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Duke to Union finances raise questions Students challenge help fund use of

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With nearly a $600,000 annual budget and 12 subcommittees, the Duke University Union lends a hand to some of the most popular events on campus, including Springternational, weekend movies in the Bryan Center and last year’s sold-out Cameron Rocks! concert.

This year, however, some students are questioning how the organization distributes its funds, noting that some expensive outlays may not be worth their cost.

Every undergraduate pays $B6 per year for Union programming as part of the student activity fee, and each graduate student contributes $10.50.

The Union’s 2006-2007 budget includes a more-than-$20,000 raise for Cable 13, putting the campus television station’s total budget at 60,000. The budget also includes a $lO,OOO bonus to Broadway at Duke, leaving that committee’s total budget at $70,000.

Other expenditures include more

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Plans for the new Durham Perform-

ing Arts Center are underway, as Duke and city officials reach an agreement about partial funding for the center.

The $44-rnillion, 2,800-seat center is

tentatively slated for completion within the next two years. It will be financed in a variety of ways, including a donation from the Downtown Revitalization Fund, naming rights sold to corporate sponsors, a 1-percent increase in the hotel occupancy tax and a donation of a little more than $5 million from Duke.

“The donation has partly to do with the different stage they need for the American Dance Festival, which would be about $2 to $2.5 million,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations. “Part ofit is Duke’s being supportive of the city.”

Burness said the University is currendy in discussions with the city that could lead to Duke donating up to an additional $2 million for the city to spend however it chooses, including funding the DPAC. In exchange, the University is negotiating for full control ofAnderson Street between Campus Drive and Erwin Road as part of its long-term plan for renovatSEE ARTS CENTER ON PAGE 7

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The Duke University Union sponsored last year's Death Cab for Cutie concert in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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Bryan Center businesses see uptiek DSG talks music, Following plaza construction merchants reclaim lost clients movie exchange DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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After suffering a decline in business during West Campus Plaza construction, the Bryan Center has seen improved sales this year.

Administrators, however, said the upswing may be due to factors other than the completion of the new plaza.

During plaza construction last year, potential Bryan Center customers were only able to access the building byway of paths next to the Duke Chapel and behind Kilgo Quadrangle. The temporary loss of easy access to the building lessened foot traffic, leading to a decline in sales for many vendors.

But the re-emergence of a direct path has helped retail stores recover much of their lost clientele.

“It’s come back,” said Alvin Puett, manager of The Lobby Shop. “I wish the sales could be a bit better, but you always want that.”

Puett noted that much of the decline in The Lobby Shop’s sales last year had occurred after 5 p.m. The With the opening of theWest Campus Plaza and its new 24/7 status, McDonald's has seen a 40 percent increase in sales from last September.

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Duke Student Government heard a number of possible ways to improve student entertainment options on campus at its meeting Wednesday night.

Senior Jason Gross, DSG’s newly appointed director of media content and distribution, spoke about the increased market for online movies and music at the University.

“What I’d like to see happen is for Duke to form a partnership with [online-distribution] companies,” he said.

The University is discussing a partnership with Ruckus—a college-only multimedia service—to offer students free access to the company’s 1.5 million-song library. The plan is awaiting approval from the Office of Information Technology, Gross said SEE DSG ON PAGE

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Rice: U.S. prepared to back Japan by

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TOKYO The United States is willing use its full military might to defend Japan in light of North Korea’s nuclear test, Secretary of Slate Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday as she sought to assure Asian countries there is no need to jump into a nuclear arms race.

At her side, Rice’s Japanese counterpart drew a firm line against his nation developing a nuclear bomb.

The top U.S. diplomat said she reaffirmed President Bush’s pledge, made hours after North Korea’s Oct. 9 underground test blast, “that the United States to

has the will and the capability to meet the full range —and I underscore the full range—of its deterrent and security commitments to Japan.”

Rice spoke following discussions with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, the first stop on her crisis mission to respond to the threat posed by the North.

Back home, President Bush told ABC News that if the U.S. learned NorthKorea was about to transfer nuclear technology to others, the communist nation would face “a grave consequence.” He did not elaborate.

“I want the leader to understand—the leader of North Korea to understand that

he’ll be held to account,” Bush said, referring to the country’s ruler, Kim Jong 11.

There were continued signs Wednesday that North Korea might be readying for a second nuclear test, perhaps while Rice was

in Asia this week.

China’s president, Hu Jintao, apparently has sent a special envoy to North Korea, according to a former South Korean law-

maker, Jang Sung-min, citing diplomatic officials in Beijing. Rice planned to see the

Chinese official, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, this week in Beijing.

There were reports North Korea had told China it was ready to conduct up to three more nuclear tests.

11 more U.S. soldiers killed by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq

Eleven more United States troops were slain in combat, the military said Wednesday, putting October on track to be the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the siege of Fallujah nearly two years ago.

The military says the sharp increase in U.S. casualties—7o so far this month—is tied to Ramadan and a security crackdown that has left American forces more vulnerable to attack in Baghdad and its suburbs.

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close to God. As the death toll climbed for both U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians, who are being killed at a rate of 43 a day, the country’s Shiite-dominated government remained under intense U.S. pressure to shut down Shiite militias.

Some members of the armed groups have fractured into uncontrolled, roaming death squads out for revenge against Sunni Arabs, the Muslim minority in Iraq who were politically and socially dominant until the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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Social Security checks for nearly 49 million retirees are going up by 3.3 percent next year—an average increase of $33 per month, though rising health care costs will take a bite out ofthe gain.The cost of living adjustment will go to morethan 53 million.

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Although students have acknowledged the demand for such a tool, many said they were unaware of the new system.

“I haven’t even heard of dCal,” sophomore Molly Bierman said. “Something can’t be successful unless people have heard of it.”

She added that the success of similar external sites demonstrates the desire for a University equivalent.

“It seems strange to me that I can find out more about what is going on at school from Facebook than I can from the University’s website,” Bierman said.

Since its release, dCal has garnered mixed responses from academic depart-

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The Office of Information and Technology released “dCal”—an electronic scheduling system open to all members of the Duke community—two weeks ago.

Officials said the new program, which combines an electronic daily planner with contact lists and group scheduling, was created in part to respond to the lack of a standard calendar system for die University.

“It’s a need that’s been out there for a while,” said David Menzies, OlT’s news and information manager.

OlT’s website advertises dCal as away for University departments to manage their calendars for free. The site also explains that dCal can be used on wireless devices such as PDAs. “dCal allows faculty, staff and students to schedule meetings, rooms and resources

Students from Duke volunteer at Carter Community School through a program called CARE.

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Once a week, in between learning about multiplication and social studies, Carter Community School students take a break to play soccer and other games with Duke students who teach physical education classes at the school.

Through the University’s Coordinating Academically Rigorous Enrichment program, Duke student volunteers are able to teach PE, multicultural art and Spanish to Carter students in kindergarten through fifth grade. CARE is the only completely student-taught volunteer PE program. “[Carter] would not have these classes if Duke students didn’t teach them,” said sophomore Sam Wrzeszcz, who has been volunteering at the school for two years as a PE teacher.

Dowtin, Kia Carter’s reading intervention specialist and overseer of the kindergarten PE class,

said the children look forward to the class every week.

“We learned how to do the crabwalk, and we learned how to do the bunny walk,” kindergartner Janella Ramsey said.

Seniors Dan Kimberg and Susan Patrick co-founded and started the CARE program in Fall 2004 by introducing a pilot PE program.

Both interested in education, Kimberg and Patrick were introduced to each other through the Office of Student Affairs and then met with the new principal of Carter to determine how Duke students could help the school in a restructured program.

Before CARE was put into place, Carter did not have PE classes due to insufficient funds for additional teachers.

“I wanted the [Carter] students to have the same opportunities that I had growing up,” Kimberg said. “Students gain confidence and passion for learning in extracurricular classes.”

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Durham Library may find new home downtown by

Caroline McGeough THE CHRONICLE

Officials at the Main Library branch of the Durham County Library system said they will consider relocating from 300 N. Roxboro St. to a more central, downtown-Durham location.

The move —which is in its early planning stages —would be part of a larger project designed to revitalize the area.

Major renovations to the 26-year-old main library are already scheduled for the next five years, Durham County Library Director Skip Auld said, but private developers and the library’s board of trustees are in the process of determining whether moving is in the best interest of the community.

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At the weekly DAGGER meeting, of course.

A handful of students gathered in Keohane 4D 7 p.m.

Wednesday for a meeting of Duke’s official gaming club, formally known as the Duke Association for Greater Gaming Education and Recreation.

Three room changes and 30 minutes later, the group finally staked out territory in a Keohane media room, politely asking a lone student to move her studying elsewhere.

Scheduling conflicts resolved, the games began. This week’s pick: Super Smash Bros, for Nintendo Game Cube. Speakers blared and controllers clicked away as four players battled each other to the death in the guise of classic Nintendo characters for nearly two hours.

“In Smash Bros., position and timing really matter,” said sophomore Greg Filpus, president of the organization, while he was waiting for his turn to play.

He explained that the group enjoys video games because they force the players to think in a different way, but added that DAGGER is interested in a much broader scope of gaming than just video games. “What we play each time depends on what people are into,” he said.

Wednesday night meetings are spent on anything from role-playing games like “Dungeons and Dragons” to board games like “Lord of the Rings Risk” or “Settlers of Catan”—a German civilization-building game and Filpus’ personal favorite.

DAGGER has been pushing for increased membership this fall, one of Filpus’s goals for the three-year-old club.

“We’re trying to expand it and give it a bigger profile than it has had,” he said.

The club has attracted mostly underclassmen this year through aggressive advertising and a gaming night event at the BC Blowout earlier this semester.

Freshman Neil Panjwani attended a meeting for the first time this week after hearing about the club from a friend. Although he does not game a lot, Panjwani said he likes to play just because it is a challenge.

There is also an obvious gender gap in DAGGER participation: no women showed up for this week’s get-together.

“There are some—one to three that are fairly regular. But I haven’t really gone out of my way to attract them,” Filpus said.

He added that the group plays what the majority of members wants to, even if that may not interest female students who are not heavy gamers. Filpus emphasized that there is more to gaming than popular stereotypes —especially the misconception that those who enjoy video and board games are anti-social—suggest. “Gaming can be a much broader experience thammost people think,” he said.

