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Balloting will continue today on the West Campus Plaza and in the Marketplace. Sophomore Vikram Srinivasan, an executive board member of College Republicans, proposed the event. He said he wanted to draw media attention to an overlooked group—young conservatives. “When the media talks about youth as a voting bloc, they usually focus on it as a liberal

Internet servers across campus shut down yesterday morning, sending juniors racing to computer clusters to register for classes on ACES. All residential servers stopped functioning at 6:00 a.m., and the Office of Information Technology had still not fixed the issue by 7:00 a.m., when the second junior registration window opened, according to an e-mail sent by William Cannon, senior communications strategist for OIT. “There was a problem with the server that provides IP addresses in the residence hall network,” Cannon said, adding that by 7.T0 a.m., the network was back online. Some juniors said the morning’s situation left them flustered and made registration unnecessarily stressful. “This morning was a special experience,” junior Helen Rankin said. “I had the pleasure of trying to log in and my internet was down. I was traipsing about my dorm room scantily clad in pajamas to get internet.” University Registrar Bruce Cunningham wrote in an e-mail that his office was unaware ofany issues that occurred yesterday morning, with the exception of two calls made to OIT regarding network failures.

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Mayoral and City Council candidates will face off at the polls today following one of the most contentious municipal races in recent years. City Council member Thomas Stith will attempt to unseat Mayor Bill Bell, who is seeking his fourth consecutive term. In addition, incumbents Diane Catotti and Eugene Brown will compete against newcomers Steve Monks, Laney Funderburk, Farad Ali and David Harris for three at-large City Council seats. In a city that is predominandy Democratic, divisive partisan politics have played a prominent role in this year’s races, candidates said. Bell, a Democrat, has repeatedly sparred with the conservative Stith, who has adamantly called for a tougher stance on crime, harsher regulations on illegal immigration and more transparency in city government.

“[Stith] said he was going to bring a campaign that Durham hadn’t seen before, and he has definitely done that,” Bell said, adding that he found his challenger’s tactics “distasteful.” Stith, however, said he was satisfied with the conduct of his campaign and hopeful that he was able to convey his message to Durham voters. “I’ve gone to great lengths to speak to the people of Durham,” he said.

College Republicans members Will Payne (center) and Sam lasher (right) run a straw poll on theWest Campus Plaza.

Straw poll aims to boost Duke's conservative voice by

Will Robinson THE CHRONICLE

Liberal students are often perceived as the leaders in activism on college campuses, but this week Duke College Republicans is responding to its Democratic counterparts by holding a straw poll of students. Students who identify themselves as Republicans were invited Monday to vote for the party’s presidential nomination and answer other questions in an informal poll.

Panhel pushes for campus real estate by

Caroline McGeough THE CHRONICLE

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Bill Bell will become mayor ofDurhamfor the fourth consecutive term, if voters elect him today.

Each year, Panhellenic Recruitment draws hundreds of stiletto-clad freshman women to packed commons rooms and meeting halls spread across campus. But although the Panhellenic Association is the largest student organization on campus, it lacks the infrastructure to host meetings and special events that could make it a more cohesive women’s group, said Panhel President Kate Guthrie, a senior. “This conversation has been going on for 50 years,” she said, adding that this year’s discussions following the Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience —which discussed how access to space affords privileges to certain groups—gave Panhel an opportunity to voice its needs. Currently the association has storage facilities in Trent Drive Hall and competes with other groups for neutral spaces like the Bryan Center’s Von Canon rooms to hold weekly chapter meetings. Improved access to rooms on campus, as well as SEE PANHEL ON PAGE 5

PanhellenicAssociation PresidentKate Guthrie said space for sororities hasbeen an issuefor a long time.

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Pakistani police crush protesting lawyers by

Robin McDowell

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan tear gas and clubbed

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Monday against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf s emergency rule. The U.S. and other nations called for elections to be held on schedule and said they were reviewing aid to Pakistan. In the largest protest in the eastern city of Lahore, lawyers dressed in black suits and ties chanted “Musharraf Go!” as they defied the government’s ban on rallies. Some fought back with stones and tree branches. The crackdown mainly targeted Mush-

arraf s most potent critics —the judiciary and lawyers, independent television stations and opposition activists. Opposition groups said 3,500 had been arrested, though the government reported half that total. President George W. Bush urged Musharraf to hold parliamentary elections as scheduled in January and relinquish his army post as soon as possible. “Our hope is that he will restore democracy as quickly as possible,* Bush said. But there did not appear to be a unified position among senior government officials on whether they planned to hold the election as planned. The attorney general

said the vote would take place as scheduled but then conceded there was a chance of a delay. The prime minister also left open the possibility of a delay. The demonstrations so far have been limited largely to opposition activists, rights workers and lawyers angered by his attacks on the judiciary. There does not appear to be a groundswell of popular resistance and all the protests have been quickly and sometimes brutally stamped out. The streets ofPakistan appeared normal Monday with people going about business as usual for the most part. SEE PAKISTAN ON PAGE 6

Dems demand subpoena responses by

Laurie Kellman

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WASHINGTON House Democrats threatened Monday to holdPresident George W. Bush’s key confidants in contempt ofCongress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department’s purge offederal prosecutors last winter. The White House shrugged off the ultimatum, saying the information is off-limits under executive privilege and that the aides in question-—White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former presidential counselor Harriet Miers—are immune

from prosecution. “It won’t go anywhere,” predicted White House press secretary Dana Perino. Congressional Democrats nonetheless submitted their 102-page report, and a Republican rebuttal, to the House clerk Monday afternoon. The report accused Miers of contempt for failing to appear and testily as subpoenaed. She and Bolten were charged with failing to produce documents on whether the prosecutors were fired at the White House’s behest. Also in the sights of House Judiciary Committee Chairperson John Conyers, D-

Mich.: Karl Rove, the architect of Bush’s rise to the White House and a top political adviser who left last summer. House Democrats were trying to round up a majority to pass the citation, said two House officials who spoke on condition ofanonymity because the process was ongoing. In a separate letter, Conyers urged White House Counsel Fred Fielding to comply. “As we submit the committee’s contempt report to the full House, I am writing one more time to seek to resolve this issue on a cooperative basis,” Conyers said in a letter to Fielding.

