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Robert Steel, chair of the Board of Trustees, will be nominated by President George W. Bush for the position of undersecretary of the treasury for domestic finance, the White House announced late Tuesday.

“Bob will bring wisdom and an extraordinary range of knowledge to this important position, and the country should be grateful for his willingness to render this significant public service,” Duke President Richard Brodhead said in a statement.

If confirmed, Steel, Trinity ’73, will be responsible for leading the Department of the Treasury’s policy on issues such as fiscal policy, domestic finance and government assets.

“It’s fabulous for him, I think it’s fabulous for Duke, I think it’s outstanding for the country,” Provost Peter Lange said.

Steel said he will accept the position under the condition that he is allowed to continue leading the Board of Trustees.

He has served on the Board for

13 years and was named chair ii 2005 after retiring as vice chairmai of Goldman Sachs & Co. in 2004.

He has also chaired the Duki Management Company am served on the Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee and on the board of directors for the Duke University Health Robert Steel System.

“I don’t think any of us are surprised that Bob’s experience and genuine smarts are being tapped into by the president in an important post like this,” said John Bumess, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations.

“He’s a remarkable guy and it’s a tribute to him, and frankly, to SEE STEEL ON PAGE 9

Wolf, DSG Exec clash Duke and Ninth St. on town-gown relations Off-East shops feel economic ups, downs by

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Days into its mandate, Duke Student Government is wracked by tension and infighting on the Executive Board about how to best handle tattered town-gown relations, DSG officials confirmed Wednesday.

Popularly elected news officers Elliott Wolf, president, and Jordan Giordano, vice nresident for community interaction, have disagreed over defining DSG’s role in community outreach—a rift complicated by the addition of a third, appointed party.

Senior Daniel Bowes, who lost to sophomore Giordano by fewer than 3 percentage points last spring, was appointed by Wolf, a junior, to serve as the lesser partner to Giordano on the Community Interaction Committee.

“Particularly now, interacting with Durham for DSG just isn’t a one-person job anymore,” said Chief of Staff Paul Slattery, a junior. ‘You can’t ask one student

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to, say, do [lnter-Community Council] and be in Exec Board meetings while also cultivating links with the school board, city council and so on.”

But late arrival Bowes’ committee work seems to overshadow Giordano’s todate efforts.

Bowes has long-standing ties with the community he honed, when, as a Chronicle columnist, he wrote mosdy on DukeDurham relations. His pieces were reprinted in area newspapers..

DSG officials said the creation of the Bowes’ post allows Giordano to focus on ICC, while giving Bowes greater leeway to concentrate on community des.

And Bowes bubbles with energy while describing his many projects, most of which center around promoting exchange between students and off-campus neighborhoods.

In a letter concerning DSG’s outreach work submitted to Durham daily The Herald-Sun this summer, Giordano is listed third, behind Wolf and Bowes.

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When Duke announced plans last March open a Barnes & Noble on the new Central Campus, Tom Campbell worried that his landmark bookstore would soon become just another page in the history books.

Campbell, co-owner of the Regulator Bookshop, and local community members feared that the presence of the mega-chain would force the closure of his store —a staple on Ninth Street.

Despite his springtime woes, and trends of declining business on Ninth Street, Campbell said business has perked up during the last six to eight months.

Duke no longer plans to build a largescale bookstore, and the University is currently working with local merchants and the city planning department in an effort to improve the area.

“Duke wants to see Ninth Street succeed because we’re right on their doorstep,” Campbell said.

Although the city has made efforts to revitalize the area, Campbell said that both high rent and a weak market for to

Books on Ninth closed earlier this year when its owner decided to move to Munich, Germany.

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Iraq to control armed forces

CIA transfers suspects to Guantanamo by

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The most SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico notorious terrorism suspects held by the United States are now at Guantanamo Bay, kept in windowless cells in the highest security section of the detention center and facing military tribunals that could begin early next year.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, alleged architects of the Sept.

11 attacks, were taken out of secret CIA custody along with 12 other alleged terrorist leaders and flown to the U.S. base in southeastern Cuba. There, they joined some 445 men suspected of links to al

Qaeda and the Taliban.

President George W. Bush announced the transfer as he outlined a plan to resume the military tribunals that were struck down in June by the Supreme Court.

If Congress approves the president’s proposal, the military expects to file charges against about 75 detainees and will seek the death penalty in some cases, Guantanamo’s chief prosecutor, Air Force Col. Morris Davis, told The Associated Press. . “Obviously, with someone of [Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s] magnitude it would be reasonable to expected would be subject to the death penalty,” Davis said,

adding that he is not sure which detainees would be tried and what charges they would face.

Guantanamo officials would say little about the newest detainees, whose arrival brings the overall prisoner population to about 460.

“It is our policy that every detainee... be treated humanely,” Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand said.

The detainees were held in the steeland-concrete Camp 5, one of the newest sections of Guantanamo Bay, which is intended for detainees suspected of the most serious offenses or those considered “high value” for intelligence reasons.

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Just hours after Annan called for the lifting of a sea and air blockade, Israel said it would end it Thursday evening. International forces will replace the Israelis at command positions over Lebanese sea-

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Israel said the blockade was necessary prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah

guerrillas.

Annan—on the tail end of 11-daytrip to the region—also renewed a call for an Israeli troop pullout from Lebanon, calling it “crucial” to peacekeeping.

The U.N. chief also urged Hezbollah militants based in southern Lebanon to disarm.

The U.N. has 2,000 peacekeepers in Lebanon but is starting to send thousands more into the region to monitor a tenuous truce between Israel and Hezbollah after

34 days offighdng.

“When 5,000 international troops are on the ground... we will have a credible force and it will be time for Israel to withdraw completely,” Annan said.

The U.N. force, which will eventually number 15,000 peacekeepers, will monitor the truce along with 15,000 Lebanese army troops.

Annan arrived in Turkey Tuesday, just hours before its parliament voted to send troops to Lebanon —becoming the first Muslim country with diplomatic relations to Israel to join the U.N. peacekeeping force.

Iraq will take control of its armed forces command Thursday, a major step on its painful path toward independence and an essential move before international troops can eventually withdraw.

Ex-gov. gets prison for graft Former Illinois Gov, George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced Wednesday to six-and-one-half years behind bars in the corruption scandal that ruined his political career.

Interrogation tactics revised A new Army manual bans torture and degrading treatment of prisoners, for the first time specifically mentioning forced nakedness, hooding and other infamous procedures used during the five-year-old fight against terrorism.

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MEMORIAM

Please join President Richard H. Brodhead, Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells, and Alumni Affairs Executive Director Sterly Wilder ’B3 at the site of six trees planted by the Duke Alumni Association in remembrance of alumni who lost their lives on September 11, 2001: J. Robinson “Rob”

Lenoir ’B4

Peter Ortale ’B7

Christopher Todd Pittman ’93 A. Todd Rancke ’Bl

Frederick C. Rimmele 111 M.D. ’94 Michael Morgan Taylor ’Bl

September 11, 2006

11:00 a.m.

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Quad Memorial Grove

(Rainsite: McLendon Tower, first floor)

Let their spirits rouse us, the living, to further efforts by whose light we can create and sustain a better world, where terrorism can find no foothold a world where innocence need not be sacrificed on the altar of national ego or religious fundamentalism.

Former President Nannerl O. Keohane, September 2002

A student-organized memorial service will be held at 8 o’clock on Monday evening in the new Plaza.

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Edens AC Locals discuss zoning shut down Duke’s new Central by mold by

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The mold situation in Edens Quadrangle is heating up.

Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director ofhousing services, sent an e-mail Tuesday in which he informed residents of Edens 3A and 3B that their air conditioning will be turned off, and remain off, in response to a mold contamination discovered Aug. 24.

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The air vents cannot be used until the cleaning process is com-

pleted.

Wayne Thomann, director of the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office, said that if the air-conditioning system was allowed to continue running, the moving air may bring mold contamination into dorm rooms.

“The best thing to do right now is to hit the pause button, turn off the air conditioning and control the environment,” Hull said. “The environment is now stabilized.”

He added that the winter heating system will not be affected.

Students were informed last week that air vents would be cleaned for mold Monday and Tuesday, shutting off air conditioning temporarily.

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It’s another week, another meeting in the Duke administration’s effort to gain community support for plans for the new Central Campus.

Provost Peter Lange gave a PowerPoint presentation and fielded questions last night at Asbury United Methodist Church, which sits across from East Campus oil West Markham Avenue.

“There isn’t that much that is new, which is really a sign of the stability of the master plan,” said Lange, who gave an almost identical PowerPoint presentation in the same church basement last March.

The provost invited a small group of community leaders to a private Aug. 23 meeting in the Allen Building in order to address a widely-disseminated list of community concerns before the public meeting.

Wednesday’s meeting was held to rally support for changing Central Campus’ zoning from residential to uni-

versity-college.

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Provost Peter Lange tells interested Durham residents about plans for Central Campus.

Freshmen wage battle by

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Since 1995, East Campus benches have fallen victim to paint attacks, disappearing acts and even, in 2004, suspension from a tree.

This year, a group from Giles Dormitory—self-christened “the G-spot G’s”—insist they have initiated the freshman bench wars.

Arriving on campus and noticing a nine-foot-by-five-foot void, roughly 20 resourceful freshmen stole into the darkness 4 a.m. Sept. 1 to unseat their neighborhood rival and commandeer Wilson Dormitory.

“We needed a bench... and it wasn’t going to get built,” Giles freshman Michael Freedman

explained.

Despite the students’

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ness, resident advisors demand-

ed that the misplaced benches

be returned, concerned mosdy that bench pranks were starting earlier and could easily escalate to more severe acts ofvandalism.

