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An official report on diversity within the Duke Student Government Senate found that the organization’s demographics parallel the racial breakdown of the undergraduate student body but deviate in greek affiliation.

DSG collected voluntary information from its current 41 elected and appointed senators. The report “A Demographic Survey of the Current DSG Senate” displays the demographic break down in six categories—gender, undergraduate school, family background, state and national origin, major and greek affiliation.

According to the report, 43 percent of the senators self identified as students of color, which is higher than the 34 percent present among the general student body.

The document also found that male students in the Senate outnumber female students 22 to 17, with two senators abstaining.

President Paul Slattery, a senior, attributed the differences between the demographic makeups of the Senate and the rest of the student body to a hesitation among certain groups to run for positions.

“Ideally, DSG would be proportional to the diversity ofthe student body,” he said. “It’s not clear why we would divert from that” The organization had not officially

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Duke hits theroad after two home wins against E. Kentucky and Wisconsin to take on Davidson.The Wildcats nearly defeated then-top ranked UNC two weeksago in a gamethat was decided in thefinal 30 secondsof play. Duke beat Davidson 75-47 in CameronIndoor Stadium last season. See story page 9.

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Student Government and The Duke Student Publishing Company are advocating for a school-wide change to Duke’s longstanding underload policy.

CLAP has allowed Chronicle editors for the past 40 years to underload during the Fall and Spring after taking classes during summer sessions in order to retain full-time student status.

Dwindling administrative support for CLAP has forced discussions between student leaders and University administrators on issues that pertain to all students, such as part-time versus full-time student status, academic load and the relative importance of extracurricular involvement.

The recently submitted proposal petitions for a more flexible underload policy and a new “12-month student” designation as compromises to the administration’s decision to end CLAP at the end of the 20072008 school year.

“The University’s concern is that CLAP is exclusive to justThe Chronicle and also that it makes Chronicle editors more Chronicle people than students,” said Chronicle Editor David Graham, a junior. “So the proposal would allow us to continue to have SEE CLAP ON PAGE 6

Students take Selective housing consideredfor East creative paths with Program II Jessie

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Senior Kelly Teagarden’s major can’t be found in any course bulletin.

That’s because Teagarden is the first and only student in the “Human Rights: Protecting and Providing Freedom, Justice and Peace” program, an interdisciplinary course of study investigating human rights in history, policy and philosophy.

The lacker she invented the major herself.

“People tend to be pretty surprised,” Teagarden said.

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For many students, selective living groups are a defining quality of the West Campus experience—an element that is notably absent from East Campus.

In its recent Response to the Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience, however, Campus Council suggested more selective living and selective learning groups be added to East Campus.

The popularity of Brown and Pegram dormitories on East, which center around wellness living and performing arts, respectively, as well as the growth of the Focus Program, has bolstered the proposal, said Campis Council

President Ryan Todd, a senior.

“If there’s a push to create these themed housing, why not—for the longevity and sustainability of these programs and for the interestof these members—why not create [an] analog on East Campus and have [selective living groups] on East and SEE SLGS ON PAGE 5

CampusCouncil hasadvocated the creation of more selective-themed houses on East Campus like Brown, a substance-free dormitory.

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Bin Laden urges Europeans to leavewar by

aggression against our people in Palestine

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CAIRO Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television.

Bin Laden said it was unjust for the United States to have invaded Afghanistan for sheltering him after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, saying he was the “only one responsible” for the deadly assaults on New York and Washington.

“The events of Manhattan were retaliation against the American-Israeli alliance’s

and Lebanon, and I am the only one responsible for it The Afghan people and government knew nothing about it. America knows that,” the al-Qaida leader said.

The message appeared to be another attempt by bin Laden to influence public opinion in the West. In 2004, he offered Europeans a truce if they stopped attacking Muslims, then later spoke ofa truce with the U.S. In both cases, al-Qaida then denounced those areas for not accepting its offer.

State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack dismissed the new tape as typical of bin Laden’s tactics and expressed faith in the European allies.

“I think our NATO allies understand

quite clearly what is at stake in Afghanistan as well as elsewhere around the world in fighting the war on terror,” he told reporters. “It’s going to require a sustained commitment over a period of time and we have seen that kind of commitment from our European allies.”

FBI analysts were reviewing the tape but were not immediately able to say how long it was-or when it might have been recorded nor could they provide other details. Spokesperson Richard Kolko said it was being examined “to determine if it is SEE BIN LADEN ON PAGE

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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush sternly pressed Democrats to approve money to fund the Iraq war “without strings and without delay” before leaving town for the Christmas holidays, something congressional leaders have already indicated they will not do.

After more failed attempts to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, Democrats have said they plan to sit on Bush’s $ 196-billion request for war spending until next year.

Bush said this will push the Pentagon toward an accounting nightmare and affect the military’s ability to do its jobprotecting the country.

“The American people expect us to work together to support our troops. That’s what they want,” Bush said Thursday after spending two hours meeting at the Pentagon with military leaders. “They do not want the government to create needless uncertainty for those defending our country and uncertainty for their families. They do not want disputes in Washington to undermine our troops in Iraq just as they’re

seeing clear signs of success.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, DNev., responded that Democrats will get troops the money they need as part of a “war strategy worthy of their sacrifices.”

“Bush Republicans have indefinitely committed our military to a civil war that has taken a tremendous toll on our troops and our ability to respond to othervery real threats around the world,” Reid said.

Meanwhile, there was at least a sign of a potential breakthrough. Rep. John SEE FUNDING ON PAGE

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UNC decision puts N.C. book festival in jeopardy symbol of collaborative spirit between the universities.

Duke has shown up UNC once again Many book lovers in the community After the University successfully hosted have expressed disappointment in the festhe North Carolina Literary Festival in tival’s suspension.

