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OFF CAMPUS from page 3 Campus.
junior Kyle Knight said he was told
while studying in JNepai
that he may receive on-campus housing when he returned in the spring. Rushing to find
not
“It is much cheaper than [other housing options], but I'm tenting, so I can have a place to crash on West.” Kyle Knight
housing, Knight corresponded frequently with
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Joe Wilson called his decision to pen an op-ed criticizing pre-war intelligence an "act of good citizenship."
WILSON from page 1 Iraq’s possible attempts to purchase uranium yellowcake from Niger. He claimed that no such purchase was being made.
“It was not an act of great moral courage. It was not an act of political dissent. It was an act of good citizenship,” Wilson said, of his choice to write the July 6, 2003 op-ed, “What I Didn’t Find in Africa.” His wife’s position as a CIA operative was exposed as a direct result of this publication, Wilson said. He asked the audience if anyone present knew who placed the statement in the 2003 State of the Union Address that Iraq was believed to have acquired uranium from Africa. Wilson then asked the audience if there was anyone in attendance who did not know the name ofhis wife. No hands were raised in response to either question. “[U.S. citizenry] knows the name of a covert CIA officer for one reason and one reason only—that she happens to be my wife,” he said.
Former vice-presidential aide Scooter Libby is currently on trial for leaking
Flame’s identity to columnist Bob Novak. “The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they will grind very, very finely,” Wilson said of the trial. He repeatedly urged members of the audience not to be intimidated by the government and to take responsibility in holding the government to the truth, as he did in his op-ed. Duke University Union Major Speakers and the Duke Political Union co-sponsored the talk. Major Speakers Chair Isel Del Valle, a junior, said she came across Wilson’s name and decided the current national attention on the ambassador would draw a crowd. “I am pleased with the turnout,” she said. Sophomore Chris Jones said Wilson made several points he thinks many American citizens and politicians do not often consider. Jones and many other audience members attended a book signing following the
speech. “A lot of people just go with the flow rather than asking why,” he said.
junior, off-East resident
who was studying in Australia, until he located an apartment off East on the Internet. Knight pointed out both the positive and negative aspects of living off campus. “I wish [RLHS] had let me know sooner,” he said, adding that without a car he is inconvenienced by his 20minute walk to campus, “It is much his
cheaper than [other housing options], but I’m tenting, so I can have a place to crash on West.” Other roommate pairs who chose not to enter the off-campus housing lotteries were given the option of
current roommate,
possibly living on campus with randomly assigned room-
or waiting until late December for vacancies. Some lucky mates
students, howev-
er, were granted
their original choices for spring semester housing. “As a student without a car I didn’t have the option of living off,” said junior David Morgenstern, who received a double with his preferred roommate on Central Campus in late December. “I’m glad it worked out the way it did, but it was definitely a stressful couple of weeks.”
IND.STUDIES from page 3
viewing for a summer internship in the financial industry, said she first heard about the sponsored programs from an e-mail
economics majors to gain real-world banking experience while earning creditfor an independent study. Richard Prager, global head of commodities for Bank of America and a member of the GCMC advisory board, said he is excited about the company sponsoring independent study programs for Duke undergraduates. “[lt’s a] win-win situation... where Duke stays close to the markets, Dr. Rasiel stays close to the markets and we create opportunities for some very talented undergraduates,” said Prager, Trinity ’Bl. He said the University, with its intellectual talent and close proximity to the company’s Charlotte headquarters, is one ofhis company’s top recruiting schools. “We hope this is the beginning of many projects we’re going to do with Dr. Rasiel and Bank ofAmerica,” Prager added. Rasiel said one of the goals is to help juniors differentiate themselves as they look for jobs and internships. Tasha Bollerslev, a juniorcurrently inter-
Rasiel sent to students who had taken her course in financial markets and investment. Michael Kuritzky, a junior working alongside Bollerslev on the options pricing independent study for Bank ofAmerica, said he felt the program would give him a competitive advantage during the internship and job-hunting processes by increasing his technical understanding of financial markets. “It exposes undergraduates to real-world banking in away that you wouldn’t normally get with an undergraduate liberal arts education,” he said, adding that he hopes the experience will help him make the transition from college into the financial industry. Rasiel said that the idea for sponsored independent studies arose from the success of last semester’sfinancial markets seminar, which was sponsored by Deutsche Bank. She said another pair ofeconomics majors are being paid to work on a research project for Bank of America, which is not involved enough to be awarded elective credit through the economics department