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The national media attention that blanketed campus this spring has long since passed, six months after the first charges of rape were handed down against members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team.

But among a fiercely devoted community of bloggers, there are still updates, discussions and critiques posted daily.

The vast majority of these online commentators are pro-defense, not connected to Duke and critical of both Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong’s actions and how the mainstream media—particularly newspapers—have covered the story.

The rape accusation against, and subsequent indictments of, the former Duke players continue to be dissected online.

“Given the nature of the blogosphere I’m not surprised anymore at anything like this. There are 300 million people in the country—a few of them are inevitably going to take an interest,” said Kurt Andersen, a writer for New York Magazine.

“It’s a compelling story.”

Andersen recendy published a piece entided “Rape, Justice, and the ‘Times,’” criticizing the New York Times’ coverage of the case and praising the work ofKG Johnson, a professor at Brooklyn College who has run the lacrosse case blog “Durham-in-Wonderland” since April.

Unlike the many blogs that primarily an 1 alyze media coverage of the story, Johnson has been lauded in the blogging community for reviewing legal documents and doing his own investigation into issues such as the financing of Nifong’s election campaign

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Some food on points is no longerjust a phone call away for students.

As of the beginning of the semester, the student-run delivery service Gourmet Dining and Bakery, LLC has been suspended due to security concerns, confirmed Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services.

GDB launched a pilot program April 2005 that allowed stu- s dents to order food on points through an online website from some vendors in the Merchants on Points program.

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Despite the restrictions on last year’s flu vaccinations, Jean Hanson, administrative director of Duke Student Health, said there will be plenty of shots available this year.

Student Health will be providing walkshots to students today in the Bryan flu in Center from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

“The best time to get vaccinated is now or by early November. That will afford you protection through the whole season,” said Dr. Keith Kaye, associate professor of infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center.

Flu season will last from November until April and coincides with the colder, rainier seasons, Kaye said, explaining that when people crowd indoors, the virus becomes much more easily communicable.

Garrett Bean, president of GDB and Trinity ’O6, noted that MOP food sales increased by approximately half-a-million dollars the first year the program was launched.

Despite widespread popularity from students, the University has expressed concerns with the service.

“In order to use the software, it has to interact with the University fmancial system and that is problematic,” Dawkins said.

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At a town hall meeting Tuesday, the two dozen professors in attendance heard from the CCI Steering Committee on the initiative’s progress and offered their input.

Discussion topics ranged from admissions to fraternity housing to the campus dining system. Man member faculty voiced their desire t( shape the University cultural development even in the face of opposition from studen' and alumni.

“Do we have leader ship and authority a, this University? Maybe we don’t. If we don’t, you should tell us that, and we’ll get back to teaching our classes and doing our research,” said Lee Baker, associate professor of cultural anthropology and chair of the Arts and Sciences Council.

Several others said they agreed with Baker’s belief in increased faculty governance, including Suzanne Shanahan, assistant professor of sociology and chair of the CGl’s subcommittee on gender and sexuality. Some faculty members suggested, among other changes, eliminating SEE

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boost flu vaccinations

This year, Student Health will only offer the standard injectable vaccination, instead of Flu Mist, a live intranasal version of the vaccine offered in the past, Hanson said.

She added thatFluMist was not well-received when administered a few years ago and cost students $5O. Hanson said live vaccines also pose problems in places like college campuses, where viruses are so easily spread.

In the past two years, however, Student Health has encountered problems even with the usual intravenous vaccine.

“The year before last tlTere was a major problem —[the Center for Disease Control] just hadn’t made enough and there were problems with some of the batches,” Hanson said.

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Two weeks before BAGHDAD, Iraq U.S. midterm elections, American officials unveiled a timeline Tuesday for Iraq’s Shiite-led government to take specific steps to calm the world’s most dangerous capital and said more U.S. troops might be needed to quell the bloodshed.

U.S. officials previously said they were satisfied with troop levels and had expected to make significant reductions by the year’s end. But a surge in sectarian killings, which welled up this past summer, forced them to reconsider.

At a rare joint news conference with the

.American ambassador, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, said additional U.S. troops could come from inside or outside Iraq to “improve basic services for the population of Baghdad.”

“Now, do we need more troops to do that? Maybe,” Casey said. “And, as I’ve said all along, if we do, I will ask for the troops I need, both coalition and Iraqis.” There are currently 144,000 U.S. forces in Iraq.

The military has expressed disappointment over its two-month drive to cleanse the capital of Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia fighters and death squads.

But the Americans also say that for the situation to improve, the Iraqi govern-

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political concessions to minority Sunnis.

The timeline grew out of recent Washington meetings at which the Bush administration sought to reshape its Iraq policy amid mounting U.S. deaths and declining domestic .support for the 44-month-old war. The plan was made public a day after White House press secretary Tony Snow said the U.S. was adjusting its Iraq strategy but would not issue any ultimatums.

U.S. officials revealed neither specific incentives for the Iraqis to implement the plan nor penalties for their failure to do so.

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The Littles and the NEW ORLEANS Kitchens watched helplessly as Hurricane Katrina battered their homes. Both families waited padently for an insurance adjuster to setde their losses. And both were sorely disappointed with the outcome.

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Though poor and minority neighborhoods suffered the brunt of Katrina’s fury, residents living in white neighborhoods have been three times as likely as homeowners in black neighborhoods to seek state help in resolving insurance disputes, according to an Associated Press computer analysis.

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“The blacks didn’t complain ’cause they got tired,” said Doretha Kitchens, 58, who recalls numerous phone calls to her insurer that often ended with her being put on hold. Ultimately, she accepted her insurer’s offer of about $34,000 for damages that actually total more than $120,000.

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Tennessee's fire chief and three volunteer firefighter appeared in court Tuesday on arson charges stemming from a string of fires over the past two years. The men, all members of Tiptonville Volunteer Fire Department, were arrested Monday.

Drug raid yields documents A drug bust at a trailer park in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory, authorities said Tuesday. The documents were discovered during a search of a suspects'records.

Hastert urges action on Foley House Speaker Dennis Hastert urged ethics investigators to work quickly to unravel the congressional pages scandal pertaining to Rep. Mark Foley. Some Republicans suggested that the messages were timed to hurt the GOP in the elections.

Kidnapped photographer freed An Associated Press photographer was

released Tuesday after a harrowing day in the hands of Palestinian gunmen who abducted him at gunpoint in Gaza—the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreigners in the area.

News briefs compiled from wire reports "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."—lndira Gandhi

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John Schelp, who served in the Peace Corps, is the president of the OldWest Durham Neighborhood Association.

Amid a re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., examined the ideals of democracy with politically minded students in the “Visions of Freedom” Focus program Tuesday.

Price will compete against Republican candidate Steven Acuff in the District 4 midterm election Nov. 7 for a tenth term in Congress.

Price applied his experience on Capitol Hill to the ideological discussions that form the core of the “Visions ofFreedom” curriculum.

Currently a faculty member in the Department of Political Science, Price is on leave to perform his duties in Washington.

Scott de Marchi, program director for the “Visions of Freedom” Focus program and professor in the political science department, said the hands-on education

offered in “Visions of Freedom” gives participating students the chance to attend discussions with notable speakers involved in politics.

“We have a bunch of speakers—he is not the only one,” de Marchi said. “We get a bunch of people who can help them explain what actually goes on in the world as opposed to in textbooks.”

Price discussed several topics —such as free speech, the role of the state and religious expression—that exemplify the relevance of the overarching political theory studied in “Visions of Freedom.”

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Peace Corps vet leads West Campus Plaza to pro-Durham charge host new statue ‘Tattoo’ by

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volunteer and local community leader, has become one ofDurham’s most vocal advocates. At times, his commitment to Durham he neighborhood Series Leaders has even put him at odds with the Duke *� administration. � Schelp’s commit� merit to activism and service was forged in John Schelp the Congo, where he Local Advocate as a taugl Peace Corps volunteer during a civil war. While there, he was shocked by the abject poverty, violence and hunger that surrounded him. ‘

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What Schelp had seen in Africa convinced him that he had an obligation to help others once he returned to the United States.

Schelp’s life as an activist in Durham began with the People’s Alliance, a group that focuses on promoting progressive social programs at both the city and county levels.

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Soon students will find more than trees and tables on the new West Campus Plaza.

In the next few weeks, a glowing sculpture designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa will be installed on the Plaza, said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, Tuesday.

“Plensa is a wonderfully renowned artist,” Moneta said. “I think we are just incredibly fortunate to showcase one of his pieces.”

Titled “Tattoo,” the 2003 sculpture is on loan from the Crown family of Chicago. Paula Crown, Trinity ’BO and member of the Board of Trustees, is an advisor to the Nasher Museum of Art, and it is through this connection that Duke re-

ceived the loan, officials said The sculpture is expected to be on display through May 2007.

Made of polyester resin and stainless steel, Tattoo is in the shape of a kneeling human figure and shines in various colors.

Writing inspired by a children’s geography book is inscribed along the outside, including questions such as “What is ice?” or “What is a river?”

The work is nine feet in height and weighs approximately 100 pounds.

“The sculpture is visually arresting and thought-provoking and will enhance the outdoor plaza space in a very exciting way,” Nasher Director Kimerly Rorschach said in a statement Tuesday.

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I'M A SURVIVOR There are more than 2 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. today.

Breast Program looks to test new vaccine MIA studies herbs and memory CHAPEL HILL The University of North Carolina Hospitals are participating in the national clinical trial on Chinese club moss, which is already being sold in stores with nutritional supplements and is used in China as a treatment for cognitive disorders.

