March 18, 2003

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Stillwater Blues The Oklahoma State Cowboys handed the Blue Devil baseball team a 2-1 loss Monday afternoon.

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Bush gives Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq

By RICHARD STEVENSON

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON President George W. Bush on Monday gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to go into exile or face attack from the United States and a handful of allies.

In an address to the nation from the White House, made hours after he had abandoned attempts to forge a united diplomatic front against Iraq, Bush said the Iraqi leader and his two sons must leave the country. He warned diplomats, aid workers and journalists in Iraq to get out of harm’s way immediately.

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STUDENTS IN THE BRYAN CENTER watch President George W. Bush deliver his address calling for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to abdicate Monday night. Bush said the United States may use military force if Saddam refuses to leave.

Student group plans walkout after war is announced

By CHARLES LIN

and the invasion begins, hum dreds will descend at noon onto the Chapel Quadrangle to express their dissent regardless

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If the war began tomorrow, where would you be? What would you do? For many opposing a United States-led war against Iraq, that question is

already answered. The day after the declaration is made

of work, business and class.

The Students Against War with Iraq group has organized a campus-wide walkout should war begin. “The day

Mandl takes EVP position at Emory

after war is declared, we’re asking everyone in the community to walk out of classes and work and to meet at noon on the Chapel Quad for a rally against the war that is unjustified,” said junior Jessica RutSee PROTEST on page 7

United States now faces a war with only Britain, among allies, giving significant military support.

The president put the United States on heightened alert for terrorist reprisals and prepared the American people for a war he said was an act of selfdefense against a country with ties to terrorists that is still trying to hide, amass and develop biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

“Instead of drifting along toward tragedy, we will set a course toward safety,” Bush said.

His 15-minute speech , was full of gravity, reflecting the fact that Bush has now perhaps staked his presidency on his ability not just to prevail on the

Saddam showed no signs of complying, and Bush’s language suggested he did not expect such compliance. The battlefield but bring postwar president gave no date for the stability to Iraq. start of war, but it was clear To the Iraqi people, Bush that hostilities could begin as gave notice that he would soon soon as the ultimatum expires launch an invasion that he Wednesday, or even sooner if said would liberate them from Saddam makes clear that he a murderous regime. More will not go. than 250,000 American and For the president, the British troops are now massed speech marked the end of a in the region. U.N. weapons inlong period of diplomacy aimed spectors, on whose work hopes at convincing skeptical allies for a peaceful outcome had like France and Germany, as been pinned, were told Monwell as a skeptical United Naday to begin leaving the countions Security Council, that try immediately. force would be necessary to dis“The tyrant will soon be arm Saddam. gone,” Bush said. The president That diplomatic effort also warned members of the ended in failure, and the presIraqi military and intelligence ident was sharply critical service to abandon Saddam or Monday night of both France and the Security Council. The See BUSH on page 10

DSG candidates face off today

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

In preparation for the Duke Student Government presidential runoff election today, the two remaining candidates focused their positions as each made a final push for votes.

Today’s runoff will pit juniors Tayldr Collison and Matthew Slovik against each other for the DSG presidency. In a

Add one more top administrator to the list of those stepping down in the near future—the University’s chieffinancial officer will also be leaving Duke.

Michael Mandl, vice president for financial services, will leave in May to take the position of executive vice president for finance and administration at Emory University in July.

“People have been after him for a long time,” said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. “I thought naively I could keep him forever. It surprised me because I thought he was going to stay. I’m not terribly pleased, but these things happen.... [Emory’s] very smart to have found him.”

Mandl said that in addition to the chance to take on broader duties, similarities between Duke and Emory—a private, top-20 research university in Atlanta—added to his decision. The two universities are comparable in size and physical dimensions,

Aik X y the first vote March 4, Slovik received 32.5 percent of the vote to Collison’s 26 percent.

Both candidates spent Monday campaigning. Slovik said he was trying to buoy current supporters and reach out to other possible supporters, while Collison said he met with groups and talked to freshmen at the Marketplace on East Campus Monday night.

Collison seemed to have sharpened his rhetoric as the outside candidate more able to make the changes he said were necessary for the student government.

“I still feel Fm the best candidate for the position,

See MANDL on page 8

See DSG on page 6

Inside

Construction work has begun °n the main academic quad in preparation for the Perkins Library renovation project.

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The Durham City Council rejected a resolution that would have authorized the Housing Authority to acquire land in Ebony Woods for development. See page 3

Faculty members reviewed preliminary plans for the

French Science Center and gave approval after asking for additional teaching lab space. See page 4

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Senior British official steps down

Robin Cook resigns from Blair’s cabinet in protest of Iraq military backing

By BARRY RENFREW The Associated Press

LONDON Senior government minister Robin Cook quit Monday as a revolt inside the ruling Labor Party escalated over Prime Minister Tony Blair’s backing for military force to disarm Iraq.

Cook, one of Labor’s most prominent figures, said he could not back a war that did not have the backing of the United Nations and a majority of the British people. Opinion polls show a majority of Britons oppose a war without United Nations approval.

“I can’t accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or

domestic support,” said Cook, who was the government chief in the House of Commons.

Cook, 57, was foreign secretary in

Blair’s first government in 1997, but was replaced by Jack Straw in 2001.

In a surprise development, international aid minister Clare Short did not resign despite widespread expectations she would go after criticizing Blair’s Iraq policy as “reckless.” Short was considering her future but remained in the Cabinet, aides said.

The House of Commons was to debate the government’s policy Tuesday, with Blair expected to get a harsh grilling from party rebels.

Blair was confident of retaining the support of a majority of his law-

makers, and he can depend on the votes of the opposition Conservatives.

Still, the party rebellion is a major embarrassment for Blair, who is taking the biggest political gamble ofhis career in opting for war.

Many Labor lawmakers say there is no justification for war, and the party’s left wing is particularly unhappy about Blair’s support for President George W. Bush. About one-third of the party’s lawmakers voted against the government last month on the question of whether war was justified.

Cook urged lawmakers to oppose the war plans, receiving a standing oyation in the House ofCommons. He See COOK on page 6

China appoints new slate of ministers

By JOSEPH KAHN

New York Times News Service

BEIJING Chinese legislators appointed new leaders Monday to oversee economic, defense and foreign affairs, capping an extensive but evolutionary leadership transition that has placed technocratic, career bureaucrats in command of the country.

The National People’s Congress approved 28 new ministers, 4 vice premiers and 5 state councilors to serve in the cabinet headed by Wen Jiabao, who was promoted to prime minister Sunday.

Though many of the new ministers are not well known in the West, many appear to resemble Wen, who has a reputation for pragmatism, quiet competence and loyalty to the top bosses of the Communist Party.

Analysts said the choices signaled continuity with the

policy line put in place by Jiang Zemin, the former president and Communist Party chief, and Zhu Rongji, the outgoing prime minister.

Jiang, who retains control of the military through his leadership of the Central Military Commission, will remain a force in politics.

Some ofthe most senior new leaders, including Huang Ju, a former Shanghai party boss named to the powerful post of executive vice premier, are considered personally loyal to Jiang and likely to offer support to him in the leadership’s sometimes factional struggles for power.

Jiang also seems likely to continue to exert considerable sway over foreign affairs. Li Zhaoxing, 62, the career diplomat named to replace Tang Jiaxuan as foreign minisSee WEN on page 6

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Workers begin groundwork for library renovations

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

The massive expansion and renovation of Perkins Library began with little fanfare over spring break and will continue, pending final approval in May by the Board of Trustees, for as many as six years.

Contractors have fenced off a region between the current library building, the adjacent Languages Building and the Tel-Com building on Circuit Drive, and are digging a trench to prepare utility and wiring work for phase one of the “Perkins Project.”

“What is going on now is very much a preliminary preparation for the project,” said Robert Byrd, chair of the Perkins Library Renovations Committee and assistant University librarian.

Workers need to relocate a fiber optic duct currently in the area and begin dropping utility lines, Byrd said. They began digging on the main academic quad over spring break to try to alleviate some of noise of the work during class time now working their way toward the Tel-Com Building.

However, the accompanying noise and slight detour on the walk toward the upper academic quad are just the tip of the iceberg of the intense disturbances that the renovations are expected to yield in the first phase, which could be completed as early as March 2006.

At a Duke Student Government

meeting earlier this 'semester, Tom Wall, director of public services for Perkins, told student legislators that the work would be loud, disruptive and inconvenient for library users, but that library officials would be working closely with students and faculty members to alleviate concerns and eliminate any unnecessary disturbances.

Before the main renovations begin, however, the Board of Trustees must give its final stamp of approval to the plans, and local government agencies must sign off on permits and codes, Byrd said.

An official groundbreaking ceremony, originally scheduled for April 24, when the Library Advisory Board is on campus, has been canceled, and a planned May start date is now likely to be postponed until June or July.

Executive Vice President Tollman Trask said there are still some funding issues to be resolved, including securing an additional $l5 to 20 million. The en tire initiative, designed by the architectural firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, is projected to cost at

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least $5O million.

The first phase of construction involves building a new, five-story structure behind the Old Chemistry Building. Once that is complete, the first floor of the current library will be renovated.

This ground floor renovation will include moving technology services, freeing up a significant amount of space.

