your new album? Every album seems to be some sort of growth, so how is this one going to be different?

Well, the songs are turning out to be more autobiographical in a weird way. Not completely, but maybe 80 percent or 75 percent autobiographical whereas with Pedro stuff it was maybe like 10 percent or 5 percent autobiographical. So that’s an interesting change that wasn’t intentional that I’m cool with.

In what way are they autobiographical or what experiences have influenced the songs?

They make references to the changes, the further changes in my outlook on religion and politics and also just how those things interact with my family. Also, there’s quite a few references to drinking in excess and how to cope with some of those changes or something. In a lot of cases I would attempt to summarize [how] in the last year, my life has been such and such and so and so, but when it comes out in song it’s much more elegant and the references can be indirect and meaningful without you having to explain exactly what happened, which is a process that I enjoy and prefer to just saying ‘This is what happened to me.’

Politics and religion have always been a part of your music. How do you think that has distinguished you from other artists and helped you grow as an artist and an individual?

Well, I don’t know. I don’t think I have the best perspective on that. Those are my interests and who I am.

Those are the things I just constantly revert to thinking about or talking about. Those two spheres, religion and politics, are the world around us. I know it’s the degree to which I’m interested in humans, and those subjects play huge roles. So as far as my personal development, you could track my personal development through my understanding of those things and then certain other

path, winning viewers with her air of girlish innocence in the face of her admitted womanly guilt. Smaller characters such as Babe’s lawyer, Barnette Lloyd (Marshall Spann), only serve to bring more color, depth and richness to the story.

Although it may be difficult at first for ‘Yankee” theater-goers to follow the quick speech and very southern accents of the characters, it is well worth the effort. Feltch seems to have considered every element of this production and drawn them all together into an enjoyable whole.

His set is inviting, his actors are engaging and emotive, and his audience is left captivated.

So take your parents this weekend, take your friends or just take yourself. Peek through this window into the dysfunctional lives of the McGrath sisters and lose yourself in their humanly heart-warming story.

Crimes of the Heart is playing until Nov. 11 at UNO’s Paul Green Theater.

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Crimesofthe Heart follows the story of threesisters returning home. factors also. But those are pretty key. As far as how it distinguishes me from other artists, the expression of those, I can’t speak to that. It’s hard for me to have a perspective on that.

You fairly recently did a cover of Radiohead’s “Let Down.” Could you describe what it was like to cover a band that’s so different and will you be doing covers in the future or have you been covering other songs live?

That song is one that we’ve been—I’ve been—covering in different scenarios for years. I think I probably first covered that song at a show, just a solo show in 2001 and then on Tour EP 2004. And also live on the tours in ’04,1 played a verbatim cover of that song, and that was just because of my adoration of that band and the song. It was just such a joy to get to play those parts and to feel them under my fingers and pay homage to just the simple elegance of that song and their music in general. And then when I got the opportunity to cover it for Stereogum, it was exciting to get to experiment a little bit with different ways of communicating those parts and different textures and things.

It was great fun.

Are you working on any other covers right now or just your own music?

On this tour, I’ve played only two. I played a Deerhoof song called “L’amour Stories” and then I played a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” There are other covers I play from time to time, but I haven’t really brought them out on this trip just because there’s so much new material that I’m presenting that I want to anchor the set in the songs, the older songs that people know so that they’re not having all this unfamiliar material shot at them.

So you’re just focusing mainly on older material?

Yeah. When I’m not playing new songs, I’m playing tried and true to keep people, so that it always comes back to something familiar so they can wrap their minds around what’s happening.

What can we expect this Saturday from your show at Duke Coffeehouse?

I’ve got six or seven songs that I’m playing and a mix of the Pedro catalogue and the Headphones record and the David Bazan EP. And I’m playing electric guitar and singing.

David Bazan will play the Duke Coffeehouse this Saturday, Nov. 3. Doors open at 8:30 and tickets are $B.

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monly available Hollywood product,” Okazaki said. “All we can do is show the films and try to let people know they’re there.”

One of the film series currendy in play is called Buddhism & Modernity. James Ong, a graduate student and the co-president of the Buddhist Community at Duke, helped create the series in an attempt to promote awareness ofBuddhism and contemplate the relationship between Buddhism and the modern world. He said that film was an obvious choice as the means of raising these questions.

