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The room suddenly becomes silent.

About 15 students, mostly men, line up.

Using a special compass, they determine the direction of the Ka’bah—the holy shrine in Mecca, nearly 7,000 miles away. Standing shoulder-toshoulder on a clean floor-covering, the group turns to face the proper direction.

The solemn voice of the imam, who leads their prayer, emerges from the quiet. For the next several minutes, the imam chants, and the students with their feet bare and their heads bowed—follow his lead, kneeling and rising as they whisper to themselves the words of the maghrih prayer, which is recited at sunset.

Following about 10 minutes of prayer Monday evening, the students move toward a long table, cheerfully chatting as they prepare to eat for the first time in nearly 12 hours. There is talk of exams and winter vacation, of dinner plans and the latest movies. The scene in the Breedlove Room demonstrates the fusion of the spiritual and the mundane: The students have gathered in the library to celebrate the month of Ramadan, in which nearly all Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.

The holiday is a time for purifica- MUSLIM STUDENTS PRAYED MONDAY evening before they ate a meal breaking their day’s fast.

See RAMADAN on page 21 i Muslim students say they mostly enjoy spending Ramadan at Duke.

TAs may work too many hours The IRS allows graduate students to work only 20 hours each week, but at Duke, teaching assistants might work extra hours.

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The stereotype of a graduate student usually involves images of an impoverished academic. This stereotype, however, may not be played out at Duke.

The budget committee of the Graduate School recently discovered that many graduate teaching assistants are working more than an Internal Revenue Service maximum and thus profiting from their education.

The IRS strictly mandates a maximum 20-hour work week for graduate students receiving financial assistance.

If students work more than the 20-hour limit, they are entitled to be paid from employee payrolls and thus receive benefits. To ensure that Duke students do not violate the maximum, the UniversiSee GRADUATE HOURS on page 25

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Faculty members and Ph.D. students from several departments that will soon undergo serious review because of diminishing enrollments praised their respective programs and cautioned administrators against measuring a department’s worth by its size.

“This is all about numbers,” said Bryan Gilliam, professor of music. “It’s all about rankings, numbers and money. This is the reality ofmodem universities....

The trouble is, with the humanities, crunching numbers does not always explain things.”

For example, he said, a graduate student in musical composition seeks out a particular composer and then applies to a program; thus, the department will

not draw a large number of students who are simply considering Duke but rather students who know they want to go to Duke.

But Lewis Siegel, dean ofthe Graduate School, has argued that at some point, size must matter. And a confidential Graduate School planning document indicates that it is a critical factor in the evaluation of the Ph.D. programs in art history, classical studies, earth and ocean sciences, German, microbiology, music and pathology.

Many graduate students say that being in a small program allows them greater faculty attention and creates a more tight-knit community, arguing that in large programs, students tend to lose their individual identities. “You can work very closely with faculty members in away that’s not always possible in larger departments,” said Laurel Fredrickson, a third-year See SMALL DEPARTMENTS on page

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Hours after Vice President A1 Gore’s lawyers filed what they said was his final appeal in his quest for the presidency, the Republican leaders of the Florida Legislature called a special session for Friday to appoint a set of presidential electors who would almost certainly support Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

The Republican legislators said the various court cases now pending—including Gore’s appeal, which will be heard in the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday morning—threatened to replace or “taint” the slate of electors now pledged to Bush who are scheduled to be appointed Dec. 12.

In what amounted to a warning shot fired by one branch of state government toward another, the leaders said the special session would ratify the original Republican electors in the event a court reverses Bush’s victory in Florida.

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Report: Army Corps of Engineers falsified data Senior commanders at the Army Corps of Engineers falsely manipulated an economic analysis to justify a proposed $1 billion system of locks along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, according to a very critical report by the Army’s inspector general.

Natural gas prices soar past last winter’s Consumers can expect to pay about 50 percent more to heat their homes with natural gas this winter than a year ago, according

to the federal Energy Information Administration.

China imprisons 2 pro-democracy leaders Two years after China began a crackdown on a short-lived pro-democracy party, two more of its leaders were sentenced to prison, bringing the number of party members imprisoned to at least 30.

Study backs theory of human origins in Africa A study comparing the DNA of people around the world has yielded what could be the best evidence yet that modern man first evolved in Africa and scattered to populate the planet as recently as 50,000 years ago.

U.S., Korean officials try to agree over No Gun Ri U.S. and South Korean officials tried to resolve widely differing views on how many refugees were killed by U.S. troops at the Korean hamlet of No Gun Ri during the Korean War and whether the Gls acted on orders.

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the end of the Cold War, though both Moscow and Washington have MOSCOW A Russian judge expelled alleged spies from each handed down the maximum sen- other’s capitals in recent years. tence of 20 years of hard labor The Clinton administration imagainst former U.S. naval intelli- mediately condemned the verdict Pope and called on President Vladimir gence officer Edmond Wednesday, after a seven-week es- Putin to release Pope because he suffers from a rare form of bone cancer, pionage trial behind closed doors.

‘The verdict is unjustifiable, it is The 54-year-old businessman was accused in April of obtaining flat-out wrong, and it has cast a secret plans and technical reports shadow over our relationship,” for a torpedo, the Shkval, or Squall White House spokesperson P.J. in English, a rocket-propelled un- Crowley said in Washington. derwater projectile that travels at “We remain very concerned that 230 mph. his health has deteriorated in reThe verdict marked the first es- cent days,” Crowley said, though pionage conviction against a West- he provided no details. “We have erner in Russia in the decade since been making clear to the Russian

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House Majority Whip Tom WASHINGTON DeLay, R-Texas, cast doubt Wednesday on the chances for a budget deal with President Bill Clinton and said that without one, Congress should make him choose between accepting less money than he wants for many agencies or shutting them down.

At a meeting with reporters, DeLay said that without an accord, Congress would continue sending Clinton bills to keep agencies functioning, adding, “If he wants to shut down the government that’s his problem, not ours.”

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It seemed clear that although further legal appeals are possible, the fate of Pope is most likely to be decided on the scales of diplomatic relations as Putin prepares to do business with a new U.S. president.

The trial’s conclusion allows Putin to say he backed the tough line of his security forces in protecting secrets, while he could gamer credit internationally by freeing Pope, The judge, Nina Barkova, read out the 20-page judgment as Pope stood in a steel cage, holding hands through the bars with his wife, See

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Both GOP leaders would like to complete a budget pact quickly to clear the decks for what they anticipate will be Republican George W. Bush’s presidency. An agreement would be the final piece of this year’s $l.B trillion federal budget.

White House officials, eager to calm the political waters for billions in extra spending they dearly want, said Clinton has no interest in replaying the government shutdown battles of 1995 and 1996.

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By JAIME LEVY The Chronicle

For years, students have complained about the Universitys lack of social space. But a list of existing campus space shows more than 100 venues available for student programming—so why aren’t these spots being used?

Several members of a committee charged with reviewing the policies, procedures and costs surrounding student social space say the difficulties of social planning lie not with the I but with the policies attached issue a report by the end of the secommittee has examined several issocial space, including whether be charged to use facilities, rooms should continue to be .ndividual living groups and dating certain event-planning Jd make it easier for students to secure space.

According to the incomplete list of available facilities put together by the Event Management Department, 48 of the venues charge flat fees, the lowest being $25 for a picnic shelter in the Duke Forest. On the other hand, the Devil’s Den, a Central Campus sports bar, costs a student organization $490 to rent, in addition to $7 per person and the cost of three police officers.

Panhellenic Council President Kate Heath explained that because sororities can, no longer hold events with alcohol in fraternity sections, the groups are left with few on-campus options for their get-togethers, the

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THE GOTHIC BOOKSHOP currently offers mostly academic books, which some students say do not appeal to them. In a somewhat controversial Nov. 6 referendum, students asked officials to examine privatizing the Gothic and the main bookstore.

DSG re-ignites bookstore debate

By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

Following officials’ suggestion, Bergsman will try to reactivate a Duke Stores student advisory committee With last month’s Duke Student Government bookthat has been dormant for a number of years. Modeled store referendum as a mandate, DSG Vice President for after the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Academic Affairs Jason Bergsman is trying to re-ignite a Committee, it may begin meeting as early as January. conversation on bringing a brand-name store to campus.

