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Evacuees from Hurricane Gustav use a towel to avoid the rain as people line up for food outside a shelter in Louisiana Tuesday. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the University accepted displaced students and, threeyears later, administrators are extending support to students with ties to the Gulf region. by

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While most students spent their first days at Duke dodging the occasional thunderstorm, sophomore Tony Thomas watched the weather in a different part of the nation with baled breath. Hailing from Slidell, La., a city situated about 30 miles northeast of New Orleans, Thomas closely tracked the progress of Hurricane Gustav throughout the first week of classes—hoping that despite predictions to the contrary, it would not leave the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. When Gustav did come ashore 70 miles southwest of New Orleans Monday with far less force than forecasted, many Duke students with ties to the region breathed a collective sigh of relief.

“No one wants to go through all that again,” said Thomas, who relocated to At-

to a Category 2 storm shortly before it made

landfall helped avert a catastrophe the scale of Katrina, the hurricane nevertheless left million 1.4 h ouse holds in Louisiana withoutpower go* * as of Tuesday Th morning, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Tony ThoniClS, announced in thing scares sophomore fromLouisiana a press conferthe hell out on Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav of politience. cians now. In addition, Gustav I think the city was definitely better prepared this necessitated the exodus of 2 million resitime because it was such bad press last dents from the Gulf Coast, with a mandatime.” tory evacuation order for New Orleans Although betteremergency preparedness and Gustav’s downgrade from a Category 3 SEE RECOVERY ON PAGE 8

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Members of Duke University Union’s Administrative Board called for “measured consideration” and greater student input into Duke Student Government’s proposed increase in the student activities fee Tuesday. After spending much of their meeting Tuesday night discussing the proposal which was submitted as a letter to the student body by DSG’s Executive Board in The Chronicle Tuesday—Union leaders drafted a unanimously approved statement on the issue. DUU’s statement was sent to DSG President Jordan Giordano and others and decried DSG for not engaging campus leaders in a discussion about the referendum, which is slated to be voted on by the student body Sept. 15. Also Tuesday, DSG Executive Vice President Sunny Kantha, a senior, clarified that the fee’s increase would not be $25 compounding per semester —he said DSG leaders misspoke in the letter—but rather increase $25 per year over the next two —

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Fulbright now under OUSF CAPS hires Exchange program grants counselor for scholarships to 17Duke grads Asian students by

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Some of the nearly 200 Asian-American and Asian international students who sought therapy from Duke’s Counseling and Psychological Services last year may have (bund their cultures to be underrepresented on the other side of the waiting room. As a result, CAPS hired counselorVan Li over the summer to specialize in the unique issues Asian-American and Asian international students face as a minority group on campus in the effort to expand their multicultural staff.

Seventeen Duke graduates will be scattered across five continents in the coming year, but they all have one scholarship to thank: the Fulbright Program. The number of grants given out this year is on par with statistics from the last decade: 15 to 22 Duke students have received scholarships each year on average, according to records from the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows. In the past year—the last year that Fulbright advising was still under the International Studies department—the number of Fulbright applicants increased to 45, with approximately 40 percent of those receiving the scholarship,

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The Fuibright Program has seen the numberofDuke applicants decline for the past several years.This year's yield, however, was one ofthe highest ever.

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BANGKOK,Thailand Thailand's prime minister declared a state of emergency Tuesday in Bangkok to restore order after overnight clashes between government opponents and supporters left one person dead and 43 injured. Samak Sundaravej called it the "softest means available" to end the violence.But under the sweeping powers that give the military the right to restore order,authorities can suspend certain civil liberties, ban all public gatherings of more than five people and bar the media from reporting news that"causes panic" Samak gave no timeframe for how long the decree would stay in effect but said it would be over "moderately quickly."

yfy EU orders Russia to withdraw Threatening to delay talks BRUSSELS, Belgium on a political and economic agreement, the European Union has warned Russia to pull its troops back from positions in Georgia. The threatMonday to delay the talks set for this month on a "partnership and cooperation agreement" came after Britain and eastern European nations held out for a tougher line. But Europe's dependence on Russian oil and natural gas detened stronger sanctions. However, Russian officials Tuesday criticized the EU for its position on the talks.

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KABUL, Afghanistan A U.S. investigation into U.N. and Afghan allegations that dozens of civilians were killed during an operation in a small village found Tuesday that up to seven civilians died but that the overwhelming majority of thedead were associated with theTaliban. An Afghan government commission concluded that 90 ci—a claim vilians were killed in the Aug. 22 fighting in Azizabad backed by a preliminary U.N. report. The U.S. report Tuesday said 30 to 35 of those killed were Taliban fighters. The civilian death claims in Azizabad have caused new friction between President HamidKarzai and hisWestern supporters. Karzai has long castigated Western military commanders over civilian deaths resulting from theirraids. The U.S. report said American and Afghan forces took fire from militants while approaching Azizabad. The incoming firfe "justified use of well-aimed small-arms fire and close air support to defend the combined force,"the report said.

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Gonzales for improperly—and possibly illegallyhis office and home classified information about storing in of the Bush administration's most sensitive counterterrortwo ism efforts. Mishandling classified materials violates Justice Department regulations, and removing them from special secure facilities without proper authorization is a misdemeanor crime. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department's inspector general says the agency decided not to press charges against Gonzales, who resigned underfire last year. The report by Inspector General Glenn A. Fine found that Gonzales risked exposing at least some parts of the National Security Agency's terrorist surveillance program, as well as interrogations of terrorist detainees.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. Nervous residents rushed plywood and generators while emergency officials in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas weighed possible evacuations Tuesday as Tropical Storm Hanna shifted toward a tough-to-predict landfall along the southern Atlantic coast by the end of the week. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency as Hannah, downgraded from hurricane status Tuesday but with ample time to regain strength, began a turn to the northwest from the Bahamas. Emergency officials in Georgia and South Carolina went into 24-hour alert mode. to buy

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Duke University Libraries received $475,000 from the Andrew Mellon Foundation Aug. 11 to lead a multinational group of libraries in the development of a new, completely integrated automation software. The collaborative effort, called the Open Library Environment Project, will develop a software program where a university with a large library system—such as the one at Duke—can be fully integrated across departments and more easily accessible to faculty and staff, reflecting changing media in library holdings. “This is a planning project to come up with a design of a software system that is an alternative to the traditional automation systems that will thoroughly integrate all of the needs of a large library,” said Lynne O’Brien, the OLE Project’s principal investigator and Duke’s director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services. Vice Provost and Dean ofUndergraduate Education Steve Nowicki said implementing a new software will improve the learning experience for students here at Duke. “For undergraduates, anything we can do to improve our libraries is a good thing,” he said. “One of the benefits of coming to Duke as an undergraduate is the close proximity of great graduate schools, and the integration of library resources will have a direct benefit for our undergraduates.” According to the OLE Project’s Web site, the core partners of the multinational group will include librarians from Australia and Canada in addition to the

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Concerns regarding labor rights were recently raised when students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were denied the opportunity to meet with university administration regarding an agreement against the use of sweatshops for Tar Heel

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Duke University Libraries was awarded $475,000 by the Andrew MellonFoundation to develop softwarefor library systems. The project comes after the recent completion ofThe Link in the basement ofPerkins Library.

