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Twenty-six students have received pre-

litigation letters from the Recording Industry Association of America as part of its most recent effort to combat illegal file sharing.

“We have received the new batch of setdement letters and my recollection is that we were able to pass fhose on to all but one [of the students]said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs.

This is not the first time the RIAA has sent letters to Duke. Last May, 35 notices were sent. Moneta said the University does not reveal students’ names to the RIAA except in cases where it receives a subpoena ordering it to do so.

Among the students receiving a notice was sophomore Max Altman. The Office of Information Technology forwarded him an e-mail from the RIAA about two weeks ago. He then received a letter in the mail this Monday.

He said the letter offered him the options of settling with the RIAA by paying $4,000 or facing a potential $500,000 lawsuit.

A copy of the form letter provided to The Chronicle by the RIAA threatens the students with lawsuits if they do not reply

“He could be, sure,” Duke Sports Information Director Art Chase said. “Everyone’s a candidate.”

Alieva said at Monday’s press conference announcing Ted Roofs firing that he planned on contacting Spurrier to consult in the University’s search for a new head coach. Spurrier, now at the helm of South Carolina, aided the athletic director in Duke’s last two coaching searches.

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Former Duke head coach Steve Spurrier met with Director of Athletics Joe Alieva Wednesday afternoon, athletics department officials told The Chronicle.

Duke’s Sports Information Department confirmed Spurrier’s presence on campus Wednesday and would not deny whether the former Duke coach from 1987 to 1989 is being considered for the

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Crowded MMS Dean Sue kicks off leadership series classes cause headaches by

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and it doesn’t look like seats will be opening up any time soon.

“We recognize that first- and second-year students have had difficulty getting in MMS courses,” Professor of Sociology Kenneth Spenner, director of the MMS program, wrote in an e-mail. “We are working hard to alleviate the botdenecks.”

Spenner said students’ registradon difficulties stem from a recent Spenner

Flickering candles and potted poinsettia set a light and festive mood for a panel discussion in the Refectory Cafe Wednesday night, but the event centered on a big question.

As part of the inaugural discussion in the Office of Student Activities and Facilities’ Distinguished Leaders in Action series, Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek joined a panel of 20 students to ponder what it means to be a leader.

“That word [leadership] frightens me because it carries a lot of responsibility to do something, to be something,” she said. “I’m not exactly sure what leadership is, but I know it when I see it.”

In an effort to pinpoint a clearer definition of leadership, Wasiolek began by asking students on the panel to name leaders on campus. Panhellenic Council President Kate Guthrie, a senior, was cited for the way she mentors others; former Duke Student Government president Elliott Wolf, a senior and a Chronicle columnist, was mentioned for his willingness to challenge authority; and current DSG President Paul Slattery, a senior, was noted for his renowned mop of curly hair.

Although all leaders cited hold prominent positions on

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Although the 7 a.m. registration wake-up call was weeks ago, students are still scouring ACES for highly sought-after markets and management studies classes—-

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Dean Sue Wasiolek leads the first of a series of panels Wednesday on leadership hosted by the OfficeofStudent Activities and Facilities.

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OJ. upholds innocence in court

Mideast peace conference wraps up by

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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush told the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories Wednesday he is personally committed to their mission of peace, urging them to stick with it and not lose sight of their goal.

Bush met separately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House, and then with the two men jointly before the trio emerged for a presidential send-off from the Rose Garden. The stagecraft capped three days of U.S.-sponsored diplomacy centered on an international

Mideast peace conference held Tuesday in Annapolis, Md. “No matter how important yesterday was, it’s not nearly as important as tomorrow and the days beyond,” Bush said, with Olmert on one side and Abbas on the other. “I wouldn’t be standing here if I didn’t believe that peace was possible.”

The Bush administration pronounced itself pleased with the outcome of the conference. It drew 44 nations, including Israel’s neighboring Arab states whose support is considered vital to any peace agreement.

A joint understanding between the Israelis and Palestinians, in doubt until

the last minute, was salvaged. And Abbas and Olmert reiterated their desire to reach a peace settlement by the end of next year.

Abbas, speaking with reporters after the White House send-off, said Bush seemed determined to reach a peace treaty during his term.

“We found him zealous in that direction,” he said.

Abbas also said thatwhile the agreement to resume talks was only the beginning of the process, the Palestinians “achieved what we came here for. We came here to SEE MIDDLE EAST ON PAGE 4

GOP rivals spar in YouTube debate by

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Republican presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney scornfully debated immigration Wednesday in a provocative, no-holdsbarred CNN/YouTube debate just over a month before the first votes are cast.

Giuliani, the front-runner in national polls, accused Romney of employing illegal immigrants at his home and running a “sanctuary mansion.” The testy personal exchange came after Romney said Giuliani had retained New York’s status as a sanctu-

ary city while he was mayor.

Romney said it would “not be American” to check the papers of workers employed by a contractor simply because they have a “funny accent.” He had landscapers at his Belmont, Mass., home who turned out to be in the country illegally.

Giuliani shot back, calling Romney’s attitude “holier than thou.”

“Mitt usually criticizes people when he usually has the for worse record,” Giulianisaid.

The audience, however, booed Giuliani as he tried to persist in his criticism of Romney.

The confrontation came at the start of

an innovative CNN/YouTube debate that forced the candidates to confront immigration immediately, signaling the volatility of the issue among Republican voters. The eight Republican candidates encountered a range of questions, including abortion, gun control from a gun wielding NRA member and farm subsidies from a man eating an ear of com.

They were even asked if they believed every word in the Bible by a man holding the holy book, and a question on the powers of thevice president from a gun-toting cartoonversion ofVice President Dick Cheney.

OJ. Simpson, a former football star, declared himself not guilty along, with two other men, on suspicion of kidnapping and armed robbery of sports memorabilia dealers in a case that could send Simpson and the others to prison for life.

Guliani dismisses tax report Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign Wednesday dismissed a report that New York City taxpayers footed the bill for expenses incurred in a Long Island resort as the then-mayor began an extramarital affair with current wife Judith Nathan.

Sudan accuses Brit with hatred Sudan charged a British teacher Wednesday with inciting religious hatred—-a crime punishable by 40 lashes—because she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a class project.

Missing student was a pom star A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane. The Butler Community College student was last seen Friday in Wichita.

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MMS from page 1 increase in the certificate’s popu-

larity and the departure of professors Tony Brown and Zannie Voss lastyear, both of whom were notable instructors within the program. Certificate enrollment has risen by 20 percent in the last 18 months, he estimated.

Many students said long waitlists and scarce course offerings make it challenging to fulfill the program’s requirements without making significant scheduling sacrifices “It’s very

frustrating that at Duke, with such a popular certificate, you have to rework your entire schedule to accommodate the available courses,” said

sophomore Ellie Lipsky.

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She added that students who choose to study abroad or who are pursuing a major whose requirements do not overlap with the certificate’s areas of study may lose interest in the program due to registration difficulties.

But MMS registration woes are nothing new—many students said it is common knowledge that the program’s classes always fill fast and early, and almost exclusively with juniors and seniors, who have priority

duringregistration.

Although senior Matt Contreras said registration becomes easier as an older student, he noted one infamous 45-person waitlist for an MMS core course as indicative ofthe program’s popularity.

“I’ve come to accept that it’s very difficult to get into a lot of the classes,” said junior Kevin Thomp-

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son, adding thathe is taking three MMS courses next semester in order to fulfill the program’s requirements—a common practice among older students who could not enroll in any of the classes in previous semesters.

Spenner said long-term solutions are in the works to expand the program, including adding new faculty and course offerings. He also noted that the program has already incorporated several elective courses in recent semesters, some of which still have open seats for Spring.

“From a programming point view, of canyou

“We recognize that firstand second-year students have had difficulty getting in MMS courses. We are working hard to alleviate the bottlenecks.”

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from the athletics and campus services and academic affairs committees at the organization’s meeting Wednesday night.

Junior Sunny Kantha, vice president for athletics and campus services, told senators that it was difficult to assess the efficacy of the new validation policy for attending men’s basketball games implemented this season.

“We can’t really tell if it works because our team is very good this year... but attendance has definitely increased,” he said.

Kantha also discussed a project he is working on to open Quenchers at 9 a.m. instead of 1 p.m., the vendor’s current opening time.

Significant student demand for the earlier hours prompted the change, which will take effect at the beginning of next semester and may continue depending on student response, he said.

A meal-equivalency plan allowing freshmen to use their $5.25 lunch credit toward a meal at the Great Hall will not be implemented this year as expected, he added. The plan, which DSG senators approved in October, cuts too deeply into Marketplace and Great Hall vendor Bon Apetit’s budget, Kantha said.

“Freshmen deserve this right....

Administrators know this needs to be done,” he added. “It’s definitely a possibility for next year.”

Senior Gina Ireland, vice president foracademic affairs, outlined the projects she has completed this semester, which included the creation of a Web site to facilitate faculty-student lunches and the improved availability of staplers, among other projects.

Ireland is also working to

simply

add courses instantaneously,” he said. “There are issues of resources... and quality instructors in the

classroom,”

he added, noting that administrators have been receptive to the program’s needs.

But the few electives that have availability may not align with most students’ interests, Lipsky said.

“It seems like all that’s left now is engineering and economics courses,” she said.

The three elective courses with availability that Spenner mentioned are cross-listed in the biomedical engineering, economics and philosophy departments.

Contreras said, however, that limited availability of elective courses can encourage students to pursue new areas of interest that still meet the certificate’s criteria.

“Because it is so popular, it forces you to take the ones you wouldn’t normally take,” he said, adding that some of the electives outside of the scope of his major have been the most rewarding.

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Senior Gina Ireland, DSG's vice president for academic affairs, presents her committee's progress to theSenate at Wednesday's meeting.

strengthen majors’ unions, which

she said are “uneven across disciplines.” Majors’ unions need increased funding, a better accounting system, improved access to space and logistical support from the Office of Information Technology, she noted.

