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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Hull named residential life director By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta announced this week that he had found the right man to lead a reenergized residential life system, the last vacancy to be filled under the newly-restructured Division of
Student Affairs. Edward Hull, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and director of residence life and student housing at Southern Methodist University, will become Duke’s first director of residential life and housing services. Moneta said that Hull, with 25 years of residential experience, understands residential life, students, housing, private institutions and the quad system and should be ready to take over Nov. 1. “This is his calling,” Moneta said. “He’s fabulous—he understands exactly
the kind of system we’re looking for.” Although Hull said he did not have any immediate plans, one of his first tasks will be to further implement the residential life plan that Moneta initiated last year—including the development and integration of more technical, academic and outreach programs for students at the quad level. The new unit, housed on Central
Campus, is comprised of the former housing management department See HULL on page 8
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CUSTOMERS AT GRACE’S CAFE, currently located on the ground floor ofTrent Drive Hall, may see the eatery move closer to the heart of Central Campus soon if Auxiliary Services officials approve a plan to merge the Chinese restaurant with Central grocer Uncle Harry’s.
Grace’s may move in with Uncle Harry’s By ANDREW GERST The Chronicle
Hampered by a plummet in Trent Drive Hall’s student population from nearly 300 to 67, Grace’s Cafe may soon desertthe increasingly vacant dorm to share space with Uncle Harry’s. Jack Chao, Grace’s owner, said he plans to discuss the possibility of re-opening in the back of Uncle Harry’s grocery store this month with Auxiliary Services officials. The University hopes the potential move might also help the Central Campus store’s struggling revenues. “I see it as a win-win situation,” Chao said. “A student will come in for lunch and pick up a gallon of milk on the way out. Or maybe they’ll come to shop and then grab a sandwich.” Chao estimated it would cost $120,000 of renovations at Uncle Harry’s—including replacing the deli with a full kitchen and student dining area—before the Chinese restaurant could move in.
To assess the project’s feasibility, Jim Wilkerson, director of Duke Stores, and Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, are writing a report to consider potential price structures at Uncle Harry’s, Central Campus renovations and the ramifications for both Central and Trent. The report should be ready Oct. 14 and the decision hinges on its findings, said Joe Pietrantoni, associate vice president for auxiliary services. “We can either help Grace’s financially [through subsidies] or we can consolidate it with the grocery store,” Pietrantoni said. “But we just have to wait to decide if it’s a good move.” Losing almost three-quarters of last year’s Trent residents prompted Chao to propose the move in late August. Chao said he is unsure when the relocation would occur. “If we had a choice, then v/e would prefer not moving,” he See GRACE’S on page 8
Graduate school examines admissions to lower attrition This is the second story in a five-part series examining attrition among graduate students. By KIRA ROSOFF The Chronicle
While the University’s doctoral programs go to great lengths to bring in applicants, the increase in attrition rates throughout most of the Graduate School has led administrators to question the thoroughness of admissions processes. Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School, said virtually no correlation exists between degree completion and GPA and GRE scores, and that programs should delve further into the actual applications, giving priority to those students with deep-rooted interests in the respective fields of study. “Just using numbers is a lousy way of determining the best fit,” Siegel said. “We
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL is trying to match potential doctoral students better with departments during the application process to avoid high attrition rates.
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need to read the damned applications.” The University Program in Genetics has the highest completion rate at
The Duke Poets Society formed last spring, but has launched into this year with two East Campus Coffeehouse readings. See page 4
the University, about 87 percent. Dr. Joseph Heitman, the program’s director, said their low attrition rate is due largely in part to strong faculty-student relationships. Heitman stressed the importance of making sure the student-adviser match is strong. He said applicants are also encouraged to view the website, which has links to all of the current students, newsletters and descriptions of events hosted by current students. “In any graduate program, you have to consider that there are different career aspirations,” Heitman said. “Not everyone who enters the program will become the head of a lab, but we don’t admit anyone that we don’t think should be getting their Ph.D.” Marcy Speer, director of graduate studies in genetics, agreed that the program looks for students who show their commitment from the beginning of the process. She said they pay special attenSee ADMISSIONS on page 7
The Department of History is implementing a plan to make its major more attractive by allowing students to substitute AP credits for prerequisites. See page 5
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Shooting in Md. leaves 13-year-old wounded
The Washington-area sniper struck again Monday, shooting and critically wounding a 13-year-old boy as his aunt dropped him off at school, authorities said. They warn the sniper may now be targeting children. •
Bush plans to reopen West Coast ports
President George W. Bush will seek an 80-day cooling-off period that would reopen West Coast ports crippled by a labor dispute, government officials said Monday, marking the first effort to end a work stoppage under the Taft-Hartley Act in 25 years. •
Republicans push to benefit investors
Republican leaders in the House began a push Monday to help investors by allowing them to write off more of their stock market losses and giving them more flexibility to manage their retirement savings. •
Civil rights groups concerned over election bill
Just days after House and Senate negotiators agreed on a bill to revamp the nation’s election procedures, civil rights groups said Monday they had concerns about the measure. They believe its provisions would make it harder to register and vote. •
American helps win Nobel Prize for medicine
The Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded Monday to Dr. Sydney Brenner and two Britons for their discoveries about the development of organs and the way cells die to make way for new ones. News briefs compiled from wire reports.
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Bush calls for disarmament of Iraq In speech regarding U.S.-Iraqi relations, Bush warns country of likelihood of war By DAVID SANGER
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CINCINNATI President George W. Bush declared Monday night that Saddam Hussein could attack the United States or its allies “on any given day” with chemical or biological weapons. In a purposeful argument for disarming Iraq or going to war with it, he argued, “We have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring.” Bush, in a half-hour indictment of Saddam delivered before an audience of 400 here and millions around the
country and the world, insisted that leading a campaign to disarm the Iraqi leader would not detract from the war against terrorism. “To the
contrary,” he said, “confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.” The president likened the threat the country faces today from Iraq to
the Cuban missile crisis, which unfolded exactly 40 years ago this month. The comparison was intended, his aides acknowledged, to give the confrontation a sense of urgency and to explain why the United States can wait only weeks or months to disarm the Iraqi leader. Toward that end, for the first time the president charged that Iraq’s fleet ofunmanned aerial vehicles was ultimately intended to deliver chemical and biological weapons to cities in the United States. The president also
built a lengthy, if circumstantial, case that Saddam had extensive ties to al Qaeda, the terrorist organization, and that Iraq had trained members of the terrorist group in “bomb-making, poisons and deadly gases.” Although other members of his administration had cited evidence tying ai Qaeda to
Iraq, Monday night’s speech was the first time the president spoke about this in detail. Bush did not declare war Monday night, but he was clearly preparing the country for the likelihood that war would be the only course left if Iraq refused to disarm. He insisted that doing nothing “is See BUSH on page 8
Israeli troops kill civilians in 4-hour raid By IBRAHIM BARZAK The Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip
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with tanks and helicopters killed 13 Palestinians early Monday, including 10 who died when a missile slammed into a large crowd. Palestinian officials said all the dead were civilians, while the Israeli army said most were armed men killed in battle. About 110 Palestinians were wounded in the four-hour raid, including 25 who were in critical condition, doctors said. Most suffered shrapnel wounds in the head, chest and abdomen. The dead ranged in age from 14 to 52. Israeli troops fired machine guns and assault rifles at a Khan Younis hospital where most of the wounded were taken, killing one man and injuring three people. The military said the shots were fired in response to
mortar fire, and witnesses said they heard two explosions before the shooting began. Palestinians denounced the Israeli strike, the deadliest since July, as a massacre and called for international protection. The Islamic militant group Hamas threatened revenge. Israeli officials said Palestinians militants were responsible for the casualties because they took cover among civilians. The military said Khan Younis is a Hamas stronghold and that during the raid troops arrested a wanted man carrying a homemade explosive. However, there was no indication of a particular target, as in previous strikes against wanted militants that also claimed civilian casualties. See ISRAEL on page 8
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Group forms to discuss Iraq, war By lAN CROUCH The Chronicle As President George W. Bush’s threats against the Iraqi government mount, one campus group is seeking to give voice to those against a possible war. Over the past several weeks, a broad-based group of about 40 undergraduate and graduate students has held meetings to raise objections to U.S. military action in Iraq.
