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NEWS BRIEFS •

Officials hold sniper without bail

Due to strong evidence of his guilt, a federal judge ordered John Allen Muhammad, the man accused of randomly shooting 10 people in the D.C.-area, to be held without bail Tuesday, saying he is a danger to the community and a flight-risk.

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Bush’s approval in Yemen attacks unnecessary

Government officials said Tuesday that the missile strike that killed a suspected leader of al Qaeda in Yemen was carried out under broad authority that President Bush has given the CIA over the past year to pursue the terror network.

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In an apparent policy shift, Iran started stopping Iraqi oil smugglers operating along its Persian Gulf shoreline, the U.S. admiral in charge of a multinational interception force confirmed Tuesday.

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The French antiterrorism police detained eight people Tuesday in connection with an April suicide attack on a Tunisian synagogue that killed 21 tourists, 14 of them Germans.

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Representatives from more than 40 African countries endorsed new safeguards Tuesday to block the illicit diamond trade that fueled some of Africa’s most violent conflicts.

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Israeli strife prompts early elections Prime Minister Sharon’s sudden call may put Mideast peace process on hold

at a time of a possible confrontation

election. One of the issues on the table then will be how to approach the Palestinians, whether to emphasize negotiation or war and whether to expel Arafat.

Netanyahu reiterated Tuesday his long-standing view that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat should be expelled and said the explusion

with Iraq.

The surprise move also brought Sharon’s archrival for Likud leadership, Benjamin Netanyahu, back into government as temporary foreign minister. Netanyahu said he will challenge Sharon for the' party leadership in a primary to be held within weeks.

The winner of that struggle will face the Labor Party leader in the general

could come during a U.S. strike against Iraq.

“I think the most appropriate time will be when Saddam Hussein is thrown out,” Netanyahu told Israel TV. “I think that will be possible.”

The dramatic political developments underscored the growing political volatility in Israel, which has had five prime ministers in seven years.

By KARIN LAUB

The Associated Press

A reluctant Ariel JERUSALEM Sharon called early elections Tuesday for Jan. 28 after the breakup of his fractious coalition, sending Israel into a_ tempestuous campaign that threatens further instability in the Mideast

Sharon’s coalition lasted only 20 months, despite his aim to hang on until next October, the originally scheduled election date.

Sharon flip-flopped over 24 hours, saying Monday it would be irresponsible to hold early elections, and announcing Tuesday he was dissolving parliament because he was unable to set up a stable coalition after the departure of the moderate Labor Party.

Sharon accused Labor of“political caprice” by bolting over Sharon’s refusal to cut funding to Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the

Gaza Strip.

Palestinian reaction was muted.

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SEC Chair Pitt resigns amidst scandals

By MARCY GORDON The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Securities and Exchange Commis-

sion Chair Harvey Pitt resigned under pressure Tuesday night after a series of political missteps that embarrassed President George W. Bush’s White House just when it needed to shore up investors unnerved by accounting scandals.

In a letter to President Bush, Pitt said “the turmoil surrounding my chairmanship” had made it difficult to stay in the job. “Rather than be a burden to you or the agency, I feel it is in everyone’s best interest if I step aside now, to allow the agency to continue the important efforts we have started.”

The White House quickly accepted his resignation.

Three administration officials, speaking on condition of

anonymity, said the White House welcomed the resignation of a regulator who had created a host ofpolitical problems for Bush in the run-up to Tuesday’s midterm elections. Pitt’s troubles had been seen as weakening the SEC at a time when the market was reeling from corporate debacles, including Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossing, and the economy was fragile.

The latest fumble came when Pitt failed to share with fellow commissioners information about William Webster, the newly named chairperson of an accounting industry oversight board, before the agency voted last week to put the former CIA and FBI director in charge of the panel.

The revelation led SEC commissioners, including Pitt, to request an internal investigation Thursday ofWebster’s See PITT on page 8

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County sees Democrats succeed in local elections turnout of 43 percent

By MELISSA SOUCY The Chronicle

In an election that saw Republicans sweeping many key national and state offices, Democrats continued their strong hold in Durham Tuesday.

Although Elizabeth Dole is set to be-

By LAURA BEACH The Chronicle

Cold and rainy weather Tuesday did not deter Durham voters from coming out to the polls and earning“I voted” stickers.

Out of 152,785 Durham County voters registered as of last December, about 65,390 voted Tuesday.

“Turnout has been awesome, much higher than expected, and we’re very pleased with it,” said Mike Ashe, director of the Durham County Board of Elections.

For the two voting precincts that serve the Duke community Durham City Precinct 2 and Precinct 5, voter participation was similarly favorable, some officials said.

“For [City 2 precinct], which is one of the smaller [precincts!, there has been an exceptionally good turnout with a lot of students,” said Stan Walters, a Republican judge at the Watts Street School polling station. “People are really excited about the election,” he said.

However, despite a steady flow of voters all day, Audrey Mitchell, chief judge for Precinct 2, noted only 460 out of 2,965 registered voters had turned in their ballots as of 5 p.m.—a number she thought was .disappointingly low.

‘We’ve been busy,” Mitchell said, “but I was hoping for a better turnout.”

For City 5 precinct at the Patterson Recreational Center, Josephine Cobb, chief judge, was happy with the traffic at her polling station. Compared to September’s primary—in which only 198 voters out of 2,200 registered came to the polls—about 15 percent of registered voters came out Tuesday, she said.

Relatively few problems occurred throughout the day at either precinct.

“We have had some vandalism of ReSee VOTING on page 10

come North Carolina’s newest U.S. senator with the backing of about 55 percent of state voters, Durham County supported her Democratic opponent Erskine

Bowles, 64 percent to 35 percent.

In addition, county voters supported U.S. Rep. David Price with a 73 percent margin en route to his 61 percent victory

over Republican challenger Tuan Nguyen. Price’s overall vote total nearly matches his support in 2000, when the on-leave Duke professor of political science garnered 62 percent ofthe vote.

“Durham is a very Democratic area,” said Willie Covington, county register of deeds. “I’m afraid it won’t mirror some of the other areas [in North Carolina].”

Covington attributed this year’s strong turnout to the competitive race between Bowles and Dole.

“Although it’s an off-season, [the election] has been greatly enhanced by the

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JUDGE JIM HILL, left, captured a surprise victory in the race for the judgeship of District Court 14 over Bowles-Dole race,” he said.

Democratic support was even greater Drew Marsh, winning 55.57 percent of the vote. in state and local races, many of which “[Voter turnout] was a little stronger Five Libertarians also competed in the did not include Republican candidates. this year, even given the weather,” he race, but no Republicans were on TuesControl of the state House seemed unday’s ballot. Commissioner Ellen Reeksaid, adding that the county’s turnout is a certain early Wednesday morning, with how, finishing a close second with 16.90 good indicator of voter turnout througheach party claiming control of near-maout the state. percent, said the incumbents were rejorities, but the state Senate appeared elected because of their success in balancWhile most of the county’s other races likely to remain in Democratic hands. Rewith environmental concerns. concluded as expected, Cousin said he growth ing ‘We meet the needs of citizens despite was surprised by District 14’s District joining the House to represent the area around Duke will be Democratic Rep. scarce resources,” she said.

Court judge contest between Drew Marsh Paul Luebke, who drew 85 percent of the Becky Heron, elected to her 11th term and Jim Hill. Hill ended the night with a vote. All of Durham’s other Democratic on the board, said while the incumbent55.57 percent victory. candidates for the House won as well.

“I thought Marsh would finish favoring vote implied the board is on the In Durham’s state Senate races, Deright track, many challenges he in the stronger,” Cousin said,, despite the sea of Hill supporters in maroon “Vote Hill” Tmocrats Jeanne Lucas and Wib Gulley years ahead. Specifically, the commissionwon with 89 percent and 56 percent of the ers will tackle the problem of state-withshirts flooding the Durham County vote, respectively. held reimbursements and other economic courthouse.

“I felt [a victory] was going to be touchAll four Democratic incumbents for the cutbacks, the county’s mental health sysand-go, depending on voter turnout,” said Durham County Board of Commissioners tem and various transportation issues. who were running captured a seat, but Incumbent Philip Cousin agreed with Hill’s wife Renee. newcomer and former City Council memThe county also supported the reelecHeron’s list of priorities and said he was tions of District Attorney Jim Hardin and ber Mary Jacobs led the all-Democrat pleased the returning members had finpack with 17.31 percent of the vote.

Sheriff Worth Hill in unopposed races. ished so closely in the race

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Mathematics professor wins award

William and Sue Gross Associate Professor of Mathematics Arlie Fetters has received the first David Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia Prize for contributing significantly to his field and serving as a role model for underrepresented minorities.

Fetters works on problems in mathematical physics, with special concentration on the deflection of light by large gravitational fields—such as from stars or whole galaxies.

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Multiple meteorites killed dinosaurs

New analysis of craters in the Ukraine and on the bottom of the North Sea have determined the meteorites that created them date back almost exactly 65 million years, the time of the rapid extinction of the dinosaurs. The data suggests that the dinosaurs’ end may have been caused by multiple meteorite explosions, and not just one as previously thought. The old theory was based on the discovery of a 110-mile long crater buried under the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Primate Center initiates unique research

Scientists produce new effects in matter

Duke physicists have created an ultracold gas they say exhibits a never-before-seen kind of superfluidity—a property of matter at extremely low temperatures. After cooling a cloud of lithium-6 atoms to 50 billionths of a degree above absolute zero, the scientists found the gas tended to violently explode in the direction it was originally constrained—an impulse completely produced by the gas’ own self-interaction.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002 INSIDE THE HEALTH SYSTEM

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A great deal 'of the discomfortExperienced by backpain sufferers may be caused by different neurological processing of the pain compared with non-sufferers, according to a hew study by University of Michigan scientists. The researchers used functional-MRI to compare how the brains of back-pain sufferers without any apparent physical problems handled pain, and measured the results against healthy patients. They found the back-pain sufferers felt pain at much lower levels of applied pressure.

