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The Chronicle Officials OK same-sex unions in Chapel President finds denial of unions contrary to value of religious diversity

By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle

The lengthy debate over whether the University should permit same-sex unions in the Chapel has finally come to an end.

In a move that will likely spark heated debate, President Nan Keohane and Dean of the Chapel Will Willimon have decided to allow such unions in the Chapel.

They presented their decision, which follows a Nov. 27 recommendation from a working group appointed to study the issue, in a Dec. 5 letter to the working group, citing religious diversity as the primary reason.

“Our major rationale for this change is our conviction... that Duke has a wonderful tradition ofrich religious diversity,” Keohane and Willimon wrote. “We ought to allow these unions to be celebrated by those clergy who are allowed by their religious communities to officiate at such ceremonies.”

Keohane and Willimon also noted, but did not emphasize, that the decision is consistent with the University’s non-discrimination policy.

Some members of the working group felt that non-discrimination was a primary justification.

Vice Provost for Academic and Administrative Services Judith Ruderman, a member of the committee, said she based her decision on both.

“Some people felt pretty clearly one way or the other, and I fell into both camps,” Ruderman said. “I think all points of view were put forward, and they were debated, and they were analyzed.

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YESTERDAY’S DECISION opened the door for same-sex couples to unite in Duke’s Chapel. The new policy does not require clergy to perform the ceremonies, but allows them to if they choose to do so.

Gore says he will continue to fight

By KATHARINE SEELYE N.Y. Times News Service

WASHINGTON

Unbowed

and undeterred, Vice President A1 Gore Tuesday declined to put a time limit on how long he would continue his election contest and suggested instead an expansion of his legal avenues to pursue the White House. He also described himself as “optimistic” about his chances of prevailing in his monthold political and legal struggle—even after suffering a sweeping defeat in a Florida court on Monday.

“I don’t feel anything other than optimistic,” a coatless Gore told reporters outside the White House. He reiterated his view of a week ago that his chances of prevailing were “50-50,” and he spurned any suggestion that all of the recent court rulings had fallen against him.

He even described the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday as “slightly favorable,” a reading that was far rosier than most others, since the ruling put additional time pressure on the Gore legal team, which is racing against a Dec. 12 deadline for states to appoint electors.

Gore’s optimism contrasted with VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE told the media yesterday that his chances at winning the See ELECTION on page 9 White House, in front of which he was speaking, were still 50-50.

Evaluating the environment Duke disperses environmental efforts throughout administration

By KELLY WOO The Chronicle

Duke' University seems to be an institution aware of its role in the environment. It has one of the few stand-alone environmental schools, and Duke’s master plan, which sets goals for the next decade, recognizes its identity as a “university in the forest.” The University has even won awards for being a role model in conservation efforts.

But no one person or department coordinates those efforts, and there is no definitive overall environmental plan with specific goals and timelines. Facilities Management and the Nicholas School of Environment produced a document three years ago outlining a mission statement related to environmental sustainability, but no one is in charge of implementing it.

“What we were trying to do [with the statement] was at least to meet with all the other people around campus... so they could take it back to their departments,” said recycling coordinator Graham Butler. “[Facilities Management] and the School of the Environment wanted to get it out in front of people so they would put it on their agenda.”

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Legislators haggle in lame-duck session As Congress passed the session’s 17th stopgap spending bill, moderate Republicans pressed for a quick deal with President Bill Clinton on the budget, while conservatives said they wanted to wait for the next president.

UN renews ‘oil for food’ program in Iraq After a day of bargaining, a split United Nations agreed to expand the list of goods Iraq can import without prior approval and let Iraq spend $525 million to improve the local oil industry.

Doctors seek accessible ‘morning-after’ pill Stepping into a morally charged debate, the American Medical Association called on the Food and Drug Administration to consider making the “morning-after” pill available over the counter.

Clinton establishes Hawaiian marine refuge President Clinton created the largest U.S. nature preserve, 84 million acres underwater around the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, to help save the area’s coral reefs and other wildlife.

Images show evidence of lakes on Mars Photos from the Mars Global Surveyor . show massive sedimentary deposits, signs that the planet was once a water-rich land of lakes and fuel for the theory that life may have evolved there.

Police battled opposition supporters, and gangs of machete-wielding youths split slums into ethnic enclaves in the Ivory Coast’s main city, as a second day of political and ethnic violence left at least 10 peo-

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Texas sets record for executions With 2 additional executions scheduled this year, the 38th inmate died small crucifix up to the window separating a witness room and the

By RICHARD STEWART Houston Chronicle

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asking for forgiveness from the mother of his 7-year-old victim and saying a short prayer, convicted killer Garry Dean Miller was executed Tuesday, setting a national record for executions in a single year.

Miller, 33, was the 38th Texas inmate executed this year, eclipsing the record of 37 set by Texas three years ago.

His death came calmly, 11 years after the jury’s sentence.

Miller nodded toward his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Stephen Walsh. The Catholic priest held a

death chamber as Miller was executed. Miller closed his eyes, let out a couple of sighs and was pronounced dead 12 minutes after a lethal dose of three chemicals began flowing into his outstretched arms. A large Bible was on his abdomen under a sheet.

Miller’s death did not draw the protesters or crowds that other, more high-profile executions this year did.

“Maggie, I am sorry,” Miller said in his last statement, addressing Marjorie Hewlett, the mother ofthe murdered little girl. “I always wanted to tell you but I just didn’t

know how. I have been praying for y’all. I hope that y’all find the peace that y’all have been wanting.”

Then he prayed.

Then Miller turned to Warden Jim Willett and said, “All right warden, I am ready to go home.”

Hewlett stood, crying quietly as Miller died.

“I’m glad I came,” she said.

“After all these years I finally got an apology from him.”

While Miller’s execution was record setting, it is unlikely to keep the title. There are two more executions scheduled this week, bringing Texas’ total for the year to 40.

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Markets surge on Fed chair’s remarks a big rally on Wall Street by making clear that he stands ready to cut rates should the nation show any signs of heading toward recession.

After months in which investors have become in-

Stock prices surged after his remarks, in a speech in New York to a conference sponsored by the trade group for the savings and loan industry.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 338.62 points today, or 3.2 percent, to 10,898.72, its third-biggest point gain ever. The Nasdaq jumped 274.05 points, or 10.5 percent, to 2,889.80, its biggest gain to date in both percentage and point terms.

Greenspan’s speech, and interviews in recent days

creasingly pessimistic—and after Gov. George W. Bush and his running mate, Dick Cheney, publicly raised the possibility of an economic downturn ahead— Greenspan’s comments seemed intended to reassure the markets and the country that the Fed would step in as needed to keep the 10-year-old expansion going.

with other Fed officials, suggest that the central bank’s policy-setting committee, at its next meeting Dec. 19, will drop its policy bias toward higher rates. Instead, it is expected to move to a “neutral” position that the risks of inflation are no greater than the risks of the economy stalling.

By RICHARD STEVENSON N.Y. Times News Service

WASHINGTON Alan Greenspan signaled Tuesday that the Federal Reserve was finished raising interest rates, for now, to slow the economy, and he set off

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Study: N.C. Multifaceted gardens renovation blooms faculty pay insufficient

By VICTORIA KAPLAN The Chronicle

North Carolina community college instructors are paid well below national averages, a state-sponsored study showed.

By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle

A recent study by the State Board of Community Colleges shows that, on average, North Carolina community college faculty earn less than their colleagues nationwide.

According to the report, the average community college instructor in North Carolina earns $36,205 per year—l7 percent less than the national average of $43,600 and 13 percent below the Southern average of $41,400 per

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In 1993, the Board of Advisors for the Sarah P. Duke Gardens approved a plan to create an indoor visitors’ center that would expand the educational and functional value of the gardens. Seven years and $6.2 million later, the realization of that plan is in sight.

