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America at War

Bush offers second chance to Taliban U.S. demands delivery of bin Laden

By PATRICK TYLER and ELISABETH BUMILLER

New York Times News Service

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CESAR CRUZ, a Guatemalan-American employee in housekeeping, replaces a roll of paper towels in a dispenser.

Report considers Latino

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle The University is looking at ways to increase recruitment, promotion and retention of Latino employees, after a report was recently completed by Myma Adams, special assistant

to Executive Vice President

Tollman Trask.

Compiled after four meetings of a Latino Issues working group, the report made a number of recommendations, many of which involve providing more

bilingual services to employees.

The report also cautioned against possible conflict between black and Latino employees in the future.

“Dr. Trask wanted to take a proactive approach to creating a more inclusive and welcoming environment for Latino employees,” Adams said.

The report recommended hiring bilingual employees in both Benefits and Human Resources, making forms and procedures bilingual, providing translated

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materials online, compensating employees for bilingual skills, recruiting bilingual managers and creating a central information location for Latino employees.

Adams and Sally Dickson, vice president for institutional equity, said Duke was not truly bilingual but that a process would now begin to determine how to make the University more accessible to Latinos and to what extent. About 300 Latino employees work at Duke, See EMPLOYEES on page 7

WASHINGTON President George W. Bush said Thursday that U.S. forces would attack Afghanistan for “as long as it takes” to destroy the al-Qaida terrorist network of Osama bin Laden, but he offered to reconsider the military assault on Afghanistan if the country’s ruling Taliban would surrender bin Laden.

At a news conference in the White House, Bush also embraced for the first time the idea that the United Nations could play a central role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan after an eventual ousting of the radical Islamic Taliban government.

Bush gave the Taliban another chance Thursday night to halt America’s military action by handing over bin Laden.

“If you cough him up and his people today, then we’ll reconsider what we are doing to your

country. You still have a second chance,” he said.

“Just bring him in,” he added. “And bring his leaders and lieutenants and other thugs and criminals with him.”

He said Americans would have to get used to living with the kind of FBI warning that was issued Thursday about the threat of possible terrorist attacks in the United States in the next few days.

“This is not the first time the Justice Department have acted like this,” the president said. “I hope it is the last. But given the attitude of the evil-doers, it may not be.”

It was one of many occasions on which he used the word “evil” to describe the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The effect was to cast the battle against terrorism on which the country has embarked in almost biblical terms.

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RDU keeps strict security measures Council OKs new course evaluations

By MATT ATWOOD The Chronicle

Students planning to fly over fall break may notice heightened security at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, but in other respects, the airport is recovering from the aftereffects of last month’s attacks.

About 172 flights leave the airport each day, said RDU spokesperson Mirinda Kossoff. That compares to about 300 per day earlier this year, when Midway Airlines—an RDU-based carrier which has since filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations—accounted for 115 of them.

The number of flights should continue to increase, Kossoff said; beginning Nov. 1,the business travel airline American Eagle will add 12 flights per day.

Kossoff estimated that the average number of seats occupied is also rising. “What we’re seeing is that it’s about 60 to 70 percent, and maybe getting closer to 70 percent at this point,” she said. “So things are looking much better.”

The biggest change passengers will notice will likely be the additional security precautions. According to Federal Aviation Administration regulations, every passenger must have some form of government-issued identification and is limited to one carry-on and one other personal item.

At security checkpoints, only passengers are allowed to pass through, and guards are screening passengers’ laptops, outer garments and other items more closely,

� The Arts and Sciences Council also delayed a vote on making fall 2001 data available online. Spring 2001 data will be accessible subject to departmental approval.

By KENNETH REINKER The Chronicle

The Arts and Sciences Council approved a new course evaluation form Thursday with fewer questions and more space for student comments. But it did delay a vote on making data from fall 2001 courses available online; data from spring 2001 courses will still be available online within the next month.

The new form includes 19 bubble-in questions instead of 32, more room for comments and prompts to guide comments; unlike the previous form, used for the first time last spring, it does include comparisons to other Duke courses.

“The summer was a time for intensive analysis,” said Bob Thompson, dean ofTrinity College and the

Kossoff said.

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PASSENGERS NOW WAIT in longer lines at Raleigh-Durham International Airport due to heightened security.

A> the trial of David Patrjck Malone Thursday, jurors heard testimony from the three hostages in President Nan Keohane’s office last September. See page 5

primary architect of the form. “[lt was] very clear that the form was not configured in away to allow enough space for writing in comments.”

Another motion that would require faculty mem-

bers to distribute the form in all their classes en-

Despite a 1999 increase in gym tees, officials report that about the same number of employees are using Duke’s athletic facilities. See page 6

See A&S COUNCIL on page 9 !� Officials at South Square mall have reported a4to 5 percent decline in sales, attributing it mainly to a lagging economy. See page 7

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Northern Alliance delays moving on Kabul

Afghan opposition commanders are waiting for the order to move on the capital, but exiled Afghan leaders and a Pakistani official say the Northern Alliance has agreed not to seize Kabul until major factions can establish a government to replace the ruling Taliban.

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NATO planes to patrol U.S. skies

Sometime Friday, two NATO airborne warning and control systems aircraft, with crews from 12 different nations, will begin patrolling the skies over the United States. “This has never happened before, that NATO has come to help defend our country,” President George W. Bush said. “But it happened in this time of need, and for that we are profoundly grateful.”

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Giuliani refuses donation from Saudi prince

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said that New York City will not accept a $lO million charitable donation from a wealthy prince from Saudi Arabia who criticized the U.S. government’s policies in the Middle East.

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V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born English writer who uses fiction, nonfiction and sometimes a fusion of the two to explore themes of exile, dislocation and the agonizing dilemmas of postcolonial societies, was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm Thursday.

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FBI warns new attacks imminent Information from a credible foreign source caused the U.S. to issue an alert the next several days,” the FBI said.

In recent days, senior counterintelligence officials have told the White House and Congress in classified briefings that the al-Qaida terror network headed by Osama bin Laden presented a continuing threat fully capable of renewed attacks in the United States or overseas.

The FBI said in the public statement Thursday, “The FBI has again alerted all local law enforcement to be on the highest alert, and we call on all people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of any unusual or suspicious activity.”

The statement provided no additional information. But a senior government official said the warning

By DAVID JOHNSTON and PHILIP SHENON

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON The FBI issued a warning Thursday afternoon that there could be new terror attacks in the United States or abroad in the next several days. The stark and urgent alert, based on new intelligence information, gave no information about the gravity or nature of the threat, nor did it indicate

where or how an attack might occur.

“Certain information, while not

specific as to target, gives the gov-

ernment reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests overseas over

was issued after the CIA received information Wednesday about a

planned attack. The information came from a foreign source whom the agency had determined from past experience to be credible.

The information has not been confirmed by other sources, and it did not include specifics about what would happen or where.

Since Sept. 11, the FBI and the Justice Department have repeatedly warned of new terrorist attacks. Attorney General John Ashcroft said two weeks ago that another attack was likely. Thursday’s warning was the first time, however, that either agency had issued a warning of an See FBI on page 9 �

War may continue through next summer

By STEVEN MYERS

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON The United States and Britain made clear Thursday that they are marshaling for a long engagement in Afghanistan, stretching into next summer and including the possible use of ground forces.

Adm. Michael Boyce, the chief of the British defense staff, said the allies “must expect to go through the winter and into next summer at the very least President George W. Bush said Thursday night that the military operation would continue “as long as it takes” to defeat the al-Qaida network and its supporters in the Taliban.

“It may happen tomorrow; it may happen next month, it may take a year or two,” Bush said.