When threats of police involvement surfaced, Giles scrambled to appease Wilson’s sleeping giant,

though

“they could have worked a little harder,” said freshman and Wilson resident David Tat, who was unimpressed by Giles’ haphazard repainting.

“There was no security from four to five-thirty,” one Giles resident said. “Anything could have

happened.”

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of benches

partment officers only intervened as the “G’s” were moving the bench back.

But all involved were advised not to discuss the incident in order to avoid further trouble, said freshman Daniel Shapiro. “I can’t speak to that,” he noted. “But it was... awesome. I heard.”

Freshman Andrew Beach said the prank seemed more like a part of a benign rivalry than a punishable act of destruction.

Other dorms soon joined Giles in bench attacks, and students soon woke up to find benches turned vertically—an act attributed to Aycock Dormi-

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Tory, as well as a variety of paint

modifications.

Some members of Jarvis have creatively defaced their quad rivals, conjuring up graffiti symbols and serially marking the body of its victims.

Suspected freshmen, however, have met with RAs and residence coordinators. Some cite a fear of punishment as sufficient reason not to engage in acts of revenge.

According to the Residence Life and Housing Services website, students who move house benches may have their housing licenses revoked and be placed on disciplinary probation, or pay damages. Should an entire dorm be found guilty, its own bench could be taken.

“It’s a kind of dorm bonding, SEE BENCHES ON PAGE 8

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ACLU helps those abused by ALE Faculty call iPods by

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Alcohol Law Enforcement became infamous for its raids last fall, and now some student leaders are preparing to fight a different kind of ALE intrusion—the violation of personal rights.

The American Civil Liberties Union at Duke will begin tabling Thursday to solicit complaints from students who believe their individual freedoms were impeded when they were cited by ALE. The group held a similar campaign after 194 students received citations in Aug. 2005.

Although there have been fewer signs of ALE’s presence this year, the ACLU at Duke will continue their efforts, said President Daniel Bowes, a senior.

“Last year, ALE demonstrated that they don’t hold civil liberties in that high of a regard, and a lot of students felt threatened,” Bowes said. “As long as we hear reports that this stuff is happening, we’ll advertise.”

Bowes said he received between 10 and 20 student responses last year about violations ranging from unreasonable search-and-seizure to sexual harassment and threats.

He forwarded what he considered to be the most serious incidents to Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, ALE Director Mike Robertson and Shelagh Kenney, then-staff attorney for the ACLU ofNorth Carolina.

“Our defense of civil liberties shouldn’t be seen as an endorsement of underage drinking,” Bowes added.

Robertson maintained that ALE responds to all complaints, but noted that concerned students should file them on an individual basis.

Administrators will continue working to inform students of their rights, Moneta said. He added that the effort will coincide with Provost Peter Lange’s lecture series on privacy.

“Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” Moneta said. “Shedding light on the challenges is going to be critical.”

In another effort to inform students about their civil liberties, the ACLU at

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ALE agents were spotted at George's Garage (above) and Shooters II this past Friday night.

Duke hosted its third annual “A Student’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters” Wednesday night.

Attended by approximately 10 students, the event featured a film presentation and question-and-answer-session with Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek and Duke University Police Department officers.

“I’ve heard a lot of conflicting stories about what to do during a police encounter, and I wanted to know my fights in protecting myself and keeping other students safe,” said senior Mike Kralovec, who was in attendance. “The Duke police were very cooperative, helpful and well-informed.”

Moneta said administrators must balance protection of student liberties with

appropriate disciplinary responses to illegal activity.

‘You try to hold fast to your sense of integrity of privacy about the rights of individuals but also recognize that the community rights are equally important,” Moneta said. “You have to have a clear set of principles by which you live, but then you’re tested every time you have another situation.”

The administration supports forums such as Wednesday’s that keep students well-informed, Wasiolek said.

“It’s a win-win situation when students know their rights, so they don’t overstep their bounds,” she said.

“Anytime we learn about our rights and responsibilities under the law —that’s a good thing,” Wasiolek added.

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When the Duke Digital Initiative kicked off in April 2005, some thought bringing iPod and podcast technology to classrooms would do little more than give students the opportunity to miss lectures and take notes from their dorm rooms.

One-and-a-half years later, however, many faculty have noted higher class attendance and increased student interest in the novel devices that place the University in the next generation of learning.

“The Duke Digital Initiative is proving to be a great success, with students and faculty reporting that digital media technology like the iPod has enhanced collaboration and the overall academic experience,” said David Menzies, manager of news and information for the Office of Information Technology.

Menzies added that the number offaculty and students participating in the DDI continues to grow, as the University develops an infrastructure to support the use of iPods and other digital technology.

This semester, 90 iPod courses are being offered. Students enrolled in the classes may borrow iPods for the semester or purchase them for a discounted price of $99 upon completion of their course.

In addition, pilot Tablet PC programs are currently underway in two chemistry classes. Whether they will be more widely used in the future, however, has yet to be determined, Menzies said.

“At this point in time, Duke has not decided on which new digital devices may be introduced for the 2007-2008 academic year beyond the technologies used,” he said. “We are now in the process of evaluating the effectiveness of digital technologies already introduced into the classroom via the DDL” Several classes in the Pratt School of Engineering introduced Tablet PCs to their SEE DIGITAL ON PAGE 9

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led to Giordano’s abrupt exit.

“I feel like I represented the views of my committee and it was best to leave at The culmination of the conflict that point,” Giordano said. came when Giordano walked out of an Wolf said it was a matter of jurisdiction.

Executive Board meeting last week, “It was a question as to which part or DSG officials confirmed. parts of DSG would respond to [the Both Giordano and Wolf said reconlacrosse case] and which parts would ciliation had since been reached. not,” he said.

The seeds of the conflict were sown Slattery said he during the summer. Wolf and o ug Bowes built up a “We’re trying to get things Giordano’s bond strong gumption in done. I honestly don’t give a s—working side-bya leaving side, while Giorgovernment who does what as long as it gets dano—who was meeting done.” present for only spoke volthe first summer umes about Elliott Wolf his commitsession—appears an outsider to ment to job. proceedings.

Bowes admitted he had had very little “I was impressed that people were ininteraction with his own boss. vested enough in their positions that Jor“That’s very valid,” he said Wednesday dan would do what he did,” Slattery said. of allegations that his bond with Gior“I can’t imagine that in past administradano was weak. tions someone would have gone to those “I think he’s as great as a guy can be, lengths.” but that’s just based on talking to him for ICC will approve DSG’s plan for an hour and a half,” he added.

Duke-Durham relations under the terms Wolf demurred, saying that the trio of the new compromise. had grown close at the many meetings Since assuming office, Wolf has they attended together. He said he was placed a heavy emphasis on DSG’s abiliconfident his relationship with Giordano ty to respond to and interact with the was healthy, despite allegations that he community.

To signal a unified front, Giordano sapped power from the vice president.

“Let’s say, we have a good working reand Bowes gave a presentation on their lationship where DSG is getting things community work at the DSG senate meetdone,” Wolf said Monday of his ability to ing Wednesday night. work with with Giordano. “I’m not trying Wolf said before the meeting he was to grab power from Jordan Giordano interested to see what they would submit. and my understanding ofhow he feels is “This isn’t about infighting,” Wolf that we’ve settled up.” said. “We’re trying to get things done. I Both Giordano and Wolf refused to honestly don’t give as— who does what specify the details of the meeting or what as long as it gets done.” from page 1

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During Duke Student Government’s first televised meeting Wednesday night, a presentation by Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, took center stage.

DSG representatives also introduced new efforts to foster communication and better relations between Duke and the surrounding Durham community.

Cable 13, the University’s student-run television station, aired the meeting later in the evening.

Wulforst spoke about adjustments that Chartwells is making in response to student feedback. The Compass Group subsidiary took over management of the Great Hall from ARAMARK, Corp. this summer.

The salad bar has reverted to a selfserve station, and Sitar Indian Cuisine will again serve meals Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The hours of service have also been tweaked, and lunch will now be available starting at 11 a.m.

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, praised Chartwells for its fast response time. “Compared to ARAMARK, that’s incredible,” he said.

Wulforst said he credited student feedback for the improvements, and encouraged continued suggestions.

“I’ve had a reputation for 10 years for listening to students and delivering,” he said.

Wulforst said new plans are in the works to further meet student needs.

During Thanksgiving Break, Subway will switch places with the sushi vendor in a move that Wulforst hopes will ameliorate '

the sandwich chain’s long lines.

Also, Tommy’s... Rubs, Grubs and Suds, which is replacing Rick’s Diner in McClendon Tower, will be open by the end of September. The restaurant currently plans to serve students until 2 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays although there is a possibility that it will extend its hours in the future and possibly be open 24/7.

Wulforst added that an outpost of Blue Express opened in the School of Law Wednesday, and due to a delay in the arrival of food carts for the West Campus Plaza, Cosmic Cantina has returned to Chick-Fil-A. Wulforst lauded the addition of Friday and Saturday dinner at the Marketplace on East Campus as a success. “I’ve been over there and it’s been busy every SEE DINING ON PAGE 9

DSG heard several reports Wednesday, including one from JimWulforst regarding GreatHall changes.

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able in the first few years as University president is his charm £nd love of words. His tone of voice and bumbling, bordering-on“To have these incisive invectives, to corny sense of humor have often earned write e-mails that are all charming and wild- him comparisons to cartoon character Yogi cisms—we needed something to grab Bear or to a fondly regarded relative, onto,” said sophomore Zach Pace, of the “Even cursory attention to the e-mails president’s mass e-mails to students last he sent showed nuance and a depth of unspring. “Regardless of the validity of the fact derstanding that was remarkable given the that people feel that way, people do—they gravity of the situation,” said sophomore feel like he’s let Kevin Troy, ' v iH us down.” who said he admires the Pace said he “The depth of President Brodhead’s thought Brodpresident’s unhead was not misderstated elopersonal commitment to address all quence. “It was placed in turning attention to nerventirely approof the issues... seems clear to us—and priate.” ous faculty, the to almost everyone else with whom Others see beleaguered athletic department his actions as we have spoken.” and not quite donating alumni immedienough.

