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The Pitchforks, the Blue Devil mascot and President Richard' Brodhead gathered to celebrate the debut of Duke’s $7.5-million investment in downtown Durham Monday evening. The Durham Performing Arts Center commemorated its official grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house that attracted city residents to the state-of-the art venue. The project was led by the City and Downtown Durham, Inc. It was also supported by a large financial contribution from Duke. The 2,800-seat venue cost $46.8 million to build. It was the result of nearly 10 years of planning, said Democratic state Sen. Floyd McKissick of Durham. “It will be a unique jewel for Durham,” he said. “A venue that is not like anything from Washington to Atlanta.... We in Durham have a cultural amenity, a facility that all of us can be proud of.” The theater, which is the largest of its kind in the Carolinas, opened with a concert by blues legend 8.8. King Sunday night. “It’s a great day for Durham. We have a theater that can now draw top cultural events,” Brodhead said, noting the renewal of the American Tobacco Historic District across the street. “It’s part of a whole fabric of revitalization.” DPAC is part of the city’s plan for downtown that already includes the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and West Village. “In Durham we believe that arts are vital to our quality of life,” said Mayor Bill Bell. He added that the project was a result of strong public and private partnerships. Bell was joined by Brodhead, several City Council members and the mascots for Duke and North Carolina Central Univer-

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Durhamofficials and residents take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to mark the grand opening of the Durham Performing Arts Center.DPAC's first event was a performance by blues legend 8.8.King Sunday.

sity as he cut the ceremonial ribbon Festivities also included the dedication of a light sculpture entitled “Sleep No More,” by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa whose sculpture “Tattoo” was featured on the West Campus Plaza in 2007. The sculpture is a vertical beam of light that shines directly into the sky outside the theater. It was donated to the city by Capitol Broadcasting Company, which owns local news outlet WRAL. It will be illuminated every time the new theater hosts an event. “I believe that what goes on in this build—

ing is so important that we should turn this light on every time it’s running,” said CBC President Jim Goodmon, who presented the light’s power switch to Bell. “The arts are so important to the community.” After the official programming ended, guests headed inside to explore the new building and view the expansive theater. Residents mixed with Durham leaders over appetizers and drinks. Performances by the Durham Children’s SEE DPAC ON PAGE 5

Two Duke seniors were awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship this year for their undergraduate achievements, both having done significant laboratory research. Sally Liu, a pre-med student, an Angier B. Duke Scholar and a pole vaulter on the track and field team, was awarded the scholarship for her research on the effects of temperature on a mutant fruit fly model for spastic paraplegia. Dan Roberts, an engineering and physics double major and math minor, won the scholarship for his research in the field of transformative optics and his work electromagnetic with devices that act as an “invisibility cloak.” University administrators said they are proud ofLiu and Roberts. “These scholarships are fantastic for our students,” Provost Peter Lange said. “They are a credit to the University, but really above all, a credit to the students.” The highly selective Marshall Scholarship annually finances two years of graduate-level SEE MARSHALL ON PAGE 4

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Students, be prepared to go global. Every 10 years, the University must submit a Quality Enhancement Plan to the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools as part of the ongoing reaccreditation process. A draft of the QEP is expected to be finished this month, and the University hopes to submit the final plan in February. The QEP, titled “Global Duke: Enhancing Students’ Capacity for World Citizenship,” will introduce three new programs to the University. Two of the programs, the Global Semester Abroad and the Winter Forum, are curricular components. The third, the Global Advising Program, is an addition to the University’s infrastructure. Prasad Kasibhatla, associate dean for international programs at the Nicholas School of the Environment and cochairof the QEP committee, said the programs “grew organically” from discussions that started more than a year ago with campus leaders, student groups, faculty and administrators. “The idea was that it has to be based on some needs

but also dovetail with other things that are on, the going strategic plan and stuff like that,” he said. “Duke is making a pretty strategic push from an internationalization perspective.... There’s also a lot of Duke activity going on internationally at the undergraduate level there’s Duke Engage, there’s study abroad, there’s all kinds of things. And somehow we felt that if we could capitalize on all of those and fill some niche that’s not being covered, that would be a really great thing to do.” Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs, assessment...

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has been working with subcommittees and leaders within the QEP committee to help direct the international aspect of the programs. He said the council originally wanted to help students to flourish in a 21st-century world, which led them to focus on globalization. “What they essentially said was, ‘lf we’re talking about preparing students for the 21st century, then we’re really preparing students to live in the globalized world,”’ Merkx SEE QEP ON PAGE 5

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NBER officially puts U.S. in as asyear-long recession by

