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A glass building similar von der Heyden Pavilion may be constructed to accommodate eateries during West Union renovations, University officials said. Talks are still preliminary, but if current plans are adopted, the building will be situated behind Page Auditorium, adjacent to the West Union Building. Construction of the building will take approximately one year, said Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, adding that it may be completed as early as three years from now. University officials met Tuesday to discuss the plans. “One of the things we do when the West Union Building gets renovated is fill that mission the [Campus Culture Initiative] report has challenged us to do,” Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. “We have fast food on campus because I had no other choice—I had to be able to put food choices in very small spaces. The report is right on, we need casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere.” The building must house a to
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A resident of Aycock Dormitory attempted to commit suicide Wednesday night, Duke University Police Department Maj. Gloria Graham confirmed. The student was taken to a hospital after the incident and had returned to campus Thursday. Duke Emergency Medical Services was dispatched to provide services when the incident occurred around midnight, and Duke police were also on scene, students on the individual’s hall said. The student had attempted to slit his wrists, and EMS helped him in the hall’s bathroom, sources said. A formal hall meeting was not called after the incident, students on the hall confirmed. Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek declined to comment on the situation. Andrew Hibbard contributed reporting.
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number of seats comparable to that of West Union eateries, Wulforst said, adding that West Union dining options will move to the new building during the renovations, and may be relocated there permanently. He said, however, that the eateries may be reevaluated at some point. Renovations to the West Union and construction of the new glass structure could cost the University tens of millions of dollars, Nowicki said, but he noted that sources of funding, have not been determined. “What I hear from students is that they love that type of architecture and feel of the space—the height and the living-roomish type feel it has—so I guess that’s what they’re trying to present,” Wulforst said. The “historical outer shell” of West Union will be left intact, but the interior will undergo thorough renovations to better accommodate student needs, Nowicki said. “It’s on the prime real estate of the University—it should be showcased,” he said. “The thinking is to deeply and
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DINING from page 1 thoroughly renovate it to make it the showcase it is supposed to be.” Talks of an additional building also stem from the need for additional social space for students. If constructed, the new building could be used as a social center after the eateries have closed, Nowicki said, adding that he has been discussing such a possibility with campus leaders. Duke Student Government President Jordan Giordano, a senior, said DSG has been advocating additional social spaces in conversations with numerous student groups. Following the completion of West Union renova-
“The thinking is to deeply and thoroughly renovate it to make it the showcase it is supposed to be.” Steve Nowicki, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education dons and the building of the new structure, Wulforst said the West Union could be used for other concepts like sit-down restaurants, such as Melting Pot or Lemon Grass—which was originally slated to occupy the current Panda Express space in the Bryan Center. In the future, with New Campus, Nowicki said he envisions a strip of “interesdng places and spaces” on campus with the West Union as the anchor. Current students can contribute ideas to the project, though they may not have the opportunity to experience and utilize the product, he said.
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LONDON World markets were caught in Wall Street’s downdraft as fears over a global financial crisis sent investors fleeing for the exits. European and Latin American stock markets gave up early gains Thursday and ended sharply lower after Wall Street stocks took a nose dive in late trading, triggered by news a major credit-rating agency may cut its ratings for General Motors and Ford Motor Co. In Asia, trading opened Friday with waves ofselling in Japan and South Korea. Japan’s Nikkei index was off more than 10 percent, while South Korean share prices plunged 8 percent. “The underlying fear is how much hell we have in terms of recession,” said Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at BGC Partners. The Dow ended the day at its lows, finishing down 678.91, or 7.3 percent, at 8,579.19. The blue chips hadn’t closed below 9,000since June 30,2003, and haven’tclosed this low since 2003. Europe’s stock markets, which had traded as much as 3 percent higher, slipped back along with the Dow. Germany’s DAX closed 126.62 points, or 2.5 percent, lower at 4,887.00, while France’s CAC-40 ended down 54.19 points, or 1.2 percent, at 3,442.70. The FTSE 100 indexof leading British shares closed 52.89, or 1.2 percent, lower at 4,313.80.
