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The Board ofTrustees has taken a criticaleye to its practices in the past year, and the conclusions of an internal evaluation will result in fewer people taking a close look at them. When the Trustees gather this weekend, all parts of the meeting will be closed, from the plenary session to a press conference that once gave media an opportunity to ask questions ofPresidentRichard Brodhead and Board Chair Robert Steel, Trinity ’73. ‘Just to be frank, when you have an open session, what it means in effect is that the Trustees are no longer engaged in the kind of confidential conversation about open questions of the University,” Brodhead said, adding that the Trustees hope to improve efficiency, given the limited time weekend meetings afford them.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said there was no particular impetus for the changes, apart from a desire to assess how the Board could best operate. He noted that such evaluations are typical of nonprofit boards, and in general can be driven by external events that highlight a need to increase oversight or otherwise evaluate how well a board is serving its purpose. “I think it was found there were parts of the meetings that work extraordinarily well and parts that work less well,” Brodhead said. Of those parts determined to work less well, Schoenfeld said the governance review found that perhaps too many people were present during some of the sessions. “It didn’t facilitate the kind of discussion, the give-andtake we would like,” he said. “It was too crowded, and oftentimes too distracting.”

Richard Chait, a Harvard professor who studies university management and governance, was brought on as a consultant for the internal governance review, but Chait said he could not comment on the review without the permission of Brodhead, Steel or University Secretary Richard Riddell. In September 1991, the Board announced changes to the composition of its sessions. The changes, recommended by an ad hoc committee formed to analyze Board business, barred everyone but voting committee members and people expressly invited from attending meetings. Board members had reportedly expressed concerns that discussions were stilted in part by overcrowding in the board room. Just a few days later, however, the Trustees overturned its closed-door policy. Former president Terry Sanford helped broker an SEE TRUSTEES ON PAGE 5

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Citigroup Inc. agreed Monday morning to acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. for about $2.2 billion in a government-aided merger that pulled the Charlotte, N.C.-based company out of its worsening financial situation. The intervention occurred after federal officials decided that Wachovia’s poor performance threatened to exacerbate the already fragile U.S. economy. Citigroup will inherit up to $42 billion of Wachovia’s $312-billion loan portfolio, and the government will absorb the remaining losses in exchange for $l2 billion in securities. The announcement was made just before the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a $7OO-billion bank bailout that would have helped banks unload bad loans from their balance sheets. The finance industry’s recent turmoil has also carried over to students seeking jobs after graduation. Some said the effects of the sudden acquisition on their future employment have yet to be determined. “It’s really unfortunate for [students] seeking jobs and everyone who’s had offers—they don’t know if those offers still stand because many of those firms don’t exist anymore or exist under different names,” said senior Matt Miniat, president of Network for Future Executives. “It’s just a really tough, uncertain time.” Seniors Keah Kalantari and Jane Zhao interned at Wachovia over the summer and were both offered full-time positions post-graduation. Following Monday’s sale, however, Kalantari and Zhao said they had not been contacted regarding their employment statuses. “Today was obviously a rough day for me SEE WACHOVIA ON PAGE 6

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House Minority Whip Roy Blunt speaksMonday in Washington, D.C. after the Housefailed to pass the bailout bill.The vote came as markets took a battering and Citigroup bought a majority ofN.C.-basedWachovia.

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WASHINGTON In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House of Representatives Monday defeated a $7OO billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system, leaving both parties’ lawmakers and the Bush administration scrambling to pick up the pieces. Dismayed investors sent the Dow Jones industrials plunging 777 points, the most ever for a single day. ‘We need to put something back together that works,” a grim-faced Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said after he and

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bemanke joined in an emergency strategy session at the White House. On Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders said the House would reconvene Thursday, leaving open the possibility that it could salvage a reworked version. Senate leaders showed no inclination to try to bring the measure to a vote before they could determineits fate in the House. President Bush, meanwhile, was scheduled to make a statement on the rescue plan Tuesday morning, reported White House officials. All sides agreed the effort to bolster SEE BILL ON PAGE 5

Students who had pencilled Duke Engage into their summer schedules may need to flip back a few pages in their planners. The summer service program will undergo several changes to the application process in its second year. Students interested in group service programs must apply to just one domestic site and one international site by Dec. 15, and the deadlinefor individual projects will Be Jan. 23. All applicants will be interviewed. Last year, students could apply on a rolling deadline to three group projects with no quota for domestic sites or limitations- 1 to international site applications. Interviews were conducted on a site-by-site basis. The modifications to the application process are part of an ongoing effort to SEE APPLICATION ON PAGE 5

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BAGHDAD Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that the government is ready to compromise to reach a security accord with the United States because Iraq still needs American troops despite the drop in violence. In an interview with The Associated Press,al-Maliki said neither he nor Iraq's parliament will accept any pact that fails to serve the country's national interests. A poorly constructed plan could threaten his government's survival, he said. Al-Maliki said, however, that he is firmly committed to reaching an accord that would allow U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond next year. The Iraqi prime minister spoke at length about the difficulty he faces in trying to negotiate the accord that would set the terms for the U.S. presence in Iraq for years to come. Supporters of antiAmerican cleric Muqtada al-Sadr oppose the accord, arguing U.S. forces should leave Iraq as soon as possible. Neighboring Iran also has been speaking out against a long-term U.S.presence in Iraq.

