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Sports Hats off to AM Senior Ali Curtis single-handedly crushed Campbell with his second career hat trick last night at Koskinen Stadium. See page 15

DSG sorts out election errors Student Government officials dispute whether they promised extra consideration in the at-large selections for a candidate whose name was omitted from the ballot last Thursday. � Duke

By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

Almost a week after freshman Anna Mikucka’s name was mistakenly omitted from the Duke Stu-

dent Government legislative election ballot, she is still hoping to be a part of the organization.

And although DSG officials agree that they will compensate her for their mistakes, the parties seem to disagree about whether DSG officials guaranteed her a special advantage in her run at one of the 15 atlarge legislative spots and why they told her she could expect extra consideration.

Mikucka, who interviewed last night for the position, said that after she made them aware of their error, DSG Attorney General Jessica Budoff and president pro tempore Pavel Molchanov, a sophomore, told her she would be compensated for the mistake. Budoff and other officials, however, maintain that they told Mikucka that she would get “special consideration” because she had campaigned, but not because of the error.

“My understanding was that she was never given a guarantee,” said Budoff, a senior. “We were saying, ‘lt does look good for you that you were willing to go through the extra trouble of campaigning, as do most people who apply for the at-large process.’ My opinion is—and I would assume [DSG Executive Vice President Daryn Dodson] and those who are more involved share it—you get a more favorable consideration in our eyes for expressing that initial interest in the election.”

When Mikucka first realized in the afternoon that her name was left off the ballot, she told DSG officials almost immediately.

Mikucka said Budoff told her she had two options: She could either add her name late or forego the election and apply for an at-large seat.

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GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES Mike Easley (far left) and Richard Vinroot (far right) debated education policy yesterday in Raleigh.

N.C. education sparks hot debate '

By CHRISTINE PARKINS The Chronicle

Stepping away from the middle-of-the-road stances that often characterize politics, gubernatorial candidates Democrat Mike Easley and Republican Richard Vinroot stood on opposite political curbs yesterday. Both governor hopefiils used an education debate sponsored by the Education; Everybody’s Business coalition to emphasize their disparate approaches to improving North Carolina schools.

Easley, the current state attorney general, favors reducing class size and broadening pre-kindergarten programs. Vinroot, a former mayor of Charlotte, wants to improve teaching standards through a system of merit-based pay and voucher-like educational

scholarships to less-fortunate children so they can attend better schools.

One of the sharpest divisions between the candidates was how to improve the quality of North Carolina’s teachers. Easley said the solution lies in instituting a program of frequent re-certification for teachers. In contrast, Vinroot highlighted one of the tenets of his education platform—merit-based pay.

Easley argued that re-certification would ensure that teachers remain knowledgeable about their fields and learn about new pedagogical methods.

“Competency is not enough, today,” he said. “I want to see proficiency.”

Vinroot charged that certification should be a See EDUCATION on page 9

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New program connects Fuqua students with undergraduates

By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

Dozens of pre-business undergraduates lined up in the Bryan Center yesterday to tap into one of their greatest resources at Duke—students from the Fuqua School of Business.

As part of a brand-new program to establish more connections between the business school and Duke undergraduates, about 15 business students held resume review sessions all day as part of the newly formed Fuqua2Duke Mentor Program.

“Anything I can do that helps under-

A FOURTH-YEAR J.D.-M.B.A. STUDENT evaluated senior Sean Meakim’s resume yesterday as part of the new Fuqua2Duke program that connects business school students with undergraduates.

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graduates learn about what it takes to be a success... I’ll do,” said first-year business student Mark Fisher, who helped several students with their resumes. “[Butl it doesn’t stop there. I’ve given my e-mail and my number to everyone I’ve met.”

In fact, 45 business students have offered to serve as mentors, and over 150

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and Rachel Luther.

“The main goal is to help undergraduates in their job-search process,” Vadnais said. “We want to be more involved in the Duke community.”

Each undergraduate at the resume review was able to speak one-on-one with a business student for about 30 to 45 minutes and go over their resumes line-by-line in an effort to prepare them for the job-finding process.

‘This is a good exercise,” said senior David Bermeo. “The more they ask questions, the more you have to think about yourself. The more you have to know yourself, the more prepared you’re going to be.”

In addition to the resume review, the group conducted a Sept. 5 panel discussions on various career fields and will See FUQUA2DUKE on page 8

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Car bomb rocks the Indonesian exhchange A car bomb ripped through an garage in the Jakarta Stock Exchange Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, injuring 27 and shaking confidence in Indonesia’s attempts to reform after decades of corrupt dictatorship.

Iraqi plane flies over Saudi Desert An Iraqi fighter jet flew into Saudi Arabian airspace Sept. 4 in what officials suspect was an attempt to provoke a confrontation with the

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LONDON Britain’s fuel crisis worsened Wednesday despite Prime Minister Tony Blair’s pledge to end it, as panicky Britons hoarded gasoline and food and the nation’s biggest supermarkets began rationing bread and milk.

While demonstrators protesting a fuel tax continued to block the nation’s nine oil refineries, motorists spent all day hunting for gasoline at the few stations still open. About 90 percent of Britain’s 13,000 service stations remained closed.

Many Britons showed little faith in Blair’s promise that the govern-

ment would soon have the crisis

under control. A BBC poll found a surprising level of support for the fuel-tax protest. The BBC said more than three quarters of the people it polled backed the protest, while only 17 percent opposed it.

For the first time in 11 years, the National Health Service was put on “red alert,” as the health minister, Alan Milburn, ordered hospitals to implement emergency plans. Hospitals canceled nonemergency surgery, saying doctors and nurses were having trouble getting to work.

The army has been put on standby to deliver fuel to essential services, such as hospitals, if needed. A school system in Wales

closed, saying teachers couldn’t drive to work, and other school systems said they will probably close.

The Royal Mail warned that postal services have been curtailed and could be suspended. The slowdown in deliveries and panic buying prompted the rationing of the bread and milk, with one supermarket chain limiting shoppers to three loaves and six bottles.

Protests by truckers and farmers over fuel taxes continued unabated across Europe, with disruption reported in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Truckers in Ireland, Spain, and as far east as Poland have threatened disSee

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Wen Ho Lee negotiates plea bargain

By JAMES STERNGOLD N.Y. Times News Service

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico Wen Ho Lee, the former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, was set free Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of improperly downloading nuclear secrets under a plea agreement reached with the government.

Judge James Parker accepted the deal and released Lee Wednesday afternoon, with a sentence of 278 days, the time he has already served. He was also fined $lOO. The judge apologized to Lee for the “unfair manner” of his incarceration and said the Department of Justice and Energy “have embarrassed our entire nation and each of us who is a citizen of it.”

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“When you steal our nuclear secrets we are not going to let you communicate with anyone,” said George Stamboulidis, an assistant U.S. attorney.

Prosecutors and Lee’s lawyers reached the agreement after Lee said he would withdraw allegations that he had been a victim of racial profiling, and prosecutors said they would drop their request that he remain in prison.

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“It is the divide between the rich and the poor that poses the great-

and a team of ecologists and found that 100-year-long stretches of extremely dry and then wet weather plagued the Midwest for millenia.

By MARY CARMICHAEL The Chronicle ,

The Bible’s Pharaoh dreamed of seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. But when botany professor James Clark dreams up similar scenarios, they’re on a 100-year scale—and they may not be just Bible stories, but visions ofthe future.

A team of ecologists and earth scientists led by Clark, has discovered that century-long alternating periods of intense humidity and drought plagued the American Midwest thousands of years ago. In 6,000 8.C., the world’s atmospheric circulation-different from today’s because of a change in the earth’s orbit and tilt on its axis—may have id the cycles, making grass!, d insitive to change.

est threat to humankind,” Chandra Muzaffar said at a speech Wednesday night in Reynolds Theater.

Muzaffar, a professor at the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue at Universiti Malaya, criticized globalization and the gap it has caused between the affluent and the poor.

He also stressed that religion can be a solution for the existing

economic dichotomy.

“Lifestyles of the elite violate the essence of faith.... The opulence of the elite has in a sense de-

humanized us,” he said.

Muzaffar, who is also president of the International Movement for a Just World and a member of the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, told the audience that 1.3 billion people live on incomes of $1 per day— 220 million ofwhom live in sub-Saharan Africa and 110 million ofwhom live in Latin America and the Caribbean.

“Why [is there] so much poverty in the world when we have both the technology and technique to elimiBEN YAFFE/THE CHRONICLE nate poverty from the face of the Earth?” asked Muzaffar, adding CHANDRA MUZAFFAR, a professor and activist, warned about globalization’s destructive that each of the three richest peoeffects and encouraged leaders to allow their religious morality to guide decisions. ple in the world have assets that exceed the gross domestic products presently, “Legitimization of greed poverty and wealth. Muzaffar elabof the 48 least-developed countries. has challenged the moral fabric of orated that the idea of the middle Muzaffar blames poverty on the society.” The professor argued that path exists among most religions misallocation of resources, the de- religion-inspired morality should such as the Golden Mean in Confusire of leaders to retain prestige cian ethics as well as in Taoism, guide economic endeavors. and the influence of big business.

Muzaffar is convinced that the Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and He cited military expenditures as injection of religion into policy Islam. Muzaffar stressed that relian example of misguided priorities, making can combat the disparity of gion-based morality already exists, noting that East Asian nations wealth. For example, he called for but that people should refer to it in spent $5l billion on the military, “government leaders with a moral making economic decisions. nine times the annual amount conscience.”

“As long as wealth and social needed to insure basic education “Religion espouses an approach disparities grow, there will be no for their citizens. that can be described as the middle solidarity among the human famiMuzaffar believes that many path,” claimed Muzaffar. He exly,” he said, adding that religion is countries are far from this ideal plained that this “middle path” the only shield against globalizacondition, and he argued that seeks moderation between extreme tion’s negative effects.