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A finance specialist holds his head whilehe works at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. Just before closing, the Dow Jones industrials fell more than 7 percent to its lowest level in five years. Brazil’s Ibovespa index also initially rose 4.3 percent, only to reverse course and close down 3.9 percent at 37,080. For the second day in a row, Brazil’s central bank sold dollars in a bid to stabilize the real against the U.S. dollar. Argentina’s Merval index led Latin American losses, plummeting 5 percent to 1,287 after opening sharply higher. Colombia’s IGBC sagged 2.3 percent to 8,216, and Chile’s IPSA fell 1.6 percent to 2,202. Mexico’s IPC was down 1.8 percent at 20,310 points a day after President Felipe Calderon unveiled plans for $4.4 billion
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some who do not intend to. There are students, however, who have long been registered to vote. “I’ve been registered since July,” said Nikhil Taneja, a sophomore. “I knew that once I reached campus, I wouldn’t have time.” Some students said their decision to switch registration from their home precincts to Durham hinged on absentee voting concerns. “I actually had registered in Florida, which is a notorious swing state, but then I decided that I didn’t want to do absentee voting,” said Janan Crocker, a senior. “I’m skeptical that they actually count absentee ballots.” Concerns about voter disenfranchisement are not limited to absentee voting. An article in The New York Times Wednesday listed North Carolina as one of six states potentially mishandling voter registration cards, thereby blocking people from properly registering. North Carolina was cited as a state using Social Security data to verify registrations, a screening method that could fail and wrongly invalidate cards. In a statement released Oct. 8 by the North Carolina Board of Elections in response to the story, however, Ex-
in emergencyinfrastructure spending to inject funds into the economy. Investors in the U.S. had been en-
couraged by the prospect that the Bush administration may take ownership
stakes in certain U.S. banks as away for dealing with a severe global credit crisis. An administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no decision has been made, said the $7OO billion rescue package passed by Congress last week allows the Treasury Department to inject fresh capital into financial institutions and get ownership shares in return.
ecutive Director Gary Bartlett said North Carolina policies are proper. He said the Social Security method is used in conjunction with other verification processes, when other new voter information is not provided. Bartlett added that neither reporters nor the commissioner of the Social Security Administration had contacted the Board of Elections office regarding the allegations. In Durham county, election officials said anyone who has registered to vote will be able to on election day. “The bottom line is we are not guilty and should not have been included in that article,” said Mike Ashe, director of the county board of elections. “We have not ‘purged’ anybody and we did not remove anybody.” Since thelast presidential election, the numberofregistered voters has increased. According to county election officials, approximately 152,700 voters were registered in Durham County four years ago. Currently, 176,000 voters are registered. “Huge, huge and huger,” Ashe said of the increase. “We’ve registered thousands and thousands of new voters and we are the busiest we have ever been. In the period from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4, we’ve had 10,422 new registrations.” Early voting in North Carolina begins Thursday, and students and others will be able to vote on campus in the Old Trinity Room of the West Union Building. It is the first time Duke has offered an on-site voting location.
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With millions of Americans lacking health insurance, healthcare reform has emerged as an important issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards and a cancer patient, and campaign rep-
for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama held a conference call Thursday advocating Obama’s healthcare plan. The conference call was specifically held for college students across the United States. Addressing her audience, Edwards stressed that young adults are the fastest growing group without health insurance. “Obama’s plan enables young adults to get their own affordable coverage through the National [Health] Insurance Exchange,” said Edwards. She said a national health insurance exchange would direct those seeking private insurance to competent insurers. The benefits provided by insurers reflect those provided by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the plan held by members of Congress. Obama’s plan also would require employers to either contribute to their employees’ health coverage or give a percentage of their payroll toward the national plan, according to the campaign Web site. the healthcare plan of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, however, emphasizes purchasing insurance in the private market, according to his campaign Web site. He advocates refundable tax credits, health savings ac-
problems A DukeMail outage began around 8 a.m. Thursday, but Office ofInformation Technology officials had repaired the problem by evening. Students had been unable to access their NetlD e-mail accounts throughout the day. Officials said no data had been lost. A shutdown was scheduled between 2 and 2:30 a.m., during which Webmail would be inaccessible for 3 to 5 minutes, whilea “vendor patch” was applied to the system. The software release patch, from the Webmail vendor, Sun Microsystems, was meant to repair performance problem over the past few weeks, said Ginny Cake, assistant chief information officer for OIT. An outage update posted to the OIT Web site warned users that despite the repair, they may still have trouble logging in. “We are continuing to work diligently with the vendor to resolve further problems,” the message reads. Cake said OIT is committed to repairing the problem and providing consistent support ‘We have 24-7 manual monitoring—if it hiccups, we’re here to get people logged back on,” she said.