News briefs compiled from staffand wire reports

By JACQUELINE FOSTER The Chronicle

To see to the core of the human biology and behavior, one effective method is to study our closest living relatives. That approach represents the philosophy behind the Duke University Primate Center’s research efforts and an increasing number of scientists developing their research there.

The Primate Center houses the largest collection of endangered primates in the world, including the largest collection of prosimians—humans’ furthest-removed primate cousins. It gives researchers the rare opportunity to work with prosimians in a natural setting and gives humans in general a wider perspective on our place in nature.

“The Primat% Center gives us a chance to look at parallel evolution between humans and prosimians,” said William Hylander, director of the center and professor of biology and biological anthropology and anatomy. “We can view prosimians as a starting point for the evolution of higher primates and an endpoint for what the earliest primates looked like.”

Researchers from all over the world apply every year to come to the center, sometimes just for the summer, to test their research hypotheses, Hylander said. The Primate Center is especially important because in many cases it houses the only members of a particular species in captivity in the entire world. Since July 2001, at least 42 new research protocols have become active at the center, he said.

The new protocols are helping the center satisfy one of the University’s main priorities for it; last year, the administration replaced the center’s director and raised the possibility ofclosing the center if it did not increase its research.

Ongoing research at the Primate Center includes studies of locomotion and chewing, hormones and behavior,

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“The Primate Center provides me with another way to develop questions derived from field research,” said Diane Brockman, assistant research professor of biological anthropology and anatomy.

Brockman’s research is typical of the kind of projects that are occurring at the center. When she came to Duke in 1995, she had been interested in pursuing issues involving reproductive competition in Verreaux’s sifaka, a species of prosimian, and had done most of her research in Madagascar, the home of

most of the world’s prosimians.

After studying the Coquerel’s sifaka,

a subspecies ofVerreaux’s sifaka, at the Primate Center and finding out that adult females reproductively suppress their daughters, Brockman expanded her research efforts to try to determine whether Coquerel’s sifaka is the only subspecies of sifaka that exhibits this type of behavior. Since the Primate Center houses a diversity of species, researchers can test the behavior of one species or subspecies against the behavior of another.

Another type of research that Brockman is now considering is the study of the DHEAS hormone, which is a biomarker of aging in many mammals including humans.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002 � PAGE 5

Professor challenges perceptions of masculinity

By ANDREW GERST The Chronicle

get guys to do just by challenging their masculinity” he said. “[You’ll] jump out of a helicopter... drink after throwing up...

When two males go to a movie, there’s always a seat between them. drop your drawers and grab your ankles Chris Kilmartin presented this maxim and let the frat boys paddle your ass.”

Kilmartin added that professional and 10 other monologues in Tuesday’s Crimes Against Nature. sports often exemplify an unnatural at“It’s the ‘homo-safety zone,”’ said Kiltempt to “be a man.” martin, associate professor of psychology “Football is amazing,” Kilmartin said. at Mary Washington College. “Because, “It’s violence interrupted by conference my God, their forearms might touch. I meetings. The average NFL player dies before the age of 55. We try so hard to didn’t even know the forearm was a sexual organ. Somewhere along the lines, keep that illusion of manliness that it we learned that being emotionally close literally kills us.”

At the age of eight, he said, he dressed and being sexual are the same thing.”

Kilmartin addressed perceptions of as a girl for Halloween on his mother’s masculinity and defining male issues advice, wearing a black cocktail dress.

“I figured she knew best,” Kilmartin from his own adolescence and childhood.

“Look at the amazing things you can said. “Thus ensued the most humiliating

GPSC discusses space, integrity

By KIRA ROSOFF

day of my life. The other kids started teasing me, calling me ‘sissy,’ and, of course, I couldn’t cry because that would just prove their point.”

During college, referring to a fellow classmate as a “girl” rather than a “woman” triggered a fight with his girlfriend—and nine years later, it spawned a revelation, Kilmartin said.

“I realized I was wrong and she was right,” he said. “And had I realized it back then, I would have asked myself, Tf they’re women, am I a man?’ And I probably would have said that I’m just a guy—a pre-man.”

Almost 100 people came to the performance, which drew frequent laughter.

“He spoke about gender stereotypes in a frank manner, and he left a lasting

impression without being too serious,” senior Catherine Jo said.

Sophomore lan Forrest said that although Kilmartin was tactless on some points, his performance was ultimately effective.

“He did a refreshingly good job of presenting old material that people wouldn’t listen to otherwise,” Forrest said.

Mark Rutledge, a campus minister for the United Church of Christ, attended the presentation with other members of an informal men’s group.

“I got the impression that he talked about, in compact, poignant, humorous ways, the issues we talk about all the time,” Rutledge said.

Duke Inquiries on Gender sponsored the evening event in Reynolds Theater.

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Despite a low turnout Tuesday night, the Graduate and Professional Student Council General Assembly discussed the progress members have made so far this year in each ofthe seven committees.

The assembly dedicated a majority of the time to the academic affairs committee, chaired by third-year physics student and GPSC President Rob Saunders. He reviewed the committee’s agenda, including academic integrity, cross-school teaching and class-taking, classroom technology, research funding and the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act, created by Congress after the Sept.

11,2001 terrorist attacks, includes a section on monitoring students who enter U.S. academic institutions. Several students wanted to find more about how the law restricts the research of graduate students in the sciences.

The other main concern was over suggestions by University officials to merge honor and integrity codes across the graduate and professional schools.

“Unifying the codes would be fruitless because each of us is in a different field,” said Will Tyson, a fourth-year sociology student, “The [graduate] school is a separate entity. I wouldn’t want what happens to us... to come down to some University board or committee.”

Marc Sokol, a third-year student in the Fuqua School of Business, agreed, saying there were already common themes throughout the schools, such as the definition of plagiarism, but added that defining a few more common terms might be beneficial.

The second major issue GPSC addressed was the proposed “student village” on Main West Campus.

“What we have discussed is that [social space in the Bryan Center] is of concern for graduate students,” said

student affairs committee chair John Cook, a third-year law student. “We just want to make sure administrators are aware that these are issues for us and keep that in mind when making decisions.”

Members suggested that the “village” should be aesthetically pleasing and have places for graduate students to eat and drink apart from undergraduates.

Buildings and grounds committee chair and fifthyear biomedical engineering student Carol Chancey discussed the “Safety Walk” that will take place Thursday.

Graduate and undergraduate students will walk through designated places across East, West and Central campuses to decide where to improve environmental standards such as lighting and saJfety phones.

Zach Schafer, parking and transportation committee chair, spoke about the work being done to keep in touch with both University and Medical Center parking officials. Although in the past, graduate and professional students have not had a strong voice in allocation and pricing issues, Schafer said, he was optimistic about the positive comments Director of Parking and Transportation Catherine Reeve made at the last GPSC meeting.

Audrey Beck, GPSC vice president and undergraduate mentoring committee chair, said her committee’s mentoring program next semester will incorporate four advising hours with speakers from different fields. Beck, a second-year sociology student, added that the current quad dinners have seen some success.

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SEC adds new fraud charges against WorldCom

By KURT EICHENWALD and SETH SCHIESEL

New York Times News Service

The Securities and NEW YORK Exchange Commission filed additional fraud charges against World Com Tuesday, saying that the company inflated earnings by almost $2 billion more than it had previously disclosed in accounting schemes that began in 1999, earlier than was previously charged.

WorldCom, which is in discussions with the SEC to settle the case, said Tuesday that it expected to make more financial restatements as a result of the discovery of additional accounting problems. The SEC learned about the problems from the company. WorldCom,

which is now operating under bankruptcy protection, had previously disclosed $7.2 billion in financial misstatements.

The new disclosure brings the total amount to more than $9 billion.

In the amended complaint, the SEC also added new fraud charges, accusing WorldCom of engaging in fraud in the offering of securities to the public, and of maintaining false books and records in violation of federal securities laws. Both of those charges relate directly to the company’s having misled investors by reporting inflated profits as a result of accounting manipulations.

The revised complaint also expands the types of manipulations that the SEC says occurred. The original complaint

cited only WorldCom’s efforts to shift billions of dollars in operational expenses into capital accounts—a move that allowed costs that should have been recognized each quarter to be charged instead in much smaller amounts over many years.

The new complaint accuses the company of an additional scheme, asserting that WorldCom retained secret reserves that could be used almost as a cookie jar—tapped whenever the company needed to offset expenses, and thus improperly increase profits.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that WorldCom and the SEC were in negotiations to settle the case, and that a deal was expected to be complet-

Ed in the coming weeks. SEC officials denied Tuesday that such a settlement would entail the dismissal of fraud charges against the company, as The Times reported.

WorldCom and the commission have been discussing the additional restatements for several weeks, according to people involved in the case. A full settlement would need to resolve the additional charges filed Tuesday.

In its statement Tuesday, WorldCom said that the anticipated additional restatements of almost $2 billion, an estimated total “based on very preliminary reviews of past accounting,” would have See WORLDCOM on page 10

European Court rejects aviation treaties as illegal

By MARK LANDLER New York Times News Service

Europe’s highest court FRANKFURT, Germany struck down central provisions of aviation treaties among eight countries and the United States Tuesday in a decision that could radically reshape the European airline industry.

