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Duke may Brodhead strengthens ties in India offer career help to alums by

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As financiers continue to seek stability in the current markets, alumni whose job futures are uncertain may find some help from Duke.

The Career Center, Duke Alumni Association and the Fuqua School of Business are organizing programs to assist young alumni affected by market turmoil.

The Career Center and DAA are discussing a partnership to provide outreach, said William Wright-Swadel, Fannie Mitchell executive director of career services. The two, however, have not yet decided on a specific course ofaction.

“We are engaged in conversation right now to see what [response] makes the most sense,” Wright-Swadel said. “We try to work very hard to do things that are coordinated and that use our resources —in terms of expertise —quite effectively.”

George Dorftnan, associate director of alumni affairs, said the financial situation will affect all alumni, and ultimately DAA hopes to provide assistance with the help ofolderalumni as well as the Career Center.

“What we hope for in the next few weeks SEE ALUMNI ON PAGE 8

President Richard Brodhead returned to Durham Oct. 17 after a whirlwind five-day tour of India, revisiting existing partnerships between Duke and the nation, exploring new collaborations and generating considerable buzz about the Duke name in the process.

A number of ties are already in place between Duke and India, including the University’s service learning and study abroad programs and the Terry Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy’s collaboration with the Indian Administrative Service. But Brodhead said the trip—his first passage to India gave him new insight into how Duke can best serve the eastern country.

“I have a much better understanding of ways we are already involved there and a clearer understanding of how those relations can be built,” he said. “When I was there, I met with hundreds of people and talked about everything from literacy SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE programs to environmental programs—a wide array of possible collaborations.”

President Richard Brodhead (foreground, fourthfrom left) returned from his trip to India Oct. 17 after a fiveThe president was accompanied by day visit. Brodhead met with Indian advisers to discuss theCross-Continent MBA program in New Delhi.

Blair Sheppard, dean of the Fuqua School of Business, Prasad Kasibhatla, associate “We didn’tfinalize the details for the site, Deputy Chief of Mission’s home, spoke to dean for international programs at the we explored possibilities and came to a reporters and met with alumni.

Nicholas School of the Environment, Sanclearer sense of what we were looking for.

The University’s outposts could be welford Director Bruce Kuniholm and MiYou start with the program, and then you come developments for India, an educachael Schoenfeld, vice president for pubtional market Schoenfeld said is “bursting develop the site that fits the program.” lic affairs and government relations. at the seams.” The world’s second-most During stops in New Delhi and MumDuring theirstay, Brodheadand Sheppard bai, Brodhead participated in a roundtable populous nation has been hampered by a met with Indian advisers to lay plans for the with the Federation of Indian Chambers lack of educated workers as it modernizes, Cross-Continent MBA program site in New of Commerce and Industry, the leading and government officials may rely upon Delhi, slated to open next August. Blueprints business group in India, which also invitforeign universities to resolve the problem, for the facilities have not been finalized, but ed him to be the keynote speaker at next The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 16. administrators left the country with a better year’s education summit. He also discussed A 2007 Duke Talent Identification vision for the program, Brodhead said. energy issues with officials from the Tata Program conducted for middle and high “I’ll tell you, the reception of the Energy Research Institute, lunched with Fuqua program was resounding,” he said. education leaders at the U.S. Embassy’s SEE BRODHEAD ON PAGE 6 —

Officials dedicate research center Gender numbers unequal in Pratt From Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE

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Administrators stood alongside several prominent N.C. politicians

Monday to commemorate the Duke-sponsored N.C. Research Campus.

University administrators and several N.C. politicians attended a dedication ceremony for the Duke-sponsored Core Research Laboratory at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, N.C. Monday.

Billionaire David Murdock, the campus’ primary benefactor, made a $35 million donation to the School of Medicine in September 2007 to establish the David H. Murdock Research Institute at the 311,000-square-foot Core Laboratory Building.

Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, has worked closely with Murdock on the project since 2005 and attended the dedication ceremony.

“If you could feel my heart tremble inside my body, you would understand how excited I am,” Murdock said, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. “What you see before you today is the start of a bright future for Kannapolis

The Pratt School of Engineering has come a long way since 1972, when only seven out of 493 enrolled engineers were women.

Despite the drastic increase in the proportion of women engineers since then—2B percent ofPratt’s Class of 2008 is female—the bits & bytes Pratt Series ratio is far from equal, Only the biomedical part 2of 3 engineering major has a near even ratio of men to women, said Society ofWomen Engineers President Mhoire Murphy, a senior.

Senior Associate Dean for Research April Brown said sometimes women interested in engineering are guided

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Mexico to deport U.S.-bound Cubans

MEXICO CITY —Mexico has agreed to deport Cubans caught trying sneak illegally through Mexican territory to reach the U.S. The agreement with Cuba is a step toward cutting off an increasingly violent and heavily used human trafficking route.

Mexico and Cuba signed the agreement Monday at a ceremony in Mexico City.

Mexico rarely sends back Cubans caught entering the country illegally. Many are given 30-day transit visas to continue on to Texas, where Cubans present only identity documents and undergo medical and background checks before being welcomed to America.

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KABUL, Afghanistan —Taliban assailants on a motorbike gunned down a Christian aid worker in Kabul on Monday and the militants said she was kilted for spreading her religion—a rare targeted killing of a Westerner in the nation's capital.

Gayle Williams, a 34-year-old dual British-South African national who helped handicapped Afghans, was shot to death as she was walking to work about 8 a.m.,said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary.

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MEXICO CITY Officials in northern Mexico NEW YORK A rising wave of optimism lifted Wall Street Monday, propelling the Dow Jones insay at least 15 prisoners have died in a fight bedustrials up more than 400 points on more signs tween inmates at a prison across the borderfrom of a reviving credit market and support from Federal Reserve McAllen, Texas The prison is located in the border city of Reynosa in Chairman Ben Bernanke for further steps to aid the econoTamaulipas state. The state's Public Safety Department says my. All the major indexes finished with gains of 3 percent or the predawn-Monday confrontation between two groups of more.

Investors who had sold furiously in recent weeks in reinmates "has left at least 15 people dead and several wounded." sponse to immobile credit markets became more optimistic State and federal police are working to bring the prison as bank-to-bank lending rates eased further. There's also less under control.Authorities ringed the prison with soldiers and demand for ultra-safe Treasury bills, another sign that the police and were negotiating with inmates to get access to a credit markets are gradually returning to a healthier state. section that was consumed by fire.

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LAS VEGAS A U.S. magistrate has ordered a grandfather and another person to be detained as LINCOLN, Neb. Stung by the abandonwitnesses in the investigation of the kidnapping of ments of children as old as 17 under Nebrasa 6-year-old boy in Las Vegas. ka's brand-new safe-haven law, the governor The FBI said 42-year-old Terri Leavy was taken into custody in and lawmakers agreed Monday to narrow the law's broad California Sunday. She is believed to be the companion ofClemwording to protect only the parents of newborns from ons Fred Tinnemeyer, whose grandson was kidnapped last week prosecution. and found safe Sunday.

