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In a game that many expected the Blue Devils to cruise through while riding an emotional high from Sunday’s last-second victory over Virginia Tech, Duke struggled out of PENN 59 gate and was never DUKE 72 able to pull away from the pesky Quakers (33). It was far from picturesque, but No. 1 Duke (8-0) defeated the University of Pennsylvania 72-59 Wednesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils’ two senior stars led the way for Duke once again. JJ. Redick notched 24 points, shooting 4-for-9 from beyond the arc, and Shelden Williams delivered 20 points, including a 10-for-ll performance at the free throw line. But overall Duke’s offense had difficulty finding a rhythm. Instead, the Blue Devils took control of the game at the other end of the court, forcing the Quakers to turn the ball over 26 times and to shoot just 39 percent from the field. “We played well defensively tonight,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “It was just the opposite at the offensive end. I was proud of our guys that they

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Shelden Williams tallied 20 points Wednesday night, going S-for-7 from the floor and 10-for-11 from the line in theBlue Devils' 72-59 victory over Penn.

As the new strain of avian influenza continues to spread through countries in Southeast Asia and Europe, health organizations in North Carolina are preparing for the possibility of handling their part of a global flu pandemic. “There is a lot of collaboration among various organizations in our community to come up with a local plan,” said Dr. Arlene Sena, medical director for the Durham County Public Health department. Although there have been several cases of humans infected with the HSNI influenza strain that is spreading through bird populations, the virus, in its current state, cannot be transmitted from human to human. A mutation in the virus, however, could lead to a new strain that is communicable among humans. Local planning primarily involves “tabletop” meetings in which county, city and hospital officials discuss how they would respond to a given scenario. “[The meetings are] really geared to see how activities be-

departments would coordinate,” Sena said. Officials are trying to determine what emergency supplies would be needed in the event of a crisis. “The ultimate goal is to put together a package that we can take to the state health system for funding,” said Dr. James Chang, emergency management coordinator for Duke Unitween

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Exchange, medical programs anchor Duke-China ties by

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Tong Ren, who lived in China all her life before com-

ing to Duke, admitted she found the adjustment to America more difficult than she initially thought it would be. When Ren, a third-year electrical engineering student, arrived at the University in 2003, she attended the International House’s orientation and received a handout warning new arrivals of a three-month adjustment period stemming from cultural differences. “I thought three months was a long time, and I am a very adaptable person,” Ren said. “But even now three years later—l am still coping with it. When Igo to China this winter, I will feel different than a native Chinese person.” For students from China, coming to Duke to study can be quite a shock. “I am changing my customs and getting used to living here,” said Bin Liu, a second-year graduate student in electrical engineering. “I prefer Chinese food, but I’m getting used to burgers.” Even though it took time, Liu is acclimating to the American way, including differences in academia. As Duke officials focus more on becoming a global

University, administrators are trying to make institutional in-roads into China—an effort that includes working with exchange students like Liu. Combined with the University’s focus on global health and growing support for Chinese studies, exchange programs are evidence that Duke and China are closer than ever before. And with confidence in the shared interests of the University and the Asian nation, officials expect that the relationship between the two will only strengthen in the next few years.

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Culture shock Aside from having to cope with two very dissimilar cultures, Chinese students also find higher education in the United States to be very different than universities in China. Students said the primary difference between the United States and China academically is funding-based. “Here you have more opportunities. You can access the most advanced technologies, and you have the money to buy the most expensive instruments,” Liu said. SEE CHINA ON PAGE 5

Many students are bringing pieces of Chinese culture to Duke not only in theclassroom but also in otherareas, including the arts.

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flailing his arms, while his wife tried to explain that he was mentally ill and had not taken his medication. The passenger, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, indicated there was a bomb in his bag and was confronted by air marshals but ran off the aircraft, Doyle said. The marshals went after him and ordered him to get down on the ground, but he did not comply and was shot when he apparently reached into the bag, Doyle said. Alpizar, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen, was gunned down on a jetway outside the American Airlines plane, which was parked at a gate at Miami International Airport. Alpizar had arrived earlier in the day from

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An agitated passenger who MIAMI claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday after he bolted frantically from a jetliner that was boarding for takeoff, officials said. No bomb was found. It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal had shot at anyone, Homeland Security Department spokesperson Brian Doyle said. Another federal official said there was no apparent link to terrorism. According to a witness, the passenger ran down the aisle of the Boeing 757,

Quito, Ecuador, and Flight 924 was going to Orlando, near his home in Maidand.

Relatives said Alpizar and his wife had been on a working vacation in Peru. A neighbor who said he had been asked to watch the couple’s home described the vacation as a missionary trip. “We’re all still in shock. We’re just speechless,” sister-in-law, Kelley Beuchner, said by telephone from her home in Milwaukee. After the shooting, investigators spread passengers’ bags on the tarmac and let dogs sniff them for explosives, and bomb squad members blew up at least two bags. No bomb was found, said James E. Bauer, agent of the Federal Air Marshals.

Iraqi kidnappers extend deadline by

Norman Kember, 74, of London, Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va., and the Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, were taken hostage in Baghdad two weeks ago. They were working for the Christian Peacemaker Teams, an anti-war group,and are among seven Westerners who have been abducted in Iraq since Nov. 25. The other hostages are an American, a German and a Frenchman. The other American in captivity was shown Tuesday on a separate insurgent video broadcast on Al-Jazeera. This Wednesday, his brother in the United States

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Kidnappers extended a deadline until Saturday in their threat to kill four captive peace activists and posted a video of two of the hostages wearing robes and shackled with chains. The original deadline set by the group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness was Thursday. The extention was announced in a statement that accompanied Wednesday’s video, according to Al-Jazeera and IntelCenter, a government contractor that does support work for the U.S. intelligence community.

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Deployment may be canceled The Pentagon has tentative plans to halt the scheduled deployment of two brigades to Iraq and instead send in smaller teams to support and train Iraqi forces in what could be an early step toward an eventual drawdown of U.S. forces, defense officials.

Saddam Hussein skips trial Wednesday, Saddam Hussein followed through on his threat to boycott his trial, and gunmen kidnapped the 8-year-old son of a bodyguard for a judge. One of Saddam's seven co-defendants said guards offered only "the worst brands" of cigarettes.

Disabled cannot escape loans America's seniors and disabled cannot escape debts from old student loans, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, freeing the government to pursue Social Security benefits as part of an effort to collect billions in delinquent loans.

