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He’s back (again) “I’m returning as a player to the game I love,” Jordan announced Tuesday. He will play for the Wizards. See page 11

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STD rate in Durham rivals worst in nation Study shows 18- to 24-year-olds account for many gonorrhea, chlamydia cases

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

North Carolina STD statistics*

Sexual encounters may be more risky than Duke students realized, according to a 1999 survey of national disease rates.

The research, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that North Carolina ranks Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphil among the top 10 states for cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Fur% of cases thermore, Durham County’s rates were from 18-to 24- 58.5 43.5 even higher than the state average.

County and state health officials attributed those numbers to poverty and 51 limited access to health care.

Kim Walsh, medical director for the Durham County health department, said high rates ofsubstance abuse, prostitution and mistrust of care providers also contribute to high rates.

While the socioeconomic dynamics at Duke are in marked contrast to its surroundings, all Duke cases reported at the student clinic were part of the county’s statistics, and the 18- to 24-year-old demographic is most at risk for contractHealth Services, said students have liting sexually-transmitted infections.

That age group was responsible for tle to fear from the county’s high rates.

58.5 percent of county chlamydia cases “You need to come into contact with [the diseases] to have that transmission and 43.5 percent of gonorrhea cases.

“In terms of Duke students at risk, occur,” he said. “The question is, do Duke when we look at what age groups are students intimately mingle with the most affected, adolescents and young residents of Durham County?” adults represent the largest portion of For most students, the answer is no. individuals diagnosed with chlamydia Ray Rodriguez, administrative coordinator ofstudent health, said that college and gonorrhea,”Walsh said.

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AN ANDERSEN CONSULTING representative talks to students at last year’s career fair. The company, now named Accenture, has decided not to attend the event this year.

Slow economy lowers career fair attendance Number of companies drops sharply over last year to attend this year’s career fair.

Tom Halasz, associate director ofthe If it seems a little less crowded at Career Development Center, said stuthis year’s career fair, blame it on the dents will likely do very well in job markets. searches because of the respect many With the economy on the brink or companies have for Duke undergradualready in recession, the number of ates. But he conceded that the economcompanies participating in the fair ic downturn might limit choices. shrunk by a third, from 130 last year “The challenges are different,” Hato 84 this year. lasz said. “When the economy’s going Even some big-name companies, well, we have a lot of employers intersuch as Accenture—formerly Anderson ested in students. When the economy Consulting—Cisco Systems, Dell and isn’t going so well, we have many more See CAREER FAIR on page 9 Lucent Technologies have decided not

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

A delicate balance In the wake of the terrorist attacks, Duke community themselves attempting to reconcile their political and r This is the second story in a two-part series exploring religion in the wake of terrorism.

George Ragsdale has a lot on his mind these days.

A student pastor in the Wesley Fellowship, Ragsdale is grappling with how he thinks the United States should respond to the recent terrorist attacks that rattled New York and Washington, D.C. Sept. 11. “As a Christian, I think violence is never the answer,” said Ragsdale, “but as an American, Fm recognizing the need for order and stability in the world, and how to reconcile these things is a really difficult question.”

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Saudis sever ties, Pakistan stands alone

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Congress discusses air travel security

Congressional leaders are looking at putting military police on airliners to make travelers more confident that they will be safe from terrorists. Lawmakers are also debating whether the government should take over airport security entirely. *

Global economy may suffer from conflict

Two weeks after the terrorist attacks, airlines plan more than 80,000 layoffs, the world appears poised for recession and some congressional estimates say the United States will need an additional $lOO billion for its war against terror and related costs.

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Billionaire media owner Michael Bloomberg easily won the Republican primary Tuesday in the New York mayor’s race. Democrats appear headed for a runoff election.

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High-level Israeli-Palestinian truce talks are finally set for today, following several delays and intense U.S. pressure, officials said.

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OPEC treads carefully with oil costs

OPEC representatives meeting today aim to reassess the cartel’s current output. However, as oil prices extend their slide on world markets, they face a seemingly impossible dilemma of firming up prices without also hurting the global economy.

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The Saudi Arabian government accused Taliban of spreading world destruction

By TAREK AL-ISSAWI The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia cut all ties with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia Tuesday, saying its leaders were defaming Islam by harboring and supporting terrorists.

The move by one of the most influential nations in the Islamic world leaves Pakistan as the only country to maintain diplomatic relations with the hard-line Islamic Taliban. In addition, it hands the United States a major success in its effort to isolate the Taliban over their refusal to surrender Osama bin Laden.

Bin Laden, a Saudi exile and the

United States’ chief suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon, lives in Afghanistan.

Without identifying bin Laden by name, the Saudi government accused the Taliban regime ofcontinuing “to use its land to harbor, arm and encourage those criminals in carrying out terrorist attacks which horrify those who live in peace and the innocent, and spread terror and destruction in the world.”

The attacks are “defaming Islam and defaming Muslims’ reputation in the world,” the government said, in a statement carried by the kingdom’s official Saudi news agency.

Since seizing power in 1996, the

Taliban have made their land “a center for attracting, training and recruiting a number of gullible men from different lands, especially citizens of the kingdom, in order to carry out criminal acts that violate all faiths and creeds,” the statement said. It accused the Taliban of resisting “handing over those criminals to justice.”

Saudi Arabia insisted it would stand by the Afghan people themselves, and work for whatever would achieve security and prosperity for Afghans.

Only three nations recognized the Taliban when they seized control in Afghanistan—Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia

Justices agree to take up vouchers ByANNEGEARAN 1116 Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court, tackling a stark church-state issue dear to President GeorgeW. Bush, agreed Tuesday to decide whether the Constitution permits using taxpayer dollars to pay religious school tuition.

The court will hear challenges sometime early next year to a 6-year-old school voucher program involving about 3,700 children in Cleveland. A ruling is expected by summer.

Supporters hope the conservative-led court will use the case to broaden its recent trend of approving limited uses of taxpayer money at religious schools. Opponents, too, say the court’s ruling could be a landmark.

“This is probably the most important church-state case in the last half-century,” said Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

The case poses a direct query about the Constitution’s po-

sition on government money and religion. Recent churchstate cases, while important, have explored more peripheral matters, such as whether a prayer group may meet in a public school building.

“Vouchers are bad public policy” said Julie Underwood, general counsel for the National School Boards Association.

“Vouchers are not the educational silver bullet; they’re not the path to improving public schools.”

Vouchers were a centerpiece of President Bush’s education campaign platform. But there was not enough Republican support for the idea when Congress recently passed a sweeping education reform package and the idea was shelved temporarily.

In an indication ofthe issue’s prominence within the administration, however, Bush’s top Supreme Court lawyer filed an uninvited friend-of-the-court brief urging the justices to take on"the Cleveland dispute.

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Hillside adapts to life under new principal, Pankey � Henry Pankey, the new principal of Hillside High School, takes over after the school was wracked with controversy surrounding allegations that the former principal changed students’ grades.

By RUTH CARLITZ The Chronicle

Students returned to Hillside High School in August uncertain of what awaited them. After Richard Hicks’ suspension last year for allegedly changing students’ grades and failing to enforce the district’s attendance policy, the popular principal was replaced by an equally visible leader; Henry Pankey.

Pankey has many goals for Hillside. Specifically, he said he wants a 75 percent pass rate for end-of-course tests, a 95 percent attendance rate and a lower dropout rate. He said he also hopes to successfully implement his dress code policy and character education programs.

But Pankey said he does not expect change to come easily.

“Change is not an event —it’s a process,” he said.

“It’s a very slow process where you make a little progress each day.”

During Pankey’s three-year tenure as principal of Southern High School, the school moved from being one of the lowest performing schools in North Carolina to attaining exemplary status.

Carr Agyapong, a parent of two Hillside students, expressed confidence that Pankey could achieve his goals at Hillside, although only with additional resources.

“Some [students] will need extra care so that we can have 75 percent that can perform at the level he’s stressing,” she said. “It can be done; it’s just going to take a lot to get us there.”

Replacing the popular Hicks is a challenge, but Pankey said he is happy with how the year is going so far. Parents at Hillside echoed Pankey’s confidence.

However, Durham NAACP President Curtis Gatewood said he feared Pankey would be too quick to suspend students.

