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Grilled cheese is the food ofchoice in an economic downturn—at least according to Irene Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld, chair and chief executive officer of Kraft Foods, discussed cheese and many other topics at the USA Today CEO Forum Wednesday in Duke’s Fuqua School of Busines. USA Today columnist David Lieberman interviewed Rosenfeld for the forum in front of 200 people, mostly business school students. He asked Rosenfeld about everything from her take on biofuels to how Kraft has been affected by the economy to her favorite Kraft cookie—which is, incidentally, the Oreo. Rosenfeld has been at Kraft since 1981, working her way up through the ranks before becoming CEO in June 2006 and chair in March 2007. Lieberman asked the CEO about the “glass ceiling” for women in high positions of business, pointing out that Rosenfeld is one of only six female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. Rosenfeld said she believes that officers in the field are beginning to recognize that women are “competent business people,” too. As the economy sours, people tend to eat more frequently at home, Rosenfeld said. She added that when people come home to eat, they “come home to Kraft.” “The food business is a good place to be in such a climate because people have to eat,” she said. “People are eating grilled cheese a lot more.” Unlike most people who applaud President-elect Barack Obama’s biofuel investment initiative, Rosenfeld is concerned. She said 40 percent of the food supply

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USA Today reporter David Lieberman (left) interviews Kraft CEO IreneRosenfeld Wednesday at the Fuqua School ofBusiness before a crowd ofabout 200 people. She is one of sixfemale CEOs in the Fortune 500. is being diverted for use in fuel, which is driving up the price of food without any real evidence of benefit to the environment.

Rosenfeld added that with Kraft’s diverse assortment of food products—including Kool-Aid and DiGiorno—the company offers options for people who may not want to pay a lot for a meal.

“Our efforts are focusing more on snacks, quick meals and health and wellness than before,” she said. Lieberman steered the interview toward Kraft’s specific corporate management strategies, asking about employee initiative programs and government plans SEE KRAFT ON PAGE 5

Duke Student Government members voted at their meeting Wednesday night to support the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee’s recommendation to bring a new restaurant—The Food Factory—to campus next semester. The Cary-based eatery was the stand-out favorite among DUSDAC members, who sampled the food from several different vendors during the semester. “After spending the semester visiting all of these places, we think The Food Factory is the best place by far,” said DUSDAC CoChair Jason Taylor, a junior. Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said there are several dining options on campus with declining revenues. “There are some venues that do need change,” he said. “We spent three hours eating at [The Food Factory] and just rolled out of there. We all said afterwards that we need this place on campus.” Although details concerning a location have not yet been determined, Wulforst said The Food Factory will be at Duke in SEE DSG ON PAGE 4

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Members of Duke Global Medical Brigades meet Wednesday. The student organization is designed to help treat patients in low-income countries.

While some students spend their summers basking under the sun on beaches, 35 Duke students will travel to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to aid medically underprivileged communities. Duke Global Medical Brigades selected the group to travel to the Central American country from Aug. 8-14 to aid patients in low-income villages. This past summer, three doctors, 26 Duke students and a student from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley traveled there to help treat over 1,200 patients in eight days with another doctor from the local community. DGMB is a student-run organization founded in 2007 that focuses on providing hands-on experience in the medical field, said senior Michael Tulio, president and founder of DGMB. A group with such focus, he said, had been lacking at the time when he created the club. DGMB is a part of Global Medical Brigades—an international network of universities and volunteer organizations that provides sustainable health care relief to communities in developing countries. SEE DGMB ON PAGE 6

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DUSDAC members speak with DSG about bringing The Food Factory to Duke. OSG approved the request.

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Bombs found at India train station

Aunt of abused boy arrested

MUMBAI, India TRACY, Calif. The aunt and one-time guardPolice searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of ian °f an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old has the attack on Mumbai's main train station been arrested as police try to determine how she found two bombs Wednesday—nearly a week after they knew the couple accused of holding the teen against his were left there by gunmen—in a stunning new example of will for nearly a year. Caren Ramirez was arrested Tuesday in the botched security that has become a major issue in India Berkeley, a day after the boy walked into a gym and begged since the three-day siege. managers to hide him. He was covered in soot, had a chain on * While searching through about 150 bags, which police behis foot and was wearing only boxer briefs. lieved were left by the dozens of victims in the Chhatrapati Police arrested a couple who lived near the gym in Tracy Terminus station, an officer found a suspicious-looking and booked them on suspicion of torture, kidnapping and Shivaji Warships to move through Panama bag and called the bomb squad,said Assistant Commissioner of child abuse. PANAMA CITY, Panama Russia said Police Bapu Domre. Inside were two 8.8-pound bombs, which Wednesday it is sending a warship through the were taken away and safely detonated, he said. Inlaw liable in Hudson murder Panama Canal for the first time since World War The discovery came as Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee CHICAGO A prosecutor alleged Wednesll. The destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showsaid India is "determined to act decisively" following the atday that Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-lawkilled casing Russia's growing influence in the region. tacks, saying the evidence was clear the gunmen came from three family members because he was angry Russia appears to be relishing the idea of stopping at what Pakistan and their handlers are still there. his estranged wife—the singer's sister—was dating anwas long a symbol of U.S. global power; the Russian Navy another man. nounced it would visit "the Rodman naval base"—a name A Lil Wayne, Cold play get Grammy nods At a court hearing, prosecutor LuAnn Snow said William that the host nation, Panama, has not used since taking over Lil Wayne —the most prolific, LOS ANGELES the base from the United States in 1999. Balfour came to the family's South Side home the morning übiquitous and successful performer on today's The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko is scheduled to enter of Oct. 24 and confronted his wife, Julia Hudson. music scene—was the most rewarded by the ReBalfour, 27, was charged with murder Tuesday after bethe Panama Canal on Friday morning and arrive late in the day cording Academy Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nomiat what Panama calls the Balboa Naval Base. ing held for weeks on a parole violation. nations including album of the yearfor"Tha Carter III." Following close behind was Coldplay, with seven. Their Pirates attack luxury cruise ship "Viva La Vida,"one of the year's best-selling CDs, is in album of Ordered to get inside and the year contention along with Radiohead's groundbreaking MUSCAT, Oman stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard "In Rainbows"; singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's "Year of the GentleA A 111 the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury man"; and Robert Plant's collaboration with Alison Krauss, cruise liner, then felt the ship speed up to escape. "Raising Sand." At this port north of the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, pasNominations were announced in a brand-new format this sengers told The Associated Press Wednesday they had been year, with an hourlong live prime-time CBS concert special warned of the danger even before they embarked. that featured a brisk procession of performers and LL Cool J The attack on the nearly 600-foot-long cruise ship in the and Taylor Swift as hosts. dangerous waters between Yemen and Somalia was the latMetallica got three nominations, but their huge comeback est evidence pirates have grown more brazen, viewing almost record "Death Magnetic" didn't get a nod for album of the year any vessel as a potential target. despite being a top seller in 2008. —compiled from wire reports

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Marking up the Wellness wall An exterior wall near the entrance to the Wellness Center was defaced with a black marker Tuesday.

