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Interest on Stafford Bush gives state of U.S. Loans may see cut BY

IZA WOJCIECHOWSKA THE CHRONICLE

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 356-71 last week to cut interest rates by half on Stafford Loans for college students.

If passed by the Senate, the College Student ReliefAct would reduce the rates on the federally subsidized loans from 6.8 to 3.4 percent over a period of five years before reverting to the original rate in 2012.

“Students will accrue less interest and will, therefore, have less to repay over time,” Jim Belvin, Duke director offinancial aid, wrote in an e-mail. “A substantial number of need-based aid recipients use Stafford.”

The interest rate on Stafford Loans is currently 6.8%.

If the College Student Relief Act passes, the rate will be cut every July 1 for 5 years:

2007:6.12% 2008:5.44% 2009:4.76% 2010:4.08% 2011:34% On January 1,2012, the interest rate would return to 6.8%.

About 43 percent ofDuke un-

dergraduates qualify for financial aid, and approximately 85 percent of those take out loans, Belvin said.

“We package Stafford in virtually all student aid packages,” he added.

If passed, the bill will become effective July 1, 2007.

The bill is designed to make college more affordable for undergraduates, according to the Stafford Loan web site.

“This proposal is targeted on assisting the low- and middle-income students and their families with the most financial need—those who receive subsidized student loans,” the website states.

The issue sparked a recent debate in Washington, however, over the nation’s priorities regarding education.

Though 124 Republicans supported the measure, the White House voiced opposition, claiming that although the legislation would help students after they graduate, it would not meet the needs oflow-income students en*

tering college.

“Institutions would benefit from having more low-income students enroll. Loan-interest reductions, however, affect all students who borrow regardless of their income,” Belvin said. “We SEE LOANS ON PAGE 5

Baldwins start Black Women’s Initiative

BY ZAK KaZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

Through late-night conversation in Crowell Quadrangle and meetings with faculty, three Baldwin Scholars began in October

what has now become known as the Black Women’s Initiative.

Modeled after the Women’s Initiative and the Campus Life and Learning Project, the Black Women’s Initiative plans to research issues confronting black women at Duke, said co-founder Laura Welch, a junior.

Welch founded the initiative with fellow juniors Kelley Akhiemokhali and Kamaria

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WASHINGTON A politically weakened President George W. Bush implored a skeptical Congress Tuesday night to embrace his unpopular plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, saying it represents the best hope in a war America must not lose. “Give it a chance to work,” he said.

Facing a political showdown with Democrats and Republicans alike, Bush was unyielding on Iraq in hisannual State of the Union address. He also sought to revive his troubled presidency with proposals to expand

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“Black women are a really unique subpopulation of Duke

health insurance coverage and to slash gasoline consumption by 20 percent in a decade.

Democrats—and even some Republicans—scoffed at his Iraq policy. Unmoved by Bush’s appeal, Democrats said .the House and Senate would vote

on resolutions of disapproval of the troop buildup.

“We need a new direction,” said freshman Sen. Jim Webb, picked by the Democrats to deliver their TV response. “The majority of the nation no longer supports the way this war is being fought; nor does the majority of our military,” said Webb, a Vietnam veteran opposed to Bush’s invasion of Iraq.

Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota also took issue with Bush. “I can’t tell you what the path to success is, but it’s not what the president has

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students,” she said. ‘We define the Black Women’s Initiative as a multifaceted approach to understand

“What we want to do is interrogate what the status of black women is on campus right now,” Akhiemokhali said.

Although the situation of black women has been included in previous studies at Duke, Welch said she hopes to find information more specific to their

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Though President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address was met with general apathy on campus Tuesday night, members of the North Carolina Democratic Party decried the President’s request to send more troops to Iraq.

“He is going to show you tonight one more time that he is completely out of touch,” Jerry Meeks, chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, told Democratic supporters—in addition to a handful of Duke students—gathered at nearby Satisfaction Restaurant and Bar. “It is certainly not the

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secretary during Republican President Reagan’s administration, called for a new

WASHINGTON Democrats blistered President George W. Bush’s war policy Tuesday night, challenging him to redeem the nation’s credibility—and his own—with an immediate shift toward a diplomatic end to the bloody conflict in Iraq.

“The president took us into this war recklessly,” the Democrats’ chosen messenger, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, said in response to Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening. “We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable —and predicted—disarray that has followed.”

Webb, a Vietnam veteran who was Navy

direction.

“Not one step back from the war against international terrorism. Not a precipitous withdrawal that ignores the possibility of further chaos,” said Webb. “But an immediate shift toward strong regionally based diplomacy, a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq’s cities and a formula that will in short order allow our combat forces to leave Iraq.”

Bush offered no such plan in his speech before the most unfriendly joint session of Congress of his tenure.

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ing the case that “failure would be grievous and far-reaching” and he defended his plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq in a short-term surge. He also issued a long list of domestic policy initiatives centered on such pet Democratic issues as energy independence and health care.

Newly installed majority Democrats welcomed his overtures of bipartisanship but weren’t interested in changing the subject.

“Unfortunately, tonight the president demonstrated he has not listened to Americans’ single greatest concern: the war in Iraq,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a joint statement.

Five killed in Iraq helicopter crash by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq A United States security company helicopter crashed Tuesday as it flew over a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in the central Baghdad where insurgents and Iraqi security troops fought a prolonged gunbattle, and a U.S. official said five American’ civilians on board were killed.

A senior Iraqi military official said the aircraft was shot down, but this was disputed by a U.S. military official in Washington. The Iraqi said the helicopter was hit by a machine gunner over the Fadhil neighborhood on

the east side of the Tigris River, while the American official said there was no indication in initial reports that the aircraft, owned

by Blackwater USA, had been shot down.

A second U.S. official, in Baghdad, said the five killed were Americans.

All the officials demanded anonymity because the details had not been made

public.

The Americans said they did not know what caused the aircraft to crash.

The U.S. official in Baghdad had said there was no information to substantiate reports that the bodies had been shot.

The New York Times reported the heli-

copter went down as it came under attack and plummeted to the pavement through a tangle of electrical wires, but it was unclear if the crash resulted from gunfire, the wires or an effort to land.

Quoting unnamed American officials, the newspaper said the helicopter’s fourman crew was killed along with a gunner on a second Blackwater helicopter.

