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Employees Committee readies provost review react to lawsuit By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle
When Peter Lange took over as provost in July 1999, other than the need for a new long-term strategic plan, further development ofthe sciences and enhanced technology in the classroom, one thing was clear: Something had to be done about the
By CINDY YEE The Chronicle
With charges pending against Local 77 that the union did not fulfill its obligations to its constituents during summer contract negotiations, members of the 950-person union are expressing
mixed reactions. Although some agree with the complaints, others blame low wage increases on the University. In a manner reminiscent of the union’s tight-lipped secrecy concerning the negotiating process—during which Local 77 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees hacked out a new three-year contract with the University—a number of employees were reluctant to talk about the charges or about their satisfaction with the new contract. Of those who did speak, some said they did not believe that Melton Summerville, the dining services employee who filed the charges in early July, had a valid case against Local 77. Summerville accused the union’s negotiatSee LOCAL 77 on page 12
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Faculty Commons. 5 Left unrenovated for over 20 years, the faculty eatery s space a in the West Union Building was in dire need of face-lift, and its menu required revision. Lange recognized the diminishing quality and quickly convened a committee to address the problems. Renovations began within a year, and now, three years later, the Faculty Commons is thriving. “We weren’t going [to the Commons] because it was so miserable,” said Ronald Witt, professor of history and chair of the Arts and Sciences Council. “He saw that and really pumped money into it. It was one of the first things he did.” Although few of Lange’s other projects during his tenure have come to fruition so quickly—the vast majority are far more expansive—the changes at the Faculty Commons are indicative of the aggressive, straightforward and collaborative style he has brought to the position, colleagues said. Those colleagues and other members of the Duke community are contributing comments about the provost’s performance and style to a recently established review committee. Such a review for University officers typically occurs in the fourth year of their five-year term of office. “All views, whether they are expressions of approbation or complaints, suggestions for the future or a mix of these views, are important to the committee,” Richard Schmalbeck, chair of the committee and professor oflaw, said in a statement. Comments are due Friday, and the review committee’s report is due in early December.
PROVOST PETER LANGE speaks to Academic Council last September. Lange is currently undergoing a review of his three years as provost.
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Health System begins medical privacy training employees, said Professor of the Practice in the Center for Ethics and HuFacing a looming Apr. 14 deadline for manities Angela Holder, who helped write the training programs for Medical compliance with the national Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Center staff. “The goal is to have 100 percent of Act, the Health System began training employees and medical staff trained by its employees Monday in the new privacy and security regulations concerning Apr. 14,” said Britt Crewse, associate vice president and chief compliance and medical records. privacy officer ofDUHS HIPAA, the first federal law compreFor the Medical Center, which alhensively dealing with patient medical 100 has extensive privacy regulations, reguready more than represents privacy, lations on security standards and the HIPAA is no* predicted to radically proper use of health information. The change operations. “The rules won’t aflaw is backed up by severe civil and fect how [Duke] practices greatly... but it criminal penalties for noncompliance, will formalize things,” Crewse said. HIPAA limits the non-consensual reincluding fines up to $250,000 and/or 10 lease for a maximum of of private information, most strictimprisonment ly when it identifies specific patients. years for knowingly misusing personalHowever, allowances are made if they ly identifiable health information. and administrators are necessary for medical care. All employees, “We’re still allowed to disclose pamedical researchers within the Health System—including the Medical Center, tient information for treatment purposthe School of Medicine, the School of es, payment and operations... like peer Nursing and the Private Diagnostic review and quality improvement,” Crewse said. Clinic—are required to undergo approxAlso beginning Apr. 14, the Medical imately 20 minutes of HlPAAtraining, which will be offered online, on video Center will be required to ask new paand in person. Clinical researchers, tients to sign a six- to seven-page docuhowever, will require more rigorous training in the regulations than other See HIPAA on page 6 By MIKE MILLER The Chronicle
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Duke Student Government legislators approved a letter to the Qffjce Qf parkjn g and Transportation Services calling for changes to the parking policies. See page 3
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Paola and Josecarlos Delgado visit East Campus one day before Halloween in search of candy. Several witches, goblins and other frightening spooks haunted Duke students on their way to class.
Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles, North Carolina’s candidates for U.S. Senate, have changed their positions on some issues since they served in Washington. See page 4
Seven panelists met at the John Hope Franklin Center Wednesday to discuss the meaning of information in the modern era. See page 6
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Taliban members attack schools in Kabul
Four damaged schools in remote villages just south of Kabul appear to be the opening of a sad new front in the struggle between Afghanistan’s American-backed central government and remnants of the Taliban. •
Bombings in South Africa leave one dead
A series of explosions shook Soweto, South Africa early Wednesday, killing one person and wounding another in what the police suspect was a coordinated strike by white extremists. •
Japan and North Korea end 2-day dispute
Japan and North Korea Wednesday ended two days of negotiations, angrily talking past each other on issues that each side depicts as the major obstacles to normalized relations. •
Democratic mentoring program under way
In a first for a national election, the Democrats created a formal mentoring program that assigned one or more representatives to tutor candidates in tough House races. More than 50 members of Congress are participating. •
Afghans to check on American naval base
President Hamid Karzai announced Wednesday that he would send a delegation to the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to check the conditions under which Afghans are being held. News briefs compiled from wire reports.
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Russia admits to Fentanyl disaster A Terrorist plot to seize hundreds of hostages from theater leaves 120 dead By MICHAEL WINES
New York Times News Service
MOSCOW Russia acknowledged Wednesday that it pumped an aerosol version of the powerful painkiller, Fentanyl, into a Moscow theater to end a hostage crisis last Saturday, breaking a four-day silence on the drug’s identity that had drawn mounting criticism in the United States and Europe. Russia’s health minister, Yuri Shevchenko, identified the gas as the civilian death toll from the 57hour hostage siege rose by two to 120. All but two of the victims apparently died from effects of the Fentanyl derivative. But at an evening news conference,
Shevchenko bluntly rejected statements by some, including the U.S. ambassador, that Russian secrecy over the nature of the gas may have delayed lifesaving aid to some hostages. “I officially declare that chemical substances of the kind banned under international conventions on chemical weapons were not used in the course of the special operations,” he said. “To neutralize terrorists, a compound based on Fentanyl derivatives was used.” In broadcast remarks, he repeated Russian assertions that the gas “cannot in itselfbe called lethal,” and that hostages who succumbed to the gas died because they had been weakened by “a complex of extremely aggressive
factors” including hunger, existing illnesses and two days of captivity. Shevchenko’s bristling defense of the rescue operation mirrored a new aggressiveness in the government’s attack on Chechen terror suspects and opponents. In Copenhagen, Danish officials acting on an international warrant seized Akhmed Zakayev, a former guerrilla field commander in Russia’s
first Chechnya war who has long served as an envoy for the Chechen
rebels’ political wing. Russian officials had requested his arrest Friday, at the peak of the hostage crisis, as Zakayev flew to Copenhagen to attend a World Chechen Congress.
Ministers leave void in Israeli Parliament By JAMES BENNETT
New York Times News Service
JERUSALEM Splitting apart the coalition government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after 19 months, ministers of the Labor Party resigned Wednesday over their accusation that Sharon was favoring Israel’s settlers at the expense of its poor in his proposed budget. The break, which is almost certain to drive the Israeli government to the right, was the first attempt by the moderately leftist party to find its political voice and present a coherent alternative to Sharon since his crushing victory almost two years ago over his predecessor, Ehud Barak. Barak, the Labor candidate, lost after he tried and failed to negotiate a peace agreement with Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader. Under Israel’s parliamentary system, the resigna-
tions do not become effective until late Friday, but politicians of the right and left said Wednesday that they saw little chance of Labor reversing its decision. The loss of Labor’s 25 seats in the 120-seat Parliament left Sharon with a minority government of 55 seats, facing three basic options. He can try to govern with his remaining, right-ofcenter minority, which would leave him vulnerable to a possible no-confidence vote; he can try to bring in ultra-right factions that would give him a bare majori-
ty but also heighten the risk that his government would appear extremist; or he can ask the president, Moshe Katsav, to dissolve Parliament and call elections within 90 days, nine months ahead of schedule. Sharon is likely to pursue the first or second option for now, his allies said.