The ad hoc coalition does not have a formal name, nor is it organized through a hierarchy of leadership positions. Members characterize the group as discussionoriented and based upon shared compelling beliefs. “There is no leadership in the group,” said member Mark Higgins, a graduate student in ecology. “This illustrates that [the group] is people coming together out of a shared interest.” Their interest focuses on reaching a peaceful resolution to the current escalating tension between the United States and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Although the group has not released any documents outlining its beliefs, members stated that four principles form the basis oftheir position on Iraqi policy. The group demands a “lawful, peaceful, just and multilateral solution to the situation,” Higgins said. Although the group’s members share opposition to military intervention, they have discussed a variety of other issues, including sanctions against Iraq in the years following the Gulf War and general U.S. policy in the Middle East. Members assert that the diversity of issues discussed is a reflection on the wide variety of members’ opinions. “The group has broad perspectives,” said junior YousufAl-Bulushi. Some members object to a war with Iraq from a strictly pacifist stance, while others think military action would be economically perilous. Al-Bulushi said several views have been integrated through discussion to yield a firm stance. The group is working not only to create a forum for discussion, but also to establish an active presence on campus. They have organized a rally to oppose war on Iraq Wednesday at noon on the Chapel Quadrangle. Members said the rally is the first step in an evolving program to raise awareness of the issues that concern them and to invite more people into the dialogue. “The Duke community very much reflects the naSee IRAQ GROUP on page 6
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don’t have regular meetings, they don’t have a set membership or adviser, and they gather only when the spirit moves them. The Duke Poets Society is not your typical student organization. Founded last spring, the society is a completely student-run organization aimed at promoting poetic expression on campus. Members gather about once every three weeks to recite their own poetry or other poets’ work at open-mic nights in local coffee houses. Unlike many other student groups, the Duke Poets Society membership is open and informal. “We want people to join in whenever they feel like it,” said junior Erin Blevins, the group’s president. “They may come to our readings to read or to just listen to others.” Blevins added that the group’s relaxed attitude is designed to attract more students not only to attend and listen to readings, but also to partake in them. Since the beginning of the semester, the group has held its first two poetry readings at The Coffeehouse on East Campus. “I was amazed and thrilled at the amount of peo-
pie that showed up,” Blevins said. “I am hoping that as the semester unfolds... more people will be comfortable in sharing their own works with others.” Another member, sophomore Dan Avissar, stressed the need for a campus outlet for performing literary pieces. “Poetry is meant to be performed,” he said. “It’s amazing that through the artistic use of the English language, emotions can be channeled and communicated.” Avissar, who has written poetry about his personal experiences and identity, said the interactive and creative nature of the forum attracted him the most. The creative and expressive component of the organization also attracted junior Keishann Lee. “I got into poetry around my junior year inhigh school,” she said. “My love of words is what started me on the poetry track. I like being a part of Duke Poets Society so that I can see the range of creativity that we have at Duke.” Lee is also a member of the Blue Roach, another campus student poetry group, which caters mainly to slam poetry, or poetry set in stylistic rhythmic patterns. She agreed that Duke needs more creative outlets for students in search of artistic means of self-expression. “When I am home in New York, I attend many
open-mic and spoken-word nights at coffee places,” she said. “I think a lot of students are looking for something like that to attend here at Duke and that was evident with the amount of people who attended DPS’s first poetry reading.” Blevins added that interest in creative expression and performance is not just for arts or literature students. “We have all kinds of interests among our members,” said the biology major. “Some of our members want to be poets, but mostly people just have an interest in poetry or are interested in partaking in something new and creative.” Avissar said the diversity among students’ interests makes the mix of students even more compelling. “It is great to see where everyone is coming from,” he said. “With poetry, people can convey their social and cultural background along with their personal thoughts and feelings.” Lee said the interactive component has helped her develop her own poetic style. “I am often inspired by other peoples’ lives,” she said. “Initially, I would write a lot about relationships and love. My writing has become more varied throughout the past couple of years. Now, I write a lot about other people, family and life situations, such as tragedies.”
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History department implements new AP credit policy By ANDREW COLLINS
history, even as a double major, said his- nomics and some foreign language protory Director of Undergraduate Studies grams, accept AP scores to satisfy preWhen the history department did an Sydney Nathans. requisites that are actually required for about-face last year and decided to acNathans said thfe decision was ina degree. cept Advanced Placement credits tofluenced by comparable history proEnglish, political science and most ward its major requirements, it abangrams at other schools, such as Princeother departments in the humanities doned a policy shared by much of the ton and Columbia universities, that and social sciences do not accept AP humanities and social sciences and, in accept the credit. credit or only accept it to meet unreeffect, found itself aligned with many “In the end, we decided that [Duke quired prerequisites. natural science departments. departments] were not the standard we “AP classes, rigorous as they may be, The history department now counts a were going to be looking at to decide do not compare to a university seminar,” 4 or 5 on an AP history test toward whether we were or were not out of said English Associate Professor of the meeting its minimum requirement of 10 line,” he said. Practice Melissa Malouf, who said she history credits for a major. The departThe decision puts the history departwas surprised by the history department’s goal was to acknowledge the ment in a nearly unique position among ment’s decision. work of students and to encourage qualthe University’s liberal arts departPeter Fish, acting director of underified potential majors to continue with ments. Some departments, such as ecograduate studies in political science, The Chronicle
said the inherent variability of the tests make them unsatisfactory substitutes for political science courses. “Our view is that content changes from year to year,” Fish said. “The test would change as the composition of the [Educational Testing Service] committee changes.” Most natural science departments, including biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, accept AP credit toward major requirements or prerequisites, which are often required. In the physics department, for example, if a student shows strong performance on See AP CREDIT on page 7
Council suspends audit of beleaguered non-profit agency By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle
The Durham City Council voted Monday night to suspend an audit of North East Central Durham Reinvestment Inc., after the discovery that its executive director had falsified documents of the city-fimded agency. NECD, a non-profit agency that provides day care and other services to poor families in Durham, received city funding through June, when City Council officials raised questions about how the funds had been spent and ordered an audit. After the suspension, Jackie Wagstaff, NECD director, a member-elect of the Durham school board and former City Council member, forged checks worth $1,452 from the city to a bus company so she could take a group of children on a field trip. The agency is plagued by other allegations of criminal activity. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that NECD spent nearly $7,000 in phone bills over a oneyear period and used city money to paint a board member’s house. The agency also owes about $19,000 in rent.
Several council members called for the district attorney to investigate WagstafTs check forgery. But some Durham residents urged the council to reform the organization instead of cutting off funds. They argued that the program’s benefits to the community outweighed any wrongdoing on the part of its management. “Mend it, but do not end it,” said Durham resident Anita Hammond. However, the council voted to suspend the audit and discuss in the near future whether to continue funding the organization or cut it off completely. “Before we move forward with any more expenditures, I think we need to know where we are,” said council member Thomas Stith. The council also rejected a motion that would have paid an architectural firm to make plans for up to $1.3 million in renovations to the City Hall the council meets.