“UNC or the state of North Carolina 2006—calling it the North Carolina Festival of the Book—the University of North should find out some way to make it work Carolina at Chapel Hill has failed to coorbecause it reflects horribly on the institudinate a follow-up to the biennial festival tion and the state for not being able to pull set for 2008. it off because we had gained attention and “We took a really hard look at this in visibility,” said John Valentine, Trinity ’7l, Grad ’76 and co-owner of the Regulator the context of our priorities and our budget for 2008, and we certainly wouldn’t be Bookshop on Ninth Street. “For North Carplanning to do anything next year at this olina not to make it work, it looks shabby point,” said Judith Panitch, director of li- and second-rate. I’m holding if they can find $291,000 to pay a football coach for brary communications at UNC. Although the initial reaction for many a mediocre year, they can find enough was to point an anmoney to supgry finger, some port a bunch of “The reservations of the people writers.” colleagues admit Librarians that UNC is not at UNC are not based on any from the four fully to blame. lack of appreciation for what a “It’s a very mahosting universities they jor event to orgafabulous event it is or any lack of realize said nize,” said Deborah the imporcommitment to it.” tance of the fesJakubs, the Rita tival to students DiGiallonardo HolDeborah Jakubs, and loway community university librarian and vice and members and are vice provost library working on an alprovost for library university librarian ternative plan. affairs at Duke. “It takes well over a Susan Nutter, vice provost year to really get it together to do it right. The reservations of and director of libraries administration at the people at UNC are not based on any NCSU, said ideas are being thrown around lack of appreciation for what a fabulous for an alternate program that would reevent it is or any lack ofcommitment to it. place the festival, possibly in 2009. She It’s really been a question of timing.” said the program would take place over Aaron Greenwald, now interim director the course of one year and would feature of Duke Performances, was hired by Duke separate, smaller events at each of the four to be program director of the 2006 festival. campuses.

He mirrored Jakub’s opinion.

“Logistically it would be far easier to “To have a festival that staffs up and pull off,” she said. “I’m optimistic.”

Panitch maintained that this change staffs down on a biannual basis is a very difficult model to make work,” he said. “We of plans may be a small setback but will not damage future projects between the really went after it and we pulled off a nearmiraculous project.” schools’ libraries., The festival, founded in 1998, rotates “We have a very long-standing collaborabetween North Carolina State University, tive and cooperative relationship,” she said.

UNC, North Carolina Central University ‘We have a foundation of building and and Duke as the hosting schools. The fessharing collections. We have very closely tival has been praised in featuring both natied programming. Collaboration between tional and local writers and has become a libraries goes way beyond a festival.” by

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The N.C. Festival of theBook has featured writers such asTom Wolfe (above), Ann Patchett and Pat Conroy.

The 2008 edition of the event has been suspended because of budget constraints at UNC.

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Duke Card access to East Campus dorms debated by

building relationships,” said sophomore Alyssa Back, an at-large representative.

Other members said extending access to freshman dorms might disturb the fresh-

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Students looking to get into friends’ dorms on West Campus for late-night visits on the weekend are in luck—but up- man experience.

“Part of East that’s nice is that you only perclassmen trying to get into freshmen dorms can forget it. have to deal with freshmen over there,” Campus Council members discussed said sophomore Charlie DePietro, Craven DukeCard access for residential build- Quadrangle representative, He added that the current system takes ings on East and West campuses in its last general body away social presfreshmen sures meeting of the .p j j t might feel withhupf£ semester Thursday night. perclassmenroamyou Only have to deal with Upperclassing their halls, r i freshmen over there.” man access to with the excepEast Campus dorCharlie DePietroi tion of one re Pre sentative, the counmitories became a topic of discusCraven Quadrangle representative cu voted against sion for a second the cham mmmmmmm The council time at the realso considered extending weekend-night quest of Duke Student Government Council members debated a resolution card access on West, an issue tabled from drafted by senior Genevieve Cody, DSG’s its previous meedng. Members discussed vice president for community interaction, whether to expand access to dorms on which proposed a change in the current West for all undergraduate students past 2 system of access to allow upperclassmen to a.m. on weekends.

“What if it’s after two, you have a friend swipe into freshman dorms between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. who is drunk and you can’t get into their Currently, upperclassmen cannot access dorm,” Todd said, providing a common ardorms on East. gument he has heart! in favor of extended The main argument in favor of extendcard access.

He added that the Senior Class Council ing East dorm access to upperclassmen is to build inter-class interaction, said Presiapproached him saying off-campus fraterdent Ryan Todd, a senior. nity members want to get into their section Council members, however, said they after hours. do not consider the current system to be Some council members said an extena problem. sion would not present much of a safety issue, would be convenient for students “I don’t think [the current system] precludes [students from differentclasses] from looking to visit friends after a night out .

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Campus Council discussed regulations regarding DukeCard access to East Campus dorms Thursday night. and would probably not affect campus social life.

“I don’t see [Satisfaction Restaurant and Bar] or Shooters [II] saying, ‘Oh, dorms are open till three, so we’ll stay open till three,’” said junior Owen Gehrett, Keohane Quadrangle representative.

The council voted 12 to eight in favor of pushing card access back to 3 a.m.

In other business: Communications Coordinator Hope

Lu, a junior, said her committee decided not to plan the holiday event the council had discussed at its last general body meeting. She said a week and a half would not have been sufficient time to plan an event but added that she hopes to sponsor a holiday event next year.

Facilities and Services Chair David Asher, a junior, said his committee approved $lO,OOO for a residential landscape project to begin as soon as the drought is over.

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Freshman Nicola McEldowney said she feels freshman year is about exploring differences, an aspect that could be lost if emphaWest?” Todd said. “People who enjoyed their sis was placed on selective living early on. freshman experience can continue onto West “I was interested in getting the all-encompassing experience, which is why I Campus if they choose.” didn’t even join a Focus group,” McEldProvost Peter Lange said, however, University administrators are not currently owney said. “I am interested in getting a pursuing the option of adding new themed taste of everything, like a buffet.” houses to the freshman campus in the near Students currendy participating in East’s future, but noted that a pilot program for selective living programs, however, said they student-driven housing will be implemented are enjoying the experience. Freshman Pronoy Sarkar, a Pegram resident, said his doron West next Fall.

Possible additions could include global mitory offers opportunities and outreach he village and culinary arts-themed groups, wouldn’t otherwise have.

Todd said.

“Aside from beMore concrete ing a really close-knit resolutions about “By having selective groups, community, I feel the housing modyou’re going to be grouped like the faculty-in-resreassessment el idence puts on a lot with people that are pretty programs and hosts should be made this winter, when Lange much like you and have the a lot of shows for us,” and Dean of UnderSarkar said. “And just same interests as you.” by virtue of the fact graduate Education Steve Nowicki are that everyone here —Antwanette Ross, has one common expected to present their findings to interest music, it’s a President Richard Brodhead common ground. There’s no disconnect or “The hope is more overflow programisolation [among the dorm].” ming among the communities,” Todd Just as Pegram offers constant vibrancy, said. “By creating less independence, these Brown thrives on bonding over core values.