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Detroit makes bailout concessions

Back for more on Thanksgiving Police charged a former Duke student with second degree burglary Thursday. Lost the guide A female student’s car was broken into Sunday in the Gross Chemistry parking lot. A GPS was stolen. Sideline crime Three students playing in the middle basketball court at Wilson Recreation Center Monday evening reported that their property had been stolen from the sidelines. GERALD HERBERT/THE

The whole package A belated report was filed Monday on the theft of a laptop and power supply source at the Fuqua School of Business.

Pink-ing out a port-a-potty Vandalismwith a pink marker was found Monday on the wall of a portable bathroom at Wilson Recreation Center.

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Desperate for a door A Wannamaker Quadrangle commons room was discovered bearing two large holes in one of the walls Sunday. —compiled from police reports

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GMCEO Rick Wagoner, in thepassenger seat (center), travels by car from Detroit to Washington, D.C. Wednesday to testify in Congress on the auto industry bailout. by

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WASHINGTON Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate’s Democratic leader said there still weren’t enough votes to tap the $7OO billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three. One day before the chiefs of the auto companies return to Capitol Hill to make their urgent cases for loans, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the money was unlikely to come from the Wall Street rescue fund. “I just don’t think we have the votes to do that now,” Reid told The Associated

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thority to help the automakers. In Capitol Hill meetings, industry officials said the collapse of one or more of the Big Three carmakers could greatly worsen the nation’s recession and undermine the companies’ ability to survive. “We’re on the brink with the U.S. auto manufacturing industry. We’re down to months left,” Chrysler’s vice chair, Jim Press, told the AP in a separate interview. “If we have a catastrophic failure of one of these car companies, in this tender environment for the economy, it’s a huge blow. It could trigger a depression.” The United Auto Workers union, scrambling to preserve jobs and benefits, agreed at an emergency meeting SEE BAILOUT ON PAGE 6

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the next three months Due to contractual obligations, neither DUSDAC committee members nor Wulforst would disclose whether The Food Factory would be installed in a new space or replace a current eating option on campus. The Food Factory is primarily a deli, but oilers a wide selection of salads, pastas and other hot entrees, along with a breakfast menu. “They might even be willing to do breakfast at night,” Taylor said. “We have been really impressed with the restaurant’s management and their willingness to work with us.”

[The Food Factory] might even be willing to do breakfast at night.... We have been really impressed with the restaurant’s management and their willingness to work with us.” “

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In other business: DSG members voted to recognize Stop Motion, a new dance group recently approved by the Student Organization Finance Committee. Recognition of a second group, Duke Students for Humane Borders, was tabled for a future meeting.

reviews. Currently in the works are a new campus chalking policy, beer for purchase in the Lobby Shop and a location for a Duke Bikes outpost on East Campus.

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DSG President Jordan Giordano, a senior, speaks to the Senate Wednesday.The group approved bringing The Food Factory to Duke.

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Fmr. rival Richardson chosen as commerce secretary By Liz Sidgti THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary Wednesday, naming a prominent Hispanic to his new Cabinet and calling him a leading “economic diplomat for America” in troubled times. Richardson’s nomination brings to three the number of former campaign rivals Obama has welcomed to his team. Joe Biden is the vice president-elect, and Hillary Rodham

Clinton will be the next secretary of state, pending confirmation by the Senate. At a Chicago news conference, Obama praised Richardson’s long resume. He served as United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration, and he is in his second term as New Mexico’s governor. He also served seven terms in the House of Representatives. “During his time in state government and Congress, and in two tours of duty in the Cabinet, Bill has seen, from just about every angle, what makes our economy work and what keeps it from working better,” Obama said. The president-elect seemed in a lighthearted mood as he made the announcement. Asked about Richardson’s recent deci-

sion to shave his beard, Obama joked that he was “deeply disappointed.” He guessed that Richardson decided to jettison the facial hair after his wife found it scratchy. Obama turned serious when talking about the economy, pointing to news that the country has been in recession for a year and that manufacturing production is at a 26-year low. “With each passing day, the work our team has begun, developing plans to revive our economy, becomes more urgent,” he said Richardson pledged—in English and Spanish—to work to renew the economy if he is confirmed by the Senate to take over the sprawling department that oversees the National Weather Service, the Census Bureau, economic development programs

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Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld said at a forum Wednesday thatKraft's diverse product set has prepared it well for the current recession.

increase Regulation of the food industry. Rosenfeld explained the extent to which Kraft supports new ideas brought forward by employees. She mentioned one employee in particular, a practicing Muslim who drew up a business plan to show how halal products would be a viable option for Kraft. Now, she said, Kraft will be coming out with such a line. The GEO stressed the need for corporate responto

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“We were approved by [the Office of Student Activities and Facilities] in February last year and had only a third of a semester to prepare,” said DGMB Secretary Tammy Chin, a sophomore. “This year we have more student interest and structure within.” Members of the organization participate in a variety of activities, from contacting doctors and nurses to preparing medical supplies and fundraising. Last year, DGMB received more than $lOO,OOO in grants from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Although being a part of DukeEngage could help in terms of funding and organization, the 12-person limit that it would impose on the mission is not ideal, Tulio said. “We are looking to expand due to so many interested people and limited space in the medical mission,” he said. “The issues in third-world countries are about more than medical problems. Government, water sanitization and environment are all a part of the problem, and creating Duke Water Brigades is a strong possibility right now.” Tulio said he posted fliers around campus to solicit interest when he first brought DGMB to the University. This year, starting with a table during the Stude.nt Activities Fair, DGMB has had several information sessions and meetings. “We have almost double the student interest we had last year,” he said. “I think we have appealed mainly throagh word of mouth, started from people who have had great experience during the mission.” Although specific skills are not required, DGMB offers informal training in CPR and blood pressure measurements, in part to keep the program going through the years. “Another important issue for us is sustaining DGMB,” Tulio said. “We would like to continue to participate in the project and help those in need even after the initial members

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BAILOUT from page 3 in Detroit to allow the companies to delay payments to a multibillion-dollar, union-run health care trust and to scale back a jobs bank in which laid-offworkers are paid most of their wages. The concessions could help mollify some lawmakers who have criticized the union’s benefits as too rich when compared with those of workers at foreign-brand auto plants in the U.S. The Bush administration and auto-state Republicans and Democrats are pushing to help the automakers with aid from a different source: a previously approved $25 billion program that’s supposed to be used to help them produce more environmentally advanced vehicles. Environmentalists—and a number of powerful friends in Congress—are vigorously opposing that idea. Reid said the administration could act unilaterally to use a portion of the Wall Street bailout program for loans to the automakers, but the White House has consistendy resisted that approach. “There’s talk going around now that the Bush White

“It’s obvious to everyone... that there has to be some changes made.” Sen. Harry Reid, Senate majority leader House may ask for” the second $350 billion installment of the $7OO-billion financial industry rescue fund, Reid said. But ifBush’s team doesn’t act, he said, “I think that we are probably going to have to try to do something” in Congress. Reid said he would rely on Dodd to determine what kind of legislation would be appropriate. The autoworkers’ concessions are “a step in the right direction,” he said. “I think it’s too bad that negotiated contracts between labor and management are going to have to be changed,” Reid said. “But it’s obvious to everyone, as strong of a union guy as I am... that there has to be some changes made.” Ahead of Thursday’s televised hearings, GM’s president and chief operating officer, Fritz Henderson, met with congressional aides and said bankruptcy for his company would further erode consumer confidence. About 25 auto dealers also combed through House and Senate office buildings, lobbying for the bailout package. General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co. submitted three separate survival plans to Congress this week after flunking their first attempt to persuade lawmakers to throw them a lifeline.

