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The Chronicle Caribbean food cart to open Oct. 15 Eateries see weaker numbers this semester by

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Despite a reported lull in sales at campus eateries this year, students will have yet another dining option beginning this month. with Partnering Victoria’s Sweets, Caribbean Kitchen—a

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“We realized that there was really a lack of cultural diversity in Jim Wulforst the Triangle—there are no Caribbean-themed restaurants,” said Caribbean Kitchen Owner Kevin Parris.

“Duke University being as multicultural as it is, it’s a great place to build that brand, bringing that whole tropical feel, that taste, that sensation.”

The Caribbean Kitchen cart will combine the Jamaican home-style cooking with the desserts and coffee from Victoria’s Sweets, offering an eclectic blend SEE FOOD CART ON PAGE 6

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Campus Council has initiated discourse on the concept of themed living groups, drafting a report that presents a general outline of the structure of a possible new type of residential community at Duke.

The report, compiled by a steering committee appointed by Campus Council and sent to administrators Wednesday, was discussed at the body’s

weekly meeting Thursday.

Themed living groups would allow students with a common interest to apply for permanent shared living space.

It was developed based on the recommendation of a report given earlier this year by Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, who advocated increasing campus unity.

The TLGs would be residential communities similar to Duke’s current selective living groups, but with a few key differences. Some council members voiced concerns at the meeting that creating more selective groups would result in more division on West Campus. “[Themed living groups] are inherently different from other social selectives in that most of the people in them would be independents otherwise, so this is bringing them together, making them less segregated,” said Campus Council President Molly Bierman, a senior.

Bierman also addressed the suggested possibility of themed living groups becoming simply away for groups offriends to acquire valuable permanent living space on West, without looking to add new members in pursuit of a common goal.

“The application process will be detailed enough so that a group offive people can’t just pick it up and see it SEE LIVING ON PAGE 7

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LONDON —The United States says it plans to sell its landmark London embassy and build a more secure facility on industrial land south of the river Thames Ambassador Robert Tuttle says the State Department has agreed to buy a five acre site at Nine Elms in the Wandsworth area.

The State Department says the existing Embassy building will be put up for sale "almost immediately.'The move requires approval from Congress and local planning authorities andTuttle said relocation is probably five years away.

The U.S. has been selling off embassies and other diplomatic buildings around the world in a move to increase security.

Ukraine accused of aiding Georgia NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia Russian Prime Minister Putin says Ukrainian \ZT Vladimir military personnel operating anti-aircraft systems in Georgia helped fight against Russia.

Russia has said Ukraine helped arm Georgia before the war in August. But Putin said Thursday there may have been missile sales after the war started.

He said the anti-aircraft systems were operated by Ukrainians during the brief war.

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Anything but reassured, investors sent the Dow Jones industrials plunging another 348 points, suggesting Wall Street is expecting tougher economic times even if the measure is rushed into law,The Federal Reserve reported record emergency lending to banks and investment firms, fresh evidence ofthe credit troubles squeezing the country.

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ST. LOUIS Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground Thursday night against a vastly more experienced Joe Biden, debating the economy,energy and global warming, then challenging him on Iraq, "especially with your son in the National Guard."

The Alaska governor also noted that Biden had once said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wasn't ready to be commander in chief,"and 1 know again thatyou opposed the movethat he made to try to cut off funding for the troops and I respect you for that."

BAGHDAD Suicide bombers struck two Shiy ite mosques in Baghdad Thursday,killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

To the north, suspected Shiite militiamen gunned down six members of a Sunni family, including women and children, police reported.

Those attacks occurred four days after a series of explosions killed 32 people and wounded nearly 100 in Shiite areas of Baghdad, raising fears that al-Qaida in Iraq is trying to provoke Sunni-Shiite reprisal killings now that the last of the American "surge"troops have left the country.

In the deadliest attack, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives about 20 yards from a mosque in Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad. The blast killed 14 people, including three Iraqi soldiers, and wounded 28, police said.

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As WISER week nears its end, an influential figure reminded a full crowd at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy of what is at stake in Africa in the battle against poverty and disease.

Thursday night, Stephen Lewis, co-director of the nongovernmental organization AIDS Free World and former United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, spoke about the burden of HIV/.

AIDS on girls and women in Africa.

‘You can tell from the way he spoke deeply about the issues that he cares, and that’s contagious,” said John Massie, a sophomore who attended the speech.

Women and young girls in Africa suffer a disproportionate amount-from the disease, Lewis said. As the U.N. tries to fulfill the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015, it must take notice of the state of women in Africa.

Of the 23 million people in Africa with the HIV virus, 61 percent are women.

That percentage increases to almost 80 among 15-to-24-year-olds.

“I believe with every fiber in my body that the single most important battle we face is for gender equality,” said Lewis.

He added that the U.N. goals cannot be achieved without addressing gender discrimination first.

Lewis spoke about the effects of discrimination and its role in spreading HIV. He said because women in Africa lack sexual autonomy, they cannot negotiate safe sex, which increases the spread of the virus.

Lewis also warned of the effects of perceived male sexual entitlement and sexual violence, which “tears the heart out ofworn-

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Stephen Lewis, former U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, presents a case for addressing female secondary education in Africa Thursday in Fleishman Commons. He spoke on behalf of WISER.

en.” He emphasized “that the women bear the heart of the continent [of Africa].”

A solution to this problem will not only include increased medical resources but also efforts to change social forces throughout Africa, Lewis said.

The international community needs to work to stop the transmission ofthe virus between sexual partners and between mothers and children. In addition, a change in male attitudes toward females and sex is required to end the discrimination.

Instances of sexual violence have also accompanied the political turmoil in Kenya. In other regions, “rape is no longer a

weapon of war, it is a strategy of war."

“After raging speeches about commitment to equality, nothing happens,” said Lewisrreacting to international inaction on the issue of gender discrimination. He later asked, “Why is the life of a woman or child worth so much less in Africa than in our countries?"

