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The University announced Monday that it hired Abdullah Antepli to serve as its first full-time Muslim chaplain.

Duke will be joining a very small group of universities across the country —including Georgetown University, Princeton University and Yale University—that have fulltime imams.

When he begins work July 1, Antepli will be taking on a number of tasks that include religious leadership, counseling and faithbased work.

He will not, however, be limited to mentoring only the Muslim community.

Antepli will also teach courses in the Fall, and he said he expects to reach out to all students and promote collaboration between the Muslim community and other groups.

“One of the things I love most about Duke, which attracted me to this University, is its diversity,” he said. “My ministry will tap into the diversity here at Duke, not just the Muslim community.”

About 50 to 60 students are actively involved in the Duke Muslim Students Association, MSA President Ahmad El-Nagger said. Duke has approximately 300 under-

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locals peruse the food stands at the Durham Farmers Market.The market—which attracts farmers, crafters and prepared-food vendors to The Pavilion at Durham Central Park—is in its ninth season and is open Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons in the summer. SEE PAGE 5.

Three of the five people who allegedly assaulted and robbed a sophomore male on campus around 10:15 p.m. Friday have been arrested and are being held by Durham Police.

Burnette, Sherika 19, Zecora Hajambo, 17, and another female, 13, whose name was not released, were arrested on counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury. Burnette and Hajambo were also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The two men who were with them are still at large.

The student was walking back to his Central Campus apartment after a meeting on West Campus when a black man approached him and demanded money, the victim said. He ignored the request and continued to walk,

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New deem joinsTrinity ranks Patients file suit by

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Kevin Moore, the current associate dean for research the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will join Duke in July as Trinity College ofArts and Sciences senior associate dean for faculty affairs, George McLendon, incoming dean of Trinity College and dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences, announced Friday.

Moore succeeds Charles Byrd, who is retiring after serving as senior associate dean for faculty affairs for more than 20 years.

“Duke’s reputation for academic excellence rests on the abilities of its faculty,” Moore said in a statement. “I am pleased to be part of the Arts and Sciences administration and to be involved in helping bring the best faculty to Duke and to retain the best faculty as well.”

Moore has been associate dean for research at UNC-G since 2004 and previously held positions at the Social Science Research Council in New York, the at

Kevin Moore, associate deanfor research at UNC-Greensboro, will join Duke as a senior associate dean of Trinity College,officials announced Friday.

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against DUHS contractors by

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Dozens of patients who were accidentally treated with tainted surgical instruments at Duke University Health System hospitals in 2004 filed a civil suit Tuesday in Durham against the companies contracted by the University to sterilize the equipment.

In November and December 2004, DUHS physicians operated on more than 3,600 patients using instruments mistakenly cleaned with hydraulic fluid. The fluid was drained from an elevator and unintentionally sent to Durham Regional Hospital and Duke Health Raleigh Hospital for use as detergent.

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Democratic presidential WASHINGTON candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he would bring Osama bin Laden to justice in a way that wouldn't allow the terrorist mastermind to become a martyr, but he may be killed ifthe U.S. government finds him.

"First of all, I think there is an executive order out on Osama bin Laden's head,"the Illinois senator said at a news conference." And if I'm president, and we have the opportunity to capture him, we may not beable to capture him alive."

Congress agrees on war funding WASHINGTON

President Bush would win

$162 billion in long-overdue funding to carry out military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year under a bipartisan agreement sealed on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

The agreement reached between House

Democrats and Republicans and the White House—if passed into law as expected—would finally put to rest Bush's long-standing battles with congressional Democrats over

WORLD NEWS Israeli-Palestinian violence erupts

ODDS & ENDS SCIENCE/TECH McCain calls for nuclear reactors Missing women found in Denali

JERUSALEM Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars toward IsraelWednesday, and Israel responded with airstrikes in Gaza just hours before a truce was to take effect, illustrating how fragile the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas would be.

In another diplomatic initiative, Israel called on neighboring Lebanon to open peace negotiations—an overture that was quickly rejected by Lebanon's prime minister.

After a year of violence that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis, the leaders of both sides expressed hope a truce would succeed—but made clear they have little faith in their adversaries' commitment to the deal.

Sen. John McCain SPRINGFIELD, Mo. called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in federal funds "to make clean coal a reality," measures designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

In a third straight day of campaigning devoted to the energy issue, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also said the only time Democratic rival Barack Obama voted for a tax cut was for a "break for the oil companies."

NATO forces kill Taliban members RGHANDAB, Afghanistan Backed by helicopters firing missiles, hundreds of NATO and Afghan forces hunted Taliban militants in villages outside Kandahar Wednesday, killing dozens of insurgents. /nly light resistance in Artush river valley filled with er militants bountiful de\e Afghan army says up to ;d into the area on Mon;s northwest of Kandahar n's former power base.

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see Olympic torch NG Organizers of torch lympic relay say ame will reach Tibet on day in a one-day stop has been shrouded in ecy.

The torch will reach Lhasa winding through Xinjiprovince, also in China's ve west.

Another mysterious foot found AnVANCOUVER, British Columbia other human foot was found Wednesday on a British Colombia shoreline, the second this week and the sixth within a year in a bizarre mystery that has confounded police.

Like most of the others, it was a right foot encased in a running shoe, said Sgt. Mike Tresoorof the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He said a citizen spotted it on a beach and no other remains were found.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Two women missing in Denali National Park were found Wednesday and reunited with worried family members, six days after heading off on what they thought would be an overnight hike.

A helicopter picked them up just outside the park about an hour after one of the hikers made a second cell phone call to her mother, park spokesperson Kris Fister said.

Mrs. Obama thanks first lady WASHINGTON Michelle Obama said Wednesday she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for her February comment that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States.

Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, later clarified her remarks, saying she had always been proud of her country and was particularly proud to see so many people involved in the political process.

Woman claims fear ofofficial mail SPORTS BERLIN A German court has ruled Woods ends season with surgery Tiger Woods walked tenderly out of Torrey Pines with a U.S. Open trophy he was destined to win on a left leg worse than anyone imagined. A group of children called out to him and Woods looked over and waved.

It turned out to be a most symbolic gesture.

