April 18, 2001

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Sports Baseball bounces back The baseball team avenged last Wednesday's loss to North Carolina A&T with a 13-10 victory in Greensboro last night. See page 17

New center fertilizes photon forest Courageous junior dies of cancer

By WHITNEY BECKETT and STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

Today, the Pratt School of Engineering wraps up a three-day symposium that is functioning jointly as the groundbreaking ceremony for a new $lOO million photonics center and as a declaration of Pratt’s ambition to turn the Research Triangle into a “photon forest.”

And although the Fitzpatrick Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications Systems will not be completed until 2003, the symposium previews the advancements it will bring.

“The grand opening is like our coming-out party,” Engineering Dean Kristina Johnson said. “It will announce the center to the world and define the five laboratories that make up the center. It will be our kickoff meeting to attract industry sponsors, some of which have already signed up, and will focus the photonics and optics national attention on the East Coast.”

The program—called “Photonics in the Forest”—kicked off Monday morning and will continue through tonight,

By JAMES HERRIOTT and GREG PESSIN The Chronicle

Krishna Vara, a giving and caring Duke student with a dedication to community service and an extraordinary devotion to her

friends,

battle with cancer. She was 20.

with panel discussions, talks and demonstrations of leading-edge photonics technology. At Tuesday’s events,

Johnson and University President Nan Keohane announced a $2.75 million gift from Canadian-based Nortel Networks.

The gift includes $1.5 million to create See PHOTONICS on page 8 �

died

Monday morning after a lengthy

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MICHAEL FITZPATRICK accepts a certificate for his donation toward the Fitzpatrick Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications. The ceremony took place yesterday evening.

Vara was first diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, Krishna Vara a type of bone cancer that typically afflicts children and teenagers, when she was in high school. After surgery and eight months of chemotherapy and treatment, she returned to Mercer Island High School in Mercer Island, Wash., and was honored as valedictorian in June 1998.

Vara enrolled at Duke with the Class of 2002, building a huge network of friends and joining Maxwell House.

But only two months into second semester, the cancer had returned, and Vara went home for the remainder of See VARA on page 9 >

Students pursue FOCUS topics outside classroom

By AMISHA SHRIMANKER The Chronicle

You’ve seen the shirts around campus: “FOCUS.... Hell was already taken.” You hear freshmen complaining about hundreds of pages of reading and numerous papers.

But for many, academic overload is far from the only impact FOCUS has had on their lives. From starting house courses to writing novels, FOCUS alumni are often inspired to take their academic passions further in their Duke careers and beyond.

Senior Brian Skotko is still reaping the benefits from his experience in the Exploring the Mind program. “FOCUS really was an exceptional experience for me and a great way to start off my Duke career,” Skotko said.

“Everything that I’ve done in the past four years has blossomed out of FOCUS,” he said.

A required independent research project focusing on children with Down’s Syndrome encouraged Skotko to write a novel that will be published next month. In addition, FOCUS has opened the door to a once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity.

Throughout the program, which explored neurobiology, students learned about a famous patient known only by

the initials H.M. This patient underwent experimental brain surgery in 1953 where doctors removed the hippocampus. Scientists subsequently discovered the hippocampus’ function when H.M. lost the ability to remem-

ber facts.

Skotko has since been researching H.M. since Massachusetts Institute of researcher Suzanne Technology Gorkin—who experiments on H.M. spoke to one of his FOCUS classes.

“This was an awesome, incredible, eye-opening experience for me,” said Skotko. “I got to work with some amazing professors at Duke and statisticians at MIT.” Guven Guzeldere, director of Exploring the Mind, believes that the ingenuity of the students selected plays an integral part in their continuation of projects and Service. “The FOCUS Program made the opportunity available to Brian Skotko, and it’s up to the student to follow through on it,” said Guzeldere, an assistant professor of —

philosophy.

Exploring the Mind is just one of 12 FOCUS —First-year Opportunity for Comprehensive Unified Study—programs offered to freshmen. Participants and directors in all programs See FOCUS on page 9 �

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Bush to push for trade negotiating powers Promoting a free-trade pact in advance of a hemispheric summit, President George W. Bush said winning stronger trade-negotiating authority from Congress was “one of my top priorities.”

Vietnam’s Communist Party picks new leader Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party voted to oust the country’s conservative leader and replace him with Nong Due Manh, a moderate who has been rumored to be an illegitimate son of the late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.

Cincinnati City Council meeting draws crowd About 500 Cincinnati residents packed the city council’s first public meeting after a citywide curfew was rescinded to speak out about the killing of an unarmed 19-year-old man

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Mississippi flag keeps Confederate emblem Mississippi voted to keep the Confederate emblem

After Powell read his statement, Israel said it would withdraw its troops

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governor’s suggestions that a new flag would help the state escape its segregationist past. With 87 percent of the precincts reporting, 66 percent of voters favored the old flag.

WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell, employing the harshest language against Israel since the Bush administration took office, assailed Israel Tuesday for using “excessive and disproportion-

Bush upholds new rule requiring lead reports The Bush administration

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Palestinian-ruled territory in Gaza, and urged its forces to withdraw.

Soon after Powell’s statement was read at the State Department, the Israeli army publicly announced it was withdrawing from the positions it had occupied in Gaza less ian 24 hours earlier. Although Israeli generals had declared earlier* that they would hold the positions

Teen births declining, national report shows A report from the Na-

Mississippi River rises, floods Midwest

is backing regulations proposed by the Clinton administration forcing more businesses to tell the government and nearby resi-

dents about lead released

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for “days, weeks and months,” the army said Tuesday evening that it had completed its operation.

Israel moved its troops into an area of Gaza that had been transferred fully to Palestinian civil and military control under the Oslo accords. The incursion followed a

ate” force in seizing a portion of fierce Israeli bombardment of Palestinian targets in Gaza, all in response to a Palestinian mortar attack Monday against the nearby Israeli town of Sederot.

In his statement, Powell said the fighting in Gaza was “precipitated by the provocative Palestinian mortar attacks on Israel.” But

his criticism of Israel was far stronger, especially coming from

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Statistics said teen births have dropped to a record low, suggesting that programs to reduce teenage births are working.

m Bloated by melting snow and rain across the Upper Midwest, the Mississippi River rose out of its banks and strained against dikes Tuesday in four states, stopping trains and chasing hundreds of people from their homes.

Contractors in Minnesotarushed to shore up a weakened earthen dam on a tributary of the Mississippi.

Hundreds of people had left their homes in lowlying riverside areas of Wisconsin and lowa, and volunteers and prison inmates sandbagged homes along the Mississippi at Hampton, 111, Among the evacuees was Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., who moved his family out of their home on French Island, Wis. Water was four feet deep in the house.

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an administration that had signaled a hands-off attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian fray.

“We call upon both sides to respect the agreements they have signed,” Powell continued. For the

Palestinians, he said, this meant renouncing terrorism and bringing all Palestinian military forces under control. “For the Israelis, this includes respecting their commit-

ment to withdraw from Gaza, according to the terms of the agreement signed by Israel and the Palestinians. There can be no military solution to this conflict.”

Powell stressed that the admin-

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“We were completely engulfed and surrounded by the Mississippi,” the representative said after a canoe trip to check on the house and his neighbors. The Mississippi was expected to crest four-and-a-half feet above the 12-foot flood stage at La Crosse, Wis., today—lower than predicted.

Just upstream, in Fountain City, the main highway remained closed. School officials postponed the prom scheduled for Saturday at the high school and called off classes through Thursday.

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By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle When Kristina Johnson was hired as dean nearly two years ago with the task of recruiting the best talent in the country to come to the Pratt School of Engineering, she sought the advice of one of the most successful recruiters in Duke history: basketball coach Gail Goestenkors.

In her two years as dean of Pratt, Johnson has brought in a number of talented, up-and-coming faculty and plans to attract even more.

“I would say [recruiting engineering faculty] is much like basketball coaches would recruit players,” said Johnson, who played field hockey and lacrosse as a Stanford undergraduate. “It’s working out pretty well.”

Johnson, who hopes to increase faculty from 71 to 120 over the next five years, identifies four basic components to her recruiting strategy.

The Pratt School’s dean’s Kristina Johnson first strategy is to identify promising graduate students and even undergraduates early on and track their success, much like basketball players are watched through their high school careers. Johnson admits that establishing such a database takes time and that it is not yet as complete as desired.

