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Protesters NEW YORK waved symbolic pink slips along a three-mile “unemployment line,” labor unions demanded better treatment of workers and a group of AIDS activists infiltrated the site of the Republican convention Wednesday, as arrest totals soared beyond 1,700 for the past week.

The arrests, including several Wednesday, far surpass those made in much more violent circumstances at Chicago’s 1968 Democratic convention. Two wellknown figures from that era alleged that police are now using more subtle tactics to stifle dissent.

“Chicago Seven” veteran Tom Hayden spoke with activist lawyer Leonard Weinglass Wednesday, outside a holding facility for suspects awaiting the trip to central booking—many of them yet to be processed from Tuesday evening, when more than 1,000 people were arrested.

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Katharine Bartlett didn’t need a nominating convention to help her secure five more years as Dean of the School of Law. Provost Peter Lange announced Bartlett’s reappointment Thursday after five years of successful hiring, construction and fundraising at the School of Law. Behind the School’s new facade are new faculty members at the top of their fields and students led by an award-winning student The government. progress that Bartlett has achieved is visible and ongoing, with the continuing construction as a constant reminder.

“There’s still a lot of room to get better,” Bartlett said.

Bartlett hopes to build on her accomplishments of the last few years in the realm of faculty hiring. The law school has recently focused on attracting scholars in its priority areas of international law, constitutional law and fields related to science and innovation.

“She’s done a great job of hiring,” Lange said. Hires over the last couple of years, he added, have been among the best of any law school in the country.

Building a faculty of the highest quality has been, to

Katharine Bartlett some extent, a process that fuels itself. Prestigious faculty members increase Duke’s appeal to other distinguished scholars.

“They’ve all sort of attracted each other,” Bartlett explained.

Students also value the changes they see in the makeup of the faculty, such as the recent addition of Erwin Chemerinsky, an expert on constitutional law with multiple appearances before the Supreme Court to his credit.

“He’s a star,” said Justin Coon, a law student in his second year, who was impressed by the “really top-notch” additions to the faculty.

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said about a dozen other people managed by hiding in a boiler room.

A militant sniper took position on a top floor of the three-story school, and hours into the standoff Russian security officials used a phone number they were given and began negotiations with the hostage-takers—widely believed linked to Chechen rebels suspected in a string of deadly attacks that appeared connected with last Sunday’s presidential election in the war-ravaged republic.

More than 1,000 people, including many distraught parents, crowded outside police cordons demanding information and accusing the government of failto escape

BESLAN, Russia Armed militants with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya Wednesday, corralling hundreds of hostages—many of them children—into a gymnasium and threatening to blow up the building if surrounding Russian troops attacked. At least two people were killed, including a school parent.

Camouflage-clad special forces carrying assault rifles encircled Middle School No. 1 in the North Ossetian town of Beslan. Earlier, a little girl in a flowered dress fled the school holding a soldier’s hand; officials

ing to protect their children.

“I’ve been here all day, waiting for anything,” said Svetlana Tskayeva, whose grown daughter and three grandchildren aged 10, six and six months were among the captives. “They’re not telling us anything. ...”It’s awful, it’s frightening.”

The hostage-taking came less than 24 hours after a suicide bombing outside a Moscow subway station that killed at least nine people, and just over a week after near-simultaneous explosions blamed on terrorism caused two Russian planes to crash, killing all 90 people on board.

Powell calls for sanctions Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States wants U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran after the Bush administration concluded the country is on the verge of enriching enough uranium for four nuclear weapons.

Malaysia overturns charges Malaysia's highest court overturned the sodomy conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday and freed him from prison, exactly six years after his firing ignited the country's worst political crisis.

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Israel blames Syria for double attacks by

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JERUSALEM Israeli leaders warned Syria Wednesday it bears the blame for a double suicide bombing by Hamas militants because it harbors the group’s leadership, hinting at possible retaliation.

In a first response to the Tuesday’s attack that killed 16 people in Beersheva, Israeli troops blew up the home of one of the bombers and isolated the West Bank city of Hebron, where the attackers lived. However, Israel was looking farther afield to assign the blame.

‘The fact that Hamas is operating from Syria will not grant it immunity,” Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told The Associated Press.

The overall leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, and his deputies are based in Syria. Earlier this year Israel assassinated Hamas’

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Late Wednesday, Israeli tanks moved into a refugee camp in Gaza, firing shells as helicopters aimed three missiles at a group of Palestinians planting a land mine, Palestinians and the military said. At least seven Palestinians were wounded in the missile strike.

Israeli military officials said the operation was part of a crackdown on terror groups, but it was not immediately clear if it was related to the suicide bombings.

Residents said troops ordered 6,000 residents to leave their houses in a section of the Khan Younis camp, and bulldozers began tearing down a wall around a hospital.

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The Duke Barber Shop is buried deep in an unusual location. If it weren’t for the swirling red, white and blue pole just inside the window, it would be easy to miss, and many people new to Duke don’t even know the place exists in the basement of the West Union Building.

“It didn’t used to be a secret until the Bryan Center was built,” David Fowler says without looking up from the back of the neck he’s shaving. “Back then everything was down here. It was like a shopping mall.”

As the bank and stores moved away, the barber shop stayed put. The institution will turn 91 next week and even though it started as a little stand on East Campus, it’s been in the West Union Building for as long as Fowler can remember.

The Duke Barber Shop is hoping for a new home, though—one with a little more foot traffic. Recently administrators have talked about moving the shop when the West Union Building is renovated in the future. Fowler says he expected to move to space near Duke University Hospital, next to the Medical Center Bookstore, but plans have been delayed.

“Depending on who you talk to it might be about money,” he says. “It might even be about some politics.”

The budgets for the renovations ofboth the new location and the West Union Building are not yet finalized, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, but the University is BarberShop owner DavidFowler gives a customer a shave in 1981, above, and is still going strong today. developing plans for the two spaces.

“We have a commitment to making things work for Dave and the rest of them,” said Jim Wilkerson, director hallways and they talk about their customers. of Duke Stores.

“I had one guy who came in who cut his own seifs hair,” With the easygoing ways of its proprietors and its tradi- Midgett says in his slow drawl that hails from provincial countional services—such a straight razor shave—the barber ties ofNorth Carolina. “He tried to cut a mohawk, and he got shop continues to draw about 100 Duke affiliates to the shop to the top and didn’tknow what to do with it. a day, keeping the one part-time and five full-time barbers “It was like a cotton top there—just there on top.” busy. The store has kept up with the times and now two of Midgett just snipped the little spigot of hair and sent the the staff primp and dress women’s hair with everything from guy on his way. Only days later does he laugh about it as his color to perms. Its bread and butter, though, are still simple big eyes peer through his even bigger glasses at the floor. men’s cuts with clippers and razors.

On that floor, tufts of discarded hair clump into giant Many customers of the shop compete to be considdust bunnies around the swivel chairs. A mat of hair covers ered the most.loyal. But even though some patrons have the fading linoleum and still more wisps lightly fall from the been stopping by for trims for more than 30 years, it’s clasp of the clippers in Fowler’s hand.

He leans in to examine the buzz cut he’s creating but tough to beat Fowler’s longevity. He came to the little barber shop in 1959. doesn’t miss a snip as he and Midgett trade stories about cusThe store is Fowler’s now, and he leases the room from tomers who have become fixtures at the little shop. Former the University. But he refuses to let anyone call him the boss. President Terry Sanford used to get his hair cut there, and “I wouldn’t say that,” he says over the whir of the clipper. President Richard Brodhead has already stopped by for a trim. The regulars, though, are considered family.

Tm responsible to pay the rent.”

Amid the loyal customers are new ones, too. And young Just to listening to the conversation, you’d think Fowler and fellow barber Bud Midgett were standing on or old, when a first-time customer leaves, Fowler opens up a a street corner, swapping stories and greeting passers-by. little cabinet and pulls out a piece ofbubble gum that is pink They wave to West Union Building residents who stroll and chewy and as classic as the shop itself.

“New people,” he says, “we always show 'em bubble gum.” past the two picture windows that face the basement

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Lemke takes charge of ROTC, sorority rush by

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Senior Emilie Lemke has a resume that fills two hours of an interview. Or some might say she performs the roles of two different people entirely.

For those skeptical about the existence of a pliable common ground between sorority life and military commitments, Lemke is a case in point. She serves this year both as Cadet Battalion Commander, the highest ranking cadet officer in Duke Army ROTC, and Kappa Alpha Theta’s recruiUnent chair, one of the most highly regarded and most demanding positions in a sorority.

Lemke shocked even herself when she decided to join ROTC. She was a latecomer, enlisting with Duke’s battalion in her sophomore year. The sobering impact of Sept. 11 in the first few weeks of her freshman year was the beginning. “After that, I really started thinking about different things. My grandfather passed away the day we went into Afghanistan,” she said. Finding his lieutenant bars after the funeral made her start looking into different ways to serve.

