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Students returning from study abroad

programs this Spring may have to settle for less when it comes to housing. Last year, the opening of Few Quadrangle in Spring 2009 allowed for greater flexibility in accommodating housing preferences, said Jen Frank, assistant

director of accommodations for Residence Life and Housing Services. Frank wrote in an e-mail to students Wednesday that there would be “very few opportunities” for returning students to select their own roommate for Spring 2010. “When I start meeting with students, I remind them that the housing option is limited when they go abroad,” Frank said. “If people wanted to go during Spring, that would make the process easier but most don’t.” Some students returning from abroad said they have been frustrated and anxious with the limited housing options. “RLHS is making it sound as though they don’t have room for us when we come back from abroad,” said junior Lori Walker, who is currently studying abroad ;n London; “My No. 1 priority is living with my roommate, but that SEE HOUSING ON PAGE 6

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Firefighters from the Durham Fire Department inspect a burnt bus after it caught on fire on East Campus Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured during the incident. Lindsey Rupp THE CHRONICLE

A C-l bus caught fire on East Campus

at about 5:27 p.m. Wednesday, Duke Police

said. No one was injured. The bus was leaving the East bus stop heading toward West Campus when several people noticed sparks coming from the bottom rear of the bus near the back tires. Anthony Hatchett, the driver at the time, said a passenger notified him that the vehicle was on fire. He immediately pulled over at the C-2 stop between Gilbert-Addoms

and Jarvis Dormitories and evacuated the eight to 10 passengers. “It was really shocking,” Hatchett said. “I was saying to myself, ‘What could have started this fire?’ There was no indication, so.I was really shocked. It’s a firsttime experience.” The fire broke out in the vehicle’s engine compartment. Scorched parts laid on the charred street beneath the bus after emergency crews extinguished the flames. Junior Kiley Samz was waiting for the bus at the 02 stop when it pulled up par-

tially on fire. She said she saw gasoline leaking out of the bus as it was evacuated. “The gas on the street was on fire, then it popped and the whole back was on fire,” she said. Hatchett said he moved with the passengers and bystanders toward Gilbert-Addoms and watched the back of the bus blaze as they waited for firefighters to arrive. Capt. Gary Paschall of Durham Fire Department, who was one of the firefighters SEE BUS FIRE ON PAGE 6

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Senators debate SOFC, reject AG amendment by

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Duke Student Government worked on a lengthy agenda at its meeting Wednesday night, passing several important pieces of legislation. A large portion of the meeting was spent on the proposal for increased transparency of the Student Organization Finance Committee. The proposal was later referred to the Student Affairs Committee after a lengthy debate. A proposal to amend the executive bylaw was rejected after another heated discussion. The amendment would have prohibited the attorney general from being a candidate in any election held within six months of being attor* neY general. It would have served to minimize a conflict of SEE DSG ON PAGE 5

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ontheRECORD "The cardiac patch that we are currently testing on mice is working great"

—Associate Professor Nenad Bursae on mending hearts. See story page 3

Football: A look ahead The Chronicle breaks down each of Duke's remaining six games, PAGE 7

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Advocates, lawmakersraise Dems. scold health industry pressure on Obama admin. WASHINGTON Days after the insurance lobby began an aggressive campaign against a Senate plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system, senior Democrats fired back, threatening Wednesday to revoke the industry's long-standing antitrust exemption. Health insurance is one of only a few industries exempted from certain federal antitrust regulations, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the exemption was "one of the worst accidents of American history. It deserves a lot of the blame for the huge rise in premiums that has made health insurance so unaffordable." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., joined Schumer in a stinging denunciation of health industry practices, but the insurance lobby dismissed their threat as "a political ploy."

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WASHINGTON Human rights groups and lawmakers are ratcheting up pressure on President Barack Obama's administration this week over its approach to ending violence in Sudan, saying the White House and the State Department are treading too cautiously in dealing with the government in Khartoum. A coalition of U.S.-based advocates focused on the Darfur region sent a letter to Obama Monday demanding the replacement ofretired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration as special envoy to Sudan, arguing that his attempt to engage with the country's rulers "is wrong and deadly." White House spokesperson Tommy Victor said in response,"The President is extremely grateful for the work General Gration has done thus far, and for all the work he'll do on this critical issue in the future."

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LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Wednesday to send another 500 troops to bolster international forces in Afghanistan but only if other coalition countries pull their weight as well. Brown also conditioned the increase on an assurance by the government in Kabul to recruit more Afghan soldiers and on sufficient equipment being available for the extra British troops, a hot-button issue there after recent reports of a lack of helicopters and other military hardware. The prime minister's announcement came even as a new poll indicated growing opposition among Britons to their nation's involvement in the war. More than one-third of respondents in the Populus poll demanded an immediate withdrawal of troops, up from less than 30 percent just a month ago, while another third backed

setting a pullout deadline ofwithin a year. The boost in anger over the war follows an especially deadly period for British forces, which engaged in a weekslong offensive in southern Afghanistan. Brown prefaced his announcement at the new session of Parliament by reading out the names of the 37 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan since the House of Commons last adjourned in July. Brown acknowledged "this hardest of summers" but said it was imperative for Britain's own safety that the country stay the course in Afghanistan. But he said that Britain would remain focused on a strategy that would pave the way for an eventual pullout: helping Afghanistan train its own military and police force and assume responsibility for its own security.

Harper's Ferry, W.Va., today a quiet tourist town, was thelocation of abolitionist JohnBrown and his‘l9 followers' attempt to seize 100,000 gunsfrom the town's federal arsenal Oct. 16,1859.The gang hoped to start an anti-slavery insurrection.This eventwhich played a large part to fuel the start of theCivil War, is one of the topics of a four-day JohnBrown academic symposium that began inHarper's Ferry Wednesday.

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Duke researchers are on their way to discovering how to mend a broken heart—literally. Although testing has only been conducted on mice, researchers say they may soon have a new way to repair cardiac damage, such as the damage done by a heart attack. “The idea is to construct a cardiac patch, which could then be applied onto the injured surface of the heart,” said Nicolas Christoforou, a research associate in biomedical engineering who is one of several engineers working on the patch. During a heart attack, a clot stops the flow of blood to die heart, damaging the heartmuscle. After a heart attack, it is possible to remove the clot and take medicine to help prevent another heart attack, but the heart will never function as it did before, Christoforou said. “The damage done is damage done,” he said. He added that over time, the weakenedpart of the heart will cause the muscle to overwork itself and could lead to heart failure. Researchers are designing the heart patch to strengthen the heart and function in a similar manner to the original heart tissue, Christoforou said. The cardiac patch was originally developed using embryonic stem cells, which can turn into most other types of cells if different genes are inserted, he said. Embryonic stem cells, however, have recently been replaced by stem cells from skin, which function like embryonic stem cells, he noted. The development of these cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, has made it

easier and cheaper to get large amounts of cells and has also eliminated the ethical issue associated with embryonic stem cells. Christoforou said the goal is to get these cells to function like the cells that make up cardiac tissue and then use them to build up the strength of the damaged heart. Despite the progress of this new cell-based therapy, a patch for human hearts is still a long way off, said Wendy Bian, a fifth-year graduate student in biomedical engineering. “The cardiac patch that we are currently testing on mice is working great,” said Nenad Bursac, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, who studies cardiac tissue development He said testing the patch on humans is more difficult for several reasons. It is more expensive to acquire human cells than mouse cells. Also, human cells are more fragile and proliferate more slowly, which makes the process slower than when dealing with mouse cells. He added that there are many advantages to the new method for heart repair compared to the current method, in which cells are injected directly into the heart. In the current method, most of the injected cells do not survive and therefore are not useful for heart repair. “A major advantage of the cardiac patch would be the survival of more cells, which leads to a greater improvement of heart function,” Bursae said. He added that cells within the patch would be differentiated before entering the body, which also increases effectiveness. Implanting the patch, however, would require open chest surgery, Bursae said.