Freshman Caleb Vandenheuvel, who contacted DAGGER during the summer and has been dropping by ever since, referred to Smash Bros, as a favorite “social event.”

The group is expanding its offerings. Next week, it is hosting a game called “Cruel 2 B Kind,” a benevolent version of the game “Assassins” where players eliminate unaware opponents by performing random acts ofkindness.

Vandenheuvel welcomed anyone who is interested to attend a DAGGER meeting, even if they don’t have gaming experience. “Give it a shot,” he said. “See if you like it.”

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UNION from page 1 than $23,000 for “publicity,” $12,006 for the BC Blizzard party and $12,500 set aside for “leadership,” which last year involved sending a Union committee chair to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah for $5,000.

“We want to create more opportunities for students—that’s the goal,” said Union President Alex Apple, a senior.

Cameron show controversy Each year the Union receives an automatic 4-percent increase in funding, which amounted to $30,000 this year, but not all the committees have had their budgets inflated.

Major Attractions, which put on the Cameron Rocks! concert with Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie last April, received $20,000 less than last year, said committee chair Hanna Mahuta, a junior and a Chronicle staff member.

“The show was by any definition a complete and total success,” Mahuta said.

Although the concert generated the highest level of revenue for any single non-sporting event sponsored by Duke, Mahuta said that with the current budget she would not be able to replicate last year’s show without dramatically increasing ticket prices.

“Because the Union budget is subsidized by the student activity fee, the feeling is that students are already paying for this programming,” she said.

“I would start to question what exactly my money is getting me,” Mahuta added.

Last year, Major Attractions was fortunate to sign both bands right before their appeal skyrocketed along with their contract fees, Mahuta said.

“You can’t always hope that you’re going to get lucky by booking a relatively obscure band and hoping they get big by the time they arrive,” she explained.

For example, bands like O.A.R. or Snow Patrol could cost up to $150,000 to attract for one show, and the Union only gave Major Attractions approximately $BO,OOO for all three ofits shows this year, she said.

Mahuta added she does not agree with Union executives who are pushing for several smaller shows instead of one in Cameron.

Junior Katelyn Donnelly, the Union’s chief financial officer, said Major Attrac-

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Notable expenditures Some Union committees are less visible than Major Attractions, which attracted 2,500 students to the Cameron show.

Freewater Presentations, which sponsors weekend movies in the Bryan Center, flew its chair to Sundance this year as part of the Union’s $12,500 “development” budget.

Donnelly said the student was exposed to less-known films that could appeal to the Duke community.

“We have a clear understanding that it’s a lot of money,” Donnelly said. “But that’s an opportunity most students will never have... it’s important for someone’s professional development.”

A different committee, Freewater Productions, was given $19,749 last year to support ten student-produced movies, which computes to nearly $2,000 per film.

“Freewater Productions lost money, their inventory was a mess,” Donnelly said.

Apple said he did not know how many people attended the end-of-the-year screening of the films, although he noted that he made one movie himself.

Attendance figures are available, however, for Broadway at Duke, which received an extra $lO,OOO this year for its four shows.

For the committee’s 2005-2006 season—which received $59,757 in student

activity fees—there were 36 student sub-

scribers, which amounts to approximately $1,600 per student.

An additional 81 student tickets were sold for “The HMS Pinafore” in February and 31 were sold for “Mame” in March, according to numbers provided by the Union.

“In the past it’s been unfortunate,” Apple said, referring to the attendance.

Duke Student GovernmentPresident Elliott Wolf, a junior, told The Chronicle last week that he is concerned about the amount of student money going to a committee which benefits relatively few students.

“I’m not opposed to having Broadway productions at Duke, but I’m opposed to throwing that much money in it,” he said.

Donnelly maintained that success should not be measured solely by attendance.

The extra funding this year helped attract “CATS” and serves a campus need, said senior Alex Oliveira, the Union’s vice president of programming. “We’re a place of entertainment for independents and people who tend to be in the arts or independent social scene,” Oliveira added.

Apple said that the Union’s funding of the East Campus Coffeehouse is another example of appealing to unaffiliated students.

The Union allotted a $38,000 subsidy to the Coffeehouse this year even though the restaurant only projects $lO,OOO in total sales. “The Coffeehouse has an enormous history,” Apple said. “We use student activity fee money to give them more opportunities.”

Overall, Donnelly said her organization does its best. “We’re students and we do make mistakes,” she said. “Sometimes people forget that.”

Duke University Union is not the only student organization spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in student fees each year.

Duke Student Government receives $97 per undergraduate—compared to the Union’s $86 —but because DSG does not receive any funds from graduate students, the two organizations both work with similar $600,000 budgets.

Comparing the two outright would not be reasonable, because die Unionhas a programming body and so it naturally has to spend more money on things such as publicity.

“We’re different from DSG, we don’t have parking passes or work-study—it’s completely volunteer-based,” said Katelyn Donnelly, the Union’s CFO. DSG receives $1,350 of work-study funding, confirmed Student Organization Finance Committee Chairman Alex Crable, a sophomore.

Still, the two organizations seem to have different philosophies.

The Union allocated $12,500 this year for “leadership,” including a graduation reception, “Union & Administration Mixer,” Parents Weekend reception, retreats and travel expenses to send committee chairs to conferences or movie festivals.

DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, takes the opposite oudook.

“We don’t go on any executive retreats or anydiing remotely like that,” he said. “I personally see very little value in leadership training,” There is one $250 fall retreat for freshman senators, Crable said.

Wolf noted that die DSG executive board is having “a little soiree,” but Wolf said he is paying for that himself.

He receives a $2,000 annual stipend, which he said does not cover even his gas expenses.

DSG executives have little freedom to spend because SOFC will reject any funding request it considers out ofline.

“We lake spending student activity fee money seriously,” Wolf added.

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increase in sales, but total transactions fell by 3.41 percent.

Wulforst was wary of interpreting the bump in sales too optimistically, noting that total transactions are a more accurate measure of a vendor’s health.

“When I see transactions are down, that’s usually a bad sign for me,” Wulforst said. He attributed the increase in sales at Alpine Atrium to routine price increases intended to adjust for inflation.

McDonald’s saw an approximately 40percent increase in sales this September as compared to last September.

Much of this increase, however, can be explained by the restaurant’s shift to a 24/7 operating schedule, Wulforst explained.

“The interesting thing about McDonald’s [is that]... on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, they’re doing more business between 11 at night and two in the morning than they’re doing during the same time period in the morning,” he said.

There was a .25 percent decrease in sales at Armadillo Grill over the same period that may have been caused by the suspension of its liquor license this year, Wulforst added.

Wulforst said he recommended last fall that operators begin exploring promotions and marketing to implement upon the opening of the plaza, given the hardships that would be faced during construction.

“My challenge to the operators... is that they should really be thinking aggressively about what they’re going to do to draw customers to the Bryan Center,” Wulforst said. He added that he hopes to formulate another “report card” for sales and transactions around Thanksgiving.

“I’m anxious to quantify how things are improving,” Wulforst said. “I want to make sure that the operators recognize that it’s up to them now.” cent

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“It is really just the first step in what I see as a larger vision,” Cross added.

Gross also mentioned several ideas he has for increasing movie availability to students. He said he hopes to organize a partnership with Apple Computer that extends beyond the Duke Digital Initiative, providing an opportunity for students to stream movies online. Gross called it a test project for college campuses.

He also proposed a movie theater on the new Central Campus, as well as televisions in all campus commons rooms and a review of the student television station.

Although Cable 13 currently provides movies and TV shows, Gross said improvements can be made.

“It’s not really reaching as many people as it could if we brought in other services to complement it,” Gross said, citing digital en-

tertainment as one possible improvement.

Cable 13 Chair Orcun Unlu, a junior, said feedback is positive even though there is no way to measure viewership.

He added that online surveys and discussions with students are used to determine programming. “That way students are able to get what they want,” Unlu said.

Gross noted that Cable 13 was the first entirely student-run television station in the nation.

“It just goes to show Duke is on the cutting edge with this type of thing,” he added.

In other business: The senate unanimously approved the recognition of Student Pugwash, a group that promotes ethical discussion in various fields, including science and technology.

The philosophy publication Agnitio was given a charter.

A resolution regarding changes to food and drink policies in campus libraries was unanimously approved, as was an auditing by-law that requested student groups provide receipts to verify event funding.

ed sales later in the day.

“There’s been a lot more foot traffic... especially in the evenings,” Puett said.

Tom Craig, general manager for retail stores, said The Lobby Shop saw a decline of 11 percent last year, all of which it has regained this year.

Next door, sales at The University Store defied expectations by improving last year, Craig added.

“We had about an 8 percent sales increase in The University Store last year,” he said. “Again this year, we’re up about 7 percent over last year.”

Craig explained that The University Store planned aggressive marketing and promotions when it learned, approximately six months before construction began, that the Bryan Center walkway would be closed.

“The promotions were very successful and they offer a great value to the University community,” he said, adding that the special offers have been so successful that The University Store has extended them into this year.

Craig also cited Monday night events on the plaza and longer weekend hours as contributors to continued increases in revenue The effect of the plaza on restaurants in the Bryan Center has been less clear.

Though all but one of the food retailers in the Bryan Center have seen slight sales increases, the number of transactions at Alpine Atrium and Armadillo Grill are down said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services.

“The Plaza opening has improved the flow to the Bryan Center, no question about it,” Wulforst said. “Now that the plaza’s done, [operators] have no excuses.”

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ARTS CENTER from page 1 ing Central Campus, Duke has already committed to providing half a million dollars, and the remaining $1.5 million are pending future

agreement.

“Assuming it all works out in the next few weeks, and by that I mean the city signing with Duke and corporate sponsors, we could see a November groundbreaking and a Summer 2008 opening [for DPAC],” said Bill Kalkhof, president ofDowntown Durham Inc. The center will bring approximately 100 events to Durham each year including Broadway shows, musical events, American Dance Festival performances and kids’ shows, like Blue’s Clues, Kalkhof said.

“We want to put Durham on the map in a cultural and artistic way,” City Council Member Eugene Brown said.

“The center will define us as a city that values the arts.”

