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A transgender student who is await-

ing sexual reassignment surgery and was temporarily granted access to a female restroom while living in a male wing of Craven Quadrangle relocated Monday, officials confirmed.

Last Spring, Residence Life and Housing Services gave the student the option to either go through Room Fix or choose different quarters with a private bathroom. Using Room Fix, the student chose an available room in Craven Quadrangle House B—a male wing which uses a community bathroom.

University officials said RLHS had no pre-existing policy for transgender students, and deals with special housing needs on an individual basis.

“When arriving on campus, the student asked if, under the circumstances, access to a women’s bathroom could be made available,” Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, wrote in an e-mail.

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Ayearafter the University said it would not support Tailgate, restrictions will be placed on the Blue Zone Saturday.

Officials vow to ID, limit underage Tailgate drinking by

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Shout! Throw your beer up in the air, but don’t catch it this time—unless you’re 21 or over.

At this year’s Tailgates, Duke University Police Department will patrol the Blue Zone parking lots and verify the ages of students consuming or possessing alcoholic beverages, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said Wednesday.

In addition, cars will not be allowed into the lots until two hours prior to kickoff, although students on foot may enter before then, he said.

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nated student lots and provided food and water carts as well as monitors for the event With last year’s changes, however, those amenities departed with the University’s involvement This year’s revisions are meant to bring more order to the debaucherous Saturday morning festivities, said Sue Wasiolek, dean of students.

“During the summer, many members of the University’s administration... discussed howbest to deal with enabling students to have safe pregame festivities, and these are the conclusions we came to,” Moneta said. “The sense SEE TAILGATE ON PAGE 6

After announcing earlier this month that five seniors from the 2007 men’s lacrosse team had been accepted into graduate programs at Duke, die Department of Athletics confirmed Wednesday that four of diose players will return to the field in 2008.

Reigning National Player of the Year Matt Danowski, goaltender Dan Loftus and defensemen Tony McDevitt and Nick O’Hara have decided to exercise their extra year of eligibility with the Blue Devils.

Thirty-three players on the 2006 Blue Devil roster were presented with the opportunity to play an additional year after the NCAA decided in May that the team was kept from the field two years ago as a result of circumstances beyond its control, in the tumult of the lacrosse case’s early days.

“That was such a traumatic experience for them,” head coach John Danowski said of the cancelled 2006 season.

“Whatever those guys had to do, I was happy with. If a player felt it was time for him to move on, then I supported his decision. If they wanted to come back, I supported that, too.”

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This fall, new tastes go hand in hand with the new sights at the Nasher Museum ofArt. The cafe at the museum is unveiling a new menu to students and locals alike, courtesy of Durham restaurateur Giorgios Bakatsias, owner of Giorgios Hospitality Group, which manages such local haunts as Verde, Cafe Parizade and George’s Garage.

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Cleric suspends militia activity Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took his Mahdi Army out of action for up to six months Wednesday to overhaul the feared Shiite militia—a stunning move that underscores the growing struggles against breakaway factions with suspected ties to Iran.

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Prayers, protests NEW ORLEANS and a lingering disgust with the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster’s second anniversary Wednesday, with a presidential visit doing little to mollify those still displaced by the storm.

Clarence Russ took a dim view of politicians’ promises as he tried to put the finishing touches on his repaired home in the city’s devastated Lower 9th Ward.

“There was supposed to be all this money, but where’d it go? None of us got any,” said Russ, whose house was the only restored home on an otherwise desolate block.

Not far away, President George W. Bush visited a school.

“We’re still paying attention. We understand,” he said before heading to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, also devastated

by Katrina.

But Gina Martin, who is still living in Houston after Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, was unconvinced.

“Bush was down here again making more promises he isn’t going to keep.

The government has failed all of us. It’s got to stop,” she said.

Martin was among an estimated 1,000 people taking part in a protest march that started in the Lower 9th Ward. It was a uniquely New Orleans-style protest; There

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's political support eroded Wednesday as fellow Republicans in Congress called for him to resign and party leaders pushed him from senior committee posts.Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge stemming from an undercover police operation in an airport men's room.

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After finding no evidence of astronauts drinking before launching into space, NASA said Wednesday it is considering limited alcohol testing of its employees and astronauts. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said it would be further validation of a sober space agency.

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ROMANCE STUDIES COURSES STILL AVAILABLE FOR FALL 2007 FRENCH French 146

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Dzau honored with Harvard professorship by

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Harvard Medical School recently honored Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, by naming a $2.75-million endowed professorship of medicine after him.

The Victor J. Dzau Professorship was created in recognition of his significant contributions to Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the field ofcardiovascular medicine and of his service as former chair of the Department of Medicine at BWH, Kate Grzesiuk, the Harvard Medical School contact for professorships, wrote in an e-mail.

“I was absolutely blown away and extremely honored,” Dzau said. “I am thrilled to see my name and legacy attached to the important work that will be done by those holding this position.”

Rules stipulate that appointees to the professorship must be renowned physician-scientists and clinical practitioners in cardiovascular medicine.

The first appointee to the professorship is Dr. Marc Pfeifer, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in the cardiovascular division of BWH. Dzau said Pfeffer is an outstanding cardiologist, and is about to receive this year’s American Heart Association clinical research award.

Pfeffer’s important contributions to the field include research on animal models of heart failure, leading to development, validation and testing of drugs called angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, which are now the “gold standard” ofheart attack treatment, Dzau noted.

He calls Pfeffer, a friend former colleague, “Mr. Translation” in light of Pfeffer’s ability to transform basic scientific findings into clinical care practices.

The fundamental discovery regarding ACE inhibitors was made by Dzau, and Pfeffer pioneered the use of these drugs in clinics. Dzau added that these drugs save millions of lives and are used by Medicare

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There are currently 176 professorships at the Duke University Medical Center, Dzau wrote in an e-mail.

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For the third day in a row, the Office of Student Activities and Facilities sponsored an event on the West Campus Plaza. Wednesday, OSAF sponsored a band on the grassy knoll next to the Great Hall and served barbecue to students.

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Video contest puts spotlight on federal research projects by

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What do the Internet, Web browsers, fiber optics and the nicotine patch have in common?

They were all federally funded research developments.

The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is sponsoring a YouTube video contest and Duke is offering its own prizes—two Apple iPhones or $l,OOO cash—for the best Duke student entry. Individuals have to submit a three-minute video that shows how scientific innovations from federally funded research in the physical sciences have changed American lives.

After learning about the contest last week through the American Association of Universities—a consortium of leading research universities—Duke decided to offer its own prize to encourage students to participate, John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in an e-mail.

“It never hurts to remind people ofall the good things this university does with the federal tax dollars that support research,” he said. “For example, Duke researcher Jed Rose co-invented the nicotine patch that has helped thousands of people quit smoking. Those portable defibrillators you see on airplanes came from basic research at Duke too.”

The deadline for submissions is Sept. 10 and the national prize is $l,OOO and an all-expense-paid trip for two to Washington, D.C. The best video will be showcased in the U.S. Capitol Oct. 4, during the 50tb anniversary commemoration of the launching of Sputnik by the former Soviet

“Following the launch of Sputnik, there were huge investments in science that put us on a trail of economic prosperity,” said Tawanda Johnson, press secretary for the American Physical Society, a member of the Task Force. “What we are trying to do is to remind the nadon again about the importance of investing in science.”

The United States’ economic security is at stake because countries like India and China are looking to take our place as global economic leaders, Johnson added.

“Federally funded research is in many ways the life blood of America’s economic competitiveness—basic research discoveries from universities like Duke go on to change the world and create new economic opportunities,” Burness said.

The judges will look for a video that is not only clever, creative

and funny, but also effectively conveys why federal funding for scientific research is so essential, Johnson said.

“Duke’s idea is great because research funding is problematic right now,” said Jim Siedow, vice provost for research. “It’s been in the doldrums for a number of years. Prior to about four years ago, there was a lot of new money coming into the system and Duke was easily getting its fair share, if not more.”

Federal funding in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, and especially in the Pratt School of Engineering and the medical school, were growing by double digits, but that has leveled off in the past few years, he added.

There have yet to be any entries from Duke students, but Johnson said the University’s effort to encourage students to participate is fantastic and hopes other universities will follow suit.

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rary basis—for the weekend—in order to determine how workable it could be, with the agreed commitment to revisit the issue on this past Monday.”

Female residents were informed by their residence coordinator during a hall meeting Friday that the student had been given a key to their bathroom, with the understanding that the arrangement would be temporary.

Lee Chauncey, the father of a senior living on the hall, contacted Duke administrators and national media over the issue.

“I was outraged about it,” Chauncey said. “I have absolutely no problem and fully support the young lady getting the procedure done, but the living arrangement was inappropriate until the surgery was done.

It was not only inappropriate, it was against state laws.”

Administrators met with the student to discuss the situation Monday as planned.

“When it became apparent on Monday that this bathroom arrangement was not going to work, the student was given the option of staying in the same room and using the male bathroom, or moving to a more private accommodation,” Hull said. “The student elected to relocate to the more private accommodation—and moved—on Monday.”