The ruling, by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, found that the bilateral agreements negotiated by the United States with those countries violated European Union law.

The court did not say who should negotiate new agreements, though the European Commission said it would seek a mandate from its members to strike a Europe-wide pact with Washington.

Airline experts said the ruling could eventually propel a consolidation of Europe’s airline industry. In the

short run, however, it may only sow confusion because the existing aviation agreements will remain in force until a new pact is negotiated—a process that could take years.

Nor is it clear that the United States would agree to new terms. It has held up an aviation treaty with Britain because of a dispute over the access of US. carriers to a single airport, London’s Heathrow.

“The US. has been brutal in looking after its own carriers,” said Andrew Cahn, the director of government affairs at British Airways. “We want the negotiating power to go to whoever is likely to get a better deal.”

As part of the “open skies” agreements it signed in 1995 and 1996, the United States offered European carriers unlimited access to US. cities. In return, it stipulated that only locally owned and controlled car-

riers could fly from cities in those countries to the United States.

Lufthansa German Airlines, for example, cannot fly to New York from London, while British Airways cannot fly to Washington from Frankfurt. European carriers also cannot fly between cities in the United States.

One practical result of the bilateral treaties has been to encourage U.S. and European airlines to make code-sharing alliances allowing European companies to sell seats on the planes of their U.S. partners once passengers got to the United States, and the other way around for U.S. airlines.

The commission argued that ownership restrictions hampered competition within Europe. The court agreed, ruling that the treaties favored the flag carriers of each country at the expense of airlines from other European countries.

New Courses from the Department of Theater Studies for Spring 2003 THEATER STUDIES 104: American Musical Theater TTh 10:55-12:10 101 Biddle Instructor: John Clum

Characters in Search of an Author, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,

The history of the American musical from Kern's Showboat to the present, focusing

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and anti-realism. Plays under consideration are Hamlet, The Doll House, Six

The Verge, Our Country's Good, and

on the work of the major composers and

lyricists: Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Cole Porter, and Stephen Sondheim. There will also be a section on the musical film, focusing on the Busby Berkeley and Astaire-Rogers films of the thirties and the MGM musicals of the 1940s and 19505.

THEATER STUDIES 1295: From Hamlet to Hamletmachine: Performance, Identity, and Metatheater in Modern Drama TTh 9:10-10:25 105 Art Museum Instructor: Dave Worster

A close reading of several texts which are concerned with metatheater: identity as performance, the artistic purposes of performances within performances, the act of creation, the role of art in life, and the place of the artist in society. Course will cover some historical background, dramatic theory, and scholarly criticism, a context necessary for an intellectual appreciation of modern drama as it moves from early modern through melodrama into realism

THEATER STUDIES 1295: Rebellious Women in and around Shakespeare TTh 12:40-1:55 214 Bivins Instructor: Dave Worster

An exploration of the extent to which the dramatic literature of 16th- and iTth-centuiy England valorized traditional female roles and condemned transgressive female behavior. We will discuss how pervasively transgressive women are associated with other forms of social disorder and anxiety, and explore the extent to which the texts accomplished the cultural work of reinforcing socially constructed gender roles, especially behavior deemed acceptable and unacceptable for women. These issues will be studied through seven plays spanning an historical period from 1598 to 1621: Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing i A Woman Killed with Kindness, The Taming of the Shrew, The Roaring Girl, The Changeling, and The Duchess of Malfi.

Duke University Department of Theater Studies Info: (9x9) 660-8843 orwww.duke.edu/web/theaterstudies

THEATER STUDIES 1495: Drama as a Medium for Teaching and Learning MW 2:20-4:20 104 Branson Instructor: Christine Morris This service-learning course with Kenan Institute for Ethics is a study of use of drama as teaching tool with fieldwork at theWest End Teen Center. Consent of instructor required.

THEATER STUDIES 1695: Imaginary Worlds/Believable People: Designing Sets and Costumes MW 11:50-1:50 210 Branson instructor: Jan Chambers This course explores the processes of conceptualizing design ideas for dramatic character, space, and environment and the practices of putting those ideas on stage.

Topics include history and theory of set and costume design, collaboration, text analysis, research for design, rendering, drafting, and mo del-making.

THEATER STUDIES 1695: Technical Theater: Theory/Practical Application TTh 10:55-12:10 Sheafer Theater Instructor: Douglas Martelon This introductory course investigates the theoretical and aesthetic aspects of techni-

cal production for the theater and its practical applications. Topics include artistic and budgetaiy assessment, tools and equipment, construction materials and techniques, and production implementation. The costume, set, lighting, and sound designs of current Theater Studies productions will be the focal points of the course work and discussion. Requires a four-hour a week lab.

THEATER STUDIES 180: Theater Studies Lab TTh 2:15-3:30 Branson Instructor: Jody McAuliffe A cross-cultural exploration through performance of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire two plays that similarly (48 years apart) meditate the collapse of an aristocratic order under the onslaught of modernity. Emphasis on process of investigating aesthetic representation in these two texts in relationship to each other with focus on text analysis, research, theatrical modernism, technique, examination and development of performance/critical choices. For actors and directors. Consent of instructor required,

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SENATE from page 1 something positive for my community.”

Like his opponent, Bowles focused his campaign on bolstering North Carolina’s economy. He distanced himself from Dole on Social Security, having opposed any kind of privatization. He also differed on education and taxes.

Dole’s husband, former senator Robert Dole, campaigned for her and was present at the victory celebration.

“He’s the best servant a candidate can have,” his wife said. She also thanked current Senator Jesse Helms, R-N.C., saying she hoped to live up to Helms’ reputation for frankness.

“Jesse is a relentless watchdog for North Carolina. You always know where Jesse is [on an issue]. You don’t have to look under the table,” she joked.

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While Dole will assume her position in January, Bowles did not specify what he plans to do next, but said his run for Senate would not be his last civic involvement. “As I said on the campaign trail, there are lots of ways to perform public service. I too will look for other ways to serve,” he said.

Bowles offered brief conciliatory words for his opponent, with no echo of the negative tone that characterized some of his advertisements. “[Dole] absolutely earned it. I am positive she has both the ability and the drive to help the families ofNorth Carolina,” he said. “Tomorrow we put this race behind us and go forward united as one North Carolina.”

Though buoyed by other Democratic victories in the state, Bowles supporters appeared bereft and could not identify any specific weaknesses in his campaign that would have contributed to his defeat.

CONGRESS trom page 1 Party officials said Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri

would decide within a day or two whether to seek a new term as leader, and two ofthe officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he was unlikely to do so.

As the magnitude of their gains sank in, Republicans began looking ahead to the Congress that convenes in January. “Hopefully, we won’t have that gridlock we had before,” Hastert said in an interview.

“Things that are important to the American people, like a Homeland Security bill, we’re going to get it done.”

Bush also sought a GOP majority in the Senate to win approval for permanent tax cuts, and confirmation ofconservative judges whose nominations were stalled by the Democrats. Republicans had held the Senate during the first months ofthe Bush administration—until Vermont Sen. James Jeffords switched to independent and voted for Democratic control.

Bush campaigned hard for the Election Day triumph, and there was no denying his victory. It was

Bowles overcame a double-digit deficit early on to make the race one of the nation’s tightest, following his September primary win over State Rep. Dan Blue and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. “[His defeat] means Democrats have got to analyze election results,” Marshall said, who endorsed Bowles in the general election.

North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Barbara Allen echoed the need to re-examine state demographics, and pointed to the truncated campaign schedule as a major reason for Bowles’ defeat.

Due to redistricting feuds, the state primary was postponed from May to September, meaning candidates had two months to campaign rather than six. “[Dole] had a 47 percent lead when [Bowles] got into the race,” Allen said. “I think a longer campaign wouldhave been much better.”

only the third time in a century the president’s party improved its position in the House at midterm, and the first time for Senate gains in two decades.

Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe, no fan ofthe president, said the Republican success was due in large measure to Bush’s standing. “I think I pin a lot of it on that this is a president who has

Blue also expressed strong disappointment. Blue was slower to publicly support Bowles, waiting nearly a month to officially offer his endorsement. However, Blue said he does not think this hurt Bowles in the election.

“It actually wasn’t a late endorsement because I endorsed the entire Democratic ticket [two days after the primary!”

Bob Brown, political coordinator for the North Carolina Teamsters, voiced discontent at Bowles’ defeat.

“We felt Erskine was better for working families—Dole’s for big business.”

Some Duke students also filled the ranks of disappointed supporters. Elena Steiger and Emily Fishkin, both seniors, interned for Bowles during the campaign.

Steiger said she was surprised the race was not closer. “I really think he did everything he could have—it depended on voter turnout,” she added.

Tim Johnson battled Rep. John Thune. In Minnesota, where Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash 10 days before the election, former Vice President

had very high approval ratings. He’s had the longest sustained approval ratings of any president in modern history,” McAuliffe said.

The GOP seized one Senate seat in Georgia, where Rep. Saxby Chambliss defeated Max Cleland, and another in Missouri, where former Rep. Jim Talent ousted Jean Carnahan.

The Republicans successfully defended open seats in New Hampshire, where Rep. John Sununu triumphed, and in a string of Southern states, the president’s Texas among them.

In Louisiana, Republicans forced Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu into a December runoff.

With the polls closed across the country, two races were too close to call. In South Dakota, Democratic Sen.

Walter Mondale ran against Republican Norm Coleman.

Democrats won governorships in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, a string of Midwestern states long in GOP hands. But Rep. Robert Ehrlich became the first Republican elected governor of Maryland in more than three decades, and Democratic incumbents fell in Georgia and South Carolina.

