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Ad criticizes decision to host PSM conference DCU denounces University for accepting event; organizers defend national movement Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

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The Duke Conservative Union issued a statement Monday calling for the University to defend its decision to allow the Palestine Solitary Movement to hold its controversial annual conference at Duke, scheduled for Oct. 15 to 17.

Other campus groups have objected to the content of the conference, but so far DCU is the first to publicly challenge the University’s decision.

In an open letter to President Richard Brodhead that was published as an advertisement today in The Chronicle, DCU quotes

incendiary comments from speakers and or ganizers of past PSM conferences.

DCU points to these statements, PSM’s refusal to condemn suicide bombings and the group’s official refusal to condemn “the murder of innocent civilians” as reasons the University should deny space to the conference. (For the full text of the letter, see the group’s advertisement on page 5.)

“It seems unfathomable that this would be anything other than an absolute hatefest that condones violent acts,” said Nathan Carleton, president of DCU. “We don’t understand that if President Brodhead has done the research as he’s claimed, that he would allow this to happen on our campus.” l

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Duke agreed to host the conference after the student group Hiwar registered the event through official channels, Even before the University accepted the conference, it received a national petition encouraging Duke to reject the event on grounds that PSM supported militant activity.

Officials said the University investigated any potential ties to extremist groups and major safety threats before it confirmed Hiwar’s right to host the conference. Since then, Duke has not exerted any control over the content of the conference, noting universities’ role as havens for discussion of all kinds, “The deepest principle involved is not even the principle of free speech,” Brodhead said. “It’s the principle of education

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The Freeman Center for Jewish Life called for students to use the conference as an educational opportunity and supported Duke’s decision to host the event. Last week a coalition of pro-Israeli groups on campus challenged PSM and Hiwar to “condemn the murder of innocent civilians,” “support a two-state solution” and “engage in respectful debate.”

The coalition argued that these three principles were a necessary foundation for discussion.

PSM officials supported the call for debate but did not support the other two provisions. Rann Bar-on, a local

Katherine McClary, Trinity ’Ol, died Saturday night after being hit by a Durham Area Transit Authority bus. The bus struck McClary at the comer of Markham and Broad streets between 10 and 11 p.m., and she was pronounced dead at Duke University Hospital shortly thereafter. Her trip to the hospital was delayed when her ambulance struck another car, but authorities said the injuries that killed her were sustained during the initial collision.

Those who knew McClary remember her as an outgoing woman who loved being with children. McClary, who majored in biology, worked as a coach for the junior varsity basketball and volleyball teams at Durham Academy. The Kohler, Wis., native

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Durham Academy coach and Duke alumnaKatherine McClary died at Duke University Hospital Saturday.

Three new sororities contend for Panhel spot by

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Panhellenic Association members will decideWednesday on which sorority to invite to Duke.

As if coming back a week early for rush wasn’t enough, greek women will face one more major shift in the system this January.

Three new sororities are vying for the 10th spot in Duke’s Panhellenic Association this week after national representatives tried to sell their sisterhoods. Kappa Delta, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities are entering the final phases of an expansion process that started last year, and one delegate from each current Duke chapter will vote on the new groups Wednesday, beginning an immediate but challenging future for the chosen greeks.

“It’s always been a good thing to bring another one on board because it gives girls more options,” said senior Carlee Hobbs, president of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

“When you start from the ground up, the girls who join a brand-new sorority like that have a lot of opportunity for leadership.”

This year will be a building process for either the KDs, the Sigma Kappas or the Zetas and will require plenty of help from their outside members as well as women already involved in greek life at Duke. The new sorority will probably come to the University in November and will begin by recruiting older women who are not already members of a sorority.

The chosen sorority will go through the first round of formal recruitment in January, which starts a week earlier than in previous years due to scheduling conflicts. It will then have a mini-recruitment after the other sororities have made their decisions.

Next year, the new chapter will go through the entire formal recruitment process, meaning freshman women will visit 10 sororides instead ofnine in the first round ofrecruitment. The addition is seen as a negative by women who have already SEE SORORITY ON PAGE 9

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SEOUL, South Korea North Korea said Monday that an explosion last week that raised a huge mushroom cloud was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project, and the reclusive government invited a British diplomat to visit the site to confirm the story.

The North’s explanation came as a number of officials and experts from the United States and elsewhere said they did not believe the blast Thursday near the Chinese border was a nuclear test.

A George W. Bush administration official said the United States has indications that

the North is trying to conduct a test. The ex-

plosion and concerns over Pyongyang’s nu-

clear ambidons set off a heated back-andforth between the White House and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry.

North Korea denounced the speculation over a nuclear test as part of a “smear campaign” against it, aimed at diverting world attention away from new revelations about past South Korean nuclear activities.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a U S. official said it is not clear what happened. While the official said there is not any reason to believe it was a nuclear test, the official also couldn’t confirm the North Korean’s explanation that it was linked to the

construction of a hydroelectric project.

A U.N. official, who asked for anonymity, said the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization had not picked any signs that the explosion was.a nuclear blast.

The North’s official news agency KCNA explained the explosion, saying “blastings at construction sites of hydro-power stations in the north ofKorea” had taken place.

North Korean Foreign Minister Pack Nam Sun told the same to visiting British Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell.

In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp., Rammell said Pack told him SEE NORTH KOREA ON PAGE 8

Referendum could foil Gaza pullout plan by

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JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s attempt to speed up a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was undercut Monday by his main political rival, who called for a national referendum that could delay or even scuttle the pullout. Sharon’s minority government could fall over a crucial budget vote in March, and he is trying to move up the evacuation of 21 settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank from late next year to the beginning of 2005.

Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sharon’s main rival in the-ruling Likud Party, proposed Monday to hold a national referendum on the Gaza pullback, saying it was the only way to heal rifts in an increasingly divided nation.

However, critics charged Netanyahu’s real motive was to postpone the pullout past March, hoping that a new government

would kill it. Preparing legislation for a referendum could take months, and Sharon aides said he opposes the idea—even though he would likely win wide public support for the withdrawal.

“It’s typical Netanyahu, vintage Bibi, eat the cake and have it,” said Vice Premier Ehud Olmert, a Netanyahu rival, referring to the finance minister by his nickname in an Associated Press interview. Olmert said Netanyahu’s goal was to kill the plan, making him a hero of the settlers.

Netanyahu cannot impose a referendum on an unwilling Sharon, but his wide party support would increase political pressure on the embattled prime minister. In the West Bank, meanwhile, an Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a car in the town of Jenin, killing three militants, including a local leader, Mahmoud SEE SHARON ON PAGE 10

newsinbrief U.S. court rules on terror case An appeals court ruled Monday that the government can seek to execute Zacarias Moussaoui if he is convicted on terror charges but said he must be given fair access to al Qaeda witness, statements that might support his defense.

Annual budget shortfall rises With one month to go in the 2004 federal budget year, the government recorded a deficit of $436.9 billion thus far, the Treasury Department reported Monday.

The deficit is nine percent larger than the $400.5 billion shortfall for the corresponding period last year.

Airline given access to loan A U.S. bankruptcy judge gave U.S. Airways Group Inc. permission Monday to tap a government loan to fund daily operations—a move expected to allow the airline to continue its normal flight schedule while it searches for additional financing.

Batman scales Buckingham

A member of the British organization Fathers 4 Justice, which is campaigning for greater custody rights for divorced or separated fathers, scaled the front wall of Buckingham Palace on Monday dressed as Batman and perched for more than five hours on a ledge near a balcony.

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ICC discusses safety issues, student-police relations Students question DUPD, campus services on recent armed robberies, Cafe Parizade incidents

by Tracy Ke THE CHRONICLE

The Inter-Community Council met last night to discuss “Safety and Security at Duke” with guest speakers Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, and Maj. Phyllis Cooper of the Duke University Police Department. The dialogue between student leaders and administrators addressed recent incidents at Cafe Parizade, police-student interaction and crime prevention.

The meeting began with presentations

by Dawkins and Cooper about how the University is addressing campus safety concerns in light of the recent series of armed robberies. “We are working to double the police presence on campus as we continue to analyze the broad set of safety issues facing the Duke community,” Dawkins said.

Dawkins and Cooper highlighted the fact that Campus Services and DUPD worked throughout the summer with senior administrators to prevent crime during the fall semester, extending police patrol

to areas adjacent to campus and pairing Duke patrols with Durham Police Department officers to facilitate cooperation.

