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Duke tops college diversity list By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
Housing changes Duke Card access By MEGAN CARROLL The Chronicle
The next time you swipe your DukeCard at a residence hall, you may be surprised by a red light denying you entry. Unbeknownst to most students, administrators changed the DukeCard policy this year by eliminating in-house voting for card access to dormitories and stripping off-campus students’
entrance privileges to residential buildings. “I think the general feeling was that it was a safer way to do it,” said Fidelia Thomason, director of Housing Management. “We want to encourage community in the quads and on East Campus.” Students expressed confusion about when and where they can swipe their DukeCards to enter buildings and hoped the University would officially notify the entire student body. “The cards are our lifelines,” said freshman Jennifer Gurevich. “We use them for everything. We should know what it’s useful for.” On West Campus, students have access to their own quad’s dormitory entrances 24 hours a day. Oncampus students can enter other quads between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 a.m. East Campus students have access to their own dorms 24 hours a day, but they are denied entry into other residential buildings on East and West between 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. As in previous years, students living on West and Central campuses are restricted from entering any East residential halls. Students living off-campus do not. have card access to any residential halls and can swipe their cards only at academic buildings like computer clusters and libraries. “They have chosen to live off-campus,” Thomason said. “They chose to not be a part of the residential community,” But some off-campus students, such as those belonging to selective houses and fraternities, still feel they are a part of campus life.
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Provost Peter Lange said he was pleased with the findings, but added that the University still has residential segregation issues and that departments range in their level of diversity. Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Karla Holloway said she would like to see more tenured black faculty and higher retention rates for black faculty. “While this is very encouraging, it does not mean our job is over and everything is okay,” Vice President for Institutional Equity Sally Dickson said. “It is something to be proud of, but that is not to say that we are perfectly diverse. What it shows is that we have competition, and other universities are trying to do the same thing. So if we slip a little, we will lose our ground and won’t be number one—which of course we always like to be.” Following in the next five spots were Emory University, Princeton University, Washington University, See DIVERSITY on page 6
Republicans chase Dole for Senate
R° om re °Pene d itB doors to the Duke community this week, featuring a name change and new menu options. See page 3
By LAURA BEACH The Chronicle
With the U.S. Senate primaries looming ahead on Sept. 10, six underdog North Carolina Republican candidates are pressing onward in their efforts to counteract the political powerhouse that is
Elizabeth Dole. Dole, who visited Duke last week, is the clear favorite in the upcoming election, having received public support from both President George W. Bush and Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., whose seat Dole aims to take when he retires after five terms in office. Dole’s campaign platform, of which she spoke last Thursday in Page Auditorium, includes tax relief, trade enforcement to protect manufacturing, local control of education and strengthening of national defense. Mary Ellison Baars, president and founder of Duke Students for See REPUBLICANS on page 8
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OFF-CAMPUS STUDENTS will see a red light this year when swiping their DukeCards at dormitory entrances.
Duke leads the nation’s top-tier universities in integrating black students and faculty, according to a new report in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. The study used 13 quantitative factors on racial diversity to determine the rankings of 28 of the nation’s most prestigious universities. The journal gave credit to “the sincere commitment of President Nan Keohane to racial diversity” but said there still was much room for improvement. Most notably, the University had the highest five-year gain in percentage of black students in the freshman class, which’ gained 7.8 percent to 11.2 percent last year. Its lowest ranking came in at ninth in percentage of black tenured faculty. “The high ranking does not mean Duke is a Shangri-La for black students. Serious racial issues exist on the Duke campus,” the article said. “Some observers have noted there is little overall interaction between many black and white students on the Duke
A new movie program called CFlix, available via broadband Internet access, will begin services this year. See page 4
The Fuqua School of Business started the new Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship through a grant from an internationalfoundation. See page 5
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Bush seeks Congressional approval
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Canada proposes marijuana legalization
A Parliamentary committee called for legalizing marijuana use among adults, increasing pressure on the government to shift drug laws away from the zero-tolerance policy of the United States. •
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in an interview that a new war in the Middle East would put at risk all that has been gained so far in the unfinished battle against al Qaeda, in Afghanistan and elsewhere. •
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A new account of Beijing’s secretive politics says that China’s leader, Jiang Zemin, has decided to give up all of his top posts, and that the country will have its first orderly political succession over the coming six months. •
President acknowledges need for allies in Congress to approve Iraq policy By DAVID SANGER
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he cannot proceed alone and that he needs to move quickly to try to resolve a rift within his administration, with many of his father’s cautious advisers and with his reluctant allies. But the statement represented more than just the joining of a great debate over how to deal with a man who, as Bush put it so bluntly Wednesday morning, is “stiffing the world.” Implicitly, Bush has agreed to engage the country in a discussion
By JAMES DAO
Demonstrators JOHANNESBURG, South Africa jeered Secretary of State Colin Powell to protest the administration’s environmental and foreign aid policies Wednesday as the World Summit on Sustainable Development drew to a close. The 10-day event, involving representatives from more than 100 nations, concluded with sharply mixed reviews from its 40,000 participants, with some warmly praising and others harshly deriding efforts to stem global pollution and relieve poverty. The culmination of the meeting was an “action plan” that set broad timetables for improving sanitation, reducing chemical pollution and protecting endangered species through the coming two decades.
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over a fundamental change in America’s national security strategy—his doctrine that perilous times have forced the United States to assert a right to launch pre-emptive strikes against any nation that could put weapons of mass destruction into the hands of terrorists. After Pearl Harbor and the invasion of South Korea, presidents sought congressional approval to
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“And this is the debate the American people must hear, must under-
stand,” he said. “And the world must understand as well that its credibility is at stake.” Any resolution approving preemptive action could set a precedent that could be used in a variety of other conflicts, and will almost certainly be seized upon by other nations—perhaps China in its confrontation with Taiwan, or India in its conflict with Pakistan—as they pursue their own agendas. So winning his point will pose a huge test ofBush’s leadership, first in Washington, then around the world. See BUSH on page 6
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There were also numerous pledges to protect rain forests, combat AIDS, expand education and ease hunger from an array of foundations, private companies and wealthy nations, including the United States. But many participants and observers complained that the talks failed to achieve significant results, with some contending the event was a step backward from the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In particular, the critics attacked the United States—along with Canada, Japan and oil-producing states—for blocking efforts to set firm timetables for reducing oil and gas consumption. “On climate change, they took a major step back from the Rio agreements 10 years ago,” said Phil Clapp, presiSee POWELL on page 8
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Pentagon begins Ft. Bragg study By JOSH NIMOCKS The Chronicle Following four domestic homicides at Fort Bragg, N.C., this summer, the Pentagon has sent a medical team to investigate a possible link between the incidents and the anti-malaria drug Lariam. All four of the couples reportedly had previous marital problems, and in each incident the husband is accused in the wife s death. Two of the husbands committed suicide immediately after the murder. Rigoberto Nieves, William Wright and Brandon Floyd had all recently returned from Afghanistan and were taking Lariam to combat the malaria carried by mosquitoes in that country. Cedric Griffin, the fourth
husband, had not been to Afghanistan and was not taking the drug. According to a World Health Organization report issued in 2000, Lariam may cause anxiety, depression, difficulty sleeping and psychotic and paranoid reactions. The WHO reports the occurrence of serious side effects from the drug at one in 6,000 to one in about 10,000 users, among the millions who take Lariam each year. Timothy Haystead, an associate professor of pharmacology at Duke who has researched anti-malaria drugs, said Lariam is effective. He said that although users have been known to experience hallucinations, it is a minor side effect. “There’s no scientific evidence out there that suggests [Lariam] would cause violent behavior,” Haystead said.
Heather Wakefield, a registered nurse with Roche Pharmaceuticals, which produces Lariam, also said that in spite of minor side -effects, Lariam has not been associated with violent crime or criminal conduct. “There’s obviously no medication completely free of adverse events,” she said, but added that the drug has been used for treating 25 million cases over the last 17 years and remains the drug of choice for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the WHO. In addition to investigating possible impacts of Lariam, the Pentagon team will also examine the military lifestyle, with its long periods of separation and combat stress, as a possible factor in the killings. Both Fort Bragg and surrounding Cumberland County offer social service resources to prevent violence and marital conflict, but most of the army’s See FT. BRAGG on page 6
SENIORS Alison Haddock, Abbie Huff and Danielle Friedman eat lunch Wednesday at the revamped Oak Room Grille
Oak Room changes name, menu By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
With a new menu, a new mission and a new name, The Oak Room Grille opened Wednesday to little fanfare and mixed reviews. The West Union Building’s second-floor eatery suffered through a tumultuous period last year, in-
cluding an unsuccessful up-scaling and several management changes. Over the summer, with student input at the forefront of consideration, the menu was changed to offer more grilled foods—hence the different name—larger portions and somewhat cheaper prices. “We were struggling with what the identity of the Oak Room is,” said David Randolph, ARAMARK Corp. district manager. ARAMARK took over Oak Room operations last year along with other previously Duke-controlled eateries like The Great Hall. “Students say they want Outback, Grady’s and Macaroni Grill, and that’s what we’re trying to give
them,” Randolph added.
