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How do you fix a $ 1.4-million deficit?

When George McLendon took over as dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences in July 2004, he started making raiscuts analysis ing money. His was budget about half a percentage point—sl.4 million—in the red.

Rising financial aid expenses and facilities charges for the many new buildings on campus, however, have hindered efforts to balance the budget.

McLendon said that without an increase in the school’s resources, the deficit will exceed $6 million for the year 2007-2008.

Facing such financial challenges right away “wouldn’t have been my preference,” McLendon said. “It is not a situation that I will leave my successor,” he noted.

Climbing costs One important area of expenditure involves new buildings and facilities. In conjunction with Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, McLendon is looking for innovative ways to restrain building costs, an area in which he says there remain many opportunities for savings.

Another major contributor to the deficit is the increasing cost of supporting undergraduate financial aid. Arts and Sciences contributed $58.6 million of its budget to student aid in 2003-2004, nearly as much as it allotted for faculty salary spending. This year, the school has budgeted $55 milSEE BUDGET ON PAGE 6

Funds raised in the Financial Aid Initiative will help eliminate the Arts and Sciences budget deficit.

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Students returning from abroad have had mixed reactions to their housing situations.

A few juniors said they had to go to extreme lengths to abide

by Residence Life and Housing Services regulations.

Because of a shortage of oncampus housing in the past two years, RLHS introduced a lottery system in 2003 that waives the requirement of living on

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campus for six semesters and allows juniors to live off campus during the spring semester, when many return from abroad.

This year 113 students were given the opportunity to live off campus, a number down from 220 last year.

But many juniors, before they went abroad, thought more than 113 would be let off and made plans accordingly, including renting apartments.

RLHS released housing in-

formation for returning students in November 2005.

Some returning juniors suddenly found they had two apartments. Students reported that they had to alter rooming plans, switch roommates, get released from off-campus leases or sublet apartments to others to accommodate their new housing situations.

These complications were SEE HOUSING ON PAGE 5

Two students were robbed at gunpoint while walking back to East Campus from Ninth Street late Tuesday night, Durham Police Department officials confirmed.

The incident, which occurred at about 11:45 p.m., took place a block off East Campus on Perry Street near Cosmic Cantina. The 18-year-old freshmen, a man and a woman, were not injured.

“We were walking back, and we noticed some shady characters, so we went to the other side of the street,” said the male student, who wished to remain unidentified.

“We kept walking, and the next thing you know a large black male comes up to us and asks, ‘Hey kids what time is it?’”

The student said the man then pulled out a gun and demanded their possessions.

“It was, like, a large, black, .50 caliber-type gun, and he points [it] at me and he says, ‘Give me what you got,’ or whatever, and I gave him my wallet, and he said, ‘What else you got?’” the student added.

He added that he and his friend were then both patted down and had their pockets searched by SEE ROBBERY ON PAGE 8

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Whether through the residential quadrangle which bears her name or the numerous other markers of her tenure, former President Nan Keohane left an enduring impact on the University that will not soon be forgotten.

Willing readers will soon have the opportunity to peer into the mind of the University’s eighth—and first female—president who stepped down in 2004.

Scheduled for publication in May, Keohane’s new book, Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University, is a compilation of essays and speeches she wrote and presented over a 20-year period, including the years of her presidency.

“When you read this book you hear a very distinctive voice,” said President Richard Brodhead, Keohane’s successor. “And President Keohane’s many admirers will be glad

have this record ol In an e-mail, Ke» stead of focusing on a personal perspecti more on “themes strategic collaborati similar nature do.

In addition to th written material, Ke< posed an introduci dally for the book, “i some of my time on cal last year to wri more extensive ‘intr tion’ than I had origi ly intended, offerii some reflections o the themes of th' book that might help readers,” she said. to

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Bush cautions against threat President George W. Bush, defending the government's secret surveillance program, said Wednesday that Americans should take Osama bin Laden seriously when he says he's going to attack again. It was Bush's first comment about bin Laden since a tape was aired last week.

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WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday disputed reports suggesting the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting “the force is not broken.”

“This armed force is enormously capable,” Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. “In addition, it’s battle hardened. It’s not a peacetime force that has been in barracks or garrisons.”

Rumsfeld spoke a day after The Associated Press reported that an unreleased study conducted for the Pentagon said the Army is

being overextended, thanks to the two wars, and may not be able to retain and recruit enough troops to defeat the insurgency.

Congressional Democrats released a report Wednesday that also concluded the U.S. military is under severe stress..

Reports suggesting the U.S. military is close to the breaking point “is just not consistent with the facts,” he said.

In an apparent shot at former President Bill Clinton’s Democratic administration, Rumsfeld said a number of components of the armed forces were underfunded during the 19905, “and there were hollow pieces to it. Today, that’s just not the case.”

He said there were more than 1.4 mil-

lion active U.S. troops, and some 2 million of which only 138,000 people were in Iraq.

“Do we still need more rebalancing?

You bet,” Rumsfeld said.

The secretary suggested he was not familiar with reports suggesting an overburdened military. But, he said, “It’s clear that those comments do not reflect the current situation. They are either out of date or just misdirected.”

Former Secretary ofState Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, both members of the Clinton administration, were credited among the authors of the study that congressional Democrats released.

Pope addresses Church duty Pope Benedict XVI said in his first encyclical Wednesday that the Roman Catholic Church has a duty through its charitable work to influence political leaders to ease suffering and promote justice. The document, "God is Love," also warns against sex without unconditional love.

Sago Mine inquiry delayed Plans to begin gathering evidence inside the Sago Mine fell apart Wednesday when International Coal Group Inc. refused to let members of the United Mine Workers accompany state and federal investigators underground.

Hamas gaining in Palestinian vote by

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RAMALLAH, West Bank Hamas, acronym of Islamic Resistance Movement, fared better than expected in Palestinian elections Wednesday, exit polls showed, raising the prospect that the ruling Fatah Party might be forced to form a coalition with the Islamic militant group that calls for Israel’s destruction. The outcome could put Mideast peacekeeping at risk.

Fatah had said before the first parliamentary contest in a decade that it would rather team with small parties than join forces with Hamas, which has carried out

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But with the militants making a strong showing in their first legislative run, Fatah would need the backing of an array of smaller parties to cobble together a government. Because some of the smaller parties have ties with Hamas, Fatah might not be able to court enough of them to form a coalition firm enough to survive the Palestinians’ domestic challenges—and face Israel again at the negotiating table.

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A second survey showed Fatah beating Hamas 42 percent to 35 percent, or 58 seats to 53. Official results are due Thursday.

“Neither Fatah or Hamas can form die Cabinet on its own, so they need to get into a coalition with other factions or with each other,” said pollster Khalil Shikaki, who carried out the second survey.

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The new Ocean Science Teaching Center at the Duke MarineLab was designed by architect Frank Harmon.

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If Captain Planet and the Jetsons came together to design a building, it would look like the plans for the Ocean Science Teaching Center at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort.

Scheduled for completion by June 30 of this year, the Center combines what Duke University Marine Lab Director Mike Orbach called “cutting-edge environmental technology with a real sense of aesthetics and comfort.”

The $2-million-plus, 5,000-square-foot building, which will fill a need for more teaching facilities, has been in the planning stages since the early 19905.

The three main spaces of the Center—a 48-person lecture hall with cutting-edge teleconferencing technology, a high-tech teaching lab and a large, glassenclosed commons area looking out over the Beaufort Channel—will focus on stu-

dent needs as opposed to the needs of

professional researchers.

“The Marine Lab never really had proper lecture facilities because it was built as a laboratory for research,” Orbach said.

“However, this building is clearly for the students. It’s in the name, the Ocean Science Teaching Center.”

In order to combine functionality with “green,” or environment-friendly, technology, Duke teamed up with Raleigh architect Frank Harmon.

The architect’s designs emphasize cross-ventilation and solar electricity, but the Center will boast a new level of envi-

ronment-friendly technology.

“This building will serve as a role model for the rest of North Carolina,” Harmon said.

Construction on the Center was delayed when students came to Orbach with SEE BEAUFORT ON PAGE 8

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Come next week, a few new senators will have a say on the Duke Student Government Senate floor.

Five new at-large senators were elected at DSG’s meeting Wednesday.

Franca Alphin, Student Healdi’s director of health promotion, capped off the night widi her special presentation on ARAMARK, Inc.—whose service has been a contentious issue on campus of late.

Junior Chauncey Nartey, junior Remington Kendall, freshman Kendall Dabaghi, junior Maggie McGannon and sophomore Joy Basu were voted into the DSG ranks.

The senators will replace five DSG members who stepped down for a number of reasons. Fifteen candidates presented their backgrounds and outlooks to the Senate Wednesday.

Executive Vice President Brandon Goodwin, a senior, said more spots were open than in previous years.

He pointed to a more strictly enforced attendance policy as a reason.

Goodwin said the new senators, who will attend weekly meetings of the DSG legislative body and serve on one of four committees, will bring a wide array of backgrounds and experiences to the group.

“We have a lot in store for the next few weeks,” said Goodwin. “We have to take these five ambitious senators and make sure they know how DSG works and make sure there’s no lag time.”

Alphin presented her health-based perspective on ARAMARK, which operates a number ofon-campus dining facilities. The Philadelphia-based food provider’s contract will expire this year.

Although the company has been willing to listen to her ideas on nutritious dining, Alphin said it has been “very inconsistent with sustaining these changes.”

She said whole-wheat bread and whole-wheat grain were a particular

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challenge for the food provider. Alphin also said the company lacks creativity and does not adequately address the needs of vegans and vegetarians on campus.

“I feel that ARAMARK has gotten its fair shot,” Alphin said.

The confidence-no confidence vote is one of die many topics in store for DSG in the coming weeks. Important technological and “large-scale” projects are also on die horizon for DSG. “It was really the perfect way for us to incorporate student health from a dining perspective, which is where we’re going,” Goodwin said.

In other business: Students for Academic Freedom received $2,708 to fund a speech by conservative polidcal commentator David Horowitz.

Delta Sigma Theta received $1,625 for its Rhapsody in Red Ball.

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'Zen master' promotes enlightened lifestyle

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Many college students go through the typical phase where they dream of dropping all of their constricting obligations

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Raleigh author Augie Turak became a "Zen master" after becoming "enlightened" as a teenager.

and getting to know their true inner selves.

Augie Turak lived that dream.

After his self-described“mid-life crisis at age 18,” Turak, a Raleigh author, faced his inner demons of “denial, fear and rationalizations” on a quest for self-knowledge.

During the 90-minute speech “Five Years with a Zen Master” Wednesday, Turak discussed topics ranging from Platonic philosophy to the parenting abili-

ties of Adolf Hitler’s mother.

The talk mostly chronicled Turak’s years under the tutelage ofWest Virginian farmer Richard Rose, who doubled as a Zen master in his spare time. “The way to the truth is a backwards approach, moving away from what is manifestly absurd,” Turak said, explaining that most people are too caught up in everyday life to enjoy the short time they have. “I was justthinldng about things, I wasn’t penetrating into them.”