The study, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, is one of a growing number of federally funded research studies focused on natural and alternative therapies. The centers of the National Institutes of Health expect to spend $300.5 million in complementary and alterna-

tive medicine research in the 2007 budget year.

NC child health ratings drop RALEIGH Too many of North Carolina's children enter the world too small and are growing up too heavy, according to an annual report being released Tuesday.

The N.C. Child Health Report Card, which examines health trends among the more than 2 million children in the state, also attributed several negative trends to a rising child poverty rate that reached 21.3 percent last year. As employer health insurance erodes, the percentage of uninsured children has grown to nearly 12 percent, despite a45 per-

increase in the number of children covered by government-funded health insurance between 2000 and 2005, the report said. cent

Feces thrown into the spotlight The Miami Metrozoo MIAMI now features a 5,000 square foot exhibit on excrement titled "The Scoop on Poop," which invites visitors to explore the science of scat.

The exhibit is filled with photos of animals in some of their most indelicate moments.

Beyond the"ick" factor, however, zoo officials and the exhibit's creators say there is a lot of information being imparted. Visitors can smell the stench of flowers that mimic dung to attract flies for pollination. Videos include one of a hippo kicking its droppings around to mark its territory. Simple games include "Who Dung It?" and "Test Your #2 1.Q."

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younger women who do not seem to have a genetic predisposition Armed with a team of science for breast cancer, and medical experts and grants The condition is often misdisuch as this month’s $4.5-million agnosed as an infection, and by award from the Department of the time it is correctly diagnosed, Defense, the Duke Comprehen- survival rates are “horrendous,” sive Cancer Center’s Breast Pro- Spector said.

Patients with inflamgram is currently testmatory breast cancer, ing a new treatment Breast Cancer moreover, are often excalled hyperthermia.

The program looks eluded from clinical triJfc als, anc* us m ss out on to begin clinical trials advances in experimental on the new breast cancer vaccine lapatinib in therapies, the next year.

“What we want to do is to create something that y Timothy Clay, a head researcher with Awareness Month is clinically meaningful, that benefits somebody the lapatinib vaccine, somehow,” Spector said. worked at the National Institutes of Health before comAnother researcher within the to Duke.

He said the Breast ing great Program at DCCC, Dr. thing about coming to the Uni- Kimberly Blackwell, assistant proversity is that he can do laborato- fessor of medicine, has made adry research and then translate vances in the hot field of hyperthat into a clinical .setting. thermia.

“We’re trying to develop drugs “Hyperthermia, I believe, is refer people that we meet,” he said, ally going to make an impact, and explaining how interactions with it is not all that complex,” Blackbreast cancer patients affect him well said. “We take standard and his colleagues. chemotherapy drugs and put it in Lapatinib is a vaccine that a heat sensitive liposome, which uses the patient’s own immune is basically fat and cholesterol, system to fight cancer, but does Then we engineer the liposome not damage surrounding tissues, to melt at whatever temperature Clay said. The hope right now we want.” for this vaccine is that Duke reThe result is increased drug searchers will begin clinical trials delivery to the cancerous site and to test for efficacy by this time decreased damage to healthy tisnext year. sue, she explained.

By comparison, the current Hyperthermia is an example drug of choice only increases life at Duke of making use of a laboexpectancy by an average of 4.5 ratory process then translating months, Clay said. that research to a clinical setting Dr. Neil Spector, director of within the same institution. the Duke Translational Research Spector said Duke is especially Oncology program, said he was equipped to facilitate this proexcited by/esults that inflammagression of research.

“Duke is not constrained by tory breast cancer appears sensitive to lapatinib. bureaucracy to the degree that “Inflammatory breast cancer is some state schools might be, and the ugly stepchild in breast canthere has always been an entrecer research,” he said. preneurial spirit here,” he said.

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He added that those in the in-

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“Duke has all the pieces of the puzzle,” Clay said.

He explained that although some smaller institutions might have the ability to produce a model for treatment, they might not have the capabilities to treat clinical patients or vice versa.

Spector noted that publishing an interesting scientific finding is not enough and that there are no shortage of questions left to answer.

“Will it be taken orally or through IV? What is the solubility, the pH, the temperature? Does it cause irritation? Does it cause serious side effects?” Spector said. “Ba-

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He added that working out these details is what causes the gap between discovery and public availability.

“In the best case scenario, it will be eight to 10 years before lapatinib will become broadly available,” Clay said. “And that’s in the best case scenario.”

Blackwell provided a more conservative figure for new therapies in general, citing a gap of eight to 15 years between discovery in the laboratory and consideration for Federal Drug Administration approval.

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After 27 years, the Greensboro Massacre is finally in the spotlight.

Students, faculty and employees discussed the GreensboroTruth and Reconciliation Commission report published in May at the John Hope Franklin Center Monday night in one of a series of meetings addressing the document.

The new report details the deaths of five protesters—one African-American, one Hispanic and three white—who were allegedly killed by Ku Klux Klan members while participating in an anti-Klan march Nov. 3, 1979.

The Klan members were lateracquitted ofany criminal charges.

Three of the five victims were connected to the University. Two were graduates of Duke Medical School and one was a staff member.

Duke professors and students helped to complete the report, which used information compiled from witnesses and others involved to reconstruct the incident.

Catherine Admay, a visiting lecturer of public policy and political science who was involved with GTRC, led the group in a discussion about issues brought up by the report.

Participants also brainstormed ways to bring the findings to the broader Duke and Durham communities.

The report constitutes the United States’ first effort at the internationally developed model of Truth and Reconciliation to help victims heal and to get to the truth of historical human rights abuse cases, according to a description of the event.

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A truth and reconciliation commission discusses its report Tuesday about the Greensboro Massacre.

Reconciliation is to rehumanize victims,” said Dawn Peebles, a graduate student in cultural anthropology and organizer of the event.

The Klan members were acquitted in both of the criminal trials held after the event, and the civil trial produced mixed results.

Carolyn McAllaster, professor of law,

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“We were really disappointed in the verdict,” McAllaster said.

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Last year, approximately 2,500 Duke students received financial aid packages, many of which included a work-study option—offering students an opportunity to “earn and learn” through various jobs funded by both the government and the University.

“Work-study is an extraordinary opportunity for young people,” said Jim Belvin, director of financial aid. “They have the chance to earn while learning, work in areas that might contribute to academic work and career opportunities and test out and learn different skills.”

For each hour a federal work-study student works, it costs Duke an average of $3, with the federal government subsidizing the remainder of the wage.

Compared to North Carolina’s current minimum hourly wage of $5.15, many have noted that the expense to the University seems to be a bargain.

When it comes to Duke work-study jobs, however, the cost is not as low.

Fifty percent of student earnings come from institutional funds, while the other half comes from students’ respective employers, Belvin said Though federal work-study programs, such as America Reads and America Counts, are nonprofit in nature and aim

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newsbriefs Construction on the house has already begun on Central Campus and is slated for completion in Fall 2007.

East Campus theater revamped, renamed Branson Theater, the main venue for the University’s drama program, was renamed Friday as The Brody Theater after undergoing significant renovations.

It was renamed and dedicated in honor of Theater Studies Council member Harold Brody, Trinity ’7O, whose gift funded the renovations, including increased lobby space and improved technical support facilities.

George McLendon, dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences, matched Brody’s grant.

The revamped venue will be used to present both musical and non-musical small-scale theater pieces, as per Brody’s vision of the theater’s function.

The theater was dedicated Oct. 20 at a ceremony with remarks by President Richard Brodhead and John Glum, chair of the theater studies department.

Econ sets record for regular-rank hires The Department of Economics has hired nine new professors and researchers this year, seven of whom are regular-rank professors —setting a record high of yearly regular-rank hires in any department in at least a decade.

The nine new faculty members were hired in addition to seven others who have joined the ranks of the economics department in the last four years, many of whom came from universities with economics departments ranked higher than Duke’s.

The concerted effort to raise the number and caliber of professors comes from a departmental review Provost Peter Lange commissioned about six years ago.

The review resulted in a plan that utilized “cluster hiring,” among other techniques, to target specific economics faculty.

SmartHouse to partner with Home Depot The Duke SmartHouse team will continue construction on what will now be known as “The Home Depot smarthome,” after the University announced its partnership with the company for the project, officials said Tuesday.

The Home Depot has agreed to give an estimated $2 million in cash and donations to the smarthome, a residential laboratory where students in the Pratt School of Engineering will conduct research and develop innovative projects for a house.

“We hope to transfer what we learn to homeowners who want to incorporate smart technology into their own homes,” Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson said in a statement. “We could not ask for a better partner in this than The Home Depot."

$200,000 given to Durham Partnership J. Kevin Kenny, Trinity ’B9, has donated to the endow $200,000 help

Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, officials announced last week. Kenny is the chair of the Partnership’s national advisor)' board.

His is the first gift to the partnership given by someone other than a Duke trustee. Three trustees—-John Mack, Trinity ’6B, Morris Williams, Trinity ’62, and Robert Steel, Trinity ’73—have each given

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Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College and chair of the CCI, framed and opened the discussion by reminding faculty of the initiative’s charge.

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He added that last time the University tried to reduce underage drinking, alumni resisted.

“The pushback came from the trustees and alums... who need to get moved along or left behind,” he said.

Others also mentioned some alumni donors’ traditionalism and racism as potential problems.