Independent Committee Report “I still think ately after rape [Brodhead] is allegations hit local doorsteps. cute—he’s inYet Pace said the president’s damagecredibly likeable, and I’m not sure lacrosse control policies and constant media prescan take that away,” said junior Krysde Merence, while reassuring to outsiders, left chant. “But I want to hear about him meeting with people, with groups—coming up many current students feeling forgotten.

“We were scared—a friend of mine with ideas and saying, ‘That’s a good idea.’” from Durham was even afraid to go off At the end of last semester, Brodhead apcampus,” he said, referring to a postpointed an independent committee, lacrosse assault on a student at fast-food charged with evaluating his performance eatery Cook Out, a widespread rumor of throughout the media maelstrom.

The findings, released in mid-May, possible Durham gang violence targeting said there was little for which to fault the University students and the late-April arrival of the New Black Panthers. president.

“On campus, we were being hound“The depth of President Brodhead’s pered—it was almost like we were in a zoo,” sonal commitment to address all of theissues associated not just with the allegations of Pace added.

Other students said they would have rape and sexual assault at die party, but also simply liked a more emotional response with the party’s ‘surround’ seems clear to from the president. us—and to almost everyone else with whom “The e-mails seemed kind of flat-line,” we have spoken,” the committee reported. said sophomore Mike Silver. “It’s shallow of But committee members took umbrage us to say so, it really is, but I think kids that with the fact that “the core group advising wanted that expression of more emotion.” the president consisted largely of white men” Last spring, Brodhead conducted a and, as they saw it, Duke’s academic, athletic handful of events openly addressing stu- and social spheres have little overlap. dents’ concerns, including a panel conMerchantsaid an easy way to promote invened in the Duke Chapel to address camtegration would be to appear more often pus culture issues and an early-morning among students.

She said she attended events at one oflast question-answer session held in the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture semester’s minority recruitment weekends as that was closed to media. well as other on-campus cultural events but Burness, vice fof did not see the president in attendance. president public John affairs and government relations, said the “I wouldn’t expect him to be at Shooters,” she joked. “But maybe if he came president’s involvement in assuaging student fear was constrained by academics. down to the level of the students, at “E-mail does not lend itself particularly group meetings and events.” well to demonstrating an emotional side,” Burness said Brodhead will become Burness said. “But everyone was conscious more visible on campus as the fall semester that at the end of the semester, it was very gets underway. hard to get community meetings together.”

“I think people will see a lot of him in “Once you get into finals, [programthe normal traffic because he attends a lot ming] becomes a lot more complicated to of things on campus,” Burness said. “In do, because it was in effect pulling stuthe first week of school, he did the convodents from tests,” Burness added. cation address to freshmen. And you’re Part of what has made Brodhead so love- going to see a lot more like that.” from page 1

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NINTH ST. from page 1 small enterprises contribute to the difficulty of staying in business.

“I wouldn’t want to start a new bookstore fight now,” he said.

Several businesses have closed on Ninth Street in recent months, but signs for new merchants have gradually popped up in their place.

In her 25 years as owner of Vaguely Reminiscent, a store on Ninth Street, Carol Anderson has witnessed a slew of both successful and failed business ventures.

Some anchor businesses—like the Regulator—have thrived for years, while other vendors open and shut their doors within several months, she said.

“It’s kind of like life,” she said. “Some people do great and some don’t.”

Peter Wyman, Trinity ’BO, is now in the process of opening Studio, an art gallery located next to Bruegger’s Bagels.

After living in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for 27 years, he setded on Ninth Street as the ideal venue for his fourth store.

“Ninth Street is a cool little strip,” he said. “I don’t think there have been enough cool businesses there.”

The owner ofBooks on Ninth moved to Munich, Germany, to concentrate his attention on his other bookstore.

Blue Corn Cafe plans to expand into the empty venue. Metro 8 Steakhouse will open in the space recently vacated by the eatery Bacchus.

After nearly 80 years on Ninth Street, McDonalds Drug Store closed its doors after its pharmacist died earlier this year.

Kerr Drugs sold out to another company several years ago, but kept its sign up until it closed recently.

John Schelp, president of the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association, said

McDonalds Drug Store shut downearlier this year after spending nearly 80 years as a Ninth Street fixture. It is one of many stores that has closed in recent months. the “lack of clarity” surrounding the University’s retail plans for Central Campus has recendy contributed to the market’s uncertainty for local businesses.

He has served as a very vocal critic of what he perceives as a “retail cocoon” being formed on Duke’s campus, where vendors are able to avoid property taxes.

The University’s economic strength compromises its relationship with the community and threatens town-gown relations, Schelp said.

“These business districts are the living rooms of our neighborhoods,” he said. “If our business districts are undermined, then our neighborhoods are undermined.”

Schelp said one way to bridge the gap is by expanding the Duke Card availability for in-store purchases at vendors on Ninth

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Under the current policy, students can use their Duke Cards only to purchase food for tax-exempt delivery from a limited range of vendors.

Duke could also solve a number of problems by reducing the start-up costs for merchants and the 18 percent that Duke profits from each Merchants-on-Points purchase, he added.

“It would be good for Durham because it would have more revenue, and it would be good for town-gown relations because ofincreased interaction with students leaving campus,” Schelp said.

Some students said they were receptive

to being able to use food points at off-campus venues.

“This added option would allow students more variety and more convenience, because food points could be used in place of cash or credit,” said sophomore Joseph Lucco.

Although he said the $5O certificate each incoming freshman received to use at local eateries was a “step in the right direction,” Schelp added that it will not have the same impact on local commerce that changing the DukeCard would.

Schelp and other local activists hope to continue to help coordinate Duke’s community efforts by meeting with officials from the University.

“We can help Duke help itself become a better neighborhood,” Schelp said.

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Though the acts of vandalism continue, not all are embittered by the rivalries.

but it is a form of vandalism, so it’s obviously reprehensible,” said freshman Vikram Srinivasan. “But we don’t yet have an established positive competition, so it should be understandable.”

Still, RAs and RCs urge students to exercise prudence in contributing to the war.

“One of the reasons we don’t want students moving the benches, or even flipping them, is so that they will not hurt themselves or others,” said Jennah Jones, RC for Neighborhood 2. “These are large structures that are not built with the intention to move them.”

Some said they thought the pranks were absurd and, though explicit, rather witty.

“I walk through the quad, and I see these benches in all these precarious positions, and I think, ‘That could be a fun thing to do.’ But so far [Gilbert-Addoms] has abstained,” said freshman Michael Dechert.

For some, fall is the sound of leaves crackling under their feet and the crisp smell of impending winter.

But for this year’s freshman class, it seems to be the sound of wood splintering and diabolical whispering, as the War of the Benches begins anew on East Campus.

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Many residents mourned the loss of air conditioning.

“It’s about a 10-minute walk from Main West to [Edens],” said sophomore Wey Ruetten. “It’s much nicer to enter an air-conditioned room afterwards.”

Sophomore Michael Jacob said he wants a refund from the University for air conditioning fees.

Hull said a decision about returning a portion of room charges would depend on how long the situation lasts and the impact it has on students.

The changes in plans are not in response to a worsening mold contamination, he explained, maintaining that the environment is safe for students to live in.

To ensure mold growth will not reach an unsafe level, weekly samples will be collected from Edens 3A and 38, Thomann said.

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The University is currently looking into what caused the mold growth, Thomann said. OESO will also be examining other dormitories for presence of mold, Hull said, adding that talks regarding ways to prevent future mold growth will begin after responding to the current contamination.

“Properly running [ventilation] systems that are cleaned often shouldn’t have this problem,” said sophomore Josh Sommer, who discovered the mold and was relocated to Craven Quadrangle because he is hypersensitive to mold.

Sommer has spent the past few years researching mold toxins and has championed a congressional bill that would mandate research on, and help victims of, mold poisoning.

Students with medical conditions requiring air conditioning can request to be relocated, Hull noted, adding that he does not know ofany requests made this week.

Sommer said the University is taking the right step.

“This is very inconvenient for students and [the officials] were probably very reluctant to [turn off the air conditioning] but it’s better safe than sorry,” he said. “Student health is the most important thing.”

STEEL from page 1 the secretary of the treasury and to the president because they picked him,” he added.

Brodhead noted that Steel’s conditional acceptance is not an unprecedented move.

John Koskinen, Trinity ’6l, who chaired the Board from 1994 to 1997, made a similar stipulation after he was named deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget in former President Bill Clinton’s administration.

Steel is a native of Durham and attended Durham public schools before receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Duke in history and political science. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago in 1984.

He currendy teaches as a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Greenwich, Conn.

Steel could not be reached for comment.

DIGITAL from page 4 curricula last spring and have continued the initiative this semester as well. Many professors and students have also been using iTunes U, an archive ofvarious multimedia materials through which one can set up podcasts and exchange video and audio files. This semester, the program became available to all students enrolled in iPod classes.

“I use podcasts in my class for a variety of purposes,” said Richard Lucic, associate department chair and associate professor of computer science. “I use it for the general purpose ofrecording my lectures and making them available to students. This makes it easierfor students to brush up on material before tests and also to lead their own discussions in class and create content.” He added that students seem more engaged and dedicated to their work when using iPods. iTunes U has also been used to provide students with supplementary materials as an extension of class discussions and assignments.