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New passport rules in effect A new rule requiring U.S. airline passengers to show a passport upon their return

Libby blames Rove for leak White House officials tried to sacrifice vice presidential aide "Scooter" Libby to protect strategist Karl Rove from blame for leaking a CIA operative's identity during a political storm over the Iraq war, Libby's lawyer said Tuesday.

10-year-old nabs Oscar nom With her Academy Awards nomination for best supporting actress Tuesday, Abigail Breslin, the joyful 10-year-old actress at the heart of "Little Miss Sunshine," entered a rich niche of trivia: Oscar-nominated child actors.

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Over capacity, PPS 55 students tune in via TV by

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Students late to their Public Policy 55D class may find themselves watching a broadcast of the lecture in an adjacent classroom.

As a result ofenrollment exceeding the course’s room capacity in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, a new procedure has recently been implemented to air the class via satellite.

“It definitely does give me an incentive to come early to try to get a seat,” said freshman Cat Grumpier.

In an announcement dated Nov. 20, the course’s Blackboard web site states that “there are more people registered for the class than we can fit in the permanent seats in Sanford 04.”

One hundred and fifty six students are registered in the course, but Sanford 04 has only a 122-person capacity.

“We have temporarily added extra sections to PPS 55D this semester to handle excess demand stemming from the recent departmental policy changes,” the Blackboard announcement reads.

The Public Policy Department was revamped in Spring 2005, and PPS 55 became a prerequisite for PPS 114 and 116.

Juniors and seniors who had not yet taken the course were enrolling at the same time freshmen were being introduced to the major, creating a heightened demand, Jay Hamilton, director of undergraduate studies in the Public Policy Department, wrote in an e-mail.

“This is a temporary expansion made necessary by the changes in the rules,” Hamilton explained. • “Given the large number of students who have been able to take PPS 55 in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007,

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Students in Krzyzewskiville have said it is difficultto balance a social life, tenting and academic pursuits.

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Juggling homework, personal hygiene and tent checks has been known

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At its first general assembly meeting of the new year Tuesday night, the Graduate and Professional Student Council discussed a widerange of topics, from Career Week to getting to know groups that work closely with GPSC. Virginia Steinmetz, director of graduate career services, and James Ong, a graduate student in philosophy, announced a new series of programs that the center will be offering to graduate students.

Specific career needs will be addressed in tailored workshops on individual self-assessment, locating employers and general job-hunting strategies.

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to stress even the hardiest of freshmen, but what happens when fraternity and sorority rushes are added to the mix?

For some, a compromise can be struck—if barely—between activities that have come to be veritable rites of passage for every new group ofDukies.

But for others, a difficult decision must be made between a spot in Cameron Indoor Stadium Feb. 7 and a shot at their topchoice selective group.

“Rush and tenting do have an impact on each other,” Head Line Monitor Mara Schultz, a senior, wrote in an email. “I think it’s very possible to do both as a freshman, it’s just a matter of coordination between tent members

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Still, many freshmen say balancing the two has forced them to make some tradeoffs.

“It’s challenging because you have to miss a lot of the rush stuff to be in the tent,” freshman Ben Hamner said.

Overlapping schedules are a burden for those rushing sororities during the first days back on campus, but freshman Rachel Helm observed that those students eyeing fraternities while staking out territory in K-ville seem to be stretched particularly thin these days.

“It’s probably harder for the guys because they have like a million events and their [rush] lasts a lot longer,” Helm said.

Schultz acknowledged that in order to tent and rush simultaneously, members SEE TENTING ON PAGE 6

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SACRIFICIAL ANTS Insects such as ants and termites often sacrifice themselves for the sake of family members.

Website evaluates NC hospitals RALEIGH, N.C. Finding quality health care in North Carolina may be easier thanks to a new Web site that allows users to compare hospitals statewide. The North Carolina Hospital Association launched a site Thursday that offers side-by-side comparisons of the quality of care hospitals provide to surgical patients,pneumonia patients,and people who suffered heart attacks and heart failure.

The center gathers information already available to the public from Medicare, then compares hospital records to determine whether sick patients improve while being treated at the facility.

Scientists note climate change

WASHINGTON A 1,600-page report, the first phase of the Inter-

governmental Panel on Climate Change, is being released in Paris next week. The report will feature an "explosion of new dat?" on observations of current global warming, said Susan Solomon, a senior scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She said that the 12-page summary for policymakers will be edited in secret word-by-word by

government officials for several days next week and released to the public on Feb. 2.

Cell phones supplant landlines WASHINGTON The number of Americans with traditional landline telephones is decreasing—-as opposed to cell phone ownership, which has increased sharply over the past three years. About one in eight households did not have a landline telephone in the first half of 2006, according to data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three years earlier, it was about one in 20.

Brain activ ity may tell tale of altru sm by

Joe Clark

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Researchers at Duke have discovered that observation of a region in the brain may be able to predict an individual’s altruistic

capability.

The scientists performing the study designed a computer simu-

lation that imitated an unselfish situation, and then observed activity in the brain while participants watched the event.

Most of the participants in the study were Duke undergraduates, said Dharol Tankersley, a graduate student in philosophy and a researcher at the DukeUNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center.

“What we found was that a region on the right side of the brain shows more activity in people that scored higher on tests* rating tendencies,” their altruistic Tankersley said.

In the most basic sense, altruism is defined as taking some kind of action through which an individual incurs a cost in order to benefit another, explained Sahar Akhtar, a visiting scholar in the Department of Economics and graduate student in phi-

losophy.

Altruism can also incorporate an element of morality, she added.

“A lot of people do genuinely care about others, whether they’re people we know personally or they’re victims of Hurricane Katrina,” Akhtar said. “Because of this, I believe that—to an extent—we are all capable of altruism.”

Although everyone has the potential to be altruistic, there seems to be a gradient where the level of altruism varies across different people, she said.

“My own view is that altruism involves feeling certain kinds of emotions, and people that experience these emotions tend to be those that are more willing to help others,” Akhtar said.

The study confirms that there are various levels of selfishness and altruism, and the reason for this may be based in cognitive abilities, said Lead Researcher Scott Huettel, associate director for cognitive neuroscience and associate professor of psychiatry at the BIAC. “Our research may not tell us how to make a single person more or less altruistic, but it might allow us to set up scenarios or situations that encourage individuals to be more charitable,” Huettel said.

The expression of altruistic and selfish emotions has long been observed in humans, but there is also evidence that these behaviors exist in different animals.