The night was not without GOP campaign casualties. Arkansas Attorney General Mark Pryor defeated GOP Sen. Tim Hutchinson. Ten-term Pennsylvania Rep. George Gekas lost his seat to a younger Democrat, Rep. Tim Holden, and eight-term Rep. Connie Morelia was defeated in Maryland.

Democrats needed to gain seven seats to win control of the House. Instead, Democratic Rep. Karen Thurman fell in Florida, Bill Luther lost in Minnesota and GOP Reps. Nancy Johnson in Connecticut, Charles Pickering in Mississippi and John Shimkus in Illinois dispatched Democratic incumbents in head-to-head contests.

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decrease with age, while in sifaka there are no age-related changes,” said Brockman. Research has shown that in humans, DHEAS levels are also depressed in a number of disease states including lupus, AIDS, cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Studies with DHEAS in sifaka may have health-related implications for humans. If DHEAS is similar in humans and sifaka, Brockman is considering researching what aspect of hormonal regulation has changed during primate evolution to give us the human pattern.

Researchers are also considering studying aging in primates.

“Prosimians present us with some good primate models for aging because certain species express cognitive deficits as they age,” Hylander said, citing Alzheimer’s disease as an instance where research on prosimians might provide such models.

“We hope the Israeli people will elect a government that can deliver peace,” said Cabinet minister Saeb Ereket.

The elections could well be influenced by the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which boasted Tuesday their bombing and shooting attacks on Israelis led to Sharon’s downfall.

In the past, suicide bombing campaigns by Palestinian militants strengthened Israel’s hawkish right. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad vowed to continue such attacks during the race.

“Sharon’s failure is one of the achievements of the uprising,” said Ismail Abu Shanab, a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip.

An Islamic Jihad bomber killed himself and two Israelis Monday in a shopping mall in central Israel —and Hamas said there would be more attacks during the election campaign.

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The violence has pushed Israelis to the right amid growing disillusionment with Arafat, who has done little to stop the attacks.

However, the result ofthe upcoming election could be yet another Likud-

Labor coalition.

Both Sharon and Labor chief Binyamin Ben-Eliezer face internal challenges.

In Labor’s Nov. 19 election for a new leader, Ben-Eliezer—who as Sharon’s defense minister oversaw military offensives against the Palestinians—trails a pair of more dovish candidates, legislator Haim Ramon and Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna, a retired general.

Likud’s primaries will take place in coming weeks. Initial polls suggested that Netanyahu, who was voted out of office in 1999, would wrest the party

leadership from Sharon. However, more recent surveys indicated he had fallen behind.

Winners of the Labor and Likud

didates as of Tuesday night and expected Senate confirmation to be difficult in the intense political cli-

selection—and renewed the almost daily drumbeat of calls from Democrats and other Pitt critics for his resignation.

A senior White House official said Bush aides heard over the weekend that Pitt was inclined to resign. Neither the president nor his aides requested the resignation, but Pitt called the White House personnel office Tuesday afternoon and said he intended to resign.

There were no objections, and Pitt submitted his resignation late Tuesday afternoon. In it, Pitt said he thought the controversy was hurting his ability to

lead the SEC. The official said Bush will not have a replacement immediately. They had not begun to search for can-

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Last month, Democrats asked Bush to remove Pitt, whom they accused of bowing to the accounting industry by opposing the appointment of John Biggs to head the oversight board. Supporters of Biggs, a pension

fund administrator, believed he would advocate tough regulation of the accounting industry.

It was not immediately clear whether Bush sought Pitt’s resignation, but the White House made no secret that Bush was angered by Pitt’s failure to warn the White House and chief of staff Andrew Card about Webster’s role with the auditing committee.

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for U.S. Technologies, a company facing investor lawsuits alleging fraud. Webster told The New York Times

mate, the official said.

Former SEC Chair Richard Breeden was said to have been informally approached about the job, but declined. Breeden is now a court-appointed monitor for the bankrupt WorldCom. Pitt, who first worked at the SEC in the late 1960s and built his career as an attorney in appearance-conscious Washington, has been criticized for meeting with the heads of companies under SEC investigation and for his close ties to the accounting industry—at a time when, the SEC is investigating major accounting fraud at big corporations. Pitt represented the Big Five accounting firms while in private practice.

In this latest instance, Pitt withheld information about Webster’s lead role on the auditing committee

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His case is a sign, Cox said, of the increasing effectiveness ofrecent drug treatment advances. Combining drugs into different cocktails has cut the death rate among the clinic’s AIDS patients to 3 percent, compared with 21 percent in 1995, said Dr. John Bartlett, director ofthe Duke AIDS Research and Treatment Center.

However, not all patients have seen improvements in theirresponses to HIV. For one patient at the clinic, who wished to remain anonymous, life has not ameliorated since 1987, when he was first diagnosed HIV positive.

“I’ve seen how the medicines do well for most,” he said. “For me, I don’t tolerate the medicines as well.”

He suffers from lipodystrophy, a condition where body fat redistributes to collect solely in the midsection, leaving his extremities with only skin drawn over the bone.

But he has managed to maintain a positive attitude.

“It can be depressing if you let it,” the 39-year-old admitted. “Now it’s normal, it’s an everyday part of life.”

Although many of the current AIDS drugs, aimed at rebuilding the immune system, have adverse reactions, the promise of one drug, T-20, could brighten his particular prognosis, if he can survive until then.

Research conducted at the Medical Center has played a significant role in AIDS drug research, specifically work on T-20, a drug with features different from all other antiretroviral drugs. T-20 has been in clinical trials for almost four years, and is expected to get FDA approval, entering the market in spring 2003.

“Patients who have failed every other therapy have really seen an increased response,” Cox said. “I tell a lot of my patients who are doing well they will see a cure in the next 20 years.”

Clinical trials serve as another important step in developing treatments. Currently, 25 clinical trials are taking place at Duke, 15 of which are funded by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and boast 250 patients. The ACTG studies examine the effectiveness of various drug combinations and strategies of treatment; the remaining 10 clinical trials—which number between 75 and 100 patients—are privately-funded studies by drug companies.

“The fact that [AIDS] is treatable is just amazing,” Cox said. “In the early 90s, we were geared to treating opportunistic infections.”

Because now the prognoses of patients are generally good, Charles Hicks, associate director ofthe Duke AIDS Research and Treatment Center, motivates patients to adopt a positive attitude. To combat the initial depression encountered by many patients, the clinic provides free psychotherapy for all of its patients.

“When people first come to the clinic, they are incredibly frightened, incredibly depressed,” he said. “What we tell them is, ‘This is not the end. This is the beginning of a new phase of your life. If you take responsibility, you can five 30,40 years and it can be manageable for you.”’

Cox also emphasized the interaction between drug research and patient care. “The most important role of Duke is to provide excellent patient care and access to research protocols to the patients we serve,” he said, adding that many of the clinic’s patients participate in the clinical trials.

The changes in therapy have Been marked by an increase in antiretroviral drugs—up to 18 from five drugs in 1995—and a reduction in the number ofpills each patient must take daily. Until 1995, only one drug could be prescribed at a time, but with an increase in drug availability, physicians can prescribe cocktails combining the

three ding classes.

Cox called the drop in the number of pills one of the main factors in increasing patients’ compliance with drug regimens and decreasing their tolerance. He added that he repeatedly preaches to patients that compliance is the “single most important determinant ofhow they’ll do in response to [medications].”

However, side effects—including diabetes, muscle spasms, lipodystrophy and severe gastrointestinal disorder—are the largest deterrents from strict adherence to the regimen and the disease is still not under control.

“There is still no cure,” Cox said. “We aren’t anywhere close to treating HIV the way we would like, because for some patients, things haven’t changed.”

The situation of the anonymous patient reflects the need for additional research and treatments.

“Sometimes, I feel alone... [andl there are days I’m mad at the world,” he said.

However, for many patients, Lopez’s story reflects Hicks’s motto—as long as he takes his medications religiously, he will survive. “[AIDS is] not the first thing I think of in the morning, and it’s not the last thing I think of when I go to bed,” Lopez said. “I don’t dwell on it.” ,

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—Andrew S. Natsios, May 8, 2001

Mr. Natsios was sworn in on May 1, 2001, as administrator of USAID, the lead US. government agency providing economic and humanitarian assistance to transitioning and developing countries. The event is free and open to the public.

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VOTING from page 3 publican signs,” said Doug Register, a Republican judge for City 5 precinct. “Other than that, it’s been a fairly good day.”

Despite some mix-ups and inclement weather, Duk,e students still went to the polls to make their voices heard.

Some students were confused about where to vote. East Campus students vote in Precinct 2; West and Central Campus students, however, vote in Precinct 5. Difficulties often arise when students move from East to West Campus and do not realize that they need to change the address accordingly on their voting registration.

“Moving from one side of the street to another, if it happens to be on a precinct line, can

make a difference,” Walters said.

Junior Buggs Carll said he encountered that problem when he went to Patterson to cast his vote. He was confused when he not only had to go to a different precinct to vote but then had to change his registration adSAM MORGAN/THE CHRONICLE dress as well.

However, junior Michael Gentry, from VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS at a polling station at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Across Durham County, 43 percent of registered voters turned out. North Carolina, said he had returned to Watts,

WORLDCOM from page 6 no impact on the company’s ability to continue to provide service to its customers or on its ability to emerge

from bankruptcy protection. WorldCom said that it had more than $1 billion in cash on hand, and access to an additional $l.l billion in financing.