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WASHINGTON It’s official. The U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year. The start of the downturn was announced Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The NBER—a private, nonprofit research organization—said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began last December. By one benchmark, a recession occurs whenever the gross domestic product, the total output of goods and sendees, declines for two conseciitive quarters. The GDP turned negative in the July-September quarter of this year, and many economists believe it is falling in the current quarter at an even sharper rate. But the NBER’s dating committee uses broader and more precise measures, including employment data. In a news re-

banks struggle to deal since the 1930 with billions of dollars in loan losses. The Bush administration won approval

lease, the group said its cycle dating committee held a telephone conference call on Friday and made the determination on when the recession began. The White House commented on the news that a second downturn has officially begun on President George W. Bush’s watch without ever actually using the word “recession,” a term the president and his aides have repeatedly avoided. Instead, spokesperson Tony Fratto remarked upon the fact that NBER “determines the start and end dates of business cycles.” “What’s important is what is being done about it,” Fratto said. “The most important things we can do for the economy right now are to return the financial and credit markets to normal, and to continue to make progress in housing, and that’s where we’ll continue to focus.” Many economists believe the current downturn will be the most severe since the 1981-82 recession. The country is being battered by the most severe financial crisis

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that further interest rate cuts were possible but he cautioned that there were limits to how much such action will be able to revive an economy expected to remain weak well into next year. “Although further reductions... are certainly feasible, at this point the scope for using conventional interest rate policies to support the economy is obviously limited,” Bernanke said in a speech to business executives in Austin, Texas. The Fed is widely expected to cut a key interest rate when officials next meet on Dec. 15-16. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the Bush administration is looking for more ways to tap a $7OO billion financial rescue program and will consult with Congress and the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama. The current recession, which will be a year old this month, has already lasted longer than the 10-month average for recessions in the post World War II period.

“The most important things we can do for the economy right now are to return the financial and credit markets to normal.” Tony Fratto, White House spokesperson from Congress on Oct. 3 for a $7OO billion rescue package for the financial system. Bush said in an interview with ABC’s “World News” to be aired Monday that he would support additional intervention if necessary to end the recession. “I’m sorry it’s happening, of course,” Bush said.

Obama announces national security team by

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CHICAGO Barack Obama promised “a new dawn of American leadership” in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush. Gates’ appointment fulfilled a campaign promise by Obama, the naming of a Republican to his Cabinet. The president-elect said he hadn’t changed his mind about bringing most U.S. combat troops home from Iraq within 16 months but added a cautionary note he’ll consult with his military commanders first. While his new team may be a bit more centrist—some war opponents might even say hawkish —than many Obama supporters might prefer, he said the withdrawal timetable he emphasized in the presidential campaign is

still “the right time frame.” Clinton, as secretary of state, and Gates, remaining as defense secretary, will be the most prominent faces—besides Obama’s own—of the new administration’s effort to revamp U.S. policy abroad. At a Chicago news conference, Obama also tapped top advisers Eric Holder as attorney general and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations. He named Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be homeland security secretary and retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser. The choices had been telegraphed days earlier but were remarkable all the same—still an-

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other major turn in Clinton’s extraordinary career, a show of faith in Gates and action to support Obama’s frequent talk of desiring robust debate among seasoned, opinionated people in his inner circle. Denouncing White House “group think,” Obama signaled a break from President Bush’s tendency toward an insular management style and go-with-the-gut diplomacy. “The time has come for a new beginning,” said Obama, flanked by flags on a stage with Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his six newest appointees. While Gates will stay at the Pentagon, Obama said the military’s new mission will be “responsibly ending the war in

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Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control.” He said a newly completed agreement between Iraq and the Bush administration covering U.S. troops signals “a transition period in which our mission is changing.” He added: “It indicates we are now on a glide path to reduce our forces in Iraq.” Obama has now selected half his Cabinet, including the highprofile jobs at State, Defense, Justice and Treasury. A week ago, he named his economic team, led by Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary. And soon he plans to announce New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as health

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More studying abroad in China, but less so at Duke by

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Several Duke officials said more engineering students are pursuing entrepreneurship and other businessrelated careers. Interest among engineers in programs like the Duke Start-Up Challenge is on therise.

Engineers seek to carve paths through business by

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In today’s changing world, it is going take more than an economics major to succeed in business and get ahead. More students across the nation are using engineering skills in entrepreneurship and combining majors such as biomedical engineering and economics, beginning to engage in entrepreneurial opportunities at Duke and around the world, several Duke officials said. “I think that the current economic changes are encouraging students to exto

Studying abroad was once equated solely with Big Ben, Parisian cafes and cute Spanish boys. But though the attractions of Western Europe still entice tens of thousands of American students looking to expand their global perspective through a semester of international learning, more are looking to visit the Great Wall or stroll through Tiananmen Square instead. According to a recent report by the Institute on International Education, there has been an exceptionally large growth in

plore other alternatives than the usual Wall Street, investment banking, consulting firms, which aren’t going to be heavy employers in the future. Students are looking broadly at new opportunities and trying to understand different career paths,” said Larry Boyd, associate director for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization. Boyd teaches BME 120: “Introduction to Business and Technology-Based Companies.” The class is an amalgamation of SEE ENGINEERS ON PAGE