“I would like an office free of mildew and those other types of things that cause respiratory disorders,”
said council member Cora Cole-McFadden Some members thought that other projects should take priority in a tight budget year. “In light of all the other demands on the City of Durham and the City Council, I don’t really count this as a priority,” said council member Howard Clement. The $1.3 million had been raised by a bond issue and allocated as a capital expenditure by the last council, meaning the funds have to be used to renovate or build a number of city projects in a designated period of time. If the money is not used in the near future, the city will have to make interest payments. The council has until July 2003 to make a final decision. The council also discussed how to finance the Barnes Avenue Initiative. The initiative will renovate historic houses and build other homes in the struggling Barnes Avenue neighborhood and will cost around $8 million to $9 million by.the time it is completed. The council voted to use $545,700 of federal funds and $270,300 in local bonds to pay for property in the area.
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Economist discusses price models By CINDY YEE The Chronicle
Perry Mehrling, professor of economics at Barnard College and Columbia University, spoke on the workings of genius Monday in a presentation about the late economist Fischer Black. Mehrling tried to recreate Black’s evolution of economic thought, which would eventually give birth to the Black-Scholes option pricing formula and revolutionize modem finance theory and practice. Mehrling stressed that although Black never received a formal education in economics, the theories for which he would become most famous were already in nascent form when he first started speculating into what he viewed to be a Capital Asset Pricing Model world—a simplified model that introduced the concepts of systematic and specific risk. “This was a wild idea that he had as a kid,” Mehrling said. “The world he’s imagining is not very much like the world that exists, but it’s the world that’s coming to be. This is about breaking down the walls of stodgy old finance.” When he first ventured into economic academia, Black felt that people held an inaccurate understanding of monetary theory, Mehrling said. Black therefore took a stance against speculation and held that corporate debt could be risk-free once people understood the implications ofCAPM. In addition, Mehrling said Black’s work on time diversification, in which he treated a market portfolio at each point in a person’s life as a different stock, also separated him from most of his contemporaries. Together, Black’s speculations pointed to a model in which all borrowing would be short-term and in which interest rates would change with the market, as opposed to changing through an active monetary policy. Mehrling stressed Black’s lack of a formal economics education as one of the factors that allowed his genius to flourish. “As an undergraduate, he studied psychology and anthropology and philosophy,” he said. “When I ask the question of how genius works, I want you to remember that. He came out of a liberal arts education, and he used it all.” Mehrling said that in addition to a natural genius—the sine qua non—three other factors made Black’s theories practical for the greater financial world: his organized industriousness, his mastery of the creative process and his ability to make sense. Mehrling said that organized industriousness and the process of creativity were especially consequential in turning speculations into useful theories and models.
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COLUMBIA ECONOMIST PERRY MEHRLING delivered a Johnson Distinguished Lecture about economist Fischer Black.
“That’s [one] way genius works. You don’t lose ideas once you get them. You keep them around... until you solve them,” he said. He added that an important part of this process involves the discipline to sort through recalcitrant data points, naive questions and simple theories. The third factor—an ability to make sense—made Black’s theories accessible to the rest of society, Mehrling said. This ability included a grasp on the “art of readable writing” and the “art of plain talk”—both skills in which Black showed interest throughout his education and career. Mehrling’s speech is part of the Johnson Distinguished Lecturers Series, funded by the Allen Starling Johnson, Jr. Endowment Fund, which was set up to help undergraduate economics majors understand the career opportunities and challenges of the business world.
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CIOMPI from page 3 such broad experience, she has been able to teach her students not only how to prepare, but also how to perform. Not only does the quartet seek to teach its students well, it also seeks to be a significant part of the whole Duke community. Some of the members have served as faculty-in-residence, and the group has also performed free concerts in dorms. “Whether it’s inside the University community or outside the University community,” Pritchard said, “we’re always interested in bringing our music to people who have not experienced it before.” Bagg remarked that the quartet wants to connect and interest people as well as “stay on the cutting edge ofwhat it means to be a string quartet.” The influence and renown of the Ciompi Quartet are not limited to the Duke community. Those at Duke and other places who have heard them perform express an admiration for the group. Among these is John Lambert, a former classical music reviewer for Spectator Magazine who first heard the Ciompi Quartet in the 1960s as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He praised the quartet for its strong ability to communicate with each other, resulting in high-quality performances. “My 25 years as a critic would have been infinitely poorer had not this wonderful ensemble been literally in my backyard,” he said.
IRAQ GROUP from page 3 tional situation of being under-informed,” said sophomore Chris Paul, another group member. “Everyone is going to have different opinions, but we should try to make those decisions with the best information possible, and I am not sure that is being
done,” he added. Other members agree the issue has not emerged as a center of political discussion at Duke. “[The situation] kind of crept up on us,” said senior Jillian Johnson. “The goal of this group is to bring [the Iraq] issue into people’s everyday consciousness.” On campus, the group also plans to hold “teachins” in dorms and to distribute literature reflecting their opposition to war. Subsequent rallies are expected, leading up to a national protest Oct. 26 in Washington, D.C. “What I’d like to see are first, large rallies here, then to take them to D.C., and then this thing will kind of grow,” Higgins said.
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were creditable exams and the essays were good,” he said. “The people who
several AP exams and a short followup exam, the 12 courses required for the major could be reduced.
“When we give a student a physics major, what we are certifying is that they have achieved a certain mastery of physics,” said Joshua Socolar, director of undergraduate studies in physics. “It doesn’t matter where they take the courses.” Though Nathans said history courses at the University are not interchangeable with those at the high
school level, he said conversations with students and professors led him to conclude that a high score on the AP test fairly reflected the historical skills necessary to succeed beyond the
have taken Advanced Placement courses in history have done creditable work and are highly motivated.” There is precedent for accepting AP credits in the history department. Until the department revised its policy eight years ago, students could apply up to two AP credits toward the
major requirements. Nathans said the decision was made to ban the AP credits because the department was trying to diversify and teach a greater variety of non-Western courses. The only AP history tests are for U.S. history and European history, which further reinforced the Western emphasis of the curriculum. With the diversity of the depart-
introductory level. “We have had professors who have
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ment firmly entrenched, Nathans said, the time was right to open up the department.
ADMISSIONS from page 1 tion to students who have previous research experience in science and in genetics in particular. “The normal [reason for attrition] is lack of fit—what’s going on in the department doesn’t interest them,” Siegel said. “The question is, Why don’t we know that before they get here?”’ Siegel said one tool that can ensure a better match could be interviewing students in person, although flying in international students would be expensive. Also, paying more attention to parts of the application like the essay could help predict success, he said. “To be honest, it’s difficult on any sort of paper to tell whether someone is going to be successful in their field,” Graduate
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when he heard the explosion. “People were bleeding, many of them lying on the ground. Women were screaming and blood covered the ground,” he said. Brig. Gen. Israel Ziff, the Israeli army commander in the area, said troops met heavy resistance from Palestinian gunmen. He said that as troops withdrew, many armed men gathered in the streets. “They fired a lot and threw grenades. There was a battle there,” Ziff said. “The helicopter aimed at this armed group and hit them.” Ziff said the battle was filmed from a pilotless plane. Israel’s deputy defense minister, Weizman Shiri, said he was sorry if civilians were hurt. “But what can we do?” Shiri told Israel Army Radio. “It’s war.” Later Monday, Israeli troops fired into Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where hundreds of people had gathered to learn about the fate of loved ones. Among the wounded were a 14-year-oldboy hit in the neck and a paramedic struck in the chest. the program, interview with six to eight faculty members and go to a Saturday night social mixer. “It helps both our perspective and the student perspective,” Mazuka said. “After being here for a weekend, they have a much better idea about what graduate school is like and don’t come in with a very wrong expectation.” This helps narrow the pool from about 400 to the seven or eight psychology acceptances. “The main thing is to create an environment where students have continual contact throughout their graduate career with people at different stages—doctoral, postdoctoral and professors,” Heitman said. Whitney Beckett contributed to this story.
