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By JAIME LEVY The Chronicle

After two five-hour hearings, the Undergraduate Judicial Board ruled to suspend most of Pi Beta Phi sorority’s and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity’s social activities at least through October. The suspension will affect both groups for a year and a half.

The rulings followed intensive investigations into two incidents earlier this semester: Pi Phi’s Jan. 24 bid night party and a Feb. 4 mixer between the two groups.

The first hearing, held Feb. 25, resulted in sanctions against Pi Beta Phi for disorderly conduct at the bid night, during which pledges and sorority members drank first at an off-campus apartment and then at an off-campus bar. The UJB found the sorority not guilty of hazing.

Most local news attention initially fixated on alleged hazing at the Pi Phi bid night. But Wallace said the UJB dismissed the hazing charges after learning that pledges as well as sophomores wrote profane messages on some of the pledges, and that students who walked back to campus in the snow chose to do so.

The March 3 hearing dealt with the mixer, at which several pledges became sick and a high school student was taken to the emergency department for excessive drinking. The UJB charged both Pi Phi and Phi Psi with disorderly conduct and aiding and abetting underage drinking, a category I violation of the alcohol policy. Both organizations were found guilty. Phi Psi was also found guilty of the category II charge of distribution.

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By RON FOURNIER Associated Press

George W. Bush accelerated his drive to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, by winning California, New York and five other primaries as he rose to vanquish Sen. John McCain.

Praising his insurgent challenger, the Texas governor said, “Soon our party will unite and turn to the main task at hand—ending the era of Clinton-Gore.”

McCain won four states Tuesday but none beyond independent-minded New England.

The Arizona senator said he was

going home to consider his fate and an See SUPER TUESDAY on page 16 �

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GOV. GEORGE W, BUSH waves to supporters during his victory celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Gore wins easily, focuses on Nov.

By DAVID ESPO Associated Press

A1 Gore cleared his way to the Democratic presidential nomination with a Super Tuesday primary sweep that

pushed Bill Bradley to the brink of withdrawal. “We need to build on our record of prosperity,” the vice president said, turning his focus toward November.

“He won, I lost,” said Bradley, all but conceding his challenge was over after losing contests from Maine to Califor-

nia. Two Democratic party officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said campaign aides had told them the former New Jersey senator planned to depart the race Thursday.

Gore won in New England, Georgia, Ohio and several stops in between, regularly gaining 60 percent of the vote or more. Missouri, where Bradley was born; New York, where he played pro basketball—they, too, went for the vice president.

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1966, Samuel Dußois Cook stepped into a Duke classroom and obliterated the color line. With selfconfidence and quiet dignity, the political science professor became a student favorite, a mentor, a friend.

And from the bully podium, he spent 10 years teaching and pressing Duke toward more integration.

“It was a big step in the South...

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any predominantly white university in the South. “It was a great challenge for me, and a great opportunity.”

Despite Cook’s success, there was one nagging problem.

“Duke was very slow in getting additional black faculty, that was the one disappointing thing,” he said. “I brought it up to my department, and I was told, ‘We have our black,’ more or less.”

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“On black faculty recruitment, we’ve made a good deal of progress—including some stellar recent appointments —and still have a lot of distance to cover,” said President Nan Keohane.

Keohane and her two predecessors have all expressed a strong personal and ideological commitment to diversity—both of the student body and the faculty.

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Clinton will visit Pakistan this month Arguing that national security would be jeopardized if President Bill Clinton did not visit Pakistan soon, the White House said he will visit “for a few hours” at the end of his trip to India this month.

Couric’s insides broadcast on NBC Today show host Katie Couric allowed broadcast NBC to footage of the inside of her own intestine to spread awareness of colon cancer and urge people to get screened for the disease.

Pope plans to pardon Roman Catholics Fulfilling a major goal ofhis papacy, Pope John Paul II plans to deliver a historic, sweeping apology for the sins of Roman Catholics over the centuries.

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Gamble’s negative report prompted a massive blue-chip decline

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and KENNETH GILPIN N.Y. Times News Service

The Dow Jones NEW YORK industrial average plunged 374.47 points Tuesday on investors’ fears that rising oil prices combined with higher interest rates may do significant damage to corporate profits.

The fall began when Procter & Gamble, one of the nation’s biggest companies and one of the 30 stocks in the Dow, said early Tuesday that its earnings in the current quarter would come in well below the levels expected by Wall Street analysts.

The warning, which came just a week after the company had assured investors that its sales and earnings were on track, shocked investors.

They dumped P&G shares, wiping out $36 billion, or 29 percent, of the company’s value.

Adding to investors’ anxiety, oil prices soared to $34.10 a barrel, a price not seen since 1991.

The Dow Jones industrial average took the biggest hit Tuesday, falling 374.47 points, or 3.7 percent, to 9,796.03. Broader market averages fared a bit better; the

Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index lost 2.6 percent of its value, while the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index declined 2.1 percent.

The Nasdaq composite index, the focus of investor ardor in recent months because of its collection of hot-growing technology stocks, lost only 1.2 percent of its value. It closed at 4,847.84.

Only two of the 30 companies in the Dow average rose. Exxon Mobil, a beneficiary of rising oil prices, closed at $Bl, up more than $B, and Microsoft jumped 2.5 percent, to close at $92,875.

Skirmish m Yugoslavia injures many Television pictures showed some of them being carried on stretchers, in scenes ofburning cars and further PRISTINA, Yugoslavia Dozens of people were explosions. None of the soldiers were in serious danger, the spokesperson said, and only three were hospitalized. injured in shootings and grenade attacks in the diUp to 20 Serbian civilians and five Albanians were revided town of Kosovska Mitrovica Tuesday, among them French peacekeepers and both Albanian and ported injured, although figures were not precise, and even spokespeople from KFOR, the Kosovo peacekeepSerbian civilians.

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The violence comes on the back of a whole month of Albanians. It was not clear if there were further injuries. serious disturbances, which have caused at least nine With the violence, some 50 Albanians fled their homes in deaths in the town, and dashed hopes of the internathe north, making their way to the Albanian district tional community that the worst was over. south of the river, The Associated Press reported.

An estimated 800 Albanians live among the Serbs As many as 17 French soldiers were wounded, all from shrapnel from hand grenades thrown in their in the north of the city but their lives are increasmidst, a spokesperson for the peacekeepers said. ingly precarious.

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‘Walking’ policy remains in place � Graduate students have long hoped that students who are just months away from degrees should be able to ‘walk’ in the graduation ceremony, but the policy will not chance.

By DREW KLEIN The Chronicle

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PATRICK MARTIN, a Trinity freshman, and Kimberly Sprague of the North Carolina chapter of the Red Cross discuss a case,

Red Cross shelter helps fire victims

By GREG PESSIN The Chronicle The Red Cross set up camp inside a University building yesterday, delivering disaster relief to the 26

undergraduates who were displaced by the Monday night fire at the Campus Oaks apartment complex.

Between 2 and 4:45 p.m., the disaster recovery unit, a group of five volunteers and one Red Cross employee, gathered ten victims’ testimonials and gave them comfort kits packed with toiletries. By the end of the day, Student Development, whose offices the Red Cross used, had already placed eight ofthe students in University housing for the rest of the year.

Dean of Student Development Barbara Baker said the University has enough room for all ofthe students in spaces on Central Campus or West Campus.

Kimberly Sprague, associate director of emergency services for the Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross, said the University’s support structure has made the recovery effort easier.

“Most people think of the Red Cross as the people who teach first aid, but we are part of the emergency service department. We respond to hurricanes, but we

also respond to fires,” said Sprague. “We try to meet the immediate needs of food, clothing, shelter. With the meal plan and support system here, it’s a unique situation. If there are any medications they lost, we can help them with that.”

Because of the structure and support system, all the students found a place to stay last night. Three deans arrived on the scene last night, assembled a roster of displaced students and their contact information and began calling them and neighboring students.

“I think people were certainly shocked and startled, and I felt so badly for the students,” said Baker. “On one hand, everybody was focusing on the fact that everybody was safe, but then the thoughts turned to people who had lost close to everything in their apartments.”

In situations like these, response teams assess the victims’ needs and can offer them vouchers at local retail clothing stores, restaurants and groceries.

Trinity freshman Patrick Martin, a member of the Duke Red Cross Club and the emergency response team, was working with several victims yesterday afternoon. “If disaster strikes, you don’t have anything,” he said. “We react immediately to your needs.”

Despite the efforts of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, graduate students who have not fulfilled every requirement by graduation will not be allowed to walk during this May’s commencement ceremonies.

Brenda Faiola, GPSC’s ombudsperson, announced the University’s decision at last night’s meeting.

“It’s one of those things where that’s the way it is and that’s the way it’s going to be,” said Faiola, who has been working with the commencement committee in the hopes of drafting a graduate “walking” policy. The undergraduate version allows students to participate in commencement activities if they are very close to completing their requirements.

In other respects, however, Faiola noted the commit-

tee’s successes.