“I believe in the power of film to communicate across audiences,” Ong said. “It doesn’t matter what your background is. Image is such a powerful [part of] communicative human experiences. You don’t get something from watching a film that you won’t get from reading a book or going to a Zen monastery and watching what’s going on.”

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Elisabeth Benfey, a lecturing fellow in the Theater Studies Department, also works with film in her classroom and said that screenings are an important part of the undergraduate experience because they expose students to ideas and types of film they may never have seen before.

Benfey added that film is a manifestation of the importance of images in American culture, “I don’tknow if you can survive in this culture without a visual exposure,” Benfey said. “This is a highly visual culture.

To ignore it or to be a passive user is not enough.”

Rather than seeing film as an alternative to books, Okazaki sees it instead asjust another medium, one with a different appeal thatreflects the expanding nature of literacy.

“There are different strengths to different media,” Okazaki said. “Film... obviously has an appeal because it’s where we go for our entertainment. If you introduce it to a classroom context, it has the connotation of being more fun.

You get to watch something, and it carries over from your leisure time.”

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doors to ways of conveying information unique to film.

While libraries are still book-heavy, their function has been altered by the ever-evolving role of film as a mechanism ofacademia.

“I’ve noticed very strikingly in the past five years a change from [Lilly] being a reference library... to being mainly a video-lending library,” Okazaki said. “The place of the book has shifted from the top of the pyramid to somewhere down in there, and the place of the video has surged.”

But film is not without its impediments when compared to other media.

“It’s the orphan brother or sister,” Benfey said. “There is an obstacle. Film is not [at] the status it deserves. It’s regarded a little bit as pop culture.”

Benfey also said diat because film is a different type of media, understanding film from a theoretical and critical angle is important, but above all it should be acknowledged as a mode of expression.

“Film is an outlet for emotions, for thoughts—whatever makes the human heart beat.”

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It’s been 231 days since Duke last took the basketball court for a game. When the Blue Devils line up against DivisionII Shaw tonight in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 6:30 p.m., they’ll do so with new faces, a new offensive mindset and some old

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“We had a rough season last year where there was a lot of negativity surrounding us,” senior DeMarcus Nelson said at the team’s preseason media conference. “A lot of people were saying we weren’t the Duke team of old.

Having to hear that all year has really motivated myself and motivated the team to make sure we play up to our standards and our capabilities this year.”

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NCAA Tournament in 11 seasons. This to erase those memories with a more aggressive and fastpaced offensive approach.

The addition of talented freshmen Kyle Singler, Taylor King and Nolan Smith provides Duke with a deeper bench than head coach Mike Krzyzewski has used in the past.

“We’ll play a lot of people,” Krzyzewski said. “We’d like to push the ball a little bit more and pick up a bit more defensively.

Depth will help, because we’ve got a lot of depth on the perimeter.”

That style was on display in Saturday’s Blue-White scrimmage, in which the two teams combined for 133 points in 30 minutes of play.

Pushing the ball capitalizes on Duke’s strength at the perimeter. The Blue Devils have two athletic wings in Nelson and Gerald Henderson who can finish—often in high-flying fashion—at the rim.

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have proven to be solid decision-makers in the open court.

“It’s very fun [to play uptempo],” Nelson said after the Blue-White scrimmage.

“It creates a lot of possessions and mismatch problems. It creates floor balance and spacing, and it gives guys room to be players and make decisions and make reads based upon what the defense is doing. We got a lot of easy buckets doing it, and it’s going to be fun for our team playing that way.”

Nelson remains the team’s elder statesman as the lone senior, and this year he will serve as Duke’s only captain. Nelson plans on being a stronger and more vocal leader after sharing the honor a year ago with Paulus and second-round draft pick Josh Mcßoberts.

“This team is ours,” Nelson said at media day. “The players have to take ownership of this team, and that’s something that last year we didn’t do a good Job of.”

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from an inexperienced team that struggled to score a year ago. Unlike the Blue Devils, the Bears could not overcome their offensive shortcomings and limped to a 3-25 season, not including their 9645 exhibition loss at Cameron.

Shaw’s lineup is highlighted by last season’s two leading scorers, seniors Damola Obadina and John Kornegay. Obadina, a 6-foot-5 forward, averaged 14.1 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Bears a year ago and has been named to the preseason All-conference team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Kornegay, a 5-foot-10 point guard, poured in an even 10 points per contest as a junior. Seniors Robert Espinosa and Cori Gaither also return from last year’s rotation.