Boyce, Britain’s top commander, added that if ground forces are called for, a commando brigade of the Royal Marines now in Oman would most likely be used. ”

“They are our expert mountain and winter warfare troops,” he said. “If we were to be thinking about doing any operations in Afghanistan on the ground, then clearly they would be one of the units we would give very close consideration to.”

At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was circumspect Thursday when asked if the United States might use a significant number of ground troops inside Afghanistan. But he made clear that preparations were in progress for using just such troops.

“You have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” he said. “But we expect it to be a long effort. And we’re getting arranged so that we can sustain ourselves over a period of time.” The United States already has sent troops from the 10th Mountain Division from Ft. Drum, N.Y., to Uzbekistan, and other forces have begun to arrive in Pakistan.

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Ergonomics seeks better physical habits during work � Researchers say students can improve their work and wellbeing by improving their

environment.

This is the final part in a four-part series about the relationship between physical health and learning.

By DEVIN FINN The Chronicle

Studying itself can be a back-breaking job. There is hope, however, to ease the physical discomfort.

Learning how to make a studying environment healthier and more productive may improve the quality of one’s work and well-being.

The science of ergonomics aims to develop ways to adapt people’s workplaces to their own physical needs and comforts.

Ergonomics is the study of matching jobs to workers and products to users.

Tamara James, clinical associate Learning y for the Duke Ergonomics Program, said alternating between different types of work periodically serves to rest and stimulate different parts of the body and mind.

She also said moving around frequently and shifting the body to achieve comfort is beneficial to long-term study sessions.

Maintenance of correct posture and the use of a properly-adjusted chair are also two fundamental ways to improve healthful studying.

According to the ergonomics department’s website, the human skeleton is designed to support the body without expending much energy. If people have poor posture, muscles have to perform the job of the skeleton, requiring unnecessary energy. This causes excess mus^

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cle tension, which can lead to aches and prolonged pain.

James said that students’ postures deteriorate as a result of the ways they carry backpacks and schoolbags. Wearing bags across the chest and utilizing both backpack straps distributes the burden more evenly. Minimizing weight of backpacks is central to improvement in posture.

Hours in front of the computer can

cause stiffness and aches as well. In order to create a comfortable workstation position, one should lightly press the keyboard and hold the mouse loosely, keeping the monitor an arm length’s away.

The top ofthe screen should be kept at eye-level. “If you have to look at a computer screen, look away every 20 minutes,” said James.

James also suggests placing feet flat on the floor and resting elbows comfort-

ably, but not on any armrests, for good

workstation posture.

She recommends using ergonomic products such as pencil grips, lumbar cushions, book holders and simple staple removers. James said maintaining proper back support and engaging in nonrepetitive motions are guidelines that when followed, can make the difference by creating easier, safer and more efficient studying.

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Panel discussion addresses publication of course evals is a need for these evaluations to be

By MATT BRADLEY The Chronicle

At a panel discussion Thursday administrators, professors and students debated the merits of publishing course evaluations.

The discussion held in the Breedlove Room in Perkins Library was moderated by Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor John Staddon.

The panel included Provost Peter Lange, Chemistry Professor Stephen Craig, Physics Professor Larry Evans, and junior Bill English.

Each panelist was given the opportunity to speak for five minutes on the issue before the panel was opened to questions. Evans started the forum by outlining the questions that he said needed to be answered in a discussion of course evaluations.

“It’s not something where customer satisfaction is the end-all and be-all,” Evans said. He argued that students primarily attend an institution like Duke in order to be certified by an accredited university. “It’s our job to eval-

uate them, not vice versa.”

Evans went on to say that it is not the responsibility of the University to provide students with information on which faculty are “good” or “bad,” and that formal student response should be used only to improve teaching and to evaluate faculty for purposes of promotion or tenure.

Craig said that while there are definite limits to teacher evaluations, there

public knowledge.

“I’d like to think that the needs and desires of students about courses can be met through'the University,” Craig said.

Lange also acknowledged the limits of teacher evaluations, but touted this year’s improved evaluation system for its ability to compile data on an individual and departmental basis. “We need ways for teachers to gain information on how they’re teaching,” Lange said.

Lange also discussed the benefits of more department and course-specific evaluations, saying that difficulties arise when instructors of courses of different difficulty, size, requirement and discipline are compared on the same level.

“When we compare between different teachers, we lose context,” Lange said.

Many of the faculty attending the discussion expressed their frustration with the inability of course evaluations to adequately capture the entire academic experience, especially when quantifying aspects of the course that are difficult to put into numbers. Several instructors mentioned the subjectivity of students’ evaluations, as well as the pressure evaluations put on instructors to inflate grades or to otherwise please students.

“It’s depressing to read these evaluations and see how many students wrote about the professor’s personality,” Evans said. “For most of us, that’s pretty far off the mark for what we want to know.”

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About 75 students, mostly independents, questioned both the philosophy behind the plan and its details. The plan will move all sophomores to West Campus by fall 2002, shuffle the placement of selective houses, create an independent corridor through the center of Main West, link freshman houses with West residences and incorporate more academic services into dormitories.

The vast majority of students expressed anger at moving sophomores to West, which would displace about 150 juniors and seniors who otherwise would have lived there. Many

current Trent Drive Hall residents complained they might have to live there again.

Other students expressed frustration that the administration has not yet finalized a lottery for choosing rooms but that it may breach the long-standing role of seniority in housing. Moneta said that some sophomores will likely live on Main West while seniors live in Edens. He said th£ WEL will allow students to forget geographic differences within West.

He reiterated the administration’s position that having sophomores on West is necessary for class unity and social and academic development. That vision has been endorsed by both the Board of Trustees and other senior-level administrators.

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Governor calls Witnesses describe Malone incident for budget cuts

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

From staffand wire reports Facing fiscal pressure caused by

lower-than-expect-

ed revenues, Gov. Mike Easley told state agencies to cut spending by 4 percent, and postponed work on government renovation projects.

Easley announced earlier this week that state revenue collections fell short of the state’s projections by $155 million during the first quarter of the fiscal year—about 1.1 percent of the $14.4 billion state budget.

Easley’s 4 percent cut means $7O million less for the University of North Carolina system, which is already facing financial trouble because of increasing student enrollment. jyj n The cut may not apply to the JMEWS $5.8 billion fund that pays for I> DTT -i r, c public schools’ expenses, said -D KIEFS Hank Hurd, who oversees the budget for North Carolina’s secondary school system. ’But the state Department ofPublic Instruction will still have to make do with at least $1 million less.

Lanier Cansler, deputy director of the state Department ofHealth and Human Services, said Easley had asked his department to cut spending by $4O million.

He added that funds for Medicaid would not be cut.

Jurors at the Durham County Superior Court Thursday heard details about David Patrick Malone’s 30 minutes in President Nan Keohane’s office last Sept. 6, 2000, when he held three office workers hostage.

Malone’s lawyer, assistant public defender Shannon Tucker, tried to prove her client never intended to hurt anyone but rather wanted to meet with Keohane. She also noted that originally, the Duke University Police Department held warrants for counts of second-degree—not the current first-degree—kidnapping charges.

Assistant District Attorney Mitchell Garrell tried to show that Malone’s actions terrorized the three women.

None of the victims testified that Malone verbally threatened them, but all three said they feared for their lives. They each told similar versions of the incident.

Administrative assistant Jamie Dupre said she saw Malone outside the Allen Building at about 1 to

1:15 p.m. She thought that he may have been a graduate student.

After Dupre entered her office, she learned from former office assistant Joni Harris that Malone had already asked to see the president twice that day. At that point, witnesses said, Malone entered the office.