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CONSTRUCTION WORK on the main academic quad interrupts the pedestrian walkway near the Old Chemistry Building. Workers are installing fiber optic cables for the Perkins Library renovations.

In the renovated library, the ground into a glass-covered pavilion, floor will contain a coffee shop comparaThe second phase of the plan calls ble to the Perk and a computer cluster; for the renovation of older portions of the top floors will be used for library ad- the library, while the third includes ministrative offices. the renovation of the second through The area between the Languages fourth floors of the 1968 addition to Building and Perkins will be converted the building.

City Council turns down development proposal

By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle

An attempt by the Durham Housing Authority to buy property in the Ebony Woods neighborhood stirred up vocal opposition at the Durham City Council’s biweekly meeting Monday night.

The DHA was planning on using the principle of eminent domain to condemn and acquire approximately 5,600 square feet owned by T-WOL Acquisition Company, paying for the property with public

funds. The DHA would therefore confiscate T-WOL’s land with or without their permission and compensate them in order to build a low-income housing complex on the site.

Many Ebony Woods residents and other Durham citizens came to the meeting for the sole purpose of opposing the DHA’s intentions. Among them, Durham County Commissioner and president of the Durham Chapter ofthe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Joe Bowser said he

opposed the proposal because he couldn’t see any legitimate reason to use eminent domain, which he said is usually applied when there is a clear and direct benefit to the public.

“I do not think it would be right to take this land from these individuals,” Bowser said. “I do not think this is either the time or place to use public domain for a reason that doesn’t exist ”

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Faculty evaluate French Science Center proposal

By KELLY ROHRS

body felt comfortable enough that they

After science faculty members evaluated preliminary architectural plans for the French Science Center, administrators this month passed the new $lOO million multidisciplinary science building to the next step of the approval process, despite some concerns about

The “fine tuning” includes creating additional exit routes from the building, developing greater material storage space and reevaluating some of the teaching space, Mueller said.

When the chemistry faculty reviewed the plans about a month ago, they praised the modem research facilities, but many said they were disappointed with the 20,000 square feet devoted to

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teaching laboratory space.

The 162,000-square-foot facility—which will house all of the chemistry department, part of the physics depart-

ment and the developmental, cell and molecular biology branch of the biology department—will be constructed behind the Biological Sciences and Physics buildings and connect to both to create a “science quad,” said Berndt Mueller, dean of natural sciences.

The project also includes a renovation of part of the Biological Sciences and Physics buildings and construction of new greenhouses.

Mueller said the architects “still need to do a little bit offine tuning, but every-

could proceed.”

teaching labs.

“It seemed like there was quite a bit less space than we currently have, and the space didn’t seem to reflect any coherent planning,” said Steven Baldwin, professor of chemistry. Baldwin and several other professors wrote a memo detailing their concerns, which has been passed on to Moore, Ruble and Yudell, the architectural firm overseeing the design of the French Science Center.

Mueller said adjustments to the plans will continue through the end of March.

The center—named for Melinda

French Gates’ family after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $3O million toward the project—will feature state-of-the-art research laboratories with modern safety features and improved separation ofoffice and laboratory space. The new labs will be larger than current ones in the Gross Chemistry and Biological Sciences buildings.

Faculty members said the more versatile research labs will lead to greater collaboration. “Groups can expand and contract in the modularly designed labs,” said Philip Benfey, chair of the biology department. “Currently we are somewhat restricted by lab space.”

University architect John Pearce said faculty input was a primary component of the design process. “We’re looking at the research facilities from the point of view of the way they want to teach,” he said.

‘We want to be as flexible as we can in developing spaces that students and faculty will want to use 10, 25 years from now.”

The new science center will open up space in the Levine Science Research

Center, where DCMB is currently situated, and in the Gross Chemistry and Biological Sciences buildings. The Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy will receive space in the renovated part of the Biological Sciences Building, and the Medical Center will assume the office and lab space in the LSRC, Mueller said.

At the moment, there are no concrete plans for future use of the Gross Chemistry Building, which will be empty when chemistry moves to the French Science Center. Large science lecture classes will still take place there.

Mueller said, however, that it is unlikely the Gross Chemistry labs will be used for research, as the expense of renovating them to meet modern safety standards is too great.

One possibility is that the Nicholas School ofthe Environment and Earth Sciences, which is currently split between the Old Chemistry Building and the LSRC, may move into the space to unify the school in one geographic location.

Palestinian parliament rejects authority measure

By JAMES BENNET

New York Times News Service

RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian parliament collided Monday with the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, narrowly rejecting a measure sought by Arafat that would have limited the authority of a new prime minister.

The measure, which legislators said

would have compelled the prime minister to seek Arafat’s approval for every ministerial appointment, had majority backing but failed to gain the necessary two-thirds support.

A small band ofreformers and critics of the Palestinian leader stubbornly held out through hours of debate and two votes as loyalists of Arafat al-

ternately shouted and cajoled, warning darkly of a coup or collaboration with American and Israeli plans to undermine the Palestinian leader.

The debate reflected the new political dynamism among Palestinians, as well as the strangeness of the convergence of sometimes conflicting interests —of tough young Palestinian lead-

ers, of the Bush administration and of the Israeli government—that has forced the creation of a Palestinian prime minister.

“This is not our position here, to come and take the responsibilities of Yasser Arafat,” said Jamil Tarifi, a close ally of See ARAFAT on page 10

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Suspects in Smart kidnapping held, await charges

By REBECCA BOONE The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY An attorney for the person suspected of abducting Elizabeth Smart told a television station Sunday that his client considers the 15year-old his wife and “still loves her.”

“He wanted me to tell the world that she is his wife, and he still loves her and knows that she still loves him, that no harm came to her during their relationship and the adventure that went on,” said Larry Long, an attorney for Brian Mitchell, in an interview with KUTV. Long told the station that Mitchell asked him Sunday to be his lawyer. Calls to Long’s office from The Associated Press were not returned Sunday, and calls to his home went unanswered.

Long said Mitchell did not consider Elizabeth’s disappearance a kidnapping, but a “call from God.” Long also suggested that giving a light sentence to his client—whom her referred to as “the perpetrator”—could send a signal to kidnappers that they should keep their captives alive.

“If we can somehow set up some structure where the message gets out that if you bring the girl back alive, that there’s some kind of commutation of the sentence, we may be much better off as a society.”

Nine months after her abduction from her home, Smart was found by police Wednesday with Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, in Sandy, Utah.

Mitchell, a religious fanatic who did handyman work at the Smart house one day in November 2001, is suspected in the kidnapping, as is Barzee.

The two remained in jail Sunday awaiting charges, expected to be filed Monday. Federal and local authorities, meanwhile, refused to comment on the investigation for a second straight day.

Long said Mitchell is on a fruit-only diet in the jail and wants to be called Emmanuel.

“I found him to be very intelligent, very knowledgeable, very coherent and very articulate in his expression of his views,” Long said.

Mormon faithful gathered to pray Sunday at Elizabeth Smart’s church, where her grandfather declared that the 15-year-old was so robbed of her free will by her captors that she did not try to escape even when left alone for a day.

Her bishop called Elizabeth “pure before the Lord.”

Smart’s grandparents and uncle spoke to about 250 people gathered for the service where the Smart family worships.

“As a doctor, it’s amazing to me that you can become so brainwashed that you identify with your captor,” grandfather Charles Smart said.

During her time with her abductors, “Elizabeth had the chance of escaping. One day she was completely by herself, but she didn’t try to run away,” he said. He did not elaborate on circumstances in which the girl was left alone.

At the church service held for Elizabeth, Bishop David Hamblin said despite anything that may have happened during the ordeal, the teen is “pure before the Lord. People who are in the control of others are

not accountable.”

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DSG from page 1

Sacks said. “I kind of want to wash my

will help make the biggest difference for the student body.”

DSG Attorney General Will Fagan the only candidate right now who will said the online voting window would be go into DSG and not be bound by the open longer today, from 9 a.m. until 11 problems that have kept DSG inac- p.m., but that DSG would not operate any physical poling stations. tive,” he said.

Christina Hsu, Asian Student AssociCollison said he would focus on attracting the votes of the over 40 percent ation president, said that although the who did not vote in the first election body has not endorsed anyone since the 57.4 percent of the student body voted first election, ASA was very complimenMarch 4, a record-high turnout. tary to Collison in its first endorsement “You see a lot of people who think of junior Shaomeng Wang for president.

DSG hasn’t represented them since Wang, who received 15.8 percent of the they’ve been here,” he said. vote, has endorsed Slovik. In the closing Both candidates stressed that they days ofthe campaign, Wang had accused hoped their original supporters would Collison supporters of tearing down his signs, a charge that DSG officials decidreturn to vote for them as well.

Slovik remained confident about ed was unfounded.

Junior Mike Sacks, who received 15.G today’s vote and hoped he would end up on top again in the runoff. percent of the vote, said he would not “I couldn’t feel any better about my endorse either candidate because he is position heading into the runoff,” Slovik friends with both. said. “[I hope to] continue to show all the “I’d like to endorse someone, but I people who voted for me that I am the think they’re both good guys and I don’t most experienced candidate and that I want to get my hands dirty again,”

has only one year of DSG experience, as a legislator his freshman year.

