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The University is responding to the challenge of organizing, digitizing and preserving the intellectual output of students and faculty by creating a new top administrative position—director of digital information strategy. The task of devising this strategy will fall to Paolo Mangiafico, who signed a contract to serve as director of digital information strategy Wednesday. His apbe pointment will funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, as will a parallel post at Dartmouth College. “There has been an explosion of digital assets around the University, and there’s also an opportunity to make use of educational assets that have not yet been digitized,” Provost Peter Lange said. “We need a broad strategy ofhow best to use and preserve these assets.” The role will require Mangiafico—who is currently digital projects manager for Duke University Libraries—to meet with a committee appointed by the provost to evaluate how digital information is currendy

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Students relive the Golden Age ofSpain to eat, dance and enjoy art Wednesday night at La Gaia de Oro at the Nasher Museum of Art. The event featured Spanish-themed entertainmentand food.

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If you were to take a Wednesday day trip to the University of California at Berkeley—one of the nation’s most renowned and politically active college campuses—something would be con-

spicuously missing. Actually, make that 10,000 somethings. The Daily Californian, UC-Berkeley’s 137-year-old independent newspaper, announced Aug. 25 that it would no longer produce a print edition on XTn 4- t“/S Wednesdays in an effort to break even in the 2008-2009 academic year. P]T 111 / In a time ofeconomic crisis and widespread p , 0 newsroom cuts, even college publications are

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day, too much of our overhead was tied up into the production of the newspaper.” Thomas said he and the publication board for The Daily Californian hope this year can serve as a “one-year buffer zone” as they try to structure a long-term plan for the paper’s organization and financial model to support daily production as soon as possible. “The reaction was one of sadness on campus,” Thomas said of his paper’s August announcement. “I don’t think a huge number of students were surprised because they knew about trends in national and local papers. But the first question people ask is, ‘When’s it coming back?”’ The changing reality of college journalism Twenty-eight thousand miles away and a mere three days later, editors at The Daily Orange, the independent newspaper at Syracuse University, fell in line with their Californian counterparts by announcing they would publish four print editions and run a full online-only paper on Fridays. Stephen Dockery, editor of The Daily Orange, said Fridays SEE PRODUCTION ON PAGE 6

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Thanks to a crew of nearly 300 drilling after dark, Few Quadrangle is still on schedule to re-open at the beginning of the Spring semester. “If you were to walk through the building, you may wonder how in the world it will all come together,” said Eddie Hull, dean ofresidence life and executive director of housing services. “There’s so many different pieces.” Construction workers at the site said they are working upwards of 12 hours a day, ending their shifts at around 9 p.m. At the current rate of work, the building is expected to be ready for students returning from study abroad programs to move in, Hull said. He added that construction on Few’s exterior, however, may take longer. “The most important thing is to make sure the living environment is squared away,” Hull said. Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residential life, said longer work days and weekend work have kept the project on schedule. Few has traditionally been home to three fraternities—Alpha Epsilon Pi, Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Delta Theta—and two selective living groups—Prism and Round Table. Although the groups were moved to various quads around campus this semester, they have all been offered the opportunity to return to Few in Fall 2009, Gonzalez said. He added, however, that the groups SEE FEW ON PAGE 5

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proclaimed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks once declared that he wanted to be executed and become a martyr. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is mounting a vigorous defense, even asking the military judge to remove himselfWednesday. Acting as his own attorney, Mohammed's readiness to raise pretrial challenges on behalf ofhimselfand his four co-defendants ensures the case will not be over quickly.lt now has littlechance of going to trial before the end of the Bush administration.

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barring U.N. inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant and announcing it will reactivate the facility that provided the material for its atomic test blast. The move fed fears about a resurgent nuclear North Korea, but there also is speculation it might be motivated by negotiating strategy. Pyongyang could use the year needed to restart its sole reprocessing plant to wrest more concessions from the U.S. and others seeking to end the atomic program. U 5.diplomats are talking with othernations involved in bargaining with the North at this week's meeting of the U.N.General Assembly.

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Zimbabwe's president UNITED NATIONS said Wednesday he sees no obstacles to carrying out a power-sharing agreement with rivals and hopes it will lead the West to ease sanctions, which he blamed for devastating the country's economy. In an interview with The Associated Press, the 84-year-old Robert Mugabe was sharp, quick and animated—and made clear he is determined to remain president despite what he said were efforts by Britain and the United States to oust him. "They are waiting for a day when this man, this evil man, called Robert Mugabe is no longer in control," he said."And I don'tknow when that day is coming." Mugabe, who is to address the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, dismissed Western reports that the Sept. 15 power-sharing deal could fall apart "because I don't know ofany hitch."

Wall Street tension up as stocks fall Tension grew in the financial NEW YORK w markets Wednesday, sending most stocks moderately lower as investors worried about the effectiveness of a still-emerging government plan to rescue banks from crippling debt. The credit markets also showed added strain, with demand rising for short-term Treasury bills, considered the safest of investments. Wall Street was calmer than during the first two days of this week, with stocks meandering in and out of positive territory while investors tried to determine what shape the $7OO billion plan might take. But the atmosphere was uneasy enough to erode the market's initial enthusiasm over investor Warren Buffett's decision to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Investors focused on broader concerns that the dealmaking in Washington could produce less potent medicine than proponents say is necessary to aid moribund credit markets. Fear about bad debt on the books of financial companies has led to tightness in credit markets. That, in turn, has made it harder and more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow.

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ST. LOUIS —A Missouri teenager who was kidnapped and held for four years said he figured his days were numbered when his abductor decided to take another boy. Shawn was 11 when he was kidnapped by Michael Devlin in 2002 near his home in Washington County, Mo. He and Ben Ownby, another kidnapped boy, were found in the suburban St.Louis apartment of Michael Devlin, who is now serving life sentences in prison for kidnapping and abusing the boys.

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Those hoping to venture into Duke Forest this semester should heed the posted warning signs or they may find

themselves in the line of fire. Since Sept 15 the Duke Forest, formerly reserved for nature preservation and research, has played host to groups of professional hunters in an effort to remedy an overpopulation of whitetail deer. During the program, Mondays through Thursdays until Dec. 30, the Forest will be closed to recreation. “This is really a pretty standard approach to dealing with rapidly expanding populations,” said Assistant Professor of Biology EmilyBernhardt, who was on the advisory board that recommended hunting as a method of population control. Bernhardt, who uses the area to research how urbanization effects animal populations, said the disappearance of coyotes and wolves has left the Forest devoid ofnatural predators, putting deer at the top of the food chain and causing their numbers to soar. A Duke Forest release said data found that there

The presidential election rolls around only once every four years, and this year campus organizations will be bringing national politics a little closer to home. Harold Ford, chair of the Democratic Leadership Council, and Michael Steele, chair of a large Republican Political Action Committee, GOPAC, will participate in a political debate in Page Auditorium Oct. 22, according to a press release by Duke University Union. The debate, which will be moderated by Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, was organized and planned by the DUU’s Major Speakers Committee, the Black Student Alliance and the Hart Leader-

were 80 deer per square mile in some areas. “My house backs up to the Forest, and I have a deer in my yard every single day,” she said. “The problem is pretty obvious to anyone who lives near or walks through the Forest.” Senior Eric Poston, an avid hunter, said the abundance of game in the Forest would be a welcome change from the sparse deer in the public north Durham area where he typically hunts. But Duke Forest Resource Manager Judd Edebum said the initiative does not mean open season for anyone who can pull a trigger—no public hunting will be allowed. “We have Contracted with two groups of folks and are confident this will be a job will be well done,” he said. Bernhardt added that Edeburn had also taken measures to minimize the risks posed to bystanders. “The hunters are skilled, confined to certain deer stands and are using solely bow and arrows at small ranges,” she said.

