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Trustee race Bush stresses war against terror narrows to 8 semifinalists by

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The Young Trustee Nominating Commitannounced late Tuesday night the eight semifinalists left in the race for the undergraduate young trustee position, a threeyear term on the Duke Board ofTrustees.

The committee, chaired by Duke Student Government Vice-President for Community Interaction Andrew Wisnewski, narrowed the field of applicants from 16 to eight after a three-hour selection meeting.

The semifinalists—who will be narrowed to three finalists during a committee meeting on Feb. 2 after personal interviews have all served the University community in some capacity in a variety of major student organizations. The DSC body will vote Feb. 11 to select the young trustee.

“The [selection] committee is comprised of major leaders on campus,” Wisnewski tee

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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush warned Americans Tuesday night that there could still be a terrorist attack on the United States, and then presented the nation with a choice between his continued leadership and a return to the “dangerous illusion” that the threat had ended.

In a nearly hourlong, prime-time State of the Union address, Bush showcased the extent to which he will use his administration’s fight against terrorism in his re-election campaign. But he then moved on to a variety of domestic issues, making his strongest denunciation of gay marriage, an issue of great concern to his most conservative supporters.

“Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage,” Bush said.

Bush also offered a panoply of smaller domestic proposals, such as a plan to promote abstinence among teenagers, increased funding for drug-testing in schools and a call for athletes to stop using steroids.

In a reflection of the restrictions imposed on him by the growing budget deficit, many of the proposals he set out carried relatively little or no cost. He

RLHS makes housing Students react to tone, top issues moratorium KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

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Residential Life and Housing Services has declared a moratorium on new greek and selective living group housing, meaning Chi Psi and Delta Tau Delta fraternities, or any selective living group or greek

organization currently seeking housing,

will not have their own residential sections in the 2004-2005 school year.

Sororities’ growing interests in obtaining housing has influenced the decision not to give housing to new groups next year, RLHS officials said. A new annual review process for selective living groups, as well as 200 additional Pratt School of Engineering students on the horizon, were also important reasons for the decision, said Director of RLHS Eddie Hull.

“With the moratorium... a lot of the decision came from sororities’ interests in having housing on campus,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. “If that has any viability... we need to make sure we don’t use any spaces that could go to sororities.”

Hull said that accommodating sororities would have to be done in away that SEE HOUSING ON PAGE

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Who says America’s youth is indifferpolitical process?

Across campus, as across the country, students tuned in in high numbers to the State of the Union address Tuesday night.

In the commons room of Pegram Dormitory, about 20 Duke freshmen and upperclassmen gathered to watch President George W. Bush present his goals for the nation, and by the time he declared the state of the union strong, the audience split into two competing camps.

The apparent liberals of the 'bunch were vociferous as they watched the speech, constantly verbalizing their disapproval of Bush’s policies. Meanwhile, the conservatives in the room took offense to the jeering.

“We felt some of our housemates were being a little bit disrespectful,” said Laura Driver, a freshman. “Even when Clinton was in office, I didn’t like him, but I did respect the office that he holds.

I just think a lot of people my age don’t understand fully what goes into the job.”

Brittany Rhodes, also a freshman, was concerned that her peers who were ent toward the

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Duke studentswatch President Bush's State of the Union address on television Tuesday night. critical of Bush were not giving the former governor of Texas a chance to make his case.

“I think they were quick to hurl their preconceived notions of Bush at him,” said Rhodes.

Those who were mostly critical of Bush attributed the polarization of the parties to the demeanor the commander

in chief employs as he governs the nation and delivered his speech Tuesday night.

“I think a lot ofhis tactics are built on machismo and attitude, and it is divisive,” said Matt Novak, a freshman. “He says we don’t need a permission slip to go to war and stuff like that. I’d appreciate more of SEE REACTION ON PAGE 8

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bring additional operatives into the United States only a few weeks before the attacks, perhaps to join the hijacking plot or to launch a second wave of terror.

As many as a dozen names are being examined through immigration records, the officials said. It was unclear whether any of these others were stopped from entering the United States.

The agent in Orlando became suspicious when al-Qahtani provided only vague answers to questions about what he was doing in the United States and could not provide names of people meeting him at the airport or describe where he was staving, one official said. to

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A man who may WASHINGTON have been the intended 20th hijacker in al Qaeda’s Sept. 11 terror attack was prevented from entering the country by a U.S. immigration agent, federal officials said Tuesday.

The man, identified only by his last name of al-Qahtani, was turned away by the agent Jose Melendez-Perez at Orlando International Airport in late August 2001, according to two senior law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

FBI and Justice Department investigators say al Qaeda was attempting

Al-Qahtani was stopped and questioned at about the same time that Mohamed Atta, a ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, was using a pay phone at the Orlando airport, according to surveillance camera tapes. Atta called a number in the Middle East, the officials said.

At the time al-Qahtani was stopped in Orlando, the United States possessed no information linking him to terrorism, the officials said.

So far, investigators have not proven a link between Atta and al-Qahtani. But the FBI has long suspected that one of the planes—United Flight SEE INVESTIGATION ON PAGE 10

Pakistan bars scientists from leaving by

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan barred all scientists

working on its nuclear weapons program from leaving the country Tuesday, as the government intensified its inquiry into allegations that nuclear technology had been shared with Iran.

At the same time, a senior intelligence official said a former army commander approved the transfer of technology to Iran.

The official said the scientist who had led the effort to build an atomic bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, had told investigators that any sharing of nuclear technology with Iran had the approval of Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg, the commander of Pakistan’s army from 1988 to 1991. The official

said aides to Khan had told investigators the same thing.

It is not known if investigators have questioned Beg, who is retired. While army chief, Beg publicly advocated a strategic partnership between Iran and Pakistan. But in an interview in November, the general said he had not approved the transfer of nuclear technology to Iran or any other country.

“I was privy to the nuclear policy,” he said. “There was a policy of nuclear restraint.”

American officials say they believe that Pakistan has shared nuclear technology with Iran, North Korea and Libya. Pakistani officials have said that no technology was given to Libya, SEE SCIENTISTS ON PAGE 8

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Democrats predict spending bill's passage Senate Democrats said they will stop stalling a $373 billion spending bill over food labeling rules and other issues, bowing to pressure to accept the measure's boosts for popular programs.

Iran seen delaying halt of nuclear programs Western diplomats and nuclear experts voiced

growing concern Tuesday that Iran has reneged on its promise to fully suspend a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.

Salvation Army receives largest gift ever The Salvation Army said Tuesday that Joan Kroc, the wife of the founder of the McDonald's fast food restaurants, had left it $1.5 billion in her will —the largest single donation that the worlds of philanthropy and fund raising could recall.

Liberian rebel leader's wife takes control The wife of the leader of Liberia's most powerful rebel movement declared she will take charge, backed by dozens of guerrilla commanders in ousting her husband.

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He has been called inexperienced by fellow Democrats and dubbed “an empty suit” by a Republican adversary. But after his optimistic rhetoric and nice-guy image propelled him to a strong second-place showing in the lowa caucuses Monday, North Carolina Senator John Edwards may have proven himself a force to be reckoned with in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Riding on a surge of support that exploded only days before the caucuses, Edwards garnered 32 percent of the lowa delegates’ vote, finishing just behind Massachusetts Senator John Kerry’s 38 percent. He placed far ahead of one-time ffont-runner and former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Missouri Sen. Richard Gephardt.

“You and I can build an America and an image of America that we can be proud of,” Edwards shouted to cheering supporters following the announcement of the caucus results Monday. ‘This campaign, this cause, this movement is about bringing real change to America. It’s about lift-

ing up the American people and making them believe again.”

Ed Turlington, general chair of “Edwards for America,” believes this opdmistic message is what rocketed Edwards up through the polls in the week leading up to the vote.

“The whole campaign has been built on two basic themes: John telling his life story and John sharing his vision of where he wants to lead the country,” Turlington said. “His positive message was the differentiating factor that so many voters responded to.”

Edwards has refused to take part in what he calls the “negative sniding” of his fellow candidates, instead focusing on reminding people that he is the son of a textile mill worker who can empathize with the average American. He even enters rallies to John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Small Town” blaring on loud speakers.

Like Turlington, North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Barbara Allen attributes Edwards’ success to this homegrown image and wholesome message.

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The Duham city council voted in favor of a proposal Tuesday night that increases the salaries of police officers, firemen and other city workers—a suggestion motivated by a $1.6 billion surplus from the 2002OS fiscal year.

The salaries of sworn city employees—police officers and firemen—were increased by 3 percent, while salaries of all other city workers were raised 1 percent.

During the council meeting, representatives from these two groups, in addition to others, spoke in support of the raises, though differing over some specifics.