Other changes to the menu include more appetizers, bottomless salads and an entree special every night—all items recommended in a spring survey conducted by the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, DUSDAC Co-Chair Barry Locker estimated they changed about 35 percent of the lunch menu, about 65 percent of the dinner menu and about 50 percent of the appetizer offerings. He noted, however, that DUSDAC will continue to monitor the restaurant’s implementation of the new menu. “Ultimately, I think that they have listened to us, the students,” said Locker, a senior. “But it’s really on their shoulders now to deliver the goods.”
Some Oak Room Grille diners said they did not difference, but other said they appreciated the larger and less up-scale menu. “I am very impressed with the changes here.... I think the menu is much more up-to-date,” said se notice much
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CFlix debuts as DTV Movie Channel replacement By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
Efforts to bring the DTV Movie Channel back have run into a financial roadblock, but officials are optimistic that the service may return in the next year, even as Internet-based alternative CFlix attempts to stake a claim to the campus’ movie-on-demand market. The University removed the channel in August 2001 because the offering of almost 50 free movies a month grew too expensive. In a Duke Student Government referendum vote last spring, 46 percent of students approved of a proposed plan to increase the student housing fee by a maximum of $4O per semester to bring back the channel, but the University has not made any move to readopt the system. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said a change from the current ‘Teepaid” to a “pre-paid” service would create financial challenges. “To convert to a ‘pre-paid’ [service] —that is, already in the rent —requires a rent increase which, although students voted to endorse it last year, would affect our relative room rates as compared with peer institutions and would limit the amount of tuition and other fee increases Duke could make next year,” Moneta wrote in an e-mail. Kevin Williams, a senior who as a DSG legislator last year spearheaded the referendum, said he still hopes to bring back an alternate version of the channel provided by a company called Residence Life Cinema. “I hope DTV will host a month of free trial service by the end of the semester, and then a permanent version could be in place by next semester,” Williams said.
Moneta was less optimistic, however, setting his sights on fall 2003. Students said they were interested in bringing back the movie channel, but were wary of high prices. “It was an entertaining channel to have—to have movies all the time. I was quite surprised when they took it off,” said senior Kelvin Woo. He said he might pay more to get the channel if it was brought back. Meanwhile, CFlix, an Internet startup created by Brett Goldberg, Trinity ’99, is still in its launch phase. The service offers video-ondemand via broadband Internet on a pay-perview basis for between $2 and $4 a movie. CFlix also requires a $4 per month fee for continuous programming like classic Comedy
Central shows. “We’re set to provide Duke students with a great service,” Goldberg said. “We’ve already got Warner Bros, and Disney on board, which is a big step.” The Office of Information Technology decided to offer CFlix as a complementary service to cable service after a successful free pilot program in the spring. “The [video-on-demand] functionality was very attractive to students whose schedule often conflicts with traditional cable TV programming timing,” said Angel Dronsfield, senior director of OIT planning and business strategy. Most students said they had heard of CFlix, but had not yet considered signing up for it. “Four dollars [a month is] a reasonable price, but I wouldn’t necessarily do it because I don’t watch too much TV and most of the movies I watch I already have,” said sophomore Jessi Miller. Cindy Yee contributed to this story.
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Business school initiates entrepreneurship center By KIRA ROSOFF The Chronicle
The Fuqua School of Business announced Tuesday the creation of the Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, taking its first step in a 10-year initiative to promote entrepreneurial leadership in the social sector. Over the next five years, The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation which supports social and non-profit programs, will finance CASE with a $2.5 million grant. Fuqua will match the grant over 10 years. The center is part of the school’s commitment to educating leaders worldwide and provides students with the opportunity to work among several of the graduate and professional schools. The center will complement an existing competition called the Start-Up Challenge, which identifies the best organizational concepts created by teams with at least one Duke student. The program then provides seed money, resources and contacts to turn them into productive businesses. “Start-Up’s social enterprise track is focused not on the business aspect, but on what is the social benefit of the business,” said Bradley Zimmer, a secondyear law student and Duke Start-Up Challenge co-chair. “CASE provides the program with funding and helps create the interdepartmental platform that allows [the chosen businesses] to succeed.” Adjunct Professor Gregory Dees,
CASE’S new director, has tapped into students’ hidden interest in non-profit work, said Fuqua Dean Douglas Breeden in a statement. Beth Anderson, managing director of CASE who worked at Stanford University with Dees, said that although CASE will begin at Fuqua, she hopes it will ultimately become a University-wide initiative, engaging Fuqua MBA students, other Duke students and faculty. “The core of activities... [will] stimulate interdisciplinary research among Fuqua faculty and may, down the road, have funding available for broader Duke faculty,” Anderson said. The center’s first planned activity, “Scaling for Social Impact,” will not be until next fall. It will incorporate action learning programs, executive education and consulting for businesses in the social and non-profit sectors over periods of six to nine months. “We will be bringing together organizations that have had successful programs in one or two areas and are looking to expand,” Anderson said. “We help them develop effective strategy for expanding through management and measuring performance, cross-sector partnership and developing viable financial strategies for lasting impact.” In the meantime, CASE will begin working with several existing Duke ventures, such as the Class of 2001 Loan Forgiveness Fund and the Social Enterprise Program of the Start-Up Challenge.
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London to head Institute on Care at End of Life Gwendolyn London, a 20-year veteran of the end-of-life movement, was appointed interim director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School Dean Gregory Jones announced Tuesday. London, who had been the associate director for programming of the institute since December, succeeds Dr. Keith Meador, who will focus on the Theology and Medicine Program, a divinity school program that recently announced a significant expansion of its scope and work. London’s appointment took effect Aug. 15. Before coming to Duke last year, London was executive director of the D.C.
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Battier to speak Former Duke basketball player and current Memphis Grizzly Shane Battier will give a talk about leadership Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in Page Auditorium. A religion major at Duke, Battier led his 2001 varsity basketball team to the national championship and was named National Player of the Year. The event is co-sponsored by Duke’s Hart Leadership Program, the Division of Student Affairs, the Athletics Depart-
ment, the Duke University Union and The Chronicle. Tickets are free and will be distributed on the Bryan Center Walkway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 and 17.
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Every week, Black acts as a consultant with the military’s social service personnel at a case review meeting, where they examine violence charges over the past week and compare notes on specific cases that both groups have
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services are for active duty personnel, and family members are referred to outside providers for individual counseling. “The programs are out there; it’s just dealt with. getting people to take advantage of She said that sometimes the milithem,” said Crystal Black, program di- tary has only one side of the story, so the county will provide additional inrector of the Care Center at the Department of Social Services for Cumberland formation. County. The county department offers As a precaution against future incitransitional housing and a shelter for dents, the army will begin mental battered spouses and children, as well screens for soldiers returning from as counseling programs for abusers. Afghanistan. The report from the PenThirteen to 15 percent of their clients tagon medical team is expected to be reare associated with the military. leased within the month.
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taken place,” said Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, in an in-
His aides acknowledge that the first task is to answer those senators, former generals and an older generation of national security experts who ask why there is such urgency to confront Iraq now. Vice President Dick Cheney argued last week that he is convinced that the Iraqi leader will develop a nuclear weapon “fairly soon”—words that seemed to suggest new intelligence to back up the administration’s insistence that there is little time to spare. Yet so far, the body language of administration officials suggests the new evidence is scant, and by all accounts Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld offered little new evidence at a closeddoor meeting Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill. The administration argues it needs no new evidence. “The burden of proof is not on the U.S., it is on Saddam Hussein to show that the elimination of weapons of mass destruction has
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terview Wednesday. That argument may not prove sufficient in Congress. “There’s clearly a case that Saddam is a threat,” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said after the meeting. “The question is whether he is like the North Korean leadership—who have had weapons of mass destruction for years, but are so interested in their own survival that there is little reason to think they would initiate an attack.” Bush’s task grew even more complex over the summer, when he remained largely silent on Iraq. That meant the debate was dominated by a parade of television skeptics—led by generals who played key roles in the Gulf War 11 years ago—and sober-minded veterans of the first Bush administration, led by Brent Scowcroft and James Baker 111. Both men agree that Saddam is a dangerous menace who wants to dominate the Persian Gulf and its oil. But they suggested that there is a right way and a wrong way to oust him.