“You make a commitment not only to groups will create more academic or cultural focus that is going to interest more yourself, but to the people around you,” said freshman Adrian Swann, who is presi[individuals who are not interested in fradent of Brown House Council. “You are ternity or sorority life].” surrounded by like-minded people.”

Some students questioned whether inSwann, however, said he does not feel creasing the presence of selective living on East would benefit freshmen. that Brown prevents him or other residents from meeting other freshmen.

“By having selective groups, you’re going to be grouped with people that are ‘Just because you sign up for it, it’s not pretty much like you and have the same inyour whole life,” Swann said. [But] it’s a nice terests as you,” freshman Antwanette Ross thing to know thatwhen you come back, they said. “So that’s going to close your opportuare there. You don’t have to go out searching nity of meeting a diverse group of people.” for people.”

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affiliations. Below are some of the findings. Some members chose not to respond to certain categories.

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Males: 22 Females: 17

Black: 6 Asian American: 6 Caucasian: 23 Latino: 3 Other: 2

Affiliated Greek: 22 Non-Greek: 22

Alpha Delta Pi sorority claims the highest presence with

compiled and released their demographic information in past years, said sophomore Spencer Eldred, Senate president pro tempore, who released the report.

He said he is generally pleased "with the amount of diversity elucidated by the report.

“There have been complaints that DSG wasn’t representative of the student population, so we decided to see how representative it was,” Eldred said. “WeTe pretty pleased that there seems to be some representation from most groups without any effort to do so.”

A disproportionate number of senators —92 percent are enrolled in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, the report shows. Eldred said the Engineering Student Government lures many students of the Pratt School of Engineering away from leadership roles in DSG. The document also indicated that 55 percent of the Senate, excluding freshmen, is affiliated with a greek organization, compared to 37 percent in the student body. Of the seven greek organizations represented in the Senate, —

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DefMo performs during thefirst-ever Dance Exposition, hosted by Dance Black, in Page Auditorium Thursday night. Other groups,such as Dance Black and Lasya, also danced at the event.

five members.

Senator Bethany Hill, a member of ADPi and a sophomore, said it is coincidental that members of her sorority outnumber those in other greek organizations.

“I just think it’s cool,” she said. “Two [members of ADPi] were elected, and two were appointed. The other two had pretty strong credentials. I don’t think there was any bias.”

Executive Vice President Jordan Giordano, a junior, compiled a similar report on the demographics of the DSG cabinet. The findings revealed that the 11-person board of president-appointed advisers is male-dominated with only one female member.

Eldred said Giordano first proposed investigating the organization’s makeup and created the survey to collect the information for the report.

DSG will evaluate the effectiveness of the internal review and decide whether to release similar reports in future years, “If it’s successful, which we will evaluate later in theyear, we might do it again,” he said.

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underake three al four—once during their time at Duke. The recently submitted proposal calls for a more lenient underload policy and a “12-month student” designation.

The proposal, which is advocated by the Duke Student Government and the Duke Student Publishing Company, recommends the following changes:

Allowing students to underload more than one semester during their undergraduate career and retain their full-time student status, as long as they can graduate in four years Permitting to distribute ' sessions and •

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models, Grahamand DSG officers said studentsshould be given greater freedom to underload with three courses for more than a single semester while retaining full-time student status, as long as they are on track to graduate within four years. enough man power to put out the paper everyday.”

He added that in the past, four or five editors did the The proposed “12-month student” designation would go majority of the work, which was beneficial neither to the even further, allowing certain student leaders to distribute a normal course load over a full year by taking four courses over paper nor the students, whose lives outside ofThe Chronicle were affected. the summer and two courses in both the Fall and Spring—much like the full-CLAP status once allowed—but any student Traditionally, the editor along with the sports and managing editors have been on “full CLAP”—which means the presenting need could be eligible. “Twelve-month students” University pays for the editors to take four courses over would pay part-time tuition during the academic year as stuthe Summer. Editors can then take two courses, instead dents on CLAP and SALAP have, while retaining full-time staof the normal four, in the Fall and Spring while serving in tus for housing and financial aid purposes. their leadership roles.

Graham said he talked with DSG President Paul SlatOther top editors have held “halfCLAP” status by taking tery, a senior, for the first time about the issue of CLAP two courses over the summer in order to underload with privileges ending last summer and that Slattery then three courses per semester during the academic year. agreed to support the new proposal.

“We hope to give students more flexibility to redistribA similar program, the Student Affairs Leadership Assistance Program, extended the same privileges to leaders ute their course load,” Slattery said. of otherstudent groups including DSC, but was discontinHe added that he and DSG Vice President ofAcademic Affairs Gina Ireland, a senior, ued prior to Fall 2006. have been discussing the proDean of Undergraduate “To enable leaders in both [The Education Steve Nowicki said posal with administrators for about a month and recendy. the administration began Chronicle and DSG] to have an underto phase out underloading presented it to the Arts and load has been a point of controversy Sciences Council. privileges because it thought enable leaders in both SALAP was being applied too for as long as I can remember because [The“ToChronicle and DSG] to liberally to students whose it privileges some contributions to the have an underload has been leadership positions did not have serious time commita point of controversy for as community and not others.” ments, long as I can remember beCLAP would be the last of Bob dean, cause it privileges some conthese programs to go. tributions to the community and not others,” said Bob In anticipation of a University decision that would remove CLAP after this acaThompson, dean of Trinity College ofArts and Sciences. demic year, Graham is currendy the only staff member “There is no question that DSC leaders and Chronicle leadon full CLAP and will make a transition to half CLAP in ers put a lot ofwork into their organization, but other leadthe Spring. ers put in a lot of work too.”

Last year, senior Elliott Wolf was the first DSG president Besides partiality, he added that the administration’s not on SALAP since the program’s inception. Wolf said he second major concern is that it does not want students began taking a full course load in the Fail ofhis presidency to have jobs outside of the classroom that interfere with but had to drop one of his classes because he contracted their academic work. shingles due to lack of sleep and stress from trying to reor“Personally I do not support the [new proposal] beganize DSG on top of dealing with the lacrosse situation. cause I want students to have a primary commitment to He also said his grade point average dropped slightly. academic life,” Thompson said. “[However,] both pro“The current policy puts students in the awkward posals are getting thorough and serious consideration at stance to choose between higher-level classes and highermany levels because it is not a simple question.” level leadership positions and goes against what is articuThe intricacy of the matter deals with the “interesting lated in the strategic plan,” Wolf said. wrinkle” that Duke cannot completely control the underloading policy because the University is subject to the apThe 12-monthstudent proval of the regional accrediting body, the Southern AsThe proposal argues that Duke’s current underload sociation of Colleges and Schools, Nowicki said.