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the number of students spending a semesin China over the past year—in tandem with a record number of American college students choosing to study abroad. But Duke has not manifested the same recent increases exhibited by the Institute’s report —which found that the number of Americans studying in China in the 20062007 academic year rose by 25 percent from the previous year—Margaret Riley, director and associate dean for Study Abroad, wrote in an e-mail. Instead, Duke has had substantial numbers of students going abroad to China and other “non-traditional” countries for years, she said. In the nineyears Riley has been at Duke, 41 to 46 percent of each graduating class has participated in study abroad programs. On the whole, however, the enrollment ofDuke students in study abroad programs declined over the past year, in contrast with the trends identified by the national report. “This may be because we have introduced Duke Engage, so students are embracing that fully-funded opportunity to experience service, much of which takes place in less traditional locations,” Riley said. According to the Institute’s report, however, China is becoming more traditional—it is now the fifth-most popular study abroad location nationally, lagging only behind Britain, Italy, Spain and France. “My understanding is that the global economy and how successfully China has transformed itself in the past two decades have shown the potential of the country and its future,” said Carolyn Lee, director of the Chinese Language Program

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haven’t done a lot of formal public health work as an undergrad,” Liu said. “Most of my work in college has been

study in the United Kingdom for up to 40 young Americans. “The great thing about the scholarship is that you get to pick what you want to do as long as it is at a university in the United Kingdom for two years,” Roberts said. “It’s completely flexible, which is fantastic.” Roberts will begin his scholarship at the University of Cambridge next year, where he will pursue a Certificate of Advanced Study in mathematics. The following year he will join renowned scientist Sir John Pendry in his lab. “Pendry is the foremost authority in the field,” Roberts said. “He first invented transformation optics and came up with the idea that you can do any of this, so I’m very excited to work with him.” Liu plans to spend her first year at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she will complete a masters in public health, deferring her admission to several medical schools. She will spend the following year at the London School ofEconomics. “I wanted to do a coursework-based masters because I

in more basic science or basic biomedical research, whereas the grad program is more interdisciplinary and I’ll be looking at health issues on a population level.”

“Going to a university like Duke provided opportunities for me, but I think it was ultimately up to me to actually exercise those opportunities.” Dan Roberts,

senior and Marshall Scholar Liu, who was also a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, credits Duke with helping her win the award. “Duke has been amazing," she said. “Some ofits biggest strengths have been the amazing research opportunities, the encouraging environment for undergrads and faculty

mentorship.”

Roberts, a current recipient of Duke’s GoldwaterScholto open doors for him to explore his research interests. “I think that going to a university like Duke provided opportunities for me, but I think it was ultimately up to me to actually exercise those opportunities and pursue the things that I was interested in,” Roberts said. Both Roberts and Liu said strong personal relationships with faculty members and mentors were critical to their success as applicants. “The application process relies heavily on recommendations and I feel that I have developed personal relationship with many of my professors, specifically my research adviser,” Roberts said. “I think I was able to elicit very strong recommendations.” Liu also said she appreciated the support ofDuke Athletics as well as her professors in encouraging her academ-

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Choir, the Pitchforks and the John Brown Quintet provided the entertainment. Brown is an assistant professor of Music and Director of the Jazz Program. “This is just another venue that will encourage people to think of Durham,” said Raleigh resident Jerry Blood. He added that he was more impressed by DPAC than Raleigh’s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, but he wants to see a better lineup before he considers buying season tickets. “I’d love to see more Broadway, particularly some first-run kind of things, not things that are 30 years old,” he said. DPAC’s upcoming shows include comedian Robin Williams, singer John Legend and the musical Rent. Duke University Union announced a partnership with DPAC Monday that will allow students to buy tickets to some of the venue’s shows at discounted prices. DUU-subsidized tickets will be introduced in January for the opening of Rent. “Duke students haven’t really had this kind of exposure to large shows,” said DUU president Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior. “Now with the 2,800-person theater, that gives us a whole new range of options just five minutes away.”

said. “A Duke education should at least offer global dimensions—not just regional, not just national, but global. I am delighted with that because I think it’s an accurate understanding of how the challenges for education have changed from even the 20th century, when there were some international aspects but it was not nearly as global.” The QEP calls for the implementation of the Global Semester Abroad, an opportunity for students to study global issues on location—one group of 30 students would study in one country for six weeks, then switch locations with the other group of 30 students for the remaining six weeks of the semester. Students would take two courses taught in English at each location and participate in mandatory cultural and educational experiences outside the classroom. The Global Semester Abroad is designed to compliment study abroad by giving students an opportunity to study a global issue in an internationally comparative way and will ideally be run by the Office ofStudy Abroad. Provost Peter Lange compared the Global Semester Abroad to a “focus group on wheels.” “My anticipation is for these six weeks in each site, students will be brought into contact with local experts, be taken to visit and learn more about how problems are engaged with on the ground and learn more about how the interdisciplinary approaches they’re learning about in the classroom happen on the ground,” he said. The QEP also calls for more domestic opportunities for students to discuss international issues. The Winter Forum would be a two-and-a-half day, on-campus retreat for students to delve into a globally significant issue identified by the host school. Responsibility for the Winter Forum would rotate through the University’s institutes and schools each year and would ideally be held at the end ofWinter Break beginning January 2010. The Winter Forum will hopefully give students who do not have the opportunity to go abroad the chance to use interdisciplinary approaches to study global issues, Lange said. Merkx said that although the Global Semester Abroad and the Winter Forum are innovative programs, student demand for them is difficult to predict He added that the Global Advising Program—a four-year plan for students to make

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Performers dance in the aisles of the 2,800-seat Durham Performing Arts Center as part of the grand opening celebration Monday.

the most of their international opportunities—will probably have the greatest long-term impact because the advisers will be able to reach more students and encourage them to participate in the other globally oriented programs. “There are so many opportunities, and theway you put those together is something that’s a pretty complicated set of options,” Merkx said. “So what incoming students will need is a road map for how they can do things.”