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TTA project Author scorches ‘pseudo-scientific’ research chugs along in Phase I

By MOLLY JACOBS The Chronicle

Faulting the popular media culture

as a source of misinformation, Christina Sommers yesterday discussed the

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By ELIZABETH CANTER The Chronicle

New York City, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and now Durham.

The Triangle is preparing to join hosts of large metropolitan areas with commuter rail services. The Triangle Transit Authority plans on having a line that will eventually cover 35 miles and serve 16 stations between downtown Durham and Raleigh running by 2006.

Juanita Shearer-Swink, a senior planner for the transit authority, explained that the transit authority is in the midst of putting together a 1,200-page environmental impact study that they hope to complete by the end of the calendar year.

The first and most essential segment, called Phase I, will run from Durham’s Ninth Street to one of three possible alternatives in downtown Raleigh. From there, the transit authority plans to expand the line to North Raleigh and Duke University Medical Center.

Keith Luck, senior planner for the Durham City-County Planning Department, said the proposed rail line “fits ex-

trends of shoddy research, distortions and irrational announcements of scientific discovery that are prevalent in modem education. The resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, who is also the author of Who Stole Feminism? and War Against Boys, asked researchers to do a better job before publicizing radical findings.

In particular, she focused on two authors’ works describing childrens’ psychological struggles with the world in which they live.

“The ethics of research has been filled with half-truths and pseudo-sciences,” she said before an audience of 20 in the Math/Physics Building. “And it has found its way into our texts, especially women and gender studies and educational textbooks.”

“Americans enjoy reports that large numbers of people are psychologically infirmed, but if eveiybody is psychologically infirmed, everyone is going to hell in a handbasket,” Sommers said.

Sommers faults the researchers themselves for the hysteria that is often created by pseudo-scientific studies. “It is disreputable to take the health of people and attribute it to mythology,” she said.

She urged that when examining conclusive studies, it is important to note the work in which the study was

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CHRISTINA SOMMERS warned 20 audience members yesterday about shoddy research practices. published, the validity of the research ular media hysteria. Soon it was folperformed and those who have con- lowed by other ill-grounded works incurred with their findings. ‘To solve the eluding Mary Piper’s Reviving Ophelia. real problem we need a powerful dose of “There is little evidence in peer-recommon sense,” she said. “But in the viewed psychological journals that current environment that is easier said states adolescent girls are in crisis,” said than done.”

Sommers. “In fact, when I looked in a Sommers began her discussion with psychological reference, I found data an analysis of two articles that she bethat stated that 86 percent ofadolescent lieves exhibit these “half-truths” based girls characterized themselves as either on “pseudo-” scientific research. The ‘pretty happy5 or Very happy.”’ first of these articles, written by Carol She also cited a late-’9os study.from Gilligan of the Harvard’s Graduate the McLean Psychiatric Hospital entiSchool of Education, depicts adolescent tled “Listening to Boys’ Voices.” “Later girls as “drowning in crisis” in today’s the focus turnedfrom boys to girls,” said Sommers. “But still it was neither accupatriarchal society, Sommers said.

In addition to citing Gilligan’s lack of rate nor helpful. These researchers did evidence, Sommers also showed how not do the work and those who did are this work became the catalyst for a pop- unable to concur with their results.”

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Grand jury indicts man for role in Loomis From staff and wire reports A federal grand jury indicted a man Tuesday in connection with the theft of $1.7 million during a heist of Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. Some of the money is still missing, but authorities found a portion of it in a Lincoln Coun-

ty storage locker.

The man, thirty-one-year-old Jody Calloway, and his wife moved out of Vf iIH/VYo their mobile home in Lincolnton and TVrfC LILj Tt rJUV into a new $212,000 house in Littleton, Colo, shortly after $1.3 million vanished from the locker where Calloway’s halfsister, Amy Grant, had hidden it days after the October 1997 heist.

Federal authorities said the money may account for a significant piece of the $1.7 million still missing after the arrest and conviction of 21 heist defendants, including Grant. Calloway was arrested Aug. 31. *

School board halts cola war: The cola war in Forsyth County is still a draw.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi, bidding against each other for the exclusive rights to supply Forsyth County schools, had both their proposals rejected by the county’s school board Tuesday night.

The decision came after Superintendent Don Martin recommended the board accept Pepsi’s 10-year $6.5 million contract. Coke’s bid was $6.45 million, but Pepsi’s bid also included more

than $1 million immediately as well as scholarships, donated beverages and higher commissions on vending sales for individual schools.

The school board voted 8-1 to scrap both offers, asking both companies to submit new five-year bids.

Coke and Pepsi also made five-year offers of more than $3 million each, but some school board members said the contracts were not lucrative enough.

Others voiced concern about making long-term commitments that future boards would have to honor.

The contract would give one company exclusive rights to sell and market its drinks—mostly fruit juices and drinks and bottled water—in school cafeterias, vending machines and concession stands.

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was intended to minimize the amount of school Gore missed.

Cathy Brothers, the deputy court clerk for Currituck County, told the Associated Press that it was a routine procedure to have a traffic violation trial postponed once, and that only the approval of the case’s prosecutor is required for such a change.

Gore has admitted that the charges are justified, but he has not yet filed a plea in the case.

FEMA begins disaster prevention program: The Federal Emergency

Management Agency launched a program to cooperate with six central North Carolina counties, including Durham, to reduce their vulnerability to natural disasters.

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The FEMA program, Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, aims to prevent damage from disasters before it occurs. FEMA estimates that any money spent on prevention pays itself back twofold by reducing the cost of repairs.

As part of Project Impact, FEMA will provide $300,000 and the agency’s technical expertise to the counties, while local businesses and other groups are expected to assist with labor, money and in-kind services.

U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge and David Price, both Democrats from North Carolina, announced the program Wednesday. In addition to Durham county, Project Impact will involve

Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Orange and Wake counties.

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Finding could help TTA welcomes community feedback climate forecasters A Regional Transit Plan... � DROUGHTS from page 3 Prophets of global warming have long predicted that the accumulation of greenhouse gasses would raise overall temperature, alter air circulation and make grasslands more vulnerable to drought. The Midwestern grasslands would be especially sensitive to change under those predictions, because most of the ecosystem’s moisture comes from one source; updrafts of southern air laden with humidity from the Gulf of Mexico. The rest of the air entering the Plains system from the Pacific Ocean is dry, losing its moisture when it passes over the Rocky Mountains.

Until now, the soothsayers did not have much scientific evidence for increased variability; their claims were mostly theoretical. Climate models usually predict changes in average temperature, but cannot accurately predict the magnitude of variation: Ecosystems are so sensitive to change that just one wrong number can throw calculations completely off. “Those averages

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tremely well with long range plans prepared by Durham. The Durham 2020 Comprehensive Plan envisions new compact neighborhoods throughout the city, and these would be very walkable and focused on regional transit lines.”

But before any construction can begin, ShearerSwink said, the environmental impact study must be completed. “We are studying six different alternatives in the Developmental Environmental Impact Study, including a no-build alternative and an increase in bus and ground transportation systems,” she said.

“Then, there are fourrail alternatives; two involve one continuous track with sections of a double track, and two have a double track along the entire line.”

A double track would enable trains leave a station every 7.5 minutes, and a single track plan would decrease the frequency to once every 15 minutes.

After the Triangle Transit Authority completes a draft of the study, which also covers social and economic impacts of the six alternatives, it will go on to

Changes of the magnitude and frequency of the Holocene-era disturbances would disrupt grain-farming operations and transform the soil into dust during dry periods, doing more damage to agricultural economies than the Dust Bowl of the 19305, Clark said. Although irrigation could ameliorate the problem, a preliminary draft of the team’s paper says other farming practices might actually aggravate it—leaving farmers to deal with reduced productivity, depleted aquifers, salty soil and constant erosion. And subsequent periods of humidity would encourage grass to grow again, providing fuel for fires.

The extreme weather of the last decade, from droughts in the South to raging fires in the West to the cold, damp air hanging over the Northeast this summer, may be a preview of what’s to come. Osborne said many other cycles may also be coming into play, including the 170-year cycles he studies. “We believe we’re at the peak of one of those episodes right now,” he said.

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“The community will have the opportunity to give important input,” Shearer-Swink said.

The study will also include a mitigation section to address major community concerns, and ShearerSwink said the authority is committed to giving community members the opportunity give input. ‘The more people who stand up and get involved, the better,” she said. Tf we have to put a noise wall in along a curve... we’ll address that in the final study.

Eventually, the Durham Area Transit Authority and Capital Area Transit will coordinate their services with the regional service to create an efficient network of public transportation in the Triangle. “Just as the Triangle has developed high-tech and refined ways to move information fast, we also need to have an alternative to move people fast,” Shearer-Swink said. “Phase-I commuter transit will provide this opportunity to visitors and commuters to travel without traffic, and for the area to grow more successfully”

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British truck drivers refuse oil shipments, create crisis GASOLINE from page 2 ruption unless their governments cut the fuel tax.

But, as has been the case all week, the situation was most serious in >

Britain. While Blair insisted he had gotten a guarantee from oil companies that they would order their drivers to leave Britain’s nine refineries to resume deliveries, only a trickle of gasoline was being brought to the pumps.

Britain uses about 22 million barrels of oil a day, but analysts estimated that only about 10 percent of that total was delivered Wednesday.

On a normal day, about 2,000 oil trucks leave refineries in Britain; Wednesday about 200 trucks made deliveries, government officials said.

Nearly all of that fuel was being reserved for police, fire, and other essential services.