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SEXILING from page 1 “sex” and “exile.” But a request for a roommate to leave doesn’t necessarily mean sex in the technical sense. “You don’t know what they’re doing in there,” sophomore Lyndsay Medlin said. Away from their parents’ watchful eyes, college students have the freedom to experiment both in the classroom and under the sheets. Dukies differ in the extent to which they do or don’t experiment —but whatever they decide, their roommates are impacted by the decision. Sexiling has existed for as long as students have had roommates. But a policy adopted by Tufts University this Fall stating that students may not have sex when their roommate is present and no student should lose sleep over their roommate’s sexual exploits has sparked discussion on many college campuses. Duke administrators said they do not think the University will adopt a similar policy any time soon. “I’m not aware of us ever having a policy similar to

Tufts’ policy, nor am I aware of any plans to put a policy like that in place,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. L.B. Bergene, assistant dean for Residence Life and Housing Services, said administrators would only consider a sexiling policy if there was enough student demand for it. So far, that has not been the case. “I would rather have this be something students say they want rather than us dictating it,” she said. Duke has no written policy on guests of the opposite sex, but freshmen are required to sign a roommate agreement sheet that encourages discussion on issues that arise from living together in such close quarters. “The sheet basically entails setting down specific rules for the room: when do you go to sleep, study conditions, when do you want to stop bringing in friends,” said sophomore Yidi Ge, a Randolph Residence Hall resident assistant. “It doesn’t specifically say anything about bringing members of opposite sex into the room, but through that document you can set down rules.” Compromises struck between roommates take many

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shapes. But most rooms at Duke have a self-imposed double occupancy—when one roommate brings someone home, the other must go. “I don’t know of anyone who actually has sex in the room while the roommate is present,” sophomore Jennifer Lin said. Some students plan their romantic encounters based on their roommates’ class schedules so no one has to be a “sexugee”—another neologism that combines the words “sex” and “refugee.” Taking advantage of one partner’s single room is another way to dodge the problem. “I don’t care if someone is spending the night in the room, but it’s kind of courteous to not have sex in front of me when I have to go to class the next day,” Medlin said. “But it’s OK if they have sex while I’m in class anyway.” Most students said they are happy that Duke has not enacted a policy like Tufts’, adding that it would be difficult to enforce and unnecessary. “I feel like that’s a conversation that needs to be had between roommates,” senior Lauren Coleman said. “We’re all adults. Nor can it be enforced. What are you going to do?” Other students said they do not think the University has a place in students’ bedrooms. “I don’t think Duke has the right to [have a policy],” Medlin said. “We’re adults. How can you say, ‘Don’t have sex’?” Across campus, whiteboard messages, hair ties on doorknobs and text messages get the point across so students can avoid awkward situations. But some roommates never feel comfortable setting ground rules for sexual encounters, particularly freshmen who have just started to live together. “A good friend of mine has a boyfriend coming over from [North Carolina State University] all the time, and her roommate is just not comfortable with the male presence in the room,” junior Song Shim said. “[lt has been] going on for a full semester, and they’re still reluctant to talk about it and resolve the issue. Some people don’t want to bring it up altogether.” But sexiling can be more than awkward. If the overnight guest is practically a stranger, the encounter can be downright dangerous. ‘You never know what you’re bringing home,” sophomore Grace Baranowski said. “If you met the guy and you thought he seemed nice and you went back to his room, you’re putting yourself in a dangerous position if you’re both intoxicated.” For better or for worse, students are adults now. Mature behavior must be handled in a grown-up way, and students said a policy that lends itself to tattling is not the answer. “It would be useless,” said junior Daniel Cheong. “In college, people would feel really immature ratting out to their RA.”

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DSG from page 1 interest—one of the attorney general’s primary roles is to facilitate DSG elections. “I held a platform that called for the attorney general position to make sure the system does not allow for potential unfair advantage or corruption,” said Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, ajunior. “The Senate did not agree with the amendment I proposed and I hear them loud and clear and will work at coming up with a more suitable amendment.” Will Passo, DSG vice president for Durham and regional affairs, said “procedural issues” took more time than planned. “Frequently, things like that tend to overshadow the good things that we do here in DSG since we don’t spend as much time on them,” he said. “This only occurs because the majority of us usually unanimously agree on [the good things] and so they go unnoticed.” Passo expressed concern for overshadowing the work of Durham and Regional Affairs Senator Chris Brown, a freshman, who worked on Faculty Outing program—an initiative that improves interaction between faculty and students in an off-campus setting. The proposal noted examples such as discussions with Mike Munger, chair of the political science department and former Libertarian candidate for N.C. governor, group outings to a historic North Carolina town, lectures on how southern race politics have evolved over the yearsand trips to Durham public school to help with Lego robot projects. At the meeting, Brown gained approval for expanding the Faculty Outing Program to all undergraduates, instead of restricting it to freshmen. “[Brown is] only a freshman and that took a lot of effort,” Passo said. “And despite the fact that there we only spent 10 minutes on [discussing the Faculty Outing program], that’s something that’s going to be with the student body for a long time. I don’t want a freshman who did something so great to be overshadowed by a procedural debate and go unnoticed when he worked so hard.” A Durham mayoral and city council forum was approved to keep students more informed on issues they will be voting on in local elections this November. Overall, Morrison said great progress was made in regards to Duke and Durham relations and the meeting was very productive. “We definitely had an exciting meeting in which the Senate debated and considered a great number of issues,” Morrison said. “There were a lot of senators, including freshmen, who had a lot to say. I had a great feeling about the thoughtful debate.” *

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A C-1 bus bursts into flames on East Campus Wednesday. Firefighters from the Durham Fire Department arrived in about 10 minutes and put out the fire in about the same amount of time, in Spring 2006, a C-1 bus also caught fire on West Campus.No injuries were sustained in either incident.

BUS FIRE from page 1 responding to the situation, said it took firefighters about 10 minutes to arrive on the scene and another 10 to douse the flames. Although the cause of the fire is still under investigation, Paschall said the bus was “blazing out the back” and the rear tires were on fire when responders arrived. He estimated the bus was “a total loss,” though no one could confirm the bus’s fate. It is not the first time a Duke bus has caught fire on campus. In Spring 2006, a fire broke out in the engine compartment of a C-1 parked at the Main West Campus bus stop.