“The experience of having four or five students sit Citing examples from universities around the counaround the table with management every two weeks or try, Bergsman said that contracting Duke’s bookstore so is invaluable,” said Joe Pietrantoni, associate vice services to a major chain—such as Bames and Noble president for Auxiliary Services, or Follett—would improve both the inventory and serThe Nov. 6 referendum, sponsored by Bergsman, vice of the Gothic Bookshop, the Textbook Store and was approved by nearly three-fourths ofthe 1,478 unthe University retail store. dergraduates who voted. But Bergsman and Wilkerson “Duke Stores management has done an excellent job, disagree on the meaning of the vote. but [these are] the sort of improvements that can only “I noted to [DSG legislators] that I thought the quesbe brought in by the major stores and the resources they tion was wrong and misleading to those who are uninhave on a whole host of issues,” said Bergsman, a senior. formed on the issues,” said Wilkerson, “If they had conPointing to industry trends of expanded services and sulted me, it might have been drafted much differently.” more specialization, he said that Duke University Although he admitted that he should have contactStores may not be able to compete with major chains. ed Wilkerson prior to the vote, Bergsman defended the Bergsman has already met several times with Auxvalidity and factual nature of the question, which sugiliary Services officials. “The meetings have been in an gested that adding a chain store could improve sereffort to make [DSG officials] aware ofthe many issues vices, a measure that may require remodeling the that there are to consider,” said Jim Wilkerson, direc- store or adding an entirely different building. tor of Duke University Stores. “There was an impresAuxiliary Services officials say that such changes sion that the only way to get a new store would be to can occur without contracting outside the University, lease the operations to a private contractor.”

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Partnersh’ Women's Carolina Giving women a voice iated women, including professors, alumnae and graduate students.

Mirinda Kossoff, director of communiEnvisioning away for women across cations at the School ofLaw, wrote a secNorth Carolina to share their experiences, Duke graduate Emily Colin, tion for The Long Way Around that deals with the role suicide plays in a family.

Trinity ’97, has helped found the Cara “The theme [of the book! was women publishPartnership, Women’s olina ing company dedicated entirely to who have been through challenges in their lives,” Kossoff said. “I think it’s a women’s literature. out of Colin’s wonderful happening to give women a developed The idea work at the Coastal Carolina Press, a voice and provide a place for talented non-profit organization established by women with interesting things to say to Andrew Scott, professor emeritus at get them out there.”

The partnership’s launch event, a the University of North Carolina at panel discussion with eight authors Chapel Hill. from the two books, was held in WilmThe publishing company, which focuses on the history and culture of the ington as a part of Women’s Wellness Carolina coast, creates series that focus Week; the partnership formally began on different facets of North Carolina life. Sept. 29. “We had people coming up afColin, president of the partnership, terwards with tears in their eyes,” initially thought it would be a good idea Smith said.

Kossoff explained that these panel to put together a series showcasing women and their accomplishments. discussions showed her just how effec“Basically it was an evolution of tive the books were in helping women to ideas,” said Nicole Smith, co-founder overcome obstacles.

“What we struggled with does have and vice president of the partnership.

“Emily had the idea for the books, and universal applications,” she said. “You once those were going we thought, can go through some terrible things, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to have a also learn from it.”

These panel discussions, book signpress to focus on women.”

Originally, Colin invited 116 women ings and other events are an integral to participate in the publication of their part of the partnership, as much of its focus remains on community service and first two books— The Secret to Their Success: How 33 Women Made Their Dreams reaching out to women across the state.

Along with the publication of two Come True and The Long Way Around: How 34 Women Found the Lives They books per year, some of the organizaLove —and 67 agreed to join in on the tion’s future goals include the publication of a newsletter, which may lead to project. The books feature 15 Duke-affilBy BECKY YOUNG The Chronicle

rently the women are enrolled in Duke’s Certificate of Nonprofit Management Program.

In addition, Duke’s Continuing Eduheard. cation Program has started an e-com“The partnership itself is an organization that will be dedicated to focusing merce project whose students will inon women in Carolina, but using writtern at the partnership in order to help as they grow. ing and literacy as a means of expresColin stressed the founders are still in sion,” Colin said.

This publishing arm is what makes the process of shaping the organization. the partnership so unique. “We wanted Still, the two women agree that the pubto have a community service feel to us, lishing arm is the key to their success.

“We don’t want to reinvent the but also have the concentration on the wheel in any way,” Smith said. “You books,” Smith said.

Part of aiming for this “community don’t want to compete with other service feel” means the organization is groups doing good, but you do want to find your own niche.” applying for non-profit status, and cura magazine. The founders also intend to create a website as another medium through which women’s voices can be

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Hunt outlines educational priorities for North Carolina

From staff and wire reports In a press conference Wednesday, Gov. Jim Hunt laid out what it will take for North Carolina schools to become the best in the nation. Hunt, who will leave office in January, has been a fierce proponent for making education a top statewide priority.

“We’ve set an ambitious goal for North Carolina—making our VT p 1711/0 schools First in America by illiiVVo 2010,” Hunt said in a statement. Titto Y “But we need to get to work.” __________

The education cabinet—which includes Mike Ward, superintendent of North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction; Phil Kirk, chair of the State Board of Education; Molly Broad, president of the University of North Carolina system; Martin Lancaster, president of the Community College System; and Hope Williams, president ofthe Independent Colleges and Universities Association—will be responsible for establishing a detailed criterion by which the state can issue an annual “report card,” grading school progress.

Hunt said that in order to make North Carolina schools first, the state needs to focus on five key goals: achieving high student performance; making every child ready to leam; creating safe, orderly and caring schools; recruiting quality teachers and administrators; and forging strong family, community and business support.

Customs agents confiscated 2,871 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street yalue of $1.2 million.

The load arrived in Charleston, S.C., aboard a commercial vessel from Mexico. The marijuana was concealed in a container of napkins and soap detergent.

Customs agents targeted the container because it

seemed to violate several regulations.

Customs agents from Charlotte repackaged the marijuana and watched as it was later offloaded. After lengthy surveillance, customs agents in Charlotte and officers from the Guilford County Sheriffs Department made the arrests. They also seized three vehicles and $BO,OOO in cash from the alleged smugglers.

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Across the state, local elections officials set up 58 of the early voting sites, where ballots were cast during a three-week period prior to the election.

Before this fall’s election, voters had to submit valid excuses to election officials explaining why they could note vote on the traditional voting day. Typically, only North Carolinians who were sick or knew they would be out of the state could vote early. “As with any new project, there were a few problems,” Bartlett said. “We feel like we’ve got the knowledge to make it work better two years from now and four years from now.” ple were arrested in Greensboro following the seizure of nearly 3,000 pounds of marijuana in Charleston, S.C., the US. Customs Service announced Tuesday.

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The Water Keeper Alliance, the Sierra Club, the Animal Welfare Institute and other advocacy groups are now joining hands with 15 law firms specializing in civil litigation to force reforms in the industry.

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Durham’s human relations director resigned Tuesday after weeks of criticism for careless handling of public funds and repeated housing code violations.

Chester Jenkins, who served as mayor of Durham from 1989 to 1991, will step down in January as director ofDurham’s Human Relations Commission, which is responsible for investigating discrimination in housing and employment.

Officials discovered in September that Jenkins’ office had let $235,000 in federal grant funds accumulate unused, while city funds were spent on projects that the federal money could have covered. The department may also have delayed depositing about $19,000 in private donations for about six months. State law requires local governments to deposit receipts daily.

But Jenkins defended his department, saying the grants had accumulated because they had been receiving funds faster than they could be spent.

Jenkins had also come under fire for repeatedly allowing his personal rental properties to fall into disrepair, most recently when he did not show at a meeting of the Durham Housing Appeals Board where he was ordered to repair a house with 47 housing code violations. Jenkins currently owns four rental houses, one of which is condemned.

Jenkins submitted his resignation to City Manager Lament Ewell several hours before a Tuesday night meeting of the Human Relations Commission which was slated to discuss whether to recommend that Ewell impose sanctions on Jenkins,

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Kennedy said budget cuts have left the US. Environmental Protection Agency powerless to prevent pollution from industrial livestock operations and that the industry has used its political and financial muscle to “capture” regulators in North Carolina and

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Area activists worry about fate of Million Acre Plan

By NEIL VAISHNAV The Chronicle

As Gov. Jim Hunt prepares to leave office in January, environmental activists wonder whether his Million Acre Plan will make it through the upcoming transfer of power.

The Million Acre Plan, originally proposed by Hunt and subsequently signed into law this year, calls for preserving one million acres of the state’s open space and farmland by 2010. The initiative, mostly paid for by the state, is financed by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, which was founded in 1996 to keep rivers and streams pollution-free.

Although a Hunt spokesperson explained that $1.5 million has been added to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to ensure the initiative’s eventual success, many in the environmental community profess doubt as to whether Governor-elect Mike Easley will continue with the effort.

“Will Easley carry the ball? Public programs are always threatened when a new guy comes in,” said Chuck Roe, executive director of the Conservation Trust for North Carolina. “Right now, we can only be hopefully optimistic.”

Mark de Bree of the North Carolina Division of

Parks and Recreation agreed. “How Easley approaches the initiative is uncertain,” Bree said.

Easley representatives declined to comment on its future plans regarding the initiative.

Between 1987 to 1997, development—primarily urban—was responsible for a net loss of over 190,000 acres of land in the state. And estimates now show that the state’s population will increase by two million over the next 20 years.