Shaw head coach Robert Brickey is also making a return of sorts. Brickey played for Krzyzewski from 1987-90, serving as a Blue Devils’ captain during his final season in Durham.

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On a warm All Hallow’s Eve at Davidson’s Alumni Soccer Stadium, the Blue Devils were haunted by a familiar storyline.

No. 19 Duke (10-5-1) notched a 2-0 shutout over the Wildcats (4-11-1) and DUKE came away with 0 another momentum-building win.

But the victory came at a cost, Senior midfielder Michael Videira, a captain and All-America candidate, suffered a serious injury to his quadriceps, leaving the rest of his season in doubt.

“We’re very very happy about the win, but very concerned about one of our top players who we may be missing for a while,” head coach John Rennie said.

For a Blue Devil squad whose roster has been plagued by injuries, the loss of another veteran starter is nothing new.

Forward Spencer Wadsworth and midfielder Zack Pope, who scored both of Duke’s goals in the contest, have come a long way, recovering from serious surgeries in the spring. Defender Tim Jepson is finally back in full form after the injury he incurred in exhibition play. The result, in Jepson’s case, has been much stronger defensive performances for the Blue Devils.

“It’s kind of a season that really has never gotten started,” Rennie said. “[lt’s] great that those guys are back, playing well and contributing, but hav-

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ing another injury tonight, losing Mike Videira—it’s just a jinxed, star-crossed kind of a deal because we have a really good team when we have everyone out on the field.”

Duke showed that prowess when it boasted its full roster Wednesday night.

The Blue Devils outshot the Wildcats 26-5, but were frustrated until the 75th minute when Pope connected on a header from a Joe Germanese cross for his first goal of the season.

Wadsworth padded the lead with a late strike in the 88th minute, assisted by defender Graham Dugoni. The score was the senior’s second tally of the year.

On the other side of the field—bolstered by that rejuvenated defense—goalkeeper Justin Papadakis only had to make two saves to secure Duke’s fifth shutout of the season. In the Blue Devils’ last three games, they have allowed just one goal.

Rennie emphasized, however, that his offense will now need to step up its game to compliment the newly restored defensive play and make up for the loss of its veteran leader.

“The defense now has played really really we11... .We were not playing all that well defensively before Tim Jepson came back,” Rennie said. “We still need to score goals.

Since Mike Videira’s injured, that’s going to hurt us in that regard.”

With just two weeks left until the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils do not have much time for Videira to get healthy and cannot afford to lose the edge they have gained over the past four games.

Instead, Duke will have to prepare and adjust to playing without one of its senior leaders. But it’s not like the team hasn’t done it before.

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With the third best pass defense in the nation, allowing just 155.5 yards per game, Clemson feasts on teams that throw far more than they run.

Although Duke’s offensive attack is relatively balanced between the passing and rushing games, it is safe to say that Duke executes better in the air than on the ground.

Thaddeus Lewis has thrown for over 1,000 yards more than the entire team has rushed, and the team has 13 more touchdowns passing than it does on the ground.

So when the Tigers come to town Saturday, they look to stop Lewis from putting his strong arm on display.

“You’ve got to break the quarterback’s rhythm, and to do that, you just have got to give him so looks that won’t let him throw,” Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden said.

“That’s what we do best.”

On the year, the Tigers have recorded 10 interceptions compared to their opponents’ four. Safety Michael Hamlin leads the team with three picks. The other three backfield starters have tallied two interceptions and backup safety DeAndre McDaniel has also gotten a pick.

Clemson also has only allowed six touchdown passes all year, tied for fourth lowest in the nation behind powerhouses such as Ohio State and Southern California. The team’s solid defense has allowed its offense to grow. The Tigers have outscored their opponents 279 to 159 and win by an average margin of over two touchdowns.

“Sometimes those statistics are deceiving,” Bowden said. “We’ve -been able to keep them out of the end zone pretty good with some of the leads we’ve had.”

Impressive defensive statistics, however, have not necessarily translated into wins.

Georgia Tech contained Clemson’s offense in a 13-3 win Sept. 29, and a week later, Virginia Tech demolished the Tigers’ defense en route to a 41-24 victory.

Although Clemson beat Central Michigan the following week, it still had a lot to prove going into a big game against Maryland last weekend.