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“It’s carrying fuel, it’s carrying ignition fluid... it’s sort of its own ticking time bomb, just like a car.” The Duke University Police Department shut down Campus Drive from the 02 stop to the Swift Avenue intersection until the fire had been extinguished and a tow truck was on its way. DUPD Officer John Fox, one of the officers who responded to the fire, said no one suffered any injuries from the fire or smoke. Officers were on the scene to regulate traffic and ensure all passengers and onlookers were safe, Fox said. The bus was later towed offcampus and any remaining debris was cleared.

sounds like it’s going to be impossible.” RLHS has taken measures to alleviate the tight housing situation, Frank said, including moving the housing lottery three weeks earlier than last year to ensure that students have enough time adjust their plans. In addition, 258 students were released from their three-year housing contract through the off-campus lottery. Less than 10 percent of those students currently live on campus—the rest are those who are studying abroad this semester. The majority of students who applied for the off-campus lottery were released. “We try to give thorough information as quickly as possible, and try our best to be ,transparent about what is going on,” Frank said. Still, some students have encountered problems with the housing process that they believe should be addressed. Junior. Anne Moriarity, who is in Madrid this semester, said RLHS needs to work on improving communication with students. “RLHS has laid out a couple of that are not favorable,” Moriarity said. “They seem to be pushing us to off-campus, which is strange because you have to apply for lottery and that doesn’t guarantee much. The problem is that they are not being clear with us and not clarifying how many will be available.” She added that Spring housing seems to be a consistent problem every year—with the exception of last year—that RLHS and the administration should resolve? Other students, however, have found more suitable solutions for Spring housing. “I am actually really lucky because my situation worked out,” said juniorWbnnie Song, who is now studying at New York University through the Arts and Media Program. “A good friend of mine who lives on Central [Campus] has a roommate who is moving out, so I will be living with her.” Song added that she understands the concerns many students have regarding Spring housing, but also the difficulty that RLHS has with accommodation. Both RLHS and students should do their best to “have more understanding for each side,” Song said. “We are open to suggestions from students, but they are usually ‘I want what I want,’ not really suggestions

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■[ excessiveco m p u I s i o n] In a recession, what industries are the first go under? Go-Kart tracks? Nope: Street performers? Keep guessing. Back-alley plastic surgery? Alright, stop. It’s the Business of Show that’s dying. Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Hugh Hefner. Wait, he’s not dead? He has three smoking new girlfriends? Lucky duck, he’d better thank God someone was able to step in and bail out his wrinkly flaccid body. In fact, a lot ofcelebrities should be thankful. They’ve been getting bailed out almost as often as citizens of Greenwich, Conn. From the Backstreet Boys somehow going back on tour to Lindsay Lohan becoming the “artistic advisor” for Emanuel Ungaro, everyone is getting a bailout these days. Remember Eddie Griffin from Blue Streak? This guy now has eight kids and four babymamas—he’s “going for broke.” He’s the black version of Jon Gosselin. Speaking of bad fathers, two more of them are getting an unjustified bailout. Mike Lohan—you’ll remember him as the father of the minimally talented, drug-addicted actress—and Joe Jackson—you’ll remember him as the father of the maximally talented, drug-addicted singer—are getting their own show. No word on a title yet. I hear they’re stuck between Daddy Daycare and Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child. My vote was for I’m Gonna Beat the Childhood Out of You and Sell ItFor Cold Hard Cash. They said it was too long. In a time when the unemployed stay up chain-smoking Camels and drinking cheap whiskey under the glow of the TV, you’d think late night talk shows would be killing it But late night has dropped off. Jay Leno should be counting his blessings, and NBC should be firing their program director. Let’s cancel a showbecause the host bombs nightly and then move him to primetime. Sounds like when I got kicked out of the Midvale School for the Mentally Disabled and got into Duke instead. to

Ah, procrastination, so damaging yet so fulfilling. As I was indefinitely postponing a paper the other night and instead perusing the Web, I found enraptured—nay —stunned myself by a truth I had never encountered. No, it wasn’t thatJay-Z, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and the general music industry are recreating the Freemason secret society while channeling Illuminati imagery (though I’m sure that Web site brought my paper down a full

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While reading ultimate Hollywood insider Nikki Finke’s blog (you might recognize her name from that sordid Entourage shout-out a few weeks ago), I happened upon the surprising fact that Hollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, is the second largest in the world (India’s Bollywood is first. Our Hollywood, third. Dollywood, unranked). A recent United Nations study showed that, in

2006, the West African republic produced a whopping 872 films, compared to the United States’ 485. Oprah said the industry is worth $2 billion. And hey, Oprah knows everything about Africa. So, what is Hollywood like and why has no one ever heard of it? Is there a Sunset Boulevard in Lagos, a Nigerian Vincent Chase? Do Nigerians spend their days Lagos Island Dreamin’ of those Hollywood lights, those Nollywood—lakes? Are there no souls there as well? After watching the trailer for Baby Police, where, yes, babies are the Nigerian police (take note,. Zimbabwe!) and learning that the country’s most prolific auteur Chico Ejiro makes his films in three days, Nigeria’s film inflation starts to make sense. Fear not, readers: though we are an ocean apart, Hollywood can come to your very own home. Just tune to Afrotainment. —Charlie McSpadden

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Conan’s limping along with a crutch named Andy, and Jimmy Fallon isjust awkward. At least they aren’t creepy old men who sleep with their interns. Where do I begin with David Letterman? I’m not even sure he got a bailout per se, but he did get away with it Men everywhere are wondering how he did it and didn’t get fired. If I’d known how, I’d have tried to sleep with myboss. Anything to get head in life. Excuse me, “ahead.” She was an absolute cougar. It even appears you can also screw up your life, kill some animals, go to jail and still get back on a good team. Plus’ you can even retain your sponsors and the added bonus of your own TV show? Even Michael Vick gets a bailout. I’ve got no problem with dog fighting. When you have enough money for you and your friends to buy fighter jets, you might “accidentally” barrel roll into a no-fly zone. Wait, they weren’tjets? They were dogs! Shucks! I wouldn’t go see a dog fight in a million years! Even if I was in Cancun for spring break and accidentally got in a cab that took me to an underground dog fight where I won $437 on a bullmastiff named Vice. I would never do that, and you can be dam sure I wouldn’t go back the next night and win another $653, netting an even $l,lOO. Not me. Not in a million years. But the biggest bailout went to the King of Pol (Politics? MJ?). That’s right, when he couldn’t win the Olympics, Barack Obama replaced that gold medal with a shiny, swell Nobel Prize. For being “a good guy.” We lose the Olympics, Brobama wins a Nobel Peace Prize and, all the while, Michael Phelps was high as a kite. The only bailout we’ve got a chance of getting is the power going off when the electric company gets that bounced check. At least I won’t be forced to watch any more asinine TV.

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American pianist Murray Perahia has had an illustrious career, winning three Grammy awards and the title of Knight Commander of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II in honor of his oustanding service to music. In 35 years, he has performed in all of the major international music centers and with every leading orchestra. This past May, he received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his enormous contribution to music. It is with these credentials that Perahia returns to Duke Oct. 20 for a performance that connects two Duke Performances series: the Piano Recital Series and the Duke Artists Series. Perahia established a- relationship with the University when he was brought to Durham by Allan Bone, the founding conductor of the Duke Symphony Orchestra. Perahia performed in the Duke Artists Series as early as 1973 and most recently in 2007. Stephen Jaffe, Director of the Department of Music wrote in an e-mail that Perahia has had a relationship with the music department since his first appearance here, one that has remained strong throughout

his ascent from a 20-something musician to the world’s finest pianist. Director ofDuke Performances Aaron Greenwald emphasized the importance of access to good art, especially in concert. [Perahia] has a clear idea of the music he’s making; it’s not complicated, it’s very coherent,” Greenwald said. “He renders the music extremely clear for someone who has not listened to a great deal before.” Fellow pianist Randall Love, Associate Professor of the Practice of Music, grew up with Perahia’s recordings when lie was attending conservatory, and now can engage with Perahia during his visit. “Perahia is personable and quite forthcoming in talking and engaging the audience,” Love said. Perahia’s-extensive classical training is evident in his vibrant playing.“ There is a crackling energy in his performance,” Love said. “He is exciting and visceral, elegant but never crass. He walks a fine line: pumping it up but never pounding.”