Company recalls tainted candies HONG KONG British candy maker Cadbury announced a recall Monday of chocolate made in its Beijing factory after it was found to contain melamine, the industrial chemical that has sickened tens of thousands of Chinese children. The 11 recalled items were sold in parts of Asia and the Pacific, the company said in a statement.Cadbury's chocolates sold in the United States were not affected, said a spokesman for Hershey's, Cadbury's sole U.S. distributor. Melamine-laced baby formula and other dairy products in China have been blamed for sickening nearly 54,000 children and leading to four infant deaths.

Ex-teacher sentenced for assault OMAHA, Neb. A former teacher who fled to Mexico with a 13-year-old student so she could have sex with him was sentenced Monday to six federal years in prison. Keteey Peterson, 26, had pleaded guilty in July to a charge of transporting a minor across state lines to have sex and avoided a similar charge that would have carried a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence. She will be credited for nearly one year she has already served and could get another year off for good behavior, said U.S. Attorney Joe Stecher. Peterson could still face state charges, which include kidnapping and first-degree sexual assault. Her attorney, James Martin Davis, said he hoped those charges will be dropped, but Dawson County Attorney Elizabeth Waterman said she will proceed with a state case.

Afghan police fire at US troops KABUL, Afghanistan A NATO official says an Afghan policeman opened fire on U.S. troops inside a police station and killed an American soldier. The official says the shooting took place Sunday after American troops and Afghan police brought militant suspects to the station. An officer already at the station then opened fire. The official says the American troops fired back and killed the policeman. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because the information was not supposed to be released.

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Increased turnout at Duke football games coupled with midday heat has led University officials to re-evaluate availability of water and emergency medical service at games in order to prevent dehydration. “We’re learning how to go about dealing with new crowds,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta. “This means more vendors, more bathrooms. Everything is moving in the right direction, and we’re very confident that we’ll find the balance.” Duke Emergency Medical Services plans to increase the availability of water, provide for additional EMS units on both sides of the field during hot days and install an airconditioned treatment area and misting fans like those on the Plaza, said Duke EMS Director Ben Applebome, a senior. As students and supporters packed into Wallace Wade Stadium to cheer on the Blue Devils as they defeated Navy Sept. 13, climbing temperatures and dehydration resulted in reports of between 30 and 40 cases of heat stroke, Applebome said. “It was very hot, and this heat reflects off of the stadium. We had a number of reports ofheat stroke significandy higher than any other recent football game,” he said. Some fans, like Caroline Lyon and Bettie West of Wilson, N.C., who were at Saturday’s match-up against Virginia, speculated that the cost of water at concessions stands fueled dehydration at the games. “A bottle of water here costs $3. If water were just a little bit less, it’d be much better,” Lyon said. “A friend of mine went to the game last weekend and told me it was so hot, the only thing that kept her

Drinking and drawing A studejit was cited early Saturday morning for underage drinking and vandalizing a bathroom in Edens Quadrangle 48. A wet surprise Thursday evening, a female student reported that she woke at around 3:30 a.m. to find a male student urinating into a trash can in her room. Slap and run Two individuals unaffiliated with the University were in a fray in the Wannamaker Fire Lane Saturday morning. One of the subjects slapped the other while arguing, and fled the scene.

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High temperatures and dehydration caused approximately more than 30reported cases ofheat stroke in Wallace Wade Stadium during the Duke-Navy football game Sept. 13. was the water.” To prevent vendors’ prices from discouraging dehydration, EMS keeps a cooler at its station and gives out free water throughout games. Posters to the Duke Basketball Report online discussion boards said EMS experienced delays in arrival time on several occasions, including one incident in which an elderly man reportedly passed out in the bleachers midway through the second quarter during the Navy game. When EMS did arrive, one poster alleged, they were ill-equipped, lacking oxygen and a defibrillator. Although Applebome disputed these complaints—saying he felt that EMS was able to treat patients appropriately and fairly quickly considering the sheer num-

ber of calls—he acknowledged that it became necessary to rely on additionalEMS units, Johnston Ambulance Service and the Durham Fire Department in order to care for all heat stroke victims. By working with Duke Police to identify specific ways to improve medical services in Wallace Wade, Applebome said he hopes that EMS will be able to better prevent dehydration and more efficiently treat patients throughout the season. “This is going to be an important situation in the future,” Applebome said. “With more people coming to Duke games, we need to be aware of this situation. We’re having lots of meetings in an effort to try and improve EMS response times for future

Treasure taken A student reported Friday that jewelry was missing from her dorm room in Crowell Quadrangle. Stop! Collaborateand listen A traffic citation was issued to a student for driving through a stop sign at the intersection of Flowers Drive and Yearby Avenue Friday. Artistic ruin An employee reported a broken window pane at the back of the Art Building Friday morning

Keeping count An employee reported Thursday that $3 were missing from a locked drawer at Durham Regional Hospital. Dangerous moves A student was cited for an Unsafe Movement Violation on Erwin Road Sunday. —compiled from police reports