Forty of the Legislature's 49 senators would amend the law so it applies only to infants up to 3 days old, legislative Speaker Mike Flood said at a news conference.The age cap would change the Nebraska law from the most lenient to one of the nation's most restrictive. liV At least 18 children, the youngest 22 months and many CM wm of them teens, have been abandoned since the law took effect in July. Nebraska's law doesn't define the word "child," so it has been interpreted to let anyone leave child up to age 18 at a state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution for the abandonment.

Most states let parents and guardians drop off children % who are up to a month old at hospitals or other safe institutions. Sixteen states have a 3-day-old age cap such as the one agreed to in Nebraska.

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Activists participate in the weekly protest against the death penalty in North Carolina outside Raleigh's Central Prison Monday.

Locals stage death penalty protest by

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RALEIGH, N.C. Marsh Hardy stood on the side of the highway holding a sign that read “End the Racist Death Penalty” outside Raleigh’s Central Prison Monday.

The Raleigh resident was one of eight protesters, ages 11 to 88, who gathered outside the prison to protest North Carolina’s executions at a weekly vigil.

“That sign draws a lot of attention,” said Raleigh veterinarian Roberta Mothershead, indicating Hardy’s poster.

‘You are more likely to get the death penalty if you kill a white person.”

Mothershead has been attending the death penalty vigils every Monday outside the prison since they began about three years ago. She is a member ofNazareth House Catholic Worker, an organization that works to provide hospitality to the families and friends of people on death row.

The group also holds vigils against violence at murder sites

and extends support to victims’ families. Mothershead also makes birthday cards for the inmates on death row.

“Our belief is that if we can maintain a constant nonviolent presence, we can reduce the violence that exists in the world,” Mothershead said.

The protest usually drawsbetween five and 12 participants, Hardy said. He added that occasionally larger groups from colleges like North Carolina State University or high schools like St Mary’s School in Raleigh will join in, and sometimes passing drivers or pedestrians will stop and pick up a sign.

Jacob Case, 11, got started with protesting at age 6, banging on a tin can in a city march and chanting “Don’t attack Iraq,” protester Duane Adkinson said.

At the vigil, Case carried a sign that read, “Some day we shall live under a government that refuses to kill its citizens,” a quote from the late Rev. William Finlator, a pastor SEE PROTEST ON PAGE

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A partnership housed within the Nicholas School of the Environment will receive a 2008 National Achievement in Environmental Justice Award from the Environmental Protection Agency today at a ceremony in Atlanta, Ga. The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative is a program dedicated to the prevention of lead poisoning in children in North Carolina and is “committed to fostering environments where all children can prosper,” according to its Web site.

CEHI Director Marie Lynn Miranda, associate professor of environmental sciences and policy and director of undergraduate programs, and her fellow researchers have led efforts over the last six years to identify households at high risk for lead poisoning, so that intervention can occur before children are adversely affected.

“All of our faculty at the Nicholas School are incredibly proud of [Miranda],” said Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School. “She’s done great work and she’s absolutely deserving of this award.”

In order to predict lead poisoning risk, CEHI performs geospatial and statistical analyses using a tool called the Childhood Lead Exposure Risk Model to organize data from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census and blood lead screening tests, Miranda said.

The model is effective “because it can take into account all the many factors that affect blood lead levels simultaneously and then present a compelling map to users,” Miranda said.

For instance, analysis has shown that income and race are among the key risk factors for lead exposure, Miranda SEE AWARD ON PAGE 5

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hit I students offer unique view on drinking age by

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shotgunning beers and doing beer bongs may be common weekend activities at Duke, these drinking habits are less customary in

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For some students coming from abroad, the introduction into Duke’s drinking culture and the harsh enforcement of American laws surrounding underage drinking provide for shocking, strange and often frustrating experiences. The drinking age in the U.S. is the highest ofany Western nation.

“It’s not that big of a deal in Germany,” said senior Maria Topp, who has lived in both Singapore and Germany. “People just go have a couple of beers and go home, whereas at Duke it’s way more of a binge drinking culture—people are just out of control.”

Senior Melissa Wiesner—an American who spent her teenage years living in Lima, Peru—said she did not experience the same culture shock when it came to college drinking habits. But she explained that unlike most Duke undergraduates, many international students do not have as many drunk nights, blackouts and hangovers, and they tend to have a refined taste for the alcohol they consume.

For Fee Ozalp, a freshman from Istanbul, Turkey, the student frenzy to guzzle the low-quality booze offered at most section parties is simply “weird.”

“People at all these frat parties are drinking ugly beer that tastes like s—,” Ozalp said. “People treat it as if it was champagne.” most parts

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Why the difference?

Many international students cited the U.S. drinking age as not only a major source of personal vexation but also as a reason for the extreme drinking behavior perpetuated on campus.

Approximately 90 percent of alcohol consumption for people under the age of 21 in the U.S. is binge drinking, according to 2005 statistics from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The proportion of binge drinkers is highest among 18-20 yearolds, at 51 percent, according to a 2003 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Senior Andrea Marston said that when she came to Duke from Alberta, Canada, the high U.S. drinking age forced her to become “younger” and sneak around to avoid getting in trouble.

“People at all these frat parties are drinking ugly beer that tastes like 5 People treat it as if it was champagne.”

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“I got annoyed because I felt like the system didn’t trust me to be a responsible person,” she said. “It forces a certain amount of immaturity on people to have to go

behind closed doors.”

And unlike in many foreign countries, discussions between parents and teenagers in the United States about the pros and cons of alcohol are not übiquitous, international students said “I think that the fact people drink when they are at home living with their parents teaches them to drink more responsibly than they do over here,” said Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior from Sri Lanka. “I think a lot of [Americans] are exposed to alcohol for the first time here at college, and that isn’t constructive.”

Implications for Amethyst Over the summer, President Richard Brodhead was one of 130 college presidents and chancellors who signed onto a public statement—the Amethyst Initiative—which calls for an “informed and dispassionate debate over the SEE DRINKING ON PAGE 6

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PROTEST from page 3 They left the baby kangaroo, though An employee reported the theft of a “pouch” containing $BO and personal items from an area near the employee lockers in Edens 2C Friday.

Hit, run and limp A student was hit by a car turning into the East Campus entrance Saturday past 2 a.m. The car drove away, and the student suffered a broken foot.

Welcome back A former student alleged around 3 a.m. Saturday that a current male student assaulted him in the Edens Fire Lane Flexible spending indeed A student discovered several unauthorized purchases withdrawn from his FLEX account when he reported his card missing to the Duke Card Office around 7 p.m. Saturday.

and political activist during the civil rights movement.

Protesters cited a number of recent issues that have affected lethal injection policies in the state. In January 2007, the North Carolina Medical Board adopted a policy stating that it is unethical to be involved in the death of a person, and anyone in the medical profession who was involved couldlose their license. The state Department ofCorrection responded in March 2007 by suing the board. The case will come before the North Carolina Supreme Court Nov. 18.

