November 2, 2007 by Duke Chronicle Print Archives

dsg in alpine Vice presidents meet with students and eat'fro- yo'in Alpine, PAGE 3

r '

■

A. mayor race BBi l

mm top recruit

Duke political groups campaign for mayoral candidates, PAGE 4

1 I

Coach K gets a verbal commitment from recruit Elliot Williams, PAGE 15

The Tower of Campus

“|

ine Chronicle f I

1 I

Thought and Action

......

ft-

SHAW 55 134 DUKE

Blue Devils shine against Shaw Duke put its new offensive scheme on display Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium against theBears. Freshman Kyle Singler led all Blue Devils in scoring with 23 points. Gerald Henderson, who clocked the most minutes for Duke, scored 15points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals READ FULL STORY ON PAGE 15

ZACHARY TRACER/THE CHRONICLE

Gerald Henderson goes for a loose ball Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Obama fires up crowd at NCCU by

Christine Hall THE CHRONICLE

Crowding onto North Carolina Central University’s football field, thousands gathered Thursday to catch a glimpse of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The rally—Obama’s first public visit to the state since he threw his hat into the ring last February—was part of his “Countdown to Change” campaign, a countdown to the initial caucuses in lowa and Nevada, as well as the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. “I am running for president of the United States of America because I want to change how politics is done,” he said. “I want big change, not little change. I want fundamental change, not change around the edges.” Introduced by Mayor Bill Bell as “the best candidate for president,” Obama said his top priorities as president would include instituting universal health care, revising No Child Left Behind legislation and moving the country away from its KEVIN HWANG/THE CHRONICLE dependency on oil, which he said has been an issue since the 19705. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama speaks on thefootball field at NCCU Thursday afternoon. “It doesn’t help when my cousin Dick Cheney is put in charge of enlitical experience. Having served “In fact, when people say, ‘We’re ergy policy,” he said, laughing. “I’ve only three terms in the Illinois not sure if Obama has been on been hiding this for a long time. EvState Senate and two in the U.S. the national scene long enough erybody’s got a black sheep in the Senate before beginning his cam- to be president,’ what they really family.... But I’m not going on that paign, Obama said his limited mean is they’re not sure I’ve been family hunting trip anytime soon.” time in Washington should not in Washington long enough. See, Since announcing his candireflect his ability to perform well they want me to sit there and stew dacy, Obama has faced criticism in the White House. a little bit. They want to boil all from Democrats and Republicans “I am optimistic about the alike for his relative lack of po- American people,” Obama said SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 5

CAMPUS COUNCIL

Council responds to Interim Report Burmese find home in Triangle by

Catherine Butsch THE CHRONICLE

“Campus Culture Initiative” may be words some students are tired of hearing, but Campus Council is just getting geared up to continue the conversation. The organization’s policy committeereleased the Response to theProvost’s InterimReport on the Undergraduate Experience Tuesday. The report is the result of many discussions the council has had since the release of the CCI, members said. “It’s a really big timefor change on campus, so we thought, oh, here are some really big ideas we’ve had,” said senior Ryan Todd, Campus Council president. As the primary student organization that deals with residential life, which the bulk of the Interim Report addresses, Campus SEE CCI ON PAGE 6

Following October discussions held by Provost Peter Lange (left) and Dean ofEducation Steve Nowicki (right), Campus Council issued a response to the CCI Interim Report on die Undergraduate Experience Monday.

Stephanie Shyu THE CHRONICLE

Many Duke students have seen the “Free Burma!” banner that hangs outside Kilgo Quadrangle, but few know that the Triangle is increasingly becoming a hub for resetded Burmese refugees. From July to September, Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas—a non-profit agency that serves both North and South Carolina—helped resetde 153 refugees in the Triangle area. All but 11 of them were of the Karen and Chin ethnic groups from SEE REFUGEES ON PAGE 8

THE CHRONICLE

2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

London faulted for subwaykilling

Wall Street falls more than 360 points by

Joe Bel Bruno

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wall Street plunged NEW YORK Thursday, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 360 points as investors found themselves confronted by two uncomfortable prospects: an end to interest rate cuts and a slowing economy. Mindful of a warning from the Federal Reserve Wednesday about inflation, the market nervously watched the price of oil, which passed $96 a barrel overnight for the first time before dipping on profit-taking. The Fed, which cut interest rates a quarter point, said in a statement that inflation remained a concern, and oil’s ascent to another record raised

the possibility not only that the Fed might stop cutting rates, but that it might even consider raising them if inflation accelerates. Meanwhile, Wall Street also had to contend with concerns about a slowing economy. A report from the Commerce Department indicated consumers scaled back their spending in September as worries mounted about a worsening housing market and further credit market turmoil. And a trade group reported that manufacturing in the U.S. grew in October at the weakest pace since March. The combination of factors led investors to pull back sharply from Wednesday’s rally, in which the Dow climbed 137 points after

the Fed said the economy had weathered the summer’s credit crisis. “Wall Street is in love with the idea of a rate cut, and realized that the Fed said inflation is still a concern —that lowered the chances of a cut in December,” said Ryan Detrick, a senior technical strategist with Schaeffer’s Investment Research. “We’re now feeling the pain now that investors have slept on it, and figured out what they said.” Christopher Cordaro, chief investment officer at RegentAtlantic Capital, said Wall Street remains anxious about the possibility of recession. He also believes the market is SEE WALL STREET ON PAGE 11

Congress passes new child health bill David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS by

WASHINGTON A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President George W. Bush vowed swiftly to cast his second straight veto on the issue. The legislation cleared the Senate on a vote of 64-30. It passed the House last week, but supporters were shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override President George W. Bush’s threatened veto. “We’re convinced that the president has

undermined an effort to protect children,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said shortly before the vote. “Congress has known for weeks that the president would veto this bill,” White House press secretary Dana Perino countered in a statement shortly after the vote. “Now Congress should get back to work on legislation that covers poor children and stop using valuable floor time to make partisan statements.” In a situation of unusual political complexity, Republicans dictated the decision to pass the legislation speedily. It appeared their

Choose the division of Duke University Stores you want to address your e-mail to.

[Ask the Director

Please give us your correct e-mail address so we can respond to you individually.

If you're r«Mty to compose your message, dkk the COMPOSE MESSAGE button. You'll be taken to page wlnn you can select ai subject and write a detailed message. Your comments wRI not be sent until you •

dick the SEND MESSAGE button.

Connect with Duke University Stores! ©foe us yawfeedback on any of our operations via our online question/comment page. DevilSpeak. vteft www.dukestores.duke.edu and diidk on the DevifSpeak link.

fiiWtiSL are the Stores that Work for You! W*

Dy|m

PI IKE A Diinsum of Campm Services

goal was to short-circuit attempts by supporters of the bill to reach a compromise that could attract enough votes in the House to override President George W. Bush’s veto. Attempts by Reid to delay final passage of the bill until next week or longer drew objections from the GOP. “I believe a deal is within reach,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a participant in meetings with two senior Senate Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley of lowa and Orrin Hatch of Utah, and several members of the House GOP.

London's police force was found guilty and fined over $1 million Thursday for putting the public at risk during a counterterrorism operation in 2005 that led to the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, an innocent Brazilian electrician on a subway train.

Hiroshima pilot dies at 92 Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday at his Columbus, Ohio home. He was 92 and insisted for six decades after the war that he had no regrets about the mission.

Don Imus returns to radio Don Imus will return to the airwaves Dec 3 on New York's WABC-AM, only nine months after the cantankerous shock jock's career seemed doomed over his racist, sexist remarkabout the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

Dodgers hire Torre as manager Joe Torre was hired Thursday to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the job two weeks after walking away from the New York Yankees. Torre agreed to a three year, $l3 million contract, replacing Grady Little as the franchise's eighth manager. News briefs compiled from wirereports

"Happiness is having a large, loving,caring, dose-knitfamily in another city." —GeorgeBums

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 3

DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

DSG works to improve student engagement by

Julia Love

and said her forum went “really well.” Ireland said DSG’s involvement with the Duke South Asian Student Initiative began that afternoon after a student explained the proposal to her in person. “Being able to meet with students is very important,” Ireland said. “I hope that more students come out.” Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano and Vice President forAthleticsand Campus Services Sunny Kantha, both juniors, set aside some time for students Wednesday. Giordano said only one student, a DSG senator, came to speak with them. “It’s a good idea, but it has to be executed effectively in order to accomplish its objective,” he said. “There needs to be more publicity.” Vice President for StudentAffairs Lucy McKinstry, a sophomore, said this week’s forums were publicized with fliers on East Campus and in the Bryan Center. To heighten student awareness next week, signs also will be posted and a mass e-mail will be sent. Ireland said free frozen yogurt, smoothies and soda, funded by the Office of Student Affairs, makes meeting with the vice presidents more enticing. “Free food, that’s what all Duke students love,” Ireland said. Junior Greg Caiola said he is not interested in meeting with a vice president, but noted that “it’s nice to have that option.” Another valuable way to get students involved is through streaming the organization’s meetings online, said DSG Director of Technology Justin Wickett, a sophomore. On his Web site, kvilletv. com, students can watch DSG meetings in real time while discussing them with their peers in a chat room. Wickett said he will monitor the chat while he is attending the meeting and, if a student says something meaningful, he may present it

THE CHRONICLE

As a result of Duke Student Government’s latest efforts to increase visibility, students can now chat with senators over frozen yogurt in Alpine Atrium or just watch them online in real time at weekly meetings. DSG recently introduced two new methods for students to engage themselves in the workings of the group. Vice presidents hosted Weekly Open Forums for students Monday through Wednesday, and the DSG general body meeting was streamed live to the Internet for the first time last Wednesday. “I think that as student government we should always be looking for ways to reach out to students,” said senior Gina Ireland, DSG vice president for Academic Affairs. She met with four students Monday,

SARA

GUERRERO/CHRONICLE FILE

PHOTO

DSG vice presidents, like Sunny Kantha, will hold office hours in Alpine Bagels once a week.

•HANDMADE

ICE

SEE DSG ON PAGE 11

CREAMS

ICES*

Whole Cakes... Delivered! A homemade Francesca’s cake is a great way to celebratebirthdays, office parties, any occasion. And delivery to Duke Campus is free!

If it’s Francesca's,

it's homemadel

706 Ninth St. Sun 11-10,Mon-Thurs 11-11,Fri & Sat ’til midnight 919-286-4177 Fax 919-416-3158

www.francescas. dessertcaffe com .

•FINE

PASTRIES

•

ESPRESSO

BAR*

Durham recently implemented a policy to encourage the adoption of neighborhoods to foster revitalization.

City, businesses to aid neighborhood efforts by

Jin Noh

THE CHRONICLE

A famous Chinese proverb states, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This proverb serves as the underlying rationalefor the city’s debut ofAdopt a Neighborhood for Development, Inc., last week. Under the program, disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout Durham can potentially be adopted by local universities and corporations to revitalize their communities. “Adoption means facilitating and encouraging a neighborhood’s self-development efforts through having corporations provide both financial and intellectual resources to be used by the neighborhood in the manner they see fit,” Durham Mayor Bill Bell said in an Oct. 19 statement. Bell, the spokesperson for this collaborative effort, said he hopes to combine forces with pharmaceuticals—through GlaxoSmithKline, the North Carolina Instituteof Minority Economic Development and the city of Durham’s departments of Neighborhood Improvement Services and Community Development —to mimic a

similar program in the Mantua neighborhood in Philadelphia. “After nearly a year and half under an Adopt a Neighborhood program, communities in Philadelphia have shown evident signs of improvement,” said Jason Magidson, director of innovation processes at GlaxoSmithKline. “The Durham Adopt a Neighborhood program is in its exploration phase right now, but after some time, we hope to see similar

development.” By applying the same principles, Magidson said he believes corporations can improve the quality of life for citizens by providing financial, human and equip-

ment resources to allow communities to build capital assets that are needed for revitalization. Michael Palmer, assistant vice president and directorfor community affairs at Duke, said public-private partnerships are important in improving communities. “The public sector does not have some of the resources the private sectors have,” he said. “By blending resources and methodologies, communities have a larger pool of assets from which to develop.”

SEE ADOPT ON PAGE 7

THE CHRONICLE

4 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

CAMPUS COUNCIL

Funding for independents, cable plan debated by

Catherine Butsch

quadrangles.

THE CHRONICLE

A new initiative proposed by Campus Council could give independent students a hand in throwing parties. Members discussed implemendng a trial period for DUKEvents —an initiative that would allow independent students to create social programming—at its general body meeting Thursday night. DUKEvents would grant students access to part of their respective quadrangle council’s budget, party monitors and “helping hands,” according to the resolution proposed by President Ryan Todd and Vice President Kevin Thompson. Students could use DUKEvents funding for anything from throwing a party with a live band to inviting a favorite professor to speak, said Todd, a senior. He added that he hopes to a pilot run of the program could be implemented next semester in either Edens, Kilgo or Crowell

Another topic of discussion at the weekly meeting was a previously proposed resolution that calls for the inclusion of cable services in the undergraduate housing fee.

Currently, students living on-campus have to opt to pay for cable services, which cost about $3O per month. Under the proposed fee change, all students on campus would subscribe to cable services, dropping the cost to around $l2 to $l3 per month per student, council members said. Bob Johnson, director of communications infrastructure for the Office of Information Technology, said introducing the cable bundle would have three main benefits; making cable services available to all students, eliminating the inconvenience of having to sign up and enabling OIT to move forward with technology SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 14

HEATHER GUO/THE CHRONICLE

Campuscouncil membersdebated whether to give independent students more funds to throw parties.