“I’m sympathetic with the issue,” he said. “I would like policy, which permits full-time students to underload with three courses for a single semester, is much stricter than to find away to make this work, but it’s complicated in those of peer institutions and hinders meaningful experiways that are beyond our control. We will try to discuss it ences outside of the classroom. with all the stake holders and come up with the best soluUsing peer schools like Harvard and Yale universities as tion we can craft.”

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“As the FBI has said since 9/11, bin Laden was responsible for the attack,” Kolko said in a statement. “In this latest tape, he again acknowledged his responsibility.

This should help to clarify for all the conspiracy theorists, again—the 9/11 attack was done by bin Laden and al-

Qaida.”

This has been the deadliest year in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001, with more than 6,100 people killed—including more than 800 civilians—in militant attacks and military operations, according to an Associated Press tally of figures from Afghan and Western officials.

In the new tape, bin Laden said European nations joined the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan “because they had no other alternative, only to be a follower.”

“TheAmerican tide is ebbing, with God’s help, and they will go back to their countries,” he said, speaking of Europeans.

Bin Laden urged Europeans to pull away from the fight.

“It is better for you to stand against your leaders who are dropping in on the White House, and to work seriously to lift the injustice against the believers,” he said, accusing U.S. forces and their allies of intentionally killing women and children in Afghanistan.

Al-Jazeera aired two brief excerpts of the audiotape, titled “Message to the European Peoples,” which atQaida had announced Monday that it wouldrelease soon.

Bin Laden issued four public statements earlier this year—on Sept. 7, Sept. 11, Sept. 20 and Oct. 22. The Sept. 7 video was his first in three years and was issued to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Al-Qaida has dramatically stepped up its messages—a pace seen as a sign of its increasing technical sophistication and the relative security felt by its leadership. Bin Laden is believed to be hiding along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier.

Bin Laden’s message was the 89th this year by Al-Qaida’s media wing, Al-Sahab—an average of one every three days, double the rate in 2006, according to IntelCenter, a U.S. counterterrorism group that monitors militant messaging.

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Murtha, D-Pa., said Thursday that after talking with President Bush’s adviser on the Iraq war, he thinks Congress and the White House might be able to end the showdown on war funding.

After a phone conversation Wednesday initiated by Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, Murtha said he is “more optimistic that there’s a possibility now.” Murtha, chairperson of the defense appropriations subcommittee, said one possible area where he thinks Democratic leaders could compromise is on a date to end the war.

He said Democratic leaders want Bush to “sit down and work out a plan with the Congress so that we work this whole thing out.”

The House has passed a $5O-billion bill that would keep war operations afloat for several more months, but set a goal of bringing most troops home by December 2008. After Bush threatened to veto the measure, Senate Republicans have blocked it. In turn, Democratic leaders say they will not send Bush a war spending bill this year at all.

In response, Pentagon officials began saying the military will have to take drastic steps next month if it doesn’t get the money soon. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the Army and Marine Corps to begin planning for a series of expected cutbacks, -including civilian layoffs, termination of contracts and reduced operations at bases.

Bush reiterated that theme at the Pentagon, backed by Vice President Dick Cheney and military leaders.

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PROGRAM il from page 1 “Everyone wants to know how I’m doing it.”

Since her sophomore year, Teagarden has been a student in Program 11, which allows students to design their own course of study.

Each year since 1969, about a dozen undergraduates enroll, forgoing the comfort and familiarity of department requirements for a slate ofclasses all of their own choosing. “[Program II students are] creative, they’re innovative, and they went the extra mile to study what they wanted to study,” said Associate Dean Norman Keul, who serves as academic dean for Program 11.

From scientists who want to study health policy to dancers interested in the sociology of art, Program II participants span the academic spectrum.

According to its Web site, this year, Program II will have 17 graduates in various fields of study including national security, epidemic diseases and ecological economics.

But many students who choose to enroll said the process of setting up a Program II can be daunting. Applicants must submit a list of 14 to 16 courses with detailed explanations of why each is relevant to their course of study.

In addition, Program II students must write a five-page personal statement and obtain a letter of support from a faculty sponsor just to be considered by the selection committee, Keul said.

The committee typically rejects close to half of the applications it reads, forcing students to revise and resubmit, he added.

Once admitted, many students said they sometimes smuggle to rearrange their schedules when their proposed courses are not available or are offered at conflicting times. The payoff, however, is well worth any administrative red tape, many said.

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intersections?’” Kumar said in a statement about her award.

Her words echo the sentiments of many ofher Program II peers, who came into the program in search ofaway to focus in on their interests.

Senior Gregory Little said he is using his Program 11, “A Multi-Disciplinary Investigation of Exceptional Children in Society,” as a springboard into a career in special education.

Similarly, Teagarden said for her, Program II has meant the freedom to take classes in various fields, including philosophy, political science, statistics and cultural anthropology, without an unwieldy combination of majors, minors and certificates.

“It’s made my Duke experience focus on the areas I needed it to,” she said. “If I had been confined to one department I wouldn’t have had the multifaceted approach I did with Program II.” Keul noted that although Program II enCHRIS MCGUIRE/THE CHRONICLE rolls only a small number of students, its imNoonanKeul serves as theacademic deanfor Program 11,a curriculum that allows students to design their own major. pact reaches into the general University communityby signaling emerging fields ofstudy. more, she was faced the with the complex “It’s not that Program II made them “Over the years Program II has often task of trying to juggle interests in Spanish, Rhodes Scholars but that the kind ofperson been a bellwether for what’s happening in Russian, linguistics and literature. She initialwho finds Program II interesting also tends scholarship,” he said.

One-third of the seniors in Program ly shied away from the prospect of creating to have a kind ofopenness to the world that her own course program, but said she evenis privileged in the selection of the Rhodes,” II are studying a field related to global health, which did not exist as a course of tually realized what she wanted to do was too Keul explained.

Pooja Kumar, Trinity ’Ol and a 2004 study when the students were underclassidiosyncratic to fit in any traditional major.