“Things are pretty well set for this year’s graduation,” she said, adding that Elizabeth Dole would speak at the ceremony.

Much of the evening’s other business, however, did not run as smoothly. GPSC President Tomalei Vess, a fifth-year graduate student in zoology, described the progress ofa graduate student survey designed to assess students’ concerns. “The survey went out [via e-mail],” she said, “and it seems that most graduate and professional students did not get that survey. We’re not sure if OIT goofed or what.”

Vess added that among students who did receive the survey, there was a 10 percent response rate during the See GPSC on page 15 �

Correction A page-three caption in the March 7 edition of The Chronicle incorrectly identified the subject of a photograph. The speaker in question was Peter Neufeld, not Barry Scheck.

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Patients trade in glasses, contact lenses for laser surgery Laser refractive eye surgery, performed at the Medical Center, is growing in popularity—even with a $4,500 price tag

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Pak-Pak-Pak-Pak The staccato sound of the world’s most precise laser pierced the operating room at the Center for Refractive Surgery. Less than 30 seconds later, decades of fumbling with glasses became a thing of the past for John Sylvester, a retired government and University official. “l wish I could have had it done 50 years ago,” Sylvester said.

Last week, Sylvester underwent laser refractive eye surgery, or LASIK, a technology that has experienced explosive growth during the last five years, thanks in part to the apparent simplicity of the procedure.

After taking 6 mg of- Valium to relax, the patient lies on the operating bed with one eyelid taped open. While the doctor creates a flap on the cornea and allows it to dry for two or three minutes, the patient squeezes nervously on a foam, green pepper stressreliever, The laser rotates into position, the lights are dimmed and the patient fixes his gaze on a flashing red light located on the laser apparatus.

A few seconds later, the computerguided laser fires at a rapid 10 pulses per second. Anywhere from five to 25 seconds later, the printer churns out a treatment report signifying the completion of the surgery. When many patients get up, the once blurry wall

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JOHN SYLVESTER undergoes LASIK surgery and, within seconds, his vision is restored clock is now in perfect focus.

Although the operation appears simple and Dr. Alan Carlson, the center’s director, is enthusiastic about the results, he reminds would-be patients that the procedure should not be taken lightly. “People should know that it is eye surgery, and that these are their eyes,” said Carlson. “It’s not like getting a pair of glasses.”

The Center for Refractive Surgery is located in the Duke Center for Aes-

thetic Services, but Carlson pointed out that LASIK surgery should not be performed for beauty reasons. “[The procedure] is intended for people whose lives would be substantially improved as a result,” he said, Nevertheless, its relative simplicity has undoubtedly contributed to the explosive growth of LASIK surgery in the past few years.

Sometimes, Carlson and his staff complete nearly 100 eye surgeries in

400,000 LASIK surgeries performed in 1998. The next year, that number jumped to 750,000 and in 2000, the number is expected to surpass the one million mark.

The procedure is becoming so popular that rumors suggest LASIK clinics may open in some shopping malls. But program coordinator Heidi Campbell pointed out that the floors of malls often shake and might reduce the laser’s accuracy.

Despite its popularity, LASIK surgery is not cheap. Although the Center for. Refractive Surgery offers discounts for Duke students and employees, does not charge for postsurgery touch-ups and offers financing, the procedure still costs a tick under $4,500 for both eyes.

Carlson said some Duke parents have made it a gift for graduating children in the past—a reward still considerably cheaper than a new car.

The price tag is not LASIK surgery’s only limit. The procedure does not give 20/20 vision to patients who cannot see perfectly with glasses or contacts. Although the procedure does not weaken the cornea or increase susceptibility to diseases of the eye, Carlson added, it doesn’t protect from other diseases either. “It fixes the same problems that wearing glasses or contacts can fix,” said Carlson.

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Like all departments, econ braces for new curriculum

By ELLEN MIELKE The Chronicle It isn’t easy overhauling more than 50 undergraduate courses so that they fit into a new curriculum design, and few departments understand this as well as the economics department.

When Curriculum 2000 preparations began this past summer, each department in Trinity College was instructed to determine how each of its courses would fit into

Lange, chaired the committee that designed Curriculum 2000.” She added that at the very least it gave the department an opportunity for reevaluation, and “anytime you undertake introspection it’s a good thing.”

comparison. “It may just be reinventing the wheel for the sake of reinventing the wheel..., but it’s too early to tell,” said

Craufurd Goodwin, a professor of economics, said he felt the new designations would prove useful, particularly the writing and research ones. He and Leachman, however, stood alone in their open praise, as many other professors expressed either unfamiliarity with the curriculum or declined to discuss the process.

The task of reevaluating courses was given to the individual faculty members, who were asked to submit a course descriptions to the Curriculum Committee for evaluation. Goodwin said he “had no difficulty” with the process. He did not have to modify any courses, and found the effort “very painless.”

Kent Kimbrough, a professor of economics, agreed that the process was easy, saying he chose not to modify his courses.

He said he did not believe the new designations would be beneficial.

In the end, the majority of economics courses received the Quantitative, Inductive and Deductive Reasoning designation with little effort. “Virtually everything we had involved some type of modeling, so it wasn’t a problem,” said Leachman. Other areas were much more difficult to meet, however. Out of some 65 courses, for example, only seven received the Science, Technology and Society designation.

Leachman, whose husband, Provost Peter

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the new designations required by the plan.

Administrators provided each department with an overview of the requirements a course needed in order to fill any of the particular designations, said Lori Leachman, a visiting associate professor and assistant director of undergraduate studies in economics. The first task was to evaluate the courses and determine which were able to fit directly into one of the areas without modification, she added.

Not all courses were able to do this.

“It really wasn’t that difficult of a task, except it required you to think of what you were delivering in new parameters,” said Leachman. “In the beginning, there was some resistance to the change as people thought, ‘Oh God, this is going to be a lot of work.’ But in reality, many of us were already doing these things.”

She said she is not yet sure whether the new designations will prove useful, though she admitted her short time in the position leaves her with little basis for

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Silent Vigil Thirty people gathered on the Chapel Quadrangle to protest the New York shooting of Amadou Diallo last year and the recent juryruling that acquitted the police officers who killed him.

Dressed in head-to-toe black, the protesters—most from the Black Student Alliance and the Duke chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—attracted substantial attention on a beautiful sunny day.

The protest was intended to raise awareness about last year’s shooting, said Denis Antoine, a Trinity junior and uncontested BSA presidential candidate. “People don’t really know about it or they don’t really care, and we’re trying to reverse that.”

Diallo, an African immigrant, was fatally shot in February 1999 in the vestibule of his apartment building in New York City. Police fired 41 shots—l 9 of which hit the man— because they thought he had a gun. Diallo was, in fact, unarmed and had only his wallet with him. An Albany jury later acquitted four white police officers for killing Diallo, arguing that the policemen were justified in their actions.

Participants were supposed to observe complete silence until 12:15 p.m., when the protesters gathered and began counting aloud to 41 —one count for each shot fired at Diallo. Organizers then asked for a moment of silence before the crowd disbanded.

Abena Antwi, a Trinity freshman, said she has been discussing the shooting in one of her classes. “I felt that this would be a good way to protest,” she said.

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Spiritual leader connects 3 major world religions

By ANNA ROSENBERG The Chronicle

Preaching peace and acceptance, Imam W. D. Mohammed, the spiritual leader of more than 2.5 million American Muslims, addressed a large crowd of students, professors and members of the Durham community last night on the connections among the world’s three major religions.

Mohammed, son of the late Nation ofIslam founder Elijah Mohammed, attempted to close the rifts among Judaism, Christianity and Islam by citing scripture to emphasize the similarities of the central ideas of the three religions. “The three faiths hold the belief that human life is incomplete, that it can only be completed by the belief in God,” he said at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life.

He added that this belief united religions and overcame their formal differences. Mohammed said that neither Muslims nor Jews accept Christ the way Christians do but“when we get through the mystery of the Trinity, we find out we all believe in the same God.” Furthermore, Mohammed called for peaceful interaction across different religious groups. “Muslims are not hindered or held back in working or friendship with Christians. Same for Jews.” Mohammed recognized the Arab-Jewish conflict, but dismissed it as only being political. He said that during his time in the Middle East he often found open boundaries between the two groups.

He said that the Prophet Mohammed “never spoke harshly of anybody and never wanted anyone to feel uncomfortable.” In addition, he has instructed his followers “to respect

[other religionsl and leave unharmed churches, synagogues, the cross, relics.”

The imam—orpriest in Arabic—mentioned the importance of looking at each religion’s text in its entirety to focus on its main purpose. “There are parts ofthe Koran [that] ifyou take out of context will make a devil out of you,” he acknowledged.

Mohammed, who also spoke at Duke in February 1998, reinforced the idea that faith unites religious groups. “We have to accept that all the scriptures are sacred and accept that the people of those scripts are people of faith.”

He pointed out that in each religion, God called the followers to stand for all people. In the Koran, Allah mentions Christians and Jews, “pointing them out to say we are not the only ones he has commissioned.” he said.