Sophomore roommates Michala Kepple and Olivia Cheng, who live on the hall, said they thought the meetings —and most of the concern —were unnecessary. “[RLHS] made a bigger deal about it than it needed to be.

They said they wanted the lines of communication to be clear, but we wouldn’t have been unaccepting,” Kepple said.

They added that the female residents on their hall had also voted to have their bathroom unlocked, which would have granted any student access without a key.

“It seems pretty unfortunate—I’m sure there’s a lot of confusion and anger on both sides,” said senior Ashley Walker, president of Alliance of Queer Undergraduates at Duke..

Chauncey said he was contacted Monday and informed that the student had relocated.

“Unfortunately state and federal laws don’t recognize three sexes,” he said. “If Duke recognizes three sexes, three facilities should be afforded. I told Duke I would do whatever it took to get the situation corrected, and as far as I’m concerned the right decision has been made.”

Administrators said that outside factors had not influenced the outcome.

“Whatever complaints there were had nothing to do with the decision,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. “It was always the intention to evaluate the situation on Monday, and we had already had conversations on how best to deal with it. We had been holding a room all summer... the whole thing got pre-empted by the parent.”

RLHS officials also noted that it would be inappropriate to develop a specific policy based on this issue, adding that the student’s ability to choose his or her room was an integral part of the Room Fix process.

“We don’t discriminate against students and their housing needs. We don’t look at race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation when we do room assignments,” said Marijean Williams, director of housing assignments and communications.

Attempts to reach the student for comment were unsuccessful.

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Studetns say the new food served by George's at the Nasher Cafe is top-notch, and the service is a perfect fit in the Nasher Museum.

NASHER from page 1 “George understands the Duke community and understands the kind of program we want to serve in a museum environment.”

Wulforst also previously told The Chronicle that “any change [in vendor] would be for the better.”

Despite the number of spots Bakatsias owns in Durham, the cafe’s menu is uniquely tailored to the venue, saidLisa Slaughter, manager ofNasher Cafe.

“It was really his own ideas for the menu. He knows the museum and appreciates it,” said Kimerly Rorschach, the Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans director of the Nasher Museum. She added that the larger menu features a more Mediterranean style of cuisine, which is characteristic of Bakatsias’ restaurants.

Although Sage and Swift’s “Nouveau Southern” style meals at the Nasher Cafe garnered rave reviews, Bakatsias brings fresh ideas that have been well received by cafe regulars since the facility reopened this summer, Rorschach said.

“Some people have been very skeptical —they loved the previous operation and thought, ‘How can they top that?’

But within the broader community, the response has been very, very positive,” she added.

Although students have just recently returned to campus, some patrons said they were happy with the new management.

“It has a nice atmosphere and a more eclectic menu than you’re used to on campus,” said sophomore Kerry Allen.

Wulforst and Rorschach said Giorgios Hospitality Group’s history and reputation in the local restaurant industry are strong assets to the cafe. “[George] has a big local operation—he has staff, he has kitchens, he can handle very large events,” Rorschach said.

“He has a lot of flexibility and depth in his operations.”

Though Bakatsias’ experience in the area is formidable, students and administrators said the management transition has not been without hiccups. Slaughter and Wulforst confirmed that the register system was malfunctioning recently, causing delays in the cafe.

Other students also noted that the service is still in need of improvement since Giorgios Hospitality Group took over.

“I’ve never had a great service experience there, so the time I went it wasn’t great either, but it was kind of what I expected,” junior Megan Ramaiya said.

Rorschach, however, said that service seemed to go “more smoothly” under the new management.

Wulforst added that small hurdles were understandable in any new restaurant operation, but that responses to the cafe’s new taste and feel have been overwhelmingly positive.

“From what I’ve seen in the last 45 days, George is doing a great job,” he said. “I’ve spoken to several students and faculty and general customers.”

Rorschach said the cafe’s management is a contributor to the success of the museum as a whole.

“It’s a high-quality experience, and it’s high-quality art,” she said.

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Changes to tailgate 2006: The University stops supporting tailgate 2007: Cars can only enter tailgate two hours before kick off, and "age-verification" will be in place CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an e-mailWednesday thatthe DUPD will patrol theBlue Zone lots.

TAILGATE from page 1 was for football purposes there’s no need for the four-hour tailgate. It was an unnecessary use of staff.”

Some underage students, however, said they still plan to consume alcohol, regardless of the new rules.

“I’m definitely not going to Tailgate sober,” junior Kyle Matthews said. “I’m probably just going to find somewhere to get absolutely plastered—l’m sure fraternity sections and fraternity houses are going to be packed with people.”

Moneta said the age-verification policy was enacted to keep students safe. He added that though

some students said they consider it a tradidon, Tailgate is a recent development in Duke’s history. “[Tailgate] is a very new phenomenon, and it’s one that has far too quickly reached a point of exceeding danger,” he said.

Moneta declined to comment on whether officers from the Durham Police Department or officers of North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement will be present on campus for Tailgate. Representatives of DUPD did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

Duke Student GovernmentPresident Paul Slattery, a senior, said, however, that no ALE or DPD officers will patrol Tailgate and that DUPD’s

involvement will be minimal.

“There will be Alliedßarton hired security guards,” he said.

“They will have all the authority that comes with wearing a yellow shirt and nothing more.”

Wasiolek said she hopes DUPD will be lenient with students.

“My expectation is that we’re going to start by asking students to either discard their alcohol or leave the area,” she said. “Hopefully that will be sufficient.”

Some students said Wednesday that Tailgate is a defining part of Duke culture, and they are intent on continuing it. Wasiolek also said Tailgate is an experience unique to Duke.

“Tailgate is a uniting community-building activity, and that’s one of the things I’ve always loved about Duke,” she said. “We are a

strong-spirited community.”

Students said they fear this year’s regulations will push Tailgate away from the University’s watch, resulting in a potentially dangerous situation.

“The administration is trying come down hard on the social scene at Duke,” said senior Sarah Jane Maxted. “I think the more they come down on it, the more it’s going to go off campus whether it’s parties or Tailgate.”

Maxted, who is already 21, said the regulations do not have much of to

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an effect on her, and added that underclassmen shouldattend, whether or not they intend to drink.

‘You can still have fun and not drink,” she said. “Dress up and have fun with it.”

Some freshmen who have not yet attended Tailgate said they had uncertainties about the feasibility of the proposed police action and still hope for the festivities they’ve heard stories about.

“I don’tknow ifthings will be really as serious as [carding students with cups],” freshman Michael Mazzeo said. “It’s one thing if they actually say that, and it’s another thing ifthey actually do it That would really rain on everyone’s parade.”

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DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Prez blasts judicial policy, cites alternative plans by

Shuchi Parikh THE CHRONICLE

Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery discussed his agenda at the organization’s first meeting of the 20072008 academic year Wednesday night.

Of the numerous ideas he highlighted for the year, Slattery, a senior, said one of his top priorities is to to continue talks with administrators on the University’s judicial policy to give students more rights.

“This is a call to recognize students as human beings, as members of this community,” he said.

Slattery said other points of his agenda included making the party monitor system

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Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery addressed the University's judicial policy Wednesday.

less stringent and fleshing out the liability issues associated with Duke Bikes, among other plans.

“We’re going to try to decrease the number ofregulations at the University as far as the social scene goes,” he said.

At the meeting Slattery presented comparative data showing that Duke lags behind peer institutions in the number of procedural rights reserved to students.

“We continue to not fare so well,” Slattery said. “In fact, I think [the administration] hates us.”

He added that the University judicial policy was more liberal in years past, noting that Duke used to offer rights that were not offered by other institutions.

In his presentation, Slattery stressed cooperationwith the administration rather than divisiveness, adding that he fears progress will be inhibited if the issue becomes too “spicy.”

Slattery cited a similar situation at Stanford University—where students drafted and gained approval for a bill of rights—as an example of whatDSG might strive for this year.

“I think there’s a very good shot that there will be some form of a student bill of rights, it’s just a question of how nice to us the bill of rights is going to be,” he told The Chronicle.

In other business: Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano, ajunior, proposed an amendment to the DSG Constitution that would split the position of vice president of community interaction into two new positions —a vice president of Durham and regional affairs and a vice president of the Inter-Community Council. DSG senators will vote on the amendment at next week’s meeting.

Over the summer, the Auditing Committee was merged with the Student Organization Finance Committee in response to junior Aurora Lopez’s resignation as the Auditing Committee chair, said junior Alex Crable, SOFC chair.

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LACROSSE from page 1 The process has been difficult for all parties involved: This summer, doubts lingered over who would want to come back, if they would be admitted into graduate programs, how these returns would be financed and where players would live.

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As to whether more seniors from last year’s team may choose to return, Danowski said he would not rule out any possibilities.

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KATRINA from page 2 Louisiana and Mississippi were dead, and a shocked nation saw miles of wrecked homes, mud and debris from one of the worst natural disasters in its history.

In New Orleans, recovery has been spotty at best.

