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Med school revamps 3rd year � As

the School of Medicine reexamines its curriculum, administrators are seeking to strengthen its unique third year of research.

By LIANA WYLER The Chronicle

Long held as the centerpiece of the School of Medicine’s doctor of medicine program, the third year is also going under the knife as the rest of the curriculum gets a face-lift.

The most crucial element to third year changes is the requirement to complete a formal thesis, which will be independently graded and evaluated as rigorously as one submitted to a scholarly journal.

“We’re not really changing much,” said Dr. Debra Schwinn, professor of anesthesiology. “While it may seem like a change now, in the long run, these requirements will make it easier in the end.”

The third year of medical school at Duke is unique in that it gives students the opportunity to pursue their academic interests and explore the research side of medicine.

“The third year really instills selfmotivation and primes us to be leaders in medicine,” said Ravi Karra, a thirdyear medical student who is involved in See THIRD YEAR on page 8

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INCOMING HEAD LINE MONITOR DONALD WINE (FAR LEFT) and his predecessor Jeremy Morgan oversee Tuesday night’s town hall meeting for Krzyzewskiville tenters. Men’s basketball head coach and tent city namesake Mike Krzyzewski was among the 40 people in attendance.

Coach offers help at K-ville meeting

By WILL ROSENTHAL The Chronicle

After a year in which students tenting for basketball games faced unusually harsh conditions, participants in a town hall meeting Tuesday night reviewed possible changes to improve the Krzyzewskiville tenting season—and they gained the support of men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, who made a surprise appearance.

Suggestions for changes to subsequent tenting seasons included a lottery for juniors and seniors to receive season

tickets, a shorter tenting period and increased awareness of the ease of finding last-minute seats for games.

Krzyzewski took responsibility for the many problems in K-ville as tenters and line monitors offered ideas for how to improve the tenting experience next year.

“I apologize for not getting on this sooner,” Krzyzewski said, referring to the tenting situation. “I’m here to listen, identify problems and offer up solutions. I’m here to help.”

To combat the problem of dwindling

attendance and enthusiasm, Krzyzewski offered several suggestions, including a midnight practice the first day of the official season, a private scrimmage just

for freshman students, public meetings with the basketball players and more showings of past Duke games.

Current Head Line Monitor Jeremy Morgan and next year’s Head Monitor Donald Wine held the town hall meeting in the Hideaway, and about 40 students attended.

See K-VILLE on page 7

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ALAN KEYES, who ran for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, speaks in Griffith Film Theater Tuesday evening.

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Conservative firebrand Alan Keyes criticized the Bush administration’s motives for entering the war in Iraq in a speech to about 200 undergraduates at Griffith Film Theater Tuesday.

Keyes—a former Republican presidential candidate who was host of Alan Keyes Is Making Sense, a daily show on MSNBC until it was canceled—defined the conditions in which he said war is legitimate. He argued that a known threat from a foreign country without an attack can be enough to justify military self-defense, but that the Bush administration has failed to pinpoint this as its main reason for its preemptive strike.

He said that calling the offensive “operation Iraqi freedom” implies the US. is waging war in order to free Iraqi civilians, which he said would not be a legitimate cause.

“Even good causes don’t make war justifiable.”

Keyes said. “There is only one justification for war and that is to defend yourself.”

He said the creation of a democratic state in Iraq and the spreading of American values were also not a just reason to wage war. “If what we are engaged in is a crusade to spread democracy by means of fire and the sword then we are violating our own principles,” Keyes said.

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He claimed that attempts to create democracy in Iraq would not work, adding that establishing a democracy takes time and involves generations.

“Democracy will not happen when only despotism has come before,” he said.

Keyes worked for the United Nations both as ambassador to the economic and social council and as assistant secretary of state for international organizations.

He has not been the strongest advocate of the UN. “Those of you who know me, know that I am no particular friend of the United Nations,” Keyes said.

He did, however, explain the importance of the United Nations as an institution created to foster peace. He faulted President George W. Bush for taking the UN. route in the first place by renewing the weapons inspection mandate last fall. He added that while it would be lawful according to UN. resolutions for the United States to defend itself if it recognized a threat, it was wrong for the United States to attack on the basis that Iraq was not following UN. resolutions.

Keyes argued that a preemptive strike is not necessarily wrong, “so long as it is in the context of a de-

fensive war.”

Relativism, he said, has caused people to no longer

The Graduate and Professional Student Council passed changes to its rules governing tenting for basketball games. See page 3

See KEYES on page 6

A federal law spelling out the privacy rights of health care patients went into effect this week, although so far it has not wrought large changes. See page 4

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Weapons search remains unfruitful

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Arab nations support nuclear ban

Arab nations decided Tuesday to push for a United Nations resolution declaring the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction —a move aimed at Israel, officials said.

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President George W. Bush lowered his target for his tax cuts Tuesday to $550 billion, a significant retreat on his economic principles as he shifted focus from the war in Iraq to his economic agenda before next year’s reelection campaign.

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Dutch political killer sentenced to prison

The killer of Dutch politician Pirn Fortuyn was sentenced to 18 years in prison—a punishment that elicited courtroom boos and crying from Fortuyn supporters who said it was not nearly severe enough.

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The FBI crime lab is dealing with new wrongdoing by employees that has opened the door tor challenges of the lab’s science in scores of cases involving DNA and bullet analysis, internal documents show.

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The Bush administration proposed reductions greater than 90 percent in air pollution from dieselpowered equipment, predicting the curbs would prevent thousands of premature deaths, heart attacks and respiratory ailments. briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Team finds suspicious material at Iraqi site, yet no ‘smoking gun’ discovered

By JUDITH MILLER

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An American KARBALA, Iraq team hunting for unconventional Iraqi weapons at an ammunition manufacturing and storage plant near Karbala discovered some suspicious items, but appeared to have come away yet again without the “smoking gun” proving that Iraq made chemical, biological or nuclear

materials.

The team found radioactive material in a maintenance building and “dual use” biological equipment that could be used for peaceful or military purposes buried in metal containers under huge mounds of gravel and dirt.

Col. Richard McPhee, commander

of the 75th Exploitation Task Force, a Defense Department unit responsible for the search for unconventional weapons, brought a specialized nuclear detection team to the site Tuesday and removed seven canisters of cesium, a radioactive metal, from the huge maintenance warehouse.

Although analysts have not yet determined their specific purpose, the experts said the cesium was probably intended to calibrate machinery in one of the many buildings under con-

struction here.

Ending a weeklong survey here Tuesday, the American experts said the specific purpose of some parts of the giant manufacturing and storage plant remained a mystery. The pur-

pose may not be known for weeks, as intelligence analysts in Washington pore over the detailed maps, engineering drawings and inventories of equipment—about 1,000 pounds of documents that were found and removed.

The experts said they continued to regard the plant as “suspicious.”

But after a week in which expectations of finding proof of unconventional weapons soared and were repeatedly deflated, the military experts said the survey showed the difficulty of discovering hard evidence without specific information from Iraqi scientists and military officers.

The plant near here was one of See WEAPONS on page 7

Iraqi groups plan for future democracy

By MARC SANTORA with PATRICK TYLER New York Times News Service

UR, Iraq Iraqi exile leaders, tribal sheiks, ethnic Kurds and Shiite clerics gathered Tuesday in a tent near the birthplace of Abraham and said they would work to create a fully democratic government in Iraq.

Meeting under heavy security at Tallil Air Base in the presence of American, British and Polish diplomats, the Iraqis called for an end to the violence and looting that has ravaged the country since the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s power. They issued a 13-point statement and said they would seek the establishment of a "federal system” under leaders chosen by the Iraqi people and not “imposed from outside.”

Yet, as the group of more than 70 Iraqi notables conferred in a conference organized by and under the protec-

tion of U.S. military forces, thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in the streets of nearby Nasiriyah, chanting “No No Saddam, No No United States.” Many demonstrators

demanded a central role for Shiite religious leaders in a new government.