In other business:

Representatives unanimously endorsed a resolution presented

by Ireland to make policies for underloading classes more lenient.

Senators voted to table for two weeks a resolution presented by senior Genevieve Cody, vice presi-

dent for community interaction, to allow upperclassmen card access to East Campus dormitories between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The policy was discussed at the Campus Council meeting last week, but council members tabled the resolution, she said.

Although Cody said the policy would soften divisions between upperclassmen and freshmen and allow for “community and continuity” among undergraduates, senators opposed to the resolution said more information on freshmen opinion on the policy was necessary.

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said. This approach has been developed in consultation with Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technology, and Associate University Counsel Henry Cuthbert. within 20 days of the date of the letter.

“What we’re trying to do is find the appropriate middle “You could just write them a check for $4,000 right now and be done with it,” Altman said. “Don’t have to deal with ground so that we’re neither casting our students to the vagaries of external litigation nor any lawyers, don’t have to deal them from the conseinsulating with anything. I’m not going to “It’s not clear to me that the Moneta said. do that.” quences,” choose to The legality of these subpoeHe added that he plans to hire problem will be resolved by nas has not been contested by a lawyer and believes he has a of an expansion litigation.” school, except the Univerany strong chance of winning. he of Oregon. Individual stusity of the batde light legal In Larry Moneta, dents, however, have sought to now faces, Altman said he wonstudent vice president quash the RIAA subpoenas, said ders whether Duke could have done more to keep him out of the Stephen Robertson, the lawyer for eight North Carolina State RIAA’s spodight. but students I more, would like to think could have done University currendy attempting to stop RIAA atthey “I don’tknow what they could have done,” he said. tempts to discover their identities.

He said the RIAA’s methods are overbearing and often The University is currently refining its procedure to send do to notices and a not result in the correct identification of the people RIAA for responding plans letter to students in January explaining them, Moneta who are, in fact, sharing copyrighted music.

The letters sent to Duke by the RIAA identify students by their computer IP addresses, and OIT is then responsible for matching the numbers with student names. OIT only maintains two weeks of the logs used to make the matches, Futhey said.

Therefore, OIT is not always able to forward RIAA letters to students, as was the case with one letter in the latest batch, Moneta said.

Altman said he believes this process is susceptible to error and added that this gives him grounds for contesting the lawsuit.

Moneta said Duke’s ultimate goal is to reduce the number of students sharing copyrighted files through an education campaign.

“It’s not clear to me that the problem will be resolved by an expansion of litigation,” he said. “Our approach to the whole notion of downloading tends to be preventative and not reactive.”

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Olmert, for his part, reiterated at a briefing with Israeli reporters that a peace deal could not be implemented until the violence against Israel from Gaza stops. A deal, he said, won’t be implemented until conditions crucial to Israel are met.

Underscoring the importance of security, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tapped James L. Jones, a retired Marine Corps general and a former NATO commander, to serve as a special envoy for Middle East security, moving quickly to maintain momentum coming out of Annapolis.

The job involves monitoring the development of Palestinian security services, said State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack. One focus would be how those forces interact with neighboring security services, including Israeli authorities.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush wanted to meet with the leaders one last time Wednesday to encourage them to “go forth and work to make the peace” and to make clear he would be available to help.

Bush also met briefly Wednesday with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now the Mideast envoy for the so-called Quartet of Mideast negotiators—the U.S., European Union, United Nations and Russia.

Bush asked Abbas for the reaction from the region.

But Perino said neither Iran, which called the conference a failure, nor the demonstrations against the talks supporters in Gaza, by tens of thousands of came up.

In a speech Wednesday evening at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, Bush’s National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley emphasized U.S. efforts to isolate Hamas, the Islamic militant faction that took power in the Gaza Strip in June. That election effectively split Palestinians between rule by Hamas in the tiny coastal territory and by Abbas’ Fatah party in the West Bank.

“We are looking for a two-state solution, not a threestate solution,” Hadley said, adding that the parties are Israel and the West Bank, not Israel, West Bank and Gaza.

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WASIOLEK from page 1 campus, Duke students can also lead in less visible ways, said senior Joy Basu.

“One thing I’ve learned after three and a half years at Duke is that you don’t need a tide to be a leader,” she said. “Just because people know your name doesn’t mean you’ve made a productive difference.”

Wasiolek said countless books try to define leadership but added that she often finds real-life experiences more instructive.

“I sometimes roll my eyes when I read some of these books,” she said. “I really find being around someone who inspires me is much more effective than reading a book.”

To further the discussion, Wasiolek then reviewed several leadership characteristics defined by Stephen Covey in his

book, “Principle-Centered Leadership.”

She noted that as a leader, she has always struggled to fulfill one in particular—the willingness to accept criticism.

“I have a hard time taking criticism,” she said. “It beats me down a bit, and I

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have to figure out how I’m going to rebuild myself.”

In response, freshman Brian Pike drew upon lessons learned in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“Coach [Mike Krzyzewski] offers a very interesting case study on how to take criticism,” he said. “[He] had a relatively bad season last year, and the whole strategy was revamped this year. He listened to the crowd, he saw that the Cameron Crazies weren’t coming out with the same intensity, and he responded.”

Wasiolek closed the discussion with a clip from “Sister Act,” a movie upon which she said she often reflects when leading.

She identified actress Whoopi Goldberg’s nun character as “a reluctant leader with high expectations for her followers” and credited the protagonist’s success to talent and charisma.

WhenWasiolek struggled to turn on captions for the film, freshman Mark Elstein piped up to offer technical assistance.

Clapping her hands in approval, Wasiolek beamed, “That’s a leader. That’s a leader!”

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Dean Sue Wasiolek saysreal-life experience builds leadership more than reading books on the topic does.

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when they’re stressed,” said freshman Bernice Ponce de Leon, who is also in the Virtual Realities Focus. “Novels and movies and TV are good because you can escape in them, but you’re limited to simply watching it, you can’t do anything with it. With video games you can actually do things with the world and interact with it.”

Junior Rob Carlson said video games are popular because of the opportunity they offer people to step outside of the normal everyday world.

For instance, games such as “NBA Street” allow people of average athletic ability to become talented street ball players, he said.

“I think it’s a sophisticated form of make-believe,” Carlson explained. “The ‘Madden’ series is really big, and just think of all the people who can’t play football.”

Another powerful attribute of the gaming culture is its ability to connect people from different backgrounds, junior Jonathan Grilli said. He noted that when he visits his cousins, though their everyday lives are vasdy different, they manage to bond over their shared interest in the latest Xbox 360 game.

Beyond connecting cousins, video games also have the potential to bring together people across political and cultural borders. For example, the online gaming network Xbox Live is a popular interface for video gamers to inter-

“I play video games when I want to destress or when I really want to avoiding doing homework—same reason whypeople eat chocolate when they’re stressed.”

Bernice Ponce de Leon, freshman

“You could play with somebody in China—though you may not be able to speak Chinese, you could interact with him on a different level,” he said.

Outside of the recreational use Duke students derive from gaming, the academic study of video games has also caught the imagination of undergraduates.

“It’s eye-opening,” Ponce de Leon said. “I like video games, and I’m interested in it more than I thought I was.... After being exposed to everything you can do, not

just graphics or programming, I’m definitely interested in the discussion aspect.”

Ponce de Leon is a student in Professor Timothy Lenoir’s How They Got Game: The History of Interactive Simulations and Video Games class, and she said her experience with the seminar has broadened her perspective on video games.

“There’s an issue around... understanding digital culture and the role of [video games] in digital culture and bringing the theoretical apparatus of the humanities, particularly cultural theory, to bear on ‘Who are gamers?’ and ‘What are they doing?’ and ‘How important this is in our culture?’,” said Lenoir, Kimberly J. Jenkins chair in new technologies and society and director of graduate studies in Information Science and Information Studies.

Junior Laura Sestokas, who works in the Visual Cognition Laboratory, said she was never introduced to video games when she was growing up, but her work in the lab has cultivated an intellectual curiosity in gaming culture and its relationship with neurobiology.

“Several studies in the past have shown that video gamers show better performance in certain perceptual tasks versus non-video game players,” she said. “So what I’m specifically focusing on is ‘Why?’”

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The third biannual symposium hosted by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Neither Model Nor Muse highlights the striking and varied works of art created by women spanning the past three centuries.

Three art exhibits located in Perkins Library are the more lasting features of the symposium, which was held Oct. 26 to 27 and featured performances, speakers and workshops celebrating female expression.

“The purpose of these symposia is to engage the broadest possible audience with what the Bingham Center has to offer and to demonstrate that our conversations are relevant to what’s going on,” said Laura Micham, director of the Bingham Center.

Ldcated in the Old Perk Gallery on the second floor of Perkins Library, Stretching the Canvas: Women Exploring the Arts and The Feminist Art Movement, 19705-1980 two very different exhibits showcasing the range of women’s artistic expression—both in the art-making process and in the product.

Stretching the Canvas presents viewers with women expressing themselves through diverse media. Not only does the showcase include watercolors and photography —some from Duke undergraduate students—it also includes flyers for musical performances by women, underground activist zine covers and even prints of quilt patterns from the early 19705.

“Since we have such a vast collection available to us in the archive, we wanted the materials to dictate to us what the themes and questions would be,” said Amy McDon-

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Al Gore'sAn InconvenientTruth has spurred a growth in environmentalistfilms, carving a nichefor both academics and activists within the industry.

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In response to increasing concerns over global warming, Hollywood has developed a trend of environmental films.

This trend has led to the release of two mainstream documentaries, A1 Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour. Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of Environmental Sciences, is featured as an expert consultant in The 11th Hour. Pimm said he believes the success of these two films is due in large part to the star power of Hollywood.