“A Duke education should at least offer global dimensions—not just regional, not just national, but global.” Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs Housed in the Academic Advising Center, the GlobalAdvising Program would ideally hire three advisers by August 2009 who would begin advising students in Spring 2010. These advisers will help students—including populations like athletes and engineers who often cannot go abroad—participate in international opportunities that fit their needs, said Mary Boatwright, professor of classical studies and co-chair of the QEP committee. The advisers would also work with peer advisers, first-year advisory counselors and academic advisers to increase outreach to students. Lange, Merkx, Kasibhatla and Boatwright emphasized that the QEP will only offer additional opportunities to students—it will not replace existing programs, nor will it meet all of the University’s strategic goals. Even so, Boatwright said the QEP is an extension of the University’s preexisting mission and interests that will help Duke and its students interact as global citizens in the 21st century. The three QEP programs currently do not have an estimated cost, Boatwright said at a Nov. 20 Academic Council meeting. ‘You don’t want it to be same-old, same-01d.... But you do want it to not come out of the blue,” Boatwright said. She noted that the University’s goals moving forward include “greater Duke presence abroad and also in local arenas and greater understanding of the world outside our Gothic walls.”

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Borders Group, the international bookseller based in the Wolverines’ hometown of Ann Arbor, reported a net loss of $175.4 million this quarter and is hoping to cut operating expenses by $l4O million next year, which I only can guess might include the firing of a few employees. The Big Three auto companies, rooted in and around Detroit, have laid off tens of thousands of workers with no signs of slowing down the downsizing process—that is, if the industry even exists by the time 2009 rolls around. And, thisjust in, $l5 million man Rich Rodriguez would like Michigan fans to know he thinks they should be more concerned about the economy. Last time I checked, football tickets, memorabilia and apparel are elastic goods. The Wolverine faithful should heed Rodriguez" advice, mind the economy and put the money they would have spent supporting their football team in one of those nice, new nationalized banks. Wouldn’t that be rich? For in one terribly inconsiderate moment, Rodriguez demonstrated why people get turned off by sports... and trivialized why we love them. At their best, sports can serve as an escape.

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a student’s general sense of things, this is hardly reassuring to SLGs who rely on the RGAC for their housing. There’s also something flawed about a system that ranks living groups based on what they contribute to campus culture. Most SLGs are not meant to be based on community involvement or intellectual stimulation, and this is fine and probably desirable. But the RGAC review heavily favors groups that are designed around community involvement and intellectual stimulation. In short, the RGAC is essentially part of a process whereby the University is attempting to spur greater involvement between social groups on campus. But to effectively punish an SLG for simply being a social group seems unlikely to

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achieve this goal. It’s only more likely to make SLGs exaggerate their own minimal activities in order to make themselves seem more involved in the community. This is especially true, because SLGs selfreport a large part of their report to the committee. There’s nothing nefarious or wrong about this. After all, if an SLG’s housing hangs in the balance, it makes a whole lot of sense to slightly misreport, given the system they have to work with. But, in the last analysis, the RGAC system, which is trying to nudge SLGs toward altering what they contribute to campus culture, dodges the more important discussion. The same goes for the recent talks about ending the sophomores-on-West liv-

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some SLGs to Central and introducing some themed living houses to campus. The question that is being skirted here is; Should selective living groups be allowed at this University? If so, then why? If not, then the RGAC is a waste of time. The scores that the RGAC produces are unlikely to solve the perceived problems with SLGs, because they don’t tackle these essential questions. In other words, shuffling SLGs around campus based on how well they can spin quad barbeques and themed section parties to seem like community involvement or “arts and culture” will not fix aspects of campus life. RGAC certainly gets points for effort. But it doesn’t pass when it comes to real change.