Plans for the center, which will be located near Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the American Tobacco Complex, began five years ago when Kalkhof cold called

DCAL from page 3 Steffen Bass, assistant professor of physics and chair of the committee that advises his department on computing and technology decisions, said he was disappointed with dCal. “It is not as powerful as, say, other open source systems like [Apple’s] iCal or Mozilla’s Sunfire,” Bass said. “I would argue that it does not look promising that the physics department will adopt dCal.” Other University affiliates, however, said they plan to incorporate dCal into their structure.

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center—a collaborative research effort between Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University—has decided to adopt dCal in a few weeks for research allocation.

Menzies noted that dCal was not created by OIT, but is instead a “re-branding” of a product made by Oracle.

“Duke purchased the rights to use that tool throughout the University,” he explained. dCal is operated and maintained by OIT, meaning there is no need to go outside of the University for technical support, and it is this aspect that appealed to NESCent, said Hilmar Lapp, assistant director for informatics at the organization.

“We highly appreciate that OIT has supplied this system,” he said.

Presently, NESCent’s research management is not handled electronically.

“Paper is becoming less and less sustainable,” Lapp added. “There was a rumor of dCal so we held off [on adopting an electronic system], but now we are ready to commit to using dCal.”

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Clear Channel Communications to sell them on the idea.

Brown, Kalkhof and Diane Catotti, City Council member and vice chair of the performing arts subcommittee, all said they were hesitant to initially work widi Clear Channel.

“Three years ago I was a skeptic of the center,” Catotti said. There were cost issues, issues with the management team, labor issues and issues with not having a lot of faith in the way [Clear Channel] interacted with the community.”

Planning nonetheless continued, as the city assumed ownership of the project, partnering with Nederlander Producing Company of America as the operator.

“I’ve become much more comfortable with the project over the years,” Catotti said. “Nederlander has a great track record, they’re well known and they’re very creative.”

With its estimated s44—million price tag, though, it has been important to protect local taxpayers from more than operational losses.

“The mayor and I feel the same,” Browm said. “We want to make sure taxpayer funds are not necessary.”

DPAC is just one step in Kalkhof s vision for downtown.

By 2009 or 2010, he said he hopes to see the completion

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of historical renovations, major office buildings behind the ballpark and mixed retail and residential condos between the park and the arts center.

“These developments will bring an additional 300,000 people downtown each year,” he said. “Entertainment and hotel money currently spent in other cities like Raleigh will be spent here. We can begin marketing a Durham theater distinct.

This district will include DPAC, Hayti Heritage Center, Durham Arts Council, Carolina Theatre and smaller private venues like Manbites Dog Theater.

Previously existing theaters, especially the Carolina Theatre, have been an important consideration while planning for the new center, Brown said.

“We want to make sure the Carolina Theatre, one of the most interesting buildings architecturally in downtown Durham, is maintained,” he said. “It’s important to remember its critical role in the arts and its 75-year history.”

Kalkhof said he is optimistic about the future of DPAC and the subsequent development of the downtown area.

“This will get more people not only to visit downtown, but to invest in downtown and to live downtown,” he said. ”

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location by referendum would be excellent, but it would be very exciting for them -to give very serious consideration to relocating into the city center district of downtown,” said Bill Kalkhof, president of Downtown Durham, Inc., an organization designed to promote economic and cultural rejuvenation in Durham.

Library representatives met with Kalkhof Tuesday night to discuss the growth taking place within the city and how the library can benefit from the potential relocadon.

If the library chooses to renovate in its present location, the building will be almost fully gutted to accommodate the community ’s widening needs, Auld said.

Regardless of location, however, the current main branch will be expanded from 65,000 to between 90,000 and 120,000 sq. ft. to make way for more computers, more archival space and better meeting rooms and children’s areas.

Auld said the prospect of designing a completely new space is one advantage of relocating to downtown.

“You basically work with your dreams, instead of trying to retrofit something the best you can,” he said.

But some disadvantages may accompany a move to the city’s center, including limited parking and more frequent loitering, Kalkhof said.

Neither Auld nor Kalkhof, however, cited these as major issues. Auld said he was confident in library security’s expertise, and Kalkhof indicated that a new parking deck near the city’s center was already in demand.

Both said a downtown location would be easier to access and would have a tremendously positive influence on the

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surrounding area.

Because the library draws about 490,000 people annually, it could be a central component to developments already underway in the region, including public infrastructure, art and landscaping projects, Kalkhof said.

“Our vision is to rebuild street-level storefronts in the city’s center similar to Brightleaf [Square] or American Tobacco [Complex],” he said.

Kalkhof added that a relocation could also promote economic growth by encouraging local businesses to move into the area.

But despite his involvement in the discussions, Kalkhof said DDI will not provide funding for the new library.

“We are a catalyst, not a developer,” he said.

Funding for any renovations will

come from a combination of public and private money, Auld said.

He stated that the Durham Library Foundation has initiated a campaign to raise more than $5.2 million, but additional funds will still be required.

Private funding from independent developers would be much easier to come by if the library moved into the downtown district, Auld said.

He emphasized the fact that the decision process is still in its early stages and that the library is still examining how it can best cater to the needs of the community.

Library representatives will continue to meet with private developers and organizations in the next few months to discuss whether or not a relocation would benefit the library’s clientele and Durham as a whole.

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Senior Drew Goltermann learned about the program through Kimberg, his roommate, and has been teaching PE for the past two years. This semester, he plans to teach his third-grade class soccer, basketball and dodgeball.

The three teachers meet a couple of days before their once-a-week classes to discuss the curriculum for that day.

“We teach the basics of the sport and then play the game for the rest of class,” Goltermann said.

This year, the volunteer base has grown to include not only past members but also new students who signed up at the activities fair. Some students are involved because of the service-learning component to the Forging Social Ideals Focus program.

“All the students are amazing people and are dedicated to learning, which is why [CARE] is such a success,” Kimberg said.

Patrick said senior Macey Stapleton, current student coordinator for the program, provides guidance for and passes on leadership responsibility to younger students.

Each of the three programs—PE, art and Spanish—has a student director who ensures that the Duke students are teaching the classes correctly and upholding their responsibilities. “Volunteers get a lot out of it because they put a lot into it,” Patrick said.

Kimberg said he wants to start his own school one day. This summer, he said he will start Student U.—a program in which college students are paid to teach both electives and academic courses to middle-school students at public schools during the summer at Durham Academy.

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Last season in the finals of the ACC tournament, the championship game came down to a Duke-UNC showdown that remained tied 0-0 through overtime.

The shootout was gridlocked at 4-4 after five rounds, when then-sophomore goalkeeper Justin Papadakis saved the shot of

Junior goalkeeper Justin Papadakis has been strong in net this year, allowing just 12 goals in 12 games.

Tar Heel Stephen Bickford. Mike Grella slammed the next shot to the left corner of the net, and the Blue Devils were the ACC champions.

Fast forward to this year. Duke stands poised for another championship-caliber season, anchored by a solid defense backed by Papadakis in net.

“Last year [Papadakis] got a lot of experience,” junior defender Tim Jepson said. “He talks a lot back there to make sure we’re all in line and getting up the field and making sure we’re tight.

“Obviously, the relationship that we have to have with him has got to be solid, because ultimately, he’s the one that’s looking past everything else and making sure everything in front of us is straight.”

After playing all but nine minutes of the 2005-2006 season, Papadakis has tallied 38 saves this fall, allowing just 12 goals in 12 games played, with three shutouts.

“Justin brings a lot of poise out there, he’s very calm,” head coach John Rennie said. “He’s a good leader in terms of talking with his defenders. He’s just a good goalkeeper, and now he has the experience to go with it.”

Despite his success, Papadakis’ starting spot has been challenged. Brendan Fitzgerald, who redshirted last year, is SEE M. SOCCER ON PAGE 12

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The on-field brawl between Miami and Florida In tional Oct. 14 has brought a recent influx of cri Coral Gables, Fla. Although the fight between the Hurricanes Golden Panthers was an extreme case, incidents of nature are not new to the Miami football program.

Many in the college football community are calling on Miami to fire head coach Larry Coker as a result of his failure to control his team on and off the field.

Since the brawl, Miami President Donna Shalala has publicly reaffirmed her support ofCoker. Bu 1 in response to the events oflast wee its poll the University has made major changes in the treatment ofathlete misconduct on the field.

“We have set new standards,” Shalala said. It s me to say to the community and to those who h. sending me e-mails that this university will be firm an ish people that do bad things.”

The University has implemented a new “zero-toi policy, which states that any athlete who fights wil missed from his or her respective team.

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Coming off a scoreless tie with Maryland Oct. 14, Duke hopes to accomplish something it hasn’t done in the last six years—defeat Clemson.

The Blue Devils (7-5-2, 3-2-1 in the ACC) will attempt to break this losing streak—which extends from the 2000 ACC tournament —when they host the Tigers (8-6-1, 3-3-1) tonight at 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium.

“Every year is different and you’ve got to I°°k at P ast anc^ Duke it,” learn from ire head coach Robbie Church said. “We’ve had opportunities against Clemson before, but we TONIGHT, 7 p.m. . haven't done a egood Koskmen Stadium J job of finishing them.

Clemson has held the Blue Devils scoreless in five of its last seven contests, recording one-goal victories in the last three meetings.

The Tigers will be riding the momentum of a 2-1 upset win over then-No. 9 Wake Forest Oct. 14. Leading Clemson is freshman Katie Vogel, who scored the game-winning goal against the Demon Deacons.

Duke has been working on improving its offensive efforts after the frustrating tie against the Terrapins.

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While the team is disappointed with its overall performance against Maryland, Duke used the de as an opportunity to reevaluate where it stands heading into the postseason.

“The Maryland game showed us we still have things to work on defensively, which is a frustration at this point,” senior Rachel-Rose Cohen said. “At this late [point] in the season, we have to start pulling it together.”

Instead of only focusing on the missed scoring opportunities, the Blue Devils used their days off to hone in on their defensive strategy.

“Coach Church has been instilling in our minds that we need to keep playing hard defense because it’s something that we can control,” freshman Kay Anne Gummersall said. “The goals will come with that.”

With only two home games left on its schedule, Duke hopes to end the season on a high note. A victory over Clemson would give the Blue Devils an edge in finishing in the upper half of the ACC

standings.