Back on campus her advisor, Peter Feaver, professor of political science and member of the Navy Reserves for 14 years, spoke to her of the honorof military service.

“I’ve known her since junior high, and I would not have expected her to end up in the military at that time,” he reflected. But Feaver was pleased with her decision and her progress through Duke. Having known her family through church, Feaver explained that he had “sort of informally advised her even before I was her formal advisor. One.of the things I’ve been very pleased about is that she’s taken my advice even when it’s been painful, and she hasn’t pursued sort of die easy route through Duke.”

Though Lemke responds to the question of how she manages her time with a curt, “Not very well!” she seems to manage quite effectively. Her experiences in both ROTC and sorority life have grounded her in a sea of ever-conflicting commitments, and the skills she’s gained through each have woven

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Senior EmiiieLemke balances commitments to Duke Army ROTC as a top-ranking cadet and greek life as recruitment chairfor Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

tiny threads ofinfluence through the rest of her time at Duke.

Through the Duke women she met by joining Kappa Alpha Theta, Lemke was drawn into participation in various efforts in women’s issues on campus. She is a founding member of die Women’s Networking and Mentoring Program, which formed last year in response to the Women’s Initiative.

Coordinating a program for high school students, on-campus book clubs, and a networking website still in progress, the group tries to facilitate greater interaction among campus women. “I think that so many times, the only way freshmen and seniors interact is through sororities. I just think it’s very exclusive,” Lemke said.

Another facet of her response to the Ini-

tiative began before the report was even released, as she helped Kappa Alpha Theta prepare for the backlash the study was expected to unleash on sororities. “It’s just hard to be criticized again and again and again and again, and after a while, if you don’t address the positive things sororities and [the Panhellenic Association] are doing on campus, it’s hard to continue the motivation,” Lemke said.

She believes thatrather than being a destructive force in the environment for women on campus, sorority life has a lot to offer, and that criticism of greek life is often misconstrued. At the same time, she emphasizes that sorority women are only human.

“During the day we’re all very committed and liberated, but at night, a lot of times you

just want to go out and have fun and forget the pressures of the day,” she said. “Sometimes that comes across as dumbing-down.”

Her experiences with ROTC have also had surprising influence on day-to-day aspects of Lemke’s life at Duke. She was required to attend a 28-day Leadership Training Camp at Fort Knox, Ken., during the summer between her sophomore and junior years as away to catch up on the year of training she had missed. Faced with a different kind of adversity than seen in every day situations, she learned how to deal with her discomfort to complete the goals at hand.

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Cheney accepts GOP nomination, blasts Kerry by

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NEW YORK Vice President Dick Cheney accused Wednesday night of a dangerous “habit of indecision” hardly befitting a commander-in-chief. President George W. Bush, he said, has led with strength and conviction.

“A senator can be wrong for 20 years, without consequence to the nation. But a president always casts the deciding vote,” Cheney told cheering delegates who greeted him with chants of “four morejears!”

Accepting his party’s nomination for a second term, Cheney paid brief homage to Kerry’s service in Vietnam and then said he has been wrong on foreign policy in the three decades since.

“Even in this post-9-11 period, Senator Kerry doesn’t appear to understand how the world has changed,” Cheney told delegates packed into Madison Square Garden and millions of voters watching at home.

Cheney’s task Wednesday night was twofold: talk up the president and take apart the record of the man challenging him. His mostly somber speech had a few light moments—at times delegates laughed and Cheney’s lopsided smile broke into a full-fledged grin.

Echoing accusations he and President Bush have made repeatedly on the campaign trail, Cheney accused Kerry of taking two sides in a series of issues, including war with Iraq and on No Child Left Behind, the president’s education initiative.

“His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision, and sends a message of confusion,” he said in one ofhis harshest critiques yet of the Massachusetts senator who is challenging Bush for the presidency. “Sen. Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual. America

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Delegates responded with chants of “flip flop, flip flop.”

Kerry’s campaign has said that after congressional

approval, Bush mishandled both the Iraq war and the education law.

On national security, Cheney, who received five deferments from service in Vietnam, noted Kerry’s decorated service. “And we honor him for it,” Cheney said.

He then launched into an extended critique of Kerry’s record, saying it is on national security where the differences between Bush and Kerry are sharpest.

‘Time and again Sen. Kerry has made the wrong call on national security,” Cheney said.

Kerry, he said, wants to please allies rather than lead the world with strength.

“George W. Bush will never seek a permission slip to defend the American people,” he said to thunderous applause from delegates shouting “USA! USA! and hoisting signs that read “Let Freedom Reign.”

The vice president delivered his remarks in his trademark stem style—less the thundering politician than the college professor he once set out to be.

Dropping some of his more strident rhetoric about why the administration went to war, Cheney said the United States “dealt with a gathering threat” from Saddam Hussein and restored freedom to the Iraqi people. “Seventeen months ago, he controlled the lives and the fortunes of 25 million people. Tonight he sits in jail.”

The vice president made no mention of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, still at large.

And he gravely warned of threats on the horizon, an ”

enemy “whose hatred of us is limidess, armed with chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons.”

Cheney defended the Bush record on domestic issues—education, taxes, the economy and health care.

And he spoke of his grandfather, who never went to high school but saw nothing strange, about sending word to President Roosevelt that a boy named Richard Cheney had been born on his birthday.

“My grandfather believed deeply in the promise of America, and had the highest hopes for his family. And I don’t think it would surprise him all that much that a grandchild of his stands before you tonight as vice president of the United States,” said Cheney, 63.

Cheney has attended at least a portion of each session of the convention, to the delight of admiring delegates.

Outside Madison Square Garden, he’s spent his time with friends, family and Republican donors.

Throughout the Bush administration, he has been a

magnet for critics, with detractors accusing him of pushing the country into war with Iraq, holding secret meetings with polluters and backing unaffordable tax cuts that mainly aid the wealthy. His former leadership ofHalliburton Co., which is now doing major business in Iraq, also continues to be a source of controversy.

It appears to have taken a toll in public opinion. A survey released this week found his approval ratings at an all-time low.

But Cheney appears unconcerned with his own popularity. He long ago considered and rejected his own presidential run, and friends sayhe is devoted to Bush’s best interests.

Cheney was introduced by his wife of 40 years, Lynne, a well-known conservative voice in her own right before her husband was elected vice president.

The Cheneys’ two daughters, Liz and Mary, and their three granddaughters watched from seats just above the convention floor.

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BARTLETT from page 1 The search continues for more of these impressive scholars. In the area of business and finance law, Bartlett wants to capitalize on and further the School of Law’s partnership with the Fuqua School of Business, but she is still looking for the right people, she said.

Her hope is to hire at least one and possibly two experts in the field by the end of the year.

To reach these recruitment goals, though, the School of Law will need to raise professor salaries—which means more fundraising, to the tune of $l5 to $2O million.

“Faculty support and student support remain very high priorities,” Bartlett said. The extra money would help to attract faculty and students alike. “We’d like to be more generous with our financial aid,” she added.

Fundraising initiatives have certainly been a major part of Bartlett’s first term as dean. From achieving the law school’s targets in the Campaign for Duke to gathering the resources needed to carry out the school’s construction goals, the quest for financial support has been never-ending.

For instance, completing all the planned construction is dependent on continuing fundraising efforts. To cover costs, the School ofLaw needs still more money, something between $5 and 10 million, Bartlett said. Still, Bartlett is hopeful that the adaptation of the law school’s courtyard into an enclosed atrium will be finished by January 2006, completing the current series of building modifications.

The developments that the School of Law has already completed are popular among students and staff. “I did not choose the school because of the facilities,” said Tulani Giscombe, who is in her third year of the JD/MBA program. Just a few years ago, the facilities might have deterred some prospective students from choosing Duke, she noted, but the renovations have greatly improved the situation. “The classrooms are much better.”

Another area of advancement has been career counseling for students. Staff added during Bartlett’s tenure as dean have helped to maintain the School of

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Law’s strong job placement record.

Despite all these developments, the School’s rankings have fluctuated quite a bit over the past few years. Although Bartlett sees the rankings’ weaknesses, she acknowledges the value of maintaining a high position. She hopes that the widely recognized strength of Duke’s faculty recruitment will result in improved ratings.

“We like to have the ratings reflect our true quality,” said Bartlett. “It’s important because other people think there’s some validity to it.... It’s a very seductive rating system.”

Challenges remain, but the law school has nearly concluded the work necessary to complete its current strategic plan.

Now, the school needs to determine a new way forward. Amidst the changes in progress, there is a consciousness of the challenges of the future.

