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Atkins. South Beach. The Zone. Study abroad? For Junior Christian Bonilla dropping 15 pounds was one of the side effects of spending three months in Florence during a continuing decline in the value of the dollar.

“Food was a budget casualty for me with exchange rates being what they are now,” Bonilla said. “I spent as little as possible on food so I could maximize my money on travel and things like that.”

As the dollar has depreciated about 15 percent in the past three years, tourists and students who travel to Europe now find life a third more expensive than at home. Duke abroad programs have similarly had to stretch their budgets to adapt.

Across the English Channel, the pound has traditionally been stronger than the dollar, though the current exchange rate of nearly |2 to the pound is the highest it has been in a decade.

“We live in this fantasyland here at Duke where everything is on food points.” said junior Kate Abramson, who spent last semester at University College in London. “But while we were in London we had to walk around doubling the prices of everything in our heads. All of a sudden, I got a lesson in budgeting that I didn’t expect.”

The disadvantageous exchange rate was not without benefit—with eat-out prices so

Searching far and wide revealed that the best person to head Duke’s libraries was already here. Administrators announced Dec. 21 that Deborah Jakubs, formerly director of collections services, would become the new Rita DiGiallonardo Hol-

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“We wouldn’t get a steak, ever. We tried new things, usually the big staple foods are the cheaper ones. So we had pastas in Italy, and goulash in Prague,” Abramson said. ‘That was kind of a fun thing, eating the traditional food of the country to save money.”

“The high prices of American food kept us out of Burger King and McDonald’s and so we found small local places to eat,” Krauss said. “It kind of forces you to do things like try out Spanish cereal instead of Cap’n Crunch, and that was rough on some of us. I mean Lord

asJakubs sumed her new post Jan. 4, also gaining the title of vice provost for library affairs. A scholar of Latin American Stud- Deborah Jakubs ies, the mother of a current Duke senior and a librarian here since 1983, Jakubs is familiar with the needs of the library’s many users.

“Having gone through a Ph.D. program and taught, I can understand how people use libraries,” Jakubs said.

As University librarian, Jakubs now directs all eight of the University’s libraries and the Center for Instructional Technology. Her predecessor, David Ferriero, took over Sept. 1 the position of the New York Public Library’s Andrew W. Mellon director and chief executive

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JuniorKate Abramson and several of herfriendsfound living—and eating—costly while abroad in Europe.

high, students were forced to find creative alternatives to feed themselves.

“I didn’t stay with a host family, so I ended up cooking for my roommates and for other kids in my programs. We ended up having all these awesome dinners with Spanish food and American friends, and absorbed the culture through that,” said junior Dave Krauss, who studied in Madrid in the fall.

In addition, because American products imported into Europe were often the most expensive things to purchase, students were forced to reach out of their comfort zones and try the local specialties.

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Senior crashes Open evals offer more course info on Flowers Dr. COMPARING COURSE EVALUATION s by

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From staff reports A car crashed into a tree Tuesday afternoon on Flowers Drive, the Duke University Police Department reported.

Leanora Minai, senior public relations specialist for DUPD, said Daniel Peake, a 22-year-old senior, was driving a friend’s Mercedes on Flowers between Chapel Drive and the Allen Building when he took a sharp turn.

He hit the curb and crossed the road before running into a tree at about 3 p.m., she said.

“Investigators believe he was driving well over the speed limit,” Minai said. The speed limit on Chapel Drive is 25 miles per hour.

Minai said both airbags in the car deployed and the car was substantially damaged by the impact. Peake was admitted to the hospital with non-critical injuries and friends said he was not seriously hurt.

Police are investigating whether Peake was under

Duke’s drop/add period for this semester’s courses offers students a glimpse of what’s in store, but on other campuses students get a feel for what their classes will be like when they enroll in the first place, thanks in part to easily accessible course evaluations.

Although other schools are tweaking their systems following recent student-friendly enhancements in their class reviews, last week’s 14-13 vote by the Arts and Sciences Council leaves Duke’s evaluation policy stagnant.

Currendy less than 10 percent of course reviews are available on ACES. Under Duke’s policy, information from the surveys does not appear online unless professors choose to make it accessible. When professors receive an e-mail each semester asking them if they wish to opt-in to the system, only 13 percent respond.

But a litde further north at the University of Virginia, every professor must post his or her course evaluation data online. The change is one of many enacted this academic year at UVa following recommendations made-by

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Professors have the option of displaying the fivequestion evaluation, which is posted online and includes the opportunity for previous students of the course to add comments. Northwestern's rule that allows only participating students to view results dramatically increased the response rate, Professors at UVa are required to post evaluations online, although 65 percent of students must participate for students to gain access, Information is gathered through a standard multiple-choice questionnaire at the end of the semester. Additionally, professors have the to ability pose their own questions.

An incentive to view grades earlier boosted participation in Yale's revised online course evaluations.

Results have shown more detailed answers from students during online course evaluations in comparison to the previous system, which required handwritten responses.

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Bush's inauguration begins

Suicide bomber targets Shiite party

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A suicide bomber BAGHDAD, Iraq struck the Baghdad headquarters of Iraq’s biggest Shiite political party Tuesday, killing three people, as the government announced plans to close borders and restrict movements to bolster security in the national election. Three candidates were also slain as insurgents intensified their campaign to subvert the ballot.

The Cabinet member responsible for internal security urged fellow Sunni Arabs to disregard threats by Sunni extremists and vote in the Jan. 30 election, in which Iraqis will choose a 275-member National

Assembly and regional legislatures. Otherwise, the minister warned, the country will slide into civil war.

In a positive development, a Catholic archbishop kidnapped in northern Iraq was released Tuesday without payment of ransom, the Vatican said. Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, an Iraqi, said he believes he was kidnapped by mistake.

But an American soldier was killed Tuesday in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, and more foreigners were reported kidnapped, including Lebanese businessman Jebrail Adeeb Azar and eight Chinese construction workers. The Chinese were shown held hostage by gunmen claiming

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the captives worked for a company that deals with Americans. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said diplomats were “making all efforts to rescue” the hostages, who disappeared last week while traveling to

Jordan.

The suicide driver detonated his vehicle after security guards stopped it at a checkpoint in front of offices of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Republic in Iraq, one of the major groups contesting the election. The Shiite party, known as SCIRI, has close ties to Iran and is strongly opposed by Sunni Muslim militants.

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Rice stands firm during questioning by

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WASHINGTON Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home.

An American exit strategy depends on Iraq’s ability to defend itself against terrorists after this month’s elections, she said.

Rice seemed headed for easy confirmation by the Senate as President George W. Bush’s choice to be the country’s top

diplomat. She did have a tense exchange with Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.—Rice repeatedly asked the senator not to question her truthfulness—but former presidential nominee John Kerry, D-Mass., was the only member of the Foreign Relations Committee who told her she might not win his vote.