As president of Craven Quadrangle and social chair of Alpha Tao Omega fraternity, Collison has emphasized that he would be an outside leader in DSG and thus more willing to take on major restructuring. He has been endorsed by The Chronicle’s editorial board, the Duke Conservative Union,

COOK from page 2

WEN from page 2

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blasted the government’s decision to abandon a diplomatic solution.

“The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading part-

ner,” he said.

While saying he would vote against the government on Iraq, Cook said he did not back any campaign to oust Blair, hailing him as an outstanding leader.

Blair will hope to limit the vote against him Tuesday by stressing he made every effort to find a diplomatic solution. Britain lambasted France Mon-

day, saying Paris made war all but inevitable with its threat to veto any U.N. measure to set an ultimatum for Iraq.

Britain announced Monday along with the United States and Spain that a proposed resolution seeking U.N. approval for possible military action was being withdrawn.

There have been indications that many in the Labor Party, alarmed by the internal attacks on Blair, are trying

to reduce the damage.

Blair is counting on a quick and successful war to sway public opinion and justify his policy. A long and bloody conflict, however, would damage Blair, possibly making it impossible for him to stay on.

hands ofthe election.”

His campaign manager Margaret

Mash, however, has endorsed Collison.

Sacks’ position as an outsider candidate more willing to make drastic changes to the student government stood much more in line with Collison’s

platform.

Junior Adam Katz, who bottomed out the presidential race with 10.1 percent, also said he would not endorse either candidate because he is friends with both.

Collison, a native of Winter Park, Fla., and a public policy studies major,

ter, is considered personable and wellbriefed on the United States, where he served as ambassador until 2001.

Some Western diplomats argue that Li is unlikely to have the influence to alter the course in foreign policy and may end up serving mainly as China’s top spokesperson. Tang has taken a new job overseeing foreign affairs as a state councilor. Wu Yi, a longtime trade official and one ofthe few women in China’s top ranks, was named vice premier, also with responsibility for international policy.

At defense, Cao Gangchuan, 58, a military logistics expert who acquired

Mi Gente—the Latino student organization, Diya —the South Asian student organization, Class of 2006 President Chris Carr and junior Kevin Ogorzalek, Chronicle columnist and unsuccessful candidate for DSG vice presi-

dent for facilities and athletics.

Slovik, a native of Newton, Mass., a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity and also a public policy studies major, spent the first half of this year studying abroad in Florence, Italy. A former DSG vice president for facilities and athletics, Slovik had the widest institutional experience in DSG of any of the five original candidates.

He has emphasized projects such as

increased fighting and more Safeßides vans to boost off-campus safety. He has been endorsed by the Interfratemity

Council and the Panhellenic Council—umbrella organizations for greek fraternities and sororities, Hillel—the Jewish student organization, the Black Student Alliance and former DSG president C. J. Walsh, Trinity ’O2.

top-shelf weapons from Russia and built up China’s missile and space programs, was named to replace Chi Haotian.

Cao put into effect a strategy of using batteries of short-range missiles to intimidate Taiwan, which China is trying to dissuade from seeking independence.

As head of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Cao also expanded China’s space program and pushed a plan to put astronauts into orbit for the first time, now set to happen later this year.

Another powerful official in the new cabinet is Lu Fuyuan, who was promoted to head the Commerce Ministry, which has jurisdiction over both domestic and international trade.

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PROTEST from page 1 ter, one of the event organizers.

Specifics of the walkout were the main topic of discussion at the group’s meeting Monday night, organizers said after the meeting.

So far, upwards of 400 students and staff members have signed petitions showing their intent to walk out if war begins, and several professors are already scheduled to speak at the rally. The group encourages faculty members, staff and students to take time out from their day to confront the reality of the war.

“The basic idea is that this is not just an ordinary day if war is declared, and this is a signal that we are not just going to go about our business and let the Bush administration go about doing what it wants to do without our voices

being heard. It’s worth taking the time out to reflect on what’s going on and to commit ourselves to this bigger cause,” said event organizer Shlomi Sher, a student at the Fuqua School of Business.

That notion is also being echoed by members of the faculty. “Everyone is going to be distracted that day, whether they are pro-war or anti-war,” said Professor of Literature Kenneth Surin. “I think all Duke faculty, staff and students should discuss issues connected with the war.”

The walkout movement does not end at Duke. In Europe several weeks ago, millions across the continent walked out of their schools and jobs in protest. Across the nation, many other schools are coordinating efforts to walk out when war is declared including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Senior Jillian Johnson, another walkout organizer, has even made a website linking walkouts with universities around America at www.walk-

out-on-war.com.

“We were able to get information from about 50 campuses that are planning walkouts. It’s helped to build solidarity for anti-war activists across the country,” said Johnson, also a columnist for The Chronicle.

In the local community, action is also

being planned. “People in Durham are planning a 24-hour vigil presence in Brightleaf Square, which some of us will take part in,” said junior Dave Allen.

Rutter said that, after Duke community members hold their noontime rally, they will march to Brightleaf Square to join the vigil While the future is not certain, there is a distinct hope that the Duke commu-

“The basic ideas is that this is not just an ordinary day if war is declared” Shlomi Sher,

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“A democratic society requires its members to make responsible political choices and to take a stand on the important issues of the day,” Surin said.

For these students poised to walk out, their stand is already set. “All thinking people have an obligation to ask questions about what’s going on,” Sher said. “If those questions cannot be answered in a satisfactory way, then it is appropriate to raise our voices.”

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CITY COUNCIL frompageS Rudolph Clark, a spokesman of TWOL, agreed.

“Eminent domain should be used only when it is absolutely necessary,” Clark said.

Opponents also claimed private home ownership in the neighborhood by the low-income residents would serve them better.

After listening to public input, the Council decided to turn down the pro-

MANDL from page 1 and both integrate a medical center into the campus.

“It’s probably the only position I can think of that could have lured me away at this point in my career,” Mandl said.

“Given the point Emory’s at in its history, its resources and the potential it has to achieve, I can be part of something very important in higher education in the U.S., and I think it’s a unique opportunity in that sense.”

In many ways, Mandl has been Trask’s top deputy for the past four years. In addition to overseeing annual budgeting and financing of new buildings, Mandl has led several strategic initiatives, including the development of a new planning and reporting process for capital construction and a revamping of Duke’s internal financial reporting procedures.

Mandl’s departure leaves a gaping hole in Trask’s infrastructure and

posal by a vote of six to one, preventing the DHA from buying the land. Council member Howard Clement dissented, saying that he needed more information to make a decision.

IN OTHER BUSINESS, the Council voted to expedite a hearing before the Zoning Commission in order to determine whether a local anti-substance abuse group could build a housing complex in Durham. TROSA, or Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, specializes in providing affordable housing for recovering addicts. comes less than a month after Daniel Rodas, assistant vice president for administration and one of Trask’s top lieutenants, announced last month that he would be leaving Duke to become provost of Southampton College in New York.

But Mandl’s departure will have a deeper impact on the University, especially given the role Mandl was slated to take in a restructuring of campus and auxiliary services next year.

Earlier this year, Trask announced that the departures of Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Affairs Joe Pietrantoni and Director of Facilities Management Jerry Black gave him the opportunity to rethink how those services are executed.

In his new infrastructure, Trask will turn over a pared-down core of auxiliaries to current Auxiliary Services Director of Financial Services Paul Davies and create a new position, vice president for campus services, to oversee facilities, parking and other campus-wide services.

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Though most council members said they supported TROSA’s goals, they were divided on the question of whether or not to build apartments for former substance abusers in what some residents considered a dangerous neighborhood.

Council member Tamra Edwards criticized the merits of the proposal directly.

“We just don’t need any more rental properties in that area,” said Edwards.

“We need... home ownership in that community.”

By expediting the hearing, the

on the matter by May 5, before funding

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deadlines.

The Council also authorized a 48,238 square foot addition to Rogers-Herr Middle School. The enlarged facility would allow the removal of eight mobile home classrooms and provide space for art and music classrooms.

Lastly, the Council adopted a resolution celebrating Durham’s Sesquicentennial, or 150-year anniversary.

Durham was founded in 1854, with the creation of a railroad station in what is now downtown.

Mandl was set to take charge of oversight for auxiliaries as the intermediary between Trask and Davies. Now, Trask

vice president last year.

He served prior to 1999 as the University of Pennsylvania’s vice dean for

will be looking for Mandl’s replacement as well.

Trask said the search for a campus

finance and administration and before that, served as director of academic

services vice president is proceeding and that he hopes to have someone in place before May’s Board of Trustees meeting.

He added that a new vice president for financial services will be hired next fall, snd he would then make any necessary changes to his reorganization.

“It probably won’t be exactly the same,” Trask said. “We’re going to make some minor readjustments. That’s clearly the open question, whether [Auxiliary Services] belongs [under the vice president for financial services] or on the campus services side, and I don’t know what to decide until I see who we’ve got in each position.”

Mandl has served as Duke’s chief financial services and budget officer since 1999 and was promoted to full

office at Duke.

budgets and services in the provost’s “We welcome Mike Mandl to succeed John Temple at Emory,” said Emory President William Chace in a statement. “He brings to us an acute intelligence, a firm grasp of the complexities of private higher education in the United States and a determination and tenacity to understand and then to solve the many fiscal issues that we—along with our national counterparts—will be facing in the coming years.”