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Environmentalists march on Capitol by

Hon Lung Chu THE CHRONICLE

WASHINGTON This weekend thousands of students gathered together in one place for an occasion that, in the words of participants, was empowering, inspiring, energizing and hopeful. Nearly 6,000 students from across the world came to the University of Maryland at College Park for the Power Shift 2007 conference, a large-scale youth summit advocating for political policies to solve climate change problems. The conference ended with activists rallying and lobbying on Capitol Hill Monday. Duke was represented by 23 students at the event and North Carolina, the third mostrepresented state, sent over 300 students. “This is a historical occasion, as you all may know,” Ralph Nader, political activist and four-time presidential candidate, told attendees. “The University of Maryland, which is too often known for its basketball team, will be known for launching the next wave of student activism on the environment.” Nader was one ofhundreds of speakers, panelists and policy makers who spoke during different sessions of the summit. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, made an appearance Saturday night, repeatedly bringing students to their feet. “I am understanding that this is the biggest gathering for global warming in the history of the world,” Pelosi, a California Democrat, said. In her speech, she expressed the significance of the conference in reducing carbon emissions. “I love the name: Power Shift. It means so much. It means 80-percent [carbon reduction] by 2050,” Pelosi said, as she was met with a standing ovation. “And it represents the initiative taken by the next generation of leaders. And the power of our country—not just energy power, but political power.” The three major principles supported by the organizers of Power Shift 2007 are 80-percent carbon reduction, the creation offive million “green jobs” and a firm moratorium on new coal power plants. Other speakers also expressed the need for environmentalaction.

Save some for the whales An underage student was cited Saturday morning on Wannamaker Drive when Duke University Police Department officers found him with 804 cans of beer.

Friday night studying thwarted A student reported his laptop missing Friday evening after leaving it unattended on the fourth-floor bridge between Perkins and Bostock libraries. Halloween pirates flee with gold booty Twelve keys went missing Wednesday afternoon from Hudson Hall. An unknown number of the keys were said to be 24K gold clock winding replicas and were valued at $670. Bike shenanigans plague East Four juveniles were issued trespass warnings Wednesday after they were caught outside Alspaugh dormitory acting suspiciously near a bike rack. Police reported that two of the four were seen removing seats from bikes.

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Trick, but no treat A $25 Disney Halloween pumpkin was taken from a Halloween display at the Duke Clinic building last Tuesday.

Thousands of studentsfrom across theworld gathered at the U. S. Capitolfor an environmental rally Monday. “This planet has a fever and there are no emergency rooms for sick planets,” Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said in his keynote address Saturday night. “We have a chance to pass laws nationally which will change the course of the history of the United States and the history of the planet.” In his speech, Markey criticized the Republican Party as well as the automotive, oil and nuclear industries. “GOP used to stand for Grand Old Party; now it stands for Gang Of Polluters,” Markey said to laughter. “There is one thing that separates you and the American people from those industries: You are right and they are wrong!” Scientists and activists alike stressed the urgency of the issue, and demandedimmediate action by both houses ofCongress. “[The] last time [carbon dioxide levels were] this high, there was no Greenland,”

said Dan Kirk-Davidoff, assistant professor of

meteorology at the University ofMaryland. The climax of the event was a rally on the west lawn of Capitol Hill Monday, with speeches by several members of Congress and representatives from prominent environmental organizations. “When people stand up and raise their voices, it makes a difference,” said Carol Browner, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Following the rally, more than 2,000 students traveled across Capitol Hill to lobby senators and representatives from their own states. Duke students spoke with staff for several North Carolina politicians as well as representatives from their home states. “Everywhere I went on Capitol Hill I saw other Power Shifters, so that means that everyone that works on Capitol Hill, when they went somewhere, they saw Power Shift-

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ers too,” sophomore Kelsey Shaw said. “We definitely made a difference.” Other Duke students responded with similar enthusiasm to the lobbying. “I think the fact that we, as a group, covered every representative, and every representative is now going to share a common experience for environmental activism, will promote leadership within both houses of Congress,” freshman Andrew O’Rourke said. “[That is] a type of leadership we haven’t see and a type of leadership we desperately need.” For others, the conference is helping to send a clear message to the world. “We have the opportunity to look at these people in the eye and say, ‘This is our future, we have to deal with it and we are ready to deal with it,”’ activist Janie Hauser said. “We’re being loud and clear across the planet; this is globally exposed, and yes, we are being heard.”

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ELECTIONS from page 1 voters will have a chance to go to the polls today to elect their next mayor and three City Council members. Two candidates, incumbent Bill Bell and Thomas Stith, will go head-to-head for the mayoral position and six candidates will square off for the three City Council at-large seats.

Durham

Mayor Thomas Stith Republican Current position:

William "Bill" Bell Democrat Current Position: Mayor of Durham (2001-) Qualifications; Chairman of Durham County

Commissioners 1982-1994; VP and COO of UDi Community Development Corp Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Platform: Fighting crime; revitalizing the inner city; practicing fiscal responsibility; improving Durham's infrastructure; protecting the environment

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Platform: Fighting crime; increasing efficiency in city government; economic development; improving infrastructure

3 City Council At-Large Seats Diane Catotti Democrat Current Position: City council member(2003-)

Qualifications: Joint City/County Planning

Committee; Vice Chair of the Transportation Advisory Committee, the Council Procedures Committee, and the Personnel, Livable Wage, Insurance Subcommittee;

Platform; Developing

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Farad Ali

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Democrat Current Position; City council member (2003-)

Qualifications: Board member of the Budget Efficiency Committee and Public Schools Budget Advisory Committee; Platform: reduce crime; improve government efficiency and effectiveness; address infrastructure needs.

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Qualifications: attorney, licensed in N.C. and Texas;

Monks Law Firm, three offices in the Triangle area Platform; protection of citizens and their property; timely maintenance of infrastructure; fiscal accountability; efficient operations, long term debt and uncollected fees.