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Bowles aims for return to D.C. DSG proposes transit changes By RUTH CARLITZ The Chronicle
With his large, round glasses and quiet demeanor, Erskine Bowles is hardly an imposing presence. But through his work in the private sector and in Washington, D.C., Bowles has earned a reputation as a tough guy who gets things done. And now Bowles has set his sights on making an even bigger impact—by representing North Carolina in the US. Senate. Bowles was bom in 1945 in Greensboro, N.C. to Jessamine and Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles. Skipper Bowles was active in state politics, serving in the N.C. House of Representatives and the state Senate and running for governor in 1972. Bowles earned a business degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967. He attended Columbia University Business School after a stint in the Coast Guard reserve and earned his MBA in 1969. At Columbia, he served as the business school’s student body president. Bowles worked in New York for two years, but returned to North Carolina in 1971 with his new wife Crandall Close to work on his father’s gubernatorial
campaign. Four years later, he founded Bowles Hollowed Conner, which would go on to become one of the country’s leading investment banking firms. Thomas Hollowed, the firm’s co-founder, said he and Bowles faced “every challenge imaginable... as a couple guys trying to go out and get business [withl no name recognition.” He described the experience as “challenging, a lot of fun and a lot of tremendously hard work.” Through his work with Bowles, Hollowed got to know him on a personal level and spoke admiringly of Bowles’ commitment to diabetes research. In 1979, Bowles’ son Sam, then five, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Bowles and his wife immediately became involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Bowles went on to join the national board and later became president of the organization. “Anything he undertakes he’s going to give it his ad,” Hollowed said. Bowles also took an active role in helping to estab-
lish treatment facilities at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Both his father and his sister, Martha, died after contracting the disease. After Bowles met former president Bill Clinton, he became an active fundraiser for the 1992 presidential campaign. Bowles was a favorite golf partner of Clinton, and the former president spent
� The legislature approved a measure to encourage Transportation Services to look into ticket appeals, student involvement in parking decisions and door-to-door transit service. By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle
Small Business Administration. Some of the new initiatives under Bowles’ leadership included doubling business loan guarantees and transferring personnel in the SBA’s regional offices to new field jobs, where they dealt directly with smallbusiness owners. Bowles remained in Washington serving as deputy chief of staff to the president from October 1994 to December 1995. Bowles endured a brush with scandal when he testified before the special Senate Whitewater committee about his involvement in the investigation of Capital-Management Services, Inc., a Little Rock, Ark., lending agency that was at the center of the Whitewater investigation headed by Kenneth Starr, Law ’73. Former U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers, R-Kan.,
Duke Student Government voted unanimously Wednesday to officially request more information from the administration on certain parking and transit issues. The memorandum, directed to the Department of Transportation Services, requests increased disclosure and communication pertaining to a list of issues in parking and transit that affect undergraduates, said junior CliffDavison, DSG vice president for facilities and athletics. It also asks for the department to respond with Updates and solutions” at the DSG meeting next Wednesday. Davison and Attorney General Will Fagan, a senior, presented the memorandum, which was entitled “The State of Undergraduate Parking and Transit at Duke University” and submitted by the DSG Transit Advisory Subcommittee of Facilities and Athletics. Referring to the new parking plan released last April, Fagan—who lives off campus—said he is upset that the administration informed the student body of the parking changes two weeks after registration for the fall semester. “I had 20 minutes to get from Carr on East to Sanford, and that’s basically impossible,” Fagan said. The plan, designed by Director of Parking and Transportation Services Cathy Reeve, proposed, among other changes, eliminating West Campus parking spots for off-campus residents and increasing parking permit costs. It also mentioned improving communication between officials and students—a proposal that Fagan said the administration has yet to bring to fruition. Parking concerns listed in the memorandum include student involvement in the ticket appeal process, a commitment to student membership on the Duke Transportation Advisory Committee, financial justification of permit prices and ticket fines, and long-term planning. The memorandum also calls for off-campus bus routes that would serve Duke’s greater community,
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ERSKINE BOWLES, North Carolina’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, hopes he can work in Washington again. nights in Bowles’ home during the campaign. In 1993, Clinton tapped Bowles to head the federal
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D.C. links influence Senate race Mondale agrees to run in Minnesota At a special meeting Wednesday night, more than 800 Democratic party representatives approved former vice president Walter Mondale as a replacement for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone less than a week before the election. But his coronation was immediately engulfed in a bitter partisan fight over the televised memorial service for Wellstone that was held the night before. The state Republican Party denounced Democrats for exploiting the plane crash by turning Tuesday night's memorial service into a political rally, and called on local television stations to provide them three-and-a-half hours of free air time. Mondale, 74, is seen as the Democrats’ best-shot at keeping-Wellstone’s seat . as they try to hold on or add to their single-seat majority in the Senate.
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Despite their past leadership roles in Washington, both candidates in the U.S. Senate race for have made an effort to downplay parts of their records that may not be appealing to North
Carolina voters. In fact, both of them have assumed stances on issues opposite the positions they took while they worked in the Beltway. Republican candidate Elizabeth Dole served as secretary of transportation under President Ronald Reagan, and also worked as secretary of labor in the first George Bush administration. Erskine Bowles was President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff.
FEC issues fundraising analysis The Federal Election Commission released a study Wednesday showing the Republican Party’s national tundraising committees with a more than 2-to-1 advantage over the national Democratic committees in "hard money.” The study also looked at where the two major parties are directing money. The national GOP committees have sent the most to Florida—at least $9 million. State and local parties in Texas, where Democrats hope to win an open Senate seat and defeat Republican Gov. Rick Perry, attracted the biggest infusion from the national Democratic Party, collecting at least $B.B million in the 2001-02 election cycle. Perry succeeded George W. Bush as governor when Bush became president.
Radio hosts descend on White House Six days before the election that will decide control of Congress, “Radio Day," a 131/2-hour talkfest, was but one event that the White House staged to showcase its agenda on issues to swing voters and the Republican Party’s conservative activists, conservative talk radio hosts opened their microphones Wednesday to a stream of top officials including Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, vice presidential counselor Mary Matalin and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
mm Cheney stumps for Dole in Wilmington Vice President Dick Cheney gave Elizabeth Dole's campaign a boost Tuesday, joining the GOP candidate for a rally before 800 supporters at Wilmington’s airport and then heading with her to an evening fundraiser. Cheney made clear that Republicans see the economy as a key issue in Senate races across the country. He blamed Democrats for the recession he said the Bush administration inherited from the Clinton White House, in which Bowles was chief of staff. Bowles has been emphasizing improving schools and infrastructure to help spark North Carolina’s economy. From wire reports.
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Bowles worked hard to persuade Congress to grant Clinton “fast track” Trade Authority in 1998. If Congress had renewed the authority, it would have allowed the president to negotiate trade deals with foreign countries prior to Congressional approval. Such trade deals could affect North Carolina workers, particularly those in the textile industry. Now, Bowles says he opposes fast rack and thinks Congress made a mistake when it passeda similar resolution for President George W. Bush. “I oppose the fast track legislation that Dole supports,” Bowles said in the Senate debate. He said too many cheap foreign goods are entering the United States, both legally and illegally, and the
competition is costing North Carolina workers their jobs. In a statement, he said that “open trade agreements must be tough-minded, strictly enforced and designed to take care of workers who are affected,” Similarly, Dole opposed the Family Medical Leave Act as secretary of labor, but she now supports it. The Act, passed
in 1993, currently provides temporary unpaid leave for workers who have serious illness, are nursing a child or have a sick family member. In explaining her switch, Dole said the economic situation was different when she spoke against the bill, and
VERNA TORAIN repairs a yarn break on a loom in the weave room at the Cone Mills White Oak Plant in Greensboro, N.C. Proposed “fast track” trade legislation could endanger jobs like hers. she feared the law would cost jobs. positions on issues is absurd,” he said. “You have to be careful that you will Rather, candidates run on issues that cause job loss if you vote for benefits that are of importance to voters and will at the time may be inappropriate,” Dole hopefully address those issues in office, he said. “That’s how voters’ prefsaid earlier this month at the debate. Now, however, she says she wants to erences get translated to public policy,”
expand the Act to allow parents to take leave from work to assist their children in school. Ted Arrington, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, was not surprised by the volatility ofthe candidates’ positions. Arrington said the stereotype of the politician who will say anything to get elected is a valid one, and that there is not necessarily anything wrong with that.
“The idea that democracy works by candidates stating their personal positions and the voters pick the candidate that most agrees with their personal
he said. George Rabinowitz, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said switches in position usually do not hurt candidates unless their opponents make a big deal about them. “She has made much less of his flipflops than he has made of her flipflops,” Rabinowitz said, referring to Bowles’ repeated comments about Dole’s past opposition to the Family Medical Leave Act, However, while Bowles has gained in the polls, most polling organizations show that Dole still has an advantage.