In early 2007, N.C. Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ruled that N.C. does not have a legal protocol for executions, objecting to the state’s requirement that a physician be present. The ruling resulted in a de facto halt to lethal injection until policies are developed.

Mothershead said the legality and humaneness of injections has also been challenged in court, with veterinarians testifying that they would not use the combination ofchemicals used in lethal injection to put animals to sleep. She added

that new developments for N.C.’s death penalty policy should come soon, as some of the court cases resolve.

“At one time [the death penalty] might have been the only solution that was workable, but now we have away of keeping people separated from society,” she said, gesturing toward the prison behind her.

Libertarian gubernatorial candidateMichael Munger, professor and chair of Duke’s political science deparment, is opposed to the death penalty, but opponents Pat McCrory, Republican Charlotte mayor, and Democrat Lt Gov. Bev Perdue support it The weekly protest has drawn its share ofcriticism and even verbal attacks. At a recent vigil, a man who opposed the protesters’ labeling of theN.C. death penalty as racist walked up to the group and began verbally harrassing them, Hardy said.

Adkinson, who is a member of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, an interfaith organization that works to abolish the death penalty in the U.S., said his reasons for protesting are rooted in his beliefs.

“I just really believe that killing humans is always wrong,” he said. “And the death penalty is the ultimate form of premeditated murder.”

You 100k... different An individual unaffiliated with the University was attempting to get medical care using another person’s ID and Social Security card Friday afternoon. He was arrested-and given a $2,000 secure bond.

Access-orizing A student’s purse and shawl were stolen after she left it unsecured during President Richard Brodhead’s Homecoming Ball.

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“Part of [CEHI’s] work has ended up identifying strata of our society—quite often economically disadvantaged parts of our society—that are disproportionately impacted by pollutants,” Chameides said.

Because the most common source of lead in the U.S. comes from deteriorating lead-based paint, relatively simple methods can be used to decrease lead exposure.

“Once we know where the high-risk houses are, we can use that information to prioritize expenditure of housing rehabilitation dollars, to educate parents on lead-safe cleaning practices and to direct blood lead screening resources,” Miranda explained.

So far, the model has been implemented in 43 counties in N.C. as well as in a few other states, according

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CEHI was nominated for the EPA award by “more than a half-dozen different local partners,” said Tim Lucas, national media relations and marketing specialist for the Nicholas School.

“Dr. Miranda has been a driving force in a lot of projects, programs and initiatives that... address environmental health and environmental justice issues facing society,” he said.

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BRODHEAD from page 1 school students in Ahmedabad—the program’s first international opportunity—highlighted the desire for Duke-sponsored educational sites in India, Schoenfeld said.

“There’s a lot of discussion and debate even in India about the role and the presence of foreign universities,” he said. “Identifying and nurturing talent is one of the great challenges in India, and we hope to he expanding our TIP program there. That’s clearly something that Duke can offer that almost no one else can.”

The Indian government has imposed strict regulations on institutions hoping to expand on its soil, mandating that foreign universities work with an Indian partner, limiting enrollment and fixing tuition rates. The restrictions, however, have not posed problems for the Cross-Continent MBA program because Duke

does not plan to open a full-fledged campus and has strong repute in India, Schoenfeld said.

“I expect that as these laws and regulations develop there will be a clear distinction between quality institutions that are well-grounded in their home countries and fly-by-night schools that are looking to cash in on rapidly growing populations," he said. “When we get to the point ofhaving to address these issues with Indian officials, I do believe that Duke’s reputation and obvious standing and stature will be helpful to us.”

Schoenfeld noted that Indian education and business sectors seemed to hold Duke in high regard, and added that local media oudets’ coverage ofBrodhead’s visit increased the University’s visibility. Even so, he said more can be done. .

“There are a billion people there,” SchoenSPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE feld said. “I would have loved for every one of them to be wearing a Duke baseball cap—but A group of administrators—including PresidentRichard Brodhead (far right) travelledto Indialast week to strengthen existing programming ties and lay the groundwork for a Fuqua School ofBusiness outpost [we’re not there] yet.”

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Tenants of the research campus include Duke, the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, four other state universities and private companies.

Politicians who attended the dedication included U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, both R-N.C., Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C., Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, who is the Democratic nominee for N.C. governor and Rep. Joe Hackney, speaker of the N.C. House, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.

Murdock also announced that PepsiCo, Inc. plans to sponsor an additional 4,000-square-foot lab at the Core Laboratory Building, according to The Business Journal. Buildings sponsored by UNC and N.C. State were also dedicated at the ceremony.

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The movement argues that the minimum drinking age and punishment for underage offenders creates “a culture of dangerous, clandestine ‘binge-drinking.’”

Many international students said they support the initiative and also favor lowering the drinking age, saying it will help promote alcohol use as something socially acceptable and done in the open.

“I think that we are one of the countries that has the latest legal drinking age and it reflects in the number of cases we have of drinking-related illness and addiction to alcohol,” Wiesner said.

Other international students said lowering the drinking age would not completely solve binge drinking habits but may cut them down drastically on college campuses.

Junior Kate Van Buskirk from Ontario, Canada said drinking would no longer be such a novelty by the time students enter college.

“I think it’s a good thing because when you are having your crazy period you’re still living at home so your parents can keep an eye on you,” Marston said. “So, you can go crazy but only to a certain extent.”

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Although they could serve on the front lines in Iraq or Afghanistan within a year of graduation, students ofDuke’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps say they are viewing the presidential election no differently than other Americans.

Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, war has dominated much of the political dialogue over foreign policy. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, who was one of the first backers of the troop “surge” in Iraq, opposes any plans for immediate withdrawal from the country. His Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama, whose campaign received a boost Sunday from the endorsement of former secretary of state and retired army general Colin Powell, advocates ending the war through “phased withdrawal.”

Although the American military has been involved in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past five years, participation in Army and Navy ROTC has remained relatively constant over the same time period. Army

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ROTC currently includes seven members of the Class of 2012 the largest number of recruits in 15 years—and Navy ROTC has 13 freshman members, more than in any other current class.

Lt. Col. Mark Tribus, a visiting lecturer of military science, who served in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2005, said his experience gave him an understanding of the horrors of war.

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He added, however, that he weighed foreign and domestic issues—especially the economy equally in deciding his vote.

“As much as I am a soldier, I am a citizen,” he said.

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“It wasn’t a major consideration,” Lowman said, adding that ROTC still made war seem more tangible to him. “Being in ROTC puts things in perspective—what you are doing has a purpose.”

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Other ROTC students were noncommittal about whether Obama or McCain would make a better commander-inchief, adding that they were willing to serve regardless of the outcome of presidential election.

“Being in the military has not changed the way I think about this election,” senior Ben Schweer, battalion commander for Navy ROTC, wrote in an e-mail. “No matter who is in the White House, the military goes where the commander-in-chief says to go and does what he says to do. As individuals, we can think and vote freely, but when we put the uniform on, politics becomes secondary to service.”

Carpenter, who hopes to go to medical school, said both foreign policy and domestic issues are important considerations in deciding her vote.

