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Shell-shocker? Duke will try to upset Maryland, the ACC’s only undefeated team, in College Park Saturday. See page 11

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Professors react to online course data Some teachers express optimism, others oppose posting evaluations By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

With ACES Web reporting

course evaluation data along-

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS Doug Segars (left) and Terry Schuster (right), both juniors, participate in a training exercise. Soon, EMTs will be present at campus parties.

EMS to monitor West parties Administrators hope student EMTs will increase safety By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

students.

Previously, EMS events only after being called. Administrators hope that the emergency medical technicians, trained and certified in emergency care, will be more responsive by being near students who get sick from alcohol and other drugs. “I don’t expect much reaction at all, other than the students feeling they are in a safer environment,” said Sue Wasiolek, came to

Undergraduates can expect another layer of monitoring at West Campus parties from now on, as the University begins stationing student EMS workers closer to potential emergencies. Starting this weekend, about two students from Duke Emergency Medical Services will work each party or other designated areas on campus to help ensure the safety of other

assistant vice president for student affairs. “That’s our goal: to create a safer environment.” The EMTs will have the same responsibilities in responding to students who need medical attention, and they will be visible in regular EMS T-shirts. “They are not there to enforce any rules... and I think that they

have always been hesitant to force their services upon other students,” Wasiolek said. See EMS

on page 10

side registration information, faculty reaction to the renewed Arts and Sciences initiative has been mixed. Michael Hunger, political science department chair, identified two schools of thought among faculty. “One [view] would be that any information the students have to base their decision is fine,” Hunger said. “The other concern is that high rankings will be misconstrued... when there’s a problem with high evaluations and high-inflation grades.” He said that in his department, the decision about posting the data has been left to individual professors, as in most Trinity College departments. The English department, however, chose not to publish any data. Chair Maureen Quilligan could not be reached for comment Thursday.

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Director of Assessment for Trinity College Matt Serra, who worked on the course evaluations project with Dean of

Trinity College Robert Thompson, said 75 percent of courses have evaluation information online. He noted that no information is available for Writing 20 courses or introductory sub-100-level courses in Spanish, French and Italian. “The most common reason given for withholding a course [evaluation] had to do with the non-continuity of the instructor,” Serra wrote in an e-mail. “That is, the person who taught the course in spring 2001 was not a regular-rank faculty member continuing on at Duke or was a graduate student.” Ingeborg Walther, an assistant professor ofthe practice in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, said faculty need more time to debate the merits of publishing evaluation data online. “There are faculty—myself See EVALUATIONS on page 7 �

The Bioterrorism Threat

Health officials confirm more anthrax infections By DAVID ESPO

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

A CBS employ-

ee who opens Dan Bather’s mail and a postal worker in New Jersey were added Thursday to the roster of

homeland security in the wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands in New York and Washington.

Standing by Ridge’s side at a news conference, Surgeon General David Satcher said stockpiles of antibiotics are sufficient to respond to the anthrax threat, and FBI Director Robert Mueller announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprits behind a spate ofanthrax-tainted mail. Even apart from the new cases of anthrax, there was ample evidence of inconvenience, dislocation and perhaps worse as the government struggled against a lethal spore so tiny it is invisible to the human eye.

Americans infected with anthrax. As many as three more people reported telltale skin lesions that may signify additional cases.. “Our labs are working around the clock to try and get clarity,” said Dr. Julie Gerberding of the Atlantabased Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disclosures brought the number of confirmed cases of anthrax nationwide to six since Oct. 4 and complicated the Bush administration’s effort to reassure an anxious nation it Congressional activity was miniwas working aggressively to combat mal; the House officially shut down bioterrorism and other threats. and the Senate remained in session “Our antennae are up for all conbut its sprawling complex of three ofceivable risks,” said Tom Ridge, apfice buildings closed. Officials said See ANTHRAX on page 10 � pointed the nation’s first director of

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C'ly Council candidates discussed several issues at a forum last night, including downtown development and Durham’s competitiveness with other cities. See page 3

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Fiery training As a training exercise for the Durham Fire Department, several apartment buildings at the intersection of LaSalle Street and Erwin Road were set on fire. The 50-year-old buildings were scheduled to be torn down.

Although many people believe birth order plays a role in one’s personality, scientists say the evidence for the theory is doubtful. See page 4

The N.C. House of Representatives approved a bill that would make it illegal to use fake identification when entering a business that sells alcohol. See page 4

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OCTOBER 19, 2001

Americans bomb center of Kabul

American jets bombarded the center of the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, and residents said a strike that hit homes killed at least five civilians. •

Group confirms death of al-Qaida veteran

A veteran al-Qaida fighter was kilted by a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan, a London-based Islamic group said Thursday. It was the first reported death of an established figure from Osama bin Laden’s terror network during the two-week bombing campaign. •

Pentagon purchases satellite images

To supplement its own intelligence, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, an arm of the Defense Department, has bought all of the rights to pictures of Afghanistan taken by a commercial imaging satellite owned by privately-held Space Imaging Inc. •

Canada orders 1 million anti-anthrax tablets

Declaring that “these are extraordinary and unusual times," Canada’s health ministry ordered 1 million tablets of an anti-anthrax drug not approved for use in Canada, a government spokesperson said. •

Ban on Internet taxes expires Sunday

A ban on taxes that target the Internet expires Sunday. Mired in a dispute over how state sales taxes should apply to billions of dollars in e-commerce, Congress declined to pass an extension Thursday. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Terror tops Bush’s agenda in China In his first meeting with Jiang, Bush aims to improve strained U.S.-China relations By DAVID SANGER

New York Times News Service

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George W. Bush met Thursday with President Jiang Zemin of China for the first time, vowing to press forward with the war on terrorism even if his coalition partners and the American public grow weary of it. For Bush, there are risks in the meeting, as he seeks to balance the Republican leadership’s suspicion of China and its military buildup with his need to make Beijing a full partner in the counter-terrorism coalition. “You can expect very, very positive talk,” one of Bush’s aides said on the way, while acknowledging that it might be difficult for Bush to declare,

as he had after his first meeting with

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, that he had looked into Jiang’s eyes and found a man that he could trust. Jiang greeted Bush Friday morning on familiar ground: at the Western Guest House, a sprawling estate just outside Shanghai that was taken over by the Communist Party after the revolution in 1949. It was here in Shanghai that Jiang rose through the Communist Party ranks, and he was mayor of the city during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989. He proved his political skills by keeping the city quiet while Beijing was in turmoil and rose rapidly in the ensuing years. Bush’s arrival here Thursday

evening for the three-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum marked his first trip to China since he was a graduate student a quarter century ago, and his first trip abroad since the terrorist attacks in the United States

five weeks ago. But even before the attacks, his meeting with Jiang was considered one of the most critical of his first year in office, especially after the collision of an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter plane earlier this year forced the two men into a confrontation before they had even met. Bush is clearly eager to put that incident behind him. Jiang must See CHINA on page 8

Israel cuts off contact with Palestinians By JAMES BENNET

New York Times News Service

Israeli and Palestinian authorities JERUSALEM talked Thursday about assassination and war rather than any peace process, as their forces clashed in two West Bank cities and their leaders dug in to seemingly irreconcilable positions over the killing Wednesday of Israel’s senior right-wing politician. A top Palestinian official accused the Israelis of plotting to kill Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and some leading Israeli politicians argued that it was time to banish Arafat from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The government Thursday cut off all contact with the Palestinian governing authority. Diplomats who talked with Arafat described him as furious over the Wednesday killing of Rehavam Zeevi, Israel’s tourism minister, which was claimed by a Palestin-

ian fringe group. They said Arafat believed it had jeopardized all progress made toward peace in the last month. But they also said that Arafat would not turn over several suspects arrested by Palestinian authorities, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel demanded late Wednesday night. Sharon’s ultimatum—hand over those responsible or be treated as a sponsor of terrorism—and Arafat’s refusal put the antagonists on course for a collision that American and other diplomats are anxious to avert. U.S. officials in Washington privately voiced concern that a fresh spiral of violence could upset the broader coalition that the Bush administration has been trying to assemble for a global war on terrorism.

Though the Israeli ultimatum self-consciously echoed

demands that President George W. Bush made of See MIDEAST on page 9 �

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 � PAGE 3

Council candidates discuss range of topics at forum The Chronicle

Candidates for the Durham City Council discussed topics that ranged from funding for downtown development to the proper relationship between Duke University and the city at a forum Thursday night. Moderator Mike Shiflett of the Inter-Neighborhood Council, which sponsored the event, opened the forum with a question about Durham’s competitiveness with other cities. Ward 2 candidate Michael Peterson, Trinity ’65, said Durham has the highest taxes, the worst crime rate and the most mismanagement and waste of any city in the state. “I don’t think we are competing right now,” he said. But several incumbents challenged that claim. “Our statistics show that we have consistently gone down [in the crime rate] over the last few years,” said Thomas Stith, who is running for re-election to an at-large seat. “Other cities have corruption; other cities have problems.”

Cora Cole-McFadden, a Ward 1 candidate, said the city possesses a major asset in its diversity. Furthermore, several candidates pointed to the city’s growth, lauding such projects as the Streets at Southpoint mall and the planned redevelopment ofboth the American Tobacco and Liggett & Myers facilities downtown. The question of downtown development resurfaced when the candidates debated the use of public funding—whether via an increase in the hotelmotel occupancy tax or some other source —to pay for a proposed 5,000seat theater downtown. John Best, a Ward 3 candidate, said the city should not spend tax dollars to pay for a facility to be run by a private company, at least not with the current downturn in the economy. “If the theater’s such a good idea... it should be run as a private business,” he said, “That way, if it goes bad, the taxpayers don’t lose as on past projects.”

