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A week before Panda Express opened its doors, a batch of colorful handmade signs lit up the West Campus Plaza in place of the restaurant’s technicolor mascot. “Duke Engage: Have we learned nothing?” “Beware, this is a trend... ACES!” “Ask Students FIRST,” the signs read. The student arti left , lhc r

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in the spotlight for long—the signs were quickly whisked away that day to the office ofDirector of Dining Services Jim Wulforst, where they still hung nearly a month later. The bitter maxims are puzzling to Wulforst, who said he has spent his career trying to satisfy students’ cravings. “I’m struggling with what it is [students] really want. Fdon’t have a magic wand,” he said. ‘When it feels like I’ve missed something, I want to resolve it.” The anonymous artists may not be the only ones on campus who wished for more from the new space. Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki noted that though he believes Panda Express has done much to liven up the Plaza, the 1,450square-foot restaurant cannot provide the sit-down dining experiences suggested by the Campus Culture Initiative. Sales figures posted by the restaurant in its first few weeks of operation, however, seem to tell a different story. After peddling a recordbreaking 1,100 meals per day during its opening week, Wulforst said sales at Panda leveled off to about 800 meals per day, though the figures are still on par with The Loop. Chowing down on chow mein between classes, seniorEllis Wisely said he welcomes the arrival ofPanda Express on campus. “The seating is so teeny, there’s no way you could hang out here,” he said. “It sure is tasty though.”

Admin visions for dining With Subway, Chik-fil-A, Armadillo Grill and McDonald’s already in business, Panda Express is in good company. Administrators have long felt that fast food restaurants were overrepresented on West Campus—filling

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headquarters—opened its doors, Joanne Beckman stepped in to offer her experience in public service.

Saturday, Beckman’s civic commitment called for her houses, canvassing for the Durham County GOP. She was equipped with a list of survey questions and the names and addresses of registered Republicans and Independents in a Durham voting precinct. “It’s fun, I think it’s fun,” Beckman said of going doorto-door. “It’s comfortable for me to meet people in their homes.” Beckman came to a well-wooded neighborhood, leaf-strewn lawns and pickup trucks parked along the road. A flag lapel pin punctured the white collar of her nautical-themed sweatsuit. to go door-to-door to 26

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The Rev.Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop ofNew Hampshire,spoke in a crowdedChapel Monday on the relationship between LGBT andfaith issues. Robinson is the first openly gay man to be a bishop in the church.

hundreds of students, faculty and visitors from across the state in two events in the Chapel Monday, the first day of his two-day stay at Duke. Robinson, Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, found himself at the center of a worldwide controversy when he became the first openly gay man elected bishop, and his election has led to bitter debate within the worldwide Anglican Communion. “At first look, it appears to be about homosexuality. Step back and it appears to be about Biblical authority,” Robinson said at a panel discussion Monday night. “If we step back one step further and notice this has way more power and energy than it ought to, my own opinion is that this is actually about the end of patriarchy.” One of the major focuses of Robinson’s visit, sponsored by the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life together with other campus groups, is the intersection of LGBT identity with faith. During the discussion, which also featured Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells and LGBT Center Director Janie Long, the Bishop was asked how he would counsel students who are concerned that coming out would make their sexual orientation the sum total of their identity. “Why is it, do you think, that Christians are surprised when doing the right thing costs us something?” he asked, referring to Biblical stories of Jesus’ suffering. “But

With a month before the election, Joanne Beckman goes door-to-door to canvass for something she believes in: the Republican Party.

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sf%. China to overhaul dairy industry BEIJING —China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products. In its strongest action yet, China's highest level of government called the industry "chaotic" and acknowledged there was a lack of oversight. At Monday's meeting of the State Council, or Cabinet, the government said it would punish companies and officials involved in the contamination of milk products that has been blamed in the deaths of four babies and for sickening more than 54,000 children.

Militants attack Pakistan leader DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan Suspected militants fired rockets at the home of the top provincial official in northwestern Pakistan, the latest in a surge of attacks that have rocked the lawless region bordering Afghanistan. Three houses were damaged but no one was injured in the strikes in Mardan late Sunday on the home of North West Frontier Province's chief minister, Amir Haider Khan Hoti.

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calorie-free artificial consumers with something worse than a bitter aftertaste.' In a recent study, Duke University researchers found that Splenda may not be as healthy as previously thought, and may instead cause weight gain, kill beneficial intestinal bacteria and block the absorption of prescription drugs. Over the course of 12 weeks, researchers gave varying dosages of Splenda to five groups of rats and then collected their