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�� The singer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs made a children’s record. This is not a bad thing. For his adaptation of the Maurice Sendak storybook, Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze recruited Karen O to record the soundtrack which manages to capture the spirit of the book while still delivering an album enjoyable and sometimes transcendent in its own right. Backed by the Kids—a slew of Pitchforkapproved dork-rock luminaries, including Yeah YeahYeahs bandmates, as well as members ofDeerhunter, Liars, The Greenhornes and others, Ms. G) tones things down a bit without Kidz-Bopping it up. The album’s sound is sparse, giving her singing voice a chance to breathe. This is a departure from her trademark yelp and her band’s typical

frenetic, jarring pulse, instead going with a more affecting, subdued sound hinted at by the Yeahs’ slower songs. What results are some undeniably infectious tracks, with soaring, sing-along choruses reminiscent of the Arcade Fire minus the cloying histrionics and earnest preciousness. The Kids provide intimate instrumentation, without receding into chamber-pop pabulum and ham-handed orchestral arrangements, making great use of marimba, ambient reverb and some surprisingly anachronistic synthesizers. There are" some fantastic pop songs, notably anthemic “Capsize” and bittersweet “Hide?

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Denim jeans arc well on their way to cult status. Although the brand gains a lot of local cultural capital from thieir NT. pseudcncelebrify advocates, their popularity is In ho means limited to Triangle-area musicians. Recendy stocked in Barneys’ Los Angeles and New York locations, die Jeans are receiving national hype for their medculous attention to detailand local material sourcing. Originally created in 2007 under the moniker Verses jeans, the brand’s new name (changed due to a trademark dispute) speaks to Raleigh Denim’s close ties with the Carolinas. In addition to the fact that nearly all materials used come from within a 200-mile radius of the Raleigh studio, the Lytvinenkos name their locale as a key stylistic inspiration. “What's important to us is heritage—blending that

with... our modern aesthetic,” Sarah said. “North Carolina is the heartof the textile industry. And, on.a more personal level, we’ve spent most of our lives here. We like to appreciate our roots.” Due in no small part to this emphasis on small-town origins, Raleigh Denim has become known for its sepia-toned

in bands that wear our jeans. And we trade jeans. So we’re all sort of helping each other in and have cool stuff.” Among the Lytvinenkos’ artistic friends buds’ Ivan Howard, who has proven a loyal di leigh Denim.

“WeVe got a few friends in bands that wear our jeans. And we trade paini jeans. So we're all sort of helping each other stay plugged in and have co( Sarah I' authenticity, visible in every step of the Lytvinenkos’ creative process. True to form, all their stitching is done on vintage machines, and the inside of each pair of jeans is emblazoned with Sarah and Victor’s signatures, Raleigh Denim has been uniquely informed by the Lytvinenkos’ position in the thick of a vibrant local art scene, “It’s stimulating and also encouraging because people v alue the things we do." Sarah said. “We’ve got a few friends

“Ivan got one of the first 10 pairs of jeans" he wore them every day on stage,” Victor said. The members of Max Indian make up brand’s talent-heavy fans. Victor said neither hi knew that members of the band had Raleigh until one of them showed up to compliment their artistry and gift them an album. But the connection between local jeans and

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These days, there’s nothing more new than the old. Vintage design fulfills the ever-expanding, trendy urge to make a bold and unique personal style statement. Collecting a few refurbished jewelry pieces and some recycled designer dresses is the perfect way to create a customized wardrobe on a budget. And now the chance to cash in on this trend is coming to Durham. This Saturday, the Rock & Shop Vintage Market will take place in the Cotton Room at Golden Belt. The afternoon-long event features vintage vendors and designers exhibiting and selling their wares to Durham residents. Local designers Michelle Smith and Regan Wood organized the market, collecting a curated selection of eco-friendly recycled furniture and fashions from a range ofregional vendors. Smith and Wood run an online shop called indieNC that offers similar vintage products. “The Rock & Shop Market is indieNC come to life,” Smith said. “The impetus for the event was a silent aucdon I organized for WXDU featuring live music from the Rosebuds. That was so successful—l really wanted to create another similar local event and that’s how Rock & Shop was born.” One of the vendors coming for Saturday’s event is Kiona van Rhee-Wilson, creator of Lucky Accessories. The brand employs several different design methods to create a diverse collection of accessories. RheeWilson’s use of non-traditional materials makes her jewelry unique, embodying the essence of refurbished vintage. “I use vintage wallpaper to make necklaces, rings, pendants,” she said. “I also have a line called Made of Money that uses old coins from all around the world.” Although Rhee-Wilson has sold her products at the Rock & Shop Markefin Raleigh before, she said she is excited for the new spin the Vintage Market in Durham offers designers. “The Rock & Shop Vintage Market places more emphasis on the refurbished factor of the products,” she said. “It’s all about that vintage component.” Smith mentioned that the designers were selected in part because of their ability to take old materials —

and create something modern and stylish. The Rock 8c Shop Vintage Market exemplifies the range of creative possibility available from utilizing a variety of recycled and discarded elements. ' In addition to the vendor displays, the afternoon will include a live fashion show and performances from two local bands; Lonnie Walker and Mount Weather. The fashion show features eight North Carolinian designers,, including Brightleaf Square’s Dolly’s Vintage and the eco-conscious, ornate jewelry of Good Girls Studio, Inc. Katie Seiz co-styled the fashion show and is also one of Dolly’s two in-house designers. Her line, Vintage Garden, is a collection of earrings and other accessories fashioned from found vintage fabrics and other recycled materials. “Dolly’s sells a variety of quirky, fun vintage items. Not only clothes and accessories, but gifts and other objects as well,” Seiz said. Dolly’s will be presenting five looks in Saturday’s show. Continuing the theme of independent and local creativity, Lonnie Walker and Mount Weather are both up-and-coming area rock bands. Lonnie Walker began in 2005 as a one-man act and has since grown in both membership and musical maturity. Now a quintet and signed to Raleigh’s Terpsikhore Records, Lonnie Walker has cultivated an original mix of Americana influences with dance rock rhythms. Mount Weather is another five-piece band based out of Chapel Hill. Their sound is a melodic and airy pop-rock that resonates low-key indie playfulness. Mount Weather will open the line-up at 1 ;30 p.m., with the fashion show wedged between the two bands’acts,

The Rock & Shop Vintage Market is a veritable celebration of re-used and refurbished design, cornplete with beer, a DJ and live performances. More than that, however, the emphasis the event places on sustainability and local business provides yet another example of Durham’s efforts to foster an independent, hip and urban community. The Rock & Shop Market is Saturday, I to 5 p.m. at the Golden Belt arts complex’s Colton Room on the third floor ofBuilding 2. Admission is $3. for more information, visit www.goldenhellarls.com.

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WARNER BROS. irirk'k'k The opening track off Embryonic is a relief, if only because it’s nothing like the Flaming Lips’ last album opener, “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.” Instead of a grating ploy for commercial radio, “Convinced of the Hex” introduces Embryonic as a throwback to the fuzzy, blissed-out jams championed by a series of great and prolific ’9os bands, including the Lips themselves. That the ’9os can now sound retro is a nice surprise in itself, and the change is a smart stylistic departure for a band that could have easily continued to please crowds with a la mode electro-pop (never mind that MGMT and Karen O have guest appearances). Instead, Embryonic sets its sights beyond the high-production pizzazz of their last great record, 2002’s Yoshimi Hallies Ihe Pink Robots, drawing more from the psychedelic material of their pre-millennial albums.