But others countered that some

public investment would be necessary as an incentive to spur private invest-

ment. Lewis Cheek, an incumbent running for an at-large seat, argued that the city would profit in the long run from downtown revitalization through increases in tax revenue. “We’re trying to draw people into downtown Durham,” he said. “If they think we’re not willing to do it, then they’re sure not going to do it.” Jeffery White, a Ward 1 candidate, called for more restaurants, grocery stores and smaller businesses downtown. “We have to build downtown from the inside out,” he said. The candidates also debated the appropriate dynamic between the city and its institutes of higher education. Some candidates praised Duke for its involvement in the city. Dan Hill, who is running for re-election to an at-large seat, pointed out that the University has pledged to rent space in the American Tobacco facility to spur downtown development, and mounted an initiative to revitalize the neighborhood of Walltown north of East Campus. But Peterson pointed to past disagreements over water bills and payment for fire protection. “We have to drive every nickel out of Duke,” said Peterson, a former editor of The

Chronicle. “Every dollar that they spend is taxexempt,” he said. “As affluent as Duke is, there’s more that they can do.” But Mayor Pro Tern Howard Clement, his opponent for the Ward 2 seat, said the city should take a more positive view of the University. “Duke has come a long way,” he said. “Forty years ago they were like a virtual island among themselves, and they have turned that around.” Other candidates praised North Carolina Central University and Durham Technical Community College for their community involvement and the way they prepare students.

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CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES John Best (left) and Michael Peterson (right) chat after last night’s forum. “I can just say nothing but good best to manage public transit as the things about NCCU,” said Angela Lan- area’s population grows, gley, who is running for re-election to Other candidates present included an at-large seat. “They provide men- Erick Larson, an incumbent running torship programs throughout the for the Ward 3 seat and Joe Williams, inner city.” an at-large candidate. Incumbent The candidates also fielded ques- Tamra Edwards did not appear. The tions on the city’s preparedness for ter- forum was videotaped and will be rorist attacks, whether the council broadcast on local television several should receive a pay raise and how times before the Nov. 6 election.

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Scientists doubt birth order studies House approves � fake ID measure Despite research and subsequent popular perception that the order of birth may affect someone’s personality, some psychologists say the studies are unreliable.

� The bill would make it illegal to use fake identification to enter an establishment that sells alcohol and would also establish a program allowing stores to check IDs electronically.

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To the dismay offirst-borns everywhere, the oldest child in the family may not be the smartest. Despite hype in the press, the order in which children are born may be losing credibility in the academic psychology world as experts frown upon deterministic over generalizations. “There’s a lot of debate about that, a lot of disagreement,” said Ginger Moore, assistant professor of social and health sciences psychology. “There are some... who think it’s incredibly important for personality development. There are others who believe it’s one factor of many other factors.” According to Martha Putallaz, professor of social and health sciences psychology, past birth order studies compiled from questionnaires have led to the popular generalizations associated with development. These studies have suggested that first-born children tend to be overachievers, but are not as socially adept as later-born children. Middle children may be free-spirited and feel less inclined toward fitting into a specific mold, and the youngest children may be more privileged than their siblings. Moore said a lack of consistent findings steers some psychologists away from this research. “There’s contradictory evidence. Some reports say it influences intelligence, other reports say it doesn’t,” she said, noting that the same is true of personality. “I’m sure it influences all these things, but I’m not sure in what direction.” Philip Costanzo, professor of social and health sciences psychology, said these conflicting studies make it difficult to apply birth order to answer psychological questions.

The state House of Representatives approved Thursday a measure that would make it illegal to use a fake identification card to get into an establishment that Tyj VTrrfiTn sells alcohol. iN.C. IILWIS Using a fake ID to buy alcohol TIJTC IFI7J?V is already illegal, but the bill that 1 ill IS W hhK passed the House 112-3 would make it a misdemeanor just to use the ID to enter a place where alcohol is sold, as well as make it illegal to possess or manufacture a fake ID with criminal intent. “This bill sends the message that they need to obey the law, and possession or use of a fraudulent ID is serious and shouldn’t be taken lightly,” Rep. Phil Baddour said during floor debate. The bill would also establish a program to allow stores to electronically check the validity ofcustomers’ driver’s licenses against Division of Motor Vehicles records. The program would receive no tax money, and be funded by a $200,000 grant from a private foundation. But Rep. David Redwine worried that the state might eventually bear the cost for the program. In April, the Senate approved a version ofthe bill that does not include the program; senators must now decide whether to accept the House’s changes.

Easley tells local governments to speed hurricane recovery: More than two years after the

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 � PAGE 5

Judge sentences 4 embassy bombing convicts to life By BENJAMIN WEISER

New York Times News Service

NEW YORK Four terrorists who were convicted in May of conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa were sentenced Thursday to life in prison without any chance of release. Judge Leonard Sand sentenced the four men in a packed courtroom under extraordinarily tight security in the Old

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AN ARTIST’S SKETCH shows the sentencing of four followers of Osama bin Laden, including (from left to right) Wadih El-Hage, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh and Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-’Owhali. The four were convicted in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, just blocks from the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center. The sentence came five weeks after the twin towers and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists in an operation that the United States asserts bin Laden masterminded. Two of the terrorists in court Thursday proclaimed that they were innocent, and the judge reacted with pointed commentary but little emotion. “This is a time not for eloquence, but for justice,” Sand said. None of the four terrorists testified in the trial, and the statements made by the two men were the first they had uttered publicly since the attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dares Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 7,1998, which killed 224 people and wounded thousands. Wadih El-Hage, a naturalized American citizen from Lebanon and a former close aide to bin Laden, told Sand he condemned the African bombings in 1998 as well as the attacks on the trade center and the Pentagon last month. “The killing of innocent people and noncombatants is radical, extreme and cannot be tolerated by any religion, principles, beliefs or values,” said El-Hage,

who, like the other three men, sat with his hands and legs shackled beneath the defense table. But after he went on to describe his life in the United States, gaining citizenship, building a family, and trying to live as a devout Muslim, an indignant prosecutor rose and accused El-Hage of coming to court “with no remorse, no shame and no conscience.” “He had a choice,” prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald declared. “And he chose to go with those who would kill rather than to help himself, his family, his country.” Other than the exchange between ElHage and Fitzgerald, the proceedings were relatively subdued. Given the heightened tensions of recent weeks and fears of more terrorist attacks, the courthouse had prepared for the worst. The building resembled a military base, with federal marshals carrying 12-gauge shotguns, public entrances closed and the screening of visitors increased. The hearing was notable for the unexpected presence of three jurors, who watched from the last row of the courtroom as the men they had convicted months earlier were sentenced. The jurors had been, kept anonymous, another security precaution. But Thursday, two of the visiting jurors agreed to speak with reporters afterward, saying they felt compelled to attend the proceeding after the Sept. 11 attacks. Both jurors spoke on the condition that they remain anonymous. “I had originally had no intention of coming,” said one, an accountant. “I thought we did our jobs to the best of our ability. But on Sept. 11, it became crucial See EMBASSIES on page 7 >

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CDC creates new plan for handling smallpox cases By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Even a single case of smallpox would be an international emergency triggering initial vaccinations for dozens of people close to the patient while detectives traced every step the victim had taken for weeks, says a federal plan obtained by The Associated Press. Although many experts consider a bioterror attack with smallpox unlikely, they have long called for better preparedness. Thus the new plan provides

step-by-step instructions for state health workers who would have to battle a contagious disease not seen for decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is

putting final touches on the plan, work that was accelerated after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. But officials say they consider

the plan operational, and have begun sending it to state health departments so they can designate a person in charge of following the rules to make preparations.

The news conies even as some government officials raise the possibility of one day resuming routine vaccinations ofAmericans against smallpox, inoculations that ended in this country in 1972. The government has 15.4 million doses of smallpox vaccine and hopes to buy an additional 300 million. “It is the intention to determine, after we have sufficient supplies available to commence inoculation, to make the decision at that time,” Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Thursday. Yet chilling photographs in the CDC document show children with severe, sometimes fatal, vaccine side effects—illustrating why routine inoculations would be tough to renew unless smallpox ever reappears.

“You’re always hesitant to immunize people against the disease unless you’re fairly certain that there is going to be a risk,” said Surgeon General David Satcher. In fact, the plan makes clear that entire cities or states won’t get vaccinated unless the CDC has evidence of more than a few cases. Instead, the CDC will carefully apportion vaccine to family, friends, coworkers and other close contacts of a smallpox patient, as well as health workers and others who come in contact with a patient in a hospital. It takes fairly close proximity to catch smallpox—you must be within about six feet of a person suffering the characteristic rash to breathe in the virus—and quickly vaccinating those who live with or work around a patient is protective. “[But] a single case of smallpox would require an immediate and coordinated public health and medical response to contain the outbreak and prevent further infection,” warns the plan’s opening page. Smallpox has not occurred in the United States since 1949; the world’s last naturally occurring case was in Africa in 1977. When smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, all research stocks of the virus were supposed to be con-

tained at the CDC’s Atlanta laboratory and a similar lab in Russia. But the Soviets instead produced smallpox for their bioweapons program in the 1980s, and bioterrorism experts fear some may have spread to terrorist-sponsoring countries. Smallpox symptoms include fever and a pock-like rash all over the body, appearing between seven and 17 days after exposure to the virus. People are contagious from the time the rash appears—particularly in that first week of illness—until the scabs fall off. The CDC’s emergency plan would kick in when a doctor alerts state or federal health officials that a patient should be tested for smallpox, a test that can be confirmed only at the CDC or Fort Detrick, Md. A smallpox patient would be quarantined immediately, and CDC Director Jeffrey Koplan would send vaccine from the government’s stockpile while alerting the FBI and White House. Disease detectives would grill the sick person and his family about every step taken for three weeks before becoming ill: Where did you travel? What’s your route to work? Who did you have lunch with? Did you go to the movies? They would also want addresses and phone numbers of every person who had close contact with the patient. The CDC then would have state health officials track down all of those people, vaccinate those who need it, and monitor daily whether they get a fever—a sign that they, too, might be sick with smallpox and must be quarantined. The plan instructs how to give the hard-to-handle vaccine. It is made with a live version of a virus related to smallpox, and thus can cause serious reactions in certain people, including the immunecompromised or people with the skin condition eczema. The document pictures a child covered in eczema-like lesions after contact with a recently vaccinated sibling. The worst reaction is a very rare—one in 300,000 vaccinated babies—but deadly encephalitis.