Her second technique is to make the extra effort to travel to meet prospective faculty members. Johnson has visited five cities this year alone to demonstrate her interest in certain faculty members. “It shows that you care, because we do,” she said.

Goestenkors, who is now a close friend of Johnson’s, says she had given her a few tips along the way through informal conversation.

“I think Kristina’s doing a great job on her own.

She’s always looking for new ideas. She’s a real gogetter,” Goestenkors said.

But the women’s basketball coach, who led the Blue Devils to the national championship game in 1999 and to two Sweet 16 appearances since, could not overstate the importance of such visits and making a personal connection with potential recruits.

“I think that’s probably the most important thing,” Goestenkors said. “Everyone wants to feel wanted, needed, important. They want to be comfortable with the people they are working with and working for.”

Thirdly, Johnson hopes to recruit key experts or

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Johnson recalled a trip to Rutgers University to meet one such expert, environmental engineer Roni Avissar, in March. Avissar, an expert in Amazon deforestation, met Johnson at the airport and gave her a choice: They could either go back to his office and chat or they could get on a waiting helicopter and fly to New York City.

“So I proposed to go for a helicopter ride around New York City. So we saw New York City in the air,” Avissar said. “She is a very courageous woman. She reacted very well to it. It was a beautiful day, so it was a very nice ride Johnson, who said she was a bit leery of going up in a helicopter, said they had a wonderful time as Avissar flew her around the Hudson Bay—including a 360 degrees lap around the Statue of Liberty.

Johnson said her confidence in Avissar led to his decision to Gail Goestenkors come to Duke. “He said, ‘You trusted me by going on this ride. Fm going to trust you and turn down [the California Institute of Technology].’”

Avissar said the challenge of coming to Duke to help improve the school, along with the resources Johnson promised, made it more appealing than a school like Cal Tech, where his contribution might be lesser among a more talented pool of faculty.

It is this kind of personal relationship and the potential for a large impact that lured David Brady from the University of Illinois to lead Pratt’s new photonics center.

His wife, Rachel, will also teach at the engineering school next year, making the recruitment even sweeter for Pratt.

While Johnson has gleaned a recruiting strategy from Goestenkors, she admits that she gets more good advice than she gives back as those conversations blossomed into a friendship.

Not only has their relationship improved Johnson’s recruiting technique, it has also improved the dean’s physical fitness.

Johnson and Goestenkors often jog together and Johnson proudly said that the coach no longer has to run backwards for the dean to keep up.

“She’s improved quite a bit,” said Goestenkors of both her friend’s stamina and her recruiting. “Now I have to keep up with her.” ”

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Canadian space arm blasts off to station

Canada’s largest contribution to the International Space Station—a multi-jointed robotic arm —will be carried into space this week aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. The arm is the primary tool used by astronauts to complete exterior work on the space station and to handle cargo carried by shuttles. When the 16-nation space station is completed, officials estimate it will have a lifespan of 15 years and will cost $9O billion to operate.

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Scientists at McLean Hospital have observed that Alzheimer’s and dementia cause distinguishing differences in a patient’s daily cycle of body temperature change and spontaneous movement, also known as circadian rhytm. Reseachers said the discovery may lead not only to better diagnosis but also to better therapy for the devastating sleep disturbances that often accompany dementia. �

Smithsonian to close research centers

The Smithsonian Institution announced plans to close several ot its facilities, including the Conservation and Research Center, a 3,200-acre field station. The center is internationally known for its work in training conservation scientists and restoring endangered species. The Smithsonian described the decision for the closing, planned for the end of this year, as part of the National Zoo's emphasis on “revitalizing the public exhibitions.” *

Drug helps addicts resist cocaine

Researchers have found that a drug called propranolol, long-used to treat high blood pressure, seems to help some addicts stay in treatment when the pull of cocaine is especially strong. Propranolol appears to ease withdrawal symptoms by diminishing the anxiety-causing effects of adrenaline to which addicts going through withdrawal are often most sensitive.

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•Some Vesuvius victims died from heat Italian archaeologists studying the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 have uncovered new evidence that challenges the common belief that inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum all died by suffocation. By studying skeletons of people who sought protection in bathouses, scientists concluded that some individuals died instantly when a 900-degree heat wave swept over the area, stopping vital organs in a fraction of a second.

The ash-preserved skeletons showed none of the signs of suffering or defensive reaction expected in people dying from suffocation.

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Tattoo needles increase hepatitis risk

Visiting a tattoo parlor may give you more than a permanent marking on your skin, according to research conducted at the University ot Texas Southwestern Medical Center. People with tattoos are nine times more likely to have hepatitis C than their non-tattooed counterparts, the researchers reported. In the study of 626 patients, 113 with tattoos, one-third ot those who got their tattoo at a commerical parlor were infected with hepatitis C, compared with less than four percent of those without tattoos. Scientists inform that reusing needles or dye, failure to properly sterilize instruments and the tattooer sticking the back of his hand to make sure the needle is sharp can all contribute to infection. The incidence of hepatitis was also higher for those possessing multiple tattoos, or large, complex or multicolored ones.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001

Professors striking it rich out of class

By MEREDITH YOUNG The Chronicle

Those who believe that professors just teach classes and then go home overlook the behind-the-scenes work that often times leads to six-figure payoffs—collaboration with commercial research companies.

Formed in the early ’9os, Duke’s Office of Science and Technology serves as a guide for professors traveling through the complex patenting and licensing processes. With a little luck and some help from this office, Duke researchers can turn patenting dreams into marketing realities.

“People work in their labs, and if they have patentable inventions, they notify us,” said Bob Taber, director of the office.

If a proposal is approved, the office then becomes involved with the expensive process of securing a patent, which often costs as much as $25,000. The biggest expense is typically outside attorneys, who must be hired to present before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Each year, the office plays a role in approximately 40 patent approvals. Of those innovations patented, some may later be licensed by commercial companies, leading to payoffs for the various parties involved.

Andrea Amalfitano, an assistant professor in the divisions of medical genetics and pediatrics, has collaborated with the office, securing patents for his work developing techniques to deliver genes into humans.

Amalfitano believes that the Office of Science and Technology is a critical part of the process. “I don’t want to waste my time dealing with issues that they have to—I’m just interested in the science,” he said. “They will bend over backwards to make sure you feel like

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THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY allows Duke researchers to make some money on the side by helping them patent and license their inventions.

DNA-related innovations. The office, he payoff is over $2 million, for example, said, was reluctant to proceed because of the investigator receives 25 percent of the large expenses that are incurred—es- the royalties.

Kenneth Porter, an associate director pecially, Pirrung said, “if they are not sure they will get money back from licensing.” at the office, said that the hardest part When the office decided not to go of the process is often finding a potential ahead with the process, Pirrung said he licensee—thereby making the remainwould pay money out of his own pocket der of the office’s work pay off. to procure a patent. When the office After securing backing, Porter said, eventually agreed to go ahead with the the office must work to convince the U.S. patent office examiner ofthe uniqueness process, it not only got patented but licensed as well—creating a big payback. of the invention. This often requires a “I understand they have to be conserlong period of review, with attorneys, vative with their resources,” he said. businessmen, scientific experts and the “But my judgment about this was the inventor herself responding to concerns over the technology. right one, I think.” you’re not slowed down.”

While the stakes are high, as the OfNonetheless, Professor of Chemistry With the clock ticking, and business Michael Purring said that while his in- fice of Science and Technology and the and academia becoming involved in a volvement in the patenting and marscientists realize, so is the payoff. One of complex and often times unclear relationketing process has been helpful, he Pirrung’s licensed patents produced an ship, the patent and marketing process continues to move slowly and surely—dewould like the office to be more aggres- up-front royalty that was six figures. sive in its case-taking. “The only comFor the first $500,000 in royalties, the spite roadblocks along the way. plaint that I have ever had with the investigator receives 50 percent, the in“Whenever universities move on process is that the Office of Science and vestigator’s lab 10 percent, the investiuntested ground, there are difficulties.

Technology is pretty conservative gator’s department gets 10 percent, and The pace and rules of business and the about what they will patent,” he said. the University receives 30 percent. pace and rules of universities are very But, as profits increase, the investiOn one occasion, Pirrung attempted difficult to resolve in a satisfactory way,” to have a patent secured for one of his gator’s percentage decreases. When the Rittschof said.

