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90-year-old alum runs for N.C. office Crisis may by

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The recent economic crisis has taken center stage on a number of candidates’

platforms in this year’s election, but one

candidate and long-time Duke alumnus

actually lived through the nation’s worst economic downturn—the Great Depres-

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sion.

John Forlines,

Trinity ’39, celebrated his 90th birthday this year and hopes to capture Caldwell County votes in his run to represent the 87th district of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Forlines, who describes himself as a lifelong Democrat, entered the U.S. Army after graduating from Duke, later moving to the Caldwell County town of Granite Falls in 1954. As head of the Bank of Granite for 52 years, Forlines helped the bank grow and became a well-known public figure in the

him back.” Forlines said he is running because Caldwell needs a jump start. The county has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state at nearly 10 percent, which Forlines attributes to outsourcing jobs overseas. “We have lost thousands of jobs,” he said. “It is my judgement that the person who has had this job just has not done anything at all.”

The recent fluctuations in the economy have many people worried about their current and future financial security, and many are considering how much they can invest in an education. “I am not worried because this is my last year,” senior Clifford Goodwin said. “But I do feel sorry for those [students] behind me.” The University, as a need-blind institution, has stated that it is committed to meeting 100 percent ofneed for all students. “If there are specific or identifiable needs, then we can immediately respond to that if they submit documentation,” Director ofFinancial Aid Jim Belvin said. The University’s aid to students is fixed annually because of regular changes in the stock market. This year marked the first after the Board of Trustees announced in December 2007 the expansion of the University’s financial aid program for low- and middle-income families. Duke eliminated parental contributions for families who make less than $60,000 a year, reduced loans for students from families with incomes up to $lOO,OOO, among

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Now, Forlines wants to serve the members of the 87th district in a different way. “This is the county I’ve lived in for 54 years,” he said. “I wouldn’t have run if I didn’t think I could help people a lot.” If he wins, Forlines will be the oldest representative in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Elisabeth Wall, founder of E. B. Wall and Associates, the communications and marketing firm that manages Forlines’ campaign, said the former banker has done a lot for the community. “I have seen all the quiet, behind-thescenes things that he has done for people,” she said. “I think just about everyone [in the county] knows his name.” Wall added that Forlines helped start the Caldwell Community College &

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John Forlines, Trinity '39 and an honoree at theOct. 2 Founders' Day Convocation, is seeking to represent Caldwell County in the N.C. House of Representatives.If elected,Forlines will be the body's oldest member. Technical Institute and Caldwell County Hospice, and continues to be involved with both endeavors. He has also served as chair of both the State Board of Community Colleges and the North Carolina Bankers Association. Despite his eight grandchildren and white hair, Forlines said he does not feel old, and Wall said his age will not be a barrier. “I don’t think its a question for anyone who has met him or has tried to do a battle of wits with him or played golf with him,” Wall said. “There is not anything holding

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Students use Break to help out in the Big Easy Ryan Brown THE CHRONICLE

VIOLET, La. Darlene Fuqua’s trailer has seen better days. The white metal frame is rusting, the kitchen sink is broken and there is a bucket of murky water in the bathroom in case the tub stops draining again. But she hasn’t complained. “I don’t want to say anything because I’m afraid they’ll tell me I have to get out and then I’ll have nowhere to go,” she said. Fuqua has lived in this trailer—provided to her by the Federal Emergency Management Agency-for the better part of three years, ever since Hurricane Katrina flooded her house in August 2005. But that is about to change. In June, a local nonprofit organization called the St. Bernard Project decided to reconstruct the house. And since then, Fuqua has watched a steady stream of volunteers

flock to the property, slowly transforming the crumbling structure back to its pre-Katrina form. This weekend, while manyof their classmates traveled home or settled deeper into their dorm rooms for Fall Break, a group of Duke undergraduates became a part of that effort when they traveled to New Orleans to volunteer their time reconstructing houses in the region, including Fuqua’s. “It’s messy and it’s hard,” said Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate education. “The thing that struck me is how long it takes to restore even one house, and then you multiply thatby hundreds and thousands. The amount of work left to do is staggering.” It was that very demand for work that led Lisker to organize the trip to begin with. She said the idea came to her after hearing about the St. Bernard Project’s volunteer reconstruction work in a segment on SEE NEW ORLEANS ON PAGE 16

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Some students spent their Fall Break assisting a community near New Orleans rebuild houses destroyed by HurricaneKatrina.

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Vrl, North Korea allowed SEOUL, South Korea United Nations monitors back into their main nuclear site Tuesday, but it was unclear whether fulfilled a pledge to resume disabling the facilities in they had with a six-nation deal. line with the International Atomic Viennafamiliar A diplomat in the site said the agency's 3-member work at Energy Agency's site, including reapplying the had resumed monitoring team seals the North had ordered taken off and remounting lAEA cameras. He demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

Syria establishes ties with Lebanon

DAMASCUS, Syria Syria formally recthe first time Tuesday ognized Lebanon for by establishing diplomatic relations with its neighbor—meeting a U.S. demand to do more for regional stability even as Damascus pursues indirect peace talks with Israel. Lebanon and Syria have not had formal diplomatic ties since both gained independence from France in the 1940 and the move by President Bashar Assad ends six decades of non-recognition. Both countries announced plans to open embassies by the end of the year.

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LONDON from you. If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash. After 45 years of stardom, he doesn't want to spend any more time answering mail or sending signed photos back to fans. The fan fatigue led the former Beatles drummer to post an angry sounding short video clip on his Web site telling fans that any mail sent to him after Oct. 20 will not be read or answered. British television stations broadcasted the video Tuesday. "It's going to be tossed," he said on the video.Tm warning you with peaceand love, have too much to do.So no more fan mail.Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed. Nothing.Anyway, peace and love, peace and love." The drummer and singer did not elaborate on the reason behind his decision to cut off a major point of contact with his many fans. \|/

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Dow closes with moderate loss

NEW YORK Wall Street ended a relatively calm session with a moderate loss.The Dow closed down 76 points a day after its record 936-point jump. Investors, while pleased with the government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks, decided to cash in some of their profits from the previous day's massive advance. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 76.62, or 0.82 percent, to 9,310.99. Broader stock indicators also declined. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 5.34, or 0.53 percent,to 998.01, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 65.24, or 3.54 percent, to 1,779.01.