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identified the captive as Ronald Schulz, 40, An explosion tore through a coal mine in an industrial electrician from Alaska. northern China on Wednesday, leaving at “I don’t want to get my brother killed,” Ed least 62 workers dead and another 13 missSchulz said. “But the fact that he has blond ing,the government said,the third disaster in hair and blue eyes might get him killed.” The brief videotape of the Christian recent weeks involving scores of miners.Last peace activists transmitted Wednesday by year, more than 6,000 miners were killed in cave-ins and explosions. Al-Jazeera did not show faces of the two Wfires, floods, ' robed and shackled figures. News briefs compiled Fox and Kember were blindfolded, and the stills appeared to have been made from from wire reports a more complete version that Al-Jazeera "A witty saying proves nothing." aired. Unlike the civilian clothing they were Voltaire videos, earlier this time the in two wearing hostages were wearing orange jumpsuits. ‘

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Junior Joe Fore, vice president of academic affairs, said Wednesday that DSG will offer online course synopses.

gulfed campus” in past weeks, DSG has introduced an online database of course synopses, announced junior Joe Fore, vice president of academic affairs. The website currently contains between 200 and 250 syllabi, he said. DSG chose not to implement an independent evaluation website like ratemyprofessors.com because such sites serve a limited benefit. They solicit a limited number and range ofresponses, Fore said. “We’re notjust going to sit here as a student government and wait for the administration to give us their verdict on course evaluations,” Goodwin said. The Academic Affairs Committee is currendy working to conduct a survey of studentswho opt for independent study.

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Durham residents welcome freshmen for dinners by Mary Via THE CHRONICLE

In a continuing effort to build stronger town-gown relations, Durham residents have invited students into their homes for dinner. The Duke-Durham community dinners, originally scheduled for two weeks in early October, are the brainchild of Durham resident Josh Parker and the Dean of Students Office. Although administrators have been involved in planning the initiative, the dinners are not part of an official University program Many volunteers from the community had signed up to host the dinners by Sept. 22. But most of the dinners were not scheduled until November—a delay that puzzled some participants. “Whenever you’re doing a brand new program, you just want to make sure that all the individuals who need to be aware of what’s happening are in the loop, and that takes a little bit of time,” said Clay Adams,

Parker said more than 40 Durham famprogram coordinator for the Dean ofStudents Office. ilies and approximately 80 students have Parker attributed the delay to Duke’s participated in the dinners thus far. Most of the dinners have already hapCorporate Risk Management Office. Officials expressed concern that Duke could be pened, but several will probably take place held liable for before Winter student injury Break, he added, or death. Several stu“I go tO Ninth Street a fair A1 though dents who have x i r amount, and I know a lot of Risk Manageparticipated said ment’s assessother people don’t. kind of felt I *<7 are enthusi1 ment astic about the postthe Duke Bubble syndrome. the poned program. Freshdmners, the 611 sa y BayFreshman Lindsay Bayham J ham and Jenny program has proceeded Terrell had dinwith few comner at local middie school teacher Theo Luebke’s apartplications. “ Just in the time delay, I think we lost a ment in downtown Durham with four of couple of students and a couple of hosts,” Luebke’s friends. Parker said, adding that those students “They were so interested in everything and hosts who could not participate indi- we had to say,” Terrell said. “They asked cated they were interested in taking part in me such interesting questions, and I felt a dinner at another time. like there was such a partnership with both A

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One of die major challenges the researchers had to contend with was the need to differentiate mere troublesomebehavior from mental disorders thatcould actually be diagnosed. “One of the questions we were asked was, ‘Can temper tantrums be representative of a disorder in young children? That’s normal, isn’t it?”’ Egger said. “What we wanted to find out was at what level it stopped being a normal thing and started being a sign of impairment.” Not everyone agrees with the study’s

Many people think of early childhood as a simple time—a time when children live carefree lives until the arrival of adulthood’s difficulties. But according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Duke’s Center for Epidemiology, mental illness may arise at a much earlier age than experts previously thought. Dr. Adrian Angold, associate professor of psychiatry, and Dr. Helen Egger, assistant professor of psychiatry', showed findings. Ken McLaughlin, a senior lecturer at that at least one in ten children between the University the ages of two [and and five suffers in the United “It’s painful to realize that even from an identiKingdom, said fiable mental very little children experience he believes the illness. researchers’ diChildren in pain and stress.” are agnoses the study were Dr. Helen Egger questionable. with diagnosed the “In disorders past, Opposieluding deprestional Defiant Disorder would have been sion, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorclassed as a child just behaving badly,” der and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. McLaughlin said. “What was once If accurate, the study’s findings indithought to be normal human behavior is cate that childhood mental illness occurs at a rate similar to that seen in older chilnow referred to as a mental disorder.” dren and adults. Classifying childhood anxieties as disThe study, which was presented last eases, McLaughlin said, could have egregious consequences for children both week at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, used interviews from the families of now and in the future. “It’s part of a growing trend, what’s 307 preschool-aged children to determine been called the ‘pathologization’ of if they exhibited signs of mental illness. everyday life,” he said. “It takes away from The interview questions were modified versions of mental assessments typipeople’s agency. It takes away from their ability to cope with the adversities that life cally given to adolescents. “It’s painful to realize that even very throws up from time to time.” little children experience pain and Although McLaughlin affirmed that a stress,” Egger said. “We’d rather say that need exists for professional diagnoses it’s just not true, but the data—and ours adapted for children, he said they are far overused in much of modem psychiatry. isn’t the only data—shows otherwise.” “Certainly, there will be occasions According to the research, 3.3 perchildren need expert help,” he the children studied met the criwhen cent of said. “But what we need to stop doing is teria for ADHD. denigrating people’s capacity to cope Of those children, 44 percent have already been suspended from school at least SEE PRESCHOOLERS ON PAGE 6 once, and 15 percent have been expelled.

Senior Paige Sparkman, vice president of student affairs, spokeWednesday in favor of more dining on East She said the machines will likely be

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Fore noted that the survey will help the University fund and facilitate undergraduate research. DSG is also pushing members of the administration to increase the number of centrally located late-night dining options on East Campus. The proposal was passed by a unanimous vote of the DSG senate. “We all know that one of the major problems with Duke Dining is East Campus,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Paige Sparkman, a senior. “This piece of legislation is just sort of telling administrators that we think this is our top priority.” After speaking with Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst, Sparkman said she believes increasing the number of East Campus dining options is highly plausible. “There will be late night options for students on East,” Goodwin said after the meeting. DSG is also collaborating with Campus Council to bring three ice machines to West Campus, announced senior Brenda Bautsch, vice president of athletics and campus services.