Rose unraveled Turak’s shallow aspirations to be a politician, exposing the teen’s SEE ZEN ON PAGE 7

Prof explains importance of U.S.-Canada relations Denis Duple THE CHRONICLE

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Canada is the United States’ main trading partner and the destination for many U.S. researchers and tourists, but most Americans’ knowledge of the northern country is nonetheless limited.

Those who attended Professor of History John Thompson’s lecture Wednesday learned that things are different over the border.

“Canadians think about the United States all the time,” said Thompson, who is also the director ofCanadian studies.

Part of the “What They Think of US: The United States in the Eyes of the World” series, Thompson’s lecture offered an insight into how the United States’

northern neighbor sees the cultural and political giant to its south—and why it should matter to Americans.

Anti-Americanism is not new to Canada, Thompson said, although the sentiment has grown in recent years. “Canadians are the world’s first anti-Americans,” he said.

A Canadian himself, Thompson strove to provide a view beyond that found in the American media by focusing on how Canadian news sources depict the United States in editorial cartoons.

Every U.S. president since James Buchanan has been parodied in the Canadian press, including Abraham Lincoln, Thompson said. Roughly one in five editorial cartoons in Canada feature the United States.

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The professor traced a number of historical and continuing themes on how Canadians imagine the United States and its people. These included a persistent belief that the United States aspires to annex Canada politically and that Americans are hypocritical, corrupt and violent.

Although American popular culture dominates its Canadian counterpart, Thompson said Canadians continue to define themselves by their differences from the United States—be it in cleaner cities, better healthcare or a more accepting society.

A fear of America’s cultural hegemony spreading further at the expense of Canada’s unique identity puts pressure on SEE CANADA ON PAGE 7

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Professor John Thompson discussed the various ties between the United States and Canada Wednesday.

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HOUSING from page 1

Several apartment complexes have been very cooperative with the students and released them from their leases for a small administrative fee, Konopke said. amplified for the students because many were studying Not all returning juniors faced hardships in the housabroad at different locations and communication was ing process. difficult.

Junior Frank Coleman, who returned from England, Some, like junior Alex Cornell, believed they were nofound the off-campus lottery process quite simple. tified too late to make last-minute accommodations.

“I sent in an electronic request and waited and was no“The most important thing for my roommate and I was tified prompdy,” he said. to be together,” Cornell said, adding that he did not apply Coleman was lucky enough to win the lottery. He is curto live off campus to increase his chances to live with his rendy living off campus in The Belmont Apartments. “I roommate. “We didn’t know what was going on for a long was immensely pleased when I was notified,” he said. time, then they informed us we couldn’t live together.”

Coleman found the apartment before hearing back Cornell, who returned from New Zealand, made many from RLHS regarding his lottery status. “I didn’t sign anyphone calls and was allowed to live with his his roommate thing binding,” he said. “I made sure I wouldn’t be losing of choice. “It was a kind of thousands of dollars.” scary process,” he said.

Next year, part of the housing Cornell is currently living in process for students returning Edens Quadrangle. ‘We were “I didn’t sign anything from abroad may be more autoquite unhappy because we had and accessible online, but binding. I made sure I wouldn’t mated put everything else above the overall process will remain Edens,” he said. ‘We’re living be losing thousands of dollars.” the same, Konopke said. with ffats but we’re not in them, She said many factors will afFrank Coleman fect the housing so it’s a little weird. But now situation. “One that we are here, we like it.” factor that we will watch closely Marijean Konopke, direcis the Class of 2009 as they are tor of housing assignments the largest class currently on and communications for RLHS, said notifications are sent campus” Konopke said. “The size of this class and the out to students as soon as possible. study away choices they make will impact housing for She said RLHS has repeatedly warned students against the next two years.” signing a lease off campus before they find out their lotReturning students moved in Jan. 9, giving them the tery status.”We initially communicated with students in same time frame for settling in as students had in previous the spring of 2005 indicating to them that they should not years, Konopke said.

Some students felt rushed during move-in. “We only had sign leases for off campus... until they were informed of their status,” she said. “We also sent monthly e-mails to stuanother day to settle down,” Cornell said. “But since no one dents with this information.” was around when we were moving in, it worked out fine.”

RLHS officials said they cannot change anything for RLHS is looking into the possibility of changing the students with two leases. earliest move-in day to the Sunday before classes start, al“This happens every year,” said Eddie Hull, executive lowing students one extra day to setde in, Hull said. director of housing services and dean of residence life.

“This will help families who wish to drive students to “Students are given bad advice and make assumptions.” school on a weekend,” he added.

“For whatever reasons, students find a lease in abChanging move-in dates affects a few different parts of sence of authorization to do so and find themselves in the University, Konopke said. “Deciding move-in dates imdifficult situations,” he continued. “Their first obligapacts not only RLHS, but also Dining Services, DUPD and tion is to the University.”

Duke Security, to name a few offices,” she added.

DSG sets up ARAMARK dining survey for students Duke Student Government officials have created an online survey concerning the future of ARAMARK, Duke’s dining contractor for the Great Hall, the Marketplace, Trinity Cafe, Subway and Chick-fil-A. The survey closes Feb. 1. Go to: http://survey.oit.duke.edu/

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DUHS chancellor emeritus finds new position Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor emeritus of Duke University Health System, hasjoined as a venture partner with New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm based in California, focused on building new companies that use technology to improve quality of life.

“Ralph is an exceptional and accomplished physician whose contributions have been instrumental to the transformation of our nation’s academic health system,” said Mike Raab, NEA Partner. “Ralph has a keen understanding of biotechnology and its ability to improve healthcare.

His experiences range from basic biomedical research through the challenges of drug development to healthcare delivery, making him an ideal Venture Partner.”

Snyderman will work closely with entrepreneurs while evaluating companies of considerable potential.

Duke student awarded top prize for “Mood Phone” John Finan, a biomedical engineering graduate student, received first place in a contest that challenged students to come up with new applications for its communication devices.

Finan’s “Mood Phone” enables users to sense other people’s moods through their voice. Finan introduced the Mood Phone as away to improve social interactions, particularly for those with Asberger’s Syndrome, a mild form ofautism. The Mood Phone picks up on changes in conversational tone and uses mood-interpreting algorithms to translate those tones into color-coded messages that “glow” in the caller’s peripheral vision.

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BUDGET from page 1 lion for undergraduate financial aid alone.

Despite these rising costs, University officials said Duke remains committed to meeting students’ demonstrated need. Although aid officers take personal circumstances into account, the main calculations follow a formula used by about 30 other selective colleges, said James Belvin, director of financial aid.

“We absolutely do not reduce the amount we need to meet [students’ demonstrated] need with, in order to come under some budget cap,” Belvin said. “That’s not to say that I am not anxious, where I can, to keep the costs of the financial aid program in line with our ability to meet need.”

He explained that he does not feel pressure to decrease his funding requests but is cautious about authorizing new initiatives that might increase expenses.

Belvin’s caution, however, is not enough to keep the costs of aid from continuing to increase. Indeed, rising aid expenses at Duke are part of a nationwide trend that presents challenges for many universities.

ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE Unlike institutions with larger endowMcLendon, Sciences, deanof the ofArts and has been reduce the A&S budget deficit. faculty working to George ments that can provide more help with payaid, for 80 of the at percent ing funding sistant professor and also have a pending “It was understood that this played Duke comes direcdy out ofoperating funds. such an important role for so many of Aid costs are still going up, and a large poroffer extended to another potential retion of that money still comes from the cruit, said David Wong, professor of philosour students that we worked with our strained Arts and Sciences budget. ophy and chair of the department. provost to make this part of a strategic plan,” McLendon said.

“I don’t think that the budget has adAnother example of cost-cutting cuts affected the Necessary versely department yet,” While financial aid remains insulated, Wong said. “If we can make a case for a McLendon mentioned is the decision to however, the rest of the Arts and Sciences position that would not only strengthen stop funding University-wide support for the computer operating system Linux, inthe department but also have positive efbudget is under close scrutiny. fects for the University as a whole, we stead sharing the expense with other deMcLendon described his cuts as comhave a pretty good chance of getting ading from across the board, with small repartments. Around eight or nine months ductions in many less noticeable areas ditional resources.” ago, Arts and Sciences transferred reIn the economics department, hiring sponsibility to the Office of Information adding up to more substantial savings. is actually increasing. Seven faculty Technology, explained Chris Geddings, A high-profile tactic to balance the budget is a planned reduction in faculty numan OIT analyst and leading member of searches —an unusually high number Linux@Duke, a network of faculty and bers. In his first address to the Arts and Sciare currently under way. ences Council after taking office, “We’ve been below our target in terms staffLinux users. He noted that Arts and McLendon told professors that the faculty of faculty size,” said Thomas Nechyba, Sciences’ monetary contributions had had grown to an unsustainable size. While professor of economics and chair of the probably never been very large, since the there are no plans to fire professors, not all department. “The administration thought school has only recently supplemented those who retire or leave will be replaced. that... this was just the right time to do it.” users’ voluntary efforts with machinery So far, few departments are feeling the To accelerate these hires, which anticiand employee time.

McLendon said such hidden squeeze. Although the philosophy departpate several upcoming retirements in the department, Arts and Sciences had to seek changes—’’things that don’t affect our ment has recentiy lost a professor to retirement, they have been able to hire a new asspecial funding from Provost Peter Lange. ability to really teach our students”—are —

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Administrators hope the three-year FAI will raise $3OO million in aid. Donors have already given or pledged about half that amount.

The new endowment will mean that less of the funding for student aid will need to come from the University's operating budget. Since a lot ofthat money currently comes from Arts and Sciences' resources, such a change will be particularly important to the College's bottom line."Financial aid is largely being supported right now from general revenues," said George McLendon, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences.

Even a fraction of the money Arts and Sciences spends on aid—nearly $6O million in 2003-2004—would make a big difference.

Those are big numbers in comparison with the Arts and Sciences budget deficit, which is still in the lower seven figures. A successful fundraising campaign should significantly decrease McLendon's financial challenges.

—Meg Bourdillon the kind of cuts he wants

Funding the future Keeping budget cuts to a minimum will inevitably require more money. One aim is

to increase the number of endowed chairs, which would make new resources available for faculty expenses without eating into the rest of the Arts and Sciences budget.

Relying on such funding sources, will not hamper hiring flexibility, McLendon said. “They don’t tend to be highly restricted by field,” he explained.

Other recent fundraising efforts, such as the Financial Aid Initiative, should help to free general revenues from ever-expanding aid costs.

With the help of such new resources, McLendon said he hopes to prevent future recurrences of the sort of dilemmas thatArts and Sciences currentiy faces.

He said that at the conclusion of the five-year financial plan currently under development, the budget should be back in the black.

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desire to help people as veiled narcissism.

“All the while, I was screaming in my head, ‘He’s right How does he know?’” Turak recalled.

Rose prodded Turak to work hard for enlightenment, often berating him with profanity-laced tirades. “This is not the way Zen masters were supposed to act or behave,” Turak recalled thinking.