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We New Jerseyans have thick skin about most offenses to the Garden State. (Just to be clear: It doesn’t smell like garbage, I don’t find it ironic that our state nickname invokes beauty and if New'Jersey is the armpit of America, our glob of a country' sure is horizontally inclined.) We’ll tolerate most barbs, but don’t you dare demean Bruce Springsteen, because The Boss is ours. He’s stitched himself into the fabric of New Jersey, and by this point he’s as culturally ingrained as diners, Tony Soprano and the neon lights on the boardwalk’s tilta-whirls down the shore. It doesn’t matter that Springsteen became rock and roll’s future by yearning to leave New jersey and find himself on the open road, to quit the boardwalk scene and pull out of a town full of losers, because even though he left... well, he never really did. He still plays rollicking shows in Giants Stadium on every tour and, with the E Street Band, awes crowds with rumbling sets that include the same hits from those iconic 1970 s albums. The slate’s true poet laureate is now a revered social critic, and his music reflects his age and political activism—and from a selfish standpoint, it’s simply not as fun to blast the new stuff and sing along even though you can’t hear your own voice, because it’s not that type of music anymore. There are no more Thunder Roads for Springsteen to find, only 41 shots for him to riff on. Except, that is, for about one month

every year, when radio stations hide Bom in the U.S.A. or The Rising and pull out a dusty track that hasn’t been played in 11 months. Roy Biltan starts by tickling the piano to conjure bells, and the crowd roars in hysterical approval. Clarence Clemons does his best impersonation of Santa Claus and then, beautifully, Springsteen comes in with the simple words we’ve all memorized on the notes we all know are coming, yet somehow feel fresh every year; ‘You better watch out/ You better not cry/Better not pout/I’m telling you why," Then it’s the crowd’s turn, a reincarnation of the call-and-response Springsteen uses in all ofhis live show's now. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the car alone or if you’re surrounded by thousands at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park; you yell, “Santa Claus is coming to town!” as loud, as hoarsely and with as much holiday fervor as you can. Max Weinberg ratchets up the percussion, Miami Steve croons in the background, Clarence solos on the sax—it’s familiar, but invigorating. It’s the best Christmas song of all lime, because it captures the spirit of the holiday season. Find the bells and let loose. Embrace the company of others. And for goodness sake, fuhgeddabout the Jersey sneer, and be thankful the state is, indeed, not a glorified parking lot. We have, after all, given even the naughtiest of you the gift of Springsteen. —Ben Cohen

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Charles Dickens once wrote, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.” We believe that the same goes for weekly arts supplements at college student newspapers. For the past 15 wonderful issues, recess has provided this campus with a pleasant pitstop between the Quote of the Day and the Sudoku. In the words ofKanye West, we have become “the voice of this generation of this decade,” or maybe just the voice of the arts section of this newspaper. Good enough. Please forgive us, but as the year comes to an end, introspection beckons. While the past semester has flown by in some Sitar blur, the last issue of the year allows us to reflect, and in some cases, bid a fond farewell. But where does one begin? There are simply so many good times that we remember, and so many that we do not. Over the last four years, we have witnessed late-night deadline meltdowns, listened to way too much classic rock and edited roughly 400,000 three-star reviews. We can take comfort in the fact that we have left behind a legacy. One Chronicle higher up refers to us as “the people who

make his night more busy and always dress up well for Chron Pong.” After all, if it wasn’t for us, you wouldn’t know what shows you couldn’t watch at the Fringe Festival because it’s in New York (and because it’s over). You would never know what it is like to go to Las Vegas for a weekend under the guise of informing impressionable college students about cars. And you’d be stuck 8.8. J. (Before Baishi and Jordan), still looking at seizureinducing dots, pixelated photos of Britney Spears and more features on what drinks go with what outfits. Highlights? Let’s just say that we have accumulated so much sway on the Duke campus that we managed to get three PiPhis down to their underwear. Then we showed the whole school. Take that, JuicyCampus. Okay, it was just a photoshoot. But c’mon. And so, like the dissonant essence of youth, our time at this beacon of aesthetic truth is ending, leaving a bittersweet taste in our mouth and perhaps the occasional tear in our eye. We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. But most importantly, we’ve judged.. —Jordan.Axt, semiretiring music editor, and Baishi Wu, semiretiring managing editor

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The Scots have great accents; this we know. But who could’ve foreseen Frightened Rabbit, a couple of brothers from Selkirk, making the year’s most emotional and stirring album? Although their 2006 debut, Sing the Greys, certainly showed Scott and Grant Hutchinson’s capabilities, Midnight Organ Fight capitalizes on the band’s strengths as only an experienced group can. Sing the Greys seemed like an EP, with a handful ofknockout tracks surrounded by a collection of dull instrumentals; Midnight Organ Fight has no such problems. The album is comprised of beautiful, violent pop songs underpinned by frenzied acoustic guitar and Scott’s poignant lyrics, delivered in a throaty howl. The standout tracks revolve around his brutal quips, the best of which include, “You must be a masochist/To love a modem leper on his last leg,” and this pointed accusation in “Keep YourselfWarm”: “It takes more than f—ing someone/To keep yourself warm.” Midnight Organ Fight is earnest, well-crafted and could go a long way toward warming up your cold winter months. —Kevin Lincoln

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JAGJAGUWAR After listening to For Emma, Forever Ago, it should come as no surprise that Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, wrote and recorded the majority ofthe album during his stay in an isolated cabin in northern Wisconsin. The wintry aesthetic translates beautifully into music that evokes soulfulness and pathos. Vernon’s haunting falsetto is paired with sparse instrumentation in intimately produced arrangements. For Emma, Forever Ago is a personal affair that deals with love and loss in impressionistic, opaque verses open to interpretation. Despite the desolate recording backdrop, the album’s ambiance is warm and inviting, especially on beautiful acoustic ballads like “Lump Sum” and “Re: Stacks.” Originally self-released in 2007, Jagjaguwar picked up For Emma, Forever Ago for redistribution early this year. Now, as trees grow barren and frost covers the ground, you don’t want to miss this album a second time. —Brian Contralto

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London folk rockers of the year Noah and the Whale released their debut in August The band’s playful attitude is encapsulated in the video for their cheery single, “5 YearsTime.” The sunny perspective and comical outfits might as well have been straight out ofThe Life Aquatic. But beyond this aesthetic, singer Charlie Fink’s simple picture ofa fleeting happiness and the nostalgia of simpler times, is dead on. Fink says, “it was fan fun fun when we were drinking,” but reassures us “there’ll be love love love, wherever you go.” It’s simple and catchy, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be reflective and sentimental. Mostof the album is mellower, but the touching lyrics and childish optimism persist. In the painfully gentle “Mary,” Fink admits, “And in that perfect moment, I nearly ruined it, by saying I love you, and nearly meaning it.” Such lines reveal that Noah and the Whale can match pop with poignant. —Sam Schlinkert