“We’re beginning to brainstorm among leading alumni and internally about what that strategic planning process ought to look like,” Bartlett said.

Over her next five years, though, Bartlett primarily wants to secure the gains that the School of Law has already achieved.

“I’m looking more to intensify the investments we have made... rather than [to begin] any bold new initiatives.”

Those who work with her applaud what she has already accomplished and her personal qualities.

“She leads by example,” said Lange.

“She has a relatively moderate but energetic leadership style. She sets a high tone.”

James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds professor of law, views Bartlett as significantly different from most administrators.

“Most of the people who really want to be deans you don’t want to be deans,” he said.

As dean, Bartlett has missed the intellectual engagement with students, opportunities to make academic contributions and more flexible schedule that she enjoyed before her appointment.

Faculty members said they appreciate the sacrifices she has made. “She’s just been a really great dean,” Boyle said.

The recent bloodshed is a blow to President Vladimir Putin, who pledged five years ago to crush Chechnya’s rebels but instead has seen the insurgents increasingly strike civilian targets beyond the republic’s borders.

“In essence, war has been declared on us, where the enemy is unseen and there is no front,” Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters before the hostage-taking.

Putin for the second time in a week interrupted his working holiday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi and returned to Moscow to deal with the unfolding crisis.

President George W. Bush called Putin and “condemned the taking of hostages and the other terrorists attacks in Russia,” White House spokesperson Claire Buchan said. Bush offered “assistance” to Russia in dealing with the crisis if requested, but that no request had been made, the White House said.

At the United Nations, Russia called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council, which scheduled consultations for the school seizure and other issues.

From inside the school, the militants sent out a list of demands and threatened that ifpolice intervened, they would kill 50 children for every hostage-taker killed and 20 children for every hostage-taker injured, Kazbek Dzantiyev, head of the North Ossetia region’s Interior Ministry, was quoted as telling the ITAR-Tass news agency.

Sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the standoff. One girl lay wounded on the school grounds, but emergency workers could not approach because the area was coming under fire, said regional Emergency Situations Minister Boris Dzgoyev.

There were conflicting casualty reports.

ITAR-Tass, citing local hospitals, said one person died at the scene and seven in hospitals. Dzgoyev put the death toll at four, and the Federal Security Service chief for North Ossetia later said two civilians were killed—including a school parent.

Emergency officials and doctors said 11 people were wounded, and a doctor told NTV television that two of them were in grave condition.

Two bodies were visible outside the school, and there were reports that one attacker was killed.

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LEMKE from page 4 masculine world were quickly effaced.

Though her ROTC battalion consisted of only three women when she joined, Lemke insists that she was never treated differently from the guys. They taught her a lot, but were never condescending, she said. “I never expected it to be that simple; I expected it to be a struggle, being a female,” she added.

She has translated such lessons to other aspects of her life at Duke. Sometimes when she looks around in class, she reflects on the women she sees around her: ‘Their experience as a female in a male-dominat-

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Ed world is totally different than mine,” she said. “[ln ROTC] you’re forced to respect your weaknesses. Some things males can do are a little harder for females, and you have to accept their help. At the same time, I saw my strength as well.”

Recognizing her weaknesses has not inhibited her from making the most of every chance to excel at Duke.

“She has a lot on her plate at Duke, and she’s taken advantage of so many opportunities,” said Lt. Dennis Williams, a recent Duke alum and a senior cadet above Lemke until this year. “The fact that she’s done that and still managed to be in ROTC and make that a central focus of her Duke experience is amazing.”

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gonna be fantastic,” said Majdi, a senior.

“There is no way of being informed right now besides word of mouth.”

Many freshmen, who find out about upcoming events through their equally uninformed friends or through flyers posted on West Campus, were enthusiastic about the possibility of now having a list of activities right at their fingertips. “It’s such a brilliant idea,” freshman Amin Makhani said. “I was just asking people right now where the party is tonight.”

Other freshmen said it would help them get information about parties faster instead of waiting for it to trickle through the grapevine. “It’s always a mad frenzy trying to see what’s going on. If it’s centralized you could get a better idea,” freshman Adam Cohen said. Others also expect benefits from having reliable news from upperclassmen and leaders of organizations.

But many upperclassmen claimed to already know the ropes and not to need a concentrated source of information. They said they will become aware of DevilDaily’s announcements in the usual ways and the posts will most likely not have any influ-

ATTACKS from page 2 The Israeli army chief, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, said Wednesday that those who support terrorism “cannot sleep quietly at night,” mentioning Palestinian leaders, Hezbollah guerrillas, Syria and Iran.

Sharon added his own implied threat: “Israel’s struggle against terrorism will continue unabated. We will apparently need to decide on additional steps to stop terrorism.” He did not elaborate.

Israeli planes attacked Oct. 5 the training camp of another militant group, Islamic Jihad, outside Damascus, the Syrian capital, a day after a female suicide bomber blew up a restaurant in the Israeli port city of Haifa, killing 21 people.

But while Israel and Syria are bitter enemies, the air strike was a rare act of violence. Israel has held Syria’s government partly responsible for years of

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ence over their weekend decisions They did, however, laud the service as convenient for East Campus residents.

“Freshmen are always looking for something to do,” junior Johannah SanchezAdams said.

Several students expressed concern that reactions to the publicized events might be overwhelming, especially if the events are few in number. “From a logistical standpoint, if there’s only one thing going on, does it really want to be so well advertised?” sophomore Ross Katz said.

He speculated that there will be many organizations that would not want to take advantage of DevilDaily’s publicity for fear of mass overcrowding and breaking up of parties.

However, Kori assured that private or off-campus parties that do not want mass announcements will not find their names listed with the others. “We will only put up things that presidents or social chairs say we can,” he said.

Soon the program will have more automated “hot” functions similar to AlM’s Smarterchild, and DevilDaily will be able to send e-mail, provide users with automatic messaging options, hold customized conversations with the user and give weather and movie time information.

Hezbollah raids from southern Lebanon and has often threatened Syria. In practice, however, the Israelis hesitate to provoke a conflict with Syria, and their border has been calm for decades.

Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israel would go after local Hamas leaders and step up military patrols in the sparsely populated, barren southern part of the West Bank. The target of Tuesday’s bombings was Beersheba, 15 miles south of the West Bank.

Sharon also pledged to finish the West Bank security barrier, which is aimed at keeping Palestinian suicide bombers from getting into Israel but has drawn international criticism. Palestinians object that it cuts into their territory and separates tens of thousands from farmland, hospitals and services.

‘The fence will be completed according to the Cabinet decision, and we are doing all we can to speed up the process as much as possible,” Sharon said.

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The Triangle’s Tift Merritt splashes onto the scene

By Robert Winterode Two years ago, after nearly a decade of work, Raleigh's Tift Merritt had in Bramble Rose what many critics believed was the year's best release by a debut artist of any genre. Rumors abounded that the next Emmylou Harris or Lucinda Williams had been found.

After a brief, tumultuous period in which Merritt lost two members of her backing band and confronted the traditional sophomorerecord blues, she has produced Tambourine, a collection of 12, tightly woven songs of twanged-out soul.

A singer-songwriter steeped in the roots of rock tradition, Merritt writes songs that might sound like the typical alt-country vignettes about longing and heartache, except she infuses each word with a stylized yet heartfelt nuance. Along the lines of a softer-edged Williams or Norah Jones, Merritt breathes—sometimes breathily sings—genuine feeling.

This time —an after-effect of her live shows, Merritt said —she's even doing it with a tinge of honky-tonked rhythm and blues.

"The album is just a natural growth of my music," Merritt said."My main goal here was just to get a real sense of joy and abandon on tape."

With George Drakoulias producing, icons like McKee and Jayhawk Gary Louris guesting, backup singers crooning, horns blaring, and the occasional tambourine, of course, doing its

shimmy, Merritt achieves that sense of joy and abandon on an album full of wistful recollections and whispered, bittersweet nothings.

From the starting point of the record,"Stray Paper," a track propelled solely by Merritt's pained yet powerful vocals and a bare acoustic backing, Tambourine proves its merit.

Working purely from the heart, Merritt never lets up through countrified ballads and fullthrottle kiss-offs. Although the album's flawless melodies form the backbone of Merritt's music, they're complemented by her meaningful lyrics.

That doesn't mean that they came easy though. Trying to come up with some sort of musical or lyrical idea, Merritt hones her writing while sitting at the piano.

"There are no rules when writing a song,"she said."All bets are totally off."

On Tambourine, however, she has succeeded. On "Write My Ticket," Merritt sings, "This city must belong to someone/ But it don't belong to me" and instantly fashions a story of fitting into a new place, all the while missing home. The new record also contains her raciest lyrics to date with "1 am your tambourine/ Shake me with your love tonight" from the title track.