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and Professional Student Council President Rob Saunders said. Kate Anderson, graduate studies staff assistant for economics, said cost is a factor for some ofthe programs. She said the economics department rarely flies in international students, but they do pay for domestic students to fly to the University, go to dinner with professors and stay in a local hotel. However, Monty Reichert, director of graduate studies for biomedical engineering, said their program strategy tries to match students and faculty members from the beginning by placing application folders in bins which are accessible to all faculty members. “Rather than taking the top 50 applicants in raw horsepower, we recruit people specifically into labs,” Reichert said.
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that switched from Auxiliary Services in summer 2001, and the residential life components of the former student development office, such as housing assignments and residential adviser training. Hull’s interest in student affairs came when he was graduating from the University of Arizona in 1975, as he listened to the graduation commencement address from his senior class president. “He was talking about his college experience and it dawned on me that he was talking about something I had had little experience with,” Hull said. “And I thought to myself, That’s too bad.’” He decided to dedicate himself to student affairs so other students would relate more closely with the college experience than he had. After earning his bachelor’s degree in history at Arizona, Hull earned a masters degree in counseling and guidance there in 1980. He also began his residence life career there in 1978 as a graduate hall director, where he moved up to assistant director of residential life before he left for SMU in 1996. At SMU, Hull made many major changes to the residential life plan including a decision to end the requirement for first-year students to live together. He said, however, he does not have similar plans for dismantling Duke’s all-freshman East Campus. “What you have at Duke with East Campus is unique,” Hull said. “It’s neither necessarily good or bad to have freshmen five by themselves or with upperclassmen—it’s just a matter of what you do with the experience.” He is also an advocate of selective or “theme housing,” which SMU adopted during his six-year tenure. Campus Council President Andrew Nurkin said Hull, who attended a Campus Council retreat in September when interviewing for the job, immediately impressed him and that he looked forward to working closely with him this year. “I was impressed he came to the retreat at all because he completely didn’t have to,” said Nurkin, a senior. “He was very insightful and very constructive.”
said. “But with numbers as low as they are, we have no choice but to leave....
We’re just hoping we’ll be able to stay the whole year at Trent.” Earlier this year, Wulforst offered Grace’s top priority in moving to the West-Edens Link. But the requirement of staying open 24 hours a day made the offer impossible for Grace’s, said Grace’s manager Lih Mei Chao. Approximately 200 people visit Grace’s per day—down almost 50 percent from last year. Despite the drop, leaving Trent would be difficult because of the restaurant’s popularity in the dorm and the small amount of space available in Uncle Harry’s, she said. “A lot of the students have told us, Tf you don’t stay, then we won’t stay,”’ Chao
said. “They’re happy to have us, and we’re happy to have them, just like a family.” Junior Abdulla Fakhro, who lives at Trent, sighed after hearing about the possible move. “Good change?” he asked. “Hell no. I guess it’s better for them, but one of the good things about living here is having Grace’s.”
Wilkerson cited increased efficiency—and thus lower labor costs —as a primary reason for moving Grace’s to Uncle Harry’s. “The theory is that there would be people operating Grace’s for relatively long amounts of time, and that these same people could check out Uncle Harry’s grocery customers, stock shelves and unload trucks,” he said. Because of Uncle Harry’s lack of profits over the last few years, the University has discussed closing the grocer. Although expenses have decreased, an
BUSH from page 2 the riskiest of all options,” and quoted John F. Kennedy’s words during the missile crisis at length to underscore his point that it would be foolish to wait for a determined American enemy to strike first. “Facing clear evidence or peril, we cannot wait for the final proof—the smoking gun—that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi regime, we have every reason to assume the worst, and we have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring.” The White House carefully chose the venue for Monday night’s speech: the restored Union Terminal museum. The hall was filled with a cheering crowd that interrupted Bush twice, and the president described the decisions ahead in the stark terms of the terminal’s heyday in World War 11. Although the subject was war, three major networks— CBS, NBC and ABC—decided not to pre-empt their programming and carry the speech live. Viewers had to turn to the Fox network, cable or satellite channels to see Bush make his case, the first time he has spoken to the nation about Iraq in prime time. While the arguments he offered were largely familiar, he gathered those arguments into one speech, seeking to answer those who argue that the threat is not that urgent and that a war now will destabilize the Middle East and distract from the war on terrorism. Methodically, he rejected those contentions. But the heart of his argument was that “the threat from Iraq stands alone because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place.”
“uncontrolled addition of vendors” has cut revenues at Uncle Harry’s, Wilkerson said. The grocery store operates on gross profit margins of 24 percent and between $BOO,OOO and grosses $850,000 annually. “There is nothing heft for us to do at Uncle Harry’s,” Wilkerson said. “We’ve made price changes, altered product selection, given away T-shirts—we’ve done just an enormous amount of things to try to spur more business here.” Relocating to Uncle Harry’s might be best for Grace’s, said junior Cliff Chow, who lives on Central and lived at Trent last year. Senior and West Campus resident Chequet Ching said she would go to Grace’s just as much if it were on Central. “But it might be bad for Grace’s because then they’d be farther form the Medical Center,” Ching said.
He spoke at a critical moment in the national debate over Iraq, just as Congress is poised to vote this week on a resolution authorizing military action, and as the U.N. Security Council is entering the final throes of an intense internal struggle over how to confront Baghdad. Once again Bush described this as a struggle for the true identity of the United Nations, and made it clear that if it failed to disarm Iraq, the United States would, with the help of a coalition of nations that he never named. He called Saddam a dictator, “a student of Stalin” and a murderer, and most importantly described no scenario other than Saddam’s permanent removal from office that would end the confrontation. “I hope that this will not require military action, but it may,” he said; warning America that Saddam could attempt “cruel and desperate measures” in response. He warned Iraq’s generals to ignore any orders to use weapons of mass destruction or else be treated as war criminals. Bush argued, as he has often in recent times, that his argument is with Saddam and his supporters, not with the Iraqi people. “America is a friend to the people of Iraq,” he said. “Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us.” Tlfl Pfift He drew a picture of a free Iraq, in which “the oppression of Kurds, Assyrians, Turkomans, Shiites, Sunnis and others will be lifted.” He never described how long the United States would be willing to occupy Iraq or hold together a country that has long been divided by rival tribes and rival religions, and where the riches will go to those who sit atop Iraq’s oil fields. But he spoke of maintaining a “unified Iraq,” and said, “If military action is necessary, the United States and our allies will help the Iraqi people rebuild their economy.