“The ACC is always going to be tough,” goalkeeper Allison Lipsher said. “The opponent is going to be out there playing just as well, whether it’s the first place team or the last place team, it doesn’t re-

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Sooner tailback hopes to play in bowl game Heisman Trophy candidate Adrian Peterson said Wednesday he plans to return to the gridiron if Oklahoma reaches the postseason. The junior injured his collarbone when he landed awkwardly in the end zone after rushing the ball 53 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Sooners' 34-9 win over lowa State. Despite leaving the game early, Peterson finished with 183 yards and two touchdowns. His season total of 935 yards is second best in the nation.

North Texas coach recovering from heart attack Head coach Darrell Dickey suffered a heart attack at his home late Thursday night. The ninth-year coach had surgery Friday and was released from the hospital Saturday according to the university. The Mean Green had the weekend off, and Dickey kept the incident secret until he could tell players and coaches in person at a team meeting Sunday. In its last game Oct. 7, North Texas improved to 2-4 with a marathon, seven-overtime win over Florida International.

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Duke will play the Midshipmen at home in Wallace Wade Stadium Nov. 4.

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The fight Saturday night has only damaged a reputation that Miami has been trying to clean up for years. Hurricane football teams of the late 1980 and early 1990 were well known for disrespecting their opponents, and although the program cleaned up in the years following that time, critics have suggested the “old Miami” has returned.

In the Peach Bowl last season, Hurricane players scuffled with Louisiana State players in the tunnel following the team’s 40-3 loss. Earlier this season, Miami players brought negative attention to the program after stomping on Louisville's logo prior to its game with the Cardinals a game in which the Hurricanes also were beaten handily.

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the team hasn’t been as successful in recent years, these new image problems only add fuel to the fire.

“I am more excited about being here now than getting ready to play for national championships,” Coker said. “I am the right person to be here.... We are going to play well. We’re going to play with class and character.”

When Miami comes to Durham Saturday to face Duke, it will be without many key players, including running back Charlie Jones, defensive backs Randy Phillips and Brandon Meriweather, and punter Brian Monroe. Some have suggested that because the Hurricanes are playing winless Duke, the one-game suspensions are simply a slap on the wrist.

“In the NFL, if something like this happens, you get fined a game check—might be $100,000,” Coker said. “In college football, you miss playing time. The most valuable thing for a college athlete is playing time—that hurts.”

Although the suspensions may not affect Miami as it takes on Duke, the Hurricanes are entering a crucial portion of their schedule, with games against Coastal Division leader Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech on the horizon.

“We’ll try and put this behind us,” Coker said. “We have... six consecutive ACC games. We have to win every one of them.”

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M.SOCCER from page 9 also a contender for serious playing time.

After playing in games last spring, and during the teams’ summer trip to Germany, the redshirt freshman has finally gotten an opportunity to show his skills.

“To play in a regular-season game with the crowd is definitely a better experience,” Fitzgerald said. ‘You definitely have to have a fluid sense between your goalie and your defense. Everything has to be clicking, but the way they’ve been playing, there hasn’t been much I’ve needed to direct them with.”

The younger keeper has started two games this year both wins—against St. Francis and Harvard, recording four saves in 180 minutes of playing time.

“Justin, obviously, has the experience, the playing time, but Brendan is a real close number two,” Rennie said. “We all have a lot ofconfidence in him, so it’s a good competitive situation. You don’t want your starting goalkeeper to feel he’s got nobody behind him, and he’s going to play no matter what.”

So far, Duke has held opponents to just 133 shots while racking up 228 against ofits own. This is in part due to the strong relationship between Papadakis and the back four defenders, all of whom returned from last year.

Sophomore Graham Dugoni, junior Kyle Helton, Jepson and sophomore Darrins Barnes comprise the defensive core that has reduced opponents to 14 goals in 14 games this season.

“We really understand each other this year,” Papadakis said of his connection with the defense. “We’re kind of the same team as last year, so that is a huge advantage for us. It’s not very common in college to have the same back four for two years in a row.”

Papadakis has played with Helton for seven years, starting when they were on a under-14 club team together, and the keeper stressed how key communication with the defense is to Duke’s success.

“That’s one of my biggest parts of the game, communication with the defense,” Papadakis said. “We work on it in practice, we train together. Whenever we play scrimmages, it’s always together.”

Another component that has further bolstered the Blue Devil defense is the addition of sophomore Pavelid Castenada as the defensive midfielder, Rennie said.

“He’s a huge part of our defense,” Papadakis said of Castenada. “He really works hard and cleans up everything in the midfield. He’s really an integral part of our team, because he’s in the midfield, and he’s handled that role spectacularly this year.”

This combination of an experienced returning defense and a veteran Papadakis, pushed to stay sharp as Fitzgerald nips at his heels for playing time, has come together to create Duke’s strong defensive unit.

“What you have to do to make sure you’re a consistent team is make sure that you are very consistent defensively.

That includes certainly a goalkeeper, but it really is the whole team,” Rennie said. “Add it all up, and it turns into a consistendy stable defense.”

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above-mentioned drawbacks to being an on-campus fraternity are a reasonable price to pay for the benefits of independence.

For example, national fraternity connections matter less than they used to, and they are often expensive. Also, living in a fraternity section, although important to some, is not a perfect fit for every social group.

Independence, however, allows a group to organize how they wish, make and follow their own rules, conduct rush according to their own standards and block at their leisure, all while enjoying much of the same camaraderie, support and fim that a recognized fraternity provides.

It’s simple: Being a University-recognized social group is simply not the best option for every male social group looking to organize. Now, however,

more fraternities may consider disaffiliating from IFC and their respective national organizations in favor of a more flexible version offrat life, and more fraternities may follow the lead of the three frats currently unaffiliated with IFC. The University, by not recognizing ADPhi and Eta Prime and by warning parents each year about the existence of these groups, has effectively given them a reputation of being renegade social clubs.

Now, however, it seems that these unrecognized—or “off-campus”—frats may shed that reputation.

Off-campus frats should be seen as a viable social option, rather than a radical alternative.

Since we can imagine more fraternities choosing to disaffiliate, the University, IFC and the Panhellenic Association should

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make sure they are not alienating these groups by continuing to make it more difficult for unrecognized fraternities to act as productive social groups.

They should be able to advertise, mix with other groups and sponsor philanthropic and social events on campus. Going ahead with the same prohibitive rules would continue to punish a group of students unfairly.

If a student group decides to go against convention and engineer their own social opportunities, should we discourage that?

No. Should Brodhead’s call to “build your own Duke” apply to everything but social life?

Absolutely not.

his candidacy for Durham District Attorney, please read on. Although a victory by virtually anyone over Mike Nifong would clearly be of nominal and symbolic value, as a practical matter, a victory by Lewis Cheek is likely to make very little difference in a matter we all care deeply about.

Virtually all of us cliff brandt opposed to Mike Nifong can agree on a guest column number of important issues.

Prominent among them are that; 1) what has come to be known as the “Duke Lacrosse Rape Case” deserves a full, Mr and dispassionate review, and 2) such a review maximizes the possibility that the case will be dismissed.

What we would ask you to consider is who would be more likely to provide this review: Steve Monks, who, as an outsider, has no political stake in the outcome, or a Mike Easley appointee, who will certainly have some.

If this case is dismissed, if would be a substantial political embarrassment to Easley. First, Easley appointed Nifong and, thus, would have to share the burden of what a dismissal would render a monumentally failed prosecution. Further, the failure here would in the public mind be associated not only with Easley himself, but also with the political establishment to which both he and Nifong belong, and whose vitality and support are critical to Easley’s continued success.

To make matters worse, a dismissal in this case would also be a direct blow to Easley’s political ambitions, alienating as it would a very large segment of his political base, not just in Durham, but across the State. Could he withstand such a blow? Perhaps.

Does he want to find out? Of course not.

Clearly, Mike Easley has a political stake in the outcome of this case. Clearly, Steve Monks has none. And Easley—whatever tribute he may pay to the principles offairness and integrity that concern us all, and however sincerely he may pay it—cannot be expected, when all is said and done, to appoint anyone here who is not supportive of Easley’s political interests and ambitions.

Unfortunately, those interests and ambitions will be much better served by letting this case go to trial—where a jury, and not Easley, will be held accountable for the outcome—than by seeing this case dismissed.

These circumstances, taken together, make it significantly less likely that the case will, in fact, receive

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the full, fair and dispassionate review it so clearly deserves under an Easley appointee than under Steve Monks, who has made this review a guarantee.

While Lewis Cheek was clearly the best choice to defeat Mike Nifong when he was the only choice, he is not the best choice today. He gives us nothing more than one more appointment by Mike Easley, and Mike Easley cannot help but be more interested in protecting his political power than he is in protecting the defendants in this case.

Again, Steve Monks has no political stake in the disposition of this case and stands alone among all the candidates and Mike Easley in having publicly committed to the review we are all seeking here. It is only through such a review—untainted by political interestand ambition, and, thus, truly full, truly fair and truly dispassionate—that this case has any real hope of being dismissed.

There has been a curious notion floating around that Steve Monks cannot win this election. Of course he can win. And with the support of the countiess Democratic and unaffiliated voters in Durham County including many working actively on- Steve’s cam—

Lewis Cheek, Mike Easley and the very real dangers of misguided solutions... paign—who understand the very real risks of an Easley appointment and are deeply concerned with fairness in this case and integrity in the District Attorney’s Of-

fice, and with the support of the nearly 27,000 registered Republicans in the county who have elected Steve their party’s chairman, Steve will win.

But let us say this. If you are opposed to Mike Nifong and are interested in maximizing the probability that David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann will be subject to a felony trial and the unpredictable judgment of a North Carolina jury, by all means vote for Lewis Cheek and allow Mike Easley to pick their prosecutor. If instead you would like to minimize that probability, we would urge you to reconsider your position and support Steve Monks, whose victory alone guarantees a truly full, truly fair and truly dispassionate review of this case.

Cliff Brandt, Trinity ’l6,

is a senior campaign advisor

for Steve Monks. He is routing on behalf of the campaign.