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Mamie Stem’s second album, besides having the coolest title of 2008, is a testament to her musical prowess. Stem is reminiscent ofgreat guitarists like EddieVan Halen and Jimmy Page. It’s not just me: Venus Magazine recently named her one of the “greatest female guitarists ofall time.”The album begins with “Prime,” which showcases Stem’s writing, and moves into “Transformer,” where her talent as a guitarist is immediately apparent The closer, “The Devil Is in the Details,” is an exquisite summation of Stem as an emotive, extremely gifted musician. Her lyrics are forceful and playful, inviting the listener into her world. Mamie Stem’s music baffles me. I can’t imagine what her concerts are like. Would there be a mosh pit or people dancing hand in hand? I’m not sure, but I do know that a lot of Stem’s appeal is driven by her mystery. How crazy do you have to be to set up a kissing booth at your own concert, offering make-out sessions for the bargain price of $100? I’d like to see Jimmy Page pull that one off. —Alex Reinstein

Rekindling the magic they found in 2003 in Hymie’s Base-

ment, Fog’s Andrew Broder and WhyP’s Yoni Wolf Broder and Wolf are back together. This time, Broder joins Wolf and the rest of his bandmates for WhyP’s third LP, Alopecia. The result is an album that stylistically lands somewhere between WhyP’s second album, Elephant Eyelash, and Hy-

mie’s Basement. But in traditional Why? fashion, the album is rooted in hip-hop but defies classification. Alopecia has some of the tightest and most innovative instrumentationof any record of the year. On opener “The Vowels, Part 2,” the sound of a chain smacking against the ground creates the beat, while guitars and standard per-

cussion flesh out the sound. Nothing about the album is traditional. On paper, Alopecia seems nonsensical and dissonant, especially with Wolfs abstract lyrics in the equation. But the album’s sound is rich and deeply enjoyable. Though each track is its own unique thought, Wolf constructs them so they all flow into one another, creating a sense of unity. By the end, Alopecia might not make any sense, but it is a rewarding musical journey. A.O. Hibbard —

These four ensembles may not be the household—or domwoom—names that IJieir competitors are, but they’re taking the dancefkx>r less trod-and trying to take Duke by storm.

DefMo and Sabrosura, That’s what comes to mind when most students think of dance at Duke, But a revolution is underway in the Gothic Wonderland, Dance is not only expanding but diversifying; new groups with strong cultural influences are mixing and matching with fresh forms of dance, From Wil- A son Recreation Center to 5 the West Campus Plaza, JP students are stretching the limits, providing plenty of avenues for moves. The New Kids on the Block Senior JohnnyTran left for his DukeEngage trip in Vietnam excited to work in the strategy and marketing department of a nonprofit organization. He returned determined to add a new element to the Duke dance scene. Upon seeing some local children breakdancing in the streets of Hanoi, Tran slowly joined their crew throughout the summer, despite some obvious obstacles. “I can’t even speak Vietnamese,” Tran said. “But I danced with them ever)’ day. It really taught me that some things transcend language. I wanted to bring thatkind of freestyle dancing to Duke.” The result ofTran’s vision is Stop Motion Crew, a team of around 20 who can be seen dancing around West Campus and in the occasional Wilson rehearsal room. Like Tran, many members were drawn to the combination of the flashy and the physical that breakdancing provides. “It’s something people see and it’s got that ‘wow’ factor. It’s very impressive,” said Jan Ogilvie, track and field jumping coach and the group’s faculty adviser. “It will definitely bring a new type of flavor to the Duke dance culture.” In addition to their popping and power moves, Stop Motion Crew strives for a welcoming atmosphere. Two of the team’s three weekly rehearsals are open to non-members because the dancers pride themselves on spreading an art form that does not require complex rehearsals.

“You can do it whenever and you don’t need a large of people,” said senior Addison Nuding, the group’s vice president. “We’ll set up our cardboard and dance anywhere.” Although their focus remains on freestyle dancing, the crew does plan on performing a choreographed routine at LNY. Tran is tight-lipped about the routine, revealing only that it is called “Ninja vs. Kung-Fu Master” and that it will be “awesome.” Ambitions might currendy outnumber members, but Tran and his crew member are confident they are on dieir way to becoming a fixture of Duke’s dancing scene. amount

Bollywood meets the Bronx Bhangra is so hot right now. Students who frequent Shooters wouldknow. “You go to a club, and there’s a 50 to 70 percent chance that you’ll hear a bhangra song, or a bhangra song mixed in with hip-hop and rap,” sophomore Romeen Sheth said. “They do that so much.” The Duke Dhamaka team isn’t complaining. The campus’ bhangra team showcases its fast-paced movements, which include elements of the modem and old, with students here and across the nation. The tight-knit group, formed in 2002, consists of 16 competing members, eight women and eight men. Bhangra is probably the most well-known form of Indian dance, originating from the country’s northern Punjab region. In a country fragmented into 28 states and hundreds of languages, dance is one way to bring together India’s cultures. “There are a lot of languages in India, and I don’t necessarily understand a song completely because I speak a different language,” said senior Malika Atmakuri. “But there’s still an aspect—whether it’s the music or the dance or the people that you’re doing it with—you can identify with.” It is no surprise that bhangra teams in the United States are fusing cultures through inducting American elements into their dance. There’s an emerging trend for West Coast teams to mix more Americanized elements to their dance, while East

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Coast groups have kept more traditional aspects, Sheth said. Though the addition of hip-hop to bhangra adds a stronger beat and higher energy, Dhamaka favors a purer version of bhangra. In maintaining a more traditional flare, it helps students to identify with bhangra’s Punjabi and Indian roots, Atmakuri said. “At a place like Duke, where people are from all over the place, [it’s important that] you can identify with a certain culture,” she said. “WeTe focused on one area so people really know what it’s about.” Dhamaka’s push to bring cultural awareness to campus is matched with recognizable skill. B The team has placed with high marks B at competiBs tio n s .