Similar demonstrations were under way in Baghdad and, in Mosul, an angry crowd stoned an Iraqi opposition leader praising the arrival ofU.S. Marines. A gun battle ensued in which 10Iraqis were reported killed and 16 injured.

U.S. military officials also announced Tuesday the capture in Baghdad of an accused Palestinian terrorist, Abu Abbas, who was wanted since the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of an American passenger, Leon Klinghoffer.

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GPSC OKs tenting changes

By WHITNEY ROBINSON The Chronicle

Changes in Krzyzewskiville policy and the election of a new secretary topped the agenda at Tuesday night’s Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting.

After the prospective Men’s Basketball Ticket Committee co-chairs had introduced themselves and were confirmed, they outlined several minor changes to last year’s policy on ticket distribution. Most revisions this year were simply clarifications of norms from previous years or minor date changes. “[Plossession of fireworks, whistles, alcohol kegs or illegal drugs”—which have always resulted in disqualification from the lottery—are now explicitly named in the rules.

Pets, too, have always been explicitly forbidden from the campout site. Now, non-students’ pets will no longer be able to come to the games either—a problematic occurrence in previous years.

Next year any emergencies at the campsite will be dealt with by the committee. Sign-ups for the campout site will begin the weekend starting Oct. 3.

Two changes, though, transformed the otherwise monotonous meeting into a lively discussion.

Several members raised questions about a resolution that prevents members from appealing any decisions made by the committee or designated representatives. They felt that there should be a backup in case of grievances.

Students also contested a minor alteration raising the maximum number of tickets given out at the committee’s discretion from 16 to 20. These tickets are given to students who help coordinate, check-in and clean up the campsite.

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Researchers at the Medical Center have concluded, in a preliminary study published today, that the drug zonisamide—an anticonvulsant used to treat some types of epileptic seizures—has appetite-reducing effects that may provide an effective therapy for weight loss. Participants who were placed on zonisamide with a low-calorie diet lost more weight than their counterparts who received a placebo while following the same diet, according to the researchers.

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Ornithologists have long known that the females of many species prefer a mate with the most colorful ornamentation, presumably because this is a sign that the male is among the fittest around.

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A Russian mathematician is reporting that he has proved the Poincar6 Conjecture, one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics.

The mathematician, Grigori Perelman of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, is describing his work in a series of papers, not yet completed. If true, it will verify an important property of three-dimensional objects with consequences that could reverberate through geometry and physics.

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Hospital passes privacy law deadline

By MALAVIKA PRABHU The Chronicle

Patients now have yet another piece of paperwork to fill out at the doctor’s office, but this one should actually make them happy.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a 1996 federal law aimed at increasing privacy and confidentiality in health care settings and ensuring patients’ awareness of their rights, went into effect Monday.

Britt Crewse, associate vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer of the Duke University Health System, explained the minor changes that will take place. For example, DUHS will, no longer release the date and time of death of a patient or release any information on victims of crime.

“Patients will not see many changes,” Crewse said. He added that many hospitals across the nation would find it tougher than DUHS to comply with the HIPAA regulations because Duke already had a higher standard than most hospitals.

“For Duke, it’s just formalizing what we had already done,” he said.

To ensure that patients are aware of their new rights under HIPAA, DUHS began handing out a pamphlet called “Notice of Privacy Practices” April 7 with a release that allows patients to acknowledge receipt of the notice or refuse to sign it, among other choices.

The notice clarifies how DUHS may use protected health information, including for reasons of treatment, payment, public health risks or law enforcement. Additionally, patients will now have access to their personal record, the record of disclosure of health information outside DUHS and the right to amend portions of their medical record.

Dr. Bill Christmas, director of the

Student Health Service, emphasized the increased patient confidentiality.

“We cannot share medical information without a patient’s permission, preferably written,” he said.

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PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOVEST ALEXANDER, who works in community and family medicine in the division of student health, must now follow HIPAA regulations while treating students.

Christmas concluded the HIPAA regmore willing to sign the release.

He also emphasized additional secuulations would ensure that patient information would be disseminated correctly. rity rights, with which hospitals will Phyllis Martin, clinical interviewer have to be HIPAA compliant by 2005, as and receptionist at the Student Health being dealt with in conjunction with privacy rights. The issues of securing paService, said the process had been running smoothly over the past week, as tient information, its transmission withmost students agreed to sign the release in the Health System and the data acknowledging that they received a systems used to store patient records will all need concrete responses. brochure about their rights.

“The ones who questioned it are the Nevertheless, current HIPAA comlaw students. Ifthey refuse, I don’t push pliance has already improved the situation for patients. it,” she said.

Crewse said he believed that once “The fact is that patients do have more privacy rights than in the past,” patients understood what HIPAA meant for them, they likely would be Crewse said.

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Student charged withreckless driving hol. He was given a May 27 court date

At 2:35 a.m. April 13, a Duke officer observed that a vehicle failed to stop for the red light on the corner of Anderson Street and Duke University Road. The vehicle, which was occupied by six people, was stopped by the officer. A strong odor of alcohol was emanating from inside the vehicle, and a bottle of rum three-quarters full was found. The driver of the vehicle was administered a chemical analysis, on which he registered 0.01. The driver, Amer Ben-Halim Mustafa, a 20-yearold sophomore, was charged with careless and reckless driving, operating a vehicle with a provisional license and transporting an open container of alco-

Mustafa declined to comment.

Woman charged with larceny

An employee reported that between 10:08 and 10:09 a.m. April 14, a Duke officer responded to the Bryan Research Building in reference to a larceny and the suspect being detained. The alleged victim reported that she saw

the suspect walking out of her office.

She immediately checked her purse and found $145 in cash missing. She called out that she had been robbed, and several employees prevented the suspect form leaving. Barbara Brimage, 52, of 3201 Shallowford Road, Greensboro, was charged with larceny.

She was placed under $1,500 bond, and given a May court date. She could not

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A visitor reported that between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. April 14, someone entered her unlocked vehicle while it was parked near the Carr Building, and stole his personal check #2837 made out to the IRS in the amount of $750, and

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10-40E-S tax form.

An employee reported that between 1 p.m. March 17 and 3 p.m. April 8, someone entered his office in the Duke Clinics infectious disease suite and stole his Toshiba laptop computer, black case, cables and remote card, all with a total value of $1,500.

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KEYES from page 1 see terrorists els evil. He argued that terrorism is evil not because of its aims but because of the methods it uses to have its ideologies recognized. Keyes said their use of passenger planes as weapons showed a disregard for the lives of innocent non-combatants.

“We fight an evil that is characterized by disregard for human life,” he said “You cannot aim to destroy inno-

cent lives.”

He also expressed his fear about some of the reactions to terrorism, like military trials for suspected terrorists, which he said give the president too much power. “In order to be safe from terrorists we create structures that

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Roll out the red carpet Members of campus fraternities and sororities gather in the Levine Science Research Center Tuesday night for the first-ever Greek Awards Banquet. Among the 16 honors given were: Chapter of the Year, awarded to Alpha Delta Pi sorority: Greek Woman of the Year, awarded to Kerianne Ryan, outgoing Panhellenic Council president; and Greek Man of the Year, awarded to Jeremy Morgan, outgoing Interfraternity Council president and Duke Student Government

head line monitor.

Many members felt the motion, which effectively removes 4 tickets from the general lottery, was unfair, and that students who volunteer to be on the committee are simply looking for a guarantee. Past committee members retorted that the work they did was and is essential to the basketball process, and that they deserved to be prioritized.

By a show of hands, a motion passed approving an amended policy adding a strong recommendation to make the appeals process more transparent, and keeping the maximum number of tickets the committee can pass out at last year’s 16.

make it impossible to be safe from our own governments,” Keyes said.

He urged his audience to think through what was happening to be sure they are not compromising their liberties.

Keyes received a standing ovation after answering questions, and students on both sides of the spectrum reacted positively to the talk, co-sponsored by the Duke Conservative Union and Duke University Union.

“He’s an interesting guy. Even when I disagree with him, I find myself being convinced by his eloquence,” said junior Jonathan Katz.