Mohammed did recognize that the American Muslim movement he belongs to started by separating itself from other groups. He asserted that when the movement began in the early 20th century, the Nation of Islam was away for uneducated blacks to unite and to heal. He said that the Nation of Islam was intended to be a model, to exist up to a time when social changes would be made.

Mohammed, whose Muslim America Society is separate from today’s Nation ofIslam, said he believes that the triumph of civil rights movement has made most American Muslims more open to other religions and groups.

“Judaism, Christianity, and Islam give us the perception of the global community of mankind,” he said. “Each says that God has willed that the community ofhuman beings will one day be one community.”

IMAM W. D. MOHAMMED, leader of the Muslim America Society, spoke on campus Tuesday.

Three-alarm fire rages on roof of Research Dr. building From staff reports

Construction equipment on the roof of the Nanaline Duke building caught fire Tuesday night, causing an evacuation of the building but little damage and no injuries.

Although the fire and smoke did not penetrate through the roof of the Research Drive facility, flames soared about 20 feet above the top of the building.

It was unclear exactly how the fire started, but fire officials and building employees said it was related to construction taking place on the roof earlier in the day. Maintenance workers repairing the ventilation system had been using acetylene blowtorches to cut pipes on the roof and they may have

ignited, said Associate Professor of Biochemistry Mike Beem.

Biochemistry graduate student Tina Wilson PRATIK PATEI7THE CHRONICLE was returning to the building for some evening FIRE TRUCKS and police cars swarmed to the area near the Nanaline Duke work just after 8 p.m. and was one of the first to notice the fire. “We pulled into the parking lot and building. The flames were extinguished in minutes.

we saw flames on top of the building,” she said. “I don’t know how long it had been burning before we

got here Wilson went inside and notified a professor, who she thinks pulled the fire alarm.

Because the fire and smoke were contained on the roof, many faculty and students working in the building were unaware of the flames until the alarm went off.

Firefighters from three Durham Fire Department stations responded, and the blaze was put out within minutes.

“I’m glad they got it under control,” said graduate student Charlie Sweet, who was working inside the building when the alarm sounded. “I didn’t want to lose three years ofresearch.”

Tuesday’s fire was the third one that evacuated the building since 1996, and for some researchers, the pattern is getting old. “It’s really decrepit maintenance,” Beem said. “The circulation system in it has really gone down.” ”

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Login required for OIT Computer Clusters starting Spring Break 2000 From March 10 20 (Spring Break) OIT will be upgrading the PC and Macintosh computer clusters with new software that will require users to log in and enter a password in order to use a computer.

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3. If your user name is invalid Make sure you’ve entered your user name correctly. If it still doesn’t work, then you may have a “stale” password (one that has not been changed since July ‘9B).

People with older passwords could not be automatically converted to this new system and thus must register manually.

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This is not applicable for Macintosh computers. To register: 1. Click “OK” on the invalid username alert box. You will be sent back to the SnareWork login box. Enter your acpub userid and leave the password field blank to start registration.

2. You will then be asked to enter your password twice. Use your acpub password.

3. Continue with the instructions on the screen and you will be converted to the new system.

We strongly suggest that you change your password using SSH (a secure Telnet program) if you have not changed it since July 1998. See http://www.oit.duke.edU/docs/csg/7.html for instructions on how to log in and change your password using a telnet program.

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Wait for the dialog box and click “Yes” to confirm your logout.

Remember, more than just your e-mail is at risk —personal student information is now available online and accessible with your acpub userid and password. So don’t forget to LOGOUT!

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Student’s trombone stolen from unlocked Biddle practice room From staff reports A student’s trombone was taken from the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building March 3, said Maj. Robert Dean of the Duke University Police Department.

Between 4:15 and 4:24 p.m., the student reported, someone entered his unsecured practice room and took his Conn brass trombone with two extra 88H mouthpieces in a hard dark brown case. The i

scription glasses and his $5OO black leather Harley Davidson jacket with a 12” Harley logo on the back.

age. The case was referred to the Office of Student Development.

in the basement of the Duke Clinic’s Brown Zone.

Wallet taken: Someone stole an Dazed man taken to hospital; employee’s $6O brown wallet, containCampus Police helped transport to the VA Hospital a man who was reported that between 5:30 and 6:45 p.m. March ing $2OO cash, credit cards, a Duke payroll check and other identification, acting suspiciously, asking for clothes 1, his wallet was stolen from his bookbag, which he had placed on the floor of from her unsecured office on the Fuqua and appearing disoriented in Delta the Wilson Recreation Center weight School of Business between 8:45 a.m. Sigma Phi on the evening ofMarch 6 at room. The wallet contained and 11:30 a.m. March 6, Dean said.

6:08 p.m., Dean said. By the time police responded, the man was gone, but at $5OO cash, credit cards and identification.

Flower pots broken; A man broke 6:42 p.m., police received another call OIICC two flower pots outside of Lilly Library from a visitor about the same man, who trombone and mouthpieces were valued at $2,000.

Graduation ring swiped; March 1, Dean said. had gone to the Gardens.

A student’s high school graduAn employee reported that at A short time later, a Campus Police ation ring was stolen Feb. 28 around 7:20 p.m., as she was walking officer noticed that a Durham Police Laptop taken: A visitor reported March 4 that his laptop comDepartment officer stopped the man on when she left it in the Trinity Cafe, up the sidewalk from Alspaugh Dormiputer was taken when he left a work Dean said. tory, she noticed a person kneeling Ninth Street. table in Lilly Library for a few minutes.

Although the man did not have any The student reported that between 3 down with his hands under one of the At 1 p.m., Dean said, the visitor left and 3:30 p.m. March 3, she left her flower pots outside Lilly Library. injuries, Durham officers decided that his $2,000 Hewlett Packard laptop on a ring, which was on a keyring with her She then heard the flower pots the man needed medical assistance, table in Lilly’s reading room. When he other keys, on a table in the cafe. Albreaking, Dean said. She then saw the and then transported to him hospital returned at 1:03 p.m., someone had though she received a call from the man finish his cigarette and leave the for medical care. stolen it.

East Union building’s lost and found, library area. the class ring was missing when she The pots are valued at $2OO. Man charged with trespassing; Car stereo stolen: A student went to retrieve her property.

DUPD received a call at 12:16 a.m, The ring, valued at $392, was from Wallet taken: An employee report- March 2 that a suspicious man was at reported that between 7:30 and 8:19 p.m. March 3, someone broke out the Canton High School and had a blueed that between 10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m, the bike rack next to Jarvis Dormitory, $l5O passenger side window of his car colored stone with a bulldog design in March 1, someone stole her $llO walWhen police located the man in the let, which contained $4O cash, keys, area, Dean said, the man would not and stole his AM/FM stereo compact the center. disc player, valued at $4OO. His vehicle medication and credit cards, from her give an explanation for why he was was parked in the Edens B lot.

Students deface signs: At 4:18 unsecured office on the third floor of there. Although no bikes were missing, p.m, March 3, a police officer saw a the Clinical and Academic Research the man had in his possession large Harley jacket stolen: A student’s group of seven to 10 students tearing Labs Building. wire cutters and a cut bike lock. leather jacket was taken from the up WCW Nitro signs on the Main Officers determined that the man, Wayne Manor commons room Feb. 5, Quad. Five vinyl signs owned by TNT Cash stolen: An employee reported 30-year-old Kendrick Scott, with no Dean said. and valued at $5OO were ripped from that between 1 p.m. Feb. 25 and 9 a.m. known address, had already been tresThe student reported March 1 that their bracing.

Feb. 28, someone removed $95 from her passed from campus. He was charged between 10:45 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Feb. The students were stopped, and one purse, which was in her office desk. The with trespassing, and his court date is 5, someone stole a $4OO pair of prestudent admitted to causing the dan> office, which was not secured, is located April 10.

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Pi Phi, Phi Psi face several serious long-term sanctions UJB RULINGS from page 1 to groups, holding groups accountable for their actions, [but alsol educating within groups, working with groups to take leadership in changing some of these challenges that all students are facing and all groups are facing,” said Associate Dean for Judicial Affairs Kacie Wallace.

Penalties against the organizations are both punitive and educational. For Pi Phi, social functions involving men or alcohol, either on or off campus, will be suspended through Oct. 1. After that, all social events— including pledge activities—must be proposed to and approved in advance by Wallace; this approval process will continue through spring 2001.

Phi Psi—which had just come offsocial suspension this semester—faces a similar, though more long-term, punishment. The fraternity cannot hold social events involving non-fratemity members or alcohol, either on or off campus, through the end of the fall 2000 semester. From spring 2001 through Oct. 1 ofthe same year, any of the fraternity’s social functions must be held in licensed establishments, like restaurants or bars. Although the group may sponsor events on campus, it may not host social activities in residence halls.

“We admit to our guilt in the charges that were proposed...said Phi Psi President Kevin Marchetti, a Trinity senior.