House VO. Bautsch added that many students want ice, but they can only obtain small amounts without driving off campus. First aid, she added, was a major incentive for the proposal. “It’s our job to address those problems, and this resolution is the statement that we agree that this is an issue, and we will do everything in our power to produce a tangible result,” said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior, about the two

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demic and professional programs abroad strengthen ties with China. Duke University Medical Center administrators have hinted of a partnership with a school in Beijing, similar to one already established with a medical facility in Singapore. “We are extraordinarily interested in Asia because there is so much going on there right now,” said Robert Taber, vice chancellor for DUMC. In addition, a deal was inked this year between the Fuqua School ofBusiness and Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing that established a new exchange program. Officials designed the program in hopes of creating a lasting academic bond between the two schools. Each institution will allow up to three of its students to attend the partner school each semester for at least three years. “Our goal is to make sure it is a good opportunity for both parties, for it to be a productive exchange,” said Bertrand Guillotin, program director for the international center at Fuqua. “We don’t have any plans at this point to expand it to something larger than that, but that could change.” Guillotin added that this year will be the first year Fuqua will offer Global Academic Travel Experience courses in China. GATE courses are designed to enrich students’ understanding of international business. During the first six weeks, students study the business, culture, economy and politics of a country or region at Duke. Then students travel for 10 to 16 days to study and gain first-hand knowledge about their chosen areas. In Spring 2006, a group of students and staff members will go to Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an and Hong Kong. “This will be an opportunity to strengthen the University’s relationship with China,” Guillotin noted. to

Since there are more students in China, the ratio between faculty members and students is much lower in the United States, Ren said. “It’s common to have over 100 students per instructor, [so] it’s more difficult to interact on a personal basis, and it’s more structured learning,” she added. Some students noted the difficulties scholars in China face when applying to U.S. schools. “It is not easy for thestudents in China to enter [the U.S.] because competition is very hard,” said Candong Cheng, a third-year graduate student in electrical engineering. “That’s why many students want to finish undergraduate education in Chinaand then come to graduate school in the U.S.” Officials and students agree China’s communist government usually does not play a hand in individual students’ decisions regarding higher education. “Communist dogma is no longer a factor at Chinese Universities, nor is [Chinese Communist] Party control,” said Gil Merkx, vice provost for international affairs. “But the national, regional and local governments—all controlled by the Party—have important roles in determining the resources available to each institution.”

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More than 200 Chinese students are studying at Duke. Chinese studiesis also a growing field at the University. “With respect to language instruction, the demand for Chinese language instruction exceeded anyone’s expectations this semester,” said George McLendon, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. “We’ll almost certainly be hiring additional people with a special focus in China and its neighbors. Is that going to be next year? I don’t know.” Although administrators are currendy figuring out ways to expand language instruction, officials agree the Chinese program has already come a long way, particularly over the past decade. “We have definitely changed quite a bit in the past 10 years,” said Carolyn Lee, co-

Chinese studies University administrators and faculty have responded to the increased interest in China—on both global and student levels—by increasing the number of professors focusing on Chinese studies and expanding research and training programs. “If you want to call yourself a global university, you have to pay attention to what is happening in Chinaand, more importandy, put resources into building your East-Asian faculty,” said Ralph Litzinger, director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute.

ordinator of the Chinese program for the Asian and African languages and literature department. “When I first came here, the Chinese program had a little bit more than 80 students and only seven language courses. Now we have at least 14 language courses and more than 400 students a year.” The University has authorized the hiring of two additional Chinese language faculty to compensate for next year’s enrollment, McLendon said. “We have a firm foundation on which to build. We’re not starting from zero,” he said. Across the globe The University is also developing aca-

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AVIAN FLU from page 1 Local preparations include figuring out a number of ways to compensate for the dramatic rise in the number of patients hospitals would likely treat in the event of a pandemic. “Essentially there would be a need for increased surge capacity, dealing with a large number of individuals who need treatment and evaluation,” Sena said. Although a pandemic would lead to increased patient flow, public health officials are uncertain about how large the increase would be. Dr. Jeffrey Engel, head of the General Communicable Disease Control Branch for North Carolina, noted that the increase will depend on “where on the spectrum the pandemic will be.” “We could end up with five, ten, maybe fifteen thousand patients, and I think that’s a conservative estimate,” Chang added. “And if we emptied out the hospital today we’d have approximately 800 beds.” Some hospitals have created plans to increase bed space in an emergency. “With any sort of disaster we would delay elective procedures and discharge any patients that are healthy enough,” said Dr. John Engemann, a physician in the infectious disease division at DUH. Officials at DUH are also talking to county and mu-

nicipal officials about the feasibility of converting and staffing large spaces that could be flu wards. In addition to increasing bed space, health officials are drawing up plans to deliver large amounts of vaccines and anti-viral treatments. President George W. Bush recently asked Congress for $7.1 billion to prepare the country for a pandemic, $2.8 billion of which would go to crash programs that would develop a vaccine rapidly. But vaccines can only be used as preventive measures. In order to treat patients who have already been infected, hospitals use antiviral medicines, such as Tamiflu. Supplies of those drugs, however, are too low to stem a pandemic. “Currently, there is not enough Tamiflu for anyone to stockpile,” Engel said. Hospitals are also working to ensure that they have sufficient amounts of other supplies, including isolation masks and gowns. “We know that a lot of the people that come down with the flu are also going to come down with acute respiratory distress, and some will have to be put on ventilators,” Chang said. DUH has 120 respirators, many of which are currently being used for critically ill patients. Previous flu pandemics have ravaged populations in countries around the world. The 1969 Hong Kong flu claimed about 1 million lives. The Spanish flu of 1918 claimed as many as 50 million.

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with adversity and maybe have a more optimistic view on the capacity for children to deal with things without so-called ‘expert help.’” Egger, however, was confident that the Duke study and others like it will have a lasting effect on the field of child psychiatry. Egger also noted that further studies are currently underway. Angold and his wife, Professor of Psychiatry Jane Costello, are already conducting a long-term study to examine the development of mental disorders in children ages nine and up. “Thirty years ago, there was a real debate over whether there was such a thing as depression in adolescents. Nobody’s arguing that now,” Egger said. “It is somewhat shocking and a new way of thinking of things, but I think history is going to show that this is something we really have to pay attention to.”