So long,Tiger. See you next year.

Woods revealed Wednesday he has been playing for at least 10 months with a torn ligament in his left knee, and that he suffered a double stress fracture in his left leg two weeks before the U.S. Open. He said he will have season-ending surgery, knocking him out of the final two majors and the Ryder Cup.

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After she failed to respond, she was notified in July 2007 that the money was being cut off and given a month to appeal. Only in September did she reply and supply the requested documents, telling authorities—who threw out her appeal because it was too late—that she had a phobia of official correspondence.

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Police forces to practice emergency response by

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Duke University and Durham police departments will conduct a joint mock exercise in rapid deployment Sunday as part of their emergency response training.

The exercise will begin around 7 a.m. at the Gross Chemistry Building. Most of the drill will be conducted inside the building.

“We’re testing what we would do in a situation where lives were at stake and we needed to send officers in immediately,” DUPD Maj. Gloria Graham said.

Forty to 50 participants from the two police departments, as well as members of Durham Fire and Rescue and Duke and Durham County Emergency Medical SerSEE EMERGENCY ON PAGE 8

CEO of DUHS appointed first VP of clinical affairs Dr. William Fulkerson, CEO of Duke

University Hospital, will assume the

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position of senior vice president of clinical affairs for the Duke University Health System effective July 1, Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of DUHS, announced Tuesday.

Fulkerson will be responsible for integrating ambulatory and services hospital-based William Fulkerson across DUHS, Durham Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital and overseeing the physician practice plan.

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drews, dean of the School of Medicine, to manage clinical departments, including coordinated budgeting and resource allocation and addressing clinical faculty worklife issues and recruitment.

Clinical department chairs and CEOs for Duke University Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital will now be accountable to Fulkerson in their roles as chiefs of their respective clinical services in the health system, and the DUHS vice president for ambulatory care, Paul Newman, will also report to Fulkerson.

Dzau said Kevin Sowers, chief operating officer for Duke University Hospital, will serve as interim CEO for the hospital as the search for a permanent successor is initiated.

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Rape trial rescheduled for November The court trial for Michael Jermaine Burch, 21, has been rescheduled from June 23 to Nov. 10. Burch has been charged with felonious second-degree rape for the alleged assault of a female Duke student in February 2007.

Durham Superior Court representatives said prosecutors do not comment on pending trials.

Burch is accused ofraping an 18-year-old student—who was then a freshman—at an off-campus party Feb. 11. The party was organized by members of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., at 405 Gattis St., a house less than a mile from Duke’s East Campus.

Burch, who police officials said is not a college student, was released Feb. 19, 2007—the same day he had been arrested—from the Durham County Jail on $50,000 bail.

The John Brown Quintet entertains an audience of about 50 faculty members, students and community members on the lawn outside the French Family Science Center Wednesday afternoon.The event was sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center.

N.C. wildfire nearly contained after burning 41,000 acres The fire burning in and around the Pocosin Lakes NationalWildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina was 70percent contained as of Tuesday, officials said, and nearly half of the crew members battling the wildfirefor the past two weeks have now finished their work.

Sparked by lightningjune 1, the wildfire was the largest fire burning in the U.S. last week, authorities said.

The wildfire has become the largest in North Carolina in more than 20 years, burning about 41,000 acres, or roughly 64 square miles in the sparsely populated Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties, field observers from the North Carolina Forest Service said.

“It could have been a lot worse,” NCFS spokesperson Hannah Thompson said. “We were prepared for the worst possible conditions but we got a little bit of a break.”

Incident command center spokesperson Dean McAlister said smoldering peat soil poses a danger to firefighters and has hampered their access to the fire, slowing efforts at mitigating the damage. He added, however, that firefighters were continuing efforts to soak the ground with enough water to keep the fire from spreading.

But officials said it may take weeks—and possibly rain from a tropical storm system—to fully extinguish the blaze.

Although nobody was injured in the fire and no buildings have been destroyed, the fire has threatenedabout 80 homes and another 50 outbuildings. Workers have been actively laying down containment lines in case of continued expansion toward N.C. Highway 94.

The Forest Service estimated that the response to the fire has cost more than $4 million, with expenses split between North Carolina agencies, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

—compiled by Ally Helmers

CIVIL SUlTfrompage, The 67 plaintiffs—a group composed of patients and their spouses—accused medical supply companies Cardinal Health 200 and Steris Corporation of corporate negligence, unfair and deceptive trade practices and obstruction of justice in concert with DUHS, according to the suit. Cardinal Health sold the University the cleaning materials manufactured by Steris Corp. in 2004.

A representative of Cardinal Health declined to comment, citing company policy, and Steris Corp. officials could not be reached for comment.

The University settled out of court with an undisclosed number of patients exposed to the hydraulic fluid for an undisclosed amount in April, ABC Eyewitness News reported. Terms of the settlement have been kept confidential.

The patients filing the suit seek more than $30,000 each from the companies in compensatory, punitive and treble damages, according to the suit. Additionally, the plaintiff spouses are entitled to $lO,OOO in damages, lawyers wrote in the suit.

DUHS sent patients a letter in December 2004 stating that the risks of exposure to hydraulic fluid were minimal and emphasizing that the tainted instruments were subsequently sterilized as part of the standard cleaning process prior to the operations.

Patients exposed to the hydraulic fluid have reported health problems including debilitating infections, rapid weight loss and skin rashes. An independent study conducted in July 2005 found cancer-causing particles and metals in the hydraulic fluid.

In 2007, however, a University-commissioned study

by PharmaLinkFHl—a Durham-based private health research firm—found that almost 90 percent of the affected patients did not suffer any serious clinical

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Farmers Market brings fresh touch to Durham Pamela Strand, a local photographer, has been a vendor at the market for six The first rays of the hot summer sun years. The market originated with five or drifted down among sounds of laughter, six vendors gathered in the parking lot of the old Durham Bulls Stadium, she said, scents of freshly-baked pastries and bright The market then moved to the larger colors of sweet strawberries and fresh vegspace of the Measurement Inc. parking lot. etables at the Durham Farmers Market.

Market-goers wandered through rows Strand said though the size was necessary for of tables and tents lined on both sides of a the expanding market, the location providwalkway underneath The Pavilion at Durham ed minimal protection from bad weather.