Construction of the much-anticipated Doris Duke Center began in June and is scheduled for completion in fall 2001.

The 12,000-square-foot visitors’ center will house classrooms for adults and children, administrative offices, outdoor terraces, a library and conference room, a special events hall and a gift shop. The current gift shop may be converted into a cafe when the new gift shop is built.

These new facilities should satisfy a long-term goal of the gardens—to offer areas that can host visitors regardless of the weather, said University Architect John Pearce.

Richard White, director ofthe gardens and professor of biology, added that the new facility would allow the University to utilize the gardens for more meetings and educational programs, as well as provide an indoor space for the many weddings and other private functions that take place in the gardens.

“We are very excited to be able to initiate stronger programs in child and adult education,” White said.

The construction plan also includes a $1.5 million horticultural complex that boasts two greenhouses, offices for the garden staff, a work area and a service building for equipment and trucks. The maintenance facility was completed in May and is currently in operation. Project Manager Ray Walker attributed the need for the new maintenance area to the inadequacy of the old facility, noting that it was more cost-efficient to build an entirely new structure rather than to repair the old one.

Discussion of such an extensive project began as far back as 1993 under former Director of the Gardens William Culberson, now Hugo L. Blomguist Professor Emeritus of Biology.

WORKERS HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED the new maintenance facility and are now working on the Doris Duke Center and a horticultural complex.

“They asked themselves, ‘How could the gardens be more effective in reaching out to the students and the community?’” White said.

Since then, approximately $6.2 million in gifts have been raised, exceeding the original goal of $4.5 million.

White said, however, that the project is still approximately $1 million short of what it needs to complete the Doris Duke Center and its surrounding garden displays.

Parking Services is also spending $300,000 to build a visitor parking lot, which should be completed in the next three weeks. White said this lot will oc-

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also said that the University and the gardens have made an arrangement in which some of the parking fees will go to the upkeep of the gardens.

The new facilities will be located near the Anderson Street entrance to the gardens.

“We wanted to recognize Anderson Street as the main public entrance,” Pearce said.

The Anderson House, which was in poor condition, was reconstructed for the horticultural complex, but the original facade was kept in place.

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Scientists use monkeys’ brain signals to control robot arm other words, theresearchers could almost immediately ascertain when and how a monkey’s arm would move. So, to further test their finding, the scientists connected the monkeys’ brains to a robot arm which responded to the changes in their

By MARKO DJUKANOVIC The Chronicle

Scientists from the Medical Center recently devised away to predict the movements of monkeys by analyzing neural signals in their brains.

The team was led by Miguel Nicolelis, associate professor of neurobiology and biomedical engineering, and its report was co-authored by John Chapin of the State University of New York Health Science Center. Their findings—in the fields of neurobiology and biomedical engineering—will likely have important implications for individuals whose motor skills have been reduced by nerve damage.

The research was conducted on two owl monkeys whose brains were implanted with electrodes that could track changes in neural patterns. This procedure, the doctors say, is completely safe.

In total, the monkeys received about 96 electrodes, each measuring no more than the diameter of a human hair. The monkeys were chosen for their particularly smooth cortex, which eased the process of accessing the brain.

On the neurobiological front, the team proved that large portions of the brain are simultaneously involved in activating movements of the body. Previous research had focused on tracking the responses of a single cell, and therefore was limited in its ability to uncover broad relationships, like the neurological means by which a monkey can move its arm.

Challenging a predominant neurobiology paradigm, the scientists implanted the electrodes across many regions of the brain’s cortex and recorded the neural

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Nicolelis said he believes this phenomenon is a result ofevolution.

“When information is vastly distributed [in the brain] the system is more robust,” he said, adding that this increases the brain’s resiliency to cell loss.

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“We demonstrated a new concept,” he said, “that you could use brain signals to extract meaningful information from the brain to control robotic devices.”

As the animals performed various tasks, the data from their brains was fed into a computer for analysis. This allowed the researchers to develop algorithms that could predict the movement of the monkey’s arm, explained Nicolelis. In

neural patterns.

Over the two years the implants stayed in the monkeys’ brains, the algorithms became advanced enough so that they could adapt to the brains over time—decreasing the delay between the robot arm’s movement and the brain signal. Neurobiology research associate Johan Wessberg, also a member of the team, said the biggest challenge in this process was reliably recording the brain signals over such a long period of time.

The scientists set another precedent by using information extracted from the monkey’s neural patterns to control a robotic arm in a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, some 600 miles way. Surprisingly, the transmission by an Internet connection introduced a delay of only eight-tenths of a second.

While such successes are still of a very limited nature, Nicolelis explained that the findings could have an important impact on people with spinal cord damage.

“We could bypass [the spinal cord] and send the movement information straight to the robotic device,” he said.

Nicolelis noted that upcoming research will focus on utilizing monkeys with more complicated cortices and allowing the monkey to witness in realtime the changes its neural patterns, as interpreted by the computer, produced in the robot arm.

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Duke professors win MLA prizes for recent works

By ELIZABETH BROWN The Chronicle

Two English professors, two MLA book prizes, and one very lucky university.

The Modern Language Association of

America recently awarded its prestigious first book prize to Associate Professor of English Srinivas Aravamudan for Tropicopolitans: Colonialism and Agency, 1688-1804. Assistant Professor of English lan Baucom’s book Out of Place: Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity received an honorable mention in the same category. Both professors will be formally recognized at the association’s annual convention this December in Washington, D.C. It is unheard of for two authors from one school to be recognized for the same MLA prize; however, Aravamudan was still at the University of Washington when he submitted his book last year. He joined the faculty just this fall. Baucom has been at Duke since 1997.

“It’s unusual and staggering,” Department of English chair Maureen Quilligan said. “They wouldn’t have given both to the Duke English department had they known they were doing it because it’s not good politics.”

The MLA selection committee’s decision to choose the two works establishes postcolonialism as one of the hottest critical theories. Postcolonialism is unique because it links history with literary theory—two areas that used to be viewed as competitive and even contradictory. “[Tropicopolitans] is about trying to read evidence of anti-colonial sympa-

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To establish its reputation as a leader in postcolonial studies, the English department has tried to develop a broad range of scholarship within the field. Baucom explained that he and Aravamudan share a passion for this field although they focus on different eras.

“We overlap in some senses... in terms of the types of critical approaches we take to literary studies,” Baucom said.

“We work in a different century, both within a field called postcolonial studies.”

Far from competitors, these professors said Duke’s demonstrated interest and investment in postcolonialism make the school a good environment

for both of them.

“It’s a great place given my interests,” Aravamudan said. “There’s lots of energy and resources allocated to that sort of thing.”

Baucom said he is proud to be in a department with such a strong, established base that still embraces new opportunities. “Even apart from this, I think it’s an exciting time to be a part of this department,” Baucom added.

“There are a number of fabulous colleagues that have been hired in the last few years. It’s unusual to be a part of a department that has the flexibility to think about adding more to the faculty.”

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liant. Aravamudan worried that his surprise phone call from the MLA had to do with his membership expiration, while Baucom thought his call was a complaint about an essay he submitted to the organization’s journal.

Quilligan said that in addition to doing prize-winning research, each scholar is gifted in the classroom.

“Not only are these guys doing cutting-edge work, but they’re both incredible teachers,” Quilligan said. “Lan just won the Duke teaching prize and Srinivas is teaching the 18th century novel this semester, grading eight sets of papers all on his own—doing the really hard, labor-intensive work of undergraduate education.”

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GPSC examines graduate student insurance benefits

By MOLLY JACOBS The Chronicle At its meeting last night, the Gradu-

ate and Professional Student Council attempted to examine the complex topic of insurance needs of its constituents.

Dan Hill of Hill Chesson & Associates was on hand to explain the graduate students’ current plan and to answer any questions about possible alterations to that plan.