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high-deductible healthcare plans. All of these methods would make insurance purchasing an individual responsibility, the site suggests. When asked by a caller to compare and contrast her battle with cancer under the current and potential plans, Edwards estimated that under the current healthcare system, her treatment plan costs approximately $24,000 annually. “The differences cannot be starker
[between the two proposed plans],” said an Obama campaign representative. Edwards said under Obama’s plan, she would get affordable coverage, whereas under the McCain plan her treatment might cost less, but would still be high for the average citizen. “McCain’s plan is extremely dangerous. Obama’s is very forward-looking,” said Edwards to close the call.
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so much diversity on this-campus—my view is that racism is dead on Duke’s campus. It’s just so encouraging because this stain will be removed from our national landscape.” The opposition from other residents of his retirement community reinforces for Pitney the stark generational divide that the election has brought to light. For instance, after hanging a poster for Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama in his room, his fellow retirees complained until he took it down. “There’s a small group that’s racist —that’s the only way to put it,” he said as the girl filling out her registration listened in. “Some of the ladies are rock-ribbed Republicans. They tried to suppress my activities.” Pitney seemed optimistic that young voters will impact election results, but the same fipe that fuels his activism can also take on a cynical guise. As another student scribbled information in her form, he tossed barbs at everyone from election count-tampering officials to the inefficient Congressmen who couldn’t pass the bailout. “No, no, no! That’s your cell phone number!” Pitney warned her as she jotted her digits into the appropriate
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“The thing I notice is the intense interest in the election among students.... This time, you're gonna vote big time—I can just see it.” Bill Pitney, political activist said, punctuating each point with a finger jab. “There’s a lot of people who will do you ill, and I’m here to protect y0u.... There are people who think tricks like that are funny—voting is a sacred thing.” Pitney said the registration drive is a bipartisan effort to recruit new voters or voters from other states wanting to register in North Carolina, but it only takes a few minutes of talking with him to realize what side he supports. According to newsmeat.com —a Web site that collects individual campaign contributions from the public record —Pitney has donated $2,000 to Obama’s
campaign. Duke Democrats and Duke College Republicans have organized their own voter registration efforts, but Pitney said he is free enough to spend upwards of six hours in a single day slouched in his chair, talking to students and assisting them with the registration forms. “You have to take the time to learn the system,” he said. ‘You have to be out here for six hours a day to be a presence on campus. I look at this as a marketing problem.” DCR Chair Vikram said he didn’t have a problem with Pitney mobilizing students on a left-leaning campus to vote :—he doesn’t see the student vote as a threat to Republican candidate McCain’s chances at the presidency. “John McCain has a, really strong ability to draw independents because of his history of reform,” he said. “1 hardly have reason to believe that Senator McCain is going to lose this red state because college students are registering. That’s not going to decide the election.” Pitney admits that regardless how close the race in North Carolina is—the most recent CNN polling data has Obama and McCain tied with 49 percent of the vote—it remains to be seen how the hundreds of Duke students that he registered will affect the results. He does, however, maintain a firm belief that he has helped promote participation in the democratic process. Packing up for the day, Pitney talked about the role he steps into when he steps onto Duke’s campus: the representative of a generation on the way out. And unlike some of his elderly peers, Pitney said he wants to watch the world that he grew up in change—for the better. ‘You know, it’s your future,” he said, leaning in. “I’ll make it to the finish line—but you might have trouble getting there.”