The success of the joint patrol, however, was questioned by members at the meeting, especially in light of a recent incident at Parizade when patrons expressed outrage at the what they considered excessive police force outside a party thrown by Omega Psi Phi, a fraternity at the historically black North Carolina Central University. Cooper said an off-duty DPD officer was called by the owner of Parizade to disperse a crowd, and then his message was allegedly miscommunicated to the dispatcher as a request for officer assistance.

“We are currently sharing responsibility and jurisdiction over a variety of places. We are trying to work out that relationship with the Durham Police over time,” Dawkins said.

A concern that ICC members repeatedly raised was the fact that students do not LUCIE STONE/THE CHRONICLE

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ICC members Jesse Longoria (left),Will Connolly (center) and Pascale Thomas (right) discuss safety Tuesday.

Hurricane Ivan's winds whip through Caribbean Vanessa Arrington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba Whipping winds and walloping waves lashed western Cuba and the communist country’s tobacco-growing region Monday, as Flurricane Ivan strengthened to a Category 5 storm the most powerful —and barreled along on a new course toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The wall of Hurricane Ivan’s eye brushed the tip of Cuba at about 6:45 p.m. as it moved through the Yucatan Channel on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, the island’s top meteorologist reported. The slow-moving storm, carrying 160 mph winds, has already killed at least 68 people in the Caribbean and Venezuela and could hit the Florida Panhandle, Louisiana or Mississippi by Wednesday.

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The hurricane hit hours after President Fidel Castro stopped to discuss preparations in Pinar del Rio city, where residents shouted “Fidel! Fidel!”

“We are so happy to have him close to us,” said 78-year-old Elsa Ramos, when Castro visited the tobacco-growing town of San Juan y Martinez. “Fidel protects us from all bad things.”

Other feared for their lives. “Last night, the wind blew like it was the end of the world,” said Odalys Lorenzo, a community official at a shelter in southwest Cuba.

With Hurricane Charley, people thought they would lose all their possessions, but “with this one, they were afraid of losing their lives,” he said.

As Ivan moved in, Cuban state television reported waves up to 15 feet crashing

onto the southern coast of the Isla de Juventud southwest of the main island. Ham radio operators reported downed trees and power lines, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Ivan swirled toward cropland that produces Cuba’s famed cigars, a region still recovering from the effects last month of Hurricane Charley. About 1.3 million Cubans were evacuated from particularly vulnerable areas.

The tobacco crop—the country’s thirdlargest export—was safe, according to top grower Alejandro Robaina. Planting doesn’t begin until next month, and what remains of the January harvest are protected in curing houses.

“I think we are going to escape the worst of it,” Robaina told The Associated Press.

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province, 20-foot-tall waves still were slamming the sea wall at the port in George Town, Grand Cayman, the wealthy British territory that is a popular scuba diving destination and offshore banking center, An Italian yachtsman was rescued off Grenada Monday after riding out Hurricane Ivan and being trapped nearly a week aboard his boat, police said.

The storm was also expected to deliver strong waves, rain and wind to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to the southwest.

The island of Cozumel shut its airport, halted the arrival of cruise ships and prohibited all maritime navigation. Visitors SEE HURRICANE ON PAGE 8

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ban lifted From staff and wire reports A 10-year-old federal ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons expired Monday, allowing members of the firearm industry to now legally produce and distribute the guns in the United States.

The bill, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994, prohibited 19 types of military-style assault weapons. The ban expired because Congress did not reauthorize it as prescribed in the original legislation.

Studies by special-interest policy groups and the Justice Department show conflicting results as to whether the ban reduced violent crime, but local officials involved with gun violence prevention remained concerned about the overturn’s effects.

“Naturally our police department is disappointed that the ban was not renewed because the expiration of the ban could affect the availability of assault weapons in our community,” Durham Police Department Chief Steven Chalmers said in a prepared statement. “We are certainly concerned about how this could affect gun violence in Durham and other communities.”

In a prepared statement, Rob Faggart, coordinator for Durham’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program, exSEE WEAPONS ON PAGE 8

by Saidi Chen The Chronicle It’s an election year, and students have been bombarded from all sides by voter registration campaigns: in the Marketplace, on the Bryan Center walkway—even in their e-mail inboxes. Most freshmen, however, were not even aware that the election for their own representatives in Duke Student Government had taken place until after officials had tallied the votes.

Despite the presence of fliers across campus, an advertisement in The Chronicle and voting stations in the Marketplace during lunch and dinner, DSG election turnout was down this fall.

Only 106 out of the 1,638 students in the Class of 2008 voted in last Tuesday’s election for freshman positions on four DSG committees.

“I didn’t even know there were elections. I wish that Td known, I would’ve voted,” freshman Sarah Gilleskie said.

Freshman Nick Cuneo was among the portion of students who voted. “I only knew about it because this one girl in our hall was crazy campaigning, so she passed out slips of paper with the URLs of where to vote,” he said. . DSC Attorney General Elizabeth Ladner said the main reason for the low turnout was a mistake on DSG’s part.

DSG prompted students to vote in past elections by sending out class-wide emails with a direct link to the voting website, but the organization neglected to do so this year.

The e-mail DSG usually sends out about the elections never reached students because of a new administrative policy that requires DSG to submit mass e-mails for

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Duke Student Government election turnout dropped to new depths as only 106 freshmen voted last Tuesday.

approval two business days in advance. This year, Executive Vice President Andrew Wisnewski failed to take into account the fact thatLabor Day was not a business day, Ladner said. As a result, the e-mail was not sent before last Tuesday’s election.

“We’re supposed to do a professional job, yet we don’t have the ability to e-mail the student body ourselves,” DSC President Pasha Majdi said. “Of course it’s ultimately our responsibility to do a good

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Citing another reason for the low voter turnout, Ladner said the usual buzz on campus about DSC elections was missing since only freshman DSC senators took office this term. This was the first year under a new election schedule; the See election on page 10

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DoJkce Cconsorveitlvo Union AN OPEN LETTER TO DUKE PRESIDENT RICHARD BRODHEAD CONCERNING THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT Dear President Brodhead: As you know, Duke University is scheduled to host the Fourth Annual Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) on October 1517,2004. Your administration claims the conference will help advance “dialogue” about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the conference’s past speakers, organizers, and activities demonstrate that the PSM is not intent on any “dialogue”; rather, it aims to realize an extremist political agenda through violence.

Organizers of past PSM conferences have publicly advocated terrorist violence, including suicide bombings. The original organizer of last year’s PSM conference, Charlotte Kates, specifically endorsed the Palestinian “armed struggle” against Israel, 1 and asked “Why is there something particularly horrible about ‘suicide bombing’—except for the extreme dedication conveyed in the resistance fighter’s willingness to use his or her own body to fight?” 2 The organizer of the previous year’s PSM conference, Fadi Kiblawi,also endorsed suicide bombings, expressing his own desire to “strap a bomb to one’s chest and kill,” and warning that “The enemy is not just overseas, the enemy is amongst us.” 3

These statements are consistent with the PSM’s official refusal to condemn suicide bombings; the group maintains that “As a solidarity movement, it is not our place to dictate the strategies or tactics adopted by the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation.” 4 Thus it comes as no surprise that Duke PSM spokesman Rann Bar-On refused to sign a statement agreeing that both sides of the debate condemn the murder of

innocent civilians. 5

The PSM frequently hosts extremist speakers with a record of inciting violence. Former PSM speaker Hatem Bazian has asserted “in the Hadith, the Day of Judgment will never happen until you fight the Jews. They are on the west side of the river, which is the Jordan River, and you’re on the east side until the trees and the stones will say, oh Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him!” 6 Bazian also seeks to import violence into the U.S., declaring at a San Francisco rally “it’s about time that we have an intifada in this country.” 7

Another former PSM lecturer, Mahdi Bray, organized a rally in 2000 and played the tambourine while the crowd chanted “Let’s all go into jihad

and throw stones at the face of the Jews [sic].” 8 At a rally Bray organized in December 2000, members of the crowd, some holding posters demanding “Death to Israel,” chanted “Oh, Jews, the army of Muhammad is coming for you!” 9

Another past PSM speaker was International Solidarity Movement (ISM) co-founder Adam Shapiro. Although the ISM claims to be non-violent, Shapiro has declared that “violence is not enough,” and that “The Palestinian resistance must take on a variety of characteristics—both nonviolent and violent.” 10 Sami Al-Arian is also a former PSM speaker. Al-Arian is now in jail after being indicted in the United States as the kingpin of the American branch of the Islamic Jihad terror organization. Hi war, the Duke student group sponsoring the upcoming PSM conference, was probably not disturbed by Al-Arian’s presence on previous PSM speaker lists, since Hiwar co-sponsored this indicted terrorist’s lecture on our campus two years ago.