‘This was never going to be easy,” Rice said of the war and its aftermath during a confirmation hearing in which she painted an optimistic picture of the future in Iraq and for resolution of the long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as well.

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downs. I’m sure that we have made many decisions, some of which were good, some of which might not have been good,” but the ouster of Saddam Hussein was worth the price, Rice said. “I think we made the right decision to overthrow him.”

Rice said the administradon’s actions after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks—including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were “difficult and necessary and right.”

Asked whether, with hindsight, the United States should have committed more troops to Iraq, Rice said that despite “some unforeseen circumstances” she was satisfied with the numbers.

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President George W. Bush launched his inaugural celebrations Tuesday by thanking two groups that played major roles in his election to a second term—the military that prosecuted the war in Iraq and his most ardent and generous political supporters.

Man charged for U.N.scandal An Iraqi-American businessman, accused of pocketing millions of dollars through the U.N.oil-for-food program with Iraq, pleaded guilty Tuesday to acting as an illegal agent of Saddam Hussein's government Samir A. Vincent,64, is the first person to be charged in the Justice Department's investigation of the program.

Journalists call for protection A group representing journalists around the world urged governments Tuesday to do more to protect reporters after 129 media, professionals were killed in 2004, the highest toll in years. Iraq was the deadliest place with 49 deaths last year, followed by the Philippines with 13 and India with seven.

Girls mum about birth control Laws that would require parents to be notified when teens seek birth control would do little to curb underage sex and could cause a troubling number of girls to engage in unsafe intercourse, a survey of teens in 33 states suggests.

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newsbriefs Flu vaccine now available Student Health will hold two clinics in the next week to distribute FluMist influenza immunizations to any Duke community member. The cost is $35, payable only by bursar account charge.

The first clinic is Wed., Jan. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Shaeffer Mall area of the Bryan Center. A second clinic will take place during the ‘Tin Week” health pro motion campaign in the Bryan Center Meeting Room B Tues., Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For the first part of flu season, the vaccine supply was limited, but now officials say it is abundant. Although student health educators said local flu cases have been sporadic, they encourage people to get vaccinated as a precaution against the virus.

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Students take advantage of the exercise equipment in Wilson Gym in hopes of getting in better shape.

Diet, exercise top resolutions by

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Even though some undergraduates might not be enthusiastic about their first class assignments, many have already returned to the gym in full force motivated by New Year’s resolutions, holiday weight gain or spring break plans.

With holiday indulgence looming over students’ heads and warm weather creeping closer, many undergraduates are anxious to get in better shape. Even though students say proper eating and adequate exercise seem to be more easily attained on campus than at home, they face plenty ofobstacles on campus that prevent diem from achieving their health goals effectively.

Several students, including junior Mike Lee, expressed their frustrations with keeping a consistent diet between home and school. “I ate differendy mostly because of the convenience of food,” he said. “It is right there, sitting there in the fridge in a family-sized portion. Leftovers all the time—with easy availability.”

Lee also found he was generally less active at home: “At school if I want to get someplace, I actually have to walk there. At home, I can drive.”

Duke students have plenty of resources available to assist them in their endeavors for a healthier body. The Student Health Center offers nutritional advice through appointments with certified dieticians and the Health, Physical and Education and Recreation department prorides a variety of exercise opportunities including fitness classes, club sports and outdoor adventure excursions.

Duke dietician and Student Health administrator Franca Alphin said students can make modifications to their current diets in order to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

She recommended students define what healthy eating means to them and stressed the importance of breakfast.

“Breakfast is not necessarily an eight o’clock meal,” she said. “It is simply the first meal you eat when you first get up. It is really important to keep up your blood sugar level; it maintains your energy and wall help you focus in classes. Students should do their best to eat no later than two hours after they first get up.”

She noted that if students cannot have a complete breakfast, they should at leasthave peanut butter on a bagel SEE DIETS ON PAGE 9

UNC confirms meningitis case Lab tests from the University of North Carolina Hospitals confirmed that a student, whose name has not been released, contracted meningitis. The student lived in Morrison Residence Hall.

The University and the Orange County Health Department tire working to find people who had close conduct with the student to prevent a breakout of the highly contagious and potentially fatal disease.

Early symptoms include fever, severe headache, stiff neck, rash, nausea, vomiting and lethargy. People experiencing symptoms should contact a health professional.

The disease is spread through close contact, and college students living in dormitories are considered a vulnerable population.

Duke professor to head political science group The Southern Political Science Association has tapped Paula McClain, professor of political science, as the next president ofits organization. McClain, who has been involved with the national group for 20 years, will oversee the organization for a year-long term.

At Duke, she teaches a course on racial and ethnic minorities in American politics and is researching Durham race relations as a pilot site for future studies in the Southern United States.

She is the third black person to serve as president and the first in nearly 30 years.

—from staff and wire reports

Correction: In a story about the end of this year's formal sorority recruitment that ran on page 6 of The Chronicle Jan. 18, the number of bids distributed by Alpha Omicron Pi should have been 30. Approximately half that number attended Bid Day activities.

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1'.!4U1-11.1.rJ1-iJ Dig finds dino-eating mammal fossils U.S. dietary food pyramid updated The government urged most Americans last week to eat fewer calories and exercise daily. The new dietary guidelines will be used to update the familiar food pyramid.

That revision, expected in the next couple of months, would be the pyramid's first since it was created

12 years ago.

Teflon chemical suspected as toxic The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is considering whether there is "a potential risk of developmental and other adverse effects" from exposure to low levels of a chemical used in making the substance Teflon. ERA officials stressed that the agency's draft assessment of the potential risks is preliminary.

Disputed theorytaught to students High school students in Pennsylvania heard about "intelligent design" for the first time Tuesday after officials required students to be made aware of it as an alternative to the theory of evolution.The district is believed to be the only one in the nation to require students to hear about intelligent design—a concept that holds that the universe is so complex, it had to be created by an unspecified guiding force.

New cholesterol drug not approved Federal health advisers recommended Thursday against over-thecounter sales of cholesterol drug Mecavor, saying that patients need medical guidance in treating a condition that has no symptoms and may require drugs for life to stay healthy. Mevacor is meant to prevent future heart disease, rather than treat existing symptoms.

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Would you eat a dinosaur?

“No, I wouldn’t. I am actually a vegetarian,” said Duke paleontologist Anne Weil —but she admits that die recent fossil discovery showing dial early mammals ate dinosaurs is certain to shake up the scientific community.

Last week. Chinese scientists announced the discovery of a pair of 130 million-year-old fossil remains that challenge long-held scientific beliefs about the celadon ship between dinosaurs and mammals. The two newly discovered fossils show that early mammals may have been carnivorous and higher in the pecking order than previously thought.