DIVERSITY from page 1 Vanderbilt University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—making four of the top six universities Southern. At the bottom of the list was the University of Chicago, the California Institute of Technology and The Johns Hopkins University. Unlike US. News & World Report rankings, which include qualitative rankings, the journal’s report used only quantitative factors: total black student enrollment and its five-year progress, percentage of blacks in the current freshman class and its five-year progress, black student yield and its fiveyear progress, percentage of black faculty and its five-year progress, percentage of black tenured faculty and its five-year progress, black student graduation rate and its seven-year progress and difference in graduation rate between black and white students. “The picture of Duke in 2002 is dramatically different than the faces 10 years ago when I came to the University,” Holloway said. “Still, numbers are just one part of the experience. As a humanist, I place a lot ofvalue in the experience of personal narratives and think that Duke might pay closer attention to narratives.” With four of the categories focused on faculty, Lange attributed much of the University’s success in diversity to the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative, which has almost doubled black faculty in the last 10 years. A task force will meet next week to determine what form the initiative will take in the next decade. The rankings gave all 13 factors equal weighting, which Black Student
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Alliance President Abena Antwi said weakens their importance. Antwi, a senior, said the percentage of black faculty and the percentage of blacks in the overall student body are more important elements and should be weighted more heavily. Former BSA president and Duke Student Government Vice President for Student Affairs Troy Clair also questioned the significance of a purely numeric comparison. “The report is not about integration or interaction with each other—it’s about the numbers who are here,” said Clair, a senior. “It’s important that Duke recognizes that diversity, but I also don’t think we need to be too self-
congratulatory.”
DSG President Joshua Jean-Baptiste, a senior, said one ofhis main goals for the year is to create more “Duke space” to encourage the integration of the student body. “One of my top priorities is to focus on social exclusiveness and make more things inclusive,” Jean-Baptiste said. “Students have a lot of things in common... but tend to let the differences self-segregate.” Dickson said the report will have four primary benefits: sending a message to universities that racial integration is an important issue, recognizing the universities that have made progress, establishing a means of comparison between universities and recruiting students and faculty Lange said the study also will improve the University’s reputation in terms ofracial diversity and integration. “People away from Duke are not always fully aware of how diverse we are,” Lange said. “Being in the South continues to affect the public’s perception of us.”
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“It’s awfully hard [to get into West Campus dorms] when it comes to the weekends,” said Greg Anderson, a junior in Wayne Manor who lives offcampus. “I have to call in advance.” Senior Blaise DiPersia agreed. “I can’t surprise friends and just stop by,” he said. “I’m less likely to wind up [on West Campus].” Thomason said safety was an important consideration when members of Campus Council and Residential Life and Housing Services held a joint meeting last spring to discuss card access changes. “An increase in access is a decrease in security,” Thomason said. “It’s a ground rule we go by.” Some students agreed that any access restrictions are appropriate if they make the student body safer. “Students feel secure if they are the only ones entering the building,” said senior Erica Peppers, who lives in the Belmont.
Council about the new card access policy, some students wished they could have been more involved in the decision-making process. “It would’ve been nice to have some input,” said Anderson, who believes on-campus students should have more say than those living off-campus. Most freshmen were not concerned about being locked out ofWest Campus dorms after 2 a.m. Freshman Emily Nolan was confident that any dorm access restrictions would not impact her partying plans on the weekends. “The dorms are usually open if there’s a party,” Nolan said. “It’s not really a problem.” But others pointed to the denial of access into any dormitories for off-campus students as another measure to reduce the party scene on West Campus—a scene that is quickly moving off-campus. “This can be one more step to kill the social life and to protect [the students],” DiPersia said. “I can’t really blame the administrators.”
An Open Letter to the Duke Community In the Democratic Primary election on Tuesday, September 10, two members of the Duke community, BECKY HERON and ELLEN RECKHOW, are running for re-election to the Durham County Board of Commissioners. Having served Durham with distinction, they are both dedicated to improving the school system, preservation of the quality of life in this area, and responsible financial management of county affairs. We have every reason to believe that they will continue to be moderate, reasonable, and informed voices beholden to no special interest.
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GEORGE RAGSDALE, a Divinity student, felt that the Oak Room Grille could use some added diversity on its menu.
OAK ROOM from page 3 nior Danielle Friedman. “I would definitely like to come back and eat here, and I’m glad they decided to keep it around.” First-year Divinity School student George Ragsdale, Trinity ’O2, said he enjoyed his meal but saw further potential in the restaurant’s offerings. “It still needs diversity,” Ragsdale said. “I still remember the Oak Room the way it used to be.”
Some said despite the student-driven changes,
The Oak Room Grille is no longer student-friendly. “I haven’t been here since sophomore year, when it was still ‘The Oak Room,’ and not ‘The Oak Room Grille,’ and there were still students here,” said senior Kristen Blackman, who ate lunch there Wednesday. “There are no students here now; it’s all adults.” Randolph said the breakdown between students
and the faculty and staff clientele during lunch and dinner is the same as in previous years. “Typically, we have about three-quarters faculty and staff for lunch, and almost 90 percent students for dinner,” he added. Randolph also noted that The Oak Room Grille has attempted to improve service and efficiency, and notwithstanding some first-day glitches in the restaurant’s computer system, customers expressed satisfaction with the service. He and Locker said customers can still only tip restaurant staff in cash, not using a DukeCard or credit card. Although they said they are working to resolve the problem, which staff members have complained leaves them under-tipped, they added that University policy currently prevents them from doing so. John Miller contributed to this story.
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Dole, said that Dole’s distinguished credentials will enhance her ability as a senator. “Through her past experiences, whether in government as a member of two presidents’ cabinets or in humanitarian service as Red Cross president, she is able to bring huge depth and wisdom to the U.S. Senate,” said Baars, a sophomore. Jeff Raileanu, president of Duke University College Republicans, also expressed his support for Dole. “Fm confident that she’ll get the nomination and, if elected, she’ll do what is right for North Carolina,” said Raileanu, a junior. Some critics, however, said Dole is not conservative enough for the job. Senior Bill English, president of the Duke Conservative Union, said that he is not satisfied with Dole’s front-runner status. “All conservatives have to be a little disappointed that Elizabeth Dole will most likely win the primary.” Nevertheless, he added, “It would be 10 times better to have even a moderate Republican than any of her Democratic challengers in office.” One of Dole’s leading challengers, attorney Jim
POWELL from page 2 dent of the National Environmental Trust. The Bush administration, he added, was part of “an axis of oil.” The Johannesburg plan calls on nations to reduce by half the proportion of poor people who lack sanitation by 2015, to minimize health and environmental problems caused by chemical pollution by 2020 and to reduce significantly the number of endangered species by 2010.
Powell, during his only day at the talks, endured the brunt of the criticism, having his 10-minutespeech interrupted twice by hecklers who chanted, “Shame on Bush.” Several of the two dozen protesters, many of them Americans, were escorted from the hall. There were also murmurs of protest inside the hall when Powell attacked Zimbabwe’s government for rights abuses and criticized southern African countries
Snyder of Lexington, N.C., shared English’s views. A strong supporter ofthe Second Amendment and an opponent of abortion, he claimed to be the true conservative candidate in the race as opposed to Dole, who he feels is too moderate in her beliefs. Snyder promised to uphold the conservative precedent set by Helms. “If she wins the nomination, I’m concerned she can’t win the final election because she doesn’t have the conservative base,” he said. Snyder also criticized Dole’s own allegiance to Washington, D.C., not North Carolina. “The [federal] government wants to take over the Republican election. They are so concerned about having someone to do their bidding. They know I won’t,” he said. Josh Hutton, a sophomore who interned for Snyder’s campaign last summer, touted Snyder’s local roots. “He’s lived and worked here all his life, in contrast to Mrs. Dole, who hasn’t lived here for a long time and is just returning to our state to run for office.” Another conservative candidate gaining momentum is Dr. Jim Parker, a Lumberton, N.C., physician who supports Second Amendment rights and lower taxes, and denounces affirmative action and amnesty for illegal immigrants.
for refusing American genetically engineered corn to help allay famine. Some European governments have raised health concerns about genetically altered grains, but the Bush administration contends the corn is safe.