Currently, 2.9 million acres are protected from development in North Carolina; most ofthis is owned by the federal government and is located in the mountains and along the coast. So far, the initiative has been responsible for the acquisition of an additional 50,000 acres of land—approximately 5 percent of the ultimate goal—with the help of local governments and private land trusts. Although this falls short ofthe in-

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TOBACCO FIELDS are a small part of the one million acres of open space and farmland targeted for preservation by the Million Acre Plan, which was originally proposed by outgoing N.C. governor Jim Hunt tended goal of approximately 100,000 acres a year, many environmentalists and policy makers feel it is a step in the right direction. “The governor picked the goal and we applaud the move,” Roe said.

However, Roe also pointed out that if one million acres are really to be protected, the state must pick up the pace.

“The private land trusts will make good progress, but the state needs to put its money where its mouth is. A lot of current lands are in jeopardy,” Roe said.

“Close to 18 acres an hour are being developed, while only a few are being saved at the same time.”

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Other than higher income taxes, De Bree cited the possibility of utilizing real-estate transfer taxes, impact fees and modifications on agricultural production.

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Researchers find answer to color perception question With findings that challenge the fundamental notions of how our eyes and brain work together to see the world, Duke neurobiologists have proposed new theories to describe the way colors appear different in different lights.

Conventional approaches explain this phenomenon simply as a consequence of the visual system’s complex circuitry—light falling on the retina is matched to the appropriate neurons, and color is perceived.

In contrast, Beau Lotto, a research associate in the department of neurobiology, and Dr. Dale Purves, professor of neurobiology, say color contrast is actually a result of our past evolutionary experiences, and not of the wiring between the eye and the brain.

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Congressional Republicans show signs of disagreement

By ADAM CLYMER

Cheney available as vice president to cast tie-breaking votes, the Republicans “I’m a uniter, not can look forward to being a majority WASHINGTON a divider,” Gov. George W. Bush ofTexas that does not have to concede much. never stopped saying during the presiIt is not that congressional Republidential campaign, arguing that he cans are unwilling to publicly downplay could end the partisan gridlock of these differences to help Bush be a sucWashington. cessful president. In both Houses, ReThe way his fellow Republicans on publicans backed him, hoping he would Capitol Hill are laying bare all their diwin big and help them retain control.

DeLay amiably hid himself from visions, if Bush becomes president he may have to worry first about uniting public view during the Republican Republicans before making deals with convention, but took a leading postDemocrats. election role in mobilizing staff“volunIn the House Wednesday, Republican teers” to help out in Florida at everyMajority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, all thing from recount-watching to rowdy but dared President Bill Clinton to shut hassling of the Miami-Dade canvassdown the government in a fight over ing board.

But now that they think Bush has spending, a fight Republicans have picked and lost before. His nominal suwon, their own political needs come perior, Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-111., first. And for veterans of years of tough would plainly prefer to compromise fights with Democrats, the need to show with Clinton. no weakness takes priority over creatIn the Senate Tuesday, the establishing any atmosphere of good will that ment conservatives held onto all the might make it easier for Bush in dealleadership positions, though the vote for ing with a narrowly divided Congress. policy committee chair was only 26-24.

Basically, Senate Republican leaders That was not just an ideological test, are talking as though the difference bethough the loser, Pete Domenici of New tween the 54-46 Senate of this year and Mexico, is less conservative than the the 50-50 Senate they expect next year winner, Larry Craig of Idaho, on issues is a shift that alters committee ratios in like tax cuts. a minor way, not something all but Their other major difference, reflectunique in Senate history. ing a major fault line among the 50 SenThey may be posturing or taking an ate Republicans, is over how conciliatoopening bargaining position they exry to be toward the 50 Senate pect to abandon, but they do not sound Democrats. Domenici is among the conthat way. ciliators. Craig says that with Dick See REPUBLICANS on page 14 � N.Y. Times News Service

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Turkey secures IMF loan, brightens outlook for EU summit

By DOUGLAS FRANTZ N.Y. Times News Service

ISTANBUL, Turkey Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit flew Wednesday to a summit meeting of European leaders in France flush with a pledge of $lO billion in international aid to avert a financial crisis and signs of progress in Turkey’s effort to join the European Union.

The good news was announced two days after Turkey’s economy seemed to be in free fall and, on the political front, as Ecevit was threatening to cut off talks with the European Union because of a dispute with Greece.

The first reprieve was the decision by EU foreign ministers to tone down language tying Turkey’s union membership to resolving its disputes with Greece over the divided island of Cyprus and territorial borders in the Aegean Sea. European leaders are widely expected to endorse the compromise this week at the EU meeting which begins today in Nice.

Second, and more critical for the immediate future, the International Monetary Fund pledged to provide $7.5 billion in emergency loans and an additional $2.9 billion in credits to restore confidence in Turkey’s economy and keep economic reforms on track.

As a condition for the aid, Turkey agreed to move forward in selling state-owned businesses and reforming its troubled banking operations. Before the IMF assistance was announced at a news conference Wednesday morning in Ankara, the capital, Turkish regulators seized Demirbank, the country’s ninth-largest bank. It was the 11th bank takeover in the past year.

The first installment of $5.6 billion from the IMF could come as soon as Dec. 21, assuming it is approved as expected by the fund’s executive board when -it meets that day in Washington.

‘The guarantee is intended to reassure people that they should have confidence in the banking system as a whole,” Michael Deppler, head of the fund’s European desk, said at the news conference, which was broadcast live on national television.

The mood began to improve Tuesday when Turkish

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Concern about the strength of some private banks and a corruption investigation of several banks had triggered a cash shortage in mid-November and sent interest rates soaring. Foreign investors sold their stocks and moved from the Turkish lira to the dollar, forcing the central bank to sell $7 billion in dollars to make up the shortfall.

In announcing the deal with the IMF Wednesday, Ecevit promised to strengthen the banking sector and speed up privatization. Later in the day, the government said it would sell a 51 percent stake in the national airline, Turkish Airlines, a move it had been resisting for months.

On the political side, Ecevit said he was pleased that snags had been resolved in the timetable for Turkey’s candidacy for the European Union, “I can say that our ties with the EU are positive at present,” he said. “Our sensitivities regarding Cyprus and territorial disputes in the Aegean have been taken into account.”

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Just a year and a half ago, administrators rejected multi-million dollar offers from bookstore giants Barnes and Noble and Follett.

That decision was based largely on an Auxiliary Services analysis that found no reason to sacrifice control over a profitable operation for benefits that are not guaranteed.

In addition, many professors have been concerned that a bookstore giant would not carry specialized texts and would be less responsive to their needs overall. “Will Barnes and Noble be willing to carry the texts from small European publishers? You get conflicting evidence on that,” said Michael Gillespie, professor of political science and former chair of the Academic Council’s bookstore committee. He added that faculty can be divided on the issue, with humanities professors protective of the Gothic Bookshop and natural science faculty more concerned with textbooks.

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“Every retail facility that you see on campus now was built and paid for by revenue from Duke Stores, without any gifts from the University,” Wilkerson said. He also noted that his department has provided millions of dollars over the years to other efforts, including more than $lOO,OOO each year in subsidies and free services to student events and $600,000 for renovations to the Alpine Atrium a few years ago.

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GOP leaders split over how to deal with slim Senate majority REPUBLICANS from page 10 A couple of weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., told Robert Michel, the former House majority leader, that he could handle the likely 50-50 split by finding Democrats who would break with their party. He also spoke at Bush’s Texas ranch last Saturday about handling the evenly divided Senate “very gingerly” and with the help of Cheney’s vote.

He predicted cooperation “from the Democrats.”

But Lott has been as prickly about his prerogatives as any Senate majority leader in years, frequently using parliamentary devices to block Democrats from offering amendments. And while he may meet today with Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the Democratic leader, to discuss what Daschle calls “power sharing,” he told colleagues that he believed the Republican conference would never accept the idea of giving Democrats equal membership on a committee, even with a Republican chair.

But at least four of the 16 committee chairs— Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., of Commerce, Richard Lugar, R-Ind., ofAgriculture, Jesse Helms, R-N.C., of Foreign Relations and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., of Rules—have said they are open, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, to that kind of power sharing with the Democrats.

Some talk about it as away to get things done.

Without some accommodation, Lott’s fellow Mississippian Thad Cochran warned a few days ago: “I think it’s going to be a challenge to get the Senate organized, given the 50-50 ratio that appears to be the destiny of the next Congress. If the Democrats wanted to be obstreperous, they could really make the Senate look leaderless.”

Others point out that there is no way to be sure that a 50-50 Senate will remain that way. Not only are two old Republicans, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 98, and Helms, 79, in less than great

health, the Senate has seen much younger members die unexpectedly in recent years. So some Republicans argue that treating Democrats gently today may lead Democrats to be nice if they-suddenly gain a majority.

In the House, along with the public wrangling over the spending, Hastert and his colleagues have a bunch of contested chairs to resolve. For the most part, these are contests of personal ambition, but a rejection of Rep. Marge Roukema of New Jersey, the most senior Republican seeking the chair of the Banking Committee, would be taken by many as a rejection of moderates and of women.

The House leaders are aware of that risk. But even more than their Senate colleagues, they must take into account a conservative rank and file, many brought into Congress by Newt Gingrich, the former speaker, not to get things done, but to get them undone or to prevent them from being done in the first place.