University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Columbia University, among other prominent American universities. “There are always challenges when working across different universities,” Nowicki said. “However, Duke is particularly well equipped to meet these challenges.” An unique feature of the software is that it will be an “open-source” software. This allows anyone who uses the software to make changes to improve the functionality of the system and to share those

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“Open-source software —or as it is otherwise known, ‘community software’—is created by the people who will use it and available to any organization who wants to use it in the hopes that any improvements they make to the software they will share with us,” O’Brien said, Some criticisms posted on the OLE Project’s Web site argue that the project is SEE PROJECT ON PAGE 8

agreement Duke has frequently found itself at the forefront of the anti-sweatshop movement. In 2006, Duke signed the DSP, throwing its support behind die program along with six other schools as the first seven in the country. These schools then formed the DSP Working Group, which has since expanded to 40 universities nationwide that have expressed support for the program, according to Jim Wilkerson, Duke’s director of trademark licensing and stores operations. SEE LABOR RIGHTS ON PAGE

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into the company’s decision-making process. “The campuses where [administrators object to the In some students’ books, posting on the Web site is site]... are probably the campuses that need JuicyCampus tantamount to selling your soul. Thread views have dwinthe most,” he said. dled from four figures to two. But nearly one year after He added that Blue Devils remain among the site’s most devoted followers. Ivester acknowledged that trafthe launch of infamous virtual gossip mecca JuicyCampus.com, site founder and chief executive officer Matt fic on the Duke thread dipped during the summer months but noted that activity Ivester, Trinity ’O5, is betting that Dukies—and students at has picked up since students reother college campuses nation“There are plenty of other ways turned to campus. “Juicy Campus is the only wide—are still thirsty for “the to get my kicks.... JuicyCampus place on the Internet where juice students have the opportunity Boasting a redesign, Juicyand I have parted ways.” to discuss the topics that actuCampus is the same old gossip Christophe Lafargue, ally interest them,” he wrote in queen in a flashy party dress. Users can now view the most pope-mail. “And since it is comsophomore an ular searches, peruse the site pletely user-generated, the site at 10 times the previous speed is authentic—it’s not a bunch and share links to spread social of goody-two-shoes adults trying to shove their bulls— down gospel farther than ever before. Whether or not recovering addicts at Duke—the site’s students’ throats.” flagship campus—will take notice remains to be seen. Sophomore Brooke Hartley confessed that the gossip forum was a guilty pleasure for her last year. “The last time I looked at it, I didn’t really see any“Part of the appeal is the car-wreck mentality,” she thing promising or juicy, so I haven’t been back since,” sophomore Christophe Lafargue said. “There are plenty said. “You’re thinking, This is so disgusting, this is so terof other ways to get my kicks.... JuicyCampus and I have rible, but I feel like I need to watch it.’” But Hartley said the site’s luster faded when the conparted ways.” Students were not th< e than libel. ts relevancy when every ach “the juice.” Last Spri; ic, ‘This girl’s a slut,” als of New Jersey and launched investigatio “You feel worse for the o are writing on JuicyJuicyCampus for suspicf an the people who are the site violated consume tection laws. Ivester, h' en about. I felt like by has announced that th> .ding it I was feeding into lis horrible power.” will grow to serve 500 lege campuses in SeptemHartley said there is ber. de the site can do to win :k upperclassmen, but Ivester said the objec tions of some adminisd that freshmen might ;e of inside scoop. trators have not factore by

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During times of economic hardship, individuals and households adjust their health habits to maintain their well-being despite a restricted budget, according to a recent Duke study. The study, “Nutritional Status During an Economic Crisis: Evidence from Russia,” co-authored by Duke economics professor Duncan Thomas and published last year, focused primarily on Russia between 1996 and 2000, a time when economic crisis caused the average Russian income to plunge 40 percent. The researchers gathered informationfrom about 18,000 Russians on changes in household spending along with adult weight and child height as indicators ofnutrition. Average household spending on food fell and rose with income, yet average calorie intake fluctuated minimally, the study found. “When people are confronted with substantial changes in income, they are able to adjust behavior in ways that have a modest impact in health,” Thomas said. “They take the hit in dimensions that do not affect their physical well-being.” Families consumed lower-cost, higher-calorie foods during times ofeconomic stress, yet adult weight and child height did not change significandy during the four years. The study demonstrates the potential for better crisis response and prevention, Thomas said. “On a larger scale, the research suggests governments and international donors’ response to an economic crisis should focus on distributing aid where it is most needed rather than blanketing resources over the enure nation,” SEE HARDSHIP ON PAGE 8

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Every year, Duke students typically collect a small mountain offree T-shirts from various giveaways, programs or campus groups. From now on, however, fewer and fewer of those may be provided by the Duke University Union. During its weekly administrative meeting Tuesday night, DUU officials considered whether a more stringent policy regarding free T-shirt distribution at Union events was needed. President Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior, said the money spent on T-shirts would perhaps be better spent on actual programming. “If you look at our funding from last year, we spent a decent amount on T-shirts, and it’s something I’m not really a fan of,” he said. “I spoke to a freshman last week.,.. He said he already had 12 free T-shirts, and he’s only been here for two weeks.” Although some Union members agreed with Goonewardene, others said they thought free T-shirts would enhance events and provide incentives for students to attend. No official policy vote was taken, but committees were encouraged to consider the matter further. Also, Goonewardene presented to members DUU’s goals for the year. These goals included; maintaining programming quality over quantity, catering to a wide spectrum of Duke students, reinforcing the Union name and continuing the quest for innovative programming. “We want to make sure we reach every single Duke student—the Duke students that like indie, the Duke students that like .