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election year, Duke students had the Skeptics will note that Duke lacks the alumni of of the base in politics possessed by universities such as probeing political part privilege cess in a battleground state. As the leaders Harvard and Yale, making these kinds of ventures of the Duke College Republicans and Duke Demomore difficult. This is no excuse not to develop the relationships that do exist. In addition, by crats, we came away impressed with Duke’s capacity for political activism during campaign season. building connections with Duke parents involved in politics, Duke can broaden Now, the challenge is to susits networking base beyond the tain that interest. Whether or not that happens will depend alumni community. Moreover, Duke offers its on a dual commitment from own attractions to lure politithe Duke administration and Duke student body to making cal professionals. N.C. presents political education for underfascinating dynamics in its local and state races, in addition to graduates a top priority. As things stand, there is national contests. Furthermore, much work to do. No centralDuke is arguably the only top duke votes ized source of funds currently university that can claim to be in series on politics exists for bringing political a battleground state. The recently established Conspeakers to campus. Instead, disparate entities (political organizations, the nect2Politics Initiative is a good start to reform efDuke University Union, the Sanford Institute of forts. Funds need to be committed to bring speakPublic Policy, etc.) work to bring speakers when ers in through a centralized entity that student they can afford to do so. But with current levels organizations can work and collaborate with to of funding, such programming is infrequent, dif- encourage policy discourse on campus. Organizficult to organize and limited in scope. ing social events between students and political Additionally, practically no support network alumni in D.C. would require just a minor investexists for students pursuing summer opportuniment but reap big rewards. ties in Washington, D.C. Duke seems to expect Duke can also develop links to the numerous the Alumni Association to pick up the slack for local policy think tanks based in Raleigh, such organizing networking opportunities for students as the John Locke Foundation and N.C. Policy to meet and learn from political alumni, instead Watch. Admissions recruitment can reach out to of making any investment ofits own. more politically-minded students. The more Duke Harvard University’s Institute of Politics proputs into political programs here, the more politivides a great model for Duke to replicate. The cally-minded students will want to attend. lOP hosts weekly “study groups” in which poThis election showed that North Carolina will litical professionals (“fellows”) interact with and be a player in national politics. As the leading educate Harvard undergraduates on various areas Southern school, Duke has a responsibility to its of policy and politics. For example, study groups students and to the surrounding community to this semester featured former lowa Gov. Tom invest in political education. The time to act in Vilsack and Romney media advisor Alex Castelbuilding a political education program rivaling lanos, among others. The lOP also offers ample that ofother top universities is now. networking opportunities for its undergraduates during their summer stay in Washington. This is Ben Bergmann, a sophomore, is president of theDuke on top of the already extensive list of speakers that Democrats and Vikram Srinivasan, a junior, is chair of the lOP brings to its students every week. the Duke College Republicans.

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wearing the “right” outfit or making sure do your hair in a certain way. It’s a sort of look-good-feel-good logic. Some people instead place this value on relationships and personal connections. If you have a certain number of friends, or have the time to devote to an active social life, then you’ll be able to deal with whatever other problems might arise. The same holds true for people who feel like they always need to keep up with old friends or stay in touch with their families. As long as you are in good standing with others, you are better able to cope with different stresses in your life. Whichever particular neurosis is your own, you always worry about it first. It is infinitely easier to focus on an issue you know exactly how to address—your clothes, your weight, your homework, your friends—than to figure out all of those things beyond your control that could actually make you crash and burn. Before ascending thousands of miles into the sky, I much prefer to think about pushing that button than the innumerable bits of machinery that could fail at any moment. Of course, there is a difference between my button example and how this mind trick tends to affect people in the real world. My compulsion is harmless because I know it really doesn’t matter; It’s just to calm my nerves; it doesn’t actually affect whether the plane stays in the air. Most of us don’t always realize that we let our pettier concerns eclipse more pressing issues. I have no idea what is keeping everything in each of our lives balanced, or what has the potential to make or break each ofus. But I am willing to bet it’s something beyond what we think. to

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letterstotheeditor Let ATH speak for itself The Nov. 24 editorial, “Let SLGs live on Central,” is the second—the first is the Nov. 11 editorial, “Let sophomores live on [Central]” —I’ve read recently to propose that the Arts Theme House be transplanted to Central Campus. I’ve heard the suggestion floated before (although never, oddly enough, by any individuals familiar with the ATH). I’d like to take this opportunity, therefore, to offer the opinion of one actual Arts Theme House member and in-section resident. (I do not profess to speak for all ATH members.) Our home, Edens 38, was built specifically to serve as Duke’s arts dorm. To this end, it contains practice rooms, multiple pianos and a visual arts studio. It is conveniently situated between the Nasher and main West Quad. ATH has been housed here since its inception in 1989. Also, ATH is not a “themed living group” but a selective living grouplike any other SLG on campus. The social component of our group is extremely important to us all and should not be neglected merely because we have the word “theme” in our name. It is unclear why The Chronicle’s independent Editorial Board considers us obvious candidates for the move to Central. The Nov. 11 editorial mentions Central’s proximity to the Nasher as an inducement for us, but this clearly arises from a fundamental lack ofunderstanding of the nature of ATH. The Nasher is far from the alpha and omega of ATH activities. We take part in a wide range of cultural events all around campus—which would be much more difficult to do from Central. Indeed, a group that takes full advantage of the rich cultural resources available on campus seems like the least obvious candidate for isolation on Central. I realize that we are not alone in our wish not to be moved to Central, yet we seem to be alone among selective living