“I’m very disappointed in my pay since I’ve been here,” said Melvin Dickens, a senior storekeeper with Fleet Mainte-

nance, a division of the city that maintains all city vehicles. “[We] keep the city of Durham rolling.”

Public Works employee Craig Roxbury asked council members to consider a greater raise for non-swom city employees.

Although he admitted that sworn officers are a crucial part of the community, he said this is already reflected in the difference ofpay scales between sworn and nonswom city employees.

Bill Towner, a representative for the fire department, defended the proposal on the table, in which sworn city employees received a greater pay increase. The fact that firemen trained in Durham—at the cost of the taxpayer—are lured to other communities by greater salaries, he said, is motivation for considering the

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The surplus from FY 2002-03, which

provided for the wage improvements, was the result of one-time relief funds granted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after last winter’s ice storm, Mayor Bill Bell said.

“There’s no question [that] this community has had some difficult economic times,” Bell said. “Fortunately, FEMA came through.”

Bell further cautioned that since the surplus resulted from a one-time occurrence, future salary increases may prove to be difficult in light of the alreadystrained city budget.

“I had no problem with redistributing the surplus for this year,” Bell said. “[But]

my plan would have been to share this as a bonus, not as a salary increase.”

Bell ultimately voted in favor of the increases, due to the recommendation of the personnel committee that debated the issue and consisted of council members Howard Clement, Diane Catotti, John Best Jr. and Cora Cole-McFadden.

Bell said he ultimately hopes for additional salary reforms, such as a pay-for-performance plan, in which employees’ salaries would be determined by the quality of their work.

“If it’s implemented carefully, it can work,” Bell said, though not passing over the possible difficulties of instituting such an assessment process. The council will begin examining this suggestion during a retreat this February.

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City employeesremoved a one-ton granite monument from the grounds of Winston-Salem’s City Hall Tuesday morning.

The monument —a granite block engraved with the Ten Commandments on one side and the Bill of Rights on the other—was placed there by Vernon Robinson, current City Council member and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Although the constitutionality of the religious monument’s erection is contestable, the City Council’s main impetus for removing the monument was the violation of City Council policy, which dictates that any display honoring a public servant—Robinson had his name engraved at the base—must go through appropriate channels for approval.

“We do have certain written guidelines for individuals who want to display items on public properties and I think if someone wants to do that they should follow the proper channels,” said Robert Clark, a Winston-Salem City Council member.

Robinson is running in North Carolina’s traditionally conservative sth district, hoping to fill the empty seat left when current Rep. Richard Burr forgoes a re-election effort to challenge Erskine Bowles in the race for Sen. John Edwards’ opening seat next fall. The political leaning of die sdi district makes die Republican primary a crucial race. “[The move] will appeal to a certain base constituency that Mr. Robinson is trying to mobilize in his Congressional campaign,” said Winston-Salem City Council member Daniel Besse. “For an investment of $2,000 he is getting-national publicity....

It is a canny political cost investment from that perspective.”

Carrie Collins, Winston-Salem’s marketing and communications director, said public interest has been considerable. “[The affair] has garnered a lot of media attention: a lot from national media and obviously all of our local media as well,” Collins said.

Robinson’s monument was transported to the Department of Transportation ware-

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house where it awaits retrieval. The city manager has not yet issued a decision on whether the city will absorb the $550 cost of transportation or pass it along to Robinson.

The mayor’s office has received a number of calls from both sides regarding the issue. “Any time you have a hot-button social issue like that you get comments pro and con,” Besse said.

Besse denounced Robinson’s effort as a

political ploy.

“Using the Ten Commandments as a political prop is shameful,” Besse said.

“Nobody who claims to speak for Judeo-

Christian values should use tablets of the Ten Commandments as a graven image to political ambition. I think that ‘a sign of political ambition’ is what you honesdy have to call this when a candidate in the midst of a political campaign erects a one ton monument with his name chiseled at the bottom [on city property].”

The City Council adopted a resolution last fall that gave the city manager the authority to approve or disapprove displays and monuments that can be placed on city property.

Robinson voted in favor of the resolution. “[Robinson] never asked anyone what the procedure was, he just did it,” said City Attorney Ron Seeber. “If he wanted to know, he could have asked and gotten the answer quite simply.”

Robinson’s idea sprung from another media frenzy: the controversy over the Ten Commandments monument that was removed from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building two years ago. Last fall Robinson asked the City Council to consider accepting the displaced monument.

The issue died when nobody seconded the motion to consider.

The Winston-Salem monument is composed of two different pieces: a base and a plaque. When city employees discovered the monument, it was declared a safety hazard because one of the pieces could potentially be pushed off.

Robinson will most likely not face any legal ramifications. “I don’t know that it rises to that level. We’re not treating it as such,” Seeber said.

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Dorm room left unlocked, items taken A student reported Jan. 11 thefts from her dorm room on East Campus. The student said that sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Jan. 9 someone entered her unlocked dorm room while she was sleeping and took $55 in cash, a $5O gift card and a $l2O textbook.

exam room A visitor reported the theft of her wallet from an exam room in the Duke Emergency Department Jan. 14. The visitor reported that the theft occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 6:25 p.m. Jan. 14.

The visitor also reported that her $1,200 diamond ring and a $3OO gold bracelet were stolen at the same time. The wallet contained $9O in cash and various credit cards, valued at $lOO.

Overlooked theft discovered when credit card used A visitor reported Jan. 8 a break-in to his vehicle, which was parked at Wallace

tered her locked Jarvis dorm room and took two $l3l calculus textbooks. The student reported that one of the books was in a locked closet and the other was on a bookshelf in the room.

Wade Stadium concourse. The visitor said he parked his vehicle on the concourse between noon and 1 p.m. Dec. 30. When he returned to his vehicle, he did not notice any sign of a break-in or anything missing. He found out several days later that one of his credit cards was missing from his wallet. An investigation into the fraudulent use of the credit card determined that it was stolen while he was parked on the concourse. The stolen credit card is valued at $lO.

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flow lot An employee reported Jan. 12 damage to his 2001 Ford truck while it was parked in the H overflow lot on Hillsborough Road. The employee parked his vehicle in the lot at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 7 and returned to the lot at 2 p.m. the same day. When he returned he found that the rearview mirror on the passenger side had been damaged, as well as a windguard on the passenger window. The damage is estimated

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Year-end break allows textbook theft in Jarvis A student reported Jan. 15 that sometime over the semester break, someone en-

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Eatery patron falls asleep, wakes up without phone A student reported the theft ofhis $llO Verizon cellular telephone from Rick's

A student reported the theft of $54 in cash from his wallet at the Wilson Recreation Center Jan. 10. The student said he lost his wallet in the gym between 12:20 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Jan. 10. The wallet was found and returned to the student minus the currency.

Edens window shattered, cause unknown A student reported hearing glass shattering on the third floor of Edens 1-Cjan.

14. The student went out ofhis room and found that the $lOO hallway window on the third floor had been shattered. There was no one in the area.

Diner in McClendon Tower Jan. 17. The student said his cell phone was on the couch with him when he fell asleep at 5 a.m. Jan. 17. The phone was missing when he woke up at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 17.

Vehicle tag taken from H lot An employee reported the theft of her $35 N.C. license plate from the H parking

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by Larry Router NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

SAO PAULO, Brazil

No country in the world has a

higher rate of homicide by firearms than Brazil, and the toll is highest in large cities like this one. But now, in what gun control advocates describe as a bold but risky social experiment, Brazil has virtually outlawed the possession of handguns.

Since just before last Christmas, no one in this nation of 175 million people except police officers, soldiers, and prison and security guards has been authorized to carry a pistol.

The sale and trade of weapons has been similarly limited: The illegal purchase, possession or furnishing of arms has become a criminal offense with no bail and long prison sentences. Gun owners are being told that most of them will have to hand over their weapons within six months.

“This is an expression of the unanimous will of society to cut the spiral of violence that unsettles us and embarrasses us before humanity,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said when he signed the bill. Noting that a homicide occurs in Brazil every 12 minutes, he added that “this statute is certainly not the solution to everything, but it is an exceptional step forward.”

No one knows how many guns are circulating in this vast nation, which is larger than the 48 contiguous states of the United States and shares a similar history of cowboys and explorers pushing, often violently, to open a rugged frontier.

About 2 million guns are legally registered, but government officials estimate that the number of unregistered weapons may run as high as 20 million, including those of poor peasants who hunt out of necessity.

Under the law, no one who is under 25 or has been convicted of a drug or alcohol offense is permitted to own a gun. To acquire a weapon, an applicant must submit a statement of need—the rural hunters, for example, can qualify, but the standard ofneed is much stricter in cities.