(riven such speakers, it is not surprising that the PSM shows no interest in an educational “dialogue

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An investigative reporter who attended last

year’s conference revealed that metal detectors were used to prevent conference participants from bringing cameras or tape recorders into certain meetings. 11 The PSM’s affiliated organizations are also not known for their commitment to free speech; in 2003, plans to hold a Palestinian Solidarity Conference at the University ofToronto were suspended by the university because organizers required all participants to sign a statement declaring Israel to be a “racist, Apartheid state,” categorically rejecting a two-state solution, and supporting Palestinian resistance “by any means.” 12

In light of the PSM’s history of advocating violence and even suicide bombings, and its disdain for the principles of free speech, it is no wonder that the Governor of New Jersey condemned PSM views as “abhorrent,” 13 and that the Governor of Ohio denounced the PSM’s position on violence as a policy that “condones terrorism and should be opposed.by civilized people everywhere.” 14

President Brodhead, do you disagree?

Cordially,

The Duke Conservative Union Executive Board ‘F’for Putting Anti-Semitism 101 on the Schedule,” New York Post, July 9,2003.

Kates ’ personal correspondence to journalist Ami Isseroff, available at http://www imra .org iV story .php3 ?id=17267.

3“A Perspective on Palestine While High on Vicodin,” by Fadi Kiblawi, Al-Risalah , Spring Editioy 11, June 24,2001.

4 http://www.palestineconference com/principles html 5 “Pro-Israeli side preps for PSM,” The Chronicle, September 1,2004.

6 Quoted in American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us, by Steven Emerson, pp. 214-15 7 “Berkeley Intifada,” East Bay Express,May 19,2004.

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“Campus Rally for Terror,”by Lee Kaplan, http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticleasp7n>::!1010 12 “Upholding the Principles of Free Speech; Statement by Uof T President Robert Birgeneau,” November 24,2003, http://www.utoronto ca/president/241103 htm.

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New Russian initatives bolster Kremlin’s power

by Maria Bellaby THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW

Responding to a spate of attacks, President Vladimir Putin announced a series ofanti-terror initiatives Monday that would strengthen the Kremlin’s grip on every layer of Russian political life.

Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake, and called for creation of a powerful anti-terror agency.

‘The organizers and perpetrators of the terror attack are aiming at the disintegration of the state, the breakup of Russia,” he said. “We need a single organization capable of not only dealing with terror attacks but also working to avert them, destroy criminals in their hideouts and, if necessary, abroad.”

Despite the plans for the new anti-terrorism agency, the proposals were short on security measures, focusing instead on electoral changes, including the elimination of popularly elected governors and an overhaul of the way Russians elect their parliament—a measure likely to increase the control of the dominant, pro-Kremlin faction.

Critics called the measures a blow to democracy, and warned that Putin’s reliance on top-down control uldmately could weaken the nation by driving those in power further from the citizens they rule.

Some critics also suggested that Putin’s decision to focus on electoral changes was a sign he lacks practical ideas about protecting Russia after a series of stunning terror attacks blamed on Chechen rebels, cli-

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Putin said he would propose legislation abolishing the election of local governors by popular vote. Instead they would be nominated by the president and confirmed by local legislatures—removing the last vestiges of local autonomy.

Putin explained his actions as necessary to streamline and strengthen the executive branch to make it more capable of combating terror. But his critics immediately assailed die proposal as a self-destructive effort that could fuel dissent in the provinces.

‘Today, all the power agencies that are supposed to fight terrorism are subordinated directly to the president... It’s incomprehensible why on top of that he has to name

governors,” Sergei Mitrokhin, a

leading member of the liberal Yabloko faction, told Russia’s Ekho Moskvy radio. “It shows that the president doesn’t know what to do, he’s at a loss.”

Since taking office in 1999, Putin has constantly worked to rein in independentminded governors. He has already tossed them out of Russia’s upper house of parliament and made them subservient to the seven regional envoys he appointed.

Sergei Markov, a political analyst with close ties to the Kremlin, said the president’s move against the governors could help curb corruption that has flourished in some regions.

“At the same time, it means... a lowering of [their] general political authority and a

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spokesperson for PSM and a graduate student in mathematics, said the movement’s goal was solidarity with the Palestinian people and therefore it was not within its authority to dictate any solution to the conflict or to condemn any action.

Emily Antoon, president of Hiwar, said Hiwar does-“condemn all violence against civilians” and supports the third tenet.

The group, however, cannot support a two-state solution because it does not necessarily conform to the principle of selfdetermination for the Israeli and Palestinian people, she said.

Hiwar is a distinct group from PSM, Antoon said, and as such it does not subscribe to the exact same principles—specifically, members within Hiwar disagree about the extent to which PSM’s guiding principles

HURRICANE from page 3 to Cancun were advised not to stray from their hotels.

As Mexicans cast a wary eye eastward, a second hurricane, Javier, was building up strength Monday far off Mexico’s Pacific coast. But the hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 103 mph, had shifted farther to the west since its initial formation, greatly reducing the threat to Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane. Center in Miami said Monday.

At 5 p.m. Ivan’s dangerous eye was 30 miles south of Cuba’s western tip and it was expected to hit directly or brush by.

Though its hurricane-force winds extend 115 miles and tropical storm-force winds another 220 miles, only about 10 miles of Cuba’s sparsely populated western tip was forecast to suffer Ivan’s devastatingly forceful top winds, said Stacy Stewart, a hurricane specialist at the Hurricane Center.

It looked like part of the eye would cross the island, “not technically a direct hit but near enough,” Stewart said.

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should be followed. PSM officials have said the guiding principles dictate PSM’s official response to the statement.

Hiwar supports PSM because it subscribes to PSM' “points of unity,” Antoon said. Thus, Hiwai joins PSM in calling for an end to the “Israeli occupation,” equality of people, opposition to racism and all oppression and the “right of return for Palesdnian refugees.” The movement also supports divestment, or the selling off of stocks, from all companies with any involvement in the Israeli military as a nonviolent strategy to these ends.

“The reason we are holding this conference is that we abhor violence and suffering caused to all civilians,” Antoon said.

‘This conference helps that because it allows students to come together to develop tools towards ending the occupation and thus ending violence.”

Fayyad Sbaihat, a national spokespercoastal storm surge flooding of up to 25 feet above normal tides with “large and dangerous battering waves” east ofwhere it might make landfall. It also warned oflifethreatening flash floods and mudslides.

Ivan was moving toward the northnorthwest at 9 mph, with a more northwestward motion expected.

Although some forecasters predicted the storm would weaken Tuesday over the cooler waters of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast residents spent Monday boarding up their houses, tying up their boats and making plans to evacuate.

Emergency officials in several Florida Panhandle counties were expected to decide Monday on evacuating fishing villages and beach communities.

At times along its wobbly path, forecasters had predicted Ivan could make direct hits on either the Florida Keys or populous South Florida, only to see it veer west of both areas.

Only three Category 5 storms are known to have hit the United States.

The last was Hurricane Andrew, which hit South Florida in 1992, killing 43 people and causing more than $3O billion in damage.

WEAPONS from page 4 pressed disappointment over the public’s new access to

the weapons, which include such firearms as the TEC-9.

Some foreign-produced weapons, such as the Russianor Chinese- produced AK-47s and the Uzi from Israel, are still banned as a result of a 1989 law prohibiting their importation.

“Unfortunately, the expiration of the assault weapons ban will make it easier for criminals to gain access to deadlier weapons, endangering the lives of citizens and law enforcement officers,” Faggart said.

Gun manufacturers contest claims that lifting the ban will result in a run on the weapons or inundate the market.

“The thought that people are lined up around the block or that guns are going to flood the streets, that’s nonsense,” Mark Westrom, owner of ArmaLite Inc., a gun manufacturing company, told The Associated Press.

Others, including Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said the differences between guns allowed under the ban and the previously banned assault rifles were merely “cosmetic.”

“To lead anyone to believe we’re talking about a class of guns that’s more powerful, makes bigger holes, shoots more rapidly is not true,” LaPierre said Monday on “The Early Show.”