Some drivers who did leave the re-

fineries were threatened by protesters.

At Stanlow refinery in northwest England, where the protest began last week, one demonstrator yelled at a driver: “We’ll remember you!”

William Hague, leader of the British opposition, called for Parliament to be recalled from its summer recess for an emergency debate on the crisis.

‘This has arisen because Tony Blair doesn’t listen to anyone. He should be brought to the one place he has to listen,” said Hague, who claimed that Blair owed the nation an apology for fumbling the crisis.

But Blair’s aides said that it was hypocritical of the Conservative Party members to criticize the Labor Party for refusing to cut the fuel tax, as it was the Tories who implemented the tax in the first place.

Still, even Blair’s aides admit that his government is facing its most seri-

ous crisis since assuming power in May 1997. Sensing the Labor Party’s vulnerability on the issue, the Conservatives, led by Hague, are trying to exploit the popular anger at Blair’s government. Polls suggest most Britons blame the crisis on the government, which collects the highest fuel tax in Europe, making gasoline here, at nearly $5 a gallon, the most expensive in Europe. More than 70 percent of the pump price goes to the tax coffers.

A beleaguered Blair emerged from another day of closed-door-meetings at 10 Downing St. to acknowledge that his pledge Tuesday that things would be “on their way back to normal in 24 hours” was overly optimistic.

“We are a considerable distance from where we need to go,” said Blair.

But Blair remained defiant, saying that he would not give into demands from truckers and farmers to reduce

the fuel tax, saying the government would not negotiate under the threat of blackmail.

“If we did give in,” he said, “how long before a new grievance emerged?”

He blamed the crisis on the oil companies and its drivers.

“Where the determination exists, the supplies do indeed get through,” he said.

Like Milburn, who accused the demonstrators of risking the lives of those who need medical care, Blair

warned the protesters.

“Real damage is being done to real people,” Blair said. “Lives are at risk.

Businesses will shut down and people will be put out of work.”

Protestors accused Blair and Milburn of engaging in “emotional blackmail.” lan Stewart, a truck driver from London, said the fuel tax was already inflicting serious hardship on his wife and three children.

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The deal was a defeat for the federal government, which had originally charged Lee in a 59-count indictment and had portrayed him as a spy for the Chinese government.

As the case seemed to unravel in recent weeks, government officials suggested that Lee might instead have provided secrets to other governments. Ultimately, he was not charged with espionage.

Even before the final deal was reached Tuesday, officials began placing blame for the virtual collapse of the government’s case.

John Kelly, the former US. attorney in Albuquerque who indicted Lee and then left government to run for Congress, said in an interview that the original indict-

prosecuted for what he did.”

“This case was not about race. It was about the actions of a man who mishandled huge amounts of clas-

sified data.”

Under the plea agreement, prosecutors will be able to question Lee under oath and reinstate the charges if he is found to have lied, prosecutors said.

“I’m very happy to go home with my wife and my children today,” Lee said in brief remarks to reporters outside the courthouse. “I want to say thank you to all the people who support me. I really appreciate it very, very much. In the next few days, I’m going fishing.”

ment had been approved not just by him but also by senior officials at the Justice and Energy Departments.

It was a “team decision,” Kelly said.

Some government officials blamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation for providing false testimony at pretrial hearings, which ultimately hurt the govern-

ment’s case.

And one government lawyer said the Los Alamos National Laboratory had harmed the case by giving deeply conflicting views of the value of the weapons information Lee had improperly downloaded.

The government agreed Sunday to reduce the charges to one felony count of having illegally gathered and retained nuclear weapons secrets.

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Program offers mentors DSG explains election mess to pre-business students ELECTION from page I tion—filing a complaint—existed. Her name was added to the ballot later in the afternoon, but it was only penciled in at the bottom of one of two East Campus voting booth ballots, she said.

“I didn’t know I could [file a complaint],” she said. “At first, I was like ‘I don’t care’ because I was so upset... but then I decided that I wanted to try to participate in student government, because I had done it for four years in high school.”

Both Molchanov and Budoff said they were unsure whether they informed Mikucka of the complaint option at the time that she pointed out her name’s omission, but they stressed that such information is included in candidates’ information packets and is mentioned during a preelection meeting with all candidates.

Either way, DSG officers have assured Mikucka some role in the organization, if not an at-large legislative spot.

“Because of this particular situation, DSG made an error that was unlikely to affect the outcome—but [one that] could have affected the outcome of the election...” said Dodson, a junior. “I think it’s my responsibility to show this person special consideration based on the patience and diligence she demonstrated when participating in the DSG process.”

If Mikucka does not obtain an at-large position, Dodson said, he will seek legislative approval to find her a spot within the organization. DSG bylaws give the executive vice president the authority to create special assistants to help him in his duties, assuming the legislature agrees.

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About 30 percent of the Fuqua students involved also attended Duke as undergraduates, including Luther, Trinity ’95.

“This is a really good way for me to give back to Fuqua and to Duke...” Luther said. “All this knowledge lives at Fuqua. It doesn’t require a lot for us to give it to people.”

Students who attended the panel discussions and the review said they were excited about the opportunity to learn from people with business experience.

“It’s awesome they’re taking the time to do it, because they’re only students,” said junior Meera Kakad. “This is a program that could really work. It makes the $30,000 per year worth it to have connections like this.”

Vadnais and Luther began thinking about the program about a year ago.

Luther said her experience as a work-study student as an undergraduate at Fuqua inspired her to start Fuqua2Duke.

“I had quite a few mentors [at Fuqua],” Luther said. “Those individuals really helped shape my career decisions.... I had very strong focus and a good amount of knowl-

edge about what I wanted to do. It really set me apart.”

And at a school where there is no undergraduate business major, many students face the difficult task of finding mentors with experience in their fields of interest.

“The fact that Duke does not have a business major is a significant hurdle to a lot-of students interested in business careers,” said junior Zach Ager, president of the undergraduate Duke Business Club. “They miss out on a lot of insight they would normally get in the class room and the Fuqua student are able to provide a lot of that insight.”

The program is in a trial year and has relied upon the CDC and the Duke Business Club to publicize its events.

If all goes well this year, the group may seek official recognition with the MBA Association.

“As far as the career center is concerned, they’re a wonderful resource,” said Michele Rasmussen, an administrative intern at the CDC. “The best thing is that these are people who have had on average five years of work experience in a variety of different career areas...,” she continued. “Because they’re relatively young... the undergraduates feel they can really connect with them.”

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DSG President Jordan Bazinsky said he was embarrassed by the errors, which other DSG officials attributed to a typing slip, “There is no excuse for the mistakes that were made,” the senior said.

The errors in this most recent election have raised a number of other questions about the credibility of the entire process.

Dodson said that throughout the year, he will examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the voting system, as well as the possibility of asking for outside help.

Also, DSG officials continue to examine concerns that the legislative election’s balloting system allowed students to vote for any candidate, even though they were only supposed to vote for those from their own campuses.

“As much as we’d like to think students would not cheat, there are those out

there,” acknowledged junior Jimmy Carter, DSG chief ofstaff and a member of the election commission.

But DSG officials said there are no plans to change the system immediately.

“We assume that the honor code is in effect, like all places where there is not a written set of rules,” Budoff said. “But if students want to vote for someone else [not on their campusl, they’re choosing not to have representation.”

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one-time event and contended that merit-based pay would encourage teachers to improve. He pointed to business as an example of the value of that type of salary system. “Almost every profession in [the world] has pay based on merit,” he said. “I want to reward great teachers with great salaries.” He later added that he hoped this scheme would help attract college students to the teaching profession.

After the debate, Almetta Armstrong, a retired teacher on the N.C. School Board Association, said merit-based pay could be beneficial, as long as it is done fairly. “I don’t agree with re-testing,” she said, adding that teachers are already familiar with their material, so re-certification would not weed out poor teachers.

Eventually, Easley agreed that incentive pay increases could help the teaching profession, but only if they went to teachers who achieved re-certification.

Vinroot responded, “It looks like you’ve come on board.”

But Easley also spoke about expanding teachers’ benefit packages.

“We have to look at what it will take to attract close to 10,000 teachers over the next 10 years,” he said. He listed sabbaticals and expense accounts for school supplies as examples ofpossible benefits.

Improving student performance also spurred a heated debate. Easley wants to concentrate on schools that receive poor performance ratings and place troubled students in alternative learning environments.

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private. He termed his plan a scholarship program for underprivileged children and stressed that it is not a voucher program.

“These are options for people who don’t have options,” he said. Vinroot cited a study by Harvard University’s Brookings Institute that showed poor students improved with scholarship aid.

Easley charged that Vinroot’s proposal was indeed a voucher program that would take control away from the state. “When you take voucher money and send it to a private school, you lose accountability,” he said.

Don Wildman, a member of the N.C. Community College Faculty Association, does not support the scholarship program. “That’s draining money from public schools,” he said after the debate. “We need more money in the public schools.”

Vinroot charged that Easley was holding to party lines. “You’re going to stand in [underprivileged students’] schoolhouse d00r...,” he said. “How long will they have to wait until their school improves?,... Ten years?”

Easley responded that he would improve schools by lowering the class size and expanding or instituting a pre-Kindergarten program. “I don’t want to fence in poor children,” he said. “I want to go in and fix their schools.” He added that his pre-K programs would help at-risk 4-year-olds get ready for school.

The candidates did agree on a few issues. Both said

North Carolina needs to devote more money and resources to community colleges and the growing Hispanic population. Neither candidate put forth very specific proposals on this topic, however.

They also agreed that the state should give more money to the university system. Easley supported fulfilling the schools’ $3.1 million bond request, but Vinroot said N.C. citizens should vote on the issue. ‘The legislature has not taken care of that system for a long time,” he added.