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Professors fear connection between grades, evaluations p- EVALUATIONS from page 1

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in principle to making student course evaluations public,” said Walther, whose evaluation data is online. “Student evaluations should be used for the purpose of improving our courses and/or teaching, period. Any other use of these forms has potential for abuse or misuse, particularly since there is no opportunity for putting them in context,” he added. Last spring, students began using a new evaluation form, rating aspects of courses from 1 to 5 and offering written comments. Thompson said the latest draft, its seventh, is virtually final and has the support of most Arts and Sciences Council members.

“It’s clear that some faculty and some departments are not comfortable with that type of mechanism,” Thompson said, adding that he was pleased that the data is finally online. “There’s some concern on the part of some faculty about providing that information to students, that perhaps students use information to look for popular courses.... I understand that concern, but I don’t share it.” Nevertheless, Robert Wolpert, professor of statistics and decision sciences, said Duke’s current system of evaluations is lacking, especially compared to evaluations at peer institutions. “You won’t find, as our forms have, 20 or 30 repeated versions of essentially the same question,” he said. “I be-

lieve the best information they offer is about how popular the courses are.... I don’t think we have a course evaluation form. We have a course comment form.” Munger said students who earn lower grades in a class will often rate it lower. Thompson acknowledged there are studies that show a relationship between grades and evaluation scores. He thought that genuine learning propels high marks for both students and instructors. “I think that the students deserve our respect enough that they should make their own choices,” Munger said. “I would hope the students recognize these instruments are not the only things [to base a decision upon].”

Easley asks local leaders Deadlocked jury nearly to speed up Floyd recovery requested death penalty N.C. NEWS from page 4 Easley called on local governments to speed up Hurricane Floyd recovery efforts, saying most local governments have completed less than 25 percent of the rebuilding, and only three are more than half complete. “All the grant applications have been processed, and the awards have been made. It is now up to the local governments to get the job done,” Easley said.

“Our local governments must complete the recovery process in order to allow families to return to their homes and restore our communities.” Floyd hit the state in September 1999, killing 51 people, damaging 55,000 homes and completely destroying 7,000. In response, state legislators passed an $836 million aid package while the U.S. government pledged to chip in $3 billion. But the process of buying out and replacing ruined homes, which the state assigned local governments to administer, is taking a long time.

Nuclear plant receives permission to boost output: A nuclear

power plant in Wake County will increase its output by 4.5 percent over the next several weeks, after winning federal approval to do so. The Shearon Harris nuclear plant, run by Carolina Power and Light, will produce 40 megawatts of additional power after making improvements such as the installation of three new steam generators and the use of richer uranium in the reactor core. The plant is the 63rd nationwide to receive approval from the federal Nu-

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clear Regulatory Commission for an increase in capacity. “We’re able to get more electricity out of Harris without any significant changes to the way the plant operates,” said Keith Poston, a spokesperson for Progress Energy, the parent company of CP&L. “It’s a big cost saving for customers and the company.” Poston said it would cost five times as much to produce an additional 40 megawatts of electricity by building a new gas-powered plant. Progress Energy’s total capacity is 20,000 megawatts.

Jobless claims rise: North Carolina reported the third-largest increase in jobless claims among 52 states and territories for the work week ending Oct. 6. According to the state, 3,273 more people filed jobless claims, mostly due to the loss of positions in the furniture and textile industries. That put the state behind California and Illinois for total number of claims filed. Forty states or territories also reported an increase in claims, while 12 saw a decrease.

The state’s unemployment difficulties mirror those nationwide. The four-week moving average in the number of claims across the country hit 491,250 last week, the highest level since April 6, 1991, when the country was emerging from the last

recession. Many economists say the unemployment picture will only get worse for the rest of the year, and that a recession is probably inevitable.

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Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya; and 28year-old Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, who helped grind the TNT used in the bomb in Dares Salaam, Tanzania. The vote was 9-3 in favor .of execution, the jurors said, but the holdouts of the three opponents meant a deadlock, which resulted in automatic life sentences for the men. But, the jurors said, there was never any doubt about the guilt of all four defendants. There was also no doubt Thursday about how Sand was going to impose sentences. Sand had signaled earlier this week that he would have no sympathy for the other two men, who argued for lesser terms. The other terrorist who spoke in court, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, a 36year-old Jordanian who helped in the preparations for the Nairobi bombing, issued a rambling statement in which he challenged the fairness of his trial. He

also criticized the United States for killing civilians in the retaliatory missile strikes on Afghanistan after the 1998 embassy attacks. Sand did not seem moved. He said the trial was fair, and he rejected any attempt to pin blame on the United States. “It is not unusual for perpetrators of horrendous crimes to point to other

events or other circumstances to try to deflect the enormity of their own acts,” Sand said. Citing Odeh’s claim that the missiles killed civilians, the judge added, “That would suggest that your system of values would not allow or condone the killing of innocents. But you know that the crime for which you have been found guilty involved the killing of innocents.” Sand continued, ‘The law recognizes, and appropriately recognizes, that terrorism, which causes the death of innocent persons regardless of whether it is based on sincerely held but terribly misguided views or any other reason, is one of the most serious crimes, threats to our society, threats to the society of any civilized nation.” Neither of the two terrorists who spoke in court cited bin Laden by name, although El-Hage praised the early role of the Taliban in bringing “peace, security and prosperity to Afghanistan.”

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“look me in the eye, take the measure of the American president,” Bush said to a group ofAsian reporters before he left Washington. His main goal, he said, was “to establish a personal relationship,” something Bush, like his father before him, views as the most critical factor in stabilizing relations with the biggest powers. Bush has said that the collision of the spy plane and the Chinese fighter jet “showed the world that we can work things together,” though at the time he was enormously frustrated that calls to Beijing about the status of the American crew went unanswered for several days. He and Jiang never talked directly until after the incident was over. But in the ensuing months both Washington and Beijing have made clear that they seek a major improvement in their relationship. Secretary of

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“We won’t be hearing as much from the Chinese about American hegemony, gunboat diplomacy—all the words you heard a year ago,” said Bates Gill, a China scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington. “The Chinese see an enormous opportunity to benefit here.” Bush said earlier this week that he

would raise human rights issues, but he passed over the subject so quickly that it appeared likely that his warnings to the Chinese would be mostly perfunctory. His main focus Friday was winning a clear endorsement from Jiang on the war against terrorism. In recent weeks, Jiang has been supportive, but he has insisted that any military actions should be taken under the auspices of the United Nations. That is a standard Chinese diplomatic position because Beijing has always opposed unilateral American action around the world. But in this case, the military strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan work to China’s advantage. China shares a short border with Afghanistan, and Muslim Uighur separatists in that region have been a continuing problem for Jiang. Under the banner of fighting terrorism, he hopes to win implicit endorsement for Beijing’s continuing efforts to beat back any moves toward independence in Xinjiang. More problematic for Bush on this visit is selling his plan to build a missile defense system, which China has steadfastly opposed. In the spring, Chinese

officials warned that if Bush went forward with the program, Beijing would be forced to build up and modernize its own missile fleet. Currently, China is believed to have roughly 20 nuclearequipped missiles capable of reaching the United States, a tiny arsenal by American and Russian standards.

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“For every piece of research that indicates birth order differences, there’s another piece of evidence that says they’re not really there.... As one of a number of characteristics that may define a child, I think it’s much more important to study the family constellation,” Costanzo said. He said analyzing the child’s adjustment to peer friendships and the general interaction between parents and children in the family can provide more reliable evidence. Putallaz warned that birth-order research is correlational in nature and only part of the wide picture of human development. “Looking at it as a primary variable is not done as much as it used to be,” she said. Putallaz also said most of the research was compiled based on white middle-class subjects, so the results may not be applicable across the cultural spectrum. Birth order research reached its apex in the earlyto mid-twentieth century, when the methods employed were less sophisticated than those used today. Moore said academic psychologists have shied away from this research, turning instead to twin and adop-

tion studies. As impetuses for research into the birth order question, Costanzo cited a few observations. For example, 21 ofthe first 23 astronauts were firstborn, and first-boms are also highly represented in elite colleges. Some Duke psychologists have employed birth order methods in their research, but it is not the focus of their studies. Moore, who has studied birth order in the past, could not conclude that differences in early childhood will extend to later development in adolescence and adulthood. “Whether [birth order! has a lasting effect, we can’t say,” Moore said.

Afghanistan before the attacks there, a State Department spokesperson, Philip Reeker, declined to support Sharon’s demand that those arrested by the Palestinian Authority be handed over to Israel. They said the onus was on Arafat to act swiftly against the killers and salvage recent progress toward peace. “We’ve called for Israel to act with restraint,” he said, “not to let the terrorism that was perpetrated against their minister to have a victory in this by derailing the positive steps that we’ve seen.”

Palestinians charged that Sharon was out to destroy their governing institutions. “This is really war,” said Nabil Shaath, the minister of planning and international cooperation for the Palestinian Authority, which governs Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a statement on the Palestinian news agency, Nabil Aburdaineh, an adviser to Arafat, warned of “an Israeli plan to assassinate President Arafat and a number of Palestinian leaders, in order to destroy the Palestinian National Authority, the peace process, and

After the blast, Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers exchanged gunfire outside Bethlehem, just south of here, as helicopters circled Jerusalem. Also Thursday night, three Israelis were shot and wounded, one fatally, in a drive-by shooting in the Jordan Valley. Earlier in the day, Israeli tanks pushed deep into Palestinian-controlled territory in the cities of Jenin and Ramallah, killing three Palestinians, including an 11-year-old girl.

Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Sharon and former ambassador to the United States, who is scheduled to leave Saturday for talks in Washington with Bush administration officials, said that it was not yet certain what action, if any, Israel would take if Arafat did not comply. “It does however mean that we shall not feel constrained in any way,” he said. The Israeli government indicated it would wait at least seven days, the Jewish period of mourning, before acting on its ultimatum. The ultimatum also had a second audience, the Bush administration. The Sharon government has grown increasingly alarmed at the prospect of an initiative for peace that the administration has been preparing. In a statement released late Thursday night by his office, Sharon tried again to suggest that Israel and the United States were waging symmetrical fights, calling Israel the “US. bridgehead in the

the international coalition.” Israeli officials dismissed the statement. But Silvan Shalom, the finance minister in Sharon’s unity government, said Thursday morning on Israel radio that “there is no alternative but to take Arafat out of the region.” Other, more right-wing politicians—including Zeevi—had made such statements in the past, but Middle East.” Shalom is regarded as closer to the mainstream. Sharon planned to dispatch a group of ministers to Asked about Shalom’s remarks, Yuval Steinitz—- the United States and Europe to present the case that who, like Shalom, is a member of parliament from the killing of Zeevi was a terrorist act similar to the Sharon’s Likud party—suggested that they did not go attacks on the United States of Sept. 11. far enough. “It is impossible to separate Arafat from “The main purpose is to put Arafat squarely in the Palestinian Authority, this corrupt regime,” he the same category which appeared in President said, saying Israel might have to “bring the PalestinBush’s speeches: namely, of countries, or entities, ian Authority to the brink of collapse.” promoting and sponsoring terrorism,” Shoval said of “They are conducting war against us,” said Steinitz, the ultimatum. who is chair of the parliament’s subcommittee for dePalestinians rejected any comparison between Isfense planning and policy. rael and the United States, or themselves and the Thursday evening, a militia leader on Israel’s mostTaliban. “I don’t think the American people are ocwanted list was killed, along with two other people, in cupying anybody else,” said Saeb Erekat, the Palesthe explosion in Bethlehem of a sport utility vehicle. tinians’ chief negotiator.

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weekend night, but that number can be significantly higher, Odegaard said. Often, students request basic first-aid services, and Odegaard said having the EMTs

at parties will make solving those problems easier. The program is funded by the event security fund set up last year by Student Affairs. Although they will be assigned stations to cover, the EMTs will still be on call for emergencies elsewhere. “On one hand, [EMS] is somewhat dedicated and devoted to a party or event, but on the other hand, it may be that they will have to go and attend to another situation at times,” Wasiolek said. “They are still responding to calls.” She added that there will probably be EMTs at two events this weekend, at a party at Kappa Alpha Order and at Delta Sigma Phi fraternity’s Reggae Fest. Senior Michael Calvo, president of KA, said the monitors will probably not be too noticeable. “It’s sort of a security net for both organizations and individuals,” Calvo said. “Since we weren’t able to get the [professional party monitors] that we were thinking about..., to have the EMS around to help students is a good technique. You see more of your peers instead of people in authority.”

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the office and mailroom,” Asked whether there were any “hot spots” in the Capitol itself, Daschle said, “We’ve been looking at all the different reports. At this point, none have been verified.” Feingold issued a statement saying none ofhis three staff aides who were involved had been in Daschle’s offices Monday, leaving open the question of how they were exposed to the anthrax. “We know we’ve got a hot zone in the Hart Building, probably in the Dirksen Building,” House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt said. “The remaining question is, Are there hot zones in other areas of other buildings?” In Vermont, officials recommended a 60-day course of antibiotics for 60 people aboard a Northwest Airlines flight that landed in Burlington Monday night. Dr. Jan Carney, state health commissioner, said preliminary tests of a powdery substance found on the plane “showed no evidence of spores, but further tests have shown growth of a bacillus or rodshaped bacteria of the same genus as the bacteria that causes anthrax.” In a conference call with reporters, the CDC’s Gerberding said, “We do have other who are reporting skin lesions or exposure circumstances that are under active investigation.” As many as four people fall into that category, she said. One of them, the postal worker in New Jersey, was later confirmed to be infected. She said the four are “in large part linked” to the outbreak in New York and to another in Florida where one man died and another is hospitalized with a more serious inhalation form ofthe disease. Ridge labored to minimize the news that two more anthrax cases had been confirmed. “Thousands and thousands and thousands of people have been tested... yet only five people have tested positive at this time,” he said, adding that officials were in the process ofconfirming the sixth. CBS announced at midmorning that it had become the latest major television network to be touched by anthrax. Network officials said a woman who works for Rather had been diagnosed with a skin form of the disease. “She’s doing fine. She feels great,” said network news president Andrew Heyward. “Her prognosis is excellent.” The woman, 27-year-old Claire Fletcher, discovered a blemish on her cheek this month, “before anthrax was on anybody’s mind,” Rather told a news conference. He said initial blood and nasal swab tests came back negative, but a biopsy test came back positive. He said she had no memory of opening suspicious-looking mail. The development followed the delivery of an anthrax-laced letter to Tom Brokaw, a case in which an office worker contracted a skin form of the disease. Officials reported earlier in the week that the 7month-old son of an ABC producer had contracted skin anthrax, but they have provided no explanation ofthe source. In New Jersey, Postal Inspector Tony Esposito said a female letter carrier at a West Trenton post office had tested positive for anthrax, and a maintenance employee at the main Trenton mail facility was awaiting test results. Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco said both were doing well and taking antibiotics. The anthrax-spiked letters mailed to Daschle and Brokaw were both postmarked at the mail facility. Ridge, flanked by other senior officials, presided over an hour-long news conference at which the administration unveiled several initiatives to ease public concern. 's

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they're not quite identifiable anymore. The unchecked experimentation of a true concept band runs rampant as galactic rhythms, sonar beeps, and full-blown psychedelic funk collide with vibrant, surreal acoustic grooves, creating a richly textured musical tapestry. Starting to the industry today: Oysterhead, a three-piece get a better grasp of the basic gist of ensemble that, at first glance, has all the chem- Oysterhead? Yeah, me neither, If you really want to know, give it a listen, istry of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie, with "Radon Balloon" is a self-proclaimed "acoustic less in common. Luckily, Oysterhead doesn't dreamscape" that sounds somecontain any members related to the King of Pop or Rock and Roll. By David Walters what Phish-y. "Shadow of a It does, however, bring together Man" and "Wield the Spade," three powerhouses from three drastically differ- two dark and disturbing chant-filled tracks, might make your skin crawl a little (in a good ent genres to create one all-purpose supergroup. Sure it's a motley crew (and, no, no one way), and the simple, repetitive lyrics of "Mr. from Motley Crue is in the band, either), but it Oysterhead" catch on quickly. The real pearl in just might work. this oyster, however, is "Army's on Ecstasy," a trippy, up-tempo tribal march, To understand Oysterhead's sound, you have to examine its members and their original One warning: Just like its slimy, GRADE: groups: Trey Anastasio of Phish, Les Claypool of shelled namesake, Oysterhead may Primus and Stewart Copeland of The Police. be an acquired taste. As with any Take the Phish jam-band vibe and mix it with experimental music, it's probably all Primus' eerie avant-noise style and factor in or nothing. Depending on how musically openminded or adventurous you are, you'll either turn up your nose or suck 'em down like —

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I ended up with a collection of over 300 loops, ranging in length from one note to four bars. I then started to recreate and reinterpret each track, putting the pieces back together as if an audio jigsaw puzzle—using effects and edits as the glue in between each Warrick piece. This 53 minute piece, consisting of over 70 tracks and 31 ID points, represents v those loops became, and how their interactions creat something that had not existed before." As he uses each sound percussively, there rarely exists anything one would call a melody. Rather, ther are moments when the simple sounds align rhythmically, subtly hinting to listen- GRADE: ers of the gentle, trance-like bliss they're experiencing. Waiting for an epiphany similar to that induced by track 22 of Hawtin's previous success, Decks, EFX, and 909, will only frustrate and disallow maximum listening pleasure. The album comes from the deep side of house, from the graveyard shift of techno, not the 9 a.m. shift with coffee (four sugars). Maintain the mood: The album artwork is worth commonly referred to quiet praise, featuring only one picture. From both as tracks (they call sides when opening the jewel case stares a pasty them ID points) consisting of two or three records, each with Richie with albino eyebrows, pixilated eyes and his mere echoing bleeps, or metallic dinks, to which he adds characteristic 21st century cat glasses. Contrasted crisps hi-hats from a Roland TRBOB and heart beats for against a bright white background as greatly as albibasslines aTR9O9 (both drum machines). Plastikman (his alter no flesh can; viewers can focus only on the facial ego) puts it best himself in the album insert: "After recording, region around his steel blue eyes. Stark if only due to sampling, cutting, and splicing over 100 tracks down to their its starklessness. □ most basic components,

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Day at the Fair 3:oopm The arrival. Swarms and swarms of people. Unfortunately, no mullets in sight. We bust out our map and try to find the bicycle stunt race. It never happens—we are sucked into the abyss of carnival carnage. 3:lspm -The games. After walking past 64 Fool the Guesser booths, we decide to test our luck. With a bouncing ponytail and lots of lip gloss, Beth asks Jimmy, the vendor from London (small hands), to guess her age. Good -

news: She wins. Bad news: She wins because Jimmy guesses she's 17. Beth, a young-looking 21, chooses a very mature framed N'Sync poster as her prize. It's now located in the Recess office. 3:3opm The refreshments: Round One. It was a hot autumn afternoon, requiring a combination of sno cones and caramel apples. While the sno cone is best described as "luscious" and "yummy," the caramel apple was somewhat hard to eat while walking. 3:4opm -The petting zoo. (No, it's not an evil petting zoo.) The dozens of goats, rams, and sheep—all freely roaming about —are relatively calm and pettable. But a number of other petting zoos at the fair have larger animals, most notably camels and zebras, in smaller, more contained spaces. Possibly a little upsetting to animal lovers, but PETA is nowhere in sight. 3:sopm -The flower and garden show. With this exhibit, we officially venture into "the Village of Yesteryear." Unless you are 75 or are extremely excited about gourd-growing seminars, you might want to avoid the geriatric journey through this section of the fairgrounds. 4:oopm -The shoot out. We duck at the sound of gunfire, only to realize it's "Turkey Target Practice." Mind you, they ARE using real guns, though—welcome to the midway, North Carolina style. 4:lopm The rides: Round One. With roller coasters, spinning rides and the ferris wheel looming, it's ticket time! We buy a block of tickets and head to the sky gondolas to scope out our riding prospects —initially, the Zipper looks great, but the idea of flipping -