The historic French Quarter and neighborhoods close to the Mississippi River did not flood and have bounced back fairly well. The city’s population has reached an estimated 277,000, about 60 percent its pre-storm level of 455,000. Sales tax revenues are approaching normal, and tourism and the port industry are recovering.

But vast stretches of the city show little or no recovery. A housing shortage and high rents have hampered business growth.

The homeless population has almost doubled since the storm, and many of those squat in an estimated 80,000 vacant dwellings. Violent crime is also on the rise, and the National Guard and state troopers still supplement a di-

minished local police force.

Bush, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco all have drawn harsh criticism in the storm’s aftermath. Blanco, who appeared with the president at the 9th Ward school, opted not to run for re-election this year after polls showed her popularity at rock bottom.

While Bush visited, Blanco said she asked him to, among other things, cut through red tape that she said has delayed the distribution of federal aid.

Blanco also said she asked him to withdraw his threatened veto of a federal water resources bill that she said would help strengthen Louisiana levees and close a controversial navigation channel that some blame for exacerbating Katrina’s floods.

Bells pealed amid prayers, song and tears at the groundbreaking for a planned Katrina memorial at a New Orleans cemetery.

“We ring the bells for a city that is in recovery, that is struggling, that is performing miracles on a daily basis,” said Nagin, who famously cursed the federal response in a

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The memorial will be the final resting place for more than two dozen unclaimed bodies.

“The saddest thing I’ve seen here is that there are 30 human beings who will be buried here one day that nobody ever called about,” David Kopra, a volunteer from Olympia, Wash., said, holding back tears. “It says something to my heart. This city needs so much care, and that’s why I’m here.”

Churches throughout the region, including historic St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter, held services. At the Claiborne Avenue bridge over the Industrial Canal, mourners tossed a wreath into the water near the spot where a levee breach led to the inundation of the Lower 9th Ward.

In Mississippi, about 100 people prayed and sang in the shadow of a Katrina monument on the neatly manicured town green of Biloxi.

“God has been good to Biloxi and its people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Mayor A.J. Holloway said. “We have a new outlook on life and a new appreciation for what’s really important in life. It’s not your car or your clothes or your possessions. It’s being alive and knowing the importance of family and friends and knowing that we all have a higher power.”

In Gulfport, Miss., Gov. Haley Barbour urged people to see the positive. About 13,000 of his state’s families are still living in FEMA trailers, but that’s down from a peak of 48,000, and he expects they could all be out of the temporary housing in a year.

Some let the day pass without fanfare. James Chaney, working on his sister’s washed-out house in New Orleans, had no use for the protesters.

“They’ve done that stuff and done that stuff. It doesn’t help us. It doesn’t get us anything. It doesn’t get anyone to help us.”

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Thursday, August 30 5:30-7:30 P.M.

An informal discussion featuring Romanian artists Dan and Lia Perjovschi, moderated by Kristine Stiles, professor of contemporary art in Duke’s Department of Art, Art I listory Visual Studies, and curator of the exhibition States ofMind: Dan and Lia Perjovschi. Nasher Museum Auditorium. Free with admission. Open to the public. &

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•H. Keith H. Brodie, President Emeritus of Duke University •Adrian Bejan, J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University

•Julie Tetel, Associate Professor of English, Cultural Anthropology, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Chair of Linguistics, Duke University •Cristina Bejan, Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, England, and Fulbright Scholar to Romania, 2007-2008

•Gorina Apostol, Romanian undergraduate The exhibition and related programs are sponsored In part by the Duke University Provost’s Common Fund, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, and Duke University’s Office of the President. Additional program support was provided the Romanian Cultural Institute, New York, NY, and the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies, and the Visual Studies Initiative, Duke University.

Nasher Museum exhibitions and programs are generously supported by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Mary D.B.T. Semans and the late James H. Semans, The Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks Endowment, the K. Brantley and Maxine E. Watson Endowment Fund, the lames Hustcad Semans Memorial Fund, the Marilyn M. Arthur Fund, the Victorand Lenore Behar Endowment Fund, the Sarah Schroth Fund, the Margaret Elizabeth Collett Fund, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, Duke University, and the Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art.

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Although Durham is not exactly known as an art capital, there are surprisingly many notable and impressive art venues tucked away in this town.

From the reputable Nasher Museum of Art to the humble yet striking exhibitions featured at the John Hope Franklin Center, it is clear to one who looks that Durham has a great love for art. This affection is being celebrated in the recent collaboration between the city of Durham’s Office of the Mayor and the Durham Arts Council.

Whereas past mayors have consulted the Durham Arts Council on purchasing certain pieces for the office, Mayor Bill Bell has taken it one step further.

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SeniorShaun Dozier was selected to attend the Fusion Arts Exchange which brought together students interested in arts from all accross the globe.

by Liz Tramm Funded by the State Department, the FAE USC was so urban, [the program directors] THE CHRONICLE brought students from the United States, wanted to balance it with the rural,” Dozier The glitz and glamour of Hollywood Egypt, Lebanon, France, the Philippines explained. breeds high maintenance divas. The stars and Mexico to the University of Southern Screenwriting and directing classes California to gain first hand experience in coupled with visits to the sets of televiof today live the life of luxury, hardly liftthe screenwriting industry. sion shows such as AMC’s Mad Men, gave ing a finger. this there After weeks of Los But contrary to are four Angeles ur- Dozier and his peers an inside look at the image, ban life, the students toured through the lifeblood of Hollywood. massive amounts of work that go into mak“We met the lead actor on The Unit, the ing a movie—all beginning with the script, southern United States, ending their trip D.C. director and the producer,” he said. “We a difficult process that Shaun Dozier spent in Washington, “It an international to talk to them, which is not something program. got his pre-senior-summer learning. was really students chosen The reason we went to the South was to Dozier was one of 20 to SEE DOZIER ON PAGE 6 attend the Fusion Arts Exchange program. get different flavors of America, and since

Tigerdty plays Triangle Since launching their national tour last April, Tigercity—a New York City-based discopop quartet—has been making its presence increasingly felt on the euer-oxymoronic indie dance scene. Critics have been doling out lavish praise, Rolling Stone went sofar to name them one of theirfavorite new bands, recess' Bryan Sayler recently spoke with lead singerBill Gillim to discuss the group's unique sound and the difficulties of being compared to a certain aging 'Bos pop outfit.

The press has really been picking up on you guys over die past couple months—congratulations on the Rolling Stone praise by die way. Everyone is proclaiming you guys die new Hall and Oates. How do you feel about that?

Yeah, for the past couple months it’s been Hall and Oates, and I guess before that Oit was more the Bee Gees and s like that Now it looks like we’re pretty much stuck

with Hall and Oates, though.

I think something like four separate sources have made that comparison.

Hall and Oates, I know, we just can’t get rid of that Hall and Oates connection. It’s fine, I guess I like them, even though they aren’t exactly these amazing artists or anything.

Who are your major influences?

Early on, I’d say that our influences were a lot of Daft Punk and Chic. I was definitely pretty obsessed with Chic for a while. Everything they produced was just, you know... But yeah, there’s also definitely a lot of early David Bowie and Brian Eno in there.

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A great day for South Carolina Unless you have been living in a cave, or in Bostock, for the past week you must have heard of the glorious crash and burn that is Miss Teen South Carolina. For the few of you who haven’t been lucky enough to experience the pure schadenfreude of this newly-minted viral classic, let me give you the rundown

A simple question in the final rounds of the Miss Teen USA pageant

quickly veers off the “save the world, feed die poor” road into a

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unwieldy articles and frightened faces. What follows can only be described as the most painfully delightful thing since Star Wars kid.

The preceding script can not do justice to die 50 second clip, but I will let you try and imagine die train wreck for yourself.

Panelist Aimee Teegarden; Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map.

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We called Upton for ourselves, but she refused to give celebrity interviews saying, “I truly believe that some U.S. American journalist reporters have been like, such as, fun making of the myself. Our news stories should give focuses on the Iraq and medicaid forSouth Asia such as to secure for children the hopes and dreamings of us.”

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Wake up. My roommate asks me to borrow shampoo and informs me thatlast week’s review of die Killers was more incompetent than Alberto Gonzales—10 points for political humor.

Go to breakfast The Chick-fil-A ladies call me sweetie and then proceed to spit on my nuggets for the pan of die latest Tyler Perry movie.

Late afternoon and the Lindsay Lolianmimicker from Pegram tells me the coverage is too local and obscure between her sixth and sevendi Starbucks frappuccino. When dinner rolls around my be-froed editor tells me we are sell-out slaves to the national news machine and then beats me widi an ergonomic gel pad. It would be funny if it weren’t true.

The point is that no one is truly happy with our coverage. The Entertainment Weekly-weened think we are too formal and our peers at The Chronicle think we are a joke.

Check today’s Chron staff box, and you will

find it is literally true However, no matter how trite it sounds, we are doing the best we can and we can’t do any better without your input. Without giving us feedback, beyond the usual nonsensical griping, there is no possible way of improving.

Student organizations hate us especially.