Strand added that she, like many others, is Central Park, choosing which goods to purchase and stopping now thankful for the covered, paved frequently to talk r T People like having fresh to friends, vendors pavilion at Dur and farmers. ham Central Park food, Supporting the farmwhere the Farmers Now dunng its ninth season, the ers and making sure the land Market has served Market Farmers fortwoyears. stays as farmland.” boasts goods from Dale Fluke 56 vendors from Dale Fluke, and her husband within 70 miles of l Farmers Market vendor Durham, Manager Farm in Granville Erin Kauffman said “Seventy-five County and have percent are farmers, and the other 25 per- been selling fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and cent are crafters and prepared-food venmeat at the Farmers Market for five or six dors,” she said, adding that about 2,000 peo- years, Fluke said.

“People—even when [the market] was pie visit the market each Saturday morning.

The Durham Farmers Market works in the parking lot—make it a day-long with the Durham Central Park Commit- event,” she said. “I’ll see people first thing tee and South Eastern Efforts Developing in the morning still hanging with friends, Sustainable Spaces, Inc. —more commonly listening to music and chatting at noon.” known as SEEDS—a non-profit community Fluke said she and her husband, who garden, to make the weekend market pos- works full time for IBM, were able to pursue sible. The items sold range from fresh veg- their farming ambitions when they moved etables to potted plants and home goods. to the country from Raleigh. Her husband’s by

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The student immediately began to run toward his apartment until he tripped and fell to the ground near Uncle Harry’s General Store. He said all five assailants then surrounded him and began attacking him.

He then threw his money to the ground and ran back to his apartment, he said. In the shuffle, his iPod was dropped or taken, but it was recovered later by the police. “[The police] have found the box cutter, and it was covered in blood,” the victim said. “I was probably stabbed with it in the back of my head. I guess it’s really true—when adrenaline’s that bad, you don’t feel pain.”

Once at his apartment, the student called 911. Duke University Police Department officers arrived first to his apartment and called Emergency Medical Services.

The student said he was admitted to Duke University Hospital for treatment of the three-inch cut across the back of at

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Market-goers conduct business at the Durham Farmers Market underneathThe Pavilion at Durham Central Park. The market hostsabout 2,000 people Saturdayafternoons and hawks food and goods from 56 vendors. grandfather was a farmer in Ohio and she has always enjoyed gardening, she said.

For the summer months, the Farmers Market now also opens Wednesday afternoons. Though it draws a smallercrowd and has fewer vendors, the turnout Wednesdays is growing, Kauffman said.

“We have seen a lotof new customers coming on Wednesdays,” she said. “People who can’t come on Saturdays, people who work downtown but don’t necessarily live in Dur-

ham and people who want to restock their fridges with fresh veggies [come] mid-week.”

Fluke said the market draws people because ofits unique culture and offerings, “People like having fresh food, supporting the farmers and making sure the land stays as farmland,” she said. “We are going towards sustainable, organic farming by crop and animal rotation and minimizing or not using pesticides and herbicides. It’s another benefit our customers recognize.”

demeanor larceny and was released the following day on a $5OO bond, according to public inmate records, males on the intersection of Erwin and Durham police issued a CrimeStoppers Fulton streets at Parking Lot II of the report Tuesday in hopes of finding more Medical Center. leads on the men who remain at large, said Kammie MiDUPD Mai. chael, public inGloria Graham urTTI This kind of incident can hap- formation officer the praised smooth coordi- p en anywhere—it just puts us in and P ubllc |'ela 1 tions nation between coordinai dupd and Dura position where we all need to tor for dpd. The ham s finest, as nma ‘T investlgamore ai ert and more aware.” Ption, however, is well as and the action of officers in Sue Wasiolek, being conducted DUPD. through DUPD. 7 deCLTI OJr StudcifltS Both of the reBurnette and maining suspects are Hajambo are described currently in the Durham County Jail, and the 13-year-old as black men in their late teens. One is is in a detention center. All suspects are described as a 6-feet tall black male, and being held on approximately $300,000 the other was described as a 5-feet-7-inch bonds, which have not been met, Gra- black male.

University administrators have reached ham said. The minor had a hearing yesterday to determine her delinquency, out to the student, and the victim is doing well and attending his summer classes, Dean she added.

Hajambo was arrested June 11 for mis- ofStudents Sue Wasiolek said

“Any incident involving violent crime makes us concerned about the Duke community and the safety of its members,” she said. “This kind of incident can happen anywhere—it just puts us in a position where we all need to be more alert and more aware.”

Some students said the crime did not surprise them, citing frequent crime in Durham. Otfusrs said they generally consider campus safe and were unsettled by the alleged assault.

“I’ve never seen anyone that didn’t belong around Central Campus,” said junior Nicole Schneider. “During the day, I feel completely safe, and I just don’t go out at night.”

Wasiolek said DUPD has since increased patrols in that area ofcampus.

She stressed that safety and security on campus is a partnership between students and the University, and both groups can help keep Duke a safe place.

“With the University, there are things we do and need to do in terms of safety on campus, but there are things students can do, t00... particularly late at night,” she said.

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The Board of Trustees honored outgoing Dean ofTrinity College Robert Thompson hy renaming the University Writing Program after him. The announcement was made during a presentation by Provost Peter Lange in the Gothic Reading Room May 3.

“He’s the perfect person to name the Writing Program after,” said Joseph Harris, director of the Writing Program. “He made [the program] possible. I’m proud to continue that work.”

Thompson helped design and structure the Writing Program —now known as the Robert J. Thompson, Jr. Writing Program—to support students as academic writers through Writing 20 courses, the Writing-in-the-Disciplines Program and the Writing Studio.

One of Thompson’s major goals as dean was to improve the Writing Program and focus on writing as an intellectual skill, he said.

Thompson added that he was proud of the program’s expansion to a position of national leadership, and noted that the Writing Program is the single academic experience touching every Duke undergraduate.

“Having the Writing Program named in my honor is the most meaningful recognition I could have received for my 11 years as dean,” he said.