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Red Ribbon: Ribbon Fries White Ribbon: Fool the Guesser booths Award of Merit: The Fred Durst impersonator on the Remix ride Award of Distinction: The ear-less goat and sheep in the petting zoo

aimlessly in cages around a ferris-wheel-type apparatus seems a bit unwieldy. 4:lspm -The rides: Round Two. So, what to do? We hit the Remix, the "new state-ofthe-art" thrill ride that turns its riders upsidedown in a "dual circular motion." Gee, not like the Zipper at all. With Limp Bizkit blasting and neon air-brushed pom stars gracing the walls, the Remix ride-master also performs his best Fred Durst while strapping us in. Let's be honest: It's five minutes of the worst hangover ever—25 feet off the ground. 4:25pm The rides: Round Three. Slightly dazed, we immediately jump on the Cliffhanger, a lie-on-your-stomach hang-glide ride. It kinda feels like you're flying, but mostly it feels like you are spinning around in a large plastic harness. But then again, so do most of these rides. 4:4opm The freak show. It's low point of the day, as we are suckered into the "Believe it, you're nuts!" freak show tent. We should've been tipped off by the vendor who adamantly declared we could not ask for a refund, but no, we went. Basically, it's pictures of freaky sideshow people and poorly crafted statues of them. Don't be fooled —if you spend the dough to see this, believe it you ARE nuts. s:oopm -The hog races. After the previously described time vacuum, we are late to the pig races! Huffing and puffing, we make it just in time to the Hogway Speedway—the race course stands are packed with lively youngsters, all hoping to urge a pig to victory. We stand on the nearest generator for an up-close view of the potbellied pig and geese races s:2opm -The refreshments: Round Two. Exhausted, we stop for some fresh lemonade and ribbon fries, thin circular layers of deepfried potato. Both are delightful, but after being thrown around by both the Remix and the Cliff-hanger, nausea sets in. 5:30 pm The departure. We leave the fair after a full day packed into under two and a half hours.

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Denzel gives another Oscar-caliber performance in Training Day, but will you buy him as a bad guy?

Denzel

Hoyt's initial hesitation to adopt Alonzo's method with his eagerness to be accepted into the unit. And as the film progresses and Alonzo becomes more and more of a bad ass, Washington's acting becomes stronger and stronger. The one hitch to Training Day is that Washington loyalists might viously faltering LARD good By Alex GaringGr have a hard time accepting cop/bad cop genre their beloved Denzel as the The film follows Hawke's rookie officer Jake Hoyt's initiation into an bad guy. From Malcolm X to Reuben "Hurricane" Carter, Washington has elite LARD undercover narcotics unit headed by Alonzo Harris (Washington). Alonzo's become an icon playing strong black charmethods are questionable at best, favoring acters who overcome great adversity. Here, though, we gradually turn street justice over legitimate alternatives. The entire movie takes place during aga ' nst Alonzo, taking the side of GRADE 11 one rather long day—a gimmick that Hawke's character (the plot details as to why, I will leave you to discover), works very well, especially for the beauand hoping in the end that Alonzo tiful visuals that director Antoine Fuqua' learns just how tough street justice is. is able to give us (Los Angeles hasn't looked this good in a movie in a long time). Our conflicting affinity for Denzel is comThe story focuses on Hoyt, as he tries to pounded by the fact that to a certain extent, his methods —though unorthodox impress and prove his metsense. Alonzo goes rything from takby the rationale that in order to protect the a hit of confissheep from the wolves, he—and now d pot to stopHoyt—must become one of the wolves. g an attempted Using elaborate setups, extreme brutaliof a young girl ty and cash payoffs, Alonzo defies every Both Hawke and rule in the book. He also chooses his tarhington's pergets wisely. Early in the film, he sets up a ances are fierce bust of .a couple of college kids but then lets them go with a warning to never powerful. 'ke nicely return. Several scenes later, he sticks a lances pen down a dealer's (Snoop Doggy Dogg) throat to expel swallowed evidence, but releases him in return for the name of his supplier. It's the big fish that Alonzo is after. What might be tough for audiences to swallow is the idea that in such an era we might look at police brutality and such lofty targets with Washington and Ethan Hawke's

new police thriller Training Day is as solid as mainstream Hollywood movies come. And thank the heavens for that. A smart script, fast pace and very strong acting have breathed new life into the pre-

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ALONZO MOURNING: Washington's badass cop is a vigilante worth crying for.

bad guy persona Academy members will probably snub him for a fourth time. Oscar potential or not, Training Day brings the genre to a new level. □

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Butch, after Bonnie, there came Bandits. Billy Bob, Bruce and Blanchette breeze briskly through this bumbling Barry Levinson picture. I'll stop now, as the alliteration grows tedious, but not as tedious as Bandits grew by the time it reached its ridiculous conclusion. That is not to say that Bandits was not a lot of fun along the way. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton play Joe and Terry, a pair of bank robbers who become friends after a wild prison break that involves a cement truck and plastic lawn animals. Terry, the twitchy hypochondriac brain of the duo, develops a plan to rob banks —not by stickups or shooting, GRADE: but by sleeping over. The night before the heist, Joe and Terry travel (in some outrageous disguises from Neil Young to Andy Warhol) to the home of the bank manager and inform him that they will be spending the night and robbing the. bank in the morning. The uniqueness of their plan vaults them into the national spotlight. American audiences have long had a love affair with bandits —from Butch Cassidy and Clyde Barrow to the numerous successful incarnaBy Martin tions of Robin Hood. Ever since the FDIC started insuring our deposits up to $lOO,OOO, it has been hard to hate bank robbers they're stealing from the government, which most of us spend every April 15th trying to swindle. We instantly like Joe and Terry—they are a pair of polite thieves, with their own insecurities and anxieties.

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bank-robbery. Things go well for the boys until Kate (a very enticing Cate Blanchette) bursts on the scene. A depressed, lonely housewife, Kate is as crazy as the two thieves: She sleeps with Joe, and later sleeps with Terry, creating a menage-atrois by proxy. For R is just another ho-hum heist. the most part, the love triangle fuels the film, but by the end, it weighs it down, dampening the is the first time Willis has actually played a characfun that the heist scenes provide. ter other than Bruce Willis. Blanchette is also remarkable as always. Thornton's Terry steals the show. Like Woody The real problems come from the script and Allen, Thornton is a mess of neuroses and ticks someone who listens to the Merck Levinson's que-sera-sera directing style. Bandits is Barna Manuel in the car to determine what vacant of any kind of over-arching theme, as if is ailing him, thinks that his body is Levinson cast the film, passed out scripts and said, becoming paralyzed and takes more pills than for"Make me a movie." Levinson did have great mind to mer Dukie and Pfizer chieftain Edmund Pratt could toss in some Bob Dylan and Bonnie Tyler songs—the possibly dream of. As the film's screenplay ails and film's soundtrack is well balanced. Bandits could have sputters, Thornton's ad-libs and frantic twitching been a great heist film, if something besides the come to the rescue. Willis also holds his own—this music had received some direction. □ —

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Freewater Films Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. 7 & 9:3opm. Free to students with ID, $4 for Duke employees, $5 for all others. Dogma, Friday / Story of Ricky, Tuesday / Sabrina, Thursday

Cat's Cradle 300 E Main St, Carrboro. 967-9053. Iggy Pop Friday Neil Diamond All-Stars, Saturday. For more info:

It's that time of year again. The leaves are changing, it's getting colder and basketball is only a week away. Help usher in the fall, as the annual October festival returns Friday on the main quad on West Campus. This year's Oktoberfest will feature food vendors, arts and crafts and music. There will also be two different carnival-style games and music entertainment including the steel drum band Sons of Steel. The festivities run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, and are open to the general public. •

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i’s soccer team tries again is weekend for its first ACC ictory of the year. See page 14

� The Grid Pickers take their usual insight to Wallace Wade Stadium. See page 12 The Chronicle � page n

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001

Duke prepares to tussle with Terps Field hockey, Tar Heels to face off Sat.

� After a heartbreaking lost last season, the Blue Devils have will have their work cut out for them if they want to topple the No. 12 team in the country. By ROBERT SAMUEL

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The Duke football team will play its first televised game of the season Saturday at 1 p.m. against Maryland, the first-place team in the ACC. • Duke (0-6, 0-4 in the ACC) comes off a disappointing 42-35 loss to Wake Forest, a game in which the Blue Devils made up a 28-0 deficit at halftime to tie the game at 35 in the fourth quarter. Duke still remains optimistic about its chances against Maryland (6-0, 4-0), which is ranked No. 12 in the country. “If we can play four quarters like we played last week’s third quarter, we’ll have a very good chance to win,” Duke running back Chris Douglas said. Playing well for an entire game has been a major concern all season, as the team has shown flashes of brilliance, but for only moments at a time. “Once again, we’re going to try to put a full game together,” Douglas said. “That seems like the thing that’s holding us back.” Contrary to Duke’s situation, Maryland is coming off a three-point overtime win against nationally ranked Georgia Tech, a game that was televised on ESPN. The Duke game will serve as Maryland’s Homecoming, and Terrapins coach Ralph Friedgen is not taking Duke lightly, “I reminded the team that two years ago, they got beat by Duke on Homecoming day,” Friedgen said. “It’s a new week, a new day, and we have to go back to work. I’ll be disappointed if they are not ready to play on Saturday.” See FOOTBALL on page 14 P-

top form if they want to beat the No. 5 Tar Heels this weekend and snap a nearly two-decade-long losing streak. By MIKE COREY The Chronicle

Heading into a weekend that would send shivers down most field hockey coaches’ spines, Duke coach Liz Tchou is very confident in her team’s chances against No. 5 North Carolina (11-3, 2-1 in the ACC). “We’re playing our best hockey right now,” Tchou said. “If we can come out strong and play with a lot of heart, then

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D. BRYANT and the football team face Maryland this weekend in College Park.

we’ll be in good shape.” The Blue Devils take on UNC this Sunday at Duke. Earlier this year, the Blue Devils were shutout by the then No. 1 Tar Heels 5-0. Duke’s play has improved significantly from that point, however. Duke, ranked 14th with a 9-5 record, has since lost to then No. 1 Maryland and then No. 1 Wake Forest by one goal apiece. Although Duke is 1-4 against ranked competition this year, it has defeated No. 6 Michigan State and played increasingly well over the past few weeks. The Blue Devils are very close to getting over the See FIELD HOCKEY on page 16 �

Men’s soccer squares off with Cavs in ‘classic game’ By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle

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DEMETRIO SANCHEZ and the men’s soccer team go up against the second-ranked Cavaliers Saturday at 8 p.m.