As usual, Coyne’s lyricism runs the gamut of fantastic non-sequiturs before ultimately arriving at moments of clarity—a lyricism that sometimes transcends words, like on the gigantic instrumental track “Aquarius Sabotage.” The music parallels the songwriting and enhances its levity. Instrumental plateaus and lyrical epiphaines emerge from raucous choruses of affected guitar and vocal overdubs. Though a good amount of editing (especially in the latter half) could have made this album more consistently brilliant, that would have been beside the point for a work of this scope, reaching for greatness beyond the sum of its individual parts. It’s surely no “concept album,” but it is spectacle. Embryonic is a Hail Mary pass of high art ambitions—a double album best listened to on quality headphones, at a time when fuzzy 30-second YouTube clips seem to satisfy most. Heading into the TOs, it’s something of a relief that venerable indie rock veterans carrying the weight of such artistic integrity may have crafted the last essential album of the decade. —Brian Contralto

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The Nasher Museum presents a groundbreaking exhibition examining Pablo Picasso’s lifelong relationship with writers and the many ways in which language transformed his work. Picasso and the Allure of Language was organized by the Yale University Art Gallery with the support of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

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Whichever money-grubbing, atonal record executive had the idea of Bob Dylan (real name Robert Zimmerman) covering Christmas standards should be stoned in public. With Christmas in the Heart, Dylan has achieved the near-impossible: releasing an album devoid of any true sentiment, sure to alienate even his most ardent supporters. Cover albums have long been the refuge of artists who either (a) have run out ofideas or (b) want to feature their best asset, like their voice, in lieu of songwriting ability. Hopefully, Bob isn’t suffering from the first problem, and, if someone else convinced him that his vocal talent was his preeminent quality, then maybe he’s going senile. Regardless, Dylan is the lyrical genius of the last several generations, and it would take hundreds of tasteless albums like Christmas in the Heart to tarnish his musical legacy. That said, he’s not doing himself any favors with this overly saccharine B-list Hallmark gift card of a record. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” features Dylan’s haggard vocals unadorned; they soundHike a bloodhound with a pack-a-day smoking habit howling at the moon, only worse. Thankfully, few tracks last more than three minutes. If they ran any longer, his “singing” would probably induce aneurysms. The contrast between Dylan’s vocals and the mellifluous backing singers highlights his deficiencies as a crooner. His vocals would best be de-emphasized by, counterintuitively, letting them stand alone. Moreover, the surrounding instrumentals have little more emotion than elevator-quality Muzak; the producers were, clearly relying on Dylan himself to be the draw. As a result, the album has no legs to stand on. These songs have been played and sung better. We’re left with the awkward image of Dylan, ever the non-conformist, going gently into the good night with his most commercial release yet. —AlexFankuchen •

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�� Couples Retreat asks an important question: can Vince Vaughn finally star in a movie that isn’t terrible? The answer is a resounding no.

Married couple Jason (Jason Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) are considering a divorce, and, in a lastditch effort to salvage their relationship, they guilt trip six friends into joining them at a luxury resort called Eden. Upon arriving, they find they are required to attend couples counseling, even those in seemingly happy relationships. As one might expect, they start discovering that their relationships are not as perfect as they thought.

The movie is a what’s-what of romantic-comedy stereotypes, as if developing original characters would have distracted the writers from the more important things in life—like Facebook and golf. There’s the well-mannered,

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES Oren Peli’s much-publicized film Paranormal Activity rehoary tale ofYe Olde Haunted House (a la middle-class suburbia) through the overworked vehicle of amateur shockumentary. The lack of credits and tide card aim to spookily imply that this is all real: no producers, directors or writers were used in the making of this film. Yawn. The gimmick begins when likeable Micah takes up “filmmaking and sound mixing for dummies” in efforts to catch a demon haunting his unremarkable girlfriend Katie. Micah’s grainy footage loiters in a tedious exposition ofTweedledeeTweedledum dynamics, following Katie and Micah’s adequate acting while the audience waits for blood ‘n’ gore. Micah, via writer-director Peli, ghostbusts on a budget—$11,000, to be precise. “Scary things” unfold off screen because the camera is left on the tripod—and special effects are cheaper when unseen. A psychic visits and babbles something silly, keeping Katie and Micah in-house. No costly set changes. Micah’s later decision to go to a hotel is foiled by Katie’s untimely demonic possession. The film relies on the interaction of a full audience and the inherent fear in the viewer’s imagination to do the work. The sidelining of visual horror might work in ancient Greek theater but drags in the 21st century. Viewers get hard-earned cheap thrills from the demon’s mischief caught on camera—shadows passing, lights switching and doors moving, oh my! Paranormal Activity is another cog in the genre-wheel of the docu-horror flick: recession-chic, producer-friendly and, in this case, viewer-boring. —Jenni Wei counts the

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Ever since the arrival of the iPhone and, subsequently, the iPod Touch, Apple’s standard iPod has lacked the fun extras of its brethren. Sure, the Nano has offered pocket-sized entertainment at the best cost, but a multidimensional Brick Breaker doesn’t hold a candle to Web access and the wide world of apps. With its latest release of the Nano, Apple tries to correct that disparity by introducing an array of upgrades and new features. The new versions—in eight and 16 GB models—come with a built-in microphone and speaker, video camera, pedometer and livepause radio. With so many of these features already on Apple’s touch

products, their integration is mostly seamless. The camera feature produces Flip camera-quality short videos and offers various Photo Booth shooting styles. But the precariously located lens at the bottom left of the device’s back side begs for users to let their hands slip into the frame. The sound is fine, as good as any iTalk or other such add-on for the classic. It’s a musically-inclined journalist’s dream come true (David Pogue need not

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But all the new additions, in spite of their minor flaws, are welcome. The FM radio, - though heavier on static than one might like, eliminates the need to selectively include pod-

casts on your iPod. Also, the pause feature makes listening to something as analog as radio as exciting as DVRing (joy!), and you can tag songs you like but don’t recognize for future purchase. The radio does require the use of headphones, but everything else can be played through the builtin speaker, which won’t get the party pumping but is a welcome add-on. Finally, there’s this maze game where you have to.control the ball by tilting the iPod. It’s probably old hat, but my classic iPod-using self really enjoyed the novelty of having to move the notjust-a-mp3-player. High marks all around, Apple. —Andrew Hibbard

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After the Blue Devils’ lackluster seasonopening home loss against Richmond, the squad’s bowl hopes seemed all but gone. Duke’s 49-28 road win over N.C. State however, has reinvigorated that ambition. At 3-3, the Blue Devils would have to win four of their next six games in order to become bowl eligible, a feat head coach David Cutcliffe knows will not be easy. “They’ve tasted it, and they know how hard they’ve had to work to get to this point,” Cutcliffe said of his players. “They are getting ready to find out how hard you have to work to continue to win.” A close examination of Duke’s schedule reveals that punching a ticket to the EagleBank or GMAC bowl is not out of the question this year. Oct. 24 vs. Maryland The Terrapins (24) have had an abysmal season so far, including a home loss to Middle Tennessee State. The defense has been blistered, most recently giving up 360 yards and four touchdowns to Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner. Additionally, the offensive line has already allowed 22 sacks. Coming out of a bye week, Duke’s offense should be able to shred the Terrapins’ secondary and the defense should capitalize on Maryland’s own offensive issues, which include the loss of recieverDarius Heyward-Bey. Oct. 31 at Virginia The Cavaliers have rallied in the past two weeks after an 0-3 start to the season, beating North Carolina 16-3 and demolishing Indiana 47-7 behind senior running back Mikell Simpson. Though Duke beat Virginia 30-3 last year, this season’s contest is on the road and figures to be tougher. Nevertheless, the Virginia offense lacks consistency from its passing game and its defense, which gave up 26, 30 and 37 points in itsfirst threeweeks. If the Blue Devils