Powell used his speech to promote the administra-
tion’s philosophy on foreign aid, which demands that developing nations end corruption, open their borders to trade and improve services in exchange for assistance. The program will increase foreign aid by 50 percent, to $l5 billion a year, in three years, Powell said. “Official development aid alone is not enough,” he said. Then, repeating the mantra of the Bush administration, he added, “Trade is the engine of development.” The administration has also encouraged partnerships between governments and the private sector to underwrite environmental and poverty programs overseas. The secretary praised two partnerships Wednesday: one with Japan, to increase access to clean water,
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Parker called Dole “the big-government candidate hand-picked to win this election. We still have time to win this election and send a message to Washington that we will pick our own senator,” he said. Candidate Timothy Cook, a textile chemist from Browns Summit, N.C., was critical of excessive salaries for charity CEOs. He argued that Dole has an unfair financial advantage. “If I had worked for the Red Cross instead of being a chemist, I could be running a much better campaign,” he said. But candidate Douglas Sellers, an insurance agent from Rockwell, N.C., downplayed the financial aspect of the race. “Elections are about people, not money,” Sellers said. Dr. Ada Fisher, a candidate from Dole’s hometown of Salisbury, N.C., remained optimistic. “Fm going to win if people vote the issues. Everyone else is talking in platitudes.” Dr. Venkat Challa, a pathologist from Lewisville, N.C., hoped for a strong showing in the primary. “If I win, I win,” he said. Although Dole is not his first choice, English said he was resigned to the likelihood that she will move on to the November election. “At the end of the day, we’re all gonna end up voting for Liddy,” he said. and another involving conservation groups and indus-
trialized nations, to protect rain forests in the Congo River basin.
“Essential to this approach is the realization that sustainable development is too big for any government alone,” he said at an event for the Congo Basin partnership. The Bush administration’s approach to foreign aid, and the development meeting generally, has pleased American conservatives, who had urged George W. Bush to avoid the event. But environmental groups raised concerns about recruiting private corporations to help finance environmental programs. “The corporate fox cannot continue to oversee the planet and people’s health and the ecological sustainability of this world,” said Michael Dorsey, a director of the Sierra Club. “Partnerships, especially corporate partnerships, must be subject to an international framework of binding accountability.”
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building downtown, the closing ceremonies will be a traditional bonfire on Main West. (Throwing dorm furniture into the fire will be highly encouraged because when the world is watching, the bigger the better.) Durham's quality DATA bus system is already in place to transport athletes from the Olympic Village located in Trent. Bill Burig will be on hand to explain to all the athletes why their housing is so shitty. Parking will be conveniently located in Chapel Hill with buses running every three to four hours
BLAZIN’: While the bonfire's lighting up Main West for the closing ceremonies, fireworks will explode in a frenzy over the Chapel.
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July m up in the Chronicle office and, surprise, U2 isn t blaring out like the perpetual sermon, but instead WXDU sends me a sign. A sweeping melody swirling in waves of guitar reverb, and a guy singing about New York City who sounded like he knew it all too well: "The subway, she is a porno/and the pavements are a mess/l know you've supported me for a long time/somehow I'm not impressed." It chimed, and it soared, and sat blinking in front of the monitor in bit a of awe. Tower View editor Matt Atwood was the only other person in the room, and as the man on the radio crooned like a distant ambulance, crying "It's up to me now/Turn on the bright lights," thought saw a single tear roll down Mattwood's quivering babyface. A quick phone call to XDU and the DJ says the band is Interpol, and go "Oh, rock on," and hang up like of course know Interpol—who wouldn't know Interpol? A song like that only comes from a great band knows and loves and makes lov Secretly my head is hung in shame like failed some hip test, and when the DJ comes back on the air he says "You just heard 'NYC' by Interpol. W just had three calls about that one—never happened on this show before" Later that day, at Radio Free Records' reopening, Viva pops in something on the box and the roomful of shoppers start bobbing their heads. Rip currents of white-
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Interpol? water guitar and a turbulent rhythm undertow tug at you to dance but something in the guy's deadpan voice warns against it. You wouldn't want to make love to it, but it might be the soundtrack to sweaty, running dreams. "Interpol, man," Viva says to a couple of roused browsers who nod sagely as he adds, sideways, "Gonna be huge'.' Gonna be. Interpol already loomed huge, rocking all over XDU for the next couple of weeks and then, right on time, the indie presses collectively sneezed and a million name drops of Joy Division hit the glass. But it's some kind of GRADE: aural illusion: A double take says Interpol sounds A nothing at all like Joy Division—bleak, gloomy, maybe not cloaked in black, but rather in thick and busy shades of vibrant gray. Sure, we could lay blame with 80s names; Singer Paul Banks channels David Byrne and Morrissey as deftly as he does lan lo to the Angels" at first sounds ; ths homage—if not cover —but »uld just as easily be the Strokes ;hey woke up one day with a mild hangover and a pounding existential crisis. I could go on with all the great late 90's guitar bands that Interpol also brings to mind—and looks ready to someday surpass. But such hypemongering would be crude and disrespectful. After all, we're talking ibout the debut album of the year here. —Greg Bloom
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When Coldplay burst onto the music scene a couple years ago, they were seen as only the latest in a series of British bands heralded as the next Radiohead. Though the easily digestible mellow rock of Parachutes was well received by listeners and GRADE: Grammy voters alike, many people, rightly, continued to lump them together with other British wannabe bands like Travis With gorgeously textured compositions and more impassioned vocals, their new album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, finds Coldplay breaking out of this mold and into the upper-stratosphere of talented rock acts. As singer Chris Martin chants in the chorus to "Politik," "Open up your eyes." With
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soothing/syrupy sounds of Parachutes. Pulsating, catchy drum beats exist throughout Rush, accompanied either by shimmering guitars—as on the album's first single
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is simply at its best on slower, melodic piano- and string-driven tracks such as "Warning Sign" and the particularly impressive "The Scientist," —a song that builds upon a simple yet captivating melody until it fantastically crashes down in a flurry of desperation and love. Through the use of crunchier guitars and more dynamic percussion, on Rush, Coldplay manage to demonstrate that although they may not yet be capable of releasing an album like OK Computer, they are a lot closer than one would have guessed from listening to their debut. —Hilary Lewis
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Calendar K ft T J Sept. 11 at 8:43 am, Aimee
Molloy ofThe Municipal Arts Society of New York will dis-
cuss the meaning of the Duke University Museum of Art's exhibit Missing: Documenting the Spontaneous Memorials of 9/11. The exhibition opened Aug. 23 and will continue until Oct. 27
MUSIC For fans of hip-hop and bloody, bloody death, check out the XEcutioners tonight at the Cat's Cradle. They are truly one of the genre's most influential acts right now, having worked with some of the hardest of hardcore recently—U2 and Linkin Park. But seriously folks, this is a show worth the $l5. Doors open at 9 p.m. 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. The 15th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival hoes down Sept. 6-7 Heading out to the Historic Durham Athletic Park and catching up with some local blues bands is an excellent way to take in the under-appreciated Durham music scene. 6 p.m. 525.
FILM It's only here for a week, and it's definitely worth a look: The Kid Stays in the Picture, a documentary of Robert Evans' rollercoaster career, will be showing at the Carolina Theatre. Worth the effort. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. every night, and 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. weekend matinees. 309 W. Morgan St.
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you had the good fortune to walk by a flyer for the show. Maybe you happened to drive by the show's venue and saw the band's name on the marquee. Or just maybe you heard about the show from the kid in your Chem class who heard about it from his ex-girlfriend's new lesbian life partner. Either way, you got lucky, because for all of the shows that the Triangle hosts, the vast majority of them skip out of town before the average Dukie even realizes they came in the first place. That's why we compiled this list of concerts that will grace the heart of North Carolina in the coming months. We hope this guide will help you unearth all the indie secrets you would have otherwise glanced over and catch the mainstream acts actually worth your cashish. Also —we admit it—this list includes the Bruce Springsteen show in Greensboro which for all you geography majors out there—is not in the Triangle. But how could you leave off the Boss and go to sleep at night in good conscience?