“We want to do a lot of election programming and take advantage of the fact that we have an election just around the corner,” said DUU President Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior. “We definitely hope to have a huge turnout because this particular election in general has been attracting a lot of young voters and college students.” BSA President Brandon Roane, a senior, said he was

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Following the failure of the student activities fee referendum two weeks ago, Duke Student Government members continued to discuss the repercussions at a general body meeting Wednesday night. To ease budgetary constraints, DSG voted to cut The Chanticleer’s funding by $25,000 for the 2008-2009 academic year, from its current appropriation of $134,850. “I’d like to thank [The Chanticleer] for putting in hours and hours looking to find money elsewhere,” said DSG President Jordan Giordano, a senior. “The Chanticleer is a great product and we want to make sure that it continues.” During the public forum portion of the meeting, junior Elad Gross, a Chronicle columnist, criticized DSG over its handling of the referendum. Although he was not opposed to the fee increase, Gross argued the referendum was unconstitutional under DSG’s own bylaws. “Today I feel, along with many other students, that DSG has hit rock bottom,” he said. Gross also took issue with DSG leaders’ treatment of the referendum’s cridcs. “There is something wrong when DSG wants to pass [a referendum] so badly that they silence their opposidon,” he said. “If necessary, impeach members of this government who fail to comply [with bylaws]. If you feel that the president cannot serve

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DSG President Jordan Giordano was criticized in public forum Wednesdayfor his treatment of thefee proposal. as a positive leader, he must go as well.” Gross ended his presentation by calling for Giordano’s impeachment. Senate President Pro-Tempore Isaac Mizrahi, a sophomore, said, however, that Gross’ assessment was inaccurate. “It is not fair to put the blame on one person. If one person screws up, we all screw up. It’s a collective responsibility,” he said. “The bottom line is that this was good policy. Without it, we would be screwed [financially] in three years.”

In other business: Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst gave a presentation about new dining operations on campus, lauding the recent

DEER from page 3 Although Ramon Bell, the president of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, could not confirm a contractual involvementwith Duke, he said the NCBA offers the services of licensed and insured hunters trained to perform professional population reduction. Bell added that he preferred to call these ventures “management projects” rather than hunts, as they differed vastly from his personal hunting trips. “For me bowhunting is about the challenge, the solitude and the educational experience, not about killing,” he said. “But typically no selectivity is allowed in an area this overpopulated. Private landowners want us to shoot just about everything we see.” Others, however, said they are not convinced that this program targets the real issue.

launch ofPanda Express. “If students vote with their feet, I’d say Panda Express is doing quite well,” he said. Wulforst also addressed concerns about scanty eating options on East Campus. “I feel like I’ve abandoned the firstyears with only one option,” he said, noting that students can expect to see a new pizza restaurant in the East Union Building after Winter Break. He also said the Cosmic Cantina cart on the West Campus Plaza will most likely close as a result ofinsufficient revenue. Senators also passed a resolution opposing the Town of Chapel Hill’s decision to discourage attendance from area universities at annual Franklin Street Halloween festivities.

“This is not a deer overpopulation problem, it’s a human overpopulation problem,” said Kindra Mammone, executive director of Creative Learning About Wildlife Species, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and support of wildlife in the Triangle. Mammone said she has already seen the ramifications of the hunting that started last week. “This will get ugly,” she said, “and I’m the one who has to hear from the angry little old ladies with the dying baby deers on their front lawns.” Junior Aaron Sandel, president of Duke Students for the Protection of Animals, said the initiative was a bit short-sighted. “To say that other animals are overpopulating our territory seems a little human-centric and not exactly fair,” he said. “Although humans are definitely overpopulated, I can’t see Duke ever starting to cull them.”

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FEW from page 1" return to the same area in which they were housed prior to the renovation. Additionally, the SLGs are not guaranteed to have their own common rooms upon returning to Few, Gonzalez said. “As far as next year, we’d love to be back in Few because that’s our home base, but we also want to make sure that we can get a common room for our group,” said Round Table President Jessica Ferreyra, a senior. “It’s really important to have one for events.” Ferreyra added that her group always expected to move back to Few and was never told they would not get their own common room until The Chronicle informed her in an interview Wednesday. She said communication between RLHS and the living groups in Few has been “pretty hazy.” Phi Delta Theta President Will Matthews, a senior, also said he thinks communication between RLHS and the selective living groups has been confusing. Matthews added that he has received multiple e-mails from Gonzalez clarifying that the group would probably not have its own common room when, on if, the group returned to Few. Although possibly unaffiliated, common rooms will be techsawy enough to satisfy both independents and their selective living group peers, said sophomore Eric Dejong, a member of Campus Council’s Facilities and Services Committee. Hull said committee representatives and RLHS staff members are currently selecting furnishings for common rooms. Hull added that he will meet with the affected groups next week about common room space and returning to Few. Common rooms, however, are not the only spaces that are being upgraded. One of the laundry rooms will be connected to a computer cluster, a study room and media rooms with approximately 60-inch flat-screen televisions and updated technology, Dejong said. The committee has also discussed opening a game room with pool tables and ping-pong tables. In addition, the sixth floor common room will be laid out as a sort of oasis—like that in Bell Tower—with couches and relaxing

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stored on campus, enhance the accessibility of the University’s scholastic output, discern which pieces of information should be preserved and sift through legal and ethical issues presented by the new technology. The position of director of digital information strategy will provide a valuable connection between the library system, the Office of Information Technology and the Office of the Provost, Mangiafico wrote in an e-mail. Mangiafico will also survey Duke students and faculty to measure how all corners of the University make use of new technologies, and will be charged with keeping abreast of domestic and international trends in information storage. “This position is intended to help make sure that the right people are talking to each other and working together, and that we all make good decisions about how most effectively to support the work of Duke overall,” he said.

Mangiaflco noted he has spent 14 years working in the Duke library system, the chief keeper of the University’s records during the paper age. That experience gave him a valuable background from which to assess the value of digital information, he said. “I understand the value of the traditions and culture of libraries as they’ve developed over centuries, as well as the possibilities that new technologies provide,” he said. “And I hope, in this position, to be able to bring both of these together to better serve the needs ofDuke and the broader schojarly community.” After taking stock of how faculty are currently storing their data, one of Mangiafico’s first projects in the new role may be creating a University-v ; de repository for scholarly publications, said Deborah JaL is, University librarian and vice provost for library affairs. But Lange added that the novel nature of Mangiafico’s position makes it difficult to nail down a precise job description. “This is an area that is pretty uncharted,” Lange said. “It’s really a strategic role and a role that requires a lot of vision and a lot of discussion.”