When asked about Keyes’ criticisms

of the Bush administration, Jeff Raileanu, president of the College Republicans, said, “Bush had to make the argument he did to convince people.”

The final issue of the night was the appointment of a new secretary. Olujimi Ajijola, a second-year student at the School of Medicine and GPSC representative, was the only candidate present.

He gave a short speech about his interest in working with GPSC next year and was elected to the post.

Other topics at the meeting, which clocked in at over an hour, included the announcement of a $lOO,OOO grant from Graduate School Dean Lewis Siegel’s office providing free childcare for 30 children of graduate students, and the second annual graduate and professional student get-togetherApril 26 at Bailey’s in Chapel Hill. There will be free food, trivia with prizes, and pool.

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K-VILLE from page 1 “Nothing is set in stone,” said Wine, a junior. “Everything is open for discussion.”

He outlined several new policies that could be added next year to help fill empty seats, including a shortened tenting period and a lottery for juniors and seniors to get season tickets on the non-television side of Cameron Indoor Stadium. The lottery would not replace either tents or walk-up lines.

Wine said the lottery would likely be similar to the one offered to graduate students, in which groups of students camp out for a weekend in order to have a chance to receive a limited number of sea-

son tickets.

Student reaction to many of the potential changes, including the idea of a lottery, was mixed. One tenter pointed out that students who received season tickets would be able to sell them to other students.

Others at the meeting, including Morgan, supported the idea.“The graduate campout is always a lot of fun,”

WEAPONS from page 2 Iraq’s leading ammunition production facilities, but much of it was under construction when the war began and American bombs targeted it. Although international inspectors visited the plant as late as February, they failed to find biological or chemical weapons or agents here.

After the war began, the site was visited by advancing U.S. troops, who reported finding nothing of special interest to weapons inspectors. But because the site was considered sensitive, officials in Washington said an Army specialist team was also sent to the plant.

That team, too, missed the buried containers and the dual-use equipment, as well as the canisters of radioactive material, which, unlike the large buried containers, were stored openly at a maintenance site.

Not until U.S. combat forces came by a second time, more than a week ago, were the first two of what turned out to be 11 sealed containers found.

Contrary to instructions about what to do in such situations, the soldiers opened one of the containers, then moved on, leaving only a small platoon in charge of guarding the material and securing this huge, fivesquare-mile installation.

Word that the plant was open to pillage spread

quickly through surrounding villages, several of which have been without electricity, medicine and water since the war began. By the time the Defense Department specialist unit arrived, much of the plant had been looted.

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said Morgan, a senior. “[The selling of tickets] is not a cause it hurt the spontaneity [of K-ville]. The spirit of problem.”

K-ville can be hurt by over-regulating.”

Some of the students at the meeting, almost all of Krzyzewski agreed that the policy should be more whom tented this year, questioned whether changes simple. “More regulations lead to more confusion,” he are needed in the tenting policy. said. “I think there are too many rules. I hardly have “Before we debate what to change, I want to explain any rules because I like to be spontaneous.” the context,” sophomore Steve Rawson said at the beOther suggestions discussed at the meeting inginning of the meeting. “The schedule [this year] was cluded more K-ville programming and explanations unusual with the [University of North Carolina at of the rules and strategy of basketball for less-eduChapel Hill] and [University of] Maryland games three cated fans. weeks apart, and we had the worst winter in 50 or 60 After the meeting, Wine said he was pleased with years. That’s not gonna happen next year.” the outcome. “It was great. The turnout was about Many other students said the main problem was a what I expected, and [the students] offered a lot of lack of awareness of how easy it is to get into games. great suggestions, many of which I hadn’t thought “People didn’t know they could get in 30 minutes beof” he said. fore the game,” Morgan said.

Many of the tenters were also very positive about Sophomore Aaron Dinin, who is currently researchthe meeting. “I’m really glad they did it,” freshman ing the history ofK-ville, said during the meeting that JeffAckermann said. “It was really neat that Coach K none of the potential changes were very new. and [vice president for student affairs Larry] Moneta “I’ve been going through a lot of articles [about Kcame. It showed that people who make decisions here ville],” Dinin said. “Everything we’ve talked about has actually care. Coach K sounded like he’s really going been discussed before. A lot of it has been vetoed be- to do a lot.”

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IRAQ

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The senior Shiite cleric in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sestani, Tuesday sent a message through his son saying he is in hiding until the religious strife that has included killings and demonstrations there subsides.

But meeting in southern Iraq was regarded by U.S. officials as a crucial first step toward fulfilling the promise of President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair to turn over Iraq to the Iraqis as soon as possible. Though one important faction of Iran-backed Shiite dissidents refused to attend, the meeting succeeded in laying down the principles for a new government based on the rule of law.

The gathering also highlighted critical issues for continuing discussion, such as “the role ofreligion in state and society,” where Shiite and Sunni Muslims historically have competed for pow;er and influence, and where secularism has been state policy in the era ofArab na-

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Holy croquet, batman!

Students take advantage of Tuesday’s weather to play an afternoon game of croquet on the Chapel Quadrangle in front of the Grey Building.

THIRD YEAR from page 1 the curriculum development. “[This] is when we are given time to learn about various opportunities available to us and to do some soul-searching about the kind of doctors we want to be.”

The vast range of research avenues and the fact that some students wrote manuscripts on the research they conducted during their third year while others did not made it difficult to objectively grade the students on their work. The changes to the third year are meant to eliminate this subjectivity and formalize the criteria for grading the students.

“All of the changes are meant to supplement the third year experience,” Karra said. “The thesis adds some level of formality to the year and in many ways actually adds to the overall credibility of the third year.”

tionalism that developed between the world wars ofthe last century.

“Those who would like to separate religion from the state are simply dreaming,” said a secondary school teacher, Hussein Mussawi. His view has been echoed in the streets of southern Iraqi cities, where the country’s Shiite majority is most strongly represented.

Yet a Shiite cleric from Nasiriyah, Sheik Ayad Jamal al-Din, disagreed.

Third-year students will choose from approximately 15 study tracks, covering medical issues ranging from typical laboratory research to the medical ethics surrounding genomics.

“There are plenty of options and pathways for what to write your thesis on,” said Dr. Edward Buckley, associate dean of curriculum development. “Your choices are limited only by your imagination.”

The whole structure of the thesis is designed to teach students the process of writing a scientific manuscript and will be graded on a number of criteria, placing an emphasis on how well the students integrate relevant literature on their topic with their findings.

“If you work in a lab for a summer internship, you’re given a project like a technician. This is the next level,” Schwinn said. “We want you to think like a scientist. We want to help you go through the process of writing a scientific paper. I think in the

“Dictators may not speak in the name of religion,” he said, demanding a “system of government that separates belief from politics.”

Bush’s envoy to the meeting, Zalmay Khalilizad, sought to allay fears that the United States would seek to dominate the process of government formation in Iraq.

“We have no intention ofruling Iraq,” he said. “We want you to establish your own democratic system based on Iraqi traditions and values.” He was joined by retired Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, appointed

by Bush to serve as top administrator for the reconstruction of Iraq under Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander of U.S. forces in the region.

Another meeting under coalition auspices was scheduled for April 25, though some Iraqi opposition figures, seeking to disengage from the political process now being orchestrated by Washington, said they would try to convene their own meeting in Baghdad in the next few days.

Ahmad Chalabi, a senior Iraqi exile leader whose force of so-called “Free Iraqi Fighters” was transported here last week by U.S. military officials, told associates Tuesday he was moving im-

mediately to Baghdad to help establish a political process that could form an interim government independent of the American effort. Chalabi did not attend Tuesday’s meeting, but he said through a spokesperson that he met with Gamer privately beforehand.

end, these are very positive changes.”

The goal of the curriculum changes is to give medical students the skills they will need to be a physician in 2010, which involves offering more hands-on experience rather than class time.

We are emphasizing information acquisition, not memorization,” Buckley said. “There is no way to master the whole set, but physicians will need to be able to find where the answers are. This means you should spend less time in lectures and more time using what you need to know.”