Scientists measure polar climate change Observations match computer models of enviromental harms caused by global warming

By ANDREW REVKIN

New York Times News Service

For two decades and counting, with a growing mix offascination and concern, scientists have been measuring big changes in the environment around the North Pole.

These include a chilling of the high stratosphere, shifts in the movement and temperature of surface air and sea water and, most visibly, an apparent thinning and shrinking of the cap of ice floating on the Arctic Ocean.

The changes match computer pre-

dictions of how the frozen north could respond to the buildup in the atmosphere of heat-trapping greenhouse

gases, mainly carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels. But the situation in the Arctic remains far from clear, and the changes could also be part of some undetected long-term cycle, many polar experts say.

Now scientists are intensifying

their efforts to determine the causes natural and human—of the changes and the potential consequences.

Over the last two weeks, at a tenuous encampment at the very top ofthe world, a team of researchers, coping with frigid winds and solar storms that have cut radio links with the outside world, has gone into high gear on an ambitious five-year effort to take —

the pulse of the polar air, ice and ocean depths.

Instruments that send climate data via satellite were placed on the ice, and others were strung along two miles of cable lowered last week through a hole in the ice and anchored to the floor of the Arctic Ocean. The encampment, the North Pole Environmental Observatory, run by scientists from the University of Washington, is, of necessity, temporary, because the ice cap is always moving.

An initial foray took place last year, and the camp will be rebuilt from scratch at the North Pole each April through 2004, under a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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A Celebration of Culture

By LUCAS SCHAEFER The Chronicle

The

Native American Student Coalition has only three Native American members, but that didn't stop the group from organizing the First Annual Powwow at Duke last Saturday. The event, which featured area drummers, dancers, and craft vendors, was a massive undertaking for a group with such small membership.

Besides celebrating Native American culture and art, NASC vice-president and treasurer Kelly Fayard, a junior, hoped the event would provide Native Americans greater visibility on campus. “Sometimes we seem invisible. There aren't many of us... A lot of people think there are no Natives here.”

Only .35% of Duke's undergraduate population is Native American, and only three NASC members are—its president, vice-president, and incoming president, said Fayard. The group has an additionalfifteen non-Native members, but the three Native American students did most of the planning for the powwow.

Trying to raise money with only three active recruiters proved a difficult task for the group. The event cost over $3500, including $l7OO to bring in a group ofAztec dancers. To raise enough money for the event, NASC, like many cultural groups in need of funding, was forced to seek support from a number of sources. After receiving money from the Office of Intercultural Affairs and the Office of the President,

NASC turned to Duke Student Government and Campus Council for help.

At such budget hearings, NASC's three members

would, “usually give a brief explanation of the powwow, and then [answer] any questions [potential sponsors] might

have,” said Fayard. “It's not a very big deal, but it is very hard to try to get one of only three people to attend each

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of these budget east CAMPUS played host to Duke’s first powwow last Saturday. The event was organized primarother j|y by three Native American students In hearings. groups, that have execuOverall, Fayard estimates that about 250 people tive boards of at least seven people, plus committees... drifted in and out during Saturday’s three-hour event. they do not have as big of a problem with this as we—One on-looker, Joseph Eaglespirit, heard about the three people—do.”

Still, despite the initial hurdles, the event proved a powwow from a friend and came from Alamance County to see the festivities. Kamiyo Sawyer, a student at success for the group, and marks NASC’s most ambitious undertaking to date. “Because it happened, we East Carolina University, drove in to see her sister feel like it was a success. With three people organizing dance and her cousin perform with Southern Sun, a North Carolinian Native American drum group. and planning the whole thing, it was successful.”

The Native American student organization at ECU event, Baldwin Auditorium on The held in front of on a powwow each year, said Sawyer. “Because it's puts East Campus, acted as, “a celebration of diversity, a first year, this one's a little smaller... But this [Duke’sl celebration of the renewal of life,” said Anna Denson, a junior and president of NASC. Denson added that, is good.”

Fayard's only complaint was that she wished more traditionally, powwows offered Native American Duke students had showed up. Although the powwow tribes an opportunity, “to get together and show off number of prospective stutheir dancing styles, and to have a feast. It is also a did manage to attract a dents who for the weekend, few visiting campus were time for a rekindling of friendships and a time for took part in the festivities. undergraduates current making new friends one

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System helps link names to faces Duke examines space allocation

Bailyn said the policy allows students who are concerned about their privacy to keep their phoWhile anonymity is considered a blessing if you tographs confidential, even from their professors.

“This policy does not allow the photos to be used by are a student who does not like going to a 9:10 lecture class, this luxury is slowly being lost as many of any other area of the university. This is mainly used the nation’s top universities are instituting systems with celebrity students on campus to keep their lives private. If a student opts out, then their photo would that enable instructors to easily identify students.

Using an online class server similar to Duke’s not be placed in this database.”

Courselnfo, top colleges, including Yale University, There is also a security tool included in the Yale are adding features to their servers that will allow system that lessens the clarity of pictures printed instructors to view both the name and photograph of from the server. each student they teach.

“The pictures can’t be appropriated from the site Professors at colleges with these tools feel the because there is a water mark on the pictures when photographic roster helps them learn the names of they are printed,” Tubs said.

Within the next year, Duke plans to upgrade their students, thus improving the academic enviCourselnfo to a new enterprise version called Blackronment in the classroom.

“Under this system, teachers can talk to a student board. Using Blackboard, programmers will have the after class or in office hours then look up who they ability to automatically put student photographs online, should Duke choose to implement the system. are on the web,” said Charles Bailyn, professor of as“Right now, we have the technological ability to do tronomy and chairman ofYale’s Teaching and Learnthis. We just have to work out the privacy issues of ing Committee.

Currently, instructors in large classes find it diffihaving photos on the Internet and place restrictions cult to learn their students’ names and faces. on who can use them,” O’Brien said.

“Instructors complain that they are giving grades Many Duke faculty desire a system similar to to anonymous papers and that when people ask Yale’s and have developed their own systems of digiquestions they know the faces but not the names,” tized class rosters to match names with faces. said Liz Tulis, a Yale senior who sits on the Teaching “Some faculty want to know their students’ names and some already take digital pictures of their stuand Learning Committee.

“They believe that familiarity with students in dents under their own initiative so that they can class will facilitate a community in the classroom. more easily learn the names,” Bright said.

Also most students complain that they feel anonyIn interviews to the Yale Daily News, students mous in classes and this is supposed to cut down on raised concerns that online photographs could be the anonymity,” she said. used as a disciplinary tool to curb the number of stuWhile online photographic rosters may have bendents sleeping in class.

But instructors do not believe the server will be efits, members of the Duke community are hesitant to implement a similar system because they feel it used in this way. might violate student privacy.

“This is not intended to be used as a disciplinary “Privacy is a big deal with the Internet so we have tool,” Bailyn said. “Students don’t sleep in class, they to be sure that whatever we do respects students’ just don’t show up. They learn that they get more rights to privacy,” said Jim Bright, academic techsleep that way. nology consultant for Duke’s Center of Instructional “For me there is no chance that, while lecturing I Technology. “I’m not sure how students would feel could memorize the faces of students who were about the privacy issues with having their picture sleeping and then remember them long enough to go back and look them up.” open and out there for everyone to see.”

Institutions that currently use the system have Bailyn expects to further expand Yale’s online taken measures to protect students’ rights to privacourse server over the next few years and already has plans for future additions. cy and have not found security to be a problem. Ac“Next year we are hoping to implement a quiz and cess to Yale’s photographs is limited to the courses’ professors and can only be obtained after presenting survey,” Bailyn said. “This would allow professors to an appropriate user name and password. place quizzes online that could be taken anonymous“[Privacy violations] will not be a problem with ly or not and be graded or not. This could allow them confidentiality and security because we have an optto take quizzes or fill out individual course evaluations anonymously.” out policy,” Bailyn said.

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Although a committee recently undertook a large-scale study of space on campus, one issue continues to loom over administrators and students alike: office space.

With a growing number of requests and potential renovations to the Bryan Center, Duke will undertake another study to develop a more comprehensive philosophy on office space allocation.