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Laney Funderburk

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sociate Vice President for Aiumni Affairs at Duke Durham political experience; None Qualifications: Managed staffs and budgets at Duke Platform: bringing discipline and common sense to a tax/spend policy that is out of control

“Now, your opponent will always have a different picture that they will try to paint... but I hope that I have been able to reach people with what my record has shown.” Both candidates have gained their own advantages throughout the campaign. While Stith edged out the mayor in fundraising, Bell obtained a high-profile endorsement from Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-111. Partisan politics have also heated up the City Council race. Although Brown said he would prefer the municipal elections stayed nonpartisan, he acknowledged this year has been particularly divisive. “The elephants have fired first and now the donkeys will respond accordingly,” Brown told The Chronicle in October. In addition, Monks and Funderburk, both conservatives, are running a joint campaign to boost their chances of getting elected together. “We ran with the hope that we each have strengths to bring to office,” Monks said. “It’s going to take more than one person [to bring about change].” He added, however, that his party affiliation has little to do with his qualifications for office. “There are certain groups of people that will never vote for people of a different party affiliation. And guess what? We’ve already seen an example of that in Durham, North Carolina,” Monks said, referring to the election of former district attorney Mike Nifong—a registered Democrat—in November 2006. Monks ran as a write-in candidate against Nifong in that race. Experience has also shaped up to be an important factor in candidates’ success, as Catotti and Brown finished first and second in the primaries that narrowed the field from 10 to six. “I was pleased with the primary results and I’m looking forward to hearing what the voters say,” Catotti said. “I hope that the citizens will concur that we are doing a good job and will support the team of incumbents.” The challengers, however, believe the City Council needs the addition of new voices in order to move Durham forward. “If you want change... you shouldn’t be looking to the incumbents because they’re not giving it to you,” Monks said. “There needs to be enough changed members on the council to make an impact.” Candidates said it is most essential for Durham citizens to go to the polls today. “I hope Durham citizens vote, and of course, I hope one of those votes will be for me,” said Harris, a longtime grassroots activist. “I wish we would use our constitutional right... that’s our voice.”

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PANHEL from page 1 the creation of more usable spaces, would enable greek women to plan dinners, speaker series and philanthropy activities in more convenient and specialized locations, Guthrie said. She said the group has appealed to administrators such as Provost Peter Lange, Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki and John Simon, vice provost for academic affairs, in its efforts to weigh in on the discussion of space distribution on campus. “It’s become very clear to me that this is an issue that we need to address as soon as we can,” Nowicki said, noting, however, that Panhel is one of many student groups interested in more space on campus. “Panhel’s interestsand needs have been established for some time now, and this is one place where I hope we can make progress relatively soon.” Nowicki added that he is working with Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, and Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, to determine how student groups like Panhel can make the best use of existing social facilities and how new facilities on West and Central campuses can be designed to accommodate the groups. “I would hope by the end of the spring semester that we already have some very concrete ideas of how to start modifying and improving space use on campus,” Nowicki said. He added that he hopes to see solutions take form by Fall 2008. Although the ideal Panhellenic space would offer facilities for each chapter, Guthrie said sororities would benefit significantly from one shared room with a large capacity and improved storage facilities. In addition to more long-term solutions, Guthrie said there are a few short-term changes thatwould allowPanhel—and other student groups—to plan more successful events, in-

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The only on<ampus spaces given to sororities are small, cramped cages in the basement ofTrent Drive Hall, a building located Central Campus and the Medical Center.

eluding discountedrates for renting out spaces and an easier way to reserve those spaces. “It’s like pulling teeth to find 10 rooms that are available [for recruitment],” she said. “This year we were going to get John Deere trucks and take the girls from Edens to the LSRC.” Room reservations for recruitment consume over half of Panhel’s budget, said senior Samantha Prouty, Panhel’s vice president of recruitment and membership.

She added that reserved spaces have been taken away from chapters for recruitment events in previous years with less than four days’ notice before scheduled events. “That was not an administrative error on our part —that’s a structural problem with reserving space at Duke,” Prouty said. Establishing space for a women’s organization like Panhel would also be a key step toward gender equality and would improve the quality of women’s experiences

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movement,” he said. “The coverage ofyoungconservatives has been kind of sparse.” Srinivasan added that he hopes the straw poll will encourage young conservatives to match the energy often associated with liberal movements. ‘Young liberal organizations have probably been more aggressive in mobilizing their voting power, so I think we are behind the curve on that and this event will help us in that regard,” he said. Sophomore David Bitner, president of the Duke Conservative Union and a member of College Republicans, said young conservatives are rarely polled as a voting bloc. He said he was hopeful this could attract media attention to the event. Bitner said young conservatives should not be ignored, especially at Duke. “Institutions like Duke tend to produce the professional and political elite, so this should give us numbers which are important to the party,” he said. ‘Youwalk around here and there are so many people who want to be lawyers and doctors andbankers and politicians. Clearly the student body at Duke will constitute a powerful group within society.” Junior Samuel Tasher, chair of College Republicans, said the datacollected could benefit the Republican candidates. “Fred Thompson doesn’t poll well with women, but if half the women on campus vote for Fred Thompson, that is something he could use,” Tasher said. He added that College Republicans will not officially endorse a candidate in the primary, but support all of the candidates equally until the nomination is made. Tasher said he would follow Ronald Reagan’s “11th commandment,” “Thou shall not speak ill of any fellow Republican,” and not use any data to detractfrom a Republican candidate. However, many Republicans said they are unhappy with the overall field ofcandidates in the primary. Tasher said one question asked students how they felt about the options. He said he personally was pleased with the group. “I would have liked the ultimate savior to come through, like Reagan, but sometimes it is good to have differences of opinion so that you can pick a candidate based on issues,” he said. Bitner said he was not impressed with any candidate from either party. “I really don’t see any candidate who has the statesmanlike qualities that this country needs,” he said. “The two frontrunners in the Democratic primary are just absolutely unacceptable, particularly Hillary Clinton. I have a deepseated loathing for her.”