“What [the candidates] view as important with the military affects my future job, but it would be the same with any other job,” she said, adding that the next administration’s health care policy will also impact her future.

is to A. determine the need, and B. determine what the best way is to respond, because one of the things we have learned over the years is providing programming without asking doesn’t always work,” he said.

Yet several alumni who are now working for Wachovia and are concerned about job security said they would appreciate increased communication from Duke.

Mike Cooper, Trinity ’OB, said he would have liked the Career Center and DAA to extend their services and support. He said he tried to contact the Career Center but was unable to find out what resources might be available to him.

“The response has been kind of sparse to be honest, it has been less than I would hope for,” he said. “[The Career Center has not] made any announcements. I didn’t even know how to go about contacting them....

I don’t know what my future’s going to be in a couple months.... I had to go through a lot of references to try to find how to contact them, what to do, what they could actually do for me.”

The Career Center and DAA are considering possibly providing services for alumni in New York City, WrightSwadel said. He said it is unlikely the Career Center and DAA will open on-campus recruiting to alumni because no alumni have requested it, and the distance makes on-campus assistance unrealistic for alumni struggling in financial centers like NewYork City.

Fuqua’s career services, however, are actively developing networking opportunities outside Duke to benefit its struggling alumni, said Sheryle Dirks, Fuqua’s associate dean for career management.

She said that in addition to hiring two additional career coaches, Fuqua is in the process of partnering with former Wall Street bankers who could offer specialized coaching to laid-offalumni.

Dirks added that Fuqua’s new partnership with Lee Hecht Harrison, a worldwide career services corporation, will offer a discount to Fuqua alumni participating in the corporation’s programs.

In the last three months, Fuqua has also sponsored several workshops for its alumni in Charlotte, Atlanta, New York and Chicago, as well as a virtual workshop in which 150 alumni participated.

Fuqua’s Director of Alumni Relations Erin Gasch, Trinity ’95 and Fuqua ’O3, said the regional workshops are an attempt to help alumni considering a career transition focus on topics like prioritizing job opportunities and finding the best employment in the current market.

In addition to its local and regional counseling and programming, Gasch said a major goal is to help alumni access support from other alumni who are in more stable positions.

‘We started a communication campaign to really try to let our alumni know that we know that there is a lot of turmoil and that we care about where they are in their careers,” she said. “And we’ve tried to keep reinforcing that we have services, we’re here to support [them], and we’re also trying to send the message for them to support each other.”

Other schools, like the University of Pennsylvania, have started to provide on-campus recruiting for alumni affected by the economic downturn. UPenn has opened its on-campus recruiting to former students within one year of their graduation, said Barbara Hewitt, senior associate director of Career Services at UPenn.

UPenn and Harvard University have also already increased career advising for their alumni. In response to increasing numbers ofUPenn alumni who have requested advising sessions, UPenn sent four counselors to New York City last Monday to hold one-on-one sessions with alumni.

Although UPenn and officials from Fuqua’s career services both reported that requests for help from alumni are increasing, Dorfman said DAA has not seen communications from alumni increase significantly.

Dorfman said though he is aware of how schools like UPenn are reacting to their alumni’s needs, Duke is still identifying and assessing the most effective way to respond.

“We are in an evaluation process because the nature of this is still changing,” he said. “We haven’t really heard a lot from our alums in the last few weeks saying, ‘Hey, help me, can you do this for me,’ and I think that’s because... everyone is trying to watch and observe and see where the chips fall.”

Most of the alumni interviewed for this article said they had not been actively trying to tap Duke resources, adding that they were primarily working with others within their respective firms.

“I am not sure what resources [Duke’s centers] offer,” said Atin Garg, Trinity ’O7, who works for Wachovia. “Maybe ifI knew more about them, I might use them. I just find that it is easier to get jobs through people you know.”

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tain disciplines appear to have a more obvious impact on society, women pursue these fields instead of others.

“It is believed that women go into engineering sub-disciplines, such as biomedical and environmental, more frequently than others, like electrical and mechanical, because the impact of the fields on people is much more readily apparent,” Brown said.

“But the impact strongly exists in the more traditional engineering fields.”

Murphy said if women are not exposed to math and science growing up, they may be more hesitant to pursue an engineering degree.

“If you don’t know it’s an option, you won’t consider it,” she said. “My high school always pushed math and science, which got me interested.”

Although only 55 percent of Pratt graduates from the Class of 2007 pursued a job in engineering or enrolled in engineering graduate school, Murphy said she has not noticed a major difference in post-graduation plans of male versus female engineers. Both males and females pursue an engineering education because it is wellrounded and versatile, providing students with many options following graduation, she added.

“If you’re interested in engineering, it opens one door,” she said. “If you’re not interested in [engineering], it opens another door—not closes it—ifyou go into another field.”

Gender diversity is important for the field of engineering because diversity, broadly defined, is critical because it brings many different perspectives into play, Brown added.

Freshman Rachel Fleming, a member

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of the Society of Women Engineers, said a balance between the sexes is important because every project is group-oriented and so people from different backgrounds can help cater to various types ofindividuals.

“If you’re designing something specific to women’s needs or all people’s needs, you’re going to need women to help design whatever you need,” she said. “Otherwise, it’s not going to work

“IVe seen girls work hard to get to the places they got to be. It’s all about what you enjoy and what interests you.”

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freshman very well.”

Pratt senior Irem Mertol disagreed with the idea that women bring a different approach to engineering, but she said gender diversity is important because it encourages women to pursue a field by which they might otherwise be intimidated.

What people bring to engineering is not quantified by their sex but by their education, said Pratt freshman Robyn Schwartzman. She added that though women have proven to be equally capable in this discipline, women may simply have different interests.

“There are more males that tend toward science and fewer females, but it’s not that all females can’t do science,” she said. “I’ve seen girls work hard to get to the places they got to be. It’s all about what you enjoy and what interests you.”

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“Sen. Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn plane that Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped raise Obama, was released from Dunham, has always been one of the most the hospital late last week. But he said important people in his life, along with his her health had deteriorated “to the point mother and his grandfather,” Gibbs said. where her situation is very serious.”

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Cidng the family’s desire for privacy, Gibbs would not discuss the nature ofDunham’s illness. It seemed likely that she was close to death, as Gibbs said “everyone understands the decision that Sen. Obama is making.” Dunham turns 86 Sunday.

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the 2008-2009 season even begins, Duke’s future is looking bright, largely because its recent past is golden.

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s gold medal from the Beijing Olympics has become one of the biggest recruiting tools in the nation, and the Blue Devils are starting to reap some of the benefits.

Class of 2009 forward Ryan Kelly, a five-star recruit, recently committed to Duke, joining fellow North Carolinian Mason Plumlee in the Blue Devils’ incoming freshman corps. Duke also got commitments from Class of 2010 stars Tyler Thornton and Josh Hairston Sept. 13.

The effects of the gold medal remain to be seen in upcoming years, but it has become clear that the Olympic win can’t do anything but help Duke in recruiting.