Students campaign for Stith, Bell in election by

Cameron VanSant THE CHRONICLE

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

With the Durham mayoral election four days away, some students are trying to ensure that Election Day does not pass unnoticed. In addition to co-hosting a debate between the candidates Oct. 23, Duke Democrats and College Republicans are working to raise students’ awareness on campus and campaigning for their respective candidates in the community. Freshman Ben Bergmann, community interaction chair for Duke Democrats, said members of his organization plan to do more in the upcoming days for Democrat incumbent Mayor Bill Bell. “[We] are planning on participating in a big door-to-door canvas in Durham with the Bell Campaign on Saturday—phone banking for the campaign in a yet-to-be-determined location on campus on Tuesday, going door-to-door in the dorms and tabling,” Bergmann wrote in an e-mail. “Our on-campus effort will really not occur until Monday and Tuesday because we feel like get-

CollegeRepublicans member JoannaBromley goesdoor to doorforThomas Stith.

SEE ELECTION ON PAGE 12

innovative handcrafted fine jewelry T

WEST

MAIN

DURHAM

out-the-vote activities before then will not be very effective,” she said. Sophomore Vikram Srinivasan, an executive board member of College Republicans, said members of the group are campaigning for Republican candidate Thomas Stith, a City Council member, both on campus and in the city. He added that several freshman members of College Republicans have registered in Durham and plan to vote in the election. Sophomore Natalie Figuereo, a member of College Republicans, said she and several other students have run weekly campaign efforts with Stith for the past month. She added that community members and students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have joined them. “We hit mainly conservative neighborhoods with low voter turnout,” she said. Figuereo and Srinivasan identified crime as an

WWW. JEW ELSMITH.COM

919.286.299

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 5

THE CHRONICLE

OBAMA from page 1 the hope out of me. I have to remind them, ‘Listen, two of the longest resumes in Washington were Dick Cheney’s and Donald Rumsfeld’s, and they led us into the biggest foreign policy disaster in a generation.’ So a long resume doesn’t guarantee good judgment. Longevity says nothing about your character.” He added that his work as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, constitutional law professor, state senator and U.S. senator has given him the experience to get things done and bring people together. Ben Laßolt, a spokesperson for the campaign, said Obama came to Durham because he wanted to unite the state of North Carolina and encourage people to vote. He added that it is also an attempt to sway the primaries in the neighboring state ofSouth Carolina, a state where Obama is trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls 19 to 41 percent, according to American Research Group, Inc. “The purpose of the North Carolina campaign was to translate the grass-roots enthusiasm that we found across the state into an organization that would turn out to vote on election day,” he said. “Also, this visit will hopefully boost our efforts in other early states, such as South Carolina.” Local college students made up much of the audience, arriving in packs with discounted tickets in hand. However, Duke Democrats President Samiron Ray, a sophomore, said Duke students were not very informed about the event. Obama’s visit to Durham could spark campus discussion on the issue of the presidential election, Ray said. He added that the campaign stop in Durham was strategic because of the demographic of the city. “I think that Sen. Obama [came] to Durham because his platform speaks especially strongly to the voting constituency here,” Ray wrote in an e-mail. “As a civil rights lawyer, his experiences with public interest work resonates among Durham residents.” Closing his speech, Obama said he admitted his flaws as a person and as a politician, but his policy in the White House wouldreflect honesty—a virtue he said is uncommon today. “I am reminded every day of my life... that I am not a perfect man,” he said. “I will not be a perfect president. But what I can promise you is this; I will always tell you what I think. I will always tell you where I stand. I will be honest with you about the challenges that we face.”

KEVIN HWANG/THE CHRONICLE

Thousands of supporters showed up at NCCU to hear presidential candidate Barack Obama,a Democrat, pontificate on issues Thursday evening.

discover... Great Outdoor Provision Co. FootAction Champs Sports Foot Locker Radio Shack Guitar Center TigerDirect GameStop Cricket Communications Verizon Plus Cingular Wireless Hungate's S&K Menswear Foot Locker Merle Norman Barry Better Menswear Lane Bryant C&H Cafeteria EB Games Dragon Express Randy's Pizza Ruby Tuesday Flamers Marble Slab Creamery Green Tango

Talbots

•

NORTHGATE STADIUM 10 EUGENE WANG/THE CHRONICLE

Senator Barack Obama greets audience members at NCCU Wednesday.

discover more @ www.northgatemall.com

Northgate Macy’s Sears The Food Gallery •Northgate Stadium 10 Theatres The Shops at Northgate 1-85 and Gregson Street, Durham 919-286-4400 •

•

THE CHRONICLE

6 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007

ing unaffiliated residents and discussed the

CCI from page 1

possible re-institution of the house model,

which was used until 2002 and would create Council thought a formal response from separate identities for each of the smaller the organization would be appropriate, the quad sections that already exist. The council ultimately decided against report explains. “A lot of students don’t really understand recommending the change because they the implications of the things they’re asking concluded that the house model would not for,” Todd said. “So we took it upon ourselves significantly alter campus culture. “We came up with the idea of taking the t0... come up with some kind of [formative] recommendation that brings in what people quad model, changing it a little bit to make it better and instituting the best parts of the are saying, what we think and what we know.” The recommendations in thedocumentrephouse model,” Todd said. resentnot only the opinions ofCampus Council Campus Council is also in favor of inmembers but the student body at-large, added creasing the number of theme houses and Todd, who, along with juniorKevin Thompson, living/learning communities, Todd said. “We wanted to make sure that the advice president of Campus Council, attended most of the open forums die Provost held to disministration understood that if they want cuss the Interim Report withstudents. to have these successful living and learning communities they need to be with the full The council waited until after the last forum Oct. 24 to release the response, more support of the students,” Todd said. than one month after the publication of He added that a top-down approach to creatthe Interim Report in September. ing new living groups has not been successful in “We’ve taken a great effort to ensure the past we’ve listened to In the area of student voices,” housing assign“We wanted to make sure ments, the counThompson said. The response cil recommended that the administration instituting co-ed focuses on five understood that if they want blocking and trimain points: reasal co-ed sections sessment of the to have these successful living and allowing sinmodel, housing and learning communities gles and triples blocking and coto block. educational livthey need to be with the full “The problem ing, addition of theme was that the inhousing of students.” support and living/learnperson picking Ryan Todd, process did not ing communities, the role of Cencouncil president allow for at[co-ed all,” tral Campus in blocking] the residential exTodd said. He added that once Room Pix goes onperience and creation of social and event line, co-ed blocking will become more feasispace ble, but Residence Life and Housing Services Todd said the council assessed the effectiveness of the quad model in empower- would like to use the first year of online Room

campus

PROVOST’S LECTURE SERIES 2007/08;

GLEN

GUTTERSON/CHRONICIE FILE

Pix as a technical trial run and wait until the following year to try co-ed blocking. The council’s recommendations regarding Central Campus are vague because plans for Central are still up in the air, Todd said. “We just want to convey people’s general opinion that the failure of Central Campus now is that it’s not competitive with East, West, or off-campus,” Todd said. “It should be competitive with the Belmont [Apartments]. Especially if we have this three-year requirement, we shouldn’t be forcing people to live on campus in less competitive facilities [that are] just as expensive.” The final section of the Response addresses the importance of creating new social and event spaces on campus.

“Our opinion is that we can’t create spaces without ownership and without character,” Todd said. Thompson said the council sent a copy of the report to a number of top administrators including Provost Peter Lange, Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, John Simon, vice provost for AcademicAffairs, Larry Moneta, vice president for Student Affairs, and Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services. “I found the Campus Council report to be thoughtful and well done,” Simon wrote in an e-mail. “The recommendations contained in [it] are being considered seriously and certainly impacts the final report that we are beginning to prepare forPresident [Richard] Brodhead.”

BEING HUMAN

words

p ro vost .duke. edu/speaker_seri es

of wisdom

for your walls

Remarkable advances

inspirational collage encoated with beeswax

in the biological sciences are calling into question traditional understandings of human

South Carolina artist Linda Abbott

nature. Because science

may eventually enable

us to change even the most basic human :il2

characteristics, some conclude that the very concept of human nature is obsolete. This series explores the social and

ethical implications of science for how we think about human nature.

Our Inner Ape:

Human Nature:

A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are

Bad Biology and Bad Social Theory

4 pm Thursday November 8, 2007

5 pm Tuesday November 13, 2007

Biological Sciences Building, Room 111

Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center

Frans B.M. de Waal C.H. Candler Professor of

Richard Lewontin Alexander Agassiz Research Professor, Harvard University

Psychology, Emory University Director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Center

PHOTO

In response to the Interim Report, President Ryan Todd and the rest ofCampus Council recommended co-ed blocking, trial co-ed sections and allowing singles and triples to block, among other changes.

7D/A

THE CHRONICLE

ADOPT from page 3 Currently, the University has a similar

ongoing relationship with 12 targeted Durham neighborhoods that have been especially in need ofattention. Like the recently debuted program, students, faculty and the Office of Com-

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 7

hand,” he said. “Instead we facilitate their development by helping them build affordable housing, after-school programs and other things that will stabilize their

neighborhoods.”

Palmer said the University aims to enable neighborhoods to solve their own problems and therefore stresses the idea of

“partnership.”

munity Affairs have collaborated to provide numerous resources and services to the Durham community through the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partner-

Despite its name, Magidson said corporations participating in the program intend to take on an “empowering” role. He warned that there will be bumps ship campaign. along the way to success. Palmer and Sam Miglarese, director of “The one possible pitfall, which is community engagement at Duke, said the simultaneously a benefit, is that people concept behind AND was sound, but added will make mistakes with the resources they had qualms about some terminology we give them,” Magidson said. “But by used by the program. making mistakes themselves, people will “We try to avoid the term ‘adoption’ know how to better use those resources because it signifies us holding their next time.”

Durham neighborhoods such as Walltown will be affected by Adopt a Neighborhood for Development, Inc.

THE CHRONICLE

8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

REFUGEES from page 1 Burma,

Hart Leadership Parents Weekend Event

Getting Engaged: Student Leadership Projects at Home and Around the World Friday, November 2, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute of Public Policy

Join

us for a lively and interactive event about

Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) f a nationally-recognized program, offered by the Hart Leadership Program

SOL research projects focused on: the needs of sub-Saharan African immigrants in the Bronx, New York;

most of whom fled their homes because of political persecution. The agency resettles approximately 250-300 new refugees annually in the Triangle area. This year’s arrival numbers have been much higher than in the past, due largely to increased overseas processing of hundreds of Karen refugees who had been living in Thai refugee camps, Megan Erickson, Trinity ’O7 and LFS refugee resettlement case manager, wrote in an e-mail. The Duke Community Service Center recently asked Erickson and Liz Lawley, volunteer coordinator at LFS, to speak at Duke as part of the Community Service Week about the Burmese refugee community in the Triangle and to recruit volunteers for their organization. “We addressed the incredibly difficult experiences that refugees have endured—many being chased out of their villages; denied the light to hold [an] ID, travel, go to school, work; seeing friends and family killed; living in an overcrowded camp for sometimes as long as 20 years; and landing in the United States with often very little knowledge about their new country,” Erickson said. Despite a small showing at the speech, Erickson said she was pleased with the event. “The students that were there seemed very interested and asked a lot of great questions,” she said. Senior Caidyn Toombs, a student co-director of CSC, said the poor attendance was probably due to a lack of awareness more than a lack of student interest. “It was an opportunity for students to learn how to engage in the community in a different setting—by helping others integrate into it,” she said. A large portion of the Burmese refugee population lives in Carrboro, which is close enough for Duke students to be involved, Erickson said. “Duke students would be great volunteers to help teach English, tutor schoolchildren or simply help people learn to ride the bus,” she added. “This is a great opportunity to become personally involved with an international crisis that may otherwise seem very far away.” Once the U.S. government grants refugees legal status, they can stay in the country indefinitely. Refugees remain in America as long as they are unable to return to their home country or until they become permanent residents, Erickson added. The Burmese refugee community in the Triangle is fluid because people constantly migrate to and from the area. “Many refugees resettled in the Triangle decide to remain here, but they are free to move as they like after an initial period of agency assistance,” Erickson said.

tensions between the African-American and Hispanic communities in

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;

the health of women and children in Leogane, Haiti; environmental education programs in Mahajanga Province, Madagascar; and much more!

-c -c

w U

vH.Q fco

o 2 rs “**

To learn more about SOL and the Hart Leadership Program, please visit: http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/hip.

MELISSA WIESNER/THE CHRONICLE

A Burmese monk spoke at Duke last month to raise awareness for the tragedies in Burma.