Mother of missing girl indicted The mother of a missing was accused Tuesday in an three-year-old girl indictment of killing her daughter, prosecutors said, even though the child's body has not been found during an exhaustive four-month search. A grand jury returned charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators against Casey Anthony in the death of her daughter, Caylee, said State Attorney Lawson Lamar. The mother is being held without bond. A few hours before the sealed indictment was issued, the 22-year-old Anthony stood silently, sometimes crying, as her ORLANDO, Fla.

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BLUE BELL, Pa. Sen. John McCain, echoing both Sen. Barack Obama and Republican orthodoxy, proposed a $52.5 billion economic plan that would eliminate taxes on unemployment benTuesday efits and cut the capital gains tax. He warned voters about taking a chance on his Democratic rival. "Perhaps never before in history have the American people been asked to risk so much based on so little," McCain said of his opponent during a speech at a community college in this Philadelphia suburb.

attorney told reporters she is innocent. Casey Anthony's father, George, testified Tuesday behind closed doors to the 19-member grand jury along with a decadaver dog handler and an FBI agent.

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Long historyfollows Joe College McCain hits by

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4 after a 30-year hibernation, but was met with what seemed like only mild enthusiasm When it first hit campus in 1951, Joe College was a weekend-long event that included the Shoe ‘n Slipper formal, a float parade, a musical by Hoof ‘n Horn, a picnic on the Main West Quadrangle and a music festival, and became an instant success. “By the 19605,Joe College had solidified into a Duke tradition,” said this year’s Joe College Day Director Karen Chen, a sophomore. Musical greats that came to campus included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, The Beach Boys and The Grateful Dead, to name a few. Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, who was a teaching assistant at Duke in the 19705, said Joe College, which used to be in the Spring, was like a bigger version of the revelry surrounding the Last Day of Classes. “It was a really nice celebration that had the feel of a rock festival,” he said. “It had a really positive atmosphere.” Steve Gellman, Trinity ’75 and School of Medicine ’79, explained with enthusiasm that he chose to attend Duke because of the renowned weekend, which he compared to a mini-Woodstock. “It took my breath away. It was a total blast and unlike anything any other college in the country was able to host,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Those days were the epitome of the phrase, ‘Good Times at Duke.’” By the 1980s, however, the annual Joe College festivities had ended, though the reason why seems unclear. Chen said there is little documentation to explain its demise, as The Chanticleer used to cover the event, but stopped doing so by the ’7os. Nowicki and Gellman both said they assume that students simply lost interest in Joe College. After 30 years on ice, Joe College warmed up again last Fall, this time as a one-day event. Max Alexander and Max Entman, both Trinity ’OB, were inspired

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Joe College Day, which began In 1951 and had a 30-year hiatus until last year, brought artists such as Hot Tuna (top) andThe Beach Boys to Duke during its heydey. Shwayze (bottom) headlinedthis year's festival.

by their parents’ accounts of the music festival, and wanted to reinstate Joe Col-

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“The event had a lot of potential and scope, as it was something that had already been tried and tested at Duke,” said Duke University Union President Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior. Nowicki said he thought last year’s event was impressive, and noticed that it SEE

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Republican candidate Sen. John McCain returned to North Carolina Monday for the first time since the May primaries, imploring his supporters in Wilmington to “fight for what’s right for America.” Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 2,500 at Cape Fear Community College, McCain acknowledged the recent negative media attention his campaign has attracted and portrayed himself as the underdog in the contest, according to news reports. “We have 22 days to go. We’re six points down. The national media has written us off. Sen. [Barack] Obama is measuring the drapes,” McCain said. “But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we got them right just where we want them. What America needs in this hour is a fighter someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people.” In policy terms, the struggling economy was the centerpiece ofMcCain’s address, as it has been for both candidates on the trail through the financial crisis. Obama has visited North Carolina five times and sent surrogates to speak on his behalf on numerous other occasions. Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin spoke in Greenville Oct. 7 and will return for another rally at Elon University Thursday. —from staff reports

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Genome testing gets personal for some scientists by

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Beth Sullivan recently received some troubling news. The professor ofmolecular genetics and microbiology got a warning straight from her own genes that she is at an increased risk for two well-known major diseases. Which ones? Sullivan won’t say. “I am not so willing to say, ‘OK, these are the ones I am at risk for,’just because I think I am still processing that information and trying to figure out what the relevance is for my life,” she said. Sullivan received her genetic warnings as a participant in the Duke. Personal Variome Project —a study that looks at why people choose to have their genomes examined and how they react to the information they receive. In the study, 14 Duke professors had about one million individual pieces of their genetic code, called single nucleotide polymorphisms, examined for variations that indicate disease risk, as well as traits like hair color. The project, which began last Spring, tested for diseases including breast cancer, multiple sclerosis and diabetes. Results of the research will be published in November. If the type of genetic assessment performed in the study becomes commonplace, more people may face the same challenge as Sullivan—the challenge of living with the knowledge that one has a higher risk of a potentially life-changing disease. “Some lime in the next five to 10 years, people like you will have their genomes done, everyone will,” said Huntington Willard, director of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and a principal inves-

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tigator of the study. “This is a social revolution that people are going to have to wrap their heads around.” But for now, some study participants say the technology is more curiosity than revolutionary medical advance. “If you were thinking that you were going to do this to learn something medically relevant, I think that’s a waste of money at this point,” said study participant Terry Furey, professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics. “I couldn’t even tell you now without looking at it what it said specifically I was at increased risk for.” Others, such as Sullivan and Willard, have paid closer attention to their test results. Because they already lead healthy

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cial revolution that people are going to have to wrap their heads around.” Huntington Willard, director ofIGSP lives, however, neither have made changes

their lifestyles as a result of the testing, they said. Willard, though not a participant in the study, said he has had his genome analyzed several times, revealing that he is at a greater risk of developing cancer. Still, he knew of this risk before he ever submitted blood or spit to a laboratory—he was diagnosed with colon cancer and also has a family history of the disease. to