Currently, Hill Chesson insures students at many North Carolina universities through Blue Cross/Blue Shield, but it customizes each plan to the individual university.

“I have been at two other universities, and this is the first I have seen that customizes the health plan to fit the needs of the students,” said Dr. Bill Christmas, director of Student Health Service.

Although the insurance packages might be customized, that does not mean they exactly fit the needs of the students, some graduate students said.

“Duke students have coverage up to $200,000 for psychotherapy treatment,” Hill said. “But over the past four years only between 10 and 18 claims for psychotherapy have been filed per year and none of them have been for greater than $30,000.”

This statistic lead some graduate students to believe that paying for so much coverage is unnecessary. “I think having some level is good,” said GPSC vice president Ryan Opel, a secondyear graduate student in law and psychology. “But we might have overshot its necessity.”

Another topic of discussion was the implementation of prescription drug cards, which could eliminate the need to file insurance claims for prescription purchases.

Students seemed to be in favor of the cards, but Hill warned that they would increase premiums by 2 1/2 percent.

“Currently students are covered for the first $lOO of prescription drugs they get,” Hill said. “Getting a card would be easy because commercial pharmacies could just swipe the cards to ensure benefits, but it would end up costing more in the long run.”

Students said they often find themselves in confusing situations when trying to determine when to use their student health service and when to use their health insurance.

A new North Carolina law mandated that birth control pills be covered by health insurance; this is one of the reasons for the $lOO premium increase that occurred this year.

“We hope women are getting their birth control pills from student health,” Hill said. “If they go to a retail pharmacy, then they are probably paying around $360 a year, which with their $lOO deductible becomes $260, and we have to pay 80 percent of this $260, which ends up costing us a great deal more than if they had just gotten their birth control at student health.”

Although they made no determinations for final changes, GPSC representatives raised many concerns that will be examined by the University’s insurance committee at its spring meeting.

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Theodore Ropp, distinguished history professor, dies From staff reports

Professor Emeritus of History Theodore Ropp died of a heart attack Saturday at Duke Hospital. He was 89.

Ropp, a noted military historian, *t joined the faculty in INEWS 1938 after earning both his master’s BRIEFS and doctoral degrees in history at Harvard University.

During his distinguished career, Ropp served on the Secretary of the Army’s Historical Advisory Committee and on the Board of Trustees of the American Military Institute. He also served as the

institute’s president from 1969 to 1971.

Ropp is survived by his wife, Elizabeth,

three sons, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There will be no funeral or memorial services for Ropp. In lieu of flowers, Ropp’s family asked that donations be made to the R.L. Watson Jr. Fellowship Foundation,

Lack of studio delays play: The

Duke premiere of the Broadway-bound production “A Thousand Clowns,” has been delayed for three months. Its producers announced yesterday that the play will have to wait until a theater opens up sometime next season before the play,

which was scheduled to debut in New York this spring, opens there. The play, starring Tom Selleck, was scheduled to begin rehearsing at the University Jan. 2.

about the organization’s effectiveness.

The questionnaires, which will be given out today and tomorrow, will be available at the Cambridge Inn, the Bryan Center and the Marketplace. As an incentive, DSG officials will distribute candy to participants.

This delay will push the first Durham performance back until May 15. “A Thousand Clowns” will still stay for three weeks at Duke, ending its run June 3.

University officials mailed letters this week to ticket-holders. Officials said ticket-holders should wait to contact Duke Drama until after receiving the letters.

Tree of Hope to be dedicated:

The 10th annual Tree of Hope will be dedicated at a ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Morris Cancer Clinic. At the dedication, hosted by the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program, officials will light the tree in support of cancer patients.

DSG seeks feedback: Duke Student Government officials will be distributing questionnaires to students

Yesterday’s execution in Texas sets record for most such cases � TEXAS from page 2 ogy at the University of Florida and the keeper of a database on U.S. executions told The Associated Press that Texas’ total would be the highest number of executions carried out by a state in the history of

the United States.

Daniel Kittle, 50, is scheduled to be executed today for the Nov. 15,1989, shooting death of Garland police Officer GeraldWalker.

Claude Jones, 60, is to be executed Thursday for the Nov. 14,1989, shooting death of Allen Hilzendager, the owner of a liquor store in the San Jacinto County town of Point Blank.

At least seven condemned killers already have exe-

cution dates set for 2001, three of them in January.

Miller told authorities he was drunk on tequila the night of Nov. 11,1988, when he returned to the house he shared with a girlfriend in the town of Merkle, near Abilene, and found April asleep on a sofa. April was his girlfriend’s cousin.

Miller woke the little girl and convinced her to go on a ride with him. Miller was convicted oftaking her to a remote area of Jones County, raping her, then choking and bludgeoning her to death. Her body was found later that day after hunters spotted some bloody clothes and a Raggedy Ann doll.

He has been the only person sent to death row from the small Northwest Texas town in the nation’s modem era ofexecutions, which began in 1976. Brown said Miller’s case was particularly cruel.

“After what he did to that little girl,I’d like to bring him back here and put him on the courthouse square Miller later confessed that he’d killed the girl. and skin him alive,” Brown said.

Traces of her blood were found on the tailgate of his Hewlett said the crudest part of her daughter’s death was that on the day she was reported missing pickup truck.

Miller, a bartender and laborer, had no prior crimiMiller joined in the search like many others in the nal record. small town ofMerkle.

He had taken college courses in law enforcement.

“He came up on my porch, and he gave me a hug Miller asked his attorneys not to pursue any more and was crying. He told me he was sorry,” she said.

No clemency request was made to Texas Gov. appeals after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review his case last month.

George W. Bush, who had authority to grant a oneWhen his death date was set in August, Miller time 30-day reprieve. asked that he not be brought back to the Jones CounSince Texas resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982, 236 condemned murderers preceded ty Courthouse in Anson because he didn’t want to embarrass his family, Jones County District Attorney Miller to the death house; 148 of them have been Gary Brown said. killed during Bush’s tenure.

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the growing recognition of his allies that recent legal setbacks, particularly Monday’s ruling by Judge N. banders Sauls to deny a hand recount of 14,000 disputed ballots, had hurt their cause.

Gore said that he expected the Florida Supreme Court to be the final arbiter of his situation, and indeed the court scheduled arguments on the appeal for Thursday morning. But he also suggested that there was more than one case that might come before that court and on which he was pinning his hopes.

In particular, Gore dwelled at length on the details of a ballot dispute in Seminole and Martin Counties, suggesting that thousands of votes could be at stake. These cases are to be heard today.

Gore personally has not joined in those suits, since they seek to have ballots thrown out, a stance that runs counter to his call for every vote to be counted. Still, the Seminole suit was brought by a Democratic lawyer and contributor who backs Gore, and Gore has not said that he would decline to accept any advantage that came his way as a result of throwing out those ballots.

Whatever the merits of the Seminole and Martin County cases, Gore’s eagerness, both Tuesday and in an interview Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” to delve into the minutiae of those ballots stood in stark contrast to the posture struck Tuesday by Lieberman.

Where Gore gave no sign of letting up, his running

mate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., spoke in more muted tones, even using the language of concession as he thanked Democrats on Capitol Hill for their support. He and Gore, he said, were “proud of the race we ran,” a phrase familiar to anyone who

has had to concede a loss.

Lieberman, who met with congressional Democrats Tuesday morning, has been under more personal pressure than Gore to acknowledge that the odds are against them. His presence on Capitol Hill, Democratic aides said, gave Lieberman more of an opportunity to be humbled by his colleagues, even as most expressed their continued support of the ticket.

But the election of Gore and Lieberman would not be entirely welcome news in the Senate. It would mean Lieberman would have to quit his Senate seat, leaving the governor of Connecticut, a Republican, to appoint a replacement and thus tipping the balance in the chamber to 51-49 in favor of the Republicans.

This would undermine the Democrats’ current claim to a 50-50 power share with Republicans.