“The area of the brain that indicates an altruistic individual is located around crucial brain areas, and therefore this area is likely to be something conserved across different species,” he added.

Biological altruism is widespread, occurring in a wide range of organisms from insects and worms to monkeys and apes, Grant Ramsey, a graduate student in philosophy, wrote in an e-mail.

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Researchers have found a part of the brain thatpredicts an individual's altruistic behavior.

Beyond strictly biological altruism, many animals—specifically primates—exhibit helping behavior, or psychological altruism, Akhtar said.

“I think that we see elephants and apes comforting others in the animal world, and in certain species, there seems to be a pretty high amount of altruism,” she said.

The results of the BIAC experiment could have many potential implications in the fields of psy-

chology and evolutionary biology, Huettel said.

“This information is all very new in terms of behavioral psychology in that a person’s abilities are predictable by observing the brain directly,” he said.

The researchers are seeking to extend their study beyond their initial subjects, into different age groups.

Tankersley said children as young as eight have shown altruistic tendencies.

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meet full need for all students, low-income or otherwise,

so both are important.”

The legislative motion comes only six months after an interest rate hike-that raised Stafford Loan rates 1.8

percent.

The increase came after the Republican Congress passed a bill in February 2006 cutting the Department of Education’s budget by $12.7 billion. “[The new bill] effectively counteracts that bill, which raised interest to a flat rate of 6.4 percent,” Belvin said.

The initiative would cost about $6 billion, which would come from increased lenders’ fees and a reduction to lenders’ government-guaranteed profits.

Senate Democrats also aim to propose an increase in Pell Grant funds, raising the maximum award from $4,050 to $5,100.

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discuss high lead their plans to test

more than 100 residences’ lead levels.

Recent tests revealed that nine of 32 residences in southwest Durham’s Penrith Townhomes showed levels of lead above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standards.

The operation was first triggered after a local boy exhibited elevated blood lead levels but no symptoms of poisoning during a routine checkup, said Vicky Westbrook, compliance officer and spokesperson for Durham Water Management.

“The health department promptly responded to the test result by checking possible environmental causes in the apartment,” Westbrook said. “The only source they found was the water supply.”

The tests showed that although there were increased lead levels in the water of some residences, the levels in the plumbing for the complex as a whole were below the limit set by the EPA. Further tests also demonstrated that the city’s distribution pipes were fine and that the water is safe to drink.

“Prior to 1985, lead solder had been used in home plumbing,” said Beverly Thompson, Durham public affairs manager. “However, in 1985 the state ofNorth Carolina banned its use in private residences.”

Officials said that 127 residences throughout Durham that were built before 1985 will be tested for lead in June.

The initial results of the recent tests were based on “first-draw” samples, or water that had remained in the pipes for more than six to eight hours.

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Kamaria Campbell (left) and Laura Welch co-founded a new initiative that plans to look at the status of black women on Duke's campus.

INITIATIVE from page 1 and address how various forces shape black female identity at Duke.”

Although the Women’s Initiative focused on broader issues such as “effordess perfection,” the Black Women’s Initiative plans to combat the topic of a dual identity, Welch said.

“It’s the concept of not having to put one identity before the other,” she said. “In one situation I shouldn’t have to put a black identity before a female identity or a female identity before a black identity. There’s a need to coexist.”

The initiative includes forums and a house course taught by the founders, and may potentially introduce focus groups, Akhiemokhali said. “[The initiative] will end up cumulating to a policy letter sent to the administration,” she said. “It’s kind of a

three-pronged process.”

Akhiemokhali said the initiative should bridge a dis-

connect among black women’s perceptions of themselves.

“Hopefully this will get people talking, in that they’re if they feel x, y and z,” she said.

After heading the research for the Women’s Initiative, Donna Lisker, director of the Women’s Center, is overseeing the project.

Tm sponsoring a house course that Laura and Kamaria are teaching,” Lisker said. “I’ve also been advising Laura and Kamaria on their research.”

The Black Women’s Initiative plans to expand on some of the research from the Women’s Initiative, Lisker said.

“There is data in there about black women, but Laura and Kamaria are interested in really doing a study that’s just about that,” she added.

Many black female Duke students, however, said they were unaware of the initiative.

“I don’tknow about it really,” freshman Courtneyjamison said. “I just haven’t heard anything.”

Ultimately, Welch said she hopes the initiative can eliminate stigmas and negative views ofblack women.

‘What we’re looking for is what stereotypes women on campus think of themselves,” she said. “I could say what stereotypes I have or want to dispel, but what we’re trying to find are stereotypes affecting everybody so that we can break them down.” not alone

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TENTING from page 3 of a tent who are not rushing have to coordinate effectively with those from their tent who are.

It’s all part of the challenge “We could work out the schedule where the other people could take over for the time shifts during rush,” Helm said.

Freshman Tendi Muchenje said he was able to participate in both by limiting his rushing to a single fraternity—although he said he regretted not being able to attend

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put on the table,” he said.

It was a night of political theater as Bush went before the first Democratic-controlled Congress in a dozen years with his lowest approval ratings in polls.

Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, the first woman to lead the House, sat over Bush’s shoulder, next to Vice President Dick Cheney. Reaching out to the Democrats, Bush opened with a tribute to Pelosi and paused to shake her hand. He also asked for prayers for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, hospitalized for more than a month after suffering a brain hemorrhage, and Republican Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood, suffering from cancer.

The speech audience included up to a dozen House and Senate members who have announced they are running for president orare considered possible contenders.

Bush divided his address between do-

mestic and foreign issues, but the war was topic No. 1. Pelosi set the tone for Democrats. She sat silendy and did not applaud as Bush warned of high stakes in Iraq and said American forces must not step back before Baghdad is secure. With Congress poised to deliver a rebuke on his troop increase, he made a personal plea to lawmakers.

“I have spoken with many of you in person. I respect you and the arguments you made,” Bush said. “We went into this largely united, in our assumptions and in our convictions. And whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure.... Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq and I ask you to give it a chance to work. And I ask you to support our troops in the field and those on their way.”

Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave Bush a swift answer.

“While the president continues to ignore the will of the country, Congress will not ignore this president’s failed policy,” they said in a joint statement after his address.

more fraternity social events.

“Tenting is worth it, but, at the same time, I just love alcohol,” Muchenje said.