Although Barbara Howe, the Libertarian candidate for governor, was excluded from the debate, she held a press conference beforehand.

After the debate, she said the candidates’ stances reflected typical politics and that her participation would have livened the debate. She added that since the sponsoring coalition was called Education: Everybody’s Business, all candidates should have been included.

Although the debate was relatively free of mudslinging, the candidates managed to lob a few dirt clods. An audience that seemed mostly Democratic vehemently booed Vinroot when he charged that Easley had wrongly used public funds for his campaign. In turn, Easley tried to vilify Vinroot’s stances.

The audience comprised organizations and people who have a strong stake in education, such as school board members, county commissioners and members of local chambers of commerce.

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Federal Trade Commission’s 15-month study on the effects and activities of the movie, music and video game industries is a well-intentioned attempt to shed light on the causes of societal violence—especially among children. But the study’s accusations and recommendations —that the industries should stop “targeting” unsuitable material to young children in advertising campaigns—misses the point.

Earlier this week Vice President A1 Gore said that if he is elected he will enforce the FTC’s recommendations to curb advertisements in teenage magazines for violent movies and video games.

This restriction of entertainment industry advertising is aimed at reversing the increasing number of schoolyard shootings. But the suggested policy does not get to the root of the problem; it only addresses one questionable cause of the recent violence.

Besides, a ban on this kind of advertising is entirely different than a ban on cigarette or alcohol ads in magazines whose target demographic cannot legally consume tobacco or beer. These activities, after all, are illegal to underage individuals. Yet, no law prevents a child from playing or buying a violent video game and no law prevents a child from attending an R-rated movie. The restrictions placed on video games and movies are voluntary.

Clearly, for the sake of the First Amendment, the government must not ban these games or movies. Although social scientists have consistently proven a correlation between the amount oftelevision a child watches with her violent tendencies later in life, they have not sufficiently proven that the latter is caused by the former.

It is a parent’s responsibility to monitor his children’s consumption of these media —not the federal government’s. These games and movies might have no effect on most children, but they might have drastic effects on some. Parents know their children best, and it is their responsibility to determine what their children can handle. The government cannot ban forms of media for all when they only produce negative effects on a few.

Besides, these regulations do not come close to striking at the heart of the problem. Children have always had violent tendencies, and for years, they have been watching violent programming from Westerns to cartoons like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the nightly news.

The heightened attention toward this problem is caused because children are now killing each other with guns. The proliferation of guns and a lack of responsibility with guns—not an increase in media violence—has permitted the increase of violence among children.

If a child is beating up his younger sibling because he does not like the clothing that he is wearing, then the correct solution would be to get the violent child away from the younger sibling. This FTC solution is the equivalent of making the younger child change his clothes.

Censorship is not the answer to the FTC’s problem—responsibility is.

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Letter writers misunderstood ‘Colombia’ column who wrote another reply in edition, yesterday’s I McClarnon published Sept. thought it was insulting 7, and the subsequent replies that The Chronicle allowed to that column. such a publication. My first I am not a frequent reader idea was to write a similar of The Chronicle, but a coureply, but I thought that ple of days ago a friend of before sending such a reply, mine brought to my attenI should read McClarnon’s tion the reply of Marco column first.

I read the column in the Brenner to McClarnon’s column. I myself am a proud Internet archives of The Colombian.

Chronicle, and then I underAt the time I read the stood what it was about. reply of fellow McClamon wrote an article my Colombian and Duke stuwhere she expressed her opindent I had not read ion ofthe current issues in the McClarnon’s column, and I relations between the United was appalled by the idea of States and Colombia, which is nuclear bombs being totally opposite of what the dropped in Colombia to title suggests. McClarnon eliminate the drug problem, wrote a strong satire in a very thinking it an extremely fas- nice “Huxleyan” style. I think cist idea, only conceivable in the introduction in the column a very small mind. Like was somewhat unfortunate, another fellow Colombian and caused this misinterpre-

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tation of fellow my Colombians.

Satire is a writing style that intends to be reflexive, not cruel, and not necessarily humorous. I think the problem some of my fellow Colombians who read this article may have be a language barrier that makes it that much more difficult to understand this particular style of writing.

I wrote this letter in a hope to clear up for people who misjudged McClarnon’s intention—which is to criticize the United States’ continued support for the Colombian military, considering what they do to our great nation.

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the record My understanding was that she was never given a guarantee. We were saying It does look good for you that you were willing to go through the extra trouble of campaigning, as do most people who apply for the at-large process.’ My opinion is—and I would assume [DSG Executive Vice President Daryn Dodson] and those who are more involved share it—you get a more favorable consideration in our eyes for expressing that initial interest in the election. ;

Duke Student Government Attorney General Jessica Budoff, explaining her understanding of what was promised to a DSG candidate whose name was omitted from the official ballot (see story, page one)

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From chemist sets to classrooms

This interview with Professor Michael MontagueSmith, former organic chemistry professor and associate director of undergraduate studies for the chemistry department, is the first in this volume’s series of Oak Room Interviews. The series is designed to shed light on the personalities of noted campus figures in an informal setting. This interview was conducted by Martin Barna, editorial page editor of The Chronicle.

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did. I had a chemistry set when I was seven. I always liked putting things together and seeing what they did. When I was a teenager I used to make gunpowder and set it off. I just always liked it from as far back as I can remember.

MB; After you decided you wanted to study chemistry, what made you want to go into teaching?

one time, and he told me he couldn’t tell me what he did. I sort ofsaid, “you could tell me but you’d have to kill me.” And then he said, “I really can’t tell you.”

That’s kind of a strange thing to hear from your dad.

That’s why we initially moved out there, at least I thought, for him to be a teacher.

about 15 or 16 I think— when we lived in Saipan— one of the things I liked to do was go up m the caves

MMS: Well, I got a new job. For the last few years I have been a visiting assistant professor here—but now I am the associate director of undergraduate studies, which is a perma-

to entertain?

MMS: No, there were plenty of people on the island, I just can’t remember...! can’t think of anyone who caused me to be me.

MMS: Chemistry can be as boring as the instructor chooses to make it.... But if the person teaching chemistry can tell stories about a particular kind of molecule or phenomenon, it makes people in the class go “Oh, that’s neat,” it could illuminate the concept a bit and it could keep them interested. And I think that’s a sizable chunk of the battle—in terms of teaching—keeping kids coming to class saying, “I don’t know what he is going to say today, but I want be there when he says it.”

MB: What brought your family to the islands?

MB: How do you feel about being a pre-major advi-

MMS:

Not really, I can’t think of anybody who I sort of tried to emulate.

MB: Not a lot of people on the island?

MMS: My dad, he was a teacher when we first moved to Guam. He taught elementary school and then high school. But apparently he had a little side job that nobody knew about. My dad worked for the CIA. We weren’t allowed to know about it. I asked him about it

sor at Duke? How do you feel about advising?

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I like interacting with Duke students and do it whenever I can.

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“chemistry mentor.” While I don’t know what that means, did you have any particular role models while growing up? In terms of science or in general?

MB: Do you advise major students as well?

MMS: Yes, about a dozen,

MB: Do you tell these stories more to make a point or

MB: Is there a particular reason that you stopped teaching organic chemistry this year?

undergraduate, but I never saw that person.

MMS; When I was

MB: A former student of yours called you their

MMS: I think that people might be more intense than they used to be, but that’s a very qualitative kind of thin. It’s just kind of a feel. I am not just saying that they weren’t very bright when I started, but somehow it seems that things have just ramped up in the past few years....

MMS: I guess I had an adviser when I was an

said that their best memories of the class—outside of the chemistry, of course—are your stories of growing up. Can you give us an example?

nent staff position within the department, and I have a lot of other duties besides teaching organic.

Initially it was thought I wouldn’t teach at all, but then this chemistry 21 class came up and I was asked to teach that, and I am glad I did, because I like teaching—l just enjoy It.

MB: Over your six years at Duke, have you noticed any trends about how students have changed?

MB: My pre-major advising was mostly a PIN number.

MB: Students who have had you for organic have

from World War II and scrounge around and find unexploded ordinances and stuff like that. My mother had warned me hundreds of times not to do it, because it was an incredibly stupid thing to do, but I was 15 or 16 and therefore indestructible and so I did it constantly. One thing that was always fun to get a hold of was .50- or .60- caliber machine gun rounds—the big ones—and collect them up and hit them on a rock until the bullet part came off. Then I’d collect up the gun powder.... One time I had maybe a quart of it. We lived in this house down by the beach in Saipan and I ran [the gunpowder] in a big square all the way around the house. I set it off at night—which was really pretty spectacular. And my mom and my dad just about killed me. The reason I tell that story is because when I was a kid I had kind of a freedom to do things that were just amazing in retrospect. You couldn’t go anywhere, you couldn’t just leave the island—although I did that occasionally. And even though I could get in a lot of trouble, my parents didn’t know anything about it, so they didn’t have any ability to stop me from doing it. So I had this great freedom to leam things, and it was really a neat time to grow up out there. It was so foreign to the United States that as I look back at it, it’s almost amazing. It’s like this cultural backwater. There was no TV. There was only transient electricity and water, it was just a very different kind of experience.... It was just a kind of freedom that I had, that you couldn’t do here—just because there are too many people, there’s too much uncertainty and there’s too far you can go.

When you live on an island that’s only 14 miles long, no matter how lost you get, you’re not terribly 105t....