Other regulations concerning the sale or possession of assault weapons, including individual states’ laws and the federally-mandated background checks established through the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, will stand in light of the ban’s expiration, Fkl officials said.

About a dozen states, including California, Connecticut and New York, have additional bans on the firearms, but North Carolina does not legislate the possession, manufacture or sale of assault weapons.

The Associated Press contributed the story.

produce the full text of the documents it quoted and The Chronicle could not find

son for PSM, said the criticisms of DCU were a “filibuster” meant to redirect discussion away from the issue of divestment.

The DCU advertisement alleges that PSM has a history of advocating violence and is not supportive of free speech. It quotes six affiliates of PSM who either organized or spoke at previous conferences. The sources are cited at the bottom of the letter.

Many of the criticisms DCU levies against PSM are invalid, and many quotes are misrepresented, Sbaihat said. “Almost all the statements—the true ones—are taken out of context,” he said.

He noted that words have alternate meanings that would be understood by the full context of the quotes. The word intifada, for example, means “intellectual uprising” in Arabic, but in English it has connotations ofmilitant activity, he said.

Even though Monday DCU could not

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the full source for two of the citations, Carleton attested to the validity of the sources. “I definitely stand by everything in the ad,” he said. “We stand by everything we quoted.”

Bar-on explained that PSM chooses speakers on the basis of their authority on a particular topic rather than their general political views. “We don’t do extensive background checks on our speakers because it’s irrelevant to our conference,” he said. If participants do become involved in legal issues, they do so as individuals, he said, noting that “everyone is innocent in this country until proven guilty.”

He encouraged people to disregard “ad hominem attacks from unreliable sources” and to discuss the conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian people and means to solve it.

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serious lowering of political pluralism,” Markov told Ekho Moskvy radio.

In another move aimed at strengthening the federal authorities, Putin recommended eliminating the individual races that now fill half of the seats in the national parliament and have the entire lower house filled by parties on a proportional basis.

Putin said that the move would help foster dialogue by expanding the clout ofpolitical parties, but his opponents warned that it would further increase the clout of the Kremlin-controlled parliament factions that already have an overwhelming majority in the State Duma.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, one of the few opposition deputies in the State Duma, scorned the president’s political proposals and said if they were approved, “the next Duma will be simply virtual, it will consist of just marionette party lists and won’t enjoy any authority.”

A new structure called the Public Chamber would strengthen public oversight of the government and the actions of

NORTH KOREA from page 2 the blast “wasn’t an accident, that it wasn’t a nuclear ex-

plosion, that it was a deliberate detonation of a mountain as part of a hydroelectric project.”

Rammell welcomed the explanation and said that the North Koreans “have nothing to fear and nothing to hide

and should welcome the international community actually verifying the situation for themselves.”

North Korea told Britain’s ambassador in Pyongyang, David Slinn, that he can visit the blast site as soon as Tuesday to verify its claims, the Press Association of Britain reported.

South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dongyoung said his country would look into “whether that area is an area for constructing a hydroelectric power plant,” according to the news agency Yonhap.

Andrew Kennedy, head of the Asia program at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said the North Korean explanation has “a ring of truth to it” and that if diplomats allowed to the site take a Geiger counter with them they would easily know whether a nuclear blast occurred.

‘The North Koreans would know that with the intelligence and the surveillance satellites that the West has, it would be very easy to check. That is backed up by the North’s agreement to allow the visiting British diplomat to go to the site and inspect it,” he said Monday.

“North Korea is usually trying to convince people that they do have a nuclear capability.... It’s not in their interest to keep a nuclear test quiet,” he added.

There was no comment from the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors were told to leave North Korea after it quit the Nonproliferation Treaty last year.

The size of the reported explosion on the 56th anniversary of the founding ofNorthKorea had raised speculation that it might be a nuclear test. Secretary ofState

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law enforcement agencies, Putin said.

Although Putin has been criticized for strengthening his own powers in the past, three weeks of terrorist violence and the deaths of 430 people have led to increased support among the Russian people for measures to combat terrorism.

Putin said official corruption that had helped terrorists—such as the issuing of documents “leading to grave consequences,” should be punished with particular severity. He also signaled that a government crackdown on Islamic groups could be planned, proposing that extremist organizations serving as a cover for terrorists should be outlawed.

Putin named one of his closest confidants, Cabinet Chief ofStaff Dmitry Kozak, to represent him in the southern district that includes the Caucasus.

The Russian president said that terrorism is rooted in the low living standards in the North Caucasus, in widespread unemployment and in poor education.

‘This is a rich fertile ground for the growth of extremist propaganda and the recruitment of new supporters of terror,” Putin said. ‘The North Caucasus is a key strategic region for Russia.”

Colin Powell said Sunday there was no indication the blast was from a test.

Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, said that just the idea that the United States was thinking North Korea might test a nuclear weapon highlights a national security failure by Bush. Under Bush’s watch, North Korea has advanced its nuclear program, he said.

“North Korea’s nuclear program is well ahead of what Saddam Hussein was even suspected of doing—yet the president took his eye off the ball, wrongly ignoring this growing danger,” Kerry said in a statement. “What is unfolding in North Korea is exactly the kind of disaster that it is an American president’s solemn duty to prevent.”

In a telephone call Sunday evening to The New York Times, Kerry accused the administration of letting “a nuclear nightmare” develop by refusing to deal with North Korea when it first came to office, the paper reported on its Internet site.

Responding to the Times’ story, Bush spokesperson Scott McClellan accused Kerry of wanting to return to “the failed Clinton administration policy” on North Korea. He said that while Clinton’s 1994 agreement with North Korea calling for a freeze fell apart, Bush is trying to rally North Korea’s neighbors to pressure the country to abandon its nuclear activities.

“That failed policy let North Korea dupe the United States. It would be the wrong approach to go down that road again,” McClellan said.

The North’s KCNA news agency denounced the speculation of a test as “a preposterous smear campaign” and a “fabrication intended to divert elsewhere the world public attention focused on the nuclear-related issue of South Korea for which they are now finding themselves in a dire fix.” lAEA chief Mohamed El Baradei chided South Korea Monday, expressing “strong concern” that Seoul had not informed the agency of its nuclear activities. He revealed that Seoul produced more than 300 pounds of uranium metal in the 1980s at three secret facilities.

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SORORITY from page 1 experienced the rush process. Senior Sarah Wong, a member of Delta Gamma sorority, said having 10 rounds of recruitment “sucks for freshmen” and that Duke didn’t need another sorority.

The expansion process started last year when Panhel put together an exploratory committee to discuss “extension,” or the addition of a new group—a different transition than Alpha Phi sorority went through after a one-year hiatus. Kappa Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha once had chapters at Duke as well, but their members and national committees decided to leave Duke while allowing for “the opportunity to return in the future,” said Todd Adams, assistant dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life. Sigma Kappa would be a completely new addition if chosen.

After reviewing sorority life and discerning that a new group would be wel-

come, an extension committee was formed to review sororities interested in starting chapters at Duke and narrowed down the options to the remaining three.

Panhel President Jessica Chilson said there is “a huge opportunity to fill a niche that isn’t being filled right now.”

The addition ofWednesday’s winner will also decrease the number ofwomen in each chapter in response to Panhel’s wish for pledge classes to be smaller. Lauren Rodman, a sophomore member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, said there are “enough great women to go around for the sororities.”

One concern with adding a new sorority voiced by Chilson is “making sure they’re successful,” which will include having a national committee that is dedicated to making it work—Kappa Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha are already very strong at colleges across the country. Chilson felt that die sorority picked must also have a strong alumnae and undergraduate network in the area who are excited to help the new members at Duke succeed.

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gency Medical Services. Because of McClary’s dire condition, both of the ambulance’s technicians attended to her in the back of the vehicle while a Durham Fire Department worker who had been first on the scene drove the ambulance.

While turning right onto Main Street, the ambulance clipped a privately owned vehicle. Nobody was injured in this accident. A second ambulance transported McClary to the hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. “The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital as a result of being hit by the DATA bus,” said Lt. Norman Blake of the Durham Police Department. “No charges have been filed.”

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was remembered as an engaging student and a friendly presence. “She was a terrific student,” said Dave McClay, professor ofbiology, who taught several of McClary’s classes. “I had her for a seminar class.

Sometimes it is very difficult to unlock students to participate, but Katie wasn’t that way. She was open and outgoing.”