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Cookie Monster and conservative politics

When

I was young, I often looked to PBS’s Mister Rogers not only educate me, but also to help me deal with the many troubling issues of childhood—you know, things like “angry feelings.” In addition to this, I firmly believe that watching the late Presbyterian minister change his shoes before every show is why I’m so good at tying my laces today.

The Muppets from “Sesame Street” were another great influence. I learned about gluttony from Cookie Monster and the evils of mathematics j from the Count. Grover, the blue thing, taught me that the good guy is r never the most popular, and Oscar the Grouch showed me that if a destitute person is mean-spirited, even if he is your neighbor, he doesn’t deserve your help. Just let him continue jamie deal living out his life in a trash can and move on. strategery All kidding aside, I do like PBS and appreciate the great programming it provided for me when I was young. Now that I’m older, there are even more shows for me to watch—though I do occasionally sneak a peak at “Sesame Street.”

“Charlie Rose” is perhaps my favorite. Though the Duke alumnus can be dull on occasion, I think he is one of the best television journalists around. Not many are better than he is at drawing information from the interviewee—especially when the subject matter is difficult to approach.

The best show I have ever seen him do featured Oliver Stone after the release of his film “Nixon” (which, by the way, is awesome). Watching two of the most intellectually confident people in show business discuss art, history and politics for a full hour was an experience I’ll never forget.

But perhaps the best thing about PBS is its documentaries. Who does not remember such classics as “The Civil War” and “Eyes on the Prize?”

Just last year, PBS aired another fantastic program, “Slavery and the Making of America,” which was narrated by the greatest actor of our time, Morgan Freeman. It also featured my uncle and one of Duke’s best history professors as talking heads, which is kind of cool.

So I do enjoy programs on PBS. And it is precisely because of this that I struggle with the idea that the government should gradually withdraw all funding from it.

This is something brought up all the time on Capitol Hill. Indeed, politicians seem to consider cutting funding on a fairly regular basis.

President Richard Nixon, though public broadcasting’s government subsidies increased dramatically under his administration, was particularly antagonistic to the television station, which featured “left-wing commentators who are cutting us up.” In 1972 he even vetoed a bill that would increase funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Legislators have proposed cuts many times over the years. And when this happens the supporters of public broadcasting most always storm the Hill, declaring that the government is hurting education and denying the American people intelligent programming, untainted by commercial interests.

The PBS characters themselves often gear up for action. Good old Mister Rogers at one time appeared before Congress to fight proposed cuts, and a couple ofyears ago I saw Big Bird march to the Capitol, demanding justice. And of course Bill Moyers is one of PBS’s staunchest defenders.

Yet the biggest advocates for public broadcasting during the difficult times are its viewers (old people). I really came to realize this when I was interning in a D.C. congressional office two summers ago, and the Republican legislature was proposing cuts. The telephones were flooded with calls: “How dare you cut public broadcasting funds!”

“My children adore ‘Sesame Street!’”

“Mister Rogers would be rolling over in his grave!”

One caller, in particular, amused me. I’ll use a fake name to protect her identity. Around 11 a.m. I picked up the phone to hear: “Hello. My name is Susan Winthrop Campbell, and I’m calling the congresswoman because it is simply outrageous for her even to consider cutting funds in public broadcasting...”

After about 10 or 20 seconds of this, I informed her that she was in fact speaking to her great nephew.

The deluge of phone calls, including that of my aunt, just goes to show how passionate people are about public broadcasting. For many of them, it is the only source of quality news and entertainment.

But I don’t count myself among these folks. In fact, my natural inclination as a conservative is to believe that the government should never subsidize media. Even so, it just seems too late in the game to cut funding.

Since many Americans have grown to love the programming PBS offers, and since the government has willingly funded the Corporation for too long, it would be wrong to change course now.

And if right-wing legislators really want to reduce unnecessary taxes, aren’t there better places to look? to

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startling truths were revealed Sunday night on 60 Minutes.

I speak not of the report on the allegations against members of our men’s lacrosse team, but of the segment that followed, which highlighted one bureaucrat’s journey through the Bush administration’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. David Kuo, who recently released a book about his

experiences, explained his perspective as a conservative

Christian working in the

ren and Greg Boyd support his case.

So what is an evangelical to do? Politics has left a bitter taste, and trouble is also brewing at the grassroots. The rise of post-modernism in American culture causes evangelicals to worry that they are losing ground with their teenagers. Youth leaders are frantically traversing the country, just like the revival ministers of yesteryear, begging students to make radical commitments to the Christian faith. Sharing the stage with the crucifix are trash bins in which believers dispose ofname-brand clothing, secular CDs and other worldly possessions—attempts to prove their true obedience to Christ.

Having attended an evangelical Christian junior high and high school, I saw first-hand the generational and cultural elements in the evangelical agenda. Teachers railed against the excesses of American society, even as my classmates ignored their preaching. As a senior, a required course outlined the evils of modern rock music with a video called Hells Bells. To this day, I cannot listen to AC/DC’s ‘You Shook Me All Night Long” without wincing at its allegedly devilish lyrics.

But these are hard positions to sell, and in their efforts to curb corruption and purify the public, evangelicals have separated themselves from society at large. With politics no longer the easy—or most effective —path to spreading the gospel, evangelicals are suffering an identity crisis.

By aligning themselves with political positions and borderline-austere lifestyles, evangelical Christians have lost sight of the meaning of their cause. The bedrock principles of evangelical Christianity are an individual relationship with God, a strong belief in the supreme authority of the Bible and a personal commitment to spreading the faith.

Through evangelicals’ culture war and active participation in the dog-eat-dog world of politics, the general public paints them as extremists. But the planks in the evangelicals’ main platform does little to support their reason for existence: converting new believers. Furthermore, their narrow interpretation of the Bible discourages potential converts and creates friction within the faith.

Evangelicals would be better served by broadening the tent—and their Bibles —as wide as possible. The tactics of fear-mongering and issue-baiting do not support a message of brotherly love and personal devotion. The public might in fact be looking for answers to the biggest questions in life, but telling them that gays or abortion clinics or rock music are somehow in bed with the devil doesn’t offer any help.

Facing problems in the home and in public, evangelical Christians might be best served by sticking to their roots: evangelism.

Bush White House emily thomey One would et reiigio think Kuo would fit right in at Bush’s D.C. homestead. But this was oddly not the case.

Kuo documents repeated instances of administration officials bashing believers and exploiting evangelicals. Countless times, the apparent base of the Bush administration was ridiculed, taken for granted, even treated like pawns in a game. Based on his experiences, Kuo calls for evangelical Christians like himself to withdraw from politics.

Kuo would appear the Lone Ranger, were it not for emerging evidence that suggests that evangelicals no longer fit neatly in the pocket of the Republican Right.

With the election nearing, polls have been furiously checking the political temperature of evangelicals. In Ohio, famous for its 2004 role as the state that decided the fate of the union, a recent New York Times/CBS News poll indicates that evangelicals have begun to shift allegiances. Whereas 76 percent of white evangelicals voted for Bush in 2004, 45 percent of those recently polled disapprove of the president’s executive performance.

And where Ohio goes, so goes the country.

Frustrations about the war in Iraq and a spate of recent Republican scandals have weakened the party, but it would have been hard to imagine years ago that anything could be enough to shake evangelicals from their beloved GOR In truth, though evangelicals and the Christian right appear inextricably linked, this has not always been the case. Randall Balmer, professor of religion at Barnard College, argues that the religious right seized the evangelical movement and molded it into an unrecognizable monster.

Evangelicals have long been active participants in politics, but not as the “right-wing zealots” Balmer fears they have become.

Balmer judges “true” evangelical Christians to be more left-leaning, eager to help the poor Emily Thomey is a Trinity junior. Her column and protect the environment. Well-known evanevery other Thursday. runs Rick Wargelical leaders such as Tony Campolo,

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recognize the coastal region as the place where Claude Monet

transformed himself from a realist painter echoing the style of those who came before him into the father of impressionism and modern art.

And now, for the first time, a scholarly exhibit takes an indepth look at Monet’s depictions of the area over the course of his career. Monet In Normandy, featuring 50 of his paintings, is currendy on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. At its free preview day Friday, over 6,000 people showed up at the museum and over 1,000visitors came for the exhibit’s official opening day Saturday. Triangle visitors and residents will have a chance to see the paintings (such as Monet’s first successful submission to the Paris Salon, “The Point of la Heve”) at their only East Coast venue through Jan. 14, 2007, when the exhibit will move on to its

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third and final location at the Cleveland Museum of Art, having made an appearance at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco before its current stint in Raleigh.

“Unlike a lot of shows, these paintings don’t travel together normally,” said Alesia DiCosola,

marketing and communications coordinator for NCMA. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see 50 paintings from all different museums all over.”

The process of gathering the 50 paintings began six years ago as the brainchild of David Steel, curator of Euro-

pean art for NCMA. DiCosola said Steel wanted at first to do a small, focused exhibit based on the two Monet paintings owned by NCMA—“The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists” and “The Cliff, Etretat, Sunset.” But when Director Lawrence see monet on page 4

Mute Math, minus messianic message Eric Bishop recess Even though it’s considered one of the dorkiest instruments ofall time, Paul Meany plays the keytar—and proudly.

Sure, the frontman for electro alt-rock outfit Mute Math couldjust plant himself behind his Fender Rhodes piano instead of strapping on the guitar-shaped keyboard and careening about the stage every few songs. But as Meany puts it, “That thing is damn fun to play.”

For Meany—who also likes taking a pair of drumsticks to an upturned drum throne and stroking a homemade electronic instrument called the Atari before tossing it into the crowd—limiting himself, or his band, to any one apparatus really isn’t his style.

So when Warner Bros, decided to market Mute Math as a Christian rock band against the group’s wishes, Meany and the boys refused to let the label pigeonhole their music.

Last year, Mute Math filed suit against the company and its Christian music division, Word Records, for breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation after an ongoing dispute about how the band should be advertised.

“It was going to force us to go into a world that we were trying to forge our way out of,” said Meany, who grew up in a strict evangelical Christian home and played in a Christian band prior to forming Mute Math.

While Meany makes it clear that some of his lyrics carry spiritual underby

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1. AS-IS Ensemble All Campus Entertainment’s

Sampson the giant horse implicated in scandal?