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Sleater-Kinney—Cat's Cradle: Oct. 22 at 8:00 p.m. $l2 The girls of Sleater-Kinney fared pretty well in last week's edition of Recess. Their new album One Beat garnered rave reviews from Senior Editor Greg Bloom, who has been dancing around the office in his skivvies ever since. Now it's your turn to sti S-K's moves (not to mention some badass music), as the reigning you've ;kside...and
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you want books, you go to the library. When you want art, you finger-paint your wall, make a silly putty sculpture, or maybe even pay a visit to the DUMA. But if you're a frequenter of the Perkins computer cluster, you know that some of the best art on campus is found not in a museum, but in the library. A year and a half ago, the otherwise sterile hallway between the cluster and the main entrance was an appropriately foreboding descent into the dark depths of the 24-hour computer lab. Since spring 2001, however, the photographs and other visual artifacts gracing its wails have served as a pleasant distraction for passersby, as well as a live space for professors and local teachers who bring their classes to examine the art. Karen Glynn, who coordinates the exhibits, said that the corridor was an obvious choice for gallery space."Because it is a heavily travelled, rather narrow
hallway, the students literally come face-to-face with the work," she said. "That immediacy, that proximity, fuels the vitality of the gallery." The exhibits, which change three times a year, are drawn from the Visual Materials Archives in the Special Collections Library. The archives contain
Thursday, September five, two thousand two boxes upon boxes of documentary photography, antique advertisements, motion picture footage and memorabilia, such as the movie posters exhibited in January's Local Color installment, which hung in conjunction with the Film and Video Program's conference on moviegoing in the American South. The current exhibition, Jesse Andrews' Thirteen Month Crop: One Year in the Life of a Piedmont Virginia Tobacco Farm also focuses on themes in the South. In black and white photographs, Andrews captures the history and current state of small family tobacco farms from all angles—the growth of agribusiness, the national campaign against tobacco use, the role of family and farmworkers and the process of growing. Powerful excerpts from oral histories collected by Charles Thompson of the Center for Documentary Studies enhance the images. Andrews, Thompson and Tom Rankin, also of the CDS, will present their work at the opening Oct. 8, and the exhibit will hang for the remainder of the fall semester. Next up; A collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center of black college student newspaper coverage of the Civil Rights movement. —Victoria Kaplan
Paranoia Like There’s No Tomorrow The year is 1950, and Beaver Cleaver is nowhere in sight. Fear of Russian espionage pits neighbor against neighbor; polio outbreaks generate hysteria; declaration of war and weaponry struggles breed fear nationwide. Jeffrey M. Jones' 1985 play Tomorrowland, rehashing the uncertainties of five decades GRADE: past, is being revisited this month at Durham's Manbites Dog Theater, with paranoia to spare. Artistic director Jeff Storer said he hopes his latest production offers insight into America's post-Sept. 11 condition by comparing it to a similarly tense time period. While the dialogue—composed entirely from 1950 commercial advertisements, billboards and news
broadcasts —manages to remain coherent, the plot of Tomorrowland is anything but. Assembled as a collage text "somewhere between coherence and nonsense," as Jones writes, Tomorrowland offers the story of Carol and Jason Wilfred (Jennifer Terrenoire and David Ring)
and their teenage daughter Divina (Vanessa Davis). As this Floridian family is transported in time all the way from the Wild West to the Robot Era of 2150, one could, if she dug deep enough, unearth some disparate messages about the persistence of family values, fear and women's roles over time. Although the plot lacks cohesion, Tomorrowland, due to excellent direction, remains entertaining. At first read-through, even Davis could not understand how the action could
be fluidly arranged. "It's a hard show to keep moving forward," she said.
Storer amazes the audience in his ability to lithely direct such seemingly random action on a single 90-minute stage, capturing the audience's attention through minimalist, yet appropriate, stage design and movement. Storer believes in the intelligence of his audience, and David Berberian, who plays two characters in the production, notes that while many leave the theater "wondering what happened here," they are also forced to "insert their personal thoughts and create dialogue." I certainly left talking—more than anything about the tremendous performance of Manbites Dog veteran
show with an artful turn as both a mother and a mental patient. For a night of suspicion and esoterica, I'd suggest taking the theater road less traveled—it leads directly to Tomorrowland. —Kim Roller
Tomorrowland runs through Sept. 21 Ticket info: (919) 682-3343.
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My Best Friend
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Heartland
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SRAIIDPA’S BAC-ASSITCCS At
some point in every great actor's career, he must begin to face his own mortality. For Clint Eastwood, that point is approaching faster than a runaway stagecoach. Having just released his 49th feature, Blood Work, Clint's resume sets him apart as one of Hollywood's all-time bad-asses. But, with his newest character s being a heart transplant recipient instead of an icy tough guy, the question needs to be asked—Has Clint aged like a fine wine or more like Anna Nicole Smith's butt? Let's go to the tale of the tape. Clint earned his bad-ass rep in the sixties with films such as Fistfull of Dollars and Hang 'Em High. He became America's favorite bad-ass in 1971, however, with Dirty Harry. By flying off the handle faster than a Rottweiler on methamphetamine, the role of Harry Callahan earns Clint the rating of 9 on the Schnaars Scale of Bad-Assitude, or simply, the ASS. In The Outlaw Josey Wales, Eastwood plays a Civil War-era farmer out for revenge. His bad-man with a soft side portrayal ga
ners a still solid 7 on the ASS. In the eighties, Clint partnered with an orangutan named Clyde for the action-comedies Any Which Way but Loose and
Any Which Way You Can. The truck-driving, beer-swilling, bare-knuckle fighting Philo, while not as hard as Josey or Harry, still merits a barely respectable 5. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of our hero's descent. Despite a rebound in Unforgiven which earned Clint a Best Actor nomination as well as a 10 on the ASS, Eastwood bottomed out in the nineties with The Bridges of Madison County (1) and Space Cowboys (3). Recently however, by embracing his aging physique and profile, Clint has succeeded in redefining Bad-Assitude to his own liking—a feat every aging icon must accomplish to stay relevant. Films such as True Crime and Absolute Power, as well as Blood Work, have introduced audiences to a Clint who is older and frailer, but still gritty and tough. So, is Clint Eastwood still a bad-ass? You could say that but you'd have to call him Grandpa Bad-Ass. —Jon Schnaars
Alert: Creative Filmmaking Is Good
It's that time—when your mind recedes into a pool of slack, stagnant, foul water, disturbed only by the most remote stimuli. The waters may ripple, but they quickly settle. It is choked with algae, overfertilized by a summer of sunshine. Someone has poisoned the water. But who? Them. The corporate evil. Those faceless elites, the money-toting goons who hold the strings and control the marionette that Hollywood has evolved into. Oh, they are evil. After the summer blockbusters begin to dwindle, it comes time to unload the nonsense, the multi-million dollar crap that fails to make even a ripple in the stagnated, algaechoked attention span—failures such as Feardotcom. The Country Bears, SwimFan, etc....
The very creation of such cinema is an embarrassment to capitalism. Surely, there is better competition, better intellectual input. And there is. Away from the multiplex, the end of the summer is highlighted by true gems—independently released art films—that break up the typical corporate glum. Films (ike the far-from-ordinary upper-classwoman-falling-for-fifteen-year-old-boy Tadpole, and the risque French flick (read; not the typical bland, censored American love story) Read My Lips. These arts films are without the over-budget carnage. Instead, they are the real stories of the fears and plights of the people they represent. The best of the lot, Sunshine State, highlights this rift
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between the faceless enemy and that of personal, individual dream and consequence. This is the story of the corporate takeover of a small, coastal Florida town and those who involuntarily fight the resort investment. A torrent of untold stories and unfinished endings, it examines the social rifts and racial divides that are perpetuated by corporate invest-
ment. This is the story of the invisible squelching of the small business man, the death of the blackowned-business... all done unconsciously by those who follow the American dream. Long and flowing, it encompasses a message few other films can boast. Perhaps Hollywood execs should see this film and embrace its simplicity.
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Baldelli’s 7th-inning triple lifts Bulls Capriati falls Durham takes 1-0 lead in playoff series against Toledo Mud Hens From wire reports
A Bulls 4 TOLEDO, Ohio two-out triple by Rocco 3 Baldelli in the seventh Mud Hens inning drove in the winning run as the Durham Bulls defeated the Toledo Mud Hens 4-3 Wednesday night in the first game of their best-of-five International League Governors’ Cup semifinal series. Baldelli’s hit off Toledo starter Shane Loux drove Loux from the mound and plated Jason Smith, who had singled. The Bulls had taken a 3-0 lead in the third. Baldelli and Paul Hoover singled and scored on a double by Jason Tyner. Ryan Freel then doubled in Tyner. The Mud Hens’ Craig Wilson made it 3-1 in the fourth with a single that drove in Ryan Jackson. Jackson had singled and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice by Mike Rivera. Eric Munson singled to lead off the inning, moved to second on a groundout by Derek Nicholson and to third on Jackson’s single, but was thrown out at home on the fielder’s choice. Toledo, playing its first playoff game since 1984, tied the score one inning later. Andres Torres and Jarrod Patterson singled, with Torres scoring on a double by Craig Monroe. Munson struck out, then Patterson scored on a -
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groundout by Nicholson. Durham starter Luis De Los Santos went six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out five. Rick Croushore, the last of four Bulls pitchers, came in for the ninth and
struck out two to earn the save.