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“Over 300 students had registered by 7:05 a.m., and over 400 had registered by 7:15 a.m., more than at the same time for the same window during last spring’s registration process,” Cunningham said. Students were left with the option of waiting for their computers to come back online or finding an open computer in a cluster, which some students said was a daunting task. “There was actually a line to use the computers,” junior Mark Riherd said. “[My registration] wasn’t incredibly late, but it was still after the deadline.” Wenjia Zhang contributed to this story.

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Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup and is also head ofPakistan’s army, suspended the constitution Saturday ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on whether his recent re-election as president was legal. He ousted seven independent-minded Supreme Court judges, put a stranglehold on independent media and granted sweeping powers to authorities to crush dissent. Musharraf s leadership is threatened by the Islamic militant movement that has spread from border regions to the capital, the reemergence of political rivals, including former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, and an increasingly defiant Supreme Court. The court has emerged as the chief check on Musharraf, who has been promising democracy ever since he seized power. The judiciary has proved surprisingly independent for a country that has been under .military rule for most of the 60 years since it was founded. The emergency decree appeared aimed primarily at heading off any Supreme Court challenge to Musharraf prolonging his eight-year rule.

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Mexican flood victims scramble for food, supplies BY IOAN GkILLO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hungry VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Mexico’s history scrambled for government packages of food and medicine, while at least 20,000 people remained trapped Monday on the rooftops ofhomes swallowed by water. Residents were running dangerously short of food and water after nearly a week of floods left 80 percent of the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco under water and destroyed or damaged the homes of about half a million people. Gov. Andres Granier ordered central streets in the state capital of Villahermosa closed to all but rescue workers to prevent looting. Authorities said two more bodies were found Sunday in the brackish waters covering much of the region. If the deaths are confirmed to have been caused by the flooding, the disaster’s death toll would stand at 10. The destruction spread to neighboring Chiapas state, where helicopters flew emergency personnel to a town that was partially buried from a landslide. Officials said there were deaths, but they did not know how many yet because they were still waiting for rescuers to report. President George W. Bush expressed his sympathy Monday to Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the suffering caused by the flooding. Gordon Johndroe, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said Bush told Calderon the United States was ready to help the Mexican people meet their immediate needs and rebuild their lives and communities. U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said the U.S. had pledged $300,000 in emergency assistance to Tabasco and Chiapas. “Americans know only too well the horrible impact of such natural disasters on the lives of individuals and communities, and we are anxious to join the international community in providing assistance to our neighbors,” he said. After Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. in 2005, Mexico sent a convoy ofabout 200 unarmed soldiers and medical personnel across the border to aid in the recovery

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People evacuate a flooded area in Villahermosa, Mexico Sunday. Mexico's president,Felipe Calderon, called the flooding one ofthe country's worst natural disasters. with portable kitchens and water treatment

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Mexican government officials worked furiously to distribute aid, and authorities continued trolling the water-filled streets looking for stranded residents. Villahermosa, the state capital, was still completely under water, though river levels had begun to drop after rising to historic

levels. The National Water Commission said it had begun efforts to start pumping the streets. Desperation grew among residents who could not get their hands on governmentsupplied food and water or who found themselves cut off from crucial medical supplies. Garbage piled up in the murky waters days after the city suspended most public services including trash collection. As helicopters carrying aid made stops

in hard-hit areas, disputes broke out among victims who pushed through crowds and struggled frantically for the packages. “People are fighting over food and water, and the lack of electricity and running water are making life in the city impossible,” said Martha Lilia Lopez, who has been handing out food to victims on behalf of a nonprofit foundation she heads. Daniel Montiel Ortiz, who oversaw helicopter rescue efforts for the federal police, said rescuers were now focused on “selective evacuations”—primarily of sick people—and delivering badly needed supplies to isolated communities still surrounded by water.

Some people broke into shuttered stores and took food and household goods, and police reported detaining about 50 people for looting over the last couple of days. But

Ortiz called those “isolated incidents.” Soldiers created makeshift docks out of sandbags for boats that trolled the waterfilled streets, rescuing stranded victims. Some people hitched boat rides back to homes they abandoned a week earlier to retrieve medication, clothing and other supplies before returning to shelters. “We are tired of being in the shelter, but who knows when we will be able to return home?” said Mariano Beltran, 35, as he waited for a lift home to pick up medicine for his mother. Since rivers first began to burst their banks Oct. 28, at least half a million people have been affected by lost power and cut-off roads, according to the government. In neighboring Chiapas state, four bridges and 180 miles of roads were washed out.

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Hollywood writers strike; viewers get re-runs by Gary Gentile THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES Americans may be getting more sleep after Hollywood writers went on strike Monday and forced the nation’s late-night talk shows to start airing reruns. NBC said the “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” will immediately air repeats. Still, Leno made an appearance at the Burbank studio, arriving on a motorcycle to visit strikers walking a picket line. CBS said “The Late Show with David Letterman” will also offer repeats all week. The list of casualties included every other major late-night show. The first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got underway with noisy pickets on both coasts after last-minute negotiations Sunday foiled to produce a deal on payments to writers from shows offered on the Internet No new negotiations were scheduled, although the Writers Guild ofAmerica negotiating committee was set to meet Monday afternoon. Nick Counter, chief negotiator for the Alliance ofMotion Picture and Television Producers, said he expected a long standoff. “We’re hunkered down for a long one,” he said. “From our standpoint, we made every good faith effort to negotiate a deal and they went on strike. At some point, conversations will take place. But not now.” The strike will not immediately impact production of movies or prime-time TV programs. Most studios have stockpiled dozens ofmovie scripts, and TV shows have enough scripts or completed shows in hand to last until early next year. Disruptions by strikers ended filming at a Studio City cafe being used as a location for the CBS show “Cane.”

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Tina Fey, a member ofWriters Guild of America, East, pickets in Rockeller Center, near the headquarters of NBC. Tom Hogan, a location manager for the show, said he had hired two off-duty Los Angeles police officers in addition to five private security guards to maintain order during the shoot. He said the filming began hours before the 20 pickets arrived and involved a script that was finished several weeks ago. No other major problems were reported at studios or filming locations.