The normal gripe is that we do not cover enough of their events with front-page stories and the like. Although there are reasons why we cover what we do, it’s sometimes true that we do not report and review as much as we should and that is our fault, but if you are in a student arts group you can help change that.

E-mail us (recesso7oB@gmail.com), aboutyour organization or event two weeks ahead of time and it will increase the likelihood ofreceiving coverage.

And please remember: We are students just like you. We are fallible just like you.

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running empty and bread being delivered to seemingly random tables. The kitchen and servers have not quite A management change at any restaurant can be cause mastered communication between the front and back for alarm. Any change seems even more suspect when the of the house, as one dish was overlooked by the kitchen restaurant in question has garnered rave reviews and even and had to be made after all others at die table had been national praise. But such is the case with the Nasher Muserved. Apologies, along with a side of veiled frustration, seum Cafe, formerly run by Amy Tornquist and now overwere offered, but the damage had been done.This is still a seen by the Giorgios Hospitality Group. restaurant in the midst of transition.

The Nasher Cafe, known for its light takes on SouthYet the food itself is promising, if not quite as accomern comfort food made with local ingredients, is now run plished as it was last spring. A smoked salmon platter was by what is arguably the Trianelegantly presented with a smatTHE NASHER gle’s most prolific restaurant tering of not only traditional CAFE group. Would the same charm garnishes like red onion and caPHOTOS BY IREM MERTOL and honesty remain, or would per, but also lemon zest and dill a decline in quality be the increme. French toast is cooked evitable result? neither on a griddle nor in a Thankfully, there is no cause for alarm. Yet. An early visit pan, but in a panini press, giving the brunch staple atto the new Nasher Cafe found that not much had changed. tractive grill marks. Creative variations on eggs Benedict Superficially, the space remains largely unchanged, and the are also offered, one with roasted shitake mushrooms in menu offers a familiar mix of breakfast and lunch items, in- place of expected ham and one with smoked salmon. An cluding a variety of egg dishes, salads and sandwiches. Woe“Almost-Local Fruit Salad” raised a few eyebrows but was fully absent, however, are the Italian citrus sodas and spar- quite serviceable, with a drizzle of yogurt and toasted hakling wine from the beverage list. Nevertheless, it seems that zelnuts. the guiding philosophy of serving fresh, simple, local food It will be interesting to see if the new management team established by Chef Tomquist has remained, though the cawill continue to push the cafe’s staff to live up to the rather fe’s source of culinary inspiration now draws more from the ambitious nature of the cuisine. The Nasher remains one Mediterranean than the American South. of the most distinctive aspects of Duke’s campus and to But not all was running smoothly at a recent meal. have anything less than a distinctive restaurant inside it Service was solicitous but disorganized, with water glasses would be a disservice to the Duke community.

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The product of post-9/11 oriented film has ranged from sweeping tales of mortal heroism to documentaries familiarizing Americans with the Iraqi situation. But few films have dared interpret the Middle Eastern chaos so bluntly as The Kingdom If the opening sequence doesn’t capture attention with its cutting tutorial of U.S.-Middle East relations and oil interests—culminating in a plane veering into the Twin Towers, an image I have yet to shake off—then its first scene of a terrorist attack of a Western compound in Riyadh will In a nauseating use of cinema verite, the camera shakes and buffets from slaughtered in parents front of crying children to a neighborhood softball game interrupted by machine guns, from a uniformed officer rallying the helpless to the explosion after the disguised suicide bomber hits the detonator. Outraged but numb, the horrors we scan in daily international headlines come to shocking life.

All this seems like difficult fare for a cinematic vacation but The Kingdom manages to take terror and tragedy and paint a

fair and riveting portrait of its diverse ethnic subjects. The terrorists are identified as radical Islamists unaffdiated with the Saudi Arabian royalty and militia.

The American team, led by special agent Ronal Fleury (Jamie Foxx) and his brilliantly cast team played byjennifer Garner, Chris Cooper and Jason Bateman, are forced to navigate the precarious political climate and take their slim pickings of available clues.

And justly, one of the heroes who surfaces during the film is Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who, faced with the suspicions of his people and the hateful mistrust of the victims’ family, assists the special FBI team sent to investigate the bombing.

And making the political fodder more palatable to the nonpolitical is nonstop action, interspersed quips, and Jennifer Garner biting an extremist’s skull and slamming a boxcutter where the sun don’t shine.

In these sequences, the film, which derives from real incidents and politics, veers far off course into the absurd, cheer-inducing land of action genre.

Yet The Kingdom —dramatized and pumped with adrenaline—nevertheless portrays without severity of judgement, the ideological complications of our very different worlds —Janet Wu

Beneath the indecipherable acof its 1916 Irish subjects lies a bitterly honest portrayal of AngloIrish historical turmoil. Cannes-honored The Wind That Shakes the Barley is majestic but intimate, inspiring and desolate, a localized instance of war and politics being thicker than blood.

The always talented, ever bright-eyed Gillian Murphy stars as Damien, a medical studentstirred into rebellion by the brutalities of British soldiers.

DVD features include director and historian commentary, and bonus documentary Carry on Km, about director Ken Loach’s work.

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����� There are degrees of prominence within the music industry. A few years ago, Architecture in Helsinki positioned themselves on the cusp of mainstream success with their sophomore release, In Case We Die. The album—with its expansive, lush array of instrumentation and acrobatic vocals—distinguished the Australian indie/electro-pop octet from

its peers. Unfortunately, their latest LP, Places Like This H immediately betrays itself as pedestrian and derivative.

Whereas synths and electronic experimentation were used more sparingly on their previous albums to embellish strong conventional instrumentation and vocals, this time around they have a much more central, load-bearing role.

Tellingly, the songs collapse under the weight of their own excess; the band has such a diverse arsenal that they don’t spend enough time on any sin-

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Tigercity “Are You Sensation” “Psycho Killer” with a relentless, openhearted dance groove that glides over a smooth blend of ‘Bos pop and modem electronica.

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����� The logic behind supergroups is sound: Take a handful of musicians who all have their own artistic merit, put them together, and they should make brilliant music.

The New Pornographers, led by indie-rock royalty A.C. Newman, Neko Case and Dan Bejar, certainly fit this mold.

Yet Challengers, their new LP, sounds more like a solid group putting itself through its paces than a work of collective genius.

Many of the songs turn out to be somewhat boring, pseudo-orchestral pop songs with inane lyrics of minimal artistic value that provide mild entertainment.

The album opens with its best pop song, “My Rights Versus Yours,” a relatively interesting piece of sunny guitar rock. However, it’s followed by “All the Old Showstoppers,” which just fails, burdened with poindess lyrics, a shapeless structure and strings.

Few things are worse than a bad pop song with strings.

From there, Case takes over lead vocals with “Challengers,” an almost lovely, bid vapid, .song

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After a low streak following “Harbour,” the band recovers with “Unguided,” a celebratory blast of guitar and bells. The lyrics serve as a mission statement for the album. “There is something unguided in the sky,” and “You wrote yourself into a corner/Safe, easy to defend your borders.” This demonstrates that although the talent of the band is evident in certain songs that are unrestrained and original, others fall victim to a lack of ambition Next of note is “Go Places,” the album’s and best

possibly only real love song.

Neko Case invitessome lucky guy to “Come with me/ G o places,” an

gle technique to fully develop it. Having eight members in one band can be an asset or a burden. Here, it dilutes the now-impotent soul that was so prominent in the album’s predecessors.

To be generous, there are enough standout tracks to have filled a satisfying EP; the creepily Modest Mouse-esque “Lazy,” is easy to pick out for its achingly cathartic vocals.

Elsewhere, the penultimate “Nothing’s Wrong” proves that the band shines brightest when they are at their most conventional.

Disparagingly enough, the best songs on this album are the ones where the band seems to expend the least effort.

Perhaps the most fatal flaw, however, is that the album is backloaded to the point that only the most patient of fans will be able to sift through the cacophony to find the album’s barely beating heart as it emerges in the last three songs.

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attractive offer due to the upbeat, pretty nature of the song.

The quality once again dips on the next track though, with Newman claiming, “Here’s the mutiny I promised you.” Unfortunately, mutiny never manifests itself in the safe, generic strategy of the album.

The finale “The Spirit of Giving,” is the album’s Beades moment, with some steady hand claps and crunchy electric guitar that hints at The New Pornographers’ potential for success along the lines of the great supergroups they follow. But until every song can match or at least approach the quality of tracks like “Unguided”, Newman, Case and Bejar will remain less than the sum of their individual parts.

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TIGERCITY from page 1 though they also certainly aren’t my favorite band in the world.

Except for Remain in Light —thatalbum is absolutely unbelievable.

I like them, but just don’t listen to them as much anymore.

Which way would you guys say you’ve been heading over the past six months—more towards the electronic or towards that more—sorry —“Hall and Oates” sound?

Over the past six months—since we’ve been touring —we’ve been going towards die sound of songs on the EP like “Odier Girls.” And since then, I guess we’ve been going towards diis rock feel whilekeeping up the old dance feel. The important diing is dial we’re learning to do more stuff, and tie it all together. I guess we’re getting more mature at writing the songs.