The increased burden of disease on women has affected education as well.

Only 16 percent of Africans who pursue secondary education are women, a reality that WISER is seeking to change.

The New York Times reported Thursday that Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia put $9.3 billion collected from nearly 1,000 universities on limited access as a result of the bank’s decreasing operations amidst the financial crisis. The money is placed in the Commonfund Short Term Fund, and Wachovia announced Monday that it would step down as trustee of the fund.

Duke does not have holdings in a fund under Wachovia Corp. that has been placed on restricted access, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask wrote in an email. The University’s liquidity is handled through The Bank of New York Mellon, an asset management firm, he added.

Colleges will be able to access only up to 10 percent of their account values in the fund, according to The Times.

Hundreds of colleges both large and small have significant holdings in Commonfund; for example, the University of Vermont has invested approximately half of its liquid operating assets in the fund, The Times reported.

Wachovia Corp. sold its banking operations to Citigroup Inc. Monday for $2.2 billion to mitigate its deteriorating financial condition.

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2012first classfor ’9os babies Duke to host first openly gay bishop Like by

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in the early ’9os.”

all other classes before, this year’s freshmen stepped out onto the sunny East Campus Quadrangle with their suitcases in tow on an August afternoon, bright-eyed, talentedand ready to begin their adventures as Blue Devils.

But one tiling —a decade—demarcates upperclassmen from the Class of 2012, as the first class to have been born in the 19905.

“I think it’s crazy,” said Paul Johstono, a graduate student in history, of the idea of nineties-born Duke students. “They probably don’t even know who New Kids on The Block are.”

Differences between freshmen and upperclassmen may run deeper than musical tastes, though, even if “Tearin’ up my Heart” and Love Shack” are perhaps as different as pop tunes can get. of Sociology Kenneth d freshmen and uppere probably more alike they may have been imrent world events, nts that occur when a tween 16 and 25 years the most molding of he said. In many cases, are solidified in these

Overall, though, said ’Bos and ’9os-born are probably more than different.

“I don’t think [frei are different, but I fe ferent,” senior Lock' Stewart said. “I feel lik< I’ve gotten to a new ag< stature, being from a past generation.” noted Spenner that freshmen an' perclassmen were p. t.y raised with a fundamentally similar attitude.

“They are all echo boomers, the children of baby boomers,” he said. “The life experiences of their parents are going to be similar.... As far as the social demographics at Duke there are probably few differences.”

Students from both decades may have had baby boomer parents, but that doesn’t mean their upbringings were entirely identical. Trends, toys, crazes—things that occupy the bulk of children’s daily activities—differed, though there were some that both upperclassmen and fresh- men shared growing up “I was big on the vel cro light-up shoes,” fresh man Sam Zakria said. had a mushroom cut.”

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An Episcopalian leader who has. come to symbolize the debate over the role of gays in the church will be at Duke Monday and Tuesday for a variety of events with students, faculty, staff and the Durham community.

Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop ofNew Hampshire, has been the subject ofa firestorm of controversy since being elected as the nation’s first openly gay bishop in 2003.

Janie Long, director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life—which organized Robinson’s visit—said she hoped his appearance would help to open a campus conversation on faith and identity.

“This is something that I deal with with students quite frequently,” she said. “And because I very much want students from all kinds of faith backgrounds—it’s not students that are Ghrisdans, it’s really all faith backgrounds —it’s a chance for those students to be exposed to someone who I Rev. Gene Robinson is really an excellent role model in terms of balancing different parts of identity.”

At the University, Robinson will participate in a forum in the Chapel and speak with Divinity School students and members of the LGBT community.

“I think Bishop Robinson is one of the most significant people in the church right now, not only in the American church, but in the larger Anglican Communion,” said Craig Koeher, associate dean of the Chapel and director of Religious Life. “I think it’s a large opportunity for Christians especially, but people beyond the church who have a real interest and concern for American culture, to come and listen to what he has to say.”

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A resident of Gilbert-Addoms Dormitory was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and turned in a glass smoking device Thursday that had been used for smoking

University administrators participated Sept. 24 in their second meeting with Durham homeowners in Trinity Heights—the off-East Campus neighborhood where some students reside —to discuss concerns with students’ noise and partying.

Christine Westfall ofClarendon Street, who requested the initial Sept. 3 meeting with Duke officials, said the University’s acquisition ofhouses in the adjacent Trinity Park neighborhood in March 2006 caused partying to spill over into Trinity

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Stealing apples A Duke North Hospital employee reported Wednesday that her iPod was stolen from her purse, which was left unsecured.

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The University should take measures actively police the “known party houses” off campus Westfall said.

“I’d like to see Duke make policy changes that would really encourage student partying, especially fraternity partying, to happen on campus,” she said. “We have yet to have an indication that Duke is making any type of policy change.”

Although Westfall said she does not think much progress has occurred, she added that she did not want to appear too critical of the University for agreeing to participate in the initial meeting and the follow-up discussion. Westfall said her undergraduate experience at Northwestern University convinced her that having fraternity houses on campus is preferable to policies that encourage fraternities to live together off campus.

“It makes sense to contain them in an area where the fraternity lifestyle is accepted and appropriate, which just doesn’t work in residential neighborhoods,” she said. “When you move off campus, you [should] shift to the type of lifestyle that normal residents of the city have.” to

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Some homeownershave saidthe University'spurchase of properties in the off-East Campus neighborhood of Trinity Park have caused partying and noise to spread to nearbyTrinity Heights.

This is the third year during which problems have occurred on Clarendon Street due to partying, Westfall said, noting that members of an unrecognized fraternity had moved into houses next door and across the street from her.

“Groups of students who are living off campus and representing themselves as fraternities are not recognized by the Uni-

versity,” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said. “We can still respond to the behavior ofindividuals but we would not be able to respond in any way to the behavior of the

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BISHOP from page 4 included Kocher, Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells, Divinity School faculty, the Episcopal Center at Duke and members of Sacred Worth, the Divinity School’s LGBT student group.