Although on Tambourine, she has progressed from where she stood on her debut, Merritt still frets—if just a little bit. She's not all that comfortable with being labeled as a See MERRITT on page 6

Vanity not-so -fair

By Corinne Low "I had thought she was merely a social climber, I see now she's a mountaineer," remarks an older woman of Rebecca Sharp, the iniquitous protagonist of Vanity Fair. Although Becky (Reese Witherspoon) is the central character in the film, she is far too conniving to be called a heroine. After all, the film's basis, William Thackeray's novel of the same name, is subtitled "A novel without a hero." And so with this grim prospect of weaving a tale entirely around dishonorable characters, Mira Nair's visually stunning, if substantively disappointing, adaptation embarks.

The story follows Becky from her impoverished childhood to her life as a governess and eventual London socialite. Although for some reason

none of the characters age physically, the three-decade span of the film transforms their hearts and minds. As Becky navigates the class ladder, alternately ascending and slipping, she grows from a charming if impetuous youth into a woman whose cynicism is outweighed only by her ambition. Like most people in the fictionalized society, Becky rarely considers others as anything more than a means to her ends.

It's tempting to pin many of the distasteful elements of the film on its source material, which after all created the unprincipled Ms. Sharp. However, Thackeray's novel has a unique appeal that is lost when transferred to film. In the book, Becky is even less likeable, but she is only one of an entire cast of interesting and important characters. The events are related to the audience by a

witty narrator who, though he claims to travel in the same circles as Becky's acquaintances, manages to stay entirely above the fray.

Without this valuable attribute of text, screenwriter Julian Fellowes {Gosford Park) is left to use dialogue to fill in the blanks, resulting in clumsy and unrealistic exchanges. In one particularly awkward scene, Becky's husband asks his brother to care for his son immediately before he mounts a horse, as though these are discussions one leaves until the moment of departure.

Thackeray's narrator also serves a thematic purpose. By recounting the goings-on of the characters with an attitude at once tenderand wry, the narrator provides the reader an opportunity to distance himself from the individuals See VANITY on page 4

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Black is back

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last time Lewis Black strolled down the uneven stone walkways of Duke, he did so as a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduate. When he returns on Sept. 9, it will be as one of the most popular and respected stand-up comics of our day.

His story is not an uncommon one. Black grew up Silver in Spring, Md., and attended Carolina to study and become a playwright. On the strength of a acting particularly successful play, Black proceeded to enroll in Yale University as a graduate student. He laments the decision to this day.

"There was an abusive quality to art school that was just unnecessary," Black explains. "They felt like they were preparing you for the world, when in actuality the experience was far worse."

During these trying years, Black began to experiment with stand-up comedy."! began doing comedy for fun. For me, it was a window to the writing," he says.

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which Black had been earnestly searching So when did Black become the bitter cynic that we know today? "I was performing one day, and I came off stage and a friend said to me,'You're angry up there, and you're being quiet. Start yelling!' And I did."

From that beginning, Black describes the progression of his career as "a refinement" of that yelling. He created an accessible public persona through his stand-up act and joined The Daily Show in 1996,and he is one of only two comedians remaining from the original cast. While he continued to work in theater, television and even film. Black primarily used his actor's training to sculpt a comedic personality.

"There's a fine line between acting [angry] and it being real, he said."l couldn't do that all the time, or I'd be dead." He explains that one of the most difficult things was Black will make his first-ever performance at Duke thanks to Major Attractions finding that balance, because "audiences could always tell" when the Whether it's catching part of his act or seeing anger was too much. him rant on The Daily Show, it is easy to tell that Black will readily and intelligently Black is a man that is plugged in to the world engage in political and cultural discourse around him. He has opinions, and he is not afraid to with very little prompting. And, as he often use them. But in the end, he maintains that it's all makes evident, he isn't afraid to voice his about the laughs. Whether or not he has educated outside-the-mainstream beliefs. "What this someone or exposed a viewer to a new perspective country needs is a third political party. And doesn't matter too much to Black."My responsibiliI'm not talking about Nader.The man nomty as a comic is to make people laugh. If I've done inated himself; you can't vote for him," he that, then I've succeeded," he says.

As for Black's return to Duke, he's looking forward says. He also doesn't balk at pointing out failings in the U.S. government."[After Sept. to performing in Page Auditorium. But he is hoping 11] we had the opportunity to get the for another celebrity guest appearance: Coach K. "I world on board for a global anti-terrorism figure if I can't beat him at basketball," Black gulps,"at network," Black says. Instead, as he points least I can make him laugh," out, we attacked Iraq. For Black, what comes next is clear. "We need to show [the newly Lewis Black will appear in Page Auditorium Sept. 9th at liberated Iraq] how much fun democracy is. 8 p.m. Student tickets can be purchased at the Duke Lewis Black hangs on for dear life as one of the regular contributors on Comedy Central's We went in there so they could vote, so suck Box Office or online for $25.

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Adapted from the 1996 French film L'Appartement, Park follows Matthew (Hartnett) on his quest to locate long lost ex-girlfriend Lisa {Troy’s Diane Kruger). The ensuing convoluted sequence of events, which has something to do with modern dance, mistaken identity and China, brings the audience first to confusion, then indifference.

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Josh Hartnett spends most of the time furrowing his brow (possibly considering the future of his career), yet—to his credit—manages to bring some sense of humanity to a character who is essentially an adulterous stalker. Rose Byrne {Troy) delivers the only notable performamce as an insecure woman driven to treachery by obsession.

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and yet gain greater understanding of the society itself. In the world Thackeray presents, ethics inevitably become blurred and integrity is the hardest of all things to maintain. In this context, Becky's cynisism and resulting depravity seems understandable and almost justified.

The screen version, however, only provides opportunity to view the world from Becky's perspective, eliminating much of the complexity of Thackeray's

supporting cast. This change of focus was intentional on Nair's part, who sought to bring Becky Sharp to life as a modern and conflicted woman. Nair endeavors to create sympathy for her protaganist by immersing Becky's travails in the context of feminism and class struggle. Unfortunately, whereas in Thackeray's work we end up liking Becky in spite of ourselves, Nair's attempts to force empathy from the beginning result in an immense feeling of dissatisfaction when the depth of Becky's cruelty is revealed.

Nair's unique perspective as a female Indian film-

maker is more effective when she teases out the novel's passing references to British imperialism in India in some of her film's most interesting scenes.

Both in these brief exotic interludes and throughout, the film bringsl 9th century England beautifully to life through brilliant art direction and costume design.

In this way, Nair's Vanity Fair becomes itself a perfect metaphor for the classist society and scheming young lady at its heart: a magnificent package with nothing inside.

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They say she's harmless. They say she's beautiful.They say she's stupid.

But according to her mom in a recent Vanity Fair article, Jessica i Simpson has "this, like, 160 IQ." So why does America's favorite housewife act so dumb? "I have this persona," she says, "I love being labeled the ditz....That was how I got the guys.

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All of a sudden, I don't find the Barbie of showbiz so harmless Jessica might look innocent, but in this writer's opinion she's the worst thing to happen to women since bikini waxing. Jessica is smart. She is amazing. But, sadly, that's not the image she's selling to the pre-teens of the world. Rather, she promotes a shameless ideal of gaining success by being what others want her to be.

Besides just dumbing herself down, in interview after interview Jessica has revealed her straight-from-the-'sos tactics to keep her man happy, such as withholding sex so he'll "want you more the next night."

Honestly, I prefer the empowered flaunting of Britney and Christina to the chaste fantasy of simplicity that the Jessica Simpson package serves up. I worry that my children might one day believe that being a virgin bride ready to fulfill her husband's every need so long as he forgives the occasional shopping transgression really is the pinnacle of success.

Welcome to a world where, in order to be popular, a woman should be all things but remarkable.

A couple of years ago, Jessica Simpson was a somewhat statuesque chanteuse with jaw-dropping pipes who seemed cut from the pre-nutjob Whitney Houston mold. At best, she'd churn out some adult contemporary hits for a few years; at worst, she'd disappear into B-movie obscurity or the $2.99 bin at Wal-Mart.

With declining sales and little interest, her career seemed headed down the latter track. Then, almost by accident, she struck gold in creating the "dumb blonde housewife" persona that has defined her on the hit MTV show Newlyweds. Her antics have catapulted her, Nick Lachey and little sis Ashlee into greater fame than any of them had in their prior music careers That's not genius, and it's not idiocy—it's businessrJessica is in the business of self-promotion, and she has found a previously underexplored niche to exploit. As far as I'm concerned, that deserves a "bravo" and nothing more.

It's lunacy to say that Jessica is going to single-handedly corrupt the young women of America, And besides, if she had continued churning out 'Bos covers instead of capitalizing on this corner of the market, someone else would have stepped up and filled the "dumb blonde housewife" role anyway.