MMS: When I was in graduate school I had a fellowship from the Department of Education, and one of the requirements of that was I had to teach three quarters a year. This was the West Coast, so we were on the quarter system. I taught organic and general chemistry, and while I was doing it I just found that I really liked it. It was just kind of a fluke thing....

grown up some. I think some people look at premajor advising and think it is supposed to be some kind of continuation of a guidance counselor, but that’s not what it i5.... In a lot of ways, pre-major advising’s main function is to come up with resources when things go wrong and to help kids figure their way out of a dilemma and helping to navigate the bureaucracy. A lot of people may just see their pre-major adviser a couple times a year, get their pin number and that’s it. But those arguably aren’t the kids that need that much advising. For some people I think its really valuable. We just try to provide a service as best we can. Some people find it more useful than others.

down to what a student expects. I don’t think its appropriate for pre-major advisors to tell you what classes to take. Because by the time you get to college, you are supposed to be

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7:30 a.m. organic chemistry exam policy—so all students would take organic chemistry exams at the same time. What was the impetus for that?

MMS: At the time I did it, I was teaching two sec-

tions of organic to about 400 students. I wanted to give them the same exam but giving them the same exam on two different days—honor code or no—presents certain problems.... I got a hold of people in the registrar’s office and they said, “Oh yes, we do have a block exam, no one’s used it for years....” It turned out it was at 7:30 in the morning—l did not pick that time.... When everyone takes the same exam, at the same time, under the same conditions, it’s completely fair—and that’s really my primary concern.

MB: Are you a believer or supporter of Duke’s honor code?

MMS: I think that the concept of an honor code is great, but I don’t think Duke’s is fully fleshed out.

But I did the 7:30 in the morning exams. I didn’t want to be here then, trust me.

MB: Do you have any pastimes?

MMS: I like listening to music. I’ve managed to accumulate a pretty decent stereo.... I listen to a lot of archaic pop and rock and roll that no one listens to anymore. Remember, I graduated from high school in 1974.... [I like] the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac....

MB: Do you have a favorite song by the Stones?

MMS: There’s a million of them... “You can’t always Get What You Want.” I don’t know. I think I told my kid that the other day...

MB: Did you ever consider going to medical school instead of getting your Ph.D.?

MMS; Briefly. I think the reality is that when people

get sick they tend to get real self-centered and whiny and want somebody to fix them—that’s how it is for me anyway. I’m not fun to be around when I’m not feeling well, and at one point I decided, ‘Why would I want to surround myself with people like that everyday?” And I don’t. It’s not that I’m not empathetic, but I don’t think that I’d be good at it. I would be just as likely to say, “Oh just suck it up and deal with it.” I don’t think that’s a characteristic of a fine physician. I feel really fortunate to be given the opportunity to teach at Duke, because the reality is I get to interact with some of the brightest undergraduates in the country every day. Every once in a while I like to flatter myself by thinking that I’ve made some positive contribution to some person’s life. And when it comes right down to it, that’s what the whole deal is about.

And I get paid for it! You can’t beat that.

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THURSDAY September 14 ‘Table Talk!” A drop-in lunch sponsored by the Westminster Presbyterian/UCC Fellowship, the Baptist Student Union, and the Newman Catholic Student Center. At the Chapel Basement Kitchen, 121:00 p.m. Come join us!

Duke Gardens Class: Creating a Beautiful Lawn with Paul McKenzie. Horticulture Service Area. Tickets are $lO for the public, $7 for Friends of the Gardens.

12 noon. For information, call 684-3698.

Department of Biology Duke University Plant Systematics Seminar: “Phylogenetic Patterns of Disjunct Fagaceae: Tracking the Tertiary History of Temperate and Tropical Forests,” By Dr. Paul Manos, Department of Biology, Duke University.

12:40 p.m. Room 144 Bio Sci Building.

Community

Calendar

Choral Vespers Service with the Duke University Vespers Ensemble at Memorial Chapel, 5:15 p.m. in Duke Chapel. Choral Vespers is celebrated by candlelight each Thursday during the semester.

The Duke University’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program (MALS) will hold an information session at Barnes and Noble, New Hope Commons in Durham. For more information call 684-3222. 6:30 p.m.

The Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) will celebrate Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. in the Wesley Office, basement of Duke Chapel. All are welcome.

For more information, call 684-6735 or email jenny.copeland@duke.edu.

“Thomas Wolfe in the 21st Century.” Ted Mitchell, historic site interpreter at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in Asheville, will discuss Wolfe’s literary reputation. For information, call 660-5816. 7:00 p.m. Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, West Campus.

Opening reception for Peter Gourfain’s bronze interior doors, which will be installed in the new Nasher Museum of Art. For information call the Duke University Museum of Art, 684-5135.

Freewater Presentations: “Powaqqatsi.” Free to Duke University students with ID and $3.00 to non-Duke students. 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. For more information, call Duke University Union at 684-2911.

Catholic Mass Thursdays at 10:00 p.m., Lilly Library, Computer Resource room, East Campus. All are welcome. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the Newman Catholic Student Center, contact Father Joe Vetter 684.1882 joev@duke.edu or Sister Joanna Walsh 684.3354 sr.joanna@duke.edu www.duke.edu/web/catholic

FRIDAY International Coffee Connection: 12 noon-1:15 p.m. Duke Chapel basement lounge

Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer Support Group is held every Friday from 34:30 p.m. at Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center in Chapel Hill. For information, call 967-8842.

Duke in Los Angeles Program for Spring 2001. Find out more at the following informational meeting: 4:00 in 107 Art Museum.

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Karate for Women

Announcements

Fun and challenging way to exercise and gain self-confidence.

Traditional Okinawan style; Karate, weapons, and Jujutsu. Downtown Durham. Wed. & Sat. Call 6803266.

ATTENTION SENIORS!!

Information meeting for Seniors interested in applying to Business School. Thursday, September 21 in 136 Social Sciences at s;3opm.

Please attend!

THE HEALTHY DEVIL

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students can visit The Healthy Devil Health Education Center for info on everything from nutrition to contraception, plus

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Located in 101 House O, Kilgo arch on West Campus. The Healthy Devil has regular walk-in hours weekdays 11-2. For more information call 681 -WELL.

Brother organization that pairs students with children of Duke Housing Management, Dining, and Auxiliary Services’ employees. Children are ages 5-14 and are looking for a friend in you!

Sujata Contact Prabhu (spp6@duke.edu) or Melva Pinn (mep9@duke.edu).

ACADEMIC SKILLS THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM (ASIP) offers workshops for all campus living groups, as well as, campus clubs and organizations.

An ASIP instructor will tailor a workshop specifically to-the needs of your group. For more information call 684-5917 or see our website ASIP (www.duke.edu/web/skills). is a resource for all undergraduate students at Duke.

Duke in Los Angeles Program Spring 2001. Informational meetings in 107 Art Museum Tues. Sept.

12, 4:00 and Fri. Sept. 15. 4:00.

http://www.duke.edu/web/film/ Duke-in-LA. Grad, student wanted to coach women’s fast pitch softball team.

Paid Position. Experience coaching preferred. Contact Kate @6130374, klg 6@duke.edu.

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The Duke Women’s Volleyball Team has an opening for a student assistant.

For more information please call 684-4834.

LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE? www.housinglol.net. Your move off campusl

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Nationally Recognized Healthy Devil Online “NEW & IMPROVED** http://healthydevil.studentaffairs.duke.edu.

SKILLS ACADEMIC THE PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONAL (ASIP) offers individual conferences to help you plan your time, develop a regular study routine, develop paper production schedules, discover new and effective reading, note-taking and critical thinking skills that will work for you. All conferences focus on the particular course(s) you are taking. Your own schedule and course materials form the basis of your work with an ASIP instructor.

Also, learn self-coaching strategies that will help you achieve your academic goals. Call 6845917 for an appointment or see our website for more information (www.duke.edu/web/skills). ASIP is a resource for all undergraduate students at Duke.

are needed for the Saturday, September 16 performance by the American String Quartet at 8 pm, in Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus, You will have the opportunity to hear the performance for FREE! If you are interested in ushering please sign up at the info desk in the Bryan Center or email beverly.meek@duke.edu.

Questions call 684-4687.

Ushers

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All apps., sec.sys., hrd wd. floors, spacious rms. Must rent! Avail.

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Large duplex with W/D, central A/H, 2bd/Iba, very large master bedroom, private deck, $755. shelbrathorla @ yahoo, com. i

Birthdays HAPPY 21st Birthday Komal Nandwani.

Afterschool childcare in Trinity Park near East Campus for nine year old girl and twelve year old boy. Hours needed are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 2:45-6:lspm. Will pay $9.00 per hour. Car required.

Please call with references at 660SI 47 (day) or 683-2730 (evenings).

Administrative AssistantThe Center for Academic Integrity is a non-profit educational organization that was established in 1992 to identify, affirm and promote values of academic integrity across campus communities. We are affiliated with the Kenan Institute for Ethics.

Our membership includes institutions of higher learning from across the United States with a growing international membership. The Administrative Assistant position is a part-time (30 hours/week) position that does not include Duke benefits.

The Administrative Assistant should be enthusiastic about supporting the Center’s mission. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, dependable, detail-oriented, organized and have the ability to work independently.

Skill set includes- telephone protocol, strong verbal and written communication skills for edit/proofing correspond, and Microsoft Access/Excel (database management), Microsoft Word. Web-page design would be an additional

asset.

Afterschool transportation and care for our daughter. Must have own car and impeccable driving record.

Pay is $lO/hr; most afternoons from 3:3Q-5;30. If interested, call 4939294.

Child care needed for 2 children agesnine and ten, MWF, 2:30-5:30, must have own car and good driving record. $lOO/wk, 403-2923.

College student to babysit, 1-2 afternoons/week in home for 1 child. Call 490-6795.

Help Wanted BARTENDERS MAKE $lOO-5250 PER NIGHT! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! CALL NOW!! 1-800981-8168 ext. 9018.