For years Sampson the giant horse has been a staple of the North Carolina State Fair. Billed as both taller than Bigfoot and larger than a monster truck, Sampson has been an inspiration for young horses everywhere who dream of one day being awkwardly gawked at by random teenagers hawked up on fried, seven dollar, cotton

turkey-candy.

This year, however, a dark shadow has been cast across the reputation of this epitome of equine enormity.

Though officials claim that Sampson’s monstrous gargantuosity is maintained by consuming 150 pounds of food per day, recent tests suggest drug use may be a factor.

In his pre-fair screening, Sampson reportedly tested positive for 52 different anabolic steroids, 12 of which are often found in humpback whales.

Handlers have categorically denied all charges, mentioning only that Sampson regrets being unable to enjoy his favorite ride, “The Twister,” due to a combination of oppressive press coverage and lack of a bipedal system ofloco-

ropes and pullies. Pending investigation, however, handlers have kept the giant in his personal trailer—a tent-like structure found just to the right of the $3 freak show.

Sampson faces criminal charges of drug abuse and violation of the 1993 ban on carnival-related performance enhancers —a controversial law enacted after an LSD-induced fight between a pair of Siamese twins and a bearded-lady on ecstacy claimed the lives of 24 fairgoers.

If these allegations are substantiated, Sampson could face fines and up to 300 hours of community service.

Behind the apparent calm of the Sampson camp, insiders report the giant has developed a drinking habit and has experienced moderate weight loss, dropping roughly 900 metric tons.

When asked about recent allegations of steriod abuse, Sampson could

only comment, “Nay.” —Alex Warr

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In the past, Sampson has been showcased running on a large treadmill that powers the entire fairground through an elaborate series of

Brody Theater Opening Schedule:

Friday October 20.2006 S3B PM Iroly Ihaatar Opening Gala teetering Ribbon cutting ceremony with

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Prwsitfsnt Brodhead, Performances by Host o' Man and special guest Breadway actor Brian Charles Rooney

12:08 PM 2:00 PM Master Class in Musical Theater Pertarmisce will Irian Charles Roomy

3:10 PM - SBO PM PramtDffl at Sbewltoppars and musical parrormanca ly Broadway actor Brian Charles Roonay

Sunday October 22,2006 Piay Reading at Wit Will lls Wbm Yau'n Cm? by Neal tail

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Chinese Traditional Dance Club Rhythm and Blue

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4. Quetzal

The seven-piece Chicano band from East Los Angeles will bring its mix of Mexican and Cuban rhythms to Duke this Friday. The band, featuring the vocal dynamics of brother-and-sister duo Martha and Gabriel Gonzales, uses both traditional Mexican instruments and contemporary rock instruments. Quetzal will play Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. in Page Auditorium.

5. Strangers On A Train Freewater Presentations presents the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller where two strangers exchange murders thinking their crimes will be undetectable. The movie will be presented free at Duke Coffeehouse Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.

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Jazz At The Mary Lou will feature the AS-IS Ensemble, a New York City alt-jazz group Wednesday. AS-IS has played sold-out performances around the country and appeared on television shows such as Late Night with David Letterman, TRL and Good Morning America. Ensemble leader Michael Bellar has toured and recorded with well-known artists Art Garfunkel, Howie Day and Teddy Geiger, among others. AS-IS will play Oct. 25, 9:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.

2. Comedian Eliot Chang Asian Students Association will host stand-up comic Eliot Chang in Richard White Lecture Hall on East Campus.

Chang has appeared on shows such as Comedy Central’s Contest Searchlight and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and was one of the few comedians to ever receive a standing ovation on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. The performance is free.

Laugh for free Oct. 19, 8 p.m.

3. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum This weekend is the opening of Hoof V Horn’s fall show, A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum. Performances will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m.and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. through Oct. 29.

Admission is $9 for the general public and $7 for students and senior citizens

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Alex Warr Kate Beckinsale

David Graham Unexplained spaceship Varim Leila Not being there...

Alex Frydman Shots beforehand Baishi Wu The word Jellicle Irem Mertol Catfights Eric Bishop Hot catgirl action Janet Wu Peacing at intermission Brian McGinn All two melodies Matt Dearborn Elliot Wolf proves his point Christine Schellack Random pirate scene Lauren Fischetti Old Deuteronomy Bryan Zupon What is going on?

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Four Square by

Bryan Zupon

recess Situated in a historic Durham home complete with veranda and wooden rocking chairs, Four Square is a picture ofclassic Southern hospitality.

But diners expecting to see biscuits and sweet tea on the Four Square table may be surprised to encounter whole-grain mustard sourdough bread and a lengthy wine list. In fact, the closest thing to country ham on the menu is cured pork tenderloin served with a port wine reduction. Chef-owner Shane Ingram even raids the Chinese, Korean, Mexican and Indian pantries when composing many of the dishes on his eclectic menu.

Despite this subtle blend of American and global cuisine, Four Square has remained a dark horse comIt’ slight! pared to its local fine dining breth more expensive than Nana’s, lacks ration of the Magnolia Grill and is n located as the Fairview. Nonetheless derstated but elegant dining expe minutes from campus.

Four Square’s surroundings and edly contribute to its place among restaurants. The three small dining genuine warmth, and the well-spa< noise levels to a comfortably so Servers are generally efficient, friem well-versed in the menu’s various ■ ings. Diners expecting a near—telep; ic level ofattention may be disappoi ed, but again this is not a restauran geared toward the classical model fine dining.

Ingram’s menu includes the typ cal—a salad of bitter lettuce, pears candied pecans and veal osso bucco fall vegetables and raisins. But his also extends to the seemingly out-of duck confit taquitos with mole roj seared ostrich with an orange-gr sauce. None of the dishes are all thr tion, and as a whole the menu seem; On a recent visit, a decidedly horseradish-crusted fried oysters lac

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sential brininess but was saved by a refreshing cucumber coulis and wonderfully acidic preserved lemon.

The cured pork tenderloin was perfecdy cooked to the as-requested medium-rare and benefitedfrom a sweet and rich mustard-port reduction. Smokey braised collards and a sweet potato bread pudding rounded out this hearty dish. The greasy nest of slivered vegetables perched atop the pork could have easily been left out.

Post-dinner drinks, cheese and an assortment of desserts present themselves as options after the savory' segment of the meal. A highly touted plum tart was largely successful if wanting for a bit of bitterness to cut through the sweet. A crisper crust would have been nice too. The house-made s’raore was a novel and notable take on the campfire classic.

Four Square is an admirable choice for a special meal with friends or family. Is it better than its competitors? No. But it offers a fresh taste of Durham fine dining in a more elegant and sedate setting. Especially if you have the opportunity to go on someone else’s dime,

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attention due to their depiction of the same geographical location on walls slightly angled from one another, rather than adjacent to one another, allowing them to complement each other. He also arranged, one room so that the paintings on Wheeler heard about it, he insisted on going bigger.

“People think that a show comes in a box, and you just add one wall show the beach from a perspective on top of cliffs water,” Steel said. “For us it was a lot of time, a lot of money while the paintings on the wall across the room are ones where the painter was below the cliffs. and cashing in on IOUs.” “The pictures speak to each other across the gallery,” Working with the San Francisco and Cleveland museums, NCMA managed to put together a collection with paintings on Steel said.

One of the many highlights of the show is “The Hotel des loan from all over the world, including “Garden at Sainte-Adresse” on loan from the Metropolitan Museum ofArt. Roches Noires,” which Monet painted while on his honeymoon with his second wife.

Other pieces have come from The couple couldn’t afford to collections as far away as Japan “We’re excited to have a stay at the high-end hotel in the painting, but Monet would Diwork],” Monet’s range [of Cosola said. “It shows people a go there hoping to sell the paintings to tourists and make different side of him than most money. “Hotel” is accompapeople know.” nied by a picture of the boardOne of the lesser-known walk by the hotel, “The Beach Monet works on display is “A at Trouville.”

MoonSeascape, Shipping by The most recognizable light,” painted in 1866, which piece in the exhibit is “Water depicts a darker scene than the Lilies,” which Monet painted at typical Monet. Many of the familiar canvasses filled with comthe end of his life and is arforting pastels and water lilies CLAUDE MONET, GARDEN AT SAINTE-ADRESSE, 1867, OIL ON CANVAS, 38 5/BXSI 1/8 IN.,THE guably his most famous work.

The painting serves an an exare also included in the exhibit.

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Steel’s curation allows each clamation point at the end of one of these works of art to be appreciated on its own and in the exhibit, Steel said.

‘You see these [famous images] on umbrellas, on notethe context of the exhibit, spacing them neady around the cards, whatever,” DiCosola said, “But it’s not the same when room on walls painted in a Monet-esque light blue color.

‘You want the pictures to talk to one another, you want pic- you get up close where you can see the blobs of paint and the brushstrokes tures where the collective experience is greater than the sum of the individual parts,” Steel said Monet in Normandy runs through Jan. 14, 2007 at the North Steel accomplished this superior, aggregated feel of the deCarolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd. in Raleigh. In order the rooms the exhibit so in sign space by arranging pictures depicdng the same place or things—seascapes and boats, for to have the best experience possible, NCMA Marketing and Communications Coordinator Alesia DiCosola recommends coming at off-peak example—are grouped together. hours: during the week or early in the day. There will also be a college a curation transforms the entire exSubdy changing typical hibit-going experience and produces a “I+l=3 effect.” Steel night Friday, Oct. 27 from 5 to R p.m.; college students with a valid said he decided to place two paintings that normally fight for ID can see the show for $5—student admission is typically $l2.

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Department of Theater Studies rekindles desires by

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recess 17th Take a century proto-feminist nun, a professor enamored with body language, and a stage that is a larger-than-life piece of paper, and what you get is a House of Desires.

Although this baroque comedy was written in 1683 by the Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, its central theme of desire still resonates in today’s hedonistic society.

“Desire is non-generational, it’s just innately human,” said Rafael Lopez-Barrantes, the director of the play and a senior lecturing fellow in theater studies said.

House of Desires, a Department of Theater Studies production, contains enough convoluted plotting and scheming to make Shakespeare proud. It is the interwoven story of four individuals, each pursuing his or her own desire and the comedy of errors that ensues.

Lovers dona Leonor and don Carlos fight through the obstacles set up by the spoiled dona Ana, who wants to win over don Carlos, and her ruffian brother don Pedro, who wants to marry dona Leonor.