The medical school is currently developing survey tools in order to verify how useful a research-based third year has been to past School of Medicine graduates.

“We’ve had some evidence that graduates have benefited from their third-year experiences,” Schwinn said. “The goal is to follow the students long term and prove that the third year works.”

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“Strategic Bombing in the World Wars:

Holy Week Noon Service Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00 noon Preacher: Dr. William Willimon (Memorial Chapel)

Holy Week Noon Service Thursday, April 17 at 12:00 noon Preacher: Dr. William Willimon (Memorial Chapel) Choral Vespers Thursday, April 17 at 5:15 pm (Chancel Area of Duke Chapel)

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CRIME BRIEFS from page 5 sleeping in the Emergency Department and charged with trespassing. He was placed under a $5OO unsecured bond and given a May 5 court date. Brooks could not be reached for comment.

Tire, rim taken

dow and stole $lO in cash from the center console.

bag and stole her credit cards and $lO to $l5 in cash

Wallet pilfered

Key card taken

A student reported that between 1:15 and 1:30 p.m.

April 12, he placed his $lO wallet, containing $25 in cash and a DukeCard in a cubby hole at the monitor’s desk in the Wilson Recreation Center weight room.

When he returned for his property, he found it missing.

Locker entered

An employee reported that between 4 p.m. April 14, and 2 a.m. April 15, someone stole his $l5O left rear tire and rim from his vehicle while it was parked at the rear of the Washington Duke Inn.

An employee reported that between 4:45 and 5:14 p.m.

April 10, someone broke into his locker in Brodie Gym and stole $25 in cash and an $8 Brink combination lock.

Vehicle entered

Credit cards, cash stolen

A student reported that between noon and 5:46 p.m.

April 5, her vehicle was parked in the Allen Building lower parking lot when someone broke out a $5O win-

A student reported that between midnight April 13 and 10 a.m. April 14, she was in room 150 of the Biological Sciences Building when someone entered her

An employee reported that between 7 p.m. April 11 and 7:30 a.m. April 14, someone stole his $lO blue key card from his office located in Duke Clinics Blue Zone.

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A student reported that between 11 p.m. March 8 and 9 a.m. April 9, her unsecured vehicle was entered while it was parked at 1911 Yearby St. Five dollars in cash was stolen.

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Sports

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Jamie Dixon as its new head coach, after Wake Forest’s Skip Prosser declined the job.

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Bruins defeat Devils to stay in series

By KEVIN DUPONT The Boston Globe

BOSTON Just when Fleet Street was looking like Sweep Street, the Bruins avoided a firstround knockout punch Tuesday night with their first win of the postseason, an impressive 5-1 flooring of the New Jersey Devils that included a mini-goal eruption early in the third period that sent Martin Brodeur, the elite New Jersey netminder, to the showers.

Dan McGillis scored two, and Joe Thornton, Martin Lapointe and Marty Mclnnis all scored one apiece for the Bruins, who trimmed New Jersey’s lead to 3-1 in the best-of-seven first-round series. Game 5 is Thursday night back at the Meadowlands.

After getting only one goal from their forwards in the first three games, the Bruins connected three times up front, finally able to gain some territory in the Devils’ end of the ice. They skated. They hit. They used their size up front to their advantage. It was as if they rescued their game from baggage claim, just as the boarding announcements were being called at Logan Airport for vacation flights. But Wednesday they’re all going to one place—Newark—even if they are flying somewhat by the seat oftheir pants.

Already in command of a 3-0 lead when the third period started, the Bruins, after briefly seeing their lead drop to two, erupted for a pair of quick strikes to bump the lead to 5-1. More dramatical-

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Obscene Rocker comes to Durham If you’re in Durham come late April, you better be heading down to Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Once he completes the Devil Rays’ extended spring training St. in program Petersburg, Fla., the man, the myth, the legend himself—John ■ Rocker—will arrive in iygg| Durham as a full-fledged member of the Bulls. He’s Evan Davis sure to be around for a limited time olJy. 80 >» Fm.i'ckapvm sure to stop by and catch him before the Devil Rays come calling.

And when you do, feel free to come join me. I’ll be right around Section 116, near the front, conveniently positioned directly in front of the bullpen where Rocker and the other Bulls relievers warm up.

I can’t wait for the chance to sit there, mere feet from Rocker’s ears, and remind him for the next three hours about why I hate him. I’m going to tell him that he’s a terrible person. I’m going to tell him that he doesn’t deserve a chance at resurrecting his career. I’m going to ask him whether he thinks its any coincidence that his ERA during his most recent stint with the Texas Rangers was 6.66. And, rest assured, I’m going to do in a manner that’s neither “abusive” nor “obscene,” lest I violated the DBAP’s fan conduct policy. .

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MARTIN BRODEUR, the Devils’ goalie, scoops the Bruins third unanswered goal out of the net.

See BRUINS on page 13

See DAVIS on page 12

Kansas players angry, disappointed with Williams’ move

By DOUG TUCKER The Associated Press

A dark and angry mood LAWRENCE, Kan. descended upon the Kansas campus Tuesday.

It just did not feel like a school that had won 30 games and a second straight Big 12 championship this season, and gone all the way to the NCAA title game.

Instead, hurt and rejection seemed to hang in the air one day after Roy Williams announced he was leaving after 15 years to become head basketball coach at UNC. Even as officials began a hurried search for a replacement, players decided by unanimous vote to cancel their annual parade through downtown Lawrence.

“Parades are supposed to be fun,” sophomore forward Wayne Simien said.

But they cannot cancel the team’s annual awards banquet, set for Thursday night, a gathering which was shaping up as possibly the most uncomfortable couple of hours imaginable. Williams, despite the resentment being expressed by fans and players alike, sent word from North Carolina that he still planned to attend.

“Most of the years I walked into a standing ovation,” he told a small group of reporters in his new office in Chapel Hill. “I don’t think I’ll get that this time. But I

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want to be there because those people are genuine. I’m going to show respect for my team and love for my team.”

He said he would fly back into what may feel like enemy territory Wednesday.

“It was 15 of the greatest years of Kansas basketball and yet this morning, I’m the bad guy,” he said.

Simien, who underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in March and stomped out of Monday’s meeting fuming, “I gave my right arm to that man,” had calmed down a bit by Tuesday. But he was not looking forward to his old coach being at the banquet.

“It’s going to be real awkward, to say the least,” he said. “I’m not sure if we’re all going to be over it. Time is the greatest healer. Within time, some of the players and former players will look past this and say maybe it was the right thing to do. But right now... it’s definitely going to be awkward at the banquet.”

Jerod Haase, who played on Williams’ 1997 Big 12 championship team and then joined his staff, admitted he was disappointed in the bitter reaction of the fans who always had said how much they adored him.

“Coach Williams gave them 15 years of his life,” Haase

Lightning win by 1 Tampa Bay scored 2:29 into overtime to give the Lightning a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals.

Tampa Bay trails the Stanley Cup quarterfinal series 2-1.

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ROY WILLIAMS AND KEITH LANGFORD will no longer be sitting alongside one another, much to the players’ dismay.

Penguins fire Kehoe

Angels sold

After just under two full seasons in which the team failed to make the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Penguins fired head coach Rick Kehoe, who held a record of 55-81-14-10.

The Walt Disney Co. sold the Anaheim Angels to Phoenix businessman Arturo Moreno for just over $lBO million. He is the first Mexican-American to own a major league team.

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Dixon succeeds Howland as next Pitt head coach

By ALAN ROBINSON The Associated Press

Jamie Dixon was PITTSBURGH certain he would be Pitt’s coach even

when Skip Prosser clearly was the schools’ first choice.

Dixon, never a head coach, emerged from a two-week search Tuesday as the new coach of a team he helped transform from a Big East also-ran to a Top 10 power in only four seasons.

“I wanted to keep working for this job because I felt I was the best coach for this program,” said Dixon, who previously was Pitt’s associate head coach under Ben Howland. “People kept asking me how I was doing, but I never got uptight. The players kept encouraging me. I never had a doubt this would happen.”