Trask, who came to Duke as the executive vice president of the University of Washington, couldn’t help gloating a

little about his protege.

“He’s going to be a EVP at a serious place at [agel 40,” Trask said. “I remind him I was EVP at a serious place when I was 37.”

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risk punishment. War crimes, he said, would be punished.

Bush spoke less than 12 hours after giving up on an effort to bring the U.N. Security Council behind his plan to force an immediate showdown with Saddam.

Although he did not name names, he was almost scornful of those nations, led

by France, who had opposed him.

“These governments share our assessment of the danger, but not our re-

solve to meet it,” Bush said, speaking

from a lectern in the Cross Hall in what aides said was likely to be the first of two addresses to the nation this week.

They said the president was likely to speak again once the hostilities start, assuming they do.

“The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities,” Bush said. “So we will rise to ours.”

The rapid-fire events of the day brought the United States to the brink of its second major military action since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Should Bush unleash the military, it would be the first major application of his doctrine of pre-empting threats from rogue nations and terrorist groups with access to non-conventional weapons like the chemical and biological agents the United States accuses Iraq of hiding.

But in reaching this point, Bush has left behind fractured relationships with allies and partners like France, Germany and Russia, all of whom objected to abandoning diplomacy and U.N. weapons inspections. The Atlantic alliance, a pillar of postwar security in the West, has been sorely tried.

Bush said confronting the Iraqi military held the risk of precipitating terrorist attacks against the United States.

The administration was taking a variety of steps, including expelling from the country some people suspected of having ties to Hussein’s intelligence services and stepping up securi-

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Conducted in an atmosphere dense with cigarette smoke and charged with caffeine, Monday’s debate had the hallmarks found in freewheeling legislatures everywhere: politicians accusing one another of posturing for the cameras; smirking aides and journalists; and, in the end, votes with actual significance.

Angered over what he saw as a threat to due process, the head of the legal committee offered his resignation, only to have it rejected by the

speaker.

The secretary of the parliament, noticing that an opponent ofthe measure was silently checking his vote count, stopped in mid-tally and refused to continue.

“You should respect my counting!” he shouted, and then stormed from the chamber. He was eventually talked

ty at airports, ports and other important locations.

The president warned Iraqi military forces not to set fire to oil wells or resort to the use ofweapons of mass destruction.

“War criminals will be punished,” Bush said. “And it will be no defense to say, T was just following orders.’”

To the Iraqi people, Bush promised food, medicine and liberation from the fear that Saddam has sown among his own people.

“We will tear down the apparatus of power, and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free,” Bush said. “In a free Iraq, there will be no more wars of aggression against your neighbors, no more poison factories, no more executions of dissidents, no more torture chambers and rape rooms.”

Bush offered no new evidence of his contention that Iraq has ties to terrorist organizations including al-Qaida, and he provided no new intelligence to bolster his assertions that Saddam has stockpiled chemical and biological weapons and continued to try to develop nuclear weapons.

But he said Iraq, under Saddam, had the potential to one day assist terrorists in killing “thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country or any other.”

Without providing details, Bush said some governments in the Middle East had delivered private messages to Saddam in recent days urging him

to step aside.

The president said the refusal of the Iraqi leader and his sons to go into exile “will result in military conflict, commenced at a time of our choosing.”

A Pentagon official said the wording ofBush’s warning was intended to leave open the option of moving militarily within the next two days if Saddam publicly refuses before the deadline to leave Iraq. Administration officials moved to impose some of the most stringent security precautions seen in the United States since immediately after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. into returning and resuming his count of raised hands.

The speaker of the Palestinian Leg-

islative Council, Ahmed Qureia, used his powers to push the measure to restrict the prime minister, reopening the debate after it was voted down.

Defeated a second time, he finally postponed until Tuesday a final vote on the underlying legislation to create the post.

Both sides left calling the debate a credit to Palestinian democracy, while girding for a renewed fight Tuesday.

Under the laws of the Palestinian Authority, if the bill to create a prime minister passes on a third reading, it will eventually become Taw even if Arafat chooses not to sign it.

Arafat has named as prime minister a longtime deputy, Mahmoud Abbas.

But Abbas has remained out of sight and refused to accept the job until he determines it has sufficient power. Monday’s debate signaled that he can count on a limited but hard core of support in

the boisterous parliament.

Regardless of the measure debated Monday, the prime minister is accountable under the new legislation to Arafat.

Palestinian politicians and political scientists say Abbas’ powers will be determined less by legislation than by his own success at maneuvering among Arafat, the Palestinian factions, Israel and the United States.

The debate came against 'a background of violence in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians, including a 3-year-old girl.

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Duke recruits square off in high school playoffs

By MIKE COREY The Chronicle

COLUMBUS, Ohio Duke-bound high school All-Americans Alison Bales and Brittany Hunter squared off against each other last Friday night, with Bales’ team prevailing in an 88-82 overtime thriller in the big-school Ohio girls state semifinals. Bales, a 6-foot-6 center from Beavercreek High School, overcame a slow start to score 20 points, 16 of which came after halftime.

Hunter was magnificent from start to finish on both sides of the ball, as she poured in 27 points despite being double and tripled-teamed. However, the Brookhaven star was more impressive in her efforts slowing Bales, who has considerable advantages in height—Hunter stands just 6-foot-2—and weight. Hunter played in front of Bales throughout the contest, denying her chances to get the ball in the post. Bales did not score her first field goal until the third quarter.

“Brittany is a great player,” Bales told The Columbus Dispatch. “It was great to play against her on the court. I learn a lot about what I need to work on.

But ITI enjoy it a lot more when we’re playing with each other next year instead of against each other.”

And though Bales and Hunter embraced each other in the press room following the game, the on-court rumble between the National Player of the Year finalists was anything but friendly.

“This was not a time for that,” Hunter told the Dispatch.

Hunter shut downBales early on, but the Beavercreek senior remained calm, as she was a consistent force on the defensive end, denying Brookhaven’s quick guards penetration into the lane because of her size and shot-altering ability. Offensively, teammate Kim Ingels stepped up big into Bales’ size 16 men’s shoes, dumping Brookhaven for 26 points—including the last five of regulation, in which she made a pair of foul shots and banked in a three-pointer that sent the game into overtime.

In the end, the pair from the Buckeye State both exhibited why they have bright futures in the Duke program.

Hunter’s game is best described as a combination of three current Duke stars—Hunter has Alana Beard’s ability to penetrate and score in traffic, Monique Currie’s explosiveness and strength, and Iciss Tillis’ interior offensive and defensive skills. Her post moves were so smooth and quick they appeared instinctual. She pivots well to her left and right, has a silky stroke and is very confident from 12 feet in. Hunter also showed proficiency in her post defense and rebounding.

But perhaps Hunter’s greatest asset is her conspicuous leadership. Hunter was a coach on the floor Friday night, encouraging her teammates all night long, from offensive and defensive adjustments to butt-slapping to simple motivating words to fellow players in See OHIO RECRUITS on page 13

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ALISON BALES (left) walks next to freshman guard Jessica Foley during a visit to Duke last semester.

Blue Devils fall to Cowboys after 3-3 spring break From staff reports After going 3-3 over spring

break, the baseball team lost 2-1 to Oklahoma State Monday afternoon at historic Jack Coombs Field.

With the score tied at one in the top of the eighth, Duke pitcher Kevin Thompson walked Jose Virgil. One batter later, Josh Fields singled up the middle to plate the winning run.

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The Blue Devils tried to rally, putting Adam Loftin on with two outs in the bottom ofthe ninth, but could not bring the tying run in.

Russell Dufree and Thompson split the work for Duke, allowing only six hits. Cowboys pitchers Joe Weaver and Shane Hawk out dueled them, however, allowing just one unearned run on six hits.

Tm very pleased with the way Russell Dufree and Kevin Thompson threw,” head coach Bill Hillier said. “There was great pitching from both teams.

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UNC kicks off its bid for an NIT title tonight when the Tar Heels host DePaul at 9 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center. Virginia and Georgia Tech also made the tournament.

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Duke lone run came in the bottom of the third. John Berger and Senterrio Landrum began the inning with back-to-back singles, putting Berger at third. Senior Brian Patrick brought home Berger with a sacrifice fly.

The Cowboys were quick to respond, using a pair of singles to bring home John Urick.

The loss dropped Duke to 6-5 in one-run games.

Over spring break, Duke complied a 3-3 record, taking 2-of-3 off Elon before being swept in a two-game series by Ball State. In its next game Duke beat Brown 9-8 in 10 innings, but the Blue Devils’ final games, against

Radford, was canceled.

“I’m please with the way our guys battled,” Hillier said. “We will play at North Carolina A&T on Wednesday and then get ready to go to Virginia for a three-game series.”

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Steve Lavin’s hirLOS ANGELES ing as UCLA basketball head coach in 1996 was shocking. His firing sure wasn’t.

Lavin was dismissed Monday after the team’s first losing season in 55 years, a move widely anticipated for months by everyone, including Lavin.