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 9

■

\ll\V nJlv\ J _

ms \ f

TERM 1

May

tvi i

■■SESSION

Check bek>w for projected offends few* Summer Session 2008. Watch the web for schedule updates. E ariy registration begins on February 25. 14-lunc 26

PHYSEDU 15A/B Weight Training

AALL 137 Contemporary Culture in South Asia ARTHIST 69 Intro to the History ofArt ARTHIST 70 Intro to the History of Art

ARTS VIS Intermediate Narrative Production BAA 93 Intro to Biological Anthropology BAA 132 Human Evolution BAAI33L The Human Body BAA 144 L Primate Field Biology BAA 173 L The Primate Skeleton BAA 289 Comparative Mammalian Anatomy BIOLOGY 25L Principles of Biology CHEM 21L General Chemistry (pt 1) CHEM 22L General Chemistry (pt. 2) CHEM 151 L Organic Chemistry (pt.l) CHEM 152 L Organic Chemistry (pt. 2) CULANTH 129 Culture & Politics in the Caribbean CULANTH 141 Self & Society CULANTH 180S.1 Persp on Mass-Killing & Genocide CULANTH 1805.2 Religious Expression ECON 51D Economic Principles ECON 55D Intermediate Economics I ECON 105 D IntermediateEconomics II

PHYSICS 53L General Physics I POLSCI 93 Elements of International Relations POLSCII23 Intro to Political Philosophy POLSCI 131 Intro to American Political Thought

PSY 97 Developmental Psychology PSY 99 Personality & Social Behavior PSY 101 Research Methods in Psych Science PSY 113A Self Society PSY 117 Statistical Methods PSY 119A Abnormal Psychology PSY 151 S Clinical Interventions w/Children & Families PSY 170IS Human Development in Literature PSY 170RS Dating & Interpersonal Relationships PSY 185BS Research Methods in Social Psychology RELIGION 102 The New Testament RELIGION 159 Ethical Issues in Christianity SOCIOL 118 Sex, Gender, & Society ECON HOD Intermediate Economics 111 SOCIOL 120 Causes of Crime ECON 139 D Introduction to Econometrics SOCIOL 142 D Organizations Global Competitiveness ECON 182 Financial Accounting SPANISH 1 Elementary Spanish 1 EDUC 118 Educational Psychology SPANISH 2 Elementary Spanish 2 EDUC 140 The Psychology of Work SPANISH 63 Intermediate Spanish EDUC 170 S Education through Film SPANISH 76 Advanced Intermediate Spanish EDUC 209 Global Education SPANISH 105 Spanish for Oral Communication ENGLISH 63S Intro to Creative Writing STA 10 Basic Statistics Quantitative Literacy ENGLISH 90AS Readings in Genre Data Analysis STA 101 Statistical Inference The Dynamic Earth EOS 11 Statistical Inference STA 103 Probability FRENCH 2 Elementary French 2 THEATRST 102 American Drama Film: 1945-1960 FRENCH 63 Intermediate French Lang & Cult THEATRST 145 S Intro to Acting Film/Video Practice FVD 138 S Documentary Theory THEATRST 1495.1 Dramatic Improvisation Narrative Production 150 S Intermediate FVD THEATRST 1495.2 Voice, Speech, & Communication GERMAN 1 First-Year German I Love, etc: Use & Abuse of Emotions WOMENST 1505.1 65 Intermediate GERMAN German I WOMENST 1505.3 Bodies of Evidence: Forensic Fictions HISTORY 101 C Terrorism: 1848-1968 WOMENST 1505.4 The Nation in Feminist Fiction HISTORY 103 The Crusades 1050-1291 WOMENST 1505.5 Feminist/Womanist Theologies, HISTORY HIE Civil War Reconstruction Culture Quotidian Issues HISTORY HBB Warfare in the 20th Century WOMENST 1505.6 Cultural Politics, HISTORY 123 Madness & Society Sexuality & US Mass Media HISTORY 163E The Civil Rights Movement Real WOMENST 1505.7 Women: From Documentary Film ITALIAN 2 Elementary Italian 2 to Reality TV JPN 63 Intermediate Japanese (pt. 1) JPNI2S Advanced Japanese (pt. 1) TERM 2 (.Tune 30 August 10) LIT 120BS Hitchcock Contemporary Culture in South Asia AALLI37 LIT 1515.1 Literature & Human Rights ARTHIST 69 Intro to the History of Art LIT 1515.2 Monsters, Cyborgs, & Robots ARTHIST 70 Intro to the History of Art LIT 162ZS Contemporary Chinese Culture to Biological Anthropology BAA 93 Intro MATH 31L Laboratory Calculus I BAA Anthropology of the Skeleton 134 L MATH 32 Introductory Calculus H Bodies ofEvidence BAA 147 MATH 103 Intermediate Calculus &

MATH 107 Linear Algebra & Diff Equations MATH 108 Ordinary & Partial Diff Equations MUSIC 55 Intro to Music Theory MUSIC 79A Class Piano MUSIC 80A Classical Piano MUSIC 83A Trumpet

MUSIC 90A Classical Piano MUSIC 93A Trumpet MUSIC 120 American Popular Music PHIL 43S Intro to Philosophy PHIL 48 Logic PHIL H4S Philosophy of Biology PHIL 117 Ancient & Modern Ethical Theory PHIL 118 Philosophical Issues in Medical Ethics PHIL 121 Philosophy ofLiterature PHIL 134 Existentialism

100CS Writing: Poetry ENGLISH 173 S Gluttons, Lechers Prodigals EOS 11 The Dynamic Earth FVD 102 Intro to Documentary Film ENGLISH

PHYSEDU 18 Fly Fishing PHYSEDU 33 Physical Fitness for Women PHYSEDU 34 Pilates Mat & Ball PHYSEDU 40 Beginning Tennis PHYSEDU 45 Indoor Cycling PHYSEDU 174 Sports Marketing

BAA 172 L Primate Anatomy BAA 184 S Primate Conservation CHEM 22L General Chemistry (pt. 2) CHEMIS2L Organic Chemistry (pt. 2) CHINESE 135 Readings in Modern Chinese CULANTH 94 Intro to Cultural Anthropology CULANTH 104Anthropology & Film CULANTH 111 Anthropology & Law

CULANTH 113 Gender & Culture CULANTH 121 Culture & Politics in China ECON 51D Economic Principles ECON 55D Intermediate Economics I ECON 105 D IntermediateEconomics H ECON HOD Intermediate Economics HI ECON 139 D Introduction to Econometrics EDUC 100 Foundations ofEducation EDUC 118 Educational Psychology

FVD 107 American Film Comedy FVD 130 S Intro to Production GERMAN 2 First-Year German II HISTORY 111 F The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era HISTORY 124 isiave Society in Colonial Anglo-America JPN 64 Intermediate Japanese (pt. 2) JPN 126 Advanced Japanese (pt2) LIT 132 S Contemporary Fashion: Object, Idea & Image

LIT 150 S Fictions of the Sixties LIT ISIS Dystopias in Fiction Film MATH 31L Laboratory Calculus I MATH 32 Introductory Calculus II MATH 103 Intermediate Calculus &

MATH 107 Linear Algebra

Diff Equations

MATH 108 Ordinary Partial Diff Equations MUSIC 79A Class Piano MUSIC 79C Class Guitar MUSIC 80A Classical Piano MUSIC 83 A Trumpet MUSIC 88A Classical Guitar MUSIC 90A Classical Piano MUSIC 93A Trumpet MUSIC 120 Rock & Role: Theories of Performance in Popular Music PHIL 44S Intro to Philosophy PHIL 48 Logic PHIL 107 Political & Social Philosophy PHIL 112 Philosophy ofMind &

PHIL 116 Problems in Ethical Theory PHIL 142 Problems in Philosophy of Science PHYSEDU 15A/B Weight Training PHYSEDU 16 Endurance Swimming PHYSEDU 20 Beginning Swimming PHYSEDU 21 Intermediate Swimming PHYSEDU 172 Admin in Sports Management PHYSICS 35 Conceptual Physics PHYSICS 54L General Physics II PHYSICS 55 Intro to Astronomy POLSCI 106 International Security POLSCIIO9 Left, Right & Center POLSCI 199 C Politics at the Border PSYII Introductory Psychology PSY 92 Cognitive Psychology PSY 99 Personality & Social Behavior PSY 101 Research Methods in Psych Science

PSY 117 Statistical Methods PSY 119A Abnormal Psychology

PSY 170LS Psychology of Stereotypes & Prejudice RELIGION 108 The Life Letters ofPaul RELIGION 185 S The Qur’an Over Time SOCIOL 10D Intro to Sociology SOCIOL 116 Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies SOCIOL 155 Organizations Management SPANISH 1 Elementary Spanish 1 SPANISH 2 Elementary Spanish 2 SPANISH 63 Intermediate Spanish &

SPANISH 76 Advanced Intermediate Spanish

SPANISH 105 Spanish for Oral Communication STA 101 Data Analysis & Statistical Inference THEATRSTI4S Intro to Acting THEATRST 1495.1 Dramatic Improvisation

THEATRST 1495.2 Voice, Speech Communication WOMENST 1505.1 Sex, Self & Others in Postcolonial Contexts WOMENST 1505.2 Hard-Boiled Gender: Sexual Politics in Film Noir WOMENST 1505.3 Body Politics Nature WOMENST 1505.4 Gender, Science

summersession.duke.edu

THE CHRONICLE

10 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

PAID ADVERTISEMENT

TO THE DUKE COMMUNITY:

The Duke Conservative Union welcomes the sincere and eloquent apology ofPresident Brodhead to the wrongfully accused lacrosse players and their families for his administration’s failure to reach out to them during the preceding 18 months. We also welcome his recognition that the administration failed to differentiate the university position from that ofrogue and in some cases hateful members of the faculty. While we believe that Brodhead’s apology could have gone further and occurred sooner, it presents an auspicious beginning for a process ofreform and healing.

Where does that process begin? It begins with further reconciliation, which is necessary for this community to move forward. The faculty who signed the April 6 advertisement (and its “clarifier”), students who rushed to judgment and condemned the lacrosse team, and all others who abandoned valued members of our community in their darkest hour need to reach out and apologize. President Brodhead set the right example in his speech at the law school. Is it really that hard to do the same? As long as these individuals remain silent, we can only assume that which would be most deplorable: They still do not realize that their actions were wrong and hurtful; that their judgment was incorrect. We hope this is not the case. It takes courage to accept the truth, especially when it proves you wrong. Scholars, above all people, should be the first to recognize this, but so should others. As students of this university, we ask everyone to show courage now by admitting past mistakes. It is the only way to move forward and unite this community once more.

Only then can we commence the conversation on what reforms are needed to prevent this shameful history from repeating itself. The proposed law conference is a good start as would be an independent commission to review the University's handling of the case. But we must bear in mind that it is not others who will determine the future of Duke University. That responsibility falls to us. The Duke Conservative Union

For more information, contact the DCU President, David Bitner, at: dcbl9@duke.edu or send a letter to P.O. Box 99457, Durham, NC, 27708

THE CHRONICLE

DSG from page 3 to senators

“My hope is that students will let this run

in the background on their screens, and if something of interest to you happens you can comment about it,” he said. “Even if you’re not physically at the meeting, your voice can still be heard.” Wickett said one problem with the chat room is that students do not have to sign on under their own names. Fifteen students logged in Tuesday, but several identified themselves as “Justin Wickett,” he added. “Video content is serious, but the chat room lacks authority,” Wickett said. Freshman Jonathan Amgott said he stays aware ofDSG activities by reading The

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

Chronicle, but does not think he will watch

meetings online. “IfI wanted to watch their meetings live, I would be in DSG,” he said. DSG President Paul Slattery, a senior, said the organization’s new, wiki-style Web site and senators’ statements of legislative intent have also made the workings of the group more visible to students. He added, however, that he suspects many students are already as engaged in DSG as they want to be. “We’ve always tried to devise ways to more effectively communicate with and open ourselves to the student body,” he said. “But to be honest, I’m sure a lot of students have things to do with their time besides watching us debate in the Senate.”

WALL STREET from page 2

"on "of jobs

in October, scheduled to be released Frida morrl ing n be taking will ’

*itusually has. The data than

13,567.87.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was off 40.94, or 2.64 percent, at 1,508.44, while the Nasdaq composite index dropped 64.29, or 2.25 percent, to

-2,794.83.

Students wilj now have the opporunity to watch Duke Student Government meetings online at kvilletv.com.

Big late-session moves became common on Wall Street during the summer. Investors remain hopeful that a down market will turn around, but tend to launch a late afternoon selloff if that

ing"h

!" ld

urs

Crude prices vaulted $96 a boVe barrel er in P overnight trading. A barrel

°^f‘$1.04Xdpr se

down

■■

is expected to show unemployment remained steady in October, with payroll growth of 85,000 new jobs, compared with 110,000 in September. The Dow fell 362.14, or 2.60 percent, to

unchanged

“We’ve been getting all these mixed signals, and this is Jjust a confluence ot bad news between the Fed, the financials and this mixed eamingS season.” Chris Johnson, >

on even more

SARA GUERRERO/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

doesn’t happen. “We’ve been getting all these mixed signals, and thisis just a confluence ofbad news between the Fed, the financials and this mixed earnings season,” said Chris Johnson, president of Johnson Research Group. Financial stocks were pummeled after Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., the two biggest U.S. banks, were downgraded by CIBC World Markets on worries about the credit markets. Investors pulling money out of stocks turned to the safe haven of the Treasury market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 4.35 percent from 4.47 percent late Wednesday, and was

devoid of enough positive news “to have any type of sustained rally.” Investors were unswayed when the Fed pumped $4l billion into the U.S. financial system, one of its largest cash infusions since the credit crisis began in the summer. This increases the amount of money banks have to lend, and helps improve liquidity. In the past, such an action helped soothe the market, but that was not the case Thursday. With the market growing pessimistic about the economy, the Labor Department’s report a

I 11

markets have seeped into the industrial sector. The Institute for Supply Management, a Tempe, Ariz.-based trade group, reported its manufacturing index registered 50.9, down from 52.0 in September and below expectations for 51.8. A reading above 50 indicates growth; below that spells contraction.