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people hoisted signs and applauded when picketing began. Robert Port, a writer for the TV show

“NumbSrs,” said he was as ready as possible for what could be a long walkout, ‘We live in Los Angeles, your bank account can never really be ready for this,” he said. Only about halfof the pickets wore their official red strike T-shirts.

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As fellow Duke students dressed up in prepared to head to FrankHalloween, the baseball team Street on lin put on their warm-up uniforms and went to George Watts Montessori Magnet Elementary School off East Campus to lead a pair ofbaseball clinics for the students there. Members of the sophomore and junior classes came up with the idea to hold the clinic after working closely with the school as part of a project for their education class. The team conducted a session in the morning for fourth and fifth graders and another in the afternoon for children in first through third grades. “These guys come over here and tutor, and they have developed a relationship with some of the kids,” head coach Sean McNally said. “The players thought this would be a good way to go above and beyond the tutoring part of it.” The Duke players worked with the elementary students on various baseball drills. Using mostly tennis balls for safety, the Blue Devils organized games and activities with ground balls, pop ups, base running, throwing and hitting off a tee. In the spirit of Halloween, the players rewarded the children with candy after completing certain drills. “The children make great connections with the players when they’re being tutored by them,” teacher Meneca Davis said. “But I think it is also beneficial for the children to do something that the tucostumes and

tors truly enjoy. Even the kids that aren’t really sports-minded enjoy this because they respect and enjoy the tutors so much. Children need to have fun and it really helps when they get to have fun with authority figures.”

Over the course of the two sessions, the Duke players worked with over 250 students at George Watts Elementary. In addition to their work at the school, members of the baseball teams have been volunteering with the Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House and various other charitable organizations throughout the Durham area. “We’ve been cleaning and painting houses, and we thought this activity would be great because it’s something we really like doing while still giving back to the community at the same time,” sophomore Gabriel Saade said. “Most of us work as tutors here for our education class, and we see the kids inside the classroom. We figured that because we play on the baseball team we could also do something like this that’s out of the classroom and a lot offun for the kids.” With the wide array of drills and activities, the Blue Devils worked to teach the kids better eye-hand coordination while emphasizing the need to have fun learning the game ofbaseball. “We hope this is going to get the students interested in sports other than basketball which is all they’re exposed to ZACHARY TRACER/THE CHRONICLE

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Sophomore GabrielSaade and the Blue Devils spent time Oct 31 with the students at GeorgeWatts Elementary.

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Reviving the lost Blue Devils advance to match play final day Tobacco Road rivalry

In the NGCA Collegiate Match Play Championship Monday, top-seeded Duke defeated ninth-seeded Oklahoma State 3-1-1 and fifth-seeded Tennessee 4-1 to advance to the tournament finals against sixth-seeded Georgia Tuesday at the Ginn Resort in Kissimmee, Fla. The Blue Devils have played in the tournament four times in the team’s history and have reached the finals each year. In its previous three appearances, Duke went on to win the tournament. Jennifer Pandolfi and Alison Whitaker both had strong days, as each player defeated their two opponents, the only Blue Devils to do so Monday. In the first round against the Cowboys, Duke got victories from Pandolfi, Whitaker and Jennie Lee, while Amanda Blumenherst halved her match. Kimberly Donovan was the only Blue Devil who lost. The matchup with the Cowboys started Sunday but had to be called due to darkness. Later in the day, Duke got strong performances from Pandolfi and Whitaker again while Blumenherst and Rebecca Kim broke through for wins for an easy victory over the Volunteers to push the team into the finals.

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A funny thing happened over the last few years as the Blue Devils jetted to Beantown and South Beach in search of ACC victories in football and basketball. The Duke-N.C. State rivalry died. The Blue Devils haven’t played the Wolfpack in football since the Red Sox were still cursed. And the last time the basketball teams met twice in the

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ing gambled for the sake of football. But the significant scheduling drawbacks everyone saw coming have played out, and the Duke-N.C. State rivalry has been perhaps the most notable victim. The Blue Devils and Wolfpack never approached the level of Duke-Carolina or

even UNC-State, but there is a lot of history between the two, compounded by some natural rival elements. The schools are 30 minutes apart, more people in North Carolina are State fans than are Duke fans, and State supporters on the whole even outpace the Tar Heel faithful in theirview ofDukies as elitist outsiders. In football, the games have been competitive. Between 1991 and 1994, the two teams played three games that were decided by one point each. Even in their last matchup in 2003, Duke almost knocked off the Philip Rivers-led Wolfpack, which ended the season by winning the Tangerine Bowl. Basketball games were almost always nailbiters when Coach K and Jimmy V matched wits. And in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, the teams fought in several tremendous bouts, SEE MOORE ON PAGE

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For the second week in a row, the Blue Devils averaged less than a yard per carry. Borderline stubborn in their effort to establish the run at times, the Blue Devils got themselves into trouble with eight negative-yardage plays: five first-down runs for a loss and three sacks on third downs.

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On the second drive of the game, Duke went 63 yards and scored its only touchdown of the game by utilizing the pass. After that drive, though, the Blue Devils only gained 118 yards over the final three and a half quarters, in part because of the passing game's lack of execution and utilization of its key players.

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Although Duke was able to contain Clemson's duo of running backs for short spurts, the Tigers were able to break free for some long runs. James Davis and C.J. Spiller combined for almost 11 yards per carry as Duke struggled to wrap up and finish tackles all game long. The Blue Devils performed well in the secondary, limiting Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper to nearly 50 yards under his season average. Although the Duke defensive unit had the help of linebacker Michael Tauiliili, who recorded two of the team's three sacks, it still struggled in containing a fast, quick Tigers receiving corps. Fcr a t least the third week in a row, Duke's worst defense was its offens >e, which was incapable of staying on the field all game long. Although the Blue Devils were susceptible to giving up the bic 3 play, it is important to note that the defense was only responsible for seven of the 16-point Clemson streaK at the end of 1the first half that ultimately doomed Duke.

Highest marks: WR Eron Riley

Despite just two catches, the wideout did haul in his ACC-leading eighth touchdown catch of the season. Of the Blue Devils' 28 pass plays for 20 yards or more, Riley has caught a team-high 12 of them.