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Wolf said. “It would have to be a clear arFaculty members said they agreed ticulation of where we want to go and with the steering committee’s initial how, exactly, these possibly controversial steps are going to get there.” thoughts on the importance of articulatAlthough Felicia Kornbluh, assistant ing Duke’s “core values” and engaging with diversity. Some emphasized the culprofessor of history, suggested the CCI tural challenges for women and memshould have more time for deliberations, bers of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Thompson said effecting change within the restrictions of the academic year neTransgender community. cessitated the short deadlines.

Stephen B. Chapman, assistant professor of Old Testament at the Divinity “We have envisioned that we’re a beSchool and faculty-in-residence ofBrown ginning part of a process, not the end,” Residence Hall for the past five and a half Thompson said.

After the meeting, he said hearing years, noted that non-drinkers are anothsuch opinions from what he termed “an er minority who face social stigma.

Trustees and alumni encourage the important constituency” is vital to the work of the CCI. “We were looking to drinking culture because of their nostalgia for “Old Duke,” said Kerry Haynie, as- have a conversation, and we really did sociate professor of political science. have a conversation,” he said.

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Rep. David Price spoke Tuesday to a Focus program about the importance of the rights of the individual.

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theory and political practice” is the “overall dilemma of the relationship of the individual and of individual liberty to the operations of the state.”

During a portion of the question-andanswer session devoted to freedom of speech and its application, Price discussed how narrow-minded opinions jeopardize the civil liberties enumerated in the Bill of Rights.

“When I was first studying political science, I remember a question that was always in the national polls: ‘Do you believe in the absolute freedom of speech?’ Of course, large majorities would say ‘Yes,’” Price said. ’’The next question would be, ‘Do you believe a communist has the right to speak on a street corner?’ and you would always get about a similar percentage saying, ‘Hell no,”’ he said. “Has anything re-

ally changed?”

Taylor Spragens, a freshman in “Visions of Freedom,” said the lecture and question-and-answer session augmented material studied in the Focus program.

“It related pretty directly to all the classes in our Focus,” he said. “The public policy course is on immigration so I brought that up.”

De Marchi said he had to accommodate Price’s hectic schedule to arrange a visit during the weeks immediately preceding election day. “We had to be flexible on when he did it,” de Marchi said. “He’s in the middle of an election campaign and he has his schedule planned by the minute.”

In addition to his visit to Duke, Price has gone to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University.

“I’m around Duke a lot because I taught here, but I’m an equal opportunity representative,” Price said.

Price said he is optimistic that a successful reelection will help the Democrats take control of the U.S. House of

Representatives.

He said, however, he has little means to

predict the outcome of the 2008 presiden-

tial election. “I don’t have any crystal ball any more than you do,” Price said. “I think we have a lot of sorting out to do on the Democratic side. The Republicans do too.”

Counts leads to a greater sense of responsibility on the part of student employees.

“The federal work-study program opens to promote community service, Duke up participation in community service for students who must work,” Elaine Madison, work-study positions are more varied. from cossewing together director of the Community Service Center, Jobs range tumes in the Theater Operations Costume wrote in an e-mail. “The support from the Shop to calling alumni as Duke Annual federal work-study program over many Fund representatives. years has helped Duke create an infraOfficials said disparities in work-study structure for sustaining student engagement and community placements.” opportunities and their costs to the UniAmerica Reads is the only work-study versity, however, have had no bearing on employer standards, and federal work- program in which student earnings are study employers are no less adherent to 100 percent subsidized by the federal govthe honor-based attendance system than ernment, Madison said. She added that Duke work-study employers. this allows the program to hire an unlimitis a student for employer paying ed number of students.

“If any unworked hours, that is a serious violaMadison said she sees no noticeable tion of federal rules and regulations,” difference between paid workers and Belvin said. volunteers “in terms of positive attitude, He emphasized that although he canenthusiasm and interest in teaching not guarantee all University employers are children.”

CSC Staff Assistant Pat Nobles said, following regulations, he is not aware of however, that most of the time the paid tuany employer who is violating them.

Many work-study students say the tors are usually more dedicated. honor system is an adequate means of enAmerica Reads and America Counts forcing proper work behavior. are not the only job opportunities avail“We have to fill out our own time cards, able to students who qualify for federal which is good because then we really earn work-study. our pay,” said sophomore Amelia FernanLocal nonprofit groups can also employ dez, an America Reads tutor.

Duke students receiving federal aid. CSC Federal work-study employers emphaand the Office of Undergraduate Finansized that the nonprofit nature of procial Aid work with these organizations to grams such as America Reads and America offer students more paid positions.

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U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Iraqi leaders had agreed to the timeline, benchmarks heavily laden with enticements to Sunni insurgents.

The lack of any real political consensus even among Shiites, however, has made it extremely difficult for Iraqi leaders to keep deadlines; for example, they missed targeted dates on naming a government and in moving forward on constitutional amendments. Moreover, Tuesday’s declarations lacked specifics on how to accomplish the goals.

At the news conference with Casey, Khalilzad said the timeline would require Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government to set dates by the end of the year for completing six key tasks.

Five of the markers are clearly designed to mollify Sunni Arabs, the Muslim sect

that makes up the bulk of the insurgency and is responsible for most American deaths in Iraq.

The plan seeks deadlines for passing a law that would guarantee the sharing of Iraq’s oil wealth, amending the constitution, turning an anti-Baathist organization into a reconciliation body, disbanding Shiite militias and setting a date for provincial elections—all key issues for Sunnis.

The de-Baathification Commission was established after the toppling of Saddam Hussein to ensure that members of the dictator’s political organization did not hold government positions.

The sixth measure called for “increasing the credibility and capability of Iraqi forces.”

Casey said Iraqi forces would be “completely capable” of controlling the country within the next 1.5 years.

“We are about 75 percent of the way through a three-step process in building those [lraqi] forces,” the general said.

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“We’re unable to deliver to students and it’s horrible, said Jason Balius, owner of Mad Hatter’s Cafe, adding that his experience with GDB was very successful.

Balius said that since GDB has been susPended they are

student information and use of the software and its online connections to launch attacks that disrupt other services at Duke.

Dawkins also noted that the software is not owned by making approxiDuke and not We re unable to deliver to mately $BOO less operated or proon Friday nights ul d Cl t students and it’s horrible.” u i and $4OO-$5OO the Office ofr Information TechBall ins less on weekday “ightsdue to the nology Owner, Mad Hauer's Cafe told loss of dehvenes.

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An initial review conducted by OIT and 60-percent decrease in their sales since the DukeCard Office is complete, Dawkins GDB has been suspended, she added. said, adding that they are now taking a furPapa John’s Pizza, although still deliverther look into additional informadon proing to students, has also experienced a vided by GDB. negadve effect. “It’s terrible—a lot of stuBean said that GDB invited the admindents knew us from GDB, and now they istration to contact their web developer just don’t call our store anymore because and have a closer look at the system. they don’t know our number,” said Gener“We want to see if we can keep workal Manager Kevin Thompson. ing with Duke to try and get this reJim Wulforst, director of dining servicsolved,” he said. es, said he hopes to bring back the GDB GDB was started to make MOP faster, program because it serves a useful purpose more secure and more convenient for stufor students. dents, Bean explained. He added that they Wulforst added that Dining Services is were looking to expand the program to currendy offering vendors the conventionother interested vendors during the sumal MOP program and is working to assist mer prior to the company’s suspension. those who have been negatively affected by Because Duke Dining Services does not the suspension. *

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Commission members discuss the Greensboro Massacre, in which 3 Duke community members were killed.

GREENSBORO from page 5 the results, as it was a much needed victory for one of the plaintiffs.

Participants also discussed the event’s portrayal in the media.

Ajulo Othow, a graduate student in international development policy, said the white media paid little attention to the event, trying “to sanitize it.”

The African-American media, however, portrayed the event differently.

“If you look at the African-American media, it wasn’t a ‘shootout,’ it was a ‘massacre,’” McAllaster said.

She added that the victims were probably “dehumanized” in the white media because several were members of the Communist Workers Party who organized the anti-Klan march.

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Group members said their goals extend beyond simply studying the past.

They hope to organize an event to present the Commission’s findings to Duke students and the community next semester.

“We want to not

let this moment pass,” said Adlay.

Some members of the group saw connections between the racial tensions experienced in Greensboro, N.C., and those present in the Durham community today.

“It made me think about our lives here on campus and how serious racial, class and gender events have been sanitized where we are,” Othow said.

Anita Wright, a Duke employee, noted the dangers of ignoring racial issues.

“I believe it has the potential of history repeating itself if we don’t address it,” she said.

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compared with the statewide median of $32,566 in the 2000 Census.

AP analyzed 3,118 complaints filed by The insurance industry and state reguhomeowners still living in Louisiana. The lators say they made special efforts—even state s data did not identify whether the in the midst of Katrina’s chaos—to reach addresses on complaints were the same loout to poor and minority neighborhoods cations as the damaged homes. The state to inform them of options. also refused to release any information on But their ad appeals on local radio did approximately 5,000 complaints still little to inform the thousands of mostly under review. black residents who were displaced to The findings surprise few on the front Houston. And giving a toll free number lines of a disaster that has reawakened isfor help did not help poor minorities who sues of racial equality. stayed behind with no telephone or cell Donelon, the insurance commissioner, service. Officials acknowledge victims said his department made an extra effort slipped through the cracks. to reach as many people as possible and let “The message doesn’t get to everyone,” them know the agency was willing to press said Louisiana Insurance Commissioner their case with insurers.

