September 10, 2002

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Tuesday, September 10,2002

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0-Line Woes At a press conference Monday, football head coach Carl Franks said the offensive line needs improvement. See page 11

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

DSG holds elections today By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle

Although not all legislative seats will be contested in today’s elections, Duke Student Government officials are still satisfied with the pool of candidates. “We’re pretty happy about the turnout,” DSG Attorney General Will Fagan said. “There’s a lot of competition on East, and some competition on West.”

Students will elect representatives in five

U.S. House of Representatives North Carolina General Assembly District Attorney Clerk of Court Sheriff Soil and Water District Supervisors County Commissioners Durham County School Board North Carolina Supreme Court, Appeals Court, Superior and District Court Judgeships

areas: Central Campus, East Campus, North Campus (Trent Drive Hall), West Campus and off campus. On East, 24 students will run for 11 positions, and 19 candidates are running for 17 spots on West. However, only four students are running for Central Campus’s six seats, and four off-campus candidates are running for the five available positions. No one is running for Trent’s single seat. DSG President Joshua Jean-Baptiste said that an average number of students applied to run this year. “The numbers match numbers in the past,” said Jean-Baptiste, a senior. Fagan, also a senior, said he was expect-

See DSG ELECTION on page 8

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A BEVY OF CAMPAIGN POSTERS all over the campus showcase candidates for today’s election.

Durham, Triangle make plans to remember Sept. 11 City plans memorial at Durham Bulls park By RUTH CARLITZ

and offer a chance for meditation and

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A Nation Mourns

As the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, New Yorkers and visitors gather to observe the World Trade Center Memorial American Flag Quilt.

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Duke Student Government and Student Affairs initiated a new readersh jp program on campus that provides free copies of newspapers for students. See page 3

Citizens throughout the Triangle will come together to remember and reflect Wednesday, in a variety of religious and nondenominational community events honoring the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A ceremony paying tribute to local heroes will be held Wednesday morning at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The event, sponsored by the City and County of Durham and the American Legion Post #7, will begin at 8:15 a.m. A procession of local emergency medical service workers, firefighters, deputy sheriffs and police officers will mark the beginning of the ceremony. Bells will ring at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m.—the times that commercial jetliners struck the two World Trade Center towers. Brief remarks by Mayor Bill Bell and Board of County Commissioners chair MaryAnn Black will conclude the event. State government officials are also planning to commemorate the day with a public ceremony on capitol grounds in Raleigh. Gov. Mike Easley and his wife Mary Easley will lead the event, which will feature a reading from the Declaration of Independence and patriotic songs. In addition, a number of religious events will pay tribute to local heroes

A new exhibit on the voices of Sept. 11 is set to debut this week at the Center of Documentary Studies. See page 4

community. The Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center will host a prayer service and award ceremony Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. to pay homage to the police, fire and sheriff departments in Durham. “We just wanted to thank the firefighters and law enforcement and give tribute to their efforts in helping us and helping us to be safe/’ said Imam

Abdul-hafeez Waheed, spokesperson

for the event and a religious life advisor at Duke. Waheed said that aside from one negative phone call last year after Sept. 11, the Durham community has

expressed strong support.

“People have actually embraced us

more, as opposed to being hostile, and have expressed a desire to want to know more about Islam,” he said. The Entertainment and Sports

Arena in Raleigh will host the One Heart Worship Service, an inter-denominational Christian prayer service. The event has been organized by a steering committee comprised of pastors and a wide cross-section of Triangle churches. “The vision is to strengthen the church and spiritually impact the Triangle area by uniting Christians of difSee DURHAM EVENTS on page 8

A $26 million Department of Defense grant is allowing Dr, Miguel Nicolelis to experiment with the way brain signals interact with prosthetic limbs. See page 6


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