However, die comedy and entertainment lies in the other characters. With skillful exploration of vocal range, strong character development and consistent execution, the secondary characters such as the maid Celia, don Carlos’ sidekick Castano and, most of all, dona Leonor’s father serve as great comedic relief and are all around engaging performances.

The action between all of the characters, as created by Sor Juana, unfolds on a paper set covered in writing. The set is symbolic of her creative mind.

While ingenious, this distracting and visually cluttered background is a constant reminder to the viewers that what they are seeing is someone else’s words temporarily borrowing a form of life. Therefore, it breaks the theatrical illusion of reality.

The artisdc reincarnation of Sor Juana as a watchful but removed character in the play adds to this disillusionment. Performed by sophomore Gretchen Wright, the character serves as the director, set manager and prompter throughout the play. So when you hear her call for the lights to change or to cue a character on stage, it is an intentional—albeit jarring—aspect of the play.

Sure, the central theme of desire has been exploited to the fullest on any given daytime soap opera, but with characters literally popping out of the page, superb peripheral performances and the incorporation of Sor Juana as a character in the play itself, Lopez-Barrantes has succeeded in giving this old theme an entertainingly self-conscious spin.

“This play is a confluent expression of many different wants,” said cast member Martin Zimmerman, a senior, “which is something the average Duke student can easily relate to.”

House of Desire will play in Rey nolds Theater in the Biyan Center Oct. 19-21, and 27-28 at 8:00 p.m. and October 29 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $lO, $7for students.

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Wynn loses Casino mogul Steve Wynn recently made a a multi-million dollar boo boo.

But his financial misfortune didn’t fall along the lines of a Trump Taj Mahal fiasco. The Las Vegas developer happens to be an collector and owner of the Picasso painting, “La Reve.”

It’s too bad he poked a hole in it.

As it turns out, money doesn’t ensure grace. About a week ago, Wynn was

showing off his collection of high art when he backed up a bit too near the work. A conversational gesture transformed his elbow into an appendage of doom, and the painting Wynn was about to sell to hedge fund tycoon Steven Cohen for $139 million suddenly lost a lot of value.

Needless to say, Cohen retracted his offer until the damage could be assessed. The New Yorker describes Wynn’s post-puncture demeanor as “cheerful”—a description none of us common

Documentary captures images of diverse Durham youth

Catherine Kaelin recess They say a picture is worth a thousand words. No adage could prove truer of Youth Document Durham: A Five-Year Retrospective, a photography exhibit opening this week at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Youth Document Durham is an outreach initiative uniting adolescents from all walks of life in the Durham community.

The month-long summer program, supervised by the CDS, provides them with documentary equipment and instruction.

The program gives students the opportunity to interpret their surroundings in a new way.

“We wanted to put cameras and audio recorders in the hands of a local group of radically diverse young people so that they could represent their own lives through words and by

folk might expect to accompany the loss of a more than $lOO million transaction and a decent-sized wound in a Picasso masterpiece.

But Wynn kept his mogul cool and took the accident as a sign of divine intervention. Although Wynn decided to hold on to the painting, one of his friends calculated the cost of the damage at 40 million big ones. Thus, Wynn will go down in history as owner of the infamous “$4O Million Elbow.”

—Janet Wu

pictures to each other and to the community,” wrote Hong An-Truong, former documentary arts educator of Youth Document Durham: The Book, a compiliation of student essays and photographs.

This exhibit showcases the work of young people between 2000 and 2004. Itincludes images revealing adversity as well as triumphs within the lives of the artists in the Durham community.

“It wasn’t until Td lived in Durham for a few years that I thought about its wide mix of people and frequent contradictions,” wrote artist Lena Eckert-Erdheim in Youth Document Durham: The Book. “What we share is our commitment to the work we’ve done, how we’ve all created the story of an individual and the story of a community at the same time.”

While photographs are the focus of the exhibit, students also record dialogue that corresponds to their projects. Youth Noise Network, a continuation of Youth Document Durham, will present a program on the audio component of their work in December. It plans to complement the photography collection.

The strength of Youth Document Durham lies in the artists themselves, and theirindividual development throughout the process.

“They develop a confidence in their own perceptions—a confidence in being able to talk to adults and a confidence in their creativity,” said Barbara Lau, community documentary projects director. “I think they carry that with them into other parts of their lives and that’s very important.”

“I think thatviewers will be amazingly impressed at the ability of young people to create compelling documentary work and to express who they are, where they’re from, and what they care about,” said Lau. “This exhibit is about possibility.”

Youth Document Durham: A Five-Year Retrospective will be on view at the Centerfor Documentary Studiesfrom Oct. 23 to Jan. 7.

A public reception will be held Nov. 4from 2 to 4 p.m.

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I’,i J ‘ V*',! - ‘ ■ It would be a lie to say Durham has a thriving as well as nationally touring artists such as Asobi . ‘ t. music scene. But that doesn’t mean it’s not trying. Seksu and Man Man, coming to a total of 75 For years now, Durham has been attempting to bands. The festival kicked off Wednesday and wil move out of the shadow of its neighbor—former continue into the wee hours Sunday morning a fcr indie rock hub Chapel Hill—by hosting open eight Durham venues, from Duke Coffeehouse t.o I mics and band showcases downtown, trying (usuIfrw, Joe and Jo’s Downtown. With so many bands t ally in vain) to promote its fledgling independent see, how do you choose? Have no fear; recess isi music scene. here, with our top Troika picks to check out ove■i I ■ . -■ Enter the Troika Music Festival. What exactly the next few days. is Troika? In short, it’s a music festival that exhibits some of the best Triangle bands at various For a complete listing of bands and venues, IREM MERTOL/RI venues around Durham. You’ll find smaller local go to xuww.troikamusicfestival.org.

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McCaughan and company rejected major label advances in favor of starting their own label, Merge Records. Now one of the most powerful independents in America, it’s home to Spoon, the Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel and many others.

But the past is the past. What should be recognized now is that McCaughan continues to write great songs and, with Portastatic, creates an affecting brand of power-pop that consistently defies expectations. Like McCaughan and Portastatic, Duke Coffeehouse—where they’ll play Thursday —is a local fixture with its own share of underground fame, and an ideal venue for these indie veterans. Show your local pride and check it out.

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10 p.m. Friday @ 305 Som you can only see one band at Troika, make it the Mountain Goats.

Arguably the most popular band to play at the festival, the Mountain Goats —a moniker of singer-songwriter John Darnielle have been selling records nationally since 1995, and they’ve amassed a huge cult following over the years. Regarded as one of the founders of the 10-fi genre, Darnielle is signed to legendary indie label 4AD (home of artists such as M. Ward and Blonde Redhead) and was hailed last year by the New Yorker as one of the best lyricists of our time. And a couple of years ago, Darnielle moved from California to Durham. In an interview with recess last year, he cited “the nearness to the ocean, the weather and the widespread availability of boiled peanuts” as his reasons for moving. The Mountain Goats are a huge first step toward pushing Durham’s music scene into any sort of significance, and they will no doubt put on one incredible show.

—Matt Dearborn

could no longer ignore a band who could clearly appeal to Christians and non-Christians alike.

“We really weren’t a blip on their radar for a while,” said. “But the pieces of the puzzle came into what be ChrisMeany the band never set out to a he insists that tones, became a pretty intelligible picture for Warner Bros.” tian rock band. the band settled their lawsuit with Warner. we In August, freedom to whatever it is say “We want to have the label re-released Mute Math—sans Christian marketsaid. not about The “I’m moment,” he to at say any given want with music Teleprompt on Sept. 26. ing—in conjunction trying to overspiritualize any particular part of our wanted all along,” Meany said. “We just “It’s what we world on.” just to turn any particular scenic route.” kinda had to take the After divorcing themselves from Warner, the band deof the Week” last week, iTunes scoring their Fresh off “Single cided to release their eponymous album through on a 40-city club currendy members of Mute Math are hit the road the own independent label, Teleprompt. They fanbase (they currentbuild their growing last fall, thinking they would tour for a while, sell a few tour, hoping to with their blisterfriends) 100,000 therehave almost MySpace ly CDs at shows and probably record again sometime live shows. ing after, Meany said.

That is, if they can make it through the tour alive.

Then something unexpected happened; Mute Math includMeany once split bassist Roy Mitchell-Cardenas head caught on. Partly due to an Internet presence that across the stage with the keytar and aced a candid series of video blogs on their MySpace site, open after running cidentally ramming him in the forehead.

Mute Math accrued a growing legion offans. as a “In the midst of the chaos, every now and then some“Really, Mute Math was built using the Internet to be a bit off calibration,” Meany said. digital word of mouth,” Meany said. After losing the vital thing’s going unfazed, finished playing the song, Mitchell-Cardenas, media connections that came with being signed to a “He happy. gave me a piece of his mind afhe wasn’t but major label, the Internet became their lifeline. said. terward,” Meany Their sound—think modern-day, electrified Police resonated with listeners. Add in energetic performances Mute Math plays at the Cat’s Cradle, 300E. Main St. in Caron high-profile stages such as Lollapalooza 21 at 9:15 (doors 8:30). Tickets are $l2. and Warped Tour, and suddenly Warner rboro, Saturday, Oct.

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eir sound, influenced by Siouxsie and ianshees and PJ Harvey, is intriguingly murky (two basses are present), and it’s accented by their leading woman’s classically trained vocals and virtuostic oboe abilities. All of this blends together to create a group that can overwhelm with its dark intensity and but at the same time entertain with smart, well-written pop. Two Ton Boa is a band that makes goth still sound arresting.

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Former Wind Symphony Director J.Randal Guptill will perform with the serpent, an ancestor to our modern tuba, Friday at 4 p.m. in the Rare Book Room of Perkins Library.

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The tone of Badly Drawn Boy’s new album is set in the first seconds of the introductory trackhalfway between smoky crooning and pop exultation. The rest of Bom in the U.K. stays velvety and heavily produced but struggles to find its direction.

This isn’t the finest hour of Badly Drawn Boy or his alter ego Damon Gough—his loving, melancholy and hopeful lyrics are lost among strings and occasionally grating pop-rock choruses, like the one on the album’s tide track.