“An Inconvenient Truthis a hugely effective movie,” Pimm said. “There’s no question that the leadership of famous stars sets an image that other people want to follow.”

An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hourhave reached a wide audience. An Inconvenient Truth won an Academy Award for Best Documentary and grossed $24 million in the U.S., the fourth highest total for a documentary to date. The 11th Hour was released in 111 theatres and grossed $707,343 in the U.S. “It’s important that scientists get out there and do the

science,” Pimm said. “But people need to know about it, and Hollywood is helping with that.”

Wallace Nichols, a marine biologist who attained his masters’ degree from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences in 1992, said he thought environmental media was extremely helpful in raising awareness of environmental issues because ofits ability to reach a large audience.

“Making environmental documentaries is nothing new, but now they’re being made in away that is reaching a lot more people,” Nichols said.

Nichols, like Pimm, is featured in The 11th Hour.

He also works with Animal Planet and National Geographic to produce environmental documentaries and television shows.

“It’s helpful in just about every sector of society when people who are at the top of the heap are thinking about environmental issues, whether you’re talking about rock stars, or leading political figures, or movie stars—the people we call celebrities,” Nichols said. “It’s a sign thatwe’re starting to take these issues more seriously.”

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"Innosense,"by freshman Sarah Goetz,can be viewed at Perkins Library.

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Brazilian Badi Assad brings Wonder flavor to Duke ,

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As the temperature drops, and the Gothic Wonderland starts looking more like a “Winter Wonderland,” your ears

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Badi Assad will perform in Reynolds as part of her Wonderland tour.

will surely be searching for relief from the droves of overplayed Christmas carols polluting the airways in the coming weeks. Fortunately, Badi Assad makes a stop at Duke this Friday night—part ofher Wonderland tour. Her warmblooded performance is sure to be a welcome diversion from all the holiday hoopla—and give a refreshing look into the soul of a musical chameleon.

Bom in Sao Paolo and critically acclaimed as both a singer and guitarist in native Brazil —and around the world—Assad draws inspiration from diverse influences ranging from Brazilian Tropicalia to her Middle Eastern roots. As one of Brazil’s most accomplished guitar players, she takes eclecticism to new levels, citing influences including Icelandic siren Bjork, Sufi mystic Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and—not so surprisingly—Brazilian legend and

father of Tropicalia, Gaetano Veloso.

Assad’s musical education began when she took up piano at the age of eight. It was ultimately her family’s deep musical roots that nudged her toward the guitar, as she learned the instrument at the age of fourteen to accompany her father, Jorge Assad, on his mandolin. Her older brothers, Sergio and Odair, presendy of the internationally renowned guitar act Duo Assad, were also influential to her musicianship.

“They would play all kinds of interesting things for me when I was growing up,” she says of her family on her MySpace page. Classically trained, she studied guitar at the University Conservatory ofRio de Janeiro and placed first in the country’s Young Instrumentalist Contest, Concurs© Jovens Instrumentistas, in 1984. Successfully transitioning from student to professional musician, she became a member of the Guitar Orchestra ofRio de Janiero two years latSEE ASSAD ON PAGE 5

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Editor’s Note 15: on charity It’s a well-established, unspoken law in our society to tolerate exponentially more amounts of senselessness from celebrities than we would accept from a normal person. It makes sense, in a sad sort of way, that not only do we let our transcelebrities’

gressions-of-comslide, mon-sense we now anticipate them. It makes sense because we need celebrities to give us fodder for our daydreams. It makes sense because we need celebrities to provide us living, breathing examples of how not to act for our children. We need celebrides because they help the economy—I mean, a service economy like ours can only be helped by all those prima donnas running around swiping theirAmerican Express Platinum cards at whatever catches their eyes, right?

But sometimes there pops into existence a celebrity who ought not to be tolerated under any circumstances. A celebrity who deserves be thrown with last week’s leftovers. A celebrity that should be packed away in tin box and jettisoned into outer space, or better yet, shipped to North Korea—overnight delivery. I’m

not talking about a dumb socialite, like Paris Hilton. I’m not talking about some cokehead “fire crotch,” like Lindsay Lohan. I’m not even talking about that sad mass of ugly, uncoordinated lard that calls itself Britney. No, I’m talking about a flat-out hypocritical wench named Heather Mills.

Heather Mills is the height of complete utter ridiculousness. Last week she issued a statement that said, “Sadly, you have to mix at a certain level of people to raise the level of funds you need to bring about the greater g00d....

These people who have lots of money, they’re either snobby or they’re stingy. If you have lots of money, you have to be stingy, because why would you want that amount ofmoney?” I wonder exactly what greater good Mills thinks she’s helping to bring about—or just how much money constitutes an undesirably large amount of money. Keep in mind, dear reader, that Mills is reportedly seeking $lOO million from ex-husband Sir Paul McCartney.

Hmm, what would anybody want that amount of money?

—Braden Hendricks

The power of the dollar is often forgotWith the Canadian dollar passing ours, it is easy to see why.

However, just a few dollars here and there can make a large difference in the lives of people at home and abroad. This weekend, the Duke University Marching Band is showing a documentary to raise money for music programs. 50 percent of the gross revenue will go to Southern High School in Durham.

This financially-deprived facility has had to turn away students interested in joining their band, because of the lack of resources and musical instruments.

In the safe bubble of Duke, many of us—myself included—often forget the suffering that exists outside our threefoot-high walls. The price of a matinee can buy a lot of hapiness for needy teenagers in Durham.

Thursday night, Inside Joke, one of my favorite student performing groups, will ten.

debut the show “Wear Orange for Manatee

Syphilis.” Although the name mayjab at the plethora of color-coordinated causes, the proceeds go to WISER, which helps provide education for girls in Kenya.

I will be there and definitely encourage those with free time and spare change to also come to Reynolds at 9:00 p.m. When I first came to Duke, Inside Joke was... well,

frankly, an inside joke.

The rough-around-the-edges sketches were performed in the confined space of Brody Theater with 20 or 30 people in the audience—most of us were friends of IJ members. In less than three years, Inside Joke has developed into an outstanding sketch comedy group, on-par with nationaltouring professional troupe’s.

We throw over $150,000 at this schopl during our stay here and yet it may be an extra $5 that ends up changing somebody’s world.

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seal gonorrhea Lolz Cats addiction dihydrogen monoxide poisoning .Spears-Lohan Memorial Celebrity Sterilization Fund small pox ...Can I say canine snow-blindness? .You know what? Sure. the Thomas campaign Siamese twin separation anxiety ...David Graham iz in ur stafbox, bein hypocriticalz

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Bioware’s highly-anticipated sci-fi, roleplaying game Mass Effect hit stores this past week, and it is truly the epitome of a mixed bag. Set in the future of our very own Milky Way galaxy, the story revolves around the actions of Commander Shepard and his—or her—crew aboard the spacecraft Normandy. You are thrown in the midst of an evolving story as you race across the galaxy, fending off the end of civilization and all

advanced life.

Like most grade school essays, the ideas are good, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Many of Mass Effect's key features, such as dialogue control and squad interaction, feel incomplete. More often than not, your companions will stand still and die rather than seek cover.

The highly-touted dialogue control is absent. There are no real ways to interrupt dialogue in a meaningful way other than to save time by skipping through the chatter.

The good-evil system has only marginally improved from Mass Effect's, predecessor, Knights of the Old Republic. Despite the constant reminder that your decisions matter, the story is linear, and the real choice is between talking and fighting. Beyond these major let-downs are a host of small issues: no introduction, frequent loading, freezing and many more. With the expectation of quality, such obvious flaws translate to

added disappointment.

However, a reward is awaiting your patience and forgiveness. The space opera Bioware crafted is the realization of a mix between Firefly, Star Wars and Baldur’s Gate.

The story is epic and well-paced with lots of group interaction and personalities to explore. In Mass Effect there is not a poorlyspoken sentence —no matter how dramatic, threatening or sarcastic. The voice cast, which includes Seth Green and the Arbiter from Halo 3, is superb. The world is rendered beautifully—which accounts for a lot of the performance issues. Character textures have never looked better, and the environments are expansive, with many wideopen areas for exploration and combat.

The fighting—past the sharp learning curve—is intense and only increases after the first play-through, as harder difficulty levels become available and foes are noticeably tougher and more intelligent. The vividness of the fire fights shine through in each encounter. You will find yourself ducking behind crates, shooting from cover, throwing grenades and unleashing lethal yet beautiful abilities.

Overall, the positives strongly outweigh the negatives. The three separate character classes, different plot paths and ingenious XBox 360 achievements—they actually unlock bonuses—are more than enough reasons to replay. The first part of Bioware’s three-part essay has been written and, beyond its poor punctuation and frequent hanging participles, the story shines

through.

—Chen Li

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PS3 owners rejoice! Insomniac Games (creators of Resistance: Fall of Man) has once again delivered unto us a small oasis in the lackluster desert of PS3 exclusives.

Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, the sixth iteration of the popular franchise, delivers the same tried and true game play and quirky storytelling fans of the series have been enjoying for the last five years.

This time Ratchet and Clank are pitted against the nefarious Emperor Tachyon, the evil Cragmite overlord of the Polaris galaxy. As the last of the Lombax, the species responsible for the downfall of the Cragmites, Ratchet has been made public enemy number one. He must race Tachyon across the galaxy to find the Lombax’s secret weapon, while fighting robotic space pirates with a penchant for yoga, collecting souls for a morally ambiguous smuggler (and his talking parrot), surviving the “help” of the bumbling Captain Qwark and following the directions of the mysterious Zoni (a race of flying robots that only Clank can see). Interspersed

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with cheesy jokes and ridiculous situations, the storyline is engaging, though it is the game play that will keep you coming back for more.

Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, Insomniac leaves the shooter-platformer hybrid largely unchanged. You still collect a variety of increasingly powerful, quirky and often whimsical weapons and devices, ranging from a trusty sidearm to the “Groovitron,” a floating disco ball that enthralls nearby foes and forces them to “get jiggy with it.”