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pleased with the Union’s selection of both Ford and Steele and called the cooperation between organizations “the true vein ofcollaboration.” “[Goonewardene] approached me about potentially bringing two prominent politicians from both the Democratic and the Republican parties who are African-American to Duke,” Roane said. “Both organizations want to move towards true collaboration and not be just a group of names associated with this event.” Ideally, the debate will focus largely on issues that Duke students want to hear more about, said DUU Major Attractions Chair Will Benesh, a sophomore. “One of the things we’re planning on doing before the event is to have students submit ideas and topics that are of interest to them,” he said, adding that both general and specific questions will be accepted. “We’re going to try to include a lot of the student input into what the debate is going to include.” Additionally, students will have the opportunity to engage both speakers in a brief question-and-answer session following the debate, Benesh said. Free tickets will be available to students at the University Box Office starting Oct. 6. The general public can obtain tickets beginning Oct. 13.

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PRODUCTION from page 1 have always been a loss for the newspaper, as many students try to avoid coming to campus for classes. Knowing the pick-up statistics for the Friday print edition, advertisers hesitated to jump on ad buys. Dockery and the editors at The Daily Orange, however, have found a silver lining in the forced gray-paper cutbacks: the growth of Internet-based and multimedia coverage. “It’s turned out to be a great thing,” Dockery said of Friday online production. “It’s giving people experience in new media. For example, instead of running a 2,000-word story in print, we run a 1,000word story with an accompanying slideshow. And we’re starting to see an online readership spike on Fridays.” In an effort to keep up with commercial

publications, college newspapers across the country—and not just those cutting print production —are experimenting with blogs, podcasts, videos and other exclusive online content. Malcom Glenn, editor of The Crimson at Harvard, echoed the importance of pursuing new media goals. He also acknowledged one of the unique challenges of a campus newspaper’s online product, particularly at places like Harvard or Duke: Print readers are often local with an immediate connection to Campus stories while online readers tend to be geographically dispersed alumni who might be looking for more of a summary of what’s happening at their alma mater. The vision for online, he said, should reflect those differences. “The Web site is often a regurgitation of the print edition, and in a lot of ways that doesn’t make sense, because the people who read the print edition aren’t going to

Facing low revenues and shrinking profit margins, some college newspapers—such as The Daily Orange at Syracuse University—are cutting costs by scaling back production and using more online content.

read the same thing online,” Glenn said. “They are two different entities and we should treat them like that.” Nationwide, student readership of campus newspapers online has been gaining traction but still has a lot of room to grow. According to Student Monitor’s Spring 2008 Lifestyle and Media Report, 32 percent of college students are aware that their campus newspaper is available online, up six points from 2007. And of those students who actually know that their campus publication can be read on the Web, 42 percent have read at least one article in the past month—up from the 29 percent who had read online content in 2007. These figures stand in sharp contrast to the reported traditional print readership, with 63 percent of all students reading at least one of the last five issues of their campus newspaper and 31 percent having read at least three of the last five. The high percentage of students who still read their campus daily in print, though, speaks to why cuts at college newspapers have come more slowly than at their professional counterparts. The market for advertising sales on college campuses is still lucrative because universities are niche markets, said Chrissy Beck, advertising director of The Chronicle. She added that although campus papers can still meet and exceed their local advertising goals, it’s not as easy as it once was. “College newspapers for the longest time could just sit there and be order-takers,” Beck said. “But with this economy, we need to do more.” The campus niche and thirst for news Not every college newspaper is failing. In fact, some are thriving. The Crimson, for example, is experiencing record growth. Glenn said the Harvard paper makes upwards of |1 million in

revenue each year, with 80 to 85 percent of that total derived from advertising sales. The senioradded that in each year since he arrived at Harvard, The Crimson has made a greater profit than the year before. The other 15 to 20 percent of The Crimson’s revenue comes from donations used to form a scholarship fund that independendy supports nearly 50 writers per semester. Fundraising outside of advertising revenue is becoming an increasingly popular option, as The Daily Orange established an independent endowment two years ago and The Daily Californian looks to do similarly in the coming year. In terms of circulation, The Crimson has what Glenn calls a monopoly on campus readers. But that’s not unique to Harvard. At Duke, for example, 94 percent of undergraduates and 70 percent of the greater Duke community read The Chronicle regularly, according to a 2006 Newton Marketing and Research Report. Less than 20 percent of Duke community members subscribe to a local daily publication. Nationwide, the Lifestyle and Media Report found that 53 percent of college students do not read commercial print newspapers and an even higher 62 percent do not read commercial papers online. The reality is that campus publications are the primary news source for many students. And that reality is what makes the future of college publications more secure and promising than what has been projected for the business at large. “What I always say is that [journalism] is changing for everyone—it’s changing at the college level and the industry level,” Glenn said. “There’s lots of doom and gloom, but I am more optimistic about the future of college newspapers than I am for the professional ones. As long as students keep enrolling in college, the thirst and desire for news on campus will always be there.” /

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Reportedly (and The New York Times might just be making this up to hurt John McCain), the economy has run into some snags over the past few weeks. This is certainly important, but most of us at recess expect to be poor journalists upon graduation anyway, whether Wall Street is a gaping black hole or not. More pressing are the myriad effects of a lack of money to throw around, particularly when it’s Hollywood whose pockets will be empty. Basically every major music label has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy since 1999, so this financial swing is of little importance to them. Hollywood, on the other hand, still expects to make money, and this is going to make the daunting task of getting people to see Eddie Murphy movies all that much harder. Luxury goods, you know. So let’s say that hypothetically, you’re a big-time movie executive (named Les Grossman) and you’re brainstorming (dancing to Ludacris) in your office (war room). What do you do? Maybe some existing movies will go back to the drawing board and take a slightly different direction. The Curious Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of Benjamin Button, perhaps? It’s also likely that more tried and true franchises will be pulled back into the arena, a la Indiana Jones. I mean, I can’t imagine that I’m the only one craving Titanic 2—Under the Sea. And

if Ocean's 11 can become Ocean's 12 and Ocean’s 13, then there’s certainly a market for 13 Angry Men, or 30 Going On Menopause. Spin-offs are another creatively deep, monetarily safe road to take. George Lucas has already discussed a Mutt Williams movie, although if Shia Laßeouf gets many more leading roles he’ll probably be subject to federal antitrust laws. Cuba Gooding Jr.’s got a lot of free time these days, so a chronicle of Rod Tidwell’s football career would probably be cheap and quick to produce. And despite the best efforts of every major studio, there are still more superheroes hanging around, waiting to be played by Robert Downey Jr. But wait! People aren’t broke yet! That leaves the last ditch effort, one that the music industry has fully latched onto (just ask Kanye): release every single movie before the end of the year, and discontinue production on the rest. People will spend whatever money they’ve got left, and then when the financial apocalypse finally is upon us, nobody’s losing