There are occasional reminders of Gough’s warm sensibility on tracks such as “One Last Dance,” where

simple production accentuates Gough’s traditionally heartfelt, literate lyrical ability: “Where you go I wanna go/What you do I wanna do/I’ll be your Troy Donahue/If you’ll be my Sandra Dee.” Badly Drawn Boy’s previous works all improved upon repeated listening, but none of those albums seemed to lack the focus that’s missing from Bom in the U.K. As Gough himself says in the opening track, “I don’t think I know who I am anymore.”

Every artist should be allowed a period of rediscovery and self-examination, and this album is far from unlistenable—it’s still warm and full of melody. But it’s also not of the consistent quality we have come to expect from Gough. Let’s wait and see what version of Badly Drawn Boy emerges next time he hits the studio.

—Brian McGinn

October 19, 2006

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MARIE ANTOINETTE

THE PRESTIGE DIR. C. NOLAN TOUCHSTONE

DIR. S. COPPOLA COLUMBIA

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These days even your average Joe Magician on America’s Got Talent can whisk behind a contraption and pop up behind you four seconds later. Sure, we “ooh” and “ah” (or squeal if we’re Brandy) but secretly we’re so prepped by “magic revealed” specials that nothing short of a resurrection could impress us.

It’s this loss of mystique that The Prestige laments and attempts to revitalize with enigmatic voiceovers and brooding landscapes. We’re offered a world where the ambitious pursuit of illusion becomes a matter of life and death. Although the film edges toward melodrama in raising the stakes, the mystery unravels with enough twists and turns to satisfy even the most stilted audience.

We begin at the end—a sure sign that we’re in Christopher Nolan territory. And as in Memento, the characters are propelled backwards in their search to dislodge the chimerical from the actual.

Nolan seems to have found a muse in Christian Bale, who plays the prideful but talented magician Alfred Borden. Hugh Jackman, a newcomer to the director’s cast, lends his dapper flair to Robert Angier, Borden’s smartly dressed archrival. The rest of the cast is composed of a strange combination of the beautiful

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The antagonism between the two magicians materializes on the stage, with each attempting to one-up the other with the latest illusion. Angier’s desire for vengeance is spawned by the accidental death of his wife, which we are led to believe is caused by Borden. However, Angier’s vengeance morphs into a consuming obsession with one of Borden’s tricks, the Transported Man. Although the film offers a backstage view of each act, we’re caught in a sort of dazed wonder at the events that transpire before our very eyes. We bounce back and forth through time against the murmuring narration of alternating characters, and it’s not long before mystery turns to mystification.

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Yet this doesn’t prevent plot twists from being a bit too fantastic and characters from being a bit too one-dimensional. At times, the film lapses into hokey sleight of hand, where all it takes to fool the world is a stick-on beard and glasses. The end is not so much shocking as it is gratifying to the astute viewer. In its effort to mystify and amaze, The Prestige nearly spoils the final trick.

Every magic act is divided into three parts —the pledge, the turn and the prestige —with the prestige as the final act of undecipherable magic. Nolan attempts to mimic this cyclical process in his film, but falls just short of accomplishing the impossible. Still, he shapes his story with an indisputable flair for the dramatic, and if anything, it is the film’s showmanship that will win over the crowd.

—Janet Wu

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sighs and scoffs at court rituals, savors the tranquility of her children and cottage sanctuary and valiandy proclaims she will stay by her husband’s side in the face of masses storming on the palace grounds. But this vision of a naive and misunderstood Marie Antoinette does not excuse the soon-to-be queen. Our senses are seduced but our sympathies are not, and what the film fails to do in its attempt at a personal portrayal is establish a sense of in-

Frosted with luscious images of opulence and youthful antics, Marie Antoinette is a sweet concoction—light in dialogue, but heavy on the visual. In the manner of a sugary treat, the film relies heavily on the guilt factor: aristocratic wastefulness, gossiping ladies of the court and, of course, sexual infidelity. It’s everything we love to see, but timacy.

Coppola’s sparse dialogue in nothing of particularly insightLost in Translation engaged the ful, historical importance.

But who really cares about all possibility of human connection that serious monarchical stuff amidst an isolating environment. when we’re offered a chance to But her attempt to apply this enter the glamorous world of an weighted silence to a tween satu18th century it-girl, where rated in luxury is unnatural and clothes and boys and drunken clashes with the pace of the chatrevelry are just as pertinent (if not ty young nobility. Inject as much more) than they are now? In this upbeat contemporary music as case, the revisionist twist to the you want, but the lack of dialogue period piece makes a whole lot of doesn’t make for understated sense since girls will be girls—in emotional poignancy. Rather, the -silence straps on weights to the this century or a past one. holds her Kirsten Dunst own as film’s embellished train. Coppola the 14-year-old Austrian princess certainly achieves her goal of married off to the impotent but sidestepping the stuffy historical endearing French Dauphin, drama since she removes most of Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). the history from the film. InWith girlish whimsicality, Dunst stead, we’re fed an eloquent fulfills director Sofia Coppola’s chick-flick—visually delectable impression of a misconstrued but just short of fulfilling.

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It’s not In fact, the seemingly innocent little fellow tucked into the farthest corner of the state fairgrounds produces the same effect as banging your noggin against a metal wall and suspending yourself by the ankles for 12 hours.

But let’s back up a few steps before we get down to the dirty and dizzy.

I was on official assignment from the Raleigh News and Observer to review nine rides at the North Carolina State Fair.

Thinking I had hit the journalistic jackpot (yes, they were paying me to do it), I woke up bright and early and hit the fair grounds with a media pass fashionably slung around my neck and a childish grin carved into my face.

There’s nothing quite like the smell of fried dough and turkey legs on a fall morning. Skipping like a five-year-old giddy on Pixy Stix, I made my way past the gaudy ads of food vendors, through the territory of cheap polyester monstrosities and past tents broadcasting tales of bearded women and three-eyed dwarfs. It wasn’t long until I reached “The Fireball,” a whirling, twirling, rotating bundle of machinery that flung from side to side like a colossal pendulum.

Perhaps it was the cool breeze in my hair, or maybe it was the sight of the 40-year-old man across from me squealing and frantically clutching the handle bars, but my day was off to a pleasant start.

In no time, I cleaned off seven more rides and hustled a few woozy children for quotations until they were forced to say something beside the ever popular, “It was fun.”

I practically tackled 10-year-old Karen Hamlett in an effort to record her quote when I heard her comment to her mother, “It feels like allyour insides are coming out.”

But no sooner had I pocketed my notebook and sidestepped the man passing out “Jesus Loves You” pamphlets when I saw it: the lord of all mobile rides and the source of every acrophobe’s irrepressible knee quivering. With four swinging seats at each (/I

lonesome end of an infinitely long mechanical arm, the ride looked like the malicious

or the cotton candy and candy apple that functioned as my breakfast. Or maybe it’s baton of a grotesque-spirited giantess. the fact that I get dizzy on the deck of After gawking in a panic-induced stupor, I 2,000-ton ferry boats if I’m not loaded up ambled up to one of the ride operators who with Dramamine. smirked at me with his sleek shades and But after being chucked forward and slicked-back mullet. sideways, rolled backwards and suspended It s 150 feet tall and four G’s. Y all know upside down to the chorus of “How come what G’s are?” he said with a drawl and a every time you come around, My London, slight tip of his head to the ride he identi- London bridge, wanna go down,” it was fied fondly as “Turbo Force.” everything I could do to maintain my reQuelling my urge to ask him if he knew porterly composure. Without getting into what G’s were, I inquired as to the lack of details, let’s just say tailgate the next mornriders partaking in this low-budget death ing was like a sick joke. trap—though maybe not in those exact In the midstof my discombobulation, I rewords. Turns out the operators were testing alized that my escapade into this quintessenthe device and it wasn’t long before the ride tial American celebration of rurality and was up and running and a crowd of teeny recreation had allowed me a metaphorical hoppers jostled me aside. jaunt into the heart of western living—where When no one plummeted to their unconsumption reigns in die form of paper timely death, I felt it was safe to give the ride tickets and jumbo stuffed dogs. a whirl even if it did cost me 10 whole tickThe thought still makes me dizzy. ets. It suddenly occurred to me on my 150-feet ascent why none of the newspaper’s full-time staffers had taken up this gig for themselves. But I didn’t have long to contemplate it before I felt every last one of those G’s. Props to you, mullet man A bit loopy but nonetheless maniacally overjoyed, it was time for one more ride. Little did I know that the finale to my day at the fair would cost me 75 percent of my functioning brain cells and resilience to all motion for the next 48 hours.

I still don’t know what it was about “Get Twisted” that did me over. Maybe it was the eight rides preceding it. ®Maybe it was the hot diogk thraat seeme d. a bit . pink around the edges, "Turbo Force" offers 150 feet and 4 G's of sheer entertainmentand terror.

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The Colbert Report you mentioned your strong interest in tumbling. What’s up with that? Why tumbling?

When I was 30 I lived over a five-year-old deaf girl who really inspired me. I wanted to come up with an act for Paul [Dinello] and Stephen [Colbert] and I to do on the road that didn’t rely on words —something very visual and entertaining so deaf people could enjoy it.

My book is for the illiterate, you don’t have to know how to read to enjoy it. I don’t like to leave anyone out.

Your brother, David Sedaris, has talked about you in a couple of his books. Is it weird being written about?

No, David always makes you look good. Better than you are.

1 want to throw a party in my dorm room. Any tips? It’s small.

Just invite the right people and I am sure it will come together. If it’s so small tell them all to eat before they come over and justhang out and maybe make a cheese ball.

Speaking of cheese balls, I hear you run a cupcake-and-cheese-ball business. How’d that get started?

I like making a buck and 1 like doing a lot of work just for that one dollar. It’s my allowance. Plus, I’m never out of a job.

You’ve been in a number of movies, including Elf and Maid in Manhattan.

Can we look forward to seeing you in any upcoming Films?

I have no plans after the promotion of this book.

Now that the Strangers with Candy movie has been released, is the franchise kaput? What is life like after Strangers with Candy ?

I haven’t thought about it. It’s like a rash that went away and it will appear again now and then. ,

Amy Sedans will hold a conversation and book signing Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster Street in Durham. Tickets are $5 orfree with purchase of Sedans' book.

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