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Huntington Willard, director of the Institute for GenomeSciences and Policy, is a principal investigator of the Duke Personal Variome Project—an effort to understand why people choose to pursue genetic testing. “Getting colon cancer changed my lifestyle,” he said. “My genome testing hasn’t changed my lifestyle... but I’m already in this behavioral mindset of thinking about cancer risk and trying to modify behavior to reduce that risk in a very general way.” Family history of a disease can be just as indicative of one’s chance of getting the disease as genomic testing, Willard said. But he added that for some people, the results of a genetic test might spur them to take care of their health in away that family history does not. “As people think about what DNA means and about what the genome means, there really is a sense that this is much more directive and impactful than the generic ‘Un-

cle Joe had heart disease,’” he said. But some said the first hurdle for people without Willard’s background in genetics is often simply understanding what DNA and other genetics terms mean. “When you just throw out the term polymorphism or SNP, you’ve lost the person already,” said Susanne Haga, an assistant research professor in the IGSP and one of the investigators of the study. “I mean, who in the world knows those things?” Genomic assessments might also reveal risks for highly preventable yet life-threatening conditions that one might not have known about otherwise, said Rachel Cohen, SEE GENOME ON PAGE 7

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JOE COLLEGE from page 3 seemed to have already regained much ofits popularity. “The two guys who pulled it off last year did a great job,” he said. “My impression was that as soon as it happened, students kind of realized, ‘Hey, why hadn’t we done this before?’” But Gellman said the Joe College Day described by his daughter, a Duke sophomore, didn’t match the one he remembered. With a budget ofaround $30,000—one-third the size of LDOC’s—this isn’t surprising. Chen explained that being creative with the funds available is key. “This year our musical choices were based on diversity and affordability,” she said. “We wanted to make sure that we addressed the various musical tastes on campus and really got our bang for the buck.” Chen noted that organizers of the event were happy with the turnout this year. She said approximately 2,000 students visited the Main West Quad at some point that day. But to some students, the turnout, at least during the day, seemed less than impressive. “Other than the free t-shirt line, there weren’t many people around when I was there,” sophomore Emma Rovit said. It wasn’t until later, when Shwayze performed, that the quad finally bulked up. “During the day it wasn’t crazy, but at night it was pretty packed,” sophomore Amalia Sirica said. She and others agreed that Shwayze gave a good live performance and that students seemed excited to participate in it. Though enjoyed by some, Joe College seems to be lacking much of the energy it once had. But organizers are optimistic about the future of the festival. “I think Joe College is on the path to being an event of [its former] caliber once again,” Goonewardene said.

N.C. HOUSE from page 1 Republican Edgar Starnes is the incumbent Forlines will attempt to defeat Election Day. Starnes is in his seventh term as state representative in a county where the 45 percent of registered voters are Republican and 35 percent are Democrat. Forlines was honored with the University Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service at the Founders’ Day Convocation Oct. 2. The alumnus served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1974 to 1990 and as chair of the Duke Alumni Association from 1970 to 1971, but said his ties to Duke go back much further. Growing up a few blocks away from East Campus, Forlines was a mascot and bat boy for the Duke baseball team. “I got started as a Dukie at 10 years old,” he said. “And it has just been a lifetime love affair ever since.”

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The rivalry between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may be unpredictable on the basketball court, but there is no competition when it comes to the two schools’ affordability. At a Sept. 29 meeting of a UNC tuition task force, however, participants discussed a possible tuition increase of more than 60 percent over the next few years. Large numbers of retiring faculty members that need to be replaced and a university system-wide mandate that faculty salaries be raised are forcing UNC to look toward its undergraduates for help in raising the required $4O million per year. Provost Peter Lange said Duke should not have to take similar measures in the near future as a result of rising faculty salaries. “I think we have our faculty planning pretty well accounted for in the budgeting process,” he said. Regardless ofany tuition increase, however, it is clear that for in-state students, the price of attending UNC will never come close to that of attending Duke. For in-state students, a UNC education costs $5,397 per year, whereas Duke’s current annual price tag is $36,065. North Carolina residents who are admitted to both Duke and UNC are often faced with deciding whether Duke’s small class size and prestige are worth paying a price tag nearly seven times larger. “It is important to note a big difference between UNC and all private institutions,” Director of Financial Aid Jim

Belvin said. “UNC is heavily subsidized by taxpayers, and obviously all state schools have a distinct advantage in that regard.” And not only are administrators recognizing this discrepancy, but North Carolina students are as well. “[Duke] has it’s benefits, but ultimately I don’t think thatit’s worth all the extra cost,” said UNC freshman Madhu Eluri, who turned down Duke’s offer ofadmission. Some students, however, stay loyal to Duke despite its high tuition. “I actually didn’t apply to Carolina, but that was also because I got in [to Duke] early decision,” said freshman Cody Barker, who was awarded the Benjamin N. Duke scholarship. “If I hadn’t gotten in at that time I would’ve [applied to UNC], but Duke was my first choice, and I was always willing to pay extra to come here.” Lange said attracting in-state students who are also considering UNC is not a concern for the University. “We want to attract the best students, and once we admit them we want them to come here,” he added. “It doesn’t matter if they go to UNC or Harvard or Chicago. We want them to come here.” Belvin said the goal of Duke’s financial aid program is to let students come to Duke regardless of their financial status. “Duke is not trying to compete with UNC on a cost basis,” he said. “We’re trying to compete with UNC on an academic basis, and while doing that, offer a financial aid program that supports the opportunity SEE TUITION ON PAGE 8

communications manager of 23andMe, a company that provides commercial genomic analyses to customers. The 23andMe diagnostic is similar to the one used in the Personal Variome Project, but 23andMe looks at 90 diseases and conditions, compared to 27 in the Duke project. The 23andMe assessment is available through the company’s Web site for $399. “It’s never too early to learn information that could impact your health,” Cohen said. Though companies like 23andMe may reveal information that helps their clients improve their health, these individuals must also be prepared for possibly disturb-

ing news. One gene examined by 23andMe is associated with up to a 74-percent chance of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to the company’s Web site. Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurological disorder for which there is no cure, and the Personal Variome Project did not examine participants’ risk for this disease. For fear of discovering such a risk, some, even in the IGSP have decided to forego genetic testing. Haga has a Ph. D. in human genetics and is one of the researchers conducting the Personal Variome Project, yet she has declined the opportunity to look at her own genome. “For me, I think it is a personal issue in that I would be the type of person who would worry a lot regardless of the validity of the results,” she said.