A small group of Student Affairs administrators has recently begun the large task of studying office space in the hope of better contextualizing the situation for their new vice president—who will likely take office this summer. The group says the situation might be more complex than it seems.

“How do we best provide space for student organizations? What kind of space? What does that space look like? What does it include?” asked Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek. ‘What we hear so many times from student organizations is that they really just want storage space—the question is, is that true?”

Wasiolek and others will examine how office space is distributed across the University.

This year, several Bryan Center groups complained that they didn’t know they had to reapply for their space. As a result, the Duke University Union—which supervises Bryan Center space—took 13 late requests and, in the end, was able to accommodate 26 of about 50 requests for space.

“I thought the application process this year was a mess,” said junior Denise Pozzerle, president of Mi Gente. “Although I knew this was the time of year when student organizations apply for space, I hadn’t heard anything until after the deadline had passed.”

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U.S. delegation arrives in China for talks on collision

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING Teams ofU.S. and Chinese negotiators—including an American deputy defense secretary and a Chinese Foreign Ministry official—staked out tough positions ahead of talks today on the return of a U.S. spy plane and the collision that killed a Chinese fighter pilot.

Tensions remain high between the two nations, even after the release of 24 U.S. crew members who were held for 11 days after making an emergency landing on the island of Hainan in the South China Sea. China has demanded an end to U.S. surveillance flights near its territory and says it wants to discuss how to avoid such incidents during today’s talks at the Foreign Ministry, set to begin at 3 p.m.

Both sides say they will review the cause of the collision. Beijing insists the EP-3E surveillance plane caused the April 1 crash, and that Washington must take responsibility. U.S. officials say the Chinese F-8 fighter plane was probably at fault.

The Bush administration has rejected the call for an end to the surveillance flights, saying it has the right to fly in international air space. U.S. officials have made bringing the plane home their priority since the crew’s release.

“We want our airplane back, and we’re going to make that point, and we would expect to get a response,” State Department spokesperson Richard Boucher said Tuesday, adding that he expected the matter to be addressed in the talks in Beijing.

Deputy Undersecretary ofDefense Peter Verga, who

heads the U.S. delegation, told reporters only that his side was seeking more information.

“We’re here... to meet with the Chinese government and exchange information regarding the ongoing situation with our reconnaissance aircraft,” Verga said Tuesday at Beijing’s airport.

Six of the eight members of the U.S. team are military officers or Defense Department officials. They include an expert on the EP-3E and Army Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock, the U.S. Embassy military attache who served as chief contact with the crew during their captivity.

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A U.S. DELEGATION led by senior defense official Pete Verga (second from right) arrives at the U.S. embassy in Beijing yesterday for talks on a midair collision between a Chinese fighter jet and a U.S. surveillance plane that severely strained U.S.-China relations.

China’s delegation will be led by Lu Shimin, direc- we could then consider sending in a repair team of tor general of the Foreign Ministry’s North American some sort with the appropriate parts and the tools and and Oceanic Affairs Department, said spokesperson the auxiliary equipment you would need to effect the Zhang Qiyue. She said military officials would also be repairs and fly the plane out,” he said Tuesday. in the delegation, but provided no details.

If experts deem the plane beyond repair or the Chi“It is our hope that the U.S. side will take a construcnese refuse to allow any work on the aircraft, an altertive attitude in negotiations so as to ensure a proper setnative would be “to literally disassemble the plane and tlement of the question,” Zhang told reporters. then figure out away to either fly the parts of the airplane off the island or ship them off the island in She refused to say whether China would discuss returning the plane. It is believed to be sitting at the crates or something,” Quigley said.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhu Bangzao said

Hainan air base where it landed.

At the Pentagon, spokesperson Rear Adm. Craig Tuesday that China would deal with the plane lawfully.

“For our part we are continuing our investigation, Quigley suggested ways to retrieve the plane, including sending in aeronautical engineers familiar with and we are going to treat or manage the plane according to the law,” Zhu said, speaking to reporters in Carathe construction of the EP-3E to determine the repairs needed. cas, Venezuela, where President Jiang Zemin was “If that is doable, and it’s acceptable to the Chinese, wrapping up a 12-day Latin America tour.

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Center] is huge, as photonics and communications is one of our strategic thrusts,” Johnson said. “It will position the School of Engineering and the Department search at the Fitzpatrick Center.

“Nortel Networks’ $2.75 million commitof [Electrical and Computer Engineering] ment to join the Fitzpatrick Center as a to be at the forefront of the next wave of infounding partner is a significant statement novation in engineering and technology, by one of the world’s leading technology using photons instead of only electrons to companies about the important role the sense, transmit, store and display multi-dimensional imagery, for example.” center will play in advancing photonics reIn addition to the center, the “photon forsearch and training future generations of photonics engineers,” said Keohane in a est” plan calls for 20 interdisciplinary statement. “One of the principal goals of tenure-track faculty, 50 research assistants the Fitzpatrick Center is to partner with and more than 100 graduate students over high-tech industry leaders to ensure that the next four years. The center will also North Carolina is at the forefront of new offer laboratories concentrating on a varitechnology research and development.” ety of research areas.

The gift is a part of a larger effort by the “The new center will allow us to get school to make it the foremost leader in more and more undergraduates involved photonics. The symposium’s title conveys in research,” said David Brady, visiting the University’s hope that the center will professor of electrical and computer engihelp make the Research Triangle a “photon neering. “There will be more hands-on lab forest,” in which the local universities and experiments, moving away from the purely theoretical.” the more than 300 fiberoptics and telecommunications companies will work together A branch of optics engineering, photonics is the study of massless packets oflight to become the Silicon Valley of photonics. known as photons. Many experts think “In Pratt’s strategic plan, [the Fitzan endowment fund to support a new professorship and $1.25 million to support re-

the field will lead to a faster, more effective Internet. At Pratt, photonics is one of the three main focus areas, and the new photonics resources will affect everyone there, Brady said.

“Photonics is the ultimate limit in how humans can manipulate science,” he said.

“We hope that the center will be the best place in the world to study photonics. Anyone who wants to study photonics will know this is the place to do it.”

The 120,000-square-foot center, which will be located on Science Drive, is named after Duke alumni Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick, who gave the University a $25 million photonics grant—the third-largest gift in the school’s history. The couple gave another $25 million to photonics research at Stanford.

Michael Fitzpatrick, director of NorthPoint Communications and former chair, CEO and president of the fiberoptic component manufacturer E-TEK Dynamics Inc., hopes the donations will significantly advance the study of optics and photonics nationwide and will encourage collaborative research between the East and West coasts.

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Because Campus Council has taken the office space of Duke’s debate team, that group was forced to seek space in the Bryan Center. Team advisor Richard O’Dor and Campus Council Chair Jim Dupree, a senior, said their new offices are too small.

“Clubs are forced to compete for limited Student Affairs funding and space that Duke has available,” said O’Dor, a public policy lecturer, “(The Bryan Center office] is a small space, so it is not ideal.”

He said the team needs a room large enough for meetings as well as storage.

As for the Office of Intercuitural Affairs, director Julian Sanchez says he has been applying for more space for at least six years. And the small amount of new office space will only serve the office’s needs temporarily.

“We are responsible for providing support for close to 30 percent of the student body,” Sanchez said. “It really becomes a challenge for us to spread ourselves to the point [where] we can provide and give attention to all these communities of color if we don’t have additional support.”

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FOCUS group spawns Durham hunger initiative FOCUS from page 1 agree that FOCUS students reap the benefits of small-group discussions on one set of issues.

Melissa Malouf, director of Arts in Contemporary Society, stressed that the close faculty-student interaction often leads students to become more involved.

“The faculty members often remain mentors to the students and help find them possibilities,” said Malouf, associate professor of the practice of English.

Freshman Ben Morris, one of Maloufs students, agreed. The English

major is collaborating with other sturaised $4,500 in the first two days. dents to lead a reading and creative Hudson and Lee also hope to bring to writing house course next spring. “The Duke the Hunger 101 course they took attitude I’ve developed is, that if in Washington, D.C. there’s something you want that’s In addition to providing unique opmissing, you can start it,” Morris said. portunities, the FOCUS program helps Freshmen Sara Hudson and Joseph students find peers with common pasLee, alumni of Humanitarian Chalsions. Four alumni of Exploring the lenges at Home and Abroad, echoed Mind became good friends when they this sentiment. The two students have started The Duke Mind, a journal established the Duke-Durham Hunger geared toward undergraduate research Alliance. The organization has been in neurobiology. running a food drive on the Bryan Cen“FOCUS brings together kids that ter Walkway since last week, which have similar interests,” said junior

Neil Gupta, one of the journal’s founders. “Otherwise, the four of us would have never gotten together.”