However, the PS3 has allowed Tools of Destruction a few notable differences. Graphically, the game is on the receiving end of a significant facelift, taking full advantage of the system’s unique capabilities.

Insomniac has made extensive use of the Sixaxis controller to glide, skydive, control rampaging tornadoes and, in a surprisingly fun hacking mini-game, roll a marble around a circuit board, while retaining controls that feel natural and unforced—unlike the many notable failures of the Sixaxis system {Lair, anyone?).

While RaO.TOD won’t be winning any awards for innovation, this solid tide delivers 12 to 15 hours of genuine fun. Finally... a reason to dust off the PS3.

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HOLLYWOOD He added that the increase in the number of shows on environmental issues is pardy due to an increase ofinterest in environmental documentaries.

“Not that long ago, when I pitched conservation to producers, they would tell me to take it out,” Nichols said. “It was the ‘cword.’ You couldn’t get a TV show or film made with it, and then all of a sudden it switched and now conservation, sustainability and green issues are kind of the whole point. Things have changed from just a few years ago.”

Although it is a general consensus among environmentalistsand filmmakers that Hollywood attention on conservation and sustainability issues is a positive, some feel that it will take more to convince the public. Gary Hawkins, a visiting professor at the Center for Documentary Studies and Emmy award-winning filmmaker, said people in general are not that inclined to believe what they see in films. They are more likely to listen to a

secondary authority.

“The movie puts the idea out there,” Hawkins said. “But I wouldn’t underestimate how much people are dug in on their beliefs. I was watching Monday Night Football and heard Chris Berman comment on Gore. I would say that far more people heard Chris Berman say that than saw the movie. That’s how people are going to be convinced.”

As an industry, Hollywood possesses a culture for environmentalism. In addition

to Gore and DiCaprio, celebrities such

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George Clooney, Hayden Panettiere (of NBC’s Heroes) and Angelina Jolie have all embraced conservation.

“All the people I’ve met in the entertainment industry passionately believe that we should have a strong sense of stewardship,” Pimm said, “I think when you think about the entertainment industry, it’s not like making napalm. It’s relatively'clean.”

Some filmmakers, however, state otherwise. Josh Gibson, assistant director of the Film/Videb/Digital program, states Hollywood is not always so keen on conservation and preservation.

“I was recently in Thailand, to a beach that had just been the site of The Beach, and they left the place in complete disrepair,” he said. “[Hollywood producers] go out into the world where it’s cheaper to produce a film, and they don’t pick up after themselves.”

Perhaps this is suggestive of a discrepancy in Hollywood’s approach to conservation, but there is no doubt that the more environmental films produced, the more the public responds.

“I think people are starting to think a little more about what they buy and rethinking their policies on waste, or paper versus plastic,” Nichols said. “People are buying local produce, buying organic food and there are more hybrid cars on the road.”

Although he feels there are many obstacles yet to be overcome, Pimm said the emphasis rested on whatever positive results Hollywood caused.

“I think there are a lot of things going on,” he added. “I’ve never been more optimistic.”

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����� More than 10 centuries in the making, the epic Old English poem “Beowulf’ arrives on the big screen. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis {Forrest Gump and Back to the Future), who uses motion-capture animation to bring the story to life. Using digitally enhanced characters rather than a liveaction cast serves Zemeckis very well, allowing him to create spectacular action sequences, with Beowulf fighting dragons underwater or cutting through sea monsters’ eyeballs in mid-air.

Written by Neil Caiman.and Roger Avary {Pulp Fiction) fans of the classic story may be intrigued, but more likely frustrated, by the changes the screenwriters have made, especially in the second half of the film. Beowulf is far from an unblemished hero, King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) likes his alcohol, Grendel’s mother’s power of seduction plays an integral role and so on. Yet the foundation of the story is much the same. Sixth century Denmark is haunted by violent attacks from the monster Grendel, who attacks King Hrothgar’s hall Herot in gruesome fashion, tearing inhabitants limb from limb (the MPAA must have been bribed not to give this film an R rating).

And so arrives the mighty Beowulf (played by the much-plumper-in-real-life Ray Winstone), the legendary hero and monster slayer, whose grand storytelling ,

and pompous demeanor make for some of the film’s best moments. Beowulf’s confidence is questioned by Unferth who has seen warrior after warrior come from far away only to be torn apart by Grendel.

After Beowulf batdes Grendel and tears off his arm, the film begins to seriously diverge from the original plot. Beowulf must confront Grendel’s mother who, unfortunately for him, looks a lot like Angelinajolie, someone he’d rather make love to than kill.

While playing at regular movie theaters, Beowulf has, also been released at the most IMAX theaters ofany major film in history, and for good reason. Its stunningly realistic visuals are why the film appears so violent. How much viewers enjoy Beowulf, like any film adaptation, will depend largely upon how well they can stomach changes to the original story. If they can do so, they’d find Beowulf to be a very fun, well-crafted movie.

—Greg Bobrinskoy

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Based on the video game series of the same title, Hitman suffers from a severe identity crisis.

The film combines the mind-warping of the Bourne franchise, the religion of The Boondock Saints and the fancy gadgets of the Bond series, but fails to find its own niche in the action genre. These similarities are cheap knockoffs of the originals, and the result is a mind-numbing and uninspiring mess.

Hitman follows Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) from his early days at an assassin academy—which involved monks, headshaving and barcode-branding—to his “work” out in the field. Agent 47 globetrots in a designer suit, equipped with suitcases of weapons and a computer with his assignments—all monogrammed with an ultra-sleek, blood red logo. Interpol Agent Mike Wittier (Dougray Scott) is on Agent 47’s heels, following him from Niger to England to Russia, franticly informing each country official of his prey’s deadliness.

Agent 47’s character setup, though thoroughly unexplained, has the potential for Patrick Batemandike glory. Quick-

ly, however, the film falls flat. Despite an early hotel scene with some sumptuous imagery and taut fight sequences, the film’s action pales in comparison to the Hollywood standard. Agent 47 sometimes has the precise brutality of Jason Bourne, but, for the most part, his movements are sloppy.

It seems that, at every level, Agent 47

is a contradiction. He shows signs of affection towards Nika (Olga Kurylenko), but his decision to protect only her is never explained. He follows orders from his computer, but often takes agency into his own hands and disobeys his superior.

Screenwriter Skip Woods never really decides what type of hero Agent 47 should be: he fleshes out the plot and the characters just enough for mediocrity, but nowhere near enough to have any effect.

Not suprisingly, Olyphant struggles with his unfocused role and fails to grab hold of the viewer’s attention.

Hitman was most likely the product of a checklist of what makes a movie “badass:” topless Ukrainian model, classical music played over bloody gunfights, bald assassin always dressed in a suit. Despite this immediate appeal to the male teenage population, even these superficial pleasures aren’t satisfying. Hitman is as disposable as the barcode on Agent 47’s head suggests, -Charlie McSpadden . .

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Thankfully, Disney has filled that void with Enchanted, a film that is both a satire of and loving homage to films like Sleeping Beauty that Disney built its name on.

Enchanted opens as a typical, animated Disney movie, following Giselle (Amy Adams) as she falls in love with her Prince Charming, Edward (James Marsden).

Although it is refreshing to see Disney return to its standard animation style, the budding relationship between Giselle and Edward is underscored by a pleasantly satirical tone, which characterizes the rest of the film. The writers portray Giselle as a clueless dreamer and Edward an inflated ego, adding witty humor to this fairy tale romance.

Giselle and Edward cannot have their happy ending so soon, however, as the gloriously evil Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) intervenes, sending Giselle into an un-animated “land with no happy endings:” where else but New York City? In the rat and roach-infested streets of the Big Apple, the naive Giselle is visibly shocked with the rude dwarves and thieving hobos she encounters. While she plays the ditsy princess with a simplistic, fairy tale view of love, Adams shows respect for the character, shining in this role.

After failed attempts at befriending dwarves and haggard hobos, Giselle is ready to give up when along comes her McDreamy ironically in the form of a divorce lawyer/single father named Robert (Patrick Dempsey). Disillusioned by his job, Robert’s rationality clashes with Giselle’s idealism, but he accepts her into his home at the ucgingi of his daughter

(Rachel Covey). Covey adds a cuteness factor to Enchanted, but her on-screen father

gives a performance even worse than his hideous quaff.

Giselle and Robert slowly learn to appreciate one another. In the best scene of interaction between the two, Giselle breaks into song in the middle ofCentral Park. In a Technicolor fantasy, Giselle dances her way past hot dog carts, drawing a backup band of steel drums and a chorus of public service workers and senior citizens.

Robert, looking on disapprovingly, simply wonders how everyone knows this song, reminding audiences how ridiculous this suspension of disbelief is.

All the while, the dim-witted Prince Edward, with the help ofa C(5 squirrel, seeks Giselle as Narissa’s henchman Nathaniel (Timothy Spall) tries to foil their efforts.

Marsden’s character is a one-dimensional joke, but he embraces the vapid stupidity of the prince in a hilarious performance.

Edward finally finds his princess, but not all is right. The filmmakers cleverly subvert fairy tale conventions, and Giselle, having gained some of Robert’s rationality, questions whether a relationship is as simple as “true love’s kiss.”

Although a spoof, the film celebrates the fairy tale genre, giving audiences the ever-important happily ever after. Enchanted is by no means a real world love story, but it’s refreshing to see that fairy tale romance might have a chance in this age of soaring divorce rates and rampant cynicism.

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The first song leaked to the masses, “Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2007 Radio Edit),” is actually a combination of two songs on the album, and it exemplifies the renewed sense of creativity that is infused throughout. Mixing four tracks seamlessly and maintaining rhythm while switching beats, “Harder Better Faster Stronger” entices you with two songs you know, while introducing you to two you may not have heard. This trend sustains the album, and

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draws the listener’s attention to the group’s overall work, reinvigorating songs that were poorly received on earlier albums. The penultimate song “Superheroes/Human After All/Rock’n Roll” is a perfect example of this technique, sampling Barry Manilow and featuring songs that were overlooked when individually released, but in unison become any rave-goer’s wet dream.