“We are going to work our hardest to work with the administration, our alumni and Pi Phi to help change the drinking culture on campus.”

Representatives from the two national organizations could be reached for comment Tuesday evening.

The UJB’s sanctions also include several educational requirements. Before the p*

end of the fall semester, Pi Phi must hold at least two chapter programs on substance abuse; later in the year, the sorority will sponsor a National Panhellenic Conference program about risk management, hazing, alcohol use and abuse, personal safety, self-esteem and eating disorders.

As part of the requirement that Pi Phi play an active role in examining campus climate issues, the sorority will develop a party-planning guide for all campus groups that outlines ways to ensure compliance with University policies and promote increased attention to health and safety.

“Pi Phi does not view the sanctions from the UJB hearing as punitive, but rather we look at this as an opportunity to strengthen our chapter, while educating ourseives and others in the Duke community...” said Pi Phi President Erica Larsen, a Trinity junior. “We agree with the administration that this should be a learning experience for everybody involved, and we support their attempts to improve the social climate on campus.”

Phi Psi will work with Pi Phi to develop the party-planning guide. They will also establish a supervisory board in conjunction with national Phi Kappa Psi that will monitor the chapter’s activities. Additionally, Phi Psi must work with substance abuse specialists to develop an information campaign about the effects and risks ofalcohol use. The fraternity must also establish an internal board charged with carrying out and complying with UJB sanctions.

But Pi Phi will not have to create a similar group. Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek, who did not participate in the UJB hearing, guessed that this discrepancy was be-

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cause sororities have significant support from alumni advisers, while fraternities do not. Wasiolek said violating the rulings will likely result in re-appearances before the UJB. ‘1 think we enforce these sanctions just as they do any others: to not necessarily set up a police state but to trust organizations to work in partnership with [administrators] and national organizations to respond

appropriately to sanctions and not make attempts to violate them...,” she said. “The general expectation is that groups are going to abide by the sanctions.”

Although many of the UJB requirements will be visible to the rest of the campus, Wallace stressed that she did not want to use these penalties as mere

scare tactics for others.

Tm not sure we want to make examples of them. Our interest was more to work with them,” she said. “What went on those two nights is not very different from what happens any given night across campus.

Still, in the context of recent campus ”

discussions about alcohol, Wallace said she hoped the punishments for Pi Phi and Phi Psi will affect other students’ behavior. hope other students will leam by seeing what happened with these groups...,” she said. “Had this happened at a different time on campus, the response might be different. [But] we heard students loud and clear saying We need help.’

This is the board’s idea of how to help.”

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,

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Take two It is critically important for students to vote in today’s DSG revote

Considering

that the first attempt at Duke Student Government executive elections became one big farce, many students will be tempted to make a joke out of their votes—or not vote at all—in today’s second attempt. But now more than ever, DSG needs a strong, qualified leader to rebuild its credibility.

This is the time for students to send a forceful message to DSG: Right now it may not be the organization students want it to be, but it is one that they can improve through their voting power. The best way to address DSG’s problems is by voting today for the most qualified candidates.

The winners will have to tackle what is perhaps DSG’s most formidable task in recent memory. The current president also had to battle a questionable mandate from a second election forced by foul play. However, next year’s cabinet will have to battle issues that stem from the organization’s own foibles.

The first step to rebuilding that credibility is a high voter turnout, which will give a strong mandate to the new slate of officials and the student body’s demand that DSG become a credible organization.

Relative to those at other schools, the University’s student government elections get outstanding voter turnout—hopefully today’s election will continue this impressive trend.

DSG needs strong, smart leaders to help shape the organization, which has a functioning structure and a powerful role in shaping administrative decisions.

Regardless of whether or not students believe in the power of DSG, the administration does. The representatives who are elected today will be asked to weigh in on behalf of over 6,000 undergraduates on issues such as financial aid, alcohol policy and improving race relations on campus. Students must think hard about the candidates with whom they feel most comfortable making decisions that will have a tremendous influence on their Duke experience.

This second election also allows an interesting experiment in politics and voting. With the first race now reduced to nothing more than a primary of sorts, voters can now project how their candidates will fare and, if they choose, select a candidate they like and who has a reasonable chance to win.

Whoever is elected president must realize the gravity of key cabinet appointments. This is the first challenge the new president will face, and only careful attention to appointing a competent attorney general can keep DSG off of the reputation rollercoaster it seems to be on.

On

the record

“I just told [the team], ‘Hey, let’s just worry about this year. You don’t have to worry about me or what I’m thinking, because I’m coming back.’”

Shane Battier, quashing once and for all the rumors that he may not return to the University for his senior year (see story, page 17)

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Letters to

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2000

Editor

Second DSG election mocks the electoral process We were rather disappointed to open Monday’s edition of The Chronicle and read that Duke Student Government elections were rescheduled for today. .

Elections should be final, and the outcome should not be repealed unless there is concrete evidence of fraudulent activity.

If elections around the world were to be overruled on the same grounds as this past DSG one, we would have endless elections until the outcome desired by an interest group is the final result. Guiding the electors’ vote in such away seems unconstitutional.

The results of the first election will not change the second time around for several of the candidates. For instance, Trinity junior Jasmin French did not have any opponents, and therefore she should keep her office.

On the other hand, the outcome of the race between Trinity freshman Joshua Jean-Baptiste and Trinity sophomore Daryn Dodson may be different than the

original result.

Many voters have lost faith in their voting power and they may abstain from the vote today. This will lead to a very different result.

when we found out from upperclassmen that the same absurd repeal occurred last year. Are we to consider this a trend? That because of inconsequential misspellings, our first votes were mocks, just a preparation for the meaningful votes? This is a petty excuse to hold second elections.

Instead of trying to repeal the decision, the losing parties should unite and work together with the victors.

Jessica Clough Trinity ’O3

Jason Joannou

We were more surprised

Trinity ’O3

New vote is necessary to regain public confidence Here is a message from the real world to Duke Student Government.

The problems described with the DSG elections are anything but minor. There is no such thing as a minor impropriety where elections are concerned.

It is good news that

junior Jennifer Stapleton has resigned her position as DSG attorney Trinity

general and chair of the election commission. Her attitude, as evidenced through her quotations, is beyond appalling. I pray that she has no plans to get involved in politics or in any other matter of public trust once she leaves Duke.

If the problems that occurred in the DSG elec-

tions happened in state or local elections, the State Board of Elections would have heads rolling in very short order.

For similar infractions in local elections, the entire Bertie County Board of Elections was fired last year

and the

director of the

Johnston County Board of Elections was removed earlier this year.

The sanctity of free and fair elections is the cornerstone of democracy. Without public confidence in the vote count, there can be no public confidence in those elected.

In such circumstances, a new vote must take place. I

action

and overturn Stapleton’s decisions Some would say that these problems are only minor ones because, after all, this is only DSG we’re talking about.

Yet those who cannot be trusted with the small things certainly cannot be trusted with big things, among those being the allo-

cation of funds.

If it is unable to conduct a fair election, then DSG has seriously undermined any claim it may have to represent students.

Sean Haugh Administrative Assistant, Office of Science and Technology The writer is chair of the Liberal Party ofN.C.

applaud the decision by the DSG judiciary to take the only acceptable course of

Chronicle overlooked women’s basketball game We are writing in regard to what should have been Sportswrap’s “Game of the Week.” The women’s basketball team won the ACC title for the first time ever in an exciting and exhilarating game against our archrival.

The game epitomized everything Duke basketball stands for: hard work, heart, fair play and teamwork. Our team was incredible, our fans were incredible and the game was incredible. It was by far one of the best games of the season.

But we were upset that

on Monday The Chronicle

always presents to the men.

We believe The Chronicle overlooked the fact that these women were vying for should have presented such an important title. “Games of the Week” and Rather, they chose to focus highlighted both teams.

In closing, we want to their choice of the “Game of the Week” on the forthcomthank and congratulate the ing men’s basketball ACC women’s team on a great tournament. season and a great win. We The men’s program cerare behind you 100 percent for the NCAAs and wish you tainly should not be overlooked, as this weekend is the best. important to them, and Duke as well.

Suzanne Lieb We only ask that the Trinity ’O3 women receive the same amount of respect and supErin Banks port that The Chronicle Trinity ’O2

Epstein’s arguments, comparisons I would just like to comment on the excellent humor in Trinity sophomore Alex Epstein’s last column. I was laughing the whole day thinking of that witty satire of selfish people. Only Epstein has the comedic tal-

ent to go so far beyond the the realm of stupidity and John McCain’s compare vision with fascist Germany and Soviet Russia, while actually criticizing generous acts; after all, if he hadn’t said something so idiotic,

are

laughable

some people might possibly take him seriously. I’m just glad that people who think as selfishly as espoused in that column don’t actually exist.

Brett Couric Trinity ’O3

for referenced column, see http: / / www.chronicle.duke.edu /export / www / wwwjdocs /chronicle 12000102/29/1 Uohnmccain. Html

Announcement Do you have a hankering to come to editboard? Sorry, but we aren’t meeting again until after spring break. Have a nice vacation, everybody.