Did somebody say ‘Free popcorn?’

Sophomore Matthew Kim waited in line last night to get into a free advance screening of the new movie “Thirteen Days.” The film features Kevin Costner as President John F. Kennedy as he, his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy and White House aide Kenny O’Donnell barely managed to lead the country through the Cuban missile crisis.

The screening, which was held in the Griffith Film Theater, was brought to the University by New Line Cinema, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and WetFeet.com.

Moviegoers also enjoyed some extra perks such as free popcorn and a chance to win a free DVD player.

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graduate student in art history. “I get a lot of guidance and a lot of support.”

Both faculty and students have also said that eliminating a Ph.D. program would have other negative impacts, such as departure of faculty and a decline in the quality of undergraduate teaching. “A lively graduate program does enhance the faculty experience. There’s no doubt about that,” said Gennifer Weisenfeld, assistant professor of art history. “I don’t think you’d destroy the department, but we do consider it extremely important and a vital part of departmental

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art history undergraduate teaching would suffer, but in other departments, graduate students feel they play an integral role in undergraduate education.

“I have heard from several undergrads that some of their best teachers at Duke have been grad students rather than professors, no doubt because Duke often appears to base its tenure decisions more on scholarship than excellence in undergraduate teaching,” said Gil Renberg, a fifth-year graduate student in classical studies. “Any department that loses its graduate program, then, will lose some of its best teachers.”

Students in the German department—the most likely candidate for elimination—say they realize the graduate applicant pool needs to be boosted but add that eliminating the program itself would be a detriment.

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Shrinking applicant pools in the departments named in the document only mirror a national trend, due in large part to a booming economy, of more students shying away from graduate programs.

Amidst this review, though, few graduate students feel their programs are in jeopardy. They argue that each field makes a unique contribution to the University and that eliminating graduate programs would trivialize the departments. “Getting rid of the graduate program would be phasing out the department. We have top-quality faculty who need students to do their research,” said Andrew Ashton, a second-year graduate student in earth and ocean sciences.

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“Based upon my overall educational experiences, I’d say that the structure and different phases of the program are fairly competent,” said fourth-year German graduate student Brian Thomas. “[Department chair Thomas] Pfau... has streamlined the program, and he plays an integral role in the lives of graduate students.”

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debate on whether to allow same-sex unions in the Chapel is over. Advised by a thoughtful and balanced committee, President Nan Keohane and Chapel Dean Will Willimon made the right decision—to open up the Chapel to same-sex unions—for the right reasons.

Duke Student Government pushed the issue to the forefront of the campus agenda and deserves credit for sparking this change. FormerDSG President Lisa Zeidner, who pushed the issue ofopening the Chapel to same-sex unions in April, as well as current President Jordan Bazinsky and Vice President for Facilities and Athletics Emily Grey deserve special mention. This change in policy will be their legacy—and a great legacy it is: one of fighting discrimination based on religion and sexual orientation. This is DSG’s most substantial accomplishment in years. The student body should be proud.

The entire process demonstrates the power that student government has when it focuses on a student-related issue and presses diligently for change. Hopefully, this change in policy will change DSG as well—from an organization that focused too much on small things to a body known for its ability to fight for matters of importance.

Also, this should change the way that students pick their legislators and will likely change the way other student groups get involved in elections. Students should ask the candidates more questions about a wider range of issues—and the candidates had best be prepared to answer. More student groups might consider endorsing candidates now, too. But DSG should keep its focus to issues that address students on campus and in the local community.

Those who viewed same-sex unions as an assault on faith were, in fact, discriminating against other faiths that permit these unions and were arguing against the freedom ofreligion that they mistakenly thought they were protecting. This was not about personal politics, this was about personal and religious rights.

The Chapel is a pluralistic church, and no person who wants to use it within the constructs of his faith should be denied that right. Also, there is no question that the old same-sex union policy violated the University’s nondiscrimination policy.

Critics of the decision fault Keohane and DSG and accuse them of punching through personal agendas. There is no evidence to prove this allegation. Keohane has been president for seven years, and this topic has been on the table for some time—if this was a personal agenda, she would have taken care of it long ago. DSG took the bold steps that led to the creation of a balanced committee, which included reverends from several faiths, to study the issue.

Three decades ago, the University worked to integrate Duke and to open the campus to black students. It was not a popular decision, but it was the right decision. This decision should be remembered the same way; opening the Chapel to same-sex unions was the right thing to do.

On the record Any department that loses its graduate program, then, will lose some

ofits best teachers.

Gil Renberg, a fifth-year graduate student in classical studies, reacting to the possibility that some departments will cut graduate programs (see story, page one)

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This letter is written in response to the Dec. 1 editorial entitled, “Awaiting the Loop.” The editorial’s comment that the delayed opening of the Loop “significantly limits students’ dining options” is highly questionable. Duke is known to have one of the best dining programs, in both variety and quality, among university and college campuses across the country. On any given night, there are an average of four venues open to students on campus, (Alpine Atrium,

look at eating options as a whole The

owners renovate that location before starting refurbishment at Duke.

This type of “snag,” as the

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explanation of the Loop’s delay directly blames Dining

Services but does so without any factual investigation or

editorial characterizes it, with the variant demands of contractors and city inspectors that new operations must fulfill, demonstrate that the unavoidable delay of The Loop could hardly have been better planned for. To blame Dining Services for the delay, based on such inaccurate information, is irresponsible. along

accountability. The editorial’s undeserved censure denounces the same Dining Services that worked exceptionally hard to bring all varieties of popular eateries (McDonald’s, to Duke Armadillo, Breyer’s, etc.) over the past four years.

Dining Services approved The Loop’s contract in early summer, which gave Loop management more than ample time to prepare for the arrival of students in the fall.

But when the original Loop in Chapel Hill sustained serious damage due to flooding

Alpine Bagels, Great Hall, Armadillo, McDonald’s, the Oak Room, and Chick-Fil-A) and an extensive Merchantson-Points program, unlike a large number of other campuses where cafeteria dining shortly after receiving its halls would be a student’s contract, Dining Services only option. admirably agreed to allow for referenced editorial, see http: llwww.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle

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Column title offends Elvis fans around the world I feel awful for sitting silently this past semester while a travesty has plagued the pages ofThe Chronicle. I fear that a devil in disguise has been poisoning our university community with the power of his pen while hiding

behind his rights to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. All semester, I am

sure that suspicious minds across campus have wondered where this young writer got the gall to be so

callous in his choice of words and ideas! I do not think I can do too much to convey my emotions on this matter; they are always on my mind.

After reading Friday’s

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it’s now or never—the time to state my objections to

this malady of journalism has arrived.

You think I am writing about “Monday, Monday?”

Hardly. It is time for Thomas

Bowman to surrender his hostilities and check into the heartbreak hotel. What on earth possessed him to call editorial column his ‘Throwing Rocks at Elvis” ?

What could have brought a

Duke senior to this point of anger? Perhaps his latest flame never told him, T want you, I need you, I love you,” and it caused him to be found ciying in the Chapel. Thomas, did no one ever sit you down and say, “Don’t Be Cruel?”

Clearly, I’m all shook up, because if every day was like Christmas, letters would never be marked return to

sender (with or without Elvis stamps) and certainly, no one would ever defame the name of the king of rock and roll!

Without a doubt, people can’t help falling in love with the most successful entertainer of all time. Now, whether it is a burning love or not is up to the individual... I suppose.

Anyone who would throw rocks at Elvis, though, is no teddy bear—he is undoubtedly a hound dog! But in the end that’s all right because 50 million-plus Elvis fans can’t be wrong! By the way, there are 20 Elvis song titles and one Elvis album title in this letter!

Brian Denton Assistant Dean, University Life

Athletes work hard to combine sport and academics As an athlete here at Duke, I was shocked and

not to mention some form of a social life. If you think you can get up at 6 a.m., go to a grueling four-hour practice, go to three straight classes, practice again for three hours, eat somewhere in between and then start your homework, I’d like to see you try. We deserve your respect, not your ridicule. We don’t expect you to “bow or curtsy” to us, that is just absurd.

Calling us “indentured servants” is equally as bad.

Understanding is what you don’t have and desperately need. What would Duke be without its sports teams?

Probably it’s not a place you would not want to spend four at—no basketball years games to watch on a Tuesday night, no soccer games to go see in the fall, nothing but homework. Athletes get a bad reputation because some football guy always walks in late to class or some rower is always asleep on her desk. It

seems like athletics are our only priority, and we could just sleep through our classes and not care. But no one understands what it means to be a “scholar-athlete” until she is one. Every day your body hurts so much you want to cry but you keep playing, and you’re so exhausted when you get home that all you

enraged when I read Dave Nigro’s Tuesday column, “Athletic Absurdity.” The author was clearly missing something. Respect. We do not play our sports for money; we don’t see a cent of the revenue our sports bring in. We play simply for the love of competing and winning and because want to do is sleep. But those it has been a part of our lives five hours of homework need forever. There isn’t an athlete to be done, and somehow they on my team or any team that do. And it all starts again the does not deserve to be here. next morning ut 6 a.m.