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beleaguered financial markets, potentially the biggest government intervention since the Great Depression, could not be abandoned. But in a remarkable display Monday, a majority of House members slapped aside the best version their leaders and the administration had been able to come up with, bucking presidential speeches, pleading visits from Paulson and Bemanke and urgent warnings that the economy could nosedive without the legislation. In the face of thousands ofr phone calls and e-mails fiercely opposing the measure, many law-

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from more of a an AmeriCorps-type program after an inaugural year in which two international sites —Dublin, Ireland and Beijing, China—were the most sought-after, DukeEngage Assistant Director of Programs Sarah Trent explained. “We are extraordinarily committed to domestic communities,” she said. ‘We feel it’s important to the organization and to the United States to have a sufficient number of students doing work in the U.S., in addition to programs abroad.” Eric Mlyn, director of DukeEngage and director of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement, noted that this year’s fixed application deadline—several months earlier than last year’s rolling cut-off—could also cause some students who apply for a wide range of summer

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experience.” Sophomore Andrew Ognibene, who is enrolled in a DukeEngage-themed house course, said the earlier application deadline will weed out some of the more casual applicants, resulting in a more enthusiastic and committed crop of volunteers. For students who do commit to applying,

however, particularly those who had set their sights on a service site abroad, the new specifications may come as a disappointment. “That sucks,” sophomore Michael Warady said. “If I’m going to do DukeEngage, I definitely want to go out of the country.... Some people do [DukeEngage] instead of study abroad. If you limit people to where they can apply, I feel like that takes away some of the incentive.” Sophomore Henry Hwang said there is wisdom in the new application process, though he acknowledged that he had envisioned himself at a service site abroad. “I will admit that the domestic sites hold a little bit less appeal because there is something intriguing about going abroad,” he said. “But my thought on the matter is that I can recognize the value of what they’re trying to achieve with this application process. It might seem unfair or limiting at first glance, but as long as there are enjoyable people to work with, I’m happy.”

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HIGHER ED from page 4 in the maximum grant amount in fiscal year 2008—a legislative initiative that comprised the first bill Obama sponsored in Congress. Beyond that, Simmons said the main priority was affordability, no matter how it was achieved. “My simple filter first and foremost is, is it good for students?” he said. “There was some great expansion of student aid and especially of tax programs during the [Bill] Clinton administration, but there’s been expansion of Pell Grants in the [George W.] Bush administration.” Research funding and regulations Much of Duke’s research is funded with federal dollars, and encouraging appropriation to agencies like the National Institutes of Health is one of the Office ofFederal Relations’ major tasks. Schoenfeld said the resignation of NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni next month and the Wall Street collapse further complicate the usual uncertainty of an election year. “Typically transition years are a lot of uncertainty and

chaos anyhow, and now it’s going to be amplified by the events of the financial crisis,” Schoenfeld said. “You have to be aggressively conservative or conservatively aggressive in your expectations.” Questions such as stem-cell funding are important at medical research hubs like Duke—both candidates support embryonic stem-cell research, with Obama offering the most detail on the topic. Simmons also noted the vagueness of both platforms, but said Obama’s stood out as more detailed on research. Overall, Duke officials said they worry about increasingly stringent standards for reporting of information to the federal government, on issues ranging from on-campus crime to endowment spending. “Higher education in general has been very concerned about the rising tide of regulation,” Schoenfeld said. “The amount of regulation and reporting that we have to do is probably unparalleled in any industry.” In the last year, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-lowa, has led the most visible regulatory charge against higher education, a push to examine how universities spend endowments. In

the spring, several universities pledged to boost their endowothers—including Duke—reported their spending practices to Grassley, and Simmons said he now expects there will be no legislation on the issue. ment spending and

Duke jumps into the election fray The University has largely avoided other campaign issues that affect higher education, such as affirmative action, Simmons said. But Duke has taken pains to be more than a sideline spectator in the race. For example, President Richard Brodhead is one of four chairs of an election task force created by the Association ofAmerican Universities. In that capacity, he leads

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leaders and policy-makers know where Duke stands on issues.” Michael Schoenfeld, vpforpublic affairs and government relations efforts by research universities to place their priorities and needs on the political radar screen. “What that group is doing is to articulate the importance and role ofresearch universities and to represent the research universities to the campaigns,” Schoenfeld explained. Brodhead also met with representatives from Obama’s and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaigns. Those meetings have focused on specific policy questions, and the University has to remain officially nonpartisan, Schoenfeld said. “We want.to make sure that the leaders and policy-makers know where Duke stands on issues,” he said. A meeting with McCain’s campaign fell through, but the University is working to schedule further meetings with both campaigns. “We’re still actively pursuing that, first because it’s important, and second because we believe Duke has something to offer both candidates,” Schoenfeld said.