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Sophomore guard Chris Duhon strained his hamstring Wednesday night. Duhon was unavailable for comment, but his injury is minor and will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.

When it comes to men’s soccer very few schools know the sport better than the Virginia Cavaliers. They won five of six titles spanning from 1989 to 1994 with now world-famous players like Claudio Reyna and Tony Meola, had 4 Hermann Trophy winners and their former coach Bruce Arena recently lead the U.S. National Team to berth in the 2002 World Cup. In short, Cavs were the feeder for those who wanted to eventually play on the international stage. During all this time, the Blue Devils still had Virginia’s number. During the Cavs’ dynasty Duke went 5-4-1 against them and more recently, they even took four of the last five, including a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory that gave Duke its first ACC Championship in 1999. Amazingly enough, the all-time record between the two teams is deadlocked at 30-30-7. However, when the two teams square off this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium, they will being playing for much more than a deciding game in the all-time series. Virginia (10-0-1, 4-0 in the ACC) is again back near the top of the soccer world, ranked No. 2 in the country by most major polls, while the unranked Blue

Lax names captains Men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler named seniors Dan Chemotti, Jon Enberg, Michael Ferrari and junior Kevin Cassese team captains for the 2002 season Thursday.

Yankees take 2-0 lead The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead in their series against the Seattle Mariners after winning Thursday’s game 3-2. They take their lead back to the Bronx for Game 3.

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Devils (7-5,2-1) are fighting for a possible berth in the NCAA tournament. Beating the second-best team in the country could help make a stronger case. “This is a classic game in college soccer,” coach John Rennie said. “We’ve had a lot of success against Virginia lately. They’re a mature, experienced team, and we’re a rebuilding younger team. So it will take a great effort on our part to come out on top, but it’s a game we always look forward to playing.” One aspect of the game that the Blue Devils will not be looking forward to is Virginia’s powerful offensive attack, which has two players averaging more than a goal per game. Sophomore forward Alecko Eskandarian leads the team with 16 goals and six assists, while his counterpart Ryan Gibbs has tallied 12 points and five assists on the year. The Wahoos’ midfield also boasts a credible scoring threat with Steve Totten and Kyle Martino. The two have eight and four goals, respectively. Martino and Eskandarian were recently name d finalists for the Hermann Trophy—the award given to college soccer’s top player. “They have three of the most talented [players] in the country,” Rennie said. “They are a very explosive ,

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Bills win Ist of season

National Hockey League

The Buffalo Bills defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-10 Thursday night for their first win of the season. Buffalo kicked a field goal with 1:03 remaining to break a 10-10 tie and take the lead for good.

Islanders 2, Hurricanes 1 (OT) Penguins 3, Senators 0 Red Wings 3, Flyers 2 Devils 6, Sharks 1 Biackhawks 5 Predators 3 Flames 3, Panthers 1 Oilers 4, Avalanche 1

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GRID PICKS

MATCHUP

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WALLACE WADE STADIUM Dismayed by the lack of attendance at recent football games, the Grid Pickers headed out to Wally WTade, excited about the Duke-Maryland contest Saturday. Unaware that the game was being played four hours away, these Chronicle staffers were eager for the game to start. Ambik “-er was a really cool Muppets character” -a Kumar was perhaps the most excited about the game, spouting off her extensive football knowledge. “I think Duke is favored by three,” she said. Fellow Socialists Mar “Rin Tin” tin Barna and Dave In “-bred” gram quickly silenced their teammate with an exorbitant amount of electrical tape

and sedatives. Cra “-yola crayons are made in Saperstein Penn.”-ig Easton,

laughed at Kumar’s stupidity, while Paul “I’m a” Dor “-k because I wore tights as a kid” -an was mumbling something about her being unconscious. Kevin Lees “ville High school will lose to Shavlik” was oblivious to the events surrounding him, as he was already busy searching for Thanksgiving break plane tickets to Swampscott, Mass. However, the only two other females, Christ “mas break will mean that Duke can’t lose any more football games this year”-ina Petersen and “If you have a new car then you’re not on financial” Adrienne Mercer, were quick to rush to Kumar’s defense, noting that she was distracted by her boyfriend’s constant phone calls.

Bored by the lack of on-field action, Tyler “one-inch wonder” Rosen

and Andrew “Even Alan” Green span’s is bigger than Tyler’s” -field began a football game of their own, although Greenfield needed to be reminded about the rules of football “-

Oregon

Tennessee @ Alabama Air Force @ Brigham Young Missouri @ Kansas Texas A&M @ Kansas St.

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Gutmann

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(94-26) UMd. 43-9

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Ga. Tech

Ga. Tech Clemson FSU

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after trying to use a pitching wedge. Greg “Quaker State motor oil has great” Veis “-cosity” and “The National League playoffs just don’t” Matt “er” Atwood also wanted to play, but Veis was upset that he couldn’t be on his fraternity brother’s team and sulked back to section to play quarters. Refusing to play with such low-quality players, Kevin “Christopher” Lloyd “is better in Clue than in Back to the Future” and Nick “Anderson is a basketball deity” Christie tried to start their own game, but nobody on staff recognized them

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Women’s soccer looks for first ACC win against UVa By SHAWN NICHOLLS The Chronicle

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MARGARET LEA and the women’s soccer team will try for theirfirst ACC win this weekend against KVa.

After snapping a four-game losing streak and improving its record to 5-7 with a victory over Florida International last Sunday, Duke will host Virginia this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. It will be the first home game in 18 days for a Blue Devil team that is winless in four ACC contests this year. The Blue Devils, two days removed from a 3-0 loss to Florida, jumped out to a 2-0 lead on two goals by junior Alison Sanders, after playing a scoreless first half against the Golden Panthers. Duke then held on for a victory despite giving up a goal at the 86:83 mark. “The first half [against FIU] we came out sluggish and honestly, we were a little lucky to be tied at halftime because they were making the most of the plays,” head coach Robbie Church said. “That was the end of two straight weekends in the state of Florida and our legs were shot and we were tired. But in the second half, I thought we played really well. Our girls did a good job of coming out and taking the play to FIU. We put the ball on the ground and played to feet, creating some nice opportunities off the dribble. And as a result we scored two really nice goals.” Virginia (10-2-1, 2-1 in the ACC), meanwhile, will be riding a six game winning streak when they come to Durham. All but two of those wins, however, have been by only one-goal margins. Wednesday night they shut out Richmond 3-0 behind freshman Lindsay Gusick’s eighth and ninth goals ofthe season while their last loss came Sept. 29 at Clemson, a 4-0 shutout. The Blue Devils lost to the Tigers two weeks ago on a controversial overtime penalty kick. The Cavaliers have eight seniors on their roster, including midfielder Lori

Lindsey, last year’s ACC player of the year, who has started in all but one ofher 75 career games and scored 30 goals. This year, she is currently tied for second in the conference with eight goals, and is a finalist for the Hermann Award, which recognizes the nation’s best player. “UVa is a very possession-oriented team,” Church said. “They like to keep the ball, change the point of attack and move it quickly. And they have a great center midfielder in Lori Lindsey. She is an impact player and a lot of the play comes to her because she is in the midfield.” “It’s a huge game for us. We have played well against the ACC opponents even though we haven’t won he added. “But we just need to be more consistent in our game because we’ve had some lapses. When you’re playing in the ACC and you have lapses, the teams are going to punish you. So we need to play at a high level for the whole 90 minutes.” Virginia and Duke met twice last year, with the Cavaliers taking the first game 4-3 in Charlottesville. They then combined for 22 shots in an ACC tournament game, but played a scoreless regulation and overtime, before the Blue Devils won in penalty kicks. The past few weeks have been a struggle for the Blue Devils, twice losing in overtime, but Church said that the team rebounded nicely, played a good first half against the Gators and then came out and posted an important victory against Florida International. He also said that the team is glad to be back playing at home and is excited about Saturday’s game. After Virginia, the Blue Devils will travel to Raleigh Oct. 24 to play N.C. State, the only other winless team in the conference. Duke then hosts Wake Forest in their home finale before fin”

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award, which honors the nation’s top linebacker. Duke is poised to slow down Perry and the

running game. “We’re gonna play our defense,” Franks said. “Our defense is basically to get a lot of guys on the line of scrimmage and gang up against the run.” Linebacker Ryan Fowler, who won ACC defensive player of the week honors two weeks ago, shares his coach’s enthusiasm. “We know [Perry] is the leading rusher in the

conference, so that’s half the battle,” Fowler said. “Now we have to just go out and stop him.” One of Maryland’s greatest assets is its ability to limit its own turnovers, while forcing many from its opponents. “It’s going to be imperative that we take care of the football,” Franks said. “They’ve got a solid team that is playing well. They take advantage of every opportunity that you give them.” Franks emphasized the execution that took place when Duke scored 28 points in the third quarter against Wake Forest. “We can play the way we did in the third quarter, which was to execute our assignments,” Franks said. “If we can do that, it gives us a chance to play well, to get a little emotion, to get a little adrenaline, and get a little excitement, and we’re perfectly capable of playing that way.” The players wants to please their coach against Maryland. “We’ll try to re-create that third quarter [for Saturday]” Douglas said.