Global Health Courses Spring 2008

Interdisciplinary Perspectives GLHLTH 180.01 Allen Buchanan Th 2:50-5:20

An interdisciplinary course that considers ethical perspectives from philosophy, medicine, public

health, and international affairs to develop skills in

reasoning within the context of global health.

Journalism and Public Health GLHLTH 180 07 S epnen Smith TuTh 2:50-4:05 ’

By analyzing a variety of African and international media products, the class aims at gauging awareness of public health issues in Africa and understanding the subtext of cross-cultural perception and representation.

Global Health, Human Rights and the Ethics of Engagement GLHLTH 1805.04 Jason Cross MW 2:50-4:05

Through case studies and exercises, examine the ethics of collaborating with multiple stakeholders in activism, policy and programming within relationships of unequal power in international health projects.

GLHLTH 255.01 Michael Merson

This is the senior Capstone Course for students in Global Health Certificate. Project involves conducting background research, data acquisition, analysis, writing, and presentation of a substantialresearch paper/report

8:30-9:45

$93.49 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Commerce Department’s report that consumer spending rose by 0.3 percent in September, slightly lower than the 0.4 percent increase thatanalysts expected, raised concerns about a slowing economy. In addition, the performance of the manufacturing sector in October suggested that ongoing troubles in the housing and credit

on a specific global health issue.

HEALTH CERTIFICATE G 2008 AVAILABLE; globalhealth/ sh-courses@duke.edu

THE CHRONICLE

12 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007

ELECTION from page 4 important issue for students. “Duke students want change so we can

feel comfortable going out into the community,” Srinivasan said. “Mayor Bell’s policy hasn’t done enough to change the situation.” Bergmann, however, said Stith has not taken a stand on important issues while serving on City Council. He added that Bell’s leadership skills make him an attractive candidate for the position. “We’re going to emphasize that we need real leadership in Durham, not just someone who is interested in getting elected,” he said. Despite the groups’ efforts, many students said although they are in-

formed about the candidates, they do not plan to vote in the upcoming election because they are not registered in Durham. “I am not registered here, but I met the mayor once this summer and was not particularly impressed,” said junior Chandler Pease. Other students said they registered last year to vote in the district attorney election hut have not followed the mayoral race as closely. Sophomore Erin Landis, who is from Durham, said she plans to vote in the election but has not decided which candidate she will support. “I need to do more research about what each of the candidates’ positions are,” she said. The mayoral election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6.

James Kennedy Antiques

HEATHER GUO/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

Duke Democrats and College Republicans hosted a debate between mayoral candidatesThomas Stith and Bill Bell in Page Auditorium Oct. 23.

Oallery

Quality Antiques Witk Contemporary Art Crafts At Historic Brigktl eaf Square Wkere Tke Best Of Tke Old Meets Tke Best Of Tke New &

Contemporary Designer Jewelry Art Glass & Otk er Crafts From Over 100 Of Tke Finest American Artists Wonderful Section of Antique & Estate Jewelry Large Collection of Fine African Art Rare Large Collection of Ckinese Nepkrite Jade •

Hours: Mon-Tliur 10-6 Friday 10-8 Saturday 10-7 905 W. Main Street, Durham, NC 277091 919-682-1040 •

•

The University Writing Program cordially invites all members of the Duke and Durham Community to attend the ml

Sixth Annual Deliberations Symposium

Meeting space, guest rooms and much more! The R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center features luxury suites, and an Executive Dining Room

11 I guest rooms, 2

Our breakfast buffet is worth the

stay!

EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE

Bryan Center, West Campus

CENTER

Featuring a panel discussion with the student-authors

/*\

(v-

-*«***<,

Deliberations: A Journal of First-Year Writing at Duke University Friday, November 2nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm Griffith Film Theater

R DAVID THOi

Celebrating the publication of the 2007 issue of

Jr \

BEE member

Parents and Families welcome! cbeaule@duke.edu or 660-4381 for details

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 113

OFFBEAT MUSIC *

Durham’s

�

THERE’S A TRICK TO IT.

Independent

Music Store

BEST SELECTION IN TOWN •Rock Indie Music Jazz •Local Bands Classical Imports •World Music...and more •

•

Concert Posters & T-shirts Also Bu yin S & Selling Used CDs & DVDs

“th

There are tricks to bending the LSAT to your favor, too. How you got your mind-bending score will be our little secret. No one teaches you how to outsmart the LSAT better than The Princeton Review. Enroll by 12/31/07 and save $lOO at Princetonßeview.com/100 Enter discount code: NAMLSATFO7

800-2REVIEW

/The Princeton

(

—

Review

800-273-8439

BRING YOUR T GAME

For LSAT tips, text GOLSAT to 22122

LSAT MCA! 6MAT QBE •

•

Standard text messaging rates apply.

DUKE CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT mmmm

DukeEngage

Challenge yourself. Change your world.

warmly welcomes Duke families to campus for "Parents' and Family Weekend." In honor of your visit, DukeEngage will host an Open House for families and their students on Friday, November 2, from 4-6 pm at the Duke Center for Civic Engagement, 2117 Campus Drive (just down and across the street from Admissions). Students who took part in the Summer 2007 DukeEngage Pilot Program will be available, along with DukeEngage staff, to visit with you about the University's newest enrichment program for Duke undergraduates. Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you!

DukeEngage

THE CHRONICLE

14 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

the administration wants to expedite the process of getting wireless Internet access and improved cell phone services campuswide, Bierman said.

COUNCIL from page 4

advances Treasurer Molly Bierman, a Junior, said with the proposed fee increase, OIT “With additional funds, OIT will no longer be operating at a would be able to improve the deficit,

In other business: Jen Frank, the council’s faculty advisor and program coordinator for Resident Life and Hous-

general services at Duke....” “With additional funds, QIT OIT resolution Services, ing would be able to said s. he is aimthe improve general IT services at Duke, including: ining to increase awareness about water creased WLAN in the residence halls, imconservation on campus in light of the cell on campus, current drought conditions in Durham. proved phone reception improved cable services (more channels, She noted that students should try to higher definition, possibly IP),” according be more conscious about their water to the proposed resolution. usage, such as the amount of time they Following the Virginia Tech massacre, spend in the shower or doing dishes. :

HEATHER GUO/THE

CHRONICLE

OIT officials explainedWednesday the feasibility of including cableand other services in the student housing fee.

A Break From The Coat &Tie

FI!

iER’S

Restaurant & Oyster Bar The largest selection offresh seafood, vegetables and BBQ. The place to meet your friends or bring your parents.

Oysters $5/dozen Friday •

•

2-6pm

King Crab Tuna Catfish Mahi Mahi Clams Scallops Live Lobster •

•

Callahead if you would likeLunch Express 806 W. Main Street Durham (across from Brightleaf Square) Open 7 days Lunch arid Dinner No reservation needed Full Bar & All ABC Permits •

•

682-0128 www.fishmon :rs.net •

**The Bee Movie (PG). .10:45 12:55 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:40 11:50 ,10:30 12:45 1:45 4:00 5:00 7:15 8:30 10:30 **American Gangster (R). Marti an Child (PG). .10:35 12:50 3:05 5:25 7:40 9:55 12:10 11:00 1:10 3:20 5:30 7:45 10:00 12:00 **SAW IV (R). “Dan In Real Life (PG U) 10:55 1:05 3:20 5:35 7:50 10:05 12:00 lyier Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (PG 13)... 11:05 1:45 4:25 7:05 9:45 12:05 30 Days of Nights (R). .11:05 1:35 9:50 12:05 .4:15 7:20 11:50 We Own the Night (R). 11:00 1:40 7:00 9:40 12:05 Michael Clayton (R).. Rendition (R) The Game Plan (PG), 1:50 4:30 7:00 **

mb Broa

919-416-9707

frBe

Now Serving Food! Fri. 11.02 Troika Music Festival

Wed. 11.07 Open Mic

to'tt.

*.'

ii.n

'A.'*.' ft'*.'

Bpm

B;3opm

“H« $8

Free

Baron Von Rumblebuss Kids Show s 3age s3+ A ■J'*'*''

i* bi im klki*JAi*J*4A 41

'.4’i'«k

november 2,2007

SWEET VICTORY ON SENIOR NIGHT

HIKE!

Duke defeated Miami 4-2 Thursday night in Koskinen Stadium after rattling off three straight goals in the second half. <| y

HOKE SET TO TAKE ON NO. 25 OLEMSOiy PAGE 16

H-

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Williams

SHAW 55

134 DUKE

commits to Blue Devils by

Meredith Shiner THE CHRONICLE

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils staff got an unexpected but welcome treat Wednesday night when their phone rang and it was Elliot Williams. The five-star point guard, who is ranked 16th in the class of 2008 by scout.com, gave his verbal commitment to Duke two days earlier than planned, but according to the 6-foot-4 recruit, Krzyzewski didn’t mind the early call. “He told me.how glad he was to have me, and then he told all the assistant coaches,” Williams told The Chronicle. “They all seemed so excited.” After losing top recruit Greg Monroe in October, the Blue Devils had a lot to be happy about in landing Williams, who took official visits to Memphis, Tennessee and Virginia in addition to Duke. The prized guard said his decision to commit to the Blue Devils was based on the relationship he built with Krzyzewski throughout the recruitment process and also on the comfort level he felt when he visited campus in September. “I spent a lot of time with the players, with the freshmen particularly, with Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith and Taylor King,” Williams said. “Playing in the gym with them, I felt like we had a lot of chemistry.” In the end, though, Williams said that even with all of the current Blue Devils telling him how much they loved Duke, it came down to him and his parents sitting down and making a list of pros and cons for each school and making the choice they felt was most right. “Getting the chance to play for Duke it’s a great program, great coach, great school, great history, great fans,” Williams said. “I really couldn’t ask for anything more than that.” —

SPECIALTOTHE CHRONICLE

Elliot Williams committed verbally to head coach Mike Krzyzewski and Duke Wednesday night.

ZACHARY TRACER/THE CHRONICLE

Guard Nolan Smith andfellow freshmen Kyle Singlerand TaylorKing posted strong performances Thursday night in Cameron IndoorStadium in a win over Shaw.

Faster-paced offense drives Duke by

Archith Ramkumar THE CHRONICLE

With just over 11 minutes left in Duke’s exhibition versus Shaw, forward Kyle Singler received a behind-the-back pass from fellow freshman Nolan Smith and finished the play with a thunderous dunk. Less than 15 seconds later, off a Shaw turnover, Smith found Singler on another no-look pass. This time, the forward finished softly while being fouled, sending the crowd into a frenzy. The sequence was part of an evening in which the Blue Devils displayed a dizzying array ofoffensive highlights en route to a 134-55 victory over the Bears. “Kyle and I are just out there playing basketball, making plays and feeding off the crowd,” Smith said. “[The fans] add so much excitement to the game, and we try to give some back to them.” Several players flourished in theBlue Devils’ new-look, run-and-gun offensive scheme. Singler was the leading scorer for Duke with 23 points and shot an efficient 10-for-11 from the floor. He also posted three blocks and two steals. Sophomore Gerald Henderson, meanwhile, added 15 points, throwing down electrifying dunks with regularity in the second half. The forward was especially effective at finishing fast-break opportunities. “We’re trying to install a new system,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “What we’ve tried to do as a staff is to study the

game. Some of the things we would have liked to do lastyear we couldn’t because of injuries. We have two point guards now, so we can keep up that tempo.” Both Smith and Greg Paulus were effective at running the up-tempo offense, dishing out six and seven assists, respectively, while combining for only three turnovers. Each of the guards was substituted alternately to keep fresh legs on the floor. Paulus logged only 22 minutes and Smith was on the floor for a meager 16 minutes, yet the offense seemed to run seamlessly. Conversely, the Blue Devils converted 34 Shaw turnovers into 55 points. Duke also held a 37-3 advantage in fast break points and had 76 points in the paint. “I think that the running style is great,” center Brian Zoubek said. “You see how many transition points we get of running our defense and getting a lot of turnovers and steals. Hopefully we’ll be able to do that all year.” The Blue Devils’ defensive pressure gave Shaw fits in the first half, as the fullcourt press employed by Duke held the Bears to five field goals in that period. Shaw had more fouls than points until there were just over three minutes remaining before halftime. Another reason Duke was able to maintain such a fast pace was because of the SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE

ZACHARYTRACER/THE CHRONICLE

Center Brian Zoubek went 5-for-6from the field for 10 points Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

THE CHRONICLE

16 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

### *

CLEMSON

vs.

DUKE

Wallace Wade Stadium noon •

Duke seeks 1 st D-l home win since last tilt with Tigers by

Matthew Iles THE CHRONICLE

SYLVIA

QU/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

QuarterbackThaddeus Lewis goes up against one ofthe nation's strongest defenses when Clemson comes to town.

If You Get Overwhelmed With Parents’ Weekend Festivities, Please Consider Us An Oasis Amidst The Madness, Complete With Your Favorite Libation.