Anyone who is familiar with Daft Punk’s music will peruse the track list ofAlive and salivate. Some inevitably better than others, the tracks fit together —within themselves and as a whole album—to yield this enigmatic duo’s greatest release yet.

—Andrew Tunnard

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iK'k'k'kti Unconventional doesn’t even begin describe Amy Winehouse. The largerthan-life hair, dramatic kohl-lined eyes and mysterious persona builds upon her rebellious appeal. The English singer’s soulful voice—compared to contemporaries like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill—is mixed with funk, jazz and R&B to create songs that defy the stereotypes of mainstream music. Her infectious hits “Rehab” and ‘You Know I’m No Good” became unlikely radio favorites that earned her airtime and familiarity with the American audience.

Now, four years after its U.K release, her debut album, Frank, is finally available in the States. In retrospect, it seems strategic that the rising star released her second album, Back to Black, first in the U.S. The CD was more pop and more digestible for listeners who were not acquainted with her unique style. Frank to

VARIOUS ARTISTS DIG FOR FIM—A TRIBUTE TO PIXIES AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT

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Tribute albums are a strange genre.

Artists must tread a very fine line while attempting to cover the songs of a group they respect. Listeners demand a fresh take on the material for their money, while the bands covering the work are wary of offending the original artists by changing a song too much.

It is a testament to the distinctive potency of the Pixies’ style that all of the songs on the new tribute album Dig for Fire share a consistent vision despite the diverse styles of the artists covering them.

The Pixies’ most unique stylistic hallmark is their underproduced, garage-rock vibe, from Frank Black’s androgynous vocals to , sharp, cutting guitarriffs and cacophonous drum beats. Fan? of th,e band appreciated

The Pixies’ unwillingness to hold a melody, despite their obvious ability to do so.

These covers are often more conventional than the Pixie’s originals; this album might actually be a great introduction for those unfamiliar with their work because it lacks the Pixies’ rough sound. Stalwarts such as “Wave of Mutilation,” “Gigantic” and “Where Is My Mind” are adapted with varying degrees of success. “Where is My Mind” is such a great song that it is nearly impossible to ruin. “Gigantic” amasses another layer of significance through OK Go’s softer take on it. The Commons with Elizabeth Harper’s cover of “Here Comes Your Man” is reminiscent of a ’sos pop song, an appropriate reinvention that puts a dramatic twist on the original while maintaining the classic beat.

True to the form of its source material, Dig for Fire is a cohesive and genuine testament to a band whose greatness was only fully realized after they dissolved.

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simply wonderful record.”

Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, rather

than the home of Alice and the Mad Hatter, Wonderland features covers of “Sweet er. In 1995,Assad was votedBest Acoustic Dreams” by the Eurythmics and “Black Fingerstyle Guitarist by editors of Guitar Dove” by Tori Amos, and even duets with Player and her album Rhythms was named Seu Jorge and Taylor McFerrin. Staying Best Classical Album of the Year by the true to her Brazilian roots, ’’Wonderland” is produced by Jacques Morelenbaum, magazine.

The songstress has carved for herself a who is famous for his work with Tom unique musical niche that sets her apart Jobim, Gaetano Veloso and many other from her family, namely her famous Tropicalia heavyweights. brothers. One of her signature features Badi’s own compositions shine in the is her voice, which she credits to extenform ofBossa Nova and flamenco rhythms sive voice lessons and her mother Angeliboth on the album and on stage. The Denna—her biggest inspiration. Her ringing, ver Post praises her versatility: “Badi Assad sensuous vocal style has at times been is a veritable one-woman band, accompacompared to Astrud Gilberto, another nying her virtuoso guitar playing with liltcenterpiece of the Tropicalia movement. ing vocals and a thrilling arsenal of body On stage, she uses mouth and body perpercussion effects.” Assad’s masterful guicussion techniques to compliment her tar work and heartfelt vocals transcend virtuoso guitar playing as she sings in many different genres and are sure to both English and Portuguese. transport Reynolds Theater from dreary Assad is traveling solo on this tour, as Durham to a nightclub on the perpetushe promotes her latest effort, Wonderally luminous shores of Rio de Janeiro. land. The album—whose name is inspired Badi Assad’s solo concert, Wonderland,

by Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland—has received widespread praise. Critic Jeff Tatakes place Friday, Nov. 30th at theDuke Unimarkin acclaimed it as “A hopeful, sunny, versity Reynolds Theater.

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Daft Punk’s members prefer not to show their faces in public. In concert, they don Lite-Brite leatherrobot suits and LED robot helmets, mixing their music from a platform in the middle of a giant pyramid on stage. They give interviews with their backs turned to the camera, or with burlap sacks over their heads. They release pictures, but with their faces digitally obscured. This combination of shyness and mystery has helped generate a massive international following for the Parisian electronic duo, who have been mixing, sampling and creating music together for 20 years.

Their newest album, Alive 2007, is a recording of a live performance in Paris last June, a career-spanning show featuring all of their well-known songs mixed together in immensely pleasing, beat-thumping new ways. Though the album cannot recreate the complete concert experience—the pyramid, the robot costumes, the laser displays, the ecstasy—it redefines the musical capabilities of a band that, in recent years, has been accused of becoming stale and

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offers more vocal-driven singles with a heavier hip-hop and jazz influence and is more true to Winehouse’s roots.

This debut is a personal album that isn’t afraid to speak the truth with a sarcastic edge. “Stronger Than Me” shows just how tough Winehouse is—in vocals and in personality. Hip-hop beats add to tough-love lyrics such as “Always have to comfort you every day/But that’s what I need you to do—are you gay?” Another catchy single, “F— Me Pumps,” flows like beat poetry with witty lyrics that detail the vicious circle of hooking up.

Slower tracks like “(There Is) No Greater Love” display Winehouse’s versatility as a singer. The vocals mirror Ella Fitzgerald and other old-time jazz classics, but there is a raw quality to her voice that is distinct and true to her eccentric style.

Frank gives insight into the foundations of Winehouse’s current success.

The album displays her ability to strip life down to its pure essence —a rarity in a day and age where trashy dance hits are equated to actual talent.

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MUSE from page 1 aid, the exhibit’s curator and a Bingham Center intern.

McDonald, with the help ofN.C. State graduate student Lindsay Matson, arranged the pieces thematically, uniting

them under questions such as how female artwork is regarded, how it fits into feminist ideals and how it can be used to challenge the gaze of males. For example, there is a reprint of “Pink Corset Book,” a photograph by Tamar Stone of several coral-colored corsets ofall sizes laid out on top of each other against a black backdrop.

The piece, placed under the question of how art can be and was used to embody feminist ideals, is one of many providing food for thought.

Differing from this exhibit both visually and contentwise, The Feminist Art Movement focuses more on notable figures of the Feminist art movement of the 19705. Rather than focusing on the artwork created by the women, the showcase instead presents pictures of the artists, both at work and at rest.

“I wanted to show how feminism inspired women who would never consider themselves artists to use art to explore issues that the feminist movement brought up,” said Beth Ann Koelsch, project archivist for the Bingham Center and the curator of this exhibit.

Aanong the artists celebrated in this collection, Irene Peslikis is given a special focus. One of the leading founders of the women’s art movement on the East Coast, Peslikis organized the first showcase featuring Second-Wave women artists, was a key founder of the Feminist Axt Institute, the NoHo gallery and the radical feminist group Redstockings, to name only a few. Peslikis’ legacy both as a feminist artist and an entrepreneur is documented by pamphlets, portraits and flyers.

“I wanted to show who she was, and what kind of work she did and how she inspired others,” Koelsch said.

Finally, located in the Biddle Rare Book Room exhibit cases, Hidden and Forbidden: Literary Secrets and Transgressions presents an intimate look at and into the literary creations of women.

“There is no [curatorial] arbitration of literary culture,” McDonald said. “It’s important to see where the literary endeavors of women turned up and to look at what it means to be literary.”

From lesbian pulp fiction to copies of feminist underground zines to love letters penned by an enslaved 18thcentury woman, this collection provides an insightful counterpart to the artwork of the other two exhibits. Whereas with a traditional exhibit one can only see the artist’s final product, literary creations can oftentimes serve as a window into the creator’s thought process and intentions.

The issues presented in the manuscripts, articles and books range from Lillian Smith’s book on interracial love, Strange Fruit, to a 1970 flyer for Jane, an underground abortion service run by students and homemakers in Chicago.

“As opposed to an art gallery or museums, where there is just visual representation, because we are an archive, we have a more diverse collection ipcluding posters and flyers,” Koelsch said.

Since the gallery is not a secured space, all of the pieces in the two art exhibits are reprints of the originals. However, all of the originals are available*for viewing upon request at the Perkins front desk.

Visually vivid and incredibly intimate, these three exhibits together provide a diverse look into the artistic spirit of women from all walks of life spanning from the 18th century to the artwork of recent Duke graduates.

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The two exhibits in the OldPerk Gallery of the Perkins Library will be up through April 2008. Hidden & Forbidden will be up through Jan. 11, 2008. Additionally, Stretching the Canvas and the Feminist Art Movement: A Gallery Talk and Reception will be held Thursday, Dec. 6from 3 p.m. to 4:30p.m. in the Old Perk Gallery.

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Former French students and fans of children’s literature alike, your time at the theater has come.

Just in time for die holidays, the PlayMakers Repertory Company at UNC is producing the classic children’s tale, The Little Prince, as adapted by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar. .

This production of The Little Prince marks director Tom Quaintance’s second go with the play, having directed it in Edinburgh this past summer. Also this past summer, he worked with Play Makers, directing Oliver!