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Head coach Carl Franks quickly shifted his thoughts of disappointment about the close Virginia game to optimism for this Saturday’s Wake Forest game at his weekly press conference Monday. He said he is interested how the Wake game will play out because both teams have competing strengths. “This week is a little bit different,” Franks said. “We run the ball, [Wake Forest] stops the run. It’s just a matter if we can stop it, over and over again.” Franks said he did not know if the Blue Devils’ problem Saturday was “knowing how to win.” He said that on paper his team definitely out-played Virginia, having nearly 100 more total yards and seven more first downs than
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the Cavaliers. “You run down the stat sheet, looking at all except turnovers, and you’d say, ‘Duke probably won the football game,’” he said. Franks put most of the blame for the loss on turnovers and penalties. He was, however, very pleased about the play of several individual players. Franks had significant praise for junior defensive lineman Shawn Johnson, who is leading the ACC in sacks and tackles for a loss. Johnson had been an occasional starter his first two seasons, but has emerged as a star this year. Franks said that Johnson, who weighs about 60 pounds less than most of his matchups, has a great work ethic and is also a very good student. See FOOTBALL on page 12
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Durant honored UNC quarterback Darian Durant was named the ACC offensive back of the week. Durant threw for 417 yards and five touchdowns in the Tar Heels’ 38-35 win over Arizona State Sunday.
CHRIS DOUGLAS attempts to evade a Virginia defender during Duke’s 27-22 loss to the Cavaliers Saturday. Douglas rushed for 126 yards in his first game at full strength this season.
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Two and a half weeks ago things looked very good for the women’s soccer team. With a record of 5-2 and fresh off an upset of the then No. 15 Florida Gators, the Blue Devils appeared to be poised for a breakout season. But recently, the squad has hit a speed bump in the road to success. Duke has now dropped four straight contests—including Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Clemsori. However, with all of their losses coming by just a single goal, the Blue Devils remain confident of their talent. “I don’t think we’re discouraged,” said sophomore goalie Katie Straka, who has alternated play this season with 2001 first team All-ACC netminder Thora Helgadottir. “Mistakes happen, so we have to look forward to the next goal or play a bit higher pressure defense.” The Blue Devils must now regroup in order to face off against a difficult remaining schedule. First up will be tonight’s home matchup with 17th-ranked Florida State (7-2-2, 1-0 in the ACC), against whom the Blue Devils (5-6, 0-2) squandered a two-goal lead in last season’s bitter 3-2 overtime defeat. The Seminoles will likely challenge the Blue See WOMEN’S SOCCER on page 12
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Minnesota Twins infielder Denny Hocking will miss the ALCS after injuring his finger, Hocking suffered the injury during the Twins’ on-field celebration following their 5-4 victory over Oakland Sunday.
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Bonds goes deep as Giants knock off Braves 3-1 By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press
player who couldn’t come through in the biggest games. But in less than a week, he did his best to purge
San Francisco 3 ATLANTA The long wait is over. Barry Bonds is finally a postsea-
all those unpleasant memories. Bonds’ first two homers of the series didn’t have much impact in blowout games, but the third gave San Francisco a crucial insurance run in the tightest matchup of the series. Leading off the fourth against Kevin Millwood, Bonds worked the count full, then sent a fastball soaring into the crisp Georgia night. Outfielders Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones barely had time to move before the 417-foot drive settled midway up in the left-center seats. “We feel really good because Millwood, the first time he pitched against us, he was so perfect,” Bonds said. “I was just a little bit more aggressive. I was like T’m not going to let him get us in a hole again,”’ he said. “They say they come at me more than anyone else. I’m glad they motivated me on this one today.” Bonds also scored San Francisco’s first run, starting the second with a single to left. He moved to second on
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BARRY BONDS hits a home run off Braves pitcher Kevin Millwood in the fourth inning of Monday’s deciding Game 5.
of the NL division series. “I feel pretty good right now, you know?” Bonds said “It’s not over yet, I want to win a World Series.” Bonds homered three times in the series. His last one meant the most as San Francisco won the final two games to oust the Braves. Bonds and the Giants barely hung on. The Braves, no strangers to postseason misery, put runners on first and third with no outs in the ninth. But Robb Nen struck out Gary Sheffield and then got Chipper Jones to ground into a double play to end it. Russ Ortiz earned his second win, sending the Wildcard Giants to a matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL championship series. Game 1 is Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. At 38 and in his 17th major league season, Bonds will be trying to reach his first World Series—but he’s already exorcised one of his demons. In five previous trips to the postseason, the last two with San Francisco, his teams were 0-for-5. The fourtime NL MVP and home-run king hit just .196 with one homer and six RBIs in those games. Two of those losses were to the Braves, including a gut-wrenching loss in Game 7 ofthe 1992 NLCS at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, now the site of a parking lot just across the street from Turner Field. Bonds played for the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time, and the Braves scored the winning run in that game when Sid Bream beat Bonds’ throw from left field in the ninth. “The Braves have been my nemesis for years,” Bonds said. Because of those failures, Bonds became known as a
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pline, and with so little success to show for his first two years of hard work, Wade found it difficult preparing him-
His four 100-yard games at the start of a season represent a nearly unprecedented performance. Robert Baldwin in 1992 is the only other Blue Devil to ac-
self for a third try. “It was hard, and that was something the entire team had to deal with,” he said. “After not winning a game for two seasons, and for me, not really playing that much for two seasons, you feel that all of the work you’ve done before was basically worth nothing. You could have not lifted one weight, you could have not ran one sprint and still lost every game and not play. “But that’s what coaches are for. They have to push us every day, because sometimes you really can’t get through it on your own.” The effort has paid off, as Wade spent the season’s opening month reaping the rewards of his hard work, both on and off the field. He adds that it sometimes feels a little weird having so many sudden supporters.
complish the feat.
Who would have thought that an unheralded junior coming off a debilitating shoulder injury the season before could put up such impressive numbers? Probably no one outside the Duke locker room. Wade’s teammates did believe in him, however, particularly after witnessing his offseason dedication. “I expected this from Alex this year,” said offensive lineman Rusty Wilson. “He worked hard the entire offseason and preseason and really put his time in so as to put himself in this position.” Pushing through the pain wasn’t easy, Wade admitted. Rehabbing an ailing shoulder required special disci-
an infield grounder and came home when Reggie
Sanders singled up the middle with two outs.
Bonds also drew a walk in the eighth, but was thrown out trying to steal. The Braves, who scored 25 runs in the first four games, were held hitless by Ortiz through the first three innings. From the fourth on, they squandered all sorts of chances, leaving the bases loaded once and two runners on in three other innings. In all, Atlanta stranded 12. The Braves loaded the bases in the fifth on third baseman David Bell’s throwing error and two walks. Ortiz fell behind 2-0 in the count to Chipper Jones, but bounced back to get the cleanup hitter on a grounder to shortstop for the third out. With Atlanta’s departure, the three winningest teams during the regular season—the Braves, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics—all were sent packing in the first round ofthe postseason.
“It’s a little different,” Wade said “First of all, all of us get to walk around campus with our heads a little higher. But I’ve noticed that I walk around and people know my face, they know my name... and it feels good, especially when it’s other students, because for so long we weren’t winning a game and no one was coming out and supporting us.” The even-keeled Wade has not struggled to keep things in perspective, though. “It’s also difficult,” he candidly admitted. “Against ECU, that was a novelty. The second 100-yard game against Northwestern was a surprise. After that, people start expecting it, and sometimes... well, I keep myself from getting a big head about it, but I sometimes have to remind other people this is football and you’re not going to run for a 100 yards every game. You aren’t going to be the star every game.”
ALEX WADE carries the ball against Navy, against which he had 123 yards rushing.