The Tigers came through by going back to what they do best—defending against the pass. Jumping out to a 30-3 lead, Clemson held on for a 30-17 victory, holding Terrapins quarterback Chris Turner to 217 yards on 19 completions and intercepting him once. Turner also had no touchdown passes and his longest completion was 22 yards.

The win came at a cost, though, as star wideout Jacoby Ford broke his left ankle in the contest and is out for the year.

The new questions at receiver are not the only ones that plague the Tigers. The run defense has struggled in stopping the rush, as it is currently eighth in the ACC. In the two games that the Tigers lost, the team gave up 343 yards on the ground—versus just 132 in the air—and two touchdowns.

“I wish our running stats were better,” Bowden said. “I wish we could defend the run better. A couple of teams we’ve played have run the ball to let the score not get out of hand.”

Although Duke’s running game is not one ofits strong suits, Lewis could prove to be one of Clemson’s biggest tests so far.

“It’s going to be a good challenge simply because of the success he’s had and because of the confidence I’m sure he has,” Bowden said. “We’ve got to put pressure on him.”

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Over the course of the season, No. 12 Duke has steadily progressed, going 5-1 in its last six games.

The Blue Devils (11-7, 1-4 in the ACC) have a chance to showjust how far they have when they clash with diird-ranked and defending conference chamwq pion Wake Forest (12-4, 3-2) Thursday in the first round of the ACC tournaJOrsaP ment. The game between die No. 3 and No. 6 seeds TODAY, 4 p.m. f ls slated for 4 P- m - ln Chestnut Hill Mass.

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With its first-round matchup, Duke is looking to avenge a 4-2 loss to the Demon Deacons Sep. 8.

“It just adds more fuel to the fire,” said freshman Camille Dagorn. “It gives us more motivation.”

In its loss to Wake Forest, Duke had many scoring chances but struggled to turn these opportunities into points. In that match, the Blue Devils had 18 shot attempts to the Demon Deacon’s 12 and held an 11-3 advantage in attempted corners.

This time around, Duke believes its improvement could help turn those missed chances into goals.

“We know what we were like last time,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “We still managed a lot of shots and corner opportunities. We’ve been moving on.”

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Duke knows that its focus in practice and its increased team chemistry are both responsible for the change.

“We’ve really matured as players,” senior goalie Caitlin Williams said. “We’ve really come together to work as a team.”

Though the Blue Devils are a better squad than they were in September, they enter conference tournament play on a sour note. In its season finale on Oct. 27, Duke dropped a 5-3 contest to Virginia on the road. After the game, Bozman was not at all pleased with her team’s effort.

Although the loss was disappointing, the Blue Devils know that forgetting the past and focusing on the present is important.

“It was a very tough loss,” Williams said.

“But we’ve put it behind us.”

Keying in on the Demon Deacons is especially important because of the possible implications. A win would improve Duke’s NCAA tournament resume and give it another chance against No. 2 Maryland. The victory also would bring the Blue Devils one step closer to capturing the conference crown, a feat Duke has never accomplished underBozman’s leadership.

Although die Blue Devils have many reasons to play as hard as they can when they take die field in ChesUiut Hill, they are trying to not lose sight of the task in frontof diem.

“We’re in situations where we’re one-anddone,” Bozman said. “We’re treating each game like it’s our last, and it could be our last.

I feel like our team will come out on fire.”

In addition, Williams, along with juniors Marian Dickinson and Laura Suchoski, were named to the 2007 AU-ACC team Wednesday.

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But as a University still years: We’ve been unable—or unwilling —to attract big on the brink of greatness, name speakers. we expect more.

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have been both inspiring and accomplished —but not fa-

mous. As this editorial board has said numerous times in the past, prestigfe is important, especially when we seek to compete with schools like Stanford and Yale.

We need to make bringing in big-name speakers one of our top priorities.

This is a goal the Duke administration needs to invest significant resources in.

Durham is neither New York City nor Washington D.C.; the sense of political apathy on our campus contrasts starkly with the activism that pervades Columbia or Georgetown. But this does not mean we must resign ourselves to passivity; administrators need to cre-

a new attitude of political engagement by attracting political speakers.

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In order to create a lasting tradition of activism, the initiative for big name speakers must come from the top down, not from a student body that has already proven to be politically apathetic.

The Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the political science department and administrators need to work together to pool the connections and resources necessary to embark upon this admittedly difficult endeavor.

As we have seen in basketball, success breeds participation. Championships created the Cameron Crazies; similarly,

big-name politicians on campus will create a student body of political activists. In seeking major political speakers, the

University can cultivate a campus that creates active citizens.