“What [the gold medal] does is it justgives you an incredible conversation piece and puts Coach K on a different respect level than anybody else that’s going to come get in front of [the recruit],” said Dave Telep, scout.com’s national recruiting director. “It will be the centerpiece of what guys talk about on TV when they’re doing Duke broadcasts this year, and it will eventually trickle

are few things in this world 1 hate more than being wrong, except for maybe Jay Mariotti, which is why writing this particular column pains me.

Before continuing, it should be noted that I am an extremely stubborn White Sox fan with an IQ above 65 —and although some may argue that these last two conditions are contradictory, 1 contend all three qualities inform my first statement.

It is in this light that I offer my first mea culpa of the year: I was wrong in my Oct. 7 column criticizing Duke after a lopsided 27-0 loss at GeorgiaTech.

And I owe apologies to several

people, including, but not limited to: David Cutcliffe, my j Meredith dad (whom I hung UP on n an ger after he disdainfully told me my column was “Mariotti-esque”) and you, tlie reader, to whom I did not give the best analysis possible.

I thought I could use a few numbers and a T.S. Eliot allusion to eloquently make a more dramatic point —and I did—but I now believe it was the wrong one.

My basic premises then were that Cutcliffe had heightened expectations for his team and failed miserably in meeting them against the Yellow Jackets, that the new Blue Devils looked strikingly similar to the Blue Devils of old and that, ultimately, when the offense sputtered so —■■

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Headcoach Mike Krzyzewski won a gold meadal in Beijing. Since then, Duke has garnered threerecruiting commitments and thereal impact of the Olympic win could resonate louder in the years to come.

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Duke aims to avoid midweek slip-up by

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After Duke's 49-31 loss to Miami Saturday,David Cutciiffe was not as happy as he was earlier in the day.

Teetering on the edge of an NCAA berth, Duke could see its bubble burst at Elon Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

The Blue Devils ended No. 1 Wake Forest’s 18-game win streak Saturday in a scoreless draw. Regardless, Duke can ill afford another suspect loss following its Oct. 14 loss to Florida Atlantic.

Falling to the Phoenix on the road would negatively impact the Blue Devils’ tournament resume, a fact that they have not overlooked.

“Getting into the tournament starts now,” senior captain Darrius Barnes said.

The NCAA tournament only gives out 48 bids, with 22 guaranteed to conference tournament champions. Given the strength of the ACC this year, the best chance for the Blue Devils (6-5-2) to reach postseason play could be earning one of cion die 26 at-large invitations.

FJW.I vj To do so, Duke has to impress the tournament committee—and losses against weak non-conference opponents like Florida Atlantic Duke are not exacdy eye-catching achievements.

Enter the Phoenix (6-7-1), who have only one TUESDAY, 7 p.m win outside of the Southern Conference, but Elon, N.C. have strung together three consecutive victories.

Any hangover from the Wake Forest game could prove lethal to the Blue Devils in their quest to avoid another mid-major slip-up.

The burden of focusing a team loaded with inexperienced talent falls on the shoulders of senior leadership. Barnes, the voice of the squad following a recent arm injury to fellow captain Graham Dugoni, SEE M, SOCCER ON PAGE 11

Senior Danius Barnes and the Blue Devils, who haven't won in three straight games, can break thatstreakwhen theyplay Tuesday night at Elon.

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is looking to fill that role.

“I’m trying to keep the guys’ spirits high,” he said.

Injuries have made that task difficult, as the young team lost one its most explosive offensive forces in Kyle Bethel and its most solid defensive presence in Dugoni, all in the first season underhead coach John Kerr.

“We’ve had our low points this season, but I feel like we can pick it back up,” Barnes said.

One of the biggest struggles the Blue Devils have had to face has been a recently lackluster offense. Duke’s attack has only managed two goals in its last four matches, but showed signs of improvement with several near scores against Wake Forest.

Adjusting to life without the freshman striker Bethel, who had tallied four goals and two assists in nine games, has clearly strained the Duke forward line.

“We certainly miss Kyle a great deal. He’s a very imposing player for us, he stretches the defense and always keeps them honest,” Kerr said.

Looking for ways to replace his firepower has been a challenge. Sophomore Cole Grossman has been asked to step up and has begun to form chemistry with senior forward Mike Grella, the team’s leading scorer. Grossman nearly connected with Grella on what would have been a gamewinning goal against the Demon Deacons.

Duke’s season now relies on building on the Wake Forest effort, perhaps the best it has put forth all season. Elon is the next step.

“It’s crucial. We’ve got to go and win the game,” Kerr said. “Hopefully we can come out against Elon the same way we did against Wake, and if that’s the case we’ll be in great shape.”

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For senior Sue Carls and the Blue Devils, this weekend’s matches against Virginia and Virginia Tech were about sending a message that the Blue Devils are serious contenders in the ACC. After two victories in which they played well and rallied from behind to win, the message came through loud and clear.

Over the weekend, Duke (15-6, 6-3 in the ACC) beat Virginia (12-9, 4-5) 3-2 and then-ACC leader Virginia Tech (16-4, 7-2) 3-1, its strongest conference competition to date, in matches that tested the team not only physically, but emotionally, as well.

“We wanted to show the rest of the conference that we aren’t just a middleof-the-road team, but rather, we are a legitimate contender this year and a team to be aware of,” Carls said. “We did a really good job this weekend of being efficient because we were down a lot against both teams at the end of most games, but still managed to win, and that was really honorable.We really held tough as a team and fought hard for every point.”

Carls, who recorded 20 kills for the first time in her four-year career against the Cavaliers and added nine more in the match against the Hokies, was excited to take advantage of her leadership position on the floor and inspire her team to multiple victories.

Head coach Jolene Nagel said this past weekend’s success to Carls and her fellow upperclassmen’s abilities to lead on the court and execute plays.

“The upperclassmen really under-

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Duke senior Sue Carls (left) recorded a career-high 20kills in theBlue Devils' 3-2 win over Virginia Friday. stood the significance of these matches, and that was apparent in their play,” Nagel said.

“We did the best we could do, and everyone felt the urgency and understood the importance of [the] victories this weekend, and I really attribute that to our older players.”

Duke was forced to husde to come from behind against Virginia Friday—the team pulled out a 3-2 thriller after a tight fifth set—and then overcome an overwhelming environment ofhostile Virginia Tech fans Saturday.

For Nagel, though, the biggest challenge was reminding her team to keep up its focus

and intensity. Nonetheless, the Blue Devils also needed to be relaxed enough execute, an especially important skill in the 3-1 win over the Hokies and their raucous fans.

“I think that it is important for us to be playing consistently and to really play our game every time we step out on the court,” Carls said. “It’s a conference this year where everyone is beating everyone else, and as long as we play the game like we know we can, I think we are really going to surprise some people and have a lot of success, which is pretty awesome.”

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SHINER from page 10 terribly as it did that Saturday, it was bad for morale and recruiting because without Cutcliffe’s promised points, the energy of his new regime could fall by the

wayside.

Duke's offensive and defensivelines must improve before it can contend in theACC.The offensive line, in particular, struggled against Miami Saturday.