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Devil defense with a successful ball-control attack “Florida State will play underneath you,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “They’re not as quick and fast up front but they are very strong on the ball. They have a number of forwards that are very opportunistic, that can score goals.” Unlike the Blue Devils, who prefer to play just three midfielders along with attacking forwards, FSU employs a wing-based 4-4-2 system, which so far has propelled the Seminoles to an average of more than two goals per game. Duke enters the matchup with a potent offensive attack of its own, having scored 25 goals in just 11 games, only one goal fewer than its total from all of last season. The Blue Devils feel they can do better, however, citing many missed opportunities. “We have done a poor job at placement of shots,” Church said. “We’ve really done a great job at making goalkeepers look really good.” Most disappointing to Church, however, has been his squad’s inability to put teams away. Friday’s loss to Clemson marked the second time Duke has failed to make a 2-0 first half lead hold up. “The one thing I think that we haven’t actually done is that we haven’t broken teams’ spirits,” Church said. “When we are up 2-0, we’ve given a goal up late in the first half.” Having let potential victories slip away, the Blue Devils must now focus on winning their remaining games to fulfill their NCAA Tournament aspirations. “There’s a new rule out there—a lot of people call it the ‘Duke rule’ because [we] got in at 8-9 last year—that you have to have a .500 or better record to get into the NCAA Tournament,” Church said. “We’re at the point where we have to win, and [Florida State] is a very important match.
“I definitely use my quickness when I can when Fm out there on the field,” Johnson said. Tm usually out-matched physically, so I have to resort to
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other things.” Franks also said he was very pleased to have tailback Chris Douglas back at full stride after a nagging ankle injury slowed him for most of the season. Franks said he had hoped Douglas would be at 100 percent for the UVa game because Virginia’s run defense stacks the middle. Alex Wade, Duke’s leading rusher this season, runs up the middle on nearly every attempt, so Franks said he wanted to «.
mix it up. Douglas ran for 126 yards by going to the outside, and he also had 89 yards receiving. Franks said he was very happy to have last year’s most potent offensive weapon back. Ironically, just as Douglas had recovered, Wade hurt his ankle against Virginia, but Franks said the injury should not slow him down significantly. “He practiced yesterday. I don’t think [the injury] is going to affect him at all,” Franks said. Franks also said he has been very impressed with the development of sophomore quarterback Adam Smith, sentiments which Virginia coach A1 Groh seconded after Saturday’s game. “The key to the [Duke] team was the quarterback,” Groh said. “The throws he made in the first half were really excellent.” Franks continued his praise when mentioning wide receiver Reggie Love. The junior had a career game against Virginia, catching six passes for 67 yards. Franks said he has been very hard on Love throughout the Charlotte native’s career, but acknowledged his solid play in front of the entire team after the game Saturday. “I had been on his ass for a long time,” Franks said. Duke is eager to get on the field against Wake Forest to attempt to end its 19-game ACC losing streak—two away from the league record. Douglas, for one, is sanguine that the skid will be stopped. “We will win some league games this year,” ; r Douglas said.
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The Chronicle Pratt’s possible expansion
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50 undergraduate students per class, a plan that has the potential to benefit the University in general and specifically the Pratt
School of Engineering. Last month, Dean ofthe Faculty ofArts and Sciences William Chafe suggested the additional students as away to increase revenue and offset rising costs. Increasing revenue should not be the primary goal of any increase, and administrators have achnolwledged this, focusing instead on the practical and monetary benefits the increase could bring, especially to Pratt. Provost Peter Lange has pointed to those reasons as the motivation behind the possible increase. The expansion is a logical extension of other investments that have been made in the school over several years. The school has worked to boost its faculty size and its capital resources, allowing it to accommodate more students. Additionally, the extra students would help spur the school’s future growth. Currently, the school is too small to allow for the breadth and depth of course offerings that a top-flight engineering school should have. A greater number of students in each class would expand the opportunities available to all of Pratt’s students. Of course, significant obstacles remain before Duke can add 200 students. For starters, there are simply not enough beds available on East Campus, where all freshmen are housed, to accommodate an additional 50 students per class. Administrators would need to build a new dorm or somehow alter the existing dorm in order to accommodate additional students. Moreover, other necessary capital changes, such as East Campus eating facility improvements are necessary to handle an influx of 50 more students. Those concerns would be magnified when additional students become upperclassmen and move to West Campus. Under the current housing plan, all sophomores must live on West, which would mean 50 more juniors and seniors forced to live off-campus, in Trent Drive Hall or on Central Campus. Therefore, in order to implement this plan, administrators will need to increase accommodations on West or Central as well as East, Another very real concern is the quality of the applicant pool. Pratt is already less selective than many of top engineering schools, and adding 50 additional students would only dilute the pool further. Christoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate admissions, claims the pool is sufficient to fill the additional space, but Dean Kristina Johnson will likely need to increase recruitement to attract more top applicants than the school has received in the past. The University could implement a gradual plan to lessen the negative effects of the increase. Letting in a handful of extra students every year for several years until the full 200 is reached would lessen the impact and give everyone more time to adjust to the new situation.
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Only idiots think ‘Blue Devils for Dole’ is improper First of all, I would like to calm the apparent anxieties ofthe Democratic and/or radical partisans around campus who are concerned that North Carolinians are going
to mistake the recent Blue Devils for Dole fundraising event as a formal endorsement of Elizabeth Dole by her alma mater. Trust me when I tell you that no one in North Carolina familiar enough with this University to be aware of this fundraiser would be fooled into believing the leftist hangovers from the 1960s who run this school
would endorse a Republican, even if she was one of its most successful alumnae. Their’s is an idiotic argument, anyways, because it is clearly not an official University event, although conducted by private citizens affilated with the University. Yes, Coach K and Coach G are
“Blue Devils,” as am I and most of you are, because they are affiliated with the University, and they happen to be “for Dole.” This does not imply, however, that all indi-
viduals meeting the first criteria meet the second. If this were true, many groups would be in trouble. Take Students Against Sweatshops. I am a student. I am not, however, against sweatshops nor am I bothered by that group’s name because it would take a moron to think that its name implied a formal renouncement of sweatshops by all students. Those people compaining about this fundraiser must be either afflicted likewise or jumping on any opportunity to renounce anyone at Duke who is not committed to the leftist company line. A Blue Devil is an individual person, Duke is a body of people, an institution, of which I am a
part. Coach K didn’t say “Duke for Dole,” although “Duke” is used questionably from time to time. For example, “Duke Welcomes Gloria Steinem.” I am a part of Duke and Duke used my money to welcome Steinem. I, however, did not welcome her appearance here or anywhere near me; the same can be said for “Duke Welcomes Former Black Panther Leader....” Point being, these events could be much more easily construed to imply community support and unwittingly took funds from members of the ;community, neither of which the basketball coaches did, yet whiners still must call it improper. Yeah, it was probably lacking a discourse as well. Mark Boyd Trinity ’O4
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Those who oppose Is the war on Iraq a foregone conclusion? It does not
have to be. Soon Congress will vote on a resolution on the use of force against Iraq. The voices calling for war on Iraq are loud and many. But
war against
where sire the voices ofopposition? Those who question or oppose pre-emotive strikes against Iraq must speak out. Talk about it on the bus, or in the line for lunch. Write to the people who represent you in
Iraq must speak the U.S. Congress. Silence is tacit approval, Andy Yang
Graduate School ’O4
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Seven Others
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Young women should learn they cannot have it all In reponse to Emily Stroyer-Carlisle’s column, I salute her for wanting to move beyond the “mommy wars.” Although I think the media has greatly overplayed this supposed conflict, many women of my generation have felt pulled in two con-
tradictory directions. I have been, at various points in my daughters’ lives, a stay-at-home-bake-cookies-
and-sew-great-Halloween-cos-
tumes-mom, a high-powered-
business-consultant-in-silksuits-mom and, most recently,
we were wrong: You can’t have it all. Choices, no mat-
a grad-student-mom.
ter how carefully thought out, present unexpected new challenges that limit future options in ways that are hard to anticipate.