“I’ve been leaning toward this decision over the last several weeks,” said first-year athletic director Dan Guerrero, who fired his second major coach at the school in 3 1/2 months. “Can

DAYTON, Ohio The math speaks for itself: North Carolina at Asheville is playing in the NCAA Tournament with a losing record, the only team among the 65 to do so.

Coach Eddie Biedenbach, however, doesn’t want to hear any talk about losers and undeserving teams. He thinks his Bulldogs can play.

“We are one of 17 losing teams that have been in the NCAA tournament, but we have a schedule that includes Oklahoma, Kansas, Michigan State, Holy Cross, which is in the tournament, and East Tennessee State, which won its league,” Biedenbach said. “Any midmajor is going to have a tough time with that schedule.”

The Bulldogs, whose schedule is ranked the 17th hardest in the nation, take a 14-16 record into Tuesday night’s

a coach have a bad year? Sure they can, but it’s about looking to the future.”

Football coach Bob Toledo was let go in December after seven years on the job.

Lavin went 145-78 in seven years and took the Bruins to the final 16 of the NCAA tournament five times in six years, a feat matched only by Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Lavin’s teams won at least 20 games every season except this one.

UCLA went 10-19 overall and 6-12 in Pac-10 play, finishing sixth for the second straight year—its worst-ever conference showing.

“That’s not acceptable,” Guerrero said after a 13-minute campus news conference. “You need to be consistent throughout the year. You need to finish at the top of your conference.”

Lavin fell into the job when Jim Harrick was fired in November 1996 only a week before the season began and 19 months after the Bruins won

STEVE LAVIN will no longer pace the sidelines as the Bruins’ head coach. their 11th and most recent national championship. Then-AD Peter Dalis had no choice but to promote Lavin from unproven assistant to head coach.

Veterans Mark Gottfried and Lorenzo Romar had left for head coaching jobs, leaving Lavin as the No. 1 assistant.

“From the interim days seven years ago to these final days, I think the kids would agree I’ve been probably very consistent, probably to a fault sometimes,” Lavin said after coaching his See LAVIN on page 16

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The NCAA exposure is a bonanza for both schools, which are overshadowed by bigger universities in their home states.

JOSEPH BARBER is averaging 7.8 points per game this season for the Bulldogs.

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INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will consider postponing games in the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and other national championships if war with Iraq begins this week.

President Myles Brand acknowledged Monday for the first time that the NCAA was checking the availability of arenas and hotels for the days after first and second-round games are scheduled to be completed.

That would give the officials more flexibility in making a decision about postponements.

“We don’t know when it will start, and we have to be respectful of our men and women in uniform,” Brand said following an NCAA town hall meeting on sportsmanship that was sponsored by Indianapolis television station WISH. “On the other hand, I think we have to be very careful not to let Saddam Hussein control our lives.

We have to balance those,” he said.

The primary consideration, Brand said, would be the safety of the athletes and fans.

Brand said his office has been in contact with the Homeland Security Department and security officials as it finishes contingency plans. He declined to give details, saying they would be announced as events take place.

He also said there has been no determination about changes in television coverage.

CBS holds the rights to the men’s tournament, but the network, whichis owned by Viacom, has discussed switching the games to ESPN if CBS needs more air time for war coverage.

ESPN and ESPN2 already are scheduled to show the women’s tournament. NCAA vice president Donna Noonan said Sunday she had been assured by ESPN that the women’s games would not be affected.

If a deal cannot be reached with ESPN, the games could be shown on other Viacom-owned networks such as such as MTV, UPN, BET or TNN. “We’re doing a lot of planning, but we don’t know what direction it will go,” Brand said.

The NCAA men’s tournament would be the first big sports event affected by any conflict in Iraq. The first game, between North Carolina at Asheville and Texas Southern, is scheduled for Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio.

The rest of the first round begins Thursday,

which would be after the 48-hour deadline President Bush set Monday night for Hussein to leave Iraq or

face war.

The women’s tournament begins Saturday.

Brand said other championships, such as those in men’s and women’s swimming and diving, as well as men’s and women’s ice hockey, would also have to

be considered.

Any decisions would be made in consultation with federal authorities and security officials. Brand’s office would make the final call.

“We have to arrive at a position that makes the most sense for the NCAA,” he said. “But we don’t want a tyrant to run our lives.”

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the critical moments of the game.

What is exciting about Hunter is that she’s only been

competing in serious basketball since the eighth grade.

“My mother told me that if I played ball and got to be pretty good at it, that maybe I could go to college somewhere for free,” Hunter said. “I never even watched the NBA or college basketball on TV. I wasn’t a prissy girl or anything like that, but sports just weren’t my thing.”

But for Ohio’s 2003 Ms. Basketball, who averaged 23.5 points, 17.6 rebounds, six blocks and two steals per game this year, basketball is now her passion. And the nation knows it.

“In some scouts’ eyes, Brittany Hunter is the No. 1 high-school girls player in the nation,” John Feasel, editor ofOhio Girls Basketball Magazine, told the Dispatch.

Bales’ road to stardom has been quite different, as she has always stuck out because of her size, which was cause for her nickname, “Big Al.” “I don’t remember how much I weighed as a fresh-

man, but it was more than I do now,” said Bales, who averaged 17.6 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.5 blocks this season. “I’m more athletic now and I run the floor better.”

She has gotten into better and better shape—Bales was limited to just five or six mix minutes at a time early in her career because of poor conditioning and sore knees-and her future in basketball has gotten brighter and brighter. Friday night, Bales stepped up when she was needed, scoring 16 points in the second half and overtime, and passing well to open guards and forwards after Brookhaven would double team her.

But for Bales and Hunter, the best is yet to come according to Brookhaven’s coach, Reggie Lee. “The first thing say about Bales is, ‘Man, she’s huge.’ But she’s really developed. She seems to have a better understanding of the game and she makes the players around her better, which is hard as a center.

“Brittany has never lifted weights—never—and as an athlete she has never been in the best shape because of all the little injuries and traveling during the summer,” he said. “When she gets to college, she’s going to be scary—really, really scary.”

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First, I want to thank the nearly 1100 students that used their vote to reaffirm my place as the strongest candidate in this year’s DSG Presidential Election. Experience does indeed matter.

Actions speak louder than words and I have proven my ability to accomplish the goals to which I set my mind. I implore everyone to again cast your vote today for the strongest candidate that, in your mind, has most impacted the student body and will continue to create the most positive change within the campus community here at Duke University.

What has DSG done for you this year? Not many students could answer that, which is a sad reflection of DSG’s current student perception. I enter this election as a student demanding change, unwilling to accept the DSG status quo, and fighting for student issues. When the most influential student organization doesn’t address our concerns we must start to question those in

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Short-term redefinition of the roles and possible long-term reorganization of the groups.

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I am not content with DSG’s meager attempts to collect student input, the apparent administrative indifference on crucial campus issues, and proposed solutions that temporarily bandage student concerns. Previous DSG inaction has perpetuated many of the problems currently facing Duke students. The 2003-2004 DSG needs an outside perspective to make the organization responsive to students and to force administrative response.

Safety measures implemented-by DSG do not prevent on-campus sexual assaults. DSG must be a proactive voice for student safety concerns by advocating Safeßides expansion, new dorm security, and an alcohol policy actually reflective ofDuke’s social scene.

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DSG must; Take a firm stand on issues. Students must communicate their opinions on issues so that DSG can act.

DSG must: Examine its internal structure and make positive meaningful changes in the organization so that it is more effective for the students.

DSG must: Have a President who knows how to produce results and who has a firm belief about approachability. If you can always find the President in the office, something is wrong.

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the NCAA Tournament, but first since 1995.

“The phone has been ringing out of my hands,” Texas Southern coach Ronnie Courtney said. “I thought it would take me a little longer to get there than two years.”

UNC-Asheville will find a familiar face at this game. Allan Lovett, a 6-foot-5 forward, played for the Bulldogs in 2000-01, but now averages 16.5 points for Texas Southern. He averaged 7.9 points in 17 games as a freshman at Asheville before quitting midway through the season.

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Lovett had 23 points and eight rebounds as Texas Southern beat Alcorn State 77-68 in the SWAC tournament final on Saturday night.

“This is a real big deal, because we haven’t gone dancing in years,” Lovett said after the victory—and before he knew Asheville was next up for the Tigers.

Texas Southern was founded by the state legislature in 1947 to provide a college for black students. About 10,000 students are enrolled in the school in downtown Houston.

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final game Friday. “I’ve really been the same for seven years.”

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For all the electrifying victories during the Lavin years, including four upsets of No. 1-ranked teams, there were losses to Ball State, Cal State Northridge, Detroit Mercy, Northern Arizona, Pepperdine and Tulsa.

Lavin’s final two games typified his UCLA career. The Bruins stunned No. 1 Arizona in the first round ofthe Pac-10 tournament, only to blow an 11-point late in the next game and lose by one point to Oregon.

“We frankly were not a real solid team early in the year,” Guerrero said.

“UCLA fans want to see a consistent effort. They’re very passionate.”

UCLA had 10 losses at Pauley Pavilion, the most ever in a season, and the average attendance of 8,348 was the lowest since 1993 in the 12,819-seat arena.