Contest for General Assembly heats up Redistricting and budget concerns could cause historic shift in party control By JOSH NIMOCKS The Chronicle
Perhaps the most exciting race in North Carolina Tuesday—or at least the one that holds the most promise for directly affecting North Carolinians—will not be who goes to the U.S. Senate, but rather who gains control of the state’s General Assembly. Although none of Durham’s races are particularly contested-only one of the Senate or House Democratic candidates in the city and none in Duke University’s district have a Republican opponent—this year’s race for both the state Senate and state House could reap historic results. Policy specialists list redistricting and budget concerns as the two most variable concerns that could shift control of the statehouse from Democratic to Republican control. Currently, the Democrats have a 35-15 majority in the Senate, but control the House by a much slimmer 62-58 margin. Ted Arrington, a political science professor at the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte, said that the Republicans will in all likelihood retake the House, where the GOP held a majority from 1994 to 1998. However, it is less likely that Republicans will take control ofthe Senate, which has been under De-
mocratic control for nearly a century. “There are about a half-dozen Democratic incumbents in districts that are a lot more Republican than they used to be,” Arrington said. “That determines who’s going to win the Senate.” Republicans will need to take 11 seats from the Democrats in the Senate to win control. Arrington added that although some specific issues arise in local elections—such as a bridge needed offthe coast or roadwork in an unpaved area of the mountains—most candidates run on the basis of party affiliation and name recognition. “If there is an issue, it is obviously the one the Republicans have been trying to create, which is taxes and spending,” Arrington said. Analysts point to North Carolina’s current budget woes as the Democrats’ largest headache this election cycle. The $14.3 billion budget the Democratic-controlled legislature passed with Democratic Gov. Mike Easley this fall sharply limited or cut back spending in many areas. Next year’s budget will be riddled with even more financial difficulties unless the economy rebounds, state leaders have warned. See ELECTIONS on page 8
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Professors discuss the meaning of information By ROBERT MORRIS The Chronicle
An often overlooked but undoubtedly important question was debated by a panel of faculty members Wednesday evening in a multidisciplinary faculty roundtable entitled “What is Information?” The panel—moderated by Brian Cantwell-Smith, Kimberly Jenkins University Professor in Philosophy and New Technologies and held at the John Hope Franklin Center—featured the diverse opinions offaculty members from a wide range of departments. Cantwell-Smith introduced the seven panelists by noting that the study of information is important for all disciplines, but that the breadth ofit might, at first glance, seem to make the subject almost vapid. “If Rip Van Winkle woke up and wandered in here, he might think this forum was kind of pointless,” he said. The panelists, however, demonstrated that a definition of information is a vital contemporary issue. David Brady, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Herbert Edelsbrunner, professor of computer science, both spoke about the quantification of information in their fields.
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“Information is a technical term in electrical engineering with a precise mathematical definition,” said Brady, director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems. Edelsbrunner also spoke about a mathematical approach. “If you can’t define something, you model it and
describe the model,” he said. “Fd like to think of information as the energy gained by going from chaos to order.” Scott Lindroth, associate professor of music, spoke about the way that information is conducted in sound and music and the relationship between information
and what produces it. “It is extremely difficult to describe a sound without naming its source,” he said. One recurring theme throughout the evening was
the relational aspect of information. “Information is embedded in the collective,” said Sim Sitkin, an associate professor at the Fuqua School of Business, contrasting the value of information between individuals to that possessed by an individual. Brady agreed. “A context must be defined in order for the information to be valuable,” he said.
care very much about the privacy of their medical records,” said Dame, also a senior lecturing fellow in the School of Law. “A major part of the doctor-patient relationship is confidentiality.” Dame emphasized the growing im-
ment indicating they understand Duke’s privacy practice. Lauren Dame, associate director of the Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy, said HIPAA offers detailed and badly needed federal regulation of medical privacy law, which until now had been decided state-by-state. “Patients
portance of medical privacy considering the greater use of computerized information that can be easily shared and accessed. “Nowadays, medicine is delivered in a much more interrelated
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“Information is never value-neutral, but depends on the media used to conduct it,” she said. A significant part of the evening was devoted to debating an issue raised by Fred Dretske, a senior research scholar in the department ofphilosophy. “The reason information is important is that it is true,” Dretske said. “Falsehoods can be useful, but they should not be called information.” Other panelists sharply disagreed. Sitkin cited the example of scientific progress. “Many times science progresses the most quickly after a theory can be shown to be ‘broken,’” he said.
fashion,” she said. “People are more aware ofthe privacy issues, and they’re concerned with them.” The increasing sophistication of genetic knowledge also demands strengthened protection of patient information, Dame said. “As we enter the world of genomic and genetic medicine, people are particularly worried about genetic information being revealed to others.” She explained that sharing pa-
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Panelists also paid homage to the advantages of an interdisciplinary approach to the question, describing what their own fields could offer to those pursing the question in other departments. Stephen Nowicki, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass professor of biology, said that a thorough understanding of evolutionary theory was an essential offering of his department. Priscilla Wald, associate professor of English, added that her field studies the way language—the medium of information —affects the in-
tients’ genetic information might allow insurance companies to improperly assess the risks of disease not only for the patients themselves, but also for their families. To meet these demands, HIPAA comprehensively standardizes the proper security measures covering patient databases and computer records, even requiring encryption for e-mails to and from hospitals.
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chair of the House Small Business Committee, called for an ethics probe regarding Bowles involvement in the Whitewater inquiry. Although there was no actual investigation, the incident fueled criticism that Bowles ascribed to “Clin-
Lange, former political science department chair and vice provost for international affairs, was selected three years ago over several candidates from other institutions to be provost, the University’s top academic officer. With more than 20 years of experience at Duke, Lange has spent the first part of his tenure diving into the most significant issues in the University. Foremost
tonian” ethics. Bowles returned to Charlotte in 1996 to help found the merchant bank Carousel Capital. But in December ofthat same year, Clinton asked Bowles to return to Washington as his chief of staff. Bowles’ most notable accomplishment during his tenure as chief of staff was his effort to balance the federal budget. Bowles resigned as chief of staff in November 1998, returning to Charlotte where he resumed his responsibilities as managing director of
Carousel Capital. Though 250 miles from Washington, Bowles remained in public service. Then-governor Jim Hunt tapped Bowles in 1999 to head a commission studying the economic conditions of rural North Carolina. “[Bowles’] organizational skills and experience
allowed us to work through this complex task in a most efficient and effective manner,” said Cecil Groves, president of Southwestern Community College, who worked with Bowles on the 21-member commission. “I was extremely impressed with his ability to deal with such a complex item involving a large number of people and making something come out of that in a very rapid period of time,” she said. After six months of research, Bowles presented Hunt with recommendations for a multi-billion dollar plan ofrebuilding and revitalizing in rural North Carolina—with an emphasis on improving infrastructure. Groves argued that Bowles’ experience with the task force put him in touch with North Carolinians from all walks of life and negates claims that his Washington experience isolates him from local interests. “[Bowles is] a person who gets things done,” Groves explained. “He’s not inclined to be passive or coast through anything. He’s very much intent on making something happen.”
among those has been the year-long creation and initial implementation of “Building on Excellence,” a 174-page strategic plan to propel Duke to “the highest stature among the nation’s private research universities.” The plan outlines strategic initiatives such as the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and broad goals such as promoting interdisciplinary research, and it has helped lead a building frenzy unmatched since Duke’s founding. Although only in its second year of implementation, the plan has drawn rave reviews from faculty members and administrators. “He put so much time and considerable thought into working on the strategic plan and now [he is succeeding in] teasing out parts of that and carrying them to the action stage,” said Nancy Allen, Academic Council chair and professor ofrheumatology and immunology. In the worsening economy, however, elements of the strategic plan have become harder to fund, especially since the primary focus of the plan is in the traditionally more expensive natural sciences—an area that took a back seat to humanities and social sciences in the 19905, Witt said.
Furthermore, the budgets of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School are running or are in danger of running deficits, and Curriculum 2000—which Lange helped create as chair of Trinity College’s curriculum review committee—has also proven to be more expensive than the plan it replaced. “Implementation of strategic academic priorities
within an economy much less robust than when the plan was created” is one of Lange’s primary concerns right now, said Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Administrative Services Judith Ruderman. Nonetheless, the construction of new buildings like
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the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering Medicine and Applied Sciences and the hiring of directors of new initiatives like IGSP forge on. Lange’s colleagues said his aggressive and direct approach has required a degree of adjustment, but some say it has also been refreshing. “His style is he lets you know what he is thinking; there is no duplicity,” Witt said. “And it can make it difficult—sometimes you don’t agree with him—but that is a frankness that I’d rather deal with than someone who is putting you on.” Graduate School Dean Lewis Siegel agreed. “He lays it all out,” he said. “Nothing seems to be held secret. He seeks advice of the appropriate people and has good relationships with the deans, even though he is demanding.” Dean ofthe School ofMedicine Sandy Williams noted that Lange has been instrumental in Williams’ searches for the directors and chairs of various centers and departments. Lange also shares Williams’ vision of bridging the gap between the medical school and the University, Williams said. Other than some individual faculty tenure calls—for which the provost is ultimately responsible— Lange has yet to come under significant fire for any of his major decisions. Ruderman said some of his significant accomplishments include furthering Duke’s diversity goals, enhancing admissions strategies and calling attention to important tenure issues with a full review ofthe process. Lange has also facilitated increased dialogue among top administrators. “[The provost] and the president both work together to ensure that the deans themselves work together and don’t see their interests as adverse but rather complementary,” said School of Law Dean Katharine Bartlett, another new hire. “As one school
gets stronger, the other schools all benefit from that.” Fuqua School of Business Dean Douglas Breeden added that Lange has encouraged the deans and their faculties to “get out of [their] silos” to create new and better research opportunities. “He is a big proponent of interdisciplinary cooperation,” Breeden said. “By far, right now, we have the best cooperation across the different schools in the University than we have ever had.”