McClary’s colleagues remember her as a competent coach who cared deeply about her players. “She was very enthusiastic and very dedicated to the kids and the athletic program at Durham Academy,” said Steve Engebretsen, athletic director at Durham Academy. “She was a good coach—she knew the sports she coached—but like most good coaches, she most wanted to be with the kids, to help them be as good as they could'be.”

The impression of McClary as a gregarious woman was even evident in her time as an undergraduate. “She was social, and she was the kind of person who struck me as someone who brought a group offriends together,” McClay said.

McClary was crossing the street when the DATA bus, turning from Broad onto Markham, struck her, said junior Kim Hayez, who was in a taxi at a stoplight at the intersection when the accident occurred.

‘The bus pulled over, and I saw something in the middle of the road,” Hayez said. “It was her body laying down, with her feet toward the bus.”

Hayez said she told her cab driver to call 911 and pull over. As she waited for emergency services to arrive, numerous other observers gathered around McClary, including patrons of Siren’s Lounge, a nearby bar. “She was on her back in the middle of the road,” Hayez said. “I tried not to look too closely, but I could see that her shirt was tom and she was bleeding.”

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better lighting on Central Campus—proposals Dawkins said he supported. ‘The administration simply has to put the highest priority on initiatives that will yield the most immediate and dramatic results,” Dawkins said.

Dawkins and Cooper asked the student leaders to remind their constituents to be alert to suspicious activities, to not hesitate to use blue light emergency phones and to walk in pairs. Dawkins said he would work to create a more systematic protocol for alerting the Duke community to crimes as well. “We are looking put a more robust internal communications system in place with the Duke Police,” he said.

The ICC members present at the meeting generally agreed that the dialogue was productive and will facilitate further policy recommendations. T think it was very important that we were able to present a united front to the administration. Students don’t feel as safe on campus as they should,” Longoria said. “Hopefully this opens the door for producing tangible results in the very near future.”

ICC from page 3 feel safe on campus. “Given a campus the size of ours, having a force patrol and being visible at the same time is a difficult challenge,” Dawkins said. Although Dawkins and Cooper emphasized plans to build up a larger permanent security staff and increase officer training, there is no definite date for when the new forces will be deployed.

Dawkins and Cooper emphasized the fact that the number of aggressive assaults on campus over the past few years have been relatively constant. The armed robberies of the past month, Dawkins said, were somewhat atypical.

“I don’t know if this is an anomaly or if this is a new paradigm,” Dawkins said. “But we are treating this as though it were a new paradigm.”

Jesse Longoria, DSC vice president for athletics and campus services, raised the issue of funding for studentproposed initiatives such as a walking escort service and

“I think [voting apathy] is not just limited to freshman elections,” Majdi said. “A major problem with all DSC elections is year’s upperclassman campaigns already that they basically amount to who can put took place last spring. up the most posters on campus with a stuBoth Majdi and Ladner said the re- pid slogan and a big picture of their face.” sults of the election were valid even with voter turnout at only 6.5 percent.

“We decided against [reholding elections] not because we thought the turnout was satisfactory, but because that would present equal problems of validity,” Majdi said.

Ladner noted that freshman voter turnout has been only marginally better in previous years, averaging about 150 votes per election—an issue Majdi hopes to rectify in the future.

Majdi hopes to implement a variety of changes for the spring elections, including debates between candidates, a “revamped endorsement process” and ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE posters in a centralized location on campus that display all the candidates and Duke Student Government plans to improve voter the positions for which they are running. turnout for the spring elections.

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Abu Halifa, Palestinian security officials said. The three were members of the A1 Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a violent group linked to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, they said.

The Israeli military said the three had been involved in attacks on Israelis.

Israel first tried to kill Abu Halifa in an air strike Aug. 30. Zakariye Zubeydi, the A1 Aqsa commander in Jenin, threatened to retaliate with an attack inside Israel within 24 hours.

During four years of Palestinian-Israeli violence, Israel has killed dozens of Palestinian militants with air strikes. Bystanders have also been killed and wounded. Israel defends the practice as self defense, saying it is preventing Palestinian terror attacks.

Palestinians and human rights groups denounce it as summary execution.

Sharon lost his parliamentary majority over the pullout plan in the summer

and faced the possibility of further defections Monday.

The small, pro-settler National Religious Party was meeting to vote on pulling out ofSharon’s government. One Cabinet minister quit just after the June vote, but the other one wants to stay in at least until the evacuation of settlements begins.

Netanyahu, a former premier with ambitions to return to the top job, endorsed the national referendum idea in a meeting with reporters Monday. He insisted a referendum would not postpone the pullout.

‘This can be done quickly. It doesn’t have to delay the timetable,” Netanyahu said. “But it will moderate the fury and remove the objections heard from some quarters about the legitimacy of this program.”

Evidence of the depth of suspicion of Netanyahu’s motives could be seen in the reaction of Labor Party leader Shimon Peres to the referendum idea.

Though Labor strongly supports the pullout, Peres called Netanyahu’s idea “fraud and deception.”

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The Blue Devils were a living affirmation of Newton’s Third Law against Connecticut; For every great Duke play, there was an equal and opposite reaction.

Case in point; Duke gets its first big break of the season when John Talley picks off a Dan Orlovsky pass and takes it 62 yards to the end zone. It was a great play by Talley, but it was overshadowed when Phil Alexander broke his leg, an injury that ended his season.

In the fourth quarter, after giving-up- a—touchdown- that pulled the Huskies to within one point, Casey Camero blocked an extra point to retain the Duke lead. The Blue Devils had an opportunity to capitalize on the same type of play, a botched extra point, that had spelled their doom in Annapolis the week before.

Instead of responding with swiftvengeance, however, Duke answered with a meek threeand-out series and subsequently allowed Orlovsky & Co. to march down the field and kick the eventual game-winning field goal.

Then came Duke’s most frustrating folly: Quarterback Mike Schneider gallantly led the Blue Devils down the field in search of the game-winning score, converting an improbable 4th-and-17 pass to put Duke just 36 yards away from its first win of the season. Almost on cue, Duke’s kicker missed the field goal, allowing the Blue Devils to once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

“We gave so much, we emptied our tank, and we came so close to getting that golden nugget, but we didn’t get that golden nugget,” head coach Ted Roof said. “All we got was a better feeling about competing.”

It’s that same so-close-yet-sofar-away feeling Blue Devil fans were getting two years ago when Carl Franks led the Blue Devils to the brink of victory numerous times. Duke might SEE ROOF ON PAGE 14

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After “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” relied on high-definition digital video instead of film in its production, many experts thought cinema would be revolutionized forever.

The advancement in digital video has affected the film industry, but its use in the world of sports might be more profound.

With new digital technology, Duke athletic teams are turning to video to enhance their game preparation. Almost every program is now using “DV” (digital video) to analyze opponents, and athletes are using it to critique their skills. The technology is not only giving coaches and players new insight, but also helping them maximize valuable time.

Since the days of cellulite and then in the era of VHS, football teams have been on the cutting edge film technolo—gyr With a six days between games, Duke coaches spend at least 10 hours week analyzing upcoming opponents with their players. The players also use the time to learn from previous mistakes and work on their individual skills.

Deonto McCormick, switching from comerback to wide receiver this season, has especially found watching tape beneficial to his game. The sophomore

Mitch Wilkins splices the football team's video clips in theYoh Football Center's $1 million digital facility. said reviewing practice and game footage helps him better his footwork and running patterns.

“For a receiver, everything has to be precise,” he said. “You think you’re doing something right, then you watch the film and it’s a whole different story.”

The football team received a significant upgrade in its video equipment when the Yoh Football Center opened in 2002. The building currently contains over $1 million of video equipment.

“Technology is in football,”

Roof said. “This is a wonderful facility. The video stuff, that saves you time and let’s you prepare your team better. That let’s you be more thorough. We’re very fortunate to have that here.”

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Phillip Alexander tallied 59 tackles and 6.5 sacks last year but will miss the rest of this season with an injury. He will likely seek a medicalredshirt and return for a fifth year.

Duke not only fell to Connecticut Saturday, but the team lost one of its emotional leaders on and off the field to injury.

Senior captain Phillip Alexander will miss the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his left leg, an injury suffered as Alexander blocked downfield on John Talley’s interception return for a touchdown.

“Looking at it on tape yesterday, I just cringed,” head coach Ted Roof said.