The applicant must also prove that he or she has no crimihail record and is gainfully employed and then registe't' the weaffdn with a if6W centralized federal data bank after paying a $350 annual tax.

But the law also contains an unusual feature that worries gun advocates in a country where people talk routinely about ambitious laws that are passed but “don’t catch on” because of a lack of enforcement. A national referendum has been scheduled for October 2005, in which voters will be asked whether they want the gun sale restrictions to continue or be revoked.

“This is an act of cowardice by the governing class, which ought to at least be willing to take the political risks involved,” said Oscar Vilhena, board chair of the Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention here.

“They can’t offer security to the people,” he said, “so by asking a terrorized populace to vote in favor of this, they have assured that if things don’t work out, they are not the losers.”

Originally introduced in 1999, the legislation had to overcome tenacious resistance from the military and a gun lobby generous with campaign donations.

The main cartridge manufacturer, for instance, opposed the bill because it contained a provision requiring that lot numbers be stamped on all bullets sold to the police and the military so that their origins could be traced.

‘This was an important amendment that makes it possible to trace the diversion of military and police stocks,” said Rubem Cesar Fernandes, the co-chair ofViva Rio, a civic organization concerned with urban violence that worked in favor of the legislation. “You see an enormous quantity of material diverted from these institutions and private security firms to Paraguay, and then brought back into the country illegally.”

Many of the guns used to commit crimes are, in fact, police or military weapons that have been stolen by or, more often, sold to criminal groups. There is also a booming traffic in weapons seized by police officers, so the law calls for the destruction within 48 hours ofall guns confiscated by the police that are not needed as evidence.

More than 40,000 people are murdered annually in Brazil, about 90 percent of them with firearms, the highest rate in the world among more than 60 countries studied by the United Nations.

About a quarter of the killings occur in this state of 38 million, which includes Brazil’s largest city as well as extensive ranch and farming areas where gun ownership is traditional.

“The majority of those who kill are not criminals, but

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ordinary people with guns who get into arguments about banal things, like traffic disputes or arguments in a bar,” said Jose Vicente da Silva, a former secretary of public security for the state of Sao Paulo. “Obviously this law is not going to deter the professional criminal, but it can be a valuable tool to substantially reduce the murder rate.”

Supporters of the legislation are calling on the federal government to make more money available for complementary measures that will help toughen the law.

“It doesn’t make any sense for the population to be disarmed if the bandits have easy access to weapons,” Geraldo Alckmin, the governor ofSao Paulo State, argued in an interview with O Globo, a major daily.

“The contraband of arms is disgraceful,” Alckmin added. “It is essential that there be a border police and an effective combatting of that contraband, because the ease with which criminals have access to weapons is enormous.”

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Legislators have given the Justice Ministry until the end of March to draw up regulations to enforce the new law.

But already some problems have emerged, most notably as the result of a provision that forbids municipal civil guards, a sort of police auxiliary, in cities with less than 250,000 people from carrying weapons.

“Criminals aren’t stupid,” said Luiz Tortorello, the mayor of Sao Gaetano, a Sao Paulo suburb with 146,000 people that is completely surrounded by other cities which are all above the cutoff line. “They are going to look at the situation and realize that they can operate here with alacrity.”

In one widely publicized case, a bank clerk from an interior state who was on vacation in Rio de Janeiro was arrested there when he drew his gun and fired it in the air to scare off what he thought were three criminals intent on robbing him.

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Bush cast himself as the steady commander-in-chief of what he portrayed as a nation at war, seeming to suggest that changing the leader mid-battle was a risky course.

“Twenty-eight months have passed since September the 11th, 2001, over two years without an attack on American soil, and it is tempting to believe that the danger is behind us,” Bush said, in the somber tones he reserves for his most important speeches. ‘That hope is understandable, comforting and false,” “We have not come all this way, through tragedy and trial and war, only to falter and leave our work unfinished. Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same from us.”

Bush put forth no major new foreign policy or domestic initiative in an address that was as much about political drama as substance, and which served as the president’s grandest stage until his party’s nominating convention in New York in

September.

Speaking to an estimated audience of 60 million people, in an address that the White House deliberately scheduled a day after the caucuses in lowa and a week before the primary in New Hampshire, Bush defended himself on a wide range of foreign and domestic matters, from tax cuts to Iraq to whether the war on terrorism is, as he put it, “a war at all.” Bush most directly took on his critics over the war in Iraq and the presence ofbanned weapons there.

“Some in this chamber, and in our

country dW not support the liberation of Iraq,* Bush said "Objections to war often come from principled motives. But let us be candid about the consequences ofleaving Saddam Hussein in power.”

Had his administration failed to act, the

president said, “the dictator’s weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day.”

Bush did not mention that U.S. inspectors had so far found no actual unconventional weapons, the major stated reason that the administration went to war with Iraq.

A year ago, Bush used his State of the Union address to make the case for military action against Iraq, and devoted large portions of the speech to what he called “a serious and mounting threat to our country” posed by Saddam’s illicit weapons.

This year, Bush only briefly mentioned the continuing search by David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, but did not promise, as he has in the past, that Saddam’s weapons would eventually be found.

The president opened his remarks with a lengthy discourse on what he called his administration’s achievements in national security, an area where polls show he has an enormous advantage over the Democrats. Bush cited as one of his prime accomplishments the capture in December of Saddam.

‘The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell,” Bush said.

He devoted the second half of his speech to an area where he is far more vulnerable, the economy, which has lost some 2.5 million jobs since he took office. The president reiterated a number of solutions—including a call to make his trillions of dollars in tax cuts permanent over the next decade—but he offered no major new proposals and did not directly address

the criticism that his lax cuts had failed to generate the numbers of new jobs that his administration had promised.

In contrast to the impassioned speeches

by Sens. John Kerr)' and John Edwards in lowa Monday night, Bush’s demeanor was one of sober gravitas as he sought to portray a mature, experienced leader who had guided the nation through the Sept. 11 attacks, an accomplishment no Democratic would be able to claim.

In a chamber that was missing the three Democratic senators running for president—Kerry of Massachusetts, Edwards of North Carolina and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, who were all in New Hampshire—Bush made no mention of the Democratic primary race that was consuming the nation and his own political advisers.

His goal, his aides said, was to portray himself as so immersed in the serious business of running the nation that he was little concerned with the Democratic fist-fights playing out in a frigid corner of the Northeast.

On health care, an issue that has become a centerpiece of the Democratic presidential campaigns, Bush offered an expansion and repackaging of plans he has previously introduced—tax credits to help pay for insurance, and health savings accounts that would encourage people to set aside money tax-free for unreimbursed medical expenses.

“Our goal is to ensure that Americans can choose and afford private health care coverage that best fits their individual needs,” Bush said.

Democrats said the proposals fell far short of what was needed to help the 43 million Americans who lack insurance and the millions more whose household budgets are strained by health costs.

On immigration, Bush repeated his proposal to give legal status to millions of

undocumented workers in the United States, a plan that the White House hopes will appeal to Hispanic voters critical to Bush’s re-election.

Bush repeatedly stressed that he had signed into law a new Medicare bill providing a prescription drug benefit for retirees, a step that his party hopes will neutralize the traditional Democratic advantage on health care as a political issue.

Similarly, Bush appealed to the political center by reminding the nation that he had signed a broad overhaul of education policy, the No Child Left Behind Act, that imposed new requirements for schools to show progress through regular testing of students but also provided more federal education funding to states and school districts.

Bush’s State of the Union address last year focused heavily on the impending war with Iraq, and in making his case for why Saddam posed a threat to the United States. The president said Iraq had failed to account for large stocks of biological and chemical weapons and appeared to be pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

To bolster his case last Jan. 28, Bush uttered 16 words that later came back to haunt him for months: “The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”

Last summer, the White House acknowledged that intelligence behind the assertion was flawed, exposing Bush to criticism that he had deliberately exaggerated the threat from Iraq.

Bush offered no specific evidence to back up his more general and much less disputed statement that “terrorists continue to plot against America and the civilized world.”

In a Democratic rebuttal, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Tom Daschle ofSouth Dakota assailed Bush on both foreign and domestic policy.

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a common effort, where he asks for the help ofboth parties.”

As the television cameras cut away from Bush to disapproving top Democrats in the Capitol Building, the liberals in the Pegram commons room saw this depiction as representative of a trend ofexclusion.

“I think [President Bush] could have been more sympathetic to other policies, and could have tried to meet [critics] where they’re at, instead of trying to isolate a whole party,” said Will Zant, a Divinity School student.

The dissenting students had something critical to say about nearly every topic Bush touched upon, even his demands that professional sports leagues crack down on steroid usage by its players.

