Nov - Dec 2001 Issue

 

As History UnfoldedBy Peter ApplebomeAs I headed toward Manhattan on a lovely crystalline morning in September, two unexpected problems loomed. First, Armageddon seemed to be at hand. Second, I couldn't get to work.

 

Michael Hardt is riding a wave of relevance. It's been a heady voyage for someone now dubbed a fast-rising academic star. But it's not been without its rough spots.

In speaking of the war on terrorism, President Bush has said that we have defined our mission and our moment. Do you think these are defining or galvanizing events for your generation?

Four hundred rapt listeners in Reynolds Auditorium hold their breath. The luminous personalities of the players flicker gradually through the great nexus of sound: the violist hearty and good-natured, the cellist insistent, one violinist passionately partisan, the other calmly engaged.

Erich Jarvis nestles himself into the thick green foliage of the Brazilian forest, just as the morning sun begins to drive vapor off the broad wet leaves. He has arrived just in time for the most important daily event in his scientific fieldwork--the "dawn chorus."

 Historian Martin Miller teaches in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, with class every Wednesday night. The fall semester had barely begun--just one class meeting had been held--when his course became at once completely altered and entirely essential.

 

 Planning will begin for a multi-level parking garage and a building adjacent to the Bryan Center to house the University Stores and offices, as well as expansion of the library and undergraduate admissions buildings, thanks to approval in October by Duke's board of trustees.

 Duke researchers are addressing important unanswered questions about the effectiveness of proposed "topical microbicides" that when applied intravaginally would prevent sexually transmitted HIV viral infections.

 In the wake of September 11, we asked five undergraduate music majors: What particular piece of music calms you during times of crisis?

 What have we learned from the anthrax scare about how the public-health system should cope with bioterrorism threats?

 Four alumni athletes and a former coach were inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame on September 21 at a ceremony in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Named for 2001 were Tommy Amaker '87, M.B.A. '89; Roy Hord Jr. '57; Mike Jeffries B.S.E. '84; Chris Moreland Culbertson '88; and Al Buehler, longtime track and field coach. The induction brings the Hall of Fame to 107 members.

 

 

 Sister IndiaBy Peggy Payne '70. Riverhead Books, 2001. 275 pages. $24.95.

 The Lucky Gourd ShopBy Joanna Catherine Scott A.M. '77.

  

 

 

 A residential-life plan presented to Duke trustees at their October board meeting would move all sophomores to West Campus next fall and accelerate other changes aimed at improving undergraduate life.

 

  President Nannerl O. Keohane opened the 100th annual Founders' Day ceremony at Duke Chapel on October 4 by honoring five Duke alumni who are missing and presumed dead in the September 11 terrorist attacks. A sixth alumnus, Michael Morgan Taylor '81, was identified the following week.