Lieberman also confessed to “disappointment” over Sauls’ ruling, a reaction more in line with that of congressional Democrats than with that of Gore, who brushed past it Tuesday by saying “everybody knew from the start” that the ruling would be appealed.

Lieberman also wanted to reassure his colleagues that the uncertainty over the election could be concluded “expeditiously.” And while he predicted victo-

ry in the Florida Supreme Court, he did not mention the cases in Seminole and Martin counties that are so preoccupying Gore.

Gore clearly feels wronged by what happened in

Seminole and Martin counties, where, the suits alleged, election officials improperly fixed Republican absentee ballot applications instead ofrejecting them.

“More than enough votes were potentially taken away from Democrats because they were not given the same access that Republicans were,” Gore said, describing in detail what happened in those counties.

He predicted that those cases would also land in the Florida Supreme Court. But, asked how those cases would affect his decision on whether to continue or concede, he replied: “I don’t know.”

Asked if he would “hang on” while they were settled, he said: “Those are hypotheticals on top of hypothetical, and I’m just not comfortable dealing with a hypothetical like that.”

He had asserted Sunday, as he has for weeks, that the continuing election limbo would be resolved by the middle of December, but he omitted that prediction Tuesday. His aides suggested that these suits were likely to be resolved by the end of the week anyway, so any extra time allowed for them was probably moot. Still, he avoided any mention of a deadline in terms of time, only in terms of venue, meaning the Florida Supreme Court would be the end ofthe line.

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Critics: Chapel decision contradicts broad sentiment � SAME-SEX from page I There was a camaraderie that developed among people of very different backgrounds and perspectives.”

Eric Adler, spokesperson for the Duke Conservative Union, criticized the decision, accusing Keohane of strong-arming her agenda past Willimon, who has opposed the unions in the past.

“The Duke Conservative Union has always asserted that this was a foregone conclusion and that the committee was a sham,” said Adler, a second-year graduate

student in Classical Studies.

“We have seen proof that that is the case. We have also seen proof that neither President Keohane nor [Duke Student Government President] Jordan Bazinsky have any regard for religious freedom on this campus.” Bazinsky presented a written report and passionate Nan Keohane speech on the issue to the Board of Trustees at their Oct. 6 meeting.

Keohane has in the past denied the allegations and said she did not know the opinions of committee members before she appointed them. Rev. Charles Smith, a trustee and member of the committee, also disputed the criticism ‘That is so far off-base. It has to be ludicrous,” said Smith, a Methodist minister. T don’t know ifthey noticed the cumulative total of years these people have been associated with Duke University. That’s rather unfair.”

Advocates for the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgen-

dered community were elated on hearing the decision. “[The criticism] will eventually die out,” said Cassie

in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic belief that homosexuality is wrong. Jillian Johnson, co-president of

Hooks, founder of Duke Allies. “People will become more open-minded when they realize they have to explore different reasons this decision did come about. I hope it will bring... every community closer together as we discuss the repercussions and good and bad parts of the decision.”

But senior Jenny Lee, a member of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship said the decision raises significant religious objections. “It’s funny that the policy purports to foster toleration of divergent religious views while it doesn’t acknowledge the need to be free from sin,” she said. “I don’t know if Jesus would be more concerned about being hospitable than he would be about being righteous.

I’m really glad that God chose Will Willimon not to be hospitable in his dealings with Christ, but rather righteous.”

Adler said the DCU, which began a campaign against the decision-making process and the permission of same-sex unions in the Chapel earlier this semester, will continue to alert alumni about the issue. He said the organization will focus on trying to convince potential donors not to contribute to the Campaign for Duke.

Adler also emphasized that the DCU has not expressed an opinion on homosexuality itself, but rather has defended the rights of those who believe

Gothic Queers, disagreed. “There are a lot of Jewish and Christian denominations that are fine with homosexuality....,” she said. “If you say those denominations don’t have the right to practice their beliefs because other denominations should have the right to practice their beliefs, you get in this paradox,” The decision also raises serious questions about the University’s historic relationship with the United Methodist Church—an affiliation that has largely discouraged Duke from allowing samesex unions in the Chapel in the past. The Church earlier this year reiterated its stance against same-sex unions.

Keohane said she and Willimon discussed the issue with several Methodist leaders. Jordan Bazinsky “We make clear that no clergy will be asked to perform the ceremony if they personally, or their faith groups, do not support doing this,” Keohane wrote in an e-mail. “The Chapel is not a Methodist church, and we would not expect Methodist ministers to perform these liturgies.”

Bishop Marion Edwards of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church issued a press release about the decision yesterday, urging clergy members of the church not to perform same-sex unions.

The statement also recognized that the Chapel is not bound by the Church’s rules.

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Assembly to hear concerns during upcoming session

SALARIES from page 3 There are additional reasons why these discrepancies have gone unnoticed so far. Up to this point, no one has compared North Carolina salaries to those in other states nor have the salaries recently been adjusted for inflation.

“The legislature has not kept pace with public education salaries,” said Martin Lancaster, president of the North Carolina Community College System. The

North Carolina General Assembly allocates funding to community colleges each year based on a prescribed formula.

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that the state will have to give an extra $33.8 million per year to the system “It will be our top priority in the upcoming General Assembly,”, said Lancaster. “The more the legislature learns about our under-funding, I feel they’ll do what they can.”

State Representative Mickey Michaux said there are possibilities for more funding from the upcoming Assembly.

He said he plans to support Mickey Michaux efforts to allocate the additional annual funds needed to raise salaries.

“It’s going to be difficult to reach [the goal], but we’ll have to try,” said Michaux. “We can’t afford to lose the instructors we have.”

Peter Wooldridge, the program director for the Associate in Arts Program at Durham Technical Community College, said the issue of low salaries is a well known one.

“It’s an issue that all the faculty at Durham Tech are aware of,” said Wooldridge. “Historically, I feel the community college system is underfunded.”

However, Wooldridge pointed out that the North Carolina Community College Faculty Association is addressing the issue. “I’m optimistic because the issue is out in the open and people are talking about it.”

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university, much like any organization, must constantly evaluate its success and adapt to changing times. On the other hand, universities are purported to perpetuate timeless ideals and ideas in traditional fields and more cutting-edge ones, too.

So because the Graduate School reviewed its programs and found a handful of them with enrollments that may hinder their abilities to provide satisfactory graduate education, it now faces a real dilemma—should it cut programs because ofit has difficulty in administrating them well, or should it preserve programs in classical areas of study for philosophical reasons?

The consequences of cutting a graduate program at a research university are significant. Faculty often choose their workplaces based on the quality of graduate students with whom they will work. A lack of such students can force professors expected to produce high-quality research to assume a greater teaching load and denies them access to high-quality research assistants. The effects of these changes can have significant passed-on effects to undergraduate teaching in the areas.

Duke is looking hard at areas like art and art history, classical studies, music and German, among others. These divisions have rapidly shrinking applicant pools and entering graduate cohort.

Faculty in these areas argue that these areas represent the fundamental disciplines of arts and sciences teaching—and they may have a valid point. But the line between fundamental discipline and other subjects seems blurry at best, and most any department at Duke could make this argument as well.

The Graduate School has made the right decision by acting cautiously in this issue. The decreasing numbers in these departments mimic national trends ofreduced applicants to graduate programs.

An economic correction could go a long way to helping applications bounce back, so the Graduate School should try to wait before reacting to what may be an anomaly forced by a booming economy.

It has done an admirable job at boosting recruitment efforts, and it must continue to do so. Duke should begin by doing its part in encouraging its undergraduates to go to graduate school and also encourage these students to apply to Duke. In these shrinking departments, faculty should begin making strong connections with undergraduates not only to mentor them, but also to draw them to the program.