Any new technology you’re messing around with?

Not really, we’re still using pretty much the same keys we always have.

We just got a huge, new keyboard, but it hasn’t really found its way into the songs yet, justsome of the newer songs we’ve been writing. Although those are so new they don’t even really have tides yet It maybe a while before we see those on tour.

How’s touring going for you guys?

Really well. This past April we went out to die West Coast for a threeand-a-half-week tour, which was our first one out of [die Northeast]. And then we just got back from a tour in the Midwest—through Detroit, Chicago, Louisville, etc. And Nashville, which I’d never been to, which was really cool. It was great Probably the best wayyou could ever see the country. It was great too, meeting all diese random people in all these places you’d never been before.

Who are you guys playing with at these shows—are you mostly headlining or opening?

For the West Coast tour we were opening, and now for this one we’re headlining—touring with our friends from New York.

For the west coast tour we were opening for our friends Ima Robot, who are pretty awesome guys. We were second of four, so mostly opening.

Do you prefer touring or recording?

It’s hard to say—they’re pretty different. Recording, though, is a lot offun. You get to mess around with all the equipment and go into the studio and totally geek out —lay down all your ideas. But touring is getting to be really fun. We’re getting more and more comfortable playing in front of crowds. It’s a lot offun getting to meet all these cool people in all these new places. And at this point we’re starting to go back to places we’ve played before, and see these people we’ve become friends with coming back.

Tigercity has a pretty strong web presence, through your Web site and MySpace—what do you think has been more effective in growing your fanbase, your touring or your online materials?

The online thing has really shown us off and gotten us a lot of recognition we wouldn’t have received otherwise. That’s been pretty huge. Shows, ofcourse, we started playing shows for like, four people, and that’s been growing and growing the more we go back to certain places, and the more we play in New York. But still, at this point, the online stuff, that has more an effect on getting our name out there, and getting us more shows.

And Fm sure the two play off one another.

Yeah, it’s really interesting to see how the two work together.

I noticed that you guys have played with, in addition to music acts like M.I.A, David Cross. How’d that work out?

Yeah, that was really cool I remember him from Mr. Showfromback when I was in college—so that was awesome. The way that happened, our friend Eugene Mirman—a New York comedian who’s doing really' well now—had a night with his friend Bobby Tisdale. And it was basically just this night of comedy where they had these bands come and play a few songs between sets.

Usually it was just smalleracts, but he liked us, so he let us do the whole full band thing there.

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The program culminated in each student writing his own film treatment. A film treatment, for those not used to industry jargon, is what a writer uses to sell his story to a studio or producer. Simply put, it’s a detailed outline that tells the story of a script.

Having taken a screenwriting class at Duke, Dozier had the idea for his treatment already. Even so, the task was an ambitious one.

“Normally it takes a few months to write a treatment, I’d imagine. This was definitely accelerated. It was a pretty intense program.” Dozier said.

An English and theater studies major, Dozier has been involved with acting since before he came to Duke. During his time here he has taken part in many Hoof ’n’ Horn and Duke Players productions. Last year, he directed Guys and Dolls and is associate directing the upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Pericles.

His training in theater was put to good use while writing his treatment.

“Coming from theater, I like theatrical stuff, meaning it has an ensemble cast,” Dozier said. “There’s not one protagonist. It’s about a family and their problems and

relationships.”

The program has an ensemble feel to it as well.

The students helped each other throughout the writing process.

“We talked about our ideas in class. It was nice to have the point of views from kids from around the world.”

This year, Dozier plans to continue work on the treatment, eventually writing the script as his English distinction project. He also plans to write and shoot a film for his distinction in theater studies.

After college, Dozier plans to continue in the film industry.

“I had my heart set on film school right after this,” he explained, “but out there they say you should w-ait, mature a little more.”

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-k'k'k'k'fc Billed as a quick-witted and raucous “romp” through all of Shakespeare’s plays, the Duke Players, in partnership with the Department ofTheater Studies, present the hilarious feature Meet the Bard, directed by senior Rob Baird.

In a breathtaking 75 minutes, sophomore Michael Bergen, senior Ben Zisk and Jack McDonald, a former recess staff member, comically race through all 37 plays by the

legendary playwright.

Replete with vomit jokes, contemporary television references and a tattered red wig, the play is quite simply a delightful bastardization of Billy Shakes’ classics. Not only is the tongue-in-cheek tone of the play engaging, but the actors actually enlist the involvement and help of the audience.

Renouncing characters and strict roles, the actors all use their own names and partake freely in improvisation throughout the play, inserting their own pop-culture references and off-the-cuff jokes. Despite only having 12 days to put the play together, the Duke Players execute a highenergy and smooth-flowing performance.

Originally tided The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), the play was written by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and first performed in 1987. After the actors introduce themselves to the audience, they jump right into the show with a parody ofRomeo and Juliet. Next up, a cook-

ART CITY from page 1 Durham’s art,” said Dara Edelman, the ardst services coordinator for the Durham Arts Council. “He personally contacted us, wanting to find local artists to feature in his office.”

The request sparked the idea for the collaboration, and as ofAug. 2, die mayor’s office has become a new arts venue specifically featuring local artists. Located at 101 City Hall Plaza, the unusual venue will play host to a widerange ofDurham artists, exhibiting each artist for three months in both the lobby and Bell’s actual office for the public to enjoy.

However, unlike most other art venues, there is no panel of art aficionados or professors who decides on which artists to feature in the office; the artists are solely chosen

by Mayor Bell.

The current artist being featured-through Oct. 31, 2007—is Todd H. Bond. A former Chicago resident, Bond

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“The greatest thing about this play is that the script has a wide appeal,” Bergen said.

“With the [addition] of improvisation, we are able to be creative and to give a different performance every night.”

Meet the Bard is guaranteed to entertain everyone from the well-read Shakespeare aficionado to the student whose only foray into Shakespeare

moved to the Bull City in 2006 and has been very busy making his mark in the local art scene. Featured in both Black Creativity, a long-standing exhibition of black artists in Chicago, and the prestigious American JuriedArt Salon in 2007, Todd’s beautiful oil and pastel paintings have garnered much attention and acclaim.

He has already hosted his first local show at the North Carolina Mutual Life Building and has a second exhibition planned in the Charlotte area in October. Additionally, Bond is scheduled to participate in the 34th annual Center Fest, an outdoor art festival located on Foster Street near Durham Central Park, Sept. 15 and 16.

Indeed, the success of the local artists featured in the office is astonishing. The artist scheduled to follow Bond’s exhibition isjose Galvez, an internationally renowned documentary photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner.

With such a diverse range of artists and pieces, don’t be so quick to write the Office of the Mayor off as an unremarkable art venue—it just may surprise you.

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—Nancy Wang Meet the Bard will he performed Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Bp. m. at Brody Theater in Branson Hall on East Campus. Admission isfree.

Mayor Bill Bell, left, will display artwork by transplanted artist Todd H. Bond in his office as part of an initiative to display local artists' work.

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DOZIER from page 1 you normally get to do.”

The program culminated in each student writing his own film treatment. A film treatment, for those not used to industry jargon, is what a writer uses to sell his story to a studio or producer. Simply put, it’s a detailed outline that tells the story of a script.

Having taken a screenwriting class at Duke, Dozier had the idea for his treatment already. Even so, the task was an ambitious one.

“Normally it takes a few months to write a treatment, I’d imagine. This was definitely accelerated. It was a pretty intense program.” Dozier said.

An English and theater studies major, Dozier has been involved with acting since before he came to Duke. During his time here he has taken part in many Hoof ’n’ Horn and Duke Players productions. Last year, he directed Guys and Dolls and is associate directing the upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Pencks.

His training in theater was put to good use while writing his treatment.

“Coming from theater, I like theatrical stuff, meaning it has an ensemble cast,” Dozier said. “There’s not one protagonist. It’s about a family and their problems and

relationships.”

The program has an ensemble feel to it as well.

The students helped each other throughout the writing process “We talked about our ideas in class. It was nice to have the point of views from kids from around the world.”

This year, Dozier plans to continue work on the treatment, eventually writing the script as his English distinction project. He also plans to write and shoot a film for his distinction in theater studies.

After college, Dozier plans to continue in the film industry.

“I had my heart set on film school right after this,” he explained, “but out there they say you should wait, mature a little more.”

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����� Billed as a quick-witted and raucous “romp” through all of Shakespeare’s plays, the Duke Players, in partnership with the Department ofTheater Studies, present the hilarious feature Meet the Bard, directed by senior Rob Baird.

In a breathtaking 75 minutes, sophomore Michael Bergen, senior Ben Zisk and Jack McDonald, a former recess staff member, comically race through all 37 plays by the

legendary' playwright.

Replete with vomit Jokes, contemporary television references and a tattered red wig, the play is quite simply a delightful bastardization of Billy Shakes’ classics. Not only is the tongue-in-cheek tone of the play engaging, but the actors actually enlist the involvement and help of the audience.