“I don’t know if that’s going to be the pattern—to suspend and get rid of the so-called problems so they can have a higher percentage of people passing the tests... but if that is going to be the strategy, I can tell you we’re going to have some big problems,” said Gatewood.

Pankey was quick to refute that idea.

“You try to avoid as many suspensions as possible,” he said. He emphasized that suspensions were a last resort if peer mediation, in-school suspensions and parent conferences failed.

Pankey has also instituted a stricter dress code, urging students to pull up their pants, tuck in their shirts

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HENRY PANKEY, the new principal of Hillside High School, talks to a parent. Following a year of controversy, Pankey hopes to return the school to normalcy and improve its academic and behavioral problems. and abstain from wearing provocative clothing.

“Nobody wants to see the crack of your butt during the school day. Dress should not be a distraction,” he said. “The most important dress code is a cap and gown,” Although Pankey said he is happy about students’ compliance with the policy, some students said that by emphasizing dress, he ignores other issues.

“I feel that he concentrates more on the little things than on the big things, and the big things get missed,” said sophomore Salaka Hayes.

Although Hayes said she is pleased with Pankey, she had some suggestions for how he might improve.

“He does have good intentions, but if he would communicate better and be a little more organized, things would run a lot smoother,” she said.

Another of Pankey’s programs is his “Diamonds in the Rough” scholarship fund, which distributes money evenly among all seniors going to college. Pankey’s goal is $l,OOO for every senior.

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nounced that she would transfer Hicks from Hillside to an administrative position as community involvement coordinator.

Hicks is involved in fostering and maintaining partnerships between schools and businesses and nonprofit organizations, said DPS Media Relations Coordinator Michael Yarborough. The school board did not vote on the decision, and many members said they lament Hicks’ departure.

“I regret Hicks leaving, but that is by no means not being supportive 0f... Pankey,” said board member Mozell Robinson. “Now that he’s there, I want children to be successful at each of our schools.”

Pankey said he anticipates that his contract at Hillside will run through 2005, and at that time, he may explore other avenues.

“I’ll probably be here until we get a black president,” he said.

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Triangle citizens once again cited Duke Hospital as the best in the area. The National Research Corp.’s annual Health Care Market Guide Study compiled data from 150,000 interviews from people around the country and published the results in Monday’s Modern Healthcare magazine. Respondents were asked about health care providers, the reputation of local hospitals and their overall perception of the institutions. Among Triad residents, Duke tied for first with Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.Last year, Duke was also first in the Triangle and tied for first in the Triad.

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Heart organization updates guidelines

The American Heart Association is revising its prevention guidelines for heart attack survivors to recommend wider use of beta-blockers and drugs called ACE-inhibitors, along with more aggressive control of risk factors. The guidelines, recommended jointly with the American College of Cardiology, incorporate recommendations from clinical trials completed since original guidelines were published in 1995. They were published in Tuesday’s issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. “We felt the evidence is so powerful over last two or three years that these needed to be updated,” said Dr. Sidney Smith, AHA chief science officer. A major change in the guidelines recommends that women not be prescribed estrogen solely to prevent strokes and heart disease, because of growing evidence that the supplements might cause harm.

�Medication keeps heart stents clear A drug ordinarily used against cancer, when coated onto the surface of a stent, helps the wire tubing keep reopened heart arteries from clogging back up, a preliminary study says.

Arteries stayed clear for six months in every patient. The findings, which were released Monday, add to expanding evidence that such drug-coated stents can help solve one of the biggest problems in the treatment of heart disease. Doctors this year will perform angioplasties on about one million Americans, inflating a balloon to push open a clogged artery. In the vast majority of cases, doctors also insert a stent, wedging it inside to buttress the vessel. Stents have greatly advanced the treatment of coronary disease in recent years. In about 20 percent of cases, though, inflammation and scar tissue build up and block the artery again, and another angioplasty is needed.

By MATT BRUMM The Chronicle

Disbelief, shock, fear, anger. While the first three may fade with time, psychiatrists say Americans’ anger may persist long after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

“Really, every negative emotion you can think of is going to be part ofthe reaction to this. Every one of these negative emotions is as natural as breathing and drinking water,” said Dr. Redford Williams, director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke.

Williams, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said that the anger will be more resilient than other emotions because the attacks were willfully planned and executed. “This is not an act of God; this is an act of humans,” he said.

Standard anger-management strategies include a list of questions individu-

als can ask themselves to evaluate their anger; Is this important? Are my thoughts appropriate? Will my action undo the harm or prevent it from happening again? Would it be worth it to take this action?

Williams suggested that Americans apply this systematic process to find an appropriate response, but he warned that any diplomatic or military measures must aim to prevent future attacks and not merely to be vengeful. “If all they do is bomb Afghanistan, that’s not going to stop it from happening again,... It’s more likely to create backlash around the world and contribute to the demonization mentality on our part,” he said.

Dr. Marvin Swartz, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, agreed that military action would be useful only if it avoided quid-pro-quo attacks.

“I think that people would like to feel safe again he said. “To a sense that it restores a sense of safety and order in the world, I think it will have a calming effect. Revenge for the sake of revenge is not going to help anything.” ”

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News briefs compiled from staffand wire reports.

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A PROTESTER SPEAKS out against retaliatory military action at the “No More Victims” peace rally in front of the Clocktower Quadrangle Sept. 21. Duke psychiatrists said vengeful military attacks would not be likely to calm Americans’ feelings of anger.

While individual Americans cannot single-handedly make government decisions, psychiatrists said local efforts can be helpful in the wake of the attacks. Swartz said community meetings and companionship in general can be beneficial.

“It’s helpful for people to do something—being of some service.... People don’t feel they’re alone. They’re part of something,” he said.

Williams said writing to congressional representatives, traveling on airplanes, spending money, keeping stocks, refraining from stereotypes and just making an effort to be nicer to people can help return people to normalcy.

“We can do things as individuals—that means this country will not stay on its knees or fall on its knees. We can make a difference in how this thing turns,” he said.

Pathologists prepare to identify bodies X-rays, DNA samples and tattoos may aid forensic experts in compiling a list of attack victims The Chronicle

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likely, given the collapse of the buildings and the heat from the fires—they may use DNA comparison analysis.

“DNA analysis requires a sample from the body of the victim, and a standard sample from a blood relative of the deceased,” said Dr. Tom Spom, assistant professor of pathology at Duke. Doctors usually take that blood sample from a parent or child of the victim because they provide the closest matches.

“DNA from the victim can be extracted from many locations, such as blood, skeletal muscle, organs with high cellularity—like the liver—and

Center and the Pentagon, forensic pathologists are beginning the second round of the national effort—identifying the remains of the victims.

Because of the sheer number of victims and items to be tested, identification is a daunting task. Dr. John Butts, North Carolina’s chief medical examiner, said there are several ways that forensic pathologists can identify victims.

“For most mass disasters, victims are identified by their dental work,” bones, through molecular techniques,” Butts said. “This can be done through Spom said. a comparison of X-rays taken of the Butts added that although blood victims prior to the attack.” tests are the easiest way to obtain Dr. Randy Hanzlick, president of family members’ DNA, doctors often the National Association of Medical use a swab of the cheek.

Examiners, told CNN that X-rays of “Once the sample is retrieved, it is asother body parts can also be helpful signed a probability, which is predicated because they may have evidence of on the integrity of the specimen,” Spom previous surgeries. said. This probability shows the chances In the event that officials cannot that the DNA of the victim does not find dental remains—a case that is match his relative’s.

In the instance that doctors cannot perform a DNA comparison with a relative, they may retrieve DNA samples from the victim’s home. “You can find DNA in items such as a toothbrush, hair brush or hat,” Butts said.

Sporn added that even items that have already dried may include a viable DNA sample.

Electronic searches of fingerprints are another means by which the victims may be identified. This test has one impediment—the victim must have his prints on record.

Failing any of these methods, medical examiners can use presumptive identification, which involve items like distinctive tattoos and jewelry.

Though less accurate, Sporn says it is a common method he has used in his own work.

With thousands of victims, officials hope the lengthy task of identification will be successful.

“Testing success will hold its integrity regardless of the number of bodies,” Sporn said.