“The man had a gun pointed at us. I was afraid he was going to shoot us,” said Dupre, who said she flipped a switch on the telephone, silently alerting the police as Malone ushered the two assistants into executive assistant Lisa Jordan’s office. Jordan was already entering her office from another door and said she called out to a courier to call the police.

Witnesses said that while the four were sealed in the room, another assistant, Deborah Copeland, entered and exited the office.

They said Malone drank some of Jordan’s Diet Coke and asked her to help him dial the telephone number for See

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Camp Lejeune to host new anti-terrorist unit:

Perhaps as soon as the end of this month, Camp Lejeune will serve as the base for a new Marine unit designed to combat terrorism.

The 2,400-member 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade could be ready for operations by winter, said commanding officer Brig. Gen. Douglas O’Dell.

“It’s a rapidly evolving concept, but the commandant is putting the ideas in motion in about four weeks and we will stand up the unit around Oct. 29,” O’Dell said. “We’re going to be light and we’re going to be mobile, but we have the ability to reach back for heavier equipment.”

He explained that the brigade’s purpose was to combat terrorism on several levels: detecting it in advance, defending against it, responding to it and providing a deterrent to it. The unit would be able to send some troops to any region of the world within six hours of a crisis, then deploy a larger force within three days.

Easley rejects inmate’s clemency appeal: David Junior Ward, a convicted murderer, awaited execution early this morning after Gov. Mike Easley denied his request for clemency Thursday night.

The 39-yeaf-old Ward was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 2 a.m. this morning for shooting and killing storekeeper Dorothy Smith in 1991.

Ward appealed twice to the U.S. Supreme Court, both times in vain. Earlier this week, two state legislators unsuccessfully lobbied state Attorney General Roy Cooper to postpone his execution by a month.

Ward’s last recourse was an appeal to Easley, who granted clemency to a death row inmate for the first time last week.

But Easley denied Ward’s request for similar clemency T !? ursday Hight, saying he saw “no compelling reasons” to overturn the decision of a jury to execute Ward.

Wesley Hams, Ward’s accomplice in the murder, received a life sentence in prison.

Redistricting plan hits snag in House: Democratic leaders in the state House of

Representatives could not find enough support Thursday to pass the redistricting plan they supported.

Five black Democrats feared the plan, designed principally by Rep. Ronnie Sutton, D-Pembroke, would hurt the number of minority representatives in the House by reducing the number of districts with a majority of black voters.

I want the Voting Rights Act complied with,” said Rep. Toby Fitch, D-Wilson. “Presently, I don’t think it is.” oaker Jim Black countered that the plan would still help black representatives to be elected while also putting sizable blocks of minority voters even in current predominantly white districts.

But the lack of support from Fitch and the four othV as enou£h to tip the Democrats’ 62-58 majority in v he chamber the other way, leading the House’s leaders o postpone debate on the issue until next Wednesday.

I thought it was time for folks to cool down and talk about the issues people seem to have problems with,” lack said. “I think by next week... we’ll be on track.”

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Employee reports stolen computer From staffreports An employee reported that between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and 11:30 a.m. Oct. 6, someone stole an IBM computer, 17” Pniivir monitor, keyboard V_/KllVlrL

and mouse, totabng "D DTI7I7C $2,000, from an unsecured room in the

basement of the Physics Building, said Maj. Robert Dean of the Duke University Police Department.

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KEVIN KETCHUM, who works at Duke’s Center for Living, stretches at Wilson Recreation Center. Gym fees increased two years ago, but officials say employee attendance has changed little.

Gym fees deter few Duke employees Officials say same number buy memberships as did before price hike

By NATALIE LAMELA The Chronicle

Despite a 1999 increase in fees and subsequent complaints, Duke faculty and staff gym memberships have not changed much, as employees cite the relatively good price and convenience as reasons to use on-campus facilities.

“Although there were complaints at first, there was almost no change at all in attendance after the fee [rosel,” said Bill Harvey, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation. “[There was] a slight drop at first, but then it picked up,” When the Wilson Recreation Center opened in 1999 with 11,000 square feet ofaerobic rooms, weight rooms, a pool and a juice bar, employees saw a $lO annual fee jump to $2OO. Responding to complaints, the University reduced the fee to $175.

And it set the fee for use of Brodie Gym on East Campus ex-

clusively to $75.

Harvey said that initially, the purpose of the increase—planned since the early 1990s—was to pay for maintenance and operating costs, such as electricity, gas, sanitation and security, as well as programming for specialty courses.

For some Duke employees, the membership price is too high.

“I don’t make enough money to pay the hill fee,” said Joseph

Almos, who monitors entry to the gym. He added that his $7.50per-hour wage is less than a “living wage” in Durham. “It’s a nice facility.... If I could afford it, I would be a full-time member.”

Harvey said most employees continue to use the facilities.

In May ofthis year, daily Wilßec attendance averaged 397 about 90 percent employees—similar to attendance before the fee increase. He said although the gym may not attract many

employees, low numbers are a result of a lack of parking or childcare, not the fee.

Many employees fisted convenience and price as reasons to use on-campus facilities rather than private off-campus gyms.

Ronie Garcia-Johnson, assistant professor of environmental policy and also a faculty in residence at Randolph Dormitory, said the short three-minute walk to Brodie is worth the fee.

Woody Cheek, another employee, gave a different reason, “I drop by on the way home,” he said. “This way my workout doesn’t interrupt the evenings. Regarding the price, I think it’s fair to pay. The students pay.”

Linda Stubblefield, a staff assistant in art history, said she and her husband were formerly members of Gold’s Gym, but that the fee for one person there—$44 per month—was almost double the price of a family membership at Duke.

Laptop stolen: Between 4 p.m. Oct, 4 and 7:45 p.m. Oct. 7, someone entered a student’s third-floor Hampton dormitory room and stole his $1,500 Alcam laptop computer, Dean said. The student said he thought he secured his room but when he returned, he found the door unlocked.

There were no signs of forced entry.

Dorm room raided: Someone entered a student’s unsecured thirdfloor Blackwell dormitory room between 4 and 7 p.m, Oct. 8 and stole his $25 wallet containing $7O to $lOO cash, $350 to $5OO in traveler’s checks, credit cards, $lOO worth of season passes to various amusement parks and driver’s license, Dean said.

Purse snatched: At about 1:15 a m.

Oct. 7, someone stole a student’s $lO unsecured purse containing $2OO cash, credit cards and $2OO Sanyo cellular phone from the Camelot dormitory commons room.

Vehicle scratched: A student reported that between 6 p.m. Oct. 5 and 7:15 p.m. Oct. 7, someone scratched the passenger-side door of his vehicle several times, causing about $l5O in damage, Dean said. The vehicle was parked in the Edens B parking lot.

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many of whom Adams said are involved in construction.

� Mall officials attribute the decrease in sales to a lagging economy due to falling consumer confidence and a traditionally slow time of year.

By AMI PATEL The Chronicle.

Finding a parking spot close to major department stores at South Square mall has been easy lately. So has finding fitting rooms in stores and cashiers to check out. Officials say business at the mall has slowed.

“We have had a decrease in sales by 4 to 5 percent, I believe,” said South Square General Manager James Dolan, adding that the decline reflects a slowing economy.

Store managers and customers attribute lower sales to many factors. They say the economy has depressed consumer confidence, a problem compounded by the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In addition, some retailers say sales traditionally slow in October.

Dillard’s manager Vicki Brown said the decline has been concentrated in certain departments.

“There are a lot of necessities people are buying, such as coats and warmer clothing,” Brown said. “Cosmetic and shoe sales have actually increased. People want to feel good about themselves, which is why these departments in particular are holding up very well. In addition, we are still selling a lot of back-to-

Guatemalan-American Cesar Cruz, who works for housekeeping, said communication remains the most difficult problem for Latino employees. He said he was the first Latino employee in housekeeping when he arrived at Duke five years ago, but that the number of Latinos has steadily increased.