Hours ofcareful research and two rounds of Rhodes Scholar, said Program II allowed men. Today, Duke offers a certificate proapplication later, “Language, Culture & Lit- her an in-depth undergraduate focus on gram in the field. erature: Spain and Russia” was bom. health policy and social values, a course of Similar trends are evident in fields such “I’ve gotten to study what I wanted to'Study, study that eventually took her to East Timor, as ethics, architecture and statistics, in which which is really all you can ask for,” Floyd said.

Azerbaijan and Rwanda. There, she applied early interest by Program II students helped her Program II courses first-hand to issues fuel a general trend towards increased recThough there are no academic requirements for joining, Program II has traditionof global health and humanitarian aid. ognition of the disciplines, Keul said. ally drawn some of the University’s stron“Sometimes I feel like people pick ma“I think everyone has to sit down at gest students. Despite enrolling fewer than some point and ask: ‘What are the most jors by default,” Teagarden said. “[Program 20 students per year, one quarter of Duke’s important questions or problems out there ll] is a great way to study what you’re interRhodes Scholars since 1995 have been Proested in without falling into a trap of conin the world? Where do my strengths, passions and abilities lie? And where are the venience.” gram II participants.

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Although the No. 22 Duke celebrated their Senior Night nearly two weeks ago, the heralded class has one more chance

however, the Blue Devils must travel to the land of the Golden Dome and the home of soccer’s version of the greatest show on turf.

Duke (10-5-7) will square off against No. 11 Notre Dame (18-4-2) Friday night at 7 p.m. at Alumni Field in South Bend, Indiana.

The Fighting Irish have scored 61 goals this year, which stands in stark contrast to Blue Devils’ 32. It comes as no surprise, then, that all 11 Duke players on the field, inVS. eluding the forwards, will have to step in and help keep Notre Dame’s offense at bay.

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“We are just going South Bend, Ind. to have to play really good team defense, and it’s going to start with our forwards,” head coach Robbie Church said. ‘When the ball turns over, [our players] are going to have to not let their backs play entry balls into their midfielders and into their forwards.”

Church singled out senior goalkeeper Alison Lipsher in particular as a player who needs to step up and be a difference maker.

“Ali is going to have to be big,” Church said. “There is no question about it, and she does not mind that She likes the pressure, and she is going to have to pull some back, probably, that maybe goals. But we believe in

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With a second-place finish in the ACC, the Blue Devils were unsure where the selection committee would place them. But thanks to a strong finish, in which the team defeated its final four opponents in four games or less, the team was chosen to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament “We played our senior-night game and thought it was our last time playing at home,” senior Ali Hausfeld said. “We were holding out hope that we would be hosting the tournament, and now we’re hoping to take advantage of it. Cameron is such a great environment because it’s so historic, and you just get inspired looking at all of the banners.”

Duke (24-6) kicks off the tournament tonight at 7 p.m. when it takes on Patriot League champion American (26-7). This marks the third straight season that the Blue Devils have played in the postseason.

Duke must contend with the tallest team they have faced all year, as the Eagles’ lineup features 6-foot-8 twins Ann and Claire Recht. American also boasts eight players over six feet.

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ACC Player of the Year Carrie OeMange and Duke host the opening rounds of theNCAA tournament.

looks like another soft non-conference game, especially when compared to its last contest against Big Ten power Wisconsin Tuesday.

When the Blue Devils (7-0) take on Davidson (3-2) Saturday at 12 p.m. in Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, they will face a team that has received plenty of attention lately after running loose with No. 1 North Carolina, losing by just four points Nov. 14.

And following Duke’s dismantling of the No. 20 Badgers, it is even easier for the high-riding Blue Devils to look right past the Wildcats.

But that would be dangerous.

“We’ve played [the Wildcats] the last couple ofyears. They had a great year last year, and they’re having another great year this year,” junior Greg Paulus said. “They’ve got some guys who can score, and

they’re very talented. We’re going to need to be ready to go.”

Davidson was rewarded for its strong play against the Tar Heels when, for the first time in 37 years, the Wildcats made their way into the top 25, voted No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

Davidson is led by sophomore guard Stephen Curry—a member of the preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List—who is averaging 26 points per game.

Curry’s early offensive surge so far has been largely sparked by his 41.8 3-point shooting percentage. And on top of that, two other Davidson starters are aver-

aging double-digits, comprising a formidable offense that averages 86.6 points per contest.

Duke is averaging exacdy as many points as the Wildcats, and its highflying, up-tempo offense will be tough to handle for Davidson, which is already allowing weaker opponents

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Offensive coordinatorPeter Vaas and otherBlue Devil coacheshave been continuing theirrecruiting trips.

Brian Moore, an offensive guard for Ransom Everglades High School in Coconut Grove, Fla., verbally committed to Duke over nine months ago.

But when the University firedformer head coach Ted Roof, the scout.com three-star reemithad schools calling him all over again.

“The [former] Georgia Tech coach [Chan Gailey] called me and said, ‘Hey, Roofs not going to be there, you should come here,’” Moore said. “There’s definitely been some other coaches that have called, and there have been other offers.”

Moore, though, knows where he is going—the same place he chose back in February, Duke.

The Blue Devils have 13 commitments for next year, and so far, despite facing the possibility of playing for a coach they have never met, most prospects have affirmed their decision to play in Durham.

“I’m 110 percent committed,” said Paul Asack, scout.com’s 14th-ranked kicker nationally and brother of current quarterback Zack Asack. “It was all about the school.”

Asack’s high school coach, Charlie Stevenson, mentioned that although Asack was disappointed in Roofs firing, his love of Duke and his strong relationship with his brother took priority over whoever the head coach was.

That sentiment was echoed by several other players. Moore listed the academics, the practice facilities and the general area as reasons for choosing Duke over Mississippi, South Carolina and South Florida.

Offensive coordinator Peter Vaas, out on the recruiting trail like the program’s other

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assistant coaches, said that while the head coach may be gone, the school is still there.

“When you’re involved emotionally with anyone, as the recruits were with Roof, you’re disappointed,” Vaas said Tuesday. “Duke is Duke. The people may have different names, but they are still of the same caliber.”

Currently, Vaas and Director of Athletics Joe Alieva are reaching out to the recruits to make sure they are still committed. Ted Luckadoo, head coach of Lee Butler, a two-star comerback at Westside High School in Anderson, S.C., said some of the coaches visited Butler to assure him he still had a scholarship offer. Moore also said Alieva and defensive line coach Scott Montgomery called him.

Some players are exploring otheroptions and are taking a wait-and-see approach.