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The bull’s eye that Getting nostalgic about gasoline is blackness Commentary Elizabeth Schuett

The Proverbial Will Tyson This week is the anniversary of an inauspicious

event in American history. Nine years ago,

an ama-

teur video captured four Los Angeles Police Department officers beating an unarmed black motorist named Rodney King. The date on the right ■corner of that clip, “MAR 3 1991,” is an indelible scar on American history that was ripped open by the not-guilty verdict handed down 13 months later by an all-white jury.

In that first week of March 1991, the vivid savagery of the LAPD was emblazoned on this high school freshman’s mind. One could deduce that police brutality is commonplace today because news of it does not outrage the public as it did in the period shortly after the King beating.

For example, the media’s coverage of the Amadou Diallo murder, trial and verdict barely pierced the bubble of the University campus. If you told the naive freshman of my past that, eight years later, an unarmed African man would be gunned down by 41 bullets from four white New York Police Department

...it is almost unbelievable that many white people cannot see that blackness is a bulls eye. cops and it would not be a national controversy, he would have been disappointed and outraged. If you told him that the four white police officers would be acquitted on 24 charges, he would have been angry.

Unpunished transgressions by white police officers are not limited to late-20th century police beatings. The failure of white police in the post-Civil War period to enforce the 15th Amendment to uphold the freedom of blacks delayed equity until the Civil Rights Act of 1963.

That is 100 years of freedom lost to white men who refused to let go of the chains that bound black people—and a system they created that allowed this

tragedy to materialize.

The American criminal justice system has succeeded in changing “innocent ’til proven guilty” to “use violence and assume guilty” for black men.

Currently, there is legal precedence for white police officers to dispense lynch mob vigilante justice on innocent black men without fear ofreprisal. With such a barbaric system, it is almost unbelievable that many white people cannot see that blackness is a bull’s eye.

Most people can easily determine that every ACC referee is on Dean Smith’s payroll. However, these same individuals have a difficult time fathoming that a race subjected to slavery until 137 years ago and denied the practical right to fully participate in the political process without the interference of Jim Crow, white sheriffs and everyday intimidation until 37 years ago could be the victim in the criminal justice system established, built, maintained and exercised by their white oppressors. Systematic institutional bias is all about what you allow yourself to see.

This is the essence of blackness in America. The Rodney King verdict reminded me that it does not matter where I am, who I am, how well off I am financially, social, spiritually or whatever—four white policemen can pull me out of my car and beat me within inches of my death and this is perfectly fine in the sight ofthe law.

Even worse, the Diallo verdict has taught me that four white policemen can kill me because I am a born suspect, and if there is no camera to let the world see the injustice and rabid rape of my civil rights, much of the American public doesn’t even care.

M// Tyson is a graduate student in the Department

°f Sociology.

Gasoline was a major concern for teens back in the early ’sos. It cost 17 cents a gallon, and we often ran out. Guys, I found out years later, used jalopy-pushing as a determiner of true love. If their girlfriend helped, it was the real thing.

The cost of dating, even in those days, was not always affordable.

Movies were 50 cents, popcorn and Cokes a dime each. Kids who were lucky enough to be going steady

could share.

After the movie, it was drive-in time. Hamburgers were a quarter and milkshakes 15 cents. If your date was flush, he’d spring for fries—an extra 10 cents. Saturday nights could easily end up costing big bucks for a working stiff earning 35 cents an hour bagging groceries.

Gasoline was something else.

Guys seemed to spend even more time calculating gas money than they did worrying about the shine on their penny loafers. “I got 18 cents left over from my lunch money,” one would say checking the change in his jeans pocket.

“I’ve got a dime,” the second volunteers, adding, “It’s supposed to be for notebook paper but I’ll borrow from Trudy.” Pretty soon, four or five guys would be standing around the cafeteria door, palms up, counting change. Their calculations would have made the math teacher proud.

“OK,” the leader (usually the driver) says, “we’ve got 39 cents, a little over two gallons. At 18 miles to the gallon, I figure we can either go cruising tonight or to the beach tomorrow.” Tough choice.

Few boys had cars in those days, and even fewer girls. Once in a while, a generous parent would turn us loose with the family flivver—after a 30 minute lecture on road safety and tire squealing.

They didn’t want to have to tow us home—like Ruthie’s mother did the night seven of us, without permission and in our pajamas, piled into Bobby Johnson’s momma’s ’39 Dodge for a midnight cruise and ran dry 14 miles from where we were supposed to be—which was at a slumber party on Ruthie’s screened porch.

“Wouldn’t it be neat,” somebody had suggested, “if we drove to the beach and went wading in our pajamas?” Yeah, we all agreed. But on the way back the Dodge gulped its last drops and stranded us in the middle of the Rickenbacker Causeway with no gas, no money and no telephone.

Just us and the land crabs. We tried pushing. Ever tried to push a ’39 Dodge? All we got for our efforts were bare feet full of sandspurs and a load of frustration. We did

the only thing left to do—we crawled back into the car and cried.

That’s how the policeman found us—seven hysterical

16-year-old girls in pajamas jammed into a stolen car (Bobby Johnson, we later learned, had forgotten to mention to his momma that he’d loaned out her car), picking sandspurs out of their feet and laying odds on being found in time for graduation.

We must have been a pitiful sight by the time Ruthie’s mom came to fetch us, sitting there on the side of the road picking and crying. Neither she nor the policeman laughed, although I’m sure it was tempting.

This morning the sign on the Sunoco station uptown reads: Self Serve Reg. 159.9.

I’m thinking if this keeps up guys are going to have to go back to marrying the girl next door because they won’t be able to afford the gas money to look any farther.

Thanks a lot, OPEC. You’ve stuck it to us again.

Elizabeth Schuett writes for the Cox News Service.

PRESIDENTS CLIRTbH

Spring break in Durham As it were...

Richard Rubin While surfing the cable channels, I often land on MTV, which, as far as I can tell, inexplicably seems to showcase raucous spring break celebrations at all times of the year.

I really can’t stomach watching such nonsense for too long, but I’ll confess that I enjoy soaking in the scene for a few minutes. Especially when it’s cold outside, I love to watch the shimmering sand, the skimpy bathing suits and the constant dancing. And this depiction makes it perfectly clear what’s happening behind the scenes: all-night parties, drinking, sex.

Even on local TV news, there is always at least one segment every year with seemingly impossible images of the massive gyrating crowds in Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale and other relentlessly sunny locations.

Through the magic of television, I am instantly transported to the beach and I suddenly imagine myself in the midst of a joyous spring break, passing carelessly through a week without any classes or homework.

While I was in high school, I always imagined that that’s how my college spring breaks would be, that I

would learn to love the massive crowds and partake of the famous spring break drinking-fests. And I came to Duke convinced that at some point I would

pile into the car with a group of friends and ride raucously to the ocean.

So, without further ado, I’ll reveal the four thrilling destinations I hit in my four spring breaks: dull Piscataway, N.J., snowy Ann Arbor, Mich., dull Piscataway, N.J. and deserted Durham, N.C. After all that build-up, all those mental plans, I ended up with no beaches, not much drinking, no Florida and definitely no Cancun.

Now, I live in vicarious spring break heaven. I hear all of my friends talking about the fun places they’ve been or the exciting destinations they’re heading off to. Just yesterday, I received a hastily written postcard from my best friend who was in the Virgin Islands. I guess he’s having too much fun to fill out the whole thing.

And I know that next week, when my friends head home or journey off to Wilmington, Florida, Mexico and Jamaica, I’ll be a little bit sad and a perhaps a little bit lonely.

The strange thing, however, is that I have very few regrets about my spring break plans and I’m not even all that bitter about never going anywhere. I’m glad I visited my family and friends my first three years, and this year, I’m eager to devote 10 consecutive days to my ominously incomplete thesis.

Anyway, for those of us who don’t sleep enough during the school year, spring break is really just about resting up for the end of the year, and I can do that anywhere. Floridian chaos would be great, but 208 Brownstone will be just fine for me.

Richard Rubin is a Trinity senior and managing editor of The Chronicle.

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Professors say campus climate plays key role in recruitment �BLACK FACULTY from page I minority members. However, the now-abandoned effort is universally regarded as a failure. In 1994, as an alternate strategy that avoids specific quotas and

deadlines, the Academic Council unanimously passed

the Strategic Initiative for Black Faculty Initiative.

Currently, this plan subsidizes departments’ budgets for the first few years’ salary qf new black faculty appointees.

Still, the number of black faculty members was only 72 as of last spring.

Nearly everyone at the University acknowledges that those statistics are not what they should be, said Houston Baker, a prominent professor of English and African and African-American Studies who was hired away from the University ofPennsylvania last year.

The numbers are not encouraging, at least the administration is not satisfied with them,” he said.