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AID from page 1 other changes. The announcement came in addition to the overall Financial Aid Initiative, which was launched in 2005 to fund a $3OO million endowment for aid by this December. “[lt] was successful, we certainly attracted low-income people, but if you look to the future we will have an even greater impact,” Belvin said. Duke’s commitment to aid One of the reasons for America’s financial woes was subprime mortgage lending. The real estate market has taken a huge hit over the past month, which puts pressure on low- and middle-income families because their primary assets may be in home ownership. “Families who own homes will see a fallout on housing values,” said Connel Fullenkamp, associate director of undergraduate studies for economics. “A lot of parents take out home equity loans to fund children’s education. Families applying for financial aid will be more impacted by the real estate market. Housing prices dropped 15 to 17 percent and are still heading down.”

Middle- and lower-class families do not have substantial non-retirement investment accounts, he added. Belvin said the Office of Financial Aid is prepared for this and noted that changing home values will be reflected on the family balance sheet submitted by students applying for aid next year. “Duke has made a commitment to you students and I can not see in my wildest dreams that Duke would break that [promise],” said Lori Leachman, professor of the practice of economics. Provost Peter Lange said not many families are asking for more aid in response to the financial crisis. “Few families contact us in relation to changes in earned income,” he said. “If we get them, we ask for info, we evaluate info and provide additional aid if needed.” The economy may lead to a decline in charitable giving, including donations to universities, Leachman said. This could influence the pool available for future financial aid priorities. Last year, the University received philanthropic gifts from more than 100,000donors totaling $385.7 million, according to the Duke University Development Office Web site. “Foundations and philanthropists’ money in those organizations will be way down,” Leachman said. “Money will

be off [in that sector] about 25 percent. People who donate have less money to give.” And with pressure put on universities, private lenders and the government, uncertainty about aid might have an impact on what applications a student chooses to complete. Duke has worked to reach out to all prospective students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. “We work hard to be sensitive to students from every background who have the potential to be good students,” he wrote in an e-mail. Duke officials said they hope the new financial aid expansion will encourage more prospective students to ap-

“Duke has made a commitment to you students and I can not see in

my wildest dreams that Duke would break that [promise].” Lori Leachman, professor of economics ply, regardless of need Other sources for financial aid Few students can afford college without some form offinancial assistance. In fact, 66 percent of undergraduate students graduate with some kind of debt, which is estimated at $19,237, according to FinAid.org. More than 40 percent ofDuke undergraduates are on financial aid, and last year, the average package covered around $26,700, according to a December 2007 University release announcing the aid expansion. Another option forfamilies has been the private lending sector, but that seems to be a quickly shrinking market. “It is going to be hard to get money,” Leachman said. “Banks are just not lending and it has nothing to do with income—they do not want to take on any more debt.” Thirty-six lenders have suspended private student loans. According to FinAid.org, every type of lender has been affected, including state loan agencies, banks, credit unions, nonprofit lenders and non-bank lenders. “In general student loaning mostly relies on banks’ willingness to lend,” Fullenkamp said. “Private lenders will

definitely struggle.”

The federal government has also been an option for families where paying for college is concerned. In fact, most financial aid advisers at universities across the country tell their students to look into government loansbefore turning to private loans. The low and fixed interestrates of government loans to families are considered to be a much better option. This summer, Congress passed the College Oppportunity and Affordability Act, mandating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid be more user-friendly. Although FAFSA will be more accessible for some, other sources of federal aid are dwindling—l 37 education lenders have suspended or terminated all or part of the federally guaranteed student loan program, according to FinAid.org. The federal government has substantial commitments coming up, primarily the bailout, but also social security and Medicare, which may be prioritized. “IfI had to guess I would say spending on young people will go before spending on elderly people because young people do not vote,” Leachman said.

TUITION from page 7 of access.” Duke has made efforts in past years to become more affordable for prospective students. The University launched the Financial Aid Initiative in 2005 with the goal of raising enough money to implement more comprehensive financial aid programs. The initiative is expected to end in December, and administrators expect to reach their fundraising goal of $3OO million. “We’ve been raising funds for over three years now,” Belvin said. “The endowment here is substantially lower than that of some of our competitors, and we are trying to close that gap.” The initiative has made it possible to offer some students significant contribution reductions. “The financial aspect in choosing a school was really important to me,” said sophomore Cole Thompson, who was considering UNC. “Fortunately Duke gave me enough financial aid, so that the price was pretty much equal to UNC.” Duke’s financial aid offerings, however, are still not satisfactory to some students compared to UNC’s low starting tuition. “Duke offered a good amount of financial aid, but I think all financial aid is hard if you’re in the middle class area, because I think that region of the spectrum is often overlooked,” UNC sophomore Nisha Verma said.

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Midfielder Cole Grossman slammed his fists repeatedly on the ground, seemingly not knowing what else to do. Head coach John Kerr left right after the game, not talking to his players or the media. The entire team looked around stunned, FAU wat ching its seaBBS! I son, and possibly its NCAA tournament spot, begin to slip from its grasp. The Blue Devils (6-5-1) were stunned 2-1 in overtime Tuesday in Koskinen Stadium by Florida Atlantic—a team that came into the game with a 2-9-1 record with its biggest win coming against Jacksonville. It was a matchup that was supposed to be a breather from a brutal ACC schedule, a pick-me-up from Duke’s 2-0 loss to North Carolina Friday and a tune-up before playing No. 1 Wake Forest Saturday. Instead, the Owls humbled Duke. “I can’t take anything away from Florida Atlantic,” assistant coach Michael Brady said. “They outworked us. They were tougher than us mentally and physically. They deserved the win,” The Blue Devils never seemed to find their rhythm in the game. The Owls came out physically, and the Duke offense seemed shaken, remaining stagnant, taking few quality shots and seeing every offensive threat thwarted by a tough Florida Atlantic defense. In the 35th minute, though, forward

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Missed early opportunities cost the Blue Devils a crucial game against their biggest rival. Duke’s typically potent attack was muffled by a strong North Carolina midfield Friday night, as the No. 16 Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils 2-0 at Koskinen Stadium. It was UNC’sfirst win in Durham since 2000. ggaisa “They out-7*o played us, no question about it,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “They were up for it, and they put great pressure on us and didn’t allow us to play our game. Duke (6-4-1, 2-2-1 in the ACC) got off to a fast start, as senior forward Mike Grella led a wave of energy out of the locker room. In just the third minute, Grella was able to corral a through ball and beat Tar Heel goalkeeper Jacob Wescoe from the left side, only fb have the goal called back on a late offside call. The Blue Devils continued to play a high energy game through the first 15 minutes, as Grella seemed poised to take over. Despite the early signs of hope for Duke, it was UNC (9-2-1, 2-2) that was the first to capitalize, as Brian Shriver headed a cross past senior goalkeeper Brendan Fitzgerald in the 18th minute. The goal ended Fitzgerald’s shutout streak of more than 400 minutes, and seemed to take the life out of the Blue Devils. The Tar Heels dominated the rest of the game, nearly scoring again two