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second recently, the team snagged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Aaj Ka Dhamaka in November. Members hope to qualify next semester for Dhol Di Awaz in California and Bhangra Blowout in Washington, D.C., the largest collegiate competitions of their kind on each coast. Though practice gets intense near competitions, members still have a lot of fun and are willing to put in the time, Atmakuri said. “There’s something about this dance that is just... ridiculous,” she said. “The amount of energy, the amount of movement, the amount of exhilaration. I walk off the stage not being able to breathe and people have to carry me off, but it’s so worth it in the end.”

captain of this year’s team. Although the group had

change that image. The result? A 40-member ensemble with some serious dancing chops. not gotten past “[People] think of it as... pretty, dinky, cheesy, happy,” the prelimishe said. “We really have exposed them to other aspects nary round of that are really interesting and make it seem more like a nationals since legitimate dance style to actual dancers.” 2005, last year’s team placed eighth. Members were pleased When senior Aaron Lee joined DCDT—then known as with the outcome, but this year’s squad has made changes Chinese Folk Dance—his freshman year, the group had 10 believe will result in an even higher finish. Aside from they members and only performed very traditional ethnic Han hiring a professional choreographer, the team has impledances, he said. mented a weekly practice dedicated to strength and condi“Teresa brought a lot ofbackground ofdances,” Lee said. tioning—on top of three dance practices. “Now, DCDT has a broader range ofChinese dances.” “We are just constandy making sure we are improving Under Ai’s direction, the group has shifted its focus our physical selves and stamina,” said senior Lisa Hafer, from what she describes as “fans and ribbons and all the the team’s other co-captain. to pretty slow things” more eclectic dances inspired by Yet perhaps the most important addition to this year’s team China’s many ethnic groups. is the arrival of their new coach, Alayne Rusnak, who doubles “We choose a lot of minority pieces and we take some as Duke’s cheerleading coach. Both Hopper and Hafer said more modernized mainstream dances,” she said. “We move a coach with the cheerleaders is a tremendousadvansharing away from the stereotypical in our dance choices.” tage, allowing more communication between the two squads Their repertoire for Awaaz this year reflects this new foand less confusion on game days. cus. Their dance arrangement was a medley ofDun Huang, What’s obvious is that despite performing with permamainstream Chinese dance and Tibetan-inspired styles. Dun nent smiles on their faces, these girls mean business. Being Huang is based on Buddhist cave paintings, allowing DCDT a member of the team is a full-time commitment, often to incorporate elements of Indian dance as well. taking priority over other obligations. Lee said the off-the-beaten-path dances they chose em“I think practice is more mandatory than class,” Hopbody one of the group’s goals: to spread more awareness of per said. how vast Chinese culture actually is. Although Duke Dhamaka, DCDT, Stop Motion Crew “We’re bringing all these different types of dances, and and the Dancing Devils have differing backgrounds and some people have not even heard of the minorities that we styles, all share the goal of providing more dancing options represent—even amongst Asian community,” he said. on campus. Whether it’s on a piece of cardboard in the DCDT has also expanded its range of performance venmiddle of the plaza, in front of their peers in Page or with ues. In addition to preparing for the annualLunar New Year thousands of screaming fans at nationals, these teams are show, the team participated in Awaaz this year and has been each expressing similar love and a passion for dance. preparing hard for its own showcase in April. Collaborating “Dance is an art form that is evolving constantly,” Hopwith other groups such as DefMo and Lasya allows them to per said. ‘You always have to keep up.” construct more of a “public image,” Ai said. Or get down, for that matter. With the enthusiasm it has created, DCDT has reached its maximum capacity for members and has filled Page Auditorium to the brim, Lee added. It currently doesn’t hold auditions, and the troupe would like to keep it that way. “It’s important to me that [the group] stays as a venue for exploration and not something that’s competitive,” Ai said. “It’d be nice to keep it casual.”

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Less Frill, More Thrill Junior Teresa Ai is tired of people assuming Chinese dance is as simple as kung-fu moves, fans and ribbons. So Ai and the Duke Chinese Dance Troupe are out to

The Dancing Devils are usually thought of as halftime show entertainment for basketball routs (the good kind) and football blowouts (the bad kind). But although the team takes its performances at athletic events seriously, the true test comes at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship every April. Here, the group uses the skills honed on Duke’s courts and fields to compete against larger schools like Texas and UCLA. Their performance is a 90-second routine consisting of 30-second segments for palm, hip-hop and jazz dancing. “It’s a completely different style of dance than anything else at Duke,” said sophomore Chantel Hopper, a co-

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�� Heath Ledger’s turn as the WALl Van Sant’s Milk (see review on left) made year in film. But the year provided more material than summer blockbusters and Following is a list of four smaller or documentaries—that are some of the y

According to Google Maps, driving from Darwin, Australia, where

Baz Luhrmann’s latest work is set, to Sydney takes one day and 23 hours. Coincidentally, that is about how long Australia feels. Native Aussie Nicole Kidman takes on a British accent in this visually engaging but seemingly unending film, playing the aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley. She arrives in northern Australia to find her husbandkilled and their property threatened by the local cattle baron. With the brooding cowboy Drover (Hugh Jackman) and the adorable half-white, halfaborigine Nullah, the story’s narrator (Brandon Walters), she sets off to drive her cattle to the port town of Darwin to save her land. Oh—and as if a cattle drive, Hugh Jackman’s chiseled abdomen and racial politics of 1942 Australia weren’t enough, Japan has just bombed Darwin on the heels ofPearl Harbor. The shots of Australia’s rugged red canyons and cliffs are stunning, and Kidman and Jackman skillfully play out their generic roles. But Australia! s trouble is that it tries to be too many movies at once. It’s a Western, a war epic, a love story and a poignant study of Australia’s aborigine assimilation policy—but it succeeds at none of these things. Genre-bending is fine, butLuhrmann seems to be creating wholly separate movies. When the grueling cattle drive reaches its conclusion, we assume the movie will tie up loose ends and conclude; there is no such relief. The Western section is followed by Drover and Sarah’s love story, then the bombing of

Darwin and the leading pair’s struggle to retrieve Nullah from a mixed-race orphanage. It’s Lonesome Dove meets Pearl Harbormeets Walkabout—and the result, though aesthetically beautiful and entertaining enough, is underwhelming. —Leslie Griffith

MILK DIR. G. VAN SANT FOCUS FEATURES

Gus Van Sant’s Milk is the best film for 2008. A biopic, Milk tells the story of slain civil rights leader and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to major public office. Sean Penn delivers a nuanced and affecting performance in the title role, eerily capturing the real man’s carriage. Josh Brolin holds his own as Dan White, Milk’s assassin, providing the character with a meaty subtext as only Brolin could. The rest of the cast—James Franco and Emile Hirsch, to name a few—shines, as does Van Sant’s direction. Writer Dustin Lance Black’s script, in spite ofborrowing the structure and some dialogue from the

1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, also deserves praise. But Milk transcends biopic, drawing parallels between America in 1978 and 2008. Harvey Milk, with his barrier-breaking election and message of hope, was the Barack Obama of his day. His successful fight against California Proposition 6, a ballot issue to ban gays from teaching in public schools, is all the more poignant in light of Proposition 8. But the film’s relevance to modern times is deeper than politics. Unlike other heavy-hitting films of the-year that dwell on the sad state of the world, Milk is a film of hope, celebrating the possibility of a

brighter tomorrow. Milk might lack the technical and aesthetic aspects that cinephiles look for, but the strength ofits performances and its message are enough. More than any other film of the year, even the environmentally-minded WALL-E, the film captures the Zeitgeist of 2008. It is more than a movie. As Harvey Milk famously said, “You have to give them hope.” And that’s just what Milk delivers. A.O. Hibbard