WACHOVIA from page 1 because I really enjoyed my experience and really wanted to go back,” Zhao said. “Merrill [Lynch] and Lehman [Brothers] were still able to keep their offers, but Citi is a different corporation and we just don’tknow what will happen.” Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America Sept. 14 and Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy soon after. A few days later, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs—the country’s two largest investment banks—were reduced to bank holding companies. Citigroup’s acquisition likely rattled Wachovia Corp. Chief Executive Officer and President Robert Steel, Trinity ’73 and chair of the Board of Trustees, who left his position as Undersecretary of the Treasury to take the reigns in July before purchasing $l6 million worth ofWachovia stock two weeks later. Still, the change does not come as a surprise to some. “The~ thing about this industry is that-there’s a huge systemic risk of things not working out—that’s why people are compensated well in investment banking,” Kalantari said. ‘You have to assume that even ifyou’re given an offer, it’s not all set in stone, but that’s the case with any finance job right now.” Although Wachovia has actively recruited at Duke in the past, the company has not yet announced the status ofits second-round interviews at the University this Saturday. If the interviews are cancelled, students seeking employment will be pushed back into the weak job market, forcing greater competition for fewer jobs, Miniat said. Even current employees are at risk of losipg their positions at Wachovia, said a Trinity ’O7 graduate who was one ofabout 12 Duke graduates to begin work for the bank last year. “We just don’t have any idea*” said the alumnus, who asked not to be named. “There’s definitely uncertainty throughout the company—whether to wait, whether to act, whether to look for alternative employment—everyone in the company knows it’s not a normal period and you just have to roll with it.” Senior Jay Schulhof, president of Duke Investment Club, said that despite the fragile market, strong alumni networks exist at the University that may help lessen the impact of the weak economy on recent graduates. Though the market appears grim, Zhao said those passionate aboutfinance should still vie for positions in the industry. “It’s still a very interesting time to be in it since you get to see so many changes,” she said. “Luckily for us, we’re still young, so we’re still flexible and have a lot of other options—so I think it’s better to deal with this now when we’re just starting than later when we have a lot of people depending on us.” r

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understand college football right now about as much as I understand the nuances of the BCS computer system which is to say, not at all. On the “Say what?” scale of unanticipated upsets, this weekend had to score a collective eight—and it’s not even October. Oregon State beat a No. 1 team for the first time in 41 years, taking down USC Thursday night on national television, Duke won a conference game for the rQit/Bto first time since 2004 Meredith and then-No. 16 Wake Forest—the so-called best team in the ACC—fell to Navy at home 24-17 after being shut out completely in the first half. Yes, those would be the same Midshipmen who lost to Duke 41-31 Sept. 13 at Wallace Wade. And, yes, dubbing any team the best in the ACC is like giving someone the tide of Miss Wasilla over a 200-pound ice fisherwoman named Bertha and a moose. But, to rely on the greatest of all sports cliches, it is what it is—and it has left Duke in second place in die ACC’s Coastal division and with a vote in this week’s coaches’ poll. And while Tm not yet ready to employ the Duke-beat-Navy-who-beat-the-best-

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team-in-the-ACC-ergo-Duke-is-the-bestteam-in-the-ACC logic, I can’t help but wonder, just how good are the Blue Devils and just how bad is the conference? Let’s ask the coach himself. “We beat a good team in James Madison. We beat a good team in Navy—probably a really good team at times. But I think Virginia was a better team,” David Cutclifife said on a Sunday teleconference. “Virginia shocked our team at first because we hadn’t played an ACC team.... It gave me a little taste of a whole year’s reality now. “There is a whole lot of parity in this league.... Listen, there are no Saturdays off unless you just don’t have a kickoff time. You better play every time you go out there. Just ask all those top-10 teams that got beat this week.” Two things to consider in thinking about Cutdiffe’s statements above. First, I’m not sure Duke really has had a taste of a whole year’s reality yet. Most seasons, for example, include road games. The Blue Devils have yet to leave the friendlier confines of Wally Wade. I’m not living to detract from a 3-1 record —particularly given Duke’S visible on-field improvement—but let’s talk about “reality” next week after the Blue Devils play a decent Georgia Tech team in Atlanta. Second, I’ve always thought the word “parity” was a vehicle by which coaches and commentators could euphemize mediocrity. The ACC is absolutely mediocre litis year, which is one of the reasons you can scan Duke’s schedule and see a lot of games that look winnable. Yes, the Blue Devils can’t afford to take any Saturdays off. But even Cutcliffe himself acknowledged that his offense, guided by quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, had an “off SEE SHINER ON PAGE 8

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KICKING THE HABIT

After dismal year, Maggio and Surgan combine for consistency by

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coach David Cutcliffe has a simple saying that he applies to all facets of his Duke squad: “If you don’t like what you’re getting, change what you doing.” And no one would argue that the Blue Devils did not like what they were getting from their kicking game last season. Three Duke placekickers combined to make 3-of-ll field-goal attempts, and two of those misses came in critical fourth quarters. But out of the ashes of the failures of last year?* senior Joe Surgan and sophomore Nick Maggio have risen and booted 6-of-7 attempts through the uprights, including 46and 52-yarders in the game against Navy Sept. 13. Surgan and Maggio were the kickers most responsible for the previous kicking woes, but now, they have established themselves as reliable placekickers. What happened? Not surprisingly, their success was triggered by Cutcliffe’s

the way we operate day-in and day-out. “We have made a lot of changes. We are much more fundamentally sound, and we are much more focused on the fundamentals. We are really focused on doing the same thing every day and having a routine.” And that routine stems from a stringent practice regimen. Every day, Cutcliffe goes above and '.al beyond dr fact