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For 25-year-Old Brooklyn graphic novelist Dash Shaw, the world is beautifully absurd —at least when it comes to his comics. As he constantly redefines his personal style, from his altering drawing techniques to the varied topics of his cartoons, Shaw reveals a rare talent for uniting distinctive dissonances in his work. Shaw’s exhibit Bottomless opens today at the John Hope Franklin Center Gallery. Sponsored by the Duke University Center for International Studies, the show features never-before-displayed original drawings, storyboards, color background overlays and animation. All the excerpts are from his story-based works, including his latest graphic novel, Bottomless Belly Button, and web comic BodyWorld. ' Shaw grew up with a father who loved comics, and he became interested at a very young age. He is especially a fan of Japanese manga, a passion that grew when he lived briefly in Japan during high school. Though

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Since Sept. 17, rumors have swirled through the Triangle that the area’s premiere rock venue may move to Durham. Although the owner of Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle, Frank Heath, has refuted these rumors, he doesn’t deny that changes are in store for the Cradle. “It can get a bit frustrating knowing that our current spot really is where this venue needs to stay, while also knowing that we could benefitfrom a larger space,” Heath wrote in an e-mail to The (Raleigh) News & Observer. The rumor was first reported in The N&O, which quoted developer Laura Van Sant of 300 East Main as saying that delays in a renovation project might induce Heath to move the club, which has moved twice in its lifetime. Scientific Properties, Inc.—a Durham company that owns Golden Belt, an arts area with galleries, studiosand retail space near downtown—was mentioned as a possible candidatefor a relocated Cradle. Allison Polish, director of mar-

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Duke Performances kicks off an obscurely named mini jazz festival this weekend. The name—-Jazz @ Home—is~ meant to focus listener attention on the importance of context to the creation of music. But for pianist Frank Kimbrough, the title hits—well, a little closer to home. In fact, the Roxboro native is visiting his parents before his solo performance Sunday in the Nelson Music Room, and he said he enjoys playing on his home turf, among other places. “I enjoy playing anywhere,” Kimbrough said. “Of course, when I come down a lot of times I’ll maybe see someone come to a concert that I haven’t seen for 20 years, an old friend.” Through his work with the Jazz Composers Collective, Shirley Horn and bandleader Maria Schneider—he performed with her at Duke two years ago— Kimbrough has become one of the leading pianists of his generation. His career started, however, in Boone, where he attended Appalachian State University, and in Chapel Hill, where he lived and played in 1978 and, 1979 under the mentorship of legendary and recently deceased local patriarch Brother YusufSalim. “I used to play for $5 a night in Chapel Hill,” he said. “The scene there is quite small, you know? Like one of the places I used to play was at Brother Yusuf s place. He was a great supporter back then and had me on his TV show. And we played at the Cat’s Cradle every Monday night.” Kimbrough’s Sunday show is being billed as Air, after his latest record, also his first solo outing. Kimbrough’s lyrical, spacious style conjures several other great solo pianists including Cecil Taylor and Keith Jarrett, but he became sick of playing without bandmates after his first decade in New York City when he found that most gig opportunities were solo flights in bars and restaurants. “That was how I got my act together,” he explained. “And I learned hun-

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Moving awayfrom the funky, retro pop she is known for with Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis has decided to experi- i ment with Southern soul on her second solo album, Acid Tongue. Driven by perceptive song- SM writing and Lewis’s emotion- /#P|! ally powerful voice, the album comes off as a nostalgic jour- Ji ney through the vintage sounds of soulful blues, gospel rock and even some country twang. A collaboration with Hb Elvis Costello (“Carpetbagger”) coupled with the fre- V quent help of stirring gospel W W background singers strengthens the classic Americana tone that pervades the record. Although Acid Tongue is, for the most part, a fairly upbeat jam album, an underlying down-and-out subtext exists within the lyrics. For instance, “Godspeed” vocalizes Lewis’ unheeded pleas

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ambitious piece on Acid Tongue is Kings of Leon worked with Jacquire “Next Messiah,” King to co-produce their latest album, a nine-minute Only by the Night, which takes noteworthy fusion of three bounds forward in production value. This distinct time around, their anthemic southern The track moves rock has been recalibrated with a new from a country ballad to sonic palette more befitting of stadiums bluesy rock and, finally, to an than taverns. upbeat duet with the Black Crowes’ The album opens on a high note Chris Robinson. Astonishingly, the with heavily-affected guitar and atmothree styles fuse together well and spherics that add an interesting twist to the track makes for an enjoyable lead singer Caleb Followill’s distinctive progression through the tenets of bluesy vocals. Unfortunately, the first Southern rock. two cuts, “Closer” and “Crawl,” stand a With the success of both her first notch above the rest, meaning that the solo album, Rabbit Fur Coat, and Rilo album effectively peaks in the first eight Kiley’s latest release, Under the Black- minutes. The third track, “Sex on Fire,” light, JennyLewis is maintaining what a questionable selection for the album’s has made her a standout performer lead single, aspires to epic heights with in the world ofinnovative pop music. muscular guitar riffs but is weighed down Acid Tongue serves as proof ofLewis’ by clunky songwriting. In fact, its vapid ability to successfully cross musical chorus, “And you/Your sex is on fire,” boundaries and still retain her own perfectly characterizes the rest of Only by artistic originality. the Night’s lyrics. —Tina Siadak Most of the writing on the album most -

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seems to cherry-pick from juvenile rock ‘n’ roll cliches. Even the high-gloss sheen of the production loses its appeal in the middling second half of the album, which finds the band rearranging compositions to create a second rate carbon copy of the mediocre first half. Such homogeneity nullifies some of the band’s strengths, such as Followill’s exceptional vocals. The main problem with Only by the Night is that Kings ofLeon chose to spend their time honing form instead of function—it fits the mold of epic stadium rock, but on closer listen offers little substance. —Brian Contralto

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it lakes a few songs for Ijyyally to come together. The opening track, “Against Privacy,” is filled with simple guitar riffs drenched in distant, exaggerated echo effects and trite chord changes. It’s like a disorganized sound check. By the time we get to “Every Valley Is Not a Lake,” the music starts to coalesce behind the raw, jarring vocals. Yet by the following track—“Something Is Not Right With Me,” the album’s first single—it’s back to the same echoing guitar, crappy bass tone and cheesy synthesized piano—the standard setup of a struggling bar band. Finally, Loyalty's muddy guitars and stumbling drums fit with their subject matter in the haunting “Golden Gate Jumpers.” Although it is a sign of some artistic thought, I’m still not buying it. Willett’s elongated notes only become more distorted and annoying. Eventually, the Kids find their groove. The U2-inspired chorus of “Dreams Old Men Dream” and the drum-and-bass groove on “Relief’ show some promise, but it’s a day late and a dollar short. On the whole, this album is as drunk, tired and depressing as playing to the bartender. —Sam Schlinkert