Renouncing characters and strict roles, the actors all use their own names and partake freely in improvisation throughout the play, inserting their own pop-culture references and off-the-cuff jokes. Despite only having 12 days to put the play together, the Duke Players execute a highenergy and smooth-flowing performance.

Originally titled The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), the play was written by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and first performed in 1987. After the actors introduce themselves to the audience, they jump right into the show with a parody ofRomeo and Juliet. Next up, a cook-

ART CITY from page 1 Durham’s art,” said Dara Edelman, the artist services coordinator for the Durham Arts Council. “He personally contacted us, wanting to find local artists to feature in his office.”

The request sparked the idea for the collaboration, and as of Aug. 2, the mayor’s office has become a new arts venue specifically featuring local artists. Located at 101 City Hall Plaza, the unusual venue will play host to a widerange of Durham artists, exhibiting each artist for three months in both the lobby and Bell’s actual office for the public to enjoy.

However, unlike most other art venues, there is no panel of art aficionados or professors who decides on which artists to feature in the office; the artists are solely chosen

by Mayor Bell.

The current artist being featured—through Oct. 31, 2007 —is Todd H. Bond. A former Chicago resident, Bond

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ing show featuring Titus Andronicus as a host seeking twisted revenge, followed by a quick summary of Othello... in the form of a rap. successfully Haring mocked the Bard’s dramas, the actors then spin his 16 comedies into one irreverent and endearing play, compress all 10 histories into a football analogy and creatively reduce Julius Caesar to a death scene, all before intermission. Hamlet, the play some revere as Shakespeare’s greatest work, comprises the second act and showcases an emo version of the title character. Needless to say, the high-speed hilarity continues.

“The greatest thing about this play is that the script has a wide appeal,” Bergen said.

“With the [addition] of improvisation, we are able to be creative and to give a different performance every night.”

Meet the Bard is guaranteed to entertain everyone from the welhread Shakespeare aficionado to the student whose only foray into Shakespeare

involved Cliffs Notes

—Nancy Wang Meet theBard will heperformed Aug. 31 andSept. 1 at Bp. m. at Brody Theater in Branson Hall on East Campus. Admission isfree.

moved to the Bull City in 2006 and has been very busy making his mark in the local art scene. Featured in both Black Creativity, a long-standing exhibition of black artists in Chicago, and the prestigious American Juried Art Salon in 2007, Todd’s beautifiil oil and pastel paintings have garnered much attention and acclaim.

He has already hosted his first local show at the North Carolina Mutual Life Building and has a second exhibition planned in the Charlotte area in October. Additionally, Bond is scheduled to participate in the 34th annual Center Fest, an outdoor art festival located on Foster Street near Durham Central Park, Sept. 15 and 16.

Indeed, the success of the local artists featured in the office is astonishing. The artist scheduled to follow Bond’s exhibition is Jose Galvez, an internationally renowned documentary photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner.

With such a diverse range of artists and pieces, don’t be so quick to write the Office of the Mayor off as an unremarkable art venue—it just may surprise you.

90% of Chronicle readers DO NOT subscribe to either the News & Observer or Herald-Sun. Source: Newton Marketing

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Research, 2005

Mayor Bill Bell, left, will display artwork by transplanted artist Todd H. Bond in his office as part of an initiative to display local artists' work.

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Three years ago, Connecticut went 8-4 and beat Toledo 39-10 in the Motor City Bowl behind star senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky. Since then, the Huskies have made a complete 180—stumbling away from last season with a 4-8 record and leaving questions about the program’s future.

The Huskies find themselves in a rebuilding mode again this season, especially at the quarterback position, where they have yet to find consistency since Orlovsky’s

departure.

In 2006, after scoring 52 points in a season-opening victory over Rhode Island, the Huskies averaged a mere 18.6 points per

game—a number that would have been even lower if not for a 46-45 win over Pittsburgh November 11.

Matters were made even worse last year when highly-recruited quarterback D.J. Hernandez went down with a broken wrist midseason. Hernandez completed 58.5 percent of his passes and threw for eight touchdowns in 2006, but without him, the Huskies dropped six of their last seven games.

Early in the offseason, it appeared there would be a three-way batde for quarterback between Hernandez, junior college transfer Tyler Lorenzen and sophomore Dennis Brown. By spring, amid doubts over whether he would actually get playing time behind center, Hernandez switched over to wide receiver.

The returning starters at wideout—sophomores Terence Jeffers and Brad Kanuch—only hauled in a combined 30 passes for three touchdowns last year.

On Aug. 14, the coaching staff announced Lorenzen had won the starting job. An All-American at Palomar (CA) Junior College, Lorenzen’s job will not be easy with a dearth of experience at receiver, but so far the coaching staff has been impressed with his composure and improvement in training camp.

“He’s a very well rounded individual who takes it all in stride,” Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall said. “The poise, presence, and demeanor he brings are positives for the position he plays. I don’t know what is going to happen on Saturday. However, I do know he is going to be well prepared to go out and play a good game.”

Considering UConn’s uncertainty at quarterback, Duke head coach Ted Roof said the Huskies likely will pound the ball with All-Big East running back Donald Brown before opening up the passing game with play-action passes.

In 2006, Brown ran for 134.6 yards per game and seven touchdowns in Big East competition.

“He’s a marked man, so to speak,” Edsall said. “People will probably be more apt to take him away and make us throw the football, but we have to be good in throwing the football to make our running game go a little bit. That way we can be balanced and not just one dimensional.”

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UConn running back Donald Brown is one of the team's biggest threats on offense. With inconsistency at quarterback, the Huskies will rely on their ground game to challenge Duke Saturday at Wallace Wade.

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“This is SportsCenter” commercials have become part of the sports lexicon, just as relevant to ESPN as “800-Yahl” and just as lauded as “Who’s Now” was maligned. The formula for the basic commercial is simple; feature a well-known athlete walking around the ESPN office, mingling with SportsCenter personalities.

So when Sports Center anchor Josh Elliott ushered Abby Waner onto the outdoor basketball court at the network’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn, for some lunchtime pickup ball in the middle of August, the Duke junior felt like the cameras were secretly rolling somewhere. The scoreboards were high-tech and the bleachers were nicer than Cameron’s student section. If not for the boot on her right foot, the shooting guard would have fit right into the scene.

Waner could not help but laugh at the com-

mercial-tumed-reality.

“What do you expect?” Elliott said. “This is ESPN.” Waner’s trip to ESPN was part of a week-long, whirlwind mini-internship that sent her to New York City and Bristol. Waner—who hardly has COURTESY OF

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Shooting guard Abby Waner visited the set ofSportsCenter and met anchors Jay Ha rris and Josh Elliot (left to right).

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WANER from page 9 veiled her aspirations of working for ESPN after a potential professional career —attended two WNBA games in Madison Square Garden before touring ESPN’s central office in Connecticut.

In New York, between hobbling down stairs into subway stations and getting lost in Penn Station, the Duke sharpshooter observed the New York Liberty’s last two home broadcasts. She sat in the production truck, listened to producers bark constant commands into Jason Horowitz and Mary Murphy’s headsets and watched how the two announcers formulated enough notes to maintain chatter in the game’s most boring segments.

The highlight ofWaner’s week, though, was her trip to Bristol. She sat in the SportsCenter rundown meeting at 10:30 a.rn. and schmoozed with Jay Harris, Trey Wingo and Elliott. She happened to be in the studio the day that Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick accepted a plea bargain. Waner watched as the the coordinating staff prepared for the network’s breaking news special before she sat in on the 6 p.m. broadcast.

And while she met some of the most recognizable faces in sportsjournalism, Waner recounted her meeting with ESPNEWS anchor Cindy Brunson with the most reverence.

“It’s mostly males that work at ESPN, so it was really good to hear her point of view and how she handles it,” Waner said. “She played at Washington State, and so that gives you an experience that ifyou’re a female athlete, you’ll have that competitive edge to break into broadcasting.... I Just love being able to watch sports and talk about it.

“I like to think that I can be somewhat opinionated, and I guess that’s what you have to do if you want to be a good reporter. You have to be forthright and say what you think.”

Because Duke is such a high-profile program, with an abundance of prominent alumni connections, Waner is in a unique position to work toward her dream. Jay Bilas, a former Duke basketball player and current ESPN college basketball analyst, helped open

COURTESY OF ABBY WANER

Abby Waner, who hopes to pursue a career in broadcast journalism when she is done playing basketball, got a taste of TV at ESPN's studio. the door for Waner at the network.

Bilas’ status at ESPN was only part of what brought Waner to Bristol. The junior has developed a certain composure when dealing with the media in her two years at Duke.

Last year, as a sophomore, Waner was the team’s de-facto spokesperson in a trying coaching frenzy. When former head coach Gail Goestenkors bolted for Texas, Waner put it upon herself to be the link between the press and the team.