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Divinity considers Marketplace employee arrested for response to attacks possession of handgun on campus � Richard Huetter, associate professor of Christian theology, saw three different ways for Christians to react to the attacks: Christological pacifism, just-war tradition and crusade.

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

At the second University forum addressing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, this one entitled “Christianity, War and Patriotism,” nothing escaped critique—not the Crusades, the Quakers nor the song “God Bless America.”

In a packed York Chapel last night, three Divinity School professors discussed the balance between Christian values of peace and American val-

From staff reports At 12:41 p.m. Sept. 10, the Duke University Police Department responded to a call from the Marketplace in the East Campus Union and arrested 23year-old temporary employee Carlos Reyes Hernandez of 1210 p-n T1V /fT? Drew St. in Durham for having a handgun on campus, said DUPD Dnyrrc Maj. Robert Dean.

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Reinhard Huetter, associate professor of Christian theology, explained three possible Christian responses to war: Christological pacifism, just-war tradition and crusade.

Huetter said that any crusade, which he defined as a fight framed in terms of ultimate good and evil, is doomed to fail and that the zealousness that emerged from the Middle Ages to the religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries could resurface today.

The two other responses, Huetter said, are based on the notion of the state as an institution for the defense of the common good and protection of order and peace. Those two options defined the terms of the forum, with some leaning more toward a quiet, Christian pacifism and others leaning toward the more mainstream just-war tradition.

Specifically, Huetter listed nine conditions for Christians to support a war.

A just war must have legitimate authority, be a just cause, have an ultimate goal of peace, have no vengeful or hateful motivation, be a last resort, have a strong likelihood of success, have means that are indispensable to the ends, have means of war that are used proportionally and not against innocents and respect the provisions of international law.

But Grant Wacker, associate professor of the history ofreligion in America, cautioned that it is not easy to separate ideals and needs.

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2001 Hurricane season may leave N.C. undisturbed chances are diminished, “the door is still open” for major hurricane activity in the state this year.

If so, it would not be the first time that hurricanes hit the state this late in the year. Hurricane Hazel, a powerful category-four storm characterized by winds of up to 155 mph, landed near Wilmington Oct. 15, 1954. The storm caused 95 deaths and approximately $2Bl million in property damage, according to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

The strongest October hurricane on record was Hurricane Mitch, a rare category-five storm with sustained winds of 180 mph. That storm battered Central America in 1998, killing 10,000 people and causing $8 billion in damage.

Although many people perceive that this has been a relatively quiet hurricane season, eight tropical storms have

By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle

North Carolina residents may have noticed fewer hurricane warnings this year, and experts say that the chance of a major tropical disruption hitting the state are dwindling, despite the two months remaining in the 2001 hurricane season.

“The way things are going, North Carolina’s not going to be an easy target to hit,” said Jack Beven, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. Beven said that at the peak of the season—late summer—most potential hurricanes develop in the tropical Atlantic, where they can easily advance toward the Eastern seaboard. In October and November, by contrast, the western Caribbean Sea becomes more active in producing hurricanes. Storms developed in this area would be less likely to reach North Carolina.

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HURRICANE FLOYD churns out in the Ocean in September 1999. The storm would eventually cause millions of dollars in damage to eastern North Carolina.

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Greenspan advises against Republican stimulus plan

By RICHARD STEVENSON New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON Influential advisers and key members of Congress expressed opposition Tuesday to two' of the main Republican proposals for stimulating an already weakened economy as new figures suggested that the terrorist attacks would inflict heavy damage on jobs, spending and the business outlook.

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, and Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, advised Congress against cutting the capital gains tax, the favored approach of many Republicans on Capitol Hill, orreducing corporate income taxes, the idea mentioned most frequently by the Bush administration.

Rubin, who served under President Bill Clinton and is now a top executive of Citigroup, and Greenspan told a close-door meeting of the Senate Finance Committee that those two types of tax cuts would not give the economy the kind of punch it might need to rebound quickly, senators and aides said later. Some senior Republicans said the chances of either proposal now making it into law had dimmed substantially.

Rubin’s appearance on Capitol Hill Tuesday was his third meeting with lawmakers since the terror strikes, underscoring his unusual role as a Democratic shadow minister in shaping the debate over how to respond to the economy’s troubles. In some ways, in fact, he has been more visible in Washington than the current Treasury secretary, Paul O’Neill.

The economic news Tuesday was not encouraging.

The Conference Board reported that in the 10 days this month before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, consumer confidence had registered its sharpest decline since the last recession. The drop suggested to analysts that the economy was flirting with a recession or in one even before suffering from the fallout of the attacks.

Other figures showed a steep falloff last week in retail sales. And new estimates suggested that 100,000 people in New York might lose their jobs, at least temporarily, because ofthe devastation in Lower Manhattan and its effects on the city’s industries. Wall Street firms prepared their employees for the likelihood of smaller bonuses this year, and perhaps more layoffs.

On Capitol Hill, both parties struggled with how to balance increasing pressure to address the economy’s deterioration with the possibility that economic stimulus already in the pipeline would be enough to support a rapid recovery.

Congress continued to consider what other steps it might take, including providing a tax rebate to all or most workers, expanding the unemployment insurance program, increasing the minimum wage or bailing out needy industries. But both the administration and Congress seemed to heed Greenspan’s repeated call not to rush into anything before the extent of the damage to the economy becomes clearer.

The Federal Reserve has already cut interest rates eight times this year and is expected to do so again next week. The tax cut signed into law by President George W. Bush earlier this year will help, economists said, as will $4O billion in emergency spending passed by Congress after the attacks and an $l5 billion package to bail out the airline industry and beef up airport security.

In their meeting with the Senate Finance Commit-

tee, Greenspan and Rubin recommended that any tax cuts be temporary and designed to give consumers and

perhaps businesses a swift boost without creating long-term budget problems, according to accounts of the session from members of both parties.

The most obvious way to meet those criteria, members of Congress said, would be another tax rebate for individuals plus some breaks for businesses that invest in new equipment and factories.

Greenspan said any stimulus package would have to be sizable to be effective, perhaps as much as $lOO billion, at the high end of what Congress has been considering, members of the committee said. The Fed said Greenspan intended that figure to include the emergency spending that Congress has already approved for relief and rebuilding. By that benchmark, Greenspan seemed to be suggesting that further stimulus might have to amount

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Asked about the administration’s position, Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesperson, said the need for new tax cuts and spending, their scale and composition “remain under review.”

House Republicans said they had not given up on cutting the capital gains tax. Rep. Dick Armey, RTexas, the House majority leader, said a capital gains cut was still under consideration and that the White House had made a strong case in private meetings for reducing corporate tax rates.

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hurricanes, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The most recent storm to develop in the Atlantic is Hurricane Humberto, whose winds reached 100 mph Sunday night. But the National Weather Service reported that its winds have since weakened to 75 mph and said it should not pose a significant threat to the U.S. mainland. It is about 300 miles south of Nova Scotia and moving back out into the Atlantic.

August 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration increased its prediction of the number of named storms from nine to as many as 12—slightly above average. The NOAA predicted that two to four of those storms would develop into “major hurricanes,” with winds of over 110 mph.

Beven believes that this prediction will hold up.

“People call in August and ask, What’s wrong with the hurricane season?”’ he said. “Don’t judge the season by the early part.”

Duke and the Triangle are not immune from the damage that hurricanes inflict. In 1996, Hurricane Fran struck the area with sustained winds of 45 mph and gusts of up to 80 mph.

Many local residents stock up on batteries and other emergency supplies at Batteries Plus in Raleigh, where owner Shirley Duehring reports that several consecutive years of hurricanes strikes or scares have caused residents to prepare for the worst.

“I think because of Hurricane Fran in 1996, nobody seems to care if they’re inland or not,” said Deuhring.

“It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

Researchers at Colorado State University have presented some evidence to indicate that the world is entering an era of stronger and more frequent hurricanes. They propose that this new era of hurricanes could last 10 to 40 years, but experts at the National Hurricane Center have cautioned that these findings are based on limited evidence.

FORUM from page 5 er said that in reality, terror will strike again and that the government’s role is to reduce the frequency of terror and minimize the damage.

He detailed several examples in American religious history when ideals did not mesh with reality.