“I wouldn’t mind so much if he focused

SCIENTISTS from page 2 that no technology is currently going to North Korea and that the allegations about Iran are being aggressively investigated.

They have said that individuals may have leaked technology to Iran in the late 1980s and early 19905, but that the government never authorized such a move.

In a speech to Parliament Saturday, President Pervez Musharraf, a general who seized power in a coup in 1999, said Pakistan had to prove to the international community that it was a responsible nuclear power.

Within hours, eight former and current officials were taken into custody for questioning, government officials said. Three scientists had already been detained for questioning in November and December.

The aggressiveness of the inquiry has provoked protests across the political

on crack or cocaine, but to focus on steroids?” said freshman Matt Long.

Even though students acknowledge that bipartisanship is not the prevailing tendency in Washington, D.C., today, they appreciate the premium that democracy puts on dissent.

“Dissent allows you, if you’re willing to listen, to adjust your argument and make it better,” Rhodes said.

Driver shared Rhodes’s sentiment.

“When you have an absence of dissent you’re moving away from democracy,” she said. “[Dissent] plays an important part in our society, and I think part of me is proud that we can have that and still exist as one country.”

Adam Laughton, a junior, said he cherishes his right to disagree with much of what Bush had to say last night: “I think [dissent] is inevitable, and I think that’s a

good thing.” spectrum and accusations that the Musharraf government is reacting to pressure from Washington.

Monday an alliance of hard-line Islamic parties, the Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal, or United Action Front, announced that it would begin nationwide street demonstrations.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the acting head of the religious alliance, which holds the third-largest number of seats in Parliament, called the inquiry the “worst kind of victimization of national heroes to please the [George W.] Bush administration.”

Secular, pro-Western political parties and analysts, as well as the families of the scientists, also criticized the government, saying scientists lauded as national heroes weeks ago were now being humiliated. They said senior army and government officials were scapegoating scientists to increase their own credibility with Western leaders.

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Katie Laidlaw is a senior from Katy, Tex., and is majoring in French and European Studies. Laidlaw is currently president of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and served as executive vice-president of DUU in 2002.

Hirsh Sandesara is the acting political chair of Diya, Health and Safety Chair of Duke Red Cross and chair of the AB Duke Scholarship Recruitment Committee.

Sandesara is a sophomore majoring in chemistry and public policy studies with a health policy certificate and calls Glenview, 111., home.

Matt Slovik currently presides as president of DSG and has served the campus organization for four years, including as a past vice president of facilities and athletics. Slovik, a Newton, Mass., senior, is majoring in public policy studies.

Mary Washington, a public policy studies and African and African-American Studies double-major also earning a Secondary Education Certificate, lives in Washington, D.C. Washington is president of the Black Student Alliance, sits on the President’s Council on Black Affairs, and is student-teaching at nearby Riverside High School.

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said. “What they looked for is someone who can provide a broad perspective of Duke and beyond.”

The number of applications was comparable to previous years and each application was initially read name-blind. “I was very pleased with the way the committee acted—they acted in a very respective manner,” Wisnewski said.

While there are still two rounds of selection left, Wisnewski said that any of the semifinalists would serve exemplary.

“I am confident in the pool we have that whoever becomes the final candidate will serve as an exceptional trustee,” he said.

Taylor Collison graduated with a BA in public policy studies in December 2003.

A native of Winter Park, Fla., Collison is the acting finance chair for the Duke University Union.

Clifford Davison, a senior from Durham, N.C., is majoring in biology, minoring in chemistry, and earning a public health policy certificate. Davison is the current executive vice president of DSC, a member of the Senior Class Council, and co-chair of the 2004 Class Fund.

Alex Garinger currently serves as editor of The Chronicle and president of the Duke Student Publishing Company.

A former University Editor, Garinger hails from Greenwich, Conn., and is a senior earning an AB in Literature and certificates in the journalism and

film/video/digital programs.

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I invite you to nominate any Duke undergraduate, graduate, or professional student (graduating September 2003, December 2003 or May 2004) who, in your opinion, meets the criteria for this honor. Students may be recognized for participation in off-campus as well as on-campus activities.

To recommend a student for this award, please submit a letter of nomination outlining the nominee’s pertinent accomplishments, citing one or two examples, and the way in which he or she has made an impact on life at Duke. All nominations are due by Friday, March 5,2004 and should be sent to: William J. Griffith University Service Award Box 90946/200 Crowell Building

Please take a moment to consider the students with whom you interact and nominate those who qualify. This award is made once in a student’s academic career, and your help in this selection process is sincerely appreciated.

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EDWARDS from page 3 “He’s so charismatic and so natural, comfortable with who he is,” Allen said.

“He wasn’t bashing any of the candidates.

He has said'what he wants to do [and] what he wants to see done.”

Edwards’ message, however, was not the only factor that contributed to his success Monday. Localized voter outreach was also key.

“He spent a year campaigning in lowa,” Turlington said. “He visited all 99 counties and built a grassroots organization. For a year, he talked to lowans about ways to make their lives better.”

Edwards’ finish in lowa is expected to help boost his national visibility and financial resources, however he is still currendy fourth in the New Hampshire primary tracking and largely unknown in many other states.

“He’s clearly got traction and momen-

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would not throw off the balance of affiliated groups with the independent corridor, or of men to women.

“Because we have so few women’s groups on campus we’d need to consider [the sororities’] possible requests as an overall approach to dedicating space on campus,” Hull said. ‘We only have so much space to allocate and we want to do that as equitably as possible. With the prospect of female groups desiring to live together in an affiliated manner we’d like to have the opportunity to play that out in terms ofequity and fairness.”

When and how sororities would obtain housing sections is still uncertain.

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turn, and that’s all good for him,” Durham sential,” Benson said. “How to do that? PerDemocratic Party Chair Ted Benson said. sonal visits everywhere he possibly can, and “But whether that translates into broader as much TV as he can do.”

Some political analysts have quesappeal, in New Hampshire, or in states like Arizona, remains to be seen. Edwards and tioned Edwards’ ability to continue relyhis campaign crew ing on his have to be happy optimistic right now, but it’s a yet largely “Who’s not for a good economy, long road to the benign nomination in July, As image. a America? It’s an effective stratand the DemocratDuke politiegy, but it only works to a certain ic field has several cal science very serious coninstructor extent.” tenders. And as the Tom Scotto noted, it is Tom Scotto saying goes, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” hard to tell Benson also how long maintained that Edwards must do well in the strategy will prove successful. the South Carolina primary. The senator “Who’s not for a good economy, a has long-placed his bets on achieving strong America?” Scotto asked. “It’s an efsuccess there and needs a strong showfective strategy, but it only works to a cering to assure widespread support in the tain extent. Sometimes the voters will deSouth. mand answers. It’ll be inevitable that “First or second in South Carolina is es- [Edwards] will have to take positions.”

Heightened accusations of inexperience may also plague Edwards, a first-term senator. How this will factor into his chances depends largely upon how American voters choose to define experience.

“Most recent presidents were executives of rather large states, so there’s a feeling that [Edwards] has a different form of experience,” Scotto said. “It seems a lot easier to serve on one or two committees and vote (in the Senate], so he may be vulnerable if people look towards executive leadership.”

Despite these possible obstacles, Turlington said Edwards will “hit the ground running” in the coming weeks. He maintained that Edwards’ message and charisma will help him turn out on top.

“I think people trust and like him,” Turlington said. “John Edwards is one of those people who the more you are exposed to him, the more you like him, and there’s a likelihood that you will vote for

“We’re still trying to figure out if it was a legitimate request for consideration, or just thinking aloud by some sororities,” Moneta said.

To help cope with 200 additional Pratt students, the University will build a new, 138-bed dormitory on East campus over the next two years. However, the new dorm might not help to alleviate the housing crunch 6n West Campus. “[The additional Pratt students] are certainly part of the equation,” Hull said.

“All sophomores are required to live on West, and that’s certainly going to create problems with selective groups in different classes. That is a piece of the puzzle.”

Todd Adams, assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life, said that there are alternate ways for members of a

we’d like to have but it’s not the end-all, beall ofwhat we do,” said Vito Mecca, the president ofChi Psi. “If anything, it forces us to be on top of our game, to focus on brotherhood and leadership and organization.”

Delta Tau Delta officials said the decision would not have a significant impact on the future of the fraternity.

‘This year we didn’t have official housing, but most of us live together anyway in a de facto section that we formed by blocking together on Main West; we will not be compromised in any way by not having official housing next year,” said Peter Fernandez, president of the fraternity. “We will continue to live together and will be working with the University to gain housing by 2005, when we will also assume our off-campus house.”

selective group to live near each other until they are granted an official section.