Writer/director Joachim Trier’s terpiece premiered in 2006 on the festival did not receive a proper U.S. release until Trier’s debut follows the lives of 20-soi friends Erik and Phillip as they deal with the success and failure in the world offiction mocking and embracing cliches about is brilliantly written, acted and directed, element is the editing. Nary a detail nor wasted, making it 2008’s most well-rounded My Winnipeg Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the tablished art-house name. Don’t expect Myk mainstream—but rest assured that Maddin medium of film for all it’s worth. Winnipeg is a of autobiography and documentary, expl< maker’s hometown. Maddin juxtaposes of the city with black-and-white recreations The film is absurd through and through, ’ the cake is Maddin’s witty and colorful enough to be in a book—that drives the Bomb It

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Last weekend in Los Angeles, with only five teams in the country still alive in the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils discovered that sometimes, the California sunshine is not all that bright, as top-seeded UCLA eliminated Duke 6-1 in the national quarterfinals. And even though the sun had already set on the Blue Devils’ season, they were not myopic enough to ignore the bright spots that had emerged o throughout the year and ucoouu specifically in the loss to the Bruins. F°r the secWramm 1 1 ond straight season, the Blue Devils advanced to the elite eight, exceeding expectations and overcoming adversity in the process. “We had a fantastic year,” head coach Robbie Church said after UCLA ended Duke’s national championship hopes. “Three-hundred ten teams out there would’ve loved to have been in the situation we’re in right now.” As the regular season came to a close, though, few would have predicted the Blue Devils (15-6-3) to be in that position, to still be alive after three games in the NCAA tournament.

Duke struggled on the road at the end of the season, likely because of an onslaught of injuries and fatigue from playing five of its last six matches away from Koskinen Stadium. In the five road matches, all against conference opponents, the Blue Devils posted a 1-2-2 record and only managed to net three goals collectively. Gone was the highpowered offense that powered Church’s squad in the early season, and, as a result, Duke lost its top-10 ranking. SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 8

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ACC teams like to run and win with high-powered offenses. Big Ten teams prefer to grind it out and win with superior post play. Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie knows all about the differences between the ACC and Big Ten and what happens when teams from the two power conferences clash in the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. After all, she coached Michigan State in the Big Ten before coming to Duke and was named the league’s coach of the year in 2005. McCallie will revisit some of her coaching roots Thursday when the No. 12 Blue Devils play lowa at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “The ACC is a much quicker, up-tempo, athletic, first-step style,” McCallie said. “The Big Ten is probably a slower, more deliberate game.... I have a great deal of respect for the Big Ten conference.” In the matchup between deliberate and explosive playing styles, the Blue Devils (4-1) have more to prove than they usually do so early in December. Last year, the first under McCallie, Duke struggled to keep up with the ACC’s high-scoring offensive powers,

and the problem has spanned seasons. While they scored 77 points in their season-opening win over then-No. 14 Oklahoma State, the Blue Devils only posted 51 points in a stunning loss to Hartford and 59 in a squeaker win over Western

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Some of the offensive problems against the Hilltoppers, though, stemmed from the lack of a true point guard. Starting point guard Jasmine Thomas missed that game with a left MCL sprain, and she will be out for two weeks. Her backup, Chelsea Hopkins, left the game early in the second half with a lateral meniscus injury. She will undergo surgery Thursday and will be further evaluated afterward. To fill the void, Duke will likely have to rely on senior guard Abby Waner, a natural shooting guard that stepped into the point guard slot at times last year. McCallie will ask Waner to push the tempo of the game, but also anchor the team’s perimeter defense. Waner has accumulated a team-high 14 steals this season, and her presence in the backcourt could help the Blue Devils SEE W. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 8

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W. BASKETBALL from page 7 overpower the Hawkeyes (4-3). “I am excited about our team playing an aggressive, up-tempo style and playing our game,” McCallie said. Another challenge for Duke will rest in the frontcourt, where Big Ten teams are typically strong. lowa’s backcourt is relatively weak in comparison, but the post players make up for what’s lost on the perimeter. Led by seniors Megan Skouby and Wendy Ausdemore at 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-2, respectively, lowa forms a sizeable force in the paint that forwards Chante Black, Joy Cheek and Carrem Gay will have to counter. The Blue Devils will rely on their matchup zone, anchored by the forwards, for the adroit Duke backcourt to dicate the tempo in ACC fashion. In her only game against Big Ten competition at Duke, though, McCallie’s team put up points and still lost. Last year, the Blue Devils traveled to Penn State and dropped an 86-84 heartbreaker to the Nittany Lions. The difference between that game and this year’s contest, besides Duke’s increased experience, could be the venue. The Blue Devils have not lost at home this season, and most of their problems have arisen or) the road. With tonight’s game, Duke kicks off a three-game homestand that continues Sunday against another Big Ten foe, Michigan, and ends with a Dec. 16 marquee matchup with No. 4 Stanford. The Blue Devils want to start the stretch in style—and to do so, they might have to combine the best of both conferences with a highpowered offense and a stingy half-court defense. “We worked hard on the road with various challenges and certainly adversity,” McCallie said. “But we love playing in Cameron. We love the incredible fans.”

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activity. And because art has been at the center of the city’s most recent push to revitalize downtown, it is encouraging to see the DPAC open on the heels of the disappointing defeat of the Durham Food Tax, whose proceeds would have gone toward similar cultural amenities. Of course, it is now becoming obvious that DPAC could not have opened at a worse economic time. In hindsight, it would have been better to invest in smaller local artistic efforts

until people actually have money again to spend on expensive concert tickets. Now that it is open, though, one can only guess that DPAC will probably have to wait awhile to realize its full potential. During this beginning period, the city needs to be patient. It will require both Durham residents and Triangle visitors to sell out shows at this 2,800-seat venue, and so it is in the DPAC’s interest to be heavily involved in community outreach. Yet amid such an influx of outside visitors, the DPAC must remember the local community. Sure, everyone benefits from tourism revenue and a lively downtown. But it would be a shame to see DPAC’s ticket prices remain

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so high that many Durham residents don’t have access to the performances that are going on in their backyard. As the Center says on itsWeb site, “Every community needs a great place to gather.” On that note, DPAC figures to be a great opportunity to strengthen relations between the University and Durham. In return for control of a section of Anderson Street, the University contributed a generous $7.5 million to the project. Moreover, Duke University Union is rightly collaborating with the DPAC to ensure that students get discounts on shows. In short, the arts scene is turning out to be perhaps the most dynamic medium in which the Duke community

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and the Durham community are coming together. even (The University shares a common artist with DPAC. Jaume Plensa, the artist who made the illuminated sculpture named Tattoo that appeared on the Plaza last year, has made another light sculpture for the West Campus Plaza in front of the DPAC.) And despite reservations about the economy, the DPAC is now ready and needs to be used. The building’s glass architecture is intriguing, its grand size is impressive and its list of upcoming shows is exciting. We should all congratulate the intent of the DPAC and do our part to make sure it lives up to its promise. David Graham recused himselffrom this editorial.