Jim Donelon.

State workers crisscrossed the state, More than a year after the epic hurriusing mobile complaint centers, usercane laid waste to much of the Gulf Coast, friendly Web sites and advertisements on frustration and anger still simmer. television and radio. When complaints More than 700,000 insurance claims were received, state insurance officials dewere filed for damage resulting from Katritermined whether they had merit, and lobna in Gulf Coast states and to date, only bied insurance companies for more $14.9 billion out of $25.3 billion in insured money for homeowners when warranted. losses have been paid, the national risk That message, however, never reached the water-stained stoop of Doretha modeling firm ISO estimates.

In Louisiana, more than 8,000 residents Kitchens’ house, which was enveloped in a have filed Katrina-related complaints with nine-foot wave of muddy water when the the state insurance office. Using open Lower Ninth Ward’s aging levees broke. For records law, AP obtained the files of more months, she had no access to computer, than 3,000 complaints that have already radio or TV and could not hear the state been settled and analyzed the outcomes by agency’s messages. the demographics of the victims’ current Kitchens also did not know she could zip code neighborhood. appeal Allstate Corp.’s settlement offer to Nearly 75 percent of the settled cases the state, but doubts it would have were filed by residents currently living in changed anything. Her husband, she said, predominantly white neighborhoods. Just simply lost faith that anyone would help.

25 percent were filed by households in ma“My husband didn’t want to be bothjority-black zip codes, the analysis found. ered. I asked him, ‘Why don’t we sue the The analysis also suggests income was a insurance company?’ He said, ‘They ain’t factor. The average resident who sought gonna do nothing no way.’ White just destate help lives in a neighborhood with a cided they was gonna go file. Black, we just median household income of $39,709, gave up easier.”

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Last year, Student Health did not receive the vaccine early enough from the CDC, which determines the availability of vaccine. As a result, Student Health was only able to give the shot to high-risk people, Hanson said.

But this year, she said, there will be no restrictions.

Hanson said the standard flu shot, when available, has been very effecdve on campus in years past. There is a direct correlation between the number of flu shots given and the number offlu cases treated, she said.

“Each year we give more vaccines, the numbers go down,” Hanson said.

Junior Seun AJiboye said she had the shot last year and didn’t contract the flu and didn’t know ofanyone who had developed the virus after being vaccinated.

This year, Hanson anticipates student turnout at the clinic to reach more than 1,000.

Apart from the flu shot, Hanson said she could not stress enough the importance of hand-washing and mouth-covering while sneezing and coughing.

“Honestly, it’s amazing how many do not [cover their mouths]. They just sit in the waiting room and hack all over,” she said.

This year’s vaccine is based upon the strains of virus that circulated in the Far East during their flu season this past spring, Kaye said.

The vaccine must be adjusted annually to attempt to create as much immunity as possible, he added.

“Each year it’s a different recipe,” he said.

Rut despite the success of the flu shot on campus, Kaye still maintained that developing a perfect vaccination for the most current strain of the tin virus is difficult. “it’s a guessing game,” he said. “We try to create as much immunity in people’s bodies as we can.”

Kaye did not cite the avian flu as a potential threat this season, because that unique strain has not yet adapted to spread among humans.

In order to prevent animal-to-human transmission, Kaye said that in addition to strict overseas poultry transport policy, bird and animal vaccination will soon be an option.

in Old West Durham, where he is the neighborhood president, he said he discovered that public officials are surprisingly receptive to his proposals due to the lack of a powerful business establishment and Duke’s moderating influence on local politics in Durham.

“We can affect change in this town,” he explained. “Part of that is because Duke balances out the business community, which gives the neighborhoods a voice [in community affairs].”

In his tenure as president, Schelp has already collaborated with Duke several times, including on the defeat of the proposed asphalt plant in East Durham that would have significantly lowered residents’ standard of living.

Schelp and the University have not always seen eye to eye, particularly over Duke’s plans to redevelop Central Campus.

Schelp said he supports the renovation of Central Campus, but does not support the consuuction of general retail space there.

“We, the 12 neighborhoods and merchants of Durham, have supported the redevelopment of Central Campus as a positive development for Durham,” he said. “However, we oppose retail shops that don’t have to pay property taxes, giving them an unfair advantage over local businesses and denying local schools tax revenues.”

Schelp also said that some University officials have been disingenuous about the way Duke has dealt with the community’s responses to the new Central Campus.

“When we agree everything is fine, but when we disagree, out come the spin doctors and distortionists,” Schelp said. “Instead of working toward a compromise [about Central Campus], Duke is running around targeting city council members.”

Provost Peter Lange said the University has been sincere in its Central Campus negotiations. current

Local activist John Schelp has expressed concerns with a lack of restrictions on the new Central Campus.

“It’s entirely possible that both sides have been forthcoming and have simply been unable to reach an agreement,” Lange said.

“If John is suggesting that we have not been sincere, that’s just not accurate,” he added.

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Despite past tensions, both Lange and Schelp said they are hopeful for the future of negotiations and believe that they could produce mutually acceptable compromises between the University and neighboring communities.

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STATUE from page 3 Moneta said the decision to display the piece was finalized in only the last couple of weeks, when Rorschach began discussing the possibility with the work’s owner.

When Rorschach decided there was not an appropriate place to display the work at the museum, the Plaza was selected as the best locadon for the work, Moneta said “Having public art on the Plaza will certainly add to its use as part of the educational landscape on campus,” he said.

The arrival of Duke’s Plensa sculpture coincidentally comes on the heels of a planned installation of another of the artist’s works in nearby Raleigh. Ultimately, however, the Raleigh City Council rejected the design.

Born in Barcelona, Plensa has won a number of awards for his work, which is featured in venues around the world.

The artist will be coming to campus next Sunday to give a free lecture, “Human Nature,” at the Nasher at 3 p.m.

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and Durham activist Victoria Peterson’s background.

“I’m not interested in just throwing together a blog that’s just useless speculation or saying nasty things about Nifong without substantiating them,” he explained. “That would, to me, just hurt the cause.”

Despite the reporting he conducts for some ofhis posts, Johnson said he does not consider himself a journalist “I’m a professor who is writing about the case,” he said. “My blog certainly seems to have some impact in shaping how some people think.”

In addition to Nifong, newspapers have come under attack from bloggers who accuse them of being unobjective and ignoring crucial evidence.

“I’ve been critical of the Raleigh News and Observer from the first day I started blogging because it does a lot of things poorly and I think it’s very biased,” said John, a Duke alumnus who maintains the blog “John in Carolina” and declined to disclose his surname.

The coverage that bloggers provide can be influential, Andersen said, noting the forged National Guard memos used in a September 2004 “60 Minutes” piece, the authenticity of which was first questioned by bloggers.

“Bloggers have the luxury to do things the mainstream media don’t... because of their passion and their focus,” Andersen explained. “Bloggers don’t have the fetters of institutional standards and editors, and all those good things the mainstream media has.”

“It can work both ways and requires readers to judge them accordingly,” he added.

Johnson, who is not connected to Duke, said he was initially attracted to the case because of the “inexplicable response” of the University’s faculty to the incident.

But he said he has stayed involved because the further he looked into the case, the more he was troubled by Nifong’s actions and the silence of Duke’s faculty.

“Usually when you learn more about something it’s more nuanced, there are more shades of gray as more information comes to light,” he said. “This is a case where it’s been the opposite.”

Michael McCusker, a New Jersey lawyer who posts almost daily on his blog, said he was prompted to start writing after meeting indicted player Reade Seligmann’s father at a youth lacrosse game in May, and has continued because hfe feels obligated to remedy the injustices he sees in the investigation and prosecution.

“I felt that something had to be done and whatever I might do, whatever voice I might be able to raise, even if it’s just shouting at windmills, would be doing some small part to rectify this travesty,” McCusker said.

Both Johnson and McCusker said they did not expect to become so invested in their blogs.

“The blog and the time that it takes me and the scheduling and prioritizing that I must now engage in was wholly unexpected and really unintended,” McCusker said. “This is not something now that I can just add to sporadically or intermittently.”

Although there were a few blogs started in the spring that supported the alleged victim and the prosecution, most of these are no longer operational.

“At this point I don’tknow of any blogs that are pro-Nifong.... Ifyou’re inclined to take a pro-Nifong view, there’s nothing much you can say beyond ‘Trust Nifong,”’Johnson said. “That is, in my opinion, very unusual. Usually you get blogs that are sort of on both sides.”

As blogs become generally more prolific, it is not uncommon for reporters to use them to stay abreast of developments in all arenas, Andersen said.

“I don’t know if [NYT reporter] Duff Wilson spends much time with the blogs on this case,” Andersen said.

“If I were he, I certainly would.”

It is difficult to measure how influential blogs are because the medium requires an audience that actively seeks it, said Kenneth Rogerson, research director for Duke’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.

“I think the impact is not potentially as strong as some people might make it out to be because it’s not necessarily easy to find these blogs,” he explained.

Since Aug. 28, Durham-in-Wonderlandhas received approximately 160,000 page visits from about 100,000 visitors, Johnson said, adding that Oct. 16—the day after a “60 Minutes” segment examined the case—his site received nearly 14,000 unique visitors, its highest single-day total.

Ultimately, the crucial components that determine the influence a blog wields are its writing quality and the legitimacy of the claims in its posts, Rogerson said.