“I think we need help sometimes,” Cruz said. “We need help from Duke.”

Cruz said, for example, supervisors do not always share information about benefits. He also said that English-as-a-second-language classes would be very helpful.

“I think we’ve made some progress,” Adams said. “I see occasionally, there are parking signs in the hospital, and in other places. Notice is given to the community in Spanish and in English. I think we have some distance to go. We tried to point that out.”

Adams said Jerry Black, director of facilities man-

school items.”

Carol Holmes, a Durham resident, has not changed her spending priorities but said she has noticed other differences at the mall. “The police and guards seem more visible now, and there aren’t as many shoppers,” she said.

The attacks Sept. 11 had an immediate effect on mall traffic, but business has slowly picked up in the following weeks.

“I think people took to heart what [President George W. Bush] said [in his Sept. 20 address to the country] and are trying to get back to normal,” Brown said. “We saw a downfall [in sales] on the Wednesday following the attacks, but since then, people have been shopping.”

Tiffany Dempsey, second assistant manager of Camelot Music, said she too has noticed a change in spending habits. “Some people are not in the spirit to shop, but others are preparing for war—both economically and mentally,” Dempsey said. “Some people are buying patriotic music to try to work through their suffering. Other people are using music as an escape from the events taking place in the world.”

In addition, retailers have also cited the nature of shopping trends as a reason for the decline.

“October is typically a transition period,” said Lauren Werner, a branch representative for Abercrombie and Fitch. ‘We receive fall merchandise in July and winter merchandise in November. Right now we are just clearing out the remaining fall clothing and preparing for a new inventory.”

Dolan agreed and said he expected Christmas spending to be high.

The slowing business comes just months before The Streets at Southpoint, another mall, is set to open.

Southpoint, scheduled to open in March 2002, will include five department stores and 130 other stores.

Right now, no one knows what will happen to South Square after the opening. None of South Square’s stores have formally announced decisions to shut down.

Werner said she assumed that Abercrombie and Fitch, which is opening a much larger branch at Southpoint, would close at South Square.

Although Holmes plans to visit Southpoint, she said she will still shop at South Square. “I won’t shop here as often if stores are shutting down. I will be disappointed if the new mall causes major changes at South Square,” she said.

Managers at South Square are confident in their loyal shoppers and believe the two malls can coexist “People feel secure here; foot traffic has stayed up,” Brown said. ‘We can’t worry about it, because retail comes and goes. Our job is to satisfy customers and provide good service. As long as we do that, I believe we will be fine at South Square.” “<««

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The report also cited the possibility of conflict between African-American and Latino workers due to competition among employees in lower pay scales, but left open the question ofidentifying solutions.

Cruz said when he first arrived, some employees resented him and that one even asked why he stole his job.

Alejandra Okie-Holt, a former Duke employee who now works for Self-Help, a credit union for low-income workers, said language barriers are one of the reasons hostility exists among low-wage employees.

“I think that mainly stems from lack of exchange between two groups,” Okie-Holt said. “Latinos are living in traditionally African-American communities. All of a sudden, they’re neighbors, but cannot really communicate with one another.... Many of the problems AfricanAmericans face are also faced by Latinos.”

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National Guard members enforce security at RDU � AIRPORT SECURITY from page 1 but it has since lifted that restriction, and some individual airlines are again offering the service.

National Guard members are also at the airport to enforce security, though Kossoff declined to reveal the exact number for safety reasons.

“If you’re just walking around, you’ll see them now and then, but it’s not like there’s this huge armed presence or anything,” she said. “They’re there to be a visible presence and a deterrent to any kind of terrorist activity and to assist at the checkpoints.”

For the average traveler, the security precautions mean a longer wait. The airport is recommending that passengers—particularly in the early morning—arrive at least two hours before their

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flights’ scheduled departure and not show up late.

“You might be able to get away with it, but you also risk missing your flight,” Kossoff said. “Bring a book or a crossword or something.”

Kossoff also cautioned against another potential problem for travelers. “You can’t sit in your car at the curb,” she said. “And

if you leave it unattended for even two minutes, it’s going to be towed.”

Graduate student Jed Richardson, who plans to fly this weekend, said he flew earlier this week and did not run into significant problems. “Just a lot of guys with big guns,” he said, referring to the National Guard patrols.

Richardson added that he did not have to wait for more than 40 minutes because business on a weekday afternoon was relatively slow. But he said he plans to arrive at the airport this weekend between one-and-a-half and two hours in advance.

Shahid Nimjee, another graduate student, said he did not plan to fly this weekend, though he said that decision was not a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

He said that ifhe were traveling by air, he would be worried about racial profiling “because I don’t look like the typical native American, whatever that is,” Kossoff said she did not believe RDU was engaging in any kind ofracial profiling. “I doubt that we are,” she said. “But if that’s the case, [security officials] have their own procedures for identifying someone... and they’re not going to want to talk about that.”

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On the fifth day of U.S. bombing raids against targets in Afghanistan, Bush described what he said would be a robust U.S. commitment to rebuild Afghanistan, a nation destroyed by two decades of civil war and invasion.

“It would be a useful function for the United Nations to take over the ‘nation building,’” he said. “I would call it the stabilization of a future government after our military mission is complete.”

This amounted to a substantial policy shift. It was the first time that the president had made an explicit commitment to involvement in Afghanistan beyond an ousting ofthe Taliban. He has previously been dismissive of“nation building” in devastated or failed states.

When asked if the FBl’s general warning Thursday accomplished little more than scaring people from resuming their daily lives, the president said the public should expect such alerts from the government when it receives threats, vague or specific.

“On our TV screens the other day, we saw the evil one threatening, calling for more destruction and death in America,” said Bush, referring to bin Laden.

“I think the American people should be—take comfort in the fact that their government is doing everything we possibly can do to run down every possible lead and take threats—and we take threats seriously.”

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Behind his appeal lurked'at least this pressing consideration. The U.S. economy is faltering, and if Americans do not return to something close to business as usual, the impact is likely to be severe.

The president said there were logical steps Americans could take to forestall another attack. “If you find a person that you’ve never seen before getting in a crop duster that doesn’t belong to you, report it,” the president said.

Vice President Dick Cheney has been kept sequestered in an unspecified “secure location” for much of the past two weeks. The president said that Cheney was in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon, but that they had an obligation to ensure that one of them would be available to lead if the other was killed.

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He added that Cheney was healthy and engaged.

“He’s looking swell,” Bush said.

The president closed his news conference with an appeal to the nation’s children to contribute to a new fund for the children of Afghanistan. He urged each American child to send $1 to the White House for a fund to be run by the American Red Cross, which will provide relief aid for Afghanistan’s children.

“One in three Afghan children is an orphan,” Bush said. “Almost half suffer chronic malnutrition. And we can and must help them.”

Bush said that if federal officials receive “specific intelligence,” a credible threat against a specific building or city, “I can assure you our government will do everything” it can to protect citizens there.

That, he said, is what his administration did after receiving information that an operative from al-Qaida might spread toxic chemicals from a crop duster plane.

He said he was determined to destroy the terrorists’ ability to repeat the devastation they caused last month. “We must defeat the evil-doers where they hide,” Bush said. “We must round them up and bring them to justice.”

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gendered more debate. The council passed the motion after it was amended, changing the word “required” to “expected.”

“Faculty are ‘required’ to do very little,” argued Richard Walter, professor of physics.

Steve Teitsworth, associate professor of physics, also objected to the required distribution, arguing that the complex organization of lower-level physics courses makes the course evaluation form ineffectual.

Although Teitsworth proposed an amendment that would have allowed substitution of a departmental form in lieu of the standard course evaluation, it did not pass.