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ing face in Eastern North America and unbeatable apres ski where the drinking age at 18 is but a suggestion. Ifyou’re into the beach, Miami is the place to go. This Art Deco-styled sunny paradise boasts the wa; climate in the United States coupled with a vi own. World-class service awaits you from the i and hotels to the stylish nightclubs and even like glitzy Nikki Beach where the champagne than the waves. If you and your wallet are willing to go the then consider a hop across the pond to France Paris, enjoy the city of love and then within hours you could be among the ultimate jet-set crowd at Courchevel in the French Alps. Careful though, a night during the haute-saison at the trendy Byblos, dinner at their Alain Ducasse-inspired restaurant along with your ski rentals and lift tickets will set you back more than a thousandEuros! Getting There Whether you’re headed to Courchevel, Miami, Montreal or simply back home, here are a few tips on how to get there cheaply. The skies are finally as busy as they were before 9/11 thanks to a drastic drop in airfare, and there’s no longer a need for Amtrak when Southwest has become a sort of “Greyhound with wings,” offering one-way fares starting at $39. Believe it or not, you can even fly real airlines for about that price if you know how to shop. Two words: Star Alliance. Two reasons: One, this global team of sixteen

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Jacko danced atop a car while another Jack (of The White Stripes) sold out to Coca-Cola. Bonus: Johnny Depp impersonated MJ spot-on in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. In a purple leotard. Madonna sought to reconquer the world (again) and J.K. Rowling already accomplished that feat with the latest installment of Harry7 Potter. And in the most surprising turn of events, Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch. Repeatedly. recess covers the year in entertainment that was. Film Best sex scene: On the stairs in A History of Violence. Best comeback of film genre: Rrated comedies with The Wedding Crashers and 40 Year Old Virgin. Best cinematic animals; The emperor penguin and to a lesser extent, the grizzly bear. Best Woody Allen comeback vehicle: Match Point. Best new cult figure: River in Serenity.

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tions in the “La Tortura” video. Best video/song: Hilary Duff’s “Beat of My Own Heart.” Best breakup lyric: “You looked as sincere as a dog/ Just as sincere as a dog does/ Wien it’s the food on your lips with which it’s in love” in Fiona Apple’s “Parting Gift.” Best live album: Green Day’s Bullet in a Bible. Comeback Best Album by an R&B Legend-Turned-Preacher: The Reverend A1 Green with Everything’s OK. Comeback Best Album by an R&B Legend-Not-TurnedPreacher: Stevie Wonder with A Time 2 Love. Miscellanea Best infant animals: Baby pandas (We love you, Butterstick and Su Lin!) Best book to read and realize that exam week is not so bad: Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. Best celebrity meltdown: Dave

Chapelle. Best guilty pleasure: America’s Next Top Model Best reason to stay in touch with your childhood friends; Entourage Best reason to get through med school: Grey’s Anatomy

with bite. Miami rapper Pitbull claims top rung on Billboard’s independent record chart, signaling a possible new (and sunny) breeding ground for underground rappers. Move over, Houston. Where’s Santa Claus? The country’s gradual deM scent into PCdom has produced horrors such as nondenominational holiday sales and parties (see Ch The Chronicle’s holiday gathering), leading one pundit to coin a now-witty, soon-tired phrase, “Christmakwanzaakah.” “Feliz Navidad,” anyone? Supermutants collide again. Forget about bats and spiders, the original

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The query that Dov Weinstein, founder of the traveling Tiny Ninja Theater, poses instead: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the karate kicks and flung ninjitsu stars 0f... an outraged ninja. Talk about creative—and combative—license. But Weinstein’s performance of “Hamlet” at the Manbites Dog Theater in Durham is not a merciless butchering of the venerable poet’s words. Weinstein reconstructs aspects of the play’s production, rather than rewriting Shakespeare’s masterpiece. He uses diminutive ninja figurines as characters, swapping out appropriate household items for set pieces—shoeboxes, chunks of cardboard, a jewelry box. Lighting and different inflections for the voices round out his special effects. Poor Ophelia drowns by being plopped in a glass of tap water. And when wishing to convey the ghostly presence of Hamlet’s father, Weinstein puts the Hamlet the Ninja in his mouth. Though you might keep waiting for Weinstein’s mother to stomp in and tell him it’s time to put away the toys, his deftly engineered grip on the puppeteered reality never loosens. Despite a reliance on mass-produced plastic toys and a melange of household items to put on the show, Tiny Ninja Theater resists the gimmicky categorization. “Romeo and Juliet,” Weinstein’s first production, and “Macbeth” were both lauded nationwide. And this latest performance, condensed like the others into a digestible 45 minutes, is the first to use television screens and cameras to help the audience see. With the high-tech innovation, Weinstein hopes to perform to larger audiences in bigger and more prestigious venues. In the end, it hardly matters that an inch-tall plaything —rather than a velvet-clad Mel Gibson—is posing as the play’s vengeful protagonist. It is Weinstein’s passion for the words and tongue-in-cheek take on stagecraft that make this performance so enjoyable. Sarah Ball “Hamlet” will run Wednesday through Sunday, Dec. 8 though 11. (no Friday performance). Showtime 8:15 p.m., except Sunday at 3:15 p.m. —

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it’s America’s hawkish tendencies. Both films use the device of concurrent plotlines that are related but never neatly connected. Well-written and well-researched, Syriana faces the new and sometimes unrealized challenge of turning an incredibly complex issue into a cohesive and compelling narrative. The film opens with George Clooney (who famously gained 30 pounds but quickly transcends the gimmick) as Bob Barnes, a CIA operative who discovers that all is not as it seems within the agency. Barnes becomes the film’s most fully developed character, not to mention the subject of a painfully shocking torture scene. Back in D.C., the government is concerned with another matter—the proposed merger of two oil companies, though this subplot quickly involves too many parties to make much sense. The film’s most relatable storyline surrounds Bryan Woodman (Matt Damon), an energy analyst who must choose between his family and his career when offered a multimillion-dollar deal from Prince Nasir, the ruler of [insert name of any wealthy, oilproducing Gulf country here]. A thousand steps down the corporate ladder, another subplot takes a refreshing but unfortunately intellectually disengaged look at a group of unemployed Arab oil field workers who are slowly being drawn into fundamentalist philosophy. Syrianas cast is outstanding: in addition to Clooney and Damon, the film features supporting performances from such notable actors as Chris Cooper, Christopher Plummer and Jeffrey Wright. Yet, the star of the film is the oil itself; oil and the quest to control it provide the impetus for all of the action. Syriana is not escapist fare—Gaghan obviously has a point of view, but it is not overbearing. What is so effective and appealing about Syriana is that the viewer leaves the theater questioning, yes, the plot, but also U.S. policy without dwelling on partisan directives. If the films rails against anything, it is corruption, and that’s something that crosses all party lines. —Caitlin Donnelly

The Sufjan Stevens ethos may seem presumptuous to many: recording a concept album dedicated to one of the 50 states, inundating it with unambiguous references to his Christian faith and directing the indie dissenters to talk to the sheepskin on his banjo head. Those who made it to his sold-out September show at the Cradle witnessed firsthand the starspangled tracksuits, pompom cheers and human pyramids. Stevens actually might have actually been susceptible to such criticisms ofhis cheekiness had his previous record Illinois not been one of the best albums of 2005. As the story goes, Stevens recorded Christmas songs onto 3 EPs as gifts for his friends last winter, and, as no plans have been made for an official release, the EPs arc now free and available online. Just google it. Surprisingly, even Sufjan’s fans seem not to know about their existence, although they rank right up there with the best stuff he’s ever made. Such church hymns as “Come Thou Font of Ev’ry Blessing” and “O Holy Night” recapture the sincerity and warmth of innerchild Christmas, and for those who have heard Illinois, “That was the Worst Christmas Ever” even manages to one-up “Casamir Pulaski Day.” Give this to everyone you love, maybe even yourself; it’s sure to penetrate to the hearts of all who still have them. And yes. there will be banjo. —Peter Blais