At times, the Bruins were booed off their home floor, and fans wore Tshirts that said “Lose Lavin” and “Fire

Johns the following season.

This season’s record was the worst for the Bruins since 1942, when they were 5-18 under Johns.

Guerrero informed Lavin ofhis decision over breakfast Monday.

“It was almost surreal,” Guerrero said.

“We had a very pleasant conversation. He talked about fresh starts for both of us.”

For weeks, Lavin had spoken of his 12 years at UCLA, including five as an assistant, in the past tense, making his dismissal anticlimactic. He joked about his impending fate and- even named possible successors.

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malice intended,” Guerrero said. “It was away for him to cope. Steve acted with great dignity through some very difficult times.”

Lavin had five years remaining on his contract. He will receive a buyout of one year of his full salary of $578,000, and four years at the base salary of $153,000.

“I take the long view, and I am grateful for the experience of teaching at one

of the world’s great universities,” Lavin said in a statement. “I will remember most the lasting friendships I’ve made, and I remain optimistic about the bright future of the program.”

Lavin Immediately.”

Guerrero said he planned to consult with the 92-year-old Wooden concerning It was a stunningly negative atmosphere at a school that has won a record Lavin’s successor.

11 national championships: 10 under “It’s quite possible we won’t have a John Wooden in the 1960s and 19705, person named until after the Final and one under Harrick in 1995—when Four,” Guerrero said. “This is a highLavin was the No. 3 assistant. level hire for us.”

“There are those individuals who Guerrero refused to identify potential candidates, but Ben Howland of believe the Wooden era can be replicated,” Guerrero said. “It’s not likely in Pittsburgh, Mark Few of Gonzaga, Rick Majerus of Utah and former UCLA coach our lifetimes.”

The Bruins had not had a losing Larry Brown of the NBA’s Philadelphia record since going 12-13 under coach 76ers have been mentioned.

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Academic TUESDAY, MARCH 18

Great Lives in the Law Lecture: 12pm. The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, will present the third lecture in the Great Lives in the Law series, sponsored by the Duke Program in Public Law. Law Library.

Speaker: 4-6pm. J. Lawrence Aber, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Public Health Director, National Center for Children in Poverty Columbia University New York City Children’s Exposure to the Events of September 11th: Implications for Educational and Mental Health Policy.Fleishman Commons, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

Lecture: 5-6pm, reception follows.The Annual George L. Maddox, Jr., Ph.D. Lectureship. “Successful Aging: The Subjective Side” by Linda K. George, Ph.D. Duke Searle Center Lecture Hall. For additional information call 660-7500.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Franklin Humanities Inst. Wednesday Conversation: 12-1 pm. Jairo Moreno, introd. By Tom Brothers: “Syncopated Modernities: The Case of Latin Music in the U.S.”This event will be of especial interest to undergraduate Latinos who wish to discuss and listen to music involved with Latino identity. Free admission, open to the public. Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Rd. (corner Erwin & Trent).

Duke Events Calendar Lecture: 3pm. “Anthropophagy: Brazilian Art, Cultural Negotiation, and Questions of Autonomy”, by Paulo Herkenhoff. Duke University Museum of Art, 2nd Floor.

Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Didier Stanier, University of California, San Francisco.

“Endoderm development in zebrafish: from Casanova to liver and pancreas formation.” 147 Nanaline Duke.

The Program in Literature: 5-7pm. presents Etienne Balibar, “Violence and Civility: On the Political Limits of Anthropology”. Richard White Auditorium, Rm. 107.

Lecture: 5-7:3opm. Dr. Robin Hood? Creating Incentives to Make Medicines and Vaccines for Diseases in Resource-poor Countries. A public lecture focusing on access to and development of drugs/vaccines for diseases in resource-poor countries. Duke Law School, Room 3043 Lecture: 8-10pm. ‘The Media: Watchdogs, Lapdogs or Guidedogs?” Lecture by Professor Susan Tifft 2003 Futrell Award Recipient. Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Lecture Hall 04.

Religious .

TUESDAY, MARCH 18 TAIZE Praydr: s:lspm, Tuesdays. Memorial Chapel Bible Study: 7-Bpm, Tuesdays. Worship and friendship.

Room 032, Duke Chapel basement area. Sponsored by Baptist Student Union and open to all students. More information, call 684-5994.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

Performance: Bpm. Lucy Guerin Dance Company ‘The Ends of Things” & “Melt”. This program is intended for mature audiences. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center.

Tickets $22 Preferred Rows, $lB General Seating, $l2 Students.

Wesley Fellowship Morning Prayers:. 9am, Wednesdays. With JoAnna in the Bryan Center, Alpine.

Email(jm2l).

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Wesley Fellowship Increase the Peace: 11:30am, Wednesdays. Meets on the Divinty School side of the chapel for short prayer. If you can’t make it, please take time wherever you are, and pray for God's peace in our

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Lunchtime Concert: 12:00 pm. Corelli Birthday Celebration presented by Seraphim Musica. Free. Duke Chapel.

Presbyterian/UCC Ministry Bible Study: 12:15-1 pm, Wednesdays. Bring your lunch and Bible. Chapel Basement, Room 036.

Wesley Fellowship Small Group: 9:45pm. Meets in the Wesley office. Contact jay.regennitter with questions.

Social Programming and Meetings TUESDAY, MARCH 18 French Table: 7pm, Tuesdays. La table francaise. Join us for the French Table and speak French with us. Great Hall (close to the Loop).

Freewater Films: 7 & 9. “Defining The Tramp” (3 Classic Chaplin Films). Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Films Include: The Kid’s Auto Race, The Tramp, and Behind the Screen.

Performance: Bpm. ‘The Phoenix” open-mic poetry night. East Campus Coffeehouse. For questions or contact Sara Hudson please comments, Morris or (skh3@duke.edu) Benjamin (bam9@duke.edu).

Concert: Bpm. Mozart and His Time. A concert of music by Mozart and two of his contemporaries, performed by artists from around the country, on period instruments. Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, East Campus. Admission is free.

Screen/Society: Bpm. Reel Evil and Cine-East presents “Pulgasari”. (Produced by North Korean leader Kim Jong 11, with a kidnapped South Korean director!

Later banned in North Korea!) Richard White Auditorium, East Campus.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20 National Day of Francophone Countries: 2:30-4pm. Join us to celebrate this event. Patio of Languages Building (next to Perkins Library). Free food, raffles and games,.

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Letters to the ~

It’s time for war

For

the past 12 years, Saddam Hussein has defied the terms of his surrender in the GulfWar, violating countless United Nations resolutions while surreptitiously building weapons of mass destruction. At the same time, Hussein has repressed and impoverished the Iraqi people, trampling them under his tyrannical heel in his megalomanical pursuits. More recently, Hussein has violated UN. Resolution 1441, has ignored the pleas of the international community to disarm and has refused to step down as Iraq’s leader.

No more. As President George W. Bush made clear in his address to the nation last night, the time for diplomacy is over and the time has come to remove Hussein from power by force. Bush’s reasons for going to war are clear and compelling. Ultimately, the purpose of military action is to effect regime change by removing Hussein from power. The reasons for this change are partially humanitarian: Hussein has ruthless oppressed and murdered his own people, having even used chemical weapons against Iraqis. Rather than letting this deplorable situation, the US. will liberate the Iraqi people.

Hussein also presents a clear and present danger to both the United States and the Middle East. He has stockpiled and continues to develop weapons of mass destruction and has refused to disarm or to cooperate with UN. weapons inspectors. Hussein has also shown that he is willing to use these horrific weapons. Moreover, Hussein has aided and abetted terrorism, both in the form of supporting Palestinian suicide bombers and, very probably, assisting al Qaeda.

Bush has clearly and forcefully outlined these reasons to remove Hussein from power to the international community and has made good faith efforts to work with the UN. and the United States’ traditional allies in Europe and elsewhere to confront Hussein. Unfortunately, many members ofthe international community refuse to face reality, leaving the United States, Britain and a handful ofother countries to deal with Iraq. Americans must realize that war is necessary and that American casualties are an inevitable, tragic consequence of war.

Moreover, Americans must prepare for the possibility of a counterattack, but should remain confident that removing Hussein will vastly improve geo-political stability and security in the future.

The fact that the United Nations refuses to enforce its own resolutions and refuses to punish Hussein for his flaunting ofthe international community’s demands is a black-eye for the UN. While the UN. retains a prominent role in world politics as a forum for discussion and as a mediator in international disputes, its refusal to confront Iraq calls into question the U.N.’s role as an effective body for executing and enforcing policy, forcing the U.S. to make the world a safer place.

The refusal oftraditional allies such as France and Germany to support the war is especially disheartening. While the world benefits from having strong advocates for peace, France and Germany’s refusal to support the war on Iraq is cowardly. What is sickening is that these countries support Iraq because oftheir commercial interest, meaning they will let Hussein murder the Iraqi people to make a few bucks.

Fortunately, the U.S. is ready, willing and able to step up and do what is right. At the same time however, Bush and his administration should have done more to try to gather international support. But, even if the rest of the worldremains in paralyzed inaction, the U.S. should do what is right while fighting the machinations of the despotic Hussein.