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Technically, tonight’s matchup with North Carolina is a home game for Duke. But the Blue Devils know Koskinen Stadium won’t quite be Koskinen Stadium when the match starts at 7 p.m. “It’s definitely going to hurt having the UNC game on Fall Break,” senior forward Mike Grella said. “The home crowd is a huge factor.... It’s a huge help for us. It makes the game a lot more enjoyable for everybody, but especially the players. It really gives us a strong push to beat UNC.” The crowd will My be less than the No. 16 6,549 who watched UNC Duke’s 1-0 victory over vs the Tar Heels in 2006. But the Blue Devils (6Duke 3-1, 2-1-1 in the AGC) will feed off whatever FRIDAY, 7 p.m. Koskinen Stadium fans shows up, even if a majority of them end up wearing a lighter shade ofblue. And in any case, Duke is not about to come out flat against No. 16 North Carolina (8-2-1, 1-2). “That’s a little bizarre, but we’re not going to have any trouble getting up for a game like this regardless,” senior co-captain Graham Dugoni said. “There will be people here Just because it’s Duke-Carolina, and we’ll be just as amped up to play.” The Blue Devils can’t afford to come out of the gate slowly, as they did in a 1-0 doubleovertime win against Boston College Oct. 3. With the low-scoring nature of the rivalry—there hasn’t been a game with more than one goal since 2004, and Duke lost to North Carolina 1-0 twice in 2007—a mistake in the first few minutes could decide the outcome. Then again, the days of one-goal DukeNorth Carolina games could be a thing ofthe
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Kyle Bethel is hunched over, off to the side on a bench by himself, watching his teammates scrimmage on this steamy morning. It’s clear he would rather be a part of the scuffles 25 yards ahead of him, but there’s nothing he can do about it. After breaking his arm in Duke’s Sept. 30 meeting with Stony Brook, Bethel’sfreshman season is over. And with Bethel gone, Duke is suddenly without its second-leading scorer. “It’s very difficult to replace a player of Kyle’s caliber, who’s had a great start to his career —four goals, two assists—and was a constant threat up front for us,” head coach John Kerr said. Bethel’s absence showed in the Blue Devils’ only game without their talented forward, as they struggled to create scoring opportunities, getting outshot by Boston College 17-3. And Bethel, the second half ofDuke’s forward line along with preseason All-American Mike Grella, couldn’t help this time. He didn’t even make it out to Chestnut Hill for the 1-0 Duke win that night. From early on in the season, Bethel and Grella had proved highly complementary in front, with Grella adept at playing short balls and Bethel skilledat making the long runs. But without another player who could duplicate Bethel’s strengths, the Blue Devils adjusted their formation against Boston College, opting not to play another forward next to Grella. Although sophomore Cole Grossman doesn’t think the game was as lopsided as the statistics suggest, he admitted that Duke may not have been the better team that night. “We were a litde bit lucky, to be honest
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Elisabeth Redmond picked the perfect time to break out of her five-game scoreless streak. The junior midfielder knocked in two goals Thursday night, leading No. 11 Duke to a 3-1 victory over No. 15 Wake Forest
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rhythm early, the Blue Devils slowly increased their offensive pressure. Senior midfielder Kelly Hathorn came off the bench and put Duke on the scoreboard with around seven minutes left in the first half when she beat the goalkeeper and sent a lofted shot around a Wake Forest defender to the top left comer of the net. The second half, however, belonged to Redmond, as she put on an impressive display of her finishing skills. She buried a one-touch shot from the center of the box only eight minutes after halftime, taking the assist from senior defender Kelly McCann, who blew by several Demon Deacons on a 70-yard ran up the sideline. “Kelly’s so fast,” Redmond said. “She’s an amazing player and I actually passed it to her right on our 18 [yard-line], and right when I saw her taking off I said, ‘l’m going to run with her.’ I told her the whole SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 8
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past. With head coach John Kerr bringing a more attack-oriented offense to Durham, the Blue Devils hope to score early and often. “I don’t think we’ll let it be a 0-0 draw this time,” Grella said. “I think we’ll really attack and we’ll really put pressure on them, especially since they’re on our field. I think it’ll be a little bit different this year. “I haven’tscored on them since the [2005] ACCs, since that penalty shot in the final, and so I would love to score on them in regulation more than once. I would love to do that, not only for my team, but for myself.” And considering what’s at stake —a chance to move closer to first place in the ACC, to build upon the momentum gained in the win over the Eagles and, more than anything else, to have Triangle bragging rights—all eyes, however many there are, will be on Crella and the suddenly surging Blue Devils. “Every [Duke-UNC] game, every tackle, every loose ball means a lot,” said Kerr, who went 2-2 against North Carolina as a Blue Devil between 1983 and 1986. “With the crowd being there, you’re always on your toes and you feel that you have to be at your best because there are people watching you.” Friday’s match might make one of the best college rivalries, as Grella said, into something more significant. Both teams have more than simply bragging rights at stake. “This is a huge game,” Grella said. “It’s not going to make or break our season, but this is a huge game in terms of, all right, are we really going to make a run for it, or are we going to Just be a pretty average team?” “A win here would be huge for us,” Dugoni said. “There’s nothing sweeter than beating Carolina.”