“Bloggers have to have a thoughtful, reasoned approach to it, and if they do it’s going to make a lot of difference,” he said. “But after a while if it doesn’t seem like the person writing is a credible source or the writings’s not good, you roll your eyes into the ceiling and you move on.”

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With a 12th game added to this year’s schedule, Duke (0-7) has a chance to one-up three previous Blue Devil teams that finished the season with an abysmal 0-11 record.

Though I never root for my team to lose unless the top draft pick is on the line, I’m really looking forward to seeing if Duke can pull off this impressive feat.

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Next Up sV nder K-, u K but, probably the byrnes toughest game for Duke to lose before facing off in a potentially epic battle with North Carolina to end the season. Even though they are a 3-5 squad, the Commodores knocked off then-N0.16 Georgia on the road Oct. 14 and will certainly come into this Saturday’s matchup as the favorites.

True, one ofVanderbilt’s wins should be stricken from the record since it came over Temple —the only team in Division I-A with a longer active losing streak than the Blue Devils. But Duke hasn’t beaten the Commodores since 1991 and has lost five consecutive games against them since then.

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The men's soccer team played in front of a boisterous crowd during its 1-0 victory over UNC Friday night.

Duke students came out in full force last Friday to support the men’s soccer team in its 1-0 win over North Carolina on senior night.

But the packed and boisterous crowd was an atypical show of support for one of Duke’s many non-revenue sports—which include all teams except men’s and women’s basketball and football. “[The crowd] was huge,” senior midfielder Chris Loftus said. “I wish we could get this every night. Obviously we can’t because it’s a UNC game. It’s great to have people enthused in the game and enjoying themselves.”

Although a season-high 6,549 fans attended the men’s UNC game, the women’s soccer team drew only 575 fans to its pivotal ACC matchup against 'Clemson the night before.

For men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball games, the average attendance at home is less for each team than the average crowds it has seen on the road this season.

Although the lesser crowds could be attributed to a smaller undergraduate population at Duke compared to some of its opponents, the Department of Athletics’ sports promotions division, student organizations and players are still searching for ways to increase non-revenue attendance for its many top-25 programs.

“We obviously want to get the best atmosphere at games,” said Bart Smith, the athletic department’s Director of Promotions. “We want to get our student body behind it as much as possible and to get various community groups as well.”

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Duke continued its unbeaten October with an easy 50 defeat ofNorth Florida Tuesday night at a chillyKoskinen Stadium. The victory was the sixth straight for the No. 5 Blue Devils (13-2-1), making this the team’s longest winning streak of the season.

“I think it’s exactly what we needed,” head coach John Rennie said of the win, which came just days after Duke beat rival North Carolina, 1-0. “We worked very hard and put the game away early, and were able to rest a number of players.”

The Blue Devils took time to settle 0 in against the defensive-minded OsUNF preys (4-11-2) but finally broke DUKE through when junior Tomek Charowski scored off a pass from forward Spencer Wadsworth in the 20th minute.

“It was a beautiful goal,” said Charowski. “[Chris] Loftus put in a really nice ball, both me and Spencer made the run, and I was thankful that Spencer played the ball across to me.” later, Mike Grella scored Duke’s second Just 10 minutes another quick pass from Wadsworth. Grelgoal of the day after from the goal, beat a defender 20 yards received the pass la and chipped the ball over the charging UNF goalkeeper.

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Against Florida State Oct. 14, Duke gave up 51 points and almost 500 yards of total offense. But Saturday against the other ACC powerhouse from the state ofFlorida, the Blue Devils were six yards away from shocking Miami and sending the Hurricanes home with a loss.

“Our kids could have played forever Saturday,” head coach Ted Roof said. “We just ran out of time.”

Duke trailed 17-0 at the half as the Hurricanes scored twice off Blue Devil turnovers.

But Thaddeus Lewis led the Blue Devils

to two fourth-quarter touchdowns and the run defense did not allow Miami backs any room to navigate as Duke outscored its op-

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Freshman ThaddeusLewis and the Duke offensehave scored two touchdowns in each of thepast three games.

ponent in the second halffor the first time since its 40-14 win over VMI Sept. 17, 2005.

“That was the best half of football since I’ve been a coach here,” Roof said. “Our coaches did a good job making adjustments and it was just a matter of executing tackling better.”

The Blue Devils saw positive signs from their offense for the third week in a row.

After going scoreless for three of the first four weeks of the year, Duke has had two offensive touchdowns in each of the last three games. Saturday, Duke had three more first downs than Miami and outgained the Hurricanes 96 to 30 on the ground.

Despite their solid offensive output and the fact that they outplayed the Hurricanes in the second half, the Blue Devils once again came up short. Trailing Miami 20-15, Lewis’ pass on the final play of the game was picked off near the goal line by the

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The loss was Duke’s 15th in a row and leaves it as one of three remaining winless Division I-A teams.

‘We realize that we were close, and there is definitely room for improvement,” center Matt Rumsey said. We didn’t get the win, and that still hurts, but its encouraging to see the way we came back in the second half, and the way we fought back from down 17 points.

It’s definitely something to build upon, but like I said, it still wasn’t a win.”

This wasn’t the first time the Blue Devils have come close to beating their opponent this season. Duke also had a chance to win on its final play against Wake Forest Sept. 9, but Joe Surgan’s 27-yard field goal attempt was blocked.

This Saturday, the Blue Devils take on Vanderbilt, which upset then-No. 16 Georgia in Athens, Ga. Oct. 14, but followed that win with a disappointing 31-13 home loss to South Carolina Saturday. The Commodores are 3-5 on the year.

“They’re a good football team that we’re going to have to play a complete football game against in order to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to win,” Roof said.

Although the Miami loss could be seen as a step forward, moral victories do not move teams up higher in the standings where the Blue Devils sit in last place in the ACC. “We’ve made big strides in the last couple of weeks,” linebacker Michael Tauiliili said. “But in no way, shape or form am I satisfied, and nobody on the team is satisfied with what we did. Staying close with Miami is not good enough. We won’t be satisfied until we start getting wins.”

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The only thing more erratic than the weather at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational was the play of Duke, which finished ISth in the tournament after shooting 26-over par in its final round.

When the Blue Devils arrived in Windermere, Fla., they were welcomed by stifling 90-degree heat.

When they teed-off Tuesday, hoping to make ground after their lackluster performances in the first two rounds, they faced temperatures in the 40s and strong winds.

“We were looking to make a bit of a comeback today,” freshman Adam Long said. “But, it’s tough to get up for those kinds of conditions.”

Long did his part to try to fuel that comeback. The freshman fired 3-over-par 75 for the day and finished 5-over par for the tournament, leaving him in a tie for 10th place and five strokes back of winner Brian Harman of Georgia.

Yet, as a team, Duke continued its inconsistent play and was plagued by more bad shots than it could overcome.

“We didn’t seem to be able to get anything going,” head coach Rod Myers said.

“We’d get one good hole and then someone would hit a double or a triple bogey and we’d be out ofit again. This was probably as frustrating a day we’ve had in the past year.

“We thought we’d be able to have a

Michael Schachner, who has been one of Duke’s most consistent players, went 7over for the day after going 4-over in the first two rounds combined. Both Jake Grodzinsky and Michael Quagliano shot 8over-par 80 for the day.

Sophomore Clark Klaasen carded a 10over, 82, and posted the Blue Devil’s worst score for the third consecutive round.

“One of the things you realize on a day like today is that you’re not ready to play on the PGA tour,” Myers said. “In the wind, you’ve really got to be able to control the trajectory ofyour ball flight and get really good shots on the green.”

His team’s inability to keep its focus throughout its rounds was a concern all week for Myers. The Blue Devils will need to regroup quickly before boarding a plane Friday for the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

“We may be better off to forget this round than anything else,” Myers said.

Perhaps the rest of the roster can take a few pointers from the freshman Long, whose confidence and poise on the course JAMES RAZICK/THE CHRONICLE continues to impress Myers.

Freshman Adam Long finished the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational in a tie for 10th place.

“When I get on the first tee, I feel like I’m going to play well,” Long said. “As a chance at closing in on a good, strong day, Duke dropped so far that it ended up team, we’ve had two mediocre tournafield, and then we let everybody go by.” ments in a row. For match play, we need to finishing 29 strokes behind winner Texas.

With 18bogeys, nine double bogeys and be more confident. I’m going to keep In the first two rounds of play, the Blue Devils were able to rebound from their two triples during the third round, Duke doing what I’ve been doing, keep practicpoor starts by shooting well over their sec- had no chance to make a run up the ing the way I’ve been practicing, and try to ond nine to stay in contention. But Tues- leaderboard. get these guys more enthusiastic.”

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Chris Carpenter was well ST. LOUIS on his way to a World Series win when, all of a sudden, people swarmed the mound to examine his hand.

No smudge, no scuffs. Just a cramp, and it wasn’t about to blemish his oudng.

Carpenter DETROIT 0 looked every bit a ST. LOUIS 5 Cardinals’ ace as he threw the Detroit Tigers a curve, pitching St. Louis to a 6-0 victory Tuesday night for a 2-1 Series

tention than Rogers attracted on the field after a yellowish-brown mark was spotted on his hand—he said it was a mix of dirt, spit and resin, while others claimed it was

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A moment later, Carpenter was deemed to be OK. He proved it, too, by continuing to set down the Tigers to constant cheers.

“He showed everything he could do,” La Russa said. “He’s got a lot of weapons.”