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be here. We make to make it actually more intense.” Maggio agreed that the differences in staring at an opponent’s defense and hearing Cutcliffe in his ear are minimal. “It’s very comparable,” Maggio said. “With Coach Cut breathing down my neck, it gives kind of a game-like at:h I 1 not

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“The [entire] program had to make a change,” Surgan said. “They are trying to start over, so we felt we should do the same thing as a unit. We spoke about it in the offseason, and we needed to kind of reevaluate everything that we do and

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Duke aims for offensive resurgence by

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Stony Brook does not play in the ACC, and its 2-7-1 record is nothing to boast about. But the Blue Devils know they will have their hands full with the Seawolves Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium. No. 9 Akron beat Stony Brook on a goal with only nine seconds remaining last weekend, continuing Stony Brook’s string of 1-0 lossStonv es 10 toP' ranked teams. BfOOK The Seawolves have lost vs to No. 5 Connecticut and No. 24 Georgetown ,Duke by the same score. “We saw some of their TUESDAY, 7 p.m. games. They’re playing Koskinen Stadium real tight games against stiff opposition,” head coach John Kerr said. “They proved against good teams that they can hold them down to low-scoring games.” And to counter Stony Brook’s defensive strategy, the Blue Devils (4-3-1) welcome back the return of senior forward Mike Grella, who was suspended for Duke’s 0-0 tiewith Clemson Friday because ofhis red card from the previous game. Grella will play a key role in enhancing the Duke offense, which has had trouble finding the back of the net in recent games.

Forward Mike Grella returns to the lineupTuesday after sitting outFriday's gamedue to suspension.

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SHINER from page 7 day” Saturday. Off days weren’t an option for the Blue Devils against Virginia a mere three years ago, when first-round draft pick D’Brickashaw Ferguson was looming large on the Cavalier offensive line. Ultimately, the Blue Devils have exceeded their total number of wins in my time at Duke. And if they go .500 over the rest of the season, they’ll be bowl-eligible. So it’s hard to find fault in the Cutcliffe-commandeered brand of pigskin when four more wins don’t seem that out of the question. But I also think I’m going to reserve judgment f6r a little while longer. After all, in a game where Oregon State can knock out USC, it’s easy to imagine how any team can lose. Then again, it’s almost as easy to see how any team can win.

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JoeSurgan runs to the sidelineafter nailing a 52-yard field goal before halftime against Navy Sept. 13. Surgan and Nick Maggio have made 6-of-7field goals thisyear. “We are going to concentrate a little bit more on that final pass, that final shot so that it gets to the destination of the back of the net,” Kerr said. “We created a lot of good opportunities for ourselves against Clemson, but we weren’t able to capitalize on them and hopefully we’ll be a little bit sharper against Stony Brook.” The Blue Devil offense has certainly shown its potential, and the midfielders and forwards cohesively work together. Yet they still have not been able to beat the goalie. An inability to take advantage of opportunities has been an unfortunate undertone to die season. The Blue Devils average 15 shots per game,but only 1.62 goals per contest. And that need will only be intensified tonight against the stingy Seawolves defense. Given Stony Brook’s track record, just one goal might suffice.

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“They came in, and the first thing they preached to us was discipline and really being focused on everything you’re doing all the time, both on and off the field,” Surgan said of the new staff. “And we have brought

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’t get any work done this weekend. If there were a compilation of the most oft-used phrases on Duke’s campus, that’s surely in there. I use it a lot. I also complain a lot about not getting any work done anytime, period. I’ve never been very good at time management, or self-discipline or the virtuous qualities of moderation and balance. There’s even a snack bar called “Balance.” That’s all you hear about these days, tacked wei on to advice about life (make that small potatoes Life); carbs and fat, desserts, partying, studying, school, extracurriculars, budgets, how you balance your life, eat a balanced meal, balance yourself emotionally and physically, blah blah blah. Didn’t somebody say somewhere that balance is the key to happiness? I don’t believe that one bit. My dad, in his infinite Chinese-dad wisdom, used to implore me to be a more balanced person. His philosophy is one of stability and minimal fluctuation. Live more like a straight line, less like a sine wave. Never like something too much, and never hate, either. Never be too happy, and never be too sad. Always keep an eye on the big picture, don’t get sucked into something insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Otherwise known as the philosophy ofblandness We used to argue, back in high school, when he wouldn’t let me date. It was always something about how relationships would upset the balance of education and learning to be an adult, because relationships work only when you’re in a firm place. Or when I would become obsessed over a TV show, or a singer, he’d shake his head sadly at me, as if I were an eternal failure, because I let my emotions run wild, chucking rationality out the back door. My feeling (haha) has always been that it’s better to have highs and lows, than to just remain steady; it’s better to feel intensely than to always take things in stride. Maybe I’m drawn to the romance of instability—that force of passion, that fierceness, that quality of life where the colors are so clear and bright your eyes burn with their beauty. Honestly, my dad’s right though. Not only