Howland left Pitt to become UCLA’s coach less than a week after the Panthers’ NCAA Tournament loss to Marquette March 27. Pitt then targeted Prosser, the Wake Forest coach, but he turned down the job Friday after nearly accepting it several days earlier.

Dixon’s hiring was quickly embraced

by Pitt’s players, all of whom—even the departing seniors—gathered at his news conference as a show of support.

The former UC-Santa Barbara, Hawaii and Northern Arizona assistant is the first Pitt coach since Tim Grgurich in the 1970s to be promoted without first

DAVIS from page 11 But then again, it’s not like Rocker doesn’t deserve every single ounce of abuse that he does receive. Lest anyone forget, this is the man who in 1999 told Sports Illustrated that he would never want to play in New York City.

“I would retire first,” Rocker said. “It’s the most hectic, nerve-racking city.

Imagine having to take the [Number] 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you’re [riding through] Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right

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having been a head coach.

Several players made it known to the administration they preferred Dixon even to a proven coach such as Prosser, the Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year and a Pittsburgh native.

“I saw the chancellor [Mark Nordenberg] walking across the campus and I told him I really trusted coach Dixon and I would appreciate it if he got the job,” point guard Carl Krauser said.

Julius Page, one of two returning starters, was adamant about not wanting a change from the system Howland and Dixon taught—a tight,

physical defense and a move-the-ball offense that demands unselfishness.

Pitt went 57-11 the last two seasons with that system.

“We said coach Dixon would be the best guy—we didn’t want anybody to come in and mess it up,” Page said.

Pitt’s top recruit, Chris Taft, said he would consider going to another school if Dixon was not hired.

The 37-year-old Dixon interviewed recently for head coaching vacancies at Wright State and Illinois State, but said those schools soon realized he wanted only the Pitt job. He has been an assistant coach for 12 years, including nine under Howland at Northern

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BEN HOWLAND, who left Pitt to be UCLA’s head coach, will be succeeded by assistant Jamie Dixon.

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Arizona and Pittsburgh.

Pitt interim athletic director Marc Boehm discouraged talk about Dixon’s

lack of head coaching experience, noting that three Final Four coaches—Tom Crean, Roy Williams and Jim Boeheim—were promoted from assistants’ jobs.

Dixon’s dogged pursuit of the job impressed Boehm and Nordenberg, even after interest in Prosser became known.

“If it’s possible to happen in only three days, he has matured,” Said Boehm, who held a second interview

with Dixon Sunday. “His confidence was unbelievable. That’s what hit me the most—the things he said.”

Dixon’s hiring became official only hours before Pitt’s end-of-season basketball banquet and three days before an important Division I recruiting period opens. Dixon and assistant Barry Rohrssen, who also will stay at Pitt, will be on the road recruiting.

next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”

I bet it is depressing, John. I bet it is.

Probably almost as depressing as watching your career go straight down the toilet without so much as a courtesy flush.

That’s what happened to Rocker once the Braves sent him to Cleveland. Pitching for the Indians and then the Rangers, his ERA more than doubled. Meanwhile, Rocker picked up only five saves, while subsequently blowing six opportunities.

But now, after spending the offseason without a team, the Devil Rays are giving the 28-year-old another shot. Off to Durham, they said, to hone your skills.

So welcome, John. A big fat hello.

Here’s hoping that you find the city—and especially its renowned restaurants—to your 225-pound body’s liking. Of course, you should probably stay away from places like International Delights, Torero’s and Bread and Kabob. Those establishments may not, well, suit you best. After all, those who weren’t lucky enough to be bom in one of the 50 states aren’t worth your time.

“I’m not a very big fan of foreigners,” Rocker told Sports Illustrated. “You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English.

Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did

they get in this country?”

That’s okay, though, John, because they’re probably not exactly big fans of you. For that matter, neither am I, and neither is anyone else who finds your words to be just a tad bit out ofline.

Which, presumably, consists of the vast majority of Bulls fans. So go ahead, write out your posters, warm up your vocal chords and ask for seats near the Durham bullpen.

Just make sure that you’re neither abusive nor obscene. Those qualities are reserved for Rocker alone.

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Nam r-\ Thursday, April 17th, 7 PM The Gallery Room Mary Lou Williams Center Book sale and signinss to follow Vickie Nam is the editor of Vell-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing up Asian American (HarperCollins 2001), a compilation of short stories, poems and journal writings by Asian American adolescent girls. Join us as she discusses creative writing, youth activism, and being an Asian American in the 21st century.

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BRUINS from page 11

said. “The guy didn’t sleep, giving to Kansas basketball.”

The 30-minute meeting Williams had with the team Monday was “really tough,” Haase said.

“It was tough for them and it was awfully tough for Coach Williams,” he said. “There’s no other way to describe it. It was very difficult.”

A day later, he said, the players were “still feeling their way through it.”

“When something shocks your system like that, you have feelings initially,” Haase said. “Each person is going to deal with this differently. They’re hurt.”

What hurt most of all was remembering what Williams had said three years ago when he turned down Carolina’s offer, Simien said. At that time, Williams said he could just not bring himself to tell his players that he’d found another team he would rather coach.

“Now he chooses this time to get up and leave. It’s hard to figure out what’s the difference between us,” Simien said.

Jeff Boschee, a former player who Williams had made an intern in the basketball program, said he’d quit trying to console the anguished players.

“They’re hurting right now,” Boschee said. “Words can’t express how they feel.

I don’t think anything anyone could say would help them out.”

Except for' the sign outside Allen Fieldhouse, it’s going to take a long time for things to get back to normal. As for the sign, which sits on the lawn and reads “Allen Fieldhouse,” someone last week while Williams was pondering his decision had done some hand-lettered alternation that made it read, “Roy’s House.”

But Tuesday morning the lettering had come down. It’s Roy’s house no longer.

the fifth goal, on a long-range Mclnnis slapper, was enough for Devils head coach Pat Bums to call it a night for Brodeur. The proud two-time Cup winner, four goals in arrears, skated calmly to the bench and Corey Schwab took his place.

Scott Niedermayer provided New Jersey’s brief glimmer of hope at 1:37 when he skated deep down the right side, abruptly pulled up in the circle, and snapped one to the far side.

Boston’s shaky offense suddenly looked as if it would be tested.

But eight seconds after the puck drop at center ice, Lapointe knocked in his first of the postseason, taking the shiver of doubt out of the crowd of 13,658.

Helping out on the rare Lapointe strike were Sergei Samsonov and Don Sweeney.

Brodeur’s night came to a close at 3:37 of the third when Mclnnis, one of the many Boston forwards who had been nonfactors in the first three games, cracked the blue line, dropped his shoulder, and hammered a low, sizzling slapper past Brodeur. One again, the building shook.

As he skated to the New Jersey bench, not looking the least bit flustered, Brodeur was met by an applauding Burns, who clearly felt his hardworking backstop simply could use a break. This one was lost. Far better to get Brodeur out of the cage and give him a rest, looking ahead to Game 5 Thursday night at Exit 16W. The Bruins had to hope that he would spend the time agonizing over his bad night in Boston, Short on passion and even shorter on offense in the first three games, the Bruins finally showed up with their skating and hitting game.

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Research position for a graduating Duke senior in chemistry, biology, or the biochemistry concentration to work as a research technician on an independent project in a nucleic acids and molecular biology laboratory. Great training for the future.

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SUMMER CLERICAL POSITION Part time summer office help in the Business Office at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. Only 10 to 15 hours per week. Pay between $B.OO- per hour. If you are interested please contact Debbie Edenton at 613-8146.

Houses For Rent 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms within walking distance to Duke. Starting at $450. All new. Best landlord in Durham. References available.

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COZY DUPLEX APARTMENT FOR RENT NEAR DUKE. PERFECT FOR GRADUATE STUDENT OR COUPLE. WOOD FLOORS, STOVE, FRIDGE GOOD NEIGHBORAND HOOD. $435.00 MONTH. ED 1919-663-3743 (LEAVE MESSAGE).

Duke Park, charming, historic duplex. Large 3BR/IBA/3FP, hardwoods, alarm, W/D connection. 3mi Duke. $825/month. 220-7665.