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passed the father of the baby as her favorite man. After you’ve formed your “doctor-patient relationship,” all you’ve got to do is waitand avoid doing anything to jeopardize that relationship. A lot of things happen between this point and the point where the baby comes out, but most of them happen inside the pregnant woman’s hanging out. (1 he liver is not such an vagina, where you as a medical student cannot The cervix is dilating, the uterus is pushing see. exciting organ.) and the baby’s head is slowly moving down. This I’ve seen a wife of Plexiglas, would be cool if women were crying as her husbut not. wheeled they’re band is Eventually, the baby is ready to come out. You’ll back to emergency know that the baby is ready to come out because surgery, a woman’s the pregnant woman stops feeling like she has a alex fanaroff beautifully painted before baby pressing on her cervix, and starts feeling like toes right gubernaculum she has to make a Number Two. Seriously. we amputated her At that moment, you’ve got to get your hands charred-black feet to his after and a son tearfully apologizing parents ready. Things are going to happen pretty fast from his life accident. now on. in a motorcycle endangering Catching a baby is less like playing catcher in All of those are nice, of course, but you could Health baseball and more like receiving the center snap or probably see any of them on Discovery

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in a Lifetime movie—l mean, if that’s the type of in football. Step one: Resist the urge to pull on a helmet thing you’re into. Anyway, the only thing that I’ve done that you and start barking out, “Blue Forty-Two! Blue Fortyreally have to be a doctor or a med student (or a Two! Hut! Hut!” midwife, or the guy who stayed at a Holiday Inn Step two: Put the heels of your hands together Express last night) to truly experience is deliver- and poise your hands at the opening of the vagina. Step three: In the downdme between pushes, ing a baby. And since most of you will never have I’d wonder whether you’re supposed to be looking at the experience of catching a baby, I thought how-to the or the woman’s face; come to no cona guide. vagina present The first thing you should know is that catching clusion. Step four: Here comes the baby’s head! Grab it! a baby doesn’t start when the baby’s head comes out. No, it starts up to a day or two beforehand, Step five: The baby’s head comes out, followed when you plant the seeds of baby-catching. closely by the body. It’s coming faster than you Understandably, most women don’t want a think it will. medical student waltzing into their room when Step six: Pick the baby up off the floor and dust the their off. down, naked from waist on it lying (Kidding!) they’re Step seven: Take a good look at the baby’s back, sweating and in pain with a baby’s head about to come out of their vaginas. I mean, when genitals; babies are born with very swollen labia/ I have my own first child, I probably won’t mind, scrotums, and there’s nothing more embarrassing but I’m a boy, so I don’t really count. than telling mom that her little Josephine is really So as a medical student, what you do is walk ajoseph. into the room and do what we doctors call “formStep eight: Give the baby to Mom, and tell Dad a This is a comthat he can cut the cord if he has revived himself ing doctor-patient relationship.” plex process that involves saying, “Hi, my name is after passing out. Alex. I’m a medical student helping out the docAnd that’s really all there is to it! tors. Do you mind if I’m here for the birth?” (Optional step nine: Pick the baby up by its Because pregnant women are not, contrary to armpits and start singing the opening song from popular belief, only slightly less scary than wishing The Lion King. Bonus points if you have med Mel Gibson a good fast on Yom Kippur, they ususchool classmates back you up on the vocals while “Yes.” women are ally say, (Pregnant only slightly dressed as giraffes and elephants.) scarier than normal women, mostly because they Alex Fanaroff, Trinity ’O7, is a second-year medical have a baby inside of them.) If you bring the student. His column runs every other Thursday. pregnant woman a ginger ale, you’ve basically sur-

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The Bureau’s announcement received so much attention because it’s important to know when we’re in a recession. Congress and the Fed, our main economic policymakers, ought to have solid justification to take action. They have to use strong medicine to get us out of a downturn, and if the patient isn’t really that sick, then the treatments will cause larger problems down the road. In particular, increases in government spending and the money supply could lead to runaway inflation—also a very nasty problem—if the economy really isn’t in recession. But there is a big trade-offbetween accuracy and timeliness at work here. Because our economy is so huge and complex, it takes a long time to gather enough evidence and sort through it to make a reliable judgment on the state of the business cycle. At any given time, there are many businesses and industries that are booming, and others that are imploding. In addition, it simply takes time to gather the data that economists need. The gross domestic product numbers, for example, are only published every three months—and often revised two or three times as more data trickles in. The NBER, which

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is all about accuracy, takes its time in order to make sure that the evidence really does show the economy has gone from expansion to contraction. But the rest of us can’t wait for the Bureau to tell us for sure that we’re in a recession. Businesses have to decide in March how much they are going to produce for the holiday season, so they can get all the stuff into stores in time. And if policymakers want to prevent a severe recession, they should be putting stimulus packages into place just as the economy turns down. So we go ahead and make our decisions under a lot of uncertainty, wishing that we had a more reliable idea about the true state of the economy than the one given by the talking heads on CNBC and Bloomberg. What we need is a new economics think tank that has the credibility of the NBER but the willingness to make more timely pronouncements about the economy, fully realizing that they won’t be completely accurate. To emphasize this, I propose that the organization be called The Econ Dudes, and that all of their statements should contain elements of Dudespeak. For example, the Econ Dudes could have issued a statement in January 2008 stating, “Dudes, we’re probably in a recession.” They could also issue statements about other developing business and economic events. Imagine if only The Econ Dudes had been around in 2006 to say to Bear Stearns “Dudes, your due diligence on those CDOs really sucks.” This way, the NBER can stick to putting the exact dates on the business cycle whenever they get around to it, and the rest of us can do what we ought to be doing with that information: ignoring it, so we can get back to dealing with the problems that The Econ Dudes have been talking about for months. Connel Fullenkamp is the associate director ate studies for economics.

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blast of air conditioning hits my face as I walk through the guarded doors. It is like walking into a little haven from the humidity and dust that characterize Mumbai. The Gateway of India stands dianita raheja rectly behind me as I enter the majestic iconic build- guest commentary ing called The Taj Mahal Hotel. It seems as if every time I come to India, there is always that wonderful journey to the Taj for some fancy meal, whether Christmas dinner or a light lunch as on this day. My cousins, my friend and I walk into a restaurant and are greeted with the aroma of delicious food. Our eyes feast on the array of desserts on display as the staff leads us to our table and helps us into our chairs. Our meal is incredible, but the most memorable part is dessert. At first, we can’t quite decide which delectable item we want to share until suddenly our eyes fall on one interesting line, “ice cream burger.” Our curiosity overcomes us and we can’t resist ordering the dish. Lo and behold, our dessert is exactly what we don’t expect, a sweet bun with ice cream in between, a side of sweet bread French fries and pomegranate ketchup to top it off. Immediately, the whole table erupts with laughter and several pictures are taken as we devour our ice cream burger. We had so much fun that Monday afternoon. In that moment, when I was close to tears with laughter in the grand Taj Hotel, life was great. I could not have even imagined the news I would wake up to that Thursday morning. The news that terrorists were attacking the Taj Hotel that I fell in love with. As I entered the bus filled with my relatives to take us to visit the famous Taj Mahal in Agra, my parents informed me that terrorists had entered not only the Taj Hotel, but also several other well-known hotels. Terrorists had taken hostages and were killing without a purpose. The attack wasn’t over, and even as we spoke, people were under attack in one of the liveliest cities in the world. I couldn’t comprehend that just a few days ago, I had been sitting in the glamorous hotel that was now un-