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Even when leading, NEW YORK Jennifer Capriati rarely looked happy during her U.S. Open quarterfinal against Amelie Mauresmo. She fretted about Mauresmo’s stalling, complained about the music blaring between games, and switched rackets often. In truth, Capriati’s biggest foe might have been herself, and she admitted as much after Mauresmo came back to win 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Wednesday. “It hurts. Definitely hurts. Just a lot of expectation, a lot of pressure put on myself,” Capriati said. “There’s a fine line, there’s a balance. That’s not good either, to just want it so bad.” The three-time Grand Slam tournament champion served for the match at 6-5 in the second set, but a double fault and two errors gave away the edge. Capriati also was hurt by double faults in the third set. She used the words “nervous” and “tight” to describe her play Later, she said, “Well, I think ‘getting tight’ is basically saying you choked.” Capriati has lost her last three matches against Mauresmo, who played Wednesday with her left thigh heavily bandaged. The lOth-seeded Frenchwoman, also a semifinalist at Wimbledon, next
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Mark Thompson shines as two-sport athlete The sophomore gave up a promising quarterback career to play linebacker and wrestle By ROBERT SAMUEL The Chronicle
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Mark Thompson could not have been much more successful in high school. He was a four-time homecoming king, a quarterback for a state championship team, runner-up in the state wrestling tournament at 171 pounds and his senior class’ president. Instead of easily continuing this type of success at a small college, Thompson decided he wanted a challenge. After being recruited by many Division 111 and I-AA schools for his services at quarterback, the graduate of Moorestown High School in New Jersey decided to use his college career to concentrate on wrestling—a move he hoped would allow him to go to a well known school with good academics. He eventually decided to come to Duke and looked forward to having a great career on the wrestling mat. But, as his first love, the football itch kept coming. After many talks with wrestling head coach Clar Anderson and football head coach Carl Franks, Thompson decided to walk-on to the football team as a defensive back and remain on the wrestling team at
Needless to say, there was quite a transition from star of a state championship high school team to a walk-on for a football team that did not win a game the previous season. “When I became part of the team, I didn’t realize the losing streak was going to be part of it,” Thompson said. “It didn’t really make a difference because I was coming in as a walk-on. I didn’t know what to expect coming in. I didn’t even know ifI could compete at this level. I had to earn my spot.” Thompson never had any pride problems in the transition; he was too busy focusing on learning his new defensive position. “I only played defensive back until my senior year [in high school] so I came in here expecting to learn a whole lot,” Thompson said. Working through the adversity that comes from being a walk-on freshman, Thompson caught the eyes of the football coaches before wrestling season. He decided to red-shirt his freshman year of wrestling, but showed flashes of brilliance in his
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US OPEN from page 9 faces two-time defending champion Venus Williams who beat Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-3. Defending men’s champion Lleyton Hewitt reached the final four by beating No. 20 Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco 6-1, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2. Hewitt’s biggest blip was a double fault to cede the third set to El Aynaoui. El Aynaoui had a decent excuse if he was a step slow, his fourth-round match finished at
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Argentina pulled 87 INDIANAPOLIS off a victory that until recently 80 seemed nearly impossible, defeating the United States 87-80 Wednesday night at the men’s Argentina USA
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The top-seeded Australian got help from a non-call in the first game of the last set. At break point on El Aynaoui’s serve, Hewitt rushed forward, fell as he hit the ball, and his feet kicked out, with at least one brushing the net—which should mean losing the point. But the chair umpire, who earlier took a point from El Aynaoui when his foot touched the net, didn’t penalize Hewitt. The stadium was so empty that ushers encouraged fans in the upper reaches to move closer to the court, making a better backdrop for TV coverage. Hewitt’s semifinal opponent will be two-time Open champion Andre Agassi who beat No. 32 Max Mimyi of Belarus, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.
THOMPSON from page 9 brief appearances at freshmen-only tournaments. He posted a final record of 7-2, finishing second at the Carolina-Sharpie Open and third at the VMI freshman tournament. With his success on the mat, Thompson thought about putting his sole attention on wrestling. “I never thought of quitting because I didn’t want to do football, I thought about quitting just to focus on wrestling,” Thompson said. “If I quit it wouldn’t be because it was too hard. It would have been to focus on my [wrestling] goals.” Thompson eventually decided to keep playing football that spring, and it proved to be a great decision. Franks announced that he was giving the defensive back a scholarship for all of his hard work. Although the scholarship has to be renewed every season, it was a great moment for both Thompson and the team. “When I announced to the team that I was giving him a scholarship, the reaction of the team was a heartwarming experience.” Franks said. “Guys stood up and cheered, it was good to see how much the team cared about him.” Thompson had similar memories about the event. “It was a huge relief,” Thompson said. “It was a celebration, too. My first reaction was to my teammates at how happy they were for me. That’s one of the greatest moments I’ve ever experienced.” Thompson was named the team’s most improved
JENNIFER CAPRIATI lost to Amelie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.
defensive player last spring, and received his first playing time on special teams in Duke’s win Saturday. With the scholarship, Thompson’s priority switched from wrestling to football, but this did not bother the wrestling coach. “It doesn’t have to be an either-or thing,” Anderson said. “Their season ends with plenty of our season left. He’s in shape, and he’s a great student, so he doesn’t have to academically catch up.” Thompson also worried about his weight for wrestling, but playing the defensive back position, he will not have to bulk-up significantly. “The [football team] wants me at about 205 pounds, and I wrestle at 197, so it’s a perfect combination,” Thompson said. An outstanding student who is on the pre-med track, Mark uses the two sports to structure his studying time. “I sit in my room a lot [studying],” Thompson said. “I feel like football and wrestling structure my time. I have a routine that I follow. If I had a lot free-time, I
would probably waste a lot of it.” Thompson’s scholarship has affected his social life as well. As a red-shirt last season, he still had some time to be with his friends. This season his time has been more constricted, and he has been forced to put the team over his friends, but his coaches agree that in the end it will be worth it. “His potential is untapped,” Anderson said. “He has a lot of room to shine both on the football field and the wrestling mat.”
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basketball World Championships. It was the first loss for a U.S. team in 59 games since the Americans began sending NBA players to international tournaments in 1992. The defeat did not knock the U.S. team out of the tournament, buy gave them a lower seed for the medal round where the nations could meet again. “It’s not the medal round, and we’ll be back to win the gold,” defiant guard Baron Davis said. Argentina’s victory was shocking in and of itself, but what made it even more incredible was the manner in which they accomplished it. The United States never led in the game, trailed by as many as 20 and couldn’t mount an adequate comeback down the stretch. The Argentine players leaped and hugged each other as the final buzzer sounded, while the American players stuck around and congratulated them. The Argentines then formed a tight huddle for several seconds before emerging with their hands raised to salute a small but vocal contingent of their fans in the lower seats at Conseco Fieldhouse. This U.S. team had said it wanted to keep the unbeaten streak intact, but it also knew that the competition from around the world was not as weak as it once was. Like the U.S. team, Argentina won its first five games at the World Championships to set up a meeting of the only two nations with unblemished records. Now, there’s only one team with a perfect record. It’s Argentina. “They were a lot better than we thought,” Davis said. “They were just beating us every which way.” U.S. teams had two close calls in the past two years, defeating Lithuania by just two points at the 2000 Olympics and needing overtime to beat Brazil at the Goodwill Games in 2001. Many of the best American players declined to participate in this tournament, and this version of Team USA looked quite vulnerable over the past week—especially against nations that now have their own NBA players. “We are human beings and we dream. To say we were going to beat them, I did not know. I knew we had one of the best chances,” Argentina guard Pepe Sanchez said. “We came to play, we came to compete. As the game unfolded, we said Wow, we could really do this.’ The first sign that emotions were high came less than four minutes into the game, when Paul Pierce was knocked down by Hugo Sconochini and then stuck his leg out in a deliberate attempt to trip him. Pierce continued to go after Sconochini and was whistled for two holding fouls in the span of one second. That deprived the U.S. team of its most consistent offensive player, and they did not make a field goal for the next five minutes. The emotional outbursts from the U.S. kept coming, Jermaine O’Neal picked up a flagrant foul late in the first quarter for shoving Scola to the ground after Scola rejected his dunk attempt, and the U.S. coaching staff ran onto the court at the end of the quarter to complain when Reggie Miller didn’t get a call. The frustration continued in the second quarter, when the Americans had trouble getting off decent shots. Argentina, on the other hand, used its crisp passing to repeatedly find players open under the basket for layups and dunks. Andres Nocioni, who had a memorable dunk over Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan at the 1999 Olympic qualifier, unleashed another impressive jam over Ben Wallace early in the second quarter. He then stole the ensuing inbounds pass at midcourt and made two foul shots for a 41-23 lead. A driving layup by Emanuel Ginobili gave Argentina a 52-32 lead with 1:14 left in the half. “They have better talent, they have better training, but I think we played better today. You’ve got to believe,” forward Luis Scola said. Third-quarter rallies had become the U.S. team’s forte in the first five games of this tournament, but this one took some time to commence. ”
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Academic THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Teer House: 2-3;3OPM. To Your Health: Food Safety for Seniors, Mary C. Lewis. Call 416-DUKE. 4019 N. Roxboro Road.