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Duke University Union members discussed the group's policy on freeT-shirts at its weekly meeting Tuesdaynight President Chamindra Goonewardenealso presented DUU's goals for the year.

jazz, the ones that want to make movies. We have the resources to make that happen,” Goonewardene said. “I think we’ve struck a really nice balance between mainstream events and smaller ones, and we want to maintain that.” He mentioned the Duke Coffeehouse, Jazz at the Mary Lou, Major Attractions and Campus Concerts as efforts that successfully included varied members of the Duke population. Goonewardene also reiterated DUU’s campaign to promote the Union brand. “Two years ago, I would have bet that

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15 to 20 percent of the student body wouldn’t have known what DUU was,” he said. “We need to put our name out there and really make sure people pick up on our organization, because we are the student union.” In other business: During the meeting, Union officials also discussed the Duke Student Government proposal to up the student activities fee by a total of $lOO after two years and afterward prepared an official response to the referendum.

REFERENDUM from page 1 years. The current fee at $222 per year would increase to $272 in the 2009-2010 academic year, and then to $322 for the following year—ultimately increasing the current annual fee by $lOO. In their statement, Union officials said DSG leaders needed to clarify how they plan to allocate the increased funds between student groups through the Student Organization Finance Committee —a subsidiary of DSG—and their own initiatives, which include an estimated $lBO,OOO car rental service and $BO,OOO bus tracking system that DSG leaders said they hope to get started in this year. “Any proposals to be financed by an increase in the student activities fee should include a detailed assessment of costs beyond a set of nominal values,” the statement reads. “At this point, we believe that a discussion regarding student priorities on campus is vital.” Kantha said DUU leaders seemed to be expressing dissatisfaction that the increase would be allocated to SOFC rather than to the Union, which he said was unfounded. “We believe the over 300 student organizations on campus are in greater need of funding than DUU, which seems to be relatively well-funded at this point—and that’s why we believe it’s important for the activities fee increase to go to SOFC and not DUU,” he said. Duke’s Executive Vice President Tailman Trask and Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta both support the increase, Kantha said, adding that it would likely be approved by administrators if students pass the proposal in two weeks. Giordano, a senior, could not be immediately reached for comment Tuesday night.

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FULBRIGHT from page 1 one of the highest yields for the University yet. But the announcement of the award yields follows large declines—more than 50 percent over several years—in Duke applicants for the scholarship. Sixty-nine Duke students applied for the award in 2005, and

29 in 2007. The Chronicle reported in Spring 2007 comments from several Fulbrightapplicants who felt discouraged by Duke’s advising for the program, which they said focused on preparing competitive applications.

THE CHRONICLE The scholarship was previously under advisement by Darla Deardorff, manager of international programs at the Center for International Studies. Starting this year, however, the Fulbrightwill be administered through OUSF. Vice Provost for International Affairs Gilbert Merkx said he did not know of any serious claims of insufficient advising for Fulbright scholars in the past, adding that the change of departments was a logical move for the program. OUSF handles most post-graduate degrees that require University support, such as the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships.

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The Fulbright Program was previously administered at Duke by the Center for InternationalStudies. Starting this year, it will be under the purview of the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows.

Merkx said he had suggested moving the Some scholars cited the opportunities advisement and related funding of the the scholarship presented as particularly Fulbright from his office over to OUSF. appealing. Fie added that DeardorfF did not have “I have never heard of another program enough time to work with Fulbright appli- that gives someone fresh out of their undercants due to her increasing workload in other graduate studies almost total freedom to areas. Deardorff, who is currendy traveling, research what they are interested in, and aldid not respond to requests for comment. most $30,000 to do it,” scholar David Fiocco, OUSF has also Trinity ’OB, wrote hired History Proin an e-mail, “I was surprised with the fessor Karin ShapThe nation’s iro, a former inter- change.... I thought Deardorff largest internanational Fulbright tional exchange scholar herself, to did a great job. She helped the program, was Fulbright help take the lead me go back over my applicaestablished in advising appliin cants. 1946 by the U.S. tion. Darla knew so much Despite the deCongress and is about the Fulbright.” partment transfer, supported by the some students said U.S. Department Megan Moskop, of State. they had always Fulbright scholar found the proBy funding gram’s advising to scholarships, the be satisfactory. Fulbrighl strives “I was surprised with the change,” said to provide a better understanding of U.S. scholar Megan Moskop, Trinity ’OB, who views and values, promote more effective is doing an English teaching assistantship binational cooperation and nurture openin Malta. "I thought Deardorff did a great minded, thoughtful leaders who can work job. She helped me go back over my aptogether to address common concerns, acplication. Darla knew so much about the cording to the State Department's Web site. Fulbright." Primary funding for the Fulbright comes Merkx said there were several factors from appropriations to the Department of that could have been linked to the previous State from Congress, and foreign governapplication decline, such as routine cyclic ments also contribute to the program. The scholarship is offered not only to changes and the fact that it is hard to get juniors to consider seriously applying for such students but also to teachers, scholars and a rigorous scholarship. Most advisers recomprofessionals for research abroad. About mend at least a three-month head start to 6,000 grants were given out in 2007, “At a time when the U.S. is not being apply and, in some cases, much longer. He added that there was an increased looked upon very favorably around the element of uncertainty in intemadonal world, it is not difficult to see the broader planning following 9/11, and that he hopes benefit of the Fulbright Program in inDuke applications are on an upward swing. creasing cross-cultural awareness,” schol“I hope DukeEngage will help spark inar Nick Cuneo, Trinity ’OB, wrote in an terest,” Merkx said. e-mail.

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COUNSELOR from page 1 “We’ve always tried to make the staffmirror the student body,” CAPS Director Kathy Hollingsworth said. “The kind of expertise Li brings rounds out our program.” Although current CAPS counselors serve the entire

student body, Hollingsworth said some counselors also specialize in serving black, Latino and Indian students. Yi will only serve students of Asian descent. The inclination to hire a counselor with expertise in issues facing the Asian student population was not new for CAPS or the University, Hollingsworth said. Li’s position was created after more than five years and three rounds of searches for a counselor specializing in the treatment of Asian students failed to yield a desirable candidate, she added. “Counseling centers across the nation have felt the need to have a more multicultural staff,” said Gary Glass, CAPS senior coordinator ofoutreach and developmental programming. “And the pool of qualified candidates is small.” Indeed, as Duke’s student body has become increasingly diverse, having staff to support the needs ofinternational students has become a priority, and Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta told The Chronicle this summer that the presence of more international students has sponsored some reevaluation ofaccommodations for students. At Duke, Li said she anticipates working with her student base on issues including identity development, adjustment to new environments, separation from primary support groups, academic demands and pressure from home.