And although it is a saving grace that many courses offer a relatively light workload at the start of the spring semester, some, like freshman Benjamin Owens, said homework is yet another burden on an already full plate.

But even if some sacrifices must be made, many first-years said they enjoy the opportunity to take part in both experiences as they segway into their second semester as Blue Devils.

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you can always check out office hours if you need it.”

On the first day of class, Kelley told students that typically not everyone comes to lecture, and that the dewe now anticipate that the class size in the future will go partment does not expect to use the adjacent room every day. back to 122.

“In large classes at Duke, atThe Blackboard announcetendance is not 100 percent, ment, posted by professor Judith ‘You can still get the same exKelley, also states that extra except for midterms,” Hamilchairs will be available in the perience from watching it, and ton said.

Although almost 20 percent back of the lecture hall, and “for check out office always can you arrivals who a of the class was relegated to the late prefer those broadcast room on the first day, table to write on, the lecture will hours if you need it.” most agree that the demand—be broadcast into Sanford 03 and attendance—has declined.

Will Burke (right next door). I don’t anticimuch of this as a “I very rarely see people being pate freshman, Public Policy 55D have to use it,” Grumpier said. problem as it sounds.”

Hamilton also said he has “I guess it’s hard to say though because we’ve only had class not received complaints from students, and indicated that the expanded program is for a few weeks. A lot of people will choose a seat in the back over going to the other room. It definitely wouldworking well.

“It’s an okay system,” said freshman Will Burke. “You n’t help my grade if I was in there, without a live can still get the same experience from watching it, and teacher.” from page 3

N.C. OEMS from page 1 time to be escalating the war.”

Since assuming office in 2001, Bush has come under national scrutiny for his administration’s decision to pursue a war in Iraq despite many Democrats’ insistence that it is time t’o withdraw troops.

Some Republicans, however, including Senator Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., applauded the President’s continued support of the war.

“Tonight the President addressed the nation with confidence and resolve,” Dole wrote in a statement following the speech. “The current security and political situation in Iraq is difficult, but a precipitous withdrawal would guarantee defeat and would have catastrophic implications for the security of our country and the stability of the Middle East region.”

Iraq, however, was not the primary focus of the President’s speech to the nation. In the 49-minute address, Bush did not mention the war until nearly 25 minutes had passed.

“The Iraq war is only one part of the war on terror,” U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said. “The state of our nation is very good. We are the leaders of the free world and we need to focus oji what’s right.”

Some Democrats and news analysts suspected the President’s decision to postpone addressing the war was meant to minimize the importance of the war in his speech.

“Obviously, [Bush] is not going to score a whole lot of points right now with the American people on his Iraq policy,” Meeks said.

N.C. Rep. Paul Luebke, a Democrat and chair of the North Carolina House of Representatives finance committee, said the President’s unpopularity goes beyond the war.

“What is most important is that most people in this country aren’t better off in 2007 than they were when Bush took office in 2001,” Luebke said. “[Bush’s] failure to improve the lives of average Americans is a large part of the reason why Bush is so unpopular.”

Foxx, on the other hand, said she is grateful for the President’s resolve, noting that the country is currently enjoying its strongest economy in 40 years.

“I don’t know where [Democrats who have suggested withdrawing] would have been during the Revolutionary War,” she said. “Thank God every once in a while we have a leader that reminds us what we’re all about.”

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“We just wanted to reassure the public by showing that the danger isn’t that great if proper precautions are taken, such as flushing water for two or three minutes prior to using it. for cooking or drinking,” Westbrook said.

The city’s web site also cautions against using hot water for cooking or drinking as the high temperature increases the rate oflead leeching from the plumbing.

“Some people will choose to redo their plumbing but many can’t afford it,” Thompson said. “So the best option is getting educated.”

The Durham County Health Department is also offering free lead testing for children under six years of age through their Lead Education and Assessment Program.

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The GPSC meeting Tuesday featured several graduate presentations.

“Think of us as your creative consultants,” Ong said The two encouraged students to take advantage of a number of graduate student-specific events during Career Week, including a mock-interview demonstration.

As part of GPSC’s efforts to reach out to various graduate and professional groups, representatives invited Ben Kennedy, president of the Fuqua School ofBusiness’s MBA Association, to make a presentation about Fuqua.

Kennedy said Fuqua’s major strengths include its overall funding and close relationship with the school’s administration. Fuqua has the best-funded MBA associatioa in the world, with a $300,000 annual budget, he added.

Kennedy also spoke about the school’s new program, which focuses on preparing Students for job interviews, among other things. “[This is] how we run our ship at Fuqua,” he said, adding that career searching is among the biggest issues Fuqua students face.

Discussion then turned to the upcoming social events, such as Duke University Union productions like “The

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Molly Miller, DUU representative and a graduate student in mechanical engineering, said that this past fall “Cats” sold out the first day tickets were available.

Other upcoming events include a lottery, which will occur from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, to sign up for ACC Tournament tickets.

GPSC Student Life Chair Gautham Pandiyan, a graduate student in molecular biology, previewed Legislation Action Day, during which graduate students nationally will lobby for legislation favoring higher education.

The event will be held Feb. 15 and Feb. 16. He noted that one ofLAD’s sponsors is currently Hillary Clinton’s office, so there is a chance to meet the presidential hopeful.

Pandiyan also announced a graduate movie-making contest much like the undergraduate Froshlife competition.

“Anything goes, so long as you don’t break [any] University, state and federal laws,” Pandiyan said.

GPSC Treasurer David Kahler then presented groups’ petitions for funding and the amount GPSC tentatively allocated to each, which in every case was less than that requested.

Representatives also raised the issue that some groups were unable to put on well-attended events because of potential lack of funding.

“We didn’t want there to be an institutional expectation,” GPSC Vice President Nathan Kundtz said, adding that the allocations were not set in stone.

In other business:

Judith Ruderman, liaison to the regional accrediting agency, presented potential topics for a 75-page self-study for the reaccreditation of the University this year.

As part of the process, she will visit several student councils to introduce and solicit topic ideas.

GPSC will also revamp its website, www.gpsc.duke.edu.

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The helicopter was believed to have been flying escort above a VIP convoy on the ground as it headed away from the heavily fortified Green Zone to an undisclosed destination.

A spokeswoman for Blackwater USA, which is based in far northeastern North Carolina, declined to comment Tuesday. “We really don’t have any information for you yet,” said spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell.