Hit the books: The kickoff coverage team

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the ball into a target on a net placed about 10 feet away. “We hope this is going to get the students interested in sports other than basketball which is all they’re exposed to living around here,” physical education teacher Stephanie Brennan said. “At this age; exposing them to anything involving eye-hand coordination is essential because it is useful in the classroom too. In reading but especially with writing, fine motor skills are needed.”

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including the 2003 ACC tide game in which the Blue Devils came back from 15 down in the second half. And then there was Julius Hodge. The Wolfpack star who always had plenty to say fueled the fire in 2004 when he pontificated on the Cameron Crazies following a 7657 loss at Duke. “There’s no way I could let a guy with a 4.5 GPA, acne and bad breath decide the way I’m going to play on the court,” he said. There is, however, a larger point to this discussion. Before expansion, the ACC wasn’tjust about the depth of the most premier rivalries, it was about breadth of rivalries among teams within the conference. And that has suffered as a result of the constraints of scheduling in a larger league. The symptoms of weakening conference rivalries may be beginning to show, even if the average fan or player doesn’t recognize them for what they are. For example, the Cameron Crazies have been criticized recently for their decline in creativity when taunting ACC opponents. In the Crazies’ defense, it’s easier to remember, or even get dirt on players when they come to your gym every year. Maybe it’s not the line policy that needs to be overhauled. Maybe it’s the conference scheduling that does. The ACC basketball schedule is lockedin through 2011, and Commissioner John Swofford said the policy will be revisited sometime in the next few years to see if the league should opt for an 18-game conference slate. The Big East, Big Ten and Pac-10 have done this already. Adding two ACC contests would change the system so that each team would have three partners that it would play twice every year and two groups offour with which

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plexity, willingness to explore

deeper issues involved in the

case, and capacity for self-crit-

icism guided the University through a time of peril. Through itall Brodhead has begun to articulate and implement a powerful vision of what the University should be. In his inaugural address in 2004, Brodhead committed the University to cultivating the “satisfaction of citizenship... the education that flows back to theory from practice: the learning that arises when theoretical intelligence is tested in the area of real human need.” Brodhead’s vision thus sees the University as engaged with the world and accessible to all—an institution that defines the word “education” broadly. This vision is now crystallizing into concrete policies; the Financial Aid Initiative, curricular changes to promote

interdisciplinarity, the creation of a vice president for Durham and regional affairs, the Global Health Initiative and DukeEngage. Brodhead believes that what makes a Dukie is exactly what makes an aware andactive citizen in the modem world. And it is thisvision that will most determine the future of the Brodhead presidency. In effect, Brodhead is no longer on the defensive. With the lacrosse case over, the construction of Central Campus imminent and three top administrators leaving, he must be given—and must take—the opportunity to fulfill his initial promise, overcome his weaknesses and achieve his unique vision for Duke. He can now define his presidency—rather than let it be defined by its worst moment.

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than he had aimed to be Secondly, the case brought to painful light the weaknesses of a president who is academic not managerial, cautious not imposing and passive not active. Brodhead’sfailure to make necessary personnel changes upon arrival is a symptom ofhis inability to impose his own trajectory on the University. Not only did he retain but he reappointed two administrators who continue to frustrate the progress of the University—Director of Athletics Joe Alieva and Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta. More importandy, though, the case revealed crucial strengths in Brodhead’s character. His academic prudence, appreciation of com-

What

is the appropriate “price” of a fraternity? And what is that investment worth to campus? These are exactly the questions the new Residential Group Assessment is starting to ask. Predictably, however, this administrative inquiry is as misguided as most. Think of the Campus Culture Initiative, but on crack. Here’s the premise: the University sets the price of selective living groups, including jon detzel fraternities, as the don't stop believing opportunity cost of the space they occupy, in terms ofwhat another group or a bunch of Gosh Dam Independents could do in that section. Then, groups are valued by their performance on a variety of categories, such as community service, academic and community activities, their members’ involvement on campus and the viability of their living situation. Roughly, the groups that score highly—that are worth the most—will retain their current section, and the ones who don’t score so well will be moved around to a less-desirable place on campus or potentially kicked off, as a sort ofwrite-down on their intrinsic value (i.e., a punishment). But this theory assumes that fraternities and SLGs should only exist because they provide positive benefits to the entire Duke community. That is, the administration ignores student demand and the subsequent benefits students receive from fraternity membership and association. A key question has thus been overlooked. Why is it insufficient for SLGs to exist on campus simply because the student body wants them there? In my view, the standard exchange of costs and benefits is pretty close to even without the University’s artificial pricing system imposed from above. For starters, there’s die sizeable greek/selective population that clearly enjoys the presence of their groups on campus and obviously resents their extra responsibilities. This membership value is generally ignored by the annual review system. Imagine how much the diversity of experiences on West would suffer if fraternities were significandy subtracted from the available opportunities. Imagine further how admissions would suffer from students who were attracted to Duke’s prominent mix of social and academic life no longer applying. Moreover, since fraternities are the main social movers on campus, independents certainly benefit from

the lavish and frequent social events fraternities host

throughout the year. The value-added of social association with fraternities is also, conveniendy, forgotten. Anyone notice that awful social silence on the

quad for most of the weekends this year? I promise you it will turn palpable and deafening if fraternities start to go the way of the dodo because of increased administrative pressures. Apparently, though, these aforementionedbenefits aren’t enough of a return on the University’s investment in campus real estate. Regulation just has to creep its way in. So if the annual review system is sound in theory, why don’twe review the independents as well? They are given housing, they can reserve commons spaces and they can hold events on campus, so theoretically there is an opportunity cost to the spaces they occupy as well. If fairness matters in academia—this isn’t a proposition I’m necessarily willing to accept, given the dictatorial, Reign of Terror-influenced kangaroo court system they call justice” over atjudicial Affairs —then we ought to consider the relative values of the contributions of independents to campus as well. But that’s not all. Independents actually receive some nice little subsidies from the University: They don’t have to pay for cable, tip the housing staff, pay Interfratemity Council and house dues or submit to countless, unfair schemes of regulation (read: harassment). Because these costs aren’t factored into the annual review scheme, the value offraternities is artificially depressed since they ought to be given a credit for these costs they don’t incur. Clearly, then, the system isn’t quite the Goldilocks the University claims. Not only does it unfairly single out fraternities and SLGs for review vis-a-vis independents, but it also improperly values their contributions to campus relative to their perceived price, or the cost the University pays to allow them to exist. It isn’t all gloom-and-doom, however. I take pleasure in knowing that there is a sinister implication of all this: Switching out fraternities for independents on campus actually increases the University’s costs and decreases the Duke community’s benefits. Because then the administration would be paying much higher subsidies to float the increased numbers of independents on campus, but it would also lose the contributions—however minimal—of the groups it disrupted, as well as the benefits to students of which it refuses to take account. That’s right—the plan will ultimately backfire, a classic case of misguided government intervention into the free market.