groups in being offered repeatedly as sacrifices to the gods of dorm rearrangement by individualswho understand our group poorly, if at all. It is increasingly disappointing to see the editorial board repeatedly ignore the facts about ATH, and I hope they will soon cease to do so and begin making more informed contributions to the housing discussion. Rachel Stem Trinity ’ll Oh where, oh where have Cameron’s student seats gone? I had the pleasure of returning to Cameron Indoor Stadium two Sundays ago to watch the men’s basketball game. What stood out more than anything was the lack of student seating. I know you don’t want to hear about “when I was a student...” but, when I was an undergraduate, the entire lower section was for students as well as the upper north end behind the basket To say it was shocking to see a very large portion of the lower section in the hands of what one sportswriter referred to as the “wine and cheese” crowd is an understatement. Maybe the proceeds of these ticket sales, and the related Iron Duke contributions, have been used for new facilities and services. I don’t know. What I do know is that whoever let this change happen certainly let Duke students down. Ask any Duke player who played when the entire bottom was filled with Duke students and they will tell you about the incredible advantage they had. It appears that Duke has put money ahead of tradition. The joyI felt from 1976 to 1980 of attending the basketball games in an environment that was truly hostile to the visiting team is one I wish you, current students, could experience.

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Day was all the more meaningful this year because of the juxtaposition of my family’s celebration of togetherness and the terrorist takeover of 10 sites in southern Mumbai. While my family gave thanks for being safe, happy, healthy, home and together, my thoughts were with the family of the American father and daughter killed while on a pilgrimage, the 2-year-old son of the murdered Rabbi and his wife from New York and the many others whose families were neither safe nor aishlinn o’connor together on this holiday. These attacks, though, politically problematic should be more than a pang in our hearts during a time of celebration. They should serve as a reminder of the incredible work that we still have to pursue. Recendy more than half our nation and much of the world have been celebrating the change of power in the White House, something many see as the dawning of a new era in international relations. But last week’s attacks demonstrated that the election was no magical solution to division, hatred and terrorism. The parallels to Sept. 11 are hard to miss. The attack hit the financial capital of India. A variety of targets were attacked relatively simultaneously. The largest target was the Taj Mahal Hotel, a 105-year-old landmark and symbol of Indian culture and business. Citizens and nationals of India, Germany, Canada, Israel, Britain, Italy, Japan, China, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S. were

among the hundreds who died. And Indian Security forces estimate that a total of 10 fighters carried out the attacks, fighters who knew intimately the layout of the 565-room Taj Mahal Hotel and indiscriminately killed as many peot ple as they could. The Indian people are scared, in mourning for those lost and angry that their government could not protect them. We should all be able to empathize. India’s External Affairs Foreign Minister Pranab Mukheijee was quick to blame Pakistani terrorists for the attacks, but not before Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani preempted such accusations by denying his government’s involvement. The long history of conflict between the nations has created what Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, called “the most dangerous bilateral relationship in the world.” The mutual distrust and tension are again on display. Amid contradictory evidence as to the origin of the attacks, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed that it was “evident” that the attackers were based outside India, and threatened action against neighbors who refused to crack down on terrorists training within their borders. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari attempted to assuage tensions, speaking to Singh about his shock at the attacks, and offering both his condolences and the services ofPakistan’s intelligence agency. As of yet, little is known about the terrorists. A group called Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility. This organization has never previously taken responsibility for any attacks, nor has the name showed on international intelligence radar. The name would imply Indian origins: Deccan references a plateau in southern India, and Mujahideen translates to holy warrior. But the only surviving

terrorist, who is now in Indian custody, is a Pakistani citizen, and satellite telephones and a GPS device believed to belong to the terrorists point to cooperation coming from within Pakistan. More information will come out in the next few weeks. More fingers will be pointed. Some accusations may even be correct. But what needs to happen —increased diplomatic efforts between India, the West and Pakistan—likely won’t. My concern is this: the Indian government and international community will leant the wrong lesson from these attacks. They will continue to blame, to increase cultural divides and to politically alienate Pakistan. That cannot be our solution. Last week a group of 10 highly organized individuals wreaked terror on the financial center of the world’s largest democracy. They sent a nation into panic and reignited existing tensions between two nuclear powers. Ten people, simple weapons and some planning. This week we must learn to come together. The risk is too high not to. Terrorism is an international problem with international backers that needs an international solution. India cannot solve this alone. Nor can the U.S. Real intelligence sharing is a good place to start enhanced diplomatic efforts. Aid for food and schools in rural Pakistan should follow. We should share the technology we use to prevent attacks with our allies. We must act to strengthen our global relationships to ensure that a year from now, we all may still be safe, happy, healthy, home and together.

Aishlinn O'Connor is a Trinity sophomore. Her columns run every other Tuesday.

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Give yourselfless hair on the furniture: If you’ve ever used aluminum foil to keep cats off the countertop, you’ll recognize the idea behind the new Petzoff blanket, designed to keep pets offthe forniture (www.petzoff com, $59.99 and $79.99): rt’s a throwblanket that’sfoil on one side. The fabric

side looks nice when you’re in the room, and then you can spread it out foil side up when you’re not using the couch and pets won’t use it either.