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minutes later as senior defender Darrius Barnes cleared two consecutive balls off his own goal line for Duke. The Blue Devils managed two more scoring opportunities before half, but were overwhelmed by UNC in the second frame. “It boiled down to work ethic,” Fitzgerald said. “And we got outworked tonight.” It was clear the Tar Heels were working harder as the game wore on, as they controlled the ball in the middle of the field and contained Duke’s backs and wing players. The Blue Devils frequently tried to force the ball down the left side via freshman midfielder Temi Molinar, who was left isolated with UNC defenders too often to generate any opportunities. Duke was reluctant to switch the ball to right winger Joseph Pak, despite Pak’s two scoring chances in the first half. “We recognized that they were overplaying Temi and we tried to switch the ball quicker, but we didn’t do it enough,” Kerr said. “We didn’tcapitalize on that space.” The second half also saw periods when Grella was unable to get any touches to lead the attack, a result attributed to the combination of swarming Tar Heel defenders and through balls out-of Grella’s reach. As UNC increased its defensive pressure, the Blue Devils became progressively less disciplined, losing the ball at crucial moments and finding themselves out of position on defense. Not only did this lead to scoring opportunities for the Tar Heels, resulting in Shriver’s second goal of the SEE UNC ON PAGE 14

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Unable to go home for Fall Break, the Blue Devils traveled to Atlanta and Clemson, S.C., where they split a weekend ACC series Friday and Saturday. The Blue Devils (10-5, 1-2 in the ACC) started the weekend matches strong, taking the first set 25-21 N? UUIVC y* over Georgia Tech Wjl niiitF Jl] (11-4, 2-1) before dropping the next set, 25-22. Duke DUKE rallied in the third, r| jiJ CLcIVI yi winning 25-22, but fell short in the fourth 25-20, forcing the match into a tiebreaking fifth set. After ample preparation for pressure situations, the Blue Devils were able to capitalize in the tiebreaking set, in which they had faltered against Wake Forest Sept. 30. Duke finished off the Yellow Jackets, winning the fifth set 18-16 and taking the match. Junior outside hitter Rachael Moss

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Although Dickinson’s tiebreaker would prove to be all the Blue Devils needed, Bozman’s squad kept the pressure on the Terrapins, pelting Maryland’s Alicia Grater with 15 second-half shots. Perhaps more impressively, Duke held the high-powered Terrapins to just one second-half shot by keeping the ball on its side of the field. In the match, Duke outshot the Maryland offensive juggernaut 24-9. The Terrapins entered the game averaging an ACCleading 4.8 goals and 21.5 shots per game. By maintaining its composure and strategy against a top opponent, Duke gained valuable experience that should prove beneficial as it prepares for its ultimate test: the postseason. “We’ve known all year that we’re young,” Bozman said. “But if we keep improving, we’re going to be in pretty good shape come November and the postseason tournaments.”

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The typically blue and white uniforms were replaced by baby pink jerseys, but the color switch didn’t seem to negatively affect Duke. In recognition ofBreast CancerAwareness Month, Duke sported pink jerseys as part of the Under Armour “pink game” series. But despite the lack of Blue Devil colors on the field, No. 5 Duke (10-3) managed to defeat Ohio 4-0 Tuesday at Williams Field. Coming off a monumental road win over then-No. 1 Maryland Saturday, the Blue Devils were excited to prove ohio the upset wasn’t DUKE >4 a fluke, but rather the start of a long string of ACC success. “This was an important game for us, as we are looking to win out the rest of the season,” senior forward Ashley Pultorak said. “Coming off of Maryland, which was such a big win, we really wanted to carry that through tonight.” And after a slow offensive start, that’s exactly what Duke did. Junior forward Amie Survilla showed leadership early as she scored the Blue Devils’ first goal of the night 14 minutes into the game, putting a stop to the inconsistent play that had plagued her teammates. “We started a little slow,” Pultorak said. “But once we put our game plan together, everything moved right along like we wanted it to. It was just a matter ofreally executing our skills and doing what we’re good at” Working off the momentum that Survilla provided for her team, fresh-

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man Megan Deakins and freshman midfielder Rhian Jones scored to keep Ohio (6-8) on the defensive for a majority of the first half. The slow and nervous start didn’t seem to faze the team, as it was able to concentrate on its play and post more scores. “We’re trying to make sure that we play the games out fully with no lapses of concentration and that we keep up our level of play no matter who our opponent is,” Jones said. Wanting to remedy the messy first half, the Blue Devils came out for the second half fighting. Pultorak scored on a goal assisted by junior midfielder Karen Jennings. That score, combined with stellar play from sophomore goalie Samantha Nelson, allowed Duke to shut out Ohio, which managed just four shots in the game. “It’s always a total team effort with us,” Pultorak said. “Everyone on this team, whether they play two minutes or 70 minutes, matters. All of the players, all of the effort, all of the input it really matters and if our team chemistry continues to work we’re going to be golden going into the rest of our season and into the tournament.” But head coach Beth Bozman believes the Blue Devils could have played better—she was disappointed by what she called a “lackluster” start. For Bozman, it’s not just a matter of winning, but rather being the team that it needs to be to make the final four in November. “You can’t just get there, you deserve to be there,” Bozman said. “If we play the way we played the first half, we just don’t deserve to be there. But if we play the way we did in the second half, we do.”

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scored easily on an empty net. It would turn out to be the only offense Duke could muster. The Owls came out of halftime on the assault, but it wasn’t until the 83rd minute that they evened the game. Midfielder Gianni Piccoletti hit the right side netting for a goal. Piccoletti’s late goal forced overtime, and seven minutes into the extra period, Florida Atlantic forward Shire Standnes emerged from a crowd in the midfield to beat Duke goalkeeper Brendan Fitzgerald on a breakaway. The upset was complete.