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resulted in wasteful spending. “We have deficits that are serious,” he said. “People are so fed up with the management in place.” State Democrats tell a different story, however, in which spending has been cut as much as possible without prompting drastic reductions in services.
Amy Fulk, spokesperson for Democratic Sen. Mark Basnight, president pro
tempore, defended the Democrats’ work on the budget, which cut 3 percent of state spending. Fulk added that in spite ofthe national recession and the budget shortfall, Democratic legislators were able to protect money for education and investments in economic growth. “Fourty-five states are going through the same problems we are,” she said. “We did a pretty good job protecting the
ELECTIONS from page 4 Republican Rep. Franklin Mitchell, House minority whip, said Easley and the Democratic-controlled assembly are
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clarification of existing bus routes, continuation of SAFE Rides and a new point-to-point transit system for general use, similar to a taxi service. Other recommendations include integration of bicycle and pedestrian routes with tran-
things that matter.” Fulk said that, in contrast, Republicans would cut spending for job training programs, education initiatives and other non-profit money used for rape crisis centers and domestic violence programs. “If you look at the substance of what [the Republicans] say, they’re really bad
“The taxes were raised and people were very upset about it,” he said, adding that some Democrats have been forced to vote in favor of tax hikes because of party pressure. House Minority Leader Leo Daugh-
ideas,” she said. Mitchell said Republicans would make state agencies justify every dollar of state money they received. He added that the legislature usually looks only
try said he thinks state agencies have been duplicating services and that has
sit, integration of the transit systems at the Medical Center and the University and a transit program during freshman orientation. “I feel like there’s a lot of angst and frustration among students, but this is an opportunity for the administration to come clean and to improve their communication with [DSG] and with the en-
tire student body,” Fagan said.
Davison said he hopes his committee will present policy recommendations based on these issues to the Legislature in November. IN OTHER BUSINESS: Legislators adopted a statute—submitted by junior Pushpa Raja, chair of the Student Organizational Finance Committee, and jun-
at the budget’s expansion, not the entire appropriation. “We’re going to adopt a zero-base budget,” he said. With the likelihood of Republican control in the House and a more evenlysplit balance in the Senate, the process of next year’s budget may be even more rancorous than this year’s. Andrew Taylor, am associate professor of political science at North Carolina State University, said this year’s campaign is a growing sign that Republicans are giving Democrats more of a challenge in local and state politics. “The Democratic party has dominated [at the state level], although [U.S.] congressional delegations have changed [between parties],” he said. “Republicans haven’t been able to organize greatly at the grassroots level, but they’re catching up.” Sen. Tony Rand, the Senate Majori-
ty Leader, said that regardless of the election results, his party would continue to push for things like education and health. “In modem times, [the Democratic Party’s] success... has stood for the kind of programs we’ve enacted and the way we’ve conducted government,” Rand said. “Those of us in the Senate will work with whoever is in the leadership of the House. We’ll work for the problems that North Carolina faces the best way we can.” ior Dan Kravitz, DSG Treasurer—that increases the DSG portion of the Stu-
dent Activities Fee from $72 to $73 to account for inflation. DSG voted to charter Circle K, a community service organization, and to recognize the International Association for
the Exchange of Students with Technical Experience and the Duke Band.
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Crypt Keeper Johnny Visits Visart It's
that time of year again kiddies, and your friendly neighborhood crypt keeper is opening up his basket of goodies for the frightful festivities. For all of the ghastly ghouls out there looking for a little scare this hallowed eve, let me present to you this offering of scrumptious screams. In the darkest regions of the crypt lurks The Black Cat (1934). This fiendish flick stars two of the crypt keeper's all-stars, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. These masters of the macabre take terror to levels never duplicated in this tale of occult horror. An enemy from the past, Satanic rituals and an unholy fear of cats take centerstage. The Black Cat trowels the depths of the human mind as the fun climaxes when human lives hang in the balance of a game of chess. My next creepy classic is WELCOME TO THE PRIMATE CENTER!: This cudGeorge Romero's Night of the dly little lemur gives a curious visitor a dainty "love-kiss" (1968). This freak Dead Living show proves that the original is still the best bet for all you necrophiliacs After nuclear research turns the newly deceased into connoisseurs of human flesh, a small group of humans must defend their turf to the gruesome grand finale. Shockingly terrific, this low-budget dirge will have you crawling in your skin in no time. Maybe zombies aren't your body bag, so for all you comp sci majors, I've got a spooky concoction to have you white-knuckling your pocket protectors In Demon Seed ( 1977), an overzealous researcher creates Proteus, the perfect machine. But as he soon realizes, Proteus is a creation beyond the control of any man. The devilish Proteus ensnares the wife of his creator and eventually impregnates her with
the demon seed. If you want to see the true shape of terror, you have to uncover your eyes first. Next we have a film starring the crypt keeper's right-hand man, Henry. Chronicling the hideous saga of one of America's Most Psychotic, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) comes with the crypt keeper's special warning: Watch if you dare! Henry enjoys killing, consuming human lives. His freakishly normal fagade will unsettle your soul until you will wish you were having a nightmare. Beware, this grisly grain of cinematic delight will have you watching your back and suspecting your neighbor of the unthinkable. personal favorite, the creme de la crypt, present Finally, I to you my Dead Alive (1992). Body parts fly in this gore fest, directed by the lusciously lurid Peter Jackson, who left me licking my chops for more. Creepy, diseased spider monkeys spread a disease that turns you inside out —literally And like our friends in Night of the Living Dead, everyone afflicted somehow can't help but consume human pieces (a delicious trick or treat snack). Dead Alive mixes smiles with screams as the hapless protagonist first tries to rationalize with, but finally vaporizes his zombie attackers in a climax that turns a lawnmower into an undead blender Well, that's all for this year kiddies. But I would like to wish you a tremendously terrifying holiday season. See you in your nightmares! “GARRRR GERRR ARGGGH FERRGGGGH —Jon Schnaars MEKKAAAR GARRRR!”
Could There Possibly Be More to Jackass?
Fabulou If the standard box-office fare seems nality these days, at least the French demand for good entertainment. If yo
bly loved Audrey Tautou in Amelie. In France's most recent gift to America could even have you renouncing Julia Roberts in favor of Catherine Deneuve. 8 Women is a French murder-mystery that doubles as a silly, humorous movie-musical. Starring the stunning and apparently unaging actress Deneuve, the movie begins with the shocking discovery that the father of the house has been stabbed in his bed. The story unfolds as each member of the all-female household attempts to prove herself innocent of the crime, reluctantly spilling well-guarded personal secrets along the way. Set in the 1950s in an elegant country house, the film is an aesthetic wonder of vibrant color, texture and contrast. Since the movie takes place within a single day, every character remains in her original costume—and what a set of outfits they are; a dainty hot-pink plaid dress over GRADE: frilly petticoats for the elder daughter, a fitted scarB+ let dress suit for the father's sister and a jadegreen velvet sheath for the mother. Warm lighting and simple, carefully chosen props create a clean, crisp setting in which even the ivory subtitles seem to coordinate with the background. In conjunction with the bright scenery and costuming, the seven songs built into the script lighten the potential weight of the whodunit plot, each its own peak of melodramatic expression for its performer. Various levels of envy and resentment separate eight characters who are actually all searching for the same thing. For all its fanciful show, 8 Women still reaches its moment of poignancy: Exposed by the confessions of each other's dark secrets, the complex lattice of the women's interrelationships is the real solution to this mystery. —Allison Gianino
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. Indeed, Jackass is a finely tuned allegory of personal crisis and hard evidence of society's refusal to acknowledge the deviants of its own creation. No mere cry for
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Jackass unf we see wal bling down reveal raw, Steve-O's exhibitionism, Bam Margera's violent Oedipal crisis, Knoxville's glaring social ineptitude. Their manifestation of grief via selfinflicted pain and their flagrant disregard for the safety of their own genitals all point to a deep bodily mistrust bom of the confusion and denial of puberty. Are we really running from alligators, boys? Or perhaps personal demons? Knoxville, you're an idiot. I love you. But I want my eight bucks back. That's not to say that I don't still hold a wee little soft spot in my heart for you and the boys; you made my Sunday nights half an hour better and plugged the gap between The Simpsons and South Park. We had a good thing going. So, for the love of all things painful and profane, why did you make a movie? Thanks to
the "R" rating there's a little more skin, a little more language, a little more blood. But it's just the same old, and I didn't even have South Park to look forward to GRADE: once it was over. O want to No, really, it's OK. I idd it against you. ,
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had a ridiculous grin on my face for much of this past weekend, and it wasn't because of the embarrassing and often comical invasion of parents on campus. No, my happiness was induced by a 90-minute experience inside a movie theater where I saw Adam Sandler act for the first time in my life. In an Oscar-worthy performance as Barry Egan, a small-business owner who is tormented by his seven sisters and who hordes frequent flyer miles by purchasing thousands of cups of pudding, Sandler schoo us in the finer points of love, rage and everythin
between. Punch-Drunk a beautiful character stu lonely, agonized man w' impulsive moment, calls sex hotline. Barry's life in two directions: Just a ually falls in love with th Lena Leonard (Emily Wa hotline operator tries to money from him. Ravaged by internal ct