The council did not consider whether to allow the data gathered with the course evaluations from fall 2001 to be made available on the web. Spring 2001 data will be available only if departments give approval.

Continuing a long-standing debate among faculty and administrators, some professors argued against making the data available online.

“It’s frightening to me,” said Robert Wolpert, professor of statistics and decision sciences.

“It gives a huge incentive to water down courses and focus on being entertaining rather than substance.”

Wolpert added that he is not surprised students are enthusiastic about the results being available online because they will search for academically easier courses.

Abhijit Prabhu, Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs, attended the meeting and made a brief statement about student opinion on SAGES, the system that will give students online access to course evaluation data.

He described a scene from Wednesday’s DSG meeting, where he said legislators burst into spontaneous applause when given a demonstration of SAGES. “Students are always going to be able to get information on courses, but will never be able to get information this good,” Prabhu said.

Government stays on high alert � FBI from page 2 attack within a specific period of time—in this case, several days. Tuesday, a top aide to bin Laden, Sleiman Abou-Gheith, threatened more violence against Americans, in a videotape delivered to a

Qatar-based television network.

Thursday night, President George W. Bush said at a news conference that the alert was justified and based on a general threat to the country.

“I have urged our fellow Americans to go about their lives, to fly on airplanes, to travel, to go to work,” Bush said. “But I also want to encourage them by telling them their government’s on full alert. And that alert put out today from the Justice Department was such an action.”

Senior law enforcement officials said the heightened threat assessment, given to the White House and Congress in recent days, was based on intelligence gleaned from electronic eavesdropping, as well as evidence accumulated over the last week by the FBI, CIA and foreign security agencies.

The information includes evidence of additional al-Qaida cells inside the United States and overseas that were unknown before the Sept. 11 attacks.

The officials said they believed that the hundreds of arrests of al-Qaida followers in the United States and abroad had disrupted some plans for other attacks, but also had ratcheted up concern that more al-Qaida cells might continue to operate undetected.

Malone’s arrest MALONE from page 5

WRAL in Raleigh. Malone asked to speak to Jim Payne.

“He said, This is David Malone and Fm in the president’s office at Duke University, and I’m going to blow my brains out,”’ Jordan said.

Soon, witnesses said, there was a knock on the door. Jordan opened it and promptly ran out. “I saw it was the police and it seemed that it was the time for me to go,” said Jordan, who added that she was “terrorized” that day.

DUPD First Sgt. Gary Smith said he was alerted that the alarm had gone off and that he and Officer Mark

Faust responded.

Smith said he entered the office and repeatedly asked Malone to put his gun down.

Malone responded that he would if Smith would put his weapon down. Smith said no and ushered the remaining two women out of the room. Malone allegedly said, “No, wait,” but did not physically restrain the two remaining hostages. “[Malone] said, ‘l’m going to shoot myself. You might as well do it for me,”’ Smith said.

When Faust called out to Malone, Smith said he sprayed pepper spray in the gunman’s face, and the two officers wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Faust said there was an eerie calmness in the room.

Smith said they escorted Malone to the Duke Emer-

gency Department.

At the close of the state’s evidence, Tucker failed in a motion that the charges be dismissed.

The trial will resume this morning at 9:30 a.m. with testimony from the defense’s witnesses. First on that list will be Dr. Holly Rogers, a psychiatrist who works in Counseling and Psychological Services at Duke. Keohane, who was subpoenaed by Tucker, will be out of town until next week and will not testify.

Tucker had not yet decided whether to bring Malone to the stand.

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The stakes will be high in Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday when Wake Forest and Duke take the field in search of their first conference wins.

The contest marks a rematch of last year’s thrilling classic in WinstonSalem, when the Deacons defeated Duke 28-26.

Although Duke holds the nation’s longest losing streak, Duke coach Carl Franks remains confident in his team’s ability.

“Since we’ve played [a very hard schedule] it’s made us a tougher team,” Franks said. “But you’ve got to maintain your enthusiasm through all those tough teams. I think we’ve done that.”

Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe is not taking Duke lightly, either.

“I don’t see a lot of differences in any of the teams in the ACC.” Grobe said. “Duke is like every one else in the ACC. They have a lot of talent.”

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D. BRYANT is hit by Wake’s Roderick Stephen after making a pass against the Deacons last year.

Less than a week separated from two heart-breaking overtime losses to nationally-ranked opponents, the Duke women’s soccer team will get another chance to prove its prowess when the Blue Devils travel to Gainesville today to take on the No. 12 Florida Gators at 7 p.m.

The match will mark the fourth straight top-15 opponent for Duke and the third straight game on the road. The Blue Devils lost Friday in Clemson on a questionable handball call early in the extra period and then fell just short again at FSU Sunday afternoon. Clemson’s goal came off a comer kick, followed by a mad scramble in the box before the referee blew the whistle to seemingly call a Lady Tiger for a handball.

But to the Blue Devils’ despair, the referee called Duke for the infraction, leading to a Tiger penalty kick See SOCCER on page 16 �

Blue Devils hunger for the Wolfpack, some home games

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Coming off a win Wednesday night that followed three disappointing losses, the men’s soccer team is ready for another victory against N.C. State Sunday at 1 p.m. The Blue Devils (5-5, 1-1 in the ACC) beat the Wolfpack 7-0 last season, but believe this year’s team has improved even though their records of 2-8 overall and 0-3 in the ACC may not show it.

“NC State is a much stronger team this year” Duke coach John Rennie said. “They’re still losing, but they’re losing 2-1—that kind ofthing.”

Junior Donald Mclntosh, who Rennie believes has been very strong in the midfield for Duke, said of the Wolfpack after seeing them play a few times this year, “they work really hard.... They don’t stop.”

N.C. State won their game at Elon Wednesday night, recording their first shutout ofthe season by a score of 4-0. The Wolfpack began the scoring in the 11th minute of the game and outshot Elon 17-12. Regardless oflast year’s scores and records and the recent victories for both teams, the match between Duke and State is an ACC match, and everyone is out for a win.

This is a “conference kind of war... nothing less” Rennie said after noting that in last year’s game, Duke was only up 1-0 at halftime.

The players all agree that a win is greatly needed at this point, especially after the rough weekend at Rutgers and St. John’s, where both

games ended in overtime losses. While the losses were disappointing, both the players and Rennie agreed that the Blue Devils played well, grew as a team and just have to deal with the unfortunate results.

The win Wednesday against Mercer helped to restore the team’s confidence. Mclntosh and captain Kevin Sakuda, who both said scoring had been a slight problem for the Blue Devils, believed that the team had some good goals and scoring opportunities against Mercer.

“It’s really important for us to get on a roll here,” Sakuda said after Wednesday night’s game.

Fellow senior Demetrio Sanchez agreed, commenting, “It’s like we have to win now.” Sanchez and Sakuda both believe that after this weekend, the team has come together and is playing well.

Sakuda also said the team’s chemistry was great at this point, but the team needs to keep on scoring and stay focused through the entire game.

The Blue Devils graduated five seniors and has had to deal with many injuries this season.

Freshman Victor Victorsson, the Iceland native who has been unable to play due to a knee injury, did see his first playing time in the Mercer game.

Rennie also noted that while his team is quite new and inexperienced, they are a “pretty well balanced team” and “playing time together is what we need.”

“We’re also looking forward to playing some home games,” Rennie said.

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Duke sophomore tennis player Phillip King won two matches to advance to the round of 32 at the ITA AllAmerican Championships in Stone Mountain, Ga. King is the top seed.

The women’s golf team travels to Knoxville, Tenn. this weekend to play in the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Collegiate Championship Duke has won the event three times in four years.