Popßio Seminar: 7pm. "Base substitution patterns of of S-RNase and a gene closely linked to S-locus in Nicotiana alata," Naoki Takebayashi, Duke University. 140 Biological Sciences.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 FORUM: FRIDAY 12-1 PM. VISUALIZATION "Visualization: Tools and Uses," Rachael Brady, Visualization Technology Group. The Friday forum is an opportunity for individuals to share their expertise and experiences in using visualization in their research. This talk will introduce the fall semester series of lectures and discuss resources for doing visualization at Duke. DlO6, LSRC.
University Program in Ecology Seminar: 12:45pm. "Adaptive variation in the hydraulic architecture of woody plants,” Hafiz Maherali, Duke University. A247LSRC.
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Social Programming and Meetings THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Freewater Films: 7, 9:3OPM. "Dog Day Afternoon," with Dustin Hoffman. For information, call 684-2323. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. Information Session: 7-BPM. CLICK seeks student volunteers to teach basic computer skills to 6th graders at Rogers Herr Middle School. CLICK teachers meet with students two afternoons a week beginning in October. MEETING ROOM A in the BRYAN CENTER. For more information, 668-6468 or click@duke.edu. CLICK Creating Literacy in Computer Knowledge. -
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Tango Times: BPM. Daniel Diaz and seasoned tango musicians trace the history of the Argentine Tango. Dancers from the Triangle Tangueros featured. Call 684-4444. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.
MOVIE NIGHT: Bpm, Thursday, September 5. Relax at FCJL with FREE DESSERT and a fun movie. Or just come by for snacks and a game of pool, ping-pong, or air hockey. Freeman Center for Jewish Life.
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Campus, http://www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/fridayflix.html.
Graduate Christian Fellowship: 6pm, dinner. 7pm, worship/program. Grad-1.V., the Graduate and Professional Student ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, will meet this Friday night, September 6 in the basement of Duke Chapel. See our web site, www.duke.edu/~shinkle for more information about ongoing opportunities or call Steve Hinkle at 681-2652.
Freewater Films: 7, 9:3OPM. "Amelie." For information, call 684-2323. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.
Religious THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Presbyterian/UCC Campus Ministry Drop-in Lunch 12-1 pm. Chapel Basement Kitchen. Choral Vespers: S:ISPM. Beautiful candlelight service with Choral Vespers Ensemble. Duke Chapel.
ROSH HASHANAH Reform Service: 7:3opm, Freeman Center for JewishLite. ROSH HASHANAH Conservative Service: 7;3opm. Apples & Honey after services. Freeman Center for Jewish Life.
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Photo Exhibition: Through September 10. "Beyond the Emergency Room: The Search for Health Care in the South Bronx," by Meryl Levin. Center for Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities, 108 Seeley Mudd.
Weekly Vespers/Fellowship: Orthodox Christian Student Fellowship. Duke Chapel Basement. Father Rummen, 919-782-7037, Edward fatheredward @ mindspring.com.
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The Chronicle Progress on diversity
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week, a new task force appointed by Provost Peter Lange will begin the daunting challenge of shaping a vision for faculty diversity after the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative expires in fall 2003. Increasing the representation of female and minority professors within the academy remains as much a priority as it did when the BFSI began nine years ago, and so it is refreshing that the administration is planning with strong direction in advance. Likewise, it is encouraging that the University is moving beyond a black-white outlook to diversify its faculty; black scholars are not the only individuals whom the University would do well to recruit in greater numbers; as a campus with a diverse student population, a similarly diverse faculty with a variety of cultural and intellectual backgrounds can more fully enrich Duke’s educational experience. The University can look back with much satisfaction at its recruitment record under the BFSI. The initiative is set to reach and may even surpass its goal of doubling the number of black faculty members by next year. Unlike its immediate predecessor—which required recruiting a black professor in every department—the BFSI set realistic goals that understood the lack of black scholars in many fields. It has succeeded in creating a critical mass ofblack professors who have become integral contributors to Duke’s intellectual vibrancy. Consequently, the cultural climate on campus is improving, and this week’s study by The Journal ofBlacks in Higher Education, which labels Duke the most diverse and integrated among elite universities, provides validation of that trend. The next step must address those issues that the BFSI failed to correct, notably the climate for retaining minorities and the diversity within specific departments. The most important work ofthe new task force should be to examine the racial and intellectual environment at Duke and help address lingering insensitivity or even discrimination. Some minority professors clearly feel that Duke and higher education in general remain unwelcoming institutions, and these sentiments are a major obstacle to more fully integrating the campus’ intellectual community. Ideally, the University would accomplish this by creating a greater sense ofownership among individual departments and professors about the need for greater diversity. More discourse among administrators and departments is perhaps the best way to increase that sense. More representation ofminority and female senior-level administrators has been, and should continue to be, a top priority as well. One valid concern about any new initiatives that the task force outlines to increase representation of all minorities is that the University could fall into a strictly numbers-based mentality. Of course Duke needs to become more diverse statistically, but that alone should not be the vision. Duke needs to create an environment in which all scholars, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity, can feel free to live and express their thoughts in a welcoming environment. Statistical targets are just the beginning ofmaking that vision a reality. For the next initiative to duplicate the BFSI’s success, Duke will need to devote more resources to female and minority faculty recruitment than it does currently. As with recruitment and retention offaculty members in general, administrators will need significant financial backing in order to compete with other elite universities. If the University is committed to transcending new boundaries and to becoming a more fully engaged center ofacademic inquiry, it will meet those needs.
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yesterday, “Honoring the 11th,” praising the administration for planning a set of
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Sanford Institute “in order to give more students the opportunity to attend.” Your readers should know that commemorative activities on since the announcement the one-year anniversary of last week of our plans for Sept. 11, is much appreciatSept. 11, two additional ed. Many people gave a good forums have been scheddeal of thought to how best uled, one by the School of to recognize this day in a Law at noon featuring way that would be appropriMadeline Morris, Scott ately respectful. Silliman, Michael Byers, While generally praising and Christopher Schroeder; the University’s Sept. 11 and another by the Divinity program, the editorial also School at 12:30 p.m. involvsuggests that the University ing Professors Ellen Davis, should consider having Emmanuel Katongole, W. C. Turner and Will Willimon. A more forums than the symposium planned at the full listing of events on
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understanding about the science of secondhand smoke. Further, by encouraging students who smoke to ignore the policy, it is irresponsible by negligently encouraging behavior known to kill and injure those exposed. Secondhand smoke is a Class A Carcinogen, the same category as asbestos. With over 40 cancer causing agents, secondhand smoke kills over 40,000 Americans every year, more than all Duke students combined. If a nonsmoking Duke student spends 30 minutes in the room of a smoker, they will have reduced heart function. The effects of secondhand smoke are immediate Http:
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Confederate flag debate truth
The Confederate flag debate dribbles on. South Carolina’s only Fortune 500 company is duking it out with the state’s most visible flag supporter, Maurice Bessinger, whose barbecue restaurants feature a nauseating display of Confederate flags. Read Sunday’s Washington Post if you care for the details; I don’t. However, because many at Duke hail from places far mL away, I would like to offer a few insights unavailable to most outside people South Carolina. First, the NAACP isn’t responsible r , otreyer for the flag debate. It’s been going on since the flag went up. The NAACP got Carlisle involved because the local chapter Strange Bedfellows
acceptable, but the term racism should be reserved for deliberate, systematic discrimination; otherwise, we risk losing our sensitivity to the most serious problems. Flying the flag anywhere is insensitive, but supporters want to keep it because the alternative is admitting to racism. Consider the following exchange; Offended; Stop doing that. It’s insensitive. Offender; Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize. I’ll stop. Now consider this one: Offended: Stop doing that. It’s racist. Offender: No, it’s not! And I’m going to keep doing it, just to prove I’m not a racist. Those who want the flag removed have characterized the issue as racism because they feel the stronger word strengthens their argument. Perhaps, but it weakens their hand. I, too, once called flag supporters ignorant racists, but this overstates the case, as do the terms “Confederate swastika,” (used by the Rev. Charles White Jr., NAACP’s southeast regional office director) and “terrorism”(used by both sides to describe the other’s tactics). One might argue that continuing to fly the flag despite protest is indeed racism. Even so, the opposing view must be accommodated; otherwise, we are debating the terms of the argument instead of its point. Most flag supporters really do see themselves as supporting their heritage. Instead of calling them racists, allow them the slightly more forgivable route of admitting to insensitivity. Sure, the flag might represent a spunky Southern heritage, but it also represents an atrocity against its own people. Being sensitive is more important than celebrating our heritage in this particular manner. Unfortunately, in the paradigm in which disagreement with a black person on a racial issue suffices for racism, the NAACP has created a situation in which no side can cave gracefully. While I support the NAACP’s goal, I decry its actions. I think the flag eventually will be removed from the statehouse grounds (it belongs further down Gervais Street, in the State Museum), but not because the NAACP yelled, “Racist!” at the top of its lungs for five, 10 or however many years it takes for new blood to take over the state legislature.