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Right, B*tch underneath a violently innocent love. We are used to seeing these kinds of explosions from Adam Sandler in his goofily angry self-written roles, of course. The difference here is that writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson has found a way to harness Sandler's unique comedic gift towards a more focused purpose. Barry Egan embodies the frustration that we all feel about ourselves, and strive to change. the production of the darkly challenglia,. it is understandable that PI chose to tell a much more uplifting ter story in Punch-Drunk Love. Indeed, the tradition of classic Hollywood icals in which Anderson steeped him: to write this film, but you won't find ly spontaneous singing here. Anderson has instead created a sense of music through the poetry of his images—the use of lighting and camera framing in PunchDrunk Love accentuates the characters' revelations superbly. Coupled with the fascinating artwork of Jeremy Blake and the surprisingly rich score of Jon Brion, :he experience of this film is like ling washed in a sea of intoxicating
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Charade A sexy, modern spin on the already seductive 1963 classic Charade , The Truth about Charlie—with quirky camera angles and a heart-poundingly fast pace—surprisingly manages to live up to the original. For Regina (Thandie Newton), a sophisticated Frenchwoman, life is turned upside down following the murder of her husband, Charlie. Her uHABK bank account is mysteriously emptied,
and she doesn’t know whom to trust. B+ With the help of her suave and handsome, but not quite trustworthy, love interest (Mark Wahlberg), she attempts to solve the mystery of her husband's murder and discover... yup... the truth about Charlie. The character of the film is as twisted as you would expect from a Jonathan Demme vehicle, but he is clearly having fun in this film, a deviation from his other more self-important films such as Beloved. The setting, sprinkled with French pop culture references and Parisian inside jokes, is a tribute to everything glamorous and French. However, Charlie is not merely a fluffy romance,
dependent on its kitsch—it is an intense psychological drama with very human characters. The flaming chemistry between Thandie Newton—who plays Regina with just the right mixture of innocence and polish—and Mark Wahlberg sets the x ire. fan of Charade, you may view
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Barring a career change to small-town politics, what can the man do next? Maybe cut another kick-ass album? Good choice. One By One, his band's newest, is executed in fine Foo Fighter form. The revolving door of lead guitarists finds former-No Need for a Name member Chris Shiflett handling the duties this time around, and his style doesn't stray much from the other two ex-leads (Franz Stahl and Pat Smear). It's the same down-tuned, crushing-riffed, mid-song guitar break formula, and it still works well. Although drumming for Dave Grohl's band is probably a GRADE: little like handling the sitar duties while Ravi Shankar accompanies on kazoo, Taylor Flawkins beats the bejesus out of the skins in away that doesn't do a disservice to Grohl's legacy. Dave himself is still exercising his vocal range, volleying between low, brooding ballads and glass-shattering psychoscreamers with enough gravelly rasp to make Kurt Cobain proud. The Foo formula remains intact—but if it ain't broke.... Interestingly enough, it almost was. The recording session was split in two when Grohl decided to take time off to tour with Queens of the Stone Age. Tension among bandmates had break-up rumors swirling, and the compounded pressure of a Hawkins drug overdose threatened the future of Foo Fighters and One By One. Fortunately, the in-demand Grohl may have saved the day and the album by temporarily walking away from it. Upon his return, most of the material was rearranged and re-recorded, and Grohl considers the resulting 11 tracks to be their best ever. To humbly disagree, The Colour and the Shape wins that honor, but One By One keeps the Foo Fighter standard high. Conflict management, effective leadership. Screw soil conservation —Grohl
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—Semi-Real After Quality Control hit last year, Jurassic 5 emerged as part of the fresh new face of West Coast rap. Along with their contemporaries in Blackalicious, J5 presented a sound that was more about changing the scene on the streets than perpetuating it. Though their new album, Power in Numbers, unfortunately does not improve upon Quality, J5 still continues to keep it real in the face of a rap scene that's become more about bling-bling
than brotherhood. On "One of Them," the group's four MC's and two DJ's (yes, that makes six) attack all that has become unreal in the rap scene. However, the most radio ready track on the album, "The Thin Line," featuring Nelly Furtado, is an apolitical debate on whether men and women can be friends. But throughout, J5 feels the need to remind us that they really are different. They even include a DVD in
Interestingly enough though, the DVD also features some footage of the group's performance at this summer's Bonnaroo Festival, which was quite possibly one of the least "ghetto" events in history. If you look closely at the cover art on the album, in fact, you'll GRADE: see all those dirty hippies holding up their blue Bonnarroo wristbands and D looking a little confused. These shots seem, well, like a progressive rap group at a jam music festival, interesting but unexpected. Still, the rest of the band's message is so blatant that it's hard to miss. They are keeping it real, really really real. Which brings us to the frustrating aspect of the album: J5 spends a disproportionate amount of time discussing what it is that they aim to do and not enough
the special edition packaging of Power, that tracks band members through a "day in the life" which basically
J5. You're talented, you're not like other rappers, so get on with it already. —Macy Parker
amounts to the band showing us all how "ghetto" they still are.
time actually doing it. Even the album's tight beats and Cut Chemist's unassailable talent on the turntables can't propel it forward if the lyrics rarely move beyond the introductions. We get it,
SEE, THEY ARE HARDCORE: J5 with a sumo wrestler.
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in Chapel Hill, but unless you've just penned the Great American Novel, you might be better off selling your masterpiece to one of those Northern mass-market firms. The Joys of Selectivity Founded in 1983 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor Louis Rubin and named after his
sailboat, Algonquin Publishing cherishes its selectivity of literary
and narrative works—it only publishes between a meager 20 to 30 books a year. Acquiring editors and publishers sort through the mounting heaps of manuscripts sent in each year, perusing the pile for the few rare, "quality" books. "We look for an original voice, a fresh vision that is unique to this writer," said Elisabeth Scharlatt, acquiring editor and publisher. "We want to fall in love with the book." She also said Algonquin's criteria do not revolve around any one genre; instead, the house emphasizes literary merit over "bestseller" potential. In other words, books most publishers are not willing to pursue. Associate publisher Ina Stern, who is looking for "surprise" manuscripts that appeal to people looking for good literature, added that Algonquin's great selectivity also allows it to market more effectively. "It's not about publishing more books," she said. "It's about selling the books we publish better and better." Because of the small size of Algonquin, Stern
noted that the entire staff—a mere 14 to 16 people—can care for each book and can all be involved in the process of "shepherding" a book that will be a good fit for the house. Retaining Its Southern Roots Algonquin Publishing was the brainchild of Charleston native Rubin who believed several students' writing deserved publishing. In establishing a house for the sole purpose of printing his students' work, Rubin molded Algonquin to speak with a strong Southern drawl, and that downhome feel soon attracted some of the region's most promising writers. Even with the 1989 merger with New-York based Workman Publishing, Algonquin has upheld its own sub-Mason-Dixon-line flair and sense of style—to the suprise of many observers. "We still have that Southern accent... [that] Southern dent," Scharlatt said. Stern concurred. "We were first considered a Southern house. M,:i rlrsi ti 13 1a s We were very accessible, and it's an image we've been able to retain even though we are [now] a national
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Bradford chronicles the misadventures of a nameless figure as he trudges through life, calmly observing the sheer absurdities of people swallowing eggs and regurgitating "snowfrogs" and of
crack dealers locking their customers in closets. Floating through his shabby life, the main character associates with people with names like "Mattress" and "Catface," and one can only imagine what the protagonist's name would be if Bradford was resourceful enough to come up with one. Throughout his short stories, Bradford contrives farcical methods to introduce dogs in an effort to make his title somewhat relevant. However, the most preposterous invention is that of a man and a dog having a baby that grows up to have puppies that can talk. The premise of this particular story is that our ohso-illustrious protagonist begins having sex with a dog; a few weeks later, his "lover" Ellouise has normal pups, except for one who is a "boyGRADE: ,-jog." ma jn character puts his dogchild out in a shoebox on the river and sets him afloat, Moses-style, because the boy's not a keeper. The story then picks up with the main character meeting his offspring masquerading as a muskrat before an unfortunate misunderstanding leads to the fratricide of the muskrat. if you think this story couldn't possibly become any weirder, fear not, for the muskrat managed to impregnate a women before his untimely death. Hey, if muskrat love is your thing, then be my guest, but if you're not a fan of the beastiality, there are shelves of better options not too far away. —Malavika Prabhu
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Battle of the Barbecue
Southern gentleman Nick Christie ta ckles the Triangle's best home-cookin’ establ ishments
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has been said about my apparent loathing of all things Southern. After "Attacking the Beloved South" in a September column, I received personal e-mails from over 75 kind residents of the South, many of whom suggested I should add a variety of titles to my resume, including "Northern wannabe," "ignorant college boy" and "dumb bigot." Sensing that I had become out of touch with my cultural heritage, I embarked on a quest to reconnect with my inner-Southerner. But where could I go? Tractor pulls and NASCAR races seemed a little out of my league; I figured I needed to take a few baby steps before I would be ready to think about attending a Toga party with just the and Bars wrapped around my body I next asked myself where else Southerners congregate. "I