Carpenter drew his biggest roar when he got a standing ovation as he came to bat in the eighth. The bottom of the eighth took a while, though, and Braden Looper relieved in the ninth and finished the comedge.

“I came out tonight and had my good bined three-bitter.

“We need to swing the bats better, obvistuff,” Carpenter said.

He used big breaking balls to spin ously,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.

Game four will be Wednesday night, prothree-hit ball for eight innings. And with vided a forecast of steady rain holds off. If it double, and St. Jim Edmonds hitting a key Louis taking advantage of a poor throw, does, NL championship series MVP Jeff Suppan will start against Jeremy Bonderman. the Cardinals returned their focus squareThe Tigers had homered in all 10 postly to the field. season games before Carpenter stopped Gone were any reminders of the squabbling Kenny Rogers caused with his them. And a Detroit team that averaged 5 1/2 runs per game throughout the AL smudged left hand in Game 2.

Oh, Rogers heard plenty from the sellplayoffs has scored a total of five in the out crowd at Busch Stadium during World Series.

It was somewhat of a surprise, too. Carpregame introductions, as chants of “Cheat-er!” echoed throughout the ballpenter gave up a season-high seven runs at park. But that was about the only noise the Detroit in June, and the Tigers’ starting lineup Was hitting .356 against him.

Tigers caused in this game.

“No. 1, you have to credit Chris CarpenLooking fierce with his three-day beard, Carpenter showed why he won the NL Cy ter,” Leyland said. “No. 2, we have a few guys who aren’t swinging the bat too well.”

Young Award last year and is a top conCarpenter had waited a long time for tender this season. He struck out six, walked none and kept the Tigers’ trio of this opportunity. He was injured and missed the entire 2004 postseason, includPlacido Polanco, Ivan Rodriguez and Curing the Cardinals’ matchup with Boston in tis Granderson hitless in the Series.

Carpenter’s lone problem came in the the World Series, a Red Sox sweep.

He allowed only one runner past first seventh inning. As Polanco led off by linbase. Brandon Inge singled and made it to ing out to good friend Albert Pujols, Carpenter hopped off the mound and looked third in the third on a two-out wild pitch, then catcher Yadier Molina blocked a at his hand.

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, a curve that bounced to keep a run from scoring. Granderson grounded out to end trainer and the entire St. Louis infield conthe inning. mound, the at peering Carpenverged on Edmonds hit a two-run double in the ter’s bare right hand. Plate umpire Wally Bell also went out to check as reliever Josh fourth. A throwing error by Tigers reliever Kinney began warming up in a hurry.

Joel Zumaya and a wild pitch by Zach All in all, it certainly was a lot more at- Miner gave St. Louis its other runs.

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Chris Carpenter pitched eight shutout innings as the Cardinals won Game 3,5-0, in St. Louis Tuesday.

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defensive end Eli Nichols will be out for this weekend’s game against Vanderbilt.

Nichols, a fifth-year senior, suffered a knee injury in the Blue Devils’ 30-14 loss to Alabama Oct. 7.

Roof also said that tight end Nick Stefanow is questionable with a foot injury and that there’s a “pretty good chance” cornerback Leon Wright will be able to play.

Cody Lowe’s shoulder is “a little banged up,” but he is expected to suit up against the Commodores Saturday as well

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Freshman Joshua Bienenfeld scored his first collegiate goal Tuesday night against North Florida.

M. SOCCER from page 13 first half, while the Blue Devil offense notched 15. The second half proved to be more of the same, as the back line kept UNF from testing goalkeeper Brendan Fitzgerald.

“I think the most trouble we had was just gettingready to play and getting in our rhythm,” Charowski said. “I don’t think they really posed any threat to us.”

Duke has now allowed one goal or fewer in its last 10 games, dating back to a 4-3 victory against Wake Forest on Sept. Bth. “I think it’s our familiarity,” sophomore Darrius Barnes said of the reason for the defense’s recent success. “We’ve had pretty much the same defense since the middle of last season, so we just know what each other do at this point.”

The second half of Tuesday’s game, much like last week’s contest against Alabama A&M, gave many role players a chance to get some playing time.

Freshman Joshua Bienenfeld scored the first goal ofhis collegiate career in the 58th minute, and junior Paul Dudley added a headed goal off a long pass from Barnes.

Freshman Jordan Lewis capped the scoring in his very first appearance for the Blue Devils. Senior reserve goalkeeper Scott Siegel also saw his first action of the season, playing the last few minutes in goal in his final home game.

“Opposite ends of the spectrum,” said Rennie, comparing Siegel and Lewis’s achievements. “On the one hand, you got a senior playing in his last home game, and on the other, a freshman playing in his first.”

Lewis’ goal came with just eight minutes left in the game, and was assisted by Brad Ramsey and Chase Perfect.

“It was real nice for Jordan to get a goal on like his second touch ever,” Charowski said.

Duke next takes on ACC rival Clemson on the road Oct. 27 in its final regular-season game. The ACC Championship kicks off in Gaithersburg, Md. Oct. 31.

North Carolina officials announced Sunday night that head coach John Bunting will be fired at the end of the season. Roof himself was part of a mid-season coaching change in 2003 when he took over as Duke head coach after Carl Franks was fired with four games left in the season. Nonethc less, Bunting will remain with the Tar Heels for the remainder of the team’s schedule this season.

“I’m sad for John and his staff,” Roof said. “The reality of it for some folks is that you now have husbands and fathers who aren’t guaranteed jobs.”

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“The punt coverage team made some strides Saturday,” he said. “We netted about eight yards more than we had been averaging for the season.”

Behind good blocking and solid protection from the offensive line, Duke’s offense rushed for 201 yards against Alabama Oct. 7 and quarterback Thaddeus Lewis threw for 284 yards in the Miami game.

“Our offensive line is getting better,” he said. “We’re progressing up front... they’ve all got to be on the same page, and that only comes with experience. They’re gaining [experience] and they’re getting better. Are we where we want to be? Nope. But we’re getting better, and I can see the improvement.” %

Roof also gave some insight into the football redshirting process.

While the Blue Devils have already played nine true freshmen this season, Roof said that of the 42 players listed on Vanderbilt’s two-deep chart, 41 of them were redshirted.

“Because of all the publicity in recruiting, everybody wants to be an impact player, but you have to be realistic,” he said. “Some kids can do that, and some kids can’t.

When you look at the successful programs, the guys who are playing with a lot of 23-year-olds are usually pretty good football teams; the guys who are playing with a lot of 18 and 19-year-olds quite there yet.”

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Student groups reach out Three years ago, the Iron Duke Alumni Association established The Inferno to serve as a student-run organization to boost school spirit for all sports at Duke.

Growing each year, The Inferno’s membership is now more than 500 members and works closely with sports promotions which conducts its own programs such as giveaways before games and advertisements for upcoming matches.

By offering rewards to Inferno members for the number of Inferno-sponsored games they attend, The Inferno has encouraged fans to show up at non-revenue sports this fall. But because members only have to record their attendance sometime during the first half, some students will swipe in, stay for a short time and leave before halftime.

“Last Thursday, I came before the game, swiped in, picked up a scarfand left,” Inferno member and sophomore Pete Dickos said about going to the women’s soccer game. “I usually come to swipe in and leave after 15 minutes.”

At North Carolina, the 1,800 student members ofUNC’s Inferno-equivalent, The Fever, must both swipe in before the Nadonal Anthem and swipe out after the alma mater is sung following the game. They are also required to wear Carolina blue and sit together in a designated student secdon neither requirement exists for The Inferno.

“I just don’t feel like [Duke fans] have as much solidarity at games,” said North Carolina Junior Kellan White, student chairman of The Fever. “If everyone wore the same shirt and stood together, then it would —

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Although The Inferno is searching for new ways to increase support for all sporting events, it does not want to place too many restrictions on members because it is afraid that further limitations could discourage students from coming to games and joining The Inferno, Smith said.

The Fever also benefits from offering highly-valued tickets to men’s basketball games. The Inferno rewards its members with Duke gear, but it does not have the advantage of offering basketball tickets because students so heavily support the current system of standing in lines and

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The men's soccer team drew a season-best 6,549fans to Koskinen Stadium for its matchup with UNC Friday.

tenting, Smith said.

Other student organizations have also begun initiatives to bring fans out to nonrevenue games. After starting a program last year in which different sororities attended various women’s basketball games, the Panhellenic Association extended its program this fall to field hockey, women’s soccer and volleyball matches.

At the end of the season, the Panhellenic Cup will be awarded to the sorority that has the best cumulative showing at designated games. Panhel Cup events have already oc-

curred for field hockey and soccer, and the volleyball game is upcoming against N.C. State Nov. 1.

“It was good to have the sisters out there cheering for the [field hockey players],” said Kate Guthrie, Director of Public Relations for the Panhellenic Association. “It was great to introduce them to a sport that they probably would not have seen otherwise.”

Schedule conflicts decrease attendance Although programs like The Inferno and Panhel Cup have given students

more incentives to come out to games, some are still reluctant to show up because of the timing of the games. Many of the women’s soccer matches this year have occurred midweek and Sunday afternoons—times when many Duke students are studying or participating in other activities.

“For many years, we were playing on Friday and Saturday nights before the ACC expanded,” women’s soccer head coach Robbie Church said. “After we expanded, we voted to play more games on Wednesday and Thursday nights and have seen sparser crowds on these nights. What we’ve been talking about is how we miss Friday and Saturday nights.”