We compete at the highest So, please, stop whining collegiate level athletically as about how we “took your seat” well as academically. in whatever class you were Most of us came to Duke trying to get into. We probaalready being “scholar-athbly didn’t get in either. And letes” in high school. I have life isn’t fair. No one ever said known the pressures of acait was. But at least for us, on demies and competitive aththe courts, fields, and water, letics combined since I first it’s fun. Let us have our fun. started playing basketball in fourth grade. I have learned Melissa Sullivan to balance my life between an Trinity ’O2 extremely demanding courseThe writer is a co-captain of the load and endless practices, women’s crew team, for referenced column, see http://www.chronicle.duke.edu /chronicle/2000/12/05/IlAthleticabsurdity.html

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Tough love in the education system

With the overemphasis on test-taking, students do not learn how to be successful in life On the brink

students either get it or V .e UP reP ea t the grade, wu When I was in school, most of the state EOG tests had not been developed, and we were still tested within an inch of our lives. I m glad I got out when I did.

With all of this talk about “accountability, no one is holding administrators accountable for the consequences of all this testing and tough love. Some North Carolina schools now devote as much as -30 days out of the 180 in the school year «

Eva Dußuisson Tis the season when the thoughts of Duke students—naughty or nice—turn to those annual events that brought us all here together: tests. As final exams bear down upon me, I’ve been thinking a lot about tests lately. So have a lot of North Carolina public school students, because many of them are already preparing for the state End of Grade tests at the end of the school year. Pass these tests, pass on to the next level; fail them, and even straight As all year may not help you. Thankfully, classes at Duke are not generally run like this; our professors evaluate us throughout the semester and take our accumulated work and participation into account when grading time comes around.

Some politicians might say that our professors are not “accountable.”

Accountability is huge right now, and both Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President A1 Gore have made it a cornerstone of their education plans.

Here in North Carolina, a plan called ABCs Plus has already been implemented. This plan calls for “a system that will be customer-driven with local flexibility to achieve mastery of core skills with high levels of accountability in areas of student achievement.”

The part of the plan I read does not specify who these customers are, but as an alumna of the North Carolina public school system, Fm pretty sure it’s not the students. No matter what compound-complex sentences they use to explain it, accountability usually comes down to testing. And testing and testing

to standardized tests. Schools and teachers whose students score well are eligible for bonuses and other prizes, Those with poor test scores are reprimanded, and teachers and principles can even lose their jobs.

Therefore, teachers spend as much as three-quarters of their class time preparing students for these tests, Proponents of accountability brush off the phenomenon of “teaching to the test.” This makes me furious, because I spent so many hours as a middle and high school student taking practice tests, learning how to correctly fill in bubble sheets, learning how to “outsmart” tricky questions, drilling through pages of analogies and sentence diagrams.

The worst was the state standardized writing test. Most of my friends at Duke read all sorts of classic books in high school English—not me. I was writing topic sentences over and over, memorizing diagrams of the “correct” expository essay. Diagrams! After all that drilling, my teacher received all sorts of laurels from the state administrators for her high test scores and even

suddenly all the praises—and some money disappeared.

The party line is that all this testing will force schools and teachers to drag their students up to state and national standards of learning. This is a monumental cop-out. We know which schools are struggling, whose students are failing. We have always known this, Moreover, we know how to help them.

Ask any education consultant or academic—all sorts of tools have been developed for saving failing schools. The big secret fix? More money, more teachers and more money for the teachers.

Simple as that.

But we don’t want to follow that measure, because it would require taking money from other, more politically lucrative endeavors like new prisons and ballparks. And so everyone pretends that the failures of our education system are mysterious and complex and that —

the best thing to do is to give the students tests to make sure they’re all learning the same thing; and ifthey fail, give it to ’em again, until they learn to get it right.

I happen to be quite good at standardized tests, so in away, this system helped to bring me where I am today.

The problem is that I don’t think I’ve had a single multiple-choice test in college, and there is no chance there is a standardized test I can take to get a job. I am great at taking tests—but what did the North Carolina public schools teach me about how to lead a successful life?

The inspiration and some of the information for this column came from the NPR program This American Life, whose archives can be found at www.thislife.org.

Eva Dußuisson is a Trinity senior.

made it on the evening news. If only

those reporters had followed up the next year, they would have found quite a different scene: For some reason, this teacher’s scores (which are really her students’ scores) went way down, and

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The balancing act of a student>athlete Guest commentary Crystal Wakulich Me here to tell students that us jocks ain’t dumb....

OK, so let’s be a little realistic here. I think it’s fair to say that there isn’t any athlete at Duke who would ever talk or especially write that way. It seems, however, that some students at the University have basically regarded athletes in this way.

So what is the big deal about varsity athletes choosing classes before the regular Duke community? From the viewpoint of some bitter individuals, we athletes should only be getting “certificates” for being in our sports at Duke because of our lack of academic credentials, so are we really taking seats away from the rest of the Duke population? Seems to me that since we are only here for our athletic skill, we would not be likely to choose the classes that are “for smart people only,” so there isn’t anything to really worry about. However, this is not the case. The reason people do not like the idea of letting athletes register early is because we do take similar classes as the rest of the student body and wish to earn a Duke degree.

Many athletes who wish to come to Duke cannot get into the school because their academic status does not meet Duke’s requirements. In fact, I am aware of many athletes here who were valedictorians in their high school and/or achieved SAT scores of 1,500 or greater.

Sorry, to those who believe in the existence of the stereotypical “dumb jock.” Athletes are smarter than you think. Some athletes probably have higher GPAs than some regular Duke students. Another little surprise is that some of us athletes are striving to become

doctors or lawyers or in some other way wish to continue our education after Duke. Go figure, eh?

The reason for letting athletes register early is simple: While everyone is sitting in their rooms, studying for whichever special classes they are involved with, athletes are at practice, giving as many as three to five hours a day six days a week (plus an hour or two each day for therapy if they’re injured). These practices consist of tiring work. After practice we come back to our rooms and begin our studies, just in order to keep up with the demands of Duke. And we have to finish our work fast enough so that we can get a decent night of sleep—only to wake up next morning and start the cycle all over again. Not only that, but while students are enjoying a few nights on the town during the week or on the weekends and sleep until the early (or late) afternoon hours, athletes are away at tournaments, games, races or Saturday morning practice.

Let me not forget to address those who complain that athletes receive “housing privileges.” It is true that some teams get to have preferential housing, but this is only because some athletes have to move in a month early.

Some athletes are here training everyday in the blistering North Carolina August weather, while nonathletes sit and relax in their August air conditioning. I personally am not in a sport that receives these so-called “privileges” and many of my teammates and friends on other teams do not have these privileges either. There are plenty of athletes in Edens Quadrangle and Trent Dormitory if you go looking for them.

Also, not all athletes are on scholarship and if they are, many of them are not receiving a full ride. So what does this mean? Well, it means that the athletes here are paying just as much as the rest of the Duke population to study at this school, and without early class

registration, athletes are in the worst-case scenario. I’d

like to see students who are not on varsity teams organize a decent schedule when they can only allot class time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., or try fitting in all of their classes before 1 p.m., as some athletes must do. If anyone can do that, then they have every right to argue about this class registration issue.

I hope this article has convinced students that athletes should receive early class registration, but some students are probably still are not satisfied, because nonvarsity students need to work around jobs while they are at school. What’s the difference? Athletes cannot change their training schedules; most students can schedule classes around their work schedules. Also, some athletes have to maintain a job to pay for their schooling, on top of succeeding on a varsity team and doing well in their studies. So no matter how much a regular Duke student does for extra activities, athletes will always have an extra time constraint. People need to realize how much time is involved in a varsity sport during university life.

I’m not trying to attack the population of Duke students who are not athletes because there are some days that I, as well as other athletes, wish to be a regular Duke student. Being on a varsity team does not allow us to do some things that others can do including sleeping in, working as much on an assignment as we’d like, working for extra spending money, studying abroad, etc.

It is discouraging that some students rush to judgment and fail to recognize that athletes raise Duke’s profile and standing by demonstrating top-notch athletics just as much as all non-athletes (and many athletes) promote Duke through their continued academic excellence.

Don’t put us down until you understand what it is like to be in our shoes.

Crystal Wakulich is a Trinity sophomore and member the womens’ rowing team.

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Muslim students observe Ramadan with group meals RAMADAN from page 1 tion and contemplation. “The disciplinary level is where you don’t eat food, drink, smoke, things like that,” explains senior Hussain Reza. “The object is to reduce your dependence on worldly things. On an emotional level, [it’s about] sympathizing with people less

fortunate than you.”

Ramadan is one ofthe five pillars, or institutions, of Islam. Muslims believe that during this month—the ninth in the lunar calendar —in around 610 A.D., Allah first revealed the verses of the Qur’an to the prophet Muhammad. About eight billion people in the world celebrate Ramadan each year.