piece de resistance —or, in southern vernacular, the best dadgum stuff you ever did taste—is their sliced barbecue. It's money. It's so good it could be used as currency; it's so good that it could be featured on trading cards and sold with gum. Everyone says that Dip's makes fried chicken to die for. Everyone could very well be right. Unfortunately, when it comes to body image I am indeed the "little bitch" my Southern admirers so affectionately call me. Rather than remove the skin and look like the dainty transplanted Northerner so many assume me to be, I thought I'd just pass. Dip's will dish out some beef barbecue that's pretty decent in its own right, and 1 prefered its Brunswick stew, but there's comparison to :he pork at Bullock's. It might not be a fair fight, but I give the edge
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Bread riots: Now here is a tough battle, uliock's turns butter and flour (in that order, by the way) into the best hush puppies ever. Period. Make sure to come at a busy time and you'll get them piping hot and be tempted to eat the entire basket faster than you can say "yankee." On the other hand, Dip's cornbread is stellar, and complements any Southern meal whether it be barbecue, broiled fish, black-eyed peas, Brunswick stew or anything else. Considering I already penalized Dips for its fried chicken, I'll return the favor here, as its cornbread, merely by default if nothing else, c as Bullock's hush puppies The Tie-breaker... Vegetables: It's close, but Bullock's is the choice. Whether you get pole beans, green beans, black-eyed peas or steamed apples, you will come away more than satisfied. Dip's choices are good too, and according to hack
exclaimed. "I'll go t church!" No, wait... sentiments on "The Divine Cruelty" being somewhat well-known across campus, 1 didn't think 1 could pull off any attempts to get in touch with my inner-Baptist, Methodist or Pentecostal. All this reflection had worked up my appetite, so started heading over to Rick's. "Wait a minute," I I said, exclaiming for a second time. "Good Southern cookin' is what I need." My revelation led me to Chapel Hill's and Durham's most widely acclaimed home-cookin' establishments: Dip's and Bullock's Barbecue, respectively. Having grown up in the Triangle, I'd been to both before, but now, however, I was going with a new mindset. Always hoping to aid in the collective pleasure of the Duke community—and also to fulfill a secret fantasy of donning the hat of Recess staff member for a day—l thought I might offer to share my observations. Recess, luckily, was good enough to oblige me. Specialties of the house: As its name implies, Bullock's makes superb barbecue. The chopped stuff is pretty good, but the
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audience members are asked to stand for portions of the performance, which is being held at Legends nightclub. Hedwig, despite its campy leanings, is an essentially uplifting story, visually arresting and thematically bold. Although the costume parade on Franklin Street might rival its eye/ candy, a trip to Raleigh could be just as outrageous, and devoid of the traf| | )j fic on the way home. UStill planning on Chapel Hill? Get j\ :jL the movie from Lilly and use it as costume inspiration —the LAST MINUTE COSTUMES; movie features about 40 of 1”' them for Hedwig a,one, Rocky Horror-esque performance including one made entiretonight in Raleigh ly of hair. —Meghan Valerio _
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Tickling Our Fashion Fane Tickle me, forget the Elmo! Kelly Heaton, an artist-in-residence at Duke, has been skinning the popular Tickle Me Elmo dolls in the name of creativity. Heaton is sewing their pelts together into a coat—a giggling coat because the furs will still contain many of the electronics that enable the Elmos to unleash the character's trademark laugh and voice. So this got me thinking about other children's toys just waiting to be
made into clothing, shoes and various other objets d'art. While her creations will be showcased at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York, mine are still waiting for their lucky break: Silly Putty Bikini: Ever wanted to wear your favorite comic strip or Recess article? Go out and grab about 100 silly putty eggs and smear them over any parts you want to protect and take a roll in newspaper. Also, for a romantic twist, make underwear from the glow-in-the-dark variety, turn the lights off and see what happens. Corn Popper Skates: You pushed it around at two and loved the magical plastic balls. Now you're grown up, and they make perfect skates. Imagine rolling to class in style accompanied by the sounds of childhood. You may need a little duct tape for this one. Stacking Rings Miniskirt: Next time you're watching those adorable nieces, nephews or cousins, steal their primary-colored stacking rings and get some
cheap fishing line at Wal-Mart. String them togethei into a grid pattern, throw on your hottest thong and grab more attention than Rose McGowan at the MTV Music Awards. Twister Suit: Getting ready for those stressful on-campus interviews? Looking for that killer internship next summer? Impress your future boss with a whimsical suit made from the classic hit Twister. Go out and purchase a few of the mats, grab a hotel sewing kit (don't forget the thimble) and fashion your very own Technicolor Dreamcoat Bonus points go to the person wearing the spinner as a Flava-Flav-style necklace. For ladies or adventurous men, take the Monopoly game pieces and attach earring posts for a fashionable jewelry accessory—show those JR Morgan recruiters you're ready for ||| f economic domination. —Meg Lawson
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Women’s soccer crushes instate rival High Point Using Senior Night as motivation, senior midfielder Liz Wagner nets game-winning goal By MATT SULLIVAN The Chronicle Duke it’s the 6 Maybe scarves given away 0 as High Point a promotion Wednesday night. Maybe it’s the thrill of playing on Senior Night. Maybe it’s a new offensive formation. Maybe it’s just the cold weather. Whatever it is, Duke is starting to heat up. After turning a disappointing season around with a tie against North Carolina Sunday, the women’s soccer team (7-8-2) continued its desperate surge towards earning an NCAA tournament berth with a 6-0 drubbing of High Point (3-9-3) at a frigid Koskinen Stadium last night. “I think we’re playing our best soccer, I really do,” head coach Robbie Church said. “It’s nice to see it in back-to-back games. Even though we obviously had more talent than High Point—and I thought High Point worked hard—l felt
that our level didn’t drop.” Even though the temperature dropped, the Blue Devils persevered, cashing in on two early goals and never looking back while pouncing on the Panthers with a 25-3 shot advantage and control of the ball throughout, thanks to adding an extra forward up front. Less than a minute into the last game the six Duke seniors would play at Koskinen, captain Liz Wagner had set the tone with the first score of the night and the only one the Blue Devils would need. Then at the 4:20 mark, senior Sarah Zielske took advantage of her increased playing time in streaking down the right
sideline to find Casey McCluskey, who booted home her ninth goal of the season from 12 yards out to take the team lead. But she would only hold that lead for another 21 minutes, as fellow underclassman standout Carolyn Riggs rose over a wall of High Point defenders to delicately head in one of Duke’s 10 comer kicks, tying McCluskey and putting the Blue Devils ahead by three. With the Duke midfield holding strong and the slow Panther defenders failing to keep the Blue Devils out of the box, Church was able to give his seniors plenty of playing time while some of his younger stars got a chance to warm up—literally and figuratively—for the end of the season. Senior Brigid Bowdell notched only her second goal of the season with a left juke and soft right tap after a streaking set-up from McCluskey. Freshman Shelly Marshall pounded home Duke’s final goal on a night for the seniors, but one where the team’s younger talent was clear. “They’ve really supported us all year”
Bowdell said of the underclassmen. “This game, they really wanted to work for [the seniors] more, which I really appreciated.” The entire team, though, young and old, will have to work for wins against No. 16 Wake Forest Saturday and their first round opponent next week in the ACC tournament just to have a chance to qualify for the NCAA’s. “It’s basically all or nothing at this point,” said Wagner, sentimental and simmering on an emotional night for her class, but just a warm-up for her team.
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team hoping to She cites the strength of By PAUL CROWLEY Caroline BierThe Chronicle her class as one of her prime id the rest of the reasons for choosing to he’s cross country squad of the Blue come a Blue Devil. first Atlantic Coast Conference “I signed in January, and by that time, nship are going to need more than [Duke] had already taken on five freshmen, d race. They’re going to need four so I knew it was a serious class.” s So far, Bierbaum has led this serious class we’re all young—and pretty good,” to some serious results. iierbaum, when describing why the The women’s team began its season in evils could be a national force over the earnest at the Lou Onesty invitational Sept. years 14, where it won the meet. Since then, two patterns emerged that iaum, the top finisher for Duke in the ee races, is the fastest of the East have been keys to the Blue Devils’ season: residents, who comprise many of the on the cross country team this year. See BIERBAUM on page 10 ,
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Williams’ NBA debut Celtics 96 was starting to look a lot like his NCAA finale. The second overall pick in last June’s draft missed four free throws down the stretch in the Bulls’ opener on Wednesday night, but Trenton Hassell bailed him out with a pair ofkey threepointers to lead Chicago to a 99-96 victory over the Boston Celtics. “I could have done some things better—obviously, the free throws,” said Williams, who was 0-for-5 from the line but finished with 13 points, seven assists and seven rebounds. “It’s part of my nervousness.” Jalen Rose had 21 points and 12 assists for the Bulls. Hassell scored eight of his 14 points in the final three minutes, twice connecting from threepoint range to give Chicago the lead. Paul Pierce scored 28 and Tony Delk had 23 for Boston. Antoine Walker had 14 points and 11 rebounds, but made just one field goal in the second halfand shot 5-for-23 overall—l-for-10 from 3point range. Boston led 93-91 when Hassell scored offWilliams’ assist to tie it with 2:59 to play. After a steal by Williams, Hassell made a 3-pointer at 2:23 to give Chicago its first lead since the
Williams, whose missed free throws played into three of Duke’s four losses last year, including one that could have sent the NCAA regional semifinals into overtime in his final college game. “I make free throws all the time in practice,” he said. “It’s surprising.” Still, the Celtics were impressed. “He will be good very quick,” Walker said. “He did miss the free throws but he did other things well. He will definitely be a star.”