Hillsborough 3BR 2BA, easy access to I-40/I-85. Excellent condition, pets negotiable. $1,250.00 per month. 919-730-7077.

Beautiful new townhome with 2 master suites 1300 sq.ft., 2 1/2 baths, security system, laundry room, garage, 9 miles to Duke. $140,000 including kitchen appliances. Call 660- 8036.

Two bedroom house, hardwood floors, stove, refrigerator, large utility room, fireplace, carports, large deck. 1.8 wooded acres off highway 70, 5 miles west of Durham. 3828012.

Walden Pond Community/5 minutes to Duke. Townhouse-1 BR loft, 1 1/2 bath, end unit, deck overlooking pond with storage, $72,000 (negotiable). Call (919)599-3534.

House for Rent: 1300 sqft, 3BR, 2BA, convenient to Duke, in southwest Durham. Available June 1. $llOO/month. 490-4635.

House for Rent: 1600 sqft, 3BR, 2.58A, convenient to Duke, in southwest Durham. Available immediately. $l2OO/month. 4904635.

Newly remodeled 2400 sqft. 5 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 story house near Duke. Living room, dining room, new appliances, fireplace, washer/dryer, large deck, large backyard, central heat/air. Shown by appointment only. 2213 Prince Street. $l3OO/month. 919-6126126.

Nice 3BR/2.58A near Duke. Great family nbhd. Bright and sunny. All appliances incl W/D. 1711 Valley Run, near South Square Mall. No pets. $1075 per month. Avail May. 919-218-2523, 657-7530.

Nicely furnished 2BR house available to responsible tenants in June. 1 yr. lease. $BOO/mo. Call 2206459.

Walden Pond. 3BR/2 1/2BA. All appliances. Available June Ist. $925/mo. 919-471-0689.

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Found: Necklace, LSRC parking lot on evening of 4/11. Email mdnelson@duke.edu

SEEKING SUBLETTER 2BR, 2Bath, apartment avail. MAY-AUG, continue lease, option to washer/dryer, dishwasher, porch, pool, access to Duke Forest trails.

Roommate wanted. Share beautiful duplex in American Village.

Private bathroom off your bedroom, washer/dryer, pet friendly, fenced in yard. Rent $450+1/2 utilities.

Available at end of June. Call Nadine (919)384-8867.

Moving van absolutely free. Call for an appointment. We bring the van to you. 20% off all moving supplies, including a lock for your unit. Call 919/469-2820 or visit our website at www.ldselfstorage.com.

Looking for female to fill one bedroom in 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom apartment in Partner’s Place for May-August. Brand new, furnished, washer/dryer, sunroom, dining room, skyIncluded. water lights, Morreene Rd, close to campus, Belmont, Campus Walk.

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Summer sublet. 1bedrm apt $790.

May-July 31. Walk to Duke West.

Fall leave avail. Gated, pool, lake, running trail, gym, raquetball. 3681284.

Travel/Vacation GRADUATION WEEK MYRTLE BEACH Ocean Drive Resort welcomes students for Graduation Week! Party at the Spanish Galleon! Book your room now! 1-800-438-9590 www.myrtlebeachstudentrentals.com.

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Student Groups FURNITURE FOR SALE Bookshelf/TV stand: $5O. New computer desk: $3O. Hewlett Packard computer (no monitor): $6O. New twin mattress set; $65.

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Academic WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 The Weight of War Lecture Series; 4 s:3opm. Tami Davis Biddle, “Strategic Bombing in the World Wars: impact and Consequences.” White Lecture Hall.

Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Mark Martindale, Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii. evolution in invertebrates.” 147 “Development and Nanaline Duke.

Speaker: 7pm. Evening with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation. A Discussion on the State of U.S. Prisons. Love Auditorium in the Levine Science Research Center. Sponsored by Med Students for Social Justice. Free and open to the public.

Religious WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Morning Prayers: 9am, Wednesdays. With JoAnna in the Bryan Center, Alpine.

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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 youcan’t make it, please take time wherever you are, and pray for God’s peace in our world.

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Social Programming and Meetings THURSDAY, APRIL 17 4 Corners Rim Series: 7pm. “Central Station."

Language: Portuguese; subtitled in English. Brazil, France 1998. Showing at International House.

Recital: Bpm. Richard Stoltzman, clarinet and Emanuel Ax, piano. Tickets $34/$3l/$2B Reserved; discounted for students. Page Auditorium.

DUU Freewater Films Special Event: 7pm. 11’9”01 Film and Panel. Film at 7:oopm, Panel Discussion at 9:3opm. Griffith Rim Theater, Bryan Center.

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Senior Dance Projects: Friday and Saturday, Bpm Original works by Alyah Baker and Tamara Johnson, The Ark. Tickets free.

Craven Quad spring concert: Friday, April 18, 10pm2am. Spring concert event. The opening band is Alabaster Suitcase and the feature band is Virginia Coalition (VACO). Please note the following; 1) the concert is free (no tickets or payment necessary); 2) concert is for Duke students 3) rain or shine.

Earth Day: 9-11 am. Saturday, April 26. Volunteers from the Friends of South Ellerbe Creek, NIEHS, Duke’s Sigma Chi and others are joining forces with the City of Durham for this year’s Earth Day stream clean-up. The public is invited to help us pick up litter along Goose Creek at Durham’s East End Park (1204 Alston Ave).

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Exhibition: “Sodom Laurel Album; Photographs by Rob Amberg.” Photographs, oral histories, and songs tell the story of a rural Appalachian community on the brink of change. Center for Documentary Studies.

Exhibit: through July 27. ‘Twenty Photographs by Eudora Welty,” from the collection of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (RBMSCL).

Photographs taken by Eudora Welty as she traveled Mississippi in the late 19305-early 1940s writing for the WPA (Work Projects Administration). On exhibit at Perkins. For more information call 660-5968.

Presenting Student Creativity: A History of the Duke Undergraduate Publications Board. Time: During Library Hours. Location: Perkins Library Gallery. The exhibit chronicles the role the Publications Board has

played since 1927 in fostering and managing student publishing on campus.

Exhibit: “North Carolina School: The Art of Architecture”. Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus main quad. North Carolina has been at the forefront of modern architecture for many years. The exhibition displays a collection of works of past and current practicing architects in North Carolina.

Organ demonstration: Weekdays, 12:30-1:30pm. A daily recital of mostly sacred music on the Flentrop organ, which both tonally and visually reflects the techniques of Dutch-French organs of the 18th century.

Duke Chapel, West Campus. Schedule subject to change. For information, call 684-2572.

Carved In Wood: hand-worked hardwood carvings from six continents. John Flope Franklin Center Gallery, 2204 Erwin Road. Gallery hours vary; call 684-2888.

Excerpts from Mao II: by Scott Lindroth and William Noland. Lower Level Art Space. John Hope Franklin Center Gallery, 2204 Erwin Road. Gallery hours vary; call 684-2888.

Haiti & Memory: photographs by Phyllis Galembo.

Perkins Library, West Campus. Hours vary; call 6846470.

Sports photographs: “Four Horseman of the Apocalypse #1” and “Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion.” from Paul Pfeiffer. On loan to DUMA.

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Journalism approved The new journalism certificate will provide students with valuable interdisciplinary and real-world experience

At

its meeting last Thursday, the Arts and Science Council approved a new certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. This new certificate adds yet another option for students and will provide the University with a new program for students to acquire valuable, real-world skills.

Certificate programs in general are valuable for three reasons.

First, they are interdisciplinary, allowing students to explore an area that incorporates aspects from many different disciplines, letting students become acquainted with multiple departments and forcing them to gain skills in synthesizing and analyzing information in multiple ways. Second, certificate programs often provide students with real, practical skills that traditional majors and minors do not. For students who are interested in leaving Duke and going into a career such as journalism, certificate programs providing an education in needed skills are invaluable. Third, the certificate program provides another option for students to accomplish a certain course ofstudy that they can put on their resume to show what they have accomplished at Duke. That is, instead of a student getting little recognition for their coursework, certificates allows such a student to get rewarded.