The men’s golf team will be hosting the Duke Golf Classic this weekend.

Last year, N.C. State won the tournament, which is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Kroger.

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Volleyball looks to upset highly-ranked Seminoles

By LAUREN BEDSOLE

was named ACC Rookie of the Week after last year’s matchup with Duke.

As the women’s volleyball team Aside from setting up her teammates prepares to meet Florida State for numerous game-winning points, tonight, many things are on its she scored 56 kills in her freshman mind—not least of which are the Lady year despite the fact that she sat out Seminoles’ No. 2 national ranking. part of the season due to injury.

Thoughts of last year’s matchup with Senior Luana Ruiz Azevedo is the Lady Seminoles, doubtless still in another cornerstone of the Lady the minds of veteran players, must not Seminoles, having set three career crowd out a focus on this weekend’s records—kills, attacks, and digs—game, as the Blue Devils are only two against Duke in 1999. Though her wins behind North Carolina in the contributions last year were more hunt for the ACC lead. defensive than offensive, her thirteen “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” career service aces have gained her Duke coach Jolene Nagel said, “but respect for being a formidable allwe’ve done some extra things this around player.

But the Blue Devils are prepared. week, and it’s a very winnable game.”

Coming off a solid win against Wake Rather than relying on the skills of a Forest Tuesday makes the task ahead single player, the team intends to focus easier, but now a new arsenal faces the on teamwork to defeat Florida State.

Blue Devils. Middle hitter Norisha “We’ve got a lot of weapons to defend Campbell could be lethal, especially if against ourselves,” Nagel said.

It is to Duke’s advantage that it has she is, in the words of Nagel, “on fire.”

A legacy volleyballer—her aunt played more to lose. Having gotten off to a on the FSU team in 1981—as well as a strong start this year, the enviable seasoned senior middle hitter, she will position this year’s team currently show no fear. And for good reason: holds provides a powerful incentive to Campbell attained her career highs for win. A loss today would not only affect both kills and attacks when FSU faced the national rankings, but would also Duke just over a year ago. have a deep psychological impact that The Blue Devils are prepared this could affect the rest of the season. time around, having devoted substanThe Blue Devils will rely on strong tial time to practicing blocking slides, outside hits from seniors Dorrette in hopes of disarming Campbell’s Burwell and Ashley Harris from the favorite weapon. If they can put this outset, and confident serves from junskill to use during the game, they iors Josie Weymann and Jill Sonne will should be able to rattle Campbell also be pivotal. The most important enough to break the concentration of factor, however, is sharp, focused play YOAV LURIE/THE CHRONICLE the Florida State team. throughout the game.

FSU’s second key player is sopho“We’re doing so well, and I think ASHLEY HARRIS and the rest of the Duke volleyball team must show extreme concentration to upset more setter Jennifer Anderson, who that can continue,” Nagel said.

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The Duke kicking game is not quite consistent enough to merit the edge here.

Looking at the calendar this summer, Carl Franks and the Blue Devils probably circled this game as winnable. A season-opening upset of ECU notwithstanding Wake Forest has not done much to change Franks’ mind. The Blue Devils must be feeling a sense of desperation at this point, looking at this game and Vanderbilt as the two best remaining chances to avoid repeating an 0-11 season. If Duke can channel this desperation into passionate play, it has a good chance. If the Blue Devils allow their desperation to increase the number of mental mistakes, Duke will be in trouble. Wake Forest wins 20-17.

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GRID PICKS 301 FLOWERS, DURHAM For various reasons ranging from apathy to workload to “not having seen the light of day anyway for the last three weeks,” the Grid Pickers decide to spend their fall break in the comfort of The Chronicle offices. However, as is usually the case when people are locked in an ugly stupid office in the middle of Durham for their fall break, things, of course, went wrong.

The problems started when Socialists’

teammates Martin “Jonas Blank” Barna and Dave “Tessa Lyons” Ingram kept rubbing in the fact that they had seized sole control of first place

for the week.

“We finally pulled ahead of Harold “beer” Gutmann and haven’t shut up about it the entire week,” Bama said.

“We really enjoyed being a buzz kill at this weekend’s party,” Ingram added.

The other member of the Socialists, Ambika “the little lady” Kumar, also tried to join in, but no one listened because she was so small they couldn’t find her, and when they finally did, they remembered she was a girl and thus didn’t know anything about football anyway.

Adrienne “at least I didn’t get kicked out like the” Mercer “soccer coach” and Christina “I’ll show you my” Petersen were quick to object to this, but their standings didn’t help their argument much.

Kevin “p-” Lees “give me some lovin”’ made a crack about Sara Lee and then was joined by Paul “ie Dogs are what I’m a” Doran and Pratik “-ly references are getting old” Patel in politely telling the socialists to “shut

their cakeholes.”

Doran then pulled his usual stunt of moving the trash can over near Jim “I have no” Herriott’s desk while Herriott was busy trying to memorize the dictionary so he could accurately spell complex words like “judgment” and “color.”

Once Herriott emerged from his studying, he went over to Tyler “Texas

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Fowler leads Duke defense Florida International waits against dual quarterbacks as finale of Blue Devils’ trip FOOTBALL from page 11 After winning its first two games of the season over East Carolina and Appalachian State, Wake Forest has developed its own losing streak with consecutive losses to Maryland, Florida State, and N.C. State.

The Demon Deacons use two quarterbacks—each with his own contrasting style. Junior James MacPherson is the traditional drop back passing quarterback, while sophomore Anthony Young’s strengths are in athleticism and running the football.

“We’ll definitely gear differently depending on which quarterback is in there,” Duke linebacker and reigning &

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Ryan Fowler said. “When Young is in there, we’ll prepare for the run. When MacPherson is in the game, we’ll prepare for the pass.”

In addition to Young’s running prowess, Wake Forest’s ground attack has tended to be its greatest asset during this season.

The team ranks second in the ACC in rushing, and running back Tarence Williams is second in the conference among individual rushers.

“When Young is in the game, you’ve got an extra running back in the back

field,” Franks said. “He’s extremely tough to tackle.”

Despite the daunting task of stopping the Deacons’ running game, the Blue Devils feels prepared, in part because of Fowler’s emerging presence in the secondary. Fowler had a phe-

nomenal games, with 17 tackles and an interception in last week’s loss to Georgia Tech. His tackle total for the season has reached 68, to go along with his two interceptions.

Franks has nothing but compliments for the sophomore.

“He’s played solid games. He’s tackled well,” the third-year coach said. “That’s something we worked on last year. He’s certainly one of our best players.”

While Duke’s defense prepares for Wake’s impressive running ability, Duke’s offense is trying to work out its own myriad problems.

The Blue Devils are averaging barely 10 points a game, but the future looks brighter.

“Our guys are working hard and they know they have to practice the way they are going to play.” Franks said. “The tempo of practice has gone better. We’ve had some more live work in practice.

We’ve had a lot of completetion in practice, which inspires everyone. We need to cany what we’ve done on the practice field onto the game field.”

Despite his good feeling about the team’s effort in practice, Franks continues to worry about the offense’s consistency.

“We’ve been able to play well for halves.” Franks said. “We need to do it for the whole game. We need to carry the things we’ve learned from these tough teams [into this week’s game].”

All in all, Duke feels confident that it will get its first win of the season.

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that would ultimately decide the game.

“Our players said it was an inadvertent handball; it should not have been called at that point in the game,” Duke coach Robbie Church said. ‘We all know we’re better than our record. We’ve had some toygh luck with it. We’re playing all the elite teams in the nation, but [the playersl know they’re close.

“That [loss] definitely makes it tough.

We have just got to win. The good thing about playing Florida is that we get another opportunity to play one of the top-ranked teams in the nation. We have to get some quality wins. We can’t just be close anymore.”