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Prior to starting at Duke at the beginning of the year, Li worked as a full time psychology intern at Miami University in Ohio and in China as a high school counselor. She said she is still assessing the needs ofDuke’s Asian student population, but said she expects that her expertise with both Asian-American and Asian international students—as well as international students in general—will be appreciated by both the CAPS staff and students. Li is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, which she said will give students the option of expressing their emotions in a native language. “I have very diverse experiences with different student bodies, and multicultural study is my interest,” Li said. Duke’s newly appointed International House Director Li-Chen Chin said she was aware of the length of the search process, but she added that finding the right person to respond to Asian issues was very important. “I think it’s an appointment that will have a significant effect in terms of outreach not Just to international students, but also to Asian-American students that will have someone who is very aware of their needs,” Chin said. “She is aware of the issues and challenges these students have coming to Duke University.” Glass said Li was chosen for her expertise as well as a genuine eagerness to connect with all members of the student body. “We need as many lenses as we can get,” he said. “Van Li has expertise in the needs of international students around the world. We need to speak to [her] unique blend of expertise.”

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“reinventing the wheel.” This is largely due to the fact that a similar project is currendy underway by an India-based group, the Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, called NewGenLib, or New Generation Library. “We don’t believe that there is any open-source software that is complete enough and adequate enough to meet the needs of a university library system,” O’Brien said. “The vendor systems available are not that good right now.” The OLE Project, which began preliminary planning and development in September 2007, is scheduled to begin training and planning this month for the project’s core partners, those who make up the primary work group for the software’s development. The group will hold a kickoff meeting Sept. 9 and 10 at Duke. The final product and report is due to the Mellon Foundation next summer.

issued Sunday. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta extended University support to students in an e-mail Saturday after New Orleans the evacuation order was announced. He wrote that counselors, administrators and staff were available to help students cope with the effects of the storm on their family and friends. Freshman Manu Mysore said he was especially worried about how his mother, alone in New Orleans, would be able to escape the city by herself over the weekend. “My mom had to gather her things and board up some of the house and do it all by herself,” Mysore said, adding that his mother was eventually able to book a flight to North Carolina. “We all lived through Katrina, and it was almost the same scenario again.” Thomas similarly had special cause for concern. Although his mother and sister were able to escape to Atlanta, his father, a doctor at Slidell Memorial Hospital, stayed behind to continue caring for patients. Fortunately, Thomas said he never lost contact with his father, and Slidell has incurred relatively minimal damage compared to the destruction left in the wake of Katrina. At Tulane University—located in the heart of uptown New Orleans —the approximately 6,500 undergraduates scrambled to make last-minute travel arrangements when the university instructed students Wednesday afternoon to leave campus before midnight that evening. When Hurricane Katrina hit, some Tulane students were relocated to Duke for Fall 2005. Calling it a “hurrication,” Tulane junior Emily Huang drove six hours to Houston with only the bare essentials, not knowing if the rest ofher possessions would be awash when she returned. “When I was walking back from class that day, it was kind of scar)',” she said. “Everyone was on their cell phones to make sure that everyone would be able to get out, that everyone was accounted for.” Some at Duke who contributed to relief efforts in New Orleans after HurricaneKatrina have been glued to their television sets for the past week.

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HARDSHIP from page 4 he said. “It is very difficult to know where to invest without high-quality scientific evidence.” Duncan’s work has focused on the motivations behind decision-making, particularly by low-income houses and families. Although the study’s findings focus on the national and international stage, some students may also face the concept of individual resiliency as they transition to a

more limited budget in college. The stereotypical freshman fifteen, however, may threaten this application, as some freshman said they have not successfully adapted to their new financial situation. “I eat more junk food. It’s whatever I can grab,” freshman Christina Boghetich said. Students shouldlearn to substitute calories with more costefficient foods rather than just eating more, said Jean Hanson, administrative director of the Student Health Center. “People with lower incomes have to learn new patterns

sign the agreement Current UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp responded to a letter Aug. 15 writThe University was the first to join the ten by SAW over the summer and agreed Fair Labor Association in 1997 and also to their request for a meeting after he met joined the Worker Rights Consortium in with an advisory committee on the issue. “I would like to meet with SAW early this 2001. Members of Duke Students Against to semester 1999 to hearfrom your members in peralso a sit-in in Sweatshops staged push for administrative disclosure of the son, but only after I have the opportunity to meet first with members of this year’s Lifactories producing university apparel. censing Labor Code Advisory Committee,” “From the beginning, two of Duke’s guiding principles have been that ‘trademark Thorp wrote in the letter. After three years ofinaction on the uniowners cannot absolve themselves of the rewhich part, members of the group occufor the conditions under versity’s sponsibility pied the lobby of their products are a campus building manufactured, even when such “We felt that the best way for for more than two weeks this Spring, production is conhim to open up the dialogue before entering tracted or subconMoeser’s office ittracted to another was if we were sitting in his self. Sixteen days ...and company’ building.” after the start of that... when serifive ous allegations are Dida El-Sourady, the protest, students UNC made that a factory arrested UNC sophomore and Student were has unfair workon 2 conditions, the May ing Action with Workers member of “failure charges to discompany, as well as

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independent monitors, should verify or refute the allegations,” Wilkerson said at a 2002 conference on Human Rights Issues in Higher Education at Arizona State University. Down 15-501, progress on the administration’s handling of the issue comes after a

sit-in staged by UNC’s Student Action with Workers group to protest Moeser’s refusal

Although Gustav was downgraded to a Cat2 before making landfall, about 1.4 millionLouisiana households were withoutpower as of Tuesday. “Going there, living there for two months and seeing all the hard work that people had done to rebuild and that the spirit of the city was coming back—to think that all that could be eradicated in two days by a hurricane was nerve-wracking,” said sophomore Danny Mammo, who went to New Orleans through Duke Engage this past summer to work on health policy issues. As the region’s second major hurricane in the last three years, Gustav has raised questions regarding the city’s longterm ability to survive repeated natural disasters. “I’ve been all over the world and there’s no other place I would want to live,” said sophomore Zane Shannon, whose house in New Orleans was flooded with three feet of water after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s the cost of doing business, but it’s definitely worth it when the sun’s out and everything is back to normal.” of eating,” she said. “They must replace more expensive sources of nutrients such as meat with cheaper substitutes like beans and foods rich in carbohydrates." Yet some freshmen said they are coping with their new monetary restrictions by searching for healthier options on campus. “I rely on the food plan and on the cafeteria,” freshman Caitlin Ferguson said. “I try to balance the way I’m eating. I’m more conscious about what I am getdng.” And as Thomas’s study indicates, investment in health should be a priority.

perse.”