Robinson will speak Monday afternoon on the topic of preparing leaders for ministry. Later that evening, in the flagship event of his visit, Robinson, Wells and Long will participate in a conversation in the Chapel called “Being Swept to the Center by God.” Tuesday, Robinson will meet with faculty and staff to discuss how to answer questions related to LGBT identity and faith.

That night, the LGBT Center will host a dinner and conversation—’’Being Faithful to Who We Are”—open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Long said she expects many of the events to fill up quickly.

The bishop was previously married and has two children, but divorced in the 1980s.

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Robinson’s election has created and widened rifts both within the worldwide Anglican Communion and in the Episcopal Church, the communion’s American arm. Other member churches, particularly in Africa, have threatened to cut ties with the Episcopal Church in part because of Robinson’s installment.

The Church is among the most tolerant mainline religious bodies both within the Anglican Communion and the United States with regards to homosexuality and women’s ordination, among other issues.

“What I hope it will be is a lot of people who come to the Chapel to listen to someone share their story,” Kocher said ofRobinson’s visit. “It’s like inviting someone to your home and giving them the chance to have a real meaningful conversation, rather than the bullet-point, talking-point conversations that take place in the media.”

Caribbean Kitchen, a New York-based eatery, will open a cart with Victoria Sweets on the Plaza Oct. 15.

FOOD CART from page 1 of a concept that materialized after inspiration from Parris’ grandmother who valued home-cooked and family meals, Parris said.

“We think it’s going to be something the students didn’t expect —something different from what you already have access to. It’s going to bring that diversity and it’s going to make you want to try it even ifyou’ve never tried or experienced it,” he said. “Our whole mantra is Caribbean cuisine with gourmet flair, so it’s not what you’re used to or think it’s going to be.”

Freshly prepared items will be delivered to campus every hour to stock the cart, Parrish said, adding that Caribbean Kitchen’s menu items will be prepared in the professional kitchen of a restaurant in Raleigh. Eventually, students will be able to order Caribbean Kitchen for delivery and even submit orders online once its Web site is launched.

Sophomores Richard Bracken and Alex Daniels said they are excited by the prospect of a Jamaican concept on campus but do not typically rely on carts for meals.

“I never really like going to the carts because you just go get your food and have to carry it around,” Daniels said.

Decreased business at Plaza carts is also a result of more campus dining options for students, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. He added that the addition of Panda Express has also been considered a contributing factor to slower business, but some campus eateries continue to thrive.

Wulforst said campus eateries have seen about a 4 percent decline in transactions this year, but noted that The Loop and the Great Hall are stronger than last year.

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enlightened social intervention that brings people to their senses.” He said it takes the efforts of organizations like WISER to build a decent society in Africa.

WISER is a Duke-based NGO committed to building an all girls boarding school in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, a politically isolated region greatly effected by HIV/AIDS. In partnership with the Institute for Women, Genderand Development Studies at Egerton University in Kenya, the organization began in 2006 and is working to address the needs of Muhuru Bay. Lewis’s speech came at the end of a

week of activities meant to promote and raise money for WISER’s cause.

There has been a “re-shifting of focus from fund-raising to awareness-raising” said WISER Co-president Emily Matthews, ajunior.

Yet Matthews said the organization was close to its goal of $lO,OOO for 10 girls’ scholarships to the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research after T-shirt sales and the IiveWISER concert, which featured performances by student groups.

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“There’s no new business to be had at Duke—we’ve reached a plateau of sorts,” he said. “When new business opens, it takes from another business. There are some people that think it’s a bad thing, but I think the campus model works and students will go where they get the best food and best service for the price.”

Bracken said Panda Express is “like the Chipotle of Chinese food,” adding that he can see why students may be lured to the restaurant and away from the carts.

Cosmic Cantina’s cart will close by Fall Break, but Wulforst said he does not believe Panda Express has taken customers away from the business.

Other on-campus dining options, such as Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs and Bella Union, however, have seen less business for reasons beyond dining competition.

Whereas Bella Union once had hundreds of customers from Few Quandrangle, this semester’s renovations have caused a drastic cutback in customer traffic, said Bella Union Owner Sam Clowney.

“It’s the construction completely [that is hurting us], that’s 100 percent of the deal,” he said. “Business on campus relies on people close by—it’s unlikely that someone living on Central Campus will come by—but there’s nothing we can do about it, we just have to live with it.”

Clowney noted that he estimates a 30 percent decrease in sales since last year and cites the lack of juniors on West Campus as a reason for fewer returning customers. Still, he said he does not see the slow business as a major problem, adding that he has adjusted accordingly in work wages and in marketing. Wulforst has also helped secure lower product prices, Clowney added.

“Luckily [the construction lasts] only a semester,” he said. “There’s a sharp decrease in sales, but it’s not hurting us so bad that we’re not making ends meet, and we’re [still] very happy to be here.”

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Duke provides a rich offering of oncampus events, said Wasiolek, citing an increase in the number ofon-campus section parties held this semester. She said DUPD would respond to Westfall’s request for greater policing.

“One of the things that we talked about at the meeting Was having [DUPD] organized in such away that they can have more organized and frequent patrols of the neighborhoods,” Wasiolek said.

Trinity Heights residents were given contact information for Christine Pesetski, assistant dean for off-campus and mediation services, at the meeting last week. Pe"setski, who declined to comment for this story, was hired specifically to address these

“Groups of students who are living off campus and representing themselves as fraternities are not recognized by the University.”

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She added that proposed groups will need to show how they would utilize the shared space to their advantage before being upgraded from a regular organization to a residential group.

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issues and serve as a first contact for the Trinity Heights Neighborhood Association, Wasiolek said.

Senior Melanie Wright, who lives in Trinity Heights and attended last week’s meeting, said she had noticed a disconnect between how students live and how Durham residents expect them to behave.