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Katy Helvenston, mother ofScott Helvenston, a Blackwater employee who died in March 2004, said Tuesday’s crash “just breaks my heart.”

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Gerald Henderson is certainly known as a driver, able to knife through defenses and take the ball to the hoop with ease.

However, he might be even better at hitting the driver.

Henderson, who is averaging 6.1 points per game in his first year with the Blue Devils, is also a talented golfer who played in a number of national junior tournaments and at the varsity level in his early high school years.

“In his freshman year, he had a two or three handicap, which is very impressive for his age,” Henderson’s high golf coach Edwin Shafer said. “He could hit the ball a mile.”

Henderson picked up the game at age six, when he began to go out to the practice range with his father, Gerald Henderson Sr., a former NBA player himself. As he got older and as his game matured, the youngster began to compete in local and national tournaments.

In 2002, Henderson placed 20th in his age group at the Callaway World Junior Golf Championships, shooting a threeround combined score of 219 on the same course that hosts the PGA Tour’s Buick Invitational.

Henderson even notched a hole-in-one during a round of a local junior tournament that he won.

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Crazies For those that missed ESPN’s latest ratings ploy, last week was “Student Spirit Week” on the ESPN family of networks.

College basketball games from some of the loudest and wildest arenas in the country were broadcasted all week long, and an emphasis was placed on the student sections that have helped make those arenas famous.

Of course Cameron Indoor was featured. You can’t have a conversation about the best college basketball venues without including it.

But I think it’s about time we all start asking ourselves if we really deserve that praise or whether the reputation of the Cameron Crazies of five or 10 or even 15 years ago are still fooling the nation into thinking we’re something we’re not.

Don’t get me r, utilise wrong, I’ve been to a pelt lot of venues over the past four years and when Cameron is rocking, I haven’t seen a student section that can compete.

But I’m talking about games against teams other than North Carolina, when as the sixth man the Crazies used to consistently get in a player’s head and take him out of the game during warm-ups.

And when Duke students were clever, creative and innovative when it came to ways of distracting their opponents.

Those occurrences, I’m afraid to say it, are becoming few and far between.

Throughout the course of this season, the Cameron Crazies—particularly the undergraduates—have consistendy failed to even fill up the student section. Large sections in all corners of the student section have been empty at tip-off.

I attributed the poor attendance at the end of last semester to students’ workload leading up to finals week. Maybe last week it had to do with rush. But I’m afraid it’s more serious than that.

The students at Duke don’t have the same passion to paint their chests blue and make fools out of themselves in support of their team as past generations.

Sure K-Ville still filled up with tents before the second semester officially began, but I think that has more to do with the fact that tenting is the “thing to do” rather than because the tenters are all passionate fans. If they were, then they’d all be comlng to games, and maybe we wouldn’t have this problem in the first place.

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Gerald Henderson, whohas averaged 6.1 points per game this season, was nearly a scratch golfer in high school.

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When future Blue Devil Nolan Smith and his top-ranked Oak Hill Academy team lost last Thursday for the first time, it paved the way for another Duke recruit to move up in the USA Today High School Basketball Rankings.

Huntington High School (W. Va.), featuring Duke recruit Patrick Patterson, moved up to No. 2 in the nation following Oak Hill’s loss. Patterson, a 6-foot-8 forward, is the top unsigned player in the country, ranking 11th overall on scouLcom. The big man and his team will be on display in Cameron Indoor Stadium Jan. 30 when Huntington takes on 1 Ith-rankedArtesia ofLakewood, Calif.

Patterson soared up the prospect rankings over the summer when he showed marked improvement in his game. The athletic post man has impressed coaches and scouts with his strength and face-up offensive style.

Patterson has continued his personal ascension during the season, in which he has teamed with USC-bound OJ. Mayo—scout.com’s top prospect —to lead Huntington to a 14-0 record. “[Patterson’s] having a big year,” said Dave Telep, National Recruting Director for scout.com. “He and OJ. Mayo are like a novelty item down there right now. Those guys are on full display.”

Patterson and Mayo are joined by four other possible Division I recruits, including Oklahoma-bound Chris Early. That balance means Patterson has grown accustomed to sharing the ball and doing the little things to help his team win.

“In high school, you generally have a situation where there’s one guy, and he’s the best player on the team,” Telep said. “When you have different experiences, it gives you different opportunities to dealwith different SEE RECRUITS ON PAGE 10

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Duke is reportedly recruiting Jai Lucas, scout.com's seventh-ranked point guard in the Class of 2007.

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HENDERSON from page 9 Tiger Woods. Selected through a program that supports minority golfers, Henderson traveled to Walt Disney World in Florida and got a 10 minute lesson from Tiger. Even at age 14, Henderson was taller than Woods, so the fourtime Masters champion suggested that Henderson widen his stance.

“That whole thing is a blur to me because I was just mesmerized that he was there. He doesn’t even look real,” Henderson said. “That was probably one of the most amazing things that ever happened to me.”

In high school, Henderson continued to play both sports, focusing on basketball in the winter and golf in the summer.

Shafer said Henderson had actually received interest from some collegiate golf coaches who believed he could play both sports in college, but the level of commitment and time required to improve in golf began to take a toll on Henderson’s basketball development.

“Probably at 15, I was better at golf than I was at basketball because I devoted my whole summer to it,” Henderson said. “I pretty much put basketball down for half a year. The beginning of my freshman year, I was playing catch-up [in basketball] because I hadn’t played all summer.”

In order to better prepare for basketball season, Henderson decided during his sophomore year to give up competitive golf and focus on hoops. He began to run track in order to get into better shape and began to devote his summers to the AAU circuit instead of golf tournaments.

Although Henderson now plays golf only leisurely, his father, who is a near-

scratch golfer himself, said that the lessons learned from golf have applied to his son’s development as a basketball

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a great spot in the bleachers 10 minutes before game time this year. As recently as four seasons ago, you were taking a gamble if you arrived minutes before tip off and even expected to get in.

And there used to be an outcry when undergraduate seats were forfeited to graduate students because the undergrads hadn’t filled up their section. Now the graduates are regularly moving over without any discussion.

It might not be long until the Athledc Department decides to sell tickets to the public at game time to fill the gaps and make some extra cash. I can assure you, there are plenty ofDuke fans that would

“There is a certain discipline that you have to have [in golf], and I think that’s where it ties into basketball,” Henderson Sr. said. “When you are shooting free throws at the end of the game, its like hitting a shot into the green that you have to have in order to save par. That mental aspect is pretty much directly related.”