One of the fossilized remains—about the size of a small dog—is the largest and most extensive skeleton ever found of an early mammal. The smaller of the two mammalian remains has the stomach contents of a small dinosaur about five inches long, showing that mammals may have dined on more than just insects.

A team led by jin Meng of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and Yuanqing Wang of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthrophology in Beijing discovered the remains in the Yixian Formation, a rich fossil field in the Liaoning Province of China.

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Weil also emphasized the lack of attention that the Chinese scientists—the original discoverers of the fossil remains—were receiving. “This is a shame, as the authors have far more interesting things to say,” Weil added in response to speaking on behalf of the scientists recently in the media.

Scientists believed that during the Mesozoic Era —the age of the dinosaurs from 280 million to 65 million years ago—mammals were no larger than modern rodents. In addition, Mesozoic mammals supposedly cowered in holes and underbrush in the presence of the towering dinosaurs, escaping at night to feed primarily on insects and small plants.

For decades, scientists assumed that mammals during the Mesozoic Era were small because it was the only size safe enough to survive in a world tyrannized by dinosaurs. Only when dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago was it safe for mammals to emerge and evolve to human benot part

ings, they thought.

The new discovery', also reported in Nature last week by Yaoming Hu, provides direct evidence that early mammals were carnivores, competing with dinosaurs for food and territory.

The carnivorous mammals had limb joints typical of marsupials and other advanced mammals that allowed more flexibility of movement to compete for prey

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Researchers discovered a pair of 130 million-year-old fossil remains in China that suggest early mammals might have preyed on dinosaurs. and evade predators.

“Now we’ve found relatively large mammals, and they were carnivores, which always are at the top of the food chain. This gives us a drastically new picture of many of the animals that lived in die age of dinosaurs,” Meng told the Chicago Tribune.

Although both species have no remaining descendants, the larger dog-sized mammal, which closely resembles a Tasmanian devil, has

been named Repenomamus giganticus. The smaller mammal, Repenomamus robustus, swallowed a young psittacosaur —a horned dinosaur that was also known as a “parrot lizard” and could grow to be six feet long.

“One of the things thatthis find does is it shows that all early mammals were not small,” Weil said. ‘lt unconstrains our thinking. It throws out why early mammals had to be small.”

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“Duke was a hard place to leave,” said Ferriero. “I’m very pleased that someone of Deborah’s stature is replacing me.”

Jakubs w as chosen to fill her new position from among three finalists, who also included Virginia Steel, director of libraries at Washington State University, and Susan Allen, associate director and chief librarian of the research library at the Getty Research Institute.

“One of the things that was most important to us was that our next librarian be able to represent the library well,” said professor of history Alex Roland, chair of the search committee. “[Jakubs] has a very strong national reputation, even in-

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Although Provost Peter Lange and President Richard Brodhead ultimately chose Jakubs based on the committee’s evaluations, Roland explained that extending die search beyond the University community was sull of value.

“It was important, even for the internal candidate, to have the validation of a national search,” Roland said.

Jakubs’ career as a librarian began when a 1976 coup in Argentina delayed a planned trip to w'ork on her dissertation.

She said that while filling time by working in Stanford University’s library, she discovered the excitement of “helping otherpeople do dieir work too.”

During her time as director of collections services, Jakubs encouraged the specialist librarians on her staff to maintain close ties with faculty in their subjects. She works hard to meet the University commu-

ABROAD from page 1 knows I need my Cap’n Crunch, but Spanish Cap’n Crunch wasn’t too bad.”

The Office of Study Abroad acknowledges that the fluctuations of the work! currency market have markedly increased the costs of its European programs. “Though the price of tuition to abroad programs increased, it was not as significant as die increase in our costs,” Director of the Office of Study Abroad Margaret Riley said. “We capped our tuition increases at 10 percent because we didn’t want, to pass the full increase along to students. We’re having to absorb some of that cost in our office.”

Riley said for next year her office has again decided to maintain the 10 percent cap on tuition increase, and to cut costs without compromising the quality of the programs. She encourages students to look beyond Etirope for their study abroad options.

“Now may be die time for students to be a litde more adventurous and go somewhere other than Europe,” she said. “The dollar still goes a long way in places such as Costa Rica or the Andes or China.”

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ions of library patrons she meets in line at the supermarket.

‘The library’s not just sitting in the background,” Jakubs said. “We’re really active partners here.”

Activity is certain to characterize the next few years for the libraries. On die agenda are opening die new Bostock Library expansion in summer 2005, continuing renovations of Perkins Library and converting from the Dewey Decimal system to the Library of Congress system of classifying materials.

“One of the most exciting aspects of this Perkins project, as we call it, is the creation of the information commons,” Jakubs said. Extending out beyond the area behind the reference desk, the commons will offer resources ranging from technology to librarian assistance.

ty of the blame for the declining value of the dollar. The United States is known for consistendy importing far more goods than it exports. In order to correct this imbalance, the dollar has depreciated. This change should make U.S. exports cheaper to foreign nations, as well as serve as a detractor to Americans who will find foreign goods more expensive and may seek domestic alternadves.

Anodier reason behind die fall of die dollar may be America’s continuously growing budget deficits. “If you think about the value of the currency as die willingness of the government to finance its debt without printing money, in a sense, die value of the currency is a reflection of the government’s credit-worthiness,” Professor of Economics Craig Burnside said.

Foreign countriesfear dial die United States will not pay back their deficits in a fiscally responsible fashion, either through increasing taxes or reducing spending, resorting instead to inflationary methods. This fear of inflation has contributed to pushing the value of die dollar downward.

Despite the monetary setbacks, most students’ experiences abroad were not significandy dampened. “My roommate and I would wake up and decide if our luxury item of the day would be paper towels or diet coke. Still, die experience was amazing,” Abramson said.

Jakubs’ appointment brings continuity that will help the libraries through this period of change, Roland said. “This is a time when the library really has a full plate, and she will be up to speed immediately.”

One challenge Jakubs will face during her tenure is the rising prices of library' materials, particularly science journals.

Her approach is to prioritize, she explained, by coordinating with the University’s academic program development and focusing on areas where the library system is traditionally strong.

“No research library now can afford to buy everything,” Jakubs said.

Brodhead and Lange both praised Jakubs in a Dec. 21 statement.

“Deborah is a scholar and proven administrator who will champion the interests of students as well as faculty,” Brodhead said.

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of questions be kept to a minimum, as research shows overly long evaluations often decrease the quality of student responses.

Meanwhile, at Yale University, students are asked six or seven questions—five of which ask for written responses —in an evaluation system that was overhauled two years ago. A student-faculty committee tested different policies on sample classes before deciding to switch to online evaluations—it found that students in front of a computer typed more detailed responses.

To combat concerns that only students disappointed with their courses would complete the evaluations, Yale’s committee decided to allow students who filled out evaluations to view grades earlier than usual.