Butler is waiting to see who Alieva hires as before he fully commits. Matt Daniels, the 50thranked safety in the nation, originally chose Duke over powerhouse Georgia, a mere two hours away from his home in Fayetteville, Ga. Now, however, Daniels is questioning his decision because of the coaching staff, said Tommy Webb, his coach at Fayetteville High School.

“There’s concern based on what has happened based on my talking to Matt,” Webb said. “His immediate desire was to get a good education, and he may still stay with that.”

To this point, however, no one has actually backed off their verbal commitment Nihja White, a two-starwide receiver out of Berwyn, Pa. andjay Hollingsworth, a threestar running back from Sanford, N.C., have announced that they will stick with Duke. Although the gem of the class, four-star Texas comerback Randez James, could not be reached for comment, he has not announced anything about reopening the recruiting process.

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The last time the Blue Devils dropped two consecutive games by double-digits, Hanson was still on the radio.

On two straight Saturdays in December 1997, Duke fell at Clemson and to UCLA by 11 and 10, respectively. That season, though, the team went on to a 13-3 conference record and finished first in the ACC. Flash forward 10 years to the 2007 Blue Devils (5-2), who head to University Park, Pa. Sunday on a rare two-game losing streak looking to bounce back against the Nittany Lions (5-2).

No. 11 Duke must not only regroup after the losses but recover from an influx of injuries that certainly hampered its performance in last Sunday’s 74-48 loss to UConn and in Wednesday’s 68-55 loss at Vanderbilt.

Freshman Krystal Thomas suffered a knee-cap injury in the first halfof the game against the Commodores. Sophomore Abby Waner, who returned against the Huskies after being sidelined with a bum ankle, clocked 25 minutes and scored nine points in Wednesday’s contest. Senior Wanisha Smith did not see any action in Nashville and is currently listed as day-to-day.

First-year head coach Joanne P. McCallie said the slough of injuries has affected her players’ ability to grow into a new system, but that the hard work her hurt players are putting in—particularly Waner—is paying off.

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Abby Waner hopes toregain top form at Penn State. what dimensions are thrown at you. Abby’s been fighting hard, and she’s getting more into her game mode and game speed—that’s a good thing.”

One challenge the Blue Devils did expect, however, was a grueling slate that has them traveling again after trips to Nashville and the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam. “It’s a crazy schedule,” McCallie said.

“But it’s great to have the opportunity to play excellent teams and to test ourselves and push ourselves, and leam to trust better or believe better or handle adversity better. All of those things are very valuable, and that’s what we will do.”

When the ball tips at 5 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center Sunday, Duke hopes those lessons will start paying immediate dividends.

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“The last two games I felt like I’ve been shooting the ball pretty well,” King said.

“My teammates have definitely helped me out by getting me wide open shots.”

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On top of being fast-paced, the Blue Devils are even more offensively balanced than the Wildcats. With five players —King, Kyle Singler, Gerald Henderson, DeMarcus Nelson and Jon Scheyer—averaging double-digits, Duke is shooting over 50 percent from die floor, It will be hard for Davidson to catch another top-10 team off-guard after gamering national recognition for its effort against North Carolina, especially with the Blue Devils playing some of their best basketball in recent memory.

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We just have to focus on trying to move them around and exploit their speed,” To contend with the vertically-inclined Eagles, the Blue Devils will need leadership from the players who haveproven consistent all season long: the seniors. The heralded tandem of ACC Player of the Year Carrie DeMange and first-team All-ACC Hausfeld lead the impressive Duke offense, which currently ranks third in the nation in both assists and kills per game. After breaking the records for kills and assists earlier in the season, the teammates have continued racking up the accolades, as Hausfeld ranks third in the nation in assists and DeMange leads the CHASE OLIVIERI/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO Junior Christie McDonald and Duke must stop a Notre Dame offense thathas been firing on all cylinders. conference in kills and points per game.

With the two seniors taking care of sethelp from an even more unlikely source: ting and middle hitting, outside hitters Sue from page 9 their rivals just a few miles away.

Carls and Rachael Moss continue to domiChurch said the Tar Heels were helpnate on the wings. Moss, a second-team Allful in talking with his staff, supplying Duke ACC selection, finished the season fourth her very, very strongly, and she is capable.”

The Fighting Irish offense is especially with game film from their loss last weekend in the conference in kills and recorded 20 double-doubles. Carls compiled a hitting dangerous off of set plays. Its first goal to the Fighting Irish.

One thing the film made obvious was clip of .319 and had 12 double-doubles. against its Sweet Sixteen opponent, North Carolina, came off of a flip throw that was Notre Dame’s physical style. The Fighting Defensively, the Blue Devils lead the league headed past the goalie by Big East Co-Player Irish have registered 19 yellow cards on the in digs, thanks in large part to libero Jenny of the Year Brittany Bock. With the 5-2 win year, which is more than triple the Blue Shull. Her steady play will be crucial for Duke, over the Tar Heels, Notre Dame became the Devils’ six. In years past, Church said this as she has yet to commit an error in her last 32 first team since 1990 to register three goals would be cause for concern, but the comserve receives. The senior also ranked second petitive spirit of this year’s team combined in the ACC in digs with 5.2 per game. against the perennial powerhouse.

To contend with the team’s height disJunior defender Christie McDonald is with the strength of the conference teams in the regular season looks to be an equalnot worried, though, and said Duke will be advantage, middle blocker Jourdan Norman will need to continue to dominate ready after preparing for its Nov. 25 win over izing factor.

“The ACC prepares us for games like at the net. The junior leads the team with Indiana, which runs a similar offensive attack. McDonald also said playing in Bloom1.35 blocks per game and boasts an average this, and that’s the great thing about playington prepared the team for the cold ing in the league,” Church said. “They’re, df 2.58 kills per game.

If Duke earns the win tonight, it will face weather it will likely contend with again. a great team, Notre Dame is, but we’ve The Blue Devils, in addition, are getting played a lot of great teams.” thewinnerof today’s earlier matchup between

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Senior All Hausfeldand the rest ofher class hope to pace theBlue Devils through the NCAA tournament.

No. 7 Cal and Liberty Saturday at 5 p.m.As the team prepares to step on the familiar court for the last time this year, the seniors prepare to say goodbye to the place where they have lost just five games in four years while tallying a 90.9 winning percentage.

“I don’t look at it as their last opportunity,” head coach JoleneNagel said. “These seniors have been wonderful to work with, They’ve had wonderful accomplishments, set records and worked so hard. As a coach, I haven’t allowed myself to think about when that last time will be. I’m hoping it goes on forever.”