“We definitely got looser after we 1-0, 2-0, and needed to win,” Grella said. “We got a little sloppier trying to play some long balls and put some pressure on them. We definitely did lack a little discipline.” “That was disappointing from my aspect because I think we’re better than that,” Kerr said. “We’ve shown better than that and that’s something were going to have to address. It looked like we were tired in the second half, they were first to almost every ball and we are going to have to work on that this week. We’re going to have to work hard and get back to basics.” went down

Duke’s suddenly one-dimensional offense seemed to plague the home team. Of the 12 Duke shots, Grella had six. Of the six shots on goal, he took four. Playing without Kyle Bethel, the Blue Devils’ second-leading scorer who broke his arm two weeks ago, Grella was forced to take the brunt of the offensive load. “[Losing Bethel] is definitely hurting us,” Brady said. He insisted, however, that Bethel’s absence was not the reason for the upset. He attributed that to a Florida Atlantic team that was simply tougher than Duke. The game plan for Duke’s next contest Saturday against No. 1 Wake Forest, then, is simple. “We’ll take everything and do the opposite,” Brady said.

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NEW ORLEANS from page I National Public Radio. And when she discovered the organization was running a program called Women’s Rebuild she immediately began to Week during Duke’s Fall secure funding for 20 female students to participate in a trip led by staff of the Women’s Center and the Baldwin Scholars program . And there was no shortage of interest. “Instead of sending money or gifts I wanted to be a part of the rebuilding itself,” said lyanna Atwell, a junior who went on the trip. “I can’t see what my money does from Durham but if I’m here I can see exacdy what my work is doing.” And in St. Bernard, the parish just outside New Orleans where the city of Violet is located, there is much work to be done. When Katrina struck three years ago, it completely submerged the area, which sits precariously below sea level just off the Mississippi River. All 27,000 homes in the parish were damaged or destroyed. Then came the slow process of returning and rebuilding. Fuqua and her roommate Ronald Ragan spent five

months living in a casino in northern Louisiana while they waited for FEMA to send them home. Eventually, they received word that they would be moved into trailers on their property in Violet.But their house was uninsured and they were not given money to rebuild. So they waited. Meanwhile, volunteers and relief organizations poured into St. Bernard, distributing everything from food to free medical attention to residents. The house, however, sat unattended as water damage continued to rot the structure from the inside out. “The whole nation did better for me than FEMA,” Fuqua said, “at least that’s how I felt.” Withoutany prospect offederal assistance, Fuqua said she and Ragan began to clear the house themselves.But progress was slow, so they turned to the St. Bernard Project When the organization agreed to reconstruct the house, footing the bill of $12,000 for building materials and providing free volunteer labor to do the job, Fuqua said she was in shock. For Duke students seeing St. Bernard and Fuqua’s house for the first time, the feeling was mutual. “I thought it couldn’t be nearly as bad as it is,” sopho-

more Yasmina Chergui said. The participants’ route to their construction sites each morning took them through many of the most devastated areas of New Orleans, past boarded-up houses and empty

“We go to Duke and the majority of us are from really privileged families and there’s a lot of people in this city who lost everything.... It really just puts your life in perspective.” Sarah Lumsden, sophomore strip malls. On some streets, nearly every house was still marked with the red-and-yellow “X” used by FEMA to designate damaged property after the storm. And at the construction sites, students said they saw the storm on a personal level as they talked to local residents about what had happened to them. “We go to Duke and the majority of us are from really privileged families and there’s a lot of people in this city who lost everything,” sophomore Sarah Lumsden said. “It really just puts your life in perspective.” As for Fuqua, her house is expected to be completed by December, but there is still a great deal ofwork to be done, both for her and for the region, she said. “Shoot, it’s all still a mess here,” Fuqua said, watching from her doorway as the students painted streaks of white mold-retardant onto her walls Monday afternoon. But she couldn’t keep her eyes off the sky, where a haze of gray clouds was gathering in the distance. When the first drops spattered against the metal shell of the trailer, she stepped back inside. “Rain still gets to me sometimes,” she said.

NOTICE OF A CITIZENS INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE PROPOSED SR 1978 (HOPSON ROAD) GRADE SEPARATION, THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD/ NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRACK REALIGNMENT, AND THE CHURCH STREET RAIL CROSSING CLOSURE AND STREET EXTENSION TIP Project No. Y-41178 / U-4716 Durham County The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold the above Citizens Informational Workshop on Thursday, October 30,

2008, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Comfort Suites Hotel RTP/RDU in the Tarheel -

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Rethinking the West Union week administrators For instance, it’s an ununveiled preliminary derstatement to say that the Jl—iplans for the University’s DukeCard office and the newest construcdon project: a office of Judicial Affairs are West Union renovation and not student hotspots—and the students another glass are box. This was who editorial a there probwelcome announcement, because the ably wish they weren’t. The current labyrinthine Union bathrooms are hidden in leaves much to be desired. corners and basements. ReIn order to make this ally, the only redeeming asproject worthwhile, however, pects of the Union are the Alumni Lounge, the Old administrators need to let student opinion be their guide. Trinity Room and the FacThe current West Union ulty Commons. An ideal West Union is either poorly designed or would be a place to see and not designed at all, and it is used for many of the wrong be seen: a building that is things. That central space clearly oriented toward stushould be an open, studentdents. Such a space would oriented hub of interaction. bring together the conpnuInstead, it is a compartmennity in a social atmosphere, talized and confused rubix and it would do a lot for the cube of offices and eateries. good of the campus if it did.

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“casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere.” But simply relocating the current West Union eateries (as seems to be the plan) would do precious little to address the salient issues of campus culture. Instead, as Dean of UnEducation dergraduate Steve Nowicki has recently suggested, the University should move away from the cost-recovery model in dining. Instead, it should subsidize the eateries in the new glass box in order to provide students with affordable, quality sit-down restaurants. The Duke Student Government should lobby hard for this approach. Finally, the cornerstone of this project should be communication with the stu-

dent body. In their current state, the plans are very hazy, and this is not good enough.

Especially in the current financial climate, and in the middle of the construction of New Campus, the University cannot afford a miss with this undertaking. Nowicki’s general vision of new “interesting spaces and places” is, of course, attractive, although administrators must seek serious student input and seek it soon. If they do, they will almost immediately find that students want subsidized eateries and a campus pub. Remember that the last time we heard vague promises for a Lemon Grass, the Plaza fell prey to a Panda Express invasion. In short, let’s not let that happen again.

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We work hard to be sensitive to students from every background who have the potential to be good students.