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While Entourage stars Adrian Grenier (best remembered as the stud-muffin from Drive Me Crazy) as Vincent, the true star of the show is the incomparable Jeremy Riven. In his role as Vincent's agent, Ari Gold, Riven is finally able to break his status as John Cusak's smart-aleck sidekick. It is Ari's politically tactHollywood has often been ridiculed for its obsession with itself. And rightly so, away from less quips and his verbal sparring with Vincent's best friend and pseudo-managgiven the amount ofmedia that daily dedicates itself to progreatest moments. lief of Hollywood's grandiose supremacy, er, Eric (Kevin Connolly), which stand out as Entourage's mateof Hollywood's In spite of the show's celebration lis coverage is hogwash. Some if it is actuentertainment value beyond the "1 just rial excesses and incorf iy"awe of a car wreck. For every Celebrities Entourage does actually have re's a Curb Your Enthusiasm, and for every heart lies in the friendship th entourage share. For as muc weethearts, there's an LA Story. luly, HBO reconceptualized the Hollywood hood buddies are shameles genre with its new sitcom Entourage. It's friends are also fiercely loyal ;ory of Vincent Chase, a kid from Queens, him. Entourage trumpets the on the elusive ascent to Hollywood star- necessary for any person hop As Vincent takes three of his hometown ly navigate the shark-infeste^ idies along for the ride, Entourage Hollywood. No, make that tf infested waters of life in gene ;omes a vicious, hysterical and —most ;ably —a dead-on Hollywood farce. It's no the wit and skill with which nder given that Mark Wahlberg,a celebrity dynamic is explored that m :h his own reputation for mischief, serves Entourage such a pleasure executive producer.The show also boasts watch. In the end, perh staff of writers that includes a Seinfeld vet, Entourage has a lesson to tea pedigree that endows the show with No matter how hard Hollywo ;omfoolery and a wicked sense of humor. may try, sometimes the truth Whether the characters are arguing the just stranger than fiction, or merits of starring in a superhero franchise Ari would put it,"Even the trut 'We're gonna get you the action figure sometimes seems fake."

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when you thought the GFunk era was over, Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg have delivered an excellent but unheralded hiphop release called The Hard Way. Under the imprint of TVT Records, an eclectic independent label with a catalog that includes Spinal Tap-esque boy band 2gether,the soundtrack to GrumpierOld Men and local favorites The Connells, the SoCal supergroup has delivered an album over a decade in the making.

For the group, which employs the name 213 to signify their boyhood area code, this album fulfills a promise they made to each other in their teens.The 17-song composition, recorded entirely in Snoop's home recording studio, which was featured prominently in episode 2.2 of The Man Show, is refreshingly nostalgic.

Delightfully reminiscent of Dr. Dre's The Chronic and the artist-formerly-known-as-Snoop-DoggyDogg's Doggystyle in its sound, The Hard Way's lyrics focus on the ups and downs of the recording industry. However,"Joysticc,""Groupie Luv" and "My Dirty Ho," employ lyrics and subject matter of the same explicit and arrogant nature that characterize far too many hip-hop recordings.

A huge asset of the album is the silky baritone of Nate Dogg, the greatest hip hop singer you are likely to hear. Unfortunately, there are a few songs in which he illustrates his vocal range simply for show. Another bright spot is the Rick James cover,"Mary Jane," which reminds us that James was, in fact, a musician before he got mixed up with a boatload of coke.

Within a slew of O.G. tracks, you'll find what seems to be the standard issue lately, a catchy soul-inspired, Kanye West-produced cut called "Another Summer."

The trio, or perhaps more appropriately, triumvirate, may not unite the splintered West Coast scene as they hope. But in showing that their Westside sound is still viable, they have provided nostalgic fans with a terrific trip in the way-back machine. I think Snoop DO-Double-Gizee said it best when he told the press, "It's a great record with a lot of good songs on it."

By Andrew Galanopoulos When indie rock legend Lou Barlow announced that a band called The Arcade Fire would be following his solo act one summer night in Chapel Hill, his tone was one of disbelief: "I heard their sound check this afternoon, and they're good," he said, shaking his head. "Really, really, f—ing good." Perhaps his surprise was due in part to the fact that this was a free show. It's more likely, though, thatBarlow simply wanted to prepare the Sebadoh fans that had come to hail him for an act that would truly wow them. After The Arcade Fire's first song, most of the audience shared Barlow's disbelief. This band, slightly nerdy, with accordions and xylophones and violins about the stage, had come from nowhere and completely blown away the unsuspecting crowd at Local 506. Nobody saw them coming, except maybe for Barlow.

The Arcade Fire formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 2003. Frontman Win Butler met Regine Chassagne

Unlike most rock groups, it's always a family affair when The Arcade Fire poses for press photos.

after moving to Montreal "on intuition," having never before visited Canada, and the two began quietly writing songs together. Soon after, Win's little brother Will left college in to Chicago come join his On Funeral's cover, The Arcade Fire promise,"This brother in way to slamming music."

Montreal, and Win and Regine made the band even more of a family affair by getting married later that year. After gaining instrumentalists Richard Parry and Tim Kingsbury and drummer Howard Bilerman, The Arcade Fire began recording what would yield their album Funeral, due out Sept. 14 from the Durhambased indie label Merge.

Funeral is an album of young loves, neighborhoods, naming babies, and older brothers. Behind these youthful themes, however, the album is an homage to the band's ancestry. Named in honor of beloved relatives who recently passed away, including Win and Will's grandfather, Funeral melds modern rock with something familiar to the point of nostalgia, like an old book from childhood being dusted off and reread with more The opening track, experienced eyes.

"Neighborhood #1" is a pulsing song that is immediately stunning. The climax of the album is the anthemic "Wake Up," which is at once drivingly aggressive and delicately beautiful, with strings and guitar working together with a proficiency that rivals the likes of Built to Spill. Overall, the high points on the album far outnumber the lows, and its cohesiveness and consistency make Funeral the birth of a promising young group.

Right now The Arcade Fire are lurking somewhere backstage in the indie rock world as one of its best kept secrets. But, with an impressive debut album and one of the best live shows around, they are a secret that is simply too juicy to keep from spreading like wildfire.

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country musician, even though she confessed that "Alt-country has made a space for artists like me." Merritt's also expressed concern about an industry where success equals millions of records sold.

For Merritt, whose Bramble Rose only sold 50,000 copies, success is more determined by word of mouth.

And she duly appreciates her home base:"[The Triangle is] a very healthy music scene simply because it's away from the record industry and that musket sign:'You must have a hit.'"

At the same time, Merritt realizes the long journey that she's taken after being signed to Lost Highway Records and releasing

two albums.

"First time that we played [South by Southwest], we performed on one of those tiny stages," Merritt said, reflecting on her experiences at the annual Austin,Tex., music festival,"where you know the sound man doesn't care anything about who you are." Since then, she's played at one of South by Southwest's largest venues alongside legends Lucinda Williams and Willie Nelson.

And, as she leaves the country for Rome to shoot the music video for Tambourine's first single, "Good Hearted Man," she remarks, "It feels pretty great right now."

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opening of the Nasher Museum is still a year away, and the Duke University Museum of Art on East Campus is already closed. For now, Duke students are going to need to venture into Durham and Raleigh for the experience of viewing art in a museum or gallery.

This fall, The Artspace in Raleigh is showcasing the striking work of one local artist, Erika Kyima Nawabi.

Born in San Diego, Calif, and raised in Durham, Nawabi's art will be on display in an exhibit entitled Shush! The exhibit is a personal look into the 23-yearold's feelings about "[her] place in the world: socially, at home and at school."

Nawabi has been involved in art since she was very young. Spending her childhood away from a big city allowed the Eastern Carolina University graduate to concentrate on developing personal tastes and talents in her art, while giving her the experience she needed as part of the strong art community of the Triangle.

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Despite changes in subject matter from her earlier work, Nawabi repeats imagery from her earlier endeavors. The stylistic differences between the older and newer parts of the show are subtle, and the artist is excited to see how and if these differences are seen by viewers of Shush! Another noteworthy aspect of her work is the series of creations that she calls "diary pages."The North Carolinian of Iranian descent plans to produce diary-inspired art for the rest of her life.

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In Wednesday night’s home opener against Emory & Henry, the men’s soccer team trampled the Wasps 10-0, scoring eight goals in the second half. After tying two ranked teams in the preseason, last night’s game only reaffirmed Duke’s (1-0) growing confidence.

Sophomore Chris Loftus recorded his first career hat trick and 10 junior Blake Camp E&H 0 added two goals and an assist in the winning effort. Three players had multiple-goal games, and 21 Blue Devils saw the field.

“Every time we get out there and can get some touches on the ball, it’s going to be a confidence builder for all of us,” Loftus said.