The actual requirements of fasting can be quite rigorous. Not only must Muslims not eat food or even drink water during the day for an entire month, but they must also exercise emotional self-restraint—abstaining, for example, from anger or lustful thoughts.

Students say that although the first few days of fasting may be difficult, they largely enjoy the month.

With exams falling during Ramadan this year, many students said the holiday keeps them focused on their work. “I don’t find it hard. It helps me concentrate,” says senior Hoda Yousef, president ofthe Muslim Students Association. “The worst thing about having exams at this time is that if the time for breaking fast happens to come when you’re in the middle of an exam, you can’t leave.” According to the Qur’an, Muslims are supposed to break fast after the sun sets.

The only negative about celebrating Ramadan at school, several students say, is that they are far away from their families. Many students recounted having their parents wake them just before dawn, so they could eat a small meal and wait for sunrise to begin the mom-

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“It would be nice if the University recognized [Eid] As students begin to trickle out of the Breedlove and at least officially granted Muslim students the day Room, Shah starts to clean up. In less than 12 hours, 0ff.... Maybe [President] Nan Keohane can issue a Duke’s Muslim community will again wake up before statement saying congratulations,” Reza says. “It dawn to eat a small meal; it will spend another conwould be nice to hear the symbolic things from Duke templative day without food. The next night, the comjust to recognize it.” munity will gather again to break its fast.

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Clinton, Republicans face impasse on federal budget employers to take steps to reduce workplace injuries. Democratic labor supporters strongly want the rule in place before a Bush presidency, while many GOP business supporters oppose the

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The biggest budget bill in question—a $350 billion measure for education, labor and health programs—includes a tentative $lB billion increase for this year, which Democrats consider a dramatic victory.

Clinton has indicated that he would be willing to cut the bill by $2 billion, but Republicans want a more sizable

regulation.

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reduction.

“We ought to avoid the divisive rhetoric and get to work,” said White House spokesperson Jake Siewert.

No one expects a federal shutdown to result from the lingering battles over school and health spending, immigration, tax cuts and other issues that have forced a lame-duck Congress to return to the Capitol. Four of the 13 annual spending bills for fiscal 2001 that were due Oct. 1, covering dozens of departments and agencies, remain

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reasonable.”

DeLay also said he would support shorter temporary bills keeping agencies open until after Clinton departs from office.

But even as Clinton’s political clout diminishes as his term nears an end, White House officials have indicated he would not sign such measures.

It even seemed questionable whether Congress would approve such spending

incomplete.

Even so, DeLay’s remarks underlined the split among congressional Republicans over whether to let Bush, assuming he wins the presidency, start with a clean plate Jan. 20 or to delay a budget accord until he takes office so they can get a better budget deal.

They also may have been designed to pressure Hastert and Lott to reach a deal with Clinton that holds down spending.

Asked if he would support a budget compromise brokered by Hastert, Lott and Clinton, DeLay—the No. 3 House Republican—said, “It depends on what the deal is but, yeah, I have the utmost confidence in Denny Hastert.”

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DeLay said he prefers legislation financing agencies covered by the unfinished bills that would run through Sept.

30, the end of fiscal year 2001.

Aides have said DeLay would want to hold those agencies’ spending to last year’s levels, which would save $l5 billion from levels proposed for this year.

Spokesperson Jonathan Baron said DeLay would accept more “if it were

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But he questioned whether such a deal could be reached because, amid ongoing disputes over tax cuts and other issues, “Nobody’s giving on anything.”

Lott and Hastert have said Clinton, at a White House meeting Monday, made a legitimate offer aimed at end-

ing the impasse and have said they hoped a final deal could be completed this week.

As part of the bargaining, Siewert said the White House has offered to delay enforcement of a rule already issued by the administration requiring

“We’re not going to give away the Capitol in order to get out ofhere,” said Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., the No. 4 House GOP leader.

But asked if he thought the House would approve a spending bill running through Sept. 30, he said, “I think it would be tough.”

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“Without the University’s help in subsidizing, it’s not going to be a viable option,” she said.

Although many committee members agreed that the University should try to subsidize rental fees, they are divided over how commons rooms should be used. The use of the relatively small facilities—most often for crowded fraternity and selective house parties—raises questions of both safety and equity.

Because living groups have free access to their own commons rooms, some students have argued that the arrangement is unfair to organizations without residential space.

Groups without commons rooms must often rent spaces in which to hold their events.

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and additional costs for police officers.

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With West Campus dormitory renovations around the corner, administrators plan to explore other commons space configurations. Meanwhile, they are considering how to rearrange administration of on-campus facilities.

Groups looking to book a specific facility for their events often have to visit several offices before finding a spot. Currently, several offices and departments—including Dining Services, Event Management and the Athlet-

ic Department—have control over programming space. “When you have all of that together, it obviously makes it easier for students—or anyone else—to program,” said committee member Chuck Catotti, director of

Event Management.

Overall, committee members said they hope to spark some sort of policy change to give student groups easier access to social space. “The Von Canons often are not used for parties because they may need to be used the next day for recruiting,” White said. “What if that more formal [eventl could be held in the Faculty Commons? WeTe looking at space where people say theoretically, you can use it—but why [don’t they]?”

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Cheri, who looked somber and distraught in a red sweater and navy blue jacket.

During the reading of the verdict, Pope shook his head repeatedly in disbelief, his lawyer said, as the judge dismissed all defense arguments.

Pope’s congressman, John Peterson, R-Pa., was also present during the reading of the verdict and later condemned the secret proceeding. “It is astounding that no American has ever seen the charges and no American was allowed to see the trial,” he said.

Peterson mocked the evidence that had been cited, saying Pope’s alleged profile as a spy was buttressed

by Russian claims that he was a member of the Navy Credit Union and the American Legion.

“I now call on President Putin and President [Bill] Clinton to resolve this issue so there is a future for our two countries,” Peterson said.

Pope’s lawyer, Pavel Astakhov, failed during the trial to convince Barkova that the information Pope purchased for $28,000 from Professor Anatoly Babkin of Moscow’s Bauman State Technical University was also available in textbooks and other unclassified—or “open”—reference sources in Russia.

The Squall torpedo’s designer, Genrikh Uvarov, who testified at the trial and who agreed that much, but not all, of the information that was part of the transaction was open or unclassified, according to Astakhov’s account, has in recent years been a booster for selling the Squall technology to foreigners.

Writing in Military Parade magazine in April 1996, Uvarov invited “foreign companies” to work with Russia “to carry out mutual research and design work” on “various versions of high-speed underwater rockets” based on the Squall.

But Uvarov testified that Babkin may have offered Pope too much information on the secrets of the Squall’s rocket fuel, according to Astakhov, who challenged that assertion in court.

After final arguments by the lawyers, Pope defended himself, pointing out to the judge that before com-

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ing to Russia, he had taken care to draft a contract with Bauman State Technical University that provided that no secret information was to be included in the

compared her judicial behavior to the Stalin era. “We haven’t seen that kind of thing since 1937,” he said, adding, “This case will go down in the history of ju-

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Pope has seven days to appeal the verdict to Russia’s supreme court, and his lawyer said no decision had been made. He also said he was aware of discussions of the case within the Russian government, but that a political decision would have to be made by Putin.

The Russian president gave no reaction to the verdict, but last week Putin issued a decree, the text of which has not been published, setting forth new procedures to license and regulate the sale of military technologies.

“Although I spent eight months in prison in Russia, I am not a spy,” he declared, according to his lawyer.

“The only decision that you must make is to let me go home to my family.”

Pope’s lawyer also questioned Wednesday how the judge could have written a 20-page verdict in two-anda-half hours after closing arguments were concluded, suggesting that the guilty verdict was pre-ordained by higher authorities.

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ty enacted a 19.5-hour maximum several years ago.

But some students have violated both rules, putting the University at risk for governmental repercussions.

“Any violations of this regulation could put the Graduate School in jeopardy with IRS policies and at risk for potentially millions of dollars in penalties and back taxes,” said Lewis Siegel, dean ofthe Graduate School. “I don’t wish to sound alarmist, but IRS audits are not unusual at universities, and Duke can expect to be audited in the future, as it has been in the past.”

Not only does this situation put the University in a precarious legal position, but Siegel and others argue that it also compromises the educational level of individual graduate students.

“When they work that much, they increase the amount oftime it takes them to get their degree which is not useful to them or the University,” Siegel said.

“That’s why we provide the financial aid—so students do not have to provide a service that takes away from their own study. Students are either doing this because they want to make a lot of money or because they have families and want to make ends meet.”

About three years ago, all the University’s graduate departments began offering their students full financial support for their first five years. This aid gave students the freedom to work less, thus opening up many teaching assistant positions. The problem began when

graduate students began to take teaching positions in other departments, while retaining their appointments in their primary fields. Siegel said he suspects this arrangement placed many students above the

19.5-hour max.

University administrators said they had no way to look across department lines at individual graduate student hours. Leigh Deneef, associate dean of the graduate school, points to the First-Year Writing Program as a prime example of students crossing departmental lines.