Wright said she could serve as an intermediary between students and neighborhood residents, adding that most Duke students are interested in being good neighbors.

“It really comes down two houses,” she said. “They have a fraternity meeting one night a week and it just kind of turns into a party after that.”

Wasiolek said a third meeting with more representatives from the City of Durham is tentatively planned for later this month.

groups will be proposed and formed by student initiative, so that members will be more likely to be serious about carrying out their goals.

“There’s been a concerted effort not to make things seem top-down, so [the administration] doesn’t want to propose specific groups,” Bierman said.

The steering committee —comprising members from Campus Council, the Interfraternity Council and Selective House Council—also mentioned other measures to remove unintentional incentives to

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“We haven’t talked extensively with [Residence Life and Housing Services], so you have to apply based solely on your passions, without knowing where you’ll live,” said Campus Council Vice President Kevin Thompson, a senior. He added that groups would not receive full funding until a year or two after being formed.

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Bierman acknowledged that the report was still a living documentand would take some revision.

“This report is sort of the beginning of the conversation,” she said. “I have no way to measure potential demand [for TLGs].”

Campus Council will hold an open discussion on the report Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Multicultural Center.

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Although Duke was named one of the top-20 best campuses forLGBT students in 2006, some saidthe rankings were misleading.

said campuses with a longer history of Greek life—like Duke—tend to have more difficulty accepting LGBT students than campuses with newer communities.

“The Greek community in general tends to have more of the conservative qualities of the overall campus,” he said. “Many of the issues related to homophobia or sexism happen more often in an all-male organization than in a coed environment.”

Altemose recalled an openly gay prospective student recruited for the Angier B. Duke scholarship last Spring, who ultimately decided to attend Harvard University. The student perceived Harvard as a much more embracing environment, where gay students hold hands and walk together on campus.

“At Duke, I’ve seen that once —and that was at Whole Foods,” Altemose said.

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“We have some people on the list who work in the Medical Center, and I know that many of them are closeted because the environment over there is not as open as we would like,” she said. “It’s very department-specific as to how open one can be.” tour

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Misleading rankings Despite the discomfort many LGBT students who are out have reported facing on campus, Duke appeared in “The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students” as one of the country’s 20 “best campuses” for LGBT students in 2006, actually to the chagrin of a numberof students and faculty members.

“People were like, ‘how could this be?”’ Long said.

Windmeyer, who compiled the rankings and is a national champion for LGBT issues on college campuses, said the. rankings were determined by a campus’s foundation of policies, programs and practices that “allow it to have an LGBT affirming experience.” The rankings also looked at whether or not the campus had a dedicated office or multicultural staff member who has dedicated time to LGBT issues.

But Long as well as LGBT center directors at other universities that made the top 20 were skeptical. After some investigation, the group of directors discovered that Wind-

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sophomore meyer, preferenced schools where he had “buddies” who gave surveys to selected students, Long said. “[The results] distort the atmosphere on campus for LGBT faculty and staff,” she said. “My days of celebration did not last long.”

Windmeyer said the book was a commercial effort—rather than a research instrument—that examined which campuses have stood out in their regions for being LGBTfriendly, noting that Duke has done more than most institutions in the Southeast.

“There’s a huge difference between having those [programs] in place and whether the faculty feels they are LGBTfriendly,” he said. “Some campuses have a nondiscrimination policy, but they don’tknow how to implement it.”

Still, Long said the results led LGBT-friendly students, faculty and staff to falsely believe their efforts had gained national recognition, which could be problematic if it stifles further effort to garner additional University support.

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“We have a student advisory board, students who coordinateFabulous Fridays and responsible student workers,” she said. “Students are a very central part of [the center].

We support both undergraduate and graduate student groups by acting as advisors and providing them with financial and spacial support.”

Liggett, a member of the as-yet unnamed LB group, said it was primarily created to foster community building among non-straight women. The group has had 15 to 20 attendants so far in its two meetings.

“There have always seemed to be more guys in the center,” she said. “We might have some meetings to talk about political issues for LB women.”

Liggett added that some of the issues facing gay women and gay males are different, and the group would be exclusively for women. She also acknowledged thatLGBT acceptance at Duke is on the rise with increased visibility, the impact the center has on the community and the creation of the Study of Sexualities certificate program.

There is also a certain bond among LGBT Center faculty and staff, who can gather in social events at the center and participate together in events such as the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

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to finish last in the ACC

Back in July, when college football prognosticators came out with their preseason predictions, few saw Duke at 3-1 four games into the season. Even fewer also saw Georgia Tech with the same record.

Both teams had hired new head coaches in the offseason who, in turn, brought new coaching staffs and new offensive systems. Although the future looked bright for both programs, baby steps were needed before giant leaps could be taken.

Now, after Saturday’s 12 p.m. game in Bobby Dodd Stadium between the Blue Devils and Yellow Jackets, one of these two teams will sit near the top of the ACC’s Coastal division with a 4-1 record and two conference wins.

So much for baby steps.

And Duke, the squad picked

by a wide margin, has ridden an air attack and an ability to finish out games in the second half to its impressive start.

The Blue Devils are second in the ACC in passing offense, averaging 232.8 yards per game.

Junior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis has accounted for most of those numbers, and has thrown seven touchdown passes —an ACC-high six to wide receiver Eron Riley.

Despite its success in the passing game, Duke’s second-half output separates the 2008 team from recent Blue Devil squads.

In its first four games, Duke has outscored its opponents 76-14, besting the other team in the second half each time. This output equals the accomplishments of the past two seasons combined.

In 2006 and 2007, the Blue Devils outscored their opponents in

the second half only four times.

“Coach says, ‘You think you’re in shape, get in better shape,’” Lewis said. “That’s the thing to push yourself and make sure you continue to stay in shape.”