One extended metaphor Turak employed was the idea that he had been dropped off by a spaceship for a very important mission, only he had no way ofknowing what exactly he was supposed to do. As he searched for the answer, he realized the value of the journey itself. “Commitment is everything. The biggest enemy to the spiritual path is forgetfulness,” he explained.

Eventually, Turak had a moment of epiphany, one that he compared to premenstrual syndrome in the sense that it was “an energy that came up inside of me.”

“I could see my thoughts running by me like it was a movie screen.... I reached the peak of the experience and then there was something there—an unbelievable presence,” he said.

From then on, Turak had difficulty living around the unenlightened. Even shoppers in a supermarket seemed full of “unhappiness, anguish and confusion.”

All he wanted to do with the rest of his life was live on a farm. After a summer, however, he re-entered the world and enjoyed a successful career in telecommunications and software development.

Student reaction to the lecture was mixed. Sophomore Reid Cater lamented the speech’s length and the fact that it concentrated so heavily on Turak’s personal life. “It just wasn’t as interesting as I expected,” he said.

Junior Brian Kindle, president of the Self-Knowledge Symposium—which sponsored the event as part of its “Mystery Men” lecture series—said the story needed to be told.

“It’s something that you rarely hear about—an experience that so few people have had,” he said.

CANADA from page 4 Canadian politicians not to become too close to Washington, Thompson noted. Although a Conservative government was just elected to power in Ottawa, Thompson argued that this will not necessarily smooth out political cooperation between the two countries. “The Conservative Party would be too left-wing for Hilary Clinton,” Thompson said.

Thompson’s final point focused on the reasons that Americans should be increasingly concerned by the recent growth of anti-Americanism. With an unstable Middle East, Canada has great potential as an energy source for the United States, Thompson noted. Extracting oil from the abundant tar sands in Alberta is now economically viable, placing Canada among the world’s most oil-rich nations.

Although the United States needs Canadian energy more than ever, Thompson cautioned that the Canadians now have more buyers outside the United States, including China. If trade conflicts between the countries continue, meeting America’s energy demands may be less desirable.

Thompson also argued that understanding why Canadians may not always love the United States can help Americans understand why people around the world have an ambivalent attitude toward them. “[Thompson] recognized what Canadians thought about the United States iri'a balanced way,” freshman Frank Holleman noted in reference to the speech’s objectivity.

Although many Americans may be uninterested in Canada, some audience members, like Canadian consulate officer Mark Edwards, said the University is doing a good job acknowledging the issues of the northern neighbor.

“Duke has a great history in teaching Canadian studies and building awareness of Canadian issues,” Edwards said.

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and mental orientation as a political philosopher,” Keohane said. “As a political scientist, I give a good deal of attention to leadership and to how organizations work, The idea of compiling Keohane’s essays and speeches and this pervades the speeches and essays and sets the was first broached by a close colleague of hers at Duke, book apart from ones written from a different backJohn Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and ground and perspective.” government relations.

Keohane said she believes Burness acknowledged that several audiences will find particular interest in the subjects of although he was one of the “I look forward to seeing [the first people to recommend the her book. Most notable among idea, a considerable number book] in print soon!” these groups are people interof others pushed for the ested in higher education and Nan Keohane book’s publication. academic leadership, as well as “President Keohane was University alumni who would well-known as one of the most appreciate the “Duke-specific thoughtful and articulate people around,” Burness references and the implicit account” of her presidency. said. “I was not alone in this.”

“If I had to choose [my favorite part], I’d probably The book’s supporters have saidKeohane’s leadership choose two, which were designed deliberately as a pair: qualities—as well as the challenges she faced while at my inaugural speech in October 1993 and my Founder’s Duke —allow for unique opinions pertinent to the higher Day address more than a decade later—the opening and education community. “The distinctive quality of the closing pages of my presidency, so to speak,” Keohane book, I think, comes from my disciplinary background said. “I look forward to seeing [the book] in print soon!” from page 1

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BEAUFORT from page 3 their own ideas for the building, prompting a collaborative redesign effort to make the center “green.”

The Center boasts a geothermal heating and cooling system that uses the natural heat of the earth to regulate the building’s temperature.

It also boasts cisterns to collect rainwater for landscaping and toilets and recycled and local materials for construction.

A man-made dune outside the facility will direct wind over the building rather than at it.

The Center is also positioned in such away that it is able to harness the maximum amount of sunlight to convert into energy, allowing students to avoid the use of unnecessary electricity.

The environment-friendly aspects of the Center are inspired in part by the fact that it is part of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences “We know we have to walk the walk and talk the talk,” saidLia Protopapadakis, a master’s student at the Marine

Lab who is involved in designing the Center.

Protopapadakis said she hopes the video-conference capabilities of the Center will increase communication between Duke’s main campus and Beaufort.

Interesting speakers often come to Duke’s main campus, but Protopapadakis said she and other Beaufort students frequently are unable to make the threehour drive to see them.

“Video conferencing would be able to change all that,” Protopapadakis said.

Similar technology will allow interested students to view the construction progress in real time on Harmon’s website, www.frankharmon.com.

“This project is for an educational institution, and the project itself is educational,” Harmon said. “We thought a website was a good way to make it available for students to learn from. This building teaches a very

important message.”

Orbach agreed.

“It’s so important. We’ve got

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ROBBERYf,om page 1 a second black man. After taking the female student’s purse, the suspects left. The male studentsaid he had about $BO in cash, debit cards and his DukeCard in his wallet.

The students walked to Bell Tower Dormitory and called 911 from there.

The male student said it took DPD an hour to respond to the call. He said the officers requested for the students to meet them off campus.

“Officers reported to a Duke campus call for armed robbery victims... at 1:43 in the morning,” said Lt. Leroy Williams of DPD. The students declined to leave East, and instead a Duke University Police Department officer took their statements at the dorm. “I’m kind of really disappointed with what happened with the Durham police,” the male student said.

A DPD investigator has been assigned to the case and will examine it further, Williams added.

In November, a student was assaulted and robbed by four men as he left Cosmic Cantina. Police officials would not comment on whether the two incidents were related.

Both students who were robbed Tuesday said they will no longer walk along Ninth Street at night.

“I’m terrified to go to Ninth Street,” the female student said. “I think in retrospect there are things that could be done to make [Perry Street] a lot safer. It’s a place where almost all Duke students go to get to Ninth Street.”

DUPD worked with the Office of Student Affairs to send out an e-mail to all Duke students informing them of the robbery. The police are also preparing to distribute crime alert fliers around the area in the next few days.

“When something like this happens, the police departments, both Duke and Durham, we talk about the patrol needs in that area,” said Leanora Minai, senior public relations specialist for DUPD. She declined to discuss any new security tactics, noting, “We don’t want to tip off the bad guys.”

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Old Time music gets a fresh start different banjo. Plucking timidly at its strings to test its tuning, he adds, “I started playing banjo when I was nine,

Old-time band Big Medicine played at a square dance Peter Blais recess Something is amiss in the Gothic Wonderland. Those roaming the dregs of Duke’s red cup district just aren’t aware ofit yet. In fact, shedding the Main West carpetbaggery will reveal a cultural scene that has few parallels elsewhere. Frequendy hosting such events as concerts, jam sessions and square dances, the Triangle area has found itby

but my hands were very small.”

The banjo’s bittersweet twang springs into the secondfloor chemistry labs. In the next building over a biology post-doc settles on a caller for the next month’s square dance. In the Bryan Center a jam session of fiddles and guitars breaks out. And somewhere, down the path from the Chapel to the BC, a pair of toes tap and skip, recalling the flatfoot dance moves and keeping a secret taken straight from the pages of Young Goodman Brown.

Often mistaken for bluegrass but actually decades older in its origins, old-time music procures the services of all the usual suspects—fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and classical bass—but with an emphasis on sounds and rhythms that can be danced to.

“At it’s heart, old-time music is a social activity,” says Bob Reed of Duke’s biology department. A capable clawhammer banjo player in his own right, he lifts his right hand to display well-worn inch-long nails. “It’s not about buying a CD or downloading some mp3s, it’s about kicking out the jams and connecting with people at a musical level.”

Every month now for the past year, Reed and a few other organizers have put on the Durham Old-Time h recently in the Irian Square Dance, inviting world class string bands to drive self as a hub of grassroots country music enthusiasts, toutthe beat for a dervish of plainclothes denizens, many of ing a genre so anachronistic it was dubbed “old-time” whom having little to no prior experience in the almost even at its peak in the 19305. mystical rite. “The one we get a lot is, ‘Oh, I’ve done this “I waited years for my uncle to offer me his banjo after before in elementary school!’,” Reed says. “But that tends to be more of the Western style of square dancing, the he stopped using it,” says Chemistry Professor Todd Woemer, “but I never told him that I wanted it primarily for one that requires dressing up like a cowboy.” the case.” He stoops low to lift it onto his lap, unhinges the locks, hoists it open, and removes from its recesses a SEE OLD TIME ON PAGE 4

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One of the most well known voices on campus will lend itself to the arts for an evening next Tuesday when President Brodhead gives a poetry reading at The Nasher Museum, recess reporter Lauren Fischetti sat down with the man himself in his office this week and discussed everything from his favorite poetry to his vision for the Duke arts scene to JJ Redick's poetry. recess; Whose idea was this poetry reading?

President Brodhead: It was ray idea, all mine.

So, what was your reasoning behind it?

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The Pixar deal is far larger economically—it’s worth a reported $7.5 billion, and makes Pixar CEO and Apple Computer savior Steve Jobs the largest shareholder at Disney with nearly 7 percent of its stock. It also marks an extreme change in philosophy for the entertainment giant, who once vowed to keep their classic 2-D animation style fresh and viable in a market dominated by rapid advances in 3-D rendering. In other

tations, student musicals, student athletics, everything. So I thought, well maybe I could give a little presentation on something. I don’t see so much poetry read on campus and I think a lot of people think of poetry as sort of mysterious and hard to fathom, but that’s because they don’t hear a lot ofit read. If you only knew plays by reading the script. you would not necessarily know the theater as fabulous.

The event description says that you are going to be reading 19th and 20th century poetry.

I’m going to be reading poems I like. Not by me.

I’m going to read a fair bit of contemporary stuff.

I’m going to read some things by the American authors of the 19th and 20th century. I’m going to read some ofMilton’s Paradise Lost— just good stuff. what you hope to achieve with this is ' I to to experience

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sandbox A festival entirely devoted to citrus? We're in Vitamin C heaven.

Ever since I was born, I’ve had a strong desire to live my life in close proximity to citrus. When I was little, I would camp out by my family’s orange tree, begging Orangina, the Goddess of all Orange Trees, to drop a few overly plump beauties for me to play with. Occasionally, my dog would pick up one of the oranges and parade around with it. Getting down on my hands and knees, I would grab one side of the orange with my teeth and urge the dog to let go. Sometimes she wouldn’t release and, for dmes like those, I reached into my back pocket and grabbed my mini-crowbar. And though the vet bills soon became exorbitant, childhood memories like those are priceless.