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'k'kti'b'b Best known for his television work, British comedian Ricky Gervais (BBC’s The Office) makes his silver screen debut in the new supernatural farce Ghost Town. Gervais plays grouchy dentistBertram Pincus, who dies in the first few minutes of the film and then almost immediately returns to life. Back from the beyond, Pincus now has the ability to see dead people. Where Bruce Willis treated ghosts seriously, Pincus turns convention on its head with his complete irreverence and clear annoyance towards the otherworldly. A ghost named Frank (Greg Kinnear) particuarly dogs the disgruntled dentist. Frank is a nagging hot shot who in some ways is the antithesis to Pincus and in other ways, a kindred spirit in his rudeness. Kinnear effectively plays himself in this film and delivers an unremarkable performance. Accompanying Gervais and Kinnear is Tea Leoni in the role ofKinnear’s widow and Gervais’ love interest. Leoni, known mostly for playing whiny blond wives, does not diversify with this role. Despite that, or perhaps because of her one-dimensionality, she delivers an acceptable performance. The standout here is Gervais. Successfully transferring that tricky brand of English comedy to an American audience, Gervais’ sometimes deadpan, sometimes witty style draws gales of laughter. Not just a comedy, Ghost Town is actually a feel-good story as well. Looking to catch a wider viewer base, the director threw in some drama and a journey of self-discovery for good measure. Flawed in many small ways, the film nonetheless provides a fresh type of humor for American audiences. —Braden Hendricks

presents a half-hearted, simplistic political message, but fails to provide any depth because of the focus on car chases, explosions and other entertaining, if predictable, spe-

To be clear, Nicholas Sparks is not a good writer. He is a manufacturer of pop literature who writes different versions of the same story filled with trite gimmicks and boils grandiose themes of love and tragedy down to simple ideas. Some people will buy into his cotton-candy romance, some won’t. But it is in no way good. Subsequently, the film adaptations ofhis novels are not good. They are, in fact, terrible. And Sparks’ fourth film adaptation, Nights in Rodanthe, follows suit. Rodanthe tells the story ofrecent divorcee and single mother Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane) who is raising an antisocial son and angry teenage daughter. One weekend during hurricane season, she leaves her home in Raleigh to tend to her best friend’s inn on the North Carolina coast while the friend is away. Willis finds herself alone with the inn’s only guest, Paul Planner (Richard Gere), a flip doctor with a mysterious past. By some divine force, these two tortured souls find comfort in one another and —surprise!—fall instantly in love. The two share their pasts, challenge each other’s stubbornness, share drunken nights and weather a hurricane together. It’s all conventional romance, and Gere and Lane work well together. Far less interesting and sexy than Unfaithful, the two stars’ last outing together, this film is unrestrained in its sap, surely only pleasing its target audience. On the plus side, the use of Cape Hatteras’ innate beauty as the backdrop makes the film easy on the eyes. But pretty pictures cannot make up for a film’s shortcomings, and Rodanthe just amounts to overstuffed

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Billy Bob Thorton is a real scene stealer in a supporting role as an FBI agent trying to crack the case. And while Laßeouf and Monaghan are convincing as hapless pawns, they are constrained by the script’s lack of character development. The film’s plot was thought up by Spielberg in 1996 and has only been hurt by the long production time. Although conceived as a thriller, the technology featured is no longer surprising. In fact, many of the supposedly intense moment early in Eagle Eye will draw derisive laughs from audiences. The plot is somewhat complicated and full of holes, but the major weakness is that it all unravels too slowly. The movie also

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A haunting portrait of a girl from Maine, the disparate faces of a innercity high school and the poverty of Iraq under economic sanctions in the 1990s—these photos comprise the diverse work of photographer Olive Pierce. Pierce recently agreed to archive, her life’s work at the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library. The current exhibit, Olive Pierce: Forty Years of Photographs (1963-2003), showcases her work chronologically in seven small assemblages. Included among them are “Vinalhaven, Maine,” “Up River,” “Iraqi Children under Sanctions” and “On the Bridge.” Though Pierce spent time in Iraq photographing the poverty created by the economic sanctions in 1999, her strongest photos are those of her home, New England. “Up River” is one ofPierce’s most distinctive collections. It chronicles the quirks and

day-to-day routine of two fisherman families, tjje Carters and the Harveys, in coastal

Maine. One picture in the collection captures a masked, young girl dragging a wagon filled with bread outside of a trailer home. Another poignandy features the Carter family men casually lined up for a group photo. Haphazardly arranged and with only a few scattered smiles among the seven, it resembles photographs that develop nine times out of 10 in family portraiture attempts. Viewers can relate even though the men are complete strangers. One of Pierce’s main goals is to tell the human story as a “social activist” said Karen Glynn, visual materials archivist for the Special Collections Library. The collection, “On the Bridge,” exemplifies this aspect of her work. The assemblage features the demonstrations of both pro-war and anti-war groups at a town in Maine after the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. One shot in particular captures two men on opposite sides casually engaging in conversation while each holds an Ameri-

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can flag bearing a different message. The piece speaks to the commonality among all of us even in times of political turmoil, an underlying theme to all of Pierce’s work. “I have found [my connection with others] in creating art about people,” Pierce

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Rarely does an art exhibit evoke an entire cultural phenomenon, but Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration of the Negro, currently on display at Golden Belt Gallery near downtown Durham, is as much a narrative as it is a visual collection. The 60-piece suite, created in 1941,chronicles the experience ofsouthern blacks who decided to emigrate to the North in post-Civil War America. The subject matter—a migration within a country—separates it from the more common focus of immigration art on crossing national boundaries. Each image tackles one aspect of the move from South to North. Blacks are illustrated in their everyday lives through rich, earthy colors, and the depictions of nature have noticeable depth. Lawrence also covers housing conditions, social difficulties and race relations at length as he exposes the causes of the migration. One of the most striking examples is a scene touching on the subject oflynching, a greatconcern for Southern blacks at this time. Ifdepicts an man, huddled in the foreground, confronting a lynch rope that hangs against a gray sky backdrop. The painting is brutal and stark, and it is typical ofLawrence’s ability to convey emotions and tone through minimal detail. He employs a number of interesting stylistic techniques in his work, from skewed perspectives to absurdist portraiture. Yet the images themselves are never overshadowed by