From the moment head coach David Cutcliffe stepped onto Duke’s campus fewer than 10 months ago, the new coaching staff has stressed conditioning, weight loss and finishing out games.

Soon after Cutcliffe arrived in Durham, he hired Noel Durfey, who had worked with him at Mississippi as the Rebels’ coordinator of strength and conditioning.

Even before the start of spring practice, Durfey and the rest of the coaching staff immediately stressed weight loss, body-fat checks and conditioning.

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The Blue Devils will rely on a simple game plan capture their first ACC win of the season this weekend: Put the ball in the back of the cage.

No. 9 Duke (6-3, 0-2 in the ACC) hopes to bounce back from a disappointing loss to North Carolina last week by capitalizing on its offensive chances against No. 13 Boston College Saturday at 1 p.m. and Boston University Sunday at 1 p.m. at Williams Field.

“I think we need to finish some opportunities that we had on Saturday [against UNC],” head coach Beth Bozman said. “If you look at the video, we were quarters of an inch away from some great scoring opportunities that we let slip by.”

The Blue Devils scored early against the then-No. 5 Tar Heels, but conceded two goals in the second half and failed to score again.

Despite averaging almost 14 shots per game this season, the team has only mustered a scoring average of less than two goals per contest In ACC play, Duke is fifth ofsix schools in goals per game.

Regardless of the fact that the ACC boasts five top-10 teams, the Blue Devils realize they must find away to ignite the offense at this critical juncture halfway through the regular season.

“This team is making unbelievable progress so far, but there’s a time when you have to just buckle down on your strengths and hit home with what you can,” senior co-captain Laura Suchoski said. “The biggest part of our game that we have to improve on is just execution on the offensive to

Coming off a loss to No. 5 North Carolina, the No. 9 Blue Devils know they have to improve their offense this weekend at home against No. 13 Boston Collegeand Boston University.

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Bolstered by its best start in more than a decade, No. 9 Duke was justified in its high expectations heading into Thursday’s ACC clash with No. 2 North Carolina.

And even though the Blue Devils have made great strides this season, they learned they still have some catching up to do with their Tobacco Road counterparts.

The Tar Heels (10-1-1) dominated Duke from start to finish as the Blue Devils (9-2-1) suffered their first home loss and dropped their fourth consecutive rivalry match, 3-0, at Koskinen Stadium.

“They’re a very good team,” head coach Robbie Church said.

“We’re still chasing them.”

And any chances of closing that gap in one game were crushed early as North Carolina converted on its first real scoring chance in the fifth minute. A poor clear by the Blue Devils resulted in two quick shots that forced goalkeeper Cassidy Powers out of position, allowing Tar .Heel forward Courtney Jones to beat Powers on a third attempt.

“If you make a mistake, [Carolina] will punish you,” Church said.

“That’s what they did. That’s why they’re where they are.”

The early deficit—combined with the stiff pressure from the Tar Heel back line—caused the normally attack-minded Blue Devils to

stray from their game plan and play back. Duke managed only two shots in the first half, neither of which was on goal, and both came in the final 10 minutes of the period.

“I would have liked to see us forward more,” sophomore Marybeth Kreger said. “We didn’t really focus on our attack as much as we could have.”

The Blue Devils did their best to fix that in the second half.

During halftime, the team made a conscious decision to be less cautious and try to make plays on the offensive end, Church said.

Although the numbers show that Duke took seven shots in the second session, only one was on target, and the North Carolina defense never broke. A Tar Heel defender was always in place to clear a ball or deflect a shot.

Seven minutes into the period, senior midfielder Lorraine Quinn played a through ball into forward Kay Anne Gummersall, but North Carolina goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris got to the ball before Gummersall could get a foot on it. Just a few minutes later, freshman Cody Newman crossed a ball into the junior forward, but Gummersall was whisded offsides, her second such call of the match.

And as time whitded down, and the Blue Devils sent more and SEE W. SOCCER .ON PAGE 15

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Over the last three seasons, Duke has dominated in ACC play, boasting an impressive 415 in-conference record. But after being held to a .108 hitdng percentage by Wake Forest Tuesday—the Blue Devils’ lowest offensive mark in two years—Duke looks to reestablish its offensive prowess against North Carolina Friday at 7 p.m. and N.C. State Saturday at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke (10-5,1-2 in the ACC) sits seventh in the ACC standings having dropped conference matches to Miami and Wake Forest in the last 10 days. Still, the Blue Devils are intent on digging themselves out of this unfamiliar position in the ACC’s bottom half.

“We just had kind of an off night. I mean, you have those every once in a while with every team,” senior Aana Wherry said of Tuesday’s loss. “We’re going to bounce back. We usually have a really strong offense, and I think that we’re going to bounce right back this weekend and have another strong showing.”

Of course, the team has been going through growing pains this year, having graduated three ofits most talented players.

The loss of All-American middle blocker Carrie DeMange, standout libero Jenny Shull and All-American setter Ali Hausfeld has left the offense less consistent than it was in prior years.

But head coach Jolene Nagel is not worried about her team’s ability to rebound.

“We’ve been really good this whole year,” Nagel said. “Going into the last match [Wake Forest], we led the ACC in hitting percentage as a team. I think some nights, things don’t go as you planned, and I think that was one of those nights. But I think if we can continue

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our offense has been running pretty well.”

Although the Blue Devils head into Friday’s matchup with a rough offensive showing fresh in their minds, they can relax knowing that the defense is coming off a season-high 100 digs along with 11 blocks.

Senior Jourdan Norman continues to rally up the blocks, and she enters Friday’s match just four blocks shy of breaking the school record of 553 career blocks.

“Jourdan has just done an amazingjob so far blocking, and I know she’s going to keep doing an amazing job,” Wherry said'. “So those four blocks away—I don’t think that should be a problem this weekend at all.”

Nagel is also approaching a milestone. She is just one victory away from her 200th career win at Duke. But neither Nagel nor Norman pays any attention to these numbers.