But ask administrators about increasing the num-

ber of black faculty, and they will automatically rattle off a list of obstacles: there simply aren’t enough black scholars in some fields, causing fierce competition among universities; even if hired, promising black scholars become targets for other schools; the South is not an inviting place; Durham can’t compete with the Northeastern metropolises.

But Baker considers these reasons to be “alibis,” contrived stereotypes about where professors want to live or work that give administrators across the nation an easy explanation for their poor recruitment and retention record.

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Baker thinks that if the University thought more creatively about attracting and keeping the best scholars and abandoned the assumption oftheir scarcity, administrators would be able to meet the problems head on.

Provost Peter Lange believes in the small-pool theory. “A minority faculty member at our school very often becomes a target for another school,” he said, adding that Duke must recruit both junior and senior faculty members. ‘There are real pressures on retaining professors from that relatively smaller pool on which there is a lot of attention.”

Certainly, 30 years of grappling with this problem have taught administrators the importance of campus climate in both recruitment and retention.

T always try to assess rigorously the racial climate of an environment before deciding to go there. In fact, no salary offer or high prestige can outweigh this issue in my mind,” said Arlie Fetters, the William and Sue Gross associate professor of mathematics, who came to Duke last year as a highly touted recruit. “I need to be in an environment where I can flourish intellectually and not get psychologically worn down by a racial climate that chips away at me bit by bit.”

As far as Duke’s racial climate goes, the signals are conflicting, with magazine rankings in the past few years that have both praised and criticized the University.

“Some black professors do leave because they feel a disproportionate amount ofisolation and believe the condition as a sign that they are not wanted in the department...,” said Leonard Beckum, who served as Duke’s highest-ranking black administra-

tor in the early 19905. “Others leave because they get better offers.”

Still, many black professors say Duke has a national reputation for its commitment to diversity and integration.

Cook said Duke’s reputation stems from the historical role it played in integrating Southern universities. “It has the reputation in the black community of having a tradition of decency,” he said.

Karla Holloway, dean of humanities and social sciences and one of the University’s most prominent black scholars, said that having black faculty who have worked and thrived at Duke is the school’s “best advertisement” on the national scene.

“Duke is known as a private university that has chosen to affirm, in the most serious way, our commitment to affirmative action,” she said.

Lange agreed, noting however, that Duke is “hiring people who are excellent scholars, not just to be minority magnets.”

But the value of a diverse faculty transcends the quality or quantity of a professor’s scholarship, Beckurn explained. “While all professors have their own ideas and belief systems, minority belief systems and

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SAMUEL DuBOIS COOK, right, was on campus last month for the annual dinnerfor the Society named in his honor. experiences are many times different and can contribute to understanding implications of certain theories and concepts,” he said.

And Duke has clearly made a financial and structural commitment to diversity through the establishment of the Office ofInstitutional Equity and the extension of tenure lines to African and African-American Studies.

The ramifications of the latter decision reach far beyond the hiring of a few professors within AAAS, said Holloway, who spearheaded the fight for tenure as director of the program. For minority faculty considering jobs at the University, “You’re much more likely to look positively at Duke,” she explained. “It shows that you are valued in terms of your culture as well as in terms of intellect.”

But valuing people for their culture can place institutions and individuals in dangerous, tokenist territory, as Cook’s experience showed.

Once Cook broke the color barrier, other Southern schools began to follow suit. He remembers one letter in particular from the president of a major Midwestern institution to the chair of the political science department.

“T understand that you have a Negro’—we were Negroes then—l understand that you have a Negro on faculty there. Where did you find him? We want one too.”’

In the last 30 years, so much and yet so little has changed.

Still, many Duke scholars think the University is in a position to once again become the model for courageous leadership. “Duke has done a good job in the past,” Baker said. “I think it’s poised now to do a better job than perhaps any other school in the country.”

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GPSC raises Many econ professors found C2K process easy grad student �ECONOMICS from page 5 Goodwin is currently in the process of writing up a new course to meet the STS requirement, “because we have relatively

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VGPSC from page 3 first day. Many professional students did not receive the survey, however, as professional schools often use email servers other than the University’s acpub system.

IN OTHER BUSINESS: GPSC voted to raise its per semester fees.

“Currently the graduate and professional student council fee is $9.50,” said Vess, who explained that Duke’s antiquated accounting system only functions in whole dollar amounts.

After brief debate, the council voted to raise its fees to $lO per semester.

Vess emphasized that only a fraction of the fees is actually used by GPSC. “Five dollars ofthat goes to the Union to support Union events,” she said.

“So it’s not like we’re getting $10.”

Student Services Officer Peggy Morrell also spoke briefly to publicize Springfest, the second annual graduate student festival. “We want to push the sale oftickets this year,” said Morrell, who hopes to double ticket sales this year to around 800.

She added that the $3 ticket price would include a free lunch and outdoor games like a rock climbing wall.

The event will take place Apr. 1,from noon until 5 p.m.

few ofthose,” he said. He plans to focus the course on the use of economics in society.

Like Goodwin and Kimbrough’s courses, most, but not all, of the designations that the department petitioned for were approved easily. In about 20 cases, a further write-up had to be provided.

In those cases, Leachman herself usually undertook the development of the second submission. She would talk to the individual faculty members to determine how their courses could be better described or modified to meet the requirements. “We have sort of an attrition through the semester,” she said, “so it was easier to do through one office.”

By the time the department fin-

ished resubmitting all of its pending courses, nearly all of the 20 courses were finally approved, she said. Those that were not usually failed to prove their writing designation.

“Getting these designations was sometimes a real struggle,” said Neil DeMarchi, an economics professor and director of undergraduate studies. Both he and Leachman confirmed that many times the writing designation was the hardest to prove.

“They were really, concerned that [the writingl part of it had real integrity,” said Leachman. In some instances, the department decided to abandon the task of earning a writing designation for their courses.

Of course, said Leachman, not every economics course was capable of petitioning for the writing designation.

Many of the classes are large lectures,

which make both writing and research initiatives difficult. She noted that the most common way of achieving the research designation was to “beef up” requirements already present in the course.

“We have lots of research-intensive courses,” she said, adding that most are in the upper 100- or lower-200-level range.

“Our subject lends itself well to reports and the written word. Whether you’re getting the designation or not depends on class size, etc.”

She added that the senior faculty members fared best in receiving the re-

search designation for their econ courses.

Other courses were sent back as pending when the department inadvertently asked for a course to receive a designation in more than three categories.

Courses are only able to meet three areas under the Curriculum 2000 plan.

LASIK surgery has some risks, high price tag �LASER SURGERY from page 4 The procedure’s effects are also not immediate. Although the patient experiences 85 percent of the improvement within 24 hours, it usually takes around three weeks to notice the flill effects ofthe surgery. During that time period, blurred vision and dryness of the eye are common

side effects.

The public’s enthusiasm for LASIK is tempered by concerns about its safety.

Carlson stated that there is a 1 to 2 percent chance that a minor complication can occur; the chances of a major complication, such as an infection, are about

one-tenth of a percent.

In over one million LASIK surgeries performed worldwide, there are still no documented cases of anyone going blind.

Jeanne Bradshaw, a 29-year-old physical therapist, is a typical LASIK patient.

She could only wear her contact lenses comfortably for about five to six hours per day and did not particularly like glasses due to her active job.

Although the lack of research on the procedure’s long-term consequences wor-

ried her, she decided to have LASIK surgery after her eye doctor told her that the procedure leaves no scars on the eye.

And although the cost certainly was a factor in her decision, Bradshaw decided that they would be offset by long-term costs of eye care and eye doctor visits.

Despite the cost, risks and side effects, few of the center’s patients report regretting the procedure and LASIK professional consider it a privilege to restore their, patients’ vision. Cornea specialist Terry Kim said he finds his work incredibly rewarding because he feels as if he has given his patients new sets of eyes.

He terms it the wow factor.

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New York, California losses bring McCain to brink of withdrawal aides Wednesday “and talk about our future,” and two � SUPER TUESDAY from page 1 aide said he could quit the race as soon as Thursday, If top advisers said his challenge was futile after losing so, it would end a campaign that had ignited enormous California, New York and Ohio, and that they would recommend that he throw in the towel. interest in the GOP primaries.

In a reflective mood, McCain said, “We’ve changed Forging familiar coalitions Tuesday, Bush relied on party faithful while McCain drew from independents the face ofpolitics and put reform on the agenda. We’re and moderate Republicans. proud of what we’ve done.”

In a late-night rally, Bush said, ‘We have a national vicMcCain’s gamble of criticizing conservative Christian leaders may have backfired in key states, while tory. Republicans and conservatives across America have Bush’s visit to Bob Jones University with a history of said they want me to lead the Republican Party to victory anti-Catholic views seemed to be a beneficial campaign come November, and I am ready and eager to do so.”

The governor won California, Ohio, Georgia, Misissue for McCain in some states.

Tuesday, reflective remarks late McCain told souri and Maryland by double-digit margins—and In broke McCain’s hold in the Northeast with narrower supporters that he and Bush “may meet again,” leavvictories in New York and in Maine. He won the Mining plenty of room for doubt. There are seven GOP connesota caucuses as well. tests looming in the next week, most of them in BushMcCain took Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode friendly territory.