appears dauntingly long, the story reads rather quickly thanks to Shaw’s mastery of flow. [Belly Button’s] ability to have image drive narrative, yet keep the two closely attuned, is astounding,” said Rob Sikorski, executive director of DUCIS and gallery curator. “Reading 700 pages in a sitting has got to be a singular experience.” The novel is a good representation ofShaw’s love for contrast. Through juxtaposition, such as the framing of “really ugly-looking drawings” in some larger, beautiful sequence, Shaw cleverly creates visually stimulating models. “A comic for me... you have pictures and words,” he explained. “They aren’t repeating the same information, although sometimes they can, but it’s how the two relate and make a third thing [that’s] not the drawing [and] not the words. I’m excited by it.” The ambiguity of the “third thing” is highly appropriate —the nuanced elements scattered throughout Bottomless Belly Button are best experienced by viewing his drawings first hand. Shaw strives to carry out this experimental attitude in all his work, including Body World, his current project. Unlike Belly Button, which was completed in twotoned minimalism and could be categorized as a family drama, Body World is a sci-fi thriller that uses a full range ofcolors. Additionally, Shaw chose to upload new weekly installments of the comic on his blog. “When I think about comics, I think about the properties of a book: facing pages, page turns, formalist elements,” Shaw said. “But online comics aren’t like that because you can view them on a screen, but obviously there is a very strong relationship to comics.” In times where paper is expensive and publishing is difficult, Shaw said the Internet brings a lot of energy to the comic world. “I think it is beneficial because it’s open to everyone, and 99 percent of [online comics] are free,” Shaw said. “It’s extremely easy to put something online.” Even with the large amounts of comics floating around the web, there is no doubt that Shaw’s widely-acclaimed talent is recognized by critics and fans alike. But after completing BojdyWorld, Shaw will work on another graphic novel and concentrate on animation, all within the safe confines of his own world. “I just want to put myself in that place because when you get out of art school, there are all these other things people want you to think about: business things, style things, trying to market yourself,” he said. “I just feel like focusing on this imaginary world and working on it all the time is the thing that makes the most sense to me.” u

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their message. Scenes depicting the race riots that gripped many cities are busy and strange, with bodies stretched across the frame and intertwined in batde. But Lawrence never comes across as biased. One of his most powerful drawings shows a black couple, clad in furs and tuxedo, their faces seething with disdain for their poor, newly arrived brethren. The Migration of theNegro has a singularly historical resonance that makes it more than just visual stimulation. It successfully provides a window intoAmerica’s own immigrant wave.

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Virginia made headlines this past week, but for anything it did on the field. Surely, the Cavaliers 1-2 record—which includes blowout losses to No. 1 USC and Connecticut—does not warrant much national press. Unfortunately for Virginia, the current media attention regarding the program has to do widi its recent dismissal of former starting quarterback Peter Lalich. The university announced Sept. 18 that the sophomore quarterback would no longer be a member of the football team following his admitting in court that he had violated his own probation. Lalich did not travel with the Cavaliers for their game against the Huskies Sept. 13 because of his legal troubles. The hearing, originally slated for Sept. 26, was moved up, and Lalich was immediately kicked off the team following his confession that he drank alcohol while on probation for not

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Fueled by last weekend’s convincing Duke Classic win, the Blue Devils head into what head coach Robbie Church calls “the meat of their schedule” with a chance to finally measure themselves against thebest in the country. No. 10 Duke (8-1) will host No. 15 Boston College (6-1-1) Thursday at 7 p.m. No. 15 in Koskinen Stadium, BC . the start of marking vs ACC for both play Nq

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underage drinking. His subsequent dismissal leaves the Cavaliers shorthanded at quarterback. Sophomore Marc Verica made his collegiate debut in lieu ofLalich against Connecticut, completing 22-of-30 passes for 158 yards and an interception. Fifth-year senior Scott

Deke relieved Verica in the fourth quarter and didn’t fare much better, completing three passes for 30 yards and an interception. Despite the feet that the Cavaliers will enterWallace Wade Stadium Saturday without the man they thought would be leading them all season, Duke head coach David Cutcliffe expects a more athletic and mobile look at the quarterback position. “They’re experienced players, and we’ve seen them on tape,” Cutcliffe said Wednesday on his daily radio show. “We’re expecting to see some play-action pass, bootleg, maybe some zone-read and designed quarterback runs. We gotta be pretty much prepared for all of it.”

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For Duke, the keys to Thursday’s conference opener against Miami are simple. TTiey must maintain intensity, increase communication and, above all, just have fun. After an impressive preseason showing against some legitimate out-of-conference contenders, Duke (9-3) is looking forward to getting its ACC slate up and running with a home match against the Miami undefeated Hurricanes (12-0,1-0 in the ACC) Thursday at 7 p.m. in Cameron vs IndoorStadium. “We’re excited to get theACC season Duke started, and our team is excited to see an opponent in the conference and to go THURSDAY, 7 p.m. head to head with them,” head coach Cameron Indoor Stadium Jolene Nagel said. “This is really what’s going to determine our season.” Nagel sees the upcoming match against the unblemished Hurricanes as a perfect opportunity for her players to truly prove themselves in the conference and establish a precedent of play for the rest of the season. Although she sees the matchup as demanding, Nagel is confident that her players have the skill set to come out

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To prepare for Verica and Deke, Duke’s staff watched game tapes of last year’s Virginia starting quarterback, Jameel Sewell, who lifted the Cavaliers to a 9-3 record. Sewell was declared academically ineligible last spring. Aside from their troubles at quarterback, the Cavaliers also bring in arushing attack that is ranked 117th nationally, averaging only 51.3 yards per contest. And following the team’s 4510 loss to the Huskies, Virginia’s team psyche may be a little different from Duke’s, a team off to its first 2-1 start in five years. Still, the Blue Devils must contend with the Cavaliers’ size advantage, especially on the offensive line. “Virginia and Virginia Tech have been the two biggest teams I’ve ever faced since I’ve been in college,” said Duke quarterbackThaddeus Lewis, one of three ACC quarterbacks who has been the primary playcaller all season. “Every time I line up against these guys, I’m like, ‘Where’d they get these guys? These guys are huge.’ It’s like if you’re not a certain size or certain weight, you can’t play here.” The average height and weight of Virginia’s offensive line is 6-foot-6 and 305 pounds. The Blue Devils’ starting defensive linemen weigh in, on average, at 50 pounds less than their Cavalier counterparts. By comparison, Duke’s starting offensive line weighs an average of only 270 pounds. Virginia’s success on Saturday could depend on how their oversized line can protect their inexperienced quarterback. Verica is more mobile than Lalich—who was a pro-style drop-back passer—which will make things a bit easier. Luckily for Duke, it was able to see Verica on film in his debut against Connecticut, and has been able to prepare as such. “We definitely want to get after him,” senior safety Adrian Aye-Darko said.

with a win “It’s time to step up to the plate and get going,” Nagel said. Specifically, the Blue Devils’ success is contingent upon the elusive fun factor that has proven to be essential to Duke’s winning ways. On Thursday, Nagel is looking for her seniors to become leaders and help facilitate the fun environment that she says the team needs to win. “We play a lot better when we’re loose and when we’re having fun,” Nagel said. “And not only do we as coaches want to nurture that atmosphere, but I’m looking for the seniors to nurture that atmosphere, as well.” “The team overall needs to get excited and have fun,” senior Anna Wherry said. “That’s something that we really need to focus on, and that’s what we need to do to make sure we win the match.” Not to undermine the other factors that are essential to another victory, Nagel expects to see her players focus and play at a level that is necessary against a top team. Tm hoping that we have the intensity that we need to beat a good team,” Nagel said. “That needs to come not only from the court but from the sidelines, as well. We need to continue to communicate, because that’s critical to how we perform and to do what we want to do offensively and defensively. I also want to see a few smiles now and then, and that we’re breathing and relaxing enough to be able to perform at our best.” After adding to these important factors a few key blocks, some killer hits and essential digs, the Blue Devils hope the combination will result in the smiles their coach hopes to see.