‘They could block nearby each other,” Adams suggested. “But in terms of having a section... that would have to come after they’ve been chartered.”

Chi Psi and Delta Tau Delta fraternities, both greek groups who had hoped to receive a housing section on West Campus for the upcoming school year, will be forced to continue to operate on campus without an official section as a result of this decision.

While Delta Tau Delta, which was incorporated into the Inter-Fraternity Council in September, was not eligible for housing under current university policy because it is not yet chartered nationally, Chi Psi was qualified and awaiting a housing decision. “[Section housing] would be something

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CRIME from page 4 ployee noticed her plate was missing at 8 a.m. Jan. 14. She is not sure when the plate was stolen.

Electronics stolen at Fuqua A student reported the theft of a Toshiba laptop com-

puter and an external modem from a study room in the Fuqua School Jan. 15. The student said he left the laptop in the room at noon Jan. 15 and it was gone when he returned at 12:45 p.m. the same day. The stolen laptop and modem are valued at $l,lOO.

Basketball fan departs Cameron without jacket, keys, phone A visitor reported the theft of his jacket, keys and cell phone from Cameron Indoor Stadium Jan. 11. The visitor said his property was next to his seal during the basketball game. He said the property was missing around 4:30 p.m.

The jacket, keys and cell phone are valued at $l2O. Amphitheater relieved of projector and laptop An employee reported the theft of a laptop computer and an LCD projector from the amphitheater at Duke Hospital Jan. 16. The employee said the computer and projector were put in the amphitheater at around 1 a.m.

16 for use later in the day. They were discovered missing at 7 a.m. Jan. 16. The value of the missing equipment is unknown at this time.

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Employee’s locker raided An employee reported Jan. 17 the theft of $4OO in cash and her driver's license from her coat pocket in Duke Hospital. The employee said she put the cash and license in her Thievery yields six credit cards coat before putting the coat in an unlocked locker at 11:55 An employee reported Jan. 14 the theft of her wallet p.m. Jan. 16. The employee said the money and license and credit cards from her work area at the North Pavilion.

were missing when she retrieved her coat at 9 a.m. Jan. 17.

The employee said she last saw her wallet at 11:15 a.m.

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Computer pinched from law school office A student reported Jan. 16 that a suitcase containing an HP laptop computer was taken from an office in the

Duke Law School. The student said he left the black twill and leather suitcase in the law school library sometime Jan. 9. The suitcase was found by housekeeping employees and placed in an office for safekeeping. When the student went to retrieve the suitcase, it was not in the office. The suitcase, contents and laptop are valued at $730.

Herndon Road clinic site of wallet theft An employee reported the theft of her $B5 black wallet

from the Duke clinic on Herndon Road Jan. 16. The employee said she placed her wallet in plain view on her desk at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 16. The wallet was missing from the desk at noon Jan. 16. The wallet contained $125 in cash and various credit cards.

INVESTIGATION 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field after a passenger uprising—was supposed to have a team of five instead of only four hijackers. The other three planes taken over that day had five hijackers.

Melendez-Perez is to testify about the matter at a hearing next week before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission. Melendez-Perez is currently an inspector with the Customs and Border Protection bureau of the Homeland Security Department.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters last week that the bureau had shared “millions of documents” with the commission and that many senior FBI officials, Mueller included, had briefed the panel members.

Mueller said the briefings and documents include information about “persons we are interested in” as part of the Sept. 11 investigation.

Commission spokesperson A1 Felzenberg declined to discuss specifics of the Orlando case but said testimony from Melendez-Perez and others will shed new light on what happened before and after the Sept. 11 attacks.

“There are things that have not been well known in the public that will have an impact on our investigation,” Felzenberg said.

The FBI initially identified Zacarias Moussaoui, an avowed al Qaeda adherent, as the 20th hijacker. But Moussaoui, awaiting trial in Virginia on federal conspiracy charges, insists he was unaware of the Sept. 11 plot and officials now believe he may have been intended for a subsequent attack.

Moussaoui is the only person being prosecuted in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.

A 2003 report from the House and Senate intelligence committees concluded that all of the 19 hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11 attack were in the United States by June 2001.

The six organizers lived in the United States for varying amounts of time. The other 13—the “muscle” intended to overcome pilots and control passengers—arrived in pairs, except for one group of three, the report said. All traveled to the United States through the United Arab Emirates.

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DUKE-TENNESSEE LOOMS Duke’s showdown with No. 2 Tennessee is just around the comer.

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Another major piece of the Duke football coaching puzzle fell into place Tuesday with the hiring of Marty Galbraith to serve as head coach Ted Roofs offensive coordinator. The former Arizona Cardinals’ tight ends coach is the fourth new member of the coaching staff and e most significant ire to date.

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Unlike the case with his other three hires, Roof has never coached alongside Galbraith in the past, however the two competed across the sidelines in the conference. Still, the first-year head coach is excited about having Galbraith join his staff.

“We are extremely pleased to hire a coach of Marty’s proven track record,” Roof said.

“He is a first-class man who will do a fine job of leading our student-athletes.”

Roof first contacted Galbraith about a SEE GALBRAITH ON PAGE 12

Shelden Williamsand therest of his team are hyped to beat the Terrapins at home for thefirst time in three years.

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On the surface, this looks frighteningly familiar: The men’s basketball team heading to College Park to take on fierce rival Maryland, with Duke ranked No. 1 and rolling. The Blue Devils have lost the top spot in the polls two years running—at Cole Field House during the 2002 National Championship run and last January at the cacophonous Comcast Center.

But the Terrapins (104, 1-2 in the ACC) have been too inconsistent for their own good this season, and this year it will be Duke (14-1,4-0) with the veteran cast defending the top seed when coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Gary Williams go tete-a-tete for the 35th time. And no matter how many tables have turned, make no mistake about it Showdown. Tonight. 9 p.m.

“They kind of gave it to us up there at Maryland,” Blue Devil shooting guard Daniel Ewing said Monday. “We weren’t at our best. We didn’t play well. We didn’t play like a Duke team up there. They played really well, and they were the older team back then. They had a couple of seniors who had been to Final Fours. They are a pretty different team now, but they are still going to come after us real hard,” Indeed, it was the senior combination of Drew Nicholas and Ryan Randle that combined for 39 points and handed the Blue Devils their first loss of last season, 87-72, sending Duke into a downward spiral that saw the team lose three out of four conference games. Dahntayjones was the only solidforce for Duke last time around, as nearly every other player struggled from the field and failed at getting to the free throw line.

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GALBRAITH from page 11 month ago when the NFL regular season was winding down, and it became apparent that Galbraith would be let go by the Cardinals. Serious conversations began after the conclusion of the NFL season, at which time rumors of Galbraith coming to Duke surfaced.

Galbraith’s offensive philosophy is quite simple—he loves to mix it up. From his years of giving defensive coaches headaches with his offensive variability, he has developed the nickname “The Mad Scientist.”

“What we have done in the past and what we will try to do here is keep the defenses off balance and try to be unpredictable,” he said.

Anticipating bringing his offensive system to Wallace Wade Stadium, the Joplin, Mo. native is optimistic about the Blue Devils’ prospects for the coming season—a major factor in his decision to join Roofs staff. Galbraith was impressed by the commitment the university has made to football through the construction of the Yoh Football Center and other measures to strengthen the program. He also noted that the relationship between athletics and academics is different at Duke than at schools he coached at previously, but he sees this as a positive.

Galbraith enjoys the college game and did not leave N.C. State on bad terms after helping the team reach the Gator Bowl in 2002. He decided to return to the NFL where he had coached previously for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1985 to try to earn an NFL pension, which is received after five years of coaching in the league. However, after the Cardinals could only muster a 412 record, head coach Dave McGinnis and his coaching staff were let go.

Galbraith, like the other Roof hires Jerry Azzinaro, David Kelly and Glenn Spencer, has been successful on the college level, helping his teams reach eight bowl games. Galbraith will work closely with Kelly, who was the former offensive coordinator at Stanford, and will coach wide receivers at Duke.

“Getting in on the ground floor with a new coach, I’m excited to be here,” Galbraith said.

TERRS from page 11 are heading in the wrong direction oflate.

A statement win over North Carolina a week ago seemed to return Williams’ squad into the national spotlight, but a ten-point loss Saturday night to Georgia Tech set them back.

John Gilchrist, Maryland’s sophomore point guard, has been tearing up ACC competition and combinedfor 47 points against the Tar Hells and Yellow Jackets. He leads a youth movement for a team that carries lone senior Jamar Smith, but it was the older Terrapins who delivered the killer blow to the Blue Devils with a 10-0 run in the second half that saw Duke go 5:55 without a field goal.