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Sacks’s campaign manager lends support to Collison I am writing to endorse Taylor Collison for Duke Student Government president. Not only do I feel that Taylor would be an excellent leader for Duke University, but his energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Taylor is Craven Quadrangle president and at our weekly meetings, he is efficient, fair

and very dedicated to the quad.

Taylor does an exceptional job trying to bring together everyone’s ideas and incorporating them! Since he did not join a fraternity until his sophomore year, he has the unusual ability to see the problems confronting Duke's campus

from all sides. I believe that Taylor is the needed addition for DSG, and I strongly urge for you to support him today. Vote Collison!

Margaret Mash Trinity ’O5 The writer was the campaign manager for Mike Sacks ’s DSG

presidential campaign.

Ogorzalek endorses Collison for DSG president After

garnering

more

votes than Matthew Slovik and Taylor Collison while losing my race in the Duke Student Government election, I felt I should become DSG president.

Unfortunately, that position has not been offered to me, nor will it, as the run-off is today and my name is not on the ballot. I would however, like to support Taylor Collison. Why you might ask? Well he asked me to, on the telephone no less; not

over instant messenger or email. This shows me that he’s a people person.

Even with the political kiss of death (that is, the Duke Conservative Union endorsement) I still think he will make a strong president, able to bring about the radical changes necessary within DSG and throughout

reading this to find yourself

a computer and vote for the next DSG president. I highrecommend ly Taylor Collison to those who voted for me, and for those who didn’t, I’ll forgive you if you take my recommendation.

Kevin Ogorzalek Trinity ’O4 The writer was a

the University.

So while you are stuffing your faces with Alpine bagels or ’Dillo tacos, take a moment after you are done

for DSG vice president for facilities and athletics

candidate

and is a columnist for The Chronicle.

University should reconsider RA policy changes I absolutely agree with The Chronicle’s March 17 editorial that the new residential adviser policy is erroneous.

While Student Affairs has to appear to treat all RAs in the same way, it is obvious that the roles and responsibilities East and West campus RAs have are quite different. It is no secret that West Campus RAs in general have fewer instances of residents knocking on their

door to chat, to ask about Duke resources and classes or to get directions to various off- and on-campus locations. This may not necessarily be a reflection of the quality of the RAs on West Campus, but rather the simple fact that upperclassmen

already think they know everything about Duke and its surroundings, and they have already made close friends of their own. The sad truth is that more often than not, West Campus RAs are just people to go to when residents are locked out of their room, the toilet doesn’t flush

or when the dorm wants a free pizza party sponsored by the dorm-RA joint fund.

Forced interaction is not going to change the status quo, at least on West Campus.

On East Campus however,

while there is a chance that sharing meals with residents may build stronger bonds

between RAs and their residents, the additional burden of having to do it twice a week may prove too much (especially together with the other changes of having more oncall hours). East Campus RAs already spend the majority of their time in the freshman dorms playing the role-model, and often struggle to maintain their relationships with their own friends living on the other parts of campus.

In addition, the limitations on RAs involvement in other Duke activities and increasing on-call hours mean that the RAs will essentially not have a life

outside of their dorm, and

recruited in the future. How does Student Affairs expect RAs to provide resources and be role-models to their residents when they do not have a good idea of what the “Duke experience” is?

The new changes are unrealistic, unreasonable and for many potential RAs may easi-

ly outweigh the small stipend

(especially considering how everything on Duke is so expensive) and free housing in return. Solid students who have interests beyond the

dorms and who need financial

help are more likely to turn to other forms of employment rather than becoming an RA. Being an RA should be a rewarding experience, but now it sounds like signing a

contract with the devil. ' If Student Affairs want to continue recruiting decent RAs, and successfully improve resident-RA relationships it should seriously reconsider the new changes.

may actually reflect on the quality of RAs that will be

,

Shu Wen Ng Trinity ’Ol

On the record Were looking at the research facilities from the point ofview of the way they want to teach We want to be as flexible as we can in developing spaces that students and faculty will want to use 10,25 years from now.

University architect John Pearce, on faculty input in the design process (see story, page 4).

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Policy

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President jerk “To become president in this era, you have to go to a bar or a bowling alley or a diner and have people feel you belong there. The question is, can you hang out with them?”

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endorse a Democratic to Magnet candidate next year. And the recent U.S. News & World Report article in which he’s quoted underscores the fact that in the already-underway presidential race, the key issue is not the War on Terror, not the sagging economy, but the ability to hang out.

“The single most important attribute a candidate brings to a campaign is not his record but his personal qualities,” says Stuart Rothenberg, a nonpartisan analyst. An lowa activist says, “I remember when Dukakis came here. His eyebrows needed trimming and he was too short!

We need tall and handsome candidates!”

Charm, style, sex appeal—the electorate shares many of its deciding factors with sorority girls everywhere on Saturday night. You remember what happened to A1 Gore, right?

Anyway, all this is bad news for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.

He’s the Democratic frontrunner for 2004, having already locked up more money and better campaign staffers than his rivals.

Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to . U.S. that Mr. Kerry is an a News cites the following adjectives: “frozen fish,” “arrogant jerk,” “porten-

think

tous,” “stiff,” “pompous,” “off-putting,”

“pedantic,” “perpetually phony” and “the personal warmth of an empty fireplace on a frigid night in Novosibirsk.” It probably doesn’t help that Mr. Kerry went to boarding school in Switzerland.

The good news is that the senator and his advisers seem to be aware of all this.

Kerry’s now showing up at campaign rallies wearing blue jeans and eating hotdogs—he’s even installed an internal dumb-down sensor. Last week, he was overheard on the phone with a state senator: “That’s enormous. I mean, that is really huge.” You see, just in case the state senator thought he was an a for using a big word.

I suppose I admire Kerry’s desire to win at all costs. But before he goes overboard and limits himself to a series of monosyllabic grunts, I hope the senator pauses a moment to ponder why likeability is so important in the first place. Why exactly do we insist that the president be able to sit down and have a beer with us?

Is this the outgrowth of some noble Jeffersonian notion that our leader be a true man ofthe people? Is our intuition so gifted that we’re able to figure out a candidate’s “character” from how well he

because he’s lucky.” Thoughts like these make us feel good.

Besides, this is the Era of Self-Esteem.

The one thing we cannot allow under any circumstances is for someone else to be better than us. We like our public figures flawed. That’s why we’ve elected a string of presidents who, for all their talents, each had an obvious fault: charisma-less Bush Senior; lecherous Clinton; dull George W. We may suffer in our quality of leadership, but none of us feels threatened by the six o’clock news.

What we need is a moment of national humility. Let me be the first to say that I want the next president to be smarter, richer, and more attractive than me. I want him to be confident enough to know that he is. And I want him to be too occupied with presidenting to waste time talking down to the likes of me.

I myself am quite an accomplished

man. So when I say the above about myself, imagine how much more it goes for you.

That’s why I urge you to support John Kerry in the upcoming primaries. I trust that having read this column, he’ll return to his arrogant self. After he’s done that, his true self will shine through; a Yaleeducated war hero worth $6OO million. I’d say that in all respects he’s a categorically better human being than I am. If he should _be an a to me, I’d probably deserve it. And he knows I’d deserve it, which makes him more likely to be an a to me, which, as I’ve said, I really wouldn’t mind.

So, Senator Kerry, Fm proud to endorse you for president.

Maze! tov, jacka-.

Rob Goodman is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears every other Tuesday.

shakes hands?

I seriously doubt it, especially when most of us are never going to come within a thousand miles of the commander-inchief. We want a likeable president because we are on a national ego trip. We want a president we can relate to because we secretly picture ourselves doing the job. After all, we have reality shows that can instantly make us a pop star or a millionaire—it’s only a short step from “he can sustain a conversation with me” to “I’m just as good as he is” to “if he gets to be president instead of me, it’s just

Waiting for the storm In the coming weeks, there will be much talk about the future—that of the Middle East, America’s role in the world, the United Nations, and of course Iraq itself. But right now, I would like to iPWIk reflect briefly on the past 12 years. | I It is well-known that in the winter of 1990-91, Saddam Hussein began and lost m -k a war of aggression. It was not his first.

Unlike the ill-advised campaign against p avel Iran, however, this was a war waged against a multinational coalition formed Molchanov under the auspices ofthe United Nations Security Council—the first such coalition -

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OfcMmns since the Korean War. Also common knowledge is the main condition of the ceasefire that ended the first GulfWar. Saddam’s government was ordered to destroy all of its weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical, biological, and long-range missiles. That was a simple mandate, but one with which his regime failed to comply, even after it was granted the privilege of a “final opportunity” to destroy its banned weapons via Resolution 1441. In UN.-speak, this unequivocally represents “material breach,” and it is grounds for the use of force under Chapter VII of the UN. Charter.

The legality of the imminent war is not in serious doubt, even if the right to self-defense is disregarded. As has been the pattern lately, the British government specifically, Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith—was the public voice ofthe coalition, announcing that the combined effect of numerous past resolutions (which never expired) gives UN. members the right to take all necessary measures “to restore peace and security in the area.” Most of us aren’t international lawyers and can’t judge his reasoning with any level of expertise, but I have yet to see a more cogent justification for war than his.