time, ‘Kelly, I’m here if you need me,’ and she found me at the end. It was an amazing play by her.” Duke took a commanding 3-0 lead when Redmond struck again with 25 minutes to go. After sophomore Marybeth Kreger was pushed in the box, Redmond blasted the ensuing penalty kick into the bottom right corner. Redmond now has 10 goals on the season, already the seventh-best singleseason tally in school history. She also ranks eighth on Duke’s all-time points list with 65. “Wake Forest is a great team, great program, always at war with us,” Church said. "They created chances, we created some chances. There are not a lot of shots in the ACC games—we just finished better. We just finished our chances and I thought we were aggressive on the attack today for a longer period of time.” The Blue Devils’ ability to capitalize on their offensive opportunities was the key to a much-needed victory, as they finished their six-game homestand with a 4-1-1 record and now embark on a threegame road trip. With the win, the Blue Devils moved into a tie for fourth place in the ACC and only have two days before their next game against Maryland, a squad Church said is always difficult to face on the road. Yet Duke will be riding a new wave of confidence into College Park Sunday. “We’re really glad we got this win, and we’re going to go at Maryland really hard,” Redmond said. “I think we’re back.”
Forward Mike Grellatrudges offthefield after Duke's 1-0 loss to North Carolina last year in the ACC tournament.
they were definitely better than us,” Grossman said. “They outshot us 17-3, [but] I wouldn't say they outplayed us by that differential. We defended really hard all game, got a little bit lucky at the end and Grella made an unbelievable play.” The Blue Devils know they need more than just luck in their final stretch of games. So far, Grella has shouldered the offensive load, tallying four goals over the last two games. But for Duke, it is imperative to get other players involved. “We can’t rely just on Mike Grella to
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years of precipitous an arm that reaches out to the decline have lowered student body to address issues Duke into the unsavory raised in the Trojan report. company of such insdtutions as MILF can also be an important Florida Atlantic University and way for the studentbody to penetrate a Duke UPenn. Plummeting administration from a respectable editorial that can be both eighth in the nadon to an embarrassing 20th, opaque and at times unresponsive. DSG is specially positioned Duke’s “Trojan National Sexual Health Ranking” has fallen to take advantage of MILF, as it markedly as a result of trends has demonstrated'in the past of which the student body is a willingness to be responsive and quickly try new angles and largely unaware* The rectificadon of these trends should he posidons for the pleasure of the studentbody. made a priority of the administration, and would do much to Two schools of thought restore Duke’s standing in the currently exist as to the rationale behind Duke’s decline academic community. Acdon needs to begin with in the national rankings. The first explanation claims student leaders. Duke Student Government should head the that the difficult appointment development of a Monitoring system and short hours of the Student Health Center have Initiative for Lifestyle and Fornication. DSG’s MILF can be made Duke less “sexually”
healthy. This group, funded by the Trojan water balloon
company, also notes a dearth of anonymous counseling through e-mail or publications. Outside of these complaints, the group has given the University high marks over the last three years; however, these trends have compromised an overall sexual education and sexual health program that has
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The second school of thought cites a number of changes within the University across the past several years, which have pounded the sexual health of the school. The foremost problem is the expansion of the Perkins library system. With more study spaces, individual study nooks, dirty old stacks and basements with TVs and quirky furniture,
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many others including, but not limited to, power outages in Edens Quadrangle, Shooters, our newly discovered victorious football team, longer quiet hours on East Campus, the exotic experiences of students through DukeEngage, President Sarah “Nailin’” Palin, newly minted co-ed bathrooms, SecondLife and Soulja Boy. DSC should probe deeply into this issue and produce for the student body a MILE that can raise salient concerns to administrators. Duke’s sexual health is certainly an important issue, and though the University and student groups have performed well, a small number of changes could bring great benefit. Certainly, the rankings should show that Duke’s place is on top—that is, unless we prefer otherwise. *