Specifically, Wacker discussed the Massachusetts Bay Colony that rarely lived up to the high ideals it was founded upon.

For instance, he pointed to the colony’s intolerance to Quakers, the Salem witch trials and wars with Native Americans.

Wacker also noted that the Quakers, whose fellowship of brotherhood began with peaceful ideals, prospered under the African slave trade and were also intolerant to Jews, Catholics and other groups.

“We can condemn acts absolutely, and we can condemn the perpetrators of these acts relatively,”

Wacker said, urging proportionality between justice and vengeance.

Amy Hall, assistant professor of theological ethics, questioned the very motivation of Christians as patriots. “It is liturgically inappropriate to respond to the events we have seen [with anything other than] silence,” she said.

She questioned the use ofpatriotic hymns as fight songs, specifically Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.” “What a difference it makes when this song is sung in church rather than in a bar or [at] a sporting event or on the set of a television sitcom,” she said, stressing that the song is meant to be a prayer.

She also cautioned against the use of the flag in worship. “[lt is preferable] to sing a prayer like ‘God Bless America’ rather than have an object that competes with the real sign of our attention and focus, and that is the cross.”

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students do not go far for sexual partners.

But Duke students are not immune to sexuallytransmitted infections. Rodriguez said that syphilis is virtually non-existent at Duke, but that chlamydia and gonorrhea rates do not differ from other schools.

However, Student Health does not release information about sexually-transmitted diseases. Christmas said it would be impossible to determine an accurate number because many students might not choose to get tested at the Student Health Clinic. Rather, he said, they might prefer doctors at home or even Durham County clinics to keep that data off their Duke records.

Christmas said he may use the numbers oftests the clinic gives for certain infections and the results to determine which diseases Student Health should regularly screen for. He added that in the past 10 years,

both nationally and at Duke, the chlamydia rate has declined because ofsafer sexual behavior.

Walsh, however, said that 28 to 46 percent of college students have human papilloma virus, which causes genital warts and is a precursor to cervical cancer, and 15 to 20 percent are infected with herpes. Rodriguez said that one in every seven college students has an STD. Christmas, noting a 1989 American College Health Association study that found low HIV rates across campuses, said that at Duke, HIV rates are also extremely low. No similar study has been done since then, but the 1999 research found only 88 reported cases of HIV countywide.

“The message was that with the exception of a few campuses, HIV wasn’t on the campus to begin with.

That doesn’t mean that a campus is a convent. Most of the socialization goes on within the students,” he said.

“There’s not a lot of mingling with the townsfolks.”

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students who need help and fewer employers.... It’s an inverse relationship,” He added that the career fair is a good kickoff to get students and employers thinking about the future and that there will be many events throughout the year.

However, only five computer and software companies will come to Duke tomorrow, down from last year’s 14. This year, there are no Internet service or ecommerce companies.

Owen Astrachan, co-director of undergraduate studies for computer science, said that although he does not actively participate in finding jobs, as the economy continues to worsen, employment is becoming a concern.

“Some students had job offers rescinded in June,” he said. “The real interesting question is going to be what happens to the numbers of majors, if that goes down.”

Even companies still listed as recently as Tuesday, such as American Management Systems, have decided not to come.

A1 Jones, AMS’ manager of college recruiting, said that although the company wanted to recruit Duke students, it had to pull back its recruiting efforts.

“With the economy and particularly, within the technology sector, our needs have fallen tremendously,” he said. “We don’t have the luxury of being on campus as in previous years.”

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Ed that market forces held back recruiting efforts.

The economic jitters only add to the anxiety for college seniors, who graduate in seven months, as they scramble to

finish resumes, conduct interviews and fill out applications for their first postcollege jobs.

“This time of year is always a little disconcerting for seniors, but we’ve kind of been expecting it since the economy took a downturn at the beginning of the calendar year. We’re still not panicking, but there’s the pervasive fear of not having a job for next year,” said Matt Stanberry, senior and environmental science major, who is looking for a job in environmental consulting.

“Most of us feel like the economy will rebound by the time we graduate,” he said.

Nevertheless, Halasz said that other companies, including Exxon Mobile and General Electric, have also expanded their exposure on campus and as long as the economy does not further worsen, Duke students have little to worry about.

“Duke students, rather than having five to 10 job offers, might only have three to five,” Halasz said. “In down times, it’s a matter of students focusing on the opportunities and remaining optimistic.”

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Students ponder balance Compaq computer stolen between religion, politics out of First Union Plaza CRIME from page 5

right thing to do, if it’s not done rashly.”

Senior Lala Qadir, president of the Muslim Student Association, is also using her faith to guide her thoughts about the U.S. response. “In Islam, you can seek retribution for what has happened to you if you have been violated, but it’s always better to forgive,” she said.

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LCMBI notebook projector, Dean said There were no signs of forced entry.

his desk in the Pentagon when the attack occurred. “It’s another to realize there are 200 bodies that they’re still pulling out,” he said. As a Christian, Inazu told students he was “presumably against violence,” but as a member of the military, he was also uncomfortable with total pacifism. “It’s easy to say I trust my life to Qadir said she believes the perpetrators Christ,” he said. “But now it’s the rubber of the terrorist attacks should be brought meeting the road. When the [plane hit], I to justice. “But the mechanism of how wasn’t thinking Who can I save?,’ or that mission is declared is the crucial ‘How can Christ help me?’ It was, Tlow question. Are we going to target countries or have a more incisive, strategic can I get out of this building?’”

Jennifer Copeland, director of the military operation designed to target Wesley Fellowship and United Campus only those responsible?”

For American Jews, questions about Ministry at Duke, said that it is approhow the United States should respond to priate for students to shape their political responses to the crisis based on their the violence are particularly relevant faith. “If we believe our faith tradition now. Tonight begins Yom Kippur, the has any credibility at all, then we have to Jewish day of atonement. Rabbi Bruce trust the tenets ofthat faith to inform the Seltzer ofthe Freeman Center for Jewish Life said, “In Judaism, in order to give way we five our fives,” she said.

Some students say their religious be- someone forgiveness, they have to realize liefs have significantly impacted their they’ve done something wrong, admitted it and, there’s even a source in Maimviews on U.S. foreign policy. “My philosmonides that says, until they come into ophy is a combination ofboth my generthe same situation and don’t do it, they philosoal philosophy and my religious phy,” said senior Anand Nathan, a haven’t really turned away from [what Hindu. “My thoughts are that we should they did wrong in the first place].” be careful not to slaughter an innocent Seltzer admitted that for religious people.... We should be careful not to students, there are no easy answers for value American fife over the fives of how to deal with the terrorism. Because third-world citizens and make the God created a world with free choice, said Afghan citizens suffer for things they Seltzer, some of the consequences are haven’t done.” But, said Nathan, Ameribound to be troublesome. “But a world where there wasn’t free choice would also ca must respond militarily.

He cited a passage in the Hindu epic be problematic. Does this settle our quesBhagvad Gita in which five brothers tions? No. And I don’t think because struggled with their cousins to get back a someone is religious, or because someone kingdom that was wrongly taken from is a religious teacher, means you shouldthem. When one of the characters looked n’t have questions.... Sometimes [reliat the battlefield and saw all the people gious leaders] can help people ask better he had grown up with at war with one anquestions, or better frame... questions.”

For Ragsdale, continuing to ask quesother, he realized he did not want to fight.

But he does because, according to tions is the best way to approach some of Nathan, “it’s the right thing and the just the issues with which he has been strugthing to do. And how that translates now, gling. “That’s the important thing in is, although we may think we shouldn’t some ways—to struggle with it and not to respond because people will die—two just blindly accept what our leaders come wrongs don’t make a right—it’s sort ofthe up with,” he said.

Computers burgled; An employee

reported that between noon Sept. 20 and 2 p.m. Sept. 21, someone stole a $2,000 Duke-owned Compaq laptop computer and a $1,500 computer of unknown brand from suite A-200 of First Union Plaza, Dean said. It is believed that the area was secured.

There were no signs offorced entry.

Vehicle damaged: A student reported that between 9:00 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Sept. 18, while his vehicle was parked at the Washington Duke Inn, someone damaged the secured vehicle’s right front door and steering column in an apparent attempt to steal it, causing $l,OOO in damage, Dean said.