Alexander, who made the adjustment from linebacker to defensive end during his sophomore season, was in the midst of an exceptional year and Roof said that the loss of the team’s best pass rusher would make a big difference on any team.

“Phil has a lot of experience, and he’s a great player. He’s

done a lot for us this year and in the past,” linebacker Malcolm Ruff said.

In the Blue Devils opening game against Navy, Alexander recorded 6.5 tackles and a sack for a five-yard loss. He also forced and recovered a fumble as he broke through the Midshipmen’s offensive line to knock away a lateral in the backfield. Before his injury in the first quarter of the Connecticut game, Alexander assisted on two tackles.

“It’s a shame because he’s worked so hard and prepared and also done a good job leading—he’s one of our captains,” Roof said.

“Not having Kenny [Stanford] and Philip, two ofyour captains out, that’s something you don’t ever want to see.”

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koss Okay, so before I say what I’m about to say, I will remind everyone that I have not gone off the deep end, I have not been paid to write this and I have not been experimenting with PCP. Oh yeah, and I am not a fan of the Boston Red Sox. In October 2004, the Red Sox will win the World Series.

To say I’m going out on a limb is like saying Marketplace meals aren’t worth the $lO price tag. The last time they won was so long ago that the Treaty ofVersailles was not even signed yet. The last time they were on the brink, a first baseman with more wear and tear than Evel Knievel put

the last touches on a comeback reserved for Little Leaguers. Last year they blew a 52 lead in game seven of the ALCS because a little boy named Pedro convinced his mom to let him play for 10 more minutes.

So why do I think they can do it this year?

First and foremost, the Sox are by far the best all-around team in baseball.

Check it: they rank first in all of baseball in runs scored, and their team ERA is second in the American League. Teams hope to face the 1-2 punch of Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez like I want to go a round with Lennox Lewis. The team has been so hot (30-10 since Aug. 1) that they could send you up to the plate and you would crack it over that tall green wall they have in left field.

The other reason is more of the metaphysical variety. It is because the organization and the fans are not fearing the curse, but attacking it. The general manager

looks more like a frat boy than a baseball executive, yet he had the balls to trade Nomar because Boston needed fielding.

The fans are no longer worried about playing the Yankees in the postseason—they want to play that bleeping team.

Let’s play a little numbers game while we’re out here having fun. It has been 86 years since the Red Sox last won the World Series, and then proceeded to trade Babe Ruth. The Great Bambino.

The Sultan of Swat. The Colossus of Clout (if you haven’t seen The Sandlot you haven’t lived). 1986 was the last time they were in the World Series against my beloved Mets (I know, I suck), and they went down tragically in games six and seven. As I look at the current standings on Monday afternoon, it just so happens that the win total next to Boston reads 86.

I know there have been cases, in particular one case circa 1995 (the defendant’s

name escapes me) in which evidence this strong has not held up, but this 86 theory is just too brilliant, right?

My best friend Grove is the biggest Red Sox fan I know. Last year, after the conclusion of game seven of the ALCS, I had to hold him back from clocking some random drunk front-runner, I mean Yankees fan, who was bragging about Aaron Boone. Grove and I have agreed to put our lives on hold and go to Boston if the Sox are on the verge of winning the World Series—regardless of what exams we may have or which hotties beg us to stay—because it is going to be pandemonium to say the least.

“What if the Sox blow it when we’re there, and we’ve driven 14 hours there and back for nothing?” I asked him.

Grove just looked back at me, confident as Muhammad Ali, and said, “Hey man, I believe.”

Line monitor explains new tenting policies Hello Duke Basketball fanatics! As the time for official DSG approval of the new line policy approaches, I would like to share with you the proposed policy changes and solicit your feedback as I have in the recent public forums. The policy is still fluid for another 10 days, so contact me with questions or concerns.

The most obvious change from last year is that the policy has been trimmed from 10 Steve Rawson es own to guest commentary v*s three. The reason for this is very simple: no one bothers to read the whole policy if it is eight pages long. I have tried to make the policy more readable and less legalistic in tone while maintaining its clarity and comprehensiveness.

The biggest change in actual policy this year is the introduction of Black Tenting. For several years, there have been serious concerns about how early tenting begins. The difficulty here is thatK-ville is fundamentally founded on a first-come, first-serve basis for admission. Setting a start date for tenting would be against the very spirit and purpose of K-ville, and I refuse to do that. However, people have arrived so early in recent years (Dec. 27 last year) that it has

become an issue of health and safety. Especially with recent events on campus, it is simply not safe to have students in K-Ville with no open dorms to retreat to or University infrastructure to call upon. With that in mind, Black Tenting strikes a compromise between the spirit of K-Ville and the need to limit tenting before the spring semester starts. Its purpose is to be so difficult that students cannot reasonably do it for more than a few days, but also to allow students to begin whenever they wish. Black Tenting will require ten people each night, and eight during the day, with no grace except for home basketball games or a weather catastrophe. It will transition into Blue Tenting Jan. 10 or 11. Any Black Tent failing to meet its obligations will not be able to rejoin the line until after Blue Tenting has begun. This may knock you from Tent 1 to Tent 20, so please don’t attempt Black Tenting unless you are positive you can pull it off.

Other changes include the following: Because Blue Tenting will be extended this year, it has been made slightly easier, requiring only 6 people per night. There will be no secondary line for walk-up games, just one big line wrapping around K-ville. There will also be a line monitor tent; at least one line monitor will always be in

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K-ville to serve as a resource for tenters, and as another fan to hang out with. We will tent for the UNC game and the Wake Forest game. This decision was based predominandy on input from tenters and early evidence that the Duke-Wake game will be one of the most competitive of the season; also, the Maryland game is very close to the beginning of spring semester, which would have truncated tenting and encouraged more pre-New Year tent arrivals. Coincidentally, it’s a nice slap at our non-rivals at UMD that we won’t even bother to tent for them this year.

Most importantly, though, I want to see K-ville become a more consistent social center this year.

Tenting should always be fun and communal. I can do only so much to promote this; the onus is really on you.

Please design and hold your own events in K-ville, and if you need organizational support, I and my staff will be happy to help. In the end, K-ville is for you, and I hope we can work together to make it an even more vibrant atmosphere that helps Duke basketball succeed. Go Duke!

Steve Rawson is a senior and the head line monitor for Duke Student Government.

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Coaches always stress the old adage “practice, practice, practice.” In the case of the women’s volleyball team it has been “competition, competition, competition” over the past two weeks.

Duke (5-2) is preparing to face Elon (3-4) at 7 p.m. tonight in Cameron

Indoor Stadium. The team is in the middle of a stretch when it plays seven games in eight days.

“With Elon, it’s a chance for us to play some in-state competition,” said head coach Jolene Nagel, who is one win away from her 300th as a college coach. “[lt] just makes you better sometimes more so than practice because it’s just that different setting that you’re in.

So we want to get as much of that under our belts as we can.”

The Blue Devils are coming off an impressive weekend when they swept three games in the Duke Invitational with 3-0 victories over South Carolina, Towson and Northern Illinois. The team appears to be gaining momentum as it has won 15 consecutive games after losing its first two matches of the season to Loyola Marymount and Tennessee. Both losses came against teams ranked in the top 25.

“It was a great building tournament because we did get better with each match. It’s just going to give us a lot

more confidence going into the game against Elon,” said senior Stephanie Istvan, who earned all-tournament honors at the Duke Invitational.

“Hopefully we’ll enter ACC play playing our best.”

Coming off impressive tournament performances over the weekend, freshmen Carrie DeMange and Ali Hausfeld will be two of the players to watch tonight. The two were first team AllState at Archbishop Alter High School in Dayton, Ohio where they won backto-back state championships. Against Northern Illinois Sunday, Hausfeld notched 50 assists and eight digs, while DeMange tallied 23 kills. DeMange was also named tournament MVP. “It would be amazing if I could do that again, but I’m just going to keep hitting the ball as hard as I can,” DeMange said.

The Phoenix come to Durham hungry for a victory. They are in the midst of a four game losing streak, and the most heartbreaking loss (3-2) came to Louisiana-Monroe to close out an unsuccessful Outback Georgia Invitational.

“We want to make sure we’re getting up where we need to be mentally each time,” said Nagel, whose team plays its fourth game in as many days tonight.

“That’s going to help us going into our ACC season as well, so we don’t let an opportunity pass us by.”