FOCUS Program Director Seymour Mauskopf, professor of history, said he was proud of FOCUS students and noted that Duke’s past two Rhodes Scholars—Trinity ’OO Julian Harris and senior Matthew Baugh—have participated in the program.

Guzeldere agreed. “FOCUS studentsjjften go on to do bigger and better things,” he said. “I am very proud of our successful students.”

Vara leaves lasting impact on her friends, community � VARA from page 1

the year and all of the next one. She returned to camzQpus this fall to resume her studies and continued to build her friendships, joining Chi Omega sorority, and to hone her academic focus, planning to major in economics or public policy. Just before spring break, the cancer returned, and she traveled back to her home outside Seattle, Wash., to resume her fight.

Friends say she died peacefully in her home.

“She had a spunky character, a real personality,” said junior Adrienne Brueggemeyer, a member of Maxwell House. “She definitely had things on her mind and she definitely had things to say about what was on her mind.”

Throughout her life, Vara surrounded herself with large numbers of extremely close friends. Teachers and friends recall that she took care to travel in many social circles to become as close to as many people as she could.

“I consider Krishna one of my closest friends and I only met her freshman year of college,” Brueggemeyer said. “She was one of the people who touched me in away no one else can or ever will.”

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for her during her illness, Yarn’s commitment to her friends manifested itself every day. Earlier this semester, when Brueggemeyer fell ill, Vara came to her room, tucked her friend into bed, and watched her the whole night, sleeping on the couch.

Her commitment to others, though, extended past her immediate acquaintances and into her community.

An active member of the Key Club of Mercer Island, Vara donated time to the Kiwanis Club, developing its website and donating all her earnings to the Key Club.

When she was 17, Vara was honored as a member as the Youth Hall of Fame; as part of the honor, she chose to mentor a younger student through a community service project. The Youth Hall ofFame celebrates courage, service and social enterprise by identifying young people who best exemplify these characteristics.

“What [she] got to do is to leave a legacy with the community” said Larry Sagen, founder and executive director of the organization.

Glo Ceteznik, the high school teacher who nominated her for the award, said that throughout Vara’s sickness, she always focused on what she could leave behind to others. In her last weeks, Vara shared with

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Ceteznik all sorts of ways that high school education in Mercer Island could be improved.

“I don’t think I’ve even sorted this all out yet, but I think this comes from an innate goodness to leave a legacy for other people, to make others better in certain ways,” Ceteznik said. “She talked about setting up a scholarship fund for her parents to pay for another student’s education out of the money her parents would have spent to finish her education at Duke.”

Jaclyn McGowan, another of Vara’s closest friends at Duke, said her friend’s memory will not be forgotten. After Vara went home this year, she called McGowan to pass on suggestions for how McGowan should live out her life. “Knowing her has given me a heightened awareness of the goodness of people. It makes me want to pass that along and reach out even more,” McGowan said. “She had friends in all different areas at Duke. Seeing all of them come forward in the last few weeks and share their memories has been uplifting. I think there’s a lot to be thankful for.”

Vara is survived by her parents and her younger sister, Vauhini. Friends are planning a public memorial event for sometime next week.

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Disciplining Phi Psi

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a ruckus after the men’s national championship game and reports of gross vandalism in the section, Judicial Affairs officials sanctioned the former members of Phi Psi. Besides taking away the bench that was of much contention during the celebration, the sanctions also stated that former Phi Psi members must permanently vacate the dorm following the end of exams and move out within 48 hours of any further damage to their section.

These actions, although appropriate to some extent, also illustrate a great fault in the way the University—specifically the Office of Student Development—has dealt with the former fraternity members. Officially, Phi Psi was removed from campus by the Annual Review Committee for failing to pass its review, not for the way in which it has continually shown a disrespect for University property and classmates.

Now, with nothing to lose, other administrators have begun to punish Phi Psi members—something they should have done long ago.

The former Phi Psi bench should not have been taken away because it, like so many other benches, became a spot of contention when its owners refused to put it to flames. Already required to repaint their bench so as to give up their fraternity identity, House BB members (formerly Phi Psi members) still own that piece of property. To take that away showed an unfortunate amount ofpettiness on the part of University administrators.

While restricting the length of stay in dormitories and setting strict repercussions on vandalism are substantive, fitting punishments for these students, all these actions are too little, too late.

Marijuana for medicine

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week, state representative Paul Luebke, D-Durham, intro-

duced a bill calling for a study to examine the effects oflegalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. Although the General Assembly should pass the bill, there is no study needed here—marijuana has proven its medicinal use and people should not be penalized for growing it in order to suit their medical needs.

For years, glaucoma patients have been using marijuana to alleviate their symptoms. In addition, cancer patients have begun using marijuana to lessen the side effects and pain caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In California, Arizona and a handful of other states, people have been using medicinal marijuana for years without any noticeable setback to society. North Carolina used to be on the cutting edge ofmarijuana therapy—in 1979 the General Assembly passed a bill that loosened marijuana growing penalties for people who were using it medicinally. However, a misguided and politically motivated bill overturned those limited protections in 1987.

If passed, this bill will pave the way toward another bill that would completely legalize medicinal marijuana. However, the legalization of marijuana should not stop at the medical level. Given that marijuana users poses no threat of physical violence to others and that the drug does not harm the well-being of the person who uses it anymore than alcohol, marijuana should be made legal for all personal uses.

Legalized marijuana may seem like a pipe dream, but the path to common sense laws on this drug begins with steps like Luebke’s bill.

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Director explains early termination of SafeKarts I am taking the time to write to explain the reasoning behind the early termination of the Duke Student Government SafeKarts initiative. First of all, I would like to commend senior Mike Lieberman and his DSG volunteers for the effort they put forth in organizing this trial period. They have done a tremendous job.

However, despite their effort, the program has

faced setbacks nearly every night due to problems with the carts. These problems have ranged from batteries going bad to flat tires. These problems are ones you would expect to face in such a program, but for whatever

reason, the problems have all happened at once during the trial period due to no fault of the drivers or pro-

gram coordinators.

Also, I would like to praise the cart vendor. They customized the carts to meet the requirements of the Duke golf cart policy and have been extremely responsive to trying to work through the perplexing problems we experi-

enced. Given that these carts

were customized to meet our demands, the vendor is unable to quickly swap out a spare to allow us to continue.

As such, in the interest of user safety, we all came to the

conclusion that the trial period should end one week early.

Lieberman’s volunteers have collected a week’s worth of data that will be reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the program. In any case, I hope the momentum and effort of these volunteers will be recognized by next year’s DSG as members determine which new initiatives have a potential to benefit the student body. Should they want to proceed with a new trial program, I will offer my support and guidance in their organizing of a new trial SafeKarts program.

David Majestic Director of Planning, Auxiliary Services

Band member describes series of events at BASICS I am a member of Pro L, those present for the first motivated? Okanlami’s disrethe group that was “ousted” performance. spectful remarks led several The DJ indicated that he students to come up to us off the stage of the March 23 BASICS party. I have read wanted us on for a second set after we left the stage to several letters from students once people began to gather apologize for her behavior. published in the editorial on the quad around 12:30 Instead of jumping on stage pages regarding the events of a.m. We agreed, being that to put the spotlight on herthat night, including one we had been paid to rock a self, she should have rememfrom the girl that jumped on show for Duke students, and bered her manners and stage at the beginning of our the crowd had grown to opened her ears and mind second performance, and I around 150 to 200 people. We instead of her mouth. It is feel compelled to offer our thought this would be an amazing how she assessed comments on the night. ideal crowd to play for and our talent and the crowd Our group first persaw a positive opportunity to reaction after only seeing us formed at 11 p.m. for a present our music to people on stage for five minutes. crowd of around 50 people who wanted to listen.