Looking at the Blue Devils’ 0-2-2 record in the ACC makes it seem as if they have struggled mightily in conference play. But after taking a closer look at Duke’s early season schedule, it appears that their dissapointing record does not match their earlyMiami season performance. In search of its vs first conference vietory, Duke (4-5-4, 0-2Duke 2in the ACC) hosts Miami (7-64), 2-24)) THURSDAY, 7 p.m. Koskinen Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium Indeed, the Blue Devils’ winless start m ACC play has come after facing three top-10 oponnents, including No. 1 North Carolina on the road. “[The game] is huge. We only have so few ACC games left,” head coach Robbie Church said. “We all realized that every game that we play is a big game at this point. We have played the upper-echelon teams and got a few ties. But now we’ve

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A proper senior For the first time since I got here seven years ago, I actually feel guilty writing about basketball during football season. But not so guilty that I won’t do it. Anyway, as we count down the seconds until Countdown to Craziness, it’s justreally hard to think of anything else. I mean, Matt and Kim? That’s awesome. I don’tknow if you saw, but one of their songs was on “Gossip Girl” this week. Yeah, I know. Unreal. On a more serious and less embarrassing note, the start of basketball season is (for some fans) the first dme they really examine the men’s basketball schedule. Alex

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got to focus and get the win.” Duke’s defense has performed admirably throughout the season, holding thenNo. 5 Florida State and then-No. 8 Wake Forest scoreless earlier this year. However, both contests ended in nil-nil ties as the Blue Devils’ offense failed them. In fact, the last time Duke scored was in its 2-1 loss against the Tar Heels four weeks ago. But the Blue Devils will be hard-pressed to earn even a tie if they can not break their

scoring drought against the Hurricanes. Fresh off a m win against Clemson, Miami has an effective offensive arsenal, scoring an average of 1.32 goals per game while their defense only allows 0.92 goals a game. “They are a very physical team,” said Church. “They’re big and strong. They will go out there and give us a hard time.” In addition, the Hurricanes boast junior forward Brittney Steinbrush, who led last year’s squad with eight goals, So far, this year, Steinbruch already has three goals and three assists.

Indeed, Church knows that containing Steinbruch, one of the top players in the ACC, will be a difficult task. Getting off to a good start offensively could give the Blue Devils the boost they need to control the pace of the game versus Miami. However, Duke hasn’tscored thefirst goal in a match since a 1-1 tie against LSU Sept 20. “We need to get that big goal in the first five to ten minutes. It would change the momentum of things,” junior defender Gretchen Millersaid. “It would just give us such a boost of energy, you might even see a different team.” The Blue Devils’ slow starts have been manifested in their shot totals, In its last game versus the Seminoles, Duke’s shot output was doubled by Florida State, 18-9. “We need to be more aggressive in the attacking third [of the field]” Church said. Despite their recent struggles, the Blue Devils are confident that they can compete with any team in the nation after experiencing heartbreak against top ACC teams, and hope to do so tonight against Miami.

suspects ACC games, a highprofile early-season tournament (the Preseason NIT), the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Wisconsin), St. John’s, Georgetown, the Annual MSG/Meadowlands Game Against a Good Not GreatTeam (Gonzaga), and the Occasional Game in Chicago Against a Good Not GreatTeam (lowa State). Before I go any further, I should say that the men’s basketball program has elevated scheduling to an art form. Check out Duke’s RPI strengths of schedule since 2004: 4,4, 1,3, 8,1. Every year, the team’s nonconference schedule seems to simulate the NCAA Tournament—even the “cupcakes” wind up at the top of their conferences, competing for a No. 15 seed in the Big Dance—and the players gain valuable experience playing in large neutral-site venues. But of course, there’s always room for improvement. A few years back, I talked to Marty Clark, a reserve guard on the 1992 team, which of course won the second of the Blue Devils’ back-to-back titles. He told me a story that encapsulated what that group was all about. SEE FANAROFF ON PAGE 8

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SCHEDULE from page 7 dreams for the Virginia at home have Tar Heels. In both losses, quarterback TJ. Yates struggled mightily, throwing four interceptions compared to just one touchdown. Their schedule does not get any easier, with a matchup against Florida State followed by a road game at fourth-ranked Virginia Tech coming up. The Blue Devils could easily capitalize on a potential 0-4 ACC start for. North Carolina. Nov. 14 vs. GeorgiaTech This is where the schedule becomes considerably tougher. The Yellow jackets have started the season 5-1, with their lone loss on the road to No. 11 Miami. They return star running back Jonathan Dwyer and continue to successfully run their triple-option attack. While Duke will probably be competitive in the contest, their fourth-quarter run defense has been

suspect and will probably be the difference Nov. 21 at Miami Unless Jacory Harris breaks his leg, Duke will probably get gobbled up at Land Shark Stadium. Nov. 28 vs. Wake Forest The Demon Deacons have handed Duke some of its most heartbreaking losses in recent years, winning the last three in the series by a combined total of nine points. Quarterback Skinner returns, but is surrounded by inexperience at the other positions. The Blue Devils have always played Wake Forest tough and could break through this year at home. Indeed, to become bowl-eligible, Duke will have to show consistency it has not displayed in the past. With at least four winnable games remaining on the schedule, Cutcliffe is not letting his team get ahead ofitself. “We’ll just keep it one game at a time,” Cutcliffe said, “We’ll see what happens when the dust settles.”

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FANAROFF from page 7 That year, Duke played Canisius, a small Jesuit school in Buffalo, in Buffalo’s HSBC Arena. It was a homecoming game for all-everything forward Christian Laettner, who grew up about 25 miles away in Angola, N.Y. With his family and friends in attendance, Laettner refused to shoot for the entire first half. When Coach K confronted him at halftime, Laettner said that his family knew how good he was, but he wanted to show offhis teammates. Other players and coaches described that year’s team as the greatest show in the country —they played Boston University in Boston, UCLA in Pauley Pavilion, Shaquille O’Neal and LSU in Baton Rouge. While it would be exciting for this year’s team to play those types of true road games, I was most intrigued by the idea of the homecoming game for Laettner. Playing a couple of games like thatevery year—in the cities closest to the hometowns of each of the team’s seniors —would be a fun change ofpace. (Coach K might even be on to this already, seeing how Duke is playing in seniorJon Scheyer’s hometown, Chicago, this year.) The games wouldn’t have to be against teams from power conferences. It could be as easy as moving this year’s game against Penn from Durham to Philadelphia to give senior Brian Zoubek a chance to play close to his hometown. It could be playing a game next year in Portland, Ore. for Kyle Singler. Two years from now, Duke could even play in Poland so that Olek Czyz’s friends and family could see their buddy play. Maybe not. Making this small change has no-downside, except maybe giving up a couple of winter break home games or disappointing some New York City alumni who have grown accustomed to seeing the Blue Devils play there every year. But the potential benefits are numerous. For one thing, the seniors would probably enjoy the chance to play in their hometowns. Maybe it gives a junior eyeing the NBA Draftanother reason to consider coming back to school. For another, it brings Duke Basketball to parts of the country that almost never see it. True, ESPN beams the Blue Devils into most every house in the country (21 times this year!), but basketball is different—better—in person. In terms of growing the game of college basketball, taking one of its best teams to two or three new cities each year couldn’t hurt. And even though it seems like every Duke grad lives in the Northeast, there are probably a couple in just about every city in the country who would love to see the Blue'Devils play in person. Finally, the atmosphere at these games would be somewhere between the “neutral” games Duke plays in New York each year (Madison Square Garden might as well be called Cameron 2.0 when Duke plays there) and the road games the Blue Devils play in conference. In fact, these games might come pretty close to replicating the feeling at a Duke game in the NCAA Tournament—some Duke supporters and alumni, some opposing fans, and some college basketball fans who will show up just to boo the Blue Devils. Clark and the other players on the 1992 team talked about their team having a swagger: walking into another team’s gym and knowing they were going to win. Aside from having Christian Laettner and Grant Hill on your team, one way to get that swagger is to walk into lots of different gyms—home, home-away-from-home, road and true neutral courts—and win. No, Duke Basketball’s scheduling is not broken. Far from it. But why not tinker? If the only games that really matter are the NCAA Tournament, what have you got to lose?