The Fuqua School of Business in June began using iTunes U beyond the classroom by having its content available to people outside of the school, serving as a Mobile Content Portal.

Though students receive video iPods for their classes, Lucic and other faculty members said they do not utilize that aspect of the technology because it is not necessarily relevant to the course material.

Jeffrey Forbes, assistant professor of the practice of computer science, said his students use a program called Audioscrobbler, which sends all the songs found on students’ iPods to a Duke-based server.

The program can then be used to determine which songs are most popular and allows students to find other people with similar musical preferences.

“Instead of using data that comes out of nowhere, we can use real audio data files,” Forbes said.

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After the dining presentation, senior Daniel Bowes, DSG community liaison, provided information on efforts

he has made to improve Duke-Durham relations.

Last week Bowes joined Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, in meeting with off-campus students, area residents and Alcohol Law Enforcement agents.

“With ALE going to that event, we were trying to educate students and keep them out of trouble,” Bowes added.

Trinity Heights residents have volunteered to host offcampus students for dinner, and the students have reciprocated. “A couple of students have had barbecues and invited [Trinity Park neighbors] over,” Bowes said.

He also mentioned “Welcome to Durham,” an Oct. 15 event at the American Tobacco Complex which will unite Dujte, North Carolina Central University and Durham.

“This is not the end-all event,” Bowes said. “This is more the kick off for other things and a continued relationship between Duke and NCCU.” Sophomore Jordan Giordano, vice president for community interaction, updated DSG on the Duke-Durham Programming Council. though still in its planning stages, the project will be a collaboration between DSG, Duke University Union, Campus Council and the Community Service Center.

The group hopes to provide annual activities that will develop ties to the greater Durham community.

“It’s beneficial for Duke students to go into Durham,” Giordano said. “I don’t think anyone can doubt that.”

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Krzyzewski said. “But hopefully we’ll have continuity, where a Mike Krzyzewski ended the 2006 good portion of the guys who FIBA World Championships with a were on this team will be on the bronze medal—but in his eyes, it was Olympic team.” only the first step to winning gold at In addition to becoming by

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pre-game events in front of Johnson, dean of the Pratt Cameron Indoor Stadium that School of Engineering, who will include free food, prize givehelped put the evening together. aways, speeches from players and “One of the great stories around free tickets to all students who athletics this year is Coach K and wish to attend the game.

Coach G on the national teams.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m., With all the publicity about the with ticket distribution set for other things in athletics, this is a 6:15 and the game tipping off at huge thing to show how Duke is 7. Alana Beard and Diana Taurasi providing nationally.”

The tickets, which are availwill address the students outside Cameron at 6 p.m. able to the public starting at $7, “This isn’t a Duke basketball were purchased through funding game, but we wanted to create provided by Trinity College and the same spirit to bring the comPratt discretionary funds, the munity together around this SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 16 great program,” said Kristina

the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

The U.S. Men’s Senior National Team has received much criticism after its surprising 101-95 loss to Greece in the championships’ semifinals. Although Krzyzewski has said he takes responsibility for the upset, he has been quick to point out that he and Managing Director Jerry Colangelo set out to develop an established program, not institute a quick fix.

“In order to build a program, it takes time,” Krzyzewski said. “We were able to start the beginnings of a culture, of a program. Even though we did not win the gold medal, we played well, we represented pur country extremely well.

It’s almost like maybe it can’t happen that quick.”

The development of the threeyear program is still in a relatively early stage. Although Krzyzewski was named head coach of the team last October, the squad was not fully assembled until July 19. The World Championships edition of the national team was without several of its top talents—Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, Amare Stoudamire, Michael Redd, Lamar Odom, JJ. Redick and Chauncey Billups were all unavailable for play due to injury or personal reasons.

“We’ll never have as much [familiarity] as them. Guys are not going to stay on this national team forever. It’s a big commitment,”

comfortable with new teammates, Krzyzewski said the team must also continue to adjust to international rules. FIBA regulations differ from the NBA’s, from the amount of contact allowed to the length of the game—40 minutes to the NBA’s 48—and size of the lane.

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The volleyball team may be competitive, confident and clutch, but there is one “C” word that they are not—cliquey.

For players who spend so much time together from the beginning of August notebook through the NCAA tournament in

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ber, this sense of camaraderie is essential the team’s success.

“I think what’s unique with this team is that, compared to many teams, we don’t have cliques,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “That’s a very positive thing because it’s all inclusive and not exclusive.” to

This season, 11 veterans have returned for the Blue Devils (5-1). The group has the shared experience of last season’s trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Through their time together, the teammates have grown close to one another off the court.

A majority of the upperclassman room with—or at least live next door to—fellow teammates. Six of the 11 veterans are also members of the same sorority.

“Every year that I’ve been here, we’ve all been really good friends, on and off the court,” junior Ali Hausfeld, said. “And I think that’sbeen really key to our success —

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Men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewsis ki back at Duke after a summer spent leading the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team. He spoke to the media Monday about his thoughts on his experience coaching professionals, the NBA’s age limit and his current Duke team.

Q: Was it different coaching professionals after coaching college athletes your whole career?

A: I really enjoyed it—it’s definitely different. When you haven’t recruited a player, a player isn’t coming into your culture.... Everyone is just coming together. I feel like we all made adjustments to make sure we had great morale and we did. Now, going forward, we have to see how thatculture is going to be. I immensely enjoyed coaching them. They gave their best. They all had good attitudes, and saying that, I’m happy with what I’m doing in coaching the Duke team. I have no great desire to coach in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean these guys aren’t great. I love what I do and you should do what you love to do if you have a chance.

Q: Do you think a player needs to be with the U.S. team next summer to be able to play in the Olympics in 2008?

A: Personally, I think that [he] has to be there, because you can’t have somebody just showing up for the Olympics. Also, we have a chance to bond as a team even more next summer so that when we go to the Olympics, we are already a team.... Unless there is an injury or something like that, there’s always some life things that come

into effectpart, I think you would need to play on this team next summer to be able to play for our country in Beijing.

Q: What is it like to be back with your Duke team, and what did you see this summer that you can apply to your plan with the Blue Devils?

A; I’m excited to be with them. I am a little tired but I’m very enthusiastic. I think some of the offensive concepts that I saw were pretty good and we’ll in-

corporate some of them as soon as I get to know my team better to see if those concepts fit. Defensively, I don’t know how much I’ll use. I think we do a good job defensively. There might be a few tweaks, like in how we sub people. I just talked to my staff this morning about trying to take a few things each day and talk about what we liked

lt’s not just learnlearn from the you them, from ing guys on your staff.

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U.S. compared to the other countries?

A; We are falling behind in how we teach our skills of the game—-just because the world doesn’t have NCAA rules. I’m the blaming not NCAA, but my guys worked out yesterday, I could spend an hour with three four-man groups, we can’t do that until Thursday.

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A: Shane is a great player. He’s the ultiplayer. He and Elton [Brand], I thought they played very well. It was nice.

When you watch Battier play and see all the plays he’s making, it’s really beautiful basketball. mate team

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at all after this experience?

A: I’m not sure this 20-year old [age

limit] is the “cat’s meow,” so to speak.

Quite frankly, I’d rather have it the way it was than the way it is or have it [a mandatory] two years in college....There are a lot of people who are successful in this country who didn’t go to college. They should be given the right to do that. Some of the richest men in the world didn’t finish college, [and are] giving hundreds ofmillions of dollars all over. To me, I’d rather have it the way it was.

Q: So you think it should be left more up to the athlete?

A: Any kid has the right to leave college.

I don’t know why we have to put this requirement that they have to do this before doing something else, when a lot ofkids are playing tennis and soccer and doing things in sports that are pros.... They should be given those opportunities and we should be able to adjust. It’s not going to hurt the college game. The college game will be great no matter what. I think this puts the college game in more harm’s way than it needs to be, and I don’t think that was the intent.

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the NBA, they don’t allow very much physical contact,” Krzyzewski said. “[The NBA is] trying to make it a more offensive game. There’s not the bumping and all that on the ballhandler, there’s no handchecking at all. The international game is 180 degrees different.

“The biggest thing is how you defend the post —bumping cutters. It’s not like our guys can’t do that, it’s just that it’s not a habit. You can get knocked off your game a little bit more.”

The U.S. team has two more summers to catch up to the established international squads.

Yet as demonstrated by the team’s response to the loss, nothing short of the gold will be ac-

ceptable in Beijing in 2008.

“I’m not making any excuses,” he said. “That’s the world game—we betterlearn it, we better get tough. We’re not going to change it, and I think we can win in it. But it won’t come about unless we have to resolve to learn and build. It’s not going to be an instant fix, and it shouldn’t be.”

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Senior Pixie Levanas is one of the main forces driving this positive team chemistry. Hausfeld described the senior as a vocal leaderwho is serious when needs she needs to be but who keeps the team together and relaxed.

Levanas, however, is just one part of this close-knit team.

“You end up just sticking with your team,” junior Jenny Shull said. “You don’t get sick of each other.... I don’t really know anyone on our team who’s [too] serious. So, if we’re off the court, it’s a lot of laughing, a lot of joking, a lot of quoting movies.”

Coming into a team as tight as Duke’s can be very intimidating for a newcomer. The upperclassmen, therefore, made assimilating the freshmen a top priority.

“We had a really strong core to begin with spring season, so we... wanted to make sure when our freshmen came in, they felt like a part of us and didn’t feel like it was a cliquey team,” Shull said.

The four freshmen began their careers as Blue Devils on their first day of practice, Aug. 10—about two weeks before the rest of the freshman class arrived.

Without the normal orientation distractions—making friends, class, the bus system the freshmen focused on bonding with the team and getting ac—

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Jenny Shull (right) and Ali Hausfeld (left) are part of Duke's core veteran group. climated to campus during the preseason.