Journalism is a particularly important field for Duke to have a certificate in. It is a field in which there are very specific skills that students can be taught and skills that they can practice and improve on. Moreover, journalism is an extremely important field, with journalists having enormous power to influence popular opinion. As a result, Duke benefits from its students going into this field and the University should ensure that these students are as well-trained in the art and practice of journalism as possible.

One aspect of the journalism program that is especially encouraging is its capstone course, which will not only provide a final in-classroom experience but also an internship experience providing all students with real-world experience in the field of journalism.

Journalism is a field where only so much can be learned theoretically in the classroom and where one must actually practice the craft.

Moreover, the certificate’s requirement of a course in journalism ethics is very important, since ethics form the backbone of good journalism.

Hopefully, this program will encourage more students to participate in journalism and give those students already at Duke who want to become involved in journalism another outlet to do so. In the future, perhaps the University should foster a relationship with the journalism program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which would give students even more opportunities in the field.

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The third year really instills leaders in medicine.

self-motivation and primes us to be

Ravi Karra, a third-year medical student who is involved in the curriculum development (see story, page one).

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Chronicle should diversify its choice of sources While reading The Chronicle’s article about Richard Burr’s potential run for U.S. Senate, I noticed a common Chronicle tactic: quoting University of North Carolina at Charlotte professor of political science, Ted Arrington. While I am thrilled to see that The Chronicle per-

forms background research, I am extremely disappointed in its selection of a quote-worthy professor. The Chronicle consistently upon relied Arrington’s quotes throughout the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, rarely exploring the opinions of other distinguished professors—and it

continues the trend now. The Duke students who write for The Chronicle are capable of doing better work. There is no need to rely on one single source when a plethora of others exist.

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Police acted correctly by not stopping recent I was at present Thursday’s anti-war protest as an observer and as someone who supports the anti-war movement. The Chronicle has taken a consistent editorial line in support of the occupation of Iraq, paying little heed in the process to the fact that it violates international law and that the consistent failure of the U.S. and UK to ensure

that sick and wounded Iraqi civilians receive basic medical treatment is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

It was especially naive of The Chronicle to declare in its editorial that the war was over the day before the demonstration took place.

U.S. soldiers are still being shot at and killed in Iraq; the American POWs had not yet been freed on the day of the demonstration (try telling their families the war was over that Wednesday!); the

Chronicle gulled into thinking the war ended the moment a

few statues of Saddam Hussein were pulled down?

Chief Birkhead acted calmly and efficiently. Anyone who has been at such human chain

demonstrations knows that arresting participants can take a long time, as demonstrators have to be given the required police warnings, read

theirrights, and then arrested

by the dozens. Remember it usually takes two to four cops to drag away each unresisting

but totally passive protester.

How many duty officers and paddy wagons does the Duke University Police Department have available at any one time? Remember also that dozens of otherwise inactive bystanders are often inspired to sit-down in solidarity with colleagues who are being dragged away. The police start by thinking they have 50 Pentagon admits the U.S. is protesters to arrest, and can still not in full control of end up having to arrest nearly Baghdad; the Pentagon has 100.1 have been at many such just said that it will not clear peaceful sit-down protests Iraq of the depleted uranium over the course of nearly four it dropped during its bombing decades, and never in my campaign, thereby consigning experience has one involving millions of Iraqis to decades of even 20 people been cleared in elevated cancer risks and less than half an hour unless birth defects (try telling these 20 to 30 cops happened to be Iraqi people the war ended on at hand. Birkhead had a hard Was The call to make, and in my judgWednesday).

protest

ment he made the right one.

If he took The Chronicle’s editorial advice, he would probably have had to arrest 100 people with a handful of officers, and individuals who already felt inconvenienced would have had to add another 20 to 30 minutes to perceived lost time. Or is The Chronicle in favor of DUPD having a standing force of 50 to 100 officers on duty at all times to deal with demonstrations, with the inevitable cost this would entail for university budgets?

As to engaging in civil disobedience and breaking the law, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Andrew Young, Mandela, Henry David

Thoreau,

Parks; Rosa Russell, Stevie Wonder, Pete Seeger, Susan B. Anthony and Archbishop Rowan Canterbury of Williams are distinguished precursors of today’s protesters. Would you have wanted Rosa Parks to go quietly to the back of the bus so she could be a law-abiding citizen? This is what she would have had to do if she followed your editorial advice!

Bertrand

Kenneth Surin Professor, Literature Program

Protest demonstrated concern for international law The law was broken last

Thursday by antiwar protesters that blocked traffic on Campus Drive. How “disgusting,” “disturbing,” “cowardly”

that the police didn’t arrest or remove the demonstrators,

declares The Chronicle’s editorial amidst a hail of repetitions of “law” “illegal,” and the like. All this admirable passion for the law is echoed by some student letters heaping righteous indignation on a few dozen fellow students that dared to pause traffic on cam-

pus for 30 minutes on a cold and rainy day.

Paradoxically, however, I believe that one of the purposes of these “communist radicals” (as one letter author called them), might have been precisely to demonstrate their concern for the law. I saw the quaint illegality oftheir action as a pointer toward the tragic illegality of the presumably preemptive war itself. This conflict has broken international law according to many

experts and has lead to the

deaths of thousands and the disruption of a country. If, in the past weeks, the war had elicited from The Chronicle’s editorial staff the same vibrant fervor for legality that they show for the preservation of unimpeded vehicular traffic on Campus Drive, those communist radicals might not have felt the need to engage in such terrorism.

Daniele Armaleo Assistant Prof of the Practice, Department of Biology

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In the interest of lighthearted entertainment, I will replace the semi-serious content of this space with a humorous anecdote. I hope you enjoy my tale of Duke

past and present...

You will never believe what happened to me over the weekend. While having a few beers with the class of 1963,1 met a crazy old codger named Doc and his

friend Sy-(Snootles)-and-the-Ramblin-(Root-Beer)Gnome. Doc had frizzy white hair and bore a striking resemblance to Christopher Lloyd. He spent hours recounting his triumphs and failures \ as a Duke undergrad in the 1980s, constantly kicking the stupid gnome m f and referring to me as “Marty.” I did- fli n’t ask how such an old man went to college in the 80s, nor did I ask why jJmL? he was calling me Marty.

Jom After a few hours, he led me to the drn L Cameron lot. He had a silver Buy a Vowel DeLorean that he had fitted with some sort of “flux capacitor.” I am a mechanical engineer, which means I have no idea what either of those words means. All I know is that he poured some plutonium in the gas tank, accelerated to 88 miles per hour right as lightning struck the clocktower and came to rest on Towerview Drive, 1990.

Like any other highly trained journalist would do, I whipped .out a pen and started inventing “facts” and misquoting people. First thing to write down: beer as far as the eye could see. The quad was a veritable gauntlet of kegs, but we passed through without drinking anything. Upon our successful arrival at Theta Chi (once known as the “disco frat,” now “on hiatus”) we were greeted by the striking presence of Christian Laettner, a campus demigod.

I pulled Laettner close on the dance floor only to have him step on my feet and gyrate uncomfortably.

In an effort to seduce the man-child, I told him that I was from the future and had seen him play basketball alongside Michael Jordan. He let out a whoop that was heard by all, even above the blaring beat of Paula Abdul. He then asked me how many championships he would win with the Chicago Bulls. At that point, I took two steps forward, three steps back, grabbed Doc and fled. Laettner went home with the weird gnome thing. Fine by me, right?

Doc and I hopped back in the DeLorean and head-

ed for 2003. Too bad Doc’s ride had shoddy brakes. We landed in the Duke forest, 2008. Fortunately for us, all the trees had been cleared out for construction projects so we didn’t die. Seizing the opportunity, I headed for the monorail station to get a look at the Duke of the future.

After waiting at the station for three hours, it became painfully obvious that there was no monorail.