“Chancellor Moeser refused to meet with us on [the DSP] for three years. We felt that the best way for him to open up the dialogue was if we were sitting in his building,” said UNC sophomore Dida El-Sourady, a member of SAW. The arrested students—Linda Gomaa,

UNC-Chapel Hill students protested inApril the use of sweatshops to produce university apparel, urging admins to adopt an agreement promoting laborrights for sweatshop workers. Duke admins signed the petition in 2006. Sarah Hirsh, Salma Mirza, Thomas Mattera and Tim Stallmann—were tried and convicted Aug. 18 but face no major consequences. The crime will be on record as a prior offense in the event of another conviction, but it will not need to be reported on applications. Current members of SAW still maintain hope for their first meeting with Thorp. “It’s unrealistic to say that he’s going to adopt the DSP the first time we meet him, but my hope is that we can continue this dialogue so that one day, the university will

adopt the DSP,” El-Sourady said. The DSP is a plan designed to require participating universities to source any apparel from factories that the schools have determined to be using fair labor practices. It also ensures that factories selected by the universities are fairly compensated. The plan is implemented over three years: 25 percent of the factories used by the university must be licensed in the first year, 50 percent the next year and 75 percent by the third year.

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pads. Before Saturday’s contest, Harris and his teammates saw senior captain Re’quan i UUaweeK Boyette in tears, upset over missing the opportunity to play as starting running back in his last opener due to a knee injury. “[Seeing] that gave Clifford the edge to do well for himself, the team and Re’quan,” quarterback Thaddeus Lewis said of Boyette’s injury. Harris used that edge to boost his production. In just four quarters, the senior had 25 more yards rushing than he did all of last year. His two touchdowns were also more than last year, when he had none. The chip on his shoulder was most obvious on his two touchdown scores. On the first drive, Harris was stopped for no gain at the 1-yard line on first down. Head coach David Cutcliffe, however, kept faith in him and ran nearly the exact same play on second down. Harris pounded it in, and the Blue Devils led 7-0. Later in the game, with the ball on James Madison’s 4-yard line, Harris carried the ball straight up the middle three straight plays, scoring on the last one from one yard out “You’ll see us make a commitment to running the ball,” Cutcliffe said. “It was encouraging to see a decent start.” But that commitment was in doubt late «|.

in 2007. Over the last three ( years, I had only witnessed losses of every form: heartbreaking, Vfatthow ¥i gutwrenching and JLIOS blowouts. We are, after ()n Football all, talking about Duke Football. On Saturday, though, Duke won. So as I headed into the postgame press conference, I reflected on how well the Blue Devils had played. They committed few penalties and no egregious turnovers while flawlessly protecting the quarterback and producing from the backfield—all things new to me in my time covering the team:

But then, in walked the players, and 1 saw something else entirely different,

something powerfully new. They were smiling, all of them. Running back Clifford Harris could hardly contain himself, slipping his answers through a grin that wouldn’t quit. Defensive end Greg Akinbiyi childishly

chuckled as he likened the winning feeling to waking up on Christmas morning.

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Duke opens its second year under head coach Joanne P. McCallie with a Nov. 14 home game against Oklahoma State, a Sweet 16 team from last year’s NCAA Tournament. The quality of opponents does not dip much from there. Non-conference contests with Stanford and Tennessee and four league games with North Carolina and Maryland highlight the Blue Devils’ 2008-2009 schedule, released Tuesday by the Adantic Coast Conference. In total, Duke will play 13 teams that qualified for last year’s NCAA Tournament, including four No. 1 or No. 2 seeds. Eleven games will be aired on television and six will be featured nationally. The total number is three fewer than last year’s television slate, excluding the ACC and NCAA Tournaments. Among one of those that will be aired nadonally is the Dec. 16 home tilt against Stanford. The Blue Devils host the Cardi-

nal in the marquee non-league matchup in Cameron Indoor Stadium, even though students won’t be on campus during winter break. Two months later, Duke will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to take on reigning champion Tennessee, which beat Stanford in last year’s national championship. “I think it’s a terrific schedule, and there was some great planning that went into it,” McCallie said. “What I love about it is the diversity of where we play, the different parts of the country that are represented and that it has such a great balance with many challenges. I love the fact that we have such a great home schedule, including a terrific opener with a very talented Oklahoma State team. Also having Stanford come in here to ignite that series, and to able to play a team like Tennessee right in the middle of the ACC schedule—l just SEE W. BASKETBALL OK PAGE

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of which came in the fourth quarter. There’s areason Cutcliffe, however, labeled the running attack as “decent” Each running back fumbled once—and Harris’ came during a 54-yard run, wasting what was Duke’s most explosive play of the day on offense, And with Northwestern coming up, which has proclaimed itself the best conditioned team in the country, it’s essential that the Blue Devils’ running game chums up yards to keep the Wildcat offense off the field. “We were more physical than I thought we’d be, which made up for the lack of execution,” Cutcliffe said. “We have got to run the ball not as well, but better this week.” And though Boyette won’t be contributing on the field for a while—if ever again for Duke—his sideline support continues to drive the stable of backs on the field toward success, Harris said. “I wish he could be out there playing, but things happen,” Harris said. “We knew we had to step up to the challenge and I think we did pretty well.” most

in the preseason after Boyette went down with the injury. Even Cutcliffe said he wasn’t sure if his team would have the ability to run the ball well. But Harris, who has been Boyette’s roommate all four years at Duke, would have none ofit. “I was emotional [when Boyette was injured] because he was my best friend and I felt for him as a senior,” Harris said. “But I had a role to fill in his shoes. After the game he told me how proud he was.... I dedicated that game to him because I became a better back by watching him.” Harris was far from the only back to produce. Converted comerback Tonyjackson only had nine carries, but he made the most of them, using his blazing speed for 36 yards and picking up four first downs on a third- or fourth-down play. Freshman Jay Hollingsworth showed he could produce as well, racking up 49 yards on 15 carries,