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The thing I notice is the intense interest in the election among students.... This time, you ’re gonna vote big time—l can just see it. to vote for
the expansion of the Perkins library system has expanded the amount of arable sexual land for students once constrained to their dorm room, “but only during their roommate’s 50minute Econ lecture.” Additionally, the issuance of Residence Life and Housing Services’ new room entry policy further degrades the University’s sexual health. With Duke University Police Department authorized to forcibly enter students’ rooms with or without permission, the incentive to use condoms may decrease, because the amount of time students have available between their roommates’ classes, misguided DUPD “drug busts” and the robbery of a Central Campus apartment has been severely truncated. These reasons lie alongside
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Today
is the last day to register to vote in the 2008 General Election in the state of North Carolina, and I feel certain that I am not the only one who’s glad to hear it. It’ll be nice to walk down the Plaza or open my apartment door without fear of being hassled to do my civic duty which I already did a few months ago, thank you very much. But as registration ends and we move Oliver sherouse ever closer to Nov. 4, I’ve begun to you tell me wond er whet, win her some of my fellow students might best serve their nation by staying away from the polls. Yes, you read that correctly: I’m saying some of you shouldn’t vote. Now some will immediately argue that voting is a right of every citizen, and they would be correct, but there is more tHan one kind of right. Some are natural, inalienable rights, like freedom of speech or ownership of property. Voting is not one of these, because the concept doesn’t exist outside of government. Instead, voting is a right that comes along with a corresponding duty. In this country, that duty was originally paying taxes, but because about 40 percent of Americans don’t pay any income tax at all, this is clearly no longer the case. I believe that the duty required of voters today is primarily to educate themselves about the candidates, their ideas and the government they seek to run. I am sorry to say that a good number of my fellow students are failing in this duty. In my daily conversations, and even in my classes, I have noticed more and more a disturbing lack of depth in the general understanding of cur~
You’re allowed not to pick the same answer I would, as long as your answer is informed. What you’re not allowed to do is pick the vague buzzword you’ve heard tossed around by a candidate or two and pretend you have any idea what you’re talking about. I only picked that example because I’ve heard the “deregulation” cop-out enough times now to really take offense at it, but I could do the same thing with any other issue, and an uncomfortably large portion of Duke students would probably end up on the uninformed end of the spectrum. If you can’t say anything about our foreign policy beyond the fact that we’re in Iraq and Afghanistan, that’s where you are. If you can’t name three policies—not talking points but actual policies —of your candidate of choice, that’s where you are. I hate to be condescending, but this is important. The reason I find our situation so infuriating, so unconscionable, is that Duke students are not stupid. Even if you believe the American electorate is ignorant—l don’t, but a lot of people seem to —Dukies should be ahead of the curve. As a whole, though, we aren’t. The good news is, there’s still time—just under four weeks until the election. If you want your participation in the electoral process to be a benefit, rather than a hindrance, you can use that time to make sure you’re an informed citizen. I’ll be doing the same. My own absentee ballot arrived Wednesday, and out of the 30 or so names to choose from, I know about six. And one of them is Bob Barr, which really doesn’t count. So I’ll be spending this month looking up the candidates so that I can make informed decisions about them.
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Let’s try a quick pop quiz: What would you say caused the current financial crisis? If all you can come up with is the word “deregulation,” this column is directed at you. The informed version of that answer would be “the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act in late 1999, which had prohibited banks from owning other financial companies.” Other acceptable answers would have been “the collapse of the housing bubble,” or even “a lot of people buying houses they couldn’t afford, thanks to Congressional housing initiatives.”