Each ofthese incarnations was richly rewarding, and each involved major tradeoffs, difficult decisions, sec-
ond guessing and chronic Being exhaustion. an involved parent (mom or dad) is hard work no matter which adjectives go in front. If there’s one thing today’s young women should learn from my generation, it’s that
A surprising number of things in life (not just fertility) are outside our control. Ultimately, that realization can be liberating,
Linda Rupert Graduate School ’O6
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Dean of the Graduate School Lewis Siegel comments on the school’s admissions process and its effects on attrition (see story, page one)
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An adventure leads to more than anticipated
Being a pirate always appealed to me, their life on the high seas, not a worry in the world except for finding gold, swashbuckling and other things that occupy pirates’ time. That wish nearly came true aboard the M.V. Blue Angel, except instead of plundering ships and cities, I paid for an unforgettable weekend of fun and excitement on the Great Barrier Reef.
life below the surface. We later learned the somewhat more important training, such as surviving out-of-air situations. After four dives, several discussions, quizzes and a final exam consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions,- the Peter O’Toole look-alike and I were officially open water certified SCUBA divers, ready to descend slightly less deep than Jules Verne sent the Nautilus, as our certification limits us to 18 meters. On my first dive without an instructor, I nearly learned to SCUBA dive pushed that limit, making it to 15.5 and explore the ocean meters below the surface. floor. Our only company No description justly depicts a coral included three tower teeming with life. Fish species Kevin Australians and two inhabiting the reef span the entire Germans, all in all a Orgozalek color spectrum, with schools offluoresmerry international mix. cent fish closely resembling early AMommt Even though the 1990s neon teenage fashion—some Australians swore with mimicked Zubazz pants. greater frequency than I previously The peace residing beneath the waves thought possible (especially when repairfocuses all thoughts on the fish and coral ing the ship’s toilet), the Germans with directly in front, eliminating all worries their astute senses of humor understood experienced above. Floating effortlessly nary a joke from the rest of us or The at 11 meters, watching a school ofmackSimpsons, and the other novice diver erel making their way past while a sea resembled Peter O’Toole circa Laurence of anemone wavers slightly upon coral proArabia, we hit it off splendidly with one vides absolute relaxation. common purpose: to experience the Great An eternity seemingly passed while Barrier Reef. observing these creatures. It was not until One ofthe earth’s natural wonders, the I realized that my partner wanted to reef spans over half of Queensland’s move on that I continued with the dive. coast, extending nearly all the way to So, staying true to my American tourist Papua New Guinea. There is no finer persona, I snapped a picture and swam place to begin SCUBA diving; though away, pursuing new discoveries. More hours seemingly passed, examincommunity pools have their own special attractions, like chlorinated water ing colorful coral, clown fish, unicorn fish instead of salt water. and sponges. Checking my air pressure A quick lesson in clearing a watergauge and dive computer, I realized not filled mask and an equipment overview only that I had to resurface soon for lack provided the necessary skills before of air, but also that the dive lasted a mere descending a few meters and exploring 30 minutes. I could hardly contain my
elation for the undersea world when I climbed back into the boat, even without meeting turtles or giant squid. Diving introduced a whole new world that constantly excites and presents new experiences—even if they are as simple as observing a new fish species or surviving a minor equipment malfunction. The events speed time along, leaving me to crave more time under the sea, where the seaweed is always greener. Three days diving from a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean grants a new perspective that land cannot show. Once in the water, a diver joins the food chain, no longer the dominant species. Even with state-of-the-art diving technology, humans remain vulnerable not only to the extremely rare shark attack, but also to deadly toxins
Aside from the boat, no sign reminded me that other humans impacted that corner of the world. It was nature and my thoughts convening without a worry in the world. There could have been worse places to be. The weights of every day life floated among the waves. I did not ponder classes, relationships, the world’s conflicts, the past or the future; none of these mattered then. My thoughts dwelt solely on the situation at hand, nothing more, nothing less. Something my dive instructor said to me struck me one evening as I gazed at the stars. He said “Every dive is a good one if you come up fine.” Even if I didn’t observe sharks or Manta rays, safety mattered above all else. That lesson goes beyond diving. As long as you’ve got your health, there’s little that you should consistently complain or worry about. The weekend aboard the “Blue Angel” granted respite from the world’s pettiness, as I sought adventure. I know it was only a brief break from depressing headlines and society’s materialism, but nevertheless it was a relief to find near absolute serenity. So while the world debates war or some other cloud dampens a personal horizon, take a moment to wander to a deserted place void of human contact, clear your thoughts and find solace with your existence. Few experience the Great Barrier Reef, but most can find enjoyment and comfort in, as Sir Thomas More claimed it to be, the greatest pleasure of all—good health.
released by undersea creatures. We cannot carelessly tread the ocean as we do the land. Our insatiable curiosity leads us to a new level of vulnerability beneath the surface. Curiosity for the unknown and unpursued adventure originally drew me to diving. It will draw me again and again. This trip however meant more than simply exploring the ocean’s floor. Spending time alone, atop the ship’s deck at night, looking skyward to pure darkness illuminated by countless stars, a gentle breeze blowing and waves gently meeting the boat’s hull, I could not stop asking, “How’s the serenity?” Of course I received no answer due to the question’s rhetorical nature, and also I was alone. A feeling of utter insignificance pervades among such a grand body of water with a cloudless evening sky revealing the Kevin Ogorzalek is a Trinity junior. His column appears every other Tuesday. rest of the galaxy.