In 2000, debate teams consisting of campaign advisers and senators —from the Democratic and Republican parties squared off at Duke.

A day later and an hour away, presidential candidates George W. Bush and A1 Gore debated at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem.

Duke University deserves more than debate teams—especially when Wake Forest hosts presidential candidates.

This was in 2000—and is even more now—a prestigious school worthy of national attention. A presidential debate with the 2008 presidential candidates on campus would invigorate the student body and renew our commitment to civic engagement.

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And I. fi xor one, would like to say that this is a great thing.

I don’t really have a problem with any member of the Duke administration, which may or david rademeyer may not have someforty-two thing to do with the fact that I don’t know any of them. However, the very fact that I don’t know them makes me very confident that I want them to have as little power over me as possible.

It turns out that this is a pretty stupid desire, akin to hoping that I will wake up tomorrow and discover that the whole world is made of chocolate. As I discovered when looking up “in loco parentis” for this column, in Gott v. Berea College, the Kentucky Supreme Court found that Berea College had the right to expel students for eating at an off-campus restaurant.

This may not be binding in Durham, but it certainly sets the tone for college students across America. Duke is a private institution and if, for example, the administration were to decree that we needed to travel across campus hopping on our left foot while patting our heads with one hand and rubbing our stomach with the other, then the law gives us two choices: comply or drop out.

This is all very well and good: the government should assume that private universities know their own business, after all. However, it does mean that I am immediately apprehensive when someone calls for more University control over me, and incredibly grateful when administrators pass up on the chance.

As The Chronicle reported last Thursday, the North Carolina legislature and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor have passed legislature and implemented policies, respectively, that will in effect curtail smoking on the UNC-CH campus. Predictably, some voices at Duke spoke up to follow suit.

The advocates of a ban on or severe restrictions to smoking outdoors on Duke’s campus (smoking indoors is already banned), generally frame the debate in terms of the risks to nonsmokers posed by second-hand smoke.

They point to research like the Surgeon General’s recent report on the issue, which not only noted that around 50,000 people die each year from exposure ,

second-hand smoke, but also underlined that “the scientific evidence indicates that there is no risk-free level ofexposure to second-hand smoke.”

The Surgeon General’s report, however, also concludes that “eliminating smoking in indoor spaces fully protects nonsmokers from exposure to second-hand smoke.” In fact, the report notes that, for the private institutions that adopt “voluntary smoke-free... campus policies.... the policies are typically not primarily intended to reduce employees’ second-hand smoke exposure, but to motivate... employees who smoke... to quit.”

The bottom line is that we nonsmokers are already safe. Anyone who argues for banning smoking outdoors on the basis of limiting second-hand smoke exposure is either misinformed or willfully stretching the facts in order to promote their agenda: stopping other people from smoking.

It might be worth noting at this point that I have never smoked anything. I spent enough time in America in middle school to get to attend a DARE presentation, and I know all about the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, the ash and the tar, the emphysema and the lung cancer that are the byproducts of a smoking habit.

However, I know enough smokers to realize that they are fully aware of this themselves, and to recognize that they are not, in fact, mentally incompetent. As adults, they choose to engage in an activity that they know is bad for them, and who am I to tell them what to do?

I would never presume, for example, to tell someone off for running a marathon after preparing by running only 30 miles per week, in spite of the fact that such runners are at increased risk of heart damage or dysfunction.

While universities certainly have a right to act in loco parentis and prevent students from smoking (for their own good, of course), an institution that insists on acting like adults’ parents runs the risk offorever infantilizing them.

This is why I think we should all thank Vice President for StudentAffairs Larry Moneta for refusing to assume greater control over students’ lives, and publicly advocating a sensible smoking policy last week: By banning smoking indoors, Duke shields its students, staff and faculty from second-hand smoke exposure; by moving ashtrays and seating areas away from doorways, Duke ensures that smokers will not clump around them, creating clouds of smoke that nonsmokers must traverse with no risk, but considerable annoyance; by standing up for a “my lungs, my choice” policy, Duke helps its students mature into adults, by treating them like adults. to

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University of lowa’s history department and Duke’s history department have a couple of things in common. Both have made national news because neither has a Republican faculty member. And both rejected the application of Mark Moyar, a highly qualified fmct w hpp|pr TIOSI Wneeier historian and a Republican, for a faculty appointment. guest commentary Moyar graduated first in the history department at Harvard; his revised senior thesis was published as a book and sold more copies than an average history professor ever sells.