Thompson was responsible for forming a task force to design a program that would be “distinctive and distinguished,” he said. He also recruited the leadership of the program, assured the implementation of the plan, secured funding, fostered a commitment to assessment and evalua-

Cover your eyes A person unaffiliated with the University was cited for indecent exposure, received a trespass warning and was transported home from the Duke Emergency Department Friday morning.

Double whammy A man unaffiliatedwith Duke and driving without a license was cited for two violations Monday morning after being caught speeding on Anderson Street at Campus Drive.

Eyewitness report Officers took a report of a gate arm that was broken by a vehicle in the Allen Building upper lot June 10.A witness wrote down the tag number of the vehicle, which belonged to a student.

Food-point fraud A student alleged Friday that her Duke Card was used fraudulently to make food purchases in April.

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Outgoing Dean of Trinity College Robert Thompson helped design and structure the University Writing Program, which has been renamed the Robert J.Thompson, Jr. Writing Program. tion and promoted the program’s accomplishments at national meetings.

In addition to designing the program, Harris credits Thompson with helping to “safeguard the independence of the Writing Program.” Harris said this benefited recruitment, securing the best possible professors to teach Writing 20 courses.

“He had a vision of the role writing could play in undergraduate education,” he said.

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Nonetheless, Thompson said he plans to remain actively involved with the Writing Program.

“I will continue to be an advocate for the program and assist with evaluations of the program that serve to foster a process of systematic and continuous improvements,” he said.

Graduation woes An unafflliated woman reported June 10 that her cell phone and coupon wallet were missing from her purse. She said she believes they were stolen while she attended a high school graduation ceremony in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Cash turnover A student’s wallet was stolen Monday when he left it unattended while he played basketball in the Wilson Gym.

Parking-lot theft An employee alleged that her parking permit was stolen from her unlocked vehicle Friday.

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Erwin eateries shake up off-campus dining by

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closing for lack of business. The property along Erwin Road has become increasingly popular recendy, and the owner ofFrancesca’s agreed to sell the land last April. The family-owned restaurant may relocate to New Jersey, where other branches are in business, Casabianca said.

Just down die road, new arrival Noodles and Company focuses on fresh ingredients and quick service. The franchise features Asian, Mediterranean and American cuisines in addidon to custom pastas, soups and salads.

N.C. Area Manager Max Black said the chain targets college towns, and noted that the demographics of the Durham lo-

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The departure of long-time student favorite Francesca’s Italian Grill and the arrival of Noodles and Company have spiced up the restaurant scene on Erwin Road.

Francesca’s, a member ofDuke Dining’s Merchants on Points system, closed June 13, and Noodles and Company, a globally inspired restaurant, opened June 14.

The Italian eatery first opened its doors in 1997 and was a popular choice among Duke students.

“Francesca’s was my favorite delivery restaurant,” junior Ben Hamner said. “I always ordered from there whenever I was too bogged down with school work.”

Manager Frank Casabianca said the

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Cases of wine line the aisles of Wine Authorities, a Durham wine store. The store, which opened eight months ago, has held 20 wine education classes and offers a free tasting Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m.

Local wine shop seeks to educate residents by

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Precious few Americans know a good bottle of wine when they see one. But the owners ofWine Authorities, a store in Durham that opened just eight months ago, are determined to change that.

“Wine is still a mystery to this country,” said Craig Heffley, who co-owns the store with Seth Gross. Heffley taught wine education for five years through Duke’s Continuing Education program.

Wine Authorities is designed for both the novice and the connoisseur, making the experience of buying and drinking wine both accessible and enjoyable.

Gross and Heffley have made an effort to offer wines only from small, family-

owned producers rather than corporate wineries.

“Most wines are produced at industrial wineries, using chemicals and color alterations,” Heffley said. “Very few [wineries] actually grow their own grapes, yet most people don’t seem to realize this.”

The store is well-lit and inviting. Wines are broadly organized by vineyard location, each section labeled by a hand-painted mural map of the area. Within each section, wines are then sorted by price range into “Dailys,” “Weeklys,” and “Monthlys” so customers can choose a wine for everyday or special occasions. No bottle is more than $5O. SEE WINE AUTHORITIES ON PAGE

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cation are extremely attractive “We’re good foodbut not fast-food,” Black said. “Every college campus has a favorite Chinese place, the favorite Italian place. College students are open to trying new things.”

Franchises will also open near the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University later this year, he added.

Several Duke students attended the restaurant’s grand opening to sample the new fare. Sophomore Ji Won Yeom said she was impressed by the appealing, friendly design as well as the variety of vegetarian options.

“The workers were kind, enthusiastic and made good recommendations, although I had to wait a while for my food,” she said.

Yeom said she wasn’t sure she would frequent Noodles and Company during the school year, but said she could see it being popular with medical students or those living in nearby apartments.

vices will play roles in the mock emergency exercise. Officers will fire paintballs and use tools to simulate popping sounds as part of the exercise.

DUPD practices rapid deployment annually, but Sunday’s exercise is unique in that it will pull in other agencies, Graham said.

“We hope a situation like this never happens, but we test and evaluate our plans with our partner agencies to be best prepared for a tactical response in critical emergencies,” Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security, said in a statement.

The rapid deployment technique teaches officers who arrive first on a scene to assemble a contact team of officers to locate the threat, after which a rescue team of officers enters the building to assist injured victims.

The drill will be isolated to the second and third floors of the Gross Chemistry Building, but passersby may see officers, emergency vehicles and a lot of activity around the building until about 11 a.m.

“We know that when we have a [serious] incident, we are going to get all of those people who are going to be at the table to help us mitigate it to walk through it once,” Graham said.

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Torrey Pines was the perfect setting to a comeback.

Playing his first full week of tournament golf since recovering from injury, even he was surprised by his performance in achieving what was arguably the greatest accomplishment of his career.

And, no, I’m not talking about Tiger.

Duke senior Michael Quagliano stepped up to the tee box at the first hole of the U.S. Open after bein S sideli ed Meredith since September, proving that in golfs �3inner national championship, fairy tales aren’t just reserved for the world’s best. (Just ask Rocco.)