A more tricky question is whether the war is, strictly speaking, essential—as President George W. Bush claims —to defend US. national security against the threat posed

by Saddam’s banned weapons. Preemptive action, as —

enunciated by the White House, certainly presents diffiEd to absolute power. But perhaps their survival cult questions. Traditional just war theory defines self- instinct is strong enough to make them accept only defense as action in response to aggression that already rational option under the circumstances.

I do not mention the regime’s domestic repression occurred, not one that could potentially occur in the future.

The problem with applying this centuries-old definition to to suggest that it alone justifies war. Even though modem asymmetric warfare is that the strategists of Saddam is one of the worst oppressors in the world Blenheim and Waterloo faced enemies that had neither today, there are plenty of governments that engage in the ability nor the desire to kill thousands of innocent many of the same atrocities—just on a smaller scale. civilians without warning. Even the authors of the U.N. One of them—Libya—currently happens to chair the Charter in 1945 did not envision the proliferation of U.N. Human Rights Commission, for instance. The extralegal groups bent on the destruction of civilization United States, of course, is not about to invade this nation, or any other, based on their internal policies. and with access to the most advanced technology.

Tve written before that I believe this particular threat In Iraq’s case, the only real justification for attack is may not rise to the level at which a preemptive strike its threat to international peace. One tactical error becomes necessary and proper. Containment could still made by the Bush/Blair camp was their constant invowork. Inspections could continue, and perhaps they would cation of human rights. So let us be clear: The human yield more results. These options are almost always preferrights of Iraqis are not the cause of this war. They will, able to the use of force. But I do not deny that there are however, be one of its lasting results. times when preemption may be the only feasible way to As an American, the hardest part in coming to terms protect against a danger that is all-too-real. We will learn with the administration’s position has been overwhelming soon enough if now is one of those times. resistance from virtually every other nation, including But none of this matters anymore, at least not for many of our oldest and closest allies. We are taught as chilSaddam and his cronies. All that is relevant is that they dren that “majority rules,” which in this case would imply were offered 48 hours to escape with their lives. For them, that the lack of nine votes for a second resolution at the the situation is well beyond politics. There will be no more U.N. weakens America’s case. It is, indeed, quite difficult to reconcile Bush’s absolute certainty in labeling Iraq an meetings, resolutions, ultimatums, deferrals or exemptions. None of the protagonists who made this sordid urgent threat to the world community with that very comdrama drag on are able to help them now—not Jacques munity’s vocal and persistent disagreement. But we also know that the Security Council, by its inaction, has made Chirac, not Hans Blix, nobody.

Their choice should not be difficult. If the members terrible mistakes in the past. Rwanda and Bosnia are two of Saddam’s clique stay in Baghdad, they may survive ofthe most glaring. the bombing only to face speedy execution for war As I mentioned before, we are now beyond the realm of hypotheticals. This is as real as it gets for everyone directcrimes of which they are undeniably guilty. They certainly couldn’t care less about the destruction that ly involved. War can still be averted if Saddam’s last deciwill be wrought upon their country by coalition bombs sion as head of state will be the right one. But I’m not if they stay, since the bulk of their careers was spent counting on it. destroying Iraq through slower but equally effective means—prison camps, torture chambers, and even Pavel Molchanov is a Trinity senior. His column appears chemical weapons. We also know that they are addict- every other Tuesday.

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AMERICAN REPERTORY DANCE COMPANY This dynamic company under the artistic direction of BONNIE ODA HOMSEY showcases classic works by choreographic legends PEARL PRIMUS, ANNA SOKOLOW, ELEANOR KING, and EAR LUBOVITCH, along with the East Coast premiere of a new commissioned work, “Of Grace and Courage, with sections by contemporary dancemakers DONALD MCKAYLE, ROBERT BATTLE, COLIN CONNOR, and ANDREA E. WOODS. ”

March 20, 8 pm, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, $22 Preferred Seating; $lB General Seating; $l2 Students

ARLO GUTHRIE From the incisive humor of “Alice’s Restaurant” and the inspired silliness of “The Motorcycle Song to the haunting beauty of “City of New Orleans,”AßLO GUTHRIE helped define the 19605.

Continuing the musicality and social conscience that defined the songs of his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo and his band, which includes the third generation ofperforming Guthries, perform a mix of old a. ”

March 24, 8 pm, Page Auditorium, $2O/$l7/$l4 General Seating; $l5/$l2/$9 Duke Students.

HIBITIONS

PERFORMING ARTS Chapel Lunchtime Concert SERAPHIM MUSICA: BELINDA SWANSON, director.

Corelli Birthday Celebration.

ption “The North Carolina School: A Lecture and Celebration of N.C. Architecture.” ROBERT BURNS (FAIA), BERNIE REEVES, and FRANK HARMON (FAIA).

March 19, NOON, Duke Chapel, Free.

Mozart and His Time concert of music by Mozart two of his contemporaries,

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and

performed by artists from around the country, on period instruments.

The concert will bring together world-renowned fortepianist TOM BEGHIN; oboe expert GEOFFREY BURGESS; violinist ELIZABETH FIELD; violinist PETER BUCKNELL; and cellist STEPHANIE VIAL.

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ARTS EVENTS ON CAMPUS March 18-26, 2003

March 19, 8 pm, Nelson Music Room East Duke Building, East Campus, Free.

ON TAP! is coordinated by the Duke University Institute of the Arts in cooperation with participating campus arts departments and programs. For more information about

Duke Chorale RODNEY WYNKOOP, director. Tour Concert.

March 20, 8 pm, Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus, Free.

performing arts events, call the Duke University Box Office, 684-4444 or view online at tickets.duke.edu.

To inquire about this ad call 660-3356.

For additions or changes, visit Duke’s Online Calendar

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ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE present Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Five multi-talented British Shakespearean actors from

London will perform all the roles in Shakespeare’s masterful and timeless tragi-comedy, “The Tempestguaranteeing a fast-paced, riveting theater experience.

March 21-22, 8 pm, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, $22 Preferred Seating; $lB General Seating; $l2 Students.

Encounters with the Music of Our Time

STEPHEN JAFFE, SCOTT LINDROTH, and ANTHONY KELLEY, directors. Featuring “Requiescant” by SYDNEYHODKINSON. A Visiting Professor of Music at Duke, HODKINSON composed “Requiescant” as a memorial for those deceased following the events of September 11, 2001. Part of “The Arts in Times of War” series of events.

March 22, 8 pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Free.

Collegium Musicum CRAIG DEALMEIDA, director. Early Russian Polyphony: The a cappella Music of Titov and

March 23,4 pm, Duke Chapel, Free.

Others.

calendar.duke.edu

Note: Students must show Duke I.D for free admission to events.

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FILMS ON EAST

WEST

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Freewater presents...

7 & 9:30 pm unless otherwise indicated, Griffith Film Theater unless otherwise indicated, $5 General; $4 Employees; Students Free.

March 18 Defining the Tramp (8 pm, Love Auditorium) March 20 My Dinner with Andre: Life Death and Philosophy March 21 Bloody Sunday March 21 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Midnight) March 25 Beyond the Tramp (8 pm, Love Auditorium) ,

Screen Society presents...

8 pm, Richard WhiteAuditorium, Free.

March 19 “Pulgasari.”Ked Evil; Films from the Axis of Evil.

March 24 Memento Mori.” Cine-East: New East Asian Cinema, March 26 “Plaff! Demasiado miedo a la vida (Splat!-Too Afraid ofLife).” Reel Evil: Films from the Axis of Evil. “

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March 20 Strange Fruit.” Screening with director JOEL KATZ. “

One ofthe most influential protest songs that spoke to sleepy audiences about the dehumanizing practice of lynchings in America.

Noon, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Free. (Lunch will be served.)

March 21 ATV GEEKS. Presented by SKIP ELSHEIMER. “Your Friend, the Corporation.” 8 pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free

March 20, 5:30-8 pm, Duke University Museum of Art, Free. Exhibition runs through May 18, 2003.

Artist Reception: “New American Dream” An installation by KEN COURTNEY. March 20, 5-7 pm, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Free. Thru April 12.

“Music Traditions, Transitions and Imaginations in Ethiopia and Eritrea: TUP LlLl Event as Catalyst for Change” -

Lecture by CYNTHIA TSE KIMBERLIN, Executive Director, Music Research Institute. Part of “The Arts in Times of War series of events.

March 21,4 pm, 101 Biddle Music Building, East Campus, Free

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“The Jazz Loft Tapes: W. Eugene Smith’s Obsession with Music.”

“Dream Street” exhibition curator and book author SAM STEPHENSON talks about Smith ’s obsession with jazz and other music. Stephenson shares excerpts from Smith’s Jazz Loft tapes. In conjunction with the exhibition, “Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith’s Pittsburgh Project.”

March 26, 7 pm, Center for Documentary Studies, Free

LUCY GUERIN DANCE COMPANY When it premiered at the 2000 Melbourne Festival in Australia, Lucy Guerin’s “The Ends of Things” received multiple awards. In this provocative work, Guerin explores the emotional resonance of endings, which occur more often in quiet than in crisis. In a new duet “Melt, Guerin parallels the shifting temperaments ofour inner selves in extreme psychological circumstances. This program is intended for mature audiences. ”

March 18, 8 pm, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, $22 preferred seating; $lB General Seating; $l2 Students.