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Letters to the Editor

McDonald’s denies promotions We feel it is necessary to raise a very important question that affects the welfare of everyone in the Duke community: Why are there never any game pieces at Bryan the Center McDonald’s?

We are outraged at McDonald’s blatant attempt to oppress us by callously denying our fundamental right to participate in their promotional contests.

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ty of which we have been mercilessly robbed.

We demand to know why we have been brushed aside and deemed unworthy. Are we somehow inferior to cusother McDonald’s tomers? We want answers.

First it was the conspicuous absence of Monopoly pieces, depriving us of participation in a game that is enjoyed by young and old alike. Then came the Olympics game with its

teasing,

deceptive labels that resembled game pieces but merely asked us to request those pieces by mail. The final straw is the current 102 Dalmatians contest, another opportuni-

Maheer Gandhavadi Trinity ’O2

Anand Nathan Pratt ’O2

Letting athletes register first does not discriminate In closing, I’d also like to Additionally, the notion I am a varsity athlete here at Duke—a member of our that athletes are spoiled is refer you to the application fencing team—and I take ridiculous. First of all, not all for admission that students personal objection to Dave athletes at this university are fill out when they apply to Nigro’s Dec. 5 column titled on scholarship. Furthermore, Duke. The application has “Athletic Absurdity.” Nigro many athletes do not receive been changed since I applied said he is able to appreciate the best housing. If you have two years ago, but at that any doubts about this, I can time it included the question that the new athlete scheduling policy will “allow athletes refer you to many members of to the applicant, “In what to better schedule classes varsity teams who spent their ways can you contribute to community?” around their practices,” and freshman year living in those the Duke Maybe the next time that his correctness ended there. virtual closets that we so lovWhen practices take up and ingly call Randolph and you are in Card Gym, over four hours of a person’s Blackwell. Finally, your notion Cameron Indoor Stadium or that the regular student at Wallace Wade Stadium, weekday, that person’s abilicheering on one of our sports ty to schedule the classes Duke is so superior academithat he or she desires is natcally to varsity athletes is teams, you will remember urally limited. Giving athaltogether asinine. You would that the Duke community is letes the first pick of classes know this if you had taken the one in which academics are serves to balance out this time to peruse the ACC acathe foremost part, but not the fact, as often times we cannot demic honor roll to which only part. take the classes that we many Duke students have desire because they conflict been named for beingreal stuAdam Gasthalter with practice times. dent athletes.

Trinity ’O3 for referenced column, see //www.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle/2000/12/05/llAthleticabsurdity.html

Both Bush and Gore delay election completion I am writing in response to Thomas Bowman’s Dec. 1 column. Bowman was obviously speaking as an unin-

formed opponent of Vice President A1 Gore, and the points he made were seriously flawed and biased.

Instead of denouncing everything and everyone, we should try not to get so worked up over how to decide the next president.

Bowman blames Gore for “the longest U.S. election ever.” First of all, is this all Gore’s fault? And is it so bad that this dispute over the election is the first of its kind? I argue that Gore’s decision to legally petition the court system for a recount is as much responsible for the delay in declaring our future president as Gov. George W. Bush and his brother (as well as the rest of the Republican-controlled Florida

government) are

Democratic counties, which discredits the validity of the incredibly close race. Gore probably would have won if it were not for the repeated refusal of Florida officials to count the ballots that were erroneously thrown out by the counting machines.

Furthermore, perhaps we can use this disruption of our election process to guide us in a movement to reform our system. We can learn from Canada’s example of how simply and accurately a Prime and Minister Parliament can be elected to enable us to abolish our electoral college and create a new process. Perhaps then Bowman would no longer feel embarrassed that Canada ran an election in one day and the United States could not.

For instance, instead of that “[Gore’s] claiming Democratic operatives [are] disputing any and every military overseas ballot they can,” he could learn through simple research that the

responsible.

They allowed many votes to be completely ignored in a few predominantly for referenced column, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu chronicle /

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Gore-Lieberman campaign favors the opposite stance.

Gore supported allowing military absentee ballots that did not even meet Florida requirements, even though they would almost certainly favor Bush.

Let’s just all sit back and wait until Dec. 18 when the 538 electors name the next president, which is just what the Constitution has had us do since the establishment of our election process.

And if Gore wants to have recounts, Bush wants to name his cabinet and Florida officials want to discuss their options before Florida’s 25 electors submit their votes, so be it. There’s nothing we can due to stop Democrats, Republicans or their lawyers from doing everything legally within their power, and not having a president-elect immediately chosen isn’t going to hurt us right now.

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Our major rationale for this change is our conviction... that Duke has a wonderful tradition ofrich religious diversity.

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Battlefields and television Israeli and Palestinian tactics with the media resemble those of Gore and Bush their own position while discrediting and the other. Both situations turned abasing pen really ugly really fast, and in each one, the other side is apparently at fault, Ultimately though, there is one outstanding difference between the two cases. In Abdullah AhArian the United States, the disputed election is being dealt with by the legal system.

Watching the news this past month, From county courts to district courts, one would assume that current events from Florida’s Supreme Court all the way around the world have come to a halt to the U.S. Supreme Court, each body is while American courts decide the presseeking to evenhandedly implement the idency. In reality though, a great deal letter of the law, thereby coming to a has happened in recent weeks, espescrupulous final decision that everyone cially in the Middle East, where the must accept. While on the one hand, violence, which began in late nations around the world are baffled by September has yet the current controto cease. And versy, the fluidity while one can’t amount we of America’s legal help but absorb system should every aspect ofthe serve as a model of is debate over the judicial efficacy.

One cannot presidency, some participants intriguing paralhelp but wonder why the conflict in lels between the ing to own Israel two and the situations stand out. position occupied territories should not be Primarily, the role of law in both sithandled in much uations as a the same way

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vistr Th.ere exists an extensive body of international law, made up of various treaties, charters, conventions and United Nations resolutions dealing specifically with the issue Palestinians and Israelis, view their at hand. While Palestinians continue to be gunned down in the streets, all they respective situations as a basic struggle for survival, and as a result, are ask is for these laws to be enforced. As willing to take whatever measures are the fighting enters its third month, almost 300 Palestinians, many of them necessary to ensure their triumph.

Both sides in each contest feel the need innocent children, have been killed and to fight not only the main on-field clash, 9,000 remain injured, severely in some but by waging battle in the domain of cases. The Israeli army fires missiles mass media, ultimately looking to win in into homes on a daily basis, and even

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sive and unacceptable retaliation against civilians with rocks and light artillery as their only defense. Even religious freedom has been denied, as barely 10 percent of the usual 250,000 worshippers were allowed to attend prayer services at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this past Friday, the first of

the blood of one innocent child does not wash off that of countless others who undoubtedly suffered the same fate, As Israel prepares for its own upcoming democratic elections, which will cortainly be governed by its national laws, it is fitting to once again make the plea for enforcement of the law unconditionally and in all cases. This means Israel must once and for all respect the will of the world embodied in countless UN resolutions. These documents call for everything from returning Palestinian refugees to their homes to halting illegal settlement activity, from honoring the human rights of its non-Jewish citizens to ultimately withdrawing from territories it obtained unlawfully through force. In any society, observance of the law is a crucial requirement for peace This is no exception

the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government persists to demonize the Palestinians as the irrational instigators ofviolence and the enemies of peace. Considering that this has not been able to aptly justify the numerous deaths reported each day, Israeli spin-doctors have gone a step further. In a despicable move, a recent report by the military suggested that the now infamous murder of 12-year-old Muhammad Al-Durra was not actually perpetrated by Israeli soldiers, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Even so, cleaning its hands from Abdullah Al-Arian is a Trinity junior.

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I will begin with Papa and Grandpapa Ivan, Papa has always born a striking resemblance to Igor the Milkman, which for years made Grandpapa lactose intolerant. He had for years been intolerant of many things, like Communists and Gypsies, but lactose intolerance was by far his most interesting intolerance. You see, he was by trade a dairy farmer. But this did not stop him from enjoying life. Every Christmas, Papa and Grandpapa would amuse themselves by wrestling with Large Caribou in our back yard.