Indeed, Quagliano’s road to San Diego was about as difficult as it was improbable. The Ardsley, N.Y. native redshirted his senior season at Duke after he was so plagued by bone spurs in his back and a condition in his ribs that he wondered if he would ever swing a club again.

“To qualify for the U.S. Open was more than I wouldhave every hoped for or thought was possible,” Quagliano said after the tournament. “It was a dream come true.”

But it wasn’t just the long recovery from injury that lengthened the senior’s path to the scenic course overlooking the Pacific Ocean: Quagliano actually missed his sectional qualifier by one stroke.

Golf, however, is a game of both talent and luck, of capitalizing on opportunities when they arise. So when Quagliano’s phone rang early this month and a representative from the United States Golf stage

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Blue Devil senior Michael Quagliano and alumni Kevin Streelman and Joe Ogilvie (clockwise from top) competed in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif, last weekend.

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Attackman Zack Greer has a fifth year of eligibility, but has not yet announced ifor where he will use it.

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MidfielderBrad Ross and defenseman Kevin Mayer will both use their fifth years of eligibility at Duke and Tewaraaton Trophy finalist Zack Greer is not yet sure of his plans for next year, head coach John Danowski told Inside Lacrosse.

Attackman Josh Coveleski and midfielder Bo Carrington will not return to Duke next year. Coveleski will play for Delaware, and Carrington will not use his fifth year because of a herniated disk.

Greer is one of eight other undecided players with potential fifth years. The attackman led the country with 58 goals last year and became the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer.

“Zack’s a very private person,” Danowski told Inside Lacrosse. “I think that we all assume because he hasn’t used his eligibility thathe’s coming back. I assume he’s going to play somewhere but I don’t know where.”

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Ross started all 17 games last season and finished fifth on the team with 28 points. His 21 goals were good for fourthbest, trailing only Greer, Max Quinzani and Matt Danowski.

Mayer saw time in 11 games, starting one of them.

Coveleski plans to use his extra year as a Blue Hen. The Delaware native scored seven goals as a Blue Devil last year.

Players who were not seniors in the cancelled 2005-2006 season were given a fifth year of eligibility when the NCAA granted the University’s request May 30, 2007.

Five players on this year’s 18-2 squad were fifth-year seniors, including the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, Matt Danowski.

The Class of 2009 players will also have the option of returning for a fifth season next year. merit Wednesday

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Head coach Mike Krzyzewski still has a passion for coaching and has no plans to leave the sideline anytime soon, but when he does retire, he will not appoint his own successor, Krzyzewski said Tuesday at his annual summer press conference.

Although the University will name a replacement upon his retirement, Krzyzewski said he will eventually advocate for a candidate with a connection to his program.

“Yeah, I would [want thejob to stay in the Duke family],” Krzyzewski said in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle Tuesday.

“I don’t think it should just be my decision.

That’s not being a team player, although I would hope that I have some serious input.

“If we didn’t have anyone in our family who was worthy enough to do it, Td say you go out of it. But we will have people, and we’ll have more than one.”

Speculation about Krzyzewski’s future retirement and succession plan arose again in April when former associate head coach Johnny Dawkins was introduced as Stanford’s head coach. Bob Bowlsby, Stanford’s athletic director, shared parts of a conversation he had had with Krzyzewski, 61, before Dawkins was hired.

“Coach Krzyzewski said that Johnny was a likely successor to him,” Bowlsby said at Dawkins’ introductory press conference.

Dawkins will almost certainly be a candidate, given his high-profile coaching job, his 10 years as a Duke coach and his legendary career as a Blue Devil. But after Bowlsby’s comments, Krzyzewski was emphatic in denying any sort ofofficial succession plan.

“I don’t think [Dawkins] needed to [go to Stanford] to be considered. That doesn’t mean he was going to be the coach,” Krzyzewski told The Chronicle. “When [former athletic director Tom] Butters hired me 28 years ago, I had been a head coach at Army for five years. That helped me, but I had to leant how to coach on SEE KRZYZEWSKI ON PAGE 10

Mike Krzyzewski said he would like his successor to have a Duke tie, but will not appoint one himself.

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SHINER from page 9 Association was on the other end, he was presented with what would turn out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. The amateur could get another chance at qualifying—only not at the nearby country club in New York, but in Cordova, Tenn.

(Coincidentally, the senior’s 133 in qualifying put him a stroke ahead of former Blue Devil Kevin Streelman, who was the Open’s first-round leader. Joe Ogilvie, a 1996 graduate, was the third golfer in the field with a Duke connection.)

Quagliano could have just said, No thanks, stayed home and not incurred the physical or monetary costs of making the trip. But he instead decided to travel to the Volunteer state. The result? Shooting a lights-out 11-under and qualifying for the U.S. Open.

When asked if there was a moment once he arrived at Torrey Pines where he felt as if he had really made it, Quagliano cited his first official practice round.

“That was a really different thing for me,” he said. “I’ve never played in front of a crowd of any size, really, and the crowd was as big as any you’ll ever play in front of at a pro event.”

It’s also different playing part of that practice round with Relief Goosen or sitting a table away from Stuart Appleby at dinner with your family. But I guess that’s all part of the package deal of playing in a major at 21.

Quagliano said the U.S. Open was also a “dream trip” for his parents, who both made the trip to San Diego. The senior said the Quaglianos don’t really take traditional family vacations, that he usually just travels with one parent to wherever the next golf tournament is, which made this feel like a real vacation

for them (If only I could put “Take Dad to U.S. Open to watch me play with the world’s best” on my list of potential Father’s Day gifts next year, I think it would go a long way in cementingmy place as favoritechild.

The odds of that happening, though, are about as great as me birdying the par-4 10th at Torrey Pines. Though Quagliano did, in fact, just that on Friday to card his only birdie of the tournament.)

In case you’re wondering, the amateur shot an 86 and 81 to finish 25-over-par in his first major.

But numbers are really ancillary to the main point.

Consider this: On Thursday, Quagliano hit eight of 14 fairways. Tiger and Phil Mickelson hit only six. Quagliano also hit seven of 18 greens. Tiger and Phil hit 10 and 11, respectively. In a round in which he shot an 86, Quagliano said he missed five putts by mere inches and did not three-putt a single hole.

All of this goes to show that the difference between a college player and a professional one is at once inches and miles.