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Court orders restraint in Wachovia deal As Wells Fargo & Co. courts Wachovia, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Judge Robert Johnston has issued a temporary restraining order against Citigroup Inc. that will prevent Citigroup from enforcing an exclusivity pact, according to The (Raleigh) News & Observer. Wachovia’s Chief Executive Officer Robert Steel, who is the chair of Duke’s Board of Trustees, agreed to sell the company to Citigroup Sept. 29 in a $2.16 billion deal backed by the Fed. That deal was rebuffed, however, when Wells Fargo set its sights on the failing Wachovia. Wells Fargo agreed to purchase the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank for $7 a share—sls.l billion total—an agreement that would preserve independence from governmental backing. Citigroup representatives were told that there would be no deal at around 2:15 a.m. Friday, when Steel informed them that Wachovia would merge -with Wells Fargo, The N&O reported. Duke’s Board of Trustees meetings began in Durham Friday morning. The current restraining order would also prevent New York-based Citigroup from initiating or continuing litigation against Wachovia or Wells Fargo, which Citigroup began alluding to last week. Citigroup secured a hold on the merger Saturday, but the decision was overturned by a New York court Sunday. Citigroup filed suit Monday against the two companies, seeking $6O billion in damages. In the lawsuit, Citigroup alleges that the Wells Fargo negotiation “triggered the golden parachutes of Wachovia CEO Robert Steel and its other senior execu-

cording to the Wall Street Journal. The three companies and federal officials are now discussing steps to disentangle the fight for the bank, and the Triangle Business Journal reported that splitting Wachovia was a possibility. Duke to test security system The University will test its newly implemented DukeALERT system today, including e-mail alerts and Web site notifications, outdoor sirens and text messaging. The latter two features of the system were rolled out in July and August. The sirens can be heard throughout campus, and text messages are sent to those individuals who have opted in to the feature through the emergency Web site, www.emergency.duke.edu. More than 2,500 individuals opted in within the first month, according to a University release. Many of the changes to Duke’s system were in response to a 2007 review of its emergency preparedness, which came after the Virginia Tech shootings. “Each of these tools has been tested individually, but we have not tested them collectively, as they would be used during an emergency,” University Secretary Richard Riddell, Duke’s crisis coordinator, said in the statement. “It is important for us to do this to troubleshoot issues that may not have emerged in testing these systems independently.” Students will not need to act during the test, but are encouraged to respond to a survey evaluating the measures.

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What do George W. Bush, John McCain and Barack Obama have in common? All three are Christians who have discussed their faith openly during their presidential campaigns and have expressed support for faith-based initiatives in government. But many religious voters still question the role that faith should play in politics. “There are lots of people who consider themselves Christians that I would not want to see sitting in the White House,” said Paula McClain, a professor of political science and an Episcopalian, in a forum last week entitled “Can a Good Christian Be a Good President?: A Panel Discussion on Politics and Faith.” It is difficult to be a good Christian, let alone a good president, said Peter Feaver, professor of political science, who has held positions under both the administrations of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, during the Oct. 1 panel. Feaver, who said he identifies as an “evangelical Christian as

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Wall Street joined in NEW YORK a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004. The sell-off came despite the $7OO billion U.S. government bailout package, which was signed into law Friday after two weeks in which traders had appeared to count on the rescue as their only hope to avoid a market meltdown. At its worst point, the Dow was down more than 800 points, an intraday record. The stock market rallied during the final 90 minutes of the trading day, and the Dow finished down about 370 points at 9,955.50. The average is down almost 30 percent from its all-time high of 14,164.53, set a year ago Thursday. Speculation among traders late in the session that the market’s pullback had been severe enough to force the Federal Reserve into taking other steps to soothe the markets helped stocks rebound from their lows. “If you can’t say thatwe’re oversold now I don’t know what you say. You’re at least due for a bounce if nothing else,” said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management. The global plunge in stocks was under way well before Wall Street ever woke up. In Japan, the Nikkei average lost more than 4 percent. And then the losses spread across Europe —nearly 6 percent for the FTSE-100 in Britain, 7 percent for the German DAX and more than 9 percent

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Wall Street endured a rollercoaster trading day as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 800 points before finishing at 9,955.50,the first time since 2004 the index closed below 10,000. for France’s CAC-40 In the United States, President George W. Bush twice made unscheduled remarks on the economy, saying in Cincinnati that the economy would be “just fine” but that the bailout package needed time to work. The troubles that started with an overheated housing market in the U.S. have infected financial markets around the world, making banks fearful of lending to other banks, let alone to businesses and consumers. That has led to worries that economies around the world might not only sputter but slide into reverse.

The crush of selling Monday came exactly one week after the Dow lost 778 points, its biggest closing loss in terms

of points. On that day, the House voted down an earlier bailout package that had appeared to be a safe bet to pass. The swings in the Dow Monday also marked the beginning a fourth week of tumult in the markets. Triple-digit Dow swings have been commonplace since mid-September, when investment house Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the government stepped in to bail out insurer American International Group.

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have decided] this contributes to the student experience,” he said. “That’s a complicated calculation, but the point of a university is not to make money off students.”