Apartment entered: A student

reported that between 11:50 p.m. Sept. 21 and 5:15 a.m. Sept. 22, someone entered his 1915 Erwin Rd. Central Campus apartment and damaged his $lO Kodak disposable camera and $lOO Texas Instruments-85 calculator, Dean said.

The student also reported finding his bedroom in disarray; he and his roommates believe they left the apartment secured.

There were no signs of forced entry.

their bicycles parked in the area check to see if their bicycles were damaged and then contact George.

Satchel snatched: A student reported that between 4:30 and 5:15 p.m. Sept. 19, someone stole his $65 unprotected black satchel bookbag containing an $BO TI-83 graphing calculator, a $25 coursepack, a $5 computer disk and a schedule planner and various notebooks worth $l5, Dean said.

The property was stolen from the Brown Dormitory computer cluster.

Locker entered: A visitor reported that between 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. Sept.

19, someone entered her locker in the Center for Living and stole her $6O purse, $2O wallet containing credit cards, driver’s license, $BO reading glasses and keys, Dean said. She was not sure if she secured the locker, but there were no signs offorced entry.

Pick-up basketball game turned violent: At 5:50 p.m. Sept. 20, campus police responded to the Wilson Recreation Center in reference to a fight in progress, Dean said. It was reported that during a basketball game, one student player set a pick on the subject.

After the play, the subject and the student setting the pick exchanged words.

The subject slapped the student. Another student tried to separate the two and was knocked down by the subject. The subject again struck the student who had set the pick and left the area prior to the arrival of officers. The case is under investigation and campus police have a good idea who the subject is.

Bikes damaged: A student reported that between 11:30 p.m. Sept. 21 and 9:22 a.m. Sept. 22, the bench at Randolph Dormitory was overturned, causing damage to five bicycles, Dean said. The owners of the bicycles are unknown at this time, as are the dollar amount of damage to the bench and to the bicycles. It was also discovered that Duke police requests that anyone who the bench in front of Southgate has knowledge about those responsible for Dormitory was overturned. Anyone these and other crimes at the University contact Lieutenant Sara-Jane Raines at having information about these incidents can contact Officer Charles 684-4713. Up to $1,200 will be paid for George at 681-4371. Campus police are information leading to an arrest, and inalso requesting that students who had formation can be given anonymously.

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He’s back: Jordan makes return to NBA official

By JOSEPH WHITE The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Michael Jordan made his comeback official Tuesday, announcing he will return to play in the NBA and sign a two-year contract with the Washington Wizards.

“I am returning as a player to the game I love,” said Jordan, 38, who is more than three years removed from what seemed to be a storybook ending to his career.

Jordan will donate his entire salary for the upcoming season to relief agencies working with the victims of the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, said Estee Portnoy, a spokeswoman for SEX, Jordan’s management agency.

“I am especially excited about the Washington Wizards, and Fm convinced we have the foundation on which to build a playoff-contention team,” Jordan said in a statement issued through his management agency.

“The opportunity to teach our young players and help them elevate their game to a higher level, and to thank the fans in Washington for their loyalty and support, strongly influenced my decision,” The five-time league MVP, who retired for a second time in 1999 after leading the Chicago Bulls to their sixth

title, announced his comeback after clearing up a licensing issue with one of his sponsors—a disagreement that caused the official announcement to come a day later than expected.

Jordan never completely ruled out a comeback when he retired in January 1999, hedging his bets with the statement that he was ”99.9 percent” certain he would never play again.

Leaving the door open, even by onetenth of 1 percent, meant Jordan could always kick it back open without going back on his word.

Now, he has.

“I am happy to welcome Michael Jordan, the player, back to the NBA, although, as commissioner, I am sorry to lose him in the board room,” NBA commissioner David Stern said.

“Michael has always brought joy to basketball fans around the world, and, in these difficult times, we can all use a little more joy in our lives.”

Jordan said he would not comment further on his return until Oct. 1.

Jordan has been training for a possible comeback for about six months, at first saying that he was simply trying to lose the extra weight he had gained in retirement. He rigorously worked himself into playing shape over the summer by holding several invitation-only camps of pickup games with other NBA players at a gym in Chicago.

Jordan’s first official practice with the Wizards will be Oct. 2, the first day of training camp at Wilmington, N.C. He occasionally worked out with the team last season when he was president of basketball operations, a job in which he See

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MICHAEL JORDAN dunks during his first stint with the Bulls On Tuesday, he announced his second comeback to the NBA.

Rain-shortened day ends with Duke holding sixth place

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KRISTINA ENGSTROM has struggled along with many of her teammates at the NCAA Fall Preview in Auburn, Wash.

From staff and wire reports The Duke women’s golf team remained in sixth place at the NCAA Fall Preview yesterday when heavy rains and flooded greens ended play at 5:42 p.m. pacific time.

Sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn slipped into a tie for second individually, despite shooting even par through 10 holes.

Leigh Ann Hardin finished the day tied for 25th. The sophomore struggled early and shot three-over par before the rain forced her to stop on the 13th hole.

Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh was one-over par through 15 holes when the rains hit. Her play is improved from Monday’s 80.

Kristina Engstrom struggled late in her round with two double-bogeys and a bogey. She finished at six-over-par with four holes left to go. She is tied for 65th.

Maria Garcia-Estrada of Spain struggled mightily on the first day of the tournament, but rebounded well with a twoover-par Tuesday before being halted on the 15th hole. The junior is tied for 82nd in the tournament.

As a team, Duke is 20-over par. They

are trailing Ohio State by seven strokes, Auburn by five, Tennessee and Tulsa by four and Michigan State by one.

If Duke fails to pull a comeback, it will be the first time the Blue Devils have failed to win the NCAA Fall Preview in three years. Duke won at Spokane, Wash., in 1999 and Howey-inthe-Hills, Fla. in 2000.

Duke is undermanned for this tournament with defending national champion Candy Hannemann sitting out the fall season after having ankle surgery.

The golfers that still need to complete the second round will begin at

Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Wash, at 7:15 a.m. The third round will kick off with a shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.

NCAA Fall Preview Washington National—Auburn, Wash.

Team Standings 1, Ohio State (294- —=294, +l3), 2. Auburn (300-291=591 +l5), 2.

Tennessee (293 =293 +l6), 4. Tulsa (301-291=592 +l6), 5. Michigan State (291- =3Ol +l9), 6. Duke (301- =3Ol +2O), 7. Georgia (302+23), 8. Southern California (298 =298 +24), 9. Texas (304 =304 +25), 10. Arizona State (299-303=602 +26) Tuesday. September 25,2000

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Drew Bledsoe suffered no organ damage when he was hit by the Jets’ Mo Lewis.

He was hospitalized after Sunday’s game because of internal bleeding, but should be released today.

Indians manager Charlie Manuel was hospitalized yesterday after being diagnosed with a stomach infection. This is just the latest in a long series of health woes tor Manuel.

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Yankees lose game, win division after returning home

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Handshakes Devil Rays 4 NEW YORK and pats on the back took the 0 place of champagne and pileYankees ups as the New York Yankees celebrated another division championship.

The Yankees played at home for the first time since the terrorist attacks two weeks ago and clinched their fourth straight AL East title when Boston lost to Baltimore.

The final score from Fenway Park was posted in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, drawing applause from the fans who no longer cared that Tanyon Sturtze outpitched Roger Clemens to give the Tampa Bay Devil Rays a 4-0 win.

“It’s always tough to celebrate after a loss,” Yankees reliever Mike Stanton said. “Add in the emotions of the day and the pregame festivities and it was a highly emotional day.

Toward the end, guys were drained.”

Clemens (20-2) lost for the first time since May 20 at Seattle, ending a 16-game winning streak. He did strike out nine batters to move into third place on the career strikeout list.

Clemens is high-strung and sometimes succumbs to his emotions. He had a hard time getting started after the game started one hour, 11 minutes late because of a ceremony in honor of the victims and rescue workers from the attacks.

“I knew it would be emotional,” said Clemens, who wore a jacket from fire station 22—his number—on his way in from the bullpen. “I was pretty pumped up and let a few balls go.”