Despite the recent setbacks, however, Church has seen nothing but enthusiasm from the players heading into this Friday’s match. The team should get an extra boost from the return of Kasey Truman, who has suffered a variety of knee injuries in the past year and a half, but has now returned to full health.

Truman was selected to the All-ACC second team in 1999 by tallying 19 points from her defensive position.

“She has been working so hard to get back onto the field,” Church said of Truman. “She brings a new dimension, probably by seeing a lot of time up front.

She’s a great leader, and everyone benefits from her on the field.”

Duke will take all the help it can get in facing a Florida team(B-2-l, 4-0) that easily handled Kentucky 5-1 Sunday to extend its league winning streak to a nationally-best 49 straight. The win was

the fifth in a row for the Gators, who won the conference championship a season ago and are the clear favorites to repeat as SEC champs once again.

Florida is led by seniors Abby Wambach and Keisha Bell, both of whom earned experience in US. national team play this summer. Wambach, also a finalist for the Hermann trophy, which is given to the top women’s soccer player in the nation, notched her 41st career assist in Sunday’s match, putting her atop the all-time leader list in goals, assists, and points in Florida’s history.

But despite the great record, the Blue Devils just see Florida as a another chance for a quality win over a nationally ranked opponent.

“Each of these games [in the past two weeks] we rightfully should have won,” midfielder Carly Fuller said. “Florida is a great chance for us; and they don’t play the strongest of schedules. A 'win would really help us nationally standing-wise.

We definitely are still alive for the tournament chase, especially now that they’ve expanded it to a 64-team field.”

The last time these two teams met was in 1998, when Duke was handed a 5-1 defeat by the Gators. Duke will round out its Florida road-trip with a match Sunday afternoon against Florida International, its last non-conference opponent of the year for Duke.

The Golden Panthers (7-2) are led by senior Michele O’Brien, who tied FlU’s all-time points record (124) in the team’s victory over Louisiana-Lafayette Sunday at University Park.

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The Chronicle A barbaric punishment

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Wednesday, Gov. Mike Easley granted convicted murderer Robert Bacon Jr. clemency from his death sentence. Although Easley declined to detail his reasoning, charges ofracism surrounded the case, in which a jury found that Bonnie Sue Clark, a white woman, recruited her boyfriend Bacon, who is black, to kill her husband. The decision marks a victory for justice.

Clark, the convicted mastermind behind the killing, will be eligible for parole in six years; yet jurors—some ofwhom allegedly said interracial dating is wrong and that “black people commit more crime” found reasonable that the government put Bacon to death. This is just one more example of a well-known fact: The death penalty is inexcusably biased by gender and race. Several studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between the race of the victim and defendant with respect to the penalty’s use.

Unfortunately, Easley had not acted sooner, nor did he feel compelled to cite the reason behind his decision. He commented only that “the appropriate sentence for the defendant is life without parole.”

The governor has no reason, other than political expediency, to have shied away from taking a stance against the racism that plagues the death penalty.

Race and gender bias are just two examples of the flaws in the this form of punishment. Evidence has also shown that the death penalty is not applied accurately—a study conducted at the Columbia University Law School indicates that between 1973 and 1995, courts found “serious, reversible error” in nearly seven out of 10 fullreviewed capital sentences. This country has tried for years to tweak the system, clearly to no avail.

However, bias and error pale in comparison to the real problem with the death penalty: its indefensible moral grounds. Easley has not only refused to acknowledge the racism inherent to the penalty, but just Thursday night, when he denied clemency to David Junior Ward, he showed that he has not yet admitted that the death penalty is cruel and unusual.

The government should not have the right to take away a life as a form of punishment. Such action is hypocritical: It is unacceptable that public officials tell Americans not to kill one minute and then the government turns around and takes the life of a human being. And it is inexcusable to argue that one killing justifies another.

Although other countries have seen fit to eliminate what they see as a barbaric form ofpunishment, the United States ofAmerica has not yet come to its senses. Hopefully, as statistics continue to reveal the flaws of the system, and as humans progress, this country will realize its grave mistake and permanently eliminate this unjustifiable act.

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Criticism of Duke football team shows ignorance it into the stadium. Well, no, he could be one of the 100 or so that makes it to the game

is young, but the statistics the author offered and commented would make you but leaves after the first choke on your lunch, would quarter. Or perhaps one of not surprise anyone who ignorant cynicism of some of the 50 that leaves after the cared enough to pay attenlast year’s. However, a col- halftime show. Certainly tion. I am not suggesting umn in Wednesday’s paper anyone who had been to a that anyone has an obligaby Paul Doran was a disap- game, stayed at a game and tion to attend a Duke footpointing blast from the past, maybe even watched a game ball game, although their True, the column ever so would regard such a com- support would be genuinely slightly attempted to keep a ment, and a number ofothers appreciated. However, lam positive tone, but the igno- throughout the article as suggesting that anyone ranee still remained. At one completely ridiculous. attacking the team should point, the author wrote, “I Duke football, regardless give them the respect to at would not even bet on them if of its record, is made up of least intelligently attack they were playing a top-25 85 of the best athletes the them. For the 40-plus hours high school team.” This country has to offer. Most they put in a week, they makes me wonder if he is one will tell you they were also deserve at least that much, of the many Duke students recruited by some of the who makes it to the tailgate most prestigious Division I Chelsea Stine party but never quite makes football programs. The team Trinity ’O4 for referenced column, see http:! www.chronicle.duke.edu story.php^articleJd=23Bol I was happy to see, in the weeks past, that most pieces in The Chronicle regarding Duke football were relatively optimistic and lacked the

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extremely

disappointing.

There is a taboo on saying this, but it must be said.

Instead of punishing those who are known supporters of terrorism—those who provided moral, religious, financial and emotional support to our enemies—we have showered them with gifts, friendship and absolution. Our enemies, those who danced in the street on hearing of our tragedy, are and setting conditions demanding concessions. Is punishing the Taliban and Osama bin Laden really worth kowtowing to those who have in the past and

will in the future sponsor terrorism? If we change our foreign policy in order to accommodate the wishes of brutal undemocratic countries, and those of the virulent anti-American masses burning our flag—then the terrorists will have won.

From now on anyone that wants to an change American policy will know that violence is the best and quickest way.

All is not lost; there seems to be a split in the Bush

administration: Secretary of State Colin Powell and the forces of appeasement are apparently being challenged by some in the Department of Defense. Powell has no qualms about waging this

struggle in public—every State Department statement is carefully tailored to world opinion; nothing is too big or

too small to cave in on.

These events were unfortunately foreshowed early in this administration’s term, when we allowed communist China to intimidate and humiliate our nation.

Bush will soon have to decide whether he will act vigorously against our ene-

mies, filled with righteous indignation and believing in the justness of our cause or whether he will be an ineffectual coalition builder like his father.

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Gottfried Trinity ’O2

Letter writer shows no ‘sense of honor and morals’ As a retired Navy man and graduate student in Washington, D.C., I feel shame at the comment of one of your letter writers.

Kathryn Duke writes, “The words ‘freedom,’ ‘liberty’ and ‘democracy 5 are great words.

But when they are used by the media to summon a nationalism so potentially destructive as that being bred now—the sight of the flag burning would be preferable to me to its display a

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across America, across' the quoted—“freedom, “liberty” hearts of Americans.” and “democracy”—mean so Kathryn Duke has lost much to us. I understand her sense of honor and that in a free society there morals. She seems to conwill be many views. You may done the murder of more have no value on the concepts than 5,000 people as long as you quoted. But many do. it is no one she knows.