CCI from page 1 students’ bellies in record time, but perhaps starving them for communal gatherings and intellectual discussion, Wulforst said. Even before the CCI took a critical look at the Duke dining landscape, a task force commissioned to analyze undergraduate student life and led by Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services, called students’ “grab-and-go” approach into question, Nowicki noted. “We’re always going to have a grab-and-go set ofoptions because that’s part of the modern world we live in,” Nowicki said. “But we additionally want to have those venues where we can sit down, and that’s something we don’t have the resources to do at Duke. It is something that needs to be vet)' squarely on our radar.” Dining Sendees initially hoped Panda Express’s Plazafront real estate would house a full-sendee, sit-down restaurant, senior Sarah Ramig, co-chair of the Duke Student Dining Advisory Committee, wrote in a letter to The Chronicle Sept. 9. Lemon Grass—a Thai noodle bar originally selected for the space—seemed to fit the bill, but space constraints caused the San Francisco-based restaurant to withdraw from negotiations with the University over the summer. Hoping to secure a restaurant for the Fall, Wulforst said he decided Panda Express was the best option available. Still, he was quick to add that students looking to linger over a meal on campus can take advantage of the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club’s offerings, the Nasher Museum Cafe, or even Upstairs at The Commons. In response to the CCI, Provost Peter Lange worked to transform the Faculty Commons into an eatery that catered to the entire Duke community, but student interest in the space has been lackluster. Wulforst noted that on a recent night, Upstairs at The Commons entertained only 30 customers for dinner—traffic that does not even enable the Duke-operated restaurant to get out of the red. Although the restaurant is not a study in sound business practices, Nowicki said it could be a valuable model for future University dining operations. “We may need to subsidize some dining experiences and not hold them all accountable to breaking even because [we

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The Panda Factor Subsidized, campus culture-minded eateries may be in the University’s future, but the profit-oriented national chain is currendy creating quite a stir. Floor-to-ceiling glass that once provided a window into the inner workings of student groups now acts as a display case for two pandas cuddling in a field of neon. Panda Express’s fluorescent crest draws the eye of any passersby on the Plaza, and some students said they wonder what the chain restaurateurs could have done to gain such good fortune. “Their fried rice—not terrific,” sophomore James Kennedy said. “I don’tknow what they did to deserve this location.”

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With the scent of Beijing beef wafting from the Bryan Center, Wisely said Panda Express has lent the Plaza an air that is both sweet and sour. “Itfeels like [Panda Express has] commercializedthe Plaza,” he said. “I’m happy it’s here—it’s certainly better than a lot of other options—but they should have to take the sign down.” Wulforst said he worked closely with the corporation to keep the eatery’s brand placement subtie. “It’s a very tastefully done Panda,” he said. “That is not your typical airport operation.” Although Nowicki acknowledged a fast food restaurant might not be ideal for the space, both he and Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the Panda operation has increased student activity on the Plaza. “Before this summer, that side of the Plaza was just basically a bunch of dead rock with the doors,” Nowicki said. “I tend to sort of look at the activity of people as opposed to the specifics of the spaces that they’re in. When I look at that end of the Plaza, I see it having more life—that over-

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BISHOP from page 1 the other part of the Christian message is that we don’t have to be alone in that. It seems to me that the great reward of doing the right thing is it pulls you closer to the presence of God.” Robinson called on gay advocates to “toughen up,” using as an example 1960 civil rights activists who fought for equal rights despite threats to their lives and

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Bishop Gene Robinson took a Jew minutes Monday to speak loith The Chronicle’s David Graham in an exclusive interview. The Chronicle: Much of your travel is to college campuses. Why do you like coming to campuses? Gene Robinson: Because younger people are not as involved in organized religion, people think, they’re less spiritual. I think they are, it’s just that they have become so discouraged with the wayinstitutional religion has or hasn’t reached the under-30 crowd. At least I can tell them why it works for me, and tell them just because the church has so often gotten it wrong doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the answers you’re looking for—you may just have to dig a little deeper and be more creative in finding the voices that will actually be helpful to you. What really helps anybody is they don’t want you to tell them what they have to do. What they are interestted in is hearing what’s true for you, and then leaving H them free to make whatever sense out of that.... We do our best work when we stick to “I” statements. TC: A lotofpeople said when you were elected, “I think he deserves to be bishop, but why can’t he justback offfor the good of the Church?” How do you answer that? GR; Let’s say I had, for the good of the Church, declined to be consecrated. I think they think things would go back to being the way they were. IfI got hit by a bus out here today, does anybody think this issue would go away? I’m not the only gay or lesbian person in theworld and certainly not the only one of faith. The only way to do this is you go through the controversy, not around it or stop short ofit. Or, die way I like to put it, this toothpaste isn’t going to go back in the tube.

FAITH from page 4 publicly endorse candidates for public office, Pastor Mel Williams of Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham said faith can have moral and political implications. “I said to my congregation on Sunday that I hope our vote for President will be

made not from some superficial whim, but from our deep self, our true self which comes from our faith,” he wrote in an e-mail. Students from other faiths agreed that their beliefs influenced their politics, but said it would not be the deciding factor in their voting choices. Although most Muslims supported Bush in the 2000 presidential election, sophomore Sobia Shariff, publicity/communications chair for the Muslim Students Association, noted that the War on Terror may have isolated many Islamic voters, because she felt Bush sometimes characterized the