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The validation system have been taken, although this which requires students to valincrease in attendance probidate online two days before ably should beattributed to the a basketball game in order to talentand up-tempo offense of be guaranteed a spot in the this year’s team. student section—has been, The new policy is a great for the most part, a positive addition for students who, addition for Duke basketball. instead of waiting outside in Pushed through Duke StuKrzyzewskiville for hours, can dent Government with what simply click a button on their appeared to be the strong computers to secure a seat in Cameron Indoor. Indeed, backing of the Athletics Department, the policy was de- this change has no doubt —

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the limited number of validation spots available.

At this point in the season, before any of the highly anticipated ACC games, Head Line Monitor Roberto Bazzani should make some changes to the validation policy.

Now that we have seen how the system has played out and how it is used and abused by the student body, this board recommends the implementation of some sort of penalty to students* who validate but fail to attend the game. A penalty would help to assuage students’ concerns that they will not get into the game if they do not validate.

Additionally, a certain number of spots should be available on a first-come, first-serve basis to reward the

hard-core basketball fans who feel that they have been hurt by the policy.

We also call upon Bazzani and the other line monitors to improve their communication with the student body. Some students are still confused about the policy, and the line monitors should step up their efforts to ameliorate their concerns.

Most importantly, Bazzani should emphasize that 'no student hasbeen turnedaway from a game this year and that anyone who wants to attend a game still can attend, regardless if they validate.

We hope that these changes will be implemented so that all students can enjoy what is sure to be a great basketball season.

Sophomore year: a stay in Purgatory

Ideally, DSG would be proportional to the diversity the of student body.... It’s not clear why we would divert from that.

—Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery, a senior, on the demographics of the DSG Senate in comparison to the general student body.

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motivated some students who have not previously attended a game to show up and cheer on their team.

Despite these positives, however, the new validation policy has garnered welljustified criticisms over the past few weeks.

One of the system’s greatest flaws is the fact that it misleads people into thinking that they will not get into the game if they have validated.

This problem is exacerbated by the large number of students who validate for the game but do not show up.

Additionally, the validation policy sometimes penalizes the craziest Cameron Crazies who, in the case of the North Carolina Central University game, found themselves shut out of the stadium because of

Each

time I see the C-l pull up to the West Campus bus stop, I lose myself in nostalgic

remembrance.

There I am, one year younger with a spring in my step and a glint in my eye, ready to take Duke by storm with my boundless energy and relentless optimism. I’m like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the

opening credits,

pacabra—a story told to frighten me in order to keep me in line, to keep my life from stagnating. Unfortunately, however, I now find my

very lifeblood sucked right out of me. El Chupacabra got me.

But what if there is more to it than the simple “sophomore slump?” What if I am in the middle of some kind of quarter-life existential crisis? Crap. I have only read some Beckett, a little Camus and no Nietzsche; I am grossly

under-prepared.

From the little that I know, there are two schools of thought on dealing with such a crisis: 1. Leave society to “live deliberately,” like Henry David Thoreau, in the Duke Forest.

2. Buy a Porsche and get myself a crazy young

stepping out of rice the cab to sit atop sexual chocolate my throne But as the C-l stripper girlfriend.

Both are solid options. The first allows me to pulls away, I am reconnect with nature and purify my soul, allowpulled back into the bitter reality that is sophomore year. The novelty offreshman year is gone. ing me to find my way again. The second method Duke no longer dotes on us. No more FACs, cannot do those things, but I am sure a fast car na more orientation activities and no more and an even faster girlfriend will make life at least special talks from Coach K to introduce to the a little better. basketball team. We are the forgotten middle Sadly, though, I am in an anti-nature child in the Duke family—an entire class full stage —a backlash of The Loop’s decision of Tito Jacksons and Jan Bradys, unnoticed in not to give us free water-- so no Duke Forthe shadows cast by est for me, and I the Michaels and cannot financially Marcias support option Freshmen need Sophomore year.... is the fifth Harry two. Thus, I am their hands held left still with that Potter book, the third Godfather because they are whole sophomore and the Vietnam War all rolled into slump/existential new and vulnerable. Juniors have crisis thing on my one pointless jumble of oblivion. companies droolhands. ing all over them So how do I and throwing inout of it? I do not ternships at them normally like emo left and right, and seniors are venerated as music, but I could vibe to it right now. the oldest and wisest members of the Duke Sophomore year has proven to be a family. meaningless void. It is the fifth Harry Potter So, where does that leave sophomores? We are book, the third Godfather and the Vietnam too old for the kids’ table but too young to sitwith War all rolled into one pointless jumble of the grown-ups, so we lock ourselves in the bathoblivion. At least there is light at the end room and eat alone. of the tunnel though; I get to look forward Like the rapper Nelly when he backed up to the Porsche and the young stripper girlCountry Grammar by selling out and taking friend 30 years from now during the next us to Nellyville, I am experiencing a letdown great crisis. period. I had been warned of this sophomore slump before, but I cast aside the warnings. I Jordan Rice is a Trinity sophomore. This is his final figured they were like the legend of El Chu- column.

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lettertotheeditor Support students against RIAA intimidation The Recording Industry Association of

America has recently sent a number of Duke students “Notification of Copyright Infringement Claims” —essentially the legal form of sending an intimidating thug with a baseball bat to collect money.

These letters offer students the option of settling out of court for $4,000 or of facing the daunting possibility of paying $750 per shared song plus lawyer fees. For a mere 500 songs, a student is looking at paying about

$400,000.

However, what upsets me more is that Duke is continuing its pattern of abandoning its students. Whereas in the past, Duke has promised to help defend and shield its students from the

prying arms of the recording industry, it is now betraying this promise. Some of my friends, having received only one Office of Information Technology warning, immediately complied and deleted their entire downloaded library. Apparently that was not enough to convince OIT to pro the predati the recording industry. Duke University owes its students better Adam Ze>

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remember it like it was yesterday. Only a few weeks into my new position as a columnist last year, a beautiful girl named Emily Melson came up to me and thanked me for inspiring her to apply to medical school.

While trying desperately to hold back tears (to no avail), she explained how she* had given up on even applying to medical school because of the daunting admissions standards. How■ ■ i HICK dlGXdndcr ever, she decided that my being chosen as a stay hungry, stay foolish Chronicle columnist proved that truly anything is possible.