The tactic worked, with nearly 90 percent of students offering their opinions.

“Many faculty have commented that the feedback they receive from students is much more detailedand thoughtful than what was

the Provost’s Course Evaluations Advisory Committee in a report issued in May 2004.

When asked why the faculty voted to make the information accessible, J. Milton Adams, Virginia’s vice provost for academic affairs, said while he could not speak for others, “For myself, the reason was, why not?”

Adams noted that initial concerns from faculty members that easy graders would receive inflated evaluations were only “myths.”

“We have some courses which are the most difficult get the best evaluations,” Adams said.

At the end of each semester, students at UVa answer seven multiple-choice questions and can view the responses for six of them.Teachers can also add their own questions to the evaluations, but the provost’s committee recommends that the number

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received before, and comes in a much more easily digested format,” Charles Bailyn, head of the committee, told The Yale Daily News.

The changes have been popular among students as well. “The evaluations that other students have written have been very helpful in choosing courses,” Yale junior Elisabeth Schneider said. “They give real insight as to what kind of student would enjoy the course.”

At Northwestern University, professors can choose to opt out of the system, but only 10 percent of professors choose to do so. Students can view written comments posted by other students who have previously taken a class, in addition to a standard five-question survey.

“If you enjoy being insulted by your professors, take this class. If you want to learn a lot about the history of Jewish-Muslim relations, do not take this class,” reads one student’s review of “Historical Background

of Jewish-Muslim relations,” a history class Northwestern’s last overhaul occurred eight years ago, when it decided to limit the number of evaluation questions to five.

One of the questions asks students how many hours they spend on a given class, but Northwestern’s Senior Registrar Assistant Nedra Hardy said the question is not used so students can avoid taking a difficult class, but so diey can be prepared for it.

Last year, Northwestern moved all evaluations to die Internet, as it found students’ comments to be slightly more substantive.

Nordiwestern also changed its system to only allow students who completed surveys to view die evaluations, and the student response rate jumped to around 75 percent.

Adams is looking forward to improving Virginia’s 55 percent response rate by potentially adopting the carrot that Yale implemented. “If you do a good job at teaching, you’re going to get good results,” he said.

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Iraqi police said lire bomber and two others died and nine people were wounded, including three police. The blast gouged a crater in the pavement, left several vehicles in flames and spread shredded debris on the street in the Jadriyah district.

“SCIRI will not be frightened by such an act,” party spokesperson Ridha Jawad said. “SCIRI will continue the march toward building Iraq, establishing justice and holding the elections.”

Sunni Muslim militants, who make up the bulk of Iraq’s insurgents, have stepped up attacks on Shiites to frighten them into staying home on election day. Although many Sunni clerics and others oppose the election, Shiite leaders have told their followers that voting is their religious duty.

Shiites comprise about 60 percent of Iraq’s 26 million people and are expected to gain the political power long denied them by the Sunni Arab community, estimated at about 20 percent. Large turnouts are expected in the Shiite heartland south of Baghdad and in Kurdishcontrolled regions of the north.

Insurgents have warned people to stay away from the polls and have threatened candidates. Gunmen shot and killed three candidates, officials said Tuesday. Two of them belonged to Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s political

coalition, the Iraqi National Accord.

Alaa Hamid, who was running for the National Assembly, was killed Monday in Iraq’s second largestcity, Basra, an official said. Hamid was also the deputy chairperson of the Iraqi Olympic Committee in Basra, which had been relatively quiet.

Riad Radi, who was contesting die local race for Basra’s provincial council, died Sunday when masked gunmen fired on his car as he was driving with his family, die official said.

The third candidate, Shaker Jabbar Saida, was shot dead in Baghdad Monday.

He was a Shiite running for the National Assembly on the Constitutional Monarchy Movement ticket, headed by a cousin of Iraq’s last king.

U.S. and Iraqi officials fear that a Sunni boycott could cast doubt on die legitimacy of a new government, heighten tensions between Shiites and Sunnis and fuel the Sunni-led insurgency.

Tuesday, Interior Minister Flash Hassan ai-Naqib, a Sunni, told reporters he expects Sunni insurgents to escalate attacks before the election, especially in the Baghdad area, to discourage a big voter turnout “If any group does not participate in the elections, it will constitute treason,” al-Naqib said, adding drat “boycotting the elections will not produce a National Assembly that represents the Iraqi people” but instead will bring on “a civil war dial will divide the country.”

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That could be the lesson of Duke’s first big road trip of the season, as it takes on Miami Wednesday and Florida State Saturday.

When the Blue Devils first scanned down their schedule, this week seemed of little consequence to a top-10 team. But Miami’s and Florida State’s respective games against Duke are arguably the biggest games of the two Florida schools’ seasons. What looks to be the opportune time for Duke to rest up and go on autopilot coincides with die moment Miami and Florida State should be at peak performance levels.

This type of situation has been a problem for Duke in the past. When the Blue Devils were defending their national title in 2001-02, their first loss came at the hands of the Seminoles. In 2003, Duke once again lost in Tallahassee. The next year, Duke slogged through a tight contest, and after some heroics by Chris Duhon, came out victorious in a rare sellout for Florida State.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the chances for an upset are even more pronounced this week as they welcome the newest Florida school to the conference at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Hurricanes come into the game having won 12 of their last 13, including their last three ACC contests. After losing 11 of its final 12 games last season and being picked dead last in the ACC’s preseason poll, Miami has been transformed by first-year head coach Frank Haith into a mid-level ACC squad.

The former Big East member is one of the few schools in the nation whose guards can legitimately compete with the likes of Daniel Ewing, J.J. Redick, Sean Dockery and DeMarcus Nelson. Miami’s three guard lineup of Robert Hite (19.0 ppg), Guillermo Diaz (17.6 ppg) and Anthony Harris (12.4 ppg) have been difficult for Hurricane opponents to contend with this season, and the quick threesome combines for a higher percentage ofits teams points than any other trio in the ACC. With the Convocation Center in Coral Gables, Fla., sold out, Duke could easily lose its first game of the season Wednesday.

If the Blue Devils are to prevail, Shelden Williams must not get in foul trouble.

Miami may be able to neutralize die Duke backcourt, but it has no answer for a dominant inside player like Williams. In addition, a boost from Shavlik Randolph’s return to the post would quickly stymie SEE ROAD TRIP ON PAGE 14

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The fans of the University of Miami men’s basketball team would probably prefer to forget the recent history between their Hurricanes and the No. 4 Blue Devils (13-0, 3-0 in the ACC).

The two teams have met only five times, and although the Hurricanes won the opening matchup way back in 1962, since then they are 0-4 against Duke.

These squads last met Dec. 10, 1988, when Danny Ferry set Duke’s single-game scoring record by draining 58 points and led the Blue Devils to a 117-102 road victory.