Additionally, Henderson has benefitted from the chance to experience tough situations in pressure-packed tournament golf before facing similar situations on the basketball court.

“In terms of the golf he really kind of blossomed early, and he played quite a bit of tournament golf,” Shafer said. “He learned to deal with [pressure] and balance it. If you’ve been there in golf terms, you’ve done it a lot. Learning to deal with that pressure mentally surely would help him in the game of basketball.”

But in the end, golf is a lifetime sport, and Henderson plans on continuing to play for fun in the future. Although he has not gotten a chance to tee it up while at Duke, he has played the Washington Duke course before and plans on picking the clubs back up when basketball season ends.

“Right after school, I’ll probably hit the links a lot,” Henderson said. “I love to play, but I just don’t take it as seriously as I used to. But it’s definitely a fun sport, and it’s relaxing to me.”

And when he returns home, his father will be ready and waiting to challenge him.

“If he were to get out there today, I would beat him hands down,” Henderson Sr. said. “But after about a week of him practicing, he would probably get me.”

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situations and circumstances, and that helps you grow as a player and a person.”

Duke, however, is not alone in its pursuit of Patterson. Florida, Kentucky, Wake Forest, Virginia and West Virginia are- all still competing for the forward’s services.

Patterson visited all the schools in the fall but decided then to hold off on a decision until the spring. Patterson recently told the Lexington Herald-Leader that he would narrow his list of schools down to three or four in the next few weeks before making a final decision in early March.

Patterson’s deliberation has allowed the Blue Devils to secure a scholarship for him after Jamaal Boykin’s transfer has opened up a scholarship for next season. Regardless of where he ends up, Patterson should make an immediate impact.

‘You expect Patrick Patterson to walk onto a campus and contend for a starting

die to see even a single game in Cameron.

We, as students, have the privilege of seeing them for free for four years.

Maybe the type of students Duke is admitting is the reason for the change, and therefore a return to what made the Crazies famous is unlikely.

But I refuse to accept that nothing can be done. It all starts with getting people to games, however.

Coach K recently said, “We are not that Cameron [anymore].”

Maybe we’re not, but we don’t have to be. We don’t have to mimic the Crazies of years ago. Instead, let’s just be innovative and reestablish ourselves as the student section every school aspires to be. Because during “Student Spirit Week,” we were far from it.

position no matter what school he chooses,” Telep said.

The Blue Devils are also rumored to be recruiting point guard Jai Lucas out of Bellaire, Texas. Lucas is the son of former Maryland and NBA star John Lucas. His‘ brother, also named John, led Oklahoma St. to the Final Four in 2004.

Lucas, the seventh-ranked point guard in the Class of ’O7, is an excellent ball handler and a pass-first floor general. The guard’s speed has helped alleviate any concerns regarding his small stature—the Texan is listed at 5-foot-10 and only 145 pounds.

The recruitment of Lucas may be linked to that of Patterson, as the two became good friends while playing together over the summer.

Lucas told his high school newspaper he enjoys playing with Patterson and many people believe they will end up at the same school.

For now, Blue Devil fans can only hope that Duke is that same school.

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The president then followed statements —such strong form, at domestic policy with foreign, the very beginning of State of as the “.Axis of Evil” in 2002 the Union addresses. his language was fairly modermentioning democratic progress And the fact was telling. ate, sticking to an assortment in countries like Lebanon, Bush’s address was a clear ac- of common political phrases.

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And then finally, after In comparison to his five knowledgement of his deaddresses, the nearly 25 minutes, Bush mencreasing popularity with the previous American public. speech left the distinct im- tioned the issue of the war in The speech was uncharacpression that Bush realized Iraq, focusing on ideology and the “War on Terror” in teristic, to say the least, for his dramadcally different cirthe 43rd President of the cumstances. general, rather than specific Bush started his speech by policy issues and the growing United States. Facing a Deinocratic-led Congress for the acknowledging Nancy Pelosi, violence in the country. the first female Speaker of the first time in his six speeches He concluded his address, along with the lowest poll rat- House in United States history, with a mention of “character with “high privilege and distinct and spirit,” utilizing a number ings of his presidency, Presihonor.” Beginning his actual ofexamples ofcitizens who emdent Bush’s speech clearly reflected the new political speech, the president referred bodied qualities that displayed environment in Washington. to 2007 as a year of “large en- what it means to be American.

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On the whole, rather than complex and difficult probusing bold and specific state- lems, it is necessary for the ments, the president opted for country’s leadership, especialbroad, general policies, such ly its president, to provide its as healthcare reform and decitizens with appropriate and creased energy dependence, practical solutions. as well as human-interest stoWith the exception of a ries. With the Iraq issue loomnew program for health insuring large over his administra- ance, most of the Bush’s protion, Bush chose to focus his posals seemed palpable and at speech with examples of the same time, ambiguous.

Americans who had demonIt is a fact that few presidents strated “heroic kindness,” like have ever used a State of the Dikembe Mutombo and WesUnion as anything more than ley Autrey, “the subway hero.” cheerleading event to highlight As the controversial Iraq their accomplishments. war continues to dominate But if there was ever a the news, the president time to for President Bush avoided focusing on the to redeem the policies of issue. Instead, he chose to his presidency, this would discuss the reasoning for his have been the correct (,ime recent request for a “surge” to do this. in troops.

Big problems need bold soIn a time when the country lutions, and frankly, the Presiis facing a growing number of dent was moderate at best.

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To promote mutual understanding the Chief Rabbi called for a return to the original religious Sacks stated, “When you first talk to Mustexts for inspiration, a suggestion that I also suplims you don’t talk about freedom and democracy port, but only as a starting point. Ultimately this but you talk to textual focus must be translated into meaningful them about God’s interactions with those one hopes to understand.