“I think experience certainly has something to do with it,” said JJ. Redick, who scored 13 points in last year’s game in College Park but received co-ACC Player of the week honors Monday after 20-point performances in wins over N.C. State and then-No. 3 Wake Forest. “It seems like the games we won on the road last year were games where we got off to a really good start, and the games that we lost were games where we had some adversity and we were just too immature to overcome that adversity and get a win.”

This is the first legit road game for Duke since a blowout win over Michigan State Dec. 3, and tonight begins a stretch offour road games in two weeks against Maryland, Georgetown, Georgia Tech and UNC. The Comcast Center’s 4,000-seat student section, however, is quickly becoming a rival in its own right to that of Cameron Indoor Stadium, with 10 rows of Turde Heads on each side of the court and an angled wall of even louder fans.

With rivals going at each other in this atmosphere, turnovers are bound to make a difference in a gmae that could begin and end with defense. Duke’s Shelden Williams had eight blocks in the Blue Devils’ win Saturday over the Yellow Jackets that allowed them to jump to No. 1 in the country. But while Duke ranks second in the ACC in blocks, it is Maryland that rests in first another close call between these two evenly matched teams who spread out the scoring.

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who doesn’t shoot as much,” Krzyzewski said. “Each game has it’s own litde game plan without going against your basic principles of how you play defense

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East Chapel Hill work-at-home seeks part time, energetic, experienced reliable child care for my two girls, ages 1 and 3. Must have references, clean driving record and own car. 25+ hours a week flexible days and times. Great kids, competitive salary. 919-419-9242.

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FOR SALE: SUBARU UiGACY, 1993 wagon. 115 K miles, all wheel drive, one owner. $2,750. Call 6831179.

NOW PLAYING! PIPPIN Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s winter musical now playing in Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center. Tickets available on Walkway, at Box Office, or 684-4444. Show times: January 15-18, Bpm; January 22-24,

DUKE FOREST MOTHER’S HELPER Stay at home Mom needs help during the day with two small children and assistance in general domestic duties. Children are 14 months and 30 months, house close to West Campus. Days are flexible to your schedule with a minimum commitment of one 8 hour day and one 4 hour day during the week with more time on weekends if available.

Bpm; January 18,24,25,2pm.

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Registration Deadline: January 2004. House Course 21, descriptions and syllabi available at www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/housecrs/ . House Course website also located thru synopsis link on ACES.

grad seeking nanny for overnight and/or day care for newborn girl 5 to 7 days a week while mom recuperates. One mile from east campus. Childcare experience and references required. Nonsmokers only. Ideal candidate would be a female senior/grad student who loves children. 688-4089.

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Celestrium. is auditioning musicians for live performance in support of their first CD release. We’re looking for drummers, lead guitarist, vocals, bass, keyboard effects. 919-4514639. www.celestrium.com.

Cipriano Craft Center- jobs available immediately for work study students up to 10 hrs/wk. Afternoon and evenings only. Reliable people needed for low-stress work and a friendly creative atmosphere.

Applications available in Craft Center behind Southgate residence hall. Call 684-6213.

Duke College Work-Study Student: 8-10 hrs per week. Will work entering data, doing library work, and miscellaneous duties for the Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. Call Harold Koenig at 681-6633 or email

koenig@geri.duke.edu Full-time Research Assistant position. Multidisciplinary research project of communication skills of children with fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome. Assist with devel-

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The Duke men’s varsity lacrosse team is looking for a male or female work-study eligible student to be team manager for the upcoming spring 2004 season.

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Temporary Positions at Athenix Corp. (January 2004).

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Physiological Ecology Assistantships: Work-study positions available with Dr. Ram Oren.

Please contact April Melvin, LSRC A250, phone 613-8050, email: april.melvin@duke.edu. Students will assist with projects on carbon and water cycles in southeastern old-field, pine, and hardwood forests. This work will be part of larger global change projects and involves processing vegetation samples and some field-work. 10 hours/week- scheduling is completely flexible. $8.50/hour. No previous experience is necessary.

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TestMasters is hiring GMAT, GRE, and SAT instructors. $3O/hr.

Minimum 99th percentile score required on an actual test administration. 800-696-5728x103.

The Office of the University Secretary seeks a work study student to assist the office with confidential projects. Day and hours are flexible with class schedules (anticipate 8-10+ hours per week).

Interested students, please email julie.clodfelter@duke.eduwith a brief resume, showing previous work responsibilities.

WAITSTAFF NEEDED Blue Corn- an established restaurant on 9th St. is now hiring waitstaff. All shifts. Please come In and fill out application.

West Durham Triangle Veterinary Hospital now hiring for all positions.

Flexible hours and good learning opportunity. Apply in person at 3301 Old Chapel Hill Rd.

Houses For Rent A few big campus houses left for 04OS. Live off East in 5-7 bdrm house.

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Close to Duke. 2BR, IBA, big kitchen, W/D, 2 car garage, storage, 1/2 acre, deck. Bus line. Available February. $B5O/month. Call 2805091 or 933-4233.

House for rent, option to buy. 2BR, hardwood floors, central AC and heating. Fireplace, carport, large utility room, W/D hook-up. Stove and refrigerator furnished. Country wooded setting. 6 miles west of Duke. On Linden Rd. Call 382-8012.

Near Duke. 3BR/2BA. LR, DR, family room, carport and all appliances.

Security deposit. $B5O/mo. 3833515.

Rustic cabin in woods near Eno River for Rent: 8 minutes from Duke.

SMALL (900 square feet, 4 rooms tiny bathroom), unfurnished, very rustic cabin in Orange County, near Duke U. No appliances are included.

You must have refrigerator, cooking stove and heat source—woodstove, kerosene stove, gas heater. Current tenant may have some of these items for sale to new tenant. Limited well water is included, but no washer/dryer hookups. $350 per month $350 security deposit: $7OO to move in. Available immediately. Single graduate student preferred-2 adults maximum. This is one of 4 closely located cabins at the same location.

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BARCELONA SUMMER 2004 6-wk, 2-cc language study program in sunny Barcelona offering immersion into the rich heritage of the vibrant Catalonian culture. Meet program director Prof. Teresa Vilaros at a 2nd information meeting, Thurs., Jan. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in 228 Gray Bldg. Merit-based language scholarships are available! For applications, visit

Roommate Wanted DUKE IN VENICE SUMMER 2004 Meet program director Prof.

Gregson Davis, Dept, of Classical Studies & learn more about this 2-cc, 6-week summer study abroad program & its unique island setting at a 2nd information meeting Wed., Jan. 21 at 4 p.m., 2016 Campus Dr. Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates. For

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PROGRAM II INFORMATION MEETING Thursday, January 22, 4-s:oopm, Room 204 Perkins. Program II provides an alternative self-designed degree program in Trinity College.

Also see www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/program2/

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Interested in summer study opportunities in Costa Rica with the Organization for Tropical Studies? Learn more about their ecology & conservation programs at an information meeting, Wed., Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m. In 119 Soc Sci. Scholarships are available for qualified undergraduates currently receiving financial aid. visit For applications, //www.aas.duke.edu/study_abr oad/ or 2016 Campus Dr. Limited fellowships are available through OTS. Visit 410 Swift Ave„ 684-5774.

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Room For Rent Furnished rooms for rent. $350 per month. Includes w/d, cable & phone.

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DURHAM Furnished, LR, DR, Kit, Den, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, porch, two phone lines. Hope Valley Rd., $375, 1/2 utilities, deposit.

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Senior needs 2 tickets for home game, preferably Maryland. Email eacl4@duke.edu or call 613-2558.

WANTED: Tickets for either Duke vs. Maryland (Jan. 21) or Duke vs. Georgetown (Jan. 24) game. Please contact

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WANTED: Two tickets to DukeMaryland game, February 22. ‘6B grad’s 14 year old son has never been to a game at Cameron.

Contact Rick at 202-296-2399 or drebergman@aol.com.

Spring Break 2004. Travel with STS, America’s #1 Student Tour Operator to Jamaica, Cancun, Acapulco, Bahamas and Florida. Now hiring 2+ tickets needed for DukeMaryland basketball game on Feb. 22 to highlight bachelor party weekend. Please call 888-3111070.

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Academic Reading and Signing: 12-I;3opm. Faulkner Fox Reading and Signing Her Newly Published Memoir.

Faulkner Fox will read from and sign Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child. Perkins Library Carpenter Board Room.

Lecture: 6:30 pm.

William F. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA. "Tainted Legacy: 9-11 and the Ruins of Human Rights." 121 Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. A reception will follow the talk.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004 Environmental Institutions Seminar: 12:30-2pm.