Mail, e-mail or fax resume to: Dr. Diane M. Waryold Executive Director of Center for Academic Integrity Program Administrator of the Kenan Institute for Ethics Duke University, Box 90434, Durham, NC 27708 919-660-3045, 919-660-3049 (fax) dmwaryol @ duke.edu Are you a Duke student needing work? This is clerical work and not work study. For more information, call 684-3491.

Busy mother of 5 needs assistance with afterschool activities including tutoring, playing with kids, infant care, and other miscellaneous chores. Good pay. 3-6pm M-F. Must have own transportation. 4039590.

The Chronicle ATTN: WORK STUDY STUDENTS Two student assistants needed the Talent in Identification (TIP).

Program Duties include general office and clerical support, proof reading, and data entry. Good communication skills are essential. Contact Julie Worley at 668-5140 or at jworley@tip.duke.edu for more information.

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BARTENDERS NEEDED!!!

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BE A TUTOR! Are you a good student who enjoys helping people? Are you looking for a flexible part-time job? Why not be a tutor at Duke?

Tutors needed for Chemistry, Computer Science,

Economics,

Engineering,

Foreign Languages, Math, Statistics.

Physics and Undergraduates (sophomoresenior earn $B/hr and graduate tutors earn $l2/hr. Pick up an application today! Peer Tutoring Office, 217 Academic Advising Center, East Campus, 6848832.

Chef/Sous-Chef

Near South Square Mall. Good working conditions, excellent pay and benefits. 419-0907, after 2pm.

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phone orders: call (919) 684-3811 to place your ad.

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http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/classifieds/today.html Call 684-3811 if you have any questions about classifieds.

No refunds or cancellations after first insertion deadline.

John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American

Documentation (in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library) **Work as part of a team with the Director and Graduate Intern of the Franklin Center include: on-line searching, word processing, filing, working with new acquisitions **Supportive Environment!!

**6.75/hour, 8-10 hours/week; work-study not required **Contact Joe Thompson at 660-5922

Courier & Office assistant Office of the Provost, provide clerical support and make campus deliveries.

Must be physically fit for light lifting.

Energetic, motivated & dependable.

15-20 hrs. a week. Start ASAP. Call Pat Scott at 684-2631 or e-mail -

pat.scott@duke.edu.

Duke Liver Center is looking for work study student (Fr.-Grad) who is organized, friendly, enthusiastic with good work ethics. Duties: data collection, data entry, library research, copying, creating new files, filing etc. 10-20 hours/week @ $7.00/hr.

Contact Anne Johnson for more information and/or an appointment email: at 681-5054 or johns22l @ mc.duke.edu.

FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, CLUBS, STUDENT GROUPS: Earn $l,OOO-$2,000 this quarter easy with the Campusfundraiser.com three-hour No sales fundraising even. required. Fundraising dates are filling quickly, so call today! Contact Campusfundraiser.com at 888-9233238, or visit www.campusfundraiser.com.

HELP WANTED; MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT ASSISTANT FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPUTING. Work-study student with McGyver instincts needed to assist with multimedia equipment setups and basic maintenance tasks. Flexible times morning, afternoon and evening.

Knowledge of computers, 16mm projector operation a plus, reliability and responsibility a necessity. We will provide training on equipment setup procedures and operation of other media and multimedia control systems. Rate. $7.00 minimum, depending on capabilities. Contact 660-3088 and ask for Chris or or write Carlisle,

Saladelia Catering seeking parttimeoffice assistant, AM or PM, flexible hours, computer knowledge, organizational and phone skills.

Excellent pay. Call 489-5776 or fax 493-3392.

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COPY EDITOR

National, magazine seeks meticulous proofreader/copy editor for bimonthly freelance work (about 1015 hours). Must have exceptional command of English grammar and a good ear.

Must be familiar with Chicago Manual of Style. Good money.

Call Phil @ 309-2990 or email pmonahan@sover.net.

Howstuffworks.com, located just off I-40/US-1 in Cary, has immediate openings for part-time, paid Publishing Interns. Experience with HTML coding, writing/editing and online research skills are required.

Good language skills, a meticulous eye for detail and willingness to learn are a must! Publishing and/or journalism experience, is a plus.

Flexible schedule during regular business hours is available. E-mail cover letter and resume to resume@howstuffworks.com with the subject “Publishing Intern,” or fax to 919-854-9952.

Applications accepted 2-5 daily or call 489-0030 and ask for the manager on duty.

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PAGE 14 Looking for a few (3) good men or women! Job includes general clerical duties in medical school administrative offices. Work study eligibility preferred, but not required. If interested, please contact Linda Chambers 684-8059.

MATH TUTORS!

Tutors needed for Math 25L, 31L. 32L, 32, 41 and 103. Be a math tutor in the Peer Tutoring Program and share your knowledge! Apply in 217 Academic Advising Center. East Campus, 684-8832.

Undergraduates (sophomore-senior) earn $B/hr and graduate tutors earn $l2/hr.

Positions are available for several

RAINBOW SOCCER COACHES WANTED! Volunteer coaches needed for youth, ages 3-13, and Adults, 9th grade and older.

Practices M&W or T&TH, 4:155:15 for youth, 5:15 Dark for adults.

All big, small, happy, tall, large hearted, willing, fun-loving people qualify. Call 967-3340 or 967-8797 for information.

RAINBOW SOCCER seeks a File Maker Pro computer savvy individual for seasonal/year 'round office and field work. Precise data entry skills and soccer experience necessary. Flexible hours. Please call 967-3340 or 967-8797 ASAP.

Research/Administrative Assistant

Research, writing, computer skills Great job for someone interested in politics and policy.

Minimum 30 hours/week.

Compensation $lO/hour range.

Fax email (489-3290), (mac@intrex.net), or send resume to MPC, 3308 Chapel Hill Blvd. #lOl, Durham, NC 27707.

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Nursery Attendants Needed at Duke 10:30am til Chapel12:15pm, two Sundays per month, $2O per week. Experience with children desirable. References required. Call 919-732-3395 to apply.

NEED EXTRA MONEY?

The Life Stress study is recruiting healthy men and women ages 1860 to participate in a study on physiological responses to stressful life events. Qualified participants will attend one 3-hour lab session and will be paid $5O for their time and effort. If interested, please call 684-8667 for more information. work study students to assist research group in Psychiatry department in the Medical Center.

Duties may include assistance with data management, entry and scanning. We also have opportunities available for those interested in database programming. Rate of pay $6.80/ hr. minimum. Contact Ron Garrison, 684-5130.

RUSSIAN RELOCATION COORDINATOR TogetherSoft, a software company on Centennial Campus, is relocating a group of our employees (software developers) to Raleigh from St, Petersburg, Russia. The RRC would be the main point of contact, help with housing/language/ transportation/ driving lessons, learning about America and general “setting in." Immigration, relocation, human resources, and Russian language skills extremely useful. Must be able to develop relationships, listen, communicate and help people.

Requires flexible hours & transportation. Full time or contract Contact Jennifer position.

Moore at 919-865-0610 or jen-

nifer.moore@togethersoft.com.

Sylvan Learning Center needs college grads as part-time reading

and math instructors.

Flexible afternoon and Saturday morning hours. Requires enthusiasm for teaching and working with kids.

309-9966.

Jamaica, Cancun, Florida, Now Barbados, Bahamas.

Hiring Campus Reps. Earn 2 Free Trips. Free Meals... Book

by Nov. 2nd. Call for FREE Info pack or visit on-line sunsplashtours.com. 1-800-426-7710.

TWO RAINBOW SOCCER ASSISTANTS WANTED for Chapel Hill recreational league. Approx. 25 hrs/week, weekday afternoons and Saturdays. Must be dependable, good with kids of all ages and have coaching and refereeing experience, organizational skills, dynamic attitude, and reliable transportation. Please call 967-3340 or 967-8797 ASAP. RAINBOW SOCCER seeks a File Maker Pro computer savvy individual for seasonal/year ’round office and field work. Precise data entry skills and soccer experience necessary. Flexible hours. Please call 967-3340 or 967-8797 ASAP.

Unique WORK-STUDY opportunity with AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL. ADF is seeking reliable and self-motivated individuals for office support. Good hands-on experience for those interested in the Arts or non-profit management.

Exciting, informal and busy environment. Contact ADF; 684-6402.

Houses For Rent Beautiful 15 acre farm 5 minutes from I-40 between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath newly renovated log home with hot water baseboard heat, wood floors, French doors to big southeast deck, covered sunset porch.

8 stall horsebarn, run-in shed, two 4 acre paddocks, garden, dog pen. $l6OO per/month Call Jeff at 942-8331.

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FAIR OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.

As an Assistant you will have the opportunity to talk with recruiters as

COORDINATE CAREER

YOU ASSIST THEM DURING THE DAY,

This is an excellent opportunity to learn more than the average student ABOUT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED AT THE CAREER

FAIR, TO TALK TO

RECRUITERS ON A MORE INFORMAL BASIS, AND TO GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON WHAT

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

OPEN

Meetings

SPRING BREAK 2001

TO ALL STUDENTS!

Please contact Teri Mills at the Career Center FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Phone: 660-1074, Email: teri.mills@duke.edu

DUKE IN BERLIN SPRING 2001

Information meeting will be held on Mon., Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. in 119 Old Chem. As Europe’s gateway to the East, Berlin is rapidly becoming a geopolitical and arts center. Learn more about spring semester study in

Room For Rent

Travel/Vacation

Room Available in Grad Student House. Spacious room. 1.5 miles from West Campus. Safe, quiet residential neighborhood in excellent location. W/D, central A/C. D/W. $295/month. Looking for clean, responsible individual. (Sorry, no pets). Call Tom @ 490-3726

#1 SPRING BREAK 2001.