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hearing that their men’s basketball program would taint the talent pool of the ACC, and after writers picked the ’Canes to finish dead last in the conference, the Hurricanes (12-3, 3-1 in the ACC) are silencing their critics. Head coach Frank Haith has become an early favorite for ACC Coach of the Year—his team has won 11 of its last 12 games following early back-to-back losses against South Carolina State and Xavier.

After losing their ACC opener against Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes have racked up conference wins against N.C. State, Virginia and Florida State.

“We’re excited about this trip to Flori-

da,” junior JJ. Redick said. “Miami is having a great year, and it’s going to be a big challenge and a big test for this team, so we’re excited about it.”

Miami is riding the hot hand of sophomore guard Guillermo Diaz. Diaz is averaging a league-high 24.5 points per game in conference play, and is coming off a dramadc 19-point performance against Florida State Saturday night. With 7.3 seconds remaining and his team trailing by one, Diaz slashed right into the heart of the Seminole defense. The sophomore eluded four Florida State defenders en SEE MIAMI ON PAGE 12

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If balance is the key to success, the odds are in Duke’s favor tonight.

The Blue Devils (17-1, 3-0 in the ACC) enter their fourth league contest at Wake Forest at 7 p.m. with a proven inside-outside combination, while the Demon Deacons (12-4, 1-2) rely almost exclusively on perimeter threats.

“Its very important for us to have both,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said of her post and wing options.

Offensive choices are not something Wake Forest head coach Mike Peterson can call upon. No Demon Deacon forward is scoring more than 11 points per game Duke’s post players combine for an average of 37.4 points.

“We’re not going to beat anybody up inside,” Peterson said.

The Demon Deacons will have to defend the basket against the slashing Monique Currie and bruising Mistie Williams, the top offensive rebounder in —

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Duke has dominated its first four ACC opponents in the paint, let by a quartet of strong post players.

the ACC. This combination—along with the shot blocking of Alison Bales—has worn defenses down during Duke’s first three conference contests.

The ACC’s leading rebounder, Erin Ferrell, will have to contend with Currie—her former high school teammate and the conference’s fourth-leading rebounder—and Williams on the boards.

Without big bodies in the post, Wake Forest has relied on three-point shooting for a large portion ofits offense. In their last game, the Demon Deacons poured in nine three-pointers on their way to to a 78-63 victory over Miami. Reigning ACC Player of the Week Cotelia Ikmd-Young led the Wake Forest attack, hitting six first-half threes.

“We’ve taken a lot of three-point field goals this year,” Peterson said. “Fortunately we’ve made a lot of three-point field goals.”

Duke’s own three-point shooting has helped turn every recent contest into a SEE WAKE ON PAGE 13

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The 'Canes look to their own "big three" for offensive output. Miami's three guard line-up of Robert Hite (19.0 ppg), Guillermo Diaz (17.6 ppg) and Anthony Harris (12.4 ppg) are the only ACC trio to account for a higher percentage of its team's scoring than Duke's. The Blue Devils, however, are one of the best defensive teams in the country and will pose the biggest challenge so far for Miami. Williams, the ACC's top rebounder, will likely negate one of the 'Canes' biggest strengths, offensive rebounding.

Picked by many media outlets to finish last in the conference this season, the 'Canes are playing like a team with nothing to lose. Miami is emboldened by three straight ACC wins and feels like it can play with any team in the country. The 'Canes have also enjoyed success in Coral Gables, amassing a 9-1 home record this year. Convocation Center fans are used to upsets as Miami has knocked off a ranked opponent at home nine of the last 10 seasons.

The honeymoon is over for Miami as it now enters a two week stretch that includes Duke, Wake Forest and North Carolina. Ultimately, the Blue Devils will prove to be stronger and overpower the compiled by Dan Kapnick upstart 'Canes. Duke wins, 82-72.

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Diaz is joined in the backcourt by Robert Hite, who trails Redick as the conference’s second leading scorer at 19.0 points per game. Diaz, Hite and sophomore guard Anthony Harris have combined to average 49.0 points per game, 66.8 percent of their team’s offense. “[The Hurricanes] have a great perimeter in Hite and Diaz,” Redick said.

“Those two kids are as good as any perimeter in our league. So we know it’s going to start with them, and we really have to weather whatever run they’re going to make. Their crowd is going to be jumping because it’s a sellout.”

Although the matchups between the two talented backcourts will grab most of the attention Wednesday, Miami’s big men will also play a key role. Miami is second in the conference in rebounding because of the emergence of Anthony King, who is fourth in the ACC with 8.9 rebounds per game. King will look to take advantage of a Duke frontcourt that yielded eight offensive rebounds to Virginia forward Gary Forbes in its 88-60 victor)' Sunday.

The Hurricanes’ trio ofWilliam Frisby, Gary Hamilton and King have combined to record 22.8 rebounds per game. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski expects his team to improve its post play as junior Shavlik Randolph begins to see increased minutes this week.

“I didn’t know when I was going to use him or how,” Krzyzewski said after the Virginia game. “I thought his five minutes were really good. They stayed small most of the game and in the second half, so I didn’t bring him back in, but I’ll use him more and more now. Hopefully in the next few weeks, he’ll be able to get back to route to

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being closer to 100 percent.”

The Blue Devils will look to jump out to an early lead in order to silence the raucous Miami fans who will come in to witness the Hurricanes’ biggest home game to date.

The Blue Devils have had to overcome firsthalf deficits in each of their last six games.

This season Duke has been a much better team in the second half, where they have shot 9.8 percent higher from the floor, 12.5 percent higher from behind the*arc and have held down their opponents’ field goal percentage by 4.1 percent.

“We’re trying to find ways to win games, and we’re playing tough,” Redick said. “But, most importantly, we need to get better, and that comes with starting games off better.”

Senior Daniel Ewing agreed that a slow start could spell disaster in Coral Gables, Ela. “That’s not the way we want it to go, but so far we’ve had slow starts and strong finishes,” Ewing said. Tortunately, we’re a good enough team and we’re playing good enough defense, and when it counts, we’re making plays.”

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Guard WanlshaSmith (124 ppg, 4.5 ppg) Guard JessicaFoley (10.5 ppg. 4.9 rpgl Forward Monique Currie (18.1 ppg, 7.4 rpgl Forward Mistie Williams (114 ppg, 8.0 rpgl Center Alison Bales (7.9 ppg, 6.8 rpgl

Guard Porsche Jones (12.2 ppg, 52 apgl Guard/Forward Liz Strunk (14.5 ppg, 6.4 rpgl Guard Cotelia Bond-Young (17.0 ppg, 3.9 apgl Forward Kella Evans (5.2 ppg, 4.6 rpgl Forward Erin Ferrell (tl.o ppg, 8.1 rpgl

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blowout by the game’s end. In consecutive outings, junior Jessica Foley has set a career high for points with 20 and 23, respectively. In those two games, Foley has shot 10-for-l7 from beyond the arc, tying a school record with seven threes against the Yellow Jackets. Currie and point guard Wanisha Smith have also delivered from the outside, combining to shoot 8for-14 for threes against Virginia and Georgia Tech.