MEN’S SOCCER from page 11 team and it’s going to be a tremendous challenge to try and keep them under control.” Virginia’s defense is no slouch either, allowing only eight goals on the year and only one in its last eight games. Furthermore, the Cavs have yet be scored on this season in ACC play, which is arguably the best conference in the country. Duke will obviously counter with a defense that allows a goal a game to try to shut down Virginia’s front-line. Starting goalie Scott Maslin currently has only a 0.9 goals against average. On the offensive end, the Blue Devils will rely on their two main goal scorers, Jordan Cila and Demetrio Sanchez. Cila has seven goals and eight assists while Sanchez is at six goals and one assist on the season. It would not be surprising to see players like Noah Lewkowitz, Trevor Perea or Donald Mclntosh come through if Cila or Sanchez are doubled up by Virginia defense. However, for the most part, this does not bother the younger Blue Devils team, which see this game as both a good gauge on its season and as an opportunity to pull off a big upset. As a matter of fact, Rennie said he would not even change his strategy when he faces the Cavaliers. “We’re just going to [line up] and play,” Rennie said. “We haven’t played Virginia with this team and we’re just going to see how good, we are. If we need to make changes we’re going to make them sometime in the game, but not before. “These are the kinds of games you come to Duke to play. It’s something everybody looks forward to. Everybody on both teams always give their absolute best effort, so it’s usually a very exciting game.”

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Duke aims to end 45-game losing streak to North Carolina FIELD HOCKEY from page 11 hump against the top tier of field hockey in the NCAA. The ACC is arguably the best conference for field hockey in the nation. Five of the top 20 teams in the country are from Duke’s conference, as No. 2 Maryland, No. 3 Wake Forest, No. 5 North Carolina, and No. 8 Virginia all represent the ACC in addition to Duke. “There’s no other conference I’d rather be in,” Tchou said. “To be the best, you’ve got to play with the best.” The Tar Heels have been one of the best for quite some time now and this season is no exception. Having defeated Duke in 45 straight meetings, UNC’s field hockey team has dominated the Carlyle Cup points in field hockey. Coming off a victory over No. 1 Old Dominion, UNC is led in scoring by seniors Abby Martin and Abbey Wooley, both of whom have scored 11 goals on the season. The Tar Heels’ attack, like Duke’s, is

victory over North Carolina. Duke will have a lot of momentum going into this weekend, also, having won its last two games by a combined score of 11-2. Leading the Blue Devils’ attack will be freshman scoring machine Johanna Bischof, who leads the team with 13 goals—four ofwhich came this weekend against Ursinus. Senior Liz Bateman is second on the team in goals with 10. “We’re all very excited [for Sunday],” Bateman said. “We’ve had pretty good games in the past on our field [against UNC]. We’re really prepared for the game and we’ve been working hard all week.” But hard work does not always amount to victory, especially against a team like the vaunted Tar Heels. “We need to be more composed and play our own game against them,” Bischof said. Tchou agrees, saying that if her team can play consistently—both physically and mentally—then the Tar Heels may finally return to Chapel Hill with a loss. Duke, currently 0-2 in ACC play, has a great opportunity to earn its way into the top ofthe standings of the ACC and ofthe NFHCA poll. “We just can’t wait for Sunday to get

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OCTOBER 19-20 CONFERENCE: “THE ROAD TO DEMOCRATIZATION: FREEWAYS AND DETOURS,” at the John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240, Duke University. In this multidisciplinary conference, we seek to investigate the experiences of countries with democratization and the conditions that promote or impede success. Sponsored by Duke University’s Center for International Studies: Trent Foundation; Graduate Seminars on Global Issues; Duke Global Capital Markets; Center Program for the Study of Democracy, Institutions and Political Economy (DiPE); Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy; and the Duke Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. For more information contact: Craig Borowiak at 919-668at 1924.5ee the web site <http://ww w. duke, edu/web/ci s/g f oba I is' sti2ation.htmi>. : : ':'

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Duke University Center for Late Ancient Studies presents Peter van Minnen, Dunbarton Oaks, Washington; Catholic University, Louvain KUL, Belgium; speaking on “Late Ancient Religions on the Island of Phiiae; A Fresh Look at the Evidence." 4:30 pm, Gray Building, Room 220. Free and open to the public. Martine Delvaux from the University de Quebec a Montreal will give a lecture on “Untranslatable Transgressions in Language.” 6:15 pm, In the Perkins Breedlove Room. Contact mfp@duke.edu for info. Freewater Films: Pollock,” with Ed Harris. Tickets are free to Duke students, $4 for Duke employees, and $5 for all others. For information, call 684-2911. 7:00, 9:30 pm. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. “

Center for Documentary Studies: Each month the AN Geeks present a film artifact excavated from the attics of iocal institutions. These 16mm films provide an entertaining look into the bizarre worid of edutainment. Doors open at 7:30 pm. For information, call 660-3663. At the Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew St.

Department of Music: Guest piano recital, Maria Alice De Mendoza. 8:00 pm. Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus. CANCELLED. Internationally renowned hypertext author and critic Stuart Moulthrop will deliver a public lecture/reading in 240 John Hope Franklin Center on Friday, October 19, at 8:00 pm, and lead a workshop on Saturday, October 20 from 10:00-3:00pm in the 229 Social Science interactive cluster classroom (ICC). The lecture is free and open to the public. Workshop enrollment is limited to Duke students, faculty, and staff. To register, see http://www.duke.edu/web/isis.

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Anthrax

—a disease that seemed more hypothetical than realistic two months ago—has become an actual threat. Two weeks ago, Bob Stevens—who visited the University just as he developed symptoms ofinhalation anthrax—died shortly after returning home; three other incidents have prompted investigation at Duke. National figures and major media outlets have also had the substance sent to them, with over 30 people exposed to the bacterium in Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle’s office. Still, as genuine as the threat has become, people must remain level-headed. Preparing for the next phase—an event which will hopefully never happen—is a broad problem with no simple solutions. Certainly, officials should augment their supplies of key antibiotics and vaccines, but their preparations may be for nothing. The public should not panic in these uncertain times, but people should also show prudence if they ever encounter a truly suspicious situation. The culprits behind these new terrorist attacks seem to be trying to evoke terror—and have succeeded thus far—by striking at prominent personalities and organizations. The populace at large does not appear to be the target of this latest series of events, but people should show prudence in addressing this current environment. The Congress itself is showing some balance. The House of Representatives, for instance, has closed sessions until Tuesday of next week for a thorough examination of its facilities to determine the extent of the threat. It has shown caution and will resume its important business after only several days. Authorities have asked that the public contact them upon receiving suspicious mail. People should note if any packages they receive have different return and cancellation addresses. People should be wary of any packages that have been tampered with or, when opened, contain suspicious powdery substances. Unfortunately, some people have shown blatant disregard for the gravity of the situation. They have foolishly determined that playing upon people’s fears with pranks is acceptable. Such actions reduce the response time for actual concerns. Fortunately, authorities have taken steps to prosecute these people. Hoaxes further undermine preparing for what terrorists may be planning next. In fact, no one knows whether the terrorists responsible for these biological attacks are the same ones responsible for the hijacking of four US. airplanes and ensuing destruction of the World Trade Center and damage to the Pentagon. Investigators at Duke, at the Capitol and around the country are working hard to allay public fears, and it is important that the public stays level-headed and does not add to the growing national panic.

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For every piece ofresearch that indicates birth order differences, there's another piece of evidence that says they’re not really there. Philip Costanzo, professor of social and health sciences psychology, on differences arising from sibling birth order (see story, page seven)

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Cutting graduate students would hurt University As a possible solution to an Arts and Sciences budget shortfall, Graduate School

Dean Lewis Siegel suggested cutting numbers of graduate students. Just a day before, Siegel announced

that the much-anticipated summer funding packages

for grad students—which would seek to lift Duke’s ranking on funding among institutions peer from “toward the bottom of the pack”—are likely to be limited to advanced graduate students, forcing the rest of us to continue spending our spring semesters searching for summer funding. So what does a graduate student really give back in return for her $13,000-a-year stipend? Those of us in the humanities, aside from our own coursework and disserresearch, are an invaluable support to professors: We are research assisfor referenced article, see

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paper-graders, book-fetchers,

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and section leaders. And when we teach our own courses—as I do now—we have exactly the same responsibilities as professors; We design syllabi, choose which texts to study, give lectures and run seminars. We teach students how to read critically, think in a discipline and write academically; we give grades, write letters

of recommendation, meet with students individually and worry about their development, Like other liberal arts universities, graduate students are a major labor pool for academic instruction. Out of 29 undergraduate courses offered in the Literature Program this

semester, 10 are taught by regular Literature faculty, 10 by professors in other departments in cross-listed courses

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spend more on graduate students in its No. 1 ranked Literature Program and less on athletic facilities for its No. 1 basketball team because both are necessary to make this a top-tier institution. Rather, it seems that even if Duke decides it has no

need for the heavyweight intellectual title of a research institution and therefore no need for strong graduate departments, the quality of its undergraduate education will suffer. Simply, if you can’t attract the top grad students in the country, are the undergrads whose parents sent them here for a “top-tier” education really getting one? Jini Watson Graduate Student Literature Program

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U.S. has shown hypocrisy, selfishness to world As American troops are stationed in countless countries across the world, we wonder why America is a target for terrorism. We expound our western ideals ad nausea to the world, forcing our way of thinking down the throats of other cultures. American propaganda supports the thesis thatAmerica is the land of the free and God’s chosen land, yet our soil is stained with genocide and mass murder of entire races. Even today, the so-called American ideals are granted only to the rich