The production was the capstone of the first Summer Youth Conservatory, a collaboration between PlayMakers and Carrboro’s The ArtsCenter.

“TheLittle Prince is a fantastic journey through the stars for children. I have vivid childhood memories of my sister reading the book out loud in both English and French. It is a map for adults to rediscover their childhood,” Quaintance said in a press release. “In the Prince’s travels, we see the isolated and disconnected nature of the adult world.

It’s a study of the mind set that only cares for numbers and statistics and misses what is ofreal consequence.”

Read to children and used in beginning French classes everywhere, The Little Prince has become a classic around the world. Written by French aviator Antoine de SaintExupery in 1943, the book tells the story of a stranded aviator and his encounter with a human-like alien from an asteroid. Though classified as children’s literature, the story’s themes are ageless, and the book is often cited for its poignant observations on human nature and the process of aging.

The set, designed by McKay Coble, marries childhood imagery with a more sophisticated theatrical design. Because the story is set in the Sahara Desert, the stage is covered in sand and incorporates a variety of lighting to create different moods.

Even the costume design is unique. One of the char-

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UNC's Play Makers will perform a theatrical adaptation of TheLittle Prince. acters, The Fox, consists of a large mask protruding from the actor’s head in a unique anamorphic example of stage costuming.

PlayMakers is also hosting a variety ofadditional events

in conjunction with this production. The North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society is hosting a 50-minute discussion on emotion and characters in the play on Dec. 15 and 16, with audience participation encouraged. On the Dec. 5 and 9 shows, there will be post-show discussions with the dramaturg, the repertory consultant. Lastly, the Dec. 4 and 11 productions will include special holiday pre- and post-show performances by the Trekky Yuletide Orchestra, an amalgamation of musicians from Chapel Hill-based indie record label Trekky Records. Tickets are not required for the Trekky Yuletide Orchestra or discussions with the dramaturg.

Whether this is your first exposure to the story or you are a lifelong fan, this production of The Little Prince promises to be an enjoyable experience.

The Little Prince will play at the Paul Green Theater on UNO’s campus from Nov. 28 until Dec. 16. The show starts at 7 p.m. on the Tuesday to Saturday productions and 2 p.m. for Sunday matinees.

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When one thinks of William Shakespeare, thoughts of tragic youthful love or images of a brooding king may surface. One thing that is unlikely to come to mind is the troubled adventure of Pericles. His tale, while not well-known, is an engrossing one full of storms and shipwrecks, battles and death, love and remorse.

The Duke Theater Studies department presents a dynamic performance of Pericles, considered to be an unusual Shakespeare play due to its stylistic anomalies, on the unconventional stage of Sheafer Theater.

‘We are doing this in a unique way,” said co-director John Clum, a professor in the Theater Studies department. “This production is kind ofodd in a lot of ways. It has two directors, which is a strange thing. You usually see faculty-directed plays and student-directed plays, but this is a faculty and student-directed play.”

Senior Shaun Dozier, an aspiring film director and one of 20 students chosen to participate in the prestigious Fusion Artist Exchange Program, is the student co-director.

“The play is episodic,” Dozier said. “It has scenes in different countries. There are different styles for different countries, and having two directors helps with that.”

Adding to the originality of this production are the actors themselves. There are 44 parts in Pericles, but there are only 11 actors in the cast. Three of them play one role each, while the other eight fill in the remaining 41 roles with speed and deftness. They also function as the orchestra, each actor playing an instrument of some sort.

Throughout the play Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, struggles with multiple obstacles thrown in his way, including assassination plots and shipwrecks. Meanwhile, the rest of the actors smoothly transition in and out of the play and don costumes with lightning spend. Watching these actors perform with such dynamic fluidity and precision reminds one of a school of fish where every member knows his or her place beyond a doubt, lending grace to the show and leaving one dazzled.

The most striking feature of the production, however, is the stage. Unlike conventional rectangular threewalled stages, the Sheafer Theater contains an elevated stage that is surrounded on all four sides by the audience.

Knowing that there is no room for error, as there is no hiding frpm the audience, all of the actors shine.

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“It’s a whole differenttake on theatrical performance,” Dozier said.

This unconventional setup is fitting for this play, one of William Shakespeare’s final works.

“What’s interesting is that these late plays of Shakespeare, they tend to seem very tragic. Horrible things happen to people, but they end up with happy endings—unlike the earlier plays,” Clum said.

Another peculiar facet of this play is its strong exploration of the father-daughter relationship.

“Shakespeare was very close to his daughter. His son had died around the time he wrote Hamlet, so these later plays are also about these intense father-daughter relationships,” Clum said. “In fact, this play begins with Pericles going to a place where the father-daughter relationship is so intense, it’s incestuous.”

Shakespeare’s plays have been described as works that defy time and are capable of showing the truth ofhumanity’s inherent nature. However, Clum and Dozier aspire to a different goal.

“We just hope students will enjoy... the theatrical experience. We’re not worried about changing their lives,” Clum said. “But I think there are moments in the play that will ring true to people.”

Pericles will be performed at the Sheaf er Theater in the Bryan Centerfrom Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.

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Mike Macariformer Duke studentand producer,dines with Conversations.

Mike Macari, producerof The Ring and aformer Duke student, was offered a free dinner and ticket back to campus through Duke Conversations, recess' Janet Wu managed to snag some time and speak aboutfilm, Duke, and the transition to Tinseltown.

Who approached you about taking part in Duke Conversations and why did you want to participate?

Someone from Delta Kappa Epsilon contacted me a couple months ago and said would I be open to it and I said, ‘Yeah, that would be great.” I always like coming back to Duke. I really like talking to the students. I came back for career week last year I think and there were a lot of really smart, talented kids that were thinking about careers in entertainment. I was one of those years ago at Duke and I had no idea what possible careers were out there in Hollywood and how to even go about pursuing them. It’s fun for me but also I think it’s hopefully informative for the students as well.

What advice can you give to students looking to get into production/development? It’s a big change going from Durham to Hollywood...

It’s scary and it’s very different—it’s a tough business to break into. But you have a Duke education which makes you much more prepared than most people and it’s really just about moving out here and working very hard and finding the opportunities that are out there. It really comes down to especially, actually not just when you’re starting out but all the way through your entire career it’s your relationships and who you know and there’s actually a pretty good number of Duke alums that are successful in Hollywood. So for Duke students, there are actually

more resources here than they may realize because when I moved out here I had no idea and I didn’t really lookup Duke alumni and I just kind of did it on my own. There are opportunities and a lot of successful people out here.

Would you suggest undergraduates to go ahead and do internships? Or wait until graduation- does it help?

Here’s the reality is, it definitely helps but even if you start once you get out of college. You’re only 21, 22 years old you have your whole life ahead of you. I’m actually really happy I went to law school and didn’t work in the entertainment business until I was 25. Because I actually had experiences, I went to duke, studied abroad, in Europe twice, had a lot of experiences that I could bring to Hollywood as opposed to just spend only time in Hollywood. Like kids who go to USC film school and then go work in Hollywood it’s like they have no life experiences, it’s all about Hollywood. It definitely would help. It might help—l mean I wouldn’t suggest anyone move to L.A. to work in the entertainmentbusiness unless they’re 100 percent sure that’s what they want to do. It’s a tough business to break into especially when you’re making no money and you look at your friends that are making huge salaries and you’re making nothing. You have to say well the reason why I’m doing this is because i see a light at the end of the tunnel in the entertainment business.

When you were an undergraduate, did you find that there was a supportive film community at Duke and has it changed at all now?

It seems to be bigger than when I was there. I was on the Duke Union but that was more art related. And I worked for Cable 13 a little bit. So they had the stuff there-1 don’t think I took advantage of the resources they had back then. But they definitely have more. They have this Duke in Hollywood semester, so that’s I think they started that in 1995 or 1996 so that was after I graduated but that’s a great opportunity. While you’re still in school you can get out here and see if this is what you want to do and make contacts so that you can get on the ground running when you get out here.

When you moved out there, what was your process in working your way up? Did you start as a writer?

After Duke I went to University of Texas Law School and then I moved to California and passed the California Bar and then I just sort of sent my resume out to every production company every agency as to be a lawyer and they all called me back and said, “We’re not looking for lawyers, sorry.” The world ofentertainment lawyers is small. There’s under 100 of them, they’re a very small community and very hard to get in as a lawyer. But I had sent my resume to a bunch of talent agencies and one talent agency, which was one of the major four agencies, United Talent Agency,

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called me back and said we would love to interview you to come work in our mail room—s2so a week with no overtime working 80 hours a week delivering mail and running errands and that was my first job.

What I didn’trealize was- there was no one to complain to about the hours and the fact that I was a well-educated attorneys because everyone else was an attorney or had an MBA or MBA and a JDE or went to film school so everyone was in the same boat. But it was a great training ground. So I had to work in the mail room then I became an assistant then I became a junior assistant then I decided I didn’t want to be an agent and I left but I was able to take what I had learned there which was essentially the equivalent of going to grad school in the entertainmentbusiness and go on to become an production executive and development executive at new line cinema which is a studio and then was there for two years and then left and took one of my properties which was the ring and sold it to Dreamworks and produced that and been producing ever since. I started as low as you can get. You look at it like David Geffen and Jeffrey Kaffinberg- they all started in the mail room Probably your first job in Hollywood will be in the mail room or as an intern and the pay will not be good—it’s an opportunity to make relationships and learn the business will be great.

Have you had any Duke students approach you and does your production company offer internships?

We just started a new financing company where we’re actually financing genre movies under $lO million and we’re definitely looking to hire interns.

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Three days after former Duke head coach Ted Roof was dismissed from his position, the list of potential replacements has become more concrete. In his press conference Monday, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva stressed that he was looking for someone with head-coaching experience and an offensive approach. Given those criteria, The Chronicle offers an idea of where Duke stands as the national coaching carousel makes a stop in Durham.