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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rial, a low wall dedicated to alumni killed in World War 11. the rest of the country pauses to honor America’s military personnel (both living and dead) next When it was built many decades ago, this humble rememMonday, Duke University won’t join in. There will brance stood against a grassy hill along the right side of be no on-campus remembrances ala 9/11 or MartinLuther the Chapel (recall that there was no Bryan Center, no engineering campus and no research labs behind West King, Jr. Day. Classes will normal. back then). Campus as Even proceed our University calendar Today, with the encroachment of the Westbrook Building and Goodson Chapel, the fixture stands as little more which advertises activities than an airshaft between large buildings. It appears on like an open house tour for the Home Depot Smart no campus map, is absent from guided tours and remains Home Nov. 12—makes no unnoticed by longtime students, faculty and employees alike. Over the past three years, I walked by that wall mention of the occasion. more than 500 times before noticing its purpose, largely Considering how much kristin butler we have to honor, that sort assuming thatit prevented soil erosion or honored Divinof neglect is a University- with all deliberate speed ity School donors. wide disgrace. Veterans Day And it’s not just the wall’s low profile that rankles, either. Before this monument was dedicated in September at Duke should be a time to acknowledge the service of thousands of former soldiers receiving treatment at the Veterans 1993 (following an unexplained delay of more than 40 Affairs Medical Center, to remember our brave classmates years), administrators announced that it would “bear the serving overseas and, most important of all, to pay tribute to names of those students killed in World War II and subsethe thousands of selfless alumni who fought and died for our quent wars.” In the 14 years since, not a single name has been added, leaving soldiers killed in Korea, Vietnam and country in times of war. Excuses abound forDuke’s current policies, among them both GulfWars wholly without tribute. Meanwhile, Duke administrators went on to effectively the difficulty of fitting federal holidays into a jam-packed academic year. But the thought that this University—with re-sell the University’s only other war monument less its thriving ROTC programs and relatively large numbers than two years later. Donated in 1922, the Alumni Memoof alumni in uniform—does so litde to recognize former rial Gym stood in honor of Trinity students who died in students’ courage and sacrifice is all but inconceivable. As World War I for more than 70 years. But by the mid-19905, we edge toward nationalVeterans Day festivities, there is stiU the structure had become decrepit, prompting officials to time to end a larger cycle of broken promises at Duke. rename it the Keith and Brenda Brodie Recreation CenLet’s start with the sorry state of our physical tributes ter in exchange for repairs and expansions. That Duke’s tribute to fallen WWI alumni is one of only a handful of to the fallen. At present, Duke has only one war memo—

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buildings on campus to ever meet this fate says something troubling about our institutional priorities. For perspective, it’s worth noting that this level of indifference is by no means common among our peers. Recognizing the need for this type of unified, appropriate tribute two years ago, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials raised $300,000 to expand their existing Memorial Hall into a tribute that acknowledges “these people were here, and now they’re lost.” Other institutions scatter smaller remembrances throughout their campuses, grouping the fallen by conflict. No matter which tactic Duke favors, there is a clear need to do better by our war dead. Heroes like Lt. Charles “Buddy” Mason, a 1964 graduate who was killed in Vietnam in 1967, have waited more than 40 years for a place where friends can properly remember his “gracious” spirit. Others, like Sgt. James J. Regan, a standout men’s lacrosse player who died last February in northern Iraq, underscore the importance of a space where current students can mourn a classmate described as “a best friend to everyone he knew.” A proper memorial will not make these untimely deaths any less tragic, just as on-campus observances will never repay the debt we all owe living veterans. But such efforts do show our collective gratitude for the sacrifices made by our classmates in uniform, along with our respect for the contributions they’ve made to the University. This Veterans Day, let’s channel our admiration for Duke’s current and former soldiers into a tradition that is finally worthy of their service. Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

You’re right! God loves gays (and is pr ou d of us too)

his Nov. 1 column, Justin Noia questions the idea of gay pride, defends his right to judge homosexuals and says that marriage should remain between a man and a woman because of its main purpose of promoting procreation. I wish to respond to these ideas. scott thompson First, with respect to the guest column issue of gay pride, Mr. Noia claims that there is nothing to be proud about if homosexuality is, in the end, something innate. He claims thatit would be akin to white pride. Rubbish. The idea of gay pride, black pride or pride in any disenfranchised group is a starting point for the process of rhetorically reshaping how these characteristics are viewed by society. Because of the hatred and discrimination that gay people, black people and others have experienced throughout their lives, members of these groups begin to internalize feelings of self-loathing. Gay pride is meant to reverse thatand say, ‘Yes, it’s OK to be gay. You do not have to hate yourself.” The objective is to embolden gay individuals so that they no longer feel embarrassed, guilty or ashamed whenever they want to do a simple act like hold the hand of the person they love while meandering across campus. In other words, white pride is structured around superiority and etherizing. Gay pride is structured around equality, empathy and de-otherizing. Furthermore, I would disagree with the initial premise that there is no reason to be proud of something that is innate. For example, let’s say you were bom American. Is pride in your nation, despite its shortcomings, necessarily bad? Is being proud of your culture and enjoying it arrogance? Surely, not. Surely it is OK to take pride in these tilings that can also be innate. Likewise, in as much as being gay is a subculture (thanks to being shunned by the mainstream) or there are certain things that help provide meaning to a racial community, then it is OK to have pride in those too. Terms like “white pride” (as historically constituted) are wrong because they were designed with one purpose—to prop up one group at the expense of another. They were discriminatory in the pejorative sense of the word. Gay pride isn’t seeking to tear down heterosexual society. Indeed, we would like to be more integrated into this society (hence our desires for benefits, marriage and otherwise). But until we are integrated rather than shunned, it’s OK for us to pat ourselves on the back from time to time and say, “It’s OK to be you.”