‘We get on the same page, and we knew this was kind of a practice game where we get to know each other on the field. Once we get more comfortable with each other, the confidence will just get higher and higher.”

A Division 111 team in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, the Wasps (0-1) were overmatched by Duke’s athleticism.

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Spencer Wadsworth earned two assists in his Duke debut, as theBlue Devils went on to win 10-0.

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McCiuskey's selfless play has inspired the Blue Devilsfor three straight years.

Her competitive nature made her an obvious choice for co-captain.

“I don’t really have any individual goals, I just want to do the best that I can for the team,” Casey McCluskey said.

It is that attitude that has made McCluskey so well liked by her teammates, coaches, and classmates both on and off the field. It is also that same attitude that has helped bolster the women’s soccer program at Duke for the past three years.

“She’s a great leader, and I think she’s really done a lot to take our program to one that’s relatively competitive,” junior teammate Carolyn Riggs said. “She’s really done a great job of changing everyone’s mentality to take it the next level.”

Although she excelled personally in 2001, earning ACC Freshman of the Year honors, the team was a mediocre 8-10-1 with a losing record in the league. Since then, the Blue Devils have shown steady improvement, finishing last season with a 14-7-1 record and a final ranking of No. 14 in the country.

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The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge against him, saying they had no choice because the NBA star’s accuser no longer wanted to participate.

Bryant, whose trial had been days from opening arguments, responded with an apology to the woman who had accused him and whose civil suit for damages-is still pending.

“Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensua l T recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,” Bryant said.

“I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”

The woman’s attorney, John Chine, said she has been through an extremely difficult time since she alleged she was raped, and that she was disturbed by a series of courthouse mistakes that included release of her name and medical history. She has been the subject of death threats and relentless media coverage in the high-profile case.

“It is in her sincere belief that when this case ends, she does not want to be brought back into the criminal process,” Clune said. “The difficulties that this case has imposed on this woman the past year are unimaginable.”

The dismissal marks a dramatic but not entirely unexpected turn in the high-profile case against one the NBA’s brightest young stars. For months, .prosecutors had insisted they had a strong enough case to win a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt, but legal experts said their case was greatly weakened when Bryant’s attorneys convinced the judge to allow some evidence about his accuser’s sexual history.

Outside the courthouse, District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said the decision to drop the case “is not based upon a lack of belief in the victim—she is an extremely credible and an extremely brave young woman.”

“A trial can be traumatic for any victim of any crime, more so with the victim of a sexual assault, and even more so with the victim of a sexual assault whose victimization has been subject to worldwide scrutiny,” Hurlbert said.

With the parents of the 20-year-old alleged victim looking on, District Judge Terry Ruckriegle threw out the case under a deal that means no charges will be refiled. Neither Bryant nor his accuser were in the courtroom.

Prosecutors dropped the case after spending at least $200,000 and just days before opening statements were scheduled to begin Tuesday. Jury selection was scheduled to wrap up this week.

Bryant, 26, has said he had consensual sex with a then-19-year-old employee of a

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The Blue Devils showcased their hard summer training in a friendly compedtion ag. st local school Wednesday. The men's team heat competitors Wake Forest and High Point, while the women’s team placed second in the three team competition, losing to Wake Forest.

The format of the meet was different from usual—the race was run in pairs, in which each athlete ran two segments of a four-leg course. Each school could only enter three pairs, whose combined times constituted the total team score.

Racing on the same course as last year’s disappointing ACC Championship performance, the men’s team sought to start the season right. The Blue Devils finished with the three fastest individual times, based on relay split dmes, and beat Wake Forest by more than a minute overall,

2:16:08 to 2:17:28.

‘This was a psychological meet [for our runners],” men’s head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We wanted to turn things around and start the season off with a win.”

The top Duke pairing and top finishers were senior Mike Hatch and freshman Chris Spooner, who clocked in with a combined time of 44:50. Only four seconds behind were sophomore Keith Krieger and senior Nick Schneider. Schneider had the fastest individual time in the meet.

Schneider and Hatch ran neck-andneck in each of their 3.7-kilometer segments -of the race, working together to push each other. Although Schneider had a faster overall time by 12 seconds, he was outrun on the second leg by Hatch. The two ran relatively evenly timed splits, but the pair did not feel pressure from their lagging competition.

The sophomore tandem of Dan Daily and John Fox rounded out the six scoring Duke runners.

“We absolutely trained through this

meet, ran the meet tired, and performed well,” Ogilvie said.

The women’s team had a very different approach to the meet, not registering its top runners in order to leave open the option of redshirting in the case of an injury. Because of the relaxed nature of this meet, many of the Duke runners competed as individuals. The combined times of the top runners, however, would have easily earned a first place finish.

The first Duke-registered team to cross the tape was junior Laura Stanley and

sophomore Elle Pishny, who finished with a time of 35:28.

Women’s head coach Kevin Jermyn used this meet to gauge how the team compared to its close competitors, and concluded that, at this point in the season, it was running at a higher level and is deeper than its rivals.

Treating the meet as a low-key training exercise, the women’s team was not focused on the team score but instead on individual development.

Running as individuals, Duke’s Shannon Rowbury and Liz Wort clocked the top time for runners on the Blue Devils’ roster. The duo missed a first-place finish by five seconds, but Rowbury posted the top women’s time at the meet.

Rowbury, who in the past had focused more on track, ran the 2.55-kilometer segments in 8.T2 and 8:19, beating Wake Forest’s star Anne Bersagel, an AllAmerican last year.

“Shannon had a late start to summer practice, but she is training with more intensity,” Jermyn said. “She is in the best cross country shape she has been in her whole college career.”

Duke’s first real test will come at the Georgetown invitational Sept. 11, where both the men’s and women’s teams will face top-10 competition.

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had in the first half and got tired,” head coach John Rennie said. “So when [we] put fresh legs in the game, they tend to be more effective because they’re playing against tired guys. Our first team against their first team in the first half was not a bad game. They played a very good game, but they just got worn down.”

The Wasps were only able to fire a couple of shots on Duke’s net—the Blue Devils, on the other hand, posted 18 in the first half. Only two of those first-half shots got past Emory & Henry goalie Robert Andrews, who played a strong game with 13 saves.

“I think there was probably a little bit of nervousness, this being our first regular season game,” Camp said. “Since it actually counted for something, everybody probably had some butterflies in their stomachs.”

Duke’s first goal came in the fifth minute when Emory & Henry fouled a Blue Devil in the box. Nigi Adogwa took the penalty kick and gave Duke the early lead. Although the Blue Devils maintained control of the game, the score remained 10 until the 38th minute when Loftus, guarded closely by a defender, put a shot into the left corner of the net.

After the half, the Wasps seemed to have regained a little intensity, aggressively attacking the ball; but they wore out when a livelier and quicker Duke team began its scoring rampage. Paul Dudley, Danny Kramer, Josh Swank, Camp and

Vail-area resort where he stayed last summer. Had he been convicted, the Los Angeles Lakers star would have faced four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation and a fine up to $750,000.

Bryant apologized to the victim “for my behavior that night and for the consequences she has suffered in the past year.”

“Although this year has been incredibly difficult for me personally, I can only imagine the pain she has had to endure,” said Bryant, who also apologized to her family, his family and friends and the citizens of Eagle.

Bryant said the civil case against him “will be decided by and between the parties directly involved in the incident and will no longer be a financial or emotional drain on the citizens of the state of Colorado.”

“I also want to make it clear that I do not question the motives of this young woman,” Bryant said. “No money has been paid to this woman. She has agreed that this statement will not be used against me in the civil case.”

Larry Pozner, a former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said although Bryant’s statement was apologetic, he did not think it suggested an interest in settling the civil lawsuit.

“I would have guessed today would have been a global settlement (covering both cases),” he said. “If it isn’t, it’s because the defense has told them, ‘We aren’t paying you very much, and if you want to continue, bring it on.’”

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Star recruit Michael Videira contributed two assists to his team's 10-0victory over Emory & Henry.

Loftus all netted goals for the Blue Devils.

Duke blew the game open with six goals in the final 23 minutes. A handful of freshmen also tallied points as Michael Videira, Tomek Charowski and Spencer Wadsworth each had assists.

“The most important thing we accomplished [in this game] was finally getting into a rhythm where we started scoring some goals,” Camp said. “We only had one goal [that wasn’t a penalty kick] in the preseason,

so this game definitely helped.”

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“[We’re] so much better, so much more competitive, and so much more sophisticated.”

Her commitment to Duke’s soccer program is unwavering, especially considering the special relationship she has with her

MCCLUSKEY f™* McCluskey’s individual statistics have contributed greatly to that progress. She ranks in Duke’s top-10 all-time in single season points and goals, as well as career goals, but McCluskey prefers to measure her success by that of the team.