Shaky perimeter defense has characterized recent Duke games. Wake Forest will look to emulate Georgia Tech’s Monday night start against the Blue Devils, when

the first half.

Because the Demon Deacons are capable of a similar early outburst, the Blue Devils must shore up their unfocused starts. Duke led Virginia by only four points at the half before defeating the Cavaliers by 22. Against Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils trailed at the break for only the second time all season, but outscored the Yellow Jackets by 29 in the second half to win by a deceiving score of 82-59.

“We have not started off the last two games particularly well in the first half,” Goestenkors said. “I think we understand that we’re not going to get away with that much longer.”

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Duke has crushed Wake over the past five years, winning all 10 regularseason games. The. top-ranked Blue Devils are on a 15-game winning streak, while Wake has not shown the capability to defeat a No. 1 team, Duke could be looking ahead to the UNC game on the 24th, but head coach Gail Goestenkors tends to keep her women fired up. Wake desperately needs an ACC win (1-2 in the ACC), so expect the Demon Deacons to come out fired up with nothing to lose.

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To hopefully avoid another lackluster performance on the Panhandle, head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s squad will be practicing in Miami for a few extra days rather than immediately heading north.

While the Seminoles should be thoroughly energized to try to knock off No. 4 Duke again, a Florida State victory Saturday would require a Blue Devil collapse rather than merely a let-down.

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DUKE IN GENEVA SUMMER 2005 “Globalization:

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Issues

in Management & Political Philosophy" will be offered next summer! Join co-directors Prof. Alex Rosenberg & Prof. Martha Reeves Thurs., Jan 20 at 5:30 p.m. in 226 Allen Bldg, to learn more about this extremely popular program. Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates. currently receiving financial Visit www.aas.duke edu/study_abroad for program details & on-line application, Questions? Call 684-2174, Office of Study Abroad, 2016 Dr., Campus abroad@aas.duke.edu. Deadline to submitall application material: Feb 11.

Study in Rome for 4-weeks & earn 1-cc. Need more info? Learn more about Roman civilization and the impact of other cultures upon it's development at an information meeting Mon., Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m., 234 Allen Bldg., led by program director Prof. Mary T. Boatwright.

Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates, currently receiving financial aid. For on-line visit applications

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Questions? Call 684-2174. All application material must be received by Feb. 11.

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New 4-wk program in Istanbul, directed by Prof. Guven Guzeldere, offeres PHIL 127-01. Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossroads of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The program will examine bases for belief in God, the possibility of an afterlife, the relation between faithand reason, and issues which concern justification for and content of religious belief Wed., Jan. 26,6 p.m. in 116 Old Chem is the last information meeting before deadline. Scholarships are available. For on-line applications, visit

“Birth of Reason in Ancient Greece ’1 hosts an information meeting Mon., Jan. 24, 4:30 p.m., 201 West Duke. Last meeting before deadline! Learn more about this popular 4-week, 1-cc philosophy program offering in-depth study tours throughout Greece. Finalize individual course projects sailing the Aegean during final program days. Scholarships are available.

For on-line applications, visit

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Questions? Call 684-2174, Office of Study Abroad, 2016 Campus Dr., abroad@aas.duke.edu. All application material is due Feb. 11.

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DUKE IN SPAIN SUMMER 2005 Meet program director Prof. Alberto Moreiras at an information meeting Thurs., Jan. 27, 5:30 p.m. in 318 Allen Bldg. This is your last opportunity before deadline to learn more about this exciting Spanish language & culture study program in Madrid. Financial aid and meritbased Mac Anderson scholarships are available. For on-line applications, visit

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Questions? Call 684-2174, Office of Study Abroad, 2016 Campus

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Learn more about this rare opportunity to study at one of England’s oldest and most venerable universities at an information meeting Fri., Jan 28, 4 p.m., 103 West Duke Bldg. Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates, currently receiving financial aid. For visit applications, on-line

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Questions? Call 684-2174. Office of Study Abroad, 2016 Campus Dr. All application material must be received by Feb. 11.

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SOUTH AFRICA SUMMER 2005 Want to help excavate a prehistoric site this summer? Attend the Paleoanthropology Field School's last information meeting before Feb. 11 deadline: Tues., Jan. 25, 5:30 p.m., 013 Bio Sci. During this 6-wk., 2-cc program, students contribute to on-going fieldwork being conducted in southern Africa. Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates, currently receiving financial aid. For on-line applications, visit

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Designed for drama majors & others who have an interest in theater, the program provides 2-cc. For onvisit applications line

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Roommate Wanted Male or female roommate to share a 2BR/2BA apartment @ Deerfield, next to Duke Forest. $415/mo +l/2 utilities.

5 min drive, 10 min bike to Duke, on #6 bus line. Must be ok with cat. Available now to May 15. Contact Alan 908-8928534 or arhlB@duke.edu.

DUKE IN VENICE SUMMER 2005 Torgovnick & learn more about this 2-cc, 6-week program & its unique island setting. Tues., Jan. 25, 5 p.m., 305 Allen Bldg, is the last information meeting before deadline. Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduates, currently receiving financial aid. For on-line visit applications, program www.aas.duke.edu/study_abroad.

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Duties include data entry and general clerical work. Flexible schedule 5-10 hours/week. Send resume and letter of interest to at Emily ballao2l@mc.duke.edu or call 6843975.

Science materials center is looking for students to work in a casual, fun atmosphere in RTP. Must have own transportation. 10-24 hrs/wk. Call 4834036.

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before the start of the frater- Potential recruits could be discournity rush process, the Interfra- aged from seeking a bid from Eta ternity Council and Panhellenic Prime or Delta Phi Alpha with the Association passed an amend- knowledge that IfC and Panhel regument to their constitutions stating ladons technically restrict their ability to socialize with other that they will not forStaffedltorial greek groups. mally recognize offTied to this issue is campus fraternities. the letter that, for the second year in The amendment, which was announced Jan. 10, also bars IFC and a row over winter break, the UniversiPanhel member chapters from mutty sent to families of first-year students regarding the rush process. ing with these fraternities.

The letter contains a section specifiThough IFC and Panhel are warranted in changing their constitucally addressing non-IFC groups. tions as they see fit, the amendment Though presented in the context of providing parents with necessary inonly reaffirms a policy that was aland formation about an involved social effect.