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encroaching on the freedom of group leaders. In this regards, Duke Engage should take proactive steps to integrate the summer experience with students’ academic life. With some sort of required follow-up upon return to Duke, students would be encouraged to explore their summer experience within an intellectual context and apply their experience on campus. Not only should DukeEngage focus on programmatic follow-up, it should also examine how students are preparing for their summer experience. The current three-day-long DukeEngage Academy, is too short and too generalized to provide the meaningful training students require. Instead, the DukeEngage experience should begin as soon as stu-

dents are accepted into the program. Consistent and meaningful preparation throughout Spring semester would en-

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running it. And as Duke Engage enters its third full year, it is well poised to make changes. So far, DukeEngage’s success cannot be denied. Despite the fact that its mission is unprecedented in size and scope within the realm of higher education, DukeEngage has funded hundreds of civic engagement projects, heightened interest in service and highlighted the University’s commitment to knowledge in the service of society. Now that the program has solid legs to stand on, it is time for Duke Engage to take a step back, reevaluate its model and build an even stronger program. And although instituting more structure will always be a challenge since DukeEngage administers a diverse set of projects, there are ways to tackle this problem without

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week, I was standing in a city on the coast of Northern Ireland when I was suddenly reminded of being back at Duke. There is a little walled-off section in the center of town where a very small minority of the city population lives, surrounded by everyone else. There is no semblance of unity here. That tiny section of the city has an official name and its residents proudly doris jwo decorate their two points for curbs blue, red and honesty white. They hang out their winflags dows and paint signs with bold, unmistakably territorial proclamations. If you were to wear a shirt of the wrong color in this particular part of town, the situation could get out of hand pretty quickly. Meanwhile, the rest of town encloses this space, living their lives as usual, and proudly adorning their own houses with very different colors. The two populations don’t mix socially, an important yet unsaid fact. Even the name of the city is controversial. Those who live in the Fountain Estate, the walled off section, call it Londonderry whereas everyone else deliberately refers to it as simply Derry. As you may have guessed by now, this city was once the center of the era of violence in Northern Ireland known as “the Troubles.” Even to this day in Londonderry, almost all of the Protestants reside inside the Fountain Estate and tend to see themselves as supporters of the Crown, while the rest are Catholics and generally have a more nationalistic stance. The “London” in Londonderry was added on to the original name of Derry when the city walls were officially established in 1613 using funding from London guilds. You can see why nationalists refuse to use such a name. I stood there on top of the city walls thinking that I had just traveled all the way across the pond to go back to Durham. At that moment, all I could picture were East Campus’ silly 2-foot-high walls and the looks you get when you wear Duke paraphernalia outside of campus. How every inch of our campus is steeped in Duke blue and how some North Carolinians re-

fuse to call our University by its proper name. The alternative is admittedly similar, but still. But after a while, I started wondering: Is it really the same thing? As much as the city first reminded me of Duke, it ended up completely trivializing my idea of Duke and Durham. The situation in Northern Ireland was (and still is) much more serious than the Duke-Durham relationship, and the issues that simmer underneath are far more difficult to resolve. We don’t actually use that 2-foot wall as away to keep everyone else out. I’m not saying that Duke-Durham town gown relations aren’t important. We are tied by too many mutual issues and no university should disregard its host city. But, our relationship isn’t nearly as damaged as we may think. There are no staunch religious or political divisions. And we certainly haven’t lost family members to a 30-year war. Instead, we have disputes over the noise levels off East Campus. We hold misconceived notions and pre-judge each other, but underneath it all, people know that they aren’t always right. We squabble with neighbor universities over basketball and strut around town with our loyalties openly displayed on our shirts and baseball caps almost hoping for confrontation, but more in the spirit of enjoying a goodrivalry than anything else. The Duke-Durham relationship certainly isn’t where it could be, but it’s a lothealthier than we make it out to be. We do interact with each other, whether through student groups or events held by the University. Some students have no interest in stepping outside of campus grounds, but others embrace the city by volunteering, teaching, mentoring, working or simply enjoying the Durham Performing Arts Center and going out to dinner at the American Tobacco Campus. Of course, there is more we can do and still plenty ofprogress to be made, as there is with any university and its hometown. Just think: Northern Ireland went from open violence in the mid 1990 to a ceasefire in 1998. Now, additional nationalist groups are formally renouncing violence, with the Irish National Liberation Army agreeing to turn in all weapons just earlier this week. What could we do for Duke and Durham in that same amount of time?

As students left for fall break, Duke Engage geared up for summer. On Oct. 1, DukeEngage released the list of group programs for summer 2010. Due to the large number of program proposals from faculty and a desire to increase faculty-student interaction, Duke Engage has funded more facultyled programs and dropped those led by third-party or-

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year for approximately four greeks, independents, P-Builders, Chronimonths, an amazing phenomenon occle writers andeven a few Durham locals all curs at Duke. For one whole semester, peacefully coexisting. In fact, it’s more than just putting up with each other as you push normal social rules do not apply to the entire freshman class. Introducing yourself to a your way to the bar. People are catching up random person on the bus, mingling during with old friends from freshman year, even “Crazies on the Quad,” sitting at a table in the rubbing shoulders with fellow seniors they haven’t rubbed shoulders with Marketplace with complete since taking that 2010 photo strangers —none of these violate social etiquette. on the East Campus quad. Why does “Big Beers” A football player and work? Mainly because no a future Perkins geek go on a Target run together. particular group sponsors the night. It’s not Delta Tau A fratstar in the making and Brown resident go to Delta presents “Big Beers,” wolff it’s just “Big Beers,” and for a section party. Trinity and i’m serious... that reason, even angsty inPratt students hold hands and frolic together on the dependents like myself feel quad! It’s a strange world, but you’d be hard comfortable going. Now it’s debatable whether it’s actually a conscious decision pressed to find a freshman that doesn’t enby everyone to expand their social horijoy this wonderlandfree of social norms. zons, or just the draw of cheap beer that But when you come back from winter break, the choices begin. You have to brings everyone there. But you can’t archoose a fraternity, sorority, selective living gue with the results; everyone is bonding group or even just your future roomie. Each with people outside of their normal social decision changes the way you define yourgroup,and having a lot offun to boot. self, and suddenly you’re no longer just a Nowof course, there’s a good reason you freshman, but a Pi Phi, an independent or a joined frat X, sorority Y or block Z. After all, chemical engineer. Then one day someone those are yourfriends and you all share comin your dorm de-friends you on Facebook mon interests. But that’s really the magic of (who does that?), and you realize those so“Big Beers”; you rediscover the fact thatyou share a lot ofidentities with your classmates, cial rules are back with a vengeance. As sophomore and junior year roll by, like the fact that you’re seniors, 21-year-olds, you’ll start to wonder if it was all just a Dukies and lovers of the “Are You Afraid of dream. Saying hello to people from your the Dark”-era Nickelodeon. We all love our freshmen dorm will slowly devolve from friends, but that shouldn’t preclude us from an enthusiastic greeting, to casual “hey,” to branching out even more. to smile, to be on How can the social-norm-less “Big Beers” polite pretending talking your phone and ultimately to ignoring the be extended beyond Thursdays, or even to other’s presence. It was bound to happen, sophomores and juniors as well? It’d be easy of course, but it’s still disappointing. to say that more outlets are all that’s needed, But then senior year comes around, and in the form of more events that aren’t hosted you hear rumors of a place where you can be by a specific group. But we all get the e-mails young and free again. They say it’s like fresh- from the Office ofStudent Activities and Faman year, minus the fake IDs. The murmurs cilities, and there’s plenty of stuff out there. of a bar where beer is plentiful and the greek, It really comes to down to recognizing and meek an class for that there was something good about that geek (I’m in English the first time, sorry for the forced alliteravery first semester on East, something worth tion) can live in peace prove too appealing. reclaiming. Freshman year, we were all meetSo you do it, you head out to Satisfaction bar ing new people as we looked for our niches for Thursday Night “Big Beers.” on campus. But then we found our social circles, closed our doors and moved to West Disclaimer: Parents, employers and future children reading this 25 years from It’s all about making a conscientious now, know that, though I’m of age, I only choice: Decide to go to more campus events drinkCoca-Cola at Satis, and the sole reason that aren’t sponsored by a group you’re in, I attend is for journalistic purposes, I swear! reconnect with old friends and take more A special note to my kids: It’s never good social risks. Although we probably can’t recto drink alcohol, but if you do, you should reate freshman year, why not try? In the very definitely go for whatever the special is, just least, can we bring back Soulja Boy’s “Crank like how I only buy you new spacesuits if That?” It took me three years to leam the they’re on sale (if we’re not finally wearing dance, and now nobody’s doing it anymore. Where is the love folks? spacesuits in 25 years, I give up on life). Back to the point, the only way to describe “Big Beers” at Satis is a class of 2010 Jacob Wolff is a Trinity senior. His column reunion. It really is a great sight; there are runs every other Thursday.