Incredible menu from fanciful to comfort food. For reservations or gift certificates, www.starlu.com 3211 Shannon Road On the courtyard Durham 919.489.1 SOD It’s about the good stuff. *

With four games remaining in the season and nothing left to play for but pride, Duke hopes to at least give the fans something to cheer about this weekend against Clemson, namely its first home win over a Division I-A opponent since 2004. The No. 25Tigers, thevictim of that fateful game three years ago, will undoubtedly try to exploit a Blue Devil offensive line that has contributed to the ACC’s worst running offense in Saturday’s noon game at Wallace Wade Stadium. Despite returning all five starters from last year’s unit, Duke (1-7, 0-5 in the ACC) is still trying to play through the group’s various growing pains. “It takes longer to develop at that position than any other position,” head coach Ted Roof said. “It’s very obvious thatwhen we protect our quarterback, we’ve got a chance.” A chance against Clemson (6-2, 3-2) is all Duke can ask for as the team faces its ninth opponent with a winning record. Consequently, the Blue Devils have the seventh hardest strength of schedule in the country. To capitalize on its opportunities and avoid its 14th consecutive home loss, the team will need a big turnaround following a dismal offensive performance at Florida State last Saturday. In that game, the Blue Devils accumulated 49 first-half yards and just nine total rushing yards. Although quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and the rest of the Duke passing attack came together late in the game, the offense was still plagued by miscommunica-

tions and errors that limited it to just one red-zone visit. Offensive coordinator Peter Vaas said the Blue Devils’ scoring troubles stemmed in part from a lack of execution that led to numerous negative-yardage plays. Of the 50 snaps Duke took, almost 20 percent went for minus-yards. Facing a tenacious and unforgiving Clemson defense Saturday, Duke understands that the room for error is as small as ever. In an effort to keep the Tigers guessing, the Blue Devils hope to complement their successful passing game with an improved running game, an area where they have struggled all season. “If a defensive lineman knows all you’re going to do is throw the ball, those guys tee off and just fly up the field to pass rush you,” Vaas said. “If they’re not sure what you’re going to do, they have to sit back on their haunches a little bit and play both the pass and the run. So the more successful our running game can become, the more it will enhance our passing game.” Clemson’s best defense this season has been its offense, thanks to its proclivity for long, time-consuming drives that have helped the Tigers win the time-of-possession battle in their last three games. Conversely, the Blue Devils have had a hard time keeping their offense on the field, converting only 3-of-27 third downs over the last two weeks. Despite the offensive line’s part in Duke’s revamped pass protection—Lewis was SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 22

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 17

THE CHRONICLE

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Blue Devils showcase firepower in 4-goal win by

Laura Keeley THE CHRONICLE

After three consecutive ties and six on the season, head coach Robbie Church had resigned himself to the nickname “Mr. Tie.” His own daughter, a forward for UNCWilmington, even chided him for showing up to her game today, which the 2 MIAMI “

DUKE

Seahawks finished

in a 2-2 tie with Georgia State. “She called me, and I said, ‘I apologize, Mr. Tie showed up on your field,”’ Church said. “I don’tknow if they have even had a tie all year.” Fortunately for the Blue Devils, Mr. Tie stayed down in Wilmington, and Duke (83-6, 3-24 in the ACC) scored more goals against an ACC opponent than it had since September 30, 2004, taking down Miami 42 Thursday night at Koskinen Stadium. At first it looked like the same old story for the Blue Devils as the Hurricanes (954, 4-3-2) opened up the scoring halfway through the first half. But it took Kelly Ha-; thorn and the rest of the team less than a minute to fire back and tie the score at 1-1. “That was huge for us,” Hathorn said of Duke’s quick strike. “We have always talked about not putting our heads down when we get a goal scored on us, but I think sometimes we have. We also talked about getting the early goal today. We thought that would be really important, and we did not get it, but we came right back and got it.” Hathorn said the immediate comeback helped Duke build momentum, which the team carried through to the second half. And at the 60-minute mark, the Blue Devils seemed to hit an offensive groove they had

yet to find in conference play, scoring three more unanswered goals in 14 minutes to put them comfortably ahead 4-1. Freshman Rebecca Allen, who did not play in the first half, came up big off the bench and scored twice to give Duke the two goal advantage. Church said Allen’s absence from the lineup in the first half was an honest mistake—he simply forgot about her on the sidelines. The coach added teasingly that Allen may never play in another first half again if it means the Blue Devils could end up with the same result. Allen was not raided by the apparent snub, however. Instead, she just focused on doing the right things when given the opportunity. “[Elisabeth Redmond] was making a run down the left side, and we kind ofmade eye contact,” Allen said about her first goal. “She played me a great ball in the middle of the field, and I looked up and saw the keeper was not ready for it, so I just kind of hit it.” Allen found the back of the net again 10 minutes later on a pass from midfielder CJ. Ludemann off a free kick to give Duke an insurance goal. Five minutes later, Ludemann put one in herself from about 25 yards out for the insurmountable threegoal advantage. With the victory, the Blue Devils assured themselves a birth in the conference tournament. “We really needed this win today,” Hathorn said. “We needed it for NCAAs, and we needed it for the ACC tournament. We needed it to get our confidence back.” With confidence in hand and Mr. Tie at least on a one-game hiatus, Duke can move on to its final regular season contest against Clemson and then bigger and better things in Florida at the ACC tournament.

WELCOME PARENTS AND

ALEXIS STEELE/THE CHRONICLE

JuniorKelly Hathorn tied Thursday night's game at 1-1 before the Blue Devilsbroke it open in the second half.

FAMILIES Celebrate Sunday Liturgy with

Bishop Michael J. Burbidge Bishop of Raleigh Sunday, November 4th at 11:00 a.m.

Page Auditorium

Closest Hotel to Duke

(Mass will also be held in Duke Chapel at 9 p.m.) &

Followed immediately by •

required) Parents $2O Students $l5 Children $lO (reservations

Join us for a Catholic Life at Duke Discussion Saturday, November 3rd at 8:30 a.m.

•

to 10:00 a.m.

are

The Falcone-Arena House 402 N. Buchanan Blvd. (at the comer of Trinity Avenue)

NEWMAN

Catholic

Student CENTER

AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

•

encouraged to join Father Joe Vetter and Student Directors from the Newman Catholic Student Center in a panel discussion on the role of religion at Duke and the Catholic response to the University’s campus culture study

Parents

In-room Wireless High Speed Internet In-room Microfridge, Coffee maker, Hairdryer, Iron/Board, Safe Business Center Restaurant and Room Service Complimentary hors d oeuvres, Wine & Cheese May 9th Free Shuttle within 3 mile Radius of Hotel •

Brunch in The Great Hall

Father Joe Vetter, Director, joev@duke.edu

David K. Walker, Peer Ministry Coordinator,

•

Graduation 2008 2 night minimum stay King •2 Double Beds

•

$lB9 $169

Additional Nights Discounted

david.k.walker@duke.edu

Nicole Nash, Business Manager, nicole.nash@duke.edu

Danielle Irving, Director of Development, dani.irving@duke.edu

037 Duke Chapel Basement (office) & 402 N. Buchanan Blvd.« www.catholic.duke.edu 684-8959 •

(CjSScwi. 1-800-716-6401 www.brookwoodinn.com

THE CHRONICLE

18 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

FOOTBALL

THIS WEEKEND IN DUKE SPORTS .U/2

sXI- U/3

SV3^- U/4

Peter s prognosis

>AO^- U/6

Women's Soccer Men's

Soccer

Women's Golf

Women's Tennis

Volleyball

Rowing

GAME TO WATCH

Football: Clemson at Duke, Saturday @ noon

IpF

Duke struggled offensively in a 25-6 loss to Florida State last weekend, registering its lowest point total all season. Looking to win theirfirst home game since 2005, theBlue Devils will play host to a defensively strong Clemson squad Saturday. Head football beat writer Matthew lies caught up with offensive coordinatorPeter Vaas to discuss the offense’s problems last week and the efforts made to improve for this week’s tilt. Matthew lies: What were some of the positives you took away from the Florida State game? Peter Vaas: I felt going into the football game that that was the best pass rushing defense that we had faced to date. I thought coming out of the game our quarterback, offensive line and running backs did a fine job protecting the quarterback. The one sack we gave up was basically a schematic sack, not a physical sack. MI: What were some things you need to improve on? PV: The first negative is we don’t score enough points. Another negative is we’ve got to not have negative plays. Whether those are sacks or runs, negative plays are something we cannot afford to have in down and distance. Another thing, we’ve got to do a better job in the running game. We need to have more run-game production.We don’t have to run for 6,000 yards, but at the same point in time, we’ve got to have more run-game production. MI: What has been the root reason for why the running game has struggled this season? PV: Well, let me just answer it this way. We just haven’t been successful at running the football. We just have to keep working at it and keep striving to get better.

MI: When you say you’re working at it, is there any one specific thing that you... PV; No, that’s just it. There isn’t one specific thing, there are a lot of things that add into it. Whether it’s an individual missing a block, a back missing a hole, a schematic thing where it was poorly planned by the coaches, excellent defense by the [other team], there’s a lot of things that go into on a constant basis. MI: Did you feel more like you were shooting yourselves in the foot sometimes or was Florida State just beating you? PV: I think it’s a. 50. That’s the way yo to look at it. If you’ kind of a competitoi always think that you do better. There’s expression in the at letic world, ‘Thos kids are on scholar ship, too.’ They’w got good player, we’ve got good playe but who can execute a consistent basis? MI: Are you di pointed or satisfied the offense’s progres: this point in the seaso: PV: You’re never fied. You’re never sati I think that the real sure of improvement something we take a 1 in December. But righ we’re just trying to SEE VAAS ON PAGE

Duke Players Theater Group Presents..

3ST Value

Carolina Duke Inn Winner of The A8V12005 Overall Excellence Award

New AWARD WINNING Deluxe Rooms £k

Sealy Posturpedic Pillow Top Mattress WIViL Wireless Internet In All Rooms Free Extended Continental Breakfast MVjlut

Voicemail Extra Large Desk Microwave Refrigerator In-Room Coffee 27" TV with 72 Channels+HßO Complimentary Shuttle to Campus Get 15% Off with Your Value Club Card Large Outdoor Pool

Picnic Area

2517 Guess Rd/I 85 exit 175 www. amer icasbestvalueinn. com

(919)286-0771 or (800)438-1158

More info:

www.duke.edu/web/theaterstudies

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

FIELD HOCKEY Duke returns to Cameron to face Florida schools Following two road wins against ACC opposition last weekend, the No. 14 Blue Devils (184, 13-1 in the ACC) look to continue their four-match winning streak against conference rivals Miami and Florida State tonight and Saturday, respectively, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The match against the Hurricanes is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start, and the contest with the Seminoles will kick off at 8 p.m. This season, Duke is 9-1 at home. Miami (10-13, 4-10) has struggled mightily in ACC play and despite defeating Virginia Tech in its most recent outing, the Hurricanes are just 2-9 in their last 11 matches, including a blowout loss to the Blue Devils Sept. 30. Florida State (11-11, 8-6), meanwhile, should prove to be stiffer competition, as it comes into Cameron with a five-game winning streak of its own. In their previous matchup with the Blue Devils Sept. 28, the Seminoles were thoroughly outplayed in a 3-0 sweep. Since then, though, FSU has gone 8-3 in ACC play, recording its longest win-

LAURA BETH DOUGLAS/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

Goalie Caitlin Williams had a career outing Thursday, notching 13 saves, but her effort was not enough to take down No. 3 Wake Forest.

Wake downs Duke in ACCs For the second time this season, No. 12 Duke (11-8,14 in the ACC) lost a close game to conference rival Wake Forest (12-4, 3-2)—only this time, the defeat ended its ACC tournament tide hopes. The Blue Devils went down 32 2 to the No. 3 Demon Deacons DUKE Thursday at Boston College’s WAKE Newton Campus Turf Field. Duke battled back from a two

goal deficit to tie the game early in the second half, but a score by Wake Forest’s Kim Romansky with 4:13 remaining in the game sealed the victory for the Demon Deacons. The Blue Devils’ goals came courtesy of senior Shayna McGeehan and junior Ashley Pultorak. Duke goalkeeper Caitlin Williams recorded a careerhigh 13 saves, which kept the Blue Devils in the contest despite being outshot 26-6. Wake Forest jumped out to a 2-0 advantage 23 minutes into the game, but McGeehan pulled one goal

back on a tip-in at the 28:39 mark off a pass from teammate Lauren Miller. The Blue Devils managed to tie the game almost immediately after the intermission, as Pultorak knocked home a pass from fellow senior Laura Suchoski. Unfortunately for Duke, a rebound from a corner gave Romansky an easy goal, and the team was unable to tie the score once again. The Blue Devils now hope to qualify for the NCAA tournament, whose field will be announced Tuesday.

—from staffreports

Want to work for the Chronicle sports? Come to our meeting tonight 5:30 in 201 Flowers or e-mail mhs6@duke.edu

ning streak in six years. Duke has won nine consecutive meetings with the Seminoles. Hathorn and McDonald named Academic All-District 111 Juniors Kelly Hathorn and Christie McDonald were named to ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District-111 squad Thursday in a vote by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Hathorn earned a spot on the soccer second team, while teammate McDonald was honored with a third-team selection. Blue Devils take court at ITA Indoors Freshman Ellah Nze became the only Blue Devil to advance to the round of 16 Thursday, as she won her firstround match against No. 40 Pavla Mesterova of Loyola Marymount in straight sets. Nze will next face No. 5 Zuzana Zemenova from Baylor. In other action, fellow freshman Reka Zsilinszka dropped a very competitive match to Miami’s Laura Vallverdu, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(2).