So I find in the Quran, the oft-repeated verse will.” I immediateyoushaa patel which states, “Oh humankind! We created you ly thought to myguest column self, “You can talk from a male and female, and made you into nato me about freetions and tribes, so that you may come to know one dom and democraanother. The most honored of you in God’s sight is cy.” I then walked down to the microphone for the most pious of you” [Quran: 49:13]. If one comment but did not have the opportunity to wants to truly understand the Other, they must share my opinion. simply get to know them first—a pretty simple conIn the Chief Rabbi’s response an underlying mescept, yet one which remains elusive when the Other is understood as fundamentally different insage of the lecture came into relief which placed relistead of fundamentally similar. gion as die central issue in the apparent clash ofcivilizations between America and the Muslim world. Certainly In a recent survey, almost four in 10, 39 percent, religion plays a role, but religions don’t act. Rather hu- advocate that Muslims in America should carry a spemans do, based on dieir interpretations of particular recial I.D. The same number admit that they hold some ligious texts that are mediated by their particular histor- “prejudice” against Muslims. Perhaps if I were not ical and cultural milieu. Often these interpretations can Muslim I would hold similar views, and so considering be attributed to this milieu rather than to the religious the current climate I understand how many Ameritexts themselves. I think this explains why one can find cans can feel this way. Yet according to the same sursuch a multiplicity of viewpoints among Muslims today; vey those who know Muslims are much less likely to for example, some staunchly support suicide bombings hold prejudices against them. while odiers deplore these operations as completely anThose connected to Muslim communities know tithetical to Muslim tradition. that Muslims too yearn for democracy and freeAlthough I appreciated the Rabbi’s message of dom, especially since large numbers of Muslims reconciliation, 1 felt that he simultaneously diluted outside America live under anti-democratic his message by portraying Muslims as essentially dif- regimes where they are often deprived of the funferent from an implicidy Judeo-Christian West (Hindamental human rights and freedoms that most of dus, Buddhists and other nonmonotheists were not us take for granted. In America, approximately 40 even mentioned). The Chief Rabbi, perhaps unconpercent of Muslims are African Americans. Who sciously, repeated an error that dates back to Europe better understands the value of freedom than and America’s Orientalist past, which tended to “reliAfrican Americans who were deprived of true freegionize” Muslims by portraying them as essentially dom for most of America’s history? In the Chief motivated by religion uninfluenced by a variety of Rabbi’s defense, the Muslim composition in Britain other factors such as politics, economics and geograis mainly comprised of immigrants, which perhaps phy. Such an essentialist approach valorizes the litur- contributes to his perception that Muslims maintain alien values. However, I don’t believe that fosgical and textual component of religion while devaluing the complexity of motives that drive human tering a myth of Muslim difference helps his noble action on the ground—understanding this complexmission of reconciliation and forgiveness.

Nevertheless at Duke, amid current discussions conity and acknowledging this multiplicity is the true fruit of understanding the estranged Other. cerning diversity in race, class and gender, religious Defending the use of generalizations in his lecidentity and diversity must also emerge among the core ture, the Chief Rabbi had earlier quoted a Harvard issues in the university’s period of selfreflection—espeprofessor who claimed, “I specialize in generalizacially in a time where religious conflict is taking center tions.” Although the Chief Rabbi intended reconcilistage. Where Muslims remain a small, marginalized, ation, generalizations are what led to the Clash of and still misunderstood religious community on camCivilizations hypothesis which attempts, in a sloppy pus and beyond, Duke must do more to make religious way, to isolate particular values specific to particular diversity and mutual understanding a key part of its cultures (or civilizations). Such purely ideological apstrategic vision for the future. proaches necessarily abstract and distance the Other rather than foster understanding—a message the Youshaa Patel is a graduate student at the Duke Divinity Chief Rabbi emphatically preached.

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culture depictions ofother people’s phenomenal lives have always impacted how satisfied we are with our own. The constant bombardment of reality shows on television in which people parade dieir multimillion-dollarhomes in front of a television camera makes it seem like a cop-out to be anything less than an unqualified success. ~r During the Sex and the City craze a few years mMM ago, most of the female Florida State students I knew wanted to move to Manhattan as soon as commencement exercisjacqui detwiler es were over to wear desperate, please hire Jimmy Choos and have sex with random rich, fabulous men. Never mind that many of them didn’t have a dime in savings, or that having sex with that many men would leave most of them freaking out on the bathroom floor thinking they had contracted all manners of sexually transmitted diseases.

And this is not by any means a primarily female affliction. My stepdad, who went bankrupt sometime in the mid-90s, went as far as majoring in finance after seeing the movie Wall Street. And what guy hasn’t watched The Godfather to excess, wishing he were cool enough to crack guys he doesn’t like in the knees with a sledgehammer?

In decision research, comparing what you have to what those with more resources have is called making an upward comparison. And upward comparisons have a powerful effect on emotion. An analysis of Olympic medalists showed the bronze medalists on the Awards podium have more positive facial expressions than the silver medalists. The explanation? The bronze medalists were comparing themselves to those who hadn’t won anything* while the silver medalists were thinking that if they had just tried a little harder, they might have had the gold.

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have this friend. In fact, he’s my Facebook fiance, and despite my best dissuasion, he is planning on an arranged marriage... but not with me.

Our engagement, for now, is held in limbo by Mark Zuckerberg and confined to Facebook.com. Nate’s real bride pines for him somewhere in the Jordanian Valley, anxiously clutching his photo (and her hejab) and counting down the days to his arrival. She’s never met him, but she knows everything she needs to; that his Potomac/ Newport Beach upbringing, ill SnduGG maldklOU refined affinity for plaid and pastel and “old money” backva-va-voom ground are made all the more appealing by the fact that he is a student at Yale, speaks Farsi, is learning Arabic and has a newfound interest in Islam.

Although her desire for an arranged marriage may not surprise many of us, Nate’s interest in such a marriage does.

But should it? By modern and post-modem definitions, Nate, like many of us, has been afforded too many opportunities to want to settle down so quickly, committing himself (and half his pending salary) to somebody else at the tender age of 21.

Nate’s throwback to the traditional courting process —his interest in a drive-thru relationship, engagement and marriage, based on compatibility—is not unique. Statistics show that this desire to return to an age-old, backward approach to relationships is more common than you might think.

What’s uncommon, however, is that Nate, unlike most women in his position, isn’t giving up the dream of a career.

As Duke students, we have all been groomed for occupational success. Problem is, very few women will ever pursue the careers that Duke has prepared them for. In a controversial article by Louise Story for The New York Times titled “Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood,” it was discovered that 60 percent of women attending top universities said that they wanted to commit themselves to being full-time mothers and housewives upon having their first child.

One female Yale student interviewed said, “My mother’s always told me you can’t be the best career woman and the best mother at the same time.” Sadly but surely, she’s right.