But the SEC also signaled that the full scope of the accounting problems at WorldCom might still not be fully understood, in part because of what the agency described as the company’s consistent violations of generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. “As a re£ult of, among other things, WorldCom’s chronic and pervasive failures to follow GAAP standards, and to mandate and institute appropriate internal controls, the exact amount and extent of World-

Corn’s overstatement of its income has not yet been quantified,” the SEC complaint says.

The WorldCom scandal has involved a series of expanding revelations about the practices of a company that was once a Wall Street favorite and a symbol ofthe booming telecommunications business ofthe late 19905.

In June, WorldCom revealed that its chieffinancial officer, Scott Sullivan, along with others at the company, had improperly shifted more than $3.8 billion in operating costs for access to telecommunications lines into capital accounts, which enabled the company to overstate profits by billions. Within two months, the company had disclosed additional improper expense shifting that exceeded $3.3 billion.

In addition to the SEC inquiry, prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan have been investigating the events at WorldCom. Already, Sulli-

where he had voted previously in the 2000 presidential election, even though he lives on West Campus. He said he did not run into any objections to his voting there.

“I didn’t receive any information so I just decided to vote in the same place I had before,” he said.

Students had various objectives in voting. A concerned environmentalist, Carll saw the North Carolina election as an opportunity to make a difference for the Democratic party.

His home state of South Carolina, he said, is a “shoo-in for Republicans.”

Freshman Brenda Bautsch switched her registration from Denver, Colo., to North Carolina to support Senator-elect Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C. “It really bothers me that there is youth apathy. It will continue to deteriorate democracy,” Bautsch said. “Students don’t understand that by voting, they can affect politics.”

Braving the rain, freshman LeksaChmielewski said she “would feel bad” if she

did not vote. However, she added that she was one of only a few classmates who had made it to the polls.

“A lot of them just didn’t vote at all,” she said “It’s hard to do on a rainy day.”

van has been indicted on criminal fraud charges, but he has maintained he committed no crime. Several other WorldCom executives involved in the cost

shifts—including David Myers, the former controller of the company—have pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Sullivan.

WorldCom executives were able to engage in sweeping manipulations of the company’s reported finances because of a complete breakdown in the controls and oversight at the company, according to a report released Monday by Richard Thornburgh, who was appointed an examiner by the federal bankruptcy court overseeing the case.

According to the Thornburgh report, the company’s internal audit efforts largely failed. However, the report commended those in that department who discovered the accounting schemes

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Blue Devils pummel Premier Players

By PAUL CROWLEY The Chronicle On an election night where returns were too close to call in many parts of the country, the results from Cameron Indoor Stadium were clear from the onset.

The only question plaguing the minds of the Duke fans who watched the women’s basketball team in its first exhibition of the season was whether or not the Blue Devils would join the century club.

They did, with the final points coming on a threepoint play by forward Iciss Tillis. Her jumper in traffic and the ensuing free throw brought No. 1 Duke to 100 with 5.7 seconds left in the contest, trumping the Premier Players’ 51 points in a landslide victory that began from the opening basket.

The game closed with an auspicious note for the Blue Devils’ season, but it opened badly for the team.

On the opening tip, the ball went to guard Monique Currie, who began a drive to the hoop, but collapsed, holding her left knee. Currie, an All-America candidate, was helped off the court and did not play for the rest of the game.

Coach Gail Goestenkors looked at the bright side of this injury to her star.

“It makes me happy that we have the depth that we have this year,” Goestenkors said. “Because we know there are other people that can step right in.”

The game was scoreless for the first minute, with senior Sheana Mosch striking first with a pull-up jumper at 18:52. Lindsey Harding scored on a jumper bookended by two three-pointers from preseason AllAmerican Alana Beard.

These two treys were the Premier Players’ first exposure to a Duke barrage from beyond the arc. The Blue Devils shot 12-for-20 for the game from threepoint range, with Beard a perfect two-for-two and junior guard Vicki Krapohl getting all nine ofher points from downtown.

Signed, Sealed, Deng-livered Getting Luol Deng was not simply a luxury for a Duke team already stacked with several veterans and the most talented freshman class in the nation.

Rather, the Blair (N.J.) Academy forward’s commitment to Duke Tuesday re-established Duke not only as a basketball power for the foreseeable future, but also Mike Krzyzewski as the most

prolific recruiter in the nation.

Next year, the Blue Devils will lose four players; Casey Sanders, Andre Buckner, Andy Borman and Dahntay Jones. Buckner and Borman, who have seen only limited game fl action throughout their Duke careers, may be ® missed in practice, but || not in game situations.

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New Blue Devil: Deng declares ‘Duke’ Tuesday Nation’s top college-bound recruit announces his decision to attend Duke at press conference

By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle

After one of the biggest recruiting battles in the Class of 2007, the No. 2 player in the country, Luol Deng, officially announced his verbal commitment to the men’s basketball team at a press conference Tuesday at his high school, Blair Academy (N.J.).

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Indiana, Virginia and Missouri. Deng is the second and final member of the Class of 2007, joining Minn., native power forward Kris Humphries on the team next season.

Deng was not the only Blair standout announcing his decision Wednesday.

Teammate Charlie Villanueva, also a consensus top-5 recruit, announced he would spend his collegiate days at

Correction In Tuesday’s Chronicle, the swimming headline incorrectly stated both teams

were winless. The women’s teams is actually 2-3,0-2 in the ACC. The men’s team is 0-3, 0-2.

Illinois. The only school both were considering was Indiana.

“It was a very difficult decision,” Deng said. “The schools we considered all treated us wonderfully. Charlie and I shared our experiences and ultimately needed to make the decisions we felt were best for each of us.”

Deng said that he talked with his family and made the decision over the weekend before informing the coaching staff Sunday night.

The announcement came on the heels of Deng’s official visit to Duke—the Sudan native visited Durham Oct. 25 to 27, a weekend that gave him the chance to see the Blue-White Scrimmage in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

With Sports Illustrated cover boy Leßron James almost certainly making the jump from high school to the

NBA, Deng, who has been placed in the second slot in his class by virtually every recruiting guru, is considered

continents. He was bom in Sudan before moving to Egypt and finally England.

He then came to the United States to board at Blair despite the fact his parents stayed in London.

Head men’s basketball coach Mike

by many to be the best high school player available.

“After visiting Duke I got the idea of what I wanted to do,” Deng said. “My Krzyzewski and assistant coach Chris dad came over and my brother came Collins made a visit to the United down and I sat down with them a made Kingdom to meet with Deng’s parents the decision this weekend.” earlier in the year.

The Blue Devils hope that Deng, Deng’s announcement confirmed The who is known for his stingy defense, Chronicle’s report Tuesday that Deng will be able to fill in the small forward would attend Duke.

Deng, however, will play one game in role that will be vacated by senior Durham before matriculating at Duke— Dahntay Jones at the end of the season. Last year at Blair, Deng averaged Blair Academy is set to take on Bishop 22 points and 12 boards while leading O’Connell in Cameron Jan. 11.

“I enjoyed it, but I’m glad it’s over,” his team to the state finals for his high school’s class.

A world traveler, Deng’s trek to Durham has taken him through three

Villanueva said. “Luol and I can now

focus on our final season at Blair and hopefully make it a year to remember.

Beard honored

Soccer senior night

Canseco avoids jail

Alana Beard was the only unanimous selection to the AP Preseason AllAmerica Team. She was also a Preseason and Postseason All-American last year.

The men’s soccer team (106-1) hosts Georgia State (6-8-1) tonight at 7 p.m.

Seven Blue Devil seniors will be honored before the game. This will be Duke’s last regular season game.

Jose Canseco pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault charges stemming from an incident at a Miami nightclub. He was sentenced to three years probation and community service.

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Cavaliers beat Lakers 89-70 in home opener TOM WITHERS By The Associated Press

89 CLEVELAND Darius Miles could Lakers 70 not help himself.

Caught up in the euphoria of a homeopening win over the Lakers, one of the newest Cavaliers spoke his mind.

“We’re going to put on a show every night,” Miles told the Gund Arena crowd.

“We’re going to surprise the world.”

They have already stunned the Lakers.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 23 points for Cleveland in an 89-70 victory over the Shaq-less Lakers, whose point total was the franchise’s lowest since moving to Los Angeles in 1960.

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DARIUS MILES defends against Laker Samaki Walker during the first half of Tuesday’s game.

the fourth quarter.

Ricky Davis added 24 points and Tyrone Hill had 17 rebounds for the Cavs, who dazzled a crowd of 19,833—including Leßron James—by blowing out the threetime defending NBA champions.

“I love proving people wrong,” said Miles, who had 13 points in his home

debut. “They say we’re the 29th team in the league? Maybe we’ll just go out and make the playoffs.”

With Shaquille O’Neal missing his fifth game while recovering from off-season foot surgery, the Lakers had no inside game and only Kobe Bryant as a threat.

Bryant finished with 15 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists in 40 minutes, and just missed becoming the first player since Grant Hill in 1997 to have three straight triple-doubles.

“We didn’t hit shots and fell in love with the outside shot too much and they didn’t fall,” Bryant said.

Previously, the fewest points the Lakers had ever scored in a game since moving from Minneapolis was 74. Los Angeles shot just 32 percent, including 4-of-20 on 3-pointers. In the fourth, the Lakers went just 5-of-22.

‘We got good shots but we didn’tknock them down,” Robert Horry, said. “Tonight, everybody shot it bad, everybody.”

After Davis’ reverse dunk put Cleveland up by 20 with 3:30 left, fans

began chanting, “Beat, L.A.” and saluted the Cavs with several standing ovations.

It was an ideal start at home for the young Cavs, who are coming off three straight 50-loss seasons and aren’t expected to be much better this season; “It was a good win,” Miles said. “But they didn’t have Shaq. Shaq is 30 points.