Apparently the Iraqi parliament passed a resolution calling for the continued use of oil-burning buses at Duke, forcing Duke Student Government to interrupt construction. When asked to comment, DSG president Ashley Olsen replied, “DSG is extremely concerned with the Iraqi point of view.” Eighth year senior legislator Avery Capone disagreed, mumbling something about “stupid hippies.”

A svelte redheaded fellow named JC offered to tow me along the track in his red wagon. I accepted.

People were waiting at all the stops along the way, but I was filling the entire wagon, so they had to wait.

After a few hours, I fell off the wagon inside an enchanted place called “the student village.”

Immediately I was reminded of Epcot center. If I didn’t know any better, I would say that the whole of campus was enclosed by the enormous dome. The only sunlight was coming in through a hole in the top, through which an enormous dollar sign could be seen.

Hungry, I headed for the only eatery: the Grant Hill. It looked just like the Great Hall, but had been renovated in the summer of’o3, thanks to a donation

by Mr. Hill. I was surprised to see Carrot Top working the grill, but decided not to ask any more questions.

After dinner, I decided I had better get back to 2003 in time to report my findings for the last page of The Chronicle. If I don’t get this in by press time, my fellow students will have nothing to read during that interminable 1:10 lecture.

That dollar sign above the dome was a little too

realistic, wasn’t it?

Tom Burney is a Pratt junior. His column appears every third Wednesday.

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Joining the Ivy League For the last several years, I’ve heard severe griping from students about how Duke is becoming too serious and that leadership is hell bent on turning Duke into an Ivy League school. Most of the time I find that student complaints are on target. But I think that these claims of über-seriousness on the part of Duke students are «■ groundless. Duke hasn’t become more serious. It has just become boring.

The campus is a lot quieter at night.

Even the Cameron Crazies have gradStuart ually declined in their energy level and doi staffer are no longer jubilantly nuts, but just 1— mildly neurotic. I think that part of From a Distance the reason for this change is external—Duke policies that choke social life—but I also think that students have become duller. They are so worried about their next step that they’ve forgotten to enjoy the moment.

If Ivy League schools are boring, then certainly Duke qualifies. But Ivy League schools are indeed more intellectually oriented. Duke could use some intellectual intensity. It could also use a hell of a lot

more energetic social life.

I wouldn’t mind a bit if Duke joined the Ivy League.

In fact, I think that we should do just that. Rather than being a near Ivy with a basketball team, we should just be a part of the real thing.

Oh I know you think I’ve gone completely off my rocker, but let’s think outside the box. On paper, there is little difference between Penn, Dartmouth, Brown and Duke. Duke already possesses pretentiousness of Ivy League magnitude. We might as well have the title that goes with it.

It is possible that such a change wouldn’t just be symbolic, but would produce tangible benefits. Duke leadership, secure about its standing in the world, might be more inclined to develop sane policies concerning social life. We would have to axe scholarship football. Given our lack of gridiron prowess and football’s expense, this would be a blessing. Free from the carnival of scholarship athletics, Duke just might become more intellectually focused.

There are of course two major sticking points with joining the Ivy League. One is the “the Coach K problem.” The other is perhaps more fundamental: why

would the rest of the Ivy League want us?

While I admit I’m not a fan of Coach K, I know that he has been, ignoring the corruption inherent in big time college basketball everywhere, a major asset for Duke.

But in 10 years or so, Coach K will retire. What Coach Wooden was to UCLA, Coach K has been to Duke. UCLA has never found anyone who can replace the “Wizard of Westwood.” What better way could there be to avoid seeing one coach after another fail to repeat the magic of Coach K than to simply move into the Ivy League and drop scholarship basketball altogether once he retires?

Then there is the question of whether the Ivy League schools would let us in. I’ve done a little bit of homework and contacted an Ivy League dean, Richard Beeman from Penn, about this issue. At first he joked, “No, Duke can’t join. Penn already has filled the slot of ‘party school of the Ivy League,’ and we don’t want Duke competing for that slot!”

But then he became serious. “I think MOST of the students at MOST of the Ivy Schools are for the most part notable for valuing intellectual engagement for its own sake, not as a means to an end (e.g., a job or a place in medical school). I emphasize that I mean MOST and NOT ALL. And, indeed, most of us at all of these schools have worried about the increasingly utilitarian view of many of our students toward their educations. So I pose a question for you to ask Duke students to think about. If a self-conscious commitment to intellectual engagement for its own sake is a hallmark of an Ivy League education, then does Duke belong in the Ivy League? I would not presume to answer that question. It’s only a question that people at Duke can answer for themselves.”

So there it is in a nutshell. Do we want a commitment to intellectual engagement by Duke’s students and faculty? Regardless as to whether Duke joins the Ivy League, I think the answer to that question is obvious.

And with that, I sign offChronicle column writing for the semester and probably forever. Thanks to The Chronicle for giving me the space for my words. Best wishes to all this year’s graduates. And for those coming back, I hope that you work to make Duke a better place.

Stuart Rojstaczer is a professor of hydrology. His column appears every third Wednesday.

Lessons from the fall of Iraq Iraqis’ jubilation at the end of thing. Much as courts would be Saddam’s reign holds lessons for all. impotent without enforcement, so It’s time to demolare handwringing of naifs and idle ish the petulant talk of the Security Council. If America must be the enforcer that idiocies of the anti- ■||| f American crowd: others are unwilling or unable to 1) Freedom must be, so be it.

3) Saddam is a bad guy, but...: be achieved by J|||f The yes-but brigade has been clamthose who seek it: Bala Freedom is a preoring since Sept. 11 pinning the cious gift but not Ambati blame for everyone’s problems on one that iat shou. the U.S. Stop, In a battle between sir Id je Sweep of Daylight imperfect good and pure evil, there denied because is no choice. The U.S. is responsible someone had the misfortune of being born under for many bad things, but the U.S. is Saddam Hussein. And when the responsible for many more good absence of freedom spawns nests of things, more so than most nations terrorism, aggression, genocide, and more than any great power and pursuit of nuclear weapons, it ever; we must make our country is morally imperative to intervene. better, which requires constructive If America must be the one to take criticism, not the whining selfout garbage others are unwilling or loathing that’s displaced patriotism as the last refuge of the scoundrel. unable to face, so be it.

4) We should not attack those 2) War is always a failure : When the U.S. galvanizes resources and who did not attack us: The presiAmerican public support in the purdent must not just react but anticisuit of a just aim, war is sometimes pate. If Clinton had invaded the only option that can accomplish Afghanistan in 1999 to “get” Osama anything of value. The UN was bin Laden (as reportedly he was to formed to keep the great powers until Gen. Musharraf seized power from destroying each other; in that in Pakistan), all the current proand in humanitarian assistance, it testers would have protested then is effective. But the UN is incapable as well. But they would have been of “collective security” as each wrong, just as they are wrong nation ultimately will look after its today. It is not acceptable to U.S. security for tyrants with any conown; just as each nation will determine what affects its security, so ceivable access to any terrorists to get nuclear weapons. Pakistan and will the U.S. There is no world government and given the nature of North Korea are already two such the rest of the world, that is a good states, and two too many; the U.S.

can’t let this club grow. Waiting for a mushroom cloud over Los Angeles is stupid and insane, 5) The consequences will be unpredictable, with more terrorism, instability, etc. The consequences of inaction in the face of terrorism in the last 20 years (TWA, Beirut, :

World Trade Center I, USS Cole, the embassy bombings) are clear. The consequences of stability of Middle

Eastern regimes in cesspools that pass for societies are clear. For Iraqis, the consequences of leaving Saddam in power far outweigh the

regrettable and unintended civilian

casualties of war. Fortune favors the bold. Analysis isn’t an excuse for paralysis. The self-appointed spokesmen for the Iraqi people who did everything in their power to perpetuate Saddam’s reign should be ashamed of themselves.

To the protesters that said “not in our name”: Iraqis’ freedom and joy are indeed not in your name. The lives of countless Iraqis who would have been killed by Saddam for years to come are not in your name. The light that now pierces the darkness offear in the Middle East is not in your name.

Nonetheless, admit the obvious and be happy for all those no longer under Saddam’s boot.

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

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