Mexico, Jamaica, Florida & S.Padre.

Reliable TWA flights.

Book by Oct. 1 & receive 14 FREE & meals 28 hrs. FREE parties! 1800-SURFS-UP. www.studentexpress.

(taf2@duke.edu).

AAAA! Early Specials! Spring Break Bahamas Party Cruise! 5 Days $279! Includes Meals.

Parties!

Awesome Beaches, Nightlife! Departs Florida! Get Group Go Free!! springbreaktravel.com 1-800-678-6386.

Germany's largest university town. Applications are available from the Office of Study Abroad, 141 Allen Building, 684-217.

Room with private bath in beautiful home near Duke. Many amenities. per month $5OO +l/2Utilities+deposit. 643-1973.

DUKE IN ANDES SPRING 2001

Rooms for rent. $450. Half block from Baldwin Auditorium. W/D, central air, security system, large decks. Call 989-6860 or 384-0125.

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on Mon., Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in 225 Soc/Sci. Learn more about this exciting opportunity to study language and culture in La Paz, Bolivia. Questions? Call the Office of Study Abroad. 121 Allen. 684-2174.

DUKE IN FRANCE SPRING 2001 Want to be in Paris this Spring?

Information meeting will be held Thurs., Sept. 14 at 5:30 p.m. in 225 Soc/Sci. Become totally immersed in French life & culture, while earning Duke credit!

Applications available in the Office of Study Abroad, 121 Allen Bldg., 684-2174.

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Cancun & Jamaica $389! Air, Hotel. Free Meals, Drinks! Award Winning Company! Get Group Go Free! Florida Vacations $129! springbreaktravel.com, 1 -800-6786386.

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Roommate Wanted Contemporary Beautiful, Townhome. Private bedroom and bath. Wooded setting, W/D, Pool, Tennis. Five minutes from Duke. or Female, grad-student 403Professional, Non-smoker.

2139. 2 CATS.

Grad/Prof. Student needed to share 2Bedroom/ 2Bath apartment at Summit Square. $4lO/ mo. Call Mark 402-0925.

Spring Break! Deluxe Hotels, Reliable Air, Free Food, Drinks and Parties!

Cancun, Jamaica, Bahamas, Mazatlan & Florida.

Travel Free and Earn Cash! Do it the Web! on Go to SudentCity.com or call 800-2931443 for info.

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Cancun, Bahamas, Florida & Jamaica. Call Sun Coast Vacations for a free brochure and ask how you can Organize a small group & Eat, Drink, Travel Free & Earn Cash! Call 1-888-777-4642 or email sales@suncoastvacations.com.

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Give the gift of life to an Indian couple. $2,000 reward. Donate your eggs and join NCCRM fertility patients in the quest to build a famIndian or Indian American ily.

For more info call preferable.

(919)233-1680 or 1-800-933-7202 ext. 109 or www.nccrm.com.

Professional, confidential counseling for all age groups, Main Street Clinical Associates serving the Duke Community since 1984.

Conveniently located right off Ninth Street. Visit our web site www. citysearch. com/rdu/msca or call 2863453 xl5O.

Looking to rent: Canadian professor and wife seeking 1-2 bedroom, furnished apartment or house, for January 1 through March 21,2001.

Durham area preferred. Close to Med Center is ideal. Phone 6688639.

2BD/2BA house, 3.5 Miles from Duke. Must love dogs! Call 4014047.

Sports

The Chronicle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2000

� Christie decides to

attend Ciemson Shooting guard Chey Christie, rated as the second-best prospect in the state of Mississippi, has verbally committed to play basketball at Ciemson. The 6-foot-4 recruit is the younger brother of former Tiger shooting guard Tony Christie, who graduated from Ciemson last year.

�Men’s Olympic soccer team ties Czech Republic Playing in its first game of the

2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the U.S. men’s soccer team played to a 2-2 tie with the Czech Republic. Chris Albright and Josh Wolffe each scored for the Americans. Down 2-1 at halftime, the Czechs tied the game early in the second half on a penalty kick by Lukas Dosek.

The two teams played to a draw the rest of the way.

� Ravens’ Banks awarded weekly honor Tony Banks, who led the Baltimore Ravens to an important upset victory Sunday, was named AFC offensive player of the week yesterday. Banks threw a careerhigh five touchdown passes as Baltimore overcame a 16-point halftime deficit en route to a 3936 win over Jacksonville. The Ravens now hold sole possession of first place in the AFC Central division, a first in the franchise’s history.

� Heat signs 2 more big men Journeyman forward Don McLean and former All-ACC center Todd Fuller signed with the Miami Heat yesterday. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. Fuller played for the Charlotte Hornets last year while McLean competed for the Phoenix Suns.

� U.S. Open champ continues to win Marat Safin, the young Russian who beat Pete Sampras in the U.S. Open finals last Sunday, continued his winning ways yesterday, disposing of Oleg Ogodorov 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the President's Cup. The $525,000 event is being played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

“If you want to do something to remember me by, contribute the same energy, the same enthusiasm as the students who came before you.”

Bob Knight, in his farewell address to Indiana’s student body.

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Over the hump: Duke beats Fighting Camels Curtis scored three goals and added an assist in the team’s third straight victory

By TYLER ROSEN a diving Billy Englishby, the The Chronicle Campbell keeper.

Four minutes later, Curtis Duke 4 Last night, Duke striker Ali struck again. This time, freshCampbell 1 Curtis reminded man Jordan Cila played the the 581 Blue Devil faithful why ball wide right to Donald he was the 1999 Hermann Mclntosh. Quickly, Mclntosh Trophy player of the year. fired a line-drive cross that In the Blue Devils’ 4-1 victoCurtis headed into the bottom ry over Campbell (1-3), the left corner. This time Englishby senior showed blinding speed, could do nothing more than exquisite touches, and offenshake his head. sive confidence. And oh yeah, Despite the 2-0 lead, Duke Curtis figured in all four of continued to keep up the presDuke’s goals, netting three of sure. In the 25th minute, them himself.

Trevor Perea intercepted a Eighth-ranked Duke (3-2) pass between two Fighting dominated play right from the Camel defenders at midfield. opening whistle. They played Perea made a long lead pass relaxed ball, controlling the down the middle of the midfield, until Curtis opened Campbell defense, which a up the scoring in the 15th streaking Curtis controlled minute. A nice pass from Scott downfield. Given a one-on-one Noble found a running Curtis with the goalie, Curtis, not suron the 18th, to the left ofthe D. prisingly, put the ball into the

As two defenders closed on him, Curtis blasted a shot over

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over See SOCCER on page 19 >

ALI CURTIS registered his second-career hat trick against Campbell last night, recording seven total points for the game.

Duke prepares for Fall Preview Decision

Duke travelled to Florida to compete against the best teams in nation

By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle

Expectations were high the last time

the women’s golf team challenged the talent-laden teams from the West coast.

In late May, without having played head-to-head against Pacific-10 foes like Arizona, Southern California and Stanford since early in the season, it was only mere statistics and paper comparisons that led the nation’s then-No. 2 team to believe that it could stand its ground at the NCAA Championships.

Four months since those predictions proved out to be worth little more than the paper they were written on when Duke finished a disappointing 14th at the Championships, the Blue Devils have a chance to preview the rest ofthe nation once again. Far removed from the high stakes of last May, the women’s golf team left town yesterday for the annual NCAA Fall Preview which will begin tomorrow in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Once again, with Arizona State and USC both in attendance, the chance to match up against the Pacific-10 teams on the golf course instead of on paper has presented itself. And, once again, expectations are high for the Blue Devils, who are ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in two collegiate golf polls.

But right now, rankings and expectations will take a back seat to scoping out the seldom-seen West coast schools.

We’re really excited for the season to begin,” Kalen Anderson, the nation’s 12th-ranked player, said last week.

“Anytime you get to play against teams from the Pac-10, it’s a great opportunity to see where you are as a team.”

Tomorrow will be the inaugural collegiate competition for the much-hyped duo of Virada Nirapathpongporn and Leigh Anne Hardin. Hardin was ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation’s individual standings, while one poll tabbed Nirapathpongporn the preseason No. 2 player in the country.

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CANDY HANNEMANN and the Duke women’s golf team will have their eyes set on another solid showing at the NCAA Fall Preview.

Behind closed doors yesterday afternoon, a sevenperson committee listened to more than three hours of testimony and deliberated into the early evening before calling it a night in Erica Biro’s appellate case.

Bob Harris, the attorney for the former tennis player, packed up and headed back to his Tallahassee, FI. law office, indicating that the appellate committee had not yet reached a decision on whether to reinstate Biro’s scholarship money.

“I believe that they have recessed for the evening, but it wouldn’t be appropriate for us to comment until it’s over,” Harris said on his way to the airport.

Biro, a junior who compiled a 32-12 singles record last season for Duke’s women’s tennis team, is attempting to retrieve the scholarship money removed by athletics director Joe Alieva last June. Her appeal will be ruled upon by a committee chaired by vice provost Judith Ruderman.

Financial aid director Jim Belvin, senior lacrosse player Hunter Henry, eighthyear graduate school student Brenda Faiola and professors John Thompson, Martha Putallaz and Dan Laughhunn round out the appellate board.

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� Yellow flags sting Yellow Jackets A five-point loss to the No. 2 team in the nation may very well have been an astonishing upset if not for a school-record 19 penalties by Georgia Tech last Saturday. The Yellow Jackets gave the Seminoles 140 free yards on infractions in Florida State’s come-frombehind victory in Atlanta. Tech coach George O’Leary had plenty to say about his team’s lack of discipline.