He gave up a one-out single to Brent Abernathy in the first inning then threw wildly into the stands on a pickoff attempt. Ben Grieve and Toby Hall hit RBI singles in the inning to give Sturtze a 2-0 lead he would not relinquish.

“We came out flat,” manager Joe Torre said.

“We were sloppy in the first inning. We were distracted, but you can’t help but get distracted with all the heroes on the field.”

Sturtze (9-12) was pitching with a heavy heart. Tara Creamer, the wife of Sturtze’s close friend, John Creamer, was on one of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Center.

But he was extremely effective, allowing four hits in seven scoreless innings to end a four-start winless stretch. Victor Zambrano finished Tampa Bay’s second straight shutout.

“Everyone was just playing for New York,” Sturtze said. “We were playing for New York, they were playing for New York. I knew that if I didn’t focus it would be a quick evening.”

Despite the loss, the Yankees assured themselves of their record 39th first-place finish.

But there was no champagne in the clubhouse in deference to the tragedy.

“I think this is one step to getting things back to normal,” Yankees third baseman Scott Brosius said.

“It will take a long time to heal the wounds.

Maybe this can be part of that.”

Amid tight security, baseball returned to its most famous site for the first time since the attacks two weeks ago. There were long lines to enter the stadium as fans had their bags checked.

It was a night for contrasts of emotions. The fans interspersed chants of “USA! USA!” with “Let’s Go Yankees!” and even did the wave.

Players from both teams lined the baselines side-by-side with city rescue workers during patriotic songs. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the city’s number one Yankees fan, got a loud ovation before joining the Yankees on the pitcher’s mound before the game.

Flags were hanging from the upper deck and MAH CAMPBELL/AFP waving from all the fans in the ballpark located less them 15 miles from where the World ROGER CLEMENS recognizes the crowd after throwing his 3,702 career strikeout, Trade Center used to stand. propelling him into third place all-time, past Bert Blyleven.

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It just won’t be the same

Michael Jordan can only injure his legacy by returning to pro basketball ic fashion after his first NBA comeback younger players the way he feels the Like most people, I have mixed emotions about the return of Michael against the Knicks. Mere mortals do not game should be played. If there’s anyJordan to the NBA. In many respects, I score over 29,000 points and win six thing negative we’ve learned about NBA championships. think that the way Jordan went outJordan since the end of his playing days, Human beings do not fly the way it’s that the cool, calm Jordan seen in hitting the game-winning shot in his last NBA Finals—simply cannot not be Jordan did when he won his first slam public was often a fiery, brash Jordan replicated, and no matter how good dunk championship, or when he reversed behind closed doors, Jordan will be upon his return, he will hands in mid-air against the Lakers durWe’ve heard the stories about his ing the NBA Finals. And nobody, nobody intense competitiveness in Bulls pracnot be the MJ of old.

On the other hand, who am I to tell could ever be so lucky as to end his career tices, and while he shouldn’t be critithe greatest basketball talent to ever as Jordan did, hitting the game-winning cized for wanting to win, one has to wonlive that he cannot quench his competishot in his final appearance, leaving his der whether he will be able to control tive desire to play basketball at the hand up in the air in picturesque fashion, his competitive juices in his effort to highest level? What’s more, as a fan of as if he knew that it would be the lasting teach his younger teammates how to the game, it’s hard for me to say that I image ofhis career. play the game.

■ No don’t want to see Jordan play again, just “While nothing T matter 77 77 77 as I wanted to see a 42-year-old George can take away iTL the 6HCL, (X COTTLCuCICK Will what Jordan tells from the past, I us, this return is Foreman return to boxing years ago.

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In the end, a comeback will only demonI’m sorry, but I can’t conceive of any have the most successful coach of the strate the fact that MJ is mortal, a fact conclusion any more appropriate, dra- past two decades, Phil Jackson, Most importantly, he will not have that we couldn’t comprehend when we matic or perfect than the one we witnessed in 1998, and that reason alone the tools that allowed him to play at the saw him play.

Mere mortals do not score 55 points makes me wish that Jordan would stay level he did, and he will be sorely disappointed when he realizes it. Michael in their fifth game back from an 18- off the court.

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But now, because Jordan is returning as a Wizard, not a Bull, we will see something we never thought possible, and it’s not an exciting image, rather a scary one. I always thought that the only other jerseys we’d see Jordan wear would be a Chicago White Sox one or a piece of Birmingham Barons apparel. But Michael in a Washington Wizards jersey? It’s just too weird to

even picture.

Despite the fact that I wish he wasn’t coming back, I will watch him constantly to see just how good he will be upon his return. In fact, I hope that, by next June, I will be able to write another column that completely contradicts this one.

But my hunch is that no matter how much he impresses me, he will not leave me as amazed as I was when I saw him play throughout the latter half of the ’Bos and the ’9os. And for that reason, I am disappointed with this decision.

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MJ had to clear up legal entanglements before announcing JORDAN from page 11 almost completely overhauled Washington’s roster and put the team into a rebuilding mode.

His supporting cast will include the likes of Jahidi White, Richard Hamilton and Courtney Alexander none of whom were in the NBA when Jordan was playing for the Bulls. Turning a team that won only 19 games last season into a winner might be an insurmountable challenge even for Jordan.

“I know there are a lot of naysayers out there,” Jordan said earlier this month to reporters in Chicago when he all but made his return official. “Winning isn’t always championships. What’s wrong with helping kids find their way, teaching them the game?”

To comply with NBA rules, Jordan had to sell his ownership stake in the Wizards, which he obtained along with a share of the NHL’s Washington Capitals Jan. 19, 2000. He also had to resign his position as Washington’s president of basketball operations.

The ownership paperwork was completed Friday, and Jordan’s attorneys ironed out the last few glitches to clear the way for his comeback announcement.

The final holdup involved the video game licensing rights to Jordan’s likeness, according to Jeff Brown of EA Sports, a game manufacturer.

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“The greatest player in the history of the game is joining my team, and for that I am extremely honored

and pleased.”

Jordan will be in the unusual position of playing for the coach he hired, Doug Collins, who joined the Wizards in April and also coached Jordan for three seasons with the Bulls in the 1980s. Jordan will share the court with players he signed, drafted and traded for, including high school graduate Kwame Brown, selected No. 1 overall by the Wizards in June, and veteran forward Christian Laettner—a graduate of Duke, the archrival of Jordan’s alma mater, North Carolina.

Jordan suffered three physical setbacks over the summer, raising doubts about whether his body could endure the rigors of an 82-game schedule. Back spasms and knee tendinitis curtailed his workouts, and two cracked ribs from a collision in a pickup game took him off the court for four weeks.

Jordan will return without the all-star cast that he hoped would accompany him. Charles Barkley, who spoke of playing with Jordan, abandoned his comeback bid during the summer, and the Wizards were unable to sign any marquee players.

But by ridding the Wizards ofthe high-salaried, longterm contracts of Rod Strickland, Juwan Howard and Mitch Richmond, Jordan has given the Wizards enough salary cap flexibility to restock the roster next summer.

Jordan won 10 scoring titles and is the NBAs fourth all-time leading scorer with 29,277 points. He has averaged a league-record 31.5 points per regular season game throughout his career and 33.4 in the play-

V winning basket in the NCAA championship game against Georgetown. Sept.l2, 1984—Bulls No. 1 draft choice. 1984-85—NBA Rookie of the Year 1986-87 Slam Dunk Champion. March 28,1990—Scores career-best 69 pts against Cleveland. 1990-91 Leads Bulls to Ist NBA Championship. July 23, 1993—Jordan’s father, James, is murdered.

Oct. 6,1993—Jordan stuns the basketball world by retiring, saying he has nothing left to prove in basketball. Dec. 1993—Jordan begins playing baseball, eyeing a tryout with the Chicago White Sox. March 18,1995—Jordan and the Bulls announce he will rejoin the team. May 18,1995—Jordan and the Bulls are knocked out of the playoffs by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference semifinals. June 13, 1997—Jordan and the Bulls win their 2nd straight NBA title and sth overall. April 3,1998—Jordan scores his 29,000th pt. June 14,1998—Chicago wins its 3rd straight NBA title and 6th in 8 yrs. Jan. 13,1999—Officially announces his retirement from the NBA. Jan. 19, 2000—Joins the Washington Wizards as part-owner and president of basketball operations.