“I don’t even know our record normally,” Nagel said. “I don’t know how many blocks Jourdan needs, either. So, all we’re doing is thinking about the next match.... It’s just thinking about our next opponent and how we can be successful against them.”

North Carolina (8-5, 2-0) has held opponents to a conference-low .135 hitting percentage, and N.C. State (8-9, 2-0) brings the reigning ACC Player of the Week, Aiwane Iboaya, who has both an impressive kill count and a team-leading 55 blocks.

Despite the competition, the Blue Devils feel they can regain their offensive groove and set a few records in the process.

“I know that we just have a lot of things we need to work on as a team, like being disciplined,” Wherry said. “And if we are playing well and we’re all playing together, I think that we’re going to be able to take it to ‘em.”

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In a showdown featuring the potent Boston College offense and the stingy Duke defense, the Blue Devils travel north in search of their second ACC win.

Boston College (3-4-1, 1-2-1 in the ACC), losers of three of its past four matches, presents a dangerous challenge for Duke when the teams face off at 7 Duke p.m. Friday at Newton Campus Field. vj Led by reigning Boston ACC Offensive Player College of the Year Alejandro Bedoya, the Eagles FRIDAY, 7 p.m. look to n ght the shl P Chestnut Hill, Mass. at home and live up to their reputation as a formidable opponent.

But the Blue Devils (5-3-1, 1-1-1) feel more than confident that they can overcome and continue their recent defensive excellence.

“This will be a difficult game,” head coach John Kerr said. “B.C. is talented and in need of a victory. The crowd will be electric, and the opponent will be aggressive.

But if we continue to play to our defensive standards, we can win this game.”

Though struggling, the Eagles’ offense features, a depth of talent. Bedoya, the team’s leading scorer, features prominently in the Blue Devils’ plan for success, as they aim to create problems for the potent midfielder.

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“We need to focus our attention on containing Bedoya,” senior defender Graham Dugoni said. “The offense runs through him. He sets up a lot of their goals so if we can slow him down, we can have a better chance for success.”

After experiencing a slow start to the season, the defense has only allowed two goals in the past six contests because of a more suffocating pursuit in which all the players now work in a more fluid manner.

Improved defensive shifting and a growing familiarity with each other’s tendencies mark two big reasons the Blue Devils continue to baffle opposing offenses.

“Coach has been preaching that we should constantly apply pressure on teams,” Dugoni said. “We haven’t really changed much in our philosophy from the beginning of the season. The change is due mainly to the fact that we all now feel more comfortable in the system with each other.”

An interesting change the Blue Devils will need to manage is the fast artificial turf.

To adapt, the team spent a couple of practices on the accelerated surface this past week in order to better prepare for the quicker pace at which the ball travels as compared to regular grass.

“We’ll let the ball do the work,” senior forward Nick Sih said. “We’ll have to focus on playing into the feet instead of the open space. Defensively, this means that we need to create high pressure in order to force their players into making mistakes.”

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end. Getting the ‘W’ all comes down to putting the ball in the cage.”

The team certainly does not lack talent at the forward position. Junior Amie Survilla played for the U-21 national team and sophomore Susan Ferger was named Central Ohio Field ffockey Player of the Year in 2006. Since the Blue Devils already possess the technical skill needed to light up the scoreboard, maintaining mental toughness will be the key to increasing their scoring output this weekend.

“It’s just a little bit of a focus thing,” senior co-captain Marian Dickinson said.

“We know what we’re meant to be doing, in the right places. It’s just that second or two of making sure that you’re lower,

you’re following through.”

Duke’s offense seems poised to find a rhythm against Boston College (6-3, 0-2), a team with the worst goals allowed average in the ACC. Yet even if the Blue Devils can pick up their first conference victory Saturday, they will face another stem test the next day. Although Boston University (4-6) is not ranked, the Terriers defeated then-No. 8 Virginia, who, in turn, defeatedBoston College.

The unveiling ofWilliams Field’s new bleachers may help Duke turn the corner, but the Blue Devils know that more consistent offensive production, and not more fans, will ultimately be responsible for potential success this weekend—as well as the remainder of the season.

“We know ourselves to a T about what we need to do in order to get it done on the field,” Suchoski said. “Our desire to put the ball in the cage when it counts is what the second halfof the season is going to be all about”

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In the 71st minute, Tar Heel forward Casey Nogueira nutmegged the defender and flicked a goal into the far post from about eight yards out. Nogueira tacked on another tally in the 89th minute when the outcome was already decided.

Although they were able to compete with the Tar Heels for much of the second half, the Blue Devils conceded superiority to their rival after being unable to play their game for large stretches of time.

“They close you down quickly, they’re athletic, they’re ruthless,” Church said.

“We’re a very good team. We’re just not quite at that elite level yet.”

Duke went down in the fifth minuteand could not recover in a 3-0 home loss to North Carolina Thursday.

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FOOTBALL from page 13 three months after the arrival of the new coaching staff, the program had seen vast improvements.

“It’s what we’ve said over and over: conditioning,” Cutcliffe said about one ofhis team’s top priorities.

There are often many reasons why teams fall apart in second halves. For Durfey, the root of Duke’s past failures was simple—the players were simply out ofshape.

“Conditioning really helps,” linebacker Vincent Rey said. “If you’re not conditioned, you’re not as focused as you should be when you’re tired and you need to make those plays.”

Although the Blue Devils have not run out of gas in the second half so far, they have been able to do so without leaving the friendly confines of Wallace Wade Stadium.

Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech is the first game away from home for Duke this season, and will mark the first time the Blue Devils’ conditioning will be tested in combination with the rigors of playing on the road.

Andjust as Duke’s strong finishes have been the key to its early success this season, the Yellow Jackets have jumped out to leads in each of their first four games, outscoring their opponents 38-3 in the first quarter.