Your cat can't have too many of thoserefillable corrugated cardboard scratching pads, available at pet stores and online pet suppliers for around five dollars. But whilekitty doesn’t care what they look like, you mjght enjoy the fancy versions made by Imperial Cat (www.imperialcat.com) that are shaped and decorated like cars, pieces offurniture and all kinds of animals ($2O and up).

Share a treat Bubba Rose Biscuits (starting at $8.25, www.bubbarosebiscuitco.com), in flavors like“Roast Beef& Swiss* and “1 Smell Bacon,” are made with ingredients that sound like the contents ofa human pantry organic oat and brown rice flour, cheddar cheese, organic eggs. And indeed, Simon of the Living Ruff store says, “Whenever we get a sample bag, they don’tget out to the dogs. I eat them all.” For dogs with allergy problems, note that they’re wheat, com and soy free. -

Feelgood by helping others, Finally, don’t forget to think aboutanimals less fortunate than yours. You can support the ASPCAs national programs by shopping on line at www.aspca.org/shop. Closer to home, call your local shelter and see what donations they are looking for, or send them an online gift certificate at Petfinder.com

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Anya Hindmarch’s gold clutch goes with any of your favorite social butterfly’s outfits. Plus, the inside zipper pocket is the perfect place to store new numbers. Anya Hindmarch clutch, $2O, target.com

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This cardboard tube of colored |j| pencils is so pretty it’s like a mini-sculpture. Perfect for aspiring Monets and Picassos. Orreally good doodlers. MUJI colored pencil set, $l7, moma.org

Give these three wooden puzzles to the game player in your life, if for no other reason than to finally use the phrase “a puzzle wrapped in an enigma” in the card. It’s code for “I don’t know what the heck is going on with you, but I still heart you!”

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biodegradable plastic versions. Go ;|g|i l!j;; bSQ green this season by getting her a ||||| i;*;! j reusable, BPA-free container. It’s iiol |;:ii what Leo would do. Patterned aluminum water container, $2O, macys.com ;

The boss The all-knowing Magic 8 Ball makes a cool paperweight and will help “de-

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For that special, larger-than-life personality, try a pair of The Hillsesque oversize shades. Slip a note in with them that says, “Don’t leave home without these the paparazzi’s always watching!”

For the toddler who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, there’s kid-safe Bulgari Petits et Mamans •■*'l soap. Prepare the cameras: The Jj|p animal-shaped soaps will turn bath time into a “baby’s first spa” event. Bulgari Petits et Mamans soap, $27, bloomingdales.com

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Teenagers are tough customers for gift giving. The days of buying them cute ensembles, Hot Wheels and craft kits are so over.

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com. Happy Bags are made ofmachine-washable, upholstery-weight cotton with a comfy, poly-webbed handle. Made in America, and available in many peppy prints, solids and colors. ($24)

New cell phones or iTune cards are traditional teen favorites, but there’s more fim to share with Griffin Technology’s iKaraoke microphone and processor, which plugs into the car or home stereo. The gadget removes the vocal track so users can sing over the instrumentals. ($49.95) Girls might love PBTeen.com’s heart-shaped digital photo pendant. The screen displays a slide show or a single frame. ($29.95)

But if you’re interested in giving something more specific, or more wrappable, below are some holiday gift suggestions vetted by actual teenagers.

More customizable gear is at converse.com, where a pair of Chuck Taylor low All-Star sneakers can be tricked out in one of more than a dozen patterns and colors, (about $6O)

Not everyone is a Photoshop wizard, so ipopmyphoto.com does the creative legwork for you by turning any jpeg photo into an image that looks like an iPod ad. ($19.95)

None will break the bank. And it should be said that instead of exchanging gifts, some teens might like to help their communities. Families may want to support a child in a developing country, or help a local food pantry or family shelter.

From xtremegeek.com comes a ceramic model train with sheets of graffiti and tag decals to give it that urban edge ($39.99).

And if the economic downturn means your family’s holiday spending will be cut back, don’tbe afraid to talk about that with teens, Tugend says.

Uncommongoods.com has a chic travel bag made from laminated newspapers that would be a perfecttoiletry or pen/pencil kit. Each one is different. ($3O)

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“Sit down and talk as a family about supporting a children’s charity,” says Alina Tugend, a consumer columnist for The New York Times.

PBTeen.com is featuring a snazzy hair dryer in three colorful patterns that would make it easy to locate in the messiest room. ($69)

Zazzle.com, a Redwood City, Calif.,-based online retailer, has developed a following by letting kids customize all sorts of stuff. You can create a design from scratch or choose from Zazzle’s library of images, and Zazzle will then print the design on sneakers, skateboards, T-shirts or other items. The Keds sneaker images, for instance, range from bold argyle prints to celebrity head shots. Zazzle also provides a platform for aspiring designers to sell their creations, (from $5O)

But must we resort only to envelopes ofcash or Favorite-Label-Retailer gift cards?

a Greek god, a skeleton and more. The effect is startling, which could be a hit with teens. (Headhood.com, $49.95)

most grocery stores. But for a fashionable, right-on-trend statement, go to bhappybags.