He also thanked straight people who stand up for gays in church and other venues, saying their efforts meant much to him and others and could even save lives. “When you have the courage to do that, it has transformed you in some way,” Robinson said. “And you never know who you’re going to be helping.” But much of the panel discussion and question-and-answer session afterward focused on questions of Robinson’s role within the Episcopal Church—the American arm of the Anglican Communion. Speaking in turns casually and humorously but also eliciting tears and even occasional shouts of encouragement from the audience, Robinson explained his experience since he was “swept to the center by God”—words he used in the title of a book published this year. Recent events gave his visit a dramatic backdrop, as the conservative Diocese of Pittsburgh voted during the weekend to secede from the Episcopal Church over issues including Robinson’s consecration. Commentators and some church members have predicted a schism between the mainstream American church on one hand and conservative American parishes and churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America on the other. Robinson tackled the topic of schism at the evening discussion and also during a talk in the early afternoon called “Preparing Leaders for Faithful Ministry,” aimed at current and prospective clergy members, which drew nearly 100 to the Chapel. He described the present as an exciting chapter in the history of the Episcopal Church, explaining that when he was in college, an open discussion on homosexuality in a venue like the Chapel would have been unthinkable. He also stressed the need to reconcile. “We’re trying to figure out away to live together despite

our disagreement on this,” he said at the afternoon speech. “What’s frustrating to me is I’m happy to have [conservative Anglican leaders] Bob Duncan and Peter Akinola in my church but they don’t want to be in mine.... [However] I can’t make someone stay. The best I can do is to stay at the table.” He downplayed the significance of dissident, separatist groups in the church, saying that they were small in comparison to the whole community, despite the extensive media attention they garner. He added that commentators had been making doomsday predictions for five years and that no major schism had occurred, despite two secessions by American dioceses. “Every day a schism doesn’t happen, God is happy, and if it does, God will still be God,” he said at the panel discussion. “We just have to be the church that God is calling us to be, as best as we can discern it, in our context. So we’re going to work toward the inclusion of all God’s children, and then we’re going to do the best we can do to maintain our relationships [within the Anglican Communion].”

He also spoke about coming to terms personally with his role at the center of controversy, saying that his work in New Hampshire—“where I am not the gay bishop, I’m just the bishop” —was a great joy and that he felt God had a plan for him, although he could not hope to understand it. James Joiner, a Greensboro resident and aspirant to the priesthood, said Robinson’s speech was very helpful to him. During the talk, Robinson emphasized the need for clergy members to be able to tell a personal story about their own salvation. “I thought it was very helpful,” Joiner said. “I’ve been an openly gay person since high school, and it was Gene Robinson’s consecration that told me the Episcopal Church was where I could come home to.” Jamie Bachrach, Law ’94, said after the panel discussion that Robinson was inspiring and delivered his message in away that was accessible to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or denomination. “The train has left the station,” she said of gays in the church. “We just have to be there and bear witness to it.” Robinson’s visit continues today with a workshop for faculty and staff on student questions of LGBT identity and faith from 3 to 4 p.m., and a 6 p.m. dinner open to students. Both events are in the LGBT Center.

terror as “Islamic.”

“I don’t think it’s so much faith but my perception of the character of the two candidates,” said Sher Ali Tareen, a fourth-year graduate student religion. Tareen, who is a Muslim and a McCain supporter, he said he had not been offended by Obama’s strong response to rumors circulating that he was Muslim. “To be clear, Sen. Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim and is a committed Christian,” Obama spokesperson Robert Gibbs said in a Jan. 24 statement. Some Muslims criticized the statement for being too emphatic and casting the Islamic faith as a political liability. “One has to be realist in realizing that would have to be best for his campaign,” Tareen said. Participants at the Oct. 1 panel agreed that it would be difficult for a non-religious candidate to be elected president. Wells, however, said a non-religious leader “may be even better.”

Both John McCain and Barack Obamahave said they would support faith-based initiatives as president.

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fellow Blue Devils, welcome to October—the crudest month in all of sport. Sure, you mightbe walking across the quad right now, basking in the sun-kissedwarmth of a North Carolinian Indian summer. And sure, T.S. Eliot once wrote that April is the “cruellest month.” But surely, Eliot never knew a Cubs fen. I do. October is harsh. And so far, the merciless month responsible for returning teams to reality hasn’t been kind to Duke jH* m, Football. I know, it’s early, but watching Saturday’s game I could have sworn Meredith 01* I saw the ghost of seasons past returning to haunt the Blue Devils just in time for All Hallows Eve. A 27-0 blanking by a rebuilding Georgia Tech led by a first-year coach and a quarterback who had never started a college contest? That’s unfortunately neither a trick nor a treat. “If you have zero on one side, you don’t lose many,” Yellow Jacket head coach Paul Johnson after the game. And if you have zero on the other side, you don’t win many either. Just ask Carl Franks or Ted Roof, whose teams were shut out seven times over their collective eight seasons in Durham—with three of those goose eggs coming in 2006 and, it’s worth noting, none in 2007. So with the fresh yet familiar wounds of a zero-point performance and the easy, sunny days of September fading into the distance, I feel compelled to ask the uncomfortable question: Is this really the Dawn of a New Day? Or were these last few weeks merely an era of good feelings with the transformative “dawn” still seasons away? The Blue Devils gave up 24 points in the second half against the Yellow Jackets while looking completely befuddled on offense. It was classic Duke in a season when even fans were pushed to expect more. Why? Because David Cutcliffe is an offensive guru, remember? He coached Peyton and Eli Manning, whose floor seats at last March’s UNC game in Cameron left them practically sitting in Greg Paulus’ lap. Fast forward seven months and some dude namedJaybo is lighting up the Blue Devils for 280 yards in an offense that doesn’t encourage passing, and Thaddeus Lewis looks like what some dude named Jaybo is supposed to look like. The Duke quarterback was held to a meager 97 yards, forced into an interception and sacked twice. “We’ve got some people that can make some plays, and we’re either hot getting them in position to make plays often enough, or they’re not making plays often enough. That’s kind of what offensive football is,” Cutcliffe said Saturday. “It reali)' does go back to matchups and people that can make plays. You saw it in reverse