Both naready in campus tional leadership have discouraged process, the letter, much like the IFC and Panhel amendment, seems to be IFC fraternities and Panhel sororities from associating with off-campus another attempt to deter students fraternities, yet mixing between IFC from rushing on campus.

The letter is also inconsistent with and Panhel groups and off-campus fraternities Eta Prime and Delta Phi Duke’s policy of providing first-year Alpha still occurs. And despite the parents with information about their amendment, informal associadons children. Families only receive firstwill condnue. If the non-mixing polyear students’ midterm grades during icy was in place but regularly ignored the fall semester directly from the Uniand rarely enforced to begin with, versity. After that, students are not rehaving it written is unlikely to quired to share information with their change the relationships between patents, and the University does not the chapters and individual menrprovide parents with further updates bers of IFC and Panhel organiza- about a student’s progress. dons and the off-campus groups.

Though it contains a general mesMoreover, though IFC claims the sage and no individual student inforamendment will help with its risk mation. the University’s letter to parmanagement and strengthen the ents regarding rush does not fall in greek community, the dining of the line with its usual hands-off policy. constitutional change suggests it Students should be allowed to make dieir own decisions about where and cotdd be a scare tacdc meant to diminish recruitment for off-campus when to rush and wether or not to fraternities. Regardless of the amendtell their parents about their deciment’s content, which addresses gen- sion to do so. eral chapter policy and not recruitDespite IFC, Panhel and the adment, its announcement in die week ministration’s arguments otherwise, prior to the beginning of rush has the last week’s amendment and letter are potential to reduce die size of the off- botli methods of undermining the excampus fraternities’ pledge classes. istence of off-campus fraternities. ,

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Students share integrity responsibility Andrew Collins’ column on the “albatross” of a Community Standard saddens me. The Duke Community Standard is a statement of values by which we hope to live as a community. Would Collins prefer that we not have any honor code at Duke? Shall we be silent on the subject?

The students, faculty and administrators who proposed the Community Standard, and the faculty and student councils that approved it, were not so naive as to assume that all students act honorably. Nothing in the code forbids proctoring. But I have heard a Board of Trustees member volunteer that when he was an undergraduate at Duke, in a multi-hundred person chemistry course, no one cheated because they respected the professor. Those exams were not proctored. Have our current students lost all respect for their professors? For their peers?

For themselves?

Faculty employ many strategies for dissuading cheating, such as discussing their expectations for academic integrity, teaching the techniques for avoiding plagiarism and assigning successive drafts of papers. Howev-

er, it is not only the faculty's responsibility to ensure that the climate for academic integrity is robust; the students have a role to play, in-

cluding confronting peers known to cheat, which the obligation to report encourages.

For what it’s worth, the Honor Council and the AIC both are reviewing the obligation to report, which was part of the previous honor code as well (1993-2003). Whatever the result, students along with faculty and administrators have to make any honor code real.

Duke does not have the venerable tradition of honor of UVa and Washington and Lee because we are much younger, not because we don’t have the “timeless qualities of Jefferson and Lee.” We do not eschew tradition for dynamism, nor is dynamism incompatible with honesty —to the contrary, integrity' is an expectation for all our undertakings at Duke. On this point I, for one, am not ready to “fold ’em.”

Judith Ruderman Vice Provost for Academic and Administrative Services Chair, Academic Integrity Council

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In loco parentis

The

vilest creature in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens can’t chase you, fondle your breasts, or steal your bling and sling it for crack. As a matter of fact, it can’t so much as budge, unless the wind blows or the Lord drops a squirrel. Yet be not deceived; the Datura stratamonium remains one of the most potent, and dangerous, hallucinogens known to man. Commonly called jimson weed, this plant grows in most states and ingesting a few of its seeds is enough to evoke delirium, fantastic visions and psychosis. On an Internet psychoactive drug forum, Eroroid, descriptions of experiences with it bear names like, “A Dark and Hopeless Hell,” “”Eating Bugs While my Friends Convulsed,” and “A Tale of Nudity, Arrest, and Insanity.”

Yet I never realized that Datura stratamoniumabuse was a major problem here until I read a press release from the Dean of the Chapel and Director ofReligious Life posted on the Duke website, “On God and Tsunamis.” As the first words slammed into matt my visual cortex, boom, I knew it; the posting had all the marks of a Datura trip, I mean the dude was just so wasted.

His trip starts slowly, with musings about the mysterious nature of human suffering, citing Professor Reynolds Price who describes it thus, “the scalding encounter with the greatest mysteries—unearned suffering, the apparent punishment of the unquestionably guildess.” Naturally we all are scalded by unearned human suffering like pudgy russet potatoes, unless of course we are one of the religious conservatives who endorsed Bush’s gratuitous, orgiastic, skull-exploding 100,000-soul bukkake blood-fiesta in Iraq. Saddam was a brutal dictator, but we ignore brutality where it pleases us: Darfur, Rwanda, along with the 3 kids who die every day around the world from treatable diseases. We certainly don’t spend five billion every month trying to fix those problems, perhaps because they aren’t quite so sexed up with black Au. Even though suffering sickens us, it isn’t something someone as clever as Richard H. Brodhead should “struggle to make sense of,” particularly when that suffering is caused by plate slippage, wave propagation in an aqueous medi-

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um, costal settlements, aerobic respiration and not by man. Awful, yes. A mystery? No. But the tripping Chapel Dean doesn’t stop. By the end he is a real flat-out psycho, his heart pounding, arteries ululating like yak drums, delirious, the demons all around, claiming that God intervenes in human affairs, wants to give vibrant life to all but refuses to stop suffering and dying: “Christianity claims that God does not stay aloof in the heavens, distant from human life, throwing cars into one another on highways, crashing planes into buildings, infecting some with cancer cells, or unleashing the fury of the sea on thousands upon thousands of unaware beach-goers. God’s will and purpose is to give life, flourishing loving life, to all of his children.” But then, several sentences later, he writes: “God was in the depths of the churning water, clutching his children as they drown.” Does God reisi &

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ally want to give flourishing life to his children? Why drown them like kittens, then, gillum sir? And who are you to speak for the Big Fella’s whereabouts? veritas The Chapel Dean may not actually be high on jimson weed, but I sure can’t tell the difference. His abdication of reason could hardly be

more complete.'

Tliis farce, in addition to being a diarrheal waste of your tuition dollars, provides a sad example ofhow absurd religion has become in modern times. In the ages of ignorance, it was a powerful way of explaining and coping with phenomena. No longer. Science has solved the riddle of human existence and tsunamis and, in the centuries to come, will be the force to deliver us from evil. Reality may not be pretty yet, but it still beats the hallucinogenic theological fantasies that purport to explain it. Figuring out how to prevent disease, deadi and natural disasters are the best ways to respond to the world in which we find ourselves. Superstition has no place in these projects and ultimately must—and shall—be vanquished.