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yidingyu healthcare system has changed in im- guest commentary portant ways since the early 19305, and in the areas of pharmaceutical interests, Duke still has room to grow. In a report card released this year, the American Medical StudentAssociation graded Duke University a “D” on policies, including those about protecting its community from the influence of pharmaceutical companies. Duke’s existing policies are limited and dated and do not represent the type of comprehensive plan that has been advanced by other leading medical institutions. It should be especially painful to know that the University ofNorth Carolina received a “B” on the same survey. This week is National PharmFree Week, a national movement to raise awareness about the influence of pharmaceutical companies on medical care. It is a perfect opportunity for the Duke community to seriously evaluate Duke’s existing policies and move to protect all members of its community—patients, students, clinicians, and researchers—from the undue influence of outside interests. Today, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the most powerful and influential players in medicine, and its rise is one of the greatest success stories of the last century. For 24 of the last 25 years, the pharmaceutical industry has claimed the highest profit margin among American industries. In 2003, the average profit margin of pharmaceutical companies was five times the average of all other companies in the Fortune 500. These numbers should be astounding, but they are not surprising when one considers that America, which accounts for less than 5 percent of the world population, accounts for half of the world’s spending on prescription medication. From 1990 to 2005, prescription spending in the United States ballooned five-fold to $2OO billion a year. As a result, the influence of the American pharmaceutical industry is being felt more strongly than ever. This growing influence has already stirred controversy among the medical community and if you are a patient or know of someone who is a patient, you should be concerned. For an industry that professes to value patients first, it is telling to discover that drug companies spend more than twice on advertising than they do on research and development Of their advertising budget, 90 percent is targeted to physi-

dans, who hold the keys to the pharmacy. The goal is simple: to influence physicians to prescribe their products over the competition. However, it’s not hard to imagine when the immediate interests of pharmaceutical companies conflict with a patient’s best interests. Influencing physician prescribing patterns toward a certain brand or drug can jeopardize patient health by encouraging physicians to dispense or prescribe drugs that are less effective, or worse, harmful. The most common form of physician marketing is “detailing,” or information sessions funded by the drug company to educate physicians on their products. Free food, transportation, drug samples and branded gifts are commonplace. This marketing strategy to influence physician behavior works, as no industry would continue to spend billions of dollars on advertising that showed no returns. In addition, drug companies contribute millions of dollars to research on their on drugs, resulting in potentially serious conflicts of interest. Recent scandals involving Harvard and Emory researchers’ failure to disclose millions of dollars in income from pharmaceutical companies are just the latest examples. Harvard and Emory are currently under intense national scrutiny, but these stories raise concerns about Duke’s own reporting and conflict-of-interest policies. To be fair, Duke should be applauded for its policy that bans non-education gifts and branded merchandise in all Duke hospitals and clinics, but that is only the first step to developing a comprehensive policy that elucidates the complex and often interdependent relationship between the University and pharmaceutical companies. Several leading institutions such as the University of Pittsburgh provide strong examples of comprehensive policy. Other universities are following their lead, such as Stanford’s recent move to decouple pharmaceutical funding from Continuing Medical Education. As medical students and future physicians, we believe that the influence of pharmaceutical interests has significant and often perverse effects on patient care and scientific research. Although pharmaceutical companies play an important and necessary role in scientific and clinical research, their immediate interests may not align with those of this university. Duke should join other leading academic institutions and amend its policies to protect its patients and the greater community.

YiDing Yu, a first year medical student, is a member the of American Medical Student Association at Duke. First year medical students—and AMSA members-p n ' havi Athale, Chris Manz, Lawrence Ngo, Sweta Polel and JenniferShaffer have co-signed this column.

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letterstotheeditor Attempted suicide story should not have been printed As a Duke alum and former Chronicle editor-in-chief, I read with some dismay the Oct. 10 story about the student who attempted suicide in Aycock, “Student attempts suicide.” What, exactly, was the point of running that story? The student was apparently not charged with a crime, nor does the attempt appear to have had newsworthy ripple effects beyond the predictable gossiping about it. Lest you think that suicide attempts are inherently newsworthy, please ask yourself when you last saw a major newspaper run an article about the suicide attempt of a non-public figure. And to the extent

that you ran the story because you wanted to make a larger point about Duke’s mental health support network, the story contained absolutely nothing to that effect. It was, instead, simply prurient, and an unnecessary invasion of the student’s privacy. I hope that in the future, you will exercise more discretion.

Justin Dillon

Trinity ’96

Duke’s bridge to South Asia As President Richard Brodhead and a team of University officials nurtures ties in India, we ought to mirror this commitment to a global education here

on campus as well. With world financial markets proving their inherent interconnectedness, countries’ military ambitions spilling well across their borders and the looming decision to either continue or alter our foreign policy, it is more important than ever that we understand the dynamics of different regions of the globe. South Asia, until now at least, seems to have been left out of important conversations on Duke’s campus. While DukeEngage has given students the opportunity to travel to Bangladesh and numerous sites in India, from a curricular standpoint, there is a lack of consistent course offerings on the economics, politics and policy atmosphere in the region. “It is a place from

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you heard? There’s about to be another Cold War. A new Russia has risen from the ashes of the old Soviet Union. It’s a Russia that is basically the same as the old—authoritarian and militaristic. President George W. Bush, after meeting then-PresidentVladimir Putin for the first time, said, “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very ~

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thy... I was the talleyrand report able to get a sense of his soul.” Russia was weak and struggling then, still quasi-dependant on Western loans ofmoney and general forbearance. That was then. Times have changed. Putin, a former KGB agent, ushered in a regime of apparatchiks, spies and former spies. First, he targeted the great capitalists, destroying the oil giant Yukos and exiling or imprisoning many of the Yeltsin-era oligarchs. He brought all of the regulatory pressures of the state to bear in his war against independent centers ofpower. Then he targeted the independent media. The great outlets were bought out or shut down. Every now and then, a vocal opposition journalist would be found dead, “regrettably,” in his or her apartment. Then the provincial governors became presidential appointees. The president’s grasping hands reached out to coordinate all his rivals: the capitalists, the journalists and the local governments. Russia began to move from a chaotic emerging democracy to an authoritarian capitalist state. With China, Russia is pioneering a system of government that has only briefly graced the world’s stage. The previous experiments with authoritarian capitalism, Nazi Germanyand Imperial Japan were destroyed by the Second World War before the full results could be seen. Putin the Pioneer. Sen. John McCain said that when he looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, he “saw three letters; a K, a G and a B.” True to form, when it came time to leave presidential office, Putin did not try anything drastic like changing the constitution. He merely picked a successor, the poor Dmitry Medvedev, and organized a new party which swept to power in elections deemed neither free nor fair by the few observers allowed to watch it. Goodbye President Putin. Welcome Prime Minister Putin.