Top-Dollar Candidates Mike Shula The Jacksonville Jaguars’ quarterbacks coach and former Alabama head coach has had his name tossed around as a possible candidate for Duke’s head coaching gig. In his press conference Monday, Alieva said one of his criteria for a new coach was head-coaching experience. Shula amassed a 26-23 record with the Crimson Tide, but was fired midway through his fourth season when his team failed to win more than half its games for the third time in his tenure.

The North Carolina Bill Cowher State alumnus and current Raleigh resident’s name has surfaced in regards to multiple job openings since he resigned from his head-coaching post with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007. At one point the longest-tenured active head coach in the NFL, Cowher has won a Super Bowl, but has never coached at the college level. In a radio interview earlier this year, the current CBS football analyst

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said he did not plan on entertaining any coaching offers until the graduation of his youngest daughter, who is currently a high school junior.

PaulJohnson —One of only four coaches to win at least 50 games in his first four sea-

sons as a Division-I head coach Johnson led Georgia Southern to two consecutive Division-lAA national championships before receiving an offer to take over the top spot at Navy. After a disappointing two wins in his inaugural season, the Midshipmen qualified for a bowl in each ofhis next five years, compiling a 43-29 overall record in that span. Although his name has been mentioned for the Duke job, it has also been reported that he will be meeting with Nebraska Director ofAthletics Tom Osborne to talk about the Comhuskers’ head coaching vacancy following Navy’s final regular season game against Army this weekend.

High-Profile Coordinators David Cutcliffe and Gary Crowton —These two offensive coordinators, from Tennessee and Louisiana State, respectively, are facing off this weekend in the SEC title game.

Cutcliffe, a former Ole Miss head coach, is renowned for his tutelage of talented quarterbacks, including both Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Crowton is also considered one of the top offensive minds in the collegiate ranks, with previous head coaching stops at Louisiana Tech and Brigham Young. Focused exclusively on the conference title game, both coaches declined to SEE COACHES ON PAGE 8

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The main page of Vanderbilt’s athletics website was completely black Wednesday, except for a large banner ofbolded whiteand-gold print that read “Beat Duke.”

And that’s exactly whatthe Commodores did last night in Memorial Gymnasium.

No. 23 Vanderbilt outscored No. 11 Duke 18-3 in the game’s last six minutes to hand the Blue Devils a 68-55 loss, marking the first time the team has dropped consecutive contests since 1998. No. 2 Connecticut bested Duke 74r48 Sunday.

Especially after compiling a 54-2 regularseason record over the last two seasons, junior guard Abby Waner is not accustomed to

losing two straight.

“We’re not used to this, but this is not last year or the year before—this is now, and it’s what we’re going to have to deal with,” said Waner, who posted nine points in her second game back from a sprained ankle. “We need to let this hurt and bother us so we can learn from it.”

The final margin of victory was 13, but at the four-minute official timeout, the Cornmodores (6-1) only led the Blue Devils (5-

2) by three points. But three critical Duke and 11 Vanderbilt free throws in the game’s closing minutes allowed the home team to build on its slim lead and satisfy the rabid crowd of 6,022 fans, most donning black-and-gold “Beat Duke” t-shirts.

Even though both ranked teams shot 39 percent from the floor, Duke shot 11 free throws and turned the ball over 24 times, as opposed to the Commodores’ 30 free throws and 14 turnovers.

The game had a late-season feel to firstyear head coach Joanne P. McCallie, but she hopes that her team’s level of play was far from where it will be in March.

We can’t turn the ball over, and we certainly need to get to the free-throw line,” McCallie said. “We need to be more physical and attacking.

“It’s a process. It can’t occur overnight.

It occurs over time. Our team is getting some very valuable experiences. We won the first five games, and when you’re winning, people tend to think they’re OK. Then we faced a great challenge in UConn and we didn’t measure up there. And we turnovers

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Reality Check?

Rod Broadway —The Chronicle learned Tuesday that GramblingState head coach Rod Broadway, whose name has been mentioned repeatedly as a possible candidate for the open position at Duke, is currently not interested in the job. Once an assistant coach at both Duke and North Carolina, Broadway took over as head coach at North Carolina Central in 2003, which led to the speculation that he might be interested in returning to the Triangle area. .After an 8-3 record and a nomination for the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the Division-lAA coach of the year, however, Broadway does not appear to be leaving his post anytime soon, sources close with the team confirmed.

Skip Holtz The son of famous Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz has created a buzz from his coaching post just 100 miles away at East Carolina. After learning the tricks, of the trade from his days as the Fighting Irish offensive coordinator, Holtz went on to lead then-Division I-AA Connecticut to its first-ever playoff appearance. After another stint under his father at South Carolina, Holtz’s mer-

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Part of that inefficiency may have sprouted from the absence of senior Wanisha Smith, who was sidelined with a broken bone in her hand. She is currendy listed as day-to-day. But the veteran’s experience was not missed in the first half, when Duke built a 23-14 lead that dwindled to a three-point advantage by halftime.

After Vanderbilt’sLauren Lueders sunk a 3-pointer to open the halfand tie the game, Duke embarked on a 6-0 mini-run with two jumpers from Chante Black and one from Carrem Gay. The two starting post players combined for 19 rebounds, and Black recorded her third double-double of the year.

The Commodores quickly recovered to turn the second half into a game of see-sawing lead changes—one in which they had the final advantage. Even though her team finished on the lower end, McCallie knows that games in hostile environments against teams targeting the perennial power will eventually benefit the Blue Devils.

“It’s definitely going to help us in the long run,” McCallie said. “But it’s painful, at least tonight, in the short run.”

Will Flaherty contributed to this story.

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its earned him a head-coaching position with the Pirates, who almost made it into the C-USA title game in just his third season. Currently, he is recruiting out of the state and will not be made available for comment until a later date.

Fred Jackson University of Michigan associate head coach Fred Jackson is a candidate for Duke’s headfootball coaching vacancy, according to his agent Jim Acho. Jackson, who was a candidate for the position before Roof was promoted in 2003, has expressed his interest in the position and is awaiting word from Alieva to schedule an interview. Although he has no head coaching experience, Jackson won the 2001 AFCA National Assistant Coach of the Year ward and has been instrumental in UM’s recruiting success during his tenure.

Chris Hatcher Inventor of the famed ‘Hatch Attack,’ a creative passing approach that spreads the field and the ball, Hatcher’s name floated to the top when Alieva said he was looking for a more exciting and prolific offense. The Georgia Southern head coach led the Eagles to a 7-4 record in his first year at the helm.

Hatcher told The Chronicle Wednesday morning that he had not yet been contacted by Duke officials about the vacancy.

“There are a lot of resources out there to consider, and Steve is just one of them,” Alieva said Monday. “There are a lot of resources out there when it comes to looking for a coach, and I will use all of them.”

Spurrier andAlieva are longtime friends, and Alieva said that the Gamecocks’ coach was already in the area recruiting.

The news of Spurrier’s Duke visit, though, seemed to catch USC media representatives off guard. A member of South Carolina’s media relations office said he was unaware ofany such visit and was under the impression that the coach was simply on the recruiting trail.

If Spurrier, who left Duke for Florida in 1989, is a candidate for Roofs old job, his mere presence on campus would speak to those who question whether Alieva is willing to break open the school’s checkbook to sign a high-profile coach, as he implied in the press conference Monday.

Currently, Spurrier is under contract with the Gamecocks for $1.75 million annually through 2012, but the agreement includes a $500,000 buyout.

Roof earned a reported $500,000 per year in his four years as Duke’s head coach. .

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The Uniappear and bring their editorial versity’s current policy industry into for RIAA litigation threats the 21st century. Instead, the should be commended for RIAA tries to scare consumers adequately shielding student out of downloading illegally, privacy, but this editorial threatening hugely expensive board enjoins the University litigation and making examto take the next step. ples out of individuals.

With high-speed Internet Although administrators access and a penchant for allmay be barred from a public stand in practical terms, night television marathons, faculty should actively and college students readily take publicly oppose the RIAA’s advantage of downloading, ineffective, irrational and imlegal or otherwise. Recogmoral tactics and take a stand nizing this, the RIAA targets on privacy rights and an open college students in particular, this month sending leteducational environment.

Faced with plummeting ters to 26 Duke students and sales figures and a rapidly others at universities across

the country. File-sharing lawsuits, or threats of them, directly affect student life and the educational environment, and for this reason Duke should speak out on behalfof their students.

One prominent school escapes RIAA notice: Harvard University. Telling off the RIAA with a letter of their own to The Harvard Crimson, two Harvard professors boldly came out in support of their students and against an industry they say is “using lawsuits to shore up an aging business model rather than engaging with disruptive technologies and the risks that new business models entail.”

We would be proud to see Duke faculty emulate their colleague’s actions. The recording industry is not look-

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to settle, But it can do more. and so far no one has actuThe University’s revised ally taken a case to court, acpolicy, to be announced in cording to The Crimson. If January, should contain measomeone actually called the sures to support students and industry’s bluff, the RIAA’s educate students about the questionably legal methods RIAA’s actions. Students who of identifying alleged illegal receive letters often cannot sharing might be subject to afford to hire a lawyer. Rather more scrutiny. The words of than leaving them defenseless, two academics were enough the University should provide to keep the RIAA from Harinformation about the legal vard, and a similar public issues at hand and aid them stance from Duke faculty in any way possible—and let could be equally effective. students blow that few suits The administration can go to trial. It can support prihelp as well. By forwarding vacy and an open educational prelitigation letters to the environment in the digital students associated with acage—and gain positive publiccused IP addresses without ity in the process.

The RIAA may be out of releasing their identities to the RIAA, the Univertouchwith reality, but the UniT sity finds a tenable middle versity doesn’t need to be.