After earning a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in England, he published his dissertation as “Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965” with Cambridge University Press, which has received even more attention and praise.

Moyar’s views of Vietnam are controversial and have garnered scorn and abuse from liberal historians, including the department chair at the University of lowa, Colin Gordon. Moyar revealed on his resume that he is a member of the National Association of Scholars, a group generally to the right of the normal academic organization. Gordon and his colleagues at lowa were undoubtedly aware of Moyar’s conservative leaning and historical view.

Moyar is undoubtedly qualified. He is unquestionably diverse; his views are antithetical to many of the lowa professors’ views. Yet the lowa department hired someone who had neither received degrees from institutions similar to Cambridge and Harvard nor published a book despite having completed graduate school eight years earlier (history scholars are expected to publish books within approximately six years of finishing their doctorates).

In the lowa history department there are 27 Democrats and zero Republicans. The lowa hiring guidelines mandate that search committees “assess ways the applicants will bring rich experiences, diverse backgrounds and ideology

the university community.” After seeking a freedom of information disclosure, Moyar learned that the lowa history department had, in fact, not complied with the hiring manual. It seemed that Moyar was rejected for his political and historical stands.

Maybe it was an unlikely aberration. But Moyar told the Duke College Republicans earlier this fall that he is skeptical because an application of his a few years ago at Duke for a history professorship progressed in much the same way it proceeded in lowa.

After Moyar did not receive an interview he asked Professor Alex Roland, head of the Duke search committee, why his qualifications did not at least merit an interview. Roland replied in an e-mail obtained by the Duke College Republicans that, “Each of the committee members attempted to balance scholarship, teaching experience and/or potential, programmatic issues, fit with the department, and other issues in reaching their decisions. I cannot summarize how those played out for each committee member in your case.”

Roland provided nothing specific; Moyar was baffled that someone with his qualifications could be rejected without any reasons given. He asked Roland again why his application was rejected despite the fact that Moyar would have replaced a professor with a similar research interest.

Roland stated simply that the process was confidential.

Duke’s history department rejected Moyar in Spring 2004 and granted the position to a historian who has not published a book, even today, three years after the appointment.

Moyar was nonplussed, needless to say.

The Duke Conservative Union revealed in 2004 that the Duke history department had 32 registered Democrats and zero registered Republicans. John Thompson, the history department chair, blithely told The Chronicle in February 2004, “The interesting thing about theUnited States is that the political spectrum is very narrow,” implying that political affiliation is relatively trivial. According to Michael Munger, a political to

science professor at Duke, Duke faculty remarked in a Dukesponsored panel in 2004 that, “Asking history to hire a conservative is exactly like asking biology to hire a creationist.”

Moyar learned of the information about party affiliation among Duke faculty and suspected that it had something to do with his rejection. He voiced his concerns in a letter to Nannerl Keohane, who was then president of Duke.

Keohane told Provost Peter Lange to look into the matter.

Moyar said that Lange set up an inquiry, which proceeded privately for five months. Moyar said he received a short message from Lange saying that the history department’s search had been correcdy carried out. Moyar asked for a more detailed account of Lange’s inquiry, Moyar said the request remains unanswered.

The lacrosse scandal received and still receives incessant public and private attention. But the hiring debacle was passed over in relative silence.

Keohane stated around that same time, “One of the fundamental tenets of our University is that we provide an environment where multiple views can be raised.”

Not too many Republican views, it seems.

I for one have had teachers I know are left-wing. Yet never have I had teachers tendentious, unfair or inappropriate in their behavior, although others reportedly have.

The problem here seems institutional. When—according to Munger—in at least one case a Duke department chair has said, “The function ofDuke [is] to rid conservative students of their hypocrisies,” there is something not quite right.

Seven Duke professors have signed onto Historians Against the War, a group that expressly implores other historians to publicly denounce the war. Perhaps professors are willing to tolerate conservative students, but it is clear thatfaculty members are expected to conform to a political standard.

Wheeler Frost is a Trinity sophomore and vice chair College Republicans.

of Duke

I don’t hate gays (and neither does God

I’ve

seen a lot of gay pride recently, what with coming-out day, those “love=love” Duke University Union shirts and J.K Rowling’s decision to out Dumbledore (forcing all children aware of the fact to view the hoary father figure in terms of his hidden sexual attractions).