Matt Gillum is a Trinity senior. His column Wednesdays.

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There’s a job to be done... somewhere else

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the choice, would you rather “setde for a tradimuch-needed work abroad. These firms are not turncoats; tional work experience out of college” or ‘join Infosthey are simply concerned about turnover, especially in a ys’ inaugural class of U.S.-educated hires in India?” business environment that demands penny-pinching executives. But the Democrats ignored this and, at one point, even An ad proposing that decision in a fall issue ofThe Chronicle was the latest in a long line of career choices increasingsuggested that companies be taxed for outsourcing labor.

Such rhetoric is foolish. That's not the new reality. Not ly impacted by the globalized economy. The advertiser was the Indian company Infosys, a leading firm that finds Indian only will outsourcing continue, but trying to legislate it employees willing to do American jobs—only the Indians away will throw a wrench into an already weak economy. To work faster and for a fraction of the cost But why advertise stay competitive, we need to look home. As a nation, we in a Duke publication? Simple: A new trend among foreign must return to our bedrock: the raw power of ingenuity. outsourcing firms is having American bosses to bridge the Our strength is not that we build things well—which we cultural divide. do—but that we constantly crave to build To champions of outsourcing, this is them better, stronger and faster than our great news: Infosys takes jobs away, Infosys competitors. makes money, Infosys gives quality jobs A Duke example: the new CIEMAS reback. Unfortunately, it’s usually not that simsearch complex opened with the promise of innovation and intellectual expansion. ple. Infosys aside, the majority of outsourcCIEMAS gives young Duke engineers away ing firms are still riding the wave of cheap, educated labor available in their home to compete against their foreign countercountries without necessarily creating new by providing space for pioneering, parts som jimmy ones in America. American companies that next-generation research. We must hunger matter of fact are shifting their workforce abroad do so to to build the next big thing, not cling to the improve their bottom line, so most analysts jobs of the past Someone will have to design see no end in sight to the outsourcing boom. the energy sources of the future. Someone will have to power the software of corporate America. Someone will have to creIn times of change, the average Duke engineer’s response is still, “I’m smart, I go to Duke. I’ll have no problem ate the next Google, iPod or dancing baby. Duke—and finding work. Besides, they’re only outsourcing phone America—can do it. banks....” That may be true... in the short-term. But as outDuke has keyed into this with the design of CIEMAS, the sourcing picks up speed, telephones won’t be the only thing forthcoming French Science Center and a renewed zest for being moved abroad. Even now, reports suggest that larger undergraduate research. More than ever, students’ futures processes —the kinds that Duke graduates would be a part will depend on new experimentation, not regurgitation of of—are being moved across the Pacific. Future employees of the past. Those students who do research are offered a Goldman Sachs, H&R Block, Pfizer and Microsoft, I’m talkglimpse into the power of a new idea; and those that don’t ing to you. As infrastructure is slowly built in these newer, will see that lack of originality cripple them in the 21st cencheaper markets, paying the salary of a Duke graduate just tury economy. doesn’t make sense anymore.

So what will happen to the slackers among us? What will So what do we do? Let’s certainly not turn to our politibecome of our hard-earned Duke degrees? Word on the cians. During Campaign 2004, Republicans brushed the street is that Infosys is looking for folks. Ifyou can't beat ’em, issue aside, kowtowing to the wishes of their big business why not join ’em? donors. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats prostituted outsourcing and shamelessly baited the voting public by Jimmy Soni is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears every branding certain companies “Benedict Arnolds” for shipping other Wednesday.

grades

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a TA, undergraduates often ask me how a simple letter grade is supposed to summarize their understanding of a whole field of scholarship. Just kidding! They usually ask “How did I get a B? I’ve never had a B before in my life!” Then they cry. This is why TAs keep tissues handy—we lear n this in our “training” as teachers.

Your professors and TAs probably tell you things like come to class, ask questions, revise your notes the same day, lay off the crossword during lecture, brush your teeth in a circular motion, blah blah blah. But what do they know? They’re just the man, trying to keep you down. The important points are all gained in the regrade.

Sometimes there’s an emergency and you need to email your paper late; say, you “kept throwing up and had to go to the emergency room,” or your “grandfather” suddenly dies (it’s always the grandfather, for some reason). Remember, TAs can check the date created and see whether you’d actually started it before the untimely death.

Learn how to set the clock on your computer back a few days.

Request a regrade for everything. Protest that you “covered all the points listed in the answer key” mike dickison (you don’t even need to

a modest proposal

use this one). Quote selectively from your answer and add some helpful explanations to show what you meant all along. Bad words to use in regrade requests (and anywhere else) are “obviously,” “basically,” “of course,” and “We all know...”. TAs mentally translate them as “I’m clueless and bluffmg.” Avoid.

But say the worst happens and you grade is still a B. Well, life’s effectively over now, isn’t it? You’ll never get into Harvard Med. No naches for your parents. How did you even get into Duke, anyway? Repeat these phrases over and over; it will help when you go to the TA and cry.

Yes, if you have the acting skill, regrade requests should be made in person. An air of humble, wounded optimism works best. Furrow your brow and nod a lot. Try not to ooze aggrieved privilege. I know this is hard, especially if you have a stock portfolio and your loser TA lives close to the poverty line. But being deferential is not just polite, it’s good practice for dealing with other overly-powerful mediocrities in later life, such as auto mechanics and police officers.

Between tears, claim your “friend” got a better grade for the same answer. In a course with multiple TAs, consistency in grading is a sore point, and they may bump you up out of guilt. Snarky TAs may point out it’s as likely that your friend got too much credit as you too little. If you have a snarky TA, consider switching sections.

Try claiming, over and over, “I don’t care about the grade—l’m just trying to understand what I did wrong.”

It’s a lie, of course, and your TAs know it, and you know they know it, but if you keep saying it they’ll eventually dole out a few points to get rid of you. Success!

Finally, count your blessings. A former student of mine who shall remain nameless once wrote me, “I received a 6 out of 10, a grade I would think justifiable for someone who did not understand the assignment or gave entirely incorrect answers.” My immediate response of course was “why, yes—in Dreamland.” The real world, just to remind you, rewards folk who give “entirely incorrect answers” with a grade of zero. But Duke is more forgiving.

Here’s how it works: you get zero points if you didn’t actually do the assignment. I know, it’s unfair, with your astronomical tuition. Double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and your name: 1 pt. Two points for getting your TA’s name correct, or your professor’s, or the course number (three for all three). Four for wridng out the question, and five for rephrasing it as a statement. Add some random words and phrases from your notes, and there’s your six out of 10! So my anonymous student (Hi, Jessica!) was right after all.

See? It’s not so hard, as long as you come to class and revise early. Just kidding! Enjoy that crossword. to

Mike Dickison is a graduate student in zoology. His column

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