Shaq is 20 rebounds. Shaq is five blocks.

He’ll be back when we go to Los Angeles (Jan. 10).-He told me he owes me one.”

The 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas, whose career has been sidetracked by foot injuries, showed why if he stays healthy he could be the Eastern Conference’s top center.

Ilgauskas showed an assortment of power moves underneath and a soft touch from the outside while working against Samaki Walker and Soumaila Samake.

Miles fed Davis for a one-handed, alley-oop dunk to key a 10-2 run that built Cleveland’s lead to 61-51 in the third quarter and got Cavs fans as pumped up as they’ve been in four years.

“We’re playing the game and selling tickets,” Miles said.

Johnson bags 4th consecutive Cy Young Award

By MURRAY CHASS

New York Times News Service

For a pitcher, the description was out of whack.

“He crushed it; it’s out of sight,” a

friend of Randy Johnson said with feigned excitement Tuesday on Johnson’s cell phone. But the friend was describing Johnson’s shot from the third tee at the Pebble Beach golf course.

Before crushing the golf ball, Johnson crushed the competition, including his teammate Curt Schilling, in winning his fourth consecutive National League Cy

Young award and his fifth overall.

Johnson might have played the round at Pebble Beach with added adrenaline because of the added income

he gained from the award, which he unanimously won for the first time.

Johnson, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 39-year-old left-hander, earned a $1 million bonus for winning the award, and his salary for next season is raised to $l5 million from $l2 million because he won the award this year.

“I’m a very simple person,” Johnson said on a conference call in between putts and drives. “I work hard, push myself and this is the reward I’ve gotten for my hard work and dedication to

the game.”

Greg Maddux is the only other pitcher in either league who has won

the award four years in a row. He did it with the Atlanta Braves from 1992 through 1995.

Roger Clemens, with six awards in the American League, is the only pitcher who has won the award more times than Johnson, who first won it in 1995 when he pitched for the Seattle Mariners.

In being named first on all 32 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, two from each league city, Johnson, with 160 points, relegated Schilling to a second-place finish, with 90 points, for the second successive season.

They are the first pitchers to finish 12 in two consecutive years, but it is little

consolation to Schilling, who also finished a distant second in money earned with a $150,000 bonus.

On the conference call, Johnson was asked about Schilling several times, but he made it obvious that he did not want to talk about him.

“Because there’s been so much focus, that’s probably the main reason why he would be disappointed,” Johnson finally said in response to one question. “I know it’s a personal goal for him to do well. Winning awards comes if you remain consistent all year long. We pushed each other.”

Not that victories alone determined

the outcome of the vote, but Schilling led Johnson in victories most of the season.

Then, in the final 16 days, Schilling, with 23 victories, did not win any of his last three starts and lost two, while Johnson won his last three starts for a total of 24 victories. Johnson said he did not think about the award as he moved past Schilling in victories. If he did, he added, “it would be taking away from my main objective.

“My goal is to be consistent when I go out,” he said. “The big picture is to get to

the World Series. If you’ve remained consistent and have had a good year, it’s kind of a bonus.”

Johnson finished as the major league leader in victories, strikeouts (334), complete games (eight) and innings pitched (260) and as the NL leader in earned run average (2.32), winning percentage (.828) and opponents’ batting average (.208).

He became the first NL pitcher since Dwight Gooden in 1985 to win the pitcher’s triple crown—victories,

ERA, strikeouts.

Johnson started the season strong with a 6-0 record in April, and he finished strong with a 5-0 record in September and 11 victories in 12 decisions and a 1.31 ERA in his last 13 starts. He faltered, however, in the playoffs, giving up six runs in six innings in .

losing to St. Louis, as Arizona failed to move beyond the first round after having won the World Series last year.

“That was the top of the mountain,” Johnson said, referring to last year’s World Series. “This year was a completely different feeling. Obviously I would have liked to have pitched better.

I was disappointed by my performance.

When I gave up eight runs in San Diego during the regular season, it was a shock. But in 35 starts, a game like that gets overlooked. When you have a bad game in the postseason, those games don’t get overlooked.”

Schilling was the only pitcher besides Johnson named on all 32 ballots. He received 29 votes for second and three for third.

John Smoltz of Atlanta was third with 21 points, Eric Gagne of Los Angeles and Roy Oswalt of Houston tied for fourth with eight points each and Bartolo Colon of Montreal was sixth with 1 point.

As he spoke on the conference call, Johnson excused himself for a moment, then came back and said, “I’m trying to make a putt on No. 2 right now and the people I’m playing with are saying, What’d we get ourselves into?”’

Johnson knew what he had gotten himself into another award and an

extra $4 million.

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This week’s schedule Saturday, November 9 Clemson at North Carolina @ noon Florida State at Georgia Tech @ 3:30 p.m N.C. State at Maryland @ noon Virginia at Penn State @ 3:30 p.m.

After nine games and 43 catches, Virginia tailback Wail Lundy is on pace to set the ACC freshman record for receptions in a season. If he continues on his current pace, he will end up with 62 receptions on the season. The current record of 58 was set by Maryland’s Frank Wycheck in 1990.

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By returning a punt 77 yards for a touchdown on Saturday against North Carolina, Steve Suter recorded his fouth punt return touchdown of the season, setting an ACC record and tying the NCAA single-season record.

LOSING A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD IN THE FOUTH QUARTER.

� FSU tailback Jones out for year ACC leading rusher Greg Jones tore his anterior cruciate ligament and injured his medial cruciate ligament in Florida State’s 34-21 victory against Wake Forest on Saturday. Senior tailback Nick Maddox stepped right in for Jones, rushing for 122 yards and two touchdowns, and will be the starting tailback for the Seminoles for the rest of the year.

� Muyres leads Georgia Tech defense Free safety Jeremy Muyres was named ACC defensive back of the week after making a crucial interception to preserve Georgia Tech’s 24-17 upset of then unbeaten N.C. State. Muyres also recorded six tackles in the Yellow Jackets’ win.

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We’re not going to point our fingers at any one player. We win as a team and we lose as a team.”

N.C. State head coach Chuck Amato on losing his first game of the

season, to Georgia Tech, 24-17.

“Some guys have a little bit of composure about them—Charlie Ward had it—and I think A.D. has got it.

Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden on quarterback Adrian McPherson, who started over Chris ”

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Young Blue Devils find confidence in blow-out Despite a 19-point, five-rebound, four-assist performance, Alana Beard’s most memorable moment came before the opening whistle blew in the team’s first action of 2002 against Premier Players. After her name was announced, Beard rushed through a tunnel of her teammates, ran over to Sheana Mosch, and gave her an overly aggressive chest bump. A stunned Mosch tumbled

“I thought we did a much better job in the second half,” Goestenkors said. “As the game progressed, we got better and better.”

Iciss Tillis played spectacular basketball, showing off her panoply of skills. She accumulated four assists, four rebounds, two steals, and 18 points on the day. She ran the court with abandon, helped Duke’s No. 1 ranked backwards and fell into a hapless Duke cheerleader. freshman class become acclimated to the confines of Mosch remained on the floor for a moment laughing Cameron Indoor Stadium and scored an impressive while the cheerleader limped towards the sideline. and-one with just 5 seconds left in the game that Mosch soon picked herself up and joined the No. 1 Blue brought the friends and family crowd on their feet.

The freshmen were inserted intermittently in the Devils before a 100-51 shellacking of Premier Players. first half, but were showcased in the second. Lindsey Everyone—with the notable exception of sophomore Monique Currie, last year’s ACC tournament Harding’s defense, speed, and ball-handling were better MVP, who left with a knee injury—contributed for the than advertised, and Jessica Foley’s three-point stroke deepest Duke team in recent memory. was as smooth as former Duke All-American Georgia Though the Blue Devils were a little shaken up by Schweitzer’s. Caitlin Howe, who has already undergone Currie’s injury, they regrouped in a two surgeries on her knees, had a scare in the first half dominating way. The Blue Devil when her knee shifted. She left the game momentarily, defense was overwhelming, as Duke but returned to score five points. was all over the court, diving on the Duke’s interior freshmen, Brooke Smith and Mistie floor, scrapping for steals and causBass, struggled at first against the redwoods of ing a frustrated Premier Players Premier Players. Going up against a 6-foot-7 center team to turn the ball over 24 times. and a handful of6-foot-3 opponents, the freshman duo Mike (Tnrev y Duke’s offensive potency was also was tentative in the post into the second half. Neither Game Commentary downright scary against a team that was facing up to the basket, instead opting for hook Goestenkors called “very strong.” shots or multiple pump fakes before shooting. Their In fact, Premier Players is comprised of five WNBA timidity was soon replaced with temerity, however, as players. But Duke made them look like pre-Title IX the two put in a combined 15 points in the game.

“They were pretty nervous, but you can’t blame All-Stars. Beard and Goestenkors, however, said Duke’s performance was just decent. them,” Mosch said. “We can't blame them f6r coming and playing their first college game on Cameron floor “I’m very happy with the team, I think we did pretty good,” Beard said. “I’m just excited about the team, being ranked the No. 1 team in the country. They're we did pretty good today.” going to have some jitters. We're really proud of the The Blue Devils do have some conspicuous kinks in freshmen and how they played tonight. I thought it was their armor, however. Duke was a little sloppy in really good for them to help them learn some confidence spurts, turning the ball over a whopping 22 times and to know that they can go out there and play well.” while rushing the offense. Some mistakes came as “[Bassl is a freshman?” Premier Players head coach Duke’s players ran the offense a bit too methodically, Steve Pratt asked. “Are you kidding? What does she passing the ball to a location rather than to a player’s do—drive a cement truck while she’s in Wisconsin?”