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playoffs since 1988, are hoping a young roster led by Williams will turn around their fortunes. The Celtics open the season with higher hopes than any season since the—end of the era of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Last year’s team made the playoffs for the first time in seven years and went to the conference finals before losing to New Jersey. The Celtics led by as many as 13 points early in the third quarter and had a 74-62 lead before Chicago scored eight consecutive points. After cutting the deficit to two points in the fourth and missing a half-dozen chances to tie it, Donyell Marshall
made a layup to make the score 91-all with 5:20 left. Chicago forward Tyson Chandler was ejected from the game in the third quarter after picking up his second
first quarter. Delk hit a three to tie it. With 1:30 technical foul. Chandler was called for the first left, Williams missed both free throws with a chance to give the Bulls the one in the second quarter after arguing with the referees over a foul. In lead back. Hassell hit another trey with 60 sec- the third quarter, he converted an onds left to make it 99-96, and Boston alley-oop dunk and hung on the rim, missed on several chances to tie it. screaming at Celtics center Tony “A lot of guys make it to the NBA that Battie as he landed. you don’t know about. Trenton Hassell The Bulls scored the first seven is one of those guys,” Rose said. “That is points ofthe game before Boston tied it at nine. Pierce had 10 in the first quartypical ofthe makeup of our team.” Meanwhile, Williams missed another ter to stake the Celtics to a 32-26 lead, pair of free throws, these coming with and the Celtics led by as many as 10 in 8.8 seconds left and a chance to clinch it. the second quarter before settling for a It was an all-too-familiar scene for 51-45 lead at the half.
BIERBAUM from page 9 The freshmen lead the team, and Bierbaum leads the freshmen. She won the individual competition, traversing the 5,000-meter course in 16:59—33 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, classmate Clara Horowitz. “From the first race, Caroline has been the number-one runner on a very very good team.” head coach Jan Ogilvie said. The strength of the team is evident, with a NCAA coaches poll ranking that places them at 13th in the country and third in the ACC, which Ogilvie calls “the top conference in the country for women’s cross country.” Five of the nine teams in the ACC are nationally ranked, and Bierbaum and the class of 2006 have carried the Blue Devils to third place going into the conference championships in Atlanta this weekend. As good as Bierbaum and the freshmen are, they might have been better: Incoming freshman and highly touted recruit Natasha Roetter, a two-time
Foot Locker All-American in high school, decided not to run at the collegiate level in late August. Roetter was the most highly regarded of Duke’s recruits, but Bierbaum has filled the gap so well that she herself is surprised. “I’ve surprised myself in that I have asserted myself as No. 1,” Bierbaum said, “I wasn’t expecting that to happen.” Bierbaum began running her freshman year at the Groton School (Mass.), where she joined the team as away of keeping in shape. She found her niche, winning the ISL league championship four consecutive times and being team captain her senior year. However, this spring will be Bierbaum’s first season of track—she was also a varsity tennis player in high school. Duke appealed to Bierbaum for more than its no-nonsense approach to running. The native New Yorker also credited nice weather and serious academics with drawing her south to Durham. “Right now, it’s just pretty cool to be a young runner and a good runner on this team,” she said.
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LOCAL 77 from page 1 ing team of inadequately representing union members and of coercing members to vote on the lower of two possible wage increases. “Did the union just give up in the negotiations? Maybe, but I don’t think the union could have helped a lot more,” said Lela Bullock, a West Campus housekeeper. “I don’t really think the University listens too much to the union anyway.” Bullock added that she had not felt pressured to ratify the contract when it was put to vote but admitted that she had not known what she would be voting on before she attended the ratification vote. “I just trusted that the negotiators had done what they could because if you can’t trust them, who can you trust?” she said.
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Local 77 represents about 950 employees in housekeeping, campus dining, grounds keeping and animal care. William Minor, one of Summerville’s co-workers in dining services, said he agreed that the union had not adequately represented Local 77 members in summer negotiations. He added, however, that he may not have taken the charges as far as Summerville did. “I would have kept it more in-house,” he said.
Summerville said he had intended to create fanfare around his charges, but that he thought the charges were necessary for union members to receive a fair wage increase. Minor also supported Summerville’s claim that Local 77’s secrecy about the matter was detrimental
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Intercultural Christian Fellowship Weekly Gathering; 7;3opm, Thursdays. ‘Tell Us Your Story” Guest series. Chapel lounge. More info: www.duke.edu/web/icf/, contact: dsw9@duke.edu.
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Rush alterations? week, the Interfraternity Council is making changes to the rush process. Although these changes are minor overall, they also seem to be an attempt to change the nature of fraternity rush and make it into something it isn’t.* The biggest change is the abolishment of dorm rushing, where brothers go into East Campus dorms to personally hand out invitations for upcoming rush events. Under the new system, rushees will go to the IFC offices to pick up their invitations. The IFC claims this change is being made to improve safety by preventing upperclass men from running around freshman dorms. However, the ultimate result of this policy will be to reduce the amount of personal interaction between fraternity members and rushees, which means that the matches between rushees and frats will be worse. Additionally, the new policy trades one type of awkwardness—giving an invitation to one roommate but not both—for another—where rushees all storm into the IFC office and find out if they have been cut or not, like at a middle school sports team tryout. Registering for rush online and not with the frats themselves also cuts down on personal interaction. But the benefit to frats from learning about where rushees have been cut so that they can offer bids to the maximum number of students, outweighs the potential costs. Of course, frats will need to be careful to protect the privacy of the rushees. Another change includes shortening the rush period by a week, which is probably a good thing since the process is currently long and drawn-out and the additional time is not necessary to figure out where people match up best. Especially since many rushees know where they want to go before rush begins, shortening the rush process only makes sense. Mandating alcohol-free dinners and event nights seems like much less of a good idea, especially since many fraternities are frequent drinkers. If the social atmosphere of a fraternity includes alcohol, then mandating alcohol free events seems to misrepresent what fraternities are about. The new emphasis on community service, by moving that day to the beginning of the rush process, also may misrepresent the priorities of many fraternities. Ultimately, many of these changes seem to try to be making frats into something they are not and it seems that the IFC is trying to police itself so that the administration doesn’t have to. But it seems that if the University is going to have fraternities, those frats should act like frats, not like something they aren’t.
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Several weeks ago The resource of not only money Chronicle reported that, “In but administrative energy. his annual state of Arts and Duke’s Arts and Sciences Sciences’ address, [Dean of has, with the president’s Arts and Sciences William] and Board of Trustees’ Chafe stressed the need to direction, chosen to spend develop a broader definition its money and energy on of diversity. He said increasing diversity. There is, of course, an although racial diversity in choice seen in the alternative undergraduate populathe tion will not be significantly past to be appropriate for the altered, the University is unique institution that is a working to increase faculty university and that is the diversity, student economic development of an ever-more diversity and diversity in its distinguished faculty. I note in this regard, with respect to course offerings.” This is now to be seen, those Universities —Cornell, Yale, from The Chronicle’s reports Pennsylvania, last week, in the context of Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, severe budget problems Chicago, etc.—with which likely to appear over the Duke competes for faculty next few years in Arts and and students, the record of Nobel Prizes, memberships in Sciences. Any college has a limited the National Academy of
Science, Pulitzer Prizes, Fields Medals, John Bates Clark Medals, etc. is unflattering to the faculty of Duke’s Arts and Sciences. Fundraising campaigns for Duke have not affected these metrics even as we are more diverse than we were in 1992. Duke makes choices at the margin in every resource allocation decision and every programmatic expenditure. Have we chosen to settle for using our resources to achieve a more diverse faculty instead of a more intellectually distinguished one? The record of the past decade seems to indicate that the answer is “yes.”
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Eating with plastic is marring our environment I find a very nice visit from Ireland to this university is marred by having to drink out of plastic cups, and eat off plastic plates, at the University canteens. I feel frustrated, awed and scandalized by turns. I feel frustrated when I’m trying to cut a crusty pizza with squishy, yucky little plastic knives and forks. I am awed at the fantastic amounts of trash produced (How many students are there in the United States?) that will remain in landfills for hun-
dreds of years before decomposing. Finally, I’m scandalthat ized universities should lead the field when it comes to trash production. Is it really necessary to use all this disposable stuff?