Last spring, the women’s lacrosse team also played many ofits matches during the week or during the early afternoon on weekends. The game times made it tough for many students to attend because of other commitments, said Katie Chrest, former women’s lacrosse player and now an intern with sports promotions.

The volleyball team, on the other hand, has played many of its matches Friday and Saturday nights. It drew 871 fans in the Blue Devils’ most recent Friday match against Boston College Oct. 13.

“We’ve done very well with our attendance,” volleyball head coach Jolene Nagel said. “The team thrives on loud, crazy situations. They lift their level of play, which is great. It certainly encourages them and motivates them at Cameron [lndoor Stadium], and I don’t think people realize how much the athletes appreciate it.”

And Duke’s athletes certainly do not take their fans’ appreciation for granted.

After dieir victory over the Tar Heels last Friday, the men’s soccer players turned toward the home stands and thanked the fans for showing up to the game.

“It’s traditional in soccer that the home team will go in front of their bench and clap for the crowd,” men’s soccer head coach John Rennie said. “That’s something we try to do every game.”

Similarly, last Sunday afternoon after defeating then-No. 5 Florida State, the women’s soccer players thanked the crowd for supporting them in such an important win on senior day. The fans returned the gesture by duly yelling, “Let’s Go Blue Devils! Thank you seniors!”

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BYRNES from page 13 returns to Durham Nov. 4 after escaping with a 28-21 win

last season and the Midshipmen will be without starting quarterback Brian Hampton.

There should not be too much reason for concern, however, as the Midshipmen have amassed a 5-2 record using one of the nation’s best rushing offenses. In addition, the last time the Blue Devils faced an inexperienced quarterback at home, they got blown out, 37-0,

by Virginia.

If Duke can get through those four games without getting into the win column, and North Carolinaremains winless against Division I-A opponents, the stage will be set for one of the most exciting Duke-UNC football games in history.

In what can only be called the “Toilet Bowl,” the Tobacco Road rivals will clash on the gridiron with last place in the ACC—possibly the nation, too—on the line.

This one will be tough for the Blue Devils to lose and of make Carolina—have a record 20-16. my dream of an 0-12 season come true. The Tar five Boston and North combined College, GeorgiaTech The Blue Devils' remaining opponents—Vanderbilt,Navy, Heels have been almost as bad as Duke this year, losing by 17 points or more in each of their last five games and posting a 1-6 overall record, with the lone win coming in a nail-biter against Division I-AA Furman.

As we all know, however, the Blue Devils were shutout 13-0 by Division I-AA Richmond to open the season, and the Duke offense has come up empty on three occasions compared to just one shutout for lowly UNC. And if the game comes down to the wire as all Duke-North Carolina games have a habit of doing, the Blue Devils have proved this year they have a knack for not coming through in the clutch.

There was the 28-yard game-winning kick blocked at As you are aware, last spring President Brodhead established a Campus Culture Wake Forest and last week’s gut-wrencher that saw a Miami defender pick off a would-be game-winning touchInitiative to take the measure of our campus culture and see where it could be down pass from Thaddeus Lewis on the game’s final play. improved. We aim toward a culture where all community members take responsibility -The Tar Heels have yet to play in a close game aside from the one against Furman, but it’s hard to imagine for their behavior and respect the rights of others. We strive not only to articulate a they could have less ability to win tight ones. vision of what Duke can be, but also to analyze existing practices and bring forward I might be getting ahead of myself with the possible “Toilet Bowl,” but hopefully some ofyou will join me in initiates to improve our community. rooting for the matchup, and then sucking it up and rooting for the Tar Heels so Duke can finish off its record-setting 12-loss season.

Campus Culture Initiative Town Hall Meetings

The Campus Culture Initiative, comprised of 25 faculty, students, and staff, has been examining the undergraduate experience and such issues as alcohol, athletics, gender/sexuality, and race from a variety of perspectives. As an important phase in the committee's work, we are currently hosting a series of town meetings to elicit community concerns about any aspect of campus culture:

NOTICE OF A COMBINED PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE WIDENING OF NC 55 (ALSTON AVENUE), FROM NC 147 (I.L. “BUCK” DEAN FREEWAY) TO NC 98 (HOLLOWAY STREET) WBS No. 34915.1.1

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The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a PreHearing Open House on November 2, 2006 between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. followed by a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, 27701.

NC Department of Transportation representatives will be available in an informal setting during the Pre-Hearing Open House to answer questions and receive comments regarding the proposed transportation improvements to Alston Avenue.

Interested citizens may attend the Pre-Hearing Open House at any time during the above mentioned hours. A formal Public Hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. to present an explanation of the proposed location and design, right of way and relocation process, and to receive questions and/or comments about the proposed project.

The proposed project will widen NC 55 (Alston Avenue) to a mostly four lane median divided roadway with curb and gutter from NC 147 (I.L. “Buck” Dean Freeway) to US 70 Business/NC 98 (Holloway Street). This project will include sidewalks on both sides of the roadway and wide outside lanes to accommodate bicycles. Improvements are needed to reduce congestion and improve safety along Alston Avenue between NC 147 and US 70 Business/NC 98. Additional right of way will be required to accommodate the proposed improvements.

A map setting forth the alternatives under consideration for the project and a copy of the environmental documentEnvironmental Assessment /EAI are available for public review at; the City of Durham Transportation Division, 101 City Hall Plaza, 4th Floor, Durham, 27701; the NCDOT Highway Division *

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We invite you to attend the relevant session to share your concerns and ideas to improve our campus community. In addition, we continue to welcome your comments on our CCI website (http://www.campuscultureinitiative.duke.edu/).

Robert J.Thompson, Jr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Chair, Campus Culture Initiative

Office, 2612 North Duke Street, Durham, 27704, and the Durham County Main Library, 300 North Roxboro Street, Durham, 27701.

Anyone desiring additional information may contact Kimberly Hinton, Human Environment Unit at 1583 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, by phone (919) 715-1595, or by ©mail khinton@dot.state.nc.us. Additional material may be submitted for a period of 15 business days from the date of the hearing.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the

Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this hearing. Anyone requiring special services should contact Ms. Hinton as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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meeting, officials noted that since the Initiative’s start, overall diversity has increased very little. Specifically of concern are the hiring and reeditorial tention of female and black faculty. To put it simply, the numbers could be better.

With regard to faculty diversity, we recognize several key points. First, a heterogeneous body of instructors is desirable. Among other things, different backgrounds offer different academic perspectives. Second, Duke’s faculty is more diverse than are faculties at many other schools. Third, throughout academia, competition for minority professors is especially intense, making it all the more difficult to attract

academia, diversity is a major catch-word. Colleges and universities, including Duke, tout their attempts to boost campus diversity. They increase cultural course offerings and analyze the cultural composition of their communities.

In 2003, the University focused its diversity attentions on professors when it launched the Faculty Diversity Initiative. At the Initiative’s first update in 2005, data showed that in the decade prior, Duke had increased its female and black faculty numbers by 39 and 94 percent, respectively. But female and minority' professors made up small percentages of the overall faculty. And at a recent Academic Council

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and retain a diverse faculty.

Fourth, Duke has fabulous success stories when it comes to diverse professors. Take John Hope Franklin, for example, or Mark Anthony Neal. One is a veteran and the other an up-and-comer in the field ofAfrican-American studies—and both call Duke home. Fifth, percentages do not always tell the whole story.

Who the University hires and retains depends on factors such as experience and ability—not just ethnicity. And that should not change, because quality is what ultimate-

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administrative director of Duke Student —Jean Hanson, Health, on the spread of the flu virus on campus. See story page 1.

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pect to see more progress.

even appearing on TV to rebuke what they deemed Duke’s homogenous environment.

Whether or not these issues were presented in a realistic light is only half of the problem. If they were, to put it lightly, Duke clearly has things to work on. But even if the issues were exacerbated, their public promotion creates an image, and image matters when it comes to hiring and reputation.

Indeed, the time is ripe.

The current moment is an important juncture for the University to reexamine its professors and, noting external factors that could influence faculty composition, reassess how it aims to achieve a multiethnic and gender-diverse body of teachers.

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Nonetheless, the lack of recent increases in diversity is troubling. If Duke is engaged in an initiative focused specifically on the matter, we ex-

There are clearly aspects ofits recruitment, incentives and retendon processes that render Duke in need of a new approach. Indeed, three years into the Initiative, it is time for the University to re-examine its hiring methods as well as issues that could be negatively affecting its overall faculty diversity.

Making the problem all the more pressing are recent events. Last spring, when the lacrosse rape scandal arose, race and gender at Duke became hot topics. People in the local community and throughout the country began questioning how conducive the University really is to diversity. Several faculty members spoke out publicly against the University, taking out ads in The Chronicle and

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the conservative Academic Bill of

Rights author David Horowitz spoke in Page Auditorium last March, a handful of Duke affiliates tried to silence him. The few faculty and students who did so—by loudly giggling, of all things—essentially failed, much to the relief of those who actually wanted to dissent from Horowitz’s speech But there reandrew gerst mains at Duke, and courage apparendy at campuses across the country, an infantile vestige of 19605’ counter-culturalism: the belief that if you don’t like what someone is saying, it’s OK to make him shut up. This holier-thanthou authoritarianism has most recently reemerged at Columbia University, where earlier this month a group of students stormed the stage during a speech byjim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-immigration Minuteman Project. The night then turned violent, though who’s to blame is unclear. “[The Minuteman group has] no right to be able to speak here,” one student told the New York Sun. Though that’s legally true, of course—Columbia, like Duke and every other private university, has no statutory obligation to uphold free speech—what should worry one more is the motive behind those student’s words: censorship. Duke’s administration, which has over the past five years given the nod for appearances by convicted Capitol bomber Laura Whitehorn, the radical Palestine Solidarity Movement and controversial singer-activist Harry Belafonte, has done a fantastic job of promoting, free speech. It is some of the students who have not.