THE CHRONICLE

20 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

M. BBALL from page 15

Duke 134, Shaw 55 17 38 55 68 66 134

Shaw (0-0) Duke (0-0) 1-5 4-8 1-6 0-0

0-4 0-0

1-1 1 0-012 0-0 1 0

0-2

0-0

Gaither Mudd Mathis Armistead Baker Douros McCalister Espinosa

Greene

1-2

Griffin

4-9

Konate

Obadina

16 14 3 17 17 17

Singler

Thomas Paulus Henderson Nelson Smith Pocius

King

Scheyer

Davidson Zoubek Johnson

2-6

0-0

0-1

29 3-12

0-0 0-0 3-4

0-0 1-2 3-4

6 2 0

0-0

0-1 4 25 4-11

0-0

0 0

2-3

0 1

200 21-65 7-20 6-9

3-4

6-6 5-10 2-2

8 2

3 7 0

4-4

0 0 0

010 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 71 0 3 1

2 6 3

0 3 0 34

0 0 4

McCalister (1), Espinosa (1) Ist Half: 19.2, 2nd Half: 41.0, Game: 32.3

19 10-11 0-1 19 6-6 0-0

22 3-7 25 6-11 23 5-16 16 3-4 9 3-3 22 4-11 23 3-10 2 1-1 | 20 5-6

2-6 0-2 1-4 0-0 2-2

0-0

3-4

3-4 2-2

2-711 >O-0 1-6

175 61

1 2 3 1 1 0 1

2 5

1 2 3 1 0

0-0 i 0-0 HfflP 9 0 0-0

0 0 4

0-0

TEAM

Blocks

2-2

2-6 0-1

TEAM

Totals Blocks EG %

0-1 2-2

Zoubek (4), Thomas (3)

0-0

0 1

OHM Ist Half; 53.5,2nd Half: 60.5, Game: 57

0 1

contributions ofits freshman class Smith, Singler and Taylor King all 11 turned in solid performances in their first 2 games as Blue Devils. The trio combined 0 for 44 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. 0 6 Their presence impressed Shaw head 0 coach Robert Brickey, who noticed signifi6 cant changes in the The Blue Devils since 3 the two squads’ meeting last year. 11 0 “They’ve gotten significantly better,” 10 Brickey said. “The freshman class is very good, a very polished group. They’ve got 55 poise, and they’ve got desire.” With the win, Duke turns its attention to Saturday, when the team clashes with Bar23 ton College at 5 p.m. in Cameron Indoor 15 Stadium. The matchup is the Blue Devils’ 10 last exhibition game before regular-season 15 action begins. 17 11 Barton is coming off a season in which 10 it went 31-5 en route to capturing the Divi10 sion-II national title. In the championship 11 game, the Bulldogs provided a finish wor2 10 thy of YouTube, overcoming a seven-point 0 deficit in the final 45 seconds to top defending champion Winona State. They reGLEN GUTTERSON/THE CHRONICLE turn three starters from that team and look Freshman Kyle Singler led all scorers Thursday night with 23 points in Duke's 134-55 win over theBears. to continue a 21-game win streak. 4

Printing Services AMERICAN SPEEDY PRINTING Gold Center at 4221 Garrett Road Serving the Duke community since 1984 •

Letterhead Envelopes Brochures Flyers Invitations Business Cards Newsletters Carbonless Forms High Speed Copying Folding Mailing •

•

Federal legislation will require pharmacy prescriptions for Medicaid patients to be written on tamper resistant paper after October 1,2007. We can handle that too! Most electronic media accepted, or we wiil design and typeset for you. FULL COLOR COPYING & PRINTING Duke Procurement Cards or Department Purchase Orders are welcome 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Mon.-Fri. Pickup and Delivery available

pbs4print@inkie.com

Tel: 493-0985 Fax: 493-7339

Rock the World! Education Courses Spring 2008 EDUC 495.01: Women Imagine Change EDUC 495.02: EducationalTests & Assessments EDUC 100:Foundations ofEducation EDUC 109S. Elementary Curriculum EDUC 110: Research/Reflective Practice Elem. Edu EDUC 118: Educational Psychology EDUC 120: Elementary Internship EDUC 137: Contemporary Issues in Education EDUC 139; Marxism and Society EDUC 149: Women and the Professions EDUC ISIS: Literacy & Service Learning EDUC 160S: Early Childhood Intern EDUCI7OS.OI: Anthropology & Education EDUC 1705.03; Durham Literacy Lens EDUC 190S: Secondary School Issues EDUC 215; Secondary SchoolTeaching EDUC 216: Secondary Internship

*Check out ACES for more classes Most Education classes have a service learning experience included.

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Unfinished Business: Justice, Reconciliation, the Church, and Post-Civil Rights America

Distinctive.

Cfassic. Lasting.

I 21

fastens

JOSTENS

RING DAYS Friday, November 2 10am S:3OPM

Saturday,

November 3

A lecture by preacher-activist John Perkins and theologian Charles Marsh

Sunday, November 10am 4pm

Monday, November 5

The

university Store, Bryan Center, West Campus

2:30 p.m. 0016 Westbrook, Duke Divinity School

Ho Mag

Panel Discussion and Reception to follow

John Perkins Author of Let Justice Roll Down and Beyond Charity and founder of the Christian Community Development

Association

defivery avaifabfejor aff orders j)aid injuff.

Charles Marsh Author of The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today and Director of the UVA Project on Lived Theology

Sponsored by the Center for Reconciliation, Divinity Black Seminarians Union and Duke Chapel

INTERESTED IN A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP? IN MAKING A HEAD START ON YOUR FUTURE?

JOIN NAVY ROIC at DUKE! Contact: LT Gabe Bullaro at 660-3708, or i FOR DUKE NROTC

E-mail: bullaro@duke.edu

NAVY

ACCELERATE YOUR LIFE

THE CHRONICLE

22 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

FOOTBALL from page 16

VAAS from page 18

sacked just once against a Seminole team that averaged almost three per game—the success has not yet translated to the running game. This is primarily because rush and pass blocking are not one and the same. “How can you be a good student in math and not understand French? They’re both classes, right? There’s a big difference between being a run blocker and a pass protector,” Vaas said. “There’s a huge difference in the abilities and talents that are required of an offensive lineman.... We just need to improve. We need to bring that C- in French up to a B+.” Even though bowl eligibility is out of reach, the Blue Devils are still gearing up for their ninth exam of the season in hopes ROB GOODLATTE/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO of scoring a good grade, which by Duke Jabari Marshall and the Blue Devils look to beat theirfirst D-l opponent in Wallace Wade Stadium since 2004. standards would be a W.

way to be good enough to beat Clemson on Saturday. We don’t have to be good enough to beat anyone else on Saturday, just Clemson. We have got to be the better football team. That becomes so important because we are a function of our defensive football team, our defensive football team is a function of our offensive football team, and our special teams go into both facets of that. So when you say “team”, that’s really what we are. Our defense would be a much more productive defense statistically if our offense stayed on the field longer. One of my major concerns this Saturday is converting on third down. We’re 1-for-15 and 2-for-12 in the last two games, and that’s a statistic that’s embarrassing. We’ve got to stay on the field to make us a better football team.

For Parents' and Family Weekend The Lib rary Presents Duke Moms and Dads! Featuring First-Year Parent

Rome Hartman "Alphabet Soup: From CBS to BBC, some news about The News."

Saturday, 3 November, 11:00 am Perkins Library, Biddle Rare Book Room

LIBRARIES

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 | 23

CLASSIFIEDS

THE CHRONICLE RESEARCH/EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Visually impaired, retired professor needs conscientious, meticulous, experienced secretary/ research/editorial assistant to help

ANNOUNCEMENTS A CHILD NEEDS A TUTOR! Enroll in a Spring 2008 Program in

with home office administration, research, writing articles, talks and revising books in the fields of science and religion. Permanent/part-time (approx 20 hours/week) preferably Tues, Wed & Thurs. Must be MS Office proficient. 20 minutes from Duke. Please send resume, cover letter and salary requirement to:

Education Course, see EDUC on ACES. 919-660-3084

A LOT OF CARS INC. 150+ vehicles. Financing Guaranteed. 15 cars under $2500. $lOO off w/ Duke student, employee, www.alotofcarsnc. hospital ID. com 3119 N. Roxboro St. (next to BP). 919.220.7155

Saulboyarsky@gmail.com

DUKE SUMMER SESSION 2008

-Jll*

V BWABBOUBI™ T

It’s not too late to plan your summer. View projected summer course offerings at www.summersessionduke.edu. Questions? Contact us

at summer@duke.edu. Registration for Summer 2008 opens on February 25.

CHURCH BABYSITTING Local church is seeking child care workers on Sunday mornings during church services and Friday mornings during mother’s bible study. Scheduling flexible. $10.50/ hr. Email masll@ duke.edu if interested!

BOX OFFICE HELP NEEDED Do you love the theater? The University Box Office is looking for students to work part-time in our office. Regular hours scheduled between 10am-spm M-F, with opportunities to work nights and weekends for events as needed. Contact our office at tickets@duke.edu if interested.

SALOON*

CHILD CARE

NOW HIRING SERVERS Friday 10 Interviewing Monday AM 6 PM at Lone Star Steakhouse

BABYSITTER/NANNY NEEDED Child care for fun 5 year-old girl needed M-F 2:30-6pm. Pick up child at school and care for her in my home in Chapel Hill. You must

919-401-4800

MILLER’S SKI / SNOWBOARD Film “Playground”, Nov. 11,4:30 and 7:00 pm at the Colony Theater. Public Showing. See www.raleighskiandouting-

WARREN

COMING SOON TO DURHAM Now Hiring BARTENDERS

club.org for tickets. 919-966-6915

APPLY IN PERSON AT LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON 5307 NEW HOPE COMMONS DRIVE EXT. DURHAM NC. INTERVIEW MONDAY FRIDAY 10 AM 6 PM 919401-4800

AUTOS FOR SALE

HOMES FOR SALE 3817 Pickett Rd. Durham, NC. close to Duke, UNC, private schools. 1700 sqft renovated brick ranch w/ 2 car garage, 3br/2ba, laundry/utility room. New roof, windows, doors,

HOMES FOR

Single father of 3 15,12,10)needs part-time,

Child Care

(ages

live-in nanny. Duties include: getting the kids to school in the morning, watching them at night when I'm on business trips, occasionally filling in for day-time nanny. Will provide room, board, car. Live near Southpoint. Cali 919-544-1427

STUDENTS NEEDED

4dr, hatchback, KEY ALARM All power, Turbo diesel fuel, 49 gal Alpine radio Moon roof 128,000 miles Clean inside and out!! ENGINE OVER HAUL JUST DONE! $ll,OOO 080 919-201-7799

DUKE ANNUAL FUND

3 positions available to perform general office duties. $8.50 per hour set your own hours! Contact kay.mchenry@dev.duke. edu if interested. -

HELP WANTED BARTENDERS ARE IN DEMAND!!! Earn $2O $35 per hour. 1 or 2 week classes & weekend classes. 100% Job Placement Assistance. RALEIGH’S BARTENDING SCHOOL. Have Fun! Make Money! Meet People! CALL NOW (919)676-0774 www.cocktailmixer.com -

The Chronicle class! led advertising www.dukechronicle.com/classifieds rates

All advertising $6.00 for first 15 words 10< (per day) additional per word 3 or 4 consecutive insertions -10 off 5 or more consecutive insertions 20 off special features online and print all bold wording $l.OO extra per day bold heading $1.50 extra per day bold and sub headline $2.50 extra per day online only attention getting icon $l.OO extra per ad spotlight/feature ad $2.00 per day website link $l.OO per ad -

map $l.OO per ad hit counter $l.OO per ad picture or graphic $2.50 per ad deadline 12:00 noon 1 business day prior to publication payment Prepayment is required Master Card, VISA, Discover, American Express, cash or check ad submission -

online: www.dukechronicle.com/classifieds

email: advertising@chronicle.duke.edu fax to: 919-684-8295 phone orders: (919)-684-3811 No refunds or cancellations after first insertion deadline ADVERTISERS: Please check your advertisement for errors on the first day ofpublication. If you find an error, please call 919-684-3811. The Chronicle only accepts responsibility for the first incorrect day for ads entered by our office staff. VJe cannot offer make-good runs for errors in ads placed online by the customer.

Duke Basketball Tickets wanted! Will buy single and season tickets. 919-341-4697

HILL 5 BR 4 Bath house on wood-

ed acre. Chapel Hill schools. Easy access to I-40 & shopping centers. Pets considered. $1695. 134 Cedar Hill Circle. REA 919-489-2000

TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT

DUKE VS

2bed/2ba duplexes behind The Lofts at Lakeview, Walk to campus and hospitals. $795 $895. REA 489-2000

3BR/2.5 BA NEAR DUKE

entry and bath. Fully furnished. All

TRAVEL/ VACATION

ROOM FOR RENT

ND FOOTBALL

4 tickets to Duke vs Notre Dame football game Sat. Nov. 17 in South Bend—2s yd line seats Sec, 126. Best offer ss. Phone 269-982-9475

THE VILLAS 801 S. LaSalle St.,

flooring. Spacious kitchen/dining area w/ new cabinets, appliances; city water and sewer, new plumbing, electrical systems. Large backyard, lot approx 1/2 acre. $245,000, shown by appt contact Jim (H)919489-9592, (C)919-880-4419.

Spring Break 2008. Sell Trips, Earn Cash and Go Free. Call for group discounts. Best Prices Guaranteed! Jamaica, Cancun, Acapulco, Bahamas, S. Padre, Florida. 800-6484849 or www.ststravel.com.

Private room in home. Separate utilites paid. Close to East Campus. High-speed internet. $425. 2862285 or 383-6703.