“Through the first four contests, Cutcliffe delivered [on his guarantee of more exciting offense],” I wrote two weeks ago. “But, then again, the 2007 Blue Devils put up 20 against Northwestern and 43 against Navy in their opening weeks (almost identical to this team’s 20- and 41-point outputs). Saturday’s contest against a good but not great Georgia Tech team makes me wonder how realistic that promise could be right from the get-go.”

At its most basic level, I suppose this analysis is true. But what made it “Mariotti-esque,” i.e. unfair, was my failure to qualify why those promises of energetic offense and conference wins were unrealistic in the first place. And as I sat in Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday afternoon and watched Duke turn a 10-point first-half lead into an 18-point final deficit against Miami, I knew I had to take this opportunity to right my wrongs, to discuss what is really true about the current state of Duke Football and what is actually needed to bring about that much-ballyhooed Dawn of a New Day. Sometime in the second quarter, when the Blue Devils still had the lead and the Hurricanes looked more like a light sun shower, a group offriends moved their way down the bleachers to where my friends and

The line of scrimmage separates Duke from the Blue Devils of the past and the

Cutcliffe-promised Blue Devils of the future.

I were sitting.

As the two teams lined up almost directly in our sight line, one of the friends turned around to the rest of his posse.

“Man, those are some really big guys,” he said, referring to the Miami defensive line.

‘Yeah, well, we’ve got a left guard?” said one ofhis friends behind him, a former Duke football player.

Therein lies the truth about Duke Football and its future: Even a subpar Miami team was going to have the size and the speed at the line to overcome the Blue Devils.

It didn’t matter whether Duke went into halftime Saturday with a three-point lead or a 10-point one. The line of scrimmage is what separates Duke from your run-of-the-mill ACC foe, from the Blue Devils ofold and the Cutcliffe-promised Blue Devils of the future.

Thaddeus Lewis is an above-average quarterback and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. But you still have to wonder what his game would be like if he had more time to make decisions. You also have to wonder if one of Cutcliffe’s famed quarterback proteges could have done that much better against Miami behind the Blue Devil line.

Sure, Eron Riley dropped a bunch of passes Saturday he probably would have caught if he were healthy.

And sure, there were some devastating missed opportunities, such as Duke’s defensive series early in the third quarter when Ayanga Okpokowuruk nearly took down Miami quarterback Jacory Harris for a safety on first down and Michael Tauiliili dropped an interception at the 5-yard line on second down that would have built the Blue Devil lead to 10.

But in the end, the game was never going to be in —

question

“We knew it was going to be difficult,” Cutcliffe said after the game Saturday. “We knew we had to play much more physical on the lines of scrimmage [to win].”

Two weeks ago, I said that putting up at least one score per game wasn’t just “reasonable. It’s critical.”

What I should have said was; Building the Duke lines—and quickly—is critical.

Because in the end, you can have all of the fourand five-star position players you want, but if you don’t have the lines to protect them, to open up the field for them, then not even the most comincing of halftime performances will hold.

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Krzyzewski echoed that sentiment, believing the success in Beijing will translate more with classes down the road.

“Some people will look at things superficially and say we got some commitments right after [the Olympics] and say, ‘Boy, that really resonated.’ My feeling is we would’ve gotten those kids anyway,” Krzyzewski said.

“Now that may help us in the future, but immediately, I don’t think that helped. It didn’t hurt, but that wasn’t the defining thing in getting those kids.”

Kelly, a 6-foot-10 power forward out of Raleigh, chose Duke after visiting Georgetown, Wake Forest and Vanderbilt. Scout.com’s No. 11 prospect also made multiple unofficial visits to rival North Carolina before committing to the Blue Devils.

Kelly has a versatile offensive game with range on his jump shot and a sneaky post game.

“For me personally, it’s one of the more undercelebrated commitments of the year. The big reason is, from a recruiting perspective, you have to payattention when guys get real good real fast,” Telep said. “[Kelly’s] made tremendous strides, and every time I go to see him, he gets better. I can’t say thatabout everybody we have in our top 25.”

Kelly will join Plumlee in the Duke frontcourt next season. Plumlee, the brother of current Blue Devil Miles Plumlee, is another local big man that hopes to fortify Duke’s interior. The two already gained some experience with one another, playing for the United States Under-18 National Team last summer.

Telep noted that landing two key players from North Carolina is a bit of a change for Krzyzewski and bodes well for the future.

Duke has no North Carolina natives on the team right now. Miles Plumlee, an Indiana product, played for The Christ School in Arden, N.C. “Think about this: Everyone talks about how many players the state of North Carolina has in the Class of 2009, how many it will have in 2010 and how many it will have in 2011,” Telep said. “Duke, which typically hasn’t been mining the talents of the state, will now sign two of the three best players from the state of North Carolina in 2009. So they’re starting to crank up their presence in a state that has a high number of

high-major prospects.”

The Blue Devils’ biggest target from the Class of 2009, however, remains uncommitted. Combo guard Kenny Boynton, a prolific scorer out of Plantation, Fla., could be the final piece to a championship puzzle.

“I believe Kenny Boynton is one of the few guys in this class who you can look at and say, ‘lf that guy goes to one of a handful of places, they have a legitimate op portunity to win a national championship,’” Telep said.

“I think he’s that much of a game-changer in terms of how he’s wired, who he is as a player and how he enacts winning.”

It appears Boynton has narrowed his choices down to Duke and Florida, although he will visit Texas the first week of November. That falls right between his official visits to Gainesville this weekend and Durham Nov. 8.

Class of 2010 five-star Harrison Barnes, the top ranked small forward in his class, is also slated to visit Duke this weekend.

The Blue Devils have already received three commitments from the Class of 2010, with Thornton and Hairston joining sharpshooting guard Andre Dawkins.

Thornton, a point guard out of Washington, D.C., is a natural leader on the floor, while the 6-foot-8 Hairston is an athletic wing player that can switch between small and power forward.

Having three commitments this early from the Class of 2010 is another part of the recruiting evolution at Duke and around the nation.

“It’s par for the course in college basketball. It’s unusual at Duke,” Telep said of the early commitments, adding that coaches are going after younger players more aggressively in recent years.

One of those coaches the Blue Devils will be competing against on the recruiting trail is former associate head coach Johnny Dawkins, now the head man at Stanford. Dawkins’ departure shouldn’t harm Duke’s recruiting too much, as the other assistants and the newly hired Nate James will reshuffle to replace him.

[James is] learning everything,” Krzyzewski said.

“He was campaigning in the month of September, going all over not so much to recruit a specific guy but to meet a lot of people across the country that have good programs just to let them know he was there.

“He needs to get all the guys who aren’t going to come here because of me being the Olympic coach to come here.” “

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The benefits of moving the process. These modifications deadline, however, more than are, primarily, an earlier application deadline, a standardized compensate for the problems. interview process For instance, an for all applicants earlier deadline editorial will give accepted and a new emphasis on domestic projects. Although applicants more time to prepare they are minor, these changes for theirprojects and meet their enhance DukeEngage. group, which is especially critiTo begin, moving up the cal for international programs. application deadline to Dec. Coupled with improved training 15 for group programs and sessions, an earlier deadline will Jan. 23 for individual projects probably improve the program.