graduation, Duke undergradumining who should compose a commitwill have paid more than tee that is making implicit judgments $l,OOO in taxes to their Duke about what is valuable and what isn’t in Student Government through the stustudent life at Duke. Budget experience dent activities fee. All but a handful will may be valuable for some members, but have done so without any it hardly seems logical to disadvantage students knowledge of how that who lack budgeting exmoney was spent But students should perience but have a rich be concerned. These revbackground in other arenues, totaling more than eas of student life. $638,000 per year, serve Bergmann pointed out as the basis for funding the central dilemma, exall student organizations. vikram plaining that “one of the Even a cursory look remajor qualifications to be srinivasan veals serious inadequacies involved in SOFC is not to uncommon be involved in anything.” in DSG’s oversight of the conviction Student Organization Fi“There’s a tension nance Committee, which there,” he said, “between distributes the vast majority of student not wanting a conflict of interest and group funds. DSG’s failure to effectively wanting students who have a knowledge exercise this oversight raises questions as of what student life is like at Duke.” The effect, he said, is an SOFC that is illto whether it can claim to represent students at all. equipped to make informed judgments SOFC was created out of a recognition about whether or not new student groups that the DSG Senate was getting bogged fill a unique campus niche and should be down in financial business, junior Gregrecognized. SOFC’s lack of representativeness ory Morrison, DSG’s executive vice president, explained to me. It was intended to and accountability gets worse. Once its serve as a “clearinghouse” for the Senate, members are elected, they are never taking care of fund allocations less than heard from again. Members of the stu$1,500, processing new group requests dent body and The Chronicle are not aland overseeing annual budgeting. lowed to sit in on meetings. SOFC keeps no accessible meeting minutes or record Although the basic concept of delegation behind SOFC is reasonable, the meof individual SOFC members’ votes to chanics of the actual DSG-SOFC relationsupport or oppose particular funding ship are somewhere between laughable requests. Technically, the DSC Senate

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lettertotheeditor Peace panel presented both sides I enjoyed reading the Oct. 14Chronicle article, “Tour sparks debate on Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” about Tuesday night’s Jerusalem Women Speak Tour presentation on campus. However, I was struck by the fact that the reporter noted that although the event included both an Israeli and a Palestinian speaker, one member of the audience commented during the question-and-answer discussion that “the panel did not evenly represent the views ofboth Israelis and Palestinians.” How many Israelis and how many

Palestinians would one need to bring to American audiences to satisfy such a questioner?The.voices of people living in conflict zones are considered informative that is the basic consideration that we observe at Partners for Peace as we plan our annual Jerualem Women Speak Tour. We are pleased'to have had the chance to bring our speakers to campus, and trust it was a rewarding experience for all who heard their presentation. —

Joan Drake Board ofDirectors member, Partners for Peace

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DSG advertises open positions by blast e-mailing the student body. Then, Morrison told me that approximately 10 to 20 candidates who fill out the application come before the DSG Senate to present their qualifications. But most DSG senators never actually receive or look at these applications from candidates who, let’s remember, will manage more than half a million dollars. Instead, DSG has individuals make their case before the Senate—for 30 seconds. By the time candidates get through their name, year and major, they then face a full minute of questioning from DSG senators. The Senate then proceeds directly to a vote —without any discussion of the candidates, according to Athletics and Campus Services Senator Ben Bergmann, ajunior. Basically, your elected DSG senators decide who manages $640,000 of your money on 6ne-and-a-halfminute first impressions. Concerned yet? According to current SOFC Chair and senior David Hu, however, “the process ensures that each member is unique[ly] qualified and fully able to serve on SOFC.” But how on earth do DSG senators actually obtain sufficient information to inform such a decision within those time constraints? Do candidates get bonus points for a memorable outfit? A funny name? Vice President for Durham and Regional Affairs Will Passo, ajunior, told me many senators “don’t even know what they’re voting on.” Morrison told me that the Senate tries to consider previous budgeting experience by SOFC candidates, either from high school or as club treasurers. Assuming that it’s even possible for SOFC to adequately assess this, it’s arguable whether “budget experience” should be a primary criteria in deter-

but it has seldom exercised this power in any serious capacity. Therefore, the only insight DSC has into the operation of SOFC is whatever the chairman tells them at meetings. With so much money on the line, that kind of arms-length accountability doesn’t cut it. As Morrison pointed out, the Senate “exercises oversight of what comes before it, but doesn’t actively go out of its way.” Duke students should find this alarming. As Passo put it, “DSG often overplays its role on campus, but SOFC is a huge deal, because it affects so many people. Ifyou’re in a club it affects you.” With so much money at stake, one would expect DSG to take greater responsibility. It’s unclear why it hasn’t, in spile of broad agreement among Hu, Morrison and others that the process would benefit from some basic reforms. Admittedly, this is the tip of the iceberg as far as SOEC’s institutional problems go. But for now, the above issues can be easily addressed. Improving the candidate assessment system would be a good start. DSG should also vigorously exercise its oversight, assigning senators to attend DSG meetings and report back to the Senate. Better yet, SOFC should publicize its meeting notes and allow The Chronicle to report on its decisions, just like DSG, the Duke University Union and Campus Council. DSG’s hear-no-evil, see-no-evil approach to oversight is utterly inadequate considering the stakes of its financial responsibility. By abdicating the financial control to SOFC with minimal monitoring, DSG threatens to commit the cardinal sin of taxation without representation. And that is no representation at all. Vikram Srinivasan is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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