We enjoyed playing for that was standing in the During the transition those who came to listen and, quad. We played a one-hour from the DJ to our second by the way, our “white band” set that many people missed set, a group ofstudents were includes one member, Viswas because it was still early. freestyling, and we simply Chitnis, who is of Indian After leaving the stage the joined in with them because descent. It is disappointing time, first we were we had been asked to. In her that we were seen only as the 11 letter, Peju “white hip-hop band” instead approached by one of the April event organizers and the DJ Okanlami stated, “My objecof people performing music. for the night and asked to tion was much less racially Brett Koelsch perform a second set, based motivated.” Does this mean on positive reactions from that it was partially racially Raleigh, N.C. for referenced letter, see http: www.chronicle.duke.edu!story.php?articlelD=2ll9o //

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The new center will allow us to get more and more undergraduates involved in research.

There will be more hands-on lab experiments, moving away from the purely theoretical.

David Brady, visiting professor ofelectrical and computer engineering, on the new Fitzpatrick Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications Systems, scheduled to be completed by 2003 (see story, page one)

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Good times, bad times

A senior reflects on some of the more positive aspects of his Duke experience sion of Nannerl Keohane as president.

We have it good here. We have decent opportunity he can. Who knows what the Giuliani’s Comer The president and her administration residential facilities, a beautiful campus future holds? It could all end tomorrow. realize that there is much growing do Dave Nigro

and a basketball team that won the national title this year. Our degrees are keys to a better career and a better life.

Students like to bitch a lot—I’m no different—but all in all, this is a better place than most schools.

My time as a columnist has not been bad. I’ve gotten a bunch of angry letters (including people who wished me dead), which I think is good. It means I’m

If there is one thing I’ve learned at Duke, it is that people always misinterpret what one says in The Chronicle.

Throughout my columnist career, people have always written to me comdoing something right; Fm making peoplaining about something I said when, ple think. I don’t get much positive feedin reality, I never back (from people I don’t know anysaid the thing that way). It is easier to write someone offended them. Even telling you hate him rather than telling gotten a on the rare occasion Fraternity him you like him. That leads me to one they do complain Council/Panhellenic disappointing area: my lack of groupies. angry about something I Council/Duke That would have been nice. Guess one said, they usually Student can’t have everything. take it out of conGovernment tools Probably the most important lesson I text. I guess I should (i.e. the leaders of learned here is that one must seize every me have realized that those organizations the previous coland not necessarily a is umn, and probably the members themwn this one, would be USED‘S'&OM6 selves) and not from 6U9HeSS'NtTrtOi»4K. no different. independents, but at people Both the last colleast they are listenumn and this one ing. I am happy that are meant to express stud'“t, ients hr iave th e the duality of my final thoughts on opportunity to become a part of building Duke. I think something would be wrong something new, something better. if one left here with only really good or There are some good people here. really bad feelings. Perhaps I am differ- Despite the preponderance ofthe aforeent in that I have strong feelings, both mentioned IFC/Panhel/DSG tools, there good and bad. are some hard-working, decent people If there is one thing I like about within the impenetrable three-foot Duke it is that it is young. It has only walls. One of them, in fact, is running recently begun to attract students who right below me. His name is Norm and live outside the state. Its “rise” in you should read his column because he is stature has been rapid, and as such cool. If you find these people, consider there is much of “Old Duke” to be yourself lucky. Most of the important 25*. destroyed and rebuilt. This smashing of education I received here is from my Old Duke began in 1993 with the ascen- friends. That is important to remember.

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It has been an honor to address the Duke community for the last two years.

I had a lot of fun writing STONE COLD. It was a blast to make people laugh every week. Giuliani’s Corner was a great venue to express my opinions on campus life. For some reason, that was almost as much fun as writing lemur jokes. I am going to miss it.

Maybe some of you will too.

I’d like to close with some words from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” They sum things up better than I can.

“For what is a man, what has he got?/If not himself, then he has not/To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels/The record shows I took the blows and did it my way.”

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Missions accomplished Above the Norm Norm Bradley Three months into my Duke career, I knew I wanted two things from the college experience: I wanted a national championship, and I wanted to be head line monitor. Although I’ve arrived at the desired destination, I have to laugh when I look back at the steps and missteps along the journey.

When I came to Duke, working for The Chronicle was the last thing on my mind—all I cared about was having a core group of friends, being a Cameron Crazie and passing my classes. One Sunday night early freshman year there was a message on my answering machine to call Jess at The Chronicle about a story. My first assignment was about the head of the Career Development Center leaving for Harvard. I did it as a lark, something that was fun and different, something I’d never do again.

I can’t say I was instantly hooked on The Chronicle; it was a slow, yet inevitable process, like a tide coming in to shore. One story a month became one story a week, and before I knew it, I was swimming against the current.

Fast-forward two years: My commitment had grown exponentially. My junior year was filled with long days and nights at 301 Flowers. I was well-aware of the sacrifices inherent in Chronicle leadership—it hint every time I canceled dinner plans or spent another evening editing a story instead being a student. I was angry and felt cheated by the organization. But as my Chronicle tide flowed out to sea this academic year, I really began to appreciate how much I treasured this experience.

Corporate trainers would salivate at the opportunity to study Chronicle culture. Why do volunteer students —

many of whom have only a passing interest in journalism—sacrifice so much in the name of this organization, often under stressful and unhappy circumstances?

Well, I could give you some bull about wanting to make a difference, or learning about myself, or taking on challenges. But the truth is, even when you want to kill your fellow staffers, The Chronicle is fun.

The Chronicle is functional only through its dysfunctionality. It is inherently unexplainable to those who have never sat through a four-hour editboard or an end-

The Chronicle is functional only through its dysfunctionaUty, What makes us come back is the characters, the personalities, the stress and the conflict ,..

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less editing shift. What makes us come back is the characters, the personalities, the stress and the conflict.

There is no group of people at Duke I have more respect for; no group works harder, no group cares more.

Hello, my name is Norm, and I’m a Chronicleholic.

I guffaw anytime Fm referred to as a “DSO official,” because in my heart, I will always be a Chronicle staffer.

That’s not meant as an insult to the many kind-hearted, hard-working DSG staffers I know. I’d be remiss ifI didn’t give a shout-out to my boss, Jordan Bazinsky, who had the confidence to hand me the keys toK-ville despite my ties to a board that endorsed his competition and embarrassed his campaign by mismanaging a letter from the basketball program that I wanted to work with—ironic, huh?

From the bottom ofmy heart,thank you to all the people who camped out and came to games this year—it has been a privilege working with you. The few bad days were usually caused by middle-aged Durham officials who acted like 12-year-olds. January and February were two of the greatest months of my life, and I did my best to make as many of you as happy as possible.

Being head line monitor should never be about power trips and special perks, just as being a tenter should never be about waiting in Brownstone or cutting in line.

You shouldn’t be there to work the system, you should be there because you want to be part of something special.

In many ways, K-ville isn’t even about basketball—it’s about community.

There are so many things that divide us here at Duke: Black or white, greek or independent, Pratt or Trinity, sober or alcoholic, active or indifferent. It saddens me to see so many people spending their days lamenting these unavoidable divides. That’s why I love Duke basketball—for three hours at a time, people check these group identities at the door to root for the home team and enjoy their experience.

There will always be problems at Duke, and I laud the efforts of students and administrators who spend their days trying to cleanse our garden of weeds. But if you are actively looking for weeds, you will always find some more work to be done. Much more importantly, you won’t have any time left to enjoy the flowers that your labors have produced.

I’ve shared with you my two goals, but I’ve come to realize that we should all strive for something much more important—we are teenagers in a Gothic playpen.

Don’t forget to smile.

Norm Bradley is a Pratt senior, former editorialpage editor ofThe Chronicle, current seniorassociate sports editor and —until about 7 p.m. tonight—Duke Student U4i i J Government head line monitor.

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Black British Film Series: “Playing Away.”

For information, call 660-3030. 8:00 p.m., Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers hosts The Philosophy of Science Discussion Group from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. on the third Rabbi Bruce and Brian Fried “Office Wednesday of every month. Today’s disHours”, Trinity Cafe 3:45-5:00 p.m. cussion will be on The Neptune File," by author Tom Standage.

Exhibition Opening SAVy Selects: New Acquisitions, 6:00 p.m. Reception Free, The Duke Symphony Orchestra continues Open to the Public. Student Art Volunteers a semester of programs which feature stuat Duke organize DUMA’S new acquisi- dent concerto competition winners as tions into an exhibition, with explanatory soloists. The orchestra will perform at 8:00 text from the students. Continues through p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus.