Masada revisited Virtually every Jew who makes aliyah to Israel will visit the ruins of Masada. Some of the Jewish applicants to this school probably wrote their application essays on the experience. Every Israeli soldier, too, will at some point climb its many steps to say prayers as dawn breaks over the Negev desert. On the grounds below you can see the campsites where the Roman army laid siege to the fort for several months. Almost a thousand Masada Hebrews chose suicide over Greg surrender, and became an enduring Bloom symbol of the Jewish will for solidarity and sacrifice in the face of oppression. Mister, You’re What is not so glorified is how those on Fire Hebrews came to be trapped in Masada. A massive uprising against the Roman occupation of Judea had been a catastrophic failure, and the obscure desert fort was a last refijge for the remnants of the rebellion. The instigators ofthe uprising, which had originally begun as a movement of passive resistance, were known as the Zealots—a group of fanatical messianic Jews who relentlessly provoked the occupying Roman army with suicidal assassination attempts on the streets of Jerusalem. Historians consider the Zealots to be the first terrorists and remark at their striking similarity to members of modem groups like Hamas. Hegel said the only thing we really learn from history is that we’ve learned nothing from history. But this isn’t just history repeating itself—something has gone awry in the last stage of Jewish history that now reveals a string of sad ironies like Masada. Like how Jews once wore yellow stars on their sleeves and now bear yellow license plates as they drive past the hordes of blue- or green-plated Palestinians lined up at a checkpoint. How Jews were once walled out of cities, and now must wall themselves in. How anti-Semitism has for centuries demonized Judaism as a disease, when now Israeli extremist politicians publicly call their Arab citizens “like a cancer” and lobby for legislation that would remove them. The occupation of the West Bank, now 30
years in the running, has become mercilessly intensified in the last few months—the West Bank’s economy, public life and education and medical services all paralyzed by the siege. Wittingly or not, and with whatever justification, Israel has created another Masada, three and a half million strong. The Jews have indeed learned something from history, and what we’re seeing now is that maybe it was a miseducation. Jews have been persecuted for so long that we can’t perceive ourselves as oppressors—the selfimage remains of the perpetual victim, even though we are less vulnerable to annihilation than at any point in history. Now Israel looks more like the tyrant father who once was an abused son. In the future looking back on this past decade, there will be no escaping this shameful irony. Right now many Jews don’t catch it, or willfully ignore it, because there is a self-imposed war-time moratorium on doubt. Any news unfavorable to Israel must be anti-Semitic; any sign of uncertainty on our part will provide Them with the longawaited chance to wipe our homeland off the map. Many American Jews, whose grandparents came to America when their homes were taken, now turn a blind eye when American helicopters and weapons are used to demolish Palestinian residential areas. They have sealed themselves off within a fort, blindly demanding great human sacrifice with absolute solidarity in the name of Zion. “If we give them this land, they’ll want that land next, and then where will we go? Into the ocean!” “Hitler is dead,” answered. Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of the New Republic, last May. He wrote that behind this bracing defensiveness lies a barely-contained, “grotesque” and “purely recreational” apocalyptic fear of a Second Holocaust. There is no possibility for compromise, even no real desire for peace when “every enemy of the Jews is the same enemy, and there is only one war, and it is a war against extinction, and it is a timeless war.” A convenient side effect of this fantasy is that it shuts down the thinking process, or at least reduces it to the point where childish and racist assumptions are acceptable.
Almost one year ago, when the situation was much better than now, I expressed my frustration at this poisoned discourse in a column. “There are no right answers,” I wrote, “but surely claims such as We were here first’ or They started it’ are wrong ones.” A close family member responded in anger: “Being bom to two Hebrew parents does not a Jew make,” he wrote in e-mail. “A Jew is a person who defends Israel... because modem politics and the instability of global hegemony have created a world against us. As they did in 1967, 72, etc.” Although a great many American Jews would have agreed with him, this sentiment is very mistaken: Central to Judaism’s vitality is a capacity for self-criticism and doubt that is virtually unique among the world’s cultures. Like our central text, the Talmud, Jews always engaged a problem from every conceivable vantage point—hence a room with three Jews and five opinions. And anyone who has sat at a Jewish dinner table knows that love can be infuriatingly expressed through criticism. They would also know how rare it is to hear the following words: “You’ve hurt my feelings. (You’ve bombed my buses and restaurants.) But I was wrong, too, and I’m sorry. (We can each have our own state.)” I’ve been told that my generation is too young and spoiled by privilege to know the tme nature of antiSemitism, and will be unprepared to face another crisis. But that crisis won’t come from the Palestinians—it will come when Israel and world Jewry has to grapple with the moral ramifications of staying in our fort. I’d been to Masada twice, both as Bar Mitzvah and student, and each time I was told that at that moment I was more connected to Jewish history than I had ever been. But it didn’t feel quite right—l can’t identify with stubborn, zealous martyrs. And though I’d been told that a voice critical of Israel cannot be a truly Jewish voice, the irony that I appreciate most of all is that I’d never felt more Jewish than when I’d finally found that voice. Greg Bloom is a Trinity senior and a senior editor for
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Persian Masters
Salif Keita Known around the world as “the golden voice of Mali," this
descendant ofAfrican royalty blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal and the Middle East. SALIF KEITA and his ensemble will perform songs from his latest
CD, “MojfouP
October 9, 8 pm, Page Auditorium. $26 Preferred
Four of Iran’s leading musicians —HOSSEIN ALIZADEH (tar), MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (vocals), KAYHANKALHOR (kamancheh), and HOMAYOUN SHAJARIAN (tombak and vocals)—preserve Classical Persian music, one of the earliest musical traditions known today, giving it new life with their contemporary energy and imagination.
October 11,8 pm, Page Auditorium. $45 “Golden Circle Seating;” $3O Preferred Rows; $l5 Students.
Rows; $22 General Seating; $l2 Students.
PERFORMING ARTS
AFTER HOURS
Master Class
“A Moving Experience: Dances Choreographed to DUMA Works
DARRETT ADKINS, cello
of Art.”
October 8, 11 am-1 pm, Baldwin Auditorium.
Oct. 10, Reception, 5:30 pm; performances begin at 6 pm, Free, Duke University Museum of Art.
Duke Symphony Orchestra Harry Davidson, music director with guest artist DARRETT ADKINS, cello “All About Brahms: Father Figures Program: Haydn: Symphony No. 92 (“Oxford”); Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor. October 9, 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, Free
Duke String School Dorothy Kitchen, director. October 12 at 3, 4, Auditorium, Free.
Oktoberfest.
7 pm, Baldwin
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TAP!
ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS This Week: October 9-23, 2002
ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu. To inquire about this ad call 660-3356. Note: Students must show Duke I.D. for free admission to events.
Master class
duke arts
RAY KILBURM, piano. October 18, 4 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, Free
Faculty Recital HSIAO-MEIKU, violin with RAY KILBURN, piano. Works by Stravinsky and others. October 20, 8 pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Free.
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood presented by Hoof ‘n Horn. A murder mystery in which the title character Edwin Drood is supposedly murdered and suspicion is cast on his uncle. Written by Charles Dickens, who died before completing the book. ’
October 17- 20, 8 pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, $9 General Admission; $7 Students/Sr. Citizens.
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FILMS ON EAST Freewater presents
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7 & 9:30 pm, Griffith Film Theatre, $5 Gen.; $4 Employees
October 10 The Panic in Needle Park October 18 No Man’s Land October 22 Beau Serge
Screen Society presents 8 pm, Griffith Film Theatre, Free
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October 9 French and Francophone Film Series: “Les Rivieres Pourpes” (dir. Mathieu Kassoyitz, 2000, 150 min, France, French with English Subtitles, Color, 35mm).
October 21 African Diaspora Film Series: TEA.
October 23 French and Francophone Film Series: “La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)” (dir. Michael Haneke, 2001, 130 min, France, French with English Subtitles, Color, 35mm).
EXHIBITIONS and... The Lucky Bum Film Tour From Funhouse Cinema and The Oregon Department of Kick Ass. Media artists BILL DANIEL and VANESSA RENWICK present experimental and documentary films, including “The Girl on the Train in the Moon,” a hobo campfire/video installation. Oct. 11,8 pm, Center for Documentary
Studies.
Mike Smith: Color Photographs of Eastern Tennessee. Exhibition opens Oct. 11. Thru Dec. 14, Juanita Kreps Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies Opening Reception and Artist Talk MIKE SMITH: Color Photographs of Eastern Tennessee.
Oct. 23, 7 pm, Juanita Kreps Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies
The Art of Artificial Intelligence: ADA AND ALICEBOT meet TECKNOLUST
Oct. 22-23, presented by ISIS. For more information, contact isis.duke.edu
Brown Bag Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documentary Studies: Certificate in Documentary Studies Fall Speaker Series LEELA PRASAD, Assistant Professor of Religion: “The In-Between of Guest Curating: Notes from an Exhibition in Philadelphia.” Oct. 23, 12 pm, Library, Center for Documentary Studies
David Gista: Recent Works.
Thru Oct. 26, Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Duke Union Visual Arts Committee