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This will get ugly, and Tm the one who has to hear from the angry little old ladies with the dying baby deers on their front lawns. Kindra Mammone, executive director of a Triangle nonprofit wildlife support organization, on Duke Forest allowing some hunters to kill deer. See story page 3.

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But behind Link’s glitz and glamour lie some concerns. Students and faculty have the top technology money can buy, all at their fingertips. The only problem is that a vast majority of them do not know how to use it.

Link users—both young and old—with the new devices. If teachers are intimidated and normally tech-saavy students are confused, then Link’s facilities are all for naught. In order to further ensure that Link is used to its full potential, library staff should monitor the usage of classrooms and study rooms. One or two students will camp out in a room designed for five or more people, oftentimes precluding a larger group from using the space. This can be combatted by instituting a room sign-up sheet or adopting a policy that gives preference to group usage. Link offers a new, more vibrant alternative to the stacks

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reasoning was incorrect in more detail, all correspondence stopped. I e-mailed as many members of DSG as possible afterward, and one member asked to meet with me personally on behalfof the others. Giordano

was not present at this meeting. And now, when any of us picks up a copy ofThe Chronicle, we find another strange story about DSG. Whatever. Who cares, right? We should. This past vote was an outrage. It was a sloppy, shoddy operation and it was an insult to Duke students. Our rights as constituents ofDSG were violated, and we didn’t even know it was happening. Now DSG is threatening us with more direct punishments. The Readership Program and the yearbook are under attack, along with other Duke

publications. DSG’s apparent response to students: It’s our fault, as voters, that groups aren’t receiving their funds. It’s our fault that the Readership Program may need to be scrapped. It’s our fault that all the hard work our government has put into making this referendum a reality has been for naught. I’m not opposed to an increase in thestudent activities fee. I’m opposed to the wayDSG is handling itself. If they can show all of us that the fee increase is necessary, let’s do it But DSG has not only failed to prove its point, it has failed to represent our interests. Maybe it’s time for a major audit of student groups. I’m sure some of this fund-cutting will be based on student group performance. Maybe, then, DSG should start with itself—DSG increased its own budget by almost $12,000, even while complaining offund shortages for the other groups. Maybe DSG should show us where the fund deficit actually is—the only budget DSG has made available shows a surplus in funds. DSG was meant to be a government for us and by us. DSG is failing to do their part and we are failing to check them whemthey fail. But we can fix this together. It’s time to get rid of the fatalistic and haughty attitude, the complaining, the waste, the corruption. It’s time to cast off the poor leadership and the failing structures. It’s time to open the lines of communication. It’s time for governance that will motivate students to be involved and take the 30 seconds out of their day to vote. It’s time to end this travesty at the desk from which it all stems. It’s time to impeach the president and any other members of DSG who fail to rally to the students’ side. You want a real referendum that will get something done on this campus? Make it a recall of President Jordan Giordano. Elad Gross is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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Happier campers

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you (might not) know, last weekend was Grad Student Campout for basketball tickets. For the uninitiated, Campout is like Krzyze-

for grad students (which shockingly not does it’s mean less fun and .1 fanarnff OIGX lanarOll more work). Having pargubernaculum ticipated in both, I can tell you that both involve lots of drinking and partying, brith involve attendance checks and both are events that unify their target student bodies. (Note: I wasn’t there, because I had to be at the hospital, and also because I forgot to register.) But there are a couple of key differences. While K-ville lasts from Christmas (sometimes) until the UNC game, Campout is only a weekend. While finishing K-ville only gets you tickets to the UNC game, Campout is for season tickets. And most importantly, while completing K-ville guarantees you tickets to the UNC game, only about a third of those who complete Campout will win season tickets in a lottery held at the end of the weekend. For pretty much every game during the season (excepting, obviously, the UNC game), any given undergrad can show up at game time and walkright in. But grad students need their special grad student tickets, and only about one third of the students completing Campout have them.

So, basically, it’s threetimes harder for a grad student to get tickets compared to an undergrad. One of the reasons for this disparity is that there are fewer grad student spots in Cameron Indoor Stadium as a percentage of student population. Even though this fact harms my personal chances of going to basketball games, I think it makes sense; Basketball games should really belong to the undergrads. Kind of like Shooters or Thursday nights at Sati’s. But the numbersstill don’t add up. And that’s why the wholeconcept ofCampout isflawed. For undergrads, supply of tickets equals demand for tickets in every game except the Carolina game. That’s why students can show up at game time and get in. For the Carolina game, demand exceeds supply. K-ville exists to artificially suppress demand for the Carolina game. For grad students, the Carolina game is included in the season ticket package. This type of system fails to take into account thefact that supply and demand for Carolina game ticketsis different than tickets for all other games. For a November game against Cornell, sleeping outside for a weekend is far too much to ask; but for the UNC game, sleeping outside for a weekend is far too little. Thus, more students will complete Campout than can be accommodated in the Cameron grad student section because they want to be at theCarolina enough to sleep outside for a weekend. This necessitates a lottery. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with the lottery on its face. A longer or more strenuous process is impossible for grad students. (Actual-

ly, I honestly don’tknow what real grad students do all day, so maybe they do have time to wait outside to get into basketball games. I, meanwhile, currently spend most ofmy days learning how to save lives—read: trying not to make a fool of myself in front of real doctors and patients—so I clearly have no time to wait outside for basketball games.) But completing Campout doesn’t just earn the Campout-completer tickets to the Carolina game, it earns him tickets to every game for the whole season—even games where the demand is lower and for which every grad student who would want to attend could probably be accommodated.Like the Cornell game. So there are two possible solutions. Hie first, and the one that I would lean towards, is to scrap the idea of camping out for grad student tickets altogether. This would never happen, because (as is the case with K-ville) a lot of people in charge are tied to “tradition.” But camping out for grad student tickets is inadequate for ticket distribution because it is an insufficiently strenuous task for determining who gets Carolina tickets and a far too strenuous task for determining who gets tickets to low-demand games. All that Campout does is make it more difficult for people who would love to attend lowdemand games to do so. It means that people who aren’t free for one particular weekend in September will have a tougher time getting into basketball games. (Yes, I know that grad students can walk into any gamewhere there’s space 30 secondsbefore game time, but come on. If there’s a game going

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holds secret meetings in the ’Dillo on Wednesday nights. Second, the delayed reporting of referendum results has caused much controversy. I concede this is a decision that I do not fully understand. I also do not fully understand what damage was done by having students read the results in a blast e-mail, rather than in The Chronicle. It was unwise to hold off on telling The Chronicle (clearly!) but the news was still delivered as required by the DSC Constitution. The third and final qualm lies in the new DSC publication, The DSC Bulletin. I hope readers will believe me when I say I am not defending the publication as its director, as a mother woulddefend its child, but rather, as a defender offree speech. Why is The Chronicle panicking? The DSC Bulletin is not looking to replace it and become the only source of DSC information. Is it really so terrible that DSC attempt to speak direcdy to its electorate? IsThe Chronicle trying to monopolize the right to speak to the student body direcdy? Perhaps the original word choice—“newsletter”—was confusing. The DSC publication is an attempt to report what DSC is thinking. It will receive no outside contributions because it is precisely that (though letters are welcome, of course). Forums for opinions and analysis —such as The Chronicle itself—already exist. So I conclude with a reassurance and a request DSG is not trying to put The Chronicle out of print In feet it is fully aware that it is one of the most widely read publications on campus and DSG would not benefit from its demise. I simply ask thateditors monitor the quality of articles more closely. It is such Rita-Skeeter-type, sensationalized articles that risk The Chronicle’s credibility, not DSG. WonnieSong Trinity ’ll, is theDSG public. relations director ofpublications and director of TheDSGBulletin.