“I guess my senior year I’m just going into it with a lot of pride for where I’ve seen Duke women’s soccer come, and I just want to go out with this team being the best that they can,” McCluskey said.

Her abilities and performances on the field have earned her first team All-ACC honors in each of her three years at Duke, but she has also applied her work ethic towards her studies, excelling as a sociology major, with a minor in Spanish and a certificate in markets and management.

“Casey is a very intellectual girl and a very intellectual soccer player,” head coach Robbie Church said. “She’s very smart and very witty. She analyzes a lot of things.”

The Springfield, Va., native enters her senior season as co-captain, an honor that Church was happy to bestow upon her after her teammates elected her in the spring.

“We just thought as a coaching staff, that was a great decision,” Church said. “Not only on the field, but off the field, Casey’s responsibility has increased and she’s ready for that.”

Despite the fact that this will be McCluskey’s first year with the official title, she feels as if she’s played an integral leadership role her whole since she started at Duke.

She arrived in Durham the same year that Church took over for past coach Bill Hempen, and she marvels at the progress that the program has made.

“Robbie’s done an amazing job at recruiting.... I > think the senior and junior classes both think we’ve had a hand in it too, we’ve seen a huge turnaround,” McCluskey said.

teammates.

One evening last spring when the girls were out socializing together, everyone was in a jovial and playful mood when Riggs noticed McCluskey off to the side crying.

The reason, Riggs explained, was because McCluskey could not believe she would be entering her final season at Duke, and thinking about the pressure to win that has resulted from their recent success brought her to tears.

“She wants it so bad,” Riggs said. “It comes out on the field, but it also comes out because it’s such a big aspect of our lives.”

She also conveyed her admiration and love for her teammates after spending time training at the United States’ Under-21 training facility last spring, where she had the chance to practice with the nation’s elite.

“It’s a great experience but it’s not nearly as good as playing with this team,” she said.

“It’s so competitive, and I’d much rather play with my team than the U-21 national team.”

McCluskey is an incredibly competitive person not just in soccer—her fiery passion drives everything she does.

“I’m a pretty competitive person, maybe a little bit cutthroat on and off the field,” McCluskey said. “It’s really hard to separate being a competitive athlete and being a ‘female’ off of the field. A lot of times people are surprised at how aggressive we are as people off the field, how competitive we are, and how much we demand out of each other.”

Some may be swept away by the edge with which she plays, using her aggressiveness to score tough goals and beat her defenders with her dribble. McCluskey, however, could care less about where she finishes in the Duke record books—the rising success of the Blue Devil program is her lasting legacy.

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Cosmic runs may plement programs along with the soon be a thing of the past. In Marketplace meals, in order to conan effort to cater to students’ tinue building community while givfood needs, dining services is pilot- ing students an attractive late-night ing a program, which will offer a option. The best formula for success is to create an atmoslate-night a .la carte StflffGultOrial phere where stumenu at the Marketdents want to be. place. For three to turn the MarketOne is option week, a the now nights Marketplace will be open from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. place into a place to study, where students could bring their work for This move is a step in the right direction for East Campus dining, several hours and eat.

The late-night hours at the Marwhich currently lacks variety and ketplace can also be used to create a flexible hours.

Prior to these new Marketplace social atmosphere, where students could watch a movie or simply enjoy hours at night, freshmen had limited dining options at night—Trinity a study break. Incorporating elements of both a study hall and place Cafe, ordering pizza or making a potentially dangerous trek off-campus. to socialize is yet another option for Adding the Marketplace as another late Marketplace nights.

Other problems with dining on late-night choice is a great improvement to food points options availEast remain, in spite of the Marketplace’s additional opening hours. able on East Campus.

Nonetheless, the pilot program The University should not believe that opening the Marketplace three could still be improved upon. Alnights a week is the answer to all of though the convenience of the Marketplace will likely attract some its questions concerning freshman freshmen, the a la carte menu will dining—East Campus still lacks the draw fewer freshmen than if the variety of meal choices demanded late-night meals were all-you-can-eat during the day when students are on and part of their board plan. If the East for classes. In order to solve this late night Marketplace meals were a problem, the University may still need to continue considering the substitute for the often unused Marbreakfasts, more students possibility of adding a new dining loketplace woiild utilize them. cation on East.

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afternoon, GlO5 DJ Bob Dumas right to stage a peaceful parade; but my focus carried out a Heterosexual Pride Parade is what he shouldn’t have done, not what he shouldn’t have been able to do. in Chapel Hill. Approximately 200 peoImagine listening to the radio and hearple participated. When asked why he chose to celebrate heterosexual pride with the parade, ing violence encouraged or condoned he dodged the question. Dumas sounded like against your particular demographic group. a confronted bully dissembling his true and You know that hundreds of thousands heard mean-spirited motivation: “I have a right to the broadcast, and if even one percent of express myself,” he said to the Daily Tar Heel them are moved to action by it, the world could become a terrifying and “just wanted to come out [har har] and enjoy the place for you. How many biklllßMl.llllilllli.lili nice day.” He also, of course, ers are there within the broadwanted to publicly deride cast radius of GlO5, and how homosexual culture much anxiety did they feel in the wake of the broadcast?

I spoke to Mark Kleinschmidt, a Chapel Hill Town How many more area bikers Council Member and critic will be hit by cars or bottles beof the parade. He told me cause of the broadcast? Unlike that over the last few tony manela the situation in Rwanda, we decades in North Carolina, may never know for sure —but most gay demonstrations we can imagine. have focused on achieveTo return to the Hetero Pament of equal rights, not expression of rade: Did it make the world a better place? “pride.” He compared gay rights demonstra- Despite Dumas’ hypocritical call for no antitions (that Dumas was clearly mocking) to homosexual sentiment, many participants the civil rights demonstrations of Martin were less than tolerant. One man, for inLuther King, Jr. Both were organized by stance, brought his two small children to the parade because he wanted them “to be groups working towards nothing more insidious than equal treatment for their memvery hetero.” Think of how much more difbers—human beings striving for a better life. ficult and conflicted their lives will be if The parade may seem like a meaningless those small children grow up to be homoincident, but don’t be fooled. The voices and sexuals. Thousands saw the parade on the ideas ofradio hosts reach hundreds of thounews. Think of how much more difficult it sands or even millions of people, and that’s a will be now for gay rights activists to be tremendous amount of power. Ten years ago taken seriously in their pursuit ofcivil rights in Rwanda, radio hosts Jean Bosco Barayagin the future. wiza and Ferdinand Nahimana, founders of Dumas doesn’t seem to think about these the pro-Hutu radio station RTLM, used their things. He concerns himself with being as resources to incite massive violence against controversial as possible without actually hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. They were breaking any laws. But you can cause a lot of tried before the World Court as two of three anxiety and misery in the world before govmen held officially responsible for the aternments intervene, and so far Dumas has tempted genocide. stayed below the radar.

What should be done about this? Truth be Though Dumas’ Hetero Pride Parade didn’t incite violence, the DJ has something told, I’m not sure. I’m only a sophomore—a of a checkered past. In September 2003, wise fool. It seems like something is wrong Dumas ranted about road bicyclists and conand that something can and should be done doned violence against them. “He laughed to rectify it. I’d hesitate to fight fire with fire, at stories about running cyclists down, and though, by calling for a high-profile protest. he talked up the idea of throwing bottles at Instead, I think I’ll leave you with the contact bikers,” according to an article in the News informationfor GlO5 (919-878-1500) and en& Observer. Dumas’ 2003 broadcast was not courage you to take two minutes to call. Take on par with the RLTM broadcast in 1994 two minutes to share your opinion. Take two otherwise he would have been prosecuted. I minutes to make the world a better place. agree that Dumas should have the right to say what he said in 2003, and he should have the Tony Manela is a Trinity sophomore.

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Jews and Arabs possess equal rights Hany Elmariah claims that David Shiftman ignored the facts, but the truth is that Elmariah is merely distorting the facts. For one, Elmariah claims that Israel is only a democracy for Jews.

Actually, Israel is a democracy for all of her residents whether they be Jewish or Arab. The Palestinians Elmariah discusses are those Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza, in other words, those that live within the territories. Because they live in areas that are under Palestinian control, such as Nablus, Ramallah or Hebron, they are not Israelis but Palestinians.

This is not the case for the 1.5 million Arabs living within Israel proper who have all of the same rights as Israelis. They carry the same Israeli identification cards that the Jews living in Israel proper carry. Israeli Arabs also have the same Israeli license plates that Jews living within Israel possess. In addition, they are able to vote in all Israeli elections, and there are Arab members of the Israeli Parliament. Israel is actually the only democracy in the Middle East for its Arab citizens. All religious holy sites in Israel are equally protected under Israeli law. Israeli Arabs live in Israel and possess all of the same freedoms as Jewish Israelis. If one believes that Israel should not have control over these territories,

one must also believe that Arabs in those territories should also not have Israeli citizenship.