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Jordan led the Bulls to three more titles and retired again in January 1999, shortly before the start of the lockout-shortened season. He made his final shot in a Chicago uniform, sinking a jumper over Bryon Russell of Utah in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals—a play that came to be known as Jordan’s “last shot”—to give the Bulls their sixth title of the decade.

Jordan is scheduled to make his return appearance in Chicago Jan. 19. His regular-season debut will be Oct. 30 at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks, and his first home game for the Wizards will be Nov. 3 against Allen Iverson and the JOHN SWART/THE ASSOCIATED PRES

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Bonds goes hitless in Giants’ 9-5 loss

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Babe Ruth’s 7 LOS ANGELES record of 60 homers stood for 34 5 years, and Roger Maris’ 61 held up Giants another 37 before Mark McGwire set a much higher standard in 1998.

The way San Francisco’s Barry Bonds has been going, it appears 70 will soon be erased as baseball’s newest magical number.

Thanks to three homers in his last three games and seven in his last nine, Bonds is three shy of McGwire’s record with 10 games left on the Giants’ schedule.

Bonds failed to connect against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, going hitless in three atbats with two walks in a 9-5 loss.

Left-hander Terry Mulholland, the probable pitcher for the Dodgers Wednesday night in the finale of the three-game series, has allowed seven homers to Bonds in 52 at-bats.

Bonds’ most recent homer was a laser shot into the right field box seats in the seventh inning Monday night, providing the difference in a 2-1 Giants’ victory.

“It’s like when the game’s on the line, you want Michael Jordan taking the last shot, Joe Montana going to Jerry Rice,” Giants manager Dusty Baker said. “You expect that. It’s Gretzky and Lemieux everybody knows it, and they do it anyway.”

Perhaps lost in Bonds’ pursuit of McGwire’s record—although not by the 37-year-old slugger and his team—is the fact that the Giants are battling for a playoff spot. They entered Tuesday’s game trailing the NL-leading Arizona Diamondbacks by 1 1/2 games.

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McGwire reached 70 by hitting five homers in his final three games, while Sosa settled for 66, which stood as the second-most homers ever in a season until Bonds connected Monday night.

Bonds has often said winning is the most important thing to him, pointing out the last team he played for that won a title of any significance was in a Babe Ruth League.

“I’ve never won before, and it’s very important,” said Bonds, who has been a flop in the postseason with six hits in 29 at-bats and no home runs in two divisional playoff series, in addition to 13 hits in 68 at-bats and one home run in three league championship series.

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This year’s monitor was right to create a policy for the walk-up line at tenting games. But the regulations—which mandate that students receive wristbands at an unannounced time during a set period before the tenting games and also allow students to save a place in line for a friend—are off-target.

Because of the fundamental flaw in the walk-up policy, students could feasibly line up days before the game to receive a wristband. To keep the line accessible to students who cannot or do not wish to wait in line that long, DSG could consider distributing the wristbands at a set time at a random location, announced only at that time.

There are other changes legislators should consider. For example, students in the walk-up line should be required to stay in line all day long. Some students are willing to spend weeks in a tent to see one of the most popular games of the season; those in the walk-up line should be willing to endure a degree ofhardship to watch one of these coveted games.

Similarly, the proposed walk-up policy too easily lets students avoid the costs of waiting in line. It senselessly allows a student to save a place in line for one friend. Legislators would do well to remember that last year’s tenting proved regulating such an absentee policy is difficult, if not impossible; just as many people claimed they were saving a place for someone who would return shortly, several will try to same ploy again this year—and get away with it.

Lowering the Blue registration tent cap—which could exclude up to 240 hard-core tenters from setting up early—also makes little sense.

Arguably, the number of tents during the earlyregistration period should mirror demand, but DSG still has reasons to set a higher cap.

First, tenting during Blue registration, even for a few days, is more difficult than attending the early-morning white registration, so few non-hard-core tenters would be tempted to join during early registration. Second, in the wake of a national championship and with the potential for another, interest in tenting will do nothing but rise; even the intensity ofthe last season’s four Maryland games is enough to make more people want to tent. And finally, DSG should value consistency from year-to-year in its tenting policy.

Last year’s tenting policy, designed to incorporate the interests of both hard-core tenters and those less interested, generally remains a good one. While DSG should consider ways to better regulate the walk-up line, legislators should realize that the proposed changes , are not the way to do it and demand a better policy.

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Just war still needs to be approached rationally

The United States of America is demanding that the Taliban surrender all leaders of al-Qaeda, a network of terrorists who through action have revealed to the world their grotesque nature. I, for one, feel that we have every right to make this demand and further believe that through refusal, the Taliban implicitly admit their guilt.

Regimes that sponsor terrorism are as fit to rule as

Iraq. In both engagements we quickly achieved victory with

American military actions.

These were in Serbia and in

but rather because as our path to victory is plotted, it is

minimal loss ofAmerican life.

In both cases, our enemies

were led by megalomaniacs whose primary means was an

aged military complex. In this war, our enemy is different.

Independent from the type of infrastructure that our weaponry has evolved to destroy and empowered by ideological zealotry, the Taliban are an adversary similar to the one that was met in those that brutally oppress the jungles ofSoutheast Asia.

Add to their arsenal a global their citizenry. Make no mistake: The Taliban is both. alliance of terrorists who will removing wreak havoc in the most horUnfortunately, these tyrants from power rible and unimaginable ways, and the task before us seems will not be an easy task.

In the memory of our gen- arduous to say the least.

I write this not to dissuade eration are two major

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essential. We must not falter.

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commitment to lead democracy and freedom to their rightful places, unchallenged at the helm of mankind’s future.

And if we are determined to persevere, I am confident that through our strength, ingenuity and righteousness, we will prevail.

When terror and tyranny have been defeated, our achievements will be far more monumental then those taken from us at the comer of Church and Vesey.

Jeremy

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Graduate Student Department of Economics

Prayers should be directed to victims, not terrorists Is Caleb Schultz really that naive, or is he just incredibly callous? If his response to the heinous, despicable murders of 7,000 innocent Americans is to, as “a follower of Jesus Christ... ‘love my enemies’ and to pray

for Osama bin Laden,” then his religious fanaticism rivals that of extremists who murder men, women and children in the name ofAllah.

In asking Americans to “forgive” the terrorists, does Schultz not realize that these detestable acts were committed by those so entrenched in their beliefs that they were willing to die for them? Does he not realize that these

How dare Schultz suggest that we change our foreign policy in response to intimidation and murder. In doing so, we would be legitimizing the actions of the terrorists, and inviting future attacks on Americans when extremists decided they do not like our policies.

nately kill or arbitrarily bomb Afghans or other Muslims in a fit of retaliation. However, it is not only the right—but the absolute duty—of our government to protect American citi-

zens both at home and abroad.

While Schultz prays for bin Laden, I pray for the families of the victims of this horrible tragedy. I pray for our leaders, who have difficult decisions to make in the coming days. I pray for the brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives to protect the freedoms we cherish. And I pray for people like Schultz, people so far removed from reality that they fail to rec-

Schultz asserts that “it is ridiculous to assume that a war against terrorism can be won.” It is even more ridiculous to suggest that the United States should allow governments to act with impunity when they not only harbor terrorists but provide “guests” like bin Laden with intelligence, logistics and fanatics are against capital- military assistance in supognize evil in the world. ism, democracy and freedom—- port of terrorism.

Jeremy Nieporent the very essence of what it Nobody is suggesting that means to be an American? the United States indiscrimiTrinity’oo story.php?article_id=23ss3 see www.chronicle.duke.edu column, http: referenced for *

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essential that we take stock of where we begin. The resolve to see this conflict through to its conclusion is

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Lack of security creates frightening Blue Zone I am a woman. I know this is not a shock or a surprise to those who know me.

I am a strong independent woman, a woman who isn’t afraid to do things. However several Sundays ago, I was not that woman.