Quagliano might never play in an Open again. Or he might play in 20 more. But the truth is that no matter what happens in the future, no one will ever be able to take away that one magical spring when he went from waiting in the wings to the biggest stage in all of golf.

On the Wednesday before the Open, Quagliano said that Soren Hansen, a successful European tour player, gave him the following advice: “Just keep doing what you’re doing.

I wish I were 21 playing as well as you.

You’ve got plenty of time. Keep going. Be patient.”

Knowing just how perseverant Quagliano has been, I can’t wait to see what he’ll do next.

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Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday he will not appoint his own successor when he retires, but would prefer that a former player or member of his coaching tree replace him at the helm of the Blue Devil program.

KRZYZEWSKI from page 9 this level. There’s a learning curve.

“Say [Steve Wojciechowski] and Chris [Collins]... the knowledge of what it takes to do it here, is pretty important, especially if we can keep it going. If we don’t stay at a high level, then guys shouldn’tbe considered. But if we’re able to stay at a very high level and compete...”

Other prominent coaches with significant Duke ties include Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker, Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey and Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel.

Many basketball powerhouses have given the position to an alumnus or member of the head coach’s coaching tree. Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty and Roy Williams—the three coaches who have followed Dean Smith at North Carolina—all had Tar Heel ties before taking the helm.

“That’s a decision a university makes, and a university should only make it,” said Krzyzewski, beginning his 29th year at Duke next season. “No one should be able to name their own successor. Maybe if you own your company, or whatever...but I

should not have the right. It’s not even the right. It’s not a position I should be in.”

Changes in Blue-White game Instead of hosting the Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage almost two weeks after the official start of practice, Duke will move the annual game to Oct. 18, the day after practice begins and the Saturday of Homecoming.

The team’s first public showing will complement a homefootball game against Miami.

The Blue-White game replaced a Midnight Madness-type event in 2004. Last year, it took place Oct. 27, even though practice opened Oct. 12.

“We’re always open to change,” Krzyzewski told The Chronicle. “We used to have [Midnight Madness] on TV and things like that. We had it on TV once, and that’s why we did it. They don’t do that anymore.

They’ve changed when you can start practice.... So we’re going to do Blue-White right after [the football game] and see how that is, just to see how it will go.”

The Blue Devils will also change their exhibition game routine and host a Division-II opponent over Parents’ and Family Weekend, the last weekend in October.

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graduate and graduate students who are Muslim, according to The (Raleigh) News and Observer. Because MSA lacks ways to find out which incoming students practice Islam, there is a crude process of getting the Muslim community together, El-Nagger said, adding that he hopes the process can be improved with this hire.

“This [hire] is beneficial to the Muslim community at Duke,” said El-Nagger, a senior. “In the past the extent of our leadership was with a volunteer chaplain.

Antepli can be our liaison between us and the administration.”

For the past nine years, Imam Abdul-Hafeez Waheed of Durham has been voluntarily serving as the Muslim chaplain to the University. In April oflast year Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells suggested to President Richard Brodhead that he hire a full-time University-funded Muslim chaplain.

After seven months of discussion, it was agreed that the new position would take the joint role of both chaplain and faculty. A committee was created in November 2007 for a nationwide search and the position was filled this past April.

“He has excellent experience in the U.S. and abroad, in teaching, research

and pastoral care, in non-profit engagement with social disadvantage and in the daily experiences of student life,” Wells wrote in an e-mail. “He’s the epitome of all that’s good about Duke.”

Antepli will be joining more than 20 other faith leaders from various religious affiliations at the University.

Duke has roots in the Methodist Church, upon which it was founded, but the University provides support to various religious communities on campus. Muslim students comprise about 1.7 percent of the class of 2011 nationwide, according to data from the University of California in Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute Cooperative Institutional Research Program.

“If Duke is going to make it very clear to the Muslim world, here and overseas, that we are open for business to an intelligent, collaborative Muslim presence, we need to be proactive in addressing the faith dimension of the Muslim culture,” Wells said.

Antepli hails from Turkey and is coming from the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut, where he is wrapping up doctoral work. Antepli, who is the founder and executive board member of the Muslim Chaplains Association, was also the first Muslim chaplain at Wesleyan University, where he served from 2003-2005.

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The Duke Community and The Chronicle lost an extraordinary colleague and good friend on Friday, June 13, when Cesco Mayse, Jr., 76, passed away peacefully at his home with his loving wife, Edna, and children, Charlie and Chelsea.

“Junior,” as he was known by his family and friends, delivered The Chronicle for 15 years, rarely missing a day. Prior to his service with The Chronicle, Junior worked at and retired from UNC Memorial'Hospital.

Many of the people in the Duke Community saw Junior as he delivered papers in the early morning to buildings on and off campus.

Junior fought bravely

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Imam Abdullah Antepli will be Duke's first full-timeMuslim chaplain, University officialsannounced last week. Antepli said he expects to reach out to all studentsand work extensively with the Muslim community.

NEW DEAN ,r„ m page, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, California State University at Hayward and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.

“Kevin Moore has considerable experience as a scholar and an administrator,” McLendon said. “We are certain he will make a valuable contribution to the Arts and Sciences administration.”

As senior associate dean for faculty affairs, Moore will be responsible for faculty leaves of absence and search, appointment, promotion and tenure processes, among other duties.

“Basically, he’s in charge of the birth to death process for faculty,” McLendon said in an interview with The Chronicle.

The position requires not only a vision of what it means to be a faculty

member at an elite university, but also the ability to deal with a wide range of people, McLendon said. From a pool of both internal and external candidates, Moore emerged as the most qualified for the job, he added.

McLendon said he hopes Moore will work to modernize the Arts and Sciences administration’s electronic records system. But McLendon noted that Moore is inheriting an efficient administration from Byrd.

“There’s nothing that’s broken, but it needs to be maintainedand sustained—that’s whatwe’re looking for,” McLendon said.

Moore said Byrd will work closely with him as he adjusts to his new post.

“Chuck Byrd’s departure surely leaves a significant gap in historical memory,” he said. “I very much look forward to working with him and with the rest of the Arts and Sciences community.”