SYRIANA from page 1 objective. He’ll do the years of research, traveling through the Middle East, questioning the oil executives and congressmen, even developing a personal friendship with retired CIA operative Bob Baer {See No Evil, Baer’s memoir of his CIA career, was the catalyst for Syriana) , until he has a framework to ask some questions—questions as broad and as difficult to answer as, “What kind of country do I live in? What kind of war am I a part of? Do I love my country? What does America stand for?” The way Gaghan sees it, our job as both audience members and as citizens of the world is to be receptive enough to think about these questions instead of dismissing them outright because they force us to re-evaluate our own ideology. “You can discuss, and you can disagree, but it takes an open mind. It takes some reading, it takes some thought, but you can have an open opinion,” Gaghan stressed. Nonetheless, all good intentions aside, Gaghan still has a cynical streak that runs deeper than the pockets of the Big Energy Lobby in Washington. And, as he knows all too well, those are some pretty deep pockets. His cynicism and disenfranchisement with the system drive an obsession that may be the eventual undoing of his neutrality in films: finding and cataloguing corruption in our government and in other institutions of higher authority. In a world where we want to know who agrees with us and who differs, when most of our minds are long made up about how we see our government and its role in the Middle East, it’s undoubtedly sad, yet also undoubtedly true, that Gaghan may not be able to claim he is a “Kentucky moderate” for very much longer. Caitlin Donnelly contributed reporting from Atlanta for this article.

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The ‘Year of Ryan Adams” hasn’t quite garnered the attention one would expect. When announced at the start of 2005, the plan was bold: three new studio albums within twelve months, one of them a double album. So the critics started their tutting: why should Adams, who they haven’t liked since 2000’s Hearthreaker, even consider one-upping indie-darling Bright Eyes’ douple-drop year? Well, Adams’ has let the music speak for itself: Cold Roses, May’s doublealbum, made for a strong start with 18 of the country-tinged rock songs that made the songwriter popular. Then, Jacksonville City Nights, released in September, went way country (and way good) and slipped under the radar. Now, 29, the final release of ’O5 will drops with hardly a whisper of publicity, just five days before Christmas. 29 was the first of the 2005 releases to be recorded, put to tape shortly after recovery from a career threatening wrist injury, and it’s fairly dark, completing the cold, rainy-day boxset Adams began with 2003’s Love is Hell. The standouts are “Blue Sky Blues,” a simple piano song that suddenly billows and soars away as strings sweep through the last two minutes, and “Carolina Rain,” five minutes of strong poetic storytelling capped by a mammoth, cinematic climax of a chorus. Adams is at his best when he’s twisting what’s left ofhis southern twang into lines like “One night at the diner over eggs/Over easy she showed me the length of her legs,” and 29s late night fatalism is a good setting for his repeating imagery of diners, dreams and lakes. The transition between the delicate “Starlite Diner” and flamenco-infused “The Sadness” is awkward, demanding a sudden adjustment of stereo volume. The startling change in tone is especially frustrating for so late in the record, but “Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part,” written for a grieving friend, refocuses 29 on dreamy sadness. Only Adams can make the death of a child and the pain of lost love sound so beautiful. On “Strawberry Wine,” an 8-minute narrative that weaves three parts of a story around a single acoustic guitar and a mandolin, Adams asks what may be the question that now hangs over the remainder of his career: “Can you still have famous last words/if you’re somebody nobody knows?” Because if 2005 couldn’t bring him to the forefront of the modem music scene, nothing will, and the former “It” boy of alt-country will have to be satisfied with what he has: a smallish but loyal fan base and a huge back-catalogue just waiting for history’s final judgment. —Brian McGinn

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Despite the prospect of having to face No. 1 Nebraska in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, members of the volleyball team were never intimidated. The Blue Devils gathered Nov. 27 to watch the announcement of the NCAA Tournament bracket. When the brackets were announced, retheir first round vealing season matchup with Ameriwrap-up can University and their potential second game against the Cornhuskers, head coach Jolene Nagel did not hear a single negative

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“I was really pleased that I heard nobody say ‘oh, I don’t want to play Nebraska,’” Nagel said. “Everyone was thrilled to be in the tournament and so excited to play.” Still fresh on the minds ofmany of the Blue Devils was the miserable feeling of being left out of the NCAATournament a year ago. Using that experience as motivation, Duke never lost sight of their goal to earn an NCAA bid. “We weren’t looking past American, but we were really excited to see how we stacked up against the best in the nation,” sophomore Ali Hausfeld said. Although Duke easily beat American 30 Dec. 2 in the first round, its secondround game against Nebraska brought the Blue Devils season to an end. The Comhuskers topped the Blue Devils 3-0 Dec. 3. Duke (23-7, 17-5 in the ACC) finished its schedule on a tear, winning its last eight ACC contests, and entered the Nebraska match having won 13 of 14 matches overall. The Blue Devils were also unbeaten at home for the first time since 1993. The team’s appearance in the NCAA SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 9

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Head coach Mike Krzyzewski could only roll his eyes and turn back to the bench as if to say, “What are they doing?” With 10 seconds remaining in the first half of Wednesday’s game against Penn, freshman point guard Greg Paulus picked up his dribble near halfcourt with no place to C|cllTlo go. Without teammates 3US lysis in his vicinity, the freshman had to quickly call Duke’s second timeout in just 47 seconds. Although the Blue Devils played their best defense in three games, their offense looked out of sync and unprepared for Saturday’s showdown between the nation’s top-two teams. “It’s one of those games where we did some things that you can’t even explain on the offensive end,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Duke improved to 8-0 on the season, but the mood in the locker room following the game gave the impression that the team had just suffered its first loss. With the exception of the Blue Devils’ 53-point win over Seton Hall Nov. 16, the nation’s No. 1 team has been challenged in every game and has beaten its opponents by an average of just 11.7 points per -

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game. Not to take anything away from those teams—most of which are led by experienced coaches running disciplined programs —but Duke has not looked like the team most people expected them to be when the season began. “With the Duke standards, when we don’t play as well as we know we can, it’s disappointing,” senior Lee Melchionni said. “We played good defense, but we can definitely play better on the offensive end.” Eight games into the season, the Blue Devils still have not established an identity on offense. Although the team is loaded with outstanding shooters to complement the nation’s top long-distance threat, senior JJ. Redick, several Duke players have experienced early-season slumps and are still inconsistent. Senior Shelden Williams has proven he can be a dominantinside force—he tied a career high with 30 points against Memphis Nov. 25—but the Blue Devils have seemed to forget about him for long stretches ofclose games. Without a clear vision and directionfor their offensive scheme, Duke has been hesitant in their half-court sets. “I’m not sure what it is on offense,” SEE OFFENSE ON PAGE 9