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think there are wonderful opportunities everywhere you look.” Unlike last year, there will be no big time holiday tournament. Instead of participating in the ESPNU invitational, US Virgin Islands Paradisejam or the Maggie Dixon Classic in Madison Square Garden, Duke will enter the DePaul Invitational Nov. 20-21 in Chicago and the Women of Troy Basketball Classic at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles Dec. 19-20. McCallie, though, does not think this takes anything away from the overall strength of schedule. “Without a doubt we have the kind of schedule that can take it up another level,” she said. “I feel strongly that these women are fantastic role models, and with the schedule as exciting as could be, we hope to have many true sellouts and continue to work to grow the culture of

women’s basketball and get the community involved." The community will have the chance to take in seven ACC games, beginning with Miami Jan. 9. Maryland rolls into town the next Monday, and the Tar Heels will travel down Tobacco Road to close out the ACC slate March 1. McCallie and the Blue Devils will also host Maine Nov. 16. McCallie’s first head coaching gig came at the helm of the Black Bears, a squad she led to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Duke is coming off a 25-10 season in McCallie’s first year, having lost in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The Blue Devils earned a No. 3 seed in the postseason after finishing third in the ACC regular season and losing in the ACC Tournament final. They return seven players with significant experience, led by senior tri-captains Chante Black, Carrem Gay and Abhy Waner.

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ILES from page 9 For the first time in my experience with this program, I saw the players truly enjoying football. That emotion, for a group of young men who love the sport so much but have suffered through such difficult times in their Duke careers, can be a mighty weapon. Once tasted, it’s something that can spur a voracious drive to obtain it again. “Everybody knew the feeling that we had afterwards in the locker room,” Harris said Tuesday. “So, why not work harder to make it happen again next week? We just need to practice harder so we can continue on with our success.” As hype was building for the first spring game under new head coach David Cutcliffe last April, defensive end Ayanga Okopokowuruk may have foreshadowed the new year. “It’s like we’re actually a football program at a big-time school,” he said. After 32,571 people—just 1,370 short of a sellout—turned out for the first game against James Madison, it has certainly started to look like one. But one win does not make a successful season, and even though the Blue Devils played superbly Saturday, they know there is still work to be done. “The relentless pursuit of excellence,” quarterback Thaddeus Lewis said after Saturday’s win. “[Cutcliffe] stresses that everyday. It’s even on the bottom of our jerseys, if you take a look at it He wants that to be in your mind at all times.” That is why at Tuesday’s press luncheon, the same players that had been smiling three days earlier were now stonefaced and serious. It’s game week again. So, acting accordingly, Harris turned in his smile for a stem look as he stated sim-

After a long day of waiting and a longer delay in the tunnel, theBlue Devils ran onto the field Saturday night in good spirits and left the field feeling even better.

ply, “The win is behind us.” But surely there must be some residual effect, some long-lasting momentum that builds from win to win, helping a team propel itself beyond its own expectations. Well, even if there is—consciously or subconsciously—Duke doesn’t seem to see it, feel it or acknowledge it. When asked if heading into this weekend’s game against Northwestern at 1-0 instead of 0-1 would make a difference, Lewis just shook his head.

“Not at all,” he said. “The preparation has to be the same. You have to go in with the mindframe that you have to prepare hard for each opponent. But you have to take it one week at a time. You can never get content.” Tack thatwise outlook onto the fastgrowing list of new improvements to this year’s squad, right alongside the apparent ability to finish games and kick field goals. But there was one thing the Blue Devils hadn’t prepared for all offseason, one ele-

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game they had all but forgotdo when Duke is winning as the clock hits zeroes, “After the game, it was very evident that our team was kind of mulling around. They didn’t know what to do,” Cutcliffe said. “They weren’t practiced at that response at home. It will be something that, hopefully, they will like getting used to.” And it’s something I might have to get used to, as well.

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semester, and by 2011 yield an Student Government will present a additional $600,000 annually referendum Sept. 15 to DSG’s current $623,325 budto increase the student activiget DSG justifies this huge inties fee by $25 per semester crease by highlighting the need over the course of two years, to fund student organizations. In a Sept 2 letter that apfrom its current level of $lll peared in per semester these pages, to a $lOO- ineditorial however, crease by 2011 and thereafter, a move which DSG President Jordan Giorwill effectively double DSG’s dano mentioned these student programming budget. This organizations only in passing. Instead, he elected to focus increase is intended to provide funding and services to on funding new DSG projects the student body, but fails such as rental cars and a GPS to address fundamental istracking system for buses. DSG has failed to show any widesues facing student organizations and represents a spread student support for budget increase of unjustifi- these programs, and Giordano able magnitude. For these had litde to offer in terms of reasons, the Duke student their fiscal sustainability and body should vote against this value to students. The implereferendum. mentation of new programs such as these, which reflect The proposed student activities fee increase will give DSG only cursory preparation and an additional $150,000 per foresight, is a misguided use of

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student funds. In defense of the fee increase, Giordano highlights a recent decrease in the funding available for student groups, which has resulted from an increase in thenumber of groups applying for funds. Citing this decrease in funds-per-group as the grounds for an increase in DSG funding, DSG has proposed an increase to the general funding pool from which organizations receive money. This proposed increase, however, is far greater than the total unmet funding requests of Duke student groups, and a notable proportion of these requests are already acknowledged to be spurious. Moreover, the fee increase proposes that we solve the issue of everincreasing costs by matching them with equal increases in student fees. The problem is that merely increasing funds

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You ’re thinking, ‘This is so disgusting, this is so terrible, but Ifeel like I need to watch it. ’

Sophomore Brooke Hartley on JuicyCampus. See story page 4.

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for handling the proliferation of frivolous or redundant groups and has not yet displayed an effective accountability procedure for controlling costs in the future. Before DSG transfers the cost of its funding decisions to students, it needs to develop programs to increase accountability and transparency, while establishing mechanisms to curb the increase in unnecessary student organizations. Until those mechanisms have been developed, an increase in DSG programming funding will allow for, and even propel, fiscally irresponsible spending in the future.