Large Caribou was Vasknarva’s only Native American resident, and he has never liked this tradition. After wrestling with Large Caribou, they would go down to the frozen lake near the town square and amuse themselves with vodka and poetry. Then they would join others in making fun of Yvgeny, who in a single stroke of genius was not only the town crier but also the village idiot. The combination of these duties set him up to be very entertaining. My favorite part of this tradition was Grandpapa Ivan’s poems.

He penned the most passionate verses, and one in particular was my favorite. I have roughly translated it for you here:

Yuletide cheer, with family near, I see good old Saint Nicholas, With Rudolph, his Reindeer, whose nose looks just ridiculous!

He plays with me and my family, and then goes of in his sleigh.

I sometimes wonder just how do I see him on this day’ Then I realize that I have been drinking heavily and am hallucinating.

Grandpapa was the Estonian poet-laureate for 15 years running. I should also mention Mama, and the Vasknarva sweater knitting competition. For years Mama won the annual Vasknarva sweater knitting competition hands down. Mama was the only woman in the entire village capable ofknitting complete sets ofShetland sweaters during Estonia’s great wool crisis ofthe 1980s.

It was later discovered that, during this period, she was also the only woman in the village with an American Express Platinum card and a place on the J.Crew mailing list. Thankfully, by the time this came out, a large rubber cement factory had moved to Vasknarva, and the woozy citizenry, preoccupied with making fake boogers and high off of latex fumes, never put two and two together. However, a strange set of events would soon reveal her as a fraud and cost us our homeland.

I have already mentioned Yvgeny, the village idiot and town crier. Last Christmas the Estonian Mafia, in part of a strange caviar smuggling plot, had tried to bribe him to abuse his duties as town crier, while still remaining competent as a village idiot. Yvgeny refused, and they slipped him Prozac in his sleep.

(That was a very subtle joke. You see, I was using the duality of the word ‘crier’ to indicate not only one who announces things, but also, literally, one who

cries, and is therefore perhaps somewhat depressed. I had you thinking that Yvgeny was in reality the first kind of crier, but then I switched things around on you, and all of a sudden the Prozac joke came in, and then—whoa, humor!)

With the Prozac, Yvgeny was a different person, and soon began to participate energetically in life. He ran for local office and began an inquiry into Mama’s knitting practices. Due to his idiocy it never really went anywhere. Indeed, Yvgeny sat for weeks puzzling over a box of sweaters from the J.Crew factory with Mama’s name and address on them, trying to put two and two together.

This changed when the Estonian Mafia had a bone to pick with Grandpapa Ivan. Forgetting his lactose intolerance, Grandpapa had mixed up some White Russians after the Christmas of 1999, and stunk up all of downtown Vasknarva with his inability to process the drinks. Several big time gangsters were upset, and wanted to get even. They offered to pay Yvgeny to kill Grandpapa and then use his already established idiocy as a rock solid defense to escape prosecution.

The plan might have worked, but Yvgeny’s character was rock solid, and he wouldn’t be bought. In retribution, they slipped him Ritalin while sleeping and Yvgeny became a genius.

Soon he had worked out Mama’s scheme, and revealed her as a fraud. In the ensuing protest, we were banished from Vasknarva and will now move to the United States. I am consoled only by the knowledge that my new home will be nearer to a nudie bar than my old one.

Dana Vachon, Trinity O2, is not going home to Estonia during the holiday. Please send him food and presents. ’

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University considers necessity of over-arching committee ENVIRONMENT from page 1 Thus, autonomous departments—like Facilities Management, Auxiliary Services and Occupational and Environmental Safety—see to it that environmental laws are followed and conservation endeavors are innovated, all within budget.

Butler said Facilities Management has tried to lead by example by integrating the statement into its departmental goals, but added that, “Since each department is in charge of itself, it’s up to them,” how or if they choose to follow the mission statement.

But would an environmental oversight committee or department be helpful in shaping a more cohesive strategy toward environmental sustainability and in furthering Duke’s master plan goal to “maintain the quality and character of the natural environment”?

“I don’t know whether we’ve ever considered it,” said President Nan Keohane. Traditionally, she noted, Duke has approached conservation efforts through “mechanics and infrastructure,” such as changing the technology of lighting or water fixtures, rather than directly telling the campus community what to do.

“That has been the approach. We’re not going to jawbone people,” Keohane said.

Still, an oversight department was a possibility that Keohane and many others said might be helpful. It is an option that will be explored in an upcoming audit of the University's environmental compliance by the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office.

Dr. Wayne Thomann, director ofthe office, said the study would examine ways that the University could improve its environmental stewardship. One of those ways could be putting those programs under the accountability of one person or department.

“We’re going to be looking at and getting a feel for all these efforts, in some cases really innovative and clever ones, that could be turned into a full institutional approach,” Thomann said.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took that full approach a year ago by creating the Sustainability Coalition, which has eight task forces to evaluate and direct projects in various areas including energy, transportation, water and waste management.

A transportation task force at Duke, for instance, could receive updates on Facilities Management’s continued purchasing of compressed natural gas vehicles, which emit less pollution than standard gasoline ones. It could make recommendations to Auxiliary Services regarding the possibility of buying alternatively-fueled Duke buses, and hear reports on ways to comply with various environmental laws, such as the recent Durham city ordinance requiring

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Joe Jackson, grounds and sanitation manager, said if an oversight committee were to be formed, it would have to green light any project that affected the environmental community.

Butler noted, “Something like this may be good to come out of the School of the Environment.”

Indeed, student interest was key to creating UNO’s coalition, along with a well-timed executive order from Gov. Jim Hunt requiring state agencies to become more environmentally sustainable.

UNO recycling coordinator B.J. Tipton said one of the best aspects of the Sustainability Coalition is that it brings together students, faculty and staff.

However, Keohane noted the lack of widespread student interest in conservation at Duke. She recol-

lected that during her time at Wellesley College and Stanford University, students often initiated environmental campaigns encouraging others to turn off their lights. Although similar efforts have occurred at Duke, they are less common.

“I think there’s a lot of apathy concerning environmental issues at Duke,” said senior Kelly Lynn Mulvey, president of the Environmental Alliance.

Although her group works often with Facilities Management and Auxiliary Services, Mulvey wishes all the student groups could combine forces.

“I’ve noticed that the environmental groups on campus are fairly disconnected. I really don’t have any connection to the Nicholas School, and as the president of the Environmental Alliance you would expect I should,” she said. “I think we can get more goals accomplished as a united body.”

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� Clemson rallies to beat Winthrop Clemson battled back from a 212 run by Winthrop to beat the Eagles 69-59 last night. Adam Allenspach led Clemson with a game-high 20 points. Will Solomon added 19. Solomon has scored in double figures in 36 consecutive games.

� In women’s action, PSU tops Maryland Lisa Shepherd scored 26 points and Kelly Mazzante had 21 as No. 13 Penn State beat Maryland 95-86 last night.

Deedee Warley led Maryland with 16 points.

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� Dupay reinstated in time for rematch Tonight at 7 p.m., No. 8 Florida visits No. 2 Michigan State for a rematch of last year’s national championship game. Gators coach Billy Donovan announced yesterday that junior guard Teddy Dupay will play but not start following a one-game suspension for “violating team rules.” The junior guard will not be welcomed warmly by Spartan fans, who remember his hard foul of Mateen Cleaves in last year's championship. Cleaves limped to the locker room during that game, but he returned to lift his team to the title.