Second, Mr. Noia says that he has the right (no doubt creating. And good luck explaining to your future wife that God-given) to judge homosexual behaviors. Preempting the only reason you ought to get married is not because of any attack that he is “hateful,” he utters what has become love, but because you need to reproduce. Americans have a go-to conservative rhetorical twist of late. He uses every also recognized that social institutions like marriage—liberals’ favorite notion of free speech to insulate himself though often serving social goods—have also perpetuated from criticism. But just because everyone has the right to sexism and patriarchy and have been used as tools to keep women from picking their path, as opposed to being conexpress themselves freely does not mean that every expression is a good one or free from criticism. fined to one. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with stayAnd as a result, Mr. Noia, as you get to judge me, I get ing at home if that is what one desires; this gay man hopes to find himself at home one day. to judge you too. And my judgment is this: Your rhetoric is Also, marriage was never just a tool for procreation.. I am hateful. You claim that you do not hate homosexuals, but in the same breath you say that they risk the deterioration fairly certain people were clever enough to figure out how to manage that on their own. Rather, marriage was often about soclan or family ties and the exchange of property (meanlidifying “And if gay marriage truly is a ing both dowries and often wives themselves). Ifwe are going to refer to the “tradition” of marriage, we must not be selective in disaster, then I have only

one prayer: Apocalypse now!” of the family and may even lead to polygamy. I suppose one can mince words about whether it’s hateful or not —but it certainly hurts. Homosexuals are just as capable of rearing children as heterosexuals, even if we cannot naturally procreate. Moreover, by calling our relationships unnatural, abnormal and also “disasters,” doesn’t that seem just a teensyweensy bit pejorative and hateful as well? It’s incredibly pejorative. Moreover, by invoking some “disaster,” Mr. Noia is also engaging in the politics offear —trying to scare people away from things they do not understand. I would suggest that before we shun the unknown, we make good faith efforts to understand it. And if gay marriage truly is a disaster, then I have only one prayer: Apocalypse now! I also contend that homosexual relationships are natural. Study after study has shown that being gay is either biological or environmental. Indeed, even creatures less perverse than human beings have been found to have homosexuals in their midst. I am also at a loss as to the logical connection between homosexuality and polygamy. From my knowledge, it seems as if heterosexual relationships are equally apt to lead to it and, historically, many polygamists have been heterosexual. Third, I need to address Mr. Noia’s “conception” of marriage as a relationship built for procreation (pun intended). Mr. Noia, welcome to the 21st century, where we recognize that relationships are about a lot more than pro-

how we do so. Further, if children are not a right, but a responsibility, then what’s to say gay couples wouldn’t be perfecdy equipped at handling that responsibility? Given the crisis of the family in America, perhaps with a few more willing, loving parents out there we can help bear some of the burden of providing stable families and hence a stable society. Not a single warrant was provided for how gay parents would have deleterious effects on children or families. Not one. I think that if such allegations are going to be espoused they should be backed up. If the only reason that gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed is that ithasn’t been donebefore, then I need not insult the educated readers with how many horrible things were perpetuated in the name of tradition and how many just things were brought about in the name of change. An empirical example to back up my point: gay marriage exists in other countries/states, and they seem to be doing quite swimmingly. Surely no state that has embarked on the “disaster” of gay marriage would have been able to have their team win the World Series this year.... Perhaps the Yankees should take a page out ofMassachusetts’s constitution. And finally, even if it takes another century for homosexuals to be recognized on a full and equal basis, we’re not going away anytime soon, so get used to seeing us behaving unnaturally, abnormally and disastrously all the time. Indeed, God does love us. And She’s proud of us too. Scott Thompson is a third-year student in the School of Law. He is also a member of OUTlaw, the law school’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning organization.

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Thursday, November 8 TALK & BOOK SIGNING. Danny Wilcox Frazier, winner of the Cente for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, will about Driftless: Photographs from low in conjunction with an exhibit in the Special Collections Gallery. spm. Rare Book Room, Perkins Library. Free. Friday, November 9 TALK. MamadouDiabato: “A Griot and HisKora.” Part off the DUIWIC: Rare Music Sorlc 4pm. Rare Book Room, Porkl Library: Froo.

DANCE. Evelyn Thomas Masterclass Jazz / Musical Theater. Only Twenty slots available; First Come First Served. adb2o@duke.edu. 10:05 am 11:25am. The Ark Dance Studio. Free. -

Saturday, November 10th FILM. 2nd annual “United Nations Association Film Festival” Traveling Festival in Durham. Screen/ Society and the United Nations Association present 11 documentary films from around the world, on a range of human rights issues. Two screening sessions: 12pm-4:3opm and 6pm-10:30pm. Richard White Auditorium, East Campus. Free and open to the public. Screening schedule and details: http://

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MUSIC. Encounters; With the Music Of Our Time presents Musical Ruminations on theBlack American Experience with Blak New Blues Ensemble. spm. Nelson Music Room. Free. MUSIC. Organ Recital with Chapel Organist David Arcus. David Arcus, Associate University Organist, Chapel Organist, and Divinity School Organist, has toured throughout the US and Europe and won national awards in improvisation and composition. spm. Duke Chapel. Free.

MUSIC. Faculty Recital: Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin and Ning Lu, piano. Music for violin and piano by Ma Sicong. Bpm. Nelson Music Room. Free. TICKETS

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New at the Nasher. Recent acquisitions and loans that reflect the museum’s increased focus on contemporary art On view through July 6, 2008. Taste of the Modem: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline. On special loan from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. On view through fall 2008.

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