China

is on the rise. The faster Chinese power grows and the more visible it becomes, the more we in the West wring our hands and scratch our heads, asking, “What is to be done with China?” Some are afraid. An Economist article published in Aug. “China’s 2007,

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The proposed increase does, however, have the potential to cover organizational fees through a funding avenue covered by Duke’s financial aid umbrella. This intention will benefit students by lowering financial barriers to campus involvement In short, though, both the scale of the proposed increase and the lack of demonstrated commitment to reform raise questions about this DSG administration’s accountability and fiscal responsibility and speaks to the unnecessary nature of the student activities fee increase. DSG need not double the student activities fee but rather should plan to control costs and streamline organizations in order to encourage creative, effective and responsible use of student funds. Until then, this referendum has no place.

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that nearly 900 Chinese missiles were gregory morrison pointed at Taiwan. report talleyrand J r A naval construeof tion program nuclear submarines with first strike capabilities was in progress. The Chinese Air Force could deploy 1,550 jet fighters and 775 bombers. They can put men in space and can bring down crucial U.S. satellites. The People’s Liberation Army numbers 2.3 million men. Speculation of a Sino-Western arms race is rife. Careful observers of the 2008 Olympics’ opening ceremonies cannot avoid the obvious parallels with those of the 1936 Berlin Olympics: meticulous stage management, mass mobilization and the propagation of a semi-mythical vision of the Chinese nation. Anything resembling real protest was forbidden. Critics point to a less-thanperfect human rights record and continuing rule-of-law problems (perhaps aggravated by one party rule?). To these critiques must be added China’s distastefully close relations with such pariahs as Myanmar, Sudan and Iran, and its annoying tendency to wield a protective veto in the United Nations Security Council on their behalf. Fear-mongers in America point to competition in Africa using a vocabulary dredged from the Cold War era. China’s natural resource foreign policy might, in a previous era, have been condemned by Chairman Mao as imperialist and capitalist, extractive and exploitative. Across the developing world, American, British and French ambassadors are feeling the sting of increased Chinese diplomatic muscle. The pages of foreign affairs establishment publications are filled with articles with titles like, “The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System Survive?” and “The Right Way to Engage China.” One is confronted with scary statistics about the growth of the Chinese economy, population and military. When I worked in China for a month and a half two sumout

mere ago, I could see without the aid of statistics the power of China. I flew into China’s largest airport and immediately noticed that an exact replica was under construction Just across the 10 lane highway, which was, by the way, itself being expanded to 16 lanes. Tall construction cranes seemed to be everywhere. Just to the south of Shanghai, the Chinese were beginning construction of the longest suspension bridge in the world (so they said) and on my way to work every morning, I drove past literally hundreds of factories. China is now an indispensable part of the global economy and the low cost of manufacturing in China is crucial to the American consumer. This economic growth has been spurred by the transition to a more capitalist economic model and trade liberalization stemming from entry into the World Trade Organization. The end of the unipolar world is in sight and it is tempting to revert to a Cold War mentality pitting Western democracies against a behemoth People’s Republic. What an ignorant way to approach the changing world! China cannot be declared irrelevant merely because her government is undemocratic, nor does that fact make the Chinese state evil or a danger to world order. The normalization of the Chinese economy and its integration into global markets has led, gradually, to China becoming a generally responsible stakeholder in the world economic system. Similar engagement must take place on the politico-diplomatic front. According to a Foreign Affairs article published at the beginning of this year by John Ikenberry, China must be integrated fully into the system of global governance, and this integration must reflect Chinese power. China must see that it has a voice in the councils of world organizations and this voice must be respected. I certainly do not advocate letting China run amok; when the Chinese do not play by the rules they must be forcefully.resisted with all of the power at our disposal, but as China increases in importance we cannot change the rules to exclude her, though we may have profound political and ideological

disagreements The engagement of China is not a new idea, but on a campus that saw escalation of pro-Tibet and nationalist Chinese protests last year, it is worth remembering that, although China is still a bit of a bumbling arriviste, the country is too large to ignore and too important to our way of life to make into the enemy. China deserves the label “Handle with Care”—but handle we must. Gregory Morrison is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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Do you see what I see?

While

my peers were actively engaged in bettering the world this past summer, fighting disease and social injustice alike, I was busy knocking over blind people.

Literally. It was late, I was in a rush fice before it closed, and the afternoon sun was rudely melting the nose off my face. I barreled toward the door as it opened and out meandered a sharply dressed man sporting sunglasses and a cane, which he proceeded to tap

obnoxiously against

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the sidewalk. I hurriedly stepped aside into a large dirt pile, but in my preoccupied state I had failed to notice that not only was this cane beating an irksome rhythm against the cement, but it was also inching forward with a wide, angled sweeping motion, as though the man wielding it were testing the path for any potential obstructions before taking a carefully premeditated step. Well, he found one, and that obstruction happened to be my foot. The cane went tumbling to the ground with a loud clatter and I suddenly found myself poised in an awkward position, with my leg extended out behind me like a figure skater with bad form and my arms windmilling about to maintain my balance and whatever bit of dignity I had left. Not that he could see me or anything, “Oh dear,” I recall myself saying rather unhelpfully. “I’m sorry—I’m so, so, sorry. Very sorry. Sorry!" This last word came out sounding more like a wheeze, as I had finally found the good sense to bend over and retrieve his walking stick. All the while, he calmly stood there with his gaze directed unwaveringly at some point above my shoulder. In response to my dithering he merely commented, with a light trill, “I hope it’s not brrrroken.” I hoped that too. Once reunited with his cane, he resumed his methodically-paced walking without a backwards glance (of course), leaving me to bask in the glow of my own humiliation. I trudged into the building while muttering an embarrassed mantra of “Ohmigod, ohmigod,

ohmigod.” (Eloquent.)