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game. If you can hold the other team from scoring, you’ll always have a chance.” But many of the times that the Blue Devils did prevent the Quakers from scoring on their first chance, Penn was able to grab its own missed shots. Against a team that features 6-foot-8, 215-pound Steve Danley and 6-foot-6, 210pound Mark Zoller down low, Duke struggled to reel in rebounds and keep the Quakers out of the paint. Penn grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, leading to 11 secondchance points. The Blue Devils were led by freshman forward Josh Mcßoberts and senior guard Sean Dockery on the glass with seven rebounds each. But Duke managed to record only six offensive rebounds, three of which Dockery grabbed. Shelden Williams, who entered the game leading the team with 10 rebounds per game, pulled down only five against Penn. “We’re not used to getting that many offensive rebounds, to be honest,” Penn head coach Fran Dunphy said. Along with his rebounding performance, Dockery had a strong second halffor the second game in a row, carrying his personal momentum from his game-winning shot Sunday night. The point guard notched 11 points—nine after the break—and five steals in addition to his careerhigh rebound total. Duke never was able to pull away from the Quakers, even though it seemed likely at several points throughout the second half More than 10 minutes into the period, the Blue Devils stretched the lead to 18 points on a thunderousWilliams dunk that sent the crowd into a frenzy. Penn was not fazed, however, knocking down three threepointers as part of a 12-4 run over the next four minutes that cut the lead to 10. “They definitely had some momentumstoppers tonight,” senior Lee Melchionni

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Sean Dockery had his second consecutive double-digitscoring performance, notching 11 points against Penn. said. “They hit some tough shots. And when they do that, it’s hard to get a run going. It definitely takes the crowd out of the game.” NOTES: Redick moved into ninth place on Duke’s all-time scoring list with 1,988 points, passing Trajan Langdon, Art Heyman and Shane Battier.... The senior also

climbed into a 19th-place tie on the NCAA’s all-time 3-pointers made list, one three behind Langdon.... Wednesday’s game marked the ninth career time Dockery has reached double-digit points. The Blue Devils are 9-0 in those games.... With tonight’s win, Krzyzewski improves to 251-6 when his team holdsits opponent to sub-40 percent field goal shooting.

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OFFENSE from page 7 Melchionni said. “I think we have the tendency to watch JJ. and Shelden on offense, and that’s something we can’t do.” Part of the problem has been incorporating the freshmen into a scheme that the team’s four seniors have been running for the past four years. Although Josh Mcßoberts and Paulus showcased their potential in wins against top-25 teams Memphis and Indiana, the duo has looked out of sorts in its last two games.

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VOLLEYBALL from page 7 Tournament was its first since 2002 “I’m so glad that our team got the opportunity to compete here,” Nagel said after the Nebraska match. “It’s huge for the program.” The loss to the Cornhuskers also marked the end of the careers for four Blue Devil seniors—SamanthaFisher, Ann Geddie, Tiffany Perry and Sarah Salem. Nagel called her team’s weekend at the tournament “bittersweet” and spoke highly of all her seniors. “Our seniors have done a tremendous

job,” Nagel said. “They’ve worked very hard, been team players and all of them were truly committed to being integral members of the team.” With a solid core of players returning, including First Team All-ACC performers Hausfeld and Carrie DeMange, Nagel hopes the team can build off their experience against Nebraska. “We have yet to fully discover how huge it was for our program to have played in such an environment,” Nagel said. “With break coming up, we’ll be able to put a lot of this in perspective.... We’re definitely going to grow from this in a variety of ways.”

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Senior JJ.Redick is leading the team in scoring so far this season, averaging 22.9 points per game.

Without sophomore DeMarcus Nelson, who Krzyzewski expected to be the

Blue Devils’ third scoring option behind Redick and Williams before his injury, the freshmen’s inconsistencies have been even more apparent. Paulus recorded just two assists and turned the ball over a season-high five times. His frustrating night ended with 3:49 remaining when the referees called him for his second charge of the game, his fifth foul. “The best thing for us is not to put too much emphasis on everything that happened tonight but to move on to the next thing,” Krzyzewski said. “At least that will be my approach.” Although Duke’s offensive performance Wednesday may have been its most disappointing of the season, the inability to consistently score and sustain runs has been a chronic problem that the Blue Devils need to fix quickly. Even Krzyzewski admitted Wednesday that Duke is not playing to its potential. There’s no reason to panic, however, because one thing is for sure—the Blue Devil team that played Wednesday night is not the same team Krzyzewski will be guiding in March. He would never let that happen. They are going to improve. The seniors and freshmen are going to develop a stronger rapport. And the offense will find itself. It’s just a matter of time. “It’s good that we’re struggling,” senior Sean Dockery said. ‘Tfou get to learn. It’s early in the season, and we’re still a young team, and we’re still learning from each other. I don’t feel like we’re playing bad—l feel like we’re learning. And we keep winning. We don’t have an ‘L’ yet, so we’re in good shape. We just have to learn from our mistakes and keep going.”

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direction, a step toward remedying the problems stemming the tips of the tongues from what many deem a grossly of students, faculty and ad- flawed evaluations system, ministrators The EngineerStaflGClltOlTai ing Faculty Connacross campus. Indeed, course cil unanimously evaluations are one of the passed an opt-out policy, wheremost hotly debated issues the by professors must definitively Duke community has encounsay they do not want their evaluations published on ACES. tered this year. And it’s nothing new: The Otherwise, they will automatiformat and publication—or cally go up. Students have been lobbylack thereof—of course assessments have been the subjects ing the Arts and Sciences of increasing criticism over Council to instate an opt-out the past few years. policy for a long time. An optLast week, however, officials out measure failed to pass the Council by one vote in Decemin the Pratt School of Engineering took a big step in the right ber 2004, inciting even more

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out of the system. Those statis-

tics will say a lot about professors’ relative respect for their students’ assessments. Regardless of those numbers, it is now the Arts and Sciences Council’s turn. It should follow suit and pass an opt-out policy. Now. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Students deserve to see professors’ evaluations, and instructors have an obligation to show them that information. Even with an opt-out policy in place, however, there is a great need for a complete rethinking of the evaluations system, namely the type of data

students provide and later use

to choose classes. Right now, the summaries of the evaluations that stu-

dents see online are numerical. Professors and classes are ranked on scales of one to five. Numbers, however, are arbitrary. It is imperative that data available from course evaluations be largely qualitative. Students get much more out of reading their peers’ comments than weighing the difference between a two and a three in the “difficulty of work” category. Numbers must be coupled with comments —for both engineers and Trinity students.