games into the season, Duke was riding high at 3-1, fans were as excited as they had been since the 1990 and ESPN’s college football pregame show actually took time to discuss the Blue Devils’ matchup with Georgia Tech last Saturday. Then Duke was manhandled, 27-0 But the swelling hype somehow hasn’t completely evaporated, the fans haven’t jumped ship and the players are still walking around with their heads held high. And they should, pHB because there are still seven games left in a season that has already exceeded Matlhew

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When asked what the practices were like, all eight freshmen responded as a collective unit. “Real early, real rough,” they said. But that might be the only way. Kenneeds to maintain the intensity to keep the team, particularly the freshmen, prepared for Division-I play. The youthful team has started the season with vigor with a 6-3-1 overall record. Not bad for a team that starts four rookies. The group of eight has already formed a close bond, laughing and casually cracking jokes as they talk in a Randolph Dormitory common room. It hardly seems like they have known each other for only a few months, and such chemistry is evident when they take the field as a unit under the lights at Koskinen. MidfielderTemi Molinar plays seamlessly with Kalis on the left side, as if' they had been playing together for years. Give-and-goes are casual—almost

ington, California, Arizona and Gambia all come together as the sun rises each morning outside Koskinen Stadium. They are joined by one more rookie with a little more history. This talented group may come from all parts of the nation—and the world—with different backgrounds and skills, but now they are united under the Duke banner. THey win, lose, get in trouble and train as a unit—as friends. The transition from club and high school soccer to the college level is not simple, but first-year head coach John Kerr, who captained Duke’s 1986 national championship squad, is ready to get them there. “Its an honor—he’s a big Duke guy. It’s his first year and we’re his first class,” defenseman lan Kalis said. “He talked to us when we came in about how we’re his first class. He’s excited, we’re excited it’s going to be a fun process.” It may be a fun process, but it certainly won’t be easy. Kerr works the team hard —

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expectations. I] axe J-ICo “Ifyou’dhave On Football asked me, just honestly, when I came in in January, I would’ve had a hard time believing we could be 3-2 at this juncture,” head coach David Cutcliffe said Sunday. That makes two of us. So what the Blue Devils were blown out last weekend? After all the beatings Duke has taken over the last few seasons, fans can give the team a break on this one, right? “We just got whipped. If you go into the arena enough times, it happens,” Cutcliffe said. “I don’t know ifI remember one quite as bad as that one.” Maybe not, but the Blue Devils saw their fair share before Cutcliffe showed SEE ILES ON PAGE 12

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up. And that’s precisely why people shouldn’t be giving up on Duke. Although the Yellow Jackets’ shutout win humbled the Blue Devils, knocking them from the top half of the ACC in several statistical categories to the bottom, the team still has impressive numbers in some of the most important, although less flashy, areas. Cutcliffe’s Blue Devils are third in time of possession, penalties and third-down conversion rate. Cutcliffe’s squad has proven it has the ability to win games, so the biggest factor from here on out will be how it responds to this big loss. “They’ll regroup,” Cutcliffe said. “I don’t think they’re frustrated at all.” But the remaining schedule is formidable, to say the least. Duke has to hit the road against ranked opponents Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, and one more tilt with underachieving but talented Clemson. There are, however, more winnable games left on this schedule, including Miami, N.C. State and, possibly, North Carolina—all at home. As the Blue Devils head into the second-half stretch, the most important thing is not to judge them for the 27-0 loss to GeorgiaTech—or their 31-3 victory over Virginia, for that matter. Instead, people should evaluate the first five games as a whole. It says something when even the head coach is surprised how much his team has improved. You just have to take the bad with the good, and realize Duke still has plenty of time to get better. ‘You can’t measure it, like I said earlier, all in one game,” Cutcliffe said. “Overall, we’re on a great track. Probably much further down the road than you really thought you could be.”

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second nature But ultimately, it will be the upperclassmen who are responsible for keeping the freshmen in line come game day. Captains Graham Dugoni and Darrius Barnes lead the team from the defense, while senior Mike Grella inspires the offense. “They’ll yell at you when you mess up, but compliment you when you do the right things,” Kalis said. “They’re good leaders—-

exact opposite.”