Tickets could still be distributed by the existing lottery, or better yet, by a new-and-improved lottery that hands out single game tickets. Every grad student who completes Campout would be eligible to get tickets for every game. They all vow to put the price of a full season ticket into their FLEX accounts and maintain thatvalue over the course of the season. Two days before each game, each Campout-completer puts his or her name into an online ticket lottery for that game. The winners of the lottery get tickets for dial game, and their FLEX accounts are debited. Add a provision stipulating that two no-shows means that Campout-completers lose their Cameron privileges for the rest of the season. For high-demand games, participation in the lottery will be high and it will be difficult to get tickets. But for low-demand games, participation will be low and it will be easy to get tickets. Of course, that probably makes too much sense.

AlexFanaroff, Trinity 'O7, is a secondyear medical student. His column runs every other Ihursday.

An Apple™ a day

Yellow journalism I read Nathan Freeman’s Sept. 23 article, “DSG finds' new ways to communicate,” I was not worried about the impact the article might have on student opinion of DSG First WOIUlle SOllg because I am fully guest commentary aware that, as it stands, many upperclassmen’s attitudes toward DSG during most of the year border on apathy that no press, good or bad, could affect. Second, I was convinced that such poor journalism would only reflect badly on its author or at most, The Chronicle, for letting it slip through its quality control. Imagine my surprise, then, when I opened the Sept. 24 paper to find an editorial reiterating —albeit more eloquendy—some of the arguments thatFreeman made. The editorial asserts that DSG has a “general project to restrict information that students... receive about their government.” I see that three charges are being laid at DSG’s door as evidence of this sinister project. First, it appears the decision to go off record is a heinous crime, worthy of a personal, tabloid-likeattack. Is The Chronicle suggesting that going off record is a novel concept that DSG invented so that it might plan world domination from its humble little office in the Bryan Center basement? Might it not simply be away for the executive board _to throw out an idea for senators to consider before announcing it officially? Short-sighted though it may have been, DSG had been anticipating an increase in funds and it has had to reconsider its plans for the year. Contrary to The Chronicle’s insinuations over the last few days, President Jordan Giordano is not stupid and does not discuss plans to take over the world in a public arena, off the record, but rather,

on, I don’t wantto wait to get in, be turned away 30 secondsbefore game time, and then miss the first 10 minutes of the game trying to get home. This is not exactly an attractive option.) I’m not saying that the “giant party that brings grad students together” aspect of Campout needs to be eliminated too. It just isn’t necessary to tie that aspect to the handing out tickets aspect There could be a giant Campout party, but widiout constant attendance checks.

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you’ve been walking around with your eyes closed, and your head encased a in block ofcement, with a bandana tied around it, in the dark unless you’ve been doing all this, you surely david distenfeld must ve seen but seriously those “funny” Bill G; s-J Seinfeld commercials which were formerly part of Microsoft’s new marketing campaign. I say “formerly” because this week Microsoft scrapped the entire campaign for obvious reasons—it was exceptionally horrible. In the commercials, Bill and Jerryjust stoodaroundfor a while talking about nothing particularly substantive. For a second, I thought I was watching a Sarah Palin press conference—oh wait, those don’t exist Now JerrySeinfeld has been a big hero of mine, but, to be quite honest I was so excited to see him and Microsoft fail. Why, you ask (or don’t)? Well, I am a huge proponent ofall things Apple. I love the iMac. I love the iPod. I even love the word “indivisibilities” simply because it’s got so many ts in it I’m like a walking advertisement for Apple and not just because I often dance in silhouette against vibrantly colored backgrounds. This summer I got the new iPhone, a device that, in addition to solving global warming and enabling users to travel through time, can surf the Internet at 3G speeds—whatever that means. Despite all the willpower I could muster, I’ve become addicted to the so-called “Jesus Phone,” constandy checking my e-mail, sending texts and visiting the Middle Ages using time travel. But David, now that the iPhone's been released, how will Steve Jobs possibly top himself? Good question, rhetorical italics. About a week ago, Apple created an application for the latest update of iTunes called “Genius.” What chutzpah, right? That’s like Emeril releasing a product called “The Most Delicious Sauce Ever” or Avril Lavigne naming her newest album “The Best Damn Thing.” Anyway, the application creates the perfect play—

list from your library based on one song of your choice using something called “cloud computing.” Sounds like Scientology mumbojumbo to me, but who am I to question the all-powerful Apple Corp.? So, I decided to test out this “Genius” program to see if it could really live up to its brilliant name. In my first trial, choosing a song by Kanye West brought up a 25-song playlist immediately after clicking the Genius button. The playlist was spoton, consisting of similar hip-hop acts, like Jay-Z, Common and OutkasL The inclusion of Taylor Swift was a bit strange, but perhaps she has a lot more street cred over in Cupertino, Calif. I kept trying “Genius” and out kept coming appropriate playlists. Bruce Springsteen generated songs by Arcade Fire and Counting Crows, while John Mayer yielded songs by James Blunt and other overrated artists. With all its amazing gadgets, sometimes it seems like there’s nothing Apple can’t do. I just wish they would come out with the iLost a device that lets you know what the heck’s happening on that crazy island. But seriously, with all this Mac love going around these days, what could Microsoft possibly do to measure up? Well, now that they’ve dumped Seinfeld and Gates, they’ve started a new ad campaign where sexier, hipper celebrities like Eva Longoria and Pharrell exclaim, “I’m a PC.” It’s actually pretty similar to the “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” ads that Apple runs, not that that’s a bad thing. Those ads have been enormously successful. So, call -it clever, call it derivative or call it genius—to borrow Apple’s favorite word. Ultimately though, the biggest flaw in these campaigns (both PC and Mac) is that they perpetuate the notion thatthe technology we choose shoulddefine who we are. Ifyou truly believe you need to pick a specific cell phone or mp 3 player to say something about your personality, don’t bother. You probably don’t have a personality. I like Apple because it works well for me, but I know just as many people who are happy with their PCs. The reality isihat certain technological gadgets don’t make you cooler or trendier or more likeable. Clothes do. —

David Distenfeld is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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