der siege. The news that some terrorists were employees working at the Taj was a bit overwhelming as I thought about the fact that I could have come into contact with one of them. Over the next few days, things were slightly different. We were far from Mumbai and here life went on, people went to work, attended weddings and toured the tourist sites. But security was tighter all over New Delhi and I could tell everyone’s conversations always turned to the attacks. I arrived back in Mumbai on Saturday, the day the attacks ended. Immediately, I noticed quieter streets not empty, but not as crowded. The hustle-and-bustle of everyday Mumbai hid behind closed doors as people listened to the news, deciding not to venture out and continue their normal routines. Everyone knew someone who was in the attacks, whether it was a cousin’s uncle’s wife’s brother-in-law or a neighbor. Everything was hit close to home. But despite all the terrible stories, Mumbai knew that it had to keep moving. The following days were crucial and more people returned to their normal schedules. That was the important part: the people of Mumbai knew the terrorists wanted to destroy their way of life. But Mumbai and India know that they have to move on and get past this. There are stores to be opened, people to be remembered and buildings to be fixed. Indians are determined to find away to prevent future attacks and to figure out why this one happened. They are rebuilding their majestic city in memory of those they lost and the suffering of those who experienced the attacks. Being here reminds me that we are all blessed to live each day. There are numerous victims of these attacks, and my thoughts and prayers go out to their families. I value my experience through this difficult time in Mumbai. I write as I sit in my grandmother’s house in Mumbai, enjoying extra time with family—and ready to go home to Duke and live my life. —

Anita Raheja is a Pratt sophomore. A candlelight vigil remembering the victims ofthe Mumbai attacks will be held today at 6:30 p.m. on the Chapel steps.

Shut down SOA At the School of the Americas protest two weekends ago in Ft. Benning, Ga., I met a woman named Maria from El Salvador who had been tortured by SOA graduates. She had been working with teachers’ unions during the civil war, in which leftist, Communist and peasant groups, backed by the Soviet Union, fought the right-wing junta government, backed by America. The El Salvadorian junta committed documented massacres of Catholic clergy and relief workers, and tortured and assassinated suspected insurgents lie Maria. Her spine, arm and clavicle were broken, her son was killed and she had to flee the country. I cried for her and the countless documented and undocumented victims, including members of my mother’s family in Colombia. My father, a conservative, was furious when he heard I was at the SOA Watch. The enemies of America have changed faces, it seems, but are still gunning to compromise our economic interests unless we churn out SOA graduates. He yelled at me, calling me a Chavez supporter (I am not) and arguing that the documented cases of SOA graduates committing human rights abuses are so small, why shut down the whole organization? Not only is that logic ridiculous, insensitive and un-American, but it also ignores what the SOA actually is. The SOA is solely in existence to train military groups to act in Latin America on behalf of American interests.

I told my father that I thought this attitude is disgusting and ignorant. Hundreds of victims of SOA atrocities—as well as many major religious and international organizations, American veterans and every kind of political organization—were joining us in protesting the SOA. All these people crossed boundaries to recognize that America’s involvement in Latin America has directly led to human rights abuses and atrocities. And I saw that, without a doubt, people like my father who support the SOA are the ones who are myopic and ill-informed. Just imagine yourself going to Ft. Henning, witnessing the stories of victims, and watching U.S. military helicopters circling above and police taking aim preemptively on a peaceful rally of people including children and clergy. Or put yourself in the shoes of so many Latin Americans; afraid to fight for your beliefs under threat of torture, and having to watch your friends and family being tortured and killed by groups with U.S. ties. Then you can’t possibly think that America’s interests are worth supporting atrocity in any degree and sacrificing America’s ideals of freedom and commitment to human

rights. My point, and the point of the SOA Watch, is to demand that the American government have zero involvement in any way with human rights abuse, and get out of Latin America. That is our prerogative as citizens of the premier country in the world. It is absolutely necessary to condemn America’s long history of protecting its own interests in Latin America at the expense of oversight, human rights and international credibility. It is absolutely our right, privilege and duty to protest these decades of silent suffering in Latin America and speak out against our country’s involvement in war crimes. We need to shut down the School of the Americas. We need to get out ofLatin America.

Nicole Diaz Nelson Trinity 'O9

THE CHRONICLE

12 I THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,2008

BRAVO! Fall 2008 Phi Beta l\appa Initiates

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and largest academic honor society, was founded on December 5, 1776 by five students at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Since then, it has evolved to become the nation’s leading advocate for arts and sciences at the undergraduate level. Phi Beta Kappa elects over 15,000 new members a year from 276 prestigious chapters across the United States. The Society’s distinctive emblem, a gold key (with the Greek character Phi along with B and K as the initials of the name of the society), is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement. The Duke Chapter, Beta of North Carolina, was formed in 1920 at Trinity College. We are delighted to receive into membership the following:

Devin Alavian

Leslie Ann Kirkman

Deepika Hamsini Ravi

Julia Lees Allen

Kristin Ann Knouse

Laura Elizabeth Robinson

Kristin McKenzie Alves

Jordan Reid Komberg

Allison Suzanne Rogers

Adam David Barter Romin Bonakdar

Michael Scott Kuritzky

Margaret Celeste Rohlfing

Shawn Gaurav Kwatra

Logan Zade Runyon

Erica Michelle Bossen

Sagar Prakash Sanghvi

Ryan Michael Bott

Andrew Robert Lee Elissa Lerner

Maijorie Elizabeth Bryan

Bronwyn A. Lewis

Jeffrey W. Buchan Hans Dietrich Buder

Daniel Ryan McCartney Margaret Daniels McSpadden

Mary Theresa Carnesale

Ryan T. Miller

Daniel Rockford Singer Eric Anthony Sliva

Andrew Sungmin Cheon

Caitlin Elizabeth Milligan

Benjamin Curran Sosnaud

Soo-Jung Choi

Matthew Paul Moore Kathleen Marie Murphy

Jennifer B. Staton Kelly Jane Stephenson

Kelley Chuang

Rachel Hana Saperstein Kristen Marie Seiler Sophie Grace Shay

Melissa Nicole Dackis Manchuta Dangkulwanich

Mhoire Lynn Murphy

Evan Michael Stewart

Istvan Andras Nadas

David Andrew Absalon Talley

Ria Dirghayu Desai

Jason Michael Nassof

Jennifer Leigh Tanaka

Hailey Armstrong Fcrber

Paula Danielle Taylor

Daniel Noble Genkins

Abirami Natarajan Margaret Leschen Naunheim

Stephen Ross Goettle

Nathalie Bracha Neches

Vanja Vlahovic

Nathaniel Zachary Goodman

Daniel Jung Pak Brian Douglas Pearson

Eric Shyiyuan Wang Caroline Lovejoy Whistler

Maanasa Indaram

Alisa Prager Harish Raja

Kristina Elizabeth Wilson

Wendy Stampfl Jaglom

Sarah Elena Ramig

Megan Elizabeth Woodford

Elizabeth Kelly

Simone Aleiz Randolph

David Ruidong Zhang

Aashna Ahmed Kircher

Gaston James Rauch

Keith Baum Greenberg

Jennifer Lynn Herring

Cameron Alexander VanSant

Haoming Wang