SPRING BREAK ’OB The Ultimate Party Lowest Prices Reps -

Wanted -

2705 Indian Trail

FOR SALE

Great two story home w/ Ist floor master. Office, large family room, 2 car garage. $259,900. Craig Fox, Prudential Carolinas Realty. 919-913-2556

DINING ROOM SET FOR SALE Handsome Stanley contemporary dining room set; maple veneer/ hardwood rectangular table, 2 leaves, table pad, 4 side chairs, 2 arm chairs, china cabinet. Excellent condition; rarely used. $2399.00. For detailsand photos see http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ fur/458923565. html Call 919-929-3980.

WORK STUDY 49 ML SPORTY

DUKE BASKETBALL TICKETS

EXECUTIVE HOME-CHAPEL

have your own car. Additional hours for personal assistant tasks available if desired. Salary commensurate with experience. Please email scmorton@hotmail.com and 1 will respond promptly. Thank you.

TICKETS

RENT

Free Travel

Cash

www.sunsplashtours.com 1-800-

426-771

BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK $lB9 for 5-DAYS or $239 for 7DAYS. All prices include; Roundtrip luxury cruise with food. Accommodations on the island at your choice of thirteen resorts. Appalachia Travel www.BahamaSun.com 800-867-5018. At. Ut wis dolorem lure corem quat, cor aliquatue etum

DUKE TOWER CONDOMINIUMS So Much More Than a Hotel

STAY WITH US THIS WEEKEND Fully-furnished and completely equipped. WiFi, cable TV, full kitchen, pool, gardens. 3 blocks from Duke’s East Campus. $BO/night. www.DukeTower.com 919-687-4444 Ail major credit cards accepted.

24 1FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

THE CHRONICLE

HOWTO MAKE ATOMS SING AND MOLECULES DANCE USING FAST LIGHT PULSES TO OBSERVE AND CONTROL NATURE

Margaret Murnane, PhD Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder http://jilawww.colorado.edu/kmgroup

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 4pm Griffith Film Theatre, Bryan Center Reception to follow in Schaefer Mall, Bryan Center Hertha Sponer was the first woman full professor in the natural sciences at Duke University, invited to join the faculty in 1936. Seventy years later, a group of women faculty in the sciences recommended this lectureship to President Brodhead to highlight the research of prominent women in science, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. http://www.phy.duke.edu/people/HerthaSponer

Great Art.

Great Architecture.

Great Shopping.

Great Holiday Gifts. Stop by the Nasher Museum Store and choose from an assortment of unique gift items. We carry books and exhibition catalogs, housewares, toys, journals, jewelry and more. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 2001 Campus Drive Phone: 919.684.5017 Store Hours Monday: Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10am 4:45pm Thursday: 10am B:4spm Sunday: 12pm 4:45pm -

Department of Duke University Stores

速

Hasher

MUSEUM STORE

https://shopnasher.dukestores.duke.edu

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 25

THE Daily Crossword

Edited by Wayne Robert Williams

ACROSS 1 Centers of action 7 Egg-laying

mammal 15 Old Testament prophet

16 Produce anew 17 Glad-handing politician's road sign? 19 Mosaic tile 20 Fender impression

21 Pig's digs 22 Shell-game item 24 Mud smears 28 Pharm. watchdog

30 Actress Lupino 33 Victoria's Secret purchase

34 Of the moon 37 Dieter's road sign?

40 First 42 Extol 43 Shopaholic's road sign? 45 Motel listings 46 Facial twitch 47 Gobbled up 48 Afghan money 49 Oozes 52 Mai cocktail 54 Depression Era agcy. 57 Art print: abbr. 60 Increase in strength, as wind 63 Out-of-sorts patron's road

Dilbert Scott Adams I'D LIKE TO BUY SOKE SNOW TIRES FOR A REFRIGERATOR.

THIS IS A LINGERIE STORE. GET LOST BEFORE I STOttP ON YOUR TAIL.

I THINK I DEBUNKED THE THEORY THAT THE CUSTOMER 15 ALWAYS RIGHT.

sign?

67 Add breath to

pronunciation

68 Browbeat 69 Spruced up 70 One who wails

Doonesbury Gar y Trudeau IT‘5lOO LME FOfTCOMFt-IBNCS" TO CHANGS THS

AREN'T YOl THAT UNR mv svl r*4Q

mmeue

YOU'R6 RIGHT.

COULP STICK d!LL

THAT HJCULPNOT 06 600?

wrmiT.

IN h

pbrfbct!

h£s

DOWN 1 Wet sprays 2 Dot on a map 3 Dagwood's dog 4 Uses a straw 5 Racetrack ribbon 6 Everest guide

Hattiesburg, MS

7 8 9 10 11 12

Be a buttinsky Obscene Painful throb Prevailing force

23 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39

Broadcast Ger. submarine Beast Fills to capacity Karma

Busybody

Actress Dawber 13 Shoshone 14 In position 18 Dawn

44 48 50

Chong

Tap problem

Clock face Append

Itemizations

Disentangle Dorothy, to Em

Dart about Wise mentor Israeli airline Arab garment Permit to Robbery on the high seas fours

51 Saw wood? 53 Lackland or Eglin, e.g. 54 Spin around 55 Old pieces of pounds

56 Wrath 58 Crimebuster 59 Nerve network

61 End of a switch? 62 Give a bias to 63 Is able to 64 Bring into play 65 Rejuvenation center

66 Scarlet or crimson

USBP TO BEING

3LAMBP. ANP nveeoFF HSRPSSK!

The Chronicle recent blowouts: abby, scan news over recess, 11-1 (y'all got lucky last night): midterms over chron editors; jia, shreya, david alcohol over rational decision-making: cossette, chelsea, yousef zeta over a beat-up car: ryan student athletes over d.a.'s: meredith, gabe, s dog heather, sylvia any photog over lawson, in anything: chris, pete boston over rest of the sports world:. eddie dg over pickles: Roily C. Miller wanted to see more of duke's bench play: Roily

a K,i/>

M-Z

Ink Pen Phil Dunlap I ADMIRE YoUR TENACITY/

BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING

MY"JoIIY J K "°

{

DONUAP

Sudoku 2 -j 1 9 8 8 3 4 2 1 9 5 6 4 7 5 2 9 6 4 1 8 7 5 3 4 6 3 1 2 3 4 8 7 9 7 9 5 8 6 6 1 2 3 5

□)x

6 5 3 7

3 7 8 1

Student Advertising Coordinator: Margaret Stoner Account Assistants: Lianna Gao, Elizabeth Tramm Cordelia Biddle, Melissa Reyes Advertising Representatives: Jack Taylor, Qinyun Wang Kevin O'Leary Marketing Assistant: Charlie Wain National Advertising Coordinator: Courier: Keith Cornelius Alexandra Beilis Creative Services Coordinator: Creative Services Marcus Andrew, Rachel Bahman Sarah Jung, Maya Robinson Online Archivist: Roily Miller Rebecca Winebar, Percy Xu Business Assistants:

11 -2-07

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. (No number is repeated in any column, row or box.)

4 5

6 9

1 2 3 6 9 4 8 5 7

2 6 1 2 4 9

8 2 9 5 3 7

1 4

Answer to yesterday's puzzle www.sudoku.co

THE CHRONICLE

26 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

Initiative-ed out

Eighty two percent of 700 stuIhe recent demand for imI proved technology on campus dents surveyed indicated they would JL is not a demand for universal be willing to buy cable at half the cable. And it’s certainly not a decurrent cost, which suggests that a mand for land telephone-lines. price cut might attract enough subThis distinction needs to be empha- scribers to pay for itself. sized given the online survey Campus Campus Council President Ryan Todd stated thatOFT Council recently conis currently operating ducted in which the 6flitoridl at a deficit and that student group gauged opinion about the campus’s current rolling in cable coverage costs would be wireless and cell phone reception and the only way to fund better wireless and response to possibly rolling die cost of cell phone reception in the future. The certain technological services into the logic behind this statement isunclear. Housing should increase fees as housing fee. needed, and only as needed, to improve The wireless campus is fast becoming an expected standard nation- basic technology services. Housing wide and is a goal that the University should not be providing and making should pursue, no questions asked. students pay foradditional services. It’s not hard to find empty commons Similarly, improved cell phone receproom equipped with cable and plasma tion campus-wide is a must for reasons ofconvenience and safety'. screens on West Campus. It is hard to Cable, however, is non-essential. find reason to support an across-theSome students may want to pay less board $lOO semester fee increase when for it, but everyone should not be many students don’t want or need the distraction ofcable in their rooms. forced to bear the cost.

much as it raises awareness about President Katelyn Donthe nail the head the issues it was created to address. on nelly hit earlier this week when she Although valuable discourse often raised concerns about whether Duke arises when initiatives are created, too Student Government’s newly formed often the initiative proves to have no other virtues. Undergraduate Committee on GenThis Board understands that part der will effect concrete change on of the problem lies in campus the fuzzy nature of the “My experience editorial task; it’s tempting to with committees is there is a lot of talk, which never demand for the creation of initiatives leads to any definite action,” she that take a specified approach to very said. “It is a first step, however.” specific issues, but the reality is thatfor hard with the the sake of logistics and for the hope We learned the way of Initiative thatresults any ingenuity, the committee must Culture Campus from a committee can amount to a be allowed time to take form and delot of hot air. And DSG’s latest move termine its approach for itself. There’s a fine line between stuseems more like a fourth or fifth step than a first in an endless chain ofnebdent apathy and full-blown cynicism. Upon inception, this newest steerulously defined initiatives. Duke students are initiative-ed out ing committee finds itselfstraddling Students have visibly tired of questhat line. Its ultimate challenge will tions, surveys,focus groups and the effort be to hit the ground running as an thatgoesinto carefully crafting them.We effective vehicle for discourse and action, rather than a legless body of would like answers and action. Any initiative is effective in so DSG appointees.

-1

‘3

For cable, it's not worth it fl CD

ontherecord “It doesn’t help when my cousin Dick Cheney is put in charge ofenergy policy. I’ve been hiding this for a long time. Everybody’s got a black sheep in the family. Everybody s got a crazy uncle in the attic. But Fm not going on that family hunting trip anytime soon. ”

Barack Obama on his lesser-known relatives. See story page 1.

LETTERS POLICY The Chronicle welcomes submissions in the form of letters the editor or guest columns. Submissions must include the author’s name, signature, department or class, and for purposes of identification, phone number and local address. Letters should not exceed 325 words; contact the editorial department forinformation regarding guest columns. The Chronicle will not publish anonymous or form letters or letters that are promotional in nature. The Chronicle reserves the right to editletters and guest columns for length, clarity and style and the right to withhold letters based on the discretion of the editorial page editor. to

Est. 1905

Direct submissions to Editorial Page Department The Chronicle Box 90858, Durham, NC 27708 Phone: (919) 684-2663 Fax: (919) 684-4696 E-mail: letters@chronicle.duke.edu

The Chronicle

Inc 1993

DAVID GRAHAM,Editor SEAN MORONEY, Managing Editor SHREYA RAO, NewsEditor MEREDITH SHINER, Sports Editor SARA GUERRERO, PhotographyEditor RYAN MCCARTNEY, Editorial Page Editor WENJIA ZHANG, News Managing Editor JONATHAN ANGER, General Manager CHELSEAALLISON, University Editor LAUREN KOBYLARZ, Online Editor HEATHER GUO, News Photography Editor YOUSEF ABUGHARBIEH, City & State Editor JOECLARK, Health & ScienceEditor VARUN LELLA, Recess Editor KATHERINE MACILWAINE, Features Editor LESLIE GRIFFITH, Editorial Page Managing Editor LYSA CHEN, WireEditor ALEX WARR, Recess Managing Editor SARAH BALL, Towerview Editor PETE KIEHART, Fly on the Wall ADAM EAGLIN, SeniorEditor MOLLY MCGARRETT, SeniorEditor GREGORY BEATON, Sports SeniorEditor N AUNT AKOLEKAR, UniversityAd Sales Manager DAWN HALL, Chapel Hill Ad Sales Manager MONICA FRANKLIN, Durham Ad Sales Manager

NATE FREEMAN, University Editor TIM BRITTON, Sports Managing Editor KEVIN HWANG, News PhotographyEditor GABRIELLE MCGLYNN, City & State Editor REBECCA WU, Health & Science Editor LAURA BETH DOUGLAS, Sports PhotographyEditor RACHEL RODRIGUEZ, Online Design Editor LISA MA, Editorial Page Managing Editor EUGENE WANG, Wire Editor IREM MERTOL, Recess PhotographyEditor MICHAEL MOORE, Towerview Editor PAIKUNSAWAT, TowerviewManagingPhotography Editor MINGYANG LIU, Senior Editor ANDREW YAFFE, Senior Editor MARY WEAVER, Operations Manager BARBARA STARBUCK, Production Manager YU-HSIEN HUANG, Supplements Coordinator STEPHANIE RISBON, Administrative Coordinator

TheChronicle is published by the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc, a non-profit corporation independent of Duke University. The opinions expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily those of Duke University, its students, faculty, staff, administration or trustees. Unsigned editorials represent the majority view of the editorial board. Columns, letters and cartoons represent the views of the authors. To reach the Editorial Office at 301 Flowers Building, call 684-2663 or fax 684-4696.T0 reach the Business Office at 103 West Union Building, call 684-3811.T0 reach the Advertising Office at 101 West Union Building call 684-3811 or fax 684-8295. Visit The Chronicle Online at http://www.dukechronicle.com. ® 2007 The Chronicle, Box 90858, Durham, N.C. 27708. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior, written permission of the Business Office. Each individual is

entitled to one free copy.