� Arizona gets Woods, Jefferson back In Saturday’s game at Connecticut, No. 5 Arizona will have the services of 7-foot-2 center Loren Woods for the first time this year. The NCAA suspended the senior for the season’s first six games for receiving improper benefits from a family friend. Meanwhile, starting forward Richard Jefferson will also return to the Wildcats' lineup following a one-game suspension. Jefferson’s suspension stems from accompanying his roommate and best friend, Luke Walton, son of Bill Walton, to Walton's San Diego home to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals last spring. Walton paid for Jefferson’s plane ticket, which Jefferson will now have to pay back.

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Duke breaks away from local foe Davidson

By HAROLD GUTMANN

No one said being the preseason player of the year was easy.

Last night, Shane Battier played 24 minutes and scored

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On a night when Duke’s high-powered Davidson 60 offense had a tough time getting started, the defense more than filled the void against Davidson (3-5) in a 102-60 win in a less-thanpacked Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The No. 1 Blue Devils (8-0) shot only 40 percent, but forced 33 turnovers by the Wildcats en route to the win.

“Defense led to easy buckets for me and my teammates,” said Chris Duhon. “Our whole mindset is to have all five guys come out and pressure. We play better when we score off our defense—create turnovers, create bad shots, get the rebounds, get out and run.”

Duhon led the defensive effort with five of Duke’s 21 steals. He was also instrumental in the transition game, feeding Shane Battier and Casey Sanders for spectacular dunks in the second half.

The freshman’s performance earned him extensive praise from coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“We had amazing energy from Chris Duhon,” Krzyzewski said. “He was all over the place.... He wasn’t good, he was spectacular.”

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Williams has scored 78 points in the last three games, but he doesn’t expect that output to continue the whole season.

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eight points.

Kevin Lees Game Commentary Last night, Davidson’s Chris Pearson also played 24 minutes and scored eight points. Pearson also had three more rebounds than Battier.

But there is a reason Battier is heralded on every sports magazine cover in America and Pearson is not.

Pearson turned the ball over six times and only got off five shots. That is because Battier and Nate James were consistently present with dominant defense.

The two were all over the court, always in the Wildcats’ faces, never lagging behind.

Defensively, the two-time reigning national defensive player of the year had an excellent game.

But offensively, it was another story as Battier shot an uncharacteristically low 3-for-13 and hit no three-pointers in six attempts. He only hit two ofhis four free throws.

“I thought Shane, in the first half, just looked worn out trying to get everybody into what we’re doing,” Mike Krzyzewski said. “By the time he got a shot, he was REGAN HSU/THE CHRONICLE

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to beat UNC-Greensboro 77-76.

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lead with 17 seconds left on a driving layup by Courtney Eldridge.

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Grundy scored from about eight feet along the baseline as he was falling down and was mobbed by teammates.

UNC-Greensboro (2-4) led by 14 late in the first half, but N.C. State (5-2) scored 14 straight points to lead 40-38 at halftime.

Grundy finished with 24 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 3-for-5 from threepoint range. He also had six

rebounds, “It was a person that I have known for a long time. He helped me out when I needed it. The NCAA says it was too much. That is the way it is.”

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Kenny Inge added 22 points and 10 rebounds for N.C. State. He hit seven of the 10 shots he attempted.

Jay Joseph led Greensboro with 21 points and nine rebounds. Eldridge finished with 13 points, seven assists and five rebounds.

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Mailman delivers: Malone breaks record, Jazz beat Raptors

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Karl Malone’s first eight Toronto 84 points carried him past Wilt Chamberlain. The Mailman’s next 23 carried the Utah Jazz past the Toronto Raptors.

Malone moved past Chamberlain for second place on the NBA’s career scoring list last night, hitting a scoop in the lane with 4:58 left in the sec-

ond quarter of Utah’s 98-84 victory over Toronto.

“Wilt Chamberlain was a pioneer in this league, a guy I have great respect for,” Malone told a swarm of reporters on the Delta Center floor. “I didn’t sleep at all today. I had the worst nap ever.”

Malone finished with 31 points, giving him 31,443 in his 16-year career.

Chamberlain scored 31,419 in 14 seasons. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the league’s career leader with 38,387.

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KARL MALONE acknowledges the crowd in Salt Lake City after scoring his 31,420th career point.

“To be able to play every game with guys who believed in me, that’s what really means a lot,” Malone said. “That, and the people here in Utah have accepted me, the good with the bad Malone, the most prolific power forward in NBA history and a 16-year fixture for the Utah Jazz, went into the Toronto game needing eight points to pass Chamberlain.

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he went to the bench during a break in play. He was swarmed by teammates, who hugged him and gave him high-fives. “[Greg] Ostertag grabbed me around the neck,” Malone said. “I was trying to get a breath and then [Olden Polynicel grabbed me around the neck.

“I thought it was my last game,” Malone added, “All my teammates wanted something before the game, and I gave them something. I can’t say right rebounds and three blocked shots, and now. Every single teammate was pulling the only lowlight was when he was for me. That was the highlight.”

Chamberlain, who died in October ejected with less than one minute to play after getting his second technical 1999 at age 63, scored 31,419 points during 14 seasons in the NBA. He averfor arguing with referee Marc Davis. aged 30.1 points per game and still Even then, Malone received a standholds the league’s single-game scoring ing ovation when he left the floor.

“My biggest fear was that I would get record of 100 points. the record but we wouldn’t win the “Karl has a tremendous amount of game,” Malone said. respect for Wilt Chamberlain. Just to be It took a while for Malone to get associated with Wilt is a great honor,” going. He missed his first shot and Stockton said.

At his current average of about 23 dropped a pass from John Stockton out of bounds, his only touches in the first points per game, the 37-year-old Malone five minutes. would need to play about four more seaHe finally made a 22-foot jumper sons to catch Abdul-Jabbar. Malone midway through the first period, then passed Michael Jordan for third place hit from 18 feet on the left wing. With on the list in November 1999.

1:54 on the clock, he got a fast-break Asked whether he would try for Abdul-Jabbar’s mark, Malone said he layup on a feed from Bryon Russell.

After sitting most of the second would not do it unless he continues to quarter, Malone came in to cheers. play well. He does not want to limp into Flashbulbs twinkled in the crowd retirement playing 15 minutes a night. when he threw in a jumper for the “I won’t stay around just for the apparent historic points but Toronto record and I won’t come back from a was called for an illegal defense, negatserious injury,” Malone said. “I think about things I want to do for myself, ing the basket.

The points to surpass Chamberlain with my family and my kids. I see came, naturally, on a feed from other athletes who stay too long. I don’t Stockton, Malone’s longtime teammate want to.” and the point guard who made so many Malone credited his durability for of his baskets possible. helping his career. He has missed only “I wouldn’t have had it any other seven games, four to league suspensions way,” Malone said. and three to injuries.

Malone stepped into the lane, swept Passing Chamberlain was bitterpast defender Corliss Williamson and sweet for Malone. Last week, he spoke flipped the ball in, touching off a chorus of Chamberlain’s huge impact on basof cheers that continued until a dead ketball and how it is too bad some ball about one minute later. records cannot stay in place forever.

Malone missed a chance to reach the “I think everyone was really touched when it happened,” Stockton said. “I milestone last weekend. He needed 22 told him, ‘Good job. Let’s play.”5 points going into Saturday’s game in The fans continued to cheer Malone as Charlotte but scored only 14. ”

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Hoosiers upset previously unbeaten No. 10 Notre Dame

By TOM COYNE

Associated Press Notre Indiana 86 SOUTH BEND, Ind Dame could still have its best N.D. 78 season in years, but it will have to wait another year to turn things around against Indiana.

Despite being unbeaten and No. 10 in the nation, their highest ranking in 15 seasons, the Irish couldn’t stop the Hoosiers last night as Indiana cruised to an 86-78 victory—their sixth straight over the Irish.

“It leaves a bad taste in your mouth not being able to beat them,” Notre Dame guard Martin Ingelsby said.