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does balance ensure that you get the most ou of everything while losing the least, balance also gets you places in the world. It’s a social value It’s a mark of adulthood, of productive poten tial. It’s also something he didn’t really succeed at teaching me. My life is mercurial. My emo tions rule over my reason. This semester has been my hardest at Duke I’m in a long-distance relationship with a lov that must have been what the poets imagined I don’t get any work do'ne, because I can’t pusl aside this wonderful thing that I have am don’t have, because —to put it bluntly—l’vi let it consume my life. But I study cultural an thropology, so I wonder, whose definition o “life” am I buying into and why? What is as sumed, naturalized and made invisible in this discourse of balance, of life regimens—rules and sensibilities that would tell someone thal being utterly in love is something detrimental to the sacred artifact of Life? I’m starting to question what I’m doing here What on earth would turn us, beautiful humai beings, into clockwork machines laboring re lentlessly toward the next big thing? Why is bad to want to stop sometimes, to just sit, to ac tually live a life instead of working to achiev one? How could it even be possible to speak love consuming life, when the two should heir distinguishable? There are times when I wish I were better prioritizing, when I wish I could just bring re: son back like an estranged child and tell emt tion to take a hike. Sometimes the lows here Duke without Chris are almost enough tojol me into a re-evaluation of what’s really imp ol tant. But maybe the rubric against which th importance of things is measured isn’t mint Maybe if I lived like my dad taught me to, would feel like a dead leaf, floating on still wa ters under a terrible sun. If I were balanced wouldn’t have experienced moments of happ ness that reason can never circumscribe. May be emotion and reason aren’t mutually exclu sive. Maybe there’s another way to think abou things, maybe what we’ve been told about W and what it means isn’t necessarily how it ls Maybe Life is a canon that needs to be shaket into its own re-evaluation. Meanwhile my work remains undone. And p fessors certainly don’t give extensions on groum oflovesickness and unbounded emotion.

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In addition, the registration and voting process has never been easier, because of widespread student registration efforts and early voting campaigns, as well as the promised installation of a voting machine on campus. (It should be noted, though, that the University should offer Munger more of a public forum on campus.) Munger’s campaign adds an element of intrigue to a burgeoning political atmosphere, and itis part and parcel of a larger effort to draw student interest to a broad spectrum ofissues on the state and federal levels. In short, Munger is taking student imagination beyoni the classroom, beyond the twc party paradigm and beyoni presidential politics. For thai we tip our hat to him and wisl him luck in the race.

serving his tenth term as 4th District House Representative in the United States Congress. Perhaps most notably, Munger’s presence on the campaign trail serves to further heighten the sense of political anticipation on campus. On a campus that has been disturbingly apathetic in the recent past, it has been encouraging to see that this Fall student awareness of politics is palpable. This awakening is due in part to a variety of events and reminders that Election Day is drawing near. Students packed Love Auditorium last Friday night to watch a screening of the first presidential debate and listen to faculty weigh in on the candidates’s performance during a panel discussion sponsored by the Duke Political Science StudentsAssociation.

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rial candidate, coupled with his accessibility as a current professor, affords students unique insight into the election process. In other words, while Munger’s new political role is not stricdy academic, it is eminendy interesting for the University. And as the University pushes student engagement in the wider world, Munger’s campaign is a prime example of faculty engagement outside the classroom, which places him among several prominent Duke affiliates with experience on the national political scene. Former University president Terry Sanford served as North Carolina governor and senator, before running twice for the Democratic presidential nomination, and David Price, Duke professor of political science and public policy, is currently on leave