Union

Parents’ Weekend: the second Halloween

Quick,

hide the booze!

Mommy and

Daddy are here for the weekend. Marketplace employees, keep the gradeD meat-product in the freezer; we’re

students were on the vanguard of progressivism—no, that does not just mean that they experimented with LSD. Back in the day, college students used to represent a social movement. Today, what do we represent? I am not saying that we should imitate our parents and fight the powers that be, like Public Enemy. We do not have the same compelling reasons Mom and Dad had to protest, but that does not excuse our

bringing out the fdet mignon tonight. Everyone, remember to say your pleases and your thank yous, your sirs and your ma’ams. And while you’re at it, extreme political apathy. pretend that Duke is the bastion of Judging by voter turnout, 18- to 24-year-olds, in that general, care less about politics than any other intellectuality the benefactors age group, and Duke students seem particularly indifferent. Perhaps it is because we are simply of your education too smart, too beautiful and too rich to concern believe it to be. rice ourselves with such things. Perhaps it is because Parents’ and sexual chocolate our campus is in the middle of a forest that is Family Weekend itself in the middle of the cultural wasteland that is Duke’s belated Halloween; we all dress up as a family-friendly is Durham, North Carolina. Alas, I suppose our version of what a college is supposed to be. political apathy will always remain a mystery. In addition to Duke’s political (in)activity, With every campus organization putting on a show this weekend, you will be able to trick Duke —as far as colleges go—is a cultural abyss. your family into believing that there is more Well, maybe “abyss” is a little too strong of a word, but for a place that is supposed to be a cathedral to do on the weekend than go to the Fratio or Shooters. This Friday night alone, you and built in the name of expanding the intellectual the ’rents can choose from Awaaz, the Duke horizons of young people, we are pretty limited Duke built the Nasher Jazz Ensemble, the Classical Theatre of Har- in our cultural pursuits. lem and ’Round Midnight at the Mary Lou Museum of Art to counter these limitations, but Williams Center. unfortunately, the University forgot to fill the There will be speakers aplenty, classical mubuilding with art, both in terms of quantity and sic from the Duke Symphony Orchestra and quality —not that Duke students noticed. Even when Duke hosts an interesting speakthe Duke Chorale, improv from DUI and, for all of you weirdos who need your a cappella er, often the audience is either empty—as was the case with John Amaechi—or full of faculmusic fix, the Pitchforks. This weekend’s proty—as was the case with Paul Rusesabagina. No gramming is like the slight of hand of a magician, concealing reality. As Malcolm X would wonder Duke can only get the man that you all say to your mom and dad (although I am not know as Joe the Policeman from the “What’s sure if he would want to talk to them), “Ya been Going Down” episode of “That’s My Mama”— took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led for those who aren’t avid “Coming to America” fans, that is to say, someone utterly unworthy of astray! Run amok!” by the fallacy that is Pardelivering the commencement address at one ents’ Weekend. the real Duke Mom of the United States’ finest academic instituWe cannot present to and Dad. Frankly, Duke would horrify most tions—to speak to our graduating seniors and parents for one of two reasons, depending on their families. So, for the weekend, we can pretend to care their own college experiences. They would either be disgusted by party culture at Duke—a about something that is not Tailgate. We can culture they will have to learn to deal with bebe intellectuals, and feign cultural awareness, cause it is a reality in all colleges not founded for our second Halloween. Happy Parents’ by Jerry Falwell —or they would be dismayed Weekend! and saddened by Duke students’ lack of cultural and political awareness. Jordan Rice is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs Our parents grew up in a time where college every otherFriday.

Jordan

THE CHRONICLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007 | 27

commentaries

letterstotheeditor Noia’s notion of marriage incomplete I agree that no one should be boasting about his or her sexual orientation, as Justin Noia writes in his Nov. 1 column “I don’t hate gays (and neither does God)I look forward to the day when sexual orientation is not a category by which to judge people. I do have some squabble about the view of marriage in Noia’s column, i.e. that marriage is primarily for procreation. In marriage, the bride and the groom are the most important, and not what comes after that. In fact, as far as I know, in marriage rituals, the vows are for the bride and the groom to love each other and be faithful to each other as long as they are alive. There is no mention of children at all. Children are important, yes, but they do not make or define a marriage relationship. In linguistic terms, children are not diagnostic components of the marriage relationship, but supplementary. If this is so, then there is room for a similar, meaningful relationship between those whose sexual orientation is other than heterosexual. Daniel Arichea,

Jr.

Bishop in Residence Duke Divinity School

Why the gays fight I enjoyed Justin Noia’s Nov. 1 column about gay pride. It mirrored a good deal of my ignorance about gay culture when I first came out. Then, last spring, in a casual chat with a professor, I was put on the spot: “Why do you think we are fighting for marriage rights?” I had taken Professor Erwin Chemerinsky’s class; I was ready to answer this question. But my legal citations and historical referents

were trite. There was a much better answer; “When your friends are dying from a medical condition that the White House won’t talk about and the National Institutes ofHealth won’t research, and lovers are denied access to hospital rooms because they aren’t—and can’t be—legally married, it catalyzes your politics.” Pride (or whatever you want to call this nebulous identity issue) does not come about without substance. Marginalized groups—and Noia admits gays are marginalized, even if he’s not personally afraid of us—create identity politics by identifying oppression and then fighting that oppression by taking it public. Jews cite the holocaust, blacks slavery, gays AIDS and the legal prejudices that have survived. So before pointing out the semantic flimsiness of a “pride movement,” remember the movement itself has its own natural progression, as do the individuals involved. Whatever it is labeled today, and however “unnatural” a demand is being made, people taking their identity seriously is not a unique or surprising phenomenon. Furthermore, a reductionist critique—lumping all non-straight couples together as “unnatural” —completely sidesteps the nuanced differences within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. The fight for marriage is more than just pride flexing itself, it’s a fight for social mobility and tangible benefits. This is not just a philosophical construct, it’s a social reality. So why is there pride? Because there is oppression. And oppression gets internalized quite easily. And in a society where we’re told daily that we’re free, it is hard to tell individuals coming out of silence to hush up and not identify with a greater cause.

Kyle Knight Trinity ’OB

Maybe those high-proteinLysol wipes werent the greatest idea When

Our relationship with medicine is almost as outrageous. Antibiotics cure strep throat, so patients hound their physicians with requests for powerful antibiotics to treat sniffly noses and coughs that are often viral. A related overuse of antibiotics has resulted in the evolution of terrifying antibiotic-resistant strains of staph and tuberculosis. Americans crave guarantees, antibacterial soap and entire diets made out of antioxidants. We have a habit of figuring that if one of anything is good, a whole bunch of them has to be better. Why else would there be warnings on bottles ofAdvil not to take more than six in a day? Of course, this is all a generalization. Not very Why? According to jaCCXIIi dctwilCf United States citizen pounds ibuprofen like candy, the operating hypothesis ilife. UfiSpefate eats no tfiing but beef jerky and bathes in Lysol. But employed by most health even in my own relatively moderate existence I went scientists, allergies may be caused by a lack of natural challenges to the immune through a phase where I eliminated almost all fats system in our excessively clean environments. So might from my diet. Right now I am probably growing a Frappendicitis, multiple sclerosis and violent outbreaks of esca-shaped tumor somewhere in my small intestine Salmonella and E. Coli, all either attacks by our own imfrom my three-a-day habit. mune systems or deficient immunities we should have deIn all our extremism, we seem to forget that, for the as children. most veloped by playing in crap part, we have existed pleasantly alongside dirt and Clearly we can’t respond to these threats by allowing bugs for as long as our species has been alive. While kids to bask in their own filth. We’d end up with higher humans were evolving, moderation in health and eatrates of illness, cranky neighbors and probably a social ing was often the only option because of the scarcity worker on the doorstep. of food and medicinal treatments. Now that most of No, cleanliness in itself is not the problem. Neither the dangerous diseases that tormented our forbears, is hand-washing or penicillin, per se. Our obsession with like polio, smallpox and the plague, have all but been hygiene —and the resulting increase in the incidence of eliminated, there’s really no reason to pull out the big allergies —is a symptom of an entirely different problem, guns for every little bacterium that strolls along. In one that crosses the borders of disease into child rearing, fact, strictly adhering to the vagaries of scientific progdiet and almost every facet of modem life. ress has only served to counteract millennia worth of We do not believe in moderation. evolutionary advantages, leading to hypersensitive immune systems, obesity and superbugs. The American diet alone is notoriously gluttonSo chill out on the antibacterial wipes already, only ous, but we’re just as extreme about the things we don’t eat. Months after the finding that dietary fat take antibiotics if they’re absolutely necessary, and for caused weight gain hit the news, the market was glutChrist’s sake, have a piece of chocolate with your baconted with fat-free cookies and chips that turned out wrapped-turkey-stuffed chicken breast. Just don’t pick to cause a host of other problems. A few years later, your nose and wipe it on me. That’s sick. carbs went out of style and carb-free menus offerJacqui Detwiler is a graduate student in psychology and neuing formerly verboten fatty fare popped up in restauroscience. Her column runs every Friday. rants under “healthy” headings.

I was a kid, I picked my nose. Sometimes I even picked my nose while digging potatoes out of die woods behind my house to throw at the neighbors. Afterward I often unloaded whole pockets full of sand into my poor mother’s shower. And as much as my mom probably wanted to toss me out to live in the yard like a dirty monkey, it may be why I’m more allergy-free than almost evk eryone I know. .

Crazie is as Crazie does As

I type this—wearing my K-ville Resident shirt from last year—l feel like a fraud. Coach K, ifyou’re reading this, I’m sorry. . I didn’tgo to the Blue-White scrimmage last Saturday. And to make things worse, I don’t even know the names of our new freshmen. I’m one ofthe worst Cameron Crazies ever, ifI am still worthy of that title. Now, I’m working hard to redeem myself. I validated for the Shaw game early on, and I purchased the tickets for the Barton game for my family in an attempt to convert them to Krzyzewskism. 3lllG VGTgOIZ But sitting here, looking at the Post-it note of work I with 3 3grain of Salt have to get done before my parents arrive in Durham for the weekend, I realize that I’ll probably have to unregister for Shaw. I didn’t go to the scrimmage because I spent the entirety of my Saturday in Bostock, translating the ancient works of Tacitus for my Latin class and desperately trying to understand the subtleties of linear algebra. Between conjugating verbs and augmenting matrices, I was forced to subdue my inner Crazie. But it wants out. I’m the girl who took the title of tent captain way too far last year and, to this day, still sends mass e-mails to her tent-mates. I’m the girl who has a supply of blue and white face paint in her drawer. I’m the girl whose Duke-blue Mardi Gras beads tremble on her windowsill, hoping to bounce in Cameron again soon. I don’t want to be the girl who says, “DeMarcus who?” or has to actually think about how to complete the cheer, “If you can’t go to college, go to State...” Ask some random guy on the street what he knows about Duke University, and chances are you’ll receive one of two responses: either something to do with impressive academics or something to do with a really sweet basketball team. And because of those annoying graduation requirements that involve taking classes and getting grades, as a student here, you undoubtedly experience those impressive academics (as painful as they may be at times). But as for that whole basketball thing, you can very easily go through your time here without setting foot in Cameron. And frankly, that’s just wrong. We have a well-established, well-respected basketball program—and that’s quite possibly the understatement of the century. We are extremely lucky to have it so readily available to us. So whether you live by March Madness or you couldn’t care less about the Final Four, you should take advantage of what Duke has to offer. Sadly, the Craziness seems to have died down a little in the last few years. We have had to resort to that cursed validation system this year because we as Crazies are not performing up to par. We shouldn’tallow ourselves to risk losing part of the student section because we don’t even bother to show up in Cameron. Now, I’m not saying you need to go so far as to sit down with a basketball schedule when you register on ACES (although, admittedly, I did so last year, and I strongly encourage it). I am saying, even if you can only show up at 6:59 p.m. for a 7:00 p.m. game, you should go. Even ifyou’re on the non-TV side. Even if you don’t have the best view of the court. Every single Crazie makes a difference. And I realize it’s a lot for me to ask, considering I’m the one who couldn’t get my butt out ofBostock on a Saturday to go to the scrimmage. But we all need to work together on this one. Because of Duke’s academic reputation, some of us will inevitably have exams to study for and projects to complete, so we need other Dukies to have our backs and to fill up Cameron. To maintain Duke’s reputation as both a top-tier academic and athletic institution, we need to find a balance. We need to live up to our title of Cameron Crazies. We need to be the sixth, and strongest, man. On a side note, I would like to thank all the folks in Campus Council and Duke University Union who made the Devil’s Eve T-shirt distribution run like clockwork. By 8:05 p.m. I was on my way home, unscathed, with a size small T-shirt in hand. Well done. ...

Allie Vergotz is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every otherFriday.

THE CHRONICLE

28 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,2007

dmontj^ DINNER

Wednesday-Monday 5:30

pm-io:oo

PM*

LUNCH

Monday, Wednesday-Friday 11:30 am-3:oo

BRUNCH

Saturday &" Sunday 10:00 AM-3:oo pm CLOSED TUESDAYS

*Bar open with late night menu

until midnight on Friday

Saturday

PIEDMONT RESTAURANT

Durham, nc 919.683.1213 | info@piedmontrestaurant.com 401 Foster Street

Duke Office of Study Abroad www.studyabroad.duka.odu our table at the Jgryan this weekend/ -

"Visit

Renter