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Conference on the future of humanitarian intervention, sponsored by Duke Law School’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS), the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, as well as Duke’s Kenan Institute for Ethics, Global Capital Markets Center and Center for European Studies. All sessions, which are free and open to the public, will be held at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club. For information, call 613-7015.

Keith 'n Coffee at Alpine Atrium, Bryan Center, 12 noon-2:30 p.m The Department of Biology presents Jon Shaw, Duke University. “Biodiversity of Peatmosses.” 144 Biological Sciences, 12:40 p.m. Systematics Seminar.

EOS Lecture Series: Eric McDonald, Desert Research Institute, will speak at 4:00 p.m., 201 Old Chemistry Building.

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Announcements Be a Tourguide!

Staying around forsummer school?

Want to lead tours? Now recruiting students to lead tours this summer for Undergraduate Admissions.

Apts. For Rent 1, 2& 3 Bedroom Apartments available for rent. See display ad. Bob Schmitz Properties, 416-0393,

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20 hours/week required. If interested, fax resume to 490-4714 and call John at 490-4737.

Charming one bedroom apartment in restored house close East Campus (903 Clarendon). to Central Air, new appliances, quiet and light, water included. $490.00 a month. Available early May, 2865141

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Nanny needed to pick up one 5-yr old girl from school and take her to activities or home. 3-4 days/week, 10 hrs/wk. Own transportation Call 933-4026

603 Watts. 2BR/IBA Available August-December. Cute apt. 1 block from East!

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Primary responsibilities involve answering the telephone, welcoming visitors, answering questions, giving directions, and sometimes hosting events in Duke Chapel. If you enjoy variety, beautiful music and meeting people from all over the world, then this may be the job for you! Contact Jackie Andrews at 684-2177.

Going to be in DC this summer?

Why not volunteer your Saturdays working at a Duke Run Inner City Camp. Weekly commitments are not required. If interested please contact Sarah Schneider ses24@duke.edu

Are you a student desiring RESEARCH EXPERIENCE? Busy cognitive psychology lab looking for responsible, interested undergraduates to work this summer. 30-40 hours a week@s7.oo/hour in a fun working environment. (Psychology major not required). Interested?

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SEEKING RESEARCH ASSISTANT BRAIN IMAGING/ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. Wanted; Full-Time Research Assistant at Duke Hospital. Ideal for recent grads interested in medical school, psychology or neuroscience, gain clinical exposure, learn MR imaging and analysis techniques. Start date; Flexible (April thru June 2001). Benefits; good pay, publirecommendations. cations, Computer skills needed. Minimum 1 year commitment. Send CV and references to Jeffrey,petrella @ duke.edu

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Want to lead tours? Now recruiting students to lead tours this summer for Undergraduate Admissions.

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If you are a certified diver or experienced sky-diver, you may be eligible to participate in the Military Free-fall After Diving study being held in the Hyper/Hypobaric chambers at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical Center. Two days of experiments with up to 6 subjects per experiment are conducted weekly.

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Office Manager Wanted: Work in the music business! We manage four national bands and need someone to manage our office. Very casual atmosphere. Send resume to: Deep South Artist Management-5024-H Departure Drive- Raleigh, NC 27616 or fax to 919-877-9698.

Summer Job in Neurobiology lab for responsible students. Pays well.

10-15 hrs/wk. Lab chore, etc...Very flexible schedule. Contact Keiko (681- 6 1 6 5,

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SUMMER OFFICE ASSISTANT Assist with all programming tasks associated with summer cultural arts programming on campus including: Meet You in the Gardens concerts in Duke Gardens, the Summer Chamber Music Series, and Arts Events in Duke chapel.

Implement an advertiser campaign for the Duke Artists Series playbill and assist with other marketing and programming tasks as assigned. Between 30-40 hours per week for 13 weeks: begin mid May and ending mid August. Stop by the office of Beverly Meek, Office of University Life (101-2 Bryan Center, West Campus) and pick up an application and schedule an interview.

Summer Office help wanted.

Property management company near East Campus. Computer skills desirable 416-0393

SUMMER WORK DUMC Development Office seeking student for 10-15 hours per week. Duties include special projects, data entry, filing, and other office work. Office adjacent to Durham Bulls Ballpark. Must have own transportation. Starting salary $7.50/hour. For more information, call Megan LeDuc at 667-2540 or e-mail leducool@mc.duke.edu

Wait staff, bus and bartenders needed for new Italian restaurant in Durham. Flexible hours and some experience necessary. Call 286-9600 or apply at 716 Ninth St., Durham.

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Houses For Rent 3 BR 2.5 BA House. Family room/living room/dining room/kitchen huge loft that can be used as office space. Two-car garage. Research Triangle Park.

15 minutes to Duke/Freeway and Raleigh via Highway 70 or 1-40.

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Misc. For Sale BEDROOM SET- 8 piece CHERw/Dovetail RYWOOD, ALL Drawers. New, Still Boxed. Cost s6k, sell $2,250. 420-0987.

DINING ROOM SET-12 piece CHERRYWOOD, Brand New! Still

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Boxed. Cost slok, sell $2,850.

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Women’s Studies at Duke invites you to attend two Distinction presentations:

Distinguished Lecture Series 2001 Chinese Institutions: Historical and Sociological Analysis

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“Welfare Activism in Academia: The Women’s Committee of 100”

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Library of Congress

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“On a Permanent Basis: A History of Women’s Demands for Surgical Sterilization”

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Wednesday, April 18,2001,3:00 p.m.

Breedlove Room (204 Perkins Library) Duke University West Campus

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4-6 p.m.

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Bush wants to facilitate, not force, peace process ISRAEL from page 2 broad range of events over the last four days, including the Hezbollah attack on Israeli forces at Shebaa Farms, the Israeli retaliatory attack on Syrian positions in Lebanon, Palestinian mortar attacks against Israel and the Israeli retaliation Monday night in Gaza.

In all, he said, the situation was &

“threatening to escalate further” and posed the risk of a broader conflict in the region.

A senior administration official said telephone calls from Powell to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and to the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, had not produced results.

In the last four days, the official said, Israeli military action had become “qualitatively different,” and the time had come to express dissatisfaction with the Israeli prime minister’s

phere here gave him a free hand in dealing with the Palestinians.

A senior administration official denied yesterday evening that Sharon could have received such a message, and said there was a “disconnect” between what the prime minister did in the last few days and what he said last month, when he told the Bush administration that he was interested in “de-escalating” the high tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Nonetheless, administration officials said they were still intent on not being as enmeshed in the Middle East as the Clinton administration was, and they insisted that Washington would only “facilitate” talks between the Israelis

and Palestinians, not force them.

After the Israeli army began to withdraw from Gaza, senior administration officials insisted that Sharon had made the decision of his own accord, and not

because of the American criticism. change in tactics.

The criticism stood in sharp contrast To support the claim, one administo the relatively friendly reception tration official said the Israeli ambasSharon received at the White House sador, David Ivry, had informed the Nawhen he paid his first visit to Washingtional Security Council of the decision to ton as prime minister last month. At the withdraw at about 1 p.m., the hour time, President George W Bush called when Powell’s statement was being read on “all parties” to reduce the violence at the State Department. and said the United States, like Israel, In Israel, however, reporters for the was against direct negotiations between state radio said the withdrawal was, in the Israelis and Palestinians while viofact, a response to Washington’s pressure. And one advisor to Sharon, Dore lence prevailed.

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Baseball beats A&T to avenge last week’s loss Duke

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and closer Jeff Alieva, the Blue Devils (18-24) held on for a 13-10 victory over North Carolina A&T (1725) at War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro.

The victory avenged a 17-15 loss to the Aggies only six days ago.

“We didn’t play fantas-

tic today and we definitely didn’t play our best baseball last week,” sophomore Doug Bechtold said. “It was kind of nice, though, after going on a losing streak the past week to get

back at these guys.”

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Women’s tennis seeks 14th straight conference crown

By CATHERINE SULLIVAN The Chronicle Having won 129 of its last 130 ACC matches and 13 straight ACC tournament titles, there is little doubt that Duke is the team to beat going into the four-day ACC women’s tennis championship that begins tomorrow in

Orlando, Fla.