In Duke’s defense, Johnson (who coached at Navy before this season) said this Blue Devil squad was markedly better than those he had faced over the past five years with the Midshipmen. But those compliments were a modest consolation prize when you haven’t found the uprights or the end zone in 60 minutes of play after averaging 30.8 points per game in the first four weeks. I’m not trying to say this team should win every game—really, I’m not But given Cutcliffe’s pedigree (impressive) and the current state of the ACC (abysmal), Ido think it’s reasonable to expect the new-look Duke to put up at least one score per game. That’s not just reasonable. It’s critical. The David-Cutdifife-Change-We-CanBelieve-In energy is only going to go so far and last so long. I remember sitting in Yoh Football Center on the rainy December afternoon Cutcliffe was hired, listening to him promise he was going to make Duke Football more exciting to watch—that even if his team might not win right away, it would score. Through the first four contests, Cutcliffe delivered. But, then again, the 2007 Blue Devils put up 20 against Northwestern and 43 against Navy in their opening weeks (almost identical to this team’s 20- and 41-point outputs). Saturday’s contest against a good but not great GeorgiaTech team makes me wonder how realistic that promise could be right from the get-go. Granted, Duke did beat Virginia by 31 at home last weekend. But expectations are finicky: once you’ve set them, you leave yourself more vulnerable to being questioned when you don’t come close to meeting them on any given

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Saturday. Maybe that’s what this disillusioned feeling is in the wake of a chilly run-in with the Yellow Jackets. And while October is indeed brutal, with a little luck, it can instead be the best ofmonths. For Duke, winning another game in the coming weeks wouldn’t be as big as, say, the Cubs taking a World Series—every team in the ACC is beatable and becoming more beatable every week (see: Maryland). At least a Blue Devil win is still in the realm of possibility. And possibilities, like expectations, can either be refreshing or devastating when the calendar turns to November and the final whistle blows.

Certainly, the team’s four senior starters have set their eyes on a national championship this year, but they also know they have a responsibility to prepare the rising stars. The closest interaction lies between Grella and his freshman counterpart, Kyle Bethel. Grella—who leads the team with nine goals, trailed immediately by Bethel with four—is one of the best players in the country, and Bethel hopes to learn from his experience and talent. “It’s a real challenge, he’s very good and you don’t want to mess up,” said Bethel, who broke his arm against Stony Brook Sept. 30 and will likely be out for the season. “He yells at you, but it’s to help you and make you better. I love playing with him—it was fun while it lasted.” Some players, like goalkeeper Jan Trnka-Amrhein, have already experienced national championships in club ball. Others, like Kalis, have even been able to don the red, white and blue while representing the United States. But right now, all the freshmen are worried about is trying to win the same title Kerr originally brought to Duke wearing their newly acquired blue and white. “We expect to win a national championship,” Tmka-Amrhein said. “Kerr expects a lot out of us freshmen,”

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couple weeks ago, a Heel and Blue Devil, many piece of scary news from the local area and abroad converge on Frankemerged from Chapel Hill. Halloween would lin Street, Chapel Hill’s hallbe cancelled. Well, sort of. mark college town avenue, The town of for a night of good oldchapel Hiii editorial was thinking fashioned about measures—since finalfun ized—to limit the size of its The town is not acting annual ghoulish gala. arbitrarily, and it does have The town’s decision to some legitimate reasons for pursue this “Homegrown wanting to limit the size of Halloween” is disheartening the affair. With crowds in the and unproductive. Closer to tens of thousands, the costs home, Chapel Hill’s efforts for security and cleanup are to deter visitors from out of significant. And for a small town will unnecessarily burtown, this, huge celebration den University students and (with people coming in from will only serve to put student all over the state) always safety at risk. brings up anxieties and risks. Furthermore, other town Chapel Hill’s annual Halcelebrations, like the springloween party is a local tradition that everyone can aptime festival Apple Chill, have preciate. Young and old, Tar been indefinitely cancelled

because of recent problems associated with gang activity, excessive drunkenness and violence But a few bad apples should not spoil another popular tradition. The town’s new policies, while dearly targeted at curbing huge attendance and limiting gang activity, should not prevent Duke students from attending. In fact, nearly all of the policies will do nothing more than to make things more dangerous for our students. By limiting public transportation access, students will be more likely to drive on their own—increasing the potential for drunk driving. The town may also restrict the sale of alcohol on Franklin Street. Though this

That’s a complicated calculation, but the point of a university is not to make money off students. Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki on striking a balance in funding dining experiences students want, but may not frequent. See story page 1.

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attend the festivities in a safe and easy manner. Looking to the University, it might be a nice a gesture, if mainly a symbolic one, to offer resources from the Duke University Police Department to bolster security and help contribute to the post-celebration cleanup effort in Chapel Hill. After all, this is an event that a large number of Duke students will participate in regardless of the town’s most recent measures. It will be a shame to see these restrictions go into effect, because they figure to do more to decrease student safety than to control crowd size. This is certainly against the spirit of what Chapel Hill is, first and foremost: a college town.