Subhrendu Pattanayak, Sr. Economist at RTI. Subhrendu Pattanayak, Senior Ecnonomist at the Research Triangle Institute will conduct the seminar **Light lunch (RSVP; leithc@duke.edu). "Sponsored by the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions.

Room 158 A, Levine Science Research Center (Nicholas School), Research Drive. **

Chemistry Seminar: 3:3opm. Public seminar by Boris Mizaikoff, Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology. 103 P.M. Gross Chemical Laboratory.

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Visualization Seminar: 12noon-Ipm. Seminar with Carlo Tomasi, Ph.D, Dept, of Computer Science: "Tracking Hand Gestures." Location: Room DlO6, Levine Science Research Center.

Lay Academy of Religion: Gospel of Mark. 9:3011:30am. The Lay Academy of Religion is a ministry of Duke University Divinity School designed to encourage ongoing theological study by laity. Epworth UMC, 3002 Hope Valley Road, Durham.

EOS Seminar Series: 3pm. Climate Date. 201 Old

Catholic Mass: s:lspm. Chapel Crypt.

Screen/Society: Bpm. Cine-East: 'Twilight Samurai" Southern Premiere! (d. Yoji Yamada, 2002, 129 min, Japan, Japanese with English Subtitles, Color, 35mm). Griffith Film Theater (Bryan Center), West Campus.

Campus Crusade for Christ: 7;3opm, Wednesdays.

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Allen Building Lock In: 6pm-6am. Allen Building. Join us for an evening where we remember the progress from the 1969 Allen Building Takeover and discuss what students can do to make Duke a better place for everyone. For more information contact lmj@duke.edu

Come Journey with friends, Pursue truth and Encounter Christ! Nelson Music Room in the East Duke Building on East Campus. Open to absolutely everyone! For more information visit us on the web: www.dukecru.com.

University Program in Ecology Seminar: 4pm.

Nancy Creamer, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University. "Sustainable agriculture and environmentalism in North Carolina." 144 Biological Sciences.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22

Music Lecture: 4pm. "Listening to the Wild Blue Yonder: The Challenges of Acoustic Archeology." Mary Duke Biddle Music Bldg, Room 101. A lecture by BRUCE SMITH (Univ. of Southern California, English Dept.) This lecture is co-sponsored by the English Department and Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. It is free and open to the public.

Weekly Eucharist (Holy Communion): s:3opm.

Wesley Office (Chapel Basement). Contact: pgilbert@duke.edu.

Intercultural Christian Fellowship: Thursdays.

7:3opm. Chapel basement, www.duke.edu/web/icf/ or dsw9@duke.edu.

Freshman Small Group II: 9pm. Blackwell Commons Room. Contact: rnd2@ duke.edu.

AID-Duke Social Awareness Film Series; 7pm.

VILLAGE REPUBLIC. A Film on sustainable development through local governance in Sukhomajri, Haryana; Seed, Rajasthan; Ralegan Siddhi, Maharashtra; and Kesharpur village, Orissa. This film is very relevant to Panchayat Academy project approved by AID-Duke recently. Soc. Sci. 136.

Concert: Bpm. Piotr Anderszewski, Piano. Polishborn pianist Piotr Anderszewski is hailed in Europe as a stylish performer, and an exceptionally interesting one. This year's winner of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, Anderszewski is a rising star on the international concert scene, a strong-minded, sensual artist with dazzling technique. Page Auditorium.

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last night’s State of the America’s policy goals outside of Union speech, President the United Nations when he deGeorge W. Bush laid out his dared, “America will never seek agenda for the upcoming year, a permission slip to defend the The speech was balanced with 30 security of our country.” While minutes devoted to foreign poli- we admire Bush’s resolve to act cy and the same to domestic pro- where he thinks it necessary, we posals. Overall, the speech had a do not think that he should entirely turn his decidedly conserback on multilatvative tone, perSTAFF EDITORIAL eralism. haps to appeal to One of the more controversial his conservative base, which has been at odds with the president moments of the address came regarding his recent immigra- when President Bush called for the renewal of the infamous Patrition proposals.

In what can come as little sur- ot Act, which is set to expire this prise in an election year, the year. Despite the potential securipresident offered a number of ty benefits that renewal might domestic proposals to appeal to have, the Patriot Act is not worth the majority of Americans. Bush the sacrifice of civil liberties upon restated his commitment to a which the nation was founded. If privately controlled heathcare and when Congress decides to system and proposed both tax consider renewal, they should secredits for lower income Ameri- riously consider the civil rights ramifications, cans, enabling them to purchase Bush also articulated his ophealth insurance, and tax-free healthcare savings accounts that position to gay marriage. We would facilitate saving for found his appeal to “moral auhealthcare costs for all Ameri- thority” to be particularly trow cans. While both of these pro- bling. Aside from gay marriage, posals are good steps, they are we found the president’s use of not the ultimate solution to the religion to be particularly appropriate. Faith-based groups can healthcare problem in America.

Bush also called for increased play a positive role in building funding for community colleges stronger communities, and we and job retraining. This money see no reason that they should is particularly important given be excluded from government the loss of American manufac- grants solely because of their returing jobs and the increasing ligious nature, While the speech contained demand for higher-skilled workers. In a related measure, Bush many important initiatives, we also pledged increased funding were disappointed that neither for science and math training in the environment nor the Israelimiddle and high schools in an Palestinian conflict was meneffort to better train America’s tioned in detail.

While it was only an hour long children for the future. With the speech, Bush should have restatdemand for skilled workers increasing, both of these measures ed his and America’s commitare necessary in order to ensure ment to ending the conflict in the future of American workers. the Middle East, which is a conflict that has a direct impact on In the foreign policy highlight of the speech, Bush restat- terrorism, an issue often emphaed his willingness to pursue sized by the president.

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We are humans, not bonobos It seems that Matthew Gillum’s column, “Reasons to be promiscuous,” is a provocative attempt to inspire a mass flood of hate mail from Duke conservatives. While this is certainly his prerogative as a columnist, it takes away from having a serious and legitimate debate about modern sexuality at Duke. Maybe the article he refers to at the very beginning of his column was a similar one. Maybe it actually was a sincere effort to spark debate. I don’t know. But at any rate, Gillum’s column makes a mockery of the whole issue. Nevertheless, I would like to respond to some of the issues raised in it (whether jocularly or not).

Obviously, we are humans, not bonobos.

True, it is perhaps only a very thin veneer of civilization that separates us from beasts, yet it is nevertheless significant. We have been endowed with rationality, emotions and most importantly, judgment. This judgment, among other things, has enabled us to regulate our animal instincts, usually for the better. But at any rate, it has allowed us to see what sex is, why it exists, why it is pleasurable, and when or not to engage in it. We have been able to define sex and attach moral epithets and principles to it.

I will not even touch on religion, but certainly there is a reason why most religious and moral systems view sex as a something sacred between a man and a woman. That is why, among other reasons, pre-marital sex has re-

ceived all of the negative press, reputations, connotations and anything else you want to assign to it. That is why sleeping around has come under such moral censure. When you posit that women ought to embrace polyandry, you are not absolving women (or men) of the (of course, debatable) moral tarnish of sleeping around, which I believe was the intention of your ardcle. Instead, what you are doing, is denigrating the very act of ■sexual intercourse itself.

Humans placed a certain value on sex, gave it an almost sacred quality. By making sex into something lightly undertaken, you reduce us to less than beasts. Granted, in today’s culture, such a trend is extremely prevalent. Indeed, shows such as Sex and the City, or Friends, certainly glorify sleeping around or at the very least, exculpates it. Now, while this is not always a bad thing in as much as the moral taboos historically put on sex have not always been healthy—they strip sex of any emotional attachment, investment or involvment. Does an orgasm justify emotional apathy? Can a drunken stupor really cloud feelings to such an extent? Maybe, as dorky as Charlotte is, she’s right to never have sex on the first date, or gasp! even more shocking —waiting until she’s married.

Laurel Redding Trinity ’O6

Other holidays deserve celebration to reflect on the many things that Dr. King was a representative of. For most, it concentrated

On MLK day one is given the opportunity

new wave of service men returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, I’m coming home to messages from my childhood playmates that

on his message, on his role in the civil rights movement, on his spirituality, vitality, his

benevolence.

Like everyone else, I did that this year as usual. But when I enrolled for my freshman year at Duke in the fall of 1998 and experienced the first ‘celebrating’ of MLK Day at the University, I asked myself one question: What the hell is going on here? Duke University is committing an act of hypocrisy. We celebrate MLK Day, and we get classes cancelled. We do not however, celebreate Veterans Day; Presidents Day or any other recognized national holiday.

This is not to say that MLK Day should not be given the proper respect and treatment, but that it sets up an inequality that I’m still struggling to understand. It makes me wonder if the allowance for MLK Day was made out of fear of what would happen if they didn’t have the day off.