Second, more stringent inmakes sense.

This earlier deadline will terview requirements are an help to ensure that the applicant important step toward makpool is more committed to the ing Duke Engage projects as successful as possible, because program. After all, these applicants will have to give up other they will help to ensure that all summer options whose applicaparticipants are committed and tions are later in the year. competent and will get someIt is reasonable to speculate thing out of the experience. about whether this new policy These requirements are recent

funding by assuring that overcertainly important for international, individual projects, payments to students are recywhere it could be tempting to cled back into the program. turn a Duke Engage project The third and final major into a glorified safari. This is Duke Engage reform is a new not to say that individual prorequirement that students apgrams are not valuable —they ply to both a domestic and an international program. This are—but rather that more oversight would be welcome. policy will help to keep the proToward this end, DukeEgram’s focus on service instead ngage would do well to reform of international travel.

These motives, however, a part of the funding process ofindividual programs. This is are not mutually exclusive. It is acceptable to help people a pertinent issue because DukeEngage seems to have over- and learn things about yourself while traveling somespent last year by a long way. where exotic that you can A perception among participants is that the financial brag about next semester. structure of the individual There are many applicants programs does not have away who would be excellent parfor students to return unspent ticipants in Duke Engage who funding. Creating such a chanmight not take part if their prenel would reduce students’s ferred international opportunity temptation to stray from their is not available and they are left projects. In general, it would only with a domestic project With this point in mind, it also increase the efficiency of

There are a billion people there.... I would have loved for every one of them to be wearing a Duke baseball cap—but [were not there]yet.

Vice President for Public Relations and Government Affairs Michael Schoenfeld, on building Duke’s name in India. See story page 1.

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I walked across Craven Quad late Saturday afternoon, clutching a bag of deliciously disgusting Dillo against the drizzling cold, I passe gate revelers sitting outside on a bench. One of them, in especially fine form, M shouted to no one in particular, eliza french “Why am I here?

What the (use je ne sais quoi imaginayour tion) am I doing here?” He had the look of an “alumnus,” which in this case refers to a graduated senior, back to capitalize (and who can blame him?) on the weekend’s festivities.

He might have just meant why was he outside on the bench in the miserable weather.

He may have had a post-Tailgate moment of lucidity and meant why was he here at all—in the philosophical sense. Unintentional philosophizing aside, most likely he just was wondering, albeit a bit emphatically, why he came back to Duke.

Everyone back for the weekend seemed genuinely happy to be back, but some also looked around them with a mixture of nostalgia and confusion. I imagine the sensation would be something like going back to kindergarten after you’ve just started middle school. You’re probably a little jealous that these little kids get to sit around and play with Play-Doh all day, like you did in the good old days.

But you wouldn’t want to hang around too long, and you don’t even fit in thechairs anymore. It would be a strange intersection, I think, ofexcitement to be back and relief to know that you can leave whenever you want and go back to the big kids.

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Itwouldalso accountfor competitionamong the most desirable programs, allowing students to get a second choice they might be more interested in.

As this column has often emphasized, the spirit of Duke Engage is core to the mission of the University. But it should not be assumed that the program is above reform.

As a young program, DukeEngage has kinks that need to be ironed out. It appears as if that process is well underway, and hopefully it will continue.

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When I come back—if I come back—will I feel relieved that a major part of my social life is no longer parading around the Blue Zone at noon in a tutu or will I wish that I could do it again every weekend? Will I laugh when driving

by Durham’s most illustrious nightclub or revel in the novelty of legitimately procuring an overage wristband?

I tend to think of Duke as a phase I’ll grow out of. Like the person you date just for now, just because it’s fun, but you know and don’t particularly care that it won’t last through the month. Or that |5 dress you found at the cheapest store that looks great and is perfect for the occasion, but you know is destined to fall apart.

I know that most of the things I care about now are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. It’s not that I don’t have serious concerns or am not involved in meaningful things, but most of my worries seem off into the future, or at least I can convince myself of that for now.

Once you graduate, you can stop worrying about the next round of midterms and what to do this weekend. The cycle of intense, concentrated pressure and uninhibited release is over, only to be replaced by a new set of responsibilities—grad school, jobs, apartments, bills—that seem completely foreign and unimaginably “adult” to me. You have the “alumni” label—and that sounds like something to live up to.

I’ll clearly never be one of the gray-haired men back again to party with the boys and savor the Homecoming rituals. But maybe the things that in retrospect I think will seem stupid, like spending the afternoon surrounded by 100 of your closest friends in ridiculous costumes, might hold an unexpected appeal.

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

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Senators will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday on a weekly schedule. Members of the executive board will also each hold two office hours a week.

Students can drop in with questions, concerns and criticisms during these times and be helped by the DSG representative there, or be referred to another appropriate contact. We will help students on a variety of topics, ranging from inquiries about K-ville or Tailgate to complaints regarding library hours or opinions on DSG initiatives.

Students can even recommend new projects for DSG to undertake.

For the complete schedule and more information, please visit the DSG Web site at dsg.duke. edu. See you in the office!

Cami Parrish Executive Secretary, DSG Pratt ’ll

Colin Powell announced Sunday on “Meet the Press” that he was endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president. He did so with eloquence and intelligence.

But it is not the analysis of Obama and McCain’s attributes and policies that impressed me the most. It was his discussion of the right of a seven-year-old child to believe that he could one day become president of the United States The unique characteristic about this young child: He or she is Muslim.

Powell was discussing the aishlinn o’connor false rumor that Obama is a politicallyproblematic Muslim. He commended McCain for publicly confronting these rumors, but asked why the answer was confined to declaring that Obama was in fact Christian. Why didn’t anyone ever say, “What if he is—is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?”

Powell asked what signal that sent to young Muslim children who dream of being president or our Muslim soldiers who fight on our behalf. That their religion is a bad quality. It is a rumor Barack Obama must “defend against.”

In a post-9/11 world, ignorance has created a culture of Islamophobia. Our government’s actions have done little to quell this. In this election, though, both Obama and Sen. John McCain have had the perfect platform to speak out against it.

The other day at a McCain rally a woman got the microphone to ask a question and proceeded to explain that she couldn’t trust Obama because she knew he was “an Arab.” McCain immediately took back the microphone, responding “No ma’am. No, ma’am.

He’s a decent, family man citizen.”

He was right to tell her Obama was not Arab. But being a good citizen and family man are not reasons that Obama isn’t Arab. Obama isn’t Arab because his father is ethnically Kenyan and his mother a Kansan of European heritage.

Further, being “Arab” and practicing Islam are two distinct

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notice a clear difference in foreign policy. Whether it is in Iraq, Iran or beyond, the White House will operate in a radically different manner. He will end eight years of unilateralism and arrogance in exchange for a policy defined by diplomacy, negotiation and thoughtfulness. Sen. Barack Obama will restore America’s place on the world stage, making us once again a beacon ofhope in the world rather than one of ridicule.