‘The situation was that some were hired to do the University Writing Course and then also hired by their departments to do a TA instructorship in the department,” Deneef said.

While the amount of time graduate students spend preparing to teach their classes may vary by department, Deneef said that assuming more than one position would place a student above the maximum level.

However, some graduate students who have served as teaching assistants disagree.

‘The classes I teach don’t take anywhere near 19.5 hours,” said Gil Renberg, a fifth-year graduate student in classical studies and a Graduate and Professional Student Council representative. “I believe it is possible to even teach two and not exceed the maximum.”

Other students disagreed.

“It varied week per week how many hours I put in and I had no way to keep track of my hours,” said Jen-

nifer Arrington, a sixth-year graduate student in biology. “They asked us to keep track of them but I lost track and never reported how much I worked. They told us to put in 15 hours per week, but I know I put in extra time grading labs and exceeded that.”

Graduate School officials do not believe students

are intentionally violating the University policy, but instead maintain that they may not be familiar with it. The work hours guidelines were distributed in graduate student handbooks, but many students said that they had failed to read the specifications it set forth.

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But John McKay, the Senate president who acknowledged supporting Bush, insisted that it was simply a “safety net” designed to “ensure that the voters of Florida are not disenfranchised.

If the state Supreme Court agrees to Gore’s request to count 14,000 disputed ballots and eventually finds him the winner, the legislature’s move raises the possibility that two sets of presidential electors could be sent to Washington from Florida: one appointed by the court, and one appointed by the legislature. Such a dispute would have to be resolved by Congress, and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court.

Although the case before the state Supreme Court is the only legal action in which Gore is directly involved, the vice president could be the beneficiary in other trials that began Wednesday in Leon County Circuit Court.

The trials involve charges by Democrats that Republicans improperly amended applications for absentee ballots that had been rejected by elections officials in Seminole and Martin counties.

If the judges in the cases rule in Gore’s favor, the cases could produce a net gain of thousands of votes for Gore, although such judgments would eventually go to the Florida Supreme Court.

For the rest of the week, though, the high court will remain the focus of Gore’s legal attention. After suffering a broad defeat on Monday in the first phase of their lawsuit contesting Bush’s victory in Florida, Gore’s lawyers filed papers Wednesday pleading with the Florida Supreme Court to count the disputed ballots before time ran out on Dec. 12.

In terms that verged upon the emotional, they said the high court must reject what they called Bush’s strategy of deliberate delay.

“Now is the last chance for a legal judgment to be rendered in this case,” said the 54-page brief, filed at mid-day. “In but a few more days, only the judgment of history will be left to fall upon a system where deliberate obstruction has succeeded in achieving delay—and where further delays risk succeeding in handing democracy a defeat.”

The appeal says that the ruling against Gore on Monday by Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls was riddled with errors of fact and law, based on old court decisions that had been superseded. The lawyers even use one of the Bush team’s legal arguments against that side, accusing Sauls of going so far in rewriting state election law that he violated the federal statute prohibiting changes to the law after an election.

But in their brief,, Bush’s lawyers said Sauls’ decision was “plainly correct,” and told the seven justices that they had no choice but to accept his finding that the Gore team failed to prove the disputed ballots would change the outcome of the election. For the good ofthe country, the lawyers said, the court should end a month ofchaotic political uncertainty.

“The best exercise ofthis court’s discretion, in Florida’s interest and the nation’s would be to decline to hear this appeal and to bring an end to the many weeks of election discord and uncertainty for all the voters,” the brief said. It added that any attempt to count ballots now, in the remaining days before the state’s electors are chosen on Dec. 12, would be futile and unfeasible.

Gore has poured all ofhis legal resources into this lawsuit contesting Bush’s victory in Florida, and his lawyers have acknowledged that his appeal of Judge Sauls’ strongly worded ruling against him will be difficult. Although the other court cases still pending could affect the outcome of the race, Gore’s legal advisers said they planned no appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if the court ruled against them. That raised the possibility that the contest could end before the weekend, if the court ruled Thursday night or Friday.

A ruling in Gore’s favor—which would certainly be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Bush forces—would first involve a decision to count the disputed ballots from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, which remain in the county courthouse along with 1.2 million others.

To save time, Gore’s brief urged the high court to do the counting itself and then if warranted declare the vice president the winner, rather than the customary method of simply reversing Sauls’ rulings and sending the matter back to the trial court.

Gore’s brief said that evidence at the trial conclusively demonstrated that Bush’s certified victory in Florida was based on both illegal votes and the rejection of legal votes, using the language of the state statute that permits election contests. Because the best evidence that legal votes were rejected lies in the disputed ballots, the Gore team said, the court must count them.

“It simply cannot be the case that a candidate must prove his or her claim in order to get access to the very evidence needed to prove that case,” the brief said.

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� Athletic department finishes No. 2 in graduation rate Ninety-one percent of Duke athletes who enrolled between 1990-91 and 1993-94 graduated within five years, good for second in the nation according to statistics released Sunday by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Northwestern finished No. 1 at 92 percent. Among football teams, Duke again led the nation with a 91 percent graduation rate for football players.

� Women’s golf finishes No. 1 in fail polls The women’s golf team has finished the fall season ranked No 1 in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The team won four of the five tournaments it participated in this season. In the individual category, Candy Hannemann is ranked No. 8, Virada Nirapathpongporn is No. 10 and Leigh Hardin is No. 14, according to the CGR. The team will be back in action Feb. 19 at the Arizona Invitational.

� Four Blue Devils make All-Southeast team Four members of the women’s soccer team were selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Southeast Region teams yesterday. Sophomore midfielder Carly Fuller received first-team honors, goalie Thora Helgadottir was placed on the second team and midfielder Kim Daws and forward Sarah Pickens made the third team.

� Sommer selected for All-Star team Senior field hockey player Courtney Sommer was named to the second-team of the ECAC All Star squad. She led Duke in scoring this season with nine goals and nine assists.

Basketball team preps for rival Wolverines

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people,” Ellerbe said. “Wake Forest is probably the most First came Wake Forest in mature and experienced team in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, folthe country. Maryland possibly lowed by Maryland and St. has the No. 1 draft pick in the John’s in the BB&T Classic.

NBA draft next year. St. John's Now that the Demon Deacons, is always going to be good. You Terrapins and Red Storm are all know Coach [Mike] Jarvis is done preying on the Wolverines, always going to put a great it is the Blue Devils’ turn. team on the floor. Then you folThis Saturday at 9 p.m. when low up with Duke. So there’s the Michigan Wolverines (2-4) going to be competition for us come to Durham to face Duke every year, it just happens to be (8-0), it will make the Blue those teams this year.”

Devils the fourth straight While Michigan does not pose ranked opponent the unranked too much of an overall threat for Wolverines will have played. the Blue Devils, they do have And people thought Illinois some weapons for Duke to conhad a tough schedule. tend with. For starters, there is The season has not begun the former McDonald’s All-America way the Wolverines and coach standout LaVell Blanchard.

Brian Ellerbe had planned. Blanchard, a frequent doubleAside from losing in an exhibidouble man, recently hit the 500tion game to the same CBA All- point mark for his career as only Star team the Blue Devils a sophomore As the Wolverines’ smoked, the Wolverines then only pure offensive weapon, howproceeded to fall to Oakland, a ever, Blanchard is the easy targetting used to get of many a defense. program Division I play. Those games “The opponent’s locker were followed by wins over room is going to have his name Western Michigan and Wagner, written all over the board and, of course, losses to the No. before tipoff,” Ellerbe said. “He 12 Demon Deacons, No. 13 understands that, but he's the Terrapins and No. 19 Red Storm. kind of kid who relishes those ‘We play at the highest level, types of opportunities. I think so we’re going to play big-time he’s eager to find out as much

SHANE BATTIER, a Michigan native, faces his home-state Wolverines Saturday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. as anyone else about how good he can be.”

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By ANDREA BOOKMAN The Chronicle

This weekend, while most students will be busy preparing papers and studying for exams, the women’s basketball team will be facing a different, yet still daunting task. In addition to lugging books and laptops along for the weekend,, the Blue Devils will play Clemson Saturday afternoon in what is arguably Duke’s least favorite stadium to visit—Littlejohn Coliseum, It is perhaps more the site than the opponent that vexes the No. 3 Blue Devils (9-0) and their coach, Gail Goestenkors, now in her ninth year at Duke. Going into this weekend’s game, Goestenkors’ record in

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ROMETRA CRAIG and her Blue Devil teammates open the ACC season on the road at Clemson.

1-7. The win came last February, and it finally gave Goestenkors at least one win in each ACC arena.

“I think we’ve developed this fear of going there,” senior forward Rochelle Parent said. “We’ve built it up as a terrible place, but Clemson is tough to play anywhere.

They’re an extremely well-coached team.”

While the Tigers (4-2) won the 1999 ACC tournament title—and until the 2000 final, were a fixture in the tournament’s final game for four straight years—they are not as highly regarded this year as in the past.