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PREMIER from page 11 With a little more than twelve minutes left in the half, Beard showed why she was the only unanimous AllAmerica selection. Grabbing a long rebound of a missed Premier Players shot, Beard took the ball from baseline to baseline, finishing with a strong layup to extend the Duke lead.

“I was just focused,” said Beard, “and I wanted to get the team going defensively.”

The half wound down with Duke extending its lead with its depth. Of Duke’s 46 first-half points, 16 came from the bench, including Mosch, who replaced Currie, going four-for-four for eight points.

At the half, Duke led 46-27, just missing two more points when Tillis’ buzzer beater sat on the rim for several seconds before rolling off.

In the second half, Goestenkors gave her reserves, especially the freshmen, plenty of minutes. Every player save Currie saw more than ten minutes on the hardwood and scored at least three points. Harding, Mosch and Jessica Foley each contributed eight points to the Blue Devil cause, and freshman Mistie Bass tallied nine points.

The freshmen performed well in their first game, accounting for 36 points.

“They were pretty nervous, and you can’t blame them,” Mosch said, “coming and playing their first college game in Cameron.... But we’re really proud of how they played tonight.”

The crowd found amusement in taunting Premier Player and former UNC guard Nikki Teasley, whose shorts fell down in front of the Cameron crowd.

La’Keishia Frett of the Premier Players nailed a jumper to bring the score to 59-36. This was the only score the visitors had for a period of 8:58, as Duke

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went on a 20-2 run. This streak was highlighted by a trio of three-pointers from Harding, Matyasovsky, and Foley. By the time the score was 72-36, the run was over and in many ways so was the game. “[The run] shows how effective our depth can be,” said Goestenkors. “At the end of the halves, we should be able to take advantage of their fatigue.”

Tillis, Foley, and freshman Caitlin Howe all nailed threes late.

With less than six seconds to go, Tillis stuck the jumper, and sank the free throw to give Duke a margin of victory anyone could envy on Election Day.

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DAVIS from page 11 foot-6 swingman who brought his tenacious defensive ability and leadership qualities to Duke after transferring from Rutgers. Jones was forced to sit out the 2000-01 season, but was a key figure in practice and in the locker room. Last year, his defensive abilities were showcased in several games, as he was often assigned to guard the opposing team’s most talented offensive player one-onone. Jones’ abilities did not go unrecognized, as he was named to the AllDefensive Team by Collegelnsider.com and the ACC All-Defensive Team by the league’s coaches.

Next season, Jones will be absent, and the question over who would fill his role lingered. Junior Chris Duhon, also a premier defender, was an option, but could a 6-1 guard really be asked to defend someone half a foot taller than him?

This question, however, became moot late Monday night, when The Chronicle learned that Deng had chosen Duke.

Listed at somewhere between 6-7 and 68, Deng has abilities that are versatile enough that he can play pretty much anywhere on the floor. Like Jones, a great deal of his talent stems from raw athleticism, but Deng has also been praised for his refined game and a cut basketball sense. Already being called the best high school senior not named Leßron James, Deng will see a great deal ofplaying time, and may even crack the starting lineup. Over the course of four years, Deng has the tools to develop into one of Duke’s all-time greats.

Landing Deng, however, was important not only for the role that he will fill, but also because, quite simply, it was a recruiting battle that had Duke’s reputation at stake. One month ago, Mike

Krzyzewski and Steve Wojciechowski flew to Houston to make a last-minute pitch to recruit Ndudi Ebi. Less than 24 hours later, Ebi stepped to a microphone and announced that he had chosen to become an Arizona Wildcat.

It was the first time that Duke had lost an intense recruiting war since Jared Jeffries chose Indiana over Duke in 1999. That year, Duhon committed to Duke, followed by Daniel Ewing the next year. Last fall, Duke set its sights on six star recruits—and got them all.

This fall, Duke received a commitment from Kris Humphries, a forward from the Minneapolis area. After missing on Ebi, Deng was the only player left in Krzyzewski’s crosshairs. In the end, Deng chose Duke over Indiana, the school that had lured Jeffries away from Duke; Missouri, a team coached by former Duke assistant Quin Snyder; and Virginia, Duke’s ACC rival. For the past few years, Duke had been seen as a school that could pretty much pick and choose its players.

Ebi and Jeffries notwithstanding, Deng’s decision reinforced that notion.

All this is not to say that Duke would have been dead in the water without Deng. With more top-100 freshmen than available scholarships this season, Duke will spend the next few years contending for national titles. And even without Deng, Duke could still boast its signing of Humphries, a top-10 recruit.

But questions would still have per-

sisted. Who would fill Jones’ role as a defensive stopper and superathletic presence? Who would prove that Krzyzewski could outrecruit a handful of top college basketball coaches?

Tuesday, these questions were put to rest with one answer: Luol Deng.

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the first time, this fall, ACES Web will enforce prerequisites in economics courses for undergraduates, as administrators ponder requiring even more prerequisites for advanced classes.

It makes sense that the economics department, with over 1,000 majors, would seek to enforce requirements, as the higher level classes require students to have the fundamental information in order to tackle more difficult concepts. The test of mathematical skills that will accompany the new prerequisite enforcement makes even more sense, as it ensures students have the required knowledge before entering a class. It also enables students with sufficient knowledge to move on without introductory courses that would otherwise be a review of already learned ideas and simply a waste of their time. In short, the new tests will prevent students not ready for certain classes from getting into a course too difficult for them while also not holding back those students who would get little or nothing from basic prerequisite courses.

For the majority of Duke undergraduates, enforcing prerequisites would be a good idea, but they are not appropriate for the few who would be held back by such enforcement. The fact is that prerequisites function best as suggestions, especially for a student body as allegedly bright and motivated as Duke students.

Ultimately, students should be given the right to choose. After all, they are paying for education and should be given the freedom to choose what they can and cannot handle.

Moreover, one of the reasons why drop-add period is two weeks long is to give students the chance to realize whether they have the intellectual tools to properly analyze the coursework throughout the remaining semester. The drop/add period addresses those concerns; students and faculty just need to realize that drop/add should be utilized. Students should sit in on multiple classes and realize that their schedule is still flexible, and they need to keep their options open.

Many faculty members have complained that when students enroll in advanced courses without prerequisites, the advanced courses turn into de facto introductory-level courses with too much review of concepts that should have already been learned. Such an approach, however, has undermined the suggestive power prerequisites have. Rather than enforcing prerequisites, professors should not pander to the lowest skill levels in supposedly advanced courses, leaving students the options of dropping a course and taking the prerequisite, learning the necessary skills on their own or failing

the class.

As other departments consider following in the footsteps of the economics department, they should show caution.

In majors such as public policy, in which advanced-level courses are not dependent on prerequisites, students wait until their junior and senior year to take those prerequisites and there aren’t even enough slots for all majors to take those prerequisites, strict enforcement would be not only ill-advised, but also impossible.

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Laws exist out of self-interest—that is clear.

We create government in order to serve the values of the majority, which translates into laws protecting us from one another.

But should we have laws that aim to protect us from ourselves? In my opinion, absolutely not! I should be able to do whatever I want to do to myself, so long as the

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Yes, if I were a single parent and I killed myself, it may monetarily and thus physically harm my three children. However, this is an indirect harm—it may not be morally “right” but nevertheless it should be legal.

As an aside, the Supreme Court has ruled that there is no protected “right to die” under the due process clause of the Constitution (I always thought it would be hilarious if a man got the death penalty for trying to kill himself).

The individual should be entrusted to sort out the moral issues not involved in direct physical or financial harm, so as to prevent the government from completely being Big

for pot If we legalize marijuana, maybe it would hurt the economy. Think of all the jobs involved in the “war on pot” that would be lost.

But, also think of all the jobs that legalizing marijuana would create. From domestic growers to retail sales, it would really just be a redistribution of wealth and jobs from one sector to another. Economists call this concept creative destruction.

Okay, perhaps certain industries pay offthe government to keep marijuana illegal. In fact, marijuana was criminalized first in the 1930s when Dupont Chemicals and Hearst Paper launched a 'propaganda smear campaign against hemp to prevent relatively cheaper hemp-paper from hurting the tree-paper industry. But I really doubt this is an issue today, as few people even know about the real cause of anti-marijuana legislation.

Basically, I cannot think of any good reason as to why pot should be illegal. Marijuana in moderate use doesn’t have clear long-term effects on the body, it doesn’t sponsor terrorism or cause people to be violent—at most, there is a weak statistical association. From my observations, it seems that the moderate marijuana user only inflicts harm on himself—specifically the over-consumption of junk food.

The government is simply standing by an outdated policy of doing what it has always done in order to repel change, uphold the status quo and, moreover, try to be our parents. It needs to get over the motivation of ruling this aspect of society.

But hope remains. In Nevada, a ballot initiative was voted on Tuesday that, if passed, would allow the police to spend more time going after violent criminals, instead of hunting down nonviolent marijuana users.

The initiative would: 1) Eliminate the threat of arrest for adults who responsibly use and possess up to three ounces of marijuana; 2) Require the state government to implement a system whereby adults could

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Besides, by regulating morality, we don't remove the actual “bad”—we only remove the choice of the bad. I don’t claim to know how to eradicate what we deem to be morally wrong, but clearly, as we still have crime government regulation of morality doesn’t do the trick.

What the government should do is ensure that we do no harm each other. Marijuana obtain marijuana through a legally regulatsmoking does not harm others or have a ed market, rather than from the criminal clear negative impact on society and may market; 3) Allow seriously ill patients to obtain marijuana at a lower cost than nonnot even harm the user.