Our generation has witnessed mothers who did it all—the woman who played housewife and CEO—but never really won at either.

While it’s unrealistic for us, as the daughters of our double-burdened mothers, to want it all as well—and while it’s understandable why we have decided to choose between a career and motherhood—what’s stupefying is why the women of Harvard, Yale and (presumably) Duke have chosen the traditional role of mother.

As women, we don’t have to do both, but we don’t have to choose the life of a housewife either. Despite insistence from conservative parties and the Church, we are not, as women, responsible for the reproduction of the human race. The world, already overpopulated, is not pining for our babies.

I can’t help but wonder: Would the New York Times study have yielded different results had the interviews been conducted at Duke? My bets are on a high statistical number of Duke women opting for housewife status, just so long as that house comes with a Jaguar and a maid. We are, after all, a school notorious for our MRS degree, southern belles and women from the northeast who act like southern belles.

But why wonder when we can be sure: “I often question how I will juggle the responsibilities of motherhood as well as further my career in medicine,” Duke Junior Alexa Issa says. “Growing up my mother gave up her career to raise my brother and I, and I think that having a mother around is very important. In the next 10 years I see myself altering my career once I have children.”

With divorce rates at a staggering high, it is surprising that women still haven’t given up on the dream of marriage and family, with the delusional notion that this time, things will be different.And what’s more surprising is this: The women who most adamantly hold on to the false dream of living “happily ever after” as wives and mothers are not hopeless, incapable women; they are educated, intelligent women who spend ssok/year on education.

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someone widi whom you share a more serious connection titan fictional characters and celebrities—like your best friend from college? “What if’ is a pretty common theme in graduate student unhappiness, and a number of my friends have commented on the unfairness of taking the idealistic road to an advanced degree while their friends from undergrad live it up with real jobs in real cities where they can actually afford to buy tilings and the clubs don’t close until 5 a.m.

For example, while attending a neuroscience conference in Atlanta last October, I elected to stay with my college roommate in his midtown high-rise in lieu of the Motel 8. When I arrived in the lobby, his concierge lent me the key to his wood-floored, West Elm furnished condo on the 18th floor. Keep in mind that this is the roommate who failed out of the Florida State Honors College because he spent 20 hours straight playing Final Fantasy X-2 during finals week.

Now he walks from his beautiful apartment to work, clubs and some of the best restaurants in Atlanta.

While there are no guarantees dial what you chose to do will make you happy, remember that die comparison you’re making may only focus on one aspect of life, like financial security or social opportunities. You may not have bought a new shirt in over a month, hut your friend who jetted for the real world straight after graduation might feel unchallenged by his job. He may not have time for a significant other, or he may compare himself to you and wish he were making a difference in the world by researching a cure for cancer.

Unfortunately, as many philosophers have noted, things only exist in comparison to their opposites. There is no light without dark or good withoutbad, and there is no fresh-out-of-college kid living in a Manhattan high rise without the struggling graduate student staring longingly at the good cheese in Kroger. Remember that you did this for a reason, and it becomes easier to imagine that life will get better one day. And if you can’t believe that, there’s always downward comparison.

Jacqui Detwiler is a graduate student inpsychology and neuroscience. Her column runs every Wednesday.

letterstotheed itor Upcoming policies for men’s basketball games The men’s basketball team plays Clemson Unvirsity Thursday, Jan.2s, at 7 p.m. The policy for admittance will be a normal walkup-line policy, with students forming groups of up to six people, with 50 percent necessary at all times. The line will be registered as it is formed. Students must be there two hours before gametime, and they will be let in 90 minutes before tipoff.

The team also plays Boston College Sunday, Jan.2B, at 5:30 p.m. It is a walkup game; students may form groups of up to 6 people, and it is necessary that 50 percent of the group be present at all times. The line will be registered as it forms.

White tenting registration is Monday, Jan.29, at 8 a.m. A random location will be posted on the K-ville portion of the Duke Student Government website at http://dsg.duke.edu/content/k-ville/. It is a first-come, first-served basis, until 100 tents are reached. The names of all the members of the tent, as well as their Duke Unique ID numbers, are necessary for registration.

Mara Schultz Trinity ’O7 HeadLine Monitor While ad posed problems, Duke educators, as a whole, are commendable The Chronicle’s Dave Kleban commented Tuesday, “Critics seem determined to identify a class of faculty upon which to place blame for this episode of injustice” (“Time for understanding, not caricatures,” Jan. 23). I certainly do not place blame on the “Group of 88,” and I respect that the group feels it did not imply guilt. To me, the problem is that the group used its own community members, who probably never need-

ed support more, to energize and propel their views on race, gender and class. Instead of standing by their own, which I believe all sound leaders and educators should strive to do in good and bad times, the group hopped on an unprecedented soapbox furnished by the incident’s dynamics.

That said, I commend the group’s passion for its beliefs and admire that it wants to improve Duke.

However, I believe group members chose a devastating and selfish way to express themselves. Duke was working as hard as any national university to improve its diversity, racial climate and social scene well before the incident. Group members could have asserted the strength of their attachments to their respective groups and/or beliefs in a fruitful and unifying way to help Duke continue to improve. They could have selected a different time to run an advertisement. Alternately, the group employed stereotypes with no supportive aggregate data, at a time when Duke and our students were dangerously vulnerable.

As an unintended consequence of the group’s statement, some people have questioned the motives ofDuke’s educators. I wanted to write primarily, then, to say that in my seven years as a Duke student and employee, I have encountered almost exclusively professors, staff, coaches and athletics co-workers who are wholly dedicated to enhancing the lives of our students on the most personalized level, while calling Duke home with great pride and joy.

These types of people helped me fall in love with Duke. Right now, I wish I could give the entire special place a big bear hug.

David Bradley Trinity ’O4 Duke Men 5 Basketball Recruiting Coordinator

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Frozen Assorted Varieties 9-16 OZ

5 lb Bag Kroger Red Radishes 16 oz Bag Fresh Express Garden Salad 16 oz Bag

Birds Eye Vegetables Assorted Varieties 8-16 oz

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Assorted Varieties 4.15-4.5 oz Pkg

Banquet Brown-n-Serve Sausage Links or Patties 7 oz Pkg

Tennessee Pride Sausage Gravy 8 oz Pkg

Valleydale Pork Sausage Hot or Mild 1 lb Pkg

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