So, as you can imagine, when I found out that health-food paradise EarthFare was having a Citrus Festival, I exploded with delight, showering the couple in front of me at Cosmic with a mouthful of half-chewed pummelo. I had been waiting years for a festival like this to make its way to North Carolina—somehow, I’d missed Florida’s annual festival every year since I was bom. On Sunday I awoke, and, after a pint of OJ, a half of a grapefruit and two full tangerine skins (for complexion), I set off, seeking answers to lifelong questions like: “If you’re painting a bowl of oranges, what color do you run out of first?” and “what came first—the color or the fruit?” I had dreams, aspirations. I would find a wife at this festival, and together we would laugh, throwing our heads back in spasms of acidic ecstasy. Yes, this would be grand.

Well, it wasn’t grand. If diis was a “festival,” Butterbean was a Heavyweight Champion of the World (Hint: He absolutely was not. His name was Butterbean.) A mere six citruses to sample? That’s not a festival, that’s Kroger!

Yet, despite the disappointment, I must admit that some relief did surge through my body—I’m not really ready for marriage, and if I’d met a gal with a passion for citrus, I might have pretended to choke on an errant satsumi seed. And what if my soulmate had known more about the pummelo than me?

How would I have remained the “Citrus Captain”? So, yeah, I’m happy. And, if you don’t believe that, well, I’ve only got one thing to say: you’re just going to have to citrust me.

—Brian McGinn

Our (least) favorite celebrity albums: Rick Moranis The Agoraphobic Cowboy. Words do not aptly describe what could possibly be the worst album of all time. Moranis somehow managed to get a record deal and applies his trademark dorkiness to, get this —a comedy/country album. After hearing tracks like “Nine More Gallons” and “Four More Beers,” you’ll be wondering why Moranis shrunk your brain.

Jamie Foxx Unpredictable. The only thing unpredictable about Jamie Foxx’s hit album A is what absurd marketing scheme the actor hAi will agree to next. After a televised concert on NBC last week, the Foxx has officially rocketed his ego into the stratosphere. Someone needs to remind him that Stealth is not that far in his past —and for the love of God, remind him before he gets his own talk show.

Billy Bob Thornton Hobo. Thornton’s third album is surprisingly decent for an actor whose niche can only be described as playing “middle-aged, white trash losers.” |r Although Thornton’s voice is questionable at best, the fact that he has some grasp of musical history and the insignificance of his own efforts certainly helps infuse Hobo with a | lovely melancholia. Plus, there’s no song titled “Angelina,” like there was on his debut.

Eddie Murphy Love's Alright The opening track, accurately tided ‘Yeah,” features Murphy and a smorgasbord of other celebrities whispering, chanting, speaking and singing the words “yes” and “yeah” over and over. It’s surreal, and it works well as a track when you preface it’s runtime with the question, “Would death be preferable to listening to this?”

Jennifer Love Hewitt BareNakecL All that needs to be said was written by Hewitt herself in the liner notes of this, her second album: “To anyone with a dream, this record is for you. It is living proof that your greatest dream can come true. Listen to it with hope. Work like you don’t need the money, love like your heart’s never been broken and dance like no one’s watching.” Sorry, Jennifer, even recess is gagging at that cliche

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with Durham’s best drink specials Monday: Start the week off Southwest-style with $2 margaritas over at Torero’s. They’re big, they’re fruity and, most importantly, you can eat taquitos at the same time. As for res Durham, Mondays tend to be a bit more low-key—grab a group . offriends and gossip as you enjoy a glass ofhouse wine ($2.50/glass or $lO/bottle) over at The Federal or a $5 martini at the Siren’s Lounge.

Tuesday: Charlie’s only offers one drink special each week, but when they do, it’s the place to be. On Tuesdays, the Ninth street bar offers pints of Coors Light draught for $1.50, while pitchers sell for an astounding $4.75. If you happen to be on the other side of East Campus, stop by Satisfaction where car bombs go for $5.50 (it may seem pricey, but you really are getting two drinks in one). In between Irish shots, nurse a basic longneck, only $2 for 12 oz., $2.50 for 22 oz.

Wednesday: Wednesday night seems to be Miller Time, with bars around Durham offering specials on all varieties of American beers. *-

The Federal offers all American beers for $2, while down the street at Torero’s they’re only 99 cents. Satisfaction has premium drafts on special for $3 per pint, and over at Devine’s both MillerLite and Bud are $2.25. For those with a sweeter tooth, Devine’s also offers $2.50 specials on Mike’s Hard Lemonade (try the cranberry, it’s even better).

Thursday: Thursday night is full of options: $2 Coronas at Torero’s, $1 Jell-O shots at Siren’s and even $3.95 martinis over at Blayloc. But, recess knows there’s only one place to be when the (unofficial) end of the week rolls around: Big Beer Night over at Sati’s where monstrous 32 oz. glasses of Bud, Bud Light, Yuengling and Miller Lite are served up for a mere $3.50 (with other draughts going for $5). Even regulars may not know that the bar also offers $5 Jaeger bombs, so even if you’re not willing to change your destination, you can at least change your drink Friday: As far as alcohol-todollar value goes, you can’t beat the $4 Long Island Iced Teas over at Verde. The wine bar also offers kamikazes for a not-so-stellar $4. But, for those of us who don’t want to wind up on the floor by 9 p.m., there are still some options. Kamikazes are only $3 at Sirens. They also offer $6 fresh fruit martinis, and while the price may be a bit steeper, the vodka is infused on-premises and the price is well worth it. As far as beer goes, choices include $2 Killians at Torero’s, $2.25 MillerLite at Devine’s and $2.50 Corona and Red Stripe at Satisfaction.

Saturday: Sometimes we all need to get out of the beer and boxed-wine boredom, and on Saturday nights, bars around Durham offer a chance to escape the ordinary. Put on your best little black dress and pretend it’s New Year’s Eve with $2 champagne at Sirens; imagine it’s the while you order a highball (read; mixed drink) at Sati’s for $2.75 during karaoke; or pretend you’re on some sort of liquid acid trip after a few $4 glasses ofelectric lemonade and $4 Soco lime shots at Verde. Or, there’s always Chapel Hill.

Sunday: Most bars (and students, for that matter) take the night off, but if you’re lucky enough to be caught up, or just not to have Monday classes, there are still a few options out there. Over at the Federal, it’s Microbrew night, where you can sample from a selection of small label beers at an even smaller price. Or, banish the hangover and get back to the books over at Devine’s, with a mid-aftemoon Bloody Mary for only $3.25. On Sundays, the Main Street staple also features MillerLite for $2.25 and Yuengling pitchers for just $6.50.

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The Federal The gastropub is still a relatively new culinaiy phenomenon. Offering neither tapas-style, small plates nor traditional, greasy sports bar fare, the gastropub aims to provide diners with high-quality and innovative meals in a distinctly casual and social atmosphere.

Duke is lucky to have one such location only minutes away, The Federal.

In only two years, The Federal has become a Durham drinking and dining mainstay, thanks in no small part to

The Federal 914 W. Main St. Durham, NC Prices: Appetizers; $4-

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its location adjacent to the Joyce, but also for its unpretentious attitude and surprisingly enjoyable food. During this time the cuisine has changed slightly, but the mission has remained the same: serve creative food made from topquality ingredients. The Federal doesn’t win any points for its decor or ambiance—the space is cramped, deafeningly loud and smoky—and it servers could use some polishing. Still, The Federal makes no apologies and over-achieves on the food and beverage front.

The hearty menu at the Federal consists of two parts, a concise but well-conceived collection of updated pub offerings and a short list of nightly specials that exhibit the kitchen’s true creativity. Grilled cheese is present but paired with creamy avocado. A simple pork sandwich is elevated with superlatively moist braised pork and an unexpected but pleasant jalapeho pepper topping that cuts through the richness of the meat.

From the normal menu you’re best starting off with a plate of The Federal’s noteworthy French fries, perfectly crisp and covered in garlic and parsley. Thankfully, these fries come with many of the restaurant’s sandwiches so not all is lost if you choose the charcuterie and cheese plate instead. This assortment of house-cured meats, cheeses, crusty baguette and mixed greens could serve as a meal in itself.

The specials, however, are the essence of The Federal’s undeniably diverse cuisine. On a given night the kitchen may be preparing crispy, pungendy-seasoned fish tacos; wild mushroom gnocchi, small Italian potato dumplings; and cassoulet, a French white bean stew with pork belly, rabbit loin, and boudin blanc sausage. In most restaurants this lack of focus would be disastrous, but somehow it all works harmoniously here.

The drink list boasts 40 beers, including many boutique and international selections. Nightly beer and wine discounts make drinking at the Federal even more enjoyable and allow diners the opportunity to indulge in additional items from the eclectic food menu.

The Federal is not somewhere you take a date for that intimate dinner. It’s also not somewhere you go for gracious service and a relaxing atmosphere. It is, however, putting out first-rate food at an unbeatable price. As the restaurant matures —current chef, Andy McGowan, is leaving and will be replaced by the long-time sous chef, Brian Avery—there is no reason why it shouldn’t be able to expand on its

previous success.

—Bryan Zupon

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On the second Saturday of the month, they gather at a remote lodge in the woods. Upon climbing the steps into the warm light, what was once a solemn vigil of the stars

trees outside instandy transforms into a gumbo of laughter, foot-stomping and fiddle licks. The old-time string band Big Medicine is up front stirring up the fren-

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zy, while the caller’s half-bailiff, half-auctioneer drone navigates the sets of eight dancers through their do-si-dos, alemans and promenades.

The dances get progressively more intricate as the night goes on, the beginners gaining their bearings only to lose them anew. For the finale, the band takes over to lead a freestyle dance, as the experts mosey towards the stage and perform some spectacular spins, twirls and even throws.

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cine, lingers after the dance. “I like to see it as bluegrass music being listening music, where old-dme is dancing music,” he says. “The fiddle sits at the top with all the melody, the guitar is exclusively rhythm and the banjo moves around in the space between.”

Once the prevalent medium for social interaction in rural communities, only a handful of traditional square dances have survived, owing to the nascence of the more popular contradance around the late ’Bos. This, however, does not preclude the old-time music and dance from undergoing a renaissance of sorts

“Today we drew a record number of people,” Reed says after the dance. “In the last few years there has been growing interest in old time squares, with new dance series like ours popping up across the country. The attendance at our dance has grown much more rapidly than we anticipated, but in our case I don’t feel it’s because of a trend Old time music and dance has been continuously popular in the N.C. Triangle for 300 years or so.”

A fiddle player of 10 years, sophomore Stephanie Coleman echoes the sentiment. She cites the music scene as a big determinant in her decision to attend Duke.

“The Triangle area is one of the best places to play oldtime in the country, up there with Asheville or Pordand or Ithaca,” Coleman says. “So, it was very appealing for that reason. I’m originally from Chicago, but I knew all these guys before I came here through summer festivals like Clifftop [in West Virginia]. I know most of the people who are playing that music here, and I feel like I’m part of the community.”

Cll Hold on to your dreadlocks. San Diego-based rockers P.O.D. are back with a beefy new album. In their fourth Atlantic Records release, Testify, the band shows flashes of its reggae roots while fusing melodic rock, hardcore and hip hop into a brawny assault on the ears.

The addition of acclaimed producer Glen Ballard gives the album a big sound and a more radio-friendly feel. Despite its moments of inspiration, however, Testify still fails to establish P.O.D. as anything other than a more reverent, less focused Limp Bizkit.

Indeed, one of this band’s strengths is its ability to play a variety of styles; unfortunately, it doesn’t play any of them particularly well. P.O.D.’s best moments on Testify embrace their hard rock sound—“IfYou Could See Me Now” and “This Time” both provide a much-needed interlude of innovative songwriting. The latter is the band’s strongest track, although a disappointingly plain chorus undermines the intriguing verses.

The lyrics as a whole suffer from mediocrity and cliche. The band’s Christian evangelism comes accross subtly but pervasively, revealing that the cross on the album’s cover probably wasn’t just a design element Guest artists, including Hasidic rapper Madsyahu and hip-hop legends 800-Yaa T.R.1.8.E., add energy and flavor to the mix on several tracks, but things get iffy when lead singer Sonny Sandoval tries to rap. Although P.O.D. is well known for its hip-hop infusions, his rhymes often sound forced and rigid, especially on the single “Goodbye for Now.” The rest of the band doesn’t help. Jason Truby’s guitar playing is loud but uninteresting. And Noah “Wuv” Bernardo’s drumming tends to drag and occasionally feels stiff.

Overall, P.O.D. should be commended for its efforts to try to bring a positive message to a genre where such messages are rare. What Testify possesses in spiritual ambition, —Eric Bishop however, it lacks in musical talent.

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Together, Coleman, Reed and Woemer comprise a group of old-time musicians at Duke that are more indicative of than responsible for the growing interest in traditional music around the country.

“Growing up I had three or four friends who also played fiddle in high school,” says Coleman, “and in the past few years, a lot more of my friends have taken up instruments and joined in the musical community.

“When it comes to old-time music, there’s definitely an influx ofyounger people who are getting involved, and it’s not just a genre of music that’s dominated by baby boomers like it was, maybe, two or three years ago.”

While folk may not recover the attention of the masses it had in the ’6os heydey of Dylan and Seeger, there remains the sense that such music, rather than being outdated or rustic, actually provides an element of novelty and spontaneity in an increasingly spectatorial music scene. And, although such things are not wont for publicity, the number ofstudents at Duke who have taken up the fiddle, banjo, or mandolin instead of traditional staples of rock would probably share that opinion. Not coincidentally, many of the flannel-clad in the Pacific Northwest have adopted old-time music and dancing, transforming Portland into one of the biggest scenes in the nation.

“I thinkold time music and dance appeal to punks and indie kids,” says Reed, “because it cannot be commercialized or commodified. And, hell, old time music sounds cool too.”

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When Yellowcard released their major label debut Ocean Avenue in 2003, they struck gold with a perfect summer album. It was catchy and light-hearted with pop-punk power chords that just wouldn’t stay out of your head. On their album newest Lights and Sounds, they attempt to drop the pop-punk association and move onto to bigger and better things. Unfortunately this growth is only half developed and leaves the album with an awkward, uneven sound.

The band’s overall instrumentation has grown by leaps and bounds. Where there was once only a simple guitar riff or thin violin melody, there is now a lush arrangement of strings, bass lines and growling guitars. The introductions are louder and hit harder, but the vocals haven’t really caught up. While lead vocalist Ryan Key’s nasally voice fit the pop-punk sound that was the hallmark of their past releases, it just feels out of place admidst the deep melodies.

The vocals also seem strangely cold and detached considering the lyrical material. Yellowcard deals with heavier themes on Lights and Sounds, such the war in Iraq in “Two Weeks From Twenty,” but with all the emotion they muster, they might as well be talking about their grandmothers’ recent bridge game.

So while Lights andSounds has definitely discarded most ofYellowcard’s pop-punk style and taken on a more rock-like and edgy feel, their sound has not completely matured. One can only hope Yellowcard might be able to fully develop this new

Jenny Lewis, lead singer for Rilo Kiley and occasional background vocalist for the Postal Service, can now claim her first somewhat solo album, the refreshing Rabbit Fur Coat. The album is only somewhat solo because Lewis dug up Kentuckian vocalist twins Chandra and Leigh Watson to aid her sound, and produced the album as Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. In a Rolling Stone interview she explained, “They’re from Kentucky, and they’re badass.” While badass-ness is hard to quanitify, the vocals are certainly excellent.

Released on Bright Eyes’ front man Conor Oberst’s label, and including a smattering of guest ardsts from bands such as Death Cab for Cube, Lewis’ latest makes the indie rock scene look like a small, questionably incestuous family. Never fear, she manages to stand out amid the wash of emotion that makes up Bright Eyes, The Shins, The Decemberists, etc. Her solution is bluegrass vocals and country rhythms. Rabbit Fur Coat ranges from barenaked folk to indie rock, but the overwhelming feel is lyric-driven, melodic, alt-country-rock.

The first track, “Run Devil Run,” sets the tone for the album with the beautiful, hanging vocal harmonies of soulful bluegrass.

Next comes “The Big Guns,” an upbeat, instrument-saturated take on the same genre.

The tide track is starkly traditional, invoking the typical cuteness of ballad bluegrass with its repeated ideas and simple melodies, but it seems dull next to the album’s indie rock.

Rabbit Fur Coat's strength lies in songwriting and a tasteful mix of rock and the folksier side oflife. Aside from some oddly placed distorted guitar riffs on the background of the fourth track, the experimental aspect of the album enhances rather than undermines. So if you enjoyed slow songs at high school dances, or if you are an acoustic songwriter looking for inspiration into the melancholy, you will likely appreciate Lewis’ solo venture.

And for all you summer session buffs, Jenny Lewis will be at Cat’s Cradle on June 4. Be there.

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The Matador stars Pierce Brosnan as Julian Noble, the desperate assassin in question.

Strutting around in skin-tight briefs and zip-up ankle boots, Noble is the anti-Bond—he’s what would happen if 007 gained a gut, lost his dignity and went on a year-long bender.

When booze and brothels fail to restore his frazzled nerves, Noble does the obvious: he visits the bar of his hotel for a few more margaritas. Here, Noble meets Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), an average Joe from Denver across the border on business.

What happens next is a series of awkward exchanges fueled by Noble’s comical tacdessness and Wright’s nervous amicability. Kinnear is suitably wide-eyed, while Brosnan reeks with the liquoredup charm of a self-made outcast yearning for friendship.

The obvious chemistry between the two leads, however, is unable to make up for a scattered plot that jumps from city to city, back through dme, and ultimately to no end.

Writer and director Richard Shepard makes a vague attempt at providing a moral undercurrent to the film, suggesting that there is honor underlying Noble’s seemingly depraved exterior. Unfortunately, this out-of-context intellectualizing represents just one more failed effort in a film built on a string of random digressions that, while vaguely entertaining on their own, fail to hold up the paltry pieces of an uninspired plot line.

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Annapolis is the Marketplace breakfast of studio dramas: instead of thoroughly exploring a few key themes racism, women in the military and the exacting standards of the armed forces—it tries to be too many things at once, churning out quantity while scrimping on quality. Despite being plucky and entertaining, and offering eye candy by the bin, the film remains unconvincing because it lacks the boldness necessary for viewers to make an emotional investment.

Jake Huard (James Franco, Spiderman) is a hard-headed high school graduate who exceeds community expectations by attending Annapolis Naval Academy. The film surrounds Huard’s struggle to overcome his individualistic ways, but Annapolis resolves these conflicts only tritely, leaning heavily on the recruits’ physical struggle, vertigo-inducing fight scenes and convenient solutions to Huard’s problems. At one point, he decides to drop out, but all it takes is a little tough love from Daddy, a morose song or two and a bar scene with his hot instructor before—bam! He’s back. That is, until he decides to quit again. Then is convinced otherwise. Then decides to quit. Did someone say repetitive?

The supporting characters add dynamism to the film, but unfortunately they are underdeveloped and prone to improbable behavior. In particular, Jordana Brewster’s Lt. Ali —a seasoned academy instructor—feels like a poor man’s version of Demi Moore in A Few Good Men. Clearly cast for her looks, Brewster’s coy, teasing demeanor, perfect ponytail and Cover Girl eyelashes don’t exactly add credibility to her character. Newcomer Vicellous Reon Shannon, as fellow recruit “Twins,” manages to provide some well-needed comic relief.

All of the characters, however, are weakened by director Justin Lin’s flimsy treatment of emotional development and the script’s insistent need to remind us that military school really is a tough place to be. Frequent shots of physical challenges and mental abuse at the hands of instructors substitute for more meaningful scenes that would better explain Huard’s identity transformation.

And this is where Annapolis falters. Triumphs don’t seem earned and sorrows don’t feel genuine, and no number of beautiful stars can fix that.

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Out Now: The Aristocrats—hilarious mix of styles collide as America’s top comics each tell their own versions of the famous joke whose punchline is the film’s title. An additional two hours of sidesplitting footage make the DVD worth its pricetag.

Flightplan— Panic Room on a plane, mindless but entertaining nonetheless.

Oliver Twist—Roman Planski adapts Dickens.

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hand-drawn pieces?

where the recent Hollywood trend of studio diId work perfectly; a Disney division not unlike ndent Pictures branch of Warner Bros, or the tures arm of Universal, would be an excellent a hand-drawn animation house. And not only be contributing to the artistic integrity of the but by offering solid, guaranteed budgets and .rtistic freedom, he might be able to attract the remaining animation auteurs—in turn generating for the Disney brand name as a whole. It’s unone at Disneyland would ever find ride based Miyazaki film, but that shouldn’t be the be-all, the new Disney. there are certainly questions about the positive negative connotations of the Disney/Pixar deal, the c the CBS’s UPN and Warner Bros.’ WB networks elp the quality of television programming in Neither network has enough quality shows to consistent audiences by itself, but together The

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CW (which stands for CBS and Warner) should have a few solid blocks of excellent entertainment. UPN’s main offering is the above-average (above-average is roughly equivalent to fantastic in today’s TV sitcom landscape) Everybody Hates Chris, based on the younger years ofeveryone’s favorite Jude Law-hater, Chris Rock. It’s a show that will never have the appeal of the show its name plays upon, Everybody Loves Raymond, but it does well with younger audiences. Pairing it with Gilmore Girls, The WB’s highest rated and highest quality show, should help both networks attract new viewers. Gilmore is nearing the end of its run, with creator/writer/guru Amy Sherman-Palladino still promising that next year’s series finale will see Alexis Bledel’s Rory graduating college. When it goes off the air, The WB is going to be in trouble—having a few other popular shows like Chris should help it bridge the gap to new programming.

Over all, the week of the media merger marks the ongoing entertainment amalgamation. Down this path there lies only a single, somewhat alarming outcome: the creation of one super-company, divided into hundreds of small segments for television, film and music production.

It’s what the future holds, but this week’s advances are not nearly so alarming. In fact, they’re downright positive, as long as Jobs realizes his duty lies not only with the bottom line but with the product as well. Looking at the wayjobs revitalized Apple, it should come as no surprise that worry about quality is moot when the black-shirted one is in charge. So enjoy the new Disney and the new CW—but be wean' of future mergers.

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Trouble in Wikiworld to hugely varying results. recess “The one time I used Wikipedia I was curious and the since looked up George W. Bush,” sophomore Tyson Wepprich In years its creation, the Insaid. “Someone had replaced all the information with pictures of penises.” ternet has strayed from its original viWikipedia came under intense scrutiny late last year besion.

Instead of cause of a fake biography claiming that John Seigenthaler, sharing information a former assistant to Robert Kennedy, “was thought to and communicating have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinaover tions.” As Seigenthaler put it in a USA Today op-ed, the knowledge problem is not simply that this information is false (in fact, great distances, today’s Internet is more a tool for enteramid the and tainment. But Seigenthaler was a friend and later pallbearer of Robert rampant pornography, piracy capitalism, a few sites hold true to the ‘net’s original vi- Kennedy), but also that the culprits of the web libel would be almost impossible to track down. “Searching cybersion. At their forefront is Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the world with space for the identity of people who post spurious informore than 900,000 articles in English and hundreds of mation can be frustrating,” he said. thousands in other languages. It is also the most used refWikipedia could provide no accurate erence site on the ‘net, surpassing dictionary.com. But method of discovering who made the artiwhat it possesses in size, some have complained about its cle. Though it records the IP addresses of its many editors, there may be no way to dislack ofaccuracy.

The creation of Wikipedia is very different from other cover the owner of that address article, Seigenthaler’s Following encyclopedias. Wiki, an acronym for “What I Know Is,” refers to the type of software used to develop the site. Wiki Wikipedia has come under intense scrutiny software allows any user to edit the content of a web page by the media. Co-Founder Jimmy Wales has inside theirweb browser without using prohibitively tricky made several television appearances dehtml coding. This allows Wikipedia’s website to boast fending his cyber-child, but was forced to “over 13,000 acdve contributors.” place the first limits on Wikipedia: though The vision of Wikipedia is that the collaboration will anyone can edit information on the site, create unbiased, deep and factually correct articles beonly registered users can create articles.

The Register, a British science and techcause many users can edit or censor bad information. Of course, there are many debates about whether Wikipedia nology news site, has been a constant critic of Wikipedia and has increased its attack in actually accomplishes this task.

Most of the contributors to Wikipedia do not have the wake of Seigenthaler’s declaration by Ph.D.s in the subject they are writing about. “It is fair to say repeatedly deriding the quality of its conthat the majority of our contributors are at the college or tent and writing.

A harsh blow to Wikipedia occurred Jan. undergraduate level,” admits the web page. Wikipedia cannot derive its authority through the credentials of its 17 when a German court ordered authors like most paper encyclopedias. Instead, it must Wikipedia.de to shut down, siding with the rely on sheer numbers to assure quality and rely on thoupei family of a deceased computer hacker sands of volunteers to be honest and dedicated. This leads known as Iron, who objected to the use of pedia’s many by

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After years of criticizing each other in ads and press releases, Apple and Intel have teamed up to make the Macßook Pro: the fastest Apple notebook to date and the first collaboration of the two technology giants. They introduced their product with an ad reminiscent of Apple’s 1984 Orwellian landmark, this one claiming that instead of the user, it is the Intel chip that will be “set free” and “get to live life inside a Mac.” Apple and Intel displayed the first Macßook Pros earlier this month, after originally projecting a summer 2006 release. Apple stated in a press release that the new Macßook Pro’s processor “delivers up to four times the performance of the Powerßook G4.” The Intel processor accomplishes this boost by using two cores without demanding extra energy.

The increase in power will be especially noticeable in graphic rendering and graphic-intense programs like Final Cut. On more common applications like Web browsers, Apple estimates that the Macßook Pro will only be “about 1.7 times faster” than its predecessors, still a nearly unheard of leap forward.

Apple GEO Steve Jobs boasted that the “Macßook Pro delivers dual processor desktop performance in a thin, sleek notebook” which maintains the characteristic Apple look. As a nice bonus feature, the Macßook Pro comes with a remote control for watching movies from a distance.

Even cooler is the iSight camera that comes embedded in the Macßook Pro face and allows for “quick s; h or “video conferencing on-the-go.”

But it’s not all good news. Because the Mac uses a completely different processor than its sors, some old programs will suffer in translatio has stated that most old software will be compat the new machine, but some programs will expe performance hit, and software designed for the generation of Apple operating systems will not all.

Windows XP, however, will most likely be usa* stead of Apple’s OS X, since, like its PC compe the new Macßook Pro uses an Intel chip.

It will be interesting to see how the Mac fan b; who are no doubt partly drawn to Mac computers because they’ve always done things differently, will react to being set on the same processors as the masses.

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the hacker’s real name on the site. The German Wikipedia reactivated on Jan. 20 pending further ruling of the court, but must now use a different URL. Amid all this turmoil, Wikipedia launched its most successful fund-raising drive to date, garnering $321,350 in three weeks, with additional donations occurring throughout the year. In addition, according to Alexa.com, which monitors Internet traffic, Wikipedia is the 31st most visited website in the world.

Yet the critics roar on. Wikipedia co-founder and defector Larry Sanger recendy raised $lO million to start a competitor for Wikipedia, labeled by The Register as “Wikipedia for grown ups.” It will be monitored and censored by experts, without Wikipedia’s grandiose notion of the free exchange of knowledge.

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The Dead orAlive fighting game franchise has produced its fourth installment, the uncreatively tided Dead or Alive 4. Dead or Alive prides itself on beautiful,

eye-candy visuals, pick-upand-play gameplay, as well as notorious physics when it comes to the female characters in the game.

This edition adds two new characters to the main roster and also an unlockable Spartan character (of Halo and Halo 2 fame).

Renowned game developer Team Ninja also made some subtle changes to the combat fighting system: they created a different window for their counter system, they changed the timing of character-specific moves and they added a rebound feature to further combos.

The most appreciated among these technical changes is the change within the counter system. In the previous DoA games, players could go entire matches without throwing punches because countering was unbalanced. Counters dealt significant amounts of damage to an opponent but were low-risk to the player. In the new game, players who decide to counter risk leaving themselves open for massive punishment, making game play far more interesting.

Unfortunately, some new elements of the game detract from the positive changes. Juggling, especially in tag team mode, can seem to go on forever, with players completely helpless to escape the cycle. In other games such as Super Smash Brothers, Melee or Soul Calibur 2, players have the ability to influence their direction if they are caught in a chain of combos.

By far the most infuriating thing about DoA4, though, is its level of difficulty.

The game starts off on normal, and players new to the DoA series will definitely be Minished. In fact, even more seasoned players will probably find themselves aggravated. The prime example of this is the final boss of the game, Alpha 152, easily one �f the most frustrating bosses in the history of any game, due to her inherent charter skills (teleportation, devastating throws, powerful counters, etc.). The odd ing is that this is the baseline difficulty. An easier mode doesn’t exist.

So is the game worth the $6O price tag? If you are a fan of DoA games (or fightgames in general), and you can look past its initial difficulty, then yes. But if a casual player looking to kill time, stick with Smash Brothers.

—John Buck

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On the live stage, however, Kennedy’s jerky body movements, expressive speech and mannerisms as Ralph give a human quality to a character who we would normally dismiss as a monster.

A large portion of the play consists of a lecture that the psychiatrist givesxo tneaudience, as if the audience is a psychology department at a major research university. Interestingly enough, the scientific work presented is largely based on the work of a real-life Duke grad, Dorothy Lewis. Barr said recently on National Public Radio that the playwright had recently gotten into some “hot water” for drawing so heavily on Lewis’

While not entertaining in the traditional sense, Frozen provides a haunting psychological profile that will engage some and sicken others.

The scenery and set-up of the production add to its eerie quality and emphasize the heartfelt but stark dialogue and emotionally charged acting. The actors perform on a raised platform with the audience on three sides, allowing the cast to interact with the audience members. At times, the actors exit and enter the stage via the same entrance that the audience uses to reach their seats. This physical proximity of the actors adds to the sense that the audience is witnessing the most private thoughts and emotions of three very different, yet related human beings.

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Have you ever done poetry readings before this?

I’ve done maybe two before in my life, and again, it was quite random. When I teach literature, I mosdy teach fiction, but I’ve taught a lot of poetry in my life and I’ve discovered that if you can get a student to learn how to read it so that you can actually hear the voice of the poem, then the question of understanding the poem is three-quarters solved by that process. So that’s really my idea, is that I’ll go do a little of that and if somebody thinks they should be read differently, then they’re welcome to stand up and read it their way.

What do you feel about the current state of arts at Duke?

Well, when I first came here I did not know much about the arts at Duke. Duke is more famous for many things [other than] the arts. So when I came, it was fixn for me to discover what a strong dance program there is, what a great photography program, what great documentary studies....And in the strategic plan we’re working on now, our hope is to take those things, make them a little more visible, make that kind of activity more part of every day life here, than it is now. And I’m sure we’ll succeed. So you know what? This poetry reading is my little contribution to that effort.

Have you ever written any ofyour own poetry?

Not since I was about eighteen. You know the list of things I’m not good at is not a short one and writing poetry is right on top of that list.

One last question. I’m sure you’ve heard of J.J. Redick’s poetry, Have you gotten a chance to read any of it?

I have! But you wanna know something? I actually read some of it on the Sports Illustrated website the other day. Well, I read a quote by him in some of the basketball team’s publicity literature where he talks about what writing poetry means to him, you know how it helps you understand yourself. That’s why people write poetry, so of course I was astonished and delighted to discover that the activity I’ll be reading from is being practiced all around us, even by people one doesn’t primarily think of as poets.

work. In the play, the psychiatrist tries to show that Ralph and other serial killers’ lack of compassion is biological and that he in a sense cannot control his antisocial actions.

Playmakers’ Repertoire’s Frozen opened Jan. 18 and will run through Feb. 12 at the Center for Dramatic Art in Chapel Hill.

President Brodhead’s reading will take place in the Nasher Museum’s auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 31.

Lexi Richards recess Crime shows like Law & Order and CS/have been the rage for more than a decade. Finally, theater is taking a stab (no pun intended) at giving us a look into the horrifying, fascinating criminal mind with a new play that opened last weekend in Chapel Hill. Playmakers’ latest production, Frozen, indulges the audience’s morbid curiousity, presenting a disturbing yet captivating look into the darkest thoughts of a societal outcast turned dangerous criminal.

The work ofBritish playwright Bryony Lavery, Frozen brings together an unlikely trio of characters whose intertwined monologues slowly reveal the truth about 10-year-old Rhona’s disappearance. While Rhona’s mother and the psychiatrist studying the case may seem like obvious choices to tell the tale, it is Frozen's insertion of the abductor himself as a protagonist that makes the play so compelling.

Director Drew Barr, who has directed six other Playmakers’ Repertoire Company productions, said he feels the play has “the power to work a very rare magic on its audience.”

But don’t expect any fairy godmothers in Frozen-, rather the playwright casts a spell of revulsion mixed with compassion as we hear the innermost thoughts ofRhona’s abductor, Ralph.

Through a series of monologues and Ralph’s interactions with the psychiatrist, British actor James Kennedy’s performance actually makes members of the audience shudder in fear and disgust. Ralph is reminiscent ofKevin Bacon’s character, Walter, in the 2004 movie The Woodsman, as both the film and Lavery’s play closely inspect the private life of a tortured peby

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The question of whether that makes them forgiveable is left for the audience to decide.

Barr said he was drawn to the project because of “the beauty of Lavery’s intensely intimate play—which tells an impassioned and unapologetically human story of loss and grief, anger, violence and the possibility of forgiveness through un-

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Friday’s performance will be the group’s take on several original works of music, all written by graduate students in Duke’s music department.

“Meeting young composers is a great opportunity to educate them and to give them the opportunity to hear their works played and cri-

tiqued by professional players,”

Alarms will sound this week on East Campus and no, not just those caused by prank-pulling freshmen.

A music group 20 members strong, Alarms Will Sound is slated to perform in Baldwin Auditorium Friday and Saturday.

The group formed at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., tagging themselves as an amalgamated bunch of musicians with pop-contemp influences. The eclectic ensemble is. essentially an orchestra—one complemented with accordions, voices and electronica. All music styles and a variety of compositions make up their repertoire, and Managing Director Gavin Chuck calls them as ranging from “arch-modernist to pop-influenced.” “[Our group] works because the musicians have a —

Chuck said. “The ensemble sees this as away to encourage the youngest contemporary music composers today and to inspire more interest in others for this kind ofmusic.”

A medley of works by popular modern composers— Frank Zappa, John Cage, Edgard Varese and Aphex Twin among them—will make up the group’s Saturday performance. Sponsored by the Duke Music Department and Duke Performances, the concert is a part of the series called Encounters; With the Music ofOur Time.

—Slava Petrova Alarms Will Sound is performing Friday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28 at Bp.m. in Baldwin Auditorium. Admission is $5 for students and $l5 for all others.

Senior Farokh Irani stars as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha. The musical is being performed by Duke’s oldest student organization, Hoof ‘n’ Horn, through next weekend. Shows are tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Senior guard Sean Dockery had sixof his team-high 42 thefts against Virginia Tech earlier this season. His average of 2.3 steals per game is secondbest in the ACC.

Cameron Beatdown

Jan. 30, 2005

Duke 100, Virginia Tech 65 Duke welcomed the Hokies to the ACC in style, blowing them out of Cameron.

Shelden Williams notched a double-double before halftime on his way to 25 points and 17 rebounds. Hokies' head coach Seth Greenberg didn't stick around to watch the end of the game, receiving his second technical foul with 4:39 remaining. Virginia Tech recorded an amazing 34 fouls, prompting the Crazies to chant, "It's a School Night!"

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Virginia Tech 67, Duke 65 In their first trip to Cassell Coliseum, the Blue Devils were in for a surprise. Coleman Collins ripped down 18 rebounds and tight end-turned-forward Jeff King supplied some clutch plays as the Hokies hustled their way to a victory. Daniel Ewing had two chances in the game's final seconds to tie or win the game, but each clanged off the rim. The Hokies' fans stormed the court, celebrating a huge upset over then-No. 7 Duke.

As they return to league play, the No. 2 Blue Devils (17-1, 5-0 in the ACC) will look to recover from an upset and unusually poor performance when they face the Virginia Tech Hokies (10-8, 0-5 ACC) in Blacksburg, JEsS® Va., tonight.

Saturday’s 87-84 loss to Georgetown—which ended the Blue Devils’ undefeated season and cost them their No - 1 7 p.m.

Tonight, critiranking—brought Blacksburg, Va. cism, much of it internal, for the team’s lackluster performance.

“The biggest thing was our effort, especially on the defensive end where we lacked communication and intensity,” senior JJ. Redick said.

But if its recent history with Virginia Tech is any indication, Duke will certainly not be lacking in intensity again.

The Blue Devils’ 77-75 victory over the Hokies in Cameron Indoor Stadium earlier this season culminated in Sean Dockery’s instant-classic, 40-foot buzzer-beater that sent the Crazies streaming onto Coach K Court in celebration.

“Tech has always played us tough,” Redick said. “Coach Greenberg does a good job of not letting his guys be intimidated by anybody.”

Similarly, when the Blue Devils travelled to Virginia Tech last season, the back-andforth game again ended on the last possession—a missed three-point attempt by Daniel Ewing that left Duke on the short end of a 67-65 final score.

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Sean Dockery scored 19 points, including a 40-foot heave at the buzzer, to knock off the pesky Hokies. Coleman Collins had another career day, dropping 25 points, including a goahead tip-in with 1.6 seconds remaining, but it was not quite enough to stop Dockery's magic. The senior point guard was 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and recorded six steals in his breakout game of the season.

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The Blue Devils will attempt to avoid a letdown performance tonight. .After it shocked the nation with a blowout of topranked Tennessee Monday, No. 2 Duke (19-0, 6-0 in the ACC) takes on Clemson at 7 p.m.

With a much-anticipated game against No. 3 North Carolina looming Sunday, the Blue Devils will look to lliaj hold onto their momenJb&M turn tonight in Clernson, S.C. vs.

“Anytime you come off of a big win and your emotions are so high, it Tonight, 7 p.m. can be very dangerous,” coach Gail Clemson, S.C. head Goestenkors said. “Then, the fact that this game is sandwiched between another tremendous rivalry for us.

So, we talked about that in practice today and how important it is to be focused and to respect our opponent. Understand that they are very, very good at home.”

The Tigers (8-11, 2-3) are 6-5 at home this season and have just two wins away from Littlejohn Coliseum. Even though the Blue Devils boast a 90.8 points per game average —highest in the nation they have had trouble jumping out on teams early in games on the road.

In games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium against TCU, Texas, Georgia Tech and Boston College, Duke found itself in tight contests, especially against the Eagles, who were winning 22-20 at halftime.

Goestenkors worried that if her team allows the Tigers to stay close in the first half, they might become a more serious threat.

She said she wants her team to control the game from the tip and not give Clemson any chance of gaining confidence.

The Tigers are led by their backcourt duo of senior guard Julie Talley, who has a 40.9 three-point percentage on the year, and sophomore guard Maxienne White, who has scored at least 10 points in her last four games.

“Their guards can shoot the threes and they can also penetrate,” Goestenkors said.

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The wrestling team entered Fleming Stadium at UNC-Greensboro Wednesday looking for its first win of the season.

Although some members of the team posted solid performances, the Blue Devils were unable DUKE 9 to deliver, losin UNC-G 23 to the Spartans, 23-9. With the loss, Duke slides to 0-6 on the season.

UNC-G (8-1) took the early lead with a 9-3 win from Cody Harrington over Daniel Shvartsman in the 149-pound weight class.

In the next match, Duke tied it up on Cameron Harris’ 8-4 victory over Nate Berryman in the 157-pound weight class.

Then UNGC took over, winning six of the eight remaining matches.

Head coach Clar Anderson said although 141-pound senior Phil Wightman lost his match, he had an impressive showing against Kevin Artis, one of the nation’s best grapplers. Artis, who was ranked 20th this week in the 141-pound weight class, sealed the team match with his 5-2 win.

“I was pleased with everyone’s performance. They definitely had a lot of fight,” Anderson said.

The young Blue Devil roster, combined with a lengthy list of injuries, have been responsible for many of the team’s weaknesses this season, Anderson said.

“I think we should compete very well with Maryland,” Anderson said. “I hope we are going to match up better and wrestle better.”

Freshman Michael Degli Obizzi, who lost in the 133-pound weight class, was named ACC Wresder of the Week Monday following an impressive win against N.C. State last week.

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JuniorLindsey Harding notched 15points and eight steals in Monday's victory over No. 1 Tennessee.

“We just need to know their strengths and weaknesses and play them accordingly.

Julie Talley is one of the best shooters in the conference, and White is a really quick guard, probably just as quick as Lindsey [Harding].”

Against Tennessee, the Blue Devils relied on Harding’s quickness to force eight steals and score 15 points. The win over the Lady Vols marked the end of Duke’s non-conference schedule.

The Blue Devils opened ACC play with a perfect 6-0 mark, and after toppling Tennessee, they will finish off their season with eight consecutive ACC matchups, starting with Clemson tonight and including two games against rival North Carolina.

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But first Duke will set its focus on Clemson, which it has beaten in the teams’ last eight meetings, including the Blue Devils’ 72-48 home victory last season.

“The toughest game is always the game after a big win against a tough team because it is natural to have a letdown,” freshman guard Abby Waner said. “If we really are a great team and if we really are as good as we played against Tennessee, then we won’t have a letdown.”

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Last season’s game in Blacksburg featured a dispute between Redick’s father and several of the Hokie faithful, as the Cassell Coliseum crowd was particularly hostile to his son. Last year in Durham, Greenberg was ejected from the game and later complained about the lack of security in Cameron.

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Make a plan while the time is ripe Tuesday

tion. Part of the responsibility second time in less than for staying safe rests squarely three months, Duke stu- on students’ shoulders. We’ve dents werq robbed on Perry all heard die repeated advice _ of “don’t walk Street, the back St3fT6ClltOi‘l3l alone at night.” the near alley In tins latest ever-popular Coscase, however, the students mic Cantina.

Two men approached the were behaving prudently. students and asked for their They weren’t walking alone; they were together as a pair. possessions. One man disAnd while it was night, it was played a handgun. While the only 11:45 p.m. when the robtwo 18-year-old students—bery occurred —hardly a late one male and one female did lose a wallet and a purse, hour for a commercial area adthey were fortunate in that jacent to a university campus.

The undeniable reality is neither was injured. that Durham has a crime last November another Just Duke student was robbed by problem —and, as many four men in the same location would point out, now is the time to do something to be as he left Cosmic Cantina.

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Given this constellation of factors —a new associate vice president for campus safety and security, a mayor ardently committed to reducing crime, initiatives to improve the town-gown relationship via community service and two robberies in a popular portal between East Campus and the Ninth Street commercial area —now is a favorable time to develop and imworkable a plement crime-reduction plan.

This plan has to consist of actions, not words. Additionally, it has to go beyond just economic revitalization.

While revitalization is important, it’s also a “which comes first, the chicken or the egg” kind if issue. Economic revitalization reduces crime, but

time for a plan ofaction implemented in the area off Duke’s campus.

First, Aaron Graves has recently assumed the newly created position of associate vice president for campus safety and security at Duke and has already delved into the task of strengthening the University’s security strategy. Similarly, Durham Mayor Bill Bell suggested specific crime- prevention plans in his vehemently worded “State of the City” tune

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speech Jan. 17.

Also, Duke has been ento get involved with volunteer work, community service and commercial participation at local businesses as away of improving Duke’s and Durham’s town-gown relationship.

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reduced crime also promotes economic revitalization.

Meanwhile, the Perry Street back alley near Cosmic Cantina needs to be better lit and better patrolled. Three students in three months have been victimized in this regularly traversed connector between Duke’s campus and Ninth Street eateries. It’s simply a common principle of crime prevention that more resources be devoted to more crime-prone areas.

Outside the bubble of the Gothic wonderland, it’s a dangerous world. In light of recent events and developments, however, Duke and Durham are at an opportune junction to create and implement a genuinely effective crime-reduction plan.

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he decided to get an attitude.

He seemed cool at first. Then he wanted to know when my fall and I hate myspace, too.

While these programs allow break was and if we could meet me to keep in touch with people over break since I’d be back in and reunite with old friends, Virginia.

So I wrote back and basically they are also ruining my life in a subtle sort of way. explained that I would be back in First of all, I can’t town over fall tf* I stay off AIM or break; still, I facebook. I don’t have we thought myspace, should continue thank goodness.

But I’m pretty talking online |W jMCOTPP before we went sure that because all crazy and deof my addiction, I aria branch cided to meet get the most pawhere I live now each other. Apthetic losers send this parently, me ing messages didn’t make him too happy. He It’s actually quite amazing.

It’s bad enough that every responded by saying, “(insert time I enter my dorm room expletive here) you, I didn’t wanna meet you anyways.” after a class, whenever I’m taking a “study break,” ifI’m bored, Needless to say, he received no or basically, if I’m breathing, I response. What a weirdo.

Former high school acquainfeel the constant urge to check tances present another issue. If my facebook profile as if anywe are friends on the facebook thing has changed.

My roommate is my witness, simply because we know each and well—perhaps so is anyone other and we went to high school who knows me. It’s probably together, that does not give you the easiest way to get in touch permission to scroll through my with me —besides my cell pictures and leave random, phone —and its frequent use strange comments.

We haven’t talked in months probably warrants a whole separate column. But what makes and when we did say two words to the situation even worse is that each other, we didn’t get along.

So when I check my e-mail and frequently, when I check my messages on facebook, they are see that I have a photo comment from someone I haven’t chatted just ridiculous.

Probably the strangest face- with in years, it’s really odd. book message I’ve received was Then I go read the comment and the one from some student at it says something like, “Aria, you Hampton University, whom I’ve look really nice in this picture. For never met. We messaged back a minute there, you almost looked and forth a couple of times until like the oldest daughter on the TV swear, I hate all of it. I hate AIM. I hate facebook, e-mail

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show ‘Run’s House.”’

This is where the problem lies. Since when is the oldest daughter on ‘Run’s House’ a celebrity? Clearly, you don’t even know her name, and neither do I. And, is she even attractive? No one knows.

Then other people message me without stating who they are.

Why do you do this? If you get a new screenname or you know that we’ve never chatted online before, please identify yourself.

State your name, age, and however you seem to think we met.

It’s absolutely unacceptable for you to try to spark a conversation with me when you know I don’t know who you are.

In addition, if you are IMing me solely for the purpose of getting a recap of “Intro to AAAS,” please don’t try to make small talk. Chances are, we don’t speak often, and I can see right through your, “Hey, how are you?” I know that you weren’t in class and I know what you need. Just cut to the point.

There should be some rules that govern using AIM and facebook. But there is one unwritten rule that really baffles me. Why do people get so upset if they get friend requests from people they don’tknow?

I like meeting new people, and I’d love it if you friended me. I mean, ifyou friend me and I don’t dig you, I won’t friend you back.

Problem solved.

Aria Branch is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other

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Who's filibustering?

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I walked past the Duke Democrats’ “filibuster” of Samuel Alito on the Chapel quad last week, I felt my face get hot and my eyes well up. I began to look at the ground even more intensely than I normally do.

It’s probably not normal, but every now and then I get a debilitating bout of em-

pathetic embarrassment, like when someone total-

ly butchers a song or forgets a line or something.

Perhaps the idea of standing, rambling, in front of a bus stop in order to make a spectacle of myself is just too hordavid rific for me to imagine. leather-bound books That’s not to say I don’t respect what the Duke Democrats are trying to do. Raising campus awareness about such an important issue is admirable, I suppose. And I do acknowledge the stones it must take to make an ass of oneself in front of 6,000 undergrads.

The problem I guess I had with the display is that it just seemed so pathetically desperate. Sure, it’s clearly a publicity stunt, probably intended partially to be tongue-in-cheek.

But in imitating the only last-ditch option open to Senate Democrats, students are adopting and accepting the same position of powerlessness in the arena ofcampus discourse.

I don’t think this is necessary.

In the first place, this moment represents perhaps the most receptive time for liberal ideas there has been in a while. The situation in Iraq is a monstrous debacle. When Osama bin Laden is condescendingly offering you a “truce”—and you’re seriously “rejecting” it—something is not going right.

The Republican administration’s failures resonate in particular with issues of importance to Duke students.

One example is the attempted executive branch power grab through the NSA’s domestic surveillance program.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department is suing Google for everybody’s search histories, which is nuts; ifthey gain access to my roommate’s previous searches, they’ll know how to locate countless hard-to-find images of nude celebrities. Such events are reminiscent of the local Alcohol Law Enforcement sting operations which have put a damper on social life.

At the same time, conservatives on campus find themselves on the defensive. After the smugness about the “four more years” wore off, they started to realize that it was really just four more years for everyone to realize what a failure the administration has been.

You can sense they are worried by their efforts to forcibly alter the nature of campus discourse. Cryingfoul at the past five years of keynote speeches from “far-left radicals” on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Duke Conservative Union suggests in a flyer that Duke “bring a conservative, AfricanAmerican speaker to honor King’s legacy.”

This demand is ignorant in its characterization of King’s legacy. King, who in his “Letterfrom a Birmingham Jail” remarked on having been labeled an “extremist,” was not a “conservative African-American.” This misrepresentation of King’s legacy and philosophy is bad enough. But the suggestion that someone’s being African-American is itself a sufficient condition for honoring that legacy is outrageous.

Ignorant attacks on “radical” speakers aside, there are other ways in which we can tell that conservatives are beginning to feel the tide turning. Students for Academic Freedom, in attempting to sterilize classroom discussion of political opinion, seems to view the restriction of discourse as the only resort left to marginalized

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right-wingers.

These methods—opposing the invitation of left-wing speakers and trying to eliminate politically charged (read:

liberal) discussion from the classroom—are in fact more reminiscent of a filibuster than Duke Democrats’ silly little publicity stunt. The latter is an embarrassing instance of campus discourse; the former is an attempt to shut it down.

Liberals on campus should recognize the upper hand they’ve been given and resist the urge to adopt the mentality of a powerless minority.

Conservatives should realize they have an important, legitimate message for Duke. Rather than attempting to squelch the ideas they feel threatened by, they should fight back with intelligent discourse of their own.

Neither group has to resort to anything resembling a filibuster.

David Kleban is a Trinity junior. His column appears every other Thursday.

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Students see on-campus dining in terms of the basics: I chew on my chicken quesadilla made with an Italian herb-flavored wrap, my annoyed taste buds taste, variety, price, healthiness and convenience (times force my mind to ponder what brought the once- and location).

Great Hall to this depressingly low point.

The administration sees dining as just one component “The freshman experience” has become an exercise in of the “Duke experience.” Administrators want to extend the classroom to the dining room and deadening the taste buds and tough“build community.” ening the stomach, while upperclassARAMARK, a Fortune 500 company, sees men go through the “there’s nothing Duke’s on-campus dining as an opportunity to eat!” routine daily. for profit.

Five years ago, before ARAMARK came to Duke, the University was Obviously, there is a clash of priorities here.

Can any national corporation, be it ARArated as a top food service institution.

In 2001, ARAMARK was given control MARK or Sodexho or any other made-up word, integrate tasty, fresh, reasonably-priced of the Marketplace, Great Hall, Oak elizabeth rudisill food with an atmosphere that creates the Room, Trinity Cafe and Chick-fil-A and promised to open a Subway.

“Duke experience” administrators always do something The Marketplace has repeatedly pitch? My guess is no.

The Refectory, the newly opened cafe in brushed off criticism ofits lack ofvarithe Divinity School, combines excellent, healthy, moderety, unhealthy offerings, unresponsive managers and inately priced food with Duke history and the feel of a comconvenient times. Perhaps it continues its sub-par performance because ARAMARK makes $lO from each munity. The Refectory is owned by local restaurateur missed dinner in the monopolized freshman eating plan. Laura Hall, whose priorities line up with those of adminThe Great Hall charges $.BO for bruised apples. The istrators’ and students’.

Obviously, the Great Hall serves more meals than the best food is from Sitar and the Q-Shack, neither of which Refectory, but there’s no reason why the same philosophy are ARAMARK The historic Oak Room, first opened in 1946 and is employed at the Refectory cannot be put toward mating now the site of the Mary Lou Williams Center, was once the Great Hall an outstanding cafeteria.

The Marketplace is a completely different matter. the only sit-down eatery on points other than the The lack of facilities on East Campus means the meal WaDuke. After consistently losing money in many reincarnations and under at least three managers between plan will stand as long as freshmen are sequestered there.

October 2001 and May 2003, the Oak Room closed for But if a company holds a monopoly on the Marketplace, and actually makes a greater profit when fewer students good.

Despite many promises of training for employees, show up, can the MP be held accountable to students under any ownership? high schoolers work at Trinity Cafe.

The payment system must change. Perhaps if Duke Chick-fil-A offers a far smaller menu than its off-camlocations and closes at it as a dinonly paid the Marketplace per meal served instead of per 7 p.m., eliminating pus ner option for most students. meal-supposed-to-have-been-served, and gave the excess food plan money away to a food bank, the administrators Subway’s opening, planned for August 2002, was deto of the Marketplace would actually try to please students.

November, until the due the fact layed partly following that ARAMARK broke its contract when it decided to (Giving the money back to students might encourage stuchange the sandwich shop’s location from the Great Hall dents not to eat, which administrators say the plan is deto its current one. Subway regularly runs out ofbread. signed to prevent.)

Next week, DSG and DUSDAC will undoubtedly deARAMARK consistently gets low grades on the survey cide on votes of no confidence in ARAMARK for the conducted by the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee and Duke Student Government, with the third straight year. Next, they must examine Duke’s opMarketplace getting a solid C+ and the Great Hall pulling tions and lobby for dining that will best serve studown a B- (which, with the grade inflation at Duke, is dents—that is, dining not run by a major corporation, but rather by people whose priorities match ours. After more like a D and a C-).

How is it that ARAMARK, a company that has catered a dining decision is made, DSG and DUSDAC need to switch focus to things like expanding the Merchants on to the specialized diets of professional athletes at 13 that has been named of Points program and closing the culinary tragedy that is a one Olympic games, company Rick’s Diner.

“America’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune magaThe quesadilla has grown soggy on my plate. Just anzine every year since 1998 and a company with three other day at the Great Hall.

Duke graduates as bigwigs, has managed—or, more accuThe current DSGDUSDAC Aramark survey can be filled rately, mismanaged —to screw up so badly?

Duke has seen a long line of ARAMARK managers out through Monday at http://www.duke.edu/web/dusdac/thankyou.htm. come and go, with little change in responsiveness, quality or prices. All this can be boiled down to a difference Elizabeth Rudisill is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs in the dining priorities of three groups; students, the administration and ARAMARK every other Thursday.

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