Her experience at the Worldwide Leader, though brief, did nothing to curb her broadcasting hopes. Waner plans

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STUDENT REP WANTED National legal recruiting firm seeks a student to act as campus liaison to assist with communicating with law students on this campus. Work includes distributing flyers, arranging for placing posters on bulletin boards and helping to get law students to participate in Webinars, on-campus visits and our corporate initiatives. “getting-to-know-you" Part-time, 1 or 2 days a month excellent remuneration. Send cover letter and resume to: campusrep@ davidcarrie.com.

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DRIVER WANTED Driver wanted to pick up two kids, aged 12 and 15 after school in Durham and bring them to activities/ home near East campus. $lO/ hour between 2:30 and 5 pm.

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SIOP/H Undergrad wanted for clerical help: filing, organizing, delivering files. Excel, Word, Power Point familiarity preferred.

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STUDENT WORKERS NEEDED The Cognitive Psychology Lab, in Duke South Hosp. is in need of Student Assistants for its Research Lab for 15-20 hours per week for the fall. Duties include subject recruitment, research testing, data entry, analysis of neuroimaging data and general office work. Computer programming and ability to assist with web page design a plus. Good communication skills are a must! Send resume to harri@duke.edu

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CHILD CARE PART-TIME NANNY for our two girls, 3 1/j and 2, in Hope Valley/ SW Durham, Flexible schedule, +/- 20 hrs/ wk. Seek energetic, experienced, non-smoker with reliable transportation and impeccable references. Prefersomeone interested in long-term employment. Pis send resume and references to durham_nanny_ad@yahoo.com.

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AFTERSCHOOL CAREGIVER needed for two girls, ages 8 and 10 years, in our Southwest Durham home starting late August-early September. Hours 3-6 pm (including school pickup), two or three afternoons per week; specific days are flexible. Previous childcare experience. own car and references essential. Contact Dan or Stephanie at 919-489-8159 or DWECHSL速 GMAIL. COM.

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Must have car, clean driving record and references. Looking for someone fun and energetic! Durham near 15-501 919-641-9221

AFTER-SCHOOL CARE Duke faculty seeking school pick up and care for 2nd, sth, and 7th graders.

School and home both 5 min from campus, 2:45-6:00 pm; 2-4 days/ wk, negotiable. Energetic, sports enthusiast a plus. Own transportation, excellent driving record and strong references required. Inquires

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SITTER NEEDED for a very nice, easy to do with 7 y.o. girl. Hope Valley Area.

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No smoking, no drinking. 3 references required, plus a desire to work with kids. $lO/hour, several nights/week. 919-493-0555

DUKE ALUM SEEKS CHILD CARE for bright, engaging, six year old girl. After school Mondays and Thursdays. Excellent pay, one mile from Duke Gardens. Stellar references required. 919-423-5331

CREATIVE, FUN BABYSITTER wanted for after school care Looking for an experienced, nonsmoking babysitter to pick up 5 year old boy from school in Durham on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Must have reliable car and good driving record. Must also like dogs. Please contact Laura at 419-4410 or heyneOOl @mc.duke.edu

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For that reason, the entire pass through a metal detector when entering University community should a party is the ultimate be concerned if the Duke buzz-kill. Angular and inhu- University Police Departman, the metal detector is ment unjusdy requires metal detectors at perhaps the oHitftrial eUlXOrldl leastwelcomsome student as ing structure events, black student leaders argue. imaginable at an event. It automatically turns a guest into a Further claims that DUPD suspect and the people inside mistreats and unfairly IDs into potential threats. students on Central Campus, The security a metal detecwhere minority students distor provides is considerable, proportionately reside, are and at a crowded studenteven more troubling.

DUPD’s muddled exsponsored event it could potentially be as useful as they planation for the issues last are at airports or government year’s Black Student Alliance buildings. Nevertheless, the President Malik Burnett harm a metal detector inflicts raised is inadequate. The upon a person’s dignity is department first said they considerable. Fair and equirequire metal detectors at table application of any metal many black student groups’ detectors at Duke is therefore events because those groups typically advertise off-camparamount.

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This response fails to account for the use of metal detectors at BSA’s recent Hip-Hop Party, a Duke-exclusive orientation event.

DUPD officials also said metal detectors are required at all student events in certain venues. Were this true, and metal detectors were actually universally required, the indignity of a metal detector—and the expense —might be acceptable. But it is not. As current BSA President Simone Randolph pointed out, metal detectors are all but entirely absent from predominantly white events.

We cannot fault DUPD for being unresponsive—perhaps they consider two partial responses equal to a single

I'm definitely not going to Tailgate sober, Tm probably just going to find somewhere to get absolutely

plastered.

Kyle Matthews on his plans for the first —Junior this Saturday, for which rules Tailgate of the year

are expected to be stricter than in past years. See

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careful what you wish for. You may get it.

I penned my first column in this space in the spring of 2005 with the intent of making this opaque, private institution just a little more transparent.

To that end, during the following three semesters, I did my best, once a week, to acquire and sub*

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nority students and DUPD. Ultimately, however, students and police alike need a forum for communication and airing complaints —a purpose the now-defunct Student-DUPD Committee once served.

DUPD attributes the committee’s demise to lack of student interest, absolving themselves of responsibility.

Student leaders, however, say students lacked not interest in the committee but faith in DUPD, after seeing their questions unanswered and their complaints ignored.

The current situation now calls out for the committee’s revival. It is not time for diversity and sensitivity training; it is time for genuine responsiveness and sensitivity to students on the part of DUPD.

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legitimate and accurate one.

However, in a matter this important the community deserves a real answer. A fair and clearly articulated policy on metal detectors is necessary if the department continues to require some students to employ—and more importandy pay for—metal detectors at events.

A new policy, welcome as it would be, cannot fully address the problem of poor student-DUPD relations. On Central Campus, where resident assistants are nonexistent and the relatively new “community assistants” are scattered and poorly known, DUPD is still typically the first responder to student incidents. A stronger RLHS presence on Central could ease tensions between mi-

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anything and everything “confidential” elliott wolf that I could get my hands on. That inQ.E.D. cluded ARAMARK’s (now expired!) contract with Duke, part of the Auxiliary Services budget, and numerous internal memoranda, in addition to obscure public documents for which I had to actually pay the University.

As president of Duke Student Government last year, however, I became privy to far more information than I ever before dreamed of—much of it from records and documents that I was told as a columnist didn’t even exist. Sixteen months, discussions in nine University and Trustee committees, and an uncountable number of meetings after my election, I now know far more about this place—both good and bad —than any student

probably wants

to.

But most of that knowledge came at a price.

My involvement in much of the University’s decision-making over the past year was predicated on written and verbal agreements of confidentiality (full disclosure: I still sit on the Business and Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees, and the same rules apply for that involvement).

Consequently, I know everything I ever wanted to know as a Chronicle columnist, but can’t act on it as I would have only two years ago.

I intend to honor my agreements, and thus everyone in the Allen Building who has been talking frankly with me for the past year (and I do appreciate it—a lot) can breathe a sigh of relief. That doesn’t mean they’re off the hook, however.

Deciding not to seek re-election as DSC president was an extremely hard decision that took into account numerous considerations—some personal, others political. One of the main reasons involved a recognition that: (1) University decision-making is almost always far more complicated than is understood publicly, and (2) that lack of understanding often limits the ability of the student body to collectively advocate on behalf ofits own interests.

All that’s necessary for us to do so is a public

discussion of the often-complex issues at hand, and that’s exactly why I’m back here, on the editpages.

Instead of being solely dedicated to institutional transparency, however, this column is now about keeping those in power at the University honest and, more importantly, accountable.

Throughout this process, I intend to rely as much as possible on rational, deductive argument —something that is sorely lacking in certain segments of administrative decision-making (namely Student Affairs). Thus, this column is now titled “Q.E.D.,” the initials for the Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum,” or “that which had to be demonstrated, was demonstrated,” a statement that often is found at the end ofmathematical proofs. It’s the academic equivalent of “eat that.”

But now that my column is taking on a new, postElliott-as-an-insider incarnation, I need to lay out some ground rules, governing both how I will use information and what this space will be dedicated to (in no particular order): (1) There are no sacred cows.

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(2) I will not reveal anything I only learned in confidence through my involvement with DSG. (3) I will primarilyrely on written documentation.

(4) All documentation that I can possibly provide for my arguments will be posted online at

http://www.duke.edu/~egw4/.

(5) If I criticize a specific University policy or administrator, I will make a reasonable effort to

donate some of my space in The Chronicle to allow a response from the appropriate administrator (should they desire to respond).

(6) Bear with me, as I may occasionally digress.

(7) I’M BAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKK!!! (a little older, a little wiser, but just as irreverent).

Stay tuned; I have set a tentative agenda that will deal with the Office ofJudicial Affairs (a long series on changes injudicial procedure), Duke’s compliance with subpoenas from the RIAA, the athletic department, lacrosse, the follow-up to the Campus Culture Initiative, the University’s relationship with the Durham Police Department, changes in Duke Dining Services, Central Campus and more.

I swear this will be my only article about “nothing” this semester.

Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every

Thursday.

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the late 19905, one of my early missions for The Rockefeller Foundation took me to Khayelitsha, a poor township in South Africa. Its corrugated iron shacks stood in sharp contrast to the waterfront of neighboring Cape Town.