McCain told the Associated Press he’ll meet with Island and Vermont as voters in 13 states participat-

Gore turns attention from Bradley to Bush � PRIMARIES from page 1 Gore fashioned his Super Tuesday shutout while Texas Gov. George W. Bush was gaining the upper hand in his battle for the Republican nomination.

A Bush candidacy would set up a general election matchup between two 50-something scions of political families. Gore’s father served as senator from Tennessee before him; Bush’s father was president and his grandfather represented Connecticut in the Senate.

In remarks to supporters in Tennessee, the vice president said Democrats were “the party of the mainstream,” adding, “We appeal to hope, not anger, not to exclusion.”

He said his approach was the right one to continue the current economic expansion begun under Bill Clinton—the only time he used the president’s name. In an unnamed reference to Bush’s policies, he cautioned against “wasting the surplus on a risky tax scheme.”

To voters concerned about education, abortion rights, environmental protection and other issues, he insisted, “our campaign is your cause.”

Gore challenged his Republican rival to twice-weekly debates between the nominating conventions and Election Day in November. He also said he would continue to hold open meetings around the nation, with his next one planned-in Detroit Wednesday night. He and his wife, Tipper, also pledged to conduct “working family days,” opportunities for the Gores to visit workplaces and learn firsthand the everyday concerns of teachers, nurses, factory workers and others.

Taking the offensive on an issue that could plague him in the fall—campaign finance—Gore called on the GOP to agree to a ban on so-called soft money.

Polling place interviews with primary voters in every region of the country underscored the vice president’s strength among core constituencies vital in De-

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Based on partial returns, Bush picked up at least 362 delegates Tuesday, pushing his total to 532 of the 1,034 needed to win nomination. McCain won 120 delegates Tuesday for a total of 225. Alan Keyes, shut out in the primaries, won six in the Minnesota caucuses to increase his total to 11.

With Super Tuesday voting, the general election began to take shape: Vice President A1 Gore swept the Democratic contests, pushing Sen. Bill Bradley to the brink of withdrawal. With a tough week of Bushfriendly contests lying just ahead, McCain is running short of money, greeting donors at a reception in California even as the votes were being counted.

Bush, who has spent most of his $7O million warchest, has ordered his finance staff to raise $lO million by the end of April.

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Blacks preferred Gore over Bradley by a margin of 6-1; and Hispanics by 8-1. The margin among union members was smaller, but a healthy 3-1. Gore also won the vote of independents, a key element of Bradley’s electoral strategy, and a group that the Democratic nominee will need in the general election race. The exit polling was conducted by Voter News Service, a consortium of the Associated Press and television networks.

Gore defeated Bradley in the New England states of Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, completing a regional sweep that began in New Hampshire’s leadoff primary more than a month ago. He triumphed, as well, in Georgia, where he was winning roughly 80 percent of the vote; Ohio, roughly 70 percent; and New York, Maryland and Missouri, roughly 60 percent.

California was his as well, and easily. Apart from the 367 delegates at stake there, California’s unique open primary system listed all candidates on the same ballot in a popular vote contest, an early gauge of each party’s strength in the state that offers the biggest Electoral College prize in the fall.

Bradley came closest in Vermont, where he was gaining 44 percent ofthe vote.

In addition to primaries in 11 states, Gore won party caucuses in North Dakota, Idaho, Washington and American Samoa. The two men also sought delegates in caucuses in Hawaii.

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Sophomore Matt Krauss finished second overall with a three-under par 213 to guide the 28th-ranked men’s golf team to a second-place finish in the Matlock Invitational. Krauss came in nine shots off the pace of individual medalist Jeff Klauk of Florida Southern, which edged out Duke by two strokes for the team championship.

Freshman Leif Olson tied for fifth and junior Kevin Streelman placed 21st for the Blue Devils.

� Blue Devil stars to duke it out for player of year Shane Battier and Chris Carrawell were two of the 22 players nominated for the John Wooden award, which is awarded annually to college basketball’s player of the year.

� Ryan wins coach of year Virginia's Debbie Ryan won her seventh Associated Press ACC coach of the year honors yesterday after leading the Cavaliers to the regular-season conference title. Duke’s Gail Goestenkors finished third.

� Guthridge wants to return for 4th year Despite mid-season rumors that this might be Bill Gulhridge’s last season as North Carolina's head coach, the UNC skipper said he has no plans to step down after this season.

Guthridge came under fire from fans and alumni earlier in the season after the Tar Heels, the preseason favorite to run away with the ACC, struggled through a four-game losing streak. Yet, Guthridge has no qualms about returning for his fourth season next year. "Each year I have enjoyed it more, so there’s no question about whether I want to come back,” he said.

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Battier says he’ll return as senior The junior put to rest all rumors that he might leave after this season

First Team

By CRAIG SAPERSTEIN The Chronicle

After months of speculation and indefinite answers, junior forward Shane Battier officially announced yesterday that he plans on finishing out his career as a Blue Devil next season.

“I’m staying,” Battier said. “I’m excited about the team next year, I’m excited about getting my degree next year, and I still have a lot of things to accomplish.”

The declaration put to rest a swirl of rumors in the local media about Battier, who had not clearly spelled out what his intentions were for his senior season.

“I think that before [announcing my intentions], I was trying to be cordial and not be too demonstrative,” Battier said. “But I came to the conclusion that it is better to be demonstrative.”

Battier said there were many reasons to announce a final decision. For one, he wanted to quell any anxiety that his teammates might have about his future with the team.

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Chris Carrawell, Duke Shane Battier, Duke Juan Dixon, Maryland Will Solomon, Clemson Lonny Baxter, Maryland

Terence Morris, Maryland 216 211 Ed Cota, North Carolina Donald Hand, Virginia 167 Jason Collier, GeorgiaTech 156 Joseph Forte, North Carolina 137 Chris Williams, Virginia 137

Third Team

JUNIOR SHANE BATTIER recently told his teammates that he would return for his senior season.

early NBA defectors.

“I saw what [the speculation] could do to a team, especially last year, so I never really thought about it seriously” Battier said.

“The focus wasn’t on our team, it was on future prospects and the

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summer, at a time when it is the most important time to focus on the team in March. I don’t want to take away from the team, so I’m staying.

“I just told them, ‘Hey, let’s See BATTIER on page 18 �

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sells out despite the fact that there have been two World Wars since the Cubs’ last World Series title. Red Sox fans appear hopeful each spring, despite the almost inevitable disappointment when the season ends.

It’s safe to say the sport of baseball practically coined the phrase “there’s always next year.”

But while optimism abounds in the sport, there is not much to be found on Duke’s campus. After an awful weekend series against

Elon, the Blue Devils (5-14) lost 7-6 yesterday at East Carolina (12-3), blowing a two-run ninth-inning lead.

Despite the ninth-inning collapse, Duke coach Bill Hillier said he saw something he hasn’t seen in a while—desire.

“We definitely played better,” the first-year coach said. “We had more intensity, we pitched really well and we started hitting the ball a little bit.

“We definitely played better tonight, but the results just weren’t there yet.”

In the fateful ninth inning, things got off to a rocky start right away.

Trouble for the Blue Devils began when See BASEBALL on page 18 �

� Terps ground leading running back Maryland football coach Ron

Vanderlinden has told tailback LaMont Jordan to sit out spring practice so he can focus on academics. Jordan, who reportedly needs to pass seven classes to remain eligible, set single-season school records with 1,632 yards and 16 touchdowns.

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THIRD BASEMAN JEFF BECKER, shown here against Cincinnati last week, committed a critical ninth-inning error last night that enabled East Carolina to rally for a 7-6 win.

Jason Williams, Duke Darius Songaila, Wake Brendan Haywood, UNC Ron Hale, Florida State Damous Anderson, FSU

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All-Freshman Team Joseph Forte, UNC Jason Williams, Duke Carlos Boozer Duke Travis Watson, Virginia Steven Blake, Maryland

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Player of year nominee wants Baseball team shows new life, focus to return to this season still can’t come away with win � BATTIER from page 17 just worry about this year. You don’t have to worry about me or what I’m thinking, because I’m coming back.’”

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but in my eyes, I can still do some more.”

Battler’s decision was also partly based on the fact that his younger brother Jeremy will be attending Duke next year. The elder Battier definitely looks forward to helping his sibling get acclimated to life at Duke.

“I’m excited to have my brother here next here, [so] I can show him the ropes a little bit and make sure his head doesn’t get too big,” he said.

“I think I’ve had a Ultimately, however, the decision came down to pretty good year, but whether or not Battier in my eyes, I can still thought it would be worth it to give up receiving his do more.” degree from Duke, someShane Battier thing he felt he owed to

hear his decision “Shane has always been a great person and I didn’t know what he was going to do,” Jason Williams said. “I was happy when he said he was going to come back, because that means that we’ll have another year... together. He’s had an exceptional year and it’s not over.”