As I drove into the Blue Zone, I was a woman afraid to get out of my car. I drove into the lots at 2:45 a.m. Sunday morning to park my car and while searching for a parking space, a sudden bolt of fear struckmy body: There was not a single person in this dark lot but myself, not another car, not even the police officers who were supposed to be there. I drove around for about 15 minutes in search of a spot and not finding one, I was forced to move farther and farther through the massive space, inching away from

the one place I wanted to be closest to, the entrance.

And as I drove I began to think to myself, an officer would drive through, I mean they have to, these lots are not that safe. No, I did not see

a single person. I parked my car and almost sprinted out of the Blue Zone as fast as I could, looking over my shoul-

ders constantly, jumping at the wind. This entire endeavor took the whole of 20 minutes—2o minutes when I saw no one. Not even at the entrance was there an officer.

And my question is this, what if, god forbid, something had happened to me?

Would a small blue whistle really be heard? That is like asking if a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?

Is that something that we want to find out? Duke is not

a sexual assault free campus and I can attest to that from my own personal experience.

It is sad that I, and I am under the assumption other women, can not feel comfortable enough walking from their car to their dorms. I should not have to call my boyfriend before I leave my job at the Perk each time I close at 2:00 a.m. so that he knows, if I take too long, he needs to worry. It is upsetting that I can’t feel completely and utterly safe in a place that I think of as my

second home. Something needs to be done about this.

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? By the* time we get that answer it will already be too late.

Alexandra Jones Trinity ’O3

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Terror reveals basic America In the last two weeks, Osama bin Laden has learned a lot about the United States.

He learned, for example, that terror as a tactic is a lot less effective in a nation with a free and vigorous media.

When CNN is accurately aMBr Jpplreporting events within minutes—before the peopie in the World Trade Laura Center knew what had pf 11 happened to the building—it’s a lot tougher to get panicked mobs running around the streets creating chaos. We may not always like or appreciate our media, but in a country where the

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He also learned that while the United States may be a country that bickers, with elections so fractious that rhetoric usually reserved for mass murderers is wasted on politicians, it is also a country where in the two days following the disaster, over 700,000 Americans would be so moved to help one another that they would line up for as long as six hours to donate bloodfor people a thousand miles away.

He learned that in a free society, even a president elected with less than 50 percent of the popular vote can rally an entire nation behind him; that open disputes about leadership and policy don't make us a house divided.

I’m sure he saw our seamier sides as

well—gas profiteers who jacked prices reportedly as high as $8 per gallon in parts of the Midwest; locally, a few citizens of Durham who spread unfounded and cruel rumors about the ArabAmerican owner of the Baskin

Tragedy provides test of a nation’s ideals and laws Robbins/Subway/Dunkin’ Donuts in the Willowdaile Shopping Plaza. But how many nations respond to a terrorist attack with the admonition to “teach our children tolerance?”

He has learned —if he didn’t know it already—that there are not many safe havens in the world for a wanted man when the United States is roused to action. He may well be trying to draw us into another Vietnam in the unforgiving terrain of Afghanistan, to break our military might the way the Afghans helped break the back of the Soviets. That may be a miscalculation on his part, because the United States Armed Forces are stronger, readier and more advanced than any other in the world—certainly more prepared for a war of this sort than the Soviets were in 1979.

I have no doubt that the US. military can bring him in, given enough time, manpower and weaponry. Bush has declared him “Wanted: Dead or Alive.”

But I don't want him dead. I want him alive, healthy and with benefit of counsel and Constitution.

Osama bin Laden must be brought to trial, to a free, fair, open jury trial in the United States. He should not be killed with bombs or a sniper's bullet. He should stand and face the charges against him like any free man. Confront his accusers. Look in our eyes.

We in this nation believe that all people are bom free and equal. We established a nation, that has not merely survived but thrived, on that proposition.

For all its faults and failings, for the last two and a quarter centuries, it has been a beacon of freedom, a sign of hope and a model of government for people and nations around the world.

This freedom does not exist as an abstract idea, nor does it stand in isolation. The philosophers, theologians and

statesmen like John Locke, John Milton, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton envisioned a group of interlocking freedoms all growing out of our essential humanity and our innate right to seek the truth, so eloquently put forth by Milton in his Areopagitica. And so we have the right to worship freely, the right to speak and write as we see fit and the right to have a jury of our peers seek the truth about our actions when we are accused of wrongful ones.

Bin Laden rejects many things about the United States, notably our freedom to worship—or not worship-r-according to the dictates of our consciences.

Rejecting that, he rejects the entire American system, tells the world that it is wrong, it is evil, and it does not work.

That is why we must bring him to trial.

He has accused us. We must provide our own defense, by showing the world

that the free and fair American system does work. That we can bring an accused criminal—any accused criminal, no matter how great or small—before the court and give him a free and fair trial. That trusting in our citizens to make decisions for themselves—about religion, about politics, and, when sitting on a jury, about guilt or innocence—will bring the right result.

We must our prove that Constitution and Declaration of Independence are not empty rhetoric, nor a weak way to govern, but have the power through law and ideals to bring even a terrorist to justice in a system he despises and disdains.

For bin Laden, that will be the most chilling condemnation ofall.

Laura Petelle is a student in the School ofLaw and the Divinity School

Mending a broken world

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Whoever did this must be identified, and must pay for this crime. Those who slaughter innocents must be brought to justice. Mass murder cannot go unchallenged, unprosecuted, unpunished.

In fact, those deaths are sufficient justification for the deconstruction of the terrorists’ network of indoctrination and support, via intensive multinational cooperation. Nations which aid such criminals must be pressed by every means; but it would be arrogant, dangerous over-reaching to declare outright war on all

those nations. We could not occupy Afghanistan, a task those who merely look Middle-Eastern, and killed three. at which the far closer and cruder Soviet Union failed We flock to leaders simply because they are leaders, and after 10 years. So we will not declare war. We will jump those leaders pledge that “God is not neutral.”

Following those trends, we could then attack anyin and out, wary of the revenge our actions may foster: Some claim that merely assassinating terrorist leaders one we please, without explaining our case, killing will solve all this, but Israel has done such things for innocents because we believe that we are acting in a 25 years now and is still not at peace. “Hearts and holy war, and branding anyone who objects as traitors. minds” must be won.

Then we would risk moral equivalence with our Obviously, we must reduce air-travel risks. There attackers. are no God- or Constitution-given rights to airline For whether granted by God or by the Constitution, travel, much less to carry-on luggage. But while we our rights, our freedoms and our decisions to act must accept reality, we must not be overwhelmed by it. morally are the things that are truly “not open to negotiation.” We have not yet met the enemy, and Despite multiple comments to the contrary, we cannot banish evil from the world. Our attackers were there is much reason to hope that he will never be us: beastly, but not beasts: They were human beings, con- After all, we are citizens of the United States of vinced that others were of little or no value. Humans America, raised on ideals, and pledged not to perfect have been all too adept at that for millennia, and are safety, but to freedom.

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The true danger we face is simple: Will we become doms which cannot be “temporarily suspended.”

So for this new Cold War, let’s skip the witch-hunts, our enemies?

Calls to limit our freedoms are gaining in volume and and live out the true meaning of our creeds.

For as Ben Franklin wrote, “They that can give up number. The media is self-censoring itselfand dehumanessential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety izing the suspected attackers while peddling propagandists themes like “America’s New War.” Voices ofintoler- deserve neither.”

As long as our ideals endure, so will we, ance, of religious and cultural extremism, are already loud, from Rev. Jerry Falwell to presidential advisors who advocate “ending nations.” Americans have attacked Edward Benson is a Durham resident *,

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As I write, the world is on edge. The sole superpower no longer sleeps soundly with its nuclear deterrent and the largest defense budget on the planet. What deterrence is there when the attackers intend to die, with no forwarding address for our earth-shattering missiles? On Sept. 11, our unrivaled military might seemed useless.

Edward The terrorist attacks appall and outBenson rage: It was the 21st century’s first massive misapplication of human intelligence, a cry of desperate hatred But who were they? There are stolen identity papers and passports, mysterious funds and market manipulations and a deliberately obfuscated trail. If Islamic extremists are guilty, we must make the evidence public: It is essential to win the hearts and minds of the world’s billion Muslims. During the Cuban missile crisis, we laid our missile photographs on the table at the United Nations, to make our case for self-defense clear to the entire world. We must do

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