Environmentally aware teens might like the Ecosphere, a small, ecological world in a glass ball, available at Greenfeet.com. Tiny red shrimp, algae and plant life thrive in a sealed globe filled with filtered sea water. There is minimal maintenance involved, (from $57.95) Many teens have ditched the backpack in favor of a book tote. An inexpensive altema-

IPACE Rooms can be cozied up with theLinus Blanket, from Urbanoutfitters.com. Just like the one belonging to Charlie Brown’s friend, this blanket is light blue, soft and trimmed in satin. Part of sales goes to support Project Linus, which gives security blankets made by volunteers to needy kids. ($36)

Kids love unusual, fun things. Modemartisans. com has JeffDavis’ snack bowl made of genuine LPs. Choose from several music genres, including jazz, ‘Bos pop and rock. The base of the bowl will be a well-laminated LP label. ($24.99) Make anything in the room look upholstered with uptoyoutoronto.com’s unusual “padded decals,” black and clear stickers that can be applied to furniture or walls for an interesting optical illusion. (Eight for about $l6)

I Perpetualkid.com’s Drip Clips paper clip holder is a miniature sink that comes with 25 standard-size blue clips. The clips stick to the “faucet” like little water droplets. ($7.95) The To-Do 12-pack of tattoos, complete with gel pen, means that assignment lists no longer need to be Sharpied on the back of one’s hand, just apply the blank-lined tattoo and head to school. ($3.99)

New Yorker Clinton Van Gemert is making heads turn with his silk-screened hoodies. He imprints images of heads on the sweatshirt hood pop icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, a playing card king, a gorilla,

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Duke Chorale Christmas Concert Duke Chapel 7pm

World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions RBC Center 7:3opm

Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Downtown Hillsborough

A Christmas Carol Durham Performing Arts Center 7pm

Carolina Ballet’s “Nutcracker” UNC Memorial Auditorium Bpm

Lake Myra Christmas Light Show 6601 Lake Myra Rd., Wendell 6pm-10pm

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A Christmas Carol Durham Performing Arts Center 2pm

“A Trailer Park Christmas” Play

GAA Holiday Concert UNC Chapel Hill, Memorial Hall

7pm North Carolina Orchestra: Chapel Hill Holiday Pops UNC Campus Bpm

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The Carolina Inn’s “Twelve Days of Christmas” Exhibit 211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill

Scandinavian Christmas Fair 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, Holshouser Building

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Fviday, December 5 The Carolina Inn’s “Twelve Days of Christmas” Exhibit 211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill

A Christmas Carol Durham Performing Arts Center 2pm

Handel’s Messiah Chapel Choir & Orchestra Duke Chapel 7:3opm

Cummins and Scoullar’s “The Little Prince” UNC Center for Dramatic Arts 2pm and 7:3opm

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Holiday entertaining and gift-giving can be expensive. Here are some ideas to trim costs:

closest friends, says Sara Noel, who runs frugalvillage. net. You could do a second-hand gift exchange. Or only swap stocking stuffers. Noel and her husband give each other the same “favorite things” each year. She gets a box of chocolates and he chooses nuts and cheeses.

Talk to your family about volunteering or giving charitable gifts to take the focus off of buying and wanting. Help out at a food bank or soup kitchen. Or agree to exchange gifts that support charities.

Give the gift of time. Make gift certificates or coupons to offer free baby-sitting to your friends or to prepare a home-cooked meal for them. Kids could give breakfast in bed to their parents. A hus-

band might offer candlelight dinner at home.

Kfl Let the kids make wrapping paper. Stock up on

inexpensive butcher paper or newsprint and let your young artists go to town with fingerpaints, rubber stamps, even stickers. Each package will be a one-

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Ivory Se&wa* Candlts These candles, made in Israel by Kassel Candles, feature a honeycomb pattern and plain off-white color. The soft candles would be easy to fit it into the menorah, $26.

Hanukkah, which begins at sundown Dec. 21, is celebrated by lighting a menorah for eight nights. Menorahs hold nine candles. One candle, called the shammes, is always lit first each night, and is then used to light the other candles one the first night, two the second night, and so on.

By HEATHER LALLEY For The Associated Press

Hanukkah candles have become more elaborate in recent years, coming in all kinds of new colored patterns and designs. "You could almost accessorize your candles with your menorah," says Stacey Zaleski, director of merchandising for The jewish Museum in New York, which sells about a dozen varieties of candles.

Hanukkah commemorates a miracle from ancient times when Jews rededicated a temple and lit a candelabra with enough oil to last for one day. The oil miraculously burned for eight days, according to the Hanukkah story.

In addition to white or colored candle sets, there are now candles with crystals, stripes, textures and even plaids, she says. They also come in a broader range of "J. Crew" colors, she says.

Make-Your-Own Hanukkah Candles.. Here's a doit-yourself project from Kassel that could be fun for families: This brightly colored kit comes with red, blue, yellow and green beeswax sheets to roll around wicks, $lB.

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