First of all, marijuana in moderate usage medical users; and 4) Impose common-sense has not been proven to be harmful to the restrictions that the voters demand, such as body. I encourage you to read Marijuana imposing penalties for driving dangerously Myths, Marijuana Facts by Lynn Zimmer, while under the influence of marijuana, and John Morgan for more information on smoking marijuana in public and providing this reality. marijuana to minors.

Leave it to the underbelly of American Secondly, marijuana legalization would free tied to propose some of the sanest legin currently morality and resources up money up the “war on pot.” Rather than using this money islation to date. I encourage other communito spread lies about a drug we should know ties to follow suit.

For more information, check out more about, we could spend the money on education or medicinal research to allow us to bethttp://www. nor ml. or g/ ter understand the drug’s effects. http://www.mpp.org/ So, what does our government know that we don’t? Surely there must be some negaChandra Jacobs is a Trinity junior. Her coltive consequence to legalizing marijuana. umn appears every third Wednesday.

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Off the career path

Success is painted by struggle, and it’s not about where you start but where you finish “And to you C students, you too can didn’t look destined for the office from be president of the United States,” the get-go. A West Point graduate, President George W. Bush told the Yale Ulysses S. Grant was kicked out ofthe University class of 2001. While Bush’s military for drinking. After bankruptstatement received giggles from some, ing himself in personal businesses it gave hope to others. Our very own ventures, he retreated to his father for commander-in-chief, a job, only to fail even at nepotism. love him or leave him, However, when he entered the Civil knows what it means to War, his exemplary leadership turned fail. In fact, many of the to heroism,, and his vices no longer great successes of today M seemed so vile. When some politicians were at one time considflß| complained to Lincoln about the genered hopeless failures. eral’s drinking problem, Lincoln In the crazed time of responded: “You find out what kind of Julie o .1 job hunting, we seniors whiskey General Grant drinks, and I’ll measure ourselves by—- ltn send a case of it to all my generals.” numbers and bulleted Infotainment The best ideas are often called We insane. Patch Adams became interested accomplishments. hear stories of the people who’ve “made in medicine when he found himself in a it” and worry that we are already far mental ward—as a patient. Frustrated behind. Theodore Roosevelt had written with the state of medical care, he his first book by the time he graduated trained to be a doctor and started healfrom Harvard. Richard Branson started ing with humor. He is currently working Virgin Records in high school. But for on construction of a free medical clinic, every child prodigy who becomes an and doctors around the world are mimadult genius, there is a still growing icking his method of bringing joy to grown-up who finds his or her path only patients by donning a clown suit. when the time is right.

How about the man some of us wake Some well-known success stories give up to every morning? After having three us comfort. We can smirk if Microsoft shows canceled and being fired from fails to offer a second round, knowing another, Matt Lauer was so fed up with that Bill Gates probably wouldn’t have show business that he answered an ad hired himself. We can begin a pipeto be a tree surgeon. When the phone dream screenplay, picturing Ben rang later, it was not the tree trimming Affleck’s transformation from Matt service calling back but WNBC asking Damon’s couch dweller to JLo’s playboy. him to host Today in New York. His starHere I’ve selected a few more “failring role in the NBC affiliate’s morning ure” stories to help you breathe easier line-up led to his current position at the during the job search. Put them on the network’s Today show. fridge next to your rejection letters. Post The dorky kid on the broom mayhave them on the bathroom mirror with your reflected his writer’s need to fly away. morning mantra. Success is painted by J.K. Rowling, famed creator of Harry struggle, and it’s not about where you Potter, has recently lived a personal fairstart but where you finish. ly tale. A divorced, single mom living on Bush wasn’t the only president who welfare, Rowling wrote Harry Potter and

the Sorcerer’s Stone at a table in a cafe during her daughter’s naps.

Although Rowling’s book was

snapped up right away, other writers

haven’t been so lucky. Pat Conway, author ofPrince of Tides, was so desperate to sell his book that he was willing to pay for its publication. When he finally got a bite from one publishing company, he said he couldn’t afford the $7500 price tag. He couldn’t believe it when they explained that was the amount they were going to pay him.

Sometimes it doesn’t even take a degree to make money. Douglas Tompkins, future creator of The North Face, was a high school drop-out who hung out in Chile as a ski bum and then worked in California as a tree topper

and mountain guide. He met his wife when she picked him up as a hitchhiker in her VW Bug. After founding The North Face with a $5,000 loan, Tompkins and wife Susie went on to create multi-million dollar clothing line Esprit de Corps.

These stories remind us that the path to success often parallels that of self-discovery. If you haven’t found the career of your dreams in your first four months in the real world, just remember you have 40 more years of working to go. To quote a song about a very famous duck made legendary by an enterprising cartoonist, “Go on and try your luck.”

Julie Smith is a Trinity senior. His column appears every third Wednesday.

So-called liberals need to address the facts about terrorism Pm proud to be a liberal. I’ve been a liberal all my life, espousing civil rights, environmental protection, fiscal prudence, energy independence, gun control, educational uplift, stands against military dictatorships, etc. I believe firmly in individuals thinking of causes greater than their own and translating such impulses into public

policies to change society for the better.

Which is why I have been appalled,

disgusted, and ashamed at the direc-

tion so many liberals have taken in the weeks and months since Sept. 11.

Almost immediately, many leftwingers blamed America or Israel for the attacks (some still do). When idiotarian’s canards of the CIA or Mossad being responsible were shown trans-

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parently absurd and asinine, these same people blamed U.S. policy with respect towards Muslims or Israel as the root cause for the attacks, conveniently forgetting the attacks were hatched while a U.S. president worked harder and engineered a better deal than anyone in history for a resolution of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and that same president had staked American blood and treasure for no material interest to protect Muslims in Kosovo, Bosnia and Somalia, while the so-called “guardians of Islam” behind Sept. 11 did nothing. American attacks on al Qaeda and their Taliban hosts continue to be met with loathing and outrage that the U.S. government would take action to meet its primary responsibility—protecting its citizens. Any U.S. military action now is tarred with accusations of imperialism.

So-called liberals who mindlessly chant these taunts should reflect on facts. Who targets innocent civilians, whether in hijacked planes, office towers, Hindu shrines in India, Christian missions in Pakistan, discos and pizza parlors in Tel Aviv, beach resorts in Bali, theater-

goers in Moscow or Kenyan embassy workers in

Nairobi? Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. What is the agenda of Islamic fundamentalist terrorists? It’s not difficult to find out. Read the words of Osama bin Laden’s fatwas, the International Islamic Front, Mohammed Atta’s farewell letter or the sermons ofcountless imams and clerics in the Middle East. Unlike liberals, they think not in terms of today or tomorrow, but have objectives over the next 50 years: destroying Israel, shattering India, neutralizing Europe, crippling the United States and forming an Islamic caliphate state based on sharia modeled on the Taliban from Andalusia (the Arabic word for conquered Spain in the Middle Ages) to the Philippines, with world conversion to their perverse brand of Islam to follow. It’s not an implausible scenario, considering their access to oil money and brainwashable young men, Israel’s existential struggle against terrorists within and hostile armies surrounding it, America’s porousness, proliferation of nuclear weapons, the death of a thousand cuts being inflicted on India and Europe’s demographic and moral implosion. There is a term for this—imperialism, Islamic fimdamentalist imperialism.

When liberals denounce the United States for the

regrettable but minimized and unavoidable civilian casualties of U.S. action in Afghanistan, do they consider the consequences of the Taliban regime to Afghans, let alone Americans? The Taliban slaughtered 1.5 million Afghans in their reign’s 5 years; US action stopped an annual murder of 300,000 Afghans, and allowed girls to go to school without being beaten! Why do liberals now defend one ofthe world’s most repressive regimes, Iraq, which has slaughtered hundreds of thousands ofKurds and Shiites, used chemical and biological weapons on its own people and seeks nuclear weapons to expand a reign of terror? Why do liberals”whitewash the world’s most illiberal regime, Saudi Arabia, which institutionalizes gender apartheid and stoning of gays while banning freedom of speech and

religion? Why do liberals turn a blind eye in the name of multiculturalism and relativism to the sharia laws that mandate stoning of women who have children outof-wedlock (even if due to rape) in Nigeria or to similar laws that give women half the legal credibility of men in Pakistan? Is the answer a covert racism that Muslims are incapable of freedom, democracy and knowing right from wrong? Why are liberals eager to pin the root causes for Sept. 11 on the United States, but dumbfounded when asked for the root cause of Daniel Pearl’s murder? It recalls Stalin’s remark, “The death of one is a tragedy, that of a million a statistic.”

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an ostrich. The Procrustean logic of blaming all the world’s ills on the United States blinds these liberals to real evil. Shredding facts to fit pet notions is a poor alibi for the cowardice of willful ignorance of reality. I implore fellow liberals to think of the consequences were Islamic fundamentalist imperialism to succeed. The test of truth is not which is the conventionally weaker power nor is the measure ofmorality zealousness for suicide; only intellectual sloths fail to grasp that. Clemenceau said “He who is not liberal in his youth has no heart; he who does not become conservative with age has no head.” Sadly, too many liberals have lost not just their heads but their hearts, for in trying to be kind to the cruel, they have been seduced by the self-serving sirens of Islamic fundamentalists, becoming cruel to the kind. Saying America deserved Sept. 11 is every bit as repulsive as saying a rape victim “asked for it.” It’s tough enough to be a sane liberal as it is these days; I think I speak for many in hoping not to have to be a recovering liberal.

Dr. Bala Ambati is a former fellow in the School of Medicine and is currently on the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia. His column appears every third Wednesday.

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