Obama will end the war in Iraq in a careful and responsible manner using a phased withdrawal. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of one to two brigades a month.

This would remove them in 16 months, ending a war that has cost the American people billions of dollars. Without massive expenditures in Iraq, the U.S. government will be able to reallocate funds to the war in Afghanistan, the true front of the War on and toward stemming the current financial crisis, another travesty created by incompetent Republican rule. A residual force will remain, monitoring the region and conducting counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda, which wouldn’t have gained a footing in Iraq if it weren’t for the war. Attention will then be able to shift to Afghanistan and Pakistan where terrorism remains a strong threat and where Osamabin Laden remains at large.

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qualities, neither of which apply to Barack Obama.

But no one there explained this to the woman. No one explained that a person’s ethnicity or religion is not a reason they shouldn’t be considered trustworthy. No one explained that the great preponderance ofArabs and Muslims are good, family-oriented citizens. No one took the time to defend an ethnicity and a religion.

But the inaction doesn’t lie only in McCain’s lap. Months ago there was an uproar when individuals began to refer to Obama by his full name: Barack Hussein Obama. The Obama campaign, rather than embracing his middle name, decried its use. They called out the commentators for trying to convince people that he is Muslim, trying to insight fear in the population. They were right in their assertions and right to say that was wrong.

But where was the speech that explained how he came to have that name, explained his views on religion and, most importantly, condemned Islamophobia, prejudice and hatred in all its forms?

There was no reflection on the role ofreligion within society like we saw so eloquently done on race.

I have respect enough for both candidates to believe that neither is racist or prejudiced against any group of people.

But at the same time, neither has taken substantial measures to address the issue. They have the world watching, and announce only that Obama is Christian, with no discussion as to how the accusation of a religious identity shows the prejudice that exists within our society.

Powell, in the moment during this election when more people were watching him than in any other, did just that.

But the discussion has not even really started, and that clip will not reach those who most need to see it. Powell merely raised the topic in the political consciousness. The issue has become pervasive and needs to be addressed in a national conversation by leaders of both parties. We must inform the ignorant and heal the divide in society. Otherwise we as a nation are not fulfilling our responsibility to that seven-year-old child or those soldiers on the battlefield.

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

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contrast begween Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama on oppose this war from the beMiddle Eastern policy could ginning. Seven years after 9/11, the Taliban is resurgent in not be starker. On one Afgh hand, we have a canaghanistan. Wh:*at McCain fails to recognize didate who visited the is that Afghanistan, region only twice in his brief senatorialcareer not Iraq, remains the central battleground in spent mostly running the War on Terror. The for president—and who Bush-McCain strategy is notorious for sughas failed to catch bin gesting a foreign policy Laden and failed to to invade our strategy dukevotes allies and having direct keep us safe—it’s time series on politics for a new direction in presidential-level talks with our adversaries.

Afghanistan.

Obama will deal with the increasing On the other, we have a distinguished threat of a nuclear Iran, a nation that war hero who visited Iraq eight times since 2003 and stood up against failed supports terrorism in Iraq and the destruction ofIsrael. He advocates strong, policies of the Bush Administration direct diplomacy without preconditions. with the intent to improve American He would offer the Iranian regime a foreign policy, not to simply have his comments serve as politically-advantachoice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will geous criticism. offer incentives like membership in the In fact, McCain has challenged his World Trade Organization, economic own party on the mishandling of the investments and a move toward normal Iraq war, the need for a new strategy and an issue of personal importance diplomatic relations. to McCain: torture. McCain supportObama will renew the doctrine of ed Gen. David Petraeus’s successful diplomacy and repair America’s image abroad as an enviable nation that all “surge” strategy at a time when it was politically unpopular and risky to do so. can look to for strength and compassion. Obama will make it morning in He took these actions because he knew America and around the world. they were right, regardless of their political implications. Isn’t that what we want when we talk about “change” in Will Passo is a Trinity sophomore. He is theexecutive secretary of theDuke Democrats.

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has the judgment and experience to fight his own party and the partisanship that plagues government, not to score political points but to protect the interests of the American people?

McCain knows about fighting for the American people. He knows about the damage caused by a lost war on our troops and on our security. McCain will end the Iraq war, but he will do it on our terms, with honor and with victory.

McCain will pressure Iran and Syria to end their dangerous support for insurgent violence in Iraq. He will protect our allies in the region, including Israel, by ensuring Iran does not develop the nuclear technology needed to acquire weapons. McCain will employ the successful “surge” strategy with necessary modifications in Afghanistan to respond to the changing front on the War on Terror due to incredible strides in securing Iraq.

Even after visiting Iraq and witnessing these tremendous security gains, Obama will not admit that the strategy was a success. He’s more concerned about criticizing the past than leading the country. Maybe it was this utter lack of understanding that prompted his own vice presidential choice Sen. Joe Biden in an August 2007 debate to declare Obama unready for the presidency.

JakeBullock is a Trinity sophomore. He is a vice chair of the Duke College Republicans.

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Saturday, October 25 MUSIC. Iva Bittova Gypsy Visions. Gypsy: Performing both gypsy folk and Janacek with an avant-garde power, the incomparable Bittova “transform[s] a world of noise into stunning music” (LA Times). Nelson will burn with her sinuous, transfixing fiddle, and with a voice that sings “in the tenor of birds, rivers, and even falling leaves” (Seattle P-1). 8 pm. Nelson Music Room. s2o*ss* -

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by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler and directed by John Clum of the Duke Theater Studies faculty, is a joint production of Hoof ‘n’ Horn and the Department of Theater Studies. Bpm. Reynolds Theater. $lO general admisssion; $5 students and senior citizens.

Sunday, October 26 DANCE. Savion Glover Bare Soundz.

Shuffle & Pick; To see Savion Glover perform is to be astounded. The greatest hoofer of his generation, this physical and artistic dynamo is kinetic to the core, tapping out mind-bending, hip-hop influenced polyrhythms with a dexterity that shows he’s as much a percussionist as a dancer. 8 pm. Page Auditorium. s3B*s3o* s22*ss* -

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Saturday, Oct. 25 MUSIC. Duke Chorale, Symphony Orchestra & Wind Symphony. Parents Weekend Concert. Bpm. Duke Chapel. $5 general, students/seniors free w/ ID.

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DRAMA. Sweeney Todd. (See Oct. 23) Bpm. Reynolds Theater. $lO general admission; $5 students and senior citizens.

Sunday, Oct. 26 MUSIC. In the Spotlight. Solo and small group student performances. 2pm.

Nelson Music Room. Free.

MUSIC. Faculty Recital: Hsiao-Mei ku, violin and Randall Love, piano.

Complete Brahms sonatas for violin and piano. Bpm. Nelson Music Room. Free.

DRAMA. Sweeney Todd. (See Oct. 23) 2pm. Reynolds Theater. $lO general admission; $5 students and senior citizens.

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