But is there any reason to be proud ofone’s sexual identity? Webster says that pride consists in reasonable or justifiable self-respect.

Suppose sexual identity is justin noia genetic. My race is genetic too; should I be proud because I’m white? How about my incidental preferences: What if I like flowers (don’t worry, I hate them) —should this make me proud?

Of course not. Nor should being heterosexual or homosexual. And it does no good to pretend otherwise, because building up a framework of meaningless selfrespect is a recipe for emotional disaster. Our pride ought to be based in admirable things —the sacrifices we’ve made, the good we’ve done, the moral state of our character; and it should always be coupled with humility. When it is built on things to which the word “respect” has no coherent application, such as sexual inclination, it will eventually collapse.

Apart from the inherent respect of being human, we merit and demerit respect by our actions.

But “gay pride,” like “white pride,” is a mockery of real pride. Rather than seeking respect on account of one’s merits, it demands respect on account of one’s sexual lifestyle.

This is simple arrogance. It says that we cannot judge the actions of others, but demands that we respect them. No one has any right to place that puerile demand on you, because these are precisely the judgments required to lead a moral life. As a human being you have every obligation to judge right from wrong, and every right to judge gay “sex” wrong. »

Yet respect for the sexual lifestyle of gays is demanded of us every day. I refuse to give it the respect its practitioners unjustifiably demand (just as I’ve scorned heterosexual fornication), but for this I will be called a bigot and a homophobe. Mark it carefully, though, because calumny is a form of bullying, an attempt to intimidate those who disagree, and thus to silence rational discourse rather than engage it. For I neither hate nor fear homosexuals, and I would never tolerate either disposition.

I do discriminate, however, because discrimination is the knife of reason, with which we separate right from wrong. The gay movement ought to be judged, like any other movement, by the actions and demands of its members—many of which involve legal unions.

The simple argument in favor ofgay unions is on DUU’s vacuous T-shirt: “love=love,” after all, so shouldn’t all consensual and loving unions between two adults be treated equally?

Yet just taking consensual love, the philosopher recognizes its disparate forms, some bad, some good. And this says nothing of marriage. To treat homosexual “union” as marriage—even just in terms ofrights and privileges—is to fake equality between two fundamentally unequal relationships. It would demand that we remain utterly indiscriminate, and utterly ignorant of the reasons why the rights and privileges of marriage exist.

Now I’m not in the business of abandoning reason, so let’s discriminate between a few things.

The social basis of marriage is procreation. As former diplomat Alan Keyes observed, throughout history marriage has been institutionalized solely to “regulate the obligations and responsibilities attendant upon procreation.” It’s designed to safeguard the family, which is to say the children, not to validate the feelings of love between two individuals. These are the terms of its existence, which alone justify the rights and privileges extended by the state.

Marriage is possible between a man and a woman because between them procreation is always possible in prin-

ciple (with regard to the essence of the participants, which is unaffected by accidents like infertility).

Marriage is impossible between two men or two women

because between them procreation is impossible in principle. The call for gay marriage is a call to redefine marriage so that its natural, historical, legal and cultural basis is irrelevant. But then so is its institution. It would be akin to changing the legal definition ofadulthood to between the ages of 0 and 100. Thus many gays demand an institution that will become meaningless if they obtain it.

But marriage must exist. If nothing else, our laws must promote the general welfare. Normal, stable families—the building blocks of normal, stable societies—are absolutely necessary for the welfare of the state. Without children we would be lost in a generation. The government has every right and duty to encourage families, because the declivity of the family spells the declivity of the state, as it always has in the past.

That’s not to say that heterosexuals always have normal, natural families, but homosexuals never do, because homosexual families are unnatural and, by definition, abnormal. Nor are homosexuals entitled to children—no one is. Children are not a right; they are a responsibility gifted to and placed upon us, and part of our duty to them is to provide stable families.

One cannot define marriage by some arbitrary idea, like love, because then marriage can be anything one wants it to be—and that means nothing at all. Proponents of gay marriage disregard thousands of years of cultural and legal development on a whim, opening the doorwide to other disasters, like polygamy. This is something our society, the rebellious child ofhuman industry that it is, despite its lack of education and decency, and thinking itself too enlightened to bother with the wisdom of the past, might just be willing to do. But it may not and will not command our respect.

Justin Noia

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