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have finished 2-10 that season, but some felt the team played well enough to win at least three more games. The first half of the ensuing season turned out to be a debacle, costing the Blue Devils their dignity and Franks his job.

Along the same lines, Frank Beamer won just five games in his first two seasons at Virginia Tech before building the formidable program Duke faces this Saturday—a program with 11 consecutive bowl appearances, including an slot in the 1999 Sugar Bowl, that season’s national

Itis premature to say that Roof is the next Beamer and that he will restore the Blue Devil program to its glory days of the 1930s and ’4os, replete with BCS bids and consistent appearances in the top 25. It is equally premature, however, to claim Roof will follow the same route as his predecessor and join a growing list ofcoaches who have tried and failed to resurrect the Duke program.

Roof has shown that he is a great motivator and a great recruiter, as evidenced by a pair of particularly strong recruiting classes and near-.500 ball at the end of last season. But it is impossible to predict this early in the Roof era how good of a coach he will

become, or where he will take the program.

Additionally, Roof is not onlycompeting with players Franks recruited, but he also lost 11 starters from last season, not counting the loss ofAlexander Saturday. This is a young and inexperienced team, and let’s face it—the Blue Devils weren’t exactlyBCS material to begin with.

With that in mind, it makes no sense to perpetuate the shroud of pessimism that seems to have settled upon the program after Steve Spurrier’s departure. So spare yourself the cost of a moving van, take a deep breath and stop condemning Duke’s fledgling season—and its coach—as a complete failure.

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ALEXANDER from page 11 Cedric Dargan is also out after suffering a leg injury at Navy, and both are listed as day-to-day. Stanford and Dargan will likely see action this weekend against Virginia Tech if they can recover in time to practice.

F' 11 ing in at defensive end for Alexander for the remainder of the year will be junior Justin Kitchen, who Ruff called a “student of the game.” The Charlotte, N.C., native played well in Alexander’s absence against the Huskies, sacking Dan Orlovsky for a five-yard loss and accounting for 5.5 tackles.

“He’s definitely more than a fill-in,” Roof said. ‘Justin has made a lot of strides.

Justin and I got here together and he was a tall, gangly linebacker and he became a

VIDEO from page 11 Mitch Wilkins, the team’s full-time video coordinator, organizes the footage for the coaches. With the help of students, Wilkins tapes every game and practice from multiple angles. After each practice and game, Wilkins immediately edits the footage on the Windows-based program Pinnacle Team Sports.

Wilkins splices film from the two different angles and organizes the clips for coaches. The clips are downloaded onto the Yoh building’s network, allowing coaches to download clips as soon as Wilkins finishes. The coaches, also trained

tall, gangly defensive end that started to thicken up and bulk up, and I’ve really been pleased with his attitude and work ethic and his improvement.”

While the defense deals with injuries, questions surrounding the offense, especially the quarterback situation, will linger on throughout the week.

Chris Dapolito was effecdve in just the second start of his career, throwing for 129 yards on 12 completions, but Roof turned to pocket-passer Mike Schneider on the team’s final drive. Schneider responded with 55 passing yards.

“Both quarterbacks are going to play,” said Roof, who will not alter his gameplan from the start of the season. “As far as what role and who is going to start, I’m not sure about that yet. I’m going to sit down and discuss it here in a little while,

but I think that’s going to go on throughout the week and [we will] probably see who practices better.”

Despite his miss on the potential gamewinning field goal, Matt Brooks is expected to remain atop the depth chart at place kicker, although backup Alex Feinberg is expected to pressure Brooks, Roof said.

“Compedtion makes everyone better,” Roof said. “But because a kid makes one mistake, I’m not going to give up on a kid cause he makes one mistake. Heck, we all make mistakes everyday.”

With a number of competitions for various starting positions at stake this week, practices are expected to remain intense as Duke prepares for a Virginia Tech.

Preparing to face the hostile environment of Blacksburg and play on television, motivations will hardly be a problem for Duke.

to use the software, can adjust the clips to optimize their players’ time.

This type of editing would take weeks to do with traditional film, but with digital video and nonlinear editing, Wilkins finishes his work a few hours after a game.

The women’s basketball team also uses video technology extensively, although the team lack a full-time coordinator like Wilkins. Shaeeta Williams, who also works in the team’s marketing department, edits most of the video footage.

The system allows Williams to organize different plays very specifically.

“Say we’re playing Tennessee,” she said. “[The coaches] may look through 10 tapes of Tennessee. To make it easier for our

kids, they pull out clips of the games and they’ll give it to me to put all the offenses in order, get all the defenses... individual breakdowns. After games, we also do player breakdowns. [Recent graduate] Alana [Beard] would come in and say, ‘Can you show me every time I did such and such?”’

Both the football team and the women’s basketball team do not find it hard to obtain footage of opponents. Most schools are very cooperative in exchanging tapes, and every football team in the ACC has agreed to exchange computer disks with game footage.

Video technology is also used by athletes competing individually. Men’s assistant tennis coach Jon Neeter said watching tape

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helps his players improve the technical aspects of their games. Recording matches also allows the coaches to see every match.

“You can see a lot of patterns on video that you can’t see just watching the matches,” Neeter said. “We have only two coaches and there’s six matches going on at once. Video really helps with that.”

With new technologies, teams can now observe many game and practice details than could ever be seen before. The University’s athletic department has invested heavily in these new technologies, and teams have taken as much advantage of the video as they can.

“Everybody has been really receptive to video,” Neeter said.

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Senior Pasha Majdi, DSG president, after only 106 freshmen voted in last week’s election. See story, page 4.

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Credibility

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Sometimes trying too hard to be a sensationalist can ruin a reporter’s credibility.

Shadee, your Sept. 10 column is full of misconceptions and falsehoods that need to be cleared up.

The PSM is the student arm of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and although the PSM has tried to appear separate, the two groups are very closely linked. The ISM is not a legally incorporated group and as a result is free to call itself by any name it desires (if you do not believe me, I suggest you look at the ISM websites under the heading Local Chapters.)

Many members of the PSM have traveled to Palestinian territories to work with the ISM then returned to campus and continued working with the PSM. Although the PSM has tried to appear distinct, ISM co-founder Adam Shapiro has been a speaker at past PSM conferences and the PSM has formally voted to support and recognize the ISM as a member of “the movement.”

You may wonder why this is relevant; the ISM supports terrorism and does in fact use American volunteers as human shields. Perhaps you remember Rachel Corrie, a woman from Olympia, Wash, killed a few years back while working as a human shield for the ISM. Her death was later used to attract media attention to the ISM’s cause.

ISM president, George Rishmawi, told the San Francisco Chronicle, “If some of these foreign volunteers get shot or even killed, then the international media will sit up and take notice.”

Maybe you still think the PSM and its sister organization are benevolent groups dedicated to “education and non-violent action.”

According to the Los Angeles Times, the two suicide bombers who blew up a popular blues pub in Tel Aviv were able to move easily in and out ofIsrael with the aid of ISM activists in the area.

Nevertheless, perhaps aiding terrorists in the bombing of a civilian target is not

sensationalism enough to convince you that these “solidari-

ty movements” can be dangerous and anti-

Jewish. How about the PSM fliers promoting

past conferences that featured Sami AlArian, recently arrested for support of groups like Islamic Jihad and Hamas? Why did swasdkas appear on the walls of both the AEPi house and the local Hillel at the University of Michigan during the conference?

The PSM even invited Mahdi Bray of the Muslim Public Affairs Council to speak at past PSM summits, knowing that in October 1998, he coordinated and led a Washington rally during which the crowd repeated, “Let’s all go into jihad and throw stones at the face of the Jews.” Then, later, in December of 2000, organized a rally at which the emcee and crowd chanted responsively in Arabic, “Oh Jews, the Army.of Muhammad is,coming for you!” and waved swasdkas (as reported in the Washington Post).

For you to say that all American Jews are Zionists is ignorant and absurd. I am not a radical Zionist. I am by no means unconditionally allied with the Pro-Israel movement.

And I recognize that both sides have their faults. Most Jews know the true meaning of the term “anti-Semitism” and for you to attack Mr. Solomon and myself in such away is

truly contemptible.

There was nothing anti-Semitic about our letters to the editor. We identified a problem and addressed it, in no way did we condemn all Arabs or all Palestinians the way you so

flippantly condemn all American Jews (especially those here at Duke). Lately, there have been quite a few interesting articles from pro-Palestinians in the pages of The Chronicle; it is possible to approach this issue through discussion of the facts rather than intolerant lies and broad attacks on your fellow students. The pen is a powerful weapon.