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he takes the postjuly 1, the University’s first fulltime Muslim chaplain will be a worthy addition to the University’s spiritual and academic offerings.

Imam Abdullah Antepli will not only provide religious support for Duke’s Muslim population, but he will also increase awareness and promote dialogue about the religion within the broader Duke community.

Although the Muslim population at Duke is relatively small, the imam will lend a face for the community and provide spiritual expertise and perspective to campus discussions, panels and seminars about Islam. The Uni-

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With Duke’s increasing presence in the international sphere, the University’s hiring is an important step toward embracing the widespread influence of Islam and other religions in an era of globalization.

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Antepli’s academic role will also diversify course offerings, which in a time of increasing internationalization is essential to students’ understanding of their global community. The University should aim to educate students about globalization through topics like world faiths and cultures.

Duke’s international ties show a commitment to promoting interfaith dialogue as well as an academic understanding of religion, and it is important that religious leaders be accessible facilitators of this goal.

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remember that every now and then—maybe every month or two it seemed—local news outlets in Atlanta would run a story on Americans’ rising levels of obesity. Invariably there would be some focus on the South, with our love of fatty cuisine and leisurely lifestyles. Of course it would all be accompanied by the obligatory camera shots of people’s bellies lumbering down some busy ade a. sawyer street. Americans’ obesity has also maybe it's me provided reliable fodder for latenight comedians and helped shape some global perceptions about us.

Although some make light of the situation, many health officials worry about the longterm economic and health effects of America’s high incidence of overweight and obesity particularly the incidence in children. Not surprisingly, with higher availability of empty calories and more sedentary entertainmentoptions such as the Internet, video games, and more diverse television options, the incidence of overweight among children rose rather dramatically between 1971 and 2004 according to CDC statistics. Among children aged 2-5 the percentage of overweight increased from 5 percent to 13.9 percent. For those 6-11 years of age it rose from 4 percent to 18.8 percent.

Finally, among adolescents 12-19 years old, the figure went from 6.1 percent to 17.4 percent.

Naturally this puts children at a higher risk for weight-related health problems like type II diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and even some types of cancer.

Perhaps the most striking element of this “epidemic” (as the American Obesity Association calls it) is that it is not evenly distributed across the population. According to the American Obesity Association’s figures, which cover 1991 to 2001, education (and one could assume income) is an important factor as well as region and race. Their figures show that people with less than a high school education fare worse along with people in the South (North Carolina reported in 2001 that 21.4 percent of the state’s adults were obese). Native Americans exhibit the highest incidence of obesity with figures in some places as high as 80 percent, and they are —

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live, which indicated strong demand from students for expanding Duke’s offerings in this area, of which Islamic religion and Muslim culture are important parts.

The University’s founding principles, as evidenced by its motto, “Eruditio et Religio.”

The attention given to this hiring shows sustained interest in both the educational and religious growth the University is meant to foster, and a commitment to students’ intellectual and spiritual enrichment.

It also indicates that this support is flexible: Although Duke was founded on Methodist principles, the University has shown its commitment to the different faiths the Duke community represents.

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economically diverse, and has provided means to support those objectives, but it should also and promote interaction across religious boundaries. This addition to the University’s religious life will only improve Duke’s efforts toward awareness.

The administration’s decision to combine faculty talents and religious leadership in defining their search for an imam deserves praise.

As a faculty member who will be teaching two courses in Fall, Antepli will be able to interact with and benefit many students with an academic interest in Islamic re-

followed by blacks and Mexican Americans. The trends hold for children.

A recent article in Time magazine cited some of these trends and further identified that “The geography ofchildhood obesity is largely the geography of poverty.” Essentially it indicated that in poor urban areas and in rural areas many people lack significant access to healthy foods, and often resort to cheaper, processed food from convenience stores. In rural areas, the situation was not said to be much better, as many people must drive “miles and miles” to find a store with fresh produce or whole grains.

Meanwhile outdoor physical activities are discouraged (or at best not encouraged) in both environments. In both poor urban areas and rural areas, the infrastructure for recreation is generally lacking, with few viable parks and playgrounds, and danger or distance often precludes regular walking to school or to other places of interest.

I think it would be difficult to overestimate the gravity of epidemic childhood overweight and obesity. The effect on children’s health alone can be staggering, given that it affects such a large portion of the population. Additionally, the economic effects of providing healthcare to them as children—and later as adults—is likely to be enormous, especially as people continually struggle to pay for healthcare. Finally, given that the poorest children in society are at the greatest risk, we can potentially harden the barriers to social advancement that children from poor and struggling communities already face.

It seems that schools may be the best settings for addressing this issue. In many states and school systems, efforts have begun to remove junk food and empty calories from lunch menus and vending machines, while some have even increased the time allotted for Physical Education. All over the country states and systems are exploring ways to help children lead healthier lives. In my opinion, this is the type of effort that it will take to seriously address the problem, but it needs to reach a national scale to affect real, widespread change. It would be nice to hear the presidential candidates take a moment ta address it, but I guess until then the local news could get a few shots of kids’ bellies lumbering on the playground every now and then.

Ade Sawyer is a Trinity junior. His column will run biweekly this Fall.

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far, this is the worst presidential election I have ever seen.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, I’m a college student. How many presidential elections have I seen? And the answer is, not many. But this is the worst one. And the explanation for that is simple.

Meaningless scandals.

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news on the presidemial candidates has been disgraced pastors, slanderous rumor, and foolish one-liners. Let’s go through a list, shall we? Obama is apparently a secret Muslim spy who thinks religious people are ‘bitter’ and who worships at a white-hating church. Hillary is billed as a racist pseudoSoutherner who dodges imaginary bullets and wants all those who oppose her to be assassinated. McCain is allegedly a shell-shocked loony who has affairs with lobbyists and who fathered an illegitimate child.