In the time it took me

fetch a few envelopes,

he had somehow managed to travail the parking lot, cross the bustling street and locate the bus stop, where he was sitting serenely as I drove by. One of the tires bumped unfortunately against the curb as I continued to stare. I wondered if I should go apologize again, or at the very least offer him a ride in exchange for having been such a nuisance. Which was utterly ridiculous, because this man seemed perfectly capable of taking care of himself (accidents with floozy-brained girls notwithstanding), whereas I was perpetually late for everything and, apparently, a menace to the physically handicapped community. But knowing how much damage my one little foot could inflict, my mind couldn’t stop envisioning a slew of increasingly morbid scenarios in which the man never quite made it to the bus stop, ironically on account of other people’s shortcomings. I drove home in angry self-contemplation, berating myself for being so unperceptive and shortsighted. If I hadn’t knocked his cane over, I would have never even realized that he was blind, so intent had I been on remaining absorbed by my limited and egocentric worldview. Of course, I’m not suggesting that one should go around completely incapacitating handicapped people in all manner and fashion just to feel more aware of their “conditions.” It’s demoralizing to admit total ignorance, and yet making an overtly conscious effort to “be more aware” hardly ameliorates the situation either. It’s like advocating the merits of affirmative action rather than recognizing the root of the problem by contesting the social significance of race in the first place. If we can learn to acknowledge our differences without analyzing them absurdly out of proportion, then the world would actually have a fighting chance at becoming that “better place.” After this encounter, I could quite comfortably identify at least two kinds of people: those like me, with sight but no insight, and those like the man whom I nearly knocked over like a bowling pin. But are we so different? I would imagine that most blind folk could do without our sympathy, because the line between that and pity is so remarkably fine that it actually disappears with very little difficulty. And as for those poor souls who have to be lumped into a group with me, I highly doubt that we would be able to tolerate sympathy directed at the fact that we have eyes but don’t know how to use them. Nina Hu is Wednesday.

lettertotheeditor Gao, a good choice I fear that Kristin Butler and Ed Rickards, in the Sept. 1 column entitled “Chinese Trustee carries too much baggage,” may have missed the memo circa 1971, so I will generously relay it to them. When two nations, groups or people have a conflict of ideologies, political or otherwise, there are two ways to go about it. The stronger can 1) contain, isolate and slowly dissolve the weaker, or 2) choose to engage and compromise— in President Richard Brodhead’s words, engage in “trade-offs.” Let us now return to the present. In the year 2008, whatever your ideological views regarding the relationship between China and the United States, it is not only highly inadvisable to choose containment versus engagement, but,

frankly, impossible. Thus, though it is entirely true that the interests of Duke—a liberal-minded, progressive and free-thinking research university—is at al-

odds with the Chinese Communist Party—an authoritarian, conservative and censorious government —it is equally true that both parties seek engagement, out of necessity if nothing else. And in the middle is Gao Xiqing. As the third generation of a Chinese family persecuted and exiled for receiving a Western education, I was most shocked not by Amnesty International’s condemnation of the CCP (surprise, surprise!), but rather that a Western-educated Dukie such as Gao can rise so far in the CCP. Assuming Gao’s qualifications warrant his trusteeship, if Duke were to reject such an appointment, what message would that send to the CCP regarding “risky” Western-educated officials? Further, what message would that send to those Chinese studying overseas, who may one day wish to reform China from within? It is my opinion that the door, however closely guarded, should never remain closed. In choosing Gao, Duke chooses to leave the door ajar. Time will tell, if it has not already convinced you, who is on the right side of history. most complete

Muyan Jin Trinity ’O9 Editor, Duke East Asian Nexus

Trinity senior. Her column runs every other

Athletic department makes Giuliani’s case

Andrew

Giuliani’s lawsuit in response to his “unfair” dismissal from the men’s golf team reeks of absurdity. Even from the filing’s played-down summary of the conduct that led to his dismissal, it is clear that he was a cancer to the team—one who believed that his behavior would go unpunished. It is hard to construct a

more transparently bogus account of events than one that includes statements such as, “during a

football game... Andrew played harder than some of the other boys wanted

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the initial appearance of frivolity •s unsettling, the most disturbing thing about the lawsuit is that it may not actually be frivolous at all. The filing accurately summarizes the acceptable conditions lor dismissal outlined in Duke’s Athletic Policy Manual, Student-Athlete Handbook and other documents that govern student-athlete behavior (referred to as “the contact”). These conditions for dismissal are the failure to pay the agreed amount for schooling, failure to submit to drug tests, a charge with a serious felony or other conduct specifically enumerated in a student-athlete’s agreements with the University. l

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Conspicuously absent from this list is a provision for the removal of a student-athlete due to failure to conform to basic standards of personal conduct. As hard as it is to believe, Duke’s codified athletic policy only provides for removal of a student’s athletic eligibility because of a short list of transgressions including felony charges, NCAA violations, academic cheating, drugs or alcohol. Page 11 of the Student-Athlete Handbook contains an extremely vague one-line reference to team rules, but no language refers to the extent or force of those rules. There should be specific stipulations pertaining to the coach’s power to create and enforce team standards or at least a clause clarifying that coaches are free to dismiss athletes for violations of rules not specifically described by athletic policy. The absence of clear language pertaining to team rules or general misconduct is an inexcusable oversight. The Athletic Policy Manual claims to have been revised in May 2007, but such negligence calls into question whether it has ever been subjected to any sort of scrutiny at all. Appropriate behavior is such a basic expectation that it should not have to be codified anywhere, but the legal system does not work that way. Rules are enforced as they are written, which is why prudently conceived policy guards against loopholes like the one Giuliani’s case attempts to exploit. As the filing put it, “[Giuliani] did not engage in any of the conduct specified in the Contract as a ba-

sis for termination or cancellation of his eligibility to participate in the University’s intercollegiate athletic program. The University has never alleged that [Gi-

uliani] did engage in any such conduct.” This stateis not a simple denial of the behavior of which he is accused, but an assertion that such conduct does not justify punishment. The mere fact that athletic policy leaves room for such a claim is extremely disconcerting. It remains to be seen whether a court decides that one vague reference to team rules is sufficient grounds for Giuliani’s dismissal. Regardless, the lawsuit has exposed a major problem that cannot go ignored. The larger issue is not whether the case holds water, but why athletic policy made the lawsuit possible. This calls the fundamental workings of the athletic department and the administration into question. It is unfathomable that nobody noticed such a gaping flaw in department policy, and it makes one wonder whether other such oversights are codified elsewhere. Giuliani’s dismissal from the team may have been fair. Unfortunately, the case will not turn on that question. What should have been a simple case of a coach removing a student for behaving like a 10-year-old may become the athletic department’s next big legal nightmare. It only has itself to blame. ment

Matt Graham is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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