In that same time span, Duke students and alumni have threatened die writer of a Chronicle column called “The Jews” along with the paper’s leadership, harassed Duke lacrosse players near their homes and launched a campaign to fire a professor who made racially insensitive remarks. They have refused to let East-West buses arrive on campus to protest the war in Iraq and stormed a Duke Student Government meeting when the brave bus halt failed to stop the bombs.

(On the plus side, it let some students fail mid-terms).

These protests seem to fall into two categories: the frivolous and the dangerous. The former—which entails the Iraq shenanigans and a number of other disruptions designed to generate “awareness”—seems to be a quaint vestige of die anti-Vietnam movement.

Back then, legend has it, such protests comprised the

first half of the process called civil disobedience. Students would get attention, make their point—and then do some time for it. But since many members of that generation now hold Duke’s endowed professorships, that second half of the covenant—the punishment—has dried up.

None of us, I imagine, would like to see American campus police return to either the brutal fault-finding of yesteryear —the politically charged arrests based on an alleged disturbing the peace or trespassing—or the very real mace and tear gas black students at Duke faced when they seized the Allen Building in 1967.

But in the absence of these institutional penalties, it is hard to see just what Duke “protesters” are locally defying. It’s a catch-22, and it explains why Duke students always complain that there hasn’t been a good protest in years: society has assented to their dissent.

They are licensed to disrupt.

But with University administrators no longer quashing simple free speech and assembly, protesters—in a supreme irony—are beginning to transgress those freedoms themselves in order to provoke a fight.

These are the dangerous disruptions; the censorships of intimidation.At a crude level, this line of thinking—that anyone “unjust” or “bigoted” deserves to be silenced in the name of “justice”—leads to the sort of vigilantism that threatened Horowitz, most visibly, and others. (In 2002, for the record, Duke students also confiscated copies ofThe Chronicle displaying an antireparations advertisement Horowitz purchased.)

But this ideological guerrilla warfare operates at a more subtle level, too. Though it is less flagrant, many students try to censor opponents by converting political differences into social ones: that is, making it personal. Some would-be censors—most notably, conservative student opponents of the Whitehorn and Belafonte appearances —have been willing to address their subjects’ arguments on content alone, through advertisements or letters to the editor protesting ideas. But too often dissenting students simply drop buzzwords—“racist,” “sexist,” “homophobe”—epithets they know that, rightly or wrongly applied, cast a social pallor upon their target. After all, who wants to go to the fall semi with a “bigot?”

It bears repeating that relative to many schools, Duke’s student body has largely maintained a genuine respect for unmitigated freedom of speech.

But as some of the “activist” crowd has demonstrated, there are without doubt those who disagree.

And let’s hope they keep the freedom to say why.

Andrew Gent, a former managing editor of Towerview, graduated from Trinity in 2006. He now lives and works in Washington, D. C. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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lettersto theeditor ‘lnsensitive’ language unintentional An editorial that I wrote appeared in The Chronicle Tuesday that was critical of the way the lacrosse incident has been handled by the Duke administration. Although my position is unchanged, I now realize that some of the language I used in the editorial was insensitive and inappropriate. I truly regret that my words have caused pain for some members of our community.

In particular, in the next-to-last paragraph of the editorial I used some terms that I have now learned have racial connotations for some. I certainly did not intend them that way. I grew up in the western U.S. and, quite frankly, associate the terms I used with the western frontier of the late 1800s. I saw a lot of cowboy movies as a kid.

I deeply regret that what for me is a totally non-racial issue has assumed that character. I wish I had used other language; I wish I had bounced a draft of the document off someone who might have steered me straight. While there is room for disagreement on the lacrosse issue, there is no disagreement on the importance of providing a welcoming environment for all people who study, learn and work at Duke. I have spent much of my career advocating for diversity at Duke by supporting the hiring of minority faculty and the recruitment of minority students.

I am very sorry that my naivety has offended any members of the Duke community. That was entirely unintentional and I should have been more careful in my selection of words. .

Steven Baldwin

Professor, chemistry department

Cultivate community of critical thought I read with amazement Tuesday’s Chronicle and the opinion by my colleague Steven Baldwin, who finds the faculty response to the Duke lacrosse scandal one that warrants their being “tarred and feathered, ridden out of town on a rail and removed from the academy.” In a guest column in the same issue as a story about the panel at the law school last Friday, in which many participants proclaimed the over emphasis of media reportage of race, class, gender and privilege last spring, one can only wonder what symbolic world is being culled here and denied all at once?

Being tarred and feathered is the language of lynching, and the practice of lynching was rarely one that eventuated in a court case of any kind, let alone one in which the defendants claim 10 minutes on one of the most important television programs in the United States. My disappointment in Duke right now is that it wants to avoid the analysis of the language and history of race, instead of using this moment —in its broad social implications—to actually study it. We can all have our opinions about the court case, but the time now is for engaging, as a university, the harder project of cultivating a community of actors who value and perform studied critical thought.

Journalism can aspire to that as well.

Robyn Wiegman Margaret Taylor Smith Director Women’s Studies Studies and Literature Women’s Professor,

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indicted members of the “culture of crassness,” we tend to credit the administration with pointing the finger at us accusingly and alliteratively, though the phrase was actually coined last spring by then Duke graduate student and Chronicle columnist Preeti Aroon.

We’ve enthusiastically overused the catchy expression ever since, to describe everything that’s not quite right with Duke. We recite in the same breath the familiar lacrosse canon; racism, sexism, elitism, athleticism; the jane chong catalogue continues. the short shot Proffered examples ofour crass behavior abound, ineluding everything from standard weekend bacchanalia to subde forms of sexual harassment. Speculation on the origins of and possible remedies for this cultural defect runs rampant, as the spotlight continues its rotation, shifting its glare from athletic codes of conduct to admissions policy.

But proposed causes, effects and solutions aside, have we satisfactorily defined the crassness that supposedly so clearly defines us?

Our failure to construct a working definition of crassness has lent the so-called culture built upon it an aura of impregnability. But whereas the question of what makes crassness a culture may remain shrouded in ambiguity, individual crassness is both recognizable and describable, and perhaps deserves the closer look.

There have been complaints that the post-lacrosse committees charged with addressing our culture of crassness cannot effect real change; student consensus seems to be that a successful, far-reaching campus initiative must come about organically, not forcibly. But this necessitates not a dismissal of the committees and forums created to address our concerns, or indeed a dismissal of concerted student and administrative efforts, but instead a change in our interpretation of what the Campus Culture Initiative stands to accomplish.

What is the Campus Culture Initiative but a call for individual introspection and appropriate individual action? Instead of viewing CCI goals as lofty abstractions of what the Duke Community at large could be or should be, consider them personal reminders for reexamining the crass thoughdessness that seeps into our daily routines. We are all guilty of crassness, regardless of where we stand on drinking culture, athletics culture or greek culture, all of which have been targeted as cesspools of crassness by media uninterested in the systemic significance of personal accountability.

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cra, defined classmen board and attempt to wedge themselves behind the yellow line. Crassness is the stinging smell of burning cigarettes wafting through the windows of students congested and asthmatic, while smokers light up next to doors and under open windows, safely tucked away from sight. Crassness echoes in the sound of the faucet always left running in the empty communal bathroom and takes on the look of unread newspapers tossed into hallway trashcans, only several feet away from hungry recycling receptacles. Crassness consists in anonymity, which makes for a comfortable lack of accountability.

A drink or two always helps when attempting anything morally questionable; under the influence, we divide ourselves from judgment, both our own and that bestowed by onlookers.

Almost as seductive as total lack of accountability is shared accountability and the partial anonymity that it implies. So long as we march with a mob and blend into the background, we have the satisfaction of swapping our half-formed thoughts with full-blown masquerades. We hire strippers for good times or bang pots and pans in a triumphant call for truth without the facts.

Crassness is about presenting our slapdash opinions and pursuing careless desires under the comfortable cloak of faceless namelessness, and mistaking our pronouncements and actions for courage, conviction, intelligence or entertainment.

We stand strong only in packs and pit our lump-sum brawn against the created enemy to prove our identities: as the elite vs. the socially forgotten, the marginalized vs. the caricatured perpetrators, students vs. vilified administration, Duke vs. the world and its Nifonged misconceptions. It’s us against them, mostly because the dichotomy makes for a tidy and well defined fight.

We wrap ourselves in layers and obscure our thoughts with generalizations, comparisons, alliances and the carelessness of daily routine.

The Campus Culture Initiative fulfills a mission, so long as it prompts us to take even one small moment to strip ourselves of the many faces we present to the world—as Duke students, big siblings, parents’ joys, model minorities, All-Americans, club presidents, team captains, volunteers—and hope that a decent human being is what remains.

The culture of crassness is not unique to Duke, nor is it to be found in a bottle or on a lettered sweater; it is rather the kind of worldwide pandemic that makes a small gesture of kindness from a stranger so startling and doubly delightful.

We know crassness is the chasm between private and public self. Before and at and after Duke, closing the gap means integrity, personal accountability and consideration for others as away of life, not strictly as a mode ofexhibition.

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