This isn’t mud-slinging, it’s air-slinging, because these insults are ultimately devoid of substance. Even the silliest fake scandal is enough to knock a presidential hopeful off his perch, as we’ve learned. Clinton’s comment that “We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California,” was foolish and weird and generally off-putting. But those who circulated it as proof that Clinton was unfit for the presidency were implicidy arguing that Clinton wanted Obama assassinated. Despite how you feel about the Senator, it’s one thing to call her Machiavellian, it’s another thing to argue that she actively wishes for the death of her enemies, like some kind of political voodoo priestess. The same goes for our preoccupation with McCain and Obama’s theological endorsements; Yes, the candidates have had wacky religious people in their lives. But does anyone believe that Obama thinks white people are evil? Or that McCain believes Catholics are in the service of the anti-Christ? If not, then why do we spend so much time obsessing about which religious figure said what? Perhaps we are worried that these figures might have influence on the nominees.

But if we want to know how Obama or McCain would act in a difficult political situation, we are better off studying their policies, not the character flaws of their friends.

A1 Franken, the former Saturday Night Live comedian who is running for Minnesota Senate, has perhaps been :

hit worst of all by these tactless talking points. Republicans point to his 2000 interview with Playboy, where Franken discussed technology and joked about human beings have sex with robots. Now, Franken’s opponents, in bringing this up, are trying to convince people that A1 Franken believes that human beings should have sex with robots. Worse yet, they’re implying that this would have an actual effect on how he conducted himself in the Senate. How? Would he dangerously modify some hypothetical Human-Robot Relations Act? In the last few elections, voters have increasingly decided their preference for president based on ‘moral values’. But haven’t we gone too far, when we believe that the antique joke of an ex-comedian might somehow impact his position on fiscal spending?

These talking points, which do nothing more than foolishly impinge on personal character, are an insult to democracy. And too seldom do we call such puerile attacks for what they are. One notable exception was when NBC anchor Chris Matthews listened to conservative radio host Kevin James wax infuriated on how Barack Obama was just like [former British P.M.] Neville Chamberlain, an appeaser and a coward. Chris Matthews asked Kevin James 24 times, “What did Chamberlain do?” that made him an appeaser [Answer: Give almost half of Czechoslovakia to Hitler without a fight]. Kevin James didn’t know. His argument that Obama was like Chamberlain, then, was based on historical facts with which he had no familiarity. And that sums up all of these pointless attacks which we all follow so closely: They are completely disconnected from the issues.

But Kevin James’s exposure as a loud-mouthed and illinformed hack is an exception which proves the rule. We have few enough journalists who are willing to elevate the conversation (we just lost one with the passing of Tim Russert). And our political machines won’t stop grinding out manufactured controversies. Instead, we have to stop enjoying ourselves whenever the opposing candidate to our personal views “slips up.” When a serious politician meets a delusionalcharacter or makes a foolish gaffe, it’s not news.

It’s not important. What’s important is who we choose to lead our country for the next four years. If you want to feel self-satisfied and entertained at the inconsequential mistakes of others, pick up a celebrity magazine. If you want to make a meaningful decision for the future of your country, then ignore the spin. You’re not missing anything.

Tager is a Trinity senior. His column will run bithis Fall. weekly

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my first week in Guatemala, I found out that my host brother, Melvin, got his girlfriend pregnant a few months before, and they had to get married as soon as possible. They planned to move into the second floor of the family’s formerly one-story house.

I arrived on a Monday and the wedding was the following Saturday. In order to have the house ready for their wedding, the construction for their new house continued through andrea coravos the night. (Sidenote: I’m mue jaguars on anti-malaria drugs which have humorous side effects, including hallucinations or vivid dreams that tend to manifest during the night.)

On my second night in the house, I must have heard the hammers working above, and I had a crazy dream that the ceiling was collapsing on me. I woke up and ran out of my room.

As soon as stepped outside, I saw my host father walking out of his room in a Speedo. (Not part of die dream.) I’m sure he was embarrassed and certainly did not expect to see me that early in the morning. I was mortified. I also realized that my life in Guatemala for the next two months would be far from normal.

As the family prepared for Melvin’s wedding, I learned more of the birth saga, even though I could barely understand Spanish. My host family explained the story to me on multiple occasions, and all I could understand was that his girlfriend was either five months pregnant orwas going to have five children.

Even though they live with less than most families in the U.S., the wedding was a grand event. This shotgun wedding was “small” and only had three hundred people because they had to plan it quickly (and because a few family members boycotted the wedding because of the pregnancy). My olderhost sister had over one thousand people at her wedding: I can’t even imagine someone in the U.S. trying to plan a wedding of that size.

Some of the traditional customs surprised me. They could not have the wedding in a church because of the bride’s pregnancy.

On her wedding day, she wore pink, because she was not allowed to wear pure white. The person performing the wedding even chastised them publicly for their “sexual love” and said they needed to find a new form of“Godly love.” Guatemala was nothing like I expected; even the daily customs contrast sharply with American life.

Before I went to Guatemala I made quite a few assumptions about my trip. I never truly understood what it meant to live on less than $2 a day. And I thought thatif I was a bit tanner and wore Guatemalan clothing, I could fit right in with my dark hair and Mediterranean olive skin. I could not have been more wrong.

In Guatemala all white foreigners are called “gringos,” a term that can be both affectionate and insulting. At 5-foot-7inches, I am taller than almost everyone in this country, including the men. My hair is too light, and my facial features are too foreign. I’ve never been in a country where I could not blend in with the local population. I am a total anomaly.

We need hiking boots to walk in the muddle streets, and it would be impossible to roll a suitcase down these roads.

The camping backpack is a necessity. My newest homestay family does not even have soap in the bathrooms, and I’m preparing to take my first bucket shower tonight. I know I will not be American-style clean for the next two months.

One of the hardest things for me in this country was figuring out the differencebetween surviving and adapting. In many cases when my kitchen plates are dirty and I have no way of cleaning anything I own, I think about how I only want to survive this trip.

The water is not safe to drink, and I am forever itchy with bites.

But I realized that if I’m living day to day as ifI am just trying to survive, I will never have a full experience. People live like this here, and many of them are happier than people I interact with on a daily basis in the U.S. Now that I am no longer only trying to survive, I’m learning to see life like locals. Flies in the kitchen no longerfaze me. I have no fashion standards (zip-off pants, manly hiking boots, and rolled-up jeans are all fair game). And the more Guatemalan I become, the more I realize how much I love this place.

Andrea Coravos is a Trinity junior. This is herfinal column

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