Think before you write.

Ben Rubinfeld Trinity ’O7

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The Chronicle's editorial department continues its Election 2004 coverage today with the second in a weekly series of “point/counter-point" editorials. Every Tuesday from now until the November election, these pages will feature original editorials on a variety hot-button issues—one repof resenting the Republican viewpoint, the other representing the Democratic one. We welcome responses in the form ofLetters to the Editor.

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Strength under pressure

by Nathan Hodson, Michaela Kerrissey and Scott Lemmon

Critics

of Sen. John Kerry argue that he sounds too much like President George W. Bush on foreign policy issues. After all, both candidates claim to support democracy in Afghanistan. Both claim to support democracy in Iraq. Most importandy, they both claim that democracy promotion is a crucial step in fighting the war on terror.

There’s only one problem—Bush’s record doesn’t match his rhetoric.

Bush says he supports democracy as an essential step in the fight against terrorism. In his Sept. 2003 Address to the Nation he asserted, “The triumph of democracy and tolerance in Iraq, in Afghanistan and beyond would be a grave setback for international terrorism.” Time and time again, this administration has made the claim that the creation of democracy in the Middle East will stabilize the region and give hope to the millions who live there, eliminating the breeding grounds for terrorism.

Bush’s policies in Algeria, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen, however, have shown his lack ofgenuine commitment to democracy through his support ofauthoritarian and semi-authoritarian governments. Even in Afghanistan and Iraq—the hallmarks of his foreign policy —his actions have failed to deliver on his promises. While the governments of many of these countries are “supporting” the war on terror, their repression is only fueling extremism and future terrorist activity.

Democracy must be promoted through public, diplomatic and economic efforts.

The central problem in Bush’s plan for democracy in Afghanistan is his focus on rapid military victory with little attention to effective nation-building. For example, the Bush Administration has deferred to violent, territorial warlords in the governing of Afghanistan. Some of the most important positions in the new Afghani government are held by warlords who still maintain control of private armies, jails and the profits of the illegal opium trade.

The Bush Administration has clearly demonstrated its lack ofinterest in the creation of a viable democracy in Afghanistan. John Kerry understands that true democratization comes through the long, steady process of creating democratic institutions. Of course he recognizes that military force is necessary against terrorists that threaten our nation. Kerry understands, however, that long-term democratization efforts are best achieved through a combination of diplomatic pressure, education and economic support not crushing military might.

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Unlike Bush, Kerry supports his statemeaningful efforts to promote lasting democracy in the world. As a Senator, he demonstrated this commitment by backing the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 over the Bush Administration’s active opposition. The plan authorized a reconstruction package that would span several years and also increased the role of international peacekeeping in the country. As President, Kerry would call upon NATO to send additional troops to Afghanistan, speed the disarmamentand removal of warlords, accelerate the training of police forces and attack the expanding opium trade.

Now, it appears as though the seams are unraveling in Iraq as well.

In a press conference Sept. 7, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld openly admitted that in several key cities —Ramadi, ments with

by Robert Samuel .

TTf there is one thing in the chaotic I post-Sept. 11 world that has not been JL worth questioning, it has been President George W. Bush’s unwavering resolve in defending our nation against terrorist threats. John Kerry’s complete lack ofresolve would render him ineffective if presented with the same challenges.

Bush has shown sincere compassion for terrorism’s victims and firm prosecution of terrorism’s perpetrators. Despite changes in the political climate, Bush’s resolve remains steady three years after the attacks. It has been this consistent display of strength under pressure, specifically in relation to his policies on terrorism and in Afghanistan and Iraq, which has characterized the administration’s

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John Kerry, on the other hand, can hardly commit to a statement, let alone a consistent longterm policy. With “flip-flop” substituted for fortitude and negative campaigns m place of proposed alternatives, Kerry’s stance on Iraq and terrorism exemplifies his indecisive nature and inability to commit to a single strategy.

Taking a closer look at his policies, Bush’s actions to combat terrorism deserve praise. After the attacks of Sept. 11, the Bush Administration quickly took steps to prevent future attacks by creating the Department of Homeland Security, reorganizing the nation’s intelligence services and, most importandy, aggressively hunting down terrorists at home and abroad through diplomatic and military means.

After a successful regime change in Afghanistan, Bush secured key alliances to squeeze al Qaeda from their other hiding places around the world, and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the third highest ranking member of the group has been captured. Despite Bush’s collaborative approach to counterterrorism, Kerry still faults Bush for allegedly acting unilaterally. In view of Bush’s above accomplishments, Kerry’s criticism falls flat.

The Bush Administration also concluded that destroying al Qaeda cells would not suffice to completely win the war on terror. In March 2003, Bush

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and Samarra—the United States has been unable to wrest control from the Sunni rebels who remain devoted to Saddam Hussein.

According to General Myers, that responsibility lies with the interim Iraqi government. “While U.S. forces or coalition forces can do just about anything we want to do,” he said, “it makes a lot more sense that it be a sustained operation, one that can be sustained by Iraqi security forces.”

What the Bush Administration fails to recognize is that democracy is not secured by the removal of the repressive regime, but by the integrity of the successive government—a government that is not yet ready to stand on its own.

Uespite Bush’s claims of supporting democracy, the events in Afgahnistan and Iraq demonstrates Bush’s lack of foresight in his democratization policy.

While creating a functional democracy will certainly entail lower risks of becoming a breeding ground for terrorism, a truncated push for democracy can easily lead to a failed state with conditions ripe for the growth of terrorism. Unlike Bush, Kerry understands the gravity of this risk.

As President, John Kerry would take the steps necessary to promote lasting democracy. Not only is this a moral imperative, but it is also essential for the national security of the United States.

successes.

opened the second front on the war on by quickly toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime. After liberating the Iraqi people, Bush has begun the implementation of a five-step plan toward eventual stability and independent democracy in Iraq. His five-step plan includes: 1. Transferring power to a sovereign Iraqi government; 2. Aiding in establishing security; 3. Rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure; 4.

Encouraging international support; and 5. Moving toward a national election.

Bush understands that peace and stability in Iraq cannot be achieved overnight.

With this plan, Bush has proven his commitment to staying the course in Iraq.

Kerry, on the other hand, has yet to commit to any single policy for Iraq. In 2002, he voted for authorizing military force against Iraq. Later, Kerry told Tim Russert that the Bush administration should further fund the effort; only to vote against the supplemental 87 billion dollars for troops despite previously saying such a vote would be “irresponsible.”

Although he declared himself an “antiwar candidate,” Kerry said that he still would have authorized force in Iraq knowing what he knows today, no WMD and all. Changing his mind again, Kerry said Sept. 6, 2004, that the mission in Iraq was “the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

In addition to his waffling, Kerry has yet to differentiate his proposed Iraqi policy from Bush’s, only making the vague claim that he would recruit more allies to help in the reconstruction. Upon close inspection, there’s little evidence Kerry would be any more successful than Bush in recruiting allies.

For example, France is not opposed to Bush’s policy in Iraq but instead to America’s historical policy in Iraq.

France’s opposition to a U.S. invasion of Iraq goes back to the 19905. The French only abandoned the U.S. and the U.K after Clinton bombed possible WMD factories in 1998 without a U.N. resolution.

Also, Kerry has not demonstrated an ability to diplomatically recruit allies to our cause in Iraq. Instead, his condescending attitude towards the “Coalition of the Willing” can only hurt our efforts in rebuilding Iraq.

Terrorism is not a problem that Bush created or requested; it was one he inherited. It is a problem he has dedicated the resources of his presidency to defeating.

Bush has stayed the course. John Kerry can’t even pick a course. terror

Robert Samuel is the Features Editor The Chronicle.

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Sept. 15 7pm. Centerfor Documentary Studies Free.

Featuring Duke Faculty Artists Christine Morris and Clay Taliaferro as narrators. An entertaining program including William Walton’s Fagade, the world premiere of Tapestryhy Benjamin Lees, and William Bolcom’s Suite for Violin and

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Exhibition “Clare Leighton and the Engaging Faculty Series American South.”

ARIEL DORFMAN, Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Sept. 20 thru Oct. 24, 4pm.

Gallery talk and reception, Literature and Latin American Perkins Library Rare Book Room, Studies. “Ghost Towns and Free.

Imperial Towers: A Journey through Many Americas.”

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