Rumors of Battier’s possible departure were strengthened last Saturday, when he told ABC commentator Brad Daugherty after Duke’s win over archrival North Carolina that he “still had some things to work out.”

Yet, Battier promises that his answer was not meant to ignite speculation.

“Actually, I was just talking about working on my game,” Battier said, of his conversation with Daugherty. “I don’t think I’m physically or basketball-ready wise. I think I’ve had a pretty good year,

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He also questioned whether he was ready to compete on the professional level. In fact, Battier isn’t sure if he’ll ever be truly prepared to enter the NBA. “I don’tknow if there is such a thing as ready for the NBA,” he said. “I don’t think most college seniors are ready for the NBA, in terms of the mental and physical aspects that go along with it. I want to be prepared as well as I can, and by coming back next year, I know I will be.”

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Pirate shortstop Lee Delfino homered off of starter Ryan Caradonna to pull East Carolina within a run at 6-5.

Hillier removed Caradonna at that point, despite his eight-plus innings that included four strikeouts and only one earned run.

With Caradonna beginning to tire, however, Hillier turned the game over to Patrick Hannaway. But Hannaway walked the only batter he faced and was pulled in favor ofKevin Peny, This move proved no more successful than the last. Pirate first baseman Chad Tracy promptly doubled to left field, and suddenly the game was tied at 6-6. With Tracy on second, ECU brought in Justin Hyde to pinch hit. The Blue Devils elected to intentionally walk Hyde. Then Cliff Godwin hit a grounder to third baseman

Jeff Becker, but Becker made an error and all three runners were safe.

Hillier left the dugout to appeal the play at second base, but his dissatisfaction with the called error did little to improve his team’s situation. Although Becker was able to field the next play and nail the lead runner at the plate, the bases were still loaded with only one out and the score tied.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the game did not stay tied long.

The next Pirate batter was third baseman Bryant Ward. He delivered the game-winning single as ECU walked away with a 7-6 victory.

“We were up 6-4 and we gave them three runs in the bottom of the ninth and got beat,” Hillier said. “I thought Ryan Caradonna pitched very well, but we just didn’t finish. We walked a couple guys, we made an error and they got a couple hits.”

While Duke came out with yet another loss, its eighth in its last nine games, Hillier said he saw promise in the way his team competed for the first eight innings.

“I told them today after the game that I thought they gave a much better effort, but we still need to be more consistent,” he said. “We have to play hard every out, every inning and every game.”

Brody Greenwald contributed to this story.

McSorley, NHL express disappointment with filing of charges � McSORLEY from page 17 His Vancouver lawyer, Bill Smart, said he hopes for a trial date in late summer or early fall.

Geoff Gaul, a spokesman for the British Columbia

criminal justice branch, said the decision to charge McSorley was made after a prosecutor’s review and a police investigation.

The NHL said it does not agree with the move, but said it will fully cooperate with Canadian authorities.

“We believe the league dealt with the matter quickly, decisively and appropriately—and did not feel that any further action was either warranted or necessary,” said Bill Daly, the NHL’s chief legal officer.

Bruins president and general manager Harry Sinden also expressed disappointment that the courts were getting involved.

“The National Hockey League has handed down a severe discipline in this case and we feel that was sufficient, he said, adding that the team would also cooperate fully.

After McSorley hit him in the right temple, Brashear fell backward, striking his head against the ice as his helmet came off. His body twitched and blood came from his nose. He was diagnosed with the most

serious kind of concussion and his status is to be reviewed in about a week.

McSorley and Brashear, another NHL tough guy, had fought earlier in the game, and McSorley said he was trying to goad Brashear into another fight at the end of the game, a 5-2 victory by the Canucks.

“I had absolutely no intention of hurting Donald Brashear with my hockey stick,” McSorley told ESPN. “I wanted a confrontation with Donald Brashear, no different than I’ve done on so many other nights.... It just went badly.”

McSorley has lasted 17 years in the league because of his ability to fight and protect his more skilled teammates. He had six previous suspensions in his career.

He is best known for serving as Wayne Gretzky’s protector with the Edmonton Oilers and then with Los Angeles as the two were traded together in one of hockey’s biggest deals.

McSorley said he has received calls of support from players in the league and Hall of Earners—“numerous tough guys”—who say they understand what happened and offered to speak on his behalf.

He told them to stay out of it because he didn’t want attention drawn from the game.

“That’s one thing I really feel bad about is the fact the game doesn’t need a black eye—and I don’t want to be the cause of it,” he said in the interview.

It took police just over a week to investigate the slash, which was witnessed by thousands of fans at the game and shown repeatedly on TV highlight clips.

“There’s a lot more involved in this than just that second and a half or two seconds that the video shows,” McSorley said. “I think he embarrassed me. You definitely want a rematch. You have to stand up for yourself, Our bench was challenged. Our team was challenged.”

Police have gotten involved in several previous onice conflicts in the NHL. In 1970, Wayne Maki of the St. Louis Blues and Ted Green of Boston were the first NHL players taken to court after a stick-swinging duel at a September 1969 preseason game. Green, who fractured his skull, and Maki, who was not injured, were acquitted ofassault charges.

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few faces, offense haven’t slowed down Duke, Goestenkors hen Duke lost six seniors last year, everyone but Gail Goestenkors thought a repeat of last year was impossible There are plenty of terrific stories that emerged from Greensboro two nights ago.

There was the coronation of the unlikeliest of

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heroes in Missy West.

There was Nikki Teasley’s bittersweet saga that had all the trappings of a Hollywood hero’s tale except the happy ending.

Victor Zhao

And there was, of course, the first-ever ACC cham“Deep down inside, I wanted to believe that we pionship for the title-starved Blue Devils.

But do you know about the story almost no one would [be successful!,” Lauren Rice would say while reflecting on the season after cutting down the nets in picked up on?

Greensboro, “but my head tried to tell me it was going None of this was ever supposed to happen.

Not after six seniors paid their final respects to the to be more of a challenge.”

More of a challenge? How about an immense program last senson.

Not after scrapping the entire offense that fueled challenge.

Goestenkors was left with a post-dominated offense last year’s Final Four run. and one major problem.

And certainly not after the team’s most irreplaceThe closest thing to a true post on Duke’s roster is able player suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Rice, who is to classic dominant posts what Shaquille heart of the ACC season.

So how did all ofthis happen?

O’Neal is to lyrical Victorian poets.

Because no one tells Gail Goestenkors what she can The old system had served as the Duke staple—it was simple, methodical and, most importantly, or cannot do with this program. • She has proven she can do just about anything she extremely effective when the Blue Devils executed it well. wants with her team.

The dump inside, the defensive collapse, the ball In less than a decade, she successfully turned a proreversal, the wide-open jumper—effective enough to gram in shambles into a program that’s quickly estabearn a ticket to the Final Four, and stubborn enough lishing itself as a national power.

So what’s so tough about adjusting to losing a class to earn a one-way ticket to the garbage after that included the program’s only All-American, its all- VanGorp graduated. time assist leader and its finest shooter?

Without hesitation, Goestenkors promptly Nothing really, except the departees—Michele installed a completely revamped five-out motion VanGorp, Hilary Howard, Nicole Erickson, Payton offense, taking advantage of Duke’s overall shooting Black, Naz Medhanie and Takisha Jones—took with ability. The posts didn’t post up any more; the guards them 56.7 percent of the team’s scoring, 44.6 percent of occasionally did. its rebounding and 100 percent of its identity.

Everything changed, except one small detail The success.

No need to worry, Goestenkors would tell the team, “Last year, we were such the pound-the-ball-inside we’re going to be fine.

Some laughed, some shook their heads, and even type team,” Rice said. “I’m not a dominant center, and the players entertained some doubts. none of the freshmen are either. [Goestenkorsl has

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The transition had been seamless. Former role player Georgia Schweitzer thrived, and the freshmen and those who never found roles last year quickly found their niche. The Blue Devils were cruising, suffering only two losses halfway through the conference slate.

And then the wheels came out from under Duke’s wagon, again.

Most coaches see a season-ending injury to their second-leading scorer and top rebounder as a fatal blow to the team.

Goestenkors saw it as an opportunity for others to step up, a chance to return to “boot camp” and toughen up for the postseason run.

No need to worry, Goestenkors would tell the team, we’re going to be fine.

But the immediate returns were no more promising than the results of Peppi Browne’s MRIs. A horrific outing against Virginia on the road would be followed by a disastrous home loss to Maryland. The skeptics

snickered; the team wondered.

Goestenkors, however, stuck to her word. She restored the team’s confidence and guided them onto yet another winning streak.

“She’s by far the best coach I’ve played for,” said Rice, a veteran of the high school and AAU basketball circles. “She’s smart, she knows how to motivate the team, keep [the playersl together and focused.”

And by now, the players would probably play while wearing heels if Goestenkors insisted the new look would improve their interior defense.

Why shouldn’t they? Goestenkors has already shown them several reasons why her way works.

And Monday night, Goestenkors showed them one more.

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