I understand that using real knives, real cups and real plates and employing staff to load and unload washing machines may involve some extra cost. But consider the benefits: less pollution in the manufacture of plastic cups etc., smaller trash mountains,
more employment in the canteens Meanwhile I find myself in an interesting situation here. As a member of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, I am helping to save the Earth, but every time I go to the canteen, I help bury the Earth under a mountain of plastic!
John Halley Visiting Scientist Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Moscow’s tragedy is their Sept. 11; war may ensue The use of gas by Russian special task forces during the hostages rescue operation is not the main issue of the tragedy in Moscow. The Russian government found itself in a desperate situation when the terrorists installed bombs all over the theater and were ready to explode the site with all the people in the theater. There were practically no options to rescue the hostages and avoid disastrous consequences such as the deaths of many people. However, storming the building allowed the rescue of the
lives of 750 hostages while 117 died. This tragedy became as shocking for Russian people as Sept. 11 for Americans. There are feelings of horror and sadness all over Russia. From now on we should think about the Chechen war every moment of our lives, said popular Russian poet and composer Yuri Shevchuk. We must do everything possible to stop the escalation of violence between Russians and Chechens. There is no right party at war. There is no justice in killing people.
The Chechen problem is extremely complicated. To solve it Russia definitely needs advice and assistance
from other countries and international organizations. I assure you that the majority of Russian people are eager to live in peace. We suffered too much and lost too many lives in recent years and are tired of deaths and instability. Andrei Nesterov MediaFellow Sanford Institute of Public Policy
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Election day thoughts Distorting opposition’s position, name-bashing and launching personal attacks are campaign tactics
.1 flyers in violation of the c Streyer spirit but not the letter of the law. Carlisle Apparently voters Strange Bedfellows .
guess the other guy is a wimp). If both run attack campaigns, the voters elect the candidate with the most nefarious political strategist, and everyone is disgusted by the end of it. The sad part is that the strategy is always to attack, either in defense or to take the easy win. My British friends are astonished when they visit me and watch adverts on the telly in which companies bash their competitors by name. I explain to them that, like passing a slow car on the outside lane, here such actions are
considered rude but not illegal.
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the company’s ad campaigns consist primarily of snotty women belittling
respond to that sort of thing. Otherwise campaign managers their loved ones with snide remarks wouldn’t still be ordering it, right? about Campbell’s soup and immaturiVoters apparently also respond to ty. Alas, such consumerist indulgence empty, vicious rhetoric that exploits is not afforded me when my duties as a whatever fears and prejudices lay in citizen call me to vote their short-term memories. The venom of the campaigns per se Looking at campaigns around the is not what bothers me so much as the country, the common element seems to distortion. As far as I care, candidates be the strategy of distorting the other can be as mean as they want (perhaps side’s position while lobbing personal we benefit from seeing their true colattacks. I would sympathize with the ors) so long as we get the truth. Instead, we pigeonhole candidates into candidates—from my years as a columnist, I know quite well how it feels to Republican and Democrat because it’s have your views deliberately misreprethe only way we have any idea what sented, your character attacked and your we’re voting for. Is it any wonder in background ignorantly disparaged—but this country that independent candiit seems most of the candidates give as dates rarely get elected? Independent good as they get. The Bowles-Dole race thinkers are the last people who has drawn national attention not just for appeal to American voters, unless they the candidates’ high profiles but also due provide an entertaining sideshow a la to its general nastiness. Ross Perot or Ralph Nader. Elizabeth Dole asked Erskine Campaigning is something of a prisoner’s dilemma. If neither candidate Bowles to agree to use their war chests runs an attack campaign, people will not toward acerbic commercials but for decide the winner based on something a series of debates. This is the best way more civil, perhaps even the salient I think any campaign could be run. issues. If only one candidate runs an Real campaign finance reform would attack campaign, the attacker wins (I be to spend money on debates and hon-
est information. At least we did get the debates eventually. I used to love politics. I viewed it as a spectator sport for the nerdy: “Ow— that had to hurt. That move was slimy,
piece of the pie as possible, It’s not surprising. The empty games of the election year lead to the empty games of the term of office, Except that these people are actually but it sure was clever!” I loved the in charge of things. So I will trudge to Wednesday morning quarterbacks of the voting booth, braving the flyers and campaign toadies, to be one of the the Beltway. But the distractions of the electoral people who show up to make the deciprocess are a prelude to the inefficien- sions. After all, if I don’t vote, I can’t cy of the political process. Government complain about the results agencies blow money toward the end of the fiscal year lest their budgets be Emily Streyer Carlisle is a master’s stureduced next year; the incentives are dent in the economics department and not structured to encourage the wise the health policy certificate program. use of resources or laudable public Her column appears every other service but rather to garner as large a Thursday.
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Open season on one’s political opponent winds to a close on Tuesday, and I can’t say I’m sorry. I will try to sneak into my voting precinct without triggering the campaign toadies who crouch at the chalk circle marking the minimum distance from the polls at which campaign activities may take place. But as I draw near, I know they will spring upon me, waving
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The democracy thing watched in the gulf. As a result, I was stopped all week by people who wanted to tell me what they thought about this subject. Here’s a sample: (1) Arab man in my hotel lobby: “I am from Kuwait. I just want to tell you, without democracy, we’re lost.” (2) Saudi contractor at Bahrain Airport: “Do you think this Bahrain thing could spread to Saudi Arabia?” (3) A Bahraini banker: young Commentary “Instead of promoting creative to run a 41-part series during the month of thinking, our public schools here Ramadan —when TV viewing is at its highest—about still teach the three R’s—read, a Zionist conspiracy to control Arab lands. From the remember and regurgitate.” (4) smallest state, Bahrain, came the news that it had Finally, two Bahraini men stopped me on the beach to say successfully conducted the first democratic parliahow proud they were that tiny mentary election in the Arab gulf, to begin empowerBahrain’s election made CNN’s ing Bahrainis to control their own land. Therein lies the two Arab responses to Sept. 11. world news roundup! “Our One, the Egyptian model, is to feed their people bread, democracy made CNN!” I had to or circuses and conspiracy theories to explain why they smile. The last time Bahrain are falling behind in the world. The other, the made CNN was in April, when a Bahraini youth was killed trying Bahraini model, is to feed their people more responsibility, a freer press and greater ability to shape their to storm the U.S. Embassy in an anti-U.S. riot own future to help them catch up in the world. And that’s the point. How are young Arabs going to Americans have a real stake in Bahrain’s democratic experiment working and influencing others. find dignity? By holding elections or by holding Why? Look, no one should doubt that the rage boiling hostages, by storming embassies or by storming voting among Arab youth today—which exploded on Sept. booths, by giving them a voice and skills to succeed or by paying them off with oil money but keeping them 11—is due in part to anger at U.S. support for anyBut the rage is powerless? These questions are key, and if you give peothing Israel does. That anger is real. also the result of the way too many Arab regimes, ple the freedom to talk about them, they will. I discovbacked by America, have kept their young people ered that at A1 Wasat—the first independent newspawithout a voice or the tools to succeed in the modern per allowed in Bahrain—when I asked its gutsy young world. Too many young Arabs feel humiliated when editor, Mansoor al-Jamri, about the roots of Sept. 11. “There are domestic roots for what happened [on they compare themselves with others, and it is their lash out. Sept. 11],” says Jamri, “and the root is that if you squash poverty of dignity that also prompts them to in democracy a about the freedom, if you stop freedom of expression, insult this part I just took in debate Arab world on Qatar’s al-Jazeera TV, which is widely person and just give him money, he transfers all this Think about the contrastMANAMA, Bahrain ing headlines made last week by the biggest Arab state and the smallest Arab state. From the biggest state, Egypt, came the news that its state TV planned
Thomas Friedman
But the rage
money into revenge, because of having lost his dignity. We have six people from Bahrain in Guantanamo Bay. One is a member of the ruling family. The other five are... from the upper class. And for a young man from the ruling family, who receives a monthly salary, who is 23 years old, to go to Afghanistan to fight, there must be some sort of an explanation.” “There is a vacuum,” he said. “You empty a person, you fill him with money, you fill him with material things, but that too does not fulfill his aspirations as a human being. He has some objectives. He has feelings. He is not fulfilled. And all of sudden someone comes and tells him that the cause of all that is this global power [America], which has insulated us, which to continues to look at us as a bunch of nothings, who are basically eating and sleeping and going after women. And all of a sudden he directs his anger at what he thinks is the reason why he doesn’t have what he wants—his sense of being a true human able to express himself and having influence on his society and being respected locally and internationally. This lack of respect as a dignified person has a resulted in a bin Laden phe-
also the
many result of the way Arab regimes, backed by America, have kept their young people without a voice the tools succeed in the modem world.
nomenon.” Little Bahrain is trying to heal that poverty of dignity by introducing a little democracy. If only it would happen to big brothers Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. Thomas Friedmans column is syndicated by the New York Times News service.
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