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letterstotheeditor Libraries grateful for coverage Panda Express overly criticized I appreciate The Chronicle’s attention to the Although Panda Express does not offer Duke libraries in two recent editorials (Sept 12, the most nourishing fare on campus, they Sept. 25). It is gratifying to know that students should not face criticism for a lack of spewould like more access to the Rare Book Room. cially prepared vegetarian food. It seems like I fully agree that the hours should be longer and at every eatery on campus, vegetarians have more predictable, to enable more students and visimultiple options to choose from. There is a tors to learn about the room and its impressive condizzying array of meat-free pita sandwiches, tents and to give students another choice of study pasta dishes, curries, bean burgers, chili, tofu space with an attractive atmosphere. When it is not and even vegan cupcakes offered for those being used for classes and events, as it is frequently, following such a diet. As a health conscious the RareBook Room is staffed by volunteers; we are student who tries to eat a gluten-free low glytaking steps to ensure that it is open to the public cemic diet based on natural protein sources more often. Although the Rare Book Room will and fresh produce, I have exactly one option never be a general study room like the Gothic or for a grab-and-go lunch at Saladelia, in the the Carpenter Reading Room due to the nature of form of a Chef salad made with cold cuts. its collections and the need for security, we do welIt comes with a wedge of pita bread. I have come students and thank The Chronicle for callnever seen reduced sugar desserts, certified ing this to our attention. All the books shelved in gluten-free meals, or designated hormonethe Rare Book Room —along with other holdings free meat and dairy products (unaccompaof the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collecnied by sugary and starchy sauces) at any of tions Library —are availablefor use by students and the campus restaurants; other researchers in the Dalton-Brand Research The people who should be complaining Room, 103 Perkins. This room is located just down about their lack of accommodations—carb the hall from the Rare Book Room and is open watchers, gluten intolerant students, diabetduring the semester Monday tlTrough Thursday ics, and those seeking organic foods—are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. silent. Perhaps they are being proactive and and Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 pm. preparing their meals to meet their dietary The Link is a new collaboration among the Lineeds. It is simply not feasible to cater to each braries, Arts & Sciences and OLT, and has enjoyed and every particular dietary restriction, with such a low demand for particular types of spegreat success. It brings formal learning into the libraries alongside the informal research and study cialty fare. Vegetarians at Duke are fortunate that has always taken place in Perkins. It offers a enough that if they don’t like the fry practices new and different type of study space, compleat Panda Express, they can walk 20 yards down menting areas in Perkins and Bostock. Consultathe BC walkway to another vendor. There is tions for students and faculty have been available always the Refectory, Alpine, Blue Express, from the start, and can be requested on the LINK The Loop, Subway and even the little cafe in Web site (link.duke.edu). The Libraries’ Center French Science for your “flesh-free” fix. for Instructional Technology (citduke.edu) offers Statistically speaking, vegetarian dining opfaculty assistance with integrating technology into tions are overrepresented at this school—2.3 their teaching, and link stafffrom Trinity and OFT percent of the United States population claims are on site to help with the use of the classrooms to be vegetarian, compared to upwards of 30 and seminar rooms. The Link room scheduling is percent ofAmericans who are suffering from managed by Link staffand the Registrar’s office. All some degree of gluten-sensitivity. Designated Link rooms, like other group study areas throughVegetarians at Duke can even spend their food out Perkins and Bostock, are available to students points at the Durham Co-op, whereas no such whenever the building is open. There is no formal option exists for other special diets. If you can’t monitoring ofrooms; it’s been our experience that live without your Americanized Chinese food students are reasonable about sharing study spaces. readily available on campus, you should probA sign-up- system for Perkins and Bostock group ably reconsider your way of eating. If grabbing studies is being considered, as it is for the Link. lunch requires spending your Dining Points Again, thanksfor highlighting these concerns, and at another conveniently located restaurant on for helping us improve our services. campus, then lucky you. Deborah Jakubs Vice Provost for Library Affairs

Lauren Benning Trinity ’lO

The meaning of monogamy

Last

week in my Human Sexuality seminar, one girl defined monogamy as being with one man for your entire life. I was shocked. (Was this a disconnect between Southern Baptists and New York Agnostics? As I pictured her locked in a

dark tower waiting for Prince Charming (who is probably too busy playing Mario Kart to come rescue her), I realized that monogamy is a tricky word. :■ As a consequence of our dynamic culture, the definitions of certain words change over time. Some words, such as locationship, obviously merit analysis. For megna raksit other words, the need for a closer look is not as obvious. Case in point: monogamy. sex and bull city These days, I think that monogamy is taken to mean that you are not cheating on your boy/girlfriend. While this is definitely the socially acceptable way to go, I don’t think that people our age are really ready for it. Just take a look at the serial monogamists, who hook up with one person exclusively for a week before they move on to the next relationship. Try as they might to conform to societal expectations, a long-term relationship just isn’t for them. And even if you can brush off these relationship junkies as victims of an unacknowledged type of ADD, you cannot ignore the amount of cheating going on around campus. What we’re left with are unprintable names for bad girlfriends, favorably labeled “players” and many a girl who knows herself to be “the other woman.” While it’s possible that these rule-breakers are just trying to keep things interesting because they have confused the fine line between monogamy and monotony, the problem may lie in the system. The more I think about it, the more unnatural monogamy seems to be (unless you’ve somehow foundThe One). Our closest relative, the chimpanzees, keep each other on their toes by having high-ranking males compete for high-ranking females every time they feel sexually inclined. No obligations from month to month, everyone stays friends: no muss, no fuss. Perhaps Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni had it right: “To be faithful to one is to be cruel to all the others.” Musical genius and philanthropist. Why do we have to be monogamous to validate a relationship? Are we in such a hurry to settle down with one person? Just a generation ago, people our age dated casually and unexclusively. These days, kids are SAT prepping in middle school, resume building in high school and saving Africa in college. Maybe we’re living life faster, always eager to get to the next milestone, and a serious relationship is one step towards locking down marriage. It doesn’t seem to be working in the long run. divorce rates are up, Wall Street is down and The Superficial tells me grown-ups are cheating on each other anyway. So why do romantics strive for monogamy? Perhaps we’re looking for a steady hand to hold in this storm called Midterm Week, or someone who loves late night milk and cookies as much as we do. Is this where the perks of monogamy outweigh the thrill of the hunt? If monogamy does mean having someone to cuddle with on a lazy Saturday night, then count me in. !