“Having people integrate you socially into the University, it’s definitely an advantage,” freshman Rachael Moss said.

“In preseason, we would all go out to dinner after practicing and stuff, and we went to a movie. And it just got us into the whole team chemistry....

They include us in everything so you don’t really feel like a freshman.”

The freshmen have quickly blended with the easy-going personalities of the team, something that will work to Duke’s advantage this early in the season.

“They understand the importance of the team,” Nagel said.

“The team is the priority—and our ultimate goal is to be successful as a team. It’s not individual goals that are the priority....

And I think that everyone seems to support that and understand that and practice that.”

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W.BBALL from page 11 women’s basketball program, the Office of Student Affairs and a personal contribudon from Johnson.

Johnson said she hopes the fans provide a warm welcome back to Beard —the all-time leading scorer in Duke women’s basketball history—and come out to support Blue Devil head coach Gail Goestenkors, who is serving as an assistant coach under Anne Donovan for the team.

“The idea started back in the spring when Coach G was approached to be one of the coaches on the national team,” Johnson said. “She said, ‘Can you help promote the game?’ I said it would be my great privilege and honor.

“Students go to sports for free—what a good way to kick this off,” Johnson said.

The national team’s game against Australia wraps up its two-week training camp in the Triangle. The team has practiced in

Cameron each day, and it has hosted open practices at Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State’s home arenas.

The Australian team is one of the United States’ fiercest international opponents.

Australia won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics, losing to America in the title game, 744)3. Its team has 11 WNBA players.

The U.S. roster is composed of an allstar mix of WNBA players as well as Tennessee forward Candace Parker, who was one of the three final players named to the squad Wednesday.

Johnson said she and the others involved in planning of the pre-game festivities expect a large crowd at the game to cheer on the national team before it leaves for Brazil to compete in the 2006 FIBA World Championships, beginning Sept. 12.

Though 1,000 tickets have been specifically allocated for sftidents who wish to attend, Johnson said no students will be turned away from the game.

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“Insurance coverage is not automatic,” Brad Beacham, the outgoing president of the Fraternal Information and Programming Group and the director of Sigma Nu Fraternity said. “Questions of coverage frequently come up where there has been an injury.”

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lem, 11 national and international fraternities now require most of their chapter houses to be alcohol-free, no matter what their universities’ policies are.

But without alcohol and an active social life, does that leave fraternities with much to offer, especially when considering the lack of meaningful national fraternity connections? At Duke, the answer most often is no.

The University has not made clear what direction it expects of social life and its actions during the past few years have been detrimental to greeks —making policies stricter and taking away opportunities without providing new ones. Is it still worth it for fraternities to foot the bill and stay on campus? There are few reasons to believe so.

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heat distracted me and every other student from what was going on in the classes, and it probably bothered the professors, too.

The only one of my classrooms below 80 degrees early last week was in the Divinity School.

The comfortable environment definitely enhanced the lecture, and that is really what Duke should strive for: the best possible environment for both living and learning.

If the University wants to make students happier, it needs to solve its air conditioning problems. It is preposterous that a school with a multi-billion dollar endowment forces its students to endure the summer heat indoors.

In addition to installing air conditioning on East, Duke needs to prevent AC failure in the middle of August—and if it does happen, fix it

of the few air-conditioned residences on East Campus. Although this meant I had to live in a tiny, 148-square-foot room (basically the same size as Saddam Hussein s prison cell, but with a roommate), at least I had cool air pumping through the vents and a thermostat that I could adjust, Most freshmen are not so fortujamie deal nate. Built before strategery World War 11, many dormitories on East Campus do not have air conditioning. This makes life rather uncomfortable for the unlucky ones—kids assigned to the sweltering buildings.

After a trip to West Campus, the gym or Ninth Street, it must be tough returning to a residence that could in fact be hotter than it is outside.

To make matters worse, unless they provide a note from a doctor, students cannot install individual air-conditioning units in their rooms. This is the reason why, after learning of the policy over the summer or barely surviving the 100-degree rays that roast their dorm on a regular basis, some students miraculously “develop” allergies. With the scribble of a doctor friend, one can easily avoid the hassle of living in a dorm without air conditioning.

But the problem isn’t limited to dorms. It even crops up in the classroom.

Lucky me, I had three ofmy classes in two buildings with broken air conditioning last week. By the middle of each lecture, I felt like was being baked alive. The air was misty and hot, and I found it hard to breathe. My once-cool bottle of water provided no help, and with only a small breakfast that morn.v~-

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Students worked very hard to get here, and someone is spending a lot of money for them to stay here. They should be treated accordingly.

Here’s a thought: Instead of spending $lO million on something like the new plaza—or as I like to call it, a wider walkway with entertainers, t-shirt vendors, hot dogs and pizza—why not use a little money to fix simple things like air conditioning?

Maybe Duke could have taken some of the money spent on the mist fountain, which does not really work or refresh anyone and will quickly lose its appeal, and use it to cool students off where they really need it.

Installing air conditioning in every building on campus—and keeping it working—is a realistic goal, and Duke should take it seriously. But if the University does find it unnecessary, then it should at least allow students to place air conditioning units in theirwindows without a note from a doctor.

Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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once said, in what was surely ions, I don’t mean it literally. If I had no one of that great sage’s most inspired opinions at all, you’d have reason to susmoments, “Opinions are like assholes; pect me of being a computer. I think that everyone has one.” Confucius, however, oblistening to rap is infinitely preferable to viously never had the pleaslistening to drippy rock ure o: meeting me, singers whining about failed Not to say that I suffer relationships that probably from any awful deformity, never existed in the first thank God (although place, 3 believe that Million Dolmaybe if I did I might lar Baby was the worst movie merit a handicapped ever made, deplore the new parking sticker ). 2 No, facebook.com, and so forth. rather, I suffer from a lack However, when it comes to Steinberg politics, of opinions. lacrosse, greek life, I can’t say I ever missed cucumber sandwiches gender, race, the state of tail’ them. O v. pinions aren’t aesd gate or whatever else people needed perately in one’s get up in arms about around everyday life. Nor did I ever expect to miss here, I have no opinions whatsoever. And I them. I’ve always planned to be a lawyer, believe it’s a great thing. and in law, one’s paid to advocate someone In the first place, emphatically opinelse’s opinion, not to have opinions of ionated people are one of the most anone’s own. But then I became a columnist. noying aspects of life. Every conversation No sooner did I begin work on the colwith them turns into an opportunity for umn you’re now reading than I discovered them to share their grossly exaggerated, the problem. Without any opinions, how is one-sided views, usually on topics you one supposed to write opinion pieces? It’s a couldn't care less about. quandary indeed. But, in the absence ofany For example, every time I see my father, opinions to write about, I’d like to mount a I'm forced to hear about how it was really a defense of the unopinionated life. renegade wing of our government that deOf course, when I say I have no opinstroyed the World Trade Center. Never

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mind that the idea is preposterous. What bothers me is the maniacal focus on something that has no bearing on his life. I mean, doesn’t he have more important things to worry about than whether we really live in a democracy? Like, say, what's for dinner?

Second, opinions always have away of blinding people to facts. Take the lacrosse case. Houston Baker is so sensitive to what he likes to call “violent white male athletic privilege” that he called for the dismissal of the entire team—before anyone was even indicted. On the other hand, the team’s defenders portray the team as a bunch of poor innocent victims of Nifong’s re-election campaign when no one has ever denied that members of the team made all kinds of vile racist remarks at the party.

Third, most opinionated people spend their time worrying about things they can’t possibly do anything about. I may believe that the sky would look better if it were green instead of blue, but writing editorials about it and complaining to my friends every chance I get isn’t going to change the color of the sky.

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about how they miss their precious tailgate, they’ll make it come back? We already are all stuck here; it’s the outside world (particularly prospective applicants) the administration has to impress by taking measures to ensure the school isn’t depicted in the media as a nerdy version of Animal House.

Therefore, I advocate apathy. After all, twenty years from now, you won’t have the slightest recollection of what Duke's drinking policies were or who Larry Moneta even was, and should you get so upset by the outcome of the upcoming presidential election that you run off to Canada like you always promised you’d do if So-And-So won, I promise you you'll immediately regret it. The weather’s atrocious up there.

1 Actually, these words were first uttered by Art Blakey—a famous jazz drummer. He never met me either.

Then again, what is the use of a parking sticker without a car?

Seriously, why can’t these guys sing about what’s really going down in their lives—groupies? (No pun intended.)

Asher Steinberg is a Trinity junior. His column runs every Thursday.

letterstotheeditor Columnist’s argument stands up to criticism I remain troubled by how out of touch with reality members of the academic far left are about the Muslim world. Andrew Gerst’s Aug. 30 column “Where are the Moderate Muslims” has set off angry, self-righteous tiradeswithout what I like to call “facts.” Gerst called for Muslim condemnation of terrorism. Why is this so unreasonable? A religion that supposedly is one of peace should have no problem denouncing the intentional murder of women and children. Anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps has been condemned by mainstream Christianity.

Rabbi Cohen has been condemned by mainstream Judaism. Why do leftists get so upset when condemnation of terrorists by mainstream Islam is brought up? Omid Safi, in his article “Silence of the Muslims,” says that Gerst equates being a moderate Muslim with accepting “atrocities of the Israeli regime.” Safi refers to defensive actions taken by the only democratic state in the region, the only place where women and minorities have rights, as “atrocities” committed by a “regime.” In the oppressive country of Israel, nonjews do not have lessened rights, as Safi claims. They can vote, and there are even two Arab Muslim political parties in the Israeli parliament. Arab Muslims are also business and social leaders in Israel. In a letter to the editor, Professor Bruce Lawrence claims that a fundamental reason for terrorism is the gap in education and resources between the West and the Muslim world. This is ridiculous—terrorists don’t order their followers to kill Israelis and Americans and Russians and Spaniards and Brits to get better education. Professor Lawrence is attempting to excuse coldblooded murder simply because the murderers are poor, and that's absurd. To paraphrase Alan Dershowitz, thank God that the Israelis only have to make peace with the Palestiniansand not American professors of Middle Eastern studies—at least some Palestinians are reasonable.