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is a move that will certainly hurt the bottom line of local businesses, it won’t do much to reduce the level of drunkenness. Intoxication is a phenomenon connected to binge drinking and “pregaming”—not purchasing a drink at a bar on Franklin Street. In terms of costs for the increased security and the cleanup after Halloween, they are certainly less than the cost of cleaning up after a UNC basketball celebration on Franklin Street. On this issue, Duke Student Government’s advocacy on behalf of the University student body has been laudable. Andrew Brown, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, should keep up the full court press to ensure that Duke students can

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cently, you know that the Senate’s version of the bailout bill passed both chambers of Congress and was signed into law by President

Bush. Most of you know that it is a $7OO billion bailout plan intended to stimulate banks into lending again. But how many know that in the same signature aishlinn o’connor President Bush politically problematic signed into law the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of2008? Well, it’s Division C, Title IV, Subtitle B of the bill. Oh and then there’s the continuation of national disaster relieffor Hurricanes Ike, Katrina and the floods of the Heartland. Division C, Title VII, Subtitles A and B. How about the renewed tax incentives for movies made in America? The increased benefits for Exxon Valdez recipients? Or the tax reduction for companies making small wooden arrows for children? Or the extension of tax reductions for wool production and research, investment in Washington, D.C., racetrack owners or rum produced in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands? Much of this is pork, but some might be legitimate details in the tax code. Either way, they weren’t discussed. After all, who cares about wooden arrows when the fate of the economy is at risk? The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Division C (all of the non-energy related tax code amendments) will cost more than $lO5 billion by 2013. In a day and age when we are deficit spending, bailing out our financial industry and struggling to save Main Street, our elected officials continue to pass these pork barrel projects and tax credits without even looking at them. The problem may seem small in comparison to our overall deficit or even this bill, but it is still money that we are giving away without blink-

ing an eye. Our representatives should actually look at this section of the bill, and ask someone other than the lobbyists whether or not these tax credits are necessary. We have to start cutting back, and wooden arrows seem like a fine place to start. But more than this, what bothers me is the rationale behind putting these amendments in the bill. Some have claimed that the additions were intended to sway representatives from the House who originally opposed the bailout to vote for it. Any representative who swayed because of a tax break benefiting a business within his or her district does not deserve their seat in the U.S. Congress. At stake is the fate of the entire economy, Wall Street, Main Street and taxpayer’s money. This plan needed to be evaluated for its merits alone; these tax breaks should be negligible in the grand scheme of things. This notion brings another motive to the forefront. No senator or representative was going to reject the bailout simply because of additional pork, and everyone in politics knew it. Look at John McCain. Only a month ago he was on a crusade against pork barrel spending. Remember how he was going to ,veto any piece of legislation that crossed his desk and had pork in it? Well even he supported this bailout bill, pork and all. And for those who considered the bailout key to slowing this economic crisis, it was the right decision to pass the bill. But those who put these amendments in the bill in the first place were taking advantage of a national crisis and a need for immediate legislation. This is unethical. I am not criticizing all of the additions. The disaster relief, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act or other tax breaks could be legitimate and necessary to pass. But Congress should have been given the opportunity to debate them. They should not be side notes on emergency legislation. We as citizens expect and deserve a Congress that can come together to attempt to resolve a crisis, not one whose members still put reelection and personal interest first. .

Aishlinn O’Connor is a Trinity sophomore. H# column runs every other Tuesday.

CORRECTION In the Oct 6. letter to the editor, “Vegetarians are on your side,” Trinity junior Aaron Sandel was mistakenly listed as the only author. Trinity junior Matthew Slayton, vice president of Duke Students for the Protection ofAnimals, should have been listed as a co-author.

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Leave Bush-McCain Plan Behind

we turn the page on the Bush Administration, it’s time to address the failed Bush-McCain education policy. Like the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, the last eight years have been characterized by Bush administration incompetence, anti-intellectualism and empty promises for our nation’s children. George W. Bush promised to leave no child behind and yet almost 30 percent of N.C. students don’t graduate from high school and a near majority of the state’s students attend underfunded schools. The only thing that Bush left behind was the funding. John McCain promises more of the same for education and everything else. What didn’t work in 2002 is not going to work in 2009. Instead of sending students from failing schools to private schools using vouchers like McCain would do, Barack Obama is committed to fixing the problems that plague the public school system and making the system accessible to every child in America. Specifically, Obama will fund programs to prevent vulnerable students from falling through the cracks at an early age. This includes increasing preparation and retention of teachers, fully funding after-school programs and establishing mentoring programs to ensure that students of every background get the education they deserve. McCain opposed funding to reduce dropout rates in underperforming middle and high schools. However, Obama’s educational reform extends beyond elementary school classrooms. An Obama-