Megna Raksit is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

An hour with country music

have never been a big fan of country music. I can tolerate it, but there are some songs that are way too sappy for my taste. For example, there’s one where the singer’s daughter asks him to read her a story, and he says, “I don’t know why they say grown men don’t cry.” If you burst into tears every time your kid asks you to read her a story, I can only imagine the psychological damage you’ll jeffditzler inflict on her. Even more depressing is “Christmas the big ditz Shoes,” in which a little boy can’t afford to buy shoes for his mother—who’s dying—on Christmas Eve. If anything that sad occurred in real life, it might tear a hole in the space-time continuum. Still, it seems unfair to reject an entire musical genre based on a few songs, especially when that genre comes from the same part of the country that gave us sweet tea and fried Snickers bars. So, I tuned into WQDR, “Today’s Best Country,” for one of their “50ntinute music hours” this weekend to see if they could win me over. The first song was a catchy love song. Apparently, some guy named James Otto just got started lovin’ somebody.

Then, things got interesting. The band Alabama came on with an older song (from 1982) in which they asked someone to “play [them] some mountain music, like Grandma and Grandpa used to play.” The song was energetic, so I had to wonder how many senior citizens would actually listen to it. “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney wasn’t bad; it says that if you blink, your high-school sweetheart will become your bride. There was a girl I went to high school with who wanted to marry Mr. Chesney, along with several others, including a boy whose claim to fame was that he ruptured his spleen every year. If I were Mr. Chesney and facing marriage to that high-school sweetheart, I wouldn’t want to blink either. The station kept sending mixed messages. “Should’ve Said No,” a song by Taylor Swift about a cheating boyfriend, seemed calm enough, but it was followed by “Before He Cheats.” You’ve probably heard that one before; it’s the one where the girl destroys her boyfriend’s car while he’s inside with the other woman. It’s catchy, of course, but it seems to indicate a songwriter in need of psychiatric intervention. (Maybe herfather cried too much when she asked him to read her stories.) The song “I Can Only Imagine,” a Christian meditation on what heaven might be like, occurred right before “Here for the Party,” in which Gretchen Wilson sings about drinking and driving men wild and “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” by Kenny Chesney, who adds that nobody wants to go now. I’m not sure about

that last part; the writer of “I Can Only Imagine” seemed pretty eager. The most inadvertently awkward song may have been the second verse of “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace Adkins. The verse describes a young, newly married woman who is eager to have kids. Her father advises her to take it easy because she’s gonna miss this. That’s right: Her father is telling her that she is going to miss the time when she didn’t have children. That’s almost as upsetting as, well, crying when she wants him to read her a story. To my Yankee ears, my excursion irtto country music wasn’t as syrupy (and yes, I pronounce that word “SEERupy”) as I had feared. There were a few emotional songs, but no grown men in cowboy hats wailing over schoolyard bullies or old men being told they shouldn’t drive anymore. I doubt country will ever be my favorite type of music, but at least it isn’t dropping the N-word every five seconds or endlessly mourning that it isn’t 1968 anymore. Now ifyou’ll excuse me, I have to go buy a pair of shoes for my mother... Note: my next column will be based on an unscientific survey of what Dukies most (and least) want to read in a newspaper column. To cast your vote and see a more detailed explanation of the rules, go to http://thebigditz. blogspot.com/ sometimebetween now and fall break.

Jeff Ditzler is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

THE CHRONICLE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,2008

Thursday, Oct. 2

MUSIC. Duke Wind Symphony with Pamela Halverson, director. Eric Knechtges, Broken Silents; Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino; works by Wagner and Steve Reich. Bpm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. Sunday, October 5 MUSIC. Americana:from Folk Arts to Fine Arts. Faculty Recital featuring Elizabeth Linnartz, soprano, and Elizabeth Tomlin, piano. A celebration of American song featuring folk music, spirituals, art, song and opera. 4 pm. Nelson Music Room. Free. "

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Thursday, October 2 MUSIC. Ciompi Quartet First Course Concert with Peter Martin, piano; John Brown, bass; Adonis Rose,

drums. First Course Concerts, which precede each of the Quartet’s Saturday night concerts, offer musical insights in a relaxed setting. Faculty and Quartet members discuss the nuances of a select work from the forthcoming concert, and the Quartet gives a complete performance of the selected piece. 6 pm. Nelson Music Room. ss•Free to

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All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise

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noted, screenings are at Bpm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Cen ter. (“White” Richard White Auditorium, East Campus.)

MUSIC. Ciompi Quartet with Peter Martin, piano; John Brown, bass; Adonis Rose, drums Haydn,

Ravel, Dr. Billy Taylor. The Quartet performs work by the classical Haydn and the neoclassical innovator Ravel; then, joined by a jazz trio led by the “daring” young St. Louis native Peter Martin (Washington Post), they present Taylor’s Homage, which the 87-year old legend composed to honor his own mentors—like Art Tatum. 8 pm. Reynolds Industries Theater. slB*Free for Duke students.

10/1 SECRET TAPES (Tajne VasmySß) & OCCULTED (7pm) Scenes of Secrecy series. Two short films, followed by a Q&A with Prof. William Noland! 10/5 KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST (6pm) Special documentary screening about Belgian colonialism in Africa, followed by a Q&A with the director and book’s author!

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10/6 THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME Cine-East series. Family-friendly Japanese anime about a girl with time-traveling powers.

10/7 GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS FVD Showcase-Lech Majewski series. Intense tale of passion and mortality about the last months of a beautiful but dying art historian, spent with her lover.

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