The streak is the longest in the history of the series, which Indiana (4-3) leads 45-19, and marked the 11th victory in 12 years for the Hoosiers.

Tom Coverdale scored 30 points to more than double his career high, making more shots (11) than his previous high for attempts (10) and going 4-for-6 on three-pointers. He also had six assists.

“I had no idea Coverdale would come out and get 30 points,” interim Indiana coach Mike Davis said. “Now he knows this is his team. I think guys defensively take him for granted.”

Coverdale hit a three-pointer 34 seconds into the game and scored seven of Indiana’s first 11 points to get started.

“When someone is playing like that, you just give him the ball and let him go to work,” said freshman Jared Jefferies, who scored 14 points for Indiana.

Notre Dame, which shot 52.9 percent through its first four games, was held to a season-low 38.2 percent, and the 53.3 percent Indiana shot was the best against the Irish this season.

“We felt that they hadn’t seen a defense, the type of pressure we put on them, yet this

season,” Coverdale said. “We wanted to frustrate them.”

Irish coach and former Duke assistant Mike Brey said his team couldn’t stop the Hoosiers with any sort of consistency.

“You always hope your team doesn’t have to get their rear ends kicked to learn a lesson, but a lot of teams do,” Brey said.

David Graves, who scored 14 points for the Irish, said Indiana played great defense.

“That’s the signature of Indiana.

Everything we tried to do they had a counter,” he said.

Troy Murphy, Notre Dame’s leading scorer who sprained his right ankle in practice Monday, played 37 minutes but was 5-for-18 from the field and scored 15 points.

The Hoosiers, who had beaten the Irish in overtime the past two seasons, were in control through much of the game, although the Irish did manage to tie it briefly late in the first half.

The Hoosiers went on a 13-0 run early in the second half and led by double figures most of the rest of the game. The Irish finished the game with a 7-0 run to make it closer.

Kirk Hasten, who did not play Saturday because of a sprained toe, had 19 points and eight rebounds for Indiana, while Kyle Hornsby had 11 points.

Ryan Humphrey had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Irish, while Matt Carroll had 12 points and Ingelsby scored 11.

After Humphrey scored early in the second half, Indiana went on the 13-0 run to open a 5036 lead.

The Irish cut the lead to 67-59 on a threepointer by Graves. But the Irish turned the ball over and Murphy was called for an intentional foul as he reached out and grabbed Coverdale’s shirt on a fast break. Coverdale hit both free throws and Hasten hit a jumper inside on the next possession to make it 71-59.

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Blue Devils use tight defense, bench to put away Wildcats McKillop said. “Certainly we will grow from this experience.”

Up only six, Duke made a 14-2 run using only layups and free throws to gain a comfortable margin the rest of the way. Duke had a season-high 27 free throws on 38 attempts for the game, and used 24 offensive rebounds to get easy putbacks.

Williams opened the second half with two more three-pointers. A dunk

by Sanders gave Duke its 100th point and its largest lead of the game at 100-54. It was the 82nd time Duke hit the century mark under Krzyzewski, and it came in the coach’s 300th game at Cameron.

Besides Williams, Krzyzewski said that Nate James has been the most consistently productive member ofthe team. James finished with 20 points and seven rebounds on the night.

“I go out there and I play hard and I play my game,” said the senior guard. “Even though some guys get a little more shine than I do, that doesn’t bother me. I just give whatever I can to the team. This is my last year so I’m going to make it a good one.”

The game gave Duke a chance to work on its depth, perhaps the only difficiency the top-ranked team has shown so far this season.

Nick Horvath shot only l-for-9, but Sanders finished with 10 points, and Christensen played inspired. The junior grabbed five rebounds before fouling out in only 12 minutes.

“I think we’re starting to develop depth,” said Krzyzewski, who hoped to play Christensen more if not for his

teamed for the second straight game, I’m not looking to score 25 points every night, and the center was held to just four I’m just taking the opportunities that are given points on three shots. Shane Battier also struggled offensively, shooting to me,” Williams said. “My goal is just to win.”

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NATE JAMES exhibited solid play all night versus Davidson. The senior scored 20 points.

Amazingly, Battier ended the first half with as many points (two) as seldom-used Matt Christensen and never-before-used Reggie Love.

“Shane just got worn out in the first half trying to get everybody into what we’re doing,” Krzyzewski said. “By the time he took a shot, he was exhausted.”

The game looked to be a rout from the outset. The Blue Devils used three blocks and a steal to go ahead 9-4, but the Wildcats scored the next nine points to take a 13-9 lead. A three-pointer and a three-point play

by Williams put Duke back in the lead to stay, but the game was still 27-21 with seven minutes to play in the first half.

‘Teams are not just going to just lay down and die,” Krzyzewski said.

“I think they played really hard and were coached very well. They didn’t make any adjustments because they were playing Duke, they just ran their system and I admire that.

“They’re good in their system.

They can get the ball up the court fast and they force you to be in shape.”

Davidson had lost to Georgia Tech by 31 and were coming off a fivepoint loss to lightly regarded Elon, but still pushed the ball hard against the Blue Devil pressure.

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SHANE BATTIER throws down a dunk in the second half of last night’s game. foul trouble It was also the first game for Love, a wide receiver on the football team.

Love started the game further down on the bench than ineligible transfer Dahntay Jones, but finished with four points, a block and a steal in just four minutes of action.

“We have to make him a basketball player,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s a really hard worker and he’s an excellent athlete and he’s not afraid. So it’s just a matter oflearning our system. His feet are wrong on defense but he makes up for it with his athletic ability and a great attitude.”

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Battier, Williams could both compete for national honors � BATTIER from page 19 After breaking a record for most three-pointers in a game (nine) in the season debut against Princeton, and an 18-point showing against Temple Saturday, there is no reason to write Battier off.

“He’s the focus of attention of a lot of people,” Krzyzewski said, “but Shane is just going to do whatever the team needs. I’m concerned about him using too much energy in getting everybody ready. I thought he played very emotionally tonight. He missed a dunk, he missed open shots in this game.”

Meanwhile, Jason Williams is coming off 78 points in the last three games, including a 25-point effort

against the Wildcats last night. The sophomore point guard has minimized his number of turnovers, a major concern last year.

“He’s a hell of a player. I know that when Jason Williams is going to play, he’s going to give you Xamount of stats,” Krzyzewski said.

Williams has been unstoppable in all ofthe big games

this season—against Lynn Greer in the second half of Temple Part 1, against all of the Owls in Temple Part 2 and against Frank Williams of Illinois, Tve just been taking the shots I’ve usually taken and I think I’ve improved a lot from over the summer,” Williams said. “It’s just finally starting to show what I can do. I’m just trying to learn.”

He has shown himself, from his first games last season against Stanford and Connecticut, to be a very quick learner. If he keeps it up, Williams could find him-

self competing with Battier for the title of national player of the year. In fact, if the season ended today, Williams would probably win tKe award. Yet the point guard deflected any questions about whose team this is.

“I still think Shane Battier is the best player on this team,” he said, characteristically praising the team’s

unofflcal leader.

But Battier, also characteristically, heaped praise on his teammate.

“Jason’s playing as well as any player in the country right now,” Battier said. “Last year, people focused on [Chris] Carrawell and I had a great year. It’s all a matter of taking opportunities and running with them.”

Last season, after three players left for pro ball and another transferred, Battier took the opportunity to develop from playing a role to leading a team. It is true that Battier averaged 17.4 points to Carrawell’s 16.9 last season; there were times when Battier looked much more dominant than the senior, particularly at the end of the season. But it was Carrawell, more than any other player, who rallied the team emotionally, a role that Battier learned well from last year’s ACC player of the year, a role that transcends statistics and numbers.

In the end, no matter who wins what award and who leads which statistical category, it is likely Williams and Battier will both see their share of redhot scoring and game-winners. It is even more likely that a healthy competition will push both to play even better. The real winner will be Duke.

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