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the Eco-Olympics came to an end this year, a critical question was raised; What environmental good has this event actually achieved?

Although Duke strives to achieve sustainability among students and faculty, indifference is the main feeling on campus. The dorm that won the Eco-Olympics has less than 50 percent participation in effortless online surveys and trivia, and eight dorms have ■ ■ yet to send one

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to use, the student-interest side of the equation is all too weak. Every weekend, huge fraternity parties are thrown with apparent consent of the Duke administration. Massive amounts of alcohol are consumed at these parties, producing only aluminum beer cans, cardboard beer cases, hard liquor bottles and plastic cups. All of these items could be recycled, but are instead thrown out while University action groups like Environmental Alliance appear to turn a blind eye.

What good will sustainable buildings do if pGt© ZSGIGCZKy the actions and feelings of students are not susrepresentative to attend an environtainable? Surely if Duke can have the campus guest Commentary mentally themed police monitor every weekend party, it can removie screening. place trash cans with recycling bins and ensure Duke has poured millions of dollars into rebeer cans thrown on the ground are properly storing wetlands and ensuring that all new build- recycled. The amount of waste generated from ings are certified “green,” but the apathy of the a single party is surprisingly large considering student body toward environmental issues comthe fact that most students attending consume pletely nullifies efforts of the University, making a at least three beverages. By reducing this waste, truly “green” campus unattainable. With a lack of a message is sent to students—no matter how instudent concern for the environmental initiatives toxicated—that Duke wants us to consider the Duke is making, future leaders of the world are environment in all activities.

Events like the Eco-Olympics remind us of graduating indifferent to the future of our planet.

In order to become green, Duke needs to take this by encouraging less energy consumption and an active role in educating its students about the more recycling, but they could be much more environment, starting with the requirement of effective if the entire student body was involved. one “environmental” credit toward graduation. Duke has worked hard to benefit the environment Those who have not experienced a Duke student’s through outstanding research, involvement with indifference first-hand—namely national “green the Durham community and improved facilities. evaluators”—see the University’s green programs The missing link in this process of creating a green as impressive. The 2007 KIWI Green College Recampus is in the care it passes down to its students. port praises the Eco-Olympics but fails to mention Courses concerning the environment can be that it is only between freshman dorms, and so infound in disciplines ranging from engineering to volves roughly one-quarter of Duke’s population. public policy. With a wealth of information availThe Sustainable Endowment Institute’s College able, it is disappointing to see how few students Sustainability Report Card gives Duke a ‘B-plus,’ take advantage of this knowledge. impressed with Leadership in Energy and EnviMy proposal, then, is to have the University ronmental Design-certified buildings and critical require one environmental “mode of inquiry” toward graduation, just as it has required one only of a lack of endowment transparency.

What makes Duke so differentfrom truly green writing “mode of inquiry.” I realize most students already feel bounded by the general educampuses is the attitude of its students. The majority of Duke students will only make the green cation requirements of Duke, but this is a sound choice if there is nothing more convenient availway to spread environmental knowledge among able. Warren Wilson College in Asheville is an exthe student population.

Most would agree that the future of sustainample of a school that has created a green campus by bringing together students who care about the ability rests not with the technology we engineer environment with the resources of a college that but with the future leaders who are able to imcan support such efforts. According to the KIWI plement these environmentally friendly initiareport, the school uses 2,000 pounds of organic tives. If Duke wants to take the “greening” of its crops produced on campus and harvested by stucampus seriously, it needs to maintain the green dents in their cafeteria. Warren Wilson requires policies already in place while concentrating students to work on environmental projects benmore on instilling environmental values within eficial to the outdoors and the school. its students.

Though Duke possesses the resources necessary to become a green campus and has put many Pete Zseleczky is a Pratt freshman. .

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was just after a quarter past four in the afternoon a couple Sundays ago and I was sitting on my back patio with a good friend of mine—a fellow senior. As we allowed our minds to wind down at the close of another fun-filled weekend, our conversation drifted toward the usual post-marathon banter. Namely, booze, drugs and sex.

After I finished recounting what I could remember of some story about some drunk girl at some bar, he posed a novel question: “Dude, can you imagine what Duke would ■ ■ nan oeizer be like ako hoi?” w.w.j.d. .

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don’tknow how anybody would get laid.”

Although I meant it as a joke, I can’t help but feel that there is a degree of truth to my statement.

Granted, alcohol plays a variety of roles in the lives of Duke students—as a means of socializing, distraction and entertainment—it’s most irreplaceable and prominent function is as the main social lubricant that keeps our ‘'culture” running smoothly.

Think of it as liquid confidence—a wonderful substance that allows us to justify our questionable moral decisions regarding the opposite sex. More importantly, it gives everyone something to blame for the decisions they are too insecure to admit they wanted to make in the first place.

Contrary to popular notions, men too are taken advantage of and used for sex (call me?).

Maybe that’s why I’ve never subscribed to the whole argument about how it’s wrong for a drunk male to “hook up” with an equally intoxicated female. We are big boys and girls now, and drunk encounters are a two-way street.

Moreover, consciously boozing face is a deliberate effort to lower one’s inhibitions. Meaning, when we take that drink, we are knowingly putting ourselves in a position to make a “bad decision,” and thereby accepting responsibility for what is to come.

What’s that? You conveniendy blacked out those two hours where you were naked, hooking up in a bathroom. Cool.

Did you get that 2 a.m. text message? No? Good, I never sent it.

So what would happen if we took away the crucial inhibitor, the substance that loosens our uptight, prude and insecure selves enough to morph us into swinging collegiate superstars? Would Duke suddenly transform into a near-abstinent neighborhood, where the only people getting any were the ones bold enough to actually ask someone out on a date?

I’m not sure if I have an answer. A part of me believes that without a desensitizing potion that clouds judgment and allows us to temporarily forget that actions have consequences, this university’s social landscape would be radically altered.

On the other hand, I have trouble attributing the nature of our sexual behavior solely to the presence of an enabling agent. Plenty of schools share a similar drinking “problem,” yet lack the same aversion to monogamy and relationships.

The truth is, it’s something else. Our “campus culture” is not the result of an obsession with alcohol abuse, nor would it necessarily undergo a dramatic revolution. Sure, we’d probably date a little more, cheat a little less and think a little harder about the consequences of our actions. However, as long as we have a competitive and hierarchical social structure driven predominantly by money and looks, sex will always be treated by many as a means of acquiring and promoting status.

There is a reason we all chose Duke over the UNCs, UCLAs and UVas of the world. We strive to be the best, and we want everyone to know and acknowledge it.

And that, kids, is the engine. Alcohol is just the industrial-grade motor oil.

Dan Belzer is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

The business end ofglobal health

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a business executive and a business school professor, my bias is to look for markets and economic incentives in the non-govemment, private sectors of the health care economy in order to find sustainable solu-

tions to global health challenges.

One of my research foci is neglected diseases—those tropical and infectious diseases that are ignored because poor patients living in poor countries cannot pay for innovative new treatments. Pharmaceuu (1031111 SONGS tical firms invest a small proportion of their total part vlif in a series research and development in these diseases because there is little or no return. They need new incentives beyond good will or social welfare. Looking through the lens of business, markets and economic incentives, I see three interrelated issues that, if solved, could reduce or even eradicate many of these diseases.

The first issue is encouraging research. This September, President George W. Bush signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act. My colleagues Henry Grabowksi and David Ridley and I were fortunate to have an amendment in that bill that was directly influenced through the publication of our 2006 paper, “Developing Drugs for Developing Countries.” Our paper, and now the law, uses an incentive called a “priority-review voucher” to stimulate research.

The PRV rewards the developer of a successful new medication for any of 13 tropical infectious diseases with a voucher that provides priority review for a second drug for the U..S. market. Because of the huge market for medicines in the United States, speedier time to market for a new drug is a powerful incentive. We estimate the value of the voucher is more than $3OO million. Moreover, there are additional tax credits for the neglected disease drug.

It is our hope that the PRV incentive will help to generate new medicines. But treating patients with effective medicines is another challenge. Affordable, inexpensive medicines for many diseases are available now.

It is often not cost or lack of innovation, but the weak health and distribution systems in poor countries that keep medicines from patients. The Sabin Institute estimates that with investments of $250 million a year over a five-year period we could significantly reduce or elim,

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Finally, if innovative new medicines and existing drugs could be distributed effectively, we have an additional daunting challenge—far too few health care workers.

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 2.4 million health workers are needed in 57 countries with critical health worker shortages. The very locations where neglected disease burdens are greatest have the highest shortage of health care workers. In Africa, many countries have fewer than two health workers for every 1,000 people. Even if we could discover, develop and distribute drugs, who will diagnose, prescribe medicines and monitor treatment?

Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, the Duke Global Health Institute and WHO’s Global Health Workforce Alliance are co-sponsoring a conference on this issue this coming weekend: “African Healthcare Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Responses.”

The conference will focus on the responses of the private sector to the shortage of health workers in Africa. Nongovernmental groups, small microeconomic investment funds, multinational firms, faith-based organizations and universities are all innovating to fill the worker shortage gap. The conference will describe many existing and emerging initiatives that can be expanded and/or replicated for wider use. These solutions will become recommendations to WHO’s Kampala conference in March 2008. This conference will work to build consensus on accelerating human resources for health on the African continent.

And the student response to the conference has been impressive. This is encouraging because student involvement is an enormous and essential resource, now and in the future, to tackle these global challenges.

I invite you to attend the keynote address. Francis Omaswa, a physician from Uganda who is now the executive director of the Global Health Workforce Alliance at WHO, will share his views on the challenges ahead. The talk, which is open to the public, takes place tonight, Nov. 29, at Geneen Auditorium in the Fuqua School of Business. Visit www.afhcconf.com for more information.

Jeffrey Moe, Ph.D, is senior director of business development and an adjunct associate professor for the Health Sector Management program of the Fuqua School ofBusiness.

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