I won’t mind my side losing in this election if it loses the contest of ideas, or competence or trust. But it will be worse than a disaster if it loses (or wins) due to a bloc of willfully ignorant voters.
I am truly hoping that a large number of Duke students vote in this election. But if you’re not willing to do the work, maybe it’s better if you just stayed home. Oliver Sherouse is a Trinity senior. His column runs other Friday.
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In an effort to address concerns over her controversial environmentalrecord and to “increase [her] experience in foreign relations,” Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin recently agreed to sit down with longtime critic and conservationist, Polar Bear. The governor graciously agreed to meet Bear in her natural habitat and favorite ice ~
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200mile paddle into the wu Beaufort Sea, with the stipulation that counting sheep Palin be permitted to bring her trusty 7 mm Remington Magnum in case the interspecies tension “escalated.” The following is a transcript of their conversation: PALIN: Nice to meetcha. Hey, can I call you Bear? POLAR BEAR: If you don’t mind, Gov. Palin, I would prefer Polar Bear lest you overlook my species’ dependence on an arctic ecological niche steadily declining in the face of global warming. PALIN: Oh gee, I sense some finger pointin’! Or, I guess it would be paw pointin’ since God didn’t give you fingers... POLAR BEAR; Moving on, you believe polar bears should not be listed under the Endangered Species Act even though federal scientists and Alaska’s own Fish and Wildlife Service predict the near eradication of our species with increased melting of sea ice. Why? PALIN: Could you repeat the question? I thought I saw Putin rearin’ his head over that ice block. POLAR BEAR: Why a lawsuit over the polar bear ESA listing? PALIN: You know, Bear, it’s about shorin’ up our economy and the decreasin’ our dependence on the foreign oil so the economy hurtin’ is fundamentally less and we reform the financial crisis, the bailout being—and really it’s about job creation and tax relief and as governor and mayor and mother and maverick and Alaska and I’m going to talk straight to the American people and say that when Senator McCain and I are elected, it’s time for change. POLAR BEAR scratches fuzzy head. POLAR BEAR: I’m going to guess what you’re saying is that in lieu of creating a long term domesticjob market and sustainable infrastructure that promotes technological innovation in renewable energies, you want to and I quote, “drill baby drill”? PALIN: L m gonna have to get back to ya on that. But people sure love that dam chant. God bless
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America. POLAR BEAR: Governor Palin, do you realize that the increasing temperature of the maritime Border you incessantly reference is disrupting the stability of a delicate ecosystem? Do you reallze that the issue is a miniscule piece in a greater crisis that extends beyond Alaskan borders—that according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1,141 of the 5,487 identified mammalian species are today threatened, 188 of which face extinction. Do you really think the “cyclical temperature changes on our planet” are to blame, or might you actually acknowledge
that humans have some accountability—that your economic priorities and political deregulations are paradigmatic? Gov. Palin, do you realize that the oil industry is a top contributor to the worldwide air emissions you propose to reduce, that you can’t be a champion of oil drilling and “cleaning up this planet” without some trace of
hypocrisy?
PALIN: Wait Just a minute, bears don’t talk. POLAR BEAR: Let me translate; You know that goofy little animation in “An Inconvenient Truth” that shows a polar bear swimming and swimming and dying of exhaustion because she can’t reach a solid block of sea ice? Who does that remind you of? PALIN: You know, I have a very diverse family and group of friends. And a very dear friend of mine—and might I add, one of your species—always used to say, “A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” POLAR BEAR: I believe you just quoted Winnie the Pooh. PALIN: No fair, Polar Bear! Gosh darn it; you bears all know each other dontcha? POLAR BEAR: Gov. Palin, you claim my listing is the “wrong way to get to the right answer” for the climate change issue. We both know that my adorable furriness—like your folksiness—is the most effective method of accessing Middle America on conservation policies.
Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin recently agreed to sit down with longtime critic and conservationist, Polar Bear. PALIN: You know, for a bear you use long, difficult words whereas I prefer words such as “Joe” and “Maverick” and “Betcha.” Also, did you know FDR was my ninth cousin once removed? POLAR BEAR: One final question: You claim drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge is safe and belittle Sen. Obama’s analogizing it to “raping the outer continental shelf.” But look at Prudhoe Bay after decades of oil development; look at the errors of Exxon Valdez or Phillips—can you personally guarantee that this massive industrialization of an untouched ecosystem will be, as you say, environmentally friendly? Can you describe to me in detail the mechanism by which you will safely puncture the Earth’s surface? PALIN: Well, let’s see here. Ifyou have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... 1... drink... your... milkshake! POLAR BEAR: I didn’t want to resort to this, but since 1 you reject all legitimate evidence: I’m a fluffy wuffy ball of fur and Leonardo DiCaprio loves me. Pwetty pease put me on the list. PALIN: Gee, I’m still feeling a bit chilly. POLAR BEAR attempts to eat PALIN. End transcript
Janet Wu is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Friday.
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the time my parents divorced and at 8 years old, I’d gotten used to the idea of being an only child, and I liked it. Now I’ve suddenly found myself to be a big sister, and I have no idea what to do. Sure, at 5, I might have begged my mom for a baby, but really I just wanted a Barbie. Several years later would find me in our apartment kitchen—smashing a doll against the edge of the counter, entranced by this hi, society morbid fascination to remove its stubborn head, and then later, steaming its chubby plastic face and then prying the head off with a butcher’s knife forcefully nudged into the groove between the neck and chin—so it’s probably a good thing my mother did not take my request seriously until after I’d outgrown this phase of my life. Unfortunately, I had also outgrown the desire for siblings, so at 15, I had a quarter-life crisis when my mother popped out my half-sister, who would inherit two of my most desired traits; tall genes (my stepfather is 6’2”) and a built-in “Ly” at the beginning of her name (I was born Lisa and was LrE-E-S-A for a few days in the eighth grade... embarrassing... don’t want to talk about it). Until Baby L reaches that tweeny age where somehow I become “cool” out of default, we’re likely only to share a mutual resentment for the other’s existence, her because when I return every summer I steal her parents’ attention and me because she likes to unroll my chapsticks and snap off the ends. Even through this summer, I have considered myself an only child in essence, but since arriving and settling into London, I seem to have collected a baby British brother, whom I affectionately refer to as my fresher (English English for freshman). The problem is I’m not so great at the whole adjusted-human-being thing myself, which makes me an unlikely role model for someone trying to make lifelong friends, define himself and adapt to a new, more independent environment. Once, a peer told me he likes to watch baseball games and play golf in his free time. I said I like to follow and observe strangers and write random thoughts on Post-It notes and stick them to parking meters and the inside covers of library books. “Um, I’m not sure if any of that is legal,” he said. And then he had to go check if he’d left his oven on. Pity. But my fresher seems to think I’m a proper adult, because I can do stufflike make macaroni and cheese. He seeks my advice as he tackles daunting tasks like that first load of laundry. With my aid, the washer ate his money and the dryer ate some socks and spread towel fuzz on everything else while leaving the rest of the load soaking wet. “Sasa, is laundry the worst thing in life?” he asked me as he dragged his clothes, 10 times heavier from water weight, up the staircase. “We 11... genocide. But laundry is a close second.”
lysa chen
Wisdom,
He doesn’t seem to judge my ineptitude though, and instead continues to seek what I’ve heard some people refer to as “friendship.” Part of me knows my fresher’s desperation to be friends is out of that fear and loneliness I also felt as a freshman, but even as he describes his homesickness, his longing for his old friends, his worries he won’t find new ones, I can’t help but feel jealous. I want to start over, to be 18 again, to be back at that point where everything is fresh and new and possible even if it’s scary and different and intimidating, that time before being alone felt routine and life, a bit pointless. Even if my own experiences are the worst example, I’m willing to fake it for my fresher. I reassure him his fears are normal, expected and temporary and allow him to force me out of my comfort zone (ray room) and into a bar or party or just, you know, outside. In the process, all in an effort to encourage him, which I think he knows, I’ve had to interact with other people, not following 20 feet behind them on the street with Post-Its in my pocket but opening my mouth and saying words, and in this way, I think my fresher is looking after me too.
Lysa Chen is
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Trinity junior. Her column runs every otherFriday.
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