"The ones that really bother me are the ones before the ball is snapped,” he said. "The delay [of game], the illegal procedure, the offside—that’s what bothers me. I addressed that very loudly Sunday night."

� Running the wrong way Wake Forest ran the ball 40 times for -2 yards last week against North Carolina, due mostly to eight QB sacks by the Tar Heel defense. Jamie Scott led the Demon Deacons with eight carries for 22 yards. UNC now leads the nation in rushing defense with an average of 8.5 yards allowed per game.

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Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 Roger Clemens won NEW YORK his ninth consecutive decision, pitching shutout ball into the eighth inning and leading New York over Toronto.

Clemens (13-6), given a standing ovation when he came out of the game, didn’t allow a runner past first until the seventh inning.

New York won for the 11th time in 14 games and opened a season-high 9 game lead in the AL East over Boston, which lost 10-3 at Cleveland.

Tino Martinez hit a two-run homer in the first off Esteban Loaiza (9-11), his sixth hit and fourth home run off the pitcher in 11 career at-bats.

Indians 10, Red Sox 3 Manny Ramirez CLEVELAND homered and drove in four runs to lead the Indians over the Red Sox. The victory moved Cleveland 1 1/2 games ahead of Oakland and three games up on Boston in the AL wild card race.

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White Sox 1, Tigers 0 Jim Parque combined CHICAGO with two relievers on a five-hit shutout as Chicago shut out Detroit 1-0.

Frank Thomas and Harold Baines hit back-to-back doubles with two outs in the first inning for the only run the White Sox needed as they won for the fifth time in seven games.

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seven innings, only the second time in his last nine starts that he has gone at least seven.

Jeff Weaver (9-14) took the loss, Detroit’s seventh in eight games.

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Pat Rapp (8-11) allowed four runs Colon (13-8) allowed two earned runs and six hits in seven innings. and five hits over 5 2-3 innings.

Ramirez hit a three-run double off Baltimore scored three times in the Tomo Ohka (3-5) in the fourth and later first off rookie Ryan Glynn (5-4) on added his 29th homer. He has eight Richard’s two-run double and Brook RBIs in the first two games of the series. Fordyce’s RBI single.

Giants 3, Astros 2 HOUSTON Barry Bonds hit his career-high 47th home run, and Armando Rios hit a solo homer in the ninth inning that lifted San Francisco

Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2 PHOENIX Pinch-hitter Rob Ryan singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Arizona won for the fourth time in six games and stayed 4 1/2 games behind New York in the NL wild

over Houston.

Rockies 11, Padres 0 SAN DIEGO Todd Hollandsworth hit a grand slam and a solo home run as Brian Bohanon and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres.

Hollandsworth’s first career grand slam capped a five-run first inning.

He added his 15th homer in the seventh inning to give him a career-high five RBIs. Bohanan (10-9) scattered nine hits for his second career shutout. He struck out three and walked three.

Todd Helton went 0-for-4, before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, to drop his major league-leading average to .378.

Adam Eaton (5-3) made his first start since Sept. 3 after missing his last turn due to exhaustion. The rookie gave up eight runs on 11 hits in five innings.

Bonds homered in his third straight game for the NL West leaders, connecting for a solo shot in the seventh inning offrookie Wade Miller.

Rios hit his 10th homer with two outs in the ninth off Miller (5-6).

Livan Hernandez (15-10) pitched eight innings for the victory. Robb Nen got his 36th save, converting his 23rd straight chance.

Mets 4, Brewers 1 NEW YORK Jay Payton scored the tying run in the ninth inning and hit a game-winning three-run home run in the tenth to give the Mets a 4-1 victory over the Brewers.

Mike Hampton pitched eight innings for New York, scattering only four hits and giving up only one unearned run.

Armando Benitez (4-4), out the past three days with a sore right big toe, pitched the 10th for the win.

The Mets remained two games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East and 4 1/2 games ahead of Arizona in the wild card race.

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Sanders brings ‘primetime’ attitude to nation’s capitol

By RICK CANTU Cox News Service When Deion IRVING, Texas Sanders showed up for his first press conference wearing a burgundy and gold suit, gold shoes, gold buttons and

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knew something about the man was very different.

Washington, D.C., was not prepared for such a fashion statement. Redskin colors have always looked good—on football uniforms—but Deion takes his wardrobe to another level. Green suits. Yellow suits.

Enough jewelry to fill a Brink’s truck.

This is someone who used to carry a hat box onto charter flights to protect his headgear when he played sin Dallas.

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DEION SANDERS will face his old team, the Dallas Cowboys, on Monday Night Football next week after a poor outing against Detroit last weekend.

When you’re the best cornerback ever to play the game of football, you can justify any-duds.

‘Those Florida boys like to wear those loud colors, but when you buy a purple suit in Texas, that’s not cool,” Cowboys receiver Wane McGarity said, smiling at the thought. ‘They’ve got to leave that stuff down in Florida.”

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enough to win the Super Bowl. The Redskins also brought in two more defensive stoppers, end Bruce Smith and safety Mark Carrier.

Yet most of the attention is showered on Sanders, especially this week.

When Dallas and Washington meet Monday night in Landover, Md., there is little doubt who will dance on the biggest stage.

It’s Prime Time in prime time.

“I was born on Monday night,” Sanders told an ABC television audience on Monday.

The Cowboys know they will walk into a circus atmosphere next week, and Sanders will be the ringmaster.

With Sanders, Champ Bailey and Darrell Green, the Redskins have the best collection of comerbacks in the NFL. Yet if there is a weakness, could it be Sanders?

Deion Sanders, a weakness? Yeah, and Marshall Faulk can’t run.

There is a shred of evidence to suggest Sanders is not as feared as he used to be.

On Sunday, with millions watching Fox, Sanders looked ordinary in a loss to the Detroit Lions. Quarterback Charlie Batch

threw to Sanders’ side of the field 10 times, completing eight of the passes.

Receiver Johnnie Morton made him look a step slow.

“I got my butt handed to me,” Sanders said. “That’s the worst I’ve ever played in 12 years in this league. Check the history.

Check the films. Never. I’m sorry to bring my worst game ever to Washington. I had one of those days that Mama talked about. It really hurts to play that bad and lose. I take full responsibility for that one.

Put it on me.”

Remember, this is a player who used to play an entire game without seeing a football thrown to his side of the field.

This year is different. At 33, he really has slowed down a little. Furthermore, it makes no sense to throw solely to the other side because Bailey and Green are super players in their own right.

Nonetheless, Redskins quarterback Brad Johnson said Sanders has made a “big impact” with the Redskins, and not just with his football ability. He quickly has become one of the most respected players in the locker room.

“He’s got leadership,” Johnson said.

“Someone like Champ Bailey gets to see what being the best is really like.”

If the Cowboys really throw at Sanders, they might regret it, Cowboys safety George Teague said. After playing with Sanders in Dallas, he knows what motivates the former Cowboys.

“Any dance he’s got, he’s going to dance a little harder,” Teague said. “You know he’s going to be ready to play against us.”

Teague continued, “It’s a risk any time you throw at him, and once he gets his hands on the ball, there’s a good chance he’s going to take it to the house.”

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Englishby for his third goal After the game, coach John Rennie expressed his pleasure with Curtis’ game and second career hat trick with the Blue Devils.

“They were great goals,” Rennie said. “He played well.

He’s playing as well as he’s ever played, if not better.”

For a player emerging from obscurity, this would be high praise. But Curtis was regarded as the best

player in the country last season. Now, he’s playing even better.

Even after three goals in the first 25 minutes of play, Curtis was not quite done. In the 27th minute, Mclntosh passed the ball inside from the corner of the penalty box. Curtis flicked it ahead to Cila, who blasted a half-volley past Englishby to give Curtis his seventh point of the evening.

“The first half was excellent,” Rennie said. “We played really hard. We came out...[andl scored some wonderful goals.”

“We finished almost every opportunity we got.”

After the fourth goal, the team clearly let up.

Rennie began substituting and ultimately brought 10 reserves into the game. There was no more scoring in the first half, despite a handful of opportunities for both teams. The Fighting Camels were denied on their best chance of the half when defender Dwayne Harris booted a deflected shot out of bounds that was careening towards the Blue Devil goal.

In the second half, the scrappy Fighting Camels came out and challenged Duke all over the field.

Though the Camels did not ever win control of the game in the second half, they played the Blue Devils

KEVIN SAKUDA and the Blue Devils were able to rest on their laurels, as they entered the second half with a four-goal lead.

much closer.

Rennie, however, showed little concern over really get started,” senior defender Nii-Amar Campbell’s improved play.

Amamoo said. “Mid-week, there are a lot of things on “We played a lot of guys in the second half,” your mind, a lot of classes.”

Rennie echoed Amamoo’s statement Rennie said. “The quality dropped a little bit, but we had the game pretty well in hand at that point.”

“These Wednesday night games are very diffiCampbell finally got on the scoreboard in the 76th cult,” he said. “Wake Forest lost last night. minute. Antonio Da Silva, Jr. was taken down just Maryland lost tonight. Anytime you win against a outside the Duke penalty area, and was awarded a pretty good team, 4-1, in the middle of the week, direct kick. you’re very happy.”

After an injury time out, Da Silva drove the ball Duke’s next game is at home Sunday, at 1 p.m., hard over the wall and into the upper right corner of when the Blue Devils take on lOth-ranked Clemson the net. Duke goalkeeper Jeff Haywood could not in their ACC opener. even make an attempt at a save.

Notes: In the 89th minute of the game, senior Last night’s game was the soccer team’s first defender Dwayne Harris injured his ankle in a collision with a Campbell player. Harris’ condition will weeknight game since classes started.

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