I am not going to talk about pickles. Since the commencement of the Mt. Olive boycott in 1999, pickles have never been the issue. I will neither wax prolific on the tragedy ofNorth Carolina’s farmworkers, nor will I claim to know what they need. This is not an appeal for charity; it is, rather, a call for empowerment. Last Thursday, President Nan Keohane announced her choice to remove Duke’s support for the pickle boycott because she felt her own plan would be more effective. We all know that, as a person in power, Keohane has profound impacts within and outside our community. For this reason, I am gravely concerned about Keohane’s misguided proposal and asked for help. the unilateral action used to reach it. Second, most South Carolinians of every race want the flag removed. In the face of graver problems such as education, health care and the environment, all which affect black citizens disproportionately, arguing Guest Commentary about an already less prominent flag is ineffective. Third, the NAACP’s claim that the flag is more prominent is false. The flag once flew on the dome, below Unlike the March decision to join the boycott, which the national and flags. It was visible from anyinvolved all members of the Duke community, the com- where downtown. state Graphic artists airbrushed it from pany and the workers, last week’s decision followed advertisements. it flies on a flagpole on the ground. Now closed-door talks between Keohane and Mt. Olive. You can see it from only one intersection, from only one These business meetings, conveniently held during street, because it’s behind a much taller monument. summer break, excluded both student and worker voicFourth, the NAACP attempted to simultaneously es. For instance, when Keohane toured a farm to witclaim both victory and insult. That is, when the flag ness conditions for herself, she visited only Mt. Olive’s came down, the organization triumph as best farm, guided by Mt. Olive and their farmers. She well as the continuation of announced itsTourism the tax boycott. neglected to bring an interpreter, rendering communi- revenues are up, and I students noticed few Duke cation with the Spanish-speaking farmworkers imposseemed concerned about the boycott when planning sible. At the same time, Duke administrators refused their annual bacchanalia in Myrtle Beach. three invitations to visit other Mt. Olive farms and Surely the NAACP has a more pressing agenda speak directly with workers. than a squabble with a bunch of who The recent retreat signifies a political cop-out. already did what was asked of them dinosaurs the by removing Keohane dropped the boycott called for by the workers flag from the statehouse dome. Let’s prepare more in favor of her own three-point plan. Like many of black children to serve in state legislatures and see North Carolina’s ultimately ineffective laws protect- how quickly that flag disappears. Emily Streyer Carlisle is a master’s student in the ecoing farmworkers, Keohane’s proposal looks great on A larger point has been lost in the ruckus; the differnomics department and the Health Policy Certificate paper. However, the plan provides no definitive design ence between racial insensitivity and racism. Neither is program. Her column appears on alternating Thursdays. for action, lacks mechanisms for enforcement, excludes worker input and merely serves to reaffirm the status quo. Upon close reading, the plan’s absurdity is self-evident: 1) The agreement calls for Mt. Olive growers to sign I was one of those students fora statement promising compliance with North leged world of athletes, particularly University then it follows that Jason Carolina’s labor laws. This stipulation fails to address tunate enough to visit this fine male basketball players. and I go out every chance we get. the conditions of farm labor that make those laws all institution prior to my acceptance. Now that I am a sophomore, I am Every now and then, a person will be but meaningless: the lack of enforcement, the insignifi- Rain poured down from the heavbecoming adjusted to the fanatic knowledgeable enough to observe cance of the penalties incurred and the absence of a ens that day, yet I was elated. The sports fans that attend Duke. The that Duke University has an excelgrievance system. This first point also fails to realize massive buildings overwhelmed various conversations that I listen lent medical or liberal arts program. that growers already have to follow the law. If the penal- me, the hugeness of it all ignited a to on the bumpy rides from East to Many athletes take their status ties ofthe law have failed to stop growers from violating spark within my West Campus never cease to amaze for granted. From football to MKSjk workers’ rights, a piece of paper reviewed by Duke will soul. I was on a colme. Young men and women breathwomen’s basketball, there lingers not change anything. lege campus. Here lessly speak of their encounters an inevitable feeling of superiority. with stars such as Chris Duhon and Some may label me jealous or say 2) The plan’s second point calls for Duke to improve was the place that farm worker conditions in North Carolina. The idea philosophers, docDahntay Jones as if these athletes that I have hate in my blood, but are superhuman. Just the other don’t get me wrong: I acknowledge that Duke, starting from scratch, will be able to find tors and lawyers all day, I was fortunate enough to overand implement a solution faster than established work- honed the art of Nikyatu that an athlete’s life is not an easy hear a conversation which a in er-organizations, is ludicrous and arrogant. This acquiring knowlstuone, and many are slaves to the | usu dent was being mocked and chided institution. Time is not theirs. attempt to usurp the workers’ voice and replace it with edge. I was to join by his comrades for not knowing Endless hours are spent working the University’s limited understanding offarmworkers’ the ranks of the Hot and Bothered great thinkers of this time. issues is paternalistic. some names ofthe incoming class of their often tired bodies to the point 3) In the third point, Duke promises to suggest some As I found my way to the Bryan men basketball players. One stuof exhaustion. In addition to the agricultural policy changes. This statement makes no Center, all the prospects ofbecoming dent went so far as to say somephysical toil looms the general burcommitment for which Duke can be held accountable a bona fide college student floated thing to the effect of, “What rock den ofclass work. Yet these difficulties are mere trifles when the hefty and fails to acknowledge the unlikelihood that mean- through my young and not yet jaded have you been living under?” The reality is that some students reward is free education and loyal ingful change will come through these efforts (again, mind. Upon reaching my destination the main problem is enforcement and not the actual (McDonald’s), I realized there was a on this campus eat, sleep and fans. What person wouldn’t love to laws). Ignoring the fact that Duke has no history or rather long line. I was a bit annoyed breathe basketball. Their lives are be in the limelight? What a feeling clout in the formulation of agri-law, this statement but still managed to enjoy the sites consumed by blue body paint, tents it must be to look into a crowd of implies that legislators should be listening to private and sounds of my surroundings. amidst the freezing rain and closets bodies and see your name painted universities rather than farmers and workers when Then as if from nowhere strolled a filled to the brim with Duke paraon the fans, with hundreds chantiyoung man whom I paid little attenphernalia. Any opportunity for these ng your name. writing farm-labor laws. tion to, until I realized almost everyfanatic students to give a coy wave or In silencing the worker voice in favor of the comClearly society’s obsession with the ease of one’s head was turned to stare. even have a trivial conversation with athleticism over intelligence continpany handshake, Keohane reverted to paternalism. The goal is not to have Keohane give the Students whispered frantically one of these athletes is pure and ues to be perpetuated as professional male athletes make exorbitant farmworkers what she thinks they need. The goal is pointing in his direction. Because I utter success. Off campus, Duke’s reputation as amounts of money while doctors and to allow farmworkers the empowerment that they have a functioning brain and watch teachers struggle to make ends seek, let them speak and bargain to protect their own college basketball from time to time, a sports team rather than a chalinterests, which in the end only they can know. I concluded that this was the honor- lenging and prominent intellectual meet. Can anyone really tell me that Keohane fails to understand that the union is not just able Jason Williams. He walked institution is more pervasive. Upon contemporary American society does about a law being broken. The pickle boycott is about right up to the counter past all the informing others that I attend Duke not have its priorities out of order? admiring faces, and with a quickUniversity, they react, “Oh, so you respect and empowerment. know Jason Williams.” Of course, I Nikyatu (Nikki) Jusu is a Trinity ness, his order was comfortably restMichaela Kerrissey is a Trinity sophomore and a member ing in his outstretched hand. This see the logical thought process this sophomore. Her column runs every was my introduction to the privi- person employed; If I attend Duke other Thursday. of Students Against Sweatshops.
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duate Presentation mber 5, 6:00 pm Canon A and B
Lines of business attending: Corporate and investment banking Global markets sales, trading and research
Business casual attire
Refreshments and brief discussion following presentation
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