Here, one out of four who present to the prenatal clinics is infected with HIV. Born out of the unfolding tragedy of AIDS there, the Treatment Action Campaign emerged and, along with it, uncommon heroes like Zackie Achmat who anthony so refused for years his own treatment for AIDS till global health at duke: others in South Africa had part SI in a series greater access, By that time, we knew that a three-drug cocktail could extend the lives of people with AIDS. These drugs—some developed with our taxpayer dollars from the U.S. National Institutes of Health—were priced well beyond the means of most living in or out of the townships, at more than $lO,OOO a year. In South Africa, families bury 600 people because of AIDS each day, every day.

Still, some prominent public health officials quietly questioned the wisdom of treating AIDS in the developing world. The costs of patented drugs, the barriers to scaling up delivery of these services, the prospect of drug resistance —it seemed insurmountable. Was it imaginable to think that we could turn our backs on the 4.5-million AIDS-infected inhabitants ofSouth Africa and the millions more throughout the developing world?

It wouldn’t be the first time, but AIDS was special. Unlike malaria or other tropical diseases, AIDS afflicted those in industrialized countries as well, and the people living with HIV/AIDS in the north were organized, effective and soon united in cause with those in developing countries.

Growing from TAC’s beginnings in Khayelitsha, Doctors Without Borders—the Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian relief group—built a pathbreaking treatment program there using generic drugs for AIDS. Today the price of triple therapy has fallen as low as $132 per patient per year.

What is the difference between $lO,OOO and $132? I call this difference the “price of hope.”

Narrowing this price gap has presented its own chal-

lenges. Can affordable prices be maintained by the market rather than the relendess pressure of civil society? How do we fund the innovation of new drugs without relying on monopolies sustained by patents? Why has a system of pharmaceutical innovation reliant on patents yielded unprecedented profits for the drug industry, but a decline in FDA approvals of truly novel drugs over the past decade?

And how can drugs yet to be developed be both relevant and affordable for those most in need?

Programs across this university are dedicated to finding solutions to these gaps in innovation and access to health technologies. From research to policy convenings, programs like ours work to conceptualize, develop and evaluate such solution paths. In a globalizing world, critically needed drugs, not just the expectations of life-saving treatment, must cross borders.

Through programs ranging from the Duke Global Health Fellows Program in Geneva to Engineering World Health, students may spend summers and semesters abroad, but the real question is: How do we take responsibility here for enabling those at the other end of globalization to receive a fair shake for the future?

Though this is a global fight over issues of access to medicines, human rights, fairness and equity, there are actions that students can take to make a difference.

At Yale, researchers and students called upon their university to renegotiate the license of a key AIDS drug to ensure greater affordability in developing countries. At Cornell, students helped to place a cholesterol-lowering drug on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines. Joining campus groups such as Global Justice’s Student Global AIDS Campaign or Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, organizing events or advocacy workshops for the Global Health Forum, helping Durham-based Tackle Design build cost-effective, life-saving technologies for developing countries, using powerful tools such as journalism and photography to document these problems —there are many ways to become engaged and active here at Duke.

The opportunity to make a real difference half a world away does not require a plane ticket. It can begin right here at home.

Anthony So, M.D., M.P.A., directs the Program on Global Health and Technology Access and the Global Health Fellows Program at the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy. He also serves on the advisory board of UniversitiesAllied for Essential Medicines and as the faculty advisor to the Global Health Forum.

letterstotheeditor Rethink the use of “Durhamite”

Reading myfirst Chronicle ofthe semester, I couldn’t help but notice several uses of the word “Durhamites” to refer to everyone else in town who isn’t a student at Duke (i.e. “students AND Durhamites”).

I don’t like to fuss, but I think maybe The Chronicle should reconsider the use of this term. After all, we students live in Durham too! Furthermore, there are already enough problems with town-gown relations and it seems that using this (perhaps insulting) term just increases the divide between “us” and “them.” How does seriously being called a “Dukie” make you feel?

I know “Durhamite” is just a word, and that it wasn’t meant in a derogatory manner, but it represents away of thinking about our neighbors—as people very distinct from us. Durham is diverse and so are Duke students, but we’re all good people. People who should treat each other with respect and thoughtfulness, even in our terms of casual reference.

If we truly want to improve community relations, we can’t neglect the details.

Megan Moskop Trinity ’OB Butler columns are wearisome, miss mark There was a time two summers ago when I could not imagine anything that would frustrate me more than having to talk about the lacrosse scandal. I have since discovered that there is indeed something that is more wearisome.

Kristin Butler’s columns have frequently targeted President Richard Brodhead and other faculty members for what she would call their “unfair” treatment of the team and its coach. While few would deny that

some members of the Duke and Durham communities rushed to judgment, it would seem presumptuous to paint all Duke administrators with the same brush. I’d like to draw the reader’s attention to a few key details.

First, most of Duke seems to have what can only be described as a hazy recollection of what happened in Spring 2006. When the story first broke, there were a lot of people on campus who were ready to believe Crystal Mangum’s story. Prior to the events of that case, 15 members of the lacrosse team had, at some point or another, faced misdemeanor charges. One of the players who was indicted on charges of kidnapping and rape was facing unrelated charges stemming from threats that he had allegedly made against a man in Washington, D.C. Knowing this, is it any wonder that some members of the Duke community found the accuser’s now-defunct story credible?

As for former men’s lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler, it is my understanding that he was repeatedly warned about his players’ behavior. If he was indeed advised to keep a closer eye on the team, he did not do a very good job. Furthermore, the suspension ofReade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty came in direct response to their felony indictments. What Butler continually fails to account for is the fact that Brodhead probably had the interests of the players as well as those of the University in mind when he chose to suspend them.

Now, the truth is that no one outside of the administration really knows exacdy what went into Brodhead’s decisionmaking process. Perhaps before Buder again questions his motives, she ought to try to better recollect the events that transpired in Spring 2006.

Alexander Stapleton Trinity ’OB

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Dude, where’s myblog?

Dear

Duke, Guess what? Somehow, I managed to convince the powers-that-be to allow me to grace the back pages of this lovely newspaper with my presence. Why you ask would this be a big deal or really matter at all?

To answer this question, let’s turn back the clock a few years to a day in early February 2006, roughly a month and a half before the lacrosse scandal fiasco. On that fateful day a friend of mine convinced me to dan belzer post on a Web site a meaningless little rant I w.w.j.d.? wrote while semi-intoxicated that made fun of the campus’ fraternities. I agreed on the condition that it be done anonymously, for obvious reasons.

The rest is history. Long story short—word spread fast and my little inside joke turned into what became known as the Dukeobsrvr. Three months, a couple Chronicle columns and the lacrosse scandal later I found myself quoted in Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and now writing for you here as a columnist.

That’s right, I’m back. And just to clear the air, let’s get two things straight, I never went to rehab—that was a joke—and I do not hate Duke. Actually, I like this place.

I even convinced my little sister to enroll here.

If you were too young or simply never into the whole blog thing, think of me as your dirty older cousin who bought you your first porno magazine.

Picture me drunk enough not to be taken too seriously, yet somehow sober enough to miraculously form sentences. So, in the spirit of my old alias, here are a few things about this university that I would like nothing more than to see dragged behind a shed, shot and buried like a rabid dog.

1) Sororities. Look, it’s not that I don’t enjoy waking up one morning in January and having nearly every single attractive freshman conveniently classified into groups of hierarchical attractiveness, Facebooked and ready for my perusal. Actually, that’s kind of nice. However, the whole process damages the self-esteem of the vast majority of its participants and places utmost importance on relationships based on superficial qualities. It’s nothing against the girls; it’s the sororities themselves and the way they turn this school into some absurd popularity contest. That said, my sister, a freshman, is under strict orders to only make hot friends and is joining Pi Phi or some heads are going to roll.

2) Misguided “Southern” Pride. There is nothing that makes the bile in my stomach curdle and shoot directly upward more than listening to students rant about their beloved rebel flag.

I have nothing against loving where you are from and trying to represent, but isn’t there something more, let’s say, not racist? Take a lesson from us Cali kids. We pride ourselves on respectable things like InN-Out burgers or great pot. The South has some wonderful things to be proud of too. Chili and slaw on burgers, bluegrass, crunk rap—all those things kick ass. But slavery, Jim Crow, the Old South and that precious flag that represents those ideals are nothing to reminisce about, no matter how drunk you are.

3) Duke Parking. I’ve eclipsed the $l,OOO mark in parking tickets alone in two and a half years. Does that register? A thousand dollars. That’s a lot of money, and dammit, I think I deserve something. How about my own parking space, or at the very least a pillar in my honor in the Blue Zone parking structure that will never be built?

No, you say? Well, can I maybe get a fruit basket and a “Sorry you came back from abroad and we had no more Blue Zone passes and so you racked up another $5OO in tickets” card?

No, no I can’t So what do I get then? A bursar bill for $2BB and a Blue Zone pass for the semester. Lovely.

Dan Belzer is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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