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students—and many professors—to voice opposition to the current opt-in policy. The EEC has, in short, outdone the Arts and Sciences Council. It showed that such an opt-out measure can pass. Moreover, it demonstratedfull confidence in the idea that such a policy should be in place —and a vote of confidence from the powers that be is always a strong statement. Certainly, the installation of an opt-out policy does not mean that every professor will take interest in die system. It will be interesting to see how many professors make the effort to respond for calls to opt

Standard of quality incomplete As one of the reported seven college-educated Duke parents at E.K Powe Elementary, I was on one level amused by the Dec. 6 article, “Professors send children to private, Chapel Hill schools.” Yes, it was mean of me to chuckle at the insinuation that Duke faculty and their children are snobs. It’s more complicated than that. Even when I hear those folks disparaging our public schools, I can’t help but think of what they are missing, and what our schools lose through their flight. It’s ironic that while Duke contributes to our schools through a variety of initiatives, including the DukeDurham Partnership, its faculty reinforces the town-gown divide by separating their children from those of different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. No doubt this abandonment is due in part to the elitism of the educated. But a lot of other forces contribute to the perception that urban schools are not. good enough for their kids, including “quality” measures that focus only on test scores (without explanation of those scores and their meaning), racial stereotypes, educational bureaucracy and watercooler gossip. It doesn’t help when the media takes the “low quality” label at face value, without looking at what’s really happening in die schools. I send my kids to Powe because, plain and simple, public schools are one of the few places in our polarized communities that can bring everyone together. How are our kids supposed to solve the world’s problems if the only place they’re exposed to difference is in the checkout at McDonald’s? I have never once regretted a decision that was for me a nobrainer: sending my children to a school we could walk or bike to, with some of the smartest, most energetic and caring teachers anywhere. There are plenty of supplies, the latest books, an innovative math curriculum, computers in the classrooms. What’s the dif-

ference between Powe and the private schools? Is it the color and family income of the children sitting next to my kids? In my experience, that difference is not a hardship but a gift. Among other things, I hope it insulates my kids from arrogance and elitism. I don’t think either of my children will ever be so out of touch as the Duke freshman you quoted: “I bet the two [public] high schools in Chapel Hill have more sum intelligence combined than the eight in Durham.” My kids know the difference between money and intelligence. They learned it at school. Allison Rice Senior Fellow, School ofLaw Students from Durham succeed By highlighting the demographics at E.K Poe Elementary and the implied gang issues atjordan High, “Professors send children to private, Chapel Hill schools” successfully reinforces the stereotypes which undergird the situation but adds none of the reporting which would demonstrate that many of these stereotypes are based on misinformation. The article claims that Durham Public Schools “under perform,” although it provides no convincing system-wide data to indicate that the Durham schools under perform given their diverse student body. It is troubling that many Duke professors assume that their children must have peers from the same background in order to receive a quality education—this assumption is simply not true. As a 1998 graduate of the Durham Public Schools who went on to Harvard for my undergraduate education, I can proudly say that my classmates in Durham were bright, motivated students; they were the sons and daughters of secretaries, nurses, landscapers and an occasional professor. Perhaps most important were the extraordinary teachers I had, many ofwhom still teach in the Durham Public Schools. Of course, I am

hardly surprised that the article expresses this view; because I am white, most Duke students who I have met simply assume I went to Durham Academy. I could not be prouder to say, “NO.” Sarah Reckhow Durham schools offer education It is true that many Duke parents avoid the Durham Public Schools. But we know from firsthand experience that E.K Powe Elementary offers an excellent education to all of its students, most from poor and minority families. E.K Powe has many brilliant, committed teachers and staff, and our children have flourished there. It is reprehensible and absurd to suggest, as one Duke student did, that an academic “gene pool” makes for better schools and that Chapel Hill high schools have “more sum intelligence combined” than the mosdy African-American Durham high schools. Surely our task as citizens should be to build a public school system that includes and educates all of our children and stands against the destructive dynamics of money, resegregation, and thinly veiled racism too often on display in America today. Robin Kirk Duke Human Rights Initiative Chin Stam Professor of Cul Anth. Basketball interrupts study period The Chronicle’s staff editorial on the insufficient study time for finals is absolutely correct (Dec. 7, 2005). But, in addition, the University then scheduled one of the biggest basketball games of the year in the midst ofit. This is profoundly unfair to those involved in the game but also will distract a very large percentage of the student body—and not only for the few hours of the game. This is a mistake thatshould not be repeated in the future.

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Don’t change transfer rules

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the past month, I have read two front-page Chronicle articles in which temporary students invited to stay here for a semester due to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of their schools have claimed that Duke should amend its transfer policy to accommodate them. “Duke is all I know,” they say; or “These are the classes only I’ve had, the friends only I’ve made.” These students, along jamie deal with Duke Stustrategery dent Governclaim ment, that the administration’s unwillingness to make an exception for them shows a lack of compassion and understanding. DSG has launched an effort to amend the transfer policy for this purpose and claims that such a change is “what the students want.” I believe many students would find a problem with such an alteration to Duke’s admissions policy but are reluctant to say so because of the social, political and racial tensions surrounding Hurricane Katrina. I am not such a student. Hurricane Katrina was a tragedy on many levels. As with any natural disaster, it caused the loss of many lives. But worse than this was the unnecessary suffering that stemmed from human reactions to the hurricane’s devastation. The local, state and national governments take our money every day to provide for the general welfare and defense of this nation, but they all failed miserably in doing so in the preparation for and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Due to this poor government response and because of poverty (and in some cases greed), chaos in the form of violence and looting was unleashed on Louisiana after the hurricane had left. Almost everyone at Duke understands how awful Hurricane Katrina was, and I believe that Duke’s acceptance of students from Louisiana’s universities reflects that we are in fact compassionate and understanding. Duke invited these students to stay for one semester, and these students knew that when they arrived. They may call Duke home, but it is not their permanent one. These students’ homes are now at their universities in Louisiana, which accepted them with the understanding that they would attend. Those universities, despite a massive hurricane that nearly ruined them, are functioning, and they need the students who left for a semester to come back. These universities and Duke entered this agreement of letting students stay contingent upon these students’ return after the semester. To amend its transfer policy would be a slap in the face to these other institutions. Duke is one of the best universities in the world. While, from my understanding, the students Duke allowed here are in great academic standing, they were never admitted to Duke University and are therefore not Duke students. No matter what they may claim, Duke is not their permanent home. Their situation is regrettable, but the circumstances are not extenuating enough to give them an advantage over other transfer applicants who fight every year to gain admittance to this school. These guests need to stick to their original agreement of a one-semester stay and return to the universities that actually accepted them. Because they are highly qualified, I have no doubt that with hard work they can someday call Duke home for good. But for now, they should not try to use their unfortunate situation as away to get into Duke.

Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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“rude” and “disrespectful.” their party and walked back to East, esarriving in Durham this seIf these are the methods required caping arbitrary punishment for a crime following a summer of debauchery, I was told by several of for meaningful enforcement of the law, that many hundreds more were likely my friends about the latest menace to what are we to conclude about the law? committing simultaneously. Duke’s social scene. Once I got past the The ALE crackdowns were the preThere have been no real winners cleverness of the dictable result of Duke’s (except, as I mentioned, Durham acronym—Alcohol Law evolving alcohol policy lawyers) in this tale. ALE appears toothand the disgrundement less and incompetent, students continEnforcement—my mind turned to images of Durham residents ue to party with perpetual uneasiness who, for some reason, that only a few shots can remedy, and of computers tracking don’t appreciate having Durham residents can probably look Solo cup purchases and their houses urinated forward to more pee. belaying agents on. But it seems clear There are lessons, though. Law enthrough windows of duthat the crackdowns forcement agents need to brush up on plexes offEast Campus. aren’t likely to accomtheir Fourth Amendment case law (I david kleban Although this paramuch in the way of recommend a class with political scinoid forecast turned out plish the naked truth behavior modification ence Professor Peter Fish). Duke needs to be a bit oudandish, and may contribute to a to consider its alcohol policy in light of nearly 200 students were cited with violations related to underage troublesome relationship between stuthe effects it has on community reladents and the state. tions—with the understanding that studrinking. In my first column of this seWhat should we think about a governdents are unlikely to stop drinking anymester, I sympathized with their plight by relating my own experience in the ment that will send pink-polo-clad agents time soon. And students, perhaps most gnashing jaws of the state (pertaining to onto private property —wolves in sheeps’ of all, need to realize that the moral a traffic incident). clothing—to punish students for one of (constitutional?) high ground they achieved in this case is fleeting. They Thus began a saga of a few months, the most übiquitous behaviors in underwhich turned out to be little more than graduate academia? Students who, if they must do everything they can not to a boon to Durham’s legal industry. In tried to walk from the party to Cosmic make themselves targets of law enforcethe end, the cited students who did not Cantina, would be taking their lives into ment or their neighbors’ ire. Commuplead guilty had crucial evidence against their hands because the same govern- nity members may be asking for a bit them suppressed and their cases thrown ment seems unable to protect them much if they want peace and quiet at (from robbery-punchings, anyway). out. Apparently the ALE agents were midnight on Saturday, but they have Agents didn’t need a warrant, they the right to expect that their property just a tad overzealous in their “back to will be respected. school operation,” entering houses and claim, because of the “exigent circumIn the meantime, let’s start keeping detaining partygoers sans the requisite stance” that “they were worried students who were drinking beer would finish lawyers on retainer during off-campus warrant and Miranda warnings. Their apparent lack of training in doing so, thus eliminating one piece of parties. constitutional rights aside, alcohol law evidence in the arrests” (The Chronicle, David Kleban is a Trinity junior. His colenforcers have been reported by some Oct. 31, 2005). Wouldn’t that have been of those involved to be downright awfrd? Students might have wrapped up umn appears every other Thursday. mester

Dockery for president

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you’re like me, you’ve probably watched The Shot II have completed at least two semesters of college. But other about 50 times by now. “Dockery at the buzzer....YOU’VE transfer applicants weren’t forced to evacuate their colGOT TO BE KIDDING ME!” Yes, it was one of the greatleges, or, in the case of freshman Zach Stanfill, left homeless. Opponents also said Duke must consider the instituest moments of my life, too. Isn’t it amazing how our entire campus can come together for a moment ofbasketball bliss? tions affected, and not steal their students —a “don’t hit ‘em-while they’re down” argument. But TuTwelve freshman, displaced by Hurricane lane’s number of applicants for the class of Katrina, are part of that campus, too. As 2010 is up by 50 percent from last year transfer policies stand now, these 12 studoesn’t seem like they’re hurting for students will be forced to leave Duke at the end dents. A historic event like Katrina certainly of the semester and return to their ravaged doesn’t set a precedent for future transfer universities. Duke Student Government Senators Jordan Giordano and Ryan Strasser policies. I think everyone understands that this is a once-in-a-lifetime event. wrote a resolution calling for Duke to allow But the administration remains reluctant these students to apply for status as full-time to allow the Katrina students to stay. Stanfill Duke students starting in the spring. It was elizabeth rudisill told the Chronicle in a Dec. 5 article, “I don’t passed by DSG on Nov. 9 by a vote of 34-5, Do SomethlnG think people are being compassionate and with one abstention understanding.” The administration is inThe New Orleans universities that were devastated by Katrina —Dillard, Loyola, Xavier and Tulane stead playing the part of Ebenezer Scrooge this holiday season. And Giordano and Strasser, despite their noble intenwill be combining classes and campuses for the spring semestions, are no Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present. What ter and housing students on boats. As the resolution says, these are not the same schools that students applied to as could possibly make administrators change their minds? What if Sean Dockery were DSG president? As the current high school seniors. The only college experience these 12 freshmen have had is the Duke one. Also, their credit from Big Man On Campus, Dockery would most certainly have the Duke would probably be counted as pass/fail, meaning they attention—and unwavering support —of the student body, and it’d be hard for the administration to ignore thousands of would have to take extra classes back in New Orleans. screaming Crazies. While such a situation is of course imposSome of the freshmen plan to return to the GulfCoast, desible, a basketball player could probably get infinitely more spite the drastic changes at their home institutions. Scholarships and a love for the city are just two of the things pulling out of the administration than any DSG president ever has. The administration claims to listen to students, and espethem back to Louisiana. But some freshmen—somewhere between four and eight—would like to stay at Duke. There’s no cially DSG, but its position on this issue is indefensible. They guarantee they’ll be admitted, but they would like to at least are not listening to students, and their blatant disrespect for have the opportunity to try. Housing wouldn’t be a problem, the displaced freshmen is insulting. We’re talking about since the freshmen are already living on East Campus and fewer than 10 students who would like to stay at what, for all practical purposes, is their university. Administrators can talk would only take up about five beds on West. all is that the administration refuses to they want about institutional respect, but the real issue is The problem change the lives and futures of a dozen young people —young peothe rules requiring at least two semesters of college before applying for transfer. Apparently Katrina was unprecedented ple for whom the administration claims to act in locis parenenough of an event to allow students to come here after the tis. Does it really take a basketball player to get some respect? fall semester had already started but not enough to allow them to stay at the only college they have ever known. ElizabethRudisill is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every Opponents of the resolution argued that changing the policy would not be fair to other transfer applicants, who other Thursday. —

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