The Blue Devils, ranked second nationally, draw Maryland, the tournament’s lowest seed, in the first round. In their only head-to-head match up this season, Duke (21-1) had little difficulty against the Terps (6-12), losing only two sets en route to a 7-0 sweep.

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“We worked hard to earn the top seed and a day off in the middle of the tournament,” coach Jamie Ashworth said.

“Our opponents on Saturday and hopefully on Sunday will have played two or three days in a row under hot conditions, so we’ll have an advantage with our extra day off.”

After what should be another rela-

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The pipeline began four years ago with current co-captain Hunter Henry’s decision to play lacrosse for Duke coach Mike Pressler. Each year, another Cavalier followed Henry’s lead, as Jon Enberg, Mack Hardaker and Tyler Elkins-Williams all chose to join the Duke program.

Henry, the most nationally soughtafter of any of the four Durham Academy alumni, initially looked elsewhere before deciding to attend Duke.

“Originally I didn’t even take an official visit to Duke,” Henry said. “But when I came to Duke, I knew this is where I wanted to be.”

According to Pressler, Henry’s decision played a significant role in directing the flow of Cavalier talent to Duke.

“Hunter was different,” Pressler said.

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Bonds blasts No. 500 into S.R bay Wake, UNC stand as only legit threats

By ANNE PETERSON Associated Press

Barry SAN FRANCISCO Bonds became the 17th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs with a drive into San Francisco Bay last night.

After Bonds hit No. 499 Sunday against Milwaukee, the San Francisco Giants returned home to

Pacific Bell Park to face the archrival Los Angeles Dodgers.

With the Giants down 2-1, Bonds hit a two-run homer off

Terry Adams in the eighth inning.

The ball splashed into McCovey Cove beyond the rightfield fence. Bonds rounded the bases and jumped with both feet on home plate before embracing his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds.

The leftfield fence opened up and former Giants Willie Mays and McCovey—also members of the 500 club—were whisked by a golf cart to a ceremony at home plate.

“First of all, I’d like to thank my parents for having me,” Bonds said.

Mays, Bonds’ godfather, hit 660 homers, third on the career list behind Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714). McCovey is 11th with 521.

The crowd cheered deafeningly for every Bonds’ at-bat, waved orange rally towels passed out before the game and chanted “Barry! Barry!”

Those in the outfield bleachers and along the top of the rightfield wall rose in anticipation of each

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Bonds’ appearance. The walkway the wall—edging outside McCovey Cove—was packed with fans hoping to snag No. 500. The cove was filled with boats, and even a man in a wetsuit floating on a surfboard.

Bonds struck out in his first at-

bat. In the third inning, his shot to left field was grabbed by Gary Sheffield just in front ofthe wall.

Bonds is the first player to

reach 500 homers since Mark McGwire did it in 1999.

The 36-year-old outfielder was the eighth quickest to hit 500, reaching it in 7,501 at-bats.

McGwire did it the fastest, in 5,487 at-bats.

Bonds, a three-time MVP, has hit 324 home runs since coming to San Francisco as a free agent before the 1993 season. He hit 176 with Pittsburgh.

� WOMEN’S TENNIS from page 17 Both the Demon Deacons (14-7), who have lost to Duke in the finals six consecutive years, and the Tar Heels (15-5), who were narrowly defeated by Duke earlier in the season, pose the biggest threat to to the 13year one-sidedness the ACC tournament.

“We beat Wake 7-0 during tlmseason,” Ashworth said.

“But it was a lot closer than the score suggests. We won a lot of tight matches that could have gone either way.”

In their match against rival North Carolina, the Blue Devils were rattled by a hostile crowd and played what Ashworth described as “scared tennis.” Despite winning 4-3, Duke did not attack its shots and got stuck behind the baseline while it waited for its opposition to make mistakes. However, without the support of their fans in Orlando, the Tar Heels will be unlikely to threaten Duke as seriously as they did in Chapel Hill.

“If we play UNC outside of their home court, we will have a big advantage,” co-captain Kathy Sell said. “We also know what to expect against them now. We know they’re good, but we’ve improved a lot as a team since we played them.”

Both Wake Forest and North Carolina also have No. 1 players able to challenge Duke’s star freshman, second-ranked Ansley Cargill.

Against the Demon Deacons, Cargill escaped with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over the nation’s third-ranked player, Bea Belik; against the Tar Heels, Cargill lost only her third match of the season 6-4, 7-5 to 14th-ranked Marlene Mejia.

Even if Cargill struggles, Ashworth believes that no team in the ACC can match Duke’s deep lineup, which features No. 19 Amanda Johnson, No. 49 Megan Miller, No. 16 Sell, Hillary Adams, Katie Granson and Prim Siripipat.

“We have so many strong players on our team who have been through everything before, including ACC Championships and ACC finals,” Ashworth said. “As long as we don’t play scared like we did against UNC, we’ll be fine because we’re a better team.”

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only 75 to 80 students. Roughly 160 boys are eligible each year for varsity sports, a total further diminished by the number of athletes that compose Durham Academy’s other spring teams, such as baseball, tennis and golf.

Pressler points to the success of Durham Academy’s lacrosse program as a terrific bonus to the Duke program.

“For us to have a local program rise to that level of prominence where they can turn out Division I caliber players is a win for us,” he said.

Despite such a small pool of eligible athletes, Din-ham Academy has won eight state championships since 1990 under coach Joe Seibold. It has also produced several Division I collegiate players, such as the four current Blue Devils.

“What we’ve done is stressed that it doesn’t matter where we are,” Seibold said. “We’re going to be the best program we can be, in terms of our work ethic and our dedication. We’re going to try to play the highest level of lacrosse we can.”

When discussing the Duke-Durham Academy connection, Seibold is quick to point out the bond the two schools

already share academically: “First of all, Durham Academy has a great relationship with Duke in a number of different ways” Seibold said. “I think Duke is a place our kids aspire to go to, boy, girl, athlete or non-athlete.”

Seibold also attributes the success of his program to his ability to be involved in the development of his players from an early age. In addition to being the high school lacrosse coach, Seibold also

teaches history at the middle school. He

plays a large role in introducing the

school’s students to lacrosse, a process that can be hard at times.

“Our biggest challenge is getting kids to take the risk to try it,” he said.

“The ones we get a hold of don’t usually go away, because lacrosse is such a great game.”

Duke’s coaches praise Seibold’s program, particularly his ability to develop lacrosse players who are more than just talented players.

“I think Joe Seibold does a great job of preparing for Division I lacrosse,” Pressler said. “He must have, because there is some common thread between those four guys. All four of them are tough physically, tough mentally and all are outstanding students.”

Another key figure is Cathy Cleaver, the head guidance counselor at Durham Academy. A former Duke admissions staffer, Cleaver takes pride in the athletic success of her former advisees, although she is quick to point out the large role academics played in their decisions to attend Duke.

“I don’t think it’s anything that we’ve ever planned,” she said. “For some of these players, Duke has been their first choice to begin with, and lacrosse has

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� BASEBALL from page 17 against the Aggies.

The Aggies went up early, knocking home five runs in the first two

innings. Duke seemed to be suffering from many ofthe same problems that hampered them last Wednesday.

“It was very similar to the first game,” Bechtold said. “Neither team was playing very sharp defensively—we had three errors, they had seven.”

But after falling down by two runs, Duke’s bats came alive in the sixth. With two runners in scoring position, J.D. Alieva hit a three-run smash to give Duke an 8-7 lead.

In the top of the eighth, with the contest tied at 8-8, pinch-hitter Scott Grossi closed out a momentumchanging inning with a double, scoring designated hitter GideonjP Thompson and giving Duke breathing room at 12-8.

The Aggies rallied, but JeffAlieva forced the final out of the eighth and retired the side in the ninth to secure the Blue Devils’ victory.

Despite sloppy defense, coach Bill Hillier will take the win, which puts Duke over its total for last season.

“We needed this win after the last weekend we had,” Hillier said. “We played... a lot of young people and I was pleased with how they came

been an added bonus.”

Seibold said a contributing factor to the strength of Durham Academy’s lacrosse program is the continued involvement of the current Blue Devils in the development of current

Cavalier players.

“The guys have always come back and worked with me at my camp and clinics I do in the fall,” he said. “[For them to give] something back to the Durham Academy program, that’s been real special to me.”

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