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straight and/or Christian. America is the No. 1 holder of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons of mass

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destruction. How hypocritical that even as we develop these technologies on an ongoing basis, we moralize how wrong it is for other countries to research. Sanctions and a decade of continued bombing supposedly justified by the need to inspect Iraq’s facilities have millions of Iraqis poor and starving. Why aren’t international inspectors in America’s labs? The entire world is well aware that America is the only country to use nuclear warfare. There was no strategic military target; the bombing was simply designed to kill

as many as possible. In away only capitalist America could do, the reac-

tion to the attacks was to raise money. This is our national healing? At the of same time millions Americans starve and millions are homeless. While we spend billions patrolling the globe, attempting to Americanize every corner, our poor are denied healthcare. We are a selfish and arrogant culture and only now do we see a consequence. Think about the starving and the oppressed here in America and across the world. Think about that as you wave your American flag. As for me, I’ll pass. Kelly Bowling Trinity ’OO

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Protecting America’s wildlife After many years, the Endangered Species Act still serves important purpose This summer witnessed the latest chapter in the controversial 28-year history of the Endangered Species Act. When the headlines broke in May, they looked bad for ESA. The protected

attractive. They spend most of their lives grubbing in the mud, eating invertebrates. But for the sake of these uncharismatic creatures, the federal government stopped delivering irrigation water to the farmers of the Klamath Basin. A prolonged drought had reduced water levels until federal authorities were forced to choose between the fish species’ existence and the farmers’ crops. The farmers, of course, objected. Four times they stormed federal facilities in the area, vandalized equipment and opened the gates holding back “their” water. They and their local politicians staged photo-ops, appearing on CNN, on NPR and in The New York Times. Several of their activities and appearances were timed to coincide with symbolic events, including July 4. Some farmers sold their land and water rights to conservation groups, but these few were labeled as sellouts by their neighbors and as carpetbaggers by the conservationists. The demonstrations continue to this day, although protests stopped temporarily following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. So the ESA should be changed, right?

service. Both needs were answered with the Klamath. Onions rotted in their homesteads for many ofthe veterans in fields. Potato prices fell until they were the Klamath. “Don’t worry, we know it’s worth less than the cost of bringing dry,” said the Feds. “We’ll build dams, them to market; farmers ground them and an irrigation system, taxpayers’ into fertilizer rather than sell them. species were obscure, treat! You’ll be able to grow anything Many Klamath farmers turned to unattractive and supyou want! Least we can do for men who growing grains that benefited from posedly worthless. The fought the Axis powers!” federal price supports, so that competiopposition was a group Through the following decades, water tion does not affect their prices. And human beings trying to levels dropped and temperatures rose as the water levels got lower and lower make a traditional livirrigation turned the arid watershed and lower. ing, and the circuminto farmland. Water And so, we come Joshua stances forcing the conquality declined as full circle, with a Rose flict were apparently fertilizers and pestinew perspective on not br "tr'l jeyoiivd human contro. cides ran off from the the situation. The This time, ESA had to be changed. But farmers’ fields. The drought is not an species in the end, after looking past the attendams cut off cenunexpected event, tion-grabbing headlines and vote-seekturies-old migration protection, is but the natural cliing rhetoric, the picture was very differroutes between the mactic state in the ent, and the act was justified again. salmon’s ocean habito [the Klamath Basin. The The setting was the Klamath Basin tat and upstream farmers did not have in south-central Oregon. This location is breeding grounds. way their water cut off probably significant because of their The salmon fishery without warning; relative proximity to the old-growth crashed in the 19605, they had nearly a forests that were ground zero in the taking many jobs with it. Suckerfish decade of advance notice and did nothbiggest ESA controversy to date, the populations also crashed. ing. The federal government is not takSpotted Owl fracas. Many of the same In 1993, then-President Bill Clinton ing away the farmers’ livelihood; in fact, folks who engaged in demagoguery convinced Congress to pass the North the Feds are their livelihood, paying American Free Trade Agreement negothen, such as handing out “Save a logmillions of dollars in price supports, ger, eat an owl” bumper stickers resurtiated by his predecessor, George Bush. irrigation water and other subsidies. The two species of suckerfish were Free trade, not endangered species proWrong. faced. But this time, rather than loggers—stereotyped as burly, hairy men To get the whole story, look back sevdeclared endangered, and a recovery tection, is the real threat to their way of in flannel stomping around the forest, eral decades to the late 19405. The plan was filed with recommendations life. The suckerfish are not useless but bent on destroying trees —the humans Allies were defeating Germany and to protect and restore the remaining are signs ofimbalance in the ecosystem. involved were farmers: sympathetic Japan, and the Klamath River boasted populations. The Native American They are relics of days when suckers families who feed the world and grow not only abundant suckerfish of several tribes were restricted to taking one and salmon supported a fishing econoproducts that we have in our own species but also one of the west coast’s suckerfish per year, for ceremonial my more profitable than the present kitchens. Many of them were also war most productive Coho salmon fisheries. purposes only, until the populations farming one. The farmers who sell their veterans (more on that later). And The salmon supported both commercial recovered. 1994 land are not sellouts, nor are the conin However, instead of owls—warm, soft and feathfishermen and a large community of Republicans took control of Congress, servationists buying it carpetbaggers; ery symbols of wisdom or patience in Native Americans. The tribes also and the suckerfish recovery plan never they are agents of the free market, many cultures, valued for controlling fished for the suckers, for both food and received sufficient funding. Klamath turning the land and water to their rodent populations—the endangered ceremonial purposes. What the Basin farmers ignored the listing and most valuable uses. And the farmers species this time was suckers. Klamath Basin did not have was farms; continued irrigating, still at the taxwho refuse to sell out, and the politiTo be specific, the Shortnose Sucker, the region was predominantly arid, too payers’ expense. cians who use their protests as photoChasmistes brevirostris, and the Lost dry to grow crops profitably. Through the ’9os, NAFTA brought a ops? Well, let’s just say that fish aren’t River Sucker, Deltistes luxatus. Both The war ended, and the veterans flood of imported Mexican and the only suckers in the Klamath Basin. species are restricted to the Klamath came home. They wanted peaceful ways Canadian crops, many grown in natuBasin. Both are edible, but too rare to to make a living, and the federal gov- rally wetter, more fertile places and Joshua Rose is a graduate student in support a fishery. Neither is terribly ernment wanted to thank themfor their harvested with cheaper labor than in the Department of Biology. \

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Summit pointers for Bush WASHINGTON Here are a few do’s and don’ts that will help coalition-wary realists measure President George W. Bush’s success or failure at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shanghai.

William Safire Commentary Don't get hung up in a free-trade love feast. Bush is not leaving his command post in terrorist wartime primarily to save the world from recession. Interminable blather about opening up markets is what China’s Jiang Zemin wants most. The Chinese leader’s diplomatic legions, drawn up in vast cumbrous array, will issue reams of plans for a “Shanghai round” of negotiations, but what makes this Bush trip necessary is getting, face to face, a promise of intelligence sharing about terror groups, to be followed by arrests and extradition. Do focus on the central issue of the new era: All nations must choose sides in the terror war. Muslim Indonesia, with the world’s fourth-largest population, is becoming a breeding ground for fanaticism. Bush needs to get commitments from nations like Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Taiwan and South Korea to help Indonesia —as well as dictator-ridden Malaysia—resist and root out al-Qaida and its underworld brethren. Do not let China and Russia gang up on us in a trilateral meeting; stick to “hi-lats” only. Jiang wants to use this crisis to justify crackdowns on Taiwan, Tibet

and its Muslim Uighurs, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin accept the newly reinforced American resolve. It’s sees a chance to brutalize Chechnya again and snatch worth a shot. Don’t let our new warmth toward Pakistan allow independence back from Georgia. Bush should hold fast to his unequivocal position: Not all local autonomy China to get away with selling missile know-how to need be separatist, and not every separatist movement that nervous nuclear power. In November 2000, is a terrorist organization. China agreed not to transfer ballistic missile techDo seize the moment to advance missile defense. nology to its longtime ally Pakistan. Then it did. Bush shows no sign of wobbling on this issue. Next When we objected, China stonewalled; we countered month is decision time to continue or to delay devel- by denying U.S. companies the license to launch opment, and that deadline coincides with his satellites on Chinese rockets. In Shanghai, Jiang will “friend” Putin’s visit to the Crawford, Texas, ranch. try to get a pass for its duplicity by saying we all love Now is the moment to nail down his agreement to Pakistan’s dictator now. Bush should not allow himthe principles of a “new framework” to replace the self to be so rolled. Do make clear to China that future relations with outmoded ABM treaty that now renders both nations defenseless. Then both presidents can instruct aides the United States hinge on sharing the intelligence to complete the deal for signing at the November gathered by its worldwide network of spies. “As you might imagine,” a high official traveling with the “Crawford summit.” Do not pay for the freedom to build a space shield (or president understates, “our intelligence relationship for permission to hit the Taliban out of the formerly with the Chinese is not all that well developed.” But Soviet country of Uzbekistan) with an offer to bring even as we continue to steal each other’s secrets, it unready Russia into the World Trade Organization or should not be beyond the wit of spooks, when nationinto NATO. No quid pro quo is required when all al interests coincide, to exchange secrets about a comnations benefit from a planet-wide defense against termon enemy. rorist missiles containing nuclear or germ warheads. This above all: Freedom of world trade, so devoutBush could offer Putin some face-saving wiggle room ly to be wished, cannot blossom without freedom from fear. Those who want to participate in prosperby promising to consult him before deploying the antimissile shield. ity are obliged to join America in crushing the fanatDo follow up such a preliminary Russian- ical fearmongers and the nations nurturing them. American missile handshake with a face-to-face pitch That should be the message Bush drives home in to Jiang to relieve the mind of his military. Bush’s Shanghai. earnestness and charm are unlikely to stop China’s inexorable missile buildup, but Jiang, as he nears William Safire’s column is syndicated through the New retirement, may be looking for a graceful way to York Times News Service.

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