Clemson is unranked, and it was selected to finish in the middle ofthe pack in the conference during the preseason.

But Goestenkors feels the Tigers are not a team to take lightly. After watching four videotapes of coach Jim Davis’ team, Goestenkors was impressed.

“I think this is one of Clemson’s better teams,” Goestenkors said. “I think they’re more athletic than they’ve ever been. They’ve lost to two very strong opponents.”

The second-ranked Volunteers went on to break the game open in the second half, winning by almost 30 points. Clemson’s only other loss was to Illinois, also in November, when the Illini were ranked in the top 25. Illinois dropped out ofthe rankings this week.

Any conference game is extremely important, however. This one is especially crucial, not only because it will be played in an arena that is historically unfriendly to Duke, but also because it is the first conference game ofthe season. The Blue Devils will not play another until January.

Each season, the league schedules one early conference game for all of the women’s basketball teams in the ACC. This ensures that all teams will get tc play each other twice before the conference tournament, which takes place one week earlier than the men’s tournament.

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When David Gutshall, along with a dozen or so other prospects, steps onto campus this weekend, the Spartanburg, S.C., defensive end will not have any suspense surrounding his choice—he has already committed to Duke.

Gutshall verbally committed to the Blue Devils back in September and at the time was lauded as a top recruit for the Class of 2005. Only a week ago, Franks received a commitment from Jim Scharrer, a 24-year-old baseball player who has spent six years in the Braves’ organization.

Scharrer will enroll next month and will likely end up as a linebacker.

They join 10 other high school players already committed to Duke for next season. But for most of the players visiting this weekend, the decision is not complete.

Perhaps the most highly thought of visiting recruit will be Thomas Derricks, a defensive tackle from Dallas who is looking at several colleges. Derricks has already visited Penn State and Notre Dame, but will also stop at Northwestern in addition to this weekend’s Duke trip.

Derricks has said that academics will be the biggest factor in his decision, something that bodes well for Duke.

“He’s one ofthe top nose defensive tackles in the nation,” said Bob Wunderlick, his coach at Jesuit Prep. “According to [defensive line] coach [Scott] Brown, he’d have a chance to play early and make immediate impacts. He’s big, 6-foot-l, 290, strong—a • strong as most college players. I thf k it up would be great for Duke. Ptr thf against somr ugh compete.

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Several high schoolers Spartans win national championship rematch rank Blue Devils high

By LARRY LAGE Associated Press EAST LANSING,-Mich.

Some of the Spartans 99 faces have changed, but the result Gators 83 remained the same.

Second-ranked Michigan State beat No. 8 Florida 99-83 last night in a rematch of the national championship game.

Freshman Zach Randolph scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Marcus Taylor had 15 points and seven assists. Charlie Bell added 20 points for the Spartans.

Michigan State (6-0) extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 17 games and earned its 34th consecutive victory at the Breslin Center, which trails only Utah’s run of 54 wins in a row at a

� RECRUITING from page 27 Another defensive tackle who will be here this weekend is Casey Caroll from Englewood, Fla. Also interested in ACC rival Clemson, the Lemon Bay High School All-State selection recorded 85 tackles and six sacks in his junior season. Caroll has already visited Boston College and Stanford, and is likely to schedule another visit or two with Notre Dame or Northwestern as well. Casey’s visit to Duke will not be his first; he also visited Duke this summer at football camp.

Joining Gutshall at the defensive end position will be two additional recruits, Michael Lovelady of Houston and Matt Stone of Boca Raton, Fla. Lovelady is also interested in Northwestern and Purdue, and will visit Army and Stanford in January. Stone has already been offered scholarships by ACC rivals Georgia Tech and Virginia, as well as Northwestern.

However, Stone listed Stanford as his top choice.

Demetrius Warrick, a 6-8, 250-pound defensive end, will also make a visit, but he has shown interest in a wide variety of schools.

Rounding out the group will be running back Jeff Backes. Despite reports that he was committing to Virginia last week, Backes is considering Notre Dame and Ohio State as well as Duke. A recruit from Upper Arlington, Ohio, Backes is known primarily for his speed. He spent his junior year on the bench, however, after a shoulder injury.

home court.

The Spartans beat Florida 89-76 in the title game in Indianapolis. Both teams lost two star players to the NBA draft, but clearly returned plenty of talent to be considered top-10 teams.

Florida (3-1) led for the first five minutes of the game, but Michigan State was in control for the rest of the game. The Gators trailed by double digits for almost the final eight minutes of the game.

Brent Wright led the Gators with 18 points. Teddy Dupay returned from a one-game suspension to score 17 while being booed throughout the game. In the title game, Dupay got tangled up with Mateen Cleaves, sidelining the Spartans star for several minutes with a sprained ankle.

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After Michigan State had little trouble with Florida’s press in the first half, the Gators chose not to press until they trailed by double digits with eight minutes to go.

Florida got off to a good start. It led by as much as six and did not trail until Bell made a three-pointer five minutes into the game to give Michigan State a 13-12 lead.

The Gators’ final lead was 16-15 at the 13:19 mark.

Michigan State led 48-40 at halftime.

Bonner scored the first five points of the second half to cut Florida’s deficit to three, but the Gators could not get closer.

Michigan State then took command of the game with a 12-4 run, which gave the Spartans a 60-49 lead.

Each time the Gators came within a couple of baskets of Michigan State, the national champions found a different offensive option to maintain the lead. Often, it was one ofMichigan State’s freshmen who scored critical baskets.

The game marked the 16th time national finalists have met the following season. The defending national champions are 11-5 in such games.

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“We’d really prefer not to play game early,” ACC Goestenkors said. “But we have to do it in order to get all of the games in, and this is what we agreed to.”

Unlike Duke, Clemson is not a youthful squad. The Tigers’ youngest starter, guard Chrissy Floyd, is a sophomore who was on last year’s All-ACC rookie team. Meanwhile, Davis starts three seniors, including 6-foot-4 Erin Batth.

Batth, who leads Clemson in scoring with 15.4 points per game, plays both forward and center and represents the kind of presence inside Duke has missed without the graduated Lauren Rice. Batth’s presence will make it even more necessary for the Blue Devils to rebound well, a focal point for Goestenkors.

In their first nine games, Duke has outrebounded its opponents by an average of only five boards.

“We have to do a much better job of rebounding and of taking care of the basketball,” Goestenkors said.

So as most ofthe student body settles into Perkins carrels and Alpine Atrium couches, the undefeated women’s basketball team will be contending with a notoriously loud Clemson crowd and a sorely underrated Tiger squad. an

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finally healthy and leading her team in scoring. At 6-foot-4, Batth represents one of the few centers in the ACC, and how the Blue Devils handle her will be a good litmus test for how Duke may fare against North Carolina’s LaQuanda Barksdale and Virginia’s Schuye Laßue.

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Both teams regularly go eight players deep, with each team having eight players who average in double figures in the minutes category. The difference is that the Blue Devils do not have any player average more than 25 or less than 16 minutes, while two Tigers average over 30 minutes per game and two others average only 12.

Duke is off to its best start in program history, and the Blue Devils have been off since trouncing George Mason

last weekend. Clemson played schedule-stuffer Furman last night. Duke does not do well in Littlejohn historically, but its confidence, poise and overwhelming talent should not be swayed by Clemson’s unfriendly confines.

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In this “sneak preview” ACC matchup, it will become clear why Duke is favored to win the league title. Coach Gail Goestenkors exorcised the demons that haunted her in Littlejohn Coliseum last season with a win there, and Duke’s freshman stars have yet to be swayed by an opponent or an arena. Duke 80, Clemson 67.

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averaged 8.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game last year. After Asselin comes 7-2,300-pound center Josh Moore, the Wolverines’ most talked about freshman at the beginning of the season.

Duke, on the other hand, will try to control the tempo of the game early and hopefully get much needed experience for Sanders and Nick Horvath. If the Blue Devils can turn the contest into a track meet, they should not only wear out the Wolverines, but also overcome any Michigan height advantage.

However, Duke knows after with Tuesday’s experience Davidson that it cannot take a win over the Wolverines for granted.

Michigan upset a No. 1 Duke team as recently as 1997, and after losing three straight games this year, Ellerbe’s squad will be out for blood.

“Michigan will be really good for us,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. ‘They’re big, and some teams when they play you, everyone expects them to lose—they play looser against you and then they find they might be in a position to win.

We have to be careful. We can’t think that [because] teams come in with a losing record that [they] are going to lay down and die cause they’re not.”

Ellerbe is also aware ofthis, and doesn’t mind his role as underdog.

“Just like everyone else, people have to prepare for us, too. ”

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Look for Battier to try to put a lid on sophomore sensation Blanchard early, putting pressure on Robinson and Young.

There many not be a better backcourt in the country right now with Jason Williams, Nate James and Chris Duhon.

There is not a better player in the country right now than Williams. Right now he is leading the team in scoring and his assist-to-turnover ratio is more than two-to-one.

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NICK HORVATH struggled with his shot against Davidson as he continues to recover from injuries.

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