I’d like to offer you this thought. With a

are now war veterans. Some of our peers, in ROTC programs, will become veterans in the years to come. Should we not value the holiday that celebrates them as well? Is that less important than the message of Dr. King? Is the celebration of our nations independence day unworthy of our recognition? A nation whose hallmark individual rights enabled the wonderful successes of Dr. King and so many others deserves the same kind of celebration that MLK Day does.

I think we should be challenging our administrations decision to only celebrate MLK Day. That’s what my celebration of MLK Day did for me. It allowed me the time to think about how Duke University has marred his message through their hypocritical practice of making MLK Day the only recognized holiday.

Jeremy Block GraduateStudent ’lO

ON THE RECORD Were still trying to figure out if it was a legitimate request for consideration, just thinking aloud by some sororities.

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Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, commenting on the idea of on-campus sorority housing.

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Rounding up the herd Sitting

in the BC listening to how Pi our wannabe ivy-league school. “shakes it” like a Polaroid picDuring rush, sororities disguise Phi ture, I beamed with pride (despite Duke’s unhealthy expectations for us wee-little freshmen girls under the the empty clapping and mindless cheering to Outkast’s obviously much-deeper rhythmic beat of Outkast and the words). Hours later as I watched a stronger beat of the social drum. As genhorde of my female classmates line up uine as sororities themselves might be, like cattle to be slaughtered at Theta the rush process undermines and hurush, I was beaming with something miliates any legitimate standing they have at Duke. quite different.... disgust No, this is not a sisterI was disgusted by the need hood. Instead of fostering overwhelming these women—women togetherness, sororities at who seem so outwardly Duke only further segregate a campus that puts feindependent and forward in their mindset males on a pedestal of had to become part of a blonde hair, blonder highvapid cult that, unfortulights and Pet Louis (Vuitton * at is) And thoL« h nately, demands very litSharW MalaWalnn tle of their ambition out- onauee iviaiaKaiou the sorority gir|- s bag Like a polaroid picture side conformity. might not be fake, her As they lined up to smile surely is. be sized and fitted—-judged and But she is still a woman of Duke. deemed worthy—by Duke’s greek And,''most likely, she has traveled queens, I was disgusted by how many of halfway around the country—or the my classmates were shortchanging world—to study here. What’s more, she themselves and their individuality by has come alone. But during rush, this woman denies her spirit and strength Tri-ing so hard to fit in.

The only thing more nauseating and will to stand alone to instead give it than being sized up by men is being all up to the Ya Ya sisters who tastelessly sized up by women —people of your own dance along to Outkast.

As bad of a reputation as the frat sex who should know better than to hold you to those unattainable, “effortboys at Duke may have, they are far less lessly perfect” standards. Sororities may superficial than sororities. In fact, they not be the cause of this unhealthy image are far more effective than sororities at for Duke women, but they most deficreating a healthy environment for their members. these nopreposterous nitely propel True; these men can be quite disgracetions of womanhood. ful to the women they hound—the male In the words of Chi-O, “Be womanly... always.” The Tri-Delts mirror this Dukie who walks around in daylight wearmessage in their mission statement: “To ing bright pink pants and an even brighter develop, a rnore womanly character.” It’s smile, kissing us on the cheek as a sign of no bonder that Duke’s social culture respect,' would just so easily manwhorenever changes; it’s around January of himself-up under the cloaked night when each year that we get a cold reminder of drunk on machismo and high on libido—what’s right and good (the woman in but the commitment they have to each pearls) and what’s strikingly sinful at other is unquestionable.

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Fraternities foster a kind of kinship brotherhood, in this case—within the Duke greek system. As such, they tend to respect the new and fresh faces that rush with them as just that; new and fresh.

Maybe this is because fraternities scrutinize their cattle for the duration of a whole month before initiating them into greek life, unlike the Triangle sisters who spend only about a week sizing up their livestock.

What amazes me about fraternities is that these boys-turned-men put their brothers before themselves; and themselves before their social lives.

Sorority sisters don’t cry on each other’s shoulders. They don’t weep for their bad times, but instead drink to their good ones. They hold mixers to find men who will seduce and subdue them—the frat boy who kisses their cheek and holds —

their hand on campus, but whose hand could be found somewhere quite different (and ignoble) at the sorority mixer.

To those who are rushing, be warned: it gets worse. You wear pink to tailgates and prance around in polka dots and poodle skirts.... This is the end to your stilettos and black lace.

Can I have your little black books, please? The Pi Phi’s call themselves angels, while the Ya Ya triangle sisters call themselves pansies.

Whatever your poison, both sororities will surely ban these black books of yours... and they will go quite nicely with the vibrator one reader suggested I get.

(I’m thinking about the Jack Rabbit.)

Shadee Malakalou is a Trinity freshman Her column appears every other Wednesday.

Let go. Just let go.

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trators have two uncontroversial goals; (1) ensure proper respect for MLK and (2) keep us safe on the weekends. It’s their method that’s questionable, beat each one. We’d been warned: if we did not show cause they’ve taken a shortcut powerful people seem proper “reflection on King’s life,” Duke was going to to love: restrict options. Guarantee right thought by take away the holiday for good. punishing wrong thought; guarantee safety by keeping danger out of sight.

There’s no word yet on what would have constituted proper reflection In other words, Duke’s first priority But I can still see where Duke was is stamping out what it considers bad.

But I’m worried that restricting options coming from. It seems that none of those 28 events were exactly standingalso stamps out the possibility of good.

Think about MLK Day; think about room-only, and no one wants to be the few dozen students who went out at taken advantage of. “The question has 11 a.m. for community service in been raised,” said Vice Provost Judith Rob Goodman Ruderman, “about why we have this as a Durham, the ones who really consider holiday when a lot of students are using Lobster sticks to magnet Jan. 19 one of the most important days on the calendar. It bothers me that it as an opportunity to take a long weekDuke would sell out their devotion to end off campus or a lot more partying or sleeping in.”

What’s the point of a holiday no one celebrates? punish the rest of us for staying in bed.

And it seems to me that a holiday with enforced reWe’re also being watched as we prepare to pledge fraternities. Two weeks ago, Duke sent a letter to the flection is worse than no holiday at all. As for the ones families of freshmen, gently warning parents to keep who sleep in—if we really think the holiday is so imtheir sons away from the two off-campus fraternities, portant, isn’t it their loss? Their apathy is the price we Eta Prime and Delta Phi Alpha. “I do not encourage pay for a meaningful commemoration.

The same goes for the off-campus fraternities. Eta any student to join an organization not recognized by the University,” said Vice President Larry Moneta.

Prime and DPA aren’t my kind of people. My kind of Again, Duke’s got a point. The subtext of the letter people vomit once a month at most.

But more than I take issue with them, I want a real was clear: the former Kappa Sig and SAE were kicked off campus for a reason. It’s much fairer for rush and social life at Duke, one run on student initiative and pledging to be regulated by responsible adults, and it’s one with way more options than we have now. And almuch healthier for us to do our drinking on campus, lowing groups we dislike opens the door for groups surrounded by Party Monitors and within walking diswe love. Eta Prime and DPA are the price we pay for a real social life. tance of our beds. And no one gets sued.

But Larry Moneta doesn’t encourage any student Duke must have our best interests at heart.

And yet I wish they didn’t so much. Our adminis- to join an organization not recognized by the Univer-

were being watched last weekend. Duke was offering a full 28 events in honor of Martin Luther King, and they were checking attendance

sity. Really? Do we really have to be held by the hand like that?

Consider what God the Father says about the fallen angels in Paradise Lost:

Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.

Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant Faith orLove, Where only what they needs must do appeared,

Not what they would ? What praise could they receive?

And yeah, I’m a big dork to be quoting John Milin defense of long weekends and off-campus vomiting. But it’s an old argument: no right without the freedom to do wrong.

You’d think it’d be a no-brainer to a Ph.D.—but that’s not how Duke thinks. Duke cares about results.

As long as we go to the right parties, think the right thoughts, and avoid killing ourselves for four years, our motives aren’t all that important. It’s a wonderful approach when it comes to squeezing an extra million dollars out of a Nicholas or building a new dorm.

But it’s a miserable approach when it comes to building men and women, which is after all a university’s first business. If we’re graduating as moral and social cripples, is it any surprise?

We have a responsibility to Duke: to work hard, to be honorable and to get our tuition paid. And Duke has a responsibility to us: to make us into adults. If Duke doesn’t think we’re holding up our end of the bargain—well, it’s a two-way street.

Let go. Just let go. ton

Rob Goodman is a Trinity junior. His column every other Wednesday.

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