In addition, Elmariah writes, ‘This all is in addition to the recent construction of Israel’s apartheid wall, which would simply be unacceptable anywhere else.” This is nothing less than a big lie. India has been building an 1800 milelong barrier in Kashmir to protect its citizens from Pakistani gunmen. Indeed, security fences like this one are acceptable and do exist in other parts of the world. The security barrier exists because of the over 100 suicide attacks that have occurred in Israel over the last three years. Indeed, the structure is quite effective. Many analysts have been saying thatthe suicide attack this week occurred in Beer Sheva because the barrier has not yet been built between Hebron and Beer Sheva. Indeed, the wall has effectively prevented terrorists from entering into Jerusalem and murdering innocent civilians there. Elmariah, it is not an apartheid wall; it is a security fence. This letter by Elmariah is full of falsehoods which often cause misunderstanding of the situation in the Middle East.

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-Nicholas Malebranche can almost see your eyes widening in terror as you read the tide of this column. “No!” you silendy scream. “Not another op-ed piece about bulimic, over-achieving Dukies who struggle with trying to stay perfect! Please, don’t do this to us!”

Well, you can relax. I hereby take this vow: I promise I will not mendon bulimia again. I further promise to never mendon “perfection” or “effortless” in the same sentence.

So what kind of eating disorder do I have in mind?

The worst kind—the kind you never even realize you have. To coin a phrase, I’m talking about Antisocial Eating Disorder. No one seems to be talking about this disease, and yet it kills more than all the other disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychological Association combined. It is truly the silent killer, yet the mental health profession has yet to take notice. How is tliis possible? lists DSM-IV called something Antisocial Personality Disorder among its veritable cornucopia of mental pathologies. This book is like a who’s who catalog of my stefan dolgert friends, but I guess not everyone has man, beast or god? rds who who are cofrilends prophiliacs. But I digress. Among the elements in making a diagnosis of APD are the presence of certain key behaviors such as “impulsivity, reckless disregard for the safety of self or others and lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated or stolen from another.” Based on these criteria, I would say that anyone who eats meat, whether fish or chicken or pig or cow, is suffering from a variation of APD: Antisocial Eating Disorder.

What else is meat-eating if not recklessly disregarding the safety of animals and then rationalizing this slaughter afterwards? And as for impulsivity, think “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.” Who is more impulsive than a carnivore jonesing for one of those little hamburgers?

I can already hear you objecting. You’ll say that animals aren’t meant by the word “another” in these criteria, so I’m being unfair by reading the meaning I want into the criteria of DSM-IV. “Another” here simply means “another person,” so you think you’ve avoided my little sophism. And to a certain extent I’d have to admit that you’re right. Of course I’m playing with the language, and of course I know that the authors of DSM-IV don’t mean to classify the entire population of meat-eaters as diseased lunatics. But maybe, based on a little common sense, they should.

Think about your relations to the animals you know and love. Your dog. Your cat. Maybe even your marmoset or grouse. Don’t you treat them with the consideration that you give “another” person? Don’t you accord them the respect you grant to other people because you know, deep down, that that’s what they deserve? And don’t you think there’s something wrong with people who don’t?What would you do to someone who came into your yard and butchered your dog or cat? Smile and make them breakfast, perhaps with your dog for “bacon?” You wouldn’t want other people coming into your home and treating your pets like the meat at a grocery store. The question is, why don’t you apply that same emotion and reasoning to the other animals around you?

The quote that I selected to begin this piece is from a 17th century French philosopher. His views reflect the state of science, and philosophy at the time, when animals were thought to be little different from machines. We now know better. We know animals feel pain, we know they are capable of fear, and we know they are intelligent—at least as intelligent as the kids over at Carolina. We don’t eat them (insert joke here), and with good reason. Let’s give the animals in the barnyard the same consideration we give the animals on Franklin Street. “

Prize winning author Elias Canetti said, “You tuition. Don’t be fooled, universities are businesses too. You have but to know an object by its proper name for it already have to overload twice to fit 34 courses into eight seto lose its dangerous magic.” In a world where we are mesters. Try taking three language classes, three arts and litconstandy focusing on using “politically correct” terms for eratures, a couple natural sciences and a math all while fulfillthings, we often lose sight of the important power that lies ing your public policy major and dance minor without ever in our language. A name has the power to shape the attitude ending up on Central Campus for summer vacation. I’ll repeople have towards something, and while we sometimes name this one “Extra Cash for Poindess Class.” take this for granted, the people that have power over our “Self Segregation.” Perhaps my personal favorite, I heard nation, and even our school, are researching daily to ensure this for the first time when I came to Duke. Apparendy, it only everything sounds pleasant, despite the truth. What would applies to black students, occurring when large groups of the world be like if we renamed some things, them hang out together on Central Campus •giving them a moniker that fits more closely or, even worse, in plain daylight on West with their description? Here’s a glimpse: Campus! A threat to the University commu“Peacekeeping forces.” Read: Armed milinity at large, this has been targeted by student groups and addressed by University offitary forces who occupy another country usualcials. By popular definition, it seems to occur ly to protect U.S. or western economic interests there or calm down a state of pandemonium whenever three or more black students gaththat our government probably started (indier at a time, with few or no non-black students around. Rather than “Self Segregarecdy or direcdy) several years prior. The sheer Herbert Amelia tion,” I think a better tide to pinpoint the irony is mind boggling. The last time I checked don't believe the hype problem many have when these situations peace wasn’t “forceful,” at least not according to Jesus, Gandhi and peacekeepers that have arise is “Who's the Minority Now?” come before. Pointing guns at people in the name of bringing “Linking.” The name most commonly associated with peace is about as logical as saying you put cheese in the trap the new housing policies, is another good one. The popubecause the mouse looked hungry. New name: “Act in ‘Peace,’ lar story is that L.Mo and the administrators looked or Get Blown to Pieces.” “Peace” meaning following the U.S. around one day, saddened and moved to action by “lack of government’s orders, of course. community,” and forged this plan, whose name is chock “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” A term producing mental full of imagery and general feelings of togetherness. I am images of American soldiers exchanging hugs with lowly somehow inclined to believe they were more like pissed at people in a distant land, protecting them from the corrupt upperclassmen’s flight to cheaper off-campus apartments leader we happened to back years earlier and spreading the and pressured by flack Duke was getting for minorities flocking to Central. Linking fosters sustained bonds and perks of capitalism, oops, democracy. So why don’t the casucommunity interaction, but what if you dislike everyone alty rates match up with this? How coincidental that Halliburton oil company, the U.S. military’s biggest contractor you lived with freshman year or happened to make great in Iraq, was formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, friends with someone from another dorm? You are then who still receives paychecks from them. Although the media punished with a lower lottery number and banished to Edens with all the other kids who like to choose their own experts probably canned the name “Operation Iraqi Liberation” because of it’s suggestive acronym, it’s time to take it friends. And all of this means (surprise, surprise) more back and call this mission what it really is—“O.I.L.” bucks for Duke. One guaranteed year’s worth ofWest Cam“Terrorism” is defined as acts of violence toward civilians, pus room and board from everyone, rather than the committed for political reasons. This one is tricky, as its descheaper Central Campus fee, and a guaranteed three years the of housing from all. I call this one “Show me the If perpetrator’s identity. on depending ignation changes it’s U.S. government, for example, it has a different name Money!”... umm, I mean community. “national defense”—even if it’s dropping bombs near With all this terminology around it’s easy to get lost in schools or starving children through sanctions. Perhaps translation. My advice is don’t always judge things at face or, what the Bush administration really means by terrorist is more importandy, name value.

“Threatening Middle Eastern Man.” Shakespeare’s Romeo once said, “What’s in a name? That Hmmm, this is getting a bit inflammatory. Time to which we call a rose by any other name would smell as change the focus and take a look at Duke. We have fun la- sweet.” But I wondered today as I watched the casualty rates bels to examine right here in our own “Gothic Wonderland” rise on the evening news in the name of “Iraqi Freedom,” if we all took a good look at these newly named roses, would (I won’t touch that one—don’t worry).

“Curriculum 2000.” It sounds non-threatening. It has that they really smell as sweet? Or, as Outkast cleverly suggested, “new millennium,” adventurous ring to it. It “ensures that you when we lean a little closer, will those roses really smell like will receive a thorough and comprehensive education, one “boo, boo, boo?” that explores new ideas and approaches.” It also ensures that Duke will get a whole lot of extra summer sessions worth of Amelia Herbert is a Trinity senior.

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Stefan Dolgert is a graduate student in political science.

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