Whether it’s starting fast or finishing strong, both teams enter Saturday’s tilt heading in the right direction. Duke’s second half prowess so far this season has been especially encouraging for a team that was in desperate need for inspiring play at the end of games only a year ago.

I really believe we’re building a program,” Rey said, “We’re going to win some, we’re going to lose sorne, but we’re going to be a program.”

And starting 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1994 would certainly be a giant leap toward that goal.

So much for baby steps.

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It’s important to note that parts of its meeting this weekend, and that this would be its the Board must have its own policy from here on out. What legitimate reasons, and it is this means is that there will no beyond doubt that it is doing longer be a press conference, what it believes to be best for which in past meetings had the University.

But the Board’s continugiven local media the opportunity to ask questions of the ing trend toward decreased Board. This latest resolution transparency injures all members of the Duke community. follows the closing ofall previously open sessions, which Given the scope ofthe Board’s was enacted in May. power, it has a responsibility not only to students, but also At this weekend’s meetto alumni, fatuity, staff and ing, only a prepared docuto

the city ofDurham.

There are only a handful of topics the Board discusses that warrant thelevel of secrecy that it now maintains. For example, confidentiality is necessary for

pending litigation.

In the past, however, the Board has closed off certain parts ofits meetings to discuss these matters. There is no reason the Board cannot handle these issues with the delicacy they deserve, while still maintaining some open meetings.

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about in campaign rhetoric. This idea has been coupled with a strong sense ofanti-intellectualism.

American antiade a. sawyer intellectualism is certainly not a new maybe it's me phenomenon. It was a part of PresidentAndrewjackson’s appeal in 1828 when he was elected to the presidency—based partially on the notion that he had been cheated out ofit in 1824 by corrupt elite Eastern politicians. The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams to be president after he and Jackson failed to gamer a majority in the election. Jackson’s appeal was based on his image as a populist and a man of the people.

It is worth noting that like the current president, he took a remarkably expansionist view of executive power, going so far as to defy a Supreme Court decision. It remained in play through the, era of Joseph McCarthy, when “eggheads” were the focus ofanti-Communist efforts. In the 19605, anti-intellectualism characterized mistrust of university academics, and today the sentiment has expanded to include what Sarah Palin called in her Republican convention speech, the “Washington elite.”

On two particular levels I understand the sentiment. First, I think one should hold a healthy level of skepticism for one’s leaders, no matter who they are. If anti-intellectualism, or anti-elitism means that one is wary ofofficials’ attempts to manipulate or deceive the public, then I’m all for it. Second, I can understand the impulse to want a relatable leader. A voter who sees reflections of him or herself in a candidate should be able to reasonably expect that individual to prioritize is-

sues that matter to the voter. If anti-intellectualism embodies the sense that certain politicians don’t have the greater good at heart, then—in my opinion—it’s not so bad.

However, in its modern form, anti-intellectualism seems prone to what Susan Jacoby, author of “The Age of American Unreason” referred to as “anti-rationalism.” In an environment where “character”—that amorphous term —is more important to some than actual policies or policy proposals, it seems to me that anti-rationalism is taking hold in a dangerous and potentially damaging way. Further, it seems odd at best for individuals to expect “change” from a candidate who has stood in solidarity with the current administration more than 90 percent of the time. it seems to me that for some of us, the desire to have leaders who are like us has gone too far, and the result has been a sort of “race to the bottom” on the part of politicians to endear themselves to the lowest common denominator. It’s the type of situation that forces someone like Hillary Clinton to toss back shots in a Pennsylvania bar in order to prove her solidarity with working Americans. It’s the kind of politics where candidates strive to portray the image that Bush did in his two campaigns—the type of person you would want to kick back and have a beer with. “Joe Six Pack” if you will.

Leadership of the country —particularly in the executive branch—requires that officials act as trustees for their constituents. A trustee is charged to act on his or her best judgment in the interest of constituents. A trustee by definition has to know more than the average person, not be the average person. When it comes to leading a country of 300 million—or even a few thousand—average just isn’t enough. And honestly, it’s really just insulting when anyone believes that getting my vote requires dumbing down.

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editor’snote In Thursday’s editorial, “Our loss of will,” the independent Editorial Board cited a speech by Reynolds Price sixteen Founders’ Days ago. The phrasing used to capture the way in which it was delivered, however, was careless and insensitive.

Though the offense was unintentional, the Board neglected to consider how the idiom could be construed. I have apologized to Professor Price on behalfof the Board, and I would also like to apologize to our readers.

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that is their culture. You shouldn’t try to

change it.” When I hear this comment about my work to improve girls’ education and social capital in Kenya, I want to ask “which culture?”

The culture in South Nyanza where women only wear skirts and cover their mou„jS thr W;hen they talk? Or the one in sherTyl broverman Nairobi where girls guest commentary wear tight jeans and go to discos? Or the culture in Nakuru where women run legal defense and reproductive health programs? Or sometimes I want to ask, why do you think that Kenyan culture must be static, when in the United States we have been in prolonged “culture wars?” But mostly when I hear this argument I want to tell them about Mzee.

I was in Kenya during September for Mzee’s funeral.

In a dry, dusty field, with die cattle herd that usually filled the compound temporarily replaced with tents and striped awnings, thousands of people recently congregated to honor Mzee, one of the longest serving civil servants in Kenya. I had only known Mzee in his later years, as a strong handshake, a warm smile, and gravel voiced ‘welcome home’ when I visited his house. In his retirement Mzee loved to sit on his front step, while around him ambled his children (41 still living) grandchildren and numerous cattle. (The last time I saw Mzee he was wearing a Duke Global Health Institute hat)

As a friend of his daughter, I knew how Mzee’s understanding and practice of culture had changed.

Thirty years ago when his daughter refused to undergo female genital circumcision Mzee was furious.