I was flattered. As it happens, unfortunately, she ended up not getting into any of the schools she applied to.

In fact, she didn’t even come close. Apparently a couple of the schools even reimbursed her application fee out of pity.

For some reason, I felt personally responsible. I couldn’t sleep knowing that I had set this young girl up for failure and thus tarnished her dreams. I decided I had no choice but to fix it.

I tracked down young Melson working the graveyard shift at Cook Out. Depressed by her recent rejections, she had traded in her hopes of one day manning the operating room for manning the deep fryer. Seeing her there gave me a pain in my stomach. That pain turned out to be from hunger, and I went ahead and ordered a spicy chicken sandwich.

After I finished eating, I sat down with Emily and told her about the last several years of my life. I took her back to where it all started with my bout with chlamydia. I explained to her about my battles my roommate, Eduardo, and about my date with the stir fry lady from the Marketplace.

I recalled my brief employment as a valet at the WaDuke, and my touchdown that was called back because of a holding penalty in the woodwind section. I told her all about my failed attempt to be hired as an intern at the podiatric clinic, and about my experience sharing a room with Dirty Pete during Blue Devil Days. Finally, I relived with her the magic of my record setting performance in the senior citizens’ triathlon, as well as growing up with my Uncle Seymour.

I could have kept going, but she stopped me. She was bewildered. How could one person fail at so many

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facets of life and still find reason to keep going?

It was a fair question, but not one that I had considered before. In fact, when she phrased it that way, I started to get pretty depressed. Just then, I recalled a lesson that my Uncle Seymour once told me he had learned during his time in the Spanish-American War (the fact that my uncle was born in the early ’sos never seemed to matter much). The credit belongs to the man in the arena who comes up short again and again, and who knows that there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Credit for trying but not getting it right? Oh yes, it exists. At school, it’s called partial credit, and it is responsible for about 1.3 ofmy 1.57 GPA. It seems that an increasingly popular phenomenon nowadays is that of getting smart. People are getting satisfied with doing things “the right way” all the time. This becomes troubling when “the right way” or “the smart thing” means “the traditional way” or “the easy thing.” While there is something to be said about playing it by the book every once and a while, complacency can become a habit that makes crack cocaine look like a light hobby rather than a life destroying addiction. What’s the solution? Could it be as simple as the occasional indulgence of a new perspective? What about a slight break in routine when nobody’s watching? How about a new one-aday tablet by Pfizer that also cures both high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction? Whatever it may

Credit for trying but not getting it right? Oh yes, it exists. At school, it’s called partial credit, and it is responsible for about 1.3 of my 1.57 GPA. be, I haven’t found it. But if there is one thing that can hopefully be taken away from my struggles with Jimmy Schlesinger and Rami Mikati, the enemies of my childhood, it’s the value of being able to “stay hungry, stay foolish.”

These words apparently did not fall on deaf ears. Emily has since turned in her hairnet and apron, and is back in the classroom. I guess I could’ve told her that by staying “foolish” I didn’t mean majoring in psychology, but one out of two isn’t that shabby.

Nick Alexander is a Pratt junior. This is hisfinal column.

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morning, and espresso machines from New York City to Dubuque, lowa are screeching themselves awake. Accountants, scientists and flight attendants stand on top of each other in lines for double-cafe macchiatos. Soda machines plunk their wares into plastic trays for bleary-eye d high school students.

Pro-choice, pro-life, pro-Bush or pro-pleaseGod-somebody-else-forpresident, there’s one thing 90 percent ofAmer-

icans can agree on. Our jacqui detwiler impetus to wakefulness, caffeinated beverages please hire. Desperate (and soon, doughnuts) symbolize youth, spontaneity and dedication to hard work.

Nowhere is this more true than in graduate school, where a day at Shade Tree Coffee means more to an adviser in terms of productivity than a week of benchwork or a month of working at home.

Churning out the maximum number of scholarly articles requires an extraordinary amount of coffee.

Ergo, a graduate student who has never stayed up all night shaking in a caffeine-induced trance is no graduate student at all.

But I have a secret. I don’t drink caffeine. Although my body is no temple (unless you count that one Bacchanalian orgy I hosted in my pants), the only thing I ever order at Starbucks is a steamed milk with almond syrup. I have a form of dysautonomia that makes drinking caffeine less pleasant than watching back-to-back episodes of “The Hills” (and that’s saying something).

Every day when my labmates make their obligatory trip to the local purveyor of perk, I politely decline, citing my heavy workload and gesturing toward the delicious caffeine-free Fresca on my desk. On the rare occasions I do tag along to buy a calorie-heavy, functionally useless beverage, I bum under the indignity of ordering the equivalent of a $3 warm glass of milk.

Never in my graduate career have I written or graded papers in a furious eight-hour study session. Instead, I study in my bed so I can take naps when papers get boring. Like an elementary school kid, I pinch myself or periodically look at the sun to stay awake in class. Has a wussier fate ever befallen a graduate student?

During the tragedy that was writing my master’s thesis last semester, I tried to work in a coffee shop only once, over lunch, hustling a sandwich to a couch in the back with an inconspicuous hot chocolate in a paper Starbucks travel mug. I stared at spreadsheets of numbers for an hour, but without the productivity-enhancing effects of caffeine, I was utterly sedated by the combination of hot milk and chocolate before I could do anything useful. I returned home amid unfinished projects, still .uncertain as to the appeal of the coffee shop study session.

As a result, I’ve developed a strange paranoia that there is some big-league caffeine fraternity that meets in the back room of coffee shops all over the world when I’m not looking. I mean, without empirical verification, how do I know people aren’t gathering in Twinnie’s after work to worship a flying Red Bull god by offering up their breath and sanity? Just the other day I would swear I saw the barista at Shade Tree give a secret handshake to the recipient of a caramel cappuccino. And how is it, exactly, that all my friends seem to have come up with the idea of abusing Excedrin in the same month?

Despite my paranoia and failed investigatory mission, I finally came to accept my life as a decaffeinated faux grad student pansy. Perhaps I will never know what goes on behind the scenes at local coffee shops, but I don’t know a lot of things, so I guess that’s okay. Besides, I like studying in my bed—it’s right next to the sippy-cup of vanilla soy milk I have on my nightstand.

So the next time you catch myface pressed up against the glass window of Starbucks, you can go ahead and ignore me. I’m just wondering what, exactly, you all are doing in there.

JacquiDetwiler is a graduate student in psychology and neuroscience. Her column runs every Friday.

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