Putting our children first

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Biden administration will increase it comes to educatPell Grant awards that make college ing the nation’s children, more affordable as well as create a Americans ought to demand nothing short of the new American Opbest from schools. Yet portunity Tax Credit, too often, those same providing $4,000 a schools tragically fall year towards a college education in return short of meeting the for 100 hours communeeds of students. As Americans elect the nity service per year. McCain, regrettably, next president, we has voted against inshould select the cancreased funding for dukevotes didate with a vision for Pell Grants and other reform. Sen. John Mcseries on politics Cain has that vision programs designed to make college more afHis plan to reform fordable. Having put himself through education not only rejects special college, Obama understands the burinterests, but more importantly puts den of student loan debt, co-sponthe needs of the nation’s parents and students first. soring the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which reduces the McCain seeks to ensure every child amount of federal subsidies to stuhas the ability to achieve his or her podent loan lenders and redirects that tential with a strong classroom leader. Thus, he believes that an important money to students who need financial aid. step toward curing our nation’s eduVoters have a clear choice this cation woes is improving the quality of November. Obama offers a breath of teaching. To accomplish this, McCain fresh air. By emphasizing the power believes we should: (1) provide finanof public education and making sure cial incentives to star teachers who relocate to underperforming schools, that at-risk students are engaged in the classroom at an early age, the (2) increase funding for professional U.S. will once again be the envy of teacher development and (3) encourthe world. McCain’s continued supage states to recruit from the top of port for No Child Left Behind shows graduating university classes or parjust how out of touch he is with our ticipants in programs like Teach for nation’s teachers and students. If America. McCain doesn’t realize that the sysBut fixing the teacher crisis is not tem is broken, how can we expect enough. There will still be schools him to fix it? that do not measure up to standards. To reform schools that continue to Will Passo is a Trinity sophomore. perform at sub-par levels, McCain He is the executive secretary of the Duke wants to institute choice into the Democrats. school assignment system to foster

Whatever you like

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weekend, we didn’t let the lack of Tailgate get in the way of the weekend’s festivities. I saw a middleaged father walk down the Plaza with his two little kids circa 6 p.m. on Saturday, looking utterly bewildered. The Loop was abuzz with kids carrying Solo cups, dragging on cigarettes and devouring plates of post-party sustenance £ When that father walked w across the Plaza, he didn’t anticipate walking into our bizarre world, where this scene is all too ft familiar. Almost nothing seems eliza too ridiculous to us anymore. Anything and everything goes. je ne sais quoi It is an inevitable side effect of being in college that at some point you will drink too much, eat too much or stay up too late just because no one is here to stop you. On one hand it’s best to get this phase of your life over with, when people expect it from you and it’s less likely you’ll suffer any real

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consequences.

On the other hand, we have created an environment where it’s almost impossible to maintain a clear sense of what we “should” and “shouldn’t” do anymore because everyone does everything. We have a collective sense of entitlement that motivates certain behaviors. We have the right to make mistakes, at least for now. This leads us to leave certain boundaries deliberately undefined and to make social decisions as a community that would be made best on an individual level. When we hook up with people, nine times out of ten we tell ourselves, “I probably shouldn’t have, but I don’t expect anything from it, so that makes it OK.” I don’t know when “expecting” something from a hook-up became the worst thing you could do to yourself or when we

competition and to allow talented students to enjoy the opportunities they deserve. Additionally, in situations where parents feel better able to educate their children themselves, they should have the right to choose home schooling. Finally, to educate our children properly, there must be access to special learning opportunities. McCain strongly supports providing tutoring services to struggling schools, both in-person and online. In addition, he believes in the importance of enhancing digital learning. To accomplish this goal, he will provide grants to develop online course offerings and expand the ability for students to take Advanced Placement examinations with the proper instruction through online AP courses. This broad-based reform would accomplish several important goals: (1) giving parents the opportunity to make the choices most appropriate for their children; (2) providing teachers who are better trained, better funded and better equipped to instruct students and (3) bestowing upon students the tools and personalized attention necessary to succeed after school. Given the importance of school reform for this election, McCain’s proposals are a reflection of his commitment to reform and above all, his dedication to putting this nation’s parents and students first. Samuel Tasher is a Trinity senior. He is the executive director of the Duke College Republicans and the chair of the N. C. Federation of College Republicans.

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decided there should no longer be any correlation between physical contact and some sense of affection or familiarity. There is no real reason not to because there seem to be no real repercussions, except potential post hook-up “awkwardness.” Ifyou’re both taking advantage of the situation, or you’re both using each other, why bother? All of us seem to think we can be part of that situation and be ultimately better off, or at least remain unaffected by it. But I haven’t met anyone who has been completely correct in that assumption. Hooking up is not just a game of physical gratification it’s a game of ego. It’s a conscious (a term used loosely here) weighing of benefits and trade-offs. You feel better about yourself when someone shows interest or when you can get someone else to reciprocate your interest. Maybe it’s someone you’ve had your eye on soberly and fate has brought you magically together. Most of the time though, it’s just someone. Someone you know, someone you just ran into, someone who’s been sending you text messages, someone who is just there. Even though the hook-up is just one of many egoistically motivated behaviors you might engage in any given weekend, it has a key distinction that shows we should change our acceptance of hooking up for purely self-centered reasons. The hook-up passes the limits of mere self-indulgence because you necessarily involve someone else. At a place like Duke, the opportunity exists to have whatever —or whomever—you like. You can be wasted by 6 p.m. on Saturday or in the library until 12 a.m. that night. You can hook up all the time or you can swear off the opposite sex. We just need to realize that we don’tall want the same things from one another, and there are certain things we should be deciding for ourselves. —

Eliza French is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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