David Shiffman Trinity 'O7

Sorority stereotypes unfair “Actions speak louder than words”... or do they?

During the past nine months, the Duke community has been highly scrutinized and criticized by the outside world. While the main focus ofattention has tended to be the lacrosse team and their teammates’ impending trial, in the process, the media has marginalized anoth-

er prevalent group on Duke campus: Sorority girls.

While national attention to Duke sororities is relatively recent, the negative publicity centering around Duke sorority women is not. For years members of the Duke community have negatively typified sorority women.

Typically we are characterized as exclusive, morally loose, vain, shallow, unintelligent conformists.

As a sorority girl whose national president recently visited because of the extensive amount of negative press, I have experienced the huge impact that this attention has had on our reputation. Nationally, our sororities are now embarrassed by their affiliation with us. Sadly, their embarrassment is completely unnecessary. The characteristics claimed of Duke sorority women are unfounded and completely untrue.

The definition of a stereotype is an oversimplified standardized image or idea held by one person or a group. The current portrayal ofDuke sorority women is a result of a stereotype that continues to be perpetuated by people like last year’s DukeObsrvr, Jake Grodzinsky and others who know only what they have heard about us from others. Sadly this stereotype of Duke sorority women has blinded others to our true actions and the values that we as sorority women embody.

No one notices our philanthropic endeavors in the community. For example, have you ever heard of the Pi Beta Phi scholarship fund, or the fact that over the past two years we have raised almost $30,000, with the help of other fraternities and sororities to be used to help fund underprivileged children in their quest for higher education? Do people ever discuss the loyalty among the sisters and our dedication to our respective organizations? What about our dedication to our fellow students? Who was behind starting the Duke Students for an Ethical Durham campaign? If you didn’t know, it’s sorority girls. In regard to the moral characteristics ofsorority girls, and how we choose to conduct ourselves in public, I can say only that I believe all women desire to have integrity and to carry themselves in the way that is respectable. That’s not to say that we all don’t make mistakes, but in general we strive to be upstanding women. As to whether or not we are exclusive in a negative manner, only associating with certain types of people, or only dating men who are in certain fraternities or on sports teams, I suggest that you take a closer look at our women and those with whom they

choose to associate. I seriously doubt you will find such a strong level of consistency as is claimed.

In conclusion, I ask you to help discontinue the perpetuation of this stereotype. Let our actions speak for themselves, and take a closer look at us before you judge us. Allow the veil placed over your and others' eyes to be lifted, and see that sorority girls at Duke are not as you have heard. We are intelligent (come on we go to Duke), classy, caring, loyal, unique, diverse individuals who just happen to want to have a little fun, meet some new girlfriends, and in general, be a part of an upstanding organization that gives back a lot more than it takes.

Jenni Edwards Trinity 'O7 Pi Beta Phi Cartoon uninsightful After all of the controversy over using stereotypes as the basis for humor in The Chronicle last semester, you would think that this year's writers and cartoonists might have learned a lesson. But from the looks of the Sept. 6 “Dukies” cartoon, it appears that Leslie and her editor haven't quite gotten die message. Her cartoon about freshmen is nothing but a list of demeaning social stereotypes, progressively degenerating to the point of labeling first year girls as “fresh meat” and mocking a situation where for too many girls, alcohol and naivete can end up in sexual assault. And this from a female cartoonist! I recognize that a cartoonist’s job is often to poke fun at our social habits, but even then, one would hope that our author could find something more witty, insightful or simply more entertaining than illustrating the same tired stereotypes that we’ve all heard a million times. Aside from being energetic, talented and optimistic, the freshmen are bewildered and nervous—unsure of how to play the game, or which game to play, in this confusing and contradictory place called Duke. It’d be nice to think that those of us who've been around the block could actually reach out to them. Maybe we could share what we know and make them feel a little more at home. Or maybe, in our infinite social and academic perfection, it’s better for us to mock the freshmen for their efforts and insecurities.

After all, it’s not like we’ve ever been in their shoes.

Brian Wright Trinity 'O7

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THE TRANSITION, TRIBUTES AND TRIBULATIONS OF FILM, MEDIA AND MUSIC SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

David Graham recess “Everyday, everyday I have the blues Ooh, everyday, everyday I have the blues Whenyou see me worried baby, it’s you I hate to lose.

8.8. King has built his career on that lament. Over the next two days, Durham will have its own case of the blues—but it’ll share the feeling with 15,000 music fans from across the state and nadon.

The St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation will host the 19th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival Friday and Saturday at Durham Athletic Park, the former home of the Durham Bulls. SJHF President Dianne Pledger said although the festival usually focuses on local blues stylings, this year’s festival—held just weeks after the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will pay tribute to the Gulf Coast.

In addition to a lineup of musicians from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, this year’s festival boasts an all-star Chicago blues combo ofHowlin’ Wolf alum Hubert Sumlin, and former Muddy Waters sidemen Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Pinetop Perkins. Led by Perkins—the Methuselah of the blues, at a still-spry 93 years ofage—the trio represents the last remnants of blues’ greatest generation. by

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Last year, a documentary series proposed that an illusion was created in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001. It was the illusion of an organized terrorist network—one fashioned by neo-conservatives.

Last month, a film about two real members of the Port Authority force, who survived the destruction of the Twin Towers, opened in theaters nationwide.

Most can name the second feature: World Trade Center. But how many can name the first—what has been lauded by some as one of the most valuable pieces of media

concerning the events of Sept. 11?

With the sheer volume of art, photography, literature and film about the attacks released over the past five years, it is not surprising that some art forms dominate others in the public arena.

Even though the documentary series, The Power of Nightmares, has not been so widely recognized, it is one of the only forms of post-9/11 expression that is actually progressive, said Brent Hoff, former writer for The Daily Show and current curator of the DVD magazine, Wholphin. “[The film] at least gives you a little background into what is inspiring this

kind of radical Islamic fundamentalist movement,” Hoff said. “I can’t think of anything else that is doing a good job of helping us digest, contextualize and interpret the events that led to 9/11.”

If this is the case, where does Art Spiegelman’s collection of politically charged comics In the Shadow of No Towers, fit in? What about Bruce Springsteen’s album, The Rising, a mixture of anthems dedicated to 9/11, or the upcoming film The Great New Wonderful, which features the stories of five individSEE FIVE YEARS LATER ON

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Duke professor brings hometown feeling, photography to Perkins Christine Schellack recess Margaret Sartor has good reason to be pleased with herself.

The Duke professor’s most recent celebrations include a best-selling novel and the opening of yet another photo exhibit, this time on Duke’s West campus. Sartor, a professor at the Center for Documentary Studies, is the creator of “Close to Home,” an exhibit currendy in Perkins Library. The black and white photographs are a collection of images reminiscent of her hometown.

The essence of Sartor’s work is undoubtedly her childhood, spent in small-town Monroe, La. where she lived with her mother, father and four siblings. Her Lather was a doctor—and while her mother did not work, Sartor describes her as smart and talented.

“Monroe is a place where the ‘6os didn’t get to town until the ‘7os,” Sartor said, laughing. Her experience there is something which she describes in hindsight as crucial in her development as a person, recalling the town of Monroe as both comforting and confining. by

“I could never really see myself leaving the South,” said Sartor, who now lives with her husband and four children in Durham. “I left Monroe because I could never continue living there, but I also know that I could never bear to be too far away from it.”

The collection is unique in the sense that it spans over a large period of Sartor’s life. The first photograph was created in 1985—the year of her father’s unexpected death, a particular turning point for Sartor.

“I have three sisters and one brother and one thing I remember from my childhood is my father photographing all ofus,” Sartor says, “It’s partially where my interest for creating photographs began.”

Her work quietly grew until she suddenly realized that it had the potential of being shown as a collective exhibit—comprising the exhibit that is now Close To Home.

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In the interest of fairness, I sampled what may be considered the backbone of this type =r of eatery—a burger, fries and a homeWimpy’s Grill made dessert—and Hillsborough Rd. & Hicks St Durham, N.C, compared the two meals accordingly.

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Favorite Album in the Past Year: My Secret Is My Silence, Roddy Woomble Favorite Film Genre: Dramedy Favorite Movies: The Station Agent, Lost in Translation, The Best of Youth, Kicking and Screaming (1995), Rushmore.

Favorite Director; Noah Baumbach Favorite Books; A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Farewell To Arms.

Favorite Authors: Dave Eggers, Ernest Hemingway, George Saunders.

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However, it is precisely the social necessity of these out of the

OLIVER STONE on Post 9/11 America:

How was the post-9/11 process handled poorly?

It could have been handled by the David Rams’ [the Marine that found McLaughlin and Jimeno in the rubble] of the world, it didn’t have to be handled by a $5O billion bureau for National Homeland Security, whatever the f—k they call it Why did we spend all this money?

We’ve got more death, more war, more fear, more terror five years later and we’ve also got Constitutional breakdowns. Give me a break, what’s worse, 2001 or today? That’s why when people say, ‘ls it too soon?,’ I say, ‘What, are you asleep? Wake up man!’

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While there is nothing particularly wrong with the better forms of these commemorative pieces, Weschler said, their function is akin to “gazing at our navel.”