There wasn’t much of an outcry in the West over this faintly disguised bid at keeping power. Russia is really big. They are veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council. They do produce a lot of oil. Putin can’t be that bad. Well, let the events disabuse you of those notions. The United State wants, reasonably, I think, to put in place a radar station in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland aimed at shooting down Iranian missiles aimed at NATO allies. No way! says Putin. Those missiles are aimed at Russia. They are an insult to Russian greatness. Russian nuclear weapons now point at Europe for the first time since the Cold War, and Russian long range strategic bombers are again circling the globe, ensuring Russia’s first and second strike -

capability. Along the edges, democracy has made quite a run in the former Soviet states. The Baltic Republics have joined NATO. Ukraine talks openly of doing so. Georgia’s pesky little president wants to, too. For the KGB men who run the Kremlin, NATO translates into anti-Russian. Further NATO encroachment into former Soviet territory is not to be allowed. Hence the recent war against Georgia. Russia absolutely crushed Georgia, much to the surprise and dismay of the West, especially the U.S. It took strong words from Bush and several U.S. military flights into Georgia to stop the Russian invasion. But Putin proved his point: Beware of getting too uppity. Russia is not to be trifled with, especially if you happen to live in a country of the former Soviet Union. Not surprisingly, Poland agreed to host the controversial U.S. missiles just days after the invasion of Georgia. Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, also took note of Russian success in Georgia and the weak-kneed Western reaction. Russian bombers have arrived in Venezuela to conduct joint exercises with the Venezuelan air force. A Russian fleet has sailed from the Baltic to the Caribbean for similar exercises with the Venezuelan navy—from Russia with love. Chavez has found a willing supplier of arms in Putin’s Russia, so the Venezuelan armed forces are, measured regionally, large and well equipped. Venezuela won’t go to war with the U.S., or even with our ally Colombia, but Chavez has found a convenient ally. Great Power politics has reentered the Western Hemisphere. The second Cold War isn’t upon us yet, but keep watching because Russia is back.

Greg Morrison is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

where we can leam a great deal,” President Brodhead said, and collaborative efforts by Fuqua, Sanford and the Nicholas School demonstrate a University-wide realization. This trip and all the talk surrounding it are a great first step. I had a chance to meet with Brodhead before he departed Thursday, and his excitement is truly inspiring. Nonetheless, we ought to ensure Duke’s increased involvement in India and South Asia goes hand in hand with opportunities for students to learn more about the region as well. Aneesh Kapur Co-President, Duke Diya Trinity ’O9

Internet surfing or Internet wipe-out? •

celebrate the official commenceof Fall Break last Saturday, I awoke from a delightful afternoon nap with every intention of accomplishing nothing for the rest of the day—only to discover that sometime in the two hours I had been unc o n scious, my Internet access had nina hu packed its one fish tWO fish proverbial and bags vacatedmy apartment And judgingfrom the pointless tussle I had with the tangle of wires, router and modem left behind, it definitely wasn’t coming back. Unless you’re, say, backpacking across the Alps or strolling aimlessly down the streets of Barcelona—and I was clearly doing neither of those things—there’s nothing romantic about being sans Internet. Erwin Road is a far cry from the Passeig de Gracia, where quaint little Internet cafes serenely await those in need of a technological retreat. So I did what any disoriented tourist would do and marched over to the closest place I could find to an Internet cafe: third floor Teer, where a single tired-looking PC had been ensconced in a comer. But now was not the time to be picky. My euphoria in seeing Firefox finally up, running and engulfing the globe in flames, however, was squelched all too quickly. As I began typing out an extremely urgent Facebook message, a series of abominably loud clacks echoed from the ancient keyboard all the way down to the first floor, where a handful of super-dedicated students had apparendy decided to spend their entire fall break. The rest of my stay in Teer was thus not very pleasant, as I was continually besot with the fear that someone was going to KO me from behind with a Linux command or something. I experienced a mild rage blackout as I recalled how peacefully I had been Intemetsurfingjust that morning from the comfort of my own room, blissfully unaware thatlife was about to get unnecessarily complicated. Even preparing for my trek to Teer had been quite a task, as it is difficult to dress appropriately for the weather when your desktop widget is informing you that today is ambiguously sunny with a 100 percent chance of “no Internet connection.” ment

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Still, I was determined to make the most out of this dreadful situation, so I

performed a mental checklist of all the web pages I have ever bookmarked in the vast tome of the World Wide Web. I drank about a gallon of Perez Hilton’s Celebrity Juice (Not from Concentrate!); Googled, Stumbled and Fugged enough to give my knees cyber-bruises; and, of course, checked my e-mail about 50 times before I finally forced myself to leave. I also wondered briefly how on earth I was going to get this column I was supposed to be writing to my copy editor before the deadline (I apologize in advance for any grievous typing errrorrss). So considering the notable trend of poindessness in my fervent Web-browsing, why did I feel so empty and glum upon returning to my apartment? If the Internet is such a deathtrap for productivity, then why wasn’t I finally getting something done? If only it were that simple. Just last week, as I’m sure some ofyou may remember, DukeMail experienced an unfortunate outage that temporarily disabled what “OIT understands [is] a crucial service to the entire Duke community” (you all got that e-mail eventually, right?). Of course, being a Gmail snob, my day was completely unaffected and I continued going about my merry business while people around me were pulling tufts of hair out in frustration (some of them didn’t actually have hair, but that is beside the point). I did have my own personal cyberspace hell to contend with, though, and there were plentiful nuggets of wisdom to be gathered from that time of gloom. It is almost inconceivably debilitating when our ties to the rest of the world are unexpectedly severed and we find ourselves cast violently into a sea of disconnect. After all, the Internet is no longer just about self-indulgent conveniences; it’s about indispensable efficiency. But that’s what happens when we rely so completely on something that we take for granted, whether it be e-mail or weather widgets—it’s branded as a liability if there’s even the slightest chance ofit being taken away. And let me tell you, from personal experience, there is nothing remotely exotic or liberating about being technologically stranded on that godforsaken island... just a lot of staring morosely at the horizon as I wait impatiendy for my Internet to come back and rescue me. Nina Hu is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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