I spent a week crying for Duke, I live outside of the loved ones who were D.C.; I lost friends at the killed. Maybe you will underPentagon. My neighbors and stand the value of your stateI have views that differ from ments someday. I hope you do. yours. We value lives. We fly our—apparently not your—Stuart Sahl flag proudly. The words you Arlington, Va.

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Columnist recounts trip to attend funerals of two victims of terrorist attacks

drove through midtown Manhattan, surrounded by more red, white and blue than I’ve ever seen on any Fourth of July. Street vendors had flag-patterned umbrellas, and billboard ads had turned from giant Coca-Cola cans to enormous American flags. Even the graffiti had literally turned patriotic.

I had returned to New York City for two W n |fPc VVUi funerals. i While CNN’s news at the top of each hour was something that the rest of the world only watched and listened to, in New York, it had become something you breathed—you had no choice. Every tidbit of it buzzed through the air, from the frozen yogurt servers at Tasti-di-Lite asking if anyone had heard the casualty count to the D’Agostino checkout girls burying their heads in the newspaper between customers. The feeling weighed on you and gave you chills. New York’s roots had been shaken.

But nothing prepared me for the shock of the first funeral. The body of my high school classmate’s father had never been found. Apparently he had been burned up like thousands of others and became part of the tidal wave of ashes that rolled across lower Manhattan when the World Trade Center towers collapsed.

Ours was an all-girl high school, and now we girls who had grown up together gathered outside St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue.

“How is your family?” was the first question out of everybody’s mouth. That was enough to throw me off balance We

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curious about boyfriends, roommates

and where we’re going for lunch. But this time we meant it: “How is your family?” The World Trade Center’s population was the equivalent of a small city, and practically all of us knew someone who was killed, hurt or narrowly escaped.

I remember when we used to go home for breaks. We’d all meet at Serfina or E.J.’s diner and talk about clothes and boys and maybe classes and then reminisce about a party last summer or the time that someone was caught making out in a bathroom somewhere, or when one girl used fake tanner and came to school the next day looking like an orange raccoon. Then we’d go to Bloomingdale’s or Starbucks and talk about whether or not we’d been back to our school or who in our class we’d seen, Then came the footsteps of our classThis time we were here for encouragemate and her mother descending from ment. We stood in line outside the the front of the church into the first church holding our parents’ hands, pews. It just didn’t make sense to see her there for something so unfathomable, up at the front of St. Thomas’ reading We didn’t know whether to smile or from Corinthians to an audience of over frown from sorrow, but we all looked 200 people because her father had died. each other in the eye. We all shook as we As we sang the hymns, whether celebrawalked into that church, striding down tory or somber, we all just stood in a the aisle into the pews. trance, completely taken aback.

Our eyes watered at the sight of the When the minister said with anger in altar, even though a third of us were his voice, “The attacks of Sept. 11 were Jewish; at the sight of Mrs. Smith, one of not the will of God. God had tears in his the mothers, even though we used to eyes when the twin towers fell,” I had to make fun of her double-rimmed purple double-process it. I thought to myself, bifocals; at the presence of our high Why is he bringing that up? Rationally, school math teacher, who used to preI could fathom that these two events tend to trip on the garbage can to make were related; the funeral and the attack. us laugh when class was getting boring. Emotionally, I couldn’t. Even on the very

day of the attack, when I couldn’t get in touch with my parents on the phone, I never felt as vulnerable as I did during the singing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end of the service. As we all sang that song, somehow the two events came together and we all became completely intertwined with this

tragedy; we were brought into the thick of it, from ail over the county.

Afterward we held onto each other—and to our parents. Being “from New York” took on a meaning more profound, more stirring, more mysterious, than any of us could ever have dreamed it would have.

Alexandra Wolfe is a Trinity senior and a senior editor of Recess.

Another milestone for women WASHINGTON The poor, oppressed women of Afghanistan—huddled under confining garments and denied an education, freedom of movement and medical care—wouldn’t know what to make of Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

The California lawmaker has just become the highest-ranking female in congressional history. This is a very big deal, another gender breakthrough paving the way toward the election of the first female American

Female candidates are no longer asked if they can bake cookies, as was Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate of a major party, in 1984.

Presidents since Nixon have felt compelled to demonstrate their lack of gender bias by including women in the Cabinet and other prominent appointive posts.

But it is in Congress that women have really begun to exercise power. The 100 senators now include 13 females and count among their number a former first lady, Hillary Clinton. Of 431 House memCommentary bers (there are four vacancies), 62 are female.

Considering that women make up about half the poppresident. In a secret vote of Democratic members, the ulation, our gender is underrepresented. But as a 61-year-old Pelosi was elected the party’s House whip, nation we are used to women in power now, and the second in command only to veteran House Minority numbers continue to grow.

Leader Richard Gephardt.

In the Senate, Maryland’s Barbara Mikulski is the The doors of political power have been open to Democratic conference secretary, making her third in large numbers of women for only a few decades. the party leadership and the highest-ranking woman Gender discrimination here, of course, was never in that body. comparable to the horrors suffered by the female vicPelosi won her post the old-fashioned way. She tims of the Taliban. But historically, American socie- earned it. She openly pursued her ambitious goal for ty had expected women to know their place, and that three years, winning the loyalty of her colleagues by place was not in the elected leadership circle that raising more than $4 million for Democratic candidates. runs the country.

She is in her eighth term representing a racially President John Kennedy wouldn’t know what to and culturally diverse Democratic district that covers make of Pelosi either. He once confessed he couldn’t four-fifths of San Francisco. understand why women were more attracted to A shrewd politician, she has a strong liberal votpaunchy, balding Adlai Stevenson than to him. Told ing record and is handily re-elected every two years. that Stevenson’s appeal was based on that he actually House Republicans were gleeful at her new status, liked listening and talking to women, Kennedy hoping that her liberal image will hurt a Democratic snapped, “I’m not prepared to go that far.”

Party concerned about appealing to centrist and President Richard Nixon was no better. On recent- moderate voters. But the GOP suffers from its own ly released White House tapes, he is heard saying, problems with women, who vote Democratic more I m not for women in any job. I don’t want any of often than Republican. Periodic campaigns to them around.” improve Republicans’ appeal to female voters have Voters, however, gradually learned they could trust made little progress. women in power to look after their political interests, Pelosi believes in big government. She built her sometimes more efficiently and fairly than men did. career fighting for federal funds for health, housing

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and education programs. But she has wide national and international interests. She is the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and sits on the Appropriations Committee, the most powerful panel in the House.

The daughter of late Baltimore mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., Pelosi is a fearless partisan and sometimes gets angry with Gephardt’s occasional willingness to cooperate with the Republican majority. For instance, she was displeased when Gephardt recently asked Democrats to support a $l5 billion airline bailout that did not include a party-backed provision to aid industry workers. Gephardt thought he had a deal with House Speaker Dennis Hastert to bring up the worker aid issue separately later. But after the bailout passed, Hastert backed away and said he wouldn’t support a separate bill after all, leaving Gephardt empty-handed.

Pelosi defends the right of Democrats to disagree with the president over the economy and other issues even though the nation is now fighting a war on terrorism. “We must stand our ground,” she says, rejecting claims that bipartisan support of the president’s agenda is required to protect national security.

Conservative Republican males have sometimes underestimated Pelosi. But she knows what she is doing. She may eventually become the first female House speaker rather than the first female U.S. president, a role for which Sen. Clinton seems to be destined. Pelosi would certainly be a big improvement over the controversial former House speaker, Newt Gingrich, who resigned after violating his own familyvalues rhetoric by being unfaithful to his wife, losing GOP seats in the 1998 election and being reprimanded by the House for ethics lapses.

And I bet Pelosi would keep her word better than Hastert did.

Marianne Means’ column is syndicated through the New York Times News Service.

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