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Miss-ile from the perimeter After three knee surgeries threatened to cut her career short, senior Missy West has returned for her fifth year. See page 20
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Data raises Breeden named Fuqua’s next dean admissions questions By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
An administrative report showed that one in five freshmen was admitted because of athletic or development connections.
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By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
As administrators push to admit more economically diverse and intellectually active undergraduates, they are also questioning an admissions system through which a large percentage of students are accepted due to direct influence from the Office of Development and the Athletic Department. At December’s Board of Trustees
meeting, University officials presented a report analyzing the benefits of four criteria used for admission: interest from the development office, which coordinates fund-raising efforts; interest from the athletic staff; a student’s contribution to geographic diversity; and a student’s ethnicity. The report was made available only to senior administrators and trustees until obtained by The Chronicle late last semester. Administrators told trustees at the board’s December meeting that one in five members of last year’s entering class would not have been admitted without connections to the Office of Development or the Athletic Department. “Each priority has been set for a good reason, but the overall result is that many of our undergraduates are less well prepared academically and personally to contribute to the intellectual atmosphere at Duke,” the report reads. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education William Chafe, who is chair of the Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid committee, said that although the students might not have been accepted without interest from development or athletics, “this does not necessarily mean that these students are not prepared for Duke.” Still, in the report, members of Chafe’s committee recommended cutting the number of admissions spots influenced by the Office of Development by one-third and the number of spots affected by the Athletic Department by one-tenth. The report emphasizes that admitting students who bring Duke geographic and ethnic diversity should remain a priority. Development spots are allotted for a variety ofreasons—children of potential donors, celebrities and influential political figures, for example, are advocated to the admissions office by development officers or other key university figures. John Piva, senior vice president for deSee ADMISSIONS on page 18 >
University officials have tapped noted finance scholar and entrepreneur Doug Breeden to become the next dean of the Fuqua School of Business, President Nan Keohane announced yesterday. Breeden, a former Fuqua professor, is the founder of a successful consulting and money management firm and currently has an appointment as the Dalton McMichael Professor of Finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Provost Peter Lange said Breeden’s academic and business credentials make him well-suited to lead the school. “The [dean of a business school] has to be attentive to the needs of the professional market and the development of intellectual research in the field,” Lange said. “I think he brings strong knowledge of both.” The future dean said he wants to continue the expansion ofFuqua’s successful distance-learning programs and maintain its international reputation. Breeden will have to focus on a long-range plan that calls for financial development and an unprecedented pace of faculty expansion. “Duke and the business school are in exciting times in their history,” Breeden said.' “It’s going to be a real challenge to move fast and stay ahead of [our peers].” The 50-year-old received his mas-
ter’s degree and Ph.D. from Stanford University’s graduate school of business. Over the past 23 years, he has been a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Nacmura School ofAdvanced Management in Tokyo and Stanford and Yale universities. He also served as a research
professor of finance at Fuqua from 1991 to 1999. In addition to being a teacher, he is also the founder and editor of the Journal of Fixed Income. In 1982, Breeden left academia to cofound Smith Breeden Associates, Inc., a financial firm specializing in mortgages, mutual funds and management. The See DEAN on page 10
Duke survives rally in Raleigh By ADRIENNE MERCER The Chronicle
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JASON WILLIAMS calls a play last night against N.C. State. The Wolfpack made a late rally before falling 84-78 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
Right before the game Duke 84 RALEIGH started, a quote was played to the ragN.C. State 78 ing crowd: “No one comes into our house and pushes us around.” In the completely packed Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, washed in a sea ofred, there were moments when the crowd actually believed that the quote was true. But in the end, the Wolfpack (8-5, 0-2 in the ACC) was indeed pushed around by the second-ranked Blue Devils (14-1, 3-0), loosing by a score of 84-78. Still, the win did not come as easily as expected for the Blue Devils. The first half was more of a struggle with streaks of potential that mirrored a similar matchup of the two teams last season. “We won a tough game,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “That was a very hard-fought game, one of many in this conference. We got exactly what we expected tonight. We expected State to play well and they did.” N.C. State’s Kenny Inge and Clifford Crawford broke out early for the Wolfpack to start the game with a driving layup by Crawford at 18:39. Four seconds later, Inge slam dunked the ball to give the Wolfpack an early lead. Duke co-captain Nate James took the lead after the game was tied 6-6 at 16:37 with a beautiful threepointer assisted by forward Shane Battier. “We have to score,” N.C. State coach Herb Sendek said. “No one is going to shut Duke out. They are just too good of a basketball team. We got the ball inside, but didn’t convert. However, I am real proud of our effort tonight.” Three minutes into the first half, Duke player Matt See BASKETBALL on page
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