When a few years later he arranged for his daughter to

become the secondwife of a much older man, and she ran away the morning of the marriage, he did not talk to her for years. His daughter went on to complete her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, and become a successful, high profile professional. She and Mzee were eventually reconciled and he came to respect and support his daughter’s mission to empower girls in her home community. Before Mzee died he appointed his twice-rejected daughter as the executor ofhis estate. In a community where according to “traditional culture” women do not handle money, Mzee gave his rebellious daughter (and not his many sons) the highest honor; the first time a woman was so honored. So on that sunny tumultuous day when thousands of people gathered and stayed to sing throughout the night to commemorate Mzee’s life, there was Rose Odhiambo: honored, respected and in charge.

Her worth was declared to the community by Mzee’s last wishes, a man older than Kenya itself, who knew that culture could be as mutable and protean as the cattle herds he loved to watch.

Sherryl Broverman, the director of the Global Health cer-

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didn’t see him for four years—until he attended my college TOSO odllicUllbo graduation As I contint commentary ued to challenge traditional culture by pursuing my Ph.D as a young mother, leaving my children with my husband to conduct my research and managing my own finances, myfather began to see the advantages of having an educated daughter. As a chiefand community leader, he began to work for other girls to have the

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Monogomy involves marriage I realize Megna Raksit’s Tuesday column, “The meaning of monogomy,” was intended to be a column about dating, but, to clarify, the word “monogamy” means that you get married once in your lifetime, according to Merriam-Webster.

Raksit’s definition—that you are monogamous if you don’t cheat on your boyfriend or girlfriend—actually applies to the phrase “openly and honestly promiscuous.” I won’t begrudge the Duke community its right to order its own sex life, but please leave the term “monogamous” to those of us who have chosen it (or better yet, give some serious thought to choosing it).

Mike Jenista Graduate student, math department

opportunity for education. When Sherry! Broverman, director of the Duke Global Health certificate, came home with me to Muhuru and the Women’sInstitute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER) partnership began, my father led the community in supporting the project’s development The cultural values that he held dearly over twenty years ago he was now willing to let go of to make WISER a reality for the girls and boys ofMuhuru Bay. Rose Odhiambo, the director of the Institute for Wom-

en, Gender and Development Studies at Egerton Univeristy, Kenya, is a co-founder of WISER.

Play action fake I originally wrote this column the night the Bristol Palin pregnancy story broke. Exactly one month later, it is oddly relevant again.

Nobody ever accused the Republican Party of being bad at the political game, but the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running male raised many quesm tions,After repeatedly quesJ2UHIC If ICCll3(TICI tionmg Barack Obama’s guest commentary preparedness, now could he nominate a woman who just two years ago was mayor of a town 1/20 the size of Obama’s slate senate district'' After repeatedly questioning Obama’s foreign policy experience, how could he nominate a woman who admits her foreign policy experience derives solely from her state’s proximity to Russia? It seemed a little hypocritical.

We all know Sarah Palin is, a hockey mom, but she is no advocate for women’s rights. If she were, how could she allow Wasilla to begin making victims pay for their own rape kits while she was. mayor? Does- the McCain campaign think women are stupid? No liberal woman is going to vote for a pro-life ultraconservativ'ejust because she and Hilary are the same gender. As the Daily Show, my own fair and balanced news outlet ofchoice, put it Sarah Palin may be the ideological opposite of Hillary Clinton, but she’s her gynecological twin. Only women like Samantha Bee, whose “lady brain” cannot process Palm’s desire to overturn Roe v. Wade (the only Supreme Court case she knows), are that shallow.

There was also some confusion as to how thorough McCain was in selecting Palin, whom he met only twice before deciding she was his “soulmate.” The pregnancy' situation subsequently discovered also seemed like the kind of thing that the VP vetting process would unearth (but it didn’t show up in my Google search either). The McCain campaign insisted they knew about that private matter all along and that her daughter’s pregnancy does not make Palin less qualified to be vice president (one could argue this is a moot point; few things would). Yet what looks like questionable judgment could instead be a new page in the infamous GOP Electoral Playbook.

Imagine you are John McCain: The Democratic National Convention generated a lot of positive press for your celeb•rity opponent, especially after Obama nailed his acceptance speech. Yet you have on staff some of the greatest political gamesmen in our nation’s history, so you were prepared.

You revealed as your vice presidential nominee a young, conservative woman woefully unprepared for the job at hand.

But she was a breath of fresh air, a glimmer of (dare I say it) hope, and let’s be honest, something to look at—check out the YouTube video of McCain inspecting the goods for his approval of this message. As warranted criticism descended upon the hapless Alaskan governor,you were able to spin the attacks as sexist to rein in disenchanted Hillary supporters and simultaneously energize the evangelical base with her extremism. And then the pregnancy hit the news.

Begin Phase 11. The media smelled blood in the water as a conservative candidate’s 17-year old daughter was revealed to be five months pregnant. Obviously she’s keeping it (anything else would be murder), and she and her own soulmate are getting married. A month ago, I predicted that Palin would take a principled stand for family privacy and step down. Today, we find her similarly poised as she backpedals in defense of her meager record. The McCain campaign decries the most basic questions about Palin as sexist, and the GOP cries foul and bashes the liberal media for discrimination. And finally the trap is sprung.

With her popularity tanking and a full hour and a halfdebate spent repeating the same four lines (and “maverick”), Palin steps down, ostensibly to protect her daughter. McCain selects his new, true VP pick and low and behold, he is very well qualified for the position and just the kind of man Republicans are ready to elect As the dust settles, the McCain campaign looks back on its accomplishments: a remarkable $8 million jump in campaign contributions right before the public financing deadline took effect, a revitalized political base (initially with the support of ex-Hillary supporters, now not so much), and the Democratic party backpedaling from a month ofwasted attacks that have suddenly backfired.

All this brilliant strategy would need is a name, and I’m on top of it If I might borrow the term from football, we may yet witness Palin’s flawless execution of the “Play Action Fake;” at first it looks like she’s going to run... but then she passes. ,

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Jamie Friedland is a

Trinity senior.

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