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Rove draws big audience, protests Scores for living groups released BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE
Protestors arrived in force Monday
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picket and shout insults as Karl Rove, the former deputy White House chief of staff,
took the stage in Page Auditorium. Rove addressed the sold-out auditorium of students, faculty, staff and Durham residents as closed-circuit television feeds featured the speech in Reynolds Auditorium. The event, tided “A Conversation with Karl Rove” was cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the President, the Duke University Union Major Speakers committee, the political science department and the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy. In his approximately one hour and 15 minutes on stage, Rove discussed a variety of topics including his childhood, personal experiences and policies under President George W. Bush’s administration. “When the Taliban killed men for minor violations of Islamic law by stoning them to death in a soccer stadium... we did the right thing by removing them froth power,” Rove said. “The United States has nothing to apologize for in its conduct in the war.” Rove detailed his road to the White House, which began with a school assignment to get involved in a political campaign. His immersion continued, and he eventually left college to work for the Republican Party. He met George W. Bush at age 27, while working for President George Bush, he said. Two decades later, when the younger Bush held the Texas governorship, Rove acted as one of his top advisers. He added, however, that the environment in the Lone Star State is very differentfrom Capitol Hill. “In Texas, politics is a blood sport—we care about it more than Friday night foot-
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Catherine Butsch THE CHRONICLE
The numbers are in—and some selective living groups may be out. The Residential Group Assessment Committee released its first-ever evaluations of the 23 selective living communities on campus Monday night. The committee awarded living groups scores out of 100 based on community plans the selective groups submitted Nov. 16 and presentations group members gave over this past weekend. “The process went really smoothly,” said senior Ryan Todd, an RGAC member and president ofCampus Council. The RGAC scores are especially pertinent to the fraternities and selective living groups in Few Quadrangle, Todd said. With Few Quad undergoing renovations during the fall 2008 semester, the groups currently located in the dormitory will be forced to move for the 20082009 academic year. RGAC scores will determine which groups have priority in choosing a living space for next year. All other groups will wait another two years before facing the ramifications of their scores. The final scores of the top four groups in Few fell within a range of only six points. “The one unfortunate thing maybe is that all the groups were really close in SEE SLG ON PAGE
Emeritus prof Edelman to speak for MLK Day Lerner, 78, dies by
Chelsea Allison THE CHRONICLE
Warren Lemer, a longtime Duke faculty member and professor emeritus of history, died Monday. A professor at the University for more than 45 years after his 1961 appointment, Lemer was 78. “His undergraduate courses at Duke were legendary,
attracting hundreds of students drawn to hear Lemer’s compelling lectures and bask in the warmth and humor of his personality,” said William Chafe, an Alice Mary Baldwin professor of history. Lemer served as chair of the Department of History and was a member of the Policy Committee of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. “For those of us who had the privilege to work with Warren Lemer, he is simply irreplaceable,” Professor Edna Andrews, chairof CSEEES, and Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Newcity, coordinator for CSEEES, wrote in an e-mail. ‘Warren was a generousand kind friendand colleague to so manyof us; his impact on our lives will never be forgotten.”
—from staffreports
Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund and a civil rights lawyer, will give the keynote address at the University’s 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 20, officials announced Monday. The week-long commemoration, which is in its 19th year, is themed “The Power of Youth,” which committee Co-Chair Ben Reese said made Edelman a particularly appropriate choice to deliver the speech. “Being one of the foremost activists and experts in trying to promote safety and educational concerns for children, she was someone who we thought would be a wonderful model,” said Reese, who is vice president for institutional equity. CDF, a private nonprofit organization vdtich Edelman founded in 1973, pledges to seek justice in health care and education for children worldwide. It began in part as a branch of King’s Poor People’s Campaign in 1968—for which Edelman served as counsel—and the Washington Research Project —an advocacy group SEE MLK ON PAGE 6
Marian Wright Edelman, who will give an address on MartinLuther King Jr. Day, is an attorney and president of the Children's DefenseFund.
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