The most resounding problem, he noted, is that audiences and artists alike have become so immersed in what he calls the “noise” of the attacks that the impending issues of our geopolitical age have been precariously delayed as a result.

“It’s a fetishizing of [9/11], and it’s all about vanity and narcissism,” Weschler said. “And the subtext is [that] at the end of the day, billions and billions of dollars go to completely stupid things like defense companies as opposed to alternative energy companies. Arid

“I don’t see us knowing how to do comedy with current world events. People seem too conflicted, so the comedy is conflicted and not very good. There’s The Daily Show and then the rest of the world.

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that is catastrophic.”

The primary issue is not so much embedded in the quality of these post-9/11 artistic efforts, but rather the redundancy that comes with excessive quantity of such efforts. Even apart from media and commercialism, Americans can no doubt attest to being saturated with images of the attacks.

The question of timing has also been a point of dispute. Recent criticism has accused Oliver Stone, director of World Trade Center, of jumping too quickly onto the bandwagon of history’s commemorative films.

Ariel Dorfman, professor ofliterature and Latin American studies at Duke, dealt with social tragedies firsthand in a 1973 coup in Chile—-what he calls that country’s “own September 11,” His view of art following catastrophe is that it requires time to come to terms with the momentum of the tragedy.

“Catastrophes are never easy to deal with artistically because they tend to overwhelm us, demand an understanding that will only come with time,” Dorfman said. “We will only know 30 years from now what really will remain and

“There are lots of events that can inspire or provoke artists and this happened to happen where there are a lot of artists and it affected their lives so that helps explain the focus...obsession is understandable” —David Paletz Professor of Political Science, Director ofF/V/D Program be resonant.”

Weschler’s concern is less with time than it is with function. He cites World Trade Center as an example of diverting public attention away from the more crucial

global picture.

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to watch, but it’s total bulls—Weschler said. “Oliver Stone should be ashamed of himself for wasting time on this.”

Hoff is somewhat more forgiving, but said he agrees with Weschler that these fictionalized dramas do little to help process what happened on the day of the terrorist attacks.

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I was at a point in my career where I was genuinely contemplating how I could apply my abilities as an actor to be healing in some way. I know some of the genre films I’ve made entertained people, and that’s healing on some level, but I really wanted to almost be a medicine man with acting. About six months went by and then I got this script by Andrea Berloff with a letter from Oliver Stone saying ‘Would you like to do this?’ and I thought, ‘Well here it is, literally the answer to my prayers. Here it is, this deep wound in the psyche of our country. Maybe I can portray John McLaughin and it can be helpful in some way, healing in some way’, so I said *Yes’ immediately.

Do we need disasters to discover parts of ourselves that we didn’tknow existed?

Oh wow—that is a strong question. I don’t think you’ll ever pull a quote out of me where I’ll say you needed [9/11], but I do think that if you look at life sometimes adversity can make you stronger.

But you can certainly find something within you that is stronger than you might have thought existed once you’ve seen what people do in drastic situations, right?

No question. This was a huge test that John went through, and...it is applicable to our own lives: How can you not say, ‘lf they went through that surely I can handle this—it is within the realm of human ability.’

Still, Oliver Stone’s opinion of his film is precisely such: that it is a retelling of an event, rather than a vehide for social change.

“Everyone’s going to take something from it—what they want. You see a movie and you react to it or not.

You like it or you don’t. You dig it. Whatever you say, you walk out with your own feelings about that day, those people,” Stone said. “I think the film honors those feelings of that day and remembers them. That’s all it can do.”

When asked about his view of the post-9/11 world, Stone said that people always talk about an event as the post-Titanic era or post-World War 11.

‘You’ve got to look at real life and see how people have changed,” Stone added. “I don’t think they have.”

The question becomes whether the lack of change—the recycling of human emotions and visual aesthetic in the artistic spectrum—is nourishing to society or inhibitive. The art of the past five years may have been a method of coping, or it may have been an example of misguided creativity. But there is no question that artists felt a need to respond to the September 11 attacks, and that the need was enormous. '

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Raised in a world wrought with ancient tradition, Kham (Tony Jaa) has the duty of watching over two elephants that are believed to possess magical powers. When they are stolen by a mysterious crime syndicate, Kham must venture to Australia to reclaim his two beloved charges. His honor is also at stake and thus Kham seeks vengeance on those who wronged

his family.

The movie is packed with the requisite gravity-defying, wireless stunts that flaunt Jaa’s skills in the martial arts. However, these episodes are undermined by repetition and over-thetop foes. Did the enemies really need to Rollerblade, ride bicycles and perform barrel rolls while engaging Kham in battle?

It’s difficult to appreciate the action scenes when the story linking them together is too disjointed to decipher. Apart from Kham, the characters’ importances are vague at best. The film coarsely jumps from scene to scene, seemingly for the sole purpose of giving The Protector xh e opportunity to break yet another man’s limb \rlc h n 1rh iam •

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Mourning through Photography Lauren Fisciietti recess In the photograph, a young boy holds a professional portrait of his older brother. The young boy chose to have the photograph of himselftaken as away to mourn his brother, who committed suicide after returning home from Vietnam.

Picture Mourning, opening Sept. 11, 2006 at the John Hope Franklin Center, will show 12 such photographs of mourning, Each photograph contains a picture within a picture.

The exhibit explores the process of mourning in ■ iliiSSf both private and public forms. In each of the pictures, the living relatives publicly mourn their loved ones by holding specific photographs. The exhibit questions the role formal photographs have in the by

mourning process.

“Death photos are fairly common,” said curator Rob Sikorski, executive director of the Center for International Studies. “But, you rarely see the aftermath of the death on the families.”

Anther photograph in the exhibition shows a young girl in Egypt, though special to the chronicle the focus of the picture is a Mourning reminds us of the tragedy, portrait of her dead brother

in her hand.

This photograph and the others in the exhibit bring up fascinating questions, “Why would the girl ask the photographer to take the picture?” Sikorski asked. “Why was it important to her? Why did she choose that specific picture?”

The relationship between primary and secondary pictures is of special interest to Sikorski.

“The first photograph is professional. It’s taken at Sears, or school, or on the sidewalk,” he said. “But where is the second photograph in these people’s lives? Does the second photographer think of the first? The first photograph is not discussed, nor is the family’s decision to use it.”

Although Picture Mourning includes only one photograph related to 9/11, Sikorski said the exhibit is a fitting way to commemorate the terrorist attack’s fifth anniversary, “The abrupt cutoff of mourning after 9/11 was one of the worst things our country did,” he said. “The exhibit reminds us that mourning is necessary for families and communities. It shows how people around the world mourn in public, private and personal ways.”

Sikorski said he hopes the exhibit will emphasize the importance of mourning and the power photographs can have in this process.

“Everyone has a photo like that in their life,” he said. “Knowing your photo will be seen lightens your burden.”

In an effort to emphasize the power of mourning through photographs, Sikorski will leave a portion of the gallery wall open for visitors to put up their own pictures.

“People share their photographs not to get other people’s sympathy, but to allow others to share in their mourning.”

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terfrom September 11-October 14. Admission is free to the public.

It was such an incredible, incredible day. My mother and I, and my parents were there for a premiere on the Upper West Side and I walked down to a newsstand to get a pack of cigarettes. Everything was bizarrely quiet and a woman turned to me and said “I haven’t smoked for eleven years. Could you give me a cigarette?” I said “Why?” and she said “A plane just flew through the World Trade Center.” So we went up to our room and saw the second plane go through and they came on the news and asked for any doctors or nurses to report downtown. My mom’s a nurse, so we hitched a ride on an ambulance and drove down the West Side Highway and walked to St. Vincent’s, and my mother stayed there the whole day. I was there part of the day and we waited for people to come in and [almost] nobody came in—firemen and police officers came in with smoke inhalations and bruises and cuts but the thousands of people we expected didn’t. So I ended up walking up 6th Avenue and seeing people covered in grey dust, and saw one of the most incredible things in terms of man’s humanity to man. The one image I’ll never forget is this homeless man in a pink tutu walking a man in a suit, bleeding, up 6th Avenue—crying, with his arm around him.

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As part of the festival, musicians will participate in educational programs for children at Durham Academy and the Hayti Heritage Center.

“Our goals are to continue to promote the rich heritage of the blues,” Pledger said. “North Carolina, and particularly Durham, have a rich musical history in the blues.”

The myth of the Mississippi River Delta being the one and only birthplace of the blues is a 1950s construct, said Tim Duffy, president of the Durham-based Music Maker Relief Fund. The organization provides financial and medical support to aging blues musicians around the South.

“North Carolina, I would argue, is just as influential as Mississippi,” he said. “[lt’s] one of the holy lands of American music—from the blues to Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.”

Duffy said the presence of the tobacco industry in and around Durham made it an important center for blues music—combining a large black population with work songs, field chants and other traditional forms.

Wadesboro, N.C. native Blind Boy Fuller came to fame as a street and party entertainer in 1930s and ‘4os Durham. He played Piedmont blues, a regional style rooted in fmgerpicked guitar with a folkier sound than the well-known Delta style of players like Robert Johnson.

Much like Johnson, Fuller lived hard and died young, but not before cutting “Step It Up and Go,” which sold nearly half a million copies.

The Rev. Gary Davis and the famed duo of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee also got to know Durham well over many years and countless gigs in the region’s juke joints and blues bars. Terry also lived in Durham for a stint while backing Fuller in the early 19405.

Duffy praised the festival, noting that most blues festivals have a lifespan far shorter than 19 years.

“When I was in college, a lot of people thought the blues was gone,” he said. “They wanted to compartmentalize it, say it was dead.”

Although he still doesn’t think Piedmont blues is getting the attention it deserves, Duffy said the success of this and other festivals bodes well for the continued presence of a wide variety of blues forms throughout the nation. “[The blues] is something so pure, and it cuts to the core of the human condition,” he said. “If you listen to Leadbelly, you can hear where JanisJoplin or even Beck is coming from.”

For those looking for a more concrete motive to attend this weekend, Pledger promises top-notch music, friendly crowds and “great southern cuisine.”

“Students should come to this festival because they will see Durham in away they’ve never seen Durham before,” she said. “I guarantee they will enjoy it and they will not miss another festival.”

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Alltel Pavillion Sunday, Sept. 10 Legendary rocker breaks it down, with the Black Crowes opening.

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals @ Koka Booth Am-

phitheatre Wednesday, Sept. 13 Genre-busting soulman busts out under the stars

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ROOT It’s been 12 years since Rusted Root started packing houses with their eclectic jam band grooves. Tuesday, the band brings its world music-influenced rhythms to Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. recess’ Ben Freedland caught up with vocalist and guitarist Liz Berlin to discuss the band’s recent musical directions. recess: Many college students became Rusted Root fans when you released “Send Me On My Way” in 1994.

What should old fans who may have missed some of your newer work expect out of a show today?

Liz Berlin: We definitely stay true to our old school stuff... but we also play a lot of newer stuff from the most recent studio release. The thing we have been doing the last couple of tours—which has been really fun for us and really exciting for the audience—is we have been re-addressing a lot of the old material....

Even though it might be a song you've heard before, there might be totally new chords or it might go in a totally new direction.

While some of the players in the band are doing their own side projects these days, is there an excitement when the band reunites for shows like the one coming up at the Cradle?

Definitely. I mean, it recharges my batteries. It definitely is a really positive thing for me that lets me come back to the group with a totally fresh bag of tricks.

Each Rusted Root song seems to have a different mood or feeling. Do you enjoy playing in a band with such totally different sounds?

I really enjoy it. I think I would be bored in a band that was all one vibe.... We are always totally willing and eager to have the music take whatever direction it was going to take naturally. If that meant that each song on the album was going to be a different genre, we embraced that.

People can’t seem to take Justin Timberlake seriously. He could well be on his way to becoming a serious and respected artist, but most of us just can’t get past the impression he made while we were in middle school. And so one thing needs to be said before moving on: Get over yourself. Enter FutureSex/LoveSound (Zomba/Sony BMGj. It would be a far cry to say thatFuturesex is a perfect record, but it’s very near the best chart-topping album put out since the dawn of MTV. There are three major observations to be made about what makes this album so significant. First, the album is beautifully produced by Timbaland, who weaves together an array of hip-hop, trance and R & B beats. In fact, the only two

When your man is acting out of line, and you need some good old-fashioned girl power, Beyonce’s new album BDay (Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia) has got it in droves. Beyonce brings the women-on-top motif to a new level with punchy, take-charge songs inspired by her role in upcoming film Dreamgirls.

BDay is just the thing to listen to while pregaming with the ladies. Loaded with pumpit-up dance tracks (check out “Get Me Bodied”—aka your next ringtone), it is refreshingly low on power ballads. Beyonce demonstrates an edgier style, especially with current single “Ring the Alarm,” a surprising mix of vibrant beats and sirens that is sure to get things moving. ' With Ruff Ryders’ producer Swizz Beatz and rapper Jay-Z (conveniendy filling the boyfriend role with token rap interludes), BDay has plenty of potential. However, not even Jay-Z can pull together the sloppy “Upgrade U.” An exercise in lyrical failure, this song is definitely the weakest on the album. It’s not just lines like “‘Cause that rock on ya finger is like a tumor” (A tumor, Jay? Really?) that induce nausea. Beyonce’s brag/ ging that she can “do for you what Martin did for the people” is also a little discon■ certing, especially in a song that’s mainly about making her boyfriend look like a musicrevsews bailer. Will BDay change your life? Not likely. But it’s got bounce and is definitely worth at least a few 99-cent downloads.

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Which brings up the second observation: Justin has made a wonderful transition into the R&B world. Many critics argue that there is no way that he will ever be a part of the R&B genre, but these critics are either racist, ignorant or a combi-

nation of the two Finally, and most importantly, Justin Timberlake is now officially a man.

And by this f mean he has graduated from the “I want to hold your hand” image into a full-fledged “I want to exchange bodily fluids with you” persona. JT has finally learned that he doesn’t need to appeal to the teenie hoppers anymore and can now throw in a few cuss words while singing about having dirty sex. And the result is brilliant.

And so it is: Justin has moved past his days as a puppet being jerked around. Yet we can’t seem to get past that image. For a change it’s us, not him, who needs to grow up.

—Matt Dearborn

These days, Iron Maiden is one of those bands that practically everyone had heard of, either through theirreputation as heavy metal stadium stalwarts or their name check in “Teenage Dirtbag.” Most people have heard few, if any, of their songs, but since their emergence from the late-’7os British metal scene, they have enjoyed a fanatical cult

following.

It’s doubtful that the uninitiated will be out to buy A Matter of Life and Death (Emi), the group’s first studio offering since 2003, and their fourth album with the word “death” in the title. Longtime fans will be pleased that the classic lineup remains intact: guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko Mcßrain and magic-lunged frontman Bruce Dickinson (no, not the cowbell guy) The album was recorded live in the studio, and it will likely please hardcore followers. The hallmarks of classic Maiden are all here—multi-sectioned epics, harmonized guitar lines, underlying conceptual themes, vocal acrobatics and Harris’s patented galloping bass lines.

Despite some interesting touches that distinguish certain tracks (take the Eastern guitar scales on “The Pilgrim,” for example), few songs show crossover appeal for non-metalheads. First-time listeners would be better off rocking out to The Number of the Beast, their 1982 classic.

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black-and-white photograph of a harvested cotton field, she remarks that one could easily imagine a similar photograph being taken a hundred years ago. With genuine contemplation, Sartor describes her photographs as beautiful.

“My work never grows out of anger but a profound affection for something,” said Sartor.

The vast majority of subjects in Sartor’s photographs are relatives. It is why she holds a strong tie with almost every photograph. She admits that while it took her family time to become accustomed to regularly being photographed, they now value the fact that she has documented their lives.

“My work doesn’t have an Olan Mills kind of beauty,” Sartor said. “Nevertheless, my family has learned to appreciate it.” Sartor is generous with copies of her work, adding that most of her relatives have her photographs displayed in their houses.

In terms of the photography process, Sartor likens it to dancing. ‘You can’t think about too much,” she says. “I find you have to work into it instinctively.”

Regardless of her means to create, it is evident that Sartor’ s talented eye and ability to capture life has led her to be very successful in her artistic career.

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One of the photographs currently displayed in Perkins by Sartor.

of the success of Close to Home, Sartor simply that the exhibit is appealing because it highlights a unique and singular experience.

“At the same time, though, I feel that it’s universal,” Sartor says. “The more specific you get, the more people can relate to it. It’s more real.”

Close to Home is on display in Perkins Library through the end of September.

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Arts Briefs “The Scream” On August 31, 2006, Norwegian police announced they had recovered Edvard Munch’s long-lost masterpiece, “The Scream”. The painting was stolen in 2004 from the Munch Museum in Oslo, when two masked robbers frightened throngs of tourists by walking in the museum and ripping the with painting—along Munch’s “Madonna”— from the museum’s walls.

“Out of consideration of police working methods, it will be hard to give details of how the operation was carried out,” Norwegian police said, according to a CNN report.

There was no Ocean’s 11 (or 12) style mystery to be solved, so how did it take the police so long to find the painting? Where could it have been for the past 2 years? recess can only imagine.

Arts on the West Campus Plaza Leave your mark (in chalk) on the new West Campus Plaza. Draw a picture, make a pattern or sign your name

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Junior Andrea Rush took this photo of street art in Viareggio, Italy. She found it refreshing to see modern art in an ancient seaside town. somewhere on the plaza sidewalk at an ongoing event today, sponsored by the Nasher Student Advisory Board.

Designs will be photographed by student photographer Anna Wu, a senior, and incorporated into a future art exhibit. Stop by at any time between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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The Freshman 15—it’s a phrase guaranteed to send shudders down die spine of any student Daphne Oz’s new book, The Dorm Room Did, is guaranteed to alleviate dial fear.

Though the title in- Daphne Oz attendsPrinceton. eludes the word “diet,” Oz’s plan reads more like a lifestyle guide than a restrictive regimen like Atkins or South Beach.

Oz’s program will especially appeal to college girls struggling with their weight, as she has gone through the same ordeals herself. Oz, a Princeton undergraduate and self-proclaimed former “big girl,” lost 30 pounds following her plan.

Though she isn’t a physician or nutritionist, she received expert advice from qualified professionals close to home. Her father and two grandfathers are heart surgeons, and her grandmother is a complementary medicine specialist.

The dorm room plan promotes healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle. Stressing meals of complex carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables, dairy and lean proteins, Oz shows how this type of eating can be accomplished within the confines of a college cafeteria. Additionally, she provides information about choosing healthy foods when eating out, shopping at the college convenience store and snacking during all-night study session.

Oz stresses other factors outside of eating in order to create a healthy lifestyle, such as ways to keep active between classes. Her chapters also offer words of inspiration, guides to vitamins and supplements and ways to avoid danger zones such as parties and emotional eating.

Oz’s plan is a refreshing break from the restrictive fad diets popular among college girls. Her book has a down-to-earth conversational tone that makes it easy to relate to the author, Her frank description of her own struggles with her weight also gives the book an overall feel more akin to a talk with a good friend than a dietician polemic.

Though The Dorm Room Diet does not advocate anything particularly revolutionary